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The festival began on Friday evening with a ribbon
cutting and opening ceremony. The MP Festival Committee led the
ribbon cut with the LDN Ribbon Cut Crew providing the ribbon and
scissors.
Friday night events included the competition for the
2018 Miss Mount Pulaski, Junior Miss Mount Pulaski, Little Miss
Mount Pulaski, and Little Prince Mount Pulaski.
Pageant the winners were:
Prince Grant Jones
Lil Miss Mount Pulaski - Swayzie Titus
Jr. Miss Mount Pulaski - Audrey Cooper
Miss Mount Pulaski - Chasey Stewart
Of the competitors, the child who sold the most tickets for the
weekend received the prize for Super Sales Winner. That prize went
to Madison Stoll.
Miss Congeniality was awarded to Madison Manes.
Also on Friday evening, two Mount Pulaski residents
were recognized. Rick Volle of the Farmer’s Bank in Mount Pulaski
received the 2018 Community Pride Award for outstanding vision,
dedication and commitment to Mount Pulaski.
A second award was given to Teena Lowery. Her plaque
read “Mt. Pulaski Community Pride's Grand Marshal For the Mt.
Pulaski Fall Festival Parade - Teena Lowery - "Celebrate Every Day"
Thank you for your commitment, support and inspiration to others.
You exemplify endless positive attitude and truly celebrate every
day.”
The 50/50 raffle winner for the night received $456. The winner was
Kenny Gibbs.
Lip Sync Contest
In the Friday night Lip Sync Battle, the Solo Artist
award went to Chris Martin performing the Justin Moore song “Lettin’
the Night Roll.”
The winners in the duo category were Drew Dyer and Daniel Siebert
performing to the song “I Had the Time of My Life” from the movie
Dirty Dancing.
Saturday events in Mount Pulaski began early with a 5K Run/Walk.
Winners of the 5K are as follows:
1st - Veronica Ohler
2nd - Josh McCain
3rd - Derek White
4th - Debby Aylesworth
5th - Sallie Tschantz
6th - Heather Murphy
7th - Amanda Doherty
Kiddie Tractor Pull
A Kiddie Tractor Pull was one of the highlights of the day. Kids
were divided into three classes for the competition and those class
winners were:
Lightweight Division
1st - Karson Presswood
2nd - Jesse Call
3rd - Wyatt Stoll
Medium Weight Division
1st - Eva Leonard
2nd - Brantley Conrady
3rd - Elyssa Marten
Heavy Weight Division
1st - Ryder Conrady
2nd - Karson Wilham
3rd - Aaron Volle
Bake-Off
Amy Dyer was named the Fall Festival Grand Champion Baker.
At the bake-off competition a new tradition may have been started,
quite on the impulse. When the pie competition was over, the
audience suggested that the winning pie be auctioned off on the
spot, with the proceeds going to the Community Pride program.
Organizers were happy to oblige!
Other bake-off winners included:
Cookies ~ Sandy Remmert (Double Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies)
Cupcakes ~ Amy Dyer (Caramel Apple Cupcakes)
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Chili Cook-off
Winners of the chili cook-off held on Saturday:
1st - Traci Hawk
2nd - Hillary Cherry
3rd - Sue Bensko
People's Choice - Hillary Cherry
Parade
Those who attend the parade every year, may have gotten a bit of a
surprise. The parade route normally comes into the heart of town
from the south on Washington Street. This year, organizers decided
to reverse the direction. So the parade came onto the Mount Pulaski
Courthouse Square from the north on Washington Street. It was a nice
change of pace for parade goers, and for those snapping pictures, a
real blessing!
The fall festival and parade theme was “Celebrate Every Day.” The
theme reflected happiness and the entries in the parade exuded the
same. Among the entries were the Grand Marshal – Teena Lowery, Logan
County Fair Royalty, Mount Pulaski Festival Royalty, plenty of fire
trucks, representation from the Mount Pulaski schools with bands,
cheerleaders, school clubs and more, entries by local organizations
and businesses and much more.
Winning float entries:
1st - Pizza Man
2nd - Girl Scouts
3rd - Hilltop Club
Also throughout the weekend, the Mount Pulaski Courthouse was open
with visitors welcomed by Courthouse Director Barbara Stroud-Borth
and courthouse volunteers. Abraham Lincoln was on hand on Saturday
and visited with many people. He was even snagged in a selfie with
Teena Lowery, and caught grabbing a quick bite to eat at one of the
food vendors set up on the square on Friday.
The beer tent was popular on Friday night, and on Saturday the
annual car show got a lot of attention, as did the petting zoo. At
the petting zoo a baby kangaroo was the star of the show for many of
the children. There were also inflatables and rides for the kids,
and flea market-style vendors for the grown-ups.
Car Show
Car Classes
Special Interest - Josh Bard
Stock (any year) - Kyle Przykopanski
30-49 - Steve Evans
50-69 - Betty Hite
70-89 - Mike "Loopy" Galvin
90-present - Terry and Sharon Pearson
Daily Driver - Caleb Przykopanski
Bike Class
Any Make Any Model - Ryan Jason
Special Awards Car
Best Paint - Mike "Loopy" Galvin
Best Engine - Steve Evans
Best Interior - Bill Kaesebier
Special Awards Bike
Best Paint - Doug Smock
Best Engine - Max Van Rheeden
On both days, Mother Nature cooperated nicely, and though it was
warm on Saturday there was a good breeze in the shady areas, and
lots of people took advantage of the trees on the courthouse lawn.
Congratulations to the Festival Committee for another great festival
weekend in Mount Pulaski.
[Nila Smith and Teena Lowery
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