Byron Museum offers annual Festival of Trees
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| Volunteers Jim and Sandie Brubaker pose with Frosty the Snowman, charmingly played by Eric Gile as part of the Byron Museum’s Festival of Trees event. Photo supplied |
The Byron Museum of History is displaying 25 beautifully decorated Christmas trees throughout the museum.
Each tree was provided by businesses and organizations throughout the community for the museum’s annual Festival of Trees, which runs through Dec. 22.
Highlights of this year’s festival included complimentary pictures with Frosty the Snowman. The winning trees in each category were:
Children’s Category
1. Girl Scout Daisy Troop #162
2. Byron Park District Tiger Den
3. Neighbors Rehabilitation
Traditional
1. By-Y-Badgers 4H Club
2. Byron Public Library
3. Kiwanis Club of Byron
Non-Traditional
1. SAMG/Byron Clinic
2. United Church of Byron - Men’s Club
3. BANG! Byron Area Networking Group
Patriotic
Military Families of Byron
Religious
1. First Baptist Church
2. All Saints Lutheran Church Youth Group
Judges’ Choices: SAMG/Byron Clinic and By-Y-Badgers 4H Club
Peoples’ Choices: SAMG/Byron Clinic
Honorable Mention: Davis Junction Historical Society and Byron GFWC Women’s Club
Judges who volunteered their time to judge the trees this year were Amy Donahue (Insignia Custom Graphics & Signs), Shelly Harper, and Diana Snodgrass .
The Byron Museum is located at 110 N. Union Street, in Byron, and is open regularly Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.byronmuseum.org.
