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chance with any of her animals getting sick or chilled.
“These are all animals we have raised here on the farm,
so we understand their temperaments and nature. We won't
take a chance with them,” she said. She said there are lots of
possibilities for animals appearing at the festival and she
plans to bring a miniature horse, a donkey, some goats, a
sheep or two, an alpaca and perhaps some ducks and bun-
nies and a baby calf.
“I'm just not sure yet,” she said of the animals. “It always
depends on the weather. For instance, the bunnies are not
usually outside, so I just don't know how they might do if it is
really cold.”
She and her family, including her four daughters and 10
grandchildren, are all involved with the farm. “Not my
daughters so much now that they are grown, but my grand-
children enjoy it,” she said. Iacobelli worked in special edu-
cation for 28 years before operating Carousel Acres full time.
She stressed that all the animals she brings are used to
behind handled and around people.
“As I mentioned, these are all animals we have raised,”
she added.
She said she will send two staff members with the ani-
mals at the Ice Festival.
An arctic fox and a reindeer or caribou were possible
choices for the petting farm, too, she said, but again, the
weather the day of the event will dictate which animals are
on site.
The pony rides and the petting farm are being sponsored
again this year by Michigan First Credit Union which has
two branches in Canton Township and a mortgage office in
Plymouth across from Kellogg Park.
Michigan First also sponsored the largest ice sculpture in
Kellogg Park this year using 20 blocks of ice. Last year, the
Michigan First sculpture was also 20 blocks of ice, the largest
in Kellogg Park and was the largest sculpture in six years or
so according to festival producer James Geitzen of JAG
entertainment.
The petting farm will be open from 5-9 p.m. on Friday,
and from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.