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October 2018 • Volume 35 • Issue 8 EDITOR & PUBLISHER Michele Miller GENERAL MANAGER Paul Kline SALES REPRESENTATIVES Jennifer Staebell Paul Kline Where It’s At! Happy Halloween Features: GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Karen Wawszczyk Melanie Schroeder 6 n Have a Fall Harvest Celebration! by Denise Morrison Yearian CONTRIBUTORS Barbara Blackburn • Donna Phillips Patrick Hempfing • Deborah Williams Kathy Lundquist • Myrna Beth Haskell Mike Daugherty 8 n Fun Neighborhood Halloween Contests… from Ghostly Goodies to Petrifying Pumpkins by Kimberly Blaker /WNYFamily /WNYFamily /WNYFamily Visit Our Web Site www.wnyfamilymagazine.com To Reach Us: Advertising Department [email protected] Calendar Submissions [email protected] Subscriptions [email protected] Editorial Submissions [email protected] MAILING ADDRESS: 3147 Delaware Ave., Suite B Buffalo, NY 14217 Phone: [phone] • Fax: [phone] PRINTED BY: Commercial Printing Division The Post-Journal, Jamestown WE ARE AN AUDITED PUBLICATION CIRCULATION (copies printed): 20,000 © 2018 Western New York Family, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without permission is strictly prohibited. Inclu- sion of an advertisement does not constitute an endorsement by the publisher. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS: MAILED FIRST CLASS, IN AN ENVELOPE SAME DAY ISSUE IS DELIVERED FROM THE PRINTER: $28 one year, $52 two years, $75 three years. Phone & online orders accepted with credit cards. Gift subscriptions available. Single copies & back issues by mail, $2.50. IF YOU MOVE: Missed issues will not be re- placed if we do not receive an address change before issue mailing date. 10 n A Spooktacular Halloween Classroom Party Plan by Pam Molnar 12 n Tackling the Costume Conundrum by Meagan Ruffing FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE A Special Pull-Out Section 21 n 55 n The Family Pet Children and Pet Loss Directories: 59 n Wellness Choices 62 n Let’s Party Regulars: 5 n Web Finds / What’s New In The Kid Biz 14 n Pick of the Literature by Dr. Donna Phillips 16 n Family Travel Cleveland by Deborah Williams 18 n Dad & Daughter Discussions “The 5th Graders Are Coming!” by Patrick & J.L. Hempfing 19 n Parent Previews Solo: A Star Wars Story by Rod Gustafson 20 n Calendar of Events 48 n Raising Digital Kids The F-Word by Mike Daugherty 50 n Dear Teacher by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts 52 n Special Needs The Importance of Keeping Records 54 n Tweens and Teens It Must Be Neurological! Understanding Teen Behavior by Myrna Beth Haskell 56 n Single Parenting Resolving Parent/Child Conflict Without Fighting by Diane Dierks, LMFT 60 n The Kid Friendly Kitchen Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars by Kathy Lundquist 62 n The Kiddie Gourmet My Dad’s Market & Restaurant by Barbara Blackburn You’ll find FREE courtesy copies of WNY Family at all Buffalo area Wegmans and 300 locations including Public Libraries, Doctors’ Offices, Child Care Centers and many of our advertisers. (Look for us INSIDE Wegmans on the racks where newspapers are sold or at the service desk... but we’re still FREE...Copies are restocked twice a week, but they go fast!) Find this entire issue online at www.wnyfamilymagazine.com October 2018 WNY Family 3