Happenings
By Carolyn Adriaansen (926.4436)  

At Easter time, new hope awakes

Within our hearts as morning breaks,

Sunshine and lilies breathe a prayer

Of thanks that God is everywhere. - (Isla Parchal Richardson)

There's a Pancake Breakfast on April 7, 8 to 11, followed by an Easter Egg Hunt, at the Legion. Breakfast is $5 and the Easter Egg Hunt is for ages 2 to 10.

Maybe you'd like to mix up your own batch of '7-Up' (Makes eleven 10-ounce servings)

1 cup plus 1 T. granulated sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1/2 tsp. Kool-Aid lemonade unsweetened drink mix
1-1/4 cups very hot water
1 T. bottled lime juice
2 tsp. bottled lemon juice
11 cups cold soda water

1. Combine sugar, corn syrup and lemonade drink mix in a medium pitcher or bowl. Add hot water and stir until sugar has dissolved and syrup is clear.

2. Add lime juice and lemon juice and stir. Cover and chill for several hours until cold.

3. To make the soda, add 1/4 cup of cold syrup to 1 cup of cold soda water (1 to 4 ratio). Stir gently, drop in some ice, and serve.

Thanks! to Ron Fillmore (the new barber in town) who contributed 11 empty food cans with the Perfection label, showing they were canned in Marion.

Here are some fresh-as-spring facts I found fascinating: When you plant daffodils, keep in mind that when daffodils first open, they always face south. (Honest, that's what the article said. I hope this doesn't open up the whole 'Do sunflowers really turn and face the sun each day?' controversy again! Maybe some of you can check out this daffodil deal when they come up this spring, okay?)

Did you know that spring moves north at the rate of about 16 miles a day? This means that a person walking at a steady, normal pace could keep up with it, watching dogwoods come into bloom the whole way north.

April 6-13 - No school - Spring Recess

'Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.' (Henry Ward Beecher)

Easter - March 1940: All the grade rooms are very attractive with Easter decorations. The art classes have been making Easter drawings and some groups are decorating eggs. Bunnies of all sorts and colors are much in evidence in the different rooms and many types of Easter baskets are being made. Some of the grades will have Easter parties on Thursday morning.

Bill called from New York City to tell us that if you earned $30 an hour, and gas was $3.00 a gallon, you'd work six minutes. And if you earned $10 an hour, at the same price per gallon, you'd work 18-20 minutes to pay for your gallon of gas. Thanks, Bill!

The Marion Fall Festival is set for Saturday, September 8, from 9 until 5. Register now for a booth, costing $25. Send to Marion Fall Festival, vendor reservations, P.O. Box 31, Marion 14505.

Bill and Barb DeWandel spent last week on the Mississippi River, boating on the American Queen from New Orleans to Memphis with several stops along the way. Temperature was in the 80's.

Dollars for Scholars appreciates the support the community gave the seniors who called on the phone-a-thon. All pledge cards have gone out. If yours did not reach you, please mail your pledge to Marion Dollars for Scholars, P.O. Box 469, Marion.

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