4 Flags Space fiftieth Apple Competition ends on a candy word

NILES, Mich. (WNDU) – Sunday was the ultimate day of the 2022 Four Flags Area Apple Festival.

Whereas fall is already right here, the parents of Michiana couldn’t have requested for higher climate for the fest.

The 4 Flags Space Apple Competition in Niles began in 1972 and has grown yearly.

“The 4 Flags Are Apple Competition is only a nice group pageant that brings collectively meals and rides and video games and family and friends and all types of various enjoyable issues,” mentioned Jenna VanderVelden, a board member for the 4 Flags Space Apple Competition.

Locals stay up for the pageant yearly, and so they convey the entire household collectively for honey crisp enjoyable.

“(My favourite half was) occurring the boat, mentioned Zoe, a younger apple pageant goer. “As a result of it goes excessive, after which it feels such as you’re flying.”

“I’m having a blast. I imply, it’s a good looking day exterior, and I’m using rides, having enjoyable with my household,” mentioned Breanna, a longtime apple pageant goer. “I’ve come (right here) ever since I used to be in elementary faculty, so it’s been an enormous celebration each single yr. It’s actually enjoyable.”

Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, the apple-themed pageant pulled out all of the “core” stops.

“We have now pies and donuts and caramel apples and apple cider, apple dumplings, mentioned VanderVelden. “Every kind of various issues, and we now have apple-related contests.”

These contests embrace the most important apple, apple seed popping, apple peeling, and apple pie-eating contests.

The pie-eating contest was free to take part in, and the highest 3 winners from every contest took dwelling a money prize.

“You by no means know the way the climate in Michiana goes to cooperate, and it was excellent; blue skies, sunshine,” mentioned VanderVelden. “Everyone got here out, nice attendance on the parade, all people on the pageant, so every thing simply fell into place. Let me inform you; we couldn’t have had a greater weekend.”

The apple pie consuming contest had 4 occasions, girls and boys below 15 and below and grownup women and men ages 16 and up.

The primary, second, and third place prizes had been $40, $20, and $10 for the youngsters, and $75, $50, and $25 for the adults.

There was additionally a traditional automotive present displaying over 100 traditional vehicles.

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