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Greenfield to celebrate 125 year old family-owned business

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February 21st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Events taking place Saturday in the Adair County community of Greenfield are designed to celebrate a family that has owned the Adair County Free Press newspaper for 125-years. The Omaha World-Herald reports the events coincide with the release of Iowa Public Television’s “The Sidey Report: Life and Times of an Iowa Icon,” which is about the Sidey family, owners of the Adair County Free Press. The family’s most famous member, Hugh Sidey, covered the White House for Time magazine. He died in 2005.

There are several events planned for Saturday, all at or near Greenfield’s  historic downtown square. Getting underway at 3-p.m., is a display of Hugh Sidey’s work at the Greenfield Public Library, and a display of artifacts from the Adair County Free Press and prints from the Sidey Collection, at the Warren Cultural Center.  At 3:30 p.m., IPTV’s documentary about the paper and its owners premieres at the Grand Theatre.

And, at around 6 p.m., the premiere party begins at the Hotel Greenfield. It also celebrates the release of “The Sidey Collection” coffee table book, which will be on display and available for purchase.