St. Louis Park Resident is a Blue Ribbon Baker

After a 32-year break from baking, Sharon Decker returned with a bang in 2011.

The St. Louis Park resident won first place for her honey sweetened, less-than-75-percent whole wheat bread, and third place for her honey sweetened, more-than-75-percent whole wheat bread. The breads were entered in the Bee and Honey competition.

It was Decker's first time competing at the fair since 1978.

"I thought about doing it every year, but somehow never got around to it," she said.

This year, she almost didn't get around to it again, but she did some earlier in the week to nab her blue ribbon.

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OTHER ST. LOUIS PARK RIBBON WINNERS

Creative Activities

Baking

Heidi Hogg

• Apple pies, fourth place
• Blueberry pies, fourth place

Canning

Brian Martin

• Red raspberry jam, third place
• Strawberry jam, fourth place

Garment making

Carol Henderson

• Three-piece ensemble, sewn, infant’s and toddler’s garments, second place
• Not otherwise specified, infant’s and toddler’s garments, second place
• Doll clothes, set (knit or crocheted), third place

Handcrafts

Jana Agrey

• Wall plaque, 12-inch diameter or under, first place
• Not otherwise specified, free hand painting on wood, first place

David Pedersen

• Historic model, any object or material, first place (Peterson Memorial Award winner)

Laura Given

• Loom weaving, scarf, fourth place

Needlecraft

Jennifer Williams

• Cap or hat, color pattern or intarsia, first place
• Scarf, heavy weight, fourth place
• Scarf, medium weight, second place
• Scarf, light weight, third place
• Shawl or stole, heavy weight, first place

Sharon Nygard

• Knit item, wearable, felted, third place
• Scarf, medium weight, fourth place

Laura Given

• Mittens. texture, fourth place
• Holiday sock, second place

Sue Bloyes

• Twined rugs, first place

Carol Henderson

• Mixed technique, hand or machine by entrant, fourth place

Education—Individual Exhibits

Grades 4-6

Alyssa Crump, fifth grader at

• Printmaking, first place

Amanda Garcia, fourth grader at Minnesota Waldorf School

• Dioramas, fourth place

Katherine Grendahl, fourth grader at Good Shepherd School

• Painting —acrylic, oil, third place

Grades 7-9

Anna Peter, freshman at

• Printmaking, first place

Eli Roehlkepartain, freshman at St. Louis Park High School

• Drawing—charcoal, fourth place

Ryan McCanna, freshman at St. Louis Park High School

• Original stories, fourth place

Throughout the fair, St. Louis Park Patch will update this list. If you know of a local ribbon winner we missed, please email editor Michael Rose at michael.rose@patch.com.