For some people, getting a Hallow eon pumpkin means making a quick stop at a supermarket For others, it means spending a Sat urday with the tamily at a pumpkin patch an event as traditional as choos mg a Christmas tree Kathryn Howard, who came to the pumpkin patch a! Oetenng Orchards in Harrisburg with her family, her Inonds and a camera, has made the trip each October for the pas! several years I think :! r. a wondortul tradition, Howard said while watching her two year old son, Joshua playing in a pile ol loaves They say in this day and age when the family is deteriorating that it's good to have traditions like this And it's so beautiful out here With its .tuns o< apple trees, pump kins and brightly colored leaves scat tered on the larm, Deteririg Orchard' is a favorite place (or young and old Poo pie come back no! just lor a pumpkin, but to enjoy the atmosphere, eat < ara mel apples and taste the homem.ide ap pie cider that Roger Deleting provides his customers We do this every single year, said Mitty Davis, watching her three children trying to find the perfect pumpkin T his is something my kids wore waiting for !o get their pumpkins here Davis' children weren't alone in their anticipation to visit the pumpkin patch So many schoolchildren want to get their pumpkins at the orchard that Detering had to turn some ol them away We have 4.000 kindergarteners who come in October, said Detering. of the kids who come tor tree tours of the pumpkin patch Wo used to have for upper grades, too. but there just get to be too many of them DW|f *i"; , II so we kind of limi! .1 to kindergarteners as much as possible • other thar the handicapped or the elderly hr-said Detering who plants the pumpk ■ May to prepare for the season, has giv en tree tours of the pumpkin patch ‘or almost 30 years Not only does o.n ’ child got to take home .1 tree pump- ■ but the tours are also educational ho said We take the kds out to pick an ap pie and wo talk about the apple tree how they need the sunshine and the ram to grow he said then, we go into the pumpkin patch and talk about what the pumpkins are good for. rather than |ust saying, There's the pumpkin patch, or 'There's PHolo by Kim Hguyen Deleting Orchards in Harrisburg is a fa vorite spot lor pumpkin picking people the zipples What Deleting cnpys most is seeing the increment of young children he said Kids*enpy being ou! in the field and pK k ng their own domg something themselves he said A lot of them don I even know it pumpkins grow on a tree. or on the ground, or where it comes from They're excited to learn Watching the kids expressions is I urn 111 1*1 Ntl’kINV I'ap- I 1 It PTx>K) by KJ»n Mguyefi Two-year-old Ethan Abramonitz wades through a sea olpumpkins in search ot the perfect carving subject The occasion marked Ethan s first visit to a pumpkin patch Origins of Halloween nothing to celebrate be crisp smalt ol autumn is in tha air, and with it comes the scant of freshly carved pumpkins, long burning can X dies and an evening where spirits rise lo partake in a fes tival of fun and fright. For centuries we have celebrated October under a hacked up bed-sheet, a witch's hat and an attitude of mischief and mys ticism that originated from ancient Druid ceremonies. Halloween, meaning "holy eve" is so named because it was the night before “All Hallows" or "All Saints Day” on Nov 1. AN Saints Day began in the Seventh and Eighth century to honor dead saints during the increased spread of Christianity However the rites of the preceding evening, now known as Hal loween, really stem from a pagan religion called Druidism Long before Christianity spread to northern and western Eu rope, a group of people known as Celts roamed the land Their religion, Druidism, centered around nature and the great sun god. However, the Druids also honored another, rei so fnwndly god. who ventured out the last evening in October to wreak ter ror in the hearts of these ancient people This god called, fittingly enough. The Lord ol Death, allowed the spirits ol those who had died during the past 17 months to spend one last evening of placidity among mortal life The Lord of Death allowed the spirits to finish of! anything that had not been finished befotw then death because Oct. 31 was the Druid's New Year s Eve. This holiday signaled the end of summer and the beginning of winter because it followed the last harvest ol the year Thus their new year began on Nov t similar to our Jan. 1 This special night was not at all like our light-hearted Hallow een celebration, however For the Druids, Halloween was a dangerous night of evil spirits, witches and goblins who's vie Urns could weave a tale far more spooky than any of our con temporary ghost stones To ward off the evil spirits and appease the Lord ot Death Turn to OKKilN, Page 11B WITH CHEESE AHD PEPPERONI 3 s medium see Campus 1930 Franklin 687-2848 i r n Available on any size Pizza!Pizza!* or PaniPan!* Valid only with coupon at participating Little Caesars I-1 | mm mm S\ I I SK i Irt' f I imm Hsf" j 8 warm sticks of freshly baked bread brushed with butter and topped with Parmesan cheese. 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