Top Woodworkers Win Iowa State Fair Honors
DES MOINES, IA (08/10/2018) (readMedia)-- The "Haves and Have Knots" were awarded top honors in the Wood Projects competition judged prior to the start of the 2018 Iowa State Fair.
WOODCARVING
Animals Domestic - Realistic
2) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
Animals Domestic - Caricature
1) Perry Schaeffer, Ankeny
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Iner Joelson, Des Moines
Human Figures - Realistic
1) Terry Voss, Pleasant Hill
2) Linda Board, Manson
Human Figures - Caricature
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) John Feld, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) Terry Voss, Pleasant Hill
Honorable Mention) John Feld, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) John Feld, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) Steven Jones, Washington
Abstract - Non-Objective
1) Randy Simmons, Windsor Heights
2) Bill Peters, Pella
3) David C. McConkey, Ankeny
Stylized - Human Figure
1) Stephen Bennett, Pella
2) Wayne Chapman, West Des Moines
Stylized - Animal
1) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
2) Stephen Bennett, Pella
3) Warren N. Verdeck, Waukee
Miscellaneous - Jewelry
1) Andrea Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Denis Johansen, Knoxville
3) Melvin D. Shivvers, Des Moines
Miscellaneous - Canes & Gunstocks
2) John Ver Steeg, Runnells
Miscellaneous - Chip Carving
2) Linda Chapman, West Des Moines
3) Linda Chapman, West Des Moines
Miscellaneous - Woodburning
1) Andrea Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Andrea Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Mary Voss, Pleasant Hill
Miscellaneous - Miniatures
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Don Van Ekeren, Hartford
Miscellaneous - Decorated Functional, Frames & Clocks
1) David Franklin, Norwalk
2) Warren N. Verdeck, Waukee
3) Rudy Kane, Des Moines
Miscellaneous - Bark Carving & Cyprus Knees
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Judy Simmons, Windsor Heights
3) Robert Frisk, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) Darrell Brown, Des Moines
Honorable Mention) Daniel Horton, Council Bluffs
Miscellaneous - Seasonal Decorative
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Darren Bingham, Melcher
Honorable Mention) John Feld, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) John Feld, Ankeny
Miscellaneous - Other
1) Mark Hillenbrand, West Des Moines
2) Denis Johansen, Knoxville
3) Ryan Braga, Williams
Whittle Pieces - Chains, Balls & Cages
1) John Twedt, Ankeny
2) David Lammers, Sioux Center
Decoys - Ducks & Geese Floating
1) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
Decoys - Shore Birds
1) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
2) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
3) David C. McConkey, Ankeny
Decoys - Other Waterfowl
1) Don Van Ekeren, Hartford
Decoys - Working Decoys
1) Denny Lind, Colfax
Wild Fowl - Birds of Prey
1) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
2) David C. McConkey, Ankeny
3) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
Wild Fowl - Song Birds
1) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
2) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
3) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
Honorable Mention) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
Wild Fowl - Upland Game Birds
2) Don Van Ekeren, Hartford
3) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
Wild Fowl - Miniature Birds
1) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
2) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
3) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
Wild Fowl - Birds (group or pair)
1) David Steil, Keystone
2) Don Van Ekeren, Hartford
3) David C. McConkey, Ankeny
Youth - age 12 & under
1) Mason Robert Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Mason Robert Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Mason Robert Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Jordyn Stokka, Des Moines
Youth - age 13-18
1) Emma Thalacker, Larchwood
2) Addison Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Addison Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Addison Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Seth Core, Ankeny
Wildlife - Realistic Predators
1) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
Wildlife - Caricatures
1) Linda Medhus, Gilman
2) John Feld, Ankeny
3) Darrell Brown, Des Moines
Honorable Mention) Wayne Chapman, West Des Moines
Wildlife - Other Animals
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Jolene Colley, Carson
Wildlife - Fish/Sea Mammals
1) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
2) Denny Lind, Colfax
3) Leroy Orth, Ames
Religious Carving - In the Round
1) Darren Bingham, Melcher
2) Stephen Bennett, Pella
Relief Carving - Nature Scenes
2) Alice Guerrero, Des Moines
Relief Carving - Natural History
1) Denny Lind, Colfax
2) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
3) Don Van Ekeren, Hartford
Relief Carving - Scene (other than nature)
2) Alice Guerrero, Des Moines
Relief Carving - Human Subject
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Denis Johansen, Knoxville
3) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Dwayne Mortenson, Knoxville
Group Carvings
1) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) John Feld, Ankeny
Instructor Assisted - Birds
1) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
Instructor Assisted - Human
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Linda Medhus, Gilman
Honorable Mention) Warren N. Verdeck, Waukee
Instructor Assisted - Wildlife
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Dorcas (Dee) Wolfe, Des Moines
Instructor Assisted - Other
1) Dorcas (Dee) Wolfe, Des Moines
2) Chuck Spitler, Des Moines
3) Ed Hazelton, Ankeny
Roughouts - Human
1) John Feld, Ankeny
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) John Feld, Ankeny
Honorable Mention) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) John Feld, Ankeny
Roughouts - Other
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
3) Linda Medhus, Gilman
Senior Citizen - age 65 or older
1) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
2) Rex Schoonover, Guthrie Center
3) John Ver Steeg, Runnells
Best of Show
1000) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
Runner-Up, 1st) Perry Schaeffer, Ankeny
Runner-Up, 2nd) Randy Hansen, Des Moines
Runner-Up, 3rd) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) Clark Weaver, Grinnell
Honorable Mention) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
Honorable Mention) David Steil, Keystone
Honorable Mention) Roger Beane, Oskaloosa
WOODWORKING
Turned Wood - Bowl
1) David Rabe, Ottumwa
2) Donna Byers, Ankeny
3) Dick Meuler, Runnells
Turned Wood - Box
1) LeRoy G Monson, Waukee
2) Donna Byers, Ankeny
Turned Wood - Hollow Vessel
1) Arnold Carter, Coralville
2) LeRoy G Monson, Waukee
Turned Wood - Household Item
2) Dick Meuler, Runnells
3) Merlin Graaf, Humboldt
Turned Wood - Natural Void
1) Jack Kennedy, Winterset
2) Tom Whalley, Urbandale
3) Charles Tadlock, Winterset
Honorable Mention) Charles Tadlock, Winterset
Turned Wood - Pen, Pencil, Seam Ripper, etc.
2) Robert Blink, West Des Moines
3) Matthew Watznauer, Granger
Turned Wood - Seasonal
2) Tom Whalley, Urbandale
Turned Wood - Segmented Bowl or Vessel
1) Stephen Bonny, Waterloo
2) Arnold Carter, Coralville
3) Stephen Bonny, Waterloo
Honorable Mention) David Rabe, Ottumwa
Turned Wood - Stylized
1) Dick Meuler, Runnells
Turned Wood - Any Other
1) David Rabe, Ottumwa
2) David Rabe, Ottumwa
3) Tom Whalley, Urbandale
Other Techniques - Chair
2) Robert McKenzie, Des Moines
Other Techniques - Clocks
2) Russell Hansen, Collins
3) Larry Keller, Altoona
Other Techniques - Furniture Item
2) David Grieve, Ankeny
3) Lucas Peters, Altoona
Other Techniques - Household Item
2) Lee Nepple, Clive
3) Robert McKenzie, Des Moines
Honorable Mention) Robert McKenzie, Des Moines
Other Techniques - Intarsia
2) Rick Cook, Des Moines
3) Rick Cook, Des Moines
Other Techniques - Luthier Class
1) Ken Munkel, Des Moines
2) Addison Payne, Waverly
Other Techniques - Model
1) David Nieuwsma, Sigourney
Other Techniques - Scroll Saw
1) Todd Olstad, West Des Moines
2) Todd Olstad, West Des Moines
Other Techniques - Table
1) David Grieve, Ankeny
2) Robert McKenzie, Des Moines
3) Dick Groves, Cedar Falls
Other Techniques - Wood Inlay
1) Russell Hansen, Collins
2) Robert McKenzie, Des Moines
Other Techniques - Wood Toy
1) John Cinnamon, West Des Moines
Honorable Mention) Fritz Clemen, Colesburg
Senior Citizen Project - age 65 or older
1) Tom Whalley, Urbandale
2) Tom Bussey, Nashua
3) Larry Keller, Altoona
Best of Show
1000) Ken Munkel, Des Moines
Runner-Up, 1st) Stephen Bonny, Waterloo
Runner-Up, 2nd) David Grieve, Ankeny
Runner-Up, 3rd) Tom Whalley, Urbandale
Honorable Mention) Jack Kennedy, Winterset
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