Chubbuck Days to bring great food and family fun this week

CHUBBUCK — A long-running family arena that brings neighbors together is returning this weekend.

Chubbuck Days will beryllium held connected 3 days this week, from Thursday until Saturday. People successful attendance will person nan chance to spot a parade, eat nutrient from section vendors and walk clip pinch nan group successful their community.

“It’s nan aforesaid arena group person loved for years,” said Mayor’s Assistant Wendy Butler, who has been organizing nan arena for 19 years.

This year, nan first time of Chubbuck Days will characteristic a Tennis Tournament astatine nan Ron Osborn Tennis Complex astatine 5246 Park Lawn Drive. The tourney will person 78 competitors commencement connected Thursday and spell until Saturday.

There will beryllium 2 rounds connected Thursday astatine 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday will person 2 rounds astatine 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. There will beryllium 3 rounds connected Saturday, starting astatine 8 a.m. and will extremity astatine astir 4 p.m.

On Friday, families will person nan opportunity to watch a family movie astatine Stuart Park for free. This year, nan movie will beryllium Kung Fu Panda 4, and it will commencement astatine astir dusk. People are encouraged to bring section chairs, blankets and to travel early.

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On Saturday, nan day’s festivities will statesman pinch a parade that will commencement astatine 10 a.m. The Chubbuck Days parade will characteristic astir 100 floats.

“The kids emotion it. They get a heap of candy. It’s a awesome atmosphere,” Butler said. “Who doesn’t emotion a parade?”

The floats will statement up astatine nan Pine Ridge Mall, and spell down Hawthorne Road until they scope West Chubbuck, wherever they will move left. The parade will extremity erstwhile nan floats scope Independence Avenue.

The Chubbuck Days Festival will statesman astatine 11 a.m. astatine Cotant Park and will extremity astatine 3 p.m. The show will characteristic astir 70 booths dispersed retired crossed nan park.

There will beryllium a number of free family events astatine nan festival.

The first will beryllium nan EastIdahoNews.com ping pong shot drop. At noon a chopper will alert overhead and driblet ping pong balls connected nan park’s reddish field, and group will beryllium capable to cod 1 shot and move it successful for a imaginable prize.

The adjacent arena will beryllium nan Watermelon Feed astatine 2:30 p.m. wherever Chubbuck metropolis officials portion and manus retired watermelon donated by Walmart to anyone who wants a piece.

People who are looking to lavation disconnected tin past spell to nan Fireman’s Rain astatine 2:45 p.m. wherever nan Chubbuck Fire Department will spray h2o from its ladder truck.

The first Chubbuck Days was held successful 1960, and Butler said nan intent of it has ever stayed nan same.

“It makes everybody consciousness connected and recognize really fortunate we are to unrecorded successful specified a bully community,” Butler said.

Courtesy City of Chubbuck