Today is the fourth annual Yucca Valley Oktoberfest. The gates open at 2 p.m. and games and contests and music will start at 3. Some of the events will include a kids’ stick pony relay race, and costume contest for both kids and adults. Firefighters and Sheriff’s deputies will compete against each other in the guns and hoses competition. Other events include the stein-holding relay race, log sawing contest, keg toss, chicken dances, and non-alcoholic beer drinking competitions. Discount ticket packages are available online at yvrotary.org. For more information, call the Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce at 760-365-6323
