2009 COLUMBUS AND CENTRAL OHIO SUBURB BEGGAR’S NIGHT AND TRICK OR TREAT DATES:

If you live in or around the Columbus Ohio area, I’m providing the dates for 2009 Beggars Night or Trick or Treat in Columbus and all the surrounding suburbs. Halloween is a fun time of year for many kids in Central Ohio.  I know my son always looks forward to Trick or Treating to stock up on his favorite candy (since we don’t buy any candy in our home).

Since Halloween, October 31, 2009, falls on a Saturday this year, you’ll find Columbus and many central Ohio communities have scheduled beggars night/trick or treating, for October 29 instead.

Franklin County Trick or Treat Dates

• Bexley: 5:30-7:30 pm - Oct. 29
• Columbus: 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Canal Winchester: 5:30-7:30 pm - Oct. 29
• Dublin: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29
• Gahanna: 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Grandview Heights:  6-8pm - Oct. 31
• Grove City: 6-8pm Oct. 29
• Groveport: 5:30-7 pm - Oct. 29
• Hilliard: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29
• Jefferson Township (Gahanna): 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Village of Lockbourne: 6-7:30 pm - Oct. 29
• Madison Township: 5:30-7 pm - Oct. 29
• New Albany: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29
• Reynoldsburg: 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Upper Arlington: 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Westerville: 6-8pm - Oct. 31
• Whitehall: 6-8pm - Oct. 29
• Worthington: 6-8pm - Oct. 29

Delaware County Trick or Treat Dates

• Galena: 6-7:15 p.m. - Oct. 31
• Genoa Township (Westerville) 6-8 pm - Oct. 31
• Lewis Center: 6-8pm - Oct. 31
• Orange Township: 6-8pm - Oct. 31
• Powell: 6-8pm - Oct. 31

Fairfield County Trick or Treat Dates

• Lithopolis: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29
• Pickerington: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29

Licking County Trick or Treat Dates

• Granville: 5:30-7 pm - Oct. 29
• Pataskala: 6-8 pm - Oct. 29

I hope you have found this information helpful for planning your Halloween activities in the Columbus area.  If you see any mistakes or want to add to this list, please contact Petra with information.   Happy Halloween!

Dublin Ohio Teen Driving Roadeo

If you live anywhere in Columbus and have a teenager getting ready to drive, here’s a fun event.  On Sunday, September 27th from 12:00 Noon to 6:00 pm at Ashland, Inc (5200 Blazer Parkway), the Kiwanis Club of Greater Dublin is putting on the 3rd annual TEEN DRIVING ROADEO.  This is an awesome event for all teen drivers with a permit or license.  The day is filled with opportunities for the kids to learn about and practice defensive driving skills.  They will maneuver their way through a driving skills course set up by the Dublin police, understand the dangers of impaired driving by wearing fatal vision goggles while driving,  and learn defensive driving in a skid car.  They will watch the “Jaws of Life” and Medflight in action and learn what they should do in the event that they are involved in an accident.

The day also includes FOOD, PRIZES, T-SHIRTS AND MORE!!!  And best of all…. this event is FREE!!!  It is a organized  by the Kiwanis in partnership with several sponsors and other participants in an effort to save just one life!

You can show your young driver a short commercial which will be shown at the Dublin high schools on YouTube at:

Once you decide to participate it’s easy:

1.)  Fill out the online registration at:   www.teendrivingroadeo.com/

2.)  Print off the permission form: teendrivingroadeo.com/pdf/liabilper09.pdf

3.)  Fax the permission form along with a copy of your child’s permit or license and proof of insurance to 614-766-8474

If you have any questions, please contact Contact Kar Shepherd at 889-9031.

This is a great opportunity for teenagers in the Columbus area to improve their defensive driving skills.

I keep thinking I should include a helpful tip about house hunting that most people don’t even think about.  We have shoes for runnning, walking, relaxing, hunting, working, going to the beach and well you get the picture by now.  

I was out showing condos in Powell, Lewis Center, Dublin, Westerville and New Albany today and several of the condos had notes requesting we remove our shoes.  Some of the condos were new builds, some were newer and some were, well not so new looking anymore.  But still the request to remove our shoes seemed to be common.   While I certainly think it’s a great idea to remove your shoes for showings, to help keep floors clean, it certainly can slow down the process of looking at homes.   

The buyers I was showing condos to were an older couple relocating to Columbus Ohio from the Knoxville Tennessee area and they found it quite inconvenient to constantly untie their sneakers and remove them.  But being from a more polite and compliant generation, they complied with the requests. Then it got a little more interesting when one condo actually had some hospital scrub type slippers that could fit over your shoes.  The buyers thought this might be easier than having to untie their sneakers and then put them back on again.  Well, imagine standing in the doorway,  balancing on one foot while trying to stretch these one size fits all slippers over your sneakers.  I consider myself to be somewhat coordinated - I say this because people are always commenting on how gifted I am at doing so many things while driving (you know as a REALTOR® I can’t just drive, I often find myself talking, eating, writing, mapping, etc. all while driving.  Of course, I usually count on the lucky buyer sitting in the passenger seat to help keep an eye on the road to make sure it doesn’t somehow dissapear on us.  But as coordinated as I am, I still find it challenging to stretch those slippers over my average size shoes.

So . . . In an effort to make house hunting in Columbus Ohio easier for buyers, I’m recommending you consider what shoes you’re going to wear before the hunt.  Just like any adventure, the shoes you choose to wear can certainly enhance the experience.  Just what would the ideal house hunting shoes be like, you might ask?  Simple . . . something that can easily be slipped off and back on again - without untying, yet comfortable enough to climb stairs and treck to and from the house hunting vehicle.  Some suggestions include: clogs, sandals and loafers.  

P.S. Happy House Hunting