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Thousands visit 23rd Zurich Bean Festival
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RELUCTANT RIDER - Provincial
NDP leader Bob Rae has a.Iittle diffi-
culty convincing his daughter Lisa
(left) that she will enjoy a ride on the
Octupus at Saturday's Zurich Bean
Festival. Rae's other daughter El-
eanor also had second thoughts so
he ended up riding with Katie
McQuail, daughter of Tony McQuail,
who is seeking the Huron -Bruce
nomination. •
1988
Zurich
Bean
Festival
Queen
1988 QUEEN - Kim Redick was
crowned Queen of the Zurich Bean
Festival by former queen Connie
Desjardine. First runner up was Co..
tette Bedard and second runner up
was Bobbi Brown.
HERE THEY ARE - The whole reason for the Zurich Bean Festival's ex-
istence were found on the plates of the thousands of visitors who could
not leave the festival without a taste of the famous bean recipe.
+ y.
HORSESHOE PITCHING -
While fewer contestants entered
this year, there was still plenty of
top-notch competition to- keep eve-
ryone cin their toes. Hugh Harburn -
from London shows his best form
during the finals.
NO FAVOURITISM NOW Ju -
ha Wallace finds herself with a very
small and very reluctant frog in the
Frog Jumping Contest. Even
though Julia had a relative in the
contest's organization, her frog
only obliged by jumping 18 inches in
three tries.
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE -
This 1963 Chrysler 300 won Rob
Lenting of Hensall the People's
Choice trophy in Saturday's an-
tique car show at the Zurich Bean
Festival.
1932 CHEVROLET - This car
was brought to the Saturday's show
by Laurabelle and Orland Reichert,
from Hensall. The show featured
everything from a classic '54 Ben-
tley to a high-tech IROC-Z.
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ST. BONIFACE CWL BOOTH - Julie Becker, Deborah Regier and
Mary Regier are shown in the St. Boniface CWL booth during Saturdays
Zurich Bean Festival.
BEAN FESTIVAL BREAKFAST - Don Baker and Dave Siebert are at
the grill for Saturday's Zurich Bean Festival breakfast sponsored by the Zu-
' rich Minor Athletic Asscoation.