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SPECIAL - Toledo, Iowa - July 2, 2010 The stage is set. The preparations are made. There is a festival coming to Toledo. Friday July 9, 2010, on the Tama County Courthouse lawn, in downtown Toledo, the Toledo Stoplight Festival will unfold in conjunction with the Toledo Farmers Market and the annual Tama Toledo Chamber of Commerce Barbecue Cook-off. When the Farmers Market whistle blows at 5:00 PM, the festivities will begin, and continue until 8:00. By that time the barbecue artists will be ready for you to sample their creations. Besides the samples, you will be given a ballot to vote for the best fare. A cook-off plate will cost you $2.00 and will be reserved for the first 200 guests. At 5:15, Tama County Cattlemen's Association and other vendors will be ready to serve. Four Happy Chaps, a local band will take the stage for an hour of rousing music. The Toledo Fire Department will host a kid's water fight north of the Square. Many other kid's activities will begin at this time, including a bounce castle, face painting and washable tattoos. At 5:30 Toledo Christian ATA will provide the guests with a Tae Kwon Do demonstration. At 6:00 the Sandhill Kid's Nickel Scramble will begin. At 6:15 The Chamber of Commerce will have a tribute. At 6:30, until festival close at 8:00, Mr. Babor's Neighbors, a popular band from Des Moines will take the stage. At 7:00 the Barbecue Cook-off winner will be announced. Commemorative tee-shirts sporting the professionally created festival logo will be available at the festival for $10.00. Organizers are billing the festival as a night of fun on the Square, for the entire family. Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs or blankets and settle in for an enjoyable evening. Guests may bring their own food and refreshments, or buy from the various vendors who will be set-up around the Square. The Toledo Stoplight has been a fixture in Downtown Toledo since October of 1949. Similar to many city center stoplights of that era, the Toledo Stoplight has been the source of controversy over the years. There are those who would remove it in the name of progress, and those who wish to maintain the stoplight for posterity. The Stoplight has been upgraded over the years, and currently has high tech, multi-element LED indicators skillfully hidden in the vintage fixture. The pole, mechanism and lights sit high on a concrete pedestal which was recently re-poured and painted. Mark your calendars, pack your blanket. You are in for a wonderful night of entertainment in Toledo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
