Asa Alan Olsen joined us April 29 at 10:12 p.m. He was two weeks early weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces and he was 20-1/4 inches long.

Lisa Ferguson has been bringing her design expertise to the Canby area for the last three years with the Ferguson Design Studio and will soon bring a whole new offering in the form of the FDS Showroom.

The Canby Library Book Club will meet, Tuesday, May 2, at 10:30 a.m. and will be discussing the book “The Joy and Light Bus Company” by Alexander McCall Smith. Everyone welcome.

Well this is a time to celebrate. Why? This is the 100th story written about Canby history that Julie and I have done. Julie did a few about the county fair last year. Otherwise I have researched the rest. I look for interesting articles from old papers each week.

At the April 27 meeting of the Rotary of Canby, Pete Schmitz, Canby Rotarian, spoke of a visit to a historic fire station in Newburn, North Carolina; active particularly before and during the Civil War and into present day history. He told some of the history of this North Carolina area.

Mini Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

submitted by Pat Haigh

Ingredients:

Cookies:

2 sticks + 2 tablespoons of butter, softened

3⁄4 cup sugar

1⁄3 cup cocoa powder

2 cups flour

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

If the robins are about and the flip-flops are on, it must be time to think about Hat Daze and Sidewalk Art Gallery! We already have several new businesses and several new artists signed up.

Every year, the Canby High School senior class has one or two students create a senior mural, and for the past 10 years, those murals have been turned into banners that line the main streets of Canby.

This year’s mural was designed and created by senior Kortney Leppke.