Fall Festival attracts crowd despite freezing temps
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October 21, 2009 • Jordan Beightel, News Editor
Filed under News, Top Stories
Even though the thermometer on the bank sign across the street said it was 31 degrees, the people of Holton still donned their heavy coats and gloves and came out to support the annual Fall Fest.
There was a chili cook-off, which came in handy when people couldn’t feel their fingers any more, and a soup cook-off, and booths set up around the square and inside the courthouse.
For $8.00 tasters could sample all of the chili; for $5, people could taste ten different chilies. I got to taste all of them. They came in every form you could imagine. There was hot chili, chili with chicken, barbeque chili, sweet chili, beanless chili, meatless chili, sauceless chili, and even chili with potatoes in it.
The chili cook- off was more than just a competition of chili. The booths were well decorated too. The winning chili’s booth was decked out in tie-dye and all of the cooks were dressed as hippies. I would like to note that one of the members of that booth also won the pie-eating contest. He got a high five from me.
There were even some HHS students involved. Nelson Bontrager, sophomore, was inside the courthouse at the Holton Arts Council booth showing off some of his artwork and playing his guitar. Ellie Stauffer, junior, entered the soup cook-off.
“Ellie’s soup was delicious!” said Kelsey Wilson, Senior “I wish I could have eaten more than just the little sample cup.”
Amy Oldehoeft, FACS teacher, Karen Beightel and Karen Ford judged the pie and salsa contests.
“It was quite an experience getting to sample all the various pies,” Oldehoeft said. “I wouldn’t suggest taste-testing the salsa prior to tasting the pies, your taste buds get confused.
Sam Riley and Christa Hill, sophomores, won the pie division with a first-place, “We really weren’t expecting to win,” Hill said. “When we were told we won we didn’t believe them, but it was a great surprise.” Riley Said.
I wasn’t alone in the tasting of the chili’s Morgen Smith, freshman, escorted me and had half of my sample.
“Even though it was literally freezing, it was definitely worth going to,” Smith said.
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