Food and more for sale
The Mapleton United Methodist Church is very excited to announce the fifth annual “Family Fun and Fund Day” to be held at the church. Spread the word: it will be Saturday, Sept. 12 starting at 8 a.m. A fun-filled day is planned for all ages. There will be races and games for the young and young at heart! The famous bake sale will offer lots of food for purchase and you never know what you might find at the church wide garage sale. Lunch will also be available for purchase. Come and enjoy the day. Bring your children and grandchildren to share the day with you. Birthdays
Birthday wishes this week go out to Logan Johnson, Gloria Clair, LeRae Wood Kinney, Ronnie Roope, Zachary Breton, Carl Ritchie, Sydney Craig, Sarah Craig, Alexis Getchell, Kyle Daniel Gilson, Nadiene Brewer, Louella Dean, W. Jason Dyer, Madelyn Carson, Asa Cook, Stuart Smith, Landyn Newlands, Judy Raymond, Derek Hanks, Ethan Turner and Terri Raymond.
Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary this week to Mike and Shelley Michaud on the 10th; Lee and Carly St. Peter on the 14th; and Tim and Kellie Wood on the 15th.
School Open House
The Mapleton Elementary School will be hosting an Open House Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. Families of MES students are encouraged to attend. This is an opportunity to meet the faculty and staff of the school, especially those involved in educating your child(ren) this school year! If you have yet to do so, this would also be a great chance to meet new Principal Dan Duprey. The evening will begin with informal classroom visits, and then at 7 p.m. there will be a brief informational meeting in the cafeteria. The Mapleton Parent Organization is looking for more parent volunteers to assist with their activities this year. The group will be planning their first new event of the school year for mid-October. Volunteers will be needed in this project.
Supper & Auction
The Haystack Historical Society will be having their annual fall supper and auction Saturday, Sept. 12. The meal will include the Society’s famous baked ham, baked beans, homemade potato salad, rolls, with pumpkin and apple pie for dessert. Coffee, water and soda will also be served. The supper is $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12. The meal will be served from 4:30-6 p.m. The auction will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. with many great items to bid on. Auctioneer for the evening will be Mapleton’s own Ron Leonard.
Making a Change
I recently read an announcement in the September issue of “Family Fun” magazine promoting Disney’s “Friends for Change: Project Green.” This is a new program (disney.com/friendsforchange) encouraging kids to help the environment by making small changes in their daily habits. Kids who go online and pledge to take action – to unplug their cell phone charger, for example, or organize a local carpool with their friends (whatever creative idea they can think of) – can vote to decide how Disney will donate $1 million to charitable environmental projects.
On Sept. 12, Friends For Change is asking kids and their families around the world to take a “power shower” – reducing their shower time by two minutes. According to the article, cutting just two minutes from a shower can save 10 gallons of water. Is your family up for the challenge to make a change?
Little Known Holidays
According to grandparents-day.com, the founder of National Grandparents Day was Marian McQuade, a housewife from Fayette County, W.Va. “Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to encourage grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide.” President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
Marian McQuade passed away last fall at the age of 91. She was the proud grandmother of 43 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. An excerpt from her obituary read, the Grandparents Day proclamation reads (in part): “Grandparents are our continuing tie to the near-past, to events and beliefs and experiences that so strongly affect our lives and the world around us. Whether they are our own or surrogate grandparents who fill some of the gaps in our mobile society, our senior generation also provides our society a link to our national heritage and traditions.” The last line in her obituary read, “As Marian always said, ‘Make every day Grandparents Day.’” This year, Grandparents Day will be celebrated Sunday, Sept. 13.
Mapleton Daze Meeting
The Mapleton Daze Committee met last week and has elected officers for the upcoming year. Julie (Sawyer) Powers was elected chair of the committee. The upcoming calendar sales fund-raiser was discussed and volunteers will be contacting several in the community to purchase a birthday calendar. For those that may not be familiar with the committee’s calendars, here is a quick description. Calendars can be purchased for $7 each, which allows each customer five listings. These listings can be birthdays or anniversaries of family members or friends, or birthday listings in memory of those that have passed. Additional listings can be purchased for 50 each. The committee will be having a special meeting Monday, Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m. to turn in their calendar orders. If you would like to place an order and have not been contacted, please e-mail Julie at greenbay04favre@yahoo.com or call 540-1097. Volunteers are always welcome to attend the meetings!
Castle Hill Grange Hall Preservation Society
The Society needs new members. Membership dues are $10 for a working member, $15 for a non-working member, $100 for a lifetime member or $150 for a couple lifetime. Please consider becoming a member. The Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month February through November.
The Grange Hall is available for rent May 1-Nov. 1. Please contact any member if you are interested in renting the hall for your event.
Mapleton United Methodist Church Luncheon
The United Methodist Church luncheon will be held Friday, Sept. 11 at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
Jennifer Buzza is the correspondent for Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman. She can be reached at 760-9115, or by e-mail at jbuzza@ainop.com.
