Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn freshman Dawson Niichel was recently selected for the 2021 Opus Honor Choir. Sponsored by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Opus is a statewide honor choir in grades 5-9 and is considered a prestigious honor for students who are selected. Four choirs of 180 voices each are chosen through an audition process. This year, more 2,100 auditions were submitted, and only 720 chosen. The audition criteria is singing a cappella and recording a scale, America, and a specific...
A former Clay Central/Everly High School student was named Spencer High School's Homecoming queen last week. Odalys Garcia, daughter of Manuel and Trina Garcia, was crowned during coronation Oct. 6 in Spencer. Originally from Mexico, Garcia immigrated to the Royal area with her family in 2012. Her sister, Aylin, graduated from CC/E at the top of her class in 2017. Odalys was involved in several activities at CC/E before it closed in 2019. She moved over to SHS, where she's involved in dance...
• Oct. 17, 1946 Mayor P.A. Leese warned boys with firearms, who were shooting the bulbs of street lamps in ever-increasing numbers, that anyone apprehended would find himself minus a gun and both he and his parents would be taken before the sheriff of O’Brien County. The Hartley Rainbow Assembly for Girls received their charter at an impressive ceremony in the Masonic Hall. The Hartley Rainbow Assembly was organized May 4, 1946, and had been under “Letters Temporary” since that time. The O’Brien County American Legion Auxiliary fall meeting w...
Spencer blood drive planned Oct. 18 LifeServe Blood Center is conducting a drive at Southpark Mall, 901 11th Street SW in Spencer on Monday, Oct. 18 from 2-6 p.m. Appointments are required. Schedule a donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call (800) 287-4903. Donors needed for Oct. 20 blood drive Blood is needed as supplies are low, so help boost the supply by donating during the drive that will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Donation hours are 12:30-5:30 p.m. at the Hartley Community Center, 820 2nd Street NE....
Windy Dagel graduates from Buena Vista Windy Dagel, of Sanborn, graduated in the summer of 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Business from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. Dagel was among more than 100 students who received degrees. NCC Radiologic Tech students pass boards Radiologic Technology graduates from the Summer 2021 class at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon have earned a 100 percent pass rate on their first attempt at passing the American Registry of Radiologic Technology boards. Passing the exams allows...
• Oct. 10, 1946 Lawrence Clark, superintendent of the municipal light and water plant, resigned his position here. He had accepted a similar position at Broken Bow, Neb. Mr. Clark had done much to develop the municipal plant during his tenure from early 1944. He also took an active part in civic affairs. New uniforms were ordered for the 50 members of the Hartley school band. It was difficult to even make a guess as to when delivery would be made as there was a scarcity of materials. The uniforms cost in the neighborhood of $1,200. All H...
Spencer blood drives LifeServe Blood Center is conducting two drives at Southpark Mall, 901 11th Street SW in Spencer. The first blood drive will be held on Monday, Oct. 4, from 12:30-5:30 p.m. The second is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 18, from 2-6 p.m. Appointments are required. Schedule a donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call (800) 287-4903. Businesses invited to participate in H-M-S Homecoming H-M-S Homecoming is right around the corner, and all local businesses are invited to decorate their windows in support of...
Community Calendars distributed 2021-22 Community Calendars featuring events from Hartley, Melvin and May City were distributed on Monday. They are free to the public courtesy of the businesses listed. Volunteers needed to deliver meals Community Memorial Health Center is looking for volunteers to help deliver Meals on Wheels to local residents. If interested, call Linda at (712) 728-2428. H-M-S Seamless Summer Option The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District has elected to participate in the Seamless Summer Option, which is made pos...
• Oct. 3, 1946 Workmen began tearing down the old warehouse of the Botsford Lumber Co. adjacent to the Milwaukee tracks, south of their office. A new warehouse was to be erected at the same location. A 12x16 cement block building was erected by the Modern Dry Cleaners. The building would house dry cleaning equipment which formerly was located near the railroad tracks. A deal was closed whereby the Arthur W. Kirchhoff Post No. 288 became owner of the Log Cabin Café, which had been owned and operated for many years by Dr. R.W. Falk. The post pl...
Ms. Kaetlyn Warburton is Clay Central/Everly Elementary's soon-to-be new fourth grade teacher. She will take on her new role in January 2022 after she's finished student teaching this fall and graduates from Buena Vista University this winter with her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education with a K-8 Reading Endorsement. Some of Warburton's favorites are nachos, elephants, the color purple, watching her favorite movie Finding Nemo or TV show Modern Family, and reading her favorite book The...
Campground trick-or-treating at Mill Creek Park O’Brien County Conservation invites trick-or-treaters and campers to Mill Creek Park for a ghoulish night of fun. The conservation board is offering free camping to patrons who camp on the night of Saturday, Oct. 2. In exchange, campers are requested to get into the Halloween spirit by decorating their campsite and handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. Trick-or-treaters will go to each participating campsite from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Whether you deck out your campsite in Halloween decorations, d...
Fall enrollment at NCC increases 3 percent Enrollments at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon are up slightly for the fall of 2021 at 1,716. This represents about a 3 percent increase from a year ago when the headcount was 1,666. “When you look at the numbers historically, this year’s fall class is the third-largest incoming class to NCC,” said Kristin Kollbaum, Director of Marketing and Communications, in a news release. “It also represents an 11 percent increase in enrollments over the last 10 years.” According to Kollbaum, there were...
Clay Central/Everly's new sixth grade teacher is Mrs. Gillian Herrera. A first-year instructor, Herrera graduated from Wayne State with a degree in Elementary Education with an ESL endorsement. She moved from Omaha to northwest Iowa a year ago and loves the area, as do her three cats and one dog. Herrera's favorite things include tacos, jellyfish, the color purple, eating the candy Nerds and reading her favorite book, Pride and Prejudice....
The Everly Public Library has been abuzz lately with numerous events, workout classes and craft nights. The schedule continues to fill as the institution promotes community gatherings within its walls, making foot traffic and local intrigue steadily increase. The latest event has been one of the most successful to date. Monday night the library hosted its first-ever ceramic Christmas Tree painting event. With more than 50 participants in attendance, the building was filled to the brim with paint...
• Sept. 19, 1946 Numerous complaints had reached Mayor P.A. Leese’s office that drivers were disobeying the speed laws, especially in the vicinity of the schoolhouse, were failing to stop at stop signs and were driving with cut-outs open. The mayor warned that if necessary, a patrolman would be brought in to patrol the streets and those violators apprehended would be fined heavily. Rev. G.E. Scheider, pastor of the Hartley and Everly Methodist churches for four years, was transferred to the Galva-Silver Creek charge. Rev. S.A. Kruschwitz was...
Fall clean up day in Hartley is Sept. 20 The City of Hartley will hold a clean up day on Monday, Sept. 20. Once the trucks have picked up the refuse on your block, they will not return to pick up more. Construction and demolition material will require the use of a dumpster. All refuse must be placed at your regular garbage route pick up site. See the ad on Page 5 for more details. No pillow cleaning day at library The Hartley Public Library regrets to announce that Kraft Pillow Cleaning will not be at the library on Sept. 22 as originally plann...
Solsma's Punkin Patch now open Solsma's Punkin Patch is open now through Halloween, with Food Truck Weekends starting Sept. 25. The business is located 4 miles west of Hartley on Highway 18. See the ad on Page 3 for more details. Volunteers needed to deliver meals Community Memorial Health Center is looking for volunteers to help deliver Meals on Wheels to local residents. If interested, call Linda at (712) 728-2428. Regular hours at Royal library Hours at the Royal Public Library are Monday,...
• Sept. 19, 1946 C.M. Longstreth, National 2nd Vice Commander of the Amvets, was in Hartley obtaining the 10 charter members which were necessary for the organization of a chapter. Von Brower was appointed temporary commander of the new Hartley chapter. John Schiphoff and Dick Stellingwerf, both of Melvin, left for New York, where they would leave by boat for the Netherlands. They planned to visit relatives and Mr. Schiphoff hoped to find his son’s grave in France. John Meiske visited the Pioneer hybrid corn breeding station at Algona, whe...
Veterans invited to ride in CCF parade Monday, Sept. 13 is Veterans Day at the Clay County Fair. All veterans will be admitted free of charge. Merlyn Hennings, of the Hartley Legion, will be pulling a trailer in the veterans’ parade at 10 a.m. All local Legion members and veterans wanting to ride should be at the staging area (northeast of the Events Center) by 9:30. If you have questions, call Roy Wohlert at (712) 301-8095. Experience monarch butterfly migration Monarch butterflies will start their great migration south in September. Learn a...
Awarded scholarship at Buena Vista Hannah Schiltz, of Everly, was awarded the Invest in Rural Iowa Scholarship by Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. The Invest in Rural Iowa Scholarship program is a $5,000 per year scholarship reserved for students who hail from a 19-county region of northwest Iowa, have high academic records and actively participated in their high school organizations and in serving their communities. As a recipient of the scholarship, Schiltz pledges to continue serving others in the community. Volunteers needed to...
• Sept. 12, 1946 At a special meeting of the O’Brien County fair board, it was decided unanimously to choose Hartley as the permanent site of the county 4-H fair and other fairs that received state aid. The action was deemed necessary as Primghar along with Hartley had made a bid to be the site of the 1947 fair. Leonard Zahn, of Hartley, was named chairman of the 1947 Farm Bureau resolutions committee for O’Brien County. The committee was to seek comments from members and present a set of resolutions for discussion and adoption at the count...
Community Calendar dates due Sept. 8 The Community Calendar for the communities of Hartley, Melvin and May City will be distributed again this year. Clubs and organizations wishing to list their meeting dates are asked to bring or send them to The Sentinel- News office. H-M-S school activities will also be listed. There is no charge to have meeting dates listed on the calendar. Dates should be submitted no later than Wednesday, Sept. 8. When the calendars are printed, they will be available as a courtesy of the sponsors. Holiday closing, event...
Volunteers needed to deliver meals Community Memorial Health Center is looking for volunteers to help deliver Meals on Wheels to local residents. If interested, call Linda at (712) 728-2428. Great response at Hartley blood drive Over 150 lives will be saved thanks to the 50 units of blood that were collected during the drive held Aug. 25 in Hartley. According to LifeServe Blood Center, 47 persons registered to donate, including four first-time donors. The support of the Hartley community for...
Andy Schierholz, representing Hartley Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), on Monday presented a rebate check for $15,000 to Abby Dulin as part of HEDC's lot cost and building incentive program for the Pine Grove First Addition. The rebate is offered to homeowners who buy a lot in the residential addition and build on it during the first year from the date of purchase. Dulin is the new Spanish instructor at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School. She said her new home is slated for completion...
