Chad Lovan – Lemon Grass Restaurant
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
The 2018 Adel Business and Citizen of the Year were announced February 25th at the Country Lane Lodge, during the Annual Celebrate Adel Dinner.
- Adel Dental Group
- Adel HealthMart
- Country Lane Lodge
CONGRATULATIONS Adel HealthMart 2018 Business of the Year
- 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
105 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
Courtesy 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
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
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
Facebook: GSFPAdel
Historic Plaques on the Adel Downtown Square
Courtesy 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
Russell Building & Boak Grocery /Bernadines’ Fashions
Burkett-Mitchell Ford Building
City Meat Market
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!
Courtesy 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
Homecare Services, Inc. of Dallas County
101 N 9th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Website: HomeCareDallas.org
Facebook: HomeCareDallasCounty
Terry The Turkey Hunter
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 Association
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
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
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
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
ADM Yearbooks Are Live!
Courtesy 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
Donate Those Extra Bags to the Good Samaritan Food Pantry
Do you have a collection of plastic bags you don’t know what to do with?
Please consider donating them to the The Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
This is an on going request and all donations are welcomed.
Please drop them off at the Food Pantry between 9:00 am and 2:30 pm on Monday or Tuesday.
You may also take them to the Adel United Methodist Church or to your church for a volunteer to pick up.
Thank you for your support.
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 schedulean appointment.
Good Samaritan Food Pantry of Adel
215 N. 11th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 478-3760
Website:www.adelfoodpantry.com
Facebook: GSFPAdel
Terry Traveler – Goes White Water Rafting
Terry Traveler here, your loyal world tourist. I think you’re ready to hear about the 22nd time I almost died.
Like the 21 times before, the day started like any other. I found myself thrown into a group of thrill seekers, headed west to surmount an unknown challenge.
The trip was long, and no one seemed to appreciate my rendition of Tiptoe Through the Tulips on the portable bagpipes.
I don’t know why, as they opted to play something they called EDM for the entire 12 hour trip, a noise which sounded to me like a chorus of heartbeats and injured cats. To each their own, I suppose.
Once we reached our destination, we then hiked another 4 miles into the wilderness. It was a pleasant walk as I am most at home when I have no idea where I am, or where I am going.
Finally, we reached a wooden cabin and met Ted, our Whitewater Rafting Tour Guide. I was happy to have brought my towel for such an expedition. Ted was a happy young man of 20, set on giving us the ride of our lives down the river and through the mountains. None of the tourist rapids for us, the group cheered, we were set for an adventure.
After what seemed like hours of training and miles of legal releases, we were ready to tackle the rapids. Feet locked into our little boat, we rowed down stream at 760 cubicle inches of water per minute- I have no idea how to translate that to miles per hour, so lets say 4. It felt much like a roller coaster- fast and swooping from rock to rock, with mellow moments of calm right before another fast and swooping stretch.
I was a captain at sea: water splashing over the sides, nautical calls from Ted to “Bank Left and Hold the Tee!”- we traversed those mighty waters as a well oiled machine.
The next thing I remember was the swirl of ice cold Rocky Mountain water, the sounds of hollering, staring at a boulder just inches from my face, and two arms snapping me back into the boat. At that moment we hit the boulder, sending us all flying into the center of the boat, sloshing to and fro with the currents, until settling into a mild little cove of tranquility.
It was an intense 54 seconds, during which I’d like to say my life flashed before my eyes, but it may have been a Sylvester Stallone movie. I don’t remember being a trucker that likes to arm wrestle, but its a wild life being me, so who can say for sure.
This is Terry Traveler saying: don’t be afraid of the unknown destination or the thrills that comes with it. Just remember to take your towel, and hang out with guys like Ted who will pull you back in the boat. – Terry
Terry Traveller
Email: terry@discoveradel.com
Facebook: DiscoverAdel.TerryTraveller
Adel Party to Commemorate Kinnick’s 100th Birthday July 7th
Courtesy of Adel Partners:Adel Partners Chamber, City of Adel, FRYfest to Commemorate Kinnick’s 100th Birthday
On Saturday, July 7, a private ribbon cutting celebration will be held at the Kinnick Addition of the Adel Historical Museum at 10:00 am followed by a community gathering until 2:00 pm at the Adel Pavilion (located at 10th and Main St.)
FRYfest, Coralville’s annual celebration of all things Hawkeye, which takes place annually on the Friday before the first home football game, will be on hand to help celebrate. Kinnick’s 100th birthday will be a focus at this year’s FRYfest on August 31 in the Iowa River Landing in Coralville. With the assistance of the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame, FRYfest will bring a bust of Kinnick to the event in Adel.
Dora Mason, a long time Iowa City resident and UI graduate, sculpted the bust in 1940. Mason and Kinnick became friends and she observed him while he studied for a final exam. She sculpted the bust out of clay, later to be cast in bronze.
Also in attendance will be the author of the book Nile, T. Lidd; producer of the upcoming movie The Ironmen, Joe Heath; and Herky the Hawk.
The event is open to the public at the Stage and Pavilion with birthday cake and selfies with Kinnick bust.
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
