"Wildcat Traditions March On"

COLOR GUARD service members Marvin Brekel and Zach Morris carry flags at the start of the Fleming Fall Festival parade in downtown Fleming on Sept. 11.

FLEMING THIRD and fourth grade students (l-r), Liamm Fagan, Kaylev Nielsen, Easton Steward and Reagan Unrein combined for a "Future Wildcat Champions" float in the Fall Festival parade in downtown Fleming.

LEVI LOWE, Lon Comstock and Lance Williams, Fleming Volunteer Firemen, serve a pulled pork lunch to Fall Festival goers at the park in Fleming on Saturday.

XANDER CHAVEZ takes off from the starting line in the trash sack race Saturday afternoon in the park.

FLEMING Mayor Sue Einspahr cuts the ribbon, or in this case, the toilet paper, to the Town's new sewer pond project during afternoon events at the Fleming Fall Festival last week. The new sewer project came to fruition when old lagoons, located in the flood plain, were discharging into local groundwater. The project, totaling over $3 million, became possible with grant funds from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and the United States Department of Agriculture as well as low and no interest loans. Town of Fleming residents pay an additional $30 on their utility bills for the next 40 years to help cover the cost, a small price for a $3 million price tag, Einspahr said Saturday.

THE FLEMING Volunteer Fire Department honored retiring member Sam Wolever for his 41 years of service to the department. Wolever recently retired from the department but was presented with a commemorative ax at Fleming's Fall Festival last Saturday.

GIVING IT ALL, Stanton McMurrin pushes as far as he can go in the pedal tractor contest held during Fleming's Fall Festival.