The first meeting of 2014 by the very active Bunco group was held Tuesday evening, January 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Center. Hosted by Diane Cooley and Sally Ragusin, these two innovative women had set as a theme with decorations for this event a New Year’s Celebration with hats, whistles and even necklaces in a Winter Wonderland. Refreshments included fingerfood, gumbo and a dessert of varying cookies. Diane Cooley celebrated as the winner of most games; Paula Henserling won the most buncos and Babs Keitt left with the booby prize. And the hostesses for February 4th will be Annette Leach and Pat Ekstrom and those two have lively imaginations. For further information concerning this fun group, contact Shirley Gordon at our Library.
It seems just last week that construction of the townhome condominiums on Commerce and 15th Streets started with the setting of footings, and now showers are being installed. That group of construction workers seem to be totally dedicated to getting the job done on time.
The Second Annual Lions Art & Crafts Festival is set for Saturday, March 8, 2014, in the Pavilion and outside of the Community Center. The Festival has attracted many artisans of various talents: a painter who specializes in waterbased scenes; a collector of local photographs; a jewelry crafter as well as another who makes very unusual purses. There will also be a bake sale and a raffle of some very unusual items. Do plan to arrive early to be sure and get the best selection.
A very gracious lady will be celebrating her 97th Birthday early next month. If you all have the time to stop and see her at one of the Senior Luncheons on Tuesdays, do say hello to Mrs. Grace Stone, Susan Onishi’s mother. And I’m trying to claim her to be mine too!
It seems as us women were just occupied with Christmas and the many activities that occur at that time, but here towards the end of January, we start our Spring Cleaning, an activity that consumes a lot of time and energy. And, coming on Saturday, April 5th is the Semi-Annual Garage & Bake Sale as staged by the Women of the POC Service Club. If you’ve ever been to one of our Garage Sales, you were undoubtedly amazed at the many items we had collected for the Sale. And so, now we are gratefully accepting items in good condition at this time of furniture and kitchen equipment, dishes and bedding, books and art work, toys and bicycles, clothing and shoes. Items will be stored in the County Barn, adjacent to the Library and the JP’s office on 6th. If you need to make arrangements for dropping off these items, please contact Debbie Busby, the Chairman of this event, 512 914-9521 or Janet Johnson, President, 983-4737.
I don’t normally speak of this type of advertisements, but POC Liquor Store has a case of Concannon Pinot Noir, 2011. This is an incredible soft red wine with lots of zing, and I heartily recommend it for a very special dinner. Guys, pay attention; Valentine’s Day is coming. 2011 was a very good year for California reds; 2010 a little better; but this wine from this particular winery is a WINNER!
It’s Monday, January 6th as I write this, and the temperature is hanging around 31 degrees plus a wind chill factor of 18; I don’t want to know what else. Have just finished walking my dog early this morning, and BRRRR! I know, I’m a wimp! Just went back to the Farmer’s Almanac that predicted a cold winter for us; and they were sure right! And, my car popped up with this warning about driving on icy roads at 31 degrees. Funny; I remember shoveling snow on Easter Sunday when I lived back East and I was still warm. Guess it’s the age that gets to you as my feet are like ice cubes! Oh, well, later in the week, we’ll be back to our normal weather here of 50’s or even 60’s!
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