The Cuba Lions Club was honored to receive the Lions Legacy Project Award from Lions Clubs International at their April Business Meeting. District Governor Lion Joe Foster (left) presented the award and a tab for the Club banner to Cuba Lions Club President Lion David VanderWerf. Lions Clubs must complete and report service projects in all four of the required areas to receive the award.
Breaking Every Chain, Learning the Ropes.
Are you aware of the growing addiction epidemic in our communities? Are you ready and willing to educate yourself and take a stand in the battle against addiction?
The Cuba Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet is scheduled for this Friday night at Recklein Auditorium. This year’s theme is 50s Night, so be sure to break out your poodle skirts and saddle shoes.
This year’s awards night features a whopping 87 award nominees in a wide variety of award categories, many of them new for this year. Social hour and the silent auction will start at Recklein Auditorium on North Smith Street at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 3. The dinner catered by Cuba Lakes Golf Club will be served at 7 p.m.
Cuba VFW Post 7147 and its Ladies Auxiliary hosted their annual Easter Egg Hunt at Hood Park on Saturday, April 20. Many kids showed up for the egg hunt and prize giveaways held at the Veterans Pavilion. Here is a gallery of photos we took of the egg hunters that day:
The man who used a replica BB gun to threaten a woman in Cuba now faces felony charges. Bobby T. Hicks, 27, of Washington, faces two charges – class E felony unlawful use of a weapon and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action – as a result of an April 20 incident.