DANK CHICAGO SOUTH NEWSLETTERMarch 2011

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FRAnKFoRT-moKEnA GERmAniC HERiTAGE SoCiETy25249 South Center Road, Frankfort, iL 60423www.dankchicagosouth.org | 815-464-1514

The Karneval SeasonFasching season ended with the beginning of Lent, however, we certainly had a great time celebrating the Karneval season!The masquerades that marched in the polonaise showed a variety of creativity and humor and everyone enjoyed viewing all the costumes, especially the children. Special thanks to Bill Schmidt, Frank and Linda Janca, Richard Ach and others forteaming together as one in the kitchen creating a fantastic dinner.

Congratulations to all the winners! Competition gets tougher every year, and that makes it even more fun. This year’s prizeswent to Bill Schmidt the Hobo, James Kreuz the Butt-Crack Plumber, Tom Papineau as König Ludwig and his lovely Emma, the Lego-Länders, Bonnie & Clyde and the Beverly Hillbillies.

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER: Gary DietzGrüß Gott,A few months have passed now since i becamepresident. For the most part, i have received positiveresponses to various decisions for the club. During ourFebruary meeting i asked for help with decorating theclubhouse. i was happy to see an overwhelming crew of 20 volunteers come together to get this job done.needless to say, this task was finished in a very shortamount of time. A special thank you to all those whoparticipated. We have a busy year planned and continueto add events to our schedule. your help is needed andgreatly appreciated.

our clubhouse is open on the 3rd Sunday of everymonth, 2:00pm for our membership meeting with asocial gathering afterwards. However, please note ourApril meeting will be one week earlier due to PalmSunday and will be held on April 10.

i recognize a lot of your faces, however, i may notremember some of your names. Please come andreintroduce yourself to me so i can put a face with aname. All together as one, we will be able to moveforward in a positive direction.

Bis nächstes mal,President Gary Dietz

Greetings!Hopefully, the weather will improve as spring progressesand we can look forward to our DAnK summer picnic andour maifest on Saturday, may 7 at the Founders Center indowntown Frankfort, illinois.

As a reminder, membership dues are due immediately! Anylapsed members will be charged a reinstatement fee startingApril 1. The strength of our membership numbers affectseveral factors including delegate participation and votingat the national organization level. national conventionsoccur every two years and this year it is being held inPittsburgh in november. Please keep your membershipcurrent and pay your dues on time.

Zusammen werden wir stark wachsenTogether we will grow strong

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRPERSON: Mellanie Trachsel

MEMBERSHIP PINS

if you have been a member with D.A.n.K. for 25 years ormore, we would like to acknowledge and congratulate you for being a long-standing member of the D.A.n.K. with anAnniversary membership pin. Please call mellanie Trachselto RSVP and receive your pin at our next club function. Pinswill not be mailed.

Welcome New Members!

James and Beth Johanson of Blue islandPatrick and Rose Zarnowski of orland Hills

maria Kalis of orland HillsReinhard & Linda Dietz of mokena

Dennis Heine of Excelsior Springs, mo

now that our second session of the Adult ConversationClass draws to a close, we are looking forward to the nextsession to begin again in the fall. A special thank you toGaby Wiede and all our students! We are also looking tobegin the children's classes in the fall based on demand.Anyone interested should contact marianne Dietz at708-403-9693 or Anita Walthier at 708-636-3074 to get onthe list or for more details.

ADULT LANGUAGE CLASSES: Marianne Dietz & Anita Walthier

Looking ahead…maria Heinig has volunteered to organizethis year’s bus trip to milwaukee for the Germanfest in July!Stay tuned for details on ticket prices, pickup schedule anddeadlines.

BUS TRIP TO MILWAUKEE’S GERMANFEST:

BURGENLAND May DanceSunday, May 1, 2011at Gaelic Park

6119 West 147th Street, Oak Forest, ILDoors Open at 1:30 p.m. Music Starts at 2:00 p.m.

Music By The PerlenEgerländer Dance Group performance

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MEMBER BIRTHDAYS:March BirthdaysTom Papineau march 3Daria Baker march 15Kathy Fandl march 16Tim Garrett march 17maxton mcGuire march 25

April BirthdaysDenice Garrett April 5Rosina Lotspeich April 5Bill Schmidt April 6Eddy Walthier April 7madeline Rosenbach April 7Edith Saurer April 19Ann Stromberg April 25

GET WELL WISHES

We wish speedy recoveries to: Nancy Moser and Doris Speer

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:Do you have an hour to lend a hand? our club was built oncommunity effort. Volunteers are always needed and alwaysappreciated and have the most fun! you can help set up forevents, clean up after events or serve in the kitchen. noexperience necessary. Community service hours for highschool students are also available. Please contact us at815-464-1514.

We began collecting non-perishable food items for theFrankfort Township Food Pantry last December with aninitial 55 pound donation. They were absolutely thrilled!We are continuing this drive all year long with drop offsscheduled each quarter following an event or a fullcollection box. See the collection box or their websitefor a complete list of items of great need. Also, everycash dollar collected is worth 17 pounds in donations.Please remember the families in hardship during theseeconomic times that rely on the help offered by thisorganization. it is only possible with our collecteddonations. Thank you for your continued generosity!

THE ST. NIKOLAUS PROJECT CONTINUES:

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DANK YOUTH EVENTApril 16, 2011

All DANK teenagers and invited guests

will be entertained by indoor and outdoor

(hope for good weather), food, music, contests.

This will be a fun event for our youth!

First, we need youth to attend!

Please consider your children,

grandchildren, nieces and nephews to attend.

Second, consider volunteering to help

in some way. Even if your contribution is small,

it would mean SO MUCH to our club and youth.

in an another effort to be “greener” we are requestingmembers with emails to opt into receiving the newslettervia email link as well as any other important announce-ments. A sign-up sheet is available at every meeting andevent, or call/ask for marianne Dietz. We promise to keepyour email address private and safe. Feel free to forwardthe email to your family and friends whom you thinkwould enjoy reading our news.

GOING GREEN:

THANKS FOR THE EGGS:At the march Social Sunday, marianne Dietz brought hercraft supplies and blown-out eggs and taught us how tomake wonderful napkin-covered Easter Eggs. it was mostunexepected and we immediately set about makingbeautiful, glittery eggs. We oohed and aahed over eachothers works of art. it was one of those European traditionsthat many of us had never tried before. if you have a craft toshare, please do so. Anyone know how to knit, crochet, makea proper struedel, wood carve? We’d love to learn from you on a Sunday afternoon!

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FASCHING 2011

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING 2011 EVENTSVEREINS KALENDER

German American National CongressChapter South and South SuburbanFrankfort-Mokena Germanic Heritage Society25249 S. Center RoadFrankfort, IL 60523

Chapter Business Meetings Every third Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m.

Social hour immediately following each meeting except April. The April meeting will be held on April 10th to accommodate Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.

Saturday, April 23, 2011 Armin Homan Spring Music Show featuring Katharina Herz

Saturday, May 07, 2011 German Heritage Celebration / Maifest at Frankfort Founder’s Center

Saturday, June 25, 2011 Armin Homann’s Music Festival

Saturday, July 16, 2011 Summer Picnic

Saturday, July 30, 2011 German Fest Bus Trip to Milwaukee, WI

Saturday, August 13, 2011 Alpine Music Festival – Freistadt Alte Kameraden

Sunday, September 04, 2011 Frankfort Fall Festival Parade

Saturday, September 10, 2011 Von Steuben Parade - Chicago

Saturday, September 17, 2011 Von Steuben Parade - New York

Saturday, September 24, 2011 Oktoberfest

Sunday, October 9, 2011 Fashion Show by Erika Neumayer of Rare Dirdl

Thursday, October 27, 2011 DANK National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA

Sunday, November 27, 2011 Armin Homann’s Christmas Show

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Christmas Festival