By Anna Johns
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
Will Nelson
Watch a movie
This weekend Gun Lake Casino will be hosting “Wheels and Reels”, an outdoor movie fundraiser. At 6 p.m., the casino will be showing “The Grinch” (2018) and at 9 p.m. will be “Elf.” Tickets can be purchased at https://gunlakecasino.com/promotions/toysfortots/. Tickets must be purchased online prior to the start of the movie and each vehicle has a minimum donation of $15. Each ticket includes a package of concession-style snacks and all proceeds raised at the event will be used to purchase toys for this holiday season.
Journey through IllumiZoo – a Glenlore Tale
Take a journey through “IllumiZoo – a Glenlore Tale” at John Ball Zoo. Guest will follow the path as they pass through a display of colors and sounds as they are told a magical tale. The lightshow is one mile long and takes 45-60 minutes to walk, depending on your pace. This event takes place on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. – 11p.m. and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 6 p.m. – midnight until Nov. 15. Tickets are $25 – $10 with children 2 and under free. Also, this weekend is the final weekend for the “BRICKLIVE Animal Paradise,” an exhibition of more than 40 life-sized animal sculptures created with more than 1.8 million individually colored toy building bricks. For more information and to purchase tickets visit https://www.jbzoo.org/IllumiZoo.
Get spooked at The Haunt
Halloween festivities are wrapping up and this is the last weekend to visit The Haunt. For the past 20 years visitors have been screaming to leave the premises of The Haunt with the local attraction not letting COVID-19 stop the ghosts from making their appearances. Under new ownership, the attraction has been completely redone with more than 144 rooms, more than 100 actors and 62 animatronics that are guaranteed to give you a scare. The Haunt is located at 1256 28th St. SW right in Wyoming. Tickets are $30 or $25 for groups of 6-10. For more information, visit https://the-haunt.com/.
Fun Fact: The tallest dog lived in Ostego
The tallest dog to ever live was actually the Great Dane named Zeus who lived with a veterinarian and his family in Ostego. Zeus was three feet, eight inches tall, but when standing on his hind legs, he was seven feet, four inches tall. The late James Lebron was only six feet, nine inches and Michael Jordan is six feet, six inches. Zeus became a therapy dog and would visit local hospitals. He even had his own Facebook page, which was taken down after the gentle giant passed.
