April 20-22
Monroe County Fairgrounds, Waterloo, Illinois

Friday, April 20

5:00 pm Dinner on your own
7:00 pm Join the Fun: A toast for the New Year at twelve minus four

Saturday, April 21

7:00 am Coffee is ready
8:00 am Breakfast served. Bring table service to enjoy the pancakes, sausage and all.
9:00 am Executive Meeting
10:00 am Business Meeting
1:00 pm A trip to the winery
5:00 pm Dinner is served. Bring your table service and drink to enjoy BBQ food and all
7:00 pm Entertainment. After the entertainment, join us for an ice cream treat

Sunday, April 22

8:00 am Coffee is ready
9:00 am Church
11:00 am Brunch, Please bring a dish to share, table service and drinks

Now that we have started the new year, lets pray that we have safe trips wherever we go. Have a safe trip home!

Please let us know if you are coming but we hope that you are. Let’s start the new year with good attendance.

Committee members are:

• Art and Doris Meier, 618-493-6204,
• Roger and Marian Hoffmann, 618-939-4022,
• Roland Keim, 618-457-5238,
• Al and Vi Scheibe, 618-939-1954,
• Jim and Joane Wagner, 630-969-6466.

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Directions: State Route 3 from north or south, turn west on Route 156 to the Fairgrounds on the North side of the highway. From the East, follow 156 through Waterloo.

From Jim and Betty Hutchens
Jim and I would like to thank you all for the kindness shown to us with the unexpected passing of my brother, James Prosise. It was a hard trip home and back but we made it. Thank you for being such a loving and caring bunch, as always our unit came through like gang busters. God Bless each of you.

From Dick and Stella Thompson
We would like to thank our Airstream buddies for the prayers and kindness shown to us during the passing of our daughter Deanne Thoele. We continue to need your prayers during the days ahead. We try to keep busy and take it a day at a time. Again, thank you and God Bless.

From Art and Doris Meier
Thank you for the kindness during the passing of my father, Melvin Nehaus. Art and I have been blessed to have you all in our lives. It was a very difficult time with Mother being in the hospital and all, but we survived. We again would like to thank each of you. May God go with you.

There have been some deep valleys this winter for some of our members. Therefore our sympathy goes out to the following:
Loubelle Clemans and family for the loss of Kermit Clemans; Art and Doris Meier for the loss of her Father, Melvin Nehaus; Jim and Betty Hutchens for the loss of her brother, James Prosise; and to Dick and Stella Thompson for the loss of their daughter, Deanne Thoele.

We also have some members who have been having some health problems. Vera Pittman has undergone some tests and is reportedly doing better; Roland Keim has had some eye surgery; Dennis White’s last report was good; Jim Wagner is scheduled for some surgery, we hope all goes well for him; Carrie Hays, associate member, has had knee replacement and is up and going.

Hope we did not miss anyone as we have had some trials ourselves. If by chance we did miss someone please let us know so we can include it in next month’s newsletter. God Bless you all and our heartfelt sympathy and prayers are with each of you.