Traffic Interlude

Crossing guard Dale Sollemberger, 69, prepares to stop traffic as schools let out in Brimfield on Halloween. Sollemberger says he has dressed up every year since he began working as a crossing guard 6 years ago after retiring from a career as a truck driver for the Maytag company. As he directed traffic in the small town of 950, people stopped their cars to give him a bag of candy. "You should see what I get around Christmas," he said. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR