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Mud Day attracts thousands to play dirty

July 11, 2018
Children play in the mud during the 31st annual Wayne County Mud Day at Nankin Mills Park on Wednesday in Westland, Michigan. - AFP
Children play in the mud during the 31st annual Wayne County Mud Day at Nankin Mills Park on Wednesday in Westland, Michigan. - AFP



WESTLAND, Mich. - Made in the shade? It was more like made in the mud for hundreds of people at a Michigan park. Scores of children - and some parents - participated in the 31st annual Wayne County Mud Day on Wednesday at Nankin Mills Park in Westland, west of Detroit. They sloshed and slid around in a shallow "pool" of mud and engaged in various races and a limbo line. In keeping with tradition, there was something royal amid the soil: 3-year-old Charles Daviskiba and 4-year-old Molly Kofahl were crowned Mud Day King and Queen. After the festivities, a local fire department rig sprayed water to rinse the mud-caked masses. - AP


July 11, 2018
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