A notice from Helene Schmitt, one of the organizers of the local farmers market:

Are you as ready for spring as we are?

By “we,” I’m referring to the vendors at the farmers market, going into our third year. We will again be located near the intersection of highways 21 and 282 in the former St. John the Baptist Catholic School parking lot.

We will be starting earlier this year, running from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, June 21 through October 25.

The halls at St. John the Baptist Catholic School were near empty last week, as two of the classes at the school weren’t anywhere near their normal classrooms.

The school’s fifth- and sixth-grade students were at Eagle Bluff Outdoor Learning Center in Lanesboro.

When the students came back to the regular weekly classroom grind, they had a chance to write down some of their impressions of their three days at camp. Here, in their own words, is what the students had to say about camp:

Food at Eagle Bluff

Fifty years ago, a chili dinner at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Jordan cost adults 50 cents and children 35 cents.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the April 17 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

While the Jordan Independent was broadcasting live from their booth at Celebrate Jordan, a lot of other exciting things were happening at Jordan’s annual business fair.

Bauer Dance and Gymnastics dancers performed in the commons area during the festivities: