Dike-New Hartford to host homecoming activities

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The Grundy Register
2014
Serving Grundy County since 1928
Thursday, September 18, 2014
www.TheGrundyRegister.com
Volume 90 – Number 38
County Supervisors discuss
Courthouse security plan
By JOHN JENSEN
The Grundy Register
GRUNDY CENTER — Is there
adequate security at the Grundy
County Courthouse? That was the
question facing the Board of Supervisors Monday as it reviewed security procedures.
The review comes after an incident at the Jackson County Courthouse in Maquoketa last week,
where a former city manager pulled
a gun and had to be tackled by a
County Supervisor before the man
turned the gun on himself and took
his own life.
Supervisor Barb Smith said the
current Courthouse security plan
was accepted Aug. 20, 2001 and
that many portions of the plan are
no longer being followed. Of immediate concern were buttons located
in Courthouse offices that summon
the Sheriff’s Department in the
event of an emergency. Though,
according to the plan, the buttons
are supposed to be tested monthly,
that is not currently happening and
some are in locations that make it
difficult or impossible for officials
to reach them.
Smith also asked if it would be
helpful to have a magnetometer at
the Courthouse that would detect if
anyone were to bring a weapon into
the building, though there was general agreement that such a drastic
and expensive move is unnessecary
at this time. Instead, consensus was
reached to review the plan and follow it.
“We don’t need to trash the
plan,” Auditor Rhonda Deters said.
“We do not need a magnetometer.”
The Board determined to have
the County’s Safety Committee review the plan and determine what,
if any, changes need to be implemented.
THE BOARD ALSO MET
with architect Mardy Holst of
AHTS Architects about county
needs for a new annex building.
The proposed building would be
built on county-owned property located just south of the Sheriff’s Office, which is currently being used
as a parking lot.
Discussion centered on how
much space would be needed for
the building. Initially the Supervisors spoke about a two-story 50foot by 50-foot structure that would
include a basement for storage,
though through discussion there
were questions over whether that
much space was needed. A two-story building could require an elevator for handicapped accessibility.
What’s
Happening
There was also discussion about
whether a one-story building would
provide enough space. The building
would replace an aging structure located on H Avenue across the street
from the Courthouse.
Supervisors again discussed the
possibility of making the Wellsburg
Wind Farm a TIF District. County
Engineer Gary Mauer discussed a
plan that would use money generated to improve gravel roads throughout the county as well as fix several
bridges.
Mauer’s $1.75 million plan
would replace gravel within the
district at 250 tons per mile and use
the general fund money that would
have been used on those roads to
upgrade other gravel roads in the
county from 85 tons of gravel per
mile to 115. The plan would also
replace a pair of bridges within the
TIF District and repair a third.
Mauer said the County’s roads
are in need of more work.
“I wouldn’t be asking for this if
I didn’t think our roads and bridges needed additional funding,” he
said.
Supervisors continued to debate
whether or not to create the TIF
District. Supervisor Chuck Bakker
said there is a risk to the county
that if the state were to change TIF
rules, the county could be placed
at financial strain, though he added
that $1.75 million is a small portion
of the income that could be generated.
“We should be OK if they
change the rules,” he said.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE
SUPERVISORS:
• Approved the election of candidates for the Iowa Municipalities
Workers Compensation Board of
Trustees;
• Approved a property tax abatement;
• Accepted the resignation of
Don Buchanan from the Board of
Health. Buchanan has served on the
Board for 40 years.
Unique hands-on activities and demonstrations were the order of the day Sunday as the Grundy County Heritage Museum hosted the annual
Pioneer Craft Festival. Top, kids of all ages take a ride on Grundy County’s only operational railroad, a switch track located behind the museum.
Above-left, 3-year-old Olivia McKendree tries her hand at rock painting while, above-right, Ken Lindblom of Marshalltown talks about the Civil
War. Other activities included a scavenger hunt, hand pump races, horseshoe pitching, demonstrations of quilting, knitting, bee keeping, rope and
yard making and entertainment from The Other Band. The annual festival is held the second Sunday of September each year. (John Jensen/The
Grundy Register photos)
Planet of the Cougars theme
for AGWSR Homecoming
ACKLEY — AGWSR High School’s annual Homecoming celebration will feature a
Planet of the Cougars theme this week.
Dress-up days for the annual celebration
include “Rise of the Planet of the Animals”
Monday, “Royalty Day” Tuesday, “Cartoon
Character Day” Wednesday, “Class Color
Day” Thursday and “Spirit Day” Friday.
King candidates include Jer Clemons, Nolan Clemons, Sully Hofmeister, Clay Meinders
and Cody Williams, while Queen Candidates
are Maddie Deters, Jessica Lippert, Megan
Marlette, Cortanie Nederhoff and Kim Ven-
tura. The King and Queen will be crowned
during a ceremony Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
school.
A games competition will be Thursday at
2 p.m. while the annual Homecoming Parade
will be Friday in Ackley at 2 p.m. with a pep
rally following at the football field.
The Cougars host Wapsie Valley Friday in
a battle of top-10 ranked teams and Class A,
District 4 leaders.
AGWSR’s Homecoming dance is sceduled
for Saturday evening.
Dike-New Hartford High School Homecoming candidates include, front row (left to right):
Maddie Demro, Lizzy Blough, Rachel Koop, Abby Klug and Olivia Verhulst. Back row (lr): Connor McCleeary, Preston Wheat, Tommy Irvin, Zach Nicholson and Carter Bixby.
(John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
Grundy Center Blood Drive
Community Center
12:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Dike-New Hartford to host
homecoming activities
Sunday, September 21
New Hartford Omelet Breakfast
Community Building
7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Stout Reformed Church
Movie Night
6:30 p.m.
Grundy Center City Council
City Hall • 6:30 p.m.
$1.00 Newsstand Price
Pioneer Craft Festival
Thursday, September 18
Grundy Center Chamber
Open Houses (through Sept. 20)
Monday, September 22
Grundy County Supervisor
Grundy County Courthouse
9 a.m.
Grundy Center, Iowa
AGWSR Homecoming candidates include, front row, left to right: Cody Williams, Clay
Meinders, Sully Hofmeister, Nolan Clemons and Jer Clemons. Back row (l-r): Megan
Marlette, Jessica Lippert, Kim Ventura, Maddie Deters and Cortanie Nederhoff. (Photo
courtesy Morgan Kappel/AGWSR High School)
DIKE — Welcome to the Jungle is the
theme for Dike-New Hartford’s Homecoming
activities this week.
High school students have decorated the
hallways in celebration of the annual event,
while a powder puff football game was held
Tuesday night.
Dress-up days include “King of the Jungle
Day,” “Hunting for a Victory Day,” Wildlife
Wednesday,” “Tropical or Pajama Day” and
“Wild for the Wolverines Day.”
The week culminates Friday with the annual pep rally, which will feature the Homecom-
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ing King and Queen crowning Friday from 2
to 3:05 p.m.
Candidates for Homecoming King include
Carter Bixby, Tommy Irvin, Connor McCleeary, Zach Nicholson and Preston Wheat.
Queen candidates include Lizzy Blough, Maddie Demro, Abby Klug, Rachel Koop and Olivia Verhulst.
The Wolverines host Clayton Ridge at 7
p.m. Friday in the annual Homecoming football game. Following the game will be the
Homecoming dance.
Grundy NEWS Register
Grundy Center
Bowling
Hair Mechanic donates to Operation Threshold
Hair Mechanic in Grundy Center donated nearly 30 pounds of food
from donations it received as part of a special. Pictured with Operation Threshold local director Chris Tobias is Hair Mechanic owner Keri
Teege. (Courtesy photo)
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Daily high and low temperature readings and precipitation amounts at
the National Weather Service Station in Grundy Center for the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. on the following dates:
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
9
10
11
12
13
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High
71
69
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59
69
61
September Accumulation
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Classic League
B.L.O.W.F.’S
6
2
Grandview Heights
5
3
Phelps John Deere
5
3
Tom’s Car Care
5
3
Van Wert, Inc.
2
6
Crystal Bowl
1
7
Year to date
High team scratch game —
Tom’s Car Care 977.
High team handicap game —
Tom’s Car Care 1,090.
High team scratch series —
Tom’s Car Care 2,673.
High team handicap series —
Phelps John Deere 3,058.
High individual scratch game
— Denny Westerman 245.
High individual handicap game
— Matt Wikert 276.
High individual scratch series
— Dave Maxson, Sr. 623.
High individual handicap series
— Rick Reinicke 701.
High individual average —
Dave Maxson, Sr. 199.33.
Most improved — Drew Babinat
29.17.
Commercial League
Crystal Bowl
57.5 32.5
Roger’s Boys
51.5 38.5
Rust Racing
46
44
3-D Construction
41
49
Wieland & Sons
36
54
DeKalb
3852
High individual games — Blake
Schmitt 265; Jesse Huisman 257;
Nathan Sealman 220; Ray Witt 231;
Chris Buseman 215; Judd Lyons 199;
Curt Stahl 204; Steve Bonk 213.
High individual series — Blake
Schmitt 721; Jesse Huisman 601;
Nathan Sealman 593; Ray Witt 583;
Chris Buseman 583; Judd Lyons 563;
Curt Stahl 562; Steve Bonk 552.
Lucky Strikers
GNB Insurance
7
5
Trunck’s Country Foods 7
5
Wild Wade’s Women
7
5
Miller Time
6
6
Scotty’s Salloon
3
5
Strohbehn Farms
2
6
High team scratch game —
Scotty’s Saloon 579.
High team handicap game —
Scotty’s Saloon 844.
High team scratch series —
Wild Wade’s Women 1,684.
High team handicap series —
Strohbehn Farm 2,467.
High individual scratch game
— Sonya Henningson 167.
High individual handicap game
—Brigitte Van Nice 238.
High individual scratch series
— Jen Appel 478.
High individual handicap series
— Jen Appel 694.
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Former pastor
to speak
GRUNDY CENTER — Pastor
Ted Ertle will be preaching at the
First Baptist Church in Grundy Center on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
with a fellowship time to follow.
Ertle was paster at First Baptist
from 1976 to 1988.
at the tennis courts near the high
school. Mr. Schupbach and Mrs.
Hendershot will be assisting with
practices, where we will do some
general conditioning, high school
students will talk about the sport of
cross country, and have fun together!
If you have questions, please contact Coach Andy McQuillen at [email protected] or 319825-5449 ext. 344.
Main Street
Chamber Open
Scarecrow event Houses set for
planned
this weekend
GRUNDY CENTER — Grun-
dy Center residents are invited to
be part of the second annual Main
Street Scarecrow event Oct. 2 - Nov.
4. Everyone is encouraged to join
the fun by displaying a scarecrow or
other fall decor such as corn shocks
and pumpkins on their lawns and in
front of their businesses to decorate
the entire town for fall. Start designing your display today.
Scarecrows will be placed on
downtown benches by churches and
other non-profit groups as the core
of the event. Local non-profits are
invited to contact the Chamber office at 825-3838 or by e-mail, [email protected] to reserve a bench
and confirm participation.
Show your support of these nonprofit groups by putting a scarecrow
up in front of your business or home
this October.
Alzheimer group
to meet Sept. 25
The Alzheimer Support Group
will meet Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6:30
p.m. at Arlington Place Assisted Living Center, 95 D Avenue, Grundy
Center. For more information call
Cathi at 319-824-5674.
GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center Chamber of Commerce
members will be hosting open houses Thursday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Sept. 20.
Shoppers are invited to enter a
drawing for $100 in Chamber Bucks.
Participating businesses include:
Crazy Daisy’s, Custom Airbrush
Tanning by Jen, Frederick Furniture,
Hair Mechanic, Lillian’s, Manly/As
You Like It and Shabby Shack.
A-P dance team
to host dinner
prior to Friday’s
football game
PARKERSBURG — The Aplington-Parkersburg High School
dance team will be having a freewill
donation supper before its football
game against Grundy Center on Friday, Sept. 19 from 4 to 7:30 p.m.
The event will be held on the tennis courts just outside the stadium
unless there is rain, in which case it
will be inside the high school commons area.
Oct. 15 — Reinbeck Memorial
Building, 3 to 6 p.m.
Blood drive set
for Grundy Center
GRUNDY CENTER — Lifeserve Blood Center will host a
Grundy Center Community Blood
Drive Thursday, Sept. 18 from 12:30
to 5:30 p.m. at the Grundy Center
Community Center.
Stout Reformed
Church to host
movie night
STOUT — The Reformed
Church of Stout will host a movie
night Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
The movie shown will be “Faith
Lake Potatoes.” Pop and popcorn
will be provided.
Gospel group
to perform in
New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD — New
Hartford is again hosting free gospel
concerts at the Community Center.
Concerts will be the last Tuesday of
each month. The year’s first concert,
Sept. 30, will feature “Restored,” a
family gospel singing group from
the Cedar Falls, Independence area.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. and
will be followed by refreshments
provided by the United Methodist
Church of New Hartford. All are
welcome. Any questions call Ray
Hemmer at 277-4848.
Public Health
Grundy Center sets flu shot
Fun run planned clinic schedule
New Hartford
Lions hosting
breakfast
GRUNDY CENTER — A fun
run is planned for Grundy Center
just prior to the Spartan Invitational
Cross Country meet. This event is
open to everyone in grades 3-6. This
is an opportunity to try the lifelong
sport of running. The 1-mile fun run
will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25
at the Town & Country Golf Course.
The run will begin on hole No. 1
fairway at 4:45 p.m.
We will be having two non-mandatory practices on Monday, Sept.
22 and Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:35
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Students can meet
Holy Family
Parish plans
Oktoberfest
for Sept. 25
GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy County Public Health has announced its flu shot clinic schedule
for the fall. Six events are scheduled
in five Grundy County communities.
There is a charge for flu shots. Those
on Medicare are asked to bring their
Medicare cards.
If you are unable to make a clinic,
call 319-824-6312 to schedule as appointment in the office.
Clinics are planned for:
Sept. 30 — Grundy Center Senior Center, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 — Conrad Public Library,
3 to 6 p.m.
Oct. 2 — Wellsburg Public Library, 3 to 6 p.m.
Oct. 3 — Bethany Presbyterian
Church, Grundy Center, 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. (Drive-through clinic)
Oct. 7 — Dike Public Library, 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
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NEW HARTFORD — The New
Hartford Lions Club will host an
omelet breakfast Sunday, Sept. 21
from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
New Hartford Community Building.
REINBECK — Holy Family
Parish, serving Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Dike and Parkersburg, will
host its annual Oktoberfest Sunday,
Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The event will feature an authentic German meal, free entertainment,
a live polka band, children’s games,
a train ride and a beer-making contest. All events are indoors and are
handicap accessible.
Obituaries
Alice J. Beenken
Alice J. Beenken, 88, of Grundy Center died September 12, 2014, Grundy Care Center while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Funeral
services were held on September 16 at American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, Pastor
Luther Thoresen officiating. Burial followed at
Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center. Memorials
may be directed to the family. To view the complete obituary or to send messages of condolence,
please visit www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.
Alice June, the daughter of Karl and Ella
(Vink) Boedeker was born April 25, 1926, in
Janesville. She graduated from Cedar Falls High
School in 1945.
Alice married Herman Lutjen Beenken Jr. at St. John’s Lutheran Church
in Cedar Falls on June 11, 1950. The couple lived in Grundy County on the
family farm. Alice was a devoted wife and mother. She was a homemaker
and was an active volunteer at American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center,
where she was a member for many years. She enjoyed jigsaw puzzles traveling and visiting with friends and family. Alice was an avid Iowa Hawkeye
fan and attended many football games over the years.
She is survived by three daughters, Sharron and her husband Vernon Kruger of Grundy Center, Sharlene and her husband Ken Buskohl of Grundy
Center, Darlene and her husband Dave Lutterman of Wellsburg; one son,
Vernon and his wife Nancy Beenken of Derby, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; 19
great- grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Emma Boedeker of Hendersonville,
North Carolina.
Alice was preceded in death by parents; her husband in 1994; three sisters,
Henrietta Macon, Gladys Lea, Catherine Boedeker in infancy; three brothers, Sidney Boedeker, Burliegh Boedeker and one in infancy.
Doris Fern Hess Snyder
Doris Fern Snyder our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
and great-great-grandmother passed away September 13, 2014, at the age
of 97. A funeral service was held September 17
at the Ivester Church of the Brethren in Grundy
Center. Burial was held at the Sheller Cemetery
in rural Grundy Center immediately following the
service. Memorials may be directed to the family.
To leave a message of condolence for the family,
please visit www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.
She was born February 28, 1917, in Melrose Township in Grundy County to Robert and
Gladys (Newell) Hess. Doris grew up on a farm
in Melrose Township. She graduated from Wellsburg Community School in
1935. Doris was married to Basil Snyder on February 14, 1936 in her parents’ house in Melrose County.
Doris lived a very full and rewarding life. Basil and she farmed in Melrose and Shiloh Townships in Grundy County while raising their four daughters. Doris was quite the home-maker. She had a huge garden and along with
it came canning and freezing. ,She could also be found working in the fields
and doing chores alongside Basil. She was a great cook and baker. She also
was a 4-H Leader and active in the Farm Bureau. She loved to sew and made
many of the clothes for her daughters. She quilted, sewed and knitted. She
loved to travel throughout the United States and made one trip to Europe.
She was a member of Ivester Church of the Brethren and the Cheerful
Helpers Sunday School Class. She also attended the Alice Church of God and
most recently would attend the United Reformed Church with her daughter.
She was a member of the Kappa Iota Club. She loved to bowl as well as play
bingo and cards.
Doris loved to spend time with her family. She is survived by her daughters, Shirley Jean (Jerry) Hogan of Wellsburg, Margaret Ann (Tom) Thompson of Boulder CO, Karla Mae (Harold) Sloan of Pewaukee, WI, and Wanda
Jane (Richard) Reents of Wauconda, IL; grandchildren, Jerome Lindaman,
Shelley Paulson, Pam Sullivan, Sonja Moll, Joseph Stout, Steven Meyer,
Sarah Meyer, and Kaleb Reents; great-grandchildren, Jared Lindaman, Susan Paulson, Eric Sells, Dylan and Dakota Moll, Tyler and Jacob Stout, and
Britt Meyer; great-great-grandchildren, Aundrea Lindaman and Kyera Sells,
and siblings, Isabelle Venenga, Helen Huisman, Mildred Basco, and Lawrence Hess.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Basil Snyder;
her husband of 2 years, Ted Harms; special friend Duncan McMartin; two
grandsons, Jason Lindaman and David Sells; her brother and sister-in-law,
Clarence and Lois Hess; sister and brother-in-law, Audrey and Robert Gillett; brothers-in law, Roy Venenga and Eugene Huisman; and sister-in-law
Phyllis Hess.
Her family would like to express gratitude and thankfulness to her many
friends who helped her live and enjoy a long fulfilling life.
Robert R. Brandt
Robert Raymond Brandt, 87, of Reinbeck died September 14, 2014, at
Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley
Hospice. A Memorial service will be held on Friday, September 19 at 11
A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck with Pastor Mike Campbell officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church.
Inurnment will be held at the Reinbeck Cemetery following the memorial
service. Memorials may be directed to the family. To leave a message of
condolence for the family, please visit at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com. A
full obituary will be printed in next week’s Grundy Register.
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Drug Take Back
event set for
Grundy Center
on Sept. 27
The Grundy County Public
Health Department, Grundy County
Sheriff’s Department, and Grundy
County Memorial Hospital are teaming up to offer a convenient way for
residents to safely dispose of unused
and outdated medications.
The ‘Take Back’ initiative is Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Grundy County Courthouse lawn. Members of the public can bring any type of unused or
outdated prescription or over-thecounter medication for safe disposal. A representative of the Sheriff’s
Department will be on hand so the
collection site will be able to accept
controlled substances, such as prescription sleeping pills and painkillers. “We’re prepared to accept any
and all pharmaceuticals and overthe-counter medications,” says Teri
Hook, RN, pharmacy manager at
Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
“This includes prescriptions through
the Veterans Administration (VA),
narcotics, dietary supplements, and
outdated items that you have purchased without a prescription.”
The Take Back date is part of a
national initiative by the Drug Enforcement Agency to safely rid
households of medications that can
be dangerous when misused, or can
contribute to accidental poisoning of
young children. According to DEA
information, the non-medical use
of prescription drugs is the second
most common form of drug abuse in
the country, and the majority of teens
abusing prescription drugs get them
from family, friends, and the home
medicine cabinet. In addition, simply flushing items down the toilet or
disposing of them in landfills poses a
hazard to groundwater supplies.
There is no cost for the ‘Take
Back’ day on September 27 – simply stop by the Courthouse lawn
and leave your outdated medications
with the sheriff’s department and
health agency representatives.
For more information on prescription drug abuse, go to dea.gov.
Food Preservation
101 class to be held
October 1
Grundy County Extension and
Outreach is offering an introductory
food preservation class to be held at
the Grundy County Extension Office
on October 1 from 6-7:30 p.m.
This workshop is intended for
those wanting to learn how to safely
preserve food and will also serve as
a good refresher for those who have
experience preserving food. The
workshop will cover canning, freezing, drying, pickling and making jams
and jellies.
Home food preservation is not difficult but it does require following
specific directions exactly. Always
use tested recipes and directions from
a reliable source. Ignoring recommended procedures can result in home
canned products that will make you
and your family very ill. Participants
will receive current food preservation
publications and additional research
based resources will be on display.
Pre-registration is required and
there is a small fee for the class. Registration deadline is Sept 26. Please
call the Grundy County Extension office at 319-824-6979 to register. Class
size is limited and pre-registration is
required.
Rickert receives service award
Grundy County CPC Administrator Todd Rickert was cited by the
Grundy County Board of Supervisors September 8 for his 10 years
of service. He is pictured with Supervisor chairman Harlyn Riekena.
(Courtesy photo)
Grundy Family YMCA Notes
INTRODUCING NEW YMCA
PERSONAL TRAINER – Meghan
Lynch.
“I am very
excited to be a
Certified Personal Trainer.
I have been
a resident of
Grundy Center for 12 years and I am so glad
that along with my husband Brian
and our three kids, we can call this
home. I spend a majority of my day
as a stay-at-home mother to Kaden,
Emerson and Gracyn. In the last year
it has been a joy to begin teaching
Cycling, Boot Camp and Kickboxing at the Grundy Family YMCA,”
she said.
“I have always loved fitness and
want to share that passion with others. Some of my favorite areas of
fitness include running, cycling,
high-intensity interval training and
resistance work. For me, fitness is
a key component in disease prevention, cardiovascular strength, stressmanagement, and emotional wellbeing. Fitness is a commitment but
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I believe that if you find something
you love to do, it can become a life
long love!”
Meghan is also teaching Afternoon Boot Camp (M/W) and Afternoon Kickboxing (T/Th) at 1pm this
Fall at the YMCA. She is ready to
take on new Personal Training clients. Personal Training sessions
come in packages of 3, 6, 10 and
20. These individualized sessions
are a great way to set specific goals
and have our YMCA Trainer help
you meet and exceed those goals!
Contact Andrew at the Y with questions. Call 319-825-6210 or email
[email protected].
ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, the
YMCA is taking a trip to the Valle
Drive-In Movie Theater in Newton!
The movie will start at 7:30, so we
will be leaving Grundy Center at
6:00. We will be staying for both
movies, and will return around midnight. This trip is open to all kids
in grades 5-9. Please contact Audrey
at the YMCA if you are interested in
joining us for this trip!
General Election voter information
available at Libraries and City Halls
Grundy County Auditor, Rhonda R. Deters, has distributed General Election voter information packets to libraries and city halls within Grundy County.
The packet includes a supply of voter registration forms, absentee ballot request
forms, and a flier of the Top 10 List of Important Facts and Dates for Voters.
Iowa law allows you to register to vote on Election Day at the polling place
for the precinct in which you currently live. After showing proper identification,
you may register and vote at the precinct the same day. However, the “SAME
DAY VOTER REGISTRATION” procedure may slow up the voting experience
for voters choosing to wait until November 4 to register and vote at the polling
site. If you have questions regarding where you vote, you may find that information on the Iowa Secretary of State’s internet website, www.sos.state.ia.us. Click
on “Find My Polling Place”. By completing the requested information, your
polling place location will appear. You may also call the Grundy County Auditor’s Office at 319-824-3122 for this information.
To make the voting experience easier and less time consuming on November
4, Grundy County Auditor Rhonda R. Deters recommends that you pre-register
to vote. The deadline to pre-register is Saturday, October 25, 2014, at 5:00 PM.
By pre-registering, your name will appear on the election register at your polling
site, and you will avoid the time consuming process required for “SAME DAY
VOTER REGISTRATION”.
You can register to vote in person at the County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse. Voter registration forms are also available on the Grundy County website,
www.grundycounty.org. Click on “Where do I?” and then click on “Register to
Vote”. You may then complete the Official Iowa Voter Registration Form. The
completed form should be delivered or mailed to the Grundy County Auditor,
706 G Ave., Grundy Center, IA 50638-1496. Mailed applications must be postmarked on or before October 20. If you are already registered to vote, there is no
need to re-register to participate in this election.
Absentee ballot request forms are also available on the Grundy County website. Click on “Where do I?” and then click on “Vote Absentee”. You may then
complete the Official Absentee Ballot Request Form. You can also call the
auditor’s office at 319-824-3122 or stop at the County Auditor’s Office at the
Courthouse to acquire these forms.
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary
of Agriculture Bill Northey today
commented on the Iowa crop progress and condition report released
by the USDA National Agricultural
Statistical Service. The report is
released weekly from April through
October.
“Heavy rains continued to roll
across the state which limited any
field work and the cool temperatures
slowed crop development. Fortunately most of the state avoided a
killing frost and warmer temperatures this week will help crops continue to mature,” Northey said.
The weekly report is also available on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s
website at www.IowaAgriculture.
gov or on USDA’s site at www.nass.
usda.gov/ia. The report summary
follows here:
CROP REPORT
Heavy rains restricted fieldwork
to only 2.6 days suitable across Iowa
during the week ending September
14, 2014, according to the USDA,
National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average temperatures for the
week were below normal, slowing
crop development. Frost was reported across much of the state but
caused little damage. Activities for
the week included chopping silage,
harvesting hay, and seeding cover
crops.
Yet another week of above normal
precipitation increased soil moisture
levels across the state. Topsoil moisture rated 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and
20 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture
levels rated 1 percent very short, 8
percent short, 79 percent adequate,
and 12 percent surplus.
Iowa’s corn crop reached 83 percent in or beyond the dent stage, 5
days ahead of the previous year but
4 days behind the five-year average.
Nineteen percent of the corn acreage was mature, 3 days ahead of
last year but 11 days behind normal.
Unchanged from previous 2 weeks,
76 percent of the corn acreage was
reported in good to excellent condition. Leaves were changing color on
fifty-one percent of soybean crop, 4
days ahead of the previous year, but
4 days behind average. Seventy-four
percent of the soybean acreage was
in good to excellent condition.
The third cutting of alfalfa hay
was 71 percent complete, just over 2
weeks behind both last year and the
five-year average. Pasture condition
rated 66 percent good to excellent.
Reports indicated hay conditions
were wet with concerns that a third
cutting may not be completed.
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Grundy OPINION Register
Memory Lane
A Look back through
The Grundy Register
Compiled by Lisa Kanagy
10 Years Ago This Week - 2004
• Morrison Pioneer Craft Fair,
something for everyone, rides on
rail cars and cabooses, area craftsmen showing their skills and food
• In Wellsburg, residents meet
president George W. Bush
• 150th year celebration to be
held at Eldora United Methodist
Church on September 18
• A training exercise for the
Grundy Center fire department and
rescue squad took place on Tuesday
with the burning of a building, the
removal of the building will allow
the Engelkes-Abels Funeral home
access to a new mortuary being built
and more parking facilities
• Center Theatre – I, Robot and
Dodgeball
How can schools have
budget issues yet
purchase computers
and buildings?
• In Good Cookin’ Mary Hopp
highlighted nine recipes that she
found during her first trip to the
Iowa State Fair
• Hundreds of people flocked to
the Community Center during the
Trade Fair with 31 exhibitors
• It’s official, Grundy Center
school enrollment is 638
• Harry Banks accepts his senior
men’s golf tournament plaque from
Ralph Kling following the annual
18-hole event on Thursday
• The Lady Warriors started
the season with a 2-3 record, WSR
holds victories over Grundy Center
3-0 and New Hartford 3-1
• AE dessert-1/2 gal. for $2.99
• Center Theatre-Lethal Weapon
II
• The Francis Persinger family of
rural Grundy Center has been temporarily expanded to include Mualla
Ozdogan of Bandirma, Turkey as a
16 year old high school senior who
is a foreign exchange student
• J. Clyde Smith will be honored
at a meeting of Emerald Lodge No.
334 after completing 50 years as a
member of the Masonic Fraternity
• Upwards of 1,200 members of
the Grundy Co. REC attended their
annual meeting last Wednesday
• The Gamble Store is announcing the closing out of all hardware
and houseware items in their store,
their concentration will be on furniture and household furnishings
• Fire destroyed a dairy building
and killed nine calves on the C. C.
Nederhoff farm of Wellsburg
• The Wellsburg Warriors will
make their debut in the new MidIowa Conference this Friday night
against Hudson, flushed with victory in their season opener with Aplington, 20-6
• The John Susich family moved
here yesterday from Monticello, IA,
Mr. Susich is the new owner of the
Corner Drug Store
• Silver anniversaries were celebrated by both Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Moats of Grundy Center and Mr.
and Mrs. Merle Lamons of LeRoy,
Minn, as they were married in a
double ceremony 25 years ago
• The annual Hawkeye District
Da dna Lad day held at Camp Ingawanis Sunday was a real success, attendance, weather and fun couldn’t
have been better according to the
Cub Scouts and their dads who attended which was about 400
• Mr. G Frozen French Fries, 9
oz. - 9¢
• Center Theater – Hey There,
It’s Yogi Bear; All the Way Home;
The New Interns
• Farmers to deliver 676,951
bushel corn, 54% of corn under seal
will be kept on farms per the farmers requests
• The Pioneer Seed Corn company at Reinbeck have been engaged
in harvesting the seed from their
700 acres of corn land, they report a
yield of 75 to 80 bushels to the acre
• The 84 rural teachers of the
county will hold a meeting, called
to order by County Superintendent
K. F. Jones, stating in his notice that
business of great importance will be
discussed
• Cattle were the highest premium winners at the recent county fair
with premium of $657
• J. D. Nickerson is advertising
the new 1940 Hudson Six starting at
a new lower price of $670
• 4 tall cans of D.M. Milk=23¢
• New Grundy Theatre – Lady of
the Tropics
From The
Cheap Seats
This is one of those weeks where there is truly no shortage of things
to write about. I could easily write about the NFL’s recent trouble with
domestic violence issues ... or I could
write about the high school fall sports
season hitting its stride ... or I could
write about the parade of political
candidates who have come through
my office in the past couple of weeks.
I could even write about a Lions
project that I have gotten involved in
during recent weeks.
But instead I’ll talk about returning
to something that was one of my
favorite things to do in high school:
making music. As much interest as
I’ve had in sports, and as involved as
I’ve gotten with it as a reporter, the
fact is that I had my greatest times in
high school as a member of our choir.
By JOHN JENSEN
Ever since returning to church a
few years ago I’ve had it in the back
of my mind to possibly sing with the choir. I’d even had a couple of people
mention to me that it was something I should do. It’s something I never
acted on because I didn’t want to make the commitment ... but in the back
of my mind I knew that if I was ever asked by the right person I would
probably do it.
To make a long story short, I was asked by that right person ... and didn’t
hesitiate to agree to try it.
Then came the scary part.
It’s been pretty much high school since I did any part work as any sort
of musician. I attended a practice or two for the church choir in Washington
when my wife asked me to, but that didn’t amount to anything (I’m not even
sure if I was ever part of a performance) and have occasionally picked up
the tenor line in a piece I’ve heard that I was familiar with. Other than that,
nada.
The good news was that I’d at least met most of the people in the group.
The director, Pam Doak, was somebody I’d written a feature story about last
year (and everybody knows Pinky, her husband), and I’d written a feature
on one of the men in the choir. I also knew a couple of the others through
various things I’ve worked on, so there was plenty of familiarity.
Another thing that saved me was that the first piece we did was one I was
familiar with. Though I cannot say I it did well, there were at least parts I
remember. Considering that we had one one-hour rehearsal before Sunday’s
service, that was a really lucky break.
Music is something I’ve enjoyed as long as I can remember. As a young
kid I was one of the ones who often was asked to sing solos, and in Middle
School and High School, choir was one of the things I had some success
with. I remember to this day when, in junior high, I made the cut for the
school’s top swing choir. I didn’t expect to make that cut, and it set a lot of
other things in motion.
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It didn’t take long into the first (and only to date) rehearsal to realize that
not a lot has changed. First, and most importantly, I still enjoy it. Second,
and just as importantly, I still seem to have most of the same voice I did in
high school ... the one that puts me on the tenor end of the spectrum but not
so high that I can quite get to all the notes. I always wanted a deep baritone
voice like that of Simon Estes, though God didn’t bless me with that voice.
Instead I sound more like Weird Al Yankovic or possibly Peter Yaro of Peter,
Paul and Mary fame.
Much to my own chagrin, I also discovered that I still can’t sight read
music to save my life. That tended to be my biggest weakness in high
school and is why I never had a sniff of a chance to sing in college (which
is something I briefly considered). Unlike some people, I generally cannot
just pick up a piece of music and make it sound good ... I don’t know what
notes to sing until I hear them. Once I do hear them I can generally imitate
it. In other words I have to work to learn my part.
During rehearsal it took me about 45 minutes to remember one other key
thing I was supposed to do ... that we are supposed to watch the director
to see when we are supposed to come in and cut off. Even during morning
warm-up I had to remind myself of that again.
• • •
A few of you might have wondered last week why the UNI football
team took the long trip to Hawaii for a non-conference game. Beyond the
financial guarantee that lower-level schools get for playing Division Is and
a trip the kids will never forget, there is actually a decent answer for that.
It’s a good bet that you might not know of the a strong connection
between the two universities in former coach and administrator Stan Sheriff.
Sheriff served as UNI’s head football coach from 1960 to 1982 and
its athletic director from 1970 to 1982 before moving home to his native
Hawaii to serve as the University of Hawaii’s athletic director, which he did
from 1983 until his untimely death 10 years later. His name was still revered
at UNI when I was a student there in the early 1990s, and I had a chance to
shake his hand when he visited the athletic offices, where I worked.
Sheriff was athletic director when UNI built the UNI-Dome, a facility
that is still the best known on campus some 38 years after its construction
and also oversaw its transition from Division II to Division I athletics.
Hawaii named its basketball/volleyball arena for Sheriff in 1998. UNI
missed the boat when it failed to rename the UNI-Dome in his honor at the
same time or even sooner.
There was talk of doing that just after his death, but instead the university
chose to rename only the football field in his honor. To this day you will hear
Gary Rima describe games on hte radio as being held at the UNI-Dome’s
Stan Sheriff Field.
There is still time for UNI to right this wrong. It took Iowa State more
than 60 years before appropriately renaming Cyclone Stadium in honor
of Jack Trice, its first-ever African-American athlete who died in just
his second game with the team. Though Sheriff did not pass away while
coaching at UNI, he still had as great or greater impact on the school and
Midwest athletics as Trice did at Iowa State and in what was known as the
Big Six Conference at the time.
Without Sheriff, UNI very possibly does not have the UNI-Dome and
all the high-profile events that have been held there. The school might not
even have Division I athletics. And without Division I athletics, the school
wouldn’t have the excitement of its many March Madness runs, including
Ali Farokmanesh’s game-winning 3-pointer against Kansas in 2010 or
Maurice Newby’s game-winning 3-pointer against Missouri in 1990 (on the
day I was accepted to the school).
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By JERRY SCHUTZ
Superintendent, Grundy Center
Community School District
Special to The Grundy Register
How many of you run out of
money before payday … yet have
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
your retirement account? You can’t
use the retirement account money
because it was set aside with special
governmental rules and is not accessible for day-to-day use until retirement.
The same holds true for schools.
We use our general account to fund
routine operations: curriculum, employee salaries, utilities and operating expenses. Schools also maintain
a number of special funds; the money used to buy computers and build
buildings come from these special
funds such as the Physical Plant and
Equipment Levy (PPEL) and the
sales tax fund (SAVE). It is also important to note that it is illegal to use
these special funds for the purposes
of maintaining general school operations.
How many of you have retirement plans that receive matching
funds from your employer? These
funds are taxed differently so you
can’t access these funds until retirement. The thing I want to focus
on here is where the money comes
from.
THE GENERAL FUND comes
from the general state aid formula
based on the per-pupil cost. With
school finance, the general fund is
limited by Iowa state law to a certain amount of money per pupil. This
authority from the state to spend is
sometimes called Spending Authority. The school district can not
spend more per pupil than what the
state allows. Other funds have different funding sources (such as the
one-penny sales tax, local property
taxes, etc.). These funds have different rules on their use. The issue being faced by Grundy Center Schools
(and most small school districts) is
the cap on how much we can spend
out of our general fund. Again, the
general fund comes from the general
state aide formula based on per-pupil
allocations.
SPENDING
AUTHORITY
works something like a savings account. The state allows districts to
carry over unused spending authority from year to year. For simplicity,
lets call this a savings account. Over
the past several years we have been
spending more from the general
fund than we have been authorized
for that year. (in other words, we’ve
been dipping into our savings account.) Iowa law does not allow us
to exceed the total amount of money
authorized, including any spending
authority from previous years, so
our savings account is running out
of money.
About three years ago we had an
unspent balance (unused spending
authority) of almost $1 million in
the general fund (in the savings account). We have been dipping into
the reserve (savings) about double
each year for the past three years.
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Grundy SOCIAL EVENTS Register
Center Theatre’s
Reel-to-Reel
Thank you to everyone who sent
a card or called to wish me a happy
90th birthday.
I greatly appreciated it.
Gib Moeller
Grundy Community Preschool
& Childcare Center would like to
thank all the people who made our
Pulled Pork Supper and raffle such
a successful event.
All of the support was greatly
appreciated!
Thanks!
Celebrating 60 years
Marvin and Joyce Steinmeyer will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married September 24, 1954 at the American Lutheran
Church in Grundy Center.
They have been blessed with children Perry and wife Susan Steinmeyer of
Waterloo; Beverly Steinmeyer of State Center; and Linda and husband Chad
Mackie of Grundy Center; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
They have been farming since 1958 at 18325 O Avenue, Grundy Center.
Garden Club
hold meeting
The August meeting of the Garden Club was held at the home of
Rose Kramer with Arlyne Buchanan
as co-hostess.
Sixteen members were present to
answer roll call of favorite garden
vegetable.
Discussion of some fall activities
and committees were appointed.
Every member brought a dish
prepared from garden produce.
Many delicious dishes were tasted.
One new member was welcomed.
Our September meeting will be a
fall drive.
Nutrition site menu
Friday, September 19 — Baked
Chicken, Mexican Corn, Coleslaw,
Multi Grain Bread/Margarine, Hot
Peaches
Monday, September 22 — Beef
Stroganoff with Noodles, Squash
with Zucchini and Tomatoes, Diced
Beets, Multi Grain Bread/Margarine, Fruited Gelatin
Tuesday, September 23 — Pork
Rib Patty, Ranch Beans, California
Vegetables, Hamburger Bun/Margarine, Tropical Fruit
Wednesday, September 24 —
Mushroom Chicken, Whipped
Potatoes, Spinach, Wheat Bread/
Margarine, Mandarin Oranges with
Pineapple
Thursday, September 25 — Roast
Beef, Brown Gravy, Baked Potato,
Italian Vegetables, Multi Grain
Bread/Margarine, Fresh Fruit, Sour
Cream
Each meal includes milk. All
meals must be ordered by 9 a.m.
the day before receiving a meal. For
more information, to reserve a place
or order a meal, call the Grundy Center Senior Center at (319) 824-3843.
Celebrating 50th wedding anniversary
Mark and Darbie Lynch will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on
September 19th. Mark Russel Lynch and Darbie Mae Lorenz were married
September 19th, 1964 at Peace United Church of Christ in Gladbrook Iowa.
The couple farmed in Vienna Township until retirement in 2010. They
continue to live on the farm where Mark grew up. They enjoy their granddaughters’ activities and spending time on Gulf Shoes, AL. and Arizona in
the winter months.
They are the parents of two daughters, Shelleen (Kenneth) Hatch, and
Sheresa Lynch, all of Gladbrook. They also have 2 granddaughters, Shelton
and Kerrigan Hatch.
They will be enjoying a family dinner hosted by their daughters.
4-H Clubs to hold
joint meeting
Retirement open
house
Gary Cornelius is announcing his
retirement from Ag-Vantage Farm
Service on September 2, 2014, after
25 years of service.
Gary is looking forward to spending time on his Harley Davidson and
enjoying retirement life.
A retirement open house to celebrate with Gary is set for September 27, at his home at 3228 Cypress
Ave., Cedar Falls, IA from 3 - 8 p.m.
Gary requests no gifts please, just
your presence.
Palermo Clovers and Buckington
Barnstormers 4-H clubs will be holding a joint meeting at Titan Machinery (east edge of Grundy Center) on
Sunday, September 21 at 5 pm.
Members and parents are invited
to attend for information and planning and bring a snack to share. If
you are interested in joining 4-H
and are in Kindergarten to twelveth
grade you may contact Leaders Eileen Flater, Brandy Gerhart, Barb
Cunningham or Shelly Luiken. For
more information call the Extension
office at 824-6979 and ask for Andrea.
News from Ivester
Happy 90th birthday
Bernard Buskohl is turning 90 on
September 19.
Cards and well wishes can be
sent to: 19078 M Ave., Holland, IA.
50642.
Baby Shower
The baby shower for Sabrina
Russell and Briella has been postponed due to mom and baby needing
additional hospital treatment.
September 20
The wedding of Grace Cameron
and Quinton Butler will be at 1 pm.
September 21
A Peace Day Service will be held
next Sunday, September 21 at 10:30
am.
CROP walk for Grundy County
will begin at the back of GCHS at
1:45 pm.
Friendly Forum will be held at
the Nehers at 5:30 pm September
21.
Beginning at the Center Theatre
on Friday, September 19th at 7:00
will be the action/adventure Guardians Of The Galaxy 2D, starring
Chris Pratt, Glenn Close, Bradley
Cooper and Vin Diesel. This movie
is rated PG-13 for violence, running approximately 120 minutes in
length. At 7:30 will be the inspiring
true story/sports/drama When The
Game Stands Tall, starring Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig. This movie is rated PG,
running approximately 110 minutes
in length. There will be no matinees
this weekend.
From Marvel, the studio that
brought you the global blockbuster
franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers,
comes a new team — the Guardians
of the Galaxy. An action-packed,
epic space adventure, Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy 2D expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash
adventurer Peter Quill finds himself
the object of an unrelenting bounty
hunt after stealing a mysterious orb
coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain
with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an
uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits — Rocket, a gun-toting
raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the
Destroyer. But when Quill discovers
the true power of the orb and menace it poses to the cosmos, he must
do his best to rally his ragtag rivals
for a last, desperate stand – with the
galaxy's fate in the balance.
Inspired by a true story, When
The Game Stands Tall tells the
remarkable journey of legendary
football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim
Caviezel), who took the Christian
School De La Salle Spartans from
obscurity to a 151-game winning
streak that shattered all records for
any American sport. The streak
lasted for more than half a decade,
from 1992 – 2003, winning 151 consecutive games. When The Games
Stands Tall is not about the road to
the winning streak, but what happened when the streak ended. It’s
about a coach with strong convictions, overcoming big life obstacles
and leaving a positive impact wherever you go, whether on or off the
field. This is an exceptional true
story with football games that will
draw you in to the excitement on
screen and life lessons everyone can
learn from. An engaging and inspiring sports drama for all ages, this
is the movie for you, your family,
your school sports team, your youth
group - for everyone. Don’t miss the
outstanding movie When The Game
Stands Tall at the Center Theatre
this week!
For the most up-to-date movie
information, please check out our
new website at www.grundycentertheatre.com. If you are interested in
gift certificates to the Center Theatre, they may be purchased at GNB
bank locations during the day or at
the Center Theatre during evening
business hours.
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Culinary Corner
Happy September!! I enjoy the fall very much! Maybe because my
birthday is in September, but it is a very cozy time of year.
My children have gotten off to a great start in school. How about
your children?
I will have to admit having the gardening end is somewhat of a relief.
Although, we are always thankful for what we harvest it is nice for a
break. However, ‘tis the season for zucchini, right? My recipe this
week is from my husband’s home church in Wellman, Iowa area that is
a great way to use up that zucchini and some of the other items that may
be in abundance. My zucchini is shredded and ready to go, so I will
let you know how much we get canned this week. Plan ahead for this
recipe. I do like to bake with my zucchini, too. So, maybe next time I
will have a yummy muffin or bread recipe that I can share to get some
veggies into your family. Do we still call it veggies when we add all that
sugar and flour and bake it? :)
Take care and ENJOY!! ≈ Lisa K.
Zucchini Relish
Diana Ropp Miller, Wellman, Iowa
10 c. zucchini, shredded
4 lg. onions, finely diced
4 lg. green peppers, finely diced
4 lg. red peppers, finely diced
1/2 c. salt
2-1/2 c. cider vinegar
4 c. sugar, scant
2 Tb. cornstarch
1 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 tsp. celery seed
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Combine first five ingredients and let stand for two hours or
overnight. Drain and rise thoroughly with cold water.
In large kettle, bring the remaining ingredients to a boil. Add
vegetables and simmer for 30 minutes.
Ladle hot mixture into hot jars, wipe off rims, place canning lids
(boiled) and seals on and turn upside down. Store when sealed.
Calendar of events
Grundy Community Center
Thursday
September 18
• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 12 noon, Wilts
Room
Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Legion Room
Blood Drive, 12:30 p.m., Wilts Room
Friday
September 19
• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m., Wilts
Room
Exercise, 9 a.m., Legion Room
Sunday
• Grundy Comm. Center – Orchard Hill Church, 9:45 a.m.,
Wilts Room
September 21
• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wilts
Room
Exercise, 9:00 a.m. Legion Room
Tuesday
September 23
Room
Potter’s Hearing Aids, Office
Wednesday
September 24
Room
Exercise, 9:00 a.m., Wilts Room
Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Wilts Room
REC, 9 a.m., Legion Room
Thursday
September 25
• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 12 noon, Wilts Room
515 Wine With Design, 6:30 p.m., Legion Room
Put your event in the Grundy Center Community Calendar!
319-824-6958 • [email protected]
In school or at
home, the newspaper
is a textbook
for life.
Encourage your children to make
reading the newspaper a
part of their everyday routine
for lifelong learning.
Grundy County Farmers market
Last market oF
the season
Come Enjoy all the Vegetables, Baked Goods, Crafts
Since 1973
Farm, Residential, Commercial
Gladbrook TheaTer
Center Theatre
800-682-6345
Gladbrook, IA ~ 888-473-3456
www.grundycentertheatre.com
Guardians of the
Galaxy in 3D
• Rated PG-13 • 121 mins.
Starting – Friday
September 19
• Rated PG13 • 121 min.
* 7:30 pm - Friday - Wednesday
* 3:15 pm - Saturday Matinee
* 1:30 pm - Sunday Matinee
Starting – Friday
September 19
7:00 – Guardians of
The Galaxy in 2D
7:30 – When The
Ove
HelD Tall
Game Stands
r
• Rated PG • 120 mins.
* NO Weekend
Matinees this week
www.grundycentertheatre.com
Monday
September 22
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at
Grundy Center Courthouse
Konken Electric, Inc.
Grundy CEntEr 319-824-3150
dIKE 319-989-2155
rEInbECK 319-788-3150
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GRUNDY COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2015-1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 2009-5
GRUNDY COUNTY, IOWA, DEVELOPMENT
ORDINANCE
Be It Ordained By the Board of Supervisors of
Grundy County, Iowa:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of
this Ordinance is to amend the Official Zoning
Maps of Ordinance No. 2009-5 - Grundy County, Iowa, Development Ordinance.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. The Official
Zoning Maps of Ordinance No. 2009-5 – Grundy County, Iowa, Development Ordinance are
hereby amended by reclassifying the following
described real property from M-Manufacturing
District to A-2 Agricultural District, to-wit:
The North 907.5 feet of the West 627 feet of
the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township
89 North, Range15, West of the 5th P.M.
SECTION 3. REPEALER. All Ordinances or
parts of Ordinances heretofore enacted by the
Board of Supervisors of Grundy County, Iowa,
in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance
are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors that each section, paragraph, sentence, clause and provision of this Ordinance
is separable, and if any such provision is held
unconstitutional or
invalid for any reason, such decision shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance or any
part thereof other than that affected by such
decision.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by
law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of
September, 2014.
Harlyn Riekena, Chairperson
Grundy County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Rhonda R. Deters, Grundy County Auditor
THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
GRUNDY COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
T.J. Heronimus, Deceased.
Probate No. ESPR101886
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF
APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of
T. J. Heronimus, Deceased, who died on or
about 28th day of August, 2014:
You are hereby notified that on the 5th day
of September, 2014, the last will and testament
of T. J. Heronimus, deceased, bearing date of
the 16th day of July, 2013, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Marcia
J. Heronimus was appointed executor of the
estate. Any action to set aside the will must be
brought in the district court of said county within
the later to occur of four months from the date
of the second publication of this notice or one
month from the date of mailing of this notice to
all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the
will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.
Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file
them with the clerk of the above named district
court, as provided by law, duly authenticated,
for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to
occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of
mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed
or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.
Dated this 5th day of September, 2014.
Marcia J. Heronimus
802 I Avenue
Grundy Center, IA 50638
Executor of estate
Heronimus, Schmidt, & Allen
Attorneys for executor
630 G Avenue, Box 365
Date of second publication 18th day of September, 2014.
37-2
GRUNDY COUNTY
Leola Mae Hook, Deceased.
Leola Mae Hook, Deceased, who died on or
about 23rd day of August, 2014:
of Leola Mae Hook, deceased, bearing date
of the 30th day of April, 1990, was admitted
to probate in the above named court and that
Paulette Cramer was appointed executor of the
estate. Any action to set aside the will must be
Paulette Cramer
1204 J Ave
Executor of estate
Dale Hansmann, ICIS PIN No: AT0003251
Attorney for Executor
Klinkenborg, Hansmann & Petersen
1201 Highway 57, PO Box 682
Parkersburg, IA 50665
38-2
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN CREDITORS AND
CLAIMANTS OF THE MARTHA T. MERRITT
TRUST
To All Persons regarding Martha T. Merritt
Trust and Morris Wilbur Merritt lifetime beneficiary thereof, who died on or about 23rd day of
July, 2014:
You are hereby notified that GNB Bank is
the Trustee of the Martha T. Merritt Trust. At this
time, no probate administration is contemplated
with regard to Morris Wilbur Merritt and, pursuant to the terms of the Martha T. Merritt Trust,
the Trust shall be terminated.
Any action to contest the validity of the trust
must be brought in the District Court of Grundy
County, Iowa, within the later to occur of sixty
days from the date of the second publication of
this notice or thirty days from the date of mailing of this notice to all known creditors of the
decendent, Morris Wilbur Merritt, and beneficiaries under the trust whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any claim not filed within
this period shall be forever barred.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the decedent or to the trust are reequested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned Trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, return receipt requested.
Unless creditor claims are mailed by the later to
occur of sixty days from the second publication
of this notice or thirty days from the date of mailing this notice, a claim shall be forever barred,
unless otherwise allowed or paid.
Dated this 28th day of August, 2014.
Martha T. Merritt Trust
GNB Bank, Trustee
P.O. Box 246
Executor of estate
Heronimus, Schmidt, & Allen
Attorneys for executor
630 G Avenue, Box 365
37-2
GRUNDY COUNTY
Charles C. Christiansen, Deceased.
Charles C. Christiansen, Deceased, who died
on or about 20th day of August, 2014:
of Charles C. Christiansen, deceased, bearing
date of the 23rd day of September, 2010, was
admitted to probate in the above named court
and that Douglas A. Christiansen and Cheryl
A. Kremer were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be
Douglas A. Christiansen
8206 W. Ridgeway Avenue
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Cheryl A. Kremer
1541 90th Street
Arlington, IA 50606
Executors of estate
Timothy M. Sweet, ICIS PIN No: AT0007757
Attorney for Executor
Sweet Law, P.L.C.
PO Box B
Reinbeck, IA 50669
37-2
GRUNDY COUNTY LANDFILL COMMISSION
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, August 14, 2014
Location: Grundy County Courthouse
Members Present: Melcher, Chm., Smith, Secretary, Buhrow, Juchems,
Knaack, Riekena and Severance
The meeting was called to order at 6:31 pm by
Chairman Melcher.
The minutes of the July meeting were read and
approved on a motion by Juchems and a second by Severance.
On a motion by Juchems, seconded by Buhrow,
bills were approved totaling
$91.50 for the Landfill Closure Fund and
$8492.64 for the Citizen’s Convenience Center.
Business Items:
Smith read a letter from Todd Whipple of HLW
Engineering regarding results of the statistical
evaluation of the spring 2014 water sampling
data. Based upon
those outcomes, we will need to test water
from wells MW-9, MW-13, MW-5 and MW-19
for a longer list of compounds this fall and next
spring. The estimated
cost for these additional tests is $5640.00.
There was no other business to come before
the Commissioners.
The meeting was adjourned on a motion by
Juchems and a second by Buhrow at 6:47 pm.
Respectfully submitted by
Barbara Smith, Secretary
Dike News
Birthdays
Dates for Dike
Milky Way Galaxy Disc Golf Course debuts new signage
Jesse Paris, a member of the Reinbeck Park Board, is pictured with
new signage placed along the Milky Way Galaxy Disc Golf Course at
Strohbehn Park in Reinbeck. Grundy County Public Health was able to
fund grant dollars from the Community Transformation Grant (CTG)
on behalf of the CDC to have new signs placed throughout the course.
The signs include healthy messages from beginning to end on the disc
golf course. Along with healthy messages, an individual will be able to
access the rules of the game as well as the designated route for the disc
golf course. Disc golf is played much like traditional golf. Instead of a
ball and clubs, however, players use a flying disc, or Frisbee. The ongoing fitness boom finds more and more people taking up recreational
activities in an effort to improve health and quality of life. Disc golf
provides upper and lower body conditioning, and promotes a combination of physical and mental abilities that allow very little risk of physical
injury. (Courtesy photo)
Superintendent
from page 4
Many of the reasons for dipping
into the reserve could not be anticipated by the schools. For example,
the state legislature changed the
rules for operational sharing during
the budget year last year … which
resulted in $250,000 of last year’s
overspending.
WHEN YOU PAY YOUR
BILLS, most people start by paying
the mortgage and loans first. Lenders
often check your credit and don’t allow too much of your income to go to
the mortgage. A similar concept occurs in schools. We currently spend
over 80 percent of our general fund
on salaries and benefits. Most of our
employees are under contract, so we
are committed to pay them for the
year. This is one of the many reasons
why managing the school budget is
like piloting a ship — you must turn
the rudder well in advance to move
in the right direction. Schools must
plan well ahead to make changes in
personnel spending. For example,
by law, teacher contracts must be renewed early in the spring of the year
prior. Contract negotiations also add
costs and are often not completed
until summer. Since the district enrollment has not kept pace with this
increase in spending, these costs also
reduce the savings account balance,
reducing spending authority balance.
Right now we are looking at having about $250,000 left in the savings account (general fund authorized spending authority) at the end
of this school year. We must plan
wisely for next year to reduce spending as we can not spend more than
authorized by Iowa law.
I hope this helps people understand what is happening. Feel free to
contact me if you have any questions
at 19-825-5418.
4 pm Cross country at CF
6 pm 9th football at A_P
4:15 JH cc CF
4:15 JH FB at Union
Friday, September 19
7 pm football at Dike
Homecoming
Saturday, September 20
9am VB at Dike
Sunday, September 21
Local church services
Monday, September 22
5 pm JV Volleyball at Dike
JV fooball at Dike
4 :15 JH VB at Jesup
Tuesday, September 23
5 pm CC at Nash-Plain
6 VB at Dike
Wednesday, September 24
early dismissal
Thursday, September 18: Mark
Galloway
Friday, September 19: Joel Paige,
Mike Christensen, Chris Meyer,
Kevin Hemmen
Saturday, September 20: Jan Buskohl
Sunday, September 21: Joann
Juhl, Michael Clark
Monday, September 22: Michelle
Bradford, Ken Hall, Karen Arends,
Tom Boe
Tuesday, September 23: Lillien
Bennett, Martin Camarata, Joe Murphy, Avriel Koester
Wednesday, September 24: Gloria Gerstenkorn, Katie Paige, Rhett
Ehmen
Thursday, September 25: Rick
Ehmen, Berdene Biersner
D-NH school lunch menu
Thursday, September 18: tenderloin, baked beans, pineapple
Friday, September 19: lasagna
roll ups with tomato sauce, carrots,
breadstick, applesauce
Monday, September 22: pizza
burger, cheese potatoes, banana/
mandarin oranges
Tuesday, September 23: breadfast for lunch, French toast, omelets,
hashbrown, juice
Grundy County District Court
Kiera McKenzie Grant, Center
Point, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Joey Beth Whalen, Fort Dodge,
Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10 over),
$114;
Jonathan James Gaffney, LaMont,
$119;
Marina Anne Jelsma, Sioux Center, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Nicholas Ryan Meyer, Waterloo,
$114;
Nicholas William Scott, Edina,
Minn., Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Andrew James Richlen, Ankeny, Speeding, over 55 zone (11-15
over), $168;
Jacqueline Marchelle Suhr, New
Boston, Mo., Speeding, 55 or under
zone (6-10 over), $119;
Meghan Danielle Parman, Waverly, Speeding, $114;
Jack A. Stumberg, Grundy Center, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $119;
Trenton Charles Dirks, Grundy
Center, Speeding, 55 or under zone
(6-10 over), $141;
Cheri Jolyn Hidlebaugh, Grimes,
$242.25;
Keenan Johnch Johnson, Waterloo, Registration violation, $100.50;
Ellis Martin Jordan, Iowa City,
$148.50;
Joseph Allen Merris, Eagle
Grove, Failure to carry registration
card, $100.50;
Augustus Tarlue, Des Moines, No
valid driver’s license, $465;
Adam Lionel Page, Cedar Rapids, Failure to give notice of address/
name change, $100.50;
Brandon Lee Kohl, Cedar Rapids, Speeding, over 55 zone (11-15
over), $222;
John Donald Fitzgibbons, Okoboji, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Todd M. Clark, Waterloo, Seat
belt violation, $127.50;
Curtis David Linn Lane, Water-
loo, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Faith Noelle Hazelwood, McDonough, Ga., Speeding, over 55
zone (1-5 over), $87;
Kameron Lawrence Middlebrooks, Des Moines, Speeding, over
55 zone (11-15 over), $229.50;
Todd Michael Haupt, Grundy
Center, Speeding, 55 or under zone
(6-10 over), $114;
Roberta Marteniez, Waterloo,
$163.35;
Jason Patrick McCarroll, Waterloo, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Bekki Sue Weeda, Cedar Falls,
$114;
Ryan Nicholas Jorgenson, Des
Moines, Speeding, over 55 zone (610 over), $114;
Randee Marie Baklund, Correctionville, Failure to give notice of
address/name change, $100.50;
Terry O. Brown, Wellsburg,
Speeding, 55 or under zone (6-10
over), $119;
Ruben V. Guzman, Marshalltown, Speeding, 55 or under zone
(6-10 over), $119;
James LeRoy Reiners, Waterloo,
$148.50;
Michelle Renae Fink, Waverly,
over), $148.50;
Jesse James Wierck, Grundy
Center, Operation without registration, $127.50;
Christopher Howard Nebons, Des
Moines, Speeding, over 55 zone (610 over), $114;
David Allan Peters, Storm Lake,
$119;
Jennifer Lynn Wood, Gladbrook,
over), $119;
Josie Manning McMartin, Grundy Center, Speeding, 55 or under
zone (more than 20 over), $227;
Dorsey R. Norman, Lebanon,
Ill., Speeding, 55 or under zone (1-5
over), $87;
Gary D. Siefken, Holland, Failure
to comply with safety rules/regulations, $127.50;
Janelle Grace Ewing, Waterloo,
Speeding (Road work zones, 1-10
over), $161.25;
Mackenzie Michele Brus, Deinson, Speeding, over 55 zone (16-20
over), $81.50;
Robert Raymond Rempe, Holy
Cross, Speeding, 55 or under zone
(11-15 over), $168;
David E. Olsen, Pearl City, Ill.,
over), $168;
Scot Zachary Cook, Clive, Speeding, over 55 zone (1-5 over), $87;
Timothy Arnold Ratchford, Elk
Run Heights, Dark window/windshield, $127.50;
Macy T. Kosar, Waterloo, Speeding, 55 or under zone (6-10 over),
$119;
Cheyenne Dawn Rahn, Wellsburg, Speeding, 55 or under zone (610 over), $119;
Donald Lyle Bailey, Marshalltown, Speeding, 55 or under zone
(6-10 over), $119;
Emily Christine Vetter, Grimes,
over), $119;
Lashaundra Carnice Fletcher,
Waterloo, Speeding, over 55 zone
(11-15 over), $222;
Zarifa Dzehverovic, Waterloo,
Speeding, over 55 zone (16-20
over), $181.50;
Amanda Marie Jennings, Clive,
$114;
Robert N. Sanderson, Beaman,
over), $229.50;
Nathan Paul Rauch, Tama,
over), $119;
Jeremy William Lutz, Cedar Rapids, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10
over), $114;
Vungh Khan Lal, Milwaukee,
Wis., Speeding, over 55 zone (16-20
over), $181.25;
Alexander Jacob Godbey, Waterloo, Speeding, over 55 zone (16-20
over), $181.50;
Lonnie Brewer, Hazleton, Speeding, over 55 zone (6-10 over), $114;
Thursday, Septembe 18, 2014
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AGWSR school
lunch menu
Receive award for farmstead windbreak
Dale and Amy Launstein of Grundy County received the Izaak Walton League Farmstead Windbreak
Award on September 4, 2014 at the
68th Annual Iowa Soil and Water
Conservation Districts Commissioners Conference at the Sheraton Hotel
in West Des Moines.
Dale and Amy Launstein’s windbreak covers 6.6 acres on the northeast side of their acreage, has eight
rows and multiple species including
Cranberry Shrubs, Lilac/Dogwood,
Techny Arborvitae, Norway Spruce,
Concolor Fir, White Pine, Black
Hills Spruce, and Sugar Maple. The
windbreak has multiple benefits protecting their farmstead and greenhouse from wind and snow and providing bird habitat. The Launstein’s
have carefully managed the windbreak, controlling weeds by spraying, mowing and hand cutting.
BREAKFAST
(Breakfast includes milk & juice)
Fri., Sept. 19: Cereal & Toast
Mon., Sept. 22: Cereal & Toast
Tues., Sept. 23: Breakfast Pizza
Wed., Sept. 24: Pancakes & Sausage
Thurs., Sept. 25: Omelet & Toast
LUNCH
(Lunch includes salad bar &
milk)
Fri., Sept. 19: Beefum Up Beefburger, touchdown potatoes, hit em
hard beans, ice cream for victory
Mon., Sept. 22: Tacos, corn,
chocolate cake, juice
Tues., Sept. 23: fish sticks,
mashed potatoes, bread & butter,
peaches
Wed., Sept. 24: chicken & noodles, peas, cheese sandwich, cantaloupe
Thurs., Sept. 25: tater tot casserole, cinnamon rolls, peas, fruit
AGWSR school
activities
Friday, Sept. 19: Homecoming. 5
p.m., JV football. 730 p.m., Varsity
football
Satuday, Sept. 20: 9 a.m., Varsity
volleyball; 9:30 a.m., Cross Country
Monday,
Sept.
22:
4:15
p.m., MS volleyball; 5 p.m.,
Cross Country. HS volleyball
Tuesday, Sept. 23: 6 p.m., HS volleyball
Thursday, Sept. 25:4:15 p.m., MS
football. MS volleyball; 6 p.m., HS
volleyball
Receive award for field shelter-belt windbreak
Rodney Hartman of Grundy
County received the Izaak Walton
League Field Shelter-Belt Windbreak Award on September 4, 2014
at the 68th Annual Iowa Soil and
Water Conservation Districts Commissioners Conference at the Sheraton Hotel in West Des Moines.
Rodney Hartman has divided his
farm into multiple parcels, planting
rows of Dogwood, Nanking Cherry,
Ninebark, Balsam Fir, White Pine,
Red Cedar, and Ash around each of
them. These windbreak plantings
reduce wind and soil erosion, improve water quality, and establish
pheasant habitat. Rodney has diligently maintained his windbreaks by
adding trees when necessary, spraying, mowing and hand cutting. His
windbreak plantings are part of over
62 acres of wildlife habitat planted
on his farm.
Heronimus,
scHmidt & Allen
Attorneys-At-Law
Office at
507 3rd St., Wellsburg
Phone 641-869-3711
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
Toll-Free to Grundy Center
Office 1-877-824-6951
Church Worship Services
Grundy Center
American Lutheran Church
Luther Thoresen Pastor
319-824-3557
8:45 a.m. Worship Service
www.alcgc.org
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Tom & Jean Bower, Pastors
319-824-5471
First Baptist Church
Nathan Barkley, Pastor
319-824-3324
www.firstbaptistgrundycenter.com
9:15 a.m. - Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service
6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Service
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Mike Campbell, Pastor
Rev. Sheryl Campbell, Parish Associate
319-824-3152
9:00 a.m. Worship-Kids of The Kingdom
10:30 a.m. Adult Study in Chapel
• Teens lead worship 3rd Sundays
United Methodist Church
Phil Dicks, Pastor - 319-825-5408
9:00 a.m. - Sun. - ‘Full Charge Service’
5:30 p.m. - Wed. - Kid & Family WOW
meal & Sunday School
6:30-7p.m.-Wed. ‘Quick Charge Service’
Orchard Hill Church (Center Theatre)
319-824-3039
9:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Worship Service
Orchard Hill - Lincoln Center
Jesse Henkle, Host Pastor
319-824-6178
9:00 a.m. Morning Worship
10:30 a.m. Sunday School
Holland
Colfax Center Presbyterian
Robbie Grames, Pastor
319-824-5231
10:45 Sunday School
Pleasant Valley Reformed Church
Rev. Rick Vollema
319-346-1090
9 a.m. Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Discussion Group
WellsburG
East Friesland Presbyterian
Lynn Arends, Supply Pastor
641-847-2896
Faith Presbyterian Church
641-847-3188
First Christian Reformed
Thomas Vos, Pastor
641-869-3305
7:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Liberty Baptist Church (GARBC)
705 1st Street
319-989-2141
6 p.m. Evening Praise Service
Pleasant Valley United Methodist
Dot Geersema, Pastor
641-869-3637
beaman
Reformed Church
10:45 Sunday School
6:30 p.m. Evening Bible Study
641-366-2142
Conrad
St. John Lutheran Church
Bruce Zimmerman, Pastor
9:45 Sunday School & Bible Class
Alice Church of God
James Snare, Pastor
641-623-5641
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
Intern - Kristen Briner-Whipperman
641-869-3992
8:15 Sunday School
First Presbyterian Church
Kerry Carson, Pastor
641-366-2342
11 a.m. Fellowship
St. Peter’s Country Church
Rev. Michael McLane, Pastor
563-581-2866
8 a.m. Morning Worship
Rev. Gene Kubli
641-366-2325
10:45 a.m. Worship
United Reformed Church
Matthew Nuiver, Pastor
641-869-3633
10:45 Sunday School
7 p.m. Evening Worship
Steamboat Rock Baptist Church
Harrison Lippert, Pastor
Bryce Roskens, Associate Pastor
641-868-2458
8:45 a.m. Traditional Service
10 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Contemporary Service
dike
Dan Ridnouer, Pastor
319-989-2535
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mark Decker, Pastor
319-988-3967
9 a.m. Worship
Fredsville Lutheran Church
Rev. Lisa Dietrich, Pastor
319-989-2065
8:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School
9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship
area CHurCHes
Holy Family Catholic Parish
Rev. David Kucera
319-345-2006
Mass: 5:30 p.m., Sat. - Parkersburg
9:30 a.m., Sunday - Reinbeck
Salem Church of Lincoln
Rev. Barb Muhs, Pastor
641-473-2450
Bethel Reformed Church
319-347-6219
9 a.m. Worship Service
Ivester Church of the Brethren
Katie Thompson, Pastor
641-858-3879
9:30 a.m. Christian Education
Noon potluck
Reformed Church of Stout
Stephen and Olga Shaffer, Pastors
319-346-1487
10:30 a.m. Fellowship Time
10:45 Sunday School
Wellsburg farmers honored with Environmental Leader Awards
Wellsburg’s Harvin and Esther Meyer (center) were recipients of Environmental Leader Awards and were
honored during the Iowa State Fair at a luncheon. Special guest speakers at the luncheon included Gov. Terry Branstad, Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Chuck
Gipp, and Alan Hagie, President & CEO of Hagie Manufacturing, which hosted the luncheon.. The featured
keynote speaker of the event was Iowa farmer Tim Recker, who has served as President for the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors Association and is a past president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. The Meyers
are pictures with their daughters, Jennifer and Heather. (Courtesy photo)
GNB official honored at Character County ceremony
Bruce Clark, Business Development Officer at GNB Bank, was
honored at the 2014 Character
Counts In Iowa awards ceremony
held at the Hy-Vee Conference
Center in West Des Moines Aug. 1.
Character Counts In Iowa is a
non-profit organization that promotes civility through character
development in schools, businesses, communities and families. Iowa
Character Awards are presented
annually to Iowans who exemplify
the six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Since 2005, Character Counts In
Iowa has presented more than 100
awards to Iowans demonstrating
good character in their communities.
Clark was selected by the Iowa
Character Awards selection com-
mittee to receive the Champion
Award based on his involvement
in the Character Counts initiative
in his community. Clark is currently the chair of the Cedar Valley
Character Counts Committee and
has been active in various character programs. The mission of the
committee is to grow awareness
of an involvement in the Character
Counts! Initiative and to assist in
developing citizens who live, model and encourage positive character
in the home, business, community,
and service and faith communities.
The Cedar Valley Character
Counts Committee holds an annual Champions of Character recognition dinner, organizes Character Counts! Week proclamations,
sponsors presentations at elementary schools and helps facilitate the
UNI Ethics in Organizations Symposium. Clark actively seeks innovative ideas to improve the quality
of life, through good character, for
residents of the Cedar Valley.
Reverence Thyself
From ancient times it has been noticed
that morality is part of our nature. We
cannot help but feel the pangs of conscience when we have sinned and the
rewards of self-approval when we have
acted justly or charitably. It is not just
that we have a conscience, but also that
we have the ability to make moral decisions. We are a law unto ourselves.
Part of what it means to be moral is
that we must decide for ourselves how
to act and must take the responsibility
for acting. Our conscience, which is
our internal sense of right and wrong, is
almost always a perfect guide to what
we should say and do, if only we have
the presence of mind to listen to what
we are telling ourselves. Of course it
is possible to override our conscience
and sin, or to corrupt our conscience by
convincing ourselves that sin and vice
are not really sin and vice. But, we will
pay for it when we refuse to listen to our
conscience. The pangs of conscience are
impossible to silence, and at some point
we must realize that following our conscience is the easier and better path. So,
we should reverence ourselves by heeding our conscience.
–Christopher Simon
“For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what
the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they
do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their
conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them.”
Romans 2:14-15
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Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home & Monument Co.
GNB Bank
Grundy Center Municipal Light & Power Dept.
Grundy County Rural Electric Cooperative
The Grundy Register
Heartland Cooperative
Richelieu Foods Inc.
Rouse Motor Co.
WellsburG
Doyen-Abels Funeral Home & Monument Co.
The Wellsburg Herald
dike
Beninga Sanitation
Dike Funeral Chapel & Monument Co.
The Dike Register
Ubben Building Supplies, Inc.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors
met in regular session on September 8, 2014,
at 9:00 A.M. Chairperson Riekena called the
meeting to order with the following members
present: Schildroth, Smith, Bakker, and Ross.
Motion was made by Smith and seconded by
Ross to approve the minutes of the previous
meeting. Carried unanimously.
At 9:02 A.M., the chairperson opened the
public hearing regarding an amendment to the
County Development/Zoning Ordinance. After
hearing everyone wishing to speak in favor of or
against the amendment, the chairperson closed
the hearing. It was noted that no written comments had been received.
Motion was made by Bakker and seconded
by Schildroth to accept the first reading of Ordinance #2015-1, an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2009-5 - Grundy County, Iowa,
Development Ordinance, as follows: Be It Ordained By the Board of Supervisors of Grundy
County, Iowa: SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The
purpose of this Ordinance is to amend the Official Zoning Maps of Ordinance No. 2009-5 Grundy County, Iowa, Development Ordinance.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. The Official Zoning Maps of Ordinance No. 2009-5 – Grundy
County, Iowa, Development Ordinance are
hereby amended by reclassifying the following
described real property from M-Manufacturing
District to A-2 Agricultural District, to-wit: The
North 907.5 feet of the West 627 feet of the
Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 36, Township 89 North, Range15, West
of the 5th P.M. SECTION 3. REPEALER. All
Ordinances or parts of Ordinances heretofore
enacted by the Board of Supervisors of Grundy
County, Iowa, in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors that each section, paragraph, sentence,
clause and provision of this Ordinance is separable, and if any such provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision
shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance
or any part thereof other than that affected by
such decision. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as
provided by law. Roll call vote was as follows:
Ayes – Schildroth, Smith, Bakker, Ross, and
Riekena. Nays – none.
Bakker to suspend the rules and move Ordinance #2015-1 from first to third reading and
adoption. Roll call vote was as follows: Ayes –
Schildroth, Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena.
Nays – none. Ordinance adopted.
Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by
Schildroth to approve Utility Permit Application
No. 9-08-14b to Central Iowa Water Association
of Newton, Iowa, to install PVC water lines for
the City of Dike connection along Vista Avenue
and 160th Street per permit/drawings as submitted and to authorize the chairperson to sign
said application. Carried unanimously.
Ross to approve Utility Permit Application No.
9-08-14a to Windstream Communications of
Newton, Iowa, to replace defective cable along
250th Street easterly one-half mile to K Avenue
and to authorize the chairperson to sign said
application. Carried unanimously.
by Schildroth to approve low quote dated September 2, 2014, from Diamond Oil Co. of Des
Moines, Iowa, for supplying 6,000 gallons of
diesel at $3.0059/gallon and 2,000 gallons of
gasohol at $2.6937/gallon at its delivery cost for
the above-ground fuel tanks at the Secondary
Road Department in Grundy Center. Carried
unanimously.
A discussion was held regarding the possibility
of creating an urban renewal area for the Wellsburg Wind Farm, implementing the collection of
tax increment revenues within the urban renewal area, and bonding for improvements to roads
and bridges within the urban renewal area. The
board asked Gary Mauer, County Engineer, to
formulate a plan for its consideration at the next
meeting.
Gary Mauer, County Engineer, reviewed department matters with the Board.
Motion was made by Smith and seconded
by Ross to approve the Department of Human
Services application for case management accreditation and to authorize the chairperson to
sign the same. Carried unanimously.
At 9:27 a.m., motion was made by Ross and
seconded by Bakker to enter into executive
session by authority of Chapter 21 of the Code
of Iowa and pursuant to the County Attorney’s
request for the purpose of discussing strategy
with counsel in matters that are presently in
litigation or where litigation is imminent where
its disclosure would be likely to prejudice or
disadvantage the position of the county in that
litigation. Roll call vote was as follows: Ayes –
Schildroth, Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena. Nays – none.
Motion was made at 9:37 a.m. by Schildroth
and seconded by Bakker to adjourn the executive session and return to regular session. Roll
call vote was as follows: Ayes – Schildroth,
Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena. Nays –
none.
Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded
by Bakker to approve the Application to the
Chief Judge of the First Judicial District for Dismissal of a Commission to Appraise Damages
against Lot One (1), Block Eleven (11) of the
Original Plat of the Town (now City) of Grundy
Center, Iowa, pursuant to the recommendation
of the Grundy County Attorney and to authorize
the chairperson to sign the same. Roll call vote
was as follows: Ayes – Schildroth, Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena. Nays – none.
Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded
by Bakker to approve the application for liquor
license renewal of Oak Leaf Country Club of
Reinbeck. Carried unanimously.
At 9:40 a.m., Supervisor Schildroth left the
meeting.
Ross to approve Grundy County’s IT/GIS Disaster Plan. Carried unanimously.
by Ross to accept and order filed the FY2014
Grant Township Annual Report. Carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Ross and seconded by
Smith to accept and order filed the FY2014
Washington Township Annual Report. Carried
unanimously.
by Smith to accept and order filed the FY2014
Pleasant Valley Township Annual Report. Carried unanimously.
Smith to accept and order filed the FY2014 Clay
Township Annual Report. Carried unanimously.
by Smith to accept and order filed the FY2014
Lincoln Township Annual Report. Carried unanimously.
Smith to accept and order filed the Clerk of
Court’s August report. Carried unanimously.
by Smith to accept and order filed the County
Treasurer’s August 31, 2014, Investment Report. Carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by
Ross to approve payment of the following bills:
(Carried unanimously.)
1st Class Lighting, supplies................... 97.20
A-Kleen, supplies.................................. 78.90
Advanced Systems, services.............. 191.18
Airgas North Central, supplies............... 93.52
Alliant Energy, service......................... 169.22
B & B Auto, supplies............................ 214.59
Glen Bakker, twp mtg............................ 25.00
Bob's Farm Center, fuel..................... 1175.85
Butler County Auditor, services......... 2950.97
Calhoun-Burns, services................... 1714.61
Campbell Supply, parts........................ 228.92
Central Iowa Water, service................. 842.32
Century Link, service............................. 84.75
Concrete Inc, supplies....................... 1256.00
City of Conrad, reimb exp.................... 138.06
Bill Cooley, twp mtg............................... 25.00
Grundy FOR THE RECORD Register
Covenant Med Center, services........ 3291.00
Crop Production, supplies................. 4256.30
Denco Corp, road project................ 50540.59
Don's Truck Sales, repairs................. 2828.51
David Ehlers, twp mtg........................... 25.00
Farm & Home, supplies....................... 135.00
GCMU, service.................................... 772.91
GCMU, service.................................. 2584.57
GCMH, grant................................... 40750.00
Grundy County, supplies..................... 183.56
Grundy Co Health, grant................. 13053.42
Grundy County REC, service ........... 1425.13
Grundy County Sheriff, services.......... 992.07
Harrison Truck, repairs........................ 974.58
Heart of Iowa Comm, service................ 36.02
Darwin Heltibridle, twp mtg.................... 25.00
Brad Hooper, twp mtg............................ 25.00
Interstate Battery, supplies.................. 357.85
Iowa Chapter of APCO, mtg exp........... 75.00
Iowa Chapter of NENA, dues................ 75.00
Iowa Environmental Assn, dues.......... 100.00
IF Fire Extinguisher, services............ 1445.10
Iowa Prison Industries, supplies........ 5751.59
Iowa State Association, dues ............. 615.00
ISAA, mtg exp..................................... 550.00
William Janssen, twp mtg...................... 25.00
Jesco Welding & Machine, parts......... 532.87
Edward Juhl, twp mtg............................ 25.00
Keystone Laboratories, services......... 100.00
Mike Knutsen, med exam exp............. 162.00
L J Kopsa, twp mtg................................ 25.00
Lon's Plumbing, services..................... 483.96
Mail Services, supplies...................... 3814.28
Gary Mauer, mtg exp............................... 6.94
McNair Body Shop, services............... 150.00
Mid American Energy, service............... 16.85
Mid-America Pub, publications ........... 728.97
Mid-Iowa Cooperative, fuel.................. 726.12
Walter Miller, twp mtg............................ 25.00
Monkeytown, supplies......................... 548.24
Napa Auto Parts, supplies................. 1719.28
Kevin Nederhoff, twp mtg...................... 25.00
Stanley Neff, twp mtg............................ 25.00
Powerplan, parts............................... 4905.79
Premier Office, supplies........................ 15.50
Racom Corporation, services................ 82.25
City of Reinbeck, service....................... 46.77
Lary Riebkes, twp mtg........................... 25.00
Ron Saak, twp mtg................................ 25.00
Sadler Power Train, parts.................... 733.34
Mary Schmidt, twp mtg.......................... 25.00
Scotty's Sanitation, service.................... 80.00
Snittjer Grain, fuel.............................. 3612.33
SPC, service........................................ 375.00
State Med Examiner, exam exp........ 1646.00
Michael Steinmeyer, mileage................ 94.40
City of Stout, service........................... 116.25
Tac 10, supplies................................. 1737.50
Tama/Grundy Pub, publication............ 559.10
Mike Thede, twp mtg............................. 25.00
Lori Tollagson, mileage/meals............. 192.45
Triple T Meats, supplies....................... 180.32
True Value Hardware, supplies........... 428.42
Trunck's Foods, supplies..................... 346.83
U S Cellular, service ........................... 292.02
Unifirst Corporation, service................ 554.35
Verizon Wireless, service.................... 620.54
Michael Weidner, supplies..................... 27.29
Windstream, service............................ 138.36
Smith to adjourn. Carried unanimously.
Harlyn Riekena, Chairperson
Rhonda R. Deters, County Auditor
HOLLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETING
September 8, 2014
The Holland City Council met in regular session
at the Holland Community Center on Monday,
September 8, 2014. Mayor Borchardt called the
meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Council members
present were Blythe:, Hansen, Cox, Schoolman, Beck
Absent: None
Cox made a motion to approve the minutes,
2nd by Blythe, all ayes, motion carried.
Brent Vaughan's building permit was presented
to Council for a 7' X 10' porch. After discussion, Cox made a motion to approve pending
that it will not ever be enclosed (Ordinance
132.02, property offsets & line of sight) 2nd by
Hansen, all ayes, motion carried.
Bill Sager presented a building permit for an
addition on 206 Colfax Street. After much discussion about the enforcement of provisions,
Cox made a motion to approve pending all
provisions on permit are met, 2nd by Beck, all
ayes, motion carried.
Mike Wildung was not present for the water /
sewer report. .
The Council discussed replacing meters. CIWA
was contacted about purchasing the old style
meters that they do not use anymore but don't
have as many as originally estimated. The
Council may have to consider updating to a
completely different meter
The bid for blasting and painting the dry area of
the water tower was presented to Council at a
cost of $18,000.00, Schoolman made a motion
to approve, 2nd by Hansen, all ayes, motion
carried.
Greg Hsrms contacted the Council about the
purchasing of a parcel on 2nd Avenue at a price
of $1000.00. Schoolman made a motion to approve, 2nd by Hansen, all ayes, motion carried.
After discussion, Blythe made a motion to approve bills, Beck 2nd, all ayes motion carried.
Hansen made a motion to adjourn, Cox 2nd, all
ayes motion carried.
Next meeting October 6, 2014 at 7 P.M.
Gary W. Stoehr Jr., City Clerk
BILLS for PAYMENT (City of Holland)
GENERAL FUND
FOR
Alliant Energy, Electric Bill(s)................. 363.26
Gary Stoehr Jr., Wages......................... 489.82
Blythe Sanitation, Comm. Bldg................ 35.00
Windstream, Phone bills........................ 115.10
IPERS, Retirement Fund....................... 105.65
Blythe Sanitation, Recycling.................. 460.00
Mid-America Publishing, Grundy paper... 43.98
REC, Light............................................... 14.00
Liz Steinmeyer, Wages............................ 75.00
Ryan Ext., Mosquito spaying................. 500.00
Scott Borchardt, Wages........................... 86.86
USPS, Postage....................................... 98.00
Heartland Co-op, POA........................... 150.60
Casey’s, POA.......................................... 55.22
Greg Harms, Purchase of property..... 1000.00
SEWER FUND
Central Iowa Water, Wastewater Contract ....... .............................................................. 360.00
Alliant Energy, Sewage Plant.................. 16.97
Keystone Labs, Samples......................... 33.00
Frontier, Mowing.................................... 770.00
Visu-Sewer, Camera Sewer................ 4189.50
WATER FUND
Alliant Energy, Water Shed...................... 50.55
Central IA Water, POA......................... 1973.85
Jill Borchardt, Meters............................... 62.50
PAYEE
RUT
OPT. TAX
Alliant Energy.............447.91
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Grundy County
Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a
public hearing on Tuesday September 30, 2014
at 7:30 pm at the Grundy County Courthouse.
The purpose of this hearing is solicit public input for a request made to rezone property located in Grundy County.
The application has been made by MidAmerican Energy Company to rezone a parcel from
current zoning of A-1 Agricultural to CM- Commercial Manufacturing to allow for an Operation
and Maintenance building for the Wellsburg
Wind Park. This property is located in Section
26, Township 88 North Range 18. Full legal description can be viewed at the office of the Zoning Administrator at 706 G Ave Grundy Center,
IA. Submitted on behalf of the Grundy County
Planning and Zoning Commission this 15th day
of September, 2014, Carie Sager, Zoning Administrator.
A regular session of the Grundy Center City
Council was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on
Monday, September 8, 2014, in the Council
Chambers by Mayor Buhrow. Present: Stefl,
Ammerman, Kiewiet, Hamann, and Miller. Absent: none.
Mayor Buhrow requested action on meeting
agenda, Miller moved and Hamann seconded
to accept the agenda as written. Motion carried
five ayes.
Stefl moved and Miller seconded the approval
of the consent agenda consisting of: approval
of the minutes of the regular meeting held August 11, 2014; approval for liquor license for
Family Foods; approval of the July 2014 Investment & Treasurers Report; and approval of the
bills list for August 2014. Motion carried five
ayes.
Bills Paid in August 2014:
City Employees, health ins reimb.......1,499.27
30.64.......................................................31.33
27.88
Advanced Systems,services.................165.23
AFLAC, insurance premium ...................83.94
Agsource Laboratories, services........1,304.20
Alliant Energy, utilities............................101.85
AXA/Equitable Financial, deferred comp (2)....
................................................................70.00
Bangasser, Dan, cell phone....................39.95
Barco Municipal Products, sign...............97.53
................................................................39.95
Benefit Resources of Iowa, premiums...416.67
Black Hawk Co Health Dept, inspection.574.00
Black Hills Energy, utilities..................2,418.12
Blacktop Service Company, cold mix.3,463.90
BMC Aggregates L.C., fill sand..........1,060.58
Boren, Kim, janitor.................................400.00
Boundtree Medical, meds........................66.96
..............................................................330.00
Casey’s General Store, fuel................3,112.53
............................................................1233.28
Central Iowa Water Assn, water.......28,387.80
Clifton Larson Allen LLP, audit............3,500.00
Cummins Central Power, LLC...... inspection &
service...................................................826.25
Dave’s Heating & Cooling, repairs.........177.20
Dearborn National, insurance..................95.00
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, legal fees......2,825.00
Econo Signs, signs ...............................223.03
Electric Pump Inc, pump install........14,997.00
..............................................................269.30
Family Foods Grundy Centerm concessions...
...........................................................1,689.64
Fastenal, supplies...................................35.78
Fox Engineering, services................13,760.00
Galls, uniforms...................................1,333.43
Gateway Hotel, training.........................363.61
Gehrke Quarries, Inc, rock....................760.32
Gierke Robinson Co., equipment rental...........
...........................................................1,280.24
Grundy County Engineer, repairs..........289.25
Grundy Co Memorial Hospital, physical.1 59.90
283.96................................................6,106.26
Harvest Partners................................. trucking
1,537.85..................................................62.00
..............................................................100.00
Heartland Co-op, fuel.........................1,460.91
Hendricks, Emily, dumpster refund..........17.45
Henely, Chris, training...........................168.00
...........................................................2,106.06
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, services......
..............................................................360.00
IA Northland Regional Council of Govts...dues
...........................................................1,244.76
Iowa One Call, faxes...............................58.50
Iowa Physicians Clinic Med Fnd, physical........
..............................................................238.00
Iowa Wall Sawing, curb cuts...............2,250.00
..............................................................119.00
IUPAT, union dues.................................215.80
J&E Specialty Meats, supplies..............485.44
Jesco Welding & Machine, LLC, supplies.7.92
John Deere Financial, parts..................180.16
Johnson, Phil, dumpster refund...............14.85
Karr, LLC, supplies................................616.78
..............................................................547.07
Keystone Laboratories, Inc, testing.........44.00
Kirkwood Community College, training...10.00
KWS Inc, Street Light Project...........43,100.00
Larson, Stephanie, BIG grant................389.00
................................................................33.00
Manatts, concrete mix.............................73.24
................................................................33.00
Manly Drug Store, meds..........................19.05
Martin, Irene, dumpster refund................14.85
Mauer, Molly, replacement check..............3.00
521.29......................................................parts
24.00.....................................................repairs
..............................................................100.00
Mid-American Publishing Corp, publishing.......
..............................................................186.25
MSC-Dollar General, supplies.................23.80
Mueller, Mike, training.............................18.01
Municipal Supply, Inc, supplies..............396.00
Myers Home Improvements, concrete.8,020.50
NAPA Auto Parts, parts .........................100.77
................................................................38.49
Pepsi, concessions................................336.19
..............................................................408.08
Phelps Implement, Inc, parts...................20.86
Pistol Pete’s Guns & Ammo, supplies...135.00
...........................................................3,235.29
2,962.42..................................................17.99
Pool Tech Midwest, Inc, chemicals..........36.53
..............................................................305.00
Precision Lawncare , services (2)......2,823.46
RC Systems, supplies........................1,444.98
2,366.82..................................................44.50
................................................................40.69
REC Grundy County, utilities.................131.13
Roland, Dr Carroll, services..................300.00
Rouse Motors, truck & repairs..........22,154.98
S & S Welding Services, LLC, repairs.....90.00
Sams Club, supplies...........................1,774.62
..............................................................138.52
Scotty’s Sanitation, services.............14,993.67
Shield Pest Control, LLC, services..........60.00
Spahn & Rose Lumber Co, supplies ......34.99
..............................................................160.36
Standard & Associates, supplies.............42.00
..............................................................232.76
Star Equipment LTD, parts & service .1,121.70
Superior Welding Supply Co, parts.......100.32
Swimming Pool Supply, parts ...............154.80
System Services, supplies......................80.00
T & T Computers, services....................145.00
Teckenburg, Garrick, dumpster refund......8.85
...........................................................1,897.96
Tender Lawn Care, services...............2,226.67
Terry-Durin Co, street lights..............28,529.31
...........................................................1,666.67
Town & Country Wholesale, supplies.1,121.90
Treat America, training.......................2,515.62
1,508.87................................................274.90
TrueValue, parts .....................................29.94
Unifirst Corporation, floor mats................43.00
US Cellular, cell phones .........................78.34
Utility Equipment Co, parts.................1,008.50
Utility Service Co, Inc.......pedisphere city tank
19,126.72..............................................156.85
VISA, supplies.......................................819.56
Water Solutions Unlimited, Inc.........chemicals
2,611.00...................................................78.34
Wellmark BC/BS, insurance premiums ...........
.........................................................20,413.11
Wertjes Uniforms, uniform.....................113.00
.........................................................18,862.56
Windstream, telephone...........................14.60
.......................................................214,023.75
State of Iowa-Treasurer, income tax withholdings ....................................................2,612.00
4,931.60.............................................4,731.00
Treasurer-State of Iowa, sales tax......3,940.00
EFTPS, payroll taxes (2)..................16,424.96
18,522.88.........................................17,127.18
IPERS, contributions..........................9,061.32
Iowa Child Support Recovery, withholdings.....
................................................................43.78
Bangasser, Dan, cell phone....................39.95
Benefit Resources of Iowa, services.....416.67
Boren, Kim, janitorial services...............400.00
Grundy Center Communications, telephone....
..............................................................354.63
Grundy Center Utilities, utilities..........9,557.36
Precision Lawn Care, parks contract..1,681.00
Tender Lawn Care, sports complex ...1,666.67
Mayor Buhrow opened the public forum at 6:36
p.m. Thomas Schafer, 1201 8th Street made
comment about Zenor Property on 7th Street
regarding rodents and bat issues. He was
concerned if nothing is done about the Zenor
Property then the bat/rodent issue will return to
his own property. Phyllis Ash, 704 M Avenue,
made comment that the two lots along M Avenue that she owns she is willing to sell and was
wondering if the City was interested in purchasing them. She put a $3000/lot price on them.
No further comments made.
Miller moved and Ammerman seconded the approval given to publish for part-time police officers. Motion carried five ayes.
Stefl moved and Kiewiet seconded action on
Resolution 2014-49, a resolution authorizing
the repairs for the 2004 Lifeline Ambulance to
be paid for out of the Ambulance Reserve Fund.
Motion carried five ayes.
Scott Williams, Fox Engineering, Inc, gave a
presentation on the sanitary sewer study they
are working on. This study is to map and physical survey of all the manholes. He reported
there are 30 manholes that they were unable
to get open. They are making observations of
the physical condition and location of all the
manholes. Fox Engineering has also viewed
approximately 22,000 feet of sewer pipes that
have been televised thus far. His presentation
noted that map that showed what parts of the
city had been smoke tested. The next step is
modeling to calibrate with the flows at the plant,
etc. Williams stated the project is still on schedule and on budget. The city should be seeing
the results by December 2014.
Carla Schumaker, Fox Engineering, Inc, also
gave a presentation on the water distribution
study and the water disinfectant study they
are working on. These projects is just getting
started. They will be looking for water deficiencies, taking inventory of all the water pipes, hydrant flushing, rusty water, etc. They will also
be modeling our system to simulate how our
current system is working and look for improvements. This study will help the City located
problem areas for planning and budgeting for
the future. The disinfection study at the wastewater plant is being driven by the Iowa DNR and
is permit required. Fox Engineering is looking
for lowest cost alternatives for the city in order
meet the E.coli requirements for our permit. For
example, either using liquid chlorine, ultraviolet
light disinfectant system, or a traditional noncontact UV system. These studies will not be
completed until mid-2015.
Mayor Buhrow requested a motion for the
Council to enter into a closed executive session
to discuss pending litigations. Miller moved
and Hamann seconded this motion. Motion
carried five ayes. At 7:20pm, council entered
into closed session with the City Attorney. At
7:45pm, Stefl moved and Kiewiet seconded
execution session ended and the Council entered back to regular session. Motion carried
five ayes. No actions were needed at this time.
The finance committee made comments on
preparation of the Street Financing Report
(Road Use Tax report) is being done; Board of
Adjustments voted to approve the storage unit
facility for Eric Larson; Main Street Community
Task Force met and is looking to add members
for a board of directors; Ambulance department
received a $15,000 grant from Black Hawk
County Gaming for cardiac monitors; Sara Lee
Yoder grant applications are being submitted
for various city departments. Kiewiet also made
comments regarding the need to look at splitting our certificates of deposit into thirds when
renewing them. Interest rates are much better.
No further comments made.
The safety committee made comments on the
need to hire more part time police officers; overtime compensation for the Chief and Captain;
possibility of Grundy County Sheriff assisting
the City to cover hours; and our police department has been added back into the STEP Program.
The public works committee reported that
patching and seal coating bids have been received; all connections have been completed
by GCMU for the street lighting project and
poles will be going up soon. No further comment.
Mayor Buhrow made comment that Van Wert,
Inc has offered to bring a crew to read all of
the water meters in the City to compare with
the amount of water we are purchasing to look
for discrepancies; planning & zoning ordinance
needs to updated and reviewed including the
fee schedule; lawn maintenance/snow removal
process needs to be streamlined.
At 8:15 p.m. Stefl moved and Miller seconded
adjournment of the meeting. Motion carried five
ayes.
Brian Buhrow, Mayor
Attest: Kristy Sawyer, City Clerk
September 10, 2014
The Dike City Council met in regular session on
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
with Mayor Soppe presiding. Council members
present were: Chad Cutsforth, Luke Osterhaus, Nick Cleveland, Bob Haugebak and Rob
Weissenfluh. Also present were: Shane Metz,
Kyle Wolthoff, Joe Becker, Zeb Stanbrough,
Denise Parker, Byron Beninga, and Brian Bartals of Farmers Co-op.
Consent Agenda – Cutsforth asked that the delinquent utility accounts be pulled from the consent agenda. Motion by Osterhaus to approve
the following in the consent agenda: Sheriff’s
report, library report and approval of minutes as
presented. Seconded by Cleveland. All ayes.
Carried.
Co-op Fertilizer Building – Bartals was present to discuss a project the Co-op is going to
do. They are going to do a 2 phase upgrade.
The 1st phase would be to erect a 6000 Ton dry
fertilizer plant and the 2nd phase would be to
tear down the old plant and erect a liquid fertilizer plant. They would like to get the foundation
done for the dry fertilizer plant before it freezes
and be ready to go in the spring. He asked
if the truck route could be extended another
block. Metz stated that all electrical should be
put underground.
Parker Wedding – Parker stated her daughter is
getting married on October 11. They are planning on using 6 golf carts they are borrowing
from Fox Ridge to get the wedding party from
the Methodist Church to Slice and then to Fox
Ridge. They are planning to have a vehicle in
front and one in back of all the carts that will
have their lights on. Code states that golf carts
need flags and slow moving vehicle signs on
them. These will not. Discussion that as long
as they use the vehicle in front and one in back,
it should be OK. Motion by Cutsforth to allow
them to use the golf carts. Seconded by Weissenfluh. All ayes. Carried.
Recycling Discussion – Cutsforth stated that he
had talked to Beninga. One suggestion would
be to pick up recycling every-other-week for $6
or $7 a month using a 55 or 65 gallon drum.
Adding dumpsters to the current site was another suggestion. Beninga stated that the dumpsters should be put in a fenced in area. He said
that the residents like the dumpsters. Council
discussed relocating the dumpsters. Osterhaus
stated that 2 dumpsters should be added now.
He will work with Beninga over the winter to get
a new location and enclosure that will work for
their truck.
Superintendant’s Report – Metz stated that
there had been a water line break between
the pump houses the day of his surgery. He
had Heerkes post no watering signs until the
problem was fixed. Central Iowa Water came
to help with the fix. He wanted to thank all
residents for their cooperation at that time. He
stated that Mitch VanZuuk has terminated his
employment with the city. Much discussion
about the tile project with the county. Metz discussed talking with the city engineers to look
at the drainage district. Also sending information to the city attorney. Metz stated that he
wanted to thank Linda Risting for taking care of
the flowers in front of City Hall and Edie McCaw
and ? for weeding the islands at Fox Ridge and
the City signs. Metz stated that November 1st
is going to be the time when the city wells will
be turned off and we will be going with Central
Iowa Water whether the tower is done or not.
We would be using the emergency connection
if the tower is not completed. Discussion about
water rates. Water committee will look at the
rates and Becker stated that he would also like
to work with them. Motion by Cutsforth to run
a help wanted ad for a full-time maintenance
person. Due date for the applications would be
4:00 p.m. on October 1. Seconded by Cleveland. All ayes. Carried. Metz discussed the 6”
tile line that will run behind the curb and gutter
that will be on North St. for residents to hook
their sump pumps into. He had 2 bids – Hayes
Brothers for $6000 and Midwest Trenching
for $5400. Osterhaus introduced Resolution
#910141, A RESOLUTION TO USE MIDWEST
TRENCHING FOR $5400, and moved that it be
adopted. Seconded by Weissenfluh. Roll Call
Vote: Ayes: Cutsforth, Weissenfluh, Haugebak, Cleveland, Osterhaus. Nays: None.
Whereupon the Mayor declared Resolution
#910141 duly adopted.
Soccer Fields Discussion – The Mayor stated
that the city attorney has written a purchase
agreement and it is being reviewed. A steering
committee is in place.
FY2014 Road Use Report – Cleveland introduced Resolution #910142, A RESOLUTION
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF DIKE ON
9/10/14 DID HEREBY APPROVE AND ADOPT
THE ANNUAL CITY STREET FINANCIAL REPORT FROM JULY 1, 2013 TO JUNE 30, 2014,
and moved that it be adopted. Seconded by
Haugebak. Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Cutsforth,
Weissenfluh, Haugebak, Cleveland, Osterhaus.
Nays: None. Whereupon the Mayor declared
Resolution #910142 duly adopted.
Sidewalk Repair Program – Discussion about
the changes made from the last meeting. Motion by Osterhaus to accept the sidewalk repair
program. Seconded by Weissenfluh. All ayes.
Carried.
Financial Reports – Motion by Cleveland to
approve the financial reports. Seconded by
Cutsforth. All ayes. Carried.
Bills to be Allowed and Paid Plus Add-Ons –
Motion by Cutsforth to pay the bills. Seconded
by Cleveland. All ayes. Carried.
Clerk’s Comments – Discussion about date for
Halloween. Motion by Osterhaus to have Halloween on October 31 from 5:30 to 7:30. Seconded by Weissenfluh. All ayes. Carried.
Delinquent Utility Accounts – Cutsforth stated
that the council needs to set a dollar amount
for shut offs. There are too many delinquent
accounts. Clerk stated that water can be shut
off at any time after posted. With electricity, you
have to follow certain rules set by the Iowa Utility Board. Discussion about the rules. Cutsforth
asked permission of the council to call the city
attorney. Motion by Cutsforth to be allowed to
call the city attorney. Seconded by Cleveland.
All ayes. Carried.
Motion by Cleveland to adjourn. Seconded by
Weissenfluh. All ayes. Carried.
Michael Soppe, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patti Freese, City Clerk
Airgas North Central, Earplugs .............$18.80
Ann Hilliard, Mileage ............................. $8.96
Aus Waterloo Mc Lockbox, Hall Supplies ....
............................................................$822.93
Baker & Taylor, Library Books ..........$866.16
Card Center ,Annual Conference ......$495.77
Beninga Sanitation, Sanitation Pick Up............ ........................................................ $3,092.34
Black Hawk County Landfill, Non Routine Pick
Up .........................................................$39.90
Black Hills Energy, Heat ................ $2,710.89
Brown Supply Co, Supplies ...............$495.00
City Of Dike, Electric Usage ........... $8,232.70
Clean Line Energy , Hall Deposit Refund ........ ............................................................. $50.00
Community Electric Inc, Brackets And Counters .................................................. $792.61
Cooportunity Health, Health Insurance............ .........................................................$3,896.95
Covenant Medical Center, Ambulance Supplies
$217.05
E F T P S , Fed/Fica Tax...................$5,664.05
East Central Iowa Cooperative, Propane ......
..............................................................$66.63
Fletcher-Reinhardt Company, Supplies ...........
............................................................$338.55
Follett School Solutions, Inc., Software .........
.........................................................$1,085.00
Dearborn National Life Inc. Co, Employee Insurance .............................................. $277.00
Grundy County Sheriff , Contract.....$5,614.75
Hach Company, Supplies....................$241.57
Hawkins Inc, Chlorine ......................... $15.00
Csc , Child Support ...........................$225.68
Csc , Child Support ........................... $225.68
Iowa Fence Masters Inc, John Meyers Fence
Repair ................................................. $50.00
Wells Fargo Bank - Corporate, Water Investment .................................................. $600.00
Wells Fargo Bank - Corporate,Sewer Investment ................................................ $600.00
Ipers , Ipers .................................... $3,019.54
Jason Reicks , Refund Private Swim Lessons ............................................................. $75.00
The Jones Law Firm, Attorney Fees .$2,047.50
Konken Electric Inc , Supplies .......... $10.67
Kwik Trip Inc, Concession Stand ........$796.07
Marco, Inc., Contract .........................$226.57
Martin Bros, Concession Stand ............$23.10
Mediacom , Library Internet ................. $61.25
Menards ,Supplies ..............................$562.82
Mid-America Publishing Corp,Publications ...
............................................................$227.31
Mike Mccarter, Keys For Rec Shed .....$16.33
Momar Incorporated , Supplies .....$1,173.74
Movie Licensing Usa, Copyright License.........
........................................................... $125.00
Municipal Pipe Tool Co Inc , Televise And
Clean .............................................. $5,848.15
Northeast Iowa Inspections, Pool Inspections ............................................................$458.50
Oleson Sod Company, Sod ................... $7.20
Patti Freese, Mileage..........................$134.40
Physician’s Claims Company, Ambulance Fees ............................................................. $31.94
Pool Tech, Chemicals .........................$719.50
Dike Post Office , Utility Bill Postage .$160.14
Quill Corporation, Supplies..................$168.92
Centurylink. Phone Service ................$648.80
Radio Communications, Fd Equipment .$51.50
Grundy County R.e.c., Set Pole Main And Monroe ..................................................... $190.00
Grundy County R.e.c.. Electric Usage ............
.......................................................$52,929.12
Sandry Fire Supply, Fd Equipment ....$116.36
Superior Welding, Supplies ..................$80.00
Testamerica Laboratories Inc, Testing ...........
........................................................... $836.85
Ubben Building Supplies, Supplies .... $80.03
Us Cellular, Cell Phones .....................$112.68
Wal-Mart Community Brc, Supplies ...$784.71
Withholding Tax Process, State Tax ..$938.00
Payroll Checks...............................$31,821.19
General.......................................... $45,163.54
Road Use Tax.................................. $3,574.70
Employee Benefits.......................... $4,173.95
Water............................................... $6,181.35
Sewer............................................ $14,111.54
Electric........................................... $57,170.53
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
The Board of Trustees met in regular session
on Thursday,
September 11, 2014 at 7:00 am with Harry Dole
and Lisa Miller present, Ken Mutch absent. The
claims were reviewed with Harry Dole making
the motion to pay all claims, seconded by Lisa
Miller, ayes all, Ken Mutch absent, motion carried. The maturing Improvement Fund CD was
discussed. The Wellmark Health Insurance
Renewal information was reviewed with the
increase coming in at 1.05%. Manager Carson
updated the Board on the following: The RICE
Test and the Engines, The Clean Line Project,
NIMECA & the SPP Market, Corn Belt & ITC,
The North Side of the Street Light Project is almost complete, and Tyler Witte was hired for
the Outside Plant Position. Manager Carson
reported on the following: Permanent options
for the telephone service and the non-renewal
and possible addition of CATV Channels. A letter was read from a concerned citizen in regard
to the deletion of some CATV Channels. Reviews were discussed with Lisa Miller making
the motion for a 3% increase retroactive to July
1, 2014, seconded by Harry Dole, ayes all, Ken
Mutch absent, motion carried. Motion by Harry
Dole to adjourn, seconded by Lisa Miller, ayes
all, Ken Mutch absent, motion carried.
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
AXA Equitable................................... $ 265.00
Rhonda Cole.......................................... 80.92
Dearborn National.................................. 67.50
Office-Petty Cash................................... 17.12
US Cellular........................................... 155.79
Wellmark BC/BS.............................. 17,823.06
City of GC........................................ 92,606.07
GCMU Comm Fund......................... 63,318.33
Randy Thompson................................... 59.25
Semi-Monthly P/R........................... 14,543.41
Rhonda Cole.......................................... 70.00
Steve Gerhard...................................... 946.67
Dan Oltman............................................ 46.74
Pitney Bowes..................................... 1,200.00
Advanced Systems................................. 78.56
Allied Insurance.................................... 558.00
Black Hills Energy.................................. 31.45
Elec Supp of M’Town......................... 1,569.54
Family Foods.......................................... 19.20
Fletcher-Reinhardt............................. 1,127.90
GCMU................................................... 232.07
GNB Bank.............................................. 62.50
Heartland Coop.................................... 960.18
IAMU..................................................... 426.86
Jesco Welding........................................ 11.34
John Deere Financial........................... 222.82
Manly Drug............................................... 8.98
Mid-America Publish.............................. 69.36
MonkeyTown........................................ 689.00
NAPA Auto Parts................................... 180.63
Ray’s Hydraulic Rd............................ 1,471.83
Showroom Auto.................................... 945.88
Spahn & Rose........................................ 71.45
True Value............................................ 170.88
UniFirst................................................. 307.38
VISA..................................................... 317.01
Whink Services....................................... 84.53
Wheeler World........................................ 59.20
Semi-Monthly P/R........................... 17,163.89
COMMUNICATIONS
BBC America....................................... $ 91.75
GCMU O&M Fund................................ 903.00
GCMU O&M Fund............................. 9,939.48
GLDS.................................................... 748.50
BSG Clearing......................................... 43.80
BTN................................................... 1,401.44
Discovery Comm.................................. 167.00
Fox Sports Net.................................. 3,116.36
GCMU O&M Fund............................. 2,020.83
HUB TV Network.................................... 41.75
NCTC............................................... 25,599.67
OWN....................................................... 88.55
Showtime.............................................. 293.72
Windstream.......................................... 458.52
Black Hills Energy................................ 251.60
Consortia.............................................. 850.00
CFU................................................... 5,234.60
DF Countryman.................................... 690.15
GCMU................................................... 876.81
GCMU................................................... 186.35
GNB Bank.............................................. 28.60
Grundy Co Treas............................... 2,007.00
Heartland Coop.................................... 146.80
INS.................................................... 3,405.84
Long Lines......................................... 5,041.04
Manly Drug............................................... 2.55
NAPA Auto Parts..................................... 16.79
NCTC...................................................... 67.82
Rovi Guides.......................................... 512.40
Tulsat.................................................... 311.25
Tower Dist (WGN)................................. 230.28
True Value.............................................. 75.54
VISA.................................................. 3,095.82
Van Wert Inc........................................... 42.88
Windstream............................................ 44.23
Jeff Carson, Secretary
Mary Harken, Treasurer
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday,
October 1, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the City of Dike
Council Chambers to consider the applications
from Ralph Mentzer.
Ralph Mentzer is requesting a variance for 141
East State St. The variance is being requested
to put an addition to a pole building. He will not
meet the setback requirements.
All interested parties are hereby notified to
voice their comments pro or con at this hearing.
Board of Adjustment
Grundy CLASSIFIEDS Register
OPEN HOUSES
SCHUCK REALTY CO.
OPEN HOUSES
MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 22
5:30 – 7:00 P.M.
MONDAY NIGHT OPEN HOUSES
MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 22
5:00 - 6:00
1405 Windsor Dr • Grundy Center
Price changed to $195,000
6:00 - 7:00
1204 L Avenue • Grundy Center
4 BR, 1 BA with nice updates & finishes.
3-seasons porch off eat-in kitchen. BRs &
BA up with many closets. Basement with
family room, ½ BA, laundry & storage.
• $139,500 •
201 G Ave • Grundy Center
Great new price at $155,000
705 4th Street • Grundy Center
2-3 BR, 1 BA home. BR on main. Roof in
’08, water heater in ‘10, gutters in ‘13. Detached 2-car garage. • $37,900 •
CHECK OUT ALL OUR OTHER NEW & GREAT LISTINGS @
www.schuckrealtyco.com
FOR RENT: 2 Bedroom house for
rent. No pets. $450 deposit and $450
first months rent. Call 824-3796
4BR home with master suite. Large closets in all BRs. Hardwood floors. 4-seasons
porch. 2-car garage. Finished 900sf basement. Updated roof & windows. Must see.
• $181,000 •
See more listings:
www.gnbrealestate.com
Phone 319-825-3633
603 7th St • GRUNDY CENTER, IA
Mike Cooper — 319-269-3391
Tiffany Carson — 712-210-3545
Matthew Wikert – 575-323-4567
Brent Wilson — 319-939-9268
Roger Engelkes — 319-269-3434
Phil Johnson — 319-404-5561
Dan Olson — 319-290-4305
FOR SALE
FOR SALE – LOOK! SPACIOUS
THREE-BEDROOM, TWO BATHS
(16’ x 80’) On large lot at 105 Seventh Street No. 34, Grundy Center.
Lot rent $185/month. Financing
available with conditions. $18.900.
LOW DOWN PAYMENT, LOW
MONTHLY PAYMENTS with qualified credit. Coachlighthomes.com
Dennis Payne. 319-239-1920.
WANTED: 5HP. 3 Phase Electric
Motor. Call 563-568-9044.
WANTED: People are wanted to
watch Stuart Little at Center Theater on Wednesday, September 24 at
2 p.m. Admission $1.
age - Units Available, 1306 Industrial St., Parkersburg. 10x10’s $48.00
– 10x20’s $62.00 – 10x30’s $88.00.
Exterior Slabs $25.00. Call 319464-2274
FOR RENT: Mobile home lots for
rent. Call 641-750-7074 for more
info. Visit the Wolf Creek Village
Facebook page for a description of
the “Park” and surrounding area.
MISCELLANEOUS
RANDALL’S
TREE SERVICE:
TWO Bucket Trucks
Call – 319.823.9140
or 319.215.2220
3 BR, 1 ½ BA home with fantastic curb appeal. 1 BR on main, 2 BRs up. Hardwoods
under carpet, basement bonus room. Many
closets, gas log stove. Neat as a pin, ready
for an offer. • $94,900 •
WANTED
FOR RENT: House at 104 Washington St., Holland. 3 BD., no pets,
$500/mo. with $500 security deposit. Call 319-464-0229.
SERVICES
HELP WANTED
Joyce Harrenstein, Broker/Owner
Lori Burmester, Broker Associate/Realtor
• Call Lori @ 319-415-9980 cell or 319-824-3293 office
FOR RENT: Parkersburg Self Stor-
810 L Avenue • Grundy Center
1604 G Avenue • Grundy Center
Priced right at $135,000
S. Monroe St, Wellsburg, IA. Friday, Sept. 19 from 3 to 6 pm & Saturday, Sept. 20 from 8 am to noon.
Queen platform bed with newer
mattress, antique drop table, Yamaha
keyboard, new snowboard helmet,
dog kennels, furniture, canning jars,
tons of kitchen, crafting & household things. Clothes Men Med-XL,
Women’s M-2XL
ALL PROPERTIES ARE MUST SEE’S!!! COME SEE US!
FOR RENT
1 1/2 Story, 2 BR, 2 BA brick. Great front
porch, 2 car det. garage. Beautiful woodwork, brick hearth fireplace, open staircase.
Office, laundry & 3/4 BA on main. 2 BRs
& 1 BA up. Lots of closet space. • $89,500 •
MOVING SALE: 248 Monroe St.,
Dike, September 19 & 20, 8 a.m.5p.m. Ice tent, new tent, ice auger, boat and fishing gear, 1/2 HP
electric motor, shop tools, portable
shooting bench, four drawer chest
and misc. hardware and houseware.
GARAGE & MOVING SALE: 803
1201 12th St • Grundy Center
Priced now at $123,000
3 BRs, 1 ½ BAs, eat-in kitchen. Leaded
glass windows, original woodwork & colonnades. Remodeled BA. Roomy basement,
walk-up attic, 3-car garage. • $89,500 •
GARAGE SALE
MARK INGEBRITSON
PAINTING
• Interior Painting
• Hardwood Floor
Refinishing
• Seal Coating of Roofs
Call – 641-373-1639
TREE RIPENED APPLES $27/
Bushel U Pick. $14 for 1/2 Bushel.
Most varieties at AppleBerry Farm,
2402 W. Main, Marshalltown. 641752-8443. www.appleberry.com
Come and Get It! FANTASTIC
FALL CLOTHING! Trinkets &
Togs, 1609 G Avenue, Grundy Center 319-825-8030
For the upcoming winter season –
The Iowa Department of
Transportation is hiring nearly
600 Temporary Snow Plow
Operators Statewide
• Selected qualified applicants
will operate snow and ice removal equipment, such as end loaders,
single or tandem axel dump trucks
equipped with a blade, at various
locations statewide. • Candidates
must possess and maintain a Class
A or B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with an air brake endorsement and will be subject to
random drug and alcohol testing.
• Compensation ranges from
$11.39–16.13 /hour depending on
experience. • To see all 109 hiring
locations or to apply visit www.
iowadot.gov/careers and search under “All Applicants”. EOE
HELP WANTED: Local part-time
office admin and bookkeeping position. Please send resume and cover
letter including wage expectation to
Mychelle Dickenson, 20525 330th
St., Beaman, IA 50609. By September 30th.
ʻGRAMSʼ at 619 G Ave POSITION AVAILABLE: Joyful
• Antiques • Primitives • Vintage Noise Daycare of Grundy Center is
Collectibles • Ordinary • Unique
Come on by! • Tuesday–Friday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Saturday 10-3
Hours may vary • 319.239.8430
TREE STUMPS Removed. Small
machine, will not track yards. Also
large machine for large stumps. Call
Jerry Zehr in Conrad, Iowa at 641366-2241
Radiator Repair
S & S Auto Repair
Austinville, Iowa
319-347-6237
McMartin Tire
Office: 319-824-3737
Hours: 7 AM - 5 PM
“On Farm Pitstop Tire Service”
215 / 70R15
Dunlop Signature II
11000 ea
$
Mounted, balanced, and new stem
looking for a professional to fill the
position of Director. Please send
cover letter and resume to First Presbyterian Church, Attn: Jessica Patrick, 801 8th St., Grundy Center, IA.
50638
POSITION AVAILABLE: Professional office desires competent
secretary with computer skills and
ability to learn. Pay commensurate with experience. Please send
resume and references to Secretary
Position, Box 365, Grundy Center,
Iowa 50638.
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED: City of Dike is
accepting applications for a fulltime maintenance person. Water
& Wastewater license preferred
or must be willing to get licenses
within three years. Electrical experience preferred. Must have Class
B CDL. Must be 18-years or older.
Send resume to PO Box 160, Dike,
IA 50624 or pick up an application
at the City Office on 540 Main St.
Applications are due by 4:00 p.m.
October 1, 2014. EOE/AA
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE: The
Grundy Center, Iowa Police Department (pop. 2706) is seeking candidates for the positions of part time
police officers. ILEA certification
preferred. Application forms may
be requested at City Hall, 703 F Avenue, Grundy Center, IA 50638; on
city website at www.grundycenter.
com; [email protected], or 319825-6118. Please send application
and/or resume to Personnel Committee, City of Grundy Center, 703
F Avenue, Suite 2, Grundy Center,
IA 50638.
cations for FULL-TIME Operators
for ALL shifts. 1st Shift - 8 AM to
4 PM-$9.25. 2nd Shift - 4 PM to 12
AM-$10.00. 3rd Shift - 12 AM to 8
AM-$10.65. Excellent benefits and
Overtime available. Apply in person at 1901 21st St., Eldora, 641858-5468. Post offer drug screen
required. Quality Products is an
EEOC employer.
HELP WANTED: Grundy County
ISU Extension and Outreach Council are looking for a professional to
fill the position of Office Assistant.
Full time position with office hours
of 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday. The person in this
position will answer phones and
provide customer service for walkins, type letters and recruitment
pieces as directed by extension
staff, complete bookkeeping duties,
order office supplies and maintain
and prepare the meeting room for
events. A full job description and
list of requirements is available by
contacting Grundy County ISU Extension and Outreach Administrator,
Shari Sell-Bakker, 703 F Avenue,
Suite 1, IA 50638; 319-824-6979;
[email protected]. To apply
send cover letter, resume and three
references to the Extension Office
by 4:30 p.m. on October 1, 2014.
AA/EEO
POSITION AVAILABLE: The Kling
Memorial Library is hiring an assistant director. This is a permanent,
part-time position. Requirements
include: The availability to work
all hours of the library operation;
A dynamic and growing knowledge
of technology and a willingness to
quickly learn and adapt to changing library technology; Excellent
customer service and a commitment
to serving a diverse population of
library users while maintaining
ethical and professional standards
of the library profession; Key job
duties will include adult programming, Circulation Desk duties, and
shared duties of the library director
and library assistants. The position
will average 15 hours a week with
a starting salary of $10 per hour.
Please find more information about
the position and application instructions at www.grundycenter.lib.ia.us
ic. Paid Vacation/Sick/Holiday/Insurance. Must have valid DL/own
tools. Apply at Union Auto, Inc./
Ford, 208 Center Street, Union,IA.
641-486-2358
Call ahead for Oil Changes
Check out our new tires.
HELP WANTED: Local part-time
office admin and bookkeeping position. Please send resume and cover
letter including wage expectation to
Mychelle Dickenson, 20525 330th
St., Beaman, IA 50609. By September 30th.
Wednesday,
HELP WANTED
The ideal candidate for any
position, supports the
Western Home Communities
values of:
people first, servant spirit,
community partner, financial
integrity - which help realize
the vision of fulfilling lives.
A Home Health Aide
is needed – Full-Time and
Part-Time 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift,
includes every other weekend.
Responsible for assisting clients
with personal care and helping
them with daily needs in their own
homes. Must be able to provide
own transportation, be a Certified
Nurse Aide (CNA) and willing to
become CPR certified. All positions are subject to drug testing.
We offer an excellent benefit package and a generous paid time off
program. EOE
Apply online at
www.westernhomecommunities.org
POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Quality Products is accepting appli- POSITION AVAILABLE: Richelieu
HELP WANTED: Auto Mechan-
Free Pickup & Delivery
In Holland and G.C.
9
WANTED: Part-time driver for harvest. Class A CDL needed. Phone
Fogt Farms, 319-345-6759
Foods, Inc of Grundy Center has a
position available for an Hourly Administrative Assistant/Receptionist. This position is responsible for
supporting the management team at
the Grundy Center Plant. Requirements for position: HS Diploma
with 2+ years experience in similar
position, an AA degree or higher is
a plus. Primary tasks: general front
desk duties-answer phones, sign
in visitors, manage office supplies,
general mail duties, prepare Fed-Ex
labels, enter all receiving into computer software, assist with various
internal audits, assist controller with
accounts payable, update various
reports for management. Skills:
strong communications, detail-oriented with ability to handle large
amounts of detail data, intermediate
or higher Microsoft Word and Excel
skills, ERP experience a plus. Send
resume, references and cover letter
to: Richelieu Foods, Inc., Attn: Plant
Controller, 701 A Avenue, Grundy
Center, IA. 50638
POSITION AVAILABLE: Fulltime laundry production position.
7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., M-F. Starting
pay $8.00/hour, full benefits after
90 days. Drug screen and physical
required. Apply online at unifirst.
com or in person at UniFirst in the
Grundy Center industrial park.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Farm-
ers Cooperative Co.-Dike, currently has Full-Time and Seasonal job
openings in the grain & agronomy
departments. Must have a valid
driver’s license and some jobs may
require to have or be able to obtain
a CDL with HazMat & Tanker endorsement. Excellent benefits and an
opportunity to grow with the best.
For details, please call either Dike
319-989-2416 for an application or
apply online at www.fccoop.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
HELP WANTED: Phelps Imple-
ment of Grundy Center is looking for a full-time experienced
technician. Responsible for independently performing diagnostics,
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Prep the yard for winter weather
Apple-picking is an autumn activity both kids and adults enjoy.
Apple- and
pumpkin-picking tips
Although scores of people cite summer as their favorite time of year, autumn also is a beloved season. Cool breezes and crisp air seem tailor-made
for afternoons spent enjoying the great outdoors. The pleasant autumn weather and awe-inspiring foliage may be the reason so many festivals and outdoor
events are scheduled this time of year.
Apple- and pumpkin-picking are popular fall pastimes. Neighborhood orchards open their doors to the public, allowing men, women and children to
scour their fields and trees for the perfect finds. Heed these picking tips to
make the experience even more of a success.
Apples
Many orchards that have open picking seasons plant dwarf apple trees to
make the picking process easier, particularly for young children, so there’s no
need to bring along a ladder. You should still be able to find plenty of apples
close to the ground.
A good farmer will know when certain varieties of apples are ripe, and he
or she will likely cordon off trees that are not ready for picking. Ripe apples
will be crisp and firm. Keep in mind that apples ripen from the outside of the
tree inward. Those are the ones usually picked first, anyway.
Try to get to an orchard earlier in the season. If you wait too long, the trees
may be picked of most of the best fruit. Depending on where you live, apple-picking season may begin in mid-September and continue into mid-October.
Apples can bruise, so don’t toss them into baskets when picking. Also, wait
to wash apples until right before eating to prevent moisture-related spoilage.
Apples keep best in a cool location.
Pumpkins
Pumpkin patches are often found in close proximity to apple orchards.
Picking pumpkins to eat or decorate the home is a popular autumn activity,
one that families often enjoy together.
When visiting a pumpkin patch, dress accordingly. That means wearing
shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty, as the patch may be muddy. Layer
clothing in case it is a chilly day. Breezes are more pronounced in open fields.
Pumpkins are “long-keepers,” which means if they are uncut or not damaged, they can last for several weeks. This means you can pick pumpkins at
the same time as apples. When selecting a pumpkin, look for one that is completely orange. After picking, a green or yellow pumpkin may never ripen to
orange.
Bring along a small wagon and knife so that you can cut the vine, if necessary. Pumpkins are heavy, and a wagon will come in handy, especially with
youngsters in tow.
Ripe pumpkins should not dent easily. Examine your pumpkin for holes or
insects, which could indicate internal rot that greatly reduces the shelf life of
the pumpkin. Remember, carving the pumpkin reduces its life expectancy, so
be sure to reserve that task until close to Halloween.
If you desire a pumpkin to turn into a baked treat or other dish, you will
need a type of small, sweet cooking pumpkin known as a “sugar pumpkin.”
The meat of this pumpkin is much less stringy and more smooth than decorative pumpkin varieties.
Autumn is the season for apple- and pumpkin-picking. This is a great way
to spend an afternoon outdoors with the family. If possible, visit an orchard
on a weekday, when the crowds will be much smaller than during prime fall
weekends. TF149508
bauer Seed Building, Hwy. 9,
st side of Buffalo Center, IA
September 20, 2014 – 9:30 a.m.
As quickly as autumn weather arrives it seems to move aside for the
blustery, cold days of winter. Winter
can catch a person off guard and the
seasons are now less predictable than
ever before.
It’s never too early to begin preparing your yard and outdoor living spaces for winter. Homeowners may be
sad to bid farewell to the furniture and
accessories of the fair-weather season,
but time is of the essence when prepping for impending ice and snow.
* Clean patio furniture. Give cushions and structures a thorough cleaning and allow to dry completely.
Cleaning items before storing them for
the winter saves time and energy next
year when it’s time once again to set
up the yard for recreation. If anything
is damaged beyond repair, discard it
and look for replacements during endof-season sales when savings can be
had.
* Move things indoors. The more
items you can store in a safe and secure location the better. Load the garage, basement or storage shed with
outdoor gear. Leaving items exposes
them to the elements, and such exposure can cause rust, wear and damage.
Flower pots and lawn ornaments also
can blow around in winter wind or collapse under the weight of the snow, so
collect these items and store them for
the winter. Take out patio umbrellas
and put them in the shed. If something
is too large to move indoors, such as a
barbecue or a pool filter, cover it with
a durable tarp and secure it with rope.
* Cover delicate trees. Depending on
where you live, certain fruit trees, including fig trees, may need to be covered for the winter. Covering protects
them from subfreezing temperatures
and helps ensure they will rebound in
the spring. Tropical plants should be
moved indoors where they can thrive
in a heated home. Do not rip out chrysanthemum plants. Contrary to popular belief, these are not annuals. They
will rebloom year after year if allowed
to do so.
* Remove water collectors. Bring in
or cover anything that may accumulate
water, such as bird baths or kids’ toys.
Water expands when frozen, and that
means water trapped in any ceramic,
glass or even plastic vessel can expand
and cause the container to crack.
* Clean up leaves and debris. Piles
of leaves not only can suffocate a lawn
and cause discoloration, but also can
be attractive homes for rodents and
insects looking for a warm place to
spend their winters. Keep your yard
neat and clean to discourage wildlife
from taking up residence near your
home.
* Cover vegetable and flower beds.
Invest in some burlap to lay down over
planting beds. This helps to keep the
ground from freezing over and minimize weeds for next season.
* Care for outdoor ponds. If you
have a pond on your property, remove
any weeds around it and fish out any
leaves from the water. Leaves will decay in the water and build up ammonia
levels that can harm fish. If the pond
is small, cover it for the winter. Also,
start cutting back on feeding outdoor
fish. These aquatic animals’ bodies
begin to prepare for winter by slowing
down metabolism. Continuing to feed
them can harm the fish when the temperature drops.
* Wrap up pool season. It’s wise
Autumn is a busy time for preparing your home and yard for the
arrival of winter weather.
to close the pool and cover it before
leaves start to drop. Otherwise you
will have a hard time of keeping the
water clean.
* Plant spring bulbs now. Now is
a good time to plan where you want
to put spring bulbs. Once you have
mapped things out, get the bulbs in the
ground. Bulbs are relatively inexpensive and will provide that first punch
of color when winter finally skips
town. FH149523
Weekend road trip tips
A long weekend provides the perfect
opportunity to hop into the car and
embark on a road trip. Sometimes it
doesn’t take an extended vacation to
recharge your batteries. A brief change
of scenery and venue can make for
quite the respite as well.
Road trips also tend to be more affordable than longer getaways. If you
have the benefit of a tow hitch and a
camper, you already have your accommodations. But even if you still need
lodging, there are several budget motels that can fit the bill for overnight
lodging along your route. Here are
some other road trip tips.
* Before embarking, take out a map
and plan your excursion. Stick to locations that are within reasonable driving distance from home. If you roam
too far, you will spend more time behind the wheel than you will enjoying
your destination. Locations no more
than five to six hours away should suffice.
* Get your vehicle in road trip shape
by ensuring it is in good working condition. If your car is scheduled for an
oil change, get one before leaving. In
Household & Collectible
Auction
Bonnie Johnson & the late Col. Roy B. Johnson
Hofbauer Seed Building, Hwy. 9,
west side of Buffalo Center, IA
Saturday, September 20, 2014 – 9:30 a.m.
Note: Bonnie Johnson, a long-time resident of Buffalo Center, is selling
collectibles and quality household furnishings. Something for everyone.
Collectibles: Cylinder-style desk w/ top display, burled; Office chairs; Walnut
dresser w/ mirror, marble top; Wicker serving cart; Ornate tables; Hall tree;
Heywood Wakefield 2-shelf & coffee tables; Piano stool; Prism lamp w/ fancy
silk shade; 1908 catalog; Coffee grinder; Copper coffee pots; BC school bowl;
Records (Beatles, Elvis, CCR, etc); plus more.
Coins: Buffalo nickels; Pennies: steel, Lincoln, Indian head.
Toys: Comic books (Zorro, Mickey Mouse, etc); Horse collection; Childrens &
Junior Classic books; Puzzles (Roy Rogers, etc); Electric baseball, football, &
hockey.
Clocks: White marble mantel; Regulator-style; Walnut mantel; Ceramic; Clock
shelves.
Watches & Jewelry: Pocket watches: Elgin & Swiss/ Chalet in hunters cases,
Waltham, Illinois; Wristwatches: Hamilton & Lord Elgin (gold-filled), Elgin, Seiko,
Bulova w/ fancy bands, Buffalo Center w/ sterling turquoise band; Watch fobs &
chains; Sterling turquoise ring; Add’l. turquoise & ladies jewelry.
Glass: Carnival Glass: Fruit bowls, Serving bowls, Liquor decanter w/ 5 stemmed
glasses, Lamp shades, Bell; Shirley Temple pitchers & bowl; Red glass & other
souvenir pieces.
Furniture & Furnishings: Dining room table w/ 2 leaves, Pecan, 6 ladder-back
chairs, nice; Matching dining room hutch; Pride Mobility lift chair, tan; Sofa &
matching love seat, off-white; Swivel rockers; Recliner; 36” Zenith TV; Jewelry
armoire; Entertainment centers; Kitchen table w/ leaf, 4 chairs; King-size bed; (2)
Sets of twin beds; Comforters; Bedroom set: dresser w/ mirror, chest of drawers,
night stand; Upholstered chairs; Lamps; Serving table; Desk; Floor lamp w/
mother-of-pearl shade & prisms; End & phone tables; Quilt rack; Inlaid chest;
Wall display; Plant stand; Round table; Patio table & chairs; Pictures; Plus more.
Appliances: Hotpoint upright deep freeze; Microwave.
Household: Console sewing machine; Haviland (Bavaria) set of 12 china, blue
rose pattern; Formal serving dishes; Syracuse china; Coffee makers; Crock
pot; Platters; Punch bowl set; Waffle maker; (3) sets of 8 silver-rimmed stem
ware; Flower vases; (2) sets of 6 etched stem ware; Sterling silverware (6 pcs);
Silverware; Mugs; Tumblers; Pitchers; Bowls; China snack set; Blankets, linens,
& pillows.
Miscellaneous: Daisy BB handgun; Dell computer w/ flat screen; Cole steel file/
safe; Floor safe; Lifestyle treadmill; (7) Metal shelving racks; Yard trimmers; Dirt
Devil vac; Yard & garden tools; Step ladder; Humidifier; Cleaning supplies; Tools;
Walker; Card table & chairs; Kerosene lamps; Candles; Home telephone system;
Fireplace set; Grill; Leather vests & coats; Electric staplers; Encyclopedias;
Nature Lovers library; Seasonal decorations; Luggage; Plus everything you
would expect to find at a typical moving sale.
Managed and conducted by:
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41578 20th Ave. Buffalo Center, IA 50424 • 641-561-2739
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addition, top off fluids and be sure that
tires are properly inflated.
* Stick to the scenic routes. While
they may not save you travel time,
avoiding interstates in favor of picturesque backroads will make for a much
more relaxing and visually inspiring
trip. Schedule rest stops so you can get
out of the car and explore along the
way to your destination. Taking backroads may also help you avoid some of
your fellow weekend travelers.
* Make your long weekend a Saturday through Monday affair. You may
find the roads are more congested Friday through Sunday. Simply starting
your trip on Saturday and returning on
Monday could save you the headache
of driving in heavy traffic.
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Grundy SPORTS Register
AGWSR volleyball seeks
Area teams compete at 41st
Bobcat Cross Country Invitational consistency in quest for first win
Dike-New Hartford’s
Crew runs to 22nd in
competitive field
By PATTI RUST
Sports Correspondent
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College was the
site of the 41st running of the Bobcat
Cross Country Invitational, a meet
loaded with ranked teams ranging
from Class 1A to 4A. Local runners
from Dike-New Hartford, Grundy
Center, and Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR were put to the test and came
through with many strong performances.
John Crew of Dike-New Hartford
earned the top finish among area
runners with a 22nd place showing in a field of 155 Varsity boys’
competitors. Bryce Dall and Dylan
Mrzlak went 102nd and 103rd. Collin Vanderlind was 115th and Nick
Nielsen 119th.
Haylee Luna led the Wolverine girls with a 62nd place finish
in a field of 128 runners, and Kadi
Wright went 67th. Jurane Lizer ran
to 78th, Kelsey Bakken was 91st,
and Hannah Dove 94th. Olivia Verhulst finished in the 100th spot and
Josie Claude was 119th.
“The weather was great and the
runners were ready to run,” DikeNew Hartford coach Will Reingardt
said. “We challenged them to compete for time, places, and to have
fun. They stepped up to this challenge and had an outstanding meet
with lots of new personal bests.
From top to bottom we were proud
of their efforts.”
Dylan Hendricks led the Grundy
Center boys with a 78th place finish,
Finn Cleveland went 85th, and Max
Schweppe ran to 109th.
Tiana Saak had the top finish for
the Spartan girls at 72nd and Mellina Wrage went 92nd. Harper Wells
finished 106th and Hannah Martin
124th.
“This was a tough meet with the
majority of schools from the 4A
level,” Grundy Center coach Andy
McQuillen said. “Our goal heading in was to improve from a week
ago. Every runner on the team improved in some fashion, which was
a big step forward. We are starting
to battle a few nagging aches and
pains, but it is part of the sport.”
“Dylan Hendricks ran extremely
well,” McQuillen said. “Tiana Saak
also ran very well in the girls’ race.
Dylan and Tiana saw big gains from
a week ago. Mellina Wrage continues to run well. We will look for big
gains in her throughout the season.
Finn Cleveland struggled a little bit,
but still ran significantly better. Max
Schweppe put in a solid effort in his
second race as a high school runner.” The Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR
boys were led by Landon Boomsma’s 65th place finish. Ruben Zietler
followed in 112th and Brayden Penning went 118th.
“It was a tough meet on a great
course against quality, rated teams
from across the state,” Iowa FallsAlden/AGWSR boys’ coach Michael Rottink said. “We knew we'd
have a challenge in the team competition in any case, but we were without our number two and three varsity
runners, Alan Bruflodt and Jacob
Football
from page 14
Second quarter
AGWSR – Stockdale 1 run (kick failed);
13-6
AGWSR – Cody Williams 30 run
(Karsjens kick); 20-6
GC – Austin Burroughs 27 pass from
Brock Rohler (Brett Boren pass from Rohler);
20-14
Third quarter
AGWSR – Williams 2 run (Karsjens
kick); 27-14
AGWSR – Stockdale 12 run (kick failed);
33-14
Fourth quarter
GC – Bryce Flater 2 run (Rohler kick);
33-21
AGWSR – Stockdale 14 run (Karsjens
Sundholm, due to injury and illness,
so our focus really had to shift to individual performances.”
“Cameron Zolnosky and Thomas
Burchfield stepped into Varsity spots
and hit season best times, while the
rest of the remaining Varsity team
ran right about or slightly better
than their season bests as well,” Rottink said. “It's not uncommon to see
those runners with experience and
who put in some summer miles to
plateau a bit time-wise at this point,
while some of our less-experienced
runners are still shaving a minute
plus off of overall times each meet; a
great trend we hope continues as we
ramp up our practice intensity and
our meet schedule.”
Bethany Lippert led the Cadet
girls with her 52nd place finish,
Jessica Lippert followed in 75th,
and Taylor Dougan and Patience
Kauzlarich went 95th and 96th. Desiree Folson finished in the 103rd
spot and MaeAnna Ubben went
105th. Breanna Fisher came in
122nd.
“Last night the girls ran amongst
great competition and continued to
improve on their times,” Iowa FallsAlden/AGWSR girls’ coach Jamie
Maxwell said. “Our times were very
comparative to similar sized schools.
Race strategy and mental strength
will be tested again next Monday at
Ballard.”
Grundy Center and IF-A/AGWSR were scheduled to run at Ballard on Monday, Sept. 15, while
Dike-New Hartford was slated to
compete at Cedar Falls on Thursday,
Sept. 18. IF-A/AGWSR will close
out the week at BCLUW on Saturday.
Bobcat Invitational
Girls’ Varsity Results
Team Results – 1) Urbandale 43; 2)
Waukee 79; 3) Ankeny Centennial 89; 4)
Roosevelt 102; 5) Dowling Catholic 142; 6)
Southeast Polk 159; 7) Cedar Falls 182; 8)
Valley 195; 9) Ankeny 225; 10) Marshalltown
330; 11) Boone 364; 12) Dike-New Hartford
378; 13) East Marshall 392; 14) Hudson 400;
15) IF-A/AGWSR 403; 16) Fort Dodge 434;
17) BCLUW 446. Incomplete Teams: GMG,
Grundy Center, North Tama.
Dike-New Hartford Individuals – 62)
Haylee Luna 17:07; 67) Kadi Wright 17:21;
78) Jurane Lizer 18:01; 91) Kelsey Bakken
18:41; 94) Hannah Dove 19:02; 100) Olivia
Verhulst 19:14; 119) Josie Claude 20:48.
Grundy Center Individuals – 72) Tiana
Saak 17:43; 92) Mellina Wrage 18:53; 106)
Harper Wells 19:37; 124) Hannah Martin
22:08.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Individuals – 52) Bethany Lippert 16:41; 75) Jessica
Lippert 17:50; 95) Taylor Dougan 19:09; 96)
Patience Kauzlarich 19:10; 103) Desiree
Folsom 19:32; 105) MaeAnna Ubben 19:33;
122) Breanna Fisher 21:10.
Girls’ JV Results
Team Results – 1) Dowling Catholic 51; 2)
Ankeny Centennial 58; 3) Cedar Falls 83; 4)
Waukee 104; 5) Valley 108; 6) Roosevelt 133;
7) Urbandale 146; 8) Southeast Polk 252; 9)
Ankeny 260; 10) Dike-New Hartford 330; 11)
Marshalltown 351; 12) IF-A/AGWSR 355;
13) Fort Dodge. Incomplete Teams: BCLUW,
Boone, Grundy Center, Hudson, South Tama.
Jenna Hensley 19:59; 89) Sarah Hoehns
20:00; 110) Hanna Hunt 20:39; 112) Madison
Dove 20:41; 135) Katie Camarata 21:22; 143)
Emma Williams 21:34; 155) Carrie O’Connor
21:56; 172) Mary Venenga 22:37; 180) Addie
Johnston 23:07; 183) Brynn Harberts 23:30;
201) Madi Harms 24:39; 205) Nikki Weissenfluh 25:24.
Grundy Center Individuals – 167) Kaitlynn Ehrig 22:31; 173) Meg Edler 22:40; 178)
Chloe Wiltfang 23:00.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Individuals –
82) Eri Siems 19:44; 119) Tessa VanBuskirk
kick); 40-21
AGWSR – Williams 90 run (kick failed);
46-21
Team totals
AGWSR
GC
Rushes-yards
48-599
39-169
Pass yards
8
141
Comp.-Att.-Int.
1-2-0
7-16-0
Total offense
607
310
Fumbles-lost
4-2
2-0
Punts-avg.
2-47.0
5-44.6
Individuals
Rushing – AGWSR: Levi Stockdale 18285; Cody Williams 10-162; Mason Eilderts
8-54; Clay Meinders 10-38; Josh Balvanz
1-20; Dylan Heetland 1-20. Grundy Center:
Bryce Flater 22-151, 1 TD; Jordan Graham
8-21; Chase Boren 2-8; Jordan Hook 1-3;
Brock Rohler 1-(minus 4); Braiden Buhrow
20:53; 139) Carolyn Burchfield 21:28; 140)
Alyson Duncan 21:29; 144) Savanna Baldwin
21:38; 145) Rebekah VanGorp 21;38; 149)
Chelsea Meyer 21:46; 175) Clara Blasquez
22:40; 177) Alesha Terveer 22:55; 181)
Emma Hampe 23:13.
Girls’ 9-10 Results
No local team or individual participants in
this division.
Girls’ Middle School Results
Team Results – 1) Dowling Catholic 23;
2) Cedar Falls 71; 3) Hudson 88; 4) Pella 95;
5) Valley 131; 6) Southeast Polk 133; 7) Marshalltown 209; 8) Fort Dodge 229. Incomplete Teams: GMG, Grundy Center, South
Tama.
Grundy Center Individuals – 24) Lily
Ehlers 13:57; 29) Cora Saak 14:06; 134) Anna
Holloway 17:46; 137) Taylor Geinger 17:57.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Individuals –
82) Eri Siems 19:44; 119) Tessa VanBuskirk
20:53; 139) Carolyn Burchfield 21:28; 140)
Alyson Duncan 21:29; 144) Savanna Baldwin
21:38; 145) Rebekah VanGorp 21;38; 149)
Chelsea Meyer 21:46; 175) Clara Blasquez
22:40; 177) Alesha Terveer 22:55; 181)
Emma Hampe 23:13.
Boys’ Varsity Results
Team Results – 1) Cedar Falls 56; 2)
Pleasant Valley 81; 3) Dowling Catholic 101;
4) Waukee 111; 5) Valley 143; 6) Hempstead
148; 7) Fort Dodge 167; 8) Ankeny Centennial 243; 9) Urbandale 264; 10) Ankeny 277;
11) Roosevelt 296; 12) Southeast Polk 314;
13) East Marshall 348; 14) Dike-New Hartford 459; 15) Marshalltown 470; 16) Hudson
501; 17) South Tama 504; 18) Boone 506; 19)
Grundy Center 549; 20) IF-A/AGWSR 559;
21) BCLUE 625; 22) Woodward Academy
671; 23) North Tama 732. Incomplete Teams:
GMG.
John Crew 16:43; 102) Bryce Dall 19:10; 103)
Dylan Mrzlak 19:14; 115) Collin Vanderlind
19:37; 119) Nick Nielsen 19:52.
Grundy Center Individuals – 78) Dylan
Hendricks 17:58; 85) Finn Cleveland 18:24;
109) Max Schweppe 19:29; 140) Nathaniel
Hougen 21:47; 141) Carter Murphy 21:50;
143) Joe Kanagy 22:12.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Individuals
– 65) Landon Boomsma 17:39; 112) Ruben
Zeitler 19:34; 118) Brayden Penning 19:49;
133) Tyler Weeks 20:54; 136) Mike Ostbloom
21:19; 138) Cameron Zolnosky 21:40; 146)
Thomas Burchfield 22:56.
Boys’ JV Results
Team Results – 1) Valley 35; 2) Waukee
41; 3) Dowling Catholic 52; 4) Cedar Falls
159; 5) Southeast Polk 166; 6) Hempstead
177; 7) Ankeny 209; 8) Ankeny Centennial
216; 9) Roosevelt 259; 10) Urbandale 272;
11) Fort Dodge 273; 12) Marshalltown 384;
13) Hudson 409; 14) IF-A/AGWSR 434. Incomplete Teams: Boone, Dike-New Hartford,
East Marshall, Grundy Center.
Tucker Adams 23:02.
Grundy Center Individuals – 188) Jesper Holke-Farnam 24:00; 193) Eli Harberts
24:15; 211) Jack Stanley 31:38.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Individuals
– 148) Adam Long 21:42; 165) Joe Hansen
22:13; 184) Carter Krukow 23:22; 197) Anthony Kaniatobe 24:26; 202) Ezra Andersen
25:46.
Boys’ 9-10 Results
2) Valley 51; 3) Ankeny 87; 4) Hempstead 96;
5) Cedar Falls 117; 6) Southeast Polk 160; 7)
Waukee 196; 8) Ankeny Centennial 210; 9)
Roosevelt 256; 10) Woodward Academy 286;
11) Boone 359. Incomplete Teams: BCLUW,
Dike-New Hartford, South Tama.
Zach Nichol 22:38; 167) Eli Nielsen 23:48;
176) Ben Purdy 24:20; 187) Collin Heath
25:19.
Boys’ Middle School Results
2) Cedar Falls 64; 3) Marshalltown 78; 4) Valley 88; 5) Southeast Polk 110; 6) Pella 135; 7)
Grundy Center 200; 8) Fort Dodge 254. Incomplete Teams: Roosevelt, GMG, Hudson,
South Tama.
Grundy Center Individuals – 33) Griffin Hamann 13:31; 49) Brady Appel 13:47;
66) Alex Schweppe 14:10; 84) Jadon Spear
14:33; 127) Zach Davis 15:37; 142) Sami AlRabi 15:56; 155) Hunter Hawk 16:17; 208)
Dakota Gleissner 20:26.
1-(minus 5); Austin Burroughs 1-(minus 5).
Passing – AGWSR: Williams 1-of-2 for 8
yards. Grundy Center: Brock Rohler 7-of-16
for 141 yards, 1 TD.
Receiving – AGWSR: Eilderts 1-8.
Grundy Center: Austin Burroughs 3-79;
Jordan Graham 1-29; Braidan Buhrow 1-27;
Flater 1-3; Boren 1-3.
Tackles (Solos-Assists) – AGWSR:
Stockdale 5-6; Williams 4-0; Caleb Meinders
3-1; Landon Sanders 3-1; Clay Meinders 2-3;
Brandon Johnson 2-2; Heetland 2-1; Tery
Rummans 1-3; Josh Balvanz 1-2; Nathan
Karsjens 1-2; Michael Young 1-2; Eilderts
0-4; Jay Jaspers 1-0; Liam Stubbe 1-0;
Jeremiah Stull 0-2. Grundy Center: Boren
2-1; Jared Clapp 3-2; Flater 11-1; Graham
1-3; Aaron Havens 1-0; Hook 1-1; Josh
Kuiper 1-1; B. Rohler 1-1; Cade Rohler 1-0;
Nick Saak 3-2; Sam Thompson 6-0.
Tackles for Loss – AGWSR: S. Hofmeister
1; Caleb Meinders 1; Clay Meinders 1;
Stockdale 1. Grundy Center: None.
Fumble Recoveries – AGWSR: None.
Grundy Center: Clapp, Thompson.
Interceptions – None.
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By PATTI RUST
PARKERSBURG – The AGWSR
volleyball team picked up a couple
of set wins this past week, but
is still looking for that elusive
first match victory. The Cougars
struggled through the tough Falcon
Invitational at Parkersburg Saturday,
after dropping close matches to
South Hardin and West Marshall
earlier in the week.
“We had an up and down day
against three rated teams,” AGWSR
coach Betsy Harms said of the
tournament at Parkersburg.
The Cougars started the day off
going head to head with Class 4A
No. 2 West Delaware, challenging in
the first set before losing 18-21, and
dropping the second set 14-21.
“In the first set we held our own
in the sense that we competed and
kept our errors in check,” Harms
said.
In their second match of the day
against Aplington-Parkersburg, the
Cougars found new life, challenging
early on before dropping both sets,
this time 19-21, 7-21.
“Our defensive movement was
excellent in set one and we were
on fire offensively,” Harms said.
“Set two was a different story; we
struggled with the basics.”
Against Class 2A No. 12 Denver,
AGWSR started slow but put up a
good second set, falling 9-21, 20-22
to the Cyclones.
In their final matchup of the day
the Cougars fell 18-21, 14-21 to the
Class 2A No. 15 Huskies of NashuaPlainfield.
“Against Nashua we started
blocking the ball on the outside,”
Coach Harms said. “There were
many times we put ourselves in
position to win the game and then
we let un-forced errors take us out.”
This week the AGWSR (0-9
overall, 0-2 NICL-West) was
scheduled to face BCLUW at
Conrad on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and
compete in the Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Tournament on Saturday.
“Net calls and missed serves were
difference makers. We continued to
have these errors all night, which
Nashua-Plainfield 2, AGWSR 0
made it difficult for us to gain
AGWSR 1814
momentum.”
Nashua-Plainfield21
21
Abbie Young led the Cougars in
Kills: AGWSR 10 (Rachel Frazier 2,
Cortanie Nederhoff 2), N-P NA. Assists: assists with 12 and Alana Groninga
AGWSR 8 (Abbie Young 5, Becca Wiarda in kills with nine. Maddie Deters and
Becca Wiarda put up 12 and 11 digs
4), N-P NA. Blocks: AGWSR 8 (Alana
Groninga 3, Frazier 2), N-P NA. Digs: respectively.
AGWSR 25 (Maddie Deters 8), N-P NA.
Service aces: AGWSR 3 (Reagan Rathe 2),
N-P NA.
Denver 2, AGWSR 0
AGWSR
9
20
Denver
21
22
Kills: AGWSR 10 (Rachel Frazier
4, Ashley Sicard 3), Denver NA. Assists:
AGWSR 8 (Abbie Young 5), Denver NA.
Blocks: AGWSR 4 (Frazier 2), Denver
NA. Digs: AGWSR 24 (Maddie Deters 8,
Becca Wiarda 6), Denver NA. Service aces:
AGWSR 0, Denver NA.
Aplington-Parkersburg 2, AGWSR 0
AGWSR
19
7
A-P
21 21
Kills: AGWSR 13 (Rachel Frazier 4,
Cortanie Nederhoff 4), A-P NA. Assists:
AGWSR 12 (Becca Wiarda 9), A-P NA.
Blocks: AGWSR 5 (Frazier 3), A-P NA.
Digs: AGWSR 23 (Alana Groninga 5, Mel
Morones 4), A-P NA. Service aces: AGWSR
3 (Morones 2), A-P NA.
West Delaware 2, AGWSR 0
AGWSR
9
6
West Delaware
21
21
Kills: AGWSR 9 (Alana Groninga 3), West
Delaware NA. Assists: AGWSR 8 (Becca
Wiarda 6), West Delaware NA. Blocks:
AGWSR 0, West Delaware NA. Digs:
AGWSR 12 (Groninga 4), West Delaware
NA. Service aces: AGWSR 2, West
Delaware NA.
ACKLEY – AGWSR dropped the
first two sets to South Hardin, 21-25,
19-25, but came back to take the third
25-21 on their home court Thursday.
In the third set the Tigers prevailed
16-25 to take the set and the match.
Coach Betsy Harms attributed the
loss to Cougar miscues.
“For the second conference match
this week, we started strong and then
faded away,” Coach Harms said.
South Hardin 3, AGWSR 1
AGWSR 21192516
South Hardin
25252125
Kills: AGWSR 31 (Alana Groninga 9,
Cortanie Nederhoff 7), South Hardin 45.
Assists: AGWSR 23 (Abbie Young 12,
Becca Wiarda 9), South Hardin 39. Blocks:
AGWSR 4 (Maddie Brandt 2), South Hardin
19. Digs: AGWSR 56 (Maddie Deters 12,
Wiarda 11), South Hardin 53. Service aces:
AGWSR 5 (Groninga 2), South Hardin 9.
STATE CENTER – In a close
NICL-West battle Tuesday night
the first set was tied at 20 all before
West Marshall claimed it 25-20. The
Cougars bounced back to take the
second set 25-19, but dropped the
final two to give West Marshall the
win.
“We battled in the first two sets,”
Coach Harms said. “Defensively
we were on top of our game and
offensively we put the ball down.”
“Sets three and four we were
streaky and struggled in serve
receive,” she said. “As a whole, I was
happy with our hitting efficiency.”
Cortanie Nederhoff led the
Cougars with 13 kills and Ashley
Sicard added 11, while Becca
Wiarda provided 21 assists. Maddie
Deters and Regan Rathe recorded
13 digs apiece on defense.
West Marshall 3, AGWSR 1
AGWSR
20251914
West Marshall25 1925 25
Kills: AGWSR 36 (Cortanie Nederhoff
13, Ashley Sicard 11), West Marshall 32.
Assists: AGWSR 31 (Becca Wiarda 21),
West Marshall 32. Blocks: AGWSR 5
(Maddie Brandt 2), West Marshall 19. Digs:
AGWSR 57 (Maddie Deters 13, Reagan
Rathe 13), West Marshall 33. Service aces:
AGWSR 10 (four tied 2), West Marshall 13.
Volleyball
From page 14
from what they wanted to do.”
Katie Lindeman had a huge night
at the service line for the Spartans, serving three aces while hitting 19-of-22 attempts. Riley Sents
was 15-of-16 serving and Alyssa
Mathews was 13-of-14.
Kayla Mathews led the Spartans
with 10 kills while Hana Edgerton
had eight and both Lindeman and
Noel Saak six. A. Mathews had 32
assists and R. Sents had 15 digs.
Hannah Christopher and Hayley Weber led Gladbrook-Reinbeck
with six kills each while Jenny
Schildroth had three blocks and was
9-of-10 serving with an ace.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 141813
Grundy Center
25 25 25
Kills: Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17
(Hanna Christopher 6, Hayley Weber 6),
Grundy Center 38 (Kayla Mathews 10,
Hana Edgerton 8). Assists: GladbrookReinbeck 13 (Jenny Schildroth 9, Bailea
Evenson 3), Grundy Center 37 (Alyssa
Mathews 32). Blocks*: GladbrookReinbeck 5 (Schildroth 3, Shelton
Hatch 2), Grundy Center 8 (Edgerton
3, Katie Lindeman 2). Digs: GladbrookReinbeck 29 (Sydney Brown 7, Schildroth 7), Grundy Center 53 (Riley Sents
15, Lindeman 14). Serving: GladbrookReinbeck 38-45, 3 aces (Schildroth
9-10, 1 ace; Evenson 8-9, 1 ace), Grundy Center 66-74, 9 aces (Sents 15-16, 2
aces; M. Mathews 13-14, 2 aces).
Kill efficiency: Gladbrook-Reinbeck
.000, Grundy Center .305.
* - Blocks include solos and assists.
Grundy Center 3, East Marshall 0
The Spartans extended their
NICL West winning streak to 32
matches (over six seasons) with the
three-set victory at LeGrand.
“The girls came out really ready
to go,” Coach Sents said. “They
didn’t take anything for granted.”
Like Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Sents
said East Marshall appears to be
improved from a year ago.
“They hit the ball well and had a
number of digs,” he said.
Again it was a match of runs for
the Spartans. Lindeman was 20-of20 serving with three aces while R.
Sents was 21-of-22.
“Our girls bend a little and don’t
break,” Coach Sents said. “Our
defense just sets up our offense.
Katie and Riley had a ton of digs
and had some nice serving runs.”
Freshman Landry Luhring led
the Spartans with 12 kills while
senior Noel Saak recorded 10 and
Lindeman had seven. A. Mathews
had 30 assists while R. Sents and
Lindeman combined for 58 digs
(Sents 34, Lindeman 24).
Ashley Allen led East Marshall
with six kills.
Grundy Center
25 25 25
East Marshall
16 10 14
Kills: East Marshall 22, Grundy
Center 41 (Landry Luhring 12, Noel
Saak 10). Assists: East Marshall 21,
Grundy Center 39 (Alyssa Mathews 30,
Riley Sents 6). Blocks*: East Marshall
10, Grundy Center 3 (Three tied 1).
Digs: East Marshall 55, Grundy Center
93 (Sents 34, Lindeman 24). Serving:
East Marshall 33-37, 3 aces, Grundy
Center 66-74, 7 aces (Lindeman 20-20,
3 aces; Sents 21-22, 2 aces).
Kill efficiency: East Marshall .100,
Grundy Center .256.
Spartans second in AplingtonParkersburg Tournament
The Spartans won their first four
matches of the day before running
into a juggernaut West Delaware
team, which has not dropped a set
this year, in the final.
“West Delaware took us out of
our game, but I also wish we had
stepped up a little,” D. Sents said
while noting that the Hawks are the
best team the Spartans have played
this year.
GC opened with a 21-19, 21-11
victory over Class 2A No. 15
Nashua-Plainfield before downing unranked Williamsburg 16-21,
21-13, 21-10 and Class 1A No. 5
Tripoli 21-11, 21-8 to round out
pool play. The Spartans handed 2A
No. 12 Denver a 21-8, 21-18 defeat
in the tournament semifinals before
falling 21-16, 21-14 to West Delaware in the final.
Lindeman led the Spartans with
36 kills in the tournament while K.
Mathews had 20 and Hana Edgerton
17.
The Spartans hosted AplingtonParkersburg Tuesday. They are in a
tough Benton Community Tournament Saturday, facing the likes of
Class 4A No. 3 Marion, Class 3A
No. 10 Union and Class 4A No. 10
Cedar Rapids Xavier among other
strong teams.
Grundy Center 2,
Nashua-Plainfield 0
Grundy Center 21 21
Nashua-Plainfield 1911
Kills: Nashua-Plainfield NA, Grundy Center 28 (Hana Edgerton 8, Katie
Lindeman 8). Assists: Nashua-Plainfield
x, Grundy Center 24 (Alyssa Mathews
22). Blocks*: Nashua-Plainfield NA,
Grundy Center 4 (Edgerton 2). Digs:
Nashua-Plainfield NA, Grundy Center
44 (Riley Sents 17, Piper Johanns 8).
Serving: Nashua-Plainfield NA, Grundy
Center 38-41, 1 ace (Johanns 10-10, 1
ace; Lindeman 7-7).
Kill efficiency: Nashua-Plainfield
NA, Grundy Center .292.
Grundy Center 2, Williamsburg 1
Grundy Center
16 21 21
Williamsburg
21 1310
Kills: Williamsburg 14, Grundy
Center 26 (Katie Lindeman 10, Kayla
Mathews 9). Assists: Williamsburg 11,
Grundy Center 25 (Alyssa Mathews
22). Blocks*: Williamsburg 12, Grundy
Center 1 (Edgerton 1). Digs: Williamsburg 61, Grundy Center 77 (Lindeman
19, A. Mathews 19). Serving: Williamsburg 44-47, 4 aces, Grundy Center
44-51, 2 aces (Lindeman 11-12, Riley
Sents 11-12).
Kill efficiency: Williamsburg minus
.064, Grundy Center .105.
Grundy Center 2, Tripoli 0
Grundy Center 21 21
Tripoli 118
Kills: Tripoli NA, Grundy Center
23 (Katie Lindeman 13, Noel Saak 5).
Assists: Tripoli x, Grundy Center 23
(Alyssa Mathews 23). Blocks*: Tripoli
NA, Grundy Center 6 (Saak 3, Three
tied 1). Digs: Tripoli NA, Grundy Center 43 (Riley Sents 14, Lindeman 11).
Serving: Tripoli NA, Grundy Center
41-41, 5 aces (Piper Johanns 15-15, 1
ace; Landry Luhring 9-9, 2 aces).
Kill efficiency: Tripoli NA, Grundy
Center .309.
Grundy Center 2, Denver 0
Grundy Center 21 21
Denver 818
Kills: Denver NA, Grundy Center
17 (Kayla Mathews 7, Hana Edgerton
4). Assists: Denver x, Grundy Center 16
(Alyssa Mathews 15). Blocks*: Denver
NA, Grundy Center 3 (Three tied 1).
Digs: Denver NA, Grundy Center 40
(Riley Sents 12, Katie Lindeman 11).
Serving: Denver NA, Grundy Center
40-41, 7 aces (Lindeman 12-12, 1 ace;
Landry Luhring 9-10, 3 aces).
Kill efficiency: Denver NA, Grundy
Center .143.
West Delaware 2,
Grundy Center 0
Grundy Center 16 14
West Delaware 21 21
Kills: West Delaware 25, Grundy
Center 14 (Landry Luhring 4, Katie
Lindeman 3). Assists: West Delaware
22, Grundy Center 14 (Alyssa Mathews
11). Blocks*: West Delaware 4, Grundy Center 0. Digs: West Delaware 50,
Grundy Center 41 (Riley Sents 16,
Lindeman 8). Serving: West Delaware
45-49, 6 aces, Grundy Center 27-31, 4
aces (Noel Saak 6-6, Lindeman 7-8, 2
aces).
Kill efficiency: West Delaware .339,
Grundy Center .292.
Grundy SPORTS Register
13
Defense leads Wolverines past Denver
Brooke Morgan and Baylee Petersen block a shot by Denver in NICL-East volleyball action at Dike Thursday.
(Patti Rust/The Grundy Register photo)
Wolverine volleyball
dominates Osage Tourney
By PATTI RUST
OSAGE – The Class 2A No.
1 Dike-New Hartford Wolverines
breezed their way through the
Osage Invitational Saturday, wining
in straight sets over all opponents
on the way to the tournament title.
Saturday’s perfect tournament run
comes on the heels of a pair of
NICL-East wins over Denver and
Columbus.
In the opening round the
Wolverines swept Mason City (215, 21-7), Decorah (21-4, 21-11),
and Class 4A No. 13 Waverly-Shell
Rock (21-15, 21-8) to earn a spot in
the semifinal.
D-NH continued to dominate
in the semifinal match, upending
Osage 25-14, 25-11. The Wolverines
displayed a balanced attack at the
net, Briana Weber with eight kills
and Lizzy Blough and Brooke
Morgan with seven piece. Rachel
Koop provided 25 offensive assists.
The championship match saw
D-NH facing off against Cedar
Rapids Kennedy, who dropped
from the top 10 rankings in Class
5A just this past week. Although the
Cougars provided the Wolverines
their most closely played sets of the
tournament, D-NH prevailed 25-16,
25-16. Weber led the Wolverines
with 13 kills, eight digs, and two
aces, while Koop posted her highest
mark of the day in assists with 26.
Brooke Morgan recorded four
blocks, and Taylor Hedges added
six digs to the Wolverine defensive
effort.
The Wolverines (9-1 overall, 2-0
NICL-East) were scheduled to play
an NICL-East match at Hudson on
Tuesday, Sept. 16 and host their
own tournament on Saturday, Sept.
20.
Dike-New Hartford 2, Cedar Rapids
Kennedy 0
Dike-New Hartford 25
25
Cedar Rapids Kennedy16
16
Rebels
from page 14
were the leading tacklers for G-R
with 6.5 apiece. Despite the big win,
Olson mentioned penalties as an
area in need of improvement for his
team following the game: the Rebels
were flagged 12 times for 110 yards
on Friday night.
“We definitely struggled in that
area,” he said. “The penalties are
concerning, just from a yardage
standpoint.”
Junior Ted Switzer was the top
rusher for the Comets with six attempts for eight yards, but as a team,
BCLUW managed just 24 yards
rushing and 48 yards of total offense.
Senior linebacker Blake Cooper anchored the defense with nine total
tackles, and Will Garber averaged
45.3 yards per punt on his seven attempts.
“It was a whole team thing. Poor
blocking, poor routes, poor decision
making. It was everybody’s fault;
I’m not going to put it on one guy. It
was everything,” Jahr said.
G-R improved to 2-1 overall and
DIKE– On their home court
against Denver Thursday the
Wolverines won the first set easily
at 25-11 before fending off rallies by
the Cyclones to win the second and
third 25-15, 25-14. Lizzy Blough
led the Wolverines at the net with
10 kills and Rachel Koop set up 26
assists. Sydney Petersen led in digs
Dike-New Hartford 2, Osage 0
25
with 12. Brooke Morgan had four
Osage
14 11 blocks and Koop had three.
Kills: Dike-New Hartford 28 (Briana
“We missed several serves which
Weber 8, Lizzy Blough 7, Brooke Morgan
prevented us from finding a solid
7), Osage 11. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 27
(Rachel Koop 25), Osage 10. Blocks: Dike- rhythm,” Coach Harms said. Kills: Dike-New Hartford 31 (Briana Weber
13, Lizzy Blough 10), CR Kennedy 20.
Assists: Dike-New Hartford 30 (Rachel
Koop 26), CR Kennedy 18. Blocks: DikeNew Hartford 7 (Brooke Morgan 4, Baylee
Petersen 2), CR Kennedy 7. Digs: Dike-New
Hartford 28 (Briana Weber 8, Taylor Hedges
6), CR Kennedy 32. Service aces: Dike-New
Hartford 4 (Weber 2), CR Kennedy 1.
New Hartford 1 (Morgan 1), Osage 1. Digs:
Dike-New Hartford 19 (Sydney Petersen 7,
Weber 5), Osage 21. Service aces: Dike-New
Hartford 9 (S. Petersen 6), Osage 1.
Dike-New Hartford 2, Waverly-Shell Rock
0
Dike-New Hartford 21 21
Waverly-Shell Rock
15
8
K ills: Dike-New Hartford 21 (Briana
Weber 6, Brooke Morgan 5), Waverly-Shell
Rock 11. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 18
(Rachel Koop 16), Waverly-Shell Rock
11. Blocks: Dike-New Hartford 15 (Taylor
Hedges 7, Baylee Petersen 3), Waverly-Shell
Rock 0. Digs: Dike-New Hartford 14 (Weber
6, Sydney Petersen 5), Waverly-Shell Rock
29. Service aces: Dike-New Hartford 2
(Koop 2), Waverly-Shell Rock 3.
Dike-New Hartford 2, Decorah 0
Dike-New Hartford 21 2 1 Decorah
411
Kills: Dike-New Hartford 19 (Brooke
Morgan 7, Briana Weber 5), Decorah 6.
Koop 16), Decorah 23. Blocks: Dike-New
Hartford 2 (Koop 1, Morgan 1), Decorah 5.
Digs: Dike-New Hartford 16 (Weber 5, Lizzy
Blough 4), Decorah 8. Service aces: DikeNew Hartford 6 (Sydney Petersen 3, Blough
2), Decorah 1.
Dike-New Hartford 3, Denver 0
Dike-New Hartford 25 25 25
Denver
1115 14
Kills: Dike-New Hartford 35 (Lizzy
Blough 10, Briana Weber 8), Denver 16.
Koop 26), Denver 15. Blocks: Dike-New
Hartford 13 (Brooke Morgan 4, Koop 3),
Denver 2. Digs: Dike-New Hartford 35
(Sydney Petersen 12, Weber 7), Denver 30.
Service aces: Dike-New Hartford 7 (Koop 2,
Weber 2), Denver 1.
WATERLOO – At Columbus
on Tuesday Dike-New Hartford
dominated, taking each set by a
margin of 15 points or more in
defeating the Sailors 25-10, 25-7,
25-10. Brooke Morgan and Briana
Weber both had 11 kills each, and
Morgan recorded nine blocks and
two ace serves for the Wolverines.
Rachel Koop provided 28 assists, six
blocks, and scored two ace serves.
“We served very aggressively
and blocked well,” Coach Harms
said. “This allowed us to find good
rhythm throughout the match.”
Dike-New Hartford 2, Mason City 0
21
Mason City
5
7
Kills: Dike-New Hartford 21 (Briana
Weber 9, Brooke Morgan 7), Mason City
1. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 16 (Rachel
Koop 14), Mason City 1. Blocks: Dike-New
Hartford 6 (Abby Klug 2, Baylee Petersen 2),
Mason City 0. Digs: Dike-New Hartford 10
(Sydney Petersen 4, Lizzy Blough 3), Mason
City 6. Service aces: Dike-New Hartford 10
(Weber 4, S. Petersen 3), Mason City 0.
Dike-New Hartford 3, Columbus 0
Dike-New Hartford 25 25 25
Columbus
10
7 10
Kills: Dike-New Hartford 34 (Brooke
Morgan 11, Briana Weber 11), Columbus
NA. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 33 (Rachel
Koop 28), Columbus NA. Blocks: Dike-New
Hartford 26 (Morgan 9, Koop 6), Columbus
NA. Digs: Dike-New Hartford 21 (Taylor
Hedges 7, Sydney Petersen 5), Columbus
NA. Service aces: Dike-New Hartford 12 (S.
Petersen 4, three tied 2), Columbus NA.
1-0 in district play with the win, and
BCLUW fell to 2-1 overall and 0-1
in the district. The Rebels are set to
host Denver on Friday night, and
the Comets will travel to Traer for a
matchup with North Tama.
Fumbles-Lost0-0
1-1
Punts-avg.
7-45.3
1-34.0
Penalties
4-30
12-110
Individuals
Rushing- BCLUW: Mitch Miller 10-6;
Luke Asche 5-4; Ty Runge 1-3; Ted Switzer
6-8. G-R: Eric Stoakes 14-112, 2 TD; Cameron Murphy 5-76, 1 TD; Colton Dinsdale
5-40; Cam Kickbush 5-31; Logan Flamme
2-25; Parker Bown 5-18; Kainen Hendricks
2-12; Jake Schuman 1-1, 1 TD; Dmitiry Strohbehn 1-1.
Passing- BCLUW: Miller 1 for 7, 12
yards, 3 INTs; Austin Willett 1 for 1, 12 yards.
G-R: Kickbush 7 for 12, 126 yards, 3 TDs.
Receiving- BCLUW: Will Garber 1-12;
Caleb Engle 1-12. G-R: Josh Cooley 2-37, 1
TD; Dinsdale 2-39, 1 TD; Phillip Zimmerman
1-43, 1 TD; Flamme 2-7.
Tackles (Solos-Assists)- BCLUW: Blake
Cooper 7-4; Miller 0-3; Switzer 2-1; Clay Silver 1-2; Bo Ambler 3-0; Asche 1-0; Willett
4-1; Austin Strachota 3-1; Garber 2-0; Runge
2-1; Caleb Engle 1-0. G-R: Bryce Ehlers 2-9,
Ty Eiffler 4-5; Dinsdale 1-6; Cameron Clark
2-2; Kickbush 3-0; Zach Pierce 2-1; Flamme
0-4; Dalton Schwartz 1-4; Bown 0-1; John
Edler 0-2; Spencer Goos 1-0; Hendricks 1-0;
Luke Holman 0-1; Austin Lott 0-1; Murphy
0-1; Joseph Pepe 0-1; Tyler Pierce 0-1.
Fumble Recoveries- BCLUW: Ambler 1.
Interceptions- G-R: Dinsdale 1, Lott 1,
Zimmerman 1.
Box Score
BCLUW
G-R
0 0 0 0 - 0
21 10 14 7 - 52
First Quarter
G-R- Stoakes 12 run (Petersen kick)
G-R- Zimmerman 43 pass from Kickbush
(Petersen kick)
G-R- Cooley 12 pass from Kickbush (Petersen kick)
Second Quarter
G-R- Dinsdale 21 pass from Kickbush
(Petersen kick)
G-R- Petersen 24 FG
Third Quarter
G-R- Stoakes 7 run (Petersen kick)
G-R- Murphy 60 run (Petersen kick)
Fourth Quarter
G-R- Schuman 1 run (Petersen kick)
Team totals
BCLUW Rushes-yards
23-24
Pass yards
24 Comp.-Att.-Int. 2-8-3
Total Offense
48
G-R
40-316
126
7-12-0
442
By JOHN JENSEN
The Grundy Register
DENVER — Dike-New Hartford’s defense bottled up Denver’s
high-scoring offense, leading the
Wolverines to a 27-9 victory over
the Cyclones in their final non-district game of the season.
“The kids did a great job,”
Wolverine head coach Don Betts
said. “They played hard. We had a
great week of practice, really dialed
things up, and the kids stepped up
and made plays.”
The Wolverines (2-1) held a
Cyclone team that entered the game
averaging 33.5 points and 342 yards
per game to nine points and 162
yards, more than half of which
came late in the contest against
many of Dike-New Hartford’s
reserves.
“We thought we had an advantage at the line of scrimmage,
but it’s only an advantage if you
use it and I thought our kids did a
great job at the line of scrimmage
tonight.”
Betts added that defense is
going to be a key to the Wolverines’
success this season as they break
several new players in key positions
on the offensive side of the ball.
“Our defense is going to have
to carry us a bit,” he said. “We’re
still trying to click on offense with
some new players in there and some
guys who were limited tonight and
couldn’t play a lot.”
Tommy Irvin and Jake Sonnenberg paced the defense with six
tackles each while Kyle Dennis,
Connor Neuroth, Connor Ragsdale
and Calvin Weise had five tackles
each.
Offensively Wolverines overcame a pair of first-half turnovers
while playing without either their
starting quarterback or tailback.
Junior Jacob Moore made his first
start at signal caller after replacing the injured Connor McCleeary
the week before and threw for 103
yards on 9-of-14 attempts.
“I thought he did a great job,”
Betts said of Moore. “He’s someone
who at the beginning of the year
thought he’d be learning the position for next year and he’s gotten
thrown in there now and he’s going
to be in there for awhile and he’s
done a great job.”
Two of Moore’s first six pass
attempts were intercepted, but after
that he completed six of his final
eight attempts.
“Jacob’s a tough kid. He
bounces back from adversity very,
very well,” Betts said.
Sophomore Trent Johnson carried most of the load at tailback
against Denver after sharing carries
with Preston Wheat the first two
games, rushing for 130 yards and
a pair of scores. Wheat, nursing an
injury, saw some playing time on
defense.
Wolverine tailback Blaine Becker (No. 30) and fullback Calvin Wildeboer (No. 42) stare down Denver’s Michael Sparkman during the late
stages of Friday’s non-district game in Denver. D-NH improved to 2-1
with the victory. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
“Trent runs like he’s 220
pounds, there’s not much of him
there but he runs with great effort,”
Betts said. “He runs with a low center of gravity and he kept those legs
churnng for us tonight.”
The teams traded possessions
through most of the first quarter until the Wolverines turned a
Cyclone mistake into a quick touchdown on Drew Aalderks’ 26-yard
fumble return after a botched
pitchout. Jackson Lage’s extra-point
kick gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead.
Denver threatened to tie
the scre eight minutes later after
Devin Tice picked off a Wolverine
pass and returned it to the 13. The
Cyclones reached the D-NH 2-yard
line before the Wolverine defense
stiffened with the help of an illegal procedure penalty against the
Cyclones. Three plays later Denver
was forced to settle for a 25-yard
field goal that cut D-NH’s lead to
7-3.
The Wolverine offense found
its stride late in the half with a
55-yard scoring drive set up by
Moore’s 27-yard completion to
Neuroth. Two plays later Johnson
found the end zone on a five-yard
run, sending the Wolverines to the
locker room ahead 14-3.
D-NH put the game away
with a pair of third-quarter scoring drives. The first, a seven-play,
73-yard drive, did not feature a
pass play. Johnson and Ragsdale,
the fullback, took turns gouging the
Cyclone defense for big yardage
between the tackle. Johnson capped
the drive with his second scoring
run of the night from 16 yards out.
The second drive was 79 yards and
mostly on the ground until Moore
and Neuroth hooked up again, this
time on a 26-yard scoring connection.
Denver’s lone touchdown of
the night came with four minutes
left as its fullback, Izaak Shedenhelm, broke loose on a 53-yard
scoring run.
UP NEXT — The Wolverines open their Class 1A, District 4
season in their homecoming game
against Clayton Ridge while Denver
opens its Class A, District 4 season
at Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Dike-NH
Denver
7 7130 —27
0306—9
Scoring Summary
First quarter
DNH — Drew Aalderks 26 fumble return
(Jackson Lage kick); 7-0
Second quarter
DEN — Mitchel Siech 25 field goal; 3-7
DNH — Trent Johnson 5 run (Lage
kick); 14-3
Third quarter
DNH — Johnson 16 run (Lage kick);
21-3
DNH — Connor Neuroth 26 pass from
Jacob Moore (Kick failed); 27-3
Fourth quarter
DEN — Izaak Shedenhelm 53 run (Pass
failed); 9-27
Team totals
DNH
Denver
First downs
16
8
Rushes-yards
48-216
39-148
Pass yards
103
14
Comp-Att-Int
9-14-2
2-13-0
Total offense
319
162
Punts-Avg.
5-36.0
6-36.0
Fumbles-lost
3-2
4-2
Penalties-yards6-5010-51
Individuals
Rushing — Dike-New Hartford: Trent
Johnson 24-130, 2 TDs; Connor Ragsdale
14-69; Calvin Wildeboer 4-17; Blaine Becker 4-11; Team 1-(minus 2); Jacob Moore
1-(minus 9). Denver: Izaak Shedenhelm
10-100, 1 TD; Isaac Barrett 9-40; Mitchel
Siech 11-23; Creed Kruger 9-(minus 15).
Passing — Dike-New Hartford: Moore
9 of 14 for 103 yards, 1 TD, 2 int. Denver:
Kruger 2 of 13 for 14 yards.
Receiving — Dike-New Hartford: Connor Neuroth 6-79, 1 TD; Carter Bixby 1-9;
Brody Goos 1-8; Alex Mooty 1-7. Denver:
Austin Schmidt 1-21; Siech 1-(minus 7).
Tackles (solo-assist) — Dike-New Hartford: DJ Ackerson 2-2; Becker 3-1; Bixby
3-1; Kyle Dennis 4-1; Lucas DePriest 1-0;
Goos 1-0; Tommy Irvin 4-2; Johnson 0-1;
Jace Moree 1-0; Dalton Mulgrew 0-1; Neuroth 5-0; Zach Nicholson 2-0; Ragsdale 3-2;
Jake Sonnenberg 2-4; Tyler Weise 3-2; Preston Wheat 0-1; Calvin Wildeboer 3-1; Cole
Wildeboer 1-0.
Tackles for loss — Dike-New Hartford:
Ackerson 1, Dennis 1, Nicholson 1.
Quarterback sacks — Dike-New Hartford: Nicholson 1.
Fumble recoveries — Dike-New Hartford: Aalderks, Sonnenberg.
Thursday
September 18, 2014
Volume 90, No. 38
Scores and
Standings
Football
Class A, District 4
District All Pt.
GamesDiff.
AGWSR
1-0
3-0
+ 13
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1-0
2-1
+ 13
Wapsie Valley
1-0
2-1
+ 13
Denver
0-0
1-2
BCLUW
0-1
2-1
- 13
North Tama
0-1
1-2
- 13
Grundy Center
0-1
0-3
- 13
September 12 games
AGWSR 46, Grundy Center 21
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 52, BCLUW 0
Wapsie Valley 40, North Tama 7
Dike-New Hartford 27, Denver 9 (ND)
September 19 games
Grundy Center at Aplngtn-Prkrsbrg (ND)
Wapsie Valley at AGWSR
Denver at Gladbrook-Reinbeck
BCLUW at North Tama
Class 1A, District 4
District All Pt.
GamesDiff.
South Winneshiek
1-0
3-0
+ 13
Hudson
1-0
2-1
+3
Jesup
1-0
2-1
+1
Dike-New Hartford 0-0
2-1
Clayton Ridge
0-1
2-1
-1
Sumner-Fred’burg 0-1
2-1
-3
MFL/MarMac
0-1
2-1
- 13
September 12 games
Dike-New Hartford 27, Denver 9 (ND)
Hudson 21, Sumner-Fredericksburg 18
Jesup 20, Clayton Ridge 19
South Winneshiek 44, MFL/MarMac 0
September 19 games
Clayton Ridge at Dike-New Hartford
Jesup at Hudson
South Winneshiek at New Hampton (ND)
Sumner-Fredericksburg at MFL/MarMac
Volleyball
NICL West
Conf.All
MatchesMatches
BCLUW
2-0
5-4
Grundy Center
2-0
10-1
Aplington-Parkersburg 1-1
10-8
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
1-1
3-4
South Hardin
1-1
5-8
West Marshall
1-1
3-11
AGWSR
0-2
0-9
East Marshall
0-2
3-6
September 9
Grundy Center 3, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0
West Marshall 3, AGWSR 1
BCLUW 3, South Hardin 0
Aplington-Parkersburg 3, East Marshall 0
September 11
BCLUW 3, Aplington-Parkersburg 1
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3, West Marshall 0
Grundy Center 3, East Marshall 0
South Hardin 3, AGWSR 1
September 13
Local scores
Aplington-Parkersburg Tournament
Aplington-Parkersburg 2, AGWSR 0
Grundy Center 2, Denver 0
Grundy Center 2, Nashua-Plainfield 0
Grundy Center 2, Tripoli 0
Grundy Center 2, Williamsburg 1
Denver 2, AGWSR 2
Nashua-Plainfield 2, AGWSR 0
West Delaware 2, AGWSR 0
West Delaware 2, Aplington-Parkersburg 0
West Delaware 2, Grundy Center 0
South Hardin Classic
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2, Edgewood-Colesbg 1
Greene County 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1
Oelwein 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0
South Hardin 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1
September 16 West Division matches
AGWSR at BCLUW
Aplington-Parkersburg at Grundy Center
East Marshall at West Marshall
Gladbrook-Reinbeck at South Hardin
NICL East
Conf.All
MatchesMatches
Dike-New Hartford
2-0
9-1
Union Community
2-0
10-2
Denver
1-1
12-4
Jesup
1-1
3-2*
Sumner-Fredericksburg 1-1
8-1
Wapsie Valley
1-1
7-3
Columbus Catholic
0-2
5-8
Hudson
0-2
8-5
* — Jesup Tournament scores not included
September 9
Dike-New Hartford 3, Columbus Catholic 0
Denver 3, Jesup 1
Union 3, Sumner-Fredericksburg 2
Wapsie Valley 3, Hudson 0
September 11
Union Community 3, Columbus Catholic 0
Dike-New Hartford 3, Denver 0
Jesup 3, Hudson 1
Sumner-Fredericksburg 3, Wapsie Valley 2
September 13
Local matches
Osage Tournament
Dike-New Hartford 2, Cedar Rapids Kennedy
0
Dike-New Hartford 2, Decorah 0
Dike-New Hartford 2, Mason City 0
Dike-New Hartford 2, Osage 0
Dike-New Hartford 2, Waverly-Shell Rock 0
September 16 East Division matches
Columbus Catholic at Sumner-Fredericksburg
Denver at Union Community
Dike-New Hartford at Hudson
Jesup at Wapsie Valley
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Cougars outlast Spartans in district opener
By PATTI RUST
GRUNDY CENTER – Team
rankings often go out the window
when local rivals go head to head,
and so it was when the Class A No.
3 AGWSR Cougars paid a visit to
Spartan Stadium to face unranked
Grundy Center Friday night. The
Spartans made a statement early,
scoring first and keeping it close
in the first half of play, as AGWSR
held a slight 20-14 halftime lead.
The Cougars regrouped to dominate
the second half, holding the Spartans
to just one more score while an
unstoppable ground game helped
them find the end zone four more
times to earn a 46-21 win in the
Class A District 4 opener.
Grundy Center’s early score
came on a 10-yard run by Jordan
Graham. AGWSR answered with a
Levi Stockdale 90-yard touchdown
run to put the Cougars up 7-6 at the
end of the opening quarter.
The Cougars went to work on
the ground with steady, short gains
in the second quarter, culminating
in a Stockdale one-yard touchdown
carry. That was soon followed by a
Cody Williams quarterback keep for
a 30-yard touchdown run. Though
Grundy Center would threaten to
score on more than one occasion
the Cougar defense held, forcing
two field goal attempts that the
Spartans failed to convert. The
Spartan offense persisted, and would
score just before the half on a Brock
Rohler 27-yard touchdown pass to
Austin Burroughs.
AGWSR head coach Skip
Eckhardt felt the opening drive
of the second half was key to the
Cougar win and his team would not
disappoint, opening the second half
with a ground drive resulting in a
Williams two-yard run for a score.
Stockdale would also find the end
zone in the third period taking the
ball the final 12 yards for a Cougar
TD.
“We needed to come out and
make a drive because Grundy was
playing great and we were in a tough
game,” Eckhardt said. “We had to
take the opening drive and score to
be able to win.”
In the final quarter Flater would
score again for the Spartans, this
time on a two-yard touchdown run.
AGWSR would find the end zone
twice more before the buzzer, first
on a 14-yard Stockdale run, then on
a Williams 90-yard touchdown run.
Stockdale ran for 285 yards in
18 carries good for four Cougar
touchdowns.
Williams
went
162 yards in 10 carries for three
touchdowns. Flater rushed for 151
yards and one Spartan score. Rohler
complete 7-of-16 passes for 141
yards, and Burroughs caught three
passes good for 79 yards and a
Spartan touchdown. “I thought kids played very hard
and showed a lot of heart,” Spartan
assistant coach Bob Munson said.
“They wore us down as the game
went on. They are an outstanding
football team and our hat is off to
them.”
“I was impressed with how our
senior leaders stepped up for this
game,” Munson said. “We will need
those guys to keep leading us as we
push forward.” “I think the kids realize they can
hang in there with one of the most
physical teams you will see in Class
A football,” he said. “That should
Grundy Center's Bryce Flater (No. 7) slips through the cluthes of AGWSR's Clay Meinders while Nick Saak
blocks out front in a Class A, District 4 matchup at Grundy Center Friday. (Patti Rust/The Grundy Register
photo)
give them confidence as we move
forward.”
Grundy Center played without
head coach Brent Thoren on the
sidelines. According to athletic
director Rollie Ackerman, Thoren
was serving a one game suspension.
Grundy Center (0-3 overall,
0-1 Class A District 4) faces
Aplington-Parkersburg on the road
at Parkersburg this Friday.
“We have to keep improving week
to week,” Coach Munson said. “We
must do a better job on defense and
that will be a huge focus this week.
A-P is a very physical football team.
They have great size and a diverse
offense. We will have to put together
a plan that helps us neutralize their
size advantage.” AGWSR (3-0 overall, 1-0 Class
A District 4) hosts Wapsie Valley at
Ackley Friday as part of the Cougars’
homecoming week activities.
“Wapsie has been a great team
forever and they are coached by
some of the best coaches in the
state,” Coach Eckhardt said. “We
will have to play at our best to be
able to compete with them. It will be
a great challenge for AGWSR.”
From page 14
AGWSR
7 131412—46
Grundy Center 6 8 0 7 — 21
0-6
Scoring Summary
First quarter
GC – Jordan Graham 10 run (kick failed);
AGWSR – Levi Stockdale 90 run (Nathan
Karsjens kick); 7-6
See FOOTBALL page 12
Rebels trounce Comets in district opener
Spartan senior Riley Sents sends an overpass toward Gladbrook-Reinbeck during Tuesday’s match. Sents, a MaxPreps preseason All-American, had 15 digs in the match. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
Spartan volleyball girls
continue strong start
By JOHN JENSEN
The Grundy Register
GRUNDY CENTER — The
Grundy Center High School volleyball team continued its strong
start last week, extending its season-opening winning streak to 10
matches before falling to a very
strong West Delaware team in the
finals of the Aplington-Parkersburg
Tournament Saturday.
The Spartans, ranked No. 5 in
Class 2A, downed GladbrookReinbeck and East Marshall Tuesday and Thursday in their first two
North Iowa Cedar League West
Division matches of the season
before sweeping its pool at the A-P
Tournament and defeating Denver
in the semifinals before falling in
two sets to West Delaware in the
final. The Hawks are ranked No. 2
in Class 4A
“Great weekend, and we took
care of business in the conference,”
Spartan coach Darwin Sents said.
“There were no easy matches Saturday — we had to be out
there playing good volleyball every
match,” he said. “That prepares us
for what’s coming up.”
Grundy Center 3,
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0
The Spartans used long serving
runs midway through the first and
third sets to break away.
“They came in thinking they
could take a game or the match
from us,” Sents said. “Our girls
take a lot of pride in the conference
matches. “We took a little away
See VOLLEYBALL page 12
By ROB MAHARRY
The Record
CONRAD- Gladbrook-Reinbeck
dominated all aspects of Friday
night’s Class A District 4 matchup
with BCLUW and cruised to a 52-0
victory in Conrad.
“They’re a great team,” BCLUW
head coach Anthony Jahr said of the
Rebels. “That’s a dome potential
team.”
The Rebels’ scoring party began
early with four and a half minute
drive that ended with a 12-yard Eric
Stoakes touchdown run up the middle of the field. On the second play
of BCLUW’s ensuing drive, quarterback Mitch Miller, facing pressure
from the G-R defensive line, threw
an interception to Rebel cornerback
Phillip Zimmerman, and Zimmerman hauled in a 43-yard bomb from
quarterback Cam Kickbush just moments later to put his team ahead
14-0 with 5:50 remaining in the
opening period.
Miller tossed his second pick of
the night on the next BCLUW drive,
and Kickbush found Josh Cooley on
a bootleg play for a 12-yard touchdown less than a minute later to
stretch the G-R advantage to 21-0
with 3:38 to go in the first. The Comets mustered their lone first down of
the contest when Miller took a read
option run for 13 yards near the end
of the quarter but were later stuffed
on a crucial third and three. After
being forced into a punting situation, BCLUW suffered its biggest
loss of the night when leading rusher
Luke Asche took a hard hit during
the return that sidelined him for the
Logan Flamme (No. 24) looks for running room during the Rebels’ victory at
BCLUW Friday. (Rob Maharry/Mid-America Publishing photo)
remainder of the game. Jahr offered
no definitive timetable for his senior
running back’s return.
Facing third and nine from their
own 40, the Rebels once again came
up with a big play, this time a 27yard pass to Colton Dinsdale across
the middle. With eight and a half
minutes remaining in the second
quarter, Kickbush and Dinsdale
hooked up again for a 21-yard touchdown that gave G-R a 28-0 lead. A
late field goal from Bennett Petersen
made the score 31-0 at halftime.
Stoakes added his second touchdown run early in the third quarter,
and junior Cameron Murphy exploded for a 60-yard cutback score
late in the period that put the Rebels
ahead 45-0 entering the fourth quarter. Freshman Hunter Lott’s 70-yard
punt return in the fourth quarter set
up Jake Schuman for the final score
of the night, a one-yard quarterback
sneak with three and a half minutes
remaining in the contest.
Kickbush was efficient after suffering an injury early in the season:
the senior completed seven of his 12
passes for 126 yards and three touchdowns, which earned him an astronomical quarterback rating of 229.0.
“I think he’s finally healthy now,”
G-R head coach John Olson said.
“This week he got loose in practice.”
Stoakes led the Rebel rushing attack with 14 carries for 112 yards
and two scores, and Murphy added
five carries for 76 yards and a touchdown. Bryce Ehlers and Ty Eiffler
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