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Volunteers prepare for Halloween Fest’s 25th year
BIG ROCK—The haunted house that started in one room in Sugar Grove has grown to include two haunted houses, a haunted trail, games, entertainment and food for the whole family at Plowman’s Park in Big Rock. And this year, Halloween Fest will celebrate 25 years of scary fun.
The event is set for 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.
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“This is our give-back to the community,” Colleen Franks said.
Colleen and her husband, Gene, started the event in a school classroom when he served on the parks committee in Sugar Grove.
“Everyone else was involved with sports, so Gene suggested a haunted house,” Colleen said. “The walls were made out of cardboard and plastic.”
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After outgrowing several locations, the event moved to Plowman’s Park in 2001. Construction of the haunted house—and less scary kiddie haunted house added in 2006—takes place during the weekends between the Big Rock Plowing Match and Halloween for the one-day festival.
“The intent of the haunted house is to scare by surprise, and there are many opportunities for surprise,” said Charlene, the Franks’ daughter-in-law. “This is a unique event that’s not put on by an organization. It’s run strictly by volunteers, with donations for everything, so the event is free. It’s a fun place for parents to take their kids.”
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Colleen said donations are accepted, but any funds collected are used to pay for the food and the party.
The organizers estimate the fest brings in about 3,000 people each year. Many return year after year, and that’s because the haunted house is different every year.
“My husband and I provide the theme. We design both haunted houses and provide props and costumes and sound effects,” Colleen said.
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“It’s a lot of work for just one day,” Charlene admitted, but more than a hundred volunteers return each year, too. “Some parts of it, we work on all year long, but the actual building can’t start until after the plowing match.”
Four generations of the Franks family have worked on the festival.
“Mom is 85, so she won’t be out there this year,” Colleen said. “We have six children and eight grandchildren, and they’ve all been involved at one time or another.”
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She said Charlene was just dating their oldest son the first year of the festival; they eventually married, and she’s still part of the volunteer crew.
Colleen said this may be the last year for the haunted house, because she and Gene are retiring from the event.
“There won’t be a haunted house unless someone steps up to volunteer,” Colleen said.
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