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Local fall events provide safe alternative to trick or treating

Oct 25, 2006

If going out on Halloween night with all the ghosts and goblins puts a bit of a scare in you, why not attend one of several local festivals designed to provide fun and food for you and your little trick or treaters in a safe, contained environment?

Pima Butte Elementary School’s Fall Festival is scheduled for this Friday, October 27. Everyone is welcome to enjoy family fun from 5 – 8 p.m. at the school on north Rancho El Dorado Parkway. Community of Hope Church will provide game booths with lots of prizes, so bring a bag to hold them all. Other entertainments include tricycle races, a cakewalk, souvenir photos, face painting, and, of course, there will be food and drink available. Bring your friends and neighbors. Discounted tickets are available at the school through October 27.

Children (and their parents) are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Safe Halloween at Fry’s Shopping Plaza on Tuesday, October 31, from 4 – 7 p.m. There will be games and candy for the little ones. A 6 p.m. costume contest at Fry’s Marketplace will feature prizes from local merchants.

It’s fall, so why not participate in a Fall Festival or safe Halloween event?

Maricopa Assembly of God will be holding their Harvest Festival on Halloween night from 5 – 8 p.m. at the corner of Taft and Madison. Lots of games, fun, food, entertainment and candy will be provided. An inflatable “bounce” castle will also be there. For further information, call (520) 568-4867.

On Halloween evening, the First Baptist Church of Maricopa will be hosting their Fall Festival from 6 – 9 p.m. at the church, which is located south of the tracks on the left side of John Wayne Parkway (SR 347). Recreation and game booths for all ages as well as treats for the kids will be available. For further information, call (520) 568-2272.

Maricopa’s schools, churches and businesses offer local residents several alternatives to a night spent Trick or Treating with all those ghosts and goblins. Why not attend one or all of these fun, fall events?