August 2024

HAPPENINGS

NEXT SEVEN DAYS THURSDAY, AUG. 22 Are you looking for a church home? Faith Lutheran Church, 335 Main St.

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Bingo cards of life

Before I started as pastor at Vineyard United Methodist Church, I spent three weeks in Spain this June. I walked the end section of the Camino de Santiago, French Way. This is an ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella where Saint James is rumored to be buried. Christians throughout the ages have journeyed there to ask for forgiveness, healing and seek God. Now the stories of holy encounters on the Way abound and people from all over the world walk for many reasons.

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55–PLUS SENIOR ACTIVITES

Hutchinson Senior Center is owned and operated by Hutchinson through its Parks, Recreation and Community Education Department. Activities for people age 55 or older are available 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Hutchinson Event Center, 1005 State Highway 15 S. For more information, call 320-234-5656. The following schedule is for Aug. 23-29: Friday, Aug. 23: 9:15 a.m. chair yoga; 10 a.m. Knot Just Knitting; 1 p.m. bingo, 500 and Hutch Bowl.

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LOOKING BACK

125 YEARS AGO: 1899 A 16-foot cement walk is being laid on the east side of the Sivright block. Gate receipts from Monday’s ball game were $6.15, whch was turned over to Col.

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Cooking up reunion favorites

At the Kurth-Arndt-Flemming 50th reunion, the family published a cookbook featuring a collection of recipes from the descendents of August William Kurth and Augusta Knaak. Grandma gladys’ homemade liver sausage Submitted by Carolyn Kurth As Clancy Kurth said, :they used everything but the squeal” when it came to butchering.

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