ACTIVITIES

Ghoulish Treats

There is hands-on cooking fun for kids 8-12 years old who will learn beginning cooking skills while preparing delicious treats in this one-day class on Oct. 20. October treats include mummy dogs, monster claws, bloodshot eyeballs and more.

There are two sessions per day at Oxford Senior Citizens Center, 922 Tollgate Drive. Times are 10 a.m. to noon for the first session and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for the second session.

Fees are $20 per class for residents, $22 per class for non-residents, with a minimum of eight and maximum of 10 per session. The registration deadline is Oct. 13.

Candy, costumes and pumpkins

An event will be held at Uptown Parks from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 at which children can play games and win candy. There will be a pet costume contest with prizes to be awarded at 6 p.m. for the cutest, scariest and most original. There also will be a pumpkin decorating/carving contest with prizes to be awarded at 6 p.m. for the most original design, funniest and scariest

USS Nightmare (grades 6-12)

Come aboard the USS Nightmare on Nov. 3 if you dare! Join us for a trip to America’s premier haunted steamboat. The haunted tour of the historic dredge with 30 minutes of bone-chilling fear as fright seekers meander through the eerie rooms and corridors of the massive old boat. Transportation provided in the Parks and Recreation Department van, which will leave the TRI Center at 5:30 p.m. Fees are $25 for residents and $27 for non-residents (minimum eight, maximum 10). Register by Oct. 27 at Oxford Parks and Recreation Department.

For more information contact the Oxford Parks and Recreation Department at (513) 523-6314 or visit our website at www.cityofoxford.org.