No such thing as a free lunch this year

Out of considerations for COVID-19, there will be no community feed of authentic German food this year to help start Walhalla’s Oktoberfest.  It’s traditional that volunteers help dish out the food for lunch under the big tent, just hours before the official start of the Oktoberfest weekend.  But Barbara Justus, Oktoberfest president, says it won’t happen this year, and the reason is precautions to guard against the spread of the virus.  Other than that, visitors should notice little difference for all other Sertoma Field events during the three-day weekend, October 15-17.