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LOCAL BRIEFS: Tractor fun, 'Day of the Dead'

Tractor Association hosts Fall Harvest Days

The Apple Country Engine and Tractor Association will present WNC Fall Harvest Days and 31st Annual Antique Engine and Tractor Show Oct. 20-22 at the WNC Ag Center.
“Power of The Past” features all makes of tractors and farm equipment including antique tractors, hit’n’miss engines of all sizes, tractor pulls and vendors selling parts. The event includes three full days of more than 250 vendors/exhibitors, tools, antiques, collectibles, toys and odd stuff. The Parade of Power (featuring anything with a motor that moves on its own) is 2 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tractor pulls for farm tractors 1964 and earlier is 11 a.m. Saturday. Kids Pedal Pull (afes 5-12) is noon Saturday.
Admission is $8/day or $20 for a 3-day pass. Children under 12 are admitted free with paid adult. For show rules and more information visit applecountry.org.

El Centro presents ‘Day of the Dead’


El Centro of Henderson County will celebrate the Day of the Dead Festival Sunday, Oct. 30, from 3-6 pm at Los Reyes at 810 South Grove Street.
The first Day of the Dead celebration drew approximately 600 people and 24 community organizations, a taco truck and 100 prize winners. The festival, a free event focused on children, will include raffles, candy, contests, arts and crafts (sugar skull painting) games for the children, music, folk dances, traditional altars, typical Mexican appetizers and food for sale, information booths and a lot of fun for all.
The event includes a brief explanation of the meaning behind the symbols found on the traditional Day of the Dead altar, a contest for community members to create their own altars and volunteers dressed in typical day of the dead costumes. In addition there will be a costume contest for kids ages 2 to 15.

Congregational Church Hunger Walk raises $17k

First Congregational United Church of Christ raised more than $17,000 for this year’s Henderson County Hunger Coalition annual Hunger Walk, the church announced.
“One-fourth of our active church membership was on our Hunger Walk team,” said the event’s coordinator, Roy Harris. “We wish to thank the generous folks both in our congregation and throughout the community who sponsored these participants.”
For more information, visit fcchendersonville.org.