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Table of Contents Inside
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From the Board
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Grand Marshal Q&A
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Entertainment
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Seed Popping
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Old-Fashioned Log Cutting
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Board of Directors
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Schedule of Events
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2013 Court of Honor
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Past Queens & Sponsors
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2014 Contestants
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From the Board
Small-town fun returns T
he long awaited event is here! It’s the 42nd Sunday events include the Custom Car Show Annual Four Flags Area Apple Festival! and the Lip Sync Contest. Both are real crowd Get ready for some fun in a city that is pleasers! known for its friendly residents and hospitality. You Festival royalty will be crowned prior to the won’t find any big-city attitudes here. The City of festival. They include a senior king and queen, Niles knows how to have fun and put on a whopprince and princess, Miss Apple Festival and her per of a festival. court, and Jr. Miss Apple Festival and her court. If you ask past festival attendees what their faLook for them leading the parade and throughout vorite part of festival is, they’ll the weekend. be hard pressed to come up Free entertainment for the 2014 If you ask past festival with just one thing. It might Four Flags Area Apple Festival attendees what their be the Grande Parade which includes open stage Saturday struts down the streets of favorite part of festival and Sunday mornings during the tree-lined Niles on Saturday, pancake breakfasts and puppet is, they’ll be hard ending near the apple festival shows throughout the festival. site. Cadillac West performs country pressed to come up Or a favorite might be the music Friday night. Hometown with just one thing. extensive arts and crafts show favorite Irv Cass will perform as and sale, which takes place on Elvis and Tom Jones Saturday. Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Cass has also promised to bring other great Everyone’s favorite part of the festival is the impersonators for the show. You won’t want food! The array of concessions is countless. You to miss it! Spectacular fireworks will be set off can also go to the Apple Products tent for a variimmediately following the Saturday night show. ety of apple related treats. The festival would not be possible without Participants young and old will enjoy the many the generosity from our many sponsors and the contests that the Four Flags Area Apple Festival endless hours donated by the board of directors, hosts. They include a scarecrow contest, apple associate board members, junior board mempeeling, apple seed popping, apple pie eating, log bers, honorary board members and volunteers. sawing, horseshoes, apple pie, pastries and cakes A complete list can be found on the website, contest, beard and mustache contest and a biggest fourflagsapplefestival.org. apple contest. Whether you participate or just For more information, please visit the web site watch, it’s sure to bring a smile to your face. or call Lolli at (269) 683-8870. Please leave your Don’t forget the carnival part of the festival! dogs at home as they are not allowed on the Special wristbands will be available on each night. festival site for insurance purposes. The Apple Thursday and Sunday are your best deals at $20 Festival is handicapped accessible. per wristband for either day. Friday and Saturday are $25, which is still a great deal. —Pat Teeter, Board of Directors Member Lake Street Parking
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Q&A Rosco the Clown
Real name: Ross Champion Home: Mt. Clemens, Michigan Champion has been performing at the Four Flags Area Apple Festival since 2000. He has been named this year’s grand marshal for the apple festival parade. You can find him roaming around the fairgrounds most days. How did you get involved at the Apple Festival? I was at a Michigan Festival and Events Convention in Kalamazoo. I met the Apple Festival committee there. We talked and they had me come to the first one in 2000. How long have you been performing as Rosco the Clown? This is my full-time job. It has been 36 years. My mom and dad are proud. How did you get into that line of work? Basically I’ve always liked to make people laugh, even as a kid, although I never expected to be a clown. I went to Michigan State University for a landscape and horticulture degree and while I was there I read an article in the State News about a clown class being offered next door at the Lansing Community College, which was just a quick bus trip from campus. It wasn’t going to interfere with my studies so I jumped on it because I thought it would be a kick. I signed up and took the course while I was going to MSU. What do you enjoy about it? The people. I just have a ball with my comedy and making people of all ages laugh. When I was brand new I didn’t want to do anything for anyone other than 5 and 6 year olds. Now that I’ve been at it for all this time I’ve found out that there is a child in everyone’s heart. Primarily I get hired for little ones, but I do birthday parties across the board from 1 year old to 100 years old. It is mostly children’s festivals and events. What makes the Apple Festival special for you? The Apple Festival committee is wonderful to work with. The excitement for the festival in the community
is neat as well. It is truly a hometown festival and they make me feel so welcome there. Now that I’ve been at it for 14 years I realize how many people come year after year. It is quite a big thing for Niles. I notice in the small towns the people really support the festivals. What does it mean to you to be grand marshal? I was shocked and excited. I had no idea that they would even think about that. I guess I’ve made a name in Niles, which I am quite thrilled about. I am honored because they usually give that to someone they think well of and it is usually a community person. I don’t live there but I feel like part of the community because when you go there for that many years, people will come back to see you. I get my annual pictures where families will come take a picture with me and their kids and tell me this is their fifth one or their sixth one or their 10th one. That is really fun.
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Seed Popping
Tradition, fun for the whole family By CRAIG HAUPERT craig.haupert @leaderpub.com It is a simple concept. Place an apple seed between your thumb and forefinger and squeeze. The person whose seed flies the farthest wins. “There’s not a whole lot to it,” said Gene Millin, who has been running the apple seed-popping contest at the Four Flags Area Apple Festival for the last 20 years. “It is just a fun time and that is what the festival is all about.” This year’s apple seed-popping contest is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Activities Tent. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.
Entry is free and a cash prize will be awarded to people place first through third in several different age groups. Millin said they usually get
about 50 participants of all ages, including many mothers and daughters or sons and fathers. “It is a really familyoriented kind of competition, so it fits in well with everything else at the Apple Festival,” he said. As for strategy, Millin said some people wet the seed by putting it in their mouth before they let it fly. A good distance is more than 30 feet. “I’ve seen them go anywhere from three inches to the longest about 45 feet,” he said. “As a rule, the ladies usually do better than the guys. I think the longest one was by a 16-year-old girl. I can’t tell you why they do better. They just do.”
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Old-Fashioned Log Cutting
Popular cutting competition returns By CRAIG HAUPERT craig.haupert@leaderpub.com The old-fashioned log cutting competition harkens back to a day when most people used wood to heat their homes in the colder months. With the advent of gas and electric furnaces, the skill of cutting a log has nearly disappeared. That’s what makes the popular Four Flags Apple Festival event so appealing to people like Paul Wreggelsworth. “It is a lot of fun with all the people hollering and rooting you on,” said the event chairman. “It is cool watching folks that aren’t used to using tools like that get into it. “It is an old-school country living sort of thing.” This year’s event takes place
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Apple House. There is an $80 cash prize for first place and a $40 cash prize for second place in several divisions, including senior, men, women and boys and girls of several different age groups. Registration is the day of the event. For the competition, teams of two people use a saw to cut through a piece of sassafras log in a timed event. The quickest team through the log wins.
People can participate as much as they want, but can’t pair with the same person twice. “It is 100 percent teamwork,” said Wreggelsworth, who has won the event several times. “You only want to pull the saw because if you push it the blade will get stuck or can jump out of the groove. If you don’t have rhythm with your partner you aren’t going to win.” In addition to a cash prize, winners get to keep the piece of wood they cut off engraved with a championship logo.
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The members of the Four Flags Area Apple Festival hope everyone enjoys all that the fair has to offer this year. In front and kneeling is Jr. Associate Isaiah Crocker. Not pictured are Alex Booe, Jeremy McCombs, Rachelle Dodge and Shelby Fortune. Sitting are Donna Dodge, treasurer; Doug Booe, vice president of operations; Carmen Burks, financial secretary; Chuck Craig, president; and Stacy Walsh, administration. Not pictured is Abby Zeider, secretary. Standing are board members Diana Waggoner (honorary), Bob Fortune, Reegan Albright, Kellie McCombs, Rita Hubbard, Katie Lowe, Laura Anderson, Gene Millin, Al Turnbo, Pat Teeter and Ken Waggoner (honorary). Not pictured from the board of directors are Debbie Curran, Mark Nolan, Tom Davis and honory members John Closson, Linda Barnes, Linda Purucker, Marie Majerek, Marilyn White, Mary Closson, Mike Hubbard and Scott Zeider. In the back are associate board members Lynette Wideman, Tracy Fortune, Nicole Mayer, Bill Teeter, Quante Anderson, Ed Walsh, Miranda Bailey, Melanie Milin and Jenna Rhynard. Not pictured are Denise Kasprzak, Janet Fedeli, Phil Albright, Taylor Mattiford, Todd Curran and Tracy Dodge.
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Schedule of Events PRE-FESTIVAL EVENTS Saturday, Sept. 13
• 6 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies (Niles High School Auditorium) • 16th Annual Miss and Junior Miss Apple Festival Pageant (Niles High School Auditorium)
Sunday, Sept. 14
• 10-11 a.m. — Lip Sync Registration • 1 p.m. — Review
Saturday, Sept. 20 YOUTH DAY
• 8:30 a.m. — Registration: Trike and Big Wheel Race (Ring Lardner Middle School Parking Lot) • 9 a.m. —Trike and Big Wheel Race • 10:30 a.m. — Prince & Princess Selection (Ages 5-8 only. Apple Festival Grounds)
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Schedule of Events • 12:30 p.m. — Assemble Youth Parade Lineup (17th St. to Apple Festival site) • 2-4 p.m. — Kids’ Games, puppet show, hot dogs, bounce house, etc. (Apple Festival Grounds)
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• 9 to 11 a.m. — Apple Products Tent (Northeast corner on site) • 1 to 3 p.m. — Judging of Windows Decorating • 3 to 11 p.m. — Concessions • 3 to 10 p.m. — Carnival with Skerbeck Bros. Shows • 4 to 10 p.m. — Submit entries for Biggest Apple Contest (Apple Festival Building)
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Schedule of Events crow Contest (Front of Apple House) • 5 p.m. — Judging Biggest Apple Contest (Apple Festival Building) • 5 p.m. to close — Huntly Baptist Puppet Shows • 7 p.m. — Cadillac West performs country/rock music (Entertainment Tent)
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• 1:30 p.m. — 42nd Annual “Apple Festival Grande Parade” • 9 a.m. — 11 p.m. — Concessions • 3 p.m. —“The Flash and Flicker Show” by the Niles City and Township Fire Departments (Fireman’s Tent) • 3:30-5 p.m. — Old Fashioned Log Sawing Contest
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Schedule of Events Bring Your Own Instrument (Semco Energy Tent) • 9 a.m.-3 p.m. — 15th Annual Apple Festival Custom Car Show 2014 (National Standard Grounds) • 9 a.m.-6 p.m. — Apple Products Tent (Northeast corner on site) • 9 a.m.-7 p.m. — 42nd Annual Arts & Crafts Fair • 9 a.m.-7 p.m. — Concessions on site • 10 a.m.-7 p.m. — Carnival (Skerbeck Bros., Inc. Wristbands $20) • 10:30 a.m. — Apple Seed Popping Contest Registration • 11:30 a.m. — Apple Seed Popping Contest • Harold Galbreath “Galley” Memorial Horseshoe Tournament (Double with single competition immediately following — $10 en-
try fee. Awards and cash prizes) • 1 p.m. — “Flash and Flicker Show” by Niles City & Township Fire Department (Fireman’s Tent) • 1-3 p.m. — 25th Annual Lip Sync Contest (Entertainment Tent — Festival Grounds) • 1 p.m.-close — Huntly
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2013 Court of Honor The 2013 Court of Honor includes (from left to right) Brittany Klingerman, First Runner-Up to Miss Apple Festival and Miss Congeniality; Keslie Patrick, Miss Apple Festival; Alexis Garcia, Jr. Miss Apple Festival; and Chloe Mattiford, First Runner-Up to Junior Miss Apple Festival and Jr. Miss Congeniality. Photo Courtesy of Lori Diane Photography
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Past Queens and Sponsors Miss Apple Festival 1977 — Michelle Miller 1978 — Rhonda De Jong 1979 — Tracey Tiernan 1980 — Cara Hankila 1981 — Dannette Porter 1982 — Shelly Town 1983 — Jennifer Butler 1984 — Vicki Vite 1985 — Stephanie Lolmaugh 1986 — Vicki Westphal 1987 — Cindy Lamb 1988 — Erica Webber 1989 — K. K. Gano 1990 — Jennifer Johnson 1991 — Laurie Coleman 1992 — Shannon Mosier 1993 — Summer Kallwood Melissa Wolfinger 1994 — Latonya Burrows
Jr. Miss Apple Festival 1998 — Aimee Davis 1999 — Mandy Robson 2000 —Jessica Cornelius 2001 — Jaclyn Mummaw 2002 — Dana Vorrath 2003 — Whitney Spain 2004 — Danielle Foster 2005 — Stephanie Stanton 2006 — Tiffany Rogers 2007 — Rachel Zeider 2008 — Allie Schoenleber 2009 — Hannah Montgomery 2010 — Miranda Bailey 2011 — Danielle Villa 2012 — Ellie Hurd 2013 — Alexis Garcia
1995 — Allison Hayes 1996 — Jessica Mark 1997 — Sarah Durren 1998 — Leha Dee Whitt 1999 — Elisha Judy Sarah Roggen 2000 —Christina Hartman 2001 — Tiffany Griffin 2002 — Tara Teshka 2003 — Elizabeth Thornton 2004 — Ashley Hullinger 2005 — Dana Vorrath 2006 — Angel Brown 2007 — Elizabeth Miller 2008 — Lauren Leonard 2009 — Alexandria Hemphill 2010 — Courtney Brattain 2011 — Sarah Long 2012 — Miranda Bailey 2013 — Kelsie Patrick
Sponsors The Apple Festival would not be possible without the generosity of its sponsors. Corporate sponsors include Michiana Recycling and Disposal Services, Napa Auto Parts/Ridge Auto Parts, Semco Energy, Oldies 94.3 FM, Sunny 101.5, H.F.S. Tractor Sales & Services, Reid’s Heating Service, R.K.M Fireworks, Inc., Modineer, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #153, Real Country 99.9, WSBT, Skerbeck Carnival, Spruce Ridge Golf Club, Millin Automotive Repair, Subway, Stilwell Company and Leader Publications. Major Sponsors include Hampshire Country Club, Niles Haunted House, Honor Credit Union, Harbor Sports & Cycle, Hong’s USA Taekwondo, Inc., Clark’s Service, National Standard, Pilkington, Niles Community Schools and Plaza Restaurant. Flag Sponsors are All-Phase Electric, Bever Excavating, Consumers Concrete Corporation, Greater Niles–Buchanan Committee on Aging, Greater Niles Community Federal Credit Union, Hardee’s Family Restaurant of Niles, Joy’s Johns, Martin’s Super Markets, Michiana Building Supply, McDonald’s Restaurant of Niles, Neiboer Concrete Design, Niles Chamber of Commerce, Niles Vision Clinic, Niles–Buchanan YMCA, Packard Industries, Pizza Hut, Pri-Mar Petroleum, Inc., Prime Table Restaurant, Rise N Shine Café, Teacher’s Credit Union, Tom Rasler Insurance Agency, Turners Plumbing Service and United Federal Credit Union. Seedling Sponsors are Country Bake Shop and Watson’s Tree Service.
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