Falls City hosted the 8th annual Mushroom Festival.
Officials called this the most successful one ever. The streets of this small Polk County hamlet was converted to an outdoor market, selling home-made crafts, and stuff.
Local bands provided the afternoons entertainment to an anxious crowd. People of all ages were drawn together for this momentous event. Children of all ages danced in the streets to the groovin' tunes of J.T. and the Tourists, while the older kids slunk and drunk in the Boondocks Tavern.
Parents at the event had an opportunity to escape the grasps of younger children at the Mushroom Carnival, complete with a big clown head to jump in.
Edith and Ethel, local chantrelle connisseurs, provided an informative display of local mushrooms picked in the area. They offered details to novices concerning safe harvesting of wild mushrooms.
The 10K Volksmarch proved to be relaxing, informative and just plain fun. There were some enthusiastic competitors who ran but most people just strolled along in the warm October sun. No participants got lost and there were no casualties reported.
For hippies looking for "magic mushroom" the police also had a well-guarded display. Local authorities took all necessary precautions at this years event, hoping not to repeat last year. Naked, glazed-eyed and slobbering, 20 overzealous nature fiends captured the local parish and demanded orange juice and M&M's, authorities said.
Local vendors provided tasty foodstuffs to the hungry masses. Although the prices were rather high, the food did help cure "the munchies." Again, no one got lost, and no casualties were reported.
As the day ended, people heeaded to a local park for a good old fashioned rock throwing contest. In these reporters eyes, the whole festival was a sucessful event due to one reason: no participants got lost and no casualties were reported.
- From staff reports