April 4, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
Hope charities to compete for prize money
Heritage of Hope, which organizes the annual festival to be held Sept. 22-24 on the Hope town square, is offering $1,000 in prize money to the food vendor that dresses in a way that best represents the period between the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Its goal is to encourage participation in a 50-year-old event that prides itself on capturing the flavor of a bygone era.
"What nonprofit agency couldn't use an extra $1,000 for their budget?" asked Randy Simms, president of the festival and bandstand division.
He did not know how many of the 17 food vendors would participate.
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