Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
“Best town(s) By a Dam site”
Alden, buckeye, & Popejoy
June/July 2019 Volume 76
Alden Newsletter Association A Horizon’s Project
CELEBRATING SUMMER...
Finally, summer is upon us, the farmers are in the fields (albeit late), and gardens are planted and
growing. It has been a challenging spring to be sure! So, now is the time to get your outdoor pro-
jects organized and underway. Perhaps you are staining the deck, landscaping the yard, or con-
templating a new roof. The good news is that when you improve your home, you make living in
our central Iowa communities better for us all..
Upcoming there will be town festivals, especially Alden Days, family vacations, barbecues, rag-
brai, July 4th, and a host of events throughout Iowa to make a day or week of. And then there is
the pool! Make plans to recreate in your own unique fashion, and reconnect with family and
friends. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, so get busy living life with those you love!
On a more pertinent note, I have noticed that much is being done to cleanup the town of Alden.
City wide cleanup days were a big success as over 100 people donated to the landfill. Can you im-
agine what this town would look like in a few years if this FREE service were not provided by the
city? A big thank you goes out to our council and city workers who organize and help at this an-
nual event. AND, if you cleaned up a bit, thank you too! We are all better for it!
Swim Lesson Registration
Swim Lesson Information:
Each session consists of 10 classes divided into 2 weeks for the weekly sessions (Monday-Friday). The cancellation of swim lessons due to weather will be made 15 minutes prior to the lesson. We encourage you to call the pool or to check our facebook page for infor-mation on a questionable day. Please arrive at the pool no more than 10 minutes prior to the lesson and ready to swim. The first lesson and last lesson are testing days. The guards will verbally tell the child what level they need to be in. At the end of season we will mail out the performance sheet indicating what level the child is at.
Session Dates and Times
Session 1 : June 17 – 28 5:30 – 6:00pm Session 2 : June 17 – 28 6:15 – 6:45pm
Session 3 : July 8 – 19 5:30 – 6:00pm Session 4: July 8 – 19 6:15 – 6:45pm
Glad you are here! 1
ALDEN POOL Swim Lessons Registration Form
A separate application for each child is required.
Name of Child First____________________________ Last_________________________ Date of Birth____________ Must be between the ages of 5 and 12 years of age. Home Address_____________________________________________________________ City____________________ State: _________Zip:____________________________________ Parent/Guardian: First:____________________ Last:___________________________________ Home Phone: ______________________ Cell Phone:___________________________________ Additional Emergency Contact:__________________________ Relationship________________ Home Phone:_______________________ Cell Phone:__________________________________ Please circle one of the categories that best describes the swimming ability of the child: Beginner Intermediate Advanced Has the child had pervious swim lessons here or at another pool? Y / N Does the child have a fear the water? Y / N Please share any special needs or information that would be beneficial for us to know: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please circle your session preference. Session 1: June 17 – 28 5:30 – 6:00pm Session 2: June 17 – 28 6:15 – 6:45pm Session 3: July 8 – 19 5:30 – 6:00pm Session 4: July 8 – 19 6:15 – 6:45pm Cost: $15 per child
2
515-859-3820
www.aldenlibrary.org
LIBRARY HOURS
MONDAY
12:30 PM —6 PM
TUESDAY
12:30 PM—5:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
12:30 PM—6 PM
THURSDAY
12:30 PM—5:30 PM
FRIDAY
9:30 AM—5:30 PM
SATURDAY
9 AM—12 PM
SUNDAY
CLOSED
Dates closed:
February 18, 2019
May
Follow us on social media
Newsletter June/July
LIBRARY HOURS
MONDAY
12:30PM —6 PM
TUESDAY
12:30 PM—5:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
12:30 PM—6 PM
THURSDAY
12:30 PM—5:30 PM
FRIDAY
9:30 PM—5:30 PM
SATURDAY
9 AM—12 PM
SUNDAY
CLOSED
Dates closed:
July 4, 2019
“A Universe of Stories”
Summer Reading Program June/July 2019
May 15th – Registration for the Summer Reading Program begins on May 15th for all ages.
“Reading Minutes” will be counted from June 10th – July 19th. Reading logs must be turned in by Wednesday, July 24th. Grand prizes will be drawn at the celebration picnic on July 31st.
School Aged Children (those completing Kindergarten-6th grades)
Mondays & Wednesdays from 1:30-2:30
June 10 – “Star Lab” presented by Grout Museum
June 12 – Painting rocks & pictures
June 17 – Story Time with an Astronaut
June 19 – Space Game Day
June 24 – Astronaut Foods
June 26 – Stomp Rockets
July 1 – Blank Park Zoo
July 3 – Moon Stones (Garden Stones)
July 8 – Lego/STEM Activities
July 10 – Calkins Campus
July 15 – Green Belt Bank & Trust will host activities and snack
July 17 – Mars Engineering
July 31 – Celebration Picnic in Alden Park. Magician Jonathan May sponsored by ILC. 5:30-7:30pm
Story Time (for those children who have not started kindergarten)
June 14th—10:30am-11:30am
June 28th—10:30am-11:30am
July 12th —10:30am-11:30am
July 26th —10:30am-11:30am
July 31 – Celebration Picnic in Alden Park. Magician Jonathan May sponsored by ILC. 5:30-7:30pm
Teens & Adults
For every book read, complete an entry to win a prize in our weekly
3
NEW RESOURCES
to start out 2018 focused
on healthier lifestyles in-
cluding mental health, physical fitness, nutri-
tion, and organization.
The Devil has my Consent
(the true story behind the Salem Witch Trials)
Our library has been selected for the opportunity to offer FREE
professionally-taught, instructional workshops to patrons 55+.
We need your help! Please let us know which of the following ar-
tistic disciplines you would like to see featured at the library and
when.
Please circle all that apply:
Acting Poetry Quilting Improvision Painting Dance
Drawing Photography Oral History Storytelling Collage
Poetry Filmmaking Playwriting Printmaking Songwriting
Screenwriting
Other________________
Please circle the days of the week that work
best for you:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday Saturday
Please circle the time of day that works best for
you:
8am-10am 10am-12pm 12pm-2pm 2pm-4pm 4pm-6pm 6pm-8pm
4
The Friends of the Alden Public Library are thrilled to announce that
the “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” is now available in Alden &
Buckeye!
5
Please consider donating a baked item for the auction to benefit the Friends of the Alden
6
7
Service to your community can be as simple; participate in events, attend activities and meetings, and apply your talents where needed. “It is the combined efforts of many people, mostly unseen, which makes all things possible.” — Aristotle
8
THE ALDEN FOOD PANTRY SAYS THANK YOU TO ITS DONORS!!! Business & Organizations: Individual:
Church:
Horizon’s
Walmart
HyVee
Centrum Farms
Greenbelt Bank & Trust
Alden Active Achievers
4H
Church Women United
Jan Hurd
Darlene Hulbert
Linda Lisle
Trish Ackerman
Betty Thomas
Pat Kielsmeier
Bob Harms
Greg & Cheryl Huebner
Jo French
Dean Vanderort
Ben Jass Family
Evelyn Tiervold
Theresa Williams Dennis
Janet Grandgeorge
Greg and Cheryl Lascheid
Anonymous
Alden UMC
St Paul’s Lutheran
UCC
Buckeye St. Paul’s Ladies
7th Day Adventist
St Thomas Aquines Catholic
Williams St. Paul’s Lutheran
St. Mary’s (Williams)
Food Pantry Hours are Friday – 4 to 6
PM and Saturday – 9 to 11 Am.
HORIZONS - The Alden Horizons Group meets on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm at the UCC Church. We welcome any and all members of the community to join us. We are a group of local citizens that have done many community projects with the goal of helping those in poverty while im-proving our community. Attend a meeting to find your niche!
8
The Alden Food Pantry Board welcomes a new volunteer from Popejoy. She is Susan Essing and is working on Friday nights. We want to thank all of our people and business and churches that to us. We are very greatful for the help.
If there is a need in between our hours, please call one of us. Linda Lisle – 515 859 7521, Betty Thomas – 515 859 7394, Nancy McKinley – 515 859 7396, Charlene Wilke – 515 859 7262, Pat Kielsmeier – 515 859 7827, Janet Grandgeorge – 515 859 3036, Barb Jass – 515 859 3996, Cheryl Tordoff – 515 859 7386, and Lavonne Hov-ersten – 515 859 7339. Again a big thank you to everyone for all of the help. Also call one of us if you have some time to spare to volunteer some time.
Thomas announces retirement from Hilltop Village Management
Betty Thomas, the long time manager of Hilltop Village announced that she will be retir-
ing effective August 1, 2019. Betty took the reins when her husband and business part-
ner Dave passed several years ago. She has done an outstanding job maintaining the fi-
nancial and physical condition of the complex and her leadership and personal involve-
ment with the residents of Hilltop will be missed. Betty plans to remain an active com-
munity member and will stay on with the food pantry. On behalf of the board of direc-
tors, the residents, and the site manager, we wish you a long and happy retirement!!!!!!
A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to everyone who helped in any way with the Alden Days Fundraiser. It was a huge success raising over $9,000! We want to thank the many busi- nesses and individuals who donated items or cash – we couldn’t do this without them!! Special thanks to Travis Schutt for being our auctioneer and to Marcela Hoversten and Janell Schutt for taking care of the kitchen and pre-paring and serving the wonderful meal. Donating food for the meal were the Westside Restaurant, Barilla, and providing bars for the meal were Char Wilkie, Marsha Roland, Linda Hunt, Evelyn Tirevold, Tracy McKinley, Gretchen McKinley, Pat Kielsmeier, Samantha Hansen, Jan Vierkandt, Cheryl Lascheid, and Jan Hurd. We want to thank all the members of the Alden Horizons Group who organize this very fun evening.
9
10
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
The City of Alden has adopted new Planning and Zoning Standards Ordinanc-es. There is a County Officer that will enforce the standardized Nuisance Abatement Rules.
These new standards will be strictly enforced and action will be taking once a notice has been served and the time frame to abate has not been met.
And now, a message from City Hall!!!
RECYCLE DATES:
JUNE 6
JUNE 20
JULY 18
AUGUST 1
Meet our newest park residents!
ALDEN ELEMENTARY NEWS
11
Alden School News
What a great school year! Thank you to everyone in the community who supported the school. We appreciate those who came in to speak about their careers, got our students excited for the week as a Monday Motivator, attended our concerts and events, provid-ed monetary support, or volunteered in another way. It takes a village to raise our kids and we appreciate the partnership.
We continue to have The Alden Wish List. We have been very fortunate to have many generous donations that have helped fund projects that have benefited our students. Classrooms have added flexible seating, board games to help with math and reading skills, technology, and the opportunity to publish their own books. There are current projects posted at https://sites.google.com/a/ifacadets.net/alden-wish-list/home if you are interested in donating, or you may contact the school. Thank you for your sup-port of our students!
We have many events going on at school and want to share them with you. One way to stay informed is to “Like” the Alden Elementary School page on Facebook. This is a new page, so we hope you will find us. We also have students who are posting things that are happening at our school on Twitter.
You can follow @AldenElementary, #Aldenpride, or #IFACadetPride.
Here are some important dates for the fall:
• August 21: Orientation Night from 5:00-6:00 PM
• August 23: First Day of School for K-6 students
• September 12: Alden Fall Picture Day
• October 23: No School for Teacher Professional Development
November 4 and 7: Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher Conferences
HARDIN COUNTY EXTENSION
Darwin J. Miller
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Hardin County Director
524 Lawler Street
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
office 641-648-4850 / fax 641-648-4862
cell 641-425-9308
home 641-648-3782
www.extension.iastate.edu
Northern Iowa Research Farm to Hold Field Day — June 20th
Educational tours will include a look at weeds, herbicides, cover crops and soybean gall midge
KANAWHA, Iowa – Daniel J. Robison, holder of the En-dowed Dean’s Chair in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University, will welcome
farmers and agribusinesses to the Northern Research and Demonstration Farm field day June 20.
Robison began his role as dean in January and will speak to field day participants following opening re-marks by Matt Schnabel, Northern Research and Demonstration Farm superintendent, at 9:30 a.m. Reg-istration begins at 9 a.m. Throughout the day, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach experts will discuss weeds, herbicides, cover crops and soybean gall midge.
The field day will be held at the farm’s north location. The event address is 310 S. Main St. Kanawha, imme-diately south of town.
The field day is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served at noon and the day concludes at 1 p.m.
Learn more on the Northern Research and Demonstration Farm webpage or by contacting Paul Kassel at 712-262
-2264, or [email protected]
ISU Field Day to Highlight Ag Weather Forecast and Commercial Hemp Production The ISU Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm Spring Field Day will be held Wednes-day, June 26, 1:00 to 4:10 PM, at the Borlaug Learning Center near Nashua. Dennis Todey, Director of the Midwest Climate Hub, will provide his insights on crop weather for the 2019 growing season. Angie Rieck-Hinz, Extension agronomist, follows with a discussion of the like-lihood of hemp production in Iowa for 2020, including development of regulations, current pro-duction practices and economic information from other states. The wagon tour will feature Stephan Gailans, Research and Field Crops Director with Practical Farmers of Iowa, sharing his expertise on oat production and seeding cover crops in V6 corn. Ed Zaworski, ISU field crops plant pathologist, will discuss plant disease issues in a wet spring and considerations for foliar fungicide applications later in the season. The field day is free and open to the public. CCA credits will be available (2 CM, 1 PM, 0.5 SW). For more information, contact Terry Basol, ISU Extension Field Agronomist, at ph. 641-426-6801 or email [email protected]
12
Sunday School 9:30
Worship 10:30
Communion first Sunday of the month
Wednesdays:
1:30 pm Bible Study
2:45 Jr. High Youth
4:00 TGIF
No matter who you are, no matter where you are on life's journey, you're welcome here!
Alden UCC Summer Schedule:
Sunday: Worship at 10:30 a.m., Communion first Sunday of the month
Notable dates and events:
Sunday, June 2: Confirmation
Saturday, June 15: Serving lunch at Alden Day celebration
July 14 - 20: Mission trip to Kansas City
Sunday, July 21: Kansas City trip presentation during worship
Monday, July 22 - Wednesday, July 24, 6 - 8 pm Community Bible School
Wednesday, August 14 7 pm Meeting for 2019-2020 Confirmation class and parents
Alden Community Bible School
"Celebrating God's Creation"
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday July 22, 23, 24
6 - 8 pm
Alden United Church of Christ
212 West Street, Alden
Ages 3 years through 6th grade
No registration fee; donations accepted
A light supper is served each evening
For more information, contact:
Pastor Kerryn Oliver 515-689-3941 (cell); 515-859-7016 (home)
Kari Scholte, Jody Thies, Rev. Bob Miller
or see our Facebook page: Alden United Church of Christ
Also:
Center Street Music Studio
Now accepting students for summer lessons
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 am - 2 pm
June 25 - July 25
Kerryn Oliver
515-859-7016
212 West St.
Office phone: 515-859-7259
Facebook: Alden United Church of Christ
e-mail: [email protected]
Alden United Church of Christ
13
City Hall
515-859-3344
Alden Library
515-859-3820
United Methodist Church
515-859-7338
United Church of Christ
515-859-7259
St. Paul Lutheran
515-859-3901
Hardin County Sheriff
Emergency:
911
Non-Emergency:
641-939-8190
Jeff Fiscus (Mayor):
641-751-0052
Eric Eugenio
641-373-6423
Andy Jass
641-37-3-6422
City Hall Hours
M-TH 8-12, 1-5
Fri. 8-12
PLEASE CHECK THE ALDEN ELMENTARY
CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL EVENTS
INFORMATION!
There were no events reported!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
NUMBERS TO KNOW
14 See you next time!
