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Photos: The St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival in Cedar Rapids
Ever wondered what 25,000 ears of corn looks like?
Browse a photo gallery from the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at the St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday August. 9, 2018.
Photos include volunteers helping to shuck some 25,000 ears.
Ainsley Hutchins, 3, of Cedar Rapids works on shucking corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
A bag full of corn waits to be washed as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
A pallet container full of ears of corn waits as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Richard Doud (from left) of Cedar Rapids and Chuck Young of Palo work on shucking corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Jovie Johnson (from left), 10, and her sister, Hayden Johnson, 8, both of Cedar Rapids, work on shucking corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Richard Doud (from left) of Cedar Rapids and Chuck Young of Palo work on shucking corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Ethan Goodwin, 17, of Cedar Rapids chops off the ends on ears of corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Penelope Gardner, 16, of Cedar Rapids works on washing ears of corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Penelope Gardner, 16, of Cedar Rapids works on washing ears of corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Kathy Silhanek (from left) of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Shucks, Cedar Rapids Kernels mascot, and Fr. Mark Murphy, pastor at St. Jude Catholic Church, work together on shucking corn as volunteers shuck 25,000 ears of corn for the St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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