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Published November 25, 2009, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Preparing a Thanksgiving dinner

Volunteers at First United Methodist Church prepare Thanksgiving dinner for area residents. Photos by Mike Longaecker


Volunteers work inside First United Methodist Church's basement kitchen preparing Thanksgiving dinner for as many as 280 people

  • Volunteers work inside First United Methodist Church's basement kitchen preparing Thanksgiving dinner for as many as 280 people
  • Potato peelers arrived first Wednesday at First United Methodist Church. Here, Bruce Bodin prepares a potato for the Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Volunteers at First United Methodist Church prepare Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday afternoon.
  • Bruce Duerkop uses gravity to crack open a squash during Thanksgiving dinner preparation.
  • Success: A cracked squash is ready for the prep table.
  • Jane Stone scoops out a freshly cracked squash.
  • Darwin Bartlett chops a squash while Mardell Bartlett works in the background.
  • All the food being served at Thursday's Thanksgiving dinner was donated by First United Methodist Church members.
  • Rhodes Tiedeman peels a potato for the Thanksgiving feed.
  • Potatoes were in abundance Wednesday -- and they all needed peeling, as Bertha Tiedeman does here.
  • Volunteers prepare Thanksgiving dinner for the 17th year at First United Methodist Church.
  • Volunteers will feed 160 pounds of turkey Thursday to Red Wing area residents.