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Casey In Action is bringing a new family-oriented event to town. The Harvest Festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 24 in Fairview Park. Although the plans continue to grow, key events at this time include a car, truck, motorcycle and tractor show, deejay and live music, Guitar Hero contest, corn hole tourney, slow pitch softball tourney, ham and bean dinner, hayride, free movie, deejay and live music, and craft and food vendors. The vehicle show starts at 9 a.m. with judging at noon. Entry fee is $10 and 26 trophies will be awarded. Jeff Winnett of Casey and Jeff Winnett of Greenup are in charge of this event. John Jackson and Caleb Ledley are in charge of the Guitar Hero Contest at 6 p.m. at the bandstand. Entry fee is $5. Three cash prizes will be awarded. Casey Volunteers in Action, another volunteer group focusing on service to youth, is staging a corn hole tourney for high school students only. This contest will be held on the basketball courts. Nate Evans is in charge.
Belinda Nickles is organizing a Turn of the Century Softball Tourney, enlisting local banks to form teams for a slow pitch tourney to start at 1 p.m. at the Truckers diamond. Casey Alderman Tom Monken is providing the free movie at 8 p.m. at the bandstand. The Casey VFW Post 5762 is serving ham and beans and cornbread at the shelter by the horseshoe pits. Other food vendors include: CIA's city-wide group with cakes, pies and cookies; CIA National Road Festival group with pop, hot chocolate, coffee and cider; Great House of Pizza with Italian beef; Cathy Smith's famous cinnamon rolls; Walker's Kettle Corn; Barbecue by Aaron Taylor; Lawson Concession's pork tenderloin, corndogs, fish and fries, Oriental Foods; and funnel cakes and elephant ears by Cherie and Austin Miller. Laura Baston is in charge of food vendors. She can be reached at 932-5173 or by email: la.baston@mchsi.com. Craft vendors scheduled are Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Lia Sophia, t-shirts, Watkins and Bittersweet, Avon, Thirty-one Gifts, MRO Design, sunglasses and hats, hand made crafts, snow crafts, and Legacies' Thursday Night Knitting Club. Pam Black, at 932-6104 or email neonmoon76@yahoo.com is the contact person for the craft area. Area businesses will bring fall colors to the park with decorative displays. Businesses, organizations or individuals are invited to bring straw, pumpkins, Halloween decorations, etc. and set up a display for all to enjoy. There is no charge for the display space and this may be a good opportunity to advertise your business or group. Anyone interested in providing a display should call Laura Baston at the above contact information. Baston is also taking orders for sponsorship signs. The 12''x18'', two-sided signs, cost $38.50 this first year and subsequent years will be displayed at the festival for $25. The initial cost of $38.50 includes design and construction of the sign of $13.50. Handicapped parking will be available near the Lion's Shelter. Casey In Action is seeking donations of items or manpower for the festival. The following are needed: 50 to 100 square straw bales, Halloween decorations to hang from trees, hay wagon and tractor, pumpkins for decoration, door prizes from local businesses, golf carts for Emergency Management Agency and CIA personnel, lights to hang from trees above vendors, carnival games and volunteers. All profit will be split evenly with the City of Casey in appreciation for their support of Casey in Action. Each committee will keep its own proceeds. John Jackson is festival chairman. He can be reached at 217-276-5335 or by email at tathier@hotmail.com. Marcy Shonk is a staff reporter for the Casey Reporter.
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