Elkhart’s Summer Fling offers a fun focus on the historic community

[June 18, 2023]   Saturday June 17th was a beautiful day for Elkhart’s Summer Fling. The Village of Elkhart, Elkhart Station General Store, and local sponsors, hosted the event to bring the community together, highlight area businesses, and support vendors near and far.

There were many activities for all ages, including several demonstrations of water ecosystems throughout the day. There was a parade and contest for the best dressed animal, where Norman the calf was a crowd favorite. After that was the children’s bike parade, followed by the Kiddie Tractor Pulls hosted by Logan County Farm Bureau Young Leaders.

Tractors lined the streets in all colors, and vendors from as close as Lincoln to as far as Carlinville joined all the shops along Governor Oglesby Street to share their treasures. Other activities included train engine tours at Elkhart Grain Company, basketball, face painting, and town wide garage sales.

Members of Elkhart Fire Department were on hand to give fire hats to the children and had a “Stuff the Boot” for Mikah Martin of Mt. Pulaski.

Live music later in the afternoon concluded the day.

[Heather Gaule]