U4 Picks the Best of Blueberry’s

SYRACUSE, Indiana— July 28, 2006 Elkhart County Fair — The home and Family Arts building at the Elkhart County Fair hosted the final in-house cooking contest of the week with “Bursting with Blueberries,” a popular category that drew entries from many local residents.
Judging the contest, which included recipes from breads, pies, and desserts were fair board president Cork Wagner, Fair Queen Kendra Ellington, Young Homemaker of the Year Leasa Worley, and sponsor of the contest, U4’s Rich Hays, Director of Marketing.
“We are please to be able to sponsor this contest”, said Hays, “These dishes are all good, and do I have to pick a winner?”
U4 donated three Whetstone Woodenware mixing paddles for the top three winners in the contest that were with “Bursting with Blueberries,” to help commemorate the contest.
Top honors went to Vicki Gibson and her blueberry cobbler.
Wagner was pleased as well. “I am glad you won the paddle, because you just lost your dish.”
Other winners were Lynn Berney and Flo Helbing.
“The amount and flavor of the berries in the first place dish made the Difference,” Hays said.

Pictured left to right, sponsor, U4, Rich Hays, Director of Marketing, and judge, Lynn Berney, 2nd place, Vicki Gibson, first place, and Flo Helbling, third place. Picture courtesy of Goshen News. News Photo by Stephanie DeBolt. Portion from Goshen News Monday, August 7, 2006, Stephanie DeBolt, Goshen News Staff Writer.

U4 Sponsors Bursting with Blueberries

SYRACUSE, Indiana — July 23, 2006 — U4 Sponsored and Judged Bursting with Blueberries contest at the Elkhart County Fair. Seven entries from muffins to buckle where submitted. The criterion for the entries was recipes where the major ingredient is a blueberry. “I never realized how hard it is to judge an event like this,” said Rich Hays Director of Market and one of the Judges of the event. “All of the entries where excellent, the dish taking 1st had 6 cups of blueberries in it.” The Fair Board President, Cork Wagner said, “The only way to make this better would be to line this contest up with the Ice Cream Contest.” U4 gave away Whetstone Woodenware Mixing Paddles to the top three entries engraved with their logo and Bursting With Blueberries.