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Free events add to fun at Lena Dairyfest

The annual Lena Lions Dairyfest celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, at the St. Anne Parish grounds. The first event of the day will be the Stampede 5K walk-run competition. Registration will open at 6 a.m. at Lena High School, and the race begins at 8 a.m. For information, call Chad Misco at 920-373-2319. A parade will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Main Street. Parade marshals Bill and Carol Pytleski will lead the parade in a horse-drawn carriage, and the Pulaski High School Red Raider Marching Band will perform. The farm tractor pull begins at 12 p.m., with the truck pull to follow, at approximately 4 p.m. Thanks to the many sponsors, all events at Dairyfest are free. Wagon rides and live music will take place all day. Lena High School FFA will run a petting zoo. Bouncers, face painting and a climbing wall will be available. Food and refreshments will be served. The Lena Museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sylvia Murphy, a former teacher at Lena, put together a display of history books of graduates of Lena High. For more information about Dairyfest, call Tim Johnson, chairman, 920-619-5874; Steve Carlin, parade chairman, 920-373-0209; Hubert Wiedemeier, tractor pull chairman, 715-927-1612; or Ed McClain, truck pull chairman, 715-923-1998.