Brookside Village Senior Living Community resident Elgie Campbell took a look at bats on a string held by Ruth "Bubbles" Kuebler of the Red Nose Society at the Jasper nursing home's Halloween party Wednesday night. The party included trick-or-treating, visiting clowns from the Red Nose Society and singers from Shiloh United Methodist Church, and a costume contest. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald

Anna Levin of Jasper, 4, left, ducked in under the umbrella of her cousin Mya Hickerson of Ferdinand, 3, at Brookside Village Senior Living Community's Halloween party Wednesday night in Jasper. The umbrella was part of Mya's jellyfish costume. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald

Mya Hickerson of Jasper, 3, waited under an umbrella — part of her jellyfish costume — during the costume judging at Brookside Village Senior Living Community's Halloween party Wednesday night in Jasper. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald

Brookside Village resident Helen Lottes, left, smiled as Emi Steczyk of Ferdinand and her husband, Marc, glanced at each other as their son Casey, 2, did a headstand at Brookside Village Senior Living Community's Halloween party Wednesday night in Jasper. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald

Emmersen Kalb of Dubois, 6, left, Adonica Meyer of Jasper, 5, and Ella Gogel of New Boston, 4, held up pumpkins during a storytelling session led by clowns from the Red Nose Society at Brookside Village Senior Living Community's Halloween party Wednesday night in Jasper. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald

Samantha Branham of Jasper, 3, left, her brother CJ, 6, Lilly Gogel of New Boston, 4, Emerson Kellams of French Lick, 4, Hannah Rottet of Jasper, 10, and Emmersen Kalb of Dubois, 6, participated in the costume judging at Brookside Village's Halloween party Wednesday night in Jasper. Ariana van den Akker/The Herald