News 5 August 2019

Putting the fun into Ionia!

Seen at the Ionia Fun Days Parade Saturday morning: A shirt that read “some call it the middle of nowhere … we call it I Own Ya.”
It’s an old story but a good one when it comes to how Ionia got its name. But that fun shirt in so many ways is a microcosm for Fun Days. Nothing — well save for that softball tournament — is taken seriously; what matters is folks having a blast.
The two-day celebration that ended late Saturday night included a wide variety of activities.
From “Redneck Mini-Golf” to the outdoor family movie to the Ionia Fire Department Breakfast to the parade led by longtime Ionia Public Library Director Jane McGrane to the countless games that included something called “outhouse races” to live music and the DJ Saturday night, it was one hell of a ride for little Ionia.
For more on this story see the August 6 Tribune.

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