Farmington Dew Days 2012

ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT • JUNE 8, 2012

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2B June 8, 2012 Sun ThiSweek ADVeRTiSinG SuPPLeMenT

by Laura AdelmannSun ThiSweek

A dedicated team of volunteers work year-round to make summer’s kickoff festival, Farmington Dew Days, a cel-ebration to remember. For event coordinator Darla Donnel-ly, fond memories of the event’s bed races and parades are in part what drove her to get involved in organizing Dew Days about three years ago. “i’ve grown up and live here,” Donnel-ly said. “i have a huge passion for Farm-ington. i don’t want to lose Dew Days and the community feeling.” Jeff Thelen, owner of Thelen Cabinets, was one of the Dew Days volunteers who urged Donnelly to take a leadership role in organizing the area’s popular commu-nity festival. “She’s the go-to person if you want to get something done,” Thelen said. “i think that’s what she was born for.” Donnelly and a team of about 20 com-mittee heads lead the all-volunteer effort to keep Dew Day events and traditions on track. Dallas hodgkins and krystel McCann organize the arts and crafters, Amy Pel-licci is in charge of the bed races, Bruce Matzdorff is rolling forward with the car cruise and Julie Mcknight, is following in her step-father Jim Bell’s footsteps to line up the June 16 Grande Parade. Bell founded Dew Days over 30 years ago, said Thelen, Dew Days current trea-surer. Parade grand marshal this year will be Castle Rock Board of Supervisors chair and longtime Dew Days supporter Russ Zellmer.

Farmington City Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty and Dori Seegar are co-chairs of the June 13 Miss Farming-ton Pageant, Dew Days traditional event opener, set for 7 p.m. at Boeckman Mid-dle School this year. under their leadership, Miss Farm-ington Pageant participants are getting more involved in community service proj-ects, and have already helped a military family, volunteered at the food shelf and worked at Feed My Starving Children. Fogarty and Seegar are also organiz-ing fundraisers for a professional float to be built. “we decided early last year that we needed it because it is very difficult to do 20-plus parades per year when we have to borrow convertibles,” Seegar said. The float trailer will be big enough to accommodate nine ambassadors, Seegar said. it is estimated to cost between $5,000 and $10,000. They hope to raise the money with fundraisers and selling advertising on the float. instead of signs, they are planning to have replicas of the businesses made and place them on the float. Bus i -nesses interested in advertising are invit-ed to contact Seegar at [email protected]. Last year, Farmington royalty made about 70 appearances at events across the state. “The most common question the girls are asked is ‘where is Farmington?’” Seegar said. “The girls encourage them to visit Farmington and know how to tell

Event takes months of planning effort

Dedicated volunteers bring Dew Days to life

See Volunteers, 3B

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Sun ThiSweek ADVeRTiSinG SuPPLeMenT June 8, 2012 3B

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Some of the dedicated volunteers who make Dew Days happen meet regularly to organize and plan.

them where it is.” For the first time, Dew Days will host a softball tournament, and Darla Don-nelly’s son, Chad Donnelly, is working to register teams, line up fields and hire umpires. Dave Sletten, owner of Kings Pork Chops, is again managing the food ven-dors. He is charged with signing about 20 vendors who sell a variety of foods and planning their locations so they are pep-pered throughout the downtown Dew Days celebration areas. In addition to duties as the overall coordinator, Darla Donnelly is also run-ning the Flavors of Farmington, a signa-ture food and beverage tasting event held June 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rambling River Park.

Thelen emphasized there are hundreds of volunteers who work hard to make sure Dew Days events are fun and cel-ebrate the Farmington community. He said Dew Days is an important tra-dition to continue. “It’s been going on 30-plus years,” he said, noting there are people who attend-ed as children and now plan their sum-mer vacations around the event so they can bring their children or grandchildren to Dew Days. “It shows that a small-town commu-nity can do things, and it’s not just the big boys,” Thelen said. “You don’t have to be a Minneapolis Aquatennial to have an event that makes you feel part of the community.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Volunteers, from 2B

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The Farmington Dew Days Pageantwillbeheldat7p.m.June13atBoeck-manMiddleSchool. Moreinformationaboutthepageantandsomeofthemanyphotostakenofcurrentroyaltyareattheevent’swebsitewww.farmingtonroyalty.com. This year’s candidates and sponsorsare:

Miss Candidates StephanieBarnes,SwedinChiroprac-ticClinic AlexisPreese,ImmanuelDental Heather Torkelson, FarmingtonVFW

Jr. Miss Candidates AllieBjorklund,ImmanuelDental MagenaStarCermak,KwikTrip Caroline Cummings, Janie’s Home-townRealty KaitlinEdwards,Angel2DivaBou-tique JadeMakenzie-LoganGerlach,Fam-ilyVisionClinic Karina Alanna Jakubczak, CeltsGrill

KateKammueller,CastleRockBank RileyKing,FarmingtonBakery Courtney Kruse, MinneSoda Blast-ing,LLC KatarynaMasso,LongBranch/Gos-sips Anna Elizabeth Matzdorff, HeikkilaStudios ShannonNewman,GreatClips RoniPaigePetersen,SynergyDanceCenter VanessaThraen,Lillians Pieper Walton, Snap Fitness Farm-ington

Little Miss Candidates HannahBaum,Roundbank LibbyBolton,FalkowskiDentistry Kaley Daniels, Support Our TroopsHauntedHouse KyleeDubbels,DakotaElectric DanielleFranxman,AnchorBank TatumHodgkins,DairyQueen AnnaJaramillo,KyoYookDoMar-tialArts

Event to have 32 participantsPageant is June 13

See Candidates, 5B

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The 2011 Miss Farmington Royalty are (from front left) 1st Little Miss Princess Autumn Brule, Little Miss Farmington Claire Matzdorff, 2nd Little Miss Princess Kaylee Stevenson, (from back left) 1st Jr. Princess Brooke Genzler, 1st Princess Julie Tang, Miss Farmington Emilee Shearer, Jr. Miss Farmington Aundreya Edwards, 2nd Jr. Princess Bailey Granrud.

2011 Farmington royalty

Elexis Johnson, Farmington Subway Rylee Koch, Savers Bella Montoya, Anytime Fitness

Farmington Trish Nguyen, Farmington Billiards Alison Perrault, Farmington Lanes Olivia Wagner, Castle Rock Agency Hailey White, Pellicci Ace Hardware

Candidates, from 4B

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Monday, June 11 DakotaCountyFarmingtonLibrary–SummerReadingProgrambegins forchildrenandteens;andfrom6-7:30p.m.Teen Advisory Group, new memberswelcome, will meet followed by bookdiscussion.Moreinformationisatwww.co.dakota.mn.usunderLibraries.

Tuesday, June 12 DakotaCountyFarmingtonLibrary– 3:30-4:30 p.m. Teen Library Day -drop-inforActivitiesandfrom7-8p.m.MinnesotaromancewriterJulieKlassenwillbefeatured.

Wednesday, June 13 5-10 p.m. Beer, Brats and Bingo –sponsored by Longbranch/Gossips (allproceedstoCEEF) 7 p.m. Miss Farmington Pageant-BoeckmanMiddleSchool.More infor-mation is at www.farmingtonroyalty.com.

Thursday, June 14 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Family Fun Day –19645 Pilot Knob Road (CVS park-ing lot)– freegames,prizes, sno-cones,

bounce house, fire department, facepainting, Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow,come see and learn about alpacas andmore. 10a.m.-6p.m.BouncyHousedown-town 3-4 p.m. Cookie Contest – DakotaCounty Farmington Library, registra-tionrequired 3-4 p.m. Coloring Contest – spon-

soredbyMarketonOak(pickupentriesatMarketonOak) 3-7p.m.FarmersMarket–downtownFarmingtononThirdStreet.Moreinfor-mation is at www.ci.farmington.mn.us/ForResidents/Farmers%27Market/Farmers%27_Market.html. 6-9 p.m. Flavors of Farmington &Raffles – Rambling River Park (Farm-ingtonIceArenaincaseofrain)

Friday, June 15 10a.m.Children’sCraftFair,DakotaCounty Farmington Library, registra-tionrequired 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Dakota Wild Ani-mals Open House - Dakota CountyFarmingtonLibrary 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Bouncy House –downtown 12 p.m.-midnight Lions Beer Gar-

Farmington Dew Days Schedule of Events

Beer Brats & Bingo

Flavorsof Farmington

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Farmington Dew Days Schedule of Events

dens – stage by Beer Gardens 12 p.m.-midnight vendors open 12-1 p.m. Chalk Drawing Contest - sponsored by Janie’s Home Team - in front of Janie’s Home Team 12 p.m. Crazy hair-face painting and much more for boys and girls at Angel 2 Diva stand 12-5 p.m. Model Train Club Display - in Senior Center 12-6 p.m. Pick a Duck – sponsored by Shidor 12-8 p.m. Art Fair and Business Expo

1-2 p.m. Hula Hoop Contest - spon-sored by Olympus Health Club (stage by beer gardens) 3 p.m. Pizza Eating Contest – spon-sored by Pizza Man – stage by Beer Gar-dens 4 p.m. Bubble Blowing Contest – age 3 to 103 – in front of Hiekkila Studio 5 p.m. Kids Big Wheel Race and Horse Race – sponsored by Pellicci Ace Hardware (registration at 4:30 p.m.) – big wheels supplied 5:30-6 p.m. Pie Eating Contest –

sponsored by Farmington Bakery - stage by Beer Gardens 6:30 p.m. Bed Races – down Oak from Second to Fourth streets in down-town Farmington 7 p.m. Car Cruise – starting at the Dakota County Fairgrounds 8 p.m.-midnight Live music featuring American Roadhouse – stage by Beer Gardens

Saturday, June 16 8 a.m. Dew Run – get map online - old City Hall at 325 Oak Street 8-10 a.m. 8th annual Bike Auction – old City Hall at 325 Oak St. – bidding

begins at 8:40 a.m. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 2nd Annual Two Cyl-inder Tractor Club Swap Meet – Dakota County Fairgrounds 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Masons Waffle breakfast – 326 Oak St. 8:30 a.m. – Rib Cook-off - in front of Farmington Independent – cooking begins 9-11 a.m. Fishing Tournament – Prairie View Park in Farmington – sponsored by the Southern Dakota County Sportsman Club. Ages 0-15, bait provided. More information is at

Dew RunKidsBig WheelRace

See EvEnts, 8B

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http://sdcsc.org/wp/. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Model Train Club Viewing – Old City Hall (325 Oak St.) 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pick a Duck – spon-sored by Shidor 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Bouncy House – downtown 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Art Fair and Business Expo 10 a.m.-midnight vendors open 11 a.m. Kiddie Parade – sponsored by Anchor Bank (registration at 10:30 a.m.) – Theme: Crazy About Cartoons 1-2 p.m. Gerster Jewelry Ring Toss – in front of Gerster Jewelry 1-2 p.m. Special Delivery Singers – stage by Beer Gardens 1:30-2:30 p.m. Fan Club Sponsored Event – in front of Fan Club 2 p.m. Pizza Eating Contest – spon-sored by Pilot Knob Pizzeria - down-town stage area 2:30-3:30 p.m. Lillians sponsored event – in front of Lillians 4 p.m. Grand Parade – see route map 4-8 p.m. VFW Steak Fry - hosted by Farmington High School Dance Team – tickets sold at the door at VFW 5 p.m. Rib Cook-off Judging - in front of Farmington Independent

6 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament – held at Celts 6 p.m. Kiss the Pig – stage by Beer Gardens 6:30 p.m. Synergy Dance Studio –stage by Beer Gardens 7 p.m.-midnight Midnight Live fea-turing Wasted Talent - stage by Beer Gardens

EvEnts, from 7B

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