Amana, Iowa, Thursday, May 28, 201
Vol. LXXXIV
Amana Church news
The early (German) Service will be in the Middle
Church Sunday, May 31, 2015, starting at 8:30 AM
with Elder Kristie Yoder presiding.
Opening Hymn: “Folget Mir ruft uns das Leben”
No. 281, vs 1-7 Seite 272
Testimony: J.F. Rock, Schaffhaussen, August 17,
1725
Scripture: I Kings 19:3-14
Psalm 46 Closing Hymn: “Folget Mir ruft uns das Leben”
No. 281, vs 8-14 Seite 273 The late (English) service will start at 10:00 A.M.
with the following hymns:
Opening Hymn: “Follow Me, the Savior Calleth”
No. 24
Closing Hymn: “Thee Will I love, My Strength, My
Tower” No. 46
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
Seems like we were just saying “Spring is just
around the corner”. Now, its “Summer is just
around the corner”. How time flies. June is the
month to honor fathers and graduates and extend
our best wishes to the bride and groom. It’s a busy
and hectic time of the year. Why not take a break
and join us for lunch and fellowship at the Amana
Church some Monday. We have a list of outstanding menus as follows:
June 1: Meat Loaf, Crispy Cube Potatoes,
Snap Beans, Fresh Orange.
June 8: Asparague Ratolli Chicken, 5 Veggie Mix,
Pineapple, Chocolate Chip Cookie.
All meals are served with bread & butter, and a
drink. Doors open at 11:00 and we serve at 11:30.
Price is a low $5.00. To make a reservation or if you
have questions call Anne Freshour @ 622-3781 before noon on Friday. Hope to see you there !!!
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Amana to host Community Blood Drive
Friday, June 12
Amana will host a community blood drive from
2:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Friday, June 12 at 3023
220th Trail, inside the MVRBC Bus, Library Parking
Lot, 3023 220th Trail, Middle Amana.
To donate, please contact Heather Fox at (319)
622-3192 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and
use code 2519 to locate the drive.
Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age
(16 with parental permission form available through
www.bloodcenter.org) and weigh more than 110
pounds. A photo I.D. or MVRBC Donor Card is required to donate. For questions about eligibility,
please call the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood
Center at (800)747-5401. Donors who last gave
blood on or before 4/17/15 are eligible to give at
this drive.
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What’s happening
Friday, May 29th -- Amana RV Park: Beckster
Fest
Saturday, May 30th -- Woolen Mill: Fiber Process
and Spin Class
Thursday, June 4th, Homestead Ice Cream Social at Zuber’s (see below)
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Homestead Homemade
Ice Cream Social
Enjoy a summer evening eating homemade ice
cream with neighbors or new friends beginning
June 4 and every Thursday this summer starting at
6:30 p.m. until the ice cream is gone!
The event will be held at Zuber’s Homestead Hotel
or Die Heimat Country Inn with the June 4th event
at Zuber’s. From then on look for the red wagon
with an ice cream churn in it to know which location
has the ice cream!
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs to sit on, cash
sales only. Questions can be directed to Zuber’s
(391-622-3911) or Die Heimat (319-622-3937)
Sponsored by these Homestead Businesses:
Zuber’s Homestead Hotel, Die Heimat Country Inn,
and Henry’s Village Market.
A M A N A
N E WS AND NOT E S
Rain Didn’t Dampen the Weekend
Though the annual Memorial Day recognition
services at some cemeteries were cancelled due
to rain on Monday morning, folks were able to get
out and visit graves by 11 a.m. on Monday. Quite
a number of people were noted visiting the seven
Amana cemeteries all weekend long, but especially
on Monday.
The Amana Church would like to remind everyone that all grave decorations should be removed
to allow for those who mow to do their work.
Please, if you can, take jars and vases, wreaths,
plastic flowers and so forth home so as not to overfill the waste barrels provided. Volunteers from the
Amana Church placed the flags and crosses on 202
graves in the cemeteries last week and removed
same on Tuesday evening.
Sign Kids up for Fall
and Spring 2016 Soccer Now
Adult Volunteers Needed
Hey it’s time to get your kids signed up for the
Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 American Youth Soccer
Organization (AYSO) Region 1103 Season.
And this weekend it’s the annual big Soccer Slam
Tournament at the Middle Amana fields. This is a
co-ed tournament for U8- U16 divisions.
For all interested families with children ages 4-16
years, soccer registration for the new season will
be $60 per player, plus $10 uniform upgrade, if
registered on-line by July 1st.
After July 1st, the fee will be $80 plus the $10
uniform upgrade.
If you Register early to take advantage of the $20
cost savings.
You can register and pay on-line at www.
ayso1103.org. There is also a $5 multi-child discount available (first child regular price) and then
every child registered in the same family receives
$5 off.
Registration fee includes 6 fall games and 6
spring games, as well as 2 jerseys (home/away),
shorts, 2 pairs of socks, and supplemental accident
insurance for your child.
In addition, you may have access to the supplemental programs we offer, such as indoor soccer,
AYSO sponsored tournaments, inter-regional play
with Cedar Rapids, Youth Referee program, and
Youth Coach training courses.
Volunteers are needed to help coach, serve on
the AYSO board, referee or help with maintaining
the soccers fields. If interested in helping our 100%
volunteer organization, please contact ayso@
ayso1103.org. Contact Tim Riggle, AYSO Regional
Commissioner at [email protected] or
319-330-3957. Be sure to go to www.ayso1103.org
for additional soccer program opportunities, including camp, tournaments, etc.
AYSO is a nonprofit, volunteer driven organization serving children in the Amana, Belle Plaine,
Brooklyn, Ladora, Marengo, Victor, Williamsburg
and surrounding areas.
Coming Right Up More Fun
Beckster Fest, the weekend celebration at the
Amana Colonies RV Park hosted by Barefoot Becky
and the Ivanhoe Dutchmen will be this weekend,
May 29 – 31.
This is the 13th year for the oompah party at
No. 13
the RV Park and this year, Becky Livermore has
invited back some of her all-time favorite bands
and a couple of new friends including Julie Lee’s
White Rose Band, Malek’s Fisherman and Gary’s
Ridgland Dutchmen, plus the very popular, Karl’s
Country Dutchmen. The music will be almost nonstop from Friday 6 p.m. to midnight, then Saturday
noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. with a
“polka mass” celebrated at 10:30 p.m. Tickets sold
at the door with the Ronneburg Restaurant providing good food.
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Support the Fireworks
We have greatly appreciated the financial support
of our local community for the Fourth of July fireworks in the past. This year we are once again asking for individual contributions to the fireworks fund.
All funds raised will be used for the purchase of the
fireworks alone as a part of this event as we build
community relationships and family values throughout the Amana Colonies by celebrating a meaningful, patriotic, family oriented Independence Day.
Please consider a contribution to the fireworks.
Contribution can be sent to: Amana Community
Fireworks, P.O. Box 11, Amana, IA 25503.
Thanks again for your past support.
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South Slope to Upgrade Amana
with Fiber Optic Technology
South Slope is preparing to install fiber optics
in homes and businesses in the Amana Colonies
(East Amana already has fiber). Fiber optic technology is the most advanced available and will replace
copper telephone wire at no cost to homeowners
or businesses. With fiber optics, South Slope customers can look forward to a secure and reliable
internet connection, increased bandwidth for faster
internet speeds, and extraordinarily clear television
and telephone service.
In June, South Slope contractors will began construction and in August crews will arrive to splice
the fiber optics. At that time, homeowners and businesses will begin receiving postcards inviting them
to make an appointment to convert to fiber optics.
In addition, South Slope will send crews back out to
make sure all yard cleanup is satisfactory.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the fiber conversion process further, please
call South Slope at 319-626-2211 and ask for Mark
Ditch. Learn more about the benefits of fiber optics
at
www.southslope.com/fiber<http://www.southslope.com/fiber>.
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The Amana Library Summer Hours:
(effective June 1, 2015)
Monday 9:00 - 3:00
Tuesday 9:00 - 6:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 1:30
Thursday 9:00 - 6:00
Friday 9:00 - 6:00
Saturday 9:00 - 12:00
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thank you
The Amana Elementary PTO would like to extend a huge “Thank You!!!” to the Amana Community Chest for donating funds that will enable us to
purchase laptop recharging stations for our 21st
Century Learning Lab!! With this donation, you are
helping to enrich the learning experience of our children.
Thank you Amana Community Chest for your donation and all that you do for our community!!
35th Annual
AMANA
FIREFIGHTERS’
BREAKFAST
Saturday, June 6 - Serving from 7 - 11 a.m.
At the Middle Amana Fire Station
Donations Requested
Serving Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, Bread & Butter, Juice, Milk & Coffee
AMANA SOCIETY BULLETIN
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feathers in the wind
I keep finding pictures that people have dug up
from their files of their days in high school. It will be
my class’ 50th anniversary this year so we are planning a get together.
Thank goodness that the main organizer, Gloria
Alexander, is in charge otherwise we would probably
have to wait another fifty years for a class reunion.
She has the “nerve” to post pictures of us on ”Face
book.” I have tried to figure out ways of removing pictures of myself, but she has some sort of “hex” put on
the website that does not allow me to remove anything. I believe she even has a secret code that only
allows certain people to view the pictures.
I especially “love” the picture of us in our Campfire
outfits. Talk about uniforms that make one look like a
total geek. We even wore beanies!
Later on, in Campfire Girls, we had these vests
upon which we sewed beads that clattered around
like voodoo charms.
Thank goodness the one picture she will not find is
of the high school girls during GYM CLASS.
In our freshman year we had a teacher by the name
of, Mr. Englund. He was also our algebra teacher
making us even more fearful of him.
We had gym class the first thing Monday morning.
I am sure that we used A LOT of deodorant, powder
and perfume after the torture he put us through.
Heaven forbid that we would shower and ruin our
hair before going to school. This was the time before
curling irons so we used lots and lots of hair spray,
which would cause the ozone layer to have a hole
in it.
We were in the school gym lined in military precision. (He had been in the army and even got the
Purple Heart, for what I have no idea.)
I was no fool so I made sure I was always in the
back row wearing my blue shorts, white shirt and
sneakers hoping that he would never single me out.
No one has ever thought of me as being athletic.
We began with jumping jack. I know it was at least
40 of them at a time so you can imagine we just wanted to BREATHE afterwards. He allowed us just a
few seconds or “rest” then on to toe touches, lunges,
and other painful exercises making me want to expire
then and there.
I wonder if he was trying to wear us down from
puberty. (He did not succeed!)
I would sometimes look over at Pat Zuber and wonder why she had not even broke a sweat and then
figure she was just showing off because her mother
was a nurse and therefore she was demonstrating to
the rest of us what a fine physical specimen she was.
Bah! Humbug!
For reasons known only to the Mayor of East she
was always toward the front. I am not sure why, but I
do know that when it came to gym class, she did not
exactly become a Phi Beta Kappa. She and a few
others were often called in front to show how to they
could improve themselves with the exercises.
We could have cared less EXCEPT that it gave us
a moment to catch our breaths again.
I think the shorter people were in the front that
might explain things. Why we would be grouped that
way is anyone’s guess since, in the army, the larger
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people are usually in the front of the formation…I
suppose they make better targets.
By the time we were done with these:”exercises”
we got on the bus back to the “old” high school and
classes.
The next day all of us were so sore (especially our
legs) that just getting unto the first step of the bus
was torture. It took about a week until we felt better,
but then the second session of gym class would begin again sort of ruining out weekend.
I often wonder whatever became of Mr. Englund.
I still remember that the very first algebra test he
gave I FLUNKED. I was so heartbroken.
I spoke to the Mayor who told me that when she
reported her grade to her parents she said, “Yes, I
flunked, but at least I was the highest on the list.”
(Isn’t it amazing that that she and I are still friends?)
Do you remember those special moments in your
growing up years? I am sure that Gloria Alexander
would love to hear about them so she can record
them in this book she is composing. I have a feeling
she is going to use it to blackmail us.
B.S.H.
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!
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
May 28, 2015
Amana Sanitary
District Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Amana Sanitary
District will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday, June
01, 2015 in the Amana Sanitary lift station.
Northern Ridge Farmers Market
Now Open: Mon.-Fri. 3-6; Sat. & Sun. 10-6
asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, beets,
kohlrabi, lettuce and hanging flower baskets
Call Bonnie at 319-530-0201
or David at 319-331-4816
Turn North at the “big flag” on Hwy 6, Oxford
Child Safety Fair in oxford saturday
Elementary School students in the Clear Creek
Amana School District are invited to a Child Safety
Fair on Saturday, May 30 at Creekside Park in Oxford. This would include all elementary students at
Amana Elementary in Amana, Clear Creek Elementary in Oxford, and North Bend Elementary in North
Liberty.
The event is sponsored by Canopy Lodge (Masons) of Oxford, IA. There will be games for the kids
along with representatives from various community
organizations participating in the fair.
Some of the activities and organizations that will
be there are:
· The Oxford Fire Department will have a fire truck
on hand and will be available for questions.
· The Oxford First Responders will bring their rescue vehicle and will be available for questions,
· The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office will send
their K-9 Unit – they will put on a demonstration and
will be available for questions.
· The UIHC Air Care will have their helicopter and
crew on hand and will be available for questions.
· A Fingerprinting Merit Badge Counselor will be at
the fair to help the Boy Scouts earn this badge – the
Child Safety Card will go home with you.
Contact
Bruce
Dolder
with
questions:
[email protected]
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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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Housekeeper needed, part time hours; also need
2nd shift desk clerk. Apply at Guest House Hotel,
4712 220th Trail Amana.
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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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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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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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The Amana Print Shop
email-- [email protected]
phone-- 319-622-3912