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JoeMachney
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The second year for the
Vegreville
Emergency
Services Halloween event
was successful with a fan-
tastic turnout and a good
time had by everybody.
“When we started it last
year our intention was to
give something for people
to do on top of the trick or
treating as an old-style
Halloween party,” Daniel
Andrew, community chair-
man, said. “We did pump-
kin carving, get a conces-
sion going, have games, a
haunted house, all for the
community. It was a good
turn out and was supported
by the fire chief and we did
it as a single entity. This
year we did it a little bit
earlier and got the sponsor-
ship program in our favor
andwebuiltonit.Hopefully,
next year when we get it off
the ground it will be still
bigger and better!”
Events that people attend-
ed were a haunted house,
the 4-H had a hot dog sale,
a pumpkin carving, as well
as donations for entries
whichwent to theVegreville
food bank. There was also
130 pumpkins to hand out,
as well as apple bobbing
and free popcorn for the
kids and kids at heart.
“The turnout is better than
I expected,” Deputy Chief
Chris Jardine said. “I don’t
have the numbers as there
is no way of really tracking
this, however, the food bank
is benefiting from this, and
the ambulance is getting
full. The 4H with their hot
dog sale is doing very well,
so both of these organiza-
tions are doing awesome.
There has been screaming
from the haunted house the
whole evening. The pump-
kin carving is doing great
and parents are loving that
it is still a free event and
some kids even get a pump-
kin out of it. The kids are
enjoying themselves too. It’s
great to see all these differ-
ent costumes and I’m hear-
ing that a lot of people are
saying that this is a good
event and it’s nice to have it
here in Vegreville. It’s in a
building that everyone feels
safe in for a Halloween
event and it’s all because of
Daniel and his committee.”
FireHall hauntings
Preschool HalloweenCarnival
RosanneFortier
A storm of enchanting youngsters
bewitched citizens as they entered
Vegreville Preschool Annual Halloween
Carnival at Vegreville Centennial
Library gymnasium on October 29.
Games with a Halloween theme amused
the children while they anticipated col-
lecting tokens from playing the games
that they could use at the Witch’s Kitchen
where they received a prize based on
how many coins they had.
To fuel them for dancing, Halloween
theme treats galore were available at the
concession booth and bake sale.
Parents and children bopped and
dance with their kids while friends got
together to move to music by Jonathan
Zabrick from Dusk ‘til Dawn DJ
Services.
Others attempted their luck at the
blind auction. This carnival also includ-
ed face painting and other child-friendly
Halloween novelties.
This event was organized by Vegreville
Preschool Association with Amy
Yakimetz as the President. Yakimetz
said around 150 people attended this
carnival. “The children really enjoyed
playing the games and cashing in on the
prizes and dancing. We hold this carni-
val to give people in the community a
chance to get out and have some fun. It
is geared towards the younger group of
kids around preschool age and it does
generate some funds for Vegreville
Preschool Association also. We would
like to thank all our sponsors and volun-
teers who made this event possible,”
Yakimetz mentioned.
