Thank You Veterans
By the time most all of you read this offering, Memorial Day 2016 will be in the books. One of the very impressive traditions in our Village is the very respectful, well attended observation of this celebration of our Freedom and the hero’s that secured that Freedom. The fact that we in this country find the need to honor those thought fought and died for all of us speaks volumes. Not only do we honor our Veterans, but we instill in our young people the knowledge, and need to
Rain, Rain Go Away
Lots of rain over the last two weeks, kinda bringing the farming projects to a halt. With the rain, brings lots of opportunity to work on other projects. Mostly mowing yards!!! Anyway, I am sure come July, we will be looking for these Spring rains to relieve us from the hot, dry days of Summer. The fields will dry out, beans will get planted, hay will be made, and most importantly, Summer baseball and Softball will begin in Walnut. It’s all good people. HEY! Did you buy that
Welcome to the neighborhood
Beautiful Spring morning, with lots of sounds and signs of the season. We have new neighbors this week, both across the street and in this house as well. It’s great to see the new boys playing ball in the cul-de-sac and bringing even more life to our nice neighborhood. I have the honor of having my Aunt and Uncle moving here to Walnut. Joe and Judy Kelly are originally from Kirksville, Missouri and Joe is my Mom’s brother. These two wonderful people have been and continue to
Turning the calendar to another month
As you read your Walnut Leader, or see this on the Chamber Web site, you have rolled the calendar to another month. The days and years just keep going by faster all the time. If you have any plans or dreams, you best get going on them, as time does not wait for you or anyone. It seems like yesterday we had snow and cold. Now, I come down the hill and see the Flowering Crab trees on the West end of the old Football field, and how beautiful they look. Many of us remember the gr
