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DAILY NEWS photos by Bob Vines
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: The Worland Middle School Christmas Choir and Band Concert Tuesday night concluded with a good old fashioned sing-a-long when all bands and the choir encouraged the audience to get involved. Above, the Worland Middle School DRUM class knocks away some holiday classics on the xylophones. DRUM (Discipline, Respect and Unity through Music) is a new class being offered by Wendy Compton this year. From left are Whitney Austin, Laura Garretson, Brittany Anderson and Dakota Rishel. Left, band director Rodney Woodbury turns to the audience to make sure everyone was participating in the sing-a-long. Right, seventh grader Tyler Lindley belts out “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”


Kiwanis, Senior Center welcome Santa to town

By Jeanette Johnson
Staff Writer

WORLAND — It all happens on Saturday morning from 8 to 11. Everybody’s invited to Breakfast with Santa. No one’s too old to sidle up to Santa at the Worland Senior Citizens Center or to taste the culinary expertise of the Worland Kiwanis members.

“Santa is hoping to do pictures before breakfast,” Kiwanis secretary Laura Brown said.

“For obvious reasons — syrupy fingers,” Kiwanis President Bob Vines said. “What a great weekend. It seems to be turning into Worland’s own holiday weekend. Anything to keep people sticking around town is good.”

Come with smiles, a favorite Christmas outfit for the kiddies — from infant to eighty and beyond, sit on Santa’s lap for a private confab with the jolly old gentleman and have a photo taken — then get in line for sausage and all-you-can-eat pancakes. Wash it down with coffee, juice or milk.

“The folks at the senior center are excited about getting the kids and seniors together,” Vines said. “You don’t need to be a kid to hang out with Santa. There’s no maximum capacity for Santa’s lap.”

“Santa might have something to say about that,” Brown said.

Save the syrupy smiles and sticky fingers for the napkins. After all, Santa and Mrs. Claus have lots of rounds to make and need to keep their red and white outfits ready for travel.

Teaming up with the senior center seemed like a logical move because of the space available to feed a large group of people, not to mention its proximity to other events that are going on that day at the Worland Community Center Complex and other places.

Face it: Worland is the place for every family to go on a crisp December Saturday morning to meet with Santa and Mrs. Claus and fill the tummies with a hearty breakfast.

In what is turning into an annual event, the first Saturday in December in Worland is when and where plenty of Christmas action occurs.

This weekend is no exception as members of the local Kiwanis Club partner up with the Worland Senior Citizens Center for the first ever Breakfast with Santa. If you don’t know about it, you haven’t been paying attention to the 800 flyers that have been handed out announcing the family fun morning.

“The whole idea started with getting kids and Santa together,” Vines said. “First we had to reserve a spot with Santa, which isn’t easy to do. But Santa has a soft spot in his heart for kids — go figure. We built from that.”

Brown is happy about the association of the two groups in working together to bring one more memorable event to the area.

“They have been really, really good to work with,” Brown said.

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BIRTHS
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DEATHS
Cida M. Leyva, 66, of Ehrenberg, Ariz., formerly of Worland, Nov. 30.

Alice June Suchta, 86, of Worland, Dec. 2.

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WEATHER

Worland temperatures: High 27, Low 21, Precipitation: Trace.

Thursday... Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the morning. Highs 22 to 25.

Thursday night... Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 4 to 8.

Friday... Not as cold. Partly cloudy. Highs 36 to 39.

Friday night... Not as cold. Partly cloudy. Lows in the 20s.

Saturday... Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.

Saturday night... Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.

Sunday... Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning...Then slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Sunset tonight: 4:28 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 7:29 a.m.

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