This weekend orange will be the dominant color in Odon as the town hosts the annual Pumpkin Festival this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. The Pumpkin Festival is sponsored by the Odon Business Alliance and offers various food vendors and activities and games for the entire family. There will be cornhole contests, face painting, and inflatables. Events kick off at noon with students from Odon Gymnastics will perform. At 1 p.m. it will be the Silly Safari live animal show, and at 3:30 p.m. there will be a Halloween masquerade. An always popular event will be the pumpkin recipe contest. The Recipe Contest will be held in the Odon Journal office. Entries will be accepted beginning at 1 p.m. with judging at 2 p.m. Other events include a pumpkin pie eating contest, a pumpkin seed spitting contest, and the pumpkin roll down Spring Street in Odon. All this at the Odon Pumpkin Festival, this Saturday beginning at noon.
