Our goal was $50,000 & we made it! Our Anamoose Area Community Foundation was started in May with $10,000 from the Horizons Leadership program. We raised another $25,000 in order to get a $15,000 match from the ND Community Foundation. We plan to award grants this spring.
The largest single contributor was the Anamoose Civic Club. Pictured is Linda Dusek, treasurer (left) giving me (Alyce Heer, Chairman AACF) a check for $5,000.
Michele & Dale Vaugh moved from Ukrah, CA to Anamoose December 18th. They “rushed to get here” before the 3rd storm. “We didn’t bring it with us” Michele laughingly remarked. Brent Weninger had to go in with city equipment to clear out the snow so they could move in.
Michele retired from the Manufactured Home Industry after 25 years. Dale had his own trucking company. He is presently driving truck for Power Fuels, Watford City. He says its ” like a retirement job”.
Joe Weninger measured the overnight snow at 6 1/2 inches! That is on top of all the snow we have received in the last few weeks. When I went to the cafe at 8:30am Brent Weninger already had the sidewalks cleared off with the city’s new Holland Front wheel Assist tractor. He was working on main street. None of us in the cafe could remember this much snow since we were muchhhhh younger.
Just a few scenes after the December 26th snow. I saw much higher banks later after I took these pictures, but this shows what good snow removal we have in Anamoose. 1. Brent clearing Main St. 2. Looking south on Main St. 3. Mike Rudnick out to help 4. Post office 5. More snow piled up. 6. My husband, Vernon, opening up for our neighbor. 6. Michelle & Adam Ehrman’s-snow almost to roof.
In January Wayne Fahy of Anamoose wrote a grant for a ALS Quick Response Unit. The St. Aloisius Paramedic Unit started answering call with the Harvey & Fessenden Ambulance Service in June. In April Wayne received the ND ALS Provider of the Year Award. Then this summer Wayne took a 2 week Critical Care Paramedic course from Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.
I asked Wayne to write up something about his job as a Paramedic.
“I became an EMT 9 years ago so I could volunteer to help the people in the Anamoose community because the community has been so good to me. I liked it so much I became a Paramedic so I could do more & decided to make it my career. I get the best of both. I get to do something I love and help the people in our community. Six years ago we put a Harvey Ambulance in Anamoose to help cut down response time. We have 5 First Responders, 2 EMT Intermediates, 3 EMTs, 2 Paramedics, & 1 nurse that volunteer for the ambulance serve that live in the Anamoose area. ”
The Anamoose/Drake grade school students ( K-6 ) held their annual Christmas concert in Drake on December 11th. It was an evening of entertainment with piano, vocal, and instrumental selections led by Valerie Holler. Good job musicians!!!!!
Anamoose, along with most of North Dakota experienced a good old fashioned snow storm over the weekend. The birds were very hungry and cold. They liked to huddle together on Dennis and Phyllis Zimmermans deck. Dennis had busy days keeping their feeders full.
Students in grades 6-8 also participated in the annual Patriot’s Pen essay contest. This year’s theme was: “Why America’s Veterans Should Be Honored”. Pictured above from left to right are: 1st place- Sandi Kruse, 2nd place- Kate Jund, and 3rd place- Angel Kaisler. The Anamoose VFW Oswald Wohl Post #6831 sponsors the Patriot’s Pen essay contest each year.
Students from both Drake and Anamoose participated in the annual Voice of Democracy essay contest. The contest was open to students in grades 9-12 in the Drake and Anamoose communities. Each year students are required to write on a designated theme. This year’s theme was: “Service and Sacrifice by America’s Veterans Benefit Today’s Youth by…” Pictured above from left to right are: 1st place- Ryan Blumhagen, 2nd place- Jessica Rott, and 3rd place- Trenton Bruner. The Anamoose VFW Oswald Wohl Post #6831 sponsors the Voice of Democracy essay contest each year.
Kayden Arnold, infant son of Pat and Mitzi (Bjorland) Arnold was born on Thanksgiving morning. He has heart defects and underwent surgery at six days old. The Arnold family will have many trips to the University of Minnesota-Childrens Hospital ahead of them along with future surgeries. Fundriasers are currently underway. If you would like to help the Arnold family with their travel and medical expenses, you may do so by dropping donations in a jar at the Anamoose Cafe or by ordering pizzas through Jackie Martin (Anamoose) 701-465-3435 or Beth Boucher (Drake) 701-465-0281 by January 9th. All proceeds go directly to the Arnold family. (Mitzi is a 1996 graduate of Anamoose High School).
Eight ladies made “Christmas Swags” to decorate their homes this afternoon at the Anamoose Senior Citizens Club. The monthly gathering has turned into a fun event for all and many friendships have developed. The following ladies participated in this month’s craft class: back row=Tami Miller, Angie Kesler, Leela Springer, Mardi Helm, Leader, front row= Phyllis Zimmerman, Kathy Rademacher, and Marlene Whitaker. The class is open to everyone - just call to reserve a spot. We will make Valentine Cupids on January 19th. Call Mardi Helm for more information @ 465-3746.
We have had 12 classes this year and 103 individuals have made 103 craft projects. We have allot more ideas and plan to continue this great project in “2009″. We will welcome anyone that would like to show everyone how to do their creative crafts and remember YOU are welcome to join us in Anamoose!
Two friends, Leela Sprenger & Tami Miller, combined efforts last spring & started making wood decorations to sell. Leela said she bought a skill saw at an auction & now they both cut out & paint the decorations. They sold at the Farmer’s Market this summer, taught a craft class this fall, and will teach another in January.
Joe and Cheryl Linardon recently moved to Anamoose from Lodi, California. Joe was a contractor in California and is using his talents to remodel the home they purchased. He shared his vision with me and I cannot wait to see the finished product. They have already made many positive changes in their new home. It is a good thing he mentioned remodeling as one of his hobbies as well as hunting, fishing and both like to travel. They have some interesting tales to tell on recent travels. Cheryl was anxious to see snow, but admits she was not expecting that much!! She looks forward to spring and planting a garden. They enjoy the very friendly people in Anamoose and admit the roads after the snow and ice can be challenging.
Peggy Byrd moved to Anamoose from Drake, just 6 miles away, to the Senior Housing Complex. She loves animals and visiting with friends. She is still in the process of moving in, unpacking and decorating her apartment. She loves playing cards, which is good as there are many card players in the building.
PLEASE welcome and greet our newest residents - we are so glad they are part of our community and we are anxious to get to know them better.
Since Judy Derrickson and I (Mardi Helm) started to “Welcome” new residents to Anamoose in February of this year we have welcomed and visited 10 different homes. This includes 16 adults and 6 children. We took the job thinking there may be 2 or 3 a year!! We’re so glad to meet the 22 individuals and feel this is a very positive sign for our town!
Since some of us are on both committees, we decided to have the Horizons Steering committee & Anamoose Area Community foundation meetings Wednesday evening. We are continuing many projects that we started during the 18 month Horizons program. A few of the many things that we plan to continue are: improving the cell phone service, promote Sunday meals in Anamoose, promote present & new businesses, Anamoose brochure, Farmer’s Market & Community Garden, keep Anamoose attractive, & an ice skating rink next year.
The Anamoose Area Community Fund has reached $33,000 which included a $5000 bonus from the ND Community Foundation. The Foundation is now matching $ for $ up to $10,000. We would like to raise another $8100 before the end of the year. Donations can be mailed to: Anamoose Area Community Foundation, PO Box 17, Anamoose ND 58710. In March we will be giving out our first grant money to community organizations.
The first picture is taken on Black Friday at the Bismarck Target store. It was wall to wall people. We can avoid this by doing our Christmas shopping in Anamoose.
The cafe has pretty gift certificates that you can give as a gift. Connie Rudnick & her mother Ruth Ammon posed for me yesterday. The food is great there!
The Lumber Yard has items for sale, as you can see in the two pictures. (Double click to enlarge pictures)
The Senior Center has $5 meal tickets that can be used when they are open for dinner on Mondays.
Mike Schmaltz just added his sixth building to his greenhouse. As his sign says “Business is Blooming”. Mike put in rock on the floor for the first time. He still has the heating system, drip system and tables to put in. He has a little time as he usually gets his first cutting about February 1st. For now he is going through order books trying to figure out what new flowers to try.
The Anamoose Bakery/Cafe just got a new sign last week. The lettering was done by MidWest Graphics of Martin. The Quad County Economic Development organization donated money towards the sign.
This morning at coffee it was discussed that at Harvey it is usually only men that have morning coffee. But here there are quite a few women that like to go for early coffee and catch up on the latest “news”-the men do the gossiping!
Nine “Crafters” met at the Senior Center to make the cutest pair of snowmen with a warm holiday greeting this afternoon. This wooden plaque or wall hanging class was given by Leela Sprenger & Tami Miller. Those ladies that created them included: back row -Angie Kesler, Lois Rott, Tami Miller, Marlene Whitaker, Kathy Rademacher, Marlene Whitaker, and Leela Sprenger ; front row - Mardi Helm, Phyllis Zimmerman and Lillian Schmidt. Our next class will be on the 8th of December and we will make a Christmas Swag. Open to everyone - call to reserve a spot - 465-3746!
A lone moose has been sighted North and East of Anamoose near the Rick Bartz farm. We think he may sneak in to town at night to rendezvous with Ana and Joe.
Friday we had a snow storm that brought a stop to most activities outside. Yesterday I took pictures of the results of the storm. They are as follows: 1. Cleaning up by the elevator 2. Dorothy & Jerome Peerboom’s trees 3. Trees by Catholic Church 4. Elaine & Avery Minor’s pickups 5. Snow overhanging roof of old grocery store 6-9. More snow
Journalists Ada & Dirk Koster stopped this fall to see my husband Vernon’s John Deere collection. They came from Germany on a 10 day tour of ND. They had been at Pete’s Tractor for a couple hours before coming to Anamoose, and then headed out to Sage Hill Bed & Breakfast for the night.
The ND Tourism department arranged for the Kosters to come to ND to take pictures & promote our area to the German people.
Sandy Cartwright was the big winner in the Anamoose Senior Citizen’s quilt raffle on September 25th. The Senior Citizens also had a fund raising waffle, sausage, & fruit brunch, a rummage sale, & a silent auction.
The Anamoose Fire Dept held an Open House Saturday, Sept 27th. They had a raffle on 10 Honda ATVs along with a chili feed.
Pictured are: 1. Joe Weninger with a cake made by his wife, Rose 2. Trucks lined up on street 3. Men standing around raffle barrel. 4 Open House
This fall, the Anamoose Community Foundation reached its first fundraising goal of $25,000. The North Dakota Community Fund then added $5,000. The NDCF is now matching dollar for dollar any contributions to the fund.
I encourage you to donate now by mailing a check to: Anamoose Area Community Foundation, PO Box 174, Anamoose, ND 58710 or visit: www.NDCF.net and click on “Donate Now”.
Pictured are: Dennis Zimmerman, Kara Geiger, the new Development Director for the ND Community Foundation, & Shirley Nitz after they were making visits.
This is not pertaining to Anamoose news, but I want to tell you why it has been so long since I blogged. I was having trouble with my Dell laptop computer that I purchased in March, and mailed it to them. After almost 2 months and 21 phone calls (only 2 from them), I finally got a new computer. The 800 number that you call into is in INDIA. Most of my phone calls lasted about 20 minutes, with the longest 2 hours while they transferred me from department to department. They finally admitted that they had lost it and sent me a new one. There were so many errors along the way-from a carrier that only delivers up in Fargo, apparently wrong labeling, saying they would call me back and never doing it, being put in the fraud collection account, being told my computer had been sent in January, difficulty understanding them, etc, etc,
I hope you never have to go through what I did. A Staples clerk told me that is why they encourage people to buy the extended warranty, as then the store deals with all this hassle.
Over 60 kids were present for the Annual VFW Axillary Post 6831 Halloween Costume Party. The evening started out with costume judging and then Bingo, many games, prizes and a supper was served.
Winners in the preschool division were: 1st - Kaidence Hase, 2nd - Taylor Mack, 3rd - Taryn Sieg
Winners in K - 3rd were: 1st - Josh Ammon, 2nd - Coltin Martin, 3rd - Kaia Ponzer
Winners in grades 4 - 6th were: 1st - Samantha Martin, 2nd - Cory McClintock, 3rd - Cordell Volson
All the costumes were excellent and it made the judging VERY difficult. Thanks ladies for making such a wonderful and safe Halloween party for the area children - they had a ball!!!!
