Japanese moon bridge on August 24th as almost 100 people prepared to float their hand painted lanterns down the Gull River as part of the “Festival of the August Moon”, another Tuesday night “Make it Minden” event. The festival was the brainchild of Marc Schroetter, owner of the Crowne Gallery in Minden who coordinated activities with Bob Baynton, owner of the Wild Swan B&B and Leila Sweet and Uki and Sebestian Renal of the Gravity House Café. As well as spearheading the celebration, Schroetter worked tirelessly on making up kimono’s and lanterns for children and adults to paint.