Thursday, May 7, 2015

News For the Week of April 29, 2015

We finally did get a mess of mushrooms. Son-in-law Scott brought in a few he had found, then Bob found a few and finally Bob brought in one more, so I fried them all and we enjoyed them. They were found while they were out turkey hunting and I don't think mushroom hunting had the top priority.

Condolences are sent to the family of Holly Whittaker Young who passed away last week. She is the daughter of Wanda Whittaker and the late Bob Whittaker. Holly had battled cancer for several years. Her services were Monday and she was laid to rest in Eldridge Cemetery. Holly was a year younger than my oldest daughter and had kids near the ages of some of my grandkids. She was always such a sweet girl and fun to be around.

Baccalaureate for the Bradleyville graduates will be held in the school gym on Wednesday, May 6th at 7:00pm. Speaker will be Corby Lux. Graduation will be Saturday, May 9th at 7pm. The seniors will be heading out on their trip to Florida that night after graduation.

There have been many successful turkey hunts this season. Grandson, Hayden Crouch got a turkey, Emily Todd, Waylon Stafford, Bub Blair, all got their turkeys for this first week of season. It goes two more weeks so I guess there will be plenty more taken.

Bob spent Saturday morning turkey hunting without success, then spent Saturday afternoon mowing the Bradleyville Cemetery. The cemetery is one of the older cemeteries in the county and the final resting place of the son of the man that Bradleyville was named for. We hadn't mowed it yet this year and the grass was getting high from all the rain we've had. Ed Hunsaker was there Saturday also, doing the weed-eating. Ed wanted me to mention that anybody wishing to make a donation for mowing could contact him. The cemetery is maintained only by donations.

I also haven't mowed the yard at my house yet this spring. I did mow two weeks before Easter to get rid of the leftover leaves but haven't found time to get out there and mow the grass. The cows get into my yard every day so they are helping with the grass, but they also like eating some of my flowers and leave their “deposits” behind, so I don't know if that is an acceptable trade-off. I talked Bob into putting a cedar pole fence around our yard several years ago because I thought it would be so pretty. It is but as the poles have aged the cows just lunge at it until they break it and come through. Now an electric fence is starting to sound nice.

Congratulations are sent out west to the state of Washington to Pete and Novella Knight who will be celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on May 3. I enjoy talking to Pete and Novella now and then. I talked to Novella recently and she said she and Pete were both doing well. They live in Yakima right next door to their daughter, Wilma. Novella said Wilma comes over and helps them every day. Pete and Novella grew up in these parts and are always interested to know what is going on in this part of the country.

Birthdays for the coming week include: May 1: Echo Combs; May 2: Nichole Hunsaker; May 3: Bill Birdsong, Cindy Clark, Sara Jane Fleharty, Manita Hughey, Kim Scott, Breanna Terry; May 4: Brady Rogers; May 5: Ethel Bunnell, Jan Clark.


Anniversaries for the coming week include: May 3: Pete and Novella Knight, Kevin and Robyn Tweedy; May 6: Mike and Nichole Hunsaker. 

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