ONTARIO MEAL SITE
Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448.
Monday, May 13: Barbecue sandwiches, sweet-potato fries, melon salad and mixed-berry pie
Tuesday, May 14: Chicken parmesan on noodles carrots, fresh fruit and cookies
Thursday, May 16: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, spinach salad, whole-wheat rolls and strawberry shortcake
Friday, May 17: Salmon patties on buns, French fries or tater tots, coleslaw and pumpkin bars
KENDALL, NORWALK AND WILTON MEAL SITES
Call 463-7622 (Kendall), 343-3158 (Norwalk) and 487-6130 (Wilton) by noon the day before to reserve a meal. Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. in Kendall and Wilton and at 12 p.m. in Norwalk. The Kendall meal site is at Kenview Manor, 412 Spring St.; the Wilton meal site, Wilton Fire Station, 806 Railroad St.; and the Norwalk meal site, Norwalk Senior Citizens Center, 309 Main St.
Monday, May 13: Italian meatballs, spaghetti with marinara sauce, garlic toast, green beans
By MYRNA FAUSKA
So far, May has been behaving beautifully, giving us sunshine and warmth to bring out the buds and tiny leaves on the trees. As I look into the woods surrounding Fauska’s Funny Farm, I see pastel greens instead of brown branches. Spring has sprung at last.
Over on the east side of the neighborhood, Shorty and Shirley Waddell have been busy
By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian
The Wilton Public Library will hold a book sale in conjunction with Wilton’s village-wide rummage sale. The book sale will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, and 8-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11. Stop in for some great deals on gently used books.
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The library’s book group will discuss “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson at 10:30 a.m.
By JOYCE THONESEN | Kendall meal-site manager
The warm weather finally got here. I had a hummingbird at my feeder last evening; I don’t have much for flowers yet, so they will need the feeder for sure.
Lots of people who eat at our site will have birthdays this month. They are Vilas Britzman, Delores Kot, Harvey Wieland, Arlene Burch, Eunice Neitzel, Carol Van Lare and Walter Zirk. Happy birthday, everyone. The birthday club will have a party for Arlene and Carol
By ALICE BRANDAU
For years he was our family doctor, a man of character who was respected by so many people, including my husband Bob and me. Dr. Kozarek was dedicated to his profession and was there to help welcome three of our children at birth, plus he made a good number of visits. And how fitting it was to see the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi on the back of the memorial cards at his visitation. It was his guiding principle. Frank and Darlene Martalock attended the
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian
Five-year-old Drew Powell and eight-year-old Dylan Powell each won a free kid’s meal prize coupon in the 2013 Culver’s Coloring Contest at Norwalk Public Library.
Each child who completed a drawing received a coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and was entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize — a free meal coupon.
Nine pictures in all were displayed at Norwalk Public Library thro
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian
Because the kids will be out of school Thursday and because we just feel like doing it, everyone is invited to a free movie, “The Princess Bride,” at the Elroy Public Library meeting room at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Our second quilting bee will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. The quilters are making a very good job of it but are still looking for more volunteers. It sounds like they are having a lot of
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian
The Ontario Public Library has received a grant from Organic Valley for $1,500 for the community garden. That will definitely help get our garden growing.
We also received a donation of $200 from the Viroqua Eagles Auxiliary that will be used for our summer programming.
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Preschool playgroups for 3- to 5-year-olds will continue at 10 a.m. each Wednesday. This
Kathy Johnson, a preschool teacher at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School, will be with the Wilton Public Library playgroup on Wednesday, May 8.
We will celebrate mothers! On May the Fourth, we will share Wookie Cookies and a special Star Wars display. May the Fourth Force Be with You!
Get ready for the Wilton Public Library book sale, which will be from 8 a.m. to
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian
Do you like to quilt? Would you be interested in learning? If so, the Elroy Public Library has such an opportunity for you.
Millie Freymiller has donated a quilt top that will be raffled off in an Elroy Public Library fundraiser. It has been assembled but needs to be quilted. This is where you come in.
It is on a frame at the library, waiting for folks to put a stitch