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Show December 11, 2013 -- . , - . 7 P, , rVgJjr Free Thanksgiving Dinner Brings Lindon Community Together tion. Mayor Dain remembers telling those few 7 people in the beginning "it will work," "they will come". And come they did. The first year 250 people attended, the second year 300 people came, the third year over 400 and this year they fed 500 and feared they would run out of food. When Mayor-ele- ct Jeff Acerson was asked if this tradition will continue under his leadership, without hesitation he replied, "How can we not?" What started as a small conversation with good friends around a dining room table, Mayor and Pam Dain, Police Chief Cody Cullimore and his wife, Debbie, Lynn and Tonya LeMone, and Lindon City Re-corder Kathy Mooseman has turned a Lindon City tradition into what appears to be one that will continue for many years to come and one that has brought a small community together not only in giving but receiving. Five years ago seven peo-ple sat around a dining room table with an idea. The idea was prefaced with a question of how do we bring a community closer together? They all knew the an-swer to this question and it was a simple answer, serve one an-other. For many years we have seen service take action in the City of Lindon, but nothing can quite compare to their Thanks-giving dinner which began that evening with seven people and an idea. This year marks the fourth annual Thanksgiving Dinner that is free to anyone from any community, not just Lindon. It is a full-o- n Thanksgiving meal served on antique - china with over 24 turkeys at the helm, real mashed potatoes (150 pounds worth) that are peeled, boiled and whipped with butter cream and garlic, stuffing, gravy, veg-etables, rolls and pie or cake for dessert. Talented volunteers from the community provided enter tainment throughout the entire meal. The tables were adorned with cloth tablecloths and beau-tiful centerpieces, making one feel like they could be sitting in their own dining room. The really remarkable thing about this tradition is the amount of volunteers that flood to sign up for the opportunity to serve their community. Kathy Moosman, a member of the committee, said this year there were 111 volunteers that have taken shifts starting the night before with set up, working all day preparing and serving, then cleaning up and distribut-ing any left-over- 's. Every year, Moosman said, they have to turn volunteers away because they have too many willing to serve. Stephen Anderson and his two sons have volunteered every year and according to Anderson, it is now a Thanks-giving family tradition they cannot miss. Mayor Jim Dain and his wife, Pam, are the brain-chil- d behind this Thanksgiving tradi- - i - . ! u i I PG City Calendar Tuesday, Pec. 1 7 City Council Cancelled Wednesday. Dec. 18 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Tuesday, Pec. 24 City Council Cancelled Wednesday, Dec. 25 Offices Are Closed. Thursday, Dec. 26 ; Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Tuesday, Dec. 31 City Council Cancelled Thyrsdgy, jqn. 2 1 Chamber of Commerce Meeting, 12 Noon PG Recreation Building Tuesday, Jgn, 7 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South New Business Licenses Issued by PG City by Mary Burgin A new Walmart has ap-plied for and received their business license in Pleas-ant Grove. Barbara Johnson with PG's Community De-velopment said the company will be soon building at ap-proximately 1650 West and State Street area, just to the north of the new multi-famil- y housing that is currently going in. She also said a new Auto Zone received its business license and is also going in just to the south of the Mav-erick plaza on State Street and about 700 South. "Lindon " continued front Page 1 took place at the Lindon Community Center which for the last three years has been the new home of the tree lighting. This is a tradition that even though it started dur-ing the Great Depression was rekindled twenty years ago and the city hopes this tradition will continue for many years to come. .iw mi"" n. , inn. - mmfmw! milium IIIVIMIIII. Ulll. HI l..ll.IWWWPWW i'(V 'vie, '! t J : ) !l - in nitnr" tii'i rtmfmtmrf ii .tmi tktmi iiiiiiiiT.illMlli 4bim.x.Ab:Xiirt,rt,.,t-,,mklM!- nil Mayor Dain talks of the importance of this tradition of the tree lighting and how traditions such as these help to bind a community together. Lion's Club Provides Christmas for Families by Mary Burgin Pleasant Grove's Lion's Club will again this year provid 20 to 25 families with the ingredients needed for a yummy holiday dinner. The club funds most of the groceries provided, but also appreciates any that are donated. Member Anne Fisher said residents can call her at to donate. Fisher said the club also provides eye glasses throughout the year for those that cannot afford to buy them through a Lions' Club program. She said it can help people of all ages. Lions also has a program whereby they collect used eye glasses and send them to third-worl- d nations for distribution. Fisher said this is also an on-goi- program. Old Fashioned Food Made to order A Pleasant Grove Tradition Closed Sundays ' k Call-in- s Welcome Mention this ad and get a Free bag of Popcorn HARD WJm Since 1956 VP p pu"V "v ,,, " H J-- , " V S, .' A t .- .-- 1; ,-- '"Ayl;- - A f " v-- x- , J TWIN . t Mattresses startlnq on low an ... 'V 0 "fe J ! - -- 4 'mmm V V ;- . - . IT w : ' j : rF0HE Setup - , tiffin h 'B U kr n imi.. i j S7075 HoypS: 7 fo 7 Weekdays 8to6 Saturdays k P . . f" ""S rw f - ..." ' ' t ... , ...... , " :: V L r .. 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