2018 oracle oaks festival

ORACLE OAKS FESTIVAL APRIL 21, 2018

Mormon Battalion & Power from the Past, pages 8-9

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LIFE UNDER THE OAKS

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Welcome to the 33rd Annual Oracle Oaks Festival “Life Under the Oaks” Greetings ...

The Oaks Festival is one of Oracle’s finest, and longest-running traditions. It’s one special Saturday every spring when our community comes together to celebrate everything from our oak trees and landscapes to our diverse personalities and passions.

This year, it’s another classic event highlighting life under the Oaks. Start the morning with the Car Run followed by the Oaks parade. Have some breakfast at OCC – then browse the booths, munch a lunch, dance at the Cake Walk, check out the Silent Auction and take a chance on the “Taste of Oracle” raffle. Stroll our landscaped areas and discover nature-filled nooks and crannies.

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Oracle Oaks Festival Parade, Saturday, April 21 Parade Line up begins between 8:00-9:00am as follows: • 8 a.m. - Parade participants on hoof or foot (walkers and animals) line up at the little white house just west of St. Helen’s Catholic Church on American Ave. Pre-judging is now at this spot beginning at 8:30 a.m. as well as at Village Square. Motorized vehicles and floats line up at Village Square.

• This year there are CASH PRIZES for the parade winners!

• 9:30 a.m. – Spring Car Run begins.

• Right after the Car Run – OCC Oaks Parade begins. Length is 2.5 miles on paved American Ave. • Viewing – The entire parade including horses and walk-ins can be viewed from St. Helen Catholic Church to Mt. Lemmon Hwy just before the Post Office. However, Car Show, floats and other motorized parade entries can also be viewed starting from Village Square. See map for detail.

Get all application forms and further details on the OCC website at: www.oraclecommunitycenter.org

Parade Map Legend ••••• Car Show Route - - - - Parade Route A - (Village Square) Start of Car Show.

Pre-judging of motorized entries & floats.

B - (Little white house just West of St. Helen’s Church) Start of Oaks Festival Parade and pre-judging of on-foot entries and horses.

C - Parade finish. Parade stops at Mt. Lemmon Hwy. (just before the post office)

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Oracle Oaks Festival Schedule of Events 7-10 a.m. ..............................OCC Breakfast Burros and Cinnamon Rolls inside Oracle Community Center (OCC).

7 a.m.-2 p.m. �����������������������Silent Auction Review – come see and put your bid in on the items. Our famous “Taste of Oracle” raffle will be there as well! Winners announced at 2 pm. You must be present to win.

9 a.m.-3 p.m..........................Oracle Public Library Book Sale (at the Library). Includes famous $3-per-bag sale from 2-3 p.m.

9:30 a.m. �����������������������������2018 Spring Car Run starts at the Village Square. Right after the Car Run, the 33rd Annual Oracle Oaks Festival Parade starting just west of St. Helen’s Catholic Church for horses or walkers and from Village Square for motorized entries. This year’s theme is “Life Under the Oaks.” Our 2018 Grand Marshal and the VFW Rangers Mounted Color Guard will be starting off the Oaks parade. Cash prizes will be awarded to the parade winners.

10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ................Various Arts & Crafts, Information & Food Booths located in the midway, in front of the OCC. 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ................Kids’ Activities: Lot of fun things to do and more – up near OCC. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. .......................Lunch inside OCC featuring burritos and more.

11 a.m.-2 p.m.........................Cake Walk on the back porch of OCC. Yum! Get in on the fun early because once the cakes are gone, they are gone. No more walking.

2 p.m.....................................Silent Auction winners selected inside OCC. You MUST be present to win!

Want to be in the parade or get a booth?

Go to www.oraclecommunitycenter.org and get entry forms.

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John Harris Named Oaks Festival Grand Marshal

By John Hernandez Copper Area News

John Harris is this year’s Oracle Oaks Festival Grand Marshal.

The 33rd Annual Oracle Oaks Festival will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2018. This year’s Grand Marshal is John Harris. John is known for his sense of humor and for helping others in town.

John was born in Illinois and is 87 years old. He bragged that he rode his motorcycle until he was 83.

John spent four years in the Navy serving in the Aleutian Islands and Korea and is a Veteran of the Korean War. He spent a few years as a policeman in Missouri before becoming a truck driver and hauling goods across the United States and Canada.

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He came to Oracle in 1999 and has lived here since then. When asked how he ended up in Oracle, he jokingly replied, “I really don’t know, I ran out of gas, I think.”

John was interviewed at one of his favorite “hangouts” the barber shop. He also likes to hang out at Casa Rivera’s Restaurant. John said he does not know why he was picked as Grand Marshal.

“I have the dullest history of anybody in the world,” he said. “I haven’t done anything but harass the natives since I been here.”

John is a Mason and volunteers at the Community Center and all his pals at the barbershop says he does a lot for others.

Congratulations John!

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This Year’s Oaks Fest

By John Hernandez Copper Area News This year’s Oaks Festival is expected to be exciting and entertaining.

Two popular groups from last year’s event will be back. Power from the Past and the Mormon Battalion Reenactment Group will be at the Oaks Festival and in the parade.

Power from the Past is a non-profit organization made up of people dedicated to collecting, restoring, and exhibiting early-day engines, tractors and equipment. They aim to entertain and educate people about rural power history. They provide vintage mechanical equipment and displays that may include antique farm tractors, steam engines, blacksmithing exhibition, small antique engines, powering mills or pumps, farm field implements, and an operational mobile sawmill cutting timber into boards powered by a tractor belt.

This year the Power from the Past displays and exhibits will be located at the area where the car show is held on Justice Avenue by the courthouse. They will have a rope braiding demonstration by the Community Center which uses a hand crank unit that twists twine

into rope like it was done 100 years ago. Children will be able to get a rope to take home.

The Mormon Battalion Reenactment group will be at the Oaks Festival wearing their period costumes from the era of the Mexican War 1846 – 1847. The re-enactors honor the Mormon Battalion that marched from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego, California. They traveled along the Santa Fe Trail through the Southwestern deserts including marching along the San Pedro and Gila rivers in the Copper Corridor area. These members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints are the only religious unit ever recruited of a single religion, using the nickname of the church, Mormon to serve in the U.S. Army.

Visitors to the Oracle Oaks Festival will get to see a replica of an encampment including tools, knives, guns, equipment and clothing of the era. They will be able to sample food made using cooking utensils and methods from the 1840s. There will be a demonstration of the loading and firing of an old black powder rifle. This was a well-attended and popular event last year. It should be an exciting and fun day as well as educational.

Mormon Battalion Reenactment Group at last year’s Oracle Oaks Festival.

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