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FALL TIME MEANS FESTIVALS. AND
FESTIVALS CAN MEAN BIG
MONEY. NEWS 10'S PATSY KELLY
LOOKS AT
HOW MONEY FROM ONE WABASH VALLEY
FESTIVAL GOES RIGHT BACK
INTO ITS COMMUNITY.
ACROSS THE WABASH VALLEY.
THE HONEYBEE FESTIVAL IN PARIS,
ILLINOIS HAPPENS TO BE
ONE OF THEM. IT'S BEEN AROUND
FOR 33
YEARS AND MAKES THE COMMUNITY
MONEY.
BRIAN WILLIS HAS WORKED THIS
FESTIVAL FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS. THIS ISN'T HIS ONLY JOB,
BUT HE
SAYS IT BRINGS IN A BIT OF EXTRA
MONEY. ANYTIME I'M DOING A
FESTIVAL, I'M MAKING MONEY, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT
ALWAYS HELPS. MANY VENDORS DO
JOB. LOCAL AND STATEWIDE VENDORS
FLOCK TO FILL FESTIVAL
GROUNDS TO MAKE A LITTLE CASH,
BUT THE COMMUNITY IS
BENFITING AS WELL. THE FESTIVAL
BENEFITS THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT,
NUMBER ONE, IT
BRINGS PEOPLE TO PARIS,
HOPEFULLY FROM OUTSIDE OF
PARIS, FOR EXAMPLE. WE TRY TO
THINGS AS WE CAN THAT'S GOING TO
COME OUT. THE FESTIVAL HELPS
LOCAL
BUSINESSES BRING AWARENESS TO
THEIR PRODUCTS.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE RAISING
MONEY.
AND FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS CAN
AUCTION OFF HANDMADE
PIECES AND USE THE MONEY VENDORS
PAY FOR SPACE. THEY PAY
ME TO COME IN AND CARVE. THE
CARVINGS BELONG TO THEM,
ANYTHING I PRODUCE WHILE I'M
HERE BELONGS TO THEM. THEY
AUCTION IT OFF. THEY MAKE MONEY
OFF THE AUCTION AND
THAT PAYS THEM BACK AND GIVES
THEM MONEY FOR WHATEVER.
AND IN THE END, THE MONEY COMES
FULL CIRCLE.
IT'S MONEY THAT ENDS UP RIGHT
BACK IN THE HANDS OF THIS
COMMUNITY. IN PARIS, ILLINOIS
WITH
PHOTOJOURNALIST TONY KASSIESIEH,
PATSY KELLY,
NEWS 10. "
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