Masaryktown News - Vote For Your Favorite Chili

Nazdar,

It will be chili in June at the Republican Candidate Chili Cookoff.

Come vote for your favorite chili, cooked by our candidate "chefs." This is a way to celebrate our candidates that have qualified to be on the ballot in August. Ballots will be given out at the door, so you can vote for your favorite chili. There will be Polka music, door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and lots of fun. This is a good way to meet your candidates. Refreshments and food available will be available at the event, which will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, June 20, at the Masaryktown Community Hall on Lincoln Avenue. Admission is $5, and you may pay at the door.

For more information, contact the Hernando County Republican Executive Committee at 352-796-4741 or e-mail www.hernandorec.org.

Covenant Christian Church of God on U.S. 41, south of County Line Road, will hold its Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 16 to 20, for grades Pre-K through sixth grade. This year's theme is "God's Big Backyard." For more details, call Jennifer Higgins at 352-799-7588.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Bible School will be held from 5:45 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 23 to 27, at the church located on U.S. 41 by Ayers Road. Classes will be for Pre-K to fifth grade, and separate parent sessions (from Me to We Program) will include a light supper. The cost is $5 per person, or $15 per family per week. For more information, call 352-796-4066. The church congratulates its graduates: Emily Brockhoff from Nature Coast Technical High. She lettered in volleyball and basketball. Emily will attend the University of Florida in Gainesville and is working toward a B.S. in nursing. Danielle Kuka graduated from Hernando Christian Academy and lettered in basketball and volleyball. Danielle will attend Sanford Brown to be certified in advanced massage therapy. Karl Mitze was home studied and met his requirements. Karl has studied the violin for the past five years and has been a member of The Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra and Pinellas Youth Symphony at Ruth Eckerd Hall. He will attend Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Georgia to pursue his B.A. in violin. Ashley Sedlack graduated from Nature Coast Technical High. A cheerleader throughout high school, Ashley will attend PHCC to pursue a career in nursing. Blake Undestad graduated from Nature Coast Technical High. We wish them all good luck in future endeavors.

Can you forgive me, Pastor Robert Gant. The program did not carry your name from the annual Memorial service at the Masaryktown Cemetery. I should have known better; after all these years, you're always there. Recollecting back, one lanky Swede Olson, Navy retired at that time; VFW Post 4271 initiated this Memorial Day program and all the different clergy we tried to do this. And bless you, Pastor Gant. You stepped up and have faithfully been doing this for more than 20 years. Pastor is a native of generations and generations of Gants, and he and I are running neck and neck.

He started pastoring at the First Baptist Church of Masaryktown in 1982, and I started writing this epistle in 1981. Pastor is married to his lovely wife, Billie, and they have two children, Robbie and Melanie. Again, forgive me, Pastor. Another no-mention in the program was to thank Morgin Ciarcia for a great job singing the Star-Spangled Banner... Many thanks to everyone.

Leana Litchfield and children Evan and Abigail from Colorado Springs are here enjoying a couple weeks with Grandma and Grandpa John and Chris Kovacs. They arrived a day before the Discovery launch, and next day went to Cape Kennedy to join hubby/dad Commander Charles Litchfield of the U.S. Navy who flew in to see his dear friend, Ken Ham pilot the shuttle into space. After the launch, Charles gave Leana and the children a few hugs and had to leave again to return to his base in Colorado. The timing was fine, as Grandpa John just came home from HealthSouth Rehab Center. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Darryl Lea Moglia made his debut at Spring Hill Regional Hospital on May 29. He weighed in at 4 pounds 15 ounces and is 18 inches long. Proud new parents are Tanya Heule and T.J. Moglia; proud grandparents are Teri and Troy Smith, the late Darryl Heule, and Kevin and Susan Moglia.

Welcome back to Karen Jurik who was born here, moved to Ohio, then came back to spend time in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and now resides in Cloverleaf Farms. Last weekend, her mom, Lillian Yulch Jurik returned after several years in Ohio and 20 in Arizona. Lilly and my cousin Milan were married in the old Masaryktown St. Mary's Church on Wilson Boulevard.

Happy Birthdays to: Dee Blaha, June 8; Crislin Girdler, June 9; Jennifer Blaha, Art Brown, Sandra Hibbard, Rachael Brockhoff, Diane Jurgess, June 10; Carrie Lyons, Dillon Lyons, Sherman Havens, June 13; Michelle Toland, Bill Puckett, Cortnae Huntsinger, Les White, June 14.

Wedding Anniversary wishes to: Bill and Jeanette Puckett, June 9; and Dave and Niki Levesque celebrated two years on June 5.

Alert: More volunteers are needed for Bingo. It's your community, so come out and help. Call Mona at 352-397-3351 for details.