
The third-place winners of the Southgate 2025 Holiday Home Decorating Contest, Kaye and Shaun Ross of 13611 Peach St., are recognized by Mayor Joseph Kuspa in absentia for their colorful display of holiday cartoon characters at the Jan. 21 City Council study session.
By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
SOUTHGATE – Mayor Joseph Kuspa honored the city’s holiday home decoration contest winners Jan. 21 during the City Council study session.
The honorees were: first-place winners Keith Damron and Susan Dakin of 13478 Kerr, second-place winners the Creeach family of 15254 Fordline, and third-place winners Kaye and Shaun Ross of 13611 Peach Street.
The next contest sponsored by the city’s Cultural Arts and Special Events Commission is a Love Story contest for which residents were encouraged to submit their love story in 500 words or less by Jan. 23, with the winners recognized at the Feb. 4 council study session.

The second-place winners of the Southgate 2025 Holiday Home Decorating Contest, the Creeach family of 15254 Fordline, are recognized by Mayor Joseph Kuspa for their holiday lighting display at the Jan. 21 City Council study session.