Saturday's Goldilocks weather brought out many to the Grillin' for Good event downtown. Excellent pulled pork, salmon, and steak were served by smiling hosts. One group stood apart from the rest, however, and the rest were surely glad of it.
Family and Community Services served whole turkey legs with a Viking theme. I get the connection between Vikings and meat- with their short growing season, the northern people could barely harvest lettuce, and without beefsteak tomatoes to go with it, why bother. And we've all seen Hagar the Horrible chomping on turkey legs wearing his Brunhilde helmet. And so it was with Mark "Hagar" Frisone, with Viking helmet, tearing apart turkey legs with his teeth in hopes that passersby would step up and want to do the same. And Christie "Helga" Anderson assisted in luring people by offering a leg as large as her forearm.
Across the street, Marilyn Sessions was becoming annoyed that her cooks were not keeping up with the demand from the long line at her tent. In a flash of insight she borrowed a shield and sword from Domenick Frisone, turned to her cooks, and in a commanding voice shouted "You guys get grilling or I'm gonna be drillin' you for good!"
In the end, everyone won, since the proceeds from ticket sales went to Coleman Professional Services and Family and Community Services. But F & CS had a leg up on the competition.