5/17-19 Equals a Busy Weekend

Warmer weather means that there are more outside activities being held.  Early this week they were predicting a nice weekend, now they're talking about rain and more rain.  Let’s hope the weather people are wrong about the rain as this weekend things kick off tonight, followed by a jam-packed Saturday, and a relatively calm Sunday. 

FRIDAY, May 17th

7pm ET / 6pm CT = Friday Night Under the Lights Rock N Roll Concert featuring Seldom Told @ Kersting’s Cycle Center - Bring your chairs and canopies for a Rock & Roll tailgate! 

SATURDAY, May 18th

• FREE FISHING DAY = Indiana residents do not need a fishing license or a trout/salmon stamp to fish the state's public waters on Free Fishing Days. On all other days, only youth (age 17 and younger) and a few other special anglers are exempt from the license requirement.

• 9am-1pm = Bicycle Safety Course and Build A Bike Workshop @ NJ Police Department - Summer is right around the corner! We want our kids safe riding bikes. This course will give them safety instruction.  If your bike is broken our Department will help you fix it. If you need a bike, some will be available.

• 10am-2pm ET / 9am-1pm CT = Starke-Pulaski Master Gardeners Plant Sale @ Pulaski County Highway Garage - Annuals, perennials, shrubs and plants from our gardens.  Numerous vendors added this year featuring all sorts of home, craft and garden items. Free advice & design ideas.  Demonstrations.  Lunch sponsored by Paw Prints 4-H Club.

• 10am-2pm = Port-A-Pit for Hope Restored Recovery Home @ Bailey’s Discount - We will be a fundraiser at to raise money for the Recovery Home! Pre-sale pickup by 1:00pm  Prices:  Half Chicken $8.00 / Pit-tatoes individually $3.50 / Combo Half Chicken & Pit-tatoes $11.00

• 11am = Mint Darling’s Pageant @ NJ-SP High School Auditorium (followed by)
• 1pm = Mint Queen/King Pageant @ NJ-SP High School Auditorium – See who the judges choose as royalty for this year’s Mint Festival. 

SUNDAY, May 19th

• 1pm = 1st Annual Paul Hale Memorial Turkey Shoot @ Bass Lake Lion’s Building  

• 1:30pm = Color Me Green Fun Run/Walk @ Starke Co. 4-H Fairgrounds - Open to anyone who wants to have fun, get healthy.  All proceeds will benefit Kids’s Closet in North Judson.  Registration begins at 1:30pm CDT  Walk/Run begins at 2pm CDT   Registration fee = $5 / Under 6 = Free  Participant Waiver required.  Under age 18 will Parent/Guardian signature.  Forms available that day or can be printed at https://extension.purdue.edu/starke/article/24491