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This week’s Facebook cover photo comes to us from fellow Winterset Citizen and Madison County Tourism director Teddi Yeager. Keep sending in your favorite photos—we love seeing Winterset through your lenses. Email them to us at thewintersetcitizen@gmail.com or send us a Facebook message.

GIVING THANKS

We’re continuing our ‘month of giving thanks’ today and would like to express our gratitude to a few more of our sponsors. If you’ve been thinking of selling your home, don’t dismiss the idea of listing it now instead of waiting until spring. There are several advantages to listing this time of year and our friends at Covered Bridges Realty and Homefront Realty will be more than happy to help you!

And if you do end up buying or selling a house, among the hundreds of details to take care of, insurance will be right at the top. When you need someone to translate all the insurance jargon for you and help you find the right coverage, Scot Clark with Farm Bureau Financial Services, Charlotte Speer with State Farm, or the crew at Johnson Insurance can lend a hand. And you’ll know that you have a local contact if you should have a problem.

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This Weekend

Quilts of Valor ‘Pop-up’ Exhibit + Awards Ceremony

Saturday & Sunday • 11/ 10 & 11/11
Iowa Quilt Museum

The Iowa Quilt Museum serves as the national headquarters for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. In honor of Veterans Day, admission to the museum will be free for US Military Veterans on Sunday, November 11th. On both Saturday and Sunday the  museum display a small exhibit of Quilts of Valor, and at 4:30 pm on Sunday they will host a Quilts of Valor Award Ceremony. The public is invited to the award ceremony. Regular admission during museum hours is $6. The Iowa Quilt Museum is open 10:00 – 4:00 on Saturday and 12:00 – 4:00 on Sunday.

A Star is Born, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Holiday Calligraphy Cards

Saturday • 11/10 • 10:00 – Noon
Winterset Art Center

Spruce up your holiday cards this year with the help of Jess Lundquist of ink & flourish calligraphy. In this workshop, we’ll use brush pens and templates to make unique cards full of cheer that you can send to friends and family. All supplies provided by the instructor. You’ll take away: Three cards handmade by you + envelopes for each, One brush pen, Drills sheets to practice at home

This class is recommended for ages 13 and up. Per person class fee: Member: $30 / Non-member: $35. Advance registration is required. Please email wintersetart2016@gmail.com to register.

Beginning Fused Glass Workshop

Saturday • 11/10 • 1:00 – 5:00
Madhaüs Gallery

Heath Alan Band

Saturday • 11/10 • 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Covered Bridges Winery

Optimist Turkey Dinner

Sunday • 11/11 • 11:00am – 1:30 pm
Winterset High School Cafeteria

It’s amazing to us how many ‘food traditions’ there are in this community…Lions Soup Supper, St. Paul Lutheran Ham Ball Dinner, Methodist Chicken & Noodle luncheon, Catholic Fish Fry and on and on. Get a dose of Winterset Comfort Food at the Optimist Turkey Dinner on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th (and say “Thank You” to any Veterans that you encounter). 

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Something Cool We Saw This Week

Several storefronts on our historic town square are undergoing rehabilitation. Winterset was on the receiving end of a very large grant to help make all this possible and, while it looks a little dreary in the interim, it’s going to be a wonderful facelift for our shopping district. On the south side of the square, Madison County Mercantile and Piece Works are in the process of getting windows replaced. Hopefully the plywood will be down and the glass will return soon!