Dunn said he was out Saturday night and "saw a few treaters, but there were hardly any for tricking."

Crime was also down from usual. Over the weekend there was one arrest for driving under the influence and another for minor in consumption.

"Is that something that has fallen to the wayside?" Commissioner Jerry Mayo asked.

Dunn did report there were a few houses and yards that had been toilet-papered, but no eggs or smashed pumpkins. With toilet-paper at about $1 a roll now, Mayo said that couldn't have been cheap.

Dunn said he recommended people with toilet papered yards wait until after the rain coming up is through, because that will take a lot of it down.

Commissioner David Thurlow asked what parents are teaching their kids now, since they're not tricking.

Commissioner Mike Spicer said he thought perhaps pranks are too much work for kids these days.

Commissioners reminisced about what used to be done for tricking from moving tires on the street and throwing eggs to lighting hay bales.

Thurlow said one year, in the old town of Wakefield, someone had driven a vehicle into the inside of the bank and blocked the entrance so that people couldn't get inside.

Mayo recalled when serving on the reserve police force one officer particularly enjoyed breaking eggs kids carried inside their pockets while patting them down.

"(Halloween night) used to be as much fun for the officers as it was the kids," Mayo said.

Dunn agreed, saying there was always one group who seemed to be able to stay just ahead of the cops and sometimes back track on them. He recalled one time someone had moved tires out on to the street, the officer went around the block, and the tires were out again.

Usually when officers catch kids pulling Halloween pranks, they make them clean them clean it up the next day, Dunn said.

Kids going out for treats also seemed to be down a bit commissioners said, though Fifth Street is a still a hot spot. Spicer said he read on Facebook one person had about 250 treaters, though he said he himself didn't have many. County Clerk Kayla Wang said she had about 25, Mayo said he had nine, though on Friday for Halloween Howl he had over 200.

One arrest, 2 processed
The Sheriff's Department arrested Logan Singular, 17, Linn for minor in consumption of Alcohol on 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. He was processed and released parents.

Clay Center Police arrested Cynthia Shurlow, 47, Clay Center, at 5:50 p.m. Friday for driving under the influence. She bonded with a bondsman on a $500 cash or surety bond.

Clay County Jail processed Austin Graham, 17, Clay Center, at 4 p.m. Oct. 27 on a Clay County District Court process order for misdemeanor theft. He was processed and released to parents.

Accident on 6th Road
Dustin Elsasser, Wakefield, was eastbound on Sixth Road coming from Osage Road when he saw a vehicle driven by Brian Yarrow, Wakefield, crest the hill. Elsasser was not able to stop in time and the vehicles collided at 7:50 a.m. Oct. 28. Both were towed away from the scene, according to a Sheriff's Department report.