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  This Saturday, the 31st of July, the first annual parade of yard sales will be held on Route 20 West, Spanish Lookout. More than 5 different yard sales will be going on at the same time on the same road. For local readers, Route 20 West is the road that runs between Crossroad Farm Supplies and Midwest Steel & Hardware and leads to the village of Duck Run 2.
  According to a close friend, a new public library is set to open soon right on Center Road. I'll post the name and exact location later once they are officially open for visitors. I'm a born bookworm, so of course I'll be one of the first on checking it out.
  And a massive auction sale of assorted household and farm stuff which will be held at Reimer's Feed Mill, Spanish Lookout, next Saturday, the 7th of August, is an event not to be missed. The flyer had a double list of items with an ending phrase stating that there were items too numerous to mention. Usually these big auction sales in Spanish Lookout draw crowds of Mennonites and non-Mennonites from across the country.
  Most private and mission schools in Spanish Lookout are beginning in-person classes this week or will be in a few days.
  Mr. Chester Williams, commissioner of police for the country of Belize, was in Spanish Lookout yesterday, concerned about lack of masks and social distancing. But it's no longer just Mennonites; Creoles, Mestizos, Mayas, etc. are also disregarding Covid rules inside the Mennonite colonies, completely confident of themselves. After all, it's going on two years of this monotony. I understand the frustration and longing to be normal.









                                                  A. Mendoza







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