Fall Festival more than mulletude

While entertained, I was also a little disheartened to read Natalie Avon's editorial this morning (Oct. 13) regarding the patrons of the Evansville West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. Granted, the festival is a good opportunity to people-watch since it brings in thousands of people from all walks of life in the tri-state area. I grew up in Newburgh and probably spent countless hours doing the same thing when I was in high school. I don't want to be a stick in the mud, but what her article fails to mention is the civic effort put forth by the West Side Nut Club and the whole point of the event. The Fall Festival is not just "a meeting ground for mullets" or an opportunity to eat a brain sandwich. It is also a huge fundraiser that allows the Nut Club to donate money to schools and organizations, as well as offer scholarships to students from the area high schools. Yes, mullets are funny, and there are plenty of them around. According to the article, it would seem that the Fall Festival is nothing more than a redneck freakshow. How sad to think that someone who grew up in the area (and hopefully knows better) wants to present to the uninitiated one of the best examples of a community banding together for the greater good as little more than a joke. All that "mulletude" is a force to be reckoned with and sends a few lucky kids to college. Besides, those patrons who need not worry about showering? Kentuckians, not Hoosiers.