2016 Fair

2016 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR

LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 29 - August 6, 2016 Page 251

Department O judging - CANDIES SNACKS AND CAKES

n Friday morning at the Logan County Fair, the

Department O judging took place with entries for

the categories of Candy, Snack Foods, no-bake treats,

pretzel treats, and Cakes.

Department O superintendents are Jena and Nancy Reed,

and Mary Ellen Martin. There were also several young

helpers on standby who shuffled entries to the judge, then

placed the top winners in the class cases where they will

remain ondisplay through Sunday.

This year the judge for the competition was Rose York-

Lazzeri. Rose is a native of Texas and earned her degree

in Home Economics at Texas Tech. She has lived in the New Berlin area for more than 20 years and has

judged multiple years at the Logan County Fair, alternating between the Wednesday baking and preserving

competition, and the Friday cakes and candies categories.

On Friday she had some very tough choices to make, especially when it came down to the cakes that would

produce winners who will vie for a title on Sunday at the Cake Classic. The most popular flavor of the day

appeared to be the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Between the youth and the adult categories, Rose

had to sample and choose two winners, one in each age level from a total of seven cakes.

Other tough choices included several bags of trail mix, and a very large selection in the no-bake treats

category.

By Nila Smith