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Thursday, October 08, 1998     Page: 1C

Creepy things to do and see
   
Here are some other Halloween events and sites that should be suitable for
most kidsPumpkin Patch Rides at Dymonds Farm Market, Dallas. (675-1696) Daily
through Oct. 31. Rides begin weekdays at 5 p.m., weekends at 10 a.m.
    Zehner’s Haunted Hayride, covering 200 frightening acres of forest, at
Zehner’s Farm. state Route 93, Nescopeck. (752-8820 or 752-5281) Friday and
Saturday, and also on Oct. 16-17, 23-25, 30-31, from 7-10:30 p.m. $10.
   
Great Scarecrow Contest, at Greystone Gardens, 829 Old State Road, Clarks
Summit. Through Oct. 31.
   
Haunted Hayride, sponsored by the Rice Township Fire Department. Exit 43
(Nuangola) off I-81, follow the signs. Oct. 23-25, 6-11 p.m. $3.
   
Halloween Hayride, sponsored by Wyoming Borough. Meet at the field behind
Kasarda’s, Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. (693-0291) Oct. 23-25, beginning at dusk.
$5, children $3.
   
Magic Lodge at Montage, Halloween program for ages 3-10 featuring a magic
show, storytelling, music. Montage Mountain Ski Resort, Moosic. (963-6879)
Oct. 23, 7 p.m., Oct. 24, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Oct. 25, 2 p.m., Oct. 26, 7 p.m.
and Oct. 28-29, 7 p.m. $6 adults, $4 children.
   
Parents, caregivers and chaperones might want to check out these haunted
sites to make sure they are age-appropriate for the kids in their care.
   
Plymouth Township: Horror Hall, sponsored by the Tilbury Volunteer Fire and
Ambulance Co., East Poplar Street, West Nanticoke, off U.S. Route 11 at the
former Harter High School. (735-7899) Tonight through Sunday, and Oct. 16-18,
23-25, 28-30. Fridays and Saturdays, 6-11 p.m. All other days: 6-10 p.m. $7.
   
Wilkes-Barre Township: “Haunted Warehouse” former Stroud’s on Mundy Street
Wednesday, Oct. 14 through Oct. 18, Oct. 21-31, Nov. 1; Monday through Friday,
7 p.m. to midnight; Saturday and Sunday, 5 to midnight. 842-6775.
   
Lehman Township: 16th Annual Haunted Barn. Mountain View Drive, off state
Route 118, behind the Lehman Post Office. (674-5420) Today and Saturday, and
also on Thursday, Oct. 15 through Oct. 18, and Oct. 22-25, 29-31. Fridays and
Saturdays 7-11 p.m., all other days, 7-10 p.m. $5.
   
Hanover Township: “Gravestone Manor.” Sallie Mae Facility, 220 Lasher Ave.,
Hanover Industrial Park. (821-6500) Oct. 16-17, 23-24, 29-31, 7-11 p.m. $5.
Proceeds benefit the United Way.
   
Harveys Lake: “Where Dreams Are Nightmares and Nightmares Are Reality,”
haunted hall sponsored by the Harveys Lake Fire Co. Pole No. 120. (639-1919)
Oct. 23, 6-11 p.m., Oct. 24, 5-11 p.m., Oct. 25, 5-10 p.m., Oct. 29, 6-10
p.m., Oct. 30, 6-11 p.m., Oct. 31, 4-11 p.m. $3.
   
Mountaintop area: Haunted Nature Trail, presented by fifth-, sixth- and
seventh-graders from Fairview Elementary School, Spruce Street. Fairview’s Bow
Creek Nature Area, next to the school. (474-5942) Oct. 23, from 5:30-9 p.m. $2
adults; and $1 children. Rain date is Oct. 24.
   
Pittston: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 237 Williams St. (654-6902)
Sponsored by the church youth group. Oct. 27, 28 and 29, 6 to 9 p.m. $4.
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