Mark your calendars: WheaEsta is right around the corner - August 21st & 22nd! Entries will be accepted Friday, August 21st from 8 a.m. to Noon through the East entrance of the High School gym. Exhibits will be open for viewing in the gym from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday the 21st & 10a.m. to 3p.m. Saturday the 22nd. WheaEsta is back to being held earlier in the year so your entries will be eligible for the County and State Fairs. Concessions will be available both Friday and Saturday.
If you haven’t been to WheaEsta in a while, you are in for a treat! Get ready for some back-to-school fun and excitement. Do you make the best bread, pie or cinnamon rolls around? Prove it – enter this years WheaEsta and try for the elusive blue ribbon. Not a baker? Don’t worry, we have something for you too, Can you BBQ? Start heating the coals or light up the grill and see if you have what it takes to bring home the trophy for best BBQ in Okeene. Enter the 1st Annual WheaEsta BBQ Cook-off. You could walk away with a trophy and CASH prizes!
Get ready for a day of fun and treats with a warm-up walk/run at the annual Wheat Walk. To ensure your free T-shirt please RSVP by July 31st to the Okeene Hospital at 822-4417, let the receptionist know you are calling for the Wheat Walk and your shirt size (youth sizes available). The walk will be held on the high school track north of town, at the sports complex, beginning Saturday at 9:00am with registration and shirt distribution at 8:30am.
This years WheaEsta will have more kids activities, don’t forget your swimsuit, weather permitting there will be several water games. Demonstrations by the OSU Extension office as well as our a few local residents will be held throughout the day on Saturday for everyone.
Have you ever wanted to bee Queen for the day? How about Queen for a year? Now is your chance girls, if you are interested in participating in the 2009 WheaEsta pageant or interested in being a sponsor please contact Ali Milligan 822-4555 or Heidi Nease 822-3100.
In preparation for Whea Esta there will be a cooking class offered FREE of charge for children from Kindergarten-age up to 9 years old, the children will learn from a couple of our local experts how to make and decorate cookies and cupcakes, we hope this will be a learning experience which will lead to a new hobby your whole family can enjoy and we hope they will bake and decorate items to enter in Whea Esta.
Delane Kehnemund will have her Intermediate level sewing class July 20-24 for ages 12-14. These children will be working on their choice of a blanket with binding, shorts or skirt with set on waistband, or a polar fleece item and if time permits, they can also learn to recycle a garment. Class size is limited so call Delane @ 822-3001 to reserve a place and learn class time, location and list of items to purchase for class.
We are offering a new section to our Whea Esta exhibits: Past winners- Do have the quilt and the blue ribbon your Grandmother won? I took a stroll through a local cemetery the other day and learned something about a woman I had hear of for years but I never knew she had a long line of blue ribbons! This made me wonder how many great items are stored away that people would really get a kick out of seeing! Dust them off and bring to Whea Esta, we will not be judging them, just enjoying them. Bring pictures of the winner with the item and/or ribbon(s), article, etc.
WheaEsta booklets will be available the first part of August and may be picked up at local businesses or the Okeene Chamber office. Contact the Okeene Chamber at 822-3005 if you have any questions.
Whea Esta is such a good reason for people to try something new, or show off a talent nobody knows about it. Try stepping out of your comfort zone a little this year and have some fun with Whea Esta!
Keep reading the Okeene Record for more information about WheaEsta and times or visit: www.wheaesta.blogspot.com
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