In Brief

A-Maizing Corn Harvest returns
By HOLLY SETTER
Editor-in-Chief

The sidewalks along Superior St. are lined with cornstalks and the planters are filled with mums in expectation of the second annual A-Maizing Corn Harvest, starting Oct. 3.

“It’s all about agriculture and farming,” said Anna Merritt, owner of Anna’s House of Flowers and co-founder of the Corn Harvest. “You step back in time when you come.”

The celebration features a number of activities including a corn maze, Civil War demonstrations, hand-crafts vendors, a scarecrow contest, horse-drawn wagon rides and a hog-calling contest, which Merritt believes will be a pretty big attraction this year.

Brochures about the Corn Harvest claim that “over 110 years ago Albion celebrated ‘The Fair’ (a day of Farmers Market, Food, Crafts & Traditions) the same weekend” of the current Corn Harvest.

According to Merritt, the idea for the Corn Harvest was born over a cup of coffee with Mary Habicht, co-founder of the Harvest.

After doing some research, the women pitched the idea to Albion’s Chamber of Commerce, who were not interested in picking the Harvest up.

In turn, Merritt and Habicht went to the local farmers, who stepped up to help make it happen.

“The farmers wanted this,” Merritt said. “Never since 100 years ago has Albion done something with the farmers.”

The Harvest events are free to the public, including transportation to and from the corn maze.