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In total the Jaycees are hosting 24 haunted houses spread around the
entire state. In the northern part of Illinois, the Jaycees have
haunted houses in McHenry, St. Charles, Fox Lake, Frankfort,
Lombard, Wheaton, Brookfield, East Moline and the extremely popular
Corn Maze in Sterling. In the middle of the state, there are Jaycees
haunted houses in Lincoln, Peoria, Springfield, Danville and Quincy.
In the southern part of the state, the Jaycees host haunted houses
in Mount Vernon, Bethalto, Breese, Collinsville, Arcola, Vandalia,
West Pike-Barry, Christopher and Charleston. The Lincoln Jaycees
host Fear Fair 2005 at the Logan County Fairgrounds with hours this
week from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, a matinee for kids
from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and evening hours for the public from 7 to
11 on Saturday. The haunted house will also be open Oct 26-27, 7-10
p.m.; Oct 28-29, 7-11 p.m.; and Oct 31, 7-10 p.m. For more
information, contact Jennifer Steele, (217) 871-7981, or
click here.
A complete list of the houses, along with schedules and other
details, is available at
www.iljaycees.org.
"We've found that individuals enjoy going from house to house in
their immediate area and like to compare the different styles of
houses," said Tanya Lee, management development vice president for
the Illinois Jaycees. "We have haunted houses in old schools,
cornfields and in commercial basements where you have to take an
industrial elevator to the haunting."
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 Lee is responsible for coordinating the judging of the haunted
houses for the Jaycees. The Jaycees send teams of impartial judges
to each house and grade them on originality and how scary they are
for patrons. The judging determines the top 10 haunted houses in the
state. Last year the Charleston haunted house was judged the best
haunted house in the state.
The Jaycees organization provides individuals between the age of
18 and 40 the opportunity to develop personal and leadership skills
while serving their community. There are over 4,000 Illinois Jaycees
in nearly 120 chapters throughout the state. Illinois has the
second-largest number of Jaycees of any state in the United States.
Every year, each chapter in the Jaycees conducts numerous
programs to serve the community and accumulate funds for operation
of the chapter and community donations. Included in these projects
are Fourth of July festivals, Christmas tree sales, haunted houses,
garage sales and other projects that benefit the community and help
raise funds.
For further information on the Illinois Jaycees, membership or
any of their sponsored events, write to the Illinois Jaycees Service
Center, 6405 Canadian Cross Drive, Springfield, IL 62711-7386; call
(217) 529-5379; send a fax to (217) 529-5293, send e-mail to
servicecenter@iljaycees.org; or visit online at
www.iljaycees.org.
[Illinois
Jaycees news release]
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