With Thanksgiving right around the corner, brothers Michael Willemsen and John Schutz set up a 5-foot-tall inflatable turkey in their front yard on the 200 block of Ninth Avenue S. in Sauk Rapids. The brothers say they want to spread the spirit of compassion this season by encouraging others to eat a holiday meal which no one had to die for. The turkey, which reads “Gobble Veggies, Not Turkeys,” challenges passersby to spare turkeys’ suffering and death by leaving them off their plates this Thanksgiving. Schutz is a 22-year-old student at North Dakota State University. Both brothers graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School. Pictured, from left to right, are Willemsen and Schutz.
