Barbaraa Lyons News Today

Introduction to Bee City USA Committee members from Bee City USA (Salem) invite the community to join them at 2 p.m. Sunday at pavilion 8 in Waterworth Memorial Park. Learn what it means to be recognized as a Bee City USA community and what the committee has planned for 2021. There will be a discussion on the importance of pollinators to our local community and the surrounding area, identify many of these pollinators, and talk about how community members can help. Pavilion 8 sits right next to...

Mar 13, 2021 The Hicks & Hayseeds 4-H club met March 2. Members worked on a portable craft table, which is the club’s donation to the Silent Auction held every year at the Lisbon Fair. The meeting began with treasurer’s report and secretary’s report. Upcoming clinic dates were announced. To conclude the meeting, the club viewed demonstrations by several members. First was Piper Cowden, whose demonstration was on making butter. Ingredients were supplied for each family to make their own b...

A trip on the Underground Railroad PLUS libraries will host “The Secret of Quilts and the Underground Railroad” at 6:30 p.m. March 22 via Zoom by Barbara A. Lyons of the University of Mount Union. The program will explain how enslaved men and women made their escape to the Underground Railroad using encoded quilts to guide them. It is based on the book “Hidden in Plain View” by Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond Dobard PhD. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link and can be compl...