Plenty Of Upcoming Halloween Events Across The Area

A residence in Warsaw bears a few tombstones. InkFreeNews photo by Leah Sander.

WARSAW — There are plenty of upcoming Halloween-related events in the area, including trick-or-treating.

Here’s a list:

Akron

Trick-or-treat times in Akron are 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
Judging for the Henry Township Fire Department’s costume contest starts at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at the fire station.
Hartzler’s Halloween Bash is 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at Hartzler Funeral Home, 305 W. Rochester St. There will be a trunk or treat, games and free hot dogs and drinks. Everyone is welcome to come.

Atwood

The Atwood Fire Department will have a haunted house and trick-or-treat from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.
Otterbein United Methodist Church will host a trunk or treat in their parking lot from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.

Claypool

Trunk or treat in Claypool is set for 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. There are no door-to-door trick-or-treat hours for the town.

Etna Green

Trick-or-treating in Etna Green will be from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.
The Lions Club of Etna Green will hold its annual “Hayride and Hot Dogs” event at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Free hot dogs and hot chocolate will be available.

Leesburg

Mentone

Trick-or-treating in Mentone is set for 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
Judging for the Mentone Chamber of Commerce’s costume contest starts at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at Mentone Elementary School.

Milford

Milford’s trick-or-treat times are 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
Kosciusko Masonic Lodge 418 located in Milford is having a trunk or treat from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. It will be in the lodge’s parking lot at 404 W. Syracuse St.

North Webster

The North Webster Community Center is hosting a pumpkin painting contest from Monday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 31. Winners will be announced on Halloween.
Additionally, a painting workshop will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the community hall at NWCC. The class will be instructed by Kellie Honeycutt. The cost is $25 and all supplies are included. Classes will be held the first Friday of the month. The next classes are Nov. 4 and Dec. 2.
North Webster Church of God, 302 N. Main St., has a trunk or treat from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. There will also be food and games. It’s free, but people are asked to register ahead of time, which may be done by clicking here.

Trick-or-treating is 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in North Webster.
Tippecanoe Township Fire Territory has its open house and costume contest from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.

Pierceton

Silver Lake

Syracuse

The inaugural Creature Crawl is a non-timed 5K fun run/one-mile walk for all ages and families on, Saturday, Oct. 29. The event is sponsored by the Syracuse Parks and Recreation Department and the Wawasee cross-country teams. Costumes are encouraged. People can register at the Syracuse Community Center or online at runreg.com/creaturecrawl. The cost is $25 for the 5K run and $15 for the walk. Participants must register by Friday, Oct. 14, to be guaranteed a T-shirt. Check-in and day-of-race registration will take place at 4 p.m., with the run beginning at 5 p.m. and the walk at 5:10 p.m.
Trick-or-Treat Trail in the Park is set for 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Lakeside Park. If people or organizations want to participate, they should contact the Syracuse Community Center at (574) 457-3440.
Syracuse will have trick-or-treating from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
The Syracuse Public Library will have its trick-or-treat program from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in the children’s department. During those hours, kids may enter the Wonderful World of Oz and meet its characters and find sweet treats. To prepare for the event, the children’s department will be closed the entire day of Oct. 31, and the rest of the library will close at 5 p.m.

Warsaw

Zombies Alive is 8-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through the end of the month at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. People may pay $10 to shoot paintballs at the zombies. That pays for the gun and 100 paintballs. VIP tickets are available for $20, which pay for an automatic rapid fire gun and one reload. Group rates are available for 10 or more people at a cost of $9 per person.
First Christian Church of Warsaw is having a trunk or treat from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. There will be candy, face painting, a selfie station and food available to purchase. The church is located at 115 Park Ridge Drive.
Main Street Warsaw is having Spooktakular on Friday, Oct. 28, in downtown Warsaw. Costume contest registration for the event starts at 5:30 p.m., with trick-or-treating from 6-7 p.m. and the costume contest starting at 7 p.m.
Retired Tigers residents will be passing out candy from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. The apartment complex is located at 320 W. Main. St., Warsaw.
Warsaw Meadows will have trunk or treat from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. Candy donations for residents to pass out are welcome. Please drop off donations to the building no later than Friday, Oct. 21.
Warsaw’s trick-or-treat hours will be 5:30-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.

Winona Lake

The Winona Lake Parks Department is putting on the new event Trick-or-Treat on the Trails on Saturday, Oct. 29, in partnership with the Warsaw Community Public Library and Parkview Warsaw YMCA. From 3-5 p.m., kids can pick up goodies starting at Winona Lake Limitless Park and then throughout the town’s greenway system. Following that from 5-7 p.m. at WLLP, there will be s’mores, a bonfire, storytelling and the playing of the TV special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
Winona Lake’s trick-or-treat hours will be 5:30-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.

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