Results from the Ripley-Huron Fall Fair

Congratulations to our 2025-26 Ripley-Huron Fall Fair ambassador, Emery Harper; and junior ambassador, Kelsey Thompson; Prince, Jackson Blackwell; and Princess, Evangeline Schaus.
 

• Arena volunteer – Diane Clifford
• Grounds volunteer – Wayne Murray
• Student volunteer – Carras Dewar
• Count the cows - John Gillespie
• Youngest girl – Reagan
• Youngest boy – Theodore
• Eldest lady – Mildred Griffith
• Eldest gent – Raimo Kotila
• Farthest travelled – Lauralee Veitch, Richmond, Texas

Decorating Contest

• Businesses: 1st - Rosewood RVilla; 2nd - Hurontel; 3rd - Harold and Shirley Galloway Wood Shop
• Bales: 1st - Sandra MacDonald; 2nd - Fran Farrell; 3rd - Abbey MacPherson 
• Residential: 1st - Gail Lotton; 2nd - Steven Boyce and grandchildren; 3rd - Kathleen Ackert

Log Sawing

• Mixed – 1st Jacob/Mary; 2nd Judy/Jacob; 3rd Lisa Courtney/Steve Empey
• Men’s - 1st Jacob/Mike Howes; 2nd Dave/Matt; 3rd Ryan Hinz/Nick Gibbons
• Ladies – 1st Meghan Irwin/Alana Smith; 2nd Mary/Judy; 3rd Nicki/Deb
• Under 12 – 1st Cal Kernighan/Dylan Wall; 2nd Cal Kernighan/Xander Bennett; 3rd Caryss Dewar/Erin Ackert

Nail Driving

• Men’s – 1st Matt; 2nd Rob; 3rd Brad
• Ladies – 1st Alana; 2nd Megan; 3rd Nicki
• Teen – 1st Carter; 2nd Anya
• Under 12 - 1st Dylan Wall; 2nd Colten Ellis; 3rd Cal Kernighan

Frog-Jumping Contest

• Smallest: 1st Waylen Gibson; 2nd Mack Skinner, Annabelle Courtney, Jace Skinner; 3rd Ryker Gibbons, Hunter Hinz
• Largest: 1st Briar Vogan; 2nd Colton Courtney; 3rd Will York
• Longest Jump: 1st Abbi Farrell; 2nd Brett Courtney; 3rd Millie Gibbons

PARADE

A1 - Family or Group Float

• Cooks and MacLennan Float
• Grazingview Farms Float - Lowrys
• TWB Brewery - Dan Murray and Family

A2 - Float with Music

• Rosewood RVilla
• Ripley Reunion
• HuronTel

A3 - Commercial Floats

• Lucknow Co-op
• Waters Edge Irrigation
• Lippert Trucking
• Andrew Dairy
• A Girl and A Hammer

A4 - Organizational Float

• Ripley and District Horticultural Society
• Bruce Botanicial Food Gardens
• Ripley Legion Float
• Ripley Lions Club

  
A5 - Antique Cars 

• Scott Nicholson - 1922 Studebaker Special 16 (green)
• Dickson Cumming - 1957 Mercury, 1969 Buick
• Rod Lippert - 1968 Chevy 
• Gerry Brooks - 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
• Thomas Wilson - Abarath Spider 

A5 - Antique Trucks

• Scott Nicholson - 1948 Ford Pick up Truck
• Al Edwards - 1984 GMC Sierra Classic
• Ripley Huron Fire Department 

  
A5 - Antique Tractors

• Jeff and Susan Ward - 1941 Minneapolis Moline MZ, 1952 Minneapolis ZAS, 1964 Minneapolis 670
• Mark Stanley - 1955 Case400
• Lurganview Farms - 1981 John Deere
• James Blackwell - 1947 John Deere Model B

C2 - Decorated Wagon with children - Lippert's Trucking

D1 - Best Costume under age 10

• More Cowbell With The Scott Family - Willow, Brooke, Tessa, Annabelle, Roselyn, Max, Austin, 
• Jocelyn Leidy - School of Music Group

D4 - Family Group

• More Cowbell With The Scott Family - Willow, Brooke, Tessa, Annabelle, Roselyn, Max, Austin, 
• Hunter Farms
• 183 Kincardine Air Cadets

D5 - Anything that deserves a prize

• Red Brick Farms
• Farlot Farms
• Troy's Peterbelt c/o Cole Snobelen

CROPS

Most Points in three Field Crops:- R.G. Harris Farms

Corn Specials - Most Points

• Ensilage: R.G. Harris Farms
• Grain Corn: R.G. Harris Farms
• Exhibit of 10 Cobs: R.G. Harris Farms
• Best Sheaf of Corn - R.G. Harris Farms
• Six Cobs Ensilage Corn – Keith Vander Hoek
   

Hay Specials

• Champion – Keith Vander Hoek
• Reserve – Keith Vander Hoek
• Most Points, New Seeded – Keith Vander Hoek
• Established - Keith Vander Hoek

Grain Specials - Best Exhibit

• Fall Wheat – Champion – Ken Thompson
• Reserve – Smith Farms
• Soybeans - Champion – Wade Lowry
• Reserve – Mark Stanley
   

Crop Specials - Most Points:

• Soft Red Fall Wheat – Ken Thompson
• Hard Red Fall Wheat – Mark Robinson
• Soybeans – Wade Lowry

Judy Thompson Homecraft Award: Lauralee Veitch

Fruits and Vegetables

Most Points: 1st – Melissa Arnold; 2nd – Anne-Marie Gomes; 3rd – John Yungblut

Plants

• Most Points in Potted Plants: 1st – Debbie Harper, 2nd – Frances Stewart
• Cut Flowers: 1st -Jean Anne Smeltzer 2nd – Jenelle Smeltzer
• Most Points by Design: 1st – Debbie Harper; 2nd – Anita Zoller
• Most Points 1st Year: 1st – Sueme Forrester, 2nd – Jack Gillespie
• Most Points in Design using Fair Theme – 1st Debbie Harper; 2nd (tie) Jean-Anne Smeltzer and Fran Farrell
• Overall Champion: 1st - Debbie Harper, 2nd (tie) Anita Zoller and Jean-Anne Smeltzer
   

Karen Farrell Memorial Award - Judge’s choice from among 1st-place design entries:

• Best in Show – Potted Plants – Fran Farrell
• Best in Show – Cut Flowers – Jennelle Smeltzer
• Judge’s Choice – design – Debbie Harper

Canning

• Most Points 2-37: 1st – Frances Stewart; 2nd – Melissa Arnold; 3rd – Anita Zoller

Baking

• Most Points in Society Specials: 1st – Loretta Uhl; 2nd – Brenda McLean; 3rd – Wilf Gamble
• Most Points in Baking: 1st – Angie Middelkamp; 2nd – Anne MacInnes; 3rd – Anita Zoller

Needlework

• Most Points in Quilts 1-27: 1st - Diane Clifford; 2nd - Esther Thynne; 3rd – Mary Dougall
• Grand Champion Hand-Quilted – Betty Jean White
• Reserve Champion Quilted – Valerie Gibson
• Grand Champion Machine Quilt- Esther Thynne
• Most Points in Three Rooms: 1st – Brenda McLean; 2nd – Gwen Johnston; 3rd – Diane Budnark
• Most Points in Knitting and Crocheting: 1st – Diane Budnark; 2nd – Gwen Johnston; 3rd – Freda Smith
• Most Points in Sewing: 1st – Lauralee Veitch; 2nd – Lori McKim-Lang; 3rd – Gwen Johnston
• Most Points using Theme: 1st – Lauralee Veitch; 2nd – Diane Clifford; 3rd – Brenda McLean
• Most Points in Class 6: 1st – Diane Budnark; 2nd – Gwen Johnston; 3rd – Lauralee Veitch
   

Arts and Crafts

• Most Points Overall: 1st – Lori McKim-Lang; 2nd – Lauralee Veitch; 3rd – Sueme Forrester
• Most Points in Painting and Drawing: 1st – Susan Miszturak; 2nd – Lori McKim-Lang; 3rd – Lorraine Henderson
• Most Points in Halloween: 1st – Gloria Ferrier; 2nd – Sueme Forrester; 3rd – Lisa Moore
• Most Points in Christmas and Wedding: 1st – Lori McKim-Lang; 2nd – Sueme Forrester; 3rd – Lauralee Veitch

Junior

• Most Points Overall: Tatum Colling
• Most Points 4-9 years – 1. Tatum Colling; 2. Owaign Claridge 3. Dana Ackert
• Most Point First Year 4-9 years – 1. Hazel Armstrong 2. Foster Andrew 3. Saige Piel
• Most Point 10-18 years – 1. Sigrid Blank 2. Evie Turland 3. Peyton Armstrong (1705)
• First Year 10-18 years – 1. Tyler Freer 2. Hailey Zoller 3. Ava Miltenburg

 
Photography

• Most Points in section 1-26: 1st - Mary McMahon, 2nd – (three-way tie) Sheila Faber, Lisa Moore and Julia Zsigna-Thynne
• Most Points in section 11-22: 1st - Mary McMahon, 2nd – Julia Zsiga-Thynne, 3rd – Sheila Faber
• Judge’s Choice: Lisa Moore
• Committee’s Choice: Sheila Faber

Senior Citizens 60-plus

• Most Points 1-25: 1st – Debbie France, 2nd – Gwen Johnston, 3rd – Frances Stewart
• Most Points by a man: 1st. – Wilf Gamble
• Individual Display 1st – Lauralee Veitch, 2nd – Lisa Moore, 3rd – Diane Budnark, 4th – Gwen Johnston

Memorabilia

• Judge’s Choice: Lauralee Veitch
• Legion Special: 1st – Gwen Johnston 2nd – Bev Fry, 3rd – Lauralee Veitch
• Most Points: 1st – Gwen Johnston, 2nd – Lauralee Veitch, 3rd – Anita Zoller
   

Milk: 1st – Ter Woerds Farms, 2nd - Prehnbrook Farms, 3rd – Murray Wilken

Eggs

• White: 1st - Rob and Judy Lowry, 2nd - Robert Scott
• Brown: 1st – Gloria Ferrier; 2nd – Travis Beishuizen; 3rd – Stewart Oatway

Nature’s Best
OAAS Maple Syrup Competition – Steve Empey

Wine:

• Best Overall from Kit - Kevin Murray
• Best Wine of Show - Kevin Murray
   

4-H Sheep Club Achievement Day

• Champion Breeding Lamb – Lauren Todd
• Reserve Champion Breeding Lamb – Hannah Hohnstein
• Champion Market Lamb – Reese Todd
• Reserve Champion Market Lamb – Benjamin Ernewein
• Champion Showperson – Reese Todd
• Reserve Champion Showperson – Lauren Todd

4-H Invitational Sheep Show

• Champion Breeding Lamb – Autumn Bechard
• Reserve Champion Breeding Lamb – Jessalyn Hendriks
• Champion Market Lamb – Adalyn Garland
• Reserve Champion Market Lamb – Benjamin Ernewein
• Champion Showperson – Autumn Bechard
• Reserve Champion Showperson – Sierra Reid

Beef Show - British Breeds

• Champion Bull – Bruce and Brenda Patchell
• Champion Female – Bruce and Brenda Patchell

Beef Show – Exotic Breeds

• Champion Bull – Keisha Schiestel
• Champion Female – Ronda Ernewein
   

Beef Show – Any other Breeds

• Champion Female – Myles McGillvary

4-H Beef Club Achievement Day

• Champion Breeding Heifer – Hannah MacDonald
• Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer – Abbi Farrell
• Champion Showperson – Emma MacDonald
• Reserve Champion Showperson – Hannah MacDonald

4-H Beef Invitational

• Champion Breeding Heifer – Grace Dudgeon
• Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer – Madison Hammell
• Champion Market Heifer – George Davidson
• Champion Market Steer – Myles McGillvary
• Reserve Champion Market Steer – Hayley Davidson
• Champion Showperson – Ashley Ernewein
• Reserve Champion Showperson – Hailey Ernewein