Halloween event roundup

• The Brocks’ pumpkin patch in Fort Dick just keeps growing.

Larry and Diane Brock are inviting people to grab a sugar pie or jack-o-lantern pumpkin in the 2-acre patch at their home, 1690 Morehead Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, unless it’s raining.

The Brocks are offering hay rides around their field for groups of six or more people. They are also standing up cutouts of farm scenes for people to take their picture with, Brock said.

People can call the Brocks at 464-4286 for more information.

• Ship Ashore Resort’s annual Harvest Dance will be Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.; cover is $6. Border Coast will be performing rock ’n’ roll tunes from the 1950s and 1960s.

There will also be costume contest and door prizes.

• The Chetco Pelican Players will host its annual haunted house at the old West Coast Appliance building, U.S. Hwy. 101 and East Hoffeldt Lane in Harbor. Tours will begin at 7 p.m. through Monday. It will stay open each night as long as people are arriving. Admission is $8.

It will feature a cast of up to 70 people at times in the multi-level, 15,000-square-foot venue.

• Through Monday, “David’s Haunted Manor” tours will run from 8 to 11 p.m. at 4555 Lake Earl Drive in Crescent City. Donations of $5 per person are suggested for ages 12 and up to support improvements for next year’s tours.

Organizers promise to “play on many popular phobias. Things you were scared of as a kid will be brought to life and terrify you as an adult. There will be thrills and chills, spooky lights and music.”  For more information, call 464-1025.

• The Del Norte County Public Library is hosting two Halloween events Sunday. At 3:30 p.m. the library and Smith River Rancheria Community and Family Services will host “Carpathian — the Spooky Storyteller” from Humboldt County. This program will be held at the Howonquet Community Center, 250 North Indian Road in Smith River. Children are welcome to come in costumes.

At 6 p.m. that evening, the same program will be at the library, 190 Price Mall in Crescent City. Both programs last about an hour and are free to the public.

• Tsunami Swing Band and Lighthouse Repertory Theatre are putting on a Halloween Dance Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 610 H St.

Tickets at the door are $10 per person or $18 per couple. Costumes are welcome. For more information, call Dan Sedgwick, 464-0272.