A friendly reminder: "Leadership Plenty" is meeting again this Saturday, March 14, in the Lyle United Methodist Church basement from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hope you are able to work it into your schedule as it is a fun and educational time, with a wonderful lunch and extra snacks provided. You are not expected to attend every class nor are you expected to take a leadership role in any upcoming events. The goal is to get more people involved in the community and be ready to help if they find an area of interest and/or their expertise.
Several neighbors and friends spent Saturday, March 8, at the 44th annual Pine Grove Auction. What fun. If you have never attended an auction, you are missing a unique experience. We came home with poor Mildred so packed in with all that we bought she could hardly move. But to the huge surprise of the firemen who assisted us in packing the van we did get everything home including the chair we had to tie on top!
The museum board will be meeting this week to begin planning for the opening of the museum during "The River Peoples' Cultural Event" on May 14. Plans for this occasion are moving right along also, with the committees meeting about every two weeks and community residents stepping up quickly to accept leadership roles.
St. Patrick's Day Dinner will be held at the Lyle Lions Club from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 13 by the Grad Plus One groups. Tickets will still be $8 per person and $20 for a family of 5, and available at the Lyle Cafe, from any graduating senior, or call Diane at 365-3913.
From The Mt. Adams Sun (Jan 29, 1937, "Very Early Settlement Prove to Have Been Made in Lyle Section" by George W. Wiley): "The first reports of the coming of James O. Lyle, who had evidently been in the section previous to this, was the sale of property from J. M. Williamson."
"The town of Lyle which was named after James O. Lyle had not been named at that time."
"Recording of the time Andrew Johnson was President of the U. States, following Lincoln's assissination, show the sale was held the 22 day of October of 1867."
"Purchaser of the property was another of the earliest of pioneers of this section, August Schuster, who in turn, in 1867, the following month, sold the property to W. P. McMillen and Charles Schuster."
Only in America: ...do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "poli" in Latin means "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures."
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