Code Counsel:  A League of Our Own
by Jim Davies, Member At Large, Hampton City Council

Chief Morrison Finishes First Year
 
Hampton City Council votes unanimously to extend Chief's contract 
 
P1: Hampton Police Chief Mark Morrison gets the hand off from retiring chief Bob Schaefer after being appointed by the Hampton City Council Sept 22nd 2022.
 

An Evening Like It Used To Be Returns to the Windsor October 14th
 
P1:Photo: Leon Kuehner, former H-D CAL Band Director and past president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association runs the Pythian Players theater troupe through a skit at the Windsor Oct 1st for the Oct 14th performance.
 
Cast members meet at Windsor Theatre Oct 1st to gear up for the Annual Event
 
 

Hampton Old Time Country Hoedown fills Downtown Monday, October  2nd
Matt Grohe, Hampton Chronicle
 
P1 Bill Hendren, 91, of Dumont, took center stage at the Hampton Old Time Country Hoedown Oct 2nd at the Windsor Theatre.
 
P2 Mic Snell presented this Hoedown themed guitar to Don and Judy Wrolson Monday night. Snell made the guitar out of Iowa license plates. 

Longtime Hampton Resident Killed in Motorcycle, Golf Cart Collision North of Hampton
 
A tragic accident at the corner of 170th and HWY 65 Sunday afternoon resulted in the death of Terrace Hill resident Robert (Bob) Irwin, 84.
 

Rods & Restorations holds Ribbon Cutting
 
Owners Mel Potter and Karl Kessler Say Business Booming, Intend to Expand
 

Harriman-Nielsen Festival A Perfect Fall Day
 
There almost couldn’t have been more perfect weather for the twentieth running of the Harriman-Nielsen Fall Festival Sunday, October 1st. Temperatures briefly hit 92 degrees midday, but remarkably the hundreds of attendees, vendors and volunteers had plenty of shady spaces to duck into and the strong sun did not seem to slow the pace of the event. 
 

Maynes Grove Gets Musical Upgrade
Matt Grohe, Hampton Chronicle
 
Durable Outdoor Instruments Engage Toddlers, Build Brains

 
P1 New musical playground equipment has been installed at Maynes Grove under the south canopy.
 
P2 Pictured are the four-petal gong, xylophone and Glockenspiel at Maynes Grove. The equipment was funded with a 2022 Barkema Foundation grant. 

Kiwanis officers and board members installed in Hampton
 
Kiwanis Club of Hampton officers and board members for the upcoming year were installed at the regular weekly noon meeting on Tuesday, September 19 by Division 1 Lieutenant Governor Jim Paape. Paape is a member of the Mason City-River City Kiwanis club.
 

Franklin County Conservation and Trees Forever Add Trees to Maynes Grove
 

What’s at the Windsor?
By Windsor Theatre manager Jim Davies

For the Love of Pumpkins, and Corn
Matt Grohe, Hampton Chronicle
 
P1: Bill Vierkant of Alexander is pictured at home with about two dozen different varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds that he will use as seed for next year’s crop. 

Veterans Picnic Draws 125 to Harriman 
 
Local Musician and Vet Chris Uhlenhopp Provides Accompaniment
 

Peace Plaza Park Dedicated Sept 21st
 

Library Board Meets with New Trustees
Matt Grohe, Hampton Chronicle
 
Board, Director Take Heat as 5 Speakers Present
 
P1: The Hampton Library Board of Trustees with 2 new trustees at the Hampton Public Library Sept 20th