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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 25, 2017 11A
HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
KVCS hosts trunk-
or-treat and walk
Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
is the annual Kings Valley
Charter School Harvest Car-
nival and Trunk or Treat. The
Trunk or Treat has car trunks
decorated and opened up
for kids to go car to car
“trunk or treating.” It is only
for one hour, so families can
spend time at the carnival.
The trunk and treat and
carnival are free.
The student council will
host its inaugural Haunted
Walk Friday and Saturday
from 7 to 11 p.m. at the
school. Admission to the
Haunted Walk is $8. It is not
recommended for children
younger than 8. Proceeds
from the Haunted Walk ben-
efit other events hosted by
the student council.
For more information:
pto@kvschool.org.
Church holds free
kids carnival
A community carnival will
be held at Valley Life Center,
795 SE Miller Ave., Dallas, on
Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. for
kids in fifth grade and
younger. The free carnival
will include inflatables,
games, pony rides and
candy. Food will be available
for purchase.
For more information:
503-623-4116.
Harvest party at
Indy Market
The Original Independ-
vendors. Admission is free,
but donations are accepted.
The event is hosted by the
Dallas Area Visitors Center.
For more information: 503-
623-2564.
Haunted garage in
Indy opens Tuesday
35 Haunted Drive, a
haunted garage at 35 North-
way St., Independence, will
open from 6 to 10 p.m. on
Tuesday. The garage is
turned into a haunted expe-
rience by the residents, who
are fans of Halloween. The
haunted garage is free.
For more information: 35
Haunted Drive on Facebook
Trunk-or-Treat at
First Baptist
JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer
A Dallas home near Lyle and Maple streets is in the Halloween spirit.
ence Farmers Market will
host a Harvest Party for chil-
dren on Saturday from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. The market
site is the Umpqua Bank
parking lot at the corner of
Main and Monmouth
streets.
Games for children will be
set up in the bank’s drive-up
area, and there will be prizes
as well. Many vendors will
have giveaways, including
Trick or Treat bags, stickers,
pumpkin mini-muffins,
candy, and little pumpkins.
Quail Farms will have a table
where children may paint
w i t h ve g e t a b l e p a i n t s.
Everyone is welcome.
DAC hosts Pirates
of Rickreall Creek
The Pirates of Rickreall
Creek returns to the Dallas
Aquatic Center on Saturday.
Swim, paddle and slide
past swashbuckling crea-
tures and spinetingling ob-
stacles in search of Capt.
Jack Lantern and his treas-
ure.
A “G-rated” version will be
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with a
“PG” version from 7 to 9.
Admission is $7 per per-
son; $25 for a group of four;
Murder: Characters give clues at stops
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But the lead actress in
Burgundy’s latest produc-
tion, “The Mystical Flea,” is a
thorn in her side.
Peach has been driven to
drink — though some say
she picked up the habit long
ago — by prima donna Ash-
ton Jade.
“She’s been griping about
my costume design, that it’s
shoddy. It’s not shoddy. It’s
very fabulous. She just does
not wear it well,” Peach said.
“I’m just upset with her.”
What would a small
town — or a murder mys-
tery — be without nosy peo-
ple? Dallas has its fair share
of snoopy citizens and their
ill-gotten knowledge may
turn them into victims — or
perpetrators.
Peyton Pewter, the owner
of Nerd Squadron, has the
nasty habit of spying on his
customers. Being the only
tech expert in town, he knows
a lot about the citizens of Dal-
las — maybe too much.
“Actually, it’s a lot fun,”
Pewter said. “I know virtual-
ly everything. I know about
the mayor.”
Speaking of the mayor,
Saturday’s mystery begins
with a speech delivered by
It’s a mystery
What: Dallas Murder
Mystery.
When: Saturday. Regis-
tration is 10 a.m. to noon.
The event begins at 12:30.
Where: Registration is
at Pressed Coffee & Wine
Bar, 788 Main St.
Think you have it
solved? “Sleuth-solver”
entry forms due by 4 p.m.
The reveal will be at
Pressed.
Tickets: $10. Available
at several downtown busi-
nesses.
Mayor Riley White – also the
subject of rumor around
town.
“She might be connected
to the mob,” Burgundy said.
The further you get into
the clues and the backstory
of all 18 of the characters,
the more tangled the web
gets, said Eddie Nelson, of
the Dallas Downtown Asso-
ciation, the host of Satur-
day’s who-done-it.
Nelson said the cast, in-
cluding Doug Graven (Finn
Burgundy), Carol Chaney
(Pram Peach) and Mark
Sturtevant (Peyton Pewter),
have taken playing their
characters seriously.
“The business owners in
downtown have just been
wonderful. They have got
this. They live this I think,”
Nelson said. “I’m starting to
call them by their charac-
ters’ names.”
Nelson said the organiza-
tion would like to make the
murder mystery an annual
event.
Added to the clue gather-
ing Saturday is a poker run,
for those who wish to partic-
ipate. Players get cards at
each stop and the player
with the best hand at the
end wins.
If you want to get to know
the suspects before Satur-
day, Pressed Coffee & Wine
Bar, 788 Main St., hosts a
cocktail party Friday at 7
p.m. All suspects will be in
attendance — and may offer
a few clues. Or you can
check out the event’s Face-
book page to see short
videos about each character.
“Get a group of people and
come play, come and meet
us, see if you like us, or not,”
Chaney said. “I think it’s a
good thing to involve the
town. I think it will grow, if
they do it and everybody
likes it.”
$6 for additional group
members. Paid entry gets
unlimited expeditions.
There also will be a cake
walk and carnival games.
Dallas Trick-N-
Treat returns
A fun, safe, indoor way to
celebrate Halloween will be
from 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday
at Morrison Campus Alter-
native School, 1251 Main St.,
Dallas.
The event is for children
12 and younger, and in-
cludes costume contests,
games, prizes, treats and
Independence First Bap-
tist Church will host a trunk
or treat on Sunday from 5:30
to 7 p.m. at the church, 1505
Monmouth St., Independ-
ence.
The event includes hot
chocolate, cookies, and free
games. All are welcome.
For more information:
503-838-1001.
Trick-or-treat in
Monmouth
The Monmouth Business
Association, a subcommit-
tee of the Monmouth-Inde-
pendence Chamber of Com-
merce, will host its annual
Monmouth Downtown Hal-
loween Spooktacular on
Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Participating downtown
businesses will have candy for
youths. Wolfie, Western Ore-
gon University’s mascot, will
participate in the trick-or-
treat fun. This year, business-
es who do not have a store-
front in the downtown area
may set up a trunk or treat in
the library’s parking lot.
A photo booth will be set
up in the library for a cos-
tume contest.
For more information:
503-751-0193.
Indy downtown
hosts trick-or-treat
Trick or treat your way
through downtown busi-
nesses in Independence on
Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m.,
co-sponsored by the Inde-
pendence Downtown Asso-
ciation and Independence
Public Library.
Start at the library and
make a treat bag. Participat-
ing businesses will have
signs in the windows. There
will be many treats for
everyone.
For more information:
503-838-1811.
DRV holds trick-or-
treat event Tuesday
Dallas Retirement Village
invites trick-or-treaters to
spend Halloween with its
residents.
The trick-or-treat event
begins at the Lodge at DRV,
377 NW Jasper St., Dallas, at
5:30 p.m.
Kids are welcome to trick-
or-treat in all the buildings
at DRV and meet residents.
For more information:
503-623-5581.
Independence to host Day of the Dead event on Nov. 2
Itemizer-Observer staff report
INDEPENDENCE — The
city of Independence, in as-
sociation with the Inde-
pendence Public Library
and the Ash Creek Arts Cen-
ter, will hold a Day of the
Dead event Nov. 2 from 5 to
7 p.m. at the library, 175
Monmouth St., Independ-
ence.
A hands-on workshop
will be held from 3 to 5
p.m.
Erubiel Valladares will
present on the Day of the
Dead, followed by time for
contemplation and reflec-
tion after.
People are invited to
bring their own altars.
“At its essence, it’s being
aware of the people who
h a v e d e p a r t e d ,” Va l -
ladares said. “We want to
help increase cultural in-
telligence. People say it’s
another Halloween, but
it’s not a Mexican Hal-
loween. It’s way deeper
than that.”
There is no cost to at-
tend.
For more information:
Erubiel Valladares, 503-837-
1166.