Amana, Iowa, Thursday, January 22, 2015 Vol. LXXXIII Amana Church news The early (German) Confession Service will be in the Middle Church Sunday, January 18, 2015, starting at 8:30 AM with Elder Alan Trumpold presiding. Opening Hymn: “Herr, ich habe missgehandelt!” No. 385 Seite 382 Testimony: Christian Metz, Ronneburg, July 26, 1824; Christian Metz and Barbara Landmann, Middle Ebeneezer, Dec. 25, 1851 Scripture: 1 John 1:5 through 2:2 Psalm 25 Closing Hymn: “O ewighelles Licht!” No. 769 Seite 759 The late (English) service will start at 10:00 A.M. with the following hymns: Opening Hymn: “Lord, To Thee I Make Confession” No. 51 Closing Hymn: “O light That’s Ever Bright” No. 147 The Wednesday evening prayer (Nachtgebet) service will be held at 7:00 P.M. in Middle. Please note, in the case of extreme weather Nachtgebet will be canceled. Visitors are welcome to join us in worship at all Amana Church Services. Childcare available at the English services. ––––– Congregate meals Another “New Year” is here. Let’s be positive and look for a future that’s full of happy times and healthy days. Don’t dwell on our past mistakes..Don’t worry about tomorrow, live each day to the fullest. Remember, if Belle Plaine schools are closed there will be no meals for Amana. Here is our remaining January menu. Jan. 26th Seafood Alfredo, Green Beans w/ red peppers, Banana, Shortbread cookie. All meals are served with a beverage, bread and butter. Why not spend your year joining the folks at the Amana Church for food and fellowship. To make your reservation or if you have any questions, please call Anne Freshour @ 622-3781 by noon on Fridays. ––––– CCA Kindergarten Round-up All parents in the Clear Creek Amana School District who have children who will be five years old on or before September 15, 2015 and are planning on sending their children to school in August, 2015 are asked to call the elementary school their child will be attending. If your child will be attending the new elementary in Tiffin, you should call the Clear Creek Elementary in Oxford. If you reside in Iowa County, please call 6223255. If you reside in Johnson County, please call 828-4505 (Clear Creek Elementary) or 626-3950 (North Bend Elementary). If you are not sure which school attendance area your home is in you may call any of the numbers for assistance in determining which school your child will be attending. If you know of someone who lives in the Clear Creek Amana School District, and has a child who will be five years old by September 15, please ask him or her to call the Clear Creek Elementary School at 828-4505, North Bend Elementary School at 626-3950 or the Amana Elementary School at 622-3255. Kindergarten Round Up for the Clear Creek Amana Community School District will be on Wednesday, March 25. More information about Kindergarten Round up will be mailed from your child’s future attendance center closer to that date. West-High Sanitary Meeting Notice A public meeting of the West-High Amana Sanitary District will be held on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, at the Middle Amana Fire Station. ––––– Amana Colonies Land Use District Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) Meeting Notice and Tentative Agenda – January 26, 2015, 6:00 pm ACLUD Meeting Room, 4304 220th Trail, Amana I. Call Meeting to Order II. Set/Amend Agenda III. Review/Approve minutes of November meeting. IV. Elect Chair and Vice-Chair V. Discussion/Action on the following permit applications in a Historic Preservation Zoning District: a. 2015-001 Kirk Setzer, 403 52nd Ave, East Amana. Remove 2 non-historic chimneys; reconfigure windows and doors. b. 2015-003 Josh Turner, 2704 220th Trail, Middle Amana. Replace windows and doors. VI. Chairman’s Report VII. Other Business a. CLG Report b. Administrator permits VIII. Adjourn Members of the HPC were appointed by the ACLUD Board of Trustees pursuant to Chapter 303, Code of Iowa and Chapter 21.00 of the Land Use Plan. All ACLUD HPC meetings are open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend the meetings. ––––– ACLUD SEEKS Trustee Want to try your hand at public service? There is an opening on the Amana Colonies Land Use District Board of Trustees. At their February 9, 2015 meeting, the Board will appoint someone to fill this position until the next Trustee election. At the time of the next election, the unexpired part of this open seat will be on the ballot. Interested parties must be a resident elector of the Amana Colonies Land Use District. Applications are available at www.aclud.org or at the ACLUD office at 4304 220th Trail, Amana, and must be received by the Land Use Administrator by February 6, 2015. Please contact the administrator at aclud@ southslope.net or 622-3840 with any questions. ––––– College Credits in High School On Monday, January 26th, at 7:00 p.m. in the High School commons, CCAHS will host an evening devoted to information regarding college credit in high school. With the new Kirkwood Center at the University of Iowa opening next fall, there will be more and more opportunities to get postsecondary credit while still in high school. This can literally save you and your family thousands of dollars in tuition or certification costs. Course choices can range from welding to philosophy and anywhere in between. To explain the process and answer questions will be Jon Weih, Director of the Kirkwood Center at The University of Iowa and Laura Goddard, University of Iowa Admissions representative. ––––– Food Bank Anyone wishing to donate to, or in need of the services provided by the Food Bank at the school in Middle Amana please contact TJ Croco at 319430-9181 or Colleen at 319-622-3255. No. 47 The Amana Society Bulletin is published by the Amana Print Shop for the Amana Society Inc. and distributed free of charge to readers as a public service to the Amana Community. On-line at : amanacoloniestoday.com A M A N A N E WS AND NOT E S The Purpose of Winterfest? The purpose of Winterfest is to forget it’s winter. No, scratch that. The purpose of Winterfest is to celebrate winter. Dull, but ok. Hey, perhaps it should read: The purpose of Winterfest is to have fun! Winterfest is Saturday and there are many entertaining things planned. Here’s a rundown of what’s on the schedule, though you may check festivalsinamana.com for the complete list. Communal Breakfast – 9 a.m. at the Middle Amana Communal Kitchen. You must have reservations to enjoy this step back into time. Call the Amana Heritage Museum to see if there are still seats available. 319-622-3567. There were four seats as of Tuesday. Amana Freezer 5k Run/ Walk - Sounds like the weather might just cooperate for this fund raiser for Amana Colonies Trails, Inc. Register Friday 4- 6 at the former Amana Appliance Center (behind the Woolen Mill Salesroom) or Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Race starts at 10 a.m. Kubb Tournament – 9 a.m. the tournament begins at Millstream Brewing Co. Come check out this odd sport, part horseshoes, part bowling, all around fun. Indoor Mini Golf – at the Festhalle A 10 hole course for all ages. $1 per person. Open all day. Winterfest Wine Walk – Visit each winery and Millstream Brewing Co. sample their beverages. Get your Wine Walk card punched to receive a souvenir glass. $1 per adult. Amana Church – Quilt demonstrations - See what’s on the frame and perhaps sit and stitch a bit. 10 – 5 p.m. At the Amana Church in Amana, east side. Winterfest Games – Market barn Our version of the Olympics with log sawing, the Great Amana Ham Put, Pork Chop Slap Shot and so forth. Best Beard Contest too is at 1 p.m. Games are 11 – 1 p.m. Enter to win fame (fleeting) and glory (or at least applause). Our own Amana Fire Dept. will be serving hot chili and more! Shake it Up – Make your Own Snowglobe At the Amana General Store all ages may create their own snow globe. $4 for materials. Decorate with Fabrics – Fern Hill Meet our textile designers and learn neat new ways to use fabrics in your home decorating. Applique Fun at Heritage Designs – Various hand and machine appliqué techniques will be demonstrated – all day – Heritage Designs in Amana. Bonfire at Millstream – 2 p.m. we’ll light the bonfire and toast marshmallows. Make a New Year’s Pretzel – At the Amana Meat Shop and Smokehouse learn how to make this colony favorite. Call the Meat Shop to reserve a spot –space is limited! Visit your favorite local merchants to see what they have going on during Winterfest. Some shops will be having sales/ specials and a few are offering door prizes. Winterfest Scavenger Hunt – Pick up a form, complete 10 or more answers as you visit participating shops and enter to win a nifty gift baskets loaded with prizes. Billy at the Bierstube – Billy Heller performs News & Notes continues on page 2 Page Two News & Notes from page 1 at the Ox Yoke Inn on Saturday 6 – 9 p.m. Joe and the Allstars at the Ronneburg - Joe and is Traveling Allstars will be the Ronneburg beginning at 6 p.m. The Snow Ball at Millstream Brewing Co. Join Holiday Road and dance! No cover charge. Food and beverages will be served on site 5 – 9 p.m. Romance, Mystery, Laughter and Dinner at the Ox Yoke Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Ox Yoke Inn dinner theatre offers a comedy by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick, Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, starring Tom Milligan, Deborah Kennedy and T.J. Besler, Feb. 13 – March 8. This will be the 9th dinner theatre at the Ox Yoke for Milligan and Kennedy. In December they directed T.J. Besler in a raucous production of the wry, Santaland Diaries. Now they team with Besler in a delightfully funny play about a trio who contemplate crime, but can’t seem to make anything work. All’s fair in love including murder? That’s the question posed by this clever comedy about a love triangle gone askew. “Often the scripts (of whodunits) are more of an improvisational outline, and the actors often have more ad-libbed lines than scripted. Murder at the Howard Johnson’s is a fully scripted play written in three scenes and it is a very funny, ‘absurdist’ play,” said Milligan. “It is very clever, the characters have some great quirks and the writing has great rhythm.” Milligan has been a professional actor for over 30 years. He’s worked with Kennedy since 2006 and this real-life husband-wife team have done so many shows together, we can’t begin to count. They truly love working together. As Kennedy put it, “We discovered that we were a great artistic team early on. Tom, with all of his years of experience, is a very generous artist. He is not proud. . . He is very calm, unassuming and welcomes collaboration.” Kennedy’s long resume at the Old Creamery, the Iowa Theatre Artists Co. and other midwestern showplaces is chock full of very challenging roles and Milligan’s pride in his wife and co-star is evident, “Deb is a wonderful creative partner who will not settle for anything less than her own, as well as the project’s best.” When they took a look at the shows they wanted to produce at the Ox Yoke in 2014 and 2015 they knew right away that T.J. Besler, perhaps one of the best comic actors around, would be the perfect collaborator. AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN Murder at the Howard Johnson’s plays Feb. 13 through March 8. Contact the Ox Yoke Inn at 319-622-3441 for reservations, dinner menu and show times. Seating is assigned and your dinner is served while you enjoy the show. A cash bar will be open. Tickets are $45 and include the show, dinner and tax. http://www.essencehospice.com http://www.essencehospice.com http://www.essencehospice.com http://www.essencehospice.com Essence of Life Hospice Life is about choices…. Make Essence of Life Hospice your choice for hospice care! (Located right here in the Amana Colonies) 3207 220th Trail, Middle Amana 319-622-3195 Call for a free informational packet on hospice care. The Ronneburg! Breakfast, lunch and dinner Call 622-3641 for Reservations Friday night - Rouladen & Catfish Saturday night - Rouladen Wednesday night - Steak Thursday night - All-you-can- Eat Broasted Chicken Saturday, Jan. 24th starting at 6 PM Open Mic in the Lounge! Got News? Please Share It Each week the Bulletin features items of local interest and we ask input from the public. We reserve the right to edit for readability and for size (not content and local applicability). Articles may be e-mailed to: a m a n a p r i n t s h o p @ s o u t h s l o p e . n e t. For those without internet access please send your submission to: Amana Print Shop Box 89 Middle IA 52307, or stop by the shop. Deadlines for articles is Tuesday at 4:30, short items my be submitted until 11:30 Wednesday. Thank You January 22, 2015 About the photo at the top of page 3 The photo of the softball team was sent to me by Lanny. Once I got it I called Tanta M and about an hour later she and Oma KT showed up to have a look. Well they left here rather excited about the prospect of looking through their old year books, and though they came up with most of the names I felt it better to wait and let everyone else take a shot at putting names to the faces. We do have someone on that team, so by next week we should have all the names. I will print the photo then with the names. Enjoy, good luck. D High school/trade school students, are you interested in a career in the construction trades?? We have an opportunity for you!!! Work as an “independent contractor” helping restore a Historic Amana Building and gain valuable experience and training from a long time professional stone and brick mason, as well as a former builder of industrial control panels/aircraft tech/hands-on home owner. Lets face it, we’re just a couple laid-back old guys with bad backs that need some help with the heavy lifting. If interested call Dan at 319-360-0670 or William at 622-3240 before 10:00 AM O.C.T.C. Presents The Spy Who Killed Me dinner theatre in cr The Spy Who Killed Me, The Old Creamery’s Comic Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, opens February 13 and runs through March 28 at the Cedar Rapids Clarion Hotel and Convention Center. Opening night is Friday, February 13. Shows are on Saturdays, February 14, 21, and 28, and March 7, 14, 21, and 28. Seating starts at 6 p.m.; show at 6:30 p.m. New this year— two matinees on March 21 and March 28 with seating starting at noon and the show time at 12:30 p.m. When secret agent Jacob Seal gets an urgent call from his Agency, this comic murder mystery is off to a running start! When faced with a lethal henchman, double agents, and a chicken pluckers’ convention, will Seal be able to find Dr. Doom and stop his evil plan before it’s too late? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us for hilarious antics and great food, while you help us catch a criminal master mind. The Spy Who Killed Me is written by James Daab. Cast includes Keegan Christopher, Katie Colletta, Jeff Haffner, Mike Long, Jackie McCall, and Sean McCall. Directed by Sean McCall. Tickets are $50 for dinner and the show. Includes all tax and gratuity. The Media Sponsor is Z102.9. The Spy Who Killed Me is Rated PG. Call the box office for tickets and information 319-622-6262 or order tickets online at www.oldcreamery.com. Jeff Haffner as Dr. Doom AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN January 22, 2015 The First Amana High School Softball Team 1946 _____________________________________________ Services _____________________________________________ Patches Drywall and related services. Family owned and operated. 319-936-7065. _____________________________________________ WM Designs & Restoration has openings for painting, handyman, and window repair projects. Call 319-929-9985. _____________________________________________ Hometown Lawn Care in Homestead is servicing lawn mowers, snowblowers, and other small gas engine devices until mid-March. Pick-up and delivery available! Call to arrange appointment between 8 AM & 4 PM Mon-Fri. 319-622-3417. _____________________________________________ For rent _____________________________________________ Available now! Retail and/or office space. Contact Jim or Terry Roemig 622-3916 or 622-3227 ______________________________________________ Page Three Home plate was near the Print Shop, the Middle Church is in the background AMANA HERITAGE SOCIETY FAMILY ALBUM PROJECT Have you been wanting to get those old family photos out of the shoe box and into some kind of order? These cold January evenings and the Amana Heritage Society’s new Family Album Photo Project are your opportunity. As part of our ongoing Amana genealogy project, we want tocreate a photo archives of Amana families to complement our genealogical records and files. We invite you to call or e-mail to schedule an appointment to bring your old and new family photos to the museum. We will sort through them with you and scan selected photos. All photos will be returned to you and you may have a copy of the digital scans if you want. One of the primary goals of the project is to identify people in the photos, so any identification you can make in advance would be very helpful. Contact Lanny or Kelly at the museum to make an appointment or with any questions at 319-622-3567 or [email protected]. Using the Album project Shown here is a perfect examples of valuable photos from family collections. The photo below shows a group of young girls and one boy from Middle Amana from about 1914 (based on the known dates of birth). The photo was most likely was taken during a school day or special event. The individual faces can now be compared to other photos in later profiles of these individuals. The goal is to have names to go along with faces in a computer archive and keep profiles of most former citizens of the Amanas. This ambitious project will be ongoing and become part of the genealogical research of our history and its citizens. The photo project has now advanced so that the collection of your personal and family pictures can be added to the expanding inventory. The first step is to find and collect your old photos. Secondly, if known, print in pencil on the back of each picture the “who, what, where and when” of the photo. Any information is better then none. RC Eichacker Bertha Rathenbrücher Krauss (Herman) Room for rent in South Amana, $200. Call Larry Hertel evenings at 622-3424 ______________________________________________ For sale ______________________________________________ Classic Ethan Allen 80 inch sofa. Cream, loose back pillow, 3 cushion. Pristine condition. $300 Rose Wheeler Amana 622-6762. _____________________________________________ Beautiful historic Middle Amana home at 2503 K Street. Newly renovated with 4 beds, 4 1/2 baths. 2+ garage on over 1/2 acre lot. Newly landscaped. Call 319-640-8728 _____________________________________________ Amana Society New Class “A” Stock. 563-332-8462 _____________________________________________ Help Wanted _____________________________________________ Expert Janitorial: Part Time Mornings in Amana. Call 319-261-2288 ext. 2 Ask for Kandi. ______________________________________________ Wanted to buy ______________________________________________ BUYING All ANTIQUES; Toys, Furniture, Crocks, Paintings and Weird Items “any condition”. Please call 319 270 1251 or 319 538 8668. ______________________________________________ Free _____________________________________________ 7 ft. Artificial Christmas tree with stand. Call RC at 622-3908 to arrange a pick-up time. _____________________________________________ Christine Ehrle Rind Christine Herr Elly Schaedlich Dickel Helene Pitz Hertel Lillie Herr Rettig (Oma) Sussanna Reihmann Hahn Nora Haldy Ackermann Johanna Schaedlich Weinmann Johanna Dickel Kellenberger Erna Jeck Noe Connow Louisa Pitz Leichsenring Lina Schaedlich Moser Emily Reihmann Hargrave Henriette Dickel Reihmann Edna Hegewald Berger (Alice) Elsie Haldy Eichacker Otto Kiesling Nora Jeck Foerstner Page Four Feathers in the wind Growing up my sister and I would often find fun just looking through our mother’s box of buttons. It was an old cigar box whose top was worn off the main part of the box by our constant use. To this day I feel that buttons should be stored in boxes, but finding a cigar box is almost impossible. We would begin by dividing the buttons according to color. Then we would divide them up by shapes. There always seemed to be one or two buttons that just were not round or square, but some odd shape we could not match with any other button. Finally we would divide the buttons according to how many buttonholes were in each button. Of course those with shanks, had to be set aside for still another “division.” One day my sister decided to stick a button up her nose. Naturally there was much wailing because she was convinced she could not breathe and certainly would die. I, being older, showed no concern. Quite frankly, I had wanted that particular button and she had taken it away so it served her right…it just stood to reason that she had to be punished! Naturally with those tiny fingers of hers she had wedged the button securely in her nose so our parents were called to the rescue. It was decided (after many tries) that the only solution to this “terrible problem” (I still did not care) was to take her to Onkel Doktor Moershel. We ended up in the waiting room with my sister on my mother’s lap and me looking to see if that Mission style clock in his waiting room had stopped. It hadn’t. All of a sudden my sister sneezed and the button “popped” out. We all got up and left. I am sure that Onkel Doktor had wondered what all the fuss was about when he came to the door after finishing with his patient. Again I was totally disgusted because my sister had “ruined” my chance of getting a stick of “Juicy Fruit Gum.” (We seemed to always get this particular kind of gun when we went to Onkel Doktors.) Not too many years later we upstairs in our Grandpa Stuck’s house when I noticed a door in the ceiling that I had never seen before. Naturally my sister and I insisted that we had to see where that door led. After getting a ladder and having our poor grandfather climb up the ladder with us close behind we found an empty attic! Suddenly my keen eyed sister saw a little box tucked away near the SE corner. Yes, we made our grandpa literally crawl across the attic in his white shirt and good trousers to retrieve what we were sure was a box containing something valuable. After all we had been having our mother read the HAPPY HOLLISTER book series so we KNEW that we too would find treasure just like the Hollisters did. We were “kind” enough to let him know in what direction he should head and warn him not to knock his head against the rafters. Eventually the box was retrieved and the two of us scrambled down the ladder leaving our grandpa to finish closing the attic door and taking the ladder away. Yes, we found a treasure. It was a box of BUTTONS! Need I say more? B.S.H. Stay in touch when you’re away , read the Bulletin on-line at amanacoloniestoday.com January 22, 2015 AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN LakeviewVillage Assisted Living Apartments v Meals Provided “Home Plate” Lunch 11:00 - 2:00 Monday - Thursday New in January - one each week: Grilled Roast Beef and Smoked Gouda sandwich Turkey and Oven Dried Tomato sandwich Wisconsin Cheese Soup bar Ham and Bean Soup Chicken Pot Pie v Housekeeping Services v Wellness checks - Medication management v Activities Zuber’s Homestead Hotel Units Available Call Tanya Powell for a tour 622-3131 “Experience the Comfort and Security of Retirement Living in the Amanas” Six Appeal Vocal Band Returning to Clear Creek Amana Clear Creek Amana is pleased to announce that Six Appeal is returning to perform at the High School Performing Arts Center on Thursday, January 29 at 7:00pm. Six Appeal is a high energy a cappella group from the Twin Cities area. The event is being sponsored by Clear Creek Amana F.A.M.E. (fine arts and music enhancers). Advance tickets for the concert can be purchased at select Clear Creek Amana High School home athletic events and also via email at ccafame@ gmail.com . The concert will begin at 7:00 pm in the PAC. Tickets for the concert are $10 in advance or $15 at the door for adults and $5/$8 at the door for students. All tickets are general admission, doors open at 6:30 pm. More information can be found at ccaschools.org . The school is located in Tiffin on Highway 6, just 10 minutes west of Coral Ridge Mall. Proceeds will go to support the arts at Clear Creek Amana. Six Appeal uses a cappella singing to span decades of classic oldies, current chart toppers, and catchy original tunes. Featuring vocal dexterity and adventurous song selection, the 2012 National Harmony Sweepstakes Champions explore all genres with a far-reaching repertoire that will surprise and captivate any audience regardless of the setting. This “Vocal Band” is one of the busiest touring a cappella ensembles in the country. From coast to coast, the group has become known for their vivid musical style, unmatched energy, and playful charm. Opening for Six Appeal will be Take Note, a young women’s a cappella group from the University of Iowa. They are a popular vocal group on campus and around the community! Amana Arts Guild Winter Classes Studio painting: Break up the winter blues with a relaxing afternoon of painting in your chosen medium. I’ll put on the coffee and we can share our creative side with friends. I will give you guidance, helpful hints or just encouragement. A painting class for beginners to the experienced in any medium: watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel or colored pencil. The class will meet Thursday afternoons from 1:00-3:00 PM at the West Amana Michele Maring Miller Gallery for 6 weeks beginning January 29th. Participants will need to provide their own supplies. For more information and to register call the instructor Michele Maring Miller at 319-622-6330. Cost is $50. and Yana’s Stop in and check out our winter specials! 20% off all clothes. Historic Foundations 19th Century Stone & Brick Bldg Restoration Basements, Barns, & Commercial Stone Wall Restoration, Stabilization, and Tuck Pointing Certified in Historic Restoration with Quality “Old World” Craftsmanship John C. Pischke, DeWitt, IA 563-659-3476 The Amana Print Shop Our Hours are: Mon. - Thurs. 8-4:30 Fri. 8-2 or by appointment Phone 319-622-3912 1119 26th Ave in Middle Amana Colonial Manor School Display ads start at $7 per column inch, to the nearest 1/2 inch Classified ads are $6 for the first 25 words, $1 per 5 words thereafter, as determined by “MS Word” word count Ask yourself - What is the real cost of my copies? Rent? Monthly Payments? Sevice contract? Toner? Driving 20 miles? Think you’re not spending too much? You are! Give us a call and discover how much time & money you can save on B/W orders of 50 copies using real ink. The more you need the less per copy you pay. Rubber Stamps Forms, Business Cards Promotional Items and more! PO Box 89 Middle IA 52307 email: [email protected]
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