Among the joys of spring is the return of the regular round of church dinners, community breakfasts and all the other opportunities to sit and visit over a plate of something tasty that small-town life offers.
Dutiful diners like Doug Wood and Dan Haymond of Perry, who rarely miss meals, are visibly happy even at area Lenten feasts, which mark a period of self-denial and self-purification prior to the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
Friday’s fish was followed this week by breakfast in Bouton Saturday morning. Dawn was peeping pinkly through the moist morning haze as the first diners arrived at the Bouton Community Center at 7 a.m., though the cooks were on hand and at work hours before.
The Bouton Betterment Committee is currently raising funds to restore the town’s Veterans Memorial. A $5,000 grant from the Dallas County Foundation has helped the committee move toward its goal of raising $13,000 for the project.
For more information about the Veterans memorial restoration, call Dick Thornburg at 515-240-6905.
Despite the drizzle, Sunday morning found the Jamaica Lions Club serving breakfast at their semi-annual fundraiser in the Jamaica Community Center. While the Lions worked in the kitchen, they were assisted at table by members of the Cass Pioneers 4-H club from Yale and Panora.
Rose Acres Farms in Guthrie Center donated the eggs for the event, and local ladies produced a rich variety of baked goods that greet visitors when they arrived at the community center.
The event raised about $2,500, according to the Jamaica Lions Club treasurer. He said the club supports the community in various ways, such as by providing Christmas lights each year for the city center. The Lions also put new shingles on the shelter house roof last year using funds raised at their breakfasts.
