Fun in the Summer (and Fall, Etc.)

If you're looking for something fun to do during the summer (or other times of the year) in Ray County, Missouri,  here are some options:

• Hardin 150: A postponed celebration of Hardin's sesquicentennial, slated for July 30-Aug. 1. Troy Rust, who heads the Hardin 150 planning committee, discusses the upcoming festival and whether Hardin 150 will inspire the town to resume staging an annual spring or summer festival, among other topics. 
• Dirt-track racing: Richmond resident David Wood discusses his life in motorsports. Additional topics include why stockcar racing appeals to him as a driver and why people should try motorsports as a spectator activity. 
• Sasquatch statue hunting: Ray Countian Natalie Lamar discusses her hobby of hunting for Sasquatch statues in Ray County. She also discusses such topics as taking Sasquatch hunting on the road and vacationing as America emerges from the COVID pandemic.

 Notes:

• For more information about Hardin 150, visit https://www.facebook.com/hardinmo150. 
• Here are links to the Kansas City area dirt tracks mentioned in the motorsports segments: Central Missouri Speedway, https://www.centralmissourispeedway.net/ or https://www.facebook.com/Central-Missouri-Speedway-157564600966934 ; Valley Speedway, http://www.valleyspeedway.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/ValleySpeedway; Lakeside Speedway, http://lakesidespeedway.net/ or https://www.facebook.com/lakesidespeedway.kansascity. 
• A Bigfoot-themed Facebook page Natalie Lamar visits is Ray County Bigfoot, located here, https://www.facebook.com/Ray-County-Bigfoot-104582898444025. 
• The ASA mentioned by David Wood is probably the now-inactive American Speed Association. He didn't specify during the interview. 
• Natalie Lamar used the term "gravel travel." Host Shawn Roney picked up on it and began using it during the interview after she had explained what it meant. 
• Music: "Loop for Bishop John Burgess"; "Hardin Makes God Smile"; "Theme From 'The Nun Disappears,' an Imaginary Film by Alfred J. Herrmann," composed by Shawn Roney, performed by a solo incarnation of the musical collective Sacred  & Secular.
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