Yom Kippur greetings to all our Jewish friends and neighbors.
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Garden report: Mushrooms have sprouted in the lawn with the recent rain. I have white, light brown and darker brown. Some are quite big.
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Lois Barber of Amherst sent me an email about an art exhibit at the Jones Library, “Paint, Paper,Scissors” that opens Oct. 2 in the Burnett Gallery. Besides Lois, who does watercolors, the exhibit features Stephanie Vignone, who does pastels, and Doug Wolf, who does paper cuts. The exhibit ends Oct. 30.
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Correction: Last week I wrote that Michelle Miller was at the CRESS table at the downtown Block party. She was at the reparation tables. Joan Temkin was at the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce table.
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The South Amherst Congregational Church is having its fall dinner Oct. 15 with the option of a sit-down indoor dinner or to go. The traditional fall menu is pork, potatoes, squash, applesauce, apple crisp. There is a vegetarian option. The sit-down dinner is at 6 p.m. Pick up meals at 5-5:30 p.m. and 5:30-6 p.m.
To reserve a meal call 253-2977 or email: office@amherstsouthchurch.org.
The order deadline is Oct. 12.
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George Grief of Amherst gave me some old menus from the Tower Restaurant and Chequers. How old were they? Coffee was 9 cents. The sorority special pizza at the Tower was $1.89 and included mushroom, meatball, Italian sausage and green pepper. The pizzas were 10 inches and cut into eight slices. Muffins were 19 cents and there were nine choices. A roast beef sub was 99 cents.
Meanwhile, the roast beef sub at Chequers was 95 cents, eclairs 35 cents and French fries 30 cents. A bagel with cream cheese was 25 cents at Chequers.
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