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... and then there are costumes from hell:
http://reader.creativeminor...
http://www.catholicleague.c...
Nice to see the Vatican condemn Halloween as anti-Christian:...
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I'm a skeptic and never been too fond of Halloween or the idea of giving the neighborhood kids, who annoy you all year round free treats for tearing up your yard and ringing your doorbell off the hook/hollering at you and disturbing the dogs.
I've noticed a lot of genuine fear surrounds...
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Here are some Trick or Treaters who came by our office at 3400 Calloway Drive, Building 800, Bakersfield, CA 93312. We still have lots of candy for the kids and will be open until 6 PM.
I love to see...
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Here's a great big hug for all my friends out there in BlogLand. Happy Halloween!!!
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Talladega Frights, Kern County's largest haunted attraction, is open every night Halloween week. Monday-Saturday, doors open at 7 p.m.
To give back to their community, Talladega Frights is offering Family Fright Nights! Print out the coupon located here, present it at the ticket booth, and...
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Ran across this classified ad for a pirate's costume and it got me thinking about memorable Halloween costumes.
Whether it was as a kid or adult, what's been your most memorable costume?
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Hello, haunted house fans!
Beginning today, Talladega Frights will be asking trivia questions and give away tickets to this year's haunt!
To enter, become a Facebook fan of Talladega Frights Haunted Attraction and be the first to correctly answer the daily trivia questions.
Answers to the...
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In business reporter Courtenay Edelhart's Sept. 24 story, retailers that sell costumes are making their predictions about what the big sellers will be this Halloween.
What are you dressing up as?
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Join us during the month of October (Thurs.-Sat.) out at Fruitvale-Norris Park, where people of all faiths and political leanings (grinning) can agree to enjoy a night of fright and insanity!
Talladega Frights (the haunted attraction on Norris Rd. in Bakersfield) occupies 23,000 sq. ft....
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Greetings, Kern County residents!
Just dropping in to announce that once again, we are working on bringing Bakersfield another great haunted attraction for 2009.
In May, we started re-building what now occupies 23,000 square feet of land at NOR's Fruitvale-Norris Park. New for this year...
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Now the elections season is way behind us and silly sign stealing stories are long forgotten, it's time for a new rash of criminal behavior to rear its ugly, costumed head.
And it's no coincidence the new crime wave is coming a month after Halloween, when most sane folks have long put away their...
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Someone texted in this photo of a kid in a monkey costume. Wonder if they like bananas?
Share your sightings by pointing your cell phone to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Celeste Barrientos sent in this shot of her first pumpkin carving!
Got firsts of your own to share? Text your cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com.
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While walking in Weldom woods, a small hidden abode
I did find. Breaking in, since it looked empty, I entered
and found little but an old dust covered book, runes on
it’s cover.
Looking about, I saw something, shining through the haze
and dust of this foul smelling,...
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Have you ever been to Sleepy Hollow?
I was at a very old tavern built as it was,
under an ancient oak tree, in time to see
a dark rider on a black horse, what a scare!
Have you ever been to Sleepy Hollow?
I was there for just one night on business.
After...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.
NICHOLAS BENCOMA M ARROY GRANDE CA 93420 W ...
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Happy Halloween, I hope that all of you out there are having fun and above all being safe. Enjoy the Pagan holiday!! So how do most christian reconcile this evil holiday? OH well, maybe for another day. This year for me my Hallows Eve will be spent at work, for all those who are suddenly sick or...
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Somone texted in this creepy, ghoulish cell phone photo. Yikes!
What are you this Halloween? Text in your camera phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Someone texted in this photo of Donny "Joe Dirt" at KMC Engineering.
Did one of your crazy co-workers dress up today?
Text you cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Some kids are already trick or treating at our office. We still have lots of treats left, and we are open until 6:00 PM.
Have a safe and fun Halloween!
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I wrote this around Halloween after Jordan had been gone about two years. I still like to go back and read it whenever I miss him, just to remind myself that he is still around, part of me and everything around me, everything he loved.
My youngest son, Jordan, was the darling of our family from...
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This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Time: 9:00:45 AM
Details:Halloween is a fun tradition, but often times the excitement of the evening can cause children and...
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If brawling KHSD trustees and voracious beavers aren't scary enough this Halloween, how about a trip to one of Bakersfield's fright houses?
Our comrades at Bakotopia have reviewed the two haunts, Talladega Frights and The Chamber.
The 7/11 at the corner of Chester Lane and A Street is also a...
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Hailey Binns picks her pumpkin for Halloween.
Text your Halloween cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Bakersfield, CA – The Kern County Fire Department, along with its
partners at Public Health, Human Services, and the Sheriff’s
Department invite you to attend a Halloween Safety demonstration.
The demonstration will take place on Monday, October 27th at 11:00 am at the
Olive Drive...
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Carved a pumpkin yet? How trying on your costume?
This pumpkin shot was sent in by matylda.
Text in your pumpkin and costume (yours or your kids') cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com and we'll feature them here and possibly in the Bakersfield Californian!
Be sure to include...
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For those of you that are newer and have not experienced this blog, I have been doing this around Halloween for the last 2 years....So, here we are another year!
We have done this before but I thought it was time for a new scary story. I will start the story and everyone give a...
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Become a Northwest Voice web site user and be entered to win a pair of tickets to opening night at Talladega Frights!!
Rules:
Must be a new Web site user enrolled before Oct. 2.
Must be ready to be very, very frightened. I'm not kidding about this.
Be aware: Talladega...
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This place had better open soon.
Halloween is just around the corner!
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Hola! :D Happy Halloween!! lol I hope all of you have an awsome fun and safe Halloween :D
This year has been a special halloween for me. I don't really celebrate Halloween but I think I can learn to like this holiday lol This is the first time I carve a pumpkin and the 3rd time ever...
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Once, quite a few years ago, there was a little girl who spent most of the time with her grandparents. Her mother worked nights, and her father worked days and went to school; they were not home much. Her grandparents lived out in the country, and behind their house, as far as she could see were...
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I always knew people who liked candy corn were strange. Who likes candy shaped like vegetables? It defeats the purpose.
I can also think of a couple Twizzlers and Butterfingers. Weirdos.
What is your Halloween candy personality? The Washington Post put together a neat guide to gaging who...
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A box of Halloween cookies have been tempting me all week. Right now they are sitting on the end of my kitchen table, beckoning me to take "just one." I bought them to give out at work, and that's where they will go...not all into my stomach...I'm promising myself.
Halloween can be...
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Here is my niece Emily's son, Cason, in his very own pumpkin patch. What does it have to do with Real Estate? I don't know, but Halloween is next Wednesday, and it is a great seasonal photo of people and places in Bakersfield. Also, Emily is working in our office, and will have her license soon....
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AP Architects of Bakersfield is hosting its 11th annual pumpkin-carving contest, and the 19 entries are something to see. This is a far cry from the hack jobs I do at the last minute with my kids.
And here's the fun part: you too can vote, through an online interface. You can click to see...
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Unless you're going for that crusty, pink-eye look on Nov. 1, don't top off your Halloween costume with novelty contact lenses.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, decorative contact lenses carry the same risks as corrective contact lenses, including:
conjunctivitis (pink...
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LOOKING FOR A COSTUME CONTES? CONCERT? PLACE TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG NIGHT(S)?
WE HAVE IT FOR YOU!
2007 HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
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I am taking 5 dogs to PetSmart this evening to have their pictures taken in Halloween costumes. It is an annual event, and it should be fun, though I can just imagine the chaos. I have three dogs: Miles Long, Dusty Rhodes, and Delilah.
Miles was a stray who was found at South High. I...
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My tender lumpings!
It's thee...
Spooooky Newsletter!!
<<<Listen to the special Hallows Eve Playlist!
My favorite holiday is back again, and what scarier place to be than Bakotopia?!
Oh, the memories of Halloween past:
Being a kid at the McFarland Halloween...
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Are you dressing up for Halloween? What are you going to be? Or are you dressing your kids or your animals? What will they be?
Some people really get into it and make these elaborate costumes. My mom was one and she would enter costume contests in these crazy hilarious outfits. I remember she...
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As children in the 1950’s, we never understood the true meaning of the term “Trick-or-Treat”. There was no vandalism, very little mischief and even fewer bullies. No one had store-bought costumes and most Trick-or-Treater’s either had a hand-painted bag over our...
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A TRUE STORY YOU HAVE TO HEAR TO BELIEVE!!!
NOW AN ANNUAL
TRADITION!
Hear the true story about how avant garde horror film 'Begotten,' saved couple from the clutches of South American drug cartel, during a routine visit to "cleanse" a home of evil spirits and wandering ghosts in...
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This is the Bakersfield.com Halloween blog. We started this last year and thought that we would do it again! So, let's start this off with a question!
What are your Halloween plans?
--Kari
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I guess it makes you really old ( according to my kids) that as a child I never had a store bought Halloween costume.I have friends who's' kids have never had a homemade costume? Oh well I guess times have changed but man my mom and dad decked us out with some of the best home made costumes...
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BOOOOO!!!!!
WANTS YOUR
HALLOWEEN STORIES FOR THE
10/19 EDITION OF
BAKOTOPIA MAGAZINE!
IT'S BAKO'S BEST TIME OF YEAR, AND TIME TO MAKE IT SCARIER THAN EVER!!!
HERE'S HOW TO BE A PART OF THE GHOULNESS:
Have some ghost stories?
Know of some Bakersfield hauntings?
Crazy 'Trick or...
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Well yesterday my hubby and I got a nasty trick.. accident or what? Don't know! We sat down to eat our lunch that was delivered by senior citizens department.. as we have for the the last few month's.. all way's delishious! but this time my hubby started to take a bite of the strawberr'ys...
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So, tonight is the big night! Lots of ghosts and goblins running around getting treats! What are you doing for Halloween?
Don't forget to enter our kids, teens, adults and pet costume contests, share your favorite scary movie or finish our scary story!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Have a costume but not sure where to go to show it off? Visit anyone of these places to enter contests, enjoy drink specials and dance the night away!
Syndicate Lounge
2nd Annual Halloween Party
Saturday Oct. 28th @ 9:00 PM
Corner of 19th & Eye
Costume Contest & drink specials...
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Ok, here we are with some fun stuff. Show us your teens in their halloween costume and you can win a 4 pack of movie tickets if we at Bakersfield.com choose your teen as our favorite! There will be one winner and the winner will be announced 11/1/2006. Entries will be accepted until...
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Ok, here we are with some fun stuff. Show us the kids in their halloween costume and you can win a Curious George DVD Pack, which includes the soundtrack to the movie that features Jack Johnson if we at Bakersfield.com choose your child as our favorite! There will be one winner and the winner...
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