101st annual Corn Festival set for this Saturday Event promises something fun for everyone

The annual Haxtun Corn Festival is slated for the last Saturday in September in downtown Haxtun. This year’s event will take place on Sept. 24 and honor Grand Marshal Fran Gilliland who celebrated her 101st birthday on Sept. 8, just two weeks before the 101st Corn Festival. This year’s theme is “Pulling Together Since 1909.”

The Haxtun Corn Festival, sponsored each year by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce, opens again this year with the Haxtun Volunteer Fireman’s pancake breakfast at the fire hall at the corner of North Colorado Avenue and Strohm Street. Serving begins at 7 a.m.

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