Full day of activities planned for Corn Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30

The annual Haxtun Corn Festival is slated for the last Saturday in September in downtown Haxtun. This year’s event will take place on Sept. 30 and honor Grand Marshals Steve and Nora Hofmeister. This year’s theme is “Where neighbors become family.”

The Haxtun Corn Festival, sponsored each year by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce, opens again this year with the Haxtun Volunteer Fireman’s pancake breakfast at the fire hall at the corner of North Colorado Avenue and Storhm Street. Serving begins at 7 a.m.

The annual J. Jeffryes Memorial run/walk lines up at 8 a.m. along Colorado Avenue. This event...