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Brooklet Peanut Festival celebrates 25 years
081713 PEANUT FEST 03
Tony Murray of the Cook Shack from Blackshear packs down peanuts in boiling water to make sure they cook evenly during the 2013 Brooklet Peanut Festival. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file
Every August for the past 25 years, the town of Brooklet has gone a little nutty in the name of fundraising — and just plain fun. Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the popular festival, which features a parade, 5K run, slow tractor race, kiddie rides and peanuts prepared in every way imaginable. This year, a vendor will offer something new — peanut gumbo — said City Councilman Randy Newman, the Brooklet Community Development Authority chairman.
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