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SILVER LAKE – Silver Lake Days will return this year on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, the car show, sponsored by Parkan Company, is from 2 to 8 p.m. There will also be music by DJ Ricky from 3 to 8 p.m. and a scavenger hunt from 6 to 7 p.m. For the scavenger hunt, people have to be 18 or older to participate and there are two-person teams. A prize will be given to the first-place team. The hunt begins at Our Hometown Station.
On Saturday, there will be a parade starting at 11 a.m. at Ind. 14 and Walnut Street. The lineup begins at the Home Designs lot.
The tractor show, sponsored by the Silver Lake Agri-Center, will be from noon to 1 p.m., with awards given out at 1:30 p.m. on Ind. 14. The motorcycle show, sponsored by Maverick Motorcycle Inc., will be in downtown Silver Lake on Ind. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. with awards given out at 1:30 p.m.
Also on Saturday, the cutie king and queen award is given out at 1 p.m. in downtown Silver Lake on Ind. 14. Contestant need to be aged 3 to 7. The grand prize is a bicycle for the king and queen. A second-place prize will be awarded to a boy and girl. The children will be placed in the parade with a parent in the cutie king and queen category. The final judging will be at the judge’s table at 1 p.m. The parade theme is “2nd trip around the Sun.”
The Fire Department Tenderloin Fry will be on Sycamore Street Saturday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. or until sold out.
A cornhole tournament, sponsored by Jamie’s Silver Inn, will be in downtown Silver Lake Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
A tug-of-war will be at Rambler Park at 2 p.m. Participants have to be 18 and older with teams of six. There is a $10-per-team entry fee. Four or more teams must sign up. Refunds will be given if there are not enough teams. First prize is $150 and second prize is $75.
There will be live music at Rambler Park from 6 to 9 p.m. City Lights Band will perform. The event is sponsored by RTC Communications.
On Saturday at Rambler Park, there will Gator Gulp from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Zorb Ball Track and Animal Kingdom from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. At Our Hometown Station, there will children’s train rides at 10 a.m.
All-day events Friday and Saturday will be food and craft vendors and townwide garage sales.
Sponsors for Silver Lake Days are RTC, Lake Township, Shankster Bros, town of Silver Lake, Kerlin Bus, Metzger Trucking, Lake City Bank, Silver Inn, Splendor Boat, Maverick, Par-Kan, Our Hometown Station, Bauer Services, Silver Lake Ag Center and Homegoods.
