The Wheels of Yesteryear Parade was a big hit with everyone, kids and adults alike. Although it seemed to me some of those tractors were a lot older than some of the drivers...and some of them weren't.

The one that got away

Paige Graham, 10, almost had a bite, or at least she thought she did. Meanwhile her sister, Courtney, 9, was a little more patient and scored a fish in no time.

Hurry up and wait

The rides don't open until 5 p.m. but the lines for tickets start forming just as soon as the first kid can get there.

Eat, drink, support a good cause

While you are stuffing your face full of good eats at the Bluffton Street Fair tonight don't forget to pick up a hot apple dumpling and help support the Southern Wells Post Prom.
All this week students and others have been working the concession for a chance to raise a little money. Liberty Center Methodist Church and Boehmer United Methodist Church volunteers will be working the stand tomorrow and Saturday.
Stop by and do a good deed - eat something!

The long, long wait

Joyce Wolf has been coming to the Bluffton Street Fair for as long as she can remember. Before she retired she would schedule her annual vacation to coincide with the street fair.
"It was too expensive to go anywhere for vacation," she said. "So the Street Fair was my vacation."
According to Wolf she came downtown at 11 a.m. today to set-up seats in advance for the Industrial Parade and found a line of chairs in her usual spot.
She walked a block away to check a different area and when she came back, all the free space to the other side of her was taken too.
"I guess I just didn't get down here early enough to get my usual spot," she said. "But this will do fine."

Don't miss the Industrial Parade

Not many children can resist the attraction of a big truck. There is nothing my three-year-old daughter loves more than driving my tractor (while sitting in my lap of course.)
If you have a little one at your house who loves big trucks (or perhaps someone a little more grown-up) get them to downtown Bluffton for the Industrial Parade. Starts at 6 p.m.
There is bound to be some impressive piece of machinery there for them to wonder at...

Mouse Game Mayhem

These kids were in for a shock at the Mouse Game when, much to their surprise, the mouse failed to appear!
It had been hiding in another box and was back at work in a moment.
(No mouse was harmed during the playing of this game)