ACTIVITIES ABOUND AS ALTERNATIVES TO ANNUAL CANDY BEG.Byline: - Daily News PALMDALE - Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley youngsters - and adults - have alternatives to the traditional trick-or-treating leading up to Halloween. --The Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. , 1233 W. Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Blvd., will offer mall-wide trick-or-treating from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. --Dukes Car Club of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, will offer a ``trick-or-trunk'' from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot at Jimmy's Eatery, 1824 E. Palmdale Blvd. Youngsters can go from car to car picking up candy. Prizes will be awarded in a costume contest for children ages 13 and younger. For more information, call at (661) 492-2777. Admission is free. --The Lancaster Elks Lodge 1625 will host its annual kids' Halloween party from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at their lodge at 240 E. Ave. K, Lancaster. Hosted by Elks volunteers and the Ladies of Emblem Club 76, the Elks event is free and open to Lancaster-area youngsters ages 12 and younger. Parents must supervise their children. Activities will include a haunted house A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. , games and prizes. Hamburgers, hot dogs and punch will be provided for the kids. For more information, call (661) 942-1625. Other events are going on before Halloween: --A masquerade ball will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Palmdale Elks Lodge, 2705 E. Ave. Q. Prizes will be awarded for the most interesting costume. Proceeds will help support local charities. A late-night supper Supper is the name for the evening meal in some dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day, usually the meal that comes after dinner. The term is derived from the French souper will be provided. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling (661) 947-2027 before 1 p.m. or (661) 947-6416 after 1 p.m. --Schooners, 43807 15th St. W., will host a party for people ages 21 and over at 9 p.m. Saturday with $1,000 in cash and prizes for the best costumes. Costume judging will take place at midnight. Cover charge is $5 after 9 p.m. For more information, call (661) 940-7028. --Pets and their owners can celebrate Halloween a day early at the annual Petco Howl-o-ween costume contest to be held at noon Saturday at the Palmdale Petco, 39522 10th St. W., Suite A. First place is a $25 Petco gift card. In addition, each participant will be entered in a national drawing for a chance to win one of six yearlong year·long adj. Lasting one year. Adj. 1. yearlong - lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or supplies of Science Diet pet food. Kids can win a $5 Petco gift card in the Howl-o-ween coloring contest. In addition, customers can choose the best costumed pet from online entries received across the nation by logging onto www.petco.com by Oct. 31. The winner will receive a year's supply of Science Diet pet food and all online voters will be entered into a weekly drawing for a bag of Science Diet dog food. Local libraries are also offering Halloween activities this week: --Littlerock Library offers candy corn pin crafts at 3:30 p.m. today; Halloween shadow lantern lantern held by Judas, leading officers to Christ. [N.T.: John 18:3] See : Passion of Christ crafts at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and a monster mouth treat bag craft project at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The library is located at 35119 80th St. E., Littlerock. Call (661) 944-4138. --The Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County library in Rosamond will offer a seasonal craft and story session at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The library is at 3611 Rosamond Blvd. Call (661) 256-3236. |
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