State Correctional Facility for the Detention of Criminally Insane Youth – Heavily Restricted Trick-or-Treat Division
The Stepfather
1987
Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy
1989
My last house had a basement workshop. I like to work with my hands.
The blog below relates to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s. We may have experienced the golden age of trick-or-treating and Halloween fun.
The 60s and 70s were the days of church and charity bake sales, Cub Scout cake raffles, stay at home moms, three or four brothers and sisters, grandparent aged neighbors who created homemade treats like popcorn balls and enjoyed seeing kids they knew come by in costume.
Less food sensitivities and allergies, less concern about real life monsters harming kids who were out at play for hours at a time. Walking to the bus stop, bicycle paper routes, etc.
For several years- going back to 2016, I would blog about having your Halloween candy X-rayed. I made an effort in October this year to find any article that mentioned the practice for 2024 and was not able to find one. Checking now, on Nov 1st, and I am able to find that the practice still does exist. Sort of fun in the same way as looking for the last Blockbuster Video or other franchises that were popular in the last century.
My attitude for this year has changed. I used to make fun of the practice, reading the article here, I see it as offering a way for the kids to take an educational field trip. Maybe some will become interested in working as an X-ray technician. Maybe just a good memory of a family outing and a chance to teach about old Halloween traditions that began in the last century.
We have been setting up trail cams outside for years now. The image above appears to capture some sort of visitor or intruder out back.
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This blog relates to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s. We may have experienced the golden age of trick-or-treating and Halloween fun. The 60s and 70s were the days of church and charity bake sales, Cub Scout cake raffles, stay at home moms, three or four brothers and sisters, grandparent aged neighbors who created homemade treats like popcorn balls and enjoyed seeing kids they knew come by in costume.
Less food sensitivities and allergies, less concern about real life monsters harming kids who were out at play for hours at a time. Walking to the bus stop, bicycle paper routes, etc.
I grew up on the West Coast. Trick or Treat was on Oct 31st each year. Trick or treat was done in the dark.
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played zero role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence in early July. Same country that once taught a spirit of adventure to small children on Columbus Day.
Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Thursday to get the kids ready for trick or treating and get started at 5:00. The rest of the community might also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door.
Deal with it families.
Ohio
October 31, 2024
TRICK OR TREAT TIMES FOR GALLIPOLIS
“The Gallipolis Police Department announced this week the . The annual event will be from 5:30 to 630 pm Thursday, October 31, 2024. We want to remind all drivers to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”
Your family has one hour to start and finish trick or treating for 2024.
This is not some special event at the hardware store or the dentist office:
Try to find scary jacko’ lantern art and decorations in 2024.
It seems that a secret international treaty has been signed- scary jacko’ lantern images are now outlawed.
Almost 100% of decorations available are kind of a Hallmark/Barney the Dinosaur sort of a theme designed for families and 4 year olds.
Not here to take those away- just wish that some of the retro themes were still available. The images were meant to be scary in order to ward off evil spirits.
Still searching…
The scary decorations of my youth have been replaced with this:
I grew up on the West Coast. Trick or Treat was on Oct 31st each year. Trick or treat was done in the dark.
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played zero role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Today, Moms and Dads wait until their trick or treat schedule is published in order to map out family plans for the event.
Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence in early July. Same country that once taught a spirit of adventure to small children on Columbus Day.
Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Tuesday to get the kids ready for trick or treating and get started at 5:00. The rest of the community might also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door.
Hey Minerva Moms and Dads: get your ass through the workday commute to prep the family for Trick or Treat starting at 1630. “Oct. 31 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m”
A hand once raised to ask how a country that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking The Troops for freedoms, staging July 4th events celebrating freedom and fighting undeclared/unwon wars for freedom is not OK with Moms and Dads running the show on October 31st.
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played no role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Today, Moms and Dads wait until their trick or treat schedule is published in order to map out family plans for the event.
Halloween 2021
In the news:
Gallia County Ohio
Local authorities dictate a one hour window for trick-or-treat time 2021. For some reason, Halloween will be observed on Thursday Oct. 28, not October 31st.
Your family will start at 5:30 and be done for the year at 6:30 p.m.
Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Thursday to get the kids ready for trick or treating and get started at 5:30. The rest of the community might also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door. Deal with it families.
Much of the article above includes detailed safety tips such as dressing the kids up in reflective gear so they look like a county road maintenance crew. It’s clear that most of the WWII generation is gone now. They were self-reliant people who would have had no use for the dumbed-down messages of our modern culture.
A message to teach you and your family how to put candy into a bowl so you can pass it out to trick or treaters:
For more about safety, please visit our safety tips page:
Maybe you are out for a couple nights camping. This guy who escaped from the state mental institution is out there too. He is watching you, but you don’t know it.
For tent campers, there’s just a thin layer of nylon between us and the outside world.
Hand raised to ask how a country that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking The Troops for freedoms, staging July 4th events celebrating freedom and fighting undeclared/unwon wars for freedom is not OK with Moms and Dads running the show on October 31st.
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played no role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Today, Moms and Dads wait until their trick or treat schedule is published in order to map out family plans for the event.
In the news:
Local trick or treat times
Central Kentucky
Moved to Thursday:
Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Thursday to get the kids ready for trick or treating and get started at 5:00. The rest of the community might also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door.
Extensive info on child safety including tips on suspicious candy, flame-retardant materials for costumes, sex offender registry, pining a piece of paper with child’s name, address and parent’s phone number to child’s clothing, flashlights, reflective tape, and masks that could obscure vision can be found here.
Western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota
My kind of town:
Baldwin. On 10/31 trick-or-treat begins at Dusk. Moms and Dads decide when it ends.
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played no role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Today, Moms and Dads wait until their trick or treat schedule is published in order to map out family plans for the event.
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. For some reason, it will be observed on Thursday in Mason, WV.
Hope Mom and Dad aren’t having to commute home from work on Thursday the 29th. It might be a rush to leave work, prep the kids and hit the street by 6 p.m. Your trick or treat time for 2020 ends 60 minutes later in Mason.
Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Thursday to get the kids ready for trick or treating, get started at 5:30 and be done for the year one hour later. The rest of the community will also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door.
Still six weeks out and local authorities dictate a one hour window for trick-or-treat time 2019. For some reason, Halloween will be observed exactly one week in advance of October 31st.
Your family will start at 5:30 and be done for the year at 6:30 p.m.
“The Gallipolis Police Department recently announced times for Trick-or-Treat set for the Gallipolis.”
“The annual event will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. All drivers are reminded to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”
Much of the article above includes detailed safety tips such as dressing the kids up in reflective gear so they look like a county road maintenance crew. It’s clear that most of the WWII generation is gone now.
Hand raised to ask how a country that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking The Troops for freedoms, staging July 4th events celebrating freedom and fighting undeclared/unwon wars for freedom is not OK with Moms and Dads running the show on October 31st.
Same country that will stage a big celebration of smaller government each July 4th.
Is this a weak-minded culture?
When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played no role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.
Still six weeks out and local authorities dictate a one hour window for trick-or-treat time 2019. For some reason, Halloween will be observed exactly one week in advance of October 31st.
Your family will start at 5:30 and be done for the year at 6:30 p.m.
“The Gallipolis Police Department recently announced times for Trick-or-Treat set for the Gallipolis.”
“The annual event will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. All drivers are reminded to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”
Much of the article above includes detailed safety tips such as dressing the kids up in reflective gear so they look like a county road maintenance crew. It’s clear that most of the WWII generation is gone now.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It’s just for fun.
Unlike Christmas or Thanksgiving, you can take it or leave it. It doesn’t come with unrealistic expectations, overbooking, overspending, over scheduling, emotion, obligation, memories, deadlines, marketing, advertising, programming, and unusually crowded stores, shipping outlets, ferry and air terminals.
Halloween 2019 – Gallipolis, Ohio
Local authorities dictate a one hour window for trick-or-treat time 2019.
Your family will start at 5:30 and be done for the year at 6:30 p.m.
“The annual event will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. All drivers are reminded to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”
Much of the article above includes detailed safety tips such as dressing the kids up in reflective gear so they look like a county road maintenance crew.
Remember the old tradition of having your Halloween candy X-rayed?
It is still a good idea.
Before the kids are allowed to eat any candy- round them up and carpool with neighbors to the hospital, courthouse or law enforcement HQ to get the loot X-rayed.
The X-ray will reveal any needles, razor blades, or metal filings in the treats.
Is there a test for weed killer or rat poison? Ask about it.
“While your trick-or-treating, I know it’s probably tempting to grab some and start eating, but please check what the kids are eating before they eat it.”
“An appointment is highly suggested. You can schedule one by calling…”
Houston, Texas
“Memorial Village ER to offer Halloween candy X-ray screenings”
“The event from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, will feature X-ray screenings of Halloween candy to look for any foreign objects such as glass or metal before the children (and parents) partake. Children will learn about how the X-ray machines work.”
The government can’t tell us what to do! We Celebrate Revolution!
Columbus Day
We honor those who set sail to discover the new world.
We’re all about risk taking and a spirit of adventure that later brought us the first airplane flight and the first man on the moon in 1969.
Halloween
Stay in your homes and wait for further instructions.
In the news:
Gallipolis, Ohio
Still six weeks out and local authorities dictate a one hour window for trick-or-treat time 2019. For some reason, Halloween will be observed exactly one week in advance of October 31st.
Your family will start at 5:30 and be done for the year at 6:30 p.m.
“The Gallipolis Police Department recently announced times for Trick-or-Treat set for the Gallipolis.”
“The annual event will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. All drivers are reminded to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”
Much of the article above includes detailed safety tips such as dressing the kids up in reflective gear so they look like a county road maintenance crew. It’s clear that most of the WWII generation is gone now.
Fore more about safety, please visit our safety tips page:
It’s clear that most of the WWII generation is gone now. They were self-reliant people who would have had no use for the dumbed-down messages of our modern culture, like this one-
A message to teach you and your family how to put candy into a bowl so you can pass it out to trick or treaters:
Remember the old tradition of having your Halloween candy X-rayed?
It is still a good idea.
Before the kids are allowed to eat any candy- round them up and carpool with neighbors to the hospital, courthouse or law enforcement HQ to get the loot X-rayed.
The X-ray will reveal any needles, razor blades, or metal filings in the treats.
Is there a test for weed killer or rat poison? Ask about it.
“X-Ray machines at several Velocity Urgent Care centers across Virginia will be looking at something other than skeletons for once. They’ll be screening your child’s candy for potentially dangerous items. This free service will be available in select Velocity Urgent Care centers on Wednesday, October 31st and Thursday, November 1st after the Trick-Or-Treat festivities are complete. Parents can bring their kids anytime between 2:00-8:00pm on those days to have their Halloween candy x-ray’d.”
Maybe Mom or Dad can jump through their ass to get off work & commute home for a 2 – 4 p.m trick-or-treat outing mandated by Iola in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Several locations have decided that trick or treat will take place this year on Tuesday, October 30.
Moms and Dads, the people who set up last year’s block party and the people who live in the cul-de-sac should be free to send the kids out on their own schedule. No one size fits all mandate handed down by some central authority required.
Scary is OK, this is why people pay to ride roller coasters. Traditional Halloween images are meant to be scary to ward off evil spirits.
Skip the dopey “Harvest Festivals” and Carnivals put on by schools, churches, malls and businesses. Send the kids out in a traditional witch, devil or gargoyle costume. Halloween is meant to be fun. For just one night a year, try to lighten up and enjoy it. Things will get back to normal on November 1st.
Hand raised to ask how a country that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking The Troops for freedoms, staging July 4th events celebrating freedom and fighting undeclared/unwon wars for freedom is not OK with Moms and Dads running the show on October 31st.
Make sure your highly excitable youngsters do not eat any Halloween candy until after you have transported it to the X-ray screening site- the day after Halloween.
Your family will start at 6:00 and be done for the year at 7:30 p.m.
Who gets to make decisions on how your family will behave? Not parents? Not you & the others who live in the cul-de-sac? Not the people who planned the block party last summer? Not the people who have created and enjoyed Halloween traditions in the neighborhood?
Same country that made a big deal of celebrating freedom & independence early in July.
Tax money- which some people intend to be used to help others via public assistance programs– also goes for bombing Iraq and Afghanistan. US bombing of Iraq goes back to 1991.
Helping others by donating to churches or private charities, food banks, etc. can avoid these conflicts.
Donors are free to opt out if a charity misbehaves.
People could keep more of their own money to donate to causes of their choosing if the federal government was not taking it to pay for failed wars that never end. The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
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