Slippery Gulch back at Tekoa for 92nd edition

By Garth Meyer

Gazette Reporter

For the 92nd year, Tekoa Slippery Gulch Days arrived Monday and will culminate this weekend with a series of events, both new and perennial.

It all started June 10 with the kids’ Fishing Derby in Hangman Creek. Weigh-ins are at Tekoa Hardware. Kids up to age 12 fish in the creek, on a designated stretch from the Idaho border to Fairbanks Road, then turn in their biggest fish for weighing/measuring.

On Saturday, announcer Chris Smith will present a bike to the winning girl and boy.

The weekend begins with Slippery Gulch Market open Friday afternoon at the communi...