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The Aquatic Center seems to be progressing well. Drive by this week to see the bright blue ladder for the slide going up. What a fun sight. Also, the new bathhouse is looking great. Can’t wait for opening day. What a great new addition to the AC.Way to go City of Corning! Many thanks to all the volunteers who took the lead on this great project. With all the donations, fundraisers, grant writing, etc., it definitely took county-wide teamwork!
The Adams Community Walk begins April 15th and runs to June 15th. This is a free two-month walking challenge for anyone in the community. The goal is to track how many steps you take in your daily fitness routine and improve upon that. We have great prizes to giveaway such as $100 gift certificates to Family Shoe Store, walking poles and much more.
Come to the Alegent Health Fitness Center on any of the below dates to get your free pedometer and log book. You can sign up as a family or an individual.
April 3rd and 10th 7:30 am to 7:00 pm or April 4th and 11th 7:30 am to 11:00 am or April 8th, 9th, 13th and 14th 5:30 am to 9:00 pm. It will take 5 minutes to register. Any questions give Gwen Larsen a call at 641.322.4471.
Hope to see everyone at the Corning Activity Center on Sunday, March 29th starting at 1 p.m. for the"Re-Awakening Our Treasure" auction to benefit the renovation of the Corning Opera House. There are many cool items that will come up on the auction block. Perhaps you like wildlife artist Maynard Reece’s limited prints or collect Isabel Bloom figures. Or maybe you prefer to bid on a Johnny Orr autographed Iowa State basketball or an autographed picture of Shawn Johnson. If you collect Depression Lancaster Glass, you will find an 11" low console bowl for sale. Or you might prefer 6 Wedgewood Porcelain Christmas Collector Plates. If events are more your style, check out the beer tasting party for 10 friends, gourmet dinner for 8, 2 Tickets to "Wicked" at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, ot a trip for 2 to Des Moines to see "Thoroughly Modern Millie". These are just a few of the nearly 200 items for sale at the auction. And what a great cause. The money from this fundraising event will be used to match grant dollars for the restoration of the Corning Opera House. If you haven’t check out their website yet, go to www.corningoperahouse.com.
Join Michelle Wilson, certified yoga instructor, for new sessions of yoga beginning March 19th. Classes will be held on Thursdays 5:30 - 7:00 PM and Saturdays 9:00 - 10:30 AM. If you haven’t tried yoga it is great and anyone can do it! The studio is relaxing and Michelle is one of those instructors that is just soft, gentle and peaceful. These 90 minutes will be the fastest and most relaxing of your week.
Well, sorry it’s taken us so long to update. We’ve been busy getting back into the school routine after our winter vacation, but we’re back and ready to blog. First thing on our agenda: the John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament.
This past Friday and Saturday Corning hosted the tournament, bringing in a lot of schools from around the state. Matt Haley gained a victory for Corning, but Atlantic took the overall win.
The high school is preparing for their next musical, Back to the 80s. Auditions took place two weeks ago and the Monday after that, and the cast list is posted.
Winter Homecoming was on January 9, with Derek Nicholson and Michelle Anderson taking Winter Homecoming King and Queen. Both basketball teams won their games that night. The dance followed the games on the tenth. Parents’ night for the basketball teams and the cheerleaders was on Januray 20.
On January 22, the high school basketball boys had an exciting win against Martensville/St. Mary’s, winning with an impressive score of 103 - 29. Sadly, the girls lost their game.
That’s all for now, folks. See you next week (hopefully)!
Happy Holidays! I don’t know if you’ve discovered the latest and greatest from Adams County or not, but I’ll be spending some of my holiday moments with my feet up, sipping on some delicious and delightful wine from the Corning Winery. I’m not sure I’m up on all the latest vintages on the market, but I’ve sampled some at Something Special, the Corning Mini Mart, the Electric Burrito and picked up a bottle, or two, or three, a dozen or more (all as gifts, of course 
) at the various outlets, including the Corning Hy-Vee Food Store. 
The wine is fantastic and the labeling is elegant and inviting. Not only does it invite you to "Come relax with us as you enjoy our classic wines.", but it also invites you to experience the unique flavors of the historic, traditional, and exciting venues that make up Adams County. So "cheers" to a new year, to the Corning Winery and to you and yours as we say goodbye to 2008 and look forward to a challenging yet rewarding 2009.
Alegent Health’s Rose Ann Auxillary did a great job setting up the Holiday tours this year. We were able to participate by decorating the ACEDC spec home that is for sale out at Spring Lake Sub-division. For an empty house it decorated up nicely. 
With the wonderful help of Gary & Judy Thompson and Nancy Turner we got the house shipshape. Then Jean Peckham, Jane Rychnovsky, Stacie Hull and yours truly went to work bringing decorations from hither and yon to adorn the large space. We felt pleased with the results and had many compliments during the tours. We also added a little holiday humor by handing out Christmas jokes and riddles . . . "How many reindeer does it take to change a lightbulb? . . . . . 8 - one to change the light bulb and seven to hold Rudolph down." (LOL) The first person to call and tell me this joke on the phone before Christmas get’s a free latte or hot chocolate at The Fickle Frog in Corning. Anyway, back to the decorating. The staff at Alegent Health also got into the holiday spirit by decorating what we fondly call the Grow Iowa House - another spec home at the subdivision. They really went to town. 
The whole place was delightful. You can check out more of the photos from the day by visitng Holiday Home Tours. Hope your holidays are filled with lots of happy surprises, warm greetings, and friends and family gathered around you.
Last night (Thursday), December 4, the Junior High Band and Chorus performed their Christmas concert. The band began at 7:30, playing “The Runaway Sleigh,” “The Christmas Song,” and “The Dance of the Slippery Slide Trombone.” The Chorus then preformed the songs “A Glad Noel,” “The Candle in the Window,” and “A Festive Fa La La.” All of this happened during the varsity girls’ basketball game, followed by the varsity boys’ game. Both games were against Griswold; both Corning teams unfortunately lost, but they played hard! The Junior High’s next girls’ game will be next Monday against Villisca at home starting at 4 P.M.
Last Tuesday, November 18, sixth through eighth grade students who wished to go traveled to Graceland Unviersity in Lamoni for the annual Writers in the Middle conference. This meeting is designed to help young writers better improve their skills with a variety of workshops, including a session with a guest author or illustrator; the only requirement is a story or poem composed by the student. This year’s guest author was Avi, who has written over seventy books for young people and has recieved a Newberry Medal. In his presentations, the audience was allowed to ask him any questions they had. We were able to purchase some of his books, including Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Poppy, The Book without Words, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, and others, and most of us chose to get our books signed by him.
All students were required to attend an Author’s Chair session at one of three class “blocks,” where they would share their stories with ten or more attendees from towns and cities across the state. Other workshops were Stormy Writing, Hieroglyphics in 2008, Concrete Poetry, Dramatic Plays, Craftng Characters, Sing Fantastic Fantasies, R.A.F.T., Radio Broadcasting, Guest Author/Illustrator, and a Harry Potter session. After the third and final session, everyone gathered together once more for the Keynote Presentation with Avi, where he answered more questions and read passages from two of his books, The End of the Beginning and Iron Thunder. All students who attended enjoyed the experience and hope to go again.
Well, the
weather turned fairly nice and over 500 people strolled the streets of Corning to sample the goodies, look at the new holiday merchandise, did a little shopping and greeted friends along the way. A big thank you to all our local merchants who put out the red carpet all over town. It seems we always have a little difficulty getting everyone to meander off of Davis Avenue and visit our businesses on Benton or those further afield, like the Extension office, fitness center, Corning Family Chiropractic, 
Farm Bureau, and the Mini Mart. For those of you who missed out, the food was great, people were fabulous, and I even was able to get my flu shot! We also thank all of you who took the time out of your busy schedules to participate and
sample all the goodies, as well as the American Legion for hosting the soup supper. Again this year, (and never by design) no two recipes were the same. Don’t forget the next big holiday event with the lighted parade on November 29. 
The American Legion is looking for some pie makers to enter their contest and will be serving up some nice, hot soup to start the evening out right. 
Our jolly visitor from the North Pole will be in town to hear if you’ve been naughty or nice, hayrides around town will be available and stores will be open late, so make plans to celebrate with us.