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FREAKY FRIDAY A BIG HIT FOR RENFREW BIA MEMBERS JOHN CARTER john.car ter@metroland.com It was a sight for sore eyes. After dealing with months of a main street mainly devoid of customers because of the Raglan Street reconstruction, merchants were delighted Friday evening, Oct. 26, to see downtown Renfrew sidewalks jammed with happy, smiling people. The Freaky Friday promotion attracted between 500 and 600 trick-or-treating youngsters dressed in impressive Halloween costumes. Trick-or-treating at downtown businesses on the Friday evening before Halloween has become an institution in Renfrew in only its third year. Renfrew Business Improvement Association (BIA) chair Lisa Vincent said businesspeople were "delighted" with how well the event has caught on, as the number of trick-or-treaters was at least double last year's 250. Jeff Scott at Scott and Sons Hardware kept a running tally, serving 510 garishly garbed
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ghouls, goblins, ghosts and other gruesome goodie-grabbers. "We're having a fantastic time," he said as the total passed 200 an hour into the event. "The costumes are wild." Vincent said Keeping Company planned for 400 children, so staff had to restock its goodie cans before the three-hour event wound down. It was such a pleasure that people were able to park downtown and use the new sidewalks, she said. Pamela Gallinger won the two tickets from the BIA to the Nov. 3 pro wrestling show at the RCAF Wing for her video of the dancing skeletons at Ottawa Valley Internet. Vincent said downtown businesses are next "looking forward to presenting our new beautiful streets to everyone" during the Christmas season. The BIA will be holding a major promotion on the Nov. 30-Dec. 2 weekend, with an official celebration of the end of construction Nov. 30 and the annual Santa Claus parade Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. This year's theme will be Home for the Holidays.
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