January Area Happenings

Library Legos -Thursdays are Lego Days at the Cherokee Library. Seen here working with Legos are (from foreground left to right) Madi Schlichting, Rosie Schlichting, Ty Schlichting, Matthew Wilson ad Cooper Nixon. (Photo by Ken Ross)

Breakfast at the VFW -A pancake and sausage breakfast at the VFW on Sunday January 15th raised money for the Freedom Rock project. The rock honoring veterans at the Cherokee County Courthouse will be painted with patriotic themes this July. (Photo by Ken Ross)

Serving the community -Volunteers at the VFW Pancake Breakfast on Sunday Jaunary 15th included (left to right) Bob Wittrock, Ed Boger, Joe Draper, Dale Scott, Steve Reinert, Dutch Robbins, Dick Waterbury and Elizabeth Johnson. Funds raised from the breakfast went toward the Cherokee County Freedom Rock project. (Photo by Ken Ross)

Ken Slater, Jr., (right) serves spaghetti as fellow Mason Jacob Kindwall (left) waits to serve meat sauce during the Mason’s spaghetti feed at the Mason Hall in Cherokee on Saturday January 21st.  (Photo by Ken Ross)

100 Days of School -Stacey Zwiefel's TK class at thee Early Learning Center had fun dressing up for the 100th day of school in mid-January. (Photo contributed)