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October 3, 2013 The Wright County Monitor • Page 17
Dows area news Harvest Fest in Dows october 12
Dows Community CalenDar Thursday, Oct. 3 • Library Story Hour for kids ages 3-5 from 10-11 a.m. Questions, contact the library at 852-4326. • Cross country at Hampton, 4:30 p.m. • Volleyball at Clarion, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 • 9th grade football at Garner, 4:30 p.m. • Varsity football at Garner, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 • JV football at Belmond, 6:30 p.m. • Dows City Council to meet at City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 • Cross country at Eagle Grove, 5 p.m. • Volleyball at Clarion, 6 p.m.
Be sure to be in town on Saturday, Oct. 12 as the Dows Commercial Club sponsors their annual ‘Harvest Fest’. First and foremost, many of the main street businesses will be holding a ‘Crazy Day’ sale spectacular. There will be bargains galore, during the morning shopping hours, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Rick will be featuring pancakes for .25 apiece from 8-10 a.m., to start your day off right. The Dows Community Grocery will be celebrating their anniversary of opening with many bargains and also will be grilling burgers and hot dogs for $1 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. DOWn to Earth will be open and has many bargains lined up for the day. The Crème de la Crème along with the Commercial Club will be offering free ice cream cones to the first 100 people who say, “Crazy Day
Thursday, Oct. 10 • 9th grade football at St. Edmond, 6 p.m. • Volleyball at Iowa Falls, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 • Varsity football at Clarion, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 • Harvest Fest in Dows. Check out all of the Crazy Day sales on main street. Monday, Oct. 14 • JV football at Clarion, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 • Cross country at Eagle Grove, 4 p.m. • Volleyball at Algona, 6 p.m.
Franklin County 4-H is taking the lead Franklin County 4-H invites you to join the nearly 250 Franklin County 4-H’ers, as well as parents, volunteers and community members who support them in celebrating National 4-H Week, October 6-12. During National 4-H Week, 4-Hers share their accomplishments with their communities. During the week watch for decorated windows in businesses in the Franklin County community and look for the information sent home with 4th graders from County 4-H Youth Council members. Youth in the county who are currently in grades 4-12 have several opportunities to join 4-H. During National 4-H Week students may attend three special events where they can join a 4-H club and the State 4-H Development fee of
$10.00 will be waived for any new member joining! Franklin County 4-H invites all students in grades 4th through 12th grades to: Harriman-Nielsen Fall Festival, Sunday, October 6, at the H-N Historic Farm, located on the west edge of Hampton, north of the Franklin County Fairgrounds. A signup table will be located at the 4-H carnival games from 2:00-4:00 p.m. The Annual 4-H Fire-Up Event will be held Tuesday, October 8, 6:00 p.m. at Maynes Grove Park, south of Hampton on Hwy 65. Families will meet at the lodge to learn more about the 4-H program. Hotdogs and s ’mores will be served at the campfire ring near the lodge and families will get to use GPS units to find some
special 4-H geocaches in the park. Cost per person is one can of food that will be donated to the Hampton Food Pantry. 4-H Family Night at the Movies, held Saturday, October 12, 7:00 p.m. movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” (movie title tentative), rated PG, at the Windsor Theatre, in Hampton. Special admission rates for 4-H members and their families along with door prizes! 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, serving more than 6 million young people across America with programs in leadership, citizenship, communication and life skills. One in five Iowa school-age youth participates in 4-H. In Iowa, 4-H Youth Development is headquartered at the Iowa State University campus in Ames. 4-H is supported by federal, state and county funding, private grants and donations, and fees. For more information, contact Jackie Dohlman, County Youth Coordinator, Franklin County Extension, 3 First Ave NW, Hampton, IA 50441, phone: 641456-4811, email jackied@iastate. edu or visit http://www.extension. iastate.edu/franklin/4h or visit www. extension.iastate.edu/4H.
Come and Go Bridal Shower for
Lindsey Brinkman & Travis Muhlenbruch at the Dows First Lutheran Church Sunday, Oct. 6 • 2 - 4 p.m.
Registry at Target and Dows Mercantile
in Dows”. Stop on down to New Images and buy one product at regular price and get another for half price. It is a good time to stock up. Olson TV will be open and will have some good bargains on items you are looking for. Dows Variety will have lots of instore sales Crazy bargains out on the sidewalk, and will also have the ever popular ‘grab bags’, so be sure and stop in to see what they have. Second Chances will have grab bags, and will also be featuring a ‘Bag Sale’, which will include all of the clothing items you can put in their bag for $3. Dows Commercial Club will also sponsor craft vendors who are going to set up in the DCCC between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. To reserve a vendor table, call Kim at 852-3383. Be sure to look in next week’s Advocate pages for the ad with all the businesses’ specials listed.
Breanna ellis, Dows
Competed in High School Team Roping at Fort Madison on September 22.
Looking Back
September 26, 1946-Tigers to work on offense this coming week By Rob Ahrens The Tigers had a rather easy or both for the tackle jobs. time physically this week, for most The ends are the lightest crew on of the drills were limited to team the team, but do the job well enough. maneuvers, such as team defenses Echelberger, only a sophomore is and training on offensive plays. an excellent blocker and a careful The results are far from good due to tackler; he should carry enough inexperienced boys, but hard days poison to earn a job. Don Conrad ahead should prime the team for a junior and probably the toughest the first game against Livermore, man to keep out of the opponents October 4. backfield, has been a hard man A tackle combination is still not to disregard when looking for a selected but the nod will go to one starter. Bob Jacobsen, a senior is the of five or six boys. Since Bunn and heaviest of the ends and probably Clark are doubling at tackle and the best pass receiver on the team. center, either of them has a chance Bob didn’t get out for practice till of seeing the game from the tackle after school started and has not spot. The rest of the array at tackle quite caught up on his blocking and offers Verle DeNio, who has been tackling, but when he does, he should looking strong all month. Dick Van have a steady job. Don Van Gerpen, Gerpen a rather light boy of about who has a job to get to, leaves just 135 pounds has been the toughest a little before practice ends; despite per pound and may steal the honors short practices , he is doing a good hands down. Jim Beisner, a strong job. Mervyn Frye is also another boy with plenty of weight and brains end who has been missing practices could easily slip into the starting has not been fully developed. spot. Delvern Korth, a freshman So stands the picture on the line boy with power, had been a threat at from end to end, inexperienced, but tackle, but his physique makes him willing. an ideal boy for the snapper back, Rob is compiling a look back which would relieve Clark or Bunn, at interesting happenings from
old issues of the Dows Advocate on a weekly basis. If you have any ideas of the timing of interesting occurrences from years past that you would like to read about, contact Rob at robahrens@hotmail.com
Showing October 4,5,6 & 9
Insidious Chapter 2 Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey & Lin Shaye Rated: PG-13 Tickets: 12 & Under: $2; Adults: $4 7:00 pm: Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Wednesday 2:30 pm Sunday Matinee
Coming Attractions: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (3D) PG 115 1st Ave NE Clarion, IA 50525 515-602-6606 www.clariontheatre.com Check us out on Facebook
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