Outdated Overton Fitness center To Maintain Household Pleasant Carnival

By LAURA ROBISON

The Progress

As soon as once more, the Outdated Overton Fitness center will host its annual household pleasant carnival on Friday, October 28. Youngsters with particular wants can benefit from the carnival from 4:30-5 p.m. to allow them to get in and transfer round so much higher. Then the floodgates open for everybody from 5-7 p.m.

The Outdated Overton Fitness center was in-built 1938, and many individuals from Moapa Valley have grown up utilizing the health club as lecture rooms, dances, proms, basketball video games, weddings and a lot extra.

Anita Shanahan has been in control of the carnival for a few years. “I acquired the thought for a carnival as our fundraiser to assist with the maintenance of the Fitness center from once I went to high school right here method again when,” she stated.

The primary fashionable carnival was in 2008 and was a giant hit, so the Board determined to make it a convention.
Sherry Johnson and her daughter Jeannine Bowerman will type and promote recreation tickets, that are $5 for 27. All video games are 3 tickets to play. Kay Robison and Michelle Brammer have an awesome bake sale with goodies donated by many gifted individuals. Jackie Worthen serves up Frito Pie and corndogs on the market for $5.

The Shanahans assist with arrange and take down together with operating their very own cubicles. James and Candis Mayo run the popcorn sales space with all of the provides donated by Simplot Silica. Dakotah Mayo runs the dart sales space. Hannah Mayo has balloons and streamers on the market. Janie Shanahan and Lanie Jared do many of the operating from sales space to sales space to verify there’s sufficient prizes and filling in each time wanted. And naturally, there’s the ever-popular pocket woman, performed by Stephanie Viers this 12 months.

The center faculty dance group coached by Stephanie Thornton runs the carnival cubicles, and the varsity’s Honor Society places collectively the spook alley which may be very fashionable.
“Youngsters of all ages come to point out off their cute costumes and play the video games to allow them to go residence with a bag filled with goodies,” Shanahan stated.

The whole occasion is a fundraisers for the upkeep of the Outdated Fitness center. All are welcome to place in your cutest or scariest costume on Friday night time on the Outdated Overton Fitness center, 353 W. Thomas.