HAVE FUN WITH GREENLAND'S
150TH CELEBRATION

   
  Dates: July 4th - 6th, 2008
   
  For Friday, July 4th
  • Registration for everyone from 11:00A.M. to 6:00P.M. (at the log cabin in Greenland).  The log cabin will display pictures, stories, etc. about Greenland now and in the past.
  • Family and friends social time - fun and games - All Day.
  • Pasties will be available and served near the new pavilion starting at 1:00 P.M. sponsored by 'Syl's Café'.
  • Family and friends baseball tournaments at the ball field in Greenland.
  • Craft fairs will be set up along Plank Road in Greenland.
  • Stock car races will start at 7:00P.M. at the Adventure Mountain race track.
  • A barbecue at the Pit Stop Shop on Highway M38 in Greenland featured by: 'Simple Jerry's Barbecue Team' before the races and entertainment after the races.
  • Music will be at Beer Belly Bobs on Plank Road in Greenland.
  • The Adventure Mining Company shuttle will be available for tours - ALL DAY.
  For Saturday, July 5th 
  • Sign up for races: - runs and walks will be directed by 'Fast Eddie'. Sign up at the log cabin at 8:00 A.M. and races will begins at 9:30.  There will be a one-mile run or walk, and a 5K run for adults. There will also be a 50-yard dash for the kids (ages: 2 to 5), and a ¼-mile run (ages 6 to 10).
  • The parade will begin at 1:00P.M. starting at the Ontonagon County Fair grounds and pass Stenson Park in Greenland and back up to the fairgrounds.
  • Family and friends baseball tournaments at the ball field in Greenland will continue.
  • A community picnic will take place at the new pavilion in Stenson Park after the parade featuring food by 'Simple Jerry's Barbecue Team'.
  • Craft fairs will be set up along Plank Road in Greenland.
  • Family and friends social time - fun and games - All Day.
  • A street dance will start at 7:30P.M. with music by 'Easy Money' on the main street near the log cabin.
  • Fireworks start at dark at the ball diamond in Greenland.
  • The Adventure Mining Company shuttle will be available for tours - ALL DAY.
  For Sunday, July 6th
  • A pancake breakfast will be at the Methodist Church on the Ridge Road in Greenland from 7:00 to 11:00A.M.
  • There will be music at noon at the new pavilion by Ray and Vi Wiitala of Toivola.
  • Birthday cake and coffee will be served at 1:00P.M. at the new pavilion honoring Greenland's 150 years
  • Finishing up family and friends baseball tournaments at the ball field in Greenland will continue.
  • Craft fairs will be set up along Plank Road in Greenland.
  • The drawings for the raffles will be held at the log cabin starting at 3:00P.M. with $500 for first place, $300 for second place, $100 for third and fourth places; also drawings for a wagon wheel rag-rug, a beautiful quilt, a hand painted handheld saw and a cribbage board of the 150th celebration.
  • The Adventure Mining Company shuttle will be available for tours - ALL DAY.
  For more information contact April Wascher, secretary to the 150
  Celebration committee at (906) 883-3423
aprilwascher@yahoo.com
   
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