175 ft. Banana Split:
This HUGE summer treat is sponsored by UNCLE RAY’s DAIRYLAND and will be served beginning at 7pm.

Entertainment includes:
Dibbleville Dolls, Bobby Standal, and The Groove Party!

Children’s Games sponsored by Kiwanis:
Individual and team games including tug of war, sack races, and more! Check back for registration information.

Living History:
Meet historic figures from Fenton’s past… courtesy of the Fenton Village Players. Civil War re-enactors will be on hand as well.

Special Guests:
Fenton Mayor Sue Osborn, Fenton 175th Queen Hannah Taylor and her Court, past Queens from our 150th, 125th and 100th celebrations.

~~ IF RAIN, EVENT WILL BE MOVED INSIDE THE ST. JOHN ACTIVITY CENTER GRAND HALL AND GYMNASIUM ~~

Jinglefest 2008

Jinglefest 2008 Schedule

Friday, 12/5
5:30pm – 11pm YAC JingleJam for Teens Fenton Community & Cultural Center
$8.00 admission-Youth Advisory Council

Saturday, 12/6
All Day Holiday Shopping Participating Local Businesses
9am Fenton United Methodist Women Fenton United Methodist Church-Narthex
Annual Cookie Walk 9am until cookies run out
10am-4pm Santa Paws Pictures for Everyone Front of Fenton Community & Cultural Center
Sponsored by Animal Health Clinic
10am – 12pm Write a Letter to Santa Workshop Vision in Motions Dance Studio – Dibbleville
10am Rotary Tree Decorating Bush Park/Rotary Park
11am-4:30pm FREE Horse & Wagon Rides Pick-up Old Fire Hall
Sponsored by Tri-Point Credit Union & Temrowski Family Funeral Home
11am – 12:30 Lunch with Santa Fenton Community & Cultural Center
$5.00 Tickets available @ FC&CC
11am-3pm Firehouse Chili Cook-off Old Fire Hall-210 S. Leroy
11am-4pm Rock Band /Wii Bowling Fenton Community & Cultural Center Lower Level
Sponsored by Financial + Credit Union
12pm – 4 pm Entertainment @ Fenton Community & Cultural Center
Tyrone Covenant Presbyterian Church Choir 1-130pm Rachel Kahn & Patrick Perfitt 2:30-3:15
Sweet Adeline’s 1:30-2:30 Rob Bancroft & Friends 3:15-4:00
12pm – 3pm Family Christmas Craft Workshop Fenton United Methodist Church – Fellowship Hall
2pm – 4pm Write a Letter to Santa Workshop Vision in Motions Dance Studio – Dibbleville
12pm-8pm Almond Roasting Near Fenton Museum
1pm-5pm Mott Steelhead Drum Band Vek’s Parking Lot-Dibbleville Area
3pm JingleJog 5K Run Registration Old Fire Hall – 201 S. Leroy
5pm JingleJog Starts Sponsored by Financial + Credit Union
5pm – 7pm Free Hot Chocolate Visions in Motion Dance Studio – Dibbleville
4pm – 9pm S’mores Roast Fenton Community & Cultural Center Grounds
Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 212
6pm Run Awards Presentation prior to parade On Grandstand front of Community Center
Results will be posted in Old Fire Hall
6 pm Evening Holiday Lighted Parade Downtown Fenton Community & Cultural Center
Sponsored by Dort Federal Credit Union
After Parade Pictures with Santa City Hall, refreshments served
Sponsored by City of Fenton Beautification
8pm – 11pm Night Jams Family Life Center – Fenton United Methodist Church
Featuring Oxygen 375-Freedom Center Band & Headliner Seven Glory $5.00 Admission
7:30 Vintners Sampling Party Vintners Cellar of Fenton
Sample Wine, Hot Chocolate & Fireside Coffee-Live Music by Mike Sneed & Jim Hamblin

Bird's Eye View of the annual St. John's Applefest

What began as a small parish ethnic festival 36 years ago has evolved into the area’s largest autumn festival. Held on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Fenton, MI, the St. John Applefest has become a community event that draws families from Fenton, Linden, Holly, and all over the tri-county area. As the largest parish festival in the Diocese of Lansing, Applefest provides friendship, festivities, food, and – most of all – fun for people of all ages.

Visit the official St. John’s Applefest web site!

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Get directions and maps to the 2008 St. John’s Applefest.

Tickets will run $75 and include a whole host of fun activities.  To kick of “Casey Kasem Day,” there will be a viewing of the movie “Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico” at the St. John Gymnasium below the main floor of the St. John Activity Center.  Seating for the Scooby-Doo movie will begin at two-thirty in the afternoon and the show will start at three o’clock.  At five o’clock in the evening, ticket holders can join Casey Kasem for an intimate dinner in the Grand Hall of the Saint John’s Activity Center.  Food for this event will be provided by The French Laundry.  Following, at eight o’clock in the evening, a concert with Mr. Kasem and John Waite will be held at the Fenton High School Auditorium.

Tickets for just the Scooby-Doo movie will be $5 per child or $20 for the whole family.  These tickets can be purchased at the Fenton Community and Cultural Center or Little Professor Book Store.  Tickets may also be available for purchase at the door.  Committee members Dave Ameen, Bob Burek, Pat Lockwood, Jan Rynearson, Dawn Placek, Shelly Day, Raul Alarez, Maria Dockens, Bob Cole, Roger Sharp or Brian Petty can also assist you in securing the full $75 event tickets as well.

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When do you find the best of the best deals? Right at the very beginning before the items have had a chance to be combed over, of course. And here is where the “Treasure Hunt” comes in … For a $3 entry fee, you can get into the tent today (Thursday, September 13th) before the general public! “We always have a large waiting line before the festival opens at 3PM, so we decided this would be a good way to get people into the tent early and make a little more money (for the church),” said Kathy Williams, chair of this event.

FentonSays.com has some conflicting information on when this early bird special on the Attic Treasures Tent. The Tri-County Times, in an article in the September 9th edition, states that the “Treasure Hunt” is from 1PM until 3PM. However, the St. John’s Applefest website states that the early bird period is only an hour between 2PM and 3PM. And you readers know that FentonSays is about blogging the rumors instead of always checking the facts. But there you have it. We might suggest showing up at 1PM to be safe, and if the tent flaps don’t open until 2PM you can always fill that time with an apple pie or carnival games.

St. John Applefest 2007, the 35th annual, promises to be bigger and better than the past 34.

Although it had small beginnings, the festival has grown into one of the largest and most profitable events at any one parish in the entire Diocese of Lansing.

From September 13-16, 2007, the parish grounds will be crowded with activities to delight people of all ages.

It begins Thursday afternoon with the opening of the midway rides and events at 3pm. The annual opening prayer is read before everything opens.

More than a parish fundraiser, the Applefest is regarded as Fenton’s fall festival (the Fenton Freedom Festival is the city’s summer Fourth of July celebration).

The event draws approximately 100,000 people and those of all faiths look forward to attending. Former Fentonites, who have relocated across the state and out-of-state, often return for the event.

Calendar of Events
Thursday, September 13th
Food Tent
Padre’s Chili
Opening Prayer (3:00 pm)
Midway Opens (3:00 pm)
Attic Treasures (3:00pm)
Fenton High School Jazz Band (6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Entertainment Tent (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
Food Tent Closes (9:00 pm)
Midway Closes (9:00 pm)

Friday, September 14th
Midway Opens (3:00 pm)
All Events and Food Tent Open (3:00 pm)
Attic Treasures (3:00pm)
Fish Dinner (4:00 pm – 7:30 pm)
Road Race Registration & Packet Pickup (6:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Bingo (6:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Entertainment Tent (6:00 pm – 12:00 am)
Night-n-Reno (7:30 pm – 12:00 am)
Food Tent Closes (10:00 pm)
Midway Closes (10:30 pm)

Saturday, September 15th
Road Race Registration & Packet Pickup (7:30 am – 8:45 am)
Pancake Breakfast (8:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Road Race(s) (9:00 am)
Midway Opens (10:00 am)
Food Tent Opens (10:00 am)
College Football on the Big Screen (12:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Ben Spitzer Magic Show (12:00 pm – 1:00 pm)
Bingo (1:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Chicken Dinner (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Attic Treasures (3:00pm)
Texas Hold’em Tournament (5:00 pm – 11:00 pm)
Entertainment Tent (6:00 pm – 12:00 am)
Food Tent Closes (10:00 pm)
Midway Closes (10:30 pm)

Sunday, September 16th
Pancake Breakfast (8:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Bingo (1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
BBQ Pulled Pork Dinner (1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Attic Treasures (3:00pm)
Raffles (7:00 pm)