Strawberry Festival
Elizabeth Dodd
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Photos of the Mid-America Teen Challenge Strawberry Festival that has been around about 30 years.
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Patrick Malone, 7, of Jackson, looks for the jumping mules from the hay ride on the way back from the strawberry patch.
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Derrick Wade, right, and Eddie Smith, students at Teen Challenge, serve the complimentary strawberry shortcake.
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Hay riders meet Nathaniel Dement and Babe the mule from near Centerville.
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Skyler Sykes, 6, of Scott City keeps an eye on his blue balloon he got at the festival.
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Tony Watson, student at Teen Challenge, rides the train with the kids at the Strawberry Festival Saturday.
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Glen Sinclair, left, teaches new berry pickers how to pick strawberries.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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William Yuede of Cape Girardeau, from right, Sam Malone of Jackson, Patrick Malone of Jackson, Skyler Sykes of Scott City and Glen Sinclair pick strawberries during the Mid-America Teen Challenge Strawberry Festival Saturday north of Cape Girardeau. The festival has been around for about 30 years and about 18,000 quarts of strawberries have been picked this year.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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Hay riders meet Nathaniel Dement and Babe the mule from near Centerville.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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Jerry Hanshaw of Cape Girardeau hands out balloons to festival arrivals. Hanshaw graduated the Teen Challenge program at age 66. The Teen Challenge program is a Christian program that ministers to men with drug, alcohol and other addictions.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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Ashlyn, 2, shares the strawberries she picked with her mom, Shannon.
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Ashlyn, 2, learns to find the ripe strawberries at the Strawberry Festival.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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Faith Parr, 7, of Cape Girardeau, waves to friends from the train ride Saturday at the Mid-America Teen Challenge Strawberry Festival.
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ELIZABETH DODD ~
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Clyde the mule performs a mule jumping demonstation at the Strawberry Festival.