Events

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About 50,000 people attended the 146th Washington County Fair, which was Aug. 2-6 in Lake Elmo. The fair offered many entertaining activities including the 4-H Arts-In performance, which highlighted the talents of 4-H children who teamed up to write a show as well as complete all of the technical work in addition to delighting their audience with singing, dancing and acting.

Another great activity was the carnival classic, the Ferris wheel.

courtesy of  Richard Graner

St. Anthony’s annual VillageFest took place Aug. 4-6. One well-attended event was the Classic Car Get Together. Ken Berntsen stood next to his 1950 Willy’s Jeepster. His granddaughter Pip sat in the driver’s seat next to Toby — a little dog barely big enough to peek out of the vehicle.

Batman appeared in the Friday evening parade, perhaps traveling at the slowest speeds the Batmobile has ever gone.

The Elements provided hundreds of people some tunes on Friday evening.

Jesse Poole photos

Firefighters waved, the Ferris wheel spun and the parade marched, featuring the Zuhrah Drum Corps, during Little Canada’s annual Canadian Days festival Aug. 4-6.

Canadian Days took place Aug. 4-6 in Little Canada. Folks who attended the parade spotted a pup who blended in rather well on the back of a Frattallone’s truck as the company rolled its large construction vehicles down Little Canada Road Sunday afternoon.

courtesy of  Richard Graner

On Aug. 5, residents gathered for the 13th annual Relay for Life at Fleming Field. Sandi Powers, co-chair of the event, said team captains passed “the light of hope” to each other. They then lit the Ribbon of Hope, representing the hope that one day a cure for cancer will be found.