The Texan Newspaper (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1988 Page: 1 of 12
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Calendar P. 2
Business Briefs P. 4
Hints For Him & Her P 5
Crossword P. 9
Horoscopes P 9
Classifieds P 9
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PIC t U T© l^S *ssue' Th* Texan offers readers a sampling of images from class members in a southwest
Senior Photography Class, taught by local photographer, Fred Jinkins. This shot of a picture
D 6 r I © C T Perfect ‘toy onLake Chilkoot in theTongass National Forest in Alaska was shot by Bellaire resident
■ John McCorkle. Turn to Page 7 for more photos.
Trick or Treat!
Spooky haunted houses, fantastic fall festivals, cooky costume
contests and jack-o-lantem decorating contests. These are just
some of the varied activities which local ghosts and goblins can
undertake this Halloween weekend. Following is a list of the fun
in and around the southwest Houston area.
Bellaire Halloween Carnival. Monday, Oct. 31,6p.m. to 9:30
p.m. at the Civic Center, 7008 S. Rice Ave. The Ptimpkin Patch
will feature the Great Pumpkin who will be handing out goodies.
The carnival will include many fun games for youths and adults
with toys and other goodies for prizes. Admission is free. Sweets,
food and refreshments will be available.
There will be a costume contest at 7 p.m. at the carnival site with
two age categories: 12 years and under and over 12. The Spook
Chamber will feature various creatures and frightful scenes. Ad-
mission is 50 cents. 662-8280.
W.U. Spooktacular. Monday, Oct. 31, West University Com-
munity Building. Art contest, costume contest, pumpkin decorat-
ing contest and spook house. Deadline for the art contest is
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m.
The Spooktacular costume contest will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the
Community Building, 6104 Auden. A pumpkin decorating contest
will held Irom 7:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Building. The
spook house, 6108 Edloe, will be open from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission is $1/adults, 50 cents/children. Children under 6 years
must be accompanied by an adult. 662-5848.
Jaycees Haunted House. The featured attraction at Haunted
House ’88, located at Meyerland Plaza, Beechnut at Loop 610, is
a science-fiction room complete with a programmed laser show.
Scare dates and times: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 27; 7-12 p.m. Oct. 28; 7 p.m.
until the last customer Oct. 29-31. With 13 terrifying rooms to
make your blood run cold and your teeth chatter, youngsters who
become too frightened to go through the house will be entertained
at the Kiddie Korral with games, movies and small pets provided
by Special Pals. Concessions are available. Info: Steve Anderson
at 690-7604 or David Sanchez at 960-1030.
Monsters at the Museum. The Diabetes Awareness Group, an
auxiliary of the Greater Houston Chapter of the American Diabe-
tes Association, has planned a special Halloween party for dia-
betic children, aged 2-12. It will beheld Oct. 29,6:30 p.m. at The
Children’s Museum. Features include: a costume contest and
parade, complete with local celebrity judges; jack-o-lantem, face
and T-shirt painting; and a magic show by Ronald McDonald. The
evening’s highlight will be the “witch pinata smashing” which
will yield three lucky children (one in each age group) a “grand
prize.” There will be door prizes, costume contest prizes and game
prizes all donated by local businesses. For more information, call
the American Diabetes Association at 523-9673.
Halloween on Market Square. Billed as the largest Hallow-
een party in Houston, Oct. 29, 5 p.m., in Market Square Park,
between Congress and Preston and between Milam and Travis.
The party will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the radio broad-
cast, “War of the Worlds.” An alien spacecraft will serve as the
setting for the 80-foot stage that will feature music from The
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THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Kids go to work
On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Bellaire City Hall at 7008 S. Rice
Ave. may resemble Romper Room more than the place where
key city decisions are made. But on this day, mobs of cartoon
critics and playground experts will be hard at work getting a
taste of what it’s like to run a city as they spend a “day at the
office” during the city of Bellaire’s annual Kids’ Day.
The activity gives area elementary-aged children an oppor-
tunity to take over jobs such as mayor, police officer, council
member and city inspector just to name a few. The day’s
activities begin at 9 a.m. when the new public servants take an
oath of office in the Bellaire City Council Chamber at City Hall.
The children, ages 8 to 12 will then spend the next couple of
hours on the job, making those exhausting decisions to improve
the rights of kids.
A look at drugs in
the neighborhood
Illegal drugs in the Sharpstown neighborhood will be the
topic of the next meeting of the Sharpstown Civic Association.
The meeting will be held Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. at the Bayland
Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet in Bayland Park. Repre-
sentatives from the Houston Police Department and Houston
Independent School District will be present to discuss the drug
activity and drug education in the Sharpstown neighborhood.
Saying ‘No’ to sex
How to Help Your Child Say "No" to Sexual Pressure, an
eight-session video seminar for parents of teenagers and pre-
teens will be sponsored by the Rice Temple Baptist Church
starting Sunday evenings at 5 p.m. The video features Josh
McDowell, well-known Christian speaker to high school and
college young people. Rice Temple Baptist Church is located
at 6409 Greenbriar, near Holcombe.
Topics and dates include: Why Young People Become Sexu-
ally Active, Oct. 30; Balancing Rules and Relationships Within
the Family, Nov. 6; The Benefits of Waiting, Nov. 13; The
Consequences of Not Waiting, Nov. 20; Building Self-Esteem
and the Ability to Say No, Nov. 27; How to Reinforce Positive
Influences, Dec. 4; and How to Build Bridges of Communica-
tion, Dec. 11. Child care will be provided at each session. Call
666-2875 for more info.
Metro Board to meet
The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transit Author-
ity will hold its regular monthly board meeting on Oct. 27, 10
a.m. at Metro headquarters, 500 Jefferson, 12th floor board
Immunize your pets
Special Pals will hold its Fall Rabies Clinic on Oct. 30, from
2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic will be held at the shelter located at
4211 Bellaire Blvd. Vaccines cost $5 per pet. All animals must
be on a leash or in a carrier and at least four months of age. 666-
3515.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Self control is a virtue that
individuals recommend
to their friends.”
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The Texan Newspaper (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1988, newspaper, October 26, 1988; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642022/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.