Games for kids, balloon animals, and a softball home run derby highlight post-COVID Independence Day fun.
7:19 pm, Jul. 4, 2021
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Joe Forbrook, of Rochester, takes part in a home run derby as part of Summerfest Sunday, July 4, 2021, at Bear Cave Park in Stewartville. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
STEWARTVILLE — Joe Forbrook had nothing to complain about on the Fourth of July.
Well, except a few pitches he felt he could have hit a little farther.
"I felt a lot better in the second round," Forbrook said, after winning the inaugural Home Run Derby of Summerfest in Stewartville.
Forbrook, who came from Rochester to swing for the fences — along with nine other sluggers — at the softball complex at Bear Cave Park, knocked six balls out of the park in the final round of the competition, earning bragging rights among some softball competitors and a small cash prize.