CHRISTMAS AT THE FAIR
Class 2 – Christmas Wreaths:
1 st – Dennis Fogle
Class 3 – Christmas Ornaments:
1 st – Bertha Head – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Alice Woodhull
3 rd – Marguerite Devers
Class 4 – Christmas Stockings:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
Class 5 – Christmas Tree Skirts:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
Class 6 – Christmas – Other:
1 st – Lu Stevens – Grand Champion
2 nd – Susie VanDyke
3 rd – Cathy Fogle
JIGSAW PUZZLES
Class 1 – Large Jigsaw Puzzles:
1 st – Pauline Schoettmer (Morning Breeze) – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Patsy Harmeyer
3 rd – JoAnn Burton (Morning Breeze)
Class 2 – Small/Simple and Child Jigsaw Puzzles:
1 st – Morgan Navarra
2 nd – Lucas Navarra
Class 3 – 3-D Puzzles:
1 st – Dennis Rodal (Hickory Creek) – Grand Champion
OPEN CLASS
MISC. CRAFTS
Class 1 – String Art:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
Class 2 – Paper Craft:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
Class 3 – Jewelry Creations:
1 st – Juanita Israel
2 nd – Chloe Kramer
Class 4 – Other Crafts:
1 st – Rita Siebert – Grand Champion
2 nd – Kira Fledderman – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – Dennis Fogle
COLLECTIONS
Class 2 – Collection by a Teen, ages 13-17 – 10 to 15 Items:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
Class 3 – Collection by an Adult, age 18+ – 10 to 20 Items:
1 st – Alice Woodhull – Grand Champion
2 nd – Eileen Fisse – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – Joan Greiwe
Class 4 – 4-H Memorabilia Collection – 10 Items:
1 st – Chloe Kramer
DIAMOND ART
Class 2 – Diamond Art Picture by a Young Adult, ages 13-17:
1 st – Melissa Redd
2 nd – Chloe Kramer
PAGE 3 – OPEN CLASS
Class 3 – Diamond Art Picture by an Adult, ages 18+:
1 st – Michell Schwering – Grand Champion
2 nd – Kylie Olson
3 rd – Jessica Scudder
Class 4 – Small Misc. Diamond Art Items:
1 st – Chloe Kramer – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Morgan Redd
GENEALOGY
Class 1 – Family Genealogy 3-Ring Notebook Binder:
1 st – Erica Evans – Grand Champion
2 nd – Joan Greiwe – Reserve Grand Champion
CERAMICS
Class 1 – Set of Ceramic Items (3-7 Items):
1 st – Angela Gehrich
Class 2 – Small Ceramic Item (under 12 inches):
1 st – Eva Oswald – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Sheila Rigby
3 rd – Angela Gehrich
Class 3 – Large Ceramic Item (13-20 inches tall):
1 st – Kristy Bowling – Grand Champion
2 nd – Kat Smart
3 rd – Norma DeRoche-Smith
Class 4 – Ceramic Item Made by a Young Adult (ages 13-17):
1 st – Chloe Kramer
SHOWING YOUR TALENTS
Entries from Arbor Grove:
Mike Patterson, Doug Vails, Joan Padgett, Phyllis Neville,
Brenda Davidson, Janet Arnett, Carla Thomas, Sadie Lloyd,
Bertha Black, Dennis Rodal
OPEN CLASS
Entries from Hickory Creek:
Vickie Riker, Carol Ruggles, Janetta Wallace,
Kay Baylis, Bert Parker, Lloyd Caffee
Entries from Morning Breeze:
JoAnn Burton, Pauline Schoettmer, Jane Fullmer,
Jerry Shonk, Juanita Hasselbring, Shirley,
Alice Woodhull
ANTIQUES
Class 1 – Antique Book by an Indiana Author:
1 st – Christy Gauck
2 nd – Dennis Fogle
Class 2 – Antique Indiana School Yearbook (1975 or earlier):
1 st – Juanita Israel – Grand Champion
2 nd – Bertha Head
3 rd – Eileen Fisse
Class 3 – Antique Children’s Story Book:
1 st – Lindsay Padgett – Grand Champion
2 nd – Dennis Fogle
3 rd – Joyce Fogle
Class 4 – Antique Cookbook:
1 st – Alice Woodhull
2 nd – Christy Norton
3 rd – Joyce Holtkamp
Class 5 – Crockery Bowls:
1 st – Alice Woodhull
2 nd – Eileen Fisse
Class 6 – Antique Tin Containers:
1 st – Alice Woodhull
2 nd – Eileen Fisse
OPEN CLASS
Class 7 – 1975 or Older Indiana State Fair Memorabilia:
1 st – Eileen Fisse
Class 8 – Antique Drinking Glasses:
1 st – Eileen Fisse – Grand Champion
2 nd – Alice Woodhull
3 rd – Dennis Fogle
Class 9 – Antique Quilt:
1 st – Eileen Fisse – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Linda Weigel
3 rd – Dennis Fogle
Class 10 – A Unique Antique:
1 st – Paulette Duerstock – Grand Champion
2 nd – Joan Greiwe
3 rd – Eileen Fisse
COMPUTER PHOTO BOOKS
Class 1 – Family Life:
1 st – Bonita Hellmich
Class 2 – Vacations:
1 st – Bonita Hellmich – Reserve Grand Champion
Class 3 – Wedding:
1 st – Bonita Hellmich – 1 st
Class 4 – Holidays:
1 st – Bonita Hellmich – Grand Champion
KNITTING
Class 1 – Afghan (50” x 65” or Larger):
1 st – Robin Wells – Grand Champion
OPEN CLASS
Class 3 – Baby Afghan:
1 st – Robin Wells – Reserve Grand Champion
CROCHETING
Class 1 – Afghan (50” x 65” or larger):
1 st – Lu Stevens
2 nd – Stephanie Nieman
3 rd – Pamela Pagan
Class 2 – Lap Afghan:
2 nd – Doneta Miller
Class 3 – Baby Afghan:
1 st – Kat Spencer
2 nd – Norma Maddux
Class 4 – Wearable Item – Child:
2 nd – Kat Spencer
Class 6 – Doilies:
1 st – Lu Stevens
2 nd – Marguerite Devers
3 rd – Susie VanDyke
Class 7 – Other Crocheted Items:
1 st – Lu Stevens – Grand Champion
2 nd – Katie Swanson – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – Diane Marshall
Class 8 – Table Runner:
1 st – Lu Stevens
NEEDLEWORK
Class 1 – Embroidery:
1 st – Chelsea Speer
2 nd – Becky Crowe
OPEN CLASS
3 rd – Christy Gauck
Class 2 – Counted Cross-Stitch:
1 st – Isabelle Royse – Grand Champion
1 st – Norma Maddux – Reserve Grand Champion
QUILTS
Class 2 – Pieced Quilt – Machine-quilted by entrant:
1 st – Deb Reed
Class 3 – Pieced Quilt – Machine-quilted by another person (not entrant):
1 st – Juanita Israel – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Connie Hempstead
3 rd – Isabelle Royse
Class 4 – Mixed Technique Quilt – Machine-quilted by entrant:
1 st – Nancy King – Grand Champion
Class 5 – Mixed Technique Quilt – Machine-quilted by another person (not entrant):
1 st – Diana Goldey – Grand Champion
Class 6 – Multi-Generational Quilt (worked on by 2 or more generations to finish it):
2 nd – Karen Mirick
OTHER QUILTED ITEMS
Class 1 – Baby Quilts, Hand or machine-quilted:
1 st – Linda Weigel
2 nd – Helen Wagener
Class 2 – Lap Quilts, Hand or machine-quilted:
1 st – Connie Hempstead – Grand Champion
1 st – Bertha Head
2 nd – Juanita Israel
3 rd – Alice Woodhull
OPEN CLASS
Class 3 – Wall Hangings:
1 st – Rita Siebert – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Nancy King
3 rd – Diane Marshall
Class 4 – Totes, Purses, Bags:
1 st – Nancy King
2 nd – Alice Woodhull
Class 5 – Table Runners:
1 st – Juanita Israel
2 nd – Pam Morrow
3 rd – Alice Woodhull
Class 6 – All Other Quilted Items:
1 st – Alice Woodhull
SEWING
Class 1 – Wearable Items, Children:
1 st – Juanita Israel
2 nd – Jessica Dwenger
Class 2 – Wearable Items, Adult:
1 st – Juanita Israel – Grand Champion
2 nd – Christy Gauck – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – Rita Siebert
Class 3 – Purses, Totes, Bags:
1 st – Juanita Israel
2 nd – Alice Woodhull
Class 4 – Items Sewn for the Home:
1 st – Rita Siebert
2 nd – Alice Woodhull
3 rd – Juanita Israel
OPEN CLASS
Class 5 – Other Sewn Items:
1 st – Rita Siebert
2 nd – Diane Marshall
3 rd – Juanita Israel
PHOTOGRAPHY
Class 1 – Landscape, Black & White:
1 st – Gale Fogle
2 nd – Clare Hunter
3 rd – Nancy Middendorf
Class 2 – Landscape, Color:
1 st – Clare Hunter
2 nd – Lindsay Nobbe
3 rd – Morgan Navarra
Class 3 – Flowers, Black & White:
1 st – Morgan Navarra
2 nd – Cathy Fogle
3 rd – Clare Hunter
Class 4 – Flowers, Color:
1 st – Nancy Middendorf
2 nd – Clare Hunter
3 rd – Heather Paul
Class 6 – Babies, Color, Up to 1 Yr. of Age:
1 st – Joyce Fogle – Reserve Grand Champion
Class 7 – People, Black & White:
1 st – Matt Navarra – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Lindsay Nobbe
3 rd – Clare Hunter
Class 8 – People, Color:
1 st – Matt Navarra
2 nd – Nancy Middendorf
3 rd – Morgan Navarra
OPEN CLASS
Class 9 – Animals, Black & White:
1 st – Nancy Middendorf
2 nd – Clare Hunter
3 rd – Morgan Navarra
Class 10 – Animals, Color:
1 st – Morgan Navarra
2 nd – Nancy Middendorf
3 rd – Heather Paul
Class 11 – City/Buildings, Black & White:
1 st – Clare Hunter
2 nd – Lindsay Nobbe
3 rd – Matt Navarra
Class 12 – City/Buildings, Color:
1 st – Jason Schwering
2 nd – Pamela Pagan
3 rd – Heather Paul
Class 13 – Sunrises/Sunsets, Color:
1 st – Clare Hunter – Grand Champion
2 nd – Morgan Navarra
3 rd – Bonita Hellmich
Class 14 – Farm Scene, Color:
1 st – Heather Paul
2 nd – Matt Navarra
Class 15 – Coastal / Beach Scene, Color:
1 st – Heather Paul – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Clare Hunter
3 rd – Connie Fruchtnicht
Class 16 – Creative Photography, B & W or Color:
1 st – Heather Paul – Grand Champion
2 nd – Jason Schwering
3 rd – Clare Hunter
OPEN CLASS
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
Class 1 – Zinnias:
1 st – Eloise Hamilton
Class 5 – Summer Mixed Garden Flower Arrangement, Adults:
1 st – Juanita Israel – Grand Champion
Class 6 – Summer Mixed Garden Flower Arrangement, Young People, Ages 8-17:
1 st – Harper Vaught
Class 7 – Miniature Arrangement:
1 st – Juanita Israel – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Eloise Hamilton
3 rd – Joyce Fogle
HORTICULTURAL SPECIMENS
Class 1 – Hydrangeas:
1 st – Cathy Fogle
2 nd – Bonita Hellmich
3 rd – Chloe Kramer
Class 2 – Gladiola:
1 st – Jennifer Hersley – Grand Champion
2 nd – Dennis Israel
3 rd – Juanita Israel
Class 3 – Day Lilies:
1 st – Joyce Fogle
2 nd – Juanita Israel
3 rd – Dennis Fogle
Class 4 – Other Lilies:
1 st – Juanita Israel
2 nd – Chloe Kramer
OPEN CLASS
Class 5 – Sunflowers:
1 st – Katie Spreckelson
Class 6 – Roses:
1 st – Marguerite Devers – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Lucinda Israel
3 rd – Chloe Kramer
Class 8 – Other Flowers:
1 st – Harper Vaught
2 nd – Juanita Israel
3 rd – Katie Spreckelson
POTTED PLANTS
Class 1 – Blooming Plant:
1 st – Joyce Holtkamp
Class 2 – Foliage Plant:
1 st – Caitlyn Pierson – Reserve Grand Champion
Class 3 – Patio Pot:
1 st – Joyce Fogle – Grand Champion
Class 9 – Succulents:
1 st – Cathy Fogle – Grand Champion
2 nd – Lucinda Israel – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – Bonita Hellmich
GARDEN
Class 2 – Potatoes, 5 on a Plate:
1 st – Greg Redelman
Class 3 – Onions, 3 on a Plate:
1 st – Greg Redelman
OPEN CLASS
Class 4 – Tomatoes, Ripe or Green, 5 on a Plate:
1 st – Greg Redelman – Reserve Grand Champion
Class 7 – Cucumber – 3 on a plate, any type:
1 st – Greg Redelman
Class 10 – Zucchini, 1 on a plate:
1 st – Greg Redelman
2 nd – Katie Spreckelson
Class 11 – Broccoli, 1 head on a plate:
1 st – Greg Redelman – Grand Champion
FOOD PRESERVATION
Class 1 – Jam / Conserves:
1 st – Cindy Grote – Grand Champion
Class 2 – Jelly:
1 st – Heather Paul – Reserve Grand Champion
FOOD PRESERVATION – CANNED PRODUCTS
Class 2 – Vegetables:
1 st – Pam Morrow – Grand Champion
2 nd – Joyce Holtkamp – Reserve Grand Champion
3 rd – David Holtkamp
Class 3 – Tomatoes and Tomato Juice:
1 st – Bonita Hellmich
Class 6 – Other Canned Products:
1 st – Cheryl Harford
OPEN CLASS
BROWNIE CONTEST
Class 1 – Classic Chocolate Brownies:
1 st – Heather Paul
2 nd – Cheyenne Kramer
3 rd – Cindy McCammett
Class 2 – Blonde Brownies:
1 st – Julia Hunter – Reserve Grand Champion
2 nd – Bonita Hellmich
3 rd – Emily Wilson
Class 3 – Double-Chocolate Brownies:
1 st – Nancy Middendorf – Grand Champion
2 nd – Julia Hunter
3 rd – Kathy Verseman
Class 4 – Turtle/Caramel Brownies:
1 st – Julia Hunter
Class 5 – Peanut Butter Brownies:
1 st – Julia Hunter
2 nd – Emily Wilson
3 rd – Mary Ann Geis
Class 6 – Other Brownie Flavors:
1 st – Julia Hunter – Decadent Candy Bacon Brownies
2 nd – Bonita Hellmich – Strawberry Brownies
3 rd – Eileen Fisse – Rhubarb Brownies
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with Open Class during check-in and judging at
the Decatur County Fair. Thank you also to everyone who entered projects into Open Class!
Without you, we would not have an Open Class, which is a huge tradition at the Decatur County
Fair. If you are interested in entering next year, be sure to check at the Extension Office in the
spring to obtain your updated Open Class Exhibitor’s Guide with all of the categories, classes
and rules. If you would like to volunteer to help with project entry and judging, please call the
Extension Office at 812-663-8388 to sign up.
