Looking for a spook-tacular time this Halloween? Gather the kids for some trick-or-treating, or get some friends together for a night out..

• BBB NAMES TORCH AWARDS FINALISTS The Better Business Bureau’s 12th Annual Torch Award Event will be Oct. 20 at East Ridge Country Club. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a cash bar followed by dinner, program and awards presentation at 7 p.m. Seats are $40 per person: Sponsor tables are available.

When the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce decided in 2007 it was time to embrace young professionals by recognizing their contributions to our communities, the Young Professionals Initiative was born.

Venyu Shreveport Data Center held their ribbon-cutting in late September. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler were special guests. Venyu is Louisiana’s only Tier III Data Center and is located at 601 Milam St. in the former Selber Bros.

Willis-Knighton’s commitment to advanced technology was instituted with the installing of the world’s first compact cyclotron, Proteus®ONE, in the new building. This technology features pencilbeam precision to target tumors, and for the past two years it has offered that precision targeting to a wide range of patients.

Cataracts are a clouding or opacification of the eyes’ native lens. While there are many varieties of cataracts and some can impair vision sooner than others, the most common type of cataract is an aging change that is usually present to some degree by the age of 65.

6-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Drew Ley, Tuesdays and Fridays; Winston Hall with bassist Chris Allen, Wednesdays and Thursdays. 2151 Airline Drive, Bossier City..

To our credit we have numerous dreamers, cheerleaders and entrepreneurs who have big plans for Shreveport. Shreveport Commons, sports teams, new businesses and employers, neighborhood revitalization, completion of I-49 North, bicycle and pedestrian lanes, historic preservation, downtown living and The Riverfront/Cross Bayou Corridor.