Costumes and candy ruled the night as local kids and parents poured onto the streets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for Athens city trick-or-treat.
Some kids carefully planned their costumes, while others put them together at the last minute.
My friend got a Dell computer box
and we got spray paint and tissue paper and made it said East Elementary student Bekah Miller, 10, of her Kleenex box costume.
River Valley Community School student Robbie Lane, 13, wore a green mask with a sandwich board that read, See what picking my nose did to me?
I had this mask and thought I'd use it again Lane said.
Brian Zoulek, of Sunnyside Drive, has lived in his home for 18 years. Every year he passes out candy because he enjoys seeing the kids have fun.
I like the homemade [costumes] like that
Zoulek said, pointing to a small boy wearing a cardboard car costume.
Metra Peterson of Maplewood Drive said she normally has her parents help her pass out candy, and we try to scare the kids.
As for the trick-or-treaters, many said treats were top priority.
Serena Zhu, 6, attends Morrison Elementary and said getting candy was her favorite part of Halloween, and Alexander Elementary student Trey Gilden, 11, said he wanted to get popcorn balls.
After trick-or-treating, children could attend the Athens City Recreation Center's costume contest, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Athens. An estimated 100 kids were at the contest, where Ohio University students in the service group Circle K helped judge the costumes.
Costume judging occurred in five different age groups, with four winners for each group. First-and second-prize winners received plaques, third-and fourth-place winners won fast-food coupons and everyone received a participation certificate.
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Athens children trick-or-treat on West Green Wednesday evening.
