6B Neighbors DYERSVILLE COMMERCIAL • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 Worthington News

• Mother Nature is really confused and members of the community will be Saturday, March 30 at 11 dinner. doesn’t realize that last Wednesday was a.m. at the Memorial Park, Worthington. If inclement weather, • Dave and Becky Lansing and family were Easter dinner the first day of spring. But, enough with the event will be held at St. Paul School Gib Gym. Contact Julie guests at Lawrence and Rita Lansing, New Vienna, on Sunday, the wind and snow. My crocuses, tulips Bries, 855-5225. March 24. In the afternoon, Easter eggs were colored by the and pussywillows know it’s supposed to be • Practice for Holy Communion will be held on Thursday, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. spring, why not the weather? Some signs of April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in St. Paul Church, St. Paul Frist Communion • On Friday night, I attended the wake for J. Theisen spring won’t be slowed down. will be April 7. at Kramer Funeral Home in Holy Cross. MICKEY • Holy Week schedule for Spires of Faith • St. Paul School notes: • Congratulations to Matt and Rachel (LePage) Klaren, on the BURLAGE Cluster: Holy Thursday, 7 p.m. Worthing- March 28-29 and April 1, no school, Easter break and April 2, birth of their daughter, Natalie Marie. Grandparents are Mark Correspondent ton and Dyersville and 7:30 p.m. Peters- Makeup day for Dec. 20 snow day. and Karol Klaren, of Worthington, and great-grandmother, Do- burg. Good Friday, 9 a.m. morning prayer Kwik Star Stores pay 5-cents for every Nature’s Touch prod- lores Klaren, also of Worthington. Natalie joins a brother, Nick, at Dyersville; noon, Stations of the Cross uct caps, bag tops, ice cream bar codes and Glarzer price ovals. 3 years old. at Dyersville, confessions following; 1 p.m. Liturgy/venera- Send these to the school and they will be redeemed with other • Also congratulations to Leo and Julie Kluesner, of Worthing- tion and Communion at Earlville; 5 p.m. Stations of the Cross collections. ton, on the birth of their granddaughter, Emalee Pearl, daugh- at Worthington; and 7 p.m. Liturgy/Veneration and Commu- St. Paul’s School is grateful to all who weathered the cold ter of Jerry and Stephanie (Kluesner) Kauffmann, of Farley. nion at Dyersville. Holy Saturday, 9 a.m. morning prayer at Dy- weather to purchase and sell Schwan’s products. Sales totaled Emalee joins a sister, Elizabeth, 2 ½ years old. ersville; 7 p.m. at Petersburg; 8 p.m. at Earlville and Dyersville. $1,780 this spring. • Guests in my home on Saturday evening for a neighbor- Easter Sunday: 7 a.m. Dyersville, 8:15 a.m. Petersburg, 10 a.m. • On March 21 at the Euchrette’s Card Club met at Frances hood supper and cards were Joe and Helen Burlage, Rick and New Vienna, 8 a.m. Earlville, 9 a.m. Worthington, 8:30 and 10:30 Davidshofer’s home in Worthington. All enjoyed Strawberry Ann Cook, Dan and Eileen Thier and Vera Steger. a.m. Dyersville and noon Latin Mass at Dyersville. Cheesecake before cards. Winners were; first, Frances - • Happy birthday to: Gary Smock, March 28; Joyce Morman, • The parish steak fry was a great success. Appreciation to shofer; second, Janice Besler; and third, Dorothy Digmann. Frances Davidshofer, Chris Peters and Howard Werner, March those who facilitated this fundraiser. The parish is deeply grate- Ann Klaren won the jackpot. 29; mark Dunkel, march 30; Steve Ludwig and Joe Cusic, March ful to the sponsors and those who attended and made dona- • Several from this area attended the Beckman Catholic High 31; Bob Schlarmann, April 1; and Wendy White, April 2. tions. School “Seussical”. Students from Worthington in the cast were: • Happy anniversary to John and Nancy Kramer, March 27. • Catholic Order of Foresters Family Night Out is Wednesday, Schlarmann, Cameron Corkery (backstage), Jenni • Happy Easter. March 27 at Happy Joes, Cascade. RSVP to Julie Bries for the Even (jungle citizen), Justin Engler (pit band), Danielle Besler, meal and/or bowling. Shannon Corkery and Luke Manternach. After the show on Contact Mickey Burlage with • The annual Easter Egg Hunt for COF youth and youth Wednesday evening, seniors were treated to a delicious turkey your news at 563-855-3325. Earlville/Delhi/Hopkinton News Balltown/Holy Cross/

• There will be school at all Maquoketa er, activities will be held in the Hopkinton Community Center. Luxemburg/ Valley centers on Thursday, March 28, • Delhi’s Easter egg hunt will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with an early dismissal at 2 p.m., which March 30 at City Park. Let’s hope it’s a nice warm day for the Rickardsville/Sherrill is a snow make-up day for Dec. 20. There kids. will be no school on Friday, March 29 and • Earlville’s Easter egg scramble will begin at 1 p.m. on Satur- News Monday, April 1 for spring break. day, March 30 at the Earlville pool park. • St. Joseph ’s Holy Week • Former MV Wildcat students are invited to participate in • Happy birthday to Charlie CAROLYN services are as follows: Good Friday, March an alumni basketball game on Saturday, March 30 at 2 p.m. at Freiburger, March 18; Barb Behnke, BROOKS 29, service at 3 p.m. to include liturgy with the high school. Registration and warm-ups begin at 1:30 in the March 28; Lisa Wille, March 29; Diane Correspondent veneration and communion; Holy Satur- high school gym. There will be women’s and men’s games with Brownell March 30; Lucas Borgerding, day, March 30, Easter Vigil Mass at 8 p.m.; odd years playing even years. An alumni band and dance team March 31; and Jeff Lucas and Andy and Easter Sunday Mass, March 31, 8 a.m. Everyone is invited might be available for entertainment. For more information, Bockenstedt, April 1. to come and join us. contact Diane Temple at [email protected]. • My sympathy to the family of Janet • The Spires of Faith Cluster pictorial directories have ar- This event is a fundraiser for MV Dollars for Scholars. Schmitt, of Sherrill, and Jack Specht. rived. Call the parish office at 923-3135 for more information. • The MV athletic boosters meeting will be held on Wednes- BRENDA • La Salle Pastorate Easter Sched- MCAULIFFE • Holy Week services at Earlville United Parish are as day, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the high school cafeteria. ule: Holy Thursday 7:30 p.m. Luxem- Correspondent follows: Maundy Thursday service will be held at 7 p.m. • Happy birthday greetings to Jill Mack on March 28; Boston burg, Good Friday 3 p.m. Luxemburg, on Wednesday, Mach 27 during the regular WOW wor- McAulay and Ilene Orcutt on March 29; Jackie Colamarino and Holy Saturday 8 p.m. Luxemburg, ship service; Good Friday service will start at 5:30 p.m. Mark Thomas on March 30; Grace Lillibridge on March 31; Kelli Easter Sunday 8 a.m. Sherrill and Rickardsville and 10 a.m. on Friday, March 29; Easter sunrise service will be at 7 Leibold on April 1; and Micaela Mesch on April 2. Balltown and Holy Cross. a.m. on Sunday, March 31, followed by breakfast. There will be • Sympathy is extended to the family of Wilma H. Guetzko, Parish 8:30 a.m. Easter Sunday no adult Sunday school class on Easter Sunday. Easter worship of Delhi, who passed away on March 14 at Comfort House, in • Troop 88’s steak supper up at Neumann’s Bar and service begins at 10 a.m. McAllen, Texas. Grill on Sunday, April 7, from 4-8 p.m. Tickets are $15 and • St. John Lutheran Church is holding a bake sale, starting • Sympathy is also extended to the family of Leroy A. Alter- can be purchased from any Boy Scout or at Main Street at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 30 at the Hopkinton Community gott, of Crystal Lake, Ill., formerly of Earlville, who passed away Market in Holy Cross. Dinner includes steak, baked potato Center. on March 19, in Crystal Lake. and more. • Hopkinton’s Easter egg hunt will be held on Saturday, • Troop 88’s Pinewood Derby will be held next month. March 30 at the Lenox College Campus. Registration is at 9:30 Contact Carolyn Brooks with your news at 563-923-2016 Kindergarten through fourth grade boys can participate. If a.m. and the egg hunt begins at 10. In case of inclement weath- or [email protected]. you know a boy that would like to join in the fun at the Pine Wood Derby, have them call Nancy Ungs-Gadberry at 853- 3066 for more information. Nancy will also provide the car kit to those who will participate in the derby. Colesburg News • City of Holy Cross residents — don’t forget to call in your water meter reading into the city hall. • Colesburg History trivia: Last week, I Hartke, Joyce Howell, Karen Lammers, Shirley Waterman, Pat • Congratulations to Rhonda Freiburger. She was the challenged your memory on doctors we Elledge, Abbie Mormann, Jan Rolfes, Janice Moser, Eleanor winner of the SS. Peter & Paul’s quilt raffle at the Soup and have had in the community of Colesburg. Phillips, Ilene Holthaus and the hostess, Betty. Prize winners Chili supper. I will end the wonder and then move on to were: door prize, Shirley Waterman; high, Ilene Holthaus; sec- • Congratulations to Sherry Hayes. She was the winner a new set of questions. Here is what I know: ond, Abbie Mormann; and slam, Janice Moser. Betty served a of the Holy Cross fish fry quilt. What did Dr. Dittmer contract from delicious lunch after a fun afternoon of card playing • Rickardsville Athletic Club is now having the ball sign one of his patients in 1902? He developed • UMC: Wednesday, March 27, 7 p.m. Youth meet. Thursday, up for this coming summer. If you would like to sign up DEB ROSS Smallpox, after attending a patient. March 28, 7 p.m. No excuses. Friday, March 29, Prayer Vigil, 7 your children to play ball, call Debbie Brehm at 552-2056 Correspondent How else did Dr. Dittmer serve the a.m. to 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Good Friday service. Sunday, March 31, or email at [email protected]. community? He served as mayor and as a Easter Sunday (Early Sunrise Service lead by youth); and 9 a.m. • Upcoming events: La Salle Spring Social on Saturday, school board member for many years. Worship with Sunday School to follow. April 13 and St. La Salle Youth Group and Albrecht Acres What was Dr. Pohl’s wife’s first name? • St. Patrick: Holy Service Mass at 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday Steak fry on April 21. Rose Mass at 8 a.m. • Thought of the week: Good idea: Finding Easter eggs Where was Dr. Pohl and then Dr. Compton’s office located? • Those in need of prayer: All nursing home residents and on Easter. Bad Idea: Finding Easter eggs on Xmas. It was built as a home and office on the southern edge of Coles- those in assisted living, Our servicemen and women, Bob and burg. Shelia Bolsinger, Helen Bolsinger, Jean Brown, Jim Helle, Robert Contact Brenda McAuliffe with This week’s trivia came about because of questions by a lady Diers, Tim and Kathy Sherrets, Jonetta Theisen’s nephew Luke your news at 563-870-2304. from California who called asking questions about an ancestor and family, Troy Brown, Bob Daily, Toby Bockenstedt, Rollie that use to build houses with the last name of Gustoff (I did not Sampson, Jeff Elledge, Rhonda Juran, Paul Way, Helen Schwi- ask for the exact spelling). etert, Bailey Klamfoth, Gene Howell and Janice Scherbring . Who owns the house on the northwest side of Main Street • Our neighbors prayer needs: Mary Smock, Shirley Ken- was believed to house nine different businesses? drick, Paul Venteicher, Ed Holtz, Schilling, Irene Fishel, The private resident recently tore down and is now the site Theresa Pape, Jim Clemen, Joann Weigel, Frances Deppe, Kar- for the new bank. What was the house used besides being some en Meese, Ken Clemen, Francis Theisen, Lori Heims, Karleen one’s home? Simons, Mavis Hyde and Anthony Uklenkamp. Was the Phelps house something else then a veterinary of- • Colesburg Public Library: Dates to remember: Story hour, fice at one time? Tuesday, March 26, 7 p.m., theme Eggs & Baskets; Monday, • The Friends of the Colesburg Public Library hosted a Spring April 1, 2, Friends of the Library; and Wednesday, April 3, 4:30, Bazaar and Craft Show on March 23. The Friends are continu- Board of Trustees meeting. ally trying to find items of interest to add to the calendar with Contact Deb Ross with your news at [email protected]. the discussion of more craft classes to be offered and book dis- cussions to be brought in again next winter. They are always looking for new ideas or new members, so why not join and help to make plans. • The United Methodist Men held their annual Pancake Sup- Contributed Photo per on March 20 and as usual the food was delicious. There is Pack 88 Boy Scouts collected food last Saturday always a choice of pancakes or buckwheat pancakes, as well as, from residents who donated for Scouting for two different kinds of sausage. They have many other dishes to Food. From left, Tanner Glawe, John McAuliffe, accompany the meal and to satisfy the “hardiest” of appetites. Danny Maiers and Alex Behnke. • The ladies of the 500 Card Club met Tuesday afternoon, March 19 at the Colesburg Community Center and given by Betty Hyde. Those attending were: Ellen Phelps, Dorothy 275332