Carter s Jewel Chest announces winner of its Red White & Blue pendant
Shena Loftis of Thornfield, Missouri, was the 2021 winner of the Carter’s Jewel Chest Jewels For You pendant. She presented the winning ticket June 28.
Loftis, a branch manager at Bank OZK in Mountain Home, received a one-carat total weight diamond from Facet Barcelona.
“I was really surprised,” Loftis said.
Carter’s Jewel Chest sold 10,000 tickets for its Red White & Blue Festival fundraiser this year and raised more than $8,700 that will go toward next year s festivities.
The Carter’s have been fundraising for the festival since 2005 after T.C. Carter came up with the idea to have local banks compete against each other when fundraising for the festival. Seventeen banks participated in this year’s fundraising event for the festival.
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Prior to the Red, White and Blue fireworks being shot Saturday evening, the winning number for the Carter's Jewel Chest Red, White and Blue pendant was
Officials with the Red, White and Blue Festival are busy putting the finishing touches on the this year’s event.
After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival returns this weekend with the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus once again serving as the festival’s central hub.
Lonestar the country group with 10 No. 1 country hit songs, including the 1999 crossover smash “Amazed” will perform Friday night. Local favorites The Kattie Laney Project and The Melodikats will perform Saturday night before the festival’s signature fireworks show lights up the sky to close out the event.
Most of the festival’s activities, including the concerts and the fireworks show, are free to the public.
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