Dateline: July 29, 2004

Tourism group plans Market Day this week

Destination Donley County and the Donley County Extension Office are sponsoring Market Day Festival in Clarendon this Friday on the courthouse square. 

There will be a watermelon-spitting contest, watermelon-eating contest, watermelon-decorating contest where watermelons can be carved or decorated.  Awards will be given for the largest vegetable and fruit in various categories such as watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumber, squash, peppers, and tomatoes.  Entries for the vegetable contest are required by 3:30 p.m. Contests are open to all ages.

All the festivities will begin at 4:00 p.m. There will be various booths with food giveaways from local restaurants, groups selling various items, arts and crafts booths, a gun display booth, an antique car show, and a vegetable cook-off.

The vegetable cook-off is open to all who want to bring a vegetable dish to be judged.  Recipes need to be 100 percent vegetables (no meats).  Please bring in throwaway containers, or after judging is done you may remove your item.  They will not be responsible for containers.  No tasting will be done except for judging.  Best dish will be awarded a blue rosette ribbon.  Please bring your recipe along with your dish.

For more information, please contact Mary Ruth Bishop at 874-2141 or Linda Gray at 874-2009.