By ROWENA PLETT

Staff writer

Want to know how your pet stacks up against other people’s pets? Bring them to Lincolnville’s Octoberfest on Oct. 6.

The pet show will begin at 1:15 p.m. in the park. Prizes will be awarded for best trick, best costume, unique pet, largest, smallest, cutest, and “a face only a mother could love.”

The contest will end with a “best of show” and a people’s choice picked by the audience.

Another new event is an appetizer contest. Appetizers will be sampled and judged during the 8 p.m. to midnight dance.

‘Small Town Saturday Night’

“Small Town Saturday Night” will actually begin in the morning as Centre High School sophomores arrive early to prepare a 7 a.m. breakfast in the community building.

An 8 a.m. fun run sponsored by Centre cheerleaders and an 11 a.m. parade on Main Street will be among other morning highlights.

Musical entertainment

Onstage musical entertainment will include Maurice Pritz at 9:30 a.m., Rustic Cross Christian bluegrass band at noon, singer/guitarist Tammy Crosby at 2:15 p.m., and the Box Turtles band at 4 p.m.

A farmers’ market will be available on Newton Street between the bank and the former Tiemeier’s Store.

A medallion hunt, corn hole tournament, horseshoe tournament, hourly drawings, inflatables, and vendors will be part of the day’s activities. A beer garden will open at 4 p.m. outside the community building.

The Octoberfest committee is selling raffle tickets. Prizes are a couple’s retreat, golf package, and family fun weekend. Drawings will be at 5 p.m. at Octoberfest.

Questions can be directed to Cristina Peterson at (785) 561-0144, Barbara Kaiser at (620) 654-7142, or Lincolnville City Building at (620) 924-5208.