{"id":81324,"date":"2016-10-29T01:55:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T06:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=81324"},"modified":"2016-10-29T01:55:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T06:55:51","slug":"area-communities-set-halloween-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/10\/29\/area-communities-set-halloween-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Area communities set Halloween events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just a reminder that Van Wert area communities have scheduled Halloween festivities at various times\u00a0this weekend and into Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Wert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Van Wert has four Halloween-themed events scheduled for today, beginning with a downtown Trick or Treat session that runs from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. In addition to treats, the event will also feature creatures created by local resident Judy Geary.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Fall Fright Festival will be held at the Commercial Building on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, starting at 11:30 a.m. and running until 2 this afternoon. The event includes food, games, pumpkin carving contest, and a costume judging.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert has scheduled the city\u2019s trick or treat session for 4-6 p.m. today. Those handing out treats should put their porch lights on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30754\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Geary-Halloween-costume-feature-10-2012-Geary.jpg\" alt=\"Judy Geary makes some last-minute repairs to one of her costumes. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Judy Geary makes some last-minute repairs to one of her costumes.<\/strong> <em>(VW independent file photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From 7 p.m.-midnight, Wassenberg Art Center will host its Mausoleum Masquerade festivities at the art center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convoy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The village will have its trick or treat session from 5-7 p.m. Monday, October 31, at the Convoy Fire Station. The Convoy Lions Club will also host its annual costume judging at 7 p.m. at the Edgewood Park Building, with refreshments served as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grover Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grover Hill Fire and EMS will sponsor trick or treating from 5-6:30 p.m. today, with a meal at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post served from 4:30-7:30 this evening, and a Halloween Parade scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. (parade will line up at Grover Hill Elementary School). There will also be costume judging and games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middle Point<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Middle Point will have trick or treating from 3-5 p.m. today, while a Halloween celebration will be held from 4:30-8 this evening at the Middle Point Community Building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ohio City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The village has scheduled trick or treat between 5 and 7 p.m. today, with a Halloween celebration running from 8-midnight at the Community Building, featuring the music of local band Section Ate, as well as homemade chili and sandwiches, and costume judging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Willshire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The village will have trick or treating from 4-6 p.m. today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wren<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The village of Wren has scheduled trick or treating for 4-6 p.m. Sunday, October 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Just a reminder that Van Wert area communities have scheduled Halloween festivities at various times\u00a0this weekend and into Monday. Van Wert Van Wert has four Halloween-themed events scheduled for today, beginning with a downtown Trick or Treat session that runs from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. In addition to treats, the event will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 05:11:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}