{"id":12321,"date":"2019-08-26T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T01:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12321"},"modified":"2019-08-26T22:57:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T01:57:33","slug":"gold-rush-days-set-to-launch-sept-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12321","title":{"rendered":"Gold Rush Days set to launch Sept 4-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WAVERLEY: <\/strong>The fun is about to begin in Waverley at the annual Gold Rush Days festival, scheduled for Sept. 4-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n festival organizers are fine tuning their schedule for the five day \nevent, which will include fireworks on Sept. 7 over the community (as \nlong as the provincial burn ban remains off).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This years festival will start with a Crib tournament on Sept. 4 from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Waverley Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\n Sept. 5 a kids dance will be held for those in Grade Primary to Grade 6\n from 6-7 p.m. at the Waverley Legion. Admission is $2 each. Wing night \nwill occur 5-7:30 p.m. also at the Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klondike Night will \ntake place Sept. 6 from 8-1 a.m. at Station 41 Waverley Fire Hall. It is\n for those 19-plus. Admission is $15 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, from 5-7 p.m. a Homemade Baked bean supper will take place at the Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sept. 7, things kick into high gear with the Waverley Historic Walk from 11-2 p.m., beginning at 2463 Rocky Lake Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicken burgers will be sold from 11-2 at the Heritage Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family\n Fun on the Village Green with Bouncy castles and much more runs from \n11-3 p.m., with Mad Science from 1-3 at Station 41 Waverley Fire hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supper\n on the green begins at 5 p.m., with the concert on the green and \nfireworks running from 5-9 p.m. Dwight D\u2019Eon and Adam Driscoll along \nwith The Plugs will be your performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday Sept. 8 includes the Pancake Breakfast from 8-011:30 a.m. at Station 41 Waverley fire hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n Gold Rush youth race at McDonald Sports Park is set to begin at 10 a.m.\n Checkout their website www.goldrushrace.com for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A treasure hunt will be held from 10:30-11:30 at the Sports Park, while tours of the Heritage Museum takes place 1-4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1-5 a Paddle fest as part of Cheema\u2019s 50th anniversary open house will take place at the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gold panning demonstration with Fred Walsh will take place at the Heritage Museum at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To follow updates on Gold Rush Days, follow along on their Facebook page \u201cWaverley Gold Rush Days.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAVERLEY: The fun is about to begin in Waverley at the annual Gold Rush Days festival, scheduled for Sept. 4-8. The festival organizers are fine tuning their schedule for the five day event, which will include fireworks on Sept. 7 over the community (as long as the provincial burn ban remains off). This years festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[2,712,713,16,17],"class_list":["post-12321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-fall-river","tag-gold-rush-days","tag-village-green","tag-waverley","tag-wca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}