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Hundreds of trick-or-treaters pack Othello church Saturday

EMRY DINMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years AGO
by EMRY DINMAN
Staff Writer | November 4, 2020 1:00 AM

OTHELLO — Hundreds of baby Yodas, princesses and pirates, ghosts and goblins, and little men both of the spider and bat variety were at Bethel Assembly of God Church on Saturday afternoon for a trunk-or-treat and car show Halloween event.

It was an opportunity for holiday fun in a year of muted celebrations, and the attendees made up for a Halloween without traditional trick-or-treating with a four-hour costume party and decorated trunks stuffed full with sweets.

“Our community showed up and we all had a great time,” Lead Pastor Sam Garza said in a statement. “We’re glad to offer a positive alternative activity for our community and are so glad it was well attended. Bethel is here for all of our community members and we vow to serve as much as we can.”

“Thank you all so much to those who came and supported this awesome event!” Garza added.

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The Lutey family made creative use of dresses leftover from a recent wedding, with Ava, left, and Serenity, center, dressing up as royalty while their older sister, Macey, dressed up as their butler. Along with mom and dad Will and Lisa, right, the family attended Saturday's Halloween event at the Bethel Assembly of God in Othello.

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Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald

As much as it was an opportunity to bring together the community's children for a modicum of Halloween fun, Saturday's event at the Bethel Assembly of God in Othello was also a car show, with hot rods packing the church's parking lot Saturday.

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