Laurel Ag Days to be celebrated

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The Laurel Chamber Community Club is inviting everyone to the annual Laurel Ag Days to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 16, 17 and 18.

Activities get underway on Friday at 6 p.m. with a Pool Party at the Laurel Pool. 

Admission is free and will included a ping pong ball float. Prizes will be given away.

A family movie will be shown at the Laurel Softball Field beginning at 9:30 p.m. Attendees will be able to view "The Sandlot."

Live music will be featured in the street from 8 p.m. to midnight with music provided by the Prairie Thunder Band.

Saturday's event kick off with coffee and rolls at the Laurel Senior Center from 8 a.m. to noon. 

Registration for the Barnyard Day begins at 8 a.m. at the shelter house at the city park with the 5K/1 mile Fun Run/Walk set to start at 8:30 a.m. The run is being hosted by the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Cross Country Team.

A bake sale will be held at Hillcrest Care Center from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

The Ag Days Parade starts at Hillcrest Care Center at 10:30 a.m. and proceeds north to Main Street.

Afternoon activities will be at the park and include a tractor show, Kiddie Tractor Pull, Lions Club Dunk Tank, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge FFA Cow Patty Bingo and a Cornhole Tournament.

Also scheduled for Saturday is a Tractor Drive beginning at 1:30 p.m.

A Co-Ed Slowpitch Softball Tournament starts at noon and runs throughout the afternoon.

The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Alumni Association Banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Laurel VFW.

This year's Ag Days celebration comes to an end on Sunday, June 18 wtih a Father's Day Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Laurel Vets Club.

A Father's Day Golf Tournament will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cedar View Golf Course and a Father's Day Coffee/Open House from 3 to 4 p.m. at Hillcrest Care Center completes this year's festivities.

For more information contact Craig Gutz at (402) 360-3954 or Annie McCorkindale at (402) 841-7201.