Ghosts, goblins and ghouls...oh my!

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  • By Col. Cassie Barlow
  • 48th Mission Support Group commander
Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are from all of the great Halloweens we had in my family.  First there were the great costumes my mother made for me when I was a kid. Next, there was the man down the street that decorated his house to scare all the neighborhood kids. Last but not least, there were all the great memories of eating a lot of my favorite candy...chocolate!

The 48th Mission Support Group hopes to create some of those same memories for the Liberty Wing's smallest members this Halloween.  We have quite the line-up of fun planned and I wanted to make sure everyone had the latest and greatest on all of our events...no matter your age.  Please come out and join us!

Oct. 28 (5 p.m. to 8 p.m.) -- Liberty Club: Kid's Halloween Party featuring Fun Force, buffet, costume party, games and an interactive children's show.  Club members free non members $7.95; child $3.95.

Oct. 30 -- Child Development Centers:  Both CDCs will celebrate the harvest season by painting pumpkins.  The pre-toddlers and toddlers will visit a local pumpkin patch to harvest their own pumpkins.  The younger children will be provided a pumpkin at the respective CDCs to paint (or drool on).

Oct. 30 (4 p.m. to 7p.m.) -- Youth Center: The Youth Center will host a family oriented Halloween Carnival; activities include face painting, three-legged races, mummy wrap, skeleton dance, ghoulish crafts, head toss (egg toss), limbo contest, costume contest (adult and child), bouncy castles and many more fun games and activities -- enjoyment for parents and children.

Oct. 30 (9p.m. to 3 a.m.) -- Liberty Club: Halloween All-Nighter in the ballroom featuring R&B DJ. Members free, non-members $5. Also an "all you can eat" breakfast burrito bar 1 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. -- Members $5, non-members $7

Oct. 31 (8 a.m. to 7 p.m.) -- Information, Tickets & Tours (ITT): Trip to Thorpe Amusement Park for "Fright Night"; £33 for adults and £27 for children

Oct. 31 (4 p.m. to 11 p.m.) -- Information, Tickets & Tours (ITT): ITT is offering a "Medieval Banquet Halloween Spectacular" meal and fun in the vaulted cellars of London's Historic St. Katherine Docks; cost is £60 (adults only)

Oct. 31 (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) -- Page Community Center: Center will host a "Halloween Skating Party"; bring a bag of candy and receive a discounted admission -- lots of ghoulish games and fun/scary prizes; all ages welcome.

Oct. 31 (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) -- 48th Avenue Community Center: Horror Movie Night -- ages 17+; no charge

Oct. 31 (8 p.m. to 2 a.m.) -- Liberty Club: Halloween "80's Night" featuring "Bob's your Uncle" Live band. Members free, non-members $5

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 (12 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.) -- Bowling Center: Bowling Center is hosting a "Halloween Haunted Teen Lock-in"; lots of chaperone's, combo meal, unlimited bowling, free play on amusement machines, music from the DJ booth, breakfast in the morning, scary decorations and lots of prizes -- a guaranteed spooky time!

Oct. 31 (All day) -- Library: The library will provide treats (candy) for all guests

Oct. 31 (day trip) -- Information, Tickets & Tours (ITT): Fun-filled trip to "Haunted Warwick Castle"; £26 per person, £23 for children.