By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has the following new items: FICTION • "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman, illustrated by Michael Manomivibul • "All Creatures Great and Small" (first teacher's edition) by James Herriot PICTURE BOOK •...
Elroy Public Library seeks volunteers to help with garden
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...
ROYALL BASEBALL REVIEW: Panthers saw ‘ecstasy of victory and agony of defeat’
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach The year of 2014 was unique as the game of baseball focused around the dusty diamonds of Royall High School and Elroy City Park from mid-March until the end of July. Bring on the ecstasy of victory and the agony of defeat, as...
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...
Royall’s 10U baseball team has successful season
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach Royall traveled to Pittsville in late June for a live arm 10 and under baseball tournament and returned with a 3-0 record and the first-place hardware. • Game No. 1 — Royall over Tomahawk, 8-2 • Game No. 2 — Royall over Nekoosa,...
Gerald “Jerry” Thomas Barry
Gerald "Jerry" Thomas Barry, 94, of Cashton passed away Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at Rolling Hills Rehabilitation Center. Jerry was born Sept. 8, 1919, to Thomas James and Ella (Bucholz) Barry in Wilton. On Oct. 24, 1945, he married Rita Catherine Schreier, and together...
Lyme disease support group meets Aug. 29
A Lyme disease support group for Vernon County and neighboring counties will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at the Hillsboro Public Library meeting room, 819 High Ave. For more information, contact Gary Cepek at to garycepek@yahoo.com, at 489-2725...
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...
Classifieds for Aug. 14
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