The Eagle's Nest

Pump­kin­Fest will re­turn this year for more ex­cite­ment, laugh­ter, and fun. As the fourth year of cel­e­brat­ing this al­ter­na­tive trick-​​or-​​tricking, Pump­kin­Fest has be­come Dayton’s tra­di­tion for Hal­loween. In­stead of hav­ing chil­dren go­ing door to door to strangers’ houses, chil­dren can trick-​​or-​​treat in a safe en­vi­ron­ment in down­town Dayton.

Since Hal­loween falls on a Sat­ur­day, there will be two night of fes­tiv­i­ties. On Fri­day, Oc­to­ber 30, there will be booths, side­walk sales, pony rides, a children’s train, a pet­ting zoo, a climb­ing wall, and Scary-​​oke. The streets will close at noon and the fun will last un­til ten that night.

On Sat­ur­day, Oc­to­ber 31, there will be booths, a quilt­ing com­pe­ti­tion and ex­hibit, side­walk sales, pony rides, a children’s train, a pet­ting zoo, a climb­ing wall and games, a pump­kin pie eat­ing con­test, a cos­tume con­test, hay rides, a movie in the park, mer­chant trick-​​or-​​treating, and The Fac­ulty will play. The streets will close at ten in the morn­ing and the ex­cite­ment will con­tinue un­til ten that night.

The spon­sors for the 2009 Pump­kin­Fest are Com­mu­nity Na­tional Bank, Qual­ity Ap­praisals, Ti­tle In­sur­ance Com­pany, First Bank, Rhea Med­ical Cen­ter, Hos­pice of Chat­tanooga at Rhea, Ed­ward Jones In­vest­ments, South­East Bank, Day­ton Cham­ber of Com­merce, Robin­son Ap­parel, and La-​​Z-​​Boy.