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VOL. 124 NO. 47 • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015
SERVING CERRO GORDO COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCKWELL, SWALEDALE, MESERVEY, THORNTON & DOUGHERTY
Thornton
merchants plan
holiday activities
The Thornton Merchants have
been planning holiday activities.
On Friday, Dec. 4, during business
hours, the following businesses
will host their Annual Holiday
Open Houses.
• First Gabrielson Insurance (911 a.m.)
• First Security Bank & Trust (9
a.m.-5 p.m.)
• Jaspersen Insurance & Real Estate (9 a.m.-4 p.m.)
• K & H Classic Stop (6 a.m.-1
p.m.)
The West Fork High School
choir will be performing and
strolling through the community
center and local businesses during
the morning hours.
Saturday, Dec. 5, there will be
a vendor show from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Thornton Community
Center. In-home business and local vendors will be there to assist
with your Christmas shopping.
The Thornton Merchants
Christmas Drawing will follow
at 1 p.m. at the Thornton Fire Station. Everyone is welcome to this
event, sponsored by local businesses and the Thornton Fire Department.
Mark your calendar and plan
to attend and enjoy refreshments,
prizes and a visit from Santa
Claus.
December Franklin
County ISU
Extension calendar
1: Franklin County Extension
Council workshop, 6 p.m., Ridge
Stone Golf Club, Sheffield.
2: CPAT Pest Control CIC, 9
a.m., Franklin County Extension
Office.
2 & 9: Afterschool Science Club,
2-4 p.m., Hampton-Dumont Middle School (Wednesdays).
3: Healthy Habits 3rd grade program, 8:30 a.m., Hampton-Dumont.
5: 4-H Club Officer training, 9-11
a.m., Franklin County Extension
Office.
6: 4-H Youth Council, 1 p.m.,
Godfather’s Pizza, Hampton.
8: Healthy Habits 3rd Grade program, 8:30 a.m., Rockwell, 2:30
p.m., CAL.
9: PROSPER team meeting,
noon, Hampton-Dumont Middle
School; Creative Clovers 4-H
meeting, 2:30-4 p.m., United
Methodist Church, Hampton.
15: Manure applicator certification reshows, Franklin County
Extension Office, 8:30 a.m., commercial and 1:30 p.m., confinement; H-D Clover Kids, 3:204:55 p.m., South Side Elementary,
Hampton.
17: Private Pesticide Applicator CIC, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Hansell
Community Center.
24-25: Christmas holiday, office
closed.
28: 4-H/FFA Market Beef Weighin, 8 a.m., Hampton Vet Center
(make-up date is Dec. 29).
30: North Iowa Crop Clinic, 9
a.m.-3:30 p.m., Iowa Falls-Alden
High School; Discover Your Clover Power workshop, 1-4 p.m.,
Dougherty.
IN THIS ISSUE
OPINION ..........................3
PUBLIC NOTICES ......... 5-6
CLASSIFIEDS ....................9
Welcome to the dollhouse
“But when I saw [the molds], I just
had to have them.”
There is also a Princess Diana,
Dutch kissing dolls, babies, dancers
and many, many more. Each figurine
goes through a multi-month process
to be complete.
To begin a doll, Roma puts a mask
on for the dusty task of scrubbing off
a chalky white greenware piece’s
BY KELLY MCGOWAN
Jim was from Iowa Falls and mold lines with a knife and sponge.
On her next workday, she wakes
Roma was from Sheffield.
up
early to fire the pieces in a
“I was a good old farm boy,” Jim
1,700-degree
kiln in her garage for
Chantrill said. “And she plucked me
15-17
hours,
which turns them to
up.”
translucent
porcelain.
They cool
The Chantrills were married in
throughout
the
next
night.
1959. Senior pictures, wedding por“Then in the morning, I open it to
traits and a 50th anniversary photo
see
if I goofed up on anything,” she
are displayed on the “wedding wall”
of the couple’s Chapin home, along said.
Roma then rubs the pieces with
with a menagerie of dolls dressed in
mineral
oil and paints on the skin
wedding attire.
tone
china
paint using cloth from a
The dolls are a few of around 500
T-shirt.
She
fires the pieces again afthat Roma has accumulated, which
ter
each
coat
of paint.
line the shelves, cabinets, counters
When
she
is happy with the skin
and corners of the home. She made
tone,
she
carefully
paints on the
more than 30 of them, and has sewn
nails,
eyelashes
and
lip and cheek
or crocheted outfits for many in her
color
and
fi
res
it
again.
She places
collection.
the
eyes
inside
the
head
using
a speThree-foot-tall Pope John Paul
cial
tool.
II and Mother Teresa stand in one
When all the pieces are ready,
corner cabinet. A gold cross hangs
Roma
has someone help her string
in front of the pope doll’s white silk
them
together
through the body form
robe, which Roma sewed and had
and
the
doll
takes
shape. Then comes
specially embroidered. The Mother
Teresa grasps a rosary in her folded her favorite part.
“The dress ideas just come to
hands. She wears the Catholic sister’s
me,”
she said. “I like thinking up the
familiar white sari with blue stripes,
designs.”
which Roma sewed and painted.
Some outfits are sewn and some
“I’m not Catholic,” Roma said.
are crocheted – like the set of coordinated outfits her Kennedy
family dolls wear.
Inspiration sometimes
stems from pieces of fabric,
like the doll pants she made
out of her father-in-law’s old
suit coat. Roma guesses she
has made around 700 outfits
to give as gifts and for her
own dolls.
The oldest in her collection
is a baby doll from 1901 that
Hand-painted porcelain likenesses of Pope she calls Margaret, after her
John Paul II and Mother Teresa were major mom who owned it first.
projects for Roma Chantrill. She fired and
“They all have to have a
painted the molds, assembled the dolls and
name, you know,” she said.
made their clothing to look authentic. KELLY
Margaret wears a red dress
MCGOWAN PHOTO
• Chapin woman
has made,
collected close
to 500 dolls
$
1 PER ISSUE
West Fork
to balance
3 years of
overtaxing
• Levy was mistakenly
set 33 cents higher
than state-approved
amount
BY KELLY MCGOWAN
West Fork school board members
approved a plan last week to pay
back the nearly $340,000 that was
mistakenly collected from district
taxpayers during the last three budget years.
Due to an error in the Department
of Management database, the district
had been assessing taxpayers $1 per
$1,000 of property valuation for the
Physical Plant and Equipment Levy
(PPEL), 33 cents higher than the
state-dictated 67 cents.
“We certainly did not want to tax
beyond our authority,” Superintendent Darrin Strike said. “And we
wanted to fix it.”
The error was in a spreadsheet
cell amount that had carried over
from when the SCMT and RockwellSwaledale districts reorganized as
West Fork in 2011.
Most Cerro Gordo taxpayers were
overcharged $40 or less each fiscal
Roma Chantrill, Chapin, stands among some of the pieces in her roughly year depending on their property’s
500-piece doll collection. Chantrill started working with porcelain in 1987 value, according to Cerro Gordo
and has since made around 30 dolls. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO
County Auditor Ken Kline.
“We’re not talking a great deal of
and has human hair.
favorite as a child.
impact
to the individual taxpayer,” he
“I loved that doll even when I was
“She was just a cuddly size and I
said.
a kid,” she said.
liked her,” she said.
Board members approved reducThat and the ones she played with
Though she has slowed down in
as a child inspired her collection, she recent years, she has plenty of green- ing the levy for the next two budget
said, and led her to start making ce- ware pieces to fire, paint and bring to years to even out the overcharge. Exactly how much the PPEL levy will
ramic and porcelain dolls in 1987.
life.
“My mother likes dolls, and she
“I have umpteen dozen dolls to decrease can’t be decided until valualways taught us to play with them,” put together,” she said. “I’ll never get ation reports come out. They are due
Jan. 1.
she said.
them all done. But I find it fun.”
PPEL funds are used for construcIt was very important for her and
Roma’s husband has watched the
her siblings to know whose dolls assortment of collected and hand- tion, repairs, technology and transwere whose and not to play with each made dolls grow through the years.
portation. The West Fork Wellness
other’s without asking.
“I’m proud of her,” Jim said. “She Center was being funded through
Phyllis, a baby doll, was Roma’s does good work.”
Secure an Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) tax funds, not through
PPEL, but the mistake was discovered through the process of preparing
financial documents for the center.
Minneapolis-based investment
banking company Piper Jaffray &
Company examined the school’s finances for the project and helped officials understand how the mistake
occurred.
The fact that the district touches
four counties that use different software programs made finding a consistent fix “exceedingly difficult,”
Kline said.
In the 2014 taxable year (the current year), 63.2 percent of the taxable
property for the district is in Cerro
Gordo County, 34.9 is in Franklin,
1.8 is in Hancock and .2 is in Wright,
according to the Cerro Gordo county
auditor. Cerro Gordo is the district’s
control county, and one of few counFrom missing posters to yellow ribbons, multiple notices are located ties in the state that uses its own inthroughout Hampton reminding residents of Kazmerzak’s disappearance.
house tax system.
FILE PHOTO
The Cerro Gordo County programmers spent weeks analyzing the
peach-colored shorts and a white/teal
problem and looking for a solution,
printed shirt. He has a Grateful Dead
said Franklin County Auditor’s Deptattoo on his upper left arm.
uty Amy Holmgaard.
Kazmerzak drives a silver 2006
More information about the
The solution had to be consistent
Volkswagen Jetta TDI with Iowa li$100,000 reward can be found
in all four counties. The county atcense plate AUZ382.
at www.hamptonia.us or www.
torneys, treasurers and auditors met
If you have any information about
findethan.com. Search the
with school officials to work it out.
Kazmerzak’s whereabouts, please
hashtag #findethankazmerzak
“We came to the consensus that this
call North Iowa Crime Stoppers at
on social media.
was the best approach,” Kline said.
800-383-0088 or the Hampton Police
“As much as we would like to correct
Department at 641-456-2527.
Kazmerzak reward upped to $100K
BY NICK PEDLEY
but investigators received only a few
A reward for information lead- weak leads before the reward expired
ing to the whereabouts of missing on Dec. 2, 2013.
Hampton man Ethan Kazmerzak was
In March 2014, the $20,000 reincreased to $100,000
ward was renewed and
Monday.
has remained in place
Kazmerzak was
ever since. The same
last seen at various logroup is responsible
cal bars on the night of
for the $100,000 reSept. 15, 2013. Invesward.
tigators have followed
Schaefer hoped
up on numerous leads
the larger amount
since his disappearwould entice anyone
ance and came up
who might be withempty-handed in evholding information
ery instance. Multiple
about the circumaerial searches and
stances surrounding
KAZMERZAK
ground investigations
Kazmerzak’s disaphave been completed
pearance.
at area fields, lakes and ponds, but
“I think seeing that $100,000
substantial evidence has been fleet- might give them more incentive and
ing.
possibly shake them loose to come
Local officials hope the $100,000 forward with what they know,” he
reward renews interest in the case said.
and leads to new information.
The last time anyone had commu“There really hasn’t been any- nication from Kazmerzak was something new or worthwhile happen with time around 12:30 a.m., on Sept. 15
it since the scuba divers checked the near the intersection of 190th Street
ponds,” said Hampton Police Chief and Olive Avenue northwest of
Bob Schaefer. “It’s been quiet.”
Hampton.
A group of anonymous residents
Kazmerzak was 22 at the time
pooled together a $20,000 reward in of his disappearance. He has dark
late October 2013 for any informa- blonde hair, a beard and wears
tion leading to Kazmerzak’s return. glasses with thick black frames. He
The group hoped to have him home is 5-foot, 5-inches tall, about 185
safely by Thanksgiving of that year, pounds, and was last seen wearing
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
• Undocumented
immigrant activist
shares message
in Hampton,
urges citizens
to “be my vote”
Readiness concerns
raised for Medicaid
privatization
BY TRAVIS FISCHER
With the rollout of Iowa’s Medicaid Modernization plan just weeks
away, unanswered questions about
the state’s readiness continue to
raise concerns among both Medicaid
recipients and public officials.
On Nov. 6, Timothy Hill, deputy
director of the Center for Medicaid
(CMS), sent a letter to Iowa’s Medicaid director, Mikki Stier, expressing
concerns about the state’s readiness
to shift control of Medicaid administration to private groups. Hill appreciated the state’s efforts to establish
the new delivery system and conduct
outreach to beneficiaries and providers, but he still held reservations.
“CMS has significant concerns
that the implementation timeframes
for the transition to managed care
may place access, continuity of
care and quality of care for beneficiaries at risk,” he wrote. “We are
also concerned about the extent to
which managed care organizations
(MCOs), providers and Medicaid
beneficiaries are prepared for the
transition.”
Hill’s letter explained that CMS
is still reviewing the state’s request
for a waiver that would authorize
the transition and reiterated that the
agency has two sets of “readiness-review gates” that must be met before
giving their approval.
The first gate outlines eight conditions that must be met before the
state can provide enrollment materials to beneficiaries. These conditions include signed contracts for
the MCOs, documentation that the
MCOs have hired 50 percent of their
projected staff and contracted with
50 percent of their current fee-forservice providers, demonstrated
readiness of a fully staffed enrollment broker and the establishment of
new ombudsman.
The state provided readiness materials to CMS on Oct. 27. As of the
writing of Hill’s letter, those materi-
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Enrollment packages will need
to be sent out soon if Medicaid’s
560,000 recipients are to make an informed decision about which MCO
they will enroll with. Those that
don’t select an MCO will be automatically enrolled in one on Dec. 17,
although they will have free reign to
choose a different one until March
18, 2016.
The second gate covers areas of
operational readiness and will include four days of on-site interviews
to determine if all the necessary networks and systems are in place.
The letter was considered to be
validation by Democratic legislators
who continue to oppose the overhaul. On Nov. 9, Sens. Brian Schoenjahn and Amanda Ragan hosted a
public feedback meeting in Waverly,
where a packed room of health care
providers and Medicaid recipients
expressed concerns about the plan’s
rollout.
Many remain unconvinced that
the MCOs will be able to find the
promised $51 million in savings
without reducing reimbursement
rates to providers or services to recipients.
“I think it’s wonderful that people
made their voices heard. It’s too fast,
too much, and vulnerable Iowans
will be affected,” said Schoenjahn.
“I’m encouraged that they see that
there are questions about the proposal and we would hope that answers
will be forthcoming.”
Ragan, along with state Sens. Liz
Mathis and Pam Jochum, visited
Washington D.C., last Wednesday to
speak directly with federal officials
on the matter.
“Basically we relayed what we’ve
been hearing from all the different
meetings we’ve been attending,”
said Ragan.
Federal officials have yet to approve the state’s plan and will be
sending on-site inspectors in early
December.
In spite of readiness concerns
from CMS, the Iowa Department
of Human Services is continuing on
with the transition. The agency still
expects to switch control of Medicaid administration to the four private
companies on Jan. 1.
“We continue working closely
with our federal partners to demonstrate Iowa’s readiness for this
new patient-centered program,” said
DHS Spokeswoman Amy McCoy.
“To ensure a smooth transition, the
IA Health Link is being phased in.
We are taking a proactive approach
to improving quality and access
to the Medicaid program now, and
finding efficiencies that will help
sustain this program long term.”
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live in Iowa – would be “back in the
shadows.” Members of the group
have questioned presidential candidates and rallied for reform.
“It’s constantly in the back of my
mind that I could be deported from the
only country I’ve ever called home,”
she said.
Lacking papers means living in
hiding for most undocumented immigrants. Reyes’ mother was too old to
have qualified for DACA, so she still
ran the risk of deportation.
“I basically lived my life in the
shadows in constant fear of having my family ripped apart,” Reyes
said. “Our rock, our foundation is my
mom. And she has no legal protection
from being deported.”
DREAMIowa’s goal is to “put a
face on immigration,” and the place to
start is by sharing stories, Reyes said.
Israel Rodriguez-Martinez, a former Hampton resident, shared his experience of being brought from Mexico at age 8 in the video. He said he
wanted to impact other young people.
“Just because you’re a different
race from everybody, doesn’t make
you any less,” he said in the video.
Reyes said childhood experiences like pledging allegiance to the
American flag, being surrounded by
Cy-Hawk rivalry and considering
America home make her and other
immigrants American “in every way
except on paper.”
“This is the only country I’ve ever
known,” she said. “When people say
‘get out of this country, you don’t belong,’ it does hurt.”
Certain terminology – “anchor
babies” to refer to citizen children of
immigrants and “illegals” to refer to
undocumented immigrants – is dehumanizing, Reyes said.
“No human being is illegal,” she
said. “Actions can be illegal, people
can’t.”
She and Gunda Brost, a Cedar
Falls attorney who specializes in immigration law, sat on the stage following the documentary screening to
answer questions from the audience.
“Undocumented individuals are
some of the hardest-working people
I’ve met,” Brost said.
Reyes shared some research on the
economic impact of immigration, including a study published in April by
the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that says the undocumented
population contributed nearly $12 billion in state and local taxes in 2012.
Many rural communities have
been revived through immigration,
they said, which was met with support
from the audience.
“DREAMers are absolute money
makers,” one woman said. “How
much we lose by being this way – it’s
absolutely crazy.”
Continuing to share stories of immigration is DREAMIowa’s goal.
“A lot of immigrants that are here
in our communities and in our lives
have these amazing stories that need
to be shared,” she said. “They’re very
powerful and can change people’s
minds.”
When she was in middle school,
Reyes said she planned to join the
Navy or Air Force, but it wasn’t until
two years later that she found out she
couldn’t.
“[Immigration reform] is not just
economical and humane,” she said.
“It just makes sense. You have this
group of people who are willing to
fight for the country that they have
considered their home. I was willing
to, and I still would be. This is the
country I am devoted to.”
Adelante, a Hampton-based community group that strives to “promote
diversity proactively,” hosted the visit
and screening.
“Every Dreamer has a Story” can
be viewed online at dreamia.org on
the resources page.
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caused its corrosion.
Relining all 91 feet of the pipe at a
cost of $23,327 was discussed, but the
council later agreed to pay $10,875 to
reline a 43.5-foot section that covers
all of the problem areas.
To do so, a pliable pipe will be
pulled through the existing pipe, then
a chemical will be poured through
that causes the pipe to expand and
cure in place.
The council also discussed problems in the Linn Grove Swimming
Pool piping. A broken spot in a pipe
under the pool floor was found to
be a cause of thousands of gallons
of leaked water this summer. Council members hoped the city wouldn’t
have to dig up the pool floor to make
the repair.
“It’s not good common sense to
start digging at the bottom of the
pool,” Mayor William Sheldon said.
After many unplanned repairs
since the pool’s 2010 opening, council members suggested more funds
might need to be directed to the pool
budget.
An issue with the siphon in the
city lagoon was pushed to the next
meeting.
City Clerk Lorna Weier also updated the council on the tentative plan
to increase the security deposit on
water accounts.
Bills can range from $75-100, she
said, so the increase from the current
$50 deposit to $100 would prevent
tenants from being able to leave while
still owing the city money.
The increase would require changing an ordinance in the city code, and
council members agreed to take action on the issue in 2016.
Sheldon later voiced concern over
how to deal with the council seat that
will become vacant once current
Councilman Jim Bills becomes mayor in January.
Seats up for vote in the Nov. 3
election were those of Larry Wentz
and Mike Flatness. Wentz achieved
re-election and Flatness ended his
run on the council. Bryan Koob was
elected to the other open seat.
They discussed the vacant seat going to Andy Johnson, the third-highest recipient of votes, but no official
decision can be made until the new
council takes office.
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this in the current year, we can’t.”
So the conclusion to pay the
amount back from future levies was
the next best thing, he said.
“There is no perfect answer,” he
said. “It is just to do what is practical,
reasonable and responsible.”
The time of year of the discovery
also added frustration to fixing this
year’s overcharge.
“If this happened in July or August and nobody had paid taxes, it
would be doable,” Kline said. “But
since people have paid portions or
full taxes, it just becomes a nightmare, frankly.”
West Fork was upfront about correcting the mistake, he said.
“To their credit, they didn’t sweep
it under the rug,” Kline said. “They
came to us. They’re doing the right
thing to take the initiative.”
The situation was unique, Kline
said, and he had never dealt with
similar levy issues.
“We don’t live in a perfect world,”
he said. “We live in this world. And
this is the best we can do. It would
be great if they could fix it in a year,
but that’s a big burden to bear for a
school district.”
Strike said it was a complicated
issue for the board to work through.
“Basically, we want to make it
right with our taxpayers,” he said.
“We will move forward to reduce
[the levy] proportionately with the
amount we overtaxed.”
The cut to PPEL income due to
the planned decrease will not have a
huge effect on future district budgets,
Strike said.
“I don’t see a significant impact,”
he said. “Obviously, it’s something
we would have preferred to have not
happened.”
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Attorney Gunda Brost and political activist Monica Reyes sat on the stage of
the Windsor Theatre Nov. 16 to answer questions from the audience following a screening of “Every Dreamer has a Story,” an 11-minute documentary
about immigration. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO
Rockwell council peers down sewer pipe
BY KELLY MCGOWAN
The Rockwell City Council, employees and a future councilman left
the council chamber during the Nov.
18 meeting to gather around City Superintendent Jay Siefken’s desk.
He sat with his computer screen
facing the crowd while they watched
video from the perspective of a
mouse, and saw the inside of a damaged 91-foot-long sewer pipe that
plugged last year below the library.
The city investigated the plumbing
problem by paying $1,200 to Central
Iowa Televising for the inside look at
the pipe.
The recording continued as the
camera snaked through puddled water that sat in sections of the pipe.
Fourteen feet in, the clay pipe leads
into four feet of PVC, followed by
seven feet of corroded clay. Another
stretch of good pipe leads into four
feet of old iron pipe.
A rush of water f lowed by the
camera – someone had flushed.
Council members suggested that
someone pouring harsh chemicals
or hot oil down the pipe might have
ENTERPRISE
Sen. Amanda Ragan, pictured here at an October meeting addressing the
Medicaid Modernization program, traveled to Washington D.C. last week to
discuss the issue with federal officials. FILE PHOTO
BY KELLY MCGOWAN
One Iowa woman who has spent
21 years as an undocumented immigrant is stepping out of the shadows
to share her story and urging others to
do the same.
Monica Reyes, co-founder of the
political activist group DREAMIowa, visited the Windsor Theatre in
Hampton Nov. 16 as part of the organization’s push for comprehensive
immigration reform.
About 25 audience members saw
an airing of an 11-minute documentary called “Every Dreamer has a
Story,” and stayed for a discussion.
Following the showing, Reyes
shared her own story.
It starts with being driven from
Mexico through a desert at age 3 with
her mother and 14-month-old sister to
escape an abusive biological father.
It winds through undocumented life
in California, Marshalltown, New
Hampton and Waterloo.
“My mom had to risk her life and
mine to get here,” Reyes said. “If
there had been a safe, legal pathway to
do so, she would have definitely taken
that option.”
Her story’s most recent chapter
is in Cedar Falls at the University of
Northern Iowa, where Reyes is one of
the state’s most well-known undocumented immigrants. She purposely
shares her status and story to urge audience engagement.
“Be my vote,” she said.
Much of the conversation centered
on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a 2012 policy that exempts some immigrants who arrived
before turning 16 from deportation
and makes them eligible for renewable two-year work permits. It does
not lead to a green card or citizenship.
To many, it was an appreciated
step, but not a final solution to what
Reyes called America’s “broken immigration system.”
“DACA is a Band-Aid over a gashing wound that is bleeding a lot,” Des
Moines resident Hector Salamanca
Arroyo said in the video.
If the next president were to discontinue DACA and similar programs, Reyes said 11.4 million undocumented people – 37,000 of whom
PIONEER
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Out from the shadows
2
3
Seven Or More Reasons It’s Dumb For
Governors To Turn Away Syrian Refugees
Syria, for those of you that need
a refresher, has been locked in a civil
war since 2011. It’s a seed of the Arab
Spring that grew to be particularly
thorny. While President Bashar alAssad was busy fighting against rebel
forces, ISIS came in and laid claim
to a big chunk of the country’s rural
territory. Throw in a second rebellion
from northern Kurdish groups and
you’ve got 17 million people caught
in the middle of a brutal four-way
conflict.
Syrian families live in danger of
chemical weapons attacks from their
president, beheadings from the terrorists that set up in their backyard, and
forced recruitment of their children
into one of the militia groups. Shockingly enough, some of them have
opted to leave the country.
Actually, a lot of them have. About
four million or so.
Some of those four million are
coming here to the United States,
which has apparently become a matter of controversy following ISIS’ recent attack on Paris.
Thirty governors, including our
own Terry Branstad, have loudly declared that they will not accept Syrian refugees into their states. Because
obviously the best way to combat
ISIS is to make it harder for the people they terrorize the most to escape
them. (One)
Yep. The last thing we would
ever want to do is allow native Syrians with no love for any of the brutal
monsters ruining their home to immerse themselves into our culture.
It would be terrible if stability ever
returned to the region, allowing those
families to return to their homeland
with fond memories of American
hospitality. That certainly wouldn’t
be a positive step for middle-east relations.
In case it’s not apparent. That’s
sarcasm.
Fortunately, our governors are
there to protect us from such an outcome.
“The State of Texas will not accept
any refugees from Syria in the wake
of the deadly terrorist attack in Paris,”
wrote Texas Governor Greg Abbot in
a letter to the White House.
Well, I suppose after such a tragedy that’s a reasonable response, at
least until you realize that Governors
don’t actually have the authority to
prevent refugees from moving to
their states. (Two)
The authority to grant admission
of refugees is explicitly given to the
President and the 14th Amendment
gives those refugees the same protections it does to everybody else.
In their opposition to the President, these governors are disregarding the Constitution and overstepping
their bounds. Wait, that sounds familiar…
At the very most, Governors can
direct state agencies to not work with
refugees once they are admitted to
the United States, which is little more
than a token gesture of infantile petulance.
But hey, anything to keep America safe. After all, the Paris attackers
were Syrian refugees. Oh wait… no,
that’s wrong. One of them got into the
country on a stolen Syrian passport,
but most of them were French nationals from elsewhere. (Three)
Yes, the same thought process that
gave us the Iraq War after 15 Saudi
Arabians and a handful of other non-
AGE OF
THE GEEK
Travis
Fischer
Iraqi hijacked planes on 9/11 is now
back and dictating Republican refugee policy.
Speaking of 9/11, the refugee admission program was retooled after
the attack. In other words, Republicans are trying to convince people
that the refugee screening policy created during the Bush Administration
in the wake of 9/11 is hopelessly ineffective. (Four)
That process, by the way, involves
a referral from the United Nations,
multiple security screenings, and
takes at least a year. We aren’t talking about a boatload of random immigrants spilling into New York.
Which brings us to the next level
of absurdity about this entire situation. Protecting America by keeping
out Syrian refugees is like protecting
your house by locking a tiny window
in your attic. Visas are still a thing
and come in a wide variety of flavors.
And that’s if you want to get in legally. Sit down because this may shock
you. A sizable chunk of people living
in the USA today didn’t get into the
country legally. (Five)
If ISIS wants to get people into the
country, there are far easier and more
reliable ways to do it than getting in
as a refugee.
The 9/11 hijackers weren’t refugees. The Paris attackers weren’t
even refugees.
You know who else weren’t refugees? Adam Lanza, James Holmes,
and Dylann Roof. (Six)
Or did everybody just forget that
we’ve had more than sixty of our own
mass shootings in the United States
since the year 2000? And that’s using
the strictest definition I could find,
with three or more killed. Stretch that
definition to three or more injured,
and there have been 325 shootings
just this year, the latest of which happened in Des Moines.
In a flash of brilliant lack of selfawareness, one Texas official warned
that we shouldn’t allow refugees into
the country because of how easy it is
to get a gun.
What exactly are we scared of?
That our next mass shooting might
not come at the hands of a red-blooded American?
This column is getting a little long,
so let’s wrap it up with a few more
quick facts.
* The United States has already
admitted 1,800 refugees into the
country, of which about 2% are single men of combat age. This means
there could be as many as 36 people
in the United States right now that…
escaped from a war-torn country to
seek out a better life.
* This one will give the conspiracy
nuts something to chew on. Obama is
finishing out his last year in office by
increasing the number of Syrian refugees to at least 10,000. Of course,
that’s still just a fraction of the tens
of thousands of refugees we bring in
every year. The United States has an
annual cap of 70,000 refugees, divided among regions across the world.
President Obama plans on raising that
cap to an even 100,000.
* Among those refugees include
about 40,000 from Iraq over the last
three years. In case you’ve forgotten,
Iraq is that other country ISIS has
torn a big chunk out of. One would
think that Iraqi refugees would pose
the same risk of ISIS infiltration as
Syrian refugees, yet nobody seems
terribly concerned about them.
* Speaking of refugees from other
nations, the Tsarnaev brothers came
to the U.S. from Kyrgyzstan after
their father sought asylum in 2004.
Here we actually do have an example
of refugees committing an attack and
yet I don’t recall any push to stop
Kyrgyzstan immigration after the
Boston Marathon bombing.
* By the way, not that it’s a competition, but France will be accepting
30,000 more Syrian refugees over
the next two years, and they are a
fifth our size. Germany has already
brought in more than 50,000. (Not
that their motives are entirely pure.
An influx of refugees may serve as a
solution to the country’s impending
demographic crisis.)
The bottom line is this.
The call to deny refugees is nothing more than an overreaction to
score cheap political points. The
humanitarian need is great and the
threat is negligible. This opposition
is nothing more than baseless political theater.
At least I hope it is, because there
are state senators out there suggesting we repeat atrocities not seen since
World War II. A Tennessee state senator wants to send the National Guard
to forcibly evict the thirty-some refugees from his state. Another in Rhode
Island is suggesting refugees be segregated into interment camps.
These horrific ideas will do nothing to keep us safe. They will, however, serve as great recruitment tools
for ISIS.
In case the word “terrorists”
wasn’t obvious enough, ISIS wants
to scare people. They want the world
to be so afraid of Muslims that they
have nowhere else to turn but their
Caliphate. This kind of logic-free
fear mongering does nothing but play
directly into their hands. (Seven)
Travis Fischer is a news writer for
Mid-America Publishing and is not
inclined to let terrorists win.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
121 2nd St., N., Rockwell
Phone 822-4919
Pastor Ken Livingston
Sundays
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:30 a.m. Coffee Time
10 a.m. Sunday School
FIRST
REFORMED CHURCH
620 2nd St., Meservey
Phone 358-6151
Rev. Rodney Meester
Sundays
9:30 a.m. Worship
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
404 Maple St., Thornton
Phone 998-2004
Pars. 358-6107
The Rev. Crystal Oberheu
Sundays
9 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
Wednesdays
5:45 p.m. Confirmation
HANFORD
COMMUNITY CHURCH
12411 Spruce Ave, Mason City
Phone 423-7376
641-822-4657
Pastor Scott Sokol
Sundays
10:15 a.m. Sun. Worship
HOLY NAME CHURCH
507 1st Ave NW, Rockford
Phone 822-4950
Fr. Walter Brunkan
Saturdays
5 p.m. Mass
Franklin Chorale
Christmas concert is Dec. 6
Under the direction of Jesse
Bunge, the 26-member Franklin
Chorale will present “Christmas
with the Chorale” on Sunday, Dec. 6
at 2 p.m., in Hampton.
Opening with the jubilant “Choral Fanfare for Christmas” by Ron
Nelson, the program continues with
John Rutter’s lovely “What Sweeter
Music;” the familiar “For Unto Us
A Child Is Born” from MESSIAH;
and the wonder and mystery of Craig
Courtney’s “Carol of the Birds.” The
first half of the concert closes with
the crisply rhythmical“Mary Sat ARockin’” by Greg Gilpin.
The second half of the concert
kicks off with a performance of
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”
Another traditional Christmas carol, “Silent Night” will be sung with
audience participation followed by
the Chorale men singing a Chanticleer arrangement of “Ave Maria” by
Franz Biebl.
“Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day,” a traditional English carol,
will be sung by the Chorale women
followed by another excerpt from
MESSIAH, “Glory To God,” sung
by the entire group.
The Hampton-Dumont Chamber Choir will then join the group
in singing “Hope For Resolution.”
This festive piece is a unique juxtaposition of one of the great Latin
Mass hymns “Corde Natus”(Of The
Father’s Love Begotten) and the
South African freedom song “Thula
sizwe” (Nation, do not cry).
Members of the 2015-16 Franklin
Chorale include: Erin Bunge, Mary
Mollenbeck, Dawn Groszkruger,
Margaret Smith and Grace McElroy.
Altos: Kendra Voss, Linda Kuehner,
Deb Lukensmeyer, Sara Richter,
Glenda Schwab, Morgan Katz, Diane Wills and Karen Ferris. Tenors:
Linzy Collins, Moli Gerken, Jim
Davies, Kim Wills, Carl Bollhagen,
Paul Krull and Brett Ubben. Baritone/bass: Alan Ferris, Craig Semler, Brian Johnson, Zachary Voss,
Omar Blanco-Valentin and Kent
Mollenbeck.
The First Congregational Church
of Hampton is once again hosting
the concert. Tickets are $5 for adults
and $3 for students and children.
They can be purchased at Center 1 in
Hampton, from a Chorale member or
at the door.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH, WELS
670 12th St. NE
Mason City IA 50401
Phone: (641) 424-3503
Pastor Robert Harting
Pastor’s cell: 641-455-3562
Sundays:
Feb.-July - Worship: 11 a.m.
Aug.-Jan. - Worship: 9 a.m.
Wednesdays:
Bible Study 7 p.m.
RICHLAND LUTHERAN
CHURCH, ELS
300 Elm St., Thornton
Phone 998-2642
Pastor’s cell: 641-455-3562
www.richlandlutheran.com
Pastor Robert Harting
Sundays
Feb.- July: Sunday School/
Bible Class: 8 a.m.
Worship: 9 a.m.
Aug.- Jan.: Worship: 11 a.m.
Sunday School /
Bible Class: 12 p.m.
SACRED HEART CHURCH
305 Elm St., E., Rockwell
Phone 822-4950
Fr. Rodney Allers
Sundays
8 a.m. Mass
SALEM UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
810 First St., Meservey
Phone 358-6277
Pars. 358-6107
The Rev. Crystal Oberheu
Sundays
9:15-10:15 a.m. Sun. School
9:45-10:15 a.m. Coffee
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesdays
4:30 p.m. Confirmation
ST. PATRICK
CATHOLIC CHURCH
1001 9th Ave. S. Clear Lake
Phone 357-3214
Msgr. Lilip
Saturdays
4 p.m. Mass
Sundays
9 a.m. Mass
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their
arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home.
Showtimes
Friday —Thursday 7:30 p.m.
ST. PETER EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA
502 2nd St., S., Rockwell
Phone 822-3101
Pastor Rhea Evanson
Sundays
10:30 a.m Worship Service
ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
400 Larch St., Thornton
Phone 998-2632
Home 998-2631
Pastor Rhea Evanson
Sundays
9 a.m. Worship Service
SWALEDALE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Main St., Swaledale
Phone 995-2252
Rev. Travis Stedick
Sundays
8:10 a.m. Worship
UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
303 Monroe St., Rockwell
Phone 822-4833
Rev. Travis Stedick
Sundays
10:25 a.m. Worship
ZION
REFORMED CHURCH
2029B Jonquil Ave.
Sheffield
Phone 579-6186
The Rev. Arthur Zewert
Sundays
9:15 a.m. Worship
Tuesdays
9 a.m. Sewing Group
Thursdays
9 a.m. Bulletin Deadline
Ticket Prices
Adult - $3; 15 & Under - $2
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College Singers Close
Semester with Winter
Concert and Prepare for Tour
The North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Concert Choir
and NIACC Singers Winter Concert
will be held in the North Iowa Community Auditorium on Friday, Dec.
4 at 7:30 p.m. This year’s winter concert features a mixture of sacred and
secular seasonal music, non-seasonal choral selections, and the “Rather
Be” tour selections by the NIACC
Singers.
The group’s director Jayson
Ryner said, “This group has been
very focused and risen to every challenge. Our list of literature is long
and impressive.” “We have a long
list of staples of the collegiate choral repertoire including Hope, Faith,
Life, Love by Eric Whitacre, Stars I
Shall Find by David Dickau, and Let
All the World in Every Corner Sing
Hunters
donate deer
meat to Food
Bank of Iowa
Have an extra deer at the end of
the hunt? Maybe you bought an extra
tag to hunt longer? Consider donating to Iowa’s HUSH program.
HUSH (Help Us Stop Hunger)
works with 81 participating lockers to provide high quality meat to
Iowans in need, through the Food
Bank of Iowa.
Field dressed deer are skinned,
de-boned and ground into twopound packages and then distributed
to local families. The program is
funded by hunters, who pay a dollar
surcharge with each deer tag purchase.
In its second decade now, HUSH
has provided meat from 63,000 deer
to those who need it—3,300 last
year. Processors receive $75 for their
end of the work. The Food Bank of
Iowa picks up $5, as it oversees distribution.
Each locker will accept whole
deer, asking the hunter to fill out
a Hunter HUSH card. There is no
fee paid at the locker. A list of participating lockers is available in the
Iowa Hunting Regulations and online at www.iowahush.com.
Lime Creek to
allow snow bike
use on trails
Effective immediately, Lime
Creek Conservation Area trails will
allow Snow Bikes access to the
Quarry Lake Loop and the Wild Turkey Loop during the snow/winter
season.
Snow bike users (tires greater
than 3.5”) are restricted to the designated trails of Quarry Lake Loop and
the Wild Turkey Loop. (CGC-7.2
Recreational Use: All recreational
use other than foot traffic is restricted to designated trails on all county
conservation board managed areas).
Access to LCCA will be allowed
from the south along the east/river
side of the River Bluffs Trail and the
Easy Access Trail during the snow/
winter season. Snow bike users
must obey all signs and not travel in
the groomed tracks set on the River
Bluffs Trail section described above.
If you have any questions regarding winter trail use or winter conditions contact the conservation office
@ 423-5309 or visit our website at
www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us.
by Ralph Vaughan Williams.”
In January, NIACC Singers will
travel on the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas to Jamaica, Haiti,
and the Cayman Islands. The singers
will perform on the ship’s main stage
throughout the cruise.
Feature songs for that tour performed in this concert will include
Pompeii by the Bastille, , MLK by
U2, and Rather Be by Clean Bandit.
Choreography for the performance
was created by Tom Gerking and
within the group itself.
Seasonal flavor songs will compose the third portion of the concert.
“The Singers Women will be singing and dancing to All I Want for
Christmas is You and we will again
sing our traditional Sending You a
Little Christmas with dedication to
our military personnel,” Ryner said.
“We also have more holiday selections to round out the concert.”
“The activities within the choral
program are designed to give students a small private college vocal
experience. By traveling to sing with
other schools, using international
travel, and community performances the students get a broad experience.”
The Concert Choir and NIACC
Singers have been active this semester by performing within the community at Trinity Lutheran Church,
First United Methodist Church, Luther College, and singing the National Anthem at sporting events. This is
the last opportunity for the community to see the group this semester.
Lime Creek Conservation
area trails closed
Effective immediately, Lime
Creek Conservation Area trails will
be closed to all bikes and horses for
the remainder of the winter/ski season. Trails will reopen to bikes and
horses in the spring of 2016.
Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board would like to inform all
LCCA users of trail guidelines during the winter season.
Lime Creek Conservation Area
offers nearly eight miles of groomed
trails to accommodate diagonal
stride/traditional skiing and skate
style skiing when snow conditions
permit. An initial base of 6-8 inches
of snowfall is required to cover all
trail irregularities and provide a
base for grooming activities. Normal grooming will typically follow
any additional snowfall. If a dusting
of snowfall is received it is recommended to simply ski over the existing groomed tracks.
Hikers, dog walkers, and other
winter trail users are encouraged to
use either the Quarry Lake Loop or
the Easy Access Trail. The Quarry
Lake Loop is located on the west
side of the area and is packed to facilitate a hard surfaced snow trail.
The Easy Access Trail is located adjacent to the Nature Center and when
conditions permit the trail is cleared
of snow.
If non-skiers and/or pets are to
use any of the “groomed” cross
county ski trails they are directed to
walk to the far right of the groomed
area and to not walk in the grooved
channels set for the classical or diagonal stride skiers. Skiers with pets
are also directed to keep pets from
walking/running in groomed area.
(All pets must be kept on a 6-foot
leash)
The ski season is very short in
north Iowa and to maintain trail opportunities, it will take the cooperation of all park users. All motorized
vehicle traffic is prohibited on all
trails (i.e. ATVs, snowmobiles, etc).
If you have any questions regarding winter trail use or winter conditions contact the conservation office
@ 423-5309 or visit our website at
www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us.
Mary Spitz chosen as
inaugural SBDC Support
Person of the Year
America’s SBDC Iowa is pleased
to announce that Mary Spitz, Administrative Assistant, North Iowa
Area Community College Small
Business Development Center
(SBDC), Mason City, is the winner
of the SBDC’s Support Person of the
Year Award.
This is the first year for this
award, which recognizes the superior performance of a regional support
staff member for exemplary service
to America’s SBDC Iowa.
Brook Boehmler, regional director of the North Iowa Area SBDC,
who nominated Spitz for the award,
says, “Mary has been the anchor
for the North Iowa Area SBDC.
She has made sure that every audit
has always gone smoothly and that
all national/state compliance is correct. Clients are assured that they
are important. She does all of this
while only working half-time for the
SBDC.”
The SBDC Support Person of
the Year Award will be presented to
Mary in Mason City by SBDC State
Director Lisa Shimkat on Friday,
November 20th. Mary has been with
the SBDC for seven years. Previous
to her work with the SBDC, Mary
worked for eight years for Mitchell
County Regional Health Center in
Osage.
The America’s SBDC Iowa program is an outreach program of
Iowa State University’s College of
Business. Funded in part through a
cooperative agreement with the U.S.
Small Business Administration, the
organization has 15 regional assistance centers located strategically
across the state including a center
at North Iowa Area Community
College. Since program inception
in 1981, the Center has helped hundreds of thousands of Iowa businesses and entrepreneurs through no
cost, confidential, customized, professional business counseling and
practical, affordable training.
Basic firearm rules are
important for a safe hunt
The first of Iowa’s two shotgun
deer seasons opens on Dec. 5, and
while optimism for a successful hunt
is the primary focus, hunters are encouraged to brush up on safe hunting
practices.
Basic firearm rules are pretty
straight forward: treat every firearm
as though it were loaded; always
point the muzzle in a safe direction;
be sure of your target and what’s beyond it; keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
“Our deer hunting tradition is
shared with our friends and our family,” said Megan Wisecup, hunter
education administrator for the Iowa
Department of Natural Resources.
“Practicing safe hunting techniques
is important to make sure we all get
home at the end of the day.”
An estimated 125,000 hunters are
expected to take to the timber during
Iowa’s two shotgun deer seasons and
Wisecup said self inflicted injuries
and property damage continue to be
prominent.
“Those incidents could be avoided by simply following the basic
rules of firearm safety and ensuring
there is a safe backdrop prior to taking a shot. Hunters need to remember that it is illegal to discharge a
firearm within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or livestock
or a feedlot unless the owner or tenant has given their consent. It is also
illegal to discharge a shotgun shooting slugs or a pistol or revolver on or
over a public roadway,” she said.
“Hunters tend to get fixated on
their target and when a deer is running, they forget about their surroundings. Look beyond your target and clearly identify the target
before taking the shot,” Wisecup
said. “You must be certain you have
a clear, safe shot. Never point your
firearm at anything you do not want
to shoot.”
That advice can help to prevent
self inflicted wounds as well.
Wisecup encouraged hunters to
wear plenty of blaze orange and to
discuss the hunting plan with everyone in the group.
“You want to be seen from all
sides in the woods,” she said. “It is
also important to discuss the hunting plan that will outline the role for
each person and where they will be
during the hunt. Plan your hunt and
hunt your plan. It is critical to communicate with your hunting partners
to ensure everyone knows where
each other is at all times.”
In 2014, there were 14 deer hunting related incidents in Iowa during
the two shotgun seasons: two personal injuries and 12 property damage.
Hunting Safety Tips
· Treat every firearm as if it were
loaded
· Always keep the muzzle pointed in
a safe direction
· Be sure of the target and what is
beyond it
· Keep finger off the trigger until
ready to fire
· Keep the barrel clear and choose
the proper ammunition.
Winter Weather Factors
· Unload the firearm and open the
action when crossing obstacles – if
snow and ice is on the ground, the
risk of slipping or falling dramatically increases
· Visibility – put the hunt on hold if
visibility is poor due to fog and/or
snowy conditions
· Bundled up – keeping your finger
off the trigger and muzzle control
are both extremely important as
bulky coats and gloves increases
chances of an accidental discharge
Hunter Visibility
· Wear plenty of blaze orange. Hunters want to be seen from all sides in
the woods and fields
· Discuss the hunting plan with everyone in the group. Outline the role
for each person and where they will
be throughout the hunt. Plan your
hunt and hunt your plan. Communication is critical to ensure everyone knows where each other is at all
times.
Ultimate Goal
· Everyone gets home safely
Iowa’s 2015 shotgun
deer season preview
Iowa’s shotgun deer season is
still a few weeks away, leaving time
for hunters to contact landowners,
sight in shotguns and tend to all the
details before getting out and enjoying Iowa’s outdoors with friends and
family.
Expect about 75,000 hunters
across Iowa in the first shotgun
season, Dec. 5-9, and then another
50,000 to head out Dec. 12-20, during the second gun season. Each
contingent will also pack along thousands of antlerless tags, to extend
their prospects.
If you are a fan of cold weather
and have a muzzleloader, that December 21-Jan. 10 late season attracts hunters holding about 30,000
tags. That number likely will drop,
though, with fewer snapping up
county antlerless tags.
Iowa’s shotgun seasons allow
for group drives; drivers pushing
deer toward blockers. Anyone in the
group may tag a downed deer with
their own tag. That stands in contrast
to other states and even Iowa’s more
solitary muzzleloader and bow sea-
sons. However, it has proven to be
an efficient method for taking deer,
since modern deer hunting was introduced here in the early 50s. Whatever the season, any deer must be
tagged before it is moved or within
15 minutes, whichever comes first.
It also holds the potential for danger, as drivers move closer to, or
across, their friends on a drive.
“That’s why wearing solid blaze
orange is mandatory. At least the
minimum (torso covered). More is
better,” said DNR recreation safety
officer Pat Jorgensen. “Our No. 1
cause of deer hunting incidents involves a hunter shooting at a running
deer with someone in the area. Recognize what stands in front of and
behind the target.”
For several years, deer hunters
have noticed fewer whitetails than
in the early 2000s. That is by design. A decade ago, state lawmakers
instructed the DNR to reduce the
deer population, after steady growth
through the previous few decades.
With addition of county and season specific antlerless tags, generous
quotas, and a couple extra seasons,
near Thanksgiving and during January, hunters responded.
Adaptive regulation changes have
lowered the deer herd to mid-90s
target levels, in all but a handful of
counties. Hunters in 27 north central and northwest counties have no
county antlerless tags and may take
only antlered deer during the first
shotgun season.
Iowa’s overall deer harvest across
all seasons last year was 101,569 –
down 39 percent from the peak – and
the 2015 harvest should be similar.
“Now is a good time for the DNR
to work with hunters and landowners
to help develop a better understanding of proper deer management; including the benefits of harvesting
does and keeping deer numbers at
ecologically acceptable levels,” said
DNR wildlife management biologist
Terry Haindfield.
“Hunters working with landowners at the local level are the best and
most efficient way to keep deer numbers acceptable and provide a high
quality deer herd.”
Area fishing report for north central Iowa
The Iowa Department of Natural
Resources’ weekly fishing report is
compiled from information gathered
from local bait shops, angler creel
surveys, and county and state parks
staff. For current information, contact the Clear Lake Fish and Wildlife
office at (641) 357-3517.
Clear Lake: Docks at the city
ramp, McIntosh State Park and Ventura are out for the season. The fish
cleaning station is closed.
Yellow bass, good: Angler activity is slowing but boat or shore anglers may still have good success
until the lake is frozen. Shore anglers should target the MacIntosh or
Ventura boat accesses where there is
deeper water to cast to.
Walleye, no report.
S h e l l Ro c k R i ve r (a b ove
Greene): Smallmouth bass, no re-
port. Use a slower presentation as it
gets colder.
East Fork Des Moines (Algona to
Humboldt): Walleye, good. Anglers
have had good action the last few
weeks. Try minnows on a light jig or
twister tails in deeper holes.
$36 for 1 year
$29 for 9 months
$21 for 6 months
1-800-558-1244 • [email protected]
304 Main Street - P.O. Box 203, Rockwell, Iowa 50469
(641) 822-3193 • email: [email protected]
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PUBLIC NOTICE
West Fork Community School District
PUBLIC NOTICE
Cerro Gordo County Annual Financial Report
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
SPECIFICATIONS- WEST FORK COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INDOOR FITNESS
CENTER – ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT AND
FLOORING
435 N 5th Street, Sheffield, IA 50475
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING & ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BIDS FOR THE PROPOSED
WEST FORK COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT AND FLOORING FOR THE INDOOR FITNESS CENTER
Notice is hereby given that the West Fork
Community School Board will meet in the West
Fork Community School District board room located at 210 2nd Street South, Rockwell, Iowa
on December 14, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. at which
time and place a hearing will be held on the proposed DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, form
of CONTRACT for the Athletic Equipment and
Flooring for the INDOOR FITNESS CENTER.
Any interested party may appear to be heard. At
the said time and place, the West Fork Community School Board will also receive and consider
BIDS for said construction.
The proposed project consists of a new indoor
fitness center with new parking lots located at
435 North 5th Street, Sheffield, Iowa. The work
to be done is as follows:
Work consists of supplying and installing Athletic flooring, basketball hoops, volleyball standards, scoreboards, dividing curtains, controllers and wall padding into a new athletic center
currently under construction.
Lump sum bids for athletic equipment and
sport flooring will be received for the work.
The West Fork Community School Board will receive bids before December 3rd, 2015 at 11:00
am. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read
aloud immediately after specified closing time.
All bids must be filed at the West Fork Community School District Central Office, located at
435 N 5th Street, Sheffield, Iowa, on or before
the time herein set.
All paper confirmations of the bids shall be on
the form provided in the specifications. Each bid
shall be accompanied by a bid bond, certified
check, cashier’s check or credit union certified
share draft, in a separate sealed envelope in an
amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total
amount of the bid. If bid bond is submitted, it
must be on an approved AIA bid bond form. The
certified check or cashier’s check shall be drawn
on a bank in Iowa or a bank chartered under
the laws of the United States of America; certified share draft shall be drawn on a credit union
chartered under the laws of the United States.
Bid security should be made payable to the
West Fork Community School District as security that if awarded a contract the bidder will enter
into a contract at the prices bid and furnish the
required Contractor’s Bonds and Certificate of
Insurance. The certified check, cashier’s check,
or certified share draft may be cashed, or the
Bid Bond forfeited, and the proceeds retained
as liquidated damages if the Bidder fails to execute a contract and file acceptable Certificate
of Insurance within ten (10) days after the acceptance of the proposal by the West Fork Community School District. No bidder may withdraw
a proposal within forty-five (45) days after the
date set for opening bids.
Payment to the Contractor will be made in
monthly estimates and one final payment.
Monthly estimates will be equivalent to ninetyfive percent (95%) of the contract value of the
work completed during the preceding calendar
month. Such payments will in no way be construed as an act of acceptance for any of the
work partially or totally completed.
Published in The Pioneer Enterprise on Thursday, November 26, 2015
Final payment to Contractor will be made no
earlier than forty-five (45) days from and after
final acceptance of work by the West Fork Community School District, subject to the contract
conditions and in accordance with the provisions of Iowa Code chapters 26 and 573.
Payment of the cost of said project will be
made in cash used for said purposes.
The work under the contract shall commence
on or before the date specified in the written
‘Notice of Proceed’ and shall be fully completed
and ready for acceptance no later than the date
specified by the Contractor on the proposal
form.
By virtue of statutory authority, preference will
be given to products and provisions grown and
produced within the State of Iowa and to Iowa
domestic labor.
SPECIFICATIONS- West Fork Community
School District Indoor Fitness Center – Athletic
Equipment and Flooring
435 N 5th Street, Sheffield, IA 50475
The successful bidder shall be required to furnish a Contractor’s Performance and Labor and
Material Payment Bond on an approved AIA
form in an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the contract price. The bonds are to
be issued by responsible surety, approved by
the West Fork Community School District, and
shall guarantee the faithful performance of the
contract and the terms and conditions therein
contained and shall guarantee the prompt
payment for and of all materials and protect
and save harmless the School District from all
claims and damages of any kind caused by the
operation of the Contractor, and shall guarantee
the work contracted for a period of one (1) year
from the date of final acceptance of the improvements by the School Board.
Plans and specifications governing construction of the proposed project have been prepared
by Martin Gardner Architecture PC., Marion,
Iowa. All materials and procedures shall be in
strict accordance with said plans and specifications referred to and defining said proposed
improvements and are hereby made a part of
this Advertisement and of the proposed contract
by reference, and that the contract shall be executed in compliance therewith.
Plans and specifications and proposed contract documents may be examined at the offices
of the Architect, and other locations as outlined
in the Construction Documents. Copies of the
plans and specifications, form of contract and
bid form may be obtained from Martin Gardner
Architecture, P.C., 700 11th Street, Suite 200,
Marion, IA 52302 or 11502 390th Street, Strawberry Point, IA 52076, 319-377-7604. The Architect's office will issue plans to all Contractors.
The drawings and specifications are available at
the architect’s website www.MartinGardnerArch.
com. Plans and specifications to be viewed are
in Adobe .pdf format and may be downloaded
and printed. Be aware that no warranty as to the
compatibility of your computer software or hardware with the files provided is made. Variations
between the printed files provided above by the
Architect and these electronic files may exist. In
the event that a conflict does exist, the printed
documents issued by the Architect will take precedence over the downloaded files.
The West Fork Community School District hereby reserves the right to reject any or all bids and
to waive informalities and irregularities and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid.
Published upon order of the West Fork Community School District Lacey Weier, Board Secretary, West Fork Community School District
Published in The Pioneer Enterprise
on Thursday, November 26, 2015
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Reporting from the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse
Marriage License
Gretchen Thomas, 23, Clear Lake
to Justin Small, 34, Clear Lake.
Catherine Holland, 32, Rockwell
to Roger Berk, 43, Rockwell.
Civil Court
The court handled five child support matters.
Converging Capital LLC vs.
Michael Gossman. Judgment for
the plaintiff on November 16 in the
amount of $27,135.46 with 2.37%
interest from November 16.
Schukei Chevrolet vs. Marlys
Petersen. Case dismissed with prejudice on November 16.
District Court
The court handled seven probation revocations and three cases of
contempt.
Roney Laine, 70, Mason City,
received a deferred judgment on
November 16 to Harassment in the
Second Degree (from Assault Use of
a Weapon). Laine was placed on one
year probation, assessed a $315 civil
penalty, and $140 in costs. An additional charge of Assault While Displaying A Dangerous Weapon were
dismissed.
George Harrington, 63, Mason
City, pled guilty on November 16 to
Animal Torture. Harrington was sentenced to 60 days in jail (58 days suspended), placed on two years probation, fined $625 plus 35% surcharge
(suspended), and $180 in costs.
Albert Struecker, 50, Titonka,
pled guilty on November 16 to Prostitution. Struecker was sentenced
to two years in prison (suspended),
placed on 25 years probation, 180
days in a residential facility, fined
$625 plus 35% surcharge, and $140
in costs.
Earl Mines, 27, Mason City, pled
guilty on November 17 to Domestic
Abuse Assault Injury or Mental Illness (pled from Domestic Abuse Assault Impeding Flow of Air/Blood)
and Contempt - Violation of No Contact Protective Order. Mines was sentenced to one year and seven days in
jail (363 days suspended), placed on
one year probation, fined $315 plus
35% surcharge, and $336.50 in costs.
Jon Reed, 61, Mason City, pled
guilty on November 16 to Domestic
Abuse Assault or use of Weapon First
Offense. Reed was sentenced to two
years in prison (suspended), placed
on two years probation, fined $1,250
plus 35% surcharge (suspended),
and $550.50 in costs. Two additional
charges of Domestic Abuse Assault
Impeding Flow of Air/Blood were
PUBLIC HEARING
City of Thornton
PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF THORNTON
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of
the City of Thornton, Iowa, will conduct a public
hearing on the proposal to adopt the Thornton
Code of Ordinances 2015. A copy of the Thornton Code of Ordinances 2015 is now on file at
Thornton City Hall, 404 Main Street, PO Box 88,
Thornton, IA, 50479, and available for public inspection. Said hearing will be held December
7, 2015, at 7:10 P.M. at the Thornton City Hall,
Thornton, Iowa, at which times arguments for
or against adopting said Code of Ordinances as
proposed will be heard and considered.
Comments, oral, or written may be submitted
to the City Clerk prior to the public hearings.
Any comments received will be included in the
minutes of the public hearing as part of the permanent record.
ATTEST
Michelle Duff, Thornton City Clerk
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF THORNTON
CITY OF THORNTON
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
The Thornton City Council met in special session on the above date and time with Mayor
Brian Crowell calling the meeting to order.
Council members present: Betty Jensen, Michael Younge, Randall Bohman and Shelby
Steenhard. Absent: Barry Groh. Also present
Tom Janeka.
Jensen made a motion to approve the agenda
with the addition of the City siren. Bohman seconded, motion carried.
Janeka reported that contractors have found
the issue with well house #2. The soft start,
starter was found not be working in the control
box and needs to be replaced. The starter is the
original from 1989.
Mike Jensen present at 6:04 p.m.
Bids to replace the existing soft start starter
were received from Packard Electric - $5702.39,
L.M. Pump Service - $3166.00 and Jensen
Electric - $5600.00.
Both Packard Electric and Jensen Electric submitted proposals to replace the existing Allen
Bradley with another Allen Bradley 3 phase soft
start starter. L.M. Pump’s proposal didn’t specify
the name brand.
Mike Jensen left the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
After much discussion, Younge made a motion
to accept the bid from Jensen Electric. Steenhard seconded. Younge aye, Steenhard aye,
Bohman aye, Jensen abstained. Motion carried.
Mayor Crowell reported that Electronic Specialties was to come and reprogram the City’s
siren to sound once per month as approved at
the September 9th City Council meeting. They
reported they are short staffed and for the City
to hire a local electrician to re-program the siren. Janeka reported that Wayne Koehler with
Koehler Electronics disconnected the siren from
the current program, but now the siren can’t be
manually sounded. All agreed that the siren is
very important for public safety and to have the
siren re-connected as soon as possible.
Steenhard motioned to adjourn. Bohman seconded, motion carried.
ATTEST
Michelle Duff
Thornton City Clerk
dismissed.
Dustin Hekel, 35, Charles City,
pled guilty on November 17 to Driving While Barred. Hekel was sentenced to seven days in jail, fined
$625 plus 35% surcharge, and $100
in costs.
Chad Betts, 41, Marshalltown,
pled guilty on November 16 to Possession of a Controlled substance
2nd Offense (pled from Possession
of Controlled Substance 3rd or Subsequent Offense) and OWI First Offense. Betts was sentenced to two
years in prison (suspended), 30 days
in jail, placed on one year probation,
fined $1,875 plus 35% surcharge
($625 suspended), $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $20 DARE, and
$220 in costs.
Jason Keys, 32, Mason City,
was found guilty on November 16
to Controlled Substance Violation.
Keys was sentenced to 15 years in
prison, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $10 DARE, $130 in restitution, and $1,177.75 in costs.
Johnny Hovenga, 22, Mason City,
pled guilty on November 16 to Interference With Official Acts Dangerous Weapon. Hovenga was sentenced
to five years in prison, fined $750
plus 35% surcharge (suspended), and
$320 in costs.
Amber Ward, 31, Clear Lake,
pled guilty on November 16 to Domestic Abuse Assault Display or Use
of Weapon (first Offense). Ward was
sentenced to 63 days in jail, fined
$625 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), and $176.50 in costs. Additional
charges of Willful Injury - Causing
Bodily Injury and Contempt were
dismissed.
Richard Thompson, 34, Thornton,
pled guilty on November 17 to Theft
in the Third Degree (pled from Theft
in the Second Degree). Thompson
was sentenced to 45 days in jail, fined
$625 plus 35% surcharge, $125 plus
35% surcharge, and $120 in costs.
Gregory Kolb, 63, Thornton, pled
guilty on November 13 to OWI First
Offense. Kolb was sentenced to five
days in jail, fined $1,250 plus 35%
surcharge, $10 DARE, and $100 in
costs.
Vern Freese, 61, Ostrander, MN,
pled guilty on November 12 to OWI
First Offense. Freese was sentenced
to two days in jail, fined $1,250 plus
35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and
$100 in costs.
Atul Buhla, 28, Charlotte, NC,
November 13 to OWI First Offense.
Buhla was placed on one year probation, assessed a $1,250 civil penalty,
and $100 in costs.
Brendon Campbell, 23, Dubuque,
OWI First Offense. Campbell was
placed on one year probation, assessed a $1,250 civil penalty, and
$220 in costs.
Small Claims
Pebble Creek Associates LP vs.
Patricia Oliver, Des Moines. Case
dismissed without prejudice on November 11.
Kazuo Onoo, Mason City vs. Rufus Manuel, Mason City. Judgment
for the plaintiff on November 17 in
the amount of $5,000 with 2.37% interest from September 9.
Matthew Nepstad, Plymouth, MN
vs. Nathanial Windelow, Clear Lake.
Judgment for the plaintiff on November 16 in the amount of $4,351.91
with 2.37% interest from October 2.
Capital One Bank vs. Christina
Trebil, Mason City. Judgment for
amount of $1,089.74 with 2.37% interest from October 10.
H&R Accounts vs. Jody and Billie Farris, Mason City. Judgment for
amount of $1,640.57 with 2.37% interest from November 10.
Stacey Strilchuk, Garner vs.
Christina Jung, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on November
16 in the amount of $535 with 2.37%
interest from October 14.
Capital One Bank vs. Alyssa
Olsen, Mason City. Judgment for
amount of $2,990.94.
Hardy Rentals vs. Ann and Cody
Rose, Mason City. Judgment for
amount of $4,418 with 2.37% interest from October 28.
Property Transfer
DWDJ: Janet Burnett to Theodore
and Marylin Sammis; Warner’s 3rd
Add Lot 7; $112,500; 2015-7079.
DCD: Leonard Servidio Conservatorship and Rosetta Waychus Conservator to Russell Hardy; Felt’s,
Paul, Plat of Mason City Blk 4 Lot 3
MC Part of; $2,000; 2015-7072.
DWDJ: Joseph, Krista, Charles,
and Jenna Dickman to Kent Goates
and Tammie Manley; Meservey
(Original Town) Blk 20 Lot 7, Blk
20 Lot 8, Blk 20 Lot 9 MV S 12 1/2’
of Lot 9 Fulfillment of Cont B14
P1049; $25,000; 2015-7071.
DAFF: Donald Esser and Marilyn
Schmidt Life Estate to Tammy Millard and Judith Spear; Fairview Add
Blk 1 Lot 12 MC; 2015-7070.
DWDJ: John Groninga to Mark
and Shannon Dodd; 3-96-20 Sub. Of
NW1/4 Lot 30 A Tract of Land in;
Decker’s Add Lot Outlot B MC Portion of; $279,000; 2015-7063.
DAFF: Sharon and Robert Deed,
Robert Dee Clear Lake Qualified
Personal Residence Trust, Sharon
City of Rockwell
CITY OF ROCKWELL
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Mayor Sheldon called to order the regular
meeting of the Rockwell City Council at 7:00
p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2015. All
Council members were present. Also present
were Brain Koob, Kelly McGowan, Tom Hensley,
Jay Siefken and Chief Whitney.
Flatness moved to approve the minutes of the
previous meeting as presented. Motion seconded by Worley, carried unanimously.
The Library report was tabled until the next
meeting.
Weier noted that the water deposit is stated
in the City Code and felt the change previously
discussed could be visited with code updates.
Siefken told the Council he had pricing from
Visu-Sewer for the last of the televising to the
Lagoon. Siefken also stated he had videos and
cost for work on the Library sewer line repair.
Siefken showed the Council the televised sewer
line and the approximate locations that may
need attention. Council discussed the options
and cost given for the repairs and funds to pay
for them. Brown asked if there would be any
guarantee on the work. Siefken will check into
this. Flatness moved to repair the sewer line
at the quoted cost of $10,875 for the forty-three
feet that the Council discussed and felt warranted repair. Motion seconded by Bills, carried
unanimously.
Siefken will get more information on pricing
from Visu-Sewer to televise and clean lines to
the lagoon for the next meeting.
Siefken reported that the State will not approve for the pool to cap the lines as we have
discussed and will require having the flooring
dug up and fixed as the Engineer plans show
for the circulation of water. Siefken would like to
do more research on this. Worley noted that we
will need to budget more funds to the pool, as
stated before, the painting will need to be done
and other upkeep will be coming into play.
Brown asked about the software for the utility
billing and financials and if the computer will
work for this. Weier stated that they had just
downloaded everything on the computer this
morning.
Flatness reported on the Landfill meeting, noting Rockwell was second place for the hazardous waste collection this year. Flatness noted it
has been a pleasure to be on the landfill board
and watch the improvements there.
Mayor Sheldon noted that when the time
comes January first, he has talked with Andy
Johnson, and he would accept the council position if the Council so chooses to appoint him, as
he was the next with votes for the candidates on
the ballet, when Bills vacates his Council position.
With no further business, Wentz moved to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Bills,
carried unanimously.
ATTEST
William Sheldon, Mayor
Lorna Weier, City Clerk
Dee Trustee, Robert Dee Trustee,
and Ronni Begleiter Attorney in Fact
to Sharon Dee; Dodge’s Point Park
Blk 10 Lot 19 Und 10% Interest;
2015-7062.
DCD: Ralph Smith Estate and
Ann Papouchis Executor to River
City Rentals LLC; Parker’s 5th Add
Blk A Lot 10 MC; $31,500; 20157059.
DWD: Lewerke Real Estate LLC
to Navratil Excavating Inc; Village
Green Industrial Park 1st Sub., The
Blk 1 Lot 1 MC Part of as Desc in
Survey B07 P1332 (Containing
326787 SQ FT); $125,000; 20157056.
DAD: Dale and Bonnie Klunder
to Richard Boehmer to Mariah Cary;
Brice & Ong Land Co.’s Street Railway Add., Aud Plat of Lots 1 & 2 Blk
14 Lot 13 MC Assigns Contract Rec
B13 P2827; $36,464; 2015-7048.
DWD: Charles Walker to Charles
Walker Trustee and Charles Walker
Revocable Trust; Young’s, R.S.,
North Shore Sub of Lots 1 & 2 1496-22 Lot 67, Lot 68 CL; 2015-7032.
DWDJ: Daniel and Linda Kennedy to Kent and Ann Orchard; Sandpiper Condominium Bldg Garage
7 Unit Garage 23; $20,000; 20157031.
DWD: Lois and Gene Schwade to
Susan Byrne; River Heights Add Lot
9 MC; $46,000; 2015-7027.
DAJT: Lois Schwade to Margaret Moon to Lois Schwade; River
Heights Add Lot 9 MC; 2015-7026.
DQC: Lyle Abbas to Lyle Abbas
Trustee and Lyle Abbas Revocable
Trust; Pine Tree Park Add Lot 9
CL; 07-94-21 NW NE, SW NE, NE
NE Parcel In W/2 NE/4 Contianing
139.75 Acres; Parcel in NE NE Containing 9.9 Acres; 2015-7024.
DQC: Lyle Abbas to Lyle Abbas
Trustee and Lyle Abbas Revocable
Trust; 13-96-22 Sub. Of NE1/4 Lot
4 Part of S 65’; 2015-7019.
DQC: CAM Tax Liens Fund IV
LLC to CAM Property Holdings
LLC; Kirtland (Original Town) Blk
3 Lot 8, Blk 3 Lot 9 RW W 1/2 Lot 9;
2015-7018.
DWDJ: Larry and Sharon Anderson to Stacy and Jessica Schroeder;
16-96-21 NW SW Parcel “C” in part
as Desc in survey B06 P10134 (Cont
12.86 Acres); $400,000; 2015-7013.
DWD: Mark and Lori Haaf to
Robert Carrott; North Hill Add Lot 2
CL; $93,500; 2015-7010.
DWD: Tamara and Brian Randall
to Habitat for Humanity of North
Central Iowa; Youngblood’s Add Blk
1 Lot 6 MC; $5,000; 2015-7009.
REPORTING to page 9
PUBLIC NOTICE
West Fork Community School District
WEST FORK BOARD OF EDUCATION
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
The West Fork Board of Education met for its
regular meeting in the Superintendent’s Office
in Rockwell. The meeting was called to order at
5:00 PM by Board President, Jim Tuttle. Board
members present: Mary Schlichting, Mary Beth
Sukup, and Roger Witte. Absent: Rob Heimbuch. Also present were Superintendent Darrin
Strike, Middle School Principal Tracy Peterson
and West Fork Board Secretary Lacey Weier.
Visitors: Travis Fisher, Paul Pruin, Terri Anderson, Mya Mathias, Mackenzie Ames, Joshua
Despenas, Emma McKee, Delany Christenson,
Mia Braun, Jason Meier, Hailey McCoy-Munger,
Rachel Hubka, Caleb Jones, Keanna Peterson,
Dusty Foster
After discussion, Sukup moved to approve the
Agenda, Minutes from October 19th, bills from
November, and October Financial Statements;
seconded by Schlichting. Motion carried 4-0.
Terri Anderson and students from 5th, 6th, 7th
and 8th grade shared with the board about what
they have been working on in her Social Science classes.
Schlichitng moved to approve the resignation
of para educator, Noel Marzen; seconded by
Witte. Motion carried 4-0.
After discussion, Sukup moved to approve a
Baseball fundraiser as presented; seconded by
Schlichting. Motion carried 4-0.
Superintendent Strike presented the board
with a resolution for the PPEL tax levy reduction
adjustment. After discussion, Sukup moved to
approve the resolution as follows; seconded by
Schlichting. Ayes: Witte, Tuttle, Sukup, Schlichting. Motion carried 4-0.
Whereas, the West Fork Community School
District recently discovered that an error occurred in the budgeting process of the District beginning in FY 13-14 and has continued
through the current year, FY 15-16, involving a
voter approved physical plant and equipment
levy (VPPEL) in excess of our legal authority.
This property tax levy has been certified at $1
per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation exceeding its true maximum authority of
67 cents per one thousand dollars during those
three years, and
Whereas, the Superintendent and the Board of
the West Fork Community School District have
taken prompt action upon discovery of the error
to notify relevant authorities and have sought a
solution to the issue, and
Whereas, the Superintendent and the Board
believe that taxpayers collectively should be
compensated in a way that is the most feasible,
practical and equitable, and
Whereas, the District has been working with
Cerro Gordo County officials, the control County
for its budget, and through them with officials of
the three other Counties that have lands that are
part of the West Fork CSD and with Iowa Department of Management officials, and
Whereas, the District understands that the four
Counties have determined that it is not feasible
to make adjustments to the tax statements of
taxpayers payable in the current year, and
Whereas, the District believes that the Resolution set out below is an appropriate and respon-
sible way to address this issue and the District
understands that relevant officials of all of the
District’s affected Counties and appropriate
personnel of the Iowa Department of Management approve of the approach incorporated in
this resolution.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
That the Board of Directors of the West Fork
Community School District per recommendation
of its Superintendent hereby states its intention
to adjust its prospective VPPEL property tax
levy in such a way that excess monies collected
in the past and to be collected as part of its VPPEL levy in fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016
will be returned collectively to the taxpayers of
the District. The District intends that this will be
accomplished by reducing its VPPEL property
tax levy below its normal maximum authority
of 67 cents per thousand dollars of assessed
valuation by an amount to be calculated yearly
in order to generate tax savings to District tax
payers collectively to match, in an equivalent
amount, excess tax monies earlier collected. It
is intended that this will be accomplished as part
of the District’s budgeting process for two years,
i.e. for property taxes levied and to be collected
for tax years 2016-17 and 2017-18. This adjustment will be affirmatively and transparently
presented during budget certification for fiscal
years 2017 and 2018 and calculations relevant
thereto may be independently examined upon
request by any District taxpayer.
This Resolution passed and approved this 16th
day of November, 2015.
Superintendent Strike presented the sports
equipment and flooring bid package for the West
Fork Wellness center. Sukup moved to approve
the bid package as presented prior to the release of the bidding; seconded by Schlichting.
Motion carried 4-0. Bids will be accepted at the
December 14th board meeting.
Principal’s report was given by Mrs. Peterson:
1. Iowa Assessments are complete
2. Veterans Day program was wonderful
3. Great Middle School Concert last Thursday
Superintendent’s report was given by Mr.
Strike:
1. Great job students on the Middle School
Concert, Musical and Veterans Day programs
2. School Board Conference is Wednesday
and Thursday in Des Moines
3. HS Fall Play is November 20th at 7pm
4. No school November 25th-27th for Thanksgiving break
5. December 3rd K-1 Concert
6. December 14th 2nd-4th Concert
7. December 17th HS Concert
8. Thank You to the Rockwell Lions Club for
the $2,000 donation to the After School Program
9. Thank You to the Foster and Evelyn Barkema Trust for the $15,000 donation for the Cardio
Equipment in the New Wellness Center
10. Iowa Drainage will provide snow removal
support and hauling
11. Bond Documents were delivered to 9 banks
in the area, they are due back December 3rd
Rob Heimbuch joined the meeting at 5:52pm.
Heimbuch made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:00 p.m.; seconded by Sukup. Motion
carried 5-0.
ATTEST:
Board President – Jim Tuttle
Board Secretary – Lacey Weier
GENERAL FUND
AEA 267, Supplies/Registration...........$264.64
Becker, Lynda, Reimburse ....................$39.99
Bell Piano Service, Tune Piano ...........$170.00
Blick Art Materials, Art Supplies ...........$443.60
Cartersville Elevator, Gas/Diesel ......$5,873.90
Cengage Learning, Business Class Workbooks .................................................$223.30
City Of Rockwell, Utilities..................$1,987.30
City Of Sheffield, Utilities .....................$531.24
Continuum Retail Energy Services, LLC, Natural Gas ...............................................$284.32
Country Designs, Memorial ...................$25.00
Crescent Electric Supply Company, Maint. Supplies....................................................$688.25
Culligan, Softner Salt ...........................$222.55
Decker Equipment, Maint. Supplies ....$241.75
Department Of Education, Bus Inspection ........
...........................................................$760.00
Diamond-Vogel Paints, Field Paint ......$876.75
Don’s Auto Service, Vehicle Repairs .................
........................................................ $1,118.11
Dugan’s Supermarket - Rockwell, FCS ...$3.40
Dugan’s Supermarket, FCS.................$397.94
Engel Law Office, Legal Services .....$2,082.50
Floyd & Leonard Auto Electric, Inc., Transportation Supplies ......................................$198.39
Follett School Solutions, Inc., Library Books .....
...........................................................$480.69
Fullerton, Wendy, Reimburse ................$66.14
Ginther, Gabrielle, Travel .......................$66.47
Glen & Kaci Harper, Reimburse ............$24.71
Gophermods Education, LLC, iPad Cases ........
...........................................................$198.00
Graham Tire, Vehicle Repairs..............$432.55
Hampton-Dumont Community School, Open
Enrollment 1st Quarter ..................$14,800.95
Harold’s Garage, Tire Repair .................$20.00
Heart Rate Monitors USA, Inc., MS Supplies ....
...........................................................$120.00
Huber Supply Co., Industrial Tech Supplies ......
...........................................................$134.82
Humboldt Music Boosters, Honor Band ............
.............................................................$10.00
Interstate Motor Trucks, Inc., Bus Repairs ........
...........................................................$427.13
Iowa Choral Directors Assoc., Membership.......
...........................................................$123.00
Iowa Department Of Human Services, Medicaid ...................................................$1,120.26
Iowa Division Of Criminal Investigation, Fingerprints ....................................................$78.00
Iowa Office Supply, Inc., Printer Supplies..........
.............................................................$68.39
J.W. Pepper & Son. Inc., Choir Supplies ...........
...........................................................$122.54
Johnson Sanitary Products, Inc., Maint. Supplies....................................................$555.66
Knudson, Jennifer, Reimburse ............$175.50
Lance Thompson, Reimburse ...............$21.38
Lea Mobile Glass, Inc., Vehicle Repairs ............
...........................................................$235.00
Lowe, Hannah, After School Program Help .......
...........................................................$117.81
M & N Heating And Cooling, Building Repairs...
...........................................................$353.80
Martin Bros., Supplies .........................$625.72
Mcgraw-Hill School Education Holding, Textbooks .................................................$209.65
Menards - Mason City, Industrial Tech Supplies
...........................................................$191.56
Meyer, Randy, Sporting Event Help.......$50.00
Midamerican Energy, Electricity/Gas .................
........................................................$3,940.59
Midwest Technology, Industrial Tech Supplies...
...........................................................$517.55
Minorites & Success, Human Resources ..........
........................................................$2,195.00
Murphy’s Heating & Plumbing, Inc., Repairs .....
...........................................................$386.87
Napa, Transportation Supplies ..............$25.67
NCIBA, Registration Choir .....................$20.00
NIACC, Cpr Training .........................$1,179.00
NIVC Services, Inc., Sped Services ....$475.86
NWEA, Testing Supplies...................$8,862.50
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., Transportation Supplies......................................................$15.96
Overhead Door, Repairs - Shop Door ...............
...........................................................$154.00
Plank Road Publishing, Inc., Choir Supplies .....
...........................................................$137.45
Plumb Supply Company, Maint. Supplies..........
.............................................................$51.92
Postmaster, PO Box Fees .....................$90.00
Randy Bohman, Sporting Event Help ..$140.00
Rieman Music, Band Supplies...............$68.98
Rockwell Cooperative Telephone, Telephone ....
...........................................................$477.86
Rod Fleshner, Sporting Event Help .......$50.00
Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock CSD, Open Enrollment 1st Quarter ......................$15,915.00
School Specialty/Classroom Direct, Art Supplies.................................................$2,433.09
Shelley Sheppard, Reimburse ...............$11.00
Software Unlimited, Inc., Software Updates ......
...........................................................$241.08
Staples Credit Plan, Elem Supplies .......$11.20
Strike, Darrin, Travel ............................$253.00
Tony Laudner, Sporting Event Help .......$50.00
Walmart Community/Gemb, Sped Supplies ......
.............................................................$58.44
William V. Macgill & Co., Nurse Supplies ..........
.............................................................$65.17
Wilson Language Training Corp, Sped Supplies....................................................$414.72
AEA 267, Registration Professional Development ...................................................$420.00
All Star Pest Control, Pest Control ........$75.00
Bell Piano Service, Tune Piano .............$85.00
Bev Bohach, Accompanist ...................$100.00
CAL Community School, Open Enrollment 1st
Quarter ............................................$1,591.50
Card Services, Travel/Supplies/Registration .....
........................................................$4,044.53
Central Lock & Key Inc., Keys .................$1.93
D & L Sanitation, Inc., Garbage ...........$765.00
Frontier Communications, Telephone ..$631.95
Iowa Association Of School Boards, Background Checks And Registration .......$344.00
Iowa Communications Network, ICN Service ....
........................................................$1,582.68
K&H Coop Oil Co., Gas/Diesel .........$1,908.14
Mason City Community School District, Open
Enrollment 1st Quarter ..................$17,506.50
Menards - Mason City, Maint. Supplies .............
...........................................................$176.20
Mid-America Publishing Corporation, Board
Publications.....................................$1,059.70
MidAmerican Energy, Electricity/Gas ..$467.73
Nancy Retz, Accompanist....................$100.00
NIACC, Bus Training Class .................$475.00
Plank Road Publishing, Inc., Choir Supplies .....
.............................................................$37.61
Registration Services, MS At Risk Fieldtrip .......
...........................................................$285.00
Scholastic Book Fairs - 08, Book Fair ...............
........................................................$3,064.97
School Administrators Of Iowa, Conference Peterson.............................................$500.00
School Bus Sales Co., Bus Repairs ....$313.16
Schukei Chevrolet, Suburban Repairs ..............
...........................................................$203.00
Shelley Sheppard, Reimburse ...............$45.85
Staples Advantage, Office/Classroom Supplies
...........................................................$964.72
Fleet Farm, Transportation Supplies ...$100.77
University Of Northern Iowa, Elem/Ms Classroom Supplies ....................................$150.00
Belmond-Klemme Community School, Open
Enrollment 1st Quarter ....................$9,594.00
Central Iowa Distributing, Inc., Maint. Supplies .
........................................................$1,071.80
Eric Burt, Reimburse ........................... $111.30
Follett School Solutions, Inc., Library Books .....
.............................................................$71.74
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community, Open Enrollment 1st Quarter ........................$9,549.00
Iowa High School Music Assoc., All State Registration ................................................$16.00
Pellets, Inc., Tag Supplies .....................$18.50
TOTAL ..........................................$132,936.85
Capital Projects
Apple Inc, Instructional Technology .....$758.00
CDW Government, Inc., Chromebooks .............
........................................................$8,085.90
Martin Gardner Architecture, Wellness Center ..
........................................................$4,224.60
Shawver Well Company, Inc., Wellness Center
....................................................$101,920.00
TOTAL ..........................................$114,988.50
Physical Plant And Equipment
C. H. Mcguiness Co., Inc., Boiler Repairs .........
...........................................................$700.00
FIALA Office Products, Ltd., Copier Lease ........
........................................................$4,902.52
........................................................$4,678.65
FIALA Office Products, Ltd., Copier Lease ........
........................................................$3,002.93
........................................................$2,298.19
Next Generation Technologies, Technology
Maint/Support..................................$2,804.71
Schumacher Elevator Company, Elevator Inspection..............................................$554.13
LMC, Desks/Chairs...........................$6,350.85
Hot Lunch
Dugan’s Supermarket - Rockwell, Food ............
.............................................................$77.40
Ems Detergent Services, Cleaning Supplies .....
.............................................................$67.95
Keck, Inc., Commodities ...................$1,004.13
Martin Bros., Food ............................$9,599.58
Anderson Erickson Dairy, Milk ..........$3,222.63
Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc., Bread......
...........................................................$772.47
Keck, Inc., Commodities ...................$1,071.27
Martin Bros., Food ............................$7,029.47
TOTAL ............................................$22,844.90
Trust & Agency
Nelson, Madelynn, Scholarships .........$250.00
TOTAL .................................................$250.00
Activity Fund
Ames, Christian, FFA Fair Premium ......$33.76
Arbegast, Jeana, Reimburse Freshmen Homecoming .................................................$24.86
Belle Plaine Nursery, Jr Class Fundraiser .........
........................................................$1,547.01
Brian Pearce, Ref ..................................$70.00
Chuck Stetzel, Ref .................................$90.00
Cody Grant, FFA Fair Premium .............$28.76
Decker Sporting Goods, Booster Club/Football/
Basketball .......................................$6,521.00
Dennis Dingel, Ref.................................$70.00
Dingman, Stacie, Ref.............................$70.00
Enchanted Acres, Field Trip.................$200.00
Eric Burt, Reimburse Travel...................$40.56
Ethan Meints, FFA Fair Premium...........$28.09
Follett School Solutions, Inc., Boxtop Books .....
...........................................................$799.48
Great Ammerican Opportunities, MS Fundraiser ........................................................$714.70
Ihsbca, Baseball Coach Membership ....$30.00
Iowa State Center, MS Fieldtrip .............$28.00
Jay Grabinoski, Ref ...............................$90.00
Joel Grabinoski, Ref ..............................$90.00
John OErtel, Ref ....................................$70.00
Jostens, Inc., HS Yearbook ..............$5,463.77
Kailey Uhde, FFA Fair Premium ............$21.76
Ken Sabin, Ref ....................................$115.00
Kevin Wegner, Ref.................................$90.00
Kurt Walderbach, Ref ............................$70.00
Lance Thompson, Reimburse ...............$75.60
Madison Steenhard, FFA Fair Premium ............
.............................................................$46.76
Matt Starr, FFA Fair Premium ................$13.76
Meints, Collin, FFA Fair Premium ..........$44.09
Menards - Mason City, FFA Supplies - FFA
Barn ...................................................$124.12
Molly Dhondt, FFA Fair Premium...........$19.76
Precision Athletic Wear, Dance Team Resale ...
........................................................$1,737.40
Start Up Cash, Gate Money .............$1,150.00
Steenhard, Mariah, FFA Fair Premium ..$40.76
Steenhard, Morgan, FFA Fair Premium .............
.............................................................$35.76
Sukup Manufacturing, FFA Barn Lease .............
...........................................................$300.00
Tony Dahle, Ref .....................................$70.00
Trewin, Emily, Reimburse Freshmen Homecoming .................................................$16.15
Trophies Plus, Medals/Trophies ..........$510.80
X-Grain Sportswear, Booster Club ...$1,625.00
Yohn Co Inc., Cement - FFA Barn .......$660.02
Belle Plaine Nursery, Jr Class Fundraiser .........
........................................................$2,382.96
Card Services, Travel/Dance Team/Musical ......
........................................................$2,423.17
Coca-Cola Refreshments, MS Concession
Stand..................................................$278.76
Decker Sporting Goods, Booster Club/Football/
Basketball .......................................$4,222.50
FFA Association, Annual Membership FFA........
........................................................$1,385.00
Great Ammerican Opportunities, MS Fundraiser ..........................................................$76.35
Iowa State Center, MS Fieldtrip ...............$2.00
On Deck Sports, Baseball ...............$1,404.99
VanHorn, Brenda, Reimburse - Musical ..$72.47
Decker Sporting Goods, Basketball Shoes .......
...........................................................$199.00
TOTAL ............................................$35,223.93
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3rd Add Blk 7 Lot 17 MC; $112,500;
2015-6943.
DWDJ: Joy Warner, Carol Kennedy, Joanna and Kevin Lien, Larry
and Vicki Warner, and Cathy and Paul
Burtness to Theodore and Linda Wisman; 34-97-20 Sub. Of NW1/4 SE1/4
Lot 1 Part of Exc S 110’ of W 990’
(Containing 2.5 Acres); $125,000;
2015-6937.
DWDJ: Michael, Daniel, Chad,
Amanda, Elissa, Daniel, Michael, and
Amanda Berding and BCS to Brian
McPhail and Carrie Berding; 8-97-19
Auditor’s Plat of NW1/4 NW1/4 Lot
3; $25,600; 2015-6936.
DQC: Lyndi Gabrielson to Daniel Gabrielson; Clear Lake Industrial
Park 3rd Add., Replat of Lots 4 & 5
Lot 4 CL; 2015-6935.
MCON: Russell and JoAnn Hardy
to Dale and Bonnie Klunder; South
Mason City (Original Town) Blk 26
Lot 5 MC W 55’; $66,000; 20157051.
CRAIGHTON
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A Handy Reference
For Your Information
Kevin Craighton, Owner
THORNTON
City Clerk 998-2415
Library 998-2416
MESERVEY
City Clerk 358-6408
Library 358-6274
ROCKWELL
City Clerk 822-4906
Library 822-3268
SWALEDALE
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Licensed & Insured
Residential, Ag & Commerical
Installation & Repair
1446 220th Street
SHEFFIELD, IA 50475
Phone: 641-892-8038
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203 South 2nd Street
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892-4461
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Buckle up this Thanksgiving weekend Register your harvest
Thanksgiving weekend (6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 25 – 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30) is the busiest travel
time of the year for American motorists. Unfortunately, more motorists
on the roads increase the likelihood
of traffic crashes.
Wearing a seat belt is the single
most effective way to prevent injury
or death in a crash. The risk of a fatal injury goes down by 45 percent
when seat-belted in a passenger car
and 60 percent when in a light truck.
During the 2013, 301 people nationwide died on roadways (two in
Iowa), in which a staggering 58 percent were not wearing seat belts. Preliminary numbers indicate that there
were three fatalities in Iowa during
the same period in 2014. According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
approximately 12,584 lives were
saved by seat belts in 2013 and an additional 2,800 more could have been
saved if everyone had worn seat
belts.
Iowa has one of the highest seat
belt compliance rates in the nation
at 92.96 percent, but the unbuckled
7.04 percent represent 46 percent of
Your deer is down, tagged and on
its way to the truck. Your harvest is
not complete, though, until you register it either online, over the phone
or at a license vendor.
For hunters who have registered
deer for years, there is no change. It
takes just a couple minutes online.
Go to www.iowadnr.gov and click
on the ‘Hunting’ tab, then on ‘Reporting Your Harvest’ and follow
instructions. Be ready to enter your
tag’s nine-digit harvest report number.
the fatalities. The Iowa DPS and the
Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau
reminds you that whether you are
traveling near or far, take a moment
to simply buckle your seat belt.
The Iowa 4-H Foundation has announced applications are now available for its 4-H scholarship program.
Approximately 82 scholarship opportunities valued at over $75,350
will be awarded.
The various scholarship awards
range in amounts from $500 to
$3,500. Some of the scholarships are
open to students pursuing any field
of study, while others are open to
students pursuing degrees in agriculture, food and nutrition, ag business, animal science or journalism.
Former and current 4-H members
graduating from high school or currently attending college are eligible
applicants.
While a majority of the 4-H
scholarship opportunities are available for students attending Iowa
State University, scholarships are
available to students planning to attend an Iowa Regent university, Iowa
private college, Iowa community
college, or any land-grant university.
Iowa 4-H members are eligible
to apply for 4-H scholarships if they
meet individual scholarship requirements, as determined by the scholarship donors. Applicants must enroll as a full-time student to receive
scholarship awards.
Information and applications for
the 4-H Scholarships are now available online through the Iowa 4-H
Foundation at www.iowa4hfoundation.org/scholarships. Applications
must be submitted online no later
than 11:59 PM, Feb. 1 for consideration. Only one application form is
needed for all Iowa 4-H Foundation
Scholarships. Eligible students may
apply for more than one scholarship;
however, only one scholarship per
individual will be awarded per academic year.
Bring your family
for cookies & cider!
The national NACCE Innovation
Award-winning NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center provides college level courses and degree programs in entrepreneurship,
as well as comprehensive consulting
services for business start-ups, existing industries and owner transitions
in the North Iowa region. Space is
available for start-up businesses in
the North Iowa Business Incubator.
For more information, contact the
NIACC Pappajohn Center at 641422-4111.
Greenery • Stands
Bags • Wreaths • Swags • Roping
Free Shaking & Netting
Open Daily beginning November 28
Nov. 27
Nov. 28
Nov. 29
Call for Appointment 641-425-7717
Doug & Cyndi Miller
3 miles N. on 65 to 180th St. - Go E. 2 miles to Raven - On Southside Corner • Hampton, IA
Spreading Holiday CHEER!
Now, until December 9, if you withdraw cash at any of
our four ATM locations you may just get a one-hundred
dollar bill in place of a twenty. Stop by and test your luck
- you may end up tickled green!
ATM LOCATIONS:
Alden8%7&2I¿FH(914 Main St)
Dows8%7&2I¿FH(101 W Ellsworth St)
Hampton8%7&2I¿FH(400 Central Ave E)
6KHI¿HOG8%7&2I¿FH(202 Gilman St)
If you don’t have an ATM or debit card, apply for one today!
This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides in the hopes that it
will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a partnership between this
newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper Association.
Trolley Trail
Closing
Effective immediately, the Trolley
Trail located between Mason City
and Clear Lake along county road
B-35 is officially closed for the season. Motorized vehicles are prohibited on the trail throughout the year,
including snowmobiles during the
winter season. If you have any questions please contact Cerro Gordo
County Conservation Board at 4235309.
CHRISTMAS TREES
FOR SALE
Check out our HUGE Selection of trees!
Local 4-H’ers
NIACC Marketplace
encouraged to apply is open to the public
for scholarships
The public is invited to attend the
annual NIACC Marketplace from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday,
November 20 in the NIACC Activity
Center. Marketplace features merchandise for sale (tax free) by small
business entrepreneurs who are NIACC students, staff, alumni and faculty.
There will be several vendors
with a variety of merchandise such
as art work, jewelry, photographs,
books, cupcakes, and Christmas
cookies and much, much more.
By phone? Call 800-771-4692.
The deer should be reported by
the hunter whose name is on the
tag. It must come before midnight,
the day after the deer is tagged.
The harvest reporting system provides information much faster, and
with more detail, than the previous
postcard survey. This leads to more
responsive management of deer
populations like adjusting county by
county tags or special zone hunt allotments.
Scott M. Tompkins
MEMBER FDIC
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No banking relationship necessary to win. An account with United Bank & Trust Company will
not increase your chances of winning. Promotion period starts 11/25/2015 and ends 12/09/2015.
Scott M. Tompkins, 23, was shot Nov.
ZKLOHVWRSSHGWR¿[KLVZLQGshield wipers at the intersection of Park
Avenue and Harrison Street in Muscatine. Tompkins was found wounded at
9:43 p.m. only blocks from the Hardee’s restaurant where he worked as the
assistant manager. His coworkers described him as a nice young man without an enemy in the world. Investiga-
tors said the homicide was not related
to Tompkins’ job.
Tompkins’ mother stated her son
wasn’t happy with the increased gang
presence in Muscatine and that he was
stalked prior to his murder.
In February 2010, Muscatine Police
said they hoped new technology would
provide the key to charging someone
with Tompkins’ murder.
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
United Bank & Trust Company Holiday Open
Houses have all the right ingredients - be sure
to pick up goodies when you stop in for
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Scott M. Tompkins | Age: 23
Died: Nov. 29, 1995
Hometown: Muscatine
Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Alden, Dows, Hampton & Sheffield
MEMBER FDIC
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Anyone with information about Scott Tompkins’ unsolved
murder please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
at (515) 725-6010, e-mail [email protected], or contact the
Muscatine Police Department at 563-263-9922.

ONE DAY ONLY - SUBPALOOZA- Friday, Nov. 27

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