Bonner Springs celebrates sunny Tiblow Days

The Bonner Springs Dazzlers dance team performed at the pavilion in Kelly Murphy Park after the Tiblow Days parade. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

The Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce celebrated all things Bonner this weekend at Tiblow Days, the annual end-of-summer festival in honor of Henry Tiblow, a Delaware Indian who operated a Kansas River ferry in the late 1800s on the future site of the town.

Saturday’s events included a pancake breakfast, 5K run, parade, car show, carnival and concert. The parade route was shortened from previous years, allowing the festival area to spread out and encourage more shopping in the downtown area, a key purpose of the event.

The Bonner Springs Fire Department showed off its rescue gear. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Bonner Springs High School cheerleaders demonstrated a cheer routine they learned at an off-season camp. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Koran Temple Shriners drove in the Tiblow Days parade. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic waved to the crowd. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Carnival rides started at noon and ran into the evening. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Classic cars were on display at the Tiblow Days car show. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Riding on a parade float isn’t always as much fun as they say. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Bonner Springs High School marching band had its first performance of the new school year. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Carnival rides started at noon and ran into the evening. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Wyandotte County 4-H Horse Project rode in the parade. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Scenes from the 2022 Tiblow Days parade. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Candy was passed out to young parade-watchers. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Third District Congressional candidate Amanda Adkins talked to spectators along the parade route. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

A large American flag was flown from an even larger Wilkerson crane. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Costumed characters from the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, walked in the parade. The Festival starts next weekend in Bonner Springs. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Cub Scouts from Pack 3149 passed out candy on the route. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Turkey-Bone & Full Count Band performed jazz and blues music. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Bonner Springs High School girls’ wrestling team sponsored a float. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

The warm late-summer weather had parade-goers panting. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)