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Youth and parents are invited to meet the new youth coordinator and the youth group leadership team for St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Edgar, on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the church dining hall.
There will be games and snacks, plus information on all the opportunities available this upcoming year.
Covid dashboard
Edgar Public Schools reports zero cases of COVID-19 among 689 students and staff as of Feb. 21. The school has had 118 cases of coronavirus since the start of the 2021-22 school year.
Garage sales
The Village of Edgar has announced there will be a community garage sale Thursday and Friday, May 19-20.
Grab and go
Stop by the Edgar Branch Public Library in February to pick up a grab and go craft kit for young ones that’s both fun and educational!
The library will provide supplies and instructions for a craft stick launcher that will challenge children to use their engineering skills to construct a launching device and see how far they can launch a cotton swab.
These kits are free and available for children and families while they last. Limit one per child. Call 715-261-7220 for more information.
Edgar fine arts
The Edgar Fine Arts Association has announced that it will cancel its Ole and Lena show scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 27, but has booked Elvis impersonator Fred Heidmann as a replacement.
Community service
The Edgar High School FC-Edgar CLA is seeking project ideas for a community service day in March for groups of 14 students. If you’d like to recommend a project, contact teacher Kristine Federwitz at kfederwitz@gapps.edgar.k12. wi.us.
Pre-school screening
Edgar Elementary School will hold preschool screening and four-year-old registration days Wednesday and Thurs- day, March 16-17, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
All children who plan to attend four-year-old kindergarten in the fall need to attend the preschool screening and 4K registration days. This screening is to register your child for 4K and help identify any children who may be in need of some type of assistance prior to entering school. Screening and registration will take approximately 45 minutes and will include the areas of health and developmental history, readiness concepts, motor skills, and speech/language development.
If you have any concerns with your child who is under three years old, staff from the Birth to Three program will be available to screen your child. This screening will take approximately 30 minutes and will include observations of early developmental skills and tasks and the completion of a health and developmental history.
Information letters will be sent out in mid-February to all parents of children ages three and four. If you do not receive a letter, or if you know of someone new to the district, or have any questions, call the elementary office at 715-352-2727 between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Radio history
The Marathon County Historical Society’s popular History Speaks lecture series is now virtual. This month, History Speaks will feature a live streamed presentation “The History of Wisconsin Public Media” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, by Rick Reyer, Central Regional Manager at Wisconsin Public Radio. He’ll present the history of Wisconsin Public Media. Reyer will also touch upon the impact and importance of deciphering in the media between “fake news” and reliable information. Weston native Rick Reyer began his career at Wisconsin Public Radio in 1989 in Green Bay as the first business development representative outside of Madison. After a stint in Madison in the early 1990s, Reyer came back to his home community to open the central regional bureau at UW-Marathon County, now UW-Stevens Point at Wausau, in 1995.
St. Stephen’s
St. Stephen ELCA will have an Edgar community senior event on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1-3 p.m. Board games and cards will be played.
For more information or to request a ride, call Mark at 715-348-5802 or Colleen at 715-571-8277.
Free lunch
Edgar Public Schools is participating in a federal program that provides free breakfast and lunches for all students in grades 4K-12. A free and reduced lunch application can qualify families for a waiver of registration fees and free milk at milk break time.
Circle of Joy
The Edgar Circle of Joy food pantry is open to those in need of food in the Edgar Village Hall on the first Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the third Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Poetry contest
Young writers between the ages of 9-18 are invited to send the Marathon County Public Library original, unpublished poems for a spring poetry contest. Winners will receive recognition and prizes. All entrants must be Marathon County residents.
