Beaverdale - Iowa Living Magazines
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Beaverdale - Iowa Living Magazines
AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale WELCOME Send the kids Where did I put that rake? F Back 2 all officially begins this year on Wednesday, Sept. 23. But for many of us, it starts much earlier. You know the series of events. The Iowa State Fair is complete. The school buses are picking up and dropping off kids. The lights from the Friday night football games are shining bright. The orange leaves begin to cover the browning grass. And you have to reach for a sweater to take off the evening chill. That’s when most of us truly feel the new season. Speaking of leaves, do you ever wonder why they change their color each fall? The first part of that answer is that not all leaves turn colors in the fall. Only a few species of deciduous trees produce those remarkable colors, most notably maple, aspen, oak and gum. The second part of the answer, and the one you were looking for, is a number of factors including temperature, precipitation, soil moisture and, most significantly, light (or actually the lack of it). Keep in mind that if freezing temperatures or a hard frost hit, the color-changing process within the leaf can come to a halt. But let’s not talk about that quite yet. Did you know that people change this time of year, too? Yes, those of us with summer tans start to see our skin color fade, but we also change inside. Our attitudes change. Our behaviors change. And our outlook changes. Whether we realize it or not, those of us in the Midwest start physically and mentally preparing for the cold weather ahead of us. It is a “nesting” of sorts, a way that we slowly start getting accustomed to the change of seasons. That’s why I enjoy fall festivals. They are one last hurrah of the warmer weather, one last time to celebrate outdoors as a group, one last glimpse of the season that so many of us enjoy. We are fortunate to have one of the greatest fall festivals right here in town — whether it fits perfectly in the “official” fall calendar or not. Look inside for all the details on the Beaverdale Fall Festival, which takes place Sept. 18 and 19. And then hand me a sweater. Now where did I put that rake? Thanks for reading. Q SCHOOL With The Basics. Medicap Pharmacy has what you u need to help kids of all ages feel their best going back to school! A=RANRA!AO*KEJAO Call Us! 277-3702 %KQNOġ*#0=Pġ medicapcentraliowa ese! Stock up on th s Tissue Vitamins Bandages Ice Packs Cold Medicine ent Antibiotic Ointm ce I ce Li And More! Flu Shots Available This Fall! 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BEAVERDALE RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL CELEBRATION The Beaverdale Fall Festival will be Sept. 18 and 19 and feature musical entertainment, rides, a parade, car cruise and more. Theresa Graziano, president of the festival committee, stands outside of GoodSons, which will host live music both nights of the event. By Melissa Walker T he addition of a car cruise, street games and horse rides, plus the ribbon cutting to celebrate the end of the years-long Beaverdale Streetscape project, await residents at this year’s Beaverdale Fall Festival. This year’s fall festival is Sept. 18 and 19 and takes place in the heart of the Beaverdale neighborhood along Beaver Avenue from Beaver Crest north to Adams Avenue and on Urbandale Avenue east and west to the first median. It includes musical performances and other entertainment — a parade, rides and 4 Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 food, craft and product vendors. Neighborhood bars and restaurants have live music during the two-day event. A new car cruise will be from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 18 in the south end of the parking lot of Michael’s Pizza. Street games such as a large Jenga game, a princess and a super hero in costume and maybe a Big Wheel’s race will take place that night on the south side of Urbandale Avenue. There will be no fireworks at this year’s event. Initially, there was not going to be fireworks at last year’s festival, but the developer www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale of the former Rice School site was delayed in breaking ground for the residential construction project, so fireworks could be set off from the site. “Friday night without fireworks, we needed something to draw people,” says Theresa Graziano, who has served as Beaverdale Fall Festival committee president since 2005. “We’ve never had a whole lot for young kids.” Jeni Green and her husband, Bob, are Beaverdale business owners and hosts of the car cruise. Another committee member came up FEATURE with the idea for a car show, and Jeni jumped on the idea because she and Bob are car enthusiasts and each have a Corvette — hers is a 2005 convertible; his is a 1999 fixed roof coupe. The Greens participate in many car cruises throughout the Des Moines area. The Beaverdale cruise is for classic, muscle and late model cars, or anyone who has a car that is fun and interesting. It’s free to participate. “We’re excited to think we could organize one and get some really nice cars into the Beaverdale area for the Fall Festival,” Jeni says. Organizers are calling it a car cruise because vehicles will come and go. Cars can start to arrive at 5:45 p.m. and enter from the south at the barricade on Beaver Crest Drive. There’s only space for 54 cars, so if people want to make sure they get in, they need to come early, Green says. “Bring your car and expect a good time,” she says. Anyone with questions can call Green Family Flooring at 255-2600. Festival designed to celebrate neighborhood dates back to the 1980s The Beaverdale Fall Festival started more than 25 years ago. Merchants in the area created a fall festival that had sidewalk sales, carnival rides, music, a parade and more. The event had an Octoberfest theme and was known as Beaverdale Days. Cold weather forced the event to be moved to September. It was later renamed the Beaverdale Fall Festival. Holy Trinity Catholic Church had also hosted an annual celebration in September at the time. In the 1980s, church leaders and the Beaverdale business community decided to combine their efforts into the single weekend of the fall festival. Festival committee members meet in October to discuss the next year’s event. Planning for the next festival begins in February. Attendance was up last year. Organizers guestimate how many attend by counting carnival ticket sales. The festival stayed busy until it closed at 11 p.m., and people stayed late — the streets were full of people, walking around and talking. “Our attendance was great last year,” Graziano says. “We just keep hoping for good weather because that makes all of the difference.” Festival will celebrate the end of streetscape project This year’s Beaverdale Fall Festival will celebrate the finish of the business district’s streetscape improvement project, which is scheduled to be completed by the weekend of the festival or before. The ribbon cutting is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday Theresa Graziano, the president of the Beaverdale Fall Festival committee, hangs up a poster advertising the event outside of Le Jardin in Beaverdale. Photo by Melissa Walker. at the intersection of Beaver and Urbandale Avenues. There will be a short ceremony with members of the business community and the Fall Festival committee in attendance. Even if there’s a little construction work still ongoing, Graziano says festival organizers will work with it and make the festival the best it can be, just as they did last year when construction forced street closures and inspired committee members to create the tagline “Can you dig it?” showing a beaver wearing a hardhat with a shovel. Each year a Fall Festival logo is designed and put on T-shirts and other commemorative items. The 2015 items will be on sale at the Beaverdale Neighborhood Association/Fall Festival booth. Bob Zimmerman, a neighborhood resident, along with festival committee member Kate Ross, designed the logo for this year’s event, which features three beavers with the words “Food,” “Friends” and “Fun.” This year there will be T-shirts, key chains, koozies and peel-able decals, along with hoodies that are still available from the 2013 festival. Items also are being sold every other week at the Beaverdale Farmers Market, which takes place from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at Boesen’s Field on Beaver Avenue. Two-day event kicks off Friday night, continues Saturday with parade The festival starts on Friday evening. The streets are closed at 4 p.m., and vendors start setting up so they can be ready as soon as people begin to arrive after work. Rides begin operation about 5 p.m. for the carnival, and all other activities www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 5 FEATURE and vendors should be ready to go about that same time. The festival continues into Saturday. Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School will sell breakfast burritos and homemade cinnamon rolls from their food stand. The parade begins at 10 a.m. Its 1.7-mile route starts at First Federated Church, 4801 Franklin Ave., and goes east on Franklin to Beaver Avenue, and then north on Beaver to Euclid Avenue. There are usually more than 100 entries that range from area schools, Girl Scouts, the Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps and veterans. About 30,000 people watch the parade, which lasts until about 11:45 a.m. or noon. Bill Stowe, the chief executive officer and general manager of Des Moines Water Works, will serve as this year’s parade marshal. He was nominated by a committee member. The deadline for parade entries is Sept. 11. Both the application and $50 fee must be received by that date. Those who want to be in the parade can contact Graziano at gtam33@ yahoo.com, or go to the festival website: www. fallfestival.org. On Saturday, there will be horse rides, live music at restaurants throughout Beaverdale and a teen dance with open mic. Beaverdale businesses will host musical entertainment and offer specials for those who are attending the festival. Bands play both Friday and Saturday nights at Holy Trinity, GoodSons, Saints Pub + Patio and Christopher’s Restaurant. Each restaurant or bar is in charge of hiring its own band or bands for the weekend’s festivities. Food vendors are located along Urbandale Avenue on both the east and west sides. The craft fair will be back on Saturday in the Ace Hardware parking lot. It features handmade works by local people that include crafters and emerging artists. There also will be product vendors such as those who sell Tupperware and other items that they distribute through a company. Anyone who would like to be a vendor can contact Denise Mernka at 255-6895 or iowahutch@q.com. Information and the application are available online at the festival’s website: www.fallfestival.org. Saturday’s festivities take place until 10 p.m. Regardless of how late the party goes, the festival committee and members of the Beaverdale Beautification Committee are back out at the OPEN HOUSE! site early Sunday morning to clean up the area and make sure no trash was left behind. A local Boy Scout troop cleans up after the parade, and other volunteers help keep the area tidy during the festival. The Fall Festival basically pays for itself. There is a lot of expense involved in paying for barricades and the street closures, police patrol, having the streets cleaned and for all of the items the committee has to rent for the event. Last year the event made money, and, in keeping with tradition, that money was given back to local schools. Part of the festival is paid for by the “Beaver Brigade,” a fun yard competition in which little plastic beaver cutouts are placed in a resident’s yard. This is the fourth year the committee has organized the event. Residents can pay to have the beavers removed from their yard and placed in another resident’s yard. The brigade can stay in place anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks if residents don’t pay to have them removed. “It’s already happening,” Graziano says. As of Aug. 4, the beavers had already found a home in at least 10 yards throughout the Beaverdale area. Q 681'$<6(37(0%(57230 PLEASE JOIN US FOR A NO-OBLIGATION TOUR OF OUR CONTINUUM CARE COMMUNITY. MEET OUR STAFF, REFRESHMENTS, DOOR PRIZES, EXPERIENCE OUR ACTIVITIES, GATHER INFORMATION OR ASK QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, FAMILY MEMBERS, SPOUSE OR A FRIEND. Located in the historic Drake University neighborhood 1611 27th STREET DES MOINES 515.274.3612 6 Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale LEGAL Holding title to real estate The difference in joint tenancy and tenancy in common By Charlotte Sucik, attorney, Abendroth and Russell Law Firm O ur firm often sees errors in deeds that create problems for owners of real estate. There are two ways of holding title to real estate in Iowa: joint tenancy and tenancy in common. Joint tenancy is a form of ownership where all of the owners hold title together. Joint tenancy has a right of survivorship; when one owner dies, the interest is extinguished and the other owners assume the ownership. Usually, all that is required is to record an affidavit reciting that one owner died and that title is vested in the remaining owners. Tenancy in common is a form of ownership where each owner holds an undivided interest in the property. Unlike joint tenancy, the interest of a tenant in common doesn’t terminate upon death. When the owner dies, the interest passes to the decedent’s estate. Often, it is necessary to probate the decedent’s estate to move an undivided interest to heirs. The problem arises because, until recently, Iowa law presumed tenancy in common. If a married couple took title as John Doe and Jane Doe, without the phrase “as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common,” then they each own 50 percent of the property. If John dies, his estate would have to be probated so that the court could approve the transfer of half of the property to his heirs. This is frustrating if that heir is Jane, his surviving spouse. The failure to create joint tenancy at the time the property was purchased creates a problem that can only be solved through the timely and expensive probate process. On July 1, 2014, Iowa Code 557.15 was changed fix this issue. For all deeds executed after Jan. 1, 2015, if the grantees are married, it creates a presumption of joint tenancy, not tenancy in common. The new law is designed to prevent the probate of a deceased spouse’s estate in order to convey half a house. However, the law is prospective — it applies only to deeds executed on or after Jan. 1, 2015. This does not fix older deeds with incorrect vesting language. It is important that you understand the differences in types of ownership so that you can ensure that you hold title to your property correctly. Q Information provided by Charlotte Sucik, attorney for Abendroth and Russell Law Firm, 2560 73rd St., Urbandale, 278-0623, www. ARPCLaw.com. BUYING OR SELLING A HOME? IT TAKES MORE THAN BOXES TO BE PREPARED... SEE US FOR HELP WITH For Sale By Owner Q Real Estate Closings Q Estate Planning Q Guardianships and Conservatorships Q Medicaid Planning Q Probate Q Superior Service. Legal Solutions. EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS SINCE 1987 Abendroth and Russell Law Firm 2560 - 73rd Street Q Urbandale 515.278.0623 Q www.ARPCLaw.com www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 7 REAL ESTATE Jan Stehl, Realtor Iowa Realty tBeaverdale Office 515-229-2156 jstehl@iowarealty.com twww.JanStehl.IowaRealty.com I have lived in my “Beaverdale Brick” for 35 years. I share your excitement in finding a new home! FEATURE HOME FOR AUGUST 1146 DOUGLAS AVENUEtDES MOINES This adorable Bungalow home has “your name” on it! Don’t rent when you can buy this home for cheaper than rent! This cute and clean home is a 1 BR, 1 BA home and it’s move-in ready! NFC money is available for rebuilding a garage or installing central air. Stove, new refrigerator (that has never been used) and washer/dryer are included! $53,000. Considering home improvements? Out-of-the-ordinary upgrades can enhance value From Jan Stehl, Iowa Realty P erhaps your home is in pretty good shape — newish roof, well-maintained furnace and air conditioning, and fresh paint throughout. Or maybe you’ve bought a brand-new house that’s move-in ready. Even though you don’t really need to do a thing to the home, you may still have the urge to update. But what can you do when everything is already just about perfect? Engaging in some out-of-theordinary upgrades can enhance a home’s livability, your enjoyment of it and — in some cases — its resale value down the road. Before you settle on an upgrade, ask yourself these key questions: ;MPP MX MQTVSZI XLI LSQI´W livability? ;MPP MX MQTVSZI XLI LIEPXLfulness or security of the home environment? -W MX E WTIGMEP JIEXYVI XLEX appeals to your lifestyle? ,S[ HMJJMGYPXIEW] [MPP MX FI to maintain? (SIW MX LEZI LMHHIR HSPPEV value? Here are some out-of-theordinary improvements that can increase enjoyment of a home while adding value: Skylights Skylights are a surprisingly affordable upgrade, and it’s easy to see the lifestyle benefits they bring, including their ability to make both small and large areas seem even larger. Skylights differentiate a home’s appearance while significantly increasing the amount of natural light that enters a room — a huge bonus in spaces where wall windows aren’t practical or desirable, such as master closets or baths 8 where privacy is paramount. Some also provide passive ventilation that improves indoor air quality. Fresh-air skylights operate with a programmable touch pad remote control that also manages energy efficiency-boosting accessories like blinds. Solar powered skylights and blinds, along with installation costs, are eligible for a 30 percent federal tax credit. Swimming pool The value of a swimming pool is subjective, so the most important questions to answer are whether a pool will fit your lifestyle and if you’ll be up to maintaining it. Pools can be a great way to relax or get in some exercise, bond with the kids or enjoy play time with friends. Sunroom A sunroom won’t improve your home’s energy efficiency the way a skylight can, but if the home has a great view or you relish communing with nature, a sunroom can help boost your mood. When you’re considering upgrading a home, keep in mind that resale value isn’t the only consideration. It’s equally important that the upgrades make sense for the home and your lifestyle. Q Information from BPT, provided by Jan Stehl, Iowa Realty Beaverdale office, 3521 Beaver Ave., 453-5993. Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale Church FAITH Come home to St. Luke’s WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday Sunday Worship/Eucharist 8 & 10am Men’s Bible Study 9am Monday Eucharist 5:15pm Community is church’s ongoing mission Tuesday Evening Prayer 5:15pm By St. Luke’s Episcopal Church staff Wednesday Eucharist 9:30am Bible Study 10am, 12:15pm & 7pm Handbell Choir 6:15pm Senior Choir 7:30pm H ow many times have you driven or walked by the intersection of Forest and Beaver Avenues? You may have noticed St. Luke’s Episcopal Church that sits back of the street. But have you ever wondered who goes there? Or maybe you’ve thought to yourself, “What do they believe in? What are they all about?” We do the usual church things like Sunday services, Bible study on Wednesday and Sunday and fulfilling our mission of enlarging the Kingdom of God, but St. Luke’s is also so much more. Our neighborhood and community is an important ongoing mission for St. Luke’s, and we are involved in many activities to reflect that. Throughout the year we prepare and help serve dinners for the homeless at Central Iowa Shelter and Services. We are also very passionate about our Backpack Buddies program. Some children at King and Monroe Elementary have trouble getting nutritious meals during the weekend, so we help out by providing backpacks filled with healthy and easy-ready meals. We come together one Saturday a month during the school year to put these meals together. Drake University students have also routinely helped. With all these activities going on you might think that we are a pretty serious bunch, but have you been asked lately “Would you like a hug; it’s free?” There is a group at St. Luke’s affectionately known as the “St. Luke’s Huggers.” You may have seen us at the Beaverdale Farmers Market with our T-shirts that say “Free Hugs.” Come and get your free hug Sunday, Sept. 27 when DSMove is sponsoring Open Streets. University Avenue will be closed to traffic from 23rd to 41st Streets so people can come out and get to know their neighbors by bicycling, dancing and, yes, even hugging. St. Luke’s will have a canopy where several groups that use the church will demonstrate their interests and activities. Community near and far is important to St. Luke’s, especially since our pastor is also a chaplain in the National Guard. St. Luke’s holds services at Camp Dodge four times a year. The next service will be on Oct. 18 at 8 a.m. All are welcome; simply go through the main gates on 70th Street. You’ll need a current ID to enter Camp Dodge. Contact St. Luke’s at 2770875 for a map, if you need it. A few months back, the people of St. Luke’s were asked to write down what the church meant to them. The responses were heartfelt and beautiful, but the one word that we saw over and over again was home. We feel that St. Luke’s is our home, and when we walk through the doors to our church, it’s like walking in the front door of our house. Please join us on Sunday either at 8 or 10 a.m. and come home. Q Thursday Eucharist 5:15pm Friday Eucharist 7am Saturday Eucharist 8am Bible Study 8:30am 3424 Forest Ave. ~ Des Moines ~ 277-0875 www.StLukes-dsm.org FINAL HOME GAMES AUGUST 24–26 Fresno Grizzlies AUGUST AUG 27–30 27– 27–3 7–3 –3 Sacramento River Cats THANK YOU SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! FOR ANOTHER GREAT SEASON FIREWORKS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT! Complete schedule online iowacubs.com CALL 515.243.6111 OR www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale TO ORDER TICKETS! AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 9 FITNESS Ask the Anytime Guy ©2012 Anytime Fitness, LLC Expert answers to your wellness questions By Wade Thompson Q: What is the difference between free weights and weight machines? BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL 0 ENROLLMENT! $ ADD UNLIMITED 24-HOUR TANNING FOR ONLY $10 PER MONTH! EXPIRES 9/15/15 CALL NOW FOR YOUR 7 DAY FREE PASS! The club for busy people.™ BEAVERDALE %HDYHU$YHQXH6WH Always open, never closed. Staffed Hours M–TH 11–6 and F 11–3 10 Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 anytimefitness.com A: Free weights and weight machines are both designed to increase your muscular strength. Weight machines only allow movement in one plane and tend to isolate major muscles to perform the movement. Free weights, such as dumbbells and barbells, allow movement in all three planes. This requires you to use more muscles to balance and stabilize yourself than you would with a machine. Both free weights and weight machines can be part of a good resistance training routine, as long as you are using a weight sufficient to fatigue the muscles within your set and rep range. Q: I have a stress fracture in my foot, but I don’t remember injuring myself. What could have caused this? A: Stress fractures are tiny cracks in the bone caused by repetitive movements by a greater amount of force than the bones of your feet and lower legs normally bear. Moderate exercise is great for your bones, but doing more than your skeletal system can handle overwhelms its natural cycle of growth and repair. Stress fractures can heal within a few weeks with active rest. Swim or ride a stationary bike and avoid any weight bearing and jumping activities in order to speed up the healing process. When your physician has cleared you, resume your normal activity slowly and gradually. Follow the 10 percent rule: Increase your exercise time or distance by no more than 10 percent each week to keep your body safe. Q: How do I figure out my resting heart rate, and what is a typical range for adults? A: A typical resting heart rate for an adult ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Your resting heart rate is an indicator of the fitness of your cardiac muscles. At rest, your heart rate signifies the heart pumping the lowest amount of blood you need to sustain minimal activity. To find your true resting heart rate, you would need to have someone watch you sleep and observe your lowest heart rate during deep rest. As you can imagine, this is very difficult to do. Instead, to track and utilize this valuable information, most practitioners suggest finding your pulse and counting the number of heartbeats in a minute as soon as you wake up and while still lying in bed. The best places to find your pulse are the wrists, inside of your elbow and side of your neck. Press your index and middle finger lightly into one of these areas and count the beat of your heart. You will obtain a better measurement if you wake naturally (e.g. no alarm). If you track your heart rate over time, you will begin to find your average resting heart rate. This number should go down as you become more fit. Q Information provided by Anytime Fitness, 2815 Beaver Ave., Suite 206, Des Moines, 274-2100. www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale OUT AND ABOUT Jade Masolini working at Price Chopper in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Lois Stevens, Sandra Bickel, Wyatt Bickel and Alyssa Bickel shopping at Price Chopper on Aug. 19. Tom Day, manager of Price Chopper in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Steve Olson outside Price Chopper on Aug. 19. Brit Gullion and Liz Struyk working at Snookies in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Kayla and Emma McLeran at Snookies in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Iven Jones and Miss Doris at Casey’s in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Jake Griffin and Zach Linn at Casey’s in Beaverdale on Aug. 19. Deon Lyke from the Hoover Spirit Club raises money for the Hoover football team on Aug. 19. www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 11 NEWS BRIEF WHERE WE LIVE Work begins on Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin Freedom for Youth Ministries (FFYM) held a groundbreaking event of the Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin (FBCC) on Friday, Aug. 21. The new coffee shop will be constructed at a site just west of the Des Moines FFYM campus on 2301 Hickman Road. “The Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin will change the lives of the kids that we work with in the Des Moines inner city area as well as generations to come; giving them dignity, employment and an understanding of work ethic,” says Denise Juhl, the director of young adult ministry at FFYM. The Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin will be a retail coffee shop set to open in the spring of 2016. The coffee shop will serve as an employmenttraining center for high school students and young adults enrolled in FFYM programs. Youth will learn job skills as they serve customers, do food preparation, operate cash registers, manage inventory and perform cost accounting/bookkeeping. The facility, to be transformed from an old car wash, will be open Elena Al-Bureni and Bre Bridges say that the move to Beaverdale has only made their to the public and will also serve as additional program space for FFYM. friendship stronger. Photo by Chris Kelley. The building will include a commercial kitchen, drive-up window, booths, meeting rooms, public restrooms, storage space and a worship center. Freedom Blend Coffee (FBC) is an enterprise of Freedom for Youth Ministries designed to empower teens and young adults in Iowa. The program teaches job skills such as basic accounting, management, marketing and customer service. FBC gives youth invaluable knowledge and work Best friends follow their hearts to the Midwest experience for future employment. The coffee is sourced from Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala and Ethiopia. The young adults in this By Chris Kelley program roast and blend the beans into bold, extra bold, decaf, mild and o one ever told Elena and came here if I didn’t have her backorganic varieties. Each order is packaged, dated, initialed and shipped to Bre it would be easy, but ing up my every move. I blame her.” customers by FFYM young adults. Q Despite their unprepared they can both agree that it uprooting, the two were fortunate was worth it. It’s a strange thing, being best enough to find a landlord willing to PRIDE INTELLIGENCE CONFIDENCE STYLE friends. Every little thing the other give them a chance in a cozy neighperson does instantly becomes part borhood of Des Moines they had of your life and schedule. When never heard of before. “We actually thought we were Elena Al-Bureni and Bre Bridges took a chance and became room- being lied to when we couldn’t find mates two years ago, they figured Beaverdale on a map,” Elena conit could either be the best decision fesses. But Beaverdale was no lie and or the worst. “On some days, the jury is still has been their impromptu home ever since. In some ways, the duo out on that,” jokes Elena. The East Coast native and believes it was fate. They have nurse attributes her big move to since established careers, friends Iowa all to her best friend. As the and even significant others. From story goes, Bre fell in love with a walks through the city to cab rides, boy who promised to make all her nights out and social clubs, the Iowa dreams come true in the heartland. transplants say that it is the unique sYEARSOFBUSINESS The two neighbors and childhood hospitality of the area that has kept s3MALLCLASSSIZE sidekicks then decided to pack up them anchored firm in Beaverdale. s!FFORDABLETUITION “Elena always jokes with me their belongings with Beaverdale, s"OYSGIRLSAGES and says, ‘Iowa: come for the boys, Iowa in their sights. “Let’s just say it didn’t work stay for Beaverdale,’ ” says Bre. FALL FA ALL A LL R REGISTRATION EGIS ISTRA STRA ATION N & OPEN O HOUSE: And just to clarify: the best out for them,” Elena says. AUGUST 18 & 20TH, 25TH & 27TH To this day, however, Bre tells buds and long-time roomies promFROM 6-9PM ised they will not be chasing a a different story. significant other across the coun“Elena told me the housing MENTION THIS AD AND GET market was cheap here and that we try anytime soon. For now, Elena could farm in our own backyard,” and Bre can agree on one thing: laughs Bre. “I never would have Beaverdale can’t be beat. Q Taking a chance N NEW LOCATION! ½ OFF REGISTRATION 33 3 SW 9 TH S TRE E T, S UI TE H - 5 1 5 . 2 87.5554 T H E O N LY D AN C E S T UDIO IN DOW NT OW N DE S M O I N E S ! 12 Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 Would you like your home featured in this column in an upcoming issue of Beaverdale Living? If so, email Darren Tromblay at darren@dmcityview.com. www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale SENIOR LIVING The Reserve is more than just a home... Transitioning into retirement IT’S A LIFESTYLE Set your goals and make a financial plan By Susan Ray, executive director, The Reserve M ost people work the majority of their adult lives. The money that is earned enables us to have our basic needs met and then some. At a certain point during your working life, you look beyond the basics and are able to start saving some of your paycheck. You also start to build a professional team to assist in guiding and directing you. The team may include a financial advisor, banker, an attorney and your partner, if you have one. Together, you develop a plan and eventually a “financial plan” for retirement. This all is a process that is gradual and happens over time. Beyond your professional team, there are also a number of resources you can explore on your own through reading. Do your homework. Become familiar with options. Everyone in the industry has an opinion. You’ll need to apply some personal strategy to make your financial plan what you need and want it to provide. When it’s time to retire, replacing your work paycheck with a retirement income isn’t as simple as it sounds. Creating a plan can help ensure your money will last through all your retirement years. During retirement there is a shift from saving money to managing income from what you saved. This is when your plan becomes vitally important. Having had a personal strategy and knowing your needs will have helped you prepare. Personal strategy may include paying off personal debt. Carrying Walk the trails. debt into retirement adds a whole different consideration when making your plan. The plan would also include how to best convert your savings into an income. Investigating your options here is critical and is something your financial planner can provide direction. Where to begin making the plan? First, evaluate what your retirement goals are. How do you envision life during retirement? In a previous article, we explored continuing to work on a part-time basis or in a completely different field which might be less stressful but something you’re passionate about. Of course there is always the option of not working at all. Perhaps your goal is to travel or go on a mission trip. Once your goals have been evaluated, your professional team can begin to assist you in what you’ll need in savings to reach these goals. No matter when you begin the process of preparing a financial plan for retirement, be involved, review regularly with your professional team, and stay focused. Q Information provided by Susan Ray, The Reserve, 2727 82nd Place, Urbandale, 727-5927. Relax with friends. FLEXIBLE LEASE OPTIONS AVAILABLE! t1SJNFMPDBUJPO t.BJOUFOBODFGFFT t"CVOEBOUBNFOJUJFT t$PNQFUJUJWFQSJDJOHDIPJDFT tCFESPPNTooTG See us on Zillow.com and Realtor.com TOUR TODAY! 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Treats provided. 7-8 p.m., Beaverdale Books Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Saturday Lunch, $7, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Q Visit the Art Cart, all day, Franklin Avenue Library Q Franklin Library 50th Anniversary Party, 2-4 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Blood Drive, contact Sandy at 255-3162 ext. 2202. 8 a.m.-noon, Holy Trinity School Q Youth Group Meals from the Heartland. Registration is required. 10 a.m.-noon, Holy Trinity School Sunday Aug. 30 Q Meet the Poets, Dennis Maulsby “Near Death/Near Life” and Marilyn Baszczynski “Gyuri” 2-3 p.m., Beaverdale Books Monday Aug. 31 Q Preschool Story Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Ave. Library Q NCYC Pizza Ranch Fundraiser. Fundraiser runs from 5-9:30 p.m., Holy Trinity School Q Volunteens, 4-5 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Beaverdale Living Q Baby Rhyme Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Crafty Readers, Toddler, Preschool, and Elementary School age readers take part in fun craft activities, 4 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Beaverdale Farmers Market, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Boesen Field Q Touching our Grief, 2-3 p.m., Calvin Community 2nd floor lounge Q Beaverdale Writer’s Group, 7-9 p.m., Beaverdale Books Q HHS Volleyball: JV vs. Roosevelt @ Hoover Q HHS Swimming: Girls JV/V vs. Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m. @ Hoover Wednesday Sept. 2 Q Toddler Storytime, ages 18 months- 3 years, 10:15 and 10:50 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Thursday Sept. 3 Saturday Aug. 29 16 Tuesday Sept. 1 Q Storybook Time, 11 a.m., Beaverdale Books Q BNA Board Meeting, 7-9:30 p.m., Calvin Community Q Young American Poets Reading Series, 7-8 p.m., Beaverdale Books Q HHS Volleyball: 9th vs. Mason City/Roosevelt/Valley, 5 p.m. @ Hoover Friday Sept. 4 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Friday Dinner, $9. 5-7 p.m. Q Lego Fridays, all day, Franklin Avenue Library Q HHS Football: 10/V vs. Waterloo East, 4:45/7 p.m. @ Hoover Saturday Sept. 5 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Saturday Lunch, $7, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Q Visit the Art Cart, all day, Franklin Avenue Library Monday Sept. 7 Franklin Ave. Library Q Communications Committee Monthly Meeting, 7-8 p.m., Tally’s Tuesday Sept. 8 Q Baby Rhyme Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Crafty Readers, Toddler, Preschool, and Elementary School age readers take part in fun craft activities, 4 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Beaverdale Farmers Market, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Boesen Field Q Alzheimer’s Education & Support Group, Support group led by Calvin Community’s social services director, Bill Miller. 7-8 p.m., Calvin Community Library Q Franklin Evening Book Discussion, “Someone Else’s Love Story” by Joshilyn Jackson. Copies of the book are available at the Information Desk. 6:30-7:45 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q HHS Cross Country: JV/V Invitational, 4:30 p.m. @ Union Park Wednesday Sept. 9 Q Toddler Storytime, ages 18 months- 3 years, 10:15 and 10:50 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Thursday Sept. 10 Q Storybook Time, 11 a.m., Beaverdale Books Q Beaverdale Book Browsers Book Club, 7-8 p.m., Beaverdale Books Q HHS Football: 10th vs. North, 6 p.m. @ Hoover Friday Sept. 11 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Friday Dinner, $9. 5-7 p.m. Q Lego Fridays, all day, Franklin Avenue Library Q Toastmaster Meeting, 7 p.m., Naurine Room, Broadlawns Hospital Saturday Sept. 12 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Saturday Lunch, $7.00, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Q Labor Day Q Visit the Art Cart, all day, Q Preschool Story Time, 10:15 a.m., AUGUST | 2015 www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale CALENDAR Franklin Avenue Library Q Second Saturday Book Club. Adults and young adults alike are welcome. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Beaverdale Books 6:30-7:30 p.m., Calvin Community Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Meeting, 7 p.m. Q Non-Fiction Book Club, 7-8 p.m., Beaverdale Books Sunday Sept. 13 Wednesday Sept. 16 Q Sermon Series - “The Family You’ve Always Wanted,” with Pastor Spencer Keroff. 10-11 a.m., First Church of the Open Bible Q Toddler Storytime, ages 18 months- 3 years, 10:15 and 10:50 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Back-To-School Crafts. This program is for kids in grades 3-8 and requires preregistration. 4-5 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Monday Sept. 14 Q Preschool Story Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Ave. Library Q City Council Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Des Moines City Hall Q Volunteens, 4-5 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Franklin Afternoon Book Discussion, “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman. Copies of the book are available at the Information Desk. 1-2 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Tuesday Sept. 15 Q Baby Rhyme Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Crafty Readers, Toddler, Preschool, and Elementary School age readers take part in fun craft activities, 4 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Beaverdale Farmers Market, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Boesen Field Q Beautification Committee Monthly Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Calvin Community Garden Level Q Family Education Night, WE SELL TIRES! FREE TOW to O’Brien’s Auto Thursday Sept. 17 Q Storybook Time, 11 a.m., Beaverdale Books Q Beaverdale Young Professionals Monthly Meeting, Meeting location changes each month. Contact Nick Smith at (515) 720-4163 for more information. 6-7 p.m. Franklin Avenue Library Q Beaverdale Fall Festival Q Pancake Breakfast at the Masonic Lodge, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, link sausage, and scrambled eggs. All you can eat. $6 for adults, 12 and under $3. 7:30-10:30 a.m., Q Environmental Book Club, 10-11 a.m., Beaverdale Books Moines Parks and Recreation, 6:307:30 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Mystery Book Club, 7-8 p.m., Beaverdale Books Q Free Advice for Your Device, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q HHS Swimming: Girls Varsity vs. Ottumwa, 5:30 p.m. @ Hoover Q HHS Volleyball: 9/JV/V vs. Ottumwa, 6/7:30 p.m. @ Hoover Sunday Sept. 20 Wednesday Sept. 23 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Breakfast and Bake Sale, ($6). 9 a.m.-noon Q Westminster Fine Arts Series presents Tina Haase Findlay and the Max Wellman Trio. This is a free event with free childcare available. 3-4 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church Q Toddler Storytime, ages 18 months- 3 years, 10:15 and 10:50 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Thursday Sept. 24 Monday Sept. 21 Friday Sept. 18 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Friday Dinner, $9. 5-7 p.m. Q Lego Fridays, all day, Franklin Avenue Library Q Beaverdale Fall Festival Q HHS Football: 9/V vs. Roosevelt, 4:45/7:30 p.m. @ Hoover Saturday Sept. 19 Q Beaverdale VFW Post #9127 Saturday Lunch, $7.00, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Q Visit the Art Cart, all day, Q Preschool Story Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Ave. Library Q Medicap Bingo, 6:45-7:45 p.m., Calvin Community Rec Room Q BNA Public Affairs Committee Meeting, 7-8 p.m., Chef’s Kitchen Tuesday Sept. 22 Q Baby Rhyme Time, 10:15 a.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q Crafty Readers, Toddler, Preschool, and Elementary School age readers take part in fun craft activities, 4: p.m., Franklin Avenue Library Q The Monarch Butterfly Migration, Joel Van Roekel, Supervisor of Environmental Education at Des O’BRIEN’S Auto Repair Q Storybook Time, 11 a.m., Beaverdale Books Q It’s Better In Beaverdale, 5-8 p.m., Beaverdale Business Core Q Meredith Andrews in Concert, tickets are $15 in advance. Proceeds to benefit Freedom for Youth Ministries. 274-9296 firstchurchdsm. org. 7-8 p.m., First Church of the Open Bible Q HHS Football: 10th vs. Valley, 6 p.m. @ Hoover Q HHS Golf: Boys Varsity vs. North, 3:30 p.m. @ Waveland Golf Course Promote your event! Have a calendar entry for the next issue of Beaverdale Living? Send your information to: calendar@iowalivingmagazines.com. AC not cooling? For Customer repairs over $200 We will test and charge %PVHMBT"WFOVFt#FBWFSEBMF 276-7327 www.obriensautorepair.com b i t i .POEBZo'SJEBZBNoQN www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale 4999 $ Plus Freon, Die and Oil. AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 17 COMMUNITY LIBRARY NEWS Goodbye, Rudy Community bids “the Beaverdale Dog” farewell By Melissa Walker R udy, known as the Beaverdale Dog, was a longtime fixture in the yard of Joy Brady and Marty Canova’s house at 46th Street and New York Avenue. Beaverdale residents young and old paid daily visits to the Newfoundland-Labrador mix as he was tied alongside the sidewalk. Rudy bounded out to greet them as they walked by. But Rudy is no more. The beloved Beaverdale pet died on July 11 from old age combined with a diabetes diagnosis. Brady brought Rudy — named by her son who wanted to call the dog Rudolph — home from the Adel Animal Rescue League in 2003 as a 7-week-old puppy. From the moment she brought him to her new house in Beaverdale in 2004, people latched on to him, so much so that Brady put up a sign. It read: “Hi. My name is Rudy. I’m very friendly but working on manners.” Brady says there were so many neighbors who would walk by that she didn’t want them to be scared of the dog. “We put up the sign,” she recalls. “They knew his name, and that’s what made everybody be comfortable with him and him comfortable with everyone else.” Residents would call to Rudy as they walked by. He would get excited and run to the edge of the sidewalk to greet them, day or evening. He had a natural instinct for how to approach individuals. He bowed down low for children or those he sensed were nervous. He was excited and wiggled his tail for teenagers. If there was a dog he didn’t like, he’d wait for it to pass and then greet its owner. He was a gentle soul who didn’t seem to realize he was a dog. Rudy officially became the Beaverdale Dog when Brady and Canova bought one of the brown signs that are commonly 18 Beaverdale Living 50 years at Franklin Library to host anniversary party on Aug. 29 By library staff Rudy had his own sign naming him as the Beaverdale Dog. After he passed, neighbors left tributes on a tree. made for “Beaverdale Brick” or “Beaverdale Bungalow” homes and had “Beaverdale Dog” printed on it. The sign hung on the tree near the sidewalk. After Rudy died, Brady and Canova posted a letter on the tree to let residents know of his passing. “We had so many people asking about him and leaving notes and cards,” Brady says with tears. “It was really quite amazing. We had no idea the reach, the number of people that he touched.” Between 15 and 20 heartfelt notes and drawings from children were left on Rudy’s tree in honor of him. Brady knew Rudy had visitors throughout the day, but she had no idea of the number until a day last winter when she was sick and stayed home from work. Until 6 p.m. that night, she counted 60-some visitors before she stopped. When the couple would walk to Snookies Malt Shop for ice cream, people would come up to them. “They’d say: ‘Is that Rudy?’” Brady remembers. “They didn’t know who we were, but they knew him. There was a joke that he could run for public office in Beaverdale.” Q AUGUST | 2015 P lease join us at the 50th anniversary party for the Franklin Avenue Library from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. Our celebration will include music by the Dixieland band The Pelicans, birthday cake, appearances by Pete the Cat and Llama Llama, and special activities for children. Volunteens Monday, Aug. 31, 4 p.m. Are you looking for a great place to volunteer? Become a volunteen and help out with library projects and programs. Teens ages 12-18 can pick up a teen volunteer application at the Franklin Library. Applications must be turned in and approved before attending this program. Labor Day weekend All locations of the Des Moines Public Library will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 5, Sunday, Sept. 6, and Monday, Sept. 7 in observance of Labor Day. Franklin Evening Book Discussion Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m. We will discuss “Someone Else’s Love Story” by Joshilyn Jackson. Copies of the book are available at the information desk. Franklin Afternoon Book Discussion Monday, Sept. 14, 1 p.m. We will discuss “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman. Copies of the book are available at the information desk. Artsy Kids: Back to School Crafts www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale Wednesday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m. Decorate a notebook using scrapbook paper and ribbon. This program is for kids in third - eighth grades and requires preregistration. Free advice for your device Tuesday, Sept. 22, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Get the lowdown on your library’s downloadables. Bring your mobile device (smartphone, tablet or e-reader) to one of our classes and get some advice and help installing the library’s apps for e-books, downloadable audiobooks and e-magazines. Classes and apps are all free. Your gadget must have basic setup done (out of the box, set up, passwords entered, charged and know the basics) as a prerequisite to this class. You will need your library card and PIN, and you may need the password for your App Store on your device. Pre-register as class size is limited so we can give one-on-one attention. The Monarch Butterfly Migration Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6:30 p.m. Joel Van Roekel, supervisor of environmental education, Des Moines Parks and Recreation, will examine the life of the monarch butterfly, explaining how it survives in this increasingly hostile world. He will discuss some efforts that are being made to help the monarch, including things that you can do to help out the monarch, as well as other pollinators. Circumstances permitting, he will bring some live monarchs on site that will be tagged and released to continue their incredible journey. Q HEALTH What is pain management? Comprehensive program looks at the patient from a variety of viewpoints By Matthew C. Biggerstaff, DO P ain management is a nebulous term that has a variety of meanings. Some people associate pain management with medications and the negative aspects associated with the use of opioid or narcotic medications. Others view pain management with injections into the spine for pain control. Both of these descriptions are too simplistic and do not adequately describe a comprehensive approach to pain medicine. A comprehensive pain management program looks at the patient from a variety of viewpoints that start with the specific pain issue(s) and encompasses other physical problems as well as the psychological issues that may be present. A comprehensive approach utilizes a variety of techniques that can include nonnarcotic medications. Opioid or narcotic medications are utilized in select conditions. Other conservative treatments include physical therapy, weight loss and counseling. The Broadlawns Interventional Pain Center minimizes the use of medications by using injection therapies to control acute and chronic pain conditions. Medications with low risk profiles are used as well. There is a definite minimizing of narcotic or opioid medications. These injections are performed by Fellowship-trained physicians, usually under fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance. Please make an appointment for evaluation at the Broadlawns Interventional Pain Center by calling (515) 282-8270. Information provided by Matthew C. Biggerstaff, DO, Broadlawns Interventional Pain Center, 1801 Hickman Road, 282-8270. 2XUSDLQVSHFLDOLVWVFDQGHVLJQ DWUHDWPHQWSODQIRU\RX At the Broadlawns Interventional Pain Center, our specialists treat diverse areas of pain. We help people who have complex pain problems such as chronic back and neck pain, sciatic pain, arthritis, headaches, abdominal pain, cancer and other painful conditions. We partner with specialists in anesthesia, neurology, orthopaedics, psychiatry and physical therapy to offer a complete range of pain management care. Our center is located within the Broadlawns Medical Office Building which features state-of-the-art procedure rooms. We don’t just treat your symptoms; we identify the source of your pain, and we alleviate it. Matthew Biggerstaff, DO | Mohammad Iqbal, MD BROADLAWNS INTERVENTIONAL PAIN CENTER 1801 Hickman Road | Des Moines | www.broadlawns.org 515-282-8270 www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 19 Because we our heroes For 25 years, the Fisher House Foundation program has provided a “home away from home” for military and veteran families. Show your support by visiting ZZZÀVKHUKRXVHRUJ This message is provided by your local community publication and PaperChain ANNOUNCE THE No secrets to investment success ANNIVERSARY! P Share photos of your Mom and Dad’s Anniversary celebration! Send your milestone announcements with a photo, and we’ll publish them for FREE! Iowa Living magazines Send photos and captions to darren@dmcityview.com Jim Talley, CFP® AAMS® Financial Advisor 2703 Beaver Avenue Des Moines, IA 50310 515-279-4179 www.edwardjones.com Beaverdale Living Member SIPC eople look for the “secrets” to investment success. Is it timing the market? Is it finding hot stocks or getting in on the “ground floor” of the next big thing? These moves have little relevance to the majority of investors. Let’s look at effective steps you can take to help you work toward your financial goals. -X´W XMQI MR XLI QEVket, not market timing. Investors think they can succeed at “market timing” — buying low and selling high. This would be a good strategy if they could predict highs and lows. No one can accurately forecast these peaks and valleys. So, instead of ducking in and out of the market in an attempt to catch highs and lows, simply stay invested. The more time you spend in the market, the lesser the impact from short-term price swings. If you’re always invested, you’ll always be in position to benefit from the next market rally. -X´W ±FY] ERH LSPH² RSX±FY]ERHWIPP² You may be tempted to buy and sell frequently as you look for better opportunities. This constant buying and selling can be costly. Frequent trading makes it hard for you to follow a consistent, unified investment strategy. You’re better off purchasing quality investments and holding them for the long term. -X´W FYMPHMRK E WXVSRK foundation, not getting MR SR XLI ±KVSYRH JPSSV² Many people regret not being one of the initial investors of a company that has done spectacu- larly well. Most new companies don’t achieve anywhere near that level of success. Instead of looking for the next big thing on the “ground floor,” try to build a strong “foundation” of quality investments suitable for your risk tolerance, goals and time horizon. This may not sound glamorous, but a strong foundation is better equipped than a possibly shaky ground floor to withstand the shifting winds of market forces. -X´W GSSPLIEHed thinking, not chasing ±LSX WXSGOW² If you browse the Internet or watch investment shows on cable television, you are bound to hear about “hot” stocks. But by the time the news reaches you, these stocks may already be cooling off. More importantly, they might not be right for your needs in the first place. Instead of chasing after hot stocks, try to coolly analyze your situation to determine which investments are most appropriate for you. There aren’t any shortcuts to reaching your desired financial destination. By taking the slow and steady path, you can get there. Q Information from Edward Jones, provided by Jim Talley, financial advisor at Edward Jones, 2703 Beaver Ave., 279-4179. FAP-1966B-A-AD 20 FINANCE AUGUST | 2015 www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale RECIPE A peach of a pie recipe Cookie dough crust pairs perfectly with fruit Fresh peach pie By Marchelle Walter Brown Rosie’s cookie dough pie crust 1-1/2 cups flour 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup canola oil 2 tablespoons milk Mix all ingredients together. Dump and press by hand on the bottom and up the sides of a 9” pie pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 12-14 minutes. W e recently vacationed in northeast Georgia and we were there during prime peach season. I like peaches but let me tell you, when I had my first fresh Georgia peach I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. As we were preparing to start back to Iowa, I told my husband that I wanted to get some peaches to take home. Knowing that we weren’t taking the most direct route home, and would be on the road several days, I had to decide whether to just buy a few to eat; buy a bag and hope they were good when we arrived; or take a huge chance and buy a lug to freeze or can. I opted for the middle ground, bought a sackful and we headed north. At every stop I toted the sack of peaches from our air conditioned vehicle into air conditioned accommodations and, when we arrived home five days later, I was thrilled to find all of my peaches in perfect condition. I wanted to just eat two or three every day until they were gone. But knowing how much he and my in-laws love peach pie, I ate a couple and then, using my mom’s recipe for strawberry pie, I switched a couple of ingredients and made the best peach pie I’ve ever had. Rather than using ordinary pie crust, I made a “cookie dough” crust from a recipe my mother-in-law shared with me. What makes it so foolproof is that you don’t even have to roll it out. Simply mix the crust ingredients together, dump it in a pie pan, pat it out and up the sides of the pan and bake it. And it pairs perfectly with any sweet fresh fruit pie. Q Hilda’s fresh peach pie 1-1/2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoons salt 1-1/2 cups water 1 small package peach Jell-o www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale 4-5 cups fresh peaches, peeled and sliced (Don’t slice too thin) Directions 1. In a medium sauce pan, whisk sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt together. 2. Stir in water and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until it comes to a boil. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until thick. Stir in Jell-o and continue to cook until smooth. 3. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, then gently stir in the peaches. Pour mixture into the cooled cookie dough pie shell and refrigerate until set. Serve with whipped topping. AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 21 WHAT’S IN YOUR GARAGE? A work bench, home care supplies and paint left behind in the garage are providing inspiration for Karla Walsh in her new home. Photos by David Rowley, Things left behind Walsh finds treasures in her new home’s garage By David Rowley W hen Karla Walsh found her Beaverdale home this past February — and moved in during March — she had no problem envisioning how she would make this house her own. Little did she know she know the previous owner would have some supplies waiting to help her get started. During the move, she noticed the previous owners left a handful of supplies in her new garage. The previous owner had lived in the home for 13 years and had amassed a collection of home care and décor items. Besides a rainbow’s worth of paint, they left a couple rakes, shovels and even two lawn mowers. But it wasn’t without some treasures. “One thing that’s neat — and certainly not moving far — is the work bench,” Walsh says. According to Walsh, the big wooden table was passed down from the owner before the man who she bought it from, then from him 22 Beaverdale Living AUGUST | 2015 to her. “So it’s a well-loved third-generation ‘antique,’ ” she says. But that doesn’t mean she won’t be making good use out of it. “I haven’t done too many DIY projects in the past, but with an old home like this, I know I will moving forward,” she says. The bench was likely used quite a bit by the previous owner, who tackled a handful of projects Walsh is happy to have done; one of those projects being the finished basement and an updated bathroom in the master suite. “With a home built in the 1920s, there will be plenty of maintenance to keep up with,” says Walsh. “Moving into a space with a few recent updates saves me a lot of time, stress and money.” As a self-described “perfectionist,” Walsh knows there’s still plenty to be done in and around her new home. The driveway needs to www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale be repaved as well as replacing the skylights, but that’s what being a homeowner is all about. As her to-do list continues to grow, she can’t help but be excited about her home’s potential — and no doubt that work bench will come in handy. “I aim to remove all of the remaining carpet and sand and refinish the hardwood floors,” Walsh says. “I’d also like to add floor-to-ceiling library shelves to one room, install a wine cellar and create a farmhouse dining room table.” Pausing for a moment, Walsh adds, “I plan to get a lot of help with most of this, but hope to assist a pal if he’s willing to lead a master class in crafting.” Q Contact Darren Tromblay at 953-4822 ext. 304 or darren@dmcityview.com to recommend someone for an upcoming MWWYISJ±;LEX´W-R=SYV+EVEKI#² OUT AND ABOUT Mia Hopkins and Courtney Yeazel working at Saints on Aug. 14. Mary Lou Bradley and Bob Herold at the Beaverdale VFW on Aug. 14. Harvey Boeckholt, Bob Mostly and Bob Tarpen playing cards at the Beaverdale VFW on Aug. 14. John Hart and Susan Zeigler at The Pet Project Midwest on Aug. 15. Kay Hanig and Deborah Youmans at the Pet Project Midwest on Aug. 15. Karrie Cruz and Karen Rice at The Pet Project Midwest on Aug. 15. Brett Lovelady, Amber Page and Jimmie Wright at Great Alternatives Vape Shop on Aug. 15. Brian Hogan giving Matt Kinny a trim at the Franklin Barber Shop on Aug. 15. Kim Hanlon and Kitte Noble at The Pet Project Midwest on Aug. 15. Rebecca Cooper, Nicole Purcell and Lylian Purcell at The Pet Project Midwest on Aug. 15. www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale AUGUST | 2015 Beaverdale Living 23 HAVE A RECIPE YOU ARE ALWAYS ASKED TO SHARE? Send us your recipe to be included in your local Iowa Living Cookbook! Pick up the finished product around Thanksgiving at local stores, and share with your family and friends who are always asking for that recipe! 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MSRP $10.00 WITH EACH RECIPE SUBMITTED, YOU WILL BE ENTERED 24 NEWS BRIEF When their family’s car broke down last October, Roger and Tatiana McGhee knew that if they didn’t find a way for Roger to get to work, everything their family had built was in danger of disappearing. “We were just really worried about how it was going to work out,” Roger says. “I work over a half-hour away, so if I can’t make it to work, I lose the job, we lose the apartment, you lose everything. Roger, who works at AgReliant Genetics in Ogden, found a co-worker who could give him a ride, but still faced the question of getting his three kids to school and buying groceries. One of their sons has behavioral disorders and needs to make it to frequent doctors and counseling appointments. “Lately, since our car went down, it’s been hard to get him to a lot of those appointments,” Roger says. The family moved to Ames in late 2011 from Corpus Christi, Texas, because the job opportunities were better. “Over the last 3.5 years or so, we’ve gotten to where we are now, so to know that that was in jeopardy, it was really scary,” Roger says. The McGhees recently received a car through the Ames Ford Lincoln Wheels for Work program. The timing couldn’t have been better — Roger’s co-worker was moving that weekend, and he no longer had a ride to work. With Wheels for Work, Ames Ford fixes up older vehicles and donates them to people who need transportation. The United Way works with local human services agencies to find candidates for the vehicles. “It truly is life-changing for some folks to have transportation to be able to take their kids to school and pick them up,” says Nick Johnson, Owner of Ames Ford. “And take them out for ice cream, it’s just some of the smaller things that we take for granted that if you don’t have transportation, it can really change your life.” Johnson estimates they’ve given away roughly 50 vehicles through a similar program at their dealership in Fort Dodge. This is the first car they’ve given away in Ames, and they are already fixing up two more donated cars to give away next. The McGhees’ car trouble started when their old Cadillac Deville went out in November 2013. The estimated cost to fix the motor was more than $6,000, so they took it to a junkyard and used the money to buy a used car. “It probably ran for almost a week before the third gear went out,” Roger says. Tatiana’s eyes teared up as she talked about the help she and her family has received from friends and neighbors in recent months. She says their family has been blessed with good friends and neighbors who have helped take their three kids, ages 10, 9 and 8, to school and to errands around town. “It’s an answer to our prayers,” she says, wiping a tear from her eye. After all the paperwork was signed, Johnson handed Roger the keys and the couple walked out to their “new” 2002 Mercury Sable, christening it by placing a bottle of coke Roger had been drinking into one of the cupholders. “Now we get to go grocery shopping,” Tatiana said before they climbed in. Q www.iowalivingmagazines.com/beaverdale You’re reading this magazine... and your potential customers are, too. 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