RURAL WRITES

| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR Even the most optimistic of us must admit. Halloween isn’t what it once was. Does that sound like a jaundiced opinion? Colored by a curmudgeon’s less than Crayola vibrant perception. Really the good old days weren’t much better. Except perhaps for a few slight instances. Not too slight in retrospect. One, the holiday wasn’t near as dangerous.