The 20th Annual Stevensville Scarecrow Festival will feature the unveiling of a permanent scarecrow statue in Creamery Park.

This year’s festivities will fire up at 9 a.m. on Oct. 3 and will run through Sunday, Oct. 5. Scarecrows will stay up and around downtown Stevensville until Oct. 18.

This year’s festival will feature 74 scarecrows constructed by local vendors as well as a corn maze, a pumpkin carving contest, a pet costume contest, the scarecrow choice awards, haunted houses and the unveiling of the Stevensville Scarecrow Committee’s permanent scarecrow, “Keeper of the Seasons” sculpture in Creamery Park at 4:45 p.m. on Oct. 3.

“We have 74 scarecrows! It’s a lot,” Scarecrow Festival Board Member Loey Knapp told the Ravalli Republic. “But the big thing is putting in this permanent

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