By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Help! We need some help. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, we will do some gardening around the Elroy Public Library. We hope to divide our lilies, which are getting too crowded. Then we want to replant them in more spacious beds, with a...
Digging potatoes
Laurie Erickson (left), director of the Ontario Public Library, and volunteer Karen Austad of rural Ontario harvest potatoes Monday at the Ontario Community Garden, a library-sponsored project. Produce from the garden is available for free each Monday afternoon in the...
Senior menus for Aug. 25–29
Ontario meal site Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, Aug. 25: Hot beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole-wheat bread and strawberries Tuesday, Aug. 26: Chicken potpie, cheese sticks,...
Wilton Public Library seeks old yearbooks
By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian At our Old School @ the Library event, many people spent time browsing old yearbooks. We have a pretty nice collection of yearbooks at the library, but there are several gaps. We are looking for Wilton yearbooks from 1950, 1952, 1957 and...
Ontario Joy of Gardening Evening slated for Monday
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian "Saving Seeds" will be the program at our final Joy of Gardening Evening, set for Monday, Aug. 25. The potluck will begin at 5 p.m., and at 5:30 p.m., Deb Hilt and Jan Kenyon will demonstrate how to save seeds to use in next...
Elroy free community supper set for Aug. 27
A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 125 Royall Ave. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of each month and, according to event organizers,...
Ontario Legion Auxiliary meets
By KRISS HETZEL Ontario Legion Auxiliary Another successful July 4 celebration is past. Thank you to all who helped our organization in anyway; it is appreciated. Along with our chicken meal, we sold raffle tickets as fundraiser. Prize winners were the following:...
Royall student wins poster contest for third-graders
Contributed by CARLA VON HADEN Hill and Dale Garden Club Elizabeth (Libby) Titus of Royall Elementary School recently received an award for winning a poster contest for third-graders in Wisconsin. Each year, children in first through fifth grade are invited to...
Elroy summer reading program ends with trip to Exploratory Science Center
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian The Elroy Public Library's summer reading program ended with a fantastic trip to Tommy Bartlett's Exploratory Science Center. All of the children who went had met their reading goals. Because this year's theme was science, what better...
Minecraft club formed in Ontario
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian A Minecraft club will have its first meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Ontario Public Library. According to the website minecraft.net, "Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first,...
