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Wayne Township filled with excitement in December

McELHATTAN — The Wayne Township Recreation Committee was very busy during the month of December.

The first event was a tree contest offered to township businesses. The group visited about 12 businesses, and three businesses agree to put decorated threes in the Nature Park. They were Schuchert Orthodontics, H20 and McDonalds. Winners were be judged by those attending the Christmas Walk.

The winners of the tree contest were McDonald’s, first place; H 2O, second place and Schuchert Orthodontics, third place. They received a trophy and a framed picture of their tree. The committee plans to continue the contest next year and hopefully get more businesses to participate.

The Christmas Walk, with the theme Elf on the Shelf, was also held at the Nature Park on Dec. 14. Mother Nature had other ideas for that day and the hard rain had a dramatic affect on the attendance. Props were put up in the rain and Santa and Mrs. Claus were on hand, along with the Grinch, Frosty, Elsa, lots of elves moving around with a Penguin greeting the little ones that did enjoy seeing each scene.

The next planned event was the Holiday House Contest. It took the committee members about two hours to go through the township to look at lights. The winners are Rebecca and John Raymond, 249 Shoemaker Road, first place; Darcy and Tom Sarosi, 91 Buttercup Lane, Little Pond, second place; and Denise and Chris Oechler, Arrowhead Road, Pine, third place.

Honorable mentions went to Helen Wheeler, 18 Railroad Lane; Patty and Tom Chitwood, 126 McKinney Road; Tom Allen, 200 Hiawatha Trail, Linnippi Village; and Karen and Glenn Macklem, 72 Pocahontas Trail, Linnippi Village.

The Recreation committee is always looking for more volunteers to join the group. If you’d like to join, the next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Visitor Center, 2 McKinney Rd., McElhattan. If you have any questions, please call Doris Fritz at 570-295-6308.

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