January 15, 2016: Additions to Max News

The next planning meeting for the Max Alumni Reunion will be held on Sunday, January 24 at 2 p.m. at the Max Senior Citizen Center.  The reunion is set for June 24-26, 2016.  Postcards with information about registration and updating information for the book have been sent out.  If you have not received one, send your updated address to wkjh@restel.net so the database can be updated.

Mark your calendars to attend the Max Civic Club meal and meeting in February on the 8^th.  This is the membership drive and entertainment will be provided. Watch the monthly calendar with more details.

The Max Café will be closed on Monday, January 25 for cleaning and maintenance items.  Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.

Bingo, sponsored by GAIA, has returned to Southside Lounge on Tuesdays.  Contact the Lounge or check posters for specifics.

January 14, 2016

This coming Saturday evening, the 16th, is the Max High Homecoming in Max, playing against Our Redeemers Lutheran Church from Minot.

Monday, January 18th, there will be a coloring class for adults at the Max Library at 2 p.m.  You may bring your own coloring books and colored pencils but these will also be provided.

Max has a need for a food pantry and you will find one at Our Savior Lutheran Church. This will be open every third Monday of the month from 2-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. The next opening is Monday, January 18th.

The following Friday, 22nd, is the Max Senior Citizens' noon potluck and meeting. That is the fourth Friday in January.

On Valentine's Day, February 14th from 9-1 at the City Hall there will be a free will breakfast (french toast, scrambled eggs and sausage) and a bake sale. All proceeds will go to Our Savior Church's "Raise The Roof" fundraiser. If you would like to donate baked goods for the bake sale, please get ahold of Jessica Henne at 679-2256.

Lorna Sambor had lunch guests at her home Wednesday afternoon: The Rev. Dan Shell from Our Redeemers Lutheran Church in Minot, Lorna's daughter Phyllis, Phyllis Narum and Lila Fannik. They all had a wonderful afternoon.

Congratulations to the NDSU Bison football team on winning their 5th title game in a row, in Frisco, Texas this past Saturday.

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain

January 7, 2016

The early deadlines for news during the holidays are past. Remember, I now can type out and e-mail the news to the Independent on Sunday evenings, so please have your news to me by then.

This very next Sunday, January 10th at 1:30, there will be a baby shower for Aric and Lisa Hauf at St. Matthews Church in Max. They have registered at Target and it's a boy!! I wasn't able to put this in a week earlier because of the early deadline so I hope now isn't too late for you to plan on attending.

Civic Club will be meeting on Monday, January 11th at 7 p.m. Please read over all the information about Civic Club that is on the back of your free Community Calendar. This month's calendar is yellow. (Editor’s note: the Community Calendar is also available on maxnd.com.)  February's Community Calendar will have information about Civic Club's February 8th supper/meeting.  Keep it in mind!

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." Woody Allen

(Editor's note:  I have been having some difficulty with the blog posts reaching their destination.  I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the blog and related news feeds being late.  I do believe that I now have the issue resolved.  However, if you are wondering about the weekly Max news and do not see it on Thursdays on Facebook or in your email, check the news link on Maxnd.com.  If you do not see news there, there likely was none for the week.  Again, I believe that the news link with the blog has been fixed, and I apologize for the issue, especially to Margaret Z., who works so hard to get the news out each week!)