Volume 136, Number 33 • Thursday, August 18, 2016
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR Franklin County City of Shef¿eld & West Fork School District Shef¿eld, Franklin County, IA
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NEWS: PAGE 10
Upcoming Events Warhawk scrimmage is Friday against Eagle Grove West Fork, under second-year coach Eric Gabe, will hold its pre-season football scrimmage on Friday, Aug. 19 at home at 5:30 p.m., against Eagle Grove. Admission is a sports drink.
Sheffield-Chapin 50th reunion is set for Aug. 19 The Sheffield-Chapin Class of 1966 invites all former students to help celebrate their 50-year class reunion on Friday, Aug. 19 from 7-10 p.m., at the Ridgestone Golf Club fireplace room. The evening will consist of reconnecting, reminiscing and fun.
UBTC closing early Aug. 20 United Bank & Trust Company will close at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 20, so that employees can enjoy the parade and People in the Park activities. Thank you for your cooperation.
SCMT 25th reunion The SCMT Class of 1991 will hold its 25th class reunion on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m., at Ridgestone Golf Club in Sheffield. All class members and spouses or significant others are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Tammy Engebretson at tammye4@gmail.com.
FC Genealogical Society to meet Aug. 20 Franklin County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m., at the Franklin County Historical Society Library on the FC Fairgrounds. The program will be sharing.
CELEBRATION TO BE HELD IN SHEFFIELD
Sheffield’s annual event is this weekend
T
he Sheffield community will gather once again Aug. 18-21 for People in the Park, an annual event sponsored by the Sheffield Betterment Foundation and Sheffield Community Club. Both organizations have been working together to put on a great weekend. There will be some changes to the event this year, with the biggest change being FREE ADMISSION to the park. Most things going on will be at no cost, but this is also a fundraiser so there may be some costs for certain activities. This year’s honorary guests will be Raymond Ziegler, as the Sheffield Care Center King, along with Jessie Oelkers, as the Queen. Sheffield’s Outstanding Citizens for 2016 are John and Meta Lage. Finally, representing Sheffield as this year’s dignitaries are Shirley Brady, as Grand Marshal, and Marilyn Sheahan, as the CC Gilman Award recipient. A complete schedule of events for the weekend is as follows:
Director of the Franklin Chorale, Jesse Bunge, is looking for vocalists for the upcoming Franklin Chorale Christmas Concert. Auditions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 23 and 25 from 7-8:30 p.m., in the Hampton-Dumont High School vocal room. All local adults are encouraged to try out – nothing prepared needed. Singers may come when available. Current members will need to reaudition as well. Rehearsals will take place on Sundays from 6:30-8 p.m., with the first rehearsal on Sunday, Aug. 28 in the high school vocal room. The Christmas concert is set for Sunday, Dec. 4.
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Raymond Ziegler and Jessie Oelkers
• 6:30 p.m.: Little Miss and Mr. West Fork pageant at the Sheffield Care Center.
FRIDAY, AUG. 19
SATURDAY, AUG. 20
John and Meta Lage
• Citywide garage sales. • 7 a.m.: Omelet breakfast in the West Fork lunchroom. • 8 a.m.: Garden Tractor Plowing held west of Athletic Complex on 255th Street. • 10:30 a.m.: Parade. • 11:30 a.m.: Dignitary awards. • Noon: A lunch of walking tacos and hot dogs will be served. A free will donation will be accepted. Lunch is sponsored by Community Club. • Noon: Beanbag tournament registration begins. For more information, contact Sherrie Bogue or Chris Noss.
Brady
• Noon: Beer garden opens. Throughout the day, vendors will be selling: bars, corn dogs, funnel cakes, pizza, baked goods, pickles, cotton candy, popcorn, pop, water, snow cones and hand-squeezed lemonade. • 12-4 p.m.: Kid games and activities. Free: Inflatables, greased pigs, chicken scramble, limbo, pick-aduck, balloon pop, fishing, tic-tac-toe and bowling. Pay to play: Quarter toss, dunk tank, pie-in-the-face, nickel pitch, bingo and cribbage. • 1-4 p.m.: In-home vendors. • 5 p.m.: An evening meal of pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, coleslaw and chips will be served for a free will donation. The meal is sponsored by the Sheffield Betterment Foundation. • 6-7 p.m.: Family Fued • 7 p.m.: Extreme bingo, this will be such a fun version 8-11 p.m.: DJ Harry O and a variety of family friendly games and dance
SUNDAY, AUG. 21
• 10:30 a.m.: Community church service at First UMC.
Free Bible and basketball camp in Thornton Sept. 1 There will be a free Bible and basketball clinic on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10-11 a.m., in Thornton at the downtown basketball court. Boys or girls ages seven to 12 are welcome to participate. There will be basketball drills and games with snacks and a Bible story. The camp is sponsored by the Richland Lutheran Church
FC Conservation open house at Robinson House
The Sheffield Alcoholics Anonymous group meets each Tuesday evening in the Fellowship Hall of Zion St. John Lutheran Church at 8 p.m.
IN THIS ISSUE: Opinion ........................................page 3 Community News ...................page 4-5 Public Notices .............................page 8 ClassiÀeds ....................................page 9 Garage Sale Map ........................page 5
See KENSETT: Page 10
ONE DAY AT A TIME BY ZACH CLEMENS He has seen the rise of the automobile, experienced two world wars—participating in one, survived the Great Depression and countless other world a nd nat io n a l e ve nt s , and on July 27, Sheffield resident Raymond Ziegler turned 100. Ziegler grew up in northwestZiegler ern Minnesota, in the small town of Ada in Norman County. He has lived all over the country and has family all the way from California and Oregon to Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Aces and Eights classic country music will be playing in Meservey at Donna’s Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 1. The folk-style acoustic duo has superb traditional sounds that are authentic old-time and rural in nature.
Sheffield AA to meet
BY ZACH CLEMENS The Sheffield police force recently saw the retirement of longtime chief Ed Hanig a couple months ago, and with the promotion of Sam Cain to chief, there was a need for another deputy for the small town. That position has now been filled by officer Colten Kensett. Kensett hails from southeast Iowa, growing up in Fort Madison. After graduating from high school he was hired on to the police force in Burlington and they sent him through the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, but he was only on the Burlington force for a few months. “I had to go through a field training program, and I had a new field training officer,” Kensett said. “We didn’t really know how to communicate very well so that was tough.” Once he interviewed in Sheffield, he got a job offer pretty quickly.
• Sheffield resident turns 100-years-old
Aces and Eights at Donna’s Lounge Sept. 1
The Franklin County Conservation Department is beginning the initial phase planning for public land use at the new addition to Robinson Park, (commonly referred to as the Robinson House) located at 1619 Country Club Lane in Hampton. As part of the planning process The Franklin County Conservation Board will be hosting an open house at the property so that interested individuals can view the inside of the residence. This event will take place from 5-7 p.m., on Monday, Sept. 12. To attend, participants must register online at www. franklincountyconservation.org.
New Sheffield police officer • Colten Kensett has been on the job for two weeks
THURSDAY, AUG. 18
• Citywide garage sales.
Franklin Chorale seeking vocalists for auditions for Christmas concert
Kensett
See ZIEGLER: Page 10 The 50th annual chicken barbeque was held in Rockwell last weekend. ZACH CLEMENS PHOTO
HOTRODS AND HOT FOOD • Annual chicken barbeque recently held in Rockwell BY ZACH CLEMENS It was the 50th annual chicken barbeque in Rockwell on Sunday, Aug. 14, as hundreds of people showed up to visit, eat a good meal and see some beautiful cars. There was a new aspect to the event this year, instead of bulls and steers at a rodeo, there was horsepower and classic cars. The annual event is used as a fundraiser for the Rockwell Aquatic Center and judging by the crowds of people, the event was a hit among residents. There were pounds of chicken and sweet corn sold, and liters of soda. There were dozens of cars showcased at Ziegler Park in Rockwell, everything from modern day mustangs to model T’s. See ROCKWELL BARBEQUE: Page 10
A large crowd took time to enjoy a hearty meal of barbeque chicken, sweet corn and soda. ZACH CLEMENS PHOTO
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