PARROTTSVILLE-The 12th annual Parrottsville Heritage Days celebration will be this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10, at Parrott-LaRue-Myers Memorial Park and will feature such popular events as a chili cook-off, quilt show, flower show, pumpkin decorating contest, craft and food booths, talent shows, children's games and entertainment, a display of antique cars and tractors, and the Harvest Days beauty pageant.

Organizers will be on hand Friday from 3-6 p.m. to accept entries in the quilt show. Judging will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday. For more information, call Jeanne Moeller (623-613-0210).

Also on Friday will be the flower show with judging scheduled for 5 p.m. Betty Smith chairs this event and can be reached at (423) 623-8745.

Debbie Hommel will oversee the talent shows, which are also planned for Friday evening. Competitors will vie in the following categories: grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12, and adult. To find out more about these events, call (423) 623-9589.

The Natural Bridge Ruritan Club is sponsoring this year's chili cook-off, which will be held at the Park Pavilion on Friday at 6 p.m.

Entries should be brought by 5 p.m. Judging begins at 6 p.m. Chili dinners will be sold for $5. For more information about the cook-off, call Mary Keller (423) 625-1073 or Joan Beaver (423) 623-0035.

Bill Ottinger is in charge of this year's craft and food vendors. Call (423) 623-8745 for more information about them.

To learn more about the antique cars and tractors display, call (423) 623-9589.

Among the games and children's entertainment planned are quarters in the haystack, water balloon tosses, pony ride, and face painting.

Judging of decorated pumpkins will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. Entries should be brought at 9 a.m. that morning.

The beauty pageants will commence on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the stage by the barn. Call Laura Nease (423) 623-1593, Kim Butler (423) 623-0158 or Angel Fowler (423) 623-0924 for more information about them.

For more information about Parrottsville Heritage Days, call Parrottsville City Recorder Sheilah Strobel at (423) 623-8340.