Big bands make for big fun

Holidays come and holidays go but for some Labor Day 2012 will hold special memories.

Marie Nicholson, her staff and volunteers worked hard to make Labor Day a notable one for area seniors, who had a great time taking a trip down memory lane to the Big Band Era of the 1940s. As she pointed out the embellishments, Nicholson confessed that it took 20 hours to decorate the venue.

Enjoy the photographs below and, if you choose, read the entire story at Out & About.

TASCC members and volunteers enjoy a fun evening

Tahquamenon Area Senior Citizens Club members joined with volunteers for a social evening that included a sit-down, homestyle meatloaf dinner with more sides than anyone could possible imagine. After being treated to a cookout by the membership in July, volunteers turned the tables on the membership, treating them to dinner Wednesday night in the club's meeting place, the back room of the group's thrift store. President Sue Taylor explained the reason for the dinner saying, "The volunteers wanted to feed all the members to celebrate making over $6,000 last month." This philanthropic organization uses profits from the operation of their thrift store to support a variety of local needs.

In the top two pix, members and volunteers enjoy each others
company before digging into a feast of gargantuan proportions.

Club members Charles Withrow and Menzo Caswell
 (not pictured) joke about who will take a seat at the
dessert table.

Club members and volunteers get their pick of a mountain
of food, from a relish tray to an assortment of salads, to yummy
mashed potatoes and meatloaf, no one who attended
this gathering left the hall with an empty stomach. 

TASCC President Sue Taylor discusses club business with
club Treasurer Bill Lane.

Enjoy pageant pix

Last night beauties from throughout the area participated in the Annual Fair Pageant. Here are a few pictures from the event that played to a packed house.

I am DEFINITELY not a videographer but, here's the eight-second shot of the crowd singing its line. Great fun!