Apple Festival 2012

APPLE FESTIVALof Kendallville

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APPLE FESTIVAL OF KENDALLVILLE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

OCTOBER 6 & 7, 2012 • SATURDAY: 9 AM - 6 PM • SUNDAY: 9 AM - 5 PMJoin the fun at the Noble County Fairgrounds, US 6, Kendallville

Visit us at facebook.com/applefest or www.kendallvilleapplefestival.org for festival information and updates.

CRAFTS • DEMONSTRATIONS • PRIMITIVE AREA • FOOD ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES • CHILDREN’S AREA • LOG HOMESTEAD • CONTESTS

SATURDAY SUNDAY9 AM Applesauce Quartet SR Randy Erwin OP10 AM Mills Family OP Reader the Magnifi cent SR Hastey Pudding Puppets FH11 AM Apple Jack Kloggers OP Mark Twain SR George Schricker & the Wild Rose Moon FH12 Noon Wes Linenkugal Quartet OP Randy Erwin SR Suzanne & Jim FH1 PM Reader the Magnifi cent OP Applesauce Quartet SR Tie Hackers FH2 PM Apple Jack Kloggers OP Mark Twain SR Hastey Pudding Puppets FH3 PM Applesauce Quartet OP Wes Linenkugal Quartet SR George Schricker & the Wild Rose Moon FH4 PM Randy Erwin OP Suzanne & Jim SR Tie Hackers FH5 PM Mills Family OP Mark Twain SR

9 AM Applesauce Quartet SR Reader the Magnifi cent OP10 AM Suzanne & Jim SR Troy Roark OP Hastey Pudding Puppets FH11 AM Frailey Family SR Tie Hackers OP George Schricker & the Wild Rose Moon FH12 Noon Troy Roark SR Suzanne & Jim OP Johnny Appleseed FH1 PM Reader the Magnifi cent SR Inclognito Cloggers OP Frailey Family FH2 PM Applesauce Quartet SR Troy Roark OP Hastey Pudding Puppets FH3 PM Tie Hackers SR Frailey Family OP George Schricker & the Wild Rose Moon FH4 PM Johnny Appleseed SR Inclognito Cloggers OP Suzanne & Jim FH

OP = Open PrairieSR = Settler’s RoostFH = Dekko Little Pioneer Stage at Floral Hall

CONTEST SCHEDULE

RAISE-A-RUCKUS SHOW ARENA

Main Street Village(located in downtown Kendallville)

Visit Main Street and step into a Native American Vil-lage. Listen to the Indian Drum Family, make Indian Art and learn about dream catchers or get lost in the straw maze. Visit one of the delicious food booths offering a variety of your favorites. Check out the historic window displays and make sure to visit our merchants in their Native American dress. Free park-ing available in off-street lots. Ride the free shuttle to/from the fairgrounds.

For Additional Information Contact: Kendallville Park & Recreation Dept.211 Iddings Street,P.O. Box 516, Kendallville, IN 46755Phone 260-347-1064

Festival Favorite Food - Stop by the information booth and vote for your favorite food at the Apple Festival. Winner announced at 4:00 PM, Sunday. Sat. all day • Sun. 9 AM - 3 PM

Frog Flippin’ - Children’s area - Saturday 10 AM • Sunday N/A

Apple Baking Contest - Judging Sat. at 10:30 in the Steer Barn. Entries must be received between 9 and 10:30 Saturday. Organized by Sweet Church Commu-nity Organization.

Apple Seed Spitting - Children’s area - Saturday 12:30 PM • Sunday 2 PM

Baked Goods Auction - Entries from the Apple Bak-ing Contest are auctioned in the steer barn. Sat. 1 PM • Sun. N/A

Ladies Skillet Throw - North end of Primitive area (must be in costume) Sat. 1:30 PM • Sun. 11 AM

Tomahawk Throw - North end of Primitive Area (must be in costume) Sat. 2 PM • Sun. 11:30 AM

Saturday - 9:30, 10:45, 12, 1:15, 2:30

The Raise-A-Ruckus cast will be joined by Miss Indiana Outstanding Teen all weekend.

Sunday - 10:45, 12, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45

The Raise-A-Ruckus cast will be joined by Miss Indiana for all performances on Sunday.

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BY DENNIS [email protected]

KENDALLVILLE — For 27 years theApple Festival of Kendallville has been amajor tourist event for northeast Indiana,attracting thousands of visitors from allover the country.

Each year the festival committeevolunteers add something new like foodvendors, entertainers and crafters, butgenerally the setup has been the same,and why mess with a good thing? Thisyear’s budget is approximately $94,000,according to festival coordinator AmandaTaylor. “Any profit goes toward the nextfestival,” she said.

This year’s festival is Saturday andSunday, Oct. 6 and 7, at the NobleCounty Fairgrounds and the revampedMain Street Village in Kendallville’sdowntown business district. Hours are 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free with a $3 parkingfee at the fairgrounds.

Visitors are encouraged to park at EastNoble High School and No-Sag on AllenChapel Road and use the free shuttle busservice. Five buses will operate from theparking lots and between festival venuesSaturday and Sunday throughout the day.

Vendors, entertainers and festivalworkers must dress to follow thefestival’s pioneer theme. Visitors will seefood vendors cooking their offerings inkettles over open flames, and entertainersplaying music from the early Americanperiod in history. Civil War re-enactorswill set up camp near Floral Hall, andvendors in tents in the primitive area willdemonstrate 19th century skills such asblacksmithing and sewing leatherproducts. Festivalgoers can wanderthrough the area and barter for items.

The new Main Street Village has a

Apple Festival of Kendallville traditions continue

The 2012 Apple Festival of Kendallville committee plans and organizes the majornortheast Indiana tourist event. Shown from left are: front row, Barbie Schlegel,Holden Schlegel, Cheri Bherns and festival president Jennifer Cummins; secondrow, festival coordinator Amanda Taylor, Judy Burlow, Cheryl Mapes and DarleneGisel; third row, Dr. Tom Jansen, Nichole Hoyt, Lorilee Ward, Todd Campbell andBarb Kelly; fourth row, Howard Mapes, Kevin Schlegel and Craig Munk. Not shownare: Pat and Kathy Young, LouAnne Pillers, Jessica Schoof, Hatem Ali, CarsonRoberts, Sheree Lunk, Debbie Derby, Ryan Garrison, Sandra and Howard Hosge,Lynette Leamon and Don Leighty.

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Now that it’s officially fall, it’stime for the 27th Annual AppleFestival of Kendallville! The AppleFestival committee has been workinghard to plan and organize the event,and their hard work will pay off whenthousands of visitors visit the NobleCounty Fairgrounds and revampedMain Street Village on Saturday, Oct.6 and Sunday, Oct. 7.

This section, prepared by KPCMedia Group employees with the helpof Apple Festival committee members,highlights some of the best parts ofthe festival, including vendors,entertainers, demonstrators and, ofcourse, the delicious food! Readthrough this section and get ready fora great weekend of fun in Kendall-ville!

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Native American theme with crafters,food vendors and children’s activitiesallowing visitors to immerse themselvesin the Native American culture. Therewill be a straw maze, an Indian tradingblanket, a pumpkin growing contest and14 new craft vendors.

Visitors can try flipping a frog,spitting apple seeds, throwing atomakawk and a skillet in the fairgroundscontest area.

Special hands-on craft-making andgames for children are found in theDekko Children’s Craft Village at thefairgrounds.

Cloggers, storytellers, puppeteers,jugglers and musicians will give freeperformances on three stages at thefairgrounds. The popular Raise-A-Ruckus cabaret will have five freeperformances each day in the Raise-A-Ruckus Arena. Miss Indiana, MissIndiana Outstanding Teen and the Miss

Indiana Scholarship Pageant choreogra-pher are special cast members this year.

Festivalgoers will have more than 70delicious food choices. New Brunswickstew, apple pies, apple fritters, Filipinoegg rolls, fried green beans, apple pizza,potato soup, buffalo burgers, smokedturkey legs, chicken and noodles, beefand noodles, apple dumplings, ham andbeans, hot spiced cider, appleburgers,carmel apples and pumpkin rolls areamong the many food items.

Visitors can purchase handmade itemsfor gifts from more than 100 crafters atboth venues.

There will be 34 skilled tradesmendemonstrating their unique abilities in thefairgrounds Log Cabin and at open-airbooths.

Antiquers will enjoy browsing the 30antique displays in the MerchantsBuilding.

The festival goes on rain or shine.

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TRADITIONS

Mei, 6, Madi, 12, and Connor Kelham, 11, of Avilla enjoy just some of thevast array of food at the annual Apple Festival of Kendallville at the NobleCounty Fairgrounds last year.

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KENDALLVILLE — Main StreetVillage will still have that historic feel toit, but with an added emphasis on oneaspect of the area’s history.

Main Street Village is held annually inKendallville’s Historic Downtown areaduring the Apple Festival of Kendallville.Main Street Village has traditionallyfeatured period food, craft booths,entertainment and demonstrators.

Many of those traditional favorites willbe back, but this year organizers havecreated a unique theme that is still histori-cally accurate to the area.

According to committee memberLynette Leamon, Kendallville’s MainStreet was once a popular buffalo andAmerican Indian trail.

“We thought, ‘Let’s bring back ourhistory,’” Leamon said. “We’ve added thenew American Indian theme of ourheritage.”

This year’s American Indian theme willinclude activities for children such asmaking dream catchers, weaving, braided

necklaces and pumpkin and Indian warpaint face painting.

There will also be an American Indiantrading blanket where youngsters can tradetrinkets, just like Native Americansbartered many years ago.

A special attraction this year will be theMedicine Woman Singers, a group ofdrummers and singers who will entertainfrom noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday and fromnoon to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Based in Huntington County, theMedicine Woman Singers are a group ofMiami Indian drummers, singers anddancers who share their heritage.

The credit for bringing the group toMain Street Village this year goes toKendallville’s Don Swank, who attendsmany Native American gatherings. TheMedicine Woman Singers often attendthese gatherings.

“We got acquainted very many yearsago,” Swank said.

While the American Indian theme willbe most the obvious difference at thisyear’s Main Street Village, it isn’t the onlychange.

“We have new crafters and vendors,”Leamon said.

New craft vendors will offer homemadedips, tapestries and wall hangings, shesaid.

Popular returnees to Main Street Villagethis year will include Dr. Barth’s OldFashioned Medicine Show and singerChris Vallilo.

Food vendors will tempt attendees’ tastebuds with offerings that will include chili,pulled pork, ribs, beef brisket, sloppy joes,potato curls, pork loin sandwiches, applebrats, apple spirals, sugar donut balls,maple creams, chocolate suckers, hot applefritters, Indian fry bread, Indian pumpkinfry bread, pork cracklins, elephant ears,pork rinds and ice cream.

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KENDALLVILLE — The craftsavailable at the 2012 Apple Festival ofKendallville come in a wide variety, but allof them stem from a passion for makingthem on the part of their crafters.

Among the dozens of crafters, here are afew examples:

Jim Gibbons of Fort Wayne makes andsells several kitchen-related items from akitchen product usually associated withcountertops.

“I take scrap pieces of Corian, acountertop material, and make cuttingboards, trivets and spoon rests,” saidGibbons, 79. “I’ve been dealing it for 10years.”

Corian is still made, but is fading inpopularity compared to other surfaces suchas granite, Gibbons said. Scrap pieces lethim bring out the colors in new ways. He’sespecially hoping to sell a lot of spoonrests. “Cutting boards always do well,” hesaid.

Gibbons has been a fixture at the

festival for about 10 years. He started at theMain Street Village before working his wayover into the fairgrounds area, where he’slocated today.

This might be Gibbons’ last AppleFestival, depending in part on his businessthere. “Next year I’ll be 80,” he said. He’sdecided to cut back, and will make adecision which of the nine festivals hetakes part in he’ll stay with after the seasonis over.

Connie Burns of Fort Wayne isdefinitely focusing on the Apple Festival.“We decided this year that the KendallvilleApple Festival will be our only show,” shesaid.

Burns also repurposes one product intoanother. In her case, its used wool clothing,which she converts into mittens, scarvesand hats.

“I purchase from Salvation Army thriftstores apparel items that are made ofwool,” Burns said. She shrinks the items,felts them, then makes the new items fromthe wool.

It benefits the Salvation Army stores

because they usually have a tough timeselling woolen things, Burns said. Sincemany wool clothes are either moth-eaten orshrunken, her use is one that benefitseveryone.

This will be her third Apple Festival.The last two years, Burns did a lot ofsmaller shows as well.

Then came the 2011 Apple Festival.“We sold out of product within a fewhours,” she said. That’s when she decidedto make the Apple Festival her only show.

“We have developed a following,” Burnssaid. “It’s been kind of fun.”

Bill Hollinger of Monroe found fun in acraft that started with a challenge from hiswife.

The Hollingers attended the 2004Johnny Appleseed Festival in Fort Wayne,and Mrs. Hollinger bought a Shaker box. “Itold her I could make one cheaper,” hesaid. She challenged him to do just that.

Along the way, Bill Hollinger found anew hobby. “I enjoy doing woodworkingand learning about different kinds of

woods… working with some of them,” hesaid.

Hollinger makes Shaker boxes andbaskets. Of that 2004 vendor, he said, “Ifound out his price was pretty good.”

Hollinger also makes other items, suchas cutting boards, cheese boards, boxes andfancy clipboards.

Jeff Moore of Elkhart specializes in hishobby. “Since 1987, I have handcraftedduck decoys,” he said.

Moore’s decoys are decorative, noffunctional. He turns out about 30-35 a year.The bodies are usually made of whitecedar, and sometimes of basswood; theheads are made from basswood or whitepine, he said.

Moore handpaints the detail on for thefeathers.

He does about seven or eight shows ayear, and said the Apple Festival is anextremely well-organized and well-attended show. He also brings a friend’shandcrafted decorative fish decoys to thefestival each year.

Festival crafts are lovingly made

Jim Gibbons of Fort Wayne displays some of the types of items made from Corianhe sells at the Apple Festival of Kendallville.

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KENDALLVILLE — Miss IndianaMerrieBeth Cox, Miss Indiana’sOutstanding Teen Brooke Campbell andEast Noble alumnus Nick Smith will bespecial guests for Raise-A-Ruckus, thepopular cabaret show now in its 24thyear at the Apple Festival of Kendall-ville, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6 and 7.

Saturday show times in the Raise-A-Ruckus Show Arena at the NobleCounty Fairgrounds are: 9:30 a.m.,10:45 a.m., noon , 1:15 p.m. and 2:30p.m. Sunday performance times are:10:45 a.m., noon, 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m.and 3:45 p.m.

Admission is free. Attendees can gettickets at the ticket booth in front of thearena.

Directors Craig Munk and ChrisMettert, and assistant director KarenMunk have designed a 50-minute, foot-stomping musical revue. The originalproduction, with a cast of 24 singing anddancing East Noble students, is a jointproject created and produced by EastNoble Theatre and the East Noble vocalmusic department. “When I created theshow 25 years ago, I never realized itwould become so popular with thestudents and with an audience from allover the U.S. We are always amazed tofind out where our audience memberscall home,” said Munk.

Over the past 23 years more than130,000 people have seen the show

designed with the flavor of the AppleFestival of Kendallville in mind, addedMunk.

East Noble stagecraft classes, underMunk’s direction, transform the Beefand Dairy Arena building into a theaterwith exterior large quilt blocks anddecorative landscaping.

In 1992, Miss Indiana Shelli Yoderjoined the cast, and ever since MissIndiana has returned to perform in theshow. Cox will appear in all five

performances on Sunday only. She isPurdue’s Golden Girl, a featured batontwirler with the band.

Campbell, an East Noble senior, is afeatured cast member of Raise-A-Rukus,and will perform both days.

Smith is a junior dance major at BallState University and the Miss IndianaScholarship Pageant choreographer.

All three special guests will greetvisitors, pose for photographs and signautographs after the show.

Special guests join Raise-A-Ruckus cast

Miss Indiana MerrieBeth Cox, left, with Miss Indiana Outstanding Teen BrookeCampbell

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FROM STAFF REPORTSThousands of people will enjoy

delicious food prepared by hundreds ofvolunteers and others at this year’s AppleFestival of Kendallville.

It’s one of the state’s most favoredtraditions: Dozens of food booths cookingup hot and delicious meals in authenticpioneer style.

Tradition and familiarity are twohallmarks of the festival and it holds true tothe food offerings, which rarely vary muchfrom year to year, noted Kathy Young, whodirects the food sales at the festival.

All of the favorites will be back, Youngsaid, which include apple fritters, porkburgers, haystack potatoes and cheese,chicken and noodles, regular and sweetbaked potatoes with a variety of toppings.

Those are in addition to onion rings,beef and noodles, hot chicken sandwiches,appleburgers, roast hog sandwiches, buffaloburgers, fish sandwiches, smoked turkeylegs, and homemade apple dumplings. Andthat’s just for starters.

There will be 37 food stands offering

different foods at every booth, includingtwo new vendors this year, Young noted.

Grace Christian Church will offer friedgreen beans and fried dill pickles with atasty dipping sauce. Also, Andy Miller willhave fried cheese sticks and cheddar bites.

Many local nonprofits use their foodbooths at the festival to raise funds for thecoming year.

Boy Scout Troop 103 will be addingchocolate dipped cheese cake on a stick toits menu, and Destiny Family of Faith willbe adding “kringles,” which are apple andcherry turnovers, along with their minidoughnuts which were new last year andquickly became a favorite of festivalgoers,according to Young.

Festival attendees are invited to show upearly for breakfast and enjoy pancakes,biscuits and gravy, and egg sandwiches.

Fall in Indiana means homemade soupsand the Apple Festival of Kendallvillecomes through. Enjoy all the delicioussoups, which include ham and bean,vegetable, white chili, potato, southwestchicken, chili and french onion.

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Entertainers abound at Apple FestivalBY BOB [email protected]

KENDALLVILLE — There’ssomething for everyone in the family inthe way of entertainment at this year’sApple Festival of Kendallville.

Among the performers will beSuzanne and Jim, who look back into theroots of Americana music and lore. Thehusband and wife team of Jim Hale andSuzanne Jaroszynski blend their voicesand instruments in songs of an earliertime.

The stories told by these old songs,and the stories behind the songs, notonly relate tales of a bygone era, butopen a window into the origins of ourmodern culture.

The duo’s performances are designedfrom their research into archived collec-tions of historic music and are presentedin an informative yet engaging mannerwith just the right touch of Jim’shomespun humor.

Suzanne and Jim have performed inmore than 35 states and Canada. Theyhave released three recordings: KeepSmilin’, SongChasers and A VictorianChristmas.

For those wanting to hear a stringband, there are the Tie Hackers, whocome from old-time music jams tovenues as diverse as a symphonyorchestra or “busking” around ElkhartCounty.

With influences from Grandpa Jonesand Johnny Cash to the Dirt Band andthe Ozark Mountain Daredevils, the TieHackers blend old-time string bandsounds to standards like “Angeline theBaker” or Southern rock tunes like“Standin’ On a Rock,” all done with anold-time roots flavor.

A returning favorite for the children isthe Hasty Pudding Puppets, this yearpresenting the show, “By George andEverybody Else.”

Puppeteers using both hands willpresent a left-hand salute to Americanhistory that would give MarthaWashington a headache, according to apress release.

Thurston Osgood, host of theinterview program “Meet the Patriots,”brings you face to face with the peoplewho made the country what it is today— and gives you a chance to get evenfor it, a press release said.

Ben Franklin flies his kite on stage,George Washington sports his famouswooden smile and Betsy Ross puts thefirst flag together before the audience’seyes.

All three acts will perform at thefestival both days. So will theApplesauce Quartet, Reader the Magnifi-cent and George Schricker & Wild RoseMoon.

Roaming the grounds both days willbe Johnny Appleseed.

Saturday-only acts will include theMills Family, the Apple Jack Kloggers,the Wes Linenkugal Quartet and RandyErwin. Sunday-only acts will featureTroy Roark, Frailey Family and theInclognito Cloggers. Suzanne Jaroszynski, left, and Jim Hale make up Suzanne and Jim, who are back

with their American roots music at the 2012 Apple Festival of Kendallville.

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One of the big draws for kids at theApple Festival again this year will bethe Hasty Pudding Puppets.

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The Tie Hackers will share their old-time music jams at the 2012 Apple Festival ofKendallville. Band members are, from left, Michael Schwab of Elkhart, ValerieSchafer of Plymouth, Robert Schafer of Plymouth and Stephen Greer of Goshen.

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BY MATT [email protected]

When it comes right down to it, theyaren’t just demonstrating how things weredone in the 1800s, most are trying toinstill their passion to spectators at theApple Festival of Kendallville.

Each year, amid the tasty treats andcreative crafts, the Log Cabin building atthe Noble County Fairgrounds housesdemonstrators. For many, the auditory artof describing what they do goes hand-in-hand with physically showing people 19thcentury tradecraft.

“They’re telling how they learned theircraft as children,” said Sheree Lunk, oneof the festival’s organizers. “They’retrying to spark interest in young people.”

Of course, there were no big-box storesin the 1800s. With travel being limited,each community attracted people withcertain skills, such as shoe-making, blacksmithing and pottery.

This year’s Log Cabin demonstratorswill see a pair of new entries, each

showing a skill many of our forefatherscoveted.

Ernie Marvin of Fort Wayne will beshowing how mocassins, mittens and hatscould be hand-sewn from leather. Tom andCindy Mettler of Columbia City will showoff their oak carving skills.

An old favorite who has been absentfrom the last few Apple Festivals, DonCapellani, will be coming back this yearshowing off his hand-carved Santas.

“He’s very good at talking while he’sworking,” Lunk said. “He’s just a reallyinteresting guy to talk to.”

Capellani may be a good talker, buthe’s at a bit of a loss to explain how aperson who can’t draw worth a lick cancreate a sculpture from a piece of wood.

“You just have to look at the thing andsee it before you carve it,” Capellani said.“I have no artistic talents. I can’t draw.”

But he will be walking in the woodsand…

“Something just jumps right out atyou,” he said.

Demonstrators show their passion at festival

Mike Albaugh, right, feeds hay in to a machine as Wayne Diehm works as mini haybales are made in front of numerous spectators at the Noble County Fairgroundsfor the 2010 Apple Festival of Kendallville.

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KENDALLVILLE — Pioneer lifewas pretty primitive back in the 19thcentury, but that doesn’t mean thoseearly Hoosiers were lacking in talent oringenuity.

At this year’s Apple Festival ofKendallville, more than 20 demonstra-tors will be showing their wares andtalents in the primitives area of thefestival grounds.

The primitive area will again be onthe west side of the Noble CountyFairgrounds near the first aid station andthe Open Prairie Stage, according to Dr.Tom Jansen, the Kendallvillechiropractor who organizes the populararea each year at the festival.

“The primitive area has 21 vendorsthis year along with several campers,”Jansen said. “We have all of our regular

vendors back this year.”Among the popular returners is the

Majencia Creek Honey Farm who willhave a large assortment of honey andhoney products.

Eugene Burkey is returning this yearwith his handmade knives, powderhornsand leather pouches, Jansen said. “Hedoes original scrimshaw work on hishorns and knives.”

A pair of always-popularblacksmiths, George and Josh Clark,will be back with a variety of handmadeitems that can be used on today’sbarbecue grills and othere uses aroundthe modern home. They will also have avariety of cast iron skillets for sale, andwill be demonstrating their craft as wellas answering questions.

Jansen said the festival’s lineupincludes vendors who make knives,axes, leather bags and accessories.

Leather clothing, furs and hides, beads,blankets, craft supplies, jewelry, kidstoys and walking sticks.

Some hands-on fun on Saturday andSunday will be a tomahawk throw onSaturday and Sunday. Also on both daysof the festival, women can take part in askillet toss. All participants will need tobe in primitive dress, according tofestival rules.

Many of the campers in theprimitives area will be cooking a varietyof foods over the open fire. Stews,roasts, vegetables, deserts, breakfast,lunch and supper can be found.

Many of those camping out underpioneer conditions invite festivalgoers tostop in and ask questions and learn alittle Indiana history while they are inthe area.

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Our school participates in the Indiana

Choice Scholarship Program.

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• Christ-centered academic excellence• Preschool through eighth grade

• Caring experienced staff • Small class sizes • State accredited

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