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Ag Day 2009 - Saturday, August 22
Benefit for Rachel (Eisma) Mohning
Historical Cemetery Walk
125th Celebration
Community Church Service
Family Fun Day - Afternoon
Activities
Family Fun Day - Evening Activities
Parade (Saturday)
Saturday
Activities
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The town of Ireton was platted in
1882 and celebrated its 125th "birthday" on June 22 and
23, 2007. The weather was beautiful, the events
were fun and everyone enjoyed
greeting friends new and old.
For additional photos, click on the photo of the
appropriate event below.
If you have photos of
any of the 125th activities that you would
be willing
to share, please e-mail us at
i125@iretonia.com. In
particular, we need photos of the Jake Brake contest,
Mud Volleyball and Fireworks on Friday and the tractor
pull, waterfights and street dance on Saturday.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Community Church Service
We kicked off our celebration with a continental
breakfast and community church service in the city park:
Friday, June 22, 2007
Family Fun Day
Morning Set-up & Afternoon Activities
The weather was warm, the crowds were large and we
kicked off the celebration with a lot of fun for kids of
all ages:
Friday, June 22, 2007
Family Fun Day
Evening
Activities
The celebration
continued into the evening with a community dinner
served by area churches, musical entertainment,
presentation of the towns oldest residents and longest
married couple, celebration royalty and an auction of
125th memorabilia. There was also a beard judging
contest, mud volleyball contest and jake brake contest.
The evening was capped by a fabulous fireworks display.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Parade
The late
morning parade was the highlight of Saturday's
activities. More than 100 entries entertained and
delighted the crowd.
Saturday,
June 23, 2007
Activities
The historical
society kicked off Saturday activities with a coffee at
the historical house and Kemper school. The Ireton
125 Committee hosted a car show followed by the parade.
In the afternoon, American Legion Bertram Post 212
conducted a flag-burning ceremony. This was
followed by a tractor pull, waterfights, an open house
at the city museum and the Ireton High School alumni
banquet.
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