Residents at Rawson Place, Dundee’s senior housing complex, enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 20 in the community room. The turkey and stuffing was prepared and donated by Sandy Benore, the executive director of Rawson Place. The residents brought dishes to share. Below: entertainment was provided by the Sounds of Gospel group: Carl Davidson and Charles Russell (pictured) and Shirley Russell. Joyce Finn provided thoughts on Thanksgiving.
Brownies from Petersburg Troop 1197 enjoyed a holiday craft making session at the Summerfield-Petersburg Library on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Constance Zibbell taught them to make delicate cornhusk dolls. Pictured above, working on her doll, is Brianna Bruce. Below: Mrs. Zibbell helps Johannah Cottrell with her doll while Taylor Smith looks on.
Joan Pashaian, owner of Raisin River Beads in Dundee, donated the materials and her patient expertise to teach a group of about a dozen people how to make woven beaded bracelets at the Dundee Library on Saturday, Nov. 22. Ms. Pashaian (standing, right) helped Karen Mason (left) with a tricky stage in the project.
Sandy Benore is the new executive director of the Dundee Housing Commission, which oversees the Rawson Place senior housing complex in Dundee.
Mrs. Locke’s kindergarten class at Ida Elementary School enjoyed hearing a Thanksgiving story from library assistant Sandy Russeau on Thursday, Nov. 20. The ceiling of the library was decorated with an “avalanche” of leaves. The paper leaves each contains the name of a student, and his or her favorite book, for Children’s Book Week.
Good sports, Dustin Walling and Kevin House playfully held up some items at the rummage sale run by the Maybee Men’s Club at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maybee on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event also included a baked goods sale and a prize raffle drawing featuring many donated items.
The main characters, Kristi Banker as Tinman; Jerran Orwig as Scarecrow; Nick Boylan as the Cowardly Lion and Callie Gordon as Dorothy, talked over their situation in the field of poppies during a production of “The Wizard of Oz” at Ida High School on Friday, Nov. 21.
Middle school and elementary students from Ida performed as “Munchkins” in the “The Wizard of Oz,” presented Friday-Sunday, Nov. 21-23 by the Ida Drama Troupe.
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