Opinion

Okay, to be honest it is more of a quiet little snuffle and I had almost forgotten how much I have missed it. She likes to keep the bedroom way too cool, the penguins even complain about how cold it is and boy have I missed it.

Clarice’s birthday On Tuesday, Saralee Hoselton took the PCMT van to Grafton where she visited Linda Hoselton at her Sunset Leisure Estates apartment and then had lunch at Shenanigans. The next day, Lynette Restemayer came to visit Saralee Hoselton and had supper at her Tisdale Manor Apartment.

Each spring, many small communities in rural America hold what they call a “Spring Cleanup week” or “Spring Cleanup Day.” I’m not exactly sure what spurred this phenomenon, but I suspect it was someone’s attempt to promote cleaner communities by having people toss some of that clutter from their yards to make things look a little more respectable. It is an incentive also, because most towns offer that service for free for most items that are set out.

The only candidate to fix our Property Taxes If you find yourself at the local coffee club, a ball game, or at church, I guarantee the subject of increasing property taxes has been brought up in conversation. Our property taxes continue to climb and inflation continues to rise.

I was fairly intrigued by the article on growing rhubarb in last week’s issue of our favorite paper. I decided to try it.

She says she is coming home Saturday so I guess I better gas up my car and make room for her, Mel, and the cats. If I don’t show up at the airport when their plane lands I may just be in a bit of hot water.

Saralee Hoselton, Merv and Phyllis Holter were among those who attended the retirement party lunch Monday for Stacie Metelmann, the “footcare lady” at the Sugar Bowl Senior Citizen’s Center. They also were able to meet Denice Hanson, her replacement.

In my column in the March 21, issue of Valley News and Views, I was waxing poetic about an upcoming spring turkey hunting adventure. I had never been turkey hunting before and in a way I guess you could say it was on my “bucket list,” but since my first ever hunt on April 24, I hope to have many more turkey hunts before I head up to the happy hunting grounds in the sky.

May is here! The tulips have sprouted in my front flower bed and in many of the yards around mine. The graduation announcements have started rolling in and I just opened one this morning and for the first time I caught myself thinking “Already? I remember when she was born.” I guess I’ve entered that phase of life.

Gayle McConnell has returned from her Mesa winter home to her home in rural Drayton. On April 15, Saralee Hoselton celebrated her 84th birthday with lunch at Hastings Landing.