Festival Committee offers thanks

To the Editor:

Saturday, Sept. 11, started off as a dreary, rainy day.

The Center Point Community Fall Festival Committee wasn't sure how the evening's events would pan out.

The skies did clear and, on behalf of the festival committee, I would like to thank everyone for joining us this year.

We had a successful evening in spite of the iffy-weather, continuing economic issues and the loss of an important member of our group -- Bradley Stearley -- who passed away unexpectedly.

A big "tip of the hat" to everyone that pitched in to make the evening possible, especially all those who prepared the food and PJ Nicoson, who gathered the raffle prizes.

We thank the librarians and artisans who displayed their crafts once again this year.

Thanks to one and all -- please join us again next year.

Other 2010 Center Point Community Fall Festival contributions came from:

Center Point Volunteer Fire Department, Center Point Masonic Lodge No. 597, Center Point United Methodist Church, Pappy's Bar-B-Que, Jack's Fine Foods, Bowling Green Old Settlers Association, Saline City Picnic Association, A+ Printing, Clover Signs, The Brazil Times, The Clay City News, Ashboro Ice Cream Social Group, Page's Food Store, Sam's Club, Jackson Township Community Band, Brazil Order of the Eastern Star No. 80, Clay County Genealogy Library, Glenna Cheesman, Donna "Bubbles" Owen, Pyro-Events, TJ Tire, Tim and Michelle Persinger, Miller's IGA, 3rd Generation Bar and Grill, Six Points Trading Post, The Family Table, Shepherds Tire and Battery/Used Cars, Bowling Green Feed and Grain, Clay City Auto Parts, Phil Shonk -- Agrigold Seeds, Ceres Solutions LLC, K&K Lumber and Hardware, Ray and Carol Gayhart, Zeph Smith, Harshbarger Sharpening, Goodies Galore, Sandy's Healing Hands, Harper Studios, Tyra Handlin, Vision Quest Landscaping, Jane Rentschler Byers, Riddell National Bank, Louie Popejoy and Friends, Clay City Pharmacy, Golf Country, A&W Root Beer, Outback Garden Center, Bob Burkle Chevrolet, Persinger Dozer Services, Jocie's Beauty School, Rubeck Grain Systems, Randi and Stacy Monroe, Gerald and Judy Pugh, Iris Archer, Evert and Dora Arnett, Helen Hoffa, Select Seeds, Martha Lohman, Clay City Pottery, Wallace Brothers Disposal, Anthony Swank, Ed Ruhe, Town of Center Point and Tim Kiefer.

Karen E. Stearley,

2010 Festival Treasurer