Backyard Adventures

The Wheatland Lions Club will hold their Fifth Annual Wheatfest beginning at 4 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 12, and running through Sunday, July 14. The event includes a car show, 5K run, parade and more fun activities for the entire family! The new park in Wheatland will be dedicated after the parade on Sunday. July 14-20 Dubois County 4-H Fair Bretzville, Dubois County Takes place at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Features food, livestock and entertainment. July 14-20 Pike County 4-H Fair Petersburg, Pike County Hornady Park/Pike County 4-H Fairgrounds. Annual event will again feature the Lone Star Rodeo on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20. July 18 Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy Evansville. Singing contests, pageants, animal shows and tractors fill the fairgrounds. Admission is charged. Vincennes, Knox County Vincennes University campus. The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting for the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy will be at 5:30 p.m. This date was chosen on what would have been Red's 100th Birthday! July 22-27 July 19 "Wreck It Ralph" — Fresh Air Flick July 27 Vincennes, Knox County On Friday, July 19, the movie, "Wreck It Ralph," will be shown at dusk on Patrick Henry Drive of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. The movie is being shown courtesy of New Wave Communications. Ferdinand, Dubois County Takes place in the Ferdinand Community Center. July 22-27 Vanderburgh County 4-H Fair Evansville, Vanderburgh County 201 E. Boonville-New Harmony Road, The annual Gibson County Fair always features a whole week of family fun. This year, that translates into seven days of fair fun and plenty of rides, cotton candy, farm animals, all kinds of exhibits and plenty of nightly Grandstand action. The annual week of hot fun kicks off Sunday, July 7, and runs through Saturday, July 13, at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds are located along North Embree Street on the north side of Princeton, near Princeton Community High School. With more than 60 acres of space, the fairgrounds feature numerous merchant and exhibit buildings, several stages, a large Pavilion, the Grandstands and ample amounts of parking—all within minutes of U.S. 41 and downtown Princeton. Highlights include: truck pulls, motocross, Dustin Lynch in concert, mud volleyball, and, of AUGUST 2013 Knox County Fair Bicknell, Knox County Annual event takes place at the fairgrounds just outside of Bicknell. Ferdinand Firemen's Festival July 27-Aug. 2 Lawrence County Junior & 4-H Fair Sumner, Lawrence County, Ill. Lawrence County Fairgrounds. Annual fair. July 28-Sept. 6 Tri-State Art Guild's "Transportation Show" Angel Mounds, 8215 Pollack Ave. Sponsored by Tri-State Art Guild and the Friends of Angel Mounds. Aug. 1-3 Owensville Watermelon Festival Owensville, Gibson County Downtown Owensville. Tons of rides, fair food and events. There's even a Little Miss, Little Mister, Junior Miss and Miss Watermelon Queen pageant. Free admission. Contact Vanessa Riggs at 812-664-2069 for more information. Aug. 1-3 Sidewalk Sales Vincennes, Knox County course, great food and rides every night. Friday, July 12, is the fair's biggest event, the Toyota concert featuring country singer, Dustin Lynch, singer of the #2 single "Cowboys and Angels." Admission to the grounds is $5 daily, and all grandstand events are free. A full list can be found online at www.gibsoncountyfair.com Gibson County 4-H Fairgoers are also encouraged to tour the 4-H Building and check out the work completed by the county's youth, who are students in grades 3 through 12. The Gibson County Fair Board provides the facilities at the fairgrounds so 4-H members can showcase their exhibits. The Pavilion serves as the livestock exhibit hall and show arena for everything from rabbits to sheep to goats to horses during the fair. July 7-13 GIBSON COUNTY FAIR PIKE COUNTY FAIR July 14-20 The 2013 Pike County 4-H Fair activities will start Sunday July 14 and run through Saturday, July 20. It will again feature the Lone Star Rodeo on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20. This year the rodeo will be during the fair. Last year, it was on the weekend before the fair. The Lone Star Rodeo will have independent shows beginning at 8 p.m. EDT on both Friday and Saturday night, in the amphitheater. Each night, the Rodeo will feature bull-riding, cowgirl's barrel races, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling, cowgirl's break away, calf roping and bareback riding. There are several other changes in this year's lineup. The Little Miss and Mister and Junior Miss pageants will be on Sunday night. Also, the Miss Pike County pageant has been moved to Monday night. Tuesday night will feature hog wrestling, and Wednesday the demolition derby. BACKYARD ADVENTURES 2013 Pike Publishing 11

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