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I'm Ellie Tobacco , I'm a park 

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ranger at Cross lake recreation area . 

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So we're here at winter fest . This is 

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the 21st annual festival in Cross lake 

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Minnesota . Um This is the classic 

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recreation areas , 11th year 

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participating . This event is made 

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possible by our partner , the paul 

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bunyan Scenic Highway . Um They provide 

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us with all the soup ingredients , they 

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help us prepare it and serve it . Um 

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they help us with all the t shirt 

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making and we have , we have volunteers 

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that help throughout the whole event . 

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Well there are more than 25 

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establishments participating in this 

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year's um soup contest . Um out of the 

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11 years that we participated , we have 

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won eight times , so we're going And 

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for that ninth time this year it's a 

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really fun activity . We love 

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participating in it . Um we usually see 

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upwards of 400 people . Um it's a great 

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opportunity for us to interact with the 

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public in the winter . We have t shirt 

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making inside for the kids , we do a 

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coloring contest , so there's a lot of 

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different activities for for everyone . 

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It's really cool to see the community 

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really active , especially after the 

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really cold week that we had . We 

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finally get one beautiful sunny day , 

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there's snowmobiles cruising around 

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everywhere , got hundreds of people 

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coming out of the park , It's just 

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really cool to see everyone get 

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together and enjoying a great winter 

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activity