August 10, 2004
Tuesday

Ketchikan, Alaska - The Ketchikan Arts Council provided a list of winners of the 2004 Blueberry Arts Festival contests. The Blueberry Arts Festival took place this past weekend in Ketchikan.

The Juried Art Show held at the Mainstay Gallery had 82 entries and 51 artists. This event was sponsored by the Arts Council. The winners:

1st place: Juneau Port of Call by Chris Rose. (pastel)
2nd place: Happy, Go Lucky by Gary McWilliams (marble)
3rd place: Monkey, by Jenessa Albertson (watercolor)
Honorable mention: Beetle Brooch, by Andi Smith (bronze/copper)
Honorable mention: Berry Season, by Sharron Huffman (ink and paint on silk)
Honorable mention: Winter Skating Pond, by Mary Ida Henrikson (oil/encaustic/canvas)
Honorable mention: Dos Mundos, by Kathy Rousso (spruce root and maguey)
Honorable mention: Wize Steps In, by Tom Ferry (fimo)
People's Choice: First City, by Callie Bellow (mixed media)

There were 18 entries in the Best Blueberry Dish Contest sponsored by the Arts Council. The winners:

Grand Champion: Blueberry Sorbet with almond and blueberry tuiles, by Mandy Davis
2nd place: Blueberry Hazelnut Cheesecake by Emily Anderson
3rd place (tied): Me-Oh-My Simply Peachy Blueberry Festival Pie by Rebecca Noland
3rd place (tied): Blueberry Cheesecake by Stephanie Alley

Winners of the Spelling Bee sponsored by Community Connections:

1st place (8 and under): Stephanie Strassburg. Winning word: justice.
1st place (9-12): Garrett Blasingame. Winning word: delirious.
1st place (13-18): Erik Judson. Winning word: Mardi gras.
1st place (adult): Sonia Streitmatter. Winning word: schizophrenic.

Winners of the Trivia Contest sponsored by Friends of the Library:

1st place, youth: Peter Stanton. (Question: What is Ketchikan's biggest industry? Answer: tourism)
1st place, adult: David Sweetman. (Question: Where was Ketchikan's airport from the 1940s to 1973? Answer: Annette Island)

Winners of the Great Blueberry Debate sponsored by the Toastmasters:

Winning Team: Gerry Knasiak and Keith Smith.

Winners of the Slug Race sponsored by the AK Department of Fish & Game:

First Place: Muzzy trained by Aisha LaKoud
Second Place: Long trained by Kodie Moss
Third Place: Sweetie trained by Sydney Edwards

Winners of the Big Slug Contest sponsored by the AK Department of Fish & Game:

First Place: Spot (42 grams) sponsored by Nicholas Vermillion
Second Place: Bill (38 grams) sponsored by Simon Brooks
Third Place: Banana (32 grams) sponsored by Julian Ianuzzi

Winners of the Pie Eating Contest sponsored by WestCoast Cape Fox Lodge:

1st place, 6&7 year-olds: Naomi Updike
1st place, 8-10 year-olds: Brendan Stanton
1st place, 11-12 year-olds: Deandra Banie
1st place, 13-18 year-olds: Laughton Elliott-DeAngelis
1st place, adults: Paul Sakamoto
Grand Champion: Paul Sakamoto

Great Blueberry Race winners (A fundraiser for Ketchikan Yourth Court):

1st place ($1000): Scott Sammons
2nd place ($300): Sam Bergeron
3rd place ($150): Laurie Murphy

Winners of the Battle of the Bands sponsored by the Arts Council:

Best band: Bone Tox and the Lost Package
Best solo performer: Christy Miller
Best original song about blueberries: Ryan Miller Extravaganza

14th Annual Richard Brautigan and Dick Whittaker Trout Fishing in America Poetry Slam and Brothel Beat Poetry Contest. Sponsored by Soho Coho Gallery, Parnassus Bookstore, & the New York Cafe winners:

1st place: B Hutton
2nd place: Saravati
3rd place: Emily Moore reading a poem by Neal Gilbertson

 

 

Source of News:

Ketchikan Art Council
Web Site

 

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