Placings

The entries started arriving just after 7am Friday morning; we had some folks anxiously waiting to entering their fair items! Donna Laubach gave us a hand with entering and what a great help she was!  We had a nice variety of items throughout the categories but the exhibit that won the Chamber Directors heart was the display Marjorie Winters put together of the Westfahl family’s legacy, WOW, if you missed Whea Esta this year, you missed something very special, something I hope, we get to see again.  Saturday was filled with the Exhibits with Ribbons hung, the BBQ Cookoff, Drawings with Door Prizes from Chamber Members, a Petting Zoo by Cody Seelke and great demonstrations.
The Wheat Walk/Run had over 70 participants who enjoyed some great Okeene weather Saturday morning.
The exhibit placings were as follows:
Junior Division
Agriculture
1st Jesse Totty – Corn, 2nd Trent Turner – Corn, 3rd Chayce Carter – Corn.
Crafts
1st Allison Schieber – Other:  Stepping Stone, 1st Amilee Kehnemund - Craft/Plastic, 1st Grace Seelke Fabric, 1st Jessica Parrish - Other Material, 1st Keyle Kehnemund –Paper, 1st Keyle Kehnemund - Wood, 1st Koby Smith – Rock Collection, 1st Koby Smith Pinewood Derby, 1st Kristie Burghardt –Leather, 1st Kristie Burghardt –Picture, 1st Kristie Burghardt –Plastic, 1st Lex Kehnemund – Jewelry/Beads, 2nd Amilee Kehnemund - Fabric, 2nd Amilee Kehnemund, Jewelry/beads, 2nd Cheyenne Haag –Picture, 2nd Jessica Schieber – other/Stepping Stone, 2nd Keyle Kehnemund - Plastic, 2nd Lex Kehnemund –Paper, 2nd Lex Kehnemund –Wood, 3rd Amilee Kehnemund –Paper, 3rd Amilee Kehnemund - Wood,  3rd Hannah Schieber –Picture, 3rd Hannah Schieber – Other Stepping Stone, 3rd Keyle Kehnemund –Fabric, 3rd Keyle Kehnemund – Jewelry/Beads, 3rd Lex Kehnemund –Plastic, 4th Harley Waldrop –Picture, Lex Kehnemund - Fabric, 5th Amilee Kehnemund - Picture.
Baked Goods:
1st Jentry Biggs – Snickerdoodles, 1st Koby Smith – Choc. Chip Cookies, 1st Sydney Biggs – Oatmeal, 1st Taylor Biggs – Peanut Butter, 2nd Alek Winter Monster Cookies, 2nd Brexton Smith – Peanut Butter Cookies, 3rd Hannah Schieber – cookies/other, 4th Ashleigh Grauberger – cookies.
Canning
1st Karlee Brownlee – Sweet Pickles, 1st Levi Smith – Picante Sauce, 1st Levi Smith – Jelly/Pear.
Clothing
1st Hannah Schieber - Pot Holder,1st Kallee Dunn – Pillow Case, 1st Kallee Dunn – Fleece, 2nd Allison Schieber – Pot Holder, 2nd Karlee Brownlee – Fleece, 3rd Holly Boeckman – Fleece, 3rd Koby Smith Pot Holder, 4th Levi Smith – Pot Holder, 5th Jessica Schieber – Pot Holder.
Flowers
1st Hannah Schieber – Zinnias, 1st Jacke Parrish – Periwinkles, 1st Jessica Parrish – Zinnias, 1st Jessica Schieber – Other: Sunflower, 2nd Jacke Parrish – Zinnias, 2nd Jessica Parrish – Periwinkles.
Horticulture
Alec Johannesmeyer -1st’s: – Sweet Peppers, Squash – Butternut, Squash – other, Hot Peppers, Onions, Potatoes & Collective Arrangement.
                                 2nd  - Yellow Squash, 3rd – Okra, Zucchini
Brexton Smith – 1st’s – Zucchini Squash, Yellow Squash, 3rd – Squash/Other.
Hannah Schieber – 1st Okra.
Allison Schieber – 2nd Hot Peppers
Koby Smith - 2nd Zucchini Squash
Levi Smith – Squash/Other
Miles Howe – 2nd Okra.
Photography
1st Alec Johannesmeyer – People, 1st Anna Lee – Structure, 1st Anna Lee – Nature, 1st Anna Lee –Animals, 1st Blake Bedwell – Story Board, 2nd Alec Johannesmeyer – Nature, 3rd Breanne Haag – Nature.
Senior Division      
Agriculture
1st Clifford Droke -Grass Bundle, 1st Clifford Droke – Oats, 1st Clifford Droke - Grass/Other.
Accessories & Handiwork 1st Brenda Oney – Needlepoint, 1st Judy Laubach - Quilt, 1st Margaret Oney - Counted Cross Stitch, 1st Margaret Oney - Hand Embroidery, 1st Toni Windle – Crocheted Work. 2nd Virginia Weaver, 3rd Dorothy Roach-Jeans Quilt, 4th Cathy Brownlee – Fleece Quilt.  
Arts & Crafts
1st Jason Parrish - Misc Craft, 1st Joyce Droke – Jewelry, 1st Joyce Droke – Hobbies, 2nd Joyce Droke - Craft Misc.
Baked Goods
1st Amie Jantzen - Cake, 1st Delane Kehnemund – Quick Bread, 1st Dorothy Roach – Snickerdoodles, 2nd Brenda Oney – Cookies, 2nd Jamie Smith – Quick Bread/Zucchini, 3rd Judy Laubach – Cookies, 4th Dorothy Roach – Peanut Butter Cookies.
Canning
1st Cathy Brownlee – Tomatoes, 1st Judy Laubach – Apple Cinnamon Jelly, 1st Judy Laubach – Relish, 1st Judy Laubach – Zucchini Jam, 1st Ruth Lubbers – Beets, 1st Ruth Lubbers – Fruit, 2nd Delane Kehnemund – Jam, 2nd Delane Kehnemund – Relish, 2nd Judy Laubach – Beets, 3rd Cathy Brownlee – Sweet Pickles, 3rd Jamie Smith – Relish, 3rd Leta Kirtley – Vegetable, all types, 3rd Ruth Lubbers – Vegetable/
Clothing
1st girls & 1st boys -  Delane Kehnemund, 1st other-Judy Laubach, 1st Women’s – Margaret Oney.
Flowers
1st Margaret Oney -Fresh Flower Arrangement, 2nd Virginia Weaver – Fresh Flowers, 3rd Clayton Fisher – Fresh Flowers.
Horticulture
1st Clifford Droke – Peppers, 1st Jamie Smith – Squash all types, 1st in ea: Judy Laubach -Onions, Potatoes, Sweet Peppers& Squash.  1st in ea Lisa Howe – Okra & Squash/all types, 1st in ea Lorean Droke – Eggs, Cantaloupe, Squash, Cucumbers, eggplant & peppers, 1st Shalla Terrell - Collective Arrangement, 2nd Clifford Droke – Cucumbers, 2nd Judy Laubach – Okra, 2nd Lorean Droke – Collective Arrangement, 3rd Okra – Lorean Droke, 4th Jamie Smith  - Okra.
Photography
1st Beverly Unruh – Story Board, 1st Jamie Smith – Animals, 1st Jana Johannesmeyer – Structure, 1st Jana Johannesmeyer – Nature,  1st Jana Johannesmeyer – People, 2nd Beverly Unruh – Nature, 2nd Clifford Droke - Story Board, 2nd Jana Johannesmeyer – Animals.
Wheat Show
Junior Division
The Wheat King of 2009 is Quintin Wray, 2nd – Olivia Westfahl, 3rd Nathan Rackley, 4th Dylan Sawyer, 5th Hunter Westfahl, 6th Morgan Westfahl, 7th Kristi Burghardt, 8th Jessica Parrish, 9th Kelsie Burghardt, others competing in the Wheat Show were: Cody Day, Koby Smith, Kylee Wray, Nolan Rackley, Tanner O’Kelley, Thomas Blehm and Will Bedwell.
Senior Division
Clayton Fisher

Whea Esta was a bit of a challenge this year with the construction going on in the front of the gym but this was the 68th Annual so the show had to go on!  I’m sure if you asked our new Wheat King, Whea Esta Queen, Grand Champions, Reserve Champions or any of the ribbon winners, they are all glad we put forth the effort and to be honest, it was really nice having a little smaller Whea Esta as it gave us some time to look at how to improve it as we have the 70th coming up with only 1 year to perfect it in between!  Be thinking throughout the year about what you want to enter in Whea Esta next year, set the items aside or make a list. I hear that is how Whea Esta was so big in the days gone by: people planned and thought about it, reminded their children and each other about it all year long.