Find summer fun at Knappa Days

Published 5:11 am Thursday, September 18, 2014

KNAPPA — The sixth annual Knappa Days will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15, 16 and 17 in the vicinity of the Knappa junction on U.S. Highway 30.

At 5 p.m. Friday, there will be a Mush Ball Tournament at Danny Patterson Field. At dark, a Community Dance will be held with music by DJ Bryan Lempea.

Events will start at 9 a.m. Saturday with a Car and Truck Show. Other fun activities also start at 9 a.m., including a bounce house, petting zoo and climbing wall. There will be vendor booths with carnival games, face painting, popcorn, homemade crafts, food and a beer garden.

The parade will start at 10 a.m. Saturday at Big Creek Park. The Mush Ball Tournament will resume at Patterson Field at 11 a.m., followed by the Logging Show at 1 p.m. An Off-Road Truck Crawl will be held from 3 to 7 p.m., and there will be a Bean Bag Tournament from 4 to 9 p.m. At dark, a movie will be shown on the field.

On Sunday, a Pancake Feed will take place from 8 a.m. to noon, and the Christy Miethe and Lindy Yuill Memorial 5K Walk/10K Run will start at 9 a.m. by the Logger Restaurant. The vendor booths will open at 10 a.m., and a church service, open to all churches, will be held at 11 a.m. Mush Ball Playoffs also begin in the field at 11 a.m. Stadium seating will be provided for the Lawnmower Races, which will start at 1 p.m.

Knappa Days 2013 is sponsored by the nonprofit Knappa Boosters Club.

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