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Join the Lake Geneva Public Library and Matheson Memorial Library at the Horticultural Hall for an afternoon of fun and games.
Bards & Bookwyrms III celebrates role playing games and more. The event is on Sunday, May 18th, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The afternoon will start off with a 30-minute show featuring Magician Chris Ivanovich and follow that with a variety of fun tabletop role-playing games for the remainder of the afternoon. Raffle prizes will be awarded to some of the lucky guests, too, so don’t miss out!
Your voice matters.
Help shape the future of health and wellness in Walworth County by taking the Community Health Survey. Every 3 years, the county takes a step back and asks our community what the most important health issues and needs are for Walworth County. They don’t do this alone and involve many other groups, organizations, and agencies, and look at a wide range of data. They listen, learn, and identify priorities for partners across Walworth County to connect on to improve our community’s health. Tell them what it’s like to live, learn, work, worship, and play in Walworth County in a 15-minute, anonymous online survey. All of the information gathered from the Community Health Survey, focus groups, and interviews helps them build the 2026-2029 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). This plan will include the work of numerous organizations and community members to put the feedback given in the CHA into action, with the end goal of being a community where residents and visitors will feel healthier and more connected. The survey can be found on the Walworth County website https://www.co.walworth.wi.us/.
No Mow May!
With May being half over, you may be noticing neighbors who are participating in “No Mow May.” There are many reasons to join the no-mow movement, and it’s not just a good excuse for not mowing. No Mow May is a time to pause and allow flowers to bloom. Over the past handful of years, the No-Mow movement has caught on. When lawns are left untouched for a bit, the diversity of growth increases and benefits pollinators.
A pollinator is any animal that visits flowering plants and transfers pollen from flower to flower. Grass that is mowed frequently, or is treated with pesticides this is where no mow may come in. Of course, there are other things you can do throughout the year to encourage pollinators to do their thing. Skipping pesticides, mowing less or at a taller level, leaving areas for the pollinators to nest, and planting flowers, the more blossoms the better. Pollination is a very important part of a healthy ecosystem. More than eighty percent of the world’s flowering plants need a pollinator to reproduce, and we need pollinators since most of our food comes from flowering plants.
Of course, not mowing the entire month of May can make that first mow in June quite stressful. Plan ahead and make sure the lawnmower is ready, and the blades are sharp. Lake Geneva and many other municipalities do not ticket residents with unkept lawns in May. So, sit back and relax for the next couple of weeks and enjoy spring.
