BASE® Raises Money to Support ADM K-5 Reading Program
The staff at BASE® recently came together to help support the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn schools in providing funds for the ADM reading program.
During the month of February, BASE® employees challenged each other to see who could raise more money between two designated charities.
Win or lose, the staff from the Adel company felt like winners for being able to give back to the local youth in their community.
Laura Radebaugh, an employee at BASE®, shares why supporting her local community is important to her. “I think it is important for every business to support their communities. Local charities are a great way for us to be active in the community and do some good at the same time. I love when we help out the children in the community too,” she said.
With a strong emphasis on reading and writing, the ADM K-5 program will benefit greatly from the $800 donation from BASE® to support young readers in the area.
The money is going to support kids in grades K-5 who aren’t yet reading at grade level.
This money will provide these students with an opportunity to select their choice of books at their independent level from designated scholastic books to further enhance their reading skills.
The Principals for both the Adel Elementary and DeSoto Intermediate School shared their appreciation and noted the donation from BASE® being impactful to the ADM students. They shared how money from BASE® will directly benefit readers at Adel Elementary and DeSoto Intermediate Schools by getting books in kids’ hands.
DeSoto Principal, Jodi Banse, said, “The greatest way to build a reader is to increase the pages and minutes a child reads. The BASE® donation will provide students with books that they choose. We know that motivation is a key to reading and choice directly connects to that. Allowing students to keep these books allows them to read and reread the texts. Students are beyond excited to get new books!”
BASE® is happy for the ADM K-5 students who will directly benefit from these funds, and feel good knowing that it will make a long lasting impact on everyone in the schools as a whole.
Base®
601 Visions Pkwy
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-5050
Website: www.baseonline.com
Adel Vision Clinic
813 Main St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 207-7400
Website: adelvisionclinic.com
Terry Traveler – Grand Canyon
Fellow travelers of the great wide world, it is I, Terry Traveler, here to tell you of another wonderful journey I took around this giant rotating orb of water and stone, plant and mineral, peoples being peoples.
My favorite spot in the whole of the world is no more than 3 feet wide. It is the perfect spot to stop, to look, to bask in warmth and light. It is merely a dusty rock, found amongst the tourists and hot dog stands of the rocky ledge of a canyon, great and wide.
It was one of my earliest expeditions, when my traveling companions made all the arrangements and I was left to read Highlights magazine. After days of driving cross country, we arrived at sunset to peer at what I had imagined would be a giant hole in the ground. How wrong I was.
I had never seen anything so vast- in all directions it spilled forth from that cliff where I stood shocked, nervous and aware. My eyes, young indeed, could not comprehend all the wonders at once.
How grand was this canyon, with the birds soaring and the winds singing and the colors saturating every rod and cone. I closed my eyes and saw the colors burnt into my retinas. I felt like I was standing on the edge of the earth and my knees give way. I sat on that rock and in doing so, felt akin to all that surrounded me, and in that moment, claimed my most favorite spot in the whole wide world.
Sitting near that ledge, on a rock at the end of the world, I saw bugs crawling in the dirt, weaving along the sides of rocks- like cliff hangers without safety ropes. It wasn’t the end of the world, I realized, it was just the beginning. Right there, in that three foot patch of dirt, was a perfect ecosystem where bugs and snakes and birds and bats and fish and coyotes and tourists and hot dog vendors lived in harmony, not fear, of the ledge. What a beautiful dance, what a perfect spot to view the whole of the great wide world.
Fellow travelers, it is the memory of that singular experience that drives me onward, seeking out new views and vistas, new life and new civilizations, those bold places I’ve never gone before. This is Terry Traveler saying, this Spring Break, may you seek the same.
Terry Traveller
Email: terry@discoveradel.com
Facebook: DiscoverAdel.TerryTraveller
Dallas County Extension and Outreach Receives RBFF Grant
Courtesy of the Dallas Co Extension Office
Adel, IA – (March 1, 2018) – Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) and the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education Fund announced the grantees for 2018, marking the third round of grants for the Education Fund.
Local grantee Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach, Dallas County, will use this grant to bring fishing, boating and conservation experiences and education to Hispanic families in the Dallas County community.
“The future of fishing and boating depends on engaging younger, diverse audiences. We’re happy to provide such an amazing opportunity to help organizations in reaching the Hispanic market,” said RBFF President and CEO Frank Peterson. “And with state agencies matching the funds, the impact of each program is effectively doubled.”
“Emerging audiences, like Millennials and Gen X-ers are increasingly diverse, and the Hispanic population is expected to reach 65 million individuals by 2020,” added Peterson. “With this in mind, it’s imperative that our industry reach out to and include the Hispanic audience in marketing messages, communications and imagery.”
Executive Director ISU Extension and Outreach, Dallas County, Jeff Jackson said, “Our focus for these funds is reaching our Hispanic families in Perry, Iowa. We are developing a great program that engages all members of the family to help them learn that fishing is a low-cost activity that is fun for all ages, as well as an opportunity to support their food supplies.”
In 2014, Bass Pro Shops Founder and CEO Johnny Morris donated $125,000 to RBFF to start an Education Fund in honor of his friend, President George H.W. Bush’s 90th birthday. Soon after the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education Fund was launched, other companies have come on board with their financial support.
The Education Fund carries out its mission of engaging Hispanic families across the United States in fishing and boating through hands-on experiences and conservation activities.
More information about the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education Fund is available at takemefishing.org/educationfund. Learn more about how you or your organization can donate to the fund here.
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Adel Dental Group Has Moved!
Courtesy of Adel Dental Group:
Adel Dental Group has moved into our new location.
We pride ourselves on our high level of dental care for you and all your family members!
Our pleasant, relaxed atmosphere and warm, friendly staff, will put you at ease for every appointment.
We can’t wait to meet you!
Call us today at (515) 993-4333 today to set up an appointment. You’ll be happy you did!
Our Dentists are:
Dr. L. Eric Anderson, DDS
Dr. Rachel Reis, DDS
Dr. Erin Jensen, DDS
Adel Dental Group
202 Nile Kinnick Dr S.
Adel, IA 50003
Phone: 515-993-4333
Email: AdelDentalGroup@gmail.com
Website: www.AdelDentalGroup.com
Adel Winterset TV & Appliance – Pure Air & Water
Courtesy of Adel Winterset TV & Appliance:
Adel Winterset TV & Appliance now offers The GreenTech systems.
The Pure GreenTech system is awesome especially this time of year but should be used all year round.
And with Adel’s water the Pure Water is something everyone needs.
It keeps all the crud from building up in your pipes and onto everything else.
Stop by Adel Winterset TV & Appliance and see how we improve your life.
Testimonials:
“We have used our Pure Wash for over two years and absolutely love it. Our cloths are cleaner and smell better. Without buying detergent and heating water our operating costs are way down.” – G. Jensen
“I love my Purewash system. I am a busy home based dog groomer. I use my washing machine daily with my Purewash system to clean my dirty dog towels. Using the Purewash system helps me save money by not using detergent while still delivering clean fresh smelling laundry.” – L. Jufffers
“We purchased the purewash system almost a year ago because I liked the idea of having no soap. Our daughters have really sensitive skin, and I knew that eliminating soap would help. I was however nervous as we live on a farm and children get DIRTY! Purewash has held up to the test of our family and exceeded all expectations. Lastly I’d like to mention cost….I am a penny pincher so it was painful to purchase, I’ll be honest. But if you put pencil to paper and figure out how much money your spending in detergent and other washing products in a year…and compare it to the longevity of the purewash system, you will end up being light years ahead with your money. It’s an easy, affordable system to put in place to simplify your routine, for your family’s health, with amazing results!!” -M. Fountas
“As most of you know I do not push product on Facebook or anywhere unless I totally believe in it. About 3 months ago, I struggled for several months with a huge nasty cough, sounded horrible like I had pneumonia, I would sit at the baseball games coughing, and I would come into work and cough cough cough. Go home and I would be fine. Keep in mind my whole life I have never had allergies. Well eventually after having a customer ask me to stay away from him because he didn’t want to catch whatever I had, I realized whatever this was, wasn’t good. So I talked to Tammy at Adel and they had just got in the items below “Pure Air Purification units.” We decided it would be a fantastic time to try one of these units out in my office. I came in on a Monday morning after having it going all weekend long and just walking in the store there was a significant change. The store felt and smelt fresh. The air was crisp and clean. Guess what no coughing what so ever. It really worked! I am not kidding. If I turn the machine off for a weekend and come back Monday, I start coughing, turn the machine on and within 30 minutes there is a huge difference. This machine looks small but it clears up to 1500 square feet of Air. I personally think it is worth every penny. There are many sizes of these units and I am about to test a smaller unit a “PureAir 250″ in Jacobs room at home. Jacob is the kid in our house who picks up every little strep throat/sickness/colds and coughs every morning and night. Pretty sure he has some allergies and probably living in our basement is probably susceptible to some mold or allergens of some sort. So keep watching out for the result of this one. I am pretty interested myself as to see if this helps him 100% like it did me.” – Robin Dick
“We live in De Soto, Iowa where our water is very hard. We do not have a water softener and decided to try the Water Genie. We have had it hooked up for almost 2 years now. We noticed a difference in a couple months after installing. Our coffee pot was not scummy anymore, on most things the hard water line was not present anymore. It doesn’t really soften the water like a water softener does but it lessens the hard water spots and lines. Would highly recommend this to everyone.” – B. Massure
Adel Winterset TV and Appliance
916 Main St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-5287
Website: www.adelwintersettv.com
Facebook: ADTV4287
Dallas County 4-H Livestock Judging Team
Courtesy of the Dallas Co Extension Office
Dallas County 4-H Livestock Judging team is in full swing and has had a very successful winter.
They were the 9th high team at the Sioux Empire contest in Sioux Falls, SD.
Successful results were had at the Iowa Beef Expo as the 4th and 6th high teams in oral reasons; 1st, 6th, 10th, 15th and 21st high teams in placings; and the 3rd and 6th high teams overall out of 22 4-H teams.
At the Iowa Beef Expo Livestock Judging Contest Dallas County 4-H was represented by 19 team members ranging from 4th to 11th grade. The team is coached by Emily Wynn and Eric Taylor. Assistant coaches are Cody Jimmerson and Danielle James.
“Livestock judging is alive and well in Dallas County! Every week 21 kids meet to discuss and judge livestock. This is the most participation we had in the past 12 years. These kids all love livestock judging and I am so proud of each and every one of them. As a coach is it nice to have former 4-H judging team members come back and help out each week as assistant coaches. We are very excited for a fun and successful year ahead!” said Emily Wynn.
Iowa 4-H Judging Contests are for the 4-H’ers to learn modern livestock and meat evaluation methods, practice decision-making and communication skills and develop the ability to select livestock appropriate for a defined production purpose. Participation on a judging team enhances a student’s ability to think reason and make decisions, and to communicate with others.
Team Pictured are (L-R) Kerilynn Schmidt; Austin Scharlau; Cooper Greenslade; Spencer Collins; Brodrick Schmidt; Jarett Orman; Elia Schmdit; Madison Feller; Kelsie Greenslade; Tori Schmidt; Eric Taylor; Hallie Henfling; Bailey Christensen; Kennedy Montag; Kale Montag; Celia Kreifels; Jacey Orman; Brinna Orr; Charlie Schaefer; Aiden Brown; Tyler Schaefer; Cecilia Rowe
3rd Place Team Iowa Beef Expo (L-R) – Brodrick Schmidt; Kaitie Jimmerson; Madison Feller; Spencer Collins
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Facebook: ISUExtensionDallasCounty
4-H Club Machine Magicians Win 2nd Place!
Dallas County Machine Magicians 4-H competed in the State First Lego League tournament held at Iowa State University January 14th.
The club won 2nd place for their Project Innovative Solution.
The competition consisted of 60 teams of 9- to 14- year olds that have advanced from regional competitions from around Iowa. They also competed in the Global Innovation Award presentations.
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program, created by FIRST® and LEGO® , designed to get children interested in and excited about science, technology and engineering. This year’s theme was hydrodynamics. Teams each had to identify a water problem, research it, design a solution and share their ideas with competition judges. The teams were also evaluated on their LEGO robot’s performance and design, a research presentation and team interviews on design and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) core values.
Their project is called Stop Drop, it is an app that connects with a flow meter device placed on waterlines throughout your house. The app shows how much water you are using right to your smart phone. It also has a mini game with water conservation facts. It’s main application is for household use to monitor usage or leaky toilets/pipes. Another use is monitoring filling water tanks in an agricultural setting.
“The kids got the idea for the project from all the fitness trackers out there that track your steps, this tracks your water usage. The more you know the more you can do! ” said Rebecca Smith the club leader.
The Magician Magicians team consist of 9 youth from the Adel area. They have been practicing for 4 months to prepare for competition.
Front Row: Bryson Smith, Sydney Kuhse, Addison Kuonen, Owen Embree and Kaylin Dains Middle Row: Tate Hook, Brady Gustafson, Sam Peters, Tom Hook Back Row: Cliff and Rebecca Smith
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Facebook: ISUExtensionDallasCounty
Dallas County Rep for National 4-H Youth Summit
Grace Kruse – 2018 4-H Rep
the Dallas Co Extension Office
Grace Kruse, a Dallas Center-Grimes High School senior has been chosen as Dallas County 4-H representative for the 2018 National 4-H Youth Summit for Healthy Living.
The National 4-H Youth Summit for Healthy Living is a four day conference for high school youth held February 16-19 at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
This event will develop youth knowledge and skills in addressing today’s health related issues including nutrition education, physical fitness, wellness, and emotional wellbeing.
Grace has been an active member of Dallas County 4-H for 9 years and has served as both Vice President and Secretary for the Dallas County Saddlelites 4-H Club. Grace has participated in horse shows at both the county and state fair level, where she won multiple awards for poles and barrel racing.
She is a member of the varsity Cross Country and soccer teams, an honor roll student and a silver cord volunteer. Grace works as a lifeguard and a Certified Nursing Assistant. She has also shared her knowledge with younger youth by serving as a Sunday school teacher.
Grace is planning to attend a state university next year and major in Human Physiology.
At the summit, youth will participate in a variety of workshops, learn from professionals in these related fields, and create action plans to implement projects to promote healthy living back in their communities.
The structure of the summit maximizes the amount of hands-on learning experiences and translates that learning to direct outcomes. The youth leaders representing Iowa will share about their learning experiences with other youth upon their return
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Facebook: ISUExtensionDallasCounty
Good Samaritan Food Pantry – New Website & Facebook Page
The Adel Good Samaritan Food Pantry (GSFP) invites you to visit their New Website and Facebook page. The older Facebook page will no longer be updated.
The new sites are designed to better serve the residents of the ADM School District and the Van Meter School District.
The (GSFP) is located in the old Adel Middle School Lunchroom at 215 North 11th Street Adel, Iowa.
Hours: Monday & Tuesday – 12 pm to 2 pm. AND Monday 5 pm to 6 pm.
Please enter through the Blue door on the NE corner.
Good Samaritan Food Pantry of Adel
215 N. 11th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 478-3760
Website: www.adelfoodpantry.com
Facebook: GSFPAdel
ADM Alumni Association Information Request
Courtesy of the Adel Alumni Association:
The ADM Alumni Association is interested in collecting data regarding how many of ADM’s 2018 graduates are children, grandchildren, etc., of district graduates.
If you are interested in sharing information with them, you may contact Dana Brown from the ADM Alumni Board at danabrowndesign@gmail.com.
They would like to know:
- The name of the 2018 ADM graduate;
- the name of the parent(s)/grandparent(s), and;
- the year(s) they graduated.
This would include anyone who graduated from Adel, DeSoto, or Minburn (Central Dallas), in any of its renditions (Adel, Adel-DeSoto, etc.).
ADM Alumni Association
P.O. Box 122
Adel, IA 50003
Website: admalumni.com
Email: info@ADMAlumni.org
Helps Homestead
18716 Old Highway 6
Adel, Iowa 50003-5523
Phone: (515) 724-2078
Email: HelpsHomestead@gmail.com
Website: www.HelpsHomestead.com
Facebook : HelpsHomestead
Creating, collaborating, inspiring! Rustic home decor, furnishings, and teaching others in DIY workshops!
Beekeeping Basics Class in Adel – February 27th
Courtesy of the Dallas Co Extension Office
Beekeeping has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years as more people purchase hives for their homes and farms.
Zack Koopman, ISU Agriculture Specialist, will lead a two-hour ‘Beekeeping Basics’ course designed to introduce the fundamentals of beekeeping and help attendees decide if this hobby is right for them.
“Bees are one of the most incredible creatures on the planet. The more you learn about this complex insect beyond their great tasting honey the more fascinated you will become.” Zack Koopman
The class will be on February 27, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the ISU Extension and Outreach-Dallas County Office.
Please pre-register by Feb 23rd, by contacting ISU Extension and Outreach-Dallas County at 515-993-4281 or email aleta@iastate.edu.
Preregistration is requested for this free program.
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Facebook: ISUExtensionDallasCounty
Terry Traveler – New Year Thoughts
Good friends, gather round! It is the end of a long, stressful year and I, your devoted writer, poet, taxidermist Terry Traveler, am here to remind you of sunshine!
Welcome to 2018!
You see, the point of New Years is hope for the future and what this next year will bring. The end of 2017 felt simultaneously underwhelming and overwhelming. Why? Because of the Potential each year holds.
As 2017 fades in our memory, we are reminded of things that bothered us, things like missing out on the Annual Rain Dance Festival in Detroit. Things that made us sad, like that time my car got towed on the way to the Annual Rain Dance Festival in Detroit.
Or mad, like that time I got a completely unjustified ticket for driving a big rig without a valid US license on my way to the Annual Rain Dance Festival in Detroit. For you see, I had my Argentinian license, but not my diplomatic papers to support the validity of the Argentinian license. I left those in my other parka. It was an ordeal.
But I’m here to help you forget about all that Annual Rain Dance Festival nonsense because you know what? I know a secret. And that secret? I’ll tell you. 2018 is going to be an incredible year. And the sheer fact that I know that is very weird indeed.
You see, each year has such great potential that we have a mix of emotions come January. We say goodbye to all the potential 2017 had in store, just 12 short months ago, and turn rapidly into a brave new era! An endless era of bright sunny days with endless chances to go vegan for a week or rent a paddle boat for a month. With the tick of a clock and freshly minted list of resolutions, our Potential Meter is refilled. 2018, in all its glory, is full of that sweet, sweet elixir, Potential.
Some people don’t like the New Year and to them I say, be quiet, its a beginning. Think not of the end, think not of chances missed, think not of past wasted days playing Pokemon Go and the subsequent (and nearly instantaneous) forgetting of your obsession with Pokemon Go.
Think only of all the goals you see yourself achieving in the next 365 days. Think fondly of each of those 525,600 minutes you can spend cultivating a garden or learning Spanish or renting a paddle boat!
Welcome, dear readers, to the year 2018!
This is Terry Traveler saying, I may not know the future, but it’d be a lot cooler if I did.
Terry Traveller
Email: terry@discoveradel.com
Facebook: DiscoverAdel.TerryTraveller
4-H Club Machine Magicians – Champions And More
the Dallas Co Extension Office
The Dallas County 4-H club Machine Magicians joined more than 100 students in the First Lego League regional qualifying competition on Sunday, December 17th at Johnston High School.
Teams are required to build robotic machines from Legos to perform pre-determined missions and are judged on their robot game, the robot design, their core values (team work) and the project.
The project is an innovative solution to a real life problem pertaining to the theme, which is Hydrodynamics this year. Machine Magicians won Champion and the Global Innovation Award for the research that pertains to their project.
The Dallas County 4-H club is led by Rebecca and Cliff Smith. They have been meeting for 3 years. “The kids have been working hard since the beginning of September and seeing their faces when the awards were announced was priceless!” said leader Rebecca Smith.
Teams that performed well on Sunday will advance on to the state competition at Iowa State University on January 14th.
Front Row: Bryson Smith, Sydney Kuhse, Addison Kuonen, Owen Embree and Kaylin Dains Middle Row: Tate Hook, Brady Gustafson, Sam Peters, Tom Hook Back Row: Cliff and Rebecca Smith
Dallas County ISU Extension Office
28059 Fairground Road
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-4281
Fax: (515) 993-1027
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu/dallas
Facebook: ISUExtensionDallasCounty
Grace and Tim Pettit – Chauffeurs of Distinction
This month we were honored to speak with Grace and Tim Pettit, owners of Chauffeurs of Distinction, a Veteran Owned Executive Car Service Company offering high-class transportation throughout the Midwest.
AGWest Commodities
Jason Leinen
1317 Greene St. • PO Box 213
Adel IA 50003
Phone: (866) 995-8067
Cell: (515) 664-6133
Fax: (308) 995-8411
Email:jleinen@goagwest.com
Website: www.goagwest.com
MCA Metal Fabrication
115 S. 6th St. Space 23
Adel. Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 339-4089
Facebook: MCAMetalFabrication
Bryce Holmes custom metalwork projects for personal and commercial needs, including name monograms and yard decorations
