Apple Festival 2015

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Parking $5.00 at Fairgrounds.

Free Shuttle Service.

ATM on site.

OCTOBER 3 & 4, 2015 • SATURDAY: 9 AM - 6 PM • SUNDAY: 9 AM - 5 PM

Join the fun at the Noble County Fairgrounds, US 6, Kendallville Visit us at facebook.com/applefest or www.KendallvilleAppleFestival.com for festival information and updates.

ENTERTAINMENT • CONTESTS • PRIMITIVE AREA • ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES FOOD • CRAFTS • CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES • DEMONSTRATIONS

Roaming the grounds: Mother Goose, Mark Gropp the Bag piper, Leipers Fork Bluegrass, Johnny Appleseed & Abe Lincoln SATURDAY 9 AM

Applesauce Quartet SR Mother Goose CH

10 AM

Drop the Dawg OP Hastey Pudding Puppets FH Randy Erwin SR

11 AM

Applesauce Quartet SR Johnny Appleseed FH

12 Noon

Wes Linenkugal OP Wild Rose Moon FH Randy Erwin SR Abe Lincoln CH

1 PM

2 PM

3 PM

Drop the Dawg SR Applesauce Quartet OP Stockdale Family CH Inclognito Cloggers OP Hastey Pudding Puppets FH Leipers Fork Bluegrass SR Wes Linenkugal SR Johnny Appleseed FH Stockdale Family OP Mother Goose CH

4 PM

Inclognito OP Wild Rose Moon FH Randy Erwin SR

5 PM

Leipers Fork Bluegrass OP Drop the Dawg SR Stockdale Family SR

SUNDAY 8 AM

Pioneer Church Service OP

9 AM

Frailey Family OP Stockdale Family SR

10 AM

LIza and Mark Woolever SR Hastey Pudding Puppets FH Mother Goose CH

11 AM

Johnny Appleseed FH Applesauce Quartet OP Stockdale Family OP

12 Noon

Frailey Family SR Wild Rose Moon FH Abe Lincoln CH

1 PM

Apple Sauce Quartet OP Liza and Maark Woolever SR Mother Goose CH

2 PM

Inclognito Cloggers OP Hastey Pudding Puppets FH Stockdale Family SR

3 PM

Applesauce Quartet SR Johnny Appleseed FH Liza and Mark Woolever OP

4 PM

Frailey Family SR Inclognito Cloggers OP Wild Rose Moon FH Stockdale Family CH

CONTEST SCHEDULE Apple Baking Contest - Open Air Demonstration Barn Entries must be received between 9 - 10:30 am Saturday 10/3/15 Judging at 10:30 am

Ladies Skillet Throw - North end of Primitive area (Must be in costume to participate) Saturday 1:30 pm - Sunday 11 am

Baked Goods Auction - Entries from Baking Contest to be auctioned at 1 pm Saturday 10/3/15 between Antiques Building and Open Air Demonstration Barn

Apple Rings - Children’s area Saturday & Sunday 10 am Frog Flippin’ - Children’s area Saturday & Sunday 12 pm

RAISE-A-RUCKUS SHOW ARENA

Saturday & Sunday - 10:45, 12:00, 1:15, 2:30 & 3:45 Miss Teen Indiana will join the Raise-A-Ruckus cast each performance and Miss Indiana will join the cast on Sunday.

Festival Favorite Food - Stop by the information booth and vote for your favorite food of the festival. Winner announced at 4 pm Sunday. Vote all day Saturday and 9 am - 3 pm Sunday

Tomahawk Throw - North end of Primitive area (Must be in costume to participate) Saturday 2 pm - Sunday 11:30 am

OP = Open Prairie SR = Settler’s Roost FH = Dekko Little Pioneer Stage at Floral Hall

Pioneer Church Service: Show Arena - Sun. 8 AM

Banjo, Fiddle and Harmonica Contest - Saturday 10/3/15 in Children’s Area Entertainment Tent Apple Peeling Contest - Open Air Demonstration Building Saturday, 10/3/15, 11 am and Sunday, 10/4/15, 1 pm

Apple Toss - Children’s area Saturday & Sunday 2 pm

Pets are not allowed on Apple Festival grounds unless licensed as service animals.

No scooters, bicycles, skateboards, roller blades allowed on Festival grounds.

For Additional Information Contact:

Kendallville Park & Recreation Dept.

211 Iddings Street, P.O. Box 516, Kendallville, IN 46755 • Phone 260-347-1064

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Apple Festival features something for everyone

BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com

KENDALLVILLE — Thousands of people attending the 30th annual Apple Festival of Kendallville Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, at the Noble County Fairgrounds will enjoy more entertainment, more contests and games, the usual food favorites, the “Raise A Ruckus” cabaret featuring Miss Indiana and Miss Indiana Outstanding Teen and even Mother Goose wandering the grounds.

There’s something for everyone in this pioneer-themed family entertainment event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free. Parking on the grounds is $5 with entry through the Dowling Street gate.

Festivalgoers can park in the Impact Institute parking area in Fairview Plaza just east of the fairgrounds and ride the free shuttle bus service to the fairgrounds’ Fair Street entrance.

Festival President Pat Young and the festival organizing committee plan all year for this event, during which the population of Kendallville can more than triple in size.

Hundreds of volunteers are the key to its success each year. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun, too,” Young said.

The biggest change this year is getting to and from the festival. (See the related story in this section).

Food is obviously a big attraction. There will be 38 food vendors with booths along the midway. Many are organized by local and area churches, school and civic organizations that use the proceeds for scholarships and philanthropic endeavors.

Food vendors will be selling apple fritters, apple burgers, pork burgers, haystack potatoes and cheese, chicken and noodles, beef and noodles, apple dumplings, smoked turkey legs, tenderloin sandwiches, fudge, caramel apples, elephant ears, kettle corn, maple creams, ice cream, apple pie, corn on the cob, deep-fried peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches, onion rings, deep-fried pickles and specialty coffees.

Organizers suggest attendees come early and enjoy pancakes, biscuits and gravy, or egg sandwiches for breakfast, and then wander among the festival’s sights and sounds before sitting down for lunch. Then

they can take in more of the attractions and end the day with a delicious dinner.

There will be 90 crafters in the three buildings north of the Show Arena, and the log cabin is full of hands-on demonstrations of artisan skills, according to Young.

Festival attendees should bring a bag or two and look for holiday gift items.

Free entertainment is scheduled all day, each day, on the Open Prairie stage, Settlers Roost and the Dekko Little Pioneer Stage in Floral Hall. Musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers are scheduled. New this year is bluegrass music by the Leipers Fork bluegrass band on Saturday, and Mother Goose wandering the grounds Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Indiana Morgan Jackson of Charlestown and East Noble Theatre alumnus Nicholas Smith from New York will be special guests with the “Raise A Ruckus” cabaret show in the Show Arena, which is staged by the theater group and the East Noble High School music department.

Free performances are scheduled both days at 10:45 a.m., noon, 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Smith will appear Saturday, and Jackson will appear for Sunday’s performances.

Thirty antique vendors will offer their wares in the Antique Building.

The banjo, fiddle and harmonica contests return on Saturday after a lengthy absence.

Participants should register in the Children’s Area tent.

Other new contests in the Open Air Arena are apple peeling Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.; and apple baking with judging Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Baked goods will be auctioned Saturday after the judging.

The ladie’s skillet throw and tomahawk throw will be near the Primitive Area.

The Children’s Area has plenty of activities for youths, including crafts, rotten apple golf, frog flipping, apple tossing, a Boy Scout rope bridge and merry-go-round, and a hay bale maze.

The Primitive Area southwest of Floral Hall is where visitors can watch blacksmiths at work and barter for handmade items like wooden toys, beaded jewelry, scrimshaws, Indian dream catchers and leather goods.

Civil War re-enactors will fire a cannon, signaling the beginning and end of each festival day.

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The Apple Festival of Kendallville organizing committee relies on volunteers to plan and manage the city’s annual event that attracts thousands of visitors to the Noble County Fairgrounds the first weekend in October. This year’s festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4. Festival committee members are from left: front row, Dr. Tom Jansen, June Fordydce, Judy Hart, Sheree Lunk and festival President Pat Young; second row, Jenny Cummins, Nichole Hoyt, Amanda Taylor and Kathy Young; third row, Howard Mapes, LouAnne Pillers, Darlene Gisel, Barb Kelly and Monique Zawadzke; and fourth row, Todd Campbell, Carson Roberts, Jim Mowery and Kevin Schlegal. Hatem Ali, Sandra and Howard Hodge, Don Leighty, Cheryl Mapes, Craig Munk, Barbie Schlegal and Jessica Schoof were absent from the photo.

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Traffic changes mean new gate entrance

BY DENNIS NARTKER dnartker@kpcmedia.com

KENDALLVILLE — Major traffic changes are in order for this year’s Apple Festival of Kendallville Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, at the Noble County Fairgrounds.

Fair Street, between U.S. 6 and Wayne Street, will be closed to traffic, and the festival’s main entrance has changed from the Fair Street gate to the Dowling Street gate. Visitors wanting to park at the fairgrounds must use this gate. Parking is $5 for the fairgrounds.

Festival visitors can park for free in the Impact Institute parking area in Fairview Plaza just east of the fairgrounds, and use the free shuttle bus service to and from the Fair Street gate.

The Park Avenue gate will be for traffic exiting the fairgrounds, according to Kathy Young, a member of the festival’s organizing committee.

No vehicles will be permitted to enter through the Fair Street gate, which

previously had been the festival’s main vehicle entrance. This gate will be used for the shuttle bus service. There will be limited parking on the bus route along East Wayne and Riley streets during the festival.

Barrels or barricades will be placed at Wood and Simon streets to prevent southbound traffic onto Fair Street.

Barrels or barricades will be placed on Park Avenue, north of the Park Avenue exit. No right turn will be allowed for traffic exiting the fairgrounds. That may change based on traffic flow, according to Amanda Taylor, festival coordinator.

The Wayne Street gate is for pedestrians only. No left or right turns will be allowed from Wayne Street onto Fair Street for northbound traffic.

Passes will be issued to Fair Street residents for access to and from their homes.

The Kendallville Police Department requested the changes, according to the festival organizing committee.

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A group of friends, from left, Elexus Holmes of Wolcottville, Corina Garrett of Wolcottville and Grace Minnich of Kendallville, warm up with some beef and noodles from the Brimfield United Methodist Church booth at the Apple Festival of Kendallville.

Festival food is always a major attraction KENDALLVILLE — The sights and sounds of the Apple Festival of Kendallville often are secondary to the smell and taste of all the delicious foods served up during the two-day event. In fact, many come to the festival for the food.

All of the favorites will be back, according to food chairs Pat and Katy Young. These include apple fritters, apple burgers, pork burgers, haystack potatoes and cheese, chicken and noodles, regular and sweet baked potatoes with a variety of toppings, beef and noodles, hot chicken sandwiches, roast hog sandwiches, tenderloin sandwiches, buffalo burgers, smoked turkey legs and homemade apple dumplings, just to name a few.

There will be 38 food vendors at this year’s festival.

For breakfast, festival attendees can enjoy pancakes, biscuits and gravy, and egg sandwiches. Soups, including ham and bean, vegetable, white chili, potato, chili and French

onion, are on the list to tempt palates.

Attendees also can indulge with fudge, caramel apples, pretzels, elephant ears, kettle corn, maple creams, ice cream, or a slice of pumpkin roll, apple pie and just about every other kind of pie imaginable.

New food offerings this year are corn on the cob, deep-fried peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches, and a booth offering specialty coffees and Chai tea. Onion rings and deep-fried pickles return after an absence.

The festival is Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Noble County Fairgrounds in Kendallville.

There is no admission. Parking on the grounds is $5, with entrance through the Dowling Street gate.

Attendees can park in Fairview Plaza, off U.S. 6 just east of the fairgrounds, and ride a shuttle bus free of charge.

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New storyteller, bluegrass band in entertainment lineup

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KENDALLVILLE — When Johnny Appleseed makes a job recommendation to hire Mother Goose as an entertainer, you can be pretty sure the Apple Festival of Kendallville has arrived in the city again.

The costumed storyteller sharing fairy tales and fables with children is just one of the new additions to the entertainment lineup at the festival this year. She’ll be joining a new bluegrass group, a family folk strings band that is back by popular demand and festival staples, including Johnny Appleseed and Abraham Lincoln role players, in the packed roster of events during the two-day festival.

The entertainment lineup has grown enough that the festival has added a new stage in the Children’s Area, while you’ll still likely come across performers who are roaming the grounds throughout the event, the Apple Festival’s Nichole Hoyt said.

Mother Goose and bluegrass group Leipers Fork are two new entertainment acts this year.

Mother Goose, a woman in period dress, will set up at the new tent in the Children’s Area, and tell and perform multiple stories for kids. She’ll have performances at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, as well at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4. During the off times, she’ll likely be wandering the grounds, Hoyt said.

She came highly recommended, Hoyt said.

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Mother Goose will perform in the Children’s Area at the Apple Festival of Kendallville and will roam around the Noble County Fairgrounds.

Johnny Appleseed tell me she is a very good role-playing actress,” Hoyt said.

The festival is also welcoming a new bluegrass gospel band, Leipers Fork from Nashville. The five-member band will only be performing on Saturday.

The Apple Festival is bringing back another band for the events 30th anniversary after receiving requests from attendees. The Stockdale Family Band, a five-piece string music ensemble featuring guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo and bass, is back after last performing in Kendallville See ENTERTAINMENT page 6

Leipers Fork, a bluegrass gospel bad from Nashville is a new entertainment act for the Apple Festival of Kendallville. The will perform Saturday, Oct. 3.

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For artists, festival is opportunity to showcase their work

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KENDALLVILLE — Veterans of the Apple Festival of Kendallville crafts area can expect to see a lot of familiar faces again this year as another two-day celebration kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 3.

That’s because most of the vendors who signed up to be part of the event have been coming to the Apple Festival for years.

The Apple Festival, say both visitors and vendors alike, is one of northeast Indiana’s premier events. The festival draws tens of thousands of people each year to the Noble County Fairgrounds.

Of the 90 vendors expected to set up shop at this year’s event, 75 are repeat vendors, many of them with long histories with the festival, said crafts coordinator Darlene Gisel.

She said this year’s show will feature decorative fence makers, toy builders, basket makers, stained glass artists and

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in 2011.

Hoyt said the festival committee had several requests to get the family back for another performance.

“They all went to college and got separated, and we finally got them to come back. They’re just a very well-organized family, and they sound great. It’s folk music, not quite bluegrass,” she said.

Other entertainers are back again.

Johnny Appleseed, Abraham Lincoln and a bagpipe player all return this year.

Todd said she always sees a demand for her goods.

“Basically, I do anything you can make with fabric, thread and a sewing machine, except large quilts,” Todd explained. “I have pillows and kitchen textiles, stitchery items, posters, table runners, you name it...”

As always, the goal of the festival is to provide customers a chance to see and buy handmade items created by local and regional artisans. This years, artists from around the Midwest will once again be in attendance.

Stevens said the variety of artisans is just one of the many reasons the Apple Festival is such a big hit year after year.

“It’s a great festival because of the variety of activities,” Stevens added.

“There’s activities for the kids. There’s great food. The atmosphere is wonderful, with everybody dressed in costume.

Other festivals just don’t hold a candle to Kendallville.”

jewelry makers, just to name a few of the crafters.

Betsy Stevens is one of those vendors who enjoys spending a weekend each year at the Apple Festival.

“You get lots of people coming through to buy your stuff, and often, you even get repeat buyers,” she said.

“I’ll have people come by and say, ‘Oh, I bought a piece from you every year,’ and that’s fun to hear, and to know that people come and seek you out.”

The sense of community that the Apple Festival generates extends to the vendors. Fabric artist Deb Todd of Fort Wayne has been coming to the Apple Festival with her fabric art for 13 years now, and she said some of her best friends are other vendors she’s meet during the festival.

“They’re generally salt-of-the-earthtype of people,” Todd said of her fellow vendors. “They’re creative. They enjoy the opportunity to create items that their

neighbors, people in their community, even family members, can purchase and enjoy. Some things even end up being heirlooms.

“I have good friends among the vendors. We’re not necessarily competitive, we’re more cooperative.”

Stevens, who also hails from Fort Wayne, agrees with Todd. She repurposes old furniture into folk art and said the overall atmosphere at the Apple Festival is so much fun she’s dropped out of other shows that she used to attend just to concentrate on the Kendallville event.

“There’s camaraderie in the little craft barn we’re in,” Stevens said. “You get to know some of the other vendors, and it’s like old home week when you come back every year and see everybody and kind of catch up. That’s fun.”

Both vendors said the variety of crafts available at this festival is one of the reasons it remains a must-attend event.

Entertainment is scheduled on the hour, every hour, on at least two of the four stages set up at the fairgrounds.

Hoyt also wanted to remind people not to overlook the log cabin, where they can find a performer playing a hurdy-gurdy, an unusual instrument powered by a crank that’s part strings, part keyboard, and sounds like a mix between a violin and bagpipes.

That’s usually kept indoors, because the instrument is very temperamental in the weather.

“If it’s cold outside, his hurdy-gurdy won’t play right. And if it’s raining outside, it won’t play,” Hoyt said.

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KENDALLVILLE — The Apple Festival of Kendallville is bringing back the home decorating contest for the 30th anniversary of the festival held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4.

Get into the spirit of this special weekend by decorating your home and lawn with an apple theme or a pioneer display. Prizes will be awarded to the

first- and second-place winners in each of the two categories.

Register to have your home judged for the contest by calling the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department at 347-1064 before noon today.

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Take a step back in time in the Primitive Area

BY STEVE GARBACZ sgarbacz@kpcmedia.com

KENDALLVILLE — Blacksmiths hammering, craftsmen carvings and campers carefully watching a big pot bubbling with dinner.

Welcome back to the Primitive Area, where Apple Festival of Kendallville attendees can take a step back into pioneer days.

The period-specific area again will feature craftsmen making products, vendors hawking hand-crafted goods and role-playing campers who are roughing it pioneer-style at the fairgrounds, Primitive Area organizer Dr. Tom Jansen said.

It’s an activity that is continuing to draw enthusiasts from all over the United States who want to give festivalgoers the old-time experience.

“We have people that come in from all over. I’ve got one that comes up from Texas, one that comes in from Kansas.

We’ve got people coming down from Michigan, people from all over Indiana,” Jansen said.

Most of the demonstrations will be similar to previous years, but the Primitive Area is welcoming a few new vendors who will be selling items, Jansen said.

“We’ll have a couple of new people this year that are setting up. They’re blanket traders. They usually have handmade items. We do have a vendor that brings toys in for kids, mostly wooden toys. Kids really seem to really enjoy that,” he said.

Several campers will also be set up

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Steve McPhail and Todd Campbell watach as visitors pass by the Primitive Camp at the Apple Festival.

around the area. The campers don’t have any specific demonstrations or presentations, but the costumed campers are living the life for the days of the festival.

They’re set up in tents, cooking outdoors and making do with what’s available.

That’s not the say the campers may not have a cooler hidden in the back of their tent with some supplies, but it’s

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well-disguised to keep up the act, Jansen said. Festivalgoers are encouraged to just check out the campers and chat them up. Jansen said he personally likes to go around and peek into what they’ve got stewing in their pots and talk to their about their next meal.

And, of course, you’ll want to check out the contests.

The Primitive Area hosts a ladies’ skillet throw and tomahawk throw on both Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4.

Participants have to be in costume, and the hosts make the competitions fun and funny.

“It’s really an enjoyable time. They’ve got guys that go to a lot of festivals, but they like this one the best,” Jansen said.

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Children can flip frogs, toss apples at festival KENDALLVILLE — Frog flipping is for kids 12 years of age and under, and it will be held twice during the Apple Festival of Kendallville, at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.

No real amphibians are ever in danger at this popular festival event. Contestants each get three frogs and three attempts to see how far they can send that frog sailing.

The apple toss contest is fairly new to the Apple Festival, but still popular and lots of fun. Contestants will receive three attempts to get the apple through the hole, and the one with the most successful attempts will be the winner.

All contests are located in the Children’s Area. Registration begins at the same location 30 minutes before the contest is scheduled to begin. Prizes will be awarded in three age categories: 4-5 years; 6-8 years; and 9-12 years.

Contact the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department at 347-1064 for more information.

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The Maypole Swing by Boy Scout Troop 103 has been one of the regular features in the Children’s Area at the Apple Festival of Kendallville.

Andrea Brewster of Albion, right, adds eyes to a corn husk doll for Autumn Esquivel, second from right, of Fort Wayne as Audrie Rice looks on in the Children’s Area at the Apple Festival of Kendallville.

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Apple baking returns to festival KENDALLVILLE — The Apple Festival of Kendallville will offer several apple baking contests on Saturday, Oct. 3, in the open-air demonstration building next to the Merchants Building at the Noble County Fairgrounds.

Entries will be accepted starting at 9 a.m. Judging will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. Entries will be auctioned off at 1 p.m., and prizes will be awarded to the top two entries in each of the

following categories: • Apple pie baking, 5-20 years old; • Apple pie baking, 21-40 years old; • Apple pie baking, 41 and over; • Apple pie baking, men; • Quick breads, muffins and biscuits; • Cakes and cookies, and • Other.

Contact the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department at 347-1064 for additional information.

Competition event is music to festival attendees’ ears KENDALLVILLE — The annual Apple Festival of Kendallville banjo, fiddle and harmonica contest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Noble County Fairgrounds.

Registration begins at 2:30 p.m. in the Children’s Area tent. The competition will be begin at 3 p.m.

Contestants will be allowed up to five minutes of playing time, and music

should include a slow tune (waltz or ballad), a fast tune (polka or reel) and a third tune of the contestant’s choice. No electric instruments, including accompaniment, are allowed. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top two in banjo, fiddle and harmonica.

For more information, contact the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department at 347-1064.

Contests award the farthest-flung skillet KENDALLVILLE — A ladies’ skillet toss will be featured at the 30th annual Apple Festival of Kendallville.

The contest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. Both contests will be held at the north end of the Primitive Area. Registration begins at the contest site 30 minutes before the scheduled

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The skillet will be provided, and prizes will be awarded to those throwing the skillet the greatest distance.

Participants must be in a pioneer costume.

Contact the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department for more information at 347-1064.

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Getting ready for the Apple Festival Apple Festival of Kendallville coordinator Amanda Taylor and Kendallville Park and Recreation Department Director Jim Pankop wait for Kendallville Street Department Superintendent Ryan Alwine (behind the straw bale at top) to toss the bale from a wagon during festival preparations at the Noble County Fairgrounds last year.

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Apple Festival features tomahawk-throwing contests KENDALLVILLE — The Apple Festival of Kendallville will hold a tomahawk throwing contest twice during the festival weekend.

The first contest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m., and the second will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 11:30 a.m. Both contests will be held at the north end of the Primitive Area. Registration begins at the contest

site 30 minutes before the contest begins.

Different contests each day will determine contestants’ skills and luck in throwing a tomahawk and knife. Prizes will be awarded. Contestants must be in a pioneer costume to participate.

For more information, contact the Kendallville Park and Recreation Department at 347-1064.

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