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Vol. LXXXIV
Amana, Iowa, Thursday, May 21, 201
Amana Church news
The early (German) Service will be in the Middle
Church Sunday, May 24, 2015, starting at 8:30 AM
with Elder Harold Pitz presiding.
Opening Hymn: “O heil’ger Geist, kehr’ bei un
sein” No. 794, Seite 783
Testimony: Christian Metz, Middle Eben-Ezer,
May 23, 1847
Scripture: Acts 2: 1-16
Psalm 16 Closing Hymn: “Was kann ich doch für Dank”
No. 1033, Seite 1013 The late (English) Mother’s Day service will
start at 10:00 A.M. with the following hymns:
Opening Hymn: “O Holy Spirit, Enter In” No. 79
Closing Hymn: “How Can I Thank Thee Lord”
No. 121
The Memorial Day Service will be held Monday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the South Amana
Cemetery
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.
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Congregate Meals:
Take a look around you at the grand colorful
flowers and the magnificent flowering trees in full
bloom, then take some time out to join us for fellowship and lunch at the Amana Church.
May 25: Closed for Memorial Day Holiday.
Next meal will be June 1.
All meals are served with bread & butter, and
choice of beverage. Cost is $5.00. Doors open
at 11:00 and lunch is served at 11:30. To make
a reservation call Anne Freshour @622-3781 before noon on Friday. Hope to see YOU soon.
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Homemade Wine contest
As part of the Amana Colonies Rhubarb Day celebration the Amana Colonies Convention and
Visitors Bureau will be hosting a homemade wine
competition on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
Home winemakers are encouraged to enter
their homemade wines by bringing 1 bottle of
each wine to the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 622 46th Ave, Amana, IA. Bottles must
be dropped off prior to 1 p.m. on June 6th. All
types of homemade wines may be entered and
the competition is open to any home winemaker.
Awards will be given to the top 3 wines. Come
see if your wine is an award winner.
For more information, please contact the Amana Colonies Convention & Visitors Bureau at
319-622-7622.
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FREE COURTYARD CONCERTS
AT OCTC THIS SUMMER
The Old Creamery Theatre will host Courtyard
Concerts this summer, one Friday per month,
May through September featuring local bands
and food, excluding the month of August. The
concerts are FREE and open to the public.
The shows will all take place from 5:15pm to
7:15 pm in the Old Creamery’s Courtyard on the
following evenings: June 5, July 24, and September 11. Billy Heller hits our courtyard stage on
June 5, Milk & Eggs come out to Amana on July
24, and Two Bit Maniac takes the stage on September 11.
Food vendors will also be at the shows! So
bring your appetite!
Call the box office at 319-622-6262 or go online to www.oldcreamery.com for more details.
Pizza on the Farm, June 11th!
The Iowa County 4-H Foundation announced a
Pizza on the Farm fundraising event. Stone Wall
Brick Oven Pizza, located at 3297 320th Street
just north of Wellman (about 3 miles west of Iowa
Mennonite School), will host the event beginning
at 6 pm on Thursday, June 11th, 2015.
The 4-H Foundation is holding the all-you-caneat Pizza Buffet and Movie Night as their primary
fundraising event for 2015. The cost is only $10
per person ($5 for ages 3-9); with 50% of all proceeds collected going to the 4-H Foundation. It’s
bring-your-own: chair, bug spray and beverage/
cooler. At dusk, a movie will be projected on the
side of their barn. Whether you’re looking for
great food, a unique date night, or a fun family
outing – this event is the place to be.
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Millstream Special Keg
Tapping May 23
Millstream brewer, Chris Priebe, has teamed
up with Trevor Schellhorn, at Broad Street Brewery in Reinbeck to brew the Back Beat Pils, a
hopped pilsner that is a light, citrusy take on a
German Pilsner. With about 10% of its grains
coming from rye and dry hopped with a generous
helping of Citra hops, it is not a traditional German Pils. The brewers were out to break a few
rules and traditions when they brewed this one!
Another part of the creative process that arose
out of this brew was that they all found out that
they played an instrument. They then went on
to joke that they should collaboratively play in
a band while the beer is being released at each
brewery! Trevor plays the drums and Chris plays
the bass. So the release party will feature the
Back Beat Pils Collaboration Brew and brewers will supply the music. It is set for May 22 at
the Broad Street Brewing Co. taproom, and May
23 at the Millstream Brewery. The collaboration
band will perform at Millstream at 4:00 at the May
23rd tapping.
The beer will be aged slightly in casks, which
will be ceremonially tapped at each event.
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OPA”S OPENS MAY 26
Opa’s tractor barn museum in West Amana will
open for their 15th season on Tuesday, May 26,
2015 from 10 to 4. Barn will continue to be open
throughout the summer on Tuesdays through
Saturday until end of September. Entrance fee
is a “free will” donation
Exhibits include vintage farm machinery and
tractors used in the Seven villages of the Amana
Colonies after 1932. You will see mostly Minneapolis- Moline tractors and equipment that were
sold in Village of Homestead beginning in 1937.
Other makes of tractors and equipment can be
viewed with the oldest, a 1939 MinneapolisMoline “U” to the newest, a 1952 MinneapolisMoline “U”.
Visitors can view a handcrafted 1/12 scale display of a 1920 farm made by MM collector Don
Peterson. Visitors can play with a giant “bowling ball run” built between two barn supports and
check out other memorabilia.
This1883 bank barn was the “horse barn” for
West Amana. It is the only barn with chestnut
beams shipped from Ebenezer, New York where
the Amana ancestors first lived in the US. The
architecture, mortise and tendon construction of
this barn is as interesting as the tractors, equipment, and displays.
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A M A N A
N E WS AND NOT E S
Memorial Day Recognition Service to
Be Held Monday in South Amana Cemetery
The flags are on the graves of those who
served in the United States Armed Forces. A
special Memorial Day worship service led by Elder Mike Shoup will be held at the South Amana
Cemetery on Monday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m.
Volunteers placed those flags mid-week on all
202 graves of US veterans buried in the seven
Amana villages. These included veterans of the
Civil War, the Spanish American War, World
Wars I and II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam
and the Persian Gulf wars. There are seven Civil
War veterans graves in the colonies, three of
them in South Amana. The South Amana cemetery also is the site of the graves of two veterans
of the Spanish American War, Peter Zuber and
John Finegan.
By village the number of veterans buried: High
Amana 24; Homestead 20; Middle Amana 37;
East Amana 17; South Amana 32; West Amana
16; and Amana 56. In total: 202 veterans are buried in the Amana Colonies.
By far the largest number of colony men served
in World War II. During this past year and a half,
we have mourned the death of World War II veterans Harold Schuerer, George Mittlebach, Dr.
Henry Ruff, George Ehrmann, Leroy Graesser
and Gilbert Roemig.
This weekend let us also remember Oswald
Solbrig, age 19 of East Amana who died in action
at Okinawa and William Hertel, South Amana, he
too died at Okinawa. He was just 22 years old.
John Eichacker of Homestead was killed at the
Battle of Leyte Gulf at the age of 34. All three
were buried in the Philippines though gravestones were placed in their home villages and
services were held here.
At John Eichacker’s funeral on the song sheet
were these words, “He lives on in our hearts, and
to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
CCA Graduation Ceremony is Sunday
Sunday, May 24 join students and faculty for
the 2015 Graduation Ceremony at Clear Creek
Amana High School. The ceremony begins at 2
p.m. in the CCA High Auditorium in Tiffin.
They’re Back! Iowa
Renaissance Festival in Middle
Time to dust off your royal crown, strap on the
sword and your clan tartan kilt and head for the
Middle Park for the annual Iowa Renaissance
Festival.
Hard to believe but this will be the 24th year
for the Iowa Renaissance Festival & Gathering
O’ Celts. This year, look forward to the Bawdy
Buccaneers, a comedy sword fighting troupe,
Clann Macswade giving highland games demonstrations and Dagorhir Battle, a “siege melee” reenactment troupe. Also back this year will be the
Fandazzi Fire Circus doing amazing fire dances
and Joust Evolution staging horse-back jousting
demos.
This year a wedding will be held at the Festi-
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Ronneburg Restaurant
•Homemade Hearty Soups
• Friday Night Special
-Catfish-
Have you had Breakfast with your friends at
the Ronneburg lately? Come try our Amana
Colonies style Plate Sized Pancakes!!
•Phone: 319-622-3641
Please call ahead to reserve your table!
Churchill Opens May 28
on the Old Creamery’s Studio Stage
Churchill, opens May 28 and runs through May
31 on the Old Creamery’s Studio Stage, with
shows on Thursdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
and on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm.
The Old Creamery Theatre’s Studio Stage is an
intimate venue that features classics and new,
exciting, and fresh material as well— located
in Middle Amana at 3023 220th Trail. Churchill
will return to the Old Creamery Theatre’s Studio
Stage October 1-4, 2015.
This is a gripping one-man play about famous
British statesman, author, orator, journalist and
soldier Sir Winston Churchill. It is April 1955.
Churchill, aged 80, after entertaining the Queen
and Prince Philip for dinner at No. 10 Downing
Street, agonizes in his wartime bunker below
London whether to finally resign as Prime Minister as the Cold War gathers pace. He is old, tired
and losing his grip. As he tries to decide, he rolls
back the years and reviews his uniquely eventful career, filled with history-changing events and
famous people, glorious speeches, pithy comments, funny stories, and all the wit and wisdom
that has made Churchill beyond merely one of
history’s greatest figures into an imperishable
legend. Written and performed by Andrew Edlin.
Tickets are $30 for adults and $18.50 for students. Churchill is Rated PG. The 2015 Studio
Stage Season is sponsored by John and Peg
Slusher. The Media Sponsor of Churchill is VALPAK. Call the box office for tickets and information 319-622-6262 or visit us online at www.oldcreamery.com.
Library News
The Amana Library will be CLOSED on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day.
Thank you!
Thank you, Amana Society stockholders, for
reelecting me to the board of directors. I am
mindful of the trust you have placed in me and
will continue working to fulfill my responsibilities
to the best of my ability.
Sincerely,
Guy Wendler
319-431-5037 or [email protected]
To Amana Society Shareholders:
It has been an honor to represent you on the
Amana Society Board. Thank you for your past
support. Best wishes to the new ASI Board in the
future.
Sincerely,
Dixie Trout
Amana Society Stockholders:
Thank you for placing your confidence in me
by electing me to the Board of Directors. Should
you ever have any questions or concerns, please
don’t hesitate to contact me.
Respectfully,
Stuart J. Geiger
AMANA HERITAGE SOCIETY
PLANT AND SEED BANK
Available again this year through the Amana
Heritage Society Plant and Seed Bank Program
are the following seeds and plants:
Seeds
Schwarzwurzel (European Black Salsify) Very
limited quantity
Amana String Bean (delicious flavor)
Eiersalaat (excellent leaf lettuce)
Amana Radish (medium/large red, white, and
purple)
Ebenezer Onion (sets)
Plants
Knollecellerie (Celeriac) Very limited quantity
Kapsultomättes (Ground Cherry)
Winsall Tomato (very large, fleshy, and flavorful)
Very limited quantity
A minimum donation of $1.00 per seed packet
or plant pack will help cover expenses. You may
order your seeds or plants by contacting Larry &
Wilma Rettig at 622-3800 (if no answer, please
leave message) or [email protected].
You may also order seeds and plants online
at our new website: https://cottageinthemeadow.
plantfans.com/. Click on “Plants” and then on
“Old Amana Vegetables.” You may either send us
a check (PO Box 107, South Amana, IA 52334)
or pay online via PayPal. We are excited about
our new website and invite you to check it out.
In lieu of a monetary donation, the Seed Bank
will accept any seeds in the above list in trade. If
you have surplus seed of any of the above varieties and would like to deposit it in our “Preservation Bank,” or if you would like to become a
regular supplier for the Plant and Seed Bank Program, please contact Larry & Wilma at the above
number. We encourage our seed bank users to
save their own seed from these varieties and to
share it with other gardeners.
May 21, 2015
News & Notes from page 1
val. Yes, real-life couple, Amber Padovano and
Mathew Baty, will wed on the Minstrel Stage on
Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
The festival is all three days of Memorial Day
Weekend, May 23 – 25. The grounds are open
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Middle Amana Park
in the village of Middle.
All of the past year’s novelty foods and drinks
will return, along with the every popular beer garden.
A past favorite, Joust Evolution, will be back
again this year with their latest equestrian act.
Look for the Shattock Schoole of Defense, comedy theatre, those highland swashbucklers The
Sons of the Mist, plus the mysterious Guardians
of the Black Forest. You will be invited to get in on
the fun with the public participatory sword fencing
challenge, Legends of Sherwood Forest archery
for all, and the Warwick Sword Ring just to name
a few of the games and contests.
Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for kids from
ages 6 to 13 and free for children 5 and under.
Parking is free. All tickets can be obtained at the
entrance gate.
For details about the festival and schedule of
the shows go to www.iowarenfest.com.
Winemakers and Gardeners
Have Contests to Enter
All cellar dwellers who cork their own wines are
invited to enter the First Ever Homemade Wine
Competition, Saturday June 6. The competition
is part of our first ever Rhubarb Day, Saturday
June 6.
Simply bring a bottle of your best wine, rhubarb
or another variety, to the Amana Colonies Visitor
Center prior to 1 p.m. on Saturday. The wines will
be judged in a “blind taste testing” ie the judges
will be unable to tell whose wines are whose. No,
this does not mean the judges will drink themselves “blind,” but frankly that’s a real possibility
given their task. Oh, but surely not. Awards will
be given to the top three wines.
And for those among us who plant and tend
flowers register now to be considered for the
community wide, all seven village “Colonies
in Bloom” competition. A prize of $200 will be
awarded to the home that is judged to be the people’s choice for Best Drive by Florals and $300 to
a Judge’s Selection of Best Overall Florals. To
enter, you must register with the ACCVB. Then
your home will be placed on visitor’s guide map.
You may enter both competitions. Or if you would
like your residence listed on the map and don’t
wish to enter the competition, you may do so. To
learn more or to register contact David Rettig or
Elly Cutler at the ACCVB or pick up forms at the
Amana Colonies Visitor Center in Amana.
Village Custom Glass
Window and Screen Repair
4312 F Street, Amana
Phone 319-622-6690
or 319-929-2570
Al Dubberke, Owner
Stay in touch when you’re away ,
read the Bulletin on-line at
amanacoloniestoday.com
http://www.amanashops.com
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Find all your favorite Amana
Products at:
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For sale
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Home for sale in South Amana: 1707 4th Ave.,
South Amana, IA. Please contact Mike Shoup at
319-551-1820 with questions. For photos and additional information go to http://www.southamanahomeforsale.com
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Help Wanted
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Part time experienced office assistant & bookkeeper. Call the Colony Inn Restaurant, ask for
Dennis Roemig.
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Very part time gardener/housekeeper. $18/hr. Call
Larry Hertel evenings at 622-3424
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Looking for a young person interested in a summertime apprenticeship that could lead to a rewarding
career in historic masonry. Call 622-3240 before
10 AM
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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.
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Wanted to buy
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BUYING All ANTIQUES; Toys, Furniture, Crocks,
Paintings and Weird Items “any condition”. Please
call
319-270-1251 or 319-538-8668.
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Garage sale
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Books; toys; tv’s; printer; printer/copier/scanner;
karaoke machine; puzzles; games; xmas tree;
holiday decorations; autoharp; free stuff; too much
misc to list! May 22nd & 23rd, 8am- 6pm, 3114
220th Trail, Middle Amana.
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Red Cross Group Swimming Lessons
at the Amana Pool in Middle Amana
Again this year we are planning on having
two swimming sessions. Session 1 will be from
Wednesday, June 3 through Tuesday, June 16.
Session 2 will run from Wednesday, June 17
through Tuesday, June 30. You may register
your child for either or both sessions. Each session has 10 scheduled lessons. The first session
will have more time slots available. The cost for
either session will be $50 per student. The price
has not changed because of the generosity of the
Amana Community Chest. If a parent cannot afford to pay, write or call T.J. Croco at 319-4309181 or 319-227-7531.
Sessions
For Session 1 we have planned 4 class times.
An 11:15 AM time could be added if warranted.
Session 2 will have 2 and possibly 3 planned
class times. Again, a 9:45 AM time could potentially be added for Session 2. We will be using the
2014, updated Red Cross performance-based
classification system (Levels 1-6). We may have
some minor adjustments in classes (i.e. Your student might be asked to attend a class that begins
later or earlier.). The first day is always organized
chaos. If there is enough interest we will be offering Junior Lifesaving.
Ways to Register:
You may send in your registration to TJ Croco,
Amana Pool, 3023 220th Trail, Amana, IA 52203
or to [email protected]. You may call 6223792 before Wednesday, June 3 and leave a
message with your child’s name, phone number,
class time, and specific level. You may also register the first day of each session. We encourage
you to pre-register. Again, we may have to adjust
class times on the 1st or 2nd day. Make checks
out to CCA Pool.
AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN
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For rent
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Large one bedroom apartment Available for rent in
West Amana Please contact 319-430-3373
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South Amana, 2 bedroom up-stairs Apt. A/C Refrigerator, No pets. Call 319-389-5689 or 319-846-2436
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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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Services
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Drywall & plaster repair. Call Justen at 319-9367065.
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Northern Ridge Farmers Market
Now Open: Mon.-Fri. 3-6; Sat. & Sun. 10-6
asparagus and rhubarb
Call Bonnie at 319-530-0201
or David at 319-331-4816
Turn North at the big flag on Hwy 6, Oxford
Statewide Cost-share Available
for Water Quality Practices
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced funds are available to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices. Practices eligible for this funding are cover crops, no-till or strip
till, or using a nitrification inhibitor when applying
fertilizer.
The cost share rate for first-time users of cover
crops is $25 per acre, no-till or strip till are eligible
for $10 per acre and farmers using a nitrapyrin
nitrification inhibitor when applying fall fertilizer
can receive $3 per acre. Any farmer not already
utilizing these practices will receive priority consideration for this assistance. Farmers that have
used cover crops in the past may be eligible for
$15 per acre for cover crops.
Farmers are eligible for cost share on up to
160 acres. The funds will be made available in
July, but farmers can immediately start submitting applications through their local Soil and Water Conservation District office.
Farmers are also encouraged to visit their local Soil and Water Conservation District office
to inquire about additional opportunities for cost
share funding through other programs offered at
their local SWCDs.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship received $4.4 million for the Iowa
Water Quality Initiative in fiscal 2015. These
funds will allow the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to continue to encourage the broad adoption of water quality practices
through statewide cost share assistance as well
as more intensive work in targeted watersheds.
In the last 2 years this program has been available, over 1,400 farmers put in new nutrient reduction practices on over 144,000 acres. The
state provided about $3.4 million in cost share
funding to help farmers try a water quality practice for the first time and Iowa farmers provided
at least another $3.4 million to support these water quality practices.
May 21, 2015
The Amana
Print Shop
Hours are: Mon. - Thurs. 8-4:30 Fri. 8-2
or by appointment Phone 319-622-3912
Mailing address: PO Box 89, Middle, IA 52307
Located at: 1119 26th Ave at the end
of the lane past the Middle Church
parking lot in Middle
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CLOVER RIDGE Presents THE
Walford Waddle June 13, 2015
Come join us in Walford on June 13th at
9:00am, at the Clover Ridge United Methodist
Church parking lotfor a non-timed 5K fun run/1
mile walk and Kids day. While participants do the
run/walk the children can enjoy some fun activities at our carnival in the backyard.
On-line registration at Active.com Walford
Waddle or call Cari Martin 319-981-0341. A $20
entry fee will get you into the 5K or 1 mile race.
Children are free to the carnival.
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May 21, 2015
AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN
feathers in the wind
Well we have a SERIOUS situation here in
Homestead (the “defunct” town). Across the
street we have two very avid gardeners, I have
Charlemagne outside supposedly “weeding” although I sort of question if that is really what he is
doing. The big news here is our renters upstairs.
Yes, someone from MIDDLE (please hold unto
you chair for that news) actually is living in OUR
HOUSE. Not only that, but they both garden.
(Be still my heart!)
Charlemagne is on Cloud Nine or perhaps
even higher than that. He is utterly thrilled that
there is someone who “understands” and is willing to get his or her hands dirty.
Not only that but they actually have been pruning, mowing, and weeding when they stop mushroom hunting.
I have this theory that the sun affects their
brains and causes them to plant more things
when someone like me is not looking.
Today I came home from Sunday school only
to find this beautiful vase of Dame’s Rockets and
iris (all a deep color of purple) in my favorite cobalt blue vase. When one sees beauty like that
one even forgives the muddy clothes that Charlemagne creates.
Yesterday we went to a drug store (believe it or
not) and found Edelweiss.
Charlemagne had been there before and
picked up one plant. He has sown seeds, but
they have always been much smaller than what
we found here.
I decided to go and get a couple more plants,
but when I asked for “Edelweiss” the clerks looked
at me like I was speaking gibberish. I spelled the
word out. I explained what the plant looked like.
I even told them that there was a song about this
flower in “Sound of Music.” Before I started to
sing the song the one clerk pointed me in one
direction saying that the “different” flowers were
over there.
I went up and down those aisles so often that
I think I got a little dizzy from circling around and
around in the heat. Needless to say I did not find
anything.
Yesterday I made Charlemagne take me to this
place and SHOW ME where he had found these
plants. It seems it was at the opposite side of the
gardening section and only four were left.
He just pointed to this one table and said, “See
if you can find them.” (Show off!)
I showed him…I bought ten (you read that
right) flats of marigolds at an unbelievable price
at an auction.
This auction is held at Stringtown, near Kalona. We are now considered the “older couple
who are still in love” because we are always holding hands.
The truth of the matter is that we are holding
each other’s hands DOWN so that we do not bid.
(Oh, yes, we are old and we do still love one another, but let’s get the other part straight.)
Anyway Charlemagne had gone to pay for our
purchases and I was sitting there alone, but I had
my auction card. Most everyone had left so I just
bid on these flats of marigolds and no one bid
against me. I was in such shock I actually started
to tremble.
When Charlemagne came back he became
quite concerned because I could not stop trembling. I had no idea what I was going to do. I actually could not stop trembling for about an hour.
I thought it might be low blood sugar, but I think it
was just shock.
Charlemagne has planted the marigolds and
even made up a pot for Homestead’s premier
marigold lady, Erna Fels, who always had marigolds in her front garden. (How I miss that garden.)
The locust trees are beginning to bud, the
mowers are humming and the gardeners are
buying mulch as if they could never get enough.
If you see me with watery eyes and a red nose
you know for sure to know that spring is here and
I am glad to be inside away from the pollen.
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“Experience the Comfort and Security of
Retirement Living in the Amanas”
obituary
Gilbert Roemig, age 91 died Wednesday, May
13, 2015 at Colonial Manor of Amana. A Funeral Service was held Saturday, May 16, 2015, at
Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, with Pastor Larry Dollmeyer officiating. Burial was in the West
Amana Cemetery with military honors conducted
by the Marengo American Legion #76 and U.S.
Army Honor Guard. Memorials may be contributed to Essence of Life Hospice or Colonial Manor
of Amana.
He is survived by a brother Theodore “Junior”
(Jane) of St. Louis, MO, a sister-in-law, Sandra
Ludovissy (Curt) of Amana, a nephew, Jason
Ludovissy (Jewel) of Amana and their daughter
Gisele, and two nieces, Linda McAlister and Teri
Smith of Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his
wife Mary Lou in 2011, and a brother Ralph and
his wife Pauline.
Gilbert Roemig was born December 26, 1923
in Middle Amana, Iowa, the son of Theodore and
Frieda Kraus Roemig. He received his education in the Amana schools and entered the U.S.
Army, serving from 1945 to 1948, stationed in
Germany and Italy. His employment over the
years spanned with Kraus Equipment, the Amana Woolen Mill, and mostly as a custodian for the
Amana Schools.
Gilbert and Mary Lou Ehrmann were married
on May 30, 1981 at the New Apostolic Church
in Cedar Rapids. The couple made their home
in Middle Amana. Mary Lou passed away April
8, 2011. Gilbert was a member of the American
Legion Post #76, and the New Apostolic Church
in Cedar Rapids.
Online condolences may be sent to the family
at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.
Public talk on meskwaki village
This spring, archaeologists and volunteers explored a pre-statehood Meskwaki village in eastcentral Iowa. The public is invited to a talk by
archaeologist Cindy Peterson, who will discuss
the site’s history and project findings at 7:00 PM,
Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Amana Heritage
Museum, 705-44th Ave in Amana.
Meskwaki leader Wacoshashe established a
village along the Iowa River in 1839. Poweshiek
and the people of his village joined with Wacoshashe, forming a community with between 500
and 1,000 inhabitants. Many people living on the
modern Meskwaki Settlement in Tama County
are descendants of people who once resided in
Wacoshashe’s village.
Today, this important village lies within a cultivated farm field on private property. Very little
was known about the site prior to this year’s
work. Archaeologists used a variety of methods
to understand village layout and to assess the
site’s preservation level. Recovered artifacts included animal trap parts, ornaments, gun parts
and ammunition, smoking pipe fragments, and
pottery. The village site is recommended eligible
to the National Register of Historic Places.
The University of Iowa’s Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) archaeologically studied the
site under the terms of an agreement between
OSA and the Amana Colonies Land Use District
Historic Preservation Commission. The Commission received a Certified Local Government
Grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Historical Division to conduct an archaeological investigation. Volunteers greatly aided in
this effort through their field and laboratory assistance, donating over 710 hours toward the project’s completion.
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