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Admirals make a splash on the 80th anniversary

BY SAMANTHA STARK

Detroit Lakes Newspapers

Tens of thousands are planning to gather in the Detroit Lakes area to celebrate the Northwest Water Carnival’s 80th anniversary, and admirals Nate Woodard and Alma Alaniz have had their work cut out for them. With the help of local Jaycees, they have organized more than 60 events over the carnival’s 10 days.

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The dedicated admirals have been responsible for organizing another memorable Water Carnival that will carry the historical success and enthusiasm as it has for the past 80 years.

“Our goal is to have a successful Water Carnival that we are able to give back,” Woodard said.

“Just to have a carnival that the community is proud of and that they will remember for the 80 more years to come.”

The admirals organize and oversee all the events of the carnival.

“All the Jaycees in the community working together are what makes the event successful,” Woodard said. “We do a lot of the behind-the-scenes work throughout the year, but mostly we are just the go-to leaders if anyone needs help.”

The local Jaycees members serve as chairpersons for all of

Northwest Water Carnival Admirals Alma Alaniz and Nate Woodard look forward to celebrating another successful carnival in Detroit Lakes. The long-lived celebration is considered to be the grand daddy of all water carnivals in the state. the carnival’s events, and keep things running smoothly during the festivities. However, much of the work that goes into planning out events and booking entertainment has been done by Woodard and Alaniz.

“It is a lot of work, but I love this community and I am glad that I was able to have the chance to make this one of best Water Carnivals this community has ever seen,” Alaniz said.

Why they were chosen

The honor of being chosen as admiral is not taken lightly.

“It means that someone in the group (Jaycees) that believes that I can do the job,” Alaniz said. “It’s an honor to be picked because it is a huge undertaking.”

Tradition has the Jaycees meeting after the big parade on Sunday so that the admiral can also pick next year’s admirals for the next 12 months of planning the carnival.

So when the Jaycees chose Woodard and Alaniz, they not

only knew they individually are dedicated Jaycees, but they knew together they would be deadly team.

Alaniz was chosen for her keen eye for detail, and Woodard for his big and wild ideas.

“I have the ideas that are crazy and outlandish, but might just be crazy enough to work,” Woodard said. “Alma brings me back down to reality and tells me how we can do it.”

In addition, Alaniz has a passion for volunteering and helping the community.

“Seriously, my only hobbies are volunteering as much as I can in the community,” Alaniz said. “I just really love to get involved.”

In addition, Woodard has been a Jaycee for almost four years and, within his first few years, has already made a huge splash.

“I even added a couple of events my first year,” Woodard said in regards of introducing the ADMIRALS to page 10 

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The Detroit Lakes Jaycees making their first appearance in their new and improved “Toonerville Trolley” in the 1956 Parade of the Northwest.

Since its debut in 1939, the Parade of the Northwest has become the most attended event during the Northwest Water Carnival.

Parade floats to Trolling down statewide fame the trolley’s tale

BY SAMANTHA STARK and VICKI GERDES

Detroit Lakes Newspapers

When it comes to wrapping up the Northwest Water Carnival celebration, the Jaycees have always left it to the Parade of the Northwest.

“It’s one of largest parades in Minnesota and every year it’s a hit,” Becker County Historical Society Executive Director Amy Degerstrom said.

The parade made its debut at the fourth annual Northwest Water Carnival on July 20, 1939, with less than 50 units.

Aside from the carnival cancellation of 1937, the parade has never been cancelled, a fact that the Jaycees pride themselves on.

It has been slowed down and postponed for a few minutes, but never called off.

Although, a cancellation came close when World War II got the best of the Detroit Lakes area. It involved the vast majority of the

world’s nations to form two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

When the disastrous stress of the war was taking the best of the Detroit Lakes area, the community took on discussion of postponing the carnival. Although, instead, the Jaycees decided a carnival is exactly what the community needed and turned the carnival into the first wartime parade.

In 1943, the parade ended up featuring 200 soldiers from Fort Ripley. In addition, War Bond show, a stage affair that features talent from Fargo, Minneapolis and Chicago, was created that enables the sale of $60,000 in war stamps and bonds to put over the Third War Loan Drive in Detroit Lakes and the county.

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BY SAMANTHA STARK

Detroit Lakes Newspapers

“A long time ago, when I was just a little kid, there was a cartoon in the newspapers,” said the 29th Water Carnival Admiral Dave Knutson.

“It was called the ‘Toonerville Trolley.’”

In 1953, Dr. Tom Rogstad, member of the Jaycees (then called the Junior Chamber of Commerce), developed the idea to build a “Toonerville Trolley”

to promote the Detroit Lakes Jaycees in festivals and parades around Minnesota, Knutson said.

However, this required highway travel, for which the unit was not properly prepared.

“That first trolley was a piece of junk and it didn’t even run well,” Knutson said in regards of the trolley braking down after only a few years of use. “They constantly had to fix it after each time they drove it.”

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• Natalie Nudell is the 16-year-old daughter of Rob and Karen Nudell of Frazee. She will be a sophomore at Frazee High School this fall and has future plans of becoming an early childhood special education teacher. Natalie will be performing a tap dance to “Sweet Georgia Brown” and her platform is Heart Disease Prevention. Natalie is sponsored by Morrison Eye Care.

• Annika Kovar is the 14-year-old daughter of Kevin and June Kovar of Perham. She will be a freshman at Perham High School this fall and has future plans of becoming a physical therapist. Annika will be performing a monologue entitled, “Barbie” and her platform is Eat Real, Move More, Creating Generation Healthy.

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C a t h e r i n e Jaroszweski is the 16-year-old daughter of Jim and Susan Jaroszewski of Frazee.

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• Libby Schmit is the 20-year-old daughter of Steven and Karen Schmit of Detroit Lakes.

She will be a junior at the University of North Dakota this fall double majoring in Social Work and Spanish with hopes to become a child therapist. Libby will be performing a jazz dance to “Applause” and her platform is Concussion Discussion: Use Your Head. Libby is sponsored by Blue Sky Inc. • Auroura Eckberg is the 17-year-old daughter of Ron and Sarah Eckberg of Detroit Lakes. She will be a senior at the Detroit Lakes High School this fall with future plans of obtaining her degree in Engineering. Auroura will be performing a monologue entitled, “Like a Girl” and her platform is Helping Our

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• Sarah Labine is the 18-year-old daughter of Jon Labine and Cynthia McDonough of Detroit Lakes. She will be a freshman this fall at North Dakota State University majoring in Pre-Veterinary Science and Crop & Weed Science with hopes to become a veterinarian.

Sarah will be performing a contemporary dance to “Who You Are” and her platform is Combating Teenage Depression and Suicide. Sarah is sponsored by 2nd Go Round Tack and Feed.

• Cyrina Ostgaard is the 20-year-old daughter of Kent and Natalie Ostgaard of Crookston.

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The Highlanders bagpipers (right) and Detroit Lakes high school band (bottom) have been the must-see performances at the parade for over 60 years. In addition, the Pet & Doll Parade was added to the festivities (above and top).

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However, the parade attendance picked up and year after year thousands more would attend.

By 1952, the attendance grew to over 35,000 to 40,000 due to a special appearance by the Winnipeg Highlanders bagpipe band, which was the talk of the town.

“They are such a col-

orful group and they always stay around before and after the parade to just mingle with the community,” Admiral Alma Alaniz said. “They literally constantly play their bagpipes nonstop, even if they are just walking to Zorbaz for pizza, they play the entire walk.”

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“We have always had such a positive reaction from the community whenever they come,” Admiral Nate Woodard said.

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In the late 1950s, Knutson helped entirely rebuild the first trolley from a WWII jeep with more than 10 other Jaycees. This included Arville Thompson, Jack Renner, Duane Wething, Curt Cherry, Darryl Swanson, Dale Hagen and others whose names have been lost to time.

Although in 1974, Don Davis purchased a 1953 Ford pickup chassis to make a new trolley due to a discovery of multiple design issues in the 1950s version.

Furthermore, the trolley was given a new appearance and painted red.

The trolley was rebuilt, redesigned and updated several times over the years, just trying to keep it running.

Even after expen-

sive rebuilding in the mid-1990s, the trolley went through a parade in Barnesville with the Jaycees pushing the entire route due to vapor lock.

“It actually has pretty much become a tradition now for the trolley to break down,” this year’s Admiral Nate Woodard said.

Although, maintenance wasn’t the only issue the Jaycees had with the trolley, roughly 10 years ago, parts of the trolley were stolen while being stored over the winter. This occurrence pushed the Jaycees to convert the trolley into a tow-only unit.

Now, after a generous donation of a 1975 Dodge RV from TJ and April Foltz three years ago, the trolley is self-propelled with an additional water wagon used to douse the crowd during the carnival’s Parade of the Northwest.

“We just wanted to get the trolley up and running again,” Jaycee Matt Boeke said, who was an enormous contributor to the current trolley redesigning with the help of 10 other Jaycees.

The group looked at old photos of past

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After over 60 years of multiple fixes, facelifts and total overhauls, the “Toonerville Trolley” still kicks off and wraps up the parade each year. trolleys, studied the design of the cartoon “Toonerville Trolley” and collected ideas from 1987 admiral Mark Hagen.

“We tried to keep it as close to the design of the old ‘Toonerville Trolley’ but also have the functionality and safety that we need,” Boeke said. “We had to kind of blend it all together with the idea that it will be the one they use for 30 more years.”

After years of rebuilding, the current trolley no longer resembles the exact design of the original 1950s trolley, but it was a sacri-

fice the Jaycees had to make in order for the trolley to function more successfully.

“It’s not the old trolley I once knew.

It’s bigger and was designed with a lot more vehicle,” Knutson said mournfully. “It doesn’t have the original cartoon-look but I guess they just can’t produce that anymore without it having severe problems.”

Several different versions of the “Toonerville Trolley” have been driving the streets of Detroit Lakes, traveling to surrounding towns, wrapping up the Parade of the

Northwest and giving trolley rides for 80 years; each trolley carrying its own memories and unique story.

However, no matter the color or design, the trolley has always been a treasured part of the Jaycees.

“There has been so much work put into making each trolley and they’re a piece of pride that the community gets to share with us,” Woodard said.

Trolley rides on the new and improved “Toonerville Trolley” will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday during Family Day in the DL City Park.

show at 3 p.m., on the water in front of the City Beach.

The parade currently has more than 80 units preregistered, and the Jaycees are still expecting plenty more to register before Sunday.

Because of ongoing construction on the south end of Washington Avenue, the Parade of the Northwest will have a new route this year, Woodard said.

“It starts on Summit Avenue at the intersection by the fire department and First Security Bank,” as it has in years past, Woodard said.

But instead of turning west at the first intersection and then south onto Washington Avenue, the parade will continue down Summit Avenue to Willow Street, then turn west and proceed to Washington Avenue, where it will once again turn south and continue on the usual route, down toward the beach then east on West Lake Drive to end up at the intersection next to Zorbaz.

“Hopefully next year we’ll be able to go back to the original route,” said Woodard, but even though there is a possibility that the Washington Avenue project may be finished before the parade takes place, the Jaycees didn’t want to take any chances with having to change plans at the last minute.

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Detroit Lakes Newspapers

For years, the reverberations of bygone country vocalists, upcoming musicians, legendary bands and the acclamation from Northwest Water Carnival attendees have echoed through the beach air of Detroit Lakes.

Two of the carnival’s premier music events are Party in the Park and Bash on the Beach. This year, both nights are set to feature well-known groups who have all put their own spin on country music.

Carrying on the tradition of providing unforgettable concerts from the best performers around has always been one of the top concerns each year for organizers and admirals.

“While I was growing up here, I went to many We Fests and the band that has always

stuck out in my mind, as one of the best live acts I have ever seen, has always been Sawyer Brown,” Admiral Nate Woodard said due to lead singer Mark Miller’s immense energy and exceptional stage presence.

Sawyer Brown, Nashvillebased country-rock band that became renowned directly from winning “Star Search,” will be headlining this year’s Bash on the Beach. The event is held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, at the locally-famous Pavilion.

Band members Bobby Randall (guitar) and Jim Scholten (bass guitar), Joe Smyth (drums), Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard (keyboards) and Miller are planning to perform their more popular songs due to the positive outcome from the Detroit Lakes area after previous WE Fest

performances, Hobie said.

“We have performed at WE Fest more times than any other performer and we have always had a good.”

Their favorite songs to perform are “The Walk” and “Some Girls Do,” Hobie said, which where both written by Miller and released in their eighth album “The Dirt Road” in 1992.

“They are always doing all kinds of crazy stuff up on stage at WE Fest,” Woodard said with a laugh as he reminisced about his past four attendances to Sawyer Brown performances.

He knew they would be somebody that the community would love to see due to their large fan base in the Detroit Lakes area.

The audience is the reason they keep returning to the Detroit Lakes area, Hobie

said.

“You just can’t beat that audience.”

Woodard and Co-admiral Alma Alaniz are hoping to break the Jaycees’ Bash on the Beach attendance record by getting over 2,000 attendees to the Sawyer Brown performance during the Bash on the Beach.

Last year’s mark was roughly 1,800 to 2,000 with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s performance.

“I duly think it is possible with Sawyer Brown,” Woodard said. “They have always been such a big hit.”

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On Friday, July 10, Party in the Park will be featured by local musical groups Solo and Redline.

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tions,” Alaniz said.

Each year, the Bed Races are the biggest fundraising event due to the teams’ responsibility to raising their own entry fee. This year’s admirals are planning to take the Bed Races’ funds and donate it to the Becker County DAV’s Pay it Forward program.

“Alma and I are just blessed that admirals before us have gotten this to snowball so much where we are able to now have a concert of a couple thousand people and donate so much to the community,” Woodard said of money raised from Bash on the Beach.

“The sky is the limit now. I know that there are Jaycees, past and present, that want to see the carnival go on forever and keep growing like it is,” he added.

tug-a-war and the Beast on the Beach events back to the carnivals festivities. “I originally became a Jaycee member because I wanted to get to know more people in the community, but it ended up helping me step into a larger leadership role.”

Their impactful plans

Each year, the admirals are required to decide what organization they want to donate the Water Carnival proceeds to. Currently, Woodard and Alaniz don’t have a set amount because they are still fundraising.

“We don’t know how much money we raised till after the event, but last year’s admirals were able to raise $35,000 in scholarships, plus leave something for us,” Woodard said.

Each year, if the funds are available, the admirals are required to leave a little start-up money for next year’s admirals.

“Our goal is to just breakeven, but we really try to have some left over to give back to the community and for next year’s admirals so they can have a successful carnival, too,” Woodard said.

They haven’t officially decided what they are doing with the overall left over carnival funds yet.

They have some ideas that they still have to discuss, Woodard said, but they haven’t completely narrowed it down.

“We want to give to everyone, because we already had a lot of good fundraising that we are planning to give to a lot of good and deserving organiza-

New and improved events

History is a pride for the admirals and other Jaycees members, but as years progress, the events have to also.

“The new events that we are introducing are the KFAN “Power Trip” with former Minnesota Vikings’ linebacker Ben Leber, Maniacs in the Sand and the Not-Yet-Famous Hot Dog Eating Challenge,” Woodard said.

Maniacs in the Sand will be held on Saturday, July 11, at 7 a.m. on the city beach.

“It’s like our version of the Tough Mudder but on a beach,” Woodard said.

Luckily that tiring event isn’t the same day as the NotYet-Famous Hot Dog Eating Challenge, which is held on Monday, July 15, at the Lakeside Tavern at 7 p.m.

 BASH from page 8 is geared mainly towards the community’s older generations, but all are welcome to come down and listen, dance and enjoy a night outdoors.

Dance on Detroit will be held on Tuesday, July 14, in the Pavilion at 7 p.m. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pavilion opening in 1915.

Decades of flourishing Pavilion performances

In celebration of their 100th, the

Skydive Fargo will be coming to the Detroit Lakes Municipal Airport as part of the 80th Annual Northwest Water Carnival. Part of the proceeds will go to the Jayceees.

Each year, the admirals constantly try to improve the carnival and keep the community interested by introducing new events.

“We really try to have as many varieties of events as we can,” Alaniz said.

Several interesting businesses jumped on board to help keep the carnival alive and growing.

Skydive Fargo Inc. and Lake Superior Helicopters are offering jumps and rides during the carnival festivities.

“Every person that skydives or takes a helicopter ride, they will donate a portion of the rides to the Jaycees,” Woodard said. “They all help us give back to the community in the end.”

Although, the skydiving and helicopter rides aren’t official water carnival events, they are still considered “kind of like sponsors.”

Businesses come to the Detroit Lakes area and support the Jaycees during the

Pavilion will be presenting pieces of the past for the Detroit Lakes community.

“The Pavilion has really been a center piece for the Water Carnival since the beginning,” Becker County Historical Society Executive Director Amy Degerstrom said. “That means that people that had participated in the carnival for the past 80 years have memories there.”

The Pavilion has been hosting concerts and dances since the very first carnival.

carnival.

“It’s a growing event that we wanted to be involved in and be a part of,” Lake Superior Helicopters Marketing Director Cody Oakland said.

The helicopter rides will do a 5-mile loop around the Detroit Lakes area over-looking the Water Carnival Lake Superior Helicopters are providing helicopter tours on the July 17 and 18 at the “pits” area of the field behind the demo derby ring at the fairgrounds.

Each helicopter ride is $45 per person and the company is excepting to walk-up registrations.

Skydive Fargo are offering tandem jumps at the Detroit Lakes airport on July 10, 11 and 12. They currently have over 20 individuals pre-registered but they will accept walk-up registrations at the airport.

“They invited us to come out and do some skydives,” Hans

In 1935, Jack Mills, a conductor from Sioux City, Iowa, and his orchestra performed for the carnival’s first coronation dance at the Pavilion.

In 1944, Lulu Belle and Skyland Scotty, stage names of the 1930s-1950s era husband-and-wife country music duo nicknamed the “Sweethearts of Country Music,” were the first wellknown special guests to perform live during the carnival’s variety show.

Previously, the carnival had symphony bands, marching bands and orchestras.

Nielsen, member of Skydive Fargo Board of Directors. “We thought it would be an incredible experience for the Detroit Lakes area. So if you’re interested, then this is the perfect time to do it.”

All the tandem instructors will be present at the airport.

“We got a lot of trained instructors and we will make sure that each jumper bonds with their instructor,” Nielsen said.

They are planning to bring two planes — one fits five passengers and the other fits only four.

Each 10,000 feet tandem jump will cost $235 per person. In addition, each jumper needs to do 30 minutes of training and sign a waiver.

Additional carnival event information

To enjoy the carnival’s events, official buttons are available to purchase. There are $2 buttons that will allow you to participate in many of the week’s events. For more dedicated attendees, a $50 button/commemorative mug combo is available.

The pricier option comes with the perk of being able to drink beer and non-alcoholic beverages for free during the 10-day event.

The demolition derby and Bash on the Beach tickets are not included in the button price.

A full schedule of the carnival’s events and information on how to participate is available on the Jaycees’ website: dljaycees.com. Water Carnival buttons are available from several area businesses and through the Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce.

From then on, years of featured bands, duets and vocalists performed at the carnival. Famous individuals such as Whoopee John, Yogi Yorgesson, Johnny (Crazy Otto) Maddox, Candy Candido, Steve Lawrence, Jerry Colonna and many others filled the carnival for decades of memories, making the carnival thee place for upcoming artist to perform.

For a full schedule of events, including more information on all of the musical performances visit the Jaycees’ Water Carnival Website.

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The day that rippled into history People lined up for miles to witness the water carnival that made a historical splash

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and early 1950s, more events were being added – events like the famous bed races, the demolition derby and several lake races that had boaters, swimmers, tubers and skiers out on the lake.

The carnival took over the entire Midwest and, by this time, the event was publicized all over Minnesota and sounding states to bring even more people to the Detroit Lakes area.

Over the years, events were dismissed and new ones were introduced, but the history continued and the memories thrived.

“One of the funniest events was in the 1970s where they would literally hit a car with a bat,” Degerstrom said. “A past participant said it was the most popular event that year.”

It seems that one has to truly be there to really understand why some of the events over the years were fun, she added.

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Everyone can recall their first Northwest Water Carnival experience. Maybe it was the boat races, water fights, parade or even the Winnipeg bagpipers.

No matter the affair, the locals held on to the treasured memories and, if asked, will gladly share their laughs with whoever is curious.

Some of the cherished memories were recorded over and over again in newspapers and others were just not safe for print. They have been passed down from generation to generation, documented and photographed.

Although, over time, photos faded and documents have become brittle, but, no matter the condition, they hold more than the winners of the 1953 fishing derby or the name of 72nd Miss Northwest. They hold the history of the Detroit Lakes community and a tradition that stood the test of time.

The day that started it all

It was 1935.

The Great Depression was in full force.

The Detroit Lakes community, like all communities all over the world, was drowning in a severe economic depression.

People had lost businesses, farms and many jobs.

The young, local leaders of the Junior Chamber of Commerce (now called the Jaycees) were determined to cheer everyone up and bring tourism to the Detroit Lakes area to boost business.

“Their job was to promote the Detroit Lakes area and bring people here,” Becker County Historical Society Executive Director Amy Degerstrom said.

The Jaycees didn’t want to just sit and watch their community struggle. So they took

Since the beginning, the Northwest Water Carnival incorporated water into its events. People packed the city streets, filled every available parking spot and lined the lakeshore for the first carnival events which included speedboat races, mile marathon swims, innertube races (above) and many more. actions into their own hands and thought up of a carnival that could save the community.

The small group of 20 businessmen raised enough money to hold a carnival that would be free and open to the public.

A water carnival admiral was named – F. C. Schroeder – to head up the event and plan the festivities. The one-day carnival was held on July 4 and packed full of events.

A booklet of the first carnival was distributed all over the Detroit Lakes area that announced the swimming races for all ages, boat races, lifesaving demonstrations by Boy Scouts and firemen, water baseball, log rolling, canoe races, first annual Miss Northwest pageant (than called the Bathing Beauty

contest) and many more events.

There were 58 advertisements in the booklet, with many of the firms and businesses no longer in Detroit Lakes. As the years accumulate, the little booklet concerning the First Annual Northwest Water Carnival becomes more valuable as many realize that from that tiny beginning there emerged a celebration that ranks with the best in the Upper Midwest.

Over 15,000 individuals gathered around the Detroit Lakes area to watch history in its making during the first carnival in 1935.

“It was said to have been the largest aggregation of visitors that Detroit Lakes has ever entertained at one time,” Degerstrom said.

An event that stood the test of time

After years of increased community interest, Jaycees continued to add events. This resulted in the one-day event to soon ripple into a three-day weekend, then to weekdays until today when the event is 10 days long.

Missing only 1937 due to money shortage, the carnival has never been postponed or cancelled due to weather. To which is difficult to believe with the unpredictability of Minnesota weather.

The carnival continued to flourish, and by the late 1940s

From the beginning, the Water Carnival has involved water. The first carnival was primarily swimming races that are still, to this day, an event (to be held Wednesday, July 15, at 4 p.m.)

But an event that has established an extraordinary history over the 80 years is the well-known water fights.

The water fights (which used to be called the Firemen’s Street Water Battle) was added to the Water Carnival schedule in 1938. A team of Jaycees composed of Les Kohler, Glenn Smith, Cliff Bofferding and Lloyd Boyer batted a team of firemen including Harry Roof, George Sorkness, Paul Beug and Clarence Bergquist with real fire hoses. To this day, the fire department and HISTORY to page 14 

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The most exciting early features of the water carnival were the mile marathon swim, balloon-busting handicap speedboat races, the water fight and the beauty contest.

HISTORY from page 12  the Schultz Garage business still help host the annual water fights at the Water Carnival.

The event consists of historical treasures that were used in the original water fights, too.

“They have used those old fire hose nozzles as far back as I remember,” said former Fire Chief Jeff Swanson. They can be dated back to the 1930s and are predicted to be used in the original water fight event.

In addition, they apparently originally used a beer keg on the ground instead of a ball when they first started the event but it was said to be too dangerous, Swanson added. Now, they use a playground ball that is wrapped tightly in a net.

Schultz Garage has provided the additional equipment (wire, ball, pulley, etc.) since the beginning of the event.

Wally Schultz, a former fire chief that was part of the creation of the water fights, opened the Schultz Garage family business in 1936.

“My dad was part of the fire department and he knew he had some of the stuff they needed for the event,” Schultz daughter Ruth Gunderson said. “The business has just helped the fire department and the Jaycees since then.”

Many of the items that they provide have been used for over 30 years.

“The hooked pole used to pull the ball back and forth on the wire was actually created by a local plumbing company,” Gunderson, said.

“They came up to the fire department and said ‘What you guys need is a rod with a hook on it.’

So they created and donated it.”

The water fight is held on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. in City Park.

Teams of, at most, six

people can sign up at 6 p.m. to compete against other teams.

“We expect to have over 30 teams,” Jaycee Kate Spaeth, chair of the water fight event, said.

“That is the average they had in past years.”

The single elimination tournament consists of a 1 1/2 inch wide fire hose used to move a ball on a wire 10 feet above the ground. Registration is at 6 p.m. in City Park and includes a $40 fee per team.

“My favorite event is the water fights, and it is one of the most popular events in the carnival,” Admiral Alma Alaniz said, who has participated in every water fight since 1996 and is planning to join this year.

The Water Carnival is now the oldest and longest-running carnival in Minnesota, and although everyone may have their favorite events, the true draw to the carnival is the nostalgia.

Many people gathered from all over Minnesota to watch the first ever Miss Northwest pageant, above.

Left, in 1987, tugof-war was one of the featured events on the beach.

Events continue to be added and improved to modernize the carnival.

The demolition derby has been a crowd pleaser since the mid-1980s.

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