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Smashing pumpkins joins holiday fun.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-OCT-03 		Format: Online - approximately 904 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Smashing pumpkins joins holiday fun.(Entertainment)(These days, you don''t have to be out of your gourd to launch an all-out offensive to mark Halloween)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard

Haunted houses and carving pumpkins are so last year. If you want to compete in the oversaturated market of Halloween entertainment events, you better have a good gimmick, such as a haunted hike or a crazy corn maze.

This year, it seems, creativity is more important than the fear factor.

"I think more and more families are looking for fun, nonscary things to do with their children," said Ed Gerdes, executive director of the Science Factory Hands-On Children's Museum, which is hosting its own Halloween Extravaganza.

The Science Factory has organized workshops, contests and a live science demonstration complete with animated pickles and exploding pumpkins. A planetarium show will highlight black holes and other spooky spots in the sky.

But the main attraction sounds like something you'd see on...

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