One never knows what to expect of the weather in Kansas, but the people in the community of Rose Hill always hope that the weather is nice for the second full weekend in October. During that weekend, a popular event in Rose Hill called Fall Festival is occurring.

The community of Rose Hill looks forward to Fall Fest every year. It is a tradition in the Rose Hill community and has been for years.

“Fall Fest began in 1976 with the boy scouts cooking a pig in a pit,” said Cindy Bradford, who is on the Fall Festival committee. “Each year more events were added.”

Fall Fest brings the people in the community together and many people from towns nearby come to enjoy the events that go on at Fall Fest as well.

The weather was not particularly cooperative with the communities plans. The high temperature for Saturday was 55 degrees and the low being thirty three degrees. It was not just a cold weekend, it consisted of rain showers too. Some of the events got canceled and/or delayed because of the unfortunate weather.

Some of the events that were not cancelled were the parade, Run for the Roses, a car show, carnival rides, craft show, food trucks, and this year there were free games to play at the football field.

This year’s craft show had a big turnout.

In an interview over text with Bradford, she said there was even more local people involved than in previous years.

“There was a total of 85 booths,” said Bradford. “This included crafters, vintage market and so on.”

Normally there is not any activities going on at the district stadium during Fall Fest, but this year that changed. There were free activities for all people to participate in. The free games were sponsored by Gerald Amato at American Family.

This year, the prices for tickets went up fifty cents, these allowed people to ride the rides and play the games. Last year, the tickets were two dollars and fifty cents, but this year they were three dollars. With the prices raised on tickets, having free activities was a perk.