Mark your calendars: Herington Vintage Days are planned in August!

Our readers outside of town may not have seen this view recently in Herington. There are some people who are doing work down at the Central National Bank here in town and they park their tractor in front of the bank. 

Along those lines, Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store is offering our special event rates of $2 per square foot prior to the show or $3 per square foot on the day of the show during this event. Our offer includes you displaying your own items for sale on your table. If you have a circular table, it is measured on the square (sorry, no discount or "pi x r{squared}" math computations). These events are on a "cash and carry" basis, meaning you tend your own sales and no credit cards nor collection will be taken by our staff. For those who may be looking even further down the road on your calendar, we will also offer this offer during the Herington Holiday Festival on Dec. 6, 2014. 

The Herington Vintage Days event includes our visitors celebrating our local area as it has been and as it still is today. Vintage farm equipment will be displayed downtown and children's games will also be held as part of this event, so it is sure to draw visitors from around the region. For more about the upcoming Visit Herington event, please visit the Herington Vintage Days Facebook page.

Throttle Jockeys Car Show now getting set up, Prairie Chic open until 6 p.m.

The Throttle Jockeys Car Club began setting up their annual car show downtown earlier this morning. The first show in 2012 started out as the city's 125th birthday celebration, held out at the Herington Regional Airport. In 2013, the Throttle Jockeys continued the event, still holding it at our local airport. Today, the car show aspect of the event is downtown on Broadway Street, even right in front of our store! How fitting that we offer vintage and antique items to area shoppers, because this year's car show is only open to 1979 and older vehicles. It's really neat how that works out, isn't it?

Here's the view of the 10 block of South Broadway, with the announcer stand shown on the right and our storefront shown on the left. We'll be easy to find, at 9 S. Broadway St., just north of the car show registration booth at Day Street and Broadway Street.

Farther down, the vendors are set up outside the chamber office, at 106 N. Broadway. This is the view looking south earlier this morning.

The Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce is serving coffee and serving as the vendor liaison for the Throttle Jockeys. Related to that, Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques is now a member of our local chamber! 

Come on down to the third annual Herington car show, this year being held in our downtown area. Awards will be announced around noon, and then drag races will be held out at the airport from 1-5 p.m. Our store will be open until 6 p.m., so after the classic cars have headed to the airport, residents are most welcome to come on in to the downtown area and do some shopping in our new store!

If you have any questions, feel free to call the store at 785-258-8004 or Stephanie's cell phone at 785-571-3955.

Special event rental rates available, including car show

Are you interested in sharing some items inside the Prairie Chic business, but apprehensive about a monthly commitment? We are offering SPECIAL EVENT rental rates of $2 per square foot prior to the show or $3 per square foot on the day of the show.

Special events are planned for the Throttle Jockeys Car Show, April 25-27; Herington Vintage Days, Aug. 21-24; and the Herington Holiday Festival on Dec. 6. You bring your own table and set up your own items. Your space is measured on the square or rectangular size, so, sorry, there's no discount for round tables (no pi x r{squared} math computations, that is!). You will tend your own sales, so no credit cards nor collection will be taken by our staff.

To sign up for a special event show, or for more information, contact Stephanie Gilbert, store manager, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com.

Third annual car show coming to downtown Herington

Did you know the opening weekend of Prairie Chic is also the third annual Throttle Jockeys Car Club car show and drag races event? Unlike the past two years, this year the car show itself is being held in downtown Herington. All the visitors who went to the Herington Regional Airport during the past two years will now visit downtown Herington before heading out to airport for the drag races once again.

For more information about the car show, contact Jerry Alcorn at 316-706-1317.

For more about the Prairie Chic Store, contact Stephanie Gilbert, store manager, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com.