Co-Ed Softball Tournament and Fireman's Parade August 22-23

There will be a Co-Ed Softball Tournament August 22-23 at Memorial Park to raise money to build Logan's Little Field, a field dedicated to little leaguers. The field is scheduled to be built next spring at a cost of $12,500.

The 12-team tournament begins Saturday at 8:00 and Sunday at 1:00 after the Fireman's Parade and BBQ.

Wind Power: New Shade of Green Dominates Iowa Landscape, Part 2

Walnut, Iowa, has always drawn a regular stream of visitors coming to shop in the proliferation of antique stores lining its quaintly picturesque downtown streets. But in recent months, tourists have also been pulling off Highway 80 just to get a closer look at the 102 monstrously huge wind turbines towering over Walnut. The 263-foot stem of the steel flowers surpasses the height of the Statue of Liberty's torch, with the 126-foot rotor blades extending their topmost reach closer to the heavens.

Read more at theAtlantic.com ...

Wind Power: New Shade of Green Dominates Iowa Landscape

...in Walnut, Iowa--a small town of 900 residents--it's clear that the arrival of a new green industry has had more far-reaching effects than simply the number of jobs directly created by the wind farm.

From Part one of a two-part Atlantic.com article:

A capricious Mother Nature, brandishing weapons of deluge, drought, scorching heat, and frost, has long possessed a power to destroy the livelihood of farming families populating small prairie towns like Walnut, Iowa. In a state where more than 85 percent of the land is devoted to agricultural purposes, talking about the weather represents a culturally-ingrained aspect of discourse. But these days the focus of that conversation is changing in Walnut, home to the state's newest large-scale wind farm.


"The conversation when you're out for coffee now is: 'You think the wind is blowing enough to get 'em going today?,'" Leo Rechtenbach says, referring to the 102 wind turbines that sprouted from fields and pastures of his rural community in the past year. Leo and his wife, Jeanette, belong to a growing population of Iowa wind farmers. These people don't actually have to perform any kind of sunburnt backbreaking toil resembling traditional farming; they just have to rent small parcels of their land to an energy company, then sit back and watch as the modernistic windmills shoot up from the earth like albino sunflowers hybridized with Jack's beanstalk.

17th Annual Optimist Antique Car Show

The Walnut Optimist Club's Annual Antique City Car Show is always scheduled for the first Sunday in August. For 2009, that will be August 2nd. There are 27 Classes with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies and special awards given. There are also "Stock" and "Modified" classes for both autos and pickups with "Special Awards" for Best GM, Best Ford, Best MOPAR, and Best Other. The judging will be held on tree canopied Antique City Drive in Walnut.

Antique Show Blog Roundup

A collection of blog posts and pictures from the 27th Annual AmVets Antique Show.



Blackbird-designs

Update from Walnut:

Well.....all I can say is it was wonderful. The entire main street of the town is closed down for the event. Vendors line up on both sides of the street, park their vans, trailers and campers and set up shop.

It rained two times during the weekend. But the vendors braved the weather and opened up again after each rain. Some of the vendors camp right there on the main street. The side streets are filled up as well as the street parallel to main street. If that's not enough for you, the school and VFW buildings are full too. I literally walked until I thought I would drop....and then went back for pictures.

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A Simply Wonderful Weekend

I'M BACK! And Wow what a Show!

I had a fabulous show, met tons of wonderful folk, many fellow bloggers!!!! And, I'd do it all over again!

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Julie Reed

Father's Day at Walnut:

As the AmVets Antique Show in Walnut, Iowa is scheduled every year on Father's Day and I don't live close enough to my dad to visit for the day, I can't help but think of him as I peruse the different shops and vendor's booths at the show ~ especially as antique shopping is something we both enjoy. So, I thought, in honor of my dad I would do a post of things I saw that reminded me of him in some way or another.


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Walnut Iowa - Antique City

I've known for a while that there was this town off of I-80 where there were lots of antique stores, and while I'm not at a point where I'm buying stuff for my house anymore, I do enjoy an occasional stroll through an antique store and it's one of Iowa's travel/tourist detsinations. Hence, the stop in Walnut - Iowa's Antique City.

ell, I either picked the perfect weekend or the worst time to come to Walnut, depending on your thoughts on antiques. Just last week I heard there was a big "Antique Walk" going on with hundreds of dealers. Apparently I didn't grasp the enormity of this event, but I am not exaggerating when I say THE ENTIRE TOWN was COVERED with antique dealers; residential streets, church lawns/parking lots, the business district, ball fields .... It was antique-palooza craziness.

27th Annual AMVET's Antique Walk and Show

June 19-21 , 2009

27th Annual AMVET's Antique Walk and Show

One of the finest antique shows in the midwest with more than 300 dealers of quality antiques and 50,000 visitors. This event is scheduled for Father's Day weekend every year.

Iowa's Antique City Event Page

Dale Lynch Memorial Alumni Weekend - March 27-29, 2009

The sixth annual Dale Lynch Memorial Alumni Weekend has been scheduled for March 27-29, 2009.

The annual fundraiser in support of scholarships and programs benefiting Walnut Community School will kick off Friday evening at 5:30 with the Mike McCabe Tip-Off classic featuring all-star alumni teams from Harlan and Walnut.

Alumni basketball and volleyball tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday.

Alumni dance featuring Danger Kitty will be held Saturday March 28th, 8:00 pm at the Legion Hall

Visit FriendsofWCS.com for more details.