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,…