Decorations enjoyed by all

What started out as a joke, turned into something the whole town can enjoy.

After last year's Urban Renewal Agency's Trunk or Treat event, Debbie Hansen, administrative services tech, placed a whole bunch of skeletons around a table in City Hall.

"Everyone just thought it was hilarious," Hansen said.

She positioned the skeletons so it appeared they were having a meeting. Everyone at City Hall got a kick out of it and even Mayor Pete Rust thought it was a great idea, Hansen said.

The skeletons were decorations used by the URA for its Trunk or Treat. Hansen said she and her husband got tired of putting them all in storage and so they placed the skeletons around the table as a joke.

"It just got really big," Hansen said. "This year, they asked me to do it again."

Even though Hansen was asked to do the decorating, she said it was a joint effort. She asked some of the parks and recreation and URA department employees for help.

"There was a lot of effort in this," Hansen said.

City Hall was then transformed into something out of a scary movie. From witches and pirates, to clowns, skeletons and spooky jack-o'-lanterns. It's nice to get more use out of the decorations that usually wind up in a heap after the Trunk or Treat, she said.

This was only the second year Hansen has helped with Halloween decorations, however she has helped decorate City Hall with Christmas trees in the past.

Hansen said one of the biggest highlights of doing the decorating was seeing people's reactions to it. Children, parents and grandparents all reacted to the decorations.

"I have a feeling I'll be asked again," Hansen said.