Results from 2024 Strasburg Halloween Celebration

(GRAND PRIZE WINNER HADLEIGH FALETIC)

The Annual Strasburg Halloween Celebration sponsored by Liberty Post 289 of the American Legion was held on Saturday, October 26th.

Winners of the costume contest were:

Under 3 Years Old 1 st Place Max Bowers

2nd place Kohen Krumreich

3rd Place Ella Pruemer

Storybook & Fairy Tales

1st Place Harper Layton

TV & Movies Group 1

1st place Sadie & Patrick Sheehan

2nd place Callie & Kimber Clifton

3rd place Zariah Burry

Group 2

1st Place Collier Faletic

2nd place Grace & Gabe Moore, Clair, Chloe & Connor Hanley

3rd Place Ivey Smith

Monsters, Ghosts & Witches

1st place Kaylee Probst

2nd place River Gilmore & Kathy Eckstein

3rd place Aubrey Brown

Princess

1 st Place Katlyn & Kenley Doty

2nd place Hadley Anderson

3rd Place Hadley Pruemer

Occupational

1st Place Jaxton Buhrmester

2nd place Hudson Anderson

3rd place Rhett & Ryker Ahrens

Animals

1st Place Emmett Kaufman

2nd place Paige Layton

3rd place Kendra McNeely

Couple

1st Place Roxy Shelton & Alessa Long

2nd place Morgan & Halstyn Anderson

Group

1st Place The Baumgarten Family

2nd place The Stremming Family

3rd place Jesse, Mariah, Oaklyn & Truett Williams

Miscellaneous

1st Place Hadleigh Faletic

2nd place Auggie, Griffey & Tate McIlwain, Hudson & Culver Bloemer & Olivia Telgmann

3rd place Noah Stewart

Adults

1st Place Savanah Burry

Grand Prize Winner

Hadleigh Faletic

The winners of the merchants drawing were:

 $10 each donated by Strasburg Lions Club: Dale Vonderheide, Rex Foreman, John Cress, Jill Layton, MaKinley McClain

 $5 each donated by Mobile Sand Filter Cleaning Tom Newell: Abby Brown, Jeff Schultz, Kennedy Kull, Grace Moore, Kathleen Agney

 Donated by Krile’s Auction – Justin Krile: $5 each – Becca Caldwell, Bill Hatten, Barb Storm, Connie Hatten; $10 each – Jimmy Smith, Emmett Kaufman, Aubrey Brown

 Envelope with 20 1st Class Stamps donated by Aften Peters, Strasburg Post Master: Kristina Moore, Lisa Cress

 $5 each donated by Strasburg York Bin: John Waters, Bonnie Vonderheide, Dwight Lading, Jesse Probst, Randy Caldwell

 Donated by Otto and Otis Rincker & Cinda Held – Livestock & Farming Enterprises: $5 each Shae Vonderheide, Kevin Kramer, Josh Storm, Leslie Newell; $10 each Addison Kaufman, Hallie Probst, Skylar Vonderheide

 $10 each donated by Strasburg Volunteer Fire Department: LaRue Burry, Katie Caldwell, Gene Linder, Kendra, Troy Agney

 $50 Coupon donated by Effingham Equity – Strasburg Branch: Brittany Buhrmester, Megan Hartke

 Free Haircut each donated by Uptown Hair – Kim Mettendorf: Janet Schultz, Sarah Wyckoff

 1 year subscription to Beecher City Journal: Burl Edwards

 Donated by Country Financial – Garett Moffett: $10 each Caroline Kaufman, Jamie Brown, Anna Brown, Charlie Culver, Linda Newell; Gift Bag Cary Storm, Cody Smith

 $5 each donated by Village of Strasburg: Riddick Reed, Ryker McClain, Danielle Storm, Steve Blythe

 Donated by Howe & Yockey Funeral Home: $5 – Kathy Eckstein; $10 – Zariah Burry, Amy Burry; $25 – Savanah Burry

 Gift Basket donated by Strasburg Branch of Shelby County State Bank: Gabe Moore

The winner of the 50/50 was Dwight Lading.

The members of the Strasburg American Legion Post #289 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit #289 wish to thank all members of the community who donated pies, cakes for the cake walk, who attended and supported both the Legion and the Auxiliary in the annual Halloween celebration. Proceeds from the evening’s event will be used for various programs to assist the veterans, the children and members of the community.