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Published November 23, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 HOME Thanksgiving feast


A young girl is served her dinner by, from left, Rotarians Jim Webber, Trudy Popenhagen, John Knutson, Jerry Hautala, Jamie Johnson and Laura Love. Marian Furlong and Craig Hofland were also part of the serving line. Photos by Randy Hanson

  • A young girl is served her dinner by, from left, Rotarians Jim Webber, Trudy Popenhagen, John Knutson, Jerry Hautala, Jamie Johnson and Laura Love. Marian Furlong and Craig Hofland were also part of the serving line. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • Charlotte Skoviera, right, cheerfully waits at the end of a lengthy line for her turkey dinner.
  • A turkey dinner with all the trimmings awaits Don Gilbertson, who is ready to put his fork to work.
  • Assisting with the serving of the pre-Thanksgiving HOME meal has become a tradition for Laura Foster and her daughters, front, Francis and Brennan; back, Keegan and Clair. Foster and her husband, Pete, own Barker’s Bar & Grill and the San Pedro Café. They provide the turkey, dressing and gravy for the Thanksgiving feast.
  • Dorothy Olson is joined at the dinner table by her granddaughter Ryanna Nelson, daughter of Ryan and Janice Nelson.
  • Ruth Lewis greets dinner guests and asks them to record their names. About 45 minutes into the dinner, Lewis said 195 had signed the guest book and another 10 had refused to.
  • Serving pie for dessert with a friendly smile are, from left, Donna Christensen, Alyce Ferguson, Jenny Olson and Becky Swanson.
  • Janet Bliven, a member of Faith Community Church, unloads racks of washed coffee cups and glasses.
  • LaVonne Blechinger, left, washed serving trays with Girl Scouts Kelley Nelson, Kristin Fischer, Katie Ward and Emalie Marion, from left, at the conclusion of the dinner. The sixth-grade girls are members of Troop 52793 that meets at Hudson Middle School.
  • Brian Ullom, left, does the ingredient purchasing for HOME meals. Chuck Lewis, right, oversees the preparation of the meals, which are served the first and third evenings of every month in the Bethel Lutheran Church fellowship hall.