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Official Newspaper for Panora, Lake Panorama and Panorama School
Established 1865 • Volume 150 • Number 10
Panora family eyes 10th year of
giving back to March of Dimes
CONSERVATION
Thursday, MARCH 5, 2015
Education
School
board offers
Holloway
contract
By GORDON CASTILE
Guthrie County Vedette staff
Panora
cOURTESY WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY
New bald eagle
nest spotted near
Guthrie Center
By REBECCA MCKINSEY
Mike Stringham was used to seeing bald
eagles in the area — they’d been coming
back over the past few years.
But early this year, he noticed a pair of
the large birds constructing a nest south
of Guthrie Center, just down the hill from
his farm.
The resurgence of the birds in Guthrie
County is a trend that county officials hope
will continue. Guthrie County Conservation Board Director Joe Hanner recalls saying several years ago he’d been waiting his
whole career for an eagle’s nest to show up
in Guthrie County, and he wondered if it
would ever happen. Now, there are several
in the area.
Hanner first heard about bald eagles in
Guthrie County about three or four years
ago. Now, the birds have been spotted in
several places throughout Guthrie County,
and there are several nests in the area now
— one west of Panora, one near Lake Panorama and another at Whiterock Conservancy in Coon Rapids, Hanner said.
There are several reasons for the increased
sightings, Hanner said. The most significant
one likely is that eagle populations are going
up in general. Once the birds have matured,
they seek out a suitable habitat — typically
one that is located near water and has a
good food source; the birds prefer to eat fish.
Down the road, as the birds continue to
settle in the area and begin to reproduce,
Hanner hopes to see the bald eagle population in the area continue to grow.
Although it can be tempting to try to spot
the birds, members of the public shouldn’t
approach the nests, as the birds can become
threatened and abandon the area, he said.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources
directs people not to be within 400 yards of
an eagle or nest.
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Two bald eagles have nested at
Whiterock Conservancy in Coon
Rapids. This is the first time the
large birds of prey have nested at the
conservancy, rather than just wintering
there, and employees hope the eagles
and their eaglets will stay at Whiterock.
Bald eagles are popping up throughout
Guthrie County as well.
Gavin Pote, a bubbly 11-year-old and a fifth-grader at Panorama, poses on his living floor with his
March of Dimes T-shirts. Pote, who was born premature and spent his first 111 days of life in the
hospital, walks every year in support of March of Dimes, an organization that helped save his life.
Gavin Pote, who was born
premature, and his family plan
local fundraisers this month
show that young Caucasian
males have the least amount
of natural surfactant in their
lungs and have the highest
mortality rate, so that was
working against them. Although he was very small
when he was born, Gavin
continued to fight.
Shortly after birth, Gavin
received surfactant, which
helps keep the air sac and
lungs from collapsing. The
March of Dimes funded the
research to make surfactant,
Crystal said.
The Lake Panorama Association (LPA) will implement its
annual spring road embargo on
Monday, March 9. That means
loaded vehicles that weigh more
than 5 tons will be prohibited
on most LPA roads.
Each spring, warm temperatures and thawing conditions
weaken the roadbed under the
LPA’s seal coated roads. That
means heavy loads can cause
severe road damage, which would
cost the LPA thousands of dollars in road repairs. The embargo
will be in place until conditions
stabilize and road surfaces can
bear significant loads without
damage.
As in previous years, Panorama
Community Schools is cooperating and will be contacting parents with pick-up and drop-off
locations. Arrangements for deliveries
of supplies, furniture and other
items that come in loaded vehicles weighing 5 tons need to
be made prior to March 9, or
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panora
G
avin Pote of Panora is proof that miracles
happen. Gavin, 11, was born at 24 weeks
gestation, weighing a mere 15 ounces and
stretching just 11 1/2 inches. At his birth, doctors
told his parents, Steve and Crystal Pote, that
“They said, ‘I’m not sure
if we can get him intubated; what are your wishes?’”
Crystal recalls.
Now a thriving 11-yearold in the fifth grade at Panorama Elementary School,
Gavin shows little signs of
his once fragile existence.
The spunky, tender-hearted
boy enjoys his peers and is
a well-rounded child who
bugs his older brother Quinten, and loves Legos and his
dog Jake.
Gavin and his family will
celebrate 10 years of walking with the March of Dimes
March for Babies in May. The
event helps raise money for
important research and programs that help prematurity
and birth defects in babies.
Crystal said the only lasting effects of Gavin’s prematurity are mild and not noticeable to the general public.
Crystal said things could
have been a lot worse for
Gavin had it not been for
the March of Dimes’ efforts
to improve the health of babies. Although Crystal and
Steve both have medical
backgrounds — she works
in the emergency room at
Methodist West Hospital
in Des Moines and Steve,
who works in sales at Bertini
Stone and Tile in Grimes,
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LPA Road
Embargo
Begins March 9
By ASHLEY SCHABLE | Guthrie County Vedette staff
Gavin would be small.
The Panorama school board
Friday evening voted to offer
a contract to Shawn Holloway
of Reinbeck to
become the
fourth superintendent of
the school here.
It is dependent on Holloway being
released from
his contract Shawn
as superinten- Hollowa
dent/elementary principal at
the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school
in Reinbeck. If so, he will be officially hired Monday evening
when the board meets.
The new hire brings administrative experience at all levels.
Gavin Pote, the son of Steve and Crystal Pote of
Panora, was born at 24 weeks gestation, weighing a
mere 15 ounces and stretching just 11 1/2 inches.
is also an EMS volunteer
in Panora — they say they
didn’t fully understand the
effect March of Dimes could
have until they experienced
firsthand the complications
that come with a premature
birth.
When Crystal developed
HELLP syndrome, a complication of pre-eclampsia,
she knew the only option
was to deliver the baby early.
“You feel helpless,” Crystal said. “I knew what the
consequences were.”
Fortunately for the Potes,
Gavin did very well. Statistics
501 E Market Street Panora, IA
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MEET THE STAFF
McKinsey settling
into Iowa reporting
After several months in and
out of Iowa, Rebecca McKinsey
returned to report for Herald
Publishing Co.’s newspapers in
Carroll, Panora, Guthrie Center
and Jefferson.
She covers county supervisors in Carroll and Guthrie
counties, the Jefferson City
Council and general assignment in several cities throughout Carroll, Guthrie and Greene
counties.
McKinsey, who studied journalism and Spanish at Ohio
University and graduated in
2013, has completed internships or fellowships at The
Chautauquan Daily in New
York, The Columbus (Ohio)
Dispatch, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix and The Times
of Israel in Jerusalem. She also
completed a four-month internship at The Daily Times
Herald in Carroll at the end of
2013 before returning to work
full-time for Herald Publishing
Co.’s newspapers in May 2014.
She spent time living with a
family in Glidden before moving
to Carroll. She attends Central
Church in Carroll.
“Everyone I’ve met here has
made me feel at home,” McKinsey said. “Because I spend a
little time in a lot of places, it’s
been a slow process getting to
know people — I’m hoping this
late introduction will help —
but everyone I’ve worked with
has been wonderful.”
Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of
Cleveland, served as McKinsey’s
home for more than a decade,
but her family also spent time
in Arkansas, Alabama, Kansas,
New York and Missouri during
her childhood. She has three
brothers — Benjamin, Caleb
and Ping-Hwei, all adopted
from Taiwan — and one sister, Sarah. Her father, Murray, is
a math tutor, and her mother,
Kathy, formerly a rehabilitation
teacher for the blind and visually impaired, now stays home
in Lakewood to write and take
care of the family.
McKinsey spent four years
working at The Post, the student-run newspaper in Athens, Ohio. She finished her time
there as the paper’s managing
editor, running a staff of more
than 100 people.
“Working at The Post was an
unparalleled experience; I made
some of my closest friends
there,” she said. “In between
reporting and editing, we ate,
slept, hung out, did homework,
skipped classes and created traditions in that
newsroom. It’s
where I first
learned about
journalism.”
In high
school, she
interned with
the Cleveland
Clinic, doing
Rebecca
public rela- McKinsey
tions and internal communications. The experience,
which allowed her to observe
brain and open-heart surgeries, sparked an interest in writing about medicine. McKinsey also enjoys writing about
crime, prisons, capital punishment, science, music and
people — each one of which,
she has found, has an interesting story to tell.
Reporting in a variety of cities, especially those abroad —
she spent a semester in Spain
in 2011 and three months in
Israel in 2014 — gave McKinsey a unique perspective she
hopes will color the stories she
tells in Iowa.
“Getting tossed onto stories about corrupt courts,
wildland firefighters killed in
a major fire and people trying
to make peace between Israelis
and Palestinians in the Middle
East as a young reporter was
so valuable,” she said. “Now,
I’m eager to continue finding
people in Iowa who have compelling stories to tell.”
She also is always on the hunt
for stories about elephants.
McKinsey initially studied
journalism with a goal to become a book editor. But more
than five years of breaking news,
pushing deadlines and beating
the competition in a variety
of newsrooms has convinced
her she doesn’t want to be anywhere else.
Her future goals include skydiving and volunteering at an
elephant orphanage. She used
to call herself a vegetarian but
was forced to drop that title
after living in Iowa for several
months. She has a healthy obsession with Josh Groban. She
enjoys reading, photography
and playing the violin, and she
assumes she would also enjoy
long walks on the beach.
You can reach McKinsey at
[email protected]
or (712) 792-3573, extension 29.
TM
Business
Fast-growing Jefferson offers
tour of available buildings
By DOUGLAS BURNS
jefferson
Jefferson, the central seat of
one of rural Iowa’s fastest-growing regions, Greene County, is
hosting a tour of available buildings in April.
Tours of the buildings are
scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Thursday, April 16 and
Saturday, April 18.
Greene County is in a period
of rapid development. Wild Rose
Jefferson, a $40 million casino
and events center now under
construction, plans to open Aug.
1 with an expected workforce of
275 people.
In a span of two days in February, Cobblestone Hotel and
Suites, a $5.3 million, 73-room,
three-story hotel, broke ground
to the east of the casino, and HyVee opened a state-of-the-art
grocery store on the north side
of downtown Jefferson. Hy-Vee
is employing 237 people.
What’s more, Greene County
Medical Center is in the process
of a $22.5 million expansion and
renovation. Power Lift, Scranton
Manufacturing and other businesses have announced growth
plans, all of which will add to
the commercial and industrial
base of the county.
Additionally, Gov. Terry Branstad has designated Greene County as the lead community in the
state’s sweeping Home Base Iowa
initiative, a program aimed at
attracting returning military men
and women to Iowa for careers.
“We are bringing people back
to Iowa,” said Ken Paxton, director of the Greene County Development Corporation, who
introduced the governor at a
recent event for veterans.
Housing development is on
the immediate horizon in Jefferson, too, with JCorp, a firm
with a large resume of work in
Ames, having announced plans
for a town-home complex and
apartment building construction
in the western part of Jefferson.
There are opportunities for
business development along
the U.S. Highway 30 corridor
near the casino and in downtown Jefferson.
“There is so much going on
in Greene County,” said Jamie
Daubendiek, president of the
Jefferson Matters: Main Street
board.
Jefferson is an active tourist
market including easy access to
the Raccoon River Trail, historical furniture shop, live arts and
theater and the iconic Mahanay
Carillon Bell Tower.
The tour of available buildings will spotlight:
— The opportunity to become
an active participant in the revitalization of downtown Main
Street.
— Upper-story development
possibilities.
— The availability of historic
tax credits.
— Opportunities to leverage
employee and business development through Home Base Iowa
and the non-profit associated
with the casino.
The tour begins and ends at
Jefferson Matters: Main Street,
101 E. Lincoln Way, Jefferson,
economic development
High-profile Ames developer
plans major housing
construction in Jefferson
By DOUGLAS BURNS
jefferson
A Huxley-based property developer key in the re-shaping
of Ames’ residential stock in
the last decade has announced
plans to build 12 town homes
and 16 to 32 apartment units
in Jefferson near the water
tower in the western part of
the Greene County seat.
JCorp owner Duane Jensen,
an Audubon native who lives
in Ames, said his company,
which includes son Ben, has
signed a purchase agreement
on property contingent on
city site-plan approval. Jensen hopes to obtain a green
light for the housing development in April with a construction schedule that, weather
permitting, could allow for
people to move in during
the fall.
In an interview Friday af-
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ternoon with the Jefferson
Herald, Duane Jensen said
he sees strong market potential in Jefferson.
“I’m interested in supplying
to the demand and taking it
aggressively, yet cautiously,”
Jensen said.
Jensen said Greene County
Development Corporation executive director Ken Paxton
did a terrific job of spotlighting business opportunities
for JCorp and other entrepreneurs in Greene County. The firm conducted its
own market analysis, which
showed Greene County is a
“ripe” market for more residential development.
Those interested in learning more about JCorp’s development, which reaches
across a spectrum of structures from residential to business to mixed use to churches,
can go to the firm’s website
— www.jcorp.biz.
Midwest Partnership
Board Announces New Staff
Hockins becomes Economic Development
Coordinator and Pasutti returns as
Administrative & Marketing Coordinator
Midwest Partnership EDC,
an organization that provides
economic development services
to Adair, Audubon, Greene and
Guthrie counties, announces
the hiring of two full-time employees to complete the organization’s staff. Emily Hockins,
of Des Moines, joined Midwest
Partnership in January as the
new Economic Development
Coordinator. Lynsi Pasutti, of
Stuart, previously held a temporary position during the recent
transition of Executive Directors and has now returned as
the full-time Administrative
and Marketing Coordinator.
About Hockins
Prior to working with Midwest Partnership, Emily Hockins
worked on her Master’s degree at
Iowa State University in Political
Science with a concentration in
Public Policy. She earned her
Bachelor’s degree in Economics
at the University of Northern
Iowa. Over the past two years,
Hockins has worked in the City
of West Des Moines’ Community
and Economic Development
Department. Hockins has also
held positions with Iowa State
University’s Liberal Arts & Sciences Career Services and Iowa
Department of Public Health
Emily
Hockins
Lynsi
Pasutti
“I am very excited to work with
the region,” said Hockins, “my
goal is to enforce the goals of
the organization: provide assistance with the retention and
growth of existing businesses,
actively help the region maintain a competitive position for
new development, continuously
take steps to improve workforce
issues, and creatively engage
and aid in the success of small
business and entrepreneurship.”
LPN Sponsoring Panora Community Blood Drive
Scott (center) has lived with HIV since 1994.
Iowa, 50129.
Refreshments will be available
at the office following the tour.
Please RSVP for the tour by calling (319) 541-4146 or emailing:
The Lake Panorama National Resort is sponsoring
a Panora Community blood
drive on Tuesday, March 17.
The LifeServe Blood Center
will be managing blood donations that day in its Bloodmobile, which will be parked
at the LPN maintenance shed.
Donors must weigh at least 120
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pounds, be in generally good
health, and at least 16 years of
age. Sixteen and 17-year-olds
must have a signed parental/
guardian permission form. Donors are encouraged to eat a
good meal before donating,
and to drink plenty of fluids
both before and after. Donors
will need to show a photo ID
at check-in.
How much does a blood donation help someone in need?
A cancer patient often requires
up to eight platelet units each
week. Burn victims may need
up to 20 plasma units. Premature infants may need up to five
units. Someone going through
heart surgery may need up to
six red blood cell units, plus six
platelet units. Donation hours
on March 17 will be 11:30 a.m.
until 6 p.m. Appointments can
be scheduled online or by calling Sandy Lowe at 641-757-0451.
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About Pasutti
Originally from Des Moines,
Lynsi Pasutti earned a Bachelor’s
degree in Environmental Studies
at the College of Saint Benedict in
Saint Joseph, MN. She moved to
Stuart in 2011 and began a small
pottery business. Over the past
few years, Pasutti became a loyal
employee of two other small businesses and an active member of the
Stuart Chamber of Commerce and
the Guthrie County Arts Council.
“It has been a pleasure to develop a personal bond with Guthrie
County and I look forward to expanding that bond to the other three
counties of the Midwest Partnership region. The continued growth
and success of this area, especially
in the small business sector, is inspiring and I am eager to put my
passion to work in promoting all
that this region has to offer.”
Hospice
Volunteers
needed
Care Initiatives Hospice is
looking for caring, compassionate people in the Panora
area to become hospice volunteers. All our current patients are at a nursing facility.
Provide care and support to
patients and families to help
ensure quality of life at the
end of life. Our volunteers
determine their own schedule and can help by holding
a hand, listening to memories and life stories, or sharHOSPICE, Page 8A
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Memorial Day
weekend campsites
going quickly
Iowa Department
of Natural Resources
Camping options for the
Memoria l Day weekend
in a state park are quickly
shrinking.
Campers wanting to spend
the holiday weekend at Backbone, Black Hawk, Brushy
Creek, Elinor Bedell, Emerson Bay, George Wyth, Lake
Ahquabi, Ledges, Lewis and
Clark, Pleasant Creek, Prairie Rose, Rock Creek, Viking Lake, Walnut Woods
and Waubonsie state parks
should plan to arrive a few
days early for one of the walk
up sites with electricity – all
the reservation sites have
been taken.
Other parks are close to
hanging up the no reservations sign.
Bellevue, Dolliver, Green
Valley, Gull Point, Lake Anita,
Lake Macbride, Lake of Three
Fires, Maquoketa Caves, McIntosh Woods, Palisades,
Springbrook, Stone, Union
Grove, Volga River, Waubonsie and Wilson Island state
parks have only a site or two
remaining.
Lake Geode State Park is not
taking reservations for camping or for the beach shelter
until the construction on the
wastewater system is complete. The park is open and is
accepting campers on a first
come, first served basis. At
this time there is no water
available for the showers, restrooms, or for the dump station. Water is available from
the campground hydrants.
Lake Keomah State Park is
closed to allow the roads to
be replaced. Nine Eagles State
Park modern campground is
closed while a new shower
and restroom facility is installed.
Most parks will have nonelectric sites available for the
Memorial Day Weekend.
Information on Iowa’s state
parks is available online at
www.iowadnr.gov including
links to the reservations page.
Iowa Deer Classic begins
Friday in Des Moines
Whitetail aficionados will
be filling Hy-Vee Hall for the
Iowa Deer Classic, March 6-8.
The show draws exhibitors
and attendees from across
the Midwest and Canada to
Des Moines for three days of
all things deer.
Events include seminars
from nationally known speakers, a big buck contest, the
Iowa whitetail hall of fame, a
monster shed antler contest
and more. The Iowa Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
will have wildlife and forestry experts, and conservation
officers on hand to answer
questions.
On March 7, nearly 800 archers from 50 schools from
across Iowa will be competing in the Archery in Schools
Program state tournament,
sponsored by the Iowa DNR.
More information is available at www.iowadeerclassic.com.
LOCALFOCUS
Compiled by the Guthrie County Vedette
Congregate Meals
Monday, March 9
Ha m & bea n soup,
corn bread, green beans,
strawberries & bananas,
OJ, milk.
Tuesday, March 10
Roast beef, potatoes &
grav y, cooked cabbage,
crunchy cranberry salad,
WW roll, milk.
Wednesday, March 11
Crab ca ke, roasted
potatoes, creamed peas,
ba na nas & ora nges,
raspberry lemonade, milk.
Thursday, March 12
Tu r k e y r o a s t , s w e e t
potatoes, g reen bea ns,
pumpkin custard, OJ, milk.
Friday, March 13
Egg & potato casserole,
asparagus, apple slices, fruitoat muffin, tomato juice.
On The Mark
Mark Kopaska had the high
hand among 22 players when
the Guthrie County Cribbage
Club met Wednesday, Feb,
25 at the Lake Panorama
Conference Center.
The hand totaled 21.
T he club meet s each
Wednesday with breakfast at
7:30 a.m. and play starting at
8:00 p.m. Come for breakfast,
play or both.
Sunshine Club
Fi f teen members of
t he Sunshine Club met
Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the
home of Celia Reynolds.
Roll call was how members
me t t hei r hu sba nd or
someone special in their life.
Minutes of the January
meeting were read and the
treasurer’s report given.
Helen Clancy asked members
if they were interested in
joining the Guthrie County
Hospital Auxiliary. Gina
Lloyd showed fidget quilts
they made.
It was agreed to do Bingo
at the Stuart Care Center
on April 13 and to furnish
money for prizes. President
Linda Thompson asked
members to decide on two
trips. An extra trip would be
held May 23 and would be
a surprise trip.
A Va lentine excha nge
w a s held. T he hostess
had beautiful Valentine
decorations and served a
delicious lunch.
After lunch, games were
enjoyed by the group.
Wright On
Bea Wright took honors
among four tables of bridge
played Tuesday, Feb. 24 at
Lakeside Village. Dorothy
Neel was second and Marcia
Harris third.
Three-fourths
Over
Come nex t Thursday,
Mar. 12, the school year at
Panorama will be threefourths complete. Classes
will be dismissed that day
at 1:00 p.m. and not held on
Friday.
Wright Again
Three tables of bridge
were played Tuesday, Mar.
3 at Lakeside Village with
Bea Wright leading the way.
Dorothy Neel was second and
Yvonne Ferree third.
obituaries
VANITA
“MAXINE”
BARNETT
1927-2015
Vanita “Maxine” Drake
Barnett passed away on Feb.
4, 2015, from complications
of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
She spent just one night
away from her home, with
husband Pud at her side.
Maxine is remembered for
many exceptional qualities,
including her soft hugs,
strong shoulder on which
many friends leaned, sage
advice, fried chicken, and
a bottomless snack drawer
filled with the best candy.
A private service for family
will be held at a later date.
Honor Maxine’s lifelong
commitment to learning by
donating children’s books
(Maxine always favored the
classics!) or contributions to
the Maxine Barnett Library
Fund at Gigi’s Playhouse,
6507 University Ave., Windsor
Heights, IA 50324 or donate
online at gigisplayhouse.org/
desmoines. Gigi’s Playhouse
provides tutoring and other
services to individuals with
Down syndrome.
Born Feb. 21, 1927, on a
farm in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, Maxine
was the daughter of Guy
“Raymond” Drake Sr. and
Lela Stephens Drake. After
first losing her mother and
then her father, Maxine was
lovingly raised by stepmother
Georgia Saltzman Conant
Drake, along with her
siblings and step-siblings:
Guy “Raymond” Drake Jr.,
Robert Drake, Margaret
Drake Cockrum of San Diego,
California, Roger Conant of
Phoenix, Arizona, Catherine
Conant Thomas of Arlington,
Texas, and Jerry Drake of
Grant City, Missouri.
Maxine had a lifelong
passion for education.
Valedictorian of her high
school class, she went on
to graduate from Drake
University, working three
jobs to pay for her tuition
and books. With her kind
smile and no-nonsense
approach, she was a teacher
who commanded respect and
admiration from students.
She taught junior and high
school classes for more than
40 years — instilling a love
Warren
Norton, Jr.
1923-2015
Warren Norton, Jr., 91,
son of Warren and Mabel
Norton, Sr., was born June
1, 1923 in Washington,
Iowa. He passed away
Saturday, February 28, 2015
at the Panora Nursing &
Rehab Center.
Celebration of Life
services will be held at
11:00 a.m. Saturday, March
7, 2015 at the Linden
Community Building.
Burial of his cremains will
be held in Washington,
Iowa at a later date.
Warren was raised in
Washington, Iowa. On
November 3, 1953, he
married Josephine Frazier
in Fairfield, Iowa. They
made their home in various
farming communities
in Iowa. From 19641972, they lived in Irvine,
California. They moved
to Unionville, Missouri
for about five years before
settling in Linden in 1978.
Warren was a life long
farmer.
Warren enjoyed to
tinker with tractors and
trucks, being out in nature,
spending time with the
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, and he
especially loved his wife,
Josephine.
He is survived by his
sons, Dan Norton and
Wilbur Norton, both of
Panora; nine grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by
his parents, wife Josephine
in 2010, son Richard in
2014, and three sisters,
Betty, Bonnie, and Jerry.
Arrangements handled
by Twigg Funeral Home,
Panora.
Dennis
Symonaitis
1945-2015
Dennis Symonaitis, 69,
passed away near his home
at Lake Panorama, Panora.
Denny was born March 28,
1945 in Torrington, CT to
Stanley and Joan (Carew)
Symonaitis.
He attended Millbrook Prep
School and Colgate University
in New York, majoring in
Philosophy. While at Colgate
he was an active member
of the swim team and Beta
Theta Pi fraternity.
After enlisting in the U.S.
Army and attending Officer
Candidate School, he served
as an officer in the 101st
Airborne Division during
the Vietnam War, (1969-70)
in a Forward Direct Support
Company, utilizing mobile
maintenance contact teams
to repair field equipment.
On June 2, 1973 he married
Katherine Laas in Davenport.
They lived in Laurel, MD
while he served at Fort
Meade.
Honorably discharged
from the Army, the couple
moved to Des Moines
where he worked for Pfizer
Pharmaceuticals for 10 years,
of reading in generations of
Iowans and instructing them
how to identify the active verb
when diagraming a sentence.
As a young schoolteacher,
she met a tall, ornery Navy
sailor who had just returned
from World War II to begin a
career in carpentry. Theron
“Pud” Barnett fell in love
with Maxine the moment he
met her. They eloped four
months later on Christmas
Eve and were married for 66
years. Early in their marriage,
Pud and Maxine traveled
through the South where
construction jobs were
more plentiful. Daughter
Kathryn Sue Barnett was
born in South Carolina
and daughter Sherie Grace
Barnett was born in Florida.
It was during this time that
Maxine added rattlesnake
killer and hurricane survivor
to her resume. When their
daughters were old enough
to attend school, Pud and
Maxine returned to Iowa,
where they would live the rest
of their lives together in the
home Pud built in Linden.
Theirs was a partnership
of love, respect and lots of
teasing on Pud’s part and
playful scolding from Maxine.
Pud lovingly cared for Maxine
during the final years of her
life, learning to do laundry,
fry eggs and even run the
vacuum—causing Maxine to
boast on several occasions
that you can indeed teach an
old dog new tricks.
Maxine was dearly loved
for her wisdom, generosity
and caramel pecan rolls.
An avid reader and learner,
Maxine often quoted Mark
Twain and Robert Frost, and
wore out the pages of her
trusty dictionary, which was
always by her side. She had
no patience for hotheads or
bullies, and stood up against
racism and prejudice at every
opportunity. She appreciated
well-told stories, the correct
use of “lay” versus “lie,” and
fashionable shoes.
She is survived by her
loving husband Pud Barnett
of Linden; daughter Katy Wirt
and son-in-law Kevin Wirt
of Panora, Iowa; daughter
Sherie Barnett and son-in-law
Steve Foritano of Des Moines,
Iowa; grandchildren and
grandchildren-in-law: Heidi
and Steve Luett of Granger,
Iowa; Keesia Wirt and Shawn
Hanson of Des Moines, Iowa;
Troy and Keri Wirt of Jamaica,
Iowa; Bandy and Kindi Wirt
of Guthrie Center, Iowa;
Jenny Foritano and Sergio
Buchanan of Des Moines,
Iowa; and Luke Foritano of
Des Moines, Iowa; and twelve
great-grandchildren: Kael
Dean Wirt, Mazian Drake
Hanson, Theron Ann Luett,
Hudson Steven Luett, Bourne
Sutton Hanson, Irelyn Marie
Wirt, Imersyn Scarlet Wirt,
Maddox Robert Wirt, Violet
Betty Hanson, Knox Barnett
Wirt, Abel Dean Wirt and
Jeniya Grace Buchannan.
Arrangements handled by
Twigg Funeral Home, Panora.
being honored as Midwest
Salesman of the Year.
During this time he
remained a member of the
Iowa Army National Guard,
subsequently returning to
full-time duty and attaining
the rank of Colonel in 1990.
Denny served as a Battalion
Commander, was Director
of Maintenance for the
State of Iowa Army National
Guard and was instrumental
in developing the LANES
training concept in the
maintenance community. He
also served on the National
Guard Bureau’s Maintenance
Advisory Committee in
Washington, D.C.
Denny and Kathy moved to
Lake Panorama in 1996 and
he retired in 2000, being later
made an Honorary Brigadier
General for his contributions
and years of dedicated service
in the Iowa Army National
Guard.
He was a member of the
Faith Bible Church, Panora,
and had a strong Christian
Faith.
Denny enjoyed surfing
in his younger days, often
scheduling his college course
schedule around his surfing
schedule. He was an avid
reader, card player and
Hawkeye fan (although he
was a bit discouraged this
season). His sense of humor
would rival “The Far Side’s”
Gary Larson.
Preceding him were his
parents.
Surviving are Kathy of
Panora, his wife of 41 years;
a daugher, Erin (Michel)
Pearce of Urbandale; three
grandchildren, Marley, Cody
and Morgan; and scores of
cousins in both the United
States and Ireland.
Memorial services were
held Tuesday, Mar. 3 at Faith
Bible Church. Internment will
be held at a later date at Iowa
Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter.
Memorials to Faith Bible
Church, Home Base Iowa
Program or other veteran
assistance programs.
THANK YOU!
From Cookie and Duff
A note of thanks for all the cards and
well-wishes we received for our 65th Wedding Anniversary.
What a pleasant surprise to hear from our old friends.
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GUTHRIE COUNTY SHERIFF
Public records compiled by the Guthrie County Vedette
clerk of court
Speeding
(1 to 5 mph over)
Jeremy Michael Carlson,
Carroll
Terra Marie Bauman, Stuart
Jason Joseph Riesenberg, Las
Vegas
Larry Dean Anderson, Storm
Lake
Jamie Lee Carlson, Guthrie
Center
Alec R. Lisec, Crete, Nevada
Phillip Allen Linquist,
Urbandale
(6 to 10 mph over)
Christopher Alan Wilson, Van
Wert
Barbara A. Halverson, Coon
Rapids
(11 to 15 MPH Over)
Martha Allison Stetzel, Perry
(20 MPH OVER)
Chase David Tinnermeier,
Johnston
Karen E. Vannatta, Guthrie
Center
Joshua Richard Kunce, Yale
No seatbelt
Douglas Craig McDaniel,
Council Bluffs
Shawn Matthew Lyons, Bayard
No vehicle
registration
Douglas Craig McDdaniel,
Council Bluffs
Miscellaneous
traffic
John Arthur Butler, Newton,
max gross weight violation
John Arthur Butler, Newton,
width violation
Neil Anthony Clausi, Dexter,
open container — driver older
than 21
Jason Zachery Day, Stuart,
open container — driver older
than 21
guthrie county
extension notes
Public records compiled by the Guthrie County Vedette
2-23-15
Deputy
1:55 am Guthrie Center Police
checked on an open door at a
business in Guthrie Center
12:44 pm Guthrie Co Chief
Deputy transported a prisoner
to the Guthrie Co Jail
12:36 pm Panora Rescue
transported a patient from the
Guthrie Co Hospital to Mercy
Hospital
Deputy escorted a prisoner to
court
2:19 pm Panora Rescue Unit 2
and Unit 3, Guthrie Co Deputy
and Guthrie Center Police
responded to a medical call at
GC Family Dentist in Guthrie
Center. The patients were
transported to the Guthrie Co
Hospital
2:50 pm Panora Rescue Unit
1 responded to a medical call
at the New Homestead. The
patient was transported to the
Guthrie Co Hospital
2:58 pm Traffic stop by Guthrie
Co Sheriff on P28 south of
Panora
4:02 pm Stuart Rescue
the Stuart Medical Clinic. The
patient was transported to Iowa
Methodist
Deputy, Iowa State Patrol,
Stuart Police and Menlo Rescue
responded to a report of a
suicidal juvenile. The patient was
transported to Cass Co Hospital
transported a patient from
Guthrie Co Hospital to
Methodist Hospital
MENLO
NEWS
By Joan Wallace
Saturday Jack Stonehocker of Linden visited Doris
Harwood.
The Officers of the Menlo
Legion Auxiliary met Saturday to discuss the upcoming Soup Supper to be held
Wednesday, March 11th at
6:00 pm. This is to celebrate
the Legions Anniversary.
Sodium and Children
About 90% of US children ages
6-18 eat too much sodium daily and 1 in 6 children have high
blood pressure. To help reduce
the amount of sodium your family
eats, cook at home as much as possible. Restaurant dishes are typically very high in sodium. When
you cook at home, you have control
over the spices and herbs you use,
instead of using salt. When grocery shopping, check the Nutrition
Facts labels. Choose brands and
types with lower sodium. Try to
eat more foods that are naturally
low in sodium, such as fresh fruits
and vegetables. Model healthy eating for your family. If you choose
healthy foods, your children will
likely follow your lead.
To Wash Your Hands or
Use Hand Sanitizer?
Whenever possible, it’s best
to wash your hands with warm
soapy water for 20 seconds. Hand
sanitizer gel, foam, or wipes can
be used for quick sanitation, but
these products are not designed
to replace hand washing because
sanitizers do not adequately remove all bacteria. When hands
are dirty, hand sanitizers are not
effective.
3:38 pm Stuart Police
responded to a harassment
complaint
responded to a medical at Stuart
Family Practice. The patient was
transported to Adair Co Hospital
Guthrie Co Hospital for Mercy
Hospital
Co Deputy on Hwy 141 and
Herndon Road
6:52 pm Vehicle search by
Guthrie Co Deputy
7:14 pm Guthrie Co Deputy
transported a female prisoner to
the Guthrie Co Jail
booked a prisoner in to the
Guthrie Co Jail
released a prisoner from the
Guthrie Co Jail
10:12 pm Traffic stop by Stuart
Police on S Division
6:19 pm Stuart Police out on N
Harrison for case follow up
Certified Handlers
Continuing
Instruction Course
The last spring 2015 Continuing Instruction Course,
Certified Handlers, will be
held Tuesday, March 24, at 9
am. The cost for this course
is $35. If you are interested
in attending, please pre-register by contacting the Guthrie County Extension Office
at 641-747-2276.
Deputy released a prisoner from
the Guthrie Co Jail
responded to a medical call on
N Main Street in Stuart. The
patient was transported to
Mercy West
6:52 pm Stuart Rescue Unit 2
and Stuart Police responded
to a medical call on N Division
Street in Stuart. The patients
was transported to Guthrie Co
Hospital
7:36 pm Panora and Menlo
Rescue responded to a medical
call at West Central Valley High
School. The patient refused
transport.
responded to an accident
involving a tipped grain wagon
on 190th Road.
9:27 pm Lake Panorama
Security, Panora Police, Guthrie
Co Deputies and Panora Rescue
responded to a missing person
call on Panorama Drive.
SW 6th Street in Stuart. The
Mercy West
10:55 pm Traffic stop by
Guthrie Co Deputy next to the
Guthrie Co State Bank in Panora
2-25-15
9:15 am Guthrie Co deputy
booked prisoner into jail
11:02 am Guthrie Co deputies
and Panora Police responded to
report of suspicious activity on
Wagon Rd
11:21 am Traffic stop by Guthrie
Co Deputy in the 2300 block of
Wagon Road
12:39 pm Panora Police and
Guthrie Co Deputies transported
prisoners to the Guthrie Co Jail
12:50 pm Guthrie Center
Police assisted with booking of
prisoners
10:54 pm Lift assistance by
Stuart Police on SW 6th
2-24-15
12:25 am Panora Police
responded to a report of
someone trying to get into a
residence on SW 2nd Street
10:26 am Agency assists with
Adair Co by Guthrie Co Chief
2-26-15
12:00 am Motorist assist at
Wagon Road and 252nd Street
by Guthrie Co Deputy
12:31 am Motorist assist at
S Division and S 6th Street in
Stuart by Guthrie Co Deputy and
Stuart Police
2:30 am Stuart Rescue
responded to a medical call on N
Fremont St in Stuart. The patient
was transported to Blank
Children’s Hospital
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8:16 am Panora Rescue
Panora Nursing & Rehab to the
Guthrie Co Hospital
1:05 pm Guthrie Center Police
and Panora Rescue responded
to a medical call on Prairie St in
Guthrie Center. The patient was
transported to the Guthrie Co
Hospital
2-28-15
assisted with fingerprinting at
the Sheriff’s Office
8:16 am Panora Fire / Rescue
responded to an out building
fire at 29893 Amarillo Ave to
assist Dallas Co Fire
2:11 pm cell 911 medical call in
Coon Rapids, relayed to Carroll
Co
S Gaines. The patient refused
transport
11:11 am Traffic stop by Guthrie
Co Deputy Hwy 25 / 310th Road
out on North Street in Guthrie
Center for a welfare check
12:08 pm Guthrie Co assisted
Adair Co Deputy with an
eviction on S Division in Stuart
investigated a report of a stolen
vehicle
investigated a report of trash
being dumped at 340th / Ute
Center Police at 1st and Main
performed a child welfare check
on 4th Street in Menlo
6:26 pm Panora Police assisted
a transient located north of
Panora on Hwy 4
S Adair Street in Stuart. The
patient was transported to the
Adair Co Hospital
Co Deputy on Hwy 141 east of
Bayard
investigated a harassment call
in Menlo
responded to a trespassing call
on Poplar Ave
6:18 pm Guthrie Police checking
on missing puppy
Police in Lot across from Casey’s
2-27-15
Police in the 400 block of S
Division
9:19 am Traffic stop by Reserve
Deputy on 7th Street in Menlo
9:41 pm Motorist assist by
Stuart Police at S Division / 6th
responded to a medical call
on SE 1st Street in Panora. The
Guthrie Co Hospital
10:09 pm Cell 911 for erratic
driver on Hwy 141 west of PerryGave info to Dallas Co
10:18 am Traffic stop by
Reserve Deputy at 170th and
Hwy 4
12:20 pm 911 call requesting an
officer on Walnut Street in Coon
Rapids Contacted Carroll Co
responded to a medical call
at the New Homestead. The
Guthrie Co Hospital
responded to a report of an
abandoned car in the ditch at
160th and Wood
Guthrie Co Hospital back to the
New Homestead
Community Care Center. The
Madison Co Hospital
responded to a report of a
vehicle running into a garage on
S 4th Street in Guthrie Center
assisted with the accident on S
4th Street in Guthrie Center
6:08 pm Guthrie Co Deputy and
Guthrie Center Police conducted
an interview at the Sheriff’s
Office
responded to a report of
property damage at the trailer
park on Ashton Ave in Guthrie
Center
8:20 am 911 medical call in
Adair, transferred to Adair Co
8:56 am Cell 911 accidentally
dialed
8:56 pm Traffic stop by Panora
Police on Hwy 44 by Conoco
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Deputy and Panora Rescue
performed a wefare check on
Oak Street in Guthrie Center.
10:01 pm Traffic stop by
Guthrie Co Deputy and Wood
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10:24 pm Traffic Stop by Stuart
Police in the 100 block of S
Division
11:32pm Traffic Stop by Stuart
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Division
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2:44 am Stuart Police were
out in the 100 block of W 2nd
reference parking violations
8:47 am Guthrie Co Deputy
responded to a suspicious
vehicle call on Zenith Ave
8:55 am Stuart Police
responded to a 2 vehicle
accident at SW 6th and S Park in
Stuart. No injuries
9:42 am Panora Police
responded to a theft call on E
Main St in Panora
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11:45 am Panora Police, Guthrie
Center Police and Guthrie Co
Deputy responded to the trailer
court on Ashton Ave in Guthrie
Center. Follow up on a theft
case
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1st St in Menlo. The patient was
transported to Methodist West
2:36 pm 911 call for Dallas Co
reporting 4 pickups shooting
guns from 210th Street
New Homestead to the Guthrie
Co Hospital for x-rays
Center Police at Ordway and
5th Street. Guthrie Co Deputy
assisted
3:34 pm Panora Rescue Unit 2
provided lift assistance on NE
2nd Street in Panora
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CRIME
Sheriff’s office makes
several drug arrests
Guthrie Center Times staff
Drugs were involved with
several arrests made by the
Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office last week.
On the evening of Feb. 24,
after a traffic stop on Highway
141 in Guthrie County, Amanda
A. Abrams of Panora was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia,
according to a news release.
On the morning of Feb. 25,
following a report of suspicious
activity involving three people
in a car at an abandoned property on Wagon Road, two men
were arrested. Curtis Baird of
Fontanelle was charged with
possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying weapons,
with an additional charge of
operating while intoxicated/
drugged pending. Dustin Kern
of Stuart was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia
and carrying weapons, according to the release.
The Guthrie County K-9 unit
was used in the arrest.
“The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office is asking all citizens
to be on the lookout for suspicious activity, even during the
day,” the news release states.
“If you see suspicious activity,
please call the sheriff’s office
at (641) 747-2214.”
Firemen called to blaze at
hog confinement facility
Panora firemen were called
Sunday morning to assist at a
fire in a hog confinement building about four miles south of
Linden on Amarillo Avenue. It
was owned by Randy Reynolds.
The building was a total loss
and several pigs killed in the
8:16 a.m. blaze. Local firemen
were on the scene three hours,
Panora fire chief Matt Harmann
reported.
Besides Panora, fire departments from Redfield and Dexter
were called to assist the Linden FD.
CHURCHES
Panora Church
Of The Brethren
2946 200th Road, Panora
Pastor Christina Singh
Adult and Children Bible Study 9:00 a.m.
Worship - 10:00 a.m.
We Welcome Everyone
Prayer: 8:50 a.m.
Worship: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Fellowship: 10:30-10:45 a.m.
Adult & children’s Sunday School:
10:45-11:30 a.m.
(Nursery Available)
View the weekly sermon on Channel 12 on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Lighthouse
Assembly of God
Pastor Kelly Gafkjen
Pastor Krista K. Gafkjen
Pastor Leroy Tinnean
400 SE 3rd Street - Panora
Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship: 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday:
Kids Club: 7:00 p.m.
Thursday:
Men’s interdenominational prayer
breakfast 6:00 a.m.
St. Thomas
Lutheran
Pastor Steven Wichtendahl
Missouri Synod
One mile north of Panora on Highway 4 • 641-755-2051
Sunday:
Divine Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
Adult Bible Study: 9:15 a.m.
Refreshments and visiting: 11:30
a.m.
Holy Communion:
First and third Sundays.
Monday:
Sunday service on Channel 12 at
7:00 p.m.
Note: Listen to the Lutheran Hour ever y Sunday on
WHO Radio at 7:30 a.m.
Panora United
Methodist Church
Pastor Cathy Van Gundy
Contemporary
Worship Service: 9:30 a.m.
Faith Seekers I - 4 years through
4th grade.
Faith Seekers II - Grades 5-7.
Faith Seekers III - Grades 8-12.
Pre-school & infant nursery.
Faith Bible Church
Pastor Trevor Nunn
Phone: (641) 755-3034
www.fbcpanora.com
2096 Highway 4
First Christian
Church
Pastor Gary Freeland
(641) 755-2227
www.panorafcc.org
Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Nursery Available
Coffee, cookies and fellowship following worship.
Wednesday:
Stitch and Chatter 10:00 a.m.
Calvary Chapel of the
Raccoon River Valley
604 East Main - Panora
Pastor D. A. Haworth
(641) 755-4268
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.
Fountain Of
Life Church
Non-Denominational - 1.5 miles
south of Panora on Wagon Road
• 755-2322
www.FOLCPanora.com
Pastor Randy Leib
Sunday:
Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday:
Praise, teaching, prayer: 7:00 p.m.
Check out the message on Cable
Channel 3 (fiber)or Channel 12
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.
Catholic Churches
Father Mike Peters
St. Cecilia’s - Panora
St. Mary’s - Guthrie Center
St. Patrick’s - Bayard
Saturday:
St. Patrick’s: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday:
St. Cecilia’s: 8:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s: 10:30 a.m.
Saturday Night Mass
At 6:00 p.m. until Labor Day.
Every Tuesday:
Adoration: 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Wednesday:
8:00 a.m. Mass.
Thursday:
8:00 a.m. Mass.
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Mass.
Every First Sunday - Bring food
pantry items.
Morrisburg
Community Church
Rural Stuart
Pastor Robert Taylor
Worship: 9:00 a.m.
Yale United
Methodist Church
439-2458
Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Youth Group (6-8 grade) 2nd, 4th
Sundays 6:30 p.m.
Sr. High Young Group 2nd & 4th
Sundays 5:30 p.m.
Linden United
Methodist Church
Worship Hour: 8:45 a.m.
Church of Christ
Eugene Lockling
-Evangelist
YALE
Junior church and worship: 9:00
a.m.
GUTHRIE CENTER
Bible Classes: 10:30 a.m.
Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Handful of accidents reported
by the Sherriff’s office
Five accident reports were released by the Guthrie County
Sheriff’s Office.
Holly Hanysh, Yale, was taken
to the Dallas County Hospital
following a mishap on Friday,
Feb. 27.
She was northbound on Wink
Avenue approaching 160th Street
when the rear of her vehicle became loose on the gravel. She
over-corrected, lost control,
went through the intersection
and entered the ditch after going airborne. Her 2003 Ford had
$3,000 damage in the 5:50 a.m.
accident.
Two Guthrie Center garages
were heavily damaged last Friday by a 1999 Pontiac driven by
Leila Hayes of Guthrie Center.
She was backing into a garage
owned by Stewart French and
hit the accelerator instead of
the brake.
Her vehicle smashed through
the garage into the alley and hit
a second garage owned by Lisa
Kopaska. The vehicle had $5,000
damage in the 5:00 p.m. incident.
Francis Omoako, Bayard,
backed out from angle parking into a parked 2003 Lincoln
owned by Carrington Smith
of York, NE on Tuesday, doing
$2,000 damage in the 11:19 p.m.
mishap on a Bayard street.
Ricky Phipps, Panora, hit and
killed a deer on Highway 25 on
Tuesday. His 2014 Ford had significant damage, estimated at
$5,000 in the 6:43 p.m. collision.
Ian Egger of Casey went
through a curve on Highway
44 last Thursday and lost control on the icy road surface,
entered the ditch, hit an embankment and rolled onto the
driver’s side. His 1996 Chevrolet
Blazer had minor damage, but
was towed. The accident happened at 9:32 a.m.
Pair needed medical attention
while visiting dental office
According to the weekly
press release from the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, two
Panora ambulances, a county
deputy and a Guthrie Center
policeman dispatched to Guth-
rie Center Family Dentistry
shortly before 2:30 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 23.
The sheriff’s office said this
involved two people who needed medical attention unrelated
to any dental care. They were
transported to the hospital.
yourviews
Letters to the editor
Dear Mr. Burns,
I have never responded to any editorial, but
the article in the Panora
Vedette was unbelievable.
There is much I could
say, but will condense it to:
Making light of the Power
of God is very unwise.
— Roxie Haden
YESTERYEARS
From the files of the Vedette 1986 and 1996
1987
County engineer Keith White
said nearly half the 274 bridges
in the county are considered
obsolete or deficient.
Incumbents Dennis Jorgensen, Ron Reynolds and
Bob Starr were re-elected to
the board of directors of Panora Cooperative Telephone.
The firm had a net profit of
$118,491
The Panora Trade Center in
Panora Plaza will open soon
with 10 businesses under one
roof.
A first ever Skeeter Creek
Shootout will be held by the
Panora-Linden student council
on Saturday. It involves four
junior high boys and girls basketball teams in competition.
Services were held for William Conrad, 68; Laurence
Mills, 84; Harold Hensal, 72;
and Verda Hoy, 72.
P-L FFA members Rachel
Pote and Jeff Hafner along
with advisor Del Maxwell met
and heard from state officials
at a legislative symposium in
Des Moines.
Fuzzy’s Place in Panora has a
Friday night $5.00 steak special.
P-L’s Hawkettes were upset
59-58 by Waukee in the regional
final to finish 22-1. Heather
Burnham had 30 points and
Shannon Kindred 28. The latter along with guards Rachel
Pote and Cozy Nelson were first
team all-conference and Burnham second team all-loop.
Unbeaten Elk Horn Kimballton ended the Hawks’
season 63-46 in district play.
Todd Winter had 15 points and
Mark Knapp 13 for P-L.
Panora is proposing a budget
of $1,019,704 for the upcoming fiscal year.
1997
It’s hoped the Monteith
general store will be ready for
viewing when the Turn of the
Century museum opens here
in May.
A men’s rally/father-son dinner will be held by area Promise Keepers on March 16 at the
Panora Community Center.
At the annual meeting, Dale
Grotjohn, manager of Panora
Coop Telephone, noted when
he came in 1970 the firm had
590 customers and it’s net
worth was $270,000. Now it’s
assets are nearly $5 million and
subscribers number 3,400. Pat
Moylan and Linda Wendl were
re-elected to the board of directors.
Former Madrid police chief Frank DeToye
was hired to head the Panora
police department.
Panorama entries received
nine I ratings at the district individual speech contest.
January and February were
drier than normal.
Andrea Safely and Kylee Heiland were first team all-conference basketball selections.
Re-elected directors of the
Panora State Bank were Floyd
Krakau, Larry Wenzel, Dan E.
Donahey, Clark Pohl and Dave
Ryan.
Four Odyssey of the Mind
teams from Panorama will compete in regional competition
Saturday in Ames. Coaches are
Dan and Bette Donahey, JoAnn
Alumbaugh, Sue Larson, Laurie Mills and Kellie Grolmus.
The Panorama Sound Express is a school show choir,
which means they sing while
performing a dance routine.
Panorama student Aaron
Wendl was named to the allstate art team.
Panora Communications Cooperative
Panora Cooperative Cablevision Association
COMMUNITYCALENDAR
Compiled by the Guthrie County Vedette
Bingo:
Every Sunday at 2:00-4:00
p.m. at Vets Auditorium
through March 29.
Panorama FFA Alumni
Meeting:
Sunday, Mar. 8, 5:00 p.m.,
in the Ag Room at the high
school.
Women For
Panora’s Future:
Tuesday, Ma r. 10, 7: 00
p.m., Panora Public Library.
All women invited.
Alcoholics Anonymous &
Al-Anon Serenity Group:
Tuesdays, 8:00 p.m., Panora
Community Center.
Local Focus on Cable
Channels:
Local programming shown
7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
SCHOOLCALENDAR
Sunday, March 8
• Pa nora ma FFA a lum ni
meeting 5 p.m. in the Ag
Room at the high school.
Monday, March 9
• School board meeting 6:30
p.m.
Saturday, March 14
• State individual speech
contest.
• Middle school solo recital 8
a.m.-2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10
• Academic Bowl @ Des Moines
Christian, 3-7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11
• Late 9:15 a.m. start.
Thursday, March 12
• End of third quarter.
• Early 1 p.m. out.
Friday, March 13
• N o s c h o o l . Te a c h e r
professional development
day.
ANNUAL MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
7:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Panorama High School Atrium • Panora, Iowa
Blood Drive:
Tuesday, Mar. 17, 11:30 a.m.6:00 p.m., Lake Panorama
National Golf maintenance
shop, 5003 Clover Ridge Road.
For appointment, call 757-0451
or www.lifeservebloodcenter.org.
Subscribe to our
e-Edition by calling
our office at
641-755-2115!
Election of Directors
3 Year Terms –
Vote for Two:
• Lynnea Andersen
• Leroy Oxley*
• Corey Welberg
*Incumbent
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PRIZES
REFRESHMENTS
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Tuesday, March 10 - 10 a.m.
Auction will be held at St. Patrick’s Parish Center,
102 Market St., Audubon, IA
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Guthrie County Conservation Board
NATIONS BRIDGE CAMPGROUND HOST
The Guthrie County Conservation Board is looking
for a Campground Host for Nations Bridge Park for
2015. The Host shall be present in the campground
from Thursday to Sunday, May 1 thru Oct 15.
For a full list of job duties and responsibilities, please
contact the Guthrie County Conservation Board at
641-755-3061.
Deadline to Apply is March 31, 2015.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must be 18 years old.
• Must have high school diploma or equivalent.
• Child care experience is preferred but not required.
• Pre-employment physical is required.
• CPR, First Aid, Universal Precautions and Mandatory Child Abuse
Reporting Class is required within the first six months of employment.
“Guthrie County is an Equal Opportunity Employer”
MOWING BIDS
WANTED
For applications, please contact Shellie at 641-755-3003
or email [email protected]
Cass Township Trustees are taking bids
for the mowing and care of 4 cemeteries
in Cass Township. Please contact one
of the trustees, Dean Whitehead, Alfred
Meixner or Tom Meinecke for details.
Bids need to be submitted by
Monday, March 16, 2015
Rose Acre Farms, Inc. is taking applications for the
following positions:
· General Farm Labor – Night Sanitation Grader
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starting pay is $12.00/hr
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Plant starting pay $11.50/hr
LAND AUCTION
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Will be offered in two tracts
Rose Acre Farms, Inc. and its affiliated and subsidiary corporations is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity
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PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF PANORA
City Council Meeting
JANUARY 26, 2015
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR
MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2015 AT 6:30
P.M.
I. Mayor Patrick Parker opened the
meeting at 6:30 p.m. and called Roll. Council members present were Andy Carson,
Mike Moore, Kim Smith, and Mary Smith.
Shannon Barber was absent. Staff attending Doug Long-Electrical Superintendent,
Joyce Calmer-Deputy City Clerk and Lisa
Grossman-City Administrator.
II. Approval of Agenda – M. Smith made
a motion to approve the agenda, seconded
by Moore. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Public Forum – None
IV. Consent Items – Moore moved to
approve the minutes of 01-12-14 Regular
Meeting, seconded by K. Smith. Motion
carried unanimously.
V. Council Business
A. Roger L. Miller of Professional Solutions Financial was present to discuss an
issue with the credit card program that was
approved at the last council meeting. After
a discussion, Moore made a motion to try
the utility credit card program for 6 months,
seconded by M. Smith. Motion carried
unanimously.
B. David Ahrens and Chris Brault were
present from the Airport Board to request
funding from the city in the form of a tax
levy. The city has levied in the past but
stopped in 2010. Mayor Parker advised that
the council would address the request at the
budget workshop in February.
C. The 2015 Fire Department Roster
was reviewed. Carson made a motion to
approve, seconded by K. Smith. Motion carried unanimously.
D. The 2015 EMS Volunteer Roster was
reviewed. Carson made a motion to approve, seconded by K. Smith
VII.Information Items. Administrator
Grossman provided her Administrator’s Report to the Council.
Mayor Parker asked for a motion to adjourn. Carson made a motion to adjourn at
7:03 p.m., seconded by M. Smith. Motion
carried unanimously.
Patrick Parker Mayor
ATTEST:
Lisa Grossman, City Administrator
Published in the Gounty Vedette
March 5, 2015
IMMEDIATE OPENING
Administrative Assistant
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Part-Time - Hours Negotiable
Looking for a sharp, self-motivated person to be a key
player in our newspaper operations. Quickbooks knowledge
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people skills and multi-tasking. Person must be willing to
work independently, but within a team environment.
Salary negotiable. We are a family owned newspaper
operation that prides itself on being family friendly.
Please send cover letter, resume and references to:
Guthrie Center Times
PO Box 217
Guthrie Center, IA, 50115
or email to: [email protected]
Construction Positions Available
Oldcastle Materials Group (OMG Midwest, Inc.) dba
American Concrete Products positions available:
Quality Control Technician
Oldcastle provides competitive wages, full benefits
package including year round health & retirement
options. Women and Minorities encourage to apply.
Oldcastle Materials is an EEO/AA employer.
Apply online at: http://jobs.oldcastle.com
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Guthrie County Conservation Board
Roadside Technician
Description: A permanent full time position to carry out the
duties of the IRVM program and coordinate operations with the
Natural Resource Manager. Duties include but not limited to,
Guthrie County Weed Commissioner, controlling noxious weeds,
applying herbicide, conducting prescribed burns, brush control,
mowing and other general IRVM duties. Must be able to obtain
a Class “A” Commercial Drivers License (CDL), and be able to
obtain certification in Category 6 (right-of-way) for Commercial
Pesticide Application.
To Apply: Send cover letter, resume and references to Guthrie
County Conservation Board, 206 W. South Street Panora, IA
50216.
Salary: $28,000-$30,000 dependent upon experience.
Deadline: March 20, 2015
“Guthrie County is an Equal Opportunity Employer”
HELP
WANTED
Spring Worker Needed
Exceptional Pay
at the Jamaica Community Center • Jamaica, Iowa
For Property Details, Contact:
Jon Peterson, Agent
Lorimor, Iowa
Phone: (515) 360-1567
L-1500249
[email protected]
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Auctioneer: Joel Ambrose
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Real Estate Sales • Auctions • Farm and Ranch Management
Appraisal • Insurance • Consultation • Oil and Gas Management
Timber Resource Management • National Hunting Leases
Lake Management • FNC Ag Stock
If interested, contact Adam:
515-491-9351
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PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF PANORA
City Council Meeting
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
DIAM - Pest Control..................................... 240.00
Echo - Electric Supplies................................ 715.73
Elliott Equipment - Sewer Jet Hose and Parts............ ............................................................... 2,402.54
Emergency Medical Products - EMS Supplies.566.10
England, Carolyn - Reimbursement Library...... 27.50
Follett - License Renewal Library............... 1,328.00
Guthrie County Extension - Spraying School Christofferson........................................................... 35.00
Guthrie County Hospital - EMS Supples......... 306.68
Guthrie County REC - Wholesale Electric & Substation
Reading.................................................. 73,248.72
Hach - Water Supplies................................. 682.50
Hawkins - Water Chemicals............................ 75.00
Heartland Co-Op - City Vehicle Fuel........... 2,634.30
Heartland Co-Op - Generator Fuel............ 10,106.06
Inland Truck Parts & Service - Street Truck Repair.... .................................................................. 698.86
Jensen Sanitation - January Pick-up.......... 3,644.46
Kabel Business Services - Administration Fees & Reimbursement............................................ 1,836.76
Keystone - Water Testing............................. 606.90
K.H. Buttler - Road Rock............................... 316.10
Kriz Davis - Electric Support.......................... 559.81
Lake Lumber - City Supplies......................... 601.28
Leonard Auto - Water Plant Oil Change........... 68.59
Life Quest - EMS Support............................. 250.00
M&M Sales Company - Library Supplies.......... 40.27
Macke Ford - Ambulance Maintenance........... 88.95
Martin Upholstry - Water Truck Repair........... 293.50
Menlo Public Library - Earbuds....................... 47.00
Mid American Energy - City Utilties............ 2,988.34
Monthei, Tony - Reimbursement Uniform........ 68.87
Office Stop - City Supplies............................ 329.80
Office Machines - Office Supplies................... 10.08
Panora Auto Parts - City Supplies.................. 136.65
Panora Oil Company - Electric & Water Truck Maintenance.......................................................... 135.36
Panora State Bank - Loan Payment - Storm Water &
Public Works............................................ 5,666.02
Panora Tel-Co - City Telephone................. 1,148.75
Principal Insurance - Monthly Premium......... 124.49
Recorded Books - Books on CD.................... 134.96
Region XII - Housing Project....................... 4,877.00
Richey, Amanda - Cleaning City Hall (2)......... 225.95
ULINE - Street Supplies............................. 1,047.91
US Postal Service - January Billing & Postage.287.61
Utility Service Co. - Water Supplies............ 5,863.65
Vedette - December Publication...................... 19.92
Verizon - EMS & Police Phone...................... 275.38
Visa - City, Library & EMS Supplies............... 420.00
Wellmark - Monthly Premium.................. 16,188.53
Wex Bank - Fuel.......................................... 377.50
Winters, Betty - Cleaning CC........................ 200.00
Ziegler - Oil Filters Cat................................. 532.62
Total.................................................... 272,753.77
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2015 AT 6:30 P.M.
I. Mayor Patrick Parker opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. and called Roll. Council
members present were Shannon Barber, Andy
Carson, Mike Moore, Kim Smith, and Mary
Smith. Staff attending Doug Long-Electrical
Superintendent, Brent Christofferson-Water
Superintendent, Kim Finnegan-Library Director, and Lisa Grossman-City Administrator.
II. Approval of Agenda – M. Smith made
a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by
Barber. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Public Forum – None
IV. Consent Items – Carson moved to
approve the minutes of 01-26-14 Regular
Meeting, seconded by Moore. Motion carried
unanimously.
V. Council Business
A. Chaille Crandall was present on behalf
of the Panorama Days committee to request
the waiver of fees to rent the Community Center for Bingo as a Panorama Days fundraiser.
Bingo will be held on Sunday afternoons from
2-4 in February and March. After a discussion, Barber made a motion to waive the fees,
seconded by Carson. Motion carried unanimously.
B. Mike Klein, president of the library
board, was present to discuss the FY 16 budget with the council.
C. Administrator Grossman asked the
council to consider a proposal from Snyder &
Associates for a lagoon study. The proposal
will look at how to run the system more efficiently. After a discussion, K. Smith made a
motion to approve, seconded by Moore. Motion carried unanimously.
D. Current building permit fees were considered as well as a proposal for subdivision
review from McClure engineering. Administrator Grossman was asked to look into inspector
services for building permits for consideration
at a future meeting.
E. A discussion was held on the implementation of a Sidewalk Replacement Program.
VI. Financials.
A. Moore moved to approve the bills payable, seconded by Barber. Motion carried
unanimously.
B. Barber moved to approve the monthly
financials, seconded by Carson. Motion carried unanimously.
VII. Information Items. Administrator
Grossman provided her Administrator’s Report to the Council. The business portion of
the meeting adjourned at 7:21. A budget
workshop was held to discuss the FY 16 City
Budget. After the workshop, a tour was taken
of the new ambulance.
Mayor Parker asked for a motion to adjourn. Carson made a motion to adjourn at
8:01 p.m., seconded by M. Smith. Motion carried unanimously.
Vets Bills
Bacon, Tom - Cleaning Vets, Reimbursement.100.00
Total........................................................... 100.00
Roll Call Vote:
J. Stetzel:
Aye
D. Douglass:
Nay
T. Arganbright:
Aye
B. Wilke:
Aye
G. Irving:
Nay
Motion carries by 3-2 vote.
Adjournment
Special Meeting adjourned at 9:19pm.
The next regular board meeting is set for
March 9th, 2015 at 6:30 pm (work session
prior to regular meeting at 5:30 pm).
Sarah Sheeder,
Board Secretary
March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015
anorama Community
School District
Special School Board Meeting
February 2015
Date: 2/19/2015
Time: 6:30pm
Location: District Board Room
Call to Order
The Panorama Community School District
Board of Education met in a special meeting on
February 19th, 2015 in the district board room
located at Panorama Secondary School. The
meeting was called to order by Bryice Wilke,
President, at 6:30pm.
Attendees
Board Members Jon Stetzel, Deb Douglass, Tom Arganbright, Greg Irving and Bryice
Wilke were present. Also present were Sarah
Sheeder and Gaylord Tryon.
Agenda
Changes to Agenda (if any): None
G. Irving motioned to approve the agenda
as posted.
T. Arganbright seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
Closed Session -- Superintendent Candidate
J. Stetzel motioned to enter into closed
session at 6:30pm to consider candidate #5
for the Superintendent position as authorized
by section 21.5(1)(i) of the open meetings law
to evaluate the professional competency of an
individual whose appointment is being considered to prevent needless and irreparable injury
to that individual’s reputation, as that individual has requested a closed session
G. Irving seconded.
Patrick Parker Mayor
ATTEST:
Lisa Grossman, City Administrator
Bills Payable - February 9, 2015
Access - Copier Contract................................ 63.00
Acco - Water Supplies............................... 1,605.40
Advanced Computer Solutions - Police & Library Supplies............................................................ 159.90
Airgas - EMS Supplies.................................... 82.02
Alliant Energy - City Sign................................ 27.55
American Water Works - Dues 2015............. 354.00
Aramark - Rugs Mops.................................. 377.16
Ben Franklin - City Supplies............................ 81.22
Boundtree - EMS Supplies............................ 635.51
Bryton Insurance - EMS Ambulance.............. 147.00
Bump & Bump - January Attorney Fees......... 500.00
Burkett Construction - Retainage Payment................ ............................................................. 43,800.30
Capital Equipment - Maintenace on Bobcat & Skid
Loader........................................................ 355.73
Carpenter Uniform - Police Uniform & Supplies......... .................................................................. 311.86
Center Point Large Print - Library Books........ 210.90
Chem Sult - Water Cemicals...................... 1,453.25
City of Panora - Utilities............................. 6,595.38
City of Panora - Payroll (3 & Supp Pay)..... 72,662.41
City of Panora - Petty Cash............................. 22.33
Craig, Jan - Cleaning Library (2)................... 280.00
Demco - Library Supplies............................. 121.49
Devilbiss Transmission - Street Supplies....... 427.36
"WE DO THINGS RIGHT"
• Complete Engine Overhauls • Exhaust • Shocks
• Struts • Batteries • Tires • Oil Changes
Complete Auto Repair
D&M
Roll Call Vote:
J. Stetzel:
Aye
D. Douglass:
Aye
T. Arganbright:
Aye
B. Wilke:
Aye
G. Irving:
Aye
T. Arganbright motioned to adjourn the
closed session at 9:15pm.
D. Douglass seconded.
Motioned carried unanimously.
Action Item (Open Session)
G. Irving motioned to authorize consulting
firm Gaylord Tryon & Associates to contact
Shawn Holloway to participate as a Finalist
in the final interviews for the Superintendent
position.
J. Stetzel seconded.
Roll Call Vote:
J. Stetzel:
Aye
D. Douglass:
Aye
T. Arganbright:
Aye
B. Wilke:
Aye
G. Irving:
Aye
Action Item (Open Session), continued
J. Stetzel motioned to authorize consulting
firm Gaylord Tryon & Associates to contact Jeff
Burchfield to participate as a Finalist in the final interviews for the Superintendent position.
T. Arganbright seconded.
641-775-2115
anorama Community
School District
February 2015
Date: 2/27/2015
Time: 6:45pm
Call to Order
Board of Education met in a closed session
on February 27th, 2015 in the district board
room located at Panorama Community School
District. The meeting was called to order by
Bryice Wilke, President, at 6:40 pm.
Attendees
Sheeder, Gaylord Tryon, Stan Slessor and
Randy Flack.
session at 6:40 pm to consider candidate Jeff
Burchfield for the Superintendent position as
authorized by section 21.5(1)(i) of the open
meetings law to evaluate the professional
competency of an individual whose appointment is being considered to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s
reputation, as that individual has requested a
closed session.
Roll Call Vote:
J. Stetzel:
Aye
D. Douglass:
Aye
T. Arganbright:
Aye
B. Wilke:
Aye
G. Irving:
Aye
D. Douglass motioned to adjourn the
closed session at 8:30 pm.
G. Irving seconded.
Action Item
J. Stetzel motioned to offer a contract of
employment to Shawn Holloway to serve as the
Superintendent of Schools effective July 1st,
2015 contingent upon release from his current contract as well as a criminal background
check.
G. Irving seconded.
Roll Call Vote:
J. Stetzel:
Aye
D. Douglass:
Aye
T. Arganbright:
Aye
B. Wilke:
Aye
G. Irving:
Aye
Adjournment
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FROM Page 1A
Stringham has seen eagles in
the area; he’s seen the birds
chasing geese and feeding on
deer carcasses, but this nest
is new. He observed the nest
as it was being built and soon
realized that it was larger than
a hawk’s nest. Before long, he
noticed eagles there.
Stringham, who works in
the county’s Environmental
Health office and has a degree
in fish and wildlife biology, is
particularly interested in observing the nest’s activity. He
has studied ornithology and
enjoys observing birds from
his farm, not just eagles, as well
as other wildlife — he recalled
the excitement of learning that
bobcats had first moved into
Guthrie County.
“It’s neat to see an animal
that one time (was more
scarce) bounce back to the
numbers they have today,”
he said. “At one time, bald
eagles were just about gone
from the lower 48 states. I just
like seeing variety in wildlife.
The more diversity you have
in the animal population, the
better.”
The county’s conservation
board keeps an eye on wildlife
in the county, and an eagle
nest is a big deal, Hanner said.
“It’s our nation’s symbol — a
symbol of freedom,” he said.
“The bald eagle is a big, majestic, beautiful bird.”
And because the species’
population was so damaged
by the use of DDT decades ago,
which weakened the birds’
eggshells, the fact that eagles’
numbers are being built up
again is significant, he said.
The DNR tracks bald eagle populations in the state.
In the 1970s, eagles in Iowa
during the winter numbered
in the dozens. Now, they’re
much higher, according to a
DNR report from the end of
2014. Recent reports indicate
several hundred active bald
eagle territories in the state —
meaning the areas have seen
nesting action within the last
three years.
This is far from the first time
HOLLOWAY
FROM Page 1A
Holloway graduated from
Iowa State University in 1997
with BS degree in Elementary
Education and a minor in education computing. He received an
MS in Educational Leadership
with a K-12 principal licensure
in 2005 from Drake University.
In 2013 he earned an Educational Specialist degree, PK-12
Iowa superintendent and AEA
administrator endorsement at
Wayne State College.
Holloway and wife Angie have
two daughters, Anna, a seventhgrader and Abbi, a fifth-grader. He will succeed Kathy Elliott
who is retiring June 30 after six
years here.
Holloway will inherit a $4 million athletic facility renovation
project in progress and a school
poised to put technology tablets
in the hands of all students in
grades 3-12.
Superintendents prior to Elliott were Bill Weddingfeld and
John Millhollin, who still reside
in the school district. Panorama
was formed in 1989 when Panora-Linden and Yale-JamaicaBagley merged.
He has been at GladbrookReinbeck for two years. Prior
to that he was 7-12 principal at
Manson Northwest Webster for
six years and K-12 principal at
Pomeroy-Palmer for one year.
Holloway taught sixth grade at
Winterset from 1998-2004 where
he was a varsity assistant in football and girls basketball. His final
teaching stop was one year at
Rockwell City-Lytton where he
was the technical coordinator
and head football coach.
He has been active in promoting educational leadership and
with groups within the profession and is a member of the Reinbeck economic development
committee.
The selection came after two
finalists met with the board and
various groups last week, one
on Wednesday and the other
on Thursday. Panora native
and Panora-Linden graduate
Jeff Burchfield, principal at Iowa
Falls, was the other finalist.
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“He had that on multiple occasions, and without that, he would
not have survived,” Crystal said.
“That’s one of our biggest pushes
for March of Dimes.”
Twenty-six hours after his birth,
Crystal first saw her son. Steve
had met the tiny little guy about
an hour after birth, named him
and knew he would not let his
wife see their baby boy alone.
“It was pretty overwhelming,”
Steve said. “When you see him
the first time — it’s very vivid —
a monitor, a tent, pumping oxygen into him. There are bright
lights, and the ventilator he was
on shook his entire body.”
Crystal managed to see her son,
whom she describes as having
been the size of a pop bottle with
a tennis ball for a head.
“That’s about where we were
at,” she said. “Steve’s wedding
ring could slide up his arm. We
knew what we were up against
from Day 1.”
There were good days and bad
days. One Crystal remembers
well. Gavin was on the highest
ventilator setting he could be on;
he was critically unstable. They
were told by medical staff there
was nothing more they could do.
Crystal found herself in the
hospital’s chapel having a heartto-heart with God.
“When you watch them suffer
enough, it gets to the point that
it’s what it is supposed to be, and
it’s not in our hands anymore,”
she said.
Crystal doesn’t know what it’s
like to lose a child.
“But I can tell you within minutes of what it’s like, because we
had not held him yet at that point,
and with our permission, they
would unhook him and get us a
recliner,” she said, quietly.
On a whim, Crystal asked about
giving Gavin steroids. They can
be good, but they can also be
bad in little babies, Steve said.
“What it does is it can cause
pressure in the head, which
causes brain damage, and with
him being so small it was such
a risk factor,” Crystal said.
They took the risk and gave
their son a fighting chance.
“Within an hour, he had completely turned around,” Crystal
said.
Steve added, “His climb from
there was upward. When he made
his turnaround, he made it quick.
He was eating and doing everything he wasn’t supposed to be
doing.”
When he reached one pound,
Gavin had surgery on his heart,
which measured at the time
about the size of his dad’s thumb.
He underwent eye surgery
when he was a couple months
old. Today, he does not have
peripheral vision in either eye.
Gavin spent 111 days in the
hospital. He went home weighing five pounds, six ounces, with
oxygen and a monitor.
Steve says he does ask himself
why his son was saved.
“We have lots of friends who
haven’t been as fortunate, or
they have had kids that are a
lot worse,” he said.
The Potes, including Gavin’s
grandparents Dave and Ilene
Olson and Nick and Paula Fox,
all of Panora, want to give people hope.
“When you are there, it’s really
hard,” Crystal said. “People did
things for us, people we don’t
even know and we appreciated it.”
It’s the reason they raise funds
every year to help others.
“We’ve given back a lot, the
best we can,” Steve said.
Team Gavin Pote has raised
nearly $30,000 over the past nine
years for the March of Dimes.
“We have one of the stories that
is a success, and sometimes it is
nice for people to hear,” Crystal said.
Two events to raise funds are
in Panora this year, a Team Gavin
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Gavin Pote (seated right) along with his brother Quinten
and parents Steve and Crystal will celebrate 10 years of
walking with the March of Dimes March for Babies May
9. The event raises money for prematurity and birth
defects. Gavin was born premature, weighing 15 ounces
and measuring 11 1/2 inches long. Gavin, a fifth-grader at
Panorama, and his family have raised nearly $30,000 for the
March of Dimes over the past 10 years.
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Hoop It Up!
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Basketball
Tom Knapp | Special to the guthrie county vedette
Panorama walks off the court with disappointment following a 46-36 loss to Woodward-Academy in Saturday’s Class 2A substate game at Waukee High School. It was the first Panther
team to reach the substate final since 1985. They closed the year at 18-5.
Scoreless fourth quarter sinks
Panthers in sub-state final
Panorama boys fall short of first
trip to state with 46-36 loss.
By MARTY BALL
waukee
A first-ever trip to the boys
state basketball tournament just
wasn’t in the cards for the Panorama Panthers this year. Qualifying for the sub-state round
for the first time in 30 years, it
seemed as though 2015 would
be the year the Panthers would
break through the mold and finally find themselves among the
state field.
Matched up with Woodward
Academy (16-7), a team Panorama beat 77-74 on January 9 and
again on February 10 by a score
of 69-65, it was the Knights who
won the big one as they defeated
the Panthers 46-36 Friday night
in a Class 2A sub-state final.
Woodward Academy will face
top-ranked Aplington-Parkersburg (24-1) in the opening round
of the Class 2A state tournament
bracket Monday night at Wells
Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Panorama closed the year at
18-5, as the Panthers’ dreams of
a state tournament berth fell a
game short.
And if falling short to a team it
had defeated twice already wasn’t
sour enough for Panorama, the
fashion in which it fell may very
well be the salt thrown in the
wound. Leading Woodward
Academy 36-25 heading into the
fourth quarter inside the Wau-
kee High School gymnasium, the
Panthers not only allowed the
Knights to score 21 unanswered
points, but they didn’t answer
at all. Panorama failed to score
a single point in the remaining
period and literally watched the
most crucial win of the season
slip through its fingers. Other
than the roaring sound of the
Woodward Academy players’ and
fans’ cheers at the final buzzer, there was complete silence
throughout the Panorama side
of the gym. It was difficult to
comprehend what had just happened - a harsh, mind-blowing
reality for the Panther boys team.
“We didn’t close out,” Panorama head coach Brad Halterman
said plain and simply following
the contest. “We just didn’t close
out. If I had the answer to why
what happened happened, I’d
probably be coaching at the Division I level or the NBA. It just
happens sometimes and sadly
we were on the wrong end of it
this time.”
The final frame started out slow
for the Panthers as Woodward
Academy went on a 10-0 run to
knot the game at 36. Waiting for
his team to respond, Halterman
instead saw his squad produce
turnover after turnover that led
to more points for the Knights.
Not only was Panorama having
trouble offensively, but Woodward Academy seemed to flip
on a switch of its own compared
Panorama’s Gavin Richey scrambles for the rebound against Woodward Academy defenders Delonquay Richardson (40) and Dontre English (3) during Saturday’s Class 2A substate
final played in Waukee. Richey had 10 points and 14 rebounds in a 46-36 loss for the Panthers.
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to the first three periods of play.
“We knew coming in we would
have to keep our turnovers to
single digits and limit their offensive rebounds and second
chance points,” Halterman said.
“We committed too many turnovers and gave them to many
second chances.”
Accounting for zero points
heading into the fourth quarter, Knight senior Ivan Johnson
tallied all eight of his points in
the final five minutes while junior teammate Dontre English
also scored all six of his points
in the final frame. It was an uncharacteristic display given the
pretense of the duo’s early-game
performances, but in the end
it was all Woodward Academy
needed to come away with the
comeback victory.
“Woodward Academy stepped
it up late in the game,” Halterman said. “We had some turnovers that really hurt us down
the stretch, but all the credit
goes to their ball club for how
they finished. They knew what
they had to do to beat us and
they did what they needed to
get the win.”
Finding themselves down 4036 with short time left on the play
clock, the Panthers were forced
to start fouling the Knights and
hoped they wouldn’t capitalize
at the free-throw line. However
Woodward Academy hit all six
of its shots at the charity stripe
to take a 10-point lead and ultimately shut the door on Pan-
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Youth Basketball
PANTHERS
FROM Page 1B
SCORING
Panorama — Gavin Richey 10, Gabe
Richey 2, Redfern 5, Klinge 10, Matt
Webner 2, Luke Webner 7
Three-point goals — Klinge (2)
Fouled out - None
Woodward Academy — Johnson 8,
English 6, Lewis 9, Brittain 14, Riley 2,
Morris 7
Three-point goals — Brittain (3)
Fouled out — None
Score by quarters
Woodward 6 15 4 21—46
Panorama 11 10 15 0—36
orama’s strong season.
The Panthers, who close
the season at 18-5, were led
by Gavin Richey and Aaron
Klinge with 10 points each.
Luke Webner followed with
seven points and a team-high
three assists.
As a team, Panorama shot
27 percent (15 for 62) from the
field and 57 percent (4 for 7)
from the foul line.
Defensively, Richey drove the
Panthers with 14 rebounds and
a pair of steals. Dakota Redfern grabbed five boards and
blocked one Knight shot while
Webner recorded four rebounds
and a steal.
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tom knapp | guthrie county vedette
Panorama’s Aaron Klinge takes the ball up against Neiko
Morris of Woodward-Academy during the first quarter of
Saturday’s Class 2A substate game played in Waukee.
Halterman said the seasonending loss in no way diminishes what his team accomplished this year.
“I can’t express in words how
proud I am of these young men
and all the hard work they put in
and all they accomplished,” he
said. “I am honored and proud
to be there coach.”
Olivia Richey slaps hands with teammates (from left) Brooke Halterman, Kennedy Kuta,
Bryn Steffen, and Vallerie Storesund after leaving the floor during a game in Carroll’s
Hoop It Up basketball tournament Sunday.
Panorama eighth
grade wins Hoop It Up
The Panorama eighth grade girls basketball
team went 3-0 and won the Carroll Chamber Hoop It Up basketball tournament championship on Sunday. The Panthers beat the
Glidden Area Wildcats 37-18, Council Bluffs
Lewis Central Titans 41-35, and Fort Dodge St.
Edmond’s Gaels 41-35. Bailey Beckman was
Panther’s leading scorer for the tournament
averaging 13.7 points, followed by Jamy Randol 8.3, Olivia Richey 7, and Morgan Johnk 6.7.
The Hoop It Up tournament drew 51 teams
who played at seven different sites on Saturday and Sunday.
Panorama’s Jamy Randol, Morgan Johnk,
and Tasha Kirk play defense against
Council Bluffs Lewis Central.
Gabe Richey of Panorama gets tripped up and fouled by Woodward Academy’s Demarcus
Riley in the third quarter of a sub-state game Saturday in Waukee. The Panthers, who were
seeking a first trip to the state tournament, lost to the Knights 46-36.
Girls State tournament
North Linn turned to its stars and
they delivered against DM Christian
IGHSAU
Luke Webner (top) of Panorama tries for
two points in a sub-state final against Woodward-Academy Saturday. Bryce Halterman
(left) eyes the rim during the first quarter
of the sub-state final contest. The Panthers
dropped a 46-36 decision to the Knights.
WANT THAT JUST OFF
THE BEACH COLOR?
Nicole Miller and Morgan
Boer combined to score North
Linn’s final 27 points as the
third-ranked Lynx beat No. 9
Des Moines Christian 57-46 to
reach the Class 2A semifinals.
Miller finished with 31
points on 10-for-18 shooting.
The Drake recruit got most of
those points on drives to the
basket, but she also knocked
down a pair of 3-pointers while
tacking on 11 rebounds, five
assists and four steals.
Boer ended up with 15 points
and grabbed seven rebounds.
Her sister Maddie also was a big
contributer, finishing with 11
points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals.
Miller now has 2,155 points
in her career with at least one
more game to play.
Elsa Anderson led Des Moines
Christian with 16 points and 13
rebounds. Mia Rosener added
12 for the Lions and Ebby Prewitt scored 10.
North Linn jumped to a 14-2
lead as Miller scored 10 early
points, and the Lynx controlled
most of the first three quarters.
Des Moines Christian made a
run late in the third quarter to
close to 36-31, but Miller and
Boer took over after that and
the Lynx pulled away.
North Linn (24-1) will play
again at 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
its second straight appearance in the semifinals. Des
Moines Christian closes its
second straight tournament
appearance with a 20-5 record.
Exira/EHK’s season
is still perfect
The second-ranked Spartans
ran their record to 25-0 with a
63-48 victory over No. 14 Bedford
in a first-round Class 1A game.
Rachel Smith, the only senior
on either team, hit a 3-pointer
just 10 seconds into the game
and Exira/EHK led the rest of
the way.
This is the first state tournament trip for the combined Exira/EHK district, though both
schools enjoyed success in the
past. Exira made it state six times
and won the 1A title in 2011 behind Hallie Christofferson, who
went on to star at Iowa State.
Elk Horn-Kimballton qualified
eight times and in Jan Jensen,
had one of the state’s best ever
in the six-player era.
Smith finished with 22 points
to lead all scorers. She shot 8-for16 from the field, grabbed seven
rebounds and handed out four
assists.
Freshman Sophia Peppers
added 17 points and 10 rebounds
for the Spartans and Rose Anderson turned in a solid game
with seven points, eight assists
and six rebounds.
Bedford made it to Des Moines
for the fourth time in five years.
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Panorama School News | building tomorrow today | March 5, 2015
spread the word
reading
Today’s Menu:
Green Eggs and Ham
By Grace Nordquist
PHS junior
To celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday, activities were planned at
the Panorama elementary all
week. Mix Up Monday-mix
matched clothes and “Oh the
Places You Will Go”. Top Hat
Tuesday-wear your favorite
hat and “The Cat in the Hat”.
Wacky Wednesday-crazy socks
and “Wacky Wednesday”. Take
Your Pick Thursday-favorite
color and “My Many Colored
Days”. Fuzzy Friday-pajama day
and “The Sleep Book”.
Also on Monday, volunteer
high school students read to
elementary students at lunch.
Mrs. Laurie Behrends had
asked for some volunteers to
read and the students responded. Volunteer students Kailey
Castrejon and Laurel Clark, both
juniors, read “Hop on Pop,” “Fox
in Socks” and “Green Eggs and
Ham.”
Language affects attitudes.
Attitudes impact actions
By Madison Fisher
PHS Senior
The annual Panorama Student Council Spread the Word
to End the Word assembly was
held on Tuesday. The campaign
is about more than just raising
awareness of the R-word; it is
also about changing attitudes
of segregation and hate, to attitudes of acceptance and respect.
The annual day of national awareness is held the first
Wednesday of every March.
On Wednesday, students were
encourage to pledge atr-word.
orgto help end the word and
wear spirit colors to show their
support.
Spread the Word to End the
Word was founded by college
students Soeren Palumbo, from
Notre Dame, and Tim Shriver
from Yale in 2009, and it continues to be held by passionate
young people across the United
States and many other parts of
the world.
Respectful and inclusive language is essential to the movement for the dignity and humanity of people with intellectual
disabilities. However, much of
society does not recognize the
hurtful, dehumanizing and exclusive effects of the R-word.
The student speaker for the
day was sophomore Justin Rolfes.
He used his own experiences
to encourage his peers to stop
using the r-word.
Also the individual who started
the Spread the Word to End the
Word campaign four years ago
at Panorama shared her story,
Buffy Louk.
A music video by the Wright
family called “It Starts with
A Voice” was shared (check
it out online). Ben and Amy
Wright, and their four children:
Beau,Bitty, Lillie & Emma Wright
were inspired by their youngest
two children, Beau & Bitty who
both have Down syndrome. Amy
and Ben used their gift for music
to compose and record a new
song, “It Starts with A Voice” to
help raise awareness of negative
language and the power of an
inclusive society. Ben and Amy
have since raised thousands of
dollars for the campaign through
benefit concerts, created a music video of the song, and are
even in the process of producing a follow up to their amazing
song. Amy Wright says, “I am
so passionate about spreading
this message that I can’t sleep at
night. I think, ‘What else can I
do? How can I make the world
a better place for my children
and for all the others I love?’”
(R-word.org).
The Student Council is asking for community members,
students, and staff to help make
the language change by pledging
to stop the use of the R-word at
R-word.org and bring RESPECT
to all!
Tuesday Panorama hosted the
TEAMS competition. TEAMS
is an annual competition that
gives middle school and high
school students the opportunity to discover their potential for engineering. Students
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real-world engineering challenges, applying their math and
science knowledge in practical,
creative ways.
This year’s theme was The
Power of Engineering. This
theme focuses on energy and
its relationship to engineering.
Each year is focused on a theme
based on the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand
Challenges. Tackling these
challenges require such critical job-readiness skills as collaboration, analytical thinking,
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“it was funny to hear the kids
laughing at parts and seeing
them so engaged. They wanted to see the pictures on every
page!”
A week of dress up days to
celebrate Dr. Seuss and all the
fun stories to read.
TEAMS Competition:
The Power of Engineering
Jensen Wilke, Carson Fisher, and
Lauren McClatchy volunteered to
help fill sacks for Backpack Food
program at Panorama elementary.
Scott Fredrickson spearheaded this
entire program after attending a
conference last winter on Drive to
Feed the Kids. The program began
the first Friday after the holiday
break January 8. Debbie Rockwell
and Sarah Carstens are the cochairs for the Elementary building. The goal is $30,000 to sustain
the program for 3 years. Monetary
donations can be made to Yale
Methodist Church and sent to P.O.
Box 25 Yale, IA 50277.
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“It was fun to get out of class,
to read, and to watch the kids
eat green eggs,” says Castrejon.
Kylie Muyskens and Kaitlyn
Wasson, also juniors, read “One
Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue
Fish” and “I Can Read with My
Eyes Shut”. Wasson stated that
Panorama third grade students enjoying their green eggs at lunch on Monday as the
school celebrates Dr. Seuss’s Day.
(submitted to Panther Print by
Mrs. Robyn Ploeger)
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Kaitlyn Wasson and Kylie Muyskens read a story to
Panorama elementary students on Dr. Seuss Day at the
school Monday.
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This year Panorama Middle
School was represented by Jaelyn Waddle, Koltin Sloss, Trey
Cobb, Kennedy Andersen, Dylan
Douglass, Milo Merical, Noah
Kirtley, and Vallerie Storesund.
Panorama High School was
represented by two teams. The
9/10 team consisted of Lucas
Gremler, Kylie South, Bryant
Thompson, Dalee Rogers,
Kaleb Randel, and Benjamin
Marwedel. The 11/12 team
consisted of Jesse Haworth,
Brody Stogdill, Noah Stetzel,
Hunter Kuta, Madison Fisher,
Ethan Laughery, and Sam Bassett. Guthrie Center brought a
middle school team to compete
made up of 7 students: Lauryn
Embleton, Noah Nelsen, Blaine
Beeler, Klare Sheley, Sara Pauley, Anna Lauritsen, and Genevieve Hoover.
State and Division ranking
will be announced at the end
of this month after all schools
have competed.
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