BOUNTY OF TREATS AT FARMERS MARKET : SECOND ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY A SPOOKY SMASH FAMILIES RECEIVE FREE PUMPKINS AT HALLOWEEN PARTY.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer Under blue skies and not a full moon in sight, ghosts and goblins descended onto the Encino Farmers Market on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. like orange marbles on the market's parking lot in Van Nuys, the 600 pumpkins given away to families by the United Mellon Co. vanished within hours, but the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. continued into the afternoon with pinata-breaking, face-painting, coloring and games. Hundreds of children watched with wide-eyed amazement as party volunteers handed them treats in broad daylight. Two hundred pounds of candy and 400 toys were donated by local stores and supermarkets, while the Encino chapter of B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith (bənā` brĭth) [Heb.,= Sons of the Covenant], oldest and largest Jewish service organization in the world, founded (1843) in New York by American Jews "to provide service to their own people and to humanity at large. donated 400 new books. The second annual Community Halloween Party, organized by the market's sponsor, the Organization for the Needs of the Elderly (ONE) in Van Nuys, attracted about 3,500 people, far surpassing the 2,000 people who normally go to the open-air market where farmers and vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, crafts and other goods. ``I can't believe what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. here today. We've counted over 3,000 people - they're just coming out of the woodwork woodwork: see carpentry; furniture; intarsia; marquetry; veneer; wood carving. ,'' said event co-chair Roberta Morgen mor·gen n. pl. morgen or mor·gens A Dutch and South African unit of land area equal to 2.1 acres. [Dutch, morning (referring to the amount of land that can be plowed in a morning) , who created the market two years ago with Harry Vickman, treasurer of ONE's board of directors. Decked out as Buzz Lightyear from the movie ``Toy Story,'' 2-year-old Evan Engelking of Van Nuys used the party to break in his new costume. ``It's fun for a Sunday morning activity, it's inexpensive and the kids like it,'' said his mother, Susan Engelking, cradling a pumpkin pumpkin, common name for the genus Cucurbita of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourd family), a group that includes the pumpkins and squashes—the names may be used interchangeably and without botanical distinction. C. in her arm. ``We didn't have a pumpkin to carve yet, so I said we'll come in costume and we'll go home and carve it later. And it's fun because Evan gets to wear his costume an extra day.'' Other parents went to great lengths to attend the party. Barbara and Craig Gates of Encino, despite battling a bout of the flu, bundled up and brought their two young daughters to pick their pumpkin, only to find the few that were broken and left behind. ``It's amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , I couldn't believe they had this here for free,'' said Barbara Gates. ``We live nearby and we hadn't even been here to the farmers market.'' Mohammad Rad of Encino was up until 5 a.m. Sunday entertaining guests, but decided to forgo the extra sleep to accompany his family to the party. ``I was really tired, but I made it anyway because I thought this would be really fun,'' said Rad, as his 1-1/2-year-old son, Soroush, wobbled in and around the pumpkins with a purple balloon tied to his wrist. ``I usually go to the farmers market on Fairfax, I never knew there was a farmers market here.'' Event organizers said the party was a way to acquaint the community with the market, which celebrated its second anniversary in June. ``It's wonderful, it's so much fun for everyone and a lot of the farmers have sold out,'' said Claudia DeCrow, the market's manager. ``This (market) is really one of the better things of the past that we have now today.'' Every Sunday, a portion of the sales proceeds are donated to ONE, which serves about 17,000 San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. residents and has a center located next door to the market. Event organizers attributed the party's success to the many volunteers from ONE's Valley Senior Service and Resources Center, as well as volunteers from local Girl Scout troops and the Valley chapter of the National Charity League. ``This time of year people with families are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. Halloween-oriented activities and this fits in perfectly,'' Vickman said. ``There's no charge and there are free pumpkins.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Susan Shakib, 10, left, and Mojdeh Toomarian,11, load up the pumpkins given to them at the Encino Farmers Market. (2) Eiden Weissblum, 1, tries to get a grip on the free pumpkin he received. (3) Matthew Kohanfars, left, watches as Jessica Okhovat, Josh Okhovat and Melissa Naimi play on bales of hay during the Halloween party. John McCoy/Daily News |
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