MARILYN HAGERTY: Winter wedding has tinges of red and green farm machinery

He farms with red Case I-H machinery. Her dad uses only green John Deere.

But Fallon Hoverson and Taylor Petsinger, who will marry this evening have set the red and green question aside. Their wedding will be done in tones of silver and ivory. Sort of a winter wonderland theme.

Four nieces who are flower girls and three nephews who are ring bearers will come down the aisle of Calvary Lutheran Church on an oak sleigh ? one with wheels rather than runners.

After they exchange their vows before Pastor Roger Dykstra, Taylor and Fallon will hold their wedding reception in the Alerus Center. She has finished medical school and is a family medicine resident physician at Altru. He and his family farm near Arvilla, N.D. Her father farms near Larimore, N.D. And the two fathers are longtime friends.

Deborah Hoverson wonders what will happen if her daughter and son-in-law are blessed with a new generation of farmers. What color, she ponders, will be seen tilling their fields? They all agree it doesn?t really matter, but it provides for plenty of good natured banter.

Harvard on ice

The weekend arrives with the annual Jason Stadstad Memorial hockey tournament, and the hockey team from Harvard in town to do battle with the UND team on the ice this weekend in The Ralph...North Dakota fans will meet at noon today at the Alerus to hear more about the match up with the Easterners...The 42nd Street Symphony is expected to be there full of Christmas cookies.

The big event is the Celebrate the Night party on New Year?s Eve in the Alerus. There will be music, games and a Roller Derby scrimmage when the Forx Roller Derby team breaks into two squads to compete in a full scrimmage...Meanwhile, there will be celebrations here and there to welcome in 2012...Maury Finney?s musicians will be playing at the East Grand Forks Senior Center...And the VFW Club is featuring dancing music by Split.

The city schools will be back in session Tuesday with students wearing new Christmas sweaters. . . And UND classes resume at 4 p.m. Jan. 9.

Ask Marilyn

Q. Is there still time to see Christmas in the Park displays in Lincoln Park?

A. Yes, the holiday lights will be glittering tonight and New Year?s Eve. So far this season, there had been 2,600 vehicles through the park. That?s more than ever, according to Roger Johnson of the sponsoring Lions Clubs. He says there have been a few buses, but it?s mostly cars. The cost is $5 for a carload of people, $10 for limos and $20 for buses. There are 48 lighted displays and one synchronized to music at the end of the tour that makes for a grand finale.

Q. what was the best game of the week around here?

A. Trying out new snow blowers on the inch or so of snow that came floating down late in the week.

Dave, Gary, Mark, Beth

Cheerful persons of the week: Dave Lambeth, Gary Stauss, Mark Landa, Beth Delaney.

Reach Hagerty at mhagerty@gra.midco.net or (701) 772-1055.

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