July 8, 2008

Letter to the Editor,

We would like to thank everyone who made the 59th Annual Turtle Days Festival a resounding success.

Thanks to Bob Pankop of Pankop Excavating for hauling stone and getting the parking lot behind Pit Stop ready for the beer tent.

Thanks to J & K communications of Columbia City for loaning us radios - free of charge - for the parade.

Thank you to the United Methodist Church (Val Cooper) for sponsoring and handling Kids Day at the Park, and Center Stage Dance (Audrey Husk) for sponsoring and handling the talent show. Those are two big things that were great that others took care of for us.

Thank you to all the members of the Lions Club who have assisted at the Turtle Days parade for many years.

Thanks to Greg and Jeanine Childs of Sheets & Childs Funeral Home for the use of the Commerce Center site for the garden tractor pull and pony pull.

Thanks to Smith-Green Community Schools for the use of the stage for the entertainment tent. An even bigger thank you to Dan Hile and Lee Etzler for the help in making it happen.

And last but not least, thanks to all the board members and volunteers who worked so hard to make it happen.

Next year is the 60th anniversary of the Turtle Days Festival - the longest continuous running festival in Indiana. Want to help make it the best ever? Call Kirk Gray at 409-5516 to find out how you can volunteer to become a board or committee member.

Sincerely,
The Churubusco 2008 Turtle Days Festival Board of Directors