Hometown Fruit sale drive starts

Wouldn’t you like to buy a wide variety of tasty fruit and support the Mt. Adams Community 4-H club at the same time? The 4-H annual fruit sales drive has started. You can order oranges (half or whole box), fuji apples, grapefruit, kiwis, and d’anjou pears from any club member. Orders are due by March 18, and fruit is scheduled to be delivered March 23. The club members, whose 2023 projects include beef, swine, chicken, goat, sewing, and foods, need our support to make this 4-H year run smoothly and successfully, all the way through the county fair in August. If you haven’t already been contacted by a club member, please contact Bo Arnold, and she’ll send someone your way. Thank you, Glenwood community, for always being so supportive of our kids.

Glenwood 7th grader Jocee Hoctor finished her club volleyball season with a rigorous, two-day tournament in Yakima last weekend. Jocee said some of the teams she and her Goldendale Gold 14U team played were high school teams. Instead of feeling the challenge was too daunting, Gol- dendale Gold played hard and came close in matches with the older, more experienced girls. Jocee reports that it was fun and exciting playing against such skilled teams, and she wishes the season wasn’t over yet. Jocee, we in your hometown are proud of your dedication to a sport you love.

Our Glenwood High School track team members have been practicing hard for their 2023 season but have had to practice in the gym and hallways due to snow on the ground outside. Their first track meet is coming up this Friday in The Dalles, starting at 1 p.m. If you happen to be in The Dalles on Friday, swing by the Wahtonka track and cheer for our track athletes. We have a big team of 19 members this year, and they are very dedicated and determined to make it to State. Good luck at the 2023 Mullen Leavitt Invitational meet, Eagles.

Spring break is coming up, and families are making plans for fun getaways. School will be closed from March 27 through the 31st. Have fun, everyone.

Did you check your alarms?

Sunday was the day we set our clocks forward, right?

Did you know it is also the day set aside to remind us to check our smoke alarms?

Our thoughtful staff at the Fire Department wants you to know that while sleeping you are less able to smell smoke, and you have just minutes to escape a burning house. You need those smoke alarms working!

Since their invention, they have proven their worth by saving a multitude of lives.

While we are on the subject, last Thursday the Lyle Fire Department celebrated at the fire station with pizza as they handed out the 2022 department awards. This year’s recipients were: Firefighter of the Year - Hans Hoomans; EMS Provider of the YearPatty Elkins; Rookie of the Year - Elisha Neipp; Chief’s Award - David Swann.

Years of Service awards:

Captain Peter Lovejoy, 21 years; EMT Patty Elkins, 22 years; EMT Glenda Lovejoy, 22 years. I think these outstanding citizens need a standing ovation, don’t you?

And now for some school news: the Lyle School District staff wishes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an invite to students and their families for a fun-filled family night on Thursday, March 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Lyle School cafeteria. There will be games, food, and prizes. Come dressed in green so you don’t get pinched! And for the seniors: a few more local scholarships have been posted to the district website. Check it out to see if you qualify: www.lyleschools. org/.../1149-LocalScholarships.html.

Lyle is getting inundated by thieves. A new posting from a neighbor on Lyle Avenue has sent out a warning to lock down anything that will allow the thieves access to your possessions. Twice, that I know of, a neighborhood watch system was attempted, but somewhere along the line