By ALICE BRANDAU I surmise that I have a dizzy downy woodpecker in my backyard. Early this winter, I took a 2-quart milk jug, cut two holes in it, made some birdseed with suet, put it in the bottom and hung it on the clothesline post. We have had wind on South Ridge....
Food drive underway at Kendall Public Library
By LYNETTE VLASAK | Kendall librarian The Kendall Public Library is sponsoring a food drive beginning today through Thursday, March 27. Drop off nonperishable food items at the library, and they will be taken to the area food pantries. ♦ ♦ ♦ The transition to a new...
On Campus
• Kathleen Wendell of Ontario received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December. • Laura Michelson of Kendall is among the more than 120 students at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, who will take part in the school's...
South Side News for March 6
By MYRNA FAUSKA The last week in February went out like a flash, and March came in like a lion. Will she go out like a lamb? Only the next four weeks will tell. The news from our neighborhood, however, is really scarce this week. Once upon a time, I reported that I...
Ontario chili and soup supper is Friday
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian Join us at the all-you-can-eat chili and soup supper from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 7, at the Ontario Community Hall. This is a $1,000 bingo night, so come for supper and stay for bingo (Ontario Fire and Rescue sponsors the games)....
Senior menus for March 10–14
Ontario meal site Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, March 10: Hot beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole-wheat bread and strawberries Tuesday, March 11: Chicken potpie, cheese sticks,...
Kendall meal site to offer music day, birthday party
By JOYCE THONESEN | Kendall meal-site manager March 20 is the first day of spring. We will welcome that. Here are a few fun facts about March: 1) Yellowstone became the world's first national park on March 1, 1872; and 2) The first St Patrick's parade was in New York...
Elroy Public Library to offer movie marathon
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Because there will be no school Friday, March 14, we will have free movies at the Elroy Public Library all day. To be exact, we will run a "Magic School Bus" movie marathon. These animated, educational (sshh, don't tell the kids) and...
Vernon County club to host program on a ‘backyard business’
Contributed by SUE NOBLE Vernon Economic Development Association At the next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting, set for Wednesday, March 12, hear speaker Joyce Quarnstrom share "Lessons from My Backyard Business." The idea for Kvarnstrom's Bakery started as a...
Kendall Public Library, St. John’s to show ‘Mr. Holland’s Opus’
By LYNETTE VLASAK | Kendall librarian The Kendall Public Library's next movie night will be Friday, March 7, at St. John's Lutheran Church fellowship hall. "Mr. Holland's Opus" will be the movie, and it will begin at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge, and everyone is...
