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Fun for the whole family to enjoy at Goudy Park starting from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
First Nightmare on Wayne

Road coming to Goudy Park

By Sarah Shurge The pumpkin carving contest will
Mark your calendars because the be happening all day long. Pumpkins
Wayne Chamber of Commerce is are not supplied for the contest.
hosting the first annual Nightmare There will be an award show
on Wayne Road event on October where contest winners will receive
23rd. prizes donated by Chamber mem-
It will be an all day event loaded bers and cash prizes. Imperial Press,
with activities and contests for the Inc. donated trophies for the event.
whole family to enjoy at Goudy Park “A lot of customers at Imperial
starting from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Press missed having a Halloween
Food trucks are expected from 11 event. So we wanted to revamp the
a.m. to 5 p.m. Cinnabon Food Truck, idea and do something better,” said
Los Dos Amigos Taco Truck, Bad Chelsea Rushlow, vice president of
Mother Truckers (bbq food), Kona the Wayne Chamber of Commerce
Ice, and ice cream will be available and head of marketing at Imperial
for purchase. Press.
The event will include music, Rushlow has been involved with
Candyland Lane, trick or treating for the chamber for over 20 years and
kids, and candy handout from 2 p.m. has been vice president for the past
to 4 p.m. The trail in Goudy Park two years.
will be decorated and local vendors “We were trying to figure out how
will be selling items at booths. to bring people to the City of Wayne.
There are multiple contests hap- I got the idea from the 4-H Fair, but
pening throughout the day: pumpkin with its own twist. This will be all
pie bake-off, pumpkin carving con- Halloween oriented,” said Rushlow.
test, pet costume contest, and cos- The event is free to the public and
tume contest. all contests are free.
You can bake a pie prior to the For more information, to enter
event and bring it in from 11 a.m. - contest, or for businesses wanting a
12 p.m. for judges to judge. booth, visit waynechamber.org.

4 · October 2021 · The Wayne Dispatch