Volume 136, Number 27 • Thursday, July 7, 2016
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR Franklin County City of Shef¿eld & West Fork School District Shef¿eld, Franklin County, IA
NO. 13 BEARCATS SHUT DOWN WEST FORK TWICE IN TOP OF IOWA DOUBLEHEADER SPORTS: PAGE 10
DOUGHERTY DAY RETURNS SUNDAY, JULY 10 AT THE S.T.P.A.T.S. SCHOOL IN DOUGHERTY $1 per copy
NEIGHBORS: PAGE 10
Pullers coming to Rockwell
Upcoming Events Hoedown is July 11 The July Old Time Country Hoedown will be held on Monday, July 11 from 6-9 p.m., at the historic Windsor Theatre in downtown Hampton. The Hoedown is a music jam open to all levels of musicians and music lovers. It is held on the first Monday of each month. Guests are encouraged to stop by and enjoy some good old time country, bluegrass and gospel music. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. All proceeds are given to the Windsor Theatre. Concessions are open. Contact event organizer Don Wrolson at (641) 4250909 with any questions.
Five candidates to vie for Franklin County Fair Queen crown Thursday
Applications for 2016 grant cycle now accepted The Foster and Evelyn Barkema Charitable Trust is now accepting applications for annual grants to be awarded later this year. Applications will be accepted through September 30, 2016. Forms may be obtained by contacting Zoe Brown, P.O. Box 461, Hampton, Iowa 50441, or email: barkematrust@hotmail.com. This will be the fourth year the trust has accepted applications, with a total of 206 grants made in the prior three years to various non-profit organizations. The Barkema Charitable Trust was organized for the purpose of making grants to qualified tax-exempt organizations. Special consideration is given to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations, which are of a charitable, educational, literary, health or public service nature and are located within the Belmond-Klemme, CAL, Hampton-Dumont or West Fork School Districts. Consideration may also be given to hospitals and medical facilities located outside the school districts named above but that serve residents in those communities; and also to human service (charitable) organizations located outside the above school districts. A copy of the IRS tax-exempt determination letter will be required along with the application.
• North Iowa Nationals pulling over 6,000 people to Rockwell
See CANDIDATE PROFILES: Page 5
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ive young women will compete in the 2016 Franklin County Fair Queen contest inside the Phelps Implement Tent on July 14 at 5 p.m. This year’s contestants include Katelyn Baltes, 19, of Hampton; Brooke Benning, 19, of Hampton; Morrigan Miller, 18, of Hampton; Caleigh Rae-Ann Sutter, 18, of Latimer; and Mallory Wohlford, 18, of Geneva. Queen, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic will be selected. All winners will receive various prizes sponsored by local businesses. This year’s trophy is sponsored by Midwest Prairie Candles, Styles on Third, J-T Machine and Tool, Alan Brown-Syngenta Seeds, Ardi and Linda Allen, Clint Burmester-Channel Seeds, First Bank Hampton, Jim and Christy Burmester, Hansell Ag and Robertson Construction.
See PULLERS: Page 5
Sheffield area to start Farmers Market WOHLFORD
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Outdoor youth day camp available for FC area Do you like the outdoors and nature activities? If so, join local youth on Thursday, July 28, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Maynes Grove Lodge for an outdoor day camp. The camp is open to students who have completed grades 3-12. The morning topic will center on the importance of bees and pollination. Possible additional activities include: canoeing, kayaking, making cards using flower pounding and a scavenger hunt. Space is limited to 24 participants. The cost is $10 per youth. Lunch and a drink will be provided. The Lodge is located four miles south of Hampton on Hwy 65. For more information and registration forms, contact Franklin County Extension and Outreach at (641) 456-4811 or email kimbooth@iastate.edu.
Sheffield’s summer of reading
Rocket Science day camp offered Aug. 4 Do you know what makes a rocket launch and fly? What are its components? How about making, comparing and flying different styles of paper airplanes? A Rocket Science day camp will be held Thursday, Aug. 4, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the 4-H Food Stand on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hampton. Youth who have completed grades 3-12 are invited to join in learning about aeronautics, flying and rockets. Different styles of homemade rockets will be launched. The cost for the program is $10. Space is limited to the first 12 registrations so don’t delay. A pizza lunch will be included. For more information or to register, call (641) 4564811, email kimbooth@iastate.edu or stop at the Franklin County Extension and Outreach Office at 3 First Ave. NW in Hampton.
Chapin Consolidated School reunion is Sept. 4 The Chapin Consolidated School Alumni Association will hold their five-year reunion on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 1:30 – 5 p.m., at Zion Reformed Church west of Chapin. Anyone who ever attended the school or any people ever employed at Chapin are invited to attend. Beverages will be provided.
IN THIS ISSUE: Opinion ........................................page 3 Community News ...................page 4-5 Public Notices .............................page 8 ClassiÀeds ....................................page 9 Sports ........................................page 10
The kids from the Sheffield library’s summer reading program gave back this year through kindness projects. SUBMITTED PHOTO
• Library has fun, educational summer reading program BY ZACH CLEMENS The Sheffield Public Library is the place to be for area kids who want to have fun and read. For the past nine years, Library Director Jill Peterson has hosted a reading program for Sheffield youth. The reading
program goes through the summer, but most of the events and activities occurred this past month. The reason June is so activity heavy as opposed to other summer months is because a lot of area kids get busy with baseball or softball later in the summer. “This is how you learn about your community and how it works,” Peterson said. June 30 was the program’s last big event of the summer, which was dubbed
the “Bug Olympics,” where a group from Iowa State University brought real live bugs for the kids to see and touch. “[The kids] were enthralled, it’s probably the best program we have ever done,” Peterson said. The kids got to see, touch and learn about all sorts of creepy crawlers, like cockroaches and spiders. Insects are not the only activity the kids have found interesting this summer. See LIBRARY: Page 4
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BY ZACH CLEMENS The population of the town of Rockwell will soon swell by over 6,000 people when the North Iowa Nationals pull into town. The National Tractor Pull Association has held an event for the past nine years in Rockwell, always hosted and funded by the Rockwell Lions Club. This year’s event will be July 8 and 9 starting at 6 p.m. with winners announced both nights. There are two tracks with non-stop action throughout the night. There are eight different events: modified tractors, super semis, modified minis, super farm tractors, heavy super stock diesel tractors, two wheel drive and four wheel drive trucks and limited pro stock tractors. Each event goes both nights, and is one of the biggest events of the year for the Lions Club.
• A chance to buy local BY ZACH CLEMENS Soon residents of Sheffield will be able to buy local produce and products at a new Farmers Market in town. The idea of a Farmers Market was discussed at the “Its Your Town” meeting held at the end of May, and the idea has evolved since then. A committee was formed, with City Clerk Katy Flint leading it, according to Sheffield Mayor Nick Wilson. Flint and two other volunteers were tasked with working out all the logistics of the market. That discussion naturally started with time and location. The group decided on Mondays from 5 to 7 p.m. starting on July 11. It will be held in the empty lot at the corner of Gilman and South 2nd Street in Sheffield. Holding it on Monday allows a meal to be offered at the market on a night when no other restaurant is open. The Sheffield Community Club will provide the first meal on July 11. “We are opening it up to the groups and organizations in town who might like to do a fundraising meal,” Flint said. In addition, the committee is looking for vendors who want to sell fresh produce, baked goods and homemade items, but the committee does request that no refrigerated items be sold. There is no registration or reservation required to be a vendor at the Farmers Market. They just need to show up at the location of the Market on the day of the event. The Farmers Market is a new opportunity for residents of Sheffield to socialize with the community as well as purchase fresh, local products. “The big reason we did this was because there was nowhere to buy fresh produce in town,” Flint said. “So with no grocery store, I think this is a good alternative.”
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