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 Bob Stinson of Hillview has been a previous participant in contests in the Kentucky State Fair.

He won ribbons in the past. Thanks to his wife’s purchase of a lathe upon his retirement in 2005, the woodturner had equipment to use in his hobby.

This year, Stinson captured his first blue ribbons at the Kentucky State Fair. He won blue for his free standing wooden decoration vase.

He also won a second-place red ribbon for his bracelet and pendant made of wood.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - In her first Kentucky State Fair competition, Brianna Stallings won by a hare.

 This year at the Kentucky State Fair, John Marsolek Jr. won first place and a blue ribbon in the Junior Culinary division. 

The 13-year-old made a Snoopy cake for his dog-theme entry. 

He also won a third-place ribbon during the Bullitt County Fair for the Chocolate dessert contest. The previous year, he placed second. 

This was not the first time John won at the Kentucky State Fair. In 2010, his "star" themed cake won a blue ribbon for cake decorating. 

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - Bart Padgett is your garden variety Kentucky State Fair blue ribbon winner. Literally.

Padgett received five ribbons from this year's state fair competitions for entries grown in his Shepherdsville home garden.

A Rineyville native, Padgett grew up on a farm, the son of farming parents Joe and Margo. He moved to Shepherdsville in 2006 when he married his wife, Katina, a Bullitt County native.