2010 Shabbona Hometown Events Committee

Saturday, July 3, 2010
Time	Event	Location
Noon - 4:00pm	Car Show	Screamer's Ice Cream
2:00pm	Registration for the Bags Tournament $15 Per person to play. Raffle style drawing will pick partners. Join us for a day that is sure to be fun! Winning team will receive a trophy and 50% of earnings from registration (SHEC will receive the other 50% of earnings), 2nd place will receive a t-shirt.	Purdy's Lot
2:00pm	Shabbona Fire Department Water Fights The Shabbona Volunteer Fire Department will be showing off their skills on Navaho St with a good old water fight competition!! Bring a lawn chair and show your local Fireman your small town with BIG PRIDE voices!	Shabbona Fire Dept
2:30pm	Bags Tournament Begins	Purdy's Lot

Food vendor on site with music brought to you by, “Hotwheels Revolution”

Sunday, July 4, 2010
Time	Event	Location
7:00 - 11:00am	Shabbona FD Annual Pancake Breakfast Begin your fun filled day with a great start with all you can eat pancakes and whole hog sausages! $5.00 per person, children 3 and under Free!	Shabbona Fire Dept
8:00 am	Vendor & Craft booths open	Purdy's Lot
9:00am	Kids or the Kid at Heart Bike Parade! Decorate a bike or wagon to show your spirit!! Come and join in or watch the spirit and excitement from Pontiac/Navaho down to Illini/Navaho and return!	Around Town
9:00am - 3:00pm	Shabbona Healthcare Center Events Games outside with a cakewalk inside. They will be hosting a clown with free face painting from 9am to 11am. The residents would love for you to stop in at 2:00 pm for a game of bingo! Raffle drawings will be held at 11am and 2pm. Prizes include a movie basket with movie passes and a family 4 pack to Hopkin’s Park pool passes!	Shabbona Healthcare Center
9:30am	Where were you in 1922? In conjunction with the “Shabbona Hometown Festival” we will be having an ‘Old Fashioned Revival’ during our regular 9:30 am Worship service. There will be a Gospel message, special gospel music and refreshments. All will take place under a ‘Revival Tent’. Come and walk the ‘sawdust trail’ as we sing, “I saw the light” and many other Gospel favorites. After you eat at the Fire Departments breakfast come to the ‘Revival’ under the big tent located near the Church. EVERYONE is invited! Tell your neighbor!	Shabbona UCC Church
10:00am - 3:00pm	Moon Walks, Carnival Rides and Games Begin!!! New for this year: Petting Zoo and Mechanical Bull! Village Bible Church-Indian Creek Campus will be sponsoring all the FREE Midway and Kiddie games!	Purdy's Lot
11:00am	Food Vendors open	Purdy's Lot
11:00am - Noon	Birds of Prey The Flewellin Memorial Library and the Shabbona Community Enrichment Association will sponsor a live bird of prey educational program by Candy and Steve Ridlbauer. The Northern Illinois Raptor Rehab & Education is Federally and State licensed. They rescue, rehabilitate and release orphaned, sick or injured birds of prey. The Ridlbauers utilize non-releasable birds in the one hour program.	Purdy's Lot
12:30pm	Main Street Parade Bring a friend and share your excitement with our annual 4th of July PARADE! This year’s theme: “small town BIG PRIDE”!	Around Town
2:00pm	Ice Cream Eating Contest An Ice Cream Eating contest sponsored by Screamers Ice Cream! Don’t miss this exciting event!	Purdy's Lot
2:00pm	Ice Cream Social Shabbona Supportive Living is hosting an Old Fashion Ice Cream Social Bring A friend & A lawn chair and join them for an ice cream sundae, music from the 30’s, 40’s, swing and up to the 60’s! Not to mention some good ole fashioned hospitality!	Shabbona Supportive Living Center
3:00pm	Kiddie Water Fights Hosted by the Shabbona Fire Department.	Shabbona Fire Dept
3:00pm	SHEC 4th of July Raffle Drawing Tickets may be purchased from a committee member or at our booth. Ticket price is $10 with 11 chances of winning. 1st ticket drawn wins $500 with the next 10 consecutive tickets drawn winning $100! GOOD LUCK!	Purdy's Lot
4:00pm	UCC Youth Fundraising Hog Raffle Drawing will be held at 4 PM in the tent on the Church grounds. Tickets can be purchased up to the time of the drawing. If you desire a ticket(s) please call the Church Office at (815) 824-2359 and leave a message. There will be TWO winners; each receiving one half a hog AND CUSTOM PROCESSING OF THE MEAT IS INCLUDED! This is a great deal! One of last year’s winners told Pastor Jim it was the best bacon she has ever tasted! Ticket price is $5. Last year the youth went to a bible camp in upstate New York and this year they will be attending a bible camp in Colorado!! Please help support our youth!	Purdy's Lot
4:00pm - 7:00pm	Lion's Club Pork Chop Dinner The Lions Club will be serving their fabulous 1-2 pork chop dinners @ the Lions Depot in Shabbona. Bring the family out for a delicious dinner!	Lion's Depot
Dusk	FIREWORKS! Shabbona Fireworks Organization Presents its 2nd annual spectacular show over Lake Shabbona. Donations in advance can be sent to Shabbona Fireworks @ PO Box 133, Shabbona, IL 60550. A donation of $10 per car is appreciated at the entrance to the State Park or Indian Oaks CC to help preserve the sustainability of the annual fireworks event.	Shabbona Lake State Park

Music and DJ Services provided throughout the day by “Hotwheels Revolution”