Last month, the Southwest Washington Fair Association issued special award ribbons and its annual “WOW awards” to celebrate the fair's six-day run in August.
“We would like to thank everyone that came by our booth at this year’s 2025 Southwest Washington Fair and helped support our association,” the group stated in a news release.
The association provided the following roundup of winners and honorees:
• $200 Visa gift card winner: Amy Longmire
• $200 WinCo Foods gift card winner: Tanya Roche
Special award and WOW Award winners:
Education: Timber River Senior Center, first place; Ann’s Book Shop/Paper Pie, second place; Vortex 3-D, third place.
Demonstration: Old School Gun School, first place; Grizzy Art Works, second place; Over the Line Art, third place.
Sales: Country Chic Baby Co., first place; Genesis Building, second place; JNL Stove & Spas, third place.
Food: Sweet Lips, first place; Uncle Jim’s Smokehouse, second place; Ice Cream Lady, third place.
WOW Award winners:
Still life: Historical Building, first place; Fashion Revue (4-H Building), second place; Grange Building, third place.
Animal: West Lewis County 4-H, first place; Pure County 4-H, second place; Centralia FFA Sheep/Goats, third place.
