Society

The first farmers market brought out some great vendors last Saturday, selling crafts, produce and homebaked goods. Look for more to join in next month.

The public is invited to attend the Annual Serbin Picnic on Sunday, May 26 at the Serbin Picnic Grounds. Worship will be held at 8:30 a.m.

OP News The 2024 Round Top-Warrenton Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser is coming up. Join the community in supporting and sustaining the services provided by our local VFD through raffle sales and free will donations.

Schulenburg Garden Club held a Standard Flower Show with the theme “The Arts” on April 24, at the Schulenburg Hall. A wide variety of creative designs were displayed in the hall.

Who would publish and print a book inside a black and unfathomably featureless cover? This is but one curiosity of thousands in the piles of books donated to a library’s annual book sale. And another, a delicious telling of the undercover life of a NY Times food critic. And yet another, about Indians who lived right where we are standing. From a miniature guide to Grace which snuggles well in a purse — to a monograph on nasty people and how to stop being hurt by them — to books heavy with gorgeous art images. As book sales go, they are not only an offering bibliophiles must love, they are a trip through the halls of life and its many mysteries, drama, history, fascinations and machinations, both real and imagined, and all of it captured in ink on paper.

A replica of the USPS mail collection box was purchased and donated to SPJST, Lodge 1 in Fayetteville by veteran Ronnie Pflughaupt and his wife, Debbie. They are members/ officers of Lodge 1, with Ronnie being a 4th generation member.

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The Colorado Valley Quilt Guild (CVQG) hosted Anne Moore, a National Quilting Instructor and Designer for Sew Steady/Westalee Design Rulers at their April evening meeting. Anne has won numerous awards for her beautiful quilting and all done on a domestic machine.