Her prayers were answered as her Woolly Worm won the big prize today.
"I'm going to give to my church and then ... maybe I'll go to the mall," Michelle said. With Michelle is Tommy Burleson, Grand Marshall, who predicted .....
 
drum roll..............................
AN AVERAGE WINTER WITH PEAKS OF BAD AND GOOD. NO ICE STORMS .... MAYBE SOME 
SLUSHY DAYS. SUNNY DAYS, TOO!

Photos by Ron Johnson
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013
Volume II Issue 289 (2nd issue of Woolly Worm Festival)
Ron Johnson, Publisher

See you tomorrow - it'll be one of 
Banner Elk's most glorious days!

Mr. Woolly Worm, Roy Krege, announces the $1,000 winner.

Show me the money! Crawl faster? You bet!

Sue Freeman, light blue, Executive Director of the
Avery County Chamber of Commerce (co-sponsor of the
festival along with the Banner Elk Kiwanis Club) gives
a hug to the winner.


One of the best Woolly Worm days of all time!
C.


 
Award for "Best Dressed!"

Love in the air at Woolly Worm!


Folks at the Feeding Avery Families booth were
elated by the tremendous interest in feeding the hungry
in Avery County.

Jim Morton, the originator of the Woolly Worm Festival.


Grandfather Mountain looms in the background as the
Woolly Worm Festival basks in "The Autumn of the Century"
in Banner Elk.

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