Like most weekends, this weekend will offer plenty of things to do if you need to get out and enjoy this weekend’s promised warmer weather.

Friday, March 09, 2001

Like most weekends, this weekend will offer plenty of things to do if you need to get out and enjoy this weekend’s promised warmer weather.

Have fun at the Y

From 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, you can spring into spring at the Austin YMCA. A great family fun night has been planned. There will be crafts, open tennis, karaoke and more. While the event is free to Y members, there is a change of $6 for non-member families. Call 433-1804.

Cooking and quilting

Head on down to St. Ansgar, Iowa, this weekend when the Blue Belle Inn will host a Little House on the Prairie Cooking and Quilting Workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The seminar will celebrate the end of a long winter (is it really?) with old-fashioned recipes from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s days, such as Laura’s gingerbread, vanity cakes, apple dumplings and bean soup. Pam Schaefer-Smith of The Fabric Shoppe, now of St. Ansgar, will teach participants to make a patchwork needlebook with a quilted design reminiscent of "those happy years." Cost is $40. Call (641) 713-3113.

Sing and bowl

Karaoke will be offered from 9:30 p.m. Saturday night until 1 a.m. at Echo Lanes, 1600 10th Drive SE, Austin. Rock ‘n’ bowl!

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