Cooper Sanders with his ribbon at the State Fair
Grandpa Dwight Sanders with grandchildren Gabe, Chloe and Cooper Sanders at the Iowa State Fair.
Chloe Sanders won 2 1st place ribbons at State Fair & was proud to 'beat' Grandpa (Dwight) Sanders
...and on to the serious side of competition...Grandpa taking a turn on the slide!
Gabe Sanders with his entry at the State Fair
Everyone KNOWS Sanders are the folks you see at Christmas and in the fall...and they sure know it at the Iowa State Fair!
In addition to Grandpa Dwight Sanders taking his vegetables to compete, 3 of his grandchildren were also able to accompany him, Gabe, Cooper and Chloe Sanders of Shellsurg. They are the children of Jason and Angie Sanders.
The hightlight of the trip is probably that little Chloe beat grandpa at his own game, bringing in two first place ribbons!
Following is a statement from the Iowa State Fair.
Larry Dau of Primghar earned the first place Premium Vegetable Award in the Garden Vegetables division of the Vegetable Crops contest judged at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Don Francois took second place.
Additional results below:
Beans—Snap, Green
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Carrie Kupka, Walford
Beans—Yellow Wax
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
Beans—Any Other
1) Dawn Troutner, Melbourne
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
Beans—Lima
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
Beans—Dried
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
Beets for Table Use
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Carrie Kupka, Walford
Cabbage—Round, Green
1) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
3) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
4) Larry Dau, Primghar
Cabbage—Flat, Green
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
3) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
4) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
Cabbage—Red
1) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
4) Gary Hefty, De Soto
Cabbage—Savoy
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
Carrot—Half Long Type
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Dave Francois, Central City
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
Carrot—Long Variety
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Kathryn Francois, Central City
3) Dave Francois, Central City
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Cucumbers—For Slicing
1) Erik Francois, Des Moines
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
4) Mary Davis, Hazleton
Cucumbers—Dill
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Erik Francois, Des Moines
3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
Cucumbers—Pickling
1) Erik Francois, Des Moines
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Mary Davis, Hazleton
Cucumbers—Burpless
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
Cucumbers—Any Other
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Dan Heffernen, Altoona
Eggplant—Standard Variety
1) Lois Scholbrock, Des Moines
2) Mary Davis, Hazleton
3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Eggplant—Oriental Type
1) Lois Scholbrock, Des Moines
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
4) Robert Morris, Des Moines
Eggplant—Any Other
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) Vincent Scavo, Des Moines
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Oxford Farms, Cambridge
Garlic—Any Variety
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Dave Francois, Central City
3) Lon Hay, Indianola
4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
Garlic—Braided
1) Grade A Gardens, Des Moines
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
Kohlrabi—White
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Clinton Francois, Central City
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
Kohlrabi—Purple
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
Leeks
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
Okra
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Onions—Red
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
Onions—White
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Onions—Yellow
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Jeralyn Smith, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Peppers—Sweet, Green, Bell Type
1) Tom Smith, Chelsea
2) Joyce Fisher, Ames
3) Jeralyn Smith, Chelsea
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Peppers—Sweet, Yellow, Bell Type
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Peppers—Sweet, Red, Bell Type
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
Peppers—Sweet, Banana
1) Bernadette Rhodes, Altoona
2) Daniel Cretors, Urbandale
3) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
4) Vincent Scavo, Des Moines
Peppers—Sweet, Gypsy
1) Joyce Fisher, Ames
2) Vincent Scavo, Des Moines
3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
4) Larry Dau, Primghar
Peppers—Sweet, Any Other
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Jody Romine, Des Moines
3) Mary Davis, Hazleton
4) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
Potatoes—White
1) Dave Francois, Central City
2) Clinton Francois, Central City
3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Potatoes—Red
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
3) Dave Francois, Central City
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Potatoes—Yellow
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Mary Davis, Hazleton
3) Kathryn Francois, Central City
4) Dave Francois, Central City
Potatoes—Russet
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
Potatoes—Fingerling
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
Rutabaga
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Oxford Farms, Cambridge
Shallots
1) John Anderson, Ames
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Sweet Potatoes or Yams
1) Mary Davis, Hazleton
2) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
3) Erik Francois, Des Moines
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Sweet Corn—Yellow
1) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
Sweet Corn—Yellow and White
1) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
2) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
3) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Sweet Corn—White
1) Jacob Van Manen, Kellogg
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
Swiss Chard
1) Christina Christiani, Des Moines
2) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
3) Robert Morris, Des Moines
4) Mary Davis, Hazleton
Tomatillo
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
Turnips
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
4) Oxford Farms, Cambridge
Any Other Kind of Vegetable
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Charles L. Hoehnle, Homestead
Summer Squash—Crookneck
1) Dave Francois, Central City
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Clinton Francois, Central City
4) Larry Dau, Primghar
Summer Squash—Scallop or Patty Pan
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
3) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
Summer Squash—Zucchini, Green
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Erik Francois, Des Moines
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
Summer Squash—Zucchini, Yellow
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Summer Squash—Straightneck
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Summer Squash—Any Other
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
Pumpkins—Sugar Pie
1) Mary Davis, Hazleton
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Amy Solsma, Sanborn
Pumpkins—Jack-O-Lantern
1) Dave Francois, Central City
2) Amy Solsma, Sanborn
3) Dan Hogan, Riverside
4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
Pumpkins—Any Other
1) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
2) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
3) Erik Francois, Des Moines
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Winter Squash—Acorn
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Merna Van Laar, Grand River
Winter Squash—Acorn-like
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
4) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
Winter Squash—Banana
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
Winter Squash—Buttercup
1) Chloe Sanders, Shellsburg
2) Amy Solsma, Sanborn
3) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Winter Squash—Butternut
1) Dave Francois, Central City
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
3) Erik Francois, Des Moines
4) Mary Davis, Hazleton
Winter Squash—Delicta
1) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
2) Amy Solsma, Sanborn
3) Gabe Sanders, Shellsburg
4) Larry Dau, Primghar
Winter Squash—Hubbard, Blue
1) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
3) Don Francois, Des Moines
Winter Squash—Hubbard, Any Other
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
Winter Squash—Spaghetti
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Gabe Sanders, Shellsburg
3) Clinton Francois, Central City
Winter Squash—Any Other
1) Chloe Sanders, Shellsburg
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
4) Cooper Sanders, Shellsburg
Tomatoes—Red, Large Type
1) Robert Morris, Des Moines
2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
T
omatoes—Any Other Red
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Donn Stone, Boone
3) Dave Francois, Central City
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Tomatoes—Pink
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City
3) Chauda Green, Des Moines
4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center
Tomatoes—Yellow or Golden
1) Mary Davis, Hazleton
2) Larry Dau, Primghar
3) Gary Hefty, De Soto
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Tomatoes—Paste Type
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Jeff Murphy, Ankeny
3) Dave Francois, Central City
4) Donn Stone, Boone
Tomatoes—Cherry, Large Type
1) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
2) Charles Cretors, Urbandale
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Teresa Layland, Ankeny
Tomatoes—Grape
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Betsy Cranston, Deep River
3) Donn Stone, Boone
4) Mary Davis, Hazleton
Tomatoes—Small Cherry, Yellow
1) Daniel Cretors, Urbandale
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City
4) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
Tomatoes—Small Cherry, Red
1) Ray Christenson, Granger
2) Dave Francois, Central City
3) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City
4) Larry Dau, Primghar
Tomatoes—Teardrop
1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City
2) Joyce Fisher, Ames
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) David M. Cole, Des Moines
Melons—Muskmellon or Cataloupe
1) Ray Christenson, Granger
2) Vicki Greimann, Fort Dodge
3) Oxford Farms, Cambridge
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Melons—Honey Dew or other Winter Melon
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
Melons—Watermelon, Small or Baby
1) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
2) Ray Christenson, Granger
3) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Melons—Watermelon, Round
1) Martin Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Merna Van Laar, Grand River
3) Carrie Kupka, Walford
4) Donald Van Laar, Grand River
Melons—Watermelon, Long
1) Mary Schnicker, Mount Pleasant
2) Don Francois, Des Moines
3) Donald Van Laar, Grand River
4) Vicki Greimann, Fort Dodge
Gourds—Small Crown of Thorns
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Mary Davis, Hazleton
3) Stuart Spencer, Johnston
4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
Gourds—Small Ornamental Spoon or Globes
1) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
2) Merna Van Laar, Grand River
3) Vicki Greimann, Fort Dodge
4) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
Gourds—Small Ornamental, Mixed
1) Don Francois, Des Moines
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
4) Gabe Sanders, Shellsburg
Gourds—Autumn Wings
1) Dwight Sanders, Vinton
2) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
3) Chloe Sanders, Shellsburg
4) Don Francois, Des Moines
Pumpkin—Ornamental, Mini Orange
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Mary Davis, Hazleton
3) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Pumpkin—Ornamental, Mini White
1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea
2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea
3) Larry Dau, Primghar
4) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
Pumpkin—Ornamental, Any Other
1) Larry Dau, Primghar
2) Erik Francois, Des Moines
3) Gary Fattig, Chelsea
4) Kathryn Fattig, Chelsea
Best Pepper
1) Bernadette Rhodes, Altoona
Best Tomato and Runner-up
1) Daniel Cretors, Urbandale
2) Robert Morris, Des Moines
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