HARTFORD
It’s time to break out the bed, the tractor and the Wild West spirit — all to celebrate the 18th annual Hartford Harvest Day on Saturday.
Bettina Shank, co-chair of Hartford Harvest Day, said there are a number of new events this year. The tractor barrel roll is new this year. Participants drive a tractor and roll a barrel along lines on the road. The person who can successfully push the barrel along the lines wins, Shank said.
The second new event is the Wild West Olympics. The Olympics will include a wheelbarrow race, land skiing, archery and bobbing for apples.
Other new events include the hula hoop contest and Granny Golf Cart races where participants are asked to maneuver the golf cart through obstacles.
The bed races are being resurrected this year, Shank said. The races include one person laying on the bed and four others pushing it down the street. The bed that reaches the finishes line first wins.
Other events include a talent show, a parade and a evening barbecue. Below is a complete schedule of events. Events will be by the ball diamond in Hartford unless otherwise noted.
• 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., Biscuits and Gravy, Methodist Church
• 7 a.m., Registration begins for 5k fun run/walk
• 8 a.m., 5k Fun run/walk
• 9 a.m., Food and craft booths in new community building and on Main Street.
• 10 a.m., National Anthem sung by Fred Gilligan
• 10 a.m., parade, “Wild West Harvest” grand marshals Jim and Janice George
• 10:30 to 2 p.m., Ham and Bean dinner, small community building
• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., kids games, by Car Wash
• 11 a.m., Art Mobile & Lyon County Historical Society
• 11 a.m., Tractor roll
• 11:15 a.m., Wild West Olympics
• 11:30 a.m., Little Mr. and Miss Harvest & parade winners announced
• 12 p.m., 3 on 3 basketball, park
• 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Bingo at college building
• 1 p.m., Horseshoe pitching, next to old board office
• 1:30 p.m., Kids tractor pull (ages 4-12)
• 2 p.m., Hula hoop contest
• 3 p.m., Granny Golf Cart races
• 4 p.m., Bed races, next to ball diamond
• 4:30 p.m., Talent show registration ends
• 4:30 to 7 p.m., Evening barbecue sponsored by Neosho Rapids Community Projects (funds will be used to pay for new playground equipment in Neosho Rapids)
• 5 p.m., Talent show, Main Street
• 8 p.m., Street dance by Pat Robinson
All-day events include:
• Passport to Hartford, visit local businesses
• Car, truck and motorcycle show
• Quilt show, Kansas Museum of History and 4-H exhibits at High School
• National Hunting and Fishing Day, Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge tent
• Local entertainment, local art and collectibles, Library
• Antique tractor show, south of High School
• Climbing Wall, Kansas National Guard, north of ball diamond
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