Thursday, June 15, join in a summer fill with paws, claws, scales, and tales at the Curtis Public Library's 2006 summer library program. The program begins at 11 a.m. For more information, call (906) 586-9411.

The LINK youth board will meet Thursday, June 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the LINK on West Helen Street in Newberry.

The Pickford Area Historical Society is planning a quilt show Friday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the museum on Main Street in Pickford, then again Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry fee is a $3 donation. Raffle tickets for a queensize hand-pieced quilt "Grandmother's Flower Garden" will be on display. All proceeds will be used to fund the museum projects.

St. Timothy's Catholic Church will host an all-you-can-eat fish fry Friday, June 16, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Curtis Community Building in Curtis. Cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12, and free for children younger than 5. Carryouts will be available.

The Eagles Club of Gould City will host a Father's Day fish fry Sunday, June 18, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is $6 per person. The fish fry will be at Laidlaw's on US-2, just west of South Gould City Road.

The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is offering "Crane Club." The Crane Club programs are geared toward first through third grade students, and each program lasts approximately one hour. Parents need to attend with their children. For more information on the programs, call (906) 8569851, extension 15.

The Naubinway-Engadine Merchants Association is now accepting donations for a benefit auction to be Saturday, June 24, with proceeds to be used to help provide the Fourth of July celebration fireworks in Naubinway. If you have any new or good used items you would like to donate, drop them off at King's Fish Market Retail in Naubinway or call (906) 477-6311. They request no clothes or junk, please. Donations are greatly appreciated.

This year's Curtis Independence Day parade and celebration theme is "The Year of the Veteran." All organizations, businesses, and individuals are invited to enter a float or display. The parade will start forming on Sandtown Road at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 2. The biggest little town parade begins at 12:30 p.m. For more information for booths or to enter the parade, call the Curtis Chamber of Commerce at (906) 586-3700 or Captain Bill at (906) 586-9433. Be sure to come back at dusk for the gigantic fireworks, sponsored by the Three Lakes Area Fireworks Council.

Walk a mile barefoot for the children in Iraq. Please bring your new and good used shoes to the Curtis Independence parade, Sunday, July 2. There will be a collection in the parade route for you to put in the "Shoe Float." The float will also be on the grounds to receive shoes.

Soccer Camp will be Monday, June 19, through Wednesday, June 21, at the Curtis softball field. The camp will be from 9 a.m. to noon each day and is for girls and boys age 5 to 12. Children must be 5 years old by December 1. The camp is sponsored by the Curtis Baptist Church. Each camper will receive a water bottle and soccer camp T-shirt. There will be an awards night Wednesday, June 21, at 6 p.m. Cost is $10 per camper, with a maximum of $30 per family. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Call the church at (906) 586-9915 for registration or more information. Space is limited to the first 75 registrants.

Happy birthday to Greg King, Bethany Stansbury, and our wonderful son, Tyler Freeman, June 15, Jeanne Krenek, Trudy Zimmerman, and Michael Klobucher June 16, Chad Gouza, Bill Wagner, and my sister, Jeanne Matchinske, June 19, Cindy Hartwig June 20, Kenny Oven, Ken Troyer, and Joyce Butkovich June 21, and Lois Miller June 22.

Happy anniversary to Joel and Missy Schultz June 15, Jack and Liz Gribbell June 16, Richard and Lois Miller, Michele and Rodney Bigelow, and Jack and Delphine Robinson June 19, Frank and Peggy Keller June 21, and Fred and Heather Bryant and Ken and Joan Troyer June 22.

Father's Day is Sunday, June 18. Did you know that it was Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, who lived in Spokane, Washington, who came up with the idea of Father's Day? Sonora was the oldest of six children raised by their father, William Jackson Smart, when their mother died during childbirth. Sonora honored and respected her father, and while listening to a Mother's Day sermon, in 1909, she determined there should also be a day to honor fathers. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.

Until next time, take care.