Event Briefs for the week of Wednesday, Sept. 4

Mental Health Awareness Walk Sept. 14

The local group Brain Health Matters is hosting a suicide awareness walk event 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. This year the walk is called “Be Heard.”

The event will be at the Greenfield United Methodist Church, 108 SW 5th St., Greenfield.

Prior to the event, local groups and agencies will be set up with information to assist with the prevention of suicide. The walk itself will start at 10 a.m. and will be a similar walk around Greenfield as last year. Anyone and everyone is welcome to this free event.

Youth Choir starting soon in Greenfield

Greater Greenfield Community Foundation is excited to announce the Voices Raised community youth choir! Rehearsals will be 2:45-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Gathering Place starting Sept. 11 and running through Dec. 4, with the exception of the day before Thanksgiving.

Children may try the choir out without a final commitment during the month of September. Transportation will be provided from school to The Gathering Place each Wednesday and a snack will also be provided.

Thanks to the generous donation from the Greater Greenfield Community Foundation received from Sue Shepard, there is no cost to register or participate. Each participant will be expected to purchase a uniform shirt ($10-$15) and provide black pants and shoes for the performance(s).

A link to register is available on the Greater Greenfield Community Foundation Facebook page. The choir is being directed by Megan Barrett from Madison County Music Co. in Winterset and Rachel Oxley will be the accompaniest.

“Megan runs a very successful children’s choir in Madison County and we are lucky to have her expertise to start a local choir here,” officials said.

Wednesday Club at Fitness Center beginning

On early out Wednesdays, Wednesday Club will happen each week at the Adair County Health and Fitness Center, made possible by the Greater Greenfield Community Foundation.

Club will meet 2:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays and is open to Nodaway Valley students age 5-12. There will be an activity and snack provided free of charge each week.

There will be indoor and outdoor activities with outdoor activities being subject to change due to weather. Parents need to drop registrations off and fill out liability waiver prior to children attending. Forms are available at the fitness center. Transportation is up to families and children attending must be picked up by 4:30 p.m.

With questions, call 641-743-2881 or email adairfitness@yahoo.com.

Hunter Education this September

A Hunter Education course is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 14 at Greenfield Public Library at Mormon Trail Lake.

Hunter education is a mandatory program that is designed to introduce students to several life-long skills that are important to many different types of outdoor recreational opportunities. The course teaches students basic survival and first aid skills, water safety, wildlife identification, the basics of wildlife management, hunting laws and firearm/archery safety. Hunter education also stresses the importance of individual responsibility and outdoor ethics.

Iowa law requires that anyone born after January 1, 1972 must be certified in hunter education before they are eligible to purchase an Iowa hunting license.

Red Dirt Renegade kicks off WCC’s new series Sept. 7

The Warren Cultural Center’s new series begins Sept. 7 with Red Dirt Renegade featuring 1985 Bridgewater-Fontanelle High School graduate Chad Stutzman on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. WCC’s new series, “ALL-IOWA” series, is aptly named because all eight of the 2024-2025 acts have a connection to Iowa.

Joining Stutzman on stage will be Jason Boggs on lead guitar, Jeffrey Stevens on drums, Al Kabela on pedal steel guitar and Nate Lenz on bass and backing vocals.

“RDR” is a hard hitting all Iowan Outlaw Country Band that performs originals, as well as music by Cody Jinks, Waylon Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Johnny Cash, etc. RDR is a professional band with a combined 120 years of stage experience, high end equipment, and a pure passion for live performance.

Stutzman grew up listening to his father’s Hank Williams and Outlaw Country and his mother’s Elvis Presley. Influences range from Merle Haggard to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Molly Hatchet to most Southern Fried Rock bands.

Purchase tickets at warrenculturalcenter.com or at the door. Adults are $20 and students (high school and younger) are free.