Everly community meeting is May 3

A special planning meeting for Everly Community Day will be held on Monday, May 3 at 6 p.m., at the Hap Ketelsen Community Center. Planning will be discussed, and anyone from the community interested in helping out on July 31 is invited to attend.

Call City Hall at (712) 834-2691 or email everlycityhall@evertek.net with any questions.

Adopt a Pot deadline is May 1

The Adopt a Pot program will once again return this spring in Hartley. Participants can contribute to the beautification effort in a variety of ways, be it through the donation of time, money, both or one.

Fifteen petunia-filled pots will be placed throughout the City With a Heart this spring. If interested, contact Sue Schulz (712) 261-2605 or Dyan Roth (712) 229-2503 by May 1.

Melvin American Legion brunch is this Sunday

Melvin American Legion Post 470 will host a brunch on Sunday, May 2 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Legion Building.

A variety of breakfast favorites will be featured. Dine-in or carry-out is available. See the ad on Page 5 for more details.

Hartley Legion Family meets May 4

The Hartley Legion Family will meet on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m., in the back room of the Legion building.

After school program May 10 at Hartley library

Hartley Public Library will be holding an after school program for children in elementary grades TK-4, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 10 at the library.

Please pre-register for this program by Sunday, May 9. Space is limited so stop by the library during regular hours or email sarah.pearce@hartley.lib.ia.us to register.

Children are required to wear a mask. They will be bussed from the school to the library. Please alert the library to any allergies your child has, as well as who will be picking your child up after school.

Food pantry hours at Hope Lutheran

Current hours for the food pantry at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly are Mondays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Everyone is allowed to come in and pick out their food, but masks are required.

NCC hosts area visual arts show

Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon is hosting the Northwest Iowa Visual Arts Show, which is now open on campus and opens virtually on the NCC website on May 3.

Each student can submit two works of art up to a total of 30 pieces per school. All submitted artwork is original and executed by individual artists. There are five categories for submissions: Ceramics, Digital Art/Photography, Drawing, Mixed Media and Painting.

First, second, and third place awards will be given in each category. First, second, and third place awards will also be awarded per school at the art teacher’s discretion. Students will also have the option of completing hands-on activities from prerecorded videos featured on the website.

The following area high schools have been invited to participate: Boyden-Hull, Central Lyon, George-Little Rock, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, MMCRU, MOC-Floyd Valley, Netherlands Reformed, Okoboji, Remsen St. Mary’s, Rock Valley, Sheldon, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Center, South O’Brien, Trinity Christian, Unity Christian, West Lyon, West Sioux and Western Christian.

Bridal shower for Kourtney Schnurr

A come-and-go bridal shower in honor of Kourtney Schnurr will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., at St. John’s Lutheran Church in May City. She is the bride-to-be of Isaac Sharp.

Walleye season opens May 1 on Iowa’s Great Lakes

The 145th walleye fishing season officially opens May 1 at Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.

“Walleye populations on the Iowa Great Lakes are in great shape,” said Mike Hawkins, fisheries biologist for the Iowa DNR. “If the weather cooperates, anglers should have some good success.”

Walleye season opens the first Saturday in May and runs through Feb. 14 each year on Spirit Lake, East Okoboji Lake and West Okoboji Lake. There is a protected slot limit on walleyes from 17- to 22-inches, with only one walleye over 22-inches allowed per day on Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes, Upper and Lower Gar lakes and Minnewashta Lake. The daily limit is three walleyes with a possession limit of six.

“Several strong year classes of walleye are present,” Hawkins said. “Spirit Lake has very good numbers of walleyes around 14-inches in addition to continued good numbers of larger fish.”

The walleye season will be opening in the Iowa Great Lakes, but the lakes offer great fishing for a variety of other species. Panfish, northern pike, and smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing can be very good as the water warms.

The Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce will host the 39th annual Great Walleye Weekend Fishing Contest in conjunction with the opener. For more information on the contest, visit their website at okobojichamber.com/walleye-weekend/.

Expanded hours at Royal library

The Royal Public Library has expanded its hours. New hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 3-5 p.m.; and Tuesday and Saturday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Due to COVID-19, the library will remain locked. Please call (712) 933-5500 or knock at the door during open hours. Social distancing practices remain and masks are required.

Al Anon meetings in Royal, Spencer, Sheldon

Al Anon meetings are held at the following locations each week:

Wednesday, 8 p.m., 511 Southmoor, Spencer; Thursday, 8 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Royal; Sunday, 7 p.m., Sanford Medical Center, 118 N 7th Ave., Sheldon.

All are welcome to attend.