MAGNOLIA" This year's Sandy & Beaver Canal Days will be held Aug. 8-10.
This will be the 28th year for the event that gives visitors of Magnolia that weekend an opportunity to look back to the good old days of canal boats, horses and carriages, long dresses and bonnets for the women and vest and bowties for the men.
On Friday, Aug. 8, the Miss Canal Days pageant will be held at the festival grounds. Ribs and other delicious food items will also be available that evening, as well as games, crafts, entertainment and more.
The annual foot race will be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 9, at Magnolia Elementary School. Trinity Lutheran Church will once again have its pancake breakfast at the church.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, the parade will be held at 2 p.m. A car show is also planned that day.
The activities scheduled for this years Canal Days include a cake walk, cornhole tournament, volleyball tournament, car show, karaoke and a show featuring local talent.

The tentative schedule for Canal Days is as follows:

* Friday -- car show, karaoke, volleyball tournament, cake walk;

* Saturday -- cornhole tournament, volleyball tournament, Children's Olympics, family movie night;

* Sunday -- children's games, local talent presentation, old-fashioned baseball game.

Old favorites that will return to this year's Canal Days events include bingo, Miss Canal Days pageant, fishing rodeo, pancake breakfast, foot race, children's parade (Saturday) and grand parade (Sunday), pie baking contest and auction, pizza and watermelon eating contests, best lawn and citizen of the year presentations, duck race, town garage sale, canoe races, tractor pull, music, dunking booth, inflatables, food, drinks, crafts, raffles and much more.