A ninetieth birthday celebration was held for Madlon Brence on August 18th at St. Joan of Arc Parish Hall in Ekalaka. Madlon turns 90 on October 7, but the family wanted to ensure that this celebration would be as special as the birthday girl because her last big birthday celebration (85th) was drastically altered by an early snowstorm.

A family dinner was held at noon on Saturday and everyone who attended had worked up an appetite after two hours of picture taking. A picture of Madlon's late husband, Bill, and many of the grandchildren at his seventy-fifth birthday party was recreated with...