The A&W opened on Friday. It was 4 degrees below zero on Saturday morning, but that did not keep folks away. Folks were sitting in their cars with the windows up and the trays barely hanging on and the vehicle windows were all steamed up (hopefully, from the warm burgers!)--must be that pent-up need for grease and sugar!
The outdoor ice skating rink is now closed down for the winter! Hard to understand because there is also a notice that the local PTO is having a Family Ski-Skate-Slide night on the hills near the rink. We'll have to investigate that!
The Youth Hockey season is over. The banquet and equipment return is this coming Saturday at the Arena.
The Friends of the Library are having the Spring Fever Mini Book Sale starting on Thursday. Don't know what a "mini book" is but we'll all be there! It's $2 for a bag of books on the first two days and $1 on the last day, but by then the selection will be very limited.
The Kindergarten and Early Fives Registration is coming up on April 6 and 7th. Time to get the little ones prepared for school in the fall.
More fund-raising Spaghetti Feeds: The local baseball team has one this Tuesday. The nice thing is that there will be take-outs for those that want to eat it at home. Our neighboring town is also having a Spring Fling on April 1: It's a fund-raiser by their Volunteer Fire Department for local scholarships. There will be tak-out orders there also. Love that spaghetti!!
The Volunteer Fire Department reminds us about the fund-raiser for the Fourth of July--the basketball game this Thursday pitting the faculty/student team against the fire department.
The local Methodist Church has its contemporary service on Saturday night followed by a free sloppy joe supper. This month's theme is "Bare Bones." The minister has had a series of sermons on nakedness--is this a tie-in to that?? Might not want to miss it. Those Methodists are pretty liberal, but . . . These services have become quite ecumenical and everyone looks forward to them--something different to do on a Saturday night (perhaps it's the free supper!).
The Minnesota Firearms Safety Training for area youths (and some adults) starts this Tuesday. A couple of years ago, one of the WT's took the class as an anniversary surprise for her husband. This is a great class. Many of the parents take the class with the kids and there are as many girls as boys in the class. It's great to see the kids and the parents studying together for the test.
The local Chamber has its Business After Hours coming up on the 27th. It's a great way for business folks to meet and get to share some time and conversation with others who work and do business in our communities.
The movie theatre is open again--"Curious George" is playing. We hope that the owners had a great week off. We missed the place!
The information about the School Referendum is in the ads again. One ad suggests that if each houselhold gave up two bottles of water a week, that would cover the tax increase on a $50,000 house! Not too big a sacrifice when we can fill some bottles with our great tap water.
"Talk to you" again next week! Enjoy the first week of spring!
