Festival crowd at Festus Airport gives expansion boosters hope. From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: May 26, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Robert Kelly

May 26--Supporters of expanding the small Festus Airport say they got some needed recognition last weekend when nearly 1,500 people attended the second annual Twin City Air Festival and Craft Show at the airport.

"We had a ball," said Steve Vogt of the Citizens for Airport Economic Expansion, the group that sponsored the weekend event.

"A lot of people who never even knew there was an airport here read about the event and showed up," Vogt said. "So from a public relations standpoint it was a good thing for us."

The group is hoping to raise ...

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