Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Next Hartley blood drive scheduled for Aug. 25
A blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 12:30-5:30 p.m. at the Hartley Community Center. New donors are especially needed.
Appointments are required. To schedule your appointment, text LIFESERVE to 999-777, call (800) 287-4903 or visit lifeservebloodcenter.org. The drive is sponsored by the Hartley community and the Hartley Lions Club.
Family fun planned at Dog Creek Park
The next program hosted at Dog Creek Park campground is an egg hunt, which will be held on Saturday, Aug. 21 at 1 p.m.
Participants should meet at the campground host’s camper to get further instructions. This program is sure to be fun for the whole family.
Fall sports seasons open next week
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s fall sports teams will get their first taste of real competition next week.
The Hawk JV volleyball team will participate in a tournament hosted by George-Little Rock on Monday, Aug. 23, and the JV and varsity teams will play in a tournament hosted by West Lyon the following day.
H-M-S cross country runners will open their season on Thursday, Aug. 26 at Cherokee, while the varsity football team’s season opener is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 27, when the Hawks host West Sioux.
Photos and previews of H-M-S fall sports teams will be included in a special tab with next week’s issue.
Blood drives planned at Spencer
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, Aug. 23, from 1-6 p.m. The second is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1, from 12:30-4 p.m.
Appointments are required. Schedule a donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call (800) 287-4903.
The Pride Family at Trinity UCC Aug. 29
The Pride Family will be sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ during worship on Sunday, Aug. 29 at 10:30 a.m., at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley.
Blessed with six sons and a love for music, the Pride Family enjoys traveling and meeting new people. Their music ranges from old-time hymns and Southern Gospel to contemporary worship and barbershop style, along with some original songs.
Everyone is welcome to attend. There will be a potluck meal following worship. Please bring a side dish to share.
Between the Covers discussing mystery with Iowa ties
Between the Covers will be meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m., in the front room of the Hartley Public Library for a discussion of “G&B Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Tucker,” by R.L. Link.
Author Rollie Link is a retired Ames police officer from the same department as the protagonists, Max Mosbey and Skip Murray, and has had many of the same experiences.
When police officers Max and Skip win the Powerball they decide to quit the force and open a detective agency as a pastime, something they’ve often talked about during long hours spent together in the squad car. They hire Monica, a former stripper, to take phone calls but mainly to keep them from having to take on any cases. Things go as planned until a friend of Max’s wife loses her therapy dog who disappears wearing his Cyclone doggie clothes. It seems like a no-brainer, but things aren’t always what they seem.
Join in a fun discussion in the front room of the library and relive this case with two very different but compatible private eyes.
Public invited to Sanborn Community Gardens Aug. 25
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and local Master Gardeners invite Sanborn and surrounding communities to the Sanborn Community Gardens on Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 9 a.m.
The Sanborn Community Gardens is a collaborative effort between ISU Extension and Outreach, Iowa Master Gardeners, the City of Sanborn and Cornerstone United Reformed Church, and is located along the east edge of North Eastern Street directly behind the church. Community members are able to rent plots at the garden, as well as enjoy the donation, youth and cut flower garden.
“We are so excited to welcome the community to our local Sanborn Community Gardens for Chamber Coffee,” said Kate Stewart, O’Brien County Master Gardener Coordinator, in a news release. “We look forward to the opportunity to publicly thank the city for their continued support of the garden and showcase the great work being done by local community members.”
The Chamber Coffee at the garden is open to everyone who would like to stop by the garden, view its late-summer beauty, and learn about the donation garden and additional programs offered there.
For more information, contact Stewart at (712) 957-5045 or [email protected], or just stop by on Aug. 25.
Bite By the Barn program offered at Clay County Fair
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host Bite by the Barn on Thursday, Sept. 16 from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. at the Clay County Fair in Spencer.
Bite by the Barn is an adult agriculture education program designed to share accurate information about production agriculture and the food supply with local consumers.
“We often hear of misconceptions in agriculture and about our food supply, and many consumers are far removed from farming and production agriculture,” said Sarah Dirks, Extension adult program coordinator. “We invite adults from across the region to join us for a fun time at the fair learning from real people in the ag industry and enjoying tasty bites along the way.”
Bite by the Barn will feature interactive education from Extension specialists and industry experts, delicious bites sponsored by local industry partners and an opportunity for consumers to ask their agriculture and food supply questions.
The program is completely free to registered participants. Participants will receive educational resources, tasty treats and free admission into the Clay County Fair the afternoon of the program at no charge to them.
For more information and/or to register for Bite by the Barn, contact Dirks at (712) 262-2264 or [email protected]. Registration deadline is Sept. 9.
Clay County Fair announces Grandstand change
The Clay County Fair announced this week that The Bellamy Brothers (rather than Mark Chesnutt) will be joining Tracy Lawrence at the 2021 Clay County Fair powered by SMU on Monday, Sept. 13.
Due to recent back surgery, Chesnutt is unable to travel and will not be able to make this performance.
“While we are disappointed that Mark cannot make this show and pray for a quick recovery, we are excited to find a great replacement,” said fair manager Jeremy Parsons in a news release.
With a career stretching over 40 years, The Bellamy Brothers have charted No. 1 singles an impressive 14 times and hold both the CMA and ACM record for most duo nominations. Their hits include “Redneck Girl,” “Dancing Cowboys” and “Let Your Love Flow.”
HLC food pantry
Current hours for the food pantry at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly are Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Everyone is allowed to come in and pick out their food, but masks are required.
Regular operations at Royal library
The Royal Public Library is operating normally. Hours remain the same: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 3-5 p.m .; and Tuesday and Saturday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Al Anon meetings
Al Anon meetings are held at the following locations each week:
Wednesday, 8 p.m., 511 Southmoor, Spencer; Thursday, 8 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Royal; Sunday, 7 p.m., Sanford Medical Center, 118 N 7th Ave., Sheldon.
All are welcome to attend.
Clay Co. Heritage plans program on 1918 flu
Clay County Heritage will host the BUS-eum History Tour from TRACES Center for History and Culture. This event will include a lunch and learn program at the Heritage Center about the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lunch to the program and then go across the river to H & N’s used car lot to see the exhibit “Hidden or Forbidden No More: 1914-1939.”
This is a free event sponsored by H & N Chevrolet Buick of Spencer. The lunch and learn program will take place at the Clay County Heritage Center at 7 Grand Avenue in Spencer from noon-1 p.m. The BUS-eum exhibit will be open to the public at H & N’s used car lot at 512 S Grand Ave. in Spencer from noon-6 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.ClayCountyHerirtage.org and see the attached press release from TRACES Center for History and Culture.
Additionally, Clay County Heritage will be operating the fair museum at the Clay County Fair again this year. For further questions regarding these events, please call the Clay County Heritage Center at (712) 262-3304.
