by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Accompanied by their parents, little ghouls and goblins enjoyed a safe and happy Halloween on Rice’s Main Street Oct. 30, the day before official Halloween.
The second annual event, dubbed “Trick or Treat on Main Street,” sponsored by the Rice Area Chamber of Commerce, was again a huge success, with a steady stream of trick-or-treaters traipsing from one business to another, all of which gave generous fists-full of candy and even some non-sweet treats, like little flashlights. At least two dozen Rice area businesses participated in the event.
Although the afternoon was chilly, with a nippy wind, nobody young or old seemed to mind. Children sported just about every costume imaginable: a little lamb, a firefighting dalmatian, a skunk, batman, Spiderman, several clowns, a couple of fairy princesses, a pint-sized police girl, Dracula, a honey bee, lots of witches, a Ninja warrior, skeletons galore and more. It was obvious parents and the children themselves spent many hours planning and then donning their costumes, many of them hand-made.
Outside of the Old Creamery Café, Carol Propper of St. Stephen sat in a chair next to a small cackling rubber witch and gave candy to the costumed children. She admitted it was a bit chilly to be sitting in the wind, but she said seeing the delighted children made any discomfort all worth it.
“They are all so cute,” she said, smiling. “And they’re having such a good time! Their parents too.”
From scary to whimsical, a group of trick-or-treaters brought fun to downtown Rice during the second annual “Trick or Treat on Main Street.” Sponsored by the Rice Area Chamber of Commerce, the Oct. 30 event rallied more than two dozen businesses to distribute treats to children on the afternoon before Halloween. In the photo above are Taylor Anderson (girl in front) and (back row, left to right), Ethan, Adam and Daniel Purcell. All of the children live in Rice.
Volunteer Carol Propper of St. Stephen hands out candy to a Ninja warrior, Colin Marstein and his sister, Madison the fairy princess. Both are the children of Dawn and Dave Marstein of Holdingford. Hundreds of children attended the “Trick or Treat on Main Street” Oct. 30 in downtown Rice.
At the Rice Fire Department, Deputy Fire Chief Brad Vaillancourt passes out treats to visiting children for the second annual “Trick or Treat on Main Street,” which was even more successful than last year’s event, with a turn-out of hundreds of happy children and parents.
Two spooky creatures had heads turning in downtown Rice during “Trick or Treat on Main Street” Oct. 30. The brothers, who live in Rice, are Levi (left) and Luke Brenny.
This cackling witch greets visitors to the Old Creamery Café in downtown Rice during the second annual “Trick or Treat on Main Street” on Oct. 30, which attracted hundreds of children and parents who had a happy (and safe) Halloween.
Matthew Honken of Sartell, a firefightin dalmation, along with his police officer sister, Vanessa, go trick-or-treating on Main Street in Rice Oct. 30. They were accompanied by their mother, Carmen Honken, to the second annual event during which Rice area businesses gave candy and other treats to children during the afternoon daylight hours. Sponsored by the Rice Area Chamber of Commerce, the “Trick or Treat on Main Street” event was a big success, attracting hundreds of children and their parents.
