Ryder
News for March 31, 2016
Let’s start the news
off this week with my news. Our grandson, Johnny McGrath, came home with us on
Friday afternoon and stayed overnight so he could go along to Good Friday
services that night and take in the Easter Egg Hunt and Crafts on Saturday
morning.
Kenny and I went to the
McGraths in Minot for a delicious Easter Sunday dinner and fun and games
afterwards with Johnny hosting an Easter Egg Hunt.
Now on to the news of
the Easter Egg Hunt and Crafts put on by the Ryder Community Club.
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| And… they're off to find those elusive eggs at Ryder’s Easter Egg Hunt. |
Wow…I couldn’t believe
the number of kids that took part in the festivities! At the Easter Egg Hunt,
the kids were divided into 3 categories with the sections divided with caution
tape. The kids were on the hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy and trinkets
with several eggs containing a ticket that could be redeemed for a bigger prize
when they went to the craft event at the Ryder School Community Club/Gym.
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Easter crafts...the bunny ear headband table.
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There were several
craft tables with various projects to be completed on each one. I watched the
kids make bunny ear headbands and helped my grandson make his. The kids got to
put different types of ears on the headband and decorate the headband with
little hats, bows or flowers.
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| Kathy Kimball, Lydell Wohlk, David Kimball serving hamburgers at the kid's Easter craft fun. |
The Community Club
served a free will hamburgers, chips, cookies and Kool-Aid lunch. Good
grief…these little kids can eat! I watched my grandson Johnny eat 1 ½
hamburgers, several cookies and of course lots of chips.
Jesse Miles of Ryder
gave a nice donation to the Ryder Park Board towards the purchasing of flowers
which the Park Board sincerely appreciates.
Guests of Jody and
Peggy Reinisch for Easter Sunday dinner were Alex and Kelsey DesRoches, Adam
DesRoches, Jerome Harstad and Josh Reinisch.
Kenny and I went for a
drive to check on our farm site out in the country and on our way home on a
gravel road we thought we saw a road block. We had to get closer in order to
see just what it was in the road. Much to our surprise, it was a whole gaggle
of geese. They were on the road and in the slough on the south side of the road.
There must have been a thousand of them flying, swimming and walking. I have
often wondered how they can fly so close together when milling around without
hitting each other and falling to the ground!
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Geese blocking rural road.
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I found a cute little
article about clotheslines and thought I would share part of it here with my
readers: Let’s see how many memories this brings back!
Remembering Mom’s
Clothesline:
THE BASIC RULES FOR
CLOTHESLINES: (If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)
1. You had to hang the
socks by the toes. NOT the top.
2. You hung pants by
the BOTTOM/cuffs...NOT the waistbands.
3. You had to WASH the
clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes-Walk the entire length of each line
with a damp cloth around the lines.
4. You had to hang the
clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with
"whites," and hang them first.
5. You NEVER hung a
shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?
6. Wash day on a
Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
I will share the rest
of the “story” next week.
I guess this is all
there is for this week. I hope to hear from lots of you with your Easter news.
Have a great week and enjoy the nice spring weather!
Upcoming Events:
April 1: Free Will Spaghetti supper 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym with proceeds to go to sprucing up the playground equipment.
April 1: Bingo will be at 7:30 at Ryder Community Center/Gym
April 3: Pampered Chef wedding shower for Shelby Bigelow at 1 p.m. at Makoti Senior Citizens.
April 3: Benefit Breakfast for Ross Sherven from 8:30 a.m.–-1 p.m.at Ryder Community Center/Gym. Proceeds will go towards Ross’s medical expenses. This is being put on by the Old Ryder Jaycees.
April 4: Senior Citizens lunch and short business meeting 6 p.m. at Senior Center in Ryder. Note time change!
April 9: Wedding shower for Tiffany Fjeldahl, bride-to-be of Ryan Schneider, on Saturday April 9, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Roseglen.
