Conflicting events often prevent us from doing everything we'd like to do.
That''s what happened to me a few weeks ago. Because of another commitment, I wasn't able to attend Connie Barnard's Multiple Sclerosis fund-raiser in Bruch Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church in Wooster.
Later I learned that Barnard's "Friends Lunching with Friends" was so successful the Wooster resident was able to take $7,000 to the recent MS Walk in Cleveland.
The local organizer and her daughter, Brooke (who suffers from MS), are extremely grateful to the 160 men and women who attended and supported this first fund-raising effort.
"The cause of MS remains a mystery," said Barnard. "The cure is still unknown, but what a wonderful gift my friends and their friends gave towards research programming and support."
During the recent Relay for Life auction at Memories Party Center, Jo Howey told me she was pleased that Wayne County Sheriff Tom Maurer has adopted the "Popcorn Friday" tradition started by her late husband, Jamie ... only it's being called "Popcorn Wednesday" and it's held weekly at the Sheriff's Department.
She attended the first "popping."
By the way, the Wayne County Board of Realtors auction raised $14,243.45 for the American Cancer Society.
Alice Grosjean, who is celebrating her 102nd birthday today, was honored with a birthday cake when Travelers Club of Wooster held a guest luncheon and program Tuesday afternoon at Wooster Country Club.
The club was founded in 1891. Grosjean has been a member for a total of 64 years.
When Wooster fabric artist Sonja Henney Tugend and her husband, David, returned to Wooster 2 1/2 years ago to retire, she was thrilled to find the Walnut Street School she attended as a youngster had been transformed into Wayne Center for the Arts.
She's currently excited because a solo exhibit of her work titled "Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Art Quilts" opens tonight in the Arts Center's Gault Gallery with an artist reception from 6-8 p.m.
Also opening tonight and running consecutively in the Roberta Looney Gallery is an exhibit by the Contemporary Cloth Artists -- a group Tugend formed in the spring of 2000 for quilt artists in the greater Cleveland/Akron area. Both exhibits will be on display through the end of June.
If you haven't seen the Embracing Our Differences outdoor display on the grounds of the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, be sure to check it out. You can view the original works of art and quotations about diversity during daylight hours through June 9.
The third annual Ed Arn Veterans' Roundtable will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. in the one-room schoolhouse at the Wayne County Historical Society.
Featured will be veterans who served in World War II.
Panelists include Earl Hawkins, Lloyd Boyer, Joe Palermo, Joe Deluca, Al Neilson and Cliff Cotterman. Mark Sheppard will serve as moderator.
For more information, call (330) 264-8856 or visit www.waynehistorical.org.
In 1939, the National Conference on School Transportation decided on the color for buses -- now known as "National Glossy School Bus Yellow." Despite the organization's effort to standardize the bus color, it wasn't nationally completed until 1974 when Minnesota finally adopted the color, switching from Minnesota Golden Orange.