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The beloved edifice of Eagle Point’s Butte Creek Mill has been reconstructed — in gingerbread. Burned on Christmas day in 2015, the iconic landmark of Kate Sharbono’s hometown earned a sweet tribute at this year’s GingerBread Jubilee. The Best of Show title and $1,000 grand prize rewarded Sharbono’s faithful rendering of the mill’s myriad details in cookies, candies and royal icing. “That’s how we should remember it,” said Sharbono of the circa-1872, water-powered grist mill that supporters have vowed to rebuild. “Butte Creek Mill” will be displayed with 38 other entirely edible artworks from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at downtown Medford’s Collier Center for the Performing Arts, 23 S. Central Ave. The Jubilee’s community tour continues from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21. The $3 admission price helps to bankroll Craterian Performances, following today’s sold-out auction of gingerbread sculptures. “We were really pleased and impressed with the quality (of entries) this year,” said Aspen Droesch, the Craterian’s development manager. The 14th annual event is poised to raise more than $1.2 million in cumulative proceeds for the nonprofit Craterian. Last year’s auction gala generated a record $219,042, and the community tour drew a crowd of approximately 3,000. New faces numbered among the baking competition’s winners, who took home more than $3,500 in cash prizes. After Sharbono’s use of a paper liner disqualified her Victorian-era house from last year’s competition, the general manager of Medford’s Red Lobster decided on Butte Creek Mill as the subject for her second attempt at competition. A month later, the mill burned. “My plan was to go down and get pictures,” said Sharbono. The fire’s devastation only convinced Sharbono that a miniature mill “in memoriam” was appropriate for the Craterian’s flagship fundraiser. The reddish brown of gingerbread mimics burnished wooden siding. Tempered chocolate provides the patina of antique metalwork, including wagon wheels, a flagpole and weathervane. Little Butte Creek flowed in aqua gel from Sharbono’s piping bag. Realistic architecture and natural settings have inspired their share of winning entries in past Jubilees. But movies, books, video games and other aspects of pop culture frequently spark bakers’ creativity. “Jack and the Beanstalk” rose above the adult field, capturing first place and $500 for Sheree Cox and Theresa Peplinski. “Nibble, Nibble” by Shannon Haptonstall won second place and $250. Naomi Bell was the adult category’s repeat third-place winner, whose Christmas tree scene titled “Once Upon a Christmas” claimed the $100 prize. “The Land of Oz” conjured first place with its $500 prize for seasoned student baker Samantha Hyde. Second place and $250 were the sweet rewards for “A Year of Living in Candy Land,” submitted by students Aubrey, Julia, Grace and Nathan Millar. “Daisy Vet Office” earned third place and $100 in the student category for Daisy Troop No. 10266. In the mixed-age group category, “Under the Sea,” by Lily Cusumano and Nichole and Jolene Steward, emerged in first place with $500. Second place and $250 went to “Watt’s Steam Engine” by Ashland Classical Conversations Home School. “Snow Much Fun at the Lodge,” submitted by Lonna Jergensen, Sunni and Whitney West and Shanee and Abigail Von Strahl, won third place and $100. — Reach freelance writer Sarah Lemon at [email protected].