• Trunk or Treat 2019

The 6th annual Trunk or Treat event at Marna O'Brien Park was the scene of countless smiles.

The first booth that most trick or treaters went to was the Wildomar city booth. In this photo you see councilmember Ben Benoit offering three different types of m&m's. For some, it was an easy choice. For others, it was like a trick question on a pop quiz. ☺

I was alongside Ben Benoit at the city booth for two straight hours handing out w&w's (m&m's upside down to go along with the city's costume theme).

There were plenty more upside down m's throughout the park, but getting us all together for a photo was impossible. Left to right: Joseph Morabito, Gary Nordquist, Bridgette Moore and Ben Benoit.

Something that sprung up organically was the formation of a line. There had never been a "start" line in the past, and I'm still not sure how it came about in 2019. 

The top photo was taken just outside the city boot, and you can see that it stretched all the way to the Faith Bible Church ice cream truck. The bottom image shows the crowd size around 7:15pm.

Councilmember Bridgette Moore even told those in line that "there isn't a line, feel free to visit other booths first," but most chose to stay in the line anyway. 

 Two of the three bounce houses that were busy all evening long.

The view from the south end of the parking lot.

Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez and staffers had a booth. They dressed as Wizard of Oz characters. 

Relic VW, on Mission Trail, was in the park handing out candy. Their haunted VW Bus was pretty cool.

Living Hope Lutheran Church put together another spectacular booth. In years past they had group costumes from "Where's Waldo", Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz and in 2019, The Sandlot.

A look at the Cops For Kids and City of Wildomar booths at about 7:30pm.

Next up on the city calendar is the State of the City, which will be held at the Elks Lodge on October, 30th 2019.

If you'd like to attend, you don't really have to dress in your "50's best", but those of us on the council probably have to (gulp, lol). You also can skip the VIP portion and just come for the Mayor's presentation.

The last event of the year will be Breakfast With Santa, Saturday, December 14th, at fire station 61 (on Gruwell St). 

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– last words of Pancho Villa

When the time comes, Wildomar Rap would like something equally as eloquent to be remembered by. 

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