Heistand reaches century mark Saturday

Delores Heistand will turn 100 Saturday.
Delores Heistand will turn 100 Saturday.

“There is nothing like growing up on a farm, it is a good healthy place to live,” said Delores (Jarrett) Heistand as she readied for a party Saturday celebrating her 100th birthday.

A native Cherokee Countian, Delores was born on a farm a few miles south of Columbus on November 4, 1923. In an interview when she was 94, she was making visits to the Medicalodges with the Red Hatters and to play Bingo…