Originally published in the Guernsey Gazette November 09, 2021
GUERNSEY — The Lions Club of Guernsey hosted its Halloween carnival inside the west gym of Guernsey High School October 29.
The Carnival began at 5:00 p.m. and lasted for two hours. Members of Guernsey Lions Club oversaw the event with help from cadets from the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Association.
The carnival used a ticket system for entry. Tickets were sold at the entrance for $.20 each. The tickets could then be used to play and enjoy the various booths.
Some of the carnival’s activities included two ball toss stations, a cake walk game, bottle fishing, and a sports alley containing golf, hockey, and basketball.
The carnival’s sponsor was the Guernsey Lions Club. Lions Club is an international organization with smaller branches all over the world.
“Guernsey Lions Club is just a local club affiliated with Lions International who is well known throughout the world,” said Craig Frederick, a member of the Guernsey Lions Club.
“There’s other clubs within the county, within the state, and we’re just a part of Lions Club International.”
Lions Club International is involved with vision and sight related problems while local affiliates tend to focus more on helping the community.
“On a local level, we’re a community service organization,” said Frederick. “So we try to do community service projects throughout the community throughout the year that help the community in certain ways.”
“Like this Halloween carnival. It’s to give the kids and people in the area a safe alternative and something fun to do in the Halloween season.”
The Halloween carnival is one of the ways that the Lions Club can assist the community. It has been going on for many years by various organizations.
“This carnival has been going on for years and years,” said Frederick. “I remember being a little kid going to the carnival.”
“It’s been sponsored by different groups throughout that time. Our Lions Club has been the main sponsor of the carnival for about 15 years.”
Though they are the primary sponsor for the carnival, the Lions Club had help putting on the event.
“Well the school is gracious enough to let use the facility—use this west end of the school and they have for a number of years,” said Frederick.
“Tri-City Parks and Recreation gave us some equipment and different things we could use.”
The Lions Club also received help from Tops Group in Guernsey and the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge. Overall, Frederick considered the carnival a success.
“I think it was a success,” said Frederick. “I think our numbers are up. We didn’t have one last year, but we were pretty busy and had a good number of people coming through.”
Going forward, Frederick said that he would like to see more participation from other entities in the community to further the carnival experience.
“I always wish and feel like we had more games,” said Frederick. “Maybe if we had other community groups or people that wanted to be involved just even hosting a game, we would always welcome them and appreciate that.”
James Meyer 