October/November 2017 TO DO LIST Clean up the yard October 2nd 2-7pm more info on page 4 Fire prevenon week & fireman’s breakfast October 14 more info on page 4 Great Pumpkin Giveaway October 14th More informaon on page 3 Council meeng 7:30pm City Hall October 9th Sign up for programs @ Library Informaon on Page 5 go watch Halloween parade on Main October 31st 1pm go Trick or Treang October 31st 6pm—8pm **Turn Clocks back** November 5th **Go Vote ** November 7th Member list on page 2 Pick up Chicken Noodles and goodies For Dinner November 7th Methodist Church More informaon on page 3 Council meeng 7:30 pm City Hall November 13th EAT TURKEY WATCH FOOTBALL Happy Thanksgiving!! November 23rd Explore History SAHA informaon on page 6
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October/November 2017 TO DO LIST
Clean up the yard October 2nd 2-7pm
more info on page 4
Fire prevention week
& fireman’s breakfast
October 14
more info on page 4
Great Pumpkin Giveaway October 14th
More information on page 3
Council meeting 7:30pm City Hall October 9th
Sign up for programs @ Library
Information on Page 5
go watch Halloween parade on Main
October 31st 1pm
go Trick or Treating October 31st 6pm—8pm
**Turn Clocks back** November 5th
**Go Vote ** November 7th
Member list on page 2
Pick up Chicken Noodles and goodies For Dinner
November 7th Methodist Church
More information on page 3
Council meeting 7:30 pm City Hall November 13th
EAT TURKEY
WATCH FOOTBALL
Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 23rd
Explore History SAHA information on page 6
Planning and Zoning Commission
Trond Forre Chair
Jane Fideler
Kevin Holmes
Brant Strumpfer
Laura Weems
Library Board
Gregg Jeffryes, Chair
Joel Newman
Liz Gifford
Scott Huisinga
Julie Astarita
Linette Connell
Kathy Reece
Parks and Recreation Board
Colin Chinery, President, Secretary
Jonathon Thompson, Vice President
Shawn Birdsall
Cindy Beougher
Kelli Payne
City Council Members
Mayor Gary Halverson
Mayor Pro Tem Steve Ransom
Susan Erickson
John Kahler
Ken May
Ann Sobiech-Munson
With the election on November 7th
Slater has 3 seats at large currently
held by May, Erickson and Sobiech-
Munson. Plus the Mayor seat.
Meet the board members
ELECTION DAY
November 7th
Make sure you get out and vote.
Your vote is your voice.
Slater Polling place is the Log Cabin
305 Benton
Annual Chicken Noodle Dinner
Slater United Methodist Church is having their annual Chicken noodle
dinner on Tuesday November 7th from 11am—7pm.
They will also be having a bake sale during same hours.
Adults $9 Children (12 and under) $3.50
Please remember to vote and come join us for
wonderful food and goodies
City Hall Holiday Hours: Thanksgiving:
Closed November 23rd and 24th
Christmas:
Closed December 25th
and 26th
New Years:
Closed January 1st
Slater American Legion Post 260
Is planning a fall fund raiser
to replace 260 worn flags that
are flown on patriotic days
such as Memorial Day, 4th of
July and Veterans Day. Watch
for future announcements.
Fireman’s Breakfast
Saturday, October 14th 6am –10 am
Slater Fire station
Biscuits and Gravy, eggs,
hash browns and bacon.
Free Will donation
Oct 8th—14th is Fire
Prevention Week This is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors
And
review your family escape plans in case of
a fire.
Firemen will be “training” the elementary
students this week
with rides around town on the fire trucks,
complete with sirens!!
Fall
Branch
clean up
day
Monday, October 2nd 2pm-7pm
Bring branches to the City lot at the corner of 1st Ave and Greene.
Please no Leaves or grass
November 5th
Beggar’s night for
Slater will be
Tuesday October
31st
6pm - 8pm
Have a safe and
HAPP-BEE
HALLOWEEN
105 N Tama 515-228-3558 www.slaterlibrary.org
Book Club The book club has planned their fourth
annual fall book club day trip for October 19. This year they travel to Mason City, Iowa to tour the historic
restored Melson House, home of Slater native Peggy (Newman) Bang. The rest
of the day includes visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical Park Inn Hotel
and the Music Man Square. A lively discussion of the book Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, is planned during lunch. Space is limited so reserve your
spot today.
Book Overview: “I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives. In this ambitious debut novel, fact and fiction blend together brilliantly. While scholars have largely relegated Mamah to a footnote in the life of America’s greatest architect, author Nancy Horan gives full weight to their dramatic love story and illuminates Cheney’s profound influence on Wright.” -barnesandnoble.com
Soup and Sound Lunch
Our next Soup and Sound Lunch is scheduled for Friday, October 6. Pat Crawford will play piano for us as we enjoy lunch served from 11:30 a.m.- 12:30
p.m. Free will donation. All ages
welcome!
Menu: Chicken and Vegeta-ble Soup
with Roll and Dessert
Free Programs
Soup and Sound Lunch– Friday Oct. 6,
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Yoga - Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.
Story time - Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
Early-Out Program - Wednesdays from
1:30-3 p.m.
Book Club Trip – Thursday, Oct. 19
Coffee – Fridays at 10 a.m.
Book &
Bake
Sale The Friends annual fall book and bake sale
will start on Saturday, October 21 at 9
a.m. and run until Wednesday, September
28. Please bring donations of baked goods
on Friday the 20th before 5 p.m.
SLATER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NEWS [email protected] www.slaterhistory.org 515-228-3832 See Us on Facebook
Leaving Home, from the Great War Exhibit
The Slater Area Historical Association now has on exhibit “The Great War - Slater and Story County in World War One”
in which Slater and Story County are described and their experiences displayed during the war years of 1917 and 1918. SAHA used soldiers’ letters, mementos from Slater
residents, and newspaper clippings of the era to recount life at home with its tragedies and its patriotism.
The Great War is on exhibit now through 2017, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the conflict.
Come visit this personal story of the war.
The Great War Exhibit on Display
Our new player piano and some of the rolls of tunes
More fun for us, this terrific gift from Sharon Zagar, her much treasured player piano and the real treasure, dozens of rolls of music from all eras. We already have found tunes from WW1 to complement our Great War exhibit. It really tells a story of our history for the last 100 years. Thanks to Sharon and to Kevin Brooks and South Story Bank and Trust for assisting in the move to the Hall.
A Tuneful Acquisition!
About Our Exhibits
We have a museum full of great permanent displays that can entertain and inform our visitors. We’re featuring one of our favorites this month. Come visit!
On exhibit in our new addition is this scale model of the west side of Slater during the 1950’s when there were two railroads with passenger trains, the Slater Co-op Creamery, Hobo Jungle along the tracks, and the Slater Nite Hawks ball field, all created to scale and all at kid eye level. Kids can hunt for the hobos along the track, the graffiti on the ball fence, the passengers on the
benches outside the depot, the privy along the edge of the tracks…a great exhibit
Our hours are now Thursdays 10-2 and Wednesdays 6-8 but we can be available for your visit. Just call 515-480-9789 or 515-228-3293.
