Thursday, April 30, 2015 - Butler County Tribune

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Buffalo Center Tribune
Keota Eagle
Butler County Tribune Journal
Liberal Opinion Week
Clarksville Star
New Sharon Sun
Conservative Chronicle
Pioneer Enterprise
CWL Times
Sheffield Press
Rayhons
acquitted
Dows Advocate
Story
on
page 16.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Volume 150 • Number 18
Sigourney News-Review
c la rk s v ille s t a r@b u t le r-b re me r. c o m
www.theclarksvillestar.com
The Leader
Eagle Grove Eagle
101 N Main St, POB 788, Clarksville, Iowa • 319-278-4641
Butler County law enforcement arrests
three on felony drug charges April 23
Graphic-Advocate
Clarksville
AMVETS flag
sale to be held
during May
Clarksville AMVETS Post No.
30 will be holding their annual
U.S. flag sale during the month
of May. The sale is part of the
AMVETS Americanism program
to encourage everyone to fly the
American flag.
The AMVETS are offering the
three foot by five foot nylon U.S.
flags for only $20. The flags may
be purchased from Bob Litterer,
278-4042, or picked up at K & S
Grocery & Variety, Clarksville.
Clarksville
citywide
garage sales
sign up
deadline May 1
Clarksville’s annual spring citywide garages sales are set for Saturday, May 16. Deadline to sign up is
Friday, May 1 at the Clarksville Star
office. The spring sale always brings
a large crowd of shoppers to town.
Registration fee is $5 which helps
to cover the cost to put ads in nearly
20 newspapers around Northeast
Iowa. If unable to make it into the
Star office, advertisers may use the
drop box in front. Please include
name, address, a list of up to five
items to include and $5 cash in an
envelope marked ‘Clarksville Garage Sales.’
Butler County
Extension
Office closed
May 7
The Butler County Extension
Office will be closed Thursday,
May 7 due to Farm Safety Day
Camp which will be held at the
Butler County fairgrounds. The office will be open again on May 8.
Little Lambs
Childcare to hold
breakfast/bake
sale May 9
A fundraising breakfast and bake
sale for the future Allison Little
Lambs Childcare Center will be held
at the middle school in Allison on
Saturday, May 9 from 7 to 10 a.m.
Scrambled eggs, pancakes, and sausage will be served for a free will
donation.
Little Lambs has already received
generous donations from the Community Foundation of Northeast
Iowa and Pleasant Prairie Classis,
but they are still seeking donations
from the community in order to
make this a viable project.
NBHS National
Honor Society to
host Red Cross
Blood Drive
The North Butler High School
National Honor Society will be
hosting their spring Red Cross
Blood Drive on Thursday, May 7,
from 2-5 p.m. in the high school
old gym.
To schedule a donation time,
please contact MaTina Clark,
blood drive coordinator, at the high
school at 641-816-5631.
Classifieds ........................12, 13
Obituaries ................................ 7
Public Notices...................... 8, 9
Village Vine
ALLISON—Three subjects face felony
charges after area law enforcement made
four Register
methamphetamine-related arrestsWhat Cheer Paper
Grundy
Thursday, April 23.
Butler County Deputies and Parkersburg
Police stopped a vehicle about 2:15 a.m.
Thursday while serving an arrest warrant on
Hampton
Chronicle
Gary Robert
Larson Jr., 35, Iowa Falls, a passenger in the vehicle, an affidavit states.
A law enforcement canine indicated both
sides of the truck. A search revealed two baggies of meth in excess of 5 grams and a baggie of marijuana.
Three occupants of the vehicle were arrested for felony drug charges. They were
Larson; Troy Lynn Groeneveld, 51, Greene,
the driver; and Danielle Suzanne Lucky, 30,
Ackley (NVA).
Groeneveld
Larson
Lucky
Larson, Groeneveld and Lucky were each
arrested on charges of possession of methamAll were booked into Butler County Jail. cent until proven guilty in a court of law,
phetamine, a class B felony; drug tax stamp
• In a separate arrest, Richard Joseph Hel- the release states.
violation, a class D felony; and possession of frich, 31, of Latimer. Helfrich of Latimer
Groeneveld, Larson and Lucky were
marijuana, a serious misdemeanor.
was also arrested by Butler County Depu- all scheduled for a preliminary hearing at
An affidavit states Lucky refused a urine ties and Parkersburg Police on charges of 3 p.m. on April 29, in front of the Butler
test saying she would test positive for mari- possession of meth, a serious misdemean- County magistrate. Preliminary bond for
juana and meth.
or, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a each was set at $50,000 cash in defendants’
The failure to affix tax stamp charge put simple misdemeanor, the sheriff reported.
names only.
All suspects should be presumed innothe amount of meth at greater than 7 grams.
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Superintendent
officially resigns
CLARKSVILLE—The
Clarksville School Board accepted a resignation from its
superintendent and elementary principal, effective on
June 30.
Succession plans are already in place.
Eric Wood, who fills those
roles, has known his position
would be eliminated. Clarksville and Nashua-Plainfield
school boards approved an
agreement this winter to
share a contract for current
N-P Superintendent Randy
Strabala starting in the fall.
Strabala has been superintendent at N-P for six years
and was N-P High School
principal for 11 years before
beginning as superintendent.
The elementary principal
role will also be filled. The
board has approved hiring
Eric Eckerman, current atrisk coordinator, as a fulltime elementary principal,
curriculum director and asneeded at-risk coordinator
starting next school year.
Eckerman previously served
as principal at Don Bosco
Catholic High School.
• Ethan Lensch, physical
education teacher, assistant
football coach and head varsity boys’ basketball coach
also resigned at the Wednesday meeting.
The resignations were accepted at a special board
meeting on April 22.
Baled recycling awaits shipment to various markets, depending
on the material. (Star/TJ photos)
Recycling:
Where does it go?
Mira Schmitt-Cash
Editor
From the cart or bin to the Butler
County Transfer Station, the life cycle
of recycling is all about the bales —
and cash flow.
The
baling
machine or baler compresses
various recycling materials
for shipping. At
a certain pressure, it shuts off.
The
bales
Tom Cain
stack up in the
Transfer Station until there’s enough
of one kind of material for a full truckload. The size of the bales depends on
the material. Using rough plastic, for
instance, 42 bales can fit into a truck.
“If you can’t generate a good, heavy
load, they back charge you the difference for freight,” said Tom Cain, director of the Butler County Solid Waste
Commission. “That’s why it’s important to have a good baler that generates
a lot of pressure.”
Once a material is baled and loaded,
it is hauled to Iowa, Minnesota or Indiana, depending which facility accepts
the material as it is sorted and offers the
RECYCLING to page 16
At 2015 Clarksville High School Prom, Dylan Ciavarelli was crowned king and Kennedy Becker,
queen, during April 25 festivities. Ciavarelli is the son of Dave and Julie Ciavarelli. Becker is the
daughter of Ryan and Julie Becker. (Contributed by Makayla Holub, CHS Publications staff)
‘Good at math’ and other
meanings of autism
Mira Schmitt-Cash
Editor
CLARKSVILLE — As a mother and a
licensed social worker, Valerie Chesnut
of Clarksville has advocated for her son
from the beginning, since long before
doctors diagnosed him with autism in
kindergarten.
As April is Autism Awareness Month,
she spoke about the condition —how it
manifested in him, how it can show differently in others she works with, and
where parents can seek help after the
diagnosis.
Her son, Hayden, is now age 7, in first
grade, at Clarksville Elementary.
To him, having autism means he’s
very good with math, scoring on tests at
the 98th percentile for the whole state.
“I’m not as good as those other
things,” speech and social skills, his
mother quoted him as saying.
When he comes to a social situation
other children would breeze through,
he has to remember a dozen things to
appear to act natural, she said.
“The thing about Hayden’s autism is,
he can very much blend into society,
and I love that, but it scares me as a
parent because of the chance he could
fall through the cracks,” Chesnut said,
“specifically because that anxiety is a
hidden thing, you don’t see it.
“And he won’t tell people because
that creates more anxiety,” she said.
Before Hayden was 18 months old,
she struggled to understand his speech.
That made him frustrated and physically aggressive, she said. Evaluators in
Iowa City gave him a “pervasive developmental” diagnosis.
She was told he was two points off
from an autism diagnosis. He could
make eye contact.
Doctors recommended interventions
used in autism. However, the two-point
margin created a barrier to assistance
with those services, Chesnut said.
“I feel like the hang-up with that was
that he can make eye contact … There’s
a perception that if you can make eye
contact that the child doesn’t have autism,” Chesnut said. “However, my son
does make eye contact, but it’s brief and
fleeting. If continued, it creates anxiety
for him.”
She said other diagnoses often cooccur with autism, and that anxiety is
a huge piece of the condition across the
board.
He had his IQ tested around age 4 at
Floyd County Medical Center. He had
a very high nonverbal IQ — his vocabulary is huge, she said — but his verbal
ability on the IQ test was below average.
“That creates frustration for him and
I’m sure other children like him,” she
said.
Hayden was given a primary diagnosis of ADHD and anxiety. Doctors
weren’t sure he met the full criteria of
autism.
AUTISM to page 16
Valerie and Matt Chesnut of Clarksville stand with their children,
Hayden, left, and Tacey. The family is flanked by Valerie’s parents,
Colleen and Jim Franzen of Waverly. The family was afforded a
visit to Disney World in Florida last October through the Magical
Mix Kids program.
• Clarksville Star • Butler County Tribune-Journal •
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Thursday, April 30, 2015 •
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Easy bathroom renovations
Bathroom renovations are second to kitchen renovations on the
list of the top remodeling projects
to increase home value. The popularity of bathroom renovations
and their ability to transform a
space has left many homeowners
wondering if there are any easy
and affordable ways to change the
look of their bathrooms.
While “easy” is a relative term,
there are ways homeowners willing to make certain concessions
can keep the work and cost of a
bathroom renovation to a minimum.
Resurface
When possible, covering up
what you have in the bathroom
is much less expensive and less
labor-intensive than tearing out
existing fixtures and floors and
replacing them anew. Resurfacing
can extend to refinishing bathtubs
to installing shower liners. Those
who have unsightly walls or wallpaper that they’re just not ready to
remove may consider using wainscotting to cover a portion of the
room or even tiling entire walls.
It is important to note that resurfacing and covering up items in
the bathroom should only be reserved for cosmetic fixes. If some-
thing needs to be replaced because
it is damaged or mildew-covered,
then covering it up is only hiding
the problem and asking for more
work in the long run.
Scale back
on materials
One way to save money on a
bathroom renovation project is
to choose less expensive materials. For example, you may not
need to install travertine or marble
flooring in a space where less expensive flooring like vinyl is adequate. Advancements in vinyl
flooring have enabled this affordable material to mimic the look
of more expensive materials at a
fraction of the cost.
When redoing tile on walls and
shower enclosures, many domestically-produced tiles rival the
looks of more expensive imported
alternatives. You may be able to
save more by buying tile in bulk
and using the remainder in other
applications around the house.
Paint
Do not underestimate the power of a fresh coat of paint on any
room in the house, including the
bathroom. Dark, small spaces can
be made to look more expansive
with lighter colors. Cavernous
bathrooms that look empty may
prove more inviting with darker
hues. Pick a paint that is designed
for bathroom application so that
it will inhibit the growth of mold
and mildew.
Update hardware
A new faucet or some new cabinet pulls can make the room look
new and fresh without breaking
the bank. Match finishes throughout the bathroom so everything
will be cohesive. When shopping
for a new shower head, choose a
model that also conserves water.
This way you will be making cosmetic and energy-saving renovations at the same time.
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There are a number of ways to
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when is too early to plant? Where
should they be planted? And what
variety is best for a home garden?
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State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists on the proper
way to plant and handle tomatoes in
home gardens. To have additional
questions answered, contact the
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[email protected].
When can I plant tomatoes in
Iowa?
Transplant tomatoes into the garden after the danger of frost is past.
In central Iowa, it’s usually safe
to plant tomatoes around May 10.
Gardeners in southern Iowa can
plant one week earlier, while those
in northern areas should wait an extra week. The last practical date for
planting tomatoes is approximately
June 20.
What is a suitable planting site
for tomatoes?
Tomatoes perform best in fertile,
well-drained soils. Avoid heavy
clay soils and poorly drained sites.
For best yields, tomatoes need at
least six hours of direct sun per day.
To discourage Septoria leaf spot,
early blight and other foliar diseases, plant tomatoes in a different
location in the garden each year.
If possible, rotate crops so that
tomatoes and other solanaceous
crops (potatoes and peppers) are
not grown in the same area for three
or four years. Individuals without
a suitable garden site can grow tomatoes in large four to five-gallon
containers. Place the containers on
a sunny patio or deck.
What is meant by the terms determinate and indeterminate?
Determinate and indeterminate
refer to the tomato’s growth habit.
Determinate tomatoes are small,
compact plants. They grow to a certain height, stop, and then flower
and set all their fruit within a short
period of time. The harvest period
for determinate tomatoes is approximately four to six weeks.
Indeterminate tomatoes continue
to grow, flower, and set fruit until
killed by the first frost in fall. Accordingly, the harvest from indeterminate cultivars often extends over
a two- to three-month period. Yields
are generally heavier than determinate types, but are usually later to
mature. Indeterminate tomatoes are
large, sprawling plants that perform
best when grown in wire cages or
trained on stakes.
What are some good tomato varieties for the home garden?
Suggested tomato cultivars for
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fruit), ‘Big Beef’ (indeterminate;
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NEWS
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• Clarksville Star •
No drainage districts here, but meeting
on water works suit draws interest
Mira Schmitt-Cash
Editor
Team kick-off held for Relay for Life
From the left, Annette Mohn, Diane Johnson, Alice Schwab and Jan Stearn were among the American Cancer Society Relay for Life team captains to attend the recent Butler County Relay Team KickOff held at the Allison Library. Teams were able to pick up information and get answers to any questions they may have. Team Recruitment Coordinator Jamie Thompson from Parkersburg stated that
she has 17 teams signed up online at this time, but there is still time to form a team and get started!
Butler County Relay For Life is set for Friday, July 10, at the fairgrounds in Allison. (Contributed by
Lucille Leerhoff)
Call for submissions
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Community Home Meals
May 3-9
Contact the office at Clarksville Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 278-4900, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday if you are interested in
having Home Meals delivered to you.
Sunday: Swiss steak, mashed potatoes/gravy, Italian blend veg-etables, dinner roll, cake roll;
Monday: Baked ham, mashed potatoes/gravy, basil peas, peach-es;
Tuesday: Lasagna, garlic bread, wax
beans, blueberry delight;
Wednesday: Beef tips/gravy over
mashed potatoes, butter beans, strawberry cake;
Thursday: Hamburger/bun, French
fries, three bean salad, brownie;
Friday: Baked fish, hash brown patty,
honey carrots, banana cake;
Saturday: Tater Tot casserole, cauliflower/cheese, lemon pud-ding.
Hawkeye Valley Agency On Aging
Clarksville Site
Meals are served at Greene Community Center Monday-Friday, for reservations, call 641-8234422. Meals are also served at the Dumont Legion Hall on Wednesdays, for reservations, call
641-857-6231. Home delivered meals are also available. If you are age 60 and over, you may
eat for a contribution, under 60 cost is $6.00. For more information, call 319-272-1767 or toll-free
at 877-538-0508.
Monday, May 4: Homemade meatloaf/onion gravy, rosemary potatoes,
cabbage/carrots, wheat bread/margarine, strawberry applesauce;
Alternate B: Spinach & turkey salad/
dressing, no-salt crackers, strawberry
applesauce, cranberry juice
Tuesday, May 5: Honey mustard
chicken, ranch beans, coleslaw, dinner
roll/margarine, peach crisp; Alternate B:
Sliced roast beef, Swiss cheese, tossed
salad, tomato spoon relish, multi-grain
bread/mustard, peach crisp
Wednesday, May 6: Country fried
steak/country gravy, whipped potatoes,
French green beans, multi-grain bread/
margarine, fresh fruit; Alternate B: Zesty
Baja chicken salad, carrot/raisin salad,
split pea soup, multi-grain bread/margarine, fresh fruit
Thursday, May 7: Ham balls, baked
potato/sour cream, glazed baby carrots, wheat roll/margarine, cream pie;
Alternate B: Swiss steak, baked potato/
sour cream, glazed baby carrots, wheat
roll/margarine, chocolate pie
Friday, May 8: Orange glazed chicken, roasted potato medley, spinach,
multi-grain bread/margarine creamsicle
pudding; Alternate B: Pork loin/mushrooms, roasted potato medley, spinach,
multi-grain bread/margarine, creamsicle pudding
Spring In to
WAVERLY—This year’s Bremer
County Fair is looking for talented
groups or individuals to perform Sat.,
Aug. 1, as part of the Local Music Fest.
Acts are needed to fill either a halfhour or an hour slot. The Fest will
provide a sound system, keyboard,
and drum set. See “Local Music Fest,
Bremer County Fair” on Facebook or
contact musicfest@sleepybonesallison.
com for submission requirements or
with questions.
Submission deadline is May 15.
Get involved at
the 2015 Bremer
County Fair
WAVERLY – Volunteering, entering a contest, donating and supporting
other exhibiters are just a few ways
community members can get involved
with the Bremer County Fair, Saturday
July 27 through Sunday August 2 in
Waverly.
Interested community members can
enter one of many open shows, including fine arts, livestock, cook-offs, and
cute baby contest.
Volunteers are needed to assist in
the planning, set up, week of tasks and
post-fair clean up.
To learn more about how you can
get involved, visit bremercountyfair or
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GREENE
—Butler County, which
has many natural waterways, contains
no formal drainage districts, say several department heads, and the Butler
County Auditor’s Office does not tax
for any such districts, Auditor Lizbeth
Williams said.
However, several Butler County
water bodies appear on the 2012 state
impaired waters list. The Department
of Natural Resources sets priorities for
addressing pollutant discharge.
The state’s nutrient water pollution
reduction strategy is currently voluntary — the legislation is called the Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
However, a Des Moines utility hopes
to change that in a case in federal court.
Nutrient pollution, namely of nitrates,
have caused the Des Moines Water
Works to sue in federal court three
counties whose boards act as trustees
for drainage districts up-river to the
capital’s plant.
The Des Moines Water Works suit
claims discharge of nitrate from the
drainage districts’ tile lines is pollution
from a point source, in violation of the
Clean Water Act and Iowa Code, and
that permits should be required for ongoing discharge from the defendants’
drainage districts.
Before the state was tiled, it had the
natural filter system which earth provides, where water filtered through layers of ground all the way to the aquifer,
which is about the depth of most people’s wells, said Carrie Fisher, a clean
water issues specialist with Citizens for
Community Improvement.
Fisher spoke about CCI’s advocacy
for tighter regulation on what is currently considered non-point pollution,
in a meeting at the Greene Public Library community room on April 22.
The meeting was organized by the Butler County Democrats; however, this
portion was open to the public.
Drain tile lines are placed about 8 feet
below ground, Fisher said.
Thus, tiled runoff filters through less
earth and fewer nutrients are trapped
before they run off, compared to a nontiled area.
“Our small communities are being
choked by the DNR to clean the water,
and nothing is being done about the
(livestock) farms,” said attendee Wendell Abkes, of Parkersburg.
The master matrix does attempt to
address pollution if only before the
fact. Before a feedlot is constructed,
the DNR uses the master matrix to
evaluate the siting of permitted feedlots
constructed after April 1, 2002 and that
house more than 1,666 “animal units.”
“What do you do when you run smack
dab against people’s ability to make a
living?” asked David Mansheim, attendee and Butler County Democratic
Party chairman. “In Butler County we
must have (at least) 100 hog confinements … You’re asking the Board of
Supervisors to restrict people’s economic ability, and that’s where the rub
is.”
CCI is seeking a return to localized
food systems, with a smaller concentration of livestock and more diverse
crops, organizers said.
Fisher said people are coming to Iowa
to farm animals that aren’t “pumped
full of antibiotics.”
“There’s momentum,” she said.
The nuances
of drainage
Most drainage districts were
formed many years ago when landowners wanted to drain wetlands
to make productive cropland, and
the projects were large enough
they needed to set up a format for
the management of the very large
drainage area, County Attorney
Greg Lievens said.
Drainage districts can include
management of actual waterways flowing to major rivers and
streams, not just farm tiling, he
said.
Lievens said many farms in Butler County do have drainage tile
installed to increase crop production. The landowners will generally work out agreements as needed
between themselves regarding the
process of installation and maintenance, he said.
Conservation practices now have
changed over the years and some
of that drained wetland has been
taken back out of production to restore it to its natural environment
with financial incentives from the
government to get the change accomplished.
Butler County has some ‘impaired’ waters, DNR says
Mira Schmitt-Cash
Editor
Though Butler County isn’t dividend into drainage districts, it has
some water bodies on the most recent
state impaired waters list the DNR
makes available online.
Most of them are ranked as a low
priority for the state, with results such
as fish consumption advisories issued
due to mercury, or bacteria slightly exceeding criteria (Shell Rock River), E.
coli average exceeding criteria (Flood
Creek, West Fork of the Cedar River).
However, the IDNR’s assessment
methodology puts stream segments
with pollutant-caused fish kills where
a source was not identified as candidates for addition to Iowa’s list of impaired waters.
A Palmer Creek fish kill Aug. 17,
2000, has a 9-mile area in high priority
for a nutrient-reduction strategy, states
the 2012 DNR impaired waters list.
The kill followed a rainfall event on
Aug. 17 and was believed caused by
runoff of hog manure from feedlot, the
DNR states; sampling showed high
levels of ammonia in the stream. No
responsible party or source of the kill
was identified.
Follow-up sampling on August 22
demonstrated that the runoff is not
continuous and appears to have affected a small portion of the stream
during this incident, the DNR states.
An estimated 24 fish were killed. The
stream was monitored for pollutioncaused fish kills over a three-year period, from 2000-2002.
The IDNR’s assessment methodology says stream segments with pollutant-caused fish kills where a source
was not identified are candidates for
addition to Iowa’s impaired waters
list.
County Board recommends rezoning
expanding quarry operations
Vote on Shell Rock area site split 2-1
Mira Schmitt-Cash
Editor
ALLISON — Rezoning two sites for
quarry expansions moved one step
closer to completion on Tuesday.
The Butler County Board of Supervisors held public hearings Tuesday to rezone from agricultural-1 to agricultural-2, two quarry sites, after a planning
and zoning hearing on Friday, April 24.
The supervisors’ recommendation to
rezone the parcels will go before the
County Board of Adjustment at 7:30
a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, where they
are slated to obtain a special exception
to operate the quarries.
Special exception permits are required prior to starting various businesses in certain zoning districts.
———
Gerald Hobson owns a quarry site
north of Shell Rock and Paul Niemann
Construction owns one between Allison and Greene. Niemann leases the
Shell Rock area site from Hobson and
helped answer questions about it.
The Hobson-owned site lies just
north of Shell Rock, over the Butler
Township line, near the hook in the
Shell Rock River. In rezoning, he seeks
to add 12 acres, to the east of the existing quarry.
Hobson said 80 acres was already rezoned at the site. Because a property to
the south restricted expansion, he was
asking to expand east.
Niemann said in the area they are
working in now, there was already a
floodplain development permit. He
said they had applied to the DNR for
a floodplain permit for the expansion
area. He also cited a letter from the
Army Corps of Engineers as saying the
area does not need a permit from that
group.
Zoning Administrator Mitch Nordmeyer said the DNR watches to ensure
land users are not stockpiling or creating berms.
The DNR limits the quarry to at least
100 feet from the river, Niemann said.
He asserted that they would be about
200 feet from the river to make room
for an access drive around the site.
“I have some hesitancy to digging
that close to a river that’s been there
forever,” Supervisor Rusty Eddy said.
Supervisor Rex Ackerman said the
DNR would look at the plan. Eddy voted against the plan, and it
passed the County Board 2-1.
Hobson said aggregate or sand from
the pit is going to Menards.
Nordmeyer said a Menards truckloading facility was in the early planning stages two miles from Shell Rock.
Menards Corporate in Eau Claire,
Wis., declined a request to confirm
any details about the plans, though a
spokesman.
———
The Paul Niemann Construction site
is north of Butler Center Road (County
C-45) 2 miles east of Highway 14 with
access on Oak Avenue.
Niemann Construction already operates a gravel pit in the area and has purchased ground in order to expand the
pit to the north.
Future plans are to remove a building
on the site, Nordmeyer said.
Niemann nodded in agreement.
“With this expansion it will give us
another 12-15 years quarry life,” Niemann said. “Without it, we’ve got two
years, maybe.”
Butler County uses this quarry,
County Engineer John Riherd said.
Access on Oak Avenue and the location of the scale house will not change,
Niemann said.
The Niemann Construction site expansion passed the County Board 3-0.
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SOCIAL NEWS
Clubs & Meetings
Chapter IT P.E.O. Sisterhood met in the home Kim Lodge April 20.
Lola Clark was honored by the Chapter for her 50 years of membership in P.E.O. In behalf of the Chapter President Shirley Clark presented her with a 50-year pin. Ione Hardy prepared a tribute and a
Memories Book containing personal congratulation messages and
pictures from her Sisters. An arrangement of treasured memorabilia pictures were presented also to Lola, also a bouquet of daisies from the Chapter and a rose arrangement from husband Dave
Clark. The Social Committee served refreshments.
500 CARD PARTY
man was elected second vice-president
There will be a 500 Card Party on Fri- and Charlene Whiteside, secretary.
day, May 1, beginning at 7 p.m. at the President Kruse thanked everyone who
Clarksville Public Library. The public helped with the breakfast. Carol Heckis invited to attend.
man sent out invitations to WWII Veterans to attend our July 11 combined
________
dinner to be held at 6 p.m. A decision
SHELL ROCK AMERICAN
was made to donate to the W-SR ProjLEGION AUXILIARY No. 393
The Shell Rock American Legion ect Graduation. Hostess for the May 21
Auxiliary No. 393 Executive Commit- meeting is Cathi DeWitt. “God Bless
America” was sung with a prayer by
tee will meet at 4 p.m. on April 30 to
Anne Boerschel. The meeting was adjudge the 4th grade poppy posters. Popjourned.
py Day distribution is May 4, starting
________
with a 5 p.m. supper.
CLARKSVILLE P.E.O.
________
Chapter It P.E.O. Sisterhood met in
SHELL ROCK AMERICAN
the home of Kim Lodge on April 20 at
LEGION AUXILIARY No. 393
7:30. There were 18 members present.
The American Legion Auxiliary No.
During the business meeting commit393 met at the First Baptist Church,
tee chairman gave their reports. A let223 W. Washington St, Shell Rock on
ter from the Star Scholarship was read.
April 16. Carol Ann Kruse and Claire
The Corresponding Secretary Kim read
Osterholm were hostesses. Helping in
the updates on the proposed amendthe basement for the breakfast/brunch
ments to be voted on at the State Conwere Anne Boerschel, Dorothy Rodenvention in June. Plans were finalized
beck, Betty Kuhrt, and Tamara Dicks.
for the P.E.O. planning committee for
We thank Pastor and Mrs. Dicks for
the 2016 State Convention to be held in
doing the decorations. President Carol Clarksville May 25 at the Library. 30Ann Kruse called the meeting to order 35 P.E.O.’s representing several Chapaccording to Manual. Anne Boerschel ter’s will be present. The Chapter will
said a prayer and the song, “America again host the Pioneer Days Spelling
the Beautiful” was sung. Roll call of Bee on June 12 at the Library. Further
officers with two missing. Minutes of plans will arranged at the next meeting.
the previous meeting were read and ap- During the meeting President Shirproved. Judy Ripley gave the Treasur- ley Clark presented Lola Clark her
er’s Report. Sandy Cain sent two cards. 50-year pin in honor of her memberRose Meyer said there was no reply ship in Chapter IT. A correspondence
from Merit Award candidates. Girl’s from P.E.O. Ann Evans Fram, who also
State has been awarded.
became a member of the Chapter 50
Winnie Cain, historian, spoke about years ago was read congratulating Lola
“What Life was Like in the 40s” which on her honor and Ann sent greeting to
included the December 7, 1941 attack all members.
on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin The Chapter’s lights, camera, action
Delano Roosevelt’s “A Date Which project was completed. The members
Will Live in Infamy” speech, women participated in the project “What’s New
in the workplace, Rosie the Riveter, ra- on a Page” by taping a segment of the
tion books and blackouts. People got celebration of a 50-year member during
by on three gallons of gas and hardly the meeting. The video will be submitted
any sugar. In 1942, Daylight Savings to be used at International Convention.
Time was started. Famous songs were The program was prepared by Ione
“White Christmas,” “White Cliffs of Hardy as a tribute to honor and celeDover”’ and “Praise the Lord and Pass brate Lola Clark’s 50-year membership
the Ammunition.” Entertainers includ- in P.E.O. Ione reminiscing included
ed Bob Hope and Big Band director, naming the offices Lola has held during
Guy Lombardo.
the many years. A Memories book was
Activity sheets were turned in. Presi- given with the pages filled with mesdent Kruse talked with the 4th graders sage of congratulations and pictures
about what the poppy represented on from the members. A bouquet of white
Poppy Day. They will be making post- daisies and three nostalgic photographs
ers. The posters will be judged by the of former P. E.O. happenings were also
Executive Committee at 4 p.m., Thurs- gifts. Lola received from granddaughday, April 30. Poppy Day distribution is ter Amanda Clark a corsage of daises.
May 4 starting at 5 p.m. Supper will be Husband Dave sent a surprise rose and
cooked by Judy Ripley and Cathi De- baby breathe arrangement.
Witt.
Serving refreshments of anniversary
The American Legion Auxiliary No. cake and a beverage was done by the
393 will meet on Monday, May 25, at Social Committee Nancy Ringleb, Sue
the Shell Rock Elementary at 9 a.m. Lodge, Barb Wygle and Peggy Litterer.
for the Memorial Day Parade. Judy
Submitted by Reporter,
Lola Clark
Ripley will have the flags. Carol Heck-
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Thursday Evening Special – Potato Pancakes
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Wednesday, May 6 – Hot Pork
Sunday, May 10 – Mother’s Day Brunch
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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During the Month of May
Call AMVET Bob Litterer, 278-4042
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5
Waverly Art Walk to
welcome artists for 10th year
Lori and Danny Bohlen
30th Anniversary
Dance to be Held May 9
Danny and Lori Bohlen of Allison
will be celebrating their 30th Anniversary with a dance at the Allison
Amvets on Saturday, May 9 at 7 p.m.
Sundance will start playing at 8 p.m.
WAVERLY –More than 30 Midwest
artists, including several local artists,
will display and sell their art during Art
Walk, Waverly’s 10th annual juried fine
arts and crafts show.
The event will be held Saturday, May
2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Kohlmann
Park, located in downtown Waverly,
along the Cedar River. Art medias
range from painting, ceramics, metal
sculpture, photography, jewelry, and
more.
In addition to the artists, the event
will also feature live music, kids’ activities from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. by the Waverly Creativity Co-op, food vendors,
musical petting zoo by the Wartburg
Community Symphony Association,
and yoga demonstrations by The W.
The judge for the jury part of the
show is Wartburg College Professor
Emeritus and artist, Arthur Frick. Frick
has taught or studied in 27 countries
and helped build the art department
at Wartburg during his tenure. He has
been a judge for the show since the
first year. Cash prizes for Best in Show,
First, Second, and Third places will be
awarded to artists.
In case of poor weather conditions,
the event will be held in the WaverlyShell Rock High School’s Bock Gym
and cafeteria. Art Walk is co-sponsored
by Waverly Leisure Services and the
Waverly Chamber of Commerce. Art
Walk is free and open to the public.
Writers Group
Waverly Health
Center to Host
Alzheimer’s
Association
Support Group
There will be a Writers Group meeting on Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. at the
Community Room of the Allison Public Library. Anyone who loves writing
is welcome.
Bring something to share or take
part in this month’s writing challenge:
Mothers.
Refreshments will be served. Questions? Call Robyn Mulder at 319-2672639.
Bluegrass Music Association of
Calling all 1965
Iowa continues Bluegrass Festival graduates
HAMPTON — The Bluegrass Music
Association of Iowa will continue the
Hampton Bluegrass Festival after another event producer decided to discontinue hosting the annual event.
The BMAI Hampton Bluegrass Festival will be held at the Franklin County
Fairgrounds on May 7, 8 and 9 in
Hampton.
To kick off the event on Wednesday
May 6, a potluck dinner is to begin at
6 p.m. with an open jam session to follow. Bring a covered dish, table service
and drink, lawn chair, acoustic instrument, and toes to tap along with the
music.
There is no admission charge on
Wednesday evening, but a donation is
appreciated.
Band performances will begin on
Thursday May 7 with gospel night.
Tickets, camping fees, and information for this festival and other BMAI
events are available by visiting the
website at www.iowabluegrassmusic.
com.
SENIOR FOOT CLINICS
May 2015
Butler County Public Health Foot Clinics for the month of May have been
scheduled. Appointments are required for patients to come to the clinic to
have their toenails trimmed by an RN on a monthly basis.
A fee of $20 will be charged for this service. Home visits will be $25. Appointments will be taken beginning at 9:00 a.m. and may be made by calling
Butler County Pub-lic Health at 3189-267-2934.
Wednesday, May 6 – The Mead-ows Assisted Living, Shell Rock;
Tuesday, May 12 – Parker Place Retirement Community, Parkersburg;
Thursday, May 14 – Elm Springs Assisted Living, Allison;
Tuesday, May 19 – St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Greene;
Thursday, May 21 – Dutchman’s Oaks Assisted Living, Dumont;
Tuesday, May 26 – Maple Manor Assisted Living, Aplington;
Thursday, May 28 – Clarksville AMVETS Hall.
All 1965 graduates of Allison-Bristow and Greene High Schools are welcome to attend the 2015 North Butler
High School commencement exercises, which will be held at 1:30 p.m.
on Sunday, May 17 in the high school
gym.
1965 graduates in attendance will be
recognized during the commencement
ceremony. If planning to attend, please
call the high school at 641-816-5631.
WAVERLY – Waverly Health Center
(WHC) will host a monthly Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support
Group on Tuesday, May 5. The event
will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in
Tendrils Rooftop Garden on the WHC
campus.
The group is designed to provide education and support to caregivers as they
care for their loved one. Caregivers are
encouraged to bring their loved ones
with Alzheimer’s or dementia to share
in a separate music therapy session.
The session will include singing, reminiscing and playing instruments led by
WHC’s board-certified music therapist.
No musical background is needed.
This event is free and open to the public. Please park in the Red Lot and enter
through the Tendrils Rooftop Garden
event entrance, located south of the
Center Pharmacy drive-up.
Pete & Shorty’s
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OPINION / EDITORIAL
Iowa unemployment reaches
lowest point since 2008
Keeping job training
and college affordable
We’re working to keep college affordable so that all Iowans get the
educational opportunities that lead
to great jobs.
Iowans value the opportunities Iowa’s 15 community colleges provide.
Community colleges do a great job
of training a skilled workforce at a
time when nearly 34 percent of open
positions in Iowa require an education level equal to an associate’s degree or higher. In 2014, Iowa’s community colleges trained more than
85,000 Iowans. That’s why we want
to provide more than $40 million in
on-going worker training funding
for all of Iowa’s community colleges.
Despite the growing importance
of community colleges to both Iowa
students and the Iowa economy, state
funding has not kept up. Even when
accounting for inflation, tuition has
increased dramatically in recent
years. To help, our Education Budget includes an $8 million increase
in general aid to our community colleges. This funding will help keep
tuition rates down so that all Iowans
are able to learn, train and grow at
our community colleges.
About 63 percent of Iowa’s state
university graduates in 2013 had
student loan debt, averaging $28,293
per student, according to the Iowa
College Student Aid Commission.
This year, we are proposing the
funding necessary to freeze tuition
for the third straight year at the University of Iowa, Iowa State and the
University of Northern Iowa.
The Iowa Policy Project, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve and others warn that
rising student loan debt is bad for
our economy. The investments we
propose will help reign in escalating
student debt, strengthen our middle
class and grow Iowa’s future.
Almost half of bachelor’s degrees
awarded in Iowa come from our private colleges and universities. Iowa
Tuition Grants help them pay their
way. Iowa Tuition Grants are awarded to Iowa residents enrolled at
Iowa’s private colleges and universities. Priority goes to applicants with
the greatest financial need. The exact amount each student receives depends on the funding available and
number of students awarded grants.
Students may receive grants for up
to four years of full-time, undergraduate study. With the funding we are
proposing for Iowa Tuition Grants in
this year’s Senate Education Budget,
the maximum annual award would
be an estimated $5,000 per student next year—up from $4,550 per
Under the Golden Dome Too
By State Representative Linda Upmeyer
House District 54
[email protected]
(515) 281-4618
Budget targets Set
On Wednesday, we laid out our proposed budget targets, which provide the
framework for the state’s general budget as we move forward in the budget
process. Our proposed Fiscal Year 2016
budget is balanced, sustainable, and responsible.
These targets reflect our commitment to maintaining the core budgeting
principles we have stood by the past
five legislative sessions. Like Iowans’
household budgets, these principles ensure the state does not spend more than
we have and we continue to live within
our means.
• We will not spend more than we
take in;
• We will not use one-time revenue
for ongoing expenses;
• We will not intentionally underfund
promises made to Iowans; and
• We will return the overpayment of
tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers.
Our proposed budget spends $7.168
billion, which is 99.9 percent of ongoing revenue. This is an increase of
approximately $180 million over last
year.
Included in our proposal is a $100
million increase for our K-12 schools.
Providing additional resources for Iowa’s schools is a priority of ours. Our
commitment to increasing educational
funding, coupled with the increasing costs of our Medicaid obligations,
means we will have to make difficult
decisions. The budget targets released
this week should make it clear to everyone what we have said the entire
session- increasing funding for schools
will result in cuts to every other area of
the budget.
Each budget area target is as follows:
Administration and Regulation —
$49.8 million (decrease of $1,995,769)
Agriculture and Natural Resources —
$42.0 million (decrease of $1,111,995)
Economic Development — $41.4
million (decrease of $1,181,886)
Education — $977.6 million (decrease of $8,558,321)
Health and Human Services — $1.8
billion (decrease of $14,859,686)
Justice Systems — $728.0 million
(decrease of $3,380,575)
Standings (K-12 funding appropriated here) — $3.5 billion (increase of
$204,905,562)
We will continue to stick to our
budgeting principles throughout the
budget negotiations. Passing anything
but a sustainable budget will lead to
decreased services to Iowans down
the road. Living within one’s means
is something the hardworking taxpayers of Iowa do every day. Government
needs to do the same. I think most
would agree we should be able to fund
the priorities of Iowans with a $7 billion
budget that increases $180 million this
year.
As the process moves forward, I look
forward to working with all members
of the House, Senate, and Governor to
finalize a budget that is in the best interest of Iowans.
If you have any feedback or questions
about the issues before us, please do not
hesitate to contact me. I can be reached
at [email protected] or
515-281-4618.
Reach Iowa Rep. Linda Upmeyer, RClear Lake, the House Switchboard,
515-281-3221, at 641-357-8807 or
email [email protected].
She serves on the administration and
rules committee and the Legislative
Council.
student this year. For the 2013-14
school year, almost 15,000 students
received the grant, which is matched
by their school.
Reach Iowa Sen. Amanda Ragan, D-Mason City, at the Senate
Switchboard, 515-281-3371, at home,
641-424-0874, or email [email protected]. She serves on
the committees of human resources
(vice-chair), agriculture committee (vice-chair), health and human
services appropriations subcommittee (chairwoman), appropriations,
natural resources and environment,
rules and administration and veterans affairs.
The unemployment rate in Iowa
dropped from 4.1 percent in February
to 4.0 percent in March, according to
the latest Iowa Workforce Development report. The 4.0 percent unemployment rate is the lowest Iowa has
seen since May of 2008. For the sixth
consecutive month, following revisions, total Iowa non-farm employment increased by adding 3,300 jobs
in March. Total employment now rests
at 1,647,100 jobs. Iowa was one of
twenty-three states that saw a decrease
in its unemployment rate.
The Iowa labor force shrunk by
1,800 workers in March, bringing the
total labor force to 1,715,000. Overall
however, the labor force has grown by
19,400 Iowans compared to March
of last year. Additionally, the number
of unemployed Iowans decreased by
2,500 in March. Since March of 2014,
25,500 Iowans have found employment.
Education and Health Services led
the state in job gains, adding 2,300
jobs in March. Education and Health
services was followed by Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+2,100 jobs).
Additionally, the Manufacturing industry shed 500 jobs in March, which
constitutes as the largest decrease in
all sectors of employment.
Iowa is tied for the 10th lowest unemployment rate in the country and
Iowa’s rate continues to remain significantly lower than the national rate,
which stood at 5.5 percent in March.
USDA Confirms
Second Case of Highly
Pathogenic H5N2 Avian
Influenza In Osceola
County
Editor’s note: With regard to the confirmed presence of the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza at three
Iowa counties as of last week, Sac,
Osceola and Buena Vista, Rep. Pat
Grassley, R-New Hartford, issued the
following additional information in
his Grassley Bulletin.
What the Iowa legislature has done
The threat of avian highly pathogenic influenza has been building for
over a decade when the outbreak first
appeared in Southeast Asia.
Over a decade ago, Iowa took preparatory action to reduce the risk of an
outbreak by ramping up its surveillance and regulation over fowl concentrating points and increased funding
for avian influenza research in that
decade.
Additionally, the Iowa General Assembly initiated a substantial upgrade
of the Iowa State University Diagnostic Laboratory that for the first time
last session was fully funded at its
$4 million operating support amount
authorized by legislators to help Iowa
livestock farmers cope with animal
diseases.
The recent outbreak spreads
According to a document from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and
U.S. Geological Service, this outbreak
was first detected in wild birds in early
December 2014 in Washington state in
a northern pintail and additional confirmed cases built in the Pacific Northwest states as December passed.
In late January, detection was made
of a sick bird in Lincoln County, Nevada (Southeast corner of the state)
and four weeks later a cinnamon teal
was diagnosed with the highly pathologic avian influenza from a Socorro
County, New Mexico location.
This movement from the Western
flyways to east of the Rockies subsequently resulted in a lesser snow
goose being collected on March 5,
2015, that was ultimately confirmed
from a St. Charles, Missouri location.
This placed the outbreak in the Mississippi-Missouri River flyway where
migrating waterfowl more than likely
conveyed the disease northward as the
birds migrated to their summer habitats in the Northern U.S. and Canada.
The first central U.S. detection of the
disease was at a Minnesota commercial turkey farm in Pope County, Minnesota on March 4 with subsequent
outbreaks on Arkansas, Missouri and
Kansas poultry farms with the Kansas
location being a backyard folk.
The outbreaks metastasized across
Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota in late March and early April
and the first Iowa flock was stricken
on April 13 and the second being confirmed on Monday.
It is possible that the current outbreak may diminish somewhat at the
conclusion of the migration of waterfowl northward, but it could resurge as
birds and waterfowl fly south this fall,
or if the disease gets established in
resident birds waterfowls here in Iowa.
This disease has also been confirmed in a handful of raptors with the
nearest confirmed raptor being a captive falcon in St. Louis, Missouri on
March 27.
Reach Rep. Pat Grassley, R-New
Hartford, at the House Switchboard,
515-281-3221, on the farm at 319-9839019, or by email, pat.grassley@legis.
iowa.gov. He serves on the committees of agriculture (chairman), commerce, economic growth and ways
and means.
the reasons the modding community
is so robust is that they can give away
things that aren’t necessarily legal to
sell in the first place. The above mentioned Randy Savage mod, for instance, is already in a legal gray area
due to the unlicensed use of his image.
Trying to sell that mod at a profit puts
it well outside of that gray area and
into the realm of copyright violation.
Beyond that, even completely original mods aren’t entirely original.
Within the first day of this rollout, one
mod had to be taken out because it
used animations developed by another
modder. This sort of thing isn’t much
of a problem when the only benefit to
putting out a popular mod is a boost
to your online reputation, but once you
start putting money into the equation
it changes everything. The question of
what belongs to whom suddenly becomes a lot more relevant and Valve
implemented this system without having a solid way to determine that.
One of the biggest fears about this
program is that it will turn the modding
scene into something that resembles
Apple’s App Store, which is flooded
with knock-offs hoping to make a few
bucks by cribbing off of the most popular app of the day. Right now there
don’t appear to be many safeguards to
keep people from straight-up taking
somebody else’s mod and selling it as
their own.
And all of this ignores the biggest
issue of all. This is not professionally
developed content.
There is no guarantee that the mod
you pay for will work properly, or
that it will work in conjunction with
any other mods you may have downloaded. And while Valve is offering a
24 -hour refund policy, that doesn’t
mean much if the mod stops working
down the road and the modder doesn’t
feel like fixing it.
When a game developer comes out
with DLC, it comes with the expectation that it will work and will continue
to work throughout the lifespan of the
game. Fan-created content has no such
guarantee. You get what you pay for,
which, up until now, was nothing.
Right now the modding community
itself is in the middle of a full-on revolt and while Valve hasn’t yet walked
back from this venture into selling amateur work for professional prices, it
doesn’t seem likely they will go much
further down this road. Gabe Newell
has already announced they will be
introducing a “pay-what-you-want”
option, allowing users to pay modders via the more accepted method of
the virtual tip jar. I have a feeling that
mods asking for money up-front will
find themselves pushed out of the market once everything settles down.
It will be very interesting to see how
this all plays out. For a long time I’ve
been wondering where gamers would
draw the line en masse when it comes
to tacking on additional costs to what
are supposed to be finished products. It
looks like this might be it.
Travis Fischer is a news writer for
Mid-America Publishing and has the
urge to play “Gratuitous Space Battles” with the Star Wars mod.
Modifying the mod scene
PC gaming has many advantages
over console gaming and one of the
most prominent is the ability to mod
your games. There is a large community of gaming enthusiasts who love
nothing better than to open a game up,
see how it works, and tweak things to
their liking. These people then share
these tweaks with their friends, who
share them with their friends, and so
on and so forth.
Mods can come in a variety of forms.
Some are purely superficial while others can drastically change the nature of
the game. “DOTA 2,” one of the most
popular e-sport games in the world,
owes its origin to a mod for “Warcraft
III.”
And speaking of Warcraft, you
won’t find many hardcore “World of
Warcraft” players who play the game
using its default user interface. Addons for boss timers and damage meters are standard fare for anybody who
spends their evenings raiding.
There are even games where modding isn’t just a feature, but one of the
primary selling points. Games like
“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” which
boasts more than 25,000 mods, including one which turns all of the dragons
in the game into fire-breathing monsters with the face of the late Macho
Man Randy Savage. For many people,
Skyrim itself isn’t really a game so
much as a sandbox for people to customize to their liking.
Unlike Downloadable Content
(DLC), which is additional content
created by the game developer and
sold separately from the game itself,
mods are content that is made by the
fans, for the fans. The modding community is a dedicated group of fans
that pour countless hours into making
games more interesting.
Last week, Valve, the company that
has a near monopoly on PC gaming
distribution, turned that community
on its head when they implemented
a system to allow PC modders to sell
their mods.
This rollout was a disaster in so
many ways that it’s hard to determine
where to start. It didn’t just open up
a can of worms. It’s more like Valve
boss Gabe Newell took a forklift and
ran it into the worms aisle of a wholesale retailer.
On paper the whole thing seems reasonable enough. Modding can be a lot
of work and it’s not unreasonable to
establish a system where modders can
get paid for that work. However, it’s
a far more complicated situation than
that.
Valve’s first misstep was grossly
overestimating how much of a cut
they could get away with for establishing this system. The split is reportedly
30 percent to Valve for distributing
the mod and 45 percent to Bethesda
for making the game in the first place,
leaving only 25 percent to the modder that actually did the work. From a
purely public relations standpoint, it’s
hard to make an argument that you’re
supporting the modding community
when they are receiving the smallest
portion of the pie.
It hardly ends there though. One of
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Church Directory
ACKLEY-
Washington Reformed
Church
28182 Birch Ave
Phone # 641-847-2817
Rev. Jack D. Ritsema, Pastor
Service Times: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; 10 a.m. Morning Worship; 7
p.m. Evening Worship.
CLARKSVILLE –
Peace for your soul,
In a peaceful setting.
Unity Presbyterian Church
Ridge Avenue & 220th St.
One mile south of Hwy. 3
Pastor Christine Kaplunas
Sunday, May 3: 10 a.m. Worship
Service.
St. John Lutheran Church
ALLISON-
Allison Bible Church
108 Pfaltzgraff St.
Sunday, May 3: 10:30 a.m.
Morning Worship
Wednesday, May 6: 7:30 p.m.
Bible Study, Prayer and Fellowship
Allison Congregational
Church
Ralph Wedeking Pastor
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m. Sunday
School & Confirmation Class; 10
a.m. Worship Services
St. James Lutheran Church
Pastor Jeffrey A. Blank
Saturday, May 2: 7 a.m. Women
& Men’s Bible Study, Elm Spring;
9:30 a.m. Martha Circle, Elm
Springs
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m.
Worship with Holy Communion,
Congregational Meeting Following
the Worship Service; 10 a.m. Sunday
School
Wednesday, May 6: 9 a.m. Mary
Circle; 6:30 p.m. 7 & 8 Confirmation
Thursday, May 7: 9:30 a.m. Bible
Study at Elm Springs
Trinity Reformed Church
Pastor Gary Mulder
614 Cherry St.
319-267-2982
Note: Handicap Accessible
Services are broadcast live on
Dumont Cable Channel 998.
On demand at trinref.org
Service; 10 a.m. Fellowship; 10:30
a.m. Sunday School
Middle School Youth Group; 6:30
p.m. Youth Group
Thursday, May 7: 7 p.m. Elders/
Deacons Meetings; 7:45 p.m.
Consistory
APLINGTON-
Hitesville Gospel Hall
R.R., Aplington
Sunday, May 3: 10 a.m. Ministry
of the Word; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m.
Gospel Service
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
AREDALE, BRISTOW AND
DUMONT-
New Hope Parish
United Methodist Churches
Pastor Ann Donat
Aredale
Service
Dumont
Sunday, May 3: 8:30 a.m. Sunday
School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service.
BRISTOW-
Bristow Church of Christ
Justin Briney, Minister
Ph: 641-775-3301
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m. Coffee and
goodies; 9:30 a.m. Bible School for
all ages; 10:15 a.m. Worship Service; 6 p.m. Evening Worship.
Reformed Church, Bristow
Kesley Presbyterian Church
Pastor Tamara Entin
Cell: 515-293-0928
Home: 515-532-2274
Sunday, May 3: 9:30 a.m. Worship at Bristow
204 N. Washington
Pastor Charles R. Underwood
278-4765
Handicap Accessible
School; 10 a.m. Worship/Communion.
Monday, May 4: 7 p.m. Bell
Choir.
Tuesday, May 5: 1:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study.
Community United
Methodist Church
309 W. Superior Street
Pastor Dan Fernandez
Community-Shell Rock
UMC Office 885-4554
Pastor Dan cell: 515-729-7079
Handicapped Accessible
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m. Bell Choir
Practice (Middle School); 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Bell
Choir Practice (3rd & below); 10:30
a.m. Morning Worship/Communion/
Honoring those joining the church in
1990’s; Fellowship Coffee.
Immanuel United
Church of Christ
Rev. Linda Myren
203 S. Mather Street
319-278-4224
Saturday, May 2: 10 a.m. Kids
Cook/Bake for Sunday.
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship/Communion; Campers Dinner.
Monday, May 4: 11 a.m. Ministers Meet; 1 p.m. Dorcas Sewing.
Tuesday, May 5: Waverly Housing Devotions.
Wednesday, May 6: 9 a.m. Bible
Study; 5 p.m. Bible Study; 6:30 p.m.
Council.
Thursday, May 7: 1:30 p.m.
Women’s Fellowship.
New Life Lutheran
Congregation
Unity Presbyterian Church
Ridge Avenue & 220th St.
One mile south of Hwy. 3
NALC Iowa Mission
Pastor Robert Porisch
1st, 2nd and 5th Sundays;
Galen Eiben, Lay Pastor
3rd and 4th Sundays
Sunday, May 3: 8:30 a.m. Worship Service/Holy Communion.
Church of Christ
302 S. Elizabeth Street
Val Swinton, Pastor
278-4416
Sunday, May 3: 8:45 a.m. Coffee
& Donuts; 10 a.m. Worship Service;
6:30 p.m. Bible Study.
Wednesday, May 6: 10:30 a.m.
Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Sonbeams PK-5th Grade and Adult Bible
Study.
Friday, May 8: 9 a.m. Mom’s Bible Study (childcare available).
DUMONT-
Dumont Reformed Church
(641) 857-3514
Pastors Jeff and April Fiet
School for ages 3 through High
School; 10 a.m. Worship (nursery
care provided), Communion on the
first Sunday of each month.
Mondays: 1st Monday of the
Month: 1 p.m. Reformed Church
Women (RCW)
Wednesdays: 3 p.m. Adults for
Christ (adult group for ages 18+); 6
p.m. Kids for Christ (Middle School
Youth Group for 4th-7th grade); 7
p.m. RCYF (High School Youth
Group for 8th-12th grade)
GREENE-
First Presbyterian Church
319 East Traer Streets
P.O. Box 160
Greene, IA 50636-0160
Cathy Belles, Pastor
[email protected]
Sunday, May 3: 10:30 a.m. Worship, All are welcome!
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Msgr. Walter Brunkan, Pastor
Sunday, May 3: 10 a.m. Mass.
St. Peter Lutheran Church
324 E. Traer, Greene
Gary Hatcher, Pastor
641-816-5531
Saturday, May 2: 6 p.m. Worship
with Holy Communion by Intinction
with Traditional Holy Communion;
10 a.m., Fellowship, Final Day of
Sunday School & Luther League
until Fall; 11 a.m. Contemporary
Worship with Holy Communion; 2
p.m. Liebe Care Center Devotions
Monday, May 4: 7 p.m. Worship
Committee
Wednesday, May 6: 7 a.m. Men’s
Bible Study; 10 a.m. Service of
Prayer & Healing; 6:30 p.m. 7th &
8th Confirmation; 7:30 p.m. Church
Council Meeting
Thursday, May 7: 7 p.m. Christian
Ed Meeting
Saturday, May 9: 6 p.m. Worship
NASHUA-
St. John’s United Church
of Christ, Pleasant Hill
10009 Union Ave.
Nashua, IA 50658
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(641) 435-4998
Sunday, May 3: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 10:30 a.m. Sunday
School.
PLAINFIELD –
First Baptist Church
809 Main Street
319-276-4889
Pastor Shawn Geer
School – all ages; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
United Methodist Church
404 2nd Street
Pastor Catherine Orth
Church - 319-276-3195
Cell – 319-231-2117
Office Hours: Tuesday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thursday, 1-3 p.m.
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m. Worship.
PLEASANT VALLEY –
First United Church of
Christ
31015 150th Street, Clarksville
319-276-4443
Rev. Peter Wenzel, Minister
School; 10 a.m. Worship.
ROSEVILLE-
St. Mary Church
Roseville, IA
Msgr. Walter Brunkan, Pastor
Saturdays: 7 p.m.
Sundays: 8:30 a.m.
SHELL ROCK –
United Methodist Church
103 South Main Street, Clarksville • 319-278-4321
204 S. Prairie Street
Pastor Dan Fernandez
319-885-4554
Sunday, May 3: 9 a.m.
Worship Service.
First Baptist Church
223 W. Washington Street
Shell Rock, IA 50670
Pastor Alan V. Dicks
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School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service;
6 p.m. Sunday Evening Service
Wednesdays: 6:30-8 p.m. AWANAS-Bible Verses, Stories, Refreshments
Peace Lutheran Church
(LCMS)
121 East Washington
Pastor Michael Knox
319-231-9761
Sundays 9:30 a.m. KXEL AM
Radio Bible Class
The Double Edged Sword
Saturday, May 2: 7 p.m. Worship;
8 p.m. Bible Class.
Faith Lutheran Church
422 N. Prairie Street
Pastor Kim Smith
319-885-4547
Email: faithsr@butler-bremer.
com
Service; 10 a.m. Sunday School;
10:15 a.m. Contemporary Worship
Service.
Wednesday, May 6: 7 p.m. Evening Worship Service.
VILMAR-
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Pastor Mark Walker
St. John’s is Handicap Accessible.
Sunday, May 3: 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School, Confirmation; 10
a.m. Worship Service with Holy
Communion, Coffee and Fellowship
Monday, May 4: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sewing at Church
Tuesday, May 5: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sewing at Church
Wednesday, May 6: 6 p.m. No
Confirmation; 7:30 p.m. Choir
Practice
Thursday, May 7: 7 p.m. Council
Meeting
Saturday, May 9: 7 a.m. Prayer at
Elm Springs
Gladys Hoodjer
Gladys Hoodjer, age 88, of Clarksville, Iowa, was born the daughter of Fred
and Verbeanna “Minnie” (Wildeboer) Hinders on January 5, 1927, rural Clarksville. She was baptized into the Christian faith on March 18, 1928, Butler County, Iowa. She received her education at St. Valentine School, rural Clarksville.
On January 22, 1949, Gladys Hinders was united in marriage with Carl
Hoodjer at St. Peter Lutheran Church
in Greene, Iowa. The couple made their
home in Clarksville. Through the years
she had various jobs including working at a factory during World War II,
Rays Market, Harolds Grocery, Clarksville AMVET Hall, managed Look
and Shop Delivery, Ken’s Grocery
and Clarksville Library. Gladys was a
member of St. John Lutheran Church in
Clarksville.
Gladys died Monday, April 20, 2015,
at the Floyd County Medical Center in
Charles City, from natural causes. She
was preceded in death by her husband,
Carl “Cub” Hoodjer; one daughter, Sue Wedeking; her parents; five brothers,
Phillip, Fred, Paul, Richard and Pete Hinders; and four sisters, Swanetta Jordan,
Anna Henning, Mary “Marian” Hovenga, and Florence Rottink.
Gladys is survived by eight children all of Clarksville, Milton (Roxann) Hoodjer, Carl R. (Cindy) Hoodjer, Rita Price, Bruce (Cindy) Hoodjer, Gloria Hoodjer,
Peggy Hoodjer, Brian Hoodjer and Sheila Hoodjer; 14 grandchildren; 24 plus
one on the way great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Tim Wedeking of Clarksville;
one sister, Bernice Krull of Clarksville; one brother, Jim Hinders of Clarksville;
three sisters-in-law, Bernice Hoodjer of Clarksville, Virginia Hinders Graeser of
Plainfield and Ruth Hinders of Clarksville; and one brother-in-law, Chris Hoodjer of Clarksville.
Funeral services were held Thursday April 23, 2015, at St. John Lutheran
Church, with burial in the Lynwood Cemetery both in Clarksville with Pastor
Charles Underwood officiating the service. Organist was Sharon Leerhoff and
she accompanied the congregation as they sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and
“Borning Cry.” Soloist was Jolene Engel and she sang “Amazing Grace.” Serving as casketbearers were Gladys’ grandsons, Jason Hoodjer, Ted Hoodjer, Ryan
Hoodjer, Marc Hoodjer, Adam Wedeking, Luke Hoodjer, Keith Wedeking, and
Richard Price.
Memorials may be directed to the family of Gladys Hoodjer.
Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home in Clarksville was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.redman-schwartz.com.
WAVERLY-
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
2700 Horton Road
Fr. Dave Schatz
319-352-2493
Eucharistic Liturgies:
Saturday 5:15 p.m.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Friday, May 1: 7 a.m. Communion/Word.
Saturday, May 2: 4:30 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass/Food
Bank Collection/Baptism of Logan
Vossberg.
Sunday, May 3: 8 a.m. Mass/
Children’s Liturgy of the Word; 10
a.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy of
the Word/Confirmation Liturgy; 11
a.m. Confirmation Photos; 1:30 p.m.
Marriage Encounter.
Peace United Church of Christ
1800 11th Street SE
319-352-3151
Pastor Jonathan Hennings
School; 9:30 a.m. Worship Service.
St. John Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
“Church of the Lutheran Hour”
On radio stations WMT, 600 AM at
6:30 a.m.; KXEL, 1540 AM at 7 a.m.
& KWAY, 1470 AM at 8 a.m.
Every Sunday
415 4th Street SW
Rev. Matthew Versemann &
Rev. Keith Brustuen
Sunday, May 3: 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday
School & Bible Class.
Confirmation; 6 p.m. Midweek
Classes.
Open Bible Church
Pastor Matt Miller
1013 E. Bremer Ave.
Ph: 319-352-2038
Sunday, May 3: 9:30 a.m. Donuts & Fellowship; 10 a.m. Morning
Worship.
“Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time,
but later it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness to those who have been
trained by it.”
- Hebrews 12:11
This morning as I write this, I’m
preparing to spend some time peeling chickpeas (sometimes called garbanzo beans). I love hummus, and in
my mind there is nothing better than
fresh, homemade hummus. Hummus
is a relatively simple dip to make, using just a can of chickpeas, olive oil,
garlic, water, salt, and maybe some
tahini – sesame seed paste – if you’re
up for it. All of this goes into a blender
or food processor, and what you’re
left with is a smooth, delightful dip
for chips, veggies, or even to use as a
sandwich spread.
But chickpeas have a smooth, glossy
skin on the outside of them. You can
make hummus with the skins on, but
you need a pretty sturdy blender or
food processor to shred all those skins.
And, even with the best food processor, the end result isn’t as creamy and
smooth if you don’t first take the time
to peel the chickpeas.
Peeling chickpeas – much like peeling peaches or grapes – is tedious, time
consuming, and sometimes seems like
a waste. It can seem rather unpleasant
until that moment when you are finished with your work. Peeling peaches
might seem an awful job until it comes
time to sample the peach pie, or try
the peach butter. Peeling grapes might
seem like too much work until you’ve
sampled homemade jelly or even
made a Concord grape pie. Hummus
just isn’t the same if you haven’t first
peeled the chickpeas.
Sometimes I think our spiritual lives
are a lot like this, too. We pray, we
study the Bible, we go to church, we
try to follow God’s will every day in
our lives. And sometimes it’s hard, or
tedious, or lackluster. We might feel
like throwing in the towel, or doing a
little bit less. But there’s something to
be said for sticking with those spiritual
disciplines. We may not always feel
like doing the work, but the discipline
of keeping on with it will end up being worth it. If we pray when times
are going well, it will be easier to pray
when things are tough. If we give of
ourselves even when we don’t think
we’ve got much to spare, how much
easier it will be to give of our abundance. So, let’s keep working at it together. It may not be easy, but it will be
worth it.
Pastor April Fiet
Dumont Reformed Church
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Reminder! The Clarksville Public
Library’s 9th Annual Fancy Nancy
Parties are this Saturday, May 2!
All 3-year Preschool to Kindergarteners are invited to come on Saturday afternoon, May 2 from 3:30 to
4:45 p.m.. And, all 1st grade to 3rd
graders are also invited to come to
the library later that afternoon from
5:30 to 6:45 p.m. for an afternoon
full of fancy stories, crafts and treats!
Everyone is also encouraged to
dress fancy—dresses, feather boas,
beads, tiaras, gloves, jewelry, and
anything else fancy are welcome!
Please stop by the library, call, or
email to register for the parties!
ITEMS NEEDED!
The Library Board of Trustees is
looking for some specific Clarksville items to add to the Library’s
History Room collection. If you
have any of the following items that
you’d be willing to donate to the library, please give us a call at: 319278-1168.
These are the Clarksville items
that are in need: wooden teacher’s
chair (from Clarksville schools); old
class rings; a maroon letter jacket
“C” (from the 1960’s); a band symbol for a letter jacket; a letter jacket
“V” (from 1960’s); and Clarksville
class pictures (please contact the library to see if your year is needed)!
Thank you for your help in preserving Clarksville history!
NEW FICTION
“Hush” by Laura Lippman—
The Clover
Connection
Butler
County
Bulletin
Nancy Jensen
Butler County Program Coordinator
[email protected]
What’s a Farmer to Do?
Some weeks I look at my job as a
means of escape. This has been one of
“those weeks!” It started out perfectly
normal up until Monday morning! Several hours later we had Mom admitted
to the hospital for pneumonia. After
spending many hours at her bedside, I
felt the need to escape to my office and
get something constructive done and
crossed off my “TO DO” list!
Now that the early deadlines for the
2014 Farm Bill have come and gone
(I hope!) it’s time to turn our attention
to this growing season and perhaps the
next several.
I had the opportunity to sit in on Alejandro Plastina’s session at our Professional Development Days in early
April. Plastina is an Assistant Professor of Economics at ISU. His topic
was “Basic Crop Margins 101: Cost of
Production vs Crop Outlook.” In other
words, “After the Farm Bill Meetings
– Now What”? I thought I should be as
prepared as possible for what appears
to be declining grain prices for several
years to come.
I’m afraid he didn’t paint a very rosy
picture. Basically we were told this is
the way it is so get ready to deal with
it. No gray area there! Here it comes,
ready or not! I tend to deal more in gray
but we need to think back and white
(and maybe even some red if we are
talking about money!).
Plastina talked about nine Coping
Strategies that should be put in place
this year:
1. Protect working capital – Current
Assets minus Current Liabilities di-
vided by Gross Revenue will give you
your working capital percentage. You
should strive for 40 percent.
2. Avoid cash shortages – Farmers
must plan for losses this year and also
be prepared for higher taxes.
3. Secure repayment capacity – Try
and renegotiate repayment schedules to
stretch payments out for a longer period
of time.
4. Control costs – This affects not
only production costs but also family
living expenses. If you don’t absolutely
need it this year, put it off.
5. Enhance productivity
6. Manage risks –
a. Know your break even prices
b. Take out crop insurance
c. Lock in margins when possible
d. Forward contract when profitable
7. Sign up for Farm Program – PLC
may be more profitable in 2017 and
2018
8. Diversify income – Means I’ll be
keeping my job for a few more years!
9. Revise growth strategy –
a. Can you afford to rent 400 more
acres?
b. Do you need to upgrade equipment?
Plastina “hinted” at some challenging
years ahead which could result in some
farmers losing their farms. We have
many resources available at the Extension Office to help farmers in tough
situations. Please call and ask for any
that might be beneficial for you!
We are here to help you!
The latest installment in the Tess
Monaghan series weaves an exploration of the joys and frustrations of
motherhood with a clever and engaging mystery.
“NYPD 3” by James Patterson—
Something is unmistakably rotten
in Gotham. Once again, detective
Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald
can’t catch a break. This time their
festive New Year’s partying quickly
dissolves when they receive a call to
investigate a horrifying discovery
inside a billionaire businessman’s
townhouse garage.
“Endangered” by C.J. Box (#15
Joe Pickett)—The Wyoming game
warden faces a crime far too close
to home. The sheriff tells him that
his foster daughter, April, has been
beaten and left for dead in a ditch.
Joe suspects Dallas Cates, a dazzling
local rodeo champion last seen running off with April.
Also look for: “Cold Betrayal” by
J.A. Jance (#10 Ali Reynolds); Cuba
Straits by Randy Wayne White;
“Obsession in Death” by J.D. Robb;
and “The Marriage Charm” by Linda Lael Miller (#2 Brides of Bliss
County).
AGRICULTURE ISN’T JUST
ABOUT WHAT YOU BUILD,
BUT WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND.
In the life of every farm and ranch, there’s
a time when a plan changes from building
a future to leaving a legacy. We understand
that plan – we know what you’re working for
today and we’ll be there for the generations
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Lack of snowfall benefits pheasants
BOONE – Based on the positive
comments that filled Todd Bogenschutz’s email and voicemail, Iowa
pheasant hunters saw more birds last
fall and after last winter’s below normal snowfall that good vibe should
continue this season.
Bogenschutz, the upland wildlife
biologist for the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources, uses winter snowfall and spring rain totals along with
historic trends to predict pheasant
population swings. For five years in a
row, heavy winter snow followed by
cool wet springs sent Iowa pheasant
numbers into a free fall bottoming out
in 2011.
But after more favorable winter/
nesting seasons, including most recently in back to back years, things
are looking up for ringnecks.
“We had a good winter and should
have had good pheasant and quail
survival. Every region in the state
was below normal for snowfall, except the east central region and it
was only one-inch above normal so
we should be poised for an increase
in bird numbers as long as we have
a good nesting season,” Bogenschutz
said. “It will be interesting to see the
August roadside survey results.”
The two-year reprieve to more normal winter snowfall is encouraging
and there are steps landowners can
take to help ensure the trend continues – plant shelterbelts and food
plots.
Planning shelterbelts and food
plots for next winter should begin
this spring and there are a few things
landowners should keep in mind
when designing these areas.
• Corn provides the most reliable
food source throughout the winter as
it resists lodging in heavy snows. Sorghum or milo provides better winter
habitat. Pheasants prefer to eat corn.
Half-corn and half-sorghum plots
make the best of both worlds.
• Place food plots next to wetlands,
CRP fields, or multi row shrub conifer shelterbelts that provide good
winter habitat and away from deciduous trees that provide raptors with a
place to sit.
• The size of the food plot depends on
where it is placed. If it’s next to good
winter cover, the smaller the plot can
be with two acres being the mini-
mum. If winter cover is marginal, like
a road ditch, then the plots must be
larger, in the 5-10 acre range, to provide cover as well as food.
• Depending on the amount of use,
some food plots can be left for two
years. The weedy growth that follows
in the second year provides excellent
nesting, brood rearing and winter
habitat. Food plots that have heavy
deer use generally need to be replanted every year.
Cost share assistance or seed for
food plot establishment is available
from most county Pheasants Forever
chapters or local co-ops. For information on how to establish or design
shelterbelts or food plots that benefit
wildlife, contact your local wildlife
biologist www.iowadnr.gov/privatelands
Landowners with existing cropland
who want to establish pheasant habitat (winter cover, food plots, nesting
cover) should consider Iowa’s pheasant recovery CRP practice. Acres are
limited and enrollment is first come,
first served. More information on
pheasant recovery CRP is available at
www.iowadnr.gov/habitat
Answers for veterans about Medicare Part B & Part D
DES MOINES – The Senior Health
Insurance Information Program
(SHIIP) and the Iowa Department of
Veterans Affairs are offering a new
factsheet titled Medicare and VA
Healthcare to help answer questions
regarding the need to enroll in Medicare Part B and Part D.
There is much misunderstanding
and misinformation about veterans’
enrollment in Medicare Part B and
Part D,” SHIIP Director Kris Gross
said. “Our new factsheet, developed
in partnership with the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs, provides
clear information and answers to
many questions.”
“We’re always looking for ways to
ensure veterans clearly understand
the options available to them. This
information concerning their health
care is extremely important,” Executive Director of the Iowa Department
of Veterans Affairs Colonel Robert
King said. “Iowa’s SHIIP program
is an outstanding program and pro-
Iowa Crops & Weather Report
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of
Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather
report released by the USDA National
Agricultural Statistical Service. The
report is released weekly from April
through October.
“Fieldwork and planting slowed with
the cool wet weather that was seen last
week, but will likely begin in earnest
with several days of warm, dry weather
forecast for the week ahead,” Northey
said.
The weekly report is also available
on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s website
at www.IowaAgriculture.gov or on
USDA’s site at www.nass.usda.gov/ia.
The report summary follows here:
CROP REPORT
Rain events and cool weather slowed
planting in Iowa during the week ending April 26, 2015, according to the
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics
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with more than one-quarter of their
corn crop planted. Eighty-five percent
of the oat crop has been planted, almost
two weeks ahead of last year, and 1
week ahead of average. Oats emerged
reached 41 percent, 9 days ahead of last
year, and 1 day ahead of normal. North
central and northeast Iowa lagged behind, with only 22 and 23 percent of
oats emerged, respectively.
Pasture condition improved to 56 percent good to excellent. Pastures continued to green up, though cool weather
has slowed growth. Cattle and hog conditions were reported as good. Poultry
producers were concerned with the recent outbreak of avian influenza.
Iowa Preliminary
Weather Summary
By Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist,
Iowa Department of Agriculture &
Land Stewardship
The past reporting week brought unseasonably cool weather throughout the
week with the exception of far northwest Iowa where temperatures climbed
above normal on Friday (24th). Freezes
were widespread on Wednesday (22nd)
and Thursday (23rd) mornings with
scattered freezes on Tuesday (21st) and
Saturday (25th) mornings. Temperatures fell as low as 23 degrees at Sibley
on Wednesday morning, 22 degrees at
Cresco, Decorah and Elkader on Thursday morning and 24 degrees at Elkader
on Saturday morning. A hard freeze
occurred as far south as the Missouri
border on Thursday morning in valley
bottom locations. On the other extreme,
Friday afternoon temperatures reached
76 degrees at Hawarden and Sioux
City. Temperatures for the week as a
whole averaged from two degrees below normal over the far northwest to
eight degrees below normal across the
northeast one-third of Iowa. The statewide average temperature for the week
was 6.2 degrees below normal.
Meanwhile, there was some light rain
across northeast and east central Iowa
on Monday (20th) morning and also on
Tuesday over parts of southwest and
south central Iowa. However, nearly all
of the week’s rain fell between Friday
morning and Saturday morning with
greatest amounts across the southern
one-half of the state. Weekly rain totals varied from just a trace at Cherokee, Rock Rapids and Sheldon to 1.61
inches at Camanche (Clinton Co.). The
state wide average precipitation was
0.54 inches while normal for the week
is 0.93 inches. Soil temperatures at the
four inch depth were averaging near
fifty degrees as of Sunday (26th).
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The factsheet answers questions
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• If I enroll in Part B and D can I get
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PUBLIC NOTICE:
It has come to our attention that there may be some misinformation
regarding Dralle Plumbing & Heating of Allison and after many
inquiries from our loyal customers, we would like to take an
opportunity to let the community know the exact intentions of
Dralle Plumbing & Heating. Dralle Plumbing & Heating has been
in several discussions with Brad Lewis, a lifelong Bristow resident
and manager of Mort’s Plumbing & Heating in Iowa Falls as well
as Kent Morton, owner of Mort’s Water Company.
They have expressed an interest in buying Dralle Plumbing &
Heating and we have definitely listened to their proposal for the
simple fact that we feel this would be a win/win situation for our
employees but more importantly our customers. Robert Dralle,
James Kinkade and Tim Primus would all retain their employment
with the company and it would give us added leverage in attracting
quality technicians in the future. The sale would also allow our
company to offer other perks and benefits to our employees that
we don’t currently offer such as retirement and health insurance.
However, the biggest factor was our customers and the added
benefits for them. Along with timely, quality service and competitive
prices, we feel we could expand our services, especially on the
growing demand for geothermal heating and cooling, expand our
water well services to larger farm operations and provide brand
name equipment at an even more competitive price point.
Lastly, we are still in negotiations and nothing has been finalized
but we feel we are moving in the right direction and again,
essentially nothing would change except the added benefits that
we feel we can provide to our employees but also our customers.
Thank you for your past business. It has been greatly appreciated.
We have been blessed with a wonderful community and surrounding
areas and we look forward to growing with you in the future.
Tim Primus
Dralle Plumbing & Heating
Proceedings: Clarksville
CITY OF CLARKSVILLE
CITY COUNCIL DEPARTMENT MEETING
APRIL 20, 2015
The Clarksville City Council met in regular
session April 20, 2015, in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor David Kelm in the
chair and Council members Cathy Cummings,
Jeff Kolb, Diane Renning, Travis Sterken, and
Val Swinton present.
The following Department Heads were in attendance: Kristen Clark, Library Director; Dan
Cummings, Police Chief; Jon Myers, Fire Chief;
Matt Kampman, Maintenance Superintendent;
and Larry Betts, Financial Administration.
Motion Kolb, Renning, to approve the monthly Library reports submitted by Kristen Clark.
RCV - Ayes: Cummings, Kolb, Renning, Sterken, Swinton. Nays: None. MC.
Motion Sterken, Cummings, to approve the
monthly Fire Department reports submitted by
Jon Myers.
Motion Sterken, Swinton, to approve request
from Jim Gleason for an extension for renovation work to his house at 103 N. Adams, until
July 1, 2015.
Motion Cummings, Swinton, to approve April
expenditures and March Financial Reports as
presented by the City Clerk.
Motion Swinton, Kolb, to approve liquor license for Casey’s General Store and Beer Permit for the Clarksville Fire Department.
Motion Renning, Cummings, to approve detour on Highway 188 (Main Street) for the Pioneer Days Celebration as follows: East one
block on Poisal Street to Mather Street, south
on Mather Street, west on Weare Street.
Motion Cummings, Renning, to adopt the
third reading of Ordinance No. 270: AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BILLING FOR
WATER SERVICE AND SERVICE DISCONTINUED REGULATIONS.
Ordinance declared adopted, signed by the
Mayor and hereby made a portion of these minutes.
Motion Kolb, Renning, to adopt the second
reading of Ordinance No. 271:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CUSTOMER DEPOSITS TO GUARANTEE THE PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR SERVICE.
Second reading passed.
Motion Kolb, Renning, to adopt Resolution
15-573: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, IOWA,
TO APPROVE AMENDING CHARGES AT THE
LYN-WOOD CEMETERY.
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Clarksville, Iowa:
A. The price of lots within the Lyn-Wood
Cemetery:
1. The price of lots within the Lyn-Wood Cemetery shall be $300.00 for each grave space
within the lot.
2. The price of lots within (Babyland section)
of the Lyn-Wood Cemetery shall be $200.00 for
each grave space.
3. Price includes perpetual care set at fifty
percent (10%) of the cost per gravesite.
B. The fee set for opening and closing:
4. The fee for opening and closing shall be
$450.00 on week days and $550.00 on weekends and holidays.
5. The fee for opening and closing (infant or
cremation) shall be $250.00 and $350.00 on
weekends and holidays.
C. This Resolution shall be effective upon its
approval.
Resolution declared adopted, signed by the
Mayor and hereby made a portion of these minutes.
Motion Sterken, to adjourn the meeting at
8:10 p.m.
David Kelm, Mayor
Attest: Larry D. Betts, CMC
City Clerk/Treasurer
CS 18-1
COURTHOUSE
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Butler County Courthouse News
DISTRICT COURT
Kevin Vern Adelmund, 26, Allison,
pleaded guilty to assault causing serious injury for actions on Sept. 20,
2014, and was sentenced on April 22,
2015. Adelmund received one to two
years of probation to the Department
of Corrections on conditions of abiding by a substance abuse evaluation,
abstaining from alcohol and not entering places whose primary income
is from alcohol and was ordered to
pay the courts $160 in costs. A second
count was dismissed at costs. The defendant was credited for time served.
The remainder of a 180-day jail sentence and a $625 fine were suspended.
Austin James Codner, 22, Allison,
pleaded guilty to 25 counts of trapping
without a valid fur harvester license,
with wildlife habitat fee, a judgment
states, for actions on Nov. 12, 2013.
Codner was ordered on April 22 to
pay a $200 civil penalty; plus, for each
count, a $20 fine, $7 surcharge and
costs; also $3,430 in restitution to the
victim. Counts one and 27 through 51
were dismissed at cost to the defendant. Codner was suspended from all
hunting and trapping privileges for
five years.
Tyler Edward Keeling, 18, Clarksville, pleaded guilty Dec. 28 to possession of marijuana and received one
year of self-probation on conditions of
abiding by a substance abuse evaluation and cooperating with treatment
until max benefits are reached. Keeling was ordered to pay a $125 law enforcement surcharge and $140 costs.
Samantha Gale Britt, 22, Independence, pleaded guilty on March 13 to
possession of marijuana for actions
Jan. 1, and received a deferred judgment and was placed on one year of
self-probation on terms of abiding by a
substance abuse evaluation. Britt was
ordered to pay a $125 law enforcement surcharge and $140 costs.
MAGISTRATE COURT
Phyllis J. Disrud, Allison, pleaded
guilty to fifth-degree theft and was ordered on April 22 to pay $148.35 restitution to J&C Grocery and $60 costs.
TRAFFIC CITATIONS
Dollar amounts in order are fines,
surcharges and costs.
Max gross weight violation — Connor John Woods, Fairbank, two counts,
$335, $117.25, $120
No valid driver’s license — Stephen
Ray Thorn, Parkersburg, $200, $70,
$60
Failure to maintain safety belts, each
$50, $17.50, $60 — Jeffrey Fred Fuerstenberg, Waverly; Jenna Lee Casey,
Allison
Failure to yield upon entering
through highway — Ryan Walter Roepkee, Aplington, $100, $35, $60
Speeding —
55 or under zone, 1-5 mph over,
each, $20, $7, $60 — Rick R. Degroote, Parkersburg
55 or under zone, 6-10 over, each,
$40, $14, $60 — Sarah Maria Campos, Coralville; Laura Marie Becker,
Jesup; Michael James Sorensen,
Hampton; James George Boyer, Aredale;
Violation of regulations – no seatbelt — Jessica Bluhm, Waverly, $50,
$17.50, $60
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Release: University of Iowa Community Credit Union to Brent C.
Cheeseman and Karrie A. McCabe;
Deer Ridge Addition lot three, in SW
NE 28-90-15 and in SE NE 28-90-15;
2015-0880.
Release: Farm Credit Services of
America FLCA to Leon P. Johnson;
commencing NW corner 3-90-17;
2015-0881.
America FLCA to John G. and Heather L. Walvatne; Parkersburg Legend
Trail Development lots 20 and 21;
2015-0882.
Deed – tax sale: Butler County Treasurer to Adair Holdings LLC; lot four,
county auditor’s subd. SW NW 9-9015; 2015-0883.
Affidavit: Shawn M. Meyer to the
public and Jennifer M. Meyer; Parkersburg Wemples Addition lot 23,
the E 116 feet of both lots 20 and 21,
also the alley between lots 20 and 21
excluding the N 6 feet, W 16 feet of
Parkersburg Wemples Addition; 20150884.
Releases: People’s Savings Bank to
Lance and Lynette Uhlenhopp; Aplington Original Town lots three and
four, both in block 16; 2015-0885,
-0887 and -0888.
Release: People’s Savings Bank to
Richard J. and Wilma M. Boger; SE
SE 21-90-17; 2015-0886.
Warranty deed and groundwater hazard: Colleen Adelmund to Wayne L.
and Robin L. Mooty; except N 70 feet
New Hartford Roots Addition lot two,
block 10; 2015-0889, GWH150366.
Miscellaneous: Iowa Department of
Natural Resources to Frey Oil LLC,
Howards Amoco and Craig Frey; except S 50 feet Aplington lot one, block
10 and E 8 feet N 15 feet except E 4
feet Aplington lot two, block 10; 20150890.
Release: MERS to Brian S. Hartbarger; Parkersburg Knocks Second
Addition lot 19 and SW’ly 25 feet of
lot 20; 2015-0891.
Mortgage: John G. and Heather L.
Walvatne to Veridian Credit Union;
Parkersburg Legend Trail Development lots 20 and 21; 2015-0892.
Mortgage: Nicholas James and Chamee Thorne to Lincoln Savings Bank;
tract commencing 396 feet W of SE
corner SE 24-92-17; 2015-0893.
Release: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to Gregory R. and Lisa L.
Schmitz; S1/2 SW 22-90-15, N1/2
NW 27-90-15, E1/2 except SW 1690-15, also W1/2 except SW 16-9015; 2015-0894.
Easements: 2015-0895 and -0896.
Easement: Frederic H. and Phyllis J.
Butler County Sheriff’s Report
BUTLER SHERIFF
Monday, April 20:
• Officers executed seven traffic stops
and assisted a motorist.
Tuesday, April 21:
• Officers executed four traffic stops,
assisted with two medical calls, and assisted a motorist.
• 11:22 a.m.: Officers were called to
a dog/deer/livestock matter near the
intersection of 135th St. and Keystone
Ave.
• 6:19 p.m.: Officers were called to a
property damage accident near the intersection of 190th St. and Clay Ave.
Wednesday, April 22:
• Officers executed six traffic stops,
assisted with five medical calls, and received reports of a controlled burn.
• 1:02 p.m.: Officers attempted to
serve an arrest warrant in the 18300
block of 140th St. Unable to locate.
personal injury accident near the intersection of 110th St. and Highway 14,
Greene.
Thursday, April 23:
• Officers executed four traffic stops,
and assisted with a medical call, and received reports of 17 controlled burns.
• 8:19 a.m.: Officers transported a
subject.
dog/deer/livestock matter in the 16500
block of Quarry Ave.
• 2:21 p.m.: Officers assisted fire
personnel with a grass/field fire in the
18500 block of Marsh Ave., Allison.
• 8:13 p.m.: Officers were called to
a dog/deer/livestock matter in the 200
block of N. Main St.
• 9:37 p.m.: Officers assisted fire personnel in the 900 block of Quinn St. No
fire, carbon monoxide detector was going off.
Friday, April 24:
• Officers executed five traffic stops,
assisted with four medical calls and received a report of two controlled burns.
• 11:46 a.m.: Officers arrested Lon M.
Bair, 40, of Greene, in the 18300 block
of 140th St., Greene, on an outstanding
warrant for theft in the first degree. He
was held for court.
• 2:51 p.m.: Officers took a report of
a theft in the 200 block of N. High St.,
Greene.
Saturday, April 25:
• Officers executed nine traffic stops,
assisted with a medical call, and received reports of three controlled burns.
• 9:58 a.m.: Officers took a burglary
report in the 300 block of 1st St., Parkersburg.
• 11:05 a.m.: Officers took a criminal
mischief report in the 500 block of S.
Prairie St., Shell Rock.
Sunday, April 26:
• Officers executed 11 traffic stops,
assisted with three medical calls, and
received a report of 16 controlled burn.
property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 57 and Terrace
Ave., New Hartford.
• 10:59 p.m.: Officers took a report
of a theft of items from 27800 block of
195th St., Clarksville.
Monday, April 27:
• Officers executed a traffic stop
and received reports of two controlled
burns prior to 8:15 a.m.
Krumweide to Butler County; NE 1492-15; 2015-0897.
Easement: William S. and Shirley G.
Clark to Butler County; SE SE 11-9216; 2015-0898.
Joint tenancy deed: Daniel S. and
Florence M. Vance to Carl Steven and
Jane Thorn; E 63 feet Clarksville Original Town and Courthouse Blocks,
lots six and seven, both in block nine;
2015-0899.
Release: United States of America to
Harold E. and Joan E. Meyer; SE 1593-16; 2015-0900.
Mortgage: Brian K. and Tiffany A.
Miller to First Bank Hampton; beginning NE corner 7-92-18; 2015-0901.
Release: MidwestOne Bank, Iowa
State Bank & Trust Co., Mahaska State
Bank et. al. to Galen W. and Brenda J.
Wiegmann; Parkersburg outlot 11 NW
SW 30-90-16; 2015-0902.
Mortgage: Bradley Elso Reints and
Stacey Sue Knoll to First National
Bank; Shell Rock Willow Tree First
Addition lot one; 2015-0903.
Mortgage: Lynn Karen Klemke,
Karen Lynn Anthes to Veridian Credit
Union; E1/4 corner 25-91-18; 20150904.
Affidavit of surviving spouse: John
J. and Shane T. Schipper to Trientjie J.
Schipper; Aplington Original Town lot
three and east 5 feet of lot four, all in
block five; 2015-0905.
Joint tenancy deed: Kay M. Studer,
trustee, Kay M. Studer Revocable
Trust to Jenna Mae Rover and Christopher Richard Haynie; E1/2 Dumont
Original Town lot 64 and W 27 feet E
N 21 feet Dumont Original Town lot
77; 2015-0906.
Release: MERS to Susan L. and
Marvin H. Clark; Shell Rock Pheasant
Run Addition lot three; 2015-0907.
America to John G. and Heather L.
Walvatne; Parkersburg Legend Trail
Development lots 20 and 21; 20150908.
Release: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
to Brian D., Patsy L. and Heidi I. Wygle; Greene McClures First Addition
lot four, block five; 2015-0909.
Tax liens: Iowa Department of
Revenue to Woodley LLC, Nathan J.
Woodley; 2015-0910.
Release: Veridian Credit Union to
Glen E. Jr. and Cecilia M. Eickelberg;
commencing S N1/4 corner 4-90-15;
2015-0911.
Release: NXT Bank, City State Bank
to Maifeld Inc.; SFR1/2 NWFR1/4 except E 41.75 A 6-92-18; 2015-0912.
Release: MERS to Rachel and Dennis Lugg; Shell Rock lot four, block
24; 2015-0913.
Release: Deere Employees Credit
Union to Adam D. and Angela L.
Schmidtke; Shell Rock lot seven,
block two; 2015-0914.
Mortgage: Adam D. and Angela L.
Schmidtke to Deere Employees Credit
Union; Shell Rock lot seven, block
two; 2015-0915.
Affidavit: Trinity Reformed Church,
Tim Junker and Barbara DeBoer to
the public; tract commencing 33 feet
W NE of NE corner Allison lot 544;
2015-0916.
Affidavit: Tim Junker, vice-president, Barbara DeBoer, clerk, Trinity
Reformed Church of Allison, Iowa,
The Reformed Church in America
Growth Fund Inc. to the public; tract
commencing 33 feet W NE corner Allison lot 544, also Allison Marks Sunrise lots 17 and 18; 2015-0917.
Miscellaneous: INRCOG to Anthony R. and Sabrina L. Caudill; Shell
Rock P F A Addition lots 16 through
23, all in block 11; 2015-0918.
Mortgage: Bradley L. and Kobey E.
Swarts to Dupaco Community Credit
Union; parcel H SW 24-90-16, NW
25-90-16; 2015-0919.
Affidavit: Yvonne Rambo to the
public, Clarksville Poisals Addition
lots one and two, block 14; 20150920.
Mortgage: Andrew Jr. and Marlys R.
Hogenkamp to Lincoln Savings Bank;
12 A NW corner NE SE 6-90-15; S
120 A SE 6-90-15, E1/2 NE 7-90-15,
E1/2 NW 32-92-15, W1/2 NE 32-9215, S1/2 SE SW 29-92-15, S1/2 SW
SE 29-92-15, also N 1,983.5 feet of
E1/4 32-92-15; 2015-0921.
Warranty deed and groundwater hazard: First Security Bank & Trust Co. to
Irwin A. and Kathleen E. Rasmussen;
Dumont T. A. Dumont Third Addition
lot 22; 2015-0922, GWH150367.
Warranty deed: Midfirst Bank, Midland Mortgage to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Shell
Rock William Adairs Addition lot 33;
2015-0923.
Mortgage: Ryan James and LeAnn
Ranae Schipper to Iowa State Bank;
NW SE 19-90-17, SE SE 12-90-18;
2015-0924.
Quit claim deed: Bobbie Ann Mitchell to David Allen Mitchell; Parkersburg Meadowbrook First Addition lot
22; 2015-0925.
Warranty deed and groundwater
hazard: Kelsey D., Rick A. and Melissa D. Miller to Melissa A. and Cory
L. Luchtenburg; tract commencing 77
feet W of SE corner Allison lot 533;
2015-0926, GWH150368.
Mortgage: Melissa A. and Cory
L. Luchtenburg to Veridian Credit
Union; tract commencing 77 feet W of
SE corner Allison lot 533; 2015-0927.
hazard: Susan Ida and Scott Minton
Eberly to Steve John, Ann, Joe Russell
and Sandra Jolyn Cutshall; except SW
19-91-16, N1/2 except NW 30-9116, also E1/2 E1/2 NE SE 24-91-17;
2015-0928, GWH150369.
hazard: Laura Mae and James Michael
Norman to Steve John, Ann, Joe Russell and Sandra Jolyn Cutshall; except
SW 19-91-16, N1/2 except NW 3091-16, also E1/2 E1/2 NE SE 24-9117; 2015-0929, GWH150369.
hazard: Ruth Ann and Roger Warren
Steig to Steve John, Ann, Joe Russell
and Sandra Jolyn Cutshall; except SW
19-91-16, N1/2 except NW 30-9116, also E1/2 E1/2 NE SE 24-91-17;
2015-0930, GWH150369.
Joint tenancy deed: Joe Russell and
Sandra Jolyn Cutshall to Ruth Ann
and Roger Warren Steig, Laura Mae
and James Michael Norman, Susan
Ida and Scott Minton Eberly; parcel
D SW 19-91-16, NW 30-91-16; 20150931
Joint tenancy deed: Steve John and
Ann Cutshall to Ruth Ann and Roger
Warren Steig, Laura Mae and James
Michael Norman, Susan Ida and Scott
Minton Eberly; parcel D SW 19-9116, NW 30-91-16; 2015-0932.
Release: Iowa State Bank to Martin
Jay and Tanya Sue Reeser; S1/2 SE
21-92-17; 2015-0933.
Survey plat: Steve Busse to Keith
and Cindy Wiebke; parcel D beginning N1/4 corner 3-92-17; 2015-0934.
Survey plat: Paul H. Helland, Helland Engineering & Surveying Ltd.
to Michael M. and Diane J. Maxson;
parcel D in N1/2 NW 24-90-15; 20150935.
Easement: Darrel L. and Marilyn L.
Whitney to Butler County; commencing SW corner NW 13-92-15; 20150936.
Affidavit of surviving spouse: Shirley A. Henley to William J. Henley;
Clarksville Londons Addition lots one
and two, block two; 2015-0937.
Power of attorney: Ella Arlene Wedeking to Herbert Neal Wedeking, Susan Heine and John Wedeking; 20150938.
Quit claim deed and groundwater
hazard: Mary E. Sailer, Mary E. Sailer
Revocable Trust to Greenfield East
LLC; SE 30-90-18, NE SW 30-9018, W1/4 NE 31-90-18, E1/2 lying
N of RR NW 31-90-18; 2015-0939,
GWH150370.
Quit claim deed and groundwater
hazard: Donald D. Sailer, suc. trustee,
Donald E. Sailer Revocable Trust to
Greenfield East LLC; SE SW 30-9018; 2015-0940, GWH150371.
Mortgage: Kevin and Ruth Leisinger to Veridian Credit Union; Shell
Rock Original Town lots nine and 10,
block 15; 2015-0941.
hazard: C&S Family Legacy LLC to
Greg Asche; SE 32-92-16; 2015-0942,
GWH150372.
Affidavit: Adair Holdings LLC
to the public; lot four, SW 9-90-15;
2015-0943.
Affidavit: Adair Holdings LLC,
Samantha Ott; lot four, SW 9-90-15;
2015-0944.
Mortgage: Bradley Allan and Connie Sue Feckers to Farm Credit Services of America; except SW NE 14-9118, S1/2 NW 14-91-18; 2015-0945.
Mortgage: Mark Andrew and Kimberly Mae Rogers to Farm Credit Services of America; E1/2 NE 29-93-18,
parcel C SW corner, NW NE 10-9318; 2015-0946.
Release: Wells Fargo Bank National
Association to Heidi and Dwight A.
Rogers; commencing at SE corner
Parksersburg Johnson Heights Addition lot 10, S 65.38 feet of both Aplington lots one and two in block 16,
Aplington lot one, also E 6.5 feet lot
two, both in block 55; 2015-0947.
Quit claim deed: Courtney J. Ufford
to Benjamin H. Ufford; S 13 feet Dumont T. A. Dumont Addition lot 29,
Dumont lot 30; 2015-0948.
to Benjamin H. Ufford; Dumont T. A.
Dumont Addition lot 28; 2015-0949.
to Benjamin H. Ufford; NW except
NW SW 28-92-18; 2015-0950.
Affidavit of surviving spouse: Alvin
Bohlen to Leone Bohlen; N 29.5 feet
lot 12 and S 40.5 feet lot 11, all in Allison Marks Sunrise; 2015-0951.
Accused pit bull
harborers get
day in court
A trial date has been set for Becky
and Justin Schrage, Allison, whom
the city of Allison has charged with
harboring a dangerous animal, a pit
bull.
The charge is not because of any
action by the dog, but rather, due to
a breed-specific ban on pit bulls in
the city codebooks.
They are scheduled to appear for
a jury trial at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, at the order of Magistrate Ronald J. Pepples, in the Butler County Courthouse.
A previous order consolidated the
trials.
Proceedings: Butler Company
MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD
ON APRIL 14, 2015.
Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Pro tem Rusty Eddy with member Rex
Ackerman present. Chairman Tom Heidenwirth
was absent. Also present were Engineer John
Riherd, Treasurer Vicki Schoneman, Recorder
Janice Jacobs and Fern Myers, Allison, Iowa.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read
and approved as read.
Board considered Resolution to Amend
FY2015 Secondary Road Construction Program – Advance LFM-SC(18)--7X-15 to Accomplishment Year. Also present were Sheriff
Jason Johnson, Recorder Janice Jacobs, Director of Public Health, Jennifer Becker, Director of Veteran’s Affairs Steve Ulrichs, Assessor
Deb McWhirter and Conservation Director Mike
Miner. Moved by Ackerman, second by Eddy to
Project Number
Local ID
TPMS #
FRM-SC(18)--7X-12
C23 selacoat
TPMS ID: 21471
Project Location
Description of work
C23: From County
line to Hwy 14
approve the following:
RESOLUTION TO REVISE
BUTLER COUNTY
2015 FIVE YEAR ROAD PROGRAM
RESOLUTION #825
Unforeseen circumstances have arisen since
adoption of the approved Secondary Road
Construction Program, and previous revisions,
requiring changes to the sequence, funding and
timing of the proposed work plan,
The Board of Supervisors of Butler County,
Iowa, in accordance with Iowa Code section
309.22, initiates and recommends modification
of the following project(s) in the accomplishment year (State Fiscal Year 2015), for approval
by the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa
DOT), per Iowa Code 309.23 and Iowa DOT Instructional Memorandum 2.050.
The following approved Priority Year projects
shall be ADVANCED to the Program’s Accomplishment year:
Accomplishment
Year ($1000’s of
AADT
Type Work Prior
dollars)
Length
Fund Basis
FY
NBIS#
New
Net
amount change
Bituminous
230
Seal Coat
2017
$170
$170
10.94 MI
LOCAL
Totals
$170
$170
The following PRE-EXISTING Accomplishment Year projects shall be MODIFIED as follows:
Accomplishment Year
Project Number
Project Location
AADT
($1000’s of dollars)
Type Work Modification(s)
Local ID
Description
Length
Fund basis
applied
Prevoius New
Net
TPMS#
of work
NBIS #
Amount amount change
LFM-(L15)--7X-12
520 Box Culverts
T16: From 230th St. to
Clutterville Box
240th St.
Moved to
Culv.
$100
$0
$-100
FY16
LOCAL
Box culv. 3.5 Mi. South
TPMS ID: 15499
088090
of Dumont
L-H14N10--73-12
20
Bridges
180 ST: Over STREAM
Moved to
H14N10
0 MI
$70
$0
$-70
FY16
LOCAL
TPMS ID: 21505
88340
Totals
$170
$0
$-170
Fund ID
Accomplishment year
($1000’s of dollars)
Previous Amount
New Amount
$790
$790
$225
$225
$0
$0
$1,210
$1,210
$2,225
$2,225
Local Funds
Farm to Market Funds
Special Funds
Federal Aid Funds
Total construction cost (All Funds)
Local 020 Construction cost totals
(Local Funds + BROS-8J FA funds)
Upon roll call the vote thereon was as follows: AYES:Rusty Eddy, Rex Ackerman; NAYS:
None; ABSENT: Tom Heidenwirth
WHEREUPON the Resolution was adopted
this 14th day of April, 2015.
ATTEST: Lizbeth Williams, County Auditor
Moved by Ackerman, second by Eddy to approve a Road Closure Resolution for project
$1,110
$1,110
Net Change
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
BROS-CO12(89)--5F-12 as follows:
RESOLUTION #826
CONSTRUCTION ROAD CLOSURE
WHEREAS, The Butler County Board of Supervisors is empowered under authority of the
Code of Iowa to close roads or highways under
their jurisdiction when necessary for construction, and
WHEREAS, a bridge replacement project,
BROS-C012(89)--5F-12, requires that T47
(Packard Ave) from County Route C33 north
1.5 miles to 165th Street be closed to thru traffic, and
WHEREAS, a detour route has been established and signed for thru traffic, and
WHEREAS, local traffic in the vicinity of the
construction project will be maintained outside
of the construction limits of project BROSC012(89)--5F-12,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by
the Butler County Board of Supervisors that the
above described roads and bridges be closed
and proper signs be erected for the duration of
the construction project as determined by the
County Engineer.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon
completion of the construction work, as determined by the County Engineer, the road shall
be opened to the traveling public without further
action of this board.
Passed and approved this 14th day of April
2015.
Upon roll call the vote thereon was as follows:
AYES: Rex Ackerman, Rusty Eddy; NAYS:
None; ABSENT: Tom Heidenwirth
ATTEST: Lizbeth Williams, County Auditor
Staff meeting was held.
Board proceeded to open sealed bids for
Secondary Roads 2015 Maintenance Seal Coat
contract for the following tied projects:
1. LFM-SC(16)--7X-12 ~ 5.5 miles on T16/
C13 north of Aredale
2. LFM-SC(17)--7X-12 ~ 5.5 miles on T16
north of Dumont
3. LFM-SC(18)--7X-12 ~ 10.9 miles on C23
from Hwy 14 west
Present were Engineer John Riherd, Mike
Buss, Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC, Plover,
Wisconsin and Mark Steffes, Blacktop Service
Co, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Upon the recommendation of Engineer Riherd, it was moved by Ackerman, second by
Eddy to accept the low bid from Fahrner Asphalt
Sealers, LLC for $307,980. Motion carried.
The bids were as follows:
Project Bids
Blacktop Service Co, Humboldt, IA
$319,264.60
Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, Plover WI
$307,980.00
Manatt’s, Inc, Brooklyn IA
$321,102.50
Board reviewed the Quarterly Report of the
Recorder and ordered placed on file.
Board approved claims as submitted.
Board acknowledged receipt of Manure Management Plan Annual Update for Rick Juchems.
Chairman Pro tem Rusty Eddy adjourned
the meeting at 10:55 A.M. to Tuesday, April 21,
2015 at 9:00 A.M.
The above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the minutes and proceedings of a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Butler County, Iowa on April 14, 2015.
TJ/CS 18-1
Patterson
Resentencing
ordered for
convicted
sex offender
A Marshalltown man, who was found
guilty of third-degree sexual abuse in
2010, in Butler County District Court
and received a deferred judgment at the
time, was on April 21 found guilty by
jury of violating the terms of his probation.
His current probation officer recommended that the deferred judgment be
revoked and he be resentenced on the
Butler County Case of third-degree
sexual abuse, which meets the 903b
special sentencing for lifetime parole.
A final judgment is expected on July
27 at 10 a.m.
Jonah Lee Patterson was convicted
on Aug. 9, 2010 of sexual abuse after
he pleaded to having had sex with a
15-year-old on May 9, 2009, when he
was four or more years older.
He was placed on three to five years
of probation, then was found in violation of probation in 2012, was discharged from the Marshalltown Residential Facility for reaching maximum
benefit in 2013. He again was found in
violation of probation in 2014 and was
being monitored for substance abuse.
He was found April 21 to be in violation of probation after Marshalltown
Police in March presented browser
history evidence that he was accessing
pornography of young teens.
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with many of the ingredients in traditional Mexican dishes. Sweet and
juicy watermelon is a great way to cut the heat of spicier foods, and its
texture lends an unexpected, satisfying crunch in dips such as chunky
salsas.
Whether you’re hosting a Cinco de Mayo themed party or simply
looking forward to an inspired meal at home, get an early jump on summer and let watermelon be your star ingredient.
For more recipes featuring low-calorie, no-fat watermelon, visit www.
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Servings: 12–16 tacos
2 medium avocados, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons diced jalapeno pepper (or to taste)
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
1 can (4 ounces) diced green chilies, drained
2 1/2 cups diced watermelon, divided
Salt, to taste
Cooking spray
1 1/2 pounds cod
Chili powder
12–16 corn tortillas
3–4 cups commercial coleslaw mix (shredded cabbage and carrots)
1/2–1 cup commercial salsa
For guacamole, mash avocados to mix of smooth and chunky in medium bowl. Add lime,
jalapeno, cilantro, garlic and chilies and mix thoroughly. Add 1 1/2 cups diced watermelon and
salt (if desired) and toss. Cover and refrigerate to let flavors blend.
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Place cod on sheet and sprinkle with chili powder and salt. Bake for 12–20 minutes (depending
on thickness of fish) or until cooked through. Remove from oven and cut into pieces.
Heat tortillas on grill or griddle. Top each with few pieces of fish, 1/4 cup coleslaw mix, heaping
spoonful of guacamole, tablespoon of salsa and few pieces of remaining diced watermelon.
Southwest
Salsa Bowl
Materials:
1 round, seedless watermelon
Dry erase marker
Utility knife or carving knife
Ice cream scoop or other large
spoon
Fire and Ice Salsa
Chips, jalapenos, cilantro and lime,
for garnish
1. Choose round seedless watermelon.
2. Wash watermelon and pat dry.
3. Use dry erase marker to trace
design around middle of watermelon.
4. Use utility knife to carve design
(copy design in photo).
5. Split watermelon in half, and use
scoop to carve out flesh.
6. Choose flat area of rind on other
watermelon half to trace and carve
out lizard design (copy from image
in photo).
7. Fill bowl with salsa.
8. Garnish with lizard, chips, jalapenos, cilantro and lime.
Watermelon Margarita
Servings: 1
1 1/2 ounces tequila
3/4 ounce Triple Sec
3/4 ounce Midori
2 ounces sour mix
6 ounces cubed, seeded watermelon
8 ounces ice
Blend all ingredients. Serve in 14-ounce glass. Garnish with lime and watermelon wedge.
Watermelon Cilantro Salsa Tropical
Servings: 8–12
2 cups chopped seedless watermelon
1 cup chopped fresh pineapple
1 cup chopped fresh mango
4 limes (juice only)
1 cup trimmed and chopped scallions
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Salt and pepper, to taste
Toss all ingredients in mixing bowl and season with salt and pepper just before serving.
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SPORTS
Faust flies to gold at N-P, girls in 11th
NASHUA – Field event wins were
gained by both North Butler and
Clarksville at the 2015 N-P girls
track & field invitational at Nashua
on Thursday, April 23.
North Butler’s Haley Landers
claimed the discus with an effort of
113 feet, 7 inches while Clarksville’s
Hannah Faust took home the gold in
the long jump, clearing 14-8.5.
North Butler tied with Rockford
for 10th while Clarksville was 11th
at the 15-team meet.
The Indians’ Morgan Thompson
finished top-four in both sprints,
taking third in the 100 and fourth in
the 200 for coach Brandon Zelle’s
squad.
The Bearcats had another top-three
finish in the discus as Mady Bixby
was third in the discus at 96-2 and
also finished third in the 4x400 relay
team that included Morgan Arjes,
Kaylie Fox, Callie Neidert and Isabel Derdzinski.
Osage won the meet with 105 team
points.
N-P Girls Invitational
Team Scoring
1. Osage 105; 2. Central Springs
72; 3. Turkey Valley 67.5; 4. West
Fork 62; 5. Northwood-Kensett 46;
6. Don Bosco 41; 7. Nashua-Plainfield 31.5; 8. (tie) North Butler 27;
8. (tie) Rockford 10. MC Newman
24; 11. Clarksville 22; 12. Wapsie
Valley 21; 13. (tie) Riceville 20; 13.
Dunkerton 20; 15. Janesville 3.
DENVER – A pair of top-five finishes
were the highlight of the Denver boys
track & field invitational for Clarksville
on Thursday, April 23.
Zach Sommerfelt’s fourth-place finish in the long jump and James Schellhorn’s fifth in the 3,200 were the top
finishes for the Indians.
Clarksville scored 11 team points for
its finish at the 13-team meet.
Denver won its own meet going away
with 131 points to out-distance runnerup Wapsie Valley (98).
Sommerfelt’s effort of 18 feet 6.5
inches was good for fourth while
Schellhorn ran a season-best in the distance event by more than 16 seconds,
finishing at 10:51.72.
Denver Invite
Team Scoring
1. Denver 131; 2. Wapsie Valley 98;
3. West Delaware 78; 4. Hudson 77;
5. Benton 72; 6. Jesup 61.5; 7. Grundy
Center 51; 8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 44;
9. Union, LaPorte City 42; 10. Dunkerton 18; 11. Tripoli 15; 12. Clarksville
11; 13. North Tama 3.
Individual Results
(Champion, area finishes)
100 – 1. Taylor Navratil (CS) 13.13;
3. Morgan Thompson (Clark) 13.77;
9. Hannah Faust (Clark) 14.43; 14.
Hallie Testroet (NB) 14.83; 17. Addyson Clark (NB) 14.94.
200 – 1. Taylor Navratil (CS)
27.37; 4. Morgan Thompson (Clark)
28.56; 13. Kayla Siemens (NB)
31.14; 20. Bethany Negen (Clark)
34.16.
400 – 1. Hattie Davidson (NK) 1:03.36; 5. Isabel Derdzinski
(NB) 1:06.81; 14. Kayla Siemens
(NB) 1:11.25; 19. McKayla Lebeck
(Clark) 1:13.69.
800 – 1. Shelby Reicks (TV)
2:28.36; 5. Michaela Foster (NB)
2:40.80; 13. Kayla Jacobs (Clark)
2:46.31; 20. McKayla Lebeck
(Clark) 3:05.09; 23. Brookelynn
Dye (NB) 3:11.13.
100 hurdles – 1. Dallas Weiss (NP) 15.90; 13. Hannah Green (Clark)
20.10; 19. Susie Dowden (Clark)
21.42.
1,500 – 1. Maya Rowe (WF)
5:19.65*; 7. Michaela Foster (NB)
5:41.99; 18. Kayla Jacobs (Clark)
6:09.74.
3,000 – 1. Shelby Reicks (TV)
11:16.43; 14. Makayla Holub
(Clark) 15:21.13.
400 hurdles – 1. Hannah Wagner
(CS) 1:10.37.
Discus – 1. Haley Landers (NB)
113-7; 3. Mady Bixby (NB) 96-2.
High jump – 1. Courtney Larson
(WF) 5-1; 10. Marcy Jacobs (NB)
4-4.
Long jump – 1. Hannah Faust
(Clark) 14-8.5; 15. Katie Junker
(NB) 12-2; 18. Bethany Negen
(Clark) 11-3.5.
Shot put – 1. Alyssa Corkery (DB)
33-2.5; 14. Nicole Heeren (NB) 292.25; 17. Mady Bixby (NB) 27-3.5;
19. Rachel Sundet (Clark) 26-11.75.
4x100 – 1. Osage 51.97; 11. North
Butler (Haley Landers, Madi Pleas,
Darby Christenson, Addyson Clark)
58.07; 13. Clarksville (Brittney Litterer, Hannah Green, Susie Dowden,
Bethany Negen) 1:01.11.
4x200 – 1. Osage 1:49.08; 5.
Clarksville (Hannah Faust, Jadyn
Maiers, Rachel Sundet, Morgan
Thompson) 1:59.78; 9. North Butler
(Madi Pleas, Hallie Testroet, Marcy
Jacobs, Addyson Clark) 2:02.59.
4x400 – 1. Central Springs
4:23.45; 3. North Butler (Morgan
Arjes, Kaylie Fox, Callie Neidert,
Isabel Derdzinski) 4:29.98.
4x800 – 1. Osage 10:25.31.
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. N-P
1:11.11.
Sprint medley relay – 1. Wapsie Valley 1:57.27; 6. North Butler
(Marcy Jacobs, Darby Christenson,
Morgan Arjes, Isabel Derdzinski)
2:04.05; 12. Clarksville (Jadyn Maiers, Rachel Sundet, Morgan Thompson, Hannah Faust) 2:08.60.
Distance medley relay – 1. Osage
4:41.89; 8. North Butler (Madi
Pleas, Tyerra Mapes, Callie Neidert,
Kaylie Fox) 5:06.25.
* indicates new meet record
Lovrien 1:06.28.
800 – 1. Carson Wright (Hudson)
2:04.98; 12. Adam Lovrien 2:29.00.
110 hurdles – 1. Jordan Stoner (GC)
15.74.
1,600 – 1. Nick Sabelka (Denver)
4:46.74.
3,200 – 1. Curran Matthias (Denver) 10:25.09; 4. James Schellhorn
10:51.72.
400 hurdles – 1. Nick Engel (Hudson)
55.32; 17. Sterling Kroeze 1:11.98.
Discus – 1. Jake Goeller (WV) 1661; 29. Zach Wedeking 86-7; 36. Adam
Lovrien 72-0.
High jump – 1. Ryan Kelley (WD)
6-0; 8. Jacob Hinders 5-2.
Long jump – 1. Mitch Siech (Denver) 20-5; 4. Zach Sommerfelt 18-6.5;
9. Dylan Jacobs 17-10.
Shot put – 1. Zach Pierce (G-R) 48-1;
24. Jordan Myers 33-2; 34. Zach Wedeking 28-2.5; 35. Chris Nelson 27-1.
4x100 – 1. Wapsie Valley 45.26.
4x200 – 1. Wapsie Valley 1:35.06;
14. Clarksville (Ben Waetjen, Sterling
Kroeze, Dylan Jacobs, Zach Sommerfelt) 1:44.91.
4x400 – 1. Denver 3:31.11; 11.
Clarksville (Ben Waetjen, Zach Sommerfelt, Dylan Jacobs, Riley Cramer)
4:00.81.
4x800 – 1. Denver 8:38.36.
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Hudson
1:04.00.
Distance medley relay – 1. Jesup
3:54.02; 10. Clarksville (Ben Waetjen,
Dylan Jacobs, Zach Sommerfelt, James
Schellhorn) 4:08.79.
Clarksville boys 12th at Denver
Individual Results
(Champion, Clarksville finishes)
100 – 1. Caleb Knipp (WV) 11.19;
25. Sterling Kroeze 13.17; 29. Jacob
Hinders 13.81.
200 – 1. Connor Sindt (Benton)
23.42; 32. Jacob Hinders 29.65; 33.
Adam Lovrien 30.42.
400 – 1. Isaac Barrett (Denver) 51.60;
22. Ethan Litterer 1:06.10; 23. Adam
Schellhorn leads Indians to 13th
DIKE – James Schellhorn’s fifth-place
finish at the Wolverine Invitational led
Clarksville at a blustery track & field
meet hosted by Dike-New Hartford on
Tuesday, April 21.
Schellhorn clocked in at 11 minutes,
10.67 seconds for the Indians’ top
finish in which they scored six team
points for 13th out of 14 teams.
The only other points gained by
coach Brandon Zelle’s team was the
seventh-place finishing distance medley relay that included Ben Waetjen,
Dylan Jacobs, Zach Sommerfelt and
anchored by Schellhorn.
Dike-New Hartford won its own
meet, scoring 125 points to out-distance the loaded field.
Clarksville was set to run at Nashua
on Friday, at Oelwein on Monday,
April 27, Dike on Tuesday, April 28
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100 – 1. Caleb Knipp (WV) 11.30.
200 – 1. Connor Blough (D-NH)
22.81; 22. Jacob Hinders 29.12; 23.
Ethan Litterer 29.79.
400 – 1. Connor Blough (D-NH)
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Adam Lovrien 1:07.92.
800 – 1. John Crew (D-NH) 2:08.44;
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110 hurdles – 1. Jordan Stoner (GC)
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1,600 – 1. John Crew (D-NH)
4:50.86; 17. Riley Cramer 6:01.83.
3,200 – 1. Jordan Yessak (Dunk)
10:43.67; 5. James Schellhorn
11:10.67.
400 hurdles – 1. Riley Woods (WV)
55.94; 17. Sterling Kroeze 1:15.90.
Discus – 1. Brock Rohler (GC) 1514; 30. Adam Lovrien 84-7.
High jump – 1. Nic Gronowski (DNH) 5-8.
Long jump – 1. Noah Dodd (Jane)
20-8.5; 18. Dylan Jacobs 16-6.5; 23.
Ben Waetjen 15-6.
Shot put – 1. Zach Pierce (G-R) 49-
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By Hannah Faust
JH Track @ Tripoli,
4:00 PM
Girls Track @ NashuaPlainfield, 4:30 PM
Girls and Boys Golf vs.
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4:15 PM
Tuesday, May 5
Girls and Boys Track
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Wednesday, May 6
Boys Golf @ North
Tama, 10:00 AM
Thursday, May 7
JH Track @ NashuaPlainfield, 4:00 PM
Girls and Boys Golf @
La Porte City, 4;15 PM
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@ Meskwaki, 4:30 PM
Friday, May 8
JH Track @ Meskwaki,
4:30 PM
Saturday, May 9
Boys Golf @ Gates
Park (Waterloo), 10:00
AM
Staff
Class of 2015
Courtney DeGroote
Emily Doty
Susie Dowden
Hannah Faust
Katie Gallmeyer
Callie Green
Ryan Groah
Makayla Holub
Cael Negen
Maddie Poppe
Girls Track
Clarksville at Hudson
The Clarksville girls track and
field team traveled to Hudson on
Monday, April 20.
The cold and windy day led to a
hard day for the girls to run in.
“It wasn’t our best meet, but we
were going up against big teams,”
Jadyn Maiers said.
Morgan Thompson was the only
one to place, getting third in the
100 meter dash.
“I think the competition was good
for us,” Thompson stated. “I’m really trying to get my times lower.”
The Indians are always looking
to improve and score more points
during the meet.
“I’m looking to improve my starts
in my 400s and to improve my time
in all events that I am in,” McKayla
Lebeck said.
Clarksville at Nashua-Plainfield
The Indian track girls also went to
Nashua-Plainfield for their meet on
Thursday, April 23.
The girls had a great day to run,
placing in events and running great
times.
“The meet was one of the best
and most fun meets we’ve had so
far,” Susie Dowden stated.
Hannah Faust placed first in long
jump with a distance of 14-08.50.
By Susie Dowden
Boys Track
Clarksville at Dike-New Hartford
On Tuesday April, 21 the boys
track team travelled to Dike-New
Hartford for a meet.
Tuesday’s meet was a very windy
and cold meet.
Junior James Schellhorn said,
“I had to fight the wind 8 times in
the two mile and it made me run
slower.”
Schellhorn also ran the 800 in the
Distance Medley and the 4x400. He
got fifth in the 3200 and got a new
personal record.
Junior Zach Sommerfelt also
said that the weather made him run
slower and it made him cold. Sommerfelt ran in the 4 x 200, 4 x 400,
and the Distance Medley.
Sophomore Dylan Jacobs did long
jump, the 4 x 200, the 200 in the
distance medley, and the 4 x 400.
Jacobs also agreed that the
weather affected him negatively.
Unlike everyone else that ran,
Junior Jordan Myers thought the
wind helped him. The only event he
did was the shot put and he used the
wind to his advantage.
Clarksville at Denver
On Thursday April, 23 the boys
had another meet, travelling to
Denver.
Schellhorn ran the 3200, placing
fifth overall, as well as the 800 in
the distance medley.
“I want to improve on lowering
my time so I can beat the kids in
our district,” he commented.
Sommerfelt ran in the distance
medley, long jump, 4 x 400, and the
4 x 200.
Sommerfelt placed fourth in the
long jump overall.
Jacobs ran the same events that he
did on Tuesday.
He said he wants improve on long
jump and his time on the 400.
The boys will travel to Oelwein
on Monday, April 27 and again to
Union on Friday, May 1.
By Makayla Holub
Clarksville VS. GMG
The golf boys did it again.
The team traveled to GMG on
Thursday, April 16, winning the
meeting by shooting a 179.
“We drove an hour to the meet,
so we were all a little bit tight when
we got there, but otherwise it was a
fun and competitive meet,” Sophomore Matt Nelson stated.
Nelson shot a 46 that meet.
However, Seniors Carter Kelm
and Trevor Fenneman shot better.
Fenneman finished with a 40, and
Kelm with a 42.
Fellow Senior Dylan Ciavarelli
shot a 51.
“The boys played really well at
GMG,” Coach Klay Hoppenworth
stated. “It was a tough course with
narrow fairways. So, we had to play
smart on quite a few holes.”
Hoppenworth also stated that the
boys have the potential to win the
Iowa Star Conference, as long as
they keep working hard in practice.
few 3A schools, and they met that
goal.
Coach Hoppenworth stated, “I
would like to see the boys gain
confidence as the season progresses,
and mentally playing the game
without allowing fear to creep in.”
Senior Trevor Fenneman shot a
88, Senior Carter Kelm shot a 90,
and Senior Dylan Ciavarelli and
Sophomore Matt Nelson both shot
98.
“I had consistent and smart shots
off the tee and onto the green, but
I didn’t have my short game where
I wanted it to be,” Nelson stated.
“But I have improved my tee shots
and approach shots.”
The boy’s next meet will be Monday, April 27, at Waterloo Christian.
They will also travel to North Tama
this Saturday, May 2.
Clarksville at Waverly
The boys golf team travelled to
Waverly on Saturday, April 19.
This meet was different than all
the others because instead of golfing only 9 holes they golfed 18.
Although there were a lot of 3A
schools the boys pulled through and
shot a 374. Their goal was to beat a
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Jennalyn Rose Ellerman
Birthday: November 26, 1996
Parents: Jennifer Ellerman
Siblings: Alanna (Allie) and Bodhi
Pets: Baby, Cavalier King Charles/Chihuahua Mix
Special People/Role Model: Jane Thorn (Grandma),
Tyler Hinders (best boyfriend ever,) Mom & Siblings.
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Childhood TV Show: Drake & Josh
Favorite Sport: Track
Best School Memory: Chicago, Junior Year
Worst Fear: Failure
Your Warning Label: Caution: Distracted by fuzzy
animals.
Something Unique: I will never stop giving chances,
no matter how many I’ve already given.
Dream Trip: Fiji
Dream Job: Psychologist, PhD
Activities During HS: T.A.G. (4) Choir (4) Band (4)
Select Choir (3) Jazz Band (2) Silver Cord, Class
Secretary/Treasurer (1)
Future Plans: Get my PhD in psychology and own my
own clinic
Class of 2015
Monday, May 4
Morgan Thompson placed thirds in
the 100 meter dash, running 13.77.
Thompson also placed fourth in the
200 meter dash, coming in with a
time of 28.56.
The 4 x 200 meter relay team
of Faust, Thompson, Maiers, and
Rachel Sundet placed fifth, sprinting 1:59.78.
“I was very happy seeing the
results and splits,” Coach Brandon
Zelle commented. “Their determination and focus is at an all time
high right now with districts and
state around the corner.”
The Lady Indians go to Oelwein
on Monday, April 27, Dike-New
Hartford on Tuesday, April 28, and
Union on Friday, May 1.
Hannah Al lyson Ann BaeLynn Faust
Birthday: May 5, 1997
Parents: Bill and Carla Faust
Siblings: Logan
Pets: Black lab named Annie
Special People/Role Model: My mom
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Sport: Softball
Best School Memory: Beating the number 1 ranked
Don Bosco in softball 10-8 my sophomore year
Worst Fear: Drowning
Something Unique: I was born in Busan, South
Korea.
Dream Trip: Rome, Italy
Dream Job: Being high up in the business world in
a big city like NYC or LA
Activities During HS: Volleyball (4) Basketball (4)
Track and Field (4) Softball (4) Drill Team (4) NHS
(3) Fellowship of Christian Athletes (1) Talented
and Gifted (4) Student Council (2) Teens on a Mission/Mission Impossible (2)
Future Plans: Attend Wartburg College or the University of Northern Iowa to major in business
Favorite Quote:
“Let your faith be
bigger than your
fear.”
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Bird flu causes poultry producers to step up their bio-security
By Travis Fischer
An outbreak of bird flu in Northwest Iowa has poultry producers
large and small taking extra measures to protect their flocks from the
highly contagious virus.
On Tuesday, April 14, the Iowa
Department of Agriculture announced the first case of the H5N2
Avian Influenza virus in Iowa at a
commercial turkey farm in Buena
Vista County.
Two more cases were discovered
in the next nine days. First at a commercial laying facility in Osceloa
County and then in a turkey farm in
Sac County, near the original outbreak.
To prevent the spread of the virus,
poultry producers are taking drastic
measures once it’s found in their
flocks. For the Osceloa County commercial laying facility, this means
euthanizing its 5.3 million egg-laying hens.
Such measures must be taken to
counter the highly contagious nature
of the virus, which spreads through
direct contact with fecal droppings
and respiratory secretions of the infected birds.
While the virus is a danger to the
poultry industry, the USDA says that
the risk to humans is low. Unlike the
strain of bird flu that infected Asia
in 2012, this strain is not known to
spread to humans.
Likewise, there are no food safety
concerns associated with the bird flu.
While birds on the affected farms
cannot be processed or sold, eggs
from commercial facilities are no
more or less safe, so long as they
go through the proper pasteurization process. Properly handling and
cooking food is also key to safe eating.
birds she allows on her property. She
will be passing on attending swaps
in the immediate future to lessen the
risk of inadvertently bringing the virus home with her.
“The main thing is to be aware of
your travels and people coming onto
your property,” said Koenig.
Likewise, her birds are getting less
time outdoors and she plans to install
additional overhead netting to keep
visiting wild birds away from her
hens.
“We can hope for the best, but I
have a feeling that this is the tip of
the iceberg,” said Koenig.
In the past, Koenig’s focus has
been on keeping her chickens safe
from predators like coyotes, owls,
and hawks. The Koenigs refer to
the chicken barn and surrounding
fenced area as “Fort Knox.” So far,
it has been successful at keeping out
hungry animals.
It’s not large predators that Koenig
now has to worry about, but a microscopic virus.
“It may not be a predator, but a disease that that gets in and does damage,” she said.
The loss of 5.3 million hens in
Osceola County represents roughly
10 percent of the state’s egg-laying
chickens.
While the Department of Agriculture says that the loss of supply will
not significantly impact prices on
poultry or eggs, others say it is too
early to tell. Koenig anticipates that
there will be increased demand for
the two or three dozen eggs that her
hens produce daily.
For now, it’s unclear if the virus
has been contained or if it will continue to spread. Until then, the only
course of action for the state’s poultry producers is to stay vigilant.
Karen Koenig is being extra cautious about keeping the bird flu away from her chickens.
“Consumers should feel safe to eat
properly cooked and prepared meat
and eggs from poultry,” said Angela
Shaw, an assistant professor in food
science and human nutrition in a
release from Iowa State University
Extension.
“Avian influenza is not a foodborne pathogen. It cannot be contracted from eating properly cooked
poultry meat and eggs.”
It is believed that wild waterfowl
are responsible for bringing the virus into the state. As passing birds
migrate across Iowa, they will stop
at poultry farms to feed on scattered
grain leaving the virus behind when
they leave. Wild birds can carry numerous viruses without showing
signs of disease or mortality, but
these viruses can be deadly to mass
produced poultry.
Once the virus is discovered, the
infected facility is quarantined and
its flock euthanized. The area is then
monitored, testing wild and domestic birds in the quarantine zone until
it can be confirmed that the virus has
been eliminated.
To prevent an outbreak before it
starts, poultry producers are stepping up their bio-security measures.
“The main advice to producers
is bio-security, and there’s a lot of
things that go with that,” said Russ
Euken of ISU Extension. “Obviously you can’t be 100%, but that’s the
main focus for producers right now.”
Bio-security is a critical part of
controlling the spread of the virus.
Stepping in or driving over infected
droppings can spread the virus, so
traffic by vehicle or foot is carefully
monitored.
On large farms, this means minimizing the amount of people coming
in and out of a facility and frequent
changes of clothes and showers for
those that do. According to ISU’s
department of Animal Science, some
farms are implementing a two-color
boot policy, one color for outside use
and another color for inside use.
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It’s not just large farms that are taking extra precautions either. Karen
Koenig, a small egg producer south
of Hampton, has been changing her
habits to keep her flock safe as well.
“I’m not feeding outside,” said
Koenig, who currently cares for
about 50 chickens of various breeds.
“I’m only feeding in the barn hoping
it keeps the wild birds out.”
Describing her operation as something of a retirement home for chickens, Koenig often takes care of older
birds from friends, neighbors, and
other farmers she meets at swaps.
However, the risk of outbreak has
forced her to be a little more discerning about where she goes and what
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He was diagnosed with autism in
kindergarten through Psychiatric Associates at Allen Hospital in Waterloo.
The autism diagnosis focuses on
several areas. Overall, mild autism —
such as Hayden’s — is characterized
by deficits in social communication
and inflexible and restricted or repetitive behaviors, the Autism Speaks
website states.
The manifestations of autism vary.
“Every kid will be different. This is
just our story,” Chesnut said.
A speech barrier delay is usually
part of the autism diagnosis, Chesnut
said.
Autism Speaks Early Access to
Care is a service that visits the home
to perform an evaluation and may
provide additional support.
“I’m sure a lot of people have heard
of Individual Education Plans” at
public school, she said.
If started before the child enters
school, there is a Family Individualized Plan. The FIP helped smooth
the transition to an IEP, Chesnut said.
Her son was able to start preschool at
age 3, and an associate was available
to work with him.
“It definitely allowed for some extra help transitioning into school,”
she said.
Now he continues with speech at
school and with Northern Iowa Therapy’s pediatric services in Waverly,
which specializes in children with
autism and ADHD among many diagnoses. At Northern Iowa Therapy,
he also does occupational therapy and
physical therapy there twice a week.
The focus of occupational therapy
is sensory input.
“My son, on the spectrum, as well
as other children, often don’t know
where their body fits in space,” Chesnut said.
While at times risk-takers, her son
and others like him need a sense of
firmness to center them in space, she
said.
He likes to climb, but also finds centering on a swing and in the plasticball pit, she said.
Signs of sensory issues differ on a
per child basis.
She said if educators, daycare providers or parents notice the child repeatedly spinning, banging the head
with the hands, or on things, rocking
the self, or flapping hands, these can
indicate autism.
Triggers that set her son off – more
so when he was younger – were sirens. However, Chesnut said she
works with other autistic children
who love loud sounds.
An aversion to textures in food,
clothing or how things feel on their
hands could be signs.
Another manifestation of the anxiety was chewing through his shirts to
the point of destroying them.
“What worked for him — we transitioned to the dry-wick clothes, which
are smoother,” Chesnut said.
Her son doesn’t like touch, such
as hugs. He doesn’t like water in his
hair. And he’s been a toe-walker from
his first steps to age 7. These things
may be noticeable in others with autism, she said.
There is an occupational therapy
diagnosis called a sensory processing
disorder, which she said isn’t found
only in those with autism. Chesnut
said sensory health issues go along
with many diagnoses such as ADHD,
anxiety and oppositional defiant disorder.
Obsessive interests are another possible sign of autism that Chesnut noticed in her son.
This can manifest as knowing everything about a TV show or video
game. He went through a period
where he had to have his Skylander
cards with him — he couldn’t leave
the house without them, or there
would be a meltdown.
Here’s how she differentiates that
from the normal behavior of an interested kid.
“My son has more emotional attachment to his computer than to other people,” Chesnuts said. “It’s hard
to say, but it’s the truth. It’s not that
he doesn’t care about other people,
he just relates better to electronics …
With computer electronics, you know
what you’re going to get.”
The distinction between a meltdown and a tantrum is an important
one, Chesnut said. A tantrum is a
child trying to get something his way.
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However, a meltdown is triggered by
some sensory issue, over which the
person has no control.
As parents, she said they have tried
to figure out those triggers. It could
be something such as they’re buying
the wrong toothpaste.
Chesnut said she has found that if it
is a meltdown, it’s good to try to limit
verbal communication except to keep
people safe.
With her son, she has had to put
her hands on him to keep him from
hurting himself or others, she said.
But if he’s not doing those things, she
has found it effective to say, “I know
you’re trying to be alone,” and give
space.
Often in a meltdown, she’ll encourage him to do a sensory activity
– “just what we would do for soothing activities” such as jumping on the
trampoline.
Routines and planning are hugely
important, she said.
Literalism can be a sign of autism.
At preschool, Hayden’s teachers set
up a take-apart center.
He didn’t realize it was only limited
to those things and only while being
supervised, Chesnut said.
At home, he took apart three working printers and cut every cord to the
family computer into one-inch segments.
When he said he wanted to see what
was in the TV, his parents bought him
books about how things work.
The book was supposed to be for
adults. Hayden loved it, Chesnut said.
The literature wasn’t limited to TVs.
He was fascinated with, for example,
gears inside mechanical items, she
said.
Another time, Chesnut said the family was going to the “playground.”
She meant the swing set, but she lost
him for a time before realizing he was
heading down the block to the school
playground.
Chesnut said her son does not understand miscommunications — he
thinks other people lied to him when
they change their plans, she said.
“When he changes a plan, he
doesn’t see it the same way,” she said.
“He’s a lot better than he was (socially),” she said. “He can really
blend in at school. But early on he
had troubles socially, and with sharing.”
She said he’s got it in his head that
he can only have one friend. “If you
tell him he seems like good friends
with (another person), he gets really
mad at you,” she said.
On the flip side, other children with
autism may have very poor boundaries. They can always be in somebody’s face or holding somebody, she
said.
“From what I’ve heard, that tends
to be more in the girls diagnosed,”
Chesnut said.
Play is often repetitive, which is
part of the autism diagnosis, Chesnut
said.
“He never played with toys in the
traditional way,” lining up cars instead of driving them, for instance.
He assembled his first four or six
piece puzzle at 18 months with no
difficulty, she said.
She estimated they have seven different kinds of blocks at home.
Children with autism will play in
scripts, she said. It’s not that others
don’t.
“But he never comes up with his
own. He’ll write about Minecraft.”
But it isn’t a new twist on the story as
in fan fiction. He’s just retelling what
the game did, she said.
SERVICES
Chesnut recommended signing up
for a Child Mental Health Waiver
if an autism diagnosis is expected.
Department of Human Services can
be contacted about the waivers. The
waiting list is two to three years, she
said.
“If you don’t need it, you don’t
have to accept it at the time it goes
through,” she said.
In home family therapy is a component of the waiver. Chesnut already
spoke about the Family Individualized Plan, as well as Northern Iowa
Therapy.
For Behavioral Health Intervention Services, Chesnut recommended
Monarch Therapy and Families First
Counseling. Title 19 will pay for
BHIS, or in some cases, there’s private pay “if parents have that option,”
she said.
Integrated home health care is of-
By Rebecca Peter
The Leader, Garner
GARNER – Henry Rayhons, Garner,
was found not guilty of third-degree
sexual assault of his wife on Wednesday, April 22, following his trial in Hancock County District Court. The verdict
was met with tears of joy and relief by
the former state legislator and his family
in an emotional scene at the courtroom.
Rayhons, 78, faced up to 10 years
in prison on the charge. The charge
stemmed from a complaint that allegedly he engaged in sexual activity with his
wife, Donna, an Alzheimer’s patient, on
May 23, 2014, after being told she was
not capable of giving consent. Donna
Rayhons was a resident at the time at
Concord Care Center in Garner. She
was transferred in June to a Hampton
nursing home where she died on Aug.
8, 2014. Henry Rayhons was arrested
on Aug. 15.
The trial sparked a nationwide debate
on whether or not a person with dementia has the capability to consent to sex.
The trial received extensive state and
national coverage by news media.
A jury of five men and seven women reached the verdict after approximately 13 hours of deliberation. The
jury returned the verdict about 2 p.m.,
Wednesday.
Surrounded by his family, a tearful
Rayhons said afterward, “Donna and
my (first) wife, Marvalyn, were here
with us today. But I have a terrific family and want to thank them so much for
being with me. They were awesome.
They were by my side the whole time.
The truth finally came out.”
“Let’s go home, Dad,” said son Dale
Rayhons, Garner, as Henry and family
exited the courtroom.
During an interview following the
verdict, defense attorney Joel Yunek
said he felt a sense of relief.
“I’m just trying to do the best I can
with what I have,” he said. “It’s hard.
The state has so many resources they
throw at you. Frankly, that’s why we
have jury trials.”
Yunek said the case was also personally a very emotional one for him. His
mother, who passed away recently, also
had Alzheimer’s disease.
fered by Pathways Behavioral Services in Waverly and Black HawkGrundy Mental Health, for instance,
she said. There’s a nurse on staff to
address medical needs.
“That is an optional service anyone
can have; however if you have …
the Child Mental Health Waiver, you
have to have that service,” Chesnut
said.
Respite care, another service on the
waiver, provides care for the child,
giving the parents time to themselves.
Something Chesnut said she’s excited about is an organization called
Homestead that is coming to the Cedar Valley and will offer home visits.
“It’s a skill-based service specifically for kids with autism. They could
work with you on very simple routines, like nighttime routines,” ranging from brushing teeth to eating in
public, she said.
With the Homestead service,
“You’re going to see those workers a lot throughout the week.” She
said there’s an age limit for services.
Applications are online at theHomestead.org.
“That is coming in June. They’re
recommending (applicants) come in
with a diagnosis,” Chesnut said.
FUN RESOURCES
“The other thing we’re really enjoying,” Chesnut said, is a play area at
Southbridge Mall in Mason City with
a ball pit and zipline, which is available Saturdays from 1-4 p.m.
“It’s really awesome,” she said.
She added that there are movie
nights specifically for children with
autism.
“It’s hard with kids with autism because they might have a meltdown
somewhere,” but if everyone there is
an autism family, it normalizes it.
She also recommends signing up
for “Magical Mix Kids.” An area radio station takes a group to Disney
with a chaperone for each family. It’s
not just for kids with autism but with
physical medical conditions as well.
Chesnut applied for it “never thinking that we would be picked,” but
they were, and they went last summer.
“A nurse goes with, if you need it.
You’re picked on financial need. You
have to write about your situation,
what your daily life looks like, what
services you have in place for your
Henry Rayhons is hugged by family members after being acquitted of charges of third-degree sexual
abuse. The jury returned the verdict, April 22, in Hancock County District Court. (Rebecca Peter/MidAmerica Publishing)
“The governmental intervention in
citizens’ lives, has got to be rolled backwards,” he said.
“This is awfully stressful,” the attorney noted, adding that one of his
remarks during closing statements
Monday, April 20 was a reference to
the Serenity Prayer.
“You have (to) accept what you can’t
change,” Yunek said. “And one thing
you can’t change is that (Rayhons’)
reputation has been tarnished beyond repair. The jury verdict helps, of
course.”
On Friday, April 17, Henry Rayhons
testified all that occurred the evening of
May 23, 2014 was that he and is wife
did was hold hands, kiss and say a decade of the Rosary.
He testified “noises” heard by Donna’s roommate behind the partially
closed privacy curtain, was rearranging
pillows and blankets to the other end of
the bed, at his wife’s request.
Yunek said Rayhons insisted on taking the stand.
“He wanted to clear his name,” he
stated.
Rayhons was also concerned that the
trial would besmirch the memory of
Donna Rayhons, Yunek said.
He continued, “We have to get away
from the idea that elders touching other
and having sexual desires is somehow
abnormal or creepy, or illegal.”
“I hope this generates a discussion
of what we have to do. Should spouses have to walk into a lawyer’s office
and sign some sort of document, ‘In
the event I become demented…if I go
below a certain score … that I hereby
give consent?’ Would that be enough,
frankly, under the law?”
Susan Kristo and Tyler Buller, both
assistants to the Iowa Attorney General,
prosecuted the case.
A brief statement was issued by
the Iowa Attorney General’s Office
on Wednesday afternoon: “Our office prosecuted this case based on a
complaint, thorough law enforcement
investigation, and Iowa law. The jury
made its decision, which we respect.”
Judge Gregg Rosenbladt presided
over the trial.
Rayhons family statement
Dale Rayhons issued a statement for
the Rayhons family that was signed,
Carol Juhl, Dale Rayhons, Sara Abbas
and Gary Rayhons.
“The family of Henry Rayhons would
like to thank the jury for their dedicated
duty during this long trial. They obviously cared deeply in deciding the huge
issues that faced Dad and the issues in
the elderly community arising out of
this charge,” Dale Rayhons stated.
“Donna’s memory will live strong in
our hearts forever and we pray that the
evidence that had to be presented did
not tarnish her memory for others who
also loved Donna.
“We are grateful for the constitution
of the United States of America, our
rights to have a jury trial to contest the
unmerited charges made by the State
of Iowa against our father has allowed
him the opportunity to clear his name.”
Rebecca Peter is editor of the Garner
Leader, a sister paper to the TJ and Star,
under parent company Mid-America
Publishing.
children,” she said.
She said it was a fun, worry-free vacation for the family.
“I can’t say enough good about it.”
programs got going in the 1970s, he
said.
specific formula, and there are a few
different kinds of polystyrene, he
said. Insulating foam and foam peanuts are different from packing foam.
As discussed, about 42 bales, or
about 20 tons, makes a semi load.
Markets want the weight as close to
20 tons as possible, Cain said. Otherwise, back charges or refusal of the
load can occur. Cain said 42 bales
of polystyrene wouldn’t even weigh
10,000 pounds, but there wouldn’t be
anywhere to send them now, so it’s a
moot point, he said.
Shoved in a landfill, polystyrene
takes up lots of space and doesn’t
break down. Burned, it gives off
black smoke, he said.
Burning polystyrene also releases
harmful chemicals to the atmosphere,
notably benzene, a known human
carcinogen used in the manufacturing
of the foam, states a cell phone recycling company, pacebutler.com.
To find a retailer nearby that will
reuse foam packing peanuts, the recycling website Earth 911.com says
to call the 24-hour automated Peanut
Hotline at 800-828-2214.
Part two of a series. Part 1 appeared
April 23. Part three will appear next
month.
For more information about autism
resources, Valerie Chesnut offered
that people could call her at 319-4290295.
RECYCLING from page 1
best price.
“You have to design your program
to match the market, and hopefully
keep the cash flowing,” said Cain,
who has overseen the Transfer Station
for more than eight years and worked
in recycling for 22 years. Cash flow is
business speak for a system that generates enough income to cover costs.
If a material is packed incorrectly, the
purchasing company can back charge
or refuse the shipment.
Newspaper, magazines and junk
mail collectively is shipped to Clarion Packaging in Wright County,
which makes paper mâché products,
such as egg cartons, Cain said. Having a local market for paper products
saves on freight, he said.
Plastics are sold to a recycling company in Bedford, Minn.
Though Iowa does have companies
that recycle plastics, often the prices
aren’t competitive or the sorting
methods do not mesh, Cain said.
For instance, the Transfer Station
packs mixed bales, a sorting method
that does not match with a Hampton
company that only wants milk jug
and soap bottle plastics. The recycled
drain tile company therefore is not a
direct market, Cain said.
Cardboard is shipped to St. Paul,
Minn., to a company that makes cereal boxes and some corrugated cardboard, Cain said.
Tin usually goes to a company in
Gary, Ind., which outputs products
ranging from car bodies to pipe.
Non-redeemable clear glass goes to
a Shakopee, Minn., company that remolds it into jars, Cain said.
Redeemable cans and bottles are redeemed by the Transfer Station.
“We get the nickel, but we don’t
pay for them anymore,” Cain said,
noting the station had lost money as a
redemption center. “Redemption centers need to make more than 1 cent
per can to be profitable,” he said. The
rate has been around since recycling
Problem materials
The Transfer Station does not recycle small lids.
“Well, it’s a nuisance (to do),” Cain
said. Small lids fall out of the bales
and don’t make it to their destination.
Flat lids are accepted because they
stay in the bales, he said.
“We prefer not to fight with those
(small) lids.”
Polystyrene foam (often called Styrofoam), which can be labeled for
recycling as No. 6 plastic, presents
a problem when it comes to actually
recycling it.
An oil company in Chicago used
to take Butler County’s polystyrene
(among that of other clients) as part
of a grant program. That lasted a few
years, until the grant ran out, Cain
said.
This area lacks the volume to make
recycling Styrofoam cost-effective,
Cain said.
“There isn’t a place to market it
close enough to do anything with it,”
he said. “The handling is just a nightmare.”
Plastics are engineered with a very
Recycling information
by city
All Butler County cities use the Butler County Transfer Station for recycling. Information is from Transfer Station website, with modifications
for curbside pickup.
CURBSIDE/DROP-OFF AVAILABLE:
Allison: Curbside pickup available first and third Mondays, next on
Monday, May 4; the schedule at www.jendrosanitation.com/schedule is
for recycling as well as garbage. Drop-off container located by the Allison AMVETS.
Clarksville: Curbside pickup available the second and fourth Wednesdays; the schedule at www.jendrosanitation.com/schedule is for recycling
as well as garbage. To find the drop-off container, follow the “Recycling”
sign from West Superior Street to West Weare and South Ely.
Greene: Curbside pickup available the first and third Thursdays; the
schedule at www.jendrosanitation.com/schedule is for recycling as well
as garbage. Drop-off container located by Stanton Livestock.
Shell Rock: Curbside pickup available the second and fourth Wednesdays; the schedule at www.jendrosanitation.com/schedule is for recycling
as well as garbage. Drop-off located by Shell Rock Ford.
DROP-OFF AVAILABLE:
Aplington: Drop-off container located by city shed.
Aredale: Drop-off container located by Fire Station.
Bristow: Drop-off container located at the end of Second Street.
New Hartford: Drop-off container located by city shed.
Parkersburg: Drop-off container located by city shed.
COMMUNITY NEWS
17
The Way It Was
by Dave Clark
In my column of May 26, 2006 I related some of the memories of Wanda
Molsberry Bates as she grew up in
Clarksville, this story concerned the
early days of Montie Montana, when
he was in Clarksville with his father.
(There seems to be several spellings of
his first name.)
Wanda, who is now deceased, graduated from CHS in 1932. We corresponded quite often and she told me
many stories often embellishing on
items I had written. It was always great
to hear from her.
The picture of him on the horse was
taken from the Internet and was part of
my earlier column. The one of him as a
young boy came to me from Becky Forry, and had been part of a program on
the RFD TV channel. I assume she copied the picture on her “electronic handheld device” or whatever. Thank You
Becky, that picture sort of proves the
facts of Wanda’s story. What the picture
was actually used for is unknown but it
clearly shows Clarksville, Iowa but as
Becky pointed out it doesn’t look much
like Clarksville in the background.
I’m going to include again part of
that 2006 column and hope it doesn’t
seem to repetitive, after all who can remember a newspaper item from 9 years
ago? Besides I think it’s interesting and
even a little exciting to find out that
someone, who one day would become a
rather famous person, once walked our
streets. It must have been important to
him also, to have had a picture, as a 12
year, old with Clarksville, Iowa written
on it.
Here are some of Wanda’s recollections from a long ago time.
“Something I remember about my
days in Clarksville was attending religious revival services. Particularly
memorable were those conducted by a
man named Owen Mickel. He came to
Clarksville more than once. The first revival which I remember was held at the
small Methodist Church which was just
a block south of the high school. (She
probably meant West) I was quite little
at the time and Mr. Mickel gave some
of us little girls a ride on his big horse.
Mickel was a cowboy, who came
dressed as one, with leather chaps (legwear which he called “my shaps.”) His
talks about bringing hard bitten cowboys
to repentance. A favorite song which he
sang was “Where is My Wand’ring Boy
Tonight.”
He came again when I was in junior high and along with him came
his son, Owen Mickel, Jr., who
wanted to be called Monte Mickel.
This handsome, guitar playing teenager was a real heart throb for many
of us girls. (He later became known
as Monte Montana, a western rider,
who was an actor and on occasion a
marshal in the Rose Parade on New
Year’s Day.”
Even though there are few people left,
if any, who would remember this young
man and his time spent in Clarksville, I
suspect there are really very few of us
who have not seen him at some point
in our lives, at the very least, on television. The picture, with him on his horse,
was taken from the Internet without any
date listed.
Owen Harlan Mickel was born in
1910 in Wolf Point, Montana (What a
great name for a town), the son of an
itinerant preacher, who, when the boy
became old enough, took his son with
him, on his ministries and so that explains the reason he became a small
part of our city’s history. No mention
was ever made of his mother.
Eventually he changed his name to
Monty or Montie Montana when he
started performing at an early age.
His entertaining probably started as a
singing guitar player, but soon included trick roping, for which he became
world famous. He also moved into the
movie business where he had small
roles in 19 films and was a stunt man
in another dozen. He was on the screen
with the likes of John Wayne and Roy
Rogers who claimed Montie was the
greatest trick roper of all time. One of
his tricks was to throw a rope around
some unexpectant person standing
along a parade route, which nearly
got him into serious trouble when he
roped President Eisenhower during his
inaugural parade. He had asked Ike if
he could do it which he readily agreed
to, but they neglected to mention it to
the Secret Service, fortunately one of
them had overheard the request, which
probably prevented Mr. Montana from
being ventilated, which was the term
Montie used when asked about it.
Of all his accomplishments, most of
which are easily not remembered, he
has one which seems remarkable to
me at the very least. In 1932 he rode
his horse and twirled his rope in the
Tournament of Roses Parade on New
Year’s Day in Pasadena. Not such a
big thing itself, but he also rode in that
same parade every New Year’s Day for
the next sixty consecutive years, the last
time shortly before his death in 1998,
usually on a silver saddle and always
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twirling a big loop of rope. It is for this
achievement that I believe anyone who
has ever watched a Rose Parade since
the advent of television, has seen Montie Montana perform.
In 1989 he was enshrined in the Rodeo Hall of Fame.
I, personally, remember seeing Montie Montana riding in many Rose Parades, on television, through the years
and I confess I don’t remember his movie roles, but I have no doubt I would
have seen some of them, after all they
were about the wild west with cowboys,
I wouldn’t have missed those.
Even though this is just a very small
claim to fame in our town’s past history
I found all of this very interesting and I
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Seventh graders plant trees at
school, cemetery and Wilder Park
On April 17, 47 seventh graders, assisted by the Allison Trees Committee
and other adult volunteers, planted 15
trees at the Middle School, 10 at the
cemetery and 14 in the Mini-Arboretum at Wilder Park and 60 throughout
the park.
Another 52 trees were sold and dis-
tributed through the Trees Committee’s
Residential Tree Plant program.
Also assisting were Wayne Wiegmann, Wilbur Cordes and Duane
Feltz. Holes for the trees were pre-dug
by Clay Cordes. Refreshments were
provided by Lois McDowell, Eileen
Wust, Janis Grapp, Roberta Wiegmann
and Lorna Feltz.
Teachers Mary Beck and Patti
Winkowitsch accompanied the students during the tree plant.
Pictured below are students and adult
supervisors who participated in the
plant.
Leighton Schoville. Sariah Richardson, Riley Engelhardt, Bill Cordes, Andrew Peters, Madison Klingenborg, Alec Brown and Teryn Joebgen
Miles Ralls, Michael Clarke, Ivee Steere, Chloe Van Ellen, Rainy Kock, Colby Wilkerson, Elizabeth
Collins, Dr. George North and Irv Loomis
Cooper Landers, Randy Moad, Melinda Collins, Mollie Hearn, Cassidy Staudt, CJ Ulrich, Tim Junker,
Maya Veitia, Gaige Anderson and Christopher Cox
Grace Flammang, Colton Hobson, Stone Porter, Kaelan Nicholson, Rachel Cole, Desmond Beam,
Kristin Dralle, Pastor Jeff Blank and Raymond Grapp
Kristianna Bright, Daylene Ritter, Nadia Treichel, Noah Briney, Bob North, Kelton Kluiter, Jonathan
Saathoff and Eric Brehmer
Butler County Historical Society
member and schoolhouse volunteer
Ruth Haan speaks with Amy Kangas,
center, who teaches secondary Spanish at Hampton-Dumont, and at right,
Mariah Birgen a math teacher at Wartburg College at a May basket-making
event Sunday, April 26 at the Little Yellow Schoolhouse in Allison. Kangas
brought her son, Joseph. Birgen also
brought her children, Zac and Carrrie.
Kangas said Joesph’s grandmother
taught country school. Butler County
had some 140 schools in the 1905 plat
book. This school was fixed up in the
1970s after a diligent letter-writing
campaign Lavonne Edeker launched
raised $1,800 from Allison businesses for the project. (TJ/Star photos by
Mira Schmitt-Cash)
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