March 2, 2021
Bill Kelley, group vice president of produce commissary at Hy-Vee, is calling it a career after 40 years of service.
Kelley graduated from Wayne Community High School and attended Truman State University as well as Iowa State University. He joined Hy-Vee in 1978, working part-time at the Corydon Hy-Vee. He left Hy-Vee while in college, returning to the company in 1983 at the Ames #1 store as a produce clerk. He then moved to four different stores as produce manager. His first management stint was at the Rochester #2 store in 1989, followed by the Boone store in 1993, the Des Moines #3 store in 1995 and the Urbandale store in 1996.
February 5, 2021
We are pleased to announce that we will again celebrate Grand View’s Commencement at Wells Fargo Arena to allow for a safe, in-person event. This year’s ceremony will be held on Monday, April 26, 2021, at 7 p.m. Changing the date from Saturday to Monday evening allows us to move to the larger venue (instead of HyVee Hall) and will accommodate more guests.
We are grateful our friends at The Iowa Events Center have made the Arena available. Last year’s event was a huge success and the staff helped make the necessary arrangements to keep all graduates and guests safe. We are pleased to be able to celebrate in person safely again this year.
Contributing Writer
PHOTOS BY GARRY BRANDENBURG
White-tailed deer filter into a food plot last weekend, January 9th, at about one hour prior to sunset. These deer were on private land in southern Marion County, IA. This author was there as an invited guest to assist in taking more doe deer off the property. So I did that by taking two on licenses I had available and ready to use. My two made a very small dent in the population in this area. The landowner has a good feel for the total number of deer in his forest. Hunters are a management tool to reduce deer numbers. Southern Iowa counties have historically large antlerless quota for deer tags available for purchase. Statewide total deer harvest numbers will easily exceed 110,00 by the end of regular season and even more will be added by the end of several special late January seasons in a few selected counties which are part of chronic wasting disease control efforts.