Avid WT gardeners are waiting for the soil to thaw. We don't think anyone has dug down to check it out. Spring is now more than a promise. Rhubarb is peeking through and we have feared for our tulips and spring flowers as they are tricked into forgetting where they grow. Spring can be covered with snow at any time.
Our monthly breakfast gathering brought together ten WT's and Dorothy's daughter from Ohio last Monday. Joan left to begin a new round of chemo and to go to Indiana to be with her son and family for Easter. She enjoyed her trip. Naomi and Darlene had a good trip to Mexico. Irene enjoyed her jaunt to Nevada with some friends. Mary has been busy designing and sewing sweatshirts for taping two sessions on the "Sewing with Nancy" television program. Pastor Barb welcomed a new granddaughter into the world. Lorraine's grandson completed four years in the Navy by spending time in Haiti after the earthquake. His ship was on the way to Africa when they changed course. He filmed his experiences in Haiti and was featured on a regional t.v. news broadcast.
Our high school basketball team went to the state tournament, the first time in many years. They lost their first tournament game but had a wonderful time. Fans dressed in red and black filled the bleachers. The team was lead out of town by police cars, fire trucks and ambulances with their sirens blaring.
Our excitement for our local theater to begin showing movies again, died with a fire in the building. They were going to reopen with the movie, "Avatar" last Friday. The fire was on the Monday before. There are no definite plans to begin showing films again.
Our community is bursting with many fund raising events. The fire department is having a pancake feed on a Sunday. There is a salad luncheon coming up to raise funds for the 4th. of July celebration and plans for a huge community rummage sale. There is a youth hockey banquet, cancer survivor dinner, Ducks Unlimited banquet and a church rummage and bake sale. We do like to eat!
We can rest from all of the activity by picking up some new books by our favorite authors at the library. Fun reading for spring.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter with family or friends. Four Lutheran choir members had a busy time on Easter Sunday. They played bells in the bell choir, dashed into their choir robes, sang in the choir, dashed out of their choir robes and played with the bell choir twice again. Spouses probably considered a new meaning for the word, ding-a-lings. Happy Spring!
