IRON MOUNTAIN — The Happy Losers Club meets weekly on Thursdays, with weigh-in at 9:30 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church at 1210 S. Stephenson Ave., next to Slumberland Furniture Store in Iron Mountain. Everyone is welcome to join.
Wednesday — Vulcan High School Classes 1960-1966, lunch, 11 a.m., Norway Senior Center. — IMHS Class of 1970, lunch, 11:30 a.m., C&R Bar in Aurora, Wis. Saturday, Aug. 19 — Norway High School Class of 1983, 40th class reunion get-together, 2 p.m., Hamilton Lake pavilion in Vulcan. After the gathering will go out to a local restaurant for appetizer/dinner. For more information contact an organizer through the Norway Knights — Class of 1983 Facebook page. Thursday, Aug. 24 — IMHS Class of 1965, lunch, 11:30 a.m., Carlo’s Cantina in Iron Mountain.
IRON MOUNTAIN — The monthly meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society stamp club is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, in the fellowship room of First Lutheran Church, 1210 S. Stephenson Ave. in Iron Mountain. A short business meeting and educational program, will be followed by the usual informal stamp club auction. Members are encouraged to bring up to five lots for the auction, and the club will also auction lots of recently acquired stamps. They promote the fun and fellowship of stamp collecting. Collectors range from very new to sophisticated. Membership is free; the ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — P.E.O. Chapter AN will host a family picnic at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the home of Jana Underwood with Sue Tinti as co-hostess. Members wishing to carpool should contact Tracy Husing and plan to meet at 5 p.m. at the M-95 junction.
IRON MOUNTAIN — The English language has words that raise the question, “Who came up with that word?” Take the word picnic. It is described in the dictionary as an outdoor gathering where food is provided. There are events where a family goes on a picnic that mother has spent hours putting together. She is the provider. There is also the picnic where someone else does the prep work and people gather to enjoy the fruits of the caterer’s labor. That’s the kind of picnic Golden K sets aside for themselves each year to enjoy. Doesn’t it feel great to get catered for and be ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — The Wild Rivers Quilt Guild will have its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 900 Central Ave. in Florence. The evening will feature demonstrations in English paper piecing and hand- and machine-sewn applique methods. Kathy Friberg of Florence will give a demonstration on English paper piecing, which involves folding fabric around templates and hand sewing them together. She uses only Kaffe Fassett Fabrics to make the quilts for very unusual purposes, and attendees are sure to be fascinated by all that she does with this ...