{"id":24944,"date":"2011-10-06T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T00:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=24944"},"modified":"2011-10-06T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T00:56:21","slug":"pumpkin-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/pumpkin-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of family fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11oct\/festh.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/>October 8-9 at Andy T&#8217;s Pumpkin Fest<!--more--><br \/>\nDecorated pumpkins, pumpkin races and pumpkin treats &#8211; what could be more perfect for an autumn weekend.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11oct\/fest1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nPumpkins will be everywhere at Andy T&#8217;s Pumpkin Festival 2011 set for the weekend of Oct. 8-9 at the farm market located on South BR-127 just south of St. Johns. Lots of family-friendly activities are planned once again this year like the Decorated Pumpkin Contest, Pumpkin Trot, children&#8217;s games and rides through the pumpkin patch.<br \/>\nThe fun actually begins Sunday, Oct. 2, when youth can pick up a pumpkin for use in the contest. Pumpkins will be available from noon to 6 p.m. Decorated pumpkin for the contest will arrive back at Andy T&#8217;s on Thursday, Oct. 6; check in is from 4 to 9 p.m. The pumpkins will be on display all day Friday, Oct. 8.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11oct\/fest3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nPumpkin Fest Kids Day is Saturday, Oct. 8, from noon to 5 p.m. The fun includes story time with puppets from 3 to 6; pumpkin carnival games and face painting from 4 to 6; along with Andy T&#8217;s corn maze, blow-up maze and hayrides available throughout the afternoon.<br \/>\nThe Lions Club food wagon will be on site selling tasty food items, and Andy T&#8217;s cider and donuts, home-made baked goods and hand-dipped caramel apples will also be available for purchase.<br \/>\nPrizes and participation certificates for the Decorated Pumpkin Contest will be awarded at 4 p.m.<br \/>\nThe annual Pumpkin Trot on Sunday, Oct. 9, includes race events for all ages and abilities. There&#8217;s the Pumpkin Dash for youth aged six and under; 1K run for ages 11 and under; and 5K and 10K races for male and female runners in age divisions from 14 and under through 65 and older.<br \/>\nRegistration and check-in begins at noon; the Pumpkin Dash begins at 12:50, followed by 1K, 5K and 10K races at 1:30. The race route includes both paved and unpaved surfaces. Portions of the 5K and 10K course include unpaved pathways and trails in fields adjacent to Andy T&#8217;s Farms.<br \/>\nChildren will receive goodie bags, and trophies go to the overall male and female winners and Masters; awards go to the top three finishers in each division.<br \/>\nRegistration is $22 for adults; $15 for high school and younger students; $7 for the 1K run; and $7 for the Pumpkin Dash. Registration forms and information is available at Andy T&#8217;s; downloadable entry forms are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.andyts.com<\/a><br \/>\nFor detailed information on the Pumpkin Trot call race coordinator Dave Fitzpatrick at (989) 224-7674; email to <a href=\"mailto:andyts@charter.net\">andyts@charter.net<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11oct\/fest2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 8-9 at Andy T&#8217;s Pumpkin Fest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}