Poultry Days announces plans for two parades
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VERSAILLES Poultry Days plans to make up for the lack of parade two years in a row with two parades to be held during the annual festival.
All registration for the Grand Parade will be online at versaillespoultrydays.com. Awards will be given for Junior Civic, Senior Civic, Commercial, Theme Award, Queen’s Trophy, Mayor’s Trophy and Chairman’s Choice. The deadline for registering for the Grand Parade is May 21. Email poultrydaysparade@yahoo.com with any questions about the Grand Parade.
The 2021 festival theme is “A Village of Champions, Honoring Those Who Make Us Great!” This theme is inspired by the many everyday “champions” who make up the community, such as first responders, healthcare workers, laborers and business owners. Participation from a wide variety of champions in the Grand Parade is encouraged. Floats of all kinds are welcome to participate.
Miss Chick pageant registration open for 2021 Poultry Days
VERSAILLES The annual Poultry Days festival is accepting applications for this years’ Miss Chick pageant.
The preliminaries will be held virtually on Friday, June 11, at noon and the finals will be held on festival grounds Saturday, June 12, at 2 p.m. in the former high school gymnasium. The contest is open to females 16 years of age by June 11, 2021, and no older that 19 years of age; the contest is limited to high school underclassmen and 2021 graduates. Contestants must reside in Darke County or a contiguous county such as Miami, Mercer, Montgomery, Shelby, Auglaize, Preble, Jay, Randolph and Wayne counties. Registation is open at VersaillesPoultryDays.com.
2021 Miss Chick Pageant registration now open
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VERSAILLES Versailles Poultry Days is now accepting applications for the 2021 Miss Chick Pageant.
The virtual pageant preliminaries are Friday, June 11 at 12 p.m. The finals will be held on the Poultry Days Festival grounds located at 459 S. Center Street on Saturday, June 12 at 2 p.m. in the former high school gymnasium. Enter for a chance to win $1,000 and a title for life. The contest is sponsored by Park National Bank and Versailles Poultry Days, Inc. Registration is open to females 16 years old by the day of the contest, and no older than 19 years old. Limited to high school underclassmen and 2021 graduates. Contestants must reside in Darke County or a contiguous county (Miami, Mercer, Montgomery, Shelby, Auglaize, Preble, Jay, Randolph and Wayne). Register at VersaillesPoultryDays.com.
Poultry Days increases chicken order
VERSAILLES Poultry Days will have plenty of chicken available this year. In response to demand the board has increased the chicken order from 35,000 to 38,000 halves and the numbers of cookers to 10. They plan to have 26,450 individual dinners available for purchase at the festival June 11-13, 2021. Individual dinners are in addition to bulk cooler sales. The board anticipates strong demand and wants lots of happy people.
Don’t wait to place your bulk order. Poultry Days only has 79 coolers of bulk chicken left for sale on Friday, 87 for Saturday and 28 for Sunday. When those coolers are sold bulk sales will close for that day. All bulk sales are prepurchase only at VersaillesPoultryDays.com. Coolers are available for pick up on Friday, Saturday or Sunday and for delivery on Friday by noon (minimum purchase of two coolers) within 25 miles of Versailles. This includes Greenville, Troy, Sidney, Minster, New Bremen and Piqua. When picking up yo
Honorary parade marshals selected
Sandy and Mike McClurg
VERSAILLES As members of the Versailles community, Mike and Sandy McClurg are honored to be named parade marshals for the 2021 Versailles Poultry Days grand para de.
The couple has deep and long-standing roots in Versailles. Both Mike and Sandy grew up in the Versailles area and graduated from Versailles High School. After moving away briefly for training and work, the two returned home and were married in St. Denis Catholic Church. They made Versailles their permanent home and have remained committed to the ‘People-Pride-Progress’ of the Village of Versailles.
After graduation, Mike attended Miami University, Oxford. Mike held multiple jobs in and around Versailles while working his way through college. Mike temporarily placed his education on hold after volunteering for service in the United States Army. He was assigned and served as a Military Policeman in Germany during the Vietnam War. After his service, he retu