Watermelon Festival plans are rolling

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. It's time for kid artists, vendors, classic car buffs, parade participants, pageant hopefuls, bed racers, photo snappers, pickleball competitors and 5K runners to start things rolling toward the 2024 Watermelon Festival. June will be here before we know it, with juicy watermelon and many other slices of local life to celebrate. The 73rd Annual Watermelon Festival – organized by the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce since 1949 – promises loads of small town fun for the entire family. This year there are six days of festivities beginning with pageants on June 1 and culminating with most events over June 14-15. In addition to attending, the