N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 16 POTATO GROWER Food, family fun and many events make up the Potato Days Festival, which was held this year on Friday and Saturday, August 24th and 25th in Barnesville, Minnesota. 2018 was a great year with great crowds and fun had by all! Friday was a record breaking day filled with shoppers and everyone enjoying the food court, entertainment and all events. On Saturday we had another beautiful day with streets over filled with people having fun with events, food and so much more! Some popular events again this year was the mashed potato wrestling event along with the parade, street fair, food court and of course the car show. We had overflow of participants in the kids scramble, eating contest and sculpture contest which always has such fun talent! Food Court was overfilled with more vendors this year. Potato foods were a plenty as most of the vendors had some sort of potato goodie for all to enjoy! We thank all the wonderful events and corporate spon- sors for their support and donations as well as the 100’s of volunteers, who donate hours to help put on a won- derful family festival that has something for every age! Whether “spuds” were a part of your activities during Potato Days or you were a spec”tator” a great time was had by all during the 2018 Potato Days. Mark your calendars for August 23rd and 24th, 2019 to join us for more “spud”riffic fun! “Spud”tacular and a “Peel”ing Events Attract over 20,000 to Annual Potato Days Festival These kids are having a fun time at the potato picking contest. This little guy is doing his best in the potato sack races.