Wilton Public Library to offer events this month

By Kelly Lupton | Wilton Public Library director The Wilton Public Library will host the following events:  • 1 p.m. Friday, March 21: Current-Events Discussion Group • 4 p.m. Monday, March 24: Lego Club • 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25: Book Club for Adults...

Seeing Stars: Evening memories 

By Susan Cushing | Kickapoo Dark-Sky Initiative Remember when we played outside after supper in the twilight? Playing in the backyard, we watched the stars come out as the mystery of the night drew us toward bedtime and dreams. The night was full of magic and wonder....

Senior menus for March 24–28

Kendall and Norwalk meal sites Monday, March 24: Meatball subs with marinara on whole-grain buns, provolone cheese, tater tots and ketchup, seasoned corn and pumpkin bars Tuesday, March 25: Scrambled eggs and sausage, sausage gravy, buttermilk biscuits, tomato juice,...

Senior menus for May 6–10

Kendall, Norwalk and Wilton meal sites Monday, May 6: Pork tips in gravy, roasted potatoes, tomato juice, whole-grain baking powder biscuits with butter, pears, and black bean chocolate cookies Tuesday, May 7: Spaghetti pasta bake with meat, garden salad, garlic...

Norwalk Clovers 4-H learns about fire safety

The Norwalk Clovers 4-H club met at the Norwalk Fire Station for its April meeting. Chief Jim Stoikes gave a presentation on fire prevention and fire safety. We enjoyed seeing and trying on the turnout gear the firefighters wear, learning about the tools firefighters...

Ontario to host program on Water Action Volunteer program

By RACHEL CONNER | Ontario Public Library director Ontario Public Library invites you to hear about “WAVing the Summer Away” from Ben Johnston on Monday, April 29, at 4 p.m. In the Water Action Volunteer program, citizen scientists collect baseline information for...

Norwalk Public Library announces schedule for May

By JESICA HELGREN | Norwalk Public Library director The Norwalk Public Library will host these events: • 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25: Teen craft.  Pick up a pin-making kit to take home with you! • 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27: Bring what you’re...

Wilton Public Library to offer programs

By KELLY LUPTON | Wilton Public Library director The Wilton Public Library will host the following programs: • 10 a.m. Friday, April 26: Current-events discussion group • 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 1: Preschool story hour  • 10 a.m. Friday, May 3:...

South Side News for April 25

By MYRNA FAUSKA Last week was a rather quiet one here the valley as we entered the third week of April. The weather fluctuated from early spring to late winter, which kept many of us close to our warm hearths most of the time except for brief forays into town for...

Gjefle: ‘Skunks and Opossums’

By Pastor Michael T. Gjefle  Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Genesis 1:24 — “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”  How do we...

A sign of spring

Daphne Arndt helps work on the foundation plantings Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton. 

Ontario to host night-sky program

By RACHEL CONNER | Ontario Public Library director Mark your calendar for “Protecting Our Night Skies” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the Ontario Public Library.  Join electrical engineer and master electrician Scott Lind to learn about the Kickapoo Valley Dark...

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