Runners Flock to 5th Annual Cougar Classic

Runners, walkers and residents simply out for a good time headed to Kid's Community College Riverview South Campus Oct. 27 for the fifth annual Cougar Classic 5K Race and fall festival.

The event included a 5k run and 1-mile family fun walk in addition to a festival with an 70-foot monster inflatable obstacle course, arts and crafts, a fall planting station where kids planted their own seeds, a pumpkin-carving contest, a raffle, a corn hole-throwing contest, a cake walk, music, face painting and kids' tattoos, vendor booths and classic kids' games like a sack race and ring toss.

Race proceeds, which go to school programs, was double last year's proceeds.