Congratulations to the organizers and volunteers at this year’s Cedar Polka Fest! Omena’s former Mayor, Rosie Disch, had a lot of fun as the grand marshal at the Cedar Polka Fest Parade Saturday. Her driver, Matt Bresinski, was wonderful to her and made sure she had plenty of air conditioning in the heat. She wore her pink Dolly Parton cowboy hat, and the crowd loved it. Many thanks to Mary Clark and her daughter Susan Todd for convincing Rosie that she absolutely should wear it, and to Kanda McKee for replacing the elastic band with a much more comfortable ribbon.
Omena residents Bob and Jeanne Grabowski were also at the parade to see their granddaughter, Haven Skorupa, who was a princess on the parade’s royalty float. Each grade school in Leelanau County was invited to select a prince and princess from the first grade to represent the school. In addition to the Cedar Polka Fest parade, they appeared in the Cherry Festival parade and at a Pit Spitters game. Haven was selected by Leland Public School.
Lauris Woolford has been enjoying the past three weeks with her new granddaughter, Lucy Charles Gibson, who was born in Chicago on July 20. Her parents, Austin and Shelby Gibson were married at Cherry Basket in Omena, and are celebrating their one-year anniversary this year. Lucy will be baptized this week at Suttons Bay Congregational Church by Pastor Robin Carden, who also married Austin and Shelby.
