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Carnival Midway

Live Entertainment

Fireworks

Softball Tournament

5K/10K Classic Run & Walk

Oregon Masons Pork Dinner

Hot Air Balloon Rides

Community Parade

Classic & Custom Car Show

“Thrilla on the Grilla”

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A ‘storybook’ Summer Fest

Photo by Samantha Christian

This year’s theme, “Storybook,” encourages floats to draw inspira-tion from their favorite Disney tales.

Record number of

participants expected

for parade

SCOTT DE LARUELLE

Unified Newspaper Group

There’s nothing quite asenchanting as summertimein southern Wisconsin. So

it’s appropriate that “Sto-rybook” is the theme ofthis year’s Oregon SummerFest.

And the Disneyesquefloats and other vehicles inthe parade are in the run-ning for more than justshow, as they have a chanceto win four $250 prizes.

“We have some funapplications coming in,”said Oregon Area Cham-ber of Commerce executivedirector Judy Knutson.

As usual, the parade routeis south on Main Street,starting among the stagingareas at East Lincoln Street,

and finishing between StateStreet and Kiersted Lane.

Parade “captain” BrianBoehnen of Midwest RockTop said as of press time,there were around 75 par-ticipants signed up, alreadymore than last year.

“(Around 75) is usuallyabout where it hovers,”he said. “The list is still

Volleyball tournament aSummer Fest firstOrganizer hopes

event draws new

faces to Oregon

SCOTT GIRARD


The chamber board was

just bouncing ideas aroundwhen one seemed like asure hit to chamber boardvice president JJ Griese.

“(Volleyball) is right inmy wheelhouse,” Griesesaid. “I play a lot.”

So he took over the newSummer Fest volleyballtournament.

The idea is to bringmore people in from out-side Oregon who can thenfind everything there is toenjoy at Summer Fest andaround town.

“Then they can delveinto the community … andpartake in a bunch of otherthings,” Griese said.

As with any sports

tournament in its firstyear, there’s still detailsthat remain up in the airand will depend on thefinal number of teams.

“There’s going to be afew unknowns going intoit,” he said.

Although the deadline tosign up was June 20, Gri-

ese said if anyone is stillinterested after that theyare welcome to call him at225-0429 to see if he canfit them in.

“(I) might be able tosqueeze teams in,” he said.

He’s hoping for eightteams, though he’d “loveto have 16” for the fournets that will be set upbetween the carnival andDiamond No. 1. Griesesaid there will likely bebleachers for spectators aswell.

“The environment forthe tournament’s going tobe set up really well,” he

If you goWhat: Oregon Summer

Fest parade

When: 12:30 p.m.Sunday, June 28

Where: Main Street,Downtown Oregon

Info: 835-3697 or visitsummerfest.oregonwi.com

Turn to Parade /Page 15 Turn to Volleyball /Page 15

Inside

See a map of the

parade route

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This means ‘war’Tug-of-war tournament

draws clubs from

throughout Midwest

JACOB BIELANSKI


It may make an appear-ance in Japan in 2020,but for now, residents ofOregon can see competi-tion-grade tug-of-war onup close and personal allSaturday afternoon. Butit’s more than just a bunchof muscle-bound peoplegrunting along a big rope.

“You can get right up tothe sidelines,” said Oregonclub coach Shelby Richard-son. “Watch for the cama-raderie. You battle it outon the field, but afterwardsyou shake hands and you’re

still friends.”The tournaments begin at

10 a.m. with official weigh-ins, as clubs (around six areexpected) from Wisconsin,Illinois, Iowa and Minne-sota divide their membersinto teams for competi-tion in various divisions.In the mixed division, forexample, the total weightof members cannot exceed1,320 pounds.

Richardson, who alsoserves as president of theUnited States Tug-of-War

Association, said the village

is providing bleachers forspectators, though she rec-ommends they considerbringing foldable lawnchairs. The competitionswill continue throughoutthe day until around 5 p.m.Richardson said, with win-ners crowned in multiplemen’s divisions, a mixeddivision and one women’sdivision.

Though the event is asanctioned competition,teams are largely fundedout-of-pocket, she said, put-ting in their work for thelove of the game.

“Individuals are out theretraining a couple of nightsa week,” Richardson said.“All of that is self-spon-sored, so it’s always nice tohave to have a good crowdto appreciate your hardwork.”

History of tug-of-warMost might only remember it from grade school, but the sport of tug-of-war can be

traced to 4,000-year-old images in Egyptian tombs. References to tug-of-war come upthroughout history, including a carving found on India’s Sun Temple of Konark, con-structed in the 12th century.

Tug-of-war was an official part of the Olympics until it was eliminated in 1920, butit wasn’t long before national tug-of-war associations began to spring up around theworld, starting in Sweden in 1933.

The Tug-of-War International Federation was formed in 1960, and the UnitedStates Tug-of-War Association was formed in 1978, with members primarily from theupper-Midwest. USTOWA president and Oregon resident Shelby Richardson said theOlympic application for tug-of-war has been submitted once again for inclusion in the2020 games in Japan.

If you goWhat: Tug-of-war tour-

nament

Where: Kiser Park

When: 12:30-5 p.m.Saturday, June 27

Info: summerfest.oregonwi.com

Get your grill on‘Thrilla’ cookout is

June 28SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN


Hungry for barbecue?Stop by the annual “Thrillaon the Grilla” cookout from11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,June 28, while listening tomusic in the live entertain-ment tent at Kiser Park.

The meal, which will becooked by volunteers fromOregon-Brooklyn LionsClub and JL Richards,will include a choice of ahalf rack of pork ribs or ahalf chicken, potato salad,

coleslaw, baked beans and

dinner roll.The tickets are $12 the

day of the cookout or $10in advance from the OregonArea Chamber of Com-merce or JL Richards. Aportion of the proceeds willhelp offset the cost of theSummer Fest fireworks.

Entry tickets to the eventwill also serve as a raffleticket. The drawing will beheld at 4 p.m. Sunday. Theprizes are $500 for firstplace, $100 for second placeand $50 for third place.

Mark Evert, Lions Clubpresident, said he expectsabout 80 percent of themeals to be prepared atJL Richards in advance tokeep up with the rush ofpeople, but the grills willbe hot and ready on Sun-day. He estimated thatmore than 600 people ateat the event last year.

For more information,visit summerfest.oregonwi.com/thrilla-on-the-grilla-

rib-fest or call 835-3697.


A family feasts on the Thrilla food offered at Summer Fest 2014.

If you goWhat: “Thrilla on theGrilla” cookout

When: 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday, June 28

Where: Kiser Park in thelive entertainment tent



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Those looking to “ooh”and “aah” during SummerFest should stop by KiserPark for a fireworks showon Thursday, June 25.

The fireworks will beginat dusk, or around 9 p.m. Inthe event of rain, the fire-works will be rescheduledfor Friday, June 26.

Oregon Area Chamber ofCommerce executive direc-tor Judy Knutson said thatthe fireworks were rein-troduced to Summer Festlast year during the 50thanniversary. The show willonce again be provided byKrueger Pyrotechnics and

Fireworks Displays, LLC.

“(They) went over sowell, so we said ‘let’s do it(again),’” she said. “Theydid a wonderful job.”

The display will lastabout 45 minutes, includingthe grand finale. There willbe no ground fireworks;instead, all pyrotechnicswill all be up in the sky.

“Because everything is

so spread out (on the fes-tival grounds), we wantedeveryone to enjoy them,”

she said.T h e f i r e w o r k s c o s tapproximately $7,000 andare paid for by the OregonArea Chamber of Com-merce and the Oregon-Brooklyn Lions Club. TheLions Club will be holdinga “Thrilla on the Grilla”cookout fundraiser on Sun-day to help offset the costsof this year’s fireworks.The organizations hope tocontinue the fireworks tra-dition in the future, provid-ed the funds are available.

For more information,visit summerfest.oregonwi.com/fireworks.

Fireworks will light up the night June 25

If you go

What: FireworksWhen: Dusk (around 9

p.m.) Thursday, June 25

Where: Kiser Park


Lots of fun to choose fromCarnival offers a

variety of rides

SCOTT DE LARUELLE


Always a hit with peo-ple of all ages, the carni-val is back again this year,with 17 rides. But new thisyear are “pre-sale” ticketsthat will also be offered to“make the rides affordablefor our community,” saidOregon Area Chamber ofCommerce executive direc-tor Judy Knutson.

Those tickets are sellingat four for $6 (there is oneticket per ride), and will besold at Bill’s Food, BMOHarris Bank, OCB, OregonHometown Pharmacy, Ore-gon Pool and State Bank ofCross Plains, as well as thechamber office.

Thursday night is wrist-band night – for $16, peo-ple can go on the rides allnight. Knutson said therewill also be a “wristbandspecial” from noon to 11p.m. Saturday, with wrist-bands selling for $20.


Fest carnival midway

When: 5-10 p.m.,Thursday, June 25 (all-rides wristband $16);5-10 p.m., Friday, June26 (Thursday rain date);Noon to 11 p.m. Saturday,June 27 (wristband $20)and 12:30-6 p.m. Sunday,June 28

Where: Summer Festgrounds, 245 Brook St.

Info: 835-3697

Poker Run set for SaturdayDonations to benefit

anti-child abuse

efforts

JACOB BIELANSKI


Five card draw will get ataste exhaust on Saturdayduring Summer Fest.

“I think we had 25 to 30bikes – not too bad for thefirst year,” organizer DaveMastos said of last year’sevent. “We’re hoping toimprove on that somewhatthis year.”

For its second year, theSummer Fest Ride bringstogether bikers, and non-bikers alike, along five stopsthroughout the region, col-lecting cards at each stationuntil they have a full pokerhand.

Interested bikers can reg-ister the day of the event,Saturday June 27, begin-ning at 10 a.m. in the space

between the pool and theentertainment tent, accord-ing to Mastos. The recom-mended donation is $20 perperson.

The run will take off fromthe same location, withstops in Darien, Fort Atkin-son and Cambridge. Riderswill receive cards at the startand at the end, as well as at

each stop along the way, fora total of five cards. Prizes

will be awarded based onthe best hand, as well as anaward for the “worst” hand.Additional drawings will beheld.

Mastos said participantswill have the opportunity todraw new cards at the differ-ent locations for a small fee.

In addition to motorcy-cle riders, Mastos said theevent is open to anyone whowould simply like to comealong in a car or simplymeet at the various location.

“Though, they’ll be miss-ing out on a great ride,” hesaid.

The proceeds from therun will be given to thegroup Bikers Against ChildAbuse, an international non-profit with chapters through-out Wisconsin focused onstopping and preventingchild abuse through workwith state and local agen-cies. More information on

BACA can be found onlineat bacaworld.org.

If you goWhat: Summer Fest

Motorcycle Poker Run

When: Saturday, June27, with registration from10-11 a.m.

Where: Kiser Parkbetween pool and enter-tainment tent

Cost: $20 per personrecommended donation


Country fans can line up to dance ThursdayWhether it’s the “Boot

Scootin’ Boogy” or the“Achy Breaky Heart,” manyhave heard about coun-try line dancing. Thursdaynight at Oregon SummerFest, however, offers theopportunity for the commu-nity to come out and learnthe steps – or maybe justsupport a friend who is.

For the first time, Summer

Fest will hold a country linedancing night in the celebra-tion tent. For one hour, festi-valgoers can watch and learnthe steps to line dancing.

Line dancing lines updancers in rows and syn-chronizes them to steps spe-cific to an individual song.In addition to classics byBilly Ray Cyrus and Brooksand Dunn, line dancing is

also done in conjunctionwith various pop songs,such as “Gangnam Style”by Korean pop artist PSY.

Visitors can catch thefun from 7:30-8:30 p.m. onThursday, June 25 in theCelebration tent. To findout more, visit summerfest.oregonwi.com.

– Jacob Bielanski

Photo by Mark Ignatowski

Fest goers swarm the carnival during last year’s Summer Fest

Photo by Mark Ignatowski

A family peers up into the sky to watch the fireworks display last year.


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Run/walk returns Saturday morningThe annual Summer Fest

run/walk will once againoffer a chance for a wake-up workout Saturday morn-ing.

The morning’s optionsinclude 5K and 10K runsand a walk. All will beginat 9 a.m.

The top male and female

and youth boy and girl run-ners will receive trophies.

Race day registration is$35 and begins at 7 a.m.in the Oregon Pool parkinglo t . You can reg i s t e rbefore race day online atsummerfest.oregonwi.com.

If you’re already pre-reg-istered, shirt and bib pick

up is available Thursday,June 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.,Friday, June 26, from 4 to 7p.m. and Saturday morning.

For more information onthe run, visit summerfest.oregonwi.com.

– Scott Girard

The routes

Whether trying to avoid thetraffic from road closures, find-

ing the best spot to cheer onloved ones, or prepare for arace, it’s good to know whatlies on the road ahead. All racesbegin at the Oregon public pool.The 2-mile walk does a tourup Market Street to LincolnStreet and down Lincoln Streetto Perry Parkway on the wayback to the pool, while the10-K path takes runners all theway out and through LernerConservation Park.

Maps by Jacob Bielanski

Softball tournament an area hit

Market adds new twist to festival

Team numbers down,

still among largest in

the area

JACOB BIELANSKI


There will be about 15softball teams vying forsix cash prizes throughoutthe weekend at the softballfields in front of the beertents.

According to organizerRobert Klein, the tourna-ment is still one of the big-gest around, a fact that hecredits to the club’s push tokeep the Summer Fest teamlimited to only locals. Kleinsaid that tournaments thatopen up to a wider audienceoften attract semi-profes-sional teams that discouragecommunity involvement.

“The umpires love ourtournament because it’s big,it’s fun,” Klein said.

Even those who don’tplay can easily followalong. One of last year’stop winners, Thysse Print-ing, is developing three“really nice” bracket standsthat will show everyone’s

current standing within thetournament, Klein told theObserver. These will be dis-played outside the dugoutsand near the bathrooms.

Along with Thysse, theChamber of Commerce isthe biggest sponsor of thetournament, providing beer

tent wrist bands to partici-pating teams.

The 15 teams as of June19 is approximately threefewer than last year, a factthe Klein believes is a goodthing, since it eliminates aThursday tournament.

“The fireworks are onThursday, so we don’t wantto schedule too many days,”Klein said.

Klein warned that theHomerun Derby would like-ly not happen, citing poten-tial weather and growingsafety concerns.

If you goWhat: Softball tourna-

ment

When: Friday beginningat 6:30 p.m.; Saturdayfrom 11 a.m. until about10:30 p.m.; and Sunday

from 11 a.m. until victoryWhere: Softball dia-

monds near beer tent

Info: oregonadultsoftball.com

Starting early, around

20 local vendors will

be on hand

SCOTT DE LARUELLE


Among the many familiarscenes at this year’s SummerFest will be a new one - amarket for Oregon area ven-dors to display and sell theirwares.

From 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.on Saturday, around 20

local exhibitors will be in

the celebration (also thebeer) tent, and Oregon Area

Chamber of Commerce

executive director JudyKnutson said there will be agood variety of crafts, jewel-ry, produce and other items.

“We created this to givethe runners, volleyball, soft-ball and tug of war partici-pants and spectators some-thing to do while waiting fortheir event,” she said. “Wethought there was a need,because (they) come early toregister and this gives themsomething to do during thattime.

“We invite the community

to come and buy a treasure.”


Fest market

When: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, June 27

Where: Celebration(beer) tent, Summer Festgrounds, 245 Brook St.

Info: 835-3697 or visitsummerfest.oregon.wi

Balloon rides take flight Friday Oregon Summer Fest

will once again offer teth-ered hot air balloon ridesstarting at the fest grounds.

The rides ask for a mini-mum $20 “donation” foreach journey, which lastfrom three to five minutes.Last year, the hot air bal-loon rides raised approxi-mately $1,500 towards the

construction of the now-restored pump house.

The rides will only beavailable if weather allows.Due to insurance require-ments, children youngerthan 10 years old will notbe allowed to board.

– Jacob Bielanski

If you goWhat: Tethered hot air

balloon ride

Where: Kiser Park

When: 7-9 p.m. Friday,June 26



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BILL LIVICK


You can’t hold a com-munity summer festivalwithout music. And there’s

plenty of it coming to thisyear’s Oregon SummerFest.

The line up includes twolocal bands on Thursday– Distant Cuzins and Uni-versal Sound – as well asheadlining acts on Fridayand Saturday, with CherryPie and 5th Gear, respec-tively. There’s also musicon Sunday, when Bill Boss-ingham and Back 40 makean appearance.

A little bit countryModern country music is

in store Saturday, when 5thGear makes its first appear-

ance on the Summer Feststage.The five-piece band was

voted Best Country Bandby readers in MadisonMagazine’s 2015 Best ofMadison awards competi-tion.

The band was establishedin 2012 and features tight,three-part harmony singing,led by singer Tim Daniels.It also has an outstandinglead guitarist in MichaelVett.

The two auditioned andwere offered spots in theband when keyboardist,backing vocalist and man-ager Terry Grinde was

forming the band threeyears ago. He said the band

is similar to Rascal Flatts inits vocal arrangements.

“When we sing as athree-part harmony, peoplesit up and take notice,”Grinde said in an interview.“It’s what propels us.

“Our signature is the leadand harmony singing,” headded. “We hang our hat onthat.”

In fact, the band performsa cover of Flatts’ hit, “Lifeis a Highway.”

“We’ve got the samethree-part harmonies, andI think we do a good rep-resentation,” Grinde said.“We bend most songs our

way so it’s 5th Gear music

when we’re done with it.”The band performs cov-

ers of popular countrymusic hits from other starsas well, including such art-ists as Keith Urban, JasonAldean, Chris Young andFlorida Georgia Line.

5th Gear also performsat least one “classic coun-try” song per show, Grindesaid, such as one of JohnnyCash’s big hits.

“We do it at about twicethe tempo that it shouldbe,” he said. “We just rockthrough it and it’s a hoot.”

Joining Grinde, Danielsand Vett are bass playerand back-up singer BruceTowle and drummer Jim

Aaron.

“Everybody in the bandhas experience with a top-

notch act of some kind,”Grinde said.

The band prides itself onits live performances. It’salso planning to travel toNashville to record its firstalbum within the year.

Grinde said a highlightfor the band was openingfor Toby Keith in 2013.

“That was a kick,” hesaid. “We had like 4,000 to5,000 people watching us.”

A little bit rock ‘n’ rollOregon’s Distant Cuz-

ins is comprised of fourOregon High School sopho-mores and has been playing

together for four years.The band has competedin and made it to the finalsof the statewide Launchpadcompetition this year andlast.

The band finished in sec-ond place out of 13 bandsthis year, earning the groupa spot opening for Kansasat Milwaukee Summerfest.

The band – Sam Miess,Ben Lokuta, Nic Tiermanand Nate Krause – was alsoawarded eight hours of stu-dio time from Blast HouseStudios in Madison andhopes to record a CD thisyear.

The band is also sched-

uled to appear at the Sum-mer Fest carnival midwayat 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Distant Cuzins performswhat Lokuta describes as“progressive punk” music.They do mostly cover ver-sions of well-known songsbut also have a handful oforiginals in their repertoire.

“It’s like if you tookpeople whose roots werein progressive rock andhad them play in more of apunk style,” he explained.“That’s kind of what we

are.”The band is noted for itshigh-energy stage perfor-mance, Miess said.

“We play with a lotof passion,” he told theObs e rve r . “We movearound a ton, and it’s a real-ly fun atmosphere. Also,Nic is an incredible singer.He can sing anything.”

A blast from the pastTwo bands will play

that offer the sweet soundsmany fans have adored overthe years.

Universal Sound wasoriginally formed in 1971

and performs covers ofan amazing number of itssongs, including Neil Dia-mond’s classic “SweetCaroline” and the Eagles’“Take it to the Limit.” Eachmember of the group sings.The band consists of leadguitarist Randy Glodowski,bassist Dan Sutter, drum-mer Alan Maslowski andkeyboard player Scott Nab-holtz, who has been in Uni-versal Sound since 1976.

If 1980s rock is yourthing, Cherry Pie is bring-ing it to a festival near you.

The award-winning band,with its big hair and lightshow, is scheduled to return

to Summer Fest Friday at8:30 p.m.

The high-energy bandformed in 2000 and featuresDave Zettle on guitar, JohnSwenson on lead vocals,Case Villand on bass andvocals, Frank Babeck ondrums, and Josh Beckeron keyboards, guitar andvocals.

Becker says the bandlikes to “ignite things” onstage.

“Frank, the drummer, isa real showman – alwaystwirling his sticks anddrawing attention to him-self,” Becker said. “John’s

s ing ing i s e s pec ia l lyimpressive, because what-ever you think about thevocal stylings of Journey’sSteve Perry or MotleyCrew’s Vince Neal, thosehyper tenors are not easy toimitate. He’s a great front-man, too.”

Becker described theband’s s hows a s pa r t

machismo and part kitsch.He admitted that what theband does is “sort of silly”on one level, but it per-forms with a high level ofmusicianship and commit-

ment.He said the band takes itscraft seriously and has pridein its music, “but we try notto take the whole thing tooseriously.”

“We’re paying tributebut also sort of mocking allat the same time,” Beckersaid. “We are good at whatwe do, but we don’t wantto be taken too seriously. Ithink that’s the antithesis ofwhat the ‘90s were about.

“I’ve always felt that thebands of the ‘90s, like Nir-vana and others, took them-selves seriously withouttaking their craft seriously,”he adds. “We’re like theother way around.”

Some of the band’s favor-ite artists to cover includeBon Jovi, Beck, Rush, VanHalen, Slayer, Stevie RayVaughn and Alice Cooper.

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5th Gear, a country-styled band set to perform Saturday night at Oregon Summer Fest, includes, fromleft, Terry Grinde on keyboards, Bruce Towle on bass guitar, Tim Daniels on vocals, Jim Aron ondrums and Michael Vett on guitar.

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Where: Beer tent

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Where: Carnival midway

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Cherry PieWhen: 8:30 p.m. Friday,

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Where: Beer tent

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Where: Beer tent

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growing. (The parade) cre-ates memories for familiesto get out and see.”

When it comes to mem-ories, many people aroundOregon through the yearshave gotten to know “Mar-velous” Marv Severson,and if you haven’t, youwill at the parade, as he’sthe official 2015 GrandMarshall, chosen becauseof his contributions toOregon, said Knutson. AWorld War II Navy vet-eran, Severson, 94, servedon the Oregon VillageBoard from 1983 to 2005,and still gets the agendas,said his friend Janie Wille.

“He is still very inter-ested in the community,”

s h e s a i d .“He lovesth i s com-munity.”Wille saidS e v e r -s o n g o th i s n i c k -n a m e b y

his answerw h e n e v e r

people ask him how he’sdoing.

“His response will be,‘Marvelous Marv,’” shesaid. “If you see him onthe street or in the localstores, he just loves tomeet people; he loves tomake you smile or laugh.He’s always got a smile onhis face.”

“He always has a posi-tive attitude,” Knutson

added.An Oregon res ident

s ince 1960, Seversonserved for many years inthe Navy, including ser-vice in the Pacific Oceanon a destroyer and “sev-eral other ships” duringWorld War II, he told the

Observer Wednesday. Hewas later employed by theUniversity of Wisconsin.

When asked how he feltto be named grand mar-shal of a parade that’s beengoing on in the communityfor around 50 years, he putit simply.

“I don’t know; I’venever been a grand mar-shal, I don’t know how toact,” Severson said. “Well,we’ll give ‘em hell.”

Parade: Grand marshal a resident since 1960

Severson

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said.Having a tournament

surrounded by a carnivaland other activities is a bigbenefit, he said, becausethe families of participantsdon’t have to travel to

Oregon just to sit and watchvolleyball all day.

“There’s plenty of dis-tractions,” Griese said.

There will be cash prizesfor the first-, second- andthird-place teams, thoughthe exact amount wil ldepend on the number ofteams.

Round-robin games willbegin at 9 a.m. and a sin-gle-elimination tournamentwill begin around noon or 1p.m., Griese said.

“Come down and checkit out,” he encouraged.“There’ll be a lot of stuffgoing on that day.”

Car show brings new twist for attendees


Calling all car loversThis year, attendees to the Oregon Summer Fest car show on June 28 will be able to vote on theirfavorite vehicles in a number of categories.

Votingcategories

Best Original

• 1930s and prior

• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

Best 1990s – present

Best Custom

• 1930s-40s and prior

• 1950s-60s

• 1970s-80s

Best Motorcycle

Most Interesting

Most Creative

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If you stop by the carshow Sunday morning, besure to bring a critical eye.

This year’s Classic andCustom Car Show, whichruns from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sunday, offers a chance forattendees to vote for thewinners of the three cat-

egories the Oregon AreaChamber of Commerceawards prizes for.

“If I think it’s pretty Ican vote for it,” chamber

executive director JudyKnutson said of the change.

Two of the 13 catego-ries, “most interesting” and

“most creative,” are alsonew to the prizes this year.

“We do get some carsin there that we can’t fitinto a category,” Knutsonexplained. “Some peoplelike to put in fun upholsteryor stuff like that.”

Many of the cars will alsobe in the parade, Knutsonsaid, carrying village offi-cials or other people being

recognized.The show will once again

span Park Street, withKnutson anticipating morethan 100 cars on display.

If you goWhat: Classic and

Custom Car Show

When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sunday, June 28

Where: Park Street



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