Cottonwood Chronicle

Grand Marshals Craig and Tracy Hood rode a mule drawn wagon driven by Matt Duman.

Three class reunions had floats in the parade. From top down are the class of 1982, the class of 2002 and the class of 2012.

The Prairie Community Library parade entry.

Youngsters had a great time gathering up all the candy tossed from parade entries.

A young lady catches some air in the bouncy house that was busy all day on Main Street.

Eli Rad, for the second straight year, was the only entry in the lawn mower race with his souped up mower.

One of the egg toss winners makes a catch early in the competition.

This young man looks like a wide receiver going for a football and actually caught his egg without breaking it,.

Molly Johnson wasn't as lucky as her egg broke on a backward over the head throw from her brother Dean.

The Egg Toss winners.

Some photos from the dog show. Organizers had a canopy and water set up to keep the dogs out of the heat.

It was apparently too hot for the plane to fly over and drop the balls so Mayor Keith Holcomb improvised by running up to St. John Bosco Academy to grab his crane.

Dropping the balls from the crane worked out very well as the breeze scattered the balls a bit and people were able to gather the balls with numbered balls being redeemed for prizes.

A couple of photos from the youngsters watermelon eating contest.. There was also an adult competition.

Tonya Schumacher connects at the softball tournament for the Homies team.

Mike Raymond pitches for the Homies team.

The younger competitors got to use a half-sized bale in the hay bale toss.

Brooks Arnzen went for more of a shot put style when tossing the bale.

Tyrell Langston tosses the bale.

Lee Forsmann and Noah Behler in the Cornhole Tournament.