AKRON — A large crowd of revelers swatted aside a blistering heat index to attend the Akron Fourth of July Festival.
The event drew an estimated 5,000 attendees, nearly five times the number of the town’s 1,100 residents.
After the parade, which was themed “Home Sweet Home Akron” and featured nearly 70 entries, festival goers migrated to Pike Memorial Park on the northeast side of town to enjoy other attractions, such as the dunk tank, pedal pull competition, bounce houses, basketball tournament, food vendors and car show.
Parades winners were:
Floats: New Life Church for Operation Christmas Child
Automobiles: Dale Hileman, 1957 Ford Retractable Car
Tractors: Doyle Putman, garden tractor with Ferris wheel
Band: Tippecanoe Valley High School
Horses: Mispah Shrine Horse Patrol
Car show choice winners were:
Queens Choice: Tim Weaver, 1966 Chevy C100
Fireman’s Choice: Allen Robinson,1938 Chevy Sedan
Policeman’s Choice: Bud Van Scolk, 1930 Model A Ford
Other winners:
Tom & Jan Taylor, 1951 F-1 Ford
Buzz & Judy Rogers, 1970 Ford Mach 1
Rod Connor, 1968 Impala
Larry Hogland, 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo
Sammy Powell, 2015 Ford Mustang GT
Kathy Cole, 2013 Chevy Camaro
John Cole, 1977 Chevy Camaro
A full article on the festival will appear in the Wednesday, July 11, edition of Shopping Guide News.
