Adel Community Archery Center Reopened
The Adel Archery Range at 1505 Old Portland Road (east of Fullers Petroleum) has re-opened after being refurbished by the City of Adel, David and Kent McAdon, and Scouts and leaders from Pack and Troop 152, just in time for the bow-hunting season!
A permit at a nominal fee is required to use the range and can be obtained at the Adel City Hall.
Each permit holder will receive a copy of the rules for the range and the proper archery shooting procedures to allow for a safe and enjoyable experience for all users.
No broadhead arrows are allowed but, otherwise, the targets are available for all skill levels and ages for siting, practice, or shooting.
Archery is a healthy activity that promotes balance, mental focus, and building upper body strength. The social interactions are important, too; it’s a fun sport that can be recreational or competitive.
Adel Parks & Rec.
Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
301 S. 10th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4525
Email: nschenck@adeliowa.org
Facebook: Adel-Parks-and-Recreation
Adel Women’s Club
The Adel Women’s Club is part of the GFWC (General Foundation of Women’s Club’s) which is an international community service organization.
Currently we have 55 members in Adel and have participated and donated to many community activities.
Our club meets the first Monday of the month at 1pm usually at the Adel Library.
With the Covid 19 virus place, date and time are subject to change.
Our members participate by helping at the food pantry, the community memorial tree, have bought and gave away winter hats, mittens & gloves at the community coat giveaway.
We also have made donations to the Adel Fire dept., Good Samaritin Food pantry, ADM Scholorship Fund, Adel Library, Adel Historical museum, to the Master Gardners to maintain flower beds at the Dallas County Courthouse.
Bought a tree for a city park in Adel to mention a few.
We are always looking for new members who are looking for community service and involvement.
Please call or text me if you have any questions.
Mary Ockerman
Adel Women’s Club
1401 South 13th St.
Phone: 1 (515) 238-5696
Billy’s Ice Cream Store – Last Day of 2020 Season Oct. 31
Courtesy of Billy’s Ice Cream Store:
Starting October 2nd., 2020, Billy’s Ice Cream Store will close at 7 pm every day-Wednesday thru Sunday – till closing for the season, October 31.
Still serving daily lunch specials!
Billy’s Ice Cream Store
308 Nile Kinnick Dr. S | Adel, IA 50003
Phone: (515) 238-2302
Facebook: Billys-Ice-Cream-Store
Lighting the Kinnick to Raccoon Trail Bridge October 6
Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce:
Lighting the Bridge Kinnick to Raccoon Trail Improvement Project.
Tuesday, October 6 at 7:15 pm
The Trail committee, a part of the Adel Partners Chamber, is excited to announce the lighting of the Raccoon River Valley Trail bridge.
Drive along Hwy 6 and see the lights on Tuesday going forward. Or come over on Tuesday and walk the trail bridge to experience our beauty of the lights.
With the lighting of the RRVT bridge, we’ve decided to incorporate some new traditions.
KCL Engineering has been testing out different lights to coincide with different holidays and national non-profit colors that we can change every month.
We appreciate all of their hard work and are excited for our community to be able to enjoy the lights once they are installed!
Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 73, 301 S.
10th St., 2nd Floor
Adel, IA 50003
Phone: (515) 993-5472
Email: chamber@AdelPartners.Org
Website: www.adelpartners.org
Facebook: AdelPartnersChamberOfCommerce
Mouthwatering BBQ From Brick Street Barbecue
It’s time for some of your favorite BBQ!
Merle Cox of Brick Street BBQ will be smoking at least one day per week this season.
Order by Wednesday and Pickup on Friday!
Call Merle when your taste buds are craving mouth watering BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork, Pork Loin, Chicken, Beef Brisket, and Beef Tenderloin.
Try them all, you’ll be glad you made the call! Perfect for your favorite sporting event, family dinner, and all your catering needs!
“Our BBQ is a favorite of customers from New York to Alaska.”
Brick Street BBQ
29048 Prospect Ave
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-3049
Email: Merlecox1@hotmail.com
Cub Scouts Troop 152 – Sign Up
Pack 152 Chartered by Lions of Adel
For over 100 years, Cub Scouts have been having a great time making new friends and learning new things in an environment designed to help them succeed.
From building their own Pinewood Derby cars, helping in the community, and learning how to roast the perfect marshmallow with their best friends at a family camp out, your children will LOVE being a Cub Scout.
Meeting Time: Due to Covid 19 Precautions, We have reduced our number of meetings and only hold them when we can distance outdoors.
Pack 152 Generally meets on the third Thursday of each month Cub Scouting is for Kindergarteners through fifth graders.
Dens generally meet twice a month throughout the school year.
How Cub Scouting Works
Scouting is Family Oriented
- Activities are intended for the whole family. Siblings and parents included!
- You will work with your child on various Adventures & Award requirements.
- Many skills learned are family, community, and value oriented.
The children are members of a Den (8-10 kids by grade). The dens make up the Cub Scout Pack (all Dens together).
If interested in joining or if you want more information contact:
Mike Giles, Cub Master at pmgiles90@gmail.com or C: 515-201-8739
*There is a one time Joining fee of $25 dollars, and an annual fee of $76 (prorated by calendar year)
Family Fun & Faith at Adel UMC’s Facebook Page
Courtesy of Adel United Methodist Church
Join us on our Family Facebook page Family Fun & Faith at Adel UMC throughout the week!
We have live posts of Story Time, Craft Time and Children’s Messages.
And if you can’t join live, you can always catch them afterwards!
It’s designed for the littles, but fun for all ages.
Adel United Methodist Church
115 South 10th St. | Adel, IA 50003
Phone: (515) 993-3791
Website: AdelUMC.org
Facebook: https: FaithFamilyFunAdel
Invite – Panther Creek Church of the Brethren Outside Church
Panther Creek Church of the Brethren Parking Lot Church
Covid-19 has presented churches with a new set of challenges in 2020.
Gathering as we have in the past presents a physical health risk to our members, yet not gathering presents spiritual, emotional, and social health risks.
Panther Creek Church of the Brethren is located in a beautiful country setting so the idea of a Parking Lot Church came into being. Participants drive down the church lane and are greeted by a member of the church.
Vehicles can then back in under large shade trees facing the front of the building. An FM transmitter allows the service to be broadcast to an FM station in each car radio so all can remain in their cars and stay socially distant.
Worship services intend to come as close as possible to “normal” with prelude music, joys and concerns, prayer, scripture and sermon. It has been a great experience to share in worship and to see each other again even if from a distance.
An offering can be left in a box as cars turn down the driveway to leave the church. Most of the time the weather has cooperated to provide a unique and worshipful experience for those in attendance.
Panther Creek Church of the Brethren would like to issue an open invitation to visit and participate in a nature filled worship service at 10:30 on Sunday mornings.
The Panther Creek Church of the Brethren is located at 24529 J Avenue,
½ mile south of the intersection of P-58, Hwy. 44 and J Avenue (8 miles northwest of Adel,
8 miles west of Dallas Center, 10 miles south of Perry, 11 miles northeast of Redfield).
For more information, please call (515) 993-4096.
Panther Creek Church of The Brethren
24529 J Cir
Adel, IA 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4096
Email: PantherCreekChurch@gmail.com
A Tiger’s Tale of its Journey to Adel
Roaring with Pride
Alumni Association’s Tiger Mascot Statue Coming to Life
World Link Exchange
World Link Inc. is a non-profit placement organization who secures families to host international high school students who earned a scholarship from the U.S. Department of State.
Kristie Anderson – Azalea Lane Boutique
This month we spoke with Kristie Anderson, owner of Adel’s fashionable clothing store, Azalea Lane Boutique!
John D. Gomke Charity Golf Classic – Thank You!
Courtesy of John D. Gomke Charity:
Thank you to everyone for the amazing support for our 11th John D Gomke Charity Classic!
Our mission to “help families prevent and cope with infant and young child loss, one baby step at a time”would not be possible without all the monetary and in-kind sponsors, volunteers and participants at our events.
We would like to congratulate the winners.We hope to see you again next June 11th & 12th, 2021!
– Jessica
John D. Gomke Charity Inc.
P.O. Box 613
DeSoto, IA 50069
Website: www.johndgomkecharity.org
Honoring infants who have become angels. Helping to prevent child loss & benefiting organizations that assist in caring for & provide resources to families who have lost a child or infant in & around Central Iowa.
Dallas County Foundation Supports Local Food Pantries
Courtesy of Dallas County Foundation:
The Dallas County Foundation is proud to support our local food banks during this unprecedented time.
6 food banks in Dallas County were each awarded a $3,000 donation from DCF (total donated $18,000).
The six pantries are: Granger Food Pantry, Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry, Cottage Pantry & Charitable Services in Stuart, Dallas Center Food Pantry, Waukee Area Christian Food Pantry, Perry Area Food Pantry.
Pictured Top L-R Michelle Messer (DCF),Donna Scharlau, Bud McCauley, Pastor Julie Higgs Bottom L-R Maureen Rohret, Roland Joiner, Macey McCollum representing the Good Samaritan Food Pantry in Adel.
Dallas County Foundation
P.O. Box # 46
Adel, IA 50003
Website: DallasCountyFoundation.org
Facebook: dallascountyfoundation
Adel Food Pantry Expanding its Service Area – April 6th
Good Samaritan Food Pantry (GSFP) in Adel is expanding its service area as of April 6 to help families who are affected by the Coronavirus crisis.
Rev. Julie Higgs, board chair of GSFP, said anyone with a Redfield, Dexter and Linden address can now use the food pantry in Adel.
The pantry already serves residents with Minburn, DeSoto, Van Meter and Adel addresses.
“All you need to bring to the pantry to register is a current ID and a piece of mail that has your name at your current address,” said Rev. Higgs. “You also will need to know the birth dates of all persons in your household, but you do not need proof of those, just a list.”
Celia McCollum, Pantry Manager said everyone who visits the pantry receives seven days’ of food once a month and can also visit the pantry weekly for perishable foods like vegetables, fruits, baked goods and bread. The pantry takes into account the number of people in each household and gives the appropriate amount of food she said.
Currently Good Samaritan’s hours are Mondays 12pm-2pm and 5pm-7pm and Tuesdays 12pm-2pm. The pantry is located at 215 N. 11th Street (former ADM Middle School) in Adel. The pantry is using appropriate safety measures during the Cornonvirus crisis according to Ms. McCollum.
“When you visit the pantry, you will be asked to stay in your car, given a number and wait until a volunteer shows your number. They will come to your car to get needed information. The volunteer will return to the pantry and get your pre-bagged food and perishables based on the number in your household and deliver it to your car. If you are new to the pantry, we will also help you register.”
Monetary donations are appreciated during this expanded service time said Rev. Higgs. You can make online contributions at the GSFP website.
Rev. Higgs shared, “This is the pantry’s 38th year of service to Dallas County. It was founded during the 1980’s farm crisis to help rural families and it is doing so again through this crisis.”
Hours:
Monday 12 pm – 2 pm AND 5 – 6 pm.
Tuesday 12 pm – 2 pm
If you work during our open hours, please call to schedule an appointment.
Good Samaritan Food Pantry of Adel
215 N. 11th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 478-3760
Website: www.adelfoodpantry.com
Food Pantry in Adel is Expanding its Service Area – April 6th
Adel Auto Parts NAPA Curbside Pick Up
“Adel Auto Parts NAPA is open Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 5:30pm, and Saturday from 8am to 3pm.
We are considered an essential business, supplying Emergency services to City and County governments.
We also provide the parts needed for your personal vehicle, whether you are going back and forth to the grocery store, or if you are required to go to work as an essential employee.
Curbside Pickup is available. Just call us with a credit card to place your order by phone.
All our shipments come as they normally would. Select items are hard to get, but the majority of needs are readily available. Please call us with any questions.
We are local. Adel Auto Parts is honored to contribute to local school and sports programs, the Adel Chamber of Commerce, Dallas County Fair, plus many other groups in our community. Your choice to shop local will help us continue that. We are all in this together.”
John Standley and the Adel Auto Parts/NAPA family
Adel Auto Parts Corporation
809 Main Street
Adel, Iowa 50003
515-993-3212
Hours:
Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Website: www.AdelAutoParts.com
Search the inventory for more than 375,000 parts to keep your fleet running smooth with convenient shopping in historic downtown Adel.
Visit www.AdelAutoParts.com for all your online auto care needs.
Adel Lions Club Partners with Local Charities
Adel Lions Club members recently discussed that they have been saving money for a legacy project.
But that this is a once in a lifetime pandemic and that the citizens that contributed this money are going to be in need now. It would be better to spend the money on our needy citizens now.
We can replace the funds when this is over.
The Club decided to focus on charities that already serve our citizens and provide them with much needed funding. They chose to work with the Adel Ministerial Association Emergency Fund and the Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
Kandi Beaman of the Adel Ministerial Association (AMA) explained their mission to the Club: “The AMA is made up of all the Adel churches and it does the best it can to help those who are experiencing financial crisis. We partner with county agencies and other generous businesses to offer relief to those who are most vulnerable in our community. The AMA has provided stranded persons bus tickets home to their loved ones. We have helped people with their fuel expense, to get to doctor appointments and jobs. We have helped with rental assistance, energy bill assistance, water bills, and medical emergencies. With your continued consideration we can keep assisting our friends and neighbors in the A-D-M school district with their basic, necessary obligations.”
For more information or to donate contact: Kandi at the Adel United Methodist Church, 115 S. 10th St., Adel, Ia. 50003 Phone: 515-993-3791 (You do not need to be a member of any church to qualify for help from them.)
The food pantry is well known in our community and with the increase in the number of people laid off or having a reduction of hours worked, the needs are expected to go up dramatically. The food pantry can no longer accept any food items from the public and thus can only take cash donations now and most likely for the foreseeable future. Contact them at: www.adelfoodpantry.com
The Lions Club has decided to donate $5,000 to the AMA and $10,000 to the Food Pantry. They encourage others to help both organizations through cash contributions.
The Club also thanks the community for participating in the Holiday Flags Program and dropping off cans and bottles in the collection point on the east side of the square after it can be reopened once the danger of the pandemic has passed. – Adel Lions Club
Photo Left – Lion President Rohret presents $5,000 check to Pastor Julie Higgs of Grace Lutheran Church
Photo Right – Lion President Rohret and Lion Treasurer Bill Shields present $10,000 check to Celia McCollum, Manager of the Food Pantry
Adel Lions Club
P.O. Box 103
Adel IA 50003
Phone: (515) 577-5642
Email: adellionsclub@gmail.com
Website: www.adellionsclub.org
Facebook: AdelLionsClub
Faraway – New Store Hours
Effective 3/18/20
New Store Hours until further notice: 8am – 7pm Monday – Saturday
8am- 9am: Open to those 65 and over, expecting mothers, those with a serious chronic medical condition, and those with an underlying medical condition that increases susceptibility to serious illness from covid-19.
9am – 7pm: (CLOSE) Open to general public
We ask that all customers please respect the time reserved for those that are at higher risk. We appreciate your cooperation and thank you for your confidence in Fareway.
Fareway
804 Nile Kinnick Dr S
Adel, Iowa 50003
(515) 993-2268
City of Adel Water Bill Payment Options
Courtesy of City of Adel:Adel City Hall, Adel Public Library and Chamber offices are closed.
Due to the recent rise in respiratory viruses including COVID-19, the City is strongly encouraging residents to utilize the following methods to pay their utility bills versus making payments at City Hall.
Our goal is to protect the health of our residents and City staff.
• Place payments in the night deposit boxes
• Visit our website at www.adeliowa.org to make web payments
• Call 866-229-7831 to make phone payments
• Mail payments to P.O. Box 248, Adel, IA 50003
If you have any questions, please contact the City at (515) 993-4525.
Adel City Hall
301 S. 10th Street
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4525
Website: www.AdelIowa.org
Facebook: CityofAdelIowa
Adel Lions Reach 2 Million Mark
Recently the Adel Lions Club announced that they had reached another milestone in their continuing collection of cans and bottles.
At the end of October 2015, the Club announced they had collected 1 million cans and bottles since the project had started many years earlier.
Now, thanks to the increased participation by community citizens, the Club has passed the 2 million mark in just over four more years!
That’s yet another $50,000 raised for community projects! The Club thanks our community for their strong support. This would not be possible without folks dropping off their refundable bottles and cans in the collection building on the east side of the square.
How long will it take to reach 3 million?
Photo: Lions Tom Waltz, left and Tom Bice, right
Adel Lions Club
P.O. Box 103
Adel IA 50003
Phone: (515) 577-5642
Email: adellionsclub@gmail.com
Website: www.adellionsclub.org
Facebook: AdelLionsClub
