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LAKE ST. CLAIR IS OPEN: Let’s be happy that the ice is gone and the water is waving itself throughout the lake. Our Town is famous for its lake activities, yearly. We, residents, are lucky to have this lovely waterway in our midst. With sunsets, moonshines, the lake is the reason we love living here near the lake. Boating, swimming and fishing are year around pleasures for all. Our Town was once a well-known resort town. Renting cottages, hotel rooms and boats were a part of the way local people made their living, hosting out of town guests to enjoy the lake too.
STUDENT ART CONTEST DEADLINE MARCH 31: “Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest” is the title of the contest. Sponsored locally by VFW Post 7573, high school and home schooled students are encouraged to enter. To read and learn exact details of the contest, go to this website: www.vfwauxiliary.org/scholarship. Areas of the contest are to enter an item in sculpture, a painting or another art item. For questions, contact local VFW Post 7573 Auxiliary members, Sandi VanTiem at 586-725-9554 or Tina Sutton at 586-725-7100.
APRIL 5 USED BOOK GIVEAWAY: Friends of MacDonald Public Library invites readers and jig jaw puzzle lovers to stop by between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jig jaw puzzles will be given away as well that day. Monetary donations will be appreciated.
APRIL 6 IC BLOOD DRIVE NEWS: A Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Immaculate Conception School gym, 7043 Church Road, Ira Township, there is a phone number to make an appointment: 1-800-733-2767. Or, log on to: RedCrossBlood.org (sponsor code: immconception). It is suggested to save up to 15 minutes wait time, by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass and complete health history questions on the day of appointment.
IC FISH FRY MARCH 28, APRIL 4, 11: Located at 7043 Church Road, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church invites friends and readers to dine in to enjoy a dinner of mac and cheese, or Icelandic cod, fries or baked potato, coleslaw, roll and dessert and a drink. For adults, at $16, and at $14 for seniors. Or, a pizza dinner (two slices), dessert and a drink at $7. Also, a drive-thru service, at $16, is available by calling for a takeout order at 586-725-0078, with the order brought to your vehicle. Menu: Fried or baked Icelandic cod dinner, or mac and cheese dinner, with fries or baked potato, coleslaw, roll and desert. (Cash, check or credit card accepted.) The hours are 4-7 p.m.
IRA TOWNSHIP LIBRARY TEA PARTY APRIL 23: Sponsored by Friends of the Ira Township Library, 7013 Meldrum, 6:30-7:30 p.m., stop by and visit with the chairperson and learn information about the Friends group. Details about the group, food and drinks will be provided. A part of the St, Clair Library system, the Ira Library may be reached at 586-725-9081.
MAY 3 DUELING PIANOS/MEXICAN FIESTA: At VFW Post 7573, 35011 23 Mile, in Our Town, the Selfridge Chesterfield Lions and Connection Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association are co-hosting a fundraising event. Tickets for the show and Mexican food are $40 a person. A cash bar. The hours are 6-10:30 p.m. Go to: https://abwa-suburban.org/events. The Lions vice-president may be reached at 586-615-2818.
NEWS FROM IRA LIBRARY CONTINUES: A book sale continues at the library, 7013 Meldrum, corner of Short Cut Road, year-round, every season. The library hours are: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, while the Tuesday and Thursday hours are noon to 8 p.m. “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books — and that’s kind of the same thing!” a flyer says.
BOTTLE/CAN COLLECTION SATURDAYS: Every Saturday, in front of the Champion Health Club, a New Baltimore Lions Club member will be waiting in a pickup truck for donations. Take clean, empty containers during the hours of 10 a.m. to noon, and the Lions member will happily take them. The Lions Club, internationally, supports solutions that aid the blind. The Leader Dogs for the Blind facility in Rochester is maintained and supported by donations, mainly from our country’s Lions Clubs. Other charitable causes, many of them, benefit also, including the Lions Bear Lake Camp for the blind and unusually visually impaired children. Eversight and the Michigan All-State Band are supported as well, by the donations. Every Saturday, let’s help those in need of assistance, as often as we can.
LET’S HELP ST. MARY’S PANTRY: St. Mary Queen of Creation pantry needs continue: Located within the block of Main, Maria, Front and Base Streets, there is a car entry to the facility’s parking lot. Open on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., donations are accepted during those hours. What is needed, readers ask? Needed are produce, dry foods, canned food (unexpired), Sloppy Joe mix, granola bars, saltine crackers, egg noodles and juice. For babies, wipes and diaper sizes 4, 5 and 6. Also, before Easter, hams will be accepted on those days and times.
GEOGRAPHY FACTS TO CHECK YOURSELF: Most Canadians live south of Seattle. Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles, California. West Virginia is not exactly west of Virginia. (The only direction in which it extends beyond Virginia is north.) Finally, the Panama Canal’s Atlantic entrance is farther west than the Pacific entrance. Reader’s Digest. June 2024, Page 61.
To report news about your service organization, call Bette Carrothers at 586-725-8051 or email her at bettecarrothers@gmail.com.
