News & Features
May 2005

Let the chips fall where they may

What do you get when you have a field divided into 2-foot-square plots and two well-fed cows are set free to roam until they spontaneously drop a cow chip somewhere in the field? St. Mary’s Parish Sixth Annual Cow Chip Festival!

This moo-ving event takes place on the Brookfield Town Common, Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

The bold and the curious among the population can plunk down a mere $10 for a ticket (ticket holders need not be present to win) that corresponds to one of the squares in the field. People who buy the square that the cow eventually hits will share in prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500.

In addition to watching a cow graze through a field, just waiting for the chips to fall on the beautiful Town Common, the festival will include an appetizing food concession stand, a giant flea market filled with local treasures, and an array of craft booths. Enticing gift baskets, a bake sale featuring the best local recipes, as well as kids games and adult games, a silent auction and live entertainment will complete the day of fun and leisure.

Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Church in Brookfield. For information, call 508-867-3188.