Not only did Pastor Bill lose his hair, Mr. Schubert, the youth pastor also lost his beard.  The AWANA kids said another 100 sections in order to shave Mr. Schubert's beard.  The kids said more than 300 sections in 10 weeks.

This weekend is another freecycle, with dinner being a baked potato bar.  We will be showing National Treasure also.  We are looking forward to a great time!

Breakup is here!  And what a difference a few days make!  The snow is melting and the water is still standing around.  The puddles are so fun to drive thru!  It reminds me of one time in Hawaii, my parents drove thru a storm valley in the road and it was so much fun we turned around and did it twice more!

There was a house fire in our community a few weeks ago and I gave some more quilts away.

My dh is such a good sport!  For AWANA we challenged the kids to say 200 sections in 10 weeks, and they did it in 6!  Their reward? 

 Shave the pastor's head!!!

Diet Challenger Wins Donut Eating Contest

 and Quilt Competition

NENANA-- Rebecca Troxel of Nenana was the winner this weekend of the Donut Eating Contest, hosted by the Nenana Ice Classic as part of the Tripod Days celebration.  Rebecca downed a donut and a half in the one-minute time limit, easily out-munching the competition.  The donuts were dry, hard to swallow cake donuts, but Rebecca beat the odds without even a cup of water to aid in the difficult task.  In her victory, she claimed the $3 prize.  And she wanted to mention, "Even though I ate the donuts, I lost .4 pounds this week."

Rebecca was a double  champion this weekend, also winning the Quilt Contest.  She took first place this year, a better finish than her second  place win last year.  On seeing the quilt she entered for judging, her arch rival (last year's quilt contest winner) said, "If you are going to enter that one, I'm not even going to bother to enter."  Rebecca was estatic at this year's win; she said before the judging, "I'm in it to win it!"  The winning quilt was a hand pieced, hand quilted 1000 Pyramids.  It is not a true charm quilt in that some of the fabrics are repeated, but it does have over 900 different fabrics in the 1100 piece quilt.  The prize was a $25 gift card to Jo-Ann's.

Rebecca and her family also participated in other weekend events including the Hula Hoop Contest, the Ball and Chain Contest, Face Painting, the TaeKwon Do Demonstration, the Potato Race, the Tug of War, the Egg Toss, the Gunny Sack Race and the Pop Scramble. They were very happy to win a door prize; a gift certificate to the Monderosa, a local restaurant.

The Nenana Ice Classic is happy to announce that the official Tripod is now up on the Tanana River and everyone will be waiting until the ice melts and the $300,000 prize will be awarded to the person who guesses closest to the time the ice goes out.

The kiddos were in a TaeKwon do Tournament this last weekend and they are Champions!  

Aerin won 1st Place in Sparring!


Ethan won 1st Place in Sparring and 3rd Place for Patterns.

I gave away this quilt yesterday.  I was so happy to find who it belonged to.  You see, I made this quilt for someone three years ago, but I didn't know her then.  Here's the story.

The fabric on the back of this quilt has the name Chelsea written on it.  All over the design, in fact.  I don't know where I got the fabric or why it said Chelsea.  I knew when I put the back on that one day I would meet Chelsea and this would be her quilt.  

This quilt has been used a few times, but mostly it has been in the closet on the shelf.  I was cold a few nights ago and pulled this quilt out.  The next morning I was laying in bed enjoying looking at the quilt when I realized that I had met who the quilt belongs to.  I washed the quilt and got it ready to give away.

I wait for God to tell me who gets the next quilt.  There has been a family of kids on my mind but I don't know them, I have just met them in passing.  It would be weird for me to give them quilts as they don't live near me.  But the oldest girl just moved back to my town and we have talked a few times.  She is 14, and her name is Chelsea!

When I gave her the quilt, I told her it had her name written all over it!  I am so thrilled to have given the quilt away!  I knew when I made it I would give it away some day and that day arrived.  This is why I make quilts!

Chili Cook-off

On Jan. 17, Nenana Community Church and Nenana Wellness Coalition sponsored a Chili Cook-off and Freecycle.  

We had seven chili entrants and four judges, and about 50 people showed up for a bowl of free chili!  We held the event at the Tribal Hall, our first event there.  Everyone said they had a great time and are looking forward to doing it again next year!  We awarded prizes for 

Tastiest to Merrily Ver HagenHottest and Grand Champion to Jeff Coghilland Prettiest to Kelvin Schubert.

Our judges were Innoko Chapman, Bill Troxel, Terri Thompson, and Eric Gephart (Superintendent). 

 

We travelled to Anchorage and Glennallen this last week for a short vacation.  I saw this sign in Anchorage and just had to take a photo.  The white sign is the funny part "Swimsuits Ice Grippers".

Heat Wave!