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2014 Lake County Cherry Festival

<p>Polson musician and music teacher Nathan Eyre serenades a crowd at Cherry Festival with his homemade, three-string guitar.</p>

<p>Emily Matt looks at an angel keychain while taking a lick of her ice cream cone. Fellowship Baptist Church was giving the trinkets away during the festival.</p>

<p>Avery Faseler of Bigfork gets sized for an anklet by Sheri Roberts of St. Ignatius. Roberts has been selling handmade jewelery for the past 14 years at Cherry Festival.</p>

<p>Marie Johnson applies a glitter tatoo to Jillian Griffin's arm as part of a fundraiser for Mission Valley Christian Academy.</p>

<p>Sheree Vainio paints Alex Loughlin's (of Polson) face. The face painting and glitter tattoo booth was one of four that were fundraisers for Mission Valley Christian Academy.</p>

<p>Father-son duo Troy and Bladen Flynt pose together. Both Flynt men were champions of the pit spitting competition and the elder Flynt also took home the title in cherry stem tying.</p>

<p>Troy Flynt of York, Nebraska shows off the cherry stem he successfully tied with his tongue. Flynt was the champion of both the cherry stem tying and the adult cherry pit spitting competitions.</p>

<p>Carson Hupka of Polson assists Ken Avison in marking the landing of a cherry pit.</p>

<p>Ken Avison, the comandeer of the pit spit contest, hands Bladen Flynt his award for getting first place in the children's portion of the competition. Flynt is visiting family in Polson from York Nebraska. He spit his cherry pit 36 feet, 4 inches.</p>

<p>Polson cheerleader Mia Hobbs takes the plunge into the dunk tank. The tank is a yearly fundraiser for cheerleaders in Polson to help them make up for the high cost of the sport.</p>

<p>Polson High School cheerleader Mia Hobbs waits nervously for her turn in the dunk tank. The cheerleaders have used the dunk tank at the cherry festival as a fundraiser for their program.</p>

<p>Grady Fields, who was visiting his grandfather from Washington last weekend, prepares himself for competition while eating the fruit of his cherry.</p>

<p>Grady Fields of Washington bites into his cherry to get to the cherry pit during the pit spitting contest on Saturday.</p>

<p>Afton Fleck of Stevensville, after warming up extensively, spits his cherry pit with all his might.</p>

<p>Nicky Gangeme, who was from San Jose, California and visiting his granparents, watches as his cherry bit soars down the pavement.</p>

<p>Kayne Kirwan takes a deep breath before spitting his cherry during the cherry pit spiting competition on Saturday.</p>

<p>Damien Landrum, who visited the Cherry Festival from Missoula, takes a bite out of his cherry before competing in the cherry pit spitting competition.</p>

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| July 29, 2014 6:25 PM

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&lt;p&gt;Emily Matt looks at an angel keychain while taking a lick of her ice cream cone. Fellowship Baptist Church was giving the trinkets away during the festival.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Avery Faseler of Bigfork gets sized for an anklet by Sheri Roberts of St. Ignatius. Roberts has been selling handmade jewelery for the past 14 years at Cherry Festival.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Marie Johnson applies a glitter tatoo to Jillian Griffin's arm as part of a fundraiser for Mission Valley Christian Academy.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Sheree Vainio paints Alex Loughlin's (of Polson) face. The face painting and glitter tattoo booth was one of four that were fundraisers for Mission Valley Christian Academy.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Father-son duo Troy and Bladen Flynt pose together. Both Flynt men were champions of the pit spitting competition and the elder Flynt also took home the title in cherry stem tying.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Troy Flynt of York, Nebraska shows off the cherry stem he successfully tied with his tongue. Flynt was the champion of both the cherry stem tying and the adult cherry pit spitting competitions.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Carson Hupka of Polson assists Ken Avison in marking the landing of a cherry pit.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Ken Avison, the comandeer of the pit spit contest, hands Bladen Flynt his award for getting first place in the children's portion of the competition. Flynt is visiting family in Polson from York Nebraska. He spit his cherry pit 36 feet, 4 inches.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Polson cheerleader Mia Hobbs takes the plunge into the dunk tank. The tank is a yearly fundraiser for cheerleaders in Polson to help them make up for the high cost of the sport.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Polson High School cheerleader Mia Hobbs waits nervously for her turn in the dunk tank. The cheerleaders have used the dunk tank at the cherry festival as a fundraiser for their program.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Grady Fields, who was visiting his grandfather from Washington last weekend, prepares himself for competition while eating the fruit of his cherry.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Grady Fields of Washington bites into his cherry to get to the cherry pit during the pit spitting contest on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Afton Fleck of Stevensville, after warming up extensively, spits his cherry pit with all his might.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Nicky Gangeme, who was from San Jose, California and visiting his granparents, watches as his cherry bit soars down the pavement.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kayne Kirwan takes a deep breath before spitting his cherry during the cherry pit spiting competition on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Damien Landrum, who visited the Cherry Festival from Missoula, takes a bite out of his cherry before competing in the cherry pit spitting competition.&lt;/p&gt;