Clay County News Serving Clay Center, Deweese, Edgar, Fairfield, Glenvil, Grafton, Harvard, Inland, Ong, Saronville, Sutton, Trumbull and Surrounding Areas Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | Published in Sutton, Nebraska
Vol 136 • No 31
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Sutton Farmers Market to host special events Saturday The Sutton Farmers Market is making final plans this week for a special celebration of National Farmers Market Week for it’s market on Saturday in Sutton’s City Park pavilion. The events, which begins at 8 a.m., will feature unique vendors, along with numerous special events during the four-hour-long market including the following vendors: • Stone Quality Produce; • The Local Harvest Pastries, Coffee and Espresso and Wild Flowers; • Glory Girl Goat Milk Soaps & Alpaca Products; • 402 Boutique a local mobile clothing boutique; • Color Street Nails by Robin Griess; • Local Beef from Fehr’s Farm to Fork; • Farm Fresh Eggs; • 810 Design Co. - Jewelry and one of a kind bracelets, earrings and accessories; • EyeKara Crafts, which includes crocheted home products, and accessories; • Thousands of Stitches by Hand Made With Love, including hand made knitted items; • Custom Wood Products by local craftsman Rick DeAngelo; and • 3k Woodworks by Sutton craftsman Keith “Kochie” Koch. Special events taking place throughout the morning will include: • The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “Buy Fresh Buy Local” will be on-site; • The Sutton Memorial Library will have vegetable related story-time and activities throughout the morning; • Free Face Painting provided by the Sutton Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon; • Thy’la Dairy Goats, Llama & Alpaca Petting Zoo will
be onsite: and • Demonstrations will be given by Tai Chi & Yoga. According to the Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nebraska, and Nebraska Extension the National Farmers Market Week is an annual celebration of farmers markets coordinated by the Farmers Market Coalition. This year’s campaign is centered around the essential role that farmers markets play in our local food systems. In 2020, Nebraska markets pivoted rapidly to ensure that markets would stay open to the public by increasing online sales, adding safety precautions into their operations, and eliminating non-essential activities like music and kids’ events. Those efforts, coupled with decreased attendance in 2020, have had a significant impact on Nebraska markets. Nationally, the pandemic strained farmers market organizations to keep markets open; 93 percent of markets reported added costs to operate while 74 percent reported decreased income. The Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska has been connecting consumers to locally grown food for 16 years. Its mission is to increase the demand for local food in the state, resulting in stable, thriving, direct-market farms, ranches and local food businesses. BFBLN accomplishes its mission through educational and promotional projects and resources and is a program of the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, and the Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Cool day greets Harvard Veteran’s Car Show
LOETTA SWANSON | CLAY COUNTY NEWS
Harvard celebrated its 16th annual Veteran’s Car Show Saturday, July 31 with many activities, including a parade. Here, members of the Harvard American Legion march down E 7th Street while residents of the Harvard Rest Haven and Harvard House Assisted Living look on.
Above, attendees of the Harvard Veteran’s Car Show admire the many vehicles sitting at the park, while at the right, Austin Malesa attempts to get a ring around a pop bottle during activities in the park Saturday afternoon.
Deweese Fall Festival less than 2 weeks away Deweese’s annual fall festival is only a couple of weeks away, Saturday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 15. The Dave Babcock Memorial Antique Tractor Pull will begin at 10 a.m.; weigh-in starts at 9 a.m. Tractors will be pulling with the Little Red Sled. For more details, contact Evan Hansen at 402-469-1695. On Sunday, events begin with the Keith Hansen Memorial Demolition Derby at 2 p.m. Check-in is 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with a pit meeting slated for 1:30 p.m. OLD SCHOOL—drivers must be 16 years or
older; wreckless promotion rules. For each heat awards are as follows: • $800 to win. • Trophies for top three. • Pay for top three. • $50 and award for Mad Dog. LIMITED WELD—drivers must be 16 years or older; wreckless promotion rules. • $2,000 to win. • Trophies to top three. • Pay for top five. • $250 and award for overall class Mad Dog. POWERWHEELS—for kids 10 and under;
start time is 1:45 p.m. • An adult MUST be present for participating children. • Helmets are required. Admission is: Kids 12 and under, $5; adults, $10; and pit admission is $20. For more details, contact Hansen at 402-4691695. At 4 p.m., J&P Catering and the Deweese Community Club will have a takeout only chicken dinner at the Deweese Community Building. Following, at 6 p.m., will be the annual turtle races on the basketball court at the park.
Plans set for Triple F Fest
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Several special events will headline the Aug. 7 Sutton Farmers Market, beginning at 8 a.m. this Saturday.
Fairfield is planning for its annual Triple F Fest on Saturday, Aug. 21. An entire day of activities begins at 8 a.m. with a volleyball tournament in the park. Also in the park, activities include: kids bouncy ball drop, 3 p.m.; bracelet making, 3:30 p.m.; ice cream floats, 3:30 p.m.; hotdog eating contest, 4: p.m.; car show and shine, 4-6 p.m.; inflatables, 4-8 p.m.; BACAN Rescue Dogs; turtle races on the basketball courts, 4:30 p.m.; Boy Scouts BBQ, 5-7 p.m.; cakewalk, 6-8 p.m.; cornhole tournament, 6 p.m.; and a beer garden and DJ on the basketball courts from 7-11 p.m. Additionally, BINGO! will be played at the city auditorium from 10 a.m.-noon, with the Fairfield Auxiliary serving lunch at the Legion from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
COURTESY PHOTO | CLAY COUNTY NEWS
Shore, Keasling receive Quilts of Valor
A special presentation was made July 29, with two Harvard residents, Gayle Shore, pictured at the far left, and Gene Keasling, far right, receiving Quilts of Valor. Both gentlemen served in Vietnam. Pictured with the two is Marsha Sukup, who presented the quilts on behalf of the Hastings Quilters Guild. Quilts of Valor are given to those touched by war, to honor and comfort them.
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