

“We’re also going to be open at the Senior Citizens Center,” she said. The contest is not the only attraction at the center though. Three anonymous judges will decide who the bet ter bakers are.

There are two entries allowed per contestant. “Everything needs to be in by 11 am,” Madden said. in Minco.īeth Madden is a coordinator for the bake-off. The contest will take place at the Minco Senior Center, located at 221 Northwest Main St. The honey bake-off has some simple rules that must be adhered to if a contestant hopes to win the long-standing Honey Festival tradition. near city hall, and the contest will begin at 12:30 p.m. The chamber picks up all the cost on that so it is something we offer free.” It’s really a fun way to spend an afternoon here, as well as letting them see how strong they are by pulling these weights on the tractor. We actually have had two of our own Minco students who have gone to the national level and one of them won a couple of years ago.

From there, if they place, they get to go to the national level which is at North Dakota. “It is a sanctioned kid’s tractor pull,” said one Chamber official, “which means that they enter and if they place, they can go to another sanctioned tractor pull at the state level. One traditional Honey Festival event is the kids’ tractor pull which is a more serious competition than one might expect. Saturday’s Honey Festival will feature a number of attractions, from tours of the local honey plant, cotton gin, and wind farm, to the annual honey bake-off, chance to meet Santa, carriage rides, and much more.
