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Jul 16, 2021 | 11:49 PM
MARSHALL, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) Marshall Main Street hosted the 24th annual Lemonade Stand Contest and ninth annual Strawberry Fest Contest on Friday.
Due to inclement weather, the event was re-located from Main Street to a barn at the Marshall Fairgrounds.
Local kids were given the opportunity to make their own lemonade, which the public was invited to try and vote which they liked best. Marshall Mayor John Hastens, Police Chief Chris Smithson and Fire Chief Paul Hoggat were all in attendance.
The money raised from the event went toward grants for downtown businesses as well as any marketing and promotions necessary to support them. Event organizer Nora Swalls with Marshall Main Street said she hopes events like this one encourage the public to come and appreciate what the community offers.
Mike Christopherson
In business, they say location is everything, and a group of Crookston girls found out Wednesday that the top of Landslide Park at the West Sixth Street curve near Groveland Avenue is a great place to set up a lemonade stand.
But sisters Anna, Alice and Claire Heldstab, along with Makenna Weisse, didn’t just offer two varieties of lemonade at their stand – “regular” as well as pink – they also sold iced-tea. And they filled the drinks almost all of the way to the top of full-sized Solo cups, and they wrote “Smile!” in Sharpie marker on every cup. Oh, and they had brownie “bites” for sale, too, some of which were about the size of a whole brownie.