Doug Wentzel has helped organize the Children’s Halloween Trail at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center for more than 20 years, but he still manages to get excited about it.
“It’s different every year,” said Wentzel, a naturalist and program director at Shaver’s Creek, Penn State’s nature center. Wentzel oversees the Penn State students who design and run the trail, a popular feature of the annual center’s Fall Harvest Festival.
This year’s festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18 and 19 About 1,500 visitors usually turn out for the annual festival, which features pumpkin carving, live music, storytelling, face painting and nature activities.