Sites of the MonthGreat Sites to Check Out

(from Partner Communication's monthly newsletter)

Go Outside and Playbackyardsimple.com – Are you experiencing spring fever? The best treatment may be to throw an outdoor party for family and friends. This site is brimming with fresh ideas for backyard entertaining including easy Mason jar lights, grilling tips, serving sizes for a

crowd, budget-friendly food, lawn games, and more.

Mystery of the Hope Diamondsmithsonianchannel.com – April's birthstone is the diamond and there's no more famous one than the huge, blue-gray Hope diamond. Take a sneak peak here at the Smithsonian Channel's documentary about the world's most celebrated jewel and learn about the legendary curse that's plagued its owners.

If the Moon Were Only One Pixeljoshworth.com – Just how vast is the solar system? It’s difficult to wrap your head around it so this site does its best to explain. It uses a scale model based on “if the moon were only one pixel.” To explore, scroll through using your keyboard’s right arrow key. Please be patient; you have many miles to cover!

Looking For Government Benefits?Benefits.gov – Many Americans receive government benefits at some point during their lives, from career development assistance to Medicaid/Medicare to Social Security. This site features the Benefit Finder, a questionnaire to make it easier to find out which benefits you may be eligible to receive.

Blockbuster Or Bomb?Rottentomatoes.com – Summer is the blockbuster movie season and you’ll have plenty of choices at the movie theater. Before you turn over your hard-earned money for tickets, however, check and see what reviewers and audiences are saying at this site. It will help you pick better flicks.

Support During A Health CrisisCaringbridge.org – CaringBridge is a site that supports private pages dedicated to those in a health crisis. Instead of flooding Facebook with sensitive information, you can create a CaringBridge page and invite family and friends to visit. While there, they can get patient updates and share good wishes.

Plan The Perfect Picnicmrfood.com – To get ready for any celebration, check out these recipes. You’ll find all kinds of delicious foods to go in your picnic basket or cooler including Crisp Cucumber Salad, BLT Burritos, Iced Green Tea, and Lime Margarita Bars.

CITY NEWS QUICKIES Remember to keep your grass/weeds mowed. The City adopted a mowing ordinance in 2010 which sets height limits and mowing time frames as well as fines. (Copies of ordinances can be seen at City Hall or the library.) As you mow, be sure NOT to blow your grass in the street, it can clog the storm sewers. Water/Sewer bills are due by the 15th of the month. A 10% penalty is added after that date. Did you know you can sign up to have your Melbourne utility payment deducted from your checking or savings account automatically each month? It is a great way to simplify your life and to avoid late payments and late charges. Be sure to keep your animals on your property and under your control. Be sure to pick up after your pet when out walking. City ordinance amendment - dogs must now be on a leash when not on the owner’s property. If you have a digging project, be sure to call Iowa One Call at 1-800-292-8989 before you dig. They will notify the utilities to mark all lines. Stay safe when you dig. Or you can call 811. Contact the city clerk’s office to find out about building permit requirements. Building permits are not required for roofing and siding projects. If you have a building project, check with the city clerk’s office to see if a building permit is required and if there are any regulations you have to be sure to follow. Projects needing a permit that are started before a permit is issued may have the fees doubled. If you will be moving, contact the city clerk’s office before your final date. We need to know your forwarding address and when you will be moving. Any golf cart driven on a city street, must be registered with the City of Melbourne. Stop at the city clerk’s office for regulation information or to fill out a registration application. Motorized vehicles may not be driven on the grounds at city parks. This includes go-carts, snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, cars, etc. Please call the Marshall County non-emergency number 641-754-5725 to report a violation. If you notice a street light not working properly, let the City or the utility company know. You may call Alliant Energy at 1-800-255-4268 or the city clerk’s office at 641-482-3338. The City of Melbourne does not accept Debit or Credit cards, but please consider using your banks’ bill pay option. Most banks offer this service at no charge to the customer. You will need to check with your personal bank to get their policy.One word of caution if you use this option - you will want payment to come out of your account no later than the 10th of the month. Even though most of us bank “locally”, the payments generally come from out of state such as California, North Carolina, Texas, etc. You will need to allow extra time for the payment to arrive through the mail. Unfortunately, if it comes in late, there will be a “late fee” already assessed. By having it sent BY the 10th, you should avoid it arriving after the due date.

The City of Melbourne offices will be closed on July 4 for Independence Day and September 1 for Labor Day.

Notice: CCRPlease be advised that there is a copy of the CCR report in this newsletter. This is an annual report that the city is required to provide to all residents regarding the drinking water for the city. This report is called a Consumer Confidence Report or a CCR. It provides test results to you as the consumer of our daily testing results on an annual average.All of the city water is tested daily to ensure that it continues to be safe for all to drink, cook, bath, and wash with. Next time you see one of our hardworking “City Guys”, tell them thank you for keeping you safe. They work hard to make sure equipment runs properly, constant maintenance is done, and the proper testing gets done to regulate and treat the drinking water for the entire city. You can also go to the following link, (http://iowaccr.org/Melbourne), to see this report.

These stories include Iowa historical figures, celebrities and those individuals of Iowa who have influenced the lives of others

Gardner Cowles, Jr. (Mike), was the third son and last of six children of Gardner Cowles and the former Florence Call. His older brothers were Russell, who became a well-known painter and muralist, and John, his compatriot in many publishing ventures; his three sisters were Helen Cowles LeCron, Florence Cowles Kruidenier and Bertha Cowles Quarton. Although named Gardner Jr., he carried the name of Mike-ever since he was a day or two old, he said, after his father “took a good look at me and announced ‘He looks like an Irishman. Let’s call him

Mike.’” (Mike Cowles kept that family practice alive by dubbing his son Gardner Cowles kept that family practice alive by dubbing his son Gardner Cowles lll “Pat”). Mike was born January 31, 1903 in Algona, Iowa.

Mike attended public schools in Algona. When he was 15, he was told that he would attend Phillips Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, with the expectation that Harvard would come next—as he followed in the footsteps of his brother John, four years older than he. At Exeter, Mike was editor of the weekly paper, The Exonian. At Harvard, from which he graduated in 1925, he was the editor and president of the student daily newspaper, The Crimson.

Soon after graduation in 1925, he joined The Des Moines Tribune and then he switched to The Register. Now he was on familiar ground. Almost as far back as he could remember, he had been at the papers, when he was 8 his father paid him 25 cents for each editorial he proofread, and while at Harvard he had worked summers as a Register reporter.

One of his first assignments as a full-time reporter was covering the legislature and The Register campaign to “get Iowa out of the mud.” In 1920 the state had about 25 miles of paved highways; by 1930, the paved mileage was 3,272—the precision of the measure was attested to by a map kept outside Gardner Cowles’ office on which each new paved mile was colored in crayon. The paved roads not only got Iowa out of the mud, but also worked will with Gardner Sr.’s efforts to circulate The Register throughout Iowa.

In the late 1920s and the early 1930s, Mike Cowles moved through various newsroom executive positions such as city editor, news editor, associate managing editor, managing editor, executive editor and associate pub-lisher.

In the late 1920s, Mike teamed up with a doctoral student from the University of Iowa, George Gallup, then about 27. Gallup, teaching at Drake University in Des Moines at the time, conducted some of the nation’s first readership studies for The Register and Tribune. What he and Mike Cowles found confirmed Mike’s interest in photojournalism. Gallup showed that any use of graphics would increase readership of news items and that readers preferred a series of photos on a related subject more than photos on different topics. Based on that research and his own passion for pictures, Mike greatly expanded the use of photos in The Register and The Tribune, and pointed with pride to a finding that in one six-day period The Tribune carried more photographs than any other leading newspaper in the nation.

Graphics and visual communications would become newsroom buzz words 30 years later, but many newspa-pers even then still trailed the use of photos, maps and charts used in The Register and The Tribune of the 1930s and the 1940s.

In 1936 he became persuaded that a national picture magazine could be a great success, in part because of those opinion polls by George Gallup. Henry Luce, the founder of Time, had a similar idea. Mr. Luce’s magazine was Life, started in 1936, and Mr. Cowles’ was Look, which came out in early 1937. Both magazines quickly be-came successful and bitter rivals, prompting Mr. Luce to buy stock in Look. Though originally published in Des Moines as a monthly picture magazine, Look soon switched to biweekly publication and in 1940 moved its cor-porate headquarters to New York. Mr. Cowles, however, continued to supervise its operations from Des Moines, where he managed the family paper.

During World War II Mr. Cowles took a leave from publishing to become deputy director of the Office of War Information. After the war he left Des Moines for New York to devote his full energies to Look, though he re-tained the title of president of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company.

In the next two decades, Mr. Cowles started a number of unsuccessful magazines. But there were also very successful investments. In 1959, Mr. Cowles founded Puerto Rico’s first English-language daily, The San Juan Star, and it won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing during its first year. Later he bought the monthly supermarket magazine Family Circle for $3.5 million in stock, as well as several newspapers and television stations. Other acquisitions included television stations in Memphis and Orlando, FL, several Florida newspapers and Florida real estate.

In the mid-1960s, Look, passed its rival, Life, in circulation, reaching 8.5 million. Cowles Communications reached its peak in the late 1960s. But at the same time television’s seizure of the national advertising that had been Look’s principal source of revenue prompted a financial crisis at the magazine and at other mass market magazine’s: Collier’s, The Saturday Evening Post and Life.

To keep Look operating, Mr. Cowles sold several of the company’s other properties to The New York Times Company for about 23 percent of the Times company’s outstanding stock. The stock, which had limited voting power, was then valued at $50 million. Mr. Cowles was a director of the Times Company from 1971 to 1974. Despite his efforts, Look continued to lose money and it stopped publishing in 1971.

Associates described Mr. Cowles as a man who leavened seriousness about the quality of his publications and his interests in the arts, politics and many other fields with a sense of fun and offbeat humor. For many years he had ownership of the Cardiff Giant, the 19th century hoax that was taken as evidence of Biblical accounts of a super race when it was found buried –planted would be the better word—just north Syracuse, N.Y. Since the hoax was created from stone quarried in Iowa, Mike bought the Giant for $4500 when a circus exhibiting it went bankrupt. He displayed it in his home in the 1930s to guests. In 1945, the Giant was donated to the New York State Historical Society for exhibit in the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Mike Cowles held honorary degrees from 11 colleges and universities, including seven in Iowa, Coe College, Cornell, Drake University, Grinnell, Iowa Wesleyan, Morningside and Simpson. Others were from Bard College, Mundelein, Long Island University, and Colleges of Hobart and William Smith. In 1950, he was the chief marshal of the Harvard Commencement. He served on the Columbia University Advisory Board on Pulitzer Prizes and the boards of directors of R. H. Macy and Company, The New York Times Co., United Air Lines, UAL Inc., Kemperco Inc., Bankers Life Company, First National Bank of Miami, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Magazine Publishers Association, and the National Association of Broadcasters.

Mike Cowles was married four times. His first marriage to Helen Curtiss, he said, unfortunately, was driven in part by his brother John’s suggestion that maybe Helen was too sophisticated for him. They wed in November 1926 and were divorced in May 1930. His May 1933 to August 1946 marriage to Lois Thornburg resulted in four children, Lois Cowles Harrison, Gardner III (Pat), Kate Cowles Nichols, and Jane Cowles. The third marriage was to Fleur Fenton, December 1946 to November 1955. He was married to Jan Hochstraser (also known as Jan Streate Cox) from May 1956 until his death July 8, 1985and had a daughter Virginia and stepson Charles.

-------N O T I C E-------Every person operating a golf cart upon a street or alley shall be granted all of the rights and privileges and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle and to the motor vehicle laws of the City and State declaring the rules of the road applicable to the driver of the vehicle, except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. All City parking regulations are applicable to golf carts.The number of persons riding in or on a golf cart shall not exceed the number of permanent regular driver and passenger seats attached to the vehicle.If your golf cart is not registered for the new year (14), you will be ticketed if driving on the streets. You must have the new year flag. You can get your new registration by bringing your golf cart to City Hall with your proof of insurance, driver’s license and $20. If you have a new cart, you will need to get a registration form filled out and turned in to City Hall. We will have Chief Hauser come to inspect the cart. You must have a slow-moving vehicle sign and an orange bicycle flag that is above the roof line of the cart.

Melbourne Police Dept.

Summer is here, and before long kids will be back to school. But in the meantime there are a lot of kids outside playing and going to the pool. Most of the kids are walking and or riding their bikes on the city streets to get to the pool and park, and are not always aware of the vehicle’s that utilize the same street. So we need to more alert as we drive these city streets, making sure that we are slowing down and watching for a kid to dart out from behind anything at any time.

Also have received a lot of complaints about people not stopping at stop signs. We all don’t want to be in-volved with an accident, or a traffic infraction. By following the posted signs, this will help to avoid chances of any the above from happening.

If you are planning on being on vacation or gone for an extended time and would like your house checked for you, please stop at city hall and fill out a request paper.

RECIPE CORNERBACON BREAD

Ingredients 12 bacon strips, diced 1 loaf (1 pound) frozen bread dough, thawed; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella

cheese, 1 envelope (1 ounce) ranch salad dressing mix. Directions: In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat for 5 minutes or until partially cooked; drain on paper towels. Roll out dough to 1/2-in. thickness; brush with 1 tablespoon of oil. Cut into 1-in. pieces; place in a large bowl. Add the bacon, cheese, dressing mix and remaining oil; toss to coat. Arrange pieces in a 9-in. x 5-in. oval on a greased baking sheet, layering as needed. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Cover with foil; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Yield: 1 loaf.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For questions regarding this information, please contact Gary Fricke, Superintendent of Public Works (641) 328-4389. Decisions regarding the water system are made at the Melbourne City Council meetings held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Melbourne City Hall; 111 1st Street, Melbourne, Iowa and are open to the public.

Review of City of Melbourne OrdinancesAll Ordinances may be seen in their entirety at City Hall or the Library.

Chapter 51 – Junk and Junk Vehicles“Junk” means all old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other non-ferrous metal; old or

discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tin ware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk.

“Junk vehicle” means any vehicle legally placed in storage with the County Treasurer or unlicensed and which has any of the following characteristics:

A. Broken Glass. Any vehicle with a broken or cracked windshield, window, headlight or tail light, or any other cracked or broken glass.

B. Broken, Loose or Missing Part. Any vehicle with a broken, loose or missing fender, door, bumper, hood, steering wheel or trunk lid.

C. Habitat for Nuisance Animals or Insects. Any vehicle which has become the habitat for rats, mice, or snakes, or any other vermin or insects.

D. Flammable Fuel. Any vehicle which contains gasoline or any other flammable fuel.E. Inoperable. Any motor vehicle which lacks an engine or two or more wheels or other

structural parts, rendering said motor vehicle totally inoperable, or which cannot be moved under its own power or has not been used as an operating vehicle for a period of thirty (30) days or more.

F. Defective or Obsolete Condition. Any other vehicle which, because of its defective or obsolete condition, in any other way constitutes a threat to the public health and safety.Mere licensing of such vehicle shall not constitute a defense to the finding that the vehicle is a junk vehicle..

Junk and junk vehicles prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to store, accumulate, or allow to remain on any private property within the corporate limits of the City any junk or junk vehicle. Any junk or junk vehicle located upon private property constitutes a threat to the health and safety of the citizens and is a nuisance within the meaning of Section 657.1 of the Code of Iowa. If any junk or junk vehicle is kept upon private property in violation hereof, the owner of or person occupying the property upon which it is located shall be prima facie liable for said violation.

Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any junk or junk vehicle stored within:

1. Structure. A garage or other enclosed structure; or2. Salvage Yard. An auto salvage yard or junk yard lawfully operated within the City.Notice to Abate. Upon discovery of any junk or junk vehicle located upon private

property in violation of Section 51.03, the City shall within five (5) days initiate abatement procedures as outlined in Chapter 50 of this Code of Ordinances.

Chapter 55 – Animal Protection and Control2. “Animal” means a nonhuman vertebrate.3. “At large” means off the premises of the owner and not under the control of a

competent person, restrained within a motor vehicle, or housed in a veterinary hospital or kennel.

8. “Owner” means any person owning, keeping, sheltering or harboring an animal.

Animal Neglect. It is unlawful for a person who impounds or confines, in any place, an animal, excluding livestock, to fail to supply the animal during confinement with a sufficient quantity of food or water, or to fail to provide a confined dog or cat with adequate shelter, or to torture, deprive of necessary sustenance, mutilate, beat, or kill such animal by any means which causes unjustified pain, distress or suffering.

At Large Prohibited. It is unlawful for any owner to allow an animal to run at large within the corporate limits of the City.

Damage or Interference. It is unlawful for the owner of an animal to allow or permit such animal to pass upon the premises of another thereby causing damage to, or interference with, the premises.

Annoyance or Disturbance. It is unlawful for the owner of a dog to allow or permit such dog to cause serious annoyance or disturbance to any person by frequent and habitual howling, yelping, barking, or otherwise, or by running after or chasing persons, bicycles, automobiles or other vehicles.

Rabies Vaccination. Every owner of a dog shall obtain a rabies vaccination for such animal. It is unlawful for any person to own or have a dog in said person's possession, six months of age or over, which has not been vaccinated against rabies. Dogs kept in kennels and not allowed to run at large are not subject to these vaccination requirements.

Owner's Duty. It is the duty of the owner of any dog, cat or other animal which has bitten or attacked a person or any having knowledge of such bite or attack to report this act to a local health or law enforcement official. It is the duty of physicians and veterinarians to report to the local board of health the existence of any animal known or suspected to be suffering from rabies.

At Large: Impoundment. Animals found at large in violation of this chapter shall be seized and impounded, or at the discretion of the peace officer, the owner may be served a summons to appear before a proper court to answer charges made thereunder.

Impounding Costs. Impounding costs are the boarding costs incurred for impoundment and an impoundment fee of:

1. $25.00 for the first impoundment;2. $100.00 for every subsequent impoundment;3. Any animal found wandering, without tags, will be taken to the Animal Rescue

League immediately and the pet owner will be liable for any fees charged by ARL to get their

pet back in addition to the City fee of $100.00, which covers costs incurred totransport the animal to ARL.

Removal of Excrement from Public and Private Property. 1. An owner or custodian of any animal shall keep all structures, pens, houses,

or yardswherein an animal is confined clean and free from excrement and the odor

arising fromexcrement............

` 2. It shall be unlawful for an owner or custodian to permit an animal to dischargeexcrement upon any public property, part property, public right-of-way or theproperty of another unless the excrement is immediately picked up and

disposed of inan appropriate refuse container.3. Animal excrement shall not be placed in storm sewers or street gutters, but

shall bepicked up and disposed of in a sanitary manner in an appropriate refuse

container.

Chapter 105 – Solid Waste Control4. “Garbage” means all solid and semisolid, putrescible animal and vegetable waste

resultingthe handling, preparing, cooking, storing, serving and consuming of food or of material

intended for use as food, and all offal, excluding useful industrial by-products, and includes

all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences.“Yard waste” means any debris such as grass clippings, leaves, garden waste, brush

and trees.Yard waste does not include tree stumps.6. “Litter” means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, waste materials or debris.Sanitary Disposal Required. It is the duty of each owner to provide for the sanitarydisposal of all refuse accumulating on the owner's premises before it becomes a

nuisance.Any such accumulation remaining on any premises for a period of more than thirty (30)

daysshall be deemed a nuisance and the City may proceed to abate such nuisances in

accordancewith the provisions of Chapter 50 or by initiating proper action in district court. Burningof garbage prohibited. No person, firm or corporation shall dispose of garbage at any

time byburning same.Open Burning Restricted. No person shall allow, cause or permit open burning of

combustiblematerials where the products of combustion are emitted into the open air without

passingthrough a chimney or stack, except that open burning is permitted in the followingcircumstances:

Disaster Rubbish The open burning of rubbish, including landscape waste, for the duration of the community disaster period in cases where an officially declared emergency condition exists.......Landscape Waste. The disposal by open burning of landscape waste originating on the premises is allowed along the edge of the street, from sunrise to dusk.Recreational Fires. Open fires for cooking, heating, recreation and ceremonies, provided they comply with the limits for emission of visible air contaminants established by the State Department of Natural Resources. The material to be burned is limited to seasoned wood, and the fire shall comply with all other applicable State and local codes related to open burning.

All recreational fires shall be contained in appliances specifically designed for this purpose. Recreational fires shall be located no

lessthan 15 feet from any structure. The responsible party must providemeans to control flying embers.All recreational fires shall be extinguished by methods that will ensureall remaining embers are completely extinguished. Recreational firesshall be extinguished by 2:00 a.m.Recreational burning that is offensive or objectionable because ofsmoke or odor emissions or when atmospheric conditions or localcircumstances make such fires hazardous shall be prohibited.Training fires. Fires set for the purpose of conducting bona fide training ofpublic or industrial employees in firefighting methods.......conducted incompliance with rules established by the State Department of NaturalResources.Fire Department Response Fee. Any violation of the rules concerning

prohibited burning and open burning, which require a response by the

Melbourne Fire Department to control or extinguish such combustion, will be

subject to a response fee established by the Melbourne Fire Department and

Marshall County Fire Chiefs.Waste Storage Containers.

Location of Containers for Collection. Containers for the storage of solid waste awaiting collection shall be placed at the curb or alley line by the owner or occupantof the premises served. Containers or other solid waste placed at the curb line

shall not be so placed more than twelve (12) hours in advance of the regularly scheduled collection day and shall be promptly removed from the curb line following collection.Prohibited Practices. It is unlawful for any person to:Deposit refuse in any solid waste containers not owned by such person without

thewritten consent of the owner of such containers.Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection equipment or with solid

wastecollectors in the lawful performance of their duties as such.................

Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles.The operators of ATV's shall comply with the restrictions as to where ATV's may be

operated.Streets. ATV's may be operated on streets only in accordance with Section 321.234A of the Code of Iowa or on such streets as may be designated by resolution

of the Council for the sport of driving ATV's.Parks and Other City Land. ATV's shall not be operated in any park, playgroundor upon any other City-owned property without the express permission of the City.

Controlling the Height of Vegetative MatterAny property within the City of Melbourne, whether vacated or non-vacated, is required to be mowed any time the vegetation reaches a height of more than 6 inches. Therefore, the presence of vegetative matter going to seed is in violation of Section 50.02(9) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Melbourne. Any property which is not mowed by the 15th day of the monthof April, and continuing for the months of May, June, July, August, September and October. Properties found to be in violation of the ordinance shall be subject to standard civil penalties as outlined in the Code: First Offense—not to exceed $750; Each Repeat Offense—not to exceed $1000. Each day that a violation occurs or is permitted to exist constitutes a repeat offense. One notice will be sent to any property owner/renter when the first complaint is received. No other notices will be sent during the growing season.

St. John UCC summer hours remain the same on Sundays. 8:30 a.m. worship followed by social time. No Sunday School until September, then all children K-6 are welcome at 9:10 on Sundays starting the Sunday after Labor Day.

Book Club is still meeting in the church basement. This is a community book club. Anyone interested can call Sandy Halter at 482-3251 or call the church at 482-3423. There will be posters at the bank letting you know the book we will be reading and discussing each month. We meet on the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.

We will be hosting community Bible school at our church the week of July 21-24. This is available for children pre-K to 4th grade. We will meet at 6 p.m. and a light supper will be provided. Each session will end at 8 p.m. If you are interested in helping please contact Hilary Kuhse at 482-9957. Pre-registration forms will be available at the library.

St. John is planning on selling snacks at the park on the Saturday of Mousehole Days, August 2. There will be a community church service in the park on Sunday, August 3rd- time and details will be announced. Have a great summer.

St. John UCC“Growing in Faith - learning and serving in Christ’s love”

New Horizons United Methodist Church

The New Horizons United Methodist Church will be holding their annual ice cream social on August 2 after the parade.  Of course, there will be pies, bars, and ice cream along with pulled pork sandwiches, beefburgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks.  If is it warm outside, the air will be on inside the Fellowship Hall.

Vacation Bible School will be held July 21 through July 24 at St. Johns UCC church.  Watch for the updates.

The New Horizons United Methodist Church is planning the second annual clothing give away.  It will be July 26th at the church.   The hours will be from 10AM - 4PM.  If you want to donate clothes, the drop off time is July 19th, noon till 1PM.  If that time will not work for you, you can call Joey Rudkin at 641-751-6544.  This is only for clothes, shoes and coats. No other items, please.

The Rally Day for church school is September 7.  There will be a kick-off event for the Sunday School kids on September 6.  Events to be announced.  Our annual fish fry is coming up August 1st, the first night of Mousehole Days. We will be serving fish or hot dogs, coleslaw, cheesy potatoes, roll, dessert and lemonade or ice tea. We are still taking can donations for fireworks for Mousehole days; please put your donations in the container at the fire station. We are not able to have fireworks for July 4th due to slow donations this year. If you have extra large quantities of cans or bottles please contact a fire department member to arrange for your donation to be picked up. We would like to thank everyone who has donated this year. We will be leaving the collection bin out to start raising funds for next years fireworks show. We will be working on this year’s parade again. Line-up is at 9:30 am at the Fire Station and the parade starts at 10:30 am

We are always looking for new members, if you are interested in joining and serving your community as a volunteer firefighter contact Fire Chief Bob Monroe or any member of the department. It can be one of the most rewarding things that you can do to help your neighbors in their time of need. We hold our meetings the 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm and training the following Tuesday at 6:30 pm. Stop by either night if you are interested in seeing what it is all about.

We have two members that have completed Firefighter I training, Cole White and James Forsythe. Congratulations to both. We also currently have two members that are taking the classes for FFII, Abra Huffaker and James Forsythe. Good luck to both of them as they finish classes and test.

We want to remind everyone that your house number should be on your house facing the street and be visible from the street. This will help us find your address much quicker if help is needed.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July. We hope to see you at the fish fry on August 2rd.Melbourne Fire Department

Little League Concessions for MHD

2014 Little League season is almost over and it has been a great year, thanks to everyone for all of their help. We will have the concession stand open during Mousehole Days/Softball Tournament and we are looking for volunteers to help work the stand on Saturday opening at approx. 11:00 am to close (?) We are looking for people to sign up for 1 hour shifts at specific times if possible and drop-ins are always welcome. Please remember the more help we get the better it will run. Please contact Michelle at melbournelittleleague@gmail.com or 641-691-7050 to sign up for a time. Also please remember to LIKE our Facebook page to keep up with updates from the little league. Facebook-Melbourne Community Little League.

Have a safe and happy Mousehole Days weekend Melbourne Little League Board

CONGRATULATIONS MELBOURNE FIREFIGHTERS!!

MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc. and the IMT Group, a leading provider of personal and commercial insurance products in the Midwest, recently announced its list of 15 Community Contest winners, distinguishing the Melbourne Firefighters as one of the recipients. Of the more than 200 entries in this year’s IMT Community Contest, the Melbourne Firefighters grain bin rescue equipment project was chosen as one of the 15 $500 winners. This is the 17th consecutive year that The IMT Group has awarded 15 communities with a project in need of funding. Shown are Carmen Willmore and Carrie White, MidWestOne Insurance presenting the check to Bob Monroe, Melbourne Fire Chief.

CLEAN UP WEEK RESULTSJune 16-20, 2014 was clean up week in Melbourne. It was later this year because April has been too cold for the last couple of years. This year the Beautification Committee decided to work on some properties that needed extra help with clean up. There were a number of citizens who showed up on June 19 along with nearly 15 volunteers from MidWestOne Insurance Services branch offices to clean up some properties in town. MidWestOne volunteers came from Cedar Falls, Oskaloosa, Pella, Conrad, a team leader from Iowa City and, of course, Melbourne

BeforeThey worked all day, most of the day they were working in the rain and mud, and got three properties trimmed, brush hauled away and the yards looking really nice. Melbourne is very lucky to have such a caring group like MidWestOne Insurance.

MidWestOne Insurance also provided lunch for all the hard workers in the basement of MidWestOne Bank. They all introduced themselves to the group and everyone enjoyed the meal and the good company. After lunch they continued on. They did a lot of hard work and got these properties cleaned up.

AfterHere are the hard working groups.

The MidWestOne group.Front row from left to right:  Margaret, Carol, Jacque, Carrie, Merri, Chris, Lorrie, Lisa, AmandaBack row from left to right:  Allan, Brad and Greg.

Our Local VolunteersPatty Russo, Gary Fricke, Mary Pothast, Jed Borton, Stone Gibbs, Denny Pothast, Bob Monroe, Judy Monroe, Vickie Stahl, and Mayor John White.

You may have also noticed the new planters on Main Street that the Beautification Committee

purchased and planted during Clean up week.

MELBOURNE CITY NEWSLETTERMelbourne City Hall111 1St StreetMelbourne, Iowa 50162

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