SIX MILE — With this year’s Issaqueena Festival behind them, Six Mile council members and business owners are looking at ways to bring people into town next year and beyond.

Council met with Rippy Realty owner Brenda Rippy, who had several ideas on ways to introduce people to what Six Mile has to offer.

In conjunction with the town’s upcoming Centennial Celebration next year, Rippy proposed bringing the past to the present with an Old-Fashioned Blue Ribbon Fair.

“We can do Best Jams and Jellies, we can do games, like it was back in the 50s and 60s,” Rippy said. “You give ribbons for Best in Show, that sort of thing.”

Mayor John Wade said tying the Blue Ribbon Fair in with the Centennial Celebration is a good idea, as different parts of the Celebration will focus on different decades of the town’s history.

“We’re going to do with each decade, 1910-2010,” he said.

“That’s something you could hold in the fall every year,” said Council Tom Garrett. “We have the festival in the spring, this would be good for the fall.”

Rippy agreed, stating she thought holding the festival after the fall harvest would be ideal.

An All-American Town Talent Hunt would bring people to town on the weekends during the summer, much like Liberty’s Liberty Idol singing contest, Rippy said.

“This would be a talent show, not just singing,” she said.

She suggested the talent contest be held on Friday nights after school lets out, so as not to conflict with Liberty Idol.

Since festival crowds may necessitate street closures, she suggested the new events be held at the town Rec Center.

“That’s possible,” Wade said. “I don’t know if it’d be as visible as you’d want it to be.”

If needed, one of the rec fields could be used for parking, Wade said.

Wade suggested a date be pinned down for the events soon, so that space at the Rec Center can be reserved.