Gear up for the Tyler Grange Hall dinner and auction

Did you say you don't know the person sitting next to you? That doesn't happen at the Tyler Grange Hall. As somebody said to me recently, "We're all family."

Walk into the Grange Hall and observe. It's the night of the Nov. 2 Harvest Dinner. Some folks are working side by side in the kitchen, stirring the gravy, mashing the potatoes, peeking into the oven to see how the turkey's doing.

Others are arranging tables, setting chairs, receiving the baked goods scheduled for auction that people carry as they come through the door. Now look at the tabletops. You'll see the clever pumpkins Alice Polac...