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Summer's last hurrah
Published September 3, 2009
Looking for a Labor Day weekend event? Try attending Ider Mule Days Monday.
Mule Day is an annual event showcasing Sand Mountain’s rich agricultural heritage.
Activities begin at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Ider. The town is located just north of Henagar, near the intersection of Alabama 75 and 117.
Activities will include a parade of mules, horses, carriages, antique tractors and more. A horse pull, mule pull, antique tractor and car show, arts and crafts and children’s games are all scheduled throughout the day.
Admission is $1 per adult. Children under 6 are admitted free.
Ider City Councilman Billy Williams said the festival, the largest one-day event in DeKalb County, has been a staple in the community for more than 20 years.
“We had more than 16,000 people here last year,” Williams said. “It is a great family event with lots of things to see and do. We start with the parade and go all day with horse and mule pulls, arts and crafts and a car show.
“We have numerous vendors with all types of things, just about anything you would want to buy.”
Various remote-parking areas will be set up to handle the influx of visitors. A special needs parking area will be reserved next to the park where volunteers will help the elderly or handicapped get into the park. Shuttles will be utilized to bring visitors from remote parking to the park.
The Wheels of Time Cruisers will have an open car show in the park. Registration is from 8 a.m. to noon and the registration fee is $20. A GM crate motor will be given away at 1:45 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and you need not be present to win. All proceeds raised will benefit the Cruisers’ Thanksgiving and Christmas food basket and children’s Christmas toy funds.
The parade is set for 9:30 a.m. with lineup beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the corner of Stone Chapel and Alabama 75. No all terrain vehicles are allowed in the parade.
The mule and draft horse show begins at 11 a.m. with prizes given in a multitude of categories. The mule pull is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. and the draft horse pulls at 1 p.m.
Gospel singing and entertainment will be on stage at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Additional events include arts and crafts vendors, games for children, homemade ice cream and barbecue dinners.
Call the Ider City Hall at 657-4184 and talk to Barbara for more information or to reserve vendor booth space.
• An afternoon rock climb will begin at 2 p.m. today at True Adventure Sports. Cost is $34 per person. No prior climbing experience is needed. Participants will climb some of the best and most unique sandstone cliffs in the country. The trip includes instruction and all the needed gear. Meet at True Adventure Sports at 2 p.m. The climb lasts until 6 p.m. Call 997-9577 for more information. Additional rock climbs are set for Saturday and Monday at 2 p.m.
• Wild Cave Tour will begin Friday at 5 p.m. at True Adventure Sports. Cost of the 2.5-hour tour is $30 per person. Participants will explore Manitou Cave in the heart of Fort Payne on their knees, belly and in the mud through tight tunnels. The trip includes a helmet, cave lamp and an informative guide. Call 997-9577 for more information. A second cave tour is scheduled for Saturday 5 p.m.
• First Friday events in downtown Gadsden will begin at 6 p.m. Participants are urged to park at the Gadsden Convention Hall and ride the trolley to Downtown Gadsden. Trolleys will run from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Activities planned include a classic car show, “Buggies, Beetles and Buses” Volkswagens and rail buggy show; live music and entertainment by Foggy Hollow, Dixie Dance Inc., Damascus Road and the Alabama Entertainers; a puppet show by EDGE student ministries of Life Church; and numerous sales and special offers provided by downtown merchants. Various restaurants will have specials, wine and beer tastings, Cajun food and other concessions available throughout the evening.
• The Tad of Jazz Concert will be held at the Little River Canyon Center in Fort Payne Friday at 7 p.m. The program supports the Smithsonian institute Exhibit, New Harmonies: Celebrating the Roots of American Music, which is scheduled to appear at Hunt Hall in Fort Payne now through Sept. 19. Tickets are $10 for adults and children are admitted free to the concert. Call 845-3548 or 782-5697 for more information.
• The 39th annual Saint William Festival will be Saturday at Carlisle Park, on Sunset Drive in Guntersville. The event features file´ gumbo, fried fish and barbecue chicken dinners, homemade desserts, spicy Cajun-style boiled shrimp and boiled crawfish. Serving begins at 10:30 a.m. for take-out and dine-in orders at the pavilion along the lake. Drive-through facilities will open at 7:30 a.m. offering shrimp and gumbo by the quart only. All serving goes until 3:30 p.m. or until the food is sold out. Raffle tickets will be sold for $2 each. Prizes include $1,000 cash, two Iron Bowl tickets and an Apple iPod iTouch. Call 582-4245 for more information.
• The Lake Guntersville State Park will have its annual Labor Day nature walk and guided hike beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Participants are asked to meet at the gate to the closed off road at the cabins to hike the Cave, Spring and Tom Bevill trails. For more information, call 571-5445.
• Lake Guntersville State Park annual Labor Day dog show will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nature Center located inside the campground. Categories include biggest, smallest, most talented, best dressed, oldest, youngest and fluffiest. Doggie bags filled with prizes will be awarded to the winners.
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