Scandia’s Taco Daze festival marks 50th anniversary this weekend

Scandia’s Taco Daze festival marks 50th anniversary this weekend

Fifty years ago, a group of New Scandia Township women wanted to raise money for town tennis courts. They formed the Scandia Tennis Association and held a fish fry. The next year, they held a brat feed. The third year was tacos – cheap to make and easy to sell – which eventually brought in enough money to build the courts. Scandia’s annual Taco Daze festival was born. The festival, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Scandia Community …