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Donna Nevers, an artist from Moneta, receives her prize from the Salem Museum's raffle: a 60" HDTV from Lee Hartman and Sons in Roanoke. Lee Hartman congratulates Nevers while former Salem mayor Howard Packett, a member of the museum's Capital Campaign, looks on.Second prize, a necklace from R. M. Johnson and Sons jewelers, went to Darrell Semones of Salem, while third prize, a Garman Nuvi GPS unit, was won by Ralph Baker of Salem. Ten consolation prizes of books, Homes Tour Tickets, and other merchandise went to Ry Hubbard, Nancy Burns, Mary Hill, Carol Nunnaly, Lynn Wilkerson, Blake Travitz, Julie Chapman, Inez Good, Harry Minarik, and Betsy Barker.

The raffle raised over $2000 for the Salem Museum building fund.

Submitted by the Salem Museum, John Long

John Bryant at SuperKicks Karate in Salem had a special treat for kids at Pumpkinfest on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Salem Farmers Market in coordination with C.H.I.P. He helped them learn some simple tips on how to get away from strangers. Bryant shared these photos from that day.

"In the demonstrations I did, we had an interactive class for all the children that wanted to participate. We got to talk about what to do if a stranger approaches you, how to get away if a bad guy grabs you, and we also spoke about making sure you set a good example in everything you do," Bryant said.

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This first picture is of us putting our hands together to get away from a stranger.
2 This picture is of us me teaching grabbing the children's hands saying "give me your Halloween candy" and them getting away

The residents of Bentwood Court (North Oaks Subdivision) took their annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Looks like they had a blast!
Send your photos to news@sosalem.com.

Submitted by Jodie Brammer

If you went trick-or-treating at Steve and Barbara Krzysko's house this Halloween, you not only got candy -- you got your photo taken.

Barbara Krzysko shares this photo gallery of some of the folks who came to her door. Here we see Laura and Micah West, who likely qualifies as the youngest trick-or-treater of the night!

Do you have Halloween photos from around Salem? If so, you can share at news@sosalem.com.

Here's E.J. Stacy, age 7 and Dylan Stacy, age 4 all ready to race threw Halloween.

Here's a photo of Mackenlee and Zach Simmons on Halloween night.

Oooh, scary!

Submitted by Mitzi Simmons

National College recently hired Randy Holley, from Forest, as Director of Institutional Effectiveness. Holley has a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from George Mason University and a Juris Doctor degree from Liberty University School of Law. With seven years of teaching experience, Holley will focus on issues concerning academics and accreditation in his new position.

Christian guitarist Richard Kiser from Salem was recently inducted into the Country Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in Branson, Mo.

On Oct. 24, Richard attended the annual awards show of the CGMA based in Branson with hundreds of other Christian recording artists. Richard, who tours all across the U S as a solo Christian guitarist was the 12th inductee into the HALL OF FAME. He is preceded by artists such as Andy Griffith, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Fairchild, and Lulu Roman, just to name a few. He is the first instrumentalist to be inducted. Even though Richard has won over 60 major awards in Gospel music, including “Instrumentalist of the Decade”, he said “This is one of the highlights of my ministry”.

Richard is a native of Roanoke and now resides in Salem, even though his concert schedule keeps him on the road over 200 days a year.

Click here to read a story we wrote about Kiser when he performed a Father's Day concert with harmonica player Charlie McCoy back in June.

Students at Fort Lewis Elementary enjoyed a night of family fun at the Halloween Carnival. Wrapping the parents as mummys was a big hit. Students played games, ate, and enjoyed contest throughout the evening.

What did you do on halloween? Let us know at news@sosalem.com.

Submitted by L. Look

Here are a few photos of Downtown Salem's Fall Festival. Pictured are Caroline Elliott (golfer) and Cora Robinson (Minnie). They are both 2 years old.

Submitted by Rylie Elliott