SELECTIVE SHOPPERS -- Jack Parry, 5, left, of Stewartville, and his sisters Jordan, 3 1/2, and Abbi, 2 1/2, look through the gourds and pumpkins at the Racine Ramblers booth at the annual Fall Harvest Day on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Although the weather felt more like July, hundreds of shoppers enjoyed the annual Fall Harvest Day at the parking lot near Stewartville City Hall on a warm and windy Saturday, Oct. 6. Here, Jack Parry, 5, of Stewartville, grasps the spaghetti squash he has so carefully selected.
THE DELIGHTS OF AUTUMN -- Although the weather felt more like July, hundreds of shoppers enjoyed the annual Fall Harvest Day at the parking lot near Stewartville City Hall on a warm and windy Saturday, Oct. 6. Here, Jean Hoth of Stewartville, right, and her 9-year-old son Brandon purchase gourds from Roberta Beaver, a leader of the Racine Ramblers 4-H Club.
Sue Gensmer of Stewartville, right, accompanied her son Stephen, center, and grandson Lucas to the Stewartville Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Gensmers spent time looking over the pumpkins and tomatoes.
Stephen Gensmer picks out his pumpkin at the Stewartville Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Aubrey Thompson, 23 months, of Chatfield, focuses on decorating a pumpkin under the watchful eye of her grandmother, Kathy Sowers of Racine, at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival at the parking lot north of Stewartville City Hall on Saturday, Sept. 28. "We came to help the kids have a fun day, do some activities and check out the Fall Festival," Sowers said.
Broc Mullenbach, a first-grader at Bonner Elementary School, displays his skill with a Hula-Hoop at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Bryan Young, left, and his daughter Malaika, 12, of Racine, were the grand champions of the annual grape-stomping contest at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20. Ernie Moeller of the Morning Lions presents the Youngs with the top prize, a total of $100 in Stewartville Bucks.
Angela McClellan, 8, of Stewartville, grasps the bucket's handles as she crushes the grapes with her feet at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual grape-stomping contest at the Stewartville American Legion Post 164 and Strikers Corner parking lots on Saturday, Sept. 20.
Gary and Patty Stensrud, left, inspect the mums at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club Fall Festival at the American Legion Post 164 and Strikers Corner parking lots on Saturday, Sept. 20. Linda Miller of the Morning Lions, right, stands ready to lend a helping hand. Hundreds of people attended this year's Festival, which moved from its previous location near downtown.
Eileen Whitman, foreground, who traveled from Florida to visit relatives in Stewartville, browsed among the items at "Judy's Quilts," a booth hosted by Dale and Judy Thorpe of Zumbrota, who offered quilts, potholders, towels, pillows and more.
Krys Zahradnik of Stewartville and Clair Mrotek of the Stewartville Morning Lions Club, at left in the foreground, look over the mums at the annual Morning Lions Fall Festival at the Strikers Corner and Stewartville American Legion Post 164 parking lots on a cool and sunny Saturday morning, Sept. 19. Hundreds of local and area residents attended the event.
FISHING WINNERS -- Winners in the Summerfest Fishing Contest include, front row, from left, Ike Hengel, 3, third place, 0-6 age group; Braeden Erickson, 10, last fish caught; Hunter Karnitz, 10, first place, ages 7-11; Aidan Jahns, 11, second place, ages 7-11; and Amelia Gwilt, 2, second place, ages 0-6. Back row, from left, Nolan Light, 8, third place, ages 7-11; Taylor Peterson, 9, first fish caught; and an unidentified participant. Kyle Webb, who finished first in the 12-14 age group, is not pictured.
Acelyn Bredesen, 8, of Rochester, left, and Sidney Meyer, 7, of Millville reach for Moon Shadow, an alpaca from Rockie Top Acres of Spring Valley, at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival at the Strikers Corner and Stewartville American Legion Post 164 parking lots on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Dayton Hayes of Stewartville, center, concludes his grape stomping effort under the watchful eye of Julie Hayes, Dayton's grandmother, left, at the Fall Festival.
MUM'S THE WORD -- From left, Cheryl Fauver, Janelle Fistler and Nancy Kidd, all of Stewartville, gathered for a conversation at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1. "I'm impressed," Fauver said about the festival. "It's huge compared to what it used to be.
Eryn Wortman, 12, a seventh grader at Stewartville Middle School, left, and Taylor Peterson, 12, of Rochester, say hello to the alpacas from Rockie Top Acres near Spring Valley at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 22. Alpacas, bred for their fiber, are about half the size of llamas, their cousins. Fleece from alpacas can be made into socks, hats, sweaters, scarves, stuffed animals and dryer balls. The Fall Festival, sponsored by the Stewartville Morning Lions Club, also included family wagon rides, a bounce house, a kid power pedal tractor pull contest, kids train rides, pumpkin decorating for the children and the ninth annual Grape Stompin' Contest
Carol Mrotek of the Stewartville Morning Lions Club, center in the foreground, reviews the mums at the Morning Lions Fall Festival with George and Wilma Menshik, former Stewartville residents, at the Strikers Corner and Stewartville American Legion Post 164 parking lots on Saturday morning, Sept. 22. The event also included family wagon rides, a bounce house, kids train rides, pumpkin decorating and more.
Xander Johnson, 4, a preschool student at the Central Education Center, works to keep his balance as he walks a narrow pathway at the Jumping into the School Year event at Central on Saturday morning, Sept. 14.
From left, Bryleigh Hodapp, 3, and siblings Payton, 7, and Jackson, 1, wear the hats their grandmother, Deb Hodapp, bought from the Sisters' Shop at the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival. Deb purchases the hats from the Sisters' Shop every year.
Rylee Lilly, 10, of Stewartville, a fifth grader at Bear Cave Intermediate School, left, nears the end of her one minute of grape stomping as partner Vincent Prazak, 7, of Pine Island, stirs the grapes.
Arden and Sharon Harberts of Stewartville take a look at the mums and pumpkins lined up near the Morning Lions station.
Kayda Suess, 10, a fourth grader at Bear Cave Intermediate School, in the foreground at left, focuses on the task at hand as she decorates a pumpkin during the Stewartville Morning Lions Club's annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The Stewartville Morning Lions Club sold plenty of pumpkins and mums at the Club's annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 18. Morning Lions members Sheila Majerus, left, and Brian Bushman, wearing the orange vests, welcomed many visitors to the Club's sales area.
