The recently formed The Well Youth Ministry hosted a chickencue fundraiser Sunday at the Ontario Community Hall. The ministry is the result of a partnership between two Ontario churches: Mount Pisgah Wesleyan Church and Grace Community Church. The Well Youth Ministry...
Ontario native awarded Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Fellowship
Megan Espe, formerly of Ontario and a 1999 Brookwood High School graduate, recently was awarded a $1,172 Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Fellowship from the Wilderness Society. A graduate assistant in the Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor's Center at the University of...
Brookwood grad receives Viterbo faculty award
Jennifer Hedrick-Erickson, the assistant dean of the BSN completion program at Viterbo University, recently was selected as a recipient of the school's Servant-Leader Award for 2012-13. Viterbo gives the award "in recognition of demonstrable servant leader qualities...
N-O-W teacher to visit Wilton library
Kathy Johnson, a preschool teacher at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School, will be with the Wilton Public Library playgroup on Wednesday, May 8. We will celebrate mothers! On May the Fourth, we will share Wookie Cookies and a special Star Wars display....
Elroy Public Library seeks community members to assemble quilt
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Do you like to quilt? Would you be interested in learning? If so, the Elroy Public Library has such an opportunity for you. Millie Freymiller has donated a quilt top that will be raffled off in an Elroy Public Library fundraiser. It...
Work continues on Ontario community garden
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian Spring has finally arrived, and we have more work to do in the Ontario Public Library community garden. A workday is set for 10 a.m. Monday, May 6. We will meet at the garden and haul compost and woodchips, plus the raised beds...
Genealogy group meets May 7
The Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Genealogy Workshop group will have its meeting Tuesday, May 7, at the Monroe County Local History Room, 200 W. Main St., Sparta. Doors will open 6:30 p.m., the meeting will be at 7 p.m., and research can be done after the meeting. For more...
Senior menus for May 6–10
ONTARIO MEAL SITE Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, May 6: Bacon-wrapped meatballs, mashed potatoes, spinach salad, whole-wheat rolls and cookies Tuesday, May 7: Chicken casserole, mixed vegetables,...
Monroe County to offer WIC check-issuance days
The Monroe County Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will offer check-issuance days in May. Participants can come to the WIC office in Sparta on Wednesday, May 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or on Tuesday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to...
Norwalk Public Library has new books
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has an assortment of new books: Fiction • "The Mystery Woman: A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel" by Amanda Quick Gardening books • "Lasagna Gardening, A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging,...
