By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian The Wilton Public Library has received two new board games, Cross Ways and Tapple, for our participation in International Games Day on Saturday, Nov. 16. The library is open from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, so join your friends for a game...
Senior menus for Nov. 18–22
ONTARIO MEAL SITE Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, Nov. 18: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, melon salad, whole-wheat rolls and cake Tuesday, Nov. 19: Chicken casserole, mixed vegetables, fruit salad,...
On Campus
• Sarah Witt of Ontario, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded the Hendricks Family Dairy Science Legacy Scholarship for the 2013–14 academic year.
Ontario Public Library has new toys courtesy of DPI
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian Children and caregivers are encouraged to come to the Ontario Public Library and play with our new kitchen and store toys. The toy boxes contain play kitchen items, food, a cash register and a scale. They were purchased through a...
Ontario Public Library to host computer classes
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian At the Ontario Public Library, computer classes will be offered each Monday from 9-10 a.m., before the library opens, beginning Nov. 11. The Vernon County Unit on Aging will teach the classes, which will cover Internet searching...
Rep. Brooks to hold listening session at Kendall Public Library
By LYNETTE VLASAK | Kendall librarian State Rep. Ed Brooks will be having a listening session at the Kendall Public Library from 11-11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18. Note that the library is not usually open Mondays, but we will be open for this listening session. Make...
Senior menus for Nov. 11–15
ONTARIO MEAL SITE Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, Nov. 11: Meal site closed for Veterans Day Tuesday, Nov. 12: Turkey sandwiches on whole-wheat bread, vegetable beef soup, spinach salad and pumpkin...
Lots of trick-or-treaters arrive at Elroy Public Library
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Well, what a Halloween we had at the Elroy Public Library. We had lots of trick-or-treaters, many of whom decorated our boxes of pumpkins. Although a pumpkin is not the smoothest surface to draw on, we still opted for markers (no...
On Campus
• Jonathan Goodenough, a junior English major from Elroy, was selected as a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2013-14 Meistersingers. The UW-Whitewater Meistersingers is the men's choir on campus and performs several genres of music, from classical to...
A restored beauty
A chapter of the Veterans Car Club of America toured the Kickapoo Valley last month, and Rich Gerke of Tomah drove the oldest car in the entourage. His 1931 Deluxe Model A Ford Coupe was purchased more than 40 years ago from an Ontario area resident, Mike Stenerson,...
