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Not one, but two Teton Valley communities are celebrating their centennials this year.
Driggs, which had a big winter carnival in February honoring the centennial, also has events coming up this summer. On June 5 is the Fly-In Memorial Day celebration at Driggs- Reed Memorial Airport, which also includes a quilt show and the crowning of the king and queen of the Driggs Centennial Celebration. Finger-food brunch will be provided. On June 12 the Driggs Centennial Golf Invitational brings the pars and bogeys and birdies (any eagles?) to Huntsman Springs. Registration cost is $75 per golfer, with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.; proceeds benefit the centennial doin’s. Finally, on August 6, a Friday Nifty-Fifties Street Dance and “last century movie” at the Spud Drive-In precede the following morning’s John Colter Run and other activities. A Centennial Parade makes its way down Main Street after the run, with costumed kids and dogs, plenty of horses and riders, and lots of floats. There’ll also be kids’ games and softball—with a team composed of men over forty taking on the high-school girls’ team—in Driggs City Park. And there’s more; call Debbie Hunter at 313-3133 for additional information.
Meanwhile, farther north up Tetonia way, that city’s primary centennial event takes place Saturday, September 18, with a belated Arbor Day ceremony, a parade, and a community picnic at Ruby Carson Memorial Park. Festivities start at 2:00 p.m. A second celebration, slated for Saturday, November 20 (tentatively at the Tetonia Elementary School), will include the premiere screening of a documentary film about the history of Tetonia, followed by a dance. For updated information, contact Tetonia city clerk and treasurer Carol Lenz at 456-2249 or tetoniagov@silverstar.com.
What about Victor, you ask? That city’s centennial happened way back in 1989!
