Alivia Harman (front), with backup from Sophie Cady (left) and Alexa Spahr (right), aims a fire hose at the target during waterball fights Sunday, July 1, during the Salamonie Summer Festival in Warren. Six-member teams, with help from the Warren Volunteer Fire Department, spent a steamy afternoon soaking wet as they used streams of water to move the ball down the wire into their opponents' territory.

A crowd gathers under the shade of a tree to watch racers from the Mow-Wheelin' Racing League steer their souped-up garden tractors around a turn during the Salamonie Summer Festival lawnmower races on Sunday, July 1. The league is based in Roann, and lawnmower racers from around northeast Indiana tested their skills on the track at the Knight-Bergman Center in Warren.

A pair of competitors tie up a yearling during the Ranch Rodeo on Saturday, June 30, Knight Bergman Center grounds in Warren during the Salamonie Summer Festival. TEams competed in several events. Sponsors were the Warren Market, Star Insurance, DeWeese Softwater and Appliance and Warren Pharmacy.

The Solid Rock United Methodist Church float heads down the Salamonie Summer Festival Parade on Saturday, June 30, after a one-day delay due to weather. The parade was sponsored by Glancy Funeral Homes.

Veterans of the USS Salamonie ride down the Salamonie Summer Festival Parade route on Saturday, June 30. The 45th annual parade, sponosred by Glancy Funeral Homes, was postponed from Friday, June 29, due to weather.

Grant Yount urges his frog to jump out of the ring during the Salamonie Summer Festival Frog Jumping Contest on Saturday, June 30. Wagon Wheel Cafe sponsored by the event.

Austin Ray (right) throws a bean bag while Rachel Herr looks on during the Salamonie Summer Feetival Rebel Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, June 30, in downtown Warren. The event was sponsored by Five Star property Management.

The Knight-Bergman Center auditorium was standing room only for Basket Bingo on Saturday, June 30, a Salamonie Summer Festival event sponsored by Beta Delta Chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority. Carol Irick (left) and Jenny Plummer call numbers.

A half-dozen hardy souls braved the heat to take part in a Zumba-master class Saturday afternoon, June 30, on the Salamonie Summer Festival downtown stage. Chrissie Linker (left) and her 3-year-old daughter, Aubrie, show some moves in the event sponsored by The Fitness Studio.

Davis Malloch (center), 2, gets up close and personal with a New Guinea snake-necked turtle durng the Mark's Ark animal show on Saturday, June 30, at the Second Street stage in Warren during the Salamnie Summer Festival. The event was sponsored by East of Chicago Pizza.

Kyle Harmon (left) and Josh Brandenburgh (right) play defense against Chad Smith on Saturday, June 30, during the Salamonie Summer Festival Rebel 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament at the Knight Bergman Center grounds in Warren. The event was sponsored by Five Star Property Management.

Aubrie Linker, 3, participates in the Salamonie Summer Festival Bicycle Parade on Saturday, June 30, in downtown Warren. The event was sponsored by D&D Bike Shop.

Emotions ran high at the Knight-Bergman Center Friday morning as the community of Warren honored and remembered a beloved member of the community.

Bonnie Boxell and her late husband Ronald "Big Ron" Boxell were honored as the 2012 Samuel Jones Pioneer Award recipients during a breakfast held at the Knight-Bergman Center on Friday, June 29.

The 2012 Warren Area Antique Tractor and Engine Club will feature John Deere tractors, engines and farm machinery on June 29, 30 and July 1 at its annual show.

The show is held on the grounds of the Daugherty Companies, 534 E. 1st St., Warren in conjunction with the Salamonie Summer Festival. The event is expected to draw a large number of John Deere collectors for the weekend.

In the June 25 edition of the Huntington County TAB, it was incorrectly stated that free pie and ice cream will be served at the Warren Church of Christ, in the Salamonie Summer Festival article on page 24.

There is a cost for the event, which is sponsored by Tri Kappa.

The TAB apologizes for the error and any inconveniences it might have caused.

SALAMONIE SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012 SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

7:30 a.m.
SAMUEL L. JONES BREAKFAST - Knight Bergman Center. Sponsor: Warren Area Chamber of Commerce.

All Day
ANTIQUE TRACTOR SHOW - The Daugherty Companies, 534 E. 1st Street.

6:00-8:30 p.m.
FLOWER & ART SHOW, COUNTRY CALICO CLUB BABY PHOTO CONTEST - Town Annex.

6:00 p.m.
45TH ANNUAL PARADE - Grand Marshal: 2012 Samuel Jones Winner. Sponsor: Glancy Funeral Home.

The Salamonie Summer Festival Queen Contest was held Sunday, June 24, at the Church of Christ, sponsored by Citizens Telephone. Winners are (from left) Sophia Tolen, princess; Shelby Bradford, queen; and Taylor Martz, junior miss.

As the community of Warren gears up for another Salamonie Summer Festival, attendees can expect familiar attractions as well as a few new events.

Festival Chairman Denny Stroud says that one of the biggest draws will be the ranch rodeo.

"The event models a competition from back in the day," he says. "Ranches used to put together teams and competed against each other in different events."

This year's events, Stroud notes, include calf roping, corralling and milking a wild cow and cow branding.

Ranch Rodeo will come to the Salamonie Summer Festival in Warren on June 30 starting at 7 p.m.

The event will be held below the hill at Knight Bergman Center, and will serve as a tribute to the cowboys who worked on the ranches by featuring competition between real cowboys from real working ranches.

The cowboys and their ranch horses will compete in events that showcase the necessary skills and know-how that ranch hands practice on a daily basis.

A Bicycle Parade will be part of this year's Salamonie Summer Festival in Warren.

The parade will wind through downtown Warren on Saturday, June 30, beginning at 9 a.m.

The parade is open to youth ages 3 to 13 years.

Decorated bicycles will line up at the corner of Wayne and Third streets. The parade route travels south on Wayne Street and end at the main festival stage.

Bikes will be judged based on most colorful, closest to theme and wildest decoration.

The Salamonie Summer Festival will host lawn mower races from 2-4 p.m. at the Knight-Bergman Center grounds in Warren on July 1.

Lawn mower racing is a type of motor sport where participants race modified riding lawn mowers.

Nearly all of the machines used in these races are older ones that racers remodeled for racing.

The mow-wheeling racing league will be racing. The group is based out of Roann.