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o say Dawn Fisher loves C hr istmas doesn’t quite capture it. For her, the holiday isn’t just a season; it’s a way of life. For nearly 30 years, Dawn has poured her creativity and sparkle into designing the enchanting displays at the National Christmas Center, helping countless visitors feel the magic she’s always cherished. “I’ve always loved Christmas,” she said with a smile. “I love glittery decorations. I really like Dawn Fisher with a scene from Tudor Towne at the National Christmas Center. decorating inside. Outside, Photo by Cat Shannon not so much - but inside, I just love in Columbia, she discovered her the center became her greatest building displays.” knack for festive window dis- joy. “I was in charge of setting up Dawn, who lives in Millersville, plays, one that soon led her to a has a background in ar t and new opportunity at the National Tudor Towne,” she said, describing design. After years as an interior Christmas Center, which opened the walk-through storybook scenes designer and antique shop owner in 1998. Her first big project at of animatronic woodland creatures See Designing pg 3
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“This is our eighth annual Turkey Chase event, and every year it gets bigger and better,” said Grace Wells, race director for the 5K run/walk. The race will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, at Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church (EBIC), 996 E. High St., Elizabethtown. Day-of registration will be held from 6:45 to 8 a.m., and the race will start at 8:15 a.m. “During the run/walk, the participants have the chance to find stuffed turkeys on the course that they can trade in at the end of the race for a Thanksgiving Day treat,” Wells said. “There is a kids’ run that starts at 9:15. We have a variety of distances from less than a quarter mile for the younger participants to 1 mile for those that want to go longer.” The event will also feature two contests. The Family Gathering Contest will recognize the largest number of family members registered for the race, and a costume contest will award people dressed with the most Thanksgiving Day spirit. “Every 5K race participant will receive a finisher’s medal. There will be first-place overall finishers and first-place age group awards,” Wells shared, noting that age groups will be in increments of 10 years. “Kids’ run participants receive their own special treat at the end of the kids’ event.” Prizes have not been finalized yet, she added, but the awards are always something fun. “ We always do something Thanksgiving feast-related,” she commented. “In the past we have given out wooden kitchen spoons, cutting boards, plates and forks.”
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Can politics play for laughs? Ask the director of Elizabethtown Homeschool Drama Club’s fall production, and the answer is “yes.” “In today’s political climate, this show will make everyone giggle,” shared Ginger Wayde, descr ibing “Nor th Woods Nonsense.” “We all know of someone in government who
we think could be doing a better job. We’ve also all heard verbal spaghetti that doesn’t make any sense. We’ve also all spent time in the store checkout line reading headlines from the scam sheets with their ridiculous stories. Coupled with character names to fit the locale, you will spend your evening chuckling, slapping your knee or maybe even snorting.” Seniors in the production of “North Woods The play will be performed Nonsense” are (from left) Alyssa DeCubellis,
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