Winners in the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival parade competition included:

• Floats: Best Use of a Sweet Corn Theme, Mendota Child Development. Mayor"s Trophy, Del Monte Foods. Queen"s Trophy, Jacquesi"s Salon.
• Commercial Division (top three in order of finish): Del Monte Foods, Jacquesi"s Salon, Financial Plus Credit Union.
• Organization Division (top three in order of finish): Northbrook Spartan cheerleaders, Mendota High School cheerleaders, Dixon American Legion, 40 and 8 "White Ghost."
• Friendship Division (top three in order of finish): Village of Sublette, city of Ottawa, city of Amboy.
• Antique Vehicles: 1931 Chevy fire truck, Northern Illinois Valley Shrine Club.
• Classic Vehicles: 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe, Jim and Janet Hamacher, LaMoille.
• Antique Farm Implements (top three in order of finish): 1953 Minneapolis Moline U, Marvin Heiman, Mendota. 1952 Case DC-3, Paul Hamrick, Spring Valley. 1950 Oliver 88, Bob and Ann Althaus, Sublette.
• Music Units: Mendota High School Alumni Band; Jazz Steppers Drum Line, North Chicago; Clan MacAlpine Pipes and Drums, Rockford.
• Marching Precision Units: Golden Knights Drill Team, Chicago; Jesse White Tumbers, Chicago; Mendota High School cheerleaders.

Youth parade winners included:

• Floats (top three in order of finish): "Queen of the Corp" Brooklyn and Morgan Ficek, Oglesby; "Love Spraying Del Monte Sweet Corn," Madison Younglove, Mendota; "Mendota Sweet Corn Festival 2009," Mendota Area YMCA Kids.
• Costumes (top two in order of finish):"Tennessee Trio," Madison, Mallory and Macy Meeks, Spring Hill, Tenn.; "There"s No Corn Like Del Monte Sweet Corn," Greta Christianson, Shawnee, Kan.
• Bicycles: "7 and 11 Sweet Corn Heaven," Emily and Luk Ross, Mendota.
• Pets: "Doggone Good Sweet Corn Festival," Ryan Avery, Macy Arrendando, Paityn Barkman and Beca Weide with their pets Mary Poppins, Peewee, Bella and Irie.

Mini royalty pageant winners were Mini queen, Maya Martin, daughter of Jason and Lisa Martin; mini king, Quenten Sondgeroth, son of Eric and Tammy Sondgeroth.

Jonathan Quintana, age 10, won the sweet corn eating contest, finishing two ears in three minutes. He is the son of Armando Quintana and Elizabeth Luna.