On Halloween, most trick-or-treaters just want to know where to go to get the good stuff.

So we’ve marshalled the combined reporting power of 6News, the Journal-World and World Online to track down what some of Lawrence’s best-known residents will be handing out tonight.

The official hours for Halloween Beggars’ Night are 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Here’s what we uncovered:

If you drop by Lawrence Mayor Sue Hack‘s house, she’ll be dressed for the occasion.

“I have some very attractive pumpkins pants,” Hack said.

The mayor, a retired teacher, said she enjoys the tradition of handing out treats to trick or treaters.

“I bought plenty of candy,” she said. “I’m giving away just the good stuff, such as the Milky-Ways and the Butterfingers.”

City Commissioner Mike Rundle says he hasn’t had many trick-or-treaters in past years. But one small boy who came by his house last year got a healthy treat  a piece of cheese.

This Halloween, Rundle will be working in his job as shift manager at the Community Mercantile, Ninth and Iowa streets.

And, at the Merc, he’ll be handing out something healthy you can, called “Fruit Leather.”

“It’s a healthy snack of dried fruit,” he said.

‘Sugar … lots of it’

City Manager Mike Wildgen promised he would have lumps of coal for reporter types, or those pretending to be.

As for the rest of the city’s ghouls, “To tell the truth, my spouse is in charge of that.”

Wildgen said he would be out driving a group of children to a Halloween party. Then he’ll be walking with his children as they go through neighborhoods.

“I’m more in charge of security than anything else,” he said.

Scott Morgan, Lawrence school board president, said he was looking at a big bag of candy he has ready to go.

“We’re handing out sugar and lots of it,” Morgan said. “If our kids are going to be wired, then so are the neighbor’s kids.”

Charles Jones, Douglas County commissioner, said, “we will be giving out little miniature bars of Hersheys, the little tiny squares,” he said. “We’ll have a mix of dark chocolate and peanut chocolate.”

Mike Amyx, a former Lawrence mayor and Douglas County Commissioner, will be handing out suckers at his barbershop throughout the day.

“And at home, it will be candy bars or something,” he said. “It’s fun. I enjoy seeing all the kids in all the costumes.”

Coaches and candy

After Wednesday’s football practice, KU head football Mark Mangino said he was clueless about what his wife, Mary Jane, had lined up for Halloween treats.

Mangino said after he leaves his office tonight and does his radio show, he’ll be able to celebrate the spooky holiday.

“Hopefully I’ll get home in time do see at least a few trick-or-treaters. Our children (Tommy and Samantha) are grown but my wife still decorates the house,” he said. “We have Halloween decorations all over the house, even the outside. She’s always made the house a fun place during the holidays.”

Roy Williams, KU’s men’s basketball coach, was in Dallas when we tried to reach him.

But his wife, Wanda Williams, said her plans were to hand out sweets.

“It will be whatever the grocery store has available. It’s usually chocolate of some kind,” she said.

The Williamses generally have plenty of trick-or-treaters, she said, but “some of them are a little old for my taste.”

Does Roy get into the spirit?

“If he gets here after practice, he usually helps out.”

Marian Washington, KU women’s basketball coach, planned to hand out Snickers and other miniature candy bars, said assistant coach Maggie Mahood.

Washington plans to have her traditional team Halloween party Friday.

“Every class has to have a skit and the coaching staff has to have a skit as well, ” Mahood said. “It’s really a fun team thing. It’s always been a blast.”

Last year KU volleyball coach Ray Bechard had to be away from home to coach his team in a match.

He’ll be home this year.

“I’m sure we’ll hand out some candy if somebody comes through my door,” Bechard said.

Bechard said his office during the day would hand out treats during the day as children come through from a child care center.

“I just think it could be a great evening for kids,” he said.

Congressional candy

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., who’s known for playing his guitar while campaigning, first said he would be giving “some of my guitar picks.”

Then he changed his tune.

“No, my wife and I bought some candy for little trick or treaters. Our grandkids are going to be over passing out chocolate and other good things,” Moore said.

U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., who lives in Jefferson County just outside the Lawrence city limits, probably won’t be handing anything out this year.

“They live out in the country and don’t get many trick or treaters,” according to an aide.

What will the city’s media stars be distributing?

“Nothing,” said Chuck Woodling, J-W sports editor. “I won’t be home, I’ll be covering the Baldwin/Perry-Lecompton football game.”

Instead, Woodling said his wife would be handling the Halloween duties.

He remembered seeing she had some candy out in a bowl.

“I don’t know what they are,” he said. “They are these little things in wrappers.”

Bill Mayer, J-W contributing editor, was a little more aware of the household candy supply.

“We’re handing out M&M packages and miniature Reese’s,” Mayer said. “We try to use packaged things that people don’t have to worry about. … We don’t get too many. There are a lot of empty nesters in our neighborhood.”

‘And floss, too’

James Sido, 6Sports anchor, probably won’t be at home.

“I may be at a party,” Sido said. “But if not, it will be the remainder of my roommate’s Twix bars. He has a bag of 500 and doesn’t need that many. He can spare 450 with the rest of the town. But I am kidding  he doesn’t have 500.”

Hank Booth, general manager of the KLWN-KLZR radio station, said he’ll be handing out whatever candy his wife brings home.

“I imagine it will be some of those miniature candy bars,” Booth said.

And he might dress for the occasion.

“I might put on my funny looking hands.”

Janet Reid, 6News anchor/reporter, said she’ll head home to hand out treats after she co-anchors the evening news.

“My candy of choice will be full-size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups  none of those little ones. The big ones,” she said.

“I always hated those people who handed out toothbrushes, or apples,” she said, smiling.

Speaking of toothbrushes, we also checked out some local dentist offices.

Erin Gonzales, a dental hygienist , at Wilkerson, Anderson and Anderson DDS, LLC, Family Dentistry, said she hands out regular candy.

“None of us hand out anything like toothbrushes or floss,” she said.

But she also handed out a little advice.

“They can eat all the candy that they want as long as they brush after they eat the candy for two minutes to get all the sugar off,” Gonzales said. “And they should make sure they floss too.”