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Highlights of Canal Days 2001 The 13th annual Canal Days Festi- Canal Days.

val and Rendezvous will be Saturday At this year's festival, a roving and Sunday, June 30 .and July l, at photographer will be available to

• . C~!l~l. Park·. on North Washington capture families taking part in vari-.• *'¥'· Str~et, Delphi. ous activities: The instant photos can

Sponsor of the event is the Carroll be purchased for a small fee. County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. Saturday's activities will close with

Highlights of the festival include with a dance from 7 to 9 p.m. at the children's games, parades, launching park, with music by Baliff's Hollow, of a photography contest, music and a country folk group. There is no dance, bike tour, walks and presenta- charge for the dance. Live Irish coun­tion of a play. try music will be played from 4 to 6

Saturday afternoon will feature a p.m. Saturday and from 2 ·to 3 p.m. kids' watermelon eating contest and Sunday. Throughout both days, tug-o-war, and sack races for all ages. The games will be repeated Sunday afternoon. ·

The annual parade, in celebra­tion of Independence Day, will begin itt I 0 a.m. from Canal Park. The announcer's stand will be on

:·• East Franklin Street, across from ·· :. . . the courthouse.

~: New this ye;rr is a pet parade, on Sunday at 1 p.m. Costumed pets and owners will parade in .the park.

Those takil'\g part in the Ren-· •:; dezvous primitive encampment C: will have an in-park parade at 10 ' a.m. on the Fourth of July.

Those who take pictures at this :.: year's festival or anytime during

the next year at Canal Park may want to enter them in a contest.

,, . ··· Categories are Canal Life, Peo-.. pie, Special Events, Nature, and

. :.; Historic Structures. Photos must Gift Shop greeter

Bruce Quinn of WMRS Radio, and banjo player and fiddler BoJangles of Nashville will play their old-time tunes.

·Registration for the bike tour is from 7:30 to 10 a.m. on Sunday at the park. Volkswalk registration is from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday. Several nar­rated canal trail walks and historic downtown walks are planned on Sat­urday afternoon and Sunday morning and afternoon. •

At 3 p.m. Sunday, Delphi Public Library's Red Brick Theatre group

will present an original play, "A Visi with James Whitcomb Riley," at th< park. The library also is hosting at exhibit of Roy Trobaugh paintings which can be viewed in the Ger her/Globe Valve Room from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Food in abundance will be avail able during the festival, including tht Rotary pancake breakfast Saturda) morning in the Stone Barn; and tht canal food stand and Parrett's tender· loins and porkburgers in Canal Park

At 5 p.m. Saturday, the · cana group will serve old-fashionec bean soup and cornbread.

Other things to see both dayf are old-time craft demonstra· tions, antique tractor display Indian artifacts, park cabins and workshops, Reed Case House tours, and oxen demonstratiom and rides.

In conjunction with the festi· val, the Delphi Chamber o1 Commerce is sponsoring come munity garage sales on June 29 and 30.

There is no admission charge for the festival. Proceeds from the gift shop, canal group food sales, etc. go toward the canal corporation's efforts at preserva­tion, restoration, and recreation.

• be taken between June 30, 2001, and June I, 2002. Prizes will be.

-· ~~ awarded during next year's

Karen Bradshaw (pictured) is manager of the Cabin Crafts Gift Shop in the Bow.en Cabin at Canal Park •. lt·will be open during the Canal Days Festival Saturday and Sunday. Most gifts in' the shop are handmade.

For more information on the festival or the canal corporation, visit its website,

· www.carlnet.org/canal.

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Pet parade planned Pretty up your pet, and parade through the

park at I p.m. Sunday. All kinds of pets and their owners, both in

;7.costume, will parade through Canal Park, :'i and awards will be presented.

Contestants will gather in front of the Reed Case House at the park. Participation is free and there is no prior entry requirement.

This is a new event at Canal Days.

ailing all kids - for contests Old-fashioned fun will be on hand for

'Oungsters attending Canal Days. Events will kick-off at I :30 p.m. Saturday

ith a watennelon eating contest oP,en to all ids. At 2:30 p.m. there will be a tug-o war con:

test and at 3:30, a sack race .. The games also will be offered from 2

p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Locations for the fun and games will be announced each day.

Canal group takes part in annual parade

Everyo:ne loves a parade ... The annual . Canal Days parade. with a patriotic theme, will be Saturday, beginning at I 0 a.m. at Canal Park.

There is no entry fee and no pre registra­:tion. Units can just line up the day of the parade, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Globe

•:Valve parking lot. Categories to be judged are: Animals,

:walking Groups, Tractors, Floats, and Kids' Groups. A plaque will be given to the unit

The first JOO entries will receive dash plaques.

Awards will be given at noon Saturday at Canal Park.

The parade route will be south on Wash-ington to Monroe, west on Monroe to Mar­ket, south on Market to Franklin, east on Franklin to Indiana, north on Indiana to Clay, west on Clay to Washington and back to

Pictures to capture moments Smile! You're on Canal Camera! A roving photographer will snap pictures

of festival goers as they enjoy activities. The instant photos will be availabfo for a small fee.

This will be a chance to show others your

pet dressed for a parade, a small child sitting on a huge oxen, a bigger kid with his face buried in watermelon for the melon eating contest, or just a family shot with a scenic log cabin or canal in the background.

Jeannie Logan is pictured in front of canal Snack Shack

,p~';f~~nce';i"the park Food for all appetites There w11I be no need for anyone to go featuring homemade pies. Drinks, ice cream;

"A Visit with James Whitcomb Riley," ,, an original play, will be presented by Del­l~ ,phi Public Library's Red Brick Theatre at $.'' ~J .Canal Park on Sunday. fl . The outdoor performance will begin at 3 ~l;': ___ p.m. There is no fee _for admission. How-f ever, those attending are asked to bring :¥ lawn chairs or a blanket. %'' The play offers an overview of the

poet's life as well as readings of several of his most popular works. ·

Riley frequented Delphi as an adui\ and received inspiration for his poems along the banks of Deer Creek.

The play also will be presented June 30 at 7 p.m. in the Delphi Community High School Little Theatre.

Director is Sara Daly-Brosman.

hungry during Canal Days. and sandwiches also will be available. Delphi Rotary Club wj]] have its tradition- Parrett's of Flora will have tenderloins and

al pancake and sausage breakfast Saturday, pork burgers. Other treats will include corn before tbe parade. The meal will be served on tbe cob and lemonade shakeups. from 6 a.m. to IO a.m. in the Stone Barn, At 5 p.m. Saturday, tbe canal association across the canal from the park. will serve old-fashioned bean soup and corn

Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for chil- bread. The soup will be ladled from a cast dren under 12. iron kettle outside the canal food stand, Serv-

On.Saturday and Sunday, the sponsoring canal group will have its food stand open,

ing will continue until at least 7 p.m. or until supplies are gone.

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hotography contest is new · The 13th annual Canal Days Festival will e the start of something new. A photography contest will bb launched at is year's event Participants may enterpho­s taken at Canal Park between June 30,

. 001, and June I, 2002. Categories are Caoal ife, People, Special Events, Nature and istoric Structures. Winners will be announced and prizes

warded during Canal Days June 29-30, 002. Awards will be presented for Best of

Show and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Photos will become the property of Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc., sponsors of the contest.

A display of the photographs is planned . Complete contest mies aod entry blanks

may be picked up at the Cabin Crafts gift shop d\Jring the Festival. For further infor­mation or additional blanks call 765-564-6572.

.endezvous members conduct memorial service

endezvous to include emorial service

The 1840s Rendezvous will continue at anal Park until July 4.An in-park Fourth of

uly Parade is planned at IO a.m. Primitive campsites for the costumed par­

icipants will be west of the Reed Case ouse at the park. There will be demonstrations of pioneer

crafts and blanket traders displaying their ~oods.

Rendezvous members will conduct a memorial service for departed members at 6 p.m. Saturday in front of the Trapper's Cabin at Canal Park. The late Kenneth Red Elk will be remembered in a special c_:efemony. A Native American, Red Elk was a long-time Carroll County resident and supporter of the Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, In.c. and the Festival and Rendezvous.

Narrated walks follow trails and historic downtown

Walks reveal history, architecture Step into the past and keep walking on a

number of guided and na!Tated walks during Canal Days.

Walks Saturday will begin at I p.m. and continue on the hour- until the {inal -walk at 4 p.m. Hours for Sunday walks will be 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 2 p.m.

The first walk each day, narrated by Dan McCain, will follow the Wabash & Erie Canal from the park to the north end Founders Point. Along the way walkers will see ruins of Jimestone kilns, an i1nportant

· business in early Delphi, a canal boat tum­around and sites of docks for canal boats.

The 1874 restored Paint Creek bridge is also on this route.

Alternating with the Canal w~lks will be walking tours of North Delphi led by Charles Gerard, This area includes the old Canal District of Delphi and features a variety of 19th and early 20th century architecture. Historic sites on the tOur include .Peirce Stone Barn, Gustival Furniture factory, Bolles Warehouse and original Delphi Lutheran Church.

Walk participants will meet at the desig­nated times at the dock in Canal Park.

Bike tour on Sunday Bike riders will start early Sunday morn­

ing to take off on one of the four scenic and historic tours beginning at Canal Park.

Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 10 a.m .. Tour lengths are 22, 33, 54 and 63 miles. Riders are encouraged to a!Tive early enough so they Will be off the lj'ail by 4 p.m.

Registration for the non competitive rides

is $10. Children 12 or under ride free if accompanied by an adult.

The trips will be on lightly traveled paved roads and support services will be available. Those taking the two longer rides will receive· free admission to Adams Mi11 at Cut­ler.

For 1nore information contact Craig Lamb at 765-447-2042.

Music to keep things lively Bruce Quinn of Radio WMRS will return

to the Canal Festival with his old-time and Irish tunes throughout the day. Also on hand to provide music will be banjo player BoJan­gles who has appeared at Branson and Nashvifle.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.

to 3 p.m. Sunday, festival goers can enjoy live music featuring Irish country music.

Saturday evening will be lively' with danc­ing to the country folk music of Baliff's Hol­low. There is no charge for the dance in the Speece Shelter House at the park.

Those leading canal efforts Officers of Carroll County Wabash & Erie

Canal, Inc., Board of Directors are Dan McCain, president; Tim Kingery, vice presi­dent;. Ed Gmber, treasurer; Frances French, secretary; and Mabel Moore, co!Tcsponding secretary.

Other board members are Karen Brad­shaw, Annadell Lamb, Terry Lacy, Mark Sloan, Faye Underhill, Dan Y9der, and Mary Crary. Neda Bushman is an Honorary Life­time Board Member.

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Saturday, Juf1e 30

Rotary Pa11cake 1'reakfast, Sto11e 1'ar11 Scout flag Ral.si11g Parade .tlward.s Ceremo11y

Narrated Walks Watermelo11 fating Co11te.st Tug-0-War Sack Race Live mu.sic

.1'ea11 .soup meal Memorial Service Vance to mu.sic of 1'aliff'.s tlollow .

Suf1clay, July 1

Vaily Activttie.s -gift S6op, food 1'oot6.s, Craft 1'oot6s, Spi1111i11g,

Weaving, Quilting, Tatti11g, Case tlou.se Tours,

7:30 to 10 a.m. 7:3C1 to n a.m. 9 a.m.

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.1'ike Tour Registration Volkswalk Registration Scout flag Ral.si11g Narrated Walk.s Pet Parade Narrated Walks C61ldre11'.s"9ame.s Live Mu.sic Original Play, "Jame.s W6itcomb Riley" Raff le l7raw1119

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_ 1'1acksmit6ing, face Pa1nti11g, Oxe11, .tl11tique T ractor.s, lndia11 Artifacts, Raffle,

P6otograp6.s, WMRS Mu.sic, 1'o Ja11gle.s

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