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Watercade parade grand marshal Dean Krug really delivers

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2021WatercadeGrandMarshal1.jpg, Longtime Litchfield letter carrier Dean Krug served as grand marshall of Watercade’s Grand Day Parade.STAFF PHOTO BY BRENT SCHACHERER, 2021WatercadeGrandMarshal2.jpg, Dean Krug, center, was joined by fellow Litchfield letter carriers Kyle Joramo, Josh Johnson, Becky Magoon and Richard Pennertz as they pose with some
BY BRENT SCHACHERER schacherer@hutchinsonleader.comOn an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon in early June, Dean Krug thrust out his forearms, as if to

'My life has changed a lot': Cecilia Toenjes nears end of Miss Litchfield reign

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2020MissLitchfieldReflects1.jpg, Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes will crown her successor during the coronation at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bernia Aaker Auditorium.PHOTO COURTESY KATIE PETERS, 2020MissLitchfieldReflects2.jpg, Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes and Princess Abby Johnson wave to the crowd as they move down the route of the Litchfield Parade of Bands. Toenjes and, 2020MissLitchfieldReflects3.jpg, Ceclia Toenjes and Abby Johnson were joined by their fathers on the Watercade float for the Hutchinson Water Carnival parade in June.PHOTO BY CHLOE SC
 Nearing the end of the longest reign in Miss Litchfield history, Cecilia Toenjes admits to being a bit conflicted.After two years of serving as an am

Watercade 2020 canceled

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2020WatercadeCanceled.jpg, Princess Ellery Jones and Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes road on the Watercade float during a parade last summer.STAFF PHOTOS BY BRENT SCHACHERER
Brent SchachererLitchfield’s annual summer celebration became a victim of the coronavirus pandemic Sunday night as the Watercade Board of Directors an

Watercade 2019 provides fun for all

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2019WatercadeFun1.jpg, Litchfield Fire Department dons a large American Flag on one of its engines during the Watercade Parade.Staff photo by Sarv Mithaqiyan, 2019WatercadeFun2.jpg, A clown frowns during Litchfield’s Watercade Parade Saturday afternoon.Staff photo by Sarv Mithaqiyan, 2019WatercadeFun3.jpg, Alec John and The Sky Surfers perform at the KLFD Beach Party at Lake Ripley Friday afternoon.Staff photo by Cam Bonelli , 2019WatercadeFun4.jpg, Participants of the sand sculpture contest work on their sculpture on the shores of Lake Ripley.Staff photo by Cam Bonelli , 2019WatercadeFun5.jpg, From left, 2018 Miss Litchfield Brianna Larson and Princess Laura Shoutz dance during the opening number of the 2019 Miss Litchfield Coronation event
By Cam Bonelli bonelli@independentreview.netWatercade went by in a flash with a week’s worth of events from the crowning of the new Miss Litchfield to

Litchfield crowns new royalty

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2019WatercadeCoronation1.jpg, From left, Miss Litchfield candidates Amelia Bomkamp and Litzy Rodriguez clap as Miss Litchfield 2019 Cecelia Toenjes is crowned by outgoing Miss Litc, 2019WatercadeCoronation2.jpg, Ellery Jones reacts as she’s crowned a Litchfield Princess for 2019-20.Staff photos by Cam Bonelli, 2019WatercadeCoronation3.jpg, Abby Johnson reacts as she is crowned a Litchfield Princess for 2019.Staff photos by Cam Bonelli, 2019WatercadeCoronation4.jpg, Litzy Rodriguez wears a blue and white evening dress to the Miss Litchfield coronation event. She won the evening wear category at the Miss Litchfield, 2019WatercadeCoronation5.jpg, Cecelia Toenjes was crowned Miss Litchfield and given the Miss Congeniality award at the Miss Litchfield Coronation event.Staff photos by Cam Bonelli, 2019WatercadeCoronation6.jpg, From left, Miss Litchfield hopefuls Maddie Kelm, Amelia Bomkamp, Abby Johnson, Litzy Rodriguez, Ellery Jones and Cecelia Toenjes hold hands while wait
By Cam Bonelli bonelli@independentreview.netAfter a week of Watercade events, rehearsals and getting judged, six girls stood on the stage of Bernie Aa

The fun of the hunt: Erica Carlson, Heidi Johnson found Watercade medallion on their lunch break

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2019WatercadeFinders1.jpg, Erica Carlson and Heid Johnson found the Watercade medallion inside a book in the Little Free Library at Meeker Memorial Hospital.STAFF PHOTO BY BRENT, 2019WatercadeFinders2.jpg, Some of the medallion hunt clues made more sense after Erica Carlson and Heidi Johnson found the medallion. Clue No. 2, “219”, pointed to the first pa
By Brent Schacherer schacherer@hutchinsonleader.comIt didn’t take long for Heidi Johnson and Erica Carlson to zero in on a theme for this year’s Water
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