Thank you to everyone who made the effort to particiapte in the 2011 Bohemia Mining Days Festival contests. Hope to see y'all next year...

Congratulations to the following contest winners!

GRAND MINER'S PARADE (59 entries this year)

Grand Miner's Award –Top parade award for most creative concept and design that is the best presentation of the parade theme “Town o’ Gold”

1^st Place:   Prospectors & Golddiggers

2^nd Place:  Parent Partnership

3^rd Place:   Cottage Grove Greeters/Chamber of Commerce

Bohemia Ambassador Award – Best nonprofit entry for outstanding showmanship and dramatic impact

1^st Place:   South Lane Christian Center

2^nd Pace:   Gnomeo and Juliet/The Ferguson Family

3^rd Place:  Cow Pie Plop & Drop

Mayor’s Award – Best commercial entry for outstanding showmanship and dramatic impact

1^st Place:   Yoss Team Real Estate

2^nd Place:  Aspen Chiropractic

3^rd Place:  Territorial Seed Company

Judge’s Award – Best motorized entry

1^st Place:   Jim Determan’s Horseless Carriage

       (Homebuilt replica of 1893 Henry Ford)

2^nd Place:  Eugene/Springfield Shriners Club (1942 Ford Fire Truck)

3^rd Place:   Concour d’ Elegance (1934 Dodge Pickup)

Festival Award – Best Animal Entry

1^st Place:   Cottage Grove Riding Club

2^nd Place:  Bill Graves

3^rd Place:  State Senator Floyd Prozanski

Spirit Award – Best Musical/Marching Group

1^st Place:   Cottage Grove Cheerleaders

2^nd Place:  La Senioritas

3^rd Place:  One More Time Marching Band

COSTUME CONTEST

Men's Division: Bob Ehler

Women's Division: Nellie Sellon

Children's Division:  Maeve Dahlen

Family Division: The Jake Boone Family

GOLDEN PIE BAKE-OFF CONTEST

Best of Show: Katherine Wamsley

Prettiest Pie: Katherine Wamsley

Best Filling: Katherine Wamsley

Best Crust: Charles Snell

All American Apple Pie: Larah Mueller

Organic/Local Ingredients: Bonnie Wenzl

CHERRY PIT SPITTIN' CONTEST

(Event organizers did not keep record of winners)

BASKETBALL CONTEST

Postponed from Saturday to Sunday and then canceled due to rain

Sunday, July 17

Unseasonal showers stopped the live entertainment for the final day of the 2011 Bohemia Mining Days Festival.

Festival Coordinator Alan Payment said the park is pretty soggy and most festival-goers were staying away.

On a positive note, he said the Bi-Mart Family Fun Zone and some hearty vendors stayed put and the Carnival would operate in the afternoon if weather permitted. He also said he was pleased with the record crowds on Friday and Saturday night and thanked everyone for making this year's festival a success -- despite the unexpected rain.