Sorry for the delay to our local Shopper news, but better late than never!
April 2-8 is National Week of the Young Child. The local Early Childhood Coalition has arranged to display artwork in several local businesses to acknowledge this week. Two of the mayors have issued proclamations indicating the support of the local communities for this event. One mayor recognizes the need for early childhood educational opportunities and encourages us all to become advocates for programs that support childhood learning activities. The other mayor encourages us all to make a good investment in early childhood education in the town. Great support!
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is scheduled for June 23-24. There will be a kick-off rally on April 25. We are all encouraged to form a team to Relay to put an end to cancer! The WT's will probably sit out again this year, but we have been very loyal supporters in the past and many of us will still donate to the event.
It looks as if we could pick up some extra income by becoming a school bus driver! Methinks the WT's will skip this one--all kids are raised and out of the house, so why would we need THAT aggravation! There's also an application for a janitorial position at the school. I think NOT! We could also become carriers to deliver one of the regional newspapers. Perhaps NOT! We all think that retirement is the best job that any of us has ever had (except for Mary who is still working).
It must be that some fund-raisers have had it with spaghetti dinners. There is a Swedish Meatball Dinner on Saturday, April 1st. No foolin'!!!
One of the Lutheran churches is having its annual rummage sale on Saturday. We can fill a bag for $2.00. It's hard to believe at those prices, but they will raise a bunch of money. The proceeds will go to finance Day Camp--2006. A very worthy cause. There will be more rummage sales at the churches coming up in May. Once the snow is gone and spring is here we can count on a full page of rummage sale ads in the paper.
The Spring Community Education calendar takes up a full page. We can walk the hallways in the school early in the morning--might not be a bad idea on some of these slippery spring mornings. We could play volleyball in the evenings or participate in low impact aerobics. There are also plenty of after school programs for youth--drivers' training, study hall and computer lab, art club, chess club and swimming lessons. There is always something to do in our small towns!
As we get closer to the May deadline for the Medicare Rx sign-up, there are a heck of a lot of ads from insurance agents encouraging us all to set up an appointment to talk to one of them. They are really wanting to be helpful, I guess.
The menu for the recently opened A&W Drive-In is in the paper for all of us to clip out and put on our fridges so that we can phone in orders to pick up. It is a busy place!
The School referendum is still the hot topic with several ads urging us all to vote "Yes." Those of us who are going to be gone on April 4 can cast absentee ballots early--even on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. One of our own WT's has a small ad indicating that she supports the referendum. Evidently, someone thought that this retired teacher was against it and she took out the ad to be sure that everyone knows she is in favor of it. Good for her!
Back next week!
