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Commemorative Foley Fun Days buttons are on sale at Foley City Hall, Brenny’s Oil, Frandsen Bank & Trust, Falcon National Bank and Coborn’s as well as through the Foley ambassador candidates and Foley Civic Group members.
Foley Fun Days - Denim & Diamonds brought to you by the Foley Civic Group Inc.
Friday, June 16 Varied hours ...................................................City-wide garage sales. 3-8 p.m. Flea & Farmers Market. Henry’s Auction & Party Center.
Saturday, June 17 Varied hours ...................................................City-wide garage sales. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ............... Oak Park Creamery Farmers Market. Oak Park Creamery. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m................................................Flea & Farmers Market. Henry’s Auction & Party Center. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. .....................................Kids Bicycle Safety Rodeo. For ages 10 and under. Foley Lions Park. 5-10 p.m. ........................................... Bloom Where You’re Planted. Art Showcase. Changes Gallery& Boutique. 6 p.m................................................. Foley Ambassador Coronation. Foley High School auditorium.
Sunday, June 18 8 a.m. to noon............................ Sons of the American Legion Omelet Breakfast. American Legion Post 298. 2 p.m................................... Lemonade Fun Days Musical Concert. Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church.
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Family Fun Night leadership makes slow, steady transition Monroe works with new co-chairs to plan popular event
PHOTO BY TIM HENNAGIR
Tiffany Neis (from left), Char Monroe and Karen Eherenman are leaders who are working on a transition plan for a popular Foley Fun Days activity. Monroe is serving her last year as Family Fun Night chair after a long history with the event.
BY TIM HENNAGIR | STAFF WRITER
table on the afternoon of May 31, completing a Foley Fun Days committee meeting agenda Foley Fun Days has several long-standing packed with numerous to-do lists, game ideas and events that gain synergy from their scheduling other logistics. proximity. During that meeting, Monroe’s mantra of For example, each year after the Kiddie “be prepared” was evident as she showed off an Parade, its participants traditionally visit Family emergency envelope filled with Band-Aids and Fun Night. a small packet of Kleenex, two items she always One part of that community celebration has available during the event. tradition will change after this year’s event is And when it came to reviewing the nittycompleted. gritty details of what is going in this year’s kid Event chair Char Monroe has announced goodie bags, Monroe did not miss a beat when she she will be stepping down after many years of breezed through pricing options for the different organizing kid-friendly activities. She has been types of treats. working with Karen Eherenman and Tiffany Neis “It is time for me to get out,” Monroe said. on a transition plan. “But deep down, I really don’t want to give it up. Eherenman is a Foley Elementary School I’m going to be 77 years old, and it’s time for me early childhood family education and early to slow down. Tiffany is so qualified and so is childhood special education teacher. Neis is an Karen.” elementary school teacher. Monroe said she started working with Family “I couldn’t think of two better people to take Fun Night in the 1990s, when daughter, Gina, was over an event that’s been designed for kids,” crowned Miss Foley. Monroe said. Family Fun Night page 2 The trio sat around Monroe’s dining room
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