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'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

Winter Carnival’s Queen of Snows has another title — fiancée — as boyfriend proposes in Rice Park

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jmp-001-040-queen-of-snows-engaged-e1580519882757.webp, Kirstin Knutson, Queen of the Snows of the 2020 St. Paul Winter Carnival, and Daniel Maslowski, a Royal Guard, stand at the spot of his Thursday night
By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressKirstin Knutson — currently reigning as Aurora, Queen of the Snows of the 2020 St. Paul Wi
jmp-003-0085-queen-of-snows-engaged.webp, Kirstin Knutson, Queen of Snows of the 2020 St. Paul Winter Carnival and Daniel Maslowski, a Royal Guard, cross the street from the Landmark Center to
Love finds a way, though — especially when it has the blessing of King Boreas LXXXIV, Darrin Johnson, and the assistance of Joe Johnston, the Prime Mi
Winter Carnival Queen of Snows gets engaged in Rice Park
It was a warm moment out in the cold as the royal family cheered and the couple embraced. There was even a bit of time to celebrate before the queen h

Winter Carnival wraps up this weekend

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150201torchlede-2.webp, A St. Paul Bouncing Girl waves to the parade-goers in a skyway over 5th Street during the 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival 2015 Vulcan Victory Torchlight
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAs legend dictates, the Vulcans will do their best to send King Boreas and his frosty family
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