SOme things to remember
By the end of the week your body will have adjusted to Daylight Savings Time. It always does. Twice a year we go through this and you'd think we'd eventually learn that it doesn't pay to moan and grumble. However, I think I would appreciate the final NCAA basketball game a little more if it were several days after the time change instead of within the first 48 hours. Sure makes that second half tough to get through. Georgia-Who against the University of What?
Peabody's emergency services are sponsoring a safe camp for elementary school students May 8 at PES. In my most humble opinion this would be a good thing for your child to attend. The police, fire, and ambulance departments are planning to show them how to be safe in many situations. Ours is a dangerous world anymore and we should do all we can to protect our children. Enrollment forms were sent home with PES students. The response was good, but Fire Chief Ronnie Harms said that children who did not get enrolled in time still could send in their forms and be accepted. "I'm not going to turn down any kid," said Harms. "This is too important." So give your child this chance. You never know when he may need the knowledge he'll learn from these people to save his life.
If you are getting ready to jump into lawn-mowing season please remember that the city has an ordinance against blowing the new-mown grass into the street or gutter that adjoins your property. I believe there is a whopping $100 fine for this and that row of green grass clippings in the street in front of your house might be a little tough to disguise as seasonal decoration. The reason they discourage you from doing this is that grass clippings eventually make their way into the storm drains where they rot and congeal and make a clogging, nasty mess. If everyone does it, it makes a much bigger clogging, nasty mess that eventually makes all manner of slimy things back up and creates a situation for expensive repairs. So don't do it. Turn your mower in the other direction and blow it back into your yard where it will eventually break down and disappear. Or bag it.
Another Main Street newsletter will be coming out soon. People seemed to enjoy the Christmas memories so much this past winter that we thought it might be nice to share some more remembrances of Peabody. Jot down your favorite prom, graduation, or senior trip memory and send it to Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, Box 129, Peabody KS 66866. Keep it to fewer than 500 words, remember that this is a family newspaper, and include your name and graduation year. It might be interesting to know when the prom tradition started and why, if anyone knows.
"Hyacinths, Hats, and Honey" is the theme of the next women's fair slated for April 24 at the senior center. The California Sisters of Ramona will speak to those in attendance. There will be a hat contest. Historian Marilyn Jones will tell tales of horror and suspense taken from Peabody history, and a luncheon with a most imaginative menu will be served. Other events will fill out the day and daycare will be provided by the FCCLA at the high school. Space is limited for both the fair and the daycare service, so advance registration is requested. Sounds like a day of fun.
Certainly more fun than the second half of that championship basketball game.
— SUSAN MARSHALL
