2013 Fall Festival

The pins weren’t quite set up symmetrically nor was the lane the smoothest around, but hundreds of children had a great time bowling on the street Saturday during the Fall Festival, which was sponsored by Mountain Valley Bank, White River Electric Association and the ERBM Recreation and Park District.

Jewell Kindler, left, Trina Zager-Brown, center, and auctioneer Lowell Klinglesmith combined efforts to auction off baked goodies in downtown Meeker on Saturday as part of the Mountain Valley Bank’s Fall Festival, co-sponsored by White River Electric Association and the ERBM Recreation and Park District. The funds raised through the auction benefited Meal on Wheels.

The challenge of the day went to the obstacle course lined out next to the old elementary school as part of the Fall Festival. Contestants had to jump forward in a personal sack race, get out of the sack and kick a soccer ball, crawl between cones and then do some jumping rope. Most of the contestants made it through the course but it often took a little bit of help from the Meeker Recreation Center staff.

Helping to feed the hungry masses on Saturday at the Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival in downtown Meeker was the Meeker Education Association booth. Meeker Mayor Mandy Etheridge, right, and other volunteers helped raise funds for the group via hot dog sales. Mountain Valley Bank, White River Electric Association and the ERBM Recreation and Parks District co-sponsored the event, held as a fund-raising event for Meeker-area non-profit organizations.

Judging of the best and hottest salsas, and the best jellies/jams and pies was part of the competition Saturday at the Fall Festival in downtown Meeker. After the judging was complete, visitors could try the different salsas or buy the jellies and pies put up for auction. The beneficiary of the auction and the salsa tasting was the Meeker Meals on Wheels non-profit organization.

The Hope West booth at Saturday’s Fall Festival in Meeker kept kids and adults busy with the bean bag toss. New Hope is one of the non-profit groups in the area that took part in the Fall Festival as a means to raise funds for Meeker-area non-profit organizations.

Meeker Arts and Cultural Council President Gary Zellers was one of the volunteer face painters at the Fall Festival on Saturday in downtown Meeker. All around the area, young attendees seemed to be sporting colorful art on one cheek or the other. All festivities at the festival were aimed at helping local non-profit groups raise money for their yearly projects.

Mountain Valley Bank and co-sponsors White River Electric Association and the ERBM Recreation District combined efforts through the annual Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival in Meeker on Saturday. The event affords non-profit organizations the chance to raise funds for their yearly projects. Several hundred area residents and tourists enjoyed the food, games, races, contests, food auctions and sunshine during the event.

The young males around the Meeker area kept the balloon throw event busy at the Fall Festival on Saturday afternoon. Many a young gent and an occasional girl discovered that a water balloon doesn’t really fly like a baseball or a football – more like a medium-sized pumpkin that is shot-putted toward the boxes to be knocked down.

Everywhere the ERBM Recreation and Park District sets it up, the bumpy blow-up slide is a wild success with the young ones in the group. Fall Festival was no exception as these two young ladies had a great time on the slide amid sunny skies and 60-degree temperatures on Saturday afternoon.

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