Kettle River news

The Arrowhead Library System’s Bookmobile visits Kettle River is 1:30-2:15 p.m. Aug. 5 and 26 on Main Street. Mark your calendar so you can visit the bookmobile.

National Night Out is 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the Kettle River senior center.

Ma & Pa Kettle Days is August 9-10. The steak fry is Friday night. The pancake breakfast, pie social, midway, mud bog and bingo happen on Saturday. More information to come.

When I was living in an apartment in Chicago with three other girls, one of the girls brought home a baby duck. That duck was loved by us all and would like to sit on our laps and be cuddled. We had five children in the apartment across the hall who also loved to come and play with our duck.

We had a line on the porch where we could hang the clothes to dry. One day, while doing the laundry, my roommate slipped on some spilled water and landed on the duck. We all were so sad about that. But, we did have to have a funeral with the children to bury the duck.