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Holiday features free, matinee movies at Perham theatre Page 2 Community Christmas party, festivities bring holiday cheer to NY Mills Page 12 “Santa Anonymous� provides gifts to needy children Page 12 Light show planned, festive decorations take shape in downtown Perham Page 13

Supplement to the Thursday, November 26, 2009 East Otter Tail Focus

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•Hanson’s Plumbing & Heating Inc. •Happel Law Office •Heart of the Lakes Credit Union •Henry’s Foods, Inc. •Hoots Sports •Huber Electric •Investment Centers of America •JC Electric •Karvonen’s Brand Source •Kenny’s Candy •Kit Masters •LL Fabrication and Steel, Inc. •Lakes Cafe •Lakes Country Rain Soft •Lakes Family Eye Care •Lakeland Veterinary Clinic and Animal Care Center •Little Bear Towing & Repair •Linda Stoll-Coldwell Banker •Main Frames Art Gallery •Marky’s Beauty Salon •Meyer’s Main Street Express and Taco Johns •Mid-Central Ice LLC •Mulligans Pub and Eatery •NAPA of Perham •New Horizons Realtly of Perham, Inc.

•Northern Irrigation Contractors, Inc. •OK Tire Store •Ottertail Power Company •Overland Insurance Agency •Pamida •Peloquin and Minge PA •Perham Auto Sales •Perham Auto Repair Co. •Perham Co-op Creamery, Oasis & Pizza •Perham Auto Wrecking and Aluminum Recycling •Perham Dairy Queen •Perham Egg •Perham Eye Clinic •Perham Motor Vehicle •Perham Physical Therapy •Perham Resource Recovery •Perham Sand and Gravel •Perham Steel and Welding •Perham Truck Service •Photo Magic •Pizza Ranch •RL Miller Construction LLC •Roger’s Repair •Royale Resources •Real Estate RESULTS •Ruther Excavating Inc.

•Salathe Chiropratic Center •Schepper Builders, Inc. •Schmitz Body Paint & Repair •Service Food Market •Sewer Service Inc •Silver Moon Restaurant & Lounge •Smith Family Dentistry •Spin City/North Star Car Wash •Stabler Financial Group •Station House Restaurant •State Farm Insurance •Steve’s Sanitation Inc. •Subway Eat Fresh •T.A. Gould Jeweler •Terry Karkela & Paul B. Hunt Law Office •Thrifty White Pharmacy & Gifts •Time Electronics •Tuffy’s Pet Foods •United Community Bank •Viking Coca-Cola Bottling Co. •Vision Glass •Wagon Works Storage •Wendt Chiropractic Center •Westside/Carquest •Wild Goose •Winkels Carpet Center

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Week-long holiday event starts in NY Mills Nov. 27 T

he 12th Annual New York Mills Christmas Festival gets the holiday season underway with the Christmas Kick-Off on Friday, Nov. 27.

The Kick-Off runs 5-9 p.m. upstairs in City Hall and features the ever-growing in popularity Kids Cookie Decorating event courtesy of The Bake Shoppe. Cookie decorating takes place from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The T.O.P.S. Bake Sale and Senior Arts & Crafts will both have booths set up during the festival. Also, the Senior Citizen’s Center will host a Chili & Chowder Supper, 4-8 p.m., during the Kick-Off. The City Hall Ballroom will be filled with decorated trees set up and donated by various individuals, businesses, civic groups, and organizations.

Tree viewing continues all week–Nov. 28 through Dec. 5–opening at noon each day.

The Community Christmas Program is Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., with Santa flying in at 8 p.m. to visit with the children.

The Christmas Festival closes with the Community Christmas Party on Saturday, Dec. 5. The festival is open 12 noon to 7 p.m., and 9-10 p.m. Social hour for the party is at 6

NY Mills Santa Anonymous kicks off T

he 2009 Santa Anonymous program will mark its 26th year and go underway last weeks for the families of New York Mills School students.

The donation boxes were wrapped and placed in community businesses by the NYM FCCLA high school students Nov. 20.

Donation boxes are at the following locations: Cenex Cstore, East Otter Tail Credit Union, Dean’s Country Market, Seip Drug, Hardware Hank, The Creamery, Mills Lanes, NYM Public Library,

F&M State Bank and the NYM Post Office.

This year, Santa Anonymous is asking people from the community to consider adopting a family.

Participating in Santa Anonymous is an opportunity for families to make this a special Christmas to remember as they choose gifts and wrap them for their adopted family. To do so, please call 385-2109 or 385-3603 for details. The need is larger than ever and your help would be greatly appreciated.

New gifts for children

from infancy to 18 years of age are needed, especially for teenagers. Money donations may be sent to Kay Tougas at 111 N. Broadway in New York Mills or deposited directly into the SA account at the F&M State Bank.

Last year, 57 families and more than 35 senior citizens had the holidays brightened through Santa Anonymous.

The need this year is anticipated to be even greater and we ask you to consider adopting a family or donating your time to help.

Gifts will be collected on

Friday, Dec. 11, wrapped on Monday, Dec. 14 and delivered on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Wrapping will be done in two shifts to enable more people to help. It will be 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the county office building.

Please call the previously mentioned numbers if you are interested in signing up to help.

The Santa Anonymous committee thanks all of you in advance for your continued support and generosity.

NYM Christmas Party features dinner, dance

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ickets are now available for the New York Mills Community Christmas Party which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Tickets are available at Hardware Hank and F&M State Bank in New York Mills. Cost is $20/ticket

which includes a social, dinner, and dance.

Dinner will be catered by Eagles Cafe, with live entertainment by the band Sapphire. Purchase tickets on or before Sunday, Nov. 22 to be included in the early bird drawing of $100 cash.

The band “Sapphire” will play from 8 to midnight for the New York Mills Community Christmas party Dec. 5.

‘Angel of Hope’ candlelight vigil Dec. 6 T

he 6th Annual "Christmas Box Angel of Hope" Candlelight Vigil Sunday December 6, at 7 p.m.

At the Angel of Hope Memorial Park, located at the corner of 3rd Ave. and 6th Ave. NE in Perham.

Immediately following the Vigil, refreshments and fellowship will be held at Perham Community Church, located at 44664 440th St., across the street from the Park.

There will be music, provided by Erin Anderson, and a Speaker, provided by Perham Community Church.

In case of inclement weather, the Vigil will be held at the Perham Community Church. For more information, please contact Brenda at 218-758-3083, or Kim at 218-367-3117, or Kathy at 218-346-1155.

p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. A dance will follow dinner with live music by the band Sapphire.

Admission to the festival is free and a donation to the NY Mills Area Food Shelf is encouraged. Silent auction proceeds benefit Santa Anonymous. The auction closes at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 during the Community Christmas Party.

Perham Lions Parade of Lights Nov. 27 The Perham Lions Club 9th Annual Holiday Parade of Lights is set for Friday, Nov. 27.

The parade begins at 5:30 p.m., with the float winners announced at 7:30 p.m. at Mulligan’s.

A drawing for the Perham Area Chamber Raffle will be held, and music with “After Dark” will entertain the crowd at Mulligan’s.

The Perham Lions Club Holiday Parade of Lights is sponsored in cooperation with the Perham Area Chamber of Commerce.

To enter a float, call 218346-7710 or go to www.perham.com and click on “Parade of Lights” for an entry form.

Entries will be accepted at the Chamber office until November 20.

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Perham will light up for holidays as award-winning fireworks specialist designs ‘Magic of Christmas’ light show downtown T

he season to be jolly is fast approaching, and the retail community of Perham is planning a jolly old time.

Festivities launch with the Perham Lions “Parade of Lights” Nov. 27, and continue right to Christmas Eve. Reporting on Christmas activities at the Nov. 10 Perham Area Chamber of Commerce “Power Hour” was Terrie Anderson, who is spearheading the annual “Christmas in Candyland” promotion for the Perham Events Committee. Delivering an update on the Parade of Lights was chairperson Faye Schwartzenberger, a Perham Lions member.

Shoppers can register for a $400 giveaway of Perham Bucks; free movies will play at Comet Theater; and a coloring contest for kids will be featured.

different holiday songs, said Schmidt. The sequence and choreography will vary, as he may create as many as seven different sequences.

Schmidt has an arrangement with Boedy’s Appliance, right next to the park, for housing the computer equipment and control center.

The holiday light show was inspired, in part, after a visit to Denver–which had a very impressive downtown light display.

Light display will be creation of Perham’s Mike Schmidt, a national pyrotechnics award-winner In August, Mike and Tammy Schmidt competed at a national pyrotechnics competition in Iowa, where Schmidt won an award in the “judge’s challenge” category. Each year, a special assignment is made–and this year, it Synchronized holiday light display will be was to create a “pyro peacock.”

“We created a peacock with lights and downtown Perham feature New to downtown Perham this year will be some animation and movement...and a firethe “Magic of Christmas” light display, creat- works sequence that goes with it,” said Schmidt, of his national award-winning entry. ed by Mike and Tammy Schmidt.

The display, with blinking lights that synPerham businesses invited to compete in chronize to holiday music, will be in NP holiday decorating contest Park, next to the Post Office. It will debut The Chamber and Events Committee will Nov. 27, for the “Parade of Lights.” The computerized light show will repeat every half be conducting a holiday decorating contest hour, from 5 to 9 p.m., through the for businesses, reported Anderson. Also, Santa will visit downtown Perham every Christmas season.

“We want it to be interactive. We’d like to Saturday.

For the second year, Perham shoppers will see different groups get involved on different nights, such as the Lions or church groups, have an opportunity to contribute to The and serve hot chocolate, pass out goodies, or Salvation Army–in the familiar red kettles.

The “Giving Tree,” a program that prooffer photos with Santa,” said Mike Schmidt, a national award winner for his fireworks dis- vides gifts for deserving, but underprivileged, children will be located at Anderson’s Ghost plays.

The lighting display in downtown Perham Runner business offices. will be choreographed to as many as a dozen

Downtown Perham is spruced up for the holidays, following a spree of decorating laste week.

Above right, Mark and Tammy Schmidt and crew-with help from the JH Signs lift--prepare for the “Magic of Christmas” light show.

At left, Diane Osterfeld decorates the community Christmas tree, donated this year by Cupkie’s.

At right, the Thursday morning coffee group pose with the community Christmas tree in NP Park which will be on display for the “Parade of Lights” Nov. 27.

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