Lots of creative competitors tried for the top prizes in the 2012 Meridian Dairy Days Parade.

Here are the winners in various categories:

4-H Entries: 1. Crafty Critters 2. Baa..d Company 3. Oodles of Animals 4. Locust Grove Wranglers 5. Kaveman Kritters

Commercial Entries: 1. Meridian Pool 2. The Farmstead 3. Adecco

Non- Profit Entries: 1. Harvest Church 2. Personal Ponies of Idaho 3. SNIP (Spay Neuter Idaho Pets)

Car Clubs/Vehicles 1. WIRA/Meridian Speedway 2. Treasure Valley Collision Center 4-H Riding Clubs 1. Desperados

Rodeo Royalty: 1. Caldwell Night Rodeo Queen 2. Personal Ponies of Idaho Rodeo Queen 3. Meridian Lions Rodeo Queen

Other Horse Entries: 1. Valhalla Farms 2. Idaho Draft Riders