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your homegrown newspaper August 14, 2024
Vol. 20, No. 48
D’Aste celebration pg. 6
Bears relocated pg. 8
Classic cruisers Polson’s Main Street was closed Saturday for the annual Cruisin’ by the Bay car show and Rotary Brewfest.
SUMMER GODDARD / VALLEY JOURNAL
Classic cars, brewfest, art festival draw crowds to downtown Polson By Summer Goddard Valley Journal
Smokejumper honored pg. 12
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t was a busy weekend in downtown Polson as a car show, brewfest
and art festival drew crowds of people to town. The annual Cruisin’ by the Bay car show, hosted by the Mission Valley Cruisers car club, drew
186 entries this year. Handmade trophies, made entirely of car parts by club members, were given with cash prizes to the top 10 best of show
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winners. Shelly Cordis, who serves as activities director and secretary for the Mission Valley Cruisers, said the handmade trophies were quite elab-
orate this year - with one standing nearly 3 feet tall. “We’ve had calls from all over the state,” she said. see page 2