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Bunceton students had a very busy week. It was Red Ribbon Week when emphasis was on being drug and bully free. Tuesday was Band Clinic in Prairie Home, and the Tipton Invitational Art Show was on Wednesday. Thursday was a half day of school filled with Halloween fun including the pumpkin decorating contest for the whole school, costume contest and parade, and Halloween parties followed by parent and teacher conferences. Junior High had basketball games to play against Jamestown and Pilot Grove.

Halloween might be for kids but that doesn’t keep adults from dressing up and joining in. The librarians at Boonslick Regional Library were dressed for the occasion on Monday, October 31, as they handed out treats to their young patrons.

October 30 was a dreary day and evening, but even the rain couldn’t keep youngsters from dressing up and heading for the parking lot at 625 Main Street in Boonville on Sunday evening for Trunk or Treats. The light rain was letting up by 5:30 which helped. Members of First Baptist Church, many of them also in costumes, decorated the trunks of their cars and backs of their pick-ups, set up games and challenges, and handed out candy. Lots of candy! It seemed that handing out candy was as much fun as receiving it. An hour into the two-hour event, volunteers were scurrying around restocking cars and pickups with more candy. An old-fashioned hayride was available for a trip through town and appeared to have a line waiting as each load disembarked.

When fire broke out in Wooldridge on Saturday, October 22, it quickly grew in size and scope beyond what one fire district was able to control. Upon arriving in Wooldridge and finding structures engulfed, the Cooper County Fire Protection District requested aid from multiple area fire departments.

Trunk-or-treats were a popular Halloween activity over the past week as Boonville residents, adults and children alike, celebrated Halloween. With multiple events held, there were ample opportunities for maximum candy collection.