Luana Herrera and Marquetta Howe sit together while the masa for the tamales are prepared at the tamale cooking class held in the Multi-Purpose Facility, Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Karen Washington draws tickets for the raffle, while raffle winner, Franklin Thompson chooses his prize. At this year’s turkey cooking class and potluck, participants learned how to prepare turkeys for roasting, and how to make stuffing and homemade gravy. The class was open to everyone and took the place of November’s “Sip, Chat and Chew.”

Shelly Thompson picks up her tamales, which were made from scratch at the Multi-Purpose Facility on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Participants in the tamale making class were taught, step by step, how to make red chili tamales.