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When our children were in elementary school at Alta Vista they had an annual Halloween Carnival on the school grounds with games, fun rides, and yummy food. It was a fun evening for all. Every child won a prize at every game.

I think at some point someone complained about it being a "Halloween" event because it denoted some kind of pagan ritual so they renamed it a Fall Festival and still the kids had fun.

One year I co-chaired it with my next door neighbor, Helen Valentich. We spent hours planning and coordinating all of the games, food, drink and rides. We made a trip to St. Pete to buy hundreds of prizes and Pete pulled a hay wagon behind our old gray Jeep and gave kids rides around the school yard. What fun memories. LIFE WAS GOOD!