The Reporter

A new event at the Fond du Lac County Fair this year is the cream puff
eating contest to be held at noon Sunday, July 25, on the stage in the
Expo Building.

There will be six rounds, each with four contestants.

The rounds will represent community members from throughout the
county, including police from Ripon and Fond du Lac and fire
departments from Lamartine, Eden, Fond du Lac and Brownsville.

There will be a round for clergy and for elected officials, including
those currently in office — Jim Murphy and Lisa Freiberg — and those
who are seeking office this fall — Tim Lakin and Jeremy Thiesfeldt.

There will be a round with the military, featuring Air Force, Navy,
Marines and Army.

The local celebrities round will top off the event with Al Feucht of
Brandon Meats, Rose Boyke from the Fond du Lac County Agricultural
Society, Alice Ketter of Farm Bureau Women, and Tom Herre, Fond du Lac
city manager.

The winner of each round will earn bragging rights and an invitation
to return to next year's competition to retain their title. In
addition, the winner will receive a cheese basket from either Cedar
Valley Cheese or Baker Cheese. Murph-Ko Farms and Zinke Farms are
sponsors of the baskets.

In conjunction with the contest, Fond du Lac County 4-H will hold a $1
raffle, with the winner to receive a $250 Fond du Lac Area Chamber of
Commerce gift certificate.

The winner of the local celebrity round of the cream puff eating
contest will draw the winning raffle ticket.

Funds raised in the raffle will support Fond du Lac County 4-H members
through camps, college scholarships, state and national trips,
Speaking and Demonstration Contest, Music and Drama Festival, and
Writing and Drawing Contests.