Photographs: Esko Fun Days options many sights and delights – Cloquet Pine Journal

ESKO — With a film night time and medallion hunts, bingo and basketball, music and motors, the times have been packed filled with actions throughout

Esko Fun Days.

The annual summer time celebration kicked off Tuesday with a National Night Out occasion on the Esko Sports Complex and continued by way of the week with quite a lot of points of interest comparable to a youth 3-on-3 basketball event on Friday, in addition to an Evening on the Esko Historical Museum occasion and Movie Night on the sports activities complicated for a exhibiting of “Backcountry.”

Saturday’s schedule was a full day that included the grand parade at 11 a.m. as spectators lined up alongside either side of East Highway 61 and Canosia Road to observe the fireplace vehicles, floats and farm gear and refill their deal with baggage.

In addition to the parade, Saturday included the Kristin Burkholder 5K and children race, video games, a barbecue at Northridge Park and a automotive present on the sports activities complicated. Rod Johnson, Tim Lindquist and the

2014 state champion Esko boys basketball group

additionally had been inducted into the Esko Sports Alliance Hall of Fame.

Esko Fun Days wraps up with a road dance from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. within the Northridge parking zone that includes native band Schlock.

For extra on Esko Fun Days, go to the

Esko Community Partnership Facebook

web page.

Dan Williamson joined the Duluth News Tribune in June 2021 the place he is concerned in digital content material comparable to video, images and podcasts in addition to masking breaking information. Previously, he labored in tv broadcasting as a Sports Director/Anchor at WDIO-TV in Duluth, Sports Director/Anchor in Bismarck, N.D., News and Sports Anchor at KSAX-TV in Alexandria, and Reporter/Photographer/Editor with the syndicated present “Life to the Max” in Eden Prairie. He was additionally the Development Director for the Duluth Salvation Army. Williamson grew up in Alexandria, graduated from St. Cloud State University and has lived in Duluth since 2012.