SHAMOKIN - Saturday's third annual Fall Fun Festival and Car Boot Sale was successful despite the rainy weather that forced organizers to close the event about 90 minutes early.
Jeanne Shaffer, executive director of the Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities, which sponsored the event, said approximately 30 vendors participated in the festival and car boot sale.
"We did quite well despite the weather," Shaffer said. "The crowd was pretty steady until about 11:30 a.m. when the rain started coming down harder. We had to close early, but overall, I thought the event was successful again."
The festival and car boot sale was centered this year around the 100 block of West Independence Street (the area of the Fun Shop and the pharmacies) instead of the municipal parking lot at Rock and Independence streets. It was scheduled to be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In addition to the boot sale (a yard sale from vehicles), there were food vendors, crafters, horse-drawn hayrides, a haystack hunt, face painting and pumpkin painting. Cash prizes were awarded.