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Schmitt Paul and Bette Schmitt of Fort Atkinson are celebrating a remarkable milestone – 50 years of marriage. Paul Schmitt and Bette Lensing exchanged vows on April 12, 1975 in Festina. Over the past five decades, Paul and Bette have created a warm and welcoming home, raising their five children: Amanda, Alissa, Sarah, Todd and Megan. They have built a life filled with love, family, and cherished memories.

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The New Minowa Players production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will open Wednesday, April 9 at the NMP Theatre — 906 South Mill St. in Decorah. The show will run through April 13, with evening performances at 7 p.m., and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 13. Tickets are available online at newminowaplayers.org/ tickets, or at the Oneota Community Food Co-op.

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The Athenian Court scene features, from left: Miranda McGrath, Jim Tripp, Rick Scheffert and Julia Wharton.

Cydney Weitzel, as Puck, shares a somber scene with Dave Gosch, in the role of Oberon.

Hermia, played by Hailey Sickler, is wandering in the woods by Lysander, played by Addison Cross.

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Roasted lamb is an Easter Sunday classic Easter is a religious holiday that occurs each spring. Easter commemorates and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter is full of symbolism, but it’s also steeped in traditions, including family meals.

Lamb is a popular Easter Sunday meal, and this recipe for “Roasted Lamb with Roasted Asparagus” from “Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian’s Recipes Celebrating Food & Family” (Powerhouse Books) by Daniel Paterna can make for the perfect Easter entrée. Lamb is most tender in spring and mild in flavor, and it pairs well with the earthiness of asparagus.

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Luther College to welcome famed guidebook author Rick Steves Luther College recently announced Rick Steves, a popular public television host, best-selling guidebook author and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel, will be speaking at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 at the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall. Tickets are on sale now through the Luther Ticket Office and online at tickets.luther. edu.

“We are excited to welcome Mr. Steves to campus this spring,” said Maren Johnson, director of the Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies and associate professor of Nordic Studies. “His life’s work has focused on the power of human connection through travel.

As the grandson of Norwegian immigrants, his message and life’s work align with Luther’s commitment to study away and global education.”

Steves’ lecture, titled “Travel with a Norwegian Sensibility,” will reflect on his own heritage and the importance of continued connections across a global society. Steves will share pho-

Blood drive April 17 The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the Stone Ridge Community Church at 1111 Montomery St., Decorah. For an appointment call 1-800-733-2767 or visit REdCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: DecorahIA.

Service Notice JAMES (JIM) MURRAY, 63, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, at his home in Calmar. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, April 12 at Whiskey Grove in Calmar. A private family service will be held from 12-2 p.m., and friends are invited to join from 2-5 p.m.

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Steves was 14 years old when his parents, Dick and June Steves, took him to visit his relatives in Norway.

“Visiting the house of my great-great-grandmother ’s birth, I imagined the courage it must have taken to leave Norway and her entire family for America a century ago,” Steves wrote in “How Travel Pried Open My Hometown Blinders.”

As the first U.S. college founded by Norwegian immigrants, Luther officials said the college is proud to host this event as part of a yearlong commemoration of the first organized migration from Norway to North America 200 years ago.

“As Luther commemorates the bicentennial of Norwegian immigration to North America, Mr. Steves’ visit will be a great kick off to reinforce the power of human connection in the global society,” Johnson said.

Grief support group at VMH A grief support group will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at Veterans Memorial Hospital’s Meditation Healing Center, located just inside the main entrance of the hospital. This informal meeting is open to anyone suf-

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Veterans Memorial Hospital will sponsor a babysitting seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, April 18. The class will be held in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.

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Public hears about immigrant issues from area volunteers (The complete version of this article originally published in the March 27 Decorah Leader, find it in full at decorahleader. com)

BY SETH BOYES NEWS EDITOR Area advocates encouraged community members to mirror the biblical good samaritan in their approach to supporting area immigrants. The Decorah Human Rights Commission and the Decorah Public Library partnered to host a March 18 panel at Pulpit Rock Brewing Company in Decorah, where four area volunteers discussed their work with the region’s immigrant community.

Ruth Palmer, a volunteer with the Northeast Iowa Peace and Justice Center, told last week’s audience immigrants often decide to leave their home countries to seek opportunities — and in some cases, false promises of employment, housing or other benefits. Palmer said Iowa’s immigrant population is particularly prevalent in certain industries, such as agriculture and hospitality.

Information from the American Immigration Council said immigrants made up nearly 6 percent of Iowa’s total population in 2023, and about 39 percent of immigrants in the state were naturalized citizens as of that year. Of the state’s total immigrant population, about 31 percent, or 58,900 individuals, were believed to be undocumented immigrants — accounting for 1.8 percent of Iowa’s population, but about 2.4 percent of the state’s workforce.

Palmer said she and other volunteers feel society should retire the use of the term “illegal” to describe undocumented individuals.

“We firmly believe no human person is illegal — we can be fat or we can be skinny, we can be ugly, we can be beautiful, but not illegal — never illegal,” Fellow volunteer Marty Steele said, while some might claim increases in crime rates correlate with rises in immigrant populations, a number of studies have found immigrants are about 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated than citizens born in the U.S. “These people do not want to be noticed. They don’t want to wreak havoc,” Steele said.

“They just want to put their heads down, work and take care of their families.”

Steele said, contrary to some claims, undocumented immigrants are unable to claim many of the benefits offered through government programs, including Social Security, Medicaid, welfare and supplemental nu-

Margaret Betteridge said seeing families separated as a result of an arrest or other federal action is difficult. She and other volunteers work with immigrant families to establish chosen individuals as power of attorney, which Betteridge said may allow another person to act as a child’s legal guardian if their parent is being held in custody or has been deported. (Photo by Seth Boyes) trition assistance — though she noted some women and young children may be able to receive benefits from the Women, Infants and Children Program — or WIC. Data from the American Immigration Council said undocumented immigrants paid more than $418 million in taxes during 2023 — almost $249.5 million in federal taxes and $169 million in state taxes.

Margaret Betteridge, a retired Spanish teacher who now volunteers as an interpreter with the Peace and Justice Center’s

Immigration Action Network, said she feels it is tragic to see families separated by federal authorities, adding many are simply hoping to work.

“You’ve heard of some recent arrests in northeast Iowa, and our immigration attorney that works with our group has warned us that families will be separated,” Betteridge said.

“We don’t’ want to think about that harsh reality, but we’re trying to help families set up power of attorney paperwork so that, if and when there’s a

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Betteridge and others at last week’s panel discussion estimated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel had conducted at least three enforcement actions in Postville since mid-to-late January — the city of approximately 2,300 people is situated about a mile beyond the Winneshiek County line and gained national attention in 2008 following a raid ICE which resulted in the arrest of more than 300 workers at a local kosher meatpacking plant.

Communications staff with ICE said last week the agency was unable to confirm whether any enforcement action may have been conducted in Postville so far this year.

“Due to our operational tempo and the increased interest in our agency, we are unable to research and respond to specifics of routine daily operations,” staff said in a statement to the Decorah Leader.

The panel and other organizers said, while many Decorah residents may feel the urge to take action upon hearing word of possible ICE arrests or other activity in Postville, it is often more beneficial to wait until local volunteers call for aid after looking into a situation.

“If they need assistance, they will reach out to trusted allies, because people in crisis are going to call their trusted contacts for what they need,” Betteridge said.

The panel recommended members of the public familiarize themselves with immigrant rights, donate to food pantries in Postville and support Postville businesses, noting many are owned by local immigrants.

“These are some of our very best neighbors, and we need to do whatever we can to protect them,” Steele said.

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