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News Flash:

• Our annual conference is over and what a wonderful conference it was. There were a lot of memorable moments. Folks were catching up with each other, new friendships were made, Ted sold tickets for a cut-off saw like they were hot cakes, the haggling going on at the tail-gate sales, the bargains picked up at the iron-in-the-hat, the work shown and stories told by the demonstrators (David Norrie, Jeff Farmer, Billy Merrit, Shane Stegmeier) a demonstrator setting their pants on fire!, the beautiful items at the show-and-tell and the auction, the tasty dinner, six forges lit in the dark.

• Congratulations to Kenny Dettmer for winning the Blacksmith of the year award and to Greg Searcy for winning Rookie Blacksmith of the year.

• Congratulations to all the participants of the "Done at Home" contest. Your work was inspiring. Jennings County Blacksmiths (Christmas tree) won 1st place, the Fall Creek Blacksmiths (coffee table) came in 2nd and Jeff Reinhardt (cat tails) came in 3rd.

• Congratulations to all the participants of the "Show & Tell" contest. Your work was inspiring too. Richard Hicks won 1st place (cookware), Don Neuenschwander (copperbox and vases) came in 2nd and John Cummins (axes and knives) came in 3rd.

• Congratulations to all the participants of the Saturday Night Forging Contest. You put on a great show. Kurt Fehrenbach and Clifton Ralph came in 1st, Ken Dettmer and Michael Wollowski came in 2nd, and Shane Stegmeier and Jeff Reinhardt came in 3rd.

• Sally Myers won the first door-prize for early registratuion, a "free Conference fee for 2009". Second place went to Gerald Williams, a "1 year IBA membership".

• See the June newsletter, which has additional images. If you would like to see the newsletter, become a member. See the membership page for more information.

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