Great day today. Had lots of visitors from Portland, Longview & other outlying areas checking out all of the scarecrows and shopping at our local businesses. Families strolled the streets, snapping pictures of the younguns posing by the Halloweentown Pumpkin or interacting with costumed store-keeps. There's a lot of enthusiasm around Halloweentown this year and the buzz grows.
One young couple told me that the traffic leading to Sauvie Island and the Pumpkin Patch made theme rethink their plans - they decided to visit us instead. Good decision. There are lots of activies, photo ops & shopping discounts at local merchants here all through the month of October. And don't forget, we have an I Spy game and a Coloring Contest going on, with entry forms available at participating merchants.
Check out http://www.oldetownesthelens.com for information on St. Helens' attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the Largest Halloween Gathering. We can do it! You'll find a link there for an online registration form which you can print and fill it out in advance to speed up registration on October 30th. There'll be entertainment, vendors, additional activities and a chance to be famous (for at least as long as it takes to break the record we set).
Other activities share the day on the 30th as well. Don't forget The Little Spooks Parade at 5pm with trick-or-treating throughout Olde Towne following the parade, and the Humane Society's annual "Dogtoberfest”, a Pet Fair with Tricks and Treats at Columbia View Park in Downtown St. Helens from 3PM - 5PM.
Even our Scarecrows have their own Facebook page (St. Helens Halloweentown Scarecrows). They're still popping up all over town as merchants get into the spirit of the season, but I think one of my favorites is the single oversize eye with an eye chart that reads "HAPPY HALLOWEEN". You can find it in front of Family Vision on Columbia Blvd. 2nd runner-up for me would be at the fire station: 2 firemen with carved pumpkin heads, holding a firehose. (Of course my favorite seems to change on a daily basis.) You can vote for your favorite Scarecrow by purchasing raffle tickets at the Vault in Olde Towne, or at other participating merchants. Votes are cast by putting raffle tickets into containers at merchant locations. Proceeds will be split between supporting the Splash Park and the Food Bank - both excellent causes.
Surely you can find an event somewhere in this list that piques your interest. See you soon in Halloweentown!
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