Saturday was the annual Fall Festival for the Council on Aging.  The weather was glorious, and the crowds were large.  Beth brought Liza to the festival this morning, and Liza had a great time.  She bought some kind of doll and a cloth flower in the craft area, and she insisted on taking both of her purchases to bed with her for her "nap."  

I was the Board member who co-chaired the Silent Auction event, and we had something like 87 items for auction.  I won three: a set of four crystal Martini glasses, a device that keeps food and drinks hot and cold in the car, and a year's worth of haircuts at the salon I regularly go to.  There was a pancake brealfast, a lunch of either grilled chicken or fried fish, and we had a hot dog stand going all day.  There was entertainment throughout the day, a book sale, and a "garage sale" called Trash and Treasure.  There were carnival style games for the kids, too.  We raffled off a car that was donated by the Sheriff's Department, and a two month old infant won it because his grandmother had written his name on the ticket she bought.  There was a lot to do, and people seemed to be having fun.  I don't know how much money we made, but we think it'll be several thousand dollars less than last year because sponsorships by businesses were down.  As my wife pointed out, fund raising is suffering in these hard economic times.  Still, it was a good day, and I left there tired and happy.

ED