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December 31, 2013
Vol. 36, Issue 1
Two Christmas trees decorated with ornaments that Kim has collected over the past 10 years. Each one with its own special memory. (Photos by Joyce Meyer)
By Joyce Meyer
Our adorned Christmas tree
becomes a diary of Christmas past
and present for all to share and remember, possibly reminding us of
our childhood Christmases. Some
people are not only adorning their
trees with the special “Radko”
brand ornaments because of its
nostalgic look of Christmas past,
but have become serious collectors as is Kim Zweibohmer of Ossian.
Kim started collecting over ten
years ago by purchasing a Charity Awareness ornament with a
special friend and soon became a
full fledged collector of Christopher Radko designs. That special
friend is no longer here, but the
memories are kept alive each time
he hangs that one special ornament
every year. And isn’t that one of
the best parts of Christmas? Each
ornament we hang brings back a
flood of memories from Christmas
past. That is why many people add
a new ornament to the tree each
year to continue, but not Kim, he
continues to collect all year round,
and not just Christmas Radko
decorations. Now he has multiple
trees all over the house covered
with cherished ornaments that
takes him months to set up. If you
see them you will probably feel
like I did, jaw dropping awe and
wonder of these magical, bright
and sparkly ornaments reflecting
off the Christmas lights. It’s no
ORNAMENTS to page 3
inside this issue:
DMPS Award .............................. 2
At 3 a.m. on December 26th, the Brite Spot in Lawler was broken into. The violators
Book Winner ............................... 3 broke in the back door. We do not have any more information as of now, but stay tuned to
Live Nativity ................................. 3 our Facebook page and website as more information comes to us.
Local Sports ........................6 & 7
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Presedient Obama names DMPS Education recipient of math and science teaching award
The White House issued the
press release naming the winners
of this year’s Presidential Award
for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching. The 102
winners are selected from finalists
nominated by the 50 states plus the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and the Department of Defense.
One of this year’s winners
representing Iowa is Josie Burg,
a math teacher at the Downtown
School. She is a native of Decorah who has taught in Des Moines
Public Schools for the past eight
years. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UNI and a master’s degree from Drake University. Josie
will travel to Washington, DC
early next year for a recognition
ceremony, including a $10,000
award from the National Science
Foundation.
Josie is the tenth DMPS teacher
to receive this prestigious national
award since its creation in 1983.
Previous DMPS recipients (and
the school they taught at when receiving the award) were:
1983: Karen Stiles, Weeks
Middle School (Science)
1995: Michael Link, Central
Academy (Mathematics)
1995: Karen Sievers, Callanan
Middle School (Science)
1997: Karen Voss, Merrill Middle School (Mathematics)
1997: Joseph Zimmerman,
Central Academy (Mathmatics)
1998: Mary Dilts, Roosevelt
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tary child at North Fayette Valley so thankful and appreciative,” said
went to his guidance counselor, Mrs. Hertges.
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Hertges exbeen hearing his
plained that the
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coolest thing
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cially close with this particular great group of kids they were.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Live Nativity in Eldorado on December 22
Fred G. Rosenbaum
Fred G. Rosenbaum, 92, of
Waucoma, died on Saturday,
December 21, 2013, at Linn Haven Rehab & Healthcare in New
Hampton.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,
December 28, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Waucoma, with inter-
ment military honors in St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Waucoma.
The Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home in Waucoma was in
charge of arrangements. Online
condolences for Fred’s family may
be left at hugebackfuneralhome.
com.
Heins wins Jan Brett book contest
By Joyce Meyer
After seeing author Jan Brett
at an event in Decorah, Decklyn Heins, his mother Brittany
of West Union and Grandmother
Pam Buddenberg of Ossian posed
in front the author’s tour bus as
chickens. Brittany posted the photos to the author’s facebook page
for the contest of who would get
enough “likes” to help promote
Brett’s new book about a chicken
Cinderella named Cinders.
Recently the author posted on
her facebook page that a total of
348 families posted photographs
of the CINDERS tour bus on Facebook. The Grand Prize winner is
Brittany Heins from West Union
Iowa, whose photograph received
627 votes. Hedgie, a popular character in Jan Brett’s book came to
North Fayette-West Union Elementary on Thursday, December
19th to visit preschool through
2nd grade children. He shared information with the kids about Jan
Brett and some of her books. He
also took time to share his favorite
book with the kids entitled “Hedgie’s Surprise.” He then awarded
Decklyn Heins a certificate and
ten books from author Jan Brett,
and Decklyn’s classroom teacher received a special bag with a
book. After the presentation, all
the classes posed for a picture
with Hedgie. Hedgie also signed a
poster that will be hung up in the
school library.
Above: Decklyn Heins with the certificate and ten books he won from
Jan Brett’s photo contest. Below: A
signature from Jan Brett. (Photos by
Brittany Heins)
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O Holy Night! A pathway of luminaries in Eldorado led to St. Peter Lutheran Church where there was a live
Nativity scene Sunday evening, December 22, transforming the village of Eldorado into the little town of
Bethlehem including Joseph, Mary, baby Jesus, a donkey, cow, sheep and their shepherds in the manger next to
the church. (Photos by Joyce Meyer)
ORNAMENTS from front
wonder they are exquisite – new
or very collectible ones run easily
from $50 to $60 each and it takes
a couple of years for the price to
go down, if even then. Kim waits
for deals and does not pay the full
price with his collection. However, as his collection ages, they will
be worth far more than the original
$50-$60.
As Kim gave us a tour of his
trees he explained that the founder
of Radko as a child accidently
tipped over the family’s Christmas
tree and broke most of the expensive glass ornaments and remembered how devastated his mother
was of all the broken memories
that were lying on the floor. Because of that terrible Christmas, as
an adult Christopher Radko began
making nostalgic glass ornaments
like something that would have
been on his own tree.
As the rest of us are contemplating the major job of putting
away our decorations, Kim will
keep his up for a while longer and
then tackles the huge job of carefully putting away and organizing
his collection—let’s just
say storage takes at least
one room.
Besides the annual
Charity Awareness ornaments, Radko has different themes that include
Santas, snowmen, nutcrackers, Christmas trees,
sleighs, stockings, bells,
hearts, gingerbread,
animals, and Religious
themes. Kim collects all
these themed decorations, but his favorites are
the postcard themes and
drop ornaments. Each
year, some of the designs
are retired and are only for sale for
a limited time and then very hard
to find. Kim spends quite a bit of
time on eBay looking for more
treasures to add to his collection.
If you are a collector of any Christmas memorabilia, this is the time
to find the sales.
“You have to see the ornaments
to really appreciate them,” explains Kim. The shiny, glitzy ornaments are something to behold,
plus add Kim’s talented decorating flair and you will be inspired
to add at least a few of these gems
to your next Christmas tree or on
an ornament hanger to adorn your
mantle or shelf if you have young
ones. The good news is that Radko
not only does Christmas, but other
holidays as well and is also very
well known for their cookie jar series among other very collectable
items.
Some of us may remember the
red and green box of Christmas
balls called “Shiny Brite” that
were unpacked each holiday season and hung on your tree when
you were a youngster. Some no-
table ones were the reflector balls,
possibly popular in the 50’s-60’s.
You can still find that same label in
places like Menards, Amazon, etc.
Kim goes online to Radko.com or
other sites like eBay to purchase
the more expensive, elaborate ornaments that will turn everyone’s
head next Christmas. You can find
after Christmas sales right now at
Menards and Target of the simpler
and less expensive versions of
Radko, like the boxed Celebration
and Shiny Brite, usually about half
price, but you won’t be that lucky
for the expensive designs, though
Kim hunts through websites, especially after Christmas, for deals.
Each year, as we carefully pack
up our holiday decorations that
are delicately placed on the tree or
mantle for another holiday season,
we are reminded of each passing
year by looking at the ornaments
that were passed down from one
generation to another. We may remember what was going on in our
lives as each new gem was added,
the person who gave the ornament
to us, or that special memory of a
friend or family member
that is still with us in spirit. The adorned Christmas tree then becomes a
diary of Christmas past
and present for all to
share and remember.
Kim Zweibohmer, of
Ossian, started collecting Christopher Radko
ornamnets over ten
years ago after purchasing a Charity Awareness
ornament with a special
friend. (Photo by Joyce
Meyer)
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WIC Clinic for Winneshiek County Residents
ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC
Little Turkey
Father Nicholas March
Sunday:
10:30 a.m. Mass
BETHANY LUTHERAN
Rural Ossian
Sunday:
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
CALMAR COMMUNITY
UNITED METHODIST
Calmar
Pastor Linda Thompson
Sunday:
9 a.m. Worship
CALMAR LUTHERAN &
SPRINGFIELD LUTHERAN
Pastor Phil Olson
Sunday:
9 a.m. Calmar
10:30 a.m. Springfield
DE SALES CATHOLIC
Ossian
Msgr. Cletus J. Hawes
Saturday:
4 p.m. Mass
Sunday:
1 a.m. Mass
LIVING HOPE BAPTIST
Ossian
Sunday:
9 a.m. Worship
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC
Protivin
Father Nicholas March
Thursday:
8 a.m. Mass
Saturday:
3:30-3:50 p.m. Reconciliation
4 p.m. Mass
MT. CARMEL CATHOLIC
Lawler
Father Nicholas March
Friday:
8:30 a.m. Mass
Saturday:
3:30-3:50 p.m. Reconciliation
4 p.m. Mass
OSSIAN LUTHERAN
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Worship
OUR LADY OF SEVEN
DOLORS CATHOLIC
Festina
Msgr. Cletus J. Hawes
Sunday:
8 a.m. Mass
ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC
Calmar
Father Donald J. Hawes
Saturday:
4:30 p.m. Mass
Sunday:
10:30 a.m. Mass
New Year’s Day:
9 a.m. Mass
ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC
Fort Atkinson
Father Nicholas March
Thursday:
9:30 a.m. Mass
Sunday:
8 a.m. Mass
ST. LUKE’S CATHOLIC
St. Lucas
Father Nicholas March
Sunday:
10:30 a.m. Mass
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
Waucoma
Father Nicholas March
Sunday:
8 a.m. Mass
ST. WENCESLAUS CATHOLIC
Spillville
Father Donald J. Hawes
Saturday:
7 p.m. Mass
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Mass
New Year’s Eve:
5 p.m. Mass
STAVANGER LUTHERAN
Sunday:
10 a.m. Worship
TRINITY LUTHERAN
Calmar
Pastor Glenn Smith
Sunday:
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
ZION LUTHERAN
Castalia
Pastor Dave Lenth
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Adult Class
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
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January 1 - January 5
NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
January 3
6:15 p.m.: Boy’s JV
Basketball @ Decorah HS
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s Varsity
Basketball @ Decorah HS
January 4
5 p.m.: Varsity Wrestling
Tournament @ Crestwood
HS
January 6
Classes Resume
7 p.m.: School Board Meeting
January 7
6:15 p.m.: Girl’s Varsity
Basketball @ SumnerFredricksburg HS
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s Varsity
Basketball @ SumnerFredricksburg HS
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January 2
2 Hour Delay
Classes Resume
7 p.m.: HS Holiday Concert
The Decorah Clinic will be located at the Stone Ridge Community Church. The dates and times
of the clinic are Wednesday, January 8th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Thursday, January 9th from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Please contact Clayton County
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information or to schedule an appointment.
Brewmeister Kevin Kearney in Competition
By Joyce Meyer
When it comes to the craft of
brewing beer, Kevin Kearney of
Calmar has made a science of it.
South Winneshiek high school science teacher and coach has been
perfecting the natural science and
engineering of his
craft for years and
has won awards
for his efforts, besides having some
great tasting ale to
serve his friends.
About 20 years
ago, one of his best
friends from high
school and college
got into brewing
and it wasn’t long
before Kevin decided to brew himself. Just within
the last year, Kevin has decided to
take his brewing to the next level
and enter in competitions and he is
in a close race for the prestigious
Midwest Homebrewer of the year
award and will know any day now.
BREWING to page 12
Kearney serves his homebrew to his friends. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)
51st Annual Pancake & Sausage Supper
sponsored by the St. Wenceslaus Holy Name Society
January 3
4 p.m.: Girl’s JV Basketball @
TV HS
5:15 p.m.: Boy’s JV
Basketball @ TV HS
6:15 p.m.: Girl’s Varsity
Basketball @ TV HS
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s Varsity
Basketball @ TV HS
January 4
9 a.m.: 9th Grade Boy’s
Basketball Tournament @
MFL Mar-Mac
January 6
6:15 p.m.: Girl’s JV
Basketball @ Postville
6:15 p.m.: Girl’s Varsity
Basketball @ TV HS
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s JV
Basketball @ Postville
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s Varsity
Basketball @ TV HS
January 7
6:15 p.m.: Girl’s Varsity
Basketball @ Postville
7:30 p.m.: Boy’s Varsity
Basketball @ Postville
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Chihak Hall in Spillville
Adults: $8.00 in advance,
$8.50 at the door
Children (5-12 years): $4.00
Children (4 and under): Free.
You can purchase tickets from any Holy Name member and at
Main Street Mini Mart and Citizens Savings Bank-Spillville Office.
January 1 — January 8 • $6 Specials
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Thursday: Beef Stroganoff, Peas, Fruit Salad
Friday: Chicken and Broccoli Casserole, Orange Tapioca, Side
Monday: Brats and Kraut, Baked Bean, Chips
Tuesday: Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, Green Beans, Peaches
Wednesday: Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Carrots
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opinion
Yesterday’s News
Joseph Koch of Calmar advertised that on Saturday, June 18,
1927, the Crescent Macaroni and
Cracker Co. would give a demonstration of crackers and cookies at
his place of business and free coffee would also be served. He invited anyone to stop between the
hours of 11:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
for a nice lunch.
In Fort Atkinson news, George
A. Bieber, merchant of that community reported that he had attended a two-day hardware dealer's convention in Des Moines in
June of 1927.
Effective July 4, 1927, there
were new traffic laws in effect
for Iowa. In April of that year,
passenger-carrying vehicles on
highways were limited to 35 miles
per hour and freight carrying vehicles speed limit was 25 mph. In
July, some other rules went into
effect. These included that drivers
on the primary (highway) road had
right-of-way over a driver entering
that road from one intersecting it;
maximum speed limit of 40 mph;
primary roads declared highways;
road machinery had to carry red
danger signals.
In July of 1927, there was a
daylight holdup of the Protivin
Bank. It was about 1:30 on a
Wednesday afternoon and W. C.
Dostal was working at his desk
when two men entered the bank.
Both men had their faces smeared
with grease and about a two-week
growth of beard, to help disguise
them, but both appeared to be
young and small built. Mr. Dostal
started over toward the counter to
get a gun, but he was stopped before he took a step or two by facing
the barrel of a gun being pointed at
him, and was commanded to put
up his hands. The smaller of the
two men then stepped behind the
teller's cage and began stuffing a
gunny sack with all the money he
could find. Mr. Dostal was led to
the vault and put in face first and
asked for any other money. He
told them there was other small
change in the vault, which they
also took. In all, they stole approximately $1,556.00, but overlooked
$7.200.00 in money and $25,000.
in securities that were in another
safe and another $75 cash that was
on the counter. Mr. Dostal was
pushed into the vault and locked
in, and was later released by his
sister, Celia, who had been in the
back room during the robbery. Celia Dostal had attempted to get out
through the back door, but the recent rains had made the door swell
and it was stuck shut, so she had
just waited until she could free her
brother.
Word was telephoned at once
that the robbers were headed north
and west. They had left in a large
Studebaker Sedan, with a Chicka-
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By Mary Welch
saw County license plate. The car
looked fairly new, but was very
dirty, so the color was hard to determine. The robbers were headed
toward Cresco, so the Sheriff was
notified and he and two other men
headed south to try and intercept
the thieves. The law enforcement
vehicle saw the robbers approaching at a terrific speed near the edge
of Cresco, and moved their car to
the center of the road to try and
stop them. The robbers swung out
into what was a shallow ditch and
kept going, in spite of their car
almost overturning, without slowing down. The sheriff emptied his
revolver at the car, and said there
was at least one bullet that hit it's
mark, but it was impossible to say
how much damage was done. The
getaway car turned north on Hwy 9
going out of Cresco, toward Minnesota, and then toward LaCrosse,
Wisconsin. A car had followed
them out of Protivin within 10 or
15 minutes of the robbery, but was
unable to catch up with the speeding car. Mr. Dostal and his sister,
Celia, were commended for their
coolness and courage in preventing a greater loss and promptness
in getting the word to neighboring communities to try and stop
the robbers. The loss was entirely
covered by insurance.
The Winneshiek County Giants baseball team won two games
reported in July 1927. One was
against the LaCrosse Boosters, at
the
Spring Grove, Minnesota
Homecoming, and that final score
was 11 to 5. Larson of Clermont,
Iow pitched for the Giants. Later
in Decorah, the Giants beat the fast
Winona, Minnesota team 7 to 1.
That time, Becker of Calmar did
the pitching, and had the Winona
boys "eating out of his hand" all
through the game.
The Winneshiek County Fair
in 1927 was held on August 9-12,
and advertised "four big days four jolly nights". There were
band concerts daily, fireworks on
Wednesday and Thursday, and
dances every night. Some of the
features were: Rand's Canine Revue - dog acrobat act; Catherine
Sinclair and Co. acrobats - which
featured Catherine Sinclair herself
holding up her two male partners;
The Three Kasting Kays - daredevil aerialists; and Le Grande
Sisters Musical Company - who
performed a complete musical
comedy show nightly complete
with special lighting effects. This
fair also boasted they had engaged
Illinois Radio Engineers to install
a complete loud speaker telephone
system, so that all information
will be broadcast in all parts of the
fairgrounds. This wonderful new
equipment would also be used to
make announcements and call rac-
es, etc. Of course, there was also
scheduled baseball games daily,
with the Winneshiek County Giants taking on Cresco, Clermont,
Charles City and Lawler. There
were also seven horse races (running races) scheduled and five big
harness races.
In Calmar, Farmer's Day was
held on Tuesday, August 30, 1927.
The ads proclaimed, "You have all
been to a lot of Fairs in the past
month. Now come and have a good
time in Calmar. A big day chuck
full of fun for everyone". There
was band music all day, free lunch
at noon, street sports of every kind,
and plenty of concessions. The
baseball game at 3 p.m. was Fort
Atkinson versus Calmar, and the
ad said" Fort Atkinson beat Calmar a few weeks ago at Little Turkey
on a diamond in a corn field, but
what we'll do to them on a real ball
field won't be slow". There was
also a big exhibit of farm produce
with a dance starting at 7:30 pm.
Tramp Murphy was going to be on
hand to entertain - the man with
the million dollar voice.
On September 4, 1927, the
Winneshiek County Giants were
scheduled to play the team from
Ryan, Iowa that had been mowing
down every ball club that had gotten in their way, "The Ryan Shamrocks". An added free attraction
was that "The Human Fly" was to
climb the huge Winneshiek County Court House and do thrilling
stunts on the way up. His appearance was contracted by directors
of the Winneshiek Co. Giants for
the day. A day of fine entertainment was promised to all.
Thanks for all the service in 2013.
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our customers and
staff for a great year!
Have a wonderful
holiday season.
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Warrior Wrestlers Compete @ Dike-NH Duals
By Leah Kruse
South Winn’s grapplers hit the
mat for the last time before winter break last Saturday in Dike, to
compete in a six-team duals meet.
As a team, the Warriors went 2-3
for the day battling with open
weights and injuries.
“This was a good dual tournament for us right before Christmas
break,” said Coach Elsbernd. “We
saw some teams that we don’t
see during the rest of the season
and had some really competitive
matches.”
Two Warriors had perfect days
ending 5-0 and one had a 4-1 day.
Ryan Hageman wrestled at 170
winning one match by major decision, three by fall and one by forfeit and Landers Kuboushek wrestled at 182 and pinned his way
through his first four matches then
won by forfeit on his last match.
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Chris Brincks was 4-1 with three
wins by fall, one win by forfeit and
one loss by fall.
Team scores for the day included: wins over BGM, 61-6 and
Osage, 42-39; losses to Washington, 18-64, Dike-New Hartford,
18-62 and St. Ansgar, 24-51.
Individual matches against
BGM were: Cody Fisher, 106, Jacob Ling, 113, Luke
Massman, 120, and
Anthony Emanuel,
220, all won by forfeit; 132 and 145
had a double forfeit;
BGM won by forfeit
at 152; Alejandro
Koenig, 138, pinned
Taylor Staton, 1:00;
Ben Meyer, 160,
won by decision
over Gage Winter,
4-1; Ryan Hageman,
170, won by major
decision over Colton
Massengale, 13-1;
Landers Kuboushek,
182, pinned Christian Williams, 3:28;
Christopher Brincks,
195, pinned Adam
Hawkins, 3:56;
Ethan Kipp, 285,
pinned Brendan Hasley, 5:16.
Against Osage, individual Warrior matches were: Cody Fisher,
106, Jacob Ling, 113, Anthony
Emanuel, 220, and Ethan Kipp,
285, all won by forfeit; there was
a double forfeit at 120; Osage won
by forfeit at 126, 138, 145 and
152;
Alejandro Koenig, 132, lost by
fall 3:35, to Tristan Johnson; Ben
Meyer, 160, lost by decision 2-8,
to Justin Woods; Ryan Hageman,
170, won by fall 3:39, over Thomas Randall; Landers Kuboushek,
182, won by fall 5:35, over Ben
Dralle; Chris Brincks, 195, won by
fall 1:55, over Joe Malacek.
In the Washington dual, SW
match results were: Ethan Kipp,
285, won by forfeit; Washington
won by forfeit at 120, 138, 145
and 152; Cody Fisher, 106, lost by
major decision 1-11, to Andrew
Waite; Luke Massman, 113, lost
by fall 3:37, to Kyle Anderson;
Jacob Ling, 126, lost by fall 0:38,
to Austin Hazelett; Alejandro Koenig, 132, lost by fall 3:36, to Trey
VanWeelden; Ben Meyer, 160, lost
by fall 3:04, to Austin Latcham;
Ryan Hageman, 170, won by fall
2:51, over Karlton Skubal; Landers Kuboushek, 182, won by fall
1:06, over Bryce Rickey; Chris
Brincks, 195, lost by fall 3:34, to
Brad Skubal; Anthony Emanuel,
220, lost by fall 3:14, to Kyle Collier.
Against DNH, Warrior results
were: DNH won by forfeit at 126,
132, 145 and 152; Cody Fisher,
106, lost by fall 1:18, to Zach
Nichol; Luke Massman, 113, lost
by major decision 7-16, to Kody
Kugel; Jacob Ling, 120, lost by
fall 1:35, to Tanner Smith; Alejandro Koenig, 138, lost by fall 4:57,
to Anna Poyner; Ben Meyer, 160,
lost by fall 3:32, to Connor Ragsdale; Ryan Hageman, 170, won
by fall 3:32, over DJ Ackerson;
Landers Kuboushek, 182, won
160; there was a double forfeit at
120; Luke Massman, 113, lost by
decision 7-12, to Riley Wondra;
Jacob Ling, 126, lost by fall 2:21,
to Cutter Bruce; Anthony Emanuel, 220, lost by fall 0:55, to Jacob
Pierce; Ethan Kipp, 285, lost by
fall 4:22, to Sawyer Hulshizer.
“This is always a good tournament and I thought our kids battled
by fall 5:06, over Kyle Dennis;
Chris Brincks, 195, won by fall
2:54, over Levi Lynch; Anthony
Emanuel, 220, lost by major decision 2-13, to Bryce Beninga;
Ethan Kipp, 285, lost by fall 1:21,
to Tommy Irvin.
In their final dual of the day,
Warrior individual results against
St. Ansgar were: Cody Fisher, 106,
Ryan Hageman, 170, Landers Kuboushek, 182 and Chris Brincks,
195, all won by forfeit; SA won by
forfeit at 132, 138, 145, 152 and
hard throughout the day. We will
be working on some key areas
over the break and will get ready
to come back after the break and
learn from our mistakes,” finished
Elsbernd.
Above: Ben Unzeitig tries to take
out his opponent's leg at the first
tournament of the season. Below:
Jacob Ling works to escape from
his opponent's grip during a match
at the WV tournament. (Photos
by Leah Kruse)
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By Leah Kruse
Turkey Valley capped of their
2013 part of the season on Saturday, December 21 competing in
a six-team duals meet at Northwood-Kensett. The Trojans had a
solid day as a team beating three
teams including Rockford- 42-36;
Northwood-Kensett, 48-24 and
Southland, 48-30 but lost to Lake
Mills, 26-46 and 22-55.
Two wrestlers had a 5-0 day including Kyle Reicks, 220, had two
wins by fall, one win by tech fall
and two wins by forfeit; and Luke
Kuennen, 285, had three wins by
fall and two wins by forfeit.
“Luke got his 100th career
win in the dual meet against Lake
Mills,” stated Coach Andrukaitis.
Four Trojans ended the day at
4-1 including: Tom Reicks, 126,
two wins by fall, one win by decision, one win by forfeit and
one loss by fall; Riley Meirick,
152, two wins by fall, one win by
major decision, one win by forfeit and one loss by major decision; Nick Meirick, 160, one win
by fall, one win by decision, two
wins by forfeit and one loss by fall
and Charles Hadacek- three wins
by fall, one win by forfeit and one
loss by decision.
Individual match results
against Rockford were: Nick Meirick, 160, Kyle Reicks, 220 and
Luke Kuennen, 285 all won by
forfeit; Rockford won by forfeit at
120, 132, 138 and 145; there was
a double forfeit at 113; John Gossling, 106, lost by fall 1:30, to Will
Portis; Tom Reicks, 126, won by
fall 4:27, over Chase Kruger; Riley Meirick, 152, won by fall 2:47,
over Ian Gray; Charles Hadacek,
170, won by fall 0:40, over Heath
Farr; Tyler Sawyer, 182, won by
fall 1:04, over Collin Kuhlemeier;
Scott Kime, 195, lost by fall 0:58,
to Remington Sliger.
Results against Lake Mills
were: LM won by forfeit at 120,
132, 138, and 145; there was a
double forfeit at 113; John Gossling, 106, lost by fall 0:42, to
Braedon Edwards; Tom Reicks,
126, won by decision 4-1, over
Krister Beal; Riley Meirick, 152,
lost by major decision 4-12, to
Noah Irons; Nick Meirick, 160,
lost by fall 3:45, to Slade Sifuentes; Charles Hadacek, 170, won by
fall 0:26, over Jon Anderson; Tyler Sawyer, 182, won by fall 2:57,
over Andy Nicholson; Scott Kime,
195, lost by fall 0:29, to Andrew
Olsen; Kyle Reicks, 220, won by
tech fall 15-0, over Tyler Mary;
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Luke Kuennen, 285, won by fall
0:20, over Cory Mathahs.
Matches against NorthwoodKensett included: John Gossling,
106, Charles Hadacek, 170 and
Scott Kime, 195 all won by forfeit; there was a double forfeit at
132; NK won by forfeit at 113,
120, 138 and 145; Tom Reicks,
126, won by fall 0:15, over Brandon Severson; Riley Meirick, 152,
won by fall 3:45, over Mitchell
Athey; Nick Meirick, 160, won
by decision 3-0, over Dawson
VanRyswyk; Tyler Sawyer, 182,
won by decision 6-0, over Dylan
Buechele; Kyle Reicks, 220, won
by fall 0:22, over Casey Dahlby;
Luke Kuennen, 285, won by fall
1:09, over Hunter Julson.
The Souland individual results
were: John Gossling, 106, Tom
Reicks, 126, Riley Meirick, 152,
Nick Meirick, 160, Scott Kime,
195 and Kyle Reicks, 220 all won
by forfeit; there was a double forfeit at 120; Southland won by forfeit at 113, 132, 138 and 145; John
Gossling, 106, lost by fall to Matt
Peterson; Tom Reicks, 126, lost
by fall to Isaac Marolt; Riley Meirick, 152, won by major decision
8-0, over Isaac Jestus; Nick Meirick, 160, won by fall over Wes
Birch; Charles Hadacek, 170, lost
by major decision 2-10, to Tanner
Long; Tyler Sawyer, 182, lost by
decision 4-8, to Matt Hintz; Scott
Kime, 195, lost by fall to Nick
Douglas; Kyle Reicks, 220, won
by fall over Cal Prigge.
“Now we get a much need
break through the holidays. A time
to continue to get healthier and
hope to have everyone back in
our line-up by the Decorah Duals
in mid January,” finished Andrukaitis.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Warriors end December with W over Kee 73-53 but were ousted by NH
South Winn finished up their December schedule missing one game, due to Iowa winter weather.
By Leah Kruse
SW B @ Kee 12/17
On Friday, December 17, the
Warriors traveled to Lansing to
take on the Kee Hawks in a UIC
competition on the hardwood. SW
took control of the scoreboard in
the first quarter running the game
while they put up 18 points but
allowed only nine points to the
Hawks, giving them a comfortable lead. In the second set, SW
kept their pace high, tacking on
21 points to their total while Kee
stepped up their game a little to
add 14 points to their score for a
39-23 split at the half.
The third quarter was a close
battle with only four points separating the quarter totals at the
buzzer. The Warriors added 19
points to their side of the board
while Kee made 15 points, pushing the spread to 58-38 with one
quarter to play. The fourth frame
was a steady fight with both teams
putting up 15 points for a final tally of 73-53 South Winn.
Team stats were: 73pts, 33-63 FG,
3-13 3pt, 4-9 FT, 13 OR, 20 DR, 10 A,
14 S, 4 B.
Player stats were: Rommes- 21pts,
9-16 FG, 2-3 3pt, 1-1 FG, 1 OR, 1 A,
1 S; T. Schweinefus- 19pts, 9-20 FG,
1-1 FT, 3 OR, 2 DR, 1 A, 3 S; Lensing- 10pts, 5-8 FG, 3 OR, 7 DR, 2 A,
3 S, 2 B; Kleve- 6pts, 3-5 FG, 1 DR,
1 A, 1 S; Numedahl- 6pts, 3-3 FG, 1
DR, 1 S; Walz- 3pts, 1-2 FG, 1-1 FT, 3
OR, 3 DR, 2 A; L. Schweinefus- 3pts,
1-1 FG, 1-2 FT, 1 OR, 2 DR, 1 S, 1 B;
Kleppe- 3pts, 1-4 FG, 1-3 3pt, 2 A, 1
S; Jacobsen- 2pts, 1-2 FG, 1 B; Schroeder- 1 OR, 3 S; Herold- 1 DR, 1 A.
Front, L to R: Dan Kuboushek, Dallas Steffen, Dick Horne, Matt Dietzenbach, Gerry Weiand, David Riha. Back, L to R: Judy Adams, Rosemary Phillips, Doris Sabelka, Lori Gebel, Rochelle Bushman, Connie
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SW B vs. NH 12/21
Finishing up their 2013 part
of the season, South Winn hosted
the New Hampton Chickasaws
for a non-conference contest on
Saturday, December 21. The first
quarter was a tight race with the
Warriors putting in nine points
while NH scored 11 points. SW
struggled all over the court in the
second set adding just six points to
their total while NH doubled their
efforts tacking on 26 points for a
15-37 difference at the half.
The Warriors came out of the
locker room cold still trying to
find a rhythm but tacked on only
five points in the eight minutes of
the third quarter while the Chickasaws continued to push ahead
adding 19 points to their total for a
20-56 score with one frame to go.
SW was able to score 13 points in
the fourth quarter while NH put in
nine more points to end the game
33-65 NH.
SW's Jared Schroeder (#30) goes in to block TV's Nathan Suell at the
SW vs. TV game. (Photo by Leah Kruse)
Team stats were: 33pts, 12-47
FG, 9-16 FT, 14 OR, 17 DR, 7 A, 9
S, 2 B.
Player stats were: T. Schweinefus- 15pts, 6-13 FG 3-4 FT, 1 OR, 2
DR, 2 S; Rommes- 9pts, 2-8 FG, 5-7
FT, 1 OR, 4 DR, 2 S; Kleve- 4pts, 2-4
FG, 5 OR, 1 DR, 3 A; Lensing- 3pts,
1-5 FG, 1-2 FT, 2 OR, 4 DR, 4 A, 3
S, 2 B; Walz- 2pts, 1-9 FG, 3 OR, 3
DR, 1 S; Kuennen- 2 OR; Numedahl1 DR.
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legals & agriculture
board meeting
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Minutes
Monday, December 16, 2013
The Board of Supervisors met as per adjournment with all members present.
Lee Bjerke, county Engineer, met with the
Board to discuss road matters.
John Halverson, Maintenance Supervisor;
Chopper Albert, IT Technician; and Leon Bohr,
county Sheriff; met with the Board to discuss
panic buttons and alarms in the Courthouse.
Moved by Thompson and seconded by Karlsbroten to authorize Albert to work with Halverson
and the dispatch center to get quotes for a panic
button system that will integrate with dispatch’s
current software. Motion carried unanimously.
Doug Groux, county Sanitarian, met with the
Board to discuss his budget.
Wayne Walter, county Treasurer, met with
the Board to discuss his budget.
Bob Lincoln, County Social Services (CSS)
Director, met with the Board to discuss staffing
needs in Winneshiek County after the resignation
of Jan Heikes as the Central Point Coordinator
(CPC). He informed the Board that the CSS
model would have a Coordinator in each county,
but much of the administrative functions could
be handled at a regional level. He will provide
a job description for the Coordinator position to
the Board, and will provide whatever assistance
he can to help facilitate the transition.
The Board presented a letter of thank you to
Jan Heikes for her years of service to Winneshiek
County.
Andy Van Der Maaten, county Attorney, met
with the Board to discuss county issues.
Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Thompson to approve the minutes for the Monday, December 9, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Karlsbroten to accept and file the monthly report of the
county Recorder. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Ashbacher
to adjourn to 9:30 am, Monday, December 23,
2013. Motion carried unanimously.
ATTEST
Benjamin D Steines, County Auditor
John Logsdon, Chairman Board of Supervisors
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USDA report shows Iowa near top in Conservation Program enrollments
By Jason Johnson, Public Affairs
Specialist, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service,
Des Moines
Iowa ranks among national
leaders in Farm Bill contracts
awarded to farmers and landowners, according to a recent report released by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The report highlights the value of
public-private conservation efforts
and record conservation results
achieved by farmers, private landowners and USDA since 2009.
“This report demonstrates the
commitment of Iowa producers
to conserve the natural resources
on their farms,” says Jay Mar,
state conservationist for USDA’s
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS). “With pressures
growing to produce more crops on
the same or fewer acres, we need
to emphasize sustainable agriculture for future generations.”
EQIP From 2009 to 2012 Iowa
ranked fourth nationally for number of Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQP) contracts,
with 5,364. During that span,
NRCS helped farmers treat about
440,000 acres with conservation
practices such as cover crops,
nutrient management, livestock
waste facilities, terraces, grassed
waterways, and rotational grazing
systems. Iowa NRCS provided
nearly $92 million in financial
assistance to farmers to plan and
install these practices. Only Texas,
California and Mississippi awarded more EQIP contracts during
that time span than Iowa.
NRCS offers financial and
technical assistance to install or
implement structural, vegetative
and management practices on
eligible agricultural land through
EQIP – the nation’s most popular
conservation program.
CSP NRCS began accepting
applications for the Conservation Stewardship (CSP) in 2010,
awarding farmers for existing
conservation success and encouraging additional conservation
performance through practice enhancements. Since the program’s
inception, Iowa ranks third in the
nation for the number of CSP contracts with 2,745 – trailing only
Minnesota and Missouri. In fact,
these three states each awarded
more CSP contracts than the lowest 21 states combined.
Through CSP, Iowans treated
nearly 1.5 million acres with conservation practices such as no-till
to reduce soil erosion, cover crops
to scavenge residual nitrogen, and
split nitrogen applications to reduce nutrient runoff. Iowa NRCS
obligated more than $38 million
to farmers from 2010 to 2012
through CSP.
CRP Between 2009 and 2012,
Iowa ranked first in the nation for
the number of contracts through
the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Administered by the
USDA’s Farm Service Agency,
Iowa landowners signed 39,148
CRP contracts covering 549,729
acres. This program pays landowners an annual rental payment
for agreeing to remove sensitive
land from agricultural production
and planting species that improve
environmental health and quality.
Contracts for land enrolled in
CRP are 10-15 years. Practices
could include planting native vegetation throughout an entire field,
installing a filter strip to buffer
cropland from a stream, or installing a wetland or pond for environmental protection.
WRP Iowa ranked ninth for the
most new wetland easement contracts in the same four-year span,
with 169, through the Wetlands
Reserve Program (WRP). Private
landowners restore, protect and/or
enhance wetlands on their property through WRP. The new wetland
easements cover 15,710 acres at a
federal cost of nearly $59 million.
Wetlands provide wildlife habitat, improve water quality, reduce
flooding, recharge groundwater,
and protect biological diversity.
WRP can often relieve the burden of trying to farm marginal
lands, providing an economic gain
through a conservation easement.
GRP With 27 contracts, Iowa
ranked fifth in the nation for number of new Grassland Reserve
Program (GRP) contracts between
2009 and 2012. Through GRP,
landowners voluntarily use a rental
contract or conservation easement
to protect working grasslands, including hayland, pastureland, or
native grasslands.
For information about conservation programs in Iowa, visit the
NRCS website at www.ia.nrcs.
usda.gov.
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20% sold below
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15 Head
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(Thin, full, and bulls over 1
ton discounted)
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Calves
71 Calves
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brought from
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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BREWING from page 4
Some of his recent achievements include:
*National Homebrew Competition – “There are 11 regional competitions, with the top 3 in each
category advancing to the final
competition. I had an American
Brown Ale advance to the national
competition. It did not place top
3, but advanced to the “mini-best
of show” in the American Ale category. There were approximately
750 total entries in the American
Ale Category.”
* M a s t e r ’s
Championship of Amateur Brewi n g - h t t p : / / w w w. m a s t e rhomebrewer.org/index16.htm
“There are 16 qualifying competitions across the United States in
2013. In order to qualify a beer for
MCAB it must win its category in
one of the qualifying competitions.
I had 6 beers qualify (by finishing first) in 4 different categories
- Light Lager, Pilsener, English
Pale Ale, English Brown Ale. The
Final event (for 2013 qualifiers) is
held in March of 2014.”
*Midwest Homebrewer
of the Year Circuit - http://
w w w. m i d w e s t h o m e b r e w e r. c o m / S t a n d i n g s . a s p x
“They should be finalizing 2013
results in the next few days. All
competitions are complete, but
they need to incorporate one more
set of results. Currently, I am in
3rd place overall. Three of the
people in front of me have not
met all qualifications (you have
to enter 4 different competions
for example). Basically, consists
of 15 competitions in 2013 and
all brewers who enter them from
13 different Midwestern states.
Points awarded for placing top
3 and overall winning percentage. The home page explains it
h t t p : / / w w w. m i d w e s t h o m e brewer.com/Default.aspx and it
also has some of the individual
competition results that I entered http://www.midwesthomeb r e w e r. c o m / B r e w e r S t a t s .
aspx?year=2013&id=2012. ”
Kevin’s interests drew him into
the hobby, “I had always been interested in trying different beers
and this was a way to learn about
them, and make them. It is a hobby
that appeals to a lot of my interests
- cooking, reading, history, and,
the entire process is sort of science
in action - there is a great deal of
biology and chemistry involved
throughout, so that is something
I find very interesting. The more
I learned, the more I brewed, the
more I got hooked on it.”
“Basically, the process involves
five steps - starting with 10-15 lbs.
of grain (barley mainly) and ending with five gallons of finished
beer.
1.) ‘The Mash’ - The crushed
barley is mixed with hot water and
allowed to sit, at 155 degrees, for
about one hour. This temperature
This is the brweing room, where Kearney brews the beer. (Photo by
Joyce Meyer)
range allows enzymes to convert
the complex starches in the grain
into simple sugars.
2.) ‘The Sparge’ - This step is
essentially rinsing the grain bed this part of the process rinses the
sugars out of the grain and allows
you to collect about 7-8 gallons of
‘wort’ (basically, sugar water).
3.) ‘The Boil’ - You boil the
wort for about an hour - during this
time you also add the hops for bittering. Boiling sterilizes the wort
and also decreases the volume.
The boiling also helps extract oils
out of the hops. At the end of the
boil, the wort is cooled to about 65
degrees.
4.) ‘Fermentation’ - The beer is
transferred to a fermenter after it
is cooled and the yeast is added.
Fermentation usually takes about
three weeks. During that time, the
yeast consumes the sugar that was
in the wort. As they eat the sugar
they give off alcohol and contribute other flavors to the beer.
5.) ‘Conditioning’ - After fermentation is complete, the finished
beer is either bottled or kegged for
carbonation. The beer is usually
also allowed to sit for a period of
time to let the flavors get to the
right profile. This time can range
from a couple weeks to over a year
depending on the style of beer,” as
he enlightens us on the process.”
“Even though I have brewed for
over 15 years, I really only started
entering competitions a little less
than a year ago. The main motivation for entering the competitions
was to get unbiased feedback on
my beer from qualified beer judges. Beers are scored against style
guidelines in various categories. It
is a great way to find out if there
are any flaws in a beer and what
areas need to be improved. The
score sheets are valuable in assessing the beers I brew and changes I
might want to make in the recipes
in the future,” says the Brewmeister who has won many contests
over the last two years.
In case you are not a connoisseur of fine beer, there are about
30 different malt types from pale
pilsner malt to almost black roasted barley and more than 100 hop
varieties from around the world.
There are different yeast strains
for every thinkable beer style, for
example: bottom-fermenting lager
yeast, fruity Bavarian wheat beer
yeast or stout yeast for smooth,
heartwarming classic ale.
Kevin is a big fan of German lagers (Oktoberfest, Pilsner, Helles),
but, if he had to pick one, it would
be an American Amber Ale. “That
is probably my personal favorite,”
Kevin decided after giving it some
thought.
Future plans? “This is just a
hobby. You cannot sell ‘homebrew.’ In order to sell it, you would
actually need to do all the licensing and paperwork to become an
official brewery - and that is an
overwhelming process. Opening
a brewery would probably make
a terrible ‘retirement’ job, as you
would be working 80 hours a
week. I don’t know that there are
many jobs out there that require
the time and effort that running a
brewery would require. Anyone
who brews entertains the thought
of it, but it is incredibly hard and
the ‘brewing’ part of it is a minimal part of the job - Cleaning,
sanitizing, marketing and paperwork would be the majority of the
job. I am pretty content to brew as
a hobby, brewing for myself and
just giving it away to friends.”
We congratulate Kevin on his
many “homebrew” awards and
here’s hoping he garners the years
end Championship of beers contests. Cheers!
Kearney grows his own hops for
the beer. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)