Salem News

Salem Old Settlers will begin Friday evening with the ham and beans supper in the shelterhouse at 5:30 p.m., a car show from 5 to 8 p.m., carnival from 5 to 10 p.m. and Amarillo from 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday begins with a pancake breakfast at the fire station from 6 to 9 a.m., Fun/Run registration at 7 a.m., followed by Kids Run at 7:30 a.m. and Adult Run at 8 a.m.

The quilt show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Congregational Church. The parade ?Hitch Your Wagons to the Rising Stars? will be at 10:30 a.m.

The carnival will be from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., 65 and older registration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the Lewelling Museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For lunch, there will be ham and turkey at the fire station from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Pedal pull registration will be at 12 p.m. on the north side of park.

Salem School choir is at 1 p.m., Two Bears Living History at 1 p.m., The Scrubs at 2 p.m., recognitions and announcements at 3 p.m. and Cali Wilson and Half Line Riders at 5:30 p.m.

The chicken barbecue begins at 5:30 p.m. and raffle drawings begin at 5:45 to 9 p.m.

Richie Lee and the Fabulous 50?s will be from 6 to 9 p.m., with a teen dance at the basketball court from 9 to 11 p.m.. There will be bands both nights from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Century Bar and the Vault Door Pub.

Crew Public Library Summer Reading Program

Children attending the summer reading program went on a great ?adventure? this summer.

The theme this year was traveling the Mississippi. The program started at Lake Itasca, Minn., the start of the Mississippi.

They made a diorama box to use for the entire program. The children learned about ways to travel on the Mississippi and made a lake and a boat for their boxes.

The second week of the program they traveled down to Ft. Madison where they talked about the kind of animals that live by and in the Mississippi. They crafted forts to put in the boxes and made the river a little longer.

The third week they traveled further down to St. Louis, Mo., where they learned about activities they could do in the water. They modeled mini arches out of moldeling clay and added them to their boxes.

The fourth week they followed the river to New Orleans, La., the last city on the Mississippi. They talked about the end of the Mississippi and made some Mardi Gras masks, finishing up the day with a Mardi Gras party with ice cream. There were a total of 132 children attending with 263 books checked out.

The August meeting of Barettes was held at Sunnybrook on Tuesday, Aug. 16, with Irene Boal as hostess. Those attending were Lola Swan, Marge Burden, Carol Collett, Mary Riley, Jo Ann James, Connie Hummell and the hostess.

The group enjoyed a luncheon of salad, chicken fried steak, asparagus, coffee/tea, roll and ice cream.

The next meeting will be hosted by Marge Burden.