Results from the Northwest Montana Fair
HEIDI DESCH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 7 months AGO
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at hdesch@dailyinterlake.com or 406-758-4421. | August 26, 2020 1:00 AM
The following Whitefish individuals were honored for their award-winning entries at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo.
Fine Arts – Open
Children (ages 4 and under)
Reserve Champion: Margaret MacLean
Photography – Open Class
Film or Digital, Children (11 years and under)
Reserve Champion: Anna MacLean
Film or Digital, Adults (60 years and over)
Grand Champion: John Williamson
Crafts – Open Class
Sponsored by Artists & Craftsmen of the Flathead
Best of Show (Seniors): Iola Mason
Woodworking
Grand Champion: Iola Mason
Horses – Open
Showmanship (ages 9-12) - Sponsored by the Caverly Family
Winner: Kiley Ohs, Whitefish
Horses – 4H/FFA
Junior Horse Showman - Sponsored by Western Outdoor, Alpine Animal Hospital, Terri Rasmussen, Alyssa Hadley
Grand Champion: Kiley Ohs, Whitefish
Needlework – Open
Embroidered – Sponsored by Glacier Quilts
Best Article: Marchand Dye, Whitefish
General Projects/Home Economics – 4-H/FFA
Senior Fine Arts – Sponsored by Flathead 4H Foundation in memory of Florence Borgen
Reserve Champion: Hannah Boll, Whitefish
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