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Photo # 10229 from the Archival Slide Show The photograph is of the 1982 Bowen Festival (the precursor to Bowfest) entry in the parade by Bowenian Seniors of a blue Volkswagen Van decorated with flowers and ferns on Miller Road about to turn onto Government Road The theme that year was‘County Fair’

Sitting behind the fence at Snug Cove Field on Wednesday, May 31, captive fans are all smiles as they watch a slugfest between manager Eddie Weismiller’s Cruisers and the Shakers Despite Cruisers homers from Sweet Pete Blomberg, Grady Huskisson, and Jack Welsh, the Shakers, led by Riley Culver and former Cruisers star Charlie Welsh, won 16-11 The league is nearing the mid-way point of its 20-game regular season schedule.Guest reporter (and Cruisers veteran) Marcus Hondro