Say cheese: Arthur festival splurges for $6,740 in cheddar, Swiss, co-jack and curds (for curd spitting contest) | News
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ARTHUR — Coming this Labor Day weekend: the 50th edition of the Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival, which promises to be bigger the better than ever.
Big as in $6,740 worth of cheese — plus another $575 worth of Ritz crackers.
Stephanie Wierman, president of the Arthur Area Association of Commerce, provided a cost breakdown in this week’s money-themed edition of Meeting Minutes & More:
The festival’s 150-pound “mammoth wheel” of cheddar.
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