The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the City Howe’s 31st Annual Founders Day this Saturday. The event is now a late afternoon and evening gathering, starting at 2 pm and ending at 8 pm. Bent Creek Band is starting at 4 pm which features Howe local Brent Hollensed on lead vocals. All throughout the day, there will be food and games for kids and games for adults such as domino and horseshoe tourney. But the big contest is the annual Riding Lawnmower Race that will take place at 6:45 pm in a drag race format on Haning Street in downtown. Currently, there have been 45 vendor spaces reserved including food vendors such as Everything Ice Cream and Chill Out Shaved Ice.
The newest edition to Founders Day will be the Interurban Kid Train sponsored by Marla Butler of Fairway Independent Mortgage. The train will run a round trip route on the old 1940s Interurban route from the First Baptist Church breezeway to O’Connel Street. This year, the Howe High School Colorguard and Winterguard will perform in the 3 pm hour on Haning Street stretching from Abby’s Restaurant to Gabriela’s Mexican Cocina.
Schedule of events:
Friday, May 5 6:30 pm – Howe Hall of Honor Banquet and Awards Banquet at Howe Development Alliance/Howe Chamber Office. Saturday, May 6 8 am – noon – Keep Howe Beautiful’s Community Garage Sale at Memorial Park.
Friday, May 5, 6:30 pm – Howe Hall of Honor Banquet and Awards Banquet at Howe Development Alliance/Howe Chamber Office. Saturday,
May 6, 8 am – noon – Keep Howe Beautiful’s Community Garage Sale at Memorial Park.
9 am – Howe Youth Softball Kickball Tournament
9 am – Classic cars arrive for Car Show on Davis Street sponsored by the Howe Fire Department.
2 pm – Founders Day Festival Begins with vendors on the streets in downtown. Car show judging begins. 2:15 pm – Horseshoe Tournament begins next to FBC Howe Youth Building Howe Lions Club Domino tournament begins in the chamber office. 3 pm – 3:30 pm – Howe High School Winterguard perform on Haning Street. 4 pm – Bent Creek Band begins playing on the stage at the west end of downtown. 5:30 pm – Prelims for
2:15 pm – Horseshoe Tournament begins next to FBC Howe Youth Building Howe Lions Club Domino tournament begins in the chamber office. 3 pm – 3:30 pm – Howe High School Winterguard perform on Haning Street. 4 pm – Bent Creek Band begins playing on the stage at the west end of downtown. 5:30 pm – Prelims for
3 pm – 3:30 pm – Howe High School Winterguard perform on Haning Street. 4 pm – Bent Creek Band begins playing on the stage at the west end of downtown. 5:30 pm – Prelims for
4 pm – Bent Creek Band begins playing on the stage at the west end of downtown. 5:30 pm – Prelims for
5:30 pm – Prelims for Lawnmowing Race
6:45 pm – Finals for Lawnmowing Race, Introduction of winners of Kickball tournament, winners of horseshoe tournament, winners of domino tournament.
8 pm – Bent Creek Band closes the Founders Day Festival.
