Red, White & Boom!
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Mary, William and Haylie Swanson scan the area by the Yellow Smoke Park sidewalk to see any items that they can check off their scavenger hunt list. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Lily and Jack March placed first in the scavenger hunt. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Items on the scavenger hunt were the following:
American flag, insect, a map of anything, something blue, something to eat, a bicycle, boat/canoe/kayak, flower, bird, something red, birdhouse, stripes, something white, animal/mammal, something fuzzy, a rock or leaf that looks something (funny shaped.)
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Adults results
1st: Annie Schrum
2nd: Weisz Family
3rd: Gabriella Arellano and Dayana Aguilar
Kids results
Most patriotic: Daniel Oliver and Abraham Josue
Most creative: Dixon Vogt
Best overall: Blakee and Michelle (no last name listed)
Morgan Goslar, Staci Gallup and Claire Gallup, of Denison, check in their scavenger hunt list with Liz Corona from the Chamber & Development Council of Crawford County office. The team took second place. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
The third-place scavenger hunt team was Jenn, Olivia and Sophie Weaver. They are from Council Bluffs and were visiting family in Denison. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Sarge, a Siberian husky, became the most photographed dog at Yellow Smoke Park on Monday. The reason is that Sarge fulfilled two items on the list for the Red, White & Boom! scavenger hunt – an animal or mammal and something fuzzy. Haylie Swanson says hello to Sarge after taking his picture. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Annie Schrum puts the finishing touches on her sidewalk chalk art creation. She won first place in the adult category. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Lucas Kragl, of Deloit, draws another star on his nine-star flag, a creation for the Red, White & Boom! sidewalk chalk drawing contest on Monday. Obviously, nine stars fit much better than 50. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
The sandcastle judged to be the most patriotic was made by Jaley Graf (left), of Des Moines, and Kysa Neddermeyer, of Charter Oak. The girls are cousins. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
The prize for the longest sandcastle went to Faith Nichols (sitting in background), of Harlan. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Ayvah Nemitz (left) and Caroline Schrum won the prize for most unique sandcastle with their mermaid. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Journey Rold, age 6, of Harlan, builds up his sandcastle. He won the prize for having the tallest creation. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Treyton Krajicek, of Denison, and his mother, Jackie, paddle Treyton’s cardboard boat named the S.S. Spiderman, also called Spider Sailor. The boat was the only one of three entries to complete the time trial, so Treyton and his mom won the prize for that category. Treyton also won the prize for best construction. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Avery Bohlmann, of Charter Oak, tried three times to get her boat to stay afloat long enough to complete the time trial, but the sparkly decorated craft kept sinking. Bohlmann won the prize for having the most spectacular sinking ship. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Cousins Kysa Neddermeyer and Jaley Graf try to keep their Barbie Pirates boat moving in the time trials but had to abandon ship. Kysa is from Charter Oak and Jaley is from Des Moines. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Hailie Hutchison, age 7, of Denison, plays Plinko at the Yellow Smoke nature center carnival. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Kai Beek, of Charter Oak, tossed a flip-flop through a hula hoop and won tickets. Tickets at the carnival could be redeemed for prizes. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Hadley Boettger, of Schleswig, cheers on her mechanical pig in this race. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Leila Corona eagerly watches to see if she wins at Wheel of Fortune. She did. Leila is held by her mother, Aschtien Montange. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
The only visible item in the beach volleyball contest is the glow-in-the-dark volleyball in the sky. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
Fireworks at Yellow Smoke Park on Monday made the sky glow. PHOTO BY GORDON WOLF
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