New Salem and other area news – June 7, 2023
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By WYVETTA DAVIS
217-285-4880
or 217-320-8438
Fish fry at senior center tomorrow evening
“Look around at who you spend your time with. You become who you hang around. Choose carefully.”
There is to be a fish fry fundraiser this Thursday, June 8, from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Pike County Senior Center in Pittsfield. The menu includes your choice of catfish fillet or buffalo with three sides of potato salad, green bean casserole, five cup salad, and a choice of dessert, Eat in or carry out. All ages are welcome.
The Buggs Family Opry will be performing this Friday, June 9, in Pearl, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Well worth the price for a great evening’s worth of entertainment. By the way, their most recent show in Pearl which was May 26, was very well attended and was a wonderful patriotic show. The legendary ladies’ group Harmony Grits also performed. Then May 28, Sunday afternoon, there was a gospel show there which also was very good.
This Sunday, June 11, the speaker at Independence Christian Church will be Clint Weir with the service starting at 10:30 a.m. The following Sunday, June 18, Josh Ottwell will be the speaker. Everyone is always encouraged and welcome to attend.
There will be a Rules of the Road Class at the Pike County Senior Center, 220 West Adams, Pittsfield, Wednesday, June 14, from 1-3 p.m. Any questions, please call 217-285-4969.
Prayer Requests (if there are any names to add or delete on here, please let me know):Miracles for all people to turn back to God and healing answers for cancer. And for these individuals: Amy Workman, Becky Ghrist, Bonnie Prudoehl, Brian Robbins, Brian Jacques, Brian Bradshaw, Charla Prior, Danny K. Guthrie, Erma Garner, Frances Davis, Gary Dice, Jim Brown, Jerry Garner, Janet Bonnett, Joe Yackley, Josh Bennett, Judy Dockhorn, Karen DeWitt, Les Garner, Leonard and Sharon Dice, Michael Miller, Nic Carter, Peggy Piper, Roger Bonnett, Sharon Straus, and unspoken prayer requests.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Psalm 18:30 (I looked up the word buckler and one meaning of it is “any means of defense, protection”.)
June 7 – 13 Birthdays and anniversaries: June 7, Mike Stickhost, Sheri Ketterman, June 8, Lisa Bradshaw, June 9, Brenda Whatley, Carl Lawber, Cindy Turner, Angela and Justin Dwight, June 10, Kyla McDonald, Robbie McDonald, Mrs. Dick Lambeth (Debbie), Mrs. Fred Lambeth (Debbie), Sheila and Wilbur Steininger (60 years, June 11, Jason Simmerman, June 12. Becky Phillips, Janice Swartz, Paul and Neta Lennon
Congratulations to Kristine Haughey and Dathan Drake who were united in holy matrimony May 16 in Winchester. Kristine is the daughter of Rachel Fanning of Jacksonville and David Haughey of New Salem, and granddaughter of Thelma McGraw, also of New Salem. Dathan if the son of Brandi Drake of Winchester and grandson of Cheryl Drake, also of Winchester. The couple resides in Winchester.
Here’s where I will make an honorable mention, June 2, Elbie and Mary Lou Buchanan celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations!
Trivia Questions for This Week:
1. Who performed the first heart transplant?
2. Which writer of Psalms was a supervisor of the music at Solomon’s temple?
3. What is the longest bone in the human body?
Ginger Whitlock and Wyvetta Davis ate lunch at the Pearl Diner Wednesday, May 31. Wyvetta Davis and her son Nathan ate lunch at the Pearl Diner Thursday, June 1. And Danny Guthrie and Wyvetta Davis ate supper at the Pearl Diner Friday, June 2. (Guess you can tell, I like the Pearl Diner.)
Cary and Dan Dunham, Danny K. Guthrie, Nathan Davis, and Wyvetta Davis enjoyed eating dinner together Sunday, June 4th, at Watts Up in Nebo.
Cheri and JoAnn’s Latest Trip. [Second Installment]: The next day we arrived in Lahaina on the island of Maui. We walked around the town center where the city park was amazing. One enormous banyon tree grows in the middle of the courtyard. It was planted in 1873 and shades almost an acre of park, reaching upward to 60 feet. It spreads over the area by way of aerial roots which grow into thick trunks when they reach the ground, supporting the tree’s large canopy. Our excursion today was the Drums of the Pacific Luau with Polynesian food, music, and dancers wearing beautiful costumes. We also got to view a beautiful sunset reflected off the water at Kaanapali Beach in Maui. Our next stop was Honolulu on the island of Oahu and our excursion was “Explore and Taste Oahu’s North Shore”. Our very talkative bus driver, who thought he was quite a comedian, shared a lot of history and stories of the island. Highlights of this tour: Byodo Temple; Kualoa Ranch; a roadside stand where we tried some fresh coconut; drove by several beautiful beaches; and we visited the Dole Plantation where we had chocolate dipped pineapple ice cream. We docked at the big island of Hawaii. When we were waiting for our tour to start, we noticed that there was an excursion bus taking people to Walmart and the line was really long. We thought that was pretty hilarious. The first travel stop was Kona where we did the Atlantis Submarine Dive which dives over 100 feet to explore the 25 acres of coral reef gardens, colorful tropical fish, shipwrecks, and we even saw a shark. We toured the town of Kona before heading back to the ship. (The last installment of Cheri’s summary will be in next week’s column).
