Looking for a family activity on Saturday [October 9]?
     There'll be no better place than the Oakhurst Fall Festival beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. in the Oakhurst Community Park.
    For an adult admission of $2, with children 12 and under free, festival goers can find activities to suit everyone's fancy, all free except for food and beverages.
    Featured at the festival will be a selection of gourmet foods for tasting, prepared by chefs from a variety of Mountain Area restaurants.
    Food more to the tastes of children will also be offered.
    There will be a fine-wine- and microbrewery-beer-tasting tent.
    Forty local crafters and area retailers will sell their wares from a variety of booths ranging from wood crafts and jewelry to books and gift baskets.
    Children can carve pumpkins or have their faces painted, as well as being entertained by clowns.
     There will also be a petting zoo, bounce house (for a minimal charge), instant photos, hands-on activities and bean-bag toss.
    Music will be heard all day from the park's gazebo. Planning to make appearances are the Sierra Singers, Gina DeMasters, After Glow, Sugar Pine Trio, Faye Reese and Company, Yosemite Dixieland Jazz Band, Ballet Folklorico, and Barney's Mix and Match.
    A Fall Festival package worth $32 can be purchased for $20. It includes two each of tickets to the Festival, raffle tickets, commemorative wine glasses, glasses of premium wine and a limited-edition poster.
    The limited-edition poster, a watercolor created by local artist Joan Brumley, will be available for $10 each.
    The poster, especially painted for this, the seventh annual Oakhurst Fall Festival, is entitled "Red Wine on the Vine. The artist will sign the posters as they are purchased.
    The event is sponsored by the Eastern Madera County Chamber of Commerce.