The Sheffield Press, Thursday, November 3, 2016

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Volume 136, Number 44 • Thursday, November 3, 2016

OFFICIAL PAPER FOR Franklin County City of Shef¿eld & West Fork School District Shef¿eld, Franklin County, IA

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT 2 A.M.

UPCOMING EVENTS Flag disposal ceremony Sheffield American Legion Post #277 will hold a flag disposal ceremony on Thursday evening Nov. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the Iowa Drainage pit east of Highway 65. The public is cordially invited to attend.

Sukup retired meeting Sukup retired group will meet on Friday, Nov. 4 from 7:30 - 9 a.m. at 7 Stars Restaurant in Hampton.

Texas Style Jam is Nov. 4

Pictured from left to right: Macey Rust, Cortlyn Kammrad, Jacob Retz, R Jesse Meints, Nashaun Bryant, Racee Moore, Alexis Kuhns, Treven Timmerman, Lauren Dohlman, Devin Ridgeway, Travis Russell, Shannon Sullivan, Abby Noland, Devon Kothenbuetel, Shelby Ballhagen, Carley Ballhagen and Tanner Braun.

There will be a Texas Style Jam on Friday, Nov. 4, from 6-9 p.m. at the Dows Convention Center. Bring a snack to share. For more information call (515) 689-3986.

Zion Bazaar is Nov. 5 Zion Reformed Church will host their “Bizarre Bazaar” on Saturday, Nov. 5. The bazaar will be open from 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., with a live auction to follow. Silent bids will be accepted throughout the day on all auction items. Great tasting, homemade food will be served all day. The shops include: bakery, crafts, pantry (featuring home-canned meat), cards/napkins and Trash-n-Treasure. Zion is located at 2029 Jonquil Ave., in rural Sheffield; five miles west of Chapin and one-half mile north on Jonquil Avenue.

Sheffield holiday shopping extravaganza Everyone is welcome to Sheffield’s Holiday Shopping Extravaganza on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the West Fork High School. There will be crafters and vendors. Door prizes, breakfast concessions and lunch concessions will be available. The event is sponsored by West Fork Girl Scouts.

Lions breakfast is Nov. 6

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near capacity audience enjoyed the West Fork High School presentation of “Shrek the Musical” Friday and Saturday evenings, Oct. 28-29, under the direction of Shelby Wilson and Mike Schluetter. Members of the cast were as follows: Shrek, Devin Ridgeway; Donkey, Travis Russell; Fiona, Lauren Dohlman; Lord Farquaad, Zayne Kelley; Pinocchio, Jesse Meints; Gingy, Niki Heimer; Thelonius, Treven Timmerman; Dragon, Niki Heimer; Mama Ogre, Nashaun Bryant; Papa Ogre, Tanner Braun; King Harold, Devon Kothenbeutel; Queen Lillian, Racee Moore; Big Bad Wolf, Tanner Braun; Three little Pigs, Shelby Ballhagen, Alexis Kuhns, Shannon Sullivan; Wicked Witch, Cortlynn Kammrad; Peter Pan, Caylee Cook; Ugly Duckling, Abby Norland; Mama Bear, Nashaun Bryant; Papa Bear, Devon Kothenbeutel; Baby Bear, Jacob Retz; Young Fiona, Kira Strashko; Teen Fiona,

Macey Rust; Young Shrek, Jensen Robbins; Pied Piper, Carley Ballhagen; Knights, Tanner Braun, Devon Kothenbeutel, Jacob Retz; Three Blind Mice, Caylee Cook, Devon Kothenbeutel, Racee Moore; Dwarf, Tanner Braun; Fairy Godmother, Macy Rust; Duloc Dancers, Tanner Braun, Nashaun Bryant, Caylee Cook, Cortlyn Kammrad, Devon Kothenbeutel, Jacob Retz. Those helping behind the scenes were: Backstage assistance, Nikole Corporon, Kaeleah Kammrad; Set Design, Caylee Cook, Lauren Dohlman, Cortlyn Kammrad; Jesse Meints, Devin Ridgeway, Mike Schluetter, Ross Seidel, Shelby Wilson; Make-Up, Nikole Corporon, Kaeleah Kammrad; Props, Shelby Wilson; Lighting, Madisyn Harper; Sound, Justin

Bonjour; Sound System Set Up, Justin Bonjour, Dusty Foster; Costuming, Randy Forster, Mike Schluetter, Shelby Wilson; Performance Photography, Susan Wilson; Programs, Shelby Wilson; Program Printing, Lauren Dohlman, Devin Ridgeway; Advertising and Media, Shelby Wilson; Ticket Sales, Sarah Retz, Dee Dee Winter. Special thanks goes to: Summerset Theatre of Austin, Lauren Dohlman, Dusty Foster, First Grace Baptist Church, Ross Seidel, Justin Bonjour, West Fork Custodial Staff, LuAnn Helmers, West Fork Music Boosters, Parents and Families, Caylee Cook, Kaeleah Kammrad, Zayne Kelley, Devin Ridgeway, Jeff Kudej, Lucy McClenan, Lance Thompson, Parents and Families.

The Sheffield Lions will hold their fall breakfast on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. - 12 p.m., in the West Fork Sheffield campus lunchroom. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, orange juice, coffee, milk and water. The West Fork music kids will be helping serve, to raise money for their upcoming music trip. The kids will receive 50 percent of the profits for their music trip and the Lions the remainder for their scholarship program.

Election Day soup supper The Sheffield Community Club will hold a soup supper on Tuesday, Nov. 8, election evening, from 5-7 p.m., in the Fire Station. Stop by before or after voting and enjoy a bowl of soup and visiting.

Fall Fling Soup Supper

LEFT: Cortlyn Kammrad, Tanner Braun, Nashaun Bryant, Caylee Cook, Jacob Retz, Devon Kothenbuetel and Zayne Kelley. RIGHT: Zayne Kelley, Treven Timmerman, Lauren Dohlman and Devin Ridgeway.

FGH approves of facility renovations

The public is invited to the Sheffield Care Center’s Fall Fling on Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 5:30-7 p.m. Come relieve your election stress with a free, hot bowl of soup.

Veterans Day program is Nov. 11 in Sheffield The Sheffield Veterans Day program will be held Friday, Nov. 11 at 8:30 a. m., in the big gym at West Fork School, with Post Commander Clifford Cameron in charge. The public is cordially invited and urged to attend. The day’s events will be as follows: • Welcome given by Commander Cameron. • Posting of Colors by the Color Guard. • “Star Spangled Banner” by the West Fork High School Chamber Singers. • Invocation by Pastor Art Zewert. • Pledge of Allegiance. • Speaker introduction by Commander Cameron. • Speaker Laura Schaefer. • Speaker Amanda Regan. • West Fork High School Band, under the direction of Jason Grunklee, “American Anthem,” arr. Steve Scheer. • West Fork High School Choir, under the direction of Cindy Hemm, “Armed Forces – the Pride of America.” • Firing Squad salute to fallen veterans. • TAPS. • Benediction by Pastor Art Zewert. • Retire Colors.

Veteran supper is Nov. 11 The American Legion Auxiliary of Sheffield invites all Sheffield area veterans and their families to a free soup supper on Friday, Nov. 11, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the multi-purpose room at the school in Sheffield. Chili, oyster stew and chicken soup will be served. For deliveries to local veterans, contact Marlene at (641) 892-4639.

Intersection renovation The intersection of Highway 65 and Gilman Street has been renovated. This project was completed and funded by the State of Iowa DOT to alleviate some of the water flow issues that occur there when the area receives a lot of rain, as well as when the snow melts in the spring. The city has had little to no financial interest in this project and are grateful to the state for their efforts. If you have any further questions regarding this project, please contact City Hall.

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nearly outgrown the convention center. With shelves of merchandise and tables of displays filling the room, the railroad club has the welcome logistics challenge of figuring out where to put it all for next year’s show. “We’re gonna have to rearrange things here and make more room,” said Hansen. If the show continues to grow, the club may even have to expand, moving some of the event into a second building on the fairgrounds.

BY ETHAN STOETZER The Franklin General Hospital Board of Trustees approved a hospital renovations and improvements project after a public hearing on Oct. 24, awarding the contract to Contractor Dean Snyder, with a base bid of $590,865. The project will include converting the hospital’s old records storage office into a usable space, that will remodel the entire clinic portion of the facility. The plans will do away with a counter for patients to check in. The renovation of the clinic will feature four private check-in rooms for patients to enter. Patients will then regroup with each other in the waiting room, until they are called back into exam rooms. The remaining portion of the old records space will hold an office and consulting room for the facility’s health coach and its navigator, who are currently set up in a temporary office. An additional two offices will also be established in the space. One for the clinic manager and the other for the lead clinic nurse, who is sharing with another mid-level nurse. The other portion of the renovations will be on the North side of the facility in the facility’s old storage space, which used to hold radiology film and records before the facility switched to Electronic Medical Records. In that space will be Senior Life Solutions, a program through the company Psychiatric Medical Care.

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Railroad fans of all ages visited the 5th Annual Model Train Show & Sale this Sunday. TRAVIS FISCHER PHOTO

Railroad show packs convention center BY TRAVIS FISCHER Things were chugging along at the Franklin County Convention Center on Sunday as railroad enthusiasts from across the region visited Hampton to attend the 5th Annual Model Train Show & Sale. Organized by the North Central Iowa Model Railroad Club, the show was packed with trains of all sizes for collectors of all ages as generations of railroad fans came to celebrate their hobby. “It’s probably the best we’ve ever had,” said club member Jim Hansen, who en-

joyed seeing entire families visit the show to see the displays and shop for new pieces for their collection. “It’s been a good turnout.” The train show attracted more than 20 vendors from around the state, setting up over 100 tables in the convention center’s main hall. Positive word of mouth has led to continuous growth for the show over the last five years, packing the building with tables of equipment and collectibles. “They just come from everywhere,” said Hansen. In fact, the success of the show has


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