PARADE
Vickie Denyer, parade chairman, has
planned a route through downtown
New Ulm beginning at 10:30 a.m. and all entries from floats to
horses, etc. are welcome. Since this is a start-up year again for the
parade, possibly there will be no prizes offered, only participation
ribbons. Contact her at
979-732-3792 or 281-851-9086 for more information.
FOOD
Food during the noon hour will be
available at Firemen’s Park with booths by Texas Star Cafe offering German
food and J&J Pavilion offering barbecue sandwiches, kolaches and small
pies. Also, the St. John Lutheran Church WELCA will have their Bake Sale.
The New Ulm VFD will host a biergarten
and a concession stand
will be open for two hours during the baseball game.
Texas Star Cafe will also be open
downtown beginning at 5 p.m. that day.
J & J Pavilion in downtown New Ulm will
be open their regular business hours that day, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MUSIC
Music
During the day by New Ulm Oompah Band plus German Winedale Singers and
Unsere Deutschen Saenger from Colorado County.
COOK-OFF
A Cook-Off chaired by Glen and Vicki
Spiess is planned with $25 entry fee per category of Chef’s Choice, Beans
and Chili. Overall champion will receive a trophy and
prize money.
First-third place in each category will be awarded a trophy.
A Bloody Mary Contest will also be part
of the festivities with an entry fee of $10.
Teams will set up between 7 a.m. and 11
a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4 with each team having a space of approximately 20
x 20.
Judging times will be as follows:
Bloody Mary 11 a.m.;
Chef’s Choice 1 p.m.; Beans 2 p.m. and Chili 3 p.m. Results will be
announced after the baseball game on the field.
For a complete set of rules and
regulations, please contact Vicki at
979-277-5670.
MAYOR’S
RACE
“The race is on for the Honorary Mayor of
New Ulm,” announces Chairman Tom Sherman.
So far,
Robert Neumann, Delphine Merkel,
Franklin Graham and Johnnie Shupak have agreed to run.
There is no limit to the number of
candidates so please contact
Tom Sherman at
713-444-5315 or
979-992-2657. Potential candidates may also email Tom at
tsherman@industryinet.com.
The race will have more candidates next
week. Please stay tuned for the latest candidate.
Proceeds from this election will go to
New Ulm Chamber of
Commerce community fund. Your dollar is your vote.
BASEBALL GAME /
BASEBALL REUNION
A reunion of all past New Ulm Firemen
team members will be held at the park that day with a number of them
participating in a game against a vintage team from the Houston area. Game
time is 2:30 p.m.
Any New Ulm Firemen player wanting to
participate in the game is urged to contact Maridel Dungen Anderson at
979-992-3351, email
nuent@industryinet.com;
Mike Dungen at
979-732-7157 or Jeff Dungen at
713-817-6474.
All other former players are asked to
“just show up and have a good time!”
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Grocery Walk
Children Games
Book Sale by Friends of the Library
