Annual lighting of the Christmas tree lights.

The Petals to Pedals Garden Club is sponsoring with the Historical Society,


the annual lighting of the Christmas tree lights.


This will occur on November 29 at 6:30pm at the Historical Museum.


Cookies, hot cider and coco will be provided .


Everyone is welcome!

Holdingford Holiday Events

Holdingford Holiday Events

Come home for the holidays!

2010 Holdingford Area Holiday Home Tour

The 2010 Holiday Home Tour will be held Saturday, December 4^th from 1-5 PM and

Sunday, December 5^th from 1-4 PM.    The following families will be welcoming guests into their homes which they have decorated for Christmas:

                  Dale & Kathy Bruns, Arlie & Marcy Lawrenz, Lee & Dana Paulzine, and

                  Idella Schneider-Two Rivers Guest House.   

As a special bonus tour (open to all--no ticket required), view the newly constructed

Community Country Church across from the Holdingford school and the St. Mary’s Parish House.

Those participating will enjoy refreshments at the Lake Wobegon Coffee Shop located on Main Street.  Also, ten local businesses have partnered with the Holdingford Area Historical Society (HAHS) and are offering holiday coupons for each ticket purchased. 

All proceeds go to the Historical Society and the future history museum.

Tickets may be purchased for $10 in advance or $12 on tour days at Holdingford Corner Pizza & Antiques, Holdingford Gas & Grocery, Headley Hardware Hank, Albany Country Floral & Gifts, and Paul & Kathy’s Grocery in Upsala.

Tree Lighting Ceremony

All are invited to attend!

The Holdingford Garden Club, “Pedals to Petals” will host the annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday, December 3, 2010. The ceremony will start at 6:30 PM in the Triangle Garden located at the intersection of River and Main Street.  Mayor Ernie Schmit will preside over the event, accompanied by local carolers as they ring in the new holiday season.

Free hot chocolate and cider will be served.

Annual Santa Breakfast

For All Ages!

A pancake and sausage breakfast with Santa Claus will be held on Sunday, December 5^th,

from 9AM-12:30PM at the Holdingford City Center on Main Street.
Sponsored by the Holdingford Women of Today

October City Events

My goodness time is speeding up. So many things have been happening.
*First a photo of the part of the. Halloween set up by the Petals to Pedals Garden club.
*The fall Area Family Picnic organized by the Lions Club was another great sucess. People still are impresed by the FREE ! good food, music and fellowship that happens at this event. Looking forward to next year.
*Herman Ebnet the City Maintenance Supervisor & employee for 34 years is retiring the end of October. His expert knowledge & interest in the welfare of the community will be missed very much.

As you can tell riding horses is something Herman enjoys a lot. Happy Trails Herman.

Finishing the Community Pond

This pond/fountain is a community project that is getting real close to being finished. As you can see the fountain & pond are operational it has some plants in the pond and goldfish. Now it's adding plants around the outside and planting of grass. Last winter it was just a dream but thanks to some local companies, Polar Tank Repair and Two River Enterprises for welding up the 12'x14' stainless tank. Herman Ebnet for providing the machinery and helping move the donated rock from local land developer Tim Berschied. The Petals to Pedals Garden Club got it built. It's a nice addition one can view as you ride by on the Lake Wobegon Trail.
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Lake Wobegon Trail Visitors Guide Winter 2007-2008

Check out this link to the" Lake Wobegon Trail Visitors Guide Winter 2007-2008" for this story on Holdingford's Petals to Pedals Garden Club fountain project.

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Tree Lighting-Santa Breakfast HO-HO-HO

HO-HO-HO We are all getting ready to go full swing into the Christmas season. The garland and lights are going up.
Saturday December 1st at 5:45 pm The Petals to Pedals Garden Club is hosting the 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. It will be held by the water fountain area. HOT CHOCOLATE AND CIDER with treats will be served. Come sing carols with the high school choir and Mayor Schmit !!
Sunday December 2d H. Women of Today are hosting their annual Super Santa Breakfast at the City Center. Serving 9:00am to 12:30pm . Pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, cheesy potatoes, donuts, milk, juice and coffee. $6 for adults, $3.50 children 4-10 and children 3 and under free. SANTA WILL BE THERE to hand out goodie bags.
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Community Tree Lighting Ceremony

I am breaking one of my house rules, kind of talking about Christmas now, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and there is all the buzz about the Christmas Season. But- I have just been informed the community tree lighting ceremony sponsored by the Petals To Pedals Garden Club like last year, will be Saturday December 1 st at 5:30 or when church gets out a little later. So this is a heads up to plan on coming down for hot chocolate,cider, song and of course Christmas lights.
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The New Water Fountain

I have been slow in posting this photo of the new fountain at the Lake Wobegon trail. It has been up and running for a while. A very nice addition. I wrote about it here . A big thanks goes out to Wedel's Electric of Albany for donating their labor to this project.
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Lake Wobegon Water Fountain

The Petals To Pedals Garden Club keeps working hard to make the city garden on The Lake Wobegon Trail, more beautiful and unique. The latest additions. A cedar fence section, was put up by the county as a background to a row of arborvitae bushes. The center piece is this neat concrete water fountain. I have to give them credit they did a lot of research to find a cool fountain for a reasonable price. They found it at 'Pam's Butterfly' a concrete ornament Co. by Cushing. They were able to try it out and it works great. The electricity will be in next week. Of course this is a work in progress, more landscaping is to be done. Benches and more gardens are on the list.
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Sucessful Tree Lighting !

'The Petals to Pedals' really showed their dedication Saturday nite. IT WAS COLD! We didn't have any snow yet, and it was very windy. Never the less, quite a few people showed up for the first annual Christmas tree lighting in Holdingford. Mrs. Waletzko and a dozen members of the Holdingford High School Choir were there , doing a good job of singing carols in the fridged weather. Mayor Schmit gave a welcome, Father mark blessed the tree, the club served hot chocoate and cookies, the hot chocoate was a 'hot' item, we new it was time to go when the cookies started freezing on the trays. Hats off to the garden Club for doing so much for Holdingford this year.

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Christmas tree lighting

The Holdingford Garden Club “Pedals to Petals” is sponsoring a Christmas tree lighting ceremony by the Holdingford Wobegon Park shelter on December 2nd , between 5:30 & 6:00 p.m. There will be carolers, featuring the Holdingford High School Honor Choir, hot chocolate, hot apple cider and cookies. Help decorate the tree with bird friendly ornaments. Come join us for our city’s first Christmas tree lighting. Mayor Schmit will help start a new holiday tradition in Holdingford.
“Pedals to Petals” would like to give a “BIG THANK YOU” to the following people, businesses and clubs for making Pedals to Petals such a huge success.
Organizations Individuals
American Legion Auxiliary Joe Christianson
American Legion Jerome Ebnet
Commercial Club Herman Ebnet
Headley Hardware Ray Fussy
Stearns Bank Audrey Lange
Tim Berscheid Properties David Notsch
Holdingford Mill Dennis Scepaniak
Lion's Club Rosemary Scepaniak
SnoFlyers Lawrence Schmit
Two Rivers Enterprise Jerry Schueler
WmD Scepaniak Inc Tom Skudlarek
Roxanne Urbashich
Bryan Young

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mural, garden club, housing addition

It looks like the murals on the box car will have to wait until
next spring. The weather cooling down a lot.
The garden club is going full steam with the garden area.
They are in process of getting electricity to the area they are going
to have a Christmas tree. They planted a small one but have a large
one coming for what is to be a annual tree lighting ceremony. Their
plans include having the school choir 'help' with the singing.
Inviting the public , Serving hot chocolate and cookies. It will be
a good community get together.
Another house has been started at the Ridgeview Addition,
the street and utilities are in. One of the things I like is they
planted grass on the whole development, It will look nice next
spring. Instead of looking like a war zone on the empty lots.

Painted Murals

One of the murals on the boxcar at the Lake Wobegon Park is being
finished by Holdingford High School Art teacher Frank Gosach. It's
really looking nice. The other panels will be done next year.

Things are changing in Holdingford. This is one of the gardens started by the new garden club called "Pedals to Petals" as it's right next to the Lake Wobegon trail. In beautiful downtown Holdingford