Starke Elementary
The fall festival begins Friday, Oct. 19, at 5:30 p.m. on the school grounds on CR-229 (West Weldon Street) in Starke. The festival will last until 8:30 p.m.

Starke's festival will include a cake walk, haunted house, country store, "go fish" game, bowling, race car games and more. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be sold for hungry kids and parents.

For more information, contact the school at 966-6045.

Brooker Elementary
Brooker's fall festival will begin with a parade at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the school on CR-18. The festival will begin at 5 p.m. on school grounds.

A chicken and rice dinner will be sold for $5. The dinner will include green beans, roll and cake.

The games and entertainment will include a cake walk, bingo games with "great" prizes, a haunted house and a wide variety of other activities. A greased pig contest will be held at 5:30 and 7 p.m.

A number of drawings will have people purchasing tickets and possibly winning a shotgun, $200 cash or a shopping spree, a DVD player, a red and blue star afghan and a set of four Disney tickets.

For more information, contact the school at 485-1812.

Hampton Elementary
Hampton's fall festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 20, from 5-9 p.m. at the school on CR-221 near Hampton.

Planned for the event are a cake walk, moonwalk, hayride, haunted house, country store and many other games.

A number of food items will also be available for purchase.

Tickets will be sold for drawings for a $100 gift certificate to Toys 'R Us, a $100 gift certificate to Wal-Mart, a gas fish fryer and a 20-inch gold chain.

For more information, contact the school at 468-1212.

Lawtey Community
Lawtey has set its fall festival Saturday, Oct. 20, from 4-8 p.m. on the school grounds off US-301 in Lawtey.

A fish fry with all the fixings will cost $5 and concessions of hamburgers, hot dogs and candy apples will also be available.

The Lawtey fall festival will have a wide variety of games and booths for the children. There will also be a moonwalk, pony rides and bingo games with a lot of very nice prizes.

Drawings will be held for a DVD player, a handmade quilt and two lighted yard art sculptures - one dolphin and one gator.

For more information, contact the school at 782-3639.

Southside Elementary
Southside's fall festival is also Saturday, Oct. 20, and has been set from 5-8 p.m. on school grounds on Stansberry Street (off Colley Road) in Starke.

It will include a haunted house, moonwalk, duck pond, animal walk, cake walk and many other activities.

A fried chicken dinner with all the fixings will be sold for $4.25 for adults and $2.75 for children.

Also available will be cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones and other treats.

Drawings at Southside will include a 50-50 drawing where the winner will receive half the cash collected. Another drawing will see the winner take home four tickets good for any one day in any Disney theme park. Other drawing prizes will also be available.

For more information, contact the school at 966-6061.

RJE Center
The RJE Center will not hold a fall festival in the same vein as the other schools, but on Friday, Oct. 26, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. the prekindergarten center on Pine Street in Starke will hold a special event with an island theme.

Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts will likely be seen as the preschoolers participate in games, sing songs and have a special lunch.

For more information, contact the school at 966-6833.

See October 11, 2001 issue of Bradford County Telegraph for original article.