Car show attracts hundreds for 7th annual Whitley County 4-H Autumn Festival

Whitley County 4-H President Jeff Geiger says drivers traveled over 150 miles to compete in the 7th annual Whitley County 4-H Autumn Harvest Festival car show.

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Families got a taste of fall at the seventh annual autumn harvest festival in whitley county.

Fox 55's mallory beard met with drivers, some who crossed state lines, just to compete in the festival's car show.

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Gary happy to he comp whitley is year coun y 4h car show, but he most happy to see his friends who often compete against him.

Gary bird//car showcaser been car shows where i e been at where i g priz been then there car shoes where i thought i should do well and got nothing... so you kind of go withe he attitude that you here for camaraderie.the car show is just one part of the seventh annual autumn harvest festival.jeff geiger//preside nt of whitley county 4h clubs inc.

E has a 122 cars entered in today.eiger says some drivers traveled 150 miles to attend the show, while some drove down the block.jeff geiger//president of whitley county 4h clubs inc.

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And as far as where cars come from, we e got a gentleman that lives less than a mile down the road.

Actually his property backs up into the fairgrounds.amilies enjoyed a craft show and waited in line famous festival ice cream.

Vendors michelle and ken slavicek say covid 19 has affected their sales, but this festival looks promising.ken slavicek//vendor e just to narrow it into things that really sell well.

We just had to adjust the way we buy and the way we sell things too.ichelle says the festival is still one of the favorite locations to sell.michelle slavicek//vendorven with everything going on with covid, just got a huge response in popularity coming here tod seen haven this many numbers in the last two very big today.

And we always done really well here.n whitley county i mallory beard fox 3 55 news whitley county 4-h organizers say all of the proceeds from today's festival will go toward their youth 4-h program to fund