Getting your garden ready for the warm weather
Gardener Dicki King tells us that January is time to focus on getting ready for spring and we should take time to plan for the next few weeks. There is really much to be done. The first of February is a good time to select new bushes and trees for planting. (January 28, 2011, Page 2B)
Community Garden
The Oxford Community Garden presently has 4 feet by 8 feet plots, and 3 feet by 3 feet children’s plots available. Larger plots have no waiting list should one become available. The Community Garden Association will hold its annual meeting Feb. 28 at the Stone Center. Registration will begin at 5:15 p.m. with a business meeting to follow. The community garden has no name so everyone is invited to help name the garden. For more information, visit www.oxfordcga.org. To propose a name for the garden or to reserve a plot, e-mail oxfordcga@gmail.com or call Susie at 234-3064 (evenings). (January 28, 2011)
Soup-er Bowl Benefit
The Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library is hosting Soup-er Bowl now through Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 6. During this time, everyone in the community is invited to donate a can of soup or other canned good at the library, and the library will donate all the canned goods to The Pantry. (January 28, 2011)
GED testing
GED Testing is being offered by Northwest Mississippi Community College at the WIN Job Center in Oxford on the first Wednesday of every month. At least three weeks prior to testing, an applicant must come to the WIN Job Center to complete all steps of the registration process. For more information, contact Amy Savage or Meghan Feltenstein at 234-3231. (January 28, 2011)
Weather radios
Lafayette County TRIAD is providing weather radios for individuals who are 55 and older or for persons with a disability that meet income poverty guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. These weather radios will be programmed for alerts that affect our area and will need to remain plugged in at all times. Back-up batteries are included. Those interested can call RSVP at 232-2377 to get an application. Applications are due by Feb. 28. (January 28, 2011)
Pantry Assistance
The Pantry, the community’s local food bank, needs strong men who will allow their names to be added to a call list to be contacted when food donations are offered that need to be picked up and delivered to The Pantry. To volunteer, call 234-2907. (January 28, 2011)
‘We are indeed inhabitants of a solitude’
Historian Jack Lamar Mayfield continues his look into the days of the Civil War and it’s effect on Oxford and the University of Mississippi in 1861. (January 28, 2011, Page 3B)
New Pantry service
Each first and third Tuesday from 10 a.m. until noon, Pantry volunteers will assist the Department of Human Services in helping clients make application for food stamps. SNAP is the new program name (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program). It provides a shorter application form and is intended to encourage more families to take advantage of the food buying resources that are available through DHS. All Pantry clients who are not currently receiving food stamps are encouraged to visit The Pantry on any first or third Tuesday for personal assistance. For more information and to volunteer, call Jim Stephens at 801-3056. (January 28, 2011)
Reading program
The Winter Adult Reading Program, also known as W.A.R.M., begins this month at the Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library. Those who register anytime in January or February will receive a free book. For more information, call the library at 234-5751. (January 28, 2011)
