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School’s out for summer, and you know what that means! It’s time for Oakdale’s most anticipated family-fun event of the year: Summerfest!

The 31st annual Oakdale Summerfest will be held June 19-22 at Richard Wal-ton Park, located at 15th Street and Hadley Avenue next to City Hall. Summerfest is Oakdale’s biggest community event of the year, drawing an average of 20,000 people annually to its four-day celebration, which includes food, rides, music, sporting events and more.

New leadership, same Summerfest fun

For the first time in its 31-year history, Summerfest is under new management. Assistant city administrator Dave Schaps headed up the Summerfest committee this

year after festival organizer Ted Bearth stepped down from the leadership role. Bearth, who is currently serving a four-

year term as the Washington County com-missioner for District 2, was the head of Summerfest for three decades, and the Ted Bearth Grande Parade is named in his honor.

While he’s no longer leading the charge, Bearth continues to guide the Summerfest committee, attending meetings and offering up his expertise. “He has been very involved in terms of past history and knowledge,” Schaps says.

Schaps, who has worked for the city of Oakdale for nearly nine years, is excited about his new role as the Summerfest orga-nizer.

He says his favorite part about Summer-

fest is “getting to see all the families out in Richard Walton Park.” He also enjoys the parade. “That’s always a very fun time, especially if we have really good weather.”

This year’s Summerfest promises to entertain all ages-just as it always does.

“The whole thing is going to be a very nice event,” Schaps says.

Ready, set, go! Ready for some weekday fun? Summer-

fest doesn’t officially start until Thursday, June 19, but you can get a head start on all the fun with the Oakdale Summerfest Medallion Hunt. The medallion hunt kicks off on Monday, June 16, with the first clue

appearing at 8 a.m. at City Hall, the city website (www.ci.oakdale.mn.us) and the Clue Hotline at 651-734-2615. New clues will appear daily at 8 a.m. until the medal-lion is found. The Oakdale Business and Professional Association sponsors the medallion hunt. (See page 14 for an inside scoop on the medallion hunt.)

The clever sleuth who finds the medal-lion will win the $1,000 cash prize, though that bounty skyrockets to $1,500 if he or she has a Summerfest button! Summerfest buttons are $3, and can be purchased at City Hall, Furlong’s Liquor and Rainbow Foods in Oakdale until June 15. Buttons are also sold by members of Summerfest Royalty,

who receive a percentage of the proceeds from the button sales to help offset their expenses.

Skaters & princesses pack mid-week fun

Summerfest is itching to get started this year, with events starting as early as Wednesday night.

First up is the 3rd Lair “Summer Series” skating contest at Walton Skate Park, spon-sored by Western Bank. Registration begins at 4 p.m. with the contest starting at 5 p.m. Registration is free and open to the public. Results, standings and cumulative point totals of every competitor are tracked at www.3rdlair.com, and competitors with the most points at the series end will be win-ners! Three overall points-winners will be crowned in each division-beginner, interme-diate and expert-and the top three riders in each division, at each event, qualify for the finals at the State Fair.

Also on Wednesday night is the 2014 Summerfest Royalty Coronation. Join the candidates and current royalty at 6 p.m. at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 8260 Fourth St. in Oakdale for the crowning cere-mony. All attendees must have a 2014 Sum-merfest button, which will be sold at the door for $3. (For full details on this year’s coronation, see page 13).

Summerfest fires up with parade, park events

Summerfest officially kicks off on Thurs-day, June 19, at 5 p.m. Carnival rides, the Oakdale Lions Club Beer Garden and the

Summer days are here again

Linda Baumeister/ReviewThe Ted Bearth Grande Parade will start at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Geneva Avenue and 15th Street and head east on 15th Street to City Hall.

see Summerfest on page 13

bingo tent will be open from 5 p.m. to midnight. Concession stands will also be open during that time, serv-ing up classic fair foods such as mini-donuts and cheese curds, as well as new favorites like fry bread and deep-fried mashed potatoes.

If there’s one Summerfest event you can’t miss, it’s the Ted Bearth Grande Parade. The parade begins at 6 p.m. at Geneva Avenue and 15th Street, trav-eling east on 15th Street and conclud-ing at City Hall.

Retired and current members of the Oakdale Fire Department have been selected as this year’s parade grand marshals of the parade in recognition of their 50 years in service of the city. “We wanted to highlight the long-standing service of everybody in the Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department,” Schaps says. (For the full story on the 50-year service of the Oakdale Fire Department, see page 5).

After the parade, head back over to Richard Walton Park for more food and fun, including the opening games of the three-day Oakdale Athletic Association Boy’s Baseball Tourna-ment at 8 p.m.

Friday night lights, music and more!

The festival fun heads into full swing on Friday night! Carnival rides will be up and running at 5 p.m., and you can buy an armband for unlimited carnival rides for one price from 5 to 10 p.m. (See www.ci.oakdale.mn.us for details).

Concessions, the beer garden and bingo will be open from 5 p.m. to mid-night, and the OAA Boy’s Baseball Tournament will resume play at 6 p.m.

And that’s not all: stick around for an evening performance by the acclaimed tribute band “Rock Godz” at the band shell from 7-11 p.m. They’ll

be rocking jams from the likes of AC/DC, Journey, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin and other rock and pop favorites.

Run, dance, play all-day SaturdayGet an early start to the Summerfest

fun on Saturday with the 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run, sponsored by Citi-zens Community Federal Bank. Sign-in for the event begins at 7 a.m. at the Discovery Center, 4444 Hadley Ave. N. Runners take their marks for the 10K at 8 a.m., while 5K runners and walkers follow at 8:10 a.m. Registra-tion for the 5K is $25, or $30 on the day of the race; for the 10K, it’s $35, or $40 on the day of the race. The reg-istration fee includes a T-shirt, chip timer, refreshments and the chance to win prizes.

If running just isn’t your thing, you can still have some fitness fun by checking out the Oakdale Adult Softball Association Hughie Russell Memorial Softball Tournament, start-ing at 8 a.m., or the OAA Boy’s Base-

ball Tournament, starting at 9 a.m. From noon to 10 p.m., adults can

play bingo at the bingo tent. Conces-sions and the beer garden will be open from noon to midnight. Carnival rides will thrill riders of all ages from noon to midnight, and riders can purchase unlimited carnival ride armbands from noon to 5 p.m.

The band shell will be cranking out tunes all afternoon and evening. From noon to 2 p.m., the kids’ band “Tricia and the Toonies” will perform at the band shell. The classic rock and blues band “The Authorities” will follow from 2 - 5 p.m. To cap off the night, the “Killer Hayseeds,” will fill the park with country music from 7-11 p.m. All performances at the band shell are free.

Sunday winds up, then wraps upFar from winding down, the last day

of Summerfest bursts with high-energy fun, presenting popular traditions and crowd-favorite events.

At 8 a.m., it’s back to the bases with the OASA Hughie Russell Memorial Softball Tournament.

Concessions, the beer garden and bingo will be open from noon to 6 p.m. You’ll be able to squeeze in some last-minute thrills at the carnival rides dur-ing that time as well.

For more afternoon fun, check out the 14th annual Summerfest car show from noon to 4 p.m., where spectators have the chance to vote on their favor-ite automobiles. There is no registra-tion fee, and any make/model/year is open to enter. Entry forms are avail-able at www. ci.oakdale.mn.us.

Another popular Summerfest tradi-tion, the Golden Gloves Amateur Box-ing Club Show, will take place from 1-4 p.m. under a tent in the park. The competition will be sponsored by Dedi-cated Logistics, Inc.

At 6 p.m., it’s time to pack up and go home as a week of Summerfest fun draws to a close.

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Hail to the queen! After a year of volunteer work

and community service, the reign-ing Oakdale royalty will pass on their titles (and tiaras) to a new royal court at the 2014 Coronation on Wednesday, June 18, at 6 p.m. at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 8260 Fourth St. in Oakdale.

Alexis Greengard, 9, was crowned the royal princess at the 2013 coro-nation. She and her fellow royalty—Kaylee Barber, Megan Williams and Rachel Danko—have had a busy year representing Oakdale at community events and service projects.

Their service projects this year include hosting bingo at local senior living homes, volunteering at the Discovery Center and working on behalf of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.

Royalty will also be collecting non-perishable food items during Sum-merfest this year for the local food

shelf. Members of Summerfest Roy-alty will go door-to-door collecting in various neighborhoods through-out Oakdale, accepting everything from individual cans to grocery bags full of food.

To attend this year’s royalty coro-nation, one must purchase a 2014 Summerfest button. Buttons are $3 and will be sold at the door. They will also be sold at City Hall, Fur-long’s Liquor and Rainbow Foods in Oakdale before June 15. Summerfest Royalty will also be selling the but-tons in the next few weeks.

Proceeds from the button sales help fund royalty’s expenses. Pro-ceeds also go toward prizes for Sum-merfest’s bingo tent and various vol-unteer activities.

Oakdale Royalty candidates’ per-sonal expenses are paid for my their families or by sponsorships from local businesses.

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• Livia Jungmann, 7, will be going intosecond grade at Transfiguration. When she grows up, she wants to be a pet store owner.

• Savanna Roth, 7, will be going intothird grade at Oakdale Elementary. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

• Giana Kielsa, 7, will be going into thirdgrade at Cowern Elementary. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

• Natalia Roeser, 9, will be going intofourth grade at Royal Oaks Elementary. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

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• Kaylee Barber, 10, will be going intosixth grade at Skyview Middle School. When she grows up, she wants to be a nurse.

• Megan Williams, 15, will be going into10th grade North St. Paul High School. When she grows up, she wants to be an author.

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For the second year in a row, Summerfest medallion hunt organizers are raising the reward for seekers.

Since 2000, the Oakdale Business and Professional Association has supplied the $1,000 prize for the annual medallion hunt. But after a successful partnership with Summerfest Royalty last year, the two groups are collaborating once again to offer an extra $500 to the lucky winner if he or she owns a Summerfest but-ton, meaning the winner could bring home a whop-ping $1,500 for finding the medallion.

Summerfest Royalty pitched the idea for an extra prize last year to encourage people to buy Summerfest buttons. The buttons are sold by Summerfest Royalty, and proceeds from the sales go toward royalty expenses. Buttons are $3, and can be purchased at City Hall, Fur-long’s Liquor and Rainbow Foods in Oakdale.

The weeklong medallion hunt is a family-favorite activity at Oakdale Summer-fest. “It’s a fun family-style event and a great way to get out and enjoy the summer weather while also enjoying and discovering the public-owned property (oftentimes

parks) in Oakdale,” says hunt organizer Larry Eber-hard. The first clue will be revealed on Monday, June 16, at three different loca-tions—at City Hall, on the city website (www.ci.oakdale.mn.us) and via the Clue Hotline at 651-734-2615.

A new clue will be revealed each day until the medallion is found.

The medallion, which is made from clear acrylic and about the size of a hockey puck, will be hidden some-where on public property in Oakdale. There’s no need to climb, swim or dig to find it. The medallion will not be hidden in Richard Walton Park.

Raising the barWant to claim that $1,500

prize? You’re going to have to work for it.

Local teenager Megan Hartmon claimed the full $1,500 prize last year after she and two friends found the medallion on day six of the hunt. Rather than being hidden in a park as it had been in years past, the medallion was hidden between high-voltage power line towers 129 and 130 along a path on Hadley Ave-nue.

“That was a total change from past years,” says city clerk Sue Barry, who spent many years co-writing clues for the hunt. “It was kind of a way to say, ‘Wait a minute!

It can be in any city prop-erty.’”

To unlock the clues, one has to crack the combina-tion of rules, safety tips, city history and what Eberhard calls “simple brain teasing ideas or concepts that make little or no sense.”

“You don’t want to make it too hard, but people expect to have to think a little bit,” Barry says.

Ready to get out and explore the parks? Whether you’re a dedicated treasure hunter or casual sleuth, Eberhard has one short piece of advice:

“Sharpen your detective skills and plan to have a great time.”

Medallion bounty boosted for button-buyers for 2nd year in a row

Oakdale Summerfest Medallion 2013: The Oakdale Business and Professional Association has sponsored the medallion hunt since 2000.