Tnl-News.com - Heritage Holiday is here! Come June 3, 4 and 5 and celebrate!

The July 4th weekend is here and where else but Minerva can you go and not have to travel a long distance and spend a lot of money on gasoline. Come, bring your family and friends, and join in.

The Minerva Heritage Holiday is being held at the Minerva Municipal Park and the Minerva High School in the new auditeria and the parking lot outside the school.

The weekend starts on Friday, July 3, with a book sale at the Minerva library, and at the Municipal Park in the Community Building will be the craft show starting at 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. In the midway will be food vendors and inflatable toys for the children, as well as some games for all ages starting at noon to 5 p.m.

The Miss Minerva Pageant will be held at the Minerva High School auditeria beginning at 2 p.m. with the crowning of the winner at 6 p.m.

Back in the park the Bur-le-ques square dancing will be from 5-6 p.m., then the Heart of Country Cloggers from 6:30-7:30 p.m. To finish off the first day will be the Border Line Band (formerly known as Vintage Country).

Saturday, July 4, starts off with a pancake and sausage breakfast being held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 515 East Line St., sponsored by Relay for Life from 8-10 a.m.

At the Municipal Park in the Community Building will be the craft show. The midway will again be the site of inflatable toys for the children and games for adults. The food vendors will also be present.

Minerva High School auditeria will host the opening day of a quilt show display, art exhibit and flower show. Signs will be posted so you know where to go. Please do not bring any food or drinks into the school.

The Minerva swimming pool will be open for free swimming from noon to 6 p.m. for those of you that may wish to cool down.

The Haas Museum will be open from noon to 4 p.m. each day of the celebration. There will be walking house tours all three days sponsored by the Minerva Historical Society.

A garden tour will be held on July 4 from 1-5 p.m. with a rain date of July 5 at the same time. Tickets for the garden tour will be sold at the Community Building on Friday, July 3, up until the time of the tour on Saturday, July 4.

At 1:30 p.m. Cathy Horn will be singing patriotic songs in front of the Minerva Village Hall and sidewalks will be decorated with sidewalk art to entertain the public until 2 p.m. when the Minerva Heritage Parade will begin. The 2009 grand marshal will be Jerry Grimes. The restored 911 fire truck will be there as well. The truck will then go to the Municipal Park where you will be able to get a close up look at it. Line up will begin at 1 p.m. at the Rotary Park.

Later in the evening will be music by the young group from Minerva High School, Sight Unseen. This will begin at 7 p.m.

At 9 p.m., there will be a movie shown by Shawn Hetrick of the Minerva Art Group.

Sunday, July 5, is the last day. If you have not seen any of the shows you will want to get down to the park and enjoy yourself.

The craft show is in the Community Building from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The quilt display, art exhibit and flower show will be in the auditeria at Minerva High School and in the parking lot will be a car show for all of the car enthusiasts from noon to 4 p.m.

In the park, the Relay for Life will hold its Duck Derby at 2 p.m.

There will be music by the Gospel Spirits and Speelman Sisters to entertain you. This will also begin at 2 p.m. While you are listening to the music, you will be able to enjoy some food from the food vendors in the park.

Most of the Heritage Holiday has been made possible by donations from people participating in the celebration and donations from local organizations. The Minerva Heritage committee would like to thank everyone for their help.