Thank you to the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad (RVRS) and Auxiliary, who dedicated countless hours to make our 3rd Annual Cow Pie Bingo event a success. This event was held on Saturday, October 11th, 2014, at Bubby Knott's Farm in Great Mills, MD (Flat Iron Farms). A very special thank you is extended to Bubby for his kindness, generosity and great support for permitting us to use his facilities. Our appreciation goes out to the Great Mills Trading Post staff, especially Mickey Moran, for working so hard with us and making this event run smoothly. Thank you to Kevin Heard for providing the electronics for the day, D.L. Adams (Property Maintenance Plus, LLC) for painting the grid in the arena and JoAnn Stauffer for supporting our sales as well as "leading" the cows. We greatly appreciate your support!

Thank you to our three judges: Eddie Boswell, George Gatton and Danny Raley and to our overall judge, Senator Roy Dyson. Your commitment to this event is very much appreciated! As well, many thanks to Tom Cooper, General Manager of Rockin’ Oldies 95.9 and Thunder 104.5, for another outstanding job as the MC and to Ron Bailey for his awesome photography and advertising help! Special thanks to our bull (Sara Fenhagen), cow (Carol Lowmiller) and calf (Caitlin Coon) for dressing up in costume for this event and bringing a smile to everyone’s faces!

We also wish to thank our supporters for this year's event: Pax River Realty (Paul Sullivan), Ridge Hardware, Carroll's Equipment, Sterling Insurance (Judy Sterling), Lexington Park Ford Lincoln, PJ's Auto Body, Mac Tools (Chuck), The Chris Hill Team Century 21, Southern MD Motors and Chesapeake Trophies (Tim & Bonnie Ridgell).

And, a huge thank you to our door prize donators: Linda's Café, Tires Plus, Village Liquors, Dyson Lumber Company, Knights of Columbus of Ridge, Chic-Fil-A, Woodlawn, International Liquors, Mary Greer/Cookie McElfresh, Scentsy (Marsha Evans), Cookies by Debbie (Debbie Siebenmark), Hair Cuttery, Auto Zone, Countryside Pet Paradise and Sherwin Williams. And, last but surely not least, thank you for our raffle donations: Carol Lowmiller, Sandy Sullivan & family and Mission BBQ. Your generosity was greatly appreciated!

Once more, many thanks to the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad and Auxiliary for their participation in selling tickets, along with their donations of baked goods. This event wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for your help!

Congratulations to our Cow Pie Bingo winners: 3rd Prize - Troy Norris, 2nd Prize - Denise Barnes and 1st Prize – Sierna Lathroum!

Next year’s Cow Pie Bingo event has been announced as well! The event will once again be held at Flat Iron Farm on Saturday, October 10th, 2015. We'll see you there on a square!

Photos courtesy of Ron Bailey