Happy New Year!!
JANUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER FOR THE CITY OF DUFUR
CITY HALL:
- Dufur City Council Meeting Tuesday, January 10th.
- Dufur Park Board Meeting - Monday, January 9th.
- Volunteer Ambulance meeting - Tuesdays, January 3rd and 17th.
These meetings are open to the public.
DUFUR CITIZEN NOTICES:
The Librarian from the Wasco County Library Service will be at Potlatch on Wednesdays, January 4th and January 18th with books, videos and audio books available for checkout.
The Dufur Food Pantry: The Dufur Food Pantry is in need of donations. With the economy and jobs (or lack of) as they are, the pantry is seeing many users, and is filling the needs of our community in these trying times. Anyone who is willing to help out, the pantry always needs toilet paper, laundry soap and other non-food items since they cannot be bought with food stamps. Food items needed are coffee, spaghetti sauce, cereal, and staples such as flour, sugar, rice. There is a freezer and we take venison, etc. Please contact Pat Roberts at 541-467-2249.
CHURCHES:
Grace Covenant Church:
Sunday Services: Church Service at 11:00am, Sunday School at 9:45am. Evening Service at 6:30pm.
Wednesday Prayer and Fellowship at 7:00pm.
The first Saturday of every month is the Men’s Prayer Breakfast held 8:00am in the Fellowship Room at the back of the church. It is opened to the public, there is no charge for the food, and the cooks are excellent! Please enter at the side door on 7th Street. All are welcomed.
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church:
The winter schedule is: Sunday Mass will be 8:30am, preceded by the rosary at 8:00am.
The Breakfast potluck is on the 2nd and 4th Sundays after Mass.
Fr Fabian’s cell phone is 541-279-9885.
Thursday Morning Mass is at 8:30am.
Mass time may be verified by calling Pat Roberts, 541-467-2249.
United Methodist Church:
Sunday morning Services at 11:00am.
Dufur Christian Church:
Sunday Services at 10:00am, Sunday School for all ages at 9:00am.
There is a Youth Group for 6th grade through High School at 6:00pm each Sunday.
There will be a special Christmas Eve Service December 24th at 7:00pm.
***NOTICE*** Coming up on March 31st, 2012, from 9:00am to 12:30 pm we will be having “Women’s Spring Event” with Joanne Wallace. Plan ahead!
DUFUR SCHOOL/COMMUNITY LIBRARY
GRANGE NEWS:
Don’t forget the 1st Sunday of each month is the Jam Session at Ramsey Grange from 3:00 to 6:00. The wonderful homemade pies and cakes with coffee help support the Music Department at the Dufur School.
DUFUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
The Log Cabin is closed for the season. It will reopen in the Spring.
RECYCLING
The Lions Club mans the recycling center on a volunteer basis on Saturday mornings between 10:00 and 12:00. If there is not a volunteer available, the center will not be opened. If closed, it is asked that people do not leave their recyclables anyway as they get blown over the area and are a lot of work to pick up.
A reminder that newspaper recycling is in the green shed behind Kramer’s Market.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Potlatch:
MENU:
Jan 4 – Fish/noodles alfredo
Jan 11 – Sweet & sour pork with rice
Jan 18 – Soup/veggie tray/corn bread
Jan 25 – Ravioli/ corn and black bean salad
The menus are subject to change depending on what is available.
The Librarian from the Wasco County Library Service will be at Potlatch on Wednesdays, January 4th and January 18th with books, videos and audio books available for checkout.
AA Meetings
AA meetings are held in the Dufur Christian Church basement Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Knitting – The Dufur Knitting Group meets at the Community Library (at the School) on Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00pm. If you don’t know how to knit, we can teach you. We have extra needles and yarns for newcomers to the craft to use for learning. Our community library has been pulling in new knitting books and titles, so check out what we have before buying! So far we are a group of all ages. Come and join us for a fun evening of knitting, learning and socializing.
Quilting Club
The Quilting Club has Corliss Marsh as the instructor! Newcomers interested in joining this fun group should give Gwen a call and find out what materials are needed for the next block. You will need to bring a sewing machine and equipment along with appropriate fabric. Lunch is brown bag. Cost is $10.
New quilters are welcome. For more information call Patricia at 467-2678 or Gwen at 467-2204.
Garden Club – There is no formal meeting scheduled for January. However, the gardeners may have an informal gathering on January 10th depending on the weather. Questions? Check with our new club president, Ruth Caekaert, 541-467-2249.
Visitors and potential new members are always welcome.
For more information call our President, Ruth Caekaert, 541-467-2249.
China Painting - Will start meeting again January 10th at the Catholic Hall from 10:00am till 2:00 or later. All are welcome and invited to come for a social time.
Tai Chi: Tai Chi anyone?? Wendy Schaefer teaches Tai Chi on Wednesday afternoons at 1:30pm in the Catholic Hall. Come one and all for an excellent exercise! For any questions, call Wendy at 541-467-2610.
Dufur Adult Ukulele Class: Dufur Community Orchestra meets each Monday from 1 to 2pm at Dufur City Hall. A small number of ukuleles are currently available for rent at $10 per month. The group is led by Wendy Schaefer, a certified “Level One” teacher by the James Hill Ukulele Initiative, a program to train music educators to use the ukulele for instruction. Call Wendy if you have questions: 541-397-0775.
Balch Hotel – Balch Supper Club! Must sign up in advance. Wine tasting, great food, and super table conversation. Email Samantha at Samantha@BalchHotel.com if you’d like to be included in the e-newsletter for the hotel.
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