Tanya Burke of Oak View, California, who is in town visiting friends, helped carve turkeys for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Wednesday afternoon at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. “She came to visit. We put her to work, ... and she’s a vegetarian,” said Chessa Gill, back left, a member of the Rotary Club of Durango. Also helping are Baker McKonly, center left, and Jay Gill, back right.