Sixteen vendors have signed up for the outdoor Wine and Chocolate Festival in Hennessey from 11-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7.

There is still room for more, but vendors are urged to sign up soon.

United provides each vendor with a table and there is no fee to vendors.

They are required to sign up in advance and must have samples of wine or chocolate at their booth to give to festival goers who have wristbands, or chocolate tickets.

Everyone involved with this year’s event are looking forward to cooler weather.

That’s especially true of Hennessey United board members who sponsor the fundraiser event and who draft help from family and friends to set up Memorial Park for the annual festival.

Vendors Signed Up

Wine vendors who haven’t signed up should contact Festival Chairman Dagan Hardin (405-8530191 or ddtwodrum@yahoo. com).

The following signed up as of Thursday morning: • Wildhorse Canyon Farms Winery, Luther • Shakespeare Wine Co.,

Chickasha

• Oke Ozark Winery, Salina

• Native Spirits Winery, Norman • Put A Cork In It Win- ery & Gift Shop, OKC Bricktown • Stubborn Bull Wine, Hennessey

• Turn-er Me On Wines, Hennessey

• Vernost Wine Co.,

Hennessey Chocolate vendors should contact Choc- olate Chairman Kim Gritz (580-628-0198 leave number or text only and she will get back to you).

Signed up as of noon Thursday are: • Sweet & Sassy Treats, Okeene

• S.O.B. Stoppers, South of Bison

• Main Street Merchan-

tile & Cookie Co., Hennessey • Hoodoo Roosters, Oklahoma City

• Cookie's Sweet Bites & Bakery, Enid

• Mama's Sweet Rolls, Enid

• Eat It Up, Hennessey • Power Fuel Protein Balls, Lacey

Firefighter Steak Sandwiches

Hennessey volunteer firefighters will again grill up steaks for sandwiches for the same price as last year, $10.

That includes chips and a bottle of water.

Tickets Same Price

Ticket costs remain the same: $20 per person for wine and chocolate and includes a wine glass, or $5 for chocolate only.

It's the same cost for advance or at-the-door tickets.

Advance tickets are now available online at Eventbrite.com and will soon be available at the Hennessey Town Hall and Vernost Wine Co.

Police officers will check IDs at the gate so everyone must have their ID to be given a wristband and be allowed wine.

Next United Planning Meeting

The Hennessey United Association board's next meeting is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Main Street Merchantile.

The non-profit group, organized in 2000, uses proceeds from the festival to help promote the town and other organizations in the community.

This festival started in 2011 and is a trailer to its Heritage Festivals, Hometown Hootenannies and work on Pat Hennessey Celebration events.

United board members are: President Stacy Cline, Vice President Teresa Oli- ver, Secretary Cathy Howard, Treasurer Tammy Lott-Hopkins, Mayor Clif Vogt, Scott Hajek, Dagan Hardin, Kaden Mitchell, Renee Curry, Barb Walter and the newest member, Kim Gritz.