The Anamoose Senior Citizens is raffling off a queen sized quilt. It has over 3000 peices in it. Tickets can be purchased from any Senior Citizen members. It will be raffled off on Sunday, September 21 when the Seniors have their annual fall fund raising meal.
At present some of the seniors are quilting on the lap sized quilt. 
Yes, Joe Moose is patiently waiting for his marriage to Ana-Lope on Saturday, June 28th. The Ana-Day committee met last night for final plans for the wedding when Ana will join Joe on the Welcome sign, and change her name to Ana-Moose.
The program will start at 3pm in the Anamoose Park. Rev Danelle Olson is the MC. The men’s Centennial group will sing; Helen Nolden, Eleanore Dossenko, and Senator Ryan Taylor will speak. Richard Derrickson will read a poem about Anamoose and the wedding that was written by his wife, Judy. A mock wedding will be held after the program. The wedding party consists of: Minister: Maurie Becker, Bride: Ron Cartwright, Groom: Barb Martin, Bridesmaid: LeRoy Becker, Best Man: Judy Derrickson, Flower Girl: Doug Rademacker, and Ring Bearer: Susie Littrel. Following the wedding a free picnic meal will be served along with wedding cake and moose nugget favors. You will be able to have a photo shoot with the wedding couple, or Joe and Ana cutouts in the park for a small fee. There will be a Moose Shoe Contest and some games for kids.
Plan to join us for the wedding Saturday, June 28th.
First picture: around the table from left to right-Maurie Becker, Pam Heim (behind),LeRoy Becker (trying on antler), Doug Rademacker, Fern Reinowski, Judy Derrickson, Richard Derrickson, Susie Litrell, Phyllis Zimmerman(behind), and Bonnie Dockter.
The first night of the Farmer’s Market brought vendors and customers to the Anamoose park shelter. A wide variety of items were for sale: fresh eggs, homemade noodles, cookies, handicrafts, painted mailboxes, jewelry, canned fruits and vegetables and fresh rhubarb to name a few items. I left with arms full and a promise to be back next week! Vendors present this week were: Rosemary Vollmer, Wayne Vanette, Gertie and Alma Rau, Mabel Forschen and Gladys Schnase. It will be held every Monday from 6 PM to 8 PM - come out and get something fresh, homemade and home grown. Contact Farmers Market Chairman - Bonnie Docktor @ 465-3088 for information.
Another of our Horizon goals has come about. Woody and Kathy Selzler purchased land next to them that was called “the stockyards”. They have been getting rid of old buildings and trees, and put part of the land into a community garden. Anamoose area residents can put in a garden at no cost. USDA is offering free seeds for a study on new varieties. If anyone is interested please contact Bonnie Dockter at 465-3088.
As you drive down main street in Anamoose you can see the new Anamoose Area Community Fund sign. Dennis Zimmerman made the sign and painted the background. Phyllis Zimmerman and Pam Heim worked on the wording, and Pam spent hours on her hands and knees painting the design. Then Joe Weninger and Dennis dug the post holes and put the sign in place. It was definitely a group effort!
The Anamoose Memorial Day Program, to honor the Veterans, was well attended. The Memorial Address was presented by Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Sells from the Minot Air Force Base. Rachael Rott and Kaya Engen sang “Song for the Unsung Hero” and “Sleep Soldier Boy” and the honor guard marched to the City Park where flags flew at half mask and the gun shots were heard as well as the taps that were played by Andrew Rott and Brandon Rudnick. This was followed with a delicious potluck lunch at the Oswald Wohl VFW Post #6931.
Saturday evening 5/17/08, Anamoose High School celebrated their commencement with 8 graduates. As usual, it was a beautiful ceremony. It has been a tradition for many years that the graduating class invites the 50 year graduates. Eleven members ( and some of the spouses) of the class of 1958 participated. They gathered at the senior center for reacquainting, remembering and conversation, had a delicious meal at the Anamoose Cafe prepared by Connie Rudnick, and then on to graduation. After the ceremony all alumni were invited back to the senior center for cake, coffee and punch.
Thank you graduating seniors for remembering us ( I, too, have been there and done that) on your special night. It also brings back and gives us memories we will forever cherish.
Pictured below are sitting from left to right, Dorothy Berndt Leier, Rose Hornbacher, Frances Lemer Lageson, Gilbert Gienger and Ramona Buxa Bender. Standing are, Eileen Wick, James Essig, Vernon Wick, Dalton Kohlman, Terry Roe and Harold Spletto.
We are getting excited as we get closer to Saturday, June 28th for Joe and Ana-Moose’s wedding. That is the day we will add Ana to our Welcome sign. Keith Reinowski, Midwest Graphics & Signs, is getting Ana ready for her big day. And then there is Joe–like a typical male he just stands there waiting. (See top banner)
We are selling black and blue T-shirts and pins to commemorate this special day. T shirts come in small and medium youth; and medium, large and extra large adult sizes. They are only $10. The buttons sell for $2 each. Pam Heim is our artist. The proceeds go to our Anamoose Area Foundation Fund. The Buttons and T-shirts are sold at the Bank, Lumber Yard and Senior Center, or you can contact me at 701-465-3476.
I discovered there are quite a few people in Anamoose who help out the birds-summer and winter. Bonnie Dockter uses a heating device in the winter to keep her bird bath thawed out. Her grandchildren wanted to be in the picture too.
Emanuel Kesler moved this purple martin house over to his yard when Wes Michelson moved to Harvey. He even made a hoist so he can take it up and down to clean it out-or get the sparrows out of it.
Janice Buchholz took this picture of the finches eating from a bird feeder in her back yard.
Phyllis and Dennis Zimmerman have welcomed this rose breasted grosbeak to their feeder. They also have seen a baltimore oriole.
Needless to say, we have caring people in our community who are concerned about the birds.
Our Horizons program sponsored a Joe and Ana-Moose coloring contest. Pam Heim, 3rd and 4th grade teacher, drew a picture of Joe and Ana-Moose with sunflower and tree background. Carrie Bartz, 3rd grade, (picture) won in the 1st-3rd grade group, while Leah Jans, kindergarten, won in the pre-school-kindergarten group. Each girl received a Joe and Ana-Moose t-shirt. The 14 moose pictures are on display in the Anamoose Senior Citizen Center.
This morning I took these pictures of some high school students and teachers out picking up liter in the Anamoose area. What a great way to celebrate their last day of school!
That’s what we need to get our Anamoose Area Foundation Fund moving. The Foundation concept is simple-to create a fund where gifts from many people are pooled together and professionally handled through the ND Community Foundation. Each year the income will be used to fund projects in the community. Through a matching grant program in the ND Community Foundation we need to collect $25,000 in the first year, and the ND Community Foundation adds $5,000. In subsequent years, the ND Foundation will match dollar for dollar up to $10,000, with a bonus if we can raise $25,000.
To start, we are using the $10,000 that we will receive at the end of June for our 18 month committment to the Horizons Leadership program. We have received over $7,000 from businesses and individuals, so we have less than $8,000 to go to reach our goal for the year. We have mailed out letters to Anamoose area people and businesses, and made some personal contacts. This week we are mailing out letters to all alumni that graduated before 1971.
Dennis Zimmerman and Bill Goodwin will be putting up a thermometer on Main St. that will keep track of our Foundation Fund. Pam Heim is our artist for the project. .
A small group of crafters met at the Anamoose Senior Citizens Center today for the April Craft’s Class. The ladies made a photo display using 6 of their personal photos and hanging them on fishing line and chipboard from a 7″ wire ornament hanger. Participants this month were: Leela Springer, Marlene Whitaker and Kathy Rademacher. Instructor was Mardi Helm. Classes are open to everyone and are held monthly.
The city of Anamoose is happy to announce the wedding of Ana and Joe on June 28th, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the city park. Ana is at last joining Joe on the welcoming billboard as you come into town. A program is planned with speakers, music, poetry, pictures in the park, mock wedding and a free catered supper. Shirts and buttons will be sold and the proceeds will go to the Anamoose endowment fund. We certainly hope that you will mark this day on your calendar and help us celebrate this great event.
EVERYONE WELCOME!!!!!
I attended the Grant Writing seminar at Devils Lake yesterday. Lynette Krenelka from UND did an excellent job in explaining the difficult process of grant writing. She gave us a big fat folder for our evening reading enjoyment. After the initial planning, the next step (and the hardest) is to find a company that gives grants that fit our needs.
Moose Wally from Walhalla was at the meeting. At least I know there was someone else there that didn’t have a clue before Wednesday on how to write a grant. Liann Zeller, Walhalla, said they are going to have to bring Wally to Anamoose June 28th when Joe and Ana-moose are getting married and maybe Wally can find a girlfriend here. If you have any girl-moose friends please let me know so I can line up a little match making at the wedding.
Pictured are: Grant writing class, Towner County at Grant Writing class, Luann & Wally, Dr. Lynette Krenelka & Wally, myself & Wally
Janice Buchholz & I discovered that Anamoose is not the only community with housing concerns. There were many communities represented at the Housing meeting in Steele yesterday. It was interesting to listen to the towns tell of their housing situations. Hazelton had advertised they would give 2 free lots & a cash incentive to people coming to live there. They got 500 calls! People told them “we want out of the city-the crime, the cost”. If any community needs help with housing they should contact: Jolene Kline, 701-328-8072, or 1-800-292-8621 or email her at jkline@ndhfa.org
In Anamoose right now we have some very nice affordable homes for sale. The ads for them are on the Anamoose web site at http://www.anamoose.com/ You can email aheer@gondtc.com for more information on homes. Pictured is 5 of the 7 homes that I know of that are for sale.
We had our informational public meeting Saturday on Home Rule. Jerry Hjelmstad of the League of Cities explained to us how we would benefit from home rule. He told us that 1/3rd of the ND communities now have home rule and 4 are in the process of setting it up. The advantages of home rule are: 1. Flexibility. 2. More power for us community members as we can refer and initiate petitions. 3. The city government will have the ability to add a sales tax. One hundred twenty ND communities now have sales tax. 4. The city government can combine mills and put them where needed.
We will be voting on home rule at the regular election on June 10th. Home rule is one of our goals in our strategic plan.
Donna Anderson, our facilitator for the Horizons program, met with us yesterday. We went through our Strategic Plan (again !) from start to finish, which is 18 pages of projects.
We have accomplished many things, such as: more meals on Sundays, a Welcome package for people moving into Anamoose, a Farmer’s Market planned to start in June, empty lots and homes identified and listed, a blog site set us and Anamoose web site continued, 12 people took an Excel Computer class, people informed of happenings in Anamoose by a monthly calendar, Christmas letter sent out that promoted Anamoose, Ana-Day planned for Saturday, June 28th, Blood Pressure Clinics being held once month at the Anamoose Senior Center, Home Rule Charter set up ready for voting on in June, and an Anamoose Foundation Fund started with our money from Horizons. We are working on many more projects that hopefully I will be able to blog on in the future.
Pictured are Mardell Helm, Donna Anderson, Dennis Zimmerman, Alyce Heer, and Shirley Nitz.
Even though there is still snow on the ground we are thinking of gardening. As a result of the Horizon Program a Farmers Market will be started June 1st. It will be in the Anamoose Park from 6 to 8 pm every Monday evening. So if you are interested in selling homemade crafts, baked goods, or fresh fruit and vegetables contact Bonnie at 465-3088 or email her at bonniedockter@yahoo.com Or you can plan to come to buy a little of everything and visit with friends. Let the kids play at the playground while you shop. We hope to make this a fun evening out for everyone.
The birthday club met at my home (Phyllis Zimmerman) this month. You get to be the hostess the month of your birthday. Six of us play hand and foot (card game), visit and have dessert and beverages. Sometimes we meet in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. It is an enjoyable gathering, and of course, it is always fun to be a winner in cards. Pictured 
are Phyllis Zimmerman, Lauretta Schilling, Angie Kesler, Dorothy Thomssen, Marion Thomssen and Kathy Rademacher.
Just got back from vacation on Monday, and already attended a “Dig in”to Tourism conference Tuesday in Devils Lake. Sarah Otte Coleman, ND Tourism Director, said ND has a 17% increase in tourism, while the national average is only 13.4%. 68% of the tourists are from out of state. The number one reason for travel here is visiting relatives, number 2 is coming for fun, and third is business. ND is the cheapest state to visit at an average of $187 a day. The Tourism website of http://www.ndtourism.com/ is very colorful and informative as I found out today when I checked it out.
Some of us got together in small groups to practice saying “We’re counting on you!” for a ND Tourism Hospitality DVD that will be released April 20th at the ND Tourism conference.
Holly Mawby, owner of Gardendwellers Farm, has a very different garden. Her very unique brochure tells how she and her husband have taken over the community of Churchs Ferry that was “virtually removed from the map by waters of nearby Devils Lake.” In 2 1/2 blocks (or 2 acres) they grow 14 different herbs and 3000 lb of rhubarb. In her brochure she advertises for 8 other businesses. Visit their website at www.gardendwellersfarm.com to see more of what they have to offer.
For one of our afternoon sessions we practiced how to do an “Elevator Speech” which is a 30-60 second talk on who we are, where we are from, and what we want to promote in our community or business. These short, concise talks were used by salesmen when they only had 30-60 seconds while they rode the elevator up with their clients till they reached their floor.
This picture shows Shirley Nitz and I posing next to the ND poster. The speaker in the second picture is Holly Mawby, and in the third picture we are with some dedicated Wally, the moose, fans from Walhalla. They said Wally is a bachelor, but we told them how our Joe Moose is getting married to Ana-moose June 28th. I went on their website today, and they already have blogged about the tourism day. They have a great website that you might want to check out- http://walhalla.communityblogs.us
As a result of the Horizon Program a Farmers Market has been set up to begin on Monday, June 2nd. It will be at the park from 6 to 8 pm every Monday night. If you are interested in selling homemade crafts, baked goods, or fresh fruit & vegetables contact Bonnie Dockter at 465-3088 or email her at bonniedockter@yahoo.com
Or you can come to buy a little of everything and visit with friends. Let the kids play at the playground while you shop. We hope to make this a fun night out for everyone.
I wanted to put together another slide-show before I forgot how. These pictures were taken yesterday. They start out with the baptism of Sarah and Chris Ammon’s baby Jared. Then the Anamoose Cafe was open for breakfast buffet. I had to go home for another camera as my battery died, so many of the crowd had left by time I ate and went home to get another camera.
In the afternoon our committee for planning the Wedding of Joe and Ana-Moose met at the Senior Center, but I forgot the pictures till our meeting was over. The Wedding will be Saturday, June 28th, so mark that on your calendar. We are going to get buttons and shirts with Joe and Ana on. The program will start at 3pm with speakers, singing, and the wedding. There will be a free picnic in the park with wedding cake and favors. Plans are that Ana will join Joe on the Anamoose Welcome sign after the wedding.
In the evening we got together at Angie and Emanuel Kesler’s house for dominos and food with the same people that we ate breakfast with. So you can see there are things going on in Anamoose, even on Sunday.
