Mayfest takes over downtown this weekend

The community has a chance to get out of the house this weekend and enjoy the annual Cheney Mayfest downtown. There are new events this year, with the traditional roots of Mayfest still intact.

One of the main new activities is the community corn hole tournament. Mayfest previously had a three-on-three basketball tournament, but they changed it this year to try and get more people involved.

"Anybody can play corn hole," Jason Williams, a member of the Cheney Mayfest committee, said. "Basketball was harder to do with all the equipment and not enough of a spread of people. There are also a lot o...