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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2014
Page
5
Chelsea celebrates its sesquicentennial with a fourteenth annual car show drawing 247 vehicles, amid past floods in 1993 and 2008. Residents share pride as nostalgia and community spirit shine through high turnout, with classics like a 1965 Chevy Nova and a 1950 Packard attracting fans.
The Walker Pickle Days festival in a town of 800 wraps up a weekend of activities including a 5K parade and fireworks. The name change from Homecoming Days in 2007 revived interest after the Lions Club faced declining participation. The Betterment Club backed the shift with a pickle factory history tale guiding yearly themes such as Got Pickles and Its a Big Dill. The 5K funds community projects while fireworks cap the Saturday night show, drawing crowds from surrounding towns.
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