The Bland Fall Festival Saturday hosted a car show and tractor pedal pull among other entertainments arranged by Leslie Cronin on the park board.
“I am so excited for today,” Cronin …
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The Bland Fall Festival Saturday hosted a car show and tractor pedal pull among other entertainments arranged by Leslie Cronin on the park board.
“I am so excited for today,” Cronin said at the event. “It’s been a lot of fun. A lot of work put in; and it’s the first time the community has been able to come together in a lot of years.”
As rain was expected and delivered in the afternoon, the car show winners were announced in the early afternoon. Cronin counted 20 cars that signed up for the show. Winners by categories included:
The Bike Show
People’s Choice and Best in Show: Nathan Hale
The Car Show
People’s Choice: David Czeschin
with a 1937 Chevy Coupe
Best in Show:
Mary Jo Cook with a 1967 Chevy. She got a perfect score all the way across.
First Class Stock: 1900-1959
Sue Dash with a 1956 Chevy Bel Air
Second Class in Stock: 1960-1988
Jerry Haggard with a 1962 Buick LaSabre
Third Class Stock Class 1989 - Present
Charlie K. with a 1992 Chevy Corvette
Fourth Class Street Machine 1949-1972
Mary Jo Cook with 1967 Chevy
Street Machine 1973 to present
Randy Jones 1979 Pontiac Trans Am
Street Rods
Harold with 1947 Ford Coupe
Class 8 Stock Truck
Buck Beesley with 1993 Ford F150
Class 9 Custom Truck
Mitch with a 1934 Ford pick up.
Class 10 Special Interest
Tia Bethune with a 1991 Chevy S10
Class 11 Bike Stocks
Nathan Hale with 2006 Harley-Davidson Softtail
Class 12 Custom
Mike Slusset with a 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide
Class 14 Chopper
Jaime Holzschuh with a 2008 Harley-Davidson Rocket-C
“I think it went really well and definitely want to do next year,” Conin said about the car show. “I was able to get everyone judged and out of there before the rain came.”
The tractor pedal pull was for children 4 to 12 years old, however S & S Pedal Pulling allowed 2 and 3 year-olds a chance to pull before the official pulls began. S & S is sanctioned and winners may continue to state competitions.
Winners of the Pedal Pulls by class included:
Four year-olds:
First Place: Joey Loughridge
Second Place: Roxie Dedual
Five year-olds:
First Place: Ella Homeyer
Second Place: Ruby Vonderhaar
Third Place: Beckham Farrar
Six year-olds:
First Place: Travis Cook
Second Place: Gus Vonderhaar
Third Place: Hunter Boyer
Seven year-olds:
First Place: Starling Hendrix
Second Place: Ava Prater
Eight year-olds:
First Place: Chase Nielsen
Second Place: David Trigo
Third Place: William Vannatta
Nine year-olds:
First Place: Leyton Homeyer
Second Place: Austin Markovic
Third Place: CarterMahaney
No 10 through 12 year-olds participated.
Cronin said she was happy with the overall event.
“I am just happy to finally be able to put something together for the community,” she said. “I am happy we were able to raise money for the park.”
They also raised money for the park with a silent auction. Cronin hopes the activities will create a ripple effect to jump start activities in the town.
“The fourth of July stuff was the last time we had something,” Cronin said. “I am on the park board to get things going again and have more family events.”
She was happy it was well attended.
“I thought it was a great turnout, and heard nothing but positive comments on the whole thing. I loved it and the kids loved it,” Cronin said.
She hopes that now that people know about the event, there will be even more in attendance next year.