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Word on the streets of Greenwood is that the 2013 Winterfest was the best one so far. There was a new Saturday night game show - Take It of Leave It that brought more contestants into the mix - all of them trying to move on to the next round. The show celebrated Greenwood’s Japanese heritage with Kari Durban, Erin Uyeyama and Beth MacDonald all wearing beautiful kimonos that were provided by Taki Yamamura. And when Ron Sather stepped in front of the audience as The Banker one woman in the audience gasped, “Oh my God – it’s the guy from the Monopoly set!” According to Evie Sather, the new Snow Badminton competition was memorable. Especially for the unexpected field conditions. Snow melted and the field turned into puddles. Michelina wiped out and she was absolutely just covered with mud. Everyone had a lot of fun – a lot of laughs. “But other than that it was absolutely just stellar - we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather.” The traditional Human Dog Sled Race took on new meaning with the inaugural Mayor’s Challenge Human Dog Sled Race. When have
you ever seen three mayors being pulled on sleighs by four husky men and some pretty quick women? As an added feature the appearance of regional district rep Bill Baird made it extra special when he showed up unexpectedly with his sleigh and
team to challenge the mayors. It was a huge success and largely because of it the Greenwood Winterfest is now featured on YouTube! Ron said that Shelton outdid himself this year. “With the planning of the main organizers and all
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