YOUTH Ghosts, Goblins, Apples & Buttertarts take Paris by storm!

With Halloween officially in the books, and the streets filled with children roaming around with bags full to the brim with candy, that special date for us children was only one of the various, special events around Paris this fall From the Buttertart festival, to the Elberta Farms County Market, and more, here is a recap of this month’s events - from the perspective of a child.

The Great Canadian Buttertart Festival was held in Paris, Ontario during the last weekend of October. It was a really fun celebration of such an iconic Canadian treat! The festival showcased a wide variety of buttertart creations, from classic raisin to experimental flavors like maple bacon and s'mores. A fanfavourite was the raspberry buttertart which festival-attenders liked for the sweetness of the tarts One of those people was me, and I absolutely loved it, as well as the strawberry ones too It’s quite the tasty treat after eating dinner. Another event that occurred this October was actually hosted across Paris. Scattered around town at Sobeys, Canadian Tire, downtown Paris, and Legends, to name a few, the 1st Paris Scouting

Group held their 92nd annual Apple Day! If you are unfamiliar with what Apple Day is, every year, a scouting group spends a full day selling apples outside to fundraise money for various activities and such

As a fellow scouter myself, I was genuinely astounded at how fast our apples ran out. To all of the people that stopped by us and grabbed an apple and donated, I really appreciate you!

To get an understanding of Apple Day from another person, I asked a scout counsellor what he thought of this year's event. He responded, saying that this year's Apple Day was a huge success! He was very thrilled with the community's support, and quite grateful for everyone who stopped by to purchase apples He can't wait to see how they'll benefit the youth, and neither can I!

And finally, Halloween It was a mad dash to the grocery stores with people that were rushing into No Frills, Metro, Sobeys, and Dollarama to grab bags of candy in time for the golden day. Everyone was getting ready for a spooky good time, and the streets were soon filled with trick-ortreaters and jack-o-lanterns, including me, and my classmates!

Lucky for me, I wore a matching Spider-Man costume with my friend, and it looked awesome, let me tell you

Speaking of which, this Halloween as I was roaming the streets, I started to see a ton of kids walking together in groups wearing similar costumes (or costumes from the same movie) and I thought to myself if it could be another trend or just something that has coincidentally happened here in Paris I guess we’ll never know!

In conclusion, as the temperature slowly drops and the leaves turn from green to warmer colours like red and orange, this season of Autumn here in Paris will be a ton of fun, and this October was a great example of that. I hope you all have a wonderful November! As for me, I’m feeling gourd, like I should. Get it?

-Stephen L, Jr. Correspondent for the Paris Independent