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Clark Potato Days
Next Potato Day
August 2, 2008
16th Annual Potato Day
Saturday, August 4,
2007
Schedule of Events |
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Ken E Bec & La Soda Red invite you
to Potato Days! |
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Annual Events Include:
Antique
Tractor Show | Antique
Tractor Parade | Arts & Crafts
| Bike Rodeo | Breakfast | Classic
Car Show | Cow Pie Bingo | Discovery
Mime Theater |
Horseshoe Tournament |
Kid's Coloring Contest |
Kid's Coin Dig | Kid's
Tractor Pull | | Little Miss & Little Master Tater Tot
| Mashed
Potato Wrestling | Parade
| Ping Pong Ball Toss | Photos with Mr & Mrs Potato
Head | Potato Events | Potato Recipe Contests
| Potato Sculpture &
Decorated Potato Contests | Sidewalk Sales | Softball
Tournament | Mile Walk/5k Walk or Run/10K
Run  ,
Above, In 1972 Frank Osowski, president of the Clark Chamber of Commerce, awards
Mavis Uecker as the first winner in the recipe contest. Rose
Geise is runner-up.
Courtesy: Centennial History:
Clark County, South Dakota
100 Potato Day Buttons will be
sold for $10 each, $400 in Clark Bucks!
Chamber Booth at Dickenson Park
Discovery Mime
Theater |
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The potato is king
in Clark, South Dakota where local farmers grow bushels of the
tasty tuber. That's why, each year, the town throws a
party in honor of its favorite over-used, under-appreciated
starch.
Mr. Potato Head is proud of Clark's
celebration, and will be making an appearance at this year's
festivities. The locals vie for top honors in a Potato
Sculpture and Best Decorated Potato Contest. Past winners
included an astronaut, farmer, race cars, and tooth. The
Potato Dish Cooking Contests always bring out the best cooks in
the county. And, the highlight of the celebration involves
grown adults wrestling each other in mashed potatoes!
Besides all the potato stuff, the event
features those small-town festival activites that keep families
and regular folks coming back year after year.
Potato Day Headquarters will be located at the
Dickinson Park. Information on activities and eating
places for the day will be available, as well as souvenirs.
Did you know. . .
The first Potato Festival in
Clark was held in 1972. This year
marks the 15th anniversary for Clark Potato Day,
sponsored by the Clark Area Chamber of Commerce. |
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Featuring World Famous Mashed
Potato Wrestling!
Parade
Fun for Everyone!
Antique Tractor Show
Roam through the
interesting displays of exhibitors.
Classic Car Show
Clark Potato Day Souvenirs available at the Clark Area Chamber of
Commerce Booth in Dickinson Park. Get your T-shirts, caps and
koozees and show off your Potato Day spirit!
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