July 28 - 30, 2006

Email Chairperson Dave Gustafson or call 218-226-3120 with
any suggestions for the City's 50 year celebration.

Please join us for Silver Bay’s Golden Jubilee Celebration! Fifty years ago, Reserve Mining Company began building our town. Silver Bay is still Minnesota’s newest original city. We’re the Taconite Pioneers, and we hope you’ll join us for three days of festivities beginning on the 28th of July, 2006. The Golden Jubilee Committee has organized an incredible number of activities.

FRIDAY, JULY 28

10AM                        Free Plant Tour (Resrv 226-3143)            Meet @ Info Center Lot

Noon-6PM                Jubilee Registration                                    Reunion Hall

                                  Bay to Bay Run Registration                      Reunion Hall

2PM                          Free Plant Tour (Resrv 226-3143)            Meet @ Info Center Lot

4-4:30PM                  North Shore Voices                                  Reunion Hall

4:30-6PM                  Opening Ceremony                                   Shopping Center

5PM                          Mrs. Golden Jubilee Crowning                   Shopping Center

5:30PM                      Rocky Taconite Costume Contest             Shopping Center

                                               (sponsored by North Shore Federal Credit Union)

7-10PM                     Guys and Dolls Performance                     William Kelley Auditorium

All day                         Food Vendors                                          Shopping Center

                                    Beer Garden                                            Liquor Lounge

                                    Flea Market                                             Shopping Center

                                    History Center open

                                    Library open

                                    Picture History Board--Golden Agers       Reunion Hall

                                    Swimming Pool Open                               William Kelley School

                                    Hockey Camp                                          Rukavina Arena

SATURDAY, JULY 29

6-10AM                     Pancake Breakfast                                    Fire Department

7-11AM                     Fly In Breakfast                                        Municipal Airport

8:45AM                      Bay to Bay Run starts                               Mary Macdonald Building

9AM                           Park of Promise Dedication                      Park of Promise

9AM                           Jubilee Registration                                   Reunion Hall

9AM-3PM                 Friends of the Library Book Sale               Library

10AM                        Free Plant Tour (Resrv 226-3143)            Meet @ Info Center Lot

10:30-11:30                Long John Contest                                    Shopping Center Stage

                                                (Sponsored by Julie’s Variety & Hardware)

11-12:30                     Lunch                                                       United Protestant Church

Noon-2:00                  Parade                                                      Shopping Center

2PM                           Free Plant Tour (Resrv 226-3143)            Meet @ Info Center Lot

2-4PM                       Children’s Games                                      The Lake Bank

                                    (Sponsored by The Lake Bank)

4-7PM                       Guys and Dolls Performance                      William Kelley Auditorium

5PM                           Raffle Grand Prize Drawing                       Shopping Center

6-9PM                        Big Band-Jim Mjelde                                Reunion Hall

Every 15 minutes         Raffle Drawings                                         Shopping Center

9PM-??                       Bands play music from the 60’s-80’s        Reunion Hall

                                                                                                    or Shopping Center Stage

All day                         Food Vendors                                          Shopping Center

                                    Beer Garden                                            Liquor Lounge

                                    Flea Market                                             Shopping Center

                                    History Center open

                                    Library open

                                    Picture History Board--Golden Agers       Reunion Hall

                                    Antique Car Show Across from                Reunion Hall

                                    Swimming Pool Open                               William Kelley School

                                    Hockey Camp                                          Rukavina Arena

SUNDAY, JULY 30

6-10AM                       Pancake Breakfast                                   Fire Department

9:30-10:30                    Prayer Service                                         Football Field

10:30-11:30                  Radio Controlled Plane Demonstration     Football Field

11-12:30                       Lunch                                                      Sychar Church

All day                          Picture History Board                               Historical Society

                                     Hockey Camp                                          Rukavina Arena

Many reunions are being planned:
    Original plant builders and workers are being organized by Dave Gustafson(218-226-3120)
    The Machine Shop by Bob Eckstrom(226-3627)
    The Fire Department by John Fredrickson(226-4952) and Dick Fredrickson(226-3810)
    Rescue Squad by Cliff Struve(226-3175) and Don Thompson(226-4232)
    Trailer Court by Gerry Clement(226-4662), Betty Josephson(226-3048)
                   & Meg Puig(226-3356)
    Teachers by LeRoy & Bev Yoki (226-4138 or lryoki@lakenet.com)
    10-K Run – Tom Clifford (226-3813) and George Pope (226-6493)
      (Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank)

We are expecting as many as 5,000 people to help us celebrate Silver Bay’s Golden Jubilee. We hope you’ll start making arrangements now to attend. Also, please visit our website www.silverbay.com/2006gjc.htm for updates and an extensive list of lodging and camping ideas. If you have any questions or comments please Email Dave Gustafson at davegailgus@yahoo.com or write City Hall Silver Bay Golden Jubilee Committee, 7 Davis Drive, Silver Bay MN 55614. Please note--registration will take place at the Re-Union Hall on Friday, July 28, 2006.