Prairie City News

Several 4-H members from around the county recently were installed as Jasper County 4-H Council members.

Business description: Sisters of the Heart Tearoom serves loose leaf teas, lunch and homemade desserts Wednesday through Saturday, with private parties for 12 to 50 people outside our regular business hours.

Breaded pork tenderloins are no laughing matter in the largest pork producing state in the nation.

Iowa farm fields dried out Friday and farmers hope that the corn and soybeans that are still in the fields will follow.

In addition to celebrating two years of successful business in Prairie City this month, sisters Jorene and Rae Ann King recently opened Nellie's Nook, a gift shop featuring items from Iowa businesses and artists.

The Prairie City Church of the Brethren will host a soup supper Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. as a fundraiser for the youth attending the National Youth Conference in July 2010.

Prairie City, Ia. - A classic autumn sunset fell over Dean Taylor's left shoulder as he steered his semi-trailer truck filled with corn north along a Jasper County road to the Heartland Co-op elevator.

The Forgiven Quartet will perform at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Christian Reformed Church at 608 E. Sixth St.

Longtime volunteer Samantha 'Sam' Dewey plans to rise around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, then work at the 18th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Des Moines until about 2 p.m. 'Afterward, I help pick it all up and when we're all done, I go home and take a nap,' she said.

Pauline Ray of Newton looks over the apples of Carey Smith of Prairie City, who had a selection from Rasa Orchards of Waverly, Mo.

The torch of the Iowa tenderloin has been passed to a new generation. Brad Magg, 23, proprietor of Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe in Prairie City, had little time to accept plaudits Friday for winning the annual Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest by the Iowa Pork Producers Association.

By Dan Piller - dpiller@desmoine.gannett.com - October 2, 2009 Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe in Prairie City, where proprietor Brad Magg's tenderloin was voted best in the state by the Iowa Pork ProducersA Association.

Last call for vegetables! The Newton Farmer's Market will wrap up its season with the final market of 2009 next Tuesday beginning at 4 p.m. at the usual location north of Center for Arts and Artists between West Fourth Street and West Third Street.

Additional contest results from the 2009 Iowa State Fair have been released, and results for Jasper County winners are as follows: • Tim Dee of Baxter placed 12th in the Yorkshire gilts category of the Iowa State Fair Yorkshire swine show.

Pufferbilly Days, today-Sunday, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1601 Industrial Park Rd., Boone.

Margot VanHouweling's llamas Here are more results of Jasper County residents in competition at the 2009 Iowa State Fair: • Margot VanHouweling's llamas, Sleepy Hollow's Jellie and her first offspring, Jellie's Jem, both stood first in their respective halter classes at the Iowa State Fair Llama Show.

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge will host Monarch Madness on Saturday, Sept.

The weather was perfect for the Mineral Springs Days celebration over the weekend.

The Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement presented $141,850 in scholarships and awards to youth who participated in 4-H and FFA beef, swine, sheep and poultry projects Saturday prior to the Sale of Champions at the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

Small prairie strips growing at key points in corn and soybean fields at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge are yielding more than good crops: They're improving soil and water quality as well as creating beneficial habitat for insects and birds.