By Jolene FarleyThe Hills Community Club is finalizing plans for Friendship Days 2003 on Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14.Festivities begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Beaver Creek Golf Course for the four-person Best Ball Golf Tournament. To enter the tournament, contact Amanda Rozeboom at 962-3195 before June 6.Also Friday, the Country Cruisers Poker Run begins at 7 p.m. in the Jubilee parking lot in Brandon and ends in Hills.Bright and early Saturday, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. health screenings will be offered in the Hills Fire Hall. From 7 to 10 a.m., the health fair will feature a visit from the Dorothy the KELO Weather Van, health information, giveaways and a Homeland Security demonstration by the American Red Cross. Also that morning, FFA Alumni will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hills American Legion. The co-ed volleyball tournament starts at 9 a.m. in the Hills City Park. To enter a team, contact Amanda Rozeboom at 962-3195 before June 10.At the Hills Rez from 10 a.m. to noon, the MinnAqua Program, sponsored by the Beaver Creek Sportsmen’s Club, teaches children and adults about lake and stream ecology, while teaching them to fish. Courses include Enviroscape Watershed Model/Wonderful Watersheds, Fishing Equipment and Techniques, Rods and Reels Used in Fresh Water Fishing and Spin Cast Fishing. Doug Chapman offers high-flying fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with airplane rides from Luverne. To sign up for a ride, contact Amanda Rozeboom before June 3.From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Hills softball diamond, the Hills Country Cruisers show off their rides. Craft booths in the park open at noon.Tee-ball games are tentatively scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. at the Hills baseball diamonds, with an amateur baseball game scheduled for 2 p.m., pitting the Hills Thunder against the Luverne Redbirds.Kid’s activities begin at noon in the park with a petting zoo, sponsored by Blue Ribbon 4-H. Bumper cars and a jump tent, sponsored by the Hills Community Club, Cargill and the Hills Lions Club, are open until 3 p.m.Kids, start your engines for the Kids’ Tractor Pull at 12:30 p.m in the park. After the tractor pull at 2 p.m., attend a puppet show. At 1 p.m. in the park, the Tuff Memorial Home Kitchen Band performs.The Hills-Beaver Creek Pep Band is tentatively scheduled to perform at 1:30 p.m.Concessions stands will be sponsored by the Hills Christian School in the city park, by the Luther League at the Hills softball diamond, and by the Hills-Beaver Creek Baseball Association at the Hills baseball diamond. The Hills Community Club will serve an evening meal from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hills American Legion. The Hills Lions Club will serve homemade ice cream at 7 p.m. on Main Street while the Spotlight Dance Team performs.The Kiddie Parade and parade begins at 7:30 p.m., with prizes awarded to the winning entries. To enter the parade, contact Coleen Martens at 962-3694 by June 1.Hills Community Club raffle tickets with various prizes are available for purchase from any Community Club member, at Hills Home Center or before the parade. Drawings will be held following the parade. You need not be present to win.
