Overbrook is celebrating fall with many upcoming activities, but this weekend officially opens the autumn season as the Overbrook Farmers Market hosts the “Fall in Love with Overbrook” festival. Everyone is invited to join the fun 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday Oct. 12, 2024, at the market, where there will be crafters, artists, food trucks, barbecue catered by The Rock Creek Cafe, touch a truck event, and a pumpkin patch provided by Fresh Picked Acres of Kansas.
The Overbrook Police Department will participate in festival, and officers will have glow sticks, stickers, child safety kits and Narcan kits available for free.
Overbrook Rotary Club will clean up the cemetery at 8 a.m. Oct. 14. Help is always needed, and volunteers are asked to bring gloves, rakes, weed eaters, and trash bags and help get the cemetery prepped for winter. For more information, contact Cliff O’Bryhim at ceobryhim@hotmail.com.
“Many hands make light work.” Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733.
Overbrook Library has announced it now offers books and audiobooks from the Libby app for library patrons. Libby has a great selection of recent bestsellers in ebook, kindle and audio book formats. Download the Libby app from the Apple or Google Play store, search for Sunflower eLibrary on the Libby library selection screen, and log in with Overbrook Library card number and password. Anyone who needs assistance can contact the library for help. The library will be doing a puzzle exchange again at 10 a.m. Oct. 24; bring old puzzles with all the pieces and trade them out.
Overbrook’s Halloween Trunk or Treat will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Overbrook City Lake. All are welcome to pass out candy and decorate “trunks” in the parking lot by the Veteran’s Memorial. All vehicles need to be in place by 4:45 p.m. for the safety of those participating. No registration is required, but for more information, contact Jessica Frye at 785-231-4355 or jessicafrye26@yahoo.com. Overbrook Pride will again offer chili and cinnamon rolls at the Trunk or Treat.
Overbrook Police Department is sponsoring a “Safe Trick or Treat” event this year. Children who complete a safety course will have the opportunity to be escorted by officers in a police car on Halloween. For more information, call 785-665-7230.
The Overbrook Historical Society will host a panel discussion featuring several local veterans at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at the American Legion Hall. In the leadup to Veterans Day, local veterans will speak about their experiences serving our country. This will be the last event of OHS’s 2024 speaker series. The 2025 speaker series lineup will be announced soon at overbrookhistory.com. The society will also host the Holiday Parade of Homes, Saturday, Dec. 14. Anyone who would like to participate and feature their home, is asked to contact Wade Sisson at overbrookhistory@gmail.com or call 816-835-5316.
Overbrook Community Chest is ready to send out its annual letters. The community chest collects donations and distributes funds to organizations in the Overbrook area.
The Overbrook maintenance department is reminding citizens that with autumn here and leaves falling to be attentive to ditches and leaf build up. The leaves plug up the culverts and create drainage problems when it rains. Help your neighbors so the rainwater can flow smoothly through the culverts.
Overbrook Parks and Rec will be holding the third and fourth grade soccer tournament on Oct. 26. Basketball signups will be coming in the next month.
Overbrook American Legion Anderson-Raible Post 239 would like to thank the community for the generous donations. These donations will be used to purchase flags for the avenue of flags at the cemetery. The Overbrook American Legion sets approximately 80 American flags in the cemetery to honor our veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. This tradition of hanging the flags has become a significant event in our community. The outpouring of support was staggering.
Overbrook Fair Board will host the Overbrook Ranch Rodeo 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/overbrookosagecountyfair.
For more information, contact Overbrook City Hall at 785-665-7328.
Information thanks to Overbrook City Hall.
