If you plan on coming into Hays early, the weekend holds many exciting and interesting events in which to participate:

Historic Fort Hays Days
Friday, September 26, and Saturday, September 27
1472 Highway 183 Alternate, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Living historians & artisans demonstrate military and civilian life at Fort Hays. Military displays from 1860 to present day. Ellis County Historical Society Museum will also demonstrate old fashioned toys on Friday. On Saturday, a pancake breakfast is sponsored by the Hays Lions Club from 7-10 am. Cost for the all-you-can-eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee is $4.00. Please call 785-625-6812 for specific details. Free admission.

Annual FHSU Oktoberfest
Friday, September 26, 2008
Frontier Park on South Main, 11 am - 7 pm - 785-735-2230 -
A celebration of the Volga German Heritage of Ellis County. Polka music, dancing and over 80 booths providing German food, drinks & crafts. For more information call Carol Brock at 785-628-5801.

FHSU Homecoming Activities and Parade
Saturday, September 27, 2008
FHSU Campus and Lewis Field Stadium
Parade starts at 10:30 am in Downtown Hays. Please call 785-628-4430 for more information.

FHSU Football vs. Truman
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Lewis Field Stadium, 2 pm
Come cheer on the Tigers as they play Truman for their 2008 Homecoming Game!

Pumpkin Harvest at Kuhn's Pumpkin Patch
Sunday, September 28, 2008
1130 350th Avenue, Victoria, Noon - 6 pm
Experience a fall pumpkin harvest on the farm. Enjoy a fall afternoon picking pumpkins and gourds and fall decorations, or just enjoying time in the country. Many family activities plus a hay bale maze, campfire cooking, fall decorations, unusual gourds, feed shocks & more. What started out over ten years ago as selling just a few pumpkins and shocks in the yard of the Kuhn family farm has grown each year to a become a popular weekend fall attraction. Several varieties of pumpkins are available, from large ones weighing over 200 pounds to mini-pumpkins and squash. Also available are fresh and dried gourds in a variety of shapes and sizes, feed shocks, straw bales, and milo. They have several decorated displays for the autumn season to take pictures, so bring a camera.

Please visit www.haysusa.net for more information. We hope you join us!