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By Garth Meyer
Gazette Reporter 

Lentil Festival offers many events

 

August 15, 2019



The 31st annual Lentil Festival returns to Pullman Friday and Saturday with events to span the weekend.

It begins Friday at 9 a.m., with the Tase T. Lentil Mini Golf Tournament at Airway Hills Golf Center.

Friday’s main events start at 5 p.m. at Reaney Park and Spring Street with free lentil chili from the signature jumbo gray bowl and poured from beverage pitchers.

Live music starts at 5 p.m. with Eric Shedd playing on the Cooking Demo stage. Main Stage music starts at 5:30 with Aaron Cerutti followed by Melodime, Brown & Gray and Clare Dunn. The festival closes for the night at 11 p.m.

On Saturday morning, day two, Tase T. Lentil arrives at the 5K Fun Run at 7:30 a.m .; at Pullman Heritage Depot, the Pullman Lions Club holds its lentil pancake breakfast at 8 a.m .; the Circles of Caring Tennis Tournament also starts at 8 a.m., and the 3-on-3 hoop classic at 9 a.m. in Reaney Park. Back downtown, the Pullman Walk of Fame ceremony is at 10 a.m. and the grand parade 11 a.m.

Walk of Fame inductions will include Alex McGregor, chairman of the McGregor Company, the farm service and agronomy business based in Colfax. McGregor will be honored as a Distinguished Resident of Pullman.

After the parade, live cooking demonstrations ensue at Reaney Park, along with the Lil’ Lentil Royalty Coronation and music starting at 12:50 p.m. with Andru Gomez & the Bad Apples. At 1:50 p.m. is the Fabulous Kingpins, followed by the Talbott Brothers at 3:30 p.m. The Legendary Lentil Cook-Off is at 3 p.m.

The Lentil Land Kids’ Area at Reaney Park includes arts and crafts, science experiments with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and a possible assist from Tase T. Lentil.

The festival concludes at 5 p.m.

Author Bio

Garth Meyer, Former reporter

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Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.

 

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