This is a very, very busy time of the year as 2022 winds down and 2023 appears. Besides special happenings regular life things go on. Here are some happenings in Zanesville:
The Community Church of God’s Coffee Cafe is still open on weekdays from 7:30 to 10 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
The Zanesville Lions Club is selling wreaths for $6 each to help with the cash prizes we give to the winners of the Christmas Lighting Contest. If you want to be judged you need to have your display lights on Sunday evening, Dec. 18, so we can get a picture. We will then send the judges out on Monday, Dec. 19, right after the Lions Community Christmas Party at the Lions Park. The party is for all and will feature free food, treats, pictures with Santa and then you can stay for free bingo. Party time is 6:30 p.m. Hopefully we will have some apple dumplings ready for sale.
Just maybe I will have time to change the free library over to Christmas books. Remember the books are free as we want to get everyone back to reading books. The outside door to the free library is open 24/7.
Thanks to Lions Larry Herron, Tom Tracy, Robin Phillips and Melba Edwards and volunteer friend Steve Kumfer who made the trip over to Ouabache State Park and set up the Zanesville Lions display. Our display is just a few sites past the Zanesville Tower Life Center’s on the right side of the street. Because we have many times ran into bad weather and volunteers are hard to come by, the scene was pretty well assembled in the clubhouse.
Our theme was “Gifts From God.” I needed a nativity scene and I knew I might have one or two in the basement but I was sure that maybe the one that was still there needed repainted. With hardly any time to repaint it, I sent the grandkids down to get it for me. Thanks to God it was like new and I must have given the other one away!
Getting all the scenes together takes lots of time and work. Please come on over and support Ouabache Friends as your $5 a car entry fee goes for improvement to your State Park. Check out the Facebook page.
Don’t forget to come and see the wonderful “Living Lights” display in the Tower Life Center Church parking lot. You need not get out of your vehicle. You just turn your radio on and enjoy the music as the lights dance to it. There are also Christmas readings during the production. There is no charge and you may enjoy the hot chocolate and cookies delivered to your vehicle. If you would like, you may help with this wonderful Christmas presentation with a monetary donation to the Tower Life Center, P.O. Box 4, Zanesville, IN 46799. Note on your check that the donation is for Living Lights. The lights come on every evening at 5:30. Sunday through Thursday they turn off at 9:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday at 10 pm. The lights will operate through Jan. 1.
