For the 13th consecutive year the judging results are in for the Beautiful Bowling Green Contest.
The judges said it was a very difficult competition. All residents and retail business within the city
limits have worked very hard this spring and the results show.
BBG Inc., sponsor of the Beautiful Bowling Green contest, divides the city into 10 areas.
Each year it has 22 volunteer judges who drive around a designated area.
There are two categories: Best Front Yard and Best Accent Planting.
There is a first, second and third place winner in each category. All winners are eligible for a plant
donated by North Branch Nursery.
All first place winners in the two categories will be judged again, with the top award recipients to be
announced at the awards ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. at Wintergarden/St. John’s Nature Reserve.
The final winners will be picked for first place $100, second place $75, third place $50 and will receive
a gift certificate.
First Place ­contestants in the Best Front Yard category are:
Paul Haas, 873 Ferndale Ave.
Carol and David Buser, 1125 Quail Hallow Dr.
Jerry and Cherie Greiner, 1369 Kensington Blvd.
Phyllis and Ted Hartwell, 504 Lorraine Ave.
Becky Paskvan, 331 N. Church St.
Bob and Rose Emmerich, 1525 Muirfield Dr.
Inge Klopping, 916 Clark St.
Warner and Elizabeth Frank, 706 Barbara Lane
Marilyn Logsdon, 201 Lehman Ave.
Rose and Gary Hess, 216 Baldwin Ave.
¥ Second Place in Best Front Yard:
Richard and Diane Michel, 927 N. Prospect St.
Carolyn and Art Shetzer, 91