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Vol. LXXXIII
Amana, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 2014
Amana Church news
The early (German) Covenant Preparation
Service will be in the Middle Church Sunday,
November 23, 2013, starting at 8:30 AM with
Elder Jon Childers presiding.
Opening Hymn: “Dein Jesus kommt und will
sich ausgebären” No. 126, Seite 147
Testimony: Johann Adam Gruber, Büdingen,
July 4th, 1716 Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17
Closing Hymn: “Allein Gott in der Hoh’ sei
Ehr’” No. 47, Seite 46
The late (English) service will start at 10:00
A.M. with the following hymns:
Opening Hymn: “Your Jesus Comes To Offer
Reawak’ning” No. 120
Closing Hymn: “All Glory Be To God On
High” No. 21
The Combined Covenant (Bundt) Service will be in the Middle Church Thursday,
November 27, 2013 starting at 10:00 am with
Elders Harold Pitz presiding.
Song sheets will be provided.
Daycare will be available.
The Wednesday evening prayer (Nachtgebet)
service will not be held Nov. 27th.
Visitors are welcome to join us in worship
at all Amana Church Services. Childcare
available at the English services.
Prelude to Christmas Dec 5-7
Break out your holiday spirit and join us for
Prelude to Christmas in the Historic Amana
Colonies. There is an authentic experience
waiting for all ages during this holiday celebration, music, holiday goodies and FUN!
Welcome the winter season on November
28th, with the Tannenbaum Forest opening
ceremony starting at 5:30pm. Travel through
our Tannenbaum Forest and see over 40 Christmas trees, decorated by local businesses. Bid on
your favorite holiday wreath while you listen to
Christmas carols. Admittance is free; a free-will
donation is encouraged. Proceeds of the forest
benefit Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Johnson
County.
Prelude to Christmas Weekend will kick off
with all-day activities including the Amana
Church Cookie Walk and Christmas Bazaar,
along with great shopping and the 2014 Christmas Haus Tour.
Live performances in the Festhalle Barn will
include the Cindy Shadrick Voice Studio, Eastern Iowa Brass Band Quintet and the Riverbottom Ramblers, and will continue throughout
the duration of Tannenbaum Forest.
For more information and full scheduling for
Tannenbaum Forest and Prelude to Christmas
in the Amana Colonies, visit festivalsinamana.
com.
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Thanksgiving Dinner
at Amana Church
All are welcome to enjoy a home-cooked
Thanksgiving dinner at the Amana Church on
Thursday, Nov 27 at 11:30 a.m.
Here’s an opportunity to relish a turkey dinner with all the trimmings with Amana Colony
friends. You need not bring a dish to share,
simply come and savor some Thanksgiving fellowship along with your helping of mashed potatoes, turkey, gravy, stuffing and of course, dessert. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. at the Amana
Church in Amana, east side entrance. Everyone
is welcome!
AMANA ARTS GUILD FALL WORKSHOP
Did you ever wish to learn how to tat? Ramona Gerard can teach you how! Take a break
from the Christmas rush and join her to make
you own delightful Christmas ornament! Saturday, December 13 from 1pm-4pm Amana Arts
Guild Center, High Amana Cost $15, materials
supplied
Come and bring a friend and have wonderful
afternoon tatting. Limited to 6 students. Please
call Ramona to register at 319-521-2713 (if no
one answers please leave a message) For more
information you may also call 319-622-3678 or
email amanarts@southslope.net
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congregate meals
Take time out and join us at the Amana
Church on any Monday for lunch and fellowship. Doors open at 11:00 and meal is served at
11:30. Our last November menu is:
Nov. 24th: Baked Tilapia, Veggie Rice Pilaf,
Banana, Country Corn Casserole,
Orange Sherbet.
All meals are served with beverage, bread
and butter. Any questions or to make your
reservation call Anne Freshour @ 622-3781 by
noon on Fridays. Hope to see you. Everyone is
welcome.
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Christmas Haus Tour-2014
The 2014 Amana Colonies Christmas Haus
tour sponsored by the Amana Arts Guild is an
event filled with lovely traditions and whimsical surprises. During this festive season the
Amana Arts Guild welcomes visitors to its 9th
annual Christmas tour of homes December 6
from 10am-4pm and December 7th from 1-5pm.
Advance ticket sales are available at the Amana
Colonies Visitors Center and at the Amana Arts
Guild; tickets will also be available the day of
the event at each of the homes. Cost is $10 per
ticket, children under 12 free.
Highlights of the tour include: a collection
of model trains in several track layouts, displayed quilted items, a collection of Christmas
ornaments from around the world over 50 years
in the making, a tree decorated with tin ornaments made by Amana Tinsmith Bill Metz, and
an Amana ‘wasch haus’ with the original large
iron caldron. These examples are just a few of
the features of the tour participants will experience.
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ACLUD HOURS
The Amana Colonies Land Use District Office
will be closed on Thursday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. Effective immediately, winter hours for the Land Use District Office
are Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30
p.m., or as arranged with the Administrator.
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ACLUD HPC OPENING
The Amana Colonies Land Use District Historic Preservation Commission has an opening!
If you are interested in serving your community,
are a resident elector of the Land Use District,
and would like to be considered for this 5 year
term, please complete an application (available
at www.aclud.org) and return to the Administrator no later than December 4, 2014.
Please Note
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday the
deadline for next week’s Amana Society Bulletin will be Monday at 4:30 PM. If you have
an article you feel needs to be in any week’s
Bulletin, please follow-up any e-mails or notes
with a phone call on Tuesday.
Thank you
No. 38
A M A N A
N E WS AND NOT E S
A Memorable Weekend
With candles glowing in the windows of the
Middle Amana saal, over 200 worshippers gathered Friday, November 14 to begin what will be
long remembered in the Amana Colonies as a joyful celebration of our past and of our future.
Elder Peter Hoehnle conducted the service
which linked past to present citing scripture,
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear
much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,”
emphasizing the strength of community ties
rooted and nurtured in Christ. The 300th Anniversary Choir conducted by Elder Kristie Yoder
sang the Eberhard Ludwig Gruber hymn, “Because I know the Lord” while the congregation
sang, “Wohlauf zum rechten Weinstock her!” (Oh
Come Ye to the Righteous Vine) also by Gruber
and the Christian Metz hymn, “Of God’s Great
Love I Sing Today.”
Saturday tours proved popular with about 60
visitors, local residents and former residents attending. The tours were conducted by a team
of Amana Church volunteers who gave a “behind
the scenes” tour that included the Amana Church
archives and the gravestone making area.
Though weather forecasters were correct and
we experienced about 3 inches of snow, over 300
people braved the weather Saturday evening and
gathered at the Amana Colonies RV Park for the
anniversary reunion dinner catered by the Amana Meat Shop. The dinner featured Amana ham
and roast Amana beef with mashed potatoes,
horseradish sauce, green beans and bacon, coleslaw, Amana bread and butter. For desert over
30 colony bakers contributed cakes and what an
array of delicious cakes there were, everything
from maple walnut to double fudge. We loved
sampling some Amana favorites – Hickory nut,
poppy seed cake, sunshine cake and of course,
Mystery Cake.
The evening had the feel of a great family reunion with many former residents back in the
colonies for the weekend plus lots of locals and
visitors from out of town, including a couple
from Washington who were driving cross country
and had read about the event, took the church
tour and then decided to come to the dinner after learning that last minute cancellations due
to weather had left some vacant seats. All told
attendees were from as far away as Washington
State, Florida and Arizona.
Amana Church President Mike Shoup welcomed all, reading in part a Johann F. Rock testimony translated just last Sunday by Janet Zuber.
The testimony, a prayer for God’s grace, used the
analogy of a tree growing skyward as a metaphor
for our growth as Christians nurtured by God’s
love and his continued blessings. 300th Committee Chair Terry Roemig thanked the committee
for organizing the year long series of events that
began with the publication of the book, “Inspired
by God’s Word,” a collection of E.L. Gruber writings, his biography and early church testimonies
and essays. She noted that the 16 lectures, cooking and craft workshops and the weekend events
News & Notes continued on page 2
Library Holiday Hours
The Amana Library Thanksgiving Hours will
be as follows: Wednesday, November 26 - 9-1:30;
Thursday, November 27 - CLOSED; Friday, November 28 - CLOSED
Electronic version readers of the Bulletin may connect to websites
or e-mails by moving your curser over most of those items and clicking.
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helped all of us recollect the blessing of community while celebrating the close and lasting ties
we as neighbors and friends share.
After dinner, historian and Elder Peter Hoehnle entertained with a light-hearted, but loving
series of anecdotes gleaned from our community
history. His short talk included some humorous
gems very much appreciated by the audience.
Then followed a video presentation titled, “300
Years – 12 Generations” edited by Emilie Hoppe,
produced by Hoppe, Paul Gormley and Neal Rabogliatti. The 20-minute presentation included
over 260 images set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig von Beethoven, Ted Wendler
with Mansions on the Moon, Johann Pachelbel
and Matt Maher. Sixty some current photos of
colony children and grandchildren were contributed by their families along with photographs of
German locales by Reiner Erdt and photographs
of Amana today by Lynn Reihmann, Mike Shoup,
Emilie Hoppe, Peter Hoehnle, John Hoppe, David Heusinkveld and Joan Liffring Zug Bourret, along with historical photos from the Amana Heritage Museum archives by William Noe,
Friedrich Oehl, Rudy Kellenberger, William
Foerstner, Cliff Trumpold and Paul Kellenberger
plus photos that are unattributed.
The Amana 300th Anniversary Choir, with 32
members, wowed the audience with a suite of
seven songs spanning 300 years. Hymns by Eberhard L. Gruber and Christian Metz were presented arranged by Bob Zuber and Kristie Yoder.
The longtime favorite “Amana Meine Freude”
written by Glenn and Guy Wendler was especially moving considering the time and place, while
a highlight of the evening was the first time choral performance of a song written by Janet Zuber
and Guy Wendler, titled, “Ronneburg du Feste
Burg!”
Sunday morning dawned bright and clear
with the roadways melting in the sunshine. By
9:30 a.m. the coffee was “perking” at the Amana
Church Fellowship hall kitchen and the coffee
cake was cut in anticipation of the post-service
reception hosted by the Amana Church Guild.
It was a full house as people gathered in the
sunlit Amana Church for worship led by Elder
Alan Trumpold who opened by reading portions
of testimonies by ten Werkzeug including this
spoken by August F. Pott on September 12, 1714,
“If they seek and find My Light, I shall lead and
guide them. They will need no other for I shall be
their all in all.”
The Amana 300th Choir sang, “Praise the Lord
the Almighty” following the organ prelude by Elsie Sayers. Young members of the Amana Church
Sunday School, ages 4 to 13, led the singing of
the old favorite, “Praise God from Whom All
Blessings Flow” prior to Elder Trumpold’s comments. Reading 2 Thessalonians 1: 3-10 which
reads in part, “We ought always to thank God . .
.” Trumpold’s theme was the continuity of God’s
Word, the everlasting power and efficacy of that
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“Home Plate” Lunch 11:00 - 2:00
Monday - Thursday
“Serving Up” a variety of sandwiches and
soups, chips, homemade desserts, coffee,
tea, or soda. Daily menu will vary.
Now serving Walking Taco Salad,
French Dip Sandwich, Grilled Chicken
Breast Flatbread Sandwich,
Chili with Cinnamon Roll
CRAFT SALE!
December 6, 7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Word for which we should be grateful, praising
God for his goodness. He talked of the founding
of the Amana Church and God’s goodness in allowing the community to continue to this day emphasizing the need for all church members to do
their part to build the body of Christ and to proclaim the Word testifying Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Tannenbaum Forest Opens Next Friday
Still Time to Join in Helping the Forest
Amana’s Tannenbaum Forest, this year benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County open Friday, November 28 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. at
the Festhalle barn reports Elly Cutler, Amana’s
event coordinator.
“We have over 50 trees decorated by local nonprofit groups and merchants and we’re very excited to see what our volunteers have created,”
Cutler said. This year too the popular wreath silent auction and a new “holiday basket” auction
will be held at the Forest with proceeds from both
to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters a group that
assists teens in Johnson County, including youth
from our CCA School District.
If you have a wreath or basket to contribute
please take these to the Amana Colonies Visitor
Center next week, Nov. 24 – 26. Decorate your
Tannenbaum tree from noon to 8 p.m. on Monday, November 24 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25.
Want to lend a hand? Just stop by during the
times above to help add festive touches to the
Festhalle or help groups set up their trees. Also
volunteers are still needed for a few shifts at the
Forest, if you have a couple of hours to spare and
want to help give Emilie Hoppe a call or contact
her at zhoppe@southslope.net.
The Tannenbaum Forest is open November 28
through December 21 Wednesday through Sunday with evening hours Thanksgiving weekend
and during Prelude to Christmas.
Held at
Lakeview Village Assisted Living
All crafts are made by
Assisted Living Residents!
Everything hand made,
and the price is right!
Christmas wreath sales
The Amana Boy Scouts. Troop 223, will again
be offering Christmas wreaths and outdoor balsam roping for sale to all residents and businesses in our community. Prices are $15.00 for a 24”
wreath.The first distribution of wreaths for residents is planned for Saturday November 22, beginning around 9:00 A.M. For your convenience
the wreaths will be available immediately for you
to purchase as Scouts go door to door. There will
be no waiting for your wreath.
If you are unable to be at home on November
22 and wish to purchase a wreath, please call
one of the following: Homestead- Dennis Lukes
622-3785; West- Larry Gnewikow 622-3349; Middle- Bob Robertson 622-3876 or Steve Rose 6223634; Amana- Gary Heishman 622-3039; Dennis
Gormley in High, 360-8875. Thank you for your
support of the Amana Boy Scouts.
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Annual Church Cookie Walk
and Bazaar Coming Up
It’s hard to believe but it’s that time of year!
The Prelude to Christmas Amana Church Cookie
Walk and Christmas Bazaar is Friday, Dec. 5
and Saturday, Dec. 6. at the Amana Church in
the village of Amana.
Once again these events benefit the Amana
Church summer vacation Bible camp, youth
group and Sunday School all of which are open to
all local children regardless of church affiliation.
Dollars raised help provide for books and materials, music and craft supplies for these popular
programs.
Craftspeople help! Items are needed for the
Church Bazaar – craftwork of al types, needle
crafts, crocheted and knitted items, handspun
yarns, jewelry, artwork, woodcrafts, seed and
flower art, holiday and holiday home décor, jams,
jellies, yeast breads and sweet rolls we need your
things to sell at the Amana Church Christmas
Bazaar. The bazaar is open from 12:30 – 8 p.m.
Friday and 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. on Saturday. Bring
your donations to the Amana Church in Amana
on Wednesday, Dec. 3 between 6 and 7 p.m., the
afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 4 or Friday, Dec.
5 before noon. Or contact Emilie Hoppe, Katie
Berger or Elaine Zuber to have items picked up.
Cookie bakers to your ovens! Cookies, candies
and bars are needed for the annual Church Cookie Walk. Please consider donating baked goods
for the annual cookie walk. Donations may be
brought to the church on Friday Dec. 5 12:30 – 8
p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. – noon.
Assorted Nuts! Opens at ITAC
The final production of the Iowa Theatre Artists Company’s (ITAC) 2014 Season in Amana is
slated to open on Friday, November 21 at 7:30
pm. Assorted Nuts! is a holiday treat of a show
with a wide mix of musical styles, comedy sketches and more. Internationally known musician/
singer, Kerry Christensen (Provo, Utah) joins
Deborah Kennedy (West Amana) and Meg Merckens (South Amana) in this ITAC original production.
Kerry Christensen travels to Amana from his
latest musical engagement in New Braunfels,
Texas where he has been performing at the 54th
Annual “Wurstfest,” a 10-day festival celebrating German culture. Christensen, a Master Yodeler, has appeared on the ITAC stage in past
years and always draws a crowd. This year he
joins Kennedy and Merckens in an original show
that will highlight all of their comic and musical
skills. Merckens, ITAC Artistic Director explains
how this unique collaboration developed, “Kerry
and I talked this past spring about a possible collaboration for our final season in Amana. He suggested a fun, upbeat holiday show with comedy
and music, and the title, Assorted Nuts!, seemed
like just the right fit.” Merckens continues, “I’ve
been wanting to team back up with Deb Kennedy
for awhile now, and this original comic venture
became the perfect fit.” Tom Milligan (West Amana) is the Director of the production.
Performances are Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sundays at
2:30 pm and will run from November 21 to December 7. Tickets for this show are $22.50 for
Adults, $20 for Seniors, and $10 for Students.
A Group Rate is available. There are no performances of Assorted Nuts! on Saturday, December
6 when A Celtic Christmas by IrishJam takes the
stage for two concert performances at 2:30 pm
and 7:30 pm. Reservations can be made by calling: 319-622-3222. More Information is available
on the ITAC website: itac@southslope.net
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A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol
A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol, opens November 20 and runs through December 14 on the Old
Creamery’s Main Stage, with shows on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm and
on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm. There are
three special matinees Friday, November 21,
Saturday, December 6 and Saturday, December
13. All special matinees are at 2:00 pm.
It’s Christmas Eve 1943 and listeners to WOV
Radio out of Newark, New Jersey settle in for a
one-of-a-kind telling of the classic Dicken’s story
A Christmas Carol. Come see what happens behind the scenes as the Feddington Players try to
save the show from one disaster after another in
this delightful holiday comedy filled with the music and the spirit of Christmas. A 1940s Radio
Christmas Carol is by Walton Jones, David Wohl
and Faye Greenberg.
The cast includes Keegan Christopher, Katie
Colletta, David Q. Combs, Tim Daugherty, Jeff
Haffner, Joshua Jones, Carrie SaLoutos, Michael
Sheridan, and Dion Stover. Sean McCall is the
director.
Tickets are $28 for adults and $18.50 for students. Sponsored by Cottage Grove Place. Media
Sponsor is WMT-AM. A 1940s Radio Christmas
Carol is rated Theatre G. Call the box office for
tickets and information 319-622-6262 or visit us
online at www.oldcreamery.com.
excavation needs to fill
three volunteer slots
Three volunteer slots need to be filled for continueing archaeological work, started two years
ago, at the Patterson Trading Post, a business
that traded with the Meskwaki between 1839–
1843. During that investigation, the location of
an adjacent Meskwaki village was confirmed
through walkover survey.
This village had between 500 and 1,200 inhabitants, with the principal leaders being Wacoshashe and Poweshiek. Many people who live at
the Meskwaki Nation Settlement near Tama are
descendants of people who resided at this village.
This site is situated along the Iowa River, near
South Amana.
Three diffrent time slots are still open for volunteers. Two of those slots are on December 5th,
the other on Dec. 3rd. To sign up, and for more information, go to: http://www.signupgenius.com/
go/70a094daaaf2e5-183918431
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Services
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Patches Drywall and related services. Family
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WM Designs & Restoration has openings for
painting, handyman, and window repair projects.
Call 319-929-9985.
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For rent
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Available now! Retail and/or office space. Contact
Jim or Terry Roemig 622-3916 or 622-3227
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Very nice 1 BR apartment in South Amana, includes washer/dryer, available Dec. 1. Call Larry
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For sale
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Amana Society Class “A” shares. 319-491-5238
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Help Wanted
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Expert Janitorial: Part Time Mornings in
Amana. Call 319-261-2288 ext. 2 Ask for Kandi.
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Wanted to buy
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BUYING All ANTIQUES; Toys, Furniture, Crocks,
Paintings and Weird Items “any condition”. Please
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November 20, 2014
LakeviewVillage
Obituary
Duane Dean Hollrah, 79, passed away on November 14, 2014, in the Red Bay Alabama hospital from complications after a fall. His body
was cremated after a memorial service. Morrison
Funeral Home of Tuscumbia Alabama was in
charge of arrangements. A private internment of
the remains will be at a later date at the family
plot in Sac City Iowa.
He is survived by three children, Cindy Walter
(Kevin), Dan (Chris) and J. Brian, all of Middle
Amana; six grand daughters: Lacie (Tim), Rebecca (Kyle), Abbie (Taylor), Anneli, Sara, and Andrea; a great-grandson, Gavin; and two sisters:
Virginia Remsburg of Phoenix AZ., and Janet
Slaymaker of Marengo. He is preceded in death
by his parents, and five siblings.
Duane (Bub) was born on June 22, 1935, to
Lewis and Helen Hollrah, the fourth of eight
children. His family moved frequently before arriving in Amana. At age 17 he joined the Army,
where he was stationed in Germany. He later
returned to Amana, married and produced three
children. He resided in Middle for the next 20
odd years working for the Amana Farms, first in
the dairy, then as a cattleman, until a nearly fatal car accident forced a job change. Duane then
worked for Centro at their former factory on Hwy
6 in Oxford. He divorced, moved to Iowa City followed by Arkansas when Centro opened a facility
there. Later, in retirement he moved to Alabama,
where he enjoyed fishing and gardening.
Feathers in the wind
Pardon me while I copy Eleanor Roosevelt
who wrote a column called, “My Day.”
I think that today, November 17th is a day
that should “go down in infamy” as FDR said in
1941. Luckily we do not have anyone bombing
the Pacific Fleet, but this old girl (me) is about
ready to sink sometime soon.
First off let me tell you that this morning we
found ourselves “imprisoned” by two cats that
had decided that by lying near us THEY would
be warmer and more comfortable.
Luckily for me my sweet Charlemagne
wished me a “Happy Anniversary.” Yes, we
have actually been married for 42 years today
much to the amazement of many. I still cannot
understand how come it took him YEARS to
find me even though I lived only about 3 miles
away. (Perhaps he was looking for someone
from Middle.)
I got a little “tense” this weekend when we
had our church’s 300th anniversary. I was
blessed to have Gaycia Neubauer helping me
give tours of the Amana Church. I don’t know
why she stayed so calm and quiet even though
I told her that we would probably discover bats
or something worse as we walked through the
attic.
Terry Roemig was determined that we keep
on time so she kept racing between Amana,
Middle and the RV Park. One sort of wondered
if she was going to get roller blades so she could
get around even faster.
The banquet was terrific and things went
well even though we had the snow and of
course that hill to Homestead that seems to ice
over all the time. I got a little more tense as we
climbed the hill so that by the time we got into
the house my back muscles were so sore that
I thought it was time for some pain medicine,
but that would require us going down that stupid hill and I was not moving so I went to bed
instead.
The pain went on most of Sunday.
This wonderful man I married made me a
cup of hot cocoa to ease the pain, the tiger cat
stuck his face into the cup and DRANK it for
me. If cats are as allergic to chocolate as dogs I
might be in trouble.
I thought I would do some writing so I sat
down only to have this same cat sit on me and
shed what seemed to be all of his fur on me. I
think I now have enough cat hair to make an
orange wig for Charlemagne as an anniversary
present. It will go nicely with the white fringe
of hair he already has.
I tried to find some knitting patterns I could
use to make “wonderful” things for the Church
Bazaar. Anyone who has ever worked with me
knows that I have a real problem with machines…especially sewing machines and computers.
I tried both today and now my back hurts
again. I have heat on my back as I write this
so maybe that will help. Tell the clinic to be on
“stand by.”
If I get lucky I will be able to start knitting
or crocheting something for the church bazaar.
No one has asked me to bake which is always a
wise thing to do since I consider the kitchen to
be a prison.
I think it might behoove me to quit now, take
two aspirin and challenge Charlemagne to a
game of “Jeopardy.” If I am lucky he will fall
asleep halfway through and I can tell him that
I won. (Do you think that after all these years
he is wise to me?)
B.S.H.
Units Available
Call Tanya Powell for a tour 622-3131
“Experience the Comfort and Security of
Retirement Living in the Amanas”
Art in the Atrium – Mercy Iowa City
“An Exhibition of Photos”
Photographs by Amana photographer David
Heusinkveld, and his mother Joan Liffring-Zug
Bourret, will be on display at Mercy Iowa City
from November 16, 2014 – February 11, 2015.
These photographs have never been displayed
before.
A reception for David and Joan will be held
on Friday, November 21, 4:00-6:00 p.m., in the
Mercy Hospital atrium, at 500 E. Market Street.
The public is invited to attend. If you aren’t able
to make it to the reception, stop by any time you
are in Iowa City to view this second mother/son
exhibit.
happles
order your organic
holiday pies today
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call 319-310-2879
or visit: www.happlegourmet.com
and
Yana’s
invite you to stop in and see their
beautiful clothes, accessories and shoes
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