The fishing contest will be big news every week. The walleye this week was over 5 pounds and the northern was almost 10 pounds. Both were caught in a lake about 5 miles away. Congratulations to the winners!
Graduation is on June first. There is a two-page ad congratulating and listing all of the seniors along with the program for the commencement exercises (Will that be jumping jacks or what?). A tradition is the Congradance following graduation (from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.). This is a celebration for the graduating seniors and for the other students to help celebrate in a positive and chemical-free environment. This has always been a very positive event and they are looking for volunteers to help chaperone, decorate, etc.
There are MANY graduation open house announcements this week. It is a real tradition for families to have graduation parties around this time to honor the graduates. It is good for the catering business, the card business, the floral business and the decorating business (this gives mom a chance to get new carpeting, draperies and painting/wallpaper!). We'd better stock up on graduation cards and crisp ten- or twenty-dollar bills!
The beach in one of our towns will not be available this summer for general swimming because they were unable to find lifeguards. That is a very unfortunate development. Perhaps seeing the announcement will get parents to give their lifeguarding teens a little prodding to apply for some summer work.
There is a big softball tourney coming up on June 9-11. It is in memory of Tee' brother (also Laurie's brother-in-law) who died of cancer in January. The proceeds from this volunteer event will go to two of Jim's favorite events--the Fourth of July (fireworks) and the Music Festival. There is a Swiss Steak Dinner on that Friday night followed by music by a local dee jay. The tourney will be on Saturday and Sunday at the local park. We are looking forward to a big turn-out for this event.
While I'm on the subject of Jim--many people in town will miss him. He came from the Cities for the entire summer and stayed at his brother's house. He was very active in community and church activities and events during the summer and came downtown for coffee every morning. He was quite the picker of wild blueberries. Many people who were recipients of gifts of these berries will especially miss him as will the many very elderly widows whom he helped by doing little chores for them and washing the windows in their houses (all voluntary!).
There's a 3-person golf scramble next Saturday. Folks need to sign up soon as it is open only to the first 18 teams that register.
There are many recreation programs being set up so that we can keep the local youngsters busy: Pony league baseball, T-Ball, Girls Softball, Arts and Crafts and Golf. Lots to do and lots of fun! The churches are also starting to list some of their day camps.
The Relay For Life is coming up soon and many of the teams have ads for various fundraisers. The event will be here before we know it! We've gone from raising $10,000 the first year to almost $66,000 last year!
I do not see the ad looking for manure this week. Either they found it or just gave up!
There are many ads, however, for items for sale--looks as if many folks have cleaned out their basements or garages. Perhaps once they got their boats out, they noticed some unneeded items!
At the theatre this week: "Over the Hedge" and "The DaVinci Code." Good choices!
That's all for now, folks! Until next week . . .
