Trick or treat set downtown on Wednesday

By Melinda L. Lucas

While traditional trick-or-treating will be held later, local merchants and businesses will once again be handing out candy to local children next Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 26, corresponding with Friendship Baptist Church’s Trunk or Treat event that evening.

Participating businesses will be set up mostly in the main block of downtown from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday to hand out candy and treats to local students and preschoolers donning Halloween attire.

Other businesses, clubs or organizations that wish to set up a table along the downtown sidewalks  or in the  Bank Park are welcome, according to Chamber and merchants committee organizers.

The event is ending at 4:30 p.m., and parents are reminded that treats will be handed out on the sidewalks in front of businesses, not inside.