Citizen Who?

Gossip about small towns is that they are insular and can be unfriendly. Don't know aobut other small towns but Heringon is anything but. They welcomed me and my sisters and we were definitely strangers. This past week the three of us were astounded by the communities choice to homor the three of us as "Citizen of the Year'. I guess that makes each of us 1/3 of a citiczen. They did surprise us and my sisters noted that it was the first time that they had seen me speechless. I did manage a Thank You.

When they read the list of everything that my sisters and I are involved in in this town, even I was taken back. Joan especially has been so busy getting the community to support their efforts at recycling, that is it amazing that she gets much else done, but just her list alone is long. What they did not know, and thus did not menton, is that she has a young lad who lives with his grandparents around the corner from her, come and help her stomp on the cans and help her take things to the recycling center. He has even called at 7 a.m. to make sure he is going to be included. She is indoctrinating them young.

More Surprises

Yesterday my sisters were invited to write human interest pieces for the local newspaper. I find the prospect exciting. There is so much going on here in Herington, Kansas, and lots of times people just aren't informed so they miss the event and then are sorry. I'm hoping we can share some of our excitment about being in this community.

The Local Bowling Alley has had a men's and women's league for ages. This spring they started a mixed 9 Tap League. If any of you are ignorant about what this is, as I was, until a month ago, I'll explain. Mixed means that each team needs to have a representative of each gender on the team. Scoring is different. The bowler is given a strike if the first ball takes down 9 of the 10 pins. After than the scoring is the same. I joined this league and then wrenched my knee so I'm using a substitute. She's lots better than me so my team, WOMBATS, is looking good - getting better every week. I'm in the cheerleader, a new role for me.