Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Creepy Halloween décor is Toni Winkler's weakness. The Dayton resident has deco- rated her home at 206 E Clay Street with handmade zombie dolls (as pictured above), fake tombstones, skeletons, cobwebs, giant spiders, black lights, scary music, and more. "Every year it gets bigger and bigger," she said. "Sometimes the little kids are afraid to come up to the porch, but for me, the parents are the ones I like to scare."
Trick-or-treat! Candy costs are on the rise, and sales appear to be down around the nation this year. But it's still the sweetest thing about Halloween, so check out our cal- endar this issue for information on all our community sweet spots.
October 26
Halloween Fun at Running T Ranch, 802 N Touchet Rd., from 1-5 p.m. families are invited to a costume contest, pumpkin patch, fun games, candy and a maze for $1 per person. Between 6-9 p.m. older kids and adults welcome to the "scary" haunted maze.
Dayton Elementary PTSO Fall Carvinal, from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Dayton High School gym. Tickets are 25 cents each for games and other fun activities. The whole community is invited to participate in the costume contests, cake decorating, pumpkin carving contest, haunted house, and new this year - a bouncy house. Food and raffle tickets for special PTSO baskets will be avail- able to purchase.
October 27
Waitsburg's Haunted House Tour to raise money for the Friends of the Weller Library. Tickets are $10 per person. The tour starts at the library at 4 p.m. and ends at Coppei Coffee with a perfor- mance by Rogue Lobster, a Whitman College folk band, at 6:30 p.m. Halloween cos- tumes are encouraged and kids are welcome. Proceeds will help the library buy books, computers and other needs.
October 31
Fire District 2/Waits- burg City Fire volunteers will hand out candy to trickor treaters starting at 5 p.m. at the fire station on Main Street in Waitsburg. This event is sponsored by Chief Callahan.
Dayton's Trick-or-Treat Main Street takes place from 3-5 p.m. Children are welcome to stop by various participating businesses in downtown Dayton for candy and other treats.
Trunk or Treat will happen in conjunction with the downtown Dayton event, from 3-5 p.m. Volunteers with the United Method ist and 1st Congregational churches will be in the parking lot on S 3rd and E Clay streets, across from the li- brary entrance, with their trunks open or tailgates down, providing a safe place for kids to stop by and collect goodies. Free canned foods and other non-perishables will be provided for families also.
Boldman House Museum's docent (or guide) will be in costume greeting children at the museum door, 410 N 1st Street in Dayton, from 4-7 p.m.
Columbia County Sher- iff's Office invites all little ghouls and goblins to stop by between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. The doors to the ground floor lobby on the north side of the courthouse will be open, and volunteers will distribute goodies provided by Blue Mountain Counseling, Roy- al Neighbors of America, the Columbia County Health Department and the sheriff's office.
Columbia County Fire District #3 will treat the community to a fire truck and ambulance display in the courthouse parking lot, offering free hotdogs to feed hungry trick-or-treaters.
Safe Trick-or-Treating at Dayton General Hospital, will take place again this year from 3-5 p.m. cour- tesy of the Columbia County Health System. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The Pit Stop, at the Blue Mountain Assembly of God, 311 S 4th Street in Dayton, provides a warm place for kids out enjoying the festivi- ties to stop by, get hot drinks, hotdogs, nachos and a few more treats and goodies from 5-7:30 p.m.
November 4
Harvest Festival at the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church from 2-4 p.m. Children ages 3 through 5th grade may join the combined Sunday school kids from the Christian and Presbyterian churches to help raise awareness for the needs of missions. Teams of children, assisted by older students, will seek donations for the World Vision project and a missionary family in Koso- vo. Afterward, the children will return to the church for games and snacks. This year the event occurs after Hal- loween, but children are still invited to wear appropriate costumes if they wish.
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