By MYRNA FAUSKA
At last I have come to the conclusion that I know what my problem is. I am living in the 21st century with modern technology and prices while my head is still mired down in the 20th century. However, I do have a computer and a TracFone, so perhaps there is hope for me yet. After all, it’s only been 14 years and 10 months since we entered the new millennium. Regardless, there is news to impart, and I will get to it now.
At the top of Zirk Hill, Jerry was in Madison on Tuesday to attend a retirement party for Jim Reis. On Thursday morning, neighbor Bill Woodworth stopped in. At noon Sunday, Evelyn and Jerry dined at the October German Smorgasbord at Rustic Inn on Castle Rock Lake. When they got home, Randy, Sue, Alyssa and Jenny Zirk dropped in on their way home to Madison from Hayward, Wis. Mackenzie Zirk of Portland, Ore., stayed with her grandmother and uncle Sunday afternoon and spent the night.
Joan Connors came over the hill from north of Kendall to take her cousin Ruth Schumann out for lunch at the Hearty Platter in Tomah on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Ron and Arlene Garvens were in Madison, he to take care of some personal business and she to attend the state violet council meeting at Olbrich Gardens. On Friday evening, the Garvens picked up Jim and Mary Parkhurst to have supper at Superior Family Restaurant in Tomah before attending Area Community Theatre’s production of “Boeing, Boeing.” On Sunday, the two couples were in Gays Mills for their annual apple run.
On Saturday morning, David and Stella Anderson of Holland, Mich., visited Jim and Mary Parkhurst and had lunch with them. You see, Mary still knows how to cook, and she is practicing up for homemakers at the end of the month.
Lynette Vlasak and Sally Dana were in Madison shopping on Wednesday. On Thursday they went to Elroy for the Royall homecoming parade, and on Friday evening, they went to the game after test-driving one of Rudig-Jensen’s cars. This dealership had several Dodge vehicles available for test drives, donating $20 per drive to the Royall Booster Club, with a maximum of $5,000. They reached the limit and hopefully sold a few cars in the process while filling the club’s coffers.
The Lord continues to abundantly bless us as we come and go in our daily lives. There is always something to thank and praise Him for, even when we are experiencing hard times or crises in our lives. Looking back, I can see where He held me up many times and I came out stronger afterward. As we age, we seem to be better able to handle whatever life throws at us, and that is a blessing itself, even as technology threatens to pass us by.