A dragon standing watch next to Dracula’s grave is part of a Warsaw home’s Halloween decor. InkFreeNews photo by Leah Sander.

Staff Report

WARSAW — Halloween is just a little more than three weeks away, and there’s plenty of spooky fun set to take place in the area.

Below is a list of upcoming Halloween events. To have an event published on a future edition of the list, email information to [email protected].

Akron

• Akron’s trick-or-treat hours are 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.
• Judging for the costume contest is 5:30 p.m. that day at the fire station.

Claypool

• Claypool has a trunk-or-treat from 5-6:30 p.m Tuesday, Oct. 31, along Main Street. There will be no regular trick-or-treat hours for the town.

Etna Green

• Etna Green’s trick-or-treat hours are 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.
• The Etna Green Lions Club’s annual hayride and hot dog event is after that in Heritage Park.

Mentone

• Mentone’s trick-or-treat times are 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.
• Judging for the costume contest is 7 p.m. at Mentone Elementary School.

Milford

• Trick-or-treating is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Milford. There will be a trunk-or-treat during those same hours in the Milford Community Building’s parking lot.

North Webster

• Trick-or-treating in North Webster is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Pierceton

• Pierceton’s trick-or-treat hours are 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Rochester

• The 18th annual Haunted Woods Trail is Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21, and Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, at the Fulton County Museum grounds, four miles north of Rochester. Tours are 7:30 p.m. until finished, rain or moonlight. The cost is $10 for adults; $5 for ages 6-11; and free for those 5 and younger. Children under 15 must be accompanied by adults. It’s a partially guided tour, with a tram ride to the woods. Tickets are sold 7:30-11 p.m. Proceeds benefit the museum. For more information, call (574) 223-4436.
• Trick-or-treating in Rochester is 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Silver Lake

• Silver Lake’s trick-or-treat hours are 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Syracuse

• The Waters of Syracuse has a trick-or-treat from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. The Waters is located at 500 E. Pickwick Drive. For more information, call Brittany at (574) 457-4401.
• A trick-or-treat trail at Lakeside Park is 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Churches, businesses or organizations are welcome to help give out candy. Contact the Syracuse Community Center at (574) 457-3440 for more information.
• A Haunted Woods is 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Center at Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes and Wetlands Education Center on SR 13 one mile south of Syracuse. People may join Syracuse Parks and the Wawasee cross-country team for a haunting stroll through the woods. The cost is $5 per person and cash-only. All children must be accompanied by adults. Contact the Syracuse Community Center at (574) 457-3440 for more information on the event.

Warsaw

• Trick-or-treating in Warsaw is 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Winona Lake

• The Winona Lake Parks Department is hosting a pumpkin decorating contest for all ages. People should buy their own pumpkins and decorate them, dropping them off at Winona Lake Limitless Park on Saturday, Oct. 28, by noon. Pumpkins must be real in order to qualify and must have been decorated by hand by the person entering. The public may then vote via a penny-a-vote starting at 1 p.m. Oct. 28 at the park, with voting closing at 7 p.m. that day. The top three will win prizes, with the winners announced Tuesday, Oct. 31, on the parks’ department’s Facebook page.
• The Winona Lake Parks Department is hosting its first-ever The Great Pumpkin Race on Saturday, Oct. 28. Pumpkins will be dropped at 5:30 p.m. for a race down Cherry Creek with the owners of the top 10 pumpkins winning prizes. To enter, people should buy pumpkins from the department by midnight Friday, Oct. 27. The cost is $5 a pumpkin or three for $10. People should stop by the parks’ office directly to buy pumpkins, email [email protected] to be provided a direct link for payment or drop off an envelope marked “Park Department/Great Pumpkin Race,” including the number of pumpkins to be purchased, payment and contact information (phone, email) to receive confirmation. The envelopes should be dropped off in the payment box located just outside of the Winona Lake Town Hall/the Winona Lake Police Department.
• Trick-or-Treat on the Trail returns on Saturday, Oct. 28. Kids may pick up treats along the town’s greenway from 3-5 p.m. From 5-7 p.m. there will be a bonfire, s’mores and a showing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” at Winona Lake Limitless Park. The Warsaw Community Public Library will sponsor storytelling and Parkview Warsaw YMCA will sponsor games. Any businesses, sports teams or organizations that wish to have tables to hand out candy along the trail should email [email protected].
• Trick-or-treating in Winona Lake is 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.