389 BALLOTS WERE CAST AND COUNTED. COMPETITION WAS SPIRITED!
THE 2009 WINNERS ARE:

Bear Necessities by Alan Heck
Third Place – Bear Necessities by Alan Heck

The GREENhouse - A Loo With a View
Second Place – The GREENhouse by Steve Fry

Gilligan's Contemplation Palace - Cecelia Stich receiving Throne Award from Friends of Elk Falls president, Steve Fry
First Place – Gilligan’s Contemplation Palace by Cecelia Stich
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to all who participated in this year’s
Outhouse Tour and Contest!
Everyone did a real nice job. We had a good time, everyone was very friendly too. I guess my only real comment about the winners is that only 1 of these 3 was an actual outhouse, or former outhouse (bear necessities). For it to be an outhouse contest wouldn’t it only seem right that an actual former outhouse should be utilized? Not complaining or whining, just my 2 cents. Congrats to the winners and to the rest… better luck next year.
Good point, Vance. Perhaps in the future we should think about having different categories – authentic and neo something! Guess we could have a category for functioning outhouses, too!