Mars Applefest was cold but fun in 2011
Cold weather and constant rain didn't stop hundreds of people from making the 2011 Mars Applefest the place to be on Saturday.
Stretching across several streets and bigger than ever — with more than 100 vendors — the Applefest had snacks for the hungry, games for the skilled and strong and even karaoke for the, at times, tone-deaf.
Some of the earliest arriving guests decided to work up an appetite for apples by taking a sledgehammer to a car.
Dan McCann, of Mars, coordinated a fundraiser challenging players to shoot a puck into a washing machine for a $20 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods, which also supplied the pucks.
“Aside from the weather, I think it's been going well,” said McCann, who noted the washing machine's knobs were among the first targets of shooters.
