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– The Pottery Barn is holding an open house show and sale on Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Handmade functional pottery will be for sale at the 17 Martin Park Road location in Wallaceburg. Call 519-627-5742 for more details.
– Tuesday is Halloween! The Chatham-Kent Police Service have offered some tips to ensure a fun but safe Halloween for all the trick-or-treaters: Bring a flashlight or glow sticks to provide extra visibility, make sure costumes fit properly, choose practical footwear, children should go trick-or-treating with a responsible adult, if older children go out as a group, remind them to stay together and set a time for them to return home, cross the street safely, walk and don’t run, and don’t eat treats that are not commercially wrapped.
– Edgar Allan Poe, Live In Chatham will take place at four locations in Chatham on Halloween. The event consists of a reading of the famous poem, The Raven, and the horrifying short story, The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar, together with a brief biography of Poe.
– The Wallaceburg and District Museum is holding another installment of their ‘Haunted Museum’ on Saturday. Cost is $3 to go through the haunted. However, a FREE movie will be playing in the Jeanne Gordon Theatre as well. The film being shown this week is Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
– Looking ahead to next week, the Wallaceburg & District Chamber of Commerce is holding their 20th annual Business and Community Excellence Awards on Thursday, November 2 at 6 p.m. This event recognizes businesses and individuals in the Wallaceburg and district area. Tickets are $60. They can be purchased online at www.wallaceburgchamber.com.
– The Wallaceburg & District Council For The Arts and the Glass Onion Folk Club are welcoming Canadian blues great Al Lerman to James Street Eatery in Wallaceburg on Thursday, November 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. For more details, call 519-627-5978 or e-mail gardiner@kent.net.
– A Harvest Home event is being held at the Wilkesport Community Centre on Friday, November 3. A chicken and roast beef dinner and performance by the musical group Mercy will take place! Tickets are $20 for adults, $8 for children 6-12 and FREE for kids 5 and under. Call 519-892-3673 for tickets.
– CK Recreations Play Rangers are coming to Wallaceburg. It will be held on Saturday, November 4 at the Wallaceburg Kinsmen Community Centre from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. There is free admission and children of all ages are welcome.
– The South Wallaceburg Action Team is gearing up for a Community Awareness Day on Saturday, November 4. The event is featuring free food, a child fingerprint identification clinic, PAW Patrol, plus representatives from the Chatham-Kent Fire Department and Chatham-Kent Police Service. It will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the 4 Reaume Avenue Community Room. All are welcome to attend.
– A Christmas House Tour hosted by the Catherine McVean Chapter IODE in Dresden is taking place November 19. The event starts at the Dresden Legion and runs from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cost $15. Six houses are included on the tour, including one decorated by children and one of historical significance. Call 226-972-1818 for more details or to reserve your tickets.
