By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight is about to embark on its 25th flight, leaving Fort Dodge on May 22 and taking area veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the memorials.

Local veterans scheduled to participate include Marshall Burgess and Kass Duis, along with Lynn Zajicek, who is going as an aide.

Currently, the Honor Flights are including veterans from any of three wartime periods (World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War). Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight has flown approximately 3,000 veterans on 24 flights from approximately 45 counties and 155 communities. There are approximately 400 veterans on the waiting list. As in the past, the veterans do not pay for their flights; however, the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Board expects the counties in which the veterans live to financially support their veterans to go on this trip.

To raise funds for Brushy Creek Area Honor Flights, a four-person best ball golf tournament will be held On June 15 at the Lake Panorama Executive par three golf course. This is the second year for the tournament, which is organized by the American Legion/SAL Post 372 (Panora), Post 124 (Guthrie Center) and Post 146 (Stuart).

From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

A boil advisory has been issued for the City of Bayard in Guthrie County due to depressurization of the entire system.

More than 200 connections are affected. Operators were unable to isolate a leaking valve while conducting repairs to the system, and had to take the water tower offline, resulting in pressure loss. Once repairs are completed the affected area will be disinfected and flushed.

City officials are notifying residents via boil advisory public notices around town.

Officials say there is no reason to believe water quality has been compromised, but as a precaution, customers are encouraged to boil water that will be consumed or used for food preparation. Water should be boiled for two minutes and allowed to cool before use. Water is safe to use for showering, laundry, general washing and outdoor use without boiling.

Two sets of bacteria samples will be collected for testing. The boil advisory will be lifted once two consecutive sets of bacterial samples have tested negative for bacteria.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

LifeServe Blood Center offers mobile blood drives that provide rural citizens the opportunity to donate blood without having to drive to a larger city. Several mobile blood drives are scheduled in the coming weeks:

• Friday, May 24, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry. This is a special event, offering a free meal and a special “Perry Blood Donor” T-shirt to all donors (while supplies last).
• Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) 7 a.m. – noon at the Iowa Gold Star Museum, 7105 N.W. 70th Avenue in Johnston. Free military style breakfast 6-9 a.m. and those who donate blood receive a complimentary blood donor “dog tag” tailored to the donor’s specific blood type.
• Thursday, June 13, 2:30-6 p.m. at Guthrie Center
• Tuesday, June 18, 3:30-7 p.m. at Redfield
• Wednesday, June 26, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Guthrie County Hospital
• Tuesday, July 9, 2:30-6 p.m. at Stuart
• Wednesday, July 10, 3-7 p.m. at Panora

Visit www.lifeservecloodcenter.org for more details or to schedule a donation.