| Greencreek
4th of July Celebration
Photos from the Greencreek 4th of July Celebration: 
The Kiddie-Car Merry-Go-Round is still popular with the kids with many of these youngsters' parents having ridden on it when they were young. 
When taking the merry-go-round photo above we noticed this youngster wearing an IH hat but riding on a John Deere tractor. 
Riding the mini-merry-go-round. 
There was live music in the morning. 
The morning bingo-caller was considerably younger than in the past few years. Marissa Baker, granddaughter of Ron and Doris Sonnen and daughter of Judy Sonnen Baker, is doing the honors here at about 10 a.m. 
John Schumacher, center, served as auctioneer with Ben Schumacher, Conrad Arnzen, Don Schumacher and Austin Sonnen helping . 
Free facepainting was provided for youngsters. 
Straight running races kicked off the Street Sports. 
A couple of photos from the watermelon eating contest. No hands allowed. 
Action from the wheelbarrow race. 
Difficulties right off the starting line in the wheelbarrow race. 
The leaders crash in the wheelbarrow race. 
Action from the 3-legged race. 
A young man catches his egg while the young lady was not too sure she wanted to catch hers. 
Leaping catches for raw eggs don’t work very well. 
Joe Kuther wound up with egg all over his hands as the egg tossed by his granddaughter Madison Shears broke. 
Jason Stubbers led the crowd in "God Bless America" prior to the Quilts of Valor presentations. |
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