KILLEN – The annual Killen Founder’s Day celebration will be August 21-22. The Killen Founder’s Day Parade will kick off the weekend, running along J.C. Mauldin Highway from Brooks Elementary to the Foodland Marketplace beginning at 6pm on Friday. Opening ceremonies will be at Killen Park on Friday at 7:30pm with musical entertainment following.

Highlights in Saturday include a community yard sale in Killen Park from 7-10am. (Contact Sandra Mitchell at 757-3141 to participate.)

The traditional Killen Founder’s Day Run is at 7am at the Killen United Methodist Church. For more information, please contact Joe Quillen at 757-6845. The Car Show will be held at Brooks High School at 8am. For more information, please contact Tom Ayers at 757-9183.

The Killen Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual auction in Killen Park on Saturday, August 22 from 9am-noon in honor of Pam McCrory.

New to Founder’s Day this year is a pie eating contest at 10am and a Fashion Show at 3pm. There will be a watermelon seed spitting contest at 11am, a singles horseshoe tournament at 3pm and a doubles horse-shoe tournament at 4pm. You can sign up for these activities at Killen Park on Saturday. There will be a Political Rally in the park at 1pm. For more information, please contact Connie Walden, 757-9581.

There will be plenty of food, arts and crafts, and activities for the kids, a large number of arts and crafts vendors and wonderful music in the park on both Friday and Saturday nights.

The big fireworks finale will be at Killen Park on Saturday at 10pm.

Killen Founder’s Day has been described by a resident as “Killen’s Block Party.”

KILLEN FOUNDER’S DAY SCHEDULE

Friday, August 21
6pm Parade - through Downtown Killen.
7:30pm Opening Ceremonies
8pm Music

Saturday, August 22
7am 5K Run at Killen United Methodist Church
7-10am, Yard Sale
8am Car Show at Brooks High School
9am Fire Department Auction (amphitheater)
10am Pie eating contest at pavilion by Tot Lot -
11am Watermelon seed spitting contest
12pm Dulcimers (at amphitheater)
1pm Political Rally at (amphitheater)
3pm Singles Horseshoe tournament
4pm Doubles Horseshoe tournament
5pm Music at amphitheater
10pm Fireworks

All events are at Killen Park unless otherwise indicated