By Lexi MooreAfter months of planning meetings, fund-raising and organizing, Friendship Days has arrived.This year the Hills Community Club has worked overtime to make the weekend as big and as much fun as possible. Many new events are planned, in addition to old favorites, and the Community Club also worked with the All-School Reunion planners to make things like parking easier for visitors.Free shuttle service around townBeginning at 9 a.m. a free shuttle service will begin from the H-BC football field on the south side of Hills. Visitors and residents are welcome to park at the field and use the service to get around town.School buses will stop at the field, the high school and the Rez throughout the day. Event organizers encourage attendees to use the service because many of the roads in town will not be open for parking.Streets used in the parade route will not be available for parking, and traffic will be blocked from entering Main Street for most of the day.New events for children and adultsDonna and Stacen Burgers, owners of Around the Clock Fitness and Tanning, have organized a fun 5K run/walk on Saturday morning. Individuals interested in participating can still register that morning at the fitness center on Main Ave. The fun race starts at 7 a.m.The kiddie parade, which has been absent from the Friendship Days schedule for several years, is back this year. This is an opportunity for youth in the area to decorate their bikes, wagons, scooters, or power wheels and star in the parade. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the high school and is free. The kiddie parade will head down Main Street at 9:30 a.m., followed by the Friendship Days Parade at 10 a.m.The Community Club secured additional funding from area city councils to bring in several marching bands to make the parade extra special for the weekend.Local businesses and the H-BC junior high band will also take to the street that morning.As carloads of families pull into the football field, they will notice several inflatable carnival rides in bright colors being set up in the Hills Softball field. The inflatables will be open to area children at a cost of $5 for the afternoon.A dunk tank in the City Park features familiar Hills-Beaver Creek faces from the past and present. Alumni can try their luck at drenching their favorite.H-BC Junior Class Parents After-Prom Committee is manning a jail in the park from 12 - 3 p.m. Members of the committee will be selling "get out of jail free" passes around town in the morning and early afternoon.Visitors and residents without passes will be forced to spend time in the jail. Family and friends will have to pay bail before being released if they are taken as prisoners. The group is using the jail to raise money for the 2007 after-prom party.Visitors are encouraged to head back to Hills after they have their reunion meal for an all-ages street dance on Main Street.Beverages will be served by the Community Club, and Donatello’s, a local diner and café, will stay open late to serve hungry patrons. Local celebrity and DJ Ben Davis will provide music for the event.The weekend will conclude with a Sunday morning coffee service in the H-BC high school gym. The service will be led by the H-BC Fellowship of Christian Athletes.Old favoritesOrganizers kept many of the weekend’s favorites on the schedule. FFA alumni will be flipping pancakes, the Hills Christian School children will man carnival booths in the park, volleyball players will face off and train rides will still be free. A complete list of activities and times, including the tractor pull and fishing seminar, can be found on page 12 of the Crescent.