Happy Halloween

    REGIONAL -- Area kids are excited about the upcoming Halloween trick-or-treating events, all scheduled for Sunday or Monday, Oct. 30-31 in the various communities of Shelby County.  
 
    Following is the 2017 trick-or-treat schedule:
Sunday, Oct. 30
•  Earling, 4-6:30 p.m.
•  Portsmouth, 5-7 p.m., with haunted house at city hall
Monday, Oct. 31
•  Defiance, 5-7 p.m.
•  Elk Horn, 5-7 p.m.
• Harlan, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
•  Harlan Golf and Country Club, 4:30-6 p.m.
•  Irwin, 5-6:30 p.m.
•  Kimballton, 5-7 p.m.
•  Manilla, 6-7:30 p.m.  At 7:30 p.m. is the annual jack-o-lantern and costume judging at Memorial Hall.
•  Panama, 5-7 p.m.
•  Shelby, 5-8 p.m.
•  Westphalia, 5:30-7 p.m.
    Be safe.  Motorists watch for kids trick-or-treating these evenings; and kids watch for passing motorists especially if crossing streets.