Friends and family gather for Chubbuck’s largest community celebration

CHUBBUCK — Locals gathered together to observe nan Chubbuck organization this weekend.

Chubbuck Days, a three-day celebration, ended pinch its show connected Saturday astatine Cotant Park. While immoderate residents person been going to Chubbuck Days for decades, others were location for their first time.

“People travel together and conscionable person a bully time. The information level is perfectly amazing,” said Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England.

Mayor Kevin England parks his play cart while chatting pinch a resident. | Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com

The show was preceded by a parade earlier that morning, a family movie connected Friday and a tennis tourney that started Thursday.

England has been coming to Chubbuck days each twelvemonth since he moved to nan metropolis from Pocatello successful 1986. Over clip he’s watched nan arena grow, and he said Chubbuck will yet grow it.

“It conscionable seems to get bigger and better,” England said.

An overhead position of Chubbuck Days moments earlier nan ping pong shot drop. | Isabella Sosa-Salazar, EastIdahoNews.com

Eleven-year-old Kyler Lefevor was astatine Chubbuck Days for his first clip aft surviving successful nan metropolis for 2 and a half years, and he recovered it to beryllium a nosy and welcoming environment.

“I really for illustration it,” Lefevor said. “It’s really mini and there’s nary traffic.”

A crowd rushes to stitchery ping pong balls. | Isabella Sosa-Salazar, EastIdahoNews.com

This was nan 2nd twelvemonth wherever EastIdahoNews.com has done its Ping Pong Ball Drop, wherever its chopper drops respective 100 balls and group cod them for imaginable prizes. Kaleb Fayle, nan victor of nan expansive prize, which was a 55″ tv set, has been going to Chubbuck Days each twelvemonth since he tin remember.

“I bask nan vendors a batch because there’s conscionable for illustration truthful galore different foods each astir it. I’m conscionable a foodie,” Fayle said.

People statement up for nutrient trucks. | Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com

Fayle’s favourite representation from Chubbuck Days was erstwhile immoderate benignant of renaissance adjacent was successful attendance, and he sewage to watch them deterioration armor and beard fight.

Heather Hitchcock, who has lived successful Chubbuck for 5 years, attended nan show for her first time. She attended nan parade for nan past 2 years.

“It’s cool to spot nan organization travel out,” Hitchcock said.

Hitchcock was happy this was an arena that she could return her children to.

“There’s much candy past they tin moreover collect, truthful that’s decidedly a highlight,” Hitchcock said.

Wendy Butler, nan mayor’s assistant, has been organizing Chubbuck Days for astir 20 years. She said that it’s ever a nosy clip to spot nan arena travel together.

“You really recognize that group do bask it,” Butler said.