Quincy’s downtown filled with treats and horrors
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 5 months AGO
Quincy’s main street was full of all kinds of characters during the Downtown Trick or Treat Halloween night.
CHERYL SCHWEIZER/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Cartoon characters, a dinosaur and lamb (and an outback Dad) cross Central Avenue North in search of candy.
The entire Addams Family was out for trick or treat.
Trick-or-treaters searched for candy along Quincy’s Central Avenue North Tuesday.
A pirate collects her share of the booty from a scary clown.
A dinosaur and a mini-Minnie collect some candy outside a Quincy business Tuesday during the Downtown Trick or Treat.
Harley Quin hands out candy to a witch with striped stockings and a lighted hat during the Downtown Trick or Treat Tuesday in Quincy.
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | November 1, 2023 6:14 PM
QUINCY — Downtown Quincy was filled with dinosaurs and witches, ghostbusters and cats, pirates, police officers and princesses, among many others, at the Downtown Trick or Treat walk Tuesday night.
Businesses along Central Avenue North, along with businesses and organizations from around town, set up tables and distributed candy. There was so much candy the bag got too heavy for one small Wonder Woman, who ended up dragging it along the ground.
Two T-Rexes got in a mock fight on the street corner as the whole Addams Family walked by. Some trick-or-treaters brought their pets along, a cat wearing a pumpkin costume in its own backpack and a dog dressed as a prison inmate with his own black and white striped ball.
Some costumes were easier to wear than others, with people needing guides to help them navigate due to headgear that restricted their sight. Some small trick-or-treaters in strollers found it too much work and took a nap as the adults pushed them along.
The trick-or-treat walk was sponsored by the Quincy Chamber of Commerce.
Cartoon characters, a dinosaur and lamb (and an outback Dad) cross Central Avenue North in search of candy.
The entire Addams Family was out for trick or treat.
Trick-or-treaters searched for candy along Quincy’s Central Avenue North Tuesday.
A pirate collects her share of the booty from a scary clown.
A dinosaur and a mini-Minnie collect some candy outside a Quincy business Tuesday during the Downtown Trick or Treat.
Harley Quin hands out candy to a witch with striped stockings and a lighted hat during the Downtown Trick or Treat Tuesday in Quincy.ARTICLES BY CHERYL SCHWEIZER
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