Today in History revisits the Monday, Oct. 30, 2000, edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story of a Halloween-themed fundraiser for the Dakota Science Center, a nonprofit educational center.
SCI-FEST 2000
Scaring them with science
■ Dakota Science Center’s Halloween event thrills, teaches
By Stephen J. Lee
Herald Staff Writer
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It’s scary enough to drive some young ones to sobbing, and scientific enough to earn them some extra credit in school.
The Halloween event at Dakota Science Center, called “Sci-Fest 2000,” in the former First Presbyterian Church building in downtown Grand Forks, drew hundreds Sunday night. It’s expected to draw even more people tonight and Halloween night Tuesday, organizers said.
Laura Aldridge had to leave the “Ninth Dimension,” a collection of rooms of everyday horror designed and “peopled” by UND students, to comfort her daughters, Mariah, 8, and Ayleanna, 5, who were crying with fear. The girls are under the recommended age limit for the Ninth Dimension, which includes a room of closing walls, a morgue, jail, a dentist’s chair, and clowns, all in darkness amid screams and darkly intoned play-by-play.
The idea, said Karen Frisc...