There will be a book reading and signing by Suzanne Gould, the author of An American Cowboy: The Biography of Sheb Wooley, on Wednesday, 6/7, at 4:00 p.m., at the Blue Rose flower Shop. Books will be available for purchase by cash or check only. Admission is free, of course, so come by and meet the author and share any stories you know or were told by your parents or grandparents about Sheb.
The second meeting of the 2023 Summer Reading Program, All Together Now, at the Erick Library, will be on Monday, 6/12. Kelley Greer, Librarian, has extended the age group to include kids who are between K-6th grade and the start time is 11:45 am to give parents more time to get the kids up there so they can get started at noon. If anyone would be interested in volunteering, contact Kelley directly. For those who participate in the program, there will be a swimming party at the Erick City Pool on Tuesday, 6/13, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and family members of attendees are welcome too.
Our thoughts and prayers are also with the family of Justin Benavidez. Services were pending at the time of this column’s deadline.
Sympathy is also extended to the family of Lorrie Sumpter. Services were held on Tuesday, 6/6, at the Reydon Community Building.
Since the paper is out on Tuesday, Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Andy & Cheryl Smith on 6/6, and I don’t’ show any others.
Birthdays to celebrate for this issue (6/7-6/13) will be: 6/7-Madison Oren & Patsy Nichols; 6/8-Shane Boyd, Brittany Wann, Kristi Brooks & Brian Flanagan; 6/9-Lisa Harkins & Mandy Whitten; 6/10-Alicia Bowman, & Virgil Ray Admire; 6/11-Hunter McGuire, Kenneth Hill, Aliyah Flowers, Cody Lynn Greer, Rachel Ryan, & Felicia Kinsman; 6/12-Tracy Jordan; and on 6/13-Chad Brinkley, Lynn Fine Goodale & Staci Erickson.
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