WORTHINGTON -- Tonight's the time to waddle out to Pioneer Village for the King Turkey Day Mixer, the opening event to the city's deluxe celebratory weekend. I know I'll be there to greet my friends from Cuero, Texas, who will arrive just in the nick of time for this event, and gobble down some beans and chips (no turkey sandwich for me -- that would be cannibalism).
I also might try my wing at an artistic endeavor. Earlier this year, at Worthington's other community celebration, the Windsurfing Regatta and Unvarnished Music Festival, two murals were created as a public art project. The endeavor was coordinated by the Arts-Optimist-Kiwanis Club from Worthington High School and funded through a grant from Southwest Minnesota Arts . Professional artists Nick and Nicole Fischer from Aberdeen, S.D., sketched out three designs, and two of those designs, a turtle and a windsurfer, were completed at that time, composed of individually created mosaic tiles.
A third mural, with a turkey theme, will be put together today at Pioneer Village. Youths are encouraged to come out after school, as work on the mural will commence at 2 p.m. If there are still tiles left, the adults will be invited to paint one during the mixer.
"We'll be in the barn area at Pioneer Village, weather permitting," explained AOK advisor and WHS art teacher Gail Holinka. "We'll bring all the supplies and materials and provide the opportunity for everyone to enjoy."
Holinka stresses that participants don't need any design skills, just the ability to follow directions and channel their inner artist.
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Holinka also hopes to get input on permanent public locations where the murals can be displayed; as of the moment, they don't have a home. The murals will also be displayed on a float in the KTD parade, she noted.
I hear there are at least 32 "turkeys" expected to either fly in or drive in as members of the delegation from Cuero, Texas. If you get a chance, welcome these people to our community and show them some of our northern hospitality.
People out there with green thumbs can share their artistic skills by entering floral creations in the Worthington Garden Club's annual King Turkey Day Flower Show at Wells Fargo Bank. The show isn't just for the club's members, they stress, but is open to public entries.
All you need to do is bring a floral arrangement to the bank by 4 p.m. today. All the entries will be available for viewing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the bank. Even if you don't want to enter anything in the show, stop down and appreciate the efforts. The flower show is a colorful addition to the King Turkey Day schedule of events.
GET A CLUE!
Here is the fourth clue in the annual King Turkey Day Medallion Hunt. The medallion is worth $100 to the person who finds it.
Hidden somewhere on public property within the Worthington city limits, the medallion is a large bronze coin with a turkey on its face. If and when the medallion is found, it should be brought to the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce, 1121 Third Ave.
As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the medallion had not been turned in.
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Sponsors for the 2010 medallion hunt are: Center Sports, Family Video and Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
Clue No. 4:
Many sacrificed for me and you
Not only those from World War II.
Soldiers, sailors, airmen in the mix,
Here with me among these bricks.
