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Apple Pie Jamboree
Pateros is located in north central Washington and is in Okanogan County. Pateros has a population of 624 according to city data in 2009. However during mid-July, thousands show up for Pateros’s annual Apple Pie Jamboree. There are events like Dragon boat races, basketball tournaments, and of course eating apple pie. Pateros will celebrate their sixty- fourth anniversary of Apple Pie Jamboree in 2011. Apple pie Jamboree is a fun event for locals and “coasties” to participate in fun events that the proceeds from registration fees go to local students, clubs, and community groups. This is an event locals and vendors look forward to all year.

Dragon Boat Races: Multiple teams sign up and start training early to be in the Dragon Boat Races. Some business make use it as advertising, having employees represent the business in a fun work event. Twenty people row and to keep everyone rowing in rhythm, most of the time the smallest member of the team, beats a drum. These boats look like something from an Asian tradition and bring a unique sense to the City of Pateros. The racecourse is eight hundred and twenty feet, the team with the best time out of three tries receives metals. Practices are held a week before the races to help the team build a strong rhythm.

3 on 3 and Other Activities: The 3 on 3 basketball tournament starts on the Saturday of the Jamboree at eight am, and goes until all the teams have played. The tournament is open to age groups anywhere from third grade to adult. A golf tournament goes on up at the Alta Lake golf course just five miles out of Pateros. Other activities such as the Jamboree Jog, bass tournament, a parade, quilt show, and the Wenatchee Youth Circus. A new addition to the 2012 Jamboree will be Jet Ski Races. Some of the world’s best jet skiers will be demonstrating their skills on Saturday and Sunday during the Jamboree. High jumps and back flips in the air are going to be the beginning of excitement for these freestyle racers.

Apple Pie and KFC: Apple pie is the heart of the whole event so an Apple Pie Baking Contest is the motivation to cook pies. There is a one hundred dollar prize for adult first prize and twenty dollars for the youth division. Slices of apple pie are then sold and all the money goes back to the community and students of Pateros. Also the senior class of Pateros High School does an annual KFC dinner fundraiser for their senior trip. It costs eight dollars and it’s a nice addition to the fun food, unique vendors and merchants.

Pateros Hydro Classic:
In mid-August Tacoma Inboard Racing Association hosts the “Pateros Hydro Classic.” Each year racers come from all over the country to race on Lake Pateros. Hydroplanes fly at speeds up to one hundred and forty miles per hour. They are powered by eight cylinders and are so loud the whole town can hear them. A mile and a quarter liquid oval course is tight for fifty hydroplanes fighting for the gold. The race starts at ten thirty in the morning. Fans watch from the grassy park on the side of the lake which is really the Columbia River. A fireworks display is the finale of a long day of races on the Lake.

Pateros Super Stop
One stop shop, Super Stop has a full range restaurant called Rivers Restaurant. The gas station has full facilities, RV Park and recently The Lakeshore Inn was built. The super stop is within walking distance from Pateros High School so it is somewhere the high schoolers go for lunch and breaks. Super Stop is the only gas station in Pateros and does very well because it is right on the highway to the neighboring town Brewster.