A Week in the Life
Poweshiek County These materials are the sole and exclusive property of Poweshiek Publications, and are not to be used without its written permission. Š 2013 Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.
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(Above Left) Jo Poe-Barrow and her husband, Joseph Barrow, enjoy a laugh while serving hot dogs during Family Night on the Poweshiek County Courthouse lawn on Tuesday, July 9. Family Night is sponsored by the Montezuma Ministerial Association and is held the second Tuesday of June, July and August. (Top Right) Scott Lang, Montezuma, and his girlfriend, Ashley Sparks, Lynnville, enjoy checking out his grandfather, Jack Lang’s, 1936 Model A during the Family Night car show on the west side of the courthouse square. (Right) Friends Kelsey King, Brooklyn; Destiny Cook and Isabella Lang, both Montezuma, have fun sitting on the back of a car during Family Night. (Below) Area youngsters enjoy a bouncy house on the courthouse lawn.
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(Left) Nicole Lacina and Natalie Kueny are all fired up to take part in the annual Holiday Lake Golf Cart and ATV Cruise on Sunday, July 7. Lake residents and their guests decorate their golf carts and ATVs and take a cruise around the lake. Lacina and Kueny were at the lake visiting their grandparents, who reside in Bob’s Cove. The duo decorated their golf cart to resemble a butterfly garden. (Above) Wrapped in an American Flag, a young man waves as he rolls around Holiday Lake on a decorated golf cart.
(Right) Montezuma Bravette pitcher, Colleen Johnston, encourages teammate, Abbi Nelson, who just struck out in a playoff game against neighboring BGM. The Bravettes came back from a 6-2 deficit to win the game and advance, 7-6 on Monday, July 10 in Montezuma. Front cover - A young swimmer does a back flip off the floating dock at the Holiday Lake beach area on Sunday, July 7.
CR photos by J.O. Parker All photos in this publication were taken in Poweshiek County between Sunday, July 7 and Saturday, July 13
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(Above) Craig Cooper, owner of Bikes to You on Broad Street in Grinnell, replaces a bicycle rim for a customer on Thursday, July 11, while employee, Ryan McGaffey, tunes up a bicycle. The business was staying plenty busy in July selling and repairing bicycles and preparing for RAGBRAI. Bikes to You is one of 10 authorized RAGBRAI bike repair shops that follow the tour across Iowa the last full week of July. He has been following RAGBRAI since 1994. Cooper opened Bikes to You in 1992, and currently serves on the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce Board, Imagine Grinnell and Galaxy Youth Center boards. He learned his trade while working for Marty Doone with Iowa Bike and Fitness in his hometown of Newton during high school.
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(Above Left) visitors to the Grinnell Farmer’s Market check out the array of fresh vegetable and home-grown goodies on Thursday, July 11. (Above Right) Marilyn D’Aguanno of Montezuma hands out a sample of Momma Teresa Salsa she makes and sells at the farmer’s market and area stores. D’Aguanno created the salsa herself and has been selling in the area for more than two years. The farmer’s market runs every year from May to mid-October, and during the summer months is held in connection with Music in the Park.
(Above) Julia Daniels, a Grinnell College student from New Jersey, shows off her skills with the levitation wand during Music in the Park on Thursday, July 11. Daniels said the wand lights up at night. (Right) Little Natalie Geisinger, six months, makes a funny face while dancing to the music with the help of her mom, Shannon, and sister, Leah, 4, while dad, Chad, looks on during Music in the Park.
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(Above) David Shea of Polk City and Nick Smith of Colfax enjoy fishing at Diamond Lake east of Montezuma on Saturday, July 13. Joining them was Randy Smith, Nick’s father. The trio made the drive from the Des Moines area for a relaxing evening of fishing and enjoyment. (Left) Riely Hall, 11, prepares to tee off at the Brooklyn-Victor Country Club on Old Highway 6. Joining Riley is her brother, Spencer, 9, and her twin brother, Cody, 11. The trio were golfing on Friday, July 12 with their grandparents, Jack and Alice Harden of Williamsburg, formerly of Brooklyn. Their parents are Sonny and Robin Hall of Dallas Center. (Below) Two girls enjoy leaping into Holiday Lake from the floating dock at the beach on a warm Sunday afternoon, July 7. The Holiday Lake beach is a popular spot on hot summer days.
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(Above) Ed and Linda Eichhorn of Grinnell enjoy giving their dog, Grover, a walk along Country Club Drive on Wednesday, July 10. According to Ed, Grover comes into the couple’s shop behind their house everyday at 4 p.m. to watch Dr. Oz. “He had his own Lazy Boy he sits in,” Linda said.
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Community Worship (Above) Drew and Brittany Rempp of Montezuma keep an eye on their three-month-old son, Will, during the community-wide church service on the courthouse lawn in Montezuma on Sunday, July 7. The annual event brings four Montezuma churches together for worship. (Above Right) Marvin Ferneau hands out communion during the worship service. (Right) Living Water Gospel Quartet sing praises to God during the service. (Left) Amy (Iverson) Oliver enjoys a moment with her son, Caleb, during the service.
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(Above) Max Deitrich screams with joy as youth camper Theresa Crawford and adult helpers, Allison Pease and Donna Godar, and others look on during a hay ride on Thursday, July 11. The annual day camp is hosted by St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grinnell and is held at the Larry and Virginia VanErsvelde farm south of Grinnell along Highway 146. The campers also enjoyed fishing, learning about wildlife and making crafts. (Above Right) Two day camp attendees decorate pillow cases during craft time. Other crafts included cootie catchers, Prayer Pockets, made out of back pockets of blue jeans and hand fans. (Right) A camper enjoys running his fingers through the prairie grass during the hay ride.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Day Campers enjoy rolling down a big hill during the hay ride. Larry VanErsvelde drove the tractor pulling a trailer he built himself.
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(Above and Left) Members of a Brownell’s filming crew make a commercial in North Bear Creek Housing Development in Brooklyn on Friday, July 12. The company was shooting a 15-second (or so) promotional video that will be sent out to Brownell’s customers and posted on the company’s YouTube page (later this month) to build anticipation/awareness for the August release of Brownell’s Catalog 66. “It’s a fun video depicting three guys celebrating the arrival of “Big Book” in their mailboxes,” said Ryan Repp with Brownell’s.
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(Above) Morrison-Schrader American Legion Post 296 member, Kenneth “Rocky” Wallace, helps Army Sgt. Major Edward Evans ready an unserviceable American Flag to be properly disposed of following the dedication of the new Veterans Memorial in Deep River on Friday, July 12. (Left) Sgt. Major Evans places a flag soaked in kerosene into the flame during the disposal ceremony. More than 30 flags were disposed of during the ceremony. Sgt. Major Evans grew up in Deep River but currently lives in Chicago. He returns to Deep River about every three weeks to check on his mother, Lois.
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