Halloween in Ephrata
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
A motley crew of trick-or-treaters crosses Division Street at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat Thursday.
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The whole Fletcher family turned out for Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. From left: Camryn, 5; Dad Corey; Emery, 4; Mom Erin and Cayden, 2.
A green alien carries Kameron Shiflett, 7, to a bowl of candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Seven-year-old Cal Chamberlin is the Big Unit himself, Mariners legend Randy Johnson for Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Costumes weren’t just for kids at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. Representing Kids Hope were Celina Garcia, left, and Trisha Glenn.
The Ephrata High School chapter of the National Honor Society awaits the next rush of candy-seekers at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. From left: Erika Morford, Aryz Navarro, Dayana Nalasco, Baylie Broesch, Adelyn Simmons, Emma Padilla and Charles Flynn
Three-year-old Aiden Winfrey does his best to be frightening at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Aurora Rang, 7, left, and Wyatt Motzkus, 7, head down Basin Street Northwest in search of candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat Thursday.
Mary Poppins, who is known as 5-year-old Adelaide Shelley the rest of the year, walks daintily to the next candy stop at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat Thursday.
Teddy Frei, 5, makes a run for the candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Ryann Harris, left, as Pomni from “The Amazing Digital Circus,” and Erica Harris, as M3gan, the terrifying doll from the movie of the same name, lead their parents Cathi Harris, left, and Ryan Harris through Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Ender Rippet, 9, is Deadpool astride his unicorn at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | November 5, 2024 1:00 AM
EPHRATA — Forty businesses and organizations teamed up Thursday to give young – and some not-so-young – costumed visitors a trick-or-treating experience in downtown Ephrata.
The whole Fletcher family turned out for Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. From left: Camryn, 5; Dad Corey; Emery, 4; Mom Erin and Cayden, 2.
A green alien carries Kameron Shiflett, 7, to a bowl of candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Seven-year-old Cal Chamberlin is the Big Unit himself, Mariners legend Randy Johnson for Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Costumes weren’t just for kids at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. Representing Kids Hope were Celina Garcia, left, and Trisha Glenn.
The Ephrata High School chapter of the National Honor Society awaits the next rush of candy-seekers at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday. From left: Erika Morford, Aryz Navarro, Dayana Nalasco, Baylie Broesch, Adelyn Simmons, Emma Padilla and Charles Flynn.
Three-year-old Aiden Winfrey does his best to be frightening at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Aurora Rang, 7, left, and Wyatt Motzkus, 7, head down Basin Street Northwest in search of candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat Thursday.
Mary Poppins, who is known as 5-year-old Adelaide Shelley the rest of the year, walks daintily to the next candy stop at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat Thursday.
Teddy Frei, 5, makes a run for the candy at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Ryann Harris, left, as Pomni from “The Amazing Digital Circus,” and Erica Harris, as M3gan, the terrifying doll from the movie of the same name, lead their parents Cathi Harris, left, and Ryan Harris through Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.
Ender Rippet, 9, is Deadpool astride his unicorn at Ephrata’s downtown trick-or-treat event Thursday.ARTICLES BY JOEL MARTIN
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