Old Bonners Ferry Halloween tale makes 'The Slice'

October 27, 2017

By Mike Weland "The Slice" columnist Paul Turner I was out of town Thursday when Denise Crichton sent NewsBF an email with a clip from the day's Spokesman Review, the paper I worked at before I came to Bonners Ferry in 1991. The clip was a column by Paul Turner, who I worked with way back when, and it featured a friend, Howard Kent, whom I have written about often since my arrival here. So how could I not share the October 26 column, "The Slice?" "Halloween 1957: Howard Kent and a friend decided to concentrate their trick-or-treat efforts that year on a part of Bonners Ferry known to be a target rich environment for kids seeking high-quality candy. And they had a plan to maximize their take. “'After making our first haul, we returned to my home, changed into different costumes, and set out to make a second haul from the same area.' "All went well until they got to one house where the owner required trick-or-treat kids to sign a guest book before he dispensed candy ..." And you'll have to read the rest of the tale on the Spokesman Review website!