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Tom T .
This years Stubiefest was one of the best ! Friday night started off cloudy and cold , but the campers set-up and starting tapping the beer . A pizza buffet of some really tasty pies was devoured and washed down with Grain Belts and Deer Brands . Saturday morning we awoke to more clouds and cold . After a trip to town for showers , breakfast and an eye opener beer at the B & L Bar we headed back to the fest . This year we had enough funds to start advertising the show in the local paper to generate some walk-in traffic . That turned out to be a great move . The show had some good selling and buying activity . Steve Miner sold a Hamm s scene-o-rama and some other items . Murray , Stubie and Gator all were busy selling . Then a man from Sleepy eye walked in and opened up a cigar box full of Hauenstein items . He wanted to sell them and after a little advice from some fellow Border Batchers our President Larry Holm stepped up and offered the guy $ 500 . He countered at $ 550 and it was sold . Larry scored 3 pretzel openers , some wallets , money clips , old ledgers and a small bottle shaped bake-o-lite piece with and old Hauenstein label on it . None of us had ever seen one . Larry sold a few pieces and started to recoup his investment . The Billy Can Shoot started around 10 and went till 1 o clock . Lots of Billy cans gave their all . Then they put a stuffed bear in Chicago Bears gear out and blasted it to smithereens . I saved the poor little guy and brought him home . Next year I ll bring the targets . The hayride / pubcrawl took off around 2 and headed for Smiley s , then the B & L and Mowans . Dave Berg Assistant Brewmaster at Schell s had a couple beers with us at the B & L . A stop at the Kegel Klub and then a beautiful ride down the river road and back to the fest . The sun was coming out and it was warming up some . Back at the fest it was time to eat . Let me tell you that was some incredible food . Barb s white potato s in white sauce , Kathy s hot German Potato Salad , Larry s Essig cabbage and pork and dumplings and Teddy s brats from the grill . Cooked with love and washed down with Schell s Beer . We had Wildfire Karaoke this year and they did a great job , joined the chapter and agreed to come back again next year . Sunday morning we had breakfast pizza and watched Vance drink a beer . Then it was time to pack up and head home . What a great time ! Now I have to find a place for that Scene-o-rama .