Vol. LXXXIV Amana, Iowa, Thursday, March 19, 2014 Amana Church news The early (German) Service will be in the Middle Church Sunday, March 22, 2015, starting at 8:30 AM with Elder Kristie Yoder presiding. Opening Hymn: “Nun freut euch, liebe Christen-G’mein” verses 1-5 No. 733, Seite 728 Testimony: Excerpts: JT Pott, Oct 24, 1714 Frankfurt; Excerpts: JF Rock Aug 31, 1819 Ronneburg Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13 Closing Hymn: “Nun freut euch, liebe ChristenG’mein” verses 6-10 No. 733, Seite 728 The late (English) service will start at 10:00 A.M. with the following hymns: Opening Hymn: “Dear Christian, One and All Rejoice” No. 65 Closing Hymn: “For Many Years O God Of Grace” No. 251 The Wednesday evening prayer (Nachtgebet) service will be held at 7:00 P.M. in Middle. Visitors are welcome to join us in worship at all Amana Church Services. Childcare available at the English services. ––––– Congregate Meals Spring is officially here. Have you seen any robins in your yard? The snow is gone and we want it to stay that way! Please come and join us for food and fellowship at the Amana Church where we will be having the following menus: 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. ––––– Amana First Responders’ seek volunteers The Amana First Responders’ are currently looking for volunteers in the community that are interested in helping others. Over the recent years, the Amana First Responders have lost a tremendous amount of volunteers, which has resulted in a great stress load for the current team. In fact, the year of 2014 brought a record low response rate of 37%! Being a first responder team, our goal is to maintain the quality and efficiency of basic life support until a responding ambulance arrives on scene. Opportunities for getting a certification paid for are available for those who are interested! If you feel like you are an individual who would like to help make a difference in improving our response rate, please contact Josh Bern at 319-530-9393. The Amana First Responders need you…the Community needs you! Josh Bern Director of Operations ––––– Aclud office hours Regular office hours for the Amana Colonies Land Use District office are Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and by appointment. Please contact Elly at 622-3840 with any questions. 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 No. 3 A M A N A N E WS AND NOT E S From the Best to the Wurst: New Events in Amana This Year The year 2015 will go down in Amana’s history as a very busy year with several new events on our community calendar. The good folks at the Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau maintain a calendar which is updated regularly and posted on their web page, so you can check their website for a full list. If you or your group is hosting an event that is open to the public and would like to promote your event, contact the ACCVB office to learn how to add your event to the community schedule and ACCVB webpage. Here are our new 2015 events for you to note: April 18 – The annual Amana Arts Guild Communal Supper has been moved from mid-November to mid-April and will be, for the first time ever, a spring event. We expect Gloria Alexander and her crew will be cooking up a “spring storm” of goodness. Only about 80 seats are available so make your reservations early. May 9 – Shepherd’s Market at the Amana Woolen Mill. Just a week after our annual Maifest look forward to this gathering of 30 plus textile artists, spinners, weavers and yes, shepherds, bringing their hand-made goods, yarns, fibers and textile products to the Woolen Mill. Shop for yarn, weavings and more, see demonstrations and displays. June 5 – Amana Colonies Farmers Market begins. While not new, this is a change. This year the Amana Colonies Farmers Markets will begin in June rather than May, thus insuring time for local gardeners to get their gardens in and grow produce to sell. The markets will be Fridays 4 to 7 p.m. in Homestead same as year’s past! June 20 – Amana Colonies Wurst Fest. Our new fest is the Wurst fest! Everything sausage will be celebrated with sausage-makers from across the state participating. Look for the Wurst University, sausage tasting, sausage-inspired games and fun. At the Market Barn in Amana. July 2 – 4 –Firecracker Fourth of July Antique Show. This show has been expanded to three days at the Amana Colonies RV Park. Amana is proud to host some of the best antique dealers in the country. August 1 – Horseshoe Pitching Tournament. A National Horse Show Pitching Association (NHPA) sanctioned tournament will be held at the Amana Colonies RV Park. Yes, your team can sign up to compete, but you must be “card holding members.” (though we are told membership is easy to obtain.) For more information, contact 319-321-0747. November 14 – Shepherd’s Market at the Amana Woolen Mill. Just in time for your holiday crafts, the shepherd’s, weavers, spinner and local fiber artists will be back at the mill. They Deserve Our Thanks: Maipole Co-Chairs Retiring We want to recognize and thank the two young women who have organized and led our Maipole dancing team these past several years. Sarah Lentz and Dawn Ball of Amana have coordinated the Maipole dance team and have done a tremendous job, recruiting dancers, holding rehearsals, organizing costumes and coordinating the schedule. They have helped keep an important community tradition alive in the Colonies. As events coordinator Elly Cutler noted, “The Maipole dancers are an important part of News & Notes continues on page 2 Electronic version readers of the Bulletin may connect to websites or e-mails by moving the curser over those items and clicking. Page Two March 19, 2015 AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN News & Notes from page 1 Maifest, we are so grateful for their efforts each year. Sarah and Dawn have done such a great job for us!” After Maifest 2015, both young women will be stepping down as co-organizers and will be passing the ribbons on to Heidi Baugh, Tricia Ward and Emilie Trumpold, but we hope to see both young woman dancing with the Maipole troupe for years to come. “It truly does take a village to put on a festival and Sarah and Dawn have stepped up and done it for several years, working very, very hard to organize and coordinate the details. We Maipole dancers want to recognize all their hard work and say thank you!” said Heidi Baugh. “Iowa’s Memorial Day Weekend Tradition” The IOWA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL returns to Middle Amana Park in the heart of the Amana Colonies for its 24th year of history re-enactments and family fun. This year’s event runs May 23, 24 and 25 from 11am to 6pm. For 2015 the entertainment roster will be enhanced with more performers and shows. At the top of the bill is the most popular act from the Minnesota Renaissance Festival: the Fandazzi Fire Circus with elaborate choreography and high-energy music, considered one of the most polished fire dance acts on the national festival circuit. Also new on the roster this year will be the singing and fighting Bawdy Buccaneers from Des Moines and Evangard Improv from Omaha. Returning will be the equestrian spectacle performed by the armored knights of Joust Evolution. With the expanded grounds allowing for an additional living history realm and combat arena, several other new show groups can be experienced as part of an inter-active outdoor museum experience. In all there will be 21 professional performing troupes offering 55 scheduled shows a day. Favorite aspects of the regional faire are the many specialty food and drink stalls, the beer garden and wine shop, the fifty artisan crafts merchants, various trades and folkways demonstrations, games of skill for all age interests, the more than 100 strolling village characters, and presentations designed for children. Tickets for the Iowa Renaissance Festival & Gathering o’Celts can be had at the entrance gate with adult admission at $10 and kids from 6 to 13 at $6. Children’s admission and parking are free. For event details see www.iowarenfest.com or contact [email protected] (641) 357-5177. Join A Winning Team! Casey’s General Store in Main Amana is seeking full and part time help for its P.M. shifts. Stop by the store for an application or go to www.caseys.com Josh Hoyer comes to town Josh Hoyer and the Shadow Boxers will be playing at the Amana golf course March 28th. Josh has played and toured in the past with Magic Slim & E.C. Scott. See the ad on page four for details. The 18 hole championship course opened in 1989 and the event center has hosted wedding receptions, private parties, family and school reunions. LakeviewVillage 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” Ronneburg Restaurant •Phone: 319-622-3641 Homemade Hardy Soups Friday Night Special - Catfish Entertainment : Barefoot Becky & Terry-- Friday, March 13, 6 PM Open Mic Night-- Saturday March 21, 4-8 PM Please call ahead to reserve your table! Morning pick-up Basketball games If you would be interested in playing pick up basketball on weekday mornings contact Gunther Sandersfeld 622-3033. If there is enough interest we can then proceed in getting something going at the gym in Middle Amana. A WORKSHOP TO JUMPSTART THE WRITER WITHIN! Is your creativity gene on hiatus? Do you love the power and beauty of language, but lack time or inspiration? Experience strategic writing prompts that invite you to take intellectual and creative risks that lead to breakthrough thinking …and writing! As writer Donald Murray suggested, it takes a destination and a plan to make surprise possible. So, this is your invitation to create, create, create! On Saturday, April 25, with Linda Bendorf (M.A.T., J.D., University of Iowa) as our guest instructor, the Amana Arts Guild will hold a writer’s workshop, for adults, between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM at the Art Center, in High Amana. Workshop fee: $40 During our high energy, focused yet flexible time together, we’ll plunge into strategies to spark creativity and to free the “writer within.” And we’ll have fun all the while, because serious work requires serious play. We’ll write quickly to stay ahead of the inner critic, and boldly to outsmart the censor. We’ll dabble in poetry, life stories, monologue and more. Plan to generate all new writing, and in good workshop fashion, we’ll share our pieces as time allows. Bring a sack lunch, paper or writing notebook and your favorite pen. To register call Linda at 224-688-9222 Find all your favorite Amana Products http://www.amanashops.com at: amanashops.com Page Three AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN Feathers in the wind What is it about having a family who seems to always find your “good” scissors and using them to cut paper, wire or anything else that will no longer all the scissors to cut? I have a special pair of scissors that anyone in our family would know were not only off limits, bit a lecture of intense proportions will take place if they so much at try to use them. The scissors are small and are used only for embroidery projects or possibly to cut a piece of yarn. They have bright orange finger holders so if you do not know that these scissors are not used to cut wire, flower stems, whatever the color will give one a clue to not touch under penalty of…well I have not quite figured out what until that “someone” will get if HE so much as even approaches the scissors. I could not find my scissors for over a week. I keep them in one place so I knew something was up. I even checked chair cushions to make sure that they had not slipped and fallen into a chair crevice. Finally, one day, I found them on the table they were supposed to be. Okay I know I overlook things, but not scissors I need on a regular basis. I asked Charlemagne if he had seen them, but he faked sleep. It was odd that he woke right up when it was time to play “Jeopardy” on television. It was also odd as to how dull the scissors were. I gave him yet another chance until I found a pair of scissors near the mail. Then I found yet another pair of scissors near the kitchen sink. Today I found still another pair of scissors on top of a desk. None of these scissors were the nice round edge scissors I bought especially for him to use when he cuts paper. They were also not the sturdy scissors I bought for him to cut wire with. They were all GOOD scissors which I like to use to cut material, thread, etc. Something odd was going on. It took me a few days of just watching this man in action. In the process I even found TWO (not just one) of the magnifying glasses I had been looking for. Then I found the answer when Carmen quite innocently asked Charlemagne about gardening. All of a sudden I “found” that he had been getting the mail and going through it before I got it. No, it was not a love letter from some secret admirer, but requests for seeds from people who garden and had found that he had certain seeds to offer via the “Seed Savers Exchange” in Decorah. He also had ordered seeds on his own. Naturally these packages either had to be wrapped and sent or opened and checked out. This all required Charlemagne to look for a scissor (I guess a letter opener was not good enough). March 19, 2015 Yes, it is time for the garden. That will also mean he will be cutting plants, grafting, or pruning all which requires a sharp instrument…namely a scissor. Charlemagne obviously feels that all scissors belong to HIM so if he comes to your house you better keep a close eye on your scissors. B.S.H. _____________________________________________ Travel _____________________________________________ Deluxe Chicago trips for mobile senior adults; depart Sundays & return hursdays (4 nights-5 days); individuals/small groups; included= hosted site seeing, shopping 4 star overnight accommodations, meals, transport. Tour pace; medium. Colony Visits...Heritage Destinations, PO Box 99, Amana IA 52203, 319-622-6178, e-mail: info@colonyvisits. com _____________________________________________ Services _____________________________________________ Drywall and related services. Family owned and operated. 319-936-7065. _____________________________________________ [email protected] Spring has sprung! WM Designs & Restoration has openings for remodeling, carpentry, handyman jobs. Call Steve at 319-640-6250 _____________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________ 10X25 Unit Available! Storage Unit available April 1st! Serene Wooded Acres mobile home park! Call 319-551-6585 _________________________________________ Help Wanted _________________________________________ Desk clerks for 2nd & 3rd shift; housekeepers for part-time hours must be dependable Guest House Motel 622-3599 _________________________________________ Part-time Housekeeping positions available. Apply at Zuber’s Homestead Hotel. _________________________________________ 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. _________________________________________ www.southslope.com Electronic version readers of the Bulletin may connect to websites or e-mails by moving the curser over those items and clicking. Page Four AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN 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. Zuber’s Homestead Hotel March 19, 2015 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. 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 www.iowatheatreartists.org [email protected] www.jhoyerandshadowboxers.com www.amanagolfcourse.com [email protected] 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. 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