Edgar

COMMUNITY LIVING

Send Edgar news to: RR@tpprinting.com phone: 715-223-2342 fax: 715-223-3505 P.O. Box 677 103 West Spruce Street Abbotsford, WI 54405 Skillz Club

The Edgar Boys Basketball Club will offer a weekly practice session for Edgar boys in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. The emphasis of this program will be fundamentals: dribbling, passing and shooting.

Practices will be held 3-5 p.m. on the following Sunday afternoons: Dec. 19, Jan. 2, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6. The club will meet Friday, Feb. 4, for Youth Night for an eight-minute show during a basketball game halftime and on Friday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m.to 7 p.m.

COVID dashboard

Edgar Public Schools has announced that three people out of 568 staff and students had confirmed cases of COVID- 19 as of Dec. 13. The school has recorded 48 cases of coronavirus since Sept. 1.

End times

The Rev. Alan Wierzba, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Edgar, will present “The End Times: Jesus Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead,” at Holy Family Parish, Poniatowski, on Saturday, Dec. 18, 12:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Fine arts

The Edgar Fine Arts Association has announced upcoming 1 p.m. 2022 Sunday shows in the Edgar Public Schools auditorium.

The “Ole and Lena Show” will return to Edgar on March 27. On April 24, the “New York, New York Dueling Pianos” show will offer an interactive, great time playing all of your requests and favorites.

Historical Society

Join the Marathon County Historical Society for a series of short, virtual chats in December about some of the great work they’ve done over the years Next year (2022) will mark the 70th anniversary of the Marathon County Historical Society and its efforts to collect, preserve, and keep alive the history of the people of Marathon County. All History Chats programs begin at 12:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live simultaneously via Zoom, the Historical Society’s Facebook page and its YouTube channel. (Click the “Attend” button on this page to view on YouTube.) If you can’t join them live, you can watch archived recordings anytime at the same places.

These programs, which are a collaborative effort between the Historical Society and the Marathon County Public Library, are free to watch and open to all ages, no registration required. Call the Historical Society at 715-842-5750 for more information.

The schedule of December chats includes: December 16: “The Early Years of the History Museum” with Erick Konop. The historical society in the 1960s and 1970s was dominated by the personality of director Ed Schoenberger and general efforts to develop colorful connections to the community and foster interest in local history.

December 23: “Before the Historical Society” with Ben Clark. In some ways, the formation of the Historical Society in 1952 was the culmination of decades of historical programs and events. Learn how Marathon County decided it had history and that someone ought to do something to preserve it.

December 30: “Looking Ahead to 2022” with Sheryl Del Conte. To get people into the New Year, the Historical Society’s Curator of Events, Sheryl Del Conte, joins to give a peak at what’s coming up in 2022 for the Marathon County Historical Society.

Christmas program

St. Johns Catholic School, Edgar, will hold a Christmas program on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. A social will follow in the church dining hall.

Christmas Masses

St. John’s Catholic Church and Holy Family Catholic Church have announced Christmas Masses. There will be Masses on Friday, Dec. 24, 4 p.m. at St. John’s and at 7 p.m. at Holy Family. There will be Christmas Day Masses (Dec. 25) 9 a.m. at St. John’s and 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family.

Senior events

St. Stephen ELCA will sponsor a senior Christmas party on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1-3 p.m. Refreshments and snacks will be served. The event will be held in the church basement which is wheelchair accessible.

For more information or to get a ride to the events, call Mark at 715-348-5802 or Colleen at 715-571-8277.