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Brazos valley Halloween events If you’re looking for fun and safe activities this Halloween, here’s a few in the Bryan-College Station area.

Lincoln Center Fall Festival The Lincoln Recreation Center, at 1000 Eleanor St. in College Station, will hold its annual fall festival Oct. 28 at 6 p.m.

Admission is free, and activity tickets are $1. Activities will include a sponge throw, Bounce-a-Lot

George Bush Library’s Halloween event The George Bush Presidential Library & Museum will hold its third annual Children’s Costume Contest and Trick-or-Treating in the Rotunda Oct. 31.

The free event, at 1000 George Bush Drive, is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is for children 12 and younger. Trick-ortreating will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a costume contest from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes in the following categories: • Ages 0-4 • Ages 5-8 • Ages 9-12 • Most original costume • Best group or family Adults are eligible to participate in the non-age specific categories.

For more information, contact Tracy Paine at 979-691-4014 or tracy. paine@nara.gov

Local residents and their dogs enjoy the Brazos Animal Shelter’s annual Wienie Fest Oct. 9 at Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater in College Station.

To see more community event photos, visit www. bcscene.com.

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Aggie Habitat for Humanity’s pumpkin sale The Aggie Habitat for Humanity is holding its pumpkin sale through Halloween night, to sponsor the building of a house for a family in the Bryan-College Station area.

The sale began Oct. 4, and will continue through Oct. 31 at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, at 220 Rock Prairie Road in College Station.

Pumpkins will be sold from noon until dark on weekdays, 8 a.m. until dark on Saturdays and 10 a.m. until dark on Sundays.

If you are part of an organization and want to coordinate a pumpkin carving social, call Rusty Ellett, director of public relations for the Aggie Habitat for Humanity, at rustye@aggiehabitat.com or 940-7049025.

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Visitors are invited to wear Halloween costumes. Free refreshments for children will include snow cones, juice, hot dogs and candy.

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Scare up your own decorations Stretch your budget with craftiness, shopping know-how

By Wynne Everett alloween décor has become big business as retailers aim to make the most of our cravings for everything from giant, inflatable yard decorations to strings of pumpkin-shaped plastic lights. You can stretch your decorating budget this year with some creativity and savvy shopping.

First, shop in your own stash of holiday decorations. That string of white Christmas tree lights might work just as well for this season. Don’t forget to sift through any Thanksgiving decorations

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Next, browse other people’s castoffs. Thrift stores are awash in holiday decorations, and managers are getting adept at breaking them out to make the most of seasonal shoppers, said Kirsten O’Donnell, director of public relations and marketing for Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida.

Finally, go natural for a budget-friendly motif.

Particularly if you live in a rural area, pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks and bales of straw will cost less than a few bags of plastic goodies from the party store.

Jack-o-lantern lunch bags Dig into your family’s stash of brown paper lunch bags for a quick Halloween decoration.

1. Using pumpkin-carving stencils or your own sketch, cut a design out of the middle of the front side of the bag. Think scary pumpkin faces or moons and stars for this.

2. Fill the bottom of the bag with a half-inch of sand or kitty litter. Place a small votive candle in the bottom of the bag.

3. Line your sidewalk or deck railing with your creations, and light them at nightfall or for trick-or-time.

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reate some fun this Halloween with a crafty decoration that will prove a tricky treat. Not only will it bring smiles on Oct. 31, but with a little imagination it can be used any holiday of the year. Here’s the recipe for celebrating “All Hallow’s Eve” with a spunky little pumpkin craft that will add to the holiday spirit.

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carefully open the paper lantern, stretching it to its maximum potential so that it resembles a round pumpkin. Hang it from a hanger, line or rod to make it easier to decorate.

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cut round or triangular eyes, nose and mouth from black construction paper or felt, and glue to one side of the pumpkin to create a traditional look. Be creative.

suPPlies • Round, black, orange or green paper lantern • Construction paper or felt • Black, orange and green crepe streamers • Scissors, glue, tape

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cut long strips of orange and black streamers. Tie and/or glue them to the metal frame at the bottom of the lantern so that they hang down from the pumpkin. if you like, cut smaller pieces of green crepe paper and glue to the top of the pumpkin to resemble a stem.

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Finally, hang your crafty jack-o’-lantern inside all season to enjoy your tricky treat. on Halloween night, take Jack outside for all of your trick-or-treaters to enjoy. (Be sure it’s not rainy or windy, because the craft will not hold up outdoors. instead, keep it right inside the door.) also, why stop at one? craft an entire pumpkin patch if you like.

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Pumped-up pumpkins Carve, paint and decorate your way to Halloween

By Molly Logan Anderson

Undeniably, the most recognized symbol of fall is the pumpkin. Whether carved or cooked, this notable gourd is sure to show up everywhere this time of year. Take a look at everything you need to get your ghoul on and create one-of-a-kind Halloween dĂŠcor.

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Carving 101 Pumpkins were recognized for their larger size and carving convenience when Halloween caught on in America in the late 1800s. Nowadays, Halloween is celebrated in many ways, with pumpkin carving at the forefront.

From a single curly-stemmed pumpkin placed on porch steps to a creative cornucopia, nothing says autumn like this earthy orange fruit. Best of all, pumpkin displays allow you to show off your own style and creativity — no experience necessary.

Simply spooky Pumpkins and other gourds are truly stand-alone decorations, making this display the easiest. Find a local farmers market or pumpkin patch and crawl through piles of unusual shapes, sizes and hues. Scour the attic or garage for an old wheelbarrow, basket or washtub. Arrange your autumnal jewels in a place that greets visitors near the front door.

Downright ghoulish According to Donna Moramarco at Learn2Grow.com, creating a pumpkin totem pole can be fun and easy. Cut a hole in the top and bottom of several pumpkins and stack them to decide how high your totem pole will be. Leave 10 to 12 inches to be hammered into the ground and plan for the pole to end just inside the top of the highest pumpkin. Place a sturdy container with a hole in the bottom on the ground and hammer the dowel through the hole and into place. Fill the container with rocks or bricks and then carefully push each pumpkin onto the pole. For a special touch, conceal your container with hay or smaller pumpkins, or consider painting faces on each one.

Top tips Most important is getting as many hands as you can involved in these projects.

Pumpkin displays are a family affair and will get everyone in the spirit of the season.

Tool kit Tools vary and are determined by individual projects. As far as what you’ll need for decorating with pumpkins, you’re only limited by your imagination. Dream up your own unique and creative way of paying homage to this iconic squash.

Downright ghoulish Creative pumpkins are a passion for Brad Miller of CarvingPumpkins.com.

Brad advises carvers attempting a more challenging design to think in multiple layers. “Pumpkins have a special glow to them if you peel off the skin without cutting all the way through,” says Miller.

This technique allows a shading effect not possible with cut-out designs. Let your imagination go and try your hand at more advanced carvings like scenes or monograms.

Top tips “Above all, be patient,” urges Miller.

“Artistic results come from careful planning and execution.” Miller’s other tips include choosing smooth skin for easier carving, thinning the pumpkin from the inside to about 1” thick for sharper details, and cutting the initial hole in the bottom instead of the top, for a streamlined look.

Tool kit The pumpkin-carving list includes a large, sturdy spoon to remove the insides, a long, thinbladed sharp kitchen knife, and a garbage bag for easy cleanup. For serious carvers, Miller recommends Speedball linoleum art cutting tools, which work great for skin shaving.

Painted pumpkins are increasingly taking the jack-o-’lantern world by storm.

Painting the gourds adds loads of color to your Halloween landscape, eliminates the need for sharp tools and lasts longer than carved pumpkins. Beginners can join in on the fun, but like anything else, practice makes perfect.

Simply spooky Funny faces or traditional scarecrows are great places to start. “Think of your pumpkin as a blank canvas, anxiously waiting to be brought to life,” says Sandra Gregson, a Massachusetts artist and author of “Easy Pumpkin Painting.” Before painting your pumpkin, practice your design on paper with black acrylic paint. Once finished, Gregson recommends adding accessories like straw hats, bandanas and hay for hair.

Downright ghoulish The sky is the limit when it comes to elaborately painted pumpkins. Gregson urges painters to pay attention to trends and kids’ favorite characters or sports teams. Once an image is chosen, either paint freehand or transfer the design by tracing it onto tracing paper and then to graphite paper attached to your pumpkin.

Top tips Choose pumpkins long, sturdy stems, skins that are hard to puncture with a fingernail and that have a background color suitable for your artwork. “This will eliminate the need for a base coat,” says Gregson, who has been painting and selling pumpkins for years. Avoid cracking by bringing painted pumpkins inside when temperatures reach freezing.

Tool kit Gregson recommends using acrylic paints with goodquality paintbrushes that give the painter more control. Once paint has dried, spray with a sealer to lock in vibrant colors, but remember to avoid spray paint and sealers if you’re pregnant.

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Simply spooky Carving pumpkins freehand is the most traditional way of creating a jack-o’-lantern and is perfect for beginners. PumpkinCarving101. com recommends using a long, thin-bladed knife held at an angle to cut a large hole in the top of the pumpkin, ensuring it’s big enough to remove insides. After insides are clean, visualize your ideal face and get to work. Pop out cut pieces and illuminate with a white-colored candle for the best light.

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By Shauna Lewis The Eagle If guests are coming for the holidays and you’re wondering how you'll manage to get all the preparations done, hiring professional cleaners could help save time amid all the chaos.

MaidPro, at 505 University Drive East, Suite 203, provides weekly, bi-weekly or one-time house cleaning services in Bryan and College Station. The business specializes in residential cleaning, particularly kitchens, bathrooms, floors and dusting.

The first MaidPro was opened in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill in September 1991, and it now has more than 100 offices in 28 states and the District of Columbia, according to MaidPro’s website, www.maidpro.com. The site states MaidPro’s mission is to save customers time and provide them with quality service.

“Ultimately, when customers choose to use our services, they are buying themselves time,” it states. “We are in the business of providing our customers with the luxury of making choices about how they spend their leisure time.

Because we do this in a way that provides high quality, reliable service our customers are very satisfied.”

Jen Potter said she and boyfriend, Gene Curtiss, opened their MaidPro business -- the only location in the Bryan-College Station area -- on July 24, 2009.

The couple moved from Michigan two years earlier after accepting jobs at Texas A&M University.

The idea about their own business came early last year, and after seeing how successful Curtiss'

cousin's MaidPro was in a small town in Michigan — mainly a summertime destination — Potter said the two decided to open one in College Station.

She quit her dining services job with the university to work for MaidPro full-time, while he still­­­­­ works as the senior systems analyst for the Agrilife Department.

“We have been so lucky to find such a great community to welcome us and our business with open arms,” Potter said.

Potter said the franchise’s 18 employees clean homes for nearly 200 clients on a regular, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. The business also does cleanings for clients as the need arises.

“For the holidays, we get really

and all the festivities, and we'll take care of all the cleaning,” she said.

And the 49-point checklist makes sure everything is done right, on time, each time, Potter said.

“We can do everything in that check list or we can do a priority clean if they're on a budget,” she said. “We have some folks who like us to do everything and some who just want us to come by a couple hours.”

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busy before and after,” Potter said. “A lot of clients like us to get their homes ready for their guests and clean up after.”

This means the clients can focus on the fun stuff, she said.

“They can focus on their guests

can't get all the cleaning done or they hire professionals to do the chores they hate to do, she said, which often are the business' specialties: kitchens, bathrooms, floors and dusting. When staff members dust, they pick up each

knick-knack, she noted.

Weekly rates start at $60 for two hours. Potter said it takes five to 10 minutes to get a cleaning quote over the phone or on MaidPro's website, www.maidpro/bcs .

“The more they come, they cheaper it is,” she added.

Cleaning staff even change linens, do laundry and clean dishes.

MaidPro sees an increase in cleaning requests when college students move, Potter said. She said renters often hire cleaners so they'll get their deposit back.

Unlike independent cleaning providers, the MaidPro franchise has a store to come to if clients aren't satisfied, she said, adding that customers who hire an independant cleaner might not be able to reach that person if possessions get broken or are missing. MaidPro also does background checks on every employee, and clients who pay for regular cleanings get the same service provider each time. If that person is sick or can't make it for some reason, MaidPro has a large staff and will still be able to take care of the cleaning.

There's no need to shop for cleaning supplies, Potter added.

“We also bring all the supplies so they don't have anything to worry about. They just have to let us in,” she said.

Clients don't need to be at home; they can drop off a key.

MaidPro is bonded and insured so belongings are covered, she said.

There's a 24-hour guarantee on MaidPro's work.

“So if there's anything we missed and they'd like us to follow up and redo it, we'd be happy to,” Potter said.

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contracts, and they can cancel or reschedule any time with at least two days notice.

“We're only as good as the last clean we did for them,” Potter said. “That's why we e-mail, call and leave a feedback form for every client (after each cleaning).”

Clients who are happy with MaidPro's services can also save with a gift certificate worth up to $50 by referring another client to the business.

Besides focusing on professional services, Potter said she and Curtiss, who are expecting their first child in March, enjoy being involved with the community and joined the Chamber of Commerce as soon as they opened their franchise.

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othing sucks the fun out of Halloween like paying too much for your “Twilight”-inspired vampire costume. In recent years the National Retail Federation, which tracks Halloween spending, has noted that we’re spending a little less each season — down from $66.54 per person

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“A lot of it is really just about thinking creatively,” O’Donnell said. “And what I see happening a lot is, someone will find one piece they like and they see what else they can find to pair with that piece to make a costume.”

For costumes pulled together with items you may have around the house already, think abstract, O’Donnell said. For instance, if you wanted to be a highway for Halloween, all you’d need would be an old gray or black sweat suit, some yellow paint for a center line down the middle of your body, and some Matchbox cars to glue on.

However, it is easier to work up an adult’s costume with thriftstore items than it is to find a child’s costume, O’Donnell warns.

Child sizes can be tough to find in resale shops, and kids often have very specific ideas about just who they want to be for Halloween.

But you might find that you have a little more fun pulling together your own costume if you scavenge and thrift-shop.

Searching for just the right crazy hat or funky tie can be half the fun. Plus, you will show up to the party with a story about how you created your look.

“If you use your imagination, you can come up with something very creative,” O’Donnell said.

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in 2008 to $56.31 in 2009.

Instead of blowing your budget on a commercially made costume, why not throw together something creatively with garments and items you can find around the house or at thrift stores and garage sales?

Goodwill stores in Southwest Florida put together lists of costume suggestions based on merchandise in their stores. It’s easy to find the makings of a doctor costume, cowboy costume, pirate costume or a Southern belle costume (think of all those old prom and bridesmaid dresses) in most thrift shops, said Kirsten O’Donnell, director of public relations and marketing for Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida.

expect the most popular costumes this year to be inspired by movies, pop music and tv, but there will also be classics on the list • Vampire • Princess • “Toy Story” character • MTV’s “Jersey Shore” character

• Lady Gaga • “Alice in Wonderland” character • Barbie • Circus performer • Dinosaur

Sources: National retail Federation’s 2009 Halloween consumer intentions and actions Survey; Goodwill industries of Southwest Florida

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Bake this entrée in a sugar pumpkin, then move it to your dinner table, where it becomes a striking centerpiece.

1 medium sugar pumpkin 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1 cup wild rice, cooked 1/2 cup white rice, cooked 1/2 green bell pepper, diced 1/2 red bell pepper, diced 2 ears of corn, cut in 1 1/2 –inch lengths 2 ribs celery, diced 1 carrot, peeled and diced 1 cup sliced round steak, browned and cut into bite sizes 2 scallions, diced and sautéed until soft 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon red curry powder 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons bread flour 1/2 cup beef broth Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut a circle 4 to 5 inches in diameter around the pumpkin stem.

Remove the stem, the stringy pulp and the seeds. Set the seeds aside for later.

Prick the inside of the pumpkin with a fork. Rub with salt and dry mustard.

In a large bowl, mix the wild and white rice, the green and red pepper, corn, celery, carrot, steak, scallions, allspice and red curry powder.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. When it bubbles, sprinkle the flour over it and stir until the mixture turns golden brown. Add the beef broth, stirring until all the lumps are dissolved.

Fill the pumpkin with the rice/vegetable mixture. Spoon thickened beef broth on top.

Set the pumpkin in a baking pan with about 1 /2 inch of water in the bottom. Bake for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the pumpkin is tender but retains its shape. Add water to the pan as needed.

As you serve each guest, include bites of pumpkin by scraping the baked inner wall of the “bowl.”

Makes 3 to 4 servings.

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Light up fall menus with pumpkins By Margaret Maples

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hen you’re buying pumpkins this year, you might leave the jack-o’-lantern job to the big guys and choose a smaller variety, the sugar pumpkin, which is cultivated for cooking. It makes a beautiful casserole. And it works well in pumpkin juice, the beverage of choice for Harry Potter and the other young wizards at Hogwarts.

Pumpkin Juice If this version is too thick, you can strain it through cheesecloth.

1 cup fresh processed pumpkin (or 1 cup canned pumpkin) 2 cups apple juice 1/4 cup apricot nectar 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

In a blender, combine pumpkin, apple juice, apricot nectar, lemon juice, nutmeg and ground cinnamon. Whip. Serve over ice, garnished with lemon and a cinnamon stick. Makes 3 to 4 servings.

1/8 ground cinnamon Lemon discs or wedges 4 cinnamon sticks

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Seed Snacks A small sugar pumpkin yields about half a cup of mature seeds. Just clean away the strings and pulp, rinse the seeds and let them dry. Combine the seeds with 1 teaspoon of canola oil, 1/4 teaspoon of celery salt, 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon sugar.

Roast the seeds in a 350-degree oven, stirring them midway through. Remove the seeds from the oven and toss with another 1 /4 teaspoon of sugar for a great snack

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