FORKS — The West End will celebrate history starting Wednesday with the annual Heritage and Hickory Shirt Days.
Events will begin with the announcement of the Pioneer Logger Award at the West End Business and Professional Association meeting.
The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at JT’s Sweet Stuffs, 129 S. Forks Ave.
The Old Timers Round Table will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Forks Community Center, 90 Maple Ave.
The round table will be a chance for people to share memories and the history of Forks, said Pat Soderlind, one of the organizers.
Hickory Shirt Days will officially kick off Friday and run through Saturday when local merchants will don the traditional logging apparel.
Community orchestra
Friday evening will include a performance of the Forks Community Orchestra at the Choker Setters Ball, performing a singalong as well as a presentation by Larry Burtness.
The event will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Forks Community Church.
Saturday will be packed with events starting with a Friends of the Forks Animals annual rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m..
The Forks Timber Museum will be open and have an old-fashioned apple cider press on site — bring your own apples and jars because the cider is free — from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A chain-saw pumpkin carving contest will have people trying their techniques from noon to 2 p.m. at the timber museum.
The Forks Community Library will show off a special Heritage Days display from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The annual Fish and Brew Contest will showcase smoked fish, homemade root beer and home brew, wrapping up Hickory Shirt Days from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Round House at 110 Business Park, behind the Smoke House Restaurant.
Music will be performed by the band Loose Gravel.
