Another memorable Pumpkin Roll on Main Street Knights Ferry is in the books! There was an accident between Oakdale and Knights Ferry that caused a power outage in Knights Ferry from about 9am until 3:30pm but it did not discourage a large crowd of people attending the Pumpkin Roll. It was a sunny but windy day in town and emcees, Rick Feichter and Will Haskell-Kelly, managed to go through hundreds of pumpkin rollers on Main Street. Tracy Griesner and crew put on a great day of family fun in Knights Ferry. Tracy Griesner worked very hard to get the new trophies and measured the distance between the pumpkin and the line of each pumpkin that was a possible winner! John Pfefferle was selling the T-shirts outside of the Clubhouse while Megan Peterson managed the vendor booths inside and out on the tennis courts. Fred Dolling secured pumpkins donated from Perry and Sons market in Manteca. This year the pumpkins were gigantic! The Odd Fellows managed to feed about 350 people without electricity. The newest batch of Pumpkin Roll Champions of the World have been crowned for the 2024 year: married couple, Ole and Marie Skifter took home trophies for the men and women ages 62 and up, Emma Stevens and Vincent Peterson won for the young women and men ages 13-19 years old, and Audrey Cole and Eric Buckner won for the women and men ages 20-61 years old.
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Looking for another free family fun event in town? The Salmon Festival is this Saturday! They will have lots of informational booths with unique and fun activities for children. The planning committee invited all the kindergarten through 8th grade students attending school near the Stanislaus area to color a page for the chance to win the 2024 Stanislaus River Salmon Festival Art Contest. They will have some vendors there including Sweet Pea Sauces and more, Ken’s Water Blasters, and Root Ceramics. Food vendors include Seed 2 Coffee, Sierra 4H, a salmon vendor, Native American tacos!
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Do you have any exciting Knights Ferry local news to share? Contact Nastasia Sweet at nastasiasweet25@gmail.com.
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Upcoming events: Community Club meeting on Nov. 7th at 6:30pm. Salmon Festival on Nov. 9th from 10am-3pm. Miller’s Hall meeting on Nov. 12th at 9am. Chess Club on Nov. 12th at 6:30pm. Odd Fellows Rebekahs #361 meeting on Nov. 13th at 7pm.
