It also has likely inspired many of the fantasti-cal visions generated from Hollywood over the last 30 years. "There's no question that Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jack-son, almost any influential contemporary filmmaker you could name, grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz,' ... Its influence cannot be denied or even underestimated." Back in Wamego, the locals are planning this year's OZtoberFEST, an annual festival held on the first weekend of October that combines coun-try fare with Oz adulation, including a stage performance of the story and appearances by relatives of Baum and some of the surviving Munchkin actors. Full Article at HutchNews.com