2007 Lily Show Highlights

The Robert Russell Award for the Best Lily in the Show went to Calvin Helsley for 'Pizzazz'.
Runner up Best of Show Award went to Jayne Venard for 'Kentucky'.
The Bertha Remele Russell Award for the Best Trumpet Lily in the Show went to Calvin Helsley for 'Serena Green'.
The IRLS Founders Award for the greatest number of Blue Ribbons went to Jayne Venard.
The Hartle-Gilman Award went to Deb Hull for 'Timepiece'.
The Iowa Regional Lily Society Award for the Best Iowa Grown Out facing Asiatic Hybrid Lily-Division 1b: went to 'Buffy' grown by Florence Vander Meiden.
The Ramona Venard Artistic Award for the Best Artistic Arrangement of Show went to Sandy Quam for her 'Pepsico Sculpture Gardens' entry.
The Container Merit Award for the Best Lily grown in a container in Iowa went to 'Landini' grown by Chuck Fuson.
The Chuck and Dode Fuson Award for the Best 1a Iowa Grown Up-facing Asiatic Hybrid Lily in the Show went to 'Elode', a double Asiatic grown by Wanda Lunn.
The Jeri Brodeen Award for the Best Down-Facing Asiatic Lily Division 1c went to 'Sally', grown by Chuck Fuson.
The Beverly Ann Pous Seedling Award for the Best Seedling grown from seed by Exhibitor went to Chuck Fuson for 'Seedling 8250'.
The Vander Meiden Award for 3 stems of the same Clone, Strain or Species went to 'Mona Lisa', grown by Carol Main.
The Novice Award went to Wanda Lunn as the First Time Exhibitor with the most Blue Ribbons.

The Venard Family Award for the stem with the highest Bud Count went to 'Peanuts', grown by Calvin Helsley.

The Williams Award went to 'Kentucky' grown and exhibited by Jayne Venard as the Best Registered Speckled Lily in the Show.

The Popularity Poll elected 'American Dream' as the Public's Favorite Lily at the Show.
IRLS extends it's sincere thanks to the many members who participated in various ways to make this Lily Show one of the best ever.