Hoff is Hills Friendship Days parade marshal

Pete Hoff will be the parade marshal for the Hills Friendship Days celebration this year.
“We are trying to honor longtime business people or former business people in Hills,” said Howie Vis of Helping Build Communities Stronger.
Hoff, longtime Hills resident and owner of Pete Hoff Auto Repair, will lead the parade, scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Hoff owned and operated his business for 18 years before he and his late wife, Pearl, sold the building in 1998 when Pete retired at 62.
Within weeks of the sale, however, Pearl died. Pete decided to stay in Hills, where they had lived since 1960.
For the past 23 years (after replacement surgery on both knees and a hip), Hoff has been the part-time driver for the Tuff Home transport van.
He said he’s excited for Saturday’s parade because it means his three children, nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren will meet in Hills in his honor. “It sounds like they are all coming,” Hoff said.
Friendship Days kicks off with the following events on Friday:
•9 a.m. Golf tournament at Meadow Acres, Larchwood.
•Evening, Little League tournament at Hills ball park.
•At dusk, movie night at Bethlehem Lutheran Church beginning with a children-appropriate movie followed by a teen-appropriate movie.
Saturday events:
•7 a.m. 1K-5K run/walk starting in the park. Contact Jodi Harnack (507) 962-3386.
•7 to 10 a.m. FFA pancake breakfast at Hills Legion Hall.
•Noon to 2 p.m. car show at east side of old high school.
•11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., vendor fair in Jacobson Park.
•Noon until gone, smoked beef meal.
•Noon to 3 p.m., Dairy Barn ice cream and inflatables.
•Noon to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., “The Sidekicks” and “2 Man Band.” Bring lawn chairs.
•1 to 2 p.m., “The Homesteader,” as told by the grave talker.
•3 to 5:30 p.m. bingo at American Legion Hall.
•5 p.m. until gone, Shari’s Food Truck on Main Street.
•6 to 8 p.m., Midwest All Pro Wrestling.
•8 p.m. to midnight, street dance with “Lunatics Anonymous.”
Sunday’s activities:
•9:30 a.m. Worship in the Park. Bring a lawn chair.
•1 p.m. kids fishing derby.