Happy Halloween!

The end of October traditionally signals harvest festivals and Halloween. As you join in the festivities and accompany or greet young trick-or-treaters here are some helpful links on safety, events, crafts and history.

HALLOWEEN SAFETY

Safe Kids Kansas Provides Halloween Safety Tips
http://www.kdheks.gov/news/web_archives/2007/10242007.htm
(Kansas Department of Health and Environment)

Halloween Safety
http://www.kansas.gov/kbi/info/docs/pdf/Halloween%20Safety.pdf
(Office of the Governor)

Enjoy Halloween Candy, But Skip Tummy Aches http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/sty/2003/halloween_candy101003.htm
(Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Safety Tips for Halloween
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/candyandtreats.html
(U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

KANSAS EVENTS

Neewolah Festival
http://www.neewollah.com/
(The Neewollah Festival (Halloween spelled backwards) began in 1919 as an effort to provide positive activities for kids of all ages in place of the typical Halloween pranks that occurred in the community of Independence, Kansas, and has grown into the largest annual festival in the Kansas.)

Trick or Treat at the "Booseum"
http://www.kshs.org/news/releases/pdfs/2009_kmh_haunted_history.pdf
(Events at the Kansas State Historical Society Museum of History on October 31st)

Search for Kansas Events
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?event
(Kansas Travel and Tourism)

HISTORY, FESTIVALS, FACTS & FUN

"Happy Halloween Fact"
http://www.kslib.info/sdc/
(Check out the Kansas Fact of the Month at the Kansas State Data Center)

Haunted Kansas
http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntks.html
(Homes and haunts of the otherworldly in the Sunflower State)

Happy Halloween from the Library of Congress!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct31.html

The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/halloween.html
(The American Folklife Center)

Halloween Information
http://usasearch.gov/search?v%3Aproject=firstgov-web&query=halloween
(Provided by USAsearch.gov)

"Happy Halloween Fact"
http://www.kslib.info/sdc/
(Check out the Kansas Fact of the Month at the Kansas State Data Center)

Spooky Astronomy
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/27oct_halloween.htm
Spooky Space Sounds
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/features/halloween_sounds.html
(U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA)

The Kansas Halloween Flood of 1998
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/?n=halloweenfld98
(NOAA)

The Halloween Flood of 1998
http://www.ksn.com/weather/features/weatherlablinks/5171787.html
(KSN network)

CRAFTS AND FOOD

Wax Halloween Pumpkins to Make Them Last
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/sty/2002/pumpkins_carving101002.htm
(Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Halloweeen Fare that won't Scare Your Arteries
http://www.pcrm.org/health/recipes/halloween.html
(Recipes from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)

Pumpkin Recipes
http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov/index.php?ing_term=pumpkin&mode=ing_search&Submit=Search
(U.S. Department of Agriculture)