{"id":2076,"date":"2013-11-15T18:13:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T18:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2013-11-15T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T18:13:29","slug":"octoberfest-in-memorial-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2076","title":{"rendered":"Octoberfest in Memorial Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Chamber Announces Octoberfest Costume Contest Winners<\/h3>\n<p>Halloween was celebrated by kids of all ages in Memorial Park on Thursday, October 31 at the annual festival hosted by The Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce with sponsorship by the City of Los Fresnos, The CDC, L.F.C.I.S.D., Los Fresnos News and Los Fresnos Dental Center.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2077\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2077\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2077\" alt=\"Valley Metro\u2019s Haunted Bus. Photo: Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09440.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09440-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09440-405x247.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valley Metro\u2019s Haunted Bus. Photo: Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were free rides, entertainment, games and, of course, candy for everyone. For those wanting to purchase food items, several churches, clubs and individuals had tasty choices of food for sale. Fun family games and activities were hosted by community organizations and clubs, several churches, the City of Los Fresnos, the United States Marines and several businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Those brave enough, went through the free haunted house manned by students from the Los Fresnos High School Theatre Group under the direction of Larry McConnell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2078\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2078\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2078\" alt=\"Lots of games of the kids.\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09438.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09438-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09438-405x246.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of games of the kids.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Los Fresnos Fire Department brought \u201cBig Red\u201d their fire truck and gave out great pencils and erasers and Valley Metro had a Haunted Bus. The Los Fresnos Police Department provided bags that contained, along with candy, children\u2019s coloring and activity books on seat belts and proper use of 911 for children.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2079\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2079\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2079\" alt=\"Kyle and Dr. Monica Voreis and son from Los Fresnos Family Dentistry .\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09433.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09433.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC09433-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle and Dr. Monica Voreis and son from Los Fresnos Family Dentistry .<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ethel Whipple Memorial Library had a table with free back packs containing school supplies. They also gave out a great selection of children books.<\/p>\n<p>Students from the high school entertained the crowd with singing and even break dancing. The Migrant Club from Los Fresnos High School did a great job of volunteering by helping in any way needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2080\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Untitled-11.jpg\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Untitled-11.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Untitled-11-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Untitled-11-405x562.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chamber Announces Octoberfest Costume Contest Winners Halloween was celebrated by kids of all ages in Memorial Park on Thursday, October 31 at the annual festival hosted by The Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce with sponsorship by the City of Los Fresnos, The CDC, L.F.C.I.S.D., Los Fresnos News and Los Fresnos Dental Center. 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