Manson Greater Crater Days
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-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
Carter Peterson, left, 7, and Tyler Peterson, 10, take off their hats and stand as the colors go by at the start of the Manson Greater Crater Days parade.
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Cora Hulegaard, 4, brings back some of her candy during the Manson Greater Crater Days parade Saturday morning.
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Ella Oswald, left, 6, Hensley Hulegaard, 2, and Cora Hulegaard, 4, wave as the parade passes by.
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2017 Miss Calhoun County Liz Stange, right, and Li'l Miss Calhoun County Sophia Wuebker wave to the audience during the 2018 Manson Greater Crater Days parade.
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Jordan Zehr, 7, left, and Alex Zehr, 2, pick up candy as the Manson Crater 4-H float goes by covered in colorful balloons.
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The newest engine in the fleet, a snorkel truck owned together by the Manson and Rockwell City fire departments, blocks the end of the street from traffic while the Manson Greater Crater Days parade files through the downtown.
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Jada Junkman, 3, tries to get her ball to go in at the Manson Fire Department’s entry into Greater Crater Days mini golf, while her brother Dawson Amspoker waits his turn. Businesses and groups from Manson provided the themed mini golf holes for the event.
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Manson Greater Crater Days features a mini-golf course Saturday afternoon, underneath the flag hung from Manson/Rockwell City’s newest fire truck, in this image made from multiple photos. Kids’ games and food stands were also going Saturday afternoon, along with a kids’ beauty pageant, a lawnmower ride, a softball tournament and a spelling bee.
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Jenny Hock, left, helps Nora Hokinson, 4, with a crown to go along with her fire department dress before the America’s Gorgeous Stars Girls’ Pageant at Greater Crater Days Saturday. Hokinson couldn’t compete since her mom, Janna Hokinson, organized the contest, so Nora got to be the co-director.
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Tim Shea, with the Manson Lions Club, attaches a free light to one of the bikes that came in to participate in the Manson Greater Crater Days bicycle rodeo.
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Manson Police Chief Gerry Frick explains the rules for this part of the bicycle rodeo Saturday. Frick designed the event to get the kids out having fun, and to let them meet law enforcement—and also to address safety concerns he's seen with kids riding to school throughout the year.
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Kids ride back to the high school as part of the bicycle rodeo during Manson Greater Crater days, designed to help kids learn bike safety.
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Manson Police Chief Gerry Frick walks with Easton Eichelberger, 3, to show him how to complete this task in the bicycle rodeo at Manson Greater Crater Days.
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Dalton Waychoff, 11, sets the fastest time in his group (18 seconds) for weaving around the cones during the Bicycle Rodeo at Manson Greater Crater days. The new event was designed to help kids learn about bike safety.
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Hunter Hammen, 6, races past the mock 'railroad crossing' during the bicycle rodeo at Manson Greater Crater Days. Kids went by the crossing sign with working lights, a stop light, a yield sign, and other signs set up at the Manson high school to learn bike safety.