Dare To Be Scared — This year’s Trunk or Treat event is scheduled for Friday, October 30th starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Prairie Acres parking lot. The event is sponsored by Prairie Acres and the Parmer County Sheriff’s Office.
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Coats For Kids — Victory Church, located at 110 E. 9th St. in Friona, will host its Annual Coats For Kids event on Wednesday, October 28th beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the church.
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St. Ann’s Turkey Dinner — St. Ann’s Catholic Church of Bovina will host their 66th Annual Turkey Dinner on Sunday, November 1st from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the St. Ann’s Parish Hall located on 3rd Street in Bovina. The meal will consist of turkey & dressing, creamed potatoes & gravy, green beans, homemade bread, cranberry sauce, desserts, and tea & coffee. Adult plates are $18 each and children’s plates (under 6 years old) are $6 each. Take-out plates will be available at no additional charge.
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Fair Enough — The State Fair of Texas, which wrapped Sunday, drew nearly 2.1 million people during its 24-day, 140th-anniversary run, about 100,000 more visitors than last year, fair leaders said. The busiest day was October 10th, when more than 203,000 fairgoers turned out for the Texas-Oklahoma game at the Cotton Bowl. Visitors downed about 450,000 Fletcher’s corny dogs and hauled off 500,000 Midway prizes worth about $1.8 million. Vendors handed leftover food to pantries near Fair Park on Monday, adding to the 110,655 pounds the fair collected for the North Texas Food Bank. Youth livestock and scholarship programs raised a record $2.7 million, and 103 students received $1.2 million in college scholarships. The Texas Flyover
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The Wedding Party — Nearly one in three American weddings now stretches across three days or more, according to a new report from The Knot, as couples turn the big day into a weekend of welcome dinners, ceremonies, and day-after brunches. The wedding-planning site’s annual trends report, drawn from the planning habits of 1.7 million U.S. couples, found searches for coastal Italian “beach club” weddings up 315% from a year ago. Antique lace searches are up 280%, and silver flatware and cool-toned decor searches are up 133%. Food is becoming the entertainment, with searches for roaming caviar, oyster, and cannoli carts up 66%. Couples are also registering for camcorders, record players, and old-fashioned cocktail glasses. All of it adds up. Wedding spending was up 8.5% through May this year, according to Bank of America card data. The Knot’s editorial director told the media that couples’ “No. 1 priority is now the guest experience.” The Flyover
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Mansions Hit The Market — A River Oaks estate once owned by an Italian baron and a Fort Worth-area home designed by Louvre pyramid architect I.M. Pei hit the market recently, each listing for about $22 million. Guests at the 21,500-square-foot Houston home included Roger Moore, Joan Collins, and Henry Kissinger. Its indoor saltwater pool sits under a glass ceiling and three chandeliers. Meanwhile, a 19,133-square-foot Westover Hills house is the largest of only three homes I.M. Pei ever designed. It’s for sale for the first time since it was built in 1969. Pei designed it for oil heiress Anne Tandy and her husband, Charles, and said it was meant for “two people—or two or three hundred.” Its parties drew presidents, Bob Hope, and pianist Van Cliburn. The Texas Flyover
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