Sturgis Journal
Mon Oct 06, 2008
Saturday started out cool at the Experience Sturgis festival. The crowd was thinner than last year at first, but as the day went on, some parts of town were hopping.
A large crowd gathered to hear the Second Grade Singers perform at Free Church Park.
Pleasant Street offered activities all day.
Pleasant Street offered activities all day.
Sturgis Bank and Trust stayed busy as children colored a house which they folded into 3-D form and added to others on a model of Sturgis that grew more populated as the day went on.
At Lowry’s Books, children’s literature creators, illustrator David Small and his author wife, Sarah Stewart signed books for the young and old.
Jamie’s Salon styled hair on the street in front of their shop and donated a percentage to the 5 Star youth program coming to Sturgis Middle School this year.
At the opening ceremony on Pleasant Street, Jennifer Fair Margraf surprised Journal Publisher Dan Tollefson with an appreciation award from the Experience Sturgis committee.
“He has made sure the history of Sturgis is captured in written form for generations to come,” Margraf said.
Kids Zone, in the parking lot by the Sturgis Police Department, stayed busy with hoop shoots, ring and bean bag tosses, fun tattoos and a bike rodeo.
Displays and activities in various business, offered something for each age group.
The Sturgis Council of the Arts gave prizes to both high school groups that created sidewalk art.
The students received a $25 certificate for Open Door and gift certificates for Mike’s Pizza, all provided by the Experience Sturgis funds, said Mary Lou Falkenstein with the council.
Over all the organizers were pleased and are already thinking about how to improve for next year, said Becky Reeg of the festival committee.
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