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THE SUN
Covering New Sharon, Fremont and all of Mahaska County
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Dana Glasnapp (Dekalb/Asgrow DSM), Craig Rapinchuk (school
principal), Robert Bruxvoort, Debra Bruxvoort (winning farmers) [photo
submitted].
Mahaska County farmers support Peoria Christian
School with America’s Farmers Grow Communities
Local farmers Robert and Debra
Bruxvoort have directed a $2,500
donation to the Peoria Christian
School. Funded by America’s
Farmers Grow Communities, the
donation will contribute to technology purchases, a hydroponics
greenhouse, and a new bus fund.
With the support of farmers
across the country, more than
$3.2 million is being directed to
nonprofits in 1,289 counties in 39
states.
“The Peoria Christian School
is a small, local school our kids
attend,” Robert Bruxvoort said.
“The school provides an outstanding education, and we are happy
to give back to them in this way.”
America’s Farmers Grow
Communities works directly with
farmers to support nonprofit organizations like the Peoria Christian
School, who are doing important
work in their communities. The
program offers farmers the chance
to win $2,500, which is then donat-
ed to the farmer’s nonprofit of
choice. The search for funding to
sustain and enhance programs
is a year-round job for nonprofit
organizations across the country.
Through America’s Farmers Grow
Communities, farmers have been
able to support a variety of groups,
such as schools, fire departments,
community centers and youth
organizations like 4-H and FFA.
America’s Farmers Grow
Communities launched in 2010,
and has since donated over $16
million to more than 6,500 nonprofit organizations across the
country. America’s Farmers Grow
Communities, sponsored by the
Monsanto Fund, is part of the
America’s Farmers initiative, which
highlights and celebrates the
important contributions of farmers
like Robert and Debra Bruxvoort.
For a complete list of Grow
Communities winners and more
program information, please visit
growcommunities.com.
Pictured above (left to right) are Lane Judy, Jake Taylor, CD Brinegar
and Austin Angle with Agri-Power FFA (submitted).
Iowa Beef Expo Judging
By E. Haselhuhn and B. Moore
Agri-Power FFA was able to fill
the quota needed for a Beef Judging
Team and thus entered the 2014
Iowa Beef Expo Judging held on the
grounds of the Iowa State Fair. The
team of four included Austin Angle,
CD Brinegar, Lane Judy and Jake
Taylor.
This team expressed interest in
the event before the holiday break.
They approached FFA Advisor
Patrick Powers to see if it was possible to have a team. “I was very
excited when the kids asked about
the Expo. There have been years I
have tried and tried and tried to get a
team and not enough people wanted
to be on a team,” Powers said.
Agri-Power was able to land
in the 18th spot in the event, out
of 57 complete and non-complete
teams. Powers was pleased with
the outcome on a very chilly day. “I
was happy about getting that placing. It shows the kids had a good
experience with the practices and on
contest day,” Powers said.
To prepare for this event, the
team practiced by using free web
site judging classes. Some of the
classes were difficult because of the
video quality, but it is better than
having nothing at all to look at.
The interesting aspect of this
quartet is that none of them are
upper classman; two sophomores
and two freshmen make up this
team, and it was a first-time kid
that led the charge. Jake Taylor,
son of David and Linda Taylor of
rural Eddyville, had the high score
for Agri-Power at 544 points; this
was accumulated with the judging
of 10 classes, and then with three
more oral reasons classes. In com-
NM Principal Ray, the Lucky Winner
North Mahaska Celebrates National FFA Week
The North Mahaska FFA Chapter celebrated National FFA week
on February 17 through the 21st.
The students enjoyed the dress up days and also hosted a
school assembly in the gymnasium. High School Principal, Mr. Doug
Ray was the lucky winner of the ‘Kiss the Pig’ contest and enjoyed
his ‘kiss’ at the assembly (pictured).
The FFA group finished off the week by sponsoring the annual
Farm and Home show on Saturday, Feb. 22.
FFA instructor Miss Alyssa Foster expressed her gratitude for
the successful week and the participation of the school and students.
NM Band takes First at Indian Hills
Katie McGriff, daughter of
Cary and Amy McGriff, received
‘Top Perfomer’ in Class 1A.
parison, the top FFA individual had a
score of 604. “Jake did really well for
his first time out. Sometimes when
you don’t have any pre-conceived
notions, you just let things happen and everything falls into place,”
Powers said.
With the oral reasons category,
Brinegar and Judy tied for the group,
with all four kids being within 6
points of each other. “I was kind
of surprised how evenly matched
the kids were on the reasons part.
Taylor had never done this before,
yet he was right in the mix with the
other kids. It makes me excited to
see how this group will perform in
the future if they keep doing this
event,” Powers said.
Jake Taylor was very surprised
by his success in the show ring. “It
was a very fun day for me judging
cattle for my first time. I owe my
success to my ag teacher and all the
help he gave me,” Taylor said.
The North Mahaska Jazz Band
(NMJazz) took to the stage Saturday,
Feb. 22, at the Indian Hills JazzFest.
The band performed well and earned
first place in Class 1A.
Each soloist in the band
received an outstanding soloist
award. Those soloists were: Megan
Goemaat, Megan McGriff, Tyler
Foster, Jacob Dahm, Jakob Bortell,
Julia Groenenboom, Jenna Carrico,
Melissa Knoot, Carly Ehret and Katie
McGriff.
Katie McGriff was also awarded
as the top performer in Class 1A.
The band’s next competition is
District Contest on Saturday, March
8 at 5:10 p.m. in West High, Iowa
City. The public is encouraged to
attend and support the NM Jazz
tradition.
Ag Week, March 22-29
Join The Sun in celebrating
National Ag Week, March 22-29
with a special salute to agriculture
in Mahaska and Keokuk County
complete with personal interviews
and stories.
Contact
Lisa
Conner
at
641.990.0066 for details on how
you can celebrate with The Sun.
Mahaska County Haz-Mat Goes Live
By OskyNews.org
The process has been years
in the making and starting this
past weekend Mahaska County
Emergency Management, in cooperation with area fire departments,
is now taking the lead on any HazMat incidents within the county.
This is a change from the
years of SIRG being the responsible entity in a Haz-Mat situation.
SIRG is located within Ottumwa
Fire facilities and Mahaska County
paid into the entity .85 cents percapita. This equaled $19023.84
per year sent to SIRG, and was
originally formed in 1991.
The transition from SIRG to
Mahaska County Haz-Mat has
“been busy” says Jamey Robinson,
Mahaska County Emergency
Manager. “A lot of planning. Lots
of gathering equipment.”
Robinson said that making
sure everything was in place, and
the proverbial ‘I’s are dotted and
T’s are crossed’ and he says,
“We’re ready.”
Robinson was busy deliver-
This Week’s Color In The Sun Is Brought To You By
ing the Haz-Mat trailers to the
three departments in the county that will provide the service.
Cedar Township, New Sharon and
Oskaloosa Fire all have certified
technicians in place and ready to
respond.
Robinson added that those
involved with Mahaska County
Haz-Mat feel good about its
launch.
The training never ends for the
firefighters who will respond when
called. Many of those firefighters attended a Haz-Mat technician
training course last April, and their
refresher training is already less
than a month away. The 8 hour
refresher will include responders
from the three fire departments.
Many places have the HazMat number posted in their emergency directories and they will now
want to update that number to the
Mahaska County 911 Center. The
center will then be in contact with
a Haz-Mat control officer. There
will be a control officer on call 24
hours a day.
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Miller-Meeks Believes Issues
To Great To Idly Sit By
By OskyNews.org
Officially hitting the campaign
trail this past week, Dr. Mariannette
Miller-Meeks (R) stopped by Smokey
Row in Oskaloosa.
Miller-Meeks is no stranger to
the campaign trail. The Ottumwa
native has run for congress twice
before, and believes that things are
different this time. “I think after being
at the [Iowa] State Department of
Public Health for 3 years, watching Governor Branstad and how
he was able to navigate through
issues, through both parties and
really address problems that the
state faced and things that were
roadblocks for the state, improving
its economy and helping Iowans.”
Miller-Meeks had served as
Director at the Iowa Department of
Public Health before resigning in
January to run for office.
“I look at what’s happened at
the federal government level with
a health care law that is hugely
unpopular really creating problems
for people,” Miller-Meeks said of the
Affordable Care Act.
Miller-Meeks said that the level
of accountability at the federal level
is one reason she is running, “there’s
too much going on for me to idly sit
by and just watch this happen.” She
believes that the issues are “too
great not to join the race and to
attempt to unseat an incumbent.”
I asked Miller-Meeks about
how her experience as a physician
and also as the former Director
at the Iowa Department of Public
Health would help her understand
the Affordable Health Care Act
for her constituents if elected. “I
think health care, most importantly,
needs to be affordable. That’s the
biggest issue facing us today. It also
needs to be portable and it needs
to be personal, not a one size fits
all policy determined by the federal government, that tells us what
we’re suppose to value and what
we choose.”
“Having said that experience
as a nurse, as a doctor, as the
Director of Iowa Department of
Public Health, which has community
based resources and interventions,
and then as a veteran. As a nurse
in the military, as well as a doctor
in the military, I have a wide variety
of experience and knowledge that
very few people have in Washington
D.C. currently,” said Miller-Meeks.
“Number one, to be able to
even read the law you put in place.
Number two, not to exempt people
from the law, ie, Congress and its
staffers. Seems to me they are a
little out of touch with the common
Iowan or American,” Miller-Meeks
added. “I think this experience can
be transplanted to D.C. and really
put in place policies that are a benefit to all of us.”
Nick Clarksen, Political/Finance
Director for Loebsack for Congress
commented
on
Miller-Meeks
announcement.
“Mariannette
Miller-Meeks’ Tea Party views will
play well with the extreme members
of her party. But when the people
of Iowa’s Second District recognize that she wants to privatize
The law says if you have not
broken a payment plan in the last 12
months, the utility has to give you a
minimum of 12 months to pay off the
past due amount. This is a minimum
12 months not a maximum. The law
also goes on to say the utility must
take into account the household’s
ability to pay. People often agree
to something they cannot afford
because they are not aware of their
lawful rights to a reasonable affordable payment plan. If you need to
negotiate a payment plan and you
feel that the utility company is not
treating you fairly, call the Iowa Utility
Board’s customer service department at 1-877-565-4450. The Iowa
Utility Board is the state agency who
has authority over all Iowa utility
companies.
If you believe you might be eligible for the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP), there
is still time to apply. Applications are
taken through April 30th.
Sieda Community Action, 310 W.
Main St., P.O. Box 658, Ottumwa, IA
52501, 641-682-8741 or 800-3268340.
Sieda Community Action, a private organization established in
1965 as a community action agency, implements a range of services
designed to strengthen families,
promote child development and
help individuals and families with
basic needs. Through our programs,
individuals in Appanoose, Davis,
Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van
Buren, and Wapello counties are
better prepared to meet their basic
needs. With this strong foundation,
individuals and families are more
likely to become self-reliant and contribute positively to their families and
communities. If you would like more
information about this topic, please
contact Kathy Harbour at 641-6828741 ext. 134 or email at kharbour@
sieda.org.
Social Security and prevent hard
working Iowa families from getting
the raise they deserve, they will
realize how reckless she is. The
people of Iowa deserve someone
like Dave Loebsack who will fight
for seniors, hardworking families
and those who do not have a voice
in Washington.”
Dave Loebsack is Iowa’s
Democrat Incumbent currently
serving the Second Congressional
District, which includes Oskaloosa
and Mahaska County.
Miller-Meeks commented on
Clarksen’s comments. “Maybe
that’s why we have such problems
in Washington D.C. That we have
people that are willing to continue
to divide people, to separate them,
to pigeon hole them into classifications, to have a divisive attitude and
not bring us together to find common sense pragmatic solutions that
work for all of us.”
Find out more about MillerMeeks at www.millermeeks.com
Lisa Conner
Advertising/Sales
Stacia McGriff
News Coordinator
Robin Handy
Managing Editor
Your Newspaper Team
Working Everyday to Bring The Sun to Mahaska County
Compiled by Robin Handy, Editor
Mid-America Publishing of Hampton, the parent company to The Sun of New Sharon is very excited to bring
together an energetic team highly motivated to bring
Mahaska County news and events to you, the readers,
each and every week in the newspaper.
The three ladies (Lisa Conner, Advertising Sales
Specialist; Stacia McGriff, News Coordinator and Robin
Handy, Managing Editor) pictured above are the main
contacts for The Sun, but they are only three members
of the full team...
Ken Chaney, Publisher and Advertising Manager;
Gail Pilkington, Advertising Creative Designer; Jessica
Dobbins, Administrative Assistant; contributing writers and photographers: Kathy Street, Ken Allsup of
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sharing the lives and events of Mahaska County through
The Sun.
There’s an old saying that it takes a community to
raise a child. By working as one, this team and the community can watch The Sun raise to new heights.
Together this team is striving to maintain the vibrant
strength of The Sun and expand it’s coverage to include
all of Mahaska County.
Join this highly productive team by contacting Lisa
(641-990-0066, [email protected]), Stacia
(641-660-7694, [email protected]), Robin (641622-3110, [email protected]) to share your story, event
or Milestone in The Sun
About Lisa
Lisa Conner is an Oskaloosa native living just outside
of Lacey between New Sharon and Oskaloosa. Lisa is
married to Nathan Conner and has 4 children, 3 have
graduated from North Mahaska HS, AJ, McKenzie and
Madison and Alex is currently a Sophomore. Lisa is
currently the Dance Coach at Wm Penn University and
has just recently finished her 12th and last year coaching Dance at North Mahaska. Nathan is employed with
the Oskaloosa Water Department, AJ is employed with
Kelderman Mfg. and McKenzie and Madison both are
attending Wm Penn University majoring in Elementary
Education. Lisa enjoys reading, running and making a
difference by touching lives.
About Stacia
I am a 1983 graduate from Montezuma, but have
lived in New Sharon for over half my life. I have two
children, Blake (26) and Maddi (20), who I see everyday.
However, my parents and my siblings live all over the
US, from Oregon to Illinois to Alabama. I have been a
cosmetologist for nearly thirty years and have had some
of the same customers for about that long and I consider
them my family. I have been employed by ‘The New
Sharon Sun’ for about five years and love reporting the
local news. I also have two part time jobs- paint home
interiors with Dodie’s Painting and I am a ‘Take Shape
for Life’ health and wellness coach. In my spare time, I
am a volunteer for students and student athletes who are
seeking scholarships to pursue their college education
and/or athletic careers. My first love is my children and
all kids in general. My passion is to mentor youth and
hope that I am always a positive role model for them
when and if they cross my path.
About Robin
Robin Handy is the Editor for The News-Review in
Sigourney for over eight years and more recently, The
Sun in New Sharon. She is a graduate of William Penn
University (2002), but many readers may remember
her from her time with either Hy-Vee or the chamber in
Oskaloosa. A native of Burlington, Robin really enjoys
life in the small rural community of Sigourney and has
for nearly 25 years. She volunteers with the Sigourney
Public Library, Keokuk County Expo and various other
committees. She is newly married to Fremont native,
Travis Handy; he is an alumnus of Eddyville-Blakesburg
High School and Iowa State University. They enjoy
watching their family of four daughters: Tricia Mann,
Jessica Dobbins, Elizabeth and Lydia Handy, grow and
prosper under the watchful eye of a small close-knit community.
About Ken
Ken Chaney and his wife, Zelda are the former owners of Keokuk County Publishing, the parent company
to The Sigourney News-Review and Keota Eagle. They
sold the newspapers to Mid-America Publishing Inc.
(2008), and Ken remained as Publisher and Advertising
Manager for the wider community of newspapers, which
includes The Sun of New Sharon. Ken is also an
alumnus of William Penn College, Oskaloosa and has
enjoyed a full career in the newspaper industry from the
ground up. He and Zelda raised their family in Sigourney
and have enjoy watching their grandchildren participate
in the community events and activities.
About Gail
Gail Pilkington, a native of Sigourney, has witnessed
many changes in the newspaper industry throughout
a thirty-plus year career in creative design. She and
husband, Dan have cultivated many relationships over
the years through their love of hockey and organizing
the local roller hockey league. They raised their son,
Trent, with all of the blessings of a small-town life and
now the enjoy watching their two grandchildren, Cale
and Brenna, participate in some of the same community
events. They embrace the idea of a close-knit community and look forward to camping at the Iowa State Fair
every year.
About Jessica
Jessie Dobbins is the Administrative Assistant for The
Sun and The News-Review. Jessie has been employed
by Mid-America Publishing for 3 years, and is also
employed by First Resources. Jessie is married and living in Sigourney with her husband Jesse Dobbins. They
have one daughter, Sadie, age 7 and two dogs. Jessie
enjoyed cheering for William Penn University before
transferring to La’ James International College, Iowa
City, where she received her license in Cosmetology.
Jessie keeps very busy with her two jobs, but does find
time to enjoy her hobby of quilting.
5th-8th Grade Band Solo
and Ensembles Perform
NM Students Attend William
Penn Communications Day
North Mahaska Speech coach Lindsay Miller took Griffen Molenburg,
Haleigh Weghorst and Brady Ewing to the Musco Technology Center on
the William Penn Univeristy, Oskaloosa campus to learn about careers
in the communication field. This all-day event was Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Students had the opportunity to try radio broadcasting, news casting,
online media. The keynote speaker was Deb VanEnglenhoven, publisher
of the Oskaloosa Herald.
By Dezirae Russell, Director
On Saturday, Feb. 8, eleven
students represented EddyvilleBlakesburg-Fremont at the Southeast
Iowa 5-8 solo and ensemble contest
in Bloomfield. Students participating
prepared a solo or duet and performed before a judge and audience
for a rating, certificate and ribbon.
Participating in this event helps
students develop responsibility,
perform in flexible learning environments, and practice ethical behavior
and social responsibility to achieve
common goals.
Students are given comments
to improve their playing skills and
a rating (I+ through V, I+ being the
best score possible) based on their
performance that day. All students
performed very well, and should be
proud of their efforts!
Individual Results
Shanna Fellows, flute solo I+ ; Jalyn Linderman and Wynter
Baugher, trumpet duet – II; Kendal
Durst, marimba solo - I+; Gracie
DeLaCruz, clarinet solo - I+; Adlynn
Eveland, clarinet solo - I+; Delanee
VanZante, alto sax solo - I+; Kathryn
Gutch, clarinet solo – I; Julia Fairchild,
clarinet solo – I; Payton Fry and
Emma Bunnell, clarinet duet - 1
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Just Sayin’
So, who all is sick of this winter? Hopefully by the time you
are reading this, temps are back
to normal and we see a light at
the end of our tunnel. I am writing this on Saturday night (March
1) while awaiting the arrival of
the impending snowfall that is
to plague our county...again. As
much as I despise the arctic blast,
I have been reminded there are
still things to be thankful for. And
not everyone is so fortunate.
My husband works for Central
Iowa Water, Newton. His coworkers came back to the shop
with stories of rural homeowners
whose septic lines were frozen
and they had to resort to renting port-a-potties to use in their
garage. It’s bad enough to get
out of a warm bed in the middle
of the night and walk down the
hall to relieve your bulging bladder, but to have to go into a
cold garage, too? And can you
imagine the unpleasant stench in
a small, confined space?
Another acquaintance went
into detail about their drafty rental house and they are now on
their fourth fill of the propane
tank at over $600 a pop. Before
you jump to conclusions of how
cozy they must keep their living
space, that’s not the case. They
wear jackets and neck scarves
in the house, they sit under two
blankets on the couch, and they
have six extra blankets on their
bed. If the cost of the heating
fuel wasn’t enough, they are also
running electric space heaters to
help ease the chill in a couple of
rooms and keep their pipes from
freezing.
Then there’s the wonderful,
caring, compassionate, Christian
couple who live right in the middle of town yet they have no
water. The worst part is they won’t
be able to figure out the problem
until the ground thaws. They are
both hard working people who
put in long hours at their laborious jobs. The sweet lady was telling me how they took showers
at one friend’s house, how her
day off has turned into an outing to the Laundromat, how she
planned what meat to make in
the crock pot so they could make
a week’s worth of meals out of
to reduce the amount of dirty
dishes, how they lugged home
jugs of drinking water from where
ever they could get them, and
how they were almost afraid to
find out the cause of the problem
because they know it’s going
to cost a small fortune to get it
repaired. And she said this all
with a smile just because she has
been blessed with the generosity of New Sharon people who
have offered to help in any way
they can. Now that’s a positive
attitude!
OK. I just have to whine a little
bit myself. In 1992, I was an apartment manager at a big complex
in Ankeny. Our contracted snow
removal company didn’t show
up so I took on the responsibility
of spending eight hours with a
shovel in my hand. It wasn’t cold,
about 30 or so, and I worked up a
sweat. I was in my 20’s and I was
invincible. It wasn’t until I took a
shower than night and my feet
turned black that I realized there
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by Ralphi Munson
might be a problem. They always
say you can get frostbite without
knowing it. Let me tell you, the
pain gets worse every year. This
is the year; I think I might actually
lose a toe. Not to gross you out,
but I want people to understand
the severity of this issue. I bite my
tongue when people say you
can always put on more layers.
No you can’t! Well, not if you
still have to wear shoes, clothes,
coats and gloves (layers also cut
down your circulation because
eventually things get too tight).
So if someone complains the cold
bothers them just respect it and
tell them you’re sorry. I will do the
same for anyone who can’t take
the heat. And if school runs late
due to the wind chill, be grateful our administration takes no
chances with our children.
I have never heard of so
many people being sick as I have
this year. In fact, it seems to be
getting worse annually. I remember the past couple of years
some so-called experts claimed
we just needed a deep freeze
to kill the nasty germs that keep
recirculating. What are they saying now? And why are so many
adults getting ear infections? We
all want to open our windows
and breathe some fresh air.
I think we all agree this winter
has been brutal. It seemed to
have started earlier than usual
and we haven’t had many
breaks from the frigid temperatures or pesky precipitation. We
are all getting a little crabby,
and for good reason. School
delays and cancellations have
messed up daycare schedules,
sleeping habits and extracurricular activities. Driving conditions
have commuters on edge and
have caused some unavoidable
fender benders. Unexpected icy
patches have contributed to
many falls. Household necessities have ceased to perform their
crucial functions. Some jobs that
require working out in the elements have either had to cut
their hours or increase them,
depending on what duties are
required. Almost everything that
I have mentioned in this article
somehow involves money. And
that is the underlying stress factor
that none of us need right now.
So if you have water, sewer,
heat, a vehicle still in tact, all of
your appendages, and enough
extra money to buy food after
you pay your utilities, extra gas
used to warm up your car, doctor bills, and medicine...Consider
yourself lucky. Fore warning to
anyone who is the first to complain when it gets hot outside.
Some of us won’t forget this cold
spell. Choose your words wisely.
Haha! Here’s to hoping we see
the robins arrive soon, the trees
start to bud and to someday see
green grass. And here’s to hoping you have a reason to smile
today.
Farm and Home Show at North Mahaska
Article/photo submitted
On Saturday, Feb. 22, the North Mahaska FFA along with the assistance of the Adult Advisory Committee and the N.M. FFA advisor, Alyssa
Foster, hosted the 25th Annual Farm and Home Show. The popular
event was held at the North Mahaska High School from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00p.m., with a free lunch served in the cafeteria.
Nearly fifty exhibitors displayed their products and showcased their
businesses ranging from agriculture, home, toys, and crafts. The community event was free to the public and all other proceeds went to the
FFA Scholarship fund. If interested in more information for next year’s
show or would like to contribute, contact FFA Advisor, Alyssa Foster at
641-637-4187.
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Church Directory
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Pastor Scott Collier
www.newsharonag.org
Wednesday
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Kingdom Kids (PreK-6th)
Unleash Youth (7th-12th)
Connection Groups
Sunday
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
(all ages)
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Baptist Church of Fremont
Pastors: Otto and Ruth Hayes
Sunday School, 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.
LACEY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Roger White
641-673-5986
Worship, 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
LOWER GROVE CHURCH
Pastor Cornie Van Wyngarden
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship, 6 p.m.
New Sharon
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Lead Pastor Rick Thompson
Barnes City
United Methodist Church
Pastor Michelle Williamson
Worship, 4:30 p.m., Sunday
Cedar Christian
Reformed Church
Pastor Josh Van Engen
9:30 a.m., Morning Worship
Cedar United Methodist Church
Pastor Ronald C. Bupp
Worship - 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Children’s Sunday School During Worship Service
Fremont Nazerene Church
Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Services 6 p.m.
Fremont United Methodist Church
Pastor Ronald C. Bupp
Sunday
Praise Service, 8 a.m.
Traditional/Blended Worship, 9
a.m.
Children’s Sunday School, 9 a.m.
Adult Sunday School, 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday
Kids Club - kid’s Meal, 5:30 p.m.;
Stories/Games/Music: 6-7 p.m.
Park Church of Christ
Evangelist: Mark Doland
1804 Burlington Road
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Sunday
Bible Class (All Ages): 9:30 a.m.
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Life Groups Sunday afternoon
and Thursday evenings
UFC (Students), 6 p.m.
PEORIA CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
10 miles west of New Sharon
[email protected]
www.peoriacrc.org
Worship, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Rural New Sharon
Gems/Cadets, 6:10-8 p.m.
UNION MILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Associate Pastor Chris Sampson
Barnes City
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Rev. Jim and Linda Sears
Sunday
9 a.m. Sunday School
10 a.m. Worship
4 p.m. - Youth Group (Pre-6th)
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
5:30-7:30 p.m. - PROS Middle
School youth (7th-8th)/
6:30-8:30 p.m. - PROS High School
youth (9th-12th)/
Both Meet @ McVay Bldg.
www.nsfcc.org
Sunday
Sunday School (all ages) 9 a.m.
Worship, 10 a.m.
Pastor Kerry Lake
New Sharon FRIENDS CHURCH
Marlene Smith, Pastor
Worship, 10:35 a.m.
9 a.m. Sunday School
10 a.m. Worship
Monday, 7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting
Wednesday, 7 p.m. - Believer’s
Hour of Power
New Sharon Harvest
Community Church
2083 Hwy. 102
Richard Smith, Pastor
Phone: 641-891-5060
[email protected]
Fellowship, 9:30 a.m.
Worship, 10 a.m.
New Sharon
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Lead Pastor Terry Pollard
www.newsharonumc.org
641-637-2561
Sunday
8 a.m., Traditional Worship
10:30 a.m., Contemporary
Worship Service
9 a.m., Fresh Start Breakfast
9:15 a.m., Kid’s Sunday School
& Adult Life Groups
Wednesday
6-8 p.m. - G2C Children (1st-6th)/
Meet @ Church
SEARSBORO
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Don Job
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
Worship, 11 a.m.
TAINTOR COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Mike Murrell
641-891-8128
Sunday
Worship, 9 a.m.
Coffee Time, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday
Young Peoples, 6:30 p.m.
All ages welcome
WEST LIBERTY
CHURCH OF CHRIST
7 miles west of Montezuma
on Diamond Trail
Sunday
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Evening, 6 p.m.
Fourth Friday Night
April to October
Singing and Fellowship, 7 p.m.
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Country
Girl
Corner
by Sheryl
Carter
March
Psst., Your Business
Is Our Priority!
Call Lisa to secure
a place — 641.990.0066.
Sorry, but I just can’t think of
a better title than that one. I like to
title my columns so I can find them
more easily in my files and besides,
I just think titles are interesting, but
nothing is surfacing today.
So what’s been going on at our
house lately? I think I will divide this
article up into sections, so here we go.
*Leafy Says “Hi!” As you all
know who read this column, my
husband and I are enamored of our
cats—Manolo and Leafy. Manolo
is 3 ½ years old, whole Leafy is
still a youngster. Loren tamed this
little half-grown wild cat down last
spring and he very soon became
the very loved and loving second
member of our furry family. Leafy’s
first name was “Dotty” as he is
black and white and we thought he
was probably a female. One day he
rolled around out on the sidewalk
and his tail flipped up for an instant,
so then Loren decided he should
be called “Mr. Dotty”. However,
that didn’t last too long either, as
one day shortly after, Loren walked
in the house to tell me he had
changed Mr. Dotty’s name again.
“It’s now ‘Leafy,’” he stated
quietly with a wry grin, “because
he loves to chase leaves.” What
a perfect name for a perfect little
personality-filled cat. Leafy is such
a little squirt. He tortures poor 12
lb. Manolo every single day by
rolling him around on the floor in
a kitty-wrestling match while the
big boy cries out. Manolo is such
a cat gentleman, always kind and
loving, never selfish, while eight
pound Leafy just loves to pounce
on him and give him the business.
Eventually, Manolo asks me to
“please just let me go upstairs to
take a nap in peace!” But they are
still buddies and curl up together
with one giving the other a gentle
face lick.
I sit here in my office at my
computer typing away. Leafy
comes in. He decides it’s time for
some affection and hops up on my
lap—sometimes on the keyboard
with the resulting letters and numbers flowing across the screen.
So whoever I might be emailing at
the time gets this message: “Leafy
says hi!”.
After this quirky, fun-loving
little cat realized he had fallen into
Cat Heaven here at our house, first
with trusting Loren and then me,
he was all over me like a duck on a
June bug—(Loren says because I
am softer) he just loves to lay in my
lap to be petted. Especially after
we took him out to the kitty dr. to
be “tutored”. After we brought him
home, he slept in my arms on and
off for the next three hours. He was
very grateful for the warm lap and
I don’t think he has had any other
thoughts about girl-kitties since.
What is also kind of amazing is
he is so much like Manolo’s mom,
Zoe, another little wild kitty Loren
tamed down four years ago. She no
longer lives here, but Leafy is like
her direct descendent. Really! He
walks like she did, loves to run and
Parson to Person:
by Terry W. Pollard
Bad to Better
yourself to wonder what he ate
for breakfast, or what her name
is, or where he bought that shirt,
or where she got those shoes.
8. Do something for someone you
love. Do the dishes for your wife, take
your niece out for ice cream, take
your mom or dad to Starbucks (or
Smokey Row) for a coffee or soda.
You’ll never regret it. I promise.
9. Pray. Yes, I know. It’s #9
on the list because you expected it to be #1. What could be
more encouraging than talking
to the Creator of the universe?
10. Think of the most encouraging person you know and call
them. But don’t complain. Not
once. Refrain from telling them
how bad your day is and focus
on making their day better.
11. Write a letter. A good
old-fashioned paper and ink letter. Bonus: write it to someone
who has impacted your life and
thank them and let them know
how much you appreciate their
role or impact in your life. It might
just surprise you what will happen.
12. Remember the truth. That God
causes all things to work together
for GOOD (Romans 8:28). I know.
I have seen Him do it lots of times.
And after all this, it might be that
your day will actually go from bad
to better and from better to best.
What a nice exchange for just a
little bit of extra effort. Give it a try.
I Bible dare you.
play, loves to be held and loved like
she did, has the same thick, extrasoft fur coat…it really is uncanny.
He is so full of it! He looks at you
with those big green eyes—I just
know he is very grateful to have
this good life instead of scavenging
from house to house trying to simply stay alive. And in the cold, too.
So we have deducted he might be
a nephew or something of Zoe.
*Valentine
Banquet.
Oh,
we had one and it was a doozy.
Our church has had a Valentine
Sweetheart Banquet for many
years. This year the committee in
charge brought in a couple from
Omaha—Ty and Terri Schenzel,
who deal with marriage counseling
and also have a mission to innercity kids. We had a lovely meal and
then Ty and Terri got up to speak.
Loren and I had already met them
as our two tables adjoined. We
saw right away that they were both
extremely personable and that they
cared about you.
What came next was a surprise
and a joy as first Ty, then Terri
took turns speaking to us about
marriage and relationships. They
bounced off each other. It was so
apparent that they had a strong,
supporting relationship. He was
screamingly funny and nearly had
us rolling on the floor with laughter
all the while giving excellent words
of wisdom. Terri shared from her
heart and they both shared from
God’s Word His way in marriage.
We were all enthralled and before
we knew it, an hour and 45 minutes
had passed!
Afterwards, several were
saying, “we need these people
back again!!” The evening was a
great success. We had Marriage
Counseling 101 without pressure
or intimidation. How hard is it to go
to someone when you know you
have some problems? Or even to
find someone?? Someone who is
godly, will go by the Word of God,
and can give good counsel?? We
basked in it as a group February 15
at our Valentine Banquet, and were
greatly blessed.
*The Comforter. Our youngest grandson, Patrick, who will be
12 by the time you read this, had
asked me earlier this winter to
make him a “wool blanket”. I’m not
sure how he knew I would or could
do this, but I am his Old-Fashioned
Grandma (MeMe) and so I kept that
in my mind. Several weeks ago we
were going up to see them, so a
few days before I laid out a wool
blanket for him.
I bought a twin size dark gray
fleece blanket at the store, laid a
cotton batt over that and a length
of wool over the top, making three
warm layers. I bound the edges
using the gray under layer, tied the
blanket with yarn at spaced intervals and then sewed the edging.
It turned out pretty nice and Loren
thought I might have to make one
for him as well. (He already has one)
We took this up to Patrick for
our visit and he pounced on it with
joyfully. He mother says he wraps
himself up in it like a sausage and
lays on the floor or cuddles on the
couch. They sent a thank-you note,
so I wrote back to him explaining that what he had was actually
termed a comforter, and how it was
different from a regular blanket or
a quilt. Just a little history lesson
from his MeMe.
I think I will conclude the rest in
a later column, as this one is getting too long already, so see you
next time!
Everybody knows they are inevitable. Bad days happen to everyone. For once, maybe you’d like to
think about some things you can do
to make them better. So, here goes.
1. Play with a child. I dare you.
2. Give someone a compliment.
Not a fake one, either. But do
take the time to see something
that someone else is doing well.
3. Sing in your car. Even if you
don’t think you can carry a tune in
the bucket. Well, remember you’re
not singing in the bucket - you’re
singing in your car. And sing as loud
as you can. Have you ever noticed
how hard it is to frown while you are
singing? If you don’t like singing in
the car, try singing in the shower. It
always sounds good - if not better.
4. Read Philippians 4. That happens to be in the Good Book - the
Holy Bible. And while you are at
it, just think about where Paul,
the writer, was while he was writing it. Hint: He was in prison.
5. Bake your favorite kind of
cookies. Then eat some. Nobody
will know the difference. Oh, and
share them with someone else, too.
6. Count your blessings. I mean
it. Start a list of all the things for
which you are thankful. Write until
you can’t write anymore. Staple it to
the wall. Or tape it to the refrigerator.
7. Watch people. Go find a
crowded public area, anywhere,
and then sit down and watch. Allow
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— meeting time.
Let The Sun
share the vital
details of how the
entire community
can get involved
or attend a meeting for your club,
organization, governmental, board or reunion.
Submit the vitals: who, what, when, where, and
why to Stacia at The Sun — nssun@iowatelecom.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL CHALLENGE
★ 4-H Middle School Challenge is Saturday,
March 8 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Mahaska County
Extension office, 212 North I Street.
At least 12 registered by Friday, March 7 to hold this
event. Register at the Mahaska County Extension
office or visit www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska.
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Mahaska Co. Calendar
T-BALL REGISTRATION
★ North Mahaska T-Ball Registration is Saturday,
March 8 from 9-11 a.m. at the elementary school. No
registrations accepted after April 15. For more information, contact Dan 641-660-3990, Amber 641-9907380, Daniel 641-295-3433 or Deanna 641-295-5371.
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
★ Regular City of New Sharon council meetings are
the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.
in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS MTG.
★ Mahaska Co. Board of Supervisors meetings are
monthly, the first and third Monday in the conference
room, Mahaska Co. Courthouse at 9 a.m.
MC RELAY FOR LIFE
★ The Mahaska County Relay for Life is Saturday,
March 29, 2:00 PM – 2:00 AM inside the PAC on the
William Penn Campus.
BRAS FOR A CAUSE
★ The 4th Annual Bras for a Cause is Saturday,
March 29 in the Carl Craft Civic Center, Hedrick
begining with a Pork Loin Supper at 4:30 p.m. A Silent
Auction is open from 4:30-8 p.m. and the live Bra
Auction kicks off at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Laurie at 641.777.4252.
Master Gardeners
Speaker Series
Slated for March
A Speaker Series will be hosted by the Mahaska County Master
Gardeners Tuesday evenings in
March. These meetings will be held
at the Mahaska County Extension
Office at 7 p.m. There is no fee
to attend the Speaker Series and
the public is encouraged to attend.
Speakers and topics are:
March 11 –Invasive Plants
with David Pealer, Marion County
Master Gardener
March 18 –Thirteen Things
Every Lily Garden Needs with
Sue Williams, Iowa Regional Lily
Society
March 25 –Basics of Growing
Fruit Trees with Patrick O’Malley,
Iowa State University Extension
and
Outreach
Commercial
Horticulturist
More information can be found
at the Mahaska County Extension
Office;
212
North
I
Street;
Oskaloosa Phone 641-673-5841;
and
www.extension.iastate.edu/
mahaska/yardgarden.htm.
Graduates of Indian Hills
2013-2014 Winter Term
Indian Hills Community College
has released the names of the students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the
2013-14 Winter Term.
This is a list of students who
received an Associate of Arts
(AA) degree, Associate of Science
(AS) degree, Associate of Applied
Science (AAS) degree, Diploma, or
Certificate at the end of the Winter
Term.
EDDYVILLE: Doris A. Crile (AA),
Stephanie J. Houser (Diploma),
Amy J. Koffman-Wells (Diploma),
Marshal Lacoda Wilz (AAS);
FREMONT: Nathan L. Hinton
(Diploma);
NEW SHARON: Sheyenne N.
Hill (Diploma);
OSKALOOSA: Justin Aldridge
(AA), Leslie A. Hernandez-Reyes
(AA), Charity M. Lint (Diploma),
Amber D. Long (AA), Cheryce R.
Morrison (AA), Andrew J. Upah
(AAS), Bradley R. Ver Steegh
(AA).
Milestones
Aline Sinkler
Former New Sharon resident is
celebrating her 99th birthday.
Aline Sinkler was a resident of
New Sharon for 90 years, help her
celebrate this special birthday with
a card shower.
Birthday wishes may be sent
to her at her home: Aline Sinkler,
5495 White Post Road, Bettendorf,
Iowa 52722.
MILESTONES SUBMISSIONS
The Sun accepts “Milestones”
announcements to share with the
community, including surprises.
Send all engagement, birth, wedding and anniversary announcements to The Sun, Attn: Stacia,
P.O. Box 502, New Sharon, IA
50207, drop by the office at 405
S. Pine St., or e-mail to nssun@
iowatelecom.net.
A $10 prepaid photo fee is
assessed per photo, per newspaper. The Sun gladly accepts credit/
debit payments in addition to cash
and/or check.
Jones Perform in
Top ISU Honor Band
Jessica Jones, a senior at
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont High
School, was selected to perform in
the prestigious Gold Band at the
Iowa State University Honor Band
Festival last weekend.
Dr. Michael Golemo, Director
of Bands at Iowa State [pictured
above with Jones], had these comments about the honor bands:
Our intention is to make the Gold
Band the finest high school honor
band ever assembled in our state.
Dr. Travis Cross, Director of the
Wind Ensemble at the University
of California, Los Angeles, will conduct the Gold Band. Membership
in this ensemble will be limited to
the finest musicians in the state.
Students should be a member of
the All-State Band for inclusion in
this ensemble.
Students are selected to join
the Honor Bands by their chair
standings from the Iowa All-State
band. Jones was an alternate for
the second time to the All State
Band in November, was selected
for SEIBA Honor Band the last
three years and has won numerous awards and honors in marching band, jazz band, and State
Solo and Ensemble Contest. She is
attending the University of Northern
Iowa next fall to major in Music performance.
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Watts Takes Part in
Alternative Spring Break
Megan Watts of New Sharon
is one of more than 120 Cornell
College students taking part in the
college’s annual Alternative Spring
Break. This is the 10th year the college has sponsored a service trip
that takes place during its 10-day
Spring Break.
This year, students are going
to 10 different locations, including
Philadelphia, Detroit, New Orleans,
Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis, Tenn.,
Jacksonville, Fla. and El Paso,
Texas.
Watts is taking part in the trip
to Atlanta.
For more information about the
Alternative Spring Break program,
including details for each trip, on
Cornell College’s Civic Engagement
Office website.
About Cornell College
One of the 40 “Colleges That
Change Lives,” Cornell College in
Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national
liberal arts college with a distinctive
One Course At A Time curriculum.
The One Course schedule provides
students the chance to dive into their
studies, focus more intensely on
the disciplines of their choice, and
learn authentically with the unique
freedom to shed the confines of the
traditional classroom to study offcampus, pursue research, or accept
an internship-all without missing out
on other classes.
Cornell has been recognized by
numerous publications for the value
its education offers and for academic
excellence. This year it was named
one of the 20 “Best Buys” in higher
education by the “Fiske Guide to
Colleges,” and one of the 100 best
values in liberal arts education by
Kiplinger’s. It has also been called
a “Great School at a Great Price” by
U.S. News and World Report. Ninetythree percent of Cornell graduates
earn their degrees in four years,
compared to the national average of
slightly more than five years. In 2013
Cornell was named one of the 25
colleges with the best professors by
the Center for College Affordability
and Productivity.
Long Graduates From
Buena Vista University
Danelle Long, Oskaloosa,
graduated magna cum laude with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Long attended Buena
Vista University’s Graduate and
Professional Studies in Ottumwa.
Buena Vista University is a
regionally acclaimed university who
relentlessly focuses on learning.
The faculty, staff and students set
and meet the highest standards of
academic achievement, character,
conscience and compassion.
North Mahaska Menus
Thursday, March 6
B: Warm Cinnamon Cake, Fruit,
Milk
L: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed
Potatoes
Seasoned
Carrots,
Broccoli Salad, Biscuit, 1/2 Apple,
Fruit Cocktail, Milk
Friday, March 7
B: Sausage Gravy, Biscuit, Fruit
Cocktail, Milk
L: Mini Corn Dogs, Sweet
Potato Fries, Cucumbers/Ranch,
Seasoned Peas, Cantaloupe,
Pears, Milk
Monday, March 10
B: Breakfast Burrito, Pears,
Milk
L: School Made Pizza, Seasoned
Corn, Red Lettuce/Romaine w/
Ranch, Pineapple, Peaches, Milk
Tuesday, March 11
B: Breakfast Pizza, Juice, Milk
L: Tomato Soup/Crackers,
Toasted Cheese Sandwich, Baby
Carrots/Broccoli/Cauliflower w/
Ranch, Applesauce, Banana, Milk
Wednesday, March 12
B: Egg Patty, Toast, Applesauce,
Milk
L: Chicken Strips, Mashed
Potatoes, Broccoli/Cheese, Lettuce/
Apple/Raisin Salad, Pears, 100%
Grape Juice, Pears, Texas Toast,
Milk
Thursday, March 13
B: Donut Holes, Pears, Milk
L: Rib Patty Sandwich, Hash
Brown, Baked Beans, Tomato/
Cucumber Salad, Strawberries, 1/2
Orange, Milk
EBF Lunch &
Breakfast
EBF
Calendar
Monday, March 10
Breakfast -- Breakfast Pizza,
Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Hot Dog/Bun, Baked
Beans, French Fries, Peaches
Tuesday, March 11
Breakfast -- Rice, Toast, Fruit,
Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Smokies, Mac &
Cheese, Peas, Strawberries, Butter
Sandwich
Wednesday, March 12
Breakfast -- Egg, Toast, Fruit,
Juice, Milk
Lunch
-Hamburger/Bun,
Sw. Potato Fries, Green Beans,
Pineapple
Thursday, March 13
Breakfast -- Cereal, Toast, Fruit,
Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Chicken Patty/Bun, Rice
Veg. Cass., Broccoli, Apricots
Friday, March 14
COOKS’ CHOICE
Friday, March 7
6:00pm B/GBB-Youth Night @
HS
7:00pm B/GBB-Staff vs Seniors
@ HS
Saturday, March 8
BBB-EBF Youth Tournament
Dist. Jazz Contest @ IA City W.
10am FFA Alumni Consign.
Auction @ HS
Monday, March 10
5:00pm Bandorama Supper
7:00pm Concert-Bands @ HS
Tuesday, March 11
Fremont Science Fair
7:00pm PTO Mtg-Blakesburg
Elem
Thursday, March 13
8:00am JH Band Contest @
Ottumwa
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Mahaska Co. Editorials & Opinions
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Tales of the Ancient Sportman
by Burdell Hensley
What a bummer. More snow
and sub zero temperatures. This
winter thing just won’t let go. If things
don’t shape up soon, I may not
get my March round of golf in. I
saw a couple of flock of robins this
week and they are totally confused. I
would guess that the 20 below wind
chills of this past weekend added to
their confusion.
The frost is so deep this winter
that folks are having water lines
freeze that have never froze before.
I have heard that some of the frost
depth is as much as 54 inches. Wow,
what will that do to our country roads
when that goes out?
This global warming thing is
really a problem. I think we need to
go back to the 70’s and focus our
concerns on the coming ice age.
My only connection with springtime this week came from watching
Cardinal Baseball and PGA Golf. I
just had to take a long noon hour
Friday and watch the Cardinal spring
training opener. The regulars played
only about three or four innings and
then turned it over to the minor
league guys. The Redbirds lost and
it was not much of a game. But it was
heavenly to see green grass, blue
sky and to hear the crack of the bat
and the pop of the mitt.
I was able to watch the Cardinals
again on Saturday and for part of the
game on Sunday. There is just something about the game that brings out
the little boy in me. I can remember
as a kid how special it was to get on
the old ball diamond for the first time
in the spring. If the infield was too
wet to get on, we shagged fly balls
and took batting practice in the outfield. The hands were still tender and
the pop of the glove was sometimes
quite painful, but worse yet were the
bees in the bat handle. But we were
playing baseball and we didn’t have
a care in the world.
I must congratulate Coach Dan
Stout and the Keota Eagles on their
big win Saturday night over Van
Buren to punch their ticket to the
big dance. Since the game was in
Oskaloosa, I decided to take it in and
I am so glad that I did. Both teams
were good and they went at it hard
for four quarters. It was a back and
forth game with the Eagles taking
control in the final quarter to notch
the win. Nate Owen had a superb
game for Keota.
My old friend, Fred Parsons,
coaches Van Buren. I may be the
Ancient Sportsman, but Fred is older
than I am. Fred has been at Van
Buren for many, many years and he
is still turning high school kids into
winners. He tells me that he doesn’t
know how much longer he can go,
but that he still loves what he does.
More power to you, Fred.
I guess that it is because I grew
up in a small school, but there is
something special when two good
small school teams get together. So
many of our small communities are
starving for something to focus their
pride on and their athletic team gives
them an opportunity to do just that.
The Oskaloosa gym was a colorful sight. The Van Buren side was
decked out in bright orange and
as colorful as fall in New England.
On the opposite side, the Keota
Eagles were clad in bright purple.
A royal monarch would have been
impressed. Both sides loudly exhorted their teams, so loud in fact that I
had to turn my hearing aids off. For
me it was a feel good evening as I
witnessed two groups of young men
give their communities a healthy
dose of pride.
Another area school that
punched their ticket to the big show
is the Albia Blue Demons. Albia
knocked off Burlington-Notre Dame
Saturday night in Ottumwa to win
their sub-state game. There have
been some incredible things going
on in Albia this school year. With the
basketball team qualified for state,
that means that every major boys
team in the school has qualified for
state competition this year.
Some of my former students are
on the staff at Albia and they tell me
that not only are those students good
athletes, but they are good in the
classroom and they have a positive
image in the community. In my way
of thinking, that is what it is all about.
Congratulations Albia.
My coverage took me to
Oskaloosa Tuesday night for the
Albia-Pella Christian game. The
Eagles gave it a good go for a half,
but the relentless pressure of the
Blue Demons caught up to them. Matt
Baker, a small point guard did major
damage to the PC hopes with a 30
point outburst in a 67-60 Albia win.
Thursday night I was in Albia
for the Knoxville-Chariton game.
Chariton had won both games during
the regular season and with a 19-3
record the Chargers appeared to be
a shoo-in against the 6-16 Panthers.
That third time around can be mighty
tough. The Panthers had the game
tied at 61-61 with 1:44 to go. But
they couldn’t get a shot to fall and
Chariton escaped with a 70-63 win.
It is time again to see what
happed in our yesterdays.
75 years ago: Feb. 27, 1939The Eddyville girls beat Marengo
28-24 to qualify for the state tourney.
Jackie Thayer led the Eddies with
12 points and June Newell added
11. Eddyville will face Hansell at
the state tourney. Feb. 27- Lynnville
beat Maxwell 29-18 to gain the
state tourney. Ruth Petersma led
the Lynx with 14 points. Lynnville
will face Kamrar at state. Mar. 2Sigourney beat What Cheer 43-33 in
the Class A sectional. Kleinschmidt
led Sigourney with 14 points while
Gutknecth led What Cheer with 12.
Mar. 3- Cedar sidelines Fremont in
the Class B sectional 43-23 while
Lovilia stopped Eddyville 39-29 in
Class A. 15 points by Gene Tucker
and 10 by Gilly Welch led Cedar.
Grade led Fremont with 11 points.
Howard Rudd scored 11 and Eugene
Slycord added seven for Eddyville.
Thompson topped Lovilia with 16
points.
50 years ago: Feb. 26, 1964 –
Mid-Prairie’s Judy Siemmens poured
in 64 points as her team knocked
Eddyville out of the district tourney.
Bonnie Kelsey led Eddyville with 33
points and Mary Ann Colvin added
28.Feb. 29- Penn spills Simpson
77-52. Jim Lefforge led Penn with 19
points and Gary Thompson added
18. Tom Hensley led Simpson with
15 points. Mar. 4- John Reed of
English Valleys and Steve Sieren of
Sigourney were named to the SICL
first team.
25 years ago: Feb. 25, 1989Eddyville’s Holly Barnes won the
National AAU indoor two mile run
championship in the (15-16) division at Lawrence, KS. Montezuma’s
Lance Elliott won the 1000 yard run in
the (17-18) class. Mar. 1- Blakesburg
tripped North Mahaska in the district
final 55-46. Travis Harrington led the
Wildcats with 21 points and Chad
Leffler added 16. John Knoot led
the Warhawks with 16 points and
Lance Dahm added 14. Mar. 3- TriCounty’s Krisiti Freeze and Dawn
Striegle and Keota’s Deb Baetsle
and Jennifer Conrad were named to
the SICL first team.
Have a super week and please
bring on some warm weather.
Bunker Hill & Beyond
By Mary Jo Watson
Cold, cold and very cold! Wow
for the first of March, I am glad I
am not moving! Remember when
farm folk moved from one place to
another by the first of March.
Ben and Harriett Fisk helped
us move into the yellow house on
the Dunnink farm in 1965. It was
cold and not a lot of snow, but we
moved cows, pigs and chickens
and the house in one day and had
beds made and supper going by
six-thirty.
There were more men that
helped, but only Harriet and I did
the rest. We did not have so much
of anything back then and so beds
up and made, stove hooked up
and refrigerator plugged in. No icemaker, no stereo system and really
not much of any thing of luxury. And
no one else we knew had anything
extra either. There were always a
handful of new kids in school.
Friday night at dusk, we noticed
out the window a deer coming up the
valley close to the house. I counted
17, Kieren said 24 and RL said at
least 20. When they hit the cornfield, they blended in so well they
were hard to count. Now, I know
who kills the trees in the yard.
Roy James was in the neighbor
hood one day and stopped in to
visit. I missed him as I was having
Physical Therapy in Grinnell. They
are trying to go see his brother Rex
and wife in Arizona for a week but
can’t leave until the ballgames are
over.
A granddaughter, Cassie
Cullen is going to State Basketball
and a great niece, Lasandra James
also. A grandson, Caden Doll just
finished at State wrestling.
Sister Barb meets with the
Crazy Quilters twice a week to
sew and make more quilts. If you
have material over five-years old or
more they will take it and sew for
the needy, veterans and so forth. I
think they could sew in their sleep.
What I mean is if you never think
you will get your material sewed
then they will.
Does anyone remember the
plastic bubbles we used to blow
when we were young? It came in
little tubes and you blew them on a
plastic straw. They would last days.
One thing - did we get high on them.
Don’t remember, but they did have
a smell.
We ran into Ellen Merek and
her daughter, Jo Wiley and Steve
and his mother at lunch in Grinnell
one day last week. I worked with
Ellen in the 70’s and her sisterin-law, Marlys Merek Brown was
our 5th and 6th grade teacher at
Searsboro. It was good to see
them.
Karol Watson and her Dad,
Raymond Watson went to DSM for
business one day last week. My
niece-in-law saw where someone
had stolen all her eggs one day she
was at work; it was snow covered
ground and they left foot prints. It
is the principal of the thing, yes not
in money worth but in who would
do such a thing, The Sheriff ‘s
department recommended to put
up sports cameras and catch them
next time. I still feel violated when
over a hundred roosters were stolen in the 60’s and I hope they have
a conscious yet! It’s a good idea - a
sports camera, if they don’t steal
that.
Monday morning and what a
morning, so here it is for what it is
worth. Have a good week with a
clean slate and make good decisions. Send me news at [email protected].
TGL
by Ada Kay
On Wednesday, visitors of Lyn
Kinney were Reggie Kaldenberg,
Will Purscell, Eileen Miller, and
Margie Broefle.
Birthday wishes to Sonja Briggs
on February 27 and to our daughter
,Carol Torra on March 2.
Wanda
Dunsbergen
has
returned home following knee surgery and is doing well. Charlotte
Kunce and Deloris McKeag visited
with Wanda in her home.
Remember March 9 is good
deed day.
Taintor Youth Group meets on
Thursday evening at 6 p.m. and
Bible Study is at 7 p.m.
Dot Zylstra attended a birthday party on Saturday, Feb.
22 at Adventureland for Teryn
VanderBeeks 5th birthday with
friends who attended. They all had
a great time and on Sunday, she
celebrated with her family at the
home of Denny and Dot Zylstra. Also
attending were Matt and Heather
Zylstra and family and Joel and Kara
VanderBeek and family. Shy stayed
overnight with Dot and Denny Zylstra
on Sunday.
Lynn and Shelly VanDerKrol
enjoyed a Valentines Day supper
at the Lynnville Linden House and
also stayed overnight. They enjoyed
brunch in the morning at the Linden
House.
Friends are angels, sent to us
on the wings of blessings.
Enjoy your day.
Barnes City
News
by Mollie Loving
Winter weather just won’t go
away! March came in like a lion
when it was snowing and blowing
last Saturday night.
The Crystal Ball at North
Mahaska was cancelled for the second time. NM had a two-hour delay
Monday morning due to the extreme
cold temperatures. Having temps in
the 30s or 40s would be great! It will
happen. We just have to be patient.
Last Saturday evening we hosted supper at my house to celebrate
the Feb. birthdays in my family.
We couldn’t find a date in Feb. to
get together that would work for
everyone. Joining us were Maryl
Grove, Saralee Hawkinson, Bobur
Yuldashov, Dan, Jen, Nolan, Bryson,
Myles, and Cael Grove, and John,
Melinda, Adam, and Audrey Grove.
The birthdays of Brian Loving, Adam
Grove, and Audrey Grove were celebrated. We had a soup supper with
chicken tortilla soup and chili. For
dessert we enjoyed cupcakes from
Scratch Cupcakery.
Elementary spring pictures taken
at North Mahaska on March 6.
The North Mahaska jazz band
performs at the district contest on
March 8 at Iowa City West High
School. NM is scheduled to perform
at 5:10 p.m.
The American Legion meeting
is March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Legion
Hall.
The American Legion Auxiliary
meeting is March 11 at 7 p.m. at the
Legion Hall.
The telephone company board
meeting is March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at
the telephone office.
The March fire department
Lower Grove News
by Rosemary Schmidt
Have you ever watched ‘Love
it or List it’ on HGTV? The people
who are involved, are those who
are unhappy with their home they
are living in. Either because it is too
small or does not fit their needs anymore. The TV show comes in and
renovates and updates their house
for them. In the meantime, a realtor
takes them to see other houses that
might fit their needs.
They can choose to buy one
of those or decide to keep their old
house. Do you ever think about moving from your present home and what
kind of a decision you would make?
I gave it some serious thought and
decided I wouldn’t mind having some
things changed, but all in all, I’m satisfied with my house. And I wonder if
a person is ever satisfied with every
little aspect of their home?
Last week when I enjoyed lunch
at Lynnville’s Riverside, I forgot to
tell you about the people I visited
with. Rod Van Maanen came in and
I knew he looked like someone I
should know, but then Bev (his wife)
came in. I was pleasantly surprised
to see her. Years ago we worked at
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance together. It had been a long time and we
caught up on news of our families.
Virginia Vos also stopped by and I
had not seen her for years. Vicky
Vande Krol’s (the proprietor) sister,
Pam Ver Hey was there also. It is
so much fun to visit with those who
you haven’t seen for years. Time
just flies, as all of us had been busy
working and raising families.
Last Saturday, Charlene De
Kock and I attended the Farm and
Home Show in New Sharon. We
always enjoy looking at the various
booths and of course having lunch
served by the FFA kids. Just want
you to know, I never win anything,
but Charlene always does. I’m going
to leave her home the next time! Her
name was drawn for a manicure at
Southern Charm in New Sharon.
Sunday, I went to Pella to church
and joined my coffee time group
at McDonalds. After that, Charlotte
Baumann and I went to Family
Restaurant for dinner. When we finished, I went ‘table hopping’ and
visited with Minnie Van Wyngarden,
Henrietta Veldhuizen, Ruth Vander
Hart and Leona Van Wyk. Then I
called up Darlene Kool and we went
to the First Baptist Church bowling
party. We did not bowl because I
thought I might go down the alley
with the ball. Just didn’t know if I
was strong enough yet, but next year
I’m planning on bowling. We said
we were the ‘cheerleaders’. We sat
behind the senior group and ‘hey’
they were good bowlers.
Talked to a senior who went
to an aerobics class. She said she
bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up
and down and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time she got her leotards
on….the class was over.
meeting is the 13th at 7 p.m. at the
fire station.
Parent-teacher conferences at
North Mahaska on March 11 and 13
from 4–8 p.m. No school at NM on
March 14.
The Barnes City scrapbookers
and card makers are getting together
on March 15 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at
700 Cherry Street.
I need to get back to McDonald’s
so I can have another shamrock
shake. Love them!
Have a great week!
Wednesday was our Stroke
Support Group meeting at 11:00. We
met at a different location because
North Hilltop has been closed and
all of the residents have moved to
other places. Tara Leidigh, who is
a therapist, hosts our meeting. She
obtained the Pella Public Library
for the occasion. This meeting is
for those who have had strokes and
also for their caregivers. Winter has
kept me from going to the meetings,
so it was good to see everyone
again: Don and Rachel Vander Hart,
Gerald and Geneva Rozenboom,
Cornie Van Hall, Laurence and Valda
Klyn. Others also there were Chad
Burgraaf (his wife had a stroke) and
Jerry and Ruth Zear from Oskaloosa.
I had not met Jerry and Ruth before,
but when our meeting was over, I
asked if they would like to join me for
lunch at the Family Restaurant. They
graciously accepted and we enjoyed
a good time of getting acquainted
during our meal.
This winter hasn’t been much
good for anything except staying
home and cooking. RECIPE TIME…
if you like pickled beets, you do not
have to can them out of the garden.
Just buy two cans of beets from the
store and pickle them yourself.
*PICKLED BEETS
2 cans beets with juice
½ cup vinegar
¼ tsp salt
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Bring to a boil till sugar is dissolved. Put in jar and refrigerate.
Another recipe that I have many
compliments on is a cookie recipe.
*BUTTER SCOTCH OATMEAL
COOKIES
1 cup shortening
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup white sugar
Cream and add the following:
2 beaten eggs
1 T. hot water
1 ½ cup flour
1 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
2 cup quick oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup walnut meats (optional)
1 small package butterscotch
chips ( or any other flavor chips)
Drop by tsp on cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10 or 12
minutes.
Do you remember the BURMA
SHAVE signs that used to line the
roads?
Here are a few…
Don’t stick your elbow out so far,
you may go home in another car.
She kissed the hairbrush by
mistake. She thought it was her husband Jake.
Don’t lose your head to gain a
minute. You need your head, your
brains are in it.
Cautious rider to her reckless
dear, let’s have less bull and a little
more steer.
Around the curve likety-split,
beautiful car, wasn’t it?
No matter the price, no matter
how new, the best safety device, in
the car is you.
At intersections, look each way,
a harp sounds real nice, but it’s hard
to play.
The one who drives, when he’s
been drinking, depends on you, to do
his thinking.
Car in the ditch, driver in the
tree, the moon was full, and so was
he.
Passing school zone, take it
slow, let our little shavers grow.
BURMA SHAVE
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NEW SHARON CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
February 19, 2014
The New Sharon City Council met in regular session at City Hall, Wednesday, February
19, 2014 @ 6:00 p.m. with Mayor Dustin Hite
presiding and the following members answering roll call: Kenneth Ward, Jenell Steel, Larry
Applegate, Keri Lamberson, and Jeff Foster
present. Others in attendance were Lisa Munn,
Kevin Lamberson, LaVerne DeBoef, Bob Fuller,
and Glen Davis
Roll Call answered by: Ayes: Ward, Applegate, Lamberson, Steel, Foster.
It was moved by Applegate and seconded
by Lamberson to approve the following consent
agenda items:
1. 01/15/14 minutes
2. 2/05/14 Agenda
3. Pending Bills for February 5,2014
AYES: Ward, Lamberson, Steel, Applegate,
Foster; NAYS: None; ABSTENTIONS: None.
Public Comments:
A. Bob Fuller - wanted to discuss snow removal on the side streets. Mayor Hite explained
that due to the thawing temperatures we were
letting some of it melt.
B. LaVerne DeBoef - looking for property to
build a shed for a tub grinder he was interested
in the property behind the Quonset or if there
was any other property available.
Requests from the Community:
A. Glen Davis was here to discuss the conditions at Prairie Village.- He stated that there
was some bags of trash and also an abandoned
trailer. It was explained that we are working with
some legal issues to improve some of these
conditions.
Public Hearings:
A. A public hearing was held to approve the
building permit for Larry Johnson for a house
on E. Water St. There was no one here for the
public hearing so no discussion was held.
A motion was made by Applegate and seconded by Foster to approve the building permit.
AYES: Steel, Lamberson, Foster, Applegate
and Ward; NAYES: None; ABSTENTIONS:
None.
Resolutions/Motions:
A. Discussed sanctions and participation
in the national flood insurance program. Dustin
will give this information to Ken Rozenboom to
look into. We are also waiting on some emailed
documents.
B. Motion was made by Applegate and seconded by Ward to approve resolution 021914 to
participate in the Mahaska County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan of 2015
AYES: Ward, Steel, Applegate, Lamberson,
Foster; NAYES: None; ABSTENTIONS: None.
C. Motion was made by Applegate and seconded by Steel to proceed with Lemke Mobile
Home Legal Matter and let the City Attorney accept the signed title for this property.
AYES: Lamberson, Steel, Foster, Ward, Applegate; NAYES: none; ABSTENTIONS: none.
D. Motion was made by Applegate and seconded by Lamberson to approve the new lease
agreement for Prairie Village with an increase in
rent to $80.00 per month and $100.00 security
deposit.
AYES: Ward, Applegate, Steel, Lamberson,
Foster; NAYES: none; ABSTENTIONS: none.
Ordinances:
None
Department Reports:
a. Water Report - Jeff passed his water
distribution 1 and water treatment 1 testings. All
main water leaks are fixed.
b. Sewer Reportc. Street Reportd. Police Report
e. Cemetary Reportf. City Clerk Report - sent out 48 reminder
notices for east side. Need paid by March 1st
or disconnects will be sent. Have 3 ready to be
disconnected on west side.
g. City Attorney Report
h. Fire Department Report1. Motion was made by Steel and seconded
by Applegate to move forward with the addition
to the fire station as long as okay with property
owners.
AYES: Ward, Lamberson, Applegate, Stee;
NAYES: none; ABSTENTIONS: none.
10. Departmental Requests:
1. Motion was made by Lamberson and
seconded by Ward to send the Prairie Village
lease agreement to Misty White for her to revise
as she sees needed.
AYES: Applegate, Ward, Lamberson, Stee;
NAYES: none; ABSTENTIONS: none.
11. City council Information
12. Mayor Information:
Adjournment:
There being no further business to discuss, it was moved by Foster and seconded by
Lamberson to adjourn at 7:06 p.m. All in favor,
whereupon the Mayor declared said motion approved.
Lisa Munn, City Clerk
Dustin D. Hite, Mayor
CITY OF NEW SHARON
DISTRIBUTIONS
2/19/14
NAME, FUND, DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT
Angle,Ashlee, General,
Contract Labor
$180.00
Payroll, General, payroll wages
$2,698.78
Payroll, General, payroll wages
$2,710.76
Royce Stephen, Water,
Contract Labor
$200.00
Post Office, Postage, Postage
$49.00
Municipal Supply, Water,
supplies water main break
$783.55
Vessco, Inc, Water,
supplies water main break
$359.87
Westrum Leak Detection, Water,
locate water main break
$612.50
Hawkins, Water, chemicals
$206.00
Wellmark, General, insurance
$1,761.83
Forbes Office Supplies, General,
office supplies
$10.84
Oskaloosa Herald, General,
publishing
$56.28
Premier Office Equipment, General,
misc contracts
$138.83
Messerli Plumbing, Water,
professional fees
$96.98
Pronto Market, Police, fuel
$403.21
Key Cooperative, fuel
$1,448.40
Mediacom, Police, internet and phone $93.93
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy,
Police, training
$100.00
$11,910.76
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Mahaska Co. Area Athletics
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North Mahaska Shooters
Advance to National Tourney
The North Mahaska Shooting Team competed in the State Meet in
Des Moines on Saturday, March 1 at the Iowa Deer Classic.
Approximately 840 youth from across the state competed at the
meet.
Coach Bryan Hipsher said, “No one shot below a 200 and I was very
proud of them all.”
The team finished 12th overall and NM’s top scores for girls were:
Mackenzie Larue-274 out of 300, Bailey Hipsher- 269/300, Roza
Northcut-258/300. Top scores for boys: Aaron Boender- 265, Cooper
Beyer- 261 and Leland Bainbridge- 257.
The NM High School Shooters that competed at State qualified for
the National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky on May 9 and 10. The
team had to score above 2999 points to qualify for the national meet and
scored 3072 points to earn the rights for the next level.
Those shooting at Nationals are: Mackenzie Larue, Bailey Hipsher,
Roza Northcutt, Lisa Spoelstra, Sabrina Vantsant, Deo Sudaraunt,
Jennifer Linder, Dakota Geise, Aaron Boender, Cooper Beyer, Leland
Bainbridge, Kris Kubli, Alex Mitchell, Zach Davis, Ashton Hartwig,and
Jayson Alderman. The N.M. Shooters will be diligently fundraising in the
months ahead to off set the expense of their trip.
Second-Half Surge Sends William Penn Back to Nationals
By OskyNews.org
Contributing Writers
A squad nearly void of any
familiarity to the Big Dance will make
a very familiar trip for the program
as the Statesmen men’s basketball
team used a huge second half to
defeat #5 seed Grand View 94-75 in
the Midwest Collegiate Conference
Tournament Finals Sunday.
#2 seed William Penn (229) earned its third-straight bid to
the NAIA Division II National
Championships and fifth all-time by
outscoring the Vikings (17-14) 52-30
after intermission. The tournament
will be contested in Point Lookout,
Mo. on the campus of College of
the Ozarks from March 12-18. The
Statesmen will find out who their
first-round opponent is Wednesday
(March 5) at 8 p.m. during the NAIA’s
live-streamed selection show on
www.naia.org
William Penn is 4-4 all-time
at nationals, including last year’s
championship game appearance.
The squad is now 4-1 at home in
tournament championship games,
including winning the last four. The
Statesmen also improve to 4-4 alltime in MCC Tournament Finals.
WPU scored exactly 94 points
for the third-straight time against
GVU, but that tally seemed like a far
reach after the hosts struggled from
the floor in the first 20 minutes.
The Statesmen scored the
game’s first five points, but were
outshot 41.7%-34.1% in the opening period, including a 42.1%-25.0%
deficit from beyond the arc. The
stanza included seven ties and five
lead changes with the Vikings up
45-42 as the buzzer sounded. Both
sides were perfect at the free-throw
line at that juncture (WPU 8-for-8;
GVU 7-for-7).
The second half started the same
as the first with WPU getting the first
five points to take back the lead.
Unfortunately, the Vikings had the
next four, but a 12-0 run by the higher
seed in a span of 3:15 gave the
The William Penn Men’s Basketball team punched their ticket to the national tournament with a big win
over Grand View in the MCC Conference Tournament [submitted via OskyNews.org photographers].
Statesmen the advantage for good.
The visitors had two more small
runs up their sleeves, only to see the
navy and gold provide answers for
each rally. Up just eight at 66-58 with
10:46 remaining, the victors reeled
off seven in a row and never led by
less than 13 again.
WPU basically dominated on
both ends in the second period, outshooting Grand View 47.4%-28.6%
for a final edge of 40.5%-35.9%. The
Vikings hit eight first-half trifectas,
but were held off the board in that
department in the last 20 minutes.
The Statesmen only improved to
33.3% after halftime, but their five
deep shots were timely ones.
A 54-41 rebounding margin was
recorded by NAIA Division II’s best
glass team. William Penn, paced
by 12 boards from Kelly Madison
(Jr., Des Moines, Iowa, Physical
Education), had 11 more offensive
rebounds than Grand View (20-9)
which led to a 21-15 advantage in
second-chance points.
The navy and gold also committed two fewer turnovers (11-13),
helping them to a 14-6 mark in points
off mistakes. Both teams eventually did miss at the charity stripe,
but were still quite proficient as GVU
was 21-for-24 and WPU finished
19-for-25.
William Penn’s starting five were
more than integral to Sunday’s win
as each scored at least seven points
with at least seven rebounds.
Alec Schwab (Jr., Peru, Ill.,
Business Management) finished just
4-for-16 from three-point land, but
scored in an assortment of other ways
for a game-best 31 points. The junior,
who posted 21 points after intermission, was 12-for-29 from the floor.
In addition to his rebounding
success, Kelly Madison (Jr., Des
Moines, Iowa, Physical Education)
also tallied 25 points for his first
double-double of the year.
Blake Walker (Sr., Rose Garden,
Physical Education) came close
to a triple-double of his own with
15 points, eight rebounds, seven
assists, and two steals. Roberts
Baltruns (So., Riga, Latvia, Business
Management) got into double figures
as well with 11, while Erik McGee
(Jr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Elementary
Education) added seven points.
Walker and McGee are the only
individuals who recorded playing
time on last year’s national runner-up
squad, while Logan Alexander (So.,
Eddyville, Undecided) redshirted.
“To follow up what we did
last year with this year feels like a
dream,” Head Coach John Henry
said. “Disney could not write a better
script.”
Sophomore Kate Ray of New Sharon (10) played a key role in the
DMACC women’s basketball team’s 92-83 upset of KCC February 8 a
the DMACC gymnasium. Ray came off the bench to score 12 points and
dish out four assists to help the Bears to their 14th win of the season
[photo submitted].
DMACC Women’s Basketball Team
Upsets Third-Ranked KCC, 92-83
Submitted
KCC came into the game
ranked third nationally in the
National Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) Division II
poll. The win avenged a 78-73
loss to the Eagles Jan. 4 in
Cedar Rapids.Sophomore Carlee
Schuhmacher of Watertown,
Wis., led five players in double
figures with 29 points as the Des
Moines Area Community College
(DMACC) women’s basketball
team upset Kirkwood Community
College (KCC) 92-83 February 8
at the DMACC gymnasium.
Sophomore Jalissa Felici of
Bellevue, Neb., scored 19 points,
sophomore Kate Ray of New
Sharon chipped in 12, sophomore
Taryn Wicks of Jewell finished with
11 and sophomore Alex Bunting
of Indianola had 10 as DMACC
improved to 14-11 overall and 6-5
in the Iowa Community College
Athletic Conference (ICCAC). KCC
fell to 18-6 and 7-4.
DMACC led virtually the
entire game. Schuhmacher’s 20
points staked the Bears to a 50-32
advantage at halftime and they
led by as many as 20 points in the
second half. KCC closed to within
five twice late in the game, but got
no closer.
KCC had a 55-36 advantage on the boards, including 23
offensive rebounds. Wicks paced
DMACC with 11 rebounds for her
seventh double-double of the season and Schuhmacher came away
with eight rebounds. Freshman
Chelsea Anderson of Gowrie had
nine points and six rebounds for
the Bears.
Bunting dished out a team-high
five assists and Ray and Wicks
contributed four assists apiece.
Schuhmacher had two blocked
shots and two steals and freshman Tiana Thompson of Tama
had three steals.
The win came on the heels of a
62-45 decision over Southeastern
Community College (SECC) on
Feb. 6. Schuhmacher led the
DMACC victory with 33 points and
21 rebounds, giving her 17 doubledoubles this season. Felici added
14 points to the DMACC attack.

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