ORD — Nebraska’s largest flea market.
That’s an apt description of this weekend’s nineteenth annual Junk Jaunt, the 300-mile yard sale that runs from daybreak to nightfall Friday, Saturday and Sunday by means of 35 cities from Grand Island west to Brewster and Dunning and again.
The Junk Jaunt, all the time held the final full weekend of September, provides collectibles, antiques, classic objects, dishes, furnishings, clothes, toys, instruments, farm gear, books and Christmas stockings. Sellers have discovered outdated bathtubs, outdated window shutters, rusty license plates and extra.
“You’re solely restricted by your creativeness and the legislation,” Dianne Wiberg, the overall coordinator of the Junk Jaunt since 2016, mentioned.
“We now have 515 distributors, which is fairly near 2021, and pre-orders of Shopper’s Guides have been nice, so hopefully that’s a sign the crowds will probably be nice as properly,” she mentioned.
Some distributors and church buildings alongside the route will supply sizzling soup, sizzling canine, cookies, desserts, lemonade and low, too.
One thing new has been added this 12 months: an opportunity to win gasoline playing cards. To enter, customers ought to ship a four-minute video of their Junk Jaunt expertise by Oct. 10 to the Junk Jaunt workplace, 1523 M Road, No. 104, Ord, 68862. Entrants should go to at the least 4 cities alongside the route. Ten winners will every get a gasoline card value $100.
The round route includes 35 cities in 9 counties alongside Nebraska 2, Nebraska 11 and Nebraska 91. The start line is Grand Island. Consumers can go any path they need.
The northern route stretches 150 miles west on Nebraska 11 by means of Cairo, Dannebrog, Ord and Elyria as much as Burwell, the place it goes west on Nebraska 91 to Brewster and southwest to Dunning.
From Dunning, the route follows Nebraska 2 again by means of Damaged Bow, Berwyn, Ansley, Mason Metropolis, Litchfield, Hazard and Ravenna and again into Grand Island.
The Junk Jaunt has 35 cities taking part in Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler, Greeley, Valley, Custer, Sherman and Howard counties, however tiny chips of Buffalo and Corridor counties take part, too. They embody Ravenna, situated on Nebraska 2 on the county’s north edge, and the portion of Corridor County that sits north of I-80, together with Grand Island, Alda and Wooden River.
The favored Shopper’s Information, which lists each sale website on the route, may be bought for $10 whereas provides final. Go to junkjaunt.com for a listing of places. The Consumers Information may be downloaded on-line for $10.
The Junk Jaunt was launched by the Loup River Scenic Byway Committee in 2004 as a solution to promote central Nebraska. That first 12 months, 1,000 customers visited 75 sale websites in 35 cities. The subsequent 12 months, the committee produced its first professionally printed Shopper’s Information. By its third 12 months, the Jaunt was off and working.
By 2014, the sale’s tenth 12 months, the Junk Jaunt had 700 registered distributors, and 720 distributors by 2017. Registered distributors have dropped a bit since then, particularly because of COVID-19, however many individuals alongside the route maintain gross sales however don’t register, which requires a $35 payment. Solely registered distributors are within the Consumers Information.
License plate surveys and visitor books have tallied 25,000 annual customers from 34 states, together with Hawaii, a number of Canadian provinces and some international international locations.
Prime Journal Star Pictures for September
Lincoln Excessive gamers Adonis Hutchinson (2), Javon Leuty (22) and Beni Ngoyi (8) stroll out of the tunnel earlier than taking over Omaha Northwest on Friday at Beechner Advanced.
Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (high left) reacts after a kill by teammate Lindsay Krause (middle) towards Loyola Marymount on Thursday on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Danish artist Julie Sass works on Wednesday to assemble her present, “IMAGE: non permanent constellation,” at Fiendish Plots, 2120 Magnum Circle.
Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames (middle) reacts after a serve by Lexi Rodriguez (proper) received the second set for the Huskers on the Devaney Sports activities Middle on Saturday.
A airman walks alongside the wing of now retired WC-135C/W, throughout a retirement ceremony for the ultimate “nuke sniffer” plane utilized by The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth on the Lincoln Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Lincoln, NE. The WC-135 Fixed Phoenix is a special-purpose plane derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and utilized by america Air Drive. Its mission is to gather samples from the environment for the aim of detecting and figuring out nuclear explosions. It’s also informally known as the “climate chicken” or “the sniffer” by employees on this system and worldwide media respectively. The fifty fifth Wing will retired one among it jets and welcomed its newest throughout a 1 p.m. ceremony on the Lincoln Airport. The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth formally retired the WC-135C/W and formally welcomed WC-135R tail quantity 4836 to its fleet. Tail 4836 is the primary of three WC-135R deliveries to the wing, whereas tail 2667 is the final of the outdated WC-135C/W fleet to be retired.
Building of the brand new soccer coaching advanced has progressed to the purpose that followers will have the ability to entry the northeast nook of Memorial Stadium this season.
Nebraska’s Anthony Grant (left) tries to interrupt unfastened from North Dakota’s Marcus Vaughn-Jones (9) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln North Star’s Jace Coleman (14) is tackled by Lincoln Northeast on Thursday at Seacrest Subject.
Nebraska’s Bekka Allick (left) and Nicklin Hames rejoice after a Husker kill towards Mississippi within the second set on the Devaney Sports activities Middle on Saturday.
Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann takes the sector earlier than the sport towards North Dakota on Saturday. Hausmann, a real freshman, performed 40 snaps within the sport.
Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez (middle left) and Madi Kubik (high proper) rejoice with their crew Kubik’s match-ending kill towards Loyola Marymount on Thursday on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Nebraska edge rusher Garrett Nelson walks off the sector after the Huskers’ win towards North Dakota on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Mario Garcia of Lincoln, a passenger on the primary flight to Houston early Friday, picks up souvenirs at Lincoln Airport’s first flight ceremony.
Nebraska working again Ajay Allen celebrates his fourth-quarter landing towards North Dakota on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause (22) hits a ball previous Creighton defenders on Wednesday at CHI Well being Middle Omaha.
Nebraska coach Scott Frost talks with North Dakota coach Bubba Schweigert earlier than Saturday’s sport at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska’s bench reacts to a play through the match towards Creighton on Wednesday at CHI Well being Middle Omaha.
Followers arrive at Memorial Stadium earlier than the North Dakota sport on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln North Star gamers rejoice after successful a softball sport towards Lincoln Pius X Thursday at Doris Bair Softball Advanced.
Shawna Fosket holds a Tremendous Punch, a punch needle instrument she’s labored to develop. A Kickstarter marketing campaign has raised nearly $6,000.
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost high-fives a younger fan earlier than the North Dakota sport on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln Southeast’s Henry Woods (high) is introduced down by Lincoln East’s Carter Tempelmeyer on Friday at Seacrest Subject.
A primary-quarter moon rises over Memorial Stadium towards the tip of the Nebraska-North Dakota sport on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln Excessive’s Religion Van Eck (left) makes an attempt to dam Lincoln Northeast’s Genna LeMay within the second set at Lincoln Northeast on Tuesday.
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost walks off the sector after the Huskers misplaced to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
S-E-M’s Creyton Line (left) grabs the helmet of Parkview Christian’s Alex Rohrbaugh on Friday, Sept. 9, at Larry and Carol Frost Subject.
Nebraska volleyball head coach John Cook dinner (left) talks with Tyler Hildebrand, Lengthy Seaside State’s head coach and a former assistant at Nebraska below Cook dinner, on Saturday, Sept. 10, on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Nebraska’s Kaitlyn Hord celebrates after scoring some extent towards Lengthy Seaside State on Saturday, Sept. 10, on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Eli Soell of Lincoln (proper) celebrates a Nebraska landing towards Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
Georgia Southern’s Kyle Vantrease leaps over Nebraska’s Ernest Hausmann (backside left) and Luke Reimer (backside middle) to attain the game-winning landing on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
A have a look at Nebraska’s mild present after the third quarter of the Georgia Southern sport Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
Scott Frost enters a truck to exit Memorial Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 11, after he was fired as Nebraska’s head soccer coach.
Ashland-Greenwood’s Dane Jacobsen practices throws throughout warmups earlier than the Bluejays’ sport towards Aurora on Friday, Sept. 9, in Ashland.
Aurora’s Carlos Collazo (left) is tackled by Ashland-Greenwood’s Logan Sobota (middle) and Thomas Spears (proper) throughout a run within the second quarter Friday, Sept. 9, in Ashland.
Lincoln North Star’s Dylan Hallett (3) tackles Kearney’s Kole Throckmorton (91) on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Seacrest Subject.
Lincoln Southwest’s Jack Baptista (3) dives for the pylon towards Lincoln East on Friday, Sept. 9, at Seacrest Subject.
Nebraska huge receiver Trey Palmer (3) cannot pull in a move towards Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
A Nebraska fan reacts to a missed discipline purpose as time expired within the Huskers’ 45-42 loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Memorial Stadium.
Sam Simpson on Friday walks by means of a discipline of U.S. flags arrange in reminiscence of those that died on 9/11, Friday, Sept. 9. Volunteers positioned 2,977 flags on the College of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus and wrote thanks playing cards for native firefighters, legislation enforcement and residents on the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Healthcare System.
State Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln (left) is cheered on by her husband Mark Geist as she broadcasts her bid to be Lincoln’s subsequent mayor on Wednesday at MoMo Pizzeria & Ristorante.
Supporters of Earnest Jackson, together with cousin Millie Rush (from left), mom Brenda Jackson-Williams and cousin Sabrina McGraw, all of Omaha, collect in a circle for 22 minutes in help of him after the Nebraska Board of Pardons denied his request for a sentence commutation Monday on the Capitol.
Nebraska interim head coach Mickey Joseph takes the sector with the Huskers earlier than the sport towards Oklahoma on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Oklahoma huge receiver Jalil Farooq (3) celebrates after scoring a landing towards Nebraska within the first quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska’s Anthony Grant (10) hurdles Oklahoma’s Kani Walker (26) and Damond Harmon (17) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln Excessive’s Liam Thew (33) warms up earlier than Friday’s sport between Lincoln Excessive and Grand Island on the Beechner Athletic Advanced.
Lincoln East’s Hudson Davy races towards the end line within the boys varsity race through the Harold Scott Invite on Thursday at Pioneers Park.
Lincoln Southeast’s Max Buettenback (25) reels in an interception over Lincoln North Star’s Braeden Sunken (7) and his teammate Nate McCashland (3) through the first quarter Friday at Seacrest Subject.
Cross nation runners compete within the Harold Scott Invite on Thursday at Pioneers Park.
Nebraska’s Bekka Allick (5) reacts after dropping some extent within the first set towards Stanford on Tuesday on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Staff assemble a set for Fox Massive Midday Kickoff present, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 at College of Nebraska Union, in Lincoln.
Mickey Joseph speaks at his first information convention as Nebraska’s interim soccer coach Tuesday. “For proper now, my No. 1 focus and the employees’s focus is the gamers, that we be sure that they’re OK,” he mentioned.
Lincoln East’s Kamdyn Roebke catches a move towards Lincoln Northeast on Thursday at Seacrest Subject.
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