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Articles with the Tag: Good Old Days

Good Old Days starts Friday Good Old Days starts Friday

ST. IGNATIUS – The 35th Annual Good Old Days three-day celebration starts on Friday, July 21, and wraps up on Sunday, July 23, at different locations in town.   Friday, July 21 10 a.m. Little Mr. and Miss Good Old Days Pageant at the St. Ignatius Elementary School  4 p.m. Dessert ...

Inspiring memories Inspiring memories

Tim Orr rolled down Main Street on an antique tractor during the Good Old Days parade on Saturday. More than a dozen shiny red or green tractors followed the parade route, although some showed a little more wear. “People put a lot of hours on these old tractors,” Orr said after the parade. ...

Old fashioned fun starts soon Old fashioned fun starts soon

ST. IGNATIUS – The 34th Good Old Days Celebration weekend starts Friday. “It’s a fun way for everyone to get together and have fun,” said Janis Heffern, coordinator. The annual event is put on by the St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce.“We do this as a way to give back to the...

Beading project raffle to help Neighborhood Watch Beading project raffle to help Neighborhood Watch

ST. IGNATIUS – Doris Snyder spent dozens of hours joining 20,000 tiny 1.6 millimeter-sized glass beads, which are smaller than a grain of rice, in various colors to create a wildlife-themed picture that she is giving away. The St. Ignatius Neighborhood Watch received the framed picture on Friday wit...

old-fangled old-fangled

A soggy start didn’t rain on the Good Old Days parade, as folks came from all around to visit with old friends, show their community spirit, enjoy some good eats and have a good old time.  Fred Gariepy has volunteered for the event for each of the 33 years it’s been going on, and said the...

Good Old Days celebrates old-fashioned fun in St. Ignatius Good Old Days celebrates old-fashioned fun in St. Ignatius

Michael Martinez, 14, gritted his teeth and pulled at the end of a thick muddy rope with his back to an almost knee deep watery mud hole in the Good Old Days park. He pulled with friends Daniel Lozeau, 11, and Brent Lozeau, 8, until the opposing team on the other end of the rope went into the mud during the ...

Royal family: Little Miss Good Old Days, Mrs. Montana crowned Royal family: Little Miss Good Old Days, Mrs. Montana crowned

  ST. IGNATIUS – The Good Old Days weekend kicked off Friday afternoon with a pageant for boys and girls where Lola Schock, 7, was crowned Little Miss Good Old Days. Later that evening, Lola’s mom, Mrs. Montana 2013 Alyssa Schock, passed her crown on to Mrs. Montana 2014, Cindy Archer.&nb...

Have a Good Old Time in St. Ignatius this weekend

  ST. IGNATIUS — Life in the town of St. Ignatius is pretty quiet 51 weekends out of the year, but beginning on Friday folks will flood into town for the year’s largest shindig.  The 32nd annual Good Old Days Celebration is expected to bring between 500 and 1,000 people to town fo...

Meet staff, learn about Parents as Teachers

News from the Lake County Public Health Department LAKE COUNTY — The Parents as Teachers program of the Lake County Public Health Department will be at several community events throughout the rest of the summer, starting with Good Old Days in St. Ignatius on Saturday, July 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. ...

Bingo just 25 cents per card at Senior Center

ST. IGNATIUS — The annual Good Old Days breakfast will be held in the St. Ignatius Senior Citizens’ Center on Saturday, July 19. The breakfast, featuring pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, juice and more, will begin at 7 a.m. and run until 11 a.m. The bingo, at 25 cents per card per game, will be p...


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