March 3, 2011

The Max Community Library and Max Library Partners would like to thank the community for making our Third Annual Soup & Sandwich Lunch, held on Feb. 13th, a wonderful success. We sincerely appreciate all who attended and shared in an enjoyable day. Thanks also to all who bought raffle tickets and supported the library in that way. The following community members were winners of the raffle items: Tammy Hauf-the Scheresky Ag Services basket and the Scrapbooking basket provided by Jessica Henne; Lila Fannik-the Movie Night Out basket; Carol Kramer-the Pride of Dakota basket; Merlyn Iverson-the Spa Basket provided by Judy Zenz; Brooke Schroeder-the Max Farmers Elevator basket; and unfortunately, we are unable to recall who won the Pampered Chef basket. If you are the winner of that basket, or if you know who won it, please let the Library know so they can have it in their records. The light bulb just will not come on in many heads, as to who won that basket!

The Max Senior Citizens enjoyed dining on Friday with several of the Max Business people who had been invited. There was quite a large number of people in attendance for the potluck and the meeting. One of the things brought up at the meeting was the announcement that there is a collection box at the Bremer Bank on Main Street in Max for the fire victims. Arlen Miller, his daughter, her two sons, and her fiancé are being helped by the Red Cross. The house cannot be lived in as it is. This is the former Ed and Marge Marko house on the south edge of Max.

The Senior Citizens' cookbook, Senior Favorites, is available now and may be purchased at several Max businesses.

March 20th at the Civic Center the Senior Citizens will be serving a breakfast of French toast and sausage, from 9-1. There will be a free will offering that will be used for the Senior Center projects.

March 26th is what they call Take and Bake Day where you take something you baked to a shut-in, neighbor, friend, and stay to visit for a bit.

The monthly potluck held at the Senior Center will be at noon for the month of March but starting in April, they will be held at 6 p.m. with the meeting to follow.

There is a request for seamless t-shirts that are cut into strips and then crocheted into mats for the children of Haiti to lie on so they don't have to lie on the dirt. The t-shirts can be in any condition, color, etc. You may leave these at the Senior Center and they will be taken to the nearby collection point at the McLean County Independent.

The Plunge can stands tall and straight but may soon start to lean so you need to buy your tickets so you can guess as to when exactly it will fall into the water. The Plunge can is outfitted with an electronic timer that stops immediately when it gets wet. Therefore, it doesn't matter if the can falls in the middle of the day or in the dead of night - the time will be exact. Your guesses need to be exact down to the minute, too. The deadline for purchasing tickets is midnight March 31st.

In the past 16 years, the can has fallen in March only two times, with it falling in April the other years. In 2010 the Plunge ended at 3:29 p.m. on April 8th. First place winner last year got $500; second place - $250; third place - $100; and fourth place - $50. The proceeds from the tickets go to improving the Max Parks.

Margaret Zaderaka spent Wed. afternoon with her granddaughter, Hannah Zaderaka, at Our Redeemer's Christian School, viewing hers and other classmates' information and pictures of the president they choose. The students had to do a lot of research for all this information and each had it well displayed on their large board. The students had to dress like the president they choose or his wife. Hannah wore a vintage style dress made by her Grandma Margaret, to depict Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Hannah is in fourth grade and is the daughter of Dean and Heidi Zaderaka of Minot.

A bit of interesting information about that afternoon event - also there was a classmate of Margaret's who has his grandson in that class!! A picture was taken of the 'older' classmates with their grandchildren/classmates! We figured there was about 60 years difference in age!!

In the evening Eugene Zaderaka joined LyNelle and Greg Hatlestad and the other Braunbergers and Zaderakas at the Royal Fork for a fun visit. Greg and LyNelle came in from Arizona where they live, to be with his Mother, Faye, on her 80th birthday.

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?" Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

--The Max News is written each week by Margaret Zaderaka. To have your information included, email her at emz@rtc.coop.