Slumberland Furniture in Oskaloosa

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EBF misses state duals by a point
EDDYVILLE – EddyvilleBlakesburg-Fremont
and
Dike-New Hartford tangled
for the regional wrestling dual
crown in Class 1A and for the
want of a point the Rockets
fell to DNH 39-38.
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page 9 for full story.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
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Seniors Mackenzie Fuller and
Adam Pothoven were crowned
Winter Sports King and Queen
Friday at North Mahaska High
School.
Taylor Hudson with her charges in Tanzania.
Katie Dahm had trouble letting go of the young kids she met during her five month trip.
NS women take caring talents abroad
NEW SHARON – Two women,
21 airports, four continents and a
lifetime of lessons learned. Taylor
Hudson and Katie Dahm, two seniors at Iowa State, took their talents
of caring and sharing to the far ends
of the earth from their homes in New
Sharon this past year. Returning to
the safety of the United States and
the town they call home, now the
women are on a mission to spread a
message.
Hudson and Dahm spent five
months traveling the world teaching
English to children of all ages, but
mainly those of elementary school
age. The dynamic duo from New
Sharon worked with International
Volunteer Headquarters bringing
English and basic skills to youngsters in Tanzania, Peru, India and
Indonesia.
“I am a senior child development
major here at Iowa State,” said Hudson, who spearheaded the trip. “I am
really weird. I am interested in in-
ternational adoption so I spend time
Googling international volunteer opportunities and I found this one that
was within a reasonable price.”
Dahm, an intern/production assistant at Iowa Public Television,
quickly fell under the spell of her
friend.
“She pitched the idea to me and
I said I would do it,” said Dahm. “I
was looking for a life-changing experience. I also saw the opportunity
to do a documentary on the trip.”
Life changing might not be the
most apt term for what these two
women experienced in their six
months of travel. They saw poverty
like they had never seen, racism, human inequality and some of the most
downtrodden of the world. They
also know what they saw was only
a microcosm of what is actually in
the world.
Hudson and Dahm travelled to
Bali, Indonesia for their first assignment. They were located in a low-
income area teaching English in the
mornings to five and six your old
children. They also served as teaching assistants. They were in Indonesia for about a month before heading
to New Delhi, India and an experience in an all-girls orphanage.
“There is a lot of poverty in the
world,” said Dahm. “I have never
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Home show
coming to NM
NEW SHARON – An annual tradition will make its return to North
Mahaska High School later this
month. For the 26th year the annual Farm and Home Show will take
place on Feb. 28.
According to Future Farmers of
America advisor Alyssa Foster the
show ha been a mainstay of the New
Sharon community for a quarter of
a century.
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coming to NM Page 2
Cablevey opened their doors to Governor Branstad and the Oskaloosa community on Wednesday to help inform others about the company
and their business.
Plans underway
Branstad Visits Cablevey
for 2015 Relay
for
Life
As Part Of 99 County Tour
Wyatt and Amanda Russell of Oskaloosa are ready to go “Rockin’ for
a Cure” at the 2015 Mahaska County
relay for Life event. The couple are
serving as the event leads this year.
Rockin’ for a Cure Relay for Life
will be held at Penn central Mall in
Oskaloosa on Saturday March 21
from 2-10 p.m.
“There is something for everyone
to do at this year’s event,” said the
Russells. “The theme is Rockin’ for
a Cure and we plan to have a rockin’
good time in store for all participants
and guests.”
Registration for the event is free
and available online at www.relayforlife.org/mahaskacountyia.
Registrants may create an account using
email or Facebook. Information is
also available on the Relay for Life of
Mahaska County Facebook page.
For more information, contact
the Russells at mahaskarelay4life@
gmail.com.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – No, they won’t
be able to help you with your cable
television. Cablevey can help you
feed your livestock, fish or convey
your food items like coffee and rice.
The tube conveyor uses cable driven
disks within the tube to transport
product.
Iowa Governor Branstad and Lt.
Governor Kim Reynolds stopped by
the Oskaloosa gem on Wednesday
morning, where they were taken on a
tour of the facility by Cablevey President Phil Hall and CEO Gary Hall.
The history between the Halls
and Branstad runs back generations, when they both participated in
trade-missions to places like China
and South America.
Before Branstad took the podium, Phil Hall gave the Governor
an over-sized calculator. “I know
he’s always battling with the state-
house over a budget, so I figured this
would be something that would help
him,” joked Phil Hall.
“We were very impressed with
how clean this plant is,” said Branstad. Nearly every visitor commented
on the neat and tidy appearance of
the manufacturing facility. “We
were very impressed with your facility.”
Branstad remembers the trip that
Phil and Gary’s father took with him
to China in 1984. “That was the sister-state of Hebei Province.”
That trip helps to set a course to
the relationship Branstad and current President of China Xi Jinping
have developed over time. “He was
treated so well when He [Xi Jinping]
came to Iowa, that he calls us old
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Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom talked about water quality and road
funding at Eggs & Issues on Saturday.
MidAmerican
Energy warns
of phone scams
DES MOINES – Phone scams targeting utility customers don’t appear
to be going away any time soon, according to new data from MidAmerican Energy Company. Although
none have been reported locally, the
company warns of the dangers. MidAmerican Energy said nearly
1,500 customers contacted the utility to report receiving a suspect call
in 2014. Of that number, only three
percent reported losing money or
disclosing personal information to
the scammer. The vast majority of
customers who said they received
scam calls did not provide information to the scammer, hung up, and
called MidAmerican Energy’s customer service number to report the
scam attempt. “The good news is, most people
are recognizing the signs and not
falling victim to these scams,” said
Terry Ousley, vice president, customer satisfaction for MidAmerican
Energy. “The bad news is, scammers
continue to strike, and it’s unfortunate anytime a customer loses money or personal information.”
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Highway Funding A
Green Dress
Constant Point Of
Discussion At Eggs & Issues Project returns
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The legislative
session in Des Moines is well underway, and the area’s three representatives to that body were on hand Saturday inside Smokey Row.
The point of discussion this time
focused primarily on how to fund
road maintenance and construction
in the state.
Before the topic of roadways took
over, Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom
addressed the gathered group about
water quality issues in the State of
Iowa and in particular the Director
of Des Moines Water Works threatening to sue three Iowa counties
over nutrient pollution.
Rozenboom, who is the ranking
member of the Natural Resources
Environment Committee, said that
to date they have had 9 hearings
specific to water quality in Iowa.
Rozenboom said that scientists from
Iowa State and the University of
Iowa and Iowa Agricultural Secretary Bill Northey have chimed in on
the issue. “We’ve just had a variety
of input as to water quality and of
course prompted, in large part, by
Des Moines Water Works intent to
file suit,” says Rozenboom.
“What I want to say about that, I
think, is this… I asked a question of
Roger Wolf from the Soybean Association earlier this week. It seems
like the discussion on water quality
begins with a premise, that our water quality is bad and getting worse
fast. That’s the narrative. And my
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Slumberland Furniture in Oskaloosa
OSKALOOSA – For the past several years, young women looking
for a dress for the annual prom have
turned to the Green Dress Project.
This year will be no exception. Mahaska County area girls are able to
secure a new or slightly used dress
for $20.
New Hope Community, 308 Fifth
Avenue West, in Oskaloosa, hosts
the event. New Hope is located in
the former Jefferson School building.
Organizers say the Green Dress
Project is designed for families that
are unable to afford the traditional
prom dress for their daughter. Many
of the dresses have been won only
one time and some not at all.
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Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds were in
Oskaloosa Wednesday morning. They toured the Cablevey Conveyors
facility. The pair then addressed those in attendance about the importance of companies like Cab
friends. So it’s not too bad to have
an old friend as the president of the
largest country in the world.”
“And your dad helped us build
that relationship,” said Branstad to
Phil and Gary Hall.
“Obviously it’s a world economy,” said Branstad. “We’re proud
to have a family owned business, located here in Oskaloosa, that’s doing
business all over the world.”
“It is a tremendous opportunity for
us to see first hand company’s just
like Cablevey that are located all
across our state,” said Lt. Governor
Reynolds. She said companies like
Cablevey “are doing great things.”
After the main message of the
morning, Branstad talked about his
visit with the Halls and Cablevey.
“It’s a great company,” said Branstad. Branstad said that he would continue to work to see companies like
Cablevey grow, and to help grow
Iowa’s economy.
Branstad says he has recovered
from the illness that caused him to
become ill and subsequently transported to the hospital, where he
stayed overnight out of an “abundance of caution”.
Cablevey President Phil Hall said
that he felt very fortunate to have the
governor come and visit their facility.
“Cablevey has exported their
product to 54 countries, and participate in 42 trade shows yearly, ” says
Hall. But many in Oskaloosa are unaware of what is best described as a
gem in the community.
“The Governor has been a big proponent of exporting for a long time,”
says Hall. Utilizing an overseas market in order to sell product has been
important for Cablevey, “so he’s
been a help to us”.
Hall says that the company is “becoming more active in the community” and uses the YMCA Winter
Open as an example of their growing
community involvement.
Hall says he sees Cablevey being
able to grow more in the Oskaloosa
community as a business. “We feel
like the facility we have here right
now is maxed out. We’ve pretty
much used every bit of space we
can, and now we’re saying, ‘what do
we need to do in order to expand’.”
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North Mahaska’s Got Talent
Talent Show
and
Soup Supper
An After Prom Committee
fundrAising event
Saturday,
February 21
at North Mahaska High School
Free Will Donation Dinner Served from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Show Time 6:30 p.m.
Show Tickets - Adults - $3.00
Students and Senior Citizens - $2.00
The sophomore ensemble of Katie Koehler, Jensen Kelderman, Hailey Castaneda, Elizabeth Moore, Jac
Munson and Shelby McGriff received two Is and a II for their performance of “Taking Your Kid to Work Day”
at the state speech contest in Cedar Rapids.
NM students perform at state
CEDAR RAPIDS – Students from
North Mahaska, under the direction
of Lindsay Miller, competed at the
state speech contest at Cedar Rapids
Washington High School. The five
acts had advanced to state competition after their performances at the
district event on Jan. 24 in Montezuma.
Despite solid efforts at state on
Feb. 7, none of the acts qualified for
all-state competition. Miler said she
was still proud of the effort the students showed at the Feb. 7 competition.
“Many of the groups had their best
performances of the season that day,
so they have a lot to be proud of,”
said Miller.
Each act was given ratings from
one to four. All of North Mahaska’s
acts received a I or II. The sophomore ensemble of Katie Koehler,
Jensen Kelderman, Hailey Castaneda, Elizabeth Moore, Jac Munson
and Shelby McGriff received two
Is and a II for their performance of
“Taking Your Kid to Work Day.”
Performances of “The Art of Mur-
GRINNELL – To better serve
the residents of northern Mahaska
County, Iowa KidsNet, the statewide organization that recruits,
trains, licenses and supports Iowa’s
foster and adoptive families, will
hold an information session in
Grinnell on Feb. 26 for individuals interested in becoming foster or
adoptive parents.
In the past the organization had
been holding sessions in Ottumwa,
which meant about an 80-mile
round trip. The Grinnell site cuts
that trip in half and better serves
northern Mahaska County residents.
Foster care is the temporary
placement of children with families
outside of their own home due to
abuse, neglect or other family cri-
sis situations. The goal is for loving
families to provide children with a
safe, stable and nurturing environment. There is no typical foster
family—foster families can be single, married, homeowners or renters and can come from all racial,
ethnic and religious backgrounds. This information session gives
attendees a basic overview of the
process involved in foster care and
adoption and an understanding of
the characteristics of children in the
child welfare system. There is no
obligation to continue in the process by attending.
There is a large need for more
families to foster teens, children
with special needs or behaviors and
sibling groups. Iowa also has a need
for more African American, Latino
der Mystery,” and the ninth grade
girls’ improvisation each received
ratings of I and IIs. The junior girls
improvisation and ensemble acting
“Teaching Assistant” received IIs.
Other students participating in the
contest were, Samantha Edmundson,
Carly Ehret, Bailey Upton, Tessa
Fuller, Rachel Freeborn, and Mackenzie Fuller. Also Bailey Ferguson,
Seth Edmundson, Megyn Walson,
Jadelyn Williams, Bailey Wanders,
Paige Miller, Alexys Adam, and Lucia Pajares.
Iowa KidsNet to hold info session
in Grinnell
and Native American foster and
adoptive parents.
To inquire online and see future
session dates, visit www.iowakidsnet.com. Registrants will receive
an information packet to fill out before attending the session.
Iowa KidsNet is a statewide collaboration of agencies that utilizes
a unique, cohesive approach to provide recruitment, training, licensing
and continued support to individuals who wish to become foster and
adoptive parents.
For more information, call 1-800243-0756 or visit www.iowakidsnet.com. Join us on Facebook at
www.fb.com/iowakidsnet or Twitter at @iowakidsnet.
Home show coming to NM from page 1
The event is sponsored by the
North Mahaska FFA chapter and
the North Mahaska Adult Advisory
Committee. All proceeds go to the
FFA Scholarship Fund.
While the show is geared to agriculturalists many home-based businesses also are on hand to sport
their wares. Agriculture students
will have some of their projects on
display, which allows the attendees
to see the abilities of the students
employing the knowledge and skills
they have acquired.
“I am not sure our hay rack will
be ready, but the feeding troughs
will be,” said Foster. “This show has
been going for a long time. I really
don’t know the history, but it has
been part of this community.”
Most displays are in the school
gymnasium and cafeteria, but some
equipment will be displayed outside. There is no admission fee and a
free lunch will be served. The show
opens at 10 a.m. and runs until 1
p.m. There will be door prizes and
other fun events.
Vendors are still welcome to register for a booth. Spaces indoors or
outdoors are available for $30. Electrical outlets are available on a firstcome basis.
This annual event is an opportunity for the residents of the area to
view wares from the vendors, interact with FFA members and support
a great cause. For more information,
contact Foster at 641-637-4187.
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New Sharon, IA
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Sat., Feb. 21 - 7 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 22 - 2 p.m.
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seen anything like this.”
Hudson said that what they saw
in many places could not be put not
words.
“No one can understand what we
saw,” said Hudson. “It tore at us that
people live like that on a daily basis.”
Inequality
Dahm and Hudson found themselves in situations that created immense unease. In India they were
told where they should go to be safe
– particularly from the possibility of
rape. They also experienced levels
of gender discrimination. It opened
the women’s eyes to the need to be
better informed culturally.
“I didn’t do enough to prepare to
go,” said Dahm. “I wish I would
have researched more where we
were going. I don’t want to be ignorant of the world.”
Hudson said it was difficult to
handle the disdain for America and
Americans.
“It was strange to have to defend
America and what it is all about,”
said Hudson. “We were told to say
we were from Canada. I don’t know
why they hate us so much.”
Despite the poverty, poor living
conditions, cockroaches and lizards,
and the hatred, both are hoping to go
again.
“I cried in every country we were
in,” said Dahm. “Working on the
video when I see those kids it tugs
on my heart strings. We developed
strong relationships with these kids
everywhere we went.”
Hudson also experienced the emotional roller coaster of what they
saw.
“It was amazing how emotionally
drained we became,” said Hudson.
“In New Delhi we had to go to a
Pizza Hut and sit for seven hours to
regain our sanity.”
Hudson and Dahm said many of
those people they interacted with
were somewhat thankful for what
they had almost oblivious to their
poverty-stricken condition. Dirt
floors and thatch roofs for housing
provided shelter for many.
Summing up the trip the women
said it certainly moved them out of
the comforts of New Sharon. “It is
good to be uncomfortable and go
somewhere that you don’t know
about,” said Dahm. “It is never too
late to do something. There is still
time to do it. There are opportunities in Mahaska County. You do not
have to travel across the world like
we did.”
Hudson said it comes down to
people.
“In general, it is how people meet
you and how we are treated that rally
matters,” said Hudson. “People who
are not happy or in misery just want
to know you care. At the orphanage they just needed money and we
didn’t have it to give.
“It doesn’t take much in other
countries. There was a girl in Tanzania that built an orphanage for
$3,000.”
The dynamic duo from New Sharon credited their community with
installing in them the wherewithal to
endure and bring a bit of happiness
to others.
“Our community does a heck of a
lot for our school and should get a
thumbs up,” said Hudson.
“We knew there was an entire community behind us,” added
Dahm. “We just want to say thank
you to our community.”
Dahm and Hudson were able to
see some other sights during their
travels hence the number of airport
stops. They said there was beauty
everywhere they went even in the
most poverty-stricken areas. The
beauty they saw often times softened the blow of the travesties they
encountered.
The trip began in June end ended
in November. The mothers of the
women joined them in Peru for the
final week. Oddly coming from a
South American country a treat was
searching out jalapeño chips and apple juice at the Des Moines Airport
at 6 a.m. They spent the day in Des
Moines and wanted to eat Mexican
food.
In reality it might not be all that
strange. The two caring and sharing
women are after all, college students.
Stop one: Bali, Indonesia
Worked in low-income school
Stop two: New Delhi India
Worked in an orphanage and school
Stop three: Tanzania, Africa
Worked in an orphanage and school
Stop four: Lima, Peru W o r k e d
in a special needs orphanage
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Green Dress Project
returans from page 1
NM
juniors host
talent night
There will be a Green Dress open
house held Saturday March 7 from 9
a.m. to noon and Thursday March 19
from 6-8 p.m. Dresses are also available Monday-Friday during regular
business hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Green Dress Project accepts
donated dresses, shoes, and jewelry. For more information, contact
Melissa Van Donselaar at 641-6606522 or by email at: jdtractr@gmail.
com.
NEW SHARON – Looking for
some fun an entertainment – that
will help a great cause?
North Mahaska junior class members and their parents announce
“NM’s Got Talent!”, a live variety
show to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. The show event will
take place in the North Mahaska Auditorium. North Mahaska students, teachers and alumni will sing, dance,
play and otherwise display their talents. More than 10 acts are on the
program. Tickets are $3 for adults
and $2 for students and senior citizens. A free-will soup supper will
begin at 5 p.m. Funds raised from the supper
and ticket sales go toward the 2015
North Mahaska After-Prom.
Marvin Knoot, the program emcee and a junior class parent, said,
“It’s a diverse and exciting line-up. I
think people from our community
will really have fun and enjoy seeing
people they know up on the stage!”
YMCA Winter
Open Offers
A Warm Place
During A Cold
Winter Snap
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It has become
a wintertime tradition in Oskaloosa,
as the 4th Annual Mahaska County
YMCA Open has people squaring
off with a two person tournament,
middle school teen night and more.
On Friday over the lunch-hour,
14 teams took to the course in the
annual tournament. In addition,
128 middle school students took
advantage of the Friday night social gathering. Students could also
purchase pizza and other snacks.
The golf holes are sponsored by
area businesses, and players paid
$5 each or $20 for a family to tackle the course.
The winter open coincides with
the Y’s annual campaign drive to
raise funds for the non-profit’s
yearly budget.
For Mahaska County YMCA
Interim Executive Director David
Phelps, the Winter Open was a
completely new experience. “This
is fun. It’s a great family event,”
said Phelps. “This is great. It’s a
great alternative for people to be
able to come in on a cold day and
be able to have fun with their kids.”
Phone Scams from page 1
High school students from around the state attended the digital communication visit day at William Penn University.
Students Across Iowa Visit William Penn
Digicomm Program
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Letting students explore and learn about the
tools of communication is the premise behind the William Penn University Digicomm Student Visit Day
this week.
Matt Wagner, Director of Digital
Communication at William Penn
University explained that this was
the 3rd year for the visit day. The
idea is to invite local high school
students and have them explore the
different ways of communicating
with the world around them.
The three hands-on workshops included sessions in radio, TV broadcast and social media.
The visiting students were served
lunch, while former Des Moines
Register sportswriter Bryce Miller
spoke about being a part of the industry.
Wagner says the increased awareness of the school’s program is another great benefit, and could potentially help to grow the program for
the university. “There’s a lot of area
schools that aren’t even aware of the
program that we have here,” said
Wagner. “I think they are impressed
when they get up here.”
The visit potentially finds an interest in digital communication that
the student didn’t know they had.
That was the case in a visit last year,
when a high school student came
to the visit day and found she liked
journalism. “It was sort of a catalyst
for realizing she sort of liked the creativity of communication and media,” says Wagner.
William Penn University offers
the communication degree that has
three emphasis that can be pursued;
television broadcast, journalism and
public relations. The visit day didn’t
target any specific emphasis. “It’s
meant to give them experience in
multi-media communication,” says
Wagner.
This year was the largest event so
far. In fact, so many students and
schools showed interest, a second
day in March is being planned. North
Mahaska was one of the five schools
in attendance at the visit day.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Technology
continues its steady march into everyday lives and, therefore, into
students lives. With that in mind,
school officials are taking steps to
equip Oskaloosa Middle School students with Chromebooks.
Chromebooks are different than
typical laptops produced to run
Windows or Apple’s OSX. It’s an
operating system built around being
primarily connected to the internet,
in turn, retrieving the needed applications and data in a direct feed from
the cloud.
This departure from traditional
technology is indicative of how
technology is moving forward, and
will allow the OMS students to uti-
lize the latest software and touchscreen technology.
A group of teachers and administrators at OMS worked to develop the plan for the middle school.
Several trips to other schools that
were utilizing different technologies
helped them solidify their choice.
Since the laptops will use more
bandwidth, because of the technology utilized, additional bandwidth
and infrastructure, such as wireless
access points, are being planned.
Fifty of the chromebooks have already been purchased and are in use
by staff at OMS in an effort to be
more familiar with the devices, in
order to help students when the time
comes.
If the board approves the measure, the cost to the district for the
Acer Chromebooks would come in
around $213,000. Much less than the
cost of the original 1 to 1 laptop program underway in the high school.
The current 1 to 1 laptops will potentially serve the high school for an
additional year, the computers will
then possibly find their way to the
Oskaloosa Elementary School for a
program to make technology more
available for those in grades 3, 4 and
5.
The funds to pay for the new computers would potentially come from
the 1-cent sales tax, and not from the
general fund of the district.
Also approved during the meet-
ing was the sale of the student-built
home located at 501 S. M Street.
The board had agreed to work
with a Realtor to help facilitate the
sale of the home, and an acceptable
minimum bid offer was received
from Joshua Twente in the amount
of $172,500.
At the end of the open session, the
board went into a closed session to
evaluate the performance of Superintendent Russ Reiter.
Linden. “There is a number of other
things we could do. And one of the
things we can do is in a bill that’s in
the House right now, which would
take some money from the General
Fund, from sales tax receipts, put it
into the road use tax fund. Protect it
constitutionally.”
“A bill that is being considered
now, that was dropped in our laps,”
Vander Linden said, raises the gas
tax instantly by 10 cents a gallon. “It
will make Iowa the highest gas tax
state in the region, except Wisconsin.”
Vander Linden added that other
states are considering raising their
gas tax as well.
Vander Linden said the bill was
presented in such a way as to try
to get it through both houses at the
legislature and onto the governor’s
desk.
“That is not gonna happen,” says
Vander Linden. “We didn’t like it in
the House when we saw the summary of the bill, which was about two
weeks ago. When they finally got
around to producing the bill itself,
it’s far worse than the summary.”
Ken Rozenboom took the opportunity to speak on the issue as well.
Rozenboom said that a task-force
in 2011 quantified the need to better fund Iowa’s road infrastructure.
“Four years have passed, and while
I agree with Rep. Sheets and Vander
Linden on their frustration,” that
a tax increase is the only thing being offered, “I think we have to do
something.”
“For me it’s come down to an
ideological difference on how we
spend money at the state level,” said
Rozenboom. He believes that both
parties need to work together on the
issues. “Senate Democrats simply
aren’t going to allow any General
Fund money to escape their grasp
and be used.”
“So while we have this ideological
disagreement, our roads keep getting
in worse shape. I’m a conservative.
Part of what that means to me is we
don’t kick the can down the road.
We pay as we go. And we’re kicking
the can down the road in two ways,
in my opinion. One, we have counties increasingly going to the bonding process to fund the needed act of
maintenance and construction activity, to the tune of over 200 million
dollars. And that money has to be
repaid by those that come behind us.
The other way we’re deficit spending, in my view, is simply the fact
the roads are deteriorating. We give
our teenagers the keys to the car…
and then we say, oh by the way, we
left a billion dollar deficit in road
maintenance. That’s another way of
kicking the can down the road,” said
Rozenboom.
The proposed 10 cent gas tax increase would help funnel $726,000
a year into the Mahaska County
Secondary Road Department. The
City of Oskaloosa would see just
over $200,000 in increased revenue
for roads. Currently, a new mile of
pavement starts at 1.5 million dollars
for a standard two lane road for new
construction. That same mile that
is milled and rebuilt costs approximately 1 million to complete.
The variety of views from the
three Republicans on the stage
shows the difference in views about
road funding, even within the Republican Party. “My sense is, this
thing isn’t moving forward,” said
Rozenboom of any new funding for
Iowa’s roadways.
The next Eggs & Issues is scheduled for February 28th at Smokey
Row.
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Eggs & Issues from page 1
contention is, is my sense is to push
back against that. I don’t believe
it’s bad and I don’t believe it’s getting worse,” said Rozenboom. “The
impaired waters list is often the barometer that’s used to advance the
narrative that our water quality is
getting worse because there’s more
impaired waters listed every year.
Well that has more to do with the
methods that are used to determine
impaired waters.”
Rozenboom said there are very
few ways to get off the impaired waters list.
Rozenboom added that 3 years
ago, the nutrient reduction strategy
started. “That’s in its infancy.” Going on, Rozenboom added that additional funding in past years, to
help in soil and water conservation,
have been in place for years and he
believes are making a difference.
“It’s picked up speed with the water
quality initiatives that have been put
forth and funded the past few years.”
“I feel really good about where we
are in Iowa,” said Rozenboom.
The real heat to take the winter chill off came when the first of
many participants asked the legislators about Iowa’s infrastructure and
roadways. “Isn’t there something
you can do to increase funding for
the infrastructure of the roads without raising the gasoline taxes?”
“Yes, is the short answer to your
question,” said Rep. Guy Vander
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Wednesday, February 25
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Tuesday, March 10
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Wednesday, March 11
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Thursday, March 12
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Friday, March 13
8 a.m.
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North Mahaska Menu
7:50am
B: Breakfast Wrap w/Salsa, Pears, Milk
11:30am
L: Weiner Winks, French Fries, Baked Beans, Sauerkraut, Rice/Raisins,
Apple, Milk
Friday, February 20
7:50am
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11:30am
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Monday, February 23
7:50am
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11:30am
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Tuesday, February 24
7:50am
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11:30am
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Monday, February 23
Breakfast -- Cereal, Toast, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Walking Taco, Refried Beans, Citrus Cup, Butter Sandwich
Breakfast -- Pancake on Stick, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Chicken Soup/Crackers, Carrots/Celery, Fruit Mix, Butter Sand.
Breakfast -- Cereal, Toast, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Cheeseburger Mac, Carrots, Lettuce, Apricots, Butter Sand.
Breakfast -- Sausage Gravy, Biscuit, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Chicken/Noodles, Potatoes, Broccoli, Pineapple, Butter Sandwich
Friday, February 27
Breakfast -- Oatmeal, Toast, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Pizza, Corn, Pears
EBF Schedule
Friday, February 20
8 a.m. WR-State Tournament
7 p.m. GBB-2A Regionals
8 a.m. Speech-All State LG @
ISU Ames
8 a.m. WR-State Tournament
Monday, February 23
6 p.m. School Board Meeting
7 p.m. GBB-2A Regionals
8 a.m. History Day- Local
Competition
7 p.m. BBB-2A Districts
ROCKET Submissions Due
7 p.m. Variety Show @ HS
Friday, February 27
5:30 p.m. BSB-Supper (FundRaiser)
6 p.m. BSB-Trivia Night(FundRaiser)
GBB-Youth EBF Tournament
8 a.m. Indian Hills JazzFest
8 a.m. Speech-District IE @ TriCounty
7 p.m. BBB-2A Districts
Monday, March 2
No School-Staff Development
GBB-State Tournament
Tuesday, March 3
Wednesday, March 4
9 a.m. SCC Academic Quiz Bowl
@ DC
3:30 p.m. PTO @ Eddyville Elem
Thursday, March 5
8:30 a.m. Vocal-JH SCC @ Clarke
6 p.m. Music Boosters @ HS
Friday, March 6
5 p.m. BB-Fun Night Supper @
HS
6 p.m. BB-EBF Youth Teams @
HS
8 p.m. BB-Seniors vs. Faculty @
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Saturday, March 7
BBB-Youth EBF Tournament
District Jazz Contest
FFA District @ Williamsburg
Monday, March 9
BBB-2A State Tournament
5 p.m. Bandorama Supper @ HS
7 p.m. Bands Perform
Tuesday, March 10
Early Dismiss (1pm)
P/T Conferences (4-8pm)
BBB-2A State Tournament
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Memorable, Mysterious, and Magnificent
By MARLENE SMITH
New Sharon Friends Church
I am discovering that the Lord
works in memorable, mysterious,
and magnificent ways—and usually
all at the same time. Let me explain.
Appointments with my oncologist
always bring a flood of memories
and this week’s appointment with
him was no different.
It was January 2011. I had just
retired mid-year from teaching at
North Mahaska schools. Exciting
retirement plans danced in my head,
anxiously waiting to be put into action. My husband and I were traveling that month to the Philippines as
part of a work team to help build the
Legacy Home orphanage with Dusty
and Dawn DeBoef. I was in excellent health — or so I thought.
As the calendar had flipped to
January, it was a mystery to me as to
why the Lord was impressing upon
my heart to read the book of Job —
the content of Job certainly didn’t fit
with what I had planned or what I
was expecting from my first year of
retirement. I didn’t have long to wait
for understanding to come: our mission trip had to be canceled less than
24 hours from takeoff because of our
daughter’s health emergency.
I found a lump in my breast and
breast cancer was confirmed along
with a myriad of lymph nodes being
infected — stage three cancer, not
good news. Surgery was to be scheduled in the following month of May.
I remember telling the surgeon that I
was looking forward to speaking at
Baccalaureate services for the Class
of 2011 — would I be able to speak
and then have surgery the following
week? Yes. I shared my heart with
those seniors, including the ones that
I had had the privilege of working
with in the high school choir.
Nearly four years have passed and
my testimony and commitment to
Jesus Christ has not diminished; in
fact, my love for my Lord has only
grown deeper. Have I understood
everything along the way? Certainly not, but I’ve grown deeper in
my love for Him. This past Sunday
I shared with folks at New Sharon
Friends the same “commitment”
that I had shared with those seniors.
Originally an anonymous young Af-
rican pastor had written it; he had
tacked it on the wall of his house. I
adopted it as my commitment many
years ago when I came to Christ and
surrendered my life to Him. This is
my heart:
“I’m part of the fellowship of
the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit
Power. The dye has been cast. I have
stepped over the line. The decision
has been made. I’m a disciple of His.
I won’t look back, let up, slow down,
back away or be still.
My past is redeemed. My present
makes sense. My future is secure.
I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning,
smooth knees, colorless dreams,
tamed visions, mundane talking,
cheap living and dwarfed goals.
I no longer need pre-eminence,
prosperity, position, promotions,
plaudits or popularity. I don’t have
to be right, first, tops, recognized,
praised, regarded or rewarded. I now
live by faith, lean on His presence,
walk by patience, lift by prayer and
labor by power.
My face is set, my gait is fast, my
goal is heaven, my road is narrow,
my way rough, my companions few,
my Guide reliable, my mission clear.
I cannot be bought, compromised,
detoured, lured away, turned back,
deluded or delayed. I will not flinch
in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the
presence of the adversary, negotiate
at the table of the enemy, and ponder
at the pool of popularity or meander
in the maze of mediocrity.
I won’t give up, shut up, and let
up, until I have stayed up, stored up,
prayed up, paid up, and preached up
for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes,
give till I drop, preach till all know
and work till He stops me. And when
He comes for His own, He will have
no problems recognizing me…my
banner will be clear!”
Yes, this week all kinds of memories came flooding back—and
through the mysteries of “why this”
and “why that,” there remains the
magnificence of Christ-the One who
gave Himself obediently, so that you
and I can have eternal life with Him.
(PS: The doctor said I was good
for another six months; to the glory
of God!)
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Church Directory
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Pastor Scott Collier
www.newsharonag.org
Wednesday
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Kingdom Kids (PreK-6th)
Unleash Youth (7th-12th)
Connection Groups
Sunday
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Baptist Church of Fremont
Pastors: Otto and Ruth
Hayes
Sunday School, 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship, 10:30
a.m.
Barnes City
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Rev. Jim and Linda Sears
Sunday
9 a.m. Sunday School
10 a.m. Worship
4 p.m. - Youth Group (Pre6th)
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
Barnes City
United Methodist Church
Pastor Michelle Williamson
Worship, 4:30 p.m., Sunday
Cedar Christian
Reformed Church
Pastor Josh Van Engen
9:30 a.m., Morning Worship
Cedar United Methodist
Church
Pastor James Dotson
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School
10:30 a.m.
Fremont Nazarene Church
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship, 10:30
a.m.
Sunday Evening
Services 6 p.m.
Fremont United Methodist
Church
Pastor James Dotson
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Children’s Sunday
School 9:00 a.m.
Adult Sunday
School 10:15 a.m.
LACEY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Roger White
641-673-5986
Worship, 8:30 a.m.
LOWER GROVE
CHURCH
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
New Sharon
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Lead Pastor Rev. Dave
Childers
www.nsfcc.org
Sunday
Worship, 10 a.m.
UFC (Students), 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Gems/Cadets, 6:10-8 p.m.
New Sharon FRIENDS
CHURCH
Marlene Smith, Pastor
9 a.m. Sunday School
10 a.m. Worship
Monday, 7 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting
Wednesday, 7 p.m. - Believer’s Hour of Power
New Sharon Harvest
Community Church
2083 Hwy. 102
Richard Smith, Pastor
Phone: 641-891-5060
[email protected]
Fellowship, 9:30 a.m.
Worship, 10 a.m.
New Sharon
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Lead Pastor Terry Pollard
www.newsharonumc.org
641-637-2561
Sunday
8 a.m., Traditional Worship
10:30 a.m., Contemporary
Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Kids Worship
Wednesday
6-8 p.m. - G2C Children
(1st-6th)/Meet @ Church
5:30-7:30 p.m. - PROS Middle School youth (7th-8th)/
6:30-8:30 p.m. - PROS High
School youth (9th-12th)/
Both Meet @ McVay Bldg.
Park Church of Christ
Evangelist: Mark Doland
1804 Burlington Road
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Sunday
Bible Class (All Ages): 9:30
a.m.
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Life Groups Sunday afternoon and Thursday evenings
PEORIA CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
Pastor George Den Oudsten
10 miles west of
New Sharon
[email protected]
www.peoriacrc.org
Worship, 9:30 a.m. and 6
p.m.
Rural New Sharon
UNION MILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Pastor Kerry Lake
Worship, 10:35 a.m.
SEARSBORO
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Don Job
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
Worship, 11 a.m.
TAINTOR COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Pastor Joe Goemaat
641-891-8128
Sunday
Worship, 9 a.m.
Coffee Time, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday
Young Peoples, 6:30 p.m.
All ages welcome
WEST LIBERTY
CHURCH OF CHRIST
7 miles west of Montezuma
on Diamond Trail
Sunday
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Evening, 6 p.m.
Fourth Friday Night
April to October
Singing and Fellowship, 7
p.m.
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Mahaska Co. Opinion & Obituary
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Country Girl’s Corner
Mattress Wars
Lower Grove News
By Rosemary Schmidt
Mud, mud, mud, is anyone else tired
of mud? Those of us in the country are
used to this in the spring, but then we
know it is just a matter of time until
it dries up. It is always a good thing
to thank God for all the blessings he
gives us, but I know that farmers with
livestock could have a hard time giving thanks when they are knee deep
in mud. And then we ladies have to
deal with the mud on the floors when
people come into the house. No matter
how careful one is, it seems to follow
us in the door. The nice warm temperatures were appreciated though and so
I should not complain. Kalvin is like his father, he watches
nature to see what is going on with the
weather. He just told me that he thinks
we were going to have an early spring. As he was looking out the window just
now he saw a sparrow bringing stuff to
build a nest. I said that sparrow might
just be ‘confused’. When thinking of writing my column, I said to Kalvin, “the news is
kind of slim this week”. Now if you
know Kalvin, he always has an answer
and he said to just ‘make it up’ as the
well known reporters do, like Brian
Williams did from NBC. We all know
that the news media ‘hypes” thing up
to keep it interesting. Even the weather
they try to embellish and most of the
time it does not need to be reported as
‘bad’ because we figure that out real
quick. I don’t think that they understand that we would like to hear some
good news and there IS some of that
out there. Haven’t been going away much,
but Monday Norma Conover asked
me to go along to Oskaloosa with her
to shop. I was planning on cleaning,
but decided that was a waste of time,
so said why not? She was shopping
for a pair of boots and I was shopping
for nothing, but was looking forward
to eating at the Asian Buffet. While
there I saw this guy come in with a
sheriff department’s uniform on. Visited with him awhile as he is Don De
Kock (Charlene’s step-son). On Sunday I went to church, Sunday school, and to lunch with Darlene
Kool at the Pella Family Restaurant. While there Leona Van Wyk stopped
at our table….can’t I ever get away
from you, Leona? Just kidding! Thursday I needed to go to Ottumwa
to return an item and asked Nancine
Bruxvoort to go along. She said she
would pay for my lunch at Applebees
and that sounded good to me. But, as
we got closer to Ottumwa she wanted
to know if we could go to Riverside
Café and she could have the famous
rib-eye sandwich. That was fine with
me and when the waitress delivered
the food, Nancine could not believe
the big portions of food that was put
on the table. They do not intend for
you to go away hungry and we didn’t. We both took part of our food home
for supper. We also went shopping at
Kohl’s, Herberger’s and Christopher
Banks. The house construction is progressing, but again the mud has made it difficult. They have put new rock on the
driveway, but the driveway is new and
so the base underneath is not firm yet.
Now that it is getting froze up again
they will be able to get the appliances
delivered this week. The floors are
down and the kitchen cupboards are
in. The painting is all done in the main
house, but needs to be done in the garage yet. Kalvin and Carrie are getting
excited about getting in the new house.
I’m making turkey and home made
noodles today. After thanksgiving
there was some turkey left so I took
it off the bones and froze it. A person
gets tired of turkey right after Thanksgiving, but it will taste wonderful now. They are going to work at the house
today, so I’m sure they won’t mind
eating homemade noodles…never met
a man that didn’t like it!!!
Kalvin brought home two big green
cucumbers from the store and wanted
me to slice and pickle them. I sliced
the cucumbers & a sliced onion in a
bowl and put sprinkled salt on them. Let them set for about an hour. Then
rinse and put them in a brine of 1 cup
water, ½ cup vinegar, ¼ cup sugar. If you don’t like that much vinegar,
just cut down the portions. We like
celery seed so I also use ¼ tsp. Then
put them in a jar and store in refrigerator. We think it is a ‘wintertime
treat’. When you buy the cucumbers,
they are not like our homegrown ones
and need to be taken care of within a
day’s time.
Another ‘pickled’ food that we
like is Three Bean Salad. I know this
is a recipe that was popular in the
1970s.
Three Bean Salad
1 can whole green beans
1 can whole wax beans
1 can kidney beans
1 big sliced onion
1 green pepper (cut in strips)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
2/3 cups vinegar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
Drain all three cans of beans. Combine beans, onion, and green pepper. Combine sugar, oil, vinegar, salt and
pepper. Then drizzle over beans. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Give the mixture a stir a time or two.
(I also like to add a ½ tsp celery
seed)
4 SIGNS THAT YOU’RE
BURNED OUT
1. You wake up to discover your
bed is on fire, but you go back to sleep
because you don’t care.
2. Visions of your upcoming weekend help you make it through Monday.
3. Your friends ask how you’ve
been and you immediately scream
“get off my back”.
4. Your trash is in your “in” box. By Sheryl Carter
I have written somewhat about
this before in my column, but this is
the whole story, in case you wanted
to know.
As a kid I was a great sleeper. I
slept deep and long. After I was married and we began to have children,
I was expecting baby No. 3 when I
noticed our mattress, which wasn’t
a high end one anyway, was getting more and more lumpy with the
springs poking up right under my already sore body. I complained, but
we couldn’t do anything right then.
A couple of years later, we had
moved to a different house. It was
the ‘70s and the waterbed craze
had hit the land. My husband said,
“Let’s get a water bed.” I kind of
thought that was a hippy thing to
do, but agreed and we got our first
water bed — a full bladder in a big
wooden box frame with an ornate
headboard complete with lights and
a decorative mirror. Our kids were
so happy for us they tucked us in that
first night.
Oh, the joy. The waterbed was delightful. Warm and soothing, first of
all because of the flat heater under
the bladder, and also because there
were no lumps, bumps, or metal
springs underneath us. That bed kept
us warm and happy for the next 17
years or so. Then I came down with
Fibromyalgia.
What the cause might be was undetermined — a virus, a car accident
— I had suffered both—or sleeping
on an electrically heated bed—the
electromagnetic waves have been
shown to be very detrimental to the
human body, which I learned much
later. Whatever the reason, I was in
pain. And I was also getting tired of
having to lean way down to make the
bed, as those first water beds were
set quite low to the ground. Then our
mattress sprang a leak. Whoops.
This necessitated a new frame and
box springs, so our next choice was a
waterbed with tubes, which was supposed to be adjustable according to
each sleeper’s preference. My poor
patient husband. I can’t tell you the
number of times we unzipped that
mattress cover and either added or
subtracted the amount of water in
the tubes.
After awhile that mattress didn’t
work, so we graduated to a better
quality soft side waterbed with twin
bladders—again you could adjust
them to please each sleeper, which
still entailed more adding and subtracting of water. That lasted for a
few more years until my quality of
sleep was once more troubling. Plus
going away to visit and trying to
sleep on a regular mattress after being used to a water bed for close to
30 years was a nightmare. I couldn’t
settle for the life of me.
We had heard about the new memory foam mattresses so I checked
into them. Wow, they weren’t the
$5.99 special, but we thought we
would give it a try and bought one—
a low-end selection.
For the first two years I was delighted. The bed slept great—I was
comfortable and resting well. No
aches and pains, until it began to sag
with resulting bad headaches. The
company gave us a replacement; it
came and was very nice. I was happy, thinking the mattress wars were
at last over and settled.
Wrong. After two years this mattress also began to sag. Once again
I didn’t want to face facts but finally
had to. I looked up memory foam
mattresses online. There in black
and white was the truth that some
memory foam mattresses do sag—
the cells compress and there is no
going back.
OK, I thought, we will just seek
out a nice cheaper pillow top regular mattress with coils. I visited the
various mattress stores, checked the
brands, and came home to conduct
further research online.
It is one thing to read the glowing
reports from the mattress companies,
lie on one in the store (they all feel
fine) and quite another to read the
findings of actual users. And they
weren’t good. Sagging was the overall biggest problem with every mattress I reviewed. I also checked out
a site called “Sleep like the Dead”
who gave unbiased reviews of most
any mattress brand I typed in.
Then I happened on latex mattresses. Ah, I knew about those—I
a fun evening!
The North Mahaska Jazz Band will
be performing at the Indian Hills Community College JazzFest in Ottumwa
on Feb. 28th.
Also on Feb. 28th will be the North
Mahaska FFA Farm and Home Show
held in the high school gym.
Another event coming up at North
Mahaska is a Blind Volleyball Tournament. A sheet will cover the net to
block players’ view of the opposing
team. The teams playing will not know
when or where the volleyball will be
coming over the net at them.
Teams are needed for the tournament, which will be held the evening
of March 6. Teams of 6–10 players
and must be co-ed and split evenly
between male and female members.
There are posters and registration
forms at some New Sharon businesses
and at the school. Funds raised from
this event will also go towards the NM
after prom party.
The North Mahaska After-Prom
Committee would like to have your redeemable cans and bottles. A can drive
is being held to raise funds for the NM
after prom party. There is a trailer at
Vic’s Dairy Crème in New Sharon
where you may deposit your cans. On
March 14 from 8 a.m.– 12 p.m. junior
class members will be going door to
door in New Sharon collecting cans.
You may contact any junior parent or
junior class member if you have cans
to pick up. Barnes City residents may
contact me to have your cans picked
up.
Don’t forget to take your recyclables to the recycle bin. It is located on
the north side of City Hall.
Have a good week!
Taintor-Granville-Lynnville
By ADA MAE VAN MAANEN
Lois Klyn and Dorothy Rus attended homecoming ceremonies at Pella
Christian High School.
Henry and Alma Jane Veldhuizen
celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Feb. 2. Birthday wishes to
Henry Veldhuizen Feb. 5.
Phillip Vander Wilt visited David
and Garnet Gertsma and John Andrew
Gertsma.
Dot Zylstra attended the wrestling
meet at Lynnville-Sully to watch
grandsons Noah and Sage. Granddaughter Teryn stayed overnight with
Dot and Denny Zylstra that evening
and grandson Jax stayed on Friday..
Dot watched Noah and Sage wrestle
again on Saturday.
Scatter Joy met Feb. 5 at First Reformed Church.
Dorothy Rus, Lois Klyn (Roy) gathered at the home of John and Lois
Klyn on Jan. 29. Bonnie Boot and
grandson Bryley Vos joined them later
in the day.
Several ladies gathered at Friends
Church in Lynnville Jan. 29 to make
quilts for a Texas-Mexico mission trip.
“For every minute spent organizing,
an hour is earned.” – Unknown.
Walter and Ethyl Sylvester spent
Jan. 23-25 with Kris and Jim Mennen
and Brook near Omaha. They watched
Brooke, a sophomore, play basketball.
Her junior varsity team is undefeated
this season. On Jan. 25 they watched
her play soccer.
Nancy Locker, Lillian Davidson,
Harold and Bev Rehberg, and David
and Garnet Gertsma, enjoyed a Rehberg sibling time at Lillian’s home in
Brooklyn Jan. 29.
Carol Fynaardt, and John and Lois
Klyn met at Country Inn Pizza for dinner and conversation Jan. 30.
When we had visited our daughter
and family in Arkansas, I had noticed
storefront advertising organic beds
and had wondered what that was
all about. Now I checked into it and
found Mountain Aire Organic Beds.
The owner, Joyce Robertson and I,
exchanged phone calls and emails.
She assured me she was familiar
with the brand of latex mattress I
had been looking at as she used to
sell them. “This is why I went to
our own organic latex, so we could
be more in control of the quality.”
She assured me that not only was the
latex organic, but the wool fleeces,
blankets, plus the cotton mattress
cover itself were all organic, which
appealed to me.
We decided to give it a try and
went down to Arkansas to visit our
family and the mattress showroom.
All the different latex mattresses
were on display in the store for
customers to try out. You had your
choice of three layers of firm, medium or soft for the nine-inch mattress and more for the 13-inch one. I
chose two firms on the bottom and a
soft on top plus the wool topper.
I have been on the new bed since
Dec. 3 and have changed the layers
out every way possible winding back
up with the first choice of medium,
medium, soft and am sleeping fine.
This brand of organic latex is guaranteed not to sag either in the top or
the sides and is supposed to last for
years. Sleeping on wool is another
benefit as it is healthy for the body.
So far, I am very happy with our
decision and sincerely hope and pray
this will be the final end of the mattress wars.
Obituary
Barnes City News
Bob and Phyllis Rauch celebrated
their 59th wedding anniversary on
Feb. 11. Recent birthdays were Nancy
Doonan on Feb. 12, Rose Higgins on
Feb. 16, and Matthew Weghorst on
Feb. 17. I hope everyone enjoyed their
special day!
The fire department will have their
monthly training on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
at the fire station.
Barnes City scrapbookers and card
makers will be getting together on
Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. at 700 Cherry Street.
The talent/variety show, “North Mahaska’s Got Talent”, is almost here. It
will be held the evening of Saturday,
Feb. 21 in the NM auditorium. Before
the show there will be a chili and potato soup supper in the cafeteria, starting
at 5 p.m. There will also be hot dogs
and dessert served. The show starts at
6:30 p.m. Funds raised will go towards
the NM after prom party. It should be
had slept on one for five years before our marriage and had greatly
enjoyed it. Was this an answer? I
checked into a couple of brands
and thought I had found one and it
was even local! But further checking showed 10% of those mattresses
also sagged, due to the poor quality of the latex. I didn’t even want
to think about which percentage we
would fall in. Also the company did
not support its customers very well.
Marie Winegardner
Oskaloosa. Marie I. Winegardner, 96, of Oskaloosa, formerly
of New Sharon, died Tuesday,
February 10, 2015, at Northern
Mahaska Nursing and Rehab in
Oskaloosa. She was born Saturday, August 24, 1918 in North
Dakota, the daughter of Theodore and Mabel Wang Larson.
On March 3, 1938, Marie was
married to Roy Bergvik, and
he died in 1940. On January 7,
1942, she was united in marriage
to Junior Winegardner in Lancaster, Missouri, and Junior died
April 21, 2012. Marie enjoyed
being a homemaker, and helping
on the farm. She enjoyed working outside on the farm, helping
milk cows, raising chickens and
tending to her garden. She also
enjoyed reading. She will be remembered as a talented baker,
notably her bread and cookies
that could not be duplicated. She
had been a member of various
neighborhood clubs. She had a
warm and tender spirit and family was the center of her life; she
enjoyed many extended family
get-togethers over the years. She is survived by her four
children, Roy Bergvik of New
Sharon, Judy (& Delbert) Moody
of Tracy, Dick (& Co) Winegardner of Vass, North Carolina, and
Ted (& Pat) Winegardner of Rose
Hill; eight grandchildren, Roy (&
Molly) Bergvik, Jr. of Othello,
Washington, Kip Bergvik of New
Sharon, Rita Wilson of Phoenix, Arizona, Darin (& Jennifer
Wright) Moody of Tracy, Rick
(& Sue) Winegardner of Vass,
North Carolina, Beckie (& Chris)
Boyle or North Darthmouth,
Massachusetts, Matt Winegardner of Austin, Texas and Mike
(& Jill) Winegardner of Lexington, South Carolina; 24 great
grandchildren; nine great great
grandchildren, two step great
great grandchildren; a sister-inlaw Nellie Helwig of Knoxville;
and many special nieces and
nephews.
Marie was preceded in
death by two husbands; her parents; three grandchildren: Kari
Bergvik and Daryl and David
Moody; a great grandson, Sean
Pulley; her brother: Chris Larson.
A memorial service will
be held Monday, February 16,
2015, at 1 p.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel with the Reverend
Del Bittner officiating. As was
her wish, she has been cremated,
and burial of the urn will be in
the Bellefountaine Cemetery at
Tracy. Visitation with the family present will be Sunday from
2 – 4 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Memorials may be made to the
Bellefountaine Cemetery Association.
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AUCTION
Poweshiek County
Land Auction
at VERACITY SALES, LLC
315 HIGHWAY 22 - KESWICK, IOWA
266 Acres m/l - Grinnell, Iowa
to be auctioned
Saturday, February 21 - 9:31 A.M.
Thurs., Feb. 26, 2015
ANTIQUES: oak wall phone, 16 gauge shot gun, metal toys, seed sack, 48 inch round
oak table, oak chest, oak tables, metal beds, crocks, granite ware, Aladdin lamp, other
lamps, silver coffee service, silverware, teddy bear, Longaberger baskets, kraut cutter,
wash board, cream can, baby stroller, cake stand, stoneware, chairs, rockers, safe, library
table, 2 mantel clocks, trunk, radio
HoUSEHold: washer, dryer, 2 chest freezers, 2 newer refrigerators, vacuum, twin sleeper
sofa, Stickley Formal Dining Room set, includes, China server, table, 6 chairs, 5 bedroom
suites, desks, book cases area rugs, accent chairs, sofas, recliners, roller chairs, curved
glass curio, folding chairs, glider rocker, file cabinets, microwave oven, bedding, pots, pans,
and lots of other kitchen thing
oUTSIdE ANd ToolS: power tools, garden tools and hand tools
2 Year old SNAPPER riding lawn mower
TrAcT 1 is 146 acres m/l located in Section 10, Washington Township. Farm currently consists of 120 acres m/l of cropland with a CSR of 68.
TrAcT 2 is 120 acres m/l located in Section 30, Washington Township. Farm consists of 50 acres m/l of productive cropland with a 78 CSR.
2 p.m. - Poweshiek
County Fairgrounds
For more information contact:
Matt Mann or Vince Johnson
641-990-4016 • 641-891-5326
Items from the homes of Colleen Kiefer,
Fern Taylor, & Phyllis Hubbell
Not responsible in case of injury or theft. All items paid for day of sale with cash or good check. Nothing
removed until settled for. All items paid for before removed.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING -- BUDGET ESTIMATE
CO NO:
Mahaska
Fiscal Year July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016
The County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year County budget as follows:
Meeting Date:
Meeting Time:
Meeting Location:
62
03-02-2015
9:00 a.m.
Mahaska County Courthouse
At the public hearing any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the proposed budget. This notice represents
a summary of the supporting detail of revenues and expenditures on file with the County Auditor. A copy of the supporting detail will be furnished upon
request.
Average annual percentage changes between "Actual" and "Budget" amounts for "Taxes Levied on Property", "Other County Taxes/
TIF Tax Revenues", and for each of the ten "Expenditure Classes" must be published. Expenditure classes proposing "Budget" amounts,
but having no "Actual" amounts, are designated "NEW".
County Web Site (if available):
County Telephone Number:
www.mahaskacounty.org
Form 630 (Publish)
Proposed property taxation by type:
Countywide Levies*:
Rural Only Levies*:
Special District Levies*:
TIF Tax Revenues:
Utility Replacmnt. Excise Tax:
Explanation of any significant items in the budget:
4,251,361
2,335,692
0
0
420,519
EBF Students Use SOAR Tickets to Head
to Des Moines
On Jan 22nd eight high school students traveled to Des Moines to watch Diavolo at the Des Moines Civic Center.
Diavolo Architecture in Motion, is a fusion of many different movements such as ballet, contemporary, acrobatics,
gymnastics, martial arts, and hip-hop. Diavolo dancers have a message of being active and involved. The performance was very interesting and students enjoyed the opportunity to experience something new. After the show, the
group had lunch in downtown Des Moines, and then returned to school.
This activity was made possible through the PBIS (Positive Behavior and Instructional Supports) program and the
SOAR (Safety, Ownership, Attitude, Responsibility) store. Students were able to purchase the tickets at the SOAR
store using PBIS tickets for good behavior. The Jr/Sr High School SOAR store has many different items students
can purchases ranging from food, drinks, t-shirts, yearbooks, Diavolo tickets, journal passes, prom tickets, and many
more. 641-673-7148
Iowa Department of Management
REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Taxes Levied on Property*
Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year
Less: Credits to Taxpayers
Net Current Property Taxes
Delinquent Property Tax Revenue
Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes
Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues
Intergovernmental
Licenses & Permits
Charges for Service
Use of Money & Property
Miscellaneous
Subtotal Revenues
Other Financing Sources:
General Long-Term Debt Proceeds
Operating Transfers In
Proceeds of Fixed Asset Sales
Total Revenues & Other Sources
EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES
Operating:
Public Safety and Legal Services
Physical Health and Social Services
Mental Health, ID & DD
County Environment and Education
Roads & Transportation
Government Services to Residents
Administration
Nonprogram Current
Debt Service
Capital Projects
Subtotal Expenditures
Other Financing Uses:
Operating Transfers Out
Refunded Debt/Payments to Escrow
Total Expenditures & Other Uses
Excess of Revenues & Other Sources
over (under) Expenditures & Other Uses
Beginning Fund Balance - July 1,
Increase (Decrease) in Reserves (GAAP Budgeting)
Fund Balance - Nonspendable
Fund Balance - Restricted
Fund Balance - Committed
Fund Balance - Assigned
Fund Balance - Unassigned
Total Ending Fund Balance - June 30,
Left to right, Dakota Boyer, Adlynn Eveland, Devon Severson, Mashayla Lobberecht, Andrew Hart, Gage De
La Cruz, Autumn Stout, Camille Butler
Budget
Re-Est
Actual
2015/2016
2014/2015
2013/2014
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
6,587,053
0
351,823
6,235,230
1,479
35,900
1,311,519
4,409,811
12,500
595,300
218,590
949,340
13,769,669
14
15
16
17
0
2,174,530
0
15,944,199
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
5,740,250
6,828,688
345,942
5,394,308
1,400
35,900
1,302,755
3,858,523
12,200
585,975
225,230
557,421
11,973,712
313,737
6,514,951
438
49,758
1,303,245
4,719,357
21,996
577,481
186,699
1,158,922
14,532,847
2,123,635
14,097,347
2,339,191
5,420
16,877,458
3,206,723
783,510
1,037,174
932,105
5,660,000
662,612
1,341,645
890,000
8,490
0
14,522,259
3,236,003
805,535
913,372
812,688
5,230,000
641,433
1,446,695
925,000
8,490
160,000
14,179,216
3,094,296
736,181
1,207,098
661,225
5,849,892
568,603
1,078,482
841,540
8,490
0
14,045,807
29
30
31
2,174,530
0
16,696,789
2,123,635
2,339,191
16,302,851
16,384,998
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
-752,590
8,266,418
0
0
4,843,351
0
277,000
2,393,477
7,513,828
-2,205,504
10,471,922
492,460
9,979,462
5,265,913
6,935,405
456,500
2,544,005
8,266,418
375,000
3,161,517
10,471,922
Proposed tax rates per $1,000 taxable valuation:
Urban Areas:
4.28287
Rural Areas:
8.23287
Any special district tax rates not included.
Date:
02-12-2015
AVG
Annual
% CHG
-1.79
0.32
1.8
3.16
-7.31
18.73
-1.64
7.95
11.54
2.84
0
Free Throw Shooters Compete
By Chapter Reporters C. Glosser,
A. Larkin, and K. Herr
Free throw shots in basketball
can mean the difference between
winning and losing. The Agri-Power FFA encourages kids to compete
in free throw shooting to instill in
the kids that it takes time, effort and
dedication to become a good FT
shooter. The chapter started doing
this contest several years ago to give
students the opportunity to exhibit
their skills and also show that they
can have fun and show teamwork as
well. Students are spoken to, prior to
the contest, by Chapter Advisor Patrick Powers. He makes certain that
the number one goal is to have fun
and be encouraging to their competitors, because they were all students
of EBF schools.
“Our main goal tonight is to
have fun and to treat others with respect when they are shooting,” Powers said. The grades that were avail-
able for the competition were the
4-8 grade students of EBF. Due to
schedule conflicts, the 7th and 8th
graders were not able to participate. 4th grade place winners- 1st-Grant
LaRue, 2nd- Jackson Taylor, 3rdNoah Walker; 5th grade- 1st-Ethan
Davis, 2nd-Bryce Allen, 3rd-Carson
Genskow; 6th grade- 1st-Peyton
Deevers, 2nd-Brooke Shafer, 3rdJaden Moore
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Mahaska Co. Opinion & Community News
New Sharon
Tales of the Ancient Sportsman
Public Library By Burdell Hensley
On the way home, I was milk- late Lew Lundy.
I’m back in the saddle again ing my gas tank to try and get
It is time to take a look at what
Book Club
after a few days off to attend the to Hannibal where I observed happened yesterday.
NEW SHARON – New Sharon
Public Library Book Club met on
Feb. 10 to discuss Linda Castillo’s
“Sworn to Silence.” It dealt with
a criminal loose in an Amish community. This was the first book
labeled “thriller” the group had
discussed.
The next novel the club decided
to read deals with a different kind
of socially unacceptable behavior:
the rape of the land in the Appalachian Mountains, “Gray Mountain.”
Amazon.com says: “The year is
2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career
at a huge Wall Street law firm is
on the fast track — until the recession hits and she gets downsized,
furloughed, and escorted out of
the building. Samantha, though,
is one of the “lucky” associates.
She’s offered an opportunity to
work at a legal aid clinic for one
year without pay, after which
there would be a slim chance
that she’d get her old job back.
In a matter of days Samantha
moves from Manhattan to Brady,
Va., population 2,200, in the heart
of Appalachia, a part of the world
she has only read about. Mattie
Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and
head of the town’s legal aid clinic,
is there to teach her how to “help
real people with real problems.”
For the first time in her career,
Samantha prepares a lawsuit,
sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge,
and receives threats from locals
who aren’t so thrilled to have a
big-city lawyer in town. And she
learns that Brady, like most small
towns, harbors some big secrets.
Her new job takes Samantha into
the murky and dangerous world of
coal mining, where laws are often
broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are
divided, and the land itself is under
attack from Big Coal. Violence is
always just around the corner, and
within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns
deadly.”
This is typical John Grisham,
dealing with legal issues, but it
also brings up the themes of personal property versus “the good of
the whole”, and economy versus
ecology. These topics may lead to
discussion of our current problems
with fuel production, the preservation of natural landscape, and economic development in rural areas.
Everyone is welcome to join the
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Select Traveler Conference in
Nashville, TN. It was a beautiful four days in Music City and it
was a great time with friends old
and new.
Sunday afternoon, all day
Monday and Tuesday morning
were spent visiting with suppliers and exhibitors. Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday we
were on a FAM tour of Nashville
and surrounding area.
A FAM tour is a tour where the
organizers take you to places in
that city that they want to show
off. It was very well organized
and took us to some neat places.
I enjoyed the new Johnny Cash
Museum very much. I was an
early fan of Johnny’s and I still
have my 45 rpm Sun record of “I
Walk the Line”.
In the summer of 1956, I was at
work at Harry Mueller’s grocery
store when some of my buddies
came in all excited. They told me
that Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two were having lunch at
the M & M Café. I was not able
to leave, so I had to miss it. But
Johnny’s appearance in town was
the biggest thing to happen in
some time. He was on his way to
Omaha for a concert at the Civic
Center.
I also enjoyed touring RCA
Studio B where most of the Opry
stars did their recording. There
were lots of great stories about
that place. Our group even made
a recording and it was not bad.
Then we went over to the Country Music Hall of Fame and that
was a WOW experience.
A lot of great memories were
brought back to me as Country
Music and the Grand Ole Opry
were staples in my growing up
years. Before we had a TV, every
Friday and Saturday night was
Opry night and after sundown,
WSM came in loud and clear.
I got a little record player for
Christmas one year and it would
play 45’s. I had a lot of records
from the big stars. Today’s kids
would look at those records as
funny looking CD’s.
Perhaps the highlight of the
conference was the Tuesday
breakfast sponsored by East
Coast Touring Company. Bob
Buesing had his good friend, Lee
Greenwood, come and sing for
us. Lee sang several songs and
played a mean saxophone. Lee
concluded the program by singing his father’s favorite song
“America the Beautiful” and then
“God Bless the USA”. I was seated less than 50 feet from Lee and
had chills up and down my spine
and a lump in my throat. Oh my!
What a memorable experience.
Brown-Radke
set June nuptials
cheaper gas on the way down.
I was about 20 miles south of
Hannibal when the idiot light
came on and told me that I had
14 miles left before I was out.
Not good! I came upon an exit
for Frankford, MO and the blue
sign had a gas pump on it.
I drove into a little town that
time had forgotten. There were
only two gas pumps at the only
station in a town the size of Rose
Hill. A lady jumped right out
and pumped my gas and it was
20 cents cheaper than it was in
Hannibal. The pumps were old
fashioned and maybe that is why
she pumped the gas.
While I was gone the girl’s
tournaments kicked off for Class
1-A on Thursday. Sigourney won
and moves on to play English
Valleys. Tri-County and Keota
were knocked out and on Saturday in Class 2-A, we lost North
Mahaska. Still alive are Pekin
and Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and they will play each
other on Tuesday. Pella Christian also won and will play West
Marshall.
I was able to cover the Oskaloosa games Friday at Pella and the
Dutch were not gracious hosts.
Pella won the girls game 68-31
to finish a perfect conference
season. The Pella boys wrapped
up a Little Hawkeye Conference
title with a 95-25 win. The Pella
starters probably played less than
half the game, but the Dutch are
so deep that their last five guys
on the bench could probably start
for a lot of teams.
The State Wrestling field is
complete and we have several
area wrestlers in the big show
at Wells Fargo this weekend.
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont,
Sigourney/Keota and Oskaloosa
each have five wrestlers advancing.
EBF is sending Adam Proctor (113), Alex Hanna (120),
Jeren Glosser (138), Bret Wursta
(170) and Hunter Johnston (195).
Sigourney will be represented
by Nathan Fritz (145), Lane Boender 152, Kaleb Reeves (182),
Noah Boender (220) and Bryce
Brown (285). Oskaloosa sends
Drew Sams (120), Skyler DeJong
(126), Cody Jones (170), Kyler
Salazar (195) and Callan Tomlin
(220).
I must congratulate Pella’s
Kyle Korver for being selected
for the NBA All-Star game.
Kyle is in his 12th NBA season
and he is having his best season.
He leads the NBA in three point
goals and he is shooting 52%
from behind the arc. Kyle is the
grandson of my good friend, the
75 years ago: Feb. 17, 1940County champions New Sharon
and Farson will battle for the sectional title. New Sharon edged
Lacey 42-39. Audree Phillips led
NS with 23 points while Carlis
Farr was outstanding on defense.
Letha DeWitt led Lacey with 19
points. Farson knocked off Cedar
46-40 as Zelpha Bowen poured in
24 points. Goldie Pottorff led Cedar with 20 points. Feb. 17- Ruth
Lowe rammed in 23 points as
Barnes City nipped Conroy 33-32
to advance to the Marengo finals.
Feb. 17- Keswick topped What
Cheer boys 29-23. O’Rourke led
Keswick with 13 points. Feb. 17The Sigourney boys raised their
record to 16-1 with a 40-33 win
over Eldon. Bill Edmundson led
the Savages with 12 points. Feb.
19- Farson drubbed New Sharon
49-32 for the sectional title while
Marengo blasted Barnes City 5623 for the Marengo title.
50 years ago: Feb. 16, 1965Clear Creek sent Keota to the
sideline with a 56-53 loss. Doug
Flander led Keota with 16 points
and George Norenberg added
14. Feb. 16- Ottumwa Walsh put
down a stubborn Fremont bid 8873. Mel McKie led the Cats with
23 points and Larry McCurdy
chipped in with 17. Feb. 16- Cardinal edges Tri-County 60-56
in sectional play. Foul problems plagued T-C star, Loren
Schmidt. Marvin Lamb led the
Trojans with 16 points and Bill
Ridenour added 13. Feb. 17- Pekin and North Mahaska advance
in girl’s sectional play. North
Mahaska sailed past LDF 47-23
as Arlene Glendening canned 22
points. Pekin ripped Fox Valley
71-48 with Joyce Sauer scoring
29 points and Barbara Sterling
adding 25.
25 years ago: Feb. 16- Pella
Christian held off Pella 48-47 to
advance in sectional play. Kim
Pothoven and Staci Van Arendonk each had 16 points for PC.
Feb. 19- Tri-County sends for
wrestlers to state. Travis Moore
advanced as a district champion
while Scott Edmundson, Brian
Kitzman and Ryan Van Den
Heuvel advance as runners up.
Feb. 19- Prairie City ends North
Mahaska’s season 55-50. Heather Seitsinger led NM with 24
points. Feb. 20- Unbeaten Montezuma holds off North Mahaska
68-58. Rich Grife led Monte with
24 points. Jim Hicklin had 16 for
NM and Laird Dahm added 13.
Have a great week and don’t
get too far from the fire. Engagement
Charles and Kimberly Brown of
Ottumwa, and Mike and Suzette
Radke of Alta, are pleased to announce the engagement of Kirsten
Rae Brown to Scott Louis Radke.
The couple plans a June 27, 2015
wedding.
Kirsten Brown is a 2008 graduate of Eddyville-Blakesburg High
School and a 2012 graduate of Buena
Vista University with a Bachelors of
Science degree in Biology. She will
graduate in May with a doctorate in
physical therapy from Des Moines
University.
Scott Radke graduated from Alta
High School in 2008, Buena Vista
University in 2012 with his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology,
and will graduate in May of 2016
as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
from Iowa State University.
Nuptials will take place at St. John
Lutheran Church in Alta. A reception will follow at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.
•
Fall Dean’s List
Area students named to Dean’s
List for fall term
Students from various colleges
and universities earned academic
honors following the fall term. The
standards at each college or university are similar, but have been
included for each institution with
the student.
John L. Ruby, a Pre Computer
Science major at Iowa State from
New Sharon earned the honor at
Iowa State University. Students
named to the Dean’s List must
have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale
while carrying a minimum of 12
credit hours of graded course work.
Austin Jacob Witt of New Sharon earned honor roll status at the
University of Oklahoma for fall
2014. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on a
4.0 scale to be included on the honor roll. Students in the College of
Architecture are recognized with
a 3.3 or better, and students in the
College of Engineering are recog-
nized with a 3.0 or better.
Katlin Ray, a junior at Iowa
Wesleyan College, earned Dean’s
List designation. To qualify for the
Dean’s List, a student must be classified as a degree candidate and
have attained a grade point average
for the term of 3.50 or better on a
4.00 scale, with 12 credit hours or
more and no incomplete grades at
the time the list is declared.
Tressa Watts of New Sharon
was one of 215 Cornell College
students named to the Dean’s List
for the Fall 2014 semester. Watts
earned High Honors.
Honors signifies a semester
grade point average of 3.6 to 3.79;
High Honors signifies an average
of 3.8 to 3.99; and Highest Honors
signifies a 4.0 grade point average.
University of Northern Iowa released their Dean’s List honorees
this week. Among them were three
New Sharon students. Earning the
honor were, Hannah Ferguson,
Megan Goemaat and Trent Morris.
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NM-Monte boys BB
Monte takes SICL win over NM
MONTEZUMA – Mid-game slumps
have plagued North Mahaska’s boys’
basketball team this season. Another
Monday allowed South Iowa Cedar
League title contender to grab a 72-46
victory.
North Mahaska (6-13, 6-12) trailed
by five points after one period, but was
outscored 38-15 in the middle two periods. The Warhawks did not adapt to the
defense of Montezuma and was unable
to make stops on the defensive end. NM
recorded just four steals and two assists
in the game.
Montezuma out rebounded NM 3816, collected 17 assists, 12 steals and
blocked six Warhawk shots.
Sophomores Milan DeJong and Brant
Fleener led the way with nine points.
DeJong hit a pair of three-pointers for
the main scoring threat. Senior Adam
Pothoven chipped in eight points as did
junior Clay Gleason. DeJong, Gleason
and Fleener led the rebounding with
three apiece.
Monte reserves provided a big punch
for the Braves. Dakota Strong hit for 18
points and Logan Price added 12 points
with 13 rebounds. Starter Jake Hasley
had 10 points and led in assists with
three.
Montezuma boys 72, North Mahaska
46
NM 15 6 9 16 – 46
MONTE 20 23 15 14 - 72
VanderBeek’s 33z team begins season
North Mahaska wrestling coach Matt Strasser introduces the 2014-15 team during the school pep rally this past Friday.
SIGOURNEY — It came down to
the wire in North Mahaska’s South
Iowa Cedar League finale. North
Mahaska had chances to win it, but
was unable to close out the contest,
falling 48-46.
Sigourney freshmen Autum Barthelman drove into the lane and
dropped the two points as time expired.
“Our zone is tough,” said North
Mahaska coach L.E. Moore. “My
gut said to stay in the zone and they
young lady made the play. That’s
just the way basketball bounces
sometimes.”
Sigourney opted to live and die
behind the three-point line. They
found success hitting 7-of-22 from
the arc. The Savage ball movement
led to open three-point shots.
Sigourney girls edge NM
Julia Groenenboom led the Warhawks (4-17, 4-16) finishing with
19 points, five rebounds and five assists. Bailey Upton, had nine points
from downtown.
“We’ve talked about mental
toughness, responsibility and take
account when you play,” Moore
said. “Julia led us by good example,
she’s dishing out assists, and she had
two girls on her some of the time.
Bailey came out on fire.”
Each team had a run in the first
half. North Mahaska sported a 10-0
run then Sigourney responded with a
16-0 dash. However, the Warhawks
closed the half on a 15-2 run and
took a 29-28 lead into intermission.
“We’ve really bought into the defense we’re playing right now,” said
Moore. “We’ve played team really
close. Tonight we were all on the
same page.”
North Mahaska had ball in their
control with under a minute to play
and the score tied at 46. After two
North Mahaska timeouts, Sigourney
regained possession with 12.4 seconds and Barthelman finished off
the Warhawks.
Barthelman scored 16 points in
the win. Sierra Davis had 13 points.
Brooke Waechter came off the
bench score nine points, all from behind the arc.
“I wish we would have came out
top,” said Moore. “The effort of my
girls was very good on the road. Everyone did a good job so I’m proud
of them.”
NM 14 15 10 7 — 46
Sig 19 9 10 10 – 48
NORTH MAHASKA (46) — Julia Groenenboom 7-11 1-2 19 Bailey
Upton 3-5 0-0 9, Hailey Castaneda
3-6 0-2 6, Kalleen Chamberlin 2-3
0-0 4, Andrea Loving 1-2 0-0 2,
Maggie Ferguson 1-4 0-0 2, Samantha Edmundson 1-5 2-3 4, Katie
Koehler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-37 3-7
46.
3-point goals — Upton 3-4,
Groenenboom 3-7, Ferguson 0-2,
Andrea Loving 0-1. Rebounds —
Groenenboom 7, Edmundson 5,
Chamberlin 4, Upton 2, Castaneda
1. Steals — Groenenboom 2. Assists
— Groenenboom 5, Upton 3, Ferguson 2, Mallory Klinker 1.
Sigourney 48, North Mahaska 46
NEW SHARON — Zack VanderBeek and the 33z Racing team kicked off the
2015 racing season Feb. 12-14, at the Shady Oaks Speedway in Goliad, Texas, for
the first United States Modified Touring Series race of the year.
While the popular racetrack located about an hour and a half from San Antonio
will be a new experience for VanderBeek and his team, fans will see a familiar name
on the side of his racecar with Casey’s General Stores back on board as a marketing
partner in 2015.
“The support we get from Casey’s General Stores and all of our other fantastic
sponsors is what makes it possible for us to compete with the USMTS on a consistent
basis,” VanderBeek said. “Just like our race team, Casey’s is all about family, and we
couldn’t be happier to have them be a part of our racing family.”
Casey’s General Store is an Iowa-based company that gives back to the communities through sponsorships, gifts and most notably this past year with their involvement with the “Honor Flights” for the veterans. Casey’s General Stores also remains
the main corporate sponsor for the USMTS series that we are racing in.
This week, ‘The Z-Man’ and the 33z Racing team are headed to Southern Texas
for the first of four straight weekends of three-day events in the USMTS MVT Gulf
Coast Border Region.
After picking up the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region title last year and
finishing runner-up in the fight for the USMTS National Championship, the driver
and team is more focused and hungrier than ever to get back on the road and back in
victory lane.
After this week’s lid-lifter, the team heads to the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, Feb. 19-21; El Paso (Texas) Speedway Park, Feb. 26-28; and Southern
New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, N.M., March 5-7.
After completion of the MVT Gulf Coast Border Region, plans for the 2015 season
include a full slate of racing in the USMTS Central Region, USMTS Farm Boy BBQ
Sauce Northern Region and the season-ending Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup.
In addition, VanderBeek will compete in several USMTS crown Jewel events including the King of America V, World Modified Dirt Track Championships, Fall
Jamboree and Winter Nationals.
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an IMCA Stock Car at his home track Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa on
Wednesday nights, as well as taking in some USRA Modified special events when
possible.
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Rocket
Baseball to
play at Busch
Stadium on
July 5 •
By R.D. KEEP
•
Mahaska Co. Sports
•
EBF misses state duals by a point
EDDYVILLE – EddyvilleBlakesburg-Fremont and DikeNew Hartford tangled for the regional wrestling dual crown in
Class 1A and for the want of a
point the Rockets fell to DNH 39The EBF baseball team has ac38.
cepted an offer to play a 9 inning/2
The dual was tight as the teams
½ hour baseball game at Busch
traded wins. Cody Brown’s techniStadium, home of the St. Louis
cal fall at 138 pounds over Tanner
Cardinals. Our opponent will be a
Smith and Hunter Johnston’s deciconference rival, the Davis County
sion over DNH’s Kyle Dennis set
Mustangs. up the final exciting bouts.
Each team is responsible for sellKody Kugel of DNH and Alex
ing 800 game tickets. The ticket
Hanna squared off at 120 pounds.
will allow you to see the Cardinals
Close calls for points was the fare
play the San Diego Padres at 1:15,
of the day in this match. The two
with ours following 1 hour after
wrestled to a 0-0 tie after one pethe conclusion of the Cardinals’
riod. Hanna scored a takedown in
game. Tickets are being sold at a
period two and Kugel escaped at
discounted price of $30 each and
the end of the period. Hanna led
may be bought by contacting any
2-1 entering the final period of
baseball player, coach or commitregulation. Kugel, who began the
tee member.
period in the down position, scored
We will be taking all our playan escape to tie the match. Through
ers, freshmen through seniors. three overtime sessions they rePlans are being made to leave Satmained tied. Kugel was credited
urday morning, July 4. After arwith a reversal in the seventh periving in St. Louis we will have a
riod of action to score the win. It
team/family outing at a nearby atalso secured the dual victory.
traction (Grant’s Farm, Arch, Zoo,
Throughout the match there were
or City Museum), and end the day
tight calls that could have gone eiwith a team dinner. Sunday, July
ther way based on rule interpreta5, is game day; we travel to Busch
tion – and whichever wrestler one
Stadium to watch the Cardinals/
was cheering for. Though disapPadres game, will have designated
pointed his team did not make the
locker rooms to dress and prepare
for our game at the 7th inning, and
we will travel back home to Eddyville when our game is finished.
Our young men will be able to
say they got a hit, pitched from the
mound and ran the bases on a professional baseball diamond where
big names play. We look for this
to be a very exciting and memorable weekend. Come to St. Louis
and watch us play or support our
fundraising efforts we have this
spring. There will be T-shirts for
our fans to purchase commemorating this special game, available at
a later date.
February 27, we will have our 1st
Annual Family Trivia Night at the
high school. We will have teams
of 4-8 players compete by answering a variety of trivia questions. Cost is $10/player. Assemble your
own team or we can place you on
a team that night. We will have
10 categories with 10 questions
each. Possible categories could be
anything from sports, to Disney to
history. Sounds like a fun night. SIGOURNEY — Sigourney used a
Prizes will be awarded to the win- big third quarter to break away from a
ning team. We will be having hot 10-point lead en route to a 71-52 victodogs/chips/drink at 5:30 with the ry over North Mahaska in South Iowa
competition starting at 6:00.
Cedar Boys action Feb. 10. Sigourney
We are also raffling a $100 meat led 34-24, then outscored the Warbundle donated by the Ottumwa hawks 21-12 and was bale to keep NM
Hy-Vee stores. Tickets are $1/ at bay the rest of the way.
“Their guys kind of slapped us in
ticket or $5/6 tickets. Contact a
face
early,” North Mahaska coach
committee member if you would
Jeff
Phillips
admitted. “Our guys just
like to purchase tickets for the rafsettled
down
in there got back into the
fle. Drawing for the meat will be
game.
It
looked
like they were going to
done at the Baseball BINGO Night
run
away
with
it
but our guys refuse to
on March 21. let that happen.”
Our players, coaches and comTrent Wanders scored a team-high
mittee members thank you for your
14 points followed by Adam Pothoven
support for this great opportunity. and Milan DeJong with 10 apiece.
Committee Members: (Coaches)
Blaine Gretter and Matus Stevko finRod Ashman, Alex Ashman, Bry- ished with 22 points each that helped
an Archer, Donovan Young, and propel the 14-5 Savages. Colby Kerk(Parents) Jon & Heather Voyles, ove chipped in 12 points for the SavRoger & Jen Lathen, Andy & Joan ages.
Heinle.
North Mahaska is in the same tour-
state duals, EBF Coach Brett Little
was pleased with his team’s work
this season.
“This group of boys here have
a lot of heart,” said Little. “Every
year we graduate X number of
medals and people write us off for
dead. But we duct tape and weld it
together and get the kids to compete and believe. The boys come
out and show how proud they are
of this program and what it means
to represent this school and community.
“I’m not excited about the officiating in that match, but at the end
of the day it’s my job to coach and
my kid’s job to score more points
than his opponent.”
Another big moment in the dual
with DNH was the win by Iowa
Hawkeye-bound senior Jeren
Glosser. Glosser took just 27 seconds to pin Alex Mooty and earn
his 200th career win, the most of
any EBF wrestler in school history.
“I couldn’t be prouder of this
group of boys, but Jeren is Jeren,”
said Little. “Jeren and I have a special relationship on and off the mat.
He deserves everything he gets.”
EBF advanced to the regional
dual finals handling outmanned
English Valleys, 63-15. The Rockets scored six pins and took advantage of four forfeits for the win.
Dike-New Hartford 39, Ed-
dyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 38
132: Trent Johnson (DNH) over
Chris Kingery (EBF) (Fall 0:14)
138: Cody Brown (EBF) over
Tanner Smith (DNH) (TF 16-1
4:21)
145: Jeren Glosser (EBF) over
Alex Mooty (DNH) (Fall 0:27)
152: Blaine Becker (DNH) over
Josh Johnson (EBF) (Fall 4:22)
160: Dalton Griffiths (EBF) over
Tyler Wiese (DNH) (Fall 3:44)
170: Bret Wursta (EBF) over
Connor Ragsdale (DNH) (Fall
2:50)
182: DJ Ackerson (DNH) over
Austin Angle (EBF) (Fall 1:56)
195: Hunter Johnston (EBF)
over Kyle Dennis (DNH) (Dec
8-2)
220: Lucas DePriest (DNH) over
Bryce Wursta (EBF) (Fall 2:44)
285: Tommy Irvin (DNH) over
Luke Welch (EBF) (Fall 1:01)
106: Jacob Sigler (DNH) over
Tanner Rea (EBF) (Fall 1:08)
113: Adam Proctor (EBF) over
Zack Nicol (DNH) (Fall 1:54)
120: Kody Kugel (DNH) over
Alex Hanna (EBF) (UTB 4-2)
126: Dakota Boyer (EBF) over
Clayton Maple (DNH) (Fall 2:37)
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
63, English Valleys 15
126: Dakota Boyer (EBF) over
Blake Ealy (EV) (Dec 7-6)
132: Cody Brown (EBF) over
Andrew Fisher (EV) (Fall 1:18)
138: Jeren Glosser (EBF) over
Clayton Morrison (EV) (Fall 0:19)
145: Ryan Henkle (EBF) over
Ambrose Coffman (EV) (Fall
0:32)
152: Zach Axmear (EV) over
Josh Johnson (EBF) (Fall 1:29)
160: Cody Seaton (EV) over
Dalton Griffiths (EBF) (Fall 3:32)
170: Bret Wursta (EBF) by forfeit.
182: Austin Angle (EBF) over
Devon Hill (EV) (Fall 0:34)
195: Brennen Grimm (EV) over
Hunter Johnston (EBF) (Dec 3-2)
220: Bryce Wursta (EBF) over
Luke Jackson (EV) (Fall 3:11)
285: Luke Welch (EBF) by forfeit
106: Tanner Rea (EBF) by forfeit
113: Adam Proctor (EBF) by
forfeit
120: Alex Hanna (EBF) over
Wyatt Olson (EV) (Fall 1:27)
Hunter Johnston works for
points in his 195-pound match
against Dike-New Hartford’s Kyle
Dennis.
EBF senior Jeren Glosser
notched his 200th career win during the finals of the regional dual
tourney.
NM boys fall at Sigourney
ney bracket, but will only meet Sigourney if they reach the regional final.
North Mahaska plays Lynnville-Sully
again in a regional game in Moulton
Thursday.
Sigourney 71, North Mahaska 52
NM 11 13 12 16 — 52
S 18 16 21 16 — 71
NORTH MAHASKA (52) — Adam
Pothoven 3-6 1-2 10 Trent 3-13 7-8
14, Milan DeJong 2-11 5-6 10, Brandt
Fleener 2-5 1-2 7, Clay Gleason 3-7 0-0
7, Jacob Bortell 1-1 0-0 2, Andrea Goemaat 1-3 0-0 2, Mason Foster 0-0 1-3
1, Jac Munson 0-2. Totals 15-48 15-20
52.
3-point goals — 5-19 Pothoven 1-1,
Fleener 1-2, Gleason 1-4, DeJong 1-6,
Munson 0-2). Rebounds — Pothoven 5,
Fleener 4, Wanders 4, DeJong 3, Bortell, Gleason, Rozendaal 1, Goemaat 1.
Steals — DeJong 3, Pothoven 1, Gleason 1. Assists — Pothoven 1, Wanders
1, Rozendaal 1. Block — Wanders.
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Tony Fenton found himself in an
interesting dilemma Monday night
as his team closed out the regular
season. His Rocket team forced 30
Colfax-Mingo turnovers en route to
a 54-24 victory. Problem was none
of those came because of the Rocket
defensive press.
“We just broke down on the
press,” said Fenton. “Our front
people would do their job, the back
people wouldn’t. When our back
people would do their job the front
people let them go. It was one of
those things we just got out of it and
we just controlled tempo.”
EBF held a seven-point lead after
one quarter then outscored the Tigerhawks 29-8 in the middle frames
to easily take control of the game.
Karlie Taylor led the Rockets with
16 points followed by Rachel Maloy
12. Taylor Leffler had another quiet
night scoring only two points. However, she blocked five Tigerhawk
shots and stole the ball twice.
Fenton altered his defenses
throughout the game and created
problems for C-M.
“We did descent in our 2-3 then
we came out in the second half and
ran our 1-3-1,” Fenton said. “We’ve
only ran that (1-3-1 zone) a couple
times but it looked really good tonight. We some steals out of it and
the girls were excited to play that.” C-M short-staffed team remains
winless on the year.
54, Colfax-Mingo 24
EBF 17 16 13 8 - 54
C-M 10 5 3 6 - 24
(56) Karlie Taylor 7-13 0-0 16,
Rachel Maloy 5-13 2-3 12, Sadie
Baugher 4-5 0-0 8, Savannah Wilz
3-4 0-0 6, Emily Flaig 1-1 0-0 2,
Ashley Pilcher 2-4 0-0 4, Randie
Richmond 1-3 2-2 4, Taylor Leffler 1-3 0-0 2, Clair Jager 0-7, 0-0 0,
Blaire Moore 0-3 0-0 0, Paige Shafer, Taryn Swartz, and Briana VerSteegh 0-1. Totals 24-59 4-5 54.
3-point Field Goals- Totals 2-7 –
Taylor 2-3, Claire Jager 0-4.
Rebounds: EBF- Taylor 5, Pilcher
and Wilz 3, Moore, Maloy and Jager
2, Maloy, Swartz, Richmond and
Torie Alexander 1. C-M- Iva Moore
5, Sara Lahart 4, Dakota Hostetter and McKeely Tjaden 2, Reagan
Nichol and Willa Colville 1.
Steals: EBF- Baugher and Taylor 4, Leffler and Jager 2, Pilcher,
Maloy, Shafer, Swartz, and VerSteegh 1. C-M Alivia Haley 2,
Moore, Lahart, and Hoststter 1.
Assists: EBF- Leffler 3, Jager,
Pilcher, Baugher, Maloy 2, Taylor,
Flaig, Swartz 1. C-M Moore and Lahart 2, Hostetter and Colville 1.
Blocks: EBF- Leffler 5, Taylor 2,
Maloy 1.
Fouls- fouled out. Pilcher 3, Taylor and Baugher 2, Maloy, Leffler,
Flaig 1. Fouled out none.
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NEW SHARON – The beginning
was not pretty, but the finish of final
regular season boy’s basketball contest for North Mahaska was not. The
host Warhawks rallied but fell to
their South Iowa Cedar League foe
Lynnville-Sully, 53-48.
The opening of the game saw Lynnville-Sully’s Tyler Van Zante strip
the ball and score points at the other
end in a flurry. In fact, he sparked a
9-0 run before the Warhawks righted
the ship.
“The first four possessions we
turned the ball over and they scored
nine points,” said NM Coach Jeff
Phillips. “We called a timeout and
said we’ve got to settle down and
take care of the basketball.”
Lynnville-Sully used the 9-0 run
to power itself to a 37-20 advantage
late in second quarter, but led 37-28
at intermission. NM made halftime
adjustments and matched the Hawks
scoring in the third and topped them
11-7 in the final frame, but could not
get over the hump.
“When we were down four there
and we turned the ball over,” said
Phillips. That was very critical. The
thing we told them in the locker
room is now those guys (L-S) know
you can play with them and you can
beat them. We had them on their
heels.”
Brandt Fleener guided the Warhawks (6-15, 6-9) with 15 points.
Sixth man Milan DeJong knocked
down 12 and point guard Adam
Pothoven hit 10. Trent Wanders only
had six points but also turned in 11
rebounds and five assists.
“The one thing I liked was I
thought they kept their heads and
battled back,” said Phillips. “That
was very nice to see. They deserved
to win that ball game. We just made
a few mistakes that cost them.”
Kyle Van Dyke led L-S (16-5,
15-5) in scoring with 14 points. Ben
Trettin and Tyler Van Zante tallied
10 points each. Van Zante tacked on
six rebounds, four steals, and three
assists.
What helped the Warhawks was
their three-point shooting. They hit
7-of-17 from the arc for a 41 percent
clip. L-S hit six threes, but it was
the fact that NM was able to get the
shots that pleased Phillips.
“We were more patient on offense.
When you are more patient you can
get open shots. We were taking them
within the flow of the game and not
just throwing them up. We have
been working on our spacing and it
was much better tonight.”
Senior Wanders said he had been
working on his overall game.
“Points don’t always come and
you have to deal them out to everyone,” said senior guard Trent Wanders. “I was working more on my
passes we’re getting better at cutting
off the ball better.”
The teams will meet again on
Thursday, Feb. 19 in Class 1A Region 10 bracket game at MoultonUdell.
North Mahaska (48) Milan DeJong 4-9 1-3 12, Brandt Fleener 6-12
1-1 15, Trent Wanders 2-11 6, Jakob
Bortell 1-5 2, Adam Pothoven 5-12
10, Cole Rozendaal 0-0 1-2 1, Levi
Long 1-1 2. Totals 19-52 3-6 48.
3-point goals NM- 7-17 Gleason 0-1, DeJong 3-4, Wanders 2-4,
Pothoven 0-1, and Fleener 2-7.
Rebounds- NM- Bortell 1,
Rozendaal 1, Pothoven 3, Wanders
11, DeJong 6, Fleener 4.
Steals- NM- DeJong 1, Wanders
2, Pothoven 3, Gleason 2.
Assists- NM- DeJong 1, Wanders
5, Bortell 2, Pothoven 1, Gleason 1.
Lynnville-Sully 53, North Mahaska 48
LS 22 15 9 7 - 53
NM 15 13 9 11 - 46
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