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Terrill Bartlett, President of Bartlett Enterprises (photo at right), presented a report to Rotary Club members last week on how COVID-19 affected the cost and availability of building material in 2020.

HELLO, SPRING! We are seeing an uptick in visitors, and that’s a wonderful thing! Last spring was so depressing with so many unknowns. We still have a lot of unknowns, but it doesn’t feel nearly as depressing, especially with the beautiful photographs from Alan Hale on display in the gallery room.

It’s our anniversary, and Peter and I will be celebrating, like everyone has this past year, the best we are able. We have not yet won the vaccine lottery.

Alan Hale’s Photography Exhibit reception at the River Valley Pioneer Museum, Tuesday evening was well-attended and resulted in the sale of almost half of his prints. Charlie Mann (right), a patron of the show, purchased two prints from Hale. The installation will be open through May.

Kayla Gregg was recently named the new director of the Canadian River Art Center, and announced this week that the Center will be relocating soon to a building located at 10954 Exhibition Road.

Anna Booze presented the program for Rotary on a topic that, thankfully, was not over income taxes. Since I am writing the article this week, I will just tell my own story.