BASE® – Local Adel Company Celebrating 20 Years

BASE® Employee Benefits Adel IowaCourtesy of Base®:

April 19th marked 20 years in business for BASE®, a company that strives to provide the best service when it comes to employee benefit plan administration.

BASE® opened for business on April 19, 1999 in Urbandale, but it wasn’t long after they moved to Adel.

Partnering with professionals in varying industries, from accounting professionals to insurance agents, to help save business owners thousands of dollars in tax savings each year and comply with the IRS, DOL and ACA.

BASE® has grown from a small company with only one benefit product to now having a portfolio of products to meet benefit and compliance needs of employers across the country. 

Company President, Terry Harrington remarked: “We are proud to have achieved this milestone through the hard work and dedication of our staff and partners, as well as our continued commitment to service we founded this business on 20 years ago. Looking back over the years, I am humbled by where we started and the continual growth and expansion BASE® has undergone. We have seen our fair share of changes, but have always been purposeful and deliberate in making decisions in the best interest of our clients in our unwavering devotion to service and integrity.” 

Base Building in adel Iowa

The service provided by BASE® encompasses communication, compliance and revolves around commitment. The BASE® commitment is as strong today as the day doors opened for business. BASE® has assisted business owners in dealing with the rising cost of health care throughout the United States, while also providing compliance services. 

“Hard to believe it has been 20 years already, but we are proud of the service oriented organization BASE® has become and where it is going,” said Harrington. Each passing year, expectations for BASE® products and services grow stronger.

BASE® promises to continue to provide excellent sales and service staff to assist our clients and partners, continue to innovate products and services, and most importantly, continue to listen in an unwavering commitment to provide the best benefit programs the industry has to offer. 

Base®
601 Visions Pkwy
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-5050
Website: www.baseonline.com

Adel Vision Clinic Opens in Adel

Adel Vision Clinic - Adel Iowa

Join us in welcoming Adel Vision Clinic to Adel. Located on the Historic square,to provide vision care products and services in Adel.

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm

Adel Vision Clinic
813 Main St.
Adel, IA 50003
Phone: (515) 207-7400
Website: adelvisionclinic.com

Damon & Elizabeth Holland – Iconic Apparel

Iconic Apparel - Adel Iowa

Chad Lovan – Lemon Grass Restaurant

Lemon Grass Restaurant - Adel Iowa

This month, we welcome Adel’s newest dining experience, Lemon Grass Restaurant featuring contemporary Lao and Thai cuisines.

2018 Adel Business and Citizen of the Year Announced

Courtesy of Adel Partners:Celebrate Adel 2019 February 25th Logo

The 2018 Adel Business and Citizen of the Year were announced February 25th at the Country Lane Lodge, during the Annual Celebrate Adel Dinner.

Business of the Year Nominees
  • Adel Dental Group
  • Adel HealthMart
  • Country Lane Lodge

CONGRATULATIONS Adel HealthMart 2018 Business of the Year

Citizen of the Year Nominees
  • Mike and Jackie Giles
  • Paula James
  • Valerie Sutton

CONGRATULATIONS Jackie and Mike Giles 2018 Citizens of the Year

Thank you to our 2019 annual reception sponsors:

  • Iowa Living Magazines
  • Russell Abstract & Tile
  • Eric Scheppers – State Farm
  • Peoples Bank
  • Big Deal Care Care
  • City of Adel
  • Raccoon Valley Bank
  • South Dallas County Landfill
  • NAPA – Adel Auto Parts

Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 73, 301 S.
10th Street, 2nd Floor
Adel, IA 50003
Email: chamber@AdelPartners.Org
Website: www.adelpartners.org
Facebook: AdelPartnersChamberOfCommerce

Signature Apparel & Promotions

Adel, Iowa 50003
Ph: (515) 314-8881
Email: signatureapparelpromotions@gmail.com
Website: signatureapparelpromotions.espwebsite.com

Custom screen printing and direct to garment printing.

Team • Tee Shirts  • Sweat Shirts  • Hoodies • Caps • Business Promotional Items

To inquire about the products and services found on our website, please contact us by phone or e-mail, and we’ll gladly assist you.

Iconic Apparel

Iconic Apparel - Adel Iowa105 9th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 473-1630
Email: damon@repiconic.com
Website: www.repiconic.com
Facebook: IconicAppareliowa

Custom apparel – team uniforms – business apparel – dye sublimation – screen printing – embroidery – sports equipment

Adel Public Library Adult Fiction Classics Section

adel-libraryCourtesy of Adel Library:

Published: January 2019

At the Adel Public Library Paula and Trever love old books!

Last year year they began a project to create an adult fiction Classics section.

After purchasing new shelving, with the generous financial support of the Friends Foundation, rescuing some of the oldest books in the library, and adding nearly 100 new titles to their collection, they now have a wonderful new Classics section with nearly 650 titles!

They hope you’ll check one out the next time you visit the library.

Adel Public Library
310 S 10th St. 
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-3512
Website: www.adelpl.org
Facebook: AdelPublicLibrary

Library Hours:
Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Help Support the Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry Wish List

Courtesy of Adel Food Pantry:Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry

The Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry has had strong community and area support for over 35 years.

This support is critical to helping our small non-profit organization serve the families in our region who are “food insecure.”

Your donations of staple groceries and fresh produce are vital to providing healthy and well-rounded food choices for our clients. But just as important are your regular financial contributions.

To keep our Pantry fully-stocked, we buy food weekly from the Food Bank of Iowa, local and regional grocery wholesalers and suppliers. We also have modest overhead costs for staff, rent, utilities, insurance and transportation.

Here is our current “WISH LIST” of ways you can help Good Samaritan Food Pantry continue to serve the growing number of adults and children in our area who would go to bed hungry many nights without your gifts and donations.

  • A gift of $50 will buy 6 cases (144 boxes) of macaroni and cheese
  • A gift of $100 will buy 7 cases (84 jars) of peanut butter
  • A gift of $115 will cover our utilities for a month ($1,400 for a year)
  • A gift of $280 will cover our rent and insurance for a month ($3,360) for a year.)
  • A gift of $400 will provide weekend backpacks for Middle School and High School for a month ($4,800 a year.)
  • A gift of $750 will help stock the Pantry with food staples for a week ($3,000 a month.)
  • A gift of $1,000 will buy 350 pounds of fresh meat and chicken we give to each family.

For additional information about one-time or capital items helpful to Good Samaritan Food Pantry’s work in our community, please contact Celia McCollum at (515) 478-3760.  Donations can be sent to GSFP, P.O. Box 141, Adel, IA 50003.

– Celia

GoodSamaritanFoodPantry_02Hours:
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
Facebook: GSFPAdel

Historic Plaques on the Adel Downtown Square

DallasCountyFoundationCourtesy of Dallas County Foundation:

Have you noticed the new edition of the Historic plaques on some of the businesses downtown?

In 2018, the Dallas County Foundation granted the Adel Historical Preservation Committee, $1,500 for
Historic  designation plaques to be placed on the following downtown buildings.

 

Newspaper Building / IOOF Lodge Building

Adel Newspaper Building and IOOF Lodge Building

Russell Building & Boak Grocery /Bernadines’ Fashions

Adel Russell Building and Boak Grocery - Bernadines Fashions

Burkett-Mitchell Ford Building

Adel Burkett-Mitchell Ford Building

City Meat Market

Adel City Meat Markets

Thank you to
Historical Preservation Commission
Dallas County Foundation
John and Val Cain–The UPS Store Clive/Waukee
Along with existing businesses in the location

Dallas County Foundation
P.O. Box # 46
Adel, IA 50003
Website: DallasCountyFoundation.org
Facebook: dallascountyfoundation

HomeCare Services, Inc. of Dallas County Thank You!

HomeCare Services of Dallas County - Adel IowaCourtesy of HomeCare Services, Inc.:

Giving Tuesday is over and we are all very grateful for all who supported HomeCare Services, Inc. of Dallas County during our first time participating in this fundraising opportunity!  

Thanks to all who contributed, we were able to raise over $3400 in donations and matching funds!

If you missed the chance to donate, it’s not too late! Donations can still be made at give65.org/Homecareservicesincofdallascounty

Thank you for your ongoing support of our Dallas County elderly/disabled citizens, keeping them safe and independent in their own homes!

Deb Anderson, LBSW

Home Care Services Inc of Dallas County Iowa Logo

Homecare Services, Inc. of Dallas County
101 N 9th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Website: HomeCareDallas.org
Facebook: HomeCareDallasCounty

Terry The Turkey Hunter

Terry Traveller

Gobble, gobble, fellow travelers! It is I, your beloved Terry T., here to soothe your woes with another artfully written tale of wonderment. Today, we talk turkey.

Thanksgiving is full of traditions- parades, shopping, the ceremonial cheek pinching of long forgotten relatives. But there is one tradition I enjoy more than any. Well, kind of, because I certainly enjoy the annual watching of The Burbs with Mr. Tom Hanks immensely.

You may not know this, kind reader, but I enjoy turkey hunting. Oh yes, I know its seen as barbaric and uncouth. For many, the idea of waking up before sunrise, donning camouflage overalls and a neon vest, and pouring a thermos full of bitter black coffee in the cold November morn is simply preposterous.

But there is an exhilaration, sirs and madams. The sun brighter, the crisp air pungent with anticipation as I walk quietly across the vast field, weapon in hand. I stake out the perfect spot, and quickly eye my prize. A 23lb gobbler waiting to be mine. I look around, set my sights, and calmly pull the trigger.

“I’ll take that one!” I cry and soon, it is mine. I walk with great hast, nervous someone will rip my prize from my arms, and in my hast, bump smack into Cory, the friendly manager of Fareway who smiles and asks if I need help with my grocery bags. To which I reply, “no, Mr. Grocer, this Butterball is all I need.”

I return to my truck with its empty gun rack, a sentimental gift from a long lost love, and let out my turkey call, victorious once again, before returning home to research brining solutions. It’s going to be a most wonderful Thanksgiving indeed.

This is Terry Traveler saying, Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night.

Terry Traveller
Email: terry@discoveradel.com
Facebook: DiscoverAdel.TerryTraveller

The ADM Athletic Hall of Fame 2019 Class Announced

Courtesy of ADM Alumni AssociationADM Hall of Fame Tiger

The ADM High School Athletic selection committee announces the 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees.

Those to be honored are:
•  Norene Groff Heaps, Class of 1977
•  Wesley Nordquist, Class of 2009
•  Jim Peters, Class of 1971
•  Bill Shields, Coach 

The ADM Alumni Association would like to congratulate these inductees and thank those that took the time to nominate them. Please continue to make nominations throughout the year for future inductions.

Nomination forms must be received at ADM Alumni Association, PO Box 122, Adel, IA 50003-0122
by No Later Than November 1st.

2019 Hall of Fame Inductees

Norene Groff Heaps, Class of 1977, was a multi-sport athlete at Adel-DeSoto High School. She was a 2nd team all-stater in softball, 3rd team all-stater in basketball, once scoring a single game career high 60 points and a state track meet medal winner, 6 times in hurdle events.

Wesley Nordquist, Class of 2009, was a two sport athlete at ADM High School. He was a 1st team all-stater in basketball and a member of two conference championship teams. He also was a member of the 3rd place state tournament squad. He finished 2nd in career rebounding in school history. Wesley’s multi-sports included participating as a wide receiver in football.

Jim Peters, Class of 1971, was a letter winner in basketball, football, track and cross-country at Adel High School. He was all-state honorable mention in football and team captain of the state qualifying basketball team. He was selected honorable mention all-state in basketball.

Bill Shields, Coach, helped start the ADM soccer program in 1988 with 18 players. He was inducted into the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame. His teams have won three conference championships and qualified for the state tournament 7 times, with a 4th place finish in 2012.

The induction ceremony will take place at the ADM Alumni All Class reunion, Thursday,  August 8, 2019

There will be a reception from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the 7-8 Commons Area. The ADM Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony starts at 7:00 p.m.

Congratulations to the 2019 ADM Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees!

ADM Alumni Association
P.O. Box 122
Adel, Iowa 50003-0122
Website: www.admalumni.com

Kevin Hircock – Team RunFree

Team RunFree - Adel Iowa

This month, we were honored to meet with Kevin Hircock, founder of Team RunFree, a nonprofit organization in Adel that shares the joy of adaptive running, one race at a time.

Terry Traveler – “Remembers” the Last 10 Years

Terry Traveller

My, my, dear readers. Can you believe its been 10 years? A full decade of reporting my travels for DiscoverAdel.com. Wow.

If you’d asked me 10 years ago, “Terry? Where will you be in 10 years?”

I think I would have said, “I’ll be drinking coffee. Why, do you want to pick up some donuts?”

To which I say today, “Hey! You’re late and I can’t believe you forgot the donuts.”

Never would I ever have guessed I would be celebrating such a landmark occasion with my good friends of Adel.

It’s been sweet, these past 10 years. I still have my Waponi Woo orange soda koozie, a ticket stub from Cairo, and 6 jars of unknown coins. I was an amazing cheese roller and I have the sash to prove it. I was both honored by, and later banned from, Scotland for my Bagpipe Concerto #4 and #7, respectively. I now know what its like to stand in the forest with yuppies, and will forever know the terrifying smell of their Birkenstocks.

Remember, that guy with the orange parrot that matched his orange car? That was funny. And that time I was supposed to cover New Year’s Eve in New York but I spent the travel expenses on an original photocopy of the Gremlin 2 movie script signed by Steve McQueen? Good times.

And now, 10 years later, you ask me, Well I just don’t know, friend. But I can say this: where there is a story to tell, you’ll find me. When something odd is happening, I’ll be there. When readers cry out for sanity, honor, and accountability,

I’ll point them in the other direction. For I may not know where this world will take me, and I may not care, but my heart will always be in Adel. Unless its somewhere else. Like Tahiti. Or stored in one of those creepy scientist jars. Or eaten by a lion on the safari. All fine options, mind you, but Adel is my second favorite. I just love a good safari.

This is Terry Traveler saying, it may not be true, but its always true and that’s the scary part.

Terry Traveller
Email: terry@discoveradel.com
Facebook: DiscoverAdel.TerryTraveller

New Hope Church Welcomes 2 New Pastors

New Hope Church Adel Iowa

This month we spoke with Lead Pastor Dr. Ryan Whitson and Youth Pastor Jake Sanders of the New Hope Church in Adel. Both have recently joined the church and Adel community with their families.

Inland Coatings Celebrates 40 Years

Inland Coatings is celebrating 40 years this year!

Based off of Hwy 6 in Adel, Inland manufactures premium coatings for all types of applications including Flat roofs, Industrial buildings, AG-Implements, piping, and Recreational Vehicles.

If you have a leaky roof or want a premium coating/sealant- stop by the plant or give us a call at 515-993-4524.

Inland Coatings Corp.
PO Box 247
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4251
Toll Free: 800-456-8467
Fax: (515) 993-4324
Website: www.inlandcoatings.com
Facebook: InlandCoatings

Laurie Tigges – Big Blue Bed and Breakfast

Big Blue Bed and Breakfast Adel Iowa

Overnight Accommodations at Big Blue Bed and Breakfast

ADM Yearbooks Are Live!

Alumni Tiger PawCourtesy of ADM Alumni Association

No Matter The Year, Decade Or Century….
We’ve Got You Covered!!!  

We are proud to announce that ALL yearbooks in our inventory are loaded and ready to view!   
 
All that is required is a membership in the ADM Alumni Association. Not a member?

Join Now you don’t need to be an alumni to visit the past. 

Already a member, just log in and click the “Yearbooks” Button on the left hand side of our website.

ADM Alumni Association
P.O. Box 122 Adel, Iowa 50003
Website: www.admalumni.com