Colfax Spring Festival marks 2003 recreation of May Day event
Colfax celebrates its Spring Festival this Saturday May 10, continuing a 1976 May Day Extravaganza tradition. Highlights include the Colfax Record Run 10K and 5K started by local publishers and residents, a children’s half mile walk, Garden Club Plant Sale, and a California National Guard helicopter display alongside the TPS building. The day features chili and art contests, vintage car displays, music, food booths, historic displays, climbing wall, boating demos, and a quilt show with various crafts booths.
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California rural fire grants boost small departments
The Bureau of Land Management distributes 347000 to 39 rural California communities under the Rural Fire Assistance Program for 2003. Grants support training equipment and prevention, aiding volunteer departments that fight fires near federally owned land. Maximum grant is 20000 with 10 percent local cost share.
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Colfax Saturday Family Festival Schedule Full Day Weathers
Saturday schedule lists multiple events across Colfax from 7 to 3 with breakfast plant sale car show record run and numerous exhibits. Highlights include OH 50 helicopter display, quilt show, boat show, classic movies, heritage society exhibits, found object art, chili contest, trash fashion show, railroad monuments rededication, children's games, walking tour, sport fishing demos and pie eating contest.
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First Annual Colfax Outdoor Quilt Show highlights May 10
The Colfax Spring Festival hosts the first outdoor Quilt Show on Saturday May 10 with twenty quilts on display from traditional to modern styles. Quilting vendors sell supplies while the Colfax Junction Quilters answer questions and showcase the current opportunity quilt Garden Joy. Viewers vote for their favorite quilt and ribbons are awarded as part of a free community festival organized by the Colfax Area Chamber of Commerce Founders Day events. Rebecca Sobaje is the contact at 346-7160.
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