Ridge View teacher and OABCIG coach Summit Nielsen enjoys helping students in the classroom and on the athletic field. Nielsen talked about her duties for the two school systems.
“I have taught kindergarten through 8th grade Art at Ridge View middle school and Schaller-Crestland elementary for the last two years. I coach track and softball for OABCIG. This is my fifth year of coaching softball here, and third year as head coach. I’ve also been coaching track for three years now.”
C&B Operations, located just west of Ida Grove at the intersection of Highway 175 and 59, is your local John Deere dealer. Store manager Casey Cameron summarized what C&B has to offer.
“Our main equipment line is John Deere,” he stated. “We sell, provide parts, and service for new and late model John Deere equipment. Our parts and service departments have the ability to find parts and do repair work for ages of equipment as well. We also carry a full selection of implements from Unverferth, Brent, MDS, and Dose Manufacturing.”
The Holstein Farmers’ Market is underway as it opened for business and fun June 6. There were several vendors to choose from and some guitar music and song playing to make it relaxing and fun.
Holstein Kinderfest has space-jammed activities going on for 4 days starting on June 15. Activities for Thursday, June 15 begins with Thirsty Thursday at CornerHaus 101 from 5-9 p.m. At 6 p.m. is a free meal at the State Theatre. Then at the NWI Premier Sand Courts is Adult Sand Volleyball at 6:30 p.m. If you go to the free meal at the State Theatre, you can stay and watch the Free Movie- ‘Space Jam.’
The 2023 Odebolt Creek Days was so much fun for all ages. Starting the day you could see fine tractors dressed in their best paint on Main street in front of the SCSB Bank. The Odebolt Betterment Committee Pancake Breakfast served up the best pancakes. We were greeted at the door by Ellen Beuhler and Zena Olerich. You could greet Darrin White making over 30 pancakes at once on a tremendous grill. The vendor show was fully underway by 9 a.m. and quitting in time for the parade.
Lil’ Wranglers Daycare celebrates their opening with a ribbon cutting. Community members and business members came to support them as well as Danna Larson from the Odebolt Betterment Committee. Some of those present were Danna Larson, Evan Thelan, Rob Litzenberger, Vance Lundell, Christy Hoefling, Mayor Bengford, Ruth Neville, Elaine Harden and Mary Schroeder.
Based just west of Ida Grove on Highway 59, Hewitt Trucking is a family-owned business with strong ties to the community. The company is owned by Justin Hewitt and his four siblings, James, Joe, Jeff, and Holly Lansink. Justin is also the general manager, president, and treasurer of the corporation. Hewitt Trucking features a fleet of 24 trucks and drivers, and approximately 30 total employees.
Mayor Kathy Breyfogle welcomed all to Holstein Aquatic Center’s grand opening for the summer. A red ribbon cutting presented the event with clarity as well as the first swimmer Max Breyfogle diving off the board with a big splash! A crowd of people entered the pool for their first swim of the year. The new lifeguards are as follows: Emily Fulton, Sydney Blackmore, Lillian Whitmer, Molly Reiss, Ryan Peterson, Natalie Madsen, Sophia Keleher, Drew Burk, Carson Harriman, Ethan Mason, Kellen Jensen, Ben Schmunck and Shane Reiss.
McNamara-Moore Post 61 American Legion, Auxiliary, Legion Riders and the Sons of the American Legion conducted their Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29. The speaker for the event was Larry Hultgren who gave us the tale of his life of service. The OABCIG High School Band played, conducted by Jacob Welper. They did honor the different branches of service. There was also a quartet, four boys from the High School who sang a melody honoring our servicemen conducted by Jacob Pederson. Those four boys were Marshall Mogensen, Jacob Clausen, Caden Spetman and Isaac Neubauer.
Stained glass windows were placed in churches to tell the Christian story to worshippers who could not read, which would have been most all of them in medieval times, when stained glass art really hit its peak.
They were also placed in churches so that worshipers who couldn't afford or were not able to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land or other sites, could see the beauty of the story of Jesus right before them, without leaving their own parish church.
