The Daily Telegram, Adrian, Michigan
By LISA MARTINO
Daily Telegram Staff Writer
By LISA MARTINO
Daily Telegram Staff Writer
Halloween is near, so it must be time for ‘flesh eating zombies’
LENAWEE—For the next few weekends, things will be getting a little creepy around Lenawee County.
There will be menacing creatures menacing. Flesh-eating zombies munching and toxic gas seeping, all part of this year’s Halloween (cue the creepy music) “Attack of the Haunted Houses” (cue the hideous laughter). At least three local groups are hosting scary events for some ghoulish entertainment in the next two weeks.
The Haunted Barn at Heritage Park will be open Friday and Saturday and Oct. 25-26, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. each night.
Heritage Park will be the sight of ghosts, goblins, ghouls and phantoms when the City of Adrian and community volunteers leave visitors quaking in their boots at the Haunted Barn.
More then 800 volunteers have created scenes sure to frighten the bravest o Halloween lovers.
Since August, the group has worked to make the project a success by constructing walls, decorating and making the even come together, according to Dan Rodgerson, project coordinator.
“The combined experience of volunteers is unsurpassed. We have engineers, recreational professionals, construction workers, tool makers, designers, carpenters, electricians, and even a cemetery employee. We could not have picked a more gruesome and morbid group of individuals, and we are delighted”, he said.
The money raised from the Haunted Barn benefits a scholarship program for children who cannot afford the city’s recreational programs throughout the year. The group hopes that a successful program this year will allow them to bring back a version strictly for children next year.
After the barn tour, there will be added events, including a hayride.
“One of the complaints we have heard regarding haunted houses, is that people wait in lines for sometimes hours, and (then) they’re finished in 10 minutes. We’ve attempted to make this a family event by adding a bonfire, hayride and refreshments,” he said.
Prices for the family also varies with the admission at $3 for ages 12 and under and $4 for 13 and up.
Tecumseh Cub Scouts Pack 607 will also host a haunted house on Saturday at the scout cabin at Ottawa and Kilbuck streets. The first opening, from 7-9:30 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children 7 and under. For more information call 423-5822.
Last, but certainly not least, the magic team off Stuart and Lori have promised to take visitors into “20,000 square feet of terror.” That’s the size of things at “The Haunting” at the Lenawee County Fairgrounds. The fantastic flavor of this year’s “Haunting?” Flesh-eating zombies.
Every Friday through Sunday until Halloween, the hair raising fun features “a warehouse storing toxic gas (that) turns the dead into zombies.” Admission is $6.50 for a chance to run for your life, right into a graveyard full of the un-dead.
