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Trick-or-treat time set for 3:30-6:30 Thurs., Oct. 31
DOWS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thursday, Oct. 24 • Cross country state qualify- ing meet at Clarion, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 • 9th grade football at Hampton, 5 p.m. • Varsity football at Hampton, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 • Senior Dinner at the Senior
Center at noon. Call for reservations. Thursday, Oct. 31 • Trick-or-Treat in Dows from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Halloween party at the DCCC from 5-6 p.m. Drop off your UNICEF boxes for a free book. Monday, Nov. 4 • Dows City Council to meet at City Hall, 7 p.m.
Once again, Dows-area children will be trick-or-treating on Friday, Oct. 31 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Many will be carrying with them the orange UNICEF boxes. Any child who turns in a UNICEF box will be eligible to win a book, while supplies last, courtesy of Dows Harmony Club. Harmony Club will sponsor a Halloween Party at the Dows Community Convention Center this year, beginning at 5 p.m. Hot dogs will be served, compliments of Dows Commercial Club, along with milk, provided by Kensington Club and Commercial Club. According to information received through Harmony Club, UNICEF is guided by a commitment to build a world fit for children. The annual trademark “Trick-orTreat for UNICEF” campaign is of special interest to children, parents and educators and provides an opportunity for children in the U.S. to raise funds to help children around the world while learning about the challenges they face. For many youngsters, “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” is their first volunteer experience. UNICEF boxes will be distributed to Preschool through third grades at school. For those older students or others needing a UNICEF box, they will be available at the Dows Community Grocery. Ghosts, goblins, and many other costumed young ones will be roaming the streets after school, so contribute what you can. These kids will finish their routes with a visit to the Halloween-decorated Dows Community Convention Center for a Halloween Party, sponsored by Harmony Club from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. The Kensington Club will be serving the hot dogs and milk for the party.
From the Korner
By Marillyn Korth It’s been a pretty active week around the neighborhood. The tractors and wagons fly by and eventually a combine hustles up the road before someone comes and they have to pull up because they are so big. Everything is a cool gray color and if the wind blows hard enough, dust flies off the machines in a cloud. It will make a big mud pile when they wash their equipment. It is a good time of year and everyone is bustling around to try and get done before November, I think. I remember “in the old days”, when we picked ear corn, we always were to Loretta’s for Thanksgiving and the guys picked corn on that day and after dinner they went to Garner to see if they could buy some cattle. We did that for several years. Now it is very different. I had a pretty quiet week. I was saving up for Saturday. In the morning, Jade, Nate and the little boys came. When they came in, I was in the other room and I heard hollering and I hollered back. “Who is it? They both came running to hug me and Emmett said, “Hey, I found my MeMaw!” Now, if you think that doesn’t melt and old grandma’s heart, you are sadly mistaken. We played for a while and then I went to Mason City with Charlotte and her girls, Darlene and Elsie. Jade was spending the night as she had to work at the Junction until closing and had to be back to work at 10 on Sunday morning. Char’s girls came out to take us for a manicure (Me) and a pedicure (Char). We did that and ate at Applebee’s and a short shopping trip at Wal-Mart and then home in some rain, I might add. We had a lovely time. They came from NC and WI respectively and it was a surprise for Char. And they were gracious
enough to take me along. Thanks, girls!! Went to church today and for the first time in a long time, I played for church. It wasn’t too easy or good, but no one yelled about it. Ha! It was a real joy to do that once again. Chardell stopped on her way home from her friend’s funeral in Clear Lake and we met her for dinner at Dudley’s. She didn’t stay long, but it was good to see her. So I have had a busy day and a very enjoyable one. But now I can go to bed and get a good rest as I finally started my furnace. Hallelujah! I am warm. You know that the older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Till next time. MK
4-H Awards Day November 3
The Wright County Annual Awards Day Program will be Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the ClarionGoldfield High School cafetorium. The community is invited to support the Wright County 4-H Awards Day Banquet. Wright County 4-H Clubs will be serving a meal from 12 noon until 1 p.m.; menu featuring beef burgers, beans, chips, bars, and lemonade, with a freewill donation. All dollars raised will go towards the 4-H program in support of 4-H youth. The public is invited to share in the Wright County 4-H program recognition for 4-H’ers, leaders and volunteers. Awards will be given to junior, intermediate and senior 4-H’ers who has demonstrated outstanding work in a specific project area. 4-H leaders and volunteers will be recognized for their years of service to the Wright County 4-H Program. Make plans to attend the 2013 4-H Awards Day on November 3.
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a copy for myself. We were unable to find it but did drive through some of the Green Belt. My Iowa Falls friend has been there several times so I asked her for directions. You go to Highway 20 and head east, exit at the ethanol plant and head south on that blacktop, she said it was 2-3 miles and you have to watch closely for the gravel road that takes you to the Outlook. We intend to get there this fall yet and I am sure it will be worth the trip. Making progress but still will leave the “KEEP ROLLING” to the rest of you. Till next time.
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By Velma Butt It has been 51 years ago that I was transplanted from Benton County to Franklin County. I willingly gave up many things with the transplant, but one thing I refused to give up was the Gazette, the daily paper from Cedar Rapids. It has been an interesting experience. Newspapers are third class mail so delivery service has been a nightmare most of the time. I would say the past year or two it has been the best of all the years. Even though sometimes the news was very outdated, there were also times when a news article connected with a person I had come to know and I could share it with them. Many have mentioned that it is now available on line so there would be no more delays but I really do not care to read it on line, I prefer to have it in my hand to read. I still also receive the hometown weekly. Just this week, I learned that there are many people who also have been transplanted and continue to keep in touch with home via the weekly. My sister is very involved in doing Ag in the classroom in Cedar County. Two of the people she works with are transplants from Clarion. One still gets the weekly (Wright County Monitor) and when she knows she will be seeing the other Clarion transplant she shares the newspaper. It just so happened that one of the papers that were exchanged when
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The fields and the roads are full of combines, wagons, trucks and tillage equipment this time of year. As Velma often reminds us in her news, "Let's be careful out there".
Join the Dows Senior Citizens when they meet at noon at the Dows Senior Center on Monday, Oct. 8. Their menu will be fake steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, assorted salads and dessert. If you don’t get a call and want to come, call Pat at 852-3557, Deloris at 4229, or Jan at 4491.
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