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Puyallup Fair award winners

By MARK KLAAS
Auburn Reporter Editor
Oct 01 2009

Auburn’s Mary Glaze baked the most outstanding cake in the contest, “Chocolate Zucchini Cake,” and took home the $1,000 grand prize and a champion rosette at the recent Puyallup Fair. …

Debra Cepeda took first place and the $250 prize in a drawing contest at the Puyallup Fair. The contest was part of the Fair’s fine art show, which attracted 1,084 pieces of art. Cepeda’s entry was titled, “Rooster Tail.” …

Donald Hall’s entry, “Gone Fishin’,” took top honors in the Best of Scenics at the fair’s Northwest International Exhibition of Photography. … Susan Bischof Storey was a judges choice for her animal category entry, “Painted Mane.” …

Puyallup’s Stan Pugh took top honors in the giant pumpkin contest with a 1,136.5-pound pumpkin, the heaviest the fair has seen. Auburn’s Joanne McNab was 10th with her pumpkin (724 pounds) and Auburn’s Brian Halbert 12th (598). Auburn’s Ben Halbert was fourth in the junior division with a 447-pound pumpkin. … Sonja St. John won the tatting division in the fair’s “Fastest Fingers in the West” contest. …

Rockin A&J Pinzgauers, of Auburn, took several honors in the beef cattle contest, including the best premier breeder, best premier exhibitor and grand champion bull in the open class pinzgauer section. The Auburn entry also was third in best exhibit. …

Hobby Hall judges announced the following winners in their hand-crafted entries: Deloris Berg (professional woodcarving, grand champion); Nancy Kennerud (decorative arts professional, reserve grand champion); Lee Thomas (doll houses, reserve grand champion); Andrea Cade (stained glass division, reserve grand champion); Dena Gomez (decorative glass division, grand champion); Phyllis Stier (adult ceramics and pottery division, grand champion).

Auburn Reporter Editor Mark Klaas can be reached at mklaas@auburn-reporter.com or 253-833-0218, ext. 5050.
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