The Warren County Fair continues with the carnival and Demo Derby starting at 7:00 pm tonight (7/20) and the Figure 8 Demo Derby Saturday (7/21) at 5:00 pm. The Alexis Village-Wide Yard Sales begin tomorrow at 7:00 am. Great deals will be sprinkled throughout town all day long. In the event of rain tomorrow (7/21), the sale will be moved to next Saturday.
The 15th Annual Coldbrook Christian Church Ice Cream Social returns Sunday, July 22nd. The yearly event which runs from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm has proceeds benefiting the Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center. The cost is $5 per person – kids 6 and under are free – and includes ice cream, pie, or cake. “Tickets at the door – there are tickets available ahead of time,” Jim Hudson said. “Also, we’ll have pork chop sandwiches and hot dogs they can buy. There’ll also be quarts for sale – a lot of people like to have some to take home with them.” “Along with pies and cakes,” added Marcee Hudson. The Hudsons are Fellowship Hosts for the Coldbrook Christian Church. Pork chops, chips and a drink are $5 and hot dogs will be $2. The church is located on Highway 164 north of Cameron.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare continues this weekend as the first outdoors performance at the Prairie Players Civic Theatre outdoor patio. Bring a lawn chair for the show tonight (7/20) and tomorrow (7/21) at 8:00 pm and Sunday (7/22) at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students.
An event that has been months in the making, “Friends For Fish” is Sunday (7/22) to honor one of the founding members of local band Eternity Road. Don “Fish” Fisher was diagnosed with cancer in December of 2016. The event has become more of a celebration of life with Don Fisher’s unfortunate passing earlier this week. Eternity Road member and Sales Manager for Galesburg Broadcasting, Chris Postin says former band mates are coming in from across the country. “He wanted us to do this thing regardless of whether he was going to be there or not,” Postin said. “So we are going to hold this celebration for his wife and his kids and for him. No cover charge. There’s food – and when the food’s out, the food’s out. We a big, giant “Eternity Road” banner – we’re going to have everybody sign that. We’re going to give it to his wife and kids. We’ve got a lot of past members (of Eternity Road) that are going to come and play and share memories. They want to do what Fish wanted to do and they wanted to play music.” “Friends for Fish” will be from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Monmouth American Legion on Sunday (7/22).
