Sweet day in downtown Ottawa and Streator

11/01/2009, 8:37 pm

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Costumes, kids and candy made a perfect mix in downtown Ottawa and Streator Saturday, Halloween. Bags of candy were handed out as kids moved from store to store. Ottawa businesses were giving the goodies from 10 a.m to noon and Streator's merchants offered treats from 9 a.m. to noon.

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Receiving a ride Saturday are (from left) Macie, Bella and Huston Hart. The children were participating in Halloween trick-or- treating as Ottawa downtown businesses were distributing candy.

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Victor (left) and Charlie Mullen portray presidents George Washington (left) and Abraham Lincoln at they go trick-or- treating Saturday morning in downtown Ottawa.

Photo: Tom Sistak
A patron of a downtown Streator beauty salon Saturday gets an up-close look of a child dressed as a witch. The child was participating in Halloween trick-or-treating as businesses were distributing candy.

Photo: Tom Sistak
Gumby and a purple-clad witch depart a downtown Streator business Saturday after receiving candy on Halloween, one of the sweetest days of the year for children.

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