Iola Winter Carnival scheduled for Feb. 6-7
The 55th annual Iola Winter Carnival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6 and 7, in the Iola area, including the traditional Norwegian Lutefisk Supper.
The Saturday events include:
* Ice sculpting from 8 a.m. to noon at the Iola-Scandinavia (I-S) High School.
* Children’s Free Ice Fishing Contest from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lake Iola.
* Norwegian Lutefisk Supper and Indoor Craft Sale from 1 to 6 p.m. at the I-S High School. The cost for the lutefisk supper is $14 for adults and $5 for children under 10. There is no cost to attend the craft show.
The supper will feature lutefisk, fresh cod with drawn butter, meatballs, potatoes, vegetable, lefse and Norwegian pastries and will be served family style.
* Skijoring at 1 p.m. at the Iola Winter Sports Club, located five miles northwest of Iola on County Trunk MM.
* Crowning of Queen of Snows at 3 p.m. at I-S High School during the Norwegian Lutefisk Supper and Craft Show.
* Iola Twilight Snowshoe Race at 6 p.m. at Iola Winter Sports Club.
The Central Ski Jumping Championships begin at noon Sunday at the Iola Winter Sports Club. Admission is $5.
The raffle drawing will be held after the ski jumping awards ceremony, at about 3 p.m. at the Iola Winter Sports Club grounds. Raffle tickets are $2 each or three for $5, with a top prize of $1,000.
For more information, visit the Iola Winter Carnival on Facebook at www.facebook.com/iolawintercarnival/?ref=hl.