It was an unusually quiet final weekend of September in Clinton as the annual Apple n' Pork Festival joined the running list of events canceled due to the COVID pandemic.

Clinton City Administrator Tim Followell says it is hard to quantify what the annual festival means to the City as upwards of 80,000 people come to town. He points out most of the money raised by these groups that weekend then ends up right back in the community in some way, shape, or form.

According to Followell, to try to do an economic impact study of the Apple n' Pork weekend would likely cost the City as much as they bring in but he speculates there is a good amount of money flowing through the town those weekends. He also commends local groups for the things they were doing this past weekend.

From all indications by the various groups that took on fundraising efforts during the weekend, most groups made-out very well. Including the DeWitt County Museum, who sold out of their ham n' beans and ham sandwiches within hours of opening up sales late on Saturday afternoon.