Dwayne Fulton, left, was on hand to present the Falcon Rice Mill Worker of the Year award to Kenneth Webster.
Cherie Richard, right, received the Supreme Rice Mill Worker of the Year Award from Brent Jones.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, the International Rice Festival Mill Workers of the Year were recognized on the Supreme Rice Sound Stage on the courthouse circle.
First place in this year’s IRF Door Decorating Contest business category went to Marlene’s Sewing and Alterations and Tiny Toes Boutique, which included a decorated window reminiscent of year’s past.
Saja Hoffpauir, right, of the Crowley Garden Club presents Marlene LeJeune with the blue ribbon.
Hair, Tanning and Beyond’s entry took second prize in this year’s IRF Door Decorating Contest. It featured rice in a variety of forms, as well as implements used to farm rice.
The third place winner in this year’s IRF door decorating business category went to Crowley City Hall. Saja Hoffpauir, right, of the Crowley Garden Club, presents a ribbon to, from left, Jackie Richard and City of Crowley Tourism Director Charlotte Jeffers.
Katie and Larry Chiasson won first in the residential category of the IRF Door Decorating Contest.
The front door of their residence was elegantly swagged with an abundance of rice. INSET: Judges Marlene Brantley, president of the Crowley Garden Club, and Dr. Ezora Proctor of the West Crowley Beautification Board hang the first place ribbon on the Chiassons’ side door, which was also overflowing with rice.
Dolores Cryer’s well-decorated home took second place in the IRF Door Decorating Contest residential category.
Third place in the IRF Door Decorating Contest residential category went to Sarah Treadway, who incorporated rice into her beautiful fallscape.
In conjunction with the 81st International Rice Festival, the Crowley Garden Club sponsored a Door Decorating Contest with both business and residential categories.
Representing her hometown, Kathryn Shea Duncan of Crowley was crowned the 81st International Rice Festival Queen on Saturday morning.
The competition was fierce, but the judges worked hard to select the winners of this year's Rice and Creole Cookery Contest.
Colby Geerts of Evangeline, center, handily won this year's Rice Eating Contest with 41 scoops.
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