July 12th, 2010
Cement was poured on Main Street over the weekend. Crews hope to pour cement on Court Street today, weather permitting.
ADM Tiger Home Games
Get out your facepaint and come out in support of our ADM Tigers Friday, September 10th!
The games start at 4:45pm with Freshman Football vs. Knoxville at the ADM football stadium.
At 6:15pm, watch the great ADM Marching Band as they pump up the home team crowd!
Then watch Varsity football vs. Knoxville at 7:30pm at the ADM Football Stadium.
So grab your red, white, and black and support your ADM Tigers!
ADM School District
801 Nile Kinnick Dr S
Adel, IA 50003
515-993-4283
www.adel.k12.ia.us
July 9th, 2010- Updated
This week has been spent drying from the rain and getting ready for the foundation. Today the rock trucks started arriving and the crews have been laying it down.
Saturday the machines are scheduled to transform the rock into base so that the cement can be laid on top of it Sunday.
This Just In…
City Administrator, Chad Bird shared the minutes from last nights Informational Meeting. Here you will find discussions regarding One Hour Parking, Bridges to and from affected businesses, Sweetcorn Festival preparations, and more! Read the full report here.
July 8, 2010
Don’t forget the Street Project Update meeting this evening at City Hall at 6:00pm.
Here is your opportunity as a concerned citizen to be up to date with what’s going on and ask any questions you may have! Hope to see you there.
City of Adel
301 South 10th Street
Adel, Iowa 50003
515-993-4525
Adel DeSoto Minburn Alumni Association
The Adel DeSoto Minburn school system has been nurturing students for decades.
ADM Alumni are proud of the life skills and knowledge they’ve acquired to help reach their full potential.
This month, we spoke with Kristie Peterson Manning, President of the ADM Alumni Association.
Q. Tell us about yourself.
A. I graduated from Adel High School in 1969. I was a DeSoto migrant before we were totally combined. I joined the Adel group my freshman year. I loved coming to Adel from DeSoto (with a class of 11).
I’ve lived in Adel most of my adult life; I am married to Al Manning and we have 2 daughters and 3 wonderful grandchildren. Our daughters also graduated from ADM.
Q. How did you become involved with the Association?
A. From day one, I’ve had a great desire to stay in touch with classmates from all the classes around me. A group of us got together one year to have an 11 class reunion. Founding president Becky Peters McChurch brought us the dream of becoming an association.
Q. Why was the Association started?
A. Our purpose is to keep alumni informed, aid in the preservation of school district archives, advocate special projects, support and promote alumni events, and to promote a sense of community.
Q. Who is on the Board?
A. Jim Peters – Treasurer, Kris Manning – President, Nicole Nielsen, Barb Trier, Melody Marshall, Ron Gilliland, Lynn Loynachan, Dick Wicks – Vice President, Nate Hawkins, Tana Belgarde, Barb Wicks – Secretary, Dave Moyer, and Kristi Fuller.
Q. What projects/ events happen throughout the year?
A. It seems like every year brings a new interest. We’ve looked into preserving the old primary building (cost prohibitive) and capturing all of the old composites from destruction.
We’re creating a display at the new school commons which houses all of the graduating class pictures then creating a book for people to have. We are gathering yearbooks from all years and having those scanned.
We are now looking into honoring graduates of Adel, DeSoto and Minburn who were veterans killed in action.
Q. How have the class reunions changed?
A. At one time there were individual class reunions for each class. We now hold All-Class Reunions so that Alumni of all ages can celebrate together.
There are also more people attending. With our ability to provide class liaisons with a class list and our updated address database, plus our publications, the interest and involvement has grown exponentially.
Q. Do you have any events coming up?
A. Absolutely! Friday, August 13th is our great day of gatherings.
We start the morning at 9am with the ADM Alumni Golf Outing at the River Valley Golf Course in Adel.
At 4pm we will have the All-Class ADM Alumni Reunion at the 7-8 School Commons with dinner being served by the ADM After Prom Committee.
We finish the day at 7PM with more members inducted into the ADM Athletic Hall of Fame in the auditorium.
Q. Tell us about your new website.
A. This has been long on the desire list. We needed an opportunity to have local expertise get us launched so we could manage the website ourselves.
We worked with local Adel business, G.Rafics Inc., and it has been a wonderful experience for us. We want lots of alumni and school associates to visit the website and see what is happening!
Q. How can I become a member?
A. Sign up at the new website, www.admalumni.com. You can join for a mere $10 – $15 if you are an Alumni couple. We will also accept any donations. Membership fees are applied to the annual projects mentioned above and 2 times a year we have a newsletter mailing.
Q. What’s the most important reason to join the ADM Alumni Association?
A. You are investing in the legacy! We use the funds to capture history for a group of Alumni who have come to appreciate the fact that they were privileged to attend a great school, with great teachers, and great education for our future.
Adel DeSoto Minburn Alumni Association
P.O. Box 122
Adel, Iowa 50003
www.admalumni.com
July 1st, 2010
Another day of great gains. The crews are hoping to get concrete poured on one of the streets in the next day or so.
Secretary of Agriculture visits Stine
Courtesy of Stine Seed Company
Stine Seed Company was pleased to welcome Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey to the Adel seed farm on Tuesday, June 29.
Secretary Northey toured soybean test plots, corn test plots, the research lab and the equipment and storage facilities.
Stine Seed Company
22555 Laredo Trail
Adel, IA 50003
800-362-2510
June 29th, 2010
The Adel City Council passed Resolution 10-35 at last night’s council meeting.
The resolution enacts temporary one hour parking for the downtown area during the construction of the brick streets. The goal of this decision is to allow everyone downtown access and parking during the street work. It takes affect June 29th. View the full resolution and Map of affected areas
June 25th, 2010
Courtesy of Chad Bird, City Administrator
Here is a time line of what to expect in the next week or so of work: The crews should be finishing up the storm and sub-drainage work by next week – June 30.
By the end of that week and into next they will begin moving dirt off the site and begin compacting and grading – July 9.
After that they will begin bringing in truck loads of crushed rock and begin building the sub-base. I believe the contractor and engineer are hopeful that the string line for concrete work can be put in place around the July 9 – 12 time frame.
The crews will be working on Saturdays and Sundays as much as possible and as weather permits.
Please note that temporary one hour parking restrictions will go into place and enforced beginning on Tuesday, July 29th pending city council approval of the resolution authorizing such on Monday night.
This parking restriction is for the downtown area and will be in place for the duration of the street project. It does not apply to areas marked for parking less than one hour, such as 15 or 30 minute loading zone – those remain in effect.
Chad Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525
cbird@adeliowa.org
Dallas County Court House – Bell Tower View
We got a chance to go up in the Dallas County Court House and take pictures of the street repairs today. As often happens, we got so many photos of the clock tower that it warranted it’s own page and gallery.
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June 22nd, 2010
The Sun is up today and drying out the streets. Once the mud has dried, the construction on Main and Court will resume.
Reminder: There is a scheduled Project Informational Meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. On the agenda is the latest in project scheduling, the City Council Resolution on Parking in the construction area, and odds and ends.
The meeting is open to the public. Hope to see you there!
June 22nd, 2010
The continual rain has delayed construction today since the ground is too saturated to safely allow work on the street project.
Reminder: There is a scheduled Project Informational Meeting this Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting is open to the public
June 21st, 2010
Rain has lead to incredibly soggy ground at the Brick Street construction site delaying further work.
Do you have questions about the brick street project? Ask the engineers of McClure Engineering at the website designed for the Brick Street Project!
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Brick Street Project Informational Meeting
Public informational meetings will continue throughout the Brick Street project.
Meetings to include Q&A period.
All meetings will be held at 6:00pm at City Hall.
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525
June 17th, 2010
This Just In…
Courtesy of Chad Bird, City Administrator
The project encountered an unexpected turn on Monday, June 15th as the brick were removed became dry and brittle. This came as a surprise as several of both layers of brick had been tested for strength and moisture content.
The bricks were determined unusable and will be recycled to shore up the erosion along the river bank caused by repeated flooding. This may cause a slight deviation in brick patterns used in the cross-walks or intersections.
There have been several comments about the brick pallets being stacked on the Court House lawn. Rest assured; the contractor and Dallas County had previously discussed the arrangement and the contractor will be responsible for restoring the lawn to its previous condition.
Work on the storm water improvements and connections will be finished throughout this week and next before grading begins. This will also include installation of the sub-drain system.
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525
The Morning Report
Crews were working through this morning’s rain until the ground became over saturated. They have been delegated to other necessary projects around town with plans to return to Main and Court Street this afternoon.
June 16th, 2010
Update! (5:00 P.M.) – The lights will be active tonight on 9th and Main.
Crews are digging a trench from the Court House to businesses on the south side of Main Street for telephone lines. There is a high level of machinery in use, limiting the sidewalks. Proceed with caution.
How many bricks will it take to finish the project? Some have guessed as high as 1.5 million, experts say that no more than 300,000 bricks will be used!
June 15th, 2010- Updated
This Just In…
Sidewalk has been removed from the north side of Main Street. Removal of the surface layer of brick on Court Street is making progress.
The Morning Report
The second layer of bricks has been removed from the 800 block of Main St.
The bricks had been buried for over 100 years and as a result, began to crumble when exposed. The city decided to make use of those structurally unsound bricks to shore up the erosion along the river bank caused by repeated flooding.
The work will now shift to removing the existing curb and gutter along Main St. and removal of bricks on Court St.
June 11th, 2010
A skid loader is being used to bring the bricks up and then the crew cleans and stacks them on pallets. Several pallets of bricks have already been filled. Even with yesterdays rain delay, a lot of progress has been made in removing the bricks.
Work to take down the street lights is continuing. They are removing the smaller lamp posts along the courthouse side this morning.
Parking Update: Crews are preparing to start saw cuts along the 900 block of Main– parking will be limited on this block during the process.
