Photos by Willy Cook
Scarecrows in Hailey
By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer
While
there isn’t much corn to protect inside the Hailey Public Library, the interior is in
full harvest mode and sporting approximately 20 homemade scarecrows. Halloween’s
ghosts and goblins are waiting their turn.
For this first-ever Scarecrow Festival—beginning today through Oct.
21—each creation was concocted by individuals or families and can be voted on, for a
buck a vote. Every scarecrow will win a ribbon, but the big winner will receive a special
plaque.
Open to all ages, the contestants’ efforts will be displayed inside
the library, though the Harvest Festival, beginning tomorrow afternoon, will be the
highlight of the show.
During
the Harvest Festival there will be a library card sign-up, harvest-theme children’s
activities, a petting zoo, music, a story hour from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., videos, crafts
and the last Farmers’ Market next to the library.
Setting the tone of the contest, assistant Hailey librarian Lisa Horton
fashioned a large and cheery scarecrow titled Mother Nature, with flowers strewn
all over it.
Shockingly unscary!
Another offering was a giant Goliath, with a David penguin
on his arm, assembled by the folks at the Valley of Peace Lutheran Church—close to
the contest’s 10-foot height maximum. No crows hangin’ around this puppy.
The Henning family made a humorous though not particularly frightening
crow scarecrow. Clever.
The
Crottys presented chipper twin scarecrows in a wagon, and there was even a Harry Potter on
a broomstick flying high over the books—as would be appropriate for that
highfalutin’ bestseller.
A squaw scarecrow with a papoose on the back was appropriately created by
the Papoose club and Cheyenne Dial fabricated an adorable Cowardly Lion in shades.
Hey, it’s Sun Valley, and bright out in those corn fields.
The proceeds from the buck-a-vote People’s Choice Award go to the
Friends of the Hailey Library for children’s programs.
