Scenes from the Annual Lyons Strawberry Festival

Monday, June 3, 2013

Photo by Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor

Sunday the town park in Lyons was bustling with activity. Throughout the day there was live music, organized by Sheriff Terry Pierce, a Classic Car Drive-In, ice cream and strawberry shortcake. and other delicious food prepared by the local Boy Scout troop and others. There was variety of vendors set up in the park White River Valley Lyons Elementary School sixth-grader McKinley Frye reigned over the festival as the 2013 Strawberry Festival Queen. She was selected based on academic achievement.

Jo Halt and Irene Skomp dish up some strawberries, shortcake and ice cream for Laverne Roudebush, of Lyons at Sunday's Strawberry Festival in the Lyons Town Park.
Buck Mullis, of Lyons, was busy most of the day frying up grilled tenderloins in the Boy Scout booth at the Strawberry Festival.
Alan and Brenda Pickett, of rural Lyons, try a sample of strawberries and ice cream when they visited the Lyons Strawberry Festival. The annual fest featured plenty of good food, music, a variety of games, a car show and horse pull.
Angie Merder, of Indianapolis, tries to entice her young daughter, Meredith, who is 17 months old, to take a bite of some delicious strawberry and shortcake.

Molly Strange, who's 20 months old isn't sure the strawberries are to her liking. She is the daughter of Ashley (at left) and Jeff (at right) Strange of Bloomfield.
Vicki Gatz, of Lyons, relaxed with a bowl of strawberries and ice cream, as she listened to the musical entertainment.
Ken Fordyce's 'Rat Rod' was a big hit at the car cruise-in that was part of the Strawberry Festival on Sunday. The Rat Rod is a converted 1948 International Harvester KB5 1 1/2 ton pickup that's now equipped with a 460 HP engine. Fordyse said the unusual vehicle is licensed and he enjoys driving it on the road and making head's turn in amazement. Here, John Coleman and Dr. William Powers, M.D., both of Lyons, along with Ed Wright of Columbus, take a close look at this mechanical creation. That's Fordyce standing to the right rear of his vehicle.
Youngsters had a good time on the inflatable Big Slide.
Three members of the 'Hole in the Wall Gang", from left Cindy Condol, Lee Condol and Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce. The group entertained at Sunday's Strawberry Festival in Lyons.
Dan Keegan entertained on the banjo.
The Lyons Strawberry Festival provided a time to chat and fellowship for many.
There was a steady stream of people attending the festival for most of the day. The parade, on Saturday morning, was rained out.