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FAITH Fest    
Family And Individuals Together in Highland

FAITH Fest a huge success! What a fun event for the family! Pictures available in the photo gallery.
 

 
All proceeds from this event go toward the Rel. Ed. Program at Ss. Anthony & Philip Parish.
The National  Catholic Society of Foresters are co-sponsoring this event with matching funds up to $500.




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St. Pat's Dinner
Sunday March 16, 2008
Held at St. Philip Church
1011 Dodgeville St., Highland

Thanks for celebrating being Irish with us!
Click here for pictures taken at this event.


 

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Super Bowl Party - Sunday Feb. 3, 2008
Thank you to every one! The day was a huge success! Click here to read more.

Thank you to the following for their donations:

Autographed Green Bay Packer Football

48” Steel-runner sled donated by Blanche Eggers

18 holes of golf for four plus carts at Nakoma Golf Club, Madison donated by Glen & Connie Gard

9 holes of golf for four plus carts at Deer Valley, Barneveld donated by Rodney & Linda Gard

Overnight stay at House on the Rock Inn, Dodgeville

Xavix Gaming System (Bowling & Baseball) donated by Radio Shack

4-House Cleaning packages donated by Peg McNeill

Catered Dinner for Six (3 Gift Certificates) donated by Gil & Theresa Michek

Fleece Badger blanket donated by Cindy Drury  

Quilt: Twin-size donated by Grace Hasburgh

Chinese Wok and the works donated by Blanche Eggers

John Deer memorabilia donated by Dan Pustina

Homemade pies, cakes and bread including poppy seed rolls donated by our wonderful area bakers

(Bakers for the breakfast rolls and auction items include: Ann Oleson, Blanche Eggers, Grace Hasburgh, Theresa Michek, Connie Cody, Rosemary Michek, Eve Wienkes, Lauretta Gard, Judy Laufenberg, Alice Winkers, Barb Springer).

Framed print & note cards by Dave Miess, Photographer

Heart's Desire Gift Basket donated by Connie Cody

Deer picture from Mueller Implement, Dodgeville

Wine Gift Basket donated by Spurgeon Winery, Highland

Hair Products Gift Basket donated by The Look, Highland

Three Gift Baskets donated by the Red Zone Restaurant

Popcorn donated by Rural Rt. One, Livingston

$50 Gift Certificate donated by Tower Junction, Montfort

Two oil changes donated by Fillback Ford, Inc., Highland

Three yards of mulch donated by Tri Star, Highland

Two $10 Gift Certificates from Grandma’s Kitchen

Easter tree donated by the Country Mouse, Montfort

Gas Cards donated by JT’s Gas N Go, Highland

A Bit ‘O the Blarney Gift Basket donated by Connie Cody

Half-Way There Gift Basket donated by Rita Schmitz

Time for Pizza donated by Rodney & Linda Gard

For the Birds Gift Basket donated by Rodney & Linda Gard

Gift Certificate for a 11 x 14 photo print from Two Girls & A Camera, Highland

Brinkman Gas Grill/Smoker/Deep Fryer donated by Don Cody

­ Single caned chair donated by Cletus McCarthy 

­ 4 hemp plant stands/footstools donated by Cletus McCarthy 

­ 2-miniature pews signed by Bishop Morlino donated by Cletus McCarthy 

­ A "first date Osprey Stamp" (1987) donated by Cletus McCarthy 

­ Baby bassinet & infant chair donated by Lori Olson-Pink

­ Two wooden duck prints donated by Jeff Jachimiec

­ Bread and pie from the Mound donated by Judy, Diane & Cindy

­ 2007 Green Bay Packer framed posted donated by Glen & Connie Gard

­ Baby blanket donated by Betty Kotte

­ Shop Vac donated by Hying Hardware

­ Flower seeds donated by Blanche Eggers

­ Bucket of chicken and potatoes donated by the Red Zone

­ Aztec fleece blanket donated by Cindy Drury

­ Home Interior: plates and rack donated by Joy

­ Two KC raffle tickets donated by Darrell Kreul

­ Superbowl cheesecake donated by Barb Springer

­ Pustina Construction donated $100 towards event

 

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Basket Raffle
The drawing for the basket raffle is Sunday Dec. 9 after 9:00am Mass. That is our Christmas social weekend also: Christmas goodies & hot cider will be served after each Mass.

MORE BASKETS are arriving each day:
Christmas Baking Made Easy - Favorite holiday recipes
Avon "His & Hers" Basket
Tupperware for the Holidays
Snowman from Home Interiors
Z is for Zoo
"I love pink pigs"
"Smile and the whole world laughs with you"
"I hate to exercise"
"Baby, its cold outside"
"It's a dog's world"
"Here Kitty, Kitty"
"Smile, God loves you"
Little farmer
Snowmen Everywhere
"What are friends for"
"It's a soup day"
Stress eliminator
Birder's Basket
A Day In the Woods
Mmmm Ginger Bread
A Day At the Spa
Choco-Licious Christmas


 

 

2nd Annual Oktoberfest
See pictures in Photogallery
was held Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007
10-3:00pm at the Red Zone Bar/Restaurant
360 Bottom of Main St., Highland, WI

We hope you had a good time. We tried our best to serve a good meal, provide a cold beer, supply you with many wines and beers to sample, entice you to dance a polka or two, and take home an item or two from the Country Store or auction. Thanks for sharing your day with us at Oktoberfest! See you next year on Sunday Oct. 5th, 2008.

People came from: Mineral Point, Dodgeville, Richland Center, Mt. Horeb, Jefferson, Lime Ridge, Lodi, Avoca, Rewey, Blue Mounds, Sun Prairie, Newville, Waukesha and Palatine, IL.

THANK YOU to all who worked on Saturday or Sunday or both. We couldn't have done it without you. We hope you got a chance to enjoy some part of the festival while you were working. Thank you to the Event's Committee for all their work ahead of time planning this event. Special thank you to Greg & Wendy Gorius for providing their facility for this event and for their donation of several auction items.

Thank you to our friends who donated items to the Country Store or auction. We had more items than we ever dreamed of having.
Items auctioned off include the following and MORE:

          - TWO Rounds of Golf (with one cart) at The House on the Rock Resort ($120 Value)

         - TWO Rounds of Golf (with one cart) at The House on the Rock Resort ($120 Value)

            -Green Bay Packer autographed football

            -2 autographed UW Men’s basketballs

            -2 display cases for basketballs

            -Sport’s blanket

            -A Two Nights Lodging & Breakfast Buffet for Two at the Crowne Plaza in Madison.

            -A One-night stay in a king suite or whirlpool guestroom at the Courtyard Madison East.

            -Homemade cinnamon bread

            -65 x 72” Quilt donated and made by Florence Imhoff and daughter Karen Whitaker

            -Church pew 57 x 32”

            - Baskets, Baskets, Baskets

            -Home & Garden Basket

           - Wisconsin Basket

            -4 tickets to a Magic Show at the Governor Dodge Convention Center, Platteville on Nov. 24th     

           - Homemade pies & sweet rolls
         
           - Poker table

           - Poker chips

           - Bud Light Mirror

           - Handmade step stool

           - Handmade plant stand

           - Limited edition beer steins

           - Homemade salsa

           - Case of Burgundy Steaks

           - Baskets of Red Delicious & Macintosh apples

           - Door Stop

           - Memory Glass necklaces
  
           - 3 numbered prints from Terrill Knaack Wisconsin Chapters Pheasants Forever

           - Programmable Scanner ($199 value)

           - 3 Password Protectors ($49 value ea.)

           - 2 Talking Roadmaps ($29 value ea.)


Door Prizes ~
Products from our local friends - thank you!
            - 2 fall pictures
            - lap blanket
            - CD’s (Monica Smith)
            - 2 Bottles of Ruby Lady wine donated by Spurgeon Winery
            - 2 Bottles of Grand Raspberry wine donated by Spurgeon Winery
            - Wine from Weggy Winery
            - Jams from Summer Kitchen

The following won door prizes at our Oktoberfest: Cletus McCarthy, Hannah McCarthy, Bray Drury, Ron Benish, Ann Oleson, Gary Wienkes, Lauretta Gard, Jill Zajicek, Blanche Eggers, Mary Alice Johanning, Melissa Pierick, Mary Benish, Doreen Gotto, Doug Oleson, Kate Wienkes, Jordan Oleson, Alice Winkers, Rodney Gard, Karter Zajicek, Dennis Richgels, Simon McCarthy, Mike Nowicki, Jackie Benish, Wendy Gorius, Fredrick Turner, Dick Mensch, Peggy McCarthy & Pat Fillback.
 

Cash Raffle Winners:
Mike Flynn, Ag Bomkamp, Dennis Stepanek, Jim Drury, Kate Hebgen, Greg Gorius, Joel Michek, Steve Mueller, Gail Richgels, Ron Benish, & Mike Nowicki.
 

 


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45 Cars & Trucks at the Car Show

Take a look®

1970 C/10 owned by Zach & Nicole
 

 

 

 

 


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NFL Sport's Raffle

ATTENTION FOOTBALL FANS
The NFL Sport's Raffle is here for 2007/2008.

SEVEN WEEKLY PRIZES

Highest three team total $500
Second highest  250
Third highest  100
Fourth highest   75
Lowest three team total   50
Second lowest   25
Third lowest   10
Total paid out each week $1,010
   
SEVENTEEN WEEKS TO WIN


WINNER'S CIRCLE
Over the past three years tickets have been purchased by parishioners or sold to friends/family with winnings over $5,000!
 

$100 PRIZE GIVE AWAY
Congratulations Mark Hebgen and Glen Gard = for each selling 25 sport's raffle tickets. Mark & Glen will split the $100 cash prize.

Our parish sold 315 tickets this year. Our "sellers" sold 135 of those tickets themselves. We thank everyone for helping out. Selling tickets at their workplace include: Dan Esser, Glen Gard, Rodney Gard, Curt Hying, Gil Pierick, Darrell Kreul, Dennis Stepanek, Gerry Hasburgh, Travis Halverson & Mark Hebgen. Thank you seller!

 

First NFL game is Sept. 6. Good luck to all!

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Sat. July 7  - Goliath Garage Sale / Bake Sale / Spiral Quilt Raffle / Garden Tour

What a fun day for everyone! Thank you to the many area people as well as visitors who participated in the above happenings! The line of people waiting for the Garage Sale to begin extended to the street. The Garden Tour hosted people from Dubuque, Platteville, Highland, Cobb, Linden, Montfort, Livingston, and Muscoda. It was a grand day!


Fun at the Park

May 25-27, 2007
Ss. Anthony & Philip Pork Fest 2007

Thank you
to the many people who helped in so many ways to make our Pork Fest fund raiser a success! We do not have all the bills in yet, but we have heard these comments from many different people:

“The food was delicious . . . Highland has the best Park burgers around . . . The kids had lots to keep them busy . . . We sure enjoyed listening to the Jazz Band.”

 We would like to thank: the people who came forward to take on leadership roles; the meat cooking crew; those who organized & worked the ball tournament; those who worked Friday, Saturday or Sunday in the concession stand; all those who worked in the games, crazy contests, flag football, paddle wheel or raffle; the set up and clean up crews; those who donated to the craft/bake sale or made brownies/cookies for the meal. Thank you to those who provided music during the weekend and to Melissa McWorthy and the Highland Jazz Band for their entertaining concert on Sunday. We are grateful and wish to thank the area businesses and National Catholic Society of Foresters for their generous donations. To all who purchased raffle tickets, or an item at the craft/bake sale or enjoyed a Pork Fest meal and some Fun at the Park – THANK YOU.

We thank the following businesses for their support:
A-J-M Storage           $50

B & L Agri Serv.         $50

Benish Constr.           $50

Bosch Ins.             (raffle) $30

Busy Bee/B&B Ref.     $25

Esser Electric             $50

Fillback Ford            $100

Grandma’s Kitchen (raffle) $30

Highland Machine     $200

Highland State Bank   $50

Hying Hardware     (raffle) $50

J & M Building Supply  Use of lumber

Laufenberg Masonry $100

McGuire-Peterson-Houck Funeral Hm  (raffle) $100 & $50 donation

PA McGuire  (raffle) $50 & $100 donation                                 

Riverside Mill        Saw dust

Stepanek Ins.       (raffle) $50

The Look              (raffle) $30

Tri-Star Pallets           $50

Event is co-sponsored by the
National Catholic Society of Foresters
up to $500.

For the Meat Paddle Wheel:

Butcher Shop     2-$10 Gift Cert.

Mill’s Mkt        3 pkgs top sirloin

Richland Locker   $15 Gift Cert.

Thank you again.

Raffle Prize Winners:
Tickets sold: 2006-1221, 2007-1224!

 1st Prize – Alois Menke

2nd Prize – Stephanie Esser

3rd Prize – Dennis Stepanek

4th Prize – Rita Schmitz

5th Prize – Dan Wienkes (Illinois)

6th Prize – Tyson Thielorn

7th Prize – Jim Pustina

8th Prize – Brent Drury

9th Prize – Riley McGuire

10th Prize – Joan Hoernke

 

Half Pot Winner – Paul Stanek

 

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Annual St. Pat's Dinner
held Sunday, March 11, 2007
It was a great Irish celebration!


Honorary Chairperson: Elsper Hach

Pictures
can be viewed in Photo Gallery.



 



 PROJECT NOW BENEFIT EVENTS SERIES
Building Fellowship and Resources through Faith in Our Future
Watch the bulletin for details about these upcoming events. Donations and volunteers are welcome for all events. Call the Parish Center if you are interested in helping out in any way.

All proceeds from Benefit Events will go toward Ss. Anthony & Philip Church building project.


Super Bowl Tail Gate Party
Sunday Feb. 4, 2007
at the Red Zone    10-3:00pm
 

Bottom of Main Street, Highland

Huge Success!!! Over $9,000 was raised!


 

December Activities
December activities which include: Basket Raffle; Holidays in Highland: Craft & Cookie table; concession stand; Avon sales, Book Fair sales & sales of Christmas CDs brought in $3,749.62. Wow! We were all surprised at the bottom line for this month. Thank you to all who donated, worked or provided their home for the Holiday Home Tour. We are very grateful to each and everyone of you.

                                                                                    


Lunch Stand for auction at Parish Center Oct. 28/29
Profit: $948.33--thank you to all who helped out.
 

Oktoberfest
Our first German festival!
held on Sun. Oct. 15, 10:00am-3:00pm
at the Red Zone, Bottom of Main Street, Highland, WI
 

What a fun time was had by all--including the workers!

Meals served: 225 German meals, 33 children's meals and 125 brats & kraut meals!

Even though donations are still coming in, the net profit is $6877.37 as of today!

We have heard from many people about the excellent food and plenty of it, the great polka music (Mike Schneider would sure like to come back next year), the great Oktoberfest beer on tap, the aroma of the pork loins cooking on the grill, the yummy warm apple blossom dessert, the organization of the event. We thank you for the kind remarks. And, we thank all who came--we hope you enjoyed yourselves.