Pat Shingleton for October 31, 2009
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Cold, rain or snow never stopped our Halloween preparations during my younger years. As noted in a previous Weather News, gardens in the neighborhood had lingering stalks of corn still holding an ear or two. Once shucked the kernels were as hard as gravel, easily twisted from the cob. The kernels were separated into paper bags and that’s when the Halloween pranks began — for some. My brother Denis and I didn’t participate in these activities. The Halloweeners did include the Sudano boys, Dangerous Doug Kelly, Johnny Cornelius, Dumps Wiley, Skunk Tritt and my brothers Kevin and Mike. As we did our homework at the kitchen table, assisting my mother in treat distribution, the rattle of hard corn on the windows sounded like a machine gun.
Fastcast: Clearing
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 66 degrees. North wind between 5 mph and 10 mph. Tonight, clear, with a low around 45 degrees. Calm wind.
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