Family & Friends

Grace Lutheran Church youth will host a Harvest Dinner on Nov. 9 from 5-7 p.m. It will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1407 W. Fifth St. in Storm Lake. You may buy your tickets at the door.

The cost for adults and children over 10 years old is $7 and for children age five to 10 is $4. 

Morgan VanDerSloot is serving as a tutor for the 2014–15 school year at Northwestern College in Orange City.

Buena Vista County Historical Society’s annual Veterans Day dinner will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Serving in the Mess Hall is from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The menu includes your choice of homemade chili, chicken noodle and potato soups along with relishes, pie, ice cream and beverage. Carryout will be available. Please bring your own soup containers.

The cost is $6. Children six and under will be served free.

First United Methodist Church in Aurelia will host its annual Fall Harvest Dinner on Sunday, Nov. 9. Serving will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sioux Rapids Area Historical Association met for their October meeting at the museum Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. with 20 present.

Avis called the meeting to order and read “Time Gets Better With Age.”

Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. In the absence of Irene, Avis gave the Treasurer’s report. It was accepted.

Latter Day Saints plans big display

By DOLORES CULLEN

True, it’s only Halloween, but folks at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints want to get a head start on their project “O Holy Night, The Storm Lake Community 2014 Nativity Exhibit.”

A Business After Hours event took place at Zone Home Entertainment last Thursday with over 50 in attendance. Of great interest was the Samsung curved screen HDTV (left). The winner of a speaker was Michael Sullivan. 

Skylar Smith had her friends bring dog food instead of gifts to her birthday party when she turned five Oct. 3. Here is Skylar with her grandmother Joy Smith, when they delivered the chow to TLC Canine Center in Newell last Saturday. Skylar is the daughter of Seth and Etta Smith of Nemaha. Her favorite thing about TLC shelter – “petting the dogs.”

Storm Lake Middle School Library had a contest guessing the weight of a pumpkin donated by Fareway grocery stores. Students enjoyed making guesses, which ranged from 3 to 3,000 pounds. Winner of the pumpkin with the closest guess was an eighth-grader Sergio Lopez, who guessed 102 pounds. The pumpkin weighed in at 104.1. Students sharing his excitement of winning the pumpkin were, from left: Manual Tapia, Dustin Ebel, Cooper Dutfield, Brian Villarreal, Hunter Boggs and the winner Sergio Lopez.

Five Storm Lake St. Mary's middle school students will travel to LeMars Nov. 4 for the seventh and eighth grade ICDA Honor Choir. Students have been working on five pieces of music with St. Mary’s music educator Gayle Strom and will participate in a choir with over 200 other junior high students from around northwest Iowa. Students from St. Mary's include, front row, L-R: Jordan Hewett, Alondra Melendez and Ashley Green. Back: Kendall Snyder and Zack Brown.