Vol. LXXXIII Amana, Iowa, Thursday, February 26, 2014 Amana Church news The early (German) Service will be in the Middle Church Sunday, March 1, 2015, starting at 8:30 AM with Elder Elly Hoehnle presiding. Opening Hymn: “Herr Jesu Christ Dich zu uns wend” No. 387, Seite 384 Testimony: Barbara Heinemann, Schwarzernau, Feb. 4, 1821 Scripture: Galatians 6:1-10 Psalm 8 Closing Hymn: “O dass ich tausend Zungen haette” No. 758, Seite 748 The late (English) service will start at 10:00 A.M. with the following hymns: Opening Hymn: “Lord Jesus Christ, be present now” No. 57 Closing Hymn: “Oh, That I had a Thousand Voices” No. 1 The Wednesday evening prayer (Nachtgebet) service will be held at 7:00 P.M. in Middle. Nachtgebet will be canceled for extreme weather. Visitors are welcome to join us in worship at all Amana Church Services. Childcare available at the English services. ––––– BIBLE STUDY There will be a Bible study at Lakeview Village beginning next Monday, March 2nd at 6:30 p.m. We will do a character study of Joseph. Call Shirley Reihman at 622-3486 if you have questions and to sign up. Everyone is welcome. ––––– Fellowship to Fill Your Cup Join us on Sunday, March 15, from 3:00 to 5:00 in the fellowship hall of the Amana Church. This mini-event for women is called “Fill Your Cup” and will help each of us fill our hearts and lives with God’s love, as well as overflow into the lives of others! Delicious café treats will be served to fill YOUR cup, invite a friend or two to enjoy this fellowship together! Please R.S.V.P. by March 6th via e-mail to [email protected] or by calling the church at 622-6155 (leave a message if no answer). Questions should be directed to Elly at 319-330-0677 ––––– Congregate Meals On March 1st there will be only 20 days until the first day of Spring. Count them. Soon we will see robins in our yards--let’s hope the snow is gone by then so as not to confuse the robins. We want them to stay around. Please come and join us for food and fellowship at the Amana Church where we will be having the following menus: March 2 Marinara Beef, PennePasta, Brussels Sprouts w/Cheese, Pineapple, Raisin Bread Pudding. March 9 Breaded Pork Tenderloin, Mashed Poatoes/Gravy, Succotash, Mandarin Oranges & Pineapple. March 16 Meatballs w.Gravy, Party Potatoes, Pinto Beans, Mandarin Oranges. March 23 Open Face Hot Pork Sand., Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Stewed Tomatoes & Zucchini, Fresh Orange. March 30 Lasaagne, Spinach, Gelatin W/Mandarin Oranges, Vanilla Wafers. All meals are served with bread & butter and your choice of beverage. Doors open at ll:00 and we serve at 11:30. any questions or to make your reservations please Call Anne Freshour @ 62223781 by noon on Friday. Hope to see YOU soon. ––––– Aclud office hours Effective March 2, regular office hours for the Amana Colonies Land Use District office, will be Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and by appointment. Please contact Elly at 6223840 with any questions. No. 52 Amana Sanitary District Meeting The monthly meeting of the Amana Sanitary District will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2015 in the Amana Sanitary lift station. ––––– To our Service Company Customers in Amana For the next 4 to 6 weeks the Service Company will be changing out all of the electric & water meters in Amana with new AMR (automatic meter reading) meters, starting in Girlstown and going on from there. To replace the water meters they will need access to your basement and it will take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete the task. Changing the electric meter will only take a couple minutes but will interrupt your power, leaving flashing lights on clocks, etc. If you have a preferred time for change out, please call 622-3052 to schedule a date & time. If we do not hear from you we will just come to your door, if you are not home a door knocker will be left and you must call to schedule a time.If you have any questions, please call 622-3052. ––––– AMANA SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIPS The Amana Society Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it will be awarding up to four $1000.00 scholarships to graduating seniors planning on attending an accredited college or university in 2015. Applicants must either be currently employed by Amana Society, children or grandchildren of current full-time employees, or children/grandchildren of Amana Society stockholders. For an application form or more information, please contact Caroline Ertz at 319-622-7515. ––––– Amana Colonies Land Use District Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Notice and Tentative Agenda – February 23, 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 January regular meeting. IV. Discussion/Action on the following permit applications in a Historic Preservation Zoning District: a. 2015-004 Marsha & Eric Reihmann 209 13th Ave, High Amana. Replace windows, replace siding with vinyl siding. b. 2015-009 Peter & Eleanor Hoehnle 705 47th Ave., Amana. Remove overhead garage door and roof extension on south side of woodshed to return original roof line; add double doors in same style as other shed doors. c. 2015-010 Amana Society, Inc. 4423 220th Trail, Amana. Remove window at general store and return door to that location. d. 2015-012 Amana Society, Inc. 822 48th Ave., Amana. Remove metal addition to blacksmith’s shop. e. 2015-013 Amana Society, Inc. 822 48th Ave., Amana. Replace windows in blacksmith’s shop with white vinyl replacement windows in same configuration. V. Chairman’s Report VI. Other Business a. Discussion/action: recommendations to Board of Trustees RE: Administrator permits VII. Adjourn The Amana Society Bulletin is published by the Amana Print Shop under contract 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 Electronic version readers of the Bulletin may connect to websites or e-mails by moving your curser over most of those items and clicking. Page Two AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN A M A N A N E WS AND NOT E S CCA Monster Band is March 7 A Clear Creek Amana Spring tradition continues, but has been moved up a few weeks. This year the annual CCA Monster Band concert will be Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. in the CCA High School Auditorium. Combining the CCA Junior High and High School bands, with performances of their favorite tunes and music prepped for state competition, is a true celebration of all things big, bold and brassy. We don’t know if the 6th grade band will be invited to perform, but they have been in the past. Our favorite moment – when all the musicians join in playing the CCA school song. CCA School Start Date is September 1 The Clear Creek Amana School District approved its 2015-2016 calendar and the school start date is September 1, perhaps the latest start date in recent memory. CCA Superintendent Tim Kuehl reports that with the current situation in the Iowa legislature, the district does not anticipate changing this date, unless the legislature changes the rules governing when school districts can begin the school year. As of today, it’s official; September 1 is the first day of the CCA 2015-2016 school year. The last day of the school year is June 3. There are no “built in” snow days, Superintendent Kuehl added. Should bad weather force cancellations, those days will be made up in June. This calendar, as Superintendent Kuehl explained, does not have a weeklong spring break. Rather the school board, after debate, elected to build in a four-day weekend in March and a three-day weekend in April, forgoing the weeklong break offered in years past. By not electing to have a week-long break the school year can end June 3. The calendar allows for the mandated 180 days or 1095 instructional hours. Here are some highlights from the calendar: Early dismissals for teaching training and planning will be on Wednesdays. The first semester ends January 22. The second semester ends June 3. There will be no school March 3 & 4, March 25 & 28, and on April 25. High school graduation ceremonies will be held May 29. To see the full calendar, check the Amana Elementary School Facebook page or go to Superintendent Kuehl’s blog on the CCA website. The new calendar will be posted soon on the CCA website. Remembering Iowa’s Oldest Civil War Soldier Visit the English Valley History Center on Sunday, March 22 as Patricia Essick, storyteller, will portray the wife of Curtis King, Iowa’s oldest soldier in the Civil War. Essick will tell stories of King’s remarkable life and times. At the age of 80, Private King was mustered into Company H of the 37th Iowa Infantry on Nov. 9, 1862. This regiment was called “the greybeards” and was comprised of men aged 45 years and older. Iowa was the only state in the Union to form such a regiment, receiving authorization from Secretary of War Stanton to do so, upon the pledge that these soldiers would only ever serve as guards. However, the unit did see action in an armed confrontation with a band of Confederate fighters. This story among others marks the life of King who took great pride in the fact that nearly 30 of his sons, grandsons and great grandsons served in the Union army. The presentation is at 2 p.m. on Sun- February 26, 2015 day, Mar. 22. The EV History Center is located in North English, at 108 N. Main Street. The program is free, but donations at the door will be accepted. 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. Ronneburg Restaurant •Phone: 319-622-3641 •Winter Specials Homemade Hardy Soups Everyday special- Cod Basket $6.95 Every Week Evenings: Wednesdays - Steak Night Thursdays - All-you-can- Eat Broasted Chicken Friday Night - Catfish Please call ahead to reserve your table! and Yana’s Up to 40% off remaining Winter fashions. See our Beautiful Spring Selections, new merchandise arriving daily! [email protected] http://www.amanashops.com amanashops.com Find all your favorite Amana Products at: Page Three AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN _____________________________________________ Services _____________________________________________ LakeviewVillage 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 & repairing 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 _____________________________________________ One bedroom apartment for rent in Middle Amana. Call 602-284-3487 _____________________________________________ Available now! Retail and/or office space. Contact Jim or Terry Roemig 622-3916 or 622-3227 ______________________________________________ Room for rent in South Amana, $200. Call Larry Hertel evenings at 622-3424 ______________________________________________ Village Custom Glass Window and Screen Repair 4312 F Street, Amana Phone 319-622-6690 or 319-929-2570 Al Dubberke, Owner [email protected] February 26, 2015 Assisted Living Apartments v Meals Provided v Housekeeping Services v Wellness checks - Medication management v Activities Units Available Call Tanya Powell for a tour 622-3131 “Experience the Comfort and Security of Retirement Living in the Amanas” _____________________________________________ Help Wanted ______________________________________________ Personal assistant needed, Call Larry Hertel evenings at 622-3424 ______________________________________________ Commercial cleaning position available immediately between Homestead & South Amana, evening hours 6:00pm - 8:30pm, M/W/F. Must have clean background and transportation. Starting pay $12/hr. Please respond to this ad at 319-540-1358 with qualifications, contact information, and town you live in. _____________________________________________ Wanted to buy ______________________________________________ BUYING All ANTIQUES; Toys, Furniture, Crocks, Paintings and Weird Items “any condition”. Please call 319 270 1251 or 319 538 8668. ______________________________________________ [email protected] www.c1stcu.com/mortgage Electronic version readers of the Bulletin may connect to websites or e-mails by moving your curser over most of those items and clicking. Page Four AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN Feathers in the wind The last week of February…wow! I wonder if February is imitating March. You know…”if it comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion.” I have been meaning to write about someone for a long time and, in my mind, I have written the article so often that I don’t know how to write it without wanting to revise it again and again so I better get started. Last fall a part of my family circle (the older half) ended when my Tante Linda died. She was one of those people that everyone has in their family. She MARRIED into the family and then became so much a part of the family that one wondered what the family was like before she joined it…emptier perhaps. We have pictures of some of her artistic creations like the gingerbread house she fashioned, the birthday party she put together for her daughter, Marion, or the cornhusk dolls she would create that were not just dolls, but had some added touches like an apron on brained hair on them. I remember when our “Explorers Club” would go up to the Homestead Store and buy packages of crepe paper. Our original color combination did not work out because the store did not have the right color so she suggested a combination a pink and green. We would happily go back to Donna’s garage attic and string the crepe paper all over only to have it sag by the next day. Of course I have written about the larger ice cream cones she would give us, but then she would see my father coming and “suggest” he try just a “little” slice of cheese that the store had just gotten in. Naturally Dad and Mommy would buy it, take it home and come back for more. How was she to know that she was slowly making my Dad and me sick with kindness…we would find out years later that we were both lactose intolerant and therefore pay dearly for that ice cream and cheese. There were always the quilting bees or the cakes she would make. I seemed to never see her kitchen in a mess. Somehow she would make the food and have everything in place by the time you got there. Then came that time when Uncle George, and later my mother, died. Tante Linda really was the backbone for my father. He really missed Uncle George terribly, but Mommy…well that loss he never did get over. There was Tante Linda giving him advice. Usually it was a religious quote or a prayer in the morning. Dad would leave feeling better because of her strength. (I really don’t even know if strength is the right word to use, but those of you who have lost someone you love know exactly what I mean.) I guess I loved her because best because she never made me feel inferior or that I could not do something. Sometimes I, quite honestly, wondered if she was naïve in her thinking, but now that I don’t have her around I realize only too well that I was the one who did not see beyond expectations. I miss her. She sort of left us like my mother… she went into a fog like state that I am sure she is now out of since she is home with God. The last thing I remember is that when I saw her she fingered my necklace. (I wear a necklace almost every day that has a mustard seed.) I really feel as if she knew who I was and, if not that, she was giving me a message…”have the faith even if it as small as a mustard seed.” I miss her and wish I could just drop in at her house again although I know it is February and she would be in Arizona this time of year. She was the last of my father’s side of the family to die. Now we are the oldest and I hope that by that those who have gone before us we will be as wise and give encouragement to the next generation. B.S.H. February 26, 2015 HIS WOMEN’S 30TH ANNUAL SEMINAR The 30th annual His Women’s Seminar sponsored by Lemstone Christian Stores will be held Sat., April 25th, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton in Cedar Rapids. This year’s theme is Your Life Matters. Speaker will be Angie Smith and music will be by Nicol Sponberg. Tickets are $40.00 , includes luncheon, and may be ordered by mail to: His Women, Inc., 7502 Macon Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, 52411. Make check payable to His Women and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope and phone number. Tickets are non-refundable, seating is limited. If you have any questions, please call Anne Freshour @ 622.3781 Zuber’s Homestead Hotel Zuber’s Home Plate Lunch March Specials Serving Mon. – Thurs. 11 – 2p.m. Always offering a variety of sandwiches, soups, and desserts Daily Specials: Mon - Cheese Soup Bar Tues - Chicken Pot Pie Wed - Chicken Pot Pie or Beef Stew with Biscuits Thurs - Ham and Beans with Corn Bread or Potato Soup with Cinnamon Roll Mint desserts on Tuesdays and Thursdays Amana Poetry Competition Calling all writers of poetry and prose! The BiAnnual Poetry and Prose contest offers poets and writers an opportunity to have their writing read at the Amana Poetry, Prose and Song Celebration on Saturday May 2, 2015. This event will be held at the Amana Arts Guild, High Amana. Contest winners will receive award certificates. Any person or group of any age may enter. There is no entry fee. Categories include: Adult and Students Contest Deadline is April 4 Entries must have for their subject matter a connection to the Amanas-past, present or future. Any form rhymed or unrhymed may be used. Types of poems include historical (factual), narrative (storytelling), descriptive (a person or place) or lyric (expressing feelings). The language may be English or German or a combination of the two. Each poem must be on a separate page with the author’s name and address placed in the upper left corner of the title page. No more than two poems by one author will be accepted. Joint authorship or collaborations by groups will be accepted. Prose pieces of fewer than 500 words may be entered in the Prose division. These pieces should also have an Amana theme and include the author’s name and address on the title page. All poems and prose must be delivered to the Amana School-Community Library on or before the deadline April 4, 2015. The contest is sponsored by the Amana Library and the Amana Arts Guild. http://www.amanashops.com amanashops.com Find all your favorite Amana Products at:
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