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Published July 20, 2008 12:19 am - Peaches, ice cream cool visitors to festival Coordinator: About 2,500 bowls of peach treat distributed By Bess Warren Phoenix Correspondent PORTER — The town of Porter was just peachy Saturday as crowds lined up on Main Street to get a taste of homegrown sweetness at the 42nd annual Porter Peach Festival. “Porter is the Peach Capital of Oklahoma,” Roy Essary, festival chairman, said as he passed out free bowls of peaches and ice cream. Essary, a member of the Porter Lions Club, said the club puts on the festival each year and receives help from many different people. “We donate back most of the money to the community,” he said. “All of the programs we help, help us with the Porter Peach Festival.” Essary, who has coordinated the event for the past 10 years, said he expected to give out at least 2,500 bowls of the sweet, juicy fruit during this year’s event. Besides free treats, the festival had a peach auction, preserves contest, car show, turtle races, beard contest and balloon toss. Traffic was blocked from entering Main Street, or Oklahoma 51B, in the downtown area to allow for all the vendor booths and food carts to set up. Melanie Carey, 40, of Wagoner sat under a large shade tree in front of the police station while her husband and son ate jumbo corn dogs. “My husband likes to listen to the music, and we like to get the peaches and ice cream,” Carey said. “We just like to visit with people. We’ve come to this about six times.” A train and tractor trolley passed through the crowd while live music was played on a stage. Even though temperatures soared into the 90s and the sun beamed down on attendees, it didn’t deter them from stopping at vendor booths and checking out merchandise such as cowboy hats, purses, jewelry and clothing. Patricia and Bob LaFaver of Broken Arrow took a break from the heat and sat with their daughter, Dominique, on a bench inside the Porter Fire Department, finishing their free ice cream and peaches. “They just handed it to me, and I was more than willing to take it,” Patricia LaFaver, 49, said about her empty bowl of peaches. “They’re so sweet and juicy. We’re going back for seconds!” Porter Peach Festival peach auction Variety Grower Buyer 1/2 Bushel Glohaven Livesay Orchard Coronado Resources $5,100 
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