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1 Ui) SCWN Inc Daily Register Wednesday May 1 1996 Community (Going On 9 9 4 4 i i i I 9 cXwSW' '4 f-- 'ii' 5" Photo by Joan Foley Writers member Some of the Writers at the Portage original members including (kneeling) Elayne Hanson Lucille Kleist Idella Anacker and Charlene Haynes and (seated) Bea Heberlein Virginia Packard Moore Mary Grossman Dorothy Osner Margarita Cuff and fcjplen Knight reunited this spring after 30 years Original Writers at Portage reunite wwjiujiiniil mu I s' 4'- fj-i several wrjting classes including all the basics of good writing in fiction and non-fiction essay articles books and marketing skills With his help the Writers became professionals A1 Nelson was a friend as well as a teacher and was proud of his students Tim Foley was the editor of the Portage Register at that time and was very receptive of the groups writings Several new columns by the writers were soon appearing on the pages City Norma Madsen your windows Margarita Cuff Could By Lucille Kleist Where I Dorothy Osner and several others In 1972 an anthology was published Downstream Writers at the It quickly sold out and is 1974 Volume 11 was published a At least 20 books were published by the Writers most of them resulting in book signing parties -'The Fautjiiefte in Poynette There has been a bond of friendships and caring in the groups that HITCHING POST 2503 Wisconsin St rortij5WI Catering Services Ron 742-8208 FOOD COCKTAILS Maifm(flt "The Post WT" is much deeper than just the writing' connection The bonding was so strong that i Kathy Cole Mendoza packed her car and started out from her home in the middle of Michigan to drive the 200-plus miles to join the gath-ering After two hours of driving in a heavy rain storm with 1 car and she decided make the i long trip alone She turned around went back home and called saying sadly she make it 1 The gathering Saturday was a joyous one the group remembered all the parties of the past and the yearly Golden Crow banquets There was much laughter as well as a few tears while the group caught up with the happenings of their 1 lives for the past 30 years 1 Those attending were Virginia Packard Moore Mary Grossman Charlene Haynes Dorothy Osnr Elayne Hanson Bea Heberlein Margarita Cuff Elayne Hanson Helen Knight Joan Foley Idella Anacker Lucille Kleist The event was co-hosted by Elayne Clipper Hanson Idella Anacker who thought of the reunion idea in the first place and Lucille Kleist Spring Fling features baked goods PORTAGE The annual iSpring Fling Bazaar-at the Portage Presbyterian Church on May 4 will feature homemade cookies 'fresh from the oyen delicatessan Service and sewing and craft items including appliqued sweatshirts Doors to the bazaar will open at )10 am and sales Will continue until I pm The church is located at 120 Pleasant St acrossTjrpm i the municipal building in Portage Deli items featured include bar-beque calico beans three-bean salad and fruit salad all available 1 in 8 or 16 oz containers A crew will be taking fresh cookies (sour cream sugar chocolate drop and oatmeal chocolate chip) from the oven all morning to be sold individually or by the dozen Cookies coffee and barbecue will also be 'served cafe-style during the event Also featured will be pies and sbreads the popular Mission Supper Soup Mix (at $250 a 6-portion container) and the cookbook at $5 In addition to the sweatshirts jthe sewing committee has prepared several other items and will be introducing a apron The annual springtime event is istaged by the Steering Committee of the church and proceeds of the -event and other committee projects are used for various projects within and outside the local church Endeavor Library offers readers new books ENDEAVOR The Endeavor Public Library has recently received the following new books for readers: both by Max Brand Becomes by Mary Higgin Clark Lynn Morns Toil Xl Way? Me? Other Carof Oates '-'A by LaVyrle Spencer Train by Steven Wise Equipment for Kids -Great Projects You Can by Mike Lawrence is -Susan Anthony Her Own by Lynn Sherr and Legal Will by Denis Clifford After Debt 2nd by Bob Hammond Sale Magic! How to Maximize Your Profits -Simply and by Michael Williams In addition the following Audio Books have come in: by John Bradshaw by Judith Kantz and Party by Louis Amour The library asks readers to let librarians know their favorites so when selection time rolls around the library may be able to get several Library hours are: Monday and Wednesday 12:30 to 7:30 Thursday 9k 30 to 7:30 and Saturday 9 to 12:30 Birth SPENCER MC DERMOTT LINCOLN Neb Joe and Sara (Harding) McDermott are pleased to announce the arrival of their son Spencer James Spencer was born December 26 1995 in Seoul Korea The grandparents are Bernice McDermott of Lincoln Neb and Dick and Carol Harding of Portage Portage Annual Meeting and Election of Officers to be held 1 Wed May 8 at the Blankenhaus Reservations with Kathy Crawford 742-5262 Kim -Cibulke 742-8442 or with Sandy Blankenheim 742-2978 Program will be and the with Karen and Tim White Saturday May 4 4 Portage Boat Club will meet at 9 am Clean-up Day bring rakes Pot luck at 3 pm All members are asked to help v-Rain date: Sat May 11 The Jolly Squares will be dancing at the Westfield Elementary School Westfield Plus Workshop 7:30 pm Dance 8 to 10:30 pm Vem Weisensel- caller All area square dancers are welcome to attend Public Card Party at the Fort Winnebago School at 7:30 pm Euchre will be played Prizes and refreshments Loganville Spring Fling sponsored by the Loganville Village HallFire Department Card Party at 7 pm $2 admission will play 500 Euchre sheepshead Lunch provided Karaoke Contest and dance to follow begins at 9 pm Gun Raffle drawing at 9:30 pm Proceeds go to help fund improvements for village park Loganville Village Garage Sale Over 20 residents and churchhomemaker groups will be having a garage sale dur- ing the day Maps will be avail- able at Grocery St Church women and Elder Ridge club will be having bakes sales also CARES will be having their 5th Annual CARES Eight Mile Walk at the Portage Turner High School Registration time is 10:30 am the walk starts at 12 noon All walkers and donations are greatly appreciated All proceeds of the walk go to our lqcal DARE program Quilt Show from 10 am 4to 2pmrathePortage United Methodist Churfch Portage Spring fling bazaar at the Portage Presbyterian Church 4 from 10 am to 1 pm Deli items fresh cookies pies and breads Also sewing and craft items Coffee barbecue and cookies will be available Sunday May 5 Friesland Community All Male Chorus at 7:30 pm at the United Methodist Church Pardeeville Ninth Annual Soup and Sandwich Luncheon at St Church Kingston Serving from 11 amto 1:30 pm Adult advanced tickets: $4 (at the door $450) children ages 5 years to 12 years $2 children under 5 years: free Sponsored by the Kingston Fire Department Volunteers Monday May 6 STRIVE is the domestic abuse agency for Columbia Co We have a support group for victims of domestic abuse that meets each Monday at 6 pm We have a 24 hour crisis line at 608-742-7677 Send items to: Kristin Gilpatrick CX Box 470 Portage Wt 53901 We reserve the right to editor refuse print any submissioft To ensure publication submissions to Going must arrive at the Daily Register in writing at least one week -before a scheduled event or reg- istration deadline Please include a name and phone number For sake announcements will not be taken by phone Calendar items are for non-profit organizations only Notices may run more re-quently as space permits Recovery meeting times run on Mondays on page 2 Wednesday Mayi Portage Kiwanis Club meets at noon every Wednesday at the Blankenhaus Guests are always welcome 1 Blood pressure screening will be held at Divine Savior Hospital and Nursing Home from 2-6 pm at the Emergency Room Entrance of the hospital No appointment is necessary Essence Place will be offering a teen (ages 10-J7) Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Support Group for residents of Adams Columbia Juneau Marquette and Sauk Counties Meetings at 8 pm Advance registration is request -ed i Duplicate Bridge Club meets every Wednesday at 7 pm downstairs of Lord Chumleys Junior Golden Gossips will meet at 12 noon at the Farm Kitchen for May Party Horseshoe League meeting at 7:30 pm at the Oxford VFW One mile west of Oxford off Cty I on First Ave Anyone interested in starting a horseshoe team are encouraged to attend Sponsored by the Neenah Valley Memorial 6003 Veterans of Foreign Wars Horseshoes will be starting May 15 Open House at 7 pm at the Oxford VFW This is being held so that persons interested in joining the VFW and Auxiliary will have a chance to meet some qfthemembers Also if-you have aoy'qtiestiorts on eligibility tr 5 fhelll be answered Sponsored by the Neenah Valley Memorial 6003 Veterans of Foreign Wars PARK (Poynette Area Recreation for Kids) Committee will be sponsoring a Fall Market Day on Sept 21 1996 They are looking for vendors of flea market merchandise craft items farmers produce Booths are available for $15 Contact Karen Neff at 635-8927 for more information Organ Concert at Portage United Methodist Church at 7 pm Featuring guest artist Dr Charles Stark who will be playing a variety of sacred classical and contemporary music ort a Baldwin 3 Manual electronic 4 organ Everyone is invited to this free concert Columbia County WIC Clinic from 8:30 am to 3 pm at the John Roche Bldg 71 1 Cook St Portage Thursday May 2 Local Prayer Service will be held in Portage at 6:30 pm at the Zona Gale Center Everyone is invited Bingo at Portage Elks Lodge at 7 pm Doors open at 6 pm Next to Post Office AARP There will be a meeting at 2 pm in the Mutual Savings Bank basement meeting room to discuss organizing a chapter of AARP in the Col Cty area For more information contact Wm Edwards at 297-7022 Friday May 3 Civic League Reservations due today for Several original members of the at the got togeth- er on Saturday April 20 at the home of Idella Anacker to celebrate their 30 years as writers Little did they realize that when 4 Professor Robert Gard brought Tere' Rios author of Fifteenth a book about the Flyingv Nun to speak to writers in the area that 30 years later most of them would still be writing and gaining fame Tere Rios said to them rafter answering questions abouf Writing' you know what you people have? You have a group of writers that want to belong to a writers Shortly after that October meeting in 1966 they did start a club at the with 18 members from the surrounding area 1 During the following years the membership changed at times but some of the group always remained tneefin a member was a reason for a party in' and a celebration A1 Nelson a teacher from the University Extension office taught i4 i- Cold War origins to be discussed Sat MADISON The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will host a lec-! ture about the political and riiplo- matic battles between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1940s that created the Cold War The lecture titled Grand Alliance will be presented by Professor Mark Stoler of the University of Vermont' on" Saturday May 4 at 7 pm in the GAR Hearing Room in the State Capitol The lecture is free and open to the public A reception will follow at (he museum located at 30 Miffling StStoler will outline the efforts of the United States the United Kingdom and France to contain the Soviet Union from Day to the creation of the Marshall Plan Mark Stoler is an internationally recognized scholar of US diplomatic history who has written extensively about the relations between America and its allies during World War II His works include: Politics(1pf the Second Front American Military Planning and Diplomacy in Coalition and Marshall Soldier Statesman of the American For information call the museum at 266-1854 5 BAR SPECIALS i 1 2 oz Cactus Glass Margaritas (Reg or Strawberry) Keep the Glass $500 Refills i $250 16ozBoots of Beer (Miller Lite or Liene's Red) Keep the Glass 400 Refills 250 Shrimp Shooters (Our Mini Shrimp Cocktail) $150 Lunch Special (Moh-sat) 5 dz Angus Sirloin with Texas Toast and Fries Nitely Special (Mon-Thur) 8 oz Angus Sirloin Dinner z725 with 4 Seasons Sauce Join Us Sor Our Hawaiian Vacation i January 17 thru 25 1997 I if Price only $143900 From Portage I I if C1- rr r'rtU Dm-1 -r Cnnrlt JfM Stop In Or Call Ron or Sandy For More Details 742-8208 1 Subscribe to: The Daily Register Call: 742-2111 WIEID HBT cveet 107 cook st Portage WI 745-4168 Mon-Sat lO to 5 Specializing in Candles and Accessories Plus Bath Body Products Essential Oils Potpourri andAromatheraphy with products from Crabtree Evelyn Natural Body Bath Carolyn Designs fix United Way Attention Human Service Organizations or Agencies The Portage Area United Way supports a number of worthy charitable agencies and programs each year Grant requests for 1996 funds are available now and must be returned by May 31 1996 APPLICATION MATERIALS may be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce Office at 301 Wisconsin SCor by calling 742-6242 Portage AreaUnited Way PO Box 354 Portage Wt 53901 Cuts Colors Perms 742-2945 211 Cook (across from Galley Studio) Open Mon Closed Tuesday Walk-Ins Welcome VUrt QvuA look.