Residents welcome out-of-state visitors

WEEKEND VISITORS

Visiting over the weekend, March 2-5 with Wayne and Debbie Lowe and Adrian Brisky were Renee Lowe of Cheyenne, WY, Lance, Karen and Jordan Brisky of Lodi, WI, Kaelyn Burke of St. Paul, MN, Kayla Klobucnik of Madison, WI, Mike and Patricia Klopenstein of Cheyenne, WI and David and Paula Trevitt of Mediapolis IA. They all came to help Wayne celebrate his birthday.

CONGRATULATIONS, AUDREY!

Former Crawfordsville resident Audrey Smith, a freshman at Van Buren Community High School, and three other members of the Van Buren County Archery Club qualified for the State Archery Tournament last Saturday in Des Moines. In 3D she shot her personal best 282 and in Bullseye Shot 278. This is the team's first year and in Bullseye Audrey scored 17th out of 152 High School girls. The team is coached by Sonya Love-Smith.

Audrey is the daughter of Sonya Love-Smith of Keosaqua and Clyde Smith of Washington and the granddaughter of Carolyn Love and Larry and Nancy Love of Crawfordsville. Attending from this area was Wesley Love and Jamie Brames.

WHITE CLOUD CLUB DATE NIGHT

Members of the White Cloud Club and their guests met at Your Choice Family Restaurant in Wayland on Tuesday evening, March 7 for their annual Date Night.

The tables were decorated in an Easter theme with Easter bunnies, placemats and cute Easter figurines Each place setting included a candy and nut treat wrapped with a note that read, "Lets go "nuts" about Date Night and make some "sweet memories."

To make the evening special, members invited a guest to join them for an evening out with a meal and fun night. Each person made choices from the restaurant's extensive menu and were very pleased with their choices and some even added a piece of pie to top off their meal. Conversations included updates on what members and guests had been doing during the winter months.

President Jolene Colthurst opened the short business meeting with a reading entitled "Just For Today." There were no minutes or treasurer's report from the previous meeting. One birthday gift was presented to a Mystery Sister.

Those attending included Jolene and Andy Colthurst, Betty and Gene Lintz, Pat and Gene Miller, Margaret Patterson, Pauline and Floyd Richardson and Virginia Sands.

The next club meeting will be on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Your Choice Family Restaurant.

The group thanked Jolene for making the evening's arrangements and providing the treats and decorations.