By MYRNA FAUSKA
With Thanksgiving last week, this column is back to normal with all of the comings and goings in the neighborhood, so I’ll forego all of the twaddle and get right to the good stuff.
Next door, the Steve Schumann family enjoyed their holiday feast at the Mount Tabor Bar. Dar Peterson’s son Matt Defliger and co-owner Heather Duval opened the bar for business earlier in the month and celebrated their new venture with a free Thanksgiving dinner to help local folks get acquainted with them.
On Thursday, Christopher Young and I gobbled ‘til we wobbled at The Pony Express Supper Club in Kendall. On Sunday after church, I joined Dave and Pam Strike and former members Frank and Shirley Thomas of Arkansas for lunch at The Double R in Elroy.
Up on the hill, at Ron and Arlene Garvens’, son Keith of St. Louis, Mo., spent the holiday weekend with his parents, and on Thanksgiving they joined Jason and Carley Garvens of Madison at Kurt and Catherine Garvens’ home in Hollandale, Wis. During the weekend, Arlene was involved with the quilt display in the craft show at Royall Elementary School. On Sunday afternoon, Ron helped with packing up the quilts.
Debbie Parkhurst of Lexington, Ky., is still at her mom Mary’s, and they enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner at home. In the evening, Guy Parkhurst of Janesville had supper with his grandmother and aunt after deer hunting at his Grandma Elaine Woodard’s, where he filled his tag.
The Ranch in Johnnycake Hollow was the site of the Vlasak and Zellmer families holiday feast. In addition to locals Lowell and Arlys Zellmer, Allan and Heather Vlasak, Lynette Vlasak, Sally Dana, and the Chip Marty family, Rachel Zellmer and kids of Madison were there, along with Paul and Nicole Zellmer and offspring of Edgerton, Wis., Pete Felt and daughter Susan and friend plus her grandson Christopher of Onalaska, and last but certainly not least, Mariane Weidenbach of Viroqua. What a blessed gathering!
Prior to the big day, Lynette Vlasak and Sally Dana finally got out of quarantine, went to Tomah shopping, and had lunch at Culver’s. This week, things will be getting back to normal with the November book club on the last day of the month and December holiday events in the offing.
With the Christmas season comes the Christian church celebration of Advent as we prepare for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, as was foretold throughout the Holy Bible in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, we learn of the annunciation and the birth in the Books of St. Matthew and St. Luke. The story never grows old even after 2,000 years. Let us all keep CHRIST in Christmas as we prepare to welcome Him once again during this holy season.