Upcoming activities in the community include Route 66 Metal Detecting Club Thursday (today), April 18th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, no school on Friday April 19th, Spring Community Yard Sale Friday and Saturday April 19th and 20th Stroud Food Pantry Tuesday April 23rd 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., and OBI Blood Drive Wednesday April 24th Davenport High School noon until 3:30 p.m.

Seldom do I have accompany my wife Pat when she goes to buy groceries. Two or three months back though, I decided to go with her so I could help, primarily to push the cart and assist her once the groceries were paid for and bagged.

Stroud churches and organizations have joined together to serve children in the Stroud community who would benefit from free lunches throughout the summer. A week’s worth of lunches will be available for pickup at Stroud Assembly of God Church at 410 North 2nd Avenue on Mondays beginning June 3rd from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To sign-up contact, Marilyn Smith at Stroud United Methodist Church at 918-7602432. Please leave contact information for two adults with phone numbers where each can be reached for any necessary communication.

It irks me to no end when I hear of and see reports of a child and children who have been abused. The same is true with the abuse of animals whether it be a household pet or a farm animal.

Easter Sunday came a little earlier this year. I’m glad for that.

Stroud’s Community Yard Sale will be held April 19th and 20th. If you would like to participate, go to the Stroud Happenings & Functions Facebook page, and sign up for this event.

The bricks at the Veteran’s Memorial have been completed. If you purchased one, stop by and take a look. Town Talk volunteers worked very hard to make sure there were no errors on the bricks and were placed in the area requested. They turned out nicely and Town Talk appreciates each of you who added to the memorial.

After working on the paper for a while this weekend, I decided to take a break from it and went back to cleaning out a closet that I started working on a few weeks ago. It’s amazing what all I found.

Central Baptist Church, 210 West 14th Street in Chandler, will host its annual Words from the Cross at 7 p.m. Friday.

There’s an old saying that “If it isn’t broke, don’t try to fix it.” Senate Joint Resolution 34 would try to fix or undo reforms put into place around 50 years ago that are still working perfectly today. SJR34 would, if it passes in the House, place a question on the statewide ballot in the Nov.