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Halloween 2008

 

Local Pumpkin Patches and Haunted Houses

Nancy Pittman hands out candy to Ashley Cudjoe, 8, during the third annual Ghostwalk at The District at Green Valley Ranch.
From freakish to family-friendly, Halloween events a scream
Saturday, November 1, 2008
By Cydney Cappello, Amanda Finnegan, Kyle Hansen, Cara McCoy
With all its glamour, neon and glitz, there’s no place like Sin City to celebrate Halloween. And, true to form, from unbridled bashes on the Strip to family-friendly events in the suburbs, the Las Vegas area offered up entertainment treats for all kinds Friday night.
Las Vegas notables offering up tasty Halloween treats
From politicians to Strip entertainers, sugar is the theme of the evening
Friday, October 31, 2008
By Cydney Cappello, Amanda Finnegan
Children aren't the only ones taking part in the holiday; local celebrities are participating, too. Here's how prominent locals are spending their night -- and how they're contributing to your bag of Halloween sweets.
All tricks, solo treating for Gibbons
ELECTION 2008 :
Friday, October 31, 2008
By David McGrath Schwartz
For about an hour on Thursday, Gov. Jim Gibbons appeared to have finally secured a role in the Republican presidential campaign.
Librarian Elaine Gibbon reads "Where's My Mummy?" to mesmerized children during storytime at the Boo! Boo! Halloween Pajama Party at Enterprise Library on Monday.
Enterprise Library hosts Halloween pajama party for youngsters
Friday, October 31, 2008
By Ashley Livingston
A Ninja Turtle and Belle from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" were among the recent guests of the Enterprise Library.
The Meadows kindergartners Mia Spilotro, center, and Ariana Sanatinia, right, give Dylan Aseph, left, a clown pumpkin during their visit to the UMC pediatric intensive care unit on Wednesday.
Kindergartners brighten hospital with decorated pumpkins
Thursday, October 30, 2008
By Ashley Livingston
Armed with colorfully painted pumpkins with construction paper hair and straw, paper and felt hats, the Meadows School kindergartners made their way to University Medical Center's Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit and Pediatrics Department on Oct. 29 to fulfill the school's annual mission of brightening the day of both patients and staff alike.
Ghost hunters to dish on local haunts
Halloween:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
By Frances Vanderploeg
Paseo Verde Library is hosting a question-and-answer session Thursday with members of the Silver State Ghost Hunters, a group of Southern Nevada residents who share an interest in the supernatural.
A woman in character looks out a window at Bonnie Screams, the haunted ghost town at Bonnie Spring, on Oct. 17.
Frightening times call for some good scares
HALLOWEEN:
Thursday, October 23, 2008
By Becky Bosshart, Cassie Tomlin
As Halloween approaches, fans of the year's most frightening holiday said there's no better time to escape into the realm of fantasy.
Springs Preserve gets into Halloween
Thursday, October 23, 2008
By Becky Bosshart
For its first Halloween celebration, the Springs Preserve is introducing new characters to valley children.
Police, Hard Rock Café host 'Trunk-or-Treat'
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
By Mary Manning
Metro Police and the Hard Rock Café are teaming up on Friday, Oct. 31, to offer a safe and fun Halloween experience.
From left, Leo Forrest, 4, and sister, Annlee, 1, play with Joel Andrews, 2, and his older brother, Ryan, 4, during the Summerlin Pumpkin Festival at the Gardens Park on Saturday.
Thousands welcome fall season at Summerlin festival
PUMPKIN FESTIVAL:
Saturday, October 11, 2008
By Jeff O'Brien
The air was crisp and cool at The Gardens Park on Saturday as more than 3,000 Summerlin residents attended the second annual Summerlin Pumpkin Festival, an event designed to celebrate the arrival of the fall season.
Careful not to step on any plants, kindergartners from D'Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School search through a pumpkin patch Oct. 1 at the Gilcrease Orchard.
Elementary students pick out their own Halloween pumpkins
Friday, October 10, 2008
By Jenny Davis
It's an annual D'Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School tradition to bring the kindergartners to the opening day of the Gilcrease Orchard Pumpkin Patch near Tenaya Way and Grand Teton Drive.
With a zombie lurking behind her, Alexis Jones of Las Vegas looks for a way out of the Fright Dome at Circus Circus on the Strip.
Fright Dome: Dark, scary meets hot, heavy
REVIEW: At huge, frightening Halloween attraction, teen romance abounds
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
By Joe Brown
There are monster houses in Las Vegas, and then there’s the Fright Dome, the annual megahaunted house at the Adventuredome at Circus Circus.
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