-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
The Harcourt American Legion Post 699 golf cart leads off the annual Harcourt Appreciation Days parade Saturday afternoon.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Camreigh Simpson, 3, decides that she needs to take her mom's lollypop back Saturday during the annual Harcourt Appreciation Days parade. Her mom, Macey Laird, of Harcourt, let it go.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
It's not a parade in Webster County without Webster County Supervisor Mark Campbell and his crew tossing super balls to the crowd along the route during the Harcourt Appreciation Days parade Saturday.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A baseball cap works well to hold parade candy during Harcourt Appreciation Days Saturday.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Ethan Bird, who came to the parade dressed as a bird, hands out candy along the Harcourt Appreciation Days parade route Saturday afternoon.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
From left, Eleanor Lyle, Molly Walker, Natalie Heggen, and Genevieve DeWitt, all 13 and all of Urbandale, are about to get wet as the water balloon they were trying to catch ruptures Saturday during games in the park at Harcourt Appreciation Days.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Mike Dobson, of Harcourt, at left, along with Dwayne Richardson, of Webster City, enjoy some time in the shade Saturday during the annual Harcourt Appreciation Days Car Show.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Joe Buda, of Lehigh, at left, looks under the hood of what used to be his 1964 Dodge D100 pickup at the Harcourt Appreciation Days Car Show on Saturday. Current owner, Bart Cline, right, of Callender, pulled the truck out of the woods and got it running again after it had spent about 25 years sitting idle.