In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized that the jail would be able to house additional inmates from surrounding counties and this would generate revenue for Henry County.
Date: 07-29-2021______
JAIL COUNT
_29_ Henry County Inmates
_42_ Out of County Contract Inmates
_71_ TOTAL
Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities had to deal with a large outage Thursday morning. An animal got into the Park Substation. This caused some damage and customers without power had to be transferred to other substations. Homes and businesses were without electricity. Some areas were without street lights early Thursday and some traffic signals were not working. Most were restored by about 6:30 am.
AINSWORTH, IA—The Brinton Film Festival, Iowa’s longest-running film festival, will be held at the Ainsworth Opera House July 30 and 31. Historian Michael Zahs will be showing Brinton films and magic lantern slides. “I think this festival may be the only festival in the country that shows only pre-1908 films,” he said.
The Brinton Collection contains films, slides, projectors, papers, and other documents from the life and career of William Franklin Brinton of Washington, IA. Brinton was an itinerant showman, travelling from Texas to Minnesota to project slides, film, and stage other entertainments during the years 1895-1908 and managed the Graham Opera House in Washington until close to his death in 1919. The Graham Opera House is still an active movie theater today and was declared the longest continually operating cinema in the world operating as the State Theater.
Brinton was an eccentric and energetic individual, and the collection not only preserves some of the earliest commercially available film, but it also contains material related to Brinton’s experimental interests, such as his passion for designing flying machines long before human flight became a reality.
The collection was preserved for many years by Zahs, subject of the documentary film ”Saving Brinton”. The collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries beginning in 2014.
Zahs said he recently found a double dissolving magic lantern. Brinton had such a magic lantern. He will display and explain the projector at the festival. He also plans to play recordings from the period.
Dairy Mart ice cream will be served beginning at 7 p.m. followed by the slides and films.
For further information, contact Zahs at 319-653-6250.
The Henry County Conservation Board will be hosting a special meeting tonight( Wednesday) at the Press Box Grill in Mt. Pleasant at 5:30 p.m. The board will be meeting with Mike and Alyssa Whetherbee owners of Axe Women Loggers of Maine. Mike and Alyssa worked with the conservation department to host an event last weekend at Water Works Park. The board is looking to discuss the success of the program and provide feedback to Mike and Alyssa. No other department business will be discussed.
In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized that the jail would be able to house additional inmates from surrounding counties and this would generate revenue for Henry County.
Date: 07-28-2021______
JAIL COUNT
_26_ Henry County Inmates
_43_ Out of County Contract Inmates
_69_ TOTAL
Henry County Public Health is holding an all-day immunization clinic and encourages students to get their back to school shots early to beat the rush. The special clinic will be held on Tuesday, August 3rd 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Immunizations are needed before going into Kindergarten, 7th and 12th grades. These are walk-in clinics but there is a new process to check-in before you go. Visit HealthyHenryCounty.org/immunizations or download the Net Check In – Henry County free app. You can view the current wait time, check-in, and we will alert you when it’s time to come inside. This will help reduce waiting room crowds. Please only bring children needing services and if you or your child are ill, please stay home. Adults not vaccinated against COVID-19 should wear a mask and practice social distancing while inside.
In addition to these special clinics, regular immunization clinics are held on Tuesdays 9-11am, Wednesdays and Thursdays 1-4pm, and the 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1-6pm. Please call Public Health at 319-385-0779 if you have any questions.
Violet Rose Kelly, 81 of Fairfield passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.
Violet was born on May 26, 1940, in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, the daughter of Peirce and Cora (McWhorter) Hammock. She was a jokester and loved spending time with her grandchildren. Christmas was her favorite holiday. Violet was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. She lived her life to the fullest.
Violet is survived by her daughter, Tammy (Rick) Cook of Fairfield, her grandchildren, Zech, Rachel (Solomon) Maselli, Tiana, Ashley, Derrick and Codie, great grandchildren, Alexis, Ryan, Grace and Ruby, two brothers, Tommie Hammock and James Hicks and one sister, Mary Leggins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four children, Debby Kelly, Kenneth Kelly, Jr., Hope Kelly and Patricia Kelly, two brothers, James Earl Hammock, Jr., Franklin Cress and two sisters, Betty Miller and Barb Rzasa.
According to her wishes cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. No services are being planned at this time. Burial will be held at a later date at the Skyline Memorial Park cemetery in Monee, Illinois.
Memorials and cards may be mailed to the family at 409 South 17th Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556.
