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October 10, 2013 The Wright County Monitor • Page 15
Dows Area News Harvest Fest in Dows this Saturday
DOWS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Grove, 4 p.m. • Volleyball at Algona, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 • Texas Style Jam at the DCCC from 6-9 p.m. Bring a snack to share. • 9th grade football at Clarion, 6 p.m. • Volleyball at Clarion, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 • Football at Clarion, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 • JV football at Lake Mills, 6 p.m. • Dows School Board to meet at Superintendent’s Office, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 • Volleyball at Clarion, 7 p.m.
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 and in the DCCC. Monday, Oct. 14 • Fellowship meal at the Dows Senior Center at noon. Call for reservations. • JV football at Clarion, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 • Cross country at Eagle
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., at the Down Home Restaurant 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 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. 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 this week’s Advocate pages for the ad with all the businesses’ specials listed.
devastating fire raged through the business district, destroying a total of 25 buildings, including those made of brick. Dows, although stunned, reacted quickly with plans to rebuild! On September 5, 1894, a petition was completed and presented to the city council. It required that only brick structures be erected in the area known as the “Exchange Block”. Buildings rebuilt in this specific area used the architectural plans designated for the first Exchange, Building; each business choosing to build it one or two storied structure, according to their needs. This area is now known as the “Fillmore Block”. Most of the buildings were completed within a period of three months. An amazing feat of hard work and determination to survive! Walk down main street with Ted Wesenberg as he talks about the town’s future; of its hopes and dreams. Listen to him speak of his boyhood years, the quality education received from the Dows school system, the reverence for nature, as he describes the area’s natural beauty with its location on the Iowa River, woods teeming with wildlife, and nearby prairies. Listen to his words and you begin to see Dows through his vision: Where buildings stand proud with brasses polished, bricks sand-blasted
clean. tuck-point tight; where gleaming store windows display carefully arranged merchandise, and where people stroll in an ambience of an earlier era. To achieve a goal of this magnitude requires much from the community itself. In Dows, a wellspring of help pours forth as people give materials, cash, and time to help renew the town. Generations work together, each offering its talents and abilities. The names are many with just a few listed here. Clyde and Sandra Vedane own a building in the center of the Fillmore Block. Its restored front is a preview of the town’s hidden beauty. A sampling of treasures rediscovered from the past. Another is a section of the original tin roof, which volunteer workers uncovered on the depot. The embossed tin still wearing traces of dark, wine paint. Telbert Tonderum is restoring the shingles so they may be displayed at the depot. Sixteen year old Chris Unger is one of the artists who designed scenes of local interest on fundraising stationery. One design is a line drawing of the. depot with trains. Another, used on both stationery and sweatshirts, is of ducks flying by the old Black Bridge, which was replaced in 1978. And, of course, there’s Dows’
Clay Ellis
Shows his skills in High School Team Roping at Ft. Madison on September 22.
A look back at ‘Down Memory Lane’ Dows prepare a building for the center, which Dows already had acquired. The money will be used to help restore Dows’ 1896 Rock Island train depot. Abandoned by the railroad, bought by a real estate firm, and left to decay: The depot faced ruin. But the Dows Historical Society (Heros and Heroines all) had rushed to its rescue with a new deed of purchase. Now this Victorian gem with its brick structure, stained glass windows, and two separate waiting rooms-so fair ladies could avoid contact with “those railroad men”begins a new era for the community. When finished, the depot will serve as a tourist information center, a barrier-free comfort station, showplace for Iowa products, and as an introduction ‘to an atmosphere of an earlier age.’ Dows has a rich past to draw upon in its renaissance quest. Beneath the facade of generation, the brick buildings on Dows’ main street share a unique, architectural heritage. With the exception of three, twostory brick buildings: The Exchange, Johnson and Fillmore buildings, the first Dows business District consisted, of wood frame structures. On September, 1894, a
2006-It only takes a few years for us to forget all the work and enthusiasm that went into our early preservation efforts in Dows. Many of the folks who helped clean, paint, rebuild and restore historic buildings and sites, and are now retired, moved away or deceased. A lot has gone on in Dows since the Depot restoration. We have many to thank for their encouragement, efforts and hard work as well as those who continue these projects today. This article from the Iowa Natural Heritage magazine, written by Le Spearman, will remind us of the beginning of our future. Jean White Indeed, Dows, Iowa typifies the reawakening of a Midwestern spirit; an appreciation for the beauty of a land, its heritage, its people, and its art. And Ted Wesenberg (the hometown boy who returned home) is there; ready to help his community achieve a fresh, new, old look. Wesenberg recently prepared a grant application submitted to the Iowa Department of Economic Development. This 12 page, articulate document helped Dows, a community of 770 located in north central Iowa, secure designation as one of 10 official visitor Welcome Centers in Iowa. Twenty thousand dollars came with the grant to help
secret weapon, Brad Fletcher, who signs his work Booker T. As an artist, Fletcher prefers painting with the air brush technique, attacking his project with a spray gun in lieu of brush. A recent work of his covers the outside wall of Mrs. V.O Anderson’s store building. He transformed the mundane wall into a scenic work of art. Fletcher enjoys working on a large scale; the 30-by90-foot wall took over 200 hours to paint. Although no mountains reach skyward in Iowa, grain elevators do, and with renovation plans, Fletcher will change one section of the Dows elevator to a landmark of majestic proportion. The co-op’s manager, Ed Rockow, and its board of directors gave both the go ahead and the paint for this project. The area, to be covered measures approximately 150 feet high and 240 feet in circumference. When completed, each of the four sides will depict one season in an Iowa corn and soybean field; from spring’s tender green shoots, to summer’s field of promise, then fall’s harvest bounty, in autumn tones, and on to winter’s frozen rows of plant stubble disappearing into infinity: an appropriate mural for Iowa where corn reigns as the ‘Staffof-life, a tribute to Iowa farmers. In days past, people in Dows built a Corn Palace to celebrate “Corn Days.” Plans are now underway
to re-establish the tradition for the annual “Corn Days Celebration - one example of the Dows community calling upon its past to fill present day needs.
Texas-style Jam on Thursday, October 17
There will a Texas Style Jam on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6-9 p.m. at the Dows Community Convention Center. All jammers, dancers, listeners welcome. Bring snacks to share. For more information, contact Annie or Terri Avery 641-853-2495 or 515689-3986.
Senior Dinner October 14
Join the Dows Senior Citizens when they meet at noon at the Dows Senior Center on Monday, October 14. Their menu will be broasted chicken, broccoli, cheesy potatoes, assorted salads, dessert. If you don’t get a call and want to come, call Pat at 852-3557, Deloris at 4229, or Jan at 4491.
Dows Community Grocery DOWS, IOWA | 515-852-4303 WE ACCEPT WIC/EBT
GROCERY SPECIALS JOLLY TIME POPCORN
$1.99 9-10 OZ
HY-TOP GRAPE JELLY
KEEBLER FUDGE SHOPPE
CAPRISUN
$2.99 $2.49 8-15 OZ
HY-TOP PEANUT BUTTER
JOAN OF ARC CHILI & KIDNEY BEANS
CAMPBELL’S TOMATO SOUP
CAMPBELL’S CHICKEN NOODLE
15 OZ
10 OZ
10 OZ
98¢
10 PACK
NESTLE BAKING CHIPS
CASCADE ACTION PACKS
$4.75 20 COUNT
28 OZ
$3.49 4 COUNT
PRODUCE RED POTATOES
$1.88
17 OZ
13-16 0Z
17-19 OZ
4/$5
PER POUND
BETTY CROCKER FRUIT SNACKS
HOT POCKETS & LEAN POCKETS
4/$10
CRYSTAL FARMS SHREDDED CHEESE
$1.99 8 OZ
44¢ PER POUND
CRYSTAL FARMS CHUNK CHEESE
$1.99 8 OZ
$2.75
24 OZ
TUFFY’S CAT FOOD
4-7 OZ
TUFFY’S DOG FOOD
16 OZ
TIDE LAUNDRY SOAP
$2.49 $2.49 $2.49 $11.99 $11.99 $7.99 4-8 OZ
FROZEN EL MONTEREY BURRITO & CHIMICHANGA
TOTINOS PIZZA ROLLS
3/$10 40 COUNT
$3.69
GREEN CABBAGE
WISHBONE DRESSING
BETTY CROCKER RAGU SPAGHETTI TUNA, HAMBURGER & CHICKEN HELPER SAUCE
18 POUNDS
17 POUNDS
FAMILY PACK ASSORTED PORK CHOPS
MEAT
50 OZ
$1.99
56 COUNT
BROCCOLI
$1.69
8 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. 8 A.M. - 6 P.M. 10 A.M. - 1 P.M.
BOUNTY PAPER TOWELS
PUFFS CUBE TISSUE
5 POUNDS
TOMATOES
LIPTON PASTA & RICE SIDES
19 OZ
BETTY CROCKER BROWNIE MIX
9 OZ
$1.99
y Grocer s!! Special
STORE HOURS MONDAY - FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
88¢ 3/$5 3/$4 $2.29 4/$5
BETTY CROCKER MUFFIN MIX
12 OZ
CHARMIN
88¢
PROGRESSO SOUP
BETTY CROCKER COOKIE MIX
$1.99 $3.49 $2.85 $2.29 32 OZ
AD EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 THROUGH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013
DAIRY
BONE IN PORK LOIN CHOP
HY-TOP CREAM CHEESE
$1.49 8 OZ
I CANT BELIEVE ITS NOT BUTTER
$2.99
$2.09/LB $2.69/LB BONE IN PORK RIB CHOP
$2.59/LB U.S.D.A. CHOICE RUMP ROAST
$2.99/LB
JOHN MORRELL FRANKS
$1.00 12 OZ
JOHN MORRELL BOLOGNA
2/$3 12 OZ
y Grocer s!! OSCAR MAYER Special CHOPPED HAM
$3.29 16 OZ