Winners of the costume contest were:
Under 3 Years Old
- 1st Place Max Bowers, 2nd place Kohen Krumreich, 3rd Place Ella Pruemer
Storybook & Fairy Tales
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
- 1st 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 our 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.