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Kids Halloween Party Sheffield Area Community Club would like to invite all kids to a Halloween Party on Thursday, Oct. 31 at the West Fork Elementary School multi-purpose room beginning at 5 p.m. Group pictures at 5 p.m. Sheffield Area Community Club will be serving hot dogs and treat bags.
Quilters Guild The Lake Area Quilters Guild will meet on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Clear Lake City Hall Community Room. Program will be presented by Betty Heginger, The Apron Lady, from Sheffield. The public is encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Four Sheffield council candidates answer questions Compiled by Nick Pedley Editor’s note: This is Part I of the Sheffield Press’ two-part election special. Candidates for the city council and mayor’s office were mailed a questionnaire at the beginning of the month regarding their background, campaign and platform. All returned the survey, as did one write-in council candidate.
The questions were listed as follows: 1. Provide information on your background—how long you’ve lived in the community, family, current job, etc. 2. Have you ever held elected office or been involved with any type of committee or board? 3. In your opinion, what are the
main issues facing the community? 4. What attributes or skills do you bring to the council? 5. Are there any projects you’d like to see completed or started by the city? 6. Why are you running? 7. Is there anything else you’d like to add? The Sheffield Press edited for spell-
ing errors and grammatical mistakes only. The following is each city council candidate’s response to the questionnaire. Unanswered questions are denoted with the letters “N/A.� Next week’s newspaper will include the responses of Sheffield mayoral candidates Sheri Bogue, Dennis Kingery and Nick Wilson.
Auxiliary Soup Supper November 11, Soup Supper for the Sheffield American Legion Post, hosted by the Sheffield American Legion Auxiliary. Anyone who has served in our armed forces but have not joined or registered with our post are invited. Also, any women who would like to be an auxiliary member. If you had a spouse, father, grandfather or son who served in the military, you can join, contact Lou Brown at 892-4404.
Sheffield Craft Show, Nov. 2 Sheffield’s 10th Annual Craft & Holiday Show on Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the high school gym. More than 30 vendors! Something for everyone! This is a primary fund-raiser for West Fork Girl Scouts.
Sacred Heart Turkey Dinner Sacred Heart Parish in Rockwell will be serving their Annual Turkey Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 27. The buffet style dinner, including turkey, dressing and all the trimmings will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults $9, children 12 and under $6, and preschoolers dine for free. Take outs $9, delivery service for shut-ins only.
St. Patrick’s Salisbury Steak The 26 annual Fall Salisbury Steak Dinner at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hampton will be held Sunday, Oct. 27 from 4-7 p.m. One the menu is Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cole slaw, dinner roll, dessert, and a drink. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 11, and 5 and under are free. Advance tickets are available at Hampton banks and the church office at St. Patrick’s. For more information call 456-4857. th
Grandpa’s Tool Shed
Zion Reformed Church will host “Grandpa’s Tool Shed Bazaar� on Saturday, Nov. 2. The bazaar will be open from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with a live auction to follow. Silent bids will be accepted throughout the day on all auction items. Shops include bakery, crafts, pantry, cards/napkins, and trash-n-treasure. Along with the shops, homemade food will be served all day. Guests are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to the Franklin County Food Pantry. Zion Reformed Church is located at 2029 Jonquil Avenue in rural Sheffield (five miles west of Chapin and one-half mile north on Jonquil Ave.)
Messerschmidt 85th Phyllis Messerschmidt will be celebrating her 85th birthday. She was born October 23 in Ruthven, Iowa. Birthday greetings may be sent to her at 2093 240th St., Sheffield, Iowa 50475.
Community Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 24 Flu Vaccination Clinic, Franklin Medical Center, Hampton, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CPAT: Mosquito/Public Health Pest Management, 9 a.m., Franklin Co. Extension office, pre-registration is required. Friday, Oct. 25 New Movie at Windsor Theater: Gravity, PG-13, starring George Clooney & Sandra Bullock Sunday, Oct. 27 Annual Turkey Dinner, r, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Sacred d Heart Parish, Rockwell. 26th Annual Fall Salis-bury Steak Dinner, 4-7 7 p.m., St. Patrick’s Catho-lic Church, Hampton
J.C. McCaslin
1. My name is J.C. McCaslin. I’m 22 years old, and I’ve lived in Sheffield since I was four years old. I married Jill (Winters) McCaslin from Hampton a year and a half ago. I have worked at Rooney Electric for five years now. 2. I have never held an elected office before, but I have been a deacon at First Grace Baptist Church for about five years. I have also been a member of the Sheffield Fire Department for about two years. 3. I do not feel like there are any huge issues facing our town at this point. I do, however, feel that our city council is rather intimidating to some people. Citizens should be able to come with whatever problems they have without fear or an attitude that nothing will get done. October’s council meeting McCASLIN to page 10
Mike McKee
1. I graduated from Sheffield in 2000, My parents are John and Jane McKee. My wife and I bought a house in Sheffield a couple years ago. I work in construction and my wife works at the Sheffield clinic. We have a little girl named Emersyn. 2. I was on a 5s committee at Woodharbor. 3. My opinion would be the roads. Some of the streets need to be redone. 4. I think I would bring a new perspective to the council. 5. I would like the city to try and get grants so we can get the roads updated and maintained. 6. I would to like to see the town keep moving forward in the right direction for my daughter and the younger generation. 7. N/A
Shirley Meints
1. My husband and I have seven children, 13 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. 2. I am running for office because I am in intersted in the operation of city government and a desire to see the city grow and prosper. 3. I don’t know of any critical issues. I know street repairs are needed. Also, replacing water lines that are old galvanized pipe. 4. I am retired from the City of Hampton after 27 years as a dispatcher/jailer. I graduated from Palm Springs High School and attended San Diego State College majoring in business and minoring in journalism. I have owned and operated three retail businesses in the past. I am a past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star and was MEINTS to page 10
(write-in) 1. I am married to my wife, Tammy, and we are raising our five-yearold son, Trevor. We have two grown daughters, Heather and Lindsay, and four grandchildren. We have lived here for the past seven years. I work in the Safety Department at Sukup Manufacturing. 2. I have never held public office before. 3. I think this community, as a whole, has a lot going for it. I would focus on the positive aspects of Sheffield and work to keep them. We have a great volunteer fire department and EMS facility and I would like to keep them that way. 4. I have always been able to look at all sides of an issue, with an open mind, SORENSEN to page 10
Harvest season inching Attorney position to go full along throughout region time in Franklin County By Nick Pedley Local elevators throughout the area are reporting decent yield numbers on both corn and soybeans despite early skepticism about this year’s harvest. Farmers were hampered by rainy weather last week, which somewhat delayed progress on the region’s soybeans. However, local officials estimated that 50 percent of beans were harvested, while others pegged the number at 80 percent. All reported the corn crop was only 10-15 percent finished through this past weekend. “We think it’s going to be a drug out harvest, but we’ll just keep plugging along,� said Chuck Schafer, manager at North Iowa Cooperative in Thornton. “Our farmers are saying it’s slightly better than they expected.�
Schafer explained that an extremely wet spring forced numerous farmers to plant their fields much later into the season than normal. Many soybeans were planted in June, but some didn’t get planted at all. He said the poor start led to uncertainty when farmers hit the fields earlier this month. “Some yields have been all over the place, which we were expecting. But the majority of beans have landed in that 45-50 bushel [per acre] range,� he said. Employees at Five Star Cooperative in Rockwell and AgVantage FS in Coulter said soybean yields were on par with Schafer’s estimate. Corn has just started to come in, but early numbers have indicated average yields between 170-180 bushels-per-acre. “It’s going well, but the weather’s been not
so good,� said Margaret Nuehring, manager location manager at Five Star’s Rockwell elevator. “Considering the late planting season, I think people are happy with what they’ve been getting.� The duration of this year’s harvest season remains to be seen, but it pales in comparison to 2012. Extreme drought forced combines to hit the fields much earlier than normal throughout much of the state. Schafer said nearly all of the fields around Thornton were finished by Oct. 15 last year, so 2013 already promises to outlast that harvest by weeks. “We expect to be getting beans in for a while and corn is really going to start picking up here,� said Schafer. “Hope fully, the clouds stay away and we finish HARVEST to page 8
By Nick Pedley The Franklin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved changing the county attorney’s status to a full-time position at their meeting Monday, but the effective date is still somewhat up in the air after current Attorney Daniel Wiechmann, Jr., said he would not accept the new fulltime job.
Board Chairman Corey Eberling drafted a resolution and presented it to his fellow supervisors which detailed the switch to full time. The group had previously discussed the move for the past few years, according to Supervisor Michael Nolte, and Eberling felt the change was necessary to better fit the needs of the attorATTORNEY to page 10
Meet the Family of Nick Wilson, Candidate for Mayor. Wife Jill, daughter Nahla (3), and son Sutton (6 mo.)
In this issue: Courthouse/Obituary ............... page 8 Public Notices ........................... page 4 Area Sports .......................... page 4, 10 Classifieds ................................... page 9
Karl Sorensen
3OHDVH YRWH RQ 7XHVGD\ 1RYHPEHU WK IURP DP SP DW WKH 6KHIÂżHOG (06 EXLOGLQJ Marv Johnson was busy harvesting this soybean field south of Rockwell on Oct. 9. Beans are slowly moving towards the finish line after bad weather delayed harvest somewhat last week. (Photo by Nick Pedley)
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