FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com october 30, 2014 • The QUEE NS Courier 17 WHITESTONE RESIDENT ADDS A LITTLE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS BY ERI C JANKIE WICZ [email protected] @ericjankiewicz Patrick Kenniff and his daughter Skye. WOODSIDE CELEBRATES 3RD ANNUAL ‘WOO FSIDE’ HALLOWEE N PET PARADE BY ANGY ALTAMIR ANO [email protected] @aaltamirano28 Tails were wagging this past weekend in Woodside as dozens of fourlegged members of the community took part in a spooktacular event. Community organization Woodside on the Move celebrated its third annual “Woofside” Halloween Pet Parade on Saturday. Dressed in costumes, the pets enjoyed a day filled with music, a parade with their owners, some also dressed up, and a costume contest. Funniest costume went to a pooch dressed as a martini cocktail with three olives sticking out of a cone, a ballerina won best trick, a family of Ghostbusters won best matching pet and owner, and a Sons of Anarchy biker won best costume, according to Adrian Bordoni, executive director of Woodside on the Move. Parade participants learned about programs and rescue options and won raffle prizes and vet services from Skillman Pets, Queens Animal Hospital, Heavenly Angels and the ASPCA Therapy program. The special guest was Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer who has helped allocate funding for the expanded Woodside Dog Run, Bordoni said. The annual event received contributions from SUDS Mutts, Friends of Sherry Park Dog Run, and the Woodside Dog Run committee. For more information on future events, contact abeltran@woodsideonthemove. org. O’ holy fright, Whitestone. Resident Kevin Lynch likes to mix his ghoulish décor for Halloween with Christmas decorations. For 18 years, Lynch and his family have been decorating their house for the season, starting with Halloween and Christmas. But rather than separating the two holidays, Lynch mixes the two, offsetting a severed head with a snowman. “I changed the holiday around here,” Lynch said as he wrestled his way through nutcracker statues. “We call it Christmasween and all the kids around here get a laugh out of that word.” Lynch started the tradition because his neighbor set up extravagant Photo courtesy of Woodside on the Move lights for Christmas, inspiring Lynch to do the same. “And every year it gets bigger and bigger,” he said. As his son got older, they incorporated Halloween into the festivities, which resulted in Christmasween. The whole house will eventually be completely adorned with thousands of festive lights and statues. But with Lynch doing the majority of the work, he begins setting up in mid-September. When it’s all done, around Christmas, people from all over come to view the spectacle. “It’s a labor of love,” he said. “It’s like a tradition. I have to do it. Even if I’m in a wheelchair, I’ll do it.” THE COURIER/Photo by Eric Jankiewicz
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