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by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For Darla Donnelly, Farmington’s Dew Days festival is a tradition she’s eager to pass on to a new generation. “It was our summer fes-tival. That was what we looked forward to coming up right after school got out,” said Donnelly, who grew up in Farmington and is now chair of the June 15-18 celebration. Planning for Dew Days, led by Donnelly with a team of about 20 volunteers, has been going on for months. Organizers styled the event as a throwback to the traditions of the celebra-tion, holding many of the family-friendly events in downtown Farmington as has been done in the past. For the celebration, Oak and Third streets will be

closed from Friday at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday from Anchor Bank to the Farmington Bakery and from Subway to City Hall. Downtown businesses are sponsoring a wide vari-ety of fun events, contests and games, many that re-flect their businesses. For example, Gerster Jewelry is sponsoring a ring toss, Farmington Bakery is holding a pie-eating con-test, Fan Club Athletics is running a slap shot event, and the Olympus Health Club is featuring hula hoop and jump rope contests. A fishing tournament will be held at Prairie View Park, and model trains will be on display in the Senior Center. The Big Wheel race is Friday, June 17. Local businesses chipped in to purchase some extra

Big Wheels so that children who don’t have one of the plastic trikes with the trade-mark huge front plastic tire can participate in the race. A kiddie carnival will be held at the CVS Pharmacy in northern Farmington on June 16 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and Rambling River Park will be home to the fourth annual Flavors of Farmington. The evening event will include wine tasting, food sampling, an art show and live music. Tickets for the event can be purchased at Farming-ton Liquors until June 15. Farmington Library has scheduled a variety of teen events beginning June 14, a way to get teens involved and entertained as well. Careful planning has gone into the entire process,

Farmington Dew Days begins next weekDonnelly leading many in planning efforts

Photo by Rick Orndorf

There is always good security during the Farmington Dew Days Grand Parade as several units include local law enforcement workers. This year’s parade is being moved from its spot on Sunday to Saturday. See Dew Days, 3B

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in part to address losses in-curred two years ago when Dew Days was moved to the Dakota County Fair-grounds. To keep people enter-tained and downtown, the beer garden will be located near the entertainment stage, and instead of clos-ing in the early evening, its hours have been extended until midnight. Organizers also moved the grand parade time from Sunday afternoon to 4 p.m. on Saturday. By making that change, the parade will end at around dinner time, so fair-goers can take advantage of the wide variety of food offered by the many Dew Days food vendors. Then, visitors can head over to witness which lucky local leader has won the starring role at the Kiss the Pig event, another Dew Days tradition. Back are other popular events, including bed races, Dew Run, the Kiddie Pa-rade and sidewalk chalk

drawing contest. Sunday is Father’s Day, and families can treat dad to a steak fry in his honor, held from noon to 3 p.m. and sponsored by the Long-branch Saloon & Eatery/Gossips. The band 4 On the Floor will play from noon to 3 p.m. “There’s a lot to do,” Donnelly said. She said she hopes going back to the original Dew Days traditions will mean

the event is on the right track and stays that way for years to come. “We’re taking baby steps. This year, we’re a little big-ger than last year, and we hope to keep growing and growing,” Donnelly said. More information is available in today’s Thisweek Newspapers spe-cial section and at www.farmingtondewdays.com.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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There are loads of games people can test their skills at during the Dew Days carnival.

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Children line the Dew Days Grand Parade route to collect candy and other trinkets distributed by the many entrants to the parade. The parade always includes music, local businesses and social groups from throughout the community.

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June 15 7 p.m – Miss Farmington Pag-eant, Boeckman Middles School.

June 16 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – Family Fun Day, corner of 195th and Pilot Knob Road in the CVS parking lot. 6-9 p.m. – Flavors of Farming-ton and Raffle at Rambling River Park or Farmington Ice Arena in case of rain. 3-6 p.m. – Farmers Market in front of City Hall 3:30-4:30 p.m. – Guitar Hero for Teens, Farmington Library.

June 17 Noon-8 p.m. – Dew Days Art Fair & Business Expo, Crafters, downtown. Noon-midnight – Lions beer gardens, at old City Hall garage, 325 Oak St. Running all weekend – Pick a Duck in front of Shidor. 10 a.m. – Dakota Wild Ani-mals Open House, Farmington Library.

10 a.m. – Children’s Craft Fair, Dakota County Library. Noon-5 p.m. – Model Train Club display, Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St. Noon-1 p.m. – Chalk drawing contest, down-town in front of Janies Home Team. N o o n and running all weekend – Crazy hair, face painting and more for boys and girls at art vendor’s stand Angel 2 Diva. 1-2 p.m. – Hula Hoop and Jump Rope contest, on stage by beer gardens. 2 p.m. – Family fun event, downtown stage area. 3 p.m. – Pizza Eating Contest, on the stage downtown. 4 p.m. – Bubble Blowing Con-test, age 3 to 103 in front of Hieik-kila Studio.

5 p.m. – Kids Big Wheel Race (registration at 4:30 p.m.) Big wheels available if needed. 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Pie Eating

Contest, on stage by beer gardens.

6:30 p.m. – Bed Races, start in front of stage by old City Hall garage, run down Oak St. 7 p.m. – Car Cruise, from Boeckman Middle

School to down-town.

8 p.m.-midnight – Live music featuring

Standing Room Only band, on stage by beer gardens.

June 18 8 a.m. – Dew Run; form on line, 325 Oak St. 8 a.m. – Viewing begins for sev-enth annual Bike Auction, Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St. Auction begins at 8:40 a.m. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Masons Pancake Breakfast, 326 Oak St.

8 a.m.-5 p.m. – First annu-al Two-Cylinder Tractor Club Swap meet, Dakota County Fair-grounds. Set up from 6-8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – Rib Cookoff, in front of Farmington Independent office. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Model Train Club Viewing, Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Arts & Business Expo, downtown; vendors open. 10 a.m.-noon – Synergy Dance Studio, on stage by beer gardens. 11 a.m. – Kiddie Parade, reg-istration at 10:30 a.m. Theme: “Crazy about Cartoons.” Noon – Home Town Honoree Ceremony, stage by beer gardens. 12:30-1:30 p.m. – Nut and Bolt Toss, Pellicci’s Ace Hardware. 1-2 p.m. – Special Delivery Singers, on stage by beer gardens. 1-2 p.m. – Ring Toss, in front of Gerster Jewelry. 2 p.m. – Pizza Eating Contest, in front of stage area. 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Slapshot Con-test, in front of Fan Club on Oak Street.

2:30-3:30 p.m. – Lillians spon-sored event TBD. 4 p.m. – Grand Parade, down Third Street to First Street and down Fourth Street. 4-8 p.m. – VFW Steak Fry 6 p.m. – Beanbag Tournament - Celts. 6:30 p.m. – Kiss the Pig, stage by beer gardens. 7 p.m.-midnight – Midnight Live featuring Jay Bee and the Routines, on stage by beer gar-dens. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – Arts & Business Expo, downtown Noon-3 p.m. – Live music fea-turing 4 On the Floor, on the stage by beer gardens.

June 19 Noon-3 p.m. – Father’s Day Steak Fry, $9, Long Branch/Gos-sips.

For more on Farmington Dew Days, go online to www.farming-tondewdays.com.

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Flavors of Farmington returns for another slice The fourth annual Flavors of Farming-ton will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 16 at Rambling River Park. The event is a casual atmosphere en-hanced by an art show, silent auction, live music and the participation of local wine and beer distributors. The event is geared toward all ages as youth activities will include playground equipment and a bounce house. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Group, Blisters for Boobs, will be providing free child care.

Music will once again be provided by Clark Bledsoe, a Farmington native, who has entertained in clubs throughout the Midwest. He was a top ten finalist in K102’s Minnesota Idol. His music has been in featured films and television com-mercials. He is presently in the Twin Cities band Loose Cannon. In the case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the Farmington Ice Arena. For more information, contact Darla Donnelly at (651) 283-8891.

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The fourth annual Flavors of Farmington will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 16 at Rambling River Park.

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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

There is no reason for people to sit back and merely watch all the fun going down during Farmington Dew Days. Organizers have found ways for many to get in on the action. Following is a roundup of some of the ways peo-ple can become involved.

Bean Bag Tournament Two-person teams can sign up for the first Dew Days 2011 Bean Bag Tournament, which is being organized on June 17 and 18 by Fitzwater Contract-ing LLC and Celts Pub of Farm-ington. Sign up and optional practice is Friday night from 7 to 9 p.m. at Celts. The tournament starts after the Grand Parade on June 18 about 6 p.m. at Celts. The entry fee is $15 per team, or $20 if signing up on the day of the tournament. Prizes will be given to first-, second-, and third-place teams. Other prizes may

also be given on the day of the tournament. The first-place team will win a set of boards and bags for each player on win-ning squad. The runner-up will receive one set of boards and bags. Third place will re-

ceive their entry fee money back. People can pick up and

return entry forms at Farming-ton Dairy Queen or Celts or

find them at www.farming-tondewdays.com and email them to [email protected] or [email protected]. They can also sign up by

visiting the Fitzwater Con-tracting LLC booth at the

business expo Friday from noon to 8 p.m. or Saturday from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Amy

at (612) 919-0949 or Donnie at (651) 248-6852.

Car cruise The second annual Dew Days Cruise and Car Show will be Friday, June 17 in historic downtown Farmington.

Residents can be part of the fun

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One of the ways in which local residents particpate in Farmington Dew Days is to appear in the Grand Parade, which will move from its previous spot on Sunday to Saturday.

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This year’s cruise starts at 7 p.m. leaving from Boeck-man Middle School (the old high school), going south to Ash Street (County Road 50) where we will go east to Third, and then follow the parade route through downtown going north on Third Street to Spruce Street, head east one block to Fourth Street and head south back to County Road 50. From there the cars will go on a 15-mile country cruise. The cruise will end downtown for the car show and live music by local band S.R.O. (Standing Room Only). A $150 gift card will be awarded to the Our Family Foods Best Appearing Car. A $100 gift card will be awarded to the Our Family Foods Most Unique Car. Judging will be done af-ter the cruise and right be-fore the live music starts. For more information, call Bruce at (612) 298-0094.

Bed Race The 27th annual Dew Days Bed Race will start at 6:30 p.m. June 17 in front of the stage by old City Hall garage and run down Oak Street. For those unfamiliar with the event, the Bed Race is a fast and furious obsta-cle relay that requires teams to compete head-to-head. There are eight runners per team, per heat. Four runners push the bed from the starting line through the approximately one-fifth of a mile long ob-stacle course to the midway point where there is a chal-lenge station and four run-ners push the bed to the fin-ish line. Each team may provide up to 12 runners, four of which will serve as alter-nates should their bed race in more than one heat. Each team will provide one rider for each bed dur-ing competition. The riders are referred to as a King or Queen and must be of the opposite gender of the run-

ners, unless it is a team of both men and women. Costumes are encour-aged but must not interfere or be a safety concern for runners. The race will be either a single or double elimina-tion event depending on the amount of entries. Runners must be 16 years of age of older; those under 18 must have a parent’s consent. The entry fee is $25 and will go to CEEF. Those en-try forms submitted after June 15 will incur a $10 late fee.

Hometown Heroes People can vote for a Hometown Hero to appear in the Farmington Dew Days Parade as grand mar-shal. The nominees are Robert “Bob” Curtis, Judy Giefer, Clare Gramentz, Paulette Olson and Janie Tutewohl. To see the nominees’ ac-colades and to vote, go to the Dew Days website at www.farmingtondewdays.com.

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