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JULY 18, 2008 COMMUNITY THEPRESS.NET | 15A
Tallulah
Swensen, 6,
beams from
inside a fanciful
car on one of the
carnival rides
at this yearʼs
CornFest.
Photo by
Charlene Cameron
CornFest from page 14A
and quaffed smoothies as they spent generously
at the auction. On Sunday, they
cheered KRON chef Joey Altman as he
fi rst helped judge the cooking contest,
then showed off his own skills in a special
cooking demonstration. On both days,
music ranging from reggae to rock to
rhythm and blues kept the people coming
and tapping their toes.
“The bands are really good this
year,” said Katherine Jacoby on Saturday.
Nearby, her 7-year-old son Jack hurled
one of his sandals at a beach ball that had
gotten stuck in a tree. “Public Eye (which
played just before the fi reworks Friday)
was great, and so was Lovin’ Spoonful.”
(Jacoby said she hoped to return Sunday
after a trip to the store for new sandals for
Jack, who lost one to the same tree that
snagged his beach ball.)
York, who as the new top chamber
offi cial was involved with the CornFest
for the fi rst time, said he hoped the event
would match the $50,000 donated to local
charities last year. To him, the nonprofi ts
who work the festival are key to the entire
event.
“One of the big things about the
CornFest is the community effort and the
thousands of volunteers,” he said. “That
giant community effort is what makes it
all happen.”
York said that planning for next year
has already begun, although the festival
might need to fi nd a new home. Construction
of the new Civic Center, which
includes an overhaul of City Park, could
be well underway by next July, meaning
the biggest annual bash in Brentwood
would need to move, at least temporarily.
“I’m already looking at alternative
sites,” York said.
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