Fishing for Frocks
Photos by Catharine Kendall Emerald
Linda and Mike Earls search for the
perfect Halloween costume, always
the hardest part of the holiday. Par
ties To Go has masks and racks of
clothing for adults and children.
Goodwill and St. Vincent
dePaul are always good
places to find a decent Hal
loween costume. Here are a
few more spots that can help
out with dress-up time.
The UO Dance Dept, is
having a costume sale Oct. 29
and 30 in the Gerlinger An
nex from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
both days. Costumes from
previous productions are
available.
The Antrican, 304 E. 13th,
has an assortment of eclectic
vintage clothing.
The Costume Connection
is a rental shop in Spring
field, located at 329 Main St.
Costumes can be specially
made to fit.
Parties To Go is at 1022
Green Acres Road.
Scream in the Dark
gets light revamping
■ Scream in the Dark touts
new and improved frights at
annual Halloween event
By Laura Chamberlain
for the Emerald
Scream in the Dark, the haunt
ed house at the Lane County Fair
grounds, has been giving Eugene
residents goose bumps for 27
years. This year, after extensive
improvements, participants can
expect to find the spooky site big
ger, better and scarier than ever.
The event is organized by the
20-30 Club, a group that empha
sizes community service, accord
ing to club member and Scream
in the Dark co-chairman Chris
Butler. Volunteer actors from lo
cal schools dress up as the scary
characters.
“[The group’s] purpose is to
benefit the children of our com
munity and to improve young
adults, making them better peo
ple to build a stronger communi
ty,” he said.
Over the past year, the club has
focused on improving and reno
vating the haunted house, accord
ing to project chairwoman An
drea Smith.
“We have revamped the wall
structure, added new rooms and
replaced some of the old
themes,” she said. Smith said the
club has updated the haunted
house to include more recent pop
culture images, such as a “Blair
Witch Project” room.
“We decided that the project
had been around for 26 years and
we wanted to keep it fresh,” pro
ject co-chairman Tracy Olsen
said. “[One] of the other improve
ments is that we have made
Scream in the Dark wheelchair
accessible. We wanted to make
sure that everyone would have
full access to this event.”
The 20-30 Club also will in
clude community service in its
Halloween-oriented festivities.
For the last 10 years the club has
run Coats for Kids, a project that
helps provide coats to needy chil
dren. The group is incorporating
Coats for Kids into the Scream in
the Dark project due to a large
number of requests for coats this
year. Participants who donate
coats will receive $1 off admis
sion at the door.
“We thought it would be a
great way to generate more coats
and for people to get a buck off
their admission,” Olsen said.
Scream in the Dark, Smith
said, is a fun way to enjoy the
Halloween holiday and give back
to the community as well.
“It’s a great project and the fact
that it benefits the community
makes it even better,” she said.
Scream in the Dark, set up in
the fairground’s Expo Building, is
open for scares Oct. 28, 29 and 30
from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission
is $5 at the door and $4 with a
Computer Store coupon, a Bi
Mart membership card or a do
nated coat.
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