Alhambra news, July 10 edition
Salem UCC Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School will be held Sundays, Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25 and Sept. 1.
Children attending Sunday worship will go to Bible School following Time with the Children. The theme for this year’s Vacation Bible School will be Camp Firelight: A Summer Camp Adventure with God.
Alhambra Homecoming
The Village of Alhambra will have a joint celebration with their annual homecoming and incorporating the 175th anniversary of the settling of Alhambra.
Festivities take place Aug. 2-4. On Friday and Saturday evenings there will be parades at 6:30 p.m.
Other activities will include a bounce house, model train show, tractors on display, a tractor drive 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Saturday with a pedal tractor pull at 1 p.m.
There will also be a gun raffle, basket raffles, good food, beer and soda.
The Dance Hall will have a museum of the history of Alhambra complete with pictures.
Enjoy the music of Cheers Band on Friday night and Exit 36 and Jessie G on Saturday.
A fireworks display will take place Saturday at dusk.
175th Anniversary Celebration
Alhambra will celebrate the Alhambra Homecoming Aug. 2-4. Most of the anniversary celebration takes place Sunday, Aug. 4.
A worship service will be held at 10 a.m. at the park with the Restore Christian Church.
Come dressed in your favorite era for the years 1849-1999. Break out the granny dresses and sun bonnets, poodle skirts, mini skirts and bell-bottom trousers. Guys, get your James Dean look on. Dress up and join the fun.
The Vintage Fashion Show begins at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Hitz Home
Residents are taking advantage of their remodeled sunroom to enjoy the sunshine without having to endure the high temperature the region is now experiencing.
Being in the sunroom makes exercise class much more fun than usual and it is a wonderful room to practice for the Hitz Bell Ringers.
Special Occasions
Anniversaries
July 10: Jim and Marilynn Hooks
July 11: Tim and Lori Watson, Dan and Mary Reinhardt, Clint and Jenna Conrad
July 12: Louie and Lorene Knackstedt
July 13: Bud and Verna Gilley
July 14: Kevin and Kim Brink
July 15: Don and Freddie Riepshoff, Joe and Sarah Bolyard
July 16: Matthew and Brenda Hooks
Birthdays
July 10: Bob Ohren , Adelaide Bright, Alyssa Diesselhorst
July 11: Levi Butcher, Rusty Phelps, Ruth Hosto, Carol Reckman, Cory Mortenson, Dustin Reichmann, Dean Brown
July 12: Angela Brockman, Jeremy Brockman, Jeff Meier, Kelsey Snider, Shirley Landolt, Lana Cooper
July 13: Whitney Landmann, Ashlie Holtgrave
July 14: Bob Henschen, Keri Henschen, Sheridan Mettler, Jim Peters, Eloise Esmon
July 15: Freddie Riepshoff, Maria Smith, Caylee Mortenson, Jimmy Mills
July 16: Sophia Krouse, Lisa Hunsche, Kade Henschen, Jennifer Follwell, Mark Korsemeyer, Joshua Rinderer
July 17: Georgia Mullen, Nick Atkins-Harris, Lucy Taylor
