The table is set. The food is warm. The prayers are said. Today, the Albert Lea Tribune gives thanks for a good year by offering a hearty Thanksgiving meal.

A slice of turkey …

… to Albert Lea school board Chairman Bill Leland … to Freeborn County Administrator John Kluever … to Fairmont Superintendent Joe Brown … to Albert Lea City Clerk Shirley Slater-Schulte … to Albert Lea High School Athletic Director Clay Anderson … to Jennifer Taylor …

Mashed potatoes with gravy …

… to lawyers Amy Wasson and Dan Kolker … to legal assistant Sara Reindal … to “insurance guy” Tom Sorenson … to Nancy Larson, owner of Fountain of Memories …to Kevin Savick … to Matt Twedt … to Ruth and Claire Vermedahl … Realtors Della Leland and Matt Johnson … to Ann Austin at the United Way …

Green bean casserole …

… to Linda Morkrid … to student writer Nya Lony … to Glenville-Emmons teacher Angie James … to day-care provider Elaine Bohlen … to Nancy Rosenberg of the Freeborn County Humane Society … to Pat Mulso … to Al Weisert and the helpful smiles … to Judy Jaquette … to Joyce and S.L. Johnson … to Bob Kindler and Mark Harig (at least their race had competition) …

A glass of apple cider …

… to masseuse Kerin Madson … to Jackie Abrego, owner of Expressions … to Addie and Katie Rust of Addie’s Floral … to Taco King owners Raul and Christina Campos … to USC football coach Brad Huse … to Deb Koenigs at the courthouse … to Revs. Jim Berning and Tom Biatek … to Brenda Dryer … to Dawn Winkels … to the Albert Lea Family Y …

A side of stuffing …

… to St. John’s Lutheran Home Administrator Scot Spates … to piano teacher Joan Holt … to Trampled by Turtles … the clerks at Kwik Trip on First Avenue … to Lake Mills volleyball coach Jim Boehmer … to Amy Thompson at Wells Federal Bank … to Nelson’s Market Place … to Jennifer Taylor … to Robin Brown and Rich Murray … to Kristi Yost of the Albert Lea HRA …

Some cranberry sauce …

… to Albert Lea Medical Center spokeswoman Jennifer Levisen … to Lakeview third-grade teachers Ann Hareid, Molly Neumann and Amber Yost … to NRHEG Athletic Director Dan Stork … to Jackie Flatten … to John and Betty Nevins … to Leslie Millhouse … to Tommy Frerking … to Erin Lowe …

Homemade pumpkin pie …

… to little Allie Arline Miller … to Brynn Larson of Larson Contracting … to Kathy and Steve Nelson, owners of Fleet Farm Supply … to Glenville-Emmons all-around coach Lisa Ziebell … to Connie at Bonnerup’s, or, actually, Bonnerup … to Dawn at Bayview/Freeborn, or is it Freeborn/Bayview? … to newlyweds Tami and Gordon Jensen … to the Geneva quads …

Leftovers …

… to Pig, aka Widge, the rat terrier on Sixth Avenue … to Zeus, the Jack Russell terror, er, terrier of 760th Avenue … to big Jakey-poo of Arlington Heights, Ill. … to Saddie, a Husky mix on Frank Hall Drive … to a black Lab named Sage on Keystone … to Mindy, the adopted cat on Main in Lake Mills … to goldfish Dorothy … to kitty-cat Sasha on Harmony Avenue … to a black cat nicknamed Blacky down in Emmons (don’t cross his path) … to dogs Molly and Scout on Grand (no pitbulls, guys!) … to Lily, an adopted stray on Columbus … to a golden Lab named Lucky on 708th Avenue … to crazy Maizy on Second.