Spring is in the air, as the Les Cheneaux Advisory Committee in Cedarville and Hessel begin taking orders for the annual geranium sale. The geraniums will be offered in colors of white, red, salmon, violet salmon rose (hot pink), pink, and light pink. Orders may be taken any time by calling Donna at (906) 643-8133 or Karen at (906) 484-6908. Delivery will be Saturday, May 29, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Islands Inn Motel in Cedarville. There will be a limited supply of extra plants available the day of delivery. Proceeds from the sale will go toward beautification efforts in the Les Cheneaux Islands area.

The Les Cheneaux Community Library has announced its next series of “Oldies but Goodies” movies for the months of April and May. Thursday evening, April 1, at 6 p.m. the movie “Easter Parade” starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire will be shown and it will repeated Friday, April 2, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, will be “To Kill a Mockingbird” starring Gregory Peck; April 22, “Rear Window” with James Stewart; May 5, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with George Peppard, and May 19, “It Happened One Night” starring Clark Gable. All movies will be shown Wednesdays at 1 p.m. There is no charge and everyone is welcome.

Vic Abnee and Ruth Shanfeld were married Wednesday, March 24, in Tucson, Arizona. The wedding party included (from left) Allen Williams of Cedarville, Vic and Ruth Abnee of Tucson, Cedarville, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Nina Abnee of Chicago, Illinois, Janice Williams of Cedarville, and Ellen Abnee of Chicago. The Les Cheneaux Community Library will host “North Woods Stories” by author William Durbin Friday, April 23, at 1 p.m. at the library at Cedarville. The subject matter is for ages 10 and older, teens, and adult audiences. Refreshments will be provided and books will be available for purchase and signing.

A.Victor Abnee and Ruth Shanfield were married in a simple ceremony in their Tucson, Arizona, home Wednesday, March 24, in the presence of Allen and Janice Abnee Williams, Nina Abnee, and Vic’s granddaughter, Ellen Abnee. Victor and Ruth have been good friends and companions for more than five years. Ruth lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and they’ve spent time there, in Tucson and in Cedarville. They hope to be in Cedarville in their Islington Point home in time to see daughter, Janice, installed as president of the Les Cheneaux Islands Association in August. We send them good wishes.

Les Cheneaux Schools are on spring break and the towns of Cedarville and Hessel seem quiet as many families have taken off for a quick vacation away before the busy summer in these tourist towns begins.