(La Porte, IN) - Another very successful Lakefest was held over the weekend in La Porte.  Among the events were two days of professional jetski racing on Stone Lake.

 

The fourth annual LakeFest started late in the afternoon on Friday at Fox Park with a lot of fun activities like wiffle ball home run derby and a golf ball hitting contest.  The objective for people swinging a golf club was to hit a floatable target on Clear Lake with the ball.

 

Home run derby participants were given 10 swings of the bat to hit the ball as many times as they could over the fence, which was 75 feet away from home plate.  The lights at Ron Reed Field were turned on for the well over 100 children who took part in the derby that lasted into the twilight hours.

 

“I think the kids had a really good time with that.  A lot of enthusiasm,” he said.

La Porte resident Jamie Bridges was among the people enjoying the almost perfect weather Saturday afternoon while sitting with friends and family at Fox Park.  They were having a picnic on the grass covered hill waiting for the live music to start playing on the stage of the amphitheatre.

 

“We got sub sandwiches, drinks, a cooler.  We’re comfortable here,” she said.

 

Karen Egolf, a lifelong resident of La Porte, was seated on a park bench with a friend eager to hear the headline musical act, Soul Asylum.

 

Egolf said she became a fan of the rock group, which had past hits on the charts, while she was growing up in the 80’s.

 

“I got some of their albums.  I like the kind of southern rock that they have and the sound.  They kind of remind me a little bit of Tom Petty and I’m a big Tom Petty fan, too,” she said.

 

There were also inflatables at Fox Park for children to play in during all three days of LakeFest, which included fireworks Saturday night over Clear Lake.