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Locals impress with crops at Brussels Fair
Names are in order of finish
Section E
COMMERCIAL GRAIN
1/4 bu. red wheat - Mark Swart.
1/4 bu. barley - Bruce Higgins, Marie
Perrie
1/4 bu. mixed grain - No entries.
6 cobs husking corn - Fred Uhler,
Darren Johnston, Bauer Farms, Nigel
Beirnes.
1/4 bu. white field beans - No entries.
10 stalks soybeans - Mike Bernard,
Maurice Douma, Don Baan, Bauer
Farms.
Section F2
FORAGE CROPS
5" slice hay, 1st cut - Marie Perrie.
5" slice hay, 2nd cut - No entries.
6 stalks of ensilage corn - Darren
Johnston, Bauer Farms.
Section F4
FIELD CROPS
Grain corn - Don Baan, Matt
Shortreed, Neil Mitchell, Jeff Cardiff,
Fred Uhler, Bauer Farms, Darren
Johnston, Mark Swart, Michael Albers,
Adam Albers.
White beans - Don Fischer, Neil
Mitchell, Mark Swart, Darren Johnston.
Winter wheat - Mark Swart, Don Baan,
Don Fischer, Neil Mitchell, Jeff Cardiff,
Matt Shortreed, Brett Fischer, Henry
Grobbink.
Soybeans - Maurice Douma, Don
Baan, Jeff Cardiff, Bruce Higgins, Neil
Mitchell, Matt Shortreed, Darren
Johnston, Michael Albers, Bauer
Farms.
S1 Highest points in field crop
competition - Don Baan.
Section G1
EGGS
1 doz. white eggs - Waide Beirnes.
1 doz. brown eggs - Jaxson Beirnes.
6 eggs from another farm fowl - No
entries.
Section G2
FRUIT
5 crab apples - Linda Garland, Elwin
Garland.
5 wild apples - Max Johnston, Jaxson
Beirnes, Gabby Johnston.
5 homegrown apples - Floral Morton,
Donna Bauer, Marguerite Thomas.
5 homegrown pears - Sandra
Machan.
6 homegrown plums - No entries.
1 citron - No entries.
1 ripe muskmelon or cantaloupe - No
entries.
1 ripe watermelon - No entries.
1 pint fall raspberries - Jeff Cardiff.
3 clusters of elderberries - No entries.
S1. Fruit Display - No entries.
Section H
VEGETABLES AND ROOTS
1 quart dry white beans - No entries.
5 pickling beets - Brian Schlosser,
Olivia Johnston, Gabby Johnston.
5 round beets (turnip)- Gabby
Johnston, Max Johnston, Olivia
Johnston.
5 long beets (cylindra)- Kaleigh
McCallum, Sandra Machan.
1 head cabbage - Brian Schlosser, .
5 short carrots, under 3" long - Brian
Schlosser, Marguerite Thomas, Sandra
Machan.
5 long carrots, over 5" long -
Marguerite Thomas, Alyssa Beirnes,
Bridget McCallum.
5 gherkins - Bob Kellington,
Marguerite Thomas.
3 pickling cucumbers, under 6" long
- Marguerite Thomas, Bob Kellington.
3 table cucumbers, under 12" long -
Marguerite Thomas.
3 ripe cucumbers, yellow - No entries.
5 garlic bulbs - Sandra Machan.
5 leeks - tops 4-6" above white shank
- No entries.
5 Spanish onions - Sandra Machan.
5 onions, from sets - Bob Kellington,
Sandra Machan, Marguerite Thomas.
3 sweet green peppers - Marguerite
Thomas, Sandra Machan.
3 sweet red peppers - No entries.
3 hot peppers - Jack Nicholson, Bev
Craddock.
2 pie pumpkins - No entries.
2 acorn or pepper squash - Cody
Zehr.
2 butternut squash - Jeff Cardiff.
2 hubbard squash - No entries.
2 zucchini squash - Bridget
McCallum, Sandra Machan, Kaleigh
McCallum.
2 buttercup squash - No entries.
2 squash, any other variety, named -
No entries.
2 large ripe sunflower heads - No
entries.
2 miniature, ripe sunflower heads -
Sandra Machan, Jack Pipe.
5 large red tomatoes - Brian
Schlosser.
5 large green tomatoes - Sandra
Machan.
7 small ripe cherry tomatoes - Bev
Craddock, Sandra Machan, Brian
Schlosser.
12 white potatoes in a basket -
Sandra Machan.
12 red potatoes in a basket - Sandra
Machan, Peggy Aitcheson.
12 yellow potatoes in a basket - No
entries.
S1 - Most points in classes 1-33 –
Sandra Machan.
S2 - Vegetable Display - No entries.
S3 - Gourd collection - Lorna Collins,
Margaret Taylor.
S4 - Herb collection - Marguerite
Thomas, Linda Garland.
S5 - Theme special - No entries.
Largest beet, by weight - Cody Zehr,
Jack Pipe, Brian Schlosser.
Longest husked corncob - Brian
Schlosser, Max Johnston, Gabby
Johnston.
Largest potato, by weight - Waide
Beirnes, Cody Zehr, Alyssa Beirnes.
Largest tomato, by circumference -
Jack Pipe.
Largest sunflower head, by diameter
- Kaleigh McCallum, Bridget McCallum,
Jack Pipe.
Tallest sunflower - No entries.
Tallest cornstalk - Bauer Farms, Olivia
Johnston, Gabby Johnston.
Heaviest zucchini - Leanne
Armstrong, Dona Knight, Jack Pipe.
Longest carrot - Brian Schlosser,
Elwin Garland, Jack Nicholson.
Biggest misshapen vegetable - No
entries.
Heaviest “jack-o-lantern” type
pumpkin - Jack Pipe, Tristin Piper.
Heaviest “jumbo” squash - No
entries.
SCARECROW COMPETITION
S8-1. Boys and Girls, 10 years of age
and younger as of Sept. 1, 2015 -
Kaleigh McCallum, Bridget McCallum,
tied first.
S8-2. Boys and Girls, between the
ages of 11 to 15 as of Sept. 1, 2015 -
No entries.
S8-3. Open to anyone 16 years of age
or older as of Sept. 1, 2015 - Marie
Perrie.
S8-4. Open to any organization or
club - No entries.
Section J
FRUIT
Canned peaches - Elaine Armstrong,
Cathy Cardiff, Allyson Barbour.
Canned pears - Elaine Armstrong,
Dona Knight, Cathy Cardiff.
Applesauce - Elaine Armstrong,
Tammy Beirnes, Monique Baan.
Canned Cherries - No entries.
JAMS AND JELLIES
Strawberry jam, freezer - Elaine
Armstrong, Tanis VanderMolen,
Florence Machan.
Strawberry jam, cooked – Tammy
Beirnes, Sandra Machan, Shirley
Baker.
Raspberry jam, freezer - Dona Knight,
Bonnie Lindsay, Florence Machan.
Raspberry jam, cooked - Florence
Machan, Mary Douma, Sandra
Machan.
Peach jam - Sandra Machan, Elaine
Armstrong, Marjorie Elg.
Grape jelly - Tanis VanderMolen,
Shirley Baker.
Any mixed fruit jam - Sandra Machan,
Marguerite Thomas, Bonnie Lindsay.
Any jam or jelly not already listed -
Allyson Barbour, Katherine Bridge,
Florence Machan.
Red or green pepper jelly, sweet -
Tammy Beirnes, Sandra Machan, Peg
Aitcheson.
Red or green pepper jelly, hot - No
entries.
PICKLES & DRESSINGS
Bread & Butter Pickles - Mary Ann
Thompson, Peg Aitcheson, Allyson
Barbour.
Nine Day Pickles - Sandra Machan.
Icicle Pickles - Sandra Machan, Kathy
Bridge, Mary Ann Thompson.
Dill Pickles - Shirley Baker, Elaine
Armstrong, Sandra Machan.
Pickled Beets - Dona Knight,
Marguerite Thomas, Sandra Machan.
Pickled eggs - Allyson Barbour, Mary
Ann Thompson.
Pickled mini corn cobs - Jaxson
Beirnes.
Pickled asparagus - Monique Baan,
Peg Aitcheson, Chad McCallum.
Cucumber Relish - Dona Knight,
Sandra Machan, Tanis VanderMolen.
Any Relish - named - Mary Ann
Thompson, Linda Garland, Mary
Douma.
Canned/stewed tomatoes - Brian
Schlosser, Shirley Baker.
Tomato juice - No entries.
Spaghetti sauce - No entries.
Chili Sauce - Dona Knight, Cathy
Cardiff, Sandra Machan.
Salsa - mild - Sandra Machan, Peg
Aitcheson, Sheila Burgess.
Salsa - hot - Peg Aitcheson, Tammy
Beirnes.
S1 - Most suitably decorated jar of
canning - Sheila Burgess.
S2 - Bernardin Jam/Jelly Award
Qualifiers - Florence Machan, Tanis
VanderMolen.
S3 - Bernardin Snap Lid/Mason Jar
Craft Award - Bonnie Lindsay, Kathy
Bridge, Bev Craddock.
S4 - Bernardin Gift Pack Award -
Kathy Bridge.
S5 - Bernard Adult Home Canner
Award - Sandra Machan.
S6 - “A recipe from one of our own”
Phyllis Mitchell pickles - Mary Ann
Thompson.
Section K
BREAD
Loaf of white bread - Anne Hallman.
Loaf of bread, any variety in bread
machine - No entries.
Loaf of bread, gluten free - No entries.
Dinner Rolls - No entries.
Tea Biscuits - No entries.
Banana Loaf - Bev Craddock, Sandy
Allison, Elaine Armstrong.
Pumpkin Loaf - Bonnie Lindsay, Bev
Craddock.
CAKES-MUFFINS-COOKIES
Angel Cake (not iced)- Jo-Ann
McDonald and Leona Armstrong, tied
first.
Banana Muffins - Elaine Armstrong,
Bonnie Lindsay.
Bran Muffins - Bonnie Lindsay, Sandra
Machan.
Blueberry Muffins - Elaine Armstrong,
Bonnie Lindsay, Floral Morton.
Oatmeal Date Squares - Mary Douma,
Bonnie Lindsay, Peg Aitcheson.
Leading the way
Brussels Fall Fair Homecraft President Nicole Noble and her son Beckett can be seen here in
the John Deere vehicle leading a trail of tractors in last week’s Fall Fair parade down the
village’s main street. (Denny Scott photo)
How do we look?
The Brussels Fall Fair kicked off last Tuesday night with one of the more successful dog shows
in recent memory. Of particular interest was the costume portion of the show, which saw pet
and owner try to wow the judges by way of matching costumes. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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