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WELCOME to the Community of OAKTOWN, INDIANA
in Knox County |
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of us extend to you our warmest wishes and
we are thankful for your visit to our
website. We are proud of our town and
encourage you to join us in our efforts to
make this a great community!
Oaktown is proud of its past and looks
forward to its future!
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Local News & Notes |
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05/09/2008
G.O.O.D. Meeting
Next G.O.O.D. Meeting regarding Old
Oaken Days will be Tuesday, June 3 at 7-PM
in the Community Center. |
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05/02/2008
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
Monday, May 26, 2008
Oaktown Community Center
8:00 - Coffee & doughnuts
9:00 - Services at the Oaktown Cemetery to
honor all veterans. |
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04/12/2008
OLD OAKEN DAYS PLANNING MEETING HELD
The turn-out for the G.O.O.D. meeting on
April 7 was very encouraging. Many ideas
were discussed and several people
volunteered to help with many of the Old
Oaken Days activities this year scheduled
for June 27, 28, & 29. It's going to be a
full 3-days of fun activities with several
new events added.
The next planning meeting will be Thursday,
May 1 at 7-PM in the Community Center. |
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04/01/2008
HELP Needed for OLD OAKEN DAYS ~ Festival in
Danger of Ending?
OAKTOWN - Cassiy Eubank, president of the
Greater Organization for Oaktown
Development, says residents here have
celebrated Old Oaken Day for many years, but
if she doesn't get some help with the
festival, that may all end.
"This is a community event and three
people cannot do it all," she said with
exasperation. "Last year, with the help of a
few, I managed to plan the whole thing in
about a month and it about killed me. I will
not do that again." Eubank is hoping her
plea will reach other residents of Oaktown
and that volunteers ready and willing to
help will attend a meeting at 7 P.M.,
MONDAY, APRIL 7 at the Community building.
"We are in the planning stages of the
festival which will be held the last weekend
in June," she said. "I'm just having so much
trouble getting help with it this year but
I'm hoping in the end the folks in town will
come together and it will all work out. Year
after year we've managed to pull it off -
hopefully no one here is going to let Old
Oaken Days die." The three-day event is
centered around a huge softball tournament
that usually sees an average of 16 teams
participating and the annual parade that
winds through town "We also have the Oaktown
Queen, Little Miss and Little Mister
contests," Eubank said. "The Oak Village is
bringing back their hog roast and the fire
station will have a community dinner. The
Youth Foundation will hold a pancake
breakfast, we will have kids games on Main
Street and live bands." Two features coming
back this year are the scavenger hunt and
Road Rally, which Eubank said were very
popular last year. "The kids love it," she
said. "It's for kids ages 10 to 15 and they
are given a list of not easily found,
detailed objects to find and they have to
perform certain tasks to get those items. If
they get them all, they'll get a surprise."
Older kids ages 16 and up can participate in
the Road Rally. "It's like the scavenger
hunt only the teens need a vehicle to drive
to different places to find hidden items
we've left out in the country," she said.
Last year's winner for the Oaktown Junior
Miss pageant was Daisy Cardinal. Junior
Mister was Connor Liston. The Little Miss
winner was Page Liston and Little Mister was
Alex Obermeier. Heather Thomas, 15, was
crowned the Oaktown Queen. "It was a bigger
festival last year and it has the potential
to be even bigger this year but we need
help," Eubank said. "My hope is that the
younger generation will step up and get
involved. "It's just too fun of a festival
to see it done away with."
For more information about how to help with
the festival contact Eubank at 812-899-2384. |
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03/06/2008
Oak Village Nursing Home Annual Easter Egg
Hunt
Saturday, March 15th at 1:00 PM will be
held rain or shine. Grand prizes for each
group. Treat bags for all. Cut-off age for
the hunt is 12. |
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01/08/2008
Town Council members have reorganized.
Carol Beaman was elected by the council to
serve as president. Other members include
Tim Axsom and Brandon Groteguth. Town
Council meetings are held the first
Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM at the
Town Hall. |
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01/02/2008
We have added more pictures from the
past.
The photos are courtesy of Jon Fair,
grandson of Lawrence T. & Carrie Stevens and
son of Boyd & Millicent Stevens. -
Click Here
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01/02/2008
Community Dinner resume Thursday,
January 10 at 12-noon at the Community
Center. |
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07/23/2007
OAKTOWN'S FRUIT OF THE VINE
Melons are such a huge part of Oaktown's
economy. |
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