Myers shoots buck

Ricky Myers, son of Stacy and Jodi Myers of rural Hillsboro, shot a 205-pound deer with an 8 points and a 20-inch spread on Sunday. (Contributed photo)

Royall classes of ‘64, ‘69 hold reunions

On consecutive weekends, the Royall High School classes of 1969 and 1964 held class reunions at The Ranch in rural Ontario. On July 19, 46 members of the class of 1969, along with two staff members, spouses and guests gathered to hold their 45-year reunion. On July...

A landmark

Mae Long of Wilton has a morning glory vine that is more than 10 feet tall. It has been there for more than 40 year and comes up each spring.

Senior menus for April 21–25

Ontario meal site Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, April 21: Hot beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole-wheat bread and strawberries Tuesday, April 22: Chicken potpie, cheese sticks,...

Ontario Legion Auxiliary resumes year’s activities

By KRISS HETZEL Ontario American Legion Auxiliary We are back in business after our three-month vacation. Our first order of business was to celebrate the American Legion's birthday with a monetary gift, cake and ice cream. (Our singing is about the same.) We like to...

Kendall Public Library hosting coloring contest

By LYNETTE VLASAK | Kendall librarian I'm a little late in getting the word out, but the Kendall Public Library, in cooperation with Culver's, is sponsoring a children's coloring contest in honor of National Library Week (April 13­-19). Stop in the library to pick up...

Ontario Public Library will close early on Good Friday

By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian The library will be open Friday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. only. We will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Enjoy the Easter weekend. ♦ ♦ ♦ Join us for a community-garden meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 21, at the...

Norwalk Public Library has DVD ‘The Dinosaur Project’

By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has a new DVD, "The Dinosaur Project," starring Natasha Loring, Matt Kane and Richard Dillane.  ♦ ♦ ♦ Librarians from Norwalk, Ontario and Wilton public libraries will be at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton...

South Side News for April 17

By MYRNA FAUSKA What happened to spring, summer and fall? We woke up this morning to six inches of snow outside. I hope that by the weekend we will have some good Easter weather to celebrate in. Time will tell. Over the hill, on the east end of the neighborhood,...

Wilton’s Hot Reads for Cold Nights program ends April 23

By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian It's time to welcome spring by closing out our Hot Reads for Cold Nights promotion. It is not too late to collect your prizes. We will enter everyone who participated into a drawing for a free tote bag. All you need to participate is one...

Onetime Wilton resident publishes book on preserving food

By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian This week I'd like to give a shout out to an old friend of mine, Rebecca Gagnon.  You may remember her as Rebecca Orlikowski. Rebecca's mom and dad (June and Jim) have a farm by Cashton, and in 1999, Rebecca moved back to this area to...

Meeting on Ontario community garden set for April 21

By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian It's time to plan the garden. The next meeting for the Ontario community garden has been changed to Monday, April 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the Ontario Public Library. Bring your ideas on how to make the garden even more productive...

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