{"id":17965,"date":"2024-07-24T12:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:57:33","slug":"touch-truck-cardboard-boat-races-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/touch-truck-cardboard-boat-races-on-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch-truck, cardboard boat races on tap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Decatur-Adams County Parks and Recreation Department, which been holding events during the warm-weather weeks, has a couple more coming up the first two Saturdays in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touch-a-Truck will be held August 3, followed by cardboard boat races at the city pool on August 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent event which Chris Krull, the department’s director of leisure services, said was \u201ca random idea,\u201d provided an unusual soaking for youngsters at the city pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Decatur Fire Department ladder truck tapped into a hydrant and from high up hosed down the youngsters (see photo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt worked out really well, the kids loved it,\u201d Krull said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUCKIN’: The fire department will be one of the \u201cbig ones\u201d at Riverside Center on Saturday, August 3, for the park-rec’s Touch-a-Truck event from 9 to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youngsters attending will be able to see all manner of big and smaller trucks in the center’s parking lot, and be able to sit inside some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather permitting, the Lutheran Air Helicopter is scheduled to touch down at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free donuts, milk, juice and coffee will be provided by the Sons of American Legion Adams Post 43 in Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking will be available in the grass field across Jackson St. from Riverside Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOATIN’: Cardboard boat races will be held at the city pool on Saturday, August 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competitors will report to the pool between 5:30 and 6 p.m., and pool doors will open to the public at 6. Racing will begin around 6:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several awards will be given, including for the fastest youth boat and the fastest adult boat, the best themed costume, the people’s choice and the lifeguard’s choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Titanic Award will also be given \u2026 to the boat which sinks the fastest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details and\/or to register, call Riverside Center, 724-2520.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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