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Baby Shower for Dannens A Come-n-Go baby shower will be held for Josh and Amanda (Kirschbaum) Dannen on Saturday, June 15. The show will be from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the United Methodist Church in Rockwell. The couple are registered at Target and Babies-R-Us.
Come and Go Wedding Shower There will be a Come and Go Couples Wedding Shower for Steve Galicia and Julie Kreimeyer, daughter of Gary and Deb Kreimeyer, this Saturday, June 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the home of Dave and Kathy Alden. Please join us for refreshments as we congratulate the happy couple. The Aldens live one mile south of Dougherty on County Road S-66 at 2492 Yarrow Avenue.
Municipal Band Concert Number 4 The Hampton Municipal Band, one of the oldest municipal bands in the state will hold its fourth concert of the season on Tuesday, June 18. The concert will be held in the band shell and will begin promptly at 8 p.m. Arrangements for concert number four will include: America arr. Conley; Strike Up the Band by Conrad; Circus Days by King; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Story; Music for a Celebration by McGinty; Brighton Beach by Latham; Clarinets Allegro by Cofield; Clarinet Section; Bainbridge Fair by Smith; Shenandoah by Ticheli; Teddy Trombone by Fillmore; Trombone Section; Salute to Glenn Miller by Story; How Long Has This Been Going On by arr. Kerchner; Andrea Gibson, vocalist; I Love to Tell the Story by arr. Yoder; Black Horse Troop by Sousa; America the Beautiful arr. Conley; Star Spangled Banner arr. Sousa. Featured soloist for this concert will be Andrea Gibson singing an arrangement of the George and Ira Gershwin classic “How Long Has This Been Going On.� The band will also feature the clarinet and trombone sections on two separate selections. The municipal band, under the direction of Chris Sauke, is comprised of forty-five area musicians of all ages. Concerts will be held on Tuesday evenings through July 2nd in the city park band shell beginning at 8 p.m.
Summer Reading at the Library Dig Into Reading is up and running strong. There is still time to register for the great programming opportunities we have in store for the rest of summer. We have had a blast doing the Candy Land Scavenger Hunt and the Teddy Bear Sleepover. Next week the Blank Park Zoo is visiting the library on Monday morning, Guitar lessons are Tuesday afternoon, and Preschool Story Time is on Thursday morning. Please come join us! Looking ahead we have the Big Machines in town coming to the library as special guests on Tuesday, June 25. We also want to remind kids that even though we love having fun participating in some really entertaining activities, the Summer Reading Program is all about books. We want kids to check out books and read books all summer long. We have new Elephant and Piggy book and many with the Dig into Reading theme. Your kids can earn prizes using a book log and keep up their reading levels as they move toward the next school year. Stop in and register today! Like us on Facebook for all the latest information.
Community Calendar Thursday, June 13
A foot clinic will be offered at the EMS Building in Sheffield. Call 641-456-5820 for an appointment.
Friday, June 14 A walk-in blood pressure clinic will be held at Franklin County Public Health from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wreck-It Ralph will be featured from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kaplan University Campus (2570 4th St SW, Mason City, next to Hobby Lobby). Admission is free and will include popcorn and refreshments.
Saturday, June 15 The Franklin County Genealogical Society meets 10 a.m. at the Franklin County Historical Society Library on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hampton. For more information, call 641-4562093.
Tuesday, June 18 AA meets at Zion St. John at 8 p.m. every Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 19 A foot clinic will be offered at the Hampton Senior Center from 1-3 p.m. Call 641-456-5191 for an appointment.
Thursday, June 20 A foot clinic will be offered at Franklin County Public Health from 9-11 a.m. Call 641-456-5820 for an appointment.
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Franklin County Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Relay For Life ................... page 4 Courthouse/Obituaries/Public Notices...... page 4 Area Sports ................................................... page 5 Classifieds ...................................................... page 7
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Harper returns home ahead of schedule
By Nick Pedley The new flooring is more sanitary If it weren’t for a thin surgical and easier to keep clean than carmask over her face, you couldn’t pet, which will be a huge area of have picked Madisyn Harper focus for the Harpers following apart from any other ordinary Madisyn’s return. Anti-rejection teenage girl. medicine has compromised her “We’re just glad to be home,� immune system, in turn forcing said Madisyn’s mother Kaci. “It’s Madisyn to wear a mask over her been hard being away from every- face to thwart airborne illnesses. body for so long.� “She’s self-conscious about it Madisyn returned home to a some days like any girl her age house full of family and friends would be, but some days she’s fine Monday night after spending about it,� said Glen. 83 days in Rochester, Minn. The The next few months will be 14-year-old Sheffield girl was recu- touch and go, according to Madiperating at the Ronald McDonald syn’s parents. Kaci will stay home House following her heart trans- and provide daily health care to plant on March 20. Despite the ensure Madisyn’s recovery remagnitude of the surgery, Madi- mains on-schedule. Regular docsyn’s improvetor visits will be ment and recovthe norm for the ery have been foreseeable fuexceptional. She ture, but that’s returned home nothing new for 10 days ahead of the Harpers. schedule. “ T h e “The heart has first six months been fantastic after the transsince Day 1,� plant, you’re The Harper family was reunited on Monday as Madisyn Harper said Madisyn’s kind of in limbo returned home to her family. Parents Kaci and Glen and sister father Glen. “If – you’re flying Samantha welcomed Madisyn home after a lengthy recovery. you didn’t know by the seat of Glen, but it’s been only a minor in- everything that’s going on, so she what was wrong, your pants for convenience. really has nothing to worry about you couldn’t tell the first year, reIf everything goes according to this fall.� what she’s been ally, which is the plan, Madisyn will enter school Coming home for the first time through over the tough part,� said this fall as a freshman at West Fork. in nearly three months was a welpast year.� Glen. She was keeping up with course- comed step for Madisyn, if not an Aside from After more than 80 days Though work online during her stay at overwhelming one. She entered being reunited recovering from her heart unforeseen hur- Rochester, so she hasn’t fallen be- her remodeled room and remained with family and transplant, Madisyn Harper dles may await hind despite these past few hectic speechless as she took in the new friends, there returned home on Monday. Madisyn in her months. scenery. She sat down on the new was an added surprise waiting recovery, there’s been no cause for “Everyone there has been very comfy bed and tested its features. for Madisyn at her rural Sheffield alarm as of yet. A seroma blister on accomodating, which has been “My old room was a lot more home. My Happy Place, a char- her upper thigh has been the lone just great,� said Glen. “Her class- messier. I like everything about ity organization that specializes in post-transplant issue, according to mates and teachers understand this one,� she said. giving sick, grieving or emotionally distressed youth their “dream� room, renovated Madisyn’s bedroom while she was recovering in Rochester. “Every child deserves a place where they can hang out and just relax,� said Lisa Tan, founder of My Happy Place. “Our goal is to give them that comfort zone to make things a bit easier on them.� Madisyn’s room was completely retooled in preparation for her return. My Happy Place volunteers repainted the walls and ceiling, hung new curtains, brought in a custom-made dresser and installed a comfortable new adjustable bed. Numerous local businesses donated materials and other goods for the project, according to Tan. Additionally, volunteers removed carpet and installed new hardwood floors in the room. Madisyn Harper gets a first look at her brand-new bedroom.
Eberling retires after 36 years at Sukup Manufacturing Co. By Joe Buttweiler, Technical Writer, Sukup Mfg. Edna Eberling retired from Sukup Manufacturing Co. on May 31 with a big send-off from coworkers and a final accounting, you might say, of her accuracy as inventory control specialist. Smiling with papers in hand to prove her point, she presented company President Charles Sukup with evidence that inventory accuracy was within company standards – no small challenge given all the new products that have been introduced in recent years. The triumphant though somewhat tongue-in-cheek presentation drew laughter and applause from the scores of co-workers attending the retirement party. Despite the rapid growth in inventory, Eberling did “an excellent job of keeping track of everything,� said Steve Sukup, chief financial officer of the company. He and Charles thanked her very much for her precise and conscientious work, and presented her with gifts including a furniture certificate, a Sukup jacket and cap, a miniature Sukup bin filled with candy corn, flowers, and a plaque honoring her 36 years of work at Sukup Manufacturing.
Edna Eberling Eberling started working for “He said that you’ve got to step the company on Feb. 28, 1977, as on the pedal to take the pressure a plant worker, putting contact off the line.� blades on rotating contact boards Aha! for stirring machines. Her first That was back in the Main day was memorable. Her super- Building, before her department visor had told her she needed to was moved to the East Building. shut the machine down when she A few months later, on the Friday left it. She tried to do so at break before Memorial Day, Eugene Sutime, but it wouldn’t work, caus- kup said he needed to talk with ing great concern for the consci- Eberling the following Tuesday. entious newcomer. She informed She spent all weekend worrying, her supervisor of the problem. she said, then learned of her fate.
She was promoted to supervisor of the electrical department. “I said, ‘I can’t do that.’ He said, ‘Yes you can.’ � He was right. Eberling led the department for 20 years, supervising between eight and 20 people, depending on the season. “We just knew from seeing her work that she’d be capable supervising people and would catch on very quickly,� Eugene Sukup said. “She was precise.� The precision made her a perfect match for the inventory control position. She worked in that role for the past 16 years, monitoring inventory of purchased parts mainly, but also of some of the manufactured parts. As she looked back on her career, she recalled there were some very long days. One time she worked a 16-hour shift, not leaving until 11 p.m., to get a shipment ready for a customer. Back before early-season discounts were in place, “we stayed late quite a few nights,� Eberling said, to get products ready for shipment during the busy summer season. “She will be missed,� said coworker Maggie Lawson, who shared an office with Eberling. EBERLING to page 4