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Evening meals resume
Beginning September 10 at the Salvation Army Recreation Center
(SARC) in K.I. Sawyer, families and youth are invited to have
an evening meal from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Thursday.
Along with dinner, activities for all ages will be offered. There
will be a Bible lesson, games and crafts, as well as character-building
programs and life-skills lessons.
The SARC will be closed for open recreation during this time.
Call 346-5974 or e-mail recreationcenter@hotmail.com for details.
Seasonal Crafts and Fun
Youths and adults are welcome at the Salvation Army Recreation
Center on Friday nights from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. to create great
seasonal crafts. All supplies to make the crafts are provided.
Sawyer Seniors & Friends
Sawyer Seniors & Friends meets every Tuesday of the month
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the SARC. Sawyer Seniors and friends
is open to anyone eighteen years of age or older. The group gets
together for friendship and fellowship over snacks and refreshments.
Come and find out what may be happening in our community or play
some board games. Sawyer Seniors have monthly shopping trips (except
for three months during the summer) and other planned outings.
For details, call Doug 346-5974 or e-mail at recreationcenter@hotmail.com
—Doug Swartout
Community news & notes
Fall registrations are scheduled for self-defense and Martial
Arts Training:
• September 14—6:00 p.m., Sands Township
Community Complex, 987 South M-553 (corner of CR-480 and M-553).
• September 15—6:30 p.m., Gwinn Clubhouse,
165 North Maple.
This great family activity for ages six to adult offers
training four days a week. Adult only sessions are available.
The classes are varied and include the strikes, kicks and blocks
needed for Martial Arts, as well as the escapes, rolls, falls,
throws, holds and ground work needed for self-defense.
Registration is available online as well at www.blackdragonmartialartsclub.com
For details, contact Tina Fuller at 346-4523 or blackdragontkd@hotmail.com
A Victory Lutheran Church Sunday School kick-off will be held
on September 13 with a 10:30 a.m. worship service, 11:30 a.m.
balloon launch and a noon dinner. Music will be provided by The
Men of Gospel and George York, and there will be face painting,
games, prizes and student sign up for Sunday School.
Victory Lutheran is located at 315 Explorer in K.I. Sawyer. For
details, call 346-7405.
Donating precious time
Edna Hocking is the president of the Forsyth Merry Mixers.
This silver-haired senior citizen with her generous volunteering
habits is a shining example to others, especially those who admire
her, help her and tend to follow her lead.
Hocking volunteers at the VFW, where you can find her making
pasties on the first Monday of each month. She is the president
of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Adding to this list, she is a member of the Forsyth Township
library board, the historical society and the Council on Aging.
She runs the SHARE program in our area, which requires her to
be at the clubhouse at 5:00 a.m. to distribute the groceries ordered.
Besides this impressive list, she sings in the church choir
and is on the Parish Council.
Although I don’t recommend trying to keep up with Edna’s
pace, she definitely inspires others to keep active and have a
productive life, even in the senior years.
Hocking makes the world a better place by her volunteerism, cheerful
attitude and contagious smile.
—Ruthanne Schatzman, Merry Mixer
secretary and photographer
School open house planned
Sawyer Elementary School will host an open house at 6:00 p.m.
on September 2 and at 1:00 p.m. on September 3.
Each open house will begin with an assembly for parents/guardians
in the school cafeteria.
Students and family members are encouraged to come and meet their
child’s new teacher and learn about all the great things
Sawyer has planned for the 2009-10 school year. Each assembly
will end with a drawing of door prizes from local businesses.
To welcome everyone back to school, families are invited to a
picnic dinner on September 2 after the open house assembly.
The school will provide hot dogs, chips, lemonade and cake.
If family members have Gwinn or Sawyer T-shirts, please wear them
to the open house to show your school spirit.
Families who cannot attend the evening open house and picnic will
have another opportunity on September 3. Light refreshments will
be served as well.
Class lists will not be posted around the community or at the
school as in previous years.
Parents must attend one of the two assemblies in order to receive
their child’s placement.
If you are not able to attend one of our open houses, staff members
will be available to direct students to the correct classroom
on the first day of school.
—Kristen Peterson, principal
K.I. Sawyer Elementary
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