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    Apple Festival of Kendallvilleschedule of events

    Crafts Demonstrations Primitive Area Food Antiques & Collectibles

    Childrens Area Log Homestead Contests

    Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Join the fun at the Noble County Fairgrounds, U.S. 6 Kendallville

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

    October 1 & 2, 2011

    Saturday: 9:30, 10:45, 12:00, 1:15 & 2:30Sunday: 10:45, 12:00, 1:15, 2:30 & 3:45

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

    Main Street Village(located downtown Kendallville)

    Wonderful foods to your liking - crafts of all kinds. Check outour shops downtown. Returrning this year is Echo Valley (BlueGrass) Band and Marks Ark and animals. Come take a walkwith us down 19th Century Main Street. Check out our historicalwindow displays and make sure to visit our merchants in theirperiod clothing and check out their wonderful wares. Twogreat days to just let your mind drift elsewhere and enjoy. Freeparking available in off-street lots. Ride free bus to/from thefairgrounds.

    9 a.m. Greg Jowasis - Open Prairie StageApple Chords - Settlers Roost

    10 a.m. Stockdale Family - Open Prairie StageSuzanne & Jim - Settlers RoostHastey Pudding Puppets - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    11 a.m. Reader the Magnificent - Open Prairie StageJohnny Appleseed - Settlers RoostGeorge & Michele Schricker - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    12 p.m. Suzanne & Jim - Open Prairie StageGreg Jowasis - Settlers Roost

    Liza & Mark Woolever - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage1 p.m. Inclognito Cloggers - Open Prairie StageApple Chords - Settlers RoostHastey Pudding Puppets - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    2 p.m. Reader the Magnificent - Open Prairie StageStockdale Family - Settlers RoostJohnny Appleseed - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    3 p.m. Inclognito Cloggers - Open Prairie StageSuzanne & Jim - Settlers RoostGeorge & Michele Schricker - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    4 p.m. Stockdale Family - Open Prairie StageJohnny Appleseed - Settlers RoostLiza & Mark Woolever - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    Saturday Sunday

    Raise-A-Ruckus - Show Arena

    Contest Schedule

    9 a.m. Suzanne & Jim - Settlers Roost10 a.m. Apple Chords - Open Prairie Stage

    Greg Jowasis - Settlers RoostHastey Pudding Puppets - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    11 a.m. Apple Jack Kloggers - Open Prairie StageWes Linenkugal Quartet - Settlers RoostGeorge & Michele Schricker - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    12 p.m. Rosewood - Open Prairie StageReader the Magnificent - Settlers RoostJohnny Appleseed - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    1 p.m. Wes Linenkugal Quartet - Open Prairie StageApple Chords - Settlers RoostLiza & Mark Woolever - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    2 p.m. Greg Jowasis - Open Prairie StageStockdale Family - Settlers RoostHastey Pudding Puppets - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    3 p.m. Apple Jack Kloggers - Open Prairie StageApple Chords - Settlers RoostGeorge & Michele Schricker - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    4 p.m. Reader the Magnificent - Open Prairie StageSuzanne & Jim - Settlers RoostLiza & Mark Woolever - Dekko Little Pioneer Stage

    5 p.m. Stockdale Family - Open Prairie StageRosewood - Settlers Roost

    Festival Favorite Food - Stop by the information booth & vote for your favorite food.Sat. All Day Sunday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Winner will be announced Sun. at 4:00 p.m.

    Frog-Flippin - Childrens Area - Sat. 10 a.m. Sun. 2:30 p.m.Apple Baking Contest - Judging at 10:30 a.m. in the Steer Barn - Entries must be received Saturdaybetween 9-10:30 a.m. Organized by Sweet Church Community Organization. Sponsored by St.James Restaurant and Meijer Stores. Sat. 10:30 a.m., Sunday N/A

    Apple Seed Spitting - Childrens Area - Sat. 12:30 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m.Baked Goods Auction - Entries from the Apple Baking contest are auctioned in the

    Steer Barn. - Sat. 1:00 p.m., Sun. N/ALadies Skillet Throw - North End of Primitive Area - Sat. 1:30 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.

    Must be in costume.Tomahawk Throw - North End of Primitive Area - Sat. 2 p.m. Sun. 11:30 a.m. Must be in costume.

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    BY DENNIS NARTKER

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE A festival with an

    $80,000 budget that annually attracts some

    70,000 visitors began in 1985 with a

    $5,000 budget and four local organizers.

    Gary and Kay Shepherd, Barb Kelley

    and Kathy Baker wanted their small town

    to have a festival. They began with a small

    budget and had to encourage crafters to

    participate that first year. The Kendallville

    Lions Club was the first food vendor to

    sign on, and there were only six antique

    dealers.

    At one point the Shepherds, Kelley and

    Baker wondered who would show up

    because it seemed most of Kendallvilles

    population volunteered to work at the

    event, said Amanda Taylor, the festivals

    full-time coordinator. Much to their relief,

    people streamed into the fairgrounds, andlater on to Main Street Village in the citys

    downtown. The Apple Festival Committee

    has grown to 40 volunteers.

    The 26th annual Apple Festival of

    Kendallville will be Saturday, Oct. 1, from

    9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 2, from

    9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds and in

    downtown Kendallville. Parking at the

    fairgrounds is $3. A free shuttle service

    will operate between the venues and

    parking areas at East Noble High School

    and No-Sag on Allen Chapel Road.

    Visitors can wander the festival venues

    enjoying the pioneer-theme food vendors,

    free entertainment, antiques, homemade

    crafts, the primitive area and demonstra-

    tions by skilled craft makers. Children can

    have fun in the Dekko Childrens Pioneer

    Craft Village making clay models,

    necklaces and corn husk dolls. In the

    Childrens Games area will be face

    painting, candle dipping, a straw maze,

    pony rides and a swing and rope bridge.

    More than 100 homemade craft vendors

    will be selling their wares at the

    fairgrounds and Main Street Village.

    Visitors can purchase unique Christmas

    gifts. The fairgrounds Primitive Area is

    where visitors can barter for homemadeblankets, blacksmith items, jewelry, leather

    clothes, wooden shoes, wood toys and

    western supplies.

    More than 20 antique vendors will be

    set up in the fairgrounds Merchants

    Building, selling furniture, glassware,

    quilts, pottery, folk art, crockery, school

    books, toys, holiday decorations,

    collectibles, advertising and linens.

    The popular pioneer contests for anyone

    include apple seed spitting, a ladies skillet

    throw, a Tomahawk throw, frog flipping

    and an apple baking challenge.

    Food is a major draw, and 40 vendors at

    the fairgrounds and several more in the

    Main Street Village will entice visitors

    with their offerings. For many local

    nonprofit organizations, groups and

    churches, the festival is their main

    fundraiser for the year. Volunteers spend

    countless hours preparing food for sale on

    the weekend. Much of it is made on-site.

    FOOD OFFERINGS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS

    INCLUDE: New Brunswick Stew, hot and

    cold cider, hot chocolate, fudge, rock

    suckers, chocolate-covered maple creams,

    apple pies, roast hog sandwiches, baked

    potatoes, apple fritters, onion rings, corn

    dogs, ice cream cones, southwest chickensoup, pork rinds, elephant ears, French

    onion soup, caramel corn, buffalo burgers,

    smoked turkey legs, chicken and noodles,

    apple dumplings, pork tenderloin

    sandwiches, ham and beans, corn bread,

    porkburgers, beef and noodles, chicken

    wings, appleburgers, pretzels and caramel

    apples.

    Vendors in the Main Street Village will

    have barbecue pork sandwiches, apple

    fries and turkey legs among its food items.

    All day continuous free entertainment is

    scheduled both days at both festival

    venues. At the Fairgrounds the Open

    Prairie Stage will have live entertainment,

    including cloggers, singers and comedians,

    from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.

    to 4 p.m. Sunday. The Settlers Roost will

    have musicians, singers and comedians

    Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday

    from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For children the

    Dekko Little Pioneer Stage will have

    puppeteers, storytellers and comedians

    Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4

    p.m.

    East Noble Theatre and Music Depart-

    ments will present the musical cabaret

    Raise A Ruckus five times on each day

    in the Show Arena.In the Main Street Village magicians,

    comedians, musicians and singers will be

    on stage Saturday and Sunday from 10

    a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Visitors should pickup a free festival

    brochure for a complete schedule of events

    and a map of festival sites and parking

    areas.

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    Apple Fest continues tradition

    of fun, food, crafts

    FILE PHOTO

    The AppleFestival ofKendallvilleannuallyattractsthousands ofpeople from thetri-state area tothe Noble

    CountyFairgroundsand the MainStreet Village indowntownKendallville.

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    BY CRAIG HAUPERT

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE Fred Meyer

    might have the most interesting instrumentof the many entertainers coming to

    Kendallvilles Apple Festival.

    Meyer, of Clear Creek, Ind., is known

    as the Hurdy-Gurdy Man at the festivals

    and fairs he frequents. His name comes

    from the instrument he carries, the hurdy-

    gurdy.

    Sometimes called the wheel fiddle, the

    hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that

    produces sound by a crank-turned rosined

    wheel rubbing against the strings.Meyer said peoples reactions to the

    instrument are often the same.

    Most of the time theyve never seen

    something like it before, so they are

    surprised, he said. Sometimes people

    confuse it with an organ grinder, but that

    instrument is like a big music box that

    plays the same song over and over again

    through mechanical means. The instrument

    I play creates the melody. Most people say

    it sounds like a bagpipe.Meyer has performed at the Apple

    Festival at least two times in the past, but

    both times he was on stage. This year he

    will be roaming the Noble County

    Fairgrounds along with performer Johnny

    Appleseed.

    What I am doing in Kendallville is

    what I like to do the best, Meyer said. I

    am walking around playing this instrument

    and talking to people. When you are on

    stage there is that separation. I like the

    direct contact with the people I am playing

    to. It is much more immediate and much

    more personal.

    Meyer played the guitar in the 1960s

    and was introduced to folk instruments by

    way of the mountain dulcimer in the mid-1970s. He saw someone playing a hurdy-

    gurdy for the first time at a festival in the

    late 1970s and decided to go about buying

    one. Meyer purchased a custom-made one

    from France for about $2,000 in 1989 and

    has been the Hurdy-Gurdy Man ever

    since.

    It has turned out to be very much

    worth it because of its unique factor,

    Meyer said. There are a couple builders

    in the U.S. now but it really is a European

    tradition, especially in certain parts of

    France it is a very active and thriving

    tradition. Ive seen at festivals in France

    where there are hundreds of kids playing

    hurdy-gurdys and people are dancing to

    them.Meyer wont be the only entertainer

    playing folk music at the Apple Festival.

    Greg Jowaisas will bring his unique

    brand of music to the Open Prairie Stage

    at 2 p.m. Saturday and at 9 a.m. Sunday.

    He will also be playing at Settler Roost at

    10 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.

    Jowaisas, of Covington, Ky., is a former

    teacher turned folk music artist.

    I taught one year before I learned my

    future did not lie in the classroom, he

    said. My real emphasis in college was

    playing banjo and following folk music.

    That was my true interest.

    The call of the wild banjo proved too

    strong.

    Jowaisas performs at various fairs,

    festivals and schools across the country.This is his 10th time performing at the

    Apple Festival.

    His program will include what he calls

    old mountain music played on instru-

    ments such as the banjo, guitar, hammered

    dulcimer and auto harp. I will also be

    playing the Irish and Scottish music that a

    lot of our American folk music came

    from, he said. The teacher in me has

    never left my performing venues so I like

    to give my audience a little bit ofbackground of each song, a taste of

    history. The music always comes first, but

    it is a little package of history and music I

    try to present.

    Husband and wife musical act, Liza &

    Mark Woolever, of Plymouth, will be

    performing on the Dekko Little Pioneer

    Stage at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and

    noon and 4 p.m. Sunday.

    The Woolevers will perform material

    that was popular hundreds or thousands ofyears ago.

    As a child grooving out to the Beatles,

    I was always wondering what would I be

    singing and dancing to had I been placed

    on this earth 500 years ago? said Liza

    Woolever. Thats why we prefer to

    perform historical music.

    The Woolevers invite anyone interested

    to play their rhythm instruments as they

    perform certain songs.

    Its is fun to get people started on

    jamming because that is one of the most

    fun things you can do in life, Liza

    Woolever said.

    Hurdy-Gurdy Man roams grounds

    Fred Meyer, known as the Hurdy-Gurdy Man at festivals and fairs, will beplaying the hurdy-gurdy during this years Kendallville Apple Festival. The uniqueEuropean instrument is often confused with an organ grinder and sounds like abagpipe. Meyer can be found roaming the Noble County Fairgrounds during bothdays of the festival.

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    BY MATT GETTS

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE Measuring the

    lasts comes first.

    In Cliff Pequets world as a shoemaker,it makes perfect sense.

    Pequet will be demonstrating his trade

    at the Apple Festival of Kendallville this

    year in the Log Cabin at the Noble County

    Fairgrounds. Other log cabin demonstrators

    at this years Apple Festival will include

    Karen Mabee and her penny rug making,

    Debra Carr and her weaving and Talia

    Peterson and her spinning.

    Demonstrating how things were done in

    the 1800s is a fascinating way to learnabout Americas past. For many demonstra-

    tors, it has become a passion.

    For Pequet, 62, its become a big part of

    his life six days a week anyway.

    Pequets shoe shop, Sign of the Boot

    Leather Shop in Shipshewana, is open that

    many days a week.

    I had trouble thinking you could make

    a living making shoes, Pequet said. Ive

    found more and more people dont have a

    standard foot.

    And that is where the last comes in first.

    The last, in shoemaking vernacular, is

    the outer shell of the shoe or boot, critical

    to making a perfect fit. And a perfect fit iswhat custom shoes are all about.

    Today, a shoe is made by measuring the

    length of the foot. Another measurement is

    taken by measuring the widest point of the

    foot.

    Pequet said this is comparable to

    holding up a yardstick to find the widest

    spot at the waist, then simply guessing on

    the persons circumference when

    purchasing a belt.

    When Pequet makes a shoe or boot, hetakes measurements in eight or nine spots,

    including the circumference of the foot.

    If the measurements arent taken

    properly, the entire shoe may not be

    wearable.

    With so many people having different

    shapes and sizes to their feet, finding a

    truly properly fitting shoe is difficult in this

    day and age of mass production.

    Weve been using standard lasts,

    Pequet said.

    Pequet makes shoes that truly do fit the

    individual customer. Its a time-consuming

    process, he said, 18-32 hours depending

    on the shoe or boot, the complexity of it.There are up to 208 steps in making a

    shoe.

    Pequet will be bringing shoes and boots

    in various stages of completion to the

    Apple Festival.

    Its fascinating to understand how

    things were done in the past, Pequet said.

    Its quite amazing where weve come

    from.

    An authority on how things were done

    200 and even 300 years ago, Pequet hasworked at a period museum in Archibold,

    Ohio, and at Colonial Williamsburg in

    Williamsburg, Va.

    Through the Center of Traditional Arts

    in Shipshewana, Pequet offers people the

    chance to learn how things were made in

    the past.

    He recently returned from a teaching

    venture in upstate New York, near Albany.

    Log Cabin to host Apple Fest demonstrators

    Cliff Pequet holds an old shoe at hisshop in Shipshewana. Pequet will bedemonstrating the art of shoe makingat this years Apple Festival.

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    He spent seven days in a 1793 tavern,

    immersed in the life of more than 200

    years ago. Meals were cooked over an

    open fire and he slept in a bed that was

    rope-slatted.It was an ideal spot for making shoes,

    Pequet said.

    It used to be shoes were made to be

    repaired, he said. The heels are the first

    thing to wear on any shoe. Next comes the

    soles.

    Penny rugs

    Just as the shoes made today have

    almost nothing in common with produc-tion methods of 100 years ago, so too has

    the language and meanings of words

    changed.

    Take penny rugs, for example. In

    pioneer and early-American times, rugs

    had a different meaning than it has today.

    They are not floor coverings, Mabee

    said. They are table coverings or bed

    coverings.

    Mabee will be demonstrating the

    techniques used to make these coverings

    at the log cabin during the Apple Festival.

    The typical mentality of the day was

    not to waste a thing, Mabee, a resident of

    Fort Wayne, said.

    When cotton clothing wore out, it was

    normally turned into quilts. When wool

    clothing wore out, it was often turned intointo penny rugs.

    According to Mabee, who has been

    demonstrating the technique for more than

    a decade, women of the day would cut out

    still usable wool circles.

    They would stitch the smaller ones to

    the larger ones, Mabee said.

    The circles could be layered together to

    make them thicker, or could have stood

    alone.

    Mabee said she believes there are twotheories about the term penny rug.

    The first theory is that coins were used

    as patterns in the making of the coverings.

    The second is that people during that time

    period would often throw their loose

    change into the tables coverings as they

    put them away. By putting their coinage in

    these linens, they were hiding them from

    thieves.

    From Page 5

    LOG CABIN Bluegrass singer, 12, addedat Main Street Village

    BY BOB BRALEY

    [email protected] A 12-year-old

    bluegrass singer and a Sunday morning

    worship service will be new attractions at

    the Apple Festival of Kendallvilles Main

    Street Village Oct. 1-2.

    Allison Green, a 12-year-old who sings

    bluegrass and gospel music, will be a new

    featured attraction for the village, said

    Summer Moser, an organizer for Main

    Street Village at the festival.

    Green has her own YouTube channelfeaturing her videos.

    Also added this year will be a worship

    service in the Main Street Village Sunday at

    9 a.m., Moser said.

    Back again for 2011 are several popular

    features that were new in 2010, Moser said.

    One of those is the Kids Peep Shows by

    Mr. and Mrs. Pat Richardson, who walk

    around the village area with different boxes

    that let the viewer see scenes such as an

    ocean view, Moser said. The Richardsonsalso have puppets and marionettes and ride

    miniature horses, all adding to the fun they

    bring.

    Other second-time returnees include

    Timmys Barbecue, which offers giant

    turkey legs and pulled pork, and the

    Masons, whose battered, deep-fried apple

    peels were a big hit in 2010, according to

    Mason.

    Longer-term favorites back again include

    beef and noodles, fritters, pork burgers from

    Jerrys Barbecue and the treats of Sweet

    Tooth Chocolates, Moser said.

    Familiar performers returning include Dr.

    Barths Old Fashioned Medicine Show,

    Chris Vallilo and Jim Barrons Magic Show,

    Moser said.Vendors wont be limited to food, with

    others selling their wares from booths lining

    downtown Kendallvilles Main Street.

    Among the items for sale will be handmade

    soaps, lotions, candles, knitted wear and

    purses.

    Walking storytellers will also share

    stories from Indiana in the village.

    Main Street Village will be open during

    the Apple Festivals regular hours of 9 a.m.

    to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2.

    Shuttle bus service will run between the

    village, Noble County Fairgrounds and

    parking areas for the festival.

    Dr. Barths Old-Fashioned MedicineShow, The Biggest Little Show onEarth, will be returning once again tothe Apple Festival of KendallvillesMain Street Village Oct. 1-2.

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    BY BOB BUTTGEN

    [email protected]

    The Apple Chords are one of Noble

    Countys longest-running entertainment acts,

    having sung for their fans, in one form oranother, since 1976. But this years Apple

    Festival seems to be marking the beginning

    of the end for the stylized vocal group.

    The Apple Chords will perform five times

    at the festival; three shows on Saturday and

    two on Sunday. After that, the five Apple

    Chord members have decided to do just one

    more concert before hanging it up.

    THE GROUPS CURRENT MEMBERS ARE:

    Al Huth, primary lead tenor;

    Harold Sollenberger, primary baritone,and director;

    Fred Inniger, primary bass;

    Garth Coons, primary first tenor; and

    Kevin Ramer, keyboards and fifth voice,

    Huth and Sollenberger have been with the

    group from its beginnings, when it started out

    as a quartet. Many people forget the groups

    original name was The Harmonnaires.

    They were know by that name from 1976

    through the mid-1990s. It wasnt until they

    became a regular part of the apple festivalsentertainment offerings that the name Apple

    Chords was given to them.

    But time is catching up with the men, who

    listed a variety of reasons for wanting to

    retire their act. They tentatively have just one

    more show booked. They will play the

    Kendallville Lions Christmas banquet on

    Dec. 5, and then call it quits.

    Im sure we are going to miss it, said

    Sollenberger of the groups end. But its

    been a terrific trip; we all get along well

    together, but age and health problems are

    catching up with us. Sometimes its hard to

    find the energy to practice. And hauling

    equipment around is not as much fun as it

    used to be.

    Inniger joined the group in 1981 but is

    well versed in its founding and history over

    the years.

    The first-ever performance by the quartet

    came in a local community theater produc-tion of The Music Man, according to

    Inniger.

    They needed a quartet and these four

    fellows came together to sing in that play,

    Inniger said.

    The makeup of that original foursome is

    still not set in concrete. Many people

    remember the original Apple Chords of being

    Sollenberger and Huth, along with Jim

    Cauhorn and Gordon Cherrington. But

    Sollengberger believes Pastor John Weeks

    was part of the quartet that performed in

    The Music Man but was replaced soonafter by Cauhorn.

    The group received praise for their singing

    in the community theater, and started getting

    requests to perform at other venues.

    Sollenberger said the group started off

    doing just a few shows here and there before

    momentum carried their popularity to new

    heights over the years.

    The style of music has changed over the

    years, he said.

    We started out doing barbershop but soondecided we wanted to do a variety of things,

    Sollenberger recalled. So we took to doing

    gospel, popular songs and old classics. We

    even did some humorous songs just about

    anything, so we could give a variety type of

    show.

    Most of the groups performances have

    been within a 50-mile radius of Kendallville,

    he said.

    Weve played in Fort Wayne and even at

    Wawasee, he noted. There was a period oftime we were doing shows at state parks, and

    some of those audiences would be several

    hundred people.

    The groups venues have ranged from the

    Noble County Concert Series with 350

    people in the audience, to weddings with just

    a few dozen listeners.

    Personnel changes over the years have

    included the addition of a keyboardist. At one

    point in the 1980s, a woman, the late Cosy

    Irons, was a part of the Apple Chords. She

    was a music school teacher and could play

    just about anything, Inniger said.

    About 10 years ago, Ramer and Coons

    joined the group.

    Inniger, who has been a radio personality

    in Noble County for more than a quarter

    century, said the groups retirement will be a

    mixed blessing.

    Were all getting up in age, and the group

    has gone on since 1976, Inniger said. Butnow were all older, we have grandkids and

    vacations, and were retired for the most

    part, he said.

    Its also hard for us to all be available at

    the same time. We just decided things have

    gone well enough, and figured its time to

    retire before were asked not to perform, he

    said with a laugh.

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    The Apple Chords will be bringing their popular singing act to this years AppleFestival of Kendallville. In the front, from left, are Al Huth and Garth Coons. In theback row are Harold Sollenberger, Kevin Ramer and Fred Inniger.

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    BY BOB BRALEY

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE The Apple Festival

    of Kendallville will have more primitives

    participants this year because of a lack of

    schedule conflicts, Dr. Tom Jansen said.Weve got vendors coming in we usually

    dont see, Jansen said.

    The Kendallville chiropractor, who is one

    of those working with the primitive area at the

    festival, said that there are two area festivals

    that often draw away those who would do re-

    enactments and share the wares that might

    have been sold between 1760 and 1840.

    Most years, one or both of those festivals

    are on the same weekend as the Apple

    Festival, but thats not true this year, Jansensaid. That frees those demonstrators up to

    come to Kendallville.

    There are 21 participating re-enactments in

    the primitive area at the festival this year.

    One of the new people in the primitives

    area will be Ernie Marvin, who works with

    furs in the way people in the fur trade would

    have done in the nations past.

    Marvin, of Grand Haven, Mich., deals only

    in furs that are legal to sell or use, Jansen said.

    He makes them into items such as fur mittens,bags and hats.

    Marvin and his wife, Vicki Marvin, own

    the Two Bears Trading Co. in Grand Haven.

    Its a mail-order and Internet site for people

    wanting historic-style furs and leathers and for

    historical re-enactors like the Marvins.

    Other people new to the primitives area

    this year will be a man who makes knives and

    tomahawks by hand and a bead-maker and

    trader, Jansen said. Beads were used

    extensively for trade back in the trappingdays.

    Popular people from past festivals, such as

    Majenica Creek Honey Farm and blacksmiths

    George Clark III and Josh Clark, will return

    again this year, Jansen said.

    Also back for the 2011 festival will be two

    popular events the tomahawk throw and,

    for women, the skillet toss, Jansen said.

    Items available will include dream

    catchers, childrens toys, jewelry and silver

    items.

    The primitive area will again be on the

    west side of the Noble County Fairgrounds

    near the first aid station and the Open Prairie

    Stage.

    Primitives area benefits from schedule

    Ernie Marvin, right, stands with hiswife, Vicki Marvin, at their business in

    Grand Haven, Mich. Ernie Marvin willbring his fur trade to the primitivesarea of the Apple Festival of Kendall-ville Oct. 1-2.

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    BY BOB BUTTGEN

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE The sights and

    sounds of the Apple Festival of Kendallville

    always lead to the smell and taste of all the

    delicious foods that can be found during thetwo-day event.

    In addition to the history and the crafts, the

    great food is perhaps the biggest draw for the

    festival. Theres no shortage of good things to

    eat, and definitely no lack of variety.

    No one can deny that they come to the

    festival for the food, said Kathy Young of

    Kendallville, who chairs the festivals food

    committee with her husband, Pat.

    Another hallmark of the festival food is its

    consistency over the years. All of the favoriteswill be back at the 2011 festival.

    Included in those regular offerings are

    apple fritters and appleburgers, of course, as

    well as baked potatoes, (sweet and regular),

    with toppings.

    Onion rings and porkburgers are popular

    standbys, as well as beef and noodles or

    chicken and noodles, hot chicken sandwiches,

    as well as grilled cheese sandwiches, roast

    hog sandwiches, New Brunswick stew,

    buffalo burgers, fish sandwiches, smokedturkey legs, fried bologna sandwiches, and

    homemade apple dumplings.

    There will be 37 food stands offering

    different foods at every booth, including three

    new food vendors. One new booth will be

    serving the often-requested tenderloin

    sandwich, another is offering mini-donuts,

    and the third will have Filipino egg rolls made

    with sausage and shrimp.

    Breakfast food will also be available, as

    always. Early eaters can enjoy pancakes,

    biscuits and gravy and egg sandwiches.

    Since its close to fall, festival-goers can

    enjoy many types of hot and delicious soups,

    including ham and bean, vegetable, white

    chili, potato, southwest chicken, chili and

    French onion.

    Like sweets? The festival has you covered

    with fudge, caramel apples, pretzels, elephant

    ears, caramel corn, pork rinds, maple creams,

    ice cream, or a slice of pumpkin roll, apple

    pie, and just about every other kind of pie you

    can imagine.

    The following is a list of the food vendors

    and their offerings at this years Kendallville

    Apple Festival.

    FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH: New

    Brunswick Stew, roll, fruit kabobs, coffee, hot

    chocolate, hot and cold cider.

    GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA: Sliced

    apples with choice of caramel or peanut butter

    caramel topped with chopped peanuts or

    chocolate sauce, water.

    PROFESSIONAL/BUSINESS WOMENS

    ASSOCIATION: Fudge, cookies, rock suckers.SWEET TOOTH: Chocolate covered maple

    creams, solid chocolate suckers.

    IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH

    ROSARY SODALITY: Whole apple pies, regular

    and sugar free, apple pie slices, coffee.

    NOBLE COUNTY COMMUNITY FAIR BOARD:

    Roast hog sandwiches, hot and cold cider,

    soft serve ice cream (apple, cinnamon,

    caramel).

    THE ALMOND GARDEN: German roasted

    almonds, pecans, and cashews.KENDALLVILLE FIRST CHURCH OF GOD:

    Baked potatoes with toppings (cheddar

    cheese, nacho cheese, broccoli, chili, butter,

    and sour cream); baked sweet potatoes with

    toppings (marshmallow, cinnamon butter,

    caramel) chili, soft drinks.

    EAST NOBLE BAND BOOSTERS: Haystack

    potatoes and cheese.

    ST. JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL PTL: Apple

    fritters.

    FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Onionrings, corn dogs, hot dogs, chili dogs, tea.

    WILLIAM S. LEITER: Hot apple cobbler

    with ice cream, pioneer steak fries with

    cheese, ice cream cones (vanilla, chocolate,

    strawberry, pecan).

    KENDALLVILLE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE:

    Fish sandwich and baskets, southwest

    chicken soup, soft drinks.

    KAPPA, KAPPA, KAPPA, INC. ETA THETA

    CHAPTER, ALBION: IBC Root Beer.

    J & K EGG ROLLS: Filipino egg rolls made

    with sausage and shrimp.

    DESTINY FAMILY OF FAITH: Mini-

    doughnuts.

    EAST NOBLE ARCHERY: Pork tenderloins,

    soft drinks.

    PIGGY PUFF PORK RINDS: Pork rinds and

    cracklings.

    MINDY PEPITONE: Elephant ears, curly

    fries, lemonade shake-ups, soft drinks.

    BAYOU BILLY SODA: Old fashioned soda in

    tin mugs (sarsaparilla, cream soda, rootbeer,

    lemonade, cherry, strawberry, orange, sugar

    free).

    BREAD OF LIFE TABERNACLE: French onion

    soup, pumpkin rolls, soft drinks, coffee,

    water, hot chocolate.

    SOUTH MILFORD FIREMANS CLUB: Potato

    soup, grilled cheese sandwich, fried bologna

    sandwich, iced tea, coffee, lemonade.

    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, COUNCIL 7839:

    Buffalo burgers, brats and kraut, hot dogs,

    chili dogs, soft drinks, coffee, hot cocoa,

    water.

    DELTA THETA TAU: Caramel corn, water.

    HARBOR OF LOVE FUNDRAISING

    COMMITTEE: Smoked turkey legs, white chili,

    caramel apple cake, jalapeno corn bread, pop.CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:

    Chicken and noodles, coffee.

    LIFE & FAMILY SERVICES: Homemade

    apple dumplings, ice cream, hot and cold

    cider, coffee, water, tea.

    KENDALLVILLE & BRIMFIELD LIONS CLUBS:

    Ham and beans, cornbread, pop, iced tea,

    water, coffee, hot chocolate, hot spiced cider,

    cold cider, soft drinks.

    BOY SCOUT TROOP 103: Pancakes,

    sausage links, apple syrup, orange juice,

    milk, Pepsi products, turkey sandwiches,

    coffee.

    SOUTH MILFORD LIONS CLUB: Porkburgers,

    lemonade.

    KENDALLVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD:

    Vegetable beef soup, soft drinks, water,

    coffee, hot chocolate.

    BRIMFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:

    Beef and noodles.

    WAYNE CENTER UNITED METHODIST

    CHURCH: Hot chicken sandwiches,

    homemade pies, coffee, hot chocolate, soft

    drinks.

    KENDALLVILLE ROTARY CLUB: Chicken

    wings, biscuits and gravy with egg, soft

    drinks, water, coffee.

    AVILLA LIONS CLUB: Appleburgers, apple

    cheeseburgers, ham, eggs, coffee, hot

    chocolate, hot and cold cider, pop, milk,

    lemonade, hot and iced tea, water.

    DRUG FREE NOBLE COUNTY: Pretzels

    (plain, cream cheese, jalapeno), soft drinks,

    hot cocoa, coffee, water.

    BAKERS FRUIT & FLOWER FARM: Caramel

    apples, turtle caramel apples, pickles on a

    stick, apple butter, cider slush.

    Apple Festival food offers something for everyone. And more!

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    BY DENNIS NARTKER

    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE Its 45-minutes of

    foot-stomping, rousing, audience-participa-tion entertainment and its free of charge.

    East Noble Theatre and Vocal Music

    Departments Raise A Ruckus is now in

    its 23rd year, and has become one of the

    most popular shows at the Apple Festival of

    Kendallville, Oct. 1 and 2, at the Noble

    County Fairgrounds. Twenty-four singers

    and dancers create this musical revue under

    the direction of East Noble Theatre director

    Craig Munk.

    Raise A Ruckus plays to more than

    6,000 festival-goers annually, said Munk.

    The show, created especially for the Apple

    Festival, is a blend of country, Broadway

    and novelty numbers.

    The sets, entrance way and ticket booth

    were constructed by Munks high school

    stage craft class. The Dairy and Beef Arenais transformed into the Show Arena, an old-

    time musical theatre with the audience

    seated at tables and in bleachers. The dirt

    floor, peanut shells and barn-like interior

    give it that friendly country atmosphere with

    waiters distributing peanuts.

    Joining the 2011 cast of East Noble High

    School students will be Miss Indiana Jackie

    Jerlecki from Goshen and Kendallvilles

    own Miss Indiana Outstanding Teen Brianna

    DeCamp. The East Noble senior recently

    competed in the Miss America Outstanding

    Teen Pageant in Orlando, Fla.

    Jerlecki and DeCamp will have solo

    spots in all 10 performances over the two

    days. They will also be on stage for the

    traditional audience participation portion of

    the show.Performance times for Raise A Ruckus

    are Saturday at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., noon,

    1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and Sunday at

    10:45 a.m., noon, 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and

    3:45 p.m.

    There is no charge for this event.

    Apple Festival of Kendallville times are

    Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday

    from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is $3 at the

    fairgrounds. A free shuttle service is

    available from parking locations at East

    Noble High School and No-Sag on Allen

    Chapel Road to the fairgrounds and Main

    Street Village in downtown Kendallville.

    Miss Indiana Jackie Jerlecki of Goshen,right, and Indianas Miss OutstandingTeen Brianna DeCamp of Kendallville,left, will be special guests for all Raise

    A Ruckus performances in the ShowArena at the Noble County Fairgroundsduring the Apple Festival of Kendallvilleon Oct. 1 and 2.

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    [email protected]

    KENDALLVILLE One of the pillarsto the success of the Apple Festival ofKendallville has long been crafting.

    Along with food and entertainment, the

    chance to browse and purchase crafts of allshapes, sizes and colors draws a largethrong of buyers and sellers to the NobleCounty Fairgrounds and to Main StreetVillage in downtown Kendallville.

    Darlene Gisel has been coordinating thecrafters at the fairgrounds for 26 years.When the craft area first opened, therewere 33 vendors selling their variouswares. That number has increased over theyears, and this years edition of the festivalwill see 95 vendors.

    We have a large, creative list ofcrafters, Gisel said. We have participantsfrom seven states this year.

    People can pretty much find a little bitof everything at the Apple Festival, from

    childrens items, recycled glass and woodand cloth items to fall decor, florals,ironworks, fine art, candles and carvings.

    Shoppers will be able to choose fromthe popular to the eccentric in their questfor the perfect purchase.

    New to this years crafting area will beConnie Burns felted craft booth. Burns isno stranger to the festival itself, but thiswill be her first time having a booth.

    Its one of my favorite festivals, Burnssaid. Its got that primitive aspect to it. Ithink our craft will fit in well.

    Burns, who lives in Fort Wayne,stumbled into making mittens and hatsfrom recycled wool items literally byaccident.

    I got involved in crafting because mehusband had a very serious accident,Burns said.

    Burns mother-in-law, D.K. Burns, cameto help out at her house while her husbandrecuperated. In the down time, the two

    women needed something to do, ConnieBurns said.

    Connie turned back the clock severaldecades to something from her past.

    As a young child we were taught tomake little pieces of wool, she said.

    In her new project, Burns goes to theSalvation Army and buys what shedescribes as the old itchy wool sweaterseveryone likes to give away. She places thesweaters in boiling water, then agitates thefabric in a washer and then places it in adryer.

    Once the fabric dries, Burns and hermother-in-law turn it into one of a kinditems such as their mainstay mittens.

    No two are alike, Connie Burns said.That is our main item.

    Kathleen Stone of Nappanee will bemarking her second year at the AppleFestival of Kendallville. She will bedemonstrating her spinning wheel and willalso be selling wool yarn. But the center-

    piece to her offerings may be the rugs sheweaves.

    According to Stone, she will be bringingsomething to fit most sizes or tastes.

    I have all kinds of colors, she said.Weaving is something that has been

    passed down in her family.My grandmother taught me to weave,she said.

    Several years ago, Stone started tomakes rugs for herself. Then she started tomake some for friends. Before she knew it,It just sort of grew, she said.

    Stone now sells her wares at approxi-mately 10 festivals a year.

    Kendallville is one of my favorites,she said.

    Stone cited the friendly people, theperiod dress and the food as being bigfactors to her enjoyment of the AppleFestival of Kendallville. Her first yearselling her crafts was a big success, shesaid.

    Crafts an important part of Apple Festival

    Talented performers to again Raise A Ruckus

    HAGERMAN APPLIANCE

    2001 Dowling St.,Kendallville

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