Mounds of mud-slinging fun

Those looking to get dirty had a mud-soaked blast at the Labor Day Pig Digger mud truck rally Aug. 31.

Organizer Tammy Vyvey said the race took place in the mud pit area behind the Whistle Pig Saloon and Beaver Liquor, and featured fun for adults and kids alike. She said the point of the wild truck race through the mud was to see who could make it through the furthest.

“The mud was pretty thick, so only about two or three made it all the way through,” Vyvey said. “It was mostly to see how far people could get, and there was measurement to see who got the furthest. People came from all...