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Dolton Park District announces Halloween programming, community stakeholder meeting and library Oktoberfest
Summary
An unidentified staff member representing the Dolton Park District announced multiple upcoming community events including a haunted trail and monster movie night, a stakeholders meeting on Nov. 6, youth admission pricing for weekend events, and a Dolton Library Oktoberfest.
An unidentified staff member representing the Dolton Park District announced a slate of community events and meetings during a village gathering, including a Halloween-themed Haunted Trail and an evening movie event on Oct. 25, a community stakeholders meeting on Nov. 6, and an Oktoberfest program hosted by the Dolton Library.
The announcer said the Oct. 25 event runs 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lester Long Field House, 14700 Ever Street. The program will include a Haunted Trail from 4 to 6 p.m. and an evening “monster movie” showing from 6 to 8 p.m. The speaker described the event as free to the community, and separately noted a fee schedule for another youth-oriented offering that day: admission for children 13 and under is $5 and adult admission is $10 at the William Belshaw Recreation Center, 715 Ingalls Street.
The speaker also publicized a "Stone Soup" community stakeholders meeting set for Thursday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Lester Long Field House. The announcement called for participation from Southland schools, school districts, service agencies, faith-based organizations, first responders, law enforcement, businesses, residents and other community stakeholders; the speaker offered to share additional information on request.
The Dolton Library event was listed as an Oktoberfest program on Friday, Oct. 24, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Activities noted for that program included a trunk-or-treat, "thrilling tales," cookie decorating, a spooky cinema and a costume contest. The speaker said participants must register by calling (708) 849-2385.
The announcement also named Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago as the host for a November event. No further details about that November event were specified in the announcement.
The announcements were delivered as part of routine community updates during the meeting; no votes or formal board actions related to these events were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
