What started out with thoughts of a small vendor event on main street in Ellston has turned into a full day and evening of fun-filled events
at the Ellston June Jamboree June 5-6.Acitivities will begin on Friday evening, June 5 with the BBQers pulling into town for the cookoff contest. The
Ringgold County Outdoor Alliance and a DJ will provide music from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The BBQ cookers will be full of meat and the smoke will be rolling
into the morning hours of Saturday, June 6. Judging will begin at 2 p.m., and at 6 p.m. a BBQ taste testing meal will begin at the Fire Hall. For $10 a plate
you can enjoy the tastes of the BBQ along with baked beans and dessert. The BBQ contest awards will be announced at 7 p.m. on the main stage. Overall Grand
Champion will be awarded $750 along with a championship flag and apron. Reserve Champion will receive $300, an apron and a flag. Individual category awards
will also be given. Major sponsor of the event is CGI Foods of Mount Ayr. Contact Lywanda Case.
Saturday morning begins with a 5K/1 mile walk/run at Sun Valley Lake at 9 a.m.
Contact Jenifer Johnson. Registration will be at the Clubhouse starting at 8:30 a.m.
Main Street will be bustling with lots of busy people as they bring their merchandise and goods
to the Main Street Market. More than 50 vendors will be aligning main street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a "flea market" type atmosphere. Contact Stephanie Hosfield.
The wheels will be
turning as the Model A's and Corvettes make their way into the city limits to the Car Corral. The automobiles will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
east end of main street. Contact Kevin Creveling.
The colors, patterns and fabrics of quilts will be on display at the community building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an opportunity
to display any quilt, big or small, new or old. Prizes will be awarded. Contact Connie Richards or Carol Ann Weeda.
[Page 2] From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the sights and sounds from years gone by will be on display at the Pioneer
Museum, Cornwall House and Hazel Glen schoolhouse. Those pieces of history are made possible by the Ringgold County Historical Society.
Ranger Kate
Zimmerman of the Ringgold County Conservation Board will be hosting a program entitled "Prairies, Pioneers Buffalo Parts and Furs" at the Pioneer Musuem
beginning at 12 noon.
The pop-pops, sputters and chugs of the antique tractors will be filling the air when the tractors strut their stuff on display
in front of the Pioneer Museum. Bring your tractor and join the fun. Contact Spence Jones.
What's a small town community event without an ice cream social, and who better to host
that than the United Methodist Women of Ellston. They will be serving ice cream cones and build-your-own-sundaes. Join them at the Methodist Church on the
east end of main street from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Ellston Community Library will also be open for viewing. The library is located within the Methodist
Church. They will have a duck pond for the kids. "Checkout" the library and all the great resources it has to offer.
Story time at the library will
begin at 3 p.m. starring Adris Glace, formerly of Ellston, with her new children's book.
Saluting this wonderful country of ours will be the Emmett Liles American
Legion Post 541 with a 50 states flag display. The post will also be hosting a raffle with lots of amazing items to be raffled off.
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on
the main stage the Country Classic Band will be performing. The Country Classic Band is a band of local musicians bringing us sounds of country past.
Following at 4:30 p.m. the Son Dogs will be entertaining us with upbeat Christian music that is family-friendly music for all ages to enjoy.
Rounding out the
Jamboree events will be entertainment coming directly from Fort Riley, KS. Nick Rucker, a U. S. Soldier with two deployments, is also a country music song
writer. His first EP (extended play) entitled Nick Rucker Country - "Love You a Little Longer" was released in March 2015. His live shows have been
compared as having the stage presence of Luke Bryan and a lyrical ability matched with some of the best songwriters in Nashville. Nick will be performing
on the main stage from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Opening for Nick will be Mr. Stewart Ray. Stewart comes all the way from Manhattan, KS., and Nick tells us "Stewart
is kinda a big deal down there."
In the park there will be face painting, two big inflatables, along with lawnmower train rides. All these activities will
be free of charge.
Other points of interest for the day will include the Coke pop trailer, with proceeds going to Chase Henry and Tyler Jones for their
European band trip in 2016. There will be kettle corn and Bob's shaved ice available all day. The Double D Bar will be open all day and will be serving a
breakfast of biscuits and gravy from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. A lunch special from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. will consist of beef burgers, chips and beans for $5.50.
(Deb would like it noted that the bar kitchen will be closed in the evening during the BBQ meal.) Moma C's Take and Bake meals will also be open with goodies
available for purchase. They will be selling hot dogs, chips and a cookie for $5 during the noon time hours, plus breakfast items, frozen meals,
cinnamon and pecan rolls.
Ellston's newest business, The FOXY Bobcat, will also be open. The gift and accessories shop carries a variety of fun and exciting
itmes. Stop in and check it out - you won't be disappointed. Grandma Connie will have homemade pies and walking tacos as a fundraiser for her grandson
Chase's European band trip.
We can't imagine you being anywhere else but in Ellston on June 6. Bring your lawnchairs, bring your family, meet your
friends and join us for the Ellston June Jamboree.
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 11, 2015, Page 1
What started out with thoughts of a small vendor event on main street in Ellston has turned into a full day and evening of fun-filled events
at the Ellston June Jamboree June 5-6.
