Boo Bash will honor late Astoria police officer
New event aims to
help families celebrate
Halloween safely
BY CAROLYN HOARD
An Astoria apartment complex will
hold its fi rst Halloween Boo Bash Satur-
day night, an event it hopes will grow to
become an annual tradition for the entire
city.
The Emerald Heights event will
include a hay maze, fog machines, cos-
tume competitions, games and prizes.
To embrace social distancing, decorated
slides will shoot candy into kids’ trick-or-
treat buckets. Sugar-free candy options
will also be available. The entrance to the
event will be a fog-fi lled maze, designed
to keep participants more than 6 feet apart.
The event will take place from 4 to
7 p.m. Saturday at 1 Emerald Dr. in
Astoria.
Christyna Belden, the community man-
ager for Emerald Heights apartment com-
plex, has been putting Halloween events
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The
Illahee
Apartments
Carolyn Hoard
Emerald Heights is prepared to hold their fi rst annual Boo Bash.
As good as it gets
in Downtown
Astoria!
1046 Grand Avenue
Astoria, OR 97103
Carolyn Hoard
503-325-2280
Boo Bash organizer Christyna Belden hopes the event will become an annual
tradition for families in Astoria.
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Offi cer Sam Whisler, shown at left, with his family.