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4 P R IN T : Arts & Culture Wednesday, Oct. 24,2012 Fright Town sure to strike fear into your heart Squashing stereotypes AnnaAxelson Co-Editor-inChief BreannaCraine Aside from the classic pie, the traditional carving, the roasting o f seeds, the subject o f late night i delinquent vandalism and the sinking, rotting remains lingering on doorsteps the first week of November, what good are pump- j kins? Not only is Eat, Print, Love here to tantalize your taste buds, but we’re here to infonn you. So first, how about a few facts, eh? A pumpkin is a vegetable, a cucurbitaceae to be exact, and resides in the same family as other fruits and vegetables such as cucumber, squash and cantaloupe Pumpkins are easily one of foe most cultivated field crops due to their fast growth rate and seasonal i popularity. . Like its fellow' orange root vegetable the carrot, pumpkins are high in vitamin-A, in feet higher' than most others in fee ■ same family. Pumpkin also con- ’ tains a healthy dose of other vital j goodness like vitamin-C, vitamin- / ; E, carotenes, folates, niacin, thia min, calcium, potassium and a sk w i >1 oiliu m itricnts feardo the body good. All that, and less thaa f 30 calories per cup of puree, If you aren’t impressed yet, try' this on for size: pumpkin seeds' are awesome for you too. High in protein, minerals, dietaiy fiber.' iron, zinc, tryptophan and (your heart thanks you for this) mono- unsaturated fatty acids. Now that you are fully edu cated in the benefits, it’s time to share its versatility. This time o f yeqr, y ou can find a can o f pureed pumpkin on sale fo r a b u c k a n d s o m e c h a n g e f The Clackamas Print If you are looking for a scary haunted house this Halloween season, Fright Town at the Rose Quarter in Portland is the place to go. This year they had an option of three different houses to attend in the same night. The themes for each house were different than the next They include The Black Box, The Baron Von Goolo’s Museum of Horror and The Contagion. One was a museum like haunted house that had creepy, fictional bugs, a doll room and of course, a clown room. I went on a Thursday night, which is the best way to go if you don’t want to wait in lines for more than an hour just to get the entry ticket. This night, though, was a 2-for-l night so the crowd was huge. At first, the lines were very short. Walking right into the building to get your tickets and get in line for the haunted houses was a breeze. Within an hour, the place was filled. Lines started becoming longer and longer. I was in line for the second haunted house for about an hour and decided not to wait in line for the third house. We went about a half an hour after it opened and parking was not even close to being full. Last year’s performance made it to where Fright Town is considered the best haunted house in the Pacific Northwest “Who’d have thunk that one o f the best haunted attractions in North America would be located in the basement o f a giant sports complex in Portland, Oregon, o f all places?... Chilling, creative and well thought out, Fright Town is one o f the best haunted attraction experiences I’ve ever had,” stated author and for mer Editor-in-Chief o f Rue Morgue Magazine Jovanka Vuckovid in a press release. This year, the designers tried making the haunted houses even better than last year. The make-up o f the actors is fantastic. It looks so real, they look like they could be in Hollywood movie. You can hear , the screams of the terrified children, and some occasional parents from the waiting lines. It brings more and more suspense for when you finally enter the haunted house. In a lot o f haunted houses, they have scary zombies or. brides jump ing out at you, or screaming in your face. Then there are the rooms that are completely black. You cannot see an inch in front o f your face and you are forced to trudge on and wait for the next thing to pop out at you. This being my first haunted house I have been to since I was a little kid, I was really nervous to go but I had a great time. The lines are a little long but the adrenaline o f not knowing what is going to happen next made it all worth it. Fright Town will run through Halloween, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7p.m. to 11p.m. Friday and Saturday. Visit www.frighttown.com for more details. The Black Box is one o f the many attractions at Fright Town. This year ' the Black Box contains a large assortment o f ghoulish creatures, scary monsters and many new unspeakable horrors that are sure to tantalize and titillate anyone’s fear receptors. k n o w and love), but w ould you be surprised to learn that you « p ,j do more than just make pie wife the contents o f that can? Brought to you by Eat, Print, Love, here’s an offering that will inspire you to keep a can o f that creamy orange goodness in your pantry in case of emergencies. V u m q p k ir v ftu H e r 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed poons granulated sugar 1/4 cup water i i 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 11/2 cups canned pumpkin Combine everything but the pumpkin in a microwave safe bowl and zap on high tor three minutes, then stir. Mix in the pumpkiny goodness and micro- wave on high five more minutes. It will be bubbly! Once the pump kin butter has cooled enough to handle, load into clean, airtight containers to store lor future use. When completely cool, reftiger-' ate. This will keep several weeks in refrigerator or can be frozen for longer storage. This spread can be used on eveiything from toast, to oatmeal, a dip for fruit or even a dessert topping. Give it a try and enjoy yet another incarnation of this super-veggie. The best part? The. average serving tops out at around 25 calories - sugar and all. How nifty is that? Anotetoparentsoi'pickykids: if you have trouble getting your rugrat to eat their veggies, take a - page from fee book '•‘Deceptively Delicious” by Jessica Seinfeld (wife o f that one comedian guy). J This cookbook reveals some time tested secrets about covert ways o f deceiving your child into eating healthy. It’s simple: mix in some pureed fruits or vegetables like - get this - pumpkin! . Î Visit Eat, Print, Love on 77re Clackamas Print website for a savory pumpkin soup recipe and be sure to check back next week for our Halloween special packed full o f ghoulish recipes! Suggestions or commoits for Print, Love can be sent to us on Facebook (theclackamasprint) or on Twitter (@elaekamasprint) using the hashtag #eatprintlove. I Scream at the Beach is ‘hauntingly’ good fam ily fun ■ ■BIBB Iggg^ aa k t j 1 ■81 tí s í y «S I i THU b M « 1 1 1 to* /to.*'- US '"'r . . « ■sill! The Nevermore Castle Ghost Hunt is one o f the bigger attractions at Scream at the Beach. Scream at the Beach has been a long running tradi tion in Portland. It is also one o f the more fam ily oriented haunted houses. HARVEST PARTY G LADSTO NE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 4Î8 0 SE JENNINGS AVE. - M ILW AUKIE OCTOBER 3ÎS T - 6 :0 0 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. Colfee/Hot Chocolate Hannah Duckworth The Clackamas Print Scream at the Beach is a popular haunted attraction here in the Northwest From the Clark County Fair to the Portland Rose Festival, they show up any place where peo ple will pay to get scared and they don’t just do haunts anymore. They also cooperate with compa nies such as Fabulous Davis Shows Northwest carnival, to add to your nighttime excitement Dee Prentice and Jessica Bequette have both been working for Scream at the Beach for a few years now. “We’ve been working with them on and off for about four years,” said Prentice. “It’s like a friendship thing.” “We work with different com panies every year,” Bequette added. Bequette came down to Scream at the Beach to volunteer a couple of years ago and ended up working for the company. “Now I just come back every now and then to help out,” said Bequette. Scream has five haunted attrac tions: the Nevermore Castle Ghost Hunt, the Nevermore Graveyard, the Twisted Circus, the Haunted Gold Mine and the Black Forest. Like all good haunts, the things inside play on your worst fears. I ventured through one, the Gold Mine, and I was definitely unsettled. The Haunted Gold Mine is set up like an underground cave system. This haunt has it all: mechanical spiders, fog and strobe lights, and one section that is pitch dark, where we had to follow the wall to get out. ‘Clyde the Miner’ is the mine’s resident spook, and his full-length black cloak with a hood made it easy for him to sneak up on us, ÍÍ I knew there was someone there, but I couldn’t see them. ” Adam Permetti Canby High School Student especially since we weren’t in the mood to do much looking around. And even though he was the only one literally peeking over our shoulders, I was never sure if anyone else was going to show up. The Black Forest is a fog-filled tangled-up tree mess, filled with animals and mutated people and a severe lack o f paths. I chose not to go into that one; after I was able to walk around without looking over my shoulder, I realized I had just gone through the tamest haunt on foe premises. However, I was able to talk to someone who did. “The main thing was that I couldn’t see,” said 17-year-old Adam Permetti, a senior at Canby High School. “I knew there was someone there, but I couldn’t see them.” “If you’re not that into haunted stuff, it’s a good place to go. If you want to get terrified, go somewhere else,” added Permetti. If you’re planning on visiting Scream at foe Beach during foe Halloween season, you’ll need to get in soon, th e y are set to tear down at foe end o f foe month. Scream at foe Beach will run from Oct. 24 to 31,7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Visit www.screampdx.com for loca tions and more details. See our website for the columns “Musician’s Maintenance” by A&C Editor Christopher Lyle Taylor, and “Writing wit h an Axe” by Co-Ed itor-in-Chi ef Anna Axeison
