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City Wide Yard Sale, BBQ Cook Off Saturday

    The 24th Annual Umatilla City-Wide Yard Sale returns this Saturday, March 1. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the community will be the scene of dozens upon dozens of sales will hosted around town as the popular Friends of the Umatilla Library event returns.
   The Umatilla Public Library is the base of operations for the event, and all 41 available spaces in front of the library, at 412 Hatfield Drive, have been sold. Additionally, by midday Monday over 30 other sales have registered to be on the library’s master map for the event, with shoppers able to pick up maps at the library to find sales elsewhere in town.
   The yard sale event is just part of the big day, as the Friends of the Umatilla Library hosting a book sale inside the facility.
   Food trucks will be at the library to help fuel hungry shoppers.
   To learn more, call the library at 352-669-3284, or visit www.umatillalibrary.org/cwys.

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   Umatilla’s largest night of eating is set for this Saturday night, March 1. The 9th Annual BBQ and Chili Cook-Off is set for 5-8 p.m., with nearly 20 entries registered to offer chili, BBQ, or ribs for cash prizes and bragging rights.
   Organized by the Umatilla Chamber of Commerce, the event this year returns to Cadwell Park, after several years at Sunsational Farms. Cadwell Park is located on Cassady Street in downtown Umatilla.
   The event is all you can eat, with the Umatilla Kiwanis Club offering a refreshment booth, live music by Blackwater Goldrush, free face painting and petting zoo, hog calling contest, raffles for a variety of gift baskets and more. This year, raffle prizes include lottery items, a deer feeder, and custom metal memorabilia created by area business Cobb's Welding and Fabrication.
   Entry is $15 for adults, $7 for ages 13-17, and $5 for ages 5-12. Under age 5 is free.
   This year’s event carries sponsorship from Specialty Concrete Services, RCM Utilities, Duke Energy, PES Solar, Smith Fence, Magnolia Closing Company, and Movement Mortgage.
   To learn more or to register a team for the fun, call Jenny Bryan at 352-636-4893, or Lisa Neuman at 352-516-3013.