The Lions Club is accepting applications for the annual Labor Day parade.
Photo by Steve Ranson.
The Labor Day weekend will have a number of activities for area residents starting with the annual Fallon Lions Club parade, the longest running event of its type in Nevada.
This year’s theme is “Celebrating the Survival of the Pandemic.”
According to Barbara Hertz of the local Lions Club, the committee is accepting entries.
Hertz said the registration deadline for all entries is early September. Awards will be given in the following categories: President’s Award, Best Use of Theme, Most Creative, Best Youth Group, Best Civic Group, Best Business Entry, Best Mounted Individual, Best Mounted Group, Best Antique Farm implement and Best Automotive entry.
Copies of the application may be found on the Fallon Lions Club Facebook pages. Individuals or groups may go by Chamber to pick up a copy, call 775-666-3068 to have one emailed.
The parade starts at 10 a.m. at the northwest corner of the Old High School and travels on Taylor Street to Williams Avenue up to Homestead and the American Legion and then down Maine Street to end in front of the Old High School.
The parade is also the longest held tradition in Churchill County and attracts upward to 70 to 80 entries based on prior-year applications. People are allowed to enter as many vehicles or floats as they want, so the number of vehicles or floats, for example, will increase.
Along the route will be a number of announcer booths, and each announcer will introduce the entries.
Pancake breakfast
Before the parade, though, will be the annual Labor Day pancake breakfast hosted by the Fallon Rotary Club. Both the parade and breakfast have been favorite stops for many local and state politicians who participate in the Labor Day festivities.
The breakfast, which is held in the parking lot next to E.H. Hursh Insurance on South Maine Street, is from 7-10 a.m. and includes all-you-can eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, fresh fruit, coffee and Sandhill Diary white and chocolate milk. The cost is $10 for adults and $4 for children.
Junior rodeo
The Fallon Lions Club Junior Rodeo begins Friday at 6 p.m. at the Churchill County Fairgrounds with the queen contest and continues Saturday in the main arena with its first performance at 8 a.m. The second go-around is Sunday at 8 a.m., and the Top 10 concludes the three days of rodeo action beginning at 8 a.m. on Labor Day.
The Tommy Lee Roping is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and Family Night after the rodeo is Sunday.
Events, depending on categories and age, include barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping, team roping, figure 8, run ride lead, steer stopping, mutton busting, dummy roping, chute dogging and calf roping.
The categories include Pee Wee, ages 0-5; Junior Boys and Girls, ages 6-9; Intermediate Boys and Girls, ages 10-13; and Senior Boys and Girls, ages 14-18.
For information, go to www.fallonlionsjuniorrodeo.com or the Facebook page, or call Jennifur at 775-302-6792 or Teresa at 775-217-1242.
Entries are due Aug. 25.
