It’s Parish Picnic season in Shelby County. The St. Peter’s Parish Picnic in Defiance kicks things off at 5-pm Saturday, with the kid’s games and rides, beer garden, food stands and other work stands. Dave Schwarte, member of the Parish Picnic committee, says there is a change in this year’s schedule“We are moving our auction to Saturday night at 6 o’clock. Not always but sometimes we had a conflict with weather so we are trying to do something different. We are going to have the auction on Saturday night instead of Sunday and following the auction we will have a dance with Mac and the Bulldogs from approximately 9 to midnight.”

During the auction, there’ll be a “Heads and tails” game, with the winner enjoying a week-long stay at a Westgate Resort. On Sunday the St. Peter’s Parish Picnic in Defiance resume at 2-pm, with all the stands open, followed by a chicken supper. Schwarte says “On Sunday we have Staley’s Chicken dinner which is always the best. That starts at 4 on Sunday, 4 to 7:30pm. Tickets for adults are $11, kids 10 and under are $5. You may purchase tickets at the door and we do have carry-outs available.”

Two separate raffles will be held throughout the weekend, as well. The $10 raffle gives participants a chance to win a Windows tablet and the $50 raffle’s grand prize is a trip to Branson, MO for the first ticket drawn and the 300th ticket will win a choice between a $3,200 vacation, $3,500 merchandise from Bonsall’s TV and Appliance in Dunlap or $3,000 cash. Raffle tickets can be purchased from members of the parish.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)