McCRACKEN – McCracken Beautification will hold its Family Fall Fest The Fall Fest Saturday, Nov. 2, at the McCracken Grade School which has been closed for 10 years. Hours for the Fall Fest are noon to 8 p.m. This event is sponsored in part by the LaCrosse Lions Club.
 Debi and Myron Schuckman purchased the school in this Rush County community a year and a half ago, and the community has been helping them get it ready for the grand reopening.
This is a family friendly event with many activities for all ages. Activities include polka music and dancing provided by Accent Mobile Music. In addition, there will be a cake walk, face painting, bouncy house, caricature drawings, bingo, and live and silent auctions.
 At noon there will be beer and brats. Gella’s Liquid Bread brewery from Hays will be sampling their specialty beers along with brats.
Vendors from Hays, Wichita, Hill City, Alexander, Ransom and McCracken and other communities will be displaying their goods.
 Bingo with prizes will be played throughout the day and massage therapist, Jodi Wolf, will be giving chair massages.
Fall Fest evening activities begin with a chili cook-off starting at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The menu includes soups, hot dogs, homemade cinnamon rolls and homemade ice cream.
The live auction starts at 7 p.m. Also silent auction items will be available to bid on throughout the day and end at 7:30 p.m.
 Local artist, Ed Jumper will be taking orders for hand crafted wooden pens made from the McCracken basketball high school gym floor, and the McCracken grade school basketball goal brackets.
Jumper will have samples there for all to see. Part of the proceeds will go directly to the beautification committee.
Also at the Fall Fest look for the McCracken Beautification booth. One can purchase a flag and flag pole for the cost of $100 in memory of or in honor of a loved one. The beautification committee will then put a small engraved piece on the flag pole with the information provided by buyer.
 The cost will also include erecting the flag poles in the McCracken City cemetery. Flags will be displayed on appropriate days of honor.