Dateline: April 22, 2004

Turkey Strut Festival activities in place

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Activities are coming together for a weekend of family fun for the fourth annual Donley County Turkey Strut Festival this Saturday.

A Pet Show will start the morning at 10:30 on the parking lot east of the Post Office. Organizers are also making plans for a prize walk, a ring toss, a Frisbee throw, and a kite-flying contest. Numerous other events will also be held up and down Kearney Street, making for a full day of fun.

Two volleyball teams have been put together, and more teams are encouraged to form and register at the Burton Memorial Library at 10 a.m.  Volleyball games will be held near the parking lot east of the Post Office.

Voting for the right to be the fourth King Turkey will continue until 4 p.m., and the top five candidates will be dressed up and paraded around the festival.

Youth prizes for the Turkey Strut will be awarded at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce office.

The king candidates will have a mattress race following the awards presentation, and the new Turkey King will be crowned between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Judy Burlin at 874-2421.