JACKSON HOSTS KID'S FUN FEST SATURDAY; EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH NO ADMISSION CHARGE

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The stage is set with clowns, games and prizes for the second annual Children's Fun Fest Saturday at the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School in Jackson.

The event, hosted by the Jacksonian Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association, runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Several local businesses and agencies have designed games and activity booths for parents and young children to enjoy together.

Children can make financial deals at a bank and then groom and plume at a beauty-barber shop. They can go fishing and then participate in a gambling game at the Magic Color Wheel or Lucky Duck Lane.

There is also a dress up booth with fancy clothes, a ring toss, a bean bag throw, a face-painter and a gypsy fortune teller.

Officers from the Jackson Police Department will fingerprint children. Jackson firefighters will demonstrate their firefighting equipment and talk to children about fire safety. Smokey the Bear will be on hand also to talk with children and pose for photographs.

VFW members, participating in the organization's Light a Bike campaign, will apply reflectors to children's bicycles free of charge.

Students from Jackson High School's speech and drama department will tell stories.

Prizes will be given away hourly for both adults and children.

Proceeds from the Children's Fun Fest will go to the 1991 ABWA Scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded in June.

The event is open to the public. There is no general admission charge. Children pay 10 to 50 cents for each activity.

Refreshments and lunch will also be available.

For more information, call Deanna Long at 243-7586, Pearla Murphy at 243-0198 or Vera Voges at 243-3131.

Businesses and merchants who are sponsoring booths at the Fun Fest include: Andrews Chiropractic Center, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, SEMO Humane Society, Interior Reflections, Jackson Fire Department, Jackson Police Department, Jackson High School, KBSI-TV, Missouri Department of Conservation, Pat Parson's Tupperware, Precious Memories, Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co., The Way Christian Book Store, St. Francis Medical Center, Schaper's IGA, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Stage One the Hair School, The Gingerbread House Nursery School and Val's Upholstery.