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6 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 Scariest part of Halloween? Finding a costume for your kids potentially scar them for life. Ned After more than 30 years, I Hickson For some of you, Halloween is an exciting time that allows you to bond with your child by making their Halloween-costume dream come true. For the rest of us, it was a time when we crossed our fingers and prayed that our child's “Halloween costume dream” was hanging on a rack somewhere at Walmart. Because if it wasn’t, we’d have to make something, and therefore put our child’s emo- tional health at risk by creat- ing a costume that could still remember my mother carefully wrapping me in layer after layer of tissue in order to turn me into a fright- ening replica of The Mummy — and how it took less than five minutes for a light driz- zle to turn me into the con- siderably LESS frightening Soggy Toilet Paper Man. Things weren’t much bet- ter the following year, when I dressed-up as a pirate and missed out on all of the good candy after spending 45 min- utes with my plastic hook stuck in the car door. By the time I hit the streets all that was left were Sweet Tarts and half-opened rolls of breath mints. Library Friends seek book donations The Friends of the Siuslaw Public Library welcome book donations on a year-round basis. While in the past the library solicited books just before its annual sale, now it actively seeks book donations all year long. Once there are enough boxes of eclectic, educational, and entertaining books, the library schedules another of its popular Bromley Room book sales. The more donations, the sooner the next book sale. Anyone with books piling up on shelves can bring them to the library anytime. Donations can be left at the circulation desk whenever the library is open. Larger dona- tions needing assistance can be arranged by calling the library at 541-997-3132, or email the Friends at siuslawlibraryfriends@ gmail.com. Donation receipts are available on request. The Friends of the Siuslaw Public Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. While the Friends welcome all donations and find good homes for most materials they receive, donations of textbooks, encyclopedia sets and outdated periodicals aren’t accepted. The library seeks large print books, audio books, cookbooks, children’s books, how-to books, books on crafts and hobbies, sports, biographies, current maga- zines and the always popular mystery, suspense, horror, science fiction, and westerns. Book sales are one of the Friends’ primary fundraisers. All proceeds go to support both branches of the Siuslaw Public Library and its pro- grams. However, as Count Dracula, I knew it was going to be MY year. Aside from maybe swallowing my own fangs, there wasn’t much that could go wrong. I remember leaping from the porch and sprinting into the night with my long cape flapping behind me. I remember the sound of my polished shoes clattering across the pavement, and the eerie, greenish tinge of my glow-in-the-dark teeth — particularly as they flew out of my mouth after my cape caught on the neighbors’ fence. Granted, these situations weren’t entirely about design flaw. In fact, I’m willing to accept the small role my own flawed coordination skills L L E E O O M M L L I I D D might’ve played in all this. However, that only adds to the pressure of coming up with a costume that can be safe, functional and, if neces- sary, used as a stretcher. Back when my son was still young enough that he had no plans for what he wanted to be for Halloween, we were both fortunate. Not only because it made my job easier as a parent, but also because there’s still a good chance he’ll never remember freaking out after the card- board robot costume I made him cut off the circulation to his arms, rendering them unresponsive for a full two minutes. This was discovered on our third stop of the night, when he tried to lift up his plastic jack-o-lantern for candy and, instead, fell head- first through the screen door. That same year, my daugh- ter, who liked to put her own spin on things, remained undecided until the last minute. In previous years, she had been a ghost dog, a cowgirl-fairy type of thing and the Grim Reaper. Being that her big fascina- tions at the time were dinosaurs and mushrooms, I was envisioning a fossilized portobello mushroom. Not exactly something you’ll find on the rack at Walmart. Trust me, I checked. In the end, she settled for being a football player zom- 216 Nopal Street (Old Town) Ned is a syndicated columnist with News Media Corporation. 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