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Published May 13, 2008 03:25 pm - From the comfort of the lap of her grandmother, Joanne Pippin, 2-year-old Carter Miggletto watched her daddy, Shelldon, get dunked Saturday. Berries late, but festival a hit By RENEE FITE Press special writer TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — From the comfort of the lap of her grandmother, Joanne Pippin, 2-year-old Carter Miggletto watched her daddy, Shelldon, get dunked Saturday.
The Strawberry Capital of Oklahoma celebrated its 61st annual festival, with a strawberry auction, queen crowning, school reunion, powwow, rodeo, arts and crafts, carnival, live music, 5K Run and more. Eating a powdered sugar-coated funnel cake, Dusty Miggletto, Carter’s mother, said the parade was pretty enjoyable. “Especially the float with the kids having a boxing match. It was good,” she said. Seeing people they haven’t seen in a while, and general people-watching, are two reasons visitors come to experience the Strawberry Festival. But the strawberries are the main reason. There were enough berries for the competition and auction, but few available for sale. “We’ve got berries; they will be at the Farmers Market on Wednesday and Saturday,” Strawberry grower Bobbie Doyle said, “We have a very good berry crop; they’re just very, very late. It’s hard to grow strawberries in ice.” Kiwanian Liz Brown was taking photos of the winning strawberries and their ribbons. “It’s the first day we’ve had berries to sell, I believe,” she said. Long-time strawberry grower Harrold Brannon was wearing her strawberry shirt and waiting for the auction. “I picked 20 flats of strawberries. They sold in about two minutes,” Brannon said, “for $25 a flat.” He’s also selling berries at the Farmers Market, along with onions and poke. Getting younger growers interested in strawberries is a goal of many of the growers, including Brannon. His niece, Lana Matthews, said her girls were up at 6:30, helping pick. “They’ll have show berries next year,” Matthews said. “They’ve already planted.” Johnny Matthews said his grandpa and uncle started growing strawberries in 1947, and his uncle, Harrold, still grows them. 
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