HANGING OUT ON TRICK OR TREET STREET

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HANGING OUT ON TRICK OR TREET STREET

Fri, 11/06/2020 - 02:37
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RICHMOND – Children in vehicles lined up from the City Hall complex back to the Ray County Courthouse to take part on Halloween at this year’s literal Trick or Treat Street drive-through event. Community leaders, city staff, police and fire department members helped organize and conduct the event, City Administrator Tonya Willim said a few minutes before the first youngster in line, Justin Davis, 8, received his bag of candy. “The police department and city hall, and really the recreation department, headed all this up this year,” Willim said. “This year, because of COVID, we really had to think outside the box and figure out what was the safest way that we could get everybody through. … We will serve every kid in a car. The name of the game for this was to bring them in safely, keep them in their cars.” Volunteers placed bagged candy on trays to pass to children. “Usually, we have it indoors,” Willim said. “We usually serve about 2,000 people.” Organizers planned for at least…

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