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Three of a ‘kind’
Community volunteers ensure success of Fall Festival
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As the exhibits are installed, the entire event for the third time, gives
carnival rides erected, the stage enter- It's about the power of the credit to her predecessors who, she
tainment scheduled and the myriad of said, fine-tuned the festival into a well-
tasks necessary to host 85,000 guests neighbors coming together run machine. Still, there are always
are completed, there are three individ- and supporting the groups issues, things change, more space is
uals who take special pride in the com- needed, different equipment has to be
pletion of another successful Plymouth that make our community provided, and other tasks completed,
Fall Festival. such a great place to live. all unseen by visitors. The four-person
While all three assert the success of board begins planning for the next fes-
the decades-old event is due to the vol- tival immediately after clean-up is
unteer efforts from civic groups, ings, hours of phone calls and serious completed the Monday following the
schools, clubs and organizations who organizational efforts in the months famous Rotary Chicken Barbeque.
unite for one weekend to raise funds leading up to the event. “There really is a close-knit core
for their various organizations, each of Fall Festival Board President
them is responsible for weeks of meet- Andrea Gerber, who is managing the See Leaders, page 6
