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Spooktacular Family Events This Weekend

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Halloween is only two days away, and all those nights spent working on terrifying or glamorous costumes are about to pay off. Our community's kiddos are ready for another fun, spooky night of costumes and candy - and so are the  best lawyers at the Lake of the Ozarks ! As you plan your Halloween activities, here are some great family-friendly events to keep in mind. Walk on the Rocks Trick-Or-Treat Your little ones will have a blast trick-or-treating through a maze that has been set up in the Hy-Vee parking lot. Admission is $2.00 per child, and all of the money raised will benefit the Dream Factory (an organization that grants dreams to children who are critically ill). The maze will be open on October 31st from 4:00-7:00 PM . Have some great Halloween fun while supporting a great cause! Tunnel Dam Gardens' Haunted Maze & Hayride Mother Nature's Riverfront Retreat is hosting their annual haunted hayride on October 31st and November 1st from 7:00-11:00 P...

Fun Facts about Halloween

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Halloween at the Lake of the Ozarks! The leaves have turned and we are at the traditional holiday that straddles the line between fall and winter.  Halloween may have originated with the Celtic festival of Samhain.  People would build bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts.  November 1st was designated by Pope Gregory III in the 8th Century "All Saints Day" to honor all saints and martyrs.  The evening before became known as "All Hallows Eve" and eventually "Halloween".  It is now a secular, community-based event revolving around children and trick or treating. Some fun facts about Halloween Because the movie Halloween(1978) was on such a tight budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find for the character Michael Meyers, which turned out to be a William Shatner Star Trekmask. Shatner initially didn’t know the mask was in his likeness, but when he found out years later, he said he was honored Halloween is the secon...