Focus — Fire + Ice

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Should the day become too hot, Ice will take over, in the form of the Kona Ice truck, which will be on hand to provide some cooling shaved ice, thanks to sponsorship by Midwest Salt. Or you can sip a cool beer compliments of The Tree Connection, while listening to music of the steel drums. Rental Max will provide the lanyards to hold your IDs. Mariani Plants will sponsor sunglasses and Alta Equipment is sponsoring the raffle. Oh, yes, there will be a raffle.

Feeling competitive?

The axe throwing will be back. “Everybody loves the axes,” says Riedell.

All refreshed? Test drive some new equipment, both the fire and the ice kind. Or perhaps you would like a guided walkabout of the vendors, asking questions and inspecting the latest and greatest products you’ll want to incorporate in next season’s designs.

Hungry for food and information? The committee has thought of that, too. Fire and Ice will get together with three “Lunch and Learn” panel discussions, covering a variety of snow and ice, as well as landscape topics. “It will be a casual question and answer format,” says Bob Bertog, chair of the Ice portion of the event.

Tasty Catering, which was a hit during the 2016 Summer Field Day, will be back to provide the food.

There’s something for the families, too, says Riedell. An area equipped with games and other things for children to do is in the plans.

It’s all there with Fire & Ice. “We learned last year that we have become a single, cohesive group,” says Bertog. “It’s going to be a great show.”