Woman from Athens wins first National Jigsaw Puzzle Championship
Barbara Armstrong of Athens Georgia won the singles title and $1000 in the first National Jigsaw Puzzle Championship at Ohio University Dairy Barn. Martha May of Lafayette Indiana finished second, while M Emelda Dahms of Lebanon Ohio was third in the semifinals. Doubles saw Lisa Heiser and Lori Reeves of Columbus Ohio take the top prize. Armstrong described an unconventional method starting with green pieces and working inward toward the border.
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Sisters win national jigsaw title in doubles puzzle race
Lisa Hets er 17 and Lori Reeves 22 of Columbus win the first National Jigsaw Puzzle Championships doubles event with a 1 000 piece puzzle completed in 2 hours 58 seconds earning 1 000 dollars. The sisters share the prize with second place at 500 dollars and the Des Plaines team at 250. Hallmark subsidiary Springbok Puzzles funded the 5 000 dollar contest promotion likened to Wimbledon.
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