By: Class 19 Team Leaders                 On Monday, August 13, the newly formed Spruce, Pine and Hickory NCCC Units departed for their Team Leader training project at Pilgrim Heights Camp and Retreat Center in Montour, Iowa.

People were buzzing around the Apiary competition which was judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Awards and ribbons were handed out in 24 different categories of competition, ranging from beehives to beeswax candle making.

Kylie Pendleton of Red Oak won Market Best of Show for her single roaster in the FFA Rabbit Show judged Thursday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Noah Clark of Letts was awarded Breeding Best of Show.

Earning high marks, Leigh Lussie of Winsdor Heights won the Best of Show and Sweepstakes awards in the Fabric and Threads Quilting contest judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair.

Mikayla Pfab of Granger was named High Point Exhibitor in the FFA Horse Show held Wednesday and Thursday as part of the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Pfab competed with 129 exhibitors from 62 FFA chapters who showed a total of 175 animals.

Lisa Criss-Dickerson of Centerville earned Best of Show honors in the Fabric and Threads Clothing Construction competition judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair.

Farm crops took to the judging table in the John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by Alliant Energy on Thursday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Complete results below: FIELD CORN Single Ear 1) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) David Klindt, Bettendorf 5) James Klindt, Bettendorf 6) Kevin Glanz, Manchester   Longest Ear 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Sterling Weeda, Holstein 3) Dillon Weeda, Holstein 4) Julie Weeda, Holstein 5) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 6) Paul White, Ames   Ten Ears, Yellow Corn 1) James Klindt, Bettendorf 2) Kevin Glanz, Manchester 3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 5) David Klindt, Bettendorf 6) Jay Van Wert, Hampton   Ten Ears, White Corn 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 5) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 6) Red Corn Farm, Melvin   Ten Ears, Open-Pollinated Corn 1) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) David Klindt, Bettendorf 4) Mary Zelle, Waverly 5) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Thirty Ears 1) James Klindt, Bettendorf 2) David Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 5) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 6) Jay Van Wert, Hampton   Full Gallon Shelled Corn 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 5) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 6) Kevin Glanz, Manchester   Standard Bushel Basket Ear Field Corn 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) David Klindt, Bettendorf 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 5) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 6) Oxford Farms, Cambridge   First Time Exhibitors, Yellow Corn 1) Steve Murty, Gladbrook 2) Kevin Glanz, Manchester 3) Thomas Huck, Waverly   New Crop, Yellow Corn 1) James Klindt, Bettendorf 2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 3) David Klindt, Bettendorf 4) Dean Stormer, Bridgewater 5) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   New Crop, White Corn 1) James Klindt, Bettendorf 2) David Klindt, Bettendorf   Ornamental Corn 1) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Dwight Sanders, Vinton 4) David Klindt, Bettendorf   Sweepstakes: James Klindt, Bettendorf   First Place Overall: James Klindt, Bettendorf   FORAGES, GRASSES AND LEGUMES Alfalfa 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Alsike Clover 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Birdsfoot Trefoil 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 4) Mary Zelle, Waverly   Smooth Bromegrass 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Medium Red Clover 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) David Klindt, Bettendorf 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Millet 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Orchard Grass 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 4) Mary Zelle, Waverly   Reed Canarygrass 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) Mary Zelle, Waverly 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Sudan 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Sweetclover 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 4) Mary Zelle, Waverly   Timothy 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Any Other 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Sweepstakes: Ginger Werner, Chelsea   POPCORN Commercial, White Hybrid Popcorn 1) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Commercial, Yellow Hybrid Popcorn 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Dawn Troutner, Melbourne   Commercial, Mushroom Hybrid Popcorn 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   Ornamental, Japanese Hulless/White Rice Popcorn 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Ornamental, Strawberry Popcorn 1) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 2) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center   Ornamental, Lady Finger Type Popcorn 1) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 2) Dawn Troutner, Melbourne 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Ornamental, Any Other Popcorn 1) Red Corn Farm, Melvin 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Ornamental, Shelled Popcorn 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 4) Becky Poduska, Chelsea   Sweepstakes: Ginger Werner, Chelsea   SHEAF GRAINS Brome Grass for Seed 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Millet for Seed 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Early Oats 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Mary Zelle, Waverly 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Mid Season Oats 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton   Late Season Oats 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Orchard Grass 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   Rye in Straw 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf 2) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Grain Sorghum 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 3) Casey Cortum, Norwalk   Spring Wheat in Straw 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 4) Jay Van Wert, Hampton   Winter Wheat in Straw 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Sweepstakes: Chuck Werner, Chelsea   SMALL GRAINS AND LEGUMES Early Oats 1) None Awarded 2) David Klindt, Bettendorf 3) James Petersen, Knoxville 4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   Mid Season Oats 1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 2) David Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 4) Thomas Huck, Waverly   Late Season Oats 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   Oats - Any Other Officially Recognized Variety 1) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 2) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 3) David Klindt, Bettendorf 4) Dwight Sanders, Vinton   Red Clover Seed 1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea   Spring Wheat 1) None Awarded 2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Winter Wheat 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf   Any Other 1) David Klindt, Bettendorf 2) Willard Hoskin, Keosauqua 3) Steve Murty, Gladbrook   SOYBEANS Early Soybeans 1) Mary Zelle, Waverly 2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) Rick Baumhover, Chariton 5) Lynne Pfantz, State Center 6) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Mid Season Soybeans 1) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 2) James Klindt, Bettendorf 3) Thomas Huck, Waverly 4) Mary Zelle, Waverly 5) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 6) Ginger Werner, Chelsea   Late Season Soybeans 1) Mary Zelle, Waverly 2) Oxford Farms, Cambridge 3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 5) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 6) Dean Stormer, Bridgewater   Specialty Food Soybean 1) Kevin Glanz, Manchester 2) Mary Zelle, Waverly 3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly   Soybean Bundles 1) Jay Van Wert, Hampton 2) Mary Zelle, Waverly 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea 4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly 5) Ginger Werner, Chelsea 6) Dean Stormer, Bridgewater   Sweepstakes 1) Mary Zelle, Waverly   First Place Overall (classes 37-39) 1) Mary Zelle, Waverly   First Place Overall (class 40) 1) Kevin Glanz, Manchester won   “Nothing Compares” to the 2012 Iowa State Fair, August 9-19.

Amanda Martin of Atkins, Iowa, will be attending Creighton University along with almost 1,000 other freshmen this fall. Martin, a graduate of Benton Community High School, who will be entering into the College of Arts & Sciences, will be part of a freshman class that is academically strong, diverse and engaged in community and service activities.

By: Rachel Lebeaux   Heather Peck is a native Iowan who currently resides in North Liberty. Heather enlisted in the United States Navy right out of high school and spent six years serving, two on active duty and four in the naval reserves.

Bonnabelle Rayner of Lone Tree was awarded Best of Show honors in the Fabric and Threads Sewing for the Home contest judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair.