Six local young women will vie for Idaho County Fair royalty positions for 2025. The new queen and princesses will be crowned Friday night, Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m., in the Schmidt Building. All are invited to attend.
The 2024 court is made up of queen Kinzley Adams of Grangeville, first princess Chayla Christopher of Cottonwood and second princess Lydia Stowell of Grangeville.
Candidates for the 2025 court are Alyson Green, Ellie Kouril and Kimberly Seaver, all of Grangeville, and Brehanna Fowler, Bailey Key and Halee Rowland, all of Cottonwood.
Grangeville High School sophomore Alyson Green, 15, is the daughter of Joe and Jemmye Green of Grangeville.
At GHS, she is active in volleyball, basketball, softball and BPA. She also participates in club volleyball and basketball. She is also involved in youth group and Girl Scouts.
“I think my personality would be my strongest personal quality,” Green remarked. “I feel that people like to be around me. That can be useful in Idaho County royalty. Someone who represents Idaho County should have an approachable and warm personality.”
Green is a member of the Fenn Livestock 4-H Club, and for the past eight years has taken market pig as a project.
Green has run the scale at Grangeville for Columbia Grain, babysits and mows lawns.
Following graduation, she is making plans to attend a four-year college to become a physical therapist, or perhaps go to cosmetology school.
In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, fashion and socializing.
“I want to get a degree at a university. After college, I’d like to get married and have kids. Once I accomplish the first two, I’d like to move back to Idaho County and raise my family,” Green said of her future goals.
She stated her family is the most important thing in her life.
“My family is very close and always there for each other; families teach kids everything,” Green said. “Everything about me that I know, I owe to my family.”
Green has lived in Idaho County her whole life.
“My dad is a fifth-generation Idaho County farmer. My mother is from Kentucky and has spent her time raising my sisters and me,” she said. She has two older sisters: Cameran is a junior at the University of Idaho and Madalyn is a senior at GHS.
Brehanna Fowler, 17, is the daughter of Bo and Ammerae Fowler of Cottonwood. She is a junior at Prairie Junior-Senior High School.
At Prairie, she is a member of the varsity cheerleading squad and is also involved with Prairie League. She also assisted with leading a 4-H project group.
“I don’t have any experience with the Idaho County Fair, but I have attended every year since moving here,” Fowler said. “I support my friends and family in their projects.”
She and her family have lived in the area for four and one/half years.
“My family is very encouraging toward everything I do. They encourage me and those around me,” she said. She has four siblings.
She works babysitting jobs and likes to play with photography, read, and do art in her free time.
“My strongest personality trait is I am very resilient. I know how to bounce back from things and make myself better from it,” Fowler contended.
Three of her life goals are to complete high school, career training and eventually open her own beauty shop. Following graduation, she plans to become a cosmetologist, focusing mainly on hair and skin care.
“My mental health is one of the most important things in my life,” said Fowler. “My mental health can also affect my friends and family.”
Bailey Key is the daughter of Bill and Tabitha Key of Cottonwood. She is a junior at Prairie Junior-Senior High School.
Key, 16, is employed at Coyotes One Stop. At school she is involved in cheerleading, softball, student body council and Prairie League.
In her spare time, she enjoys camping, fishing, watching sunsets and exploring the outdoors.
“One of my strengths is my confidence,” said Key. “I have been stepping outside of my comfort zone and trying new things, all the time telling myself ‘I got this! I can do this!’” She is a Critters to Cakes 4-H Club member. She has participated in Making the Most of Me, cake decorating and market lamb projects.
Following graduation, she plans to attend the Lewis Clark State College nursing program.
“Three of my goals include becoming a flight nurse, traveling the country to see different places and meet different people, and being a great model to all the young ones out there,” Key stated.
She says the most important thing in her life is her family.
“We do everything as a team. My sisters are more like my best friends. We have been each other's biggest supporters,” she emphasized.
Key’s parents were both born in Idaho County, and she has lived here her entire life. She has two older sisters in college, as well as a younger sister who is in fifth grade.
Ellie Kouril, 15, is the daughter of Monica Walker of Grangeville and James Kouril. She is a sophomore at Grangeville High School.
“My strongest personal quality is that I am a natural born leader,” Kouril says. “I listen to others and I get work done.”
At GHS, Kouril is involved in volleyball, basketball and tennis, as well as BPA and student council. She is also a member of Girl Scouts and has been involved in tap dance for many years. She also attends youth group. In her capacity as a member of Girl Scouts, Kouril has taken part in a variety of community service projects, including the addition of a merry-go-round at Soroptimist Park, creating care packages for the YWCA, donations of sun shades to the Grangeville City Pool and annually cleaning the Mt. Idaho Fort site.
In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, cooking, running, hiking and drawing.
Following graduation, she would like to attend the University of Idaho and major in interior design.
“Three of my life goals are to have my own interior design business, to maintain healthy relationships, and to stay involved in my community by keeping youth activities around, she stated.
Kouril has lived in Idaho County all her life. She is the youngest of three girls.
She said her family is the most important thing in her life.
“They are my number one supporter,” she said. “They are always there for me, and I can count on them no matter what.”
One of her favorite things to do with her family is to “ride on garbage trucks for our family business, Walco.”
Halee Rowland, 15, is the daughter of Brent and Tara Rowland of Cottonwood. She is a sophomore at Prairie High School.
“My life goals include being a positive role model and doing everything in my life with compassion and to the best of my ability,” Rowland said. Goals also include being Idaho County Fair royalty and graduating high school with a 4.0 GPA.
Rowland is involved in varsity volleyball, basketball, and softball at PHS, as well as BPA. She is the sophomore class representative, is active in Prairie League, was freshman class president, and is currently sophomore class president.
Rowland is a member of the Tri-Parish On Mighty Ground Catholic Youth Ministry. She has been a member of Cottonwood Saddliers and Livestock 4-H Club since 2015, serving as the current president. She has also served as historian and treasurer. In County 4-H, she has been in MOD Squad, and has served as a 4-H  Ambassador since 2023 and a member of the 4-H fashion board since 2022. In District 4-H, she has been a 4-H camp leader since 2022. In State 4-H, she has been involved in the Leadership Now! Program and the 4-H State Learn Engage Act and Develop Summit, both since 2023. She also attended the 4-H State Teen Association Convention in 2023 and 2024. On the national 4-H level, this year she has been involved in the National 4-H Ignite Summit Program In Washington, D.C.
Throughout the past decade, Rowland has competed in the fair in a variety of areas, including baking, sewing, arts and crafts, and gardening in open class, and has been in the fair parade for nine years. Through 4-H, she has spent nine years volunteering in the snack shack. She has entered projects in Making the Most of Me; foods and nutrition; hiking; Know Your Government; Leadership; constructed clothing; leather craft; sport fishing; survival; and Clover Bud projects. She has also been in the fashion show for nine years, and as part of the fashion board has helped decorate the stage, plan the show, lead practice, and been a judges’ helper. In livestock she has taken market beef and sheep and goat projects and is currently in her first year of alpaca. She has also participated in demonstration and table setting contests.
She works as a babysitter and at Cottonwood Livestock Auction. Her hobbies include her school sports and 4-H, as well as baking, hiking, and spending time with her family and friends.
Following high school, she plans to obtain her college education and enter into law school.
“My strongest personal quality is my empathy and compassion for people around me,” she said. “I value the feelings of others and always want to make others feel good about themselves. I feel this helps me be a good leader. It allows me to connect with people and help them work through their struggles.”
She emphasized she also values teamwork and collaboration.
“I also have a lot of spunk and a positive outlook on life,” she stated. “I have a can-do attitude, and when I set my mind to do something, I do it.”
She said the most important things in her life are her faith and her family.
“My faith in Jesus is what guides me in life and helps me through the highs and lows. And my family is my rock,” she said. “They support me through any adventure in life.”
“My mom is the most incredible woman I have ever met, and my dad cares about me more than I ever thought possible, said Rowland.
She added that her friends and teammates encourage her and help her to be stronger and better.
She is the middle of two sisters: Chloe is a sophomore at Montana State University and Mikayla is a freshman at PHS.
“My sisters are my best friends,” she smiled.
Rowland and her family moved to Cottonwood when she was 2.
Kimberly Seaver, 15, is a junior through ISuceed Virtual School and Grangeville High School She is the daughter of Matt and Kate Seaver of Grangeville.
“The most important thing in my life is my family because they have been there for me in so many ways,” Seaver said. “I wouldn’t be here without them.”
She is a member of the GHS competitive cheer team, the high school band and the track team. In her free time she enjoys painting, music, cheerleading, reading and photography.
Seaver is employed by Bright Beginnings Daycare and formerly worked for Idaho Tech Guys.
Following high school graduation, she intends to go to college to become a social worker: either a child and family social worker or a criminal justice social worker.
Seaver’s life goals include being the first in her family to graduate from college, become a social worker, and make a significant difference in someone’s life.
“My strongest personal quality is that I’m social,” she said. “Being social is an important quality: I believe that just by having a conversation, you can make a difference not just your life, but also in that of the person you are talking to.”
Seaver has lived in Idaho County for a decade.
She said her family is unique because “both my brothers and I are adopted. And my family is full of hardworkers. I’m the youngest of my siblings. My two brothers and I share similar interests — we all did track, and we all play instruments.”