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July 2008

SUMMERFEST “THANK YOUS” AND PICTURES
THE MAIDEN ROCK PRESS Text Box: SUMMERFEST 2008 The Community Association Members who spent months planning the event: Ed & Merle Sjostrom, Arnie & Evy Johnson, Jim Randers, Phil Roberts, Peggy Rother, Pat Laughlin, Julie Hecksel, Joyce Walsh, Tracy Miller & Jennifer Smith. Sue Kraft & her son Ricky for being the Grand Marshall’s. Dennis Walsh for driving them in the parade with his convertible. Doug Sjostrom for providing the wagon for the parade announcers. Jeff Miller for providing the sound system for the parade, Phil Roberts, Ross Johnson & Pat Laughlin for parade organizing and line-up, Peggy Rother & Helen Sullivan for announcing, and all the parade participants. Joe Ortwerth for cooking the chicken, Gwen Anderson for the potato salad, Park Service for the buns, Joyce Walsh for organizing the chicken and working all day at the stand, Helen Sullivan, Terry Cuddy, Ruth Viste, Joyce Johnson, Amy Walsh, Joanie Fitch for serving the chicken, Mary Vagt, Judy Daleiden for working the cashbox. Phil Roberts & Peggy Rother for handling the Sand Mine Tours, Jeff Baum, Tim Stauffer, Al Nelson for taking people on the tours. Jim & Jan Randers for working the MRACA table. Evy Johnson, Andy Rother, Avery Balzer, Hannah Sjostrom, Kathy Cole, Taylor & Tyler Clifford, Chase Lanz, Matt Gore, Kathleen DeMaster, Melissa Meier for working at the children’s games. Kim & Doug Sjostrom, Teresa Meier, Betty Gore, Gina Hinrichs, Melissa Meier, Pam Clifford, Tiffany & Gay Heath for working the 4-H Foodstand. Jeff Baum for sponsoring Mike Girdeen’s Bluff Springs Trout Fishing Pond & Mary Roberts for working all day at the pond. Bruce & Julie Hecksel aka Patchouli for the daytime musical entertainment, Last Call, sponsored by the Fire Department for the night band, Jeff Miller for providing the sound system for the bands. Tracy Miller for organizing the pajama vollyball game. Wendy Dart, Danielle Dart, Miranda Abel, Cynde Randall for working the Audubon Table. Jim Lanz, Wayne Larson, Dave Kukes and their crew for the Firemen’s Beer Tent. Tracy Miller & Roger Erickson for arranging, cleaning and delivering the dunk tank, and the crew that sat in the dunk tank. Mr. & Mrs. Al for their Kettle Corn. Barry Stockwell for his Maple Treats Ice Cream. Arnie & Evy Johnson, Ed & Merle Sjostrom, Joyce Walsh, Peggy Rother for procuring and organizing the button prizes. Peggy Rother & Helen Sullivan for taking photos. Arnie Johnson for painting the sign at the entrance to the park, and Roger Field for helping Arnie re-muont the sign. And all who attended to make this festival a success. The following businesses donated prizes for the button drawing: Lakeside Bar, Bakken Young Funeral Home, Park Service, Bittersweet Bakery, Watkins Locker, Plum City Hardware, Sherwin Williams, Ole’s Bar & Grill, Bay City Hardware, Hiawatha Bank, Old Man River Pizza Pub, Secret Heart Gallery, Swan Song Gallery, Brown Seed Corn, Arnie’s Woodcraft, Maiden Rock Area Community Association, Window Technicians, Wisconsin Industrial Sand Mine, Smiling Pelican Bakeshop, Honey Hill Apiary, American Legion Post #158, McNay’s Creamery, Pickle Factory, Third Base Bar, Ralph’s Bar, This Old Bike, Great River Coffee Roasters, BNOX, The Good Apple, Green Gables, Savvy, Abode, Stockholm Pie Company, Stockholm Farmers Market Country Shop, Bogus Creek Café & Bakery, Out of the Blue Gallery, Clementines, The Pallete, Stockholm Pottery, Up a Creek, Harbor View Cafe. The list of winning button numbers will appear in the Ellsworth Shopper, and all of the local businesses have the list as well. The list will also be posted on the Maiden Rock website ~ maidenrock.org Prizes can be picked up at the Hiawatha Bank in the village or call 715-448-3703. Again, thanks to everyone involved and I hope I have not missed anyone.

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