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Do you enjoy the Halloween holiday. Yes, it is fun. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Weekend Happenings Oct 24, 2007
Halloween costume contest party with The Psyclones: 8 p.m. Oct. 27, McThirsty's Fishtank, W270-N2793 Elm Ave., Pewaukee ... Halloween costume contest: 5 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26, Delafield American Legion, 333 N. Lapham Peak Road, Delafield ... Halloween Howl: 6-11:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Olympia Resort rence Center, 1350 Royale Mile Road, Highway 67 (Summit Avenue), Oconomowoc. (Sussex Sun, WI)
Entertainment guide Oct 22, 2007
LACKAWANNA COUNTY CHILDREN S LIBRARY EVENTS: Mini Monster Mash, Thursday, 10:30 a.m., ages 2-6; Halloween Bash, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., ages 7-12; Magic, Myth ers, Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m., ages 5-12; trick or treat at the library, Oct. 31, located at 520 Vine St. ... COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN PARTY: featuring costumes, pumpkins and children s activities, Saturday, 4 p.m., parade at 5 p.m., Moosic Heights Playground, free ... HALLOWEEN CRUISE: Saturday, 3 to 7 p.m., Johnny Rockets, Moosic. (Scranton Times, PA)
On a mission to find glorious fried clams Oct 21, 2007
Every day is Halloween in the witch's city. We took a tourist day to explore the House of the Seven Gables and the waterfront shops. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Melrose stages smashing pumpkin fest Oct 20, 2007
The secret to her winning chili, Jessica said, was a Portuguese port sausage, a Thai paste and about 30 other ingredients Richard Carpenter made it clear the festival was not a Halloween party ... On the other side of the park, though, were pale or dark figures drumming up visitors to the Farmer's Cemetery, a Halloween spook show at Whirlwind loop off Baden Powell road ... The Selfs have experience in carving pumpkins; they deliver jack-o-lanterns to friends and neighbors on Halloween night. (Bradford County Telegraph, FL)
SHNS CONSOLIDATED BUDGET FOR OCT. 17 Oct 19, 2007
SPIDERBABY-DVD (Beifuss, SHNS) -- Shot in atmospheric black-and-white, cult classic "Spider Baby" is now out on DVD -- and perfect for Halloween ... Treat your young readers to some of these great new books with Halloween themes. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
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She and her husband Mike will be leading a second haunted history walking tour in historic downtown Aledo during the Halloween season. Dates for the walks are Oct. 26, 27, 31 and Nov. 1, 2, 3. (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, IL)
Halloween Events Oct 14, 2007
The annual Halloween Haunted House to benefit Canine Companions for Independence will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 26, 27 and 31 at 31380 Gabriel Metsu in French Valley ... "Totally Ghoulish Halloween Fun Day" will be held at K-Mart stores nationwide from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 ... The Drama Club is sponsoring a Halloween Boo-nanza from 3 to 8 p.m. Oct 20. (North County Times)
Food in Brief: Dream Dinners stores teams up to raise funds for Eveland family Oct 11, 2007
CREEPY COOKIES: Williams-Sonoma's new cookie cutters, the Haunted Halloween 3-D Cookie Cutters, produce multipiece cookies that, once baked and decorated, fit together to create cats, witches, pumpkins and haunted houses that stand up ... Customers must use the code "B when ordering online or by phone.TASTE DE CUISINE: Chef de Cuisine Association of San Diego and the San Diego Brewers Guild host "Taste de Cuisine," a children's fundraiser featuring the fifth annual "Iron Apprentice" competition,... (North County Times)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET Oct 9, 2007
Here are some tricks that will make your Halloween a real treat. 600. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Vintage Halloween Reproductions Oct 6, 2007
The popularity of vintage Halloween collectible Items has lead to a flood of modern copies masquerading as old ... It s happened with McCoy, Roseville, cast iron, tin toys and other items, and Halloween collectibles are no exception ... Mark Ledenbach warns collectors to be wary of any seller claiming that their stock of mint condition Halloween items came out of a recent warehouse find in the former East Germany or any other fabulous find from that part of the world. (Suite101.com)
Caramel apples highlight a fall festival weekend Oct 6, 2007
There is a Dog Halloween party Saturday at 2 p.m. at 2928 Cty ... You can never be too early in planning a great costume for Halloween ... If there is any time left after participating in many of the activities above, you can always start planning the kids' as well as your own Halloween costume. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Regional calendar Oct. 4 edition Oct 6, 2007
Halloween Festival Salt Box Nursery6, 562 Boston Road, Billerica. Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Halloween Festival features cooking decorating, hay rides, raffles, tattoos, concession stand, crafts, face painting, mini golf, yard sale table and more. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Wabasha family readies for fourth annual Papa’s Barn craft fair Oct 5, 2007
They timed the sale to provide people with Halloween and Thanksgiving dcor and plenty of time to buy Christmas gifts. They open again for two weekends in May to coincide with the 85-mile garage sale. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Ask Martha: Embodying the spirit of Halloween Oct 4, 2007
Conjuring up the spirit of Halloween ... When I saw these items, my mind turned to Halloween. (Boston Globe)
SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR 9/28 Oct 1, 2007
Fall back-to-school clothing, Halloween costumes, toys to put away from Christmas, holiday decorations, furniture, miscellaneous household items benefits 4-H Interstate Exchange group for San Francisco exchange ... halloween harvest, Clermont State Historic Site, One Clermont Avenue, Germantown ... Celebrating the history of Halloween and harvest-time celebrations with fun, games, food and music. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Exploring Santa Rosa Sep 30, 2007
Enjoy over 1,400 animals and special family-friendly Halloween activities. Published - September, 30, 2007. (Pensacola News Journal)
2007 holiday bazaars Sep 28, 2007
Look for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations and ornaments, teddy bears, moose pins, quilts, jewelry, fun socks, American Girl doll clothes, purses, hats and scarves, salmon-stamped pillows, hand-woven baskets, moose and bear clocks, bear paw salad servers, cutting boards, cake testers, beaded salad servers, handmade clay flowers, stained glass, fused glass, framed Alaska wildlife pictures, Alaska Wild Kenai smoked salmon, hand-painted mugs, wineglasses and furniture, soaps,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Fair Creative Arts entry deadline nears Sep 26, 2007
Class 1 Valentine's Day Class 2 Easter Class 3 4th of July Class 4 Halloween Class 5 Thanksgiving Class 6 Christmas Class 7 Miscellaneous. Sponsors. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Vintage Halloween Paper Dcor Sep 24, 2007 On the same page: What's old is new again with the release of 'Antiques Maul,' the latest in a series of Trash'n'Treasures mystery novels from Muscatine authors Barbara and Max Allan Collins. Sep 21, 2007 Arkansas fall foliage Sep 16, 2007 Best Date Ideas For Fall Aug 23, 2007 Erwin womans collection reflects a lifetime of crafts, love and memories Aug 22, 2007 Team Merchandise, Apparel for Fans Aug 18, 2007 Old shop owner gets back in costume game Aug 3, 2007 Boy Has Unusual Passion For Vacuums Jul 29, 2007 Behind the MaskWilly Richardson is a man of many faces, all made at his studio in Charles Village Jul 26, 2007 Garden Center Celebrates Milestone Jun 16, 2007 Collector consults on new film Jun 14, 2007 Back inn business: Shippan Point landmark to reopen May 14, 2007 Good food, good people serving in the land of Dixie's Diner May 5, 2007 LISTMANIA: Things we wish were still here. Apr 5, 2007 Forensic team prepares to exhume Houdini's body to determine whether he was poisoned Mar 24, 2007 Oddities bring in a pretty penny Feb 27, 2007 Vandals strike at historic cemetery Feb 22, 2007 Ohio students accused of posting fake snow-day notice on school's Web site Feb 11, 2007 Bowling, movies part of the town Feb 8, 2007 Postcard Values Jan 26, 2007 Virginia City Jan 19, 2007
Vintage Halloween Paper Dcor: Collectors Covet Eerie Ephemera ... Vintage Halloween Paper Dcor ... Vintage Halloween Paper Dcor. (Suite101.com)
Far-flung fans Sep 24, 2007
Martin has a set of four Halloween cards signed by Schmucker that cost $4,000. With her education through postcards, Martin can converse about almost any subject from Eugene Debs, labor leader and Socialist Party presidential candidate, to lost towns in Massachusetts that were covered up by the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. (USA Today)
While Halloween looms large on the horizon, things turn grim when a body is found at the antiques mall. To the cops, the case seems pretty clear cut: the victim s dog, the normally good-natured Brad Pit Bull, mauled its owner to death. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
" As a result, these are not jagged mountains against a serrated sky. They are rolling hills, the highest just 2,578 feet; supported by ancient layers of limestone, dolomite and sandstone; dense with underbrush and hardwoods, up to 1,000 trees per acre. By late summer, a distant Ozarks vista looks rather like a scruffy green pool table top covering big pool balls. Then autumn arrives bit by bit, on its own clock. Typically, the first flecks of color burst across the hills in early October,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Who ever thought Halloween could be romantic. A Drive in the Country. (Suite101.com)
Sometimes Ledford finds a unique doll and a certain pattern that seem perfect for each other, as happened with her Halloween Witch doll. I found this doll at a flea market in Anderson, S.C., she said. (Erwin Record, TN)
--Oklahoma--A Halloween Pumpkin with the team logo. --Several colleges-- Kids building blocks with team logos. (Suite101.com)
Business obviously peaks at Halloween, she said, but the store stays busy during school play season and through rentals of popular costumes, including mascots, cartoon characters and superheroes. I think Jim will give the business new life, Ms. Jenkin said. (Scranton Times, PA)
Kyle got his first vacuum at age 1, dressed up as a Dirt Devil for Halloween at 2, and, as a former teacher recalls, was vacuuming during school recess at age 6 ... Kyle got his first vacuum at 1, dressed up as a Dirt Devil for Halloween at 2, and, as his former teacher recalls, was vacuuming during school recess at age 6. (CBS 4, CO)
Frankel, who met Richardson at a Halloween trade show in Chicago about eight years ago, said the masks are a perfect fit for his quirky store. "You can't help but laugh when you try on one," Frankel said. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)
The garden center regularly presents holiday themes for Christmas and Halloween in its showroom, and arranges floral designs for any event. Ms. Mucherino said, "Everything here has a custom touch.". (Voices, CT)
" advertisement As the owner of some 3,000 Nancy Drew collectibles and decorator of a "Nancy Drew room" in her house, Fisher is plenty familiar with the history of the girl detective, who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock" in 1930. First editions of that book and the second Nancy Drew story, "The Hidden Staircase," are the prized possessions in Fisher's collection, which she values at $20,000. She also has board games, puzzles, diaries, dolls and even a Nancy Drew Halloween costume.... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
After peeling off thick layers of paint, Ruddy found the "Yignia on the back of the hardware, identifying it as the work of the Yale Manufacturing Co., a major employer in Stamford in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "It's probably one of the nicest aspects we were able to salvage," Ruddy said. The main level is lavishly furnished with chandeliers dripping with crystals. Ruddy rewired and cleaned the light fixtures that his grandmother, Stella Ruddy, bought from Greenwich's Pickwick Arms... (Stamford Advocate)
"Don't do vandalism," she said, adding that the somewhat annual "tradition" of smashing pumpkins on Halloween is also not a good idea. Dorsey is looking forward to working at Dixie's Diner throughout her schooling. (Boone Today, IA)
Dustman wrote on March 31, 2007 8:09 AM:"I forgot to mention I grew up not far from Herm's Inn, the vacant, somewhat dilapidated structure on east Canyon Road, mentioned by Denver Doug. As I recall,you could dance there I believe, buy food/gas, etc., in the day. It had two logo "Pepsi 5/cents" on it when the Island area bus for the "new" Logan Jr. High used to turn around there. How about the cool lights with the rock foundations on Marindale Avenue that usually were broken each Halloween, it... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Houdini died at age 52 on Halloween 1926, days after the athletic magician was repeatedly punched in the stomach by a college student testing the performer's abdominal muscles. His death certificate listed him as a victim of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. (North County Times)
"I'll only bid on the quality stuff," said Pamela Apkarian-Russell, who runs the Castle Halloween Museum in Benwood, W. Va. and calls herself the Halloween Lady. (SunSpot.net)
On Halloween 1997, skulls of prominent local lawyer Patrick Henry Clayton, who died in 1871, and his wife, who died in 1905, were stolen from a family crypt at Lone Mountain Cemetery. The skulls later were returned to the crypt after one of the grave robbers admitted he sold one skull for $400 and some methamphetamine. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
At Texas Aersity, students made a racist video that apparently was intended as satire, and a fraternity at Johns Hopkins University was suspended after a "Halloween in the Hood" party displayed a fake skeleton hanging from a noose. The Macalester party was held a week before spring classes started and did not draw a large crowd, Hoppe said. (North County Times)
The kids wore their Halloween costumes, and amateur bowlers like me had a blast. I remember thinking, this is what family, and community is all about. (Grand Coulee Star, WA)
Another popular crossover area is Halloween, and to a lesser extent, Christmas. Halloween collectibles of all types are highly popular right now. (Suite101.com)
During the height of the tourist season, there can be thousands visiting the old camp for the famed Camel Races in September and on Halloween. On New Year's Eve, the city streets come alive and live bands can be found playing in every saloon. (Mammoth Times, CA)
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