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JACKIE SCHENCK
William's Hair Styling
SALLY FORD
Miss Dashwood Friedsburg
PATTY MELOCHE
Laporte's Meat Market
PAM BREGMAN
Ferguson's Apiary
Many groups benefit from profits
Zurich's `largest fund Zurich Bean Festival Inc., a
raising event of the year" is non-profit organization run
"pretty darn successful" by area volunteers.
said bean festival treasurer The festival pays its own
Nancy Lee. But organizers expenses, like costs of the
don't want the festival to get queen contest and the hor-
too big. seshoe pitching competition,
The festival takes in about but its major monetary
09,000 to$20,000 each year outlays are its community
the treasurer said, but projects.
mostof the money of The festival donated
returryed to the community $10,000 to the arena when it
for betterment projects. was revitalized, built and
Really the only source of donated bleachers at the ball
income every year is the sale diamond, spent $3,500 to
of food," Lee said. Lastear
food receipts totaled $17149. ado decoratioChristmas
s $for the
Other sources of income village and has over the
include rental of concession years donated $6,500 to the
spots at the festival. (These playground.
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cost $20 or *25 with hydro) Playground donations
and the committee rents out helped build the jungle gym
its tables for other com- area next to the community
munity events during the centre and this year *200 was
year. donated to the playground
The festival is operated by program to help send the
children on a trip to the Lion
Safari at Rockton.
Lee explained the bean
festival pretty well funds' a
Zurich • "meal on wheels'
program." The committee
donates $500 every year, and
"if they run a deficit they tell
us and we donate to keep
them in the black."
Last year the festival took
in about $20,000, but the
festival spent $27,000 in-
cluding $8,500 donated
directly to the community.
Even money it spends on
its own operation benefits
the community, Lee said.
Last year was the .first
time the festival spent any
large amounts on the kitchen
building:
Victoria Street was "really
a run-down looking street",
Lee said. Putting a lot of
money. into refinishing the
BLUEWATER QUILT DRAW - Members of tte Bluewater Rest Home Auxiliary are selling
tickets on this quilt. The draw will be madeat the Bean Festival, Saturday. The ladies with
the quilt are Mary Qingerich, Martha Ducharme, Annie Finkbeiner and Marlene
Gingerich. Staff photo
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Welcome
To The 16th Annual
Zurich Bean Festival
Featuring '7asty Nu"
Fresh Baked Breads, Rolls and
Pastries Daily
and over 40 kinds
of delicious donuts.
We also have a large variety of Cana-
dian & Imported cheeses to suit
everyone's taste!
TASTY NU BAKERY
and CHEESE HOUSE
ZURICH 236-4912
J
SEAFORTH 527-1803
front of the festival kitchen
makes the "street look a lot
nicer."
Lee said she had been
working with the festival for
over five years, but had only
been involved in the finan-
cial end of things for two
years.
She doesn't want to see the
festival get too big. To
treasurer Nancy Lee, the
festival would lose some of
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MICHELLE DURAND
Small World Travel
Doug Geoffrey
Construction
Homes, Renovations, Additions
Farm Buildings & Repairs
Aluminum Siding 8 Awnings
Zurich 236-4432 Daytim.
Exeter, 235-2961 Evenings
Residents of the Village of
Zurich extend a warm
welcome to all those who are
attending the Bean Festival
Corpor4i(on of the
VILLAGE OF ZURICH
FRED MAUERER
REEVE
Bob Fisher Isidore Laporte
Leroy Thiel Dan Turkheim
COUNCILLORS
SHARON BAKER
CE.ERK
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