Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo Committee member Dianne Wilburn slices up a pie entered in the baking contest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

The winners for the 2024 Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo pie baking contest held Saturday at Ashley Pond Park have been announced.

The winners are:

Grand Champion

• Class 5 Peach Jamie Lattimore

Reserve

• Class 1 Apple Joan Stockum

Third Place

• Class 6 Pecan Joan Stockum

Fourth Place

• Class 7 Berry Luthien Wedel

Class 1 Apple

• 1^st Place Joan Stockum
• 2^nd Place Amanda Leibee
• 3^rd Place Cecilia Eiroa
• 4^th Place Brandon Lattimore

Class 2 Blueberry

• 1^st Place Joan Stockum
• 2^nd Place Sonja Salzman Keller
• 3^rd Place Leah Snyder

Class 4 Fruit

• 1^st Place Kim McCormick
• 2^nd Place Tie Thersa Kucinski
• 3^rd Place Shena Han

Class 5 Peach

• 1^st Place Jamie Lattimore
• Class 6 Pecan
• 1^st Place Joan Stockum
• 2^nd Place Graeme Martinez
• 3^rd Place Alexis Lattimore

Class 7 Berry

• 1^st Place Luthien Wedel
• 2^nd Place Sam Battey
• 3^rd Place Rae Grove
• Class 8 Any Other Fruit
• 1^st Place Teresa Cull
• 2^nd Place Nuria Ledo

The judges were:

• Police Chief Dino Sgambellone
• Fire Chief Troy Hughes
• Councillors David Reagor and Keith Lepsch
• Park Superintendent Wendy Parker
• LANL Associate Director for Weapons Physics Charlie Nakhleh