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EarlhamBear Creek Friends: (515)758-2232.Sunday worship: 11am-noon.
Crossroad Evangelical Free Church:(515)834-2626. Sunday worship: 9:30am. Second Ses-sion: 11:00am.
Earlham Church of Christ: (515)758-2787. Sundayworship: 9:30am, Sunday School: 10:45am.
Earlham Friends Church: (515)758-2285. Sunday wor-ship: 9:00am. Small Groups of all ages: 10:15am.
Earlham United Methodist Church: (515)758-2568.Sunday School: 9:30am. Sunday worship: 10:30am.
Early Chapel Christian Church: (515)758-2483.
First Presbyterian Church: (515)758-2620. PastorRobert Waldron. Penn Center United Methodist Church: PastorNathaniel Mason. (515)758-2568.
Worthington United Methodist Church: (515)778-9931. Adult Sunday school: 9:00am, Worship: 10:00.Children’s Sunday School is held during worship.
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Celebrate theNew Year With10 FreeFloweringTrees from theArbor DayFoundation
Residents in your statecan ring in the New Yearwith 10 free flowering treesby joining the Arbor DayFoundation any time duringJanuary 2017.
By becoming a part of thenonprofit Arbor Day Foun-dation, new members willreceive two Sargent crabap-ples, three American red-buds, two Washingtonhawthorns, and three whiteflowering dogwoods.
“These beautiful trees willbeautify your home withlovely flowers of pink, yellowand white colors,” said MattHarris, chief executive of theArbor Day Foundation.“These trees are perfect forlarge and small spaces, andthey will provide food andhabitat for songbirds.”
The free trees are part ofthe Foundation’s Trees forAmerica campaign.
The trees will be shippedpostpaid at the right time forplanting, between February1 and May 31, with enclosedplanting instructions. The 6-to 12-inch tall trees are guar-anteed to grow or they willbe replaced free of charge.
Members will also receivea subscription to the Foun-dation’s bimonthly publica-tion, Arbor Day, and TheTree Book, which includesinformation about treeplanting and care.
To become a member ofthe Foundation and toreceive the free trees, send a$10 contribution to TEN
On Sale NowThe Fields of Fall
by Todd WeberTodd Weber is a writer
from Earlham, Iowa whohas written stories andfeatures for a variety ofpublications across thecountry for 30 years. With a passion for
football, high school sportsand the state of Iowa,
he has written The Fields of Fall,
his f irst book.
Available now atbooklocker.com
Save The Date!!Earlham School
PIE CarnivalFriday, Feb. 17th
Earlham Church of Christinvites our youth to...
Ignite EternityYouth Leadership Conference
March 10th & 11thGrace Church in Des Moines, IA
4200 E 250th Street
Early Bird Registration: $39 per student until Jan. 31Standard Admission: $49 per student until Feb. 28th
Full Price: $59 per student starting March 1st (includeds walk-ins)
For more information contact the Earlham Church of Christ
(515)758-2787
Preserving Our HistoryEarlham Echo – Raising Funds for Online AccessThe Earlham Public Library, in conjunction with the Madison
County Historic Preservation Commission, has a project that might interest you.
We are raising funds to digitize the Earlham Echo newspaper,make it searchable, and provide online access from any computer.
Pages or sections can be downloaded, printed, or saved to a computer file.
Imagine how fun it would be to peruse the old papersfor articles about Earlham businesses, citizens who
went to war, family reunions, etc. To see a sample, try
winterset.advantagepreservation.com.The total cost of the project is $3240 of which $1730 has been
contributed by the Madison County Genealogical Society, the Madi-‐son County Historical Society, Shive-‐Hattery, and the Madison
County Historic Preservation Commission.Please consider a personal contribution so that we can completethe work. If you would like to assist, make your check to “EarlhamPublic Library” with a memo of “Earlham Echo” and send it to theLibrary at 120 S Chestnut, PO Box 310, Earlham, IA 50072 beforethe end of January, 2017. Any excess funds raised will be used tofund the digitization of additional years of the Echo that we mayfind in paper form or to expand the Local History and Genealogy
section within the Library.The online Earlham Echo will be accessible at
earlham.advantage-‐preservation.com, hopefully by March, 2017.
We appreciate your support of this project and please feelfree to contact either of us with questions:
Michelle Sandquist, Earlham Public Library director,[email protected]
or Linda Griffith Smith,
Madison County Historic Preservation Commission,[email protected]
FREE FLOWERING TREES,Arbor Day Foundation, 100Arbor Avenue, NebraskaCity, NE 68410, by January31, 2017. Residents can alsojoin online atarborday.org/january.
Local AuthorPublishes FirstBook
Todd Weber is a writerfrom Earlham, Iowa who haswritten stories and featuresfor a variety of publicationsacross the country for 30years. With a passion forfootball, high school sportsand the state of Iowa, he haswritten The Fields of Fall, hisfirst book.
About the BookAcross the state of Iowa
there are towns where highschool football is less a gameand more a way of life. Whilebigger schools have theirtraditions, football is theheartbeat of the communityin some of Iowa’s smallertowns; a center of activity;an object of intense passionfor both the school and thecommunity as a whole. Inthese football hotbeds, thegame has been turned intoan art form, young men whoexcel at it become localheroes, and winning is sec-ond nature—but nevertaken for granted.
Not only are the youngmen in these towns learningthe game of football, theyare being taught valuablelife lessons that will pay div-idends long after their play-ing days are over. By stress-ing core philosophies liketeamwork, dedication, sacri-fice, and discipline, coacheswork to develop the charac-ter of their players first andforemost—and winning
football games is the result. The Fields of Fall follows
several of the best knownfootball dynasties in Iowafor an entire year. The bookis an enlightening andentertaining ride throughthe 2010 season; dissectingthe teams’ philosophies onfootball, education and lifein general; and telling thestories of the people and thecommunities that makehigh school football in Iowaso special. The Fields of Fallcaptures the emotionalpower of the game as itdetails the teams’ journeysthrough a season of incredi-ble highs and intense lows—and never loses sight of howmuch fun everyone is hav-ing.
This book is available forpurchase at booklocker.com
He has recently complet-ed his second book, Seasonson the Run, another non-fic-tion work that describes thehectic life of a sports parent- detailing the drama, ela-tion, and pain of four sea-sons worth of his kids’school and youth sports andhis family’s adventures sur-rounding the action.
Yester Years...1915 – The War Office
Consultative Committee isdue to publish a report intothe importance of finding ajob for every dischargedsolider once the fighting isover
1940 – Two hundred men,women and children are lefthomeless in Aston, Birming-ham, following the collapseof the roofs of their housesduring early black-out hours
1965 – Famous danceband leader Jack Hylton,known as ‘Mr Show Busi-ness’, dies at the age of 72with his 31-year-old beautyqueen wife Patricia by hisside
1990 – Actress KathleenTurner says her marriage isconstantly in jeopardybecause she keeps falling inlove with her leading menincluding Jack Nicholsonand Michael Douglas
2005 – Mental healthexperts beg the Governmentto restore cannabis to ClassB status after new studieslink the drug to psychosisand schizophrenia
2010 – England’s marriedfootball captain John Terry isaccused of having a secretaffair with French modelVanessa Perroncel, the girl-friend of former team-mateWayne Bridge
Recent Earlham HighSchool graduate, MorganAllen is set to perform inBarjche at Iowa State Uni-versity on Feb 3-5. Allen isa member of Orchesis I, acreative dance group. Bar-jche, (pronouncedbar-Shay) Iowa State Uni-versity’s annual moderndance concert, was firstcreated in 1946 by threeIowa State students, Bar-bara, Jean and Charlotte.The founding members ofISU’s dance club Orchesiscombined their threenames and talents to cre-ate a modern dance con-cert. Since that time Bar-jche has been producedannually by the Orchesis Idance company.
The theme for Barjche’2017 is based on our indi-viduality and intercon-nectedness. Threads cele-
brates the concept writtenby Joe Kay, that “Each of usis a thread woven into thefabric of our world. We’relooped around each other,pulled tightly to oneanother, intimately boundto one another. We’re soclosely intertwined that wecan’t be separated withoutmaking it all unravel. Byourselves, we are a thread.Together, we are a blan-ket.” The contemporarymodern dance productionBarjche’ weaves this themethrough the individualdances created by OrchesisI members, faculty andguests.
Special highlightsinclude “Field Day” chore-ographed in 2002 by for-mer ISU faculty LaurieSanda performed by Orch-esis I alumni members. Asa memorial tribute to Ms.
Sanda (1954-2016) profes-sional dancer and alumniKareem Dixon is bringingtogether other Orchesis Ialumni to perform in thisyear’s Barjche’. A newpiece created by guestartist Chris Black with theOrchesis I dancers duringher week in residence atISU. Ms. Black is a SanFrancisco Bay Area chore-ographer and performerand has won many awardsfor her choreography fordance and theater. .
Other featured choreog-raphers will be Barjche’Artistic Director CynthiaAdams, and current mem-bers of Orchesis I.
$12 General AdmissionTickets, $10 with ISU ID.Show times are: Feb 3 7:30,Feb 4 7:30 and Feb 5 2:00.Tickets available at ticket-master.
Morgan Allen will perform in Barjche February 3rd-4th. submitted photo
Earlham H.S. Graduate to Perform in Barjche at ISU
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