Helen bids winter “Auf Wiedersehen” 

Fasching fun returns Feb. 14

  • Pat and Chris Smith, left, and Pamela and Randy Summers, right, celebrate Fasching at a Helen Chamber of Commerce event two years ago. FILE PHOTO 
    Pat and Chris Smith, left, and Pamela and Randy Summers, right, celebrate Fasching at a Helen Chamber of Commerce event two years ago. FILE PHOTO 

    By Carly Henderson

    Whether you know it as Fasching, Mardi Gras or Carnivale, winter will be chased away with music, costumes and German flair in Alpine Helen on Feb. 14.

    Fasching, the German Mardi Gras,…