Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
CC/E Homecoming parade is today
Alumni and community members are invited to the Clay Central/Everly Homecoming parade slated for Thursday, Sept. 28 (today) at 1:30 p.m. in Royal.
The event will take place on Main Street near the post office and CommStock. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and their Maverick spirit. To showcase community unity, groups from several area schools will be represented in the parade.
This is the second year of the resurrected Homecoming celebration at CC/E. The goal of this year’s event is to show off the positive things taking place within the elementary-only school district.
Grief support group meeting in Hartley
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley is hosting a grief support group on the next five Sundays thru Oct. 29.
All are welcome to attend. If you missed the first session on Sept. 24, you are still welcome to join the second meeting on Sunday, Oct. 1. Each gathering will be held at the church from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Omelet brunch to benefit 5 local groups
A fundraiser event honoring three Hartley Community Foundation members is slated for Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Hartley Community Center.
Connie Olhausen, Duane Kolpin and Howard Borchard will be celebrated at the event, which will feature a free will omelet breakfast. Five local non-profit groups will benefit from proceeds raised that day: The Hartley Chapel Committee, Hartley Community Daycare Center, Hartley Recreation Trail Committee, Friends of the Library, and Hartley Community Center.
Attendees can designate donations by noting which of the five causes their money should go to. Cash and checks not specifically designated will be divided and donated evenly among the five. Donations are tax deductible.
Olhausen, Kolpin and Borchard will be honored during a special ceremony slated for 11:45 a.m. See the ad on Page 3 for more details.
New hours at HPL
The Hartley Public Library is changing the days and hours that the library is open to the public. The new schedule goes into effect on Monday, Oct. 9.
New hours at the library will be: Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m .; Tuesday, closed; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m .; Friday, 10 a.m.-noon; and Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon.
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.
Red’s Catering menu for Oct. 4
Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving several specials on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
See the ad on Page 4 for more details.
Property tax installments due Sept. 30
The first half installment of property taxes is due Friday, Sept. 30, and will be delinquent on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
In Clay County, payments may be made by mail or dropped off in the boxes on the north and south side of the Administration Building. Payments may also be made in the treasurer’s office at 300 West 4th Street in Spencer, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Property tax information may be obtained online at http://www.iowatreasurers.org or by calling the treasurer’s office at (712) 262-2179. Transaction fees apply to payments made online by E-check or with the use of debit and cards.
According to Treasurer LeAnn Black, payment must be received in her office or postmarked by Oct. 2 in order to avoid penalty.
Community Bible study begins Oct. 8
A community Bible study will begin on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m. in the meeting room of the Hartley Public Library. Please use the east door to enter.
The study of the Gospel of John will be facilitated by Rev. Richard Stetler. Everyone is welcome. For more information call (712) 441-5793. To order a book and keep updated, go to http://www.ReformationGospelMinistries.org. There is no charge; donations are appreciated.
Regular hours at Royal library
Hours at the Royal Public Library are 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.
Building Better Birders program Oct. 10 at PHC
You can experience the world of birding during presentations at the Prairie Heritage Center on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
The scheduled presentations include: Birding Internationally, 3-4:30 p.m .; Woodpeckers, Doves and Similar Species of Iowa, 5-6:30 p.m .; Nocturnal Raptors of Iowa, 6:45-7:45 p.m .; and an Owl Prowl Hike, 8-9 p.m.
There is no need to sign up and you may attend which presentations work for your schedule. All presentations and the hike are conducted by Kelly McKay. To learn more visit http://buildingbetterbirders.com.
Dutch oven cooking program at Mill Creek
The O’Brien County Conservation Board invites the public to Mill Creek Park Lodge on Friday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. for cooking with Dutch ovens. Register for your space by calling or emailing the Prairie Heritage Center.
All food will be provided. The event is free and participation in cooking and eating is on the menu. Chili mac, stuffed mushrooms and caramel apple dump cake will be included in the experience. All ages are welcome to attend.
Fall Family Fest is Oct. 7
The O’Brien County Conservation Board invites the public to Mill Creek Park for the Fall Family Fest on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 4-6:30 p.m.
All ages are welcome to attend and can Trick-or-Treat their way around the campground. Activities include pumpkin atlatls, leaf painting and beaded corn crafts.
Online Grant Writing 101 workshop Oct. 3
Representatives of nonprofits, governmental entities and school districts are encouraged to register for Grant Writing 101, an online workshop from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Grant Writing 101 is a workshop created by ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development (CED) staff to provide Iowans with hands-on training in identifying grant funding opportunities and writing successful grant applications.
The workshop will be conducted by CED specialists Jane Nolan Goeken and Lindsay Henderson. Both have extensive experience writing and reviewing grant applications and working with various federal, state, local and private foundation grant programs. They will assist workshop participants in exploring various public and private funding sources and provide instruction and tips on planning projects and writing successful grant applications.
Registration fee for the workshop is $25, with registration required by Oct. 1. Those interested can register online at https://go.iastate.edu/M1SR6Y.
For more information about the workshops, contact Goeken at [email protected] or (712) 240-2504.
Parkinson’s Disease conference is Oct. 26
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host the 2nd Annual Northwest Iowa Parkinson’s Disease Conference on Thursday, Oct. 26 from noon-5 p.m. at the Lakeshore Center at Okoboji in Milford.
The program is designed to be an afternoon of learning and networking for individuals with Parkinson’s, their care partners, loved ones and anyone with an interest in learning more about the disease. The conference is being sponsored at no cost to attendees; however, preregistration is required to plan adequately for seating and materials.
“Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder that can affect the ability to perform common, daily activities. It is a chronic and progressive disease, meaning that the symptoms become worse over time,” said Dickinson County Extension Adult Program Coordinator Sue Boettcher in a news release. “Most people who develop the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease do so sometime after the age of 50, but Parkinson’s disease can affect younger persons as well.”
The program this year will feature Dr. Ray Dorsey, a professor of neurology and director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is also author of the book, “Ending Parkinson’s Disease.”
“We are very excited to have Dr. Dorsey join us,” Boettcher said. “He brings a wealth of knowledge, and there will be time for questions.”
In addition to the keynote, the afternoon will also include learning from Beth Samuelson, dietitian with Lakes Regional Healthcare; a taste of music therapy; a panel Q&A time; and a variety of vendors and community resources.
Breaks will be taken throughout the afternoon and light refreshments will be served.
Register online at https://go.iastate.edu/AEVHC2 or call the Dickinson County Extension office at (712) 336-3488 to register or for more information.
