Stanton Old Fashioned Days Firemans Parade
Lincoln Denman, 4, of Greenville and Dean Bannen, 4, of Belding ride in a mini John Deere tractor together during the kiddie parade at Stanton Sometime Fashioned Days on Saturday. — DN Photo | Brandon Schreur
STANTON — Come August, the streets of the urban center of Stanton are typically crowded with residents, out-of-town visitors, vendors and paradegoers to celebrate on a given weekend for the annual Stanton Former Fashioned Days festival.
Concluding year, that wasn't the case as the Stanton Old Fashioned Days Committee made the hard conclusion to cancel the upshot because of the coronavirus pandemic.
With the Stanton One-time Fashioned Days Committee taking the gap year to plan for as chiliad of a celebration as possible come 2021, all the hard work and endeavour paid off for the city over the weekend equally hundreds of people poured into the streets to get reacquainted with Erstwhile Fashioned Days.
"We're super excited to have the festival back and get it upwardly and running. Super excited," Mayor Lori Williams told the Daily News. "We've had a great plow-out."
Stanton Onetime Fashioned Days kicked off on Thursday evening with an opening anniversary, at which time Williams further touched on the joy of being able to bring the festival back to the community this yr.
"As we all know, the last year and a half has been anything short of like shooting fish in a barrel. From COVID to an alligator, nosotros've done it all in the city of Stanton," she said. "It's great to be back in person with all of you this evening."
Stanton Old Fashioned Days Committee Chairman Steven D. VanHolstyn spoke after Williams during the opening ceremonies and noted that this twelvemonth's festival is dedicated to somebody who has always been an important and recognizable figure inside the city of Stanton.
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"José 'Joe' Patino served as a law enforcement officer with the (Montcalm County Sheriff'southward Office) and for the metropolis of Stanton for many years," VanHolstyn said. "During Stanton Old Fashioned Days, you could see him directing traffic, talking with people, standing on the corner of Lincoln and Chief while watching over united states of america and protecting his community."
Retiring from the position of Stanton law principal in September, Patino passed away on January 8 of this yr.
"Many who wanted to attend the funeral were unable to," VanHolstyn continued. "When in that location was word that at that place was going to exist a procession (held in the city of Stanton on Jan. 12), hundreds of law enforcement officers, beginning responders and customs members lined the streets of his boondocks to evidence support for Joe's family unit."
The decision to dedicate Erstwhile Fashioned Days to Patino was an easy one to make, VanHolstyn continued, given how much that Patino did for his customs on a daily basis.
Patino's son, José II Patino of the Mitt Paw expanse, was present at the ceremony and briefly spoke about all that the city of Stanton had meant to his father.
"The get-go 36 years of his career was spent at the sheriff'southward department. He loved working at the sheriff'south department, only, I assure you, his final 10 years (with the Stanton Police Section) were his best," José Ii said. "… On behalf of our family unit, you are still a role of our family and we capeesh everything. We definitely, 100 percent appreciate this."
The Quondam Fashioned Days opening ceremony was followed by the Miss Stanton Scholarship Pageant on Thursday, which was coordinated by Melinda Arntz and Kryn Humphrey.
Activities continued throughout the weekend with the Star Quest Talent Show (meet accompanying story) and firefighter'due south parade on Friday. A tractor show, auto testify, kiddie and m parades, pony rides and more followed on Sat, with a mud volleyball tournament, motorbike show and complimentary yoga session rounding things up on Sunday.
Leading up to the weekend, Arie Punches-Betts, four, of Rainbow Lake was busy decking out her bicycle with pink decorations, streamers, balloons and, almost importantly, unicorns.
"Nosotros cutting (straws) in half and placed them (around the bicycle tires)," she told the Daily News about decorating her cycle, which she then road in the kiddie parade.
Dressed appropriately in a pinkish outfit full of unicorns and rainbows, Punches-Betts found her difficult work paid off when coming in get-go place for a best costume/decoration contest during the kiddie parade.
For Ashley and Charles Wetherbee of the Edmore area, this year'due south festival marked the first time that they fabricated their way to One-time Fashioned Days.
"We but entered his (Charles') motorcar in the car show and now nosotros're walking around and hanging out," Ashley said. "We really like it."
While the festival may now be over, Williams said that the Old Fashioned Days Committee is always looking for more volunteers to aid with the yr-long planning procedure for side by side year'due south festival. More than information is available at stantonofd.com.
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