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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