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Final Day of Fest Features Former Blackhawks, Pizza Contest
Sunday marks the last day of the downtown Plainfield event.
Plainfield Fest will resume at noon Sunday in downtown Plainfield. The final day of the Riverfront Foundation fundraiser will include appearances by former Chicago Blackhawks Eddie Olczyk and Denis Savard.
Olczyk, now a Blackhawks analyst for WGN, will appear from noon to 2 p.m. in the beer tent, followed by Savard from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Both will sign autographs for $20 apiece (flat photos only; guests are asked not to bring items like pucks or sticks to be signed).
Photos of Olczyk and Savard will be available for purchase.
The Blackhawks Ice Girls will also be at the event conducting a 50/50 raffle and raffling off Blackhawks memorabilia, all part of the themed "Sports Sunday" beer tent festivities.
Pizza contest
The first-ever Plainfield Fest pizza contest is also set to take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For $5 per person, guests can be the judge of which entrant is the best pizza in Plainfield.
Fest-goers will cast their votes by putting their ticket in a fishbowl designated for their favorite pizza place. The restaurant with the most tickets will be crowned teh winner.
The three-day fest ends at 6 p.m. Sunday. Fest-related road closures are set to end at 5 a.m. Monday, according to Plainfield police.
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