Community fun at a safe Halloween event

Children played games at the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)
Children played games at the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)

Lil' Miss Strawberry was one of the young trick-or-treaters attending the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandote County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)
Lil’ Miss Strawberry was one of the young trick-or-treaters attending the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandote County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)

Chief cooks for the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)
Chief cooks for the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department. (Photo from LRA)

Another small visitor to the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Departmet. (Photo from LRA)
Another small visitor to the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Departmet. (Photo from LRA)

Some of the 374 visitors to the safe Halloween event sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department and held at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan.
Some of the 374 visitors to the safe Halloween event sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department and held at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan. (Photo from LRA)


by Lou Braswell

About 374 trick-or-treaters attended the safe Halloween event Oct. 31 at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan.

The event was sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and the Wyandotte County Parks Department.

The trick-or-treaters were invited to visit various tables for a variety of treats. There also were free hot dogs for the visitors.

Pat Wells and Russ Love with Eisenhower Center greeted the visitors and also had treats to hand out, plus they were there with helping The chief cooks were John Zawacki and Rick Sheahan.

Rose Marie Allman was at the hot dog booth.

The Leavenworth Road Association received donations from the community to help make it a safe Halloween. Donors included Happy Foods, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, North Welborn Watch, Welborn Community Watch, Field of Dreams, Bynum family and those who provided tables at the event.

The Leavenworth Road Association plans to return next year for this event.

Lou Braswell is the executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association.