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Vol. 41 No. 38 Norwalk, Iowa 50211 USPS No. 395-120 Phone 981-0406 Thursday, February 11,2010
County
Democrats
Soup Supper
Governor Chet Culver
will be the keynote
speaker at the Warren
County Democrat's An-
nual Soup Supper Mon-
day, Feb. 15, at the First
United Methodist Church,
307 West Ashland Ave. in
Indianola at 5:30 p.m.
Bill Maske, candidate
for Iowa's 4th Congres-
sional district, will also be
in attendance. This is a
great opportunity for
Democrats to get ac-
quainted and share their
concerns with state and
local elected officials and
candidates. The public is
encouraged to attend this
free-will offering supper.
Visit the website at
www.warrendemocrats.org
for additional information.
Clover Kids
To Meet
Norwalk Clover Kids is
a fun 4-H program for chil-
dren currently in kinder-
garten through third grade
who are living in Warren
County. The group meets
at 6:30 p.m. every third
Sunday of the month at the
Norwalk Easter PublicLi-
brary in the meeting room,
with the first meeting set
for Sunday, Feb. 21. The
cost is $15 per year with
financial aid available.
Youngsters will experi-
ence hands-on activities
designed to build lots of
different life skills. They
will explore science with
simple science experi-
ments, strengthen motor
skills through a variety of
art and craft activities,
learn and play cooperative
games, as well as make
friends and learn to work
together with others in a
group setting.
For more information,
contact the leader, Valene
Hautekeete at 981-4094 or
hautekeete@msn.com.
Deadline for ads,
legals and stories
is Noon Friday!
Blood Drive
A community blood
drive will be held Thurs-
day, Feb. 11, from 3 to 7
p.m. at St. John the Apostle
Catholic Church, 720 Or-
chard Hills Dr.
The drive is sponsored
by the Norwalk Christian
Church. Walk-ins are wel-
come.
Optimist Club To
Host Fundraiser
Members of the
Norwalk Optimist Club
will host a fundraiser for
13-year-old Stephan
Arends, Des Moines, who
has suffered with Cystic
Fibrosis since birth.
The event will be Fri-
day, Feb. 12, at The Daily
Grind coffee shop, 813
North Ave. Dan Trilk will
play his guitar with sing-
along songs for youngsters
beginning at 6:30 p.m. Par-
ents are invited to bring
their children, up to age 8,
for the fun. The cost is a
free-will offering.
Optimist will give 100%
of the donations to the
Arends family to help with
transportation and costs
related to the three-month
checkup in St. Louis, MO
to determine when
Stephan will need a
double lung transplant.
By Ed Kuhl, 2010 Chamber President
The Norwalk Area
Chamber, much like our
community, remains vi-
brant, active and growing
in 2010. We currently are
representing 68 busi-
nesses-105 members, so if
you have not sent in your
membership renewal
form, please do so as soon
as possible.
Deadline to be included
in the GDMP Directory/
website & the Norwalk
Chamber Director/website
is March 1[
We answer many re-
quests from prospects and
residents with informa-
tional community packets.
If you are having an Open
House or event, let Deb at
the Chamber office know
so she can pass the word
along to our other mem-
bers. We encourage all of
our chamber members to
make use of all the benefits
that come along in being a
Chamber member.
ActivitieSat the
NORWALK
LIBRARY
1051 North Ave. • 981-0217
How did Lincoln get the name Honest Abe?
Why do we find Lincoln's face on a penny?
Find out the answers to these questions and many
more as you take the Abraham Lincoln Trivia Quiz at
the Norwalk Easter Public Library this month. On dis-
play are artifacts and paraphernalia depicting the great
life of our 16t" president. His ability to rise above com-
mon roots to lead the nation during one of its most try-
ing times, the Civil War, with anti-slavery issues that
rocked the core of the very existence of a United States,
have preserved him as one of the nation's favorite lead-
ers.
On loan from local resident, Gerry Miller, is an au-
thentic pressed document from the 1890s, a treasured
family heirloom. Also highlighted are the 2009 Lincoln
one cent collection series. The display can be viewed
through the month of February honoring the president's
February 12th birth date.
Our Chamber is respon-
sible for many of
Norwalk's signature
events and we do our best
to make Norwalk a great
place to live and do busi-
ness. In the next few
months our chamber busi-
nesses will be sponsoring
the following: RUNorwalk
(10t" annual 8k Run/5k
Walk Saturday, May 8),
Golf Outing, 4th of July
Party and the Wine Har-
vest just to name a few.
Our annual awards ban-
quet had a new record at-
tendance and honored our
volunteers and their ac-
complishments. Chamber
members that were
present at the Awards Ban-
quet got the opportunity
to see samples of the pos-
sible new Norwalk logo
and slogan the city is
working on and to have
their input into the selec-
tion process.
With the economic
times still a little uncertain,
we want to remind our
members to always "Buy
Local" to keep the busi-
nesses that we cherish so
much in our community to
continue to be in business
and prosper so that they
can not only keep support-
ing the Norwalk Chamber
and Community but also
support our many school
activities, youth programs
and other organizations.
Our Chamber is proud
to partner with the city,
school and its residents to
make it "the place you
want to be!" Whether it is
to do business here or live
here, Norwalk is a great
community.
Call 911
for
emergencie s !
McFarland Inducted Into
Baseball Hall of Fame
Joe McFarland, former
Norwalk High School
baseball coach, was in-
ducted into the Iowa High
School Baseball Coaches
Association Hall of Fame
during the 42nd Annual
Awards Banquet held Sat-
urday, Jan. 30, at the
Marriott Hotel in Cedar
Rapids. He spent 40 years
in education and coaching.
Current Norwalk High
School baseball coach,
Chad Wiedmann, was
named Coach of the Year
for Class 3A Central Dis-
trict and for 3A State.
McFarland began his
coaching career in 1958 in
Callaway, NE. He coached
in four other school dis-
tricts before landing in
Norwalk in 1974, where he
spent the next 20 years.
McFarland's career
coaching record is 313
wins, 196 losses. His
Norwalk teams won 11
conference champion-
ships, two sectional cham-
pionships, four district
championships and a state
title in 1982. His 1982 state
championship team fin-
ished the year with a 23-3
record. McFarland retired
from Norwalk in 1998, but
continued coaching, one
year in the Diagonal
School System in 2002
where they were District
champions, and then
seven more yearsat Grand
View College coaching
men's and women's bas-
ketball.
An Open House for
Coach McFarland will be
held Saturday, Feb. 20,
from 2 to 4 p.m. at Rolling
Hills Golf Course, south of
Joe McFarland
Norwalk. Former players,
baseball fans and friends
are invited to attend. They
are asked to bring pictures,
articles and stories to "re-
play the game."
Other Hall of Fame in-
ductees were Harley
Schieffer, athletic director
for the Clarinda Commu-
nity Schools; John Lewis,
head baseball coach at
Kirkwood Community
College, Cedar Rapids; Bill
Burback, who played high
school baseball at
Dubuque Walhert and
played nine seasons in
professional baseball retir-
ing in 1973; John Waddle,
head baseball coach at
Coon Rapids for 26 years
and Bill Boyd, New
Hampton, an umpire who
worked in 14 state tourna-
ments and who was New-
comer of the Year in 1995
and State Top Umpire in
1999.
McFarland's Norwalk
conference records can be
seen on page 12 of this is-
sue.
KC Lenten Fish Fries To Begin
The annual Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fries
will begin Friday; Feb. 19, at St. John's the Apostle Catho-
lic Church, 720 Orchard Hills Dr., with serving from
5:30 to 7 p.m.
The menu includes baked or fried fish, French fries,
coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, relish, bread, ice cream
and beverage. Cost for the meal is $8 for adults, $5 for
senior citizens and $3 for children under 12.
The fish fries are held each Friday throughout Lent
with other serving dates set for Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
and 26.
