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2 News Record • Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Two entries in the scarecrow contest.
Photos courtesy of Tricia Robinson
The reptile show was a new feature this year.
The winner of the best -decorated home contest belonging to the
Bartliff family.
arvest Fest comes to Clinton
Thanksgiving Saturdaywas a
beautiful day for Clinton's Har-
vest Festival, formerlyknown as
the Scarecrow Festival. The
event was bigger than ever with
30 events, compared to 10 Last
year.
In the Legion, attendees we
were greeted by some of Clin-
ton's finest volunteers. The
Fanners Appreciation Breakfast
was delicious and featured local
food and treats from around the
county.
Millennium Park featured a
registration booth run by Opti-
mist members and free family
loot bags from Farm Credit and
Foodland Ontario. Snippety the
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face painting and making bal-
loon animals.
Some of the scarecrow con-
test entries were scary, and
others were magical with rib-
bons and sparkles blowing the
autumn wind. Kids tried out
bobbing for apples and made
wonderful crafts to be fea-
tured on Thanksgiving dinner
tables. The local entertain-
ment and performers were
outstanding.
There was a petting zoo
with farm animals, Little
Tracks Zoo, in the vacant lot
across from town hall. Kids
loved the chicken, goat,
alpaca, ferret and miniature
cow.
Another highlight was the
chilli cook off featuring chil-
lies made my various local
businesses.
The sun was shining at the
merchants' quarters filled
with hand -made goods pro-
vided by local vendors. Kids
The pie -eating contest featuring the mayor, fire chief, girl guides
and other locals.
stood in awe at the size of the
tractors and school bus
parked by the merchants'
quarters. The Lions Food
Truck provided hot dogs and
drinks.
There was a certain Harvest
Festival spirit that arrived
around noon, as the mayor,
fire chief, girl guides and other
locals participated in
the pie -eating contest. Three
minutes in and there was win-
ner - a girl guide won the
show.
New this year was the Little
Rays Reptile Show in the town
hall council chambers, where
a ten -foot albino boa constric-
tor named Mac and Cheese
slithered around as the kids
reached to pet him. It was
show and tell for twelve differ-
ent reptiles.
In the afternoon was
another new activity, the tug
of war contest at Heartland
Church lawn, where the life-
saving firefighters could not
be beat. The firefighters pulled
their way to victory in front of
everyone's eyes, taking home
the gold trophy.
Throughout town, it was evi-
dent that the Harvest Festival
spirit was alive in the storefront
windows and front porches of
many houses. Clintonians dec-
orated their homes and busi-
nesses with pumpkins, scare-
crows, straw bails and gourds of
all shapes and sizes to celebrate
this season.
Thank you to everyone who
made Harvest Festival such a
success this year and congratu-
lations to the winners of each
contest that are as follows:
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