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PAGE 4 - CANAL WINCHESTER MESSENGER - October 16, 2022 Letters policy The Messenger welcomes letters to the editor. Letters cannot be libelous. Letters that do not have a signature, address, and telephone number, or are signed with a pseudonym, will be rejected. PLEASE BE BRIEF AND TO THE POINT. The Messenger reserves the right to edit or refuse publication of any letter for any reason. Opinions expressed in the letters are not necessarily the views of the Messenger. Mail letters to: Canal Winchester Messenger, 3500 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43204; or email southeast@columbusmessenger.com. Keep tabs on the news in Canal Winchester Look for CW Messenger on Become a fan! eastside Messenger (Distribution: 6,500) Rick Palsgrove........................Canal Winchester Editor southeast@columbusmessenger.com Published every other Sunday by The Columbus Messenger Co. 3500 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43204-1887 (614) 272-5422 No matter where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome at DAVID’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 80 W. Columbus St., Canal Winchester 614-837-7734 www.davidsucc.net 10 a.m.-Worship Service 10:15 a.m. - Sunday School Please join us October 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in our parking lot for our TRUNK-OR-TREAT Be a Part of Our Local Worship Guide Our Worship Guide is geared toward celebrating faith and helping readers connect with religious resources in our community. Make sure these readers know how you can help with a presence in this very special section distributed to more than 19,000 households in the South/Canal Winchester area. Contact us today to secure your spot in our Worship Guide. 614.272.5422 • kathy@columbusmessenger.com Canal Winchester Messenger Library School Help Centers The Columbus Metropolitan Library’s School Help Centers for grades K-12 are open with staff and volunteers are ready to help. These after-school spaces give your students access to technology, resources and the library’s catalog of books and materials. Visit columbuslibrary.org/school-help for information. Hours vary by location. Local library School Help Centers are: •Southeast Branch, 3980 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport. Monday-Thursday from 4- 7 p.m. and Friday from 3-6 p.m. •Canal Winchester Branch, 115 Franklin St., Canal Winchester. Monday- Thursday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. and Friday from 3-6 p.m. Area libraries •The Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 115 Franklin St., is located in the rear portion of the former school at 100 Washington St. For information visit www.columbuslibrary.org or call 614-645-2275. •Wagnalls Memorial Library is located at 150 E. Columbus St., Lithopolis. For information call (614) 837-4765 or visit www.wagnalls.org. •The Southeast Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library is located at 3980 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport. For information visit www.columbuslibrary.org or call 614- 645-2275. Please visit a Canal Winchester Church of your choice. List your Worship Services here. For info. call 614-272-5422 Halloween trick-or-treat is an exciting and special time when you are a kid. It’s a time when you can disguise yourself and become someone or something else for a few hours. You get to walk around the neighborhood streets in that twilight time when dusk settles in and shadows can become whatever your imagination wants them to be. Plus there is candy, lots of candy. As a kid growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Groveport, I have fond memories of trick-or-treating. I liked seeing the sidewalks filled with other kids in costume darting about from house to house. I was awed by the crazed faces of jack-o-lanterns lit by the dancing flames of candlelight that beckoned to us trick-o-treaters to front porches. It was fun to be out adventuring in the forbidden dark - a time one was normally safe at home. I recall stopping by the old fire station on College Street (now gone) and getting hot dogs and doughnuts. Speaking of doughnuts, there was one house that gave out doughnuts and they even let you pick which doughnut you wanted! They could probably afford to do that back then because the town was much smaller and there weren’t as many of us kid goblins showing up at the door. We used paper grocery bags to collect our treats, a haul that could include candy bars of all kinds, as well as assorted other sugary delights, but also popcorn balls. In the days leading up to trick-or-treat, our school classrooms and homes were adorned in assorted orange and black Halloween decorations and crepe paper. These decorations were not cute, but instead tended to have a scary edge to their appearance in keeping with the other worldly spirit of Halloween. These unusual visages were great to look at and inspired our imaginations. Also in those days, while some kids did have store bought costumes, most kids, with the help of their parents, made their own costumes from whatever was at hand. That being said, there are still some kids today who still create their own costumes because I have seen some great ones at recent Halloween trick-or-treats. As for my costumes when I was a kid, I remember being a ghost a couple of times - which was an easy costume as evidenced by www.columbusmessenger.com The simple fun of trick-or-treat Photo courtesy of Eastland- Fairfield Career Centers Food drive Editor’s Notebook Rick Palsgrove the “Peanuts” characters in the great Halloween television show, “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” Probably my favorite costume was when my mom helped me put together a Civil War era Union Army cavalryman outfit. The Civil War centennial was being remembered in the mid-1960s so it was easy to find a cheap blue, felt fabric replica Union Army hat. My mom then stitched a stripe down the side length of the legs of a pair of my blue jeans. We then added a small black mask, a blue shirt, a toy sword and toy gun and I was set. I was proud of that outfit. I had hoped the stripe would remain on that pair of blue jeans after Halloween, but mom removed it the next day because those were my good “school blue jeans.” So trick-or-treat is coming soon and today’s kids will form their own memories that they will hold onto with fondness as the years go by. It is simple fun, which is the best kind of fun. Rick Palsgrove is managing editor of the Groveport Messenger. On Aug. 30, the Fairfield Career Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society was named a 2022 recipient of the Silver Star of Excellence Award by the NTHS national organization. This award is presented to NTHS chapters that distinguish themselves through their consistent excellence in career-technical education and is a reflection of their commitment to community service, chapter advancement, and active civic involvement. During the past school year, Fairfield Career Center’s NTHS chapter has participated in philanthropic food drives, donut sales, and educational activities. Their members collected approximately 3,000 boxed and canned goods for a local food pantry during the 2021 holiday season. Additionally, last year’s members raised over $1,200 to be used for membership fees and educational field trips that will benefit NTHS students during the 2022-23 school year.
www.columbusmessenger.com October 16, 2022 - CANAL WINCHESTER MESSENGER - PAGE 5 Get those skeletons out of your closets! By Linda Dillman Staff Writer Skeletons are creeping their way across Canal Winchester, but there is no need for alarm. Destination: Canal Winchester is inviting bone-rattling ghouls of every shape and size to take part in a skeleton decorating contest where the community judges the contestants. The event was inspired by a Facebook request and a similar contest held by the organization for the past two years ago. “In the midst of all the COVID shutdowns in 2020, Destination: Canal Winchester wanted to give people something fun to do and at the same time possibly help the local restaurants who had been greatly affected by the shutdowns,” said Director Karen Stiles. “We knew that Fairfield County had held their Tour of Scarecrows for a couple of years, but much of Canal Winchester is in Franklin County, so Destination: Canal Winchester so we held a Tour of Scarecrows for Canal Winchester.” Prizes were awarded in four categories and each scarecrow winner received an assortment of gift cards that could be used at local restaurants. The same type of prizes will be awarded for the 2022 skeleton competition. “Though the restaurants were closed for dine-in, they were open for pick-up, so our hope was this would encourage the winners to order take-out from those restaurants,” said Stiles, who said the tour was conducted the following year as well. “This year, a post on social media where members were asking for a skeleton competition, was brought to our attention, so we decided to go in that direction for 2022.” Contestants – residents, individuals, groups, organizations and businesses in the 43110 zip code–are free to construct their own skeleton or use pre-made ones, dressed up Messenger photo by Linda Dillman Destination: Canal Winchester is holding a skeleton display contest. and staged in a creative way. Judging categories include: Largest, Funniest, Most Creative and Best Cemetery or Ensemble Scene. Voting is done online through the Destination: Canal Winchester website. Participants must send a picture of their skeleton, including the skeleton's name and location to info@destinationcw.org. The location of each entry will be labeled on a map posted on the organization’s website so people know where to go to view the skeleton. Only those who submit their information to Destination: Canal Winchester will be entered in the contest. Voting ends on Oct. 24 and the winner will be announced on Halloween. Those voting for a skeleton display may go to https://www.destinationcw.org/fallFestival and enter the display’s name. Contest rules include a minimum height of three feet and a display consisting of a single skeleton or a gathering of skeletons. “You can use any materials you like to build your skeleton, there are no restrictions,” said Stiles. “All skeletons (and display names) must be made and displayed in good taste. Any entrant designing their skeletons to cause deliberate offense will be disqualified. All skeletons must be displayed so it is unnecessary for anyone to access your property or business to view them. They must also be secured in a manner that they will not blow away and not be a danger or possibly cause injury to anyone. Owners are held solely responsible for the safety and security of their display.” When voting for an entry, Stiles asks the community to look for skeleton displays with a little bit extra in the use of materials, the way the skeleton(s) and/or other appropriate themed characters are displayed or is an idea that really catches the eye. “Pictures will be posted on our Facebook page for those who don't have time to drive around and look at the skeletons,” said Stiles. “At the online voting site, the categories will be listed and people will vote by entering the skeleton's name in the appropriate category. We will again be giving away packets of gift cards. Neighbors, co-workers and organizations can come together and create an entry. As individuals create entries, neighbors enjoy the displays. Additionally, the prizes encourage participants to visit our Canal Winchester businesses to use the gift cards.” ME DICARE A NNUAL ELECTION P Oct. 15 th PERIOD (AEP) Dec 7 th Call today $0 consultatio n $0 fee, local agent! Over 16 years experience with Medicare options Offer different major carriers i n the area Year ear- rou und support for my clients Call or text me today to schedule yo our appt. Terri Curcio 614-460-0601 in your area. Please contact Medicaree .gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of
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