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Janice Munro distributing
the goods in front of Gasoline Alley, one of our many fine local Antique
malls here in Grants Pass, Oregon!
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On
Halloween of each year the merchants of downtown Grants Pass usually stay open a
little bit longer than usual as they entertain trick-or-treaters, the
youth of Josephine County (some more youthful than others, to be
sure...) decked in all manner of festive costumery, make-up and vintage
attire, typically flocking
to the core of the historic district in the thousands. Besides
providing an especially safe trick-or-treating environment for the children
of Grants Pass, the kids from surrounding rural areas are especially
enthusiastic—glad to have anywhere to trick or treat at all! Meanwhile,
as the sun sinks low beyond the Kalmiopsis, the thoughts of children
echo those of their 19th-century gold mining predecessors: "Where
to prospect for the next
lode...?"
Washington
Avenue, anyone?
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