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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
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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!
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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.
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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,
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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.
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