WELCOME — The last Cribbage tournament for spring will be at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Welcome Legion Hall. In previous years, tournaments have been held in April. There are many conflicts, so the last day for Spring Cribbage is March 15. Thank you to all those who attended. If all goes as planned, see you on Oct. 11 and 18.

The Welcome Firemen’s Dance will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, March 15, at the Welcome Fire Hall, featuring local DJ Kari Brolsma from KJ Sound. Support your local Fire Department’s Relief Association and have fun, too.

The Ruby’s Pantry grocery distribution will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on March 17 at the Regional Worship Center parking lot in Sherburn. They will put boxes of groceries in your trunk for $25. There are no residential or income guidelines. A partial list is on their Facebook post. If anyone has empty boxes from previous distributions, please give them to the volunteers.

The Welcome Legion Auxiliary will meet at 6:30 p.m. on March 17 at the Welcome Legion Hall. All members are encouraged to attend. Girl’s State representative discussion will be needed. Their next meeting is on the third Monday in April.

The American Red Cross blood drives will be on March 17 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont, March 28 at the LiveFit Gym in Fairmont, April 9 at Truman High School, April 15 at the Regional Worship Center in Sherburn, April 14 at Martin Luther High School in Northrop, and April 18 at the American Legion Hall in Fairmont. To make an appointment or find blood drive locations and times in your area, call (800) RED-CROSS (800-733-2767), go online to www.redcrossblood.org, or text ‘BLOODAPP’ to ‘90999’.

Midweek Lenten services for the Circle of Faith Parishes will be held at 6 p.m. with dinner and a 7 p.m. service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Welcome. St. Paul’s Community Church will have Bible Study at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Congratulations to Elaine Rosenberg, who celebrated her 90th birthday on March 9. Cards will reach her at 816 150th Avenue. Fairmont, Minn. 56031. Our wish is for many more birthdays, Elaine.

The Martin County Township Association Annual meeting will be at 6:30 for supper and 7 p.m. for the meeting with elections on March 27 at Welcome Legion Hall. Individual townships had elections on March 11.

The Heaven’s Table Food Shelf food distributions in Welcome will miss former City Clerk Deb Hansen, who previously coordinated the food distributions. They are happy to announce that the Welcome food distributions will continue. If someone would like to be on the list, they must contact the City Hall, and once signed up, they will be notified of the date, time, and location for the food pick up. The previous clerk’s list is unavailable. People need to make sure their name is listed again. Anyone may contact Heaven’s Table at heavenstable@gmail.com or (507) 238-5424. They also need a coordinator in Welcome.

About signs of spring, I noticed some geese flying north the other day. It has been hard to find signs of spring with the March snow storms lately but the melting snow is also a sign. Another sign is that the Tuesday Coffee Hours will begin in April. The first day of spring is March 20.