with Cheryl Slind, Zion Lutheran Church

WOODVILLE, WI – Zion Lutheran Church hosted a new record crowd for their biggest 16th Annual Norwegian Meatball Dinner on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Fellowship Hall at Zion started filling up at 3:00 p.m. and they kept serving right up until 7:00 p.m. when the dinner time was concluding.

Zion member Cheryl Slind whose idea it was to do this now popular event 16 years ago reported, “We quadrupled our 2007 start of 200 people served with a new record of 800 people. We had some 200 plus take-out meals and over 550 seated for the buffet dinner in the Fellowship Hall. It was great!”

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Submitted by Elizabeth Leon, Zion Lutheran Church

WOODVILLE, WI – The annual Zion Senior Choir Christmas Concert and Candlelit Norwegian Kaffee Kallas will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville, on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 4 p.m.

The Zion Senior Choir, directed by Elizabeth Leon and accompanied by Judy Veenendaal will present “A Journey to Joy,” an exciting cantata for SATB (S/soprano, A/alto, T/tenor and B/bass) voices embellished with flute by Megan Hessler Nelson and narrations courtesy of Kelly Sundby.

The cantata takes the audience from Advent to the Birth of Jesus; incorporating tunes from: Mendelssohn, “Adeste Fideles,” “Jungst,” “Coventry Carol,” “O Come, O Come,” “Emmanuel,” “Puer Nobis,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Joy to the world” and “The First Noel.” Soprano Alex Albrigtson Prasch will sing an angelic solo in the song “Advent Lament” and our Pastor Tenor Ben Nelson will sing a beautiful heartfelt solo in “A Palace in Bethlehem.” Each choir member brings the birth of Jesus to life in this beautiful cantata.

Please join us for the beautiful candlelit “Kaffe Kallas” in the Fellowship Hall with a smorgasbord of Norwegian and traditional foods enhanced by Christian Fellowship celebrating the beginning of the Christmas Season!

Zion Lutheran Church is located at 221 Lockwood, Woodville, Wisconsin 54028.

Submitted by Karen Furo-Bonnstetter, Library Director

WOODVILLE, WI – 60 years ago, the Woodville Library Club was formed in the hopes that a library could be established in Woodville.  The library began with a promise of 1000 books from the state of Wisconsin, a 500-dollar donation from the village and donated space in what is now the Woodville Community Center.  After fund raising, remodeling the space and building shelves the promised books from the state arrived and the library held its Grand Opening on November 20th followed by its official opening on November 23rd as the Woodville Community Library.

In celebration the library will be hosting an open house on Friday, December 1st from 10 to 5 and on Saturday, December 2nd from 9-1.  Join the library staff and trustees for refreshments and a visit. There will be a model train display as well as railroad memorabilia on display Later in the day on Saturday from 3-5 the library will be sponsoring crafts for kids at the Garage Bar as part of the Jule Fest activities.

Since 1963 there have been many changes, the library has moved a few times before coming to its current location on Main Street in what was once Aaby Plumbing, Heating and Electric store. In 1963, the library offered books to its users today the library offers, snowshoes, gardening tools, a pickle ball set, a disc golf set, learning kits, audiobooks, Play-a-ways, electronic games, DVDs, board games, accesses to a state wide digital library and interlibrary loan that reaches across the country.  The library collection keeps expanding to meet the needs of those who use it.

The library also offers programing throughout the year for kids and adults.  The library hosts story-time, summer reading, adult and kid reading challenges, book clubs, Snowshoe by Moonlight, Spooky Story Walk, crafting, and instructional classes.  Information on events can be found on our website or by contacting the library.  This Spring the library along with area libraries and the Geizendanner School Forest will hosting a community one read based on the book Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy.  Susan Carpenter director of U-W Madison’s Arboretum will be here to talk about the benefits of gardening with native plants and how to get started.  There will be more information to come about this event.

with Scott Benoy, VMS

WOODVILLE, WI – On Friday, November 10, 2023, there was the traditional Veterans Day commemorative program held at 2:00 p.m. in the North Gym of Viking Middle School (VMS). Where the students were instrumental in the presentation with the Woodville American Legion 301 assisting as they have in the past. This Veterans Day Program at Viking was open to the public as it always has been.

Viking Principal Scott Benoy reported that, “We once again held a very heartfelt and sincere tribute to our Veterans. This year the 8th grade student council members played an instrumental role in planning and hosting our assembly.

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