Humboldt got into the spirit of Halloween with a variety of activities for young and old alike on Oct 31.
Game Haven may be new in town, but owner Justin Gibson hasn't wasted time integrating into the community. Halloween at Game Haven included dancing, movies, arcade games, and a video game tournament.
"It was good," Gibson said. He added that he had about 40 people in the store over the course of the night for the Halloween party, which was a bit more than expected. He said he hoped to make people aware of the store and get more customers coming in.
The Humboldt Dance Club also held its second annual Halloween Dance at the Bella Vista Inn, where spry seniors dressed up as anything from Mickey Mouse to witches and danced to the music of Tom Reinhardt, who provides music for all the club's dances. Although there were a few more people at the first Halloween dance last year, organizer Frances Schidlowsky said that didn't affect how the event went.
"We are very happy with what we got," she said.
The dance club formed two years ago with the demise of Humboldt's Polka Fest.
"We were very upset when the council pulled the Polkafest it is an understatement how upset we were," Schidlowsky said.
A group got together to see if they could continue the dances. They're planning five more dances in the future, and the next one is Nov. 21.
"It is so much fun," Schidlowsky said.
The City also put on a city-wide haunted house at the Humboldt Public School with help from Safe Communities Humboldt and Area and Grade 7 and 8 students. The City asked for donations of candy and money in the days leading up to the haunted house. The candy went toward 500 goody bags that were handed out and the money went to the Humboldt Public School Playground Fund.
There were two different haunted houses: an enchanted forest for younger kids, and an insane asylum for older ones. The enchanted forest had greenery on the walls and spooky sounds. The insane asylum had students on gurneys, heads in jars, a coffin, and more.
"There was a little girl in a dollhouse that freaked the bejeezus out of me," said Tracey Shewciw, executive director of Safe Communities.
"Their creativity was unbelievable," she added. "It was so awesome, they rocked it."
