Medina treats visitors to Celebration Day bash
- Libby Ogdahl, 8, of Medina examines an emergency kit carried in squad cars by Medina Police, while a Community Service Officer explains the implements.
- Linda Lane (second from left) of Medina planning and public works assistant, surrounds herself with volunteers who helped her organize Medina Celebration Day. The volunteers are, left to right, Carrie Leadens, Marge Miller, Sharrie Flaig and Colleen Sivets.
- A crowd flocks towards the North Memorial helicopter ambulance — many with hopes of climbing inside.
- Isabel Wong of Maple Grove imagines what it would be like to pilot the North Memorial helicopter ambulance.
- Visitors who stopped at various booths often found freebies to take home.
- Boy Scout Oscar Arlinghaus of Minneapolis toasts marshmallows destined for a s’more. He and other scouts from Troop 570 made a steady stream of the sweet treats and handed them to visitors.
- Amanda Maenner of Plymouth teaches son Oliver how to eat a s’more.
- Meg Janssens of Medina can’t seem to stop adding new paint to her miniature pumpkin.
- The business end of a Medina snow plow was one of the more impressive exhibits.
- Hunter Ratfield of Maple Grove can’t keep his hands off the gourds and pumpkins at a farmer’s display during Medina Celebration Day, Saturday, Sept. 22.
Medina’s traditional Celebration Day has gotten bigger and bigger. The event took over Hamel Legion Park, Saturday, Sept. 22. (Photos by Susan Van Cleaf)












