Adel Tumbling & Dance Club – Lori (Erickson) Rickert
Located at 211 S. 7th St., Adel Tumbling & Dance Club teaches Tumbling, Tap, Ballet: Lyrical/Modern, Jazz: Hip Hop, Pre-Pointe, Pointe, and Competitive Dance. It is owned by Lori (Erickson) Rickert, who has been teaching tumbling in Adel for 35 years.
Fareway Foods – Adel, Iowa
The first Fareway Store opened in Boone, Iowa in 1938 with the simple purpose of providing good jobs, good food, and great service to happy customers. Over the past 74 years more than 100 stores across the Midwest have kept this idea alive.
Kelly & Erin Sedars – Adel Family Dentistry
Adel Family Dentistry moved to Adel in 1988. It literally was moved to Adel, by Jim Frush, who had the building relocated to Greene Street. Today it is owned and operated by Kelly and Erin Sedars. We got a chance to talk with Kelly and Erin about their practice.
Adel Cedar Creek Animal Clinic
Adel, Iowa is home to many great services for your family, and that includes your pets! This month, we spoke with Crystal Sharp of the Cedar Creek Animal Clinic in Adel to find out what makes this clinic great.
Veteran’s Day Memorial Salutes ADM Alumni
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11, 1919 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, later to be known as Veteran’s Day. His remarks, made after the War to End All Wars, ring true today over 90 years later.
September 8, 2010- UPDATE
The City of Adel announced today that a portion of the downtown business district will be without water service for a short period on Sunday, September 12th due to planned upgrades to the water system.
This was originally planned for Saturday but has been changed. Please plan accordingly.
The improvements are part of the Brick Street Rehabilitation project and are being coordinated through the City’s engineer, McClure Engineering Company. The work involves upgrading and extending a water service main line from 4” to 8” and the line will be installed under 9th Street on the west side of the Court House square.
Water will be shut off in the Downtown District from approximately 7:00am until around 3:00pm. Adel Public Works Supervisor Kip Overton said, “Although the work is scheduled to be performed during this window of time; it is unlikely the water will actually be off for the entire time period.”
Overton also mentioned that the work is dependent upon the weather Saturday morning. Work crews are planning to open the construction site and prepare the mechanical components before Saturday so that the water system will be shut down for as little time as possible.
Businesses and residents in the District are being notified via phone to alert them of the inconvenience. Questions regarding this matter may be directed to Chad Bird.
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525
Fax 515-993-4527
cbird@adeliowa.org
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
