Community plans fun, safe Halloween

Mother Nature made a drastic change from warm days and cool nights to cool days and cold nights. Fall brings a beautiful palette of color over the landscape and some fun, seasonal events to the Elk-Chattaroy communities.

The Elk Community Park Association will sponsor the second annual Fall Fun Family Festival at Elk Park Oct. 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. The Family Festival will include carnival-type games with lots of prizes. There will be kiddie train rides with engineer Tony; pumpkin bowling; face painting and music. Tickets for the games will cost $1 for five and, if you bring a can of food, you will receive 10 free tickets. The food will be given to Elk’s local food bank. The park concession stand will offer hot chocolate and hot cider. Murphy’s Corner Celtic Food Wagon will be there with hot dogs and sausages, as well as other goodies.

The Elk Community Park Association would like community businesses or individuals to set up or sponsor game or activity booths. Volunteers are needed to help with booths or activities and donations are greatly appreciated. If you are interested in running a booth, making a donation or volunteering your time, call Becky Shannon at 292-0706. The Park Association is a nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible.

That same evening, also at Elk Community Park, there will be a family-friendly haunted house from 7 to 10 p.m. The haunted house is sponsored by the Elk Music Association, which is organized under the umbrella of the park association. These folks are well-known for their haunted houses. There were huge attendances at the last one at Elk Park and last year’s at Green Bluff.