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The
Bloomfield Democrat
A newspaper especially for Davis County
Bloomfield, Iowa Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Vol. 146, No. 23 Founded September 15, 1869
UPS 058-260
©2015 by Bloomfield Communications, Inc.
DC Schools prepare for bond issue Sept. 8
Public input is being
sought by two committees
undertaking the massive
project of upgrading school
facilities. That input is needed
as a Building and Grounds
Committee and a Citizens
Committee formulate plans in
preparation for a Sept. 8 bond
issue to finance new facilities
for the football, track, baseball,
softball, and music programs at
Davis County High School
Rod Lynch, school board
president and chairman of
the Building and Grounds
Committee, said Monday that
a Citizens Committee has been
formed to gather input from
the public on the location
and plans for the proposed
facilities. Janis Wetterich and
Mike Guiter are co-chairing the
Citizens Committee and began
a series of meetings last week.
The second meeting is planned
for Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m.
in the DCHS Commons.
Lynch and the other two
school board members on
the Building and Grounds
Committee, Alan Bodkins
and Josh O’Dell, presented
information on the project
to approximately 40 local
citizens at last week’s meeting.
Wetterich said all who attend
the meeting on June 9 will work
in teams to discuss facility
design and placement. The
group will then come together
at the end of the evening and
arrive at a consensus on their
recommendations for the
school board.
“We want a bond issue the
people will vote for,” said
Wetterich as she explained the
process and the purpose of
the Citizens Committee. “We
want public involvement in
preliminary planning.”
Wetterich wanted to make
it known that all are welcome
to attend future meetings of
the Citizens Committee, not
just those that are related to
students.
“It’s also good to have input
from taxpayers who no longer
have students in the school
system,” she said.
Lynch said at the present
time the Building and Grounds
Committee consisting of
himself and fellow school
board members Alan Bodkins
and Josh O’Dell are leaning
toward placing the football
field and the track on the
present campus and moving
the baseball and softball fields
to property the school now
owns west of the fairgrounds
and the present baseball field.
He said the design being
considered for the football
and track facilities (shown
at right) is a new eight-lane
track encircling a football
field moved a little south of
the present field. Because of
the extra space needed for
the eight-lane versus a sixlane track, the girls’ softball
field would have to be moved
and that area would become a
practice field.
Committee members are also
considering moving the home
team bleachers and the press
box to the south side of the
football field and placing the
visitor bleachers on the north
side of the field.
The reason for the switch
would be to allow handicapped
and older football fans to
watch the games from the
comfort of the high school
library. With the current press
box out of the way, the line of
vision from the library windows
would provide a good view of
the game, committee members
feel.
Lynch said because of
the dirt work expense in
constructing a baseball field,
it seems more economical to
construct baseball and softball
fields at the same time in a
common location. He also said
that conversations will be held
with Mayor Chris Miller and
other city officials regarding
additional ball fields. The Babe
Ruth League will likely share
the high school field.
Since the school is in
the midst of planning a
safe room for high school
students and staff in the
event of a catastrophe, the
committees are discussing
possibilities for combining
a new music room and safe
room addition constructed
north of the present high
school cafeteria. The music
department is currently housed
in deteriorating facilities in the
old high school building.
This combination facility
is contingent upon receiving
FEMA grant funds, which would
provide 80% of the funding
needed for qualified expenses
SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 3A
Dozauer recalls life
under Nazi regime
Council approves
interconnection ordinance
“A War Story”
By Rudi Dozauer
World War II, “the big one,”
wasn’t all fear and hardship
for us kids. There was also the
occasional exciting adventure.
As the fighting front drew
closer to our small town in
southern Germany, occasional
incidents involving enemy
planes became more common,
even in broad daylight. But who
would have thought that they
might bother to go after a little
boy all of eight years old and
already late for school?
Our school was in the next
village, an easy mile and a half
from home. I was all by myself,
a sure sign of getting there
late—again. But this time there
would be an excuse that even
our unduly strict teacher would
have to accept, or would he?
The morning stillness was
suddenly shattered by the
screaming engines of two
American fighter planes
swooping down out of
seemingly nowhere, machine
guns blazing. Isn’t it like them,
I thought, to pick on a little kid
on his way to school! In no time
flat I had disappeared into the
nearest culvert where I waited
out the fury of those American
“gangsters”.
When, finally, the coast
appeared to be clear again,
I ventured forth and ran the
rest of the way to school. Once
there, I did my best to tell my
bizarre adventure story to the
teacher. Sadly, his reaction was
no more than a terse “Now I’ve
heard it all, just sit down!”
It wasn’t until after school
that I learned what had really
happened that morning. Those
planes came swooping down
to strafe a locomotive that was
just then shunting in the rail
yard. Anything moving was fair
game at that time in the war.
The road I was on ran along the
railroad tracks. What a relief to
know that those planes had not
been sent to kill a little boy on
his way to school.
***
Rudi Dozauer of Keosauqua,
a native of Germany and
former Davis County resident,
aroused the interest of
The Bloomfield Democrat’s
editor and publisher when
he submitted the previous
story. This vignette told of one
incident in his life as a young
boy in Nazi Germany. There
had to be much more to this
story that would be of interest
to our readers, we thought.
Dozauer agreed to an
interview and spent three hours
telling the story of his youth in
Germany during World War II to
Bloomfield Democrat Publisher
Karen Spurgeon. That story is
being shared with our readers
in a two-part series.
***
In recounting his experiences
during World War II in Nazi
Germany, Rudi Dozauer
SEE DOZAUER, PAGE 3A
The Air Evac Life Team landed a helicopter in Floris last weekend as part of Floris Flag Day. Those
attending the Flag Day celebration got a first hand look at the air ambulance and also received
information about the services it provides.
Index
Almanac......................................................P. 4
Editorial.......................................................P. 5
Sports........................................................ P. 1B
Classifieds................................................ P. 4B
Life............................................................. P. 6B
The above rendering illustrates one possible solution for upgrading football and track facilities at
Davis County High School. The track encircling the stadium would provide lanes for eight runners.
Home spectators would be seated on a larger set of bleachers on the south side of the stadium.
The present press box would be torn down and a new press box constructed on the south side. This
would enable handicapped and other spectators requiring more comfortable surroundings to easily
view athletic events through the large windows of the high school library.
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The Bloomfield City Council
agreed June 4 to accept the
first reading of an ordinance
amendment that will promote
the use of solar panels in
Bloomfield.
The council voted to
approve the amendment
that calls for customers to
be in good standing
with the city before
they can install a solar
system. The amendment
states that a customer’s
connecting equipment
must be rated at 100
kilowatts or fewer.
Customers wishing to
install larger systems
may do so only after the
council has had a chance
to review the application
and determine the
impact on the city’s
electric system.
Customers must fill
out an application for
interconnection with the
city. The city will then
determine the affects
of the interconnection
on the city’s system.
Customers will be
responsible for the
cost of any existing
city system upgrades
that will be needed to
accommodate the solar
array being proposed.
The policy also
contains language
for generating
requirements and
reclosing coordination
and disconnection of the
system in the future.
The council must
approve the amendment
twice more before it
becomes effective.
The council also held a
public hearing to discuss
a budget. No one from
the public spoke for
or against the budget
amendment and the council
approved it without incident.
The council also considered
the second reading of an
ordinance that would allow
a county resident to serve
on the Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation Board. The council
approved the second reading
and also approved a motion
SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 3A
Amber Cassat and Brittany Hopkins joined The Bloomfield
Democrat staff last week. Cassat will work in the production and
graphic arts department. Hopkins joined the staff as the main
advertising salesperson.
Hopkins and Cassat
join Democrat staff
The Bloomfield Democrat
has added two new parttime employees to its
staff. Brittany Hopkins and
Amber Cassat began their
positions as advertising
salesperson and graphic
designer, respectively, last
week.
Hopkins is a 2011 high
school graduate and is
continuing her education through Indian Hills
Community College. She
previously worked as an
administrative assistant
for Hallmarc Stallions out
of Ocala, Fla. and lives in
Bloomfield with her husband
Clayton and son Tryton.
Clayton is employed by
Sinclair Tractor of Bloomfield.
Cassat graduated from
Davis County High School in
2012 and attended IHCC for
one year before transferring
to Iowa Central Community
College in Fort Dodge to study
graphics technology. She will
continue working part-time at
North End Grill in addition to
her position at the Democrat.
2A THE BLOOMFIELD DEMOCRAT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
‘Music on the Green’ features
Ottumwa Symphony
OTTUMWA — A diverse sampling of 20th century music
styles will be featured during the Ottumwa Symphony
Orchestra’s “Music on the
Green” on Sunday, June 14. The
7:00 p.m. concert, free and open
to the public, will be performed
on the Marge Dodd Stage at
Indian Hills Community College.
Featured in the concert is a
jazz quartet with conductor and
saxophonist David Sharp, pianist Jamie Poulsen, bassist Steve
Charlson and Tim Crumley on
drums.
The highlight of the concert
will be an orchestral medley of
tunes arranged by Sharp from
the landmark 1959 Miles Davis
“Kind of Blue” album, considered by many to be the greatest
jazz recording of all-time.
|WHAT’S NEWS
BRIEFLY
Loebsack
representative here
Dien Judge, a member of
Congressman Dave Loebsack’s
staff, will be in Bloomfield from
9-10 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, to
meet and discuss items of concern with the public.
Bassett graduates
Bloomfield’s Katy Bassett was
awarded her Bachelor of Science
in Nursing Degree from Coe
College in Cedar Rapids on May
10.
Bassett, a graduate of Davis
County High School, is the
daughter of Jay and Betsy
Bassett.
The historic Mars Hill Log
Church will hold a meeting on
Sunday, June 14 at the church.
There will be a co-op lunch at
1 p.m. The worship service is
scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
The community is invited to attend.
The Mars Hill Log church
was first completed in 1857.
After sustaining extensive damage from a fire in 2006, it was
reconstructed with original and
period materials through funds
donated by individuals, groups,
and public entities.
The Mars Hill Log Church is
now available for events and
tours by appointment. For more
information, call 641-777-2822.
Thomas Gladson, of
Bloomfield recently earned
his Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering Degree
from South Dakota School of
Mines and Technology in Rapid
City, S.D.
Gladson graduated Magna
Cum Laude. He is the son of
Ron and Becky Gladson.
Smith awarded
scholarship
Chandra Smith of Bloomfield
was recently awarded
the Belknap Baker Family
Scholarship at the Upper Iowa
University Honors and Awards
Banquet in Waterloo.
The scholarship was established by Genevieve Belknap
Baker, class of 1936, in honor
of her husband, Carleton Baker,
The Bloomfield Police
Department recently completed
its sTEP wave project over the
Memorial Day holiday. The
wave ran from may 18 through
May 31.
Officer Buddy Harsch said
the post wave seatbelt survey
showed motorists were using
seatbelts at a rate of 83-per-
Gladson graduates
Menster receives
DKG award
Sam Menster, son of Jessica
and Scott Menster, received the
“Apple for A Student” award
given by Beta Rho Chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma for the
month of May.
Menster is a student at Davis
County Elementary School and
was selected for the award for
his achievements in the classroom as well as being reliable,
responsible, enthusiastic and
demonstrating a positive attitude.
The Davis County Sheriff’s
Department was called to the
scene of a two-vehicle accident
on June 1. The accident took
place on Highway 2 near the
intersection with Lilac Avenue
south of Bloomfield.
Sheriff Dave Davis
investigated the accident, which
was reported at 1:10 p.m. Davis
arrived to find that two vehicles
were involved in the crash. It
included a 2007 Kia Sorento
driven by Robert Montis of Des
Moines and a 2002 GMC truck
and trailer driven by Leslie R.
Boeckner of rural Bloomfield.
Davis’ report stated that
no one was injured in the
crash. Boeckner was headed
westbound on Highway 2 and
had slowed to turn left onto
Lilac Avenue. At the same
time, Montis’ vehicle was also
westbound on Highway 2 and
was traveling behind Boeckner’s
vehicle. Montis failed to see that
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The department worked one
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Officers will conduct the next
sTEP wave during the July 4
holiday and will run from July
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Police made 50 stops for
speeding during the sTEP wave.
They stopped 18 motorists for
seatbelt violations. One was
stopped for not having a valid
license and 16 other stops were
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Mayor Chris Miller will host
Coffee with the Mayor at Copy,
Cupp’n Keyboard at 8 a.m.
Friday.
The public is invited to attend and discuss city issues
with Miller and other city staff
members.
and the Belknap and Baker
families.
Police participate in sTEP wave
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section and Sharp on alto saxophone.
“Caramel Mou” was composed
by Darius Milhaud in 1920 and
was one of the first “classical”
pieces that utilized jazz and
ragtime rhythms. Originally
composed as a piano piece,
Sharp has arranged this fascinating work for orchestra.
“Music on the Green” has
become a family tradition in
Ottumwa as folks are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and
picnic baskets to enjoy while
listening to the sounds of the
Symphony.
In the event of inclement
weather, the event will move
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Bradi and Dakota Houston of Bloomfield were among many local children to take part in the Kids
Fishing Derby at the McGowen Recreation and Wildlife area. Kids were treated to free fishing and
were also given some pointers on how to catch more fish. Here Dakota satisfies her curiosity by
reaching out to touch a fish the girls caught during the day. (Photo by Amber Cassat.)
The orchestra will open with
a lively and rhythmic Brazilianstyle samba entitled “Tamboo”
by Francisco Cavez.
Written by the great American
composer William Schuman in
1943, “Newsreel (in Five Shots)”
is an exciting suite of five
short musical portraits entitled
“Horse Race,” “Fashion Show,”
“Tribal Dance,” “Monkeys at the
Zoo” and “Parade.”
An original composition by
Sharp, “In the Garden of Your
Thought” is loosely based on
the song “Romance” by French
composer Claude Debussy. It
features the jazz quartet with
the orchestra.
“Nina Never Knew” is an arrangement by Sharp of the
popular song of 1952 featuring
the Ottumwa Symphony string
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DOZAUER: From Page 1A
recounted the fun innocent
children had re-enacting the
war. But as he and his three
brothers matured during those
war years, reality set in and
they began to understand the
devastation caused by war and
recognize the courage displayed
by their parents during the Nazi
years.
“For kids, it was a lot of fun.
We made paper helmets and
marched. We had no idea how
serious it was until the warfront
came to our village,” Dozauer
said.
The four boys in his family
frequently walked to the village
to purchase milk and visit the
bakery and the butcher shop.
During one trek, Dozauer began
to recognize the danger that
was imminent.
“One day when American
soldiers were occupying the
surrounding hills, I came across
a dead cow; it had been hit in
the chest and was lying on the
main road. Then the Germans
put an artillery observer in the
church steeple,” he said.
When a grenade was lobbed
into the church steeple and
exploded in front of the
church altar, the severity of the
situation made an impression
on young Rudi. “I was an altar
boy (in the Catholic Church) and
had to memorize Latin prayers.
We continued to kneel in front
of the damaged altar,” said
Dozauer, as he told how the
villagers continued to worship
in the church.
The altar was not repaired for
some time as there were “other
fish to fry,” said Dozauer. Farm
buildings were also burned
down and a sawmill was moved
in to help with rebuilding.
The Dozauer boys and their
mother lived approximately
16 miles from Nuremberg,
which was one the most heavily
bombed areas during the war.
But that amount of distance
was sufficient for the boys to
feel some sense of security and
view the bombings as a source
of entertainment rather than
danger.
“We would always lay out
clothes so we could dress
quickly in the dark,” Dozauer
recalled as he remembered
being awoken to watch the
bombing in the middle of the
night. “We would wake up
and watch the show. There
were sirens to announce that
bombers were on the way
and again to announce the
all clear. For us kids it was
entertainment, it really was.
“During those nighttime
attacks on Nuremberg, the
sky lit up. Then a light would
follow those planes as long as
possible to assist with firing
cannons. They were like fingers
in the sky. Towards the end of
the war, planes came in and
bombed in broad daylight,
because the Germans didn’t
have any defense. I remember
those planes sparkling in the
sunlight. But we always felt
safe; we were far enough from
the city they wouldn’t waste a
bomb on us.
“Us kids never thought what
those people in town were
gong through when being
bombed. If we kids would have
tried to make sense of all we
experienced, I think we would
have gone mad,” Dozauer
commented.
A serious problem for the
German people during the war
was a limited supply of food.
Dozauer explained that farmers
were better off than many
because they not only produced
their own food, but traded food
for other items they could no
longer buy.
“Most who had a little land
had a vegetable garden,” he
added. “In our community
there were apple trees along
certain roads. The apples were
auctioned off each year before
they were harvested. However,
that didn’t stop the school kids
from picking those apples.
“There was a saying that
it was legal to take what you
needed to live on. You could
steal what you needed to
stay alive. This was called
‘Mundraub,’ a convenient way
of justifying what we did. I do
remember digging up a hill of
potatoes once,” Dozauer said.
He also recalled the time
when a supply train was
stuck at the local station. The
local people decided there
was a need for supplies and
raided the train—taking sugar
and powdered milk by the
bucketsful. Some farmers
took wagonloads of sugar and
powdered milk and pulled them
home with their cows or oxen.
But those farmers didn’t
get away with the plunder.
Authorities knew who had
stolen the wagonloads of goods
and retaliated by burning the
sugar. Those who took only
bucketsful ended up benefiting
the most from the stolen sugar
and milk.
The residents of Nuremberg
were especially in need of food.
“They came from Nuremberg to
our village and our farms with
empty rucksacks,” Dozauer
recalled. “The farmers were
not supposed to engage in
black market profiteering, but
the Nuremberg residents got
back on the trains with their
rucksacks filled. Everybody
knew why they were there.”
Throughout much of the war,
Dozauer and his three brothers
lived only with their mother.
His older sisters were grown
and had left home. His father, a
World War I veteran and POW,
had also been drafted into the
German Army at age 46 to serve
in World War II.
“Officially during most of
the war he was listed as MIA.
Usually that meant a soldier
was dead. Mom had reconciled
to the idea that he would never
come back,” Dozauer said.
“He actually deserted and
looked up friends in Holland
who gave him civilian clothes
and he went to work for the
Dutch underground. He gave
the Dutch information about
the Nazis. If the Nazis would
have found out, they would
have executed him on the spot.
“Mom and Dad were
very courageous,” Dozauer
continued. “Most in Germany
were hog-wild about the Nazis.
Those who were not caught
up in Nazi mania didn’t let
anyone else know. It was too
dangerous.”
Dozauer related one incident
when a neighbor lady, who
had a habit of coming to his
mother’s bedroom window with
news, arrived one morning after
an assassination attempt on
Hitler. “Just imagine,” she said,
“they almost killed our Adolf.”
“Too bad,” his mother
answered.
“How dangerous it was
to speak the unspeakable
truth,” Dozauer commented.
Sometimes that truth was
spoken after tongues were
loosened over a few beers.
Dozauer recalled one incident
when a German simply said, “He
should never have done this,”
referring to Hitler’s decision to
march into Russia.
“This was turned in (the Nazis
had eyes and ears everywhere)
and he was called into a
people’s court of justice and
hanged—a common, ordinary
person socializing over his beer.
They made an example of him.
“The word was ‘just don’t say
it—if you say it one more time,
I’ll have to turn you in.’ Mom
heard this warning.”
Dozauer recalls another
incident in which his mother
was courageous and outspoken.
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Take a stand against
The Nazis often decorated
worthy mothers who had lots
of kids, especially boys, with
a mother’s cross. Of course
the Nazis wanted young
recruits for the party. “One
day a party official came to
our door, knocked, and said,
‘Congratulations, Mrs. Dozauer,
you have been awarded the
mother’s cross.’
“She replied, ‘Out you go,
and don’t you ever darken my
doorstep again.’ If the official
would not have known her, she
would have been in trouble. She
should have thought before she
spoke, but it was instinctive.
“My mother and father only
had eighth grade educations.
But you didn’t have to be a
nuclear scientist to figure out
what was going on. The Nazis
had rigged the radio station and
practically gave away receivers,
and what was on most of the
time? The Nazis and Hitler
himself. Hitler made everything
perfect for the maximum
rhetorical effect.”
Dozauer says some believe
that if the Germans had
received a more just settlement
after World War I, they may
not have gone to war a second
time. The terms of the WW I
peace treaty were harsh for the
Germans, and it was said much
of what Germany produced
was sent to France, leaving the
Germans impoverished and
vulnerable to someone such as
Hitler.
“Once Hitler had taken over,
there was no way of turning the
clock back,” Dozauer said. “He
(Hitler) had a system that broke
opposition. The first people
to go to the concentration
camps were socialists; they
were a viable opposition force.
Eventually, it is said, the church
would have to be taken care of,
but let them wait.
“Hitler had a system where
only his word got out. People
were not allowed to listen to
BBC; that was called black
listening. We kids were
encouraged to turn in our own
parents if we suspected they
were listening to a foreign radio
broadcast.”
Hitler also started recruiting
youth at an early age. “My two
older brothers had a lot of fun
in Hitler Youth. Everyone was
expected to join for fun, sports
activities, and in the end they
were taught to shoot. This
organization transitioned into
the military. At the end of the
war when the Americans were
moving in, my brothers buried
the brown uniforms they wore
as members of Hitler Youth.
“Their teacher encouraged,
almost demanded, them to join
Hitler Youth. He was a diedin-the-wool radical,” Dozauer
said. “And after it was clear the
Americans were going to take
over the village, the teacher left
and hanged himself on a tree.”
Dozauer reported being
scared stiff when the Americans
arrived near the end of the
war. “The bombardment was
frightening. There were still SS
(the Nazi party’s Schutzstaffel
or protection squadron) in the
village with anti-gun cannons at
two ends of the village with a
Howitzer in between. There was
a supposed order to hold the
Americans for three days and
expect an orderly withdrawal.
“We were playing hide-andseek in a little woods when all
of a sudden, I was trying to hide
in bushes and someone had
beaten me to it with a pistol
pointed at me. I think he was
probably a German deserter.
I’m just glad he didn’t kill
me,” Dozauer said with relief.
***
(Part 2 of the story to be
published next week will tell of
Dozauer’s experiences following
World War II and his emigration
to the United States.)
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
is June 15, 2015
ELDER ABUSE HAPPENS
MORE THAN YOU’D SUSPECT.
Yearly 2.1 million older Americans are victims of elder
abuse, neglect, physical/emotional mistreatment or
financial exploitation. Experts believe that for every
reported case as many as 14 cases go unreported.
The Elder Rights Program at Milestones is dedicated
to educating, preventing and identifying elder abuse
against Iowans age 60 and up. It empowers individuals
to sustain their own independence and offers a
responsive system that accepts all referrals concerning
elder abuse, neglect or exploitation.
If you suspect elder abuse, report it by calling Cindy at ext. 508.
1-855-410-6222
www.milestonesaaa.org
For information and assistance in Appanoose, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines,
Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Muscatine,
Scott, Van Buren, Wapello and Wayne Counties in Iowa.
This float carrying John’s Jambalaya Band was one of many parade entries last weekend at the Floris
Flag Days. John Pisarik, his wife Jane and several of the couple’s friends played music for the parade
spectators at last weekend’s Floris Flag days. Results of all Flag Day contests are being gathered and
will be published in next week’s edition of The Bloomfield Democrat.
COUNCIL: From Page 1A
to dispense with the third
reading of the ordinance. Upon
publication, the ordinance
change will take effect and
allow county residents to
serve on the city’s parks and
recreation board.
The council approved an
internship for Danilea McKee
to work with the energy
efficiency department. The
council approved a draft of
an application being made
available to business electric
customers who would like to
engage in a lighting retrofitting
incentive program.
The council approved
recommendations from the
city attorney, which deal with
the city’s collective bargaining
agreement with city union
employees. Many of the
recommendations presented
are concerned with language
changes in the agreement.
The council agreed to post
and advertise for a new police
department secretary. They will
also be posting and advertising
for an accounts payable clerk in
the city clerk’s office.
The council approved tobacco
permits for Route 63 Quik Stop,
Casey’s, Dollar General and
J’s One Stop. The council also
approved an alcohol permit for
Slick’s on the east side of the
square in Bloomfield.
The council finished up
the meeting by approving
Shane Poe Construction as the
contractor that will engage in a
water main replacement project.
The project will total $1.2
million and will cover water
main replacement funded by
Community Development Block
Grant funds.
SCHOOL: From Page 1A
in a safe room.
Lynch and Wetterich both
mentioned that Davis County
Schools are now in the midst
of strategic planning and
it appears that the district
is behind other schools in
providing technology for its
students. Therefore, funds
may also be sought through
the bond issue for upgrading
technology.
The final issue being tackled
by the committees now is that
of the three-story section of the
old high school. Though some
have suggested repurposing
that building, the architects
say that is not an economically
viable solution. That space
could also provide much
needed parking space, some
have noted.
While the above are
recommended as near-term
goals, there are additional
school facility goals that will
have to be met in long-range
planning.
However, the committees
have had to prioritize their
goals, realizing that only so
much money will be available
until the bonds on the current
high school are paid off in
2029.
Lynch encourages the public
to visit the schools’ website,
www.dcmustangs.com, to view
information on the facility
improvements being discussed.
He also said a timeline for the
project is on the website as well
as information on how much
the bond issue would cost
taxpayers.
Wetterich added that Danny
Roberts, Director of Support
Services, is willing to conduct
tours of the facilities upon
request.
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| DEATHS
| THIS WEEK’S FORECAST
THIS WEEK
Bernita Epperly
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high
near 89. Southwest wind 6 to
10 mph becoming north in the
afternoon.
Wednesday night: A 30
percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 67.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Thursday night: Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Some of the
storms could produce heavy rain.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around
68.
Friday: Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Mostly
| LAST WEEK
24-hour period ending at 7 a.m.
High
73
75
83
Friday night: A 50 percent chance
Mostly cloudy, with a low around
64.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance
Mostly cloudy, with a high near
81.
Saturday night: Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 66.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance
Mostly cloudy, with a high near
80.
| THIS MONTH
NWS at Lake Fisher
Date
June 3
June 4
June 5
cloudy, with a high near 82.
Breezy. Chance of precipitation is
60%.
LowPrecip.
54
61 0.07
64
June 6
June 7
June 8
June 9
87
81
87
85
63
64 0.09
63 0.35
66
Average High:
79.00
Average Low:
59.44
Average
Temperature:
69.22
Precipitation:
0.51
WEEKLY HOROSCOPE
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
Focus your energies in a
positive way, Aries. You can accomplish anything you set your
mind to, and now is the time to
put your attitude to work.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, you are ready for
something or someone new.
Right now is a good time to
reach out and connect with a
new passion. Things will get
more interesting rather quickly.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
You need to focus and get
back to work this week, Gemini.
Things have slipped out of your
fingers, and it could take a little
while before you get back on a
schedule.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Shop around for the best
deals before making a big purchase, Cancer. A little extra
work can lead to substantial
savings. There are deals to be
had, so be patient.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Expect to reach a milestone
in your life, Leo. This may have
something to do with your family or career. Either way, the
praise you will receive is warranted.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Sometimes it can be easy for
you to get fixated on a certain
way of doing things, Virgo.
There are really many different paths to the same outcome
when you are open to ideas.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Libra, do not panic when a
glitch arises in your plans. Just
approach the situation from
a different angle, and you will
find a solution in no time.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Try not to push yourself too
hard this week, Scorpio. This is
a good time to maintain a low
profile. Drawing too much attention to yourself might ruffle
the wrong feathers this week.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, something will
bring a smile to your face early
in the week, and there’s pretty
much nothing that can put you
in a bad mood. This is an ideal
time to get things accomplished.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
You are never one to walk
away from a challenge,
Capricorn. This week you will be
presented with a big obstacle,
and you will have to step up to
tackle the hard stuff.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Keep your eyes open and you
just may stumble on something
new and fascinating this week,
Aquarius. This is a good time
to explore new ideas and apply
them to your daily life.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Someone gets bent out of
shape over something that
seems laughable to you, Pisces.
You may need to adjust your
view.
| THE RECORD
FROM PUBLIC REPORTS
Magistrate Court
Jose Margarito Gonza Dondiego,
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, failure to comply with safety regulations or rules,
$161.25.
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, failure to comply with safety regulations or rules,
$161.25.
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, maximum
hour of service violation, $161.25.
Ye Thao, Moberly, Mo., speeding,
$242.25.
Kaylee Lynn Hamilton Toure,
Ottumwa, operation without registration, $161.25
Cory A. Heidenwith, Unionville, Mo.,
speeding, $114.
Andrew Maurice Glenn, St. Louis,
Mo., speeding, $242.25.
Shawn Jay Cremer, Bloomfield, operation without registration, $161.25.
Christopher Evans Murrell,
Bloomfield, possession/purchase of
alcohol by person under age, $330.
Roger Federick Hornback,
Bloomfield, operation without registration, $127.50.
Felix Dionicio Martinez, Houston,
Texas, maximum hours of service violation, $127.50.
John Andrew Kennebeck, Des
Moines, speeding, $114.
Steven Daniel Lundy, Ottumwa, failure to comply with safety regulations
or rules, $127.50.
Kimberly Sue Lindsey, Bloomfield,
failure to obey stop sign and yield
right of way, $195.
Jesse L. Janes, Macon, Mo., no Iowa
fuel permit, $330.
Tori Fayrene Blaisdell, Circle Pines,
Minn., speeding, $114.
Donald H. Brower, Macon, Mo., operation by unqualified driver, $127.50.
Donald H. Brower, Macon, Mo., failure to comply with safety regulations
or rules, $127.50.
Patricia Marie Giannetti, Las Vegas,
Nev., speeding, $114.
Jill M. Howard, Eagan, Minn., speeding, $119.
Nicholas Thimesch, Marshalltown,
speeding, $173.
John William Kuberski, Irvington,
Ill., speeding, $114.
Norman Kenneth Johnson,
Brooklyn Park, Minn., speeding, $114.
Daniel Wayne Stogdill, Drakesville,
operation without registration,
$127.50.
Jacquelyn Dare Jones, Kirksville,
Mo., speeding, $114.
Hoyt Alan Grooms, Drakesville,
speeding, $80.
Wayne Kenneth Kamm, Salem,
speeding, $80.
Tyler Roland Knapp, Bloomfield,
speeding, $80.
Jason (Stone) Eugene Sample,
Bloomfield, speeding, $80.
Glen Allan Strayer, Ottumwa, operation with expired drivers license, $50.
Jordan Christopher Terrell,
Bernita E. Epperly, 87, of Milton passed away June 4, 2015 at
the Good Samaritan Society in Keosauqua. She was born March
16, 1928 in Cantril to LaRue Austin and Frieda Kaiser Wilson. She
married Jack Madden and they later divorced. She married Walter
Epperly and he preceded her in death in May 1998. Bernita was a farmer and a member of the Lebanon
United Methodist Church. She enjoyed sewing,
singing in a women’s quartet, and taking care of her
grandchildren. She is survived by her two daughters, Ramona (Jim)
Adkins of Urbandale, Renee Reed of Pleasantville;
son, Ross (Myra) Madden of Bloomfield; stepdaughter,
Jeanne Frontz of Victoria, Texas; stepson, Gary
Epperly
Epperly of Dallas, Texas; twelve grandchildren;
26 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Anna Kathleen Geith of
Homestead, Fla. She was preceded in death by her parents and husbands. No services are planned and scattering of the cremains will be
held at a later date.
A memorial has been established to the Lebanon United
Methodist Church and may be mailed to her son, Ross Madden, at
23625 Lilac Ave, Bloomfield, Iowa 52537.
Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield is assisting the family and
online condolences may be left at www.waglerfuneralhome.com.
Ione Leyda
Edna Ione Leyda, 86, of rural Bloomfield, passed away May 25,
2015 at the Bloomfield Care Center. She was born April 21, 1929
in Savannah to John Samuel and Nellie Oleta Brock Brunk.
Ione was saved by grace and joined the old Mark Baptist Church
as a young girl. She graduated from Bloomfield High School in
1946 with a teaching certificate and taught in Mark
from 1947-1955. After 1955, she became a substitute
teacher in Davis County for many years.
On May 14, 1949 she married Robert Leyda in
Salem, Arkansas. In 1957, Robert and Ione purchased
a farm near Bloomfield.
She enjoyed painting china and was a member of
the Ottumwa Area China Painters. She also collected
Leyda
antiques and loved to sing. Ione especially loved
spending time with her grandchildren and family.
She is survived by her husband, Robert; son, Jeffry (Debbie)
Leyda of Bloomfield; daughter, Jana (Dean) Gooden of Pulaski;
four grandchildren, Erica McKay of Des Moines, Jared (Stephanie
Bremer) Gooden of Pulaski, Ashley (Tom) Walkup and Kimberly
Leyda, both of Bloomfield; brother, Ronald (Patty) Brunk of Sun
City, Ariz.; brother-in-law, Max (Jeani) Leyda of Bloomfield; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, John
Brunk Jr., Donald Brunk; and a sister-in-law, Helen McWilliams.
Funeral services were held on Friday, May 29, at the Wagler
Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Rev. Donna Olinger officiating
Cremation followed the service with burial of the cremains at
the IOOF Cemetery scheduled for a later date.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Davis
County Dollars for Scholars.
Online condolences may be left at www.waglerfuneralhome.
com.
Jeanne Casteel
Bloomfield, speeding, $125.
Delany Grace Vierkandt, Alden,
speeding, $80.
Kiefer Alan Yadon, Novinger, Mo.,
speeding, $80.
Real Estate Transfers
Thomas H. and Sue A. Skinner to
Bloomfield MHP LLC—property.
Donald R. and Lois Darlene Jacobs
to Eric W. and Sherri E. White—property.
Nancy J. Swope to Sheila R. Early—
land.
Sheila R. Early to James and Sarah
Yoder—land.
Sandra Jean Mason to Matthew C.
and Bethany E. Munson—property.
Larry W. and Viola M. Engbers to
Kevin Prevo and Jason Prevo—land.
Davis County Treasurer and Linda
Brammer to RLG TB Six—land.
Wesley A. and Wilha M. Kingdon to
Emily Wettstein—land.
Real Estate Contracts
Fred F. and Joyce Hill to Charles C.
and Lesley A. Knott—land.
Sheila R. Early to James and Sarah
Yoder—land.
Bonnie J. Birchmier to Adam J. and
Lindsay J. Smith—land.
Marriage Licenses
Merlin E. Yoder, 21, Bloomfield, and
Rosella E. Yoder, 20, Bloomfield.
Bree Lynn Riggenbach, 23,
Bloomfield and Alexander Fitzpatrick
Reinert, 29, Cedar Rapids.
Dissolution of Marriage
Dena Sue Harbour, Bloomfield and
Lawerence John Majerus, Des Moines.
Civil Court
Daniel James Murphy vs. Madison
National Life Insurance Company Inc.,
petition filed.
Small Claims
Long Term Medical Supply
Corporation vs. Adam and Marcy
Maeline Shields, judgment against
Shields in the amount of $3,217.85
plus 2.23% interest from May 28 and
costs.
Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. vs.
Christopher Don Jackson, judgment
against Jackson in the amount of
$1,244.65 plus 2.23% interest from
May 28 and costs.
Credit Bureau Services of Iowa, Inc.
vs. Lyle Ray Saunders, case dismissed
with prejudice.
District Court
Barry Edwin Benson, Eldon,
charged with probation revocation.
Revocation hearing set for June 19.
Mallory K. Breiholz, Ottumwa,
charged with probation revocation.
Revocation hearing set for June 19.
Wyatt Williams, Bloomfield,
charged with sexual exploitation of
a minor, lascivious act with a child
and dissemination and exhibition of
obscene materials to a minor. Trial set
for Aug. 18.
Chad Steven Robnett, Albia,
charged with dissemination/exhibition of obscene materials to a minor,
lascivious acts with a child and sexual
exploitation of a minor. Trial set for
Aug. 4.
Cody Ryan Rhodes, Ottumwa,
charged with lascivious acts with a
child and sexual exploitation of a minor. Trial set for Aug. 25.
Trenton John O’Brien, Fairfield,
charged with sexual exploitation of a
minor and lascivious acts with a child.
Trial set for Aug. 11.
Zachary Lukas Robnett, Albia,
charged with dissemination/exhibition of obscene materials to a minor,
lascivious acts with a child and sexual
exploitation of a minor. Trial set for
July 28.
Mitchell Dean Chapman, Knoxville,
for Sept. 1.
John Kristopher Bedner, Ottumwa,
for July 21.
Crete W. Hastings, Bloomfield,
guilty lesser included second degree
theft, five years probation, and pay
a fine, costs and restitution in the
amount of $2,317.50.
Jimmie Hall, Ottumwa, charged
with third degree sexual abuse. Pretrial conference set for Aug. 21 and
trial set for Sept. 15.
Rocky Dakota Lee, Floris, pleaded
not guilty to homicide by vehiclereckless driving and two counts of
serious injury by vehicle. Pre-trial
conference set for Oct. 2 and trial set
for Oct. 20.
Lucas Brian Shields, Pulaski, pleaded guilty to public intoxication-first
offense. He is to pay a fine and costs
of $447.75.
Christopher Allen Boas, Bloomfield,
guilty of disorderly conduct. He is to
pay a fine and costs of $300.
Chris Merle Williams, Fremont,
charged with fifth degree theft. A motion for a continuance was filed; trial
set for July 9.
Gene D. McVey, Douds, pleaded
guilty of assault. He is to pay a fine
and costs of $195.
Rene McFarland, Bloomfield,
charged with domestic abuse assault.
Trial set for Aug. 27.
Daryl McFarland, Bloomfield,
pleaded not guilty to domestic abuse
assault and obstruction of emergency
communications. Trial set for Aug. 20.
Maxton Richard McKee, Bloomfield,
charged with obstruction of emergency communications and fifth degree criminal mischief.
Police Calls
May 28, 2:52 p.m.—Police assisted a
motorist in unlocking their vehicle at
207 W. Locust.
May 28, 5:41 p.m.—Police assisted
a motorist with a disabled vehicle at
the corner of Columbia Street and
Goode Street.
an ambulance at 402 E. South Street,
apartment E3.
motorist with an object in the road on
Highway 63 on the Fox River Bridge.
May 30, 1:07 a.m.—Police assisted a
motorist in unlocking their vehicle in
the Keith’s parking lot.
motorist in unlocking their vehicle in
the 600 block of E. Chestnut Street.
May 30, 7:20 p.m.—Police received
a report of a runaway at 706 W. South
Street.
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Jeanne Casteel, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away June 3, 2015 at
the Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa. She was born
April 23, 1923 in Green City, Mo. to Jerome and Elma Moddrell
Watts. She married Aubrey Casteel January 26, 1946 in Lancaster,
Mo. He preceded her in death April 12, 2004.
Jeanne loved spending time with her family,
especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She enjoyed playing cards, caring for her flowers,
and knitting. She had been attending the Bloomfield
United Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, Clinton (Cherri) Casteel
of Bloomfield, Terry Casteel of Titusville, Fla.; four
Casteel
grandchildren, Marc (Jana) Casteel of Ankeny, Jill
(Tony) Green of North Bend, Wash., Wende (Jeremy)
Howk of Bloomfield, April (Drew) Ewing of New Bremen, Ohio;
four great-grandchildren, Austin and Colten Green, Kerbe Howk,
and Kale Casteel. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughterin-law, Angela Casteel; two sisters; and a brother. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 8, at the
Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Rev. Donna Olinger
officiating.
Burial was in the Arni Memorial Cemetery in Lancaster, Mo.
A memorial has been established to the Senior Center in
Bloomfield. Online condolences may be left at www.waglerfuneralhome.
com.
Lula Tweed
On June 7, 2015, Lula Marie (Thomas, Moine) Tweed, went to be
with her Lord and Savior Jesus. Lula was born on March 29, 1924,
to Roy and Mary (Jefferson) Thomas on the family farm in Cass
Township, Clayton County. Lula was the second child born in the
family of five children and one stepbrother. Lula’s
mother died when she was eleven years old. Lula quit
school to take over the homemaking duties of her
family that had three younger children at home.
Lula met and married Eugene Moine in 1941, and
to this union were born eight children, Bill, Claudette,
Nancy, Terry, Kathy, twins Jane and Jean, and Kevin.
Lula and Eugene divorced in 1960. Lula retained full
custody of her children, and to support them, she did
Tweed
many different jobs, sometimes holding three parttime jobs a week.
Lula was the head cook at the Franklin Hotel when Harry Tweed
(an agent of Dairy Credit Loan Service) made Strawberry Point his
home base, and an interest in the head cook developed that led to
marriage. They were offered an opportunity to buy the Franklin
Hotel. They improved the business and were able to sell it and
retire. Retirement was enjoyed for many winters in Youngtown,
Ariz., and summers in Strawberry Point.
Lula was preceded in death by her true love, Harry Tweed;
son, Bill Moine; her parents, Roy and Mary Thomas; her brother,
Donald Thomas; step-brother, Earl Brandenberg; and brother-inlaw, Richard Williams.
Lula is survived by her children, Claudette (Al) Fortsch of
Lewiston, Minn., Nancy (Carl) Bales of Pulaski, Terry (Don) Recker
of Youngtown, Ariz., Kathy (Tom) Peterman of Marion, Jane (Kirk)
Kramer of Robins, Jean (Jerry) Wessels of Lamont, and Kevin
Moine of Strawberry Point; 30 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren, with one on the way;
three sisters, Ella Mae (Donald) Rankin of New Hampton, Lavon
Williams of Edgewood, and Esther (Dick) Rath of Dubuque; a
daughter-in-law, Linda Moine of Strawberry Point; and her sisterin-law, Blanche Thomas of Strawberry Point.
Online condolences may be sent to www.leonard-mullerfh.com.
The memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 12, at
Emanuel Lutheran Church in Strawberry Point.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at the
Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Strawberry Point, as well as one
hour prior to the funeral at the church.
Inurnment will be in the Cass Township Cemetery in Strawberry
Point.
Opinion
5A
| EDITORIAL
School bond success depends
on open communication
In just three months there will be a defining vote in Davis County.
That vote will either show the support and pride we have in our young
people by endorsing new athletic and music facilities, or it will convey
the impression that our students mean less to us than our tax dollars.
The Davis County School System has the dubious distinction of
having some of the worst athletic facilities in the area. The high
school music facility is also deteriorating. It is time we recognize these
problems and prove at the ballot box that we care about our students
and our community.
Our track is in such poor condition that some schools fear their
runners may suffer injuries. Locker room facilities are atrocious and
allow for little privacy. The football field has drainage problems. The
baseball diamond must be moved to make room for Davis County Fair
parking.
All in all, our students have many needs. They deserve facilities that
will enhance their performances as athletes and musicians, not hinder
them. Davis County can’t be expected to consistently compete well
against the schools they’re up against with their current facilities.
The community deserves athletic and music facilities that display
pride in Davis County and our students. The image we display is
important to all who reside here and to our ability to draw new
residents and stimulate a healthy economy.
Three months is very little time to refine a facilities plan and be
successful at a bond issue. The Building Committee and the Citizens
Committee need to work feverishly to communicate the need for
updated facilities and convince voters to vote ‘yes.’
But communication is a two-way street. The public also needs to
seek out information on the plans for the facilities and be proactive
in communicating their opinions on the facilities to the Building and
Grounds Committee, the Citizens Committee and the school board
and administration. Active engagement between school entities and
community groups while plans are being finalized will contribute
to “ownership” in the project on the part of all. And that is a very
powerful tool in gaining the public’s “yes” vote.
The school committees, school board, staff, booster clubs, and
student leaders must pour every ounce of energy into communicating
the need for the facilities and the benefits of the plan. This community
just passed a jail bond issue by a whopping 72% margin. Lessons
should be learned from the strategies used by that committee.
Communication must go beyond inviting a few people to citizens
meetings in Bloomfield. School entities must be open with the entire
county and “take this show on the road.” School representatives need
to meet with all city and county governmental bodies in Davis County
and communicate the need for the facilities.
Informative public meetings need to be scheduled in Pulaski,
Drakesville, Floris, Troy and Bloomfield to communicate the dire
conditions of our facilities and the need to replace or update them.
Repeated and frequent open houses showing the condition of the
facilities must be continued. Remember, “Seeing is believing.”
School representatives need to carry their message to DCDC,
Bloomfield Main Street, Rotary and Optimist Clubs, church groups,
and every organization and board they can think of. They also need to
communicate the need for this bond issue on a one-to-one basis.
And finally, don’t forget the power of the press. This newspaper can
serve as a communication vehicle to well over 5,000 readers per week.
Information on facility plans, committee and community meetings,
and progress on the project should be reported here. Letters to the
editor, providing dialogue on the pros and cons of the project, are
welcome and will constantly keep the public aware of the project and
community response to it.
The success of this bond issue depends on communication!
| ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE
BY BAXTER BLACK
Saturday Night
Dang it, someone spilt their coffee
on the deck of cards again.
Probably one of the new guys. This
place looks like a den
of hibernating coyotes.
Shoot, they’ve broke another chair!
And I’d been countin’ on
a little game of solitaire.
Kids. I’ve seen a million
walkin’ through this bunkBlack
house door.
They blow through here
like tumbleweeds, I’ve give up keepin’
score.
Tonight they’re down at Mona’s
pro’bly spendin’ their last dime
‘Cause we pull out on Monday. But
way back there was a time
I’d been right in amongst ‘em but I
quit goin’ to town.
I got a box for pop cans but they’re
scattered all around,
It doesn’t seem too much to ask to
keep the trash picked up.
Matilda whelped another batch.
Romero took a pup
To train it. That’s okay, but the corner by his bed
Is littered with old papers. So he
could learn to read, he said.
I might just go to Mona’s. Show them
kids a thing or two.
They think I’m old and grouchy but
if they only knew
I’m just tired of playin’ wet nurse to
a string of buckaroos
Who live to ride and rollick, but until
they’ve been paid their dues
They won’t get the satisfaction of
seein’ me impressed
by their endless balface windys or
stirrin’ up the nest.
They can learn by my example.
Maybe even save a buck.
And I would go in to Mona’s but I
lent the lads my truck!
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STRAY THOUGHTS
These people are worth their weight in gold
By Randy Evans
One of the gospels that politicians
constantly preach is the need to create
jobs.
No one disputes the importance of
jobs in the wellbeing of
a community. Without
jobs—especially those
that pay a living wage—a
community’s future won’t
be very promising.
But there’s another
factor that doesn’t get
Evans
the attention it deserves
when a community’s future
is being calculated. That factor is
volunteers.
When you start making a list of
volunteers in your city or county and
see all they do, you quickly realize
these people are worth their weight in
gold. Yet, for all of the value they bring
to a community, more people like them
are needed all the time.
There’s always a need for more
coaches. More people on the stage of
the Iowa Theatre. More people helping
there behind the spotlights. More 4-H
and Scout leaders. More people rolling
up their sleeves at the Davis County
Historical Society, Davis County
Genealogical Society or the Davis
County Civil War Guerrilla Raid Society.
A couple of the recent highlights in
Davis County history have revolved
around baseball—the Davis County
Little League team that was one
heartbreaking game away from the
2006 Little League World Series,
and later, when the Mustangs won
the 2011 Iowa high school baseball
championship.
These boys got their start playing
baseball under the eyes of talented
volunteer coaches.
When I was a kid, there were certain
people who found time every year
to coach a team or help organize the
league—people like Edd Ensminger,
Charlie Rupe, Joe Woolard, Bill
Foglesong.
Somehow, Gary Spurgeon found
time every spring and summer for
Babe Ruth baseball—coaching a team,
serving as District Commissioner
and putting together the annual State
Babe Ruth tournament. When baseball
season ended, in one of the most
improbable change of hats you could
imagine, Gary shifted his attention
to community theater, directing one
production after another.
In Bloomfield, the marquee of the
Iowa Theatre would be forever dark
were it not for the volunteers who keep
the place going.
Many Davis County High School
graduates on their way to college
receive financial help from
organizations and kind-hearted people.
It was that way when the Bloomfield
Rotary Club provided a member of the
Class of 1968 (he was opinionated even
then) with a scholarship that was a big
help with his first year expenses at the
University of Iowa.
In later years, the Davis County
Dollars for Scholars chapter has
funneled the financial assistance from
lots of people in the community to
dozens of graduates each spring to
help them continue their educations.
People like Anne Morgan and Wilton
Wilkinson could have led comfortable
retirement lives, having already given
so much time to their community.
But important parts of Bloomfield
and Davis County, like the Historical
Society, the I Care program and
Dollars for Scholars, would miss the
talents that these uber volunteers have
brought to the organizations.
If you poured truth serum into
people like these, they would tell you
that, yes, they wouldn’t mind having
more time for their own pursuits. But
they also would tell you there is much
still to be done and they thrive on
being involved.
Frankly, these all-star volunteers are
so vital because there is not the money
available to pay someone to take on
these tasks like there is in Des Moines
or Cedar Rapids.
And that’s why it’s important to
take time to thank the people who
make possible the Davis County Fair,
Fort Bloomfield Rodeo, Davis County
Country and Old Time Music Festival,
Drakesville Old Soldiers and Settlers
Reunion, and the Pulaski Corn Show.
But it isn’t just fun and games.
Mennonite and Amish churches
band together under the umbrella
of Mennonite Disaster Service when
disasters strike around our nation.
Their volunteers travel to the disaster
area and go to work cleaning up and
rebuilding homes—and lives. The only
compensation they accept is a thank
you.
The youngest Evans offspring,
daughter Katie, has traveled with
Habitat for Humanity volunteers
to Nepal, Thailand and Ethiopia to
help build better housing and better
sanitation for impoverished areas of
our globe.
We all should take time to thank
these saints for their willingness to
give of their time for the greater good.
The demands on everyone’s time seem
always to exceed the amount of free
time. But somehow, these fine people
find the time to lend a hand. And
our communities are much better off
because of them.
. . . Those are my stray thoughts for
this week.
***
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| LOOKING BACK
IMAGES OF THE PAST
GOING BACK 75 YEARS
75 Years Ago
Highway Patrolman Hans
Aldershof told Bloomfield
Rotarians at their regular
meeting what they might do
to help reduce the highway
accident and fatality toll.
Farmers of Davis County have
purchased 1,500 tons of lime
under AAA soil conservation
benefit plan.
50 Years Ago
Clifford Foster has been
appointed as assistant
secretary and office assistant
in the Appanoose-Davis County
Mutual Insurance Co.
The Bloomfield FFA Chapter
and others donated picnic
grounds equipment, which
included tables and charcoal
burners, to the park in
Drakesville.
Stores in the small communities of Davis County always served as a hub where everyone could
catch up on the news and run into friends. Drakesville was no different as seen in this photograph of
J. N. Wood’s grocery that probably dates to the late 1890s. He also doubled as the postmaster, which
meant his store was always humming with activity.
In 1849 (or more likely 1850), only a few years after John A. Drake had come to Davis County
and founded the town named for him, two of the unlikeliest pioneers settled in Drakesville and
established a general mercantile store—Levi Fleischner and his brother Jacob, Jewish immigrants
from Vogelgesang, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). Levi or Louis, as he came to be known (pictured below), arrived in America in 1842, at the age of 15.
He ended up in the Philadelphia area where he worked as a peddler, but soon was employed buying
and selling horses and cattle. Jacob, age 16, arrived in either 1848 or 1849. After a brief stay, the
brothers headed west, where they believed greater opportunities awaited them.
The group they traveled with disbanded at the Mississippi River. Ahead of them was sparsely
populated Iowa. They made it as far as Drakesville. Why Drakesville? A children’s book, “Northwest
Pioneer” by Alfred Aspler suggests the residents were in real need of a general store. This seems
unlikely seeing as how John Drake had one, but whatever the reason, they invested their savings in
inventory and set up their business. Drakesville was located on what is referred to as the Old
Alexander Trail, one of several trails that linked the Mississippi
River to Kanesville (now Council Bluffs) on the Missouri River. By
early 1852, the Fleischner brothers had decided to go to the Pacific
Northwest and had departed for Kanesville, where they joined one
of the many wagon trains headed for the Oregon Territory. They
faced flooding and cholera outbreaks on the journey before arriving
in Albany, Ore., about seven months later. Jacob remained in Albany, but Louis worked throughout Oregon,
Washington and Idaho selling in mining and logging camps. By the
early 1860s, both had settled in Portland where they established
L. Fleischner & Co., which later became Fleischner, Mayer & Co.,
the largest wholesale business in the Northwest. The Fleischners
prospered and were well respected. Louis was elected Oregon’s third
state treasurer in 1870 and served for four years. Louis died in 1896 and Jacob in 1910. Both are buried in the Beth Israel Cemetery in Portland.
Jacob’s sons Isaac and Marcus continued the business into the 20th
century. Their warehouse, constructed in 1906, is on the National
Register of Historic Places. Preliminary investigation
of the proposed watershed
program on Carter Creek
Watershed was begun by
Soil Conservation Service
personnel. The project involves
approximately 25,000 acres,
mostly in Davis County. It heads
at Moulton and runs diagonally
southeast. It leaves Davis
County south of Stiles.
40 Years Ago
Feeder steers hit $37 at the
weekly sale at the Davis County
Co. A load of 625-pound black
steers topped at $37 as 500 to
700 pound choice steers in the
500 to 700 pound weight group
ranged from $30 to $37 tops.
Missing Out
On What’s
Happening?
“Conspiracy” is the name of
the newly formed rock band
whose members are Mark
Bigbee, Bryan Dixon, Paul
Gentry, and Bryan Speer.
30 Years Ago
20 Years Ago
Jerry and Mary Lou Dixon held
the grand opening of their new
store, Dixon’s Furniture and
Gifts. The new store is located
at the intersection of Highways
2 & 63 and the Savannah Road.
The Dixons have operated
Clothes ‘N More on the square
for several years.
The Davis County Fine Arts
Council began a fund drive
to finance completion of the
renovation of the Iowa Theatre.
The third phase of the project is
the renovation of the interior of
the theatre to make it look like
it did in the 1930s.
10 Years Ago
Firefighters from Pulaski
and Floris teamed up to fight
a blaze at the Jerald Jackson
home in northeast Davis
County. The fire destroyed a
barn and also caused a small
grass fire. The barn was listed a
total loss.
City of Bloomfield employees
worked to find a leaking pipe at
the Bloomfield swimming pool.
A section of pipe including
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Senior Center
June 15—Taco casserole,
chuckwagon corn, strawberries,
sherbet cup. Activities: Wii
games at 9-11:30 a.m. Cards at
12:45 p.m.
June 16—Beefsteak, mashed
potatoes, gravy, tomato spoon
salad, banana, and cool pie.
Activities: Wii games at 9-11:30
a.m. Exercise at 9:30 a.m. Bingo
at 12:45 p.m.
June 17—Chef salad bowl,
Mandarin oranges, banana
pudding. Activities: Wii games
at 9-11:30 a.m. Cards at 12:45
p.m.
June 18—Baked chicken,
cheesy macaroni salad, spinach,
fresh melon, apple cinnamon
bar. Activities: Wii games at
9-11:30 a.m. Bingo at 12:30
p.m.
June 19—(Father’s Day
Dinner) BBQ riblettes, baked
beans, potato salad, layered
lettuce salad, dinner roll, peach
crisp. Activities: Wii games at
9-11:30 a.m. Bingo at 12:30
p.m.
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Slow business=
The need to advertise
Attention!
All Davis County
girls between the
ages of 16-21.
2014 Davis County Fair is searching
for candidates for the annual
Fair Queen Competition
to be held in the pavilion at the
Davis County Fair on Wednesday, July 15, 7 p.m.
For more information and to enter, contact:
Hayley Heemsbergen at 641-459-2272
OR Melinda Replogle at 641-642-8159
email: [email protected]
Deadline for entry: Friday, June 26
Great Scholarship Opportunity!
Davis County Hospital and Davis
County Medical Associates offer patient
portals for your convenience. A patient
portal is a secure website that gives
you 24/7 access to your personal health
information from any location that has
internet connection.
The RelayHealth Patient Portal gives all
non-physician clinic patients access to
portions of their medical record. Patients
may access lab and other diagnostic
test results, access and view healthcare
account information, manage Personal
Health Records (PHR) for themselves
and their family members, and connect
to Hospital Staff for routine and
non-urgent communications. The service
provides connectivity that enables all
participants in the delivery of healthcare
to communicate with each other more
efficiently, effectively, and securely.
There are two easy ways to get signed up
with our RelayHealth Patient Portal:
1. You can give your email address to
the Registration clerk at the time of your
next visit to the hospital. After your visit,
you will receive a message from RelayHealth with an invitation link in the
message. Clicking on the link will take
you to RelayHealth’s website and then
you can enter your personal information
to create your account.
2. If you have previously made a visit to
the hospital and did not give the registration clerk an email address, you can go
directly to https://app.relayhealth.com/
Patients/RegistrationV3.aspx. This will
let you enter your personal information.
After clicking Register and creating your
account, you will need to add the Davis
County Hospital and Medical Center as a
provider and you can add any dependents to your account as well.
After registering with RelayHealth
and creating an account, staff at the
Davis County Hospital will receive a
notification to link your medical records
and release them to your portal account
with RelayHealth for your review. You
will receive an automated email when
this occurs.
If you have any questions about the
RelayHealth Portal please call Katie
Garmon, IT Clinical Analyst for the
Davis County Hospital at 641-664-7088.
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC) recently
announced approximately
2,500 winners of National Merit
Scholarships financed by U.S.
colleges and universities. Recent
Davis County graduate, Nathan
B. Woolard, was awarded the
National Merit University of
Iowa Scholarship. His probable
career field involves writing.
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Computers and computer chip
technology are revolutionizing
the energy industry said
Mark Aeilts, general manager
of Southern Iowa Electric
Cooperative, Monday. Aeilts was
specifically referring to solar
energy and the revolutionary
changes being made in that
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Don Combs recently
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showcased Don’s collection of
trap and deluxe grade, Model
42 Winchester shotguns. The
centerpiece of the display is
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grade, his two-gun leather case,
and a rare photo album of a
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Bloomfield’s newest business,
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the leak, City of Bloomfield
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Legislature concludes session
By State Representative Curt Hanson
On Friday, June 5, the Iowa
Legislature concluded its work
for the year, exactly five weeks
after the scheduled date for
adjournment.
One of the primary
responsibilities of the state
legislature is setting the state
budget. Creating consensus on
a balanced budget that ensures
financial stability while making
appropriate investments in
Iowa’s future is always a work
in progress. Funding levels
are a reflection of the state’s
priorities. I do not agree with
many aspects of the final
budget, but I am glad that we
were able to make necessary
compromises to pass a budget
so that departments can begin
their own budgeting processes.
The state expects reserve
funds of $717 million and
carry-over funds of $260
million, for a total of $977
million remaining after this
year’s budget allocations. With
almost $1 billion remaining in
the cash box, Iowa is, indeed,
in very sound financial shape.
I believe some of this money
could have been put to use
funding some of our state’s
long-term needs with much left
to spare.
In order to finalize a budget,
we passed a number of onetime appropriations to address
critical needs. Unfortunately
many of these critical needs are
on-going expenses that will be
critical once again next year.
Iowans spoke out over
these past months about the
need for more funding for the
education of Iowa students.
After weeks of inaction by the
conference committee assigned
to the allowable growth bills,
both parties agreed to 1.25%
allowable growth and a onetime appropriation of $53.6
million for K-12 education
(the difference between the
House’s 1.25% and the 2.625%
compromise offered by the
Senate).
While this represents an
$84.8 million increase from
FY 2015, it is not the 4% most
parents, teachers, school boards
and students requested. This
lightens the immediate financial
burden for schools this year,
but is hardly a long-term
solution.
In the final days of the
session, a compromise bill
integrating aspects of the cell
phone tower siting bill and the
rural broadband expansion
bill passed. While I am in favor
of broadband expansion for
rural Iowa, I could not vote for
this bill because I felt it was
asking counties and cities to
hand over much of their local
control in the location of cell
phone towers while the support
the bill offers for broadband
expansion was more symbolic
than substantive.
After talk of the Rock Island
Clean Line last year, and this
year the Bakken Pipeline,
Iowans have continually
weighed in on how eminent
domain should be managed
in our state. We did not pass
any bills that affect the rights
of property owners in this
matter. In line with the intent
of eminent domain, I do not
think private companies should
profit from land acquired under
eminent domain laws.
In the final day of session,
both chambers approved
SF 510, the standing
appropriations bill that often
includes policy changes that
were not passed before the
funnel deadline but are agreed
to by most legislators. Passage
of this bill confirmed that the
sale of fireworks will not be
made legal in Iowa. After asking
for feedback in a letter to the
editor, I heard from many
of you, and the consensus
seemed to be that the potential
economic gain from the sale of
fireworks is not worth the many
associated risks.
I attended the 2015
Main Street Iowa Awards
Celebration at the beginning
of May, honoring local Main
Street projects, activities
and volunteers from across
the state. Among this year’s
volunteer of the year honorees
were Barb Cole of Bloomfield
and Connie Meek of Bonaparte,
who received certificates from
Governor Branstad.
I am pleased to share that
funding for a Veterans Memorial
to be built in Drakesville was
approved in these final weeks
of the legislative session. With
the signature of the Governor,
the mayor and city council
of Drakesville will be able to
proceed with the planning and
construction of the memorial.
I am glad that Senator Wally
Horn, a Davis County native,
and I were able to work together
to ensure that the veterans
of Davis County are properly
honored.
The Des Moines Register
reported on May 5 that The
Cider House in Fairfield had
won the title of “Best Burger in
Iowa,” an award given annually
by the Iowa Cattlemen’s
Association and the Iowa Beef
Industry Council. The First
Street Grille of Keosauqua was
among the ten finalists in this
heated competition.
Congratulations to both
establishments! We are
fortunate to have quality
restaurants and small
businesses across the district.
During the interim and the
next session, I will continue
advocating for policies that
support the continued growth
of small business in Iowa.
We passed a number of bills
this year that will be good for
Iowans, but our conversations
throughout the session
highlight the many differences
in priorities between the
chambers and differences in
budgeting philosophies. I hope
that we can continue working
to find new solutions to the
challenges Iowa faces, and I
look forward to seeing positive
impacts and changes from the
work we accomplished this
session.
Though the legislature
will not reconvene until next
January, please feel free to
contact me at any time with
your concerns. You may email
me at [email protected].
gov or you may telephone me
at 641-919-2314. My home
number is 641-472-3349 and is
found in the Fairfield telephone
book. Your message is
important to me and the people
of this district.
Another conversation surfaced from the previous weekend. The Pisariks hosted a trail
ride at their place east of Floris
the prior Saturday. Using about
300 acres of pasture and timberland, they had made trails,
had about 20 riders come for
a ride. They followed with a
potluck weiner roast and then
music.
That same Wednesday afternoon, I met a former Floris
resident I thought was in Texas
for the summer, Cheryl Hamre.
Someone had told me she and
Dean were going to stay in
Texas all summer, but there
she was in Ottumwa’s Wal-Mart.
She said they got homesick
and came back to their old job
as campground hosts at Lake
Wapello. They have added another responsibility this year—
managing the boat docks.
The Hamres helped resurrect
our Floris service station, then
encouraged their son to sell
it to Andy and Jodie Besco in
April 2014. We still appreciate
the home they placed on that
same town block.
By now we have all seen the
signs...free food at noon for all
who are under 18. Floris has
this set up in the city park for
the summer, also.
The 2015 edition of Floris
Flag Day is history. Vacation
Bible School is underway at
Floris Baptist Church, with the
closing program Thursday night
at 7 p.m.
Also underway is our state
church camp’s Special Camp
and Work Week. For the Special
Camp, Tim Jackson is there as a
counselor. He drove the church
van, picking up four campers
from Ottumwa to go with him.
Our church has a history of
heavy involvement in this Clear
Lake camp for special needs
youth and adults.
At the same time, youth
from about 100 Iowa churches
are there experiencing training to be helpers throughout
the summer for the many
other weekly camps. We have
a grandson from Oskaloosa in
such training. He is now 16,
and therefore excited now to be
old enough to do higher-skilled
things this year, such as operating the speedboats.
Speaking of grandchildren,
our five from Grimes were here
last weekend for over two days.
So we had excitement galore,
and now it is very quiet in our
farmhouse.
A dear friend and former
classmate, Richard Ward, invited me to go with him on a tour
of the Soap Creek Watershed
Thursday, June 11. Since we live
on Soap Creek and admire all
that has been done to keep us
from flooding our cropland,
I jumped at the opportunity.
Richard knows most people in
Davis County, so I’m looking
forward to meeting folks as
well as seeing the structures
that slow the water runoff.
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CORRESPONDENTS’ REPORTS
Floris
By David and Phyllis Birdsall
Phyllis was not able to be
with me for the June Floris
Co-op Dinner last Wednesday,
but we still had18 people present. Three adults were new to
our meeting, and four children
were there. A and J Quick Mart
graciously furnished two pizzas
and a box of breadsticks.
After we had eaten, John
Pisarik played and sang two
numbers, “Never No More
Hardtime Blues” (He wrote the
final two verses.), and the funny
fur coat song.
Then John’s Jambalaya Band
favored us with an extended
program including “Because
He Lives,” “Will the Circle Be
Unbroken?,” “Tennessee Waltz,”
and “Bicycle Built for Two.”
Then Mike Dalhart joined the
band, providing string and
vocal solos including Jonny
Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues”
and Hank William’s “Cold, Cold
Heart.” Therefore nobody left
early, and all stayed for the longer-than-usual music treat.
Someone remarked that the
time spent as a community fellowship time was another great
aspect. John and Jane Pisarik,
for example, related their recent
trip to visit in North Carolina’s
Smoky Mountain area.
They said the residents there
have a big problem with bears.
They do not dare to build outside stairs to their second-story
decks because the bears will
then be on their deck looking in
the patio doors. Two people discovered they had roots near St.
Paul, Minn. only about 20 miles
apart. Now they are both Davis
County citizens. It was good to
hear their “oohs” and “ahs” as
they chatted.
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By Mary Lou Nichols and Char Stuckey
Monday, June 1: We celebrated Dare Day and Flip a
Coin Day. Gladys Burton led the
Lord’s Prayer.
Our menu today was loose
meat burger, wheat hamburger
bun, tomato slices, oven-roasted
potato, baked beans, and vanilla
pudding with pineapple.
We had nine players for pitch,
four players at one table and
five at the other.
Tuesday, June 2: We had
seven participants for exercise
class. We celebrated National
Bubba Day and National Rocky
Road Day.
Our meal today was beef macaroni casserole, peas, spinach,
Mandarin orange salad, Italian
dressing and bananas.
Pam Brake led The Lord’s
Prayer.
We had six for bingo, and
Ilene Werts won blackout.
Wednesday, June 3: Gladys
Burton rode her two miles on
the exercise bike. Gladys rides
the bike three times a week.
We celebrated Repeat Day,
Repeat Day, Repeat Day. Paula
read a couple of Willa Harter’s
quotes: “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly.” “Wine to
a woman is like duct tape to a
man, it fixes everything.”
Our menu today was Swedish
meatballs, noodles, broccoli,
plums and Waldorf salad with
drink of choice.
Bonnie Martin led The Lord’s
Prayer. We had four tables of
pinochle players.
We want to extend our sympathy to the family of Jeanie
Casteel. She was a quiet lady,
but could she play pitch!
Thursday, June 4: Teddy
Jenkins introduced her granddaughter, Carissa, who was visiting from Ottumwa.
We celebrated Applesauce
Cake Day, and Old Maids’ Day.
Mary Lou Nichols led The
Lord’s Prayer.
Our menu today was roasted
pork, mashed potatoes, gravy,
chuck wagon corn, and strawberry banana gelatin.
We had seven participants for
exercise class again today. We
are doing different exercises using minimal equipment.
It was good to see Norman
and Opal Shotten in the Center;
they have recently had car
trouble.
We had two full tables for
bingo, and Virginia Jarr won
blackout.
Friday, June 5: Friday morning became very busy very
quickly between our bake sale,
meal, and bus reservations.
Mike Ellis, our bus driver,
ended the day with seven oneways.
There will be a Support Group
for Caregivers of Dementia
Patients on June 25 at 2 p.m. It
will be held in the Fellowship
Fireplace Room at the
Bloomfield Christian Church.
Linda Kinnamon will attend to
share her experience and knowledge.
Deb had the day off, which
left Jedd Humphreys with double duties, cooking and delivering meals.
We celebrated National
Doughnut Day, which honors
the Salvation Army “Lassies” of
WWI.
Earl and Evelyn Schindler
brought their oldest daughter,
Shirley. They had a nice time
going around to yard sales, and
Evelyn made strawberry jam to
sell at the bake sale.
Upcoming activities: Senior
Farmer’s Market Coupon
sign-up and Iowa Food Share
sign-up, June 10, DC Advisory
Council on Aging meeting
June 11 at 11 a.m., free blood
pressure screening on June
12 at 11:30 a.m., Fathers’ Day
BBQ Dinner June 19, Fresh
Conversations and Birthday
Dinner June 26.
Our meal today was Italian
chicken wrap, potato salad, tomato cucumber salad, fruit, and
chocolate chip cookie.
The afternoon brought in
more buyers for the bake sale.
Thanks to everyone who donated baked goods, all proceeds
will go toward building repairs.
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May 31, 12:07 a.m.—Police received a report of trespassing at 404
S. Madison Street.
May 31, 2:54 a.m.—Police received
an animal complaint from 306 E.
Jefferson Street.
May 31, 3:02 a.m.—Daryl
McFarland was arrested at 504 W.
Chestnut Street and charged with
domestic abuse assault (simple) and
obstruction of emergency communications.
May 31, 3:02 a.m.—Rene McFarland
of 504 W. Chestnut Street was arrested at 404 S. Railroad Street and
charged with domestic abuse assault
(simple).
May 31, 5:47 a.m.—Police received
Jefferson Street.
May 31, 9:46 a.m.—Police assisted a
family at 504 W. Chestnut Street.
a motorist in unlocking their vehicle
at 307 Arkansas Avenue.
Mat 31, 8:53 p.m.—Police assisted
a motorist with a disabled vehicle at
the Lake Fisher Campgrounds.
June 1, 11:17 a.m.—Police received
a crime tip from W. Poplar Street.
June 1, 5:05 p.m.—Police received
report of suspicious activity from
Walnut Street.
an animal complaint from 204 West
Arkansas Avenue.
Jefferson Street.
June 2, 1 p.m.—Police received
an animal complaint from the Davis
County Middle School.
June 2, 8:22 p.m.—Police received a
report of harassment from the square.
a report of a utilities hazard from
Route 63.
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Mustangs hold on for win over Albia
Bryce Vinyard swings at a pitch during a game at Albia last week. Vinyard fouled off the pitch and
later drew a walk to help continue a first inning rally. The Mustangs scored five first-inning runs,
including one by Vinyard, to take a big lead over the Blue Demons.
Mustangs win Cardinal Tournament
The Davis County Mustangs
traveled to Eldon on Saturday
to participate in the annual
Cardinal tournament. Davis
County won the tournament
with a 5-1 win over Cardinal
and a 16-0 win over Tri-County.
The Mustangs played Cardinal
in the first game of the day.
The first inning didn’t look like
it was going anywhere for the
Mustangs. Jacob Jones reached
on an error but was doubled off
by a line drive. Saban Goodson
singled with two outs, Mac
Chilton walked, and Stone
Sample was hit by a pitch to
load the bases. Nick Slayton
came through with a two-RBI
double to put the Mustangs
on the board. Mathew Hopkins
drew a walk to load the bases,
but Bryce Vinyard grounded out
to end the inning.
Goodson took the ball again
for the Mustangs and was
excellent through five innings.
Goodson allowed just three
base runners and zero hits
through those five innings while
striking out three.
The Mustangs scored two
more runs without collecting
a hit in their half of the fifth
inning. Hopkins, Austin
Townsend, and Jones all walked
in the inning. Passed balls,
stolen bases, and a sacrifice fly
by Utt were all the Mustangs
needed to expand their lead to
4-0.
The Comets scored their first
run in the bottom of the sixth
inning. Goodson walked the
leadoff batter and then gave up
the first hit of the game on an
RBI double. Goodson walked
another and loaded the bases
on an error but got the final
two outs of the inning without
further damage.
Davis County added another
run in the seventh and held on
to the lead in the bottom half of
the inning to win the game 5-1.
The second game the
Mustangs played in the
tournament was against TriCounty.
Trent Armstrong started on
the mound in the second game.
Armstrong allowed just two
hits, walked two and struck
out two through four scoreless
innings of work.
The Tri-County pitching
and defense was severely
overmatched against Davis
County’s offense. The Mustangs
scored two runs, and had a
chance to score more in the
first inning.
The Mustangs really did
damage in the second inning.
Fourteen Mustangs went to the
plate and nine came around to
score. Those nine runs were
scored on just four hits, with
help from three walks and two
Tri-County errors. After two
innings the score was 11-0.
Davis County sent 11 more
batters to the plate in the third
inning. The Mustangs added
five runs to their lead on four
more hits. The mercy rule was
enacted after the top of the
fourth inning and the Mustangs
took the 16-0 victory.
Scoring R H E
DC..............................200 002 1 5 4 2
Ca...............................000 001 0 1 1 1
Pitching— Goodson, W, 6 IP, 1 run, 1 hit,
4 BB, 3 strikeouts; Slayton, 1 IP, 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 BB, 1 strikeout
Hits— Goodson, 1; Sample, 1; Slayton, 1;
and Hopkins1.
RBIs— Slayton 2, and Utt, 1.
Game two
Scoring
RHE
TC...............................000 0
025
DC..............................295 x
16 11 0
Pitching— Armstrong, W, 4 IP, 0 runs, 2
hits, 2 BB, 2 strikeouts
Hits— Sample 3, Utt 2, Jones, S. Goodson,
Hopkins, Vinyard, Houf, Townsend
RBIs— Sample 4, Townsend 2, S. Goodson
2, Jones, 1; Utt, 1; Slayton, 1 and Houf, 1.
Mustangs blast Rockets in SCC win
played the first of a three-game
home stand last Monday. Davis
County played host to the
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Rockets.
Jacob Jones got the start
for the Mustangs against the
Rockets. Jones got a 1-2-3 first
inning but got into trouble in
the second. After striking out
the first batter of the inning,
Jones gave up a single and a
walk. Jones struck out another
batter, but an error by third
baseman Nick Slayton brought a
run around to score, giving the
rockets a 1-0 lead.
The Mustang offense went
down in order in the first
inning, but came back strong in
the second. Mac Chilton led off
the inning with a homerun to
left-centerfield. The homerun
opened up a big inning with
six runs being scored on just
four hits, two walks, and three
Rocket errors. The score after
two innings was 6-1.
Jones shut the Rockets down
again in the third inning but
gave up another run in the
fourth. After his fourth inning
of work Jones appeared to be
tiring, and gave up three more
runs in the fifth inning. Most
coaches would have taken their
pitcher out, but Coach Todd
White stuck with his senior and
it paid dividends. Jones faced
the minimum number of batters
in the last two innings with
three strikeouts.
The Mustang offense
stalled in the third inning but
responded in a big way in the
fourth inning. Jones led off the
inning with a solo homerun,
Saban Goodson singled up the
middle, and Chilton just barely
snuck his second homerun of
the game inside the left field
foul pole. The Mustangs scored
another run in the inning and
one more in the fifth inning.
Davis County went on to win by
a score of 11-5.
The Davis County baseball
team traveled to Albia for their
first road game of the season.
The Mustangs took on the Blue
Demons on Wednesday.
The Mustangs got the scoring
started early. Jacob Jones led
off with a single to center.
Justin Utt moved him over with
a sacrifice bunt. Saban Goodson
singled to left to put runners
on first and third with one out.
Stone Sample was hit by a pitch
to load the bases with two outs.
Two consecutive walks plated
two runs for the Mustangs.
Mathew Hopkins came through
in a big way with the bases still
loaded. Hopkins hit a ball to
right field that got by the Blue
Demon defender. The error
cleared the bases and gave the
Mustangs the early 5-0 lead.
Saban Goodson took the ball
for the Mustangs. Goodson
walked the first batter he saw
in the inning. That runner came
around to score but Goodson
limited the damage to just one
run. Goodson gave up a double
to start the second inning but
shut down the Blue Demons
after that. After two complete
innings the Mustangs held a 5-1
lead.
Mac Chilton led off the top of
the third with a single for the
Mustangs. Chilton came around
to score on an error by the Blue
Demons that made the score
6-1.
Goodson looked strong after
getting the first two outs in the
third inning. Goodson walked
the next four batters and was
replaced by Nick Slayton.
Slayton surrendered two
consecutive hits before finally
getting the third out of the
inning. Albia’s big inning cut
the Mustangs’ lead to 6-5.
The Mustangs added another
run in the top of the fifth.
Sample was hit by a pitch for
the second time in the game.
Sample advanced to third on a
stolen base and a passed ball,
and was driven in on a Slayton
double. The Mustangs now led
7-5.
Slayton cruised through the
Albia lineup in the fourth, fifth,
and sixth innings. The seventh
brought the top of the lineup
to the plate. The Blue Demon
lead-off hitter doubled to center
and was singled in by the next
hitter. With the tying run in
scoring position, Slayton got
the next three hitters to fly out
to end the game. The Mustangs
snuck out with a 7-6 win over
Albia.
Scoring R H E
DC..............................501 010 0 7 5 2
A..................................104 000 1 6 5 5
Pitching— Goodson- 2.2 IP, 5 runs, 4 ER, 1
hit, 6 BB, 1 strikeout; Slayton- W, 4.1 IP, 1
run, 4 hits, 0 BB, 2 strikeouts
Hits— Jones, 1; Goodson, 1; Chilton, 1;
Slayton, 1 and Cowles, 1.
RBIs— Slayton 2, and Vinyard, 1.
Nine hits not enough in
Albia loss
The Lady Mustang softball
team dropped to 1-4 in South
Central Conference play with
a 16-6 loss to Albia on June 3.
The game was Davis County’s
first conference game on the
road in 2015. Davis County had
nine hits but couldn’t generate
the runs needed to win this
game.
The Lady Mustangs jumped
out quick in this game and took
the early lead. Connor Wilfawn
led off the game with a single
up the middle. M’Chelle Allen
reached on an error and Davis
County was off and running.
Whitney Madden tried to
drive both runners in with a
deep fly ball to right. Albia had
other plans as they caught the
ball.
That didn’t stop the Lady
Mustangs. Cami Guiter singled
to right. Blair Bodkins drew a
walk. Bailea Yahnke’s RBI single
drove in two runs. Marissa
Hamburg reached on an error
and Abby Vaughn hit a sacrifice
fly to center field scoring a
run. Davis County plated four
runners and held a brief 4-0
lead in this game.
That was the first and last
time Davis County held the lead
in this game. Albia battled back
in the bottom of the first inning
with a five-run rally. Albia’s first
three batters reached on hits.
Marissa Hamburg caught a fly
ball in right field to record the
first out of the inning.
A pair of walks and a pair
of infield ground balls kept
Albia’s rally moving. An RBI
single helped to plate five
runs in the inning for the Blue
Demons. A ground out hit to
Allen at shortstop ended the
rally despite Albia taking the
5-4 lead.
Davis County struggled to
get its offense going after the
first inning. Madden singled
in the second but was the
only Davis County batter to
reach base. Bailea Yahnke and
Hamburg each had two-out hits
in the third inning but were left
stranded on the bases.
Albia scored five more runs
in the second and third innings
combined. The Blue Demons
plated four runs in the second
with a two-out rally. A walk, a
Davis County error and three
two-out singles helped score
four runs before Davis County
could get the rally stopped.
In the third, Albia added a
run after the leadoff batter
was struck with a pitch. An
RBI single later in the inning
brought that run in to score.
Davis County’s only other
scoring in this game came in
the top of the fourth inning.
Allen reached on a two-out
walk. Madden singled and Cami
Guiter hit an RBI triple to score
both runners. That cut Albia’s
lead to 10-6 after three and a
half innings.
Albia’s offense took
advantage of several walks in
the fourth inning to put the
game away. A leadoff walk
issued to Albia got things going.
Strikeouts helped put two outs
on the board for Davis County.
Four more walks and a batter
struck with a pitch followed.
Albia then used an RBI single to
complete the scoring. In all, five
runs scored in the inning. Davis
County got out of the inning
after Bodkins caught a pop-up
at second base.
Davis County had one last
chance to score in the top of the
fifth. Hamburg reached on an
error with two outs, Ali Gooden
singled, putting runners on first
and third. Wilfawn tried to keep
the rally going, but a fly ball to
center field was caught and the
runners were left stranded.
Albia finished off the
game in the bottom of the
fifth after scoring a run and
implementing the 10-run rule.
A leadoff walk and a pair of
wild pitches helped make that
happen. Albia’s base runner
was on third base when a oneout single to right allowed the
runner to score. The game was
stopped because of the 10-run
rule. Albia walked away handing
Davis County a 16-6 loss.
Scoring
RHE
DC..............................400 20 6 9 2
Albia..........................541 51 16 10 4
Pitching—Abby Vaughn, L, 3 innings,
10 runs, 8 hits, 1 strikeout and 3 walks.
Cami Guiter, 2 innings, 6 runs, 2 hits, 3
strikeouts and 6 walks.
Hits—Guiter, 2; Madden, 2; Bailea Yahnke,
2; Marissa Hamburg, 1; Ali Gooden, 1 and
Wilfawn, 1.
Scoring
R H E
E-B-F..........................010 130 0 5 2 4
DC..............................060 410 x 11 8 5
Pitching— Jones- W, 7 IP, 5 runs, 1 ER, 2
hits, 3 BB, 9 strikeouts.
Hits— Chilton 3, Jones 2, Goodson 2, Utt
1.
RBIs— Chilton 4, Jones, 3, Goodson, Houf,
1.
Mustangs pound out eight hits
in win over Chargers
played host to the Chariton
Chargers on Friday. The
Mustangs extended their
conference winning streak to
six games with a 5-1 win.
Davis County put the first run
on the scoreboard in the first
inning. Jacob Jones singled to
center and advanced to third on
a double by Justin Utt. With two
runners in scoring position and
zero outs, Saban Goodson lifted
a sacrifice fly to center, scoring
Jones. The Mustangs failed to
expand the lead in the inning.
Jones took the ball for the
second time this week and
looked very good. He allowed
just five base runners through
the first four innings. Two of
those runners were from walks,
two from singles, and the fifth
from a dropped third strike.
The Mustang defense didn’t
allow a run through the first
four innings.
After being quiet through
the second and third innings,
the Mustangs offense picked
back up in the fourth. Mac
Chilton led off the inning with
a homerun to left field. Bryce
Vinyard and Mathew Hopkins
both singled with two outs but
the Mustangs were unable to
capitalize. After four innings
the Mustangs led 2-0.
Jones allowed two singles and
a walk to load the bases with
SEE MUSTANGS, PAGE 2B
Saban Goodson throws a pitch during a game played at Albia last week. Goodson started the game
but was knocked off the mound in the third inning after giving up five runs. Goodson and the
Mustangs held on for a 7-6 win over Albia in South Central Conference play.
2B
SPORTS
Lady Mustangs go 1-2 in BGM Tourney
Jacob Jones steals second base on this play during the second inning of last week’s game at Albia.
Jones is the leadoff batter for Davis County and was on base three out of four at-bats in this game.
Jones didn’t score after this stolen base but did score one of Davis County’s seven runs in the game.
One bad inning dooms Lady Mustangs
Chariton rallies for five runs to take victory away from DC
One bad inning seems to be
a theme that has plagued the
Lady Mustang softball team
from time to time. The girls
play well for much of a game,
but then one bad inning seems
to suck the momentum away
from the Lady Mustangs and
many times results in a loss.
That was the case for Davis
County after playing Chariton
on June 4. Davis County
suffered a 9-6 loss. A five-run
rally by Chariton in the top of
the sixth inning is what doomed
Davis County and forced them
to settle for the loss.
The game was tied 4-4 going
into the sixth inning. Chariton
led off the inning with a single.
A walk and an error helped the
Chargers spark the rally. After
scoring one run, Davis County
did cut down a Chariton runner
at the plate for the first out of
the inning.
Two more walks and an
RBI single up the middle kept
Chariton base runners moving.
In all five runs scored pushing
Chariton to a 9-4 lead.
In the bottom of the sixth,
Davis County did what they
could to get back into the game.
Hits from Bailea Yahnke and
Marissa Hamburg got things
going. Ali Gooden picked up a
hit scoring both Yahnke and
Hamburg. Chariton put together
a 6-3 double play forcing
Gooden and Jordan Lough to
sit down. A strikeout ended
the rally despite Davis County
cutting the lead to 9-6. Neither
team scored in the seventh,
allowing Chariton to walk away
with the victory.
Chariton opened up the game
with a three-run rally in the
top of the first inning. Two of
the first four batters were hit
with pitches. A walk loaded the
bases and an RBI single scored
two. The third run scored as
Davis County recorded an out
on a ground ball to M’Chelle
Allen at shortstop. Chariton’s
early lead was 3-0.
Connor Wilfawn led off the
game with a single and stole
second to give Davis County its
first scoring threat of the game.
After Allen popped up on the
infield, Whitney Madden flew
out to left. Wilfawn was thrown
out trying to score on Madden’s
fly ball.
Davis County broke into the
scoring column with a run in
the bottom of the second. Cami
Guiter reached on an error and
stole second. She later advanced
to third on a passed ball. Guiter
scored when Bailea Yahnke hit
a ground ball to third and was
thrown out at first base.
Chariton added a run in the
third inning to take a 4-1 lead.
Davis County battled back in
the bottom of the third to make
it a completely new game.
The Lady Mustangs led off
the inning with Jordan Lough
getting hit with a pitch. After
a pair of quick outs, Davis
County’s rally continued with
Whitney Madden drawing a
walk. Courtesy runner Allyssa
Yahnke took over on the bases.
Guiter doubled scoring both
runners. Guiter later scored on
an error to tie the game at 4-4.
The game remained tied until
Chariton’s sixth inning rally.
Unfortunately, Davis County
was unable to recover from that
rally and settled for the 9-6 loss
in the game.
Scoring ....................
RHE
Chariton ..................301 005 0 9 9 2
DC..............................013 002 0 6 6 3
Pitching—Cami Guiter, 3 innings, 4 runs,
1 hit, 3 strikeouts, and 3 walks. Abby
Vaughn, L, 4 innings, 5 runs, 8 hits, 3
strikeouts, and 2 walks.
Hits—Yahnke, 2; Gooden, 1; Wilfawn, 1;
Allen, 1; and Guiter, 1.
RBIs—Guiter, 2; Yahnke, 1; and Gooden, 1.
Errors plague DC in loss to Rockets
The Lady Mustangs had just
Aside from Bodkins reaching
one hit June 1 in a 7-0 loss to
in the second inning, Davis
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
County did not have a base
(E-B-F). The Lady Mustangs were
runner again until the bottom
plagued with defensive woes in
of the fifth. Allyssa Yahnke
this game as they committed
reached on an error with two
eight errors in the loss.
outs. Abby Vaughn hit a fly ball
Bodkins provided the only
to left field for the final out of
offense that put a runner in
the inning, which left Yahnke
scoring position. Bodkins' hit
stranded on first.
came in the top of the second
Davis County’s only other
inning. She led off the inning
shot at making anything
with a fly ball to right field,
happen was in the bottom of
which dropped in for a single.
the seventh. Bailea Yahnke
Bodkins advanced to second
reached on a two-out walk.
on a sacrifice bunt from Bailea
Unfortunately, she was left
Yahnke. A fly ball to right and a
stranded on a ground ball back
ground ball to the pitcher from
to the pitcher, which was hit by
Marissa Hamburg and Allyssa
Hamburg.
Yahnke ended the inning and
Defensively, Davis County
left Bodkins stranded on second gave up seven runs on six hits.
base.
E-B-F scored its first runs in
Whitney Madden was Davis
the top of the second as they
County’s first base runner. She
took advantage of three Davis
reached in the bottom of the
County errors. The first two
first inning on a dropped third
E-B-F batters reached base on
strike. She never advanced
errors. They both later scored
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further
than first
base.
on another
Davis&
County
error
in the inning.
E-B-F added a run in the
fourth. The Rockets picked up
a two-out double to get runners
on. An RBI single helped bring
that run around to score.
E-B-F scored again in the
top of the fifth with another
two-out double. An RBI single
brought that run around to
score and the Rockets had a 4-0
lead.
Davis County held the
Rockets scoreless in the sixth
but couldn’t shut down the
E-B-F attack in the top of the
seventh. E-B-F used a walk and
a Davis County error to get
two runners on base quickly.
Another error allowed one
runner to score. On the next
play, Davis County elected to
give up a run for a double play.
Davis County struggled in the
inning with two more errors.
E-B-F plated three runs and
held the Lady Mustangs in the
bottom of the seventh to get the
victory.
Scoring...............
RHE
E-B-F .........................020 110 3 7 6 1
DC..............................000 000 0 0 1 8
Pitching—Abby Vaugn, L, 7 innings, 7
runs, 6 hits, 1 strikeout and 1 walk.
Hits—Bodkins, 1.
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Sunday, June 14
Meet begins at 10:00 am
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Field Events: Long Jump, High Jump, Discus, Shot Put
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The Lady Mustang softball
team finished with a 1-2 record
Saturday, June 6, in the BGM
Tournament. Davis County
scored a 15-4 win over Iowa
Valley in the opening game
before losing an 11-9 game to
Montezuma and a 10-8 game
to Grinnell in the final game of
the day.
Davis County opened the
tournament with a dominating
win over Iowa Valley. Davis
County scored 15 runs on 16
hits in the 15-4 victory.
Defensively, Davis County
gave up just one four-run
inning to Iowa Valley in this
game. Iowa Valley benefited
from four walks, and an error
to plate the four runs the team
scored in this game.
At the time, the rally also
gave Iowa Valley a 4-3 lead in
the game. Davis County scored
twice in the first inning. Connor
Wilfawn doubled and M’Chelle
Allen hit a triple to get things
going. In all, two runs scored
for Davis County.
Davis County added a run
in the second when Marissa
Hamburg singled to left. She
stole second and then scored
on a double from Ali Gooden.
After giving up the four runs
to Iowa Valley in the second
inning, Davis County’s defense
settled in and began making
plays behind pitchers Cami
Guiter and Abby Vaughn.
Iowa Valley had just four base
runners in the final four innings
and all reached base on walks.
Offensively, Davis County
added a run in the fourth
when Bailea Yahnke singled.
She advanced to second on a
sacrifice fly by Hamburg and
later scored on a single from
Gooden.
Davis County opened the
floodgates with two huge
innings in the fifth and sixth.
During the fifth inning, Davis
County scored five runs on five
hits and an Iowa Valley error.
Wilfawn, Allen, Blair Bodkins,
and Yahnke each had hits in the
inning.
Jordan Lough, Wilfawn,
and Allen all reached base in
the sixth to start things off.
Madden hit a sacrifice fly to
score Lough. Guiter, Hamburg
and Gooden also had hits as
they kept the base runners
moving. In all, they scored six
more runs, pushing the lead to
15-4.
The game ended in the
bottom of the sixth when Iowa
Valley was unable to score. The
10-run mercy rule was enacted
to give Davis County the early
win.
Game one
RHE
DC..............................210 156 15 16 0
IV ................................040 000 4 1 5
Pitching—Cami Guiter, W, 5 innings, 4
runs, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts, and 10 walks.
Abby Vaughn, 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2
strikeouts, and 0 walks.
Hits—Wilfawn, 3; Allen, 3; Guiter, 2; Bailea
Yahnke, 2; Hamburg, 2; Ali Gooden, 2
and Jordan Lough, 2.
RBIs—Hamburg, 3; Gooden, 2; Yahnke, 2;
Allen, 2; Whitney Madden, 2 and Guiter,
1.
Montezuma 11, DC 9
Game two found Davis
County facing Montezuma,
which ended in an 11-9 loss.
Davis County scored early as
Connor Wilfawn drew a leadoff
walk in the first inning. She
scored on an RBI single from
Madden.
Montezuma then unloaded
offensively on the Lady
Mustang defense in the bottom
of the inning. They rallied for
four runs on four walks and
three hits.
Montezuma added a pair
of runs in the second using a
walk, two singles and an RBI
double to score those runs.
They added four more runs in
the third inning to open up a
10-1 lead. Four hits and a Davis
County error helped that rally
get going.
After playing through a
scoreless fourth inning, Davis
County finally got its offense
going in the fifth inning. Ashton
Madden and Ali Gooden each
had hits to start the inning.
Walks to Wilfawn and Allen
brought one run in to score.
Whitney Madden also walked.
Davis County had five walks
in the inning and used hits
from Ashton Madden, Gooden
and Wilfawn to boost the rally.
Davis County scored eight runs
cutting the Montezuma lead
to 10-9. Montezuma added a
run in the bottom of the fifth,
pushing its lead to 11-9. The
game was stopped after that
half-inning due to the hour and
a half time limit being reached.
Davis County was forced to
settle for the 11-9 loss.
Game two .........
RHE
Davis County .........100 08 9 6 1
Montezuma ...........424 01 11 16 4
Pitching—Allyssa Yahnke, 1 inning, 6
runs, 4 hits, 0 strikeouts, and 5 walks.
Abby Vaughn, 2 innings, 4 runs, 7 hits, 1
strikeout and 0 walks. Ashton Madden,
2 innings, 1 run, 5 hits, 1 strikeout and
0 walks.
Hits—Ashton Madden, 2; Allison Gooden,
2; Wilfawn, 1; and Vaughn 1.
RBIs—Ashton Madden, 2; M’Chelle Allen,
1; Guiter, 1 and Gooden, 1.
Grinnell 10, DC 8
of the first. Walks to Wilfawn,
Whitney Madden and Cami
Guiter helped the rally. M’Chelle
Allen singled as Davis County
put up four runs on the board.
An RBI single from Wilfawn
scored Bailea Yahnke in the
second inning, which pushed
Davis County’s lead to 5-2.
Grinnell stole the momentum
away from Davis County as
the game went into the middle
innings. In the top of the third,
Grinnell plated two runs using
three hits and a Davis County
error to move those runners
around the bases.
After holding Davis County
scoreless in the bottom of the
third, Grinnell jumped back
into their scoring offense in the
top of the fourth. The Tigers
took over the lead with a threerun rally. Two hits and an error
helped the Tigers to a 7-5 lead.
That didn’t stop Davis
County. The girls battled back
in the top of the fifth with
three runs. Marissa Hamburg
got things going with a one-out
single to left. Gooden walked
and Bailea Yahnke hit a two-out
double scoring both runners.
Bailea Yahnke later scored on
an RBI single from Wilfawn as
Davis County took an 8-7 led.
Grinnell tied the game at 8-8
with a run in the sixth. When
Davis County didn’t score in the
bottom of the inning, the game
went into the seventh as the
time limit was coming due. In
an effort to get the game over,
international rules were put in
play, which means a runner is
placed on second base to start
the inning.
Grinnell took advantage of
the international rules to plate
two runs off two RBI singles.
In Davis County’s half of
the seventh inning, Guiter
was placed on second to start
the inning. Bodkins singled
and then stole second to put
runners on second and third
with no outs. Grinnell’s pitcher
then struck out the next three
Davis County batters to end the
game. Davis County was forced
to settle for the 10-8 loss.
Game three........
RHE
Grinnell ..................202 301 2 10 12 1
DC..............................410 030 0 8 8 3
Pitching—Vaughn, L, 7 innings, 10 runs,
12 hits, 2 strikeouts and 3 walks.
Hits—Wilfawn, 2; Bailea Yahnke, 2; Allen,
1; Guiter, 1; Bodkins, 1 and Marissa
Hamburg, 1.
RBIs—Yahnke, 2; Wilfawn, 1; Guiter, 1;
Allyssa Yahnke, 1 and Gooden, 1.
Davis County suffered a 10-8
loss to Grinnell in the final
game of the day.
After falling behind 2-0 in
the first inning of that game,
Davis County battled back with
a four-run rally in the bottom
Solid defense helps DC to win over Pekin
A strong defensive effort
helped Davis County defeat
Pekin 4-1 on June 5. The Lady
Mustangs picked up the win
on the road and used five hits
offensively to gain the victory.
Cami Guiter sparked the
effort with two hits while Blair
Bodkins, Abby Vaughn and Ali
Gooden each had one.
Davis County opened up
the game with a run in the top
of the first inning. Whitney
Madden reached on a fielder’s
choice with two outs in the
inning. Blair Bodkins, hit a
single up the middle, which
scored madden.
After the offense was shut
down in the second inning,
Davis County produced another
run in the third inning. Guiter
hit a two-out triple to get in
scoring position. She scored
on a passed ball, putting Davis
County up 2-0.
Cardinal was hitting the ball
off Vaughn in the first two
innings. Defensively, Davis
County overcame a couple
of errors to keep Pekin from
scoring in the first inning. Pekin
picked up a couple of hits in the
second and still couldn’t score
as Connor Wilfawn and Vaughn
both caught fly balls to end the
inning.
After Davis County went up
2-0 in the third inning, Pekin
finally found a way to score
on the Lady Mustang defense.
Pekin picked up a leadoff
single but squandered that
opportunity when Madden and
M’Chelle Allen teamed up to
catch the base runner trying to
steal second.
Pekin’s next batter hit a
double up the middle. A wild
pitch and a pair of walks helped
Pekin get one run in to score.
Davis County made a couple of
nice plays later in the inning to
cut the rally short and get out
of the inning.
Vaughn and the Lady
Mustangs tightened up the
defense from that point on. In
the final four innings, Davis
County faced 12 batters and
retired all 12 in order.
Davis County tried to score
more runs after taking the
2-1 lead. However, the Lady
Mustangs struggled to find
holes in the Pekin defense
during the middle innings.
Wilfawn picked up a hit in the
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fourth but couldn’t help Davis
County score.
In the fifth, Guiter reached on
a walk and was the only batter
to reach base.
Finally in the sixth and
seventh, Davis County was able
to add some insurance runs.
In the sixth, Vaughn doubled
with two outs to get on base.
Jordan Lough was brought in as
a courtesy runner. Ali Gooden’s
RBI single was good enough
to score Lough and put Davis
County up 3-1.
M’Chelle Allen led off the
seventh and was struck with a
pitch to reach base. She stole
second and moved to third on
a sacrifice from Madden. Guiter
doubled up the middle to bring
Allen in to score. Pekin ended
the game with a double play but
not before Davis County scored
the 4-1 win.
Scoring...............
RHE
DC..............................101 001 1 4 5 2
Pekin.........................001 000 0 1 4 1
Pitching—Vaughn, W, 7 innings, 1 run,
four hits, and 2 walks.
Hits—Guiter, 2; Bodkins, 1; Vaughn, 1; and
Gooden, 1.
RBIs—Guiter, 1; Bodkins, 1 and Gooden, 1.
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zero outs in the fifth inning.
An error scored one run, but
a heads-up play by Hopkins in
right field resulted in two rundowns and a double play off the
error. The Chargers scored their
only run of the game in the fifth
inning. After five the Mustangs
lead 2-1.
Davis County scored three
runs in the fifth inning. Utt
collected his third hit of the
night and two Chariton errors
led to the Mustangs extending
their lead to 5-1.
After allowing the one run in
the fifth inning, Jones pitched
better than he had all game. In
his final two innings of work
Jones didn’t allow a base runner
and struck out four batters,
three of them looking. The final
score of the game was 5-1 in
favor of the Mustangs.
Scoring...............
R H E
Ch ..............................000 010 0 1 4 3
DC..............................100 130 x 5 8 2
Runs— Jones, Utt, Chilton, Collier, Sample
Hits— Utt 3, Hopkins 2, Jones, Chilton,
Vinyard
RBIs— Goodson, Chilton
Pitching— Jones- W, 7 IP, 1 run, 0 ER, 4
hits, BB, 10 strikeouts
ISU Extension will be sponsoring STEAM camps this summer. STEAM camps are 4-H
camps that focus on Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art
and Mathematics. They are designed for children who have
completed first grade through
those who have completed sixth
grade.
The first camp, Cooking Up
Science, involves exploring basic
biology, chemistry, and physics
using common items from the
kitchen. These experiments will
be fun, but a little messy.
Cooking Up Science class will
take place on June 24, from
9 a.m.-1 p.m. and from 12-4
p.m. It is for first through third
grade students, and will be held
at the Davis County Extension
Office.
For fourth through sixth
grade students, a camp will
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Positioning System will be discussed, and campers will get to
use hand-held GPS receivers to
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Interested parties for either
class must register by June 18.
Registration forms are available
at the ISU Extension & Outreach
Office at 402 E. North Street in
Bloomfield, or online at www.
extension.iastate.edu/davis.
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The annual meeting of the members of
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34-22-2
ORDINANCE NO. 681
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
69.07 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD, BY
DESIGNATING AN ADDITIONAL PARKING
SPACE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
FOR PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE SQUARE ON FRANKLIN STREET.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA:
SECTION 1: That pursuant to Section 69.07,
Persons with Disabilities Parking, the following
described area is designated as Persons with
Disabilities Parking Area in accordance with
Chapter 321L, Code of Iowa:
69.07 (1)(b): Commencing on the Southwest
corner of the City square 82 feet
From the West curb at the intersection of
Highway 63 and Franklin thence west 16 feet
SECTIOIN 2: Any ordinances or parts of an
ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any sections, provision or part
of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not
affect the validity of the ordinances as a whole
or any section, provision, or part thereof not
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in effect
from and after its final passage, approval and
publication as provided by law.
Passed by the Council of the City of Bloomfield,
Iowa this 21st day of May, 2015.
CITY OF BLOOMFIELD
Chris Miller, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol Taylor, City Clerk
34-23-1
ORDINANCE NO. 682
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
23.02 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD, BY
ALLOWING A RESIDENT OF DAVIS
COUNTY, IOWA, TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA:
SECTION 1. SECTION MODIFIED. Section
23.02 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Bloomfield, Iowa, is repealed and the following
adopted in lieu of:
23.02 BOARD ORGANIZATION. The Board
shall consist of five members, four that are
residents of the City, one that is a resident of
Davis County, appointed by the Mayor with the
approval of the Council, for overlapping terms
of five years. The Board shall choose from its
membership a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson
and Secretary every two years. Members shall
serve without compensation, but may receive
reimbursement for expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. Vacancies shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the term.
SECTIOIN 2: Any ordinances or parts of an
ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any sections, provision or part
of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not
affect the validity of the ordinances as a whole
or any section, provision, or part thereof not
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in effect
from and after its final passage, approval and
publication as provided by law.
Passed by the Council of the City of Bloomfield,
Iowa this 4th day of June, 2015.
CITY OF BLOOMFIELD
Chris Miller, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol Taylor, City Clerk
34-23-1
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
You are hereby notified that a public hearing
will be held on June 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to
consider the following resolution:
To sell the following real estate located in
the City of Drakesville, Iowa, locally known as
203 N. Washington, at round table auction, described to-wit:
The East Half of Out Lot Four (4) of the
Original Town of Drakesville, Iowa (except the
North Thirty (30) feet hereof).
AND
Strip of South Side of Block Nine (9),
Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa.
The hearing shall be held at the Drakesville
City Hall, 108 S. Washington Drakesville, Iowa
on June 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. A proposed
resolution may be reviewed at Drakesville City
Hall prior to said hearing.
Mary Stocker
Drakesville City Clerk
34-23-1
NOTICE OF COMPLETION
The Division of Soil Conservation, Iowa
Department of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship, has determined that work on
the Harrington AML Reclamation Project,
Southwest Quarter of Section 5 and the
Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 70
North, Range 13 West, Davis County, Iowa, is
complete and plans to release retained funds.
All claims against retained funds must be submitted by July 6, 2015 to Bobby Kuennen,
Project Coordinator, IDALS-DSC, Mines and
Minerals Bureau, 502 East 9th Street, Des
Moines, Iowa, 50319, or 515-281-5005.
34-23-1
SHERIFF SALE PUBLICATION NOTICE
By virtue of a writ of Special Execution to me
directed, issued by the Clerk of District Court
of Davis County, Iowa
Case # EQEQ007068
Bank of America, N.A.
Plaintiff
Vs.
Kyle Kelley and Jamie Kelley
Defendant
I have levied upon and will sell at public
outcry in the lobby at the Davis County Law
Center, 110 W. Franklin Street, in the City of
Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa on 7-9-15 at
the hour of 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described property:
A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section
Twelve (12), Township Sixty-nine (69) North
Range Twelve (12) West of the 5th P.M., Davis
County, Iowa, more particularly described as
follows: Commencing a the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 12, Township 69 North,
Range 12 West of the 5th P.M., Davis County,
Iowa, and proceeding thence South 00 degrees 27’ 27” West 1386.60 feet along the
centerline of a Davis County Road to a Point of
Curvature; thence Southwesterly 343.42 feet
along a curve concave Northwesterly with the
following field curve data: R = 1,370.89’; D =
04 degrees 10’ 45”; interior angle = 14 degrees
21’ 07”; L = 343.42’; C – 342.52’ to a point
of tangency; thence South 75 degrees 11’ 26”
East 33.00 feet to the Easterly right of way line
of said County Road; thence South 14 degrees
48’ 34” West 74.77 feet along said right-of-way
line to the point of beginning; thence South 81
degrees 12’ 38” East 108.74 feet; thence North
00 degrees 41’ 02” East 60.00 feet; thence
South 81 degrees 12’ 38” East 80.38 feet;
thence South 04 degrees 19’ 32” West 26.05
feet; thence South 22 degrees 14’ 45” West
267.12 feet; thence North 82 degrees 24’ 46”
West 139.32 feet to the Easterly right-of-way
line of said County road; thence Northeasterly
119.60 feet along said Right-of-way line and
curve concave Southeasterly with the following field derived curve date; R = 1325.17’; D =
04 degrees 19’ 25”; interior angle = 10 degrees
36’ 37”; L = 245.40’; C = 245.05’ to a point
of curvature; thence North 14 degrees 48’ 34”
East 110.55 feet along said right of way line to
the point of beginning, said parcel containing
0.931 acres, more or less.
Local Address:
17380 Yoke Boulevard
Douds, IA 52551
The described property will be offered for
sale at public auction for cash only.
SUBJECT TO NO REDEMPTION
Public Auction
To settle the Estate of Ida Mae Lundstrum we will sell at Public
Auction the following real estate and personal property located at
706 West Locust St., Bloomfield, Iowa on
Saturday, June 13, 2015
starting at 10:00 a.m. Sharp.
706 West Locust St.
Bloomfield, Iowa
Real Estate: Sells immediately
after the personal property.
Small amount of household
goods, tools and misc.
This home contains 2,296 square
feet of living space. There is
some finish work that needs
to be completed on the inside of this home to make
it suitable for some type of
investment property or a large
family. This home is situated
on a 112.50x142.00 lot. For
more information or to view
property prior to auction date
contact the Auction Company
at 641-208-0254 or Maggie
Smith, 641-664-1357 or
Russell Lundstrum, 641-6800838.
Terms: 20% down at close of
auction, balance due upon
delivery of court officer deed
and abstract showing marketable title.
Taxes: Prorated to date of possession.
Possession: Will be given at
closing.
Ida Mae Lundstrum Estate
706 W. Locust, Bloomfield, Iowa
Co-Executors: Alma Faye Watts, Maggie Smith
and Russell Lundstrum
John Martin, Bloomfield, Iowa Attorney for Estate
Terms: Cash or good check.
$35.00 returned check fee. Not
responsible in case of accident
The information in this sale
brochure was obtained from the
best reliable sources available
to us. However, the Auctioneers
or their employees will not be
held liable should the above
information be incorrect. Any
announcement made day of
sale will take precedence over
any previous advertising.
SALE CONDUCTED BY
Don Horn Auctioneering Service
209 East Jefferson, Bloomfield, IA
Phone: 641-664-1385
• 641-722-3796 -Home
• 641-208-0254 -Cell
“We don’t talk service, we give it.”
Auctioneers:
Don Horn • Jerry Bish
Rodney Lawson • Josh Williams
Dave Davis
Sheriff of Davis County, Iowa
34-23-2
Davis County Board of Supervisors
May 11, 2015
Bloomfield, Iowa
Boardroom-Courthouse
8:30 A.M.
The Davis County Board of Supervisors met
in regular session on Monday, May 11, 2015,
with Chairman Ron Bride and Members Matt
Greiner and Dale Taylor present.
Matt Greiner made motion, seconded by
Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve the agenda.
Dale Taylor made motion, seconded by Matt
Greiner and carried unanimously, to approve
and sign the Minutes of Monday, May 4, 2015.
The Board met with custodian Russell
Lundstrum; discussion, no action taken.
The Board met with Secondary Roads; Matt
Greiner made motion, seconded by Dale Taylor
and carried unanimously, to approve a resolution recommending modification of the 2015
Five Year Road Program to add a project on
Quill Avenue. Matt Greiner made motion, seconded by Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to sign contracts with Calhoun Burns for
bridge projects.
The Board met with Megan Clyman of the
Historical Preservation Commission; Dale
Taylor made motion, seconded by Matt
Greiner and carried unanimously, to allow use
of the courtyard for student field trips.
The Board met with Teresa Roberts and Mary
Murphy of Southeast Iowa Case Management;
Matt Greiner made motion, seconded by Dale
Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve
signing renewal of 28E agreement.
The Board met with Greg Proctor of Southern
Iowa Electric concerning transformers needing
replaced and other upgrades at Davis Center.
the planned changes.
The Board met with CSD Diane Buss, who
reported that there have been five applicants for the position of Community Services
Coordinator.
The Board met with Sheriff Dave Davis and
Jeff Heil of Northland Securities and discussed
the need for interim financing before bond proceeds are received for the new jail.
At 3:00 the Board reconvened for canvass
of votes from the May 5 special bond election.
There were three absentee votes added to the
previous total, but results were otherwise unchanged.
Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve the following claims to be paid:
1st Ia State Bank,
Int Bell Tower Proj-Debt...................31,000.00
Advanced Correctional Hlth,
Mh Serv-Ps/Corr...................................716.32
Advanced Radiator, Sr-Sup....................197.14
Advanced Systems,
Sr-Annual Contract..................................42.00
Agriland Fs, Sr-Diesel..........................4,846.26
Airgas Usa, Sr-Sup...................................24.80
Alliance Connect, Webhost-S/L/Rec........14.99
Alliant Energy, Sr-Sundry..........................26.34
Altheide, Amber,
Reimb Mi/Meals Training-Le..................177.49
Anderson Consult,
Replace July-Dec 2014-E911.............1,500.00
Bachman, Ed,
Client Rent-Phys Hlth/Dhs/Ga..............220.00
Bailey’s, Sup-Intrp/Tr..............................344.16
Ball Volvo, Sr-Parts..............................2,898.77
Blew, Steve, Sr-Sundry..........................220.00
Blfd Care Ctr,
Feb/Mar Pris Meals-Ps/Corr..............2,840.00
Blfd Communication, Ad-Intrp/Tr...........535.99
Blue Tarp Financial, Sr-Parts..................139.96
Bob Barker Co, Sup-Ps/Corr...................67.76
Byers Towing,
Towing 26-5 Ps/Unif Ptrl..........................21.00
Calhoun-Burns,
Sr-Outside Engineer...........................1,504.80
Cam’s Lawn & Landscape, Sr-Sundry...120.00
Carpenter Unif, Uniform-Ps/Unif Ptrl......117.80
Certified Power, Sr-Parts........................469.19
Citizens Mutual, Ph-S/L/Elec..............5,207.65
City Of Blfd, Sr-Sundry........................2,663.20
Cj Cooper & Assoc , Random Test-Le.....70.00
Commercial Sanitation, Sr-Sundry...........75.00
Culligan Water, Water-S/L/Rec.................36.75
Davis Co Historical Soc,
14/15 Allot-Rb/Hist/Cnsrv..................1,750.00
Davis Co Tire, Mv Rprs-Ps/Unif Ptrl....2,969.42
Diamond Mowers, Sr-Sup......................384.13
Dyna Systems, Sr-Parts...........................59.11
Emblem Enterprises,
Emblems-Ps/Sher.................................309.44
Fastenal, Sr-Parts...................................177.71
Fesler Auto Mall, Mv Rprs-Ps/Unif Ptrl....65.19
Food Bank Of So Ia,
14/15 Allot-Phys Hlth/Other...............1,500.00
Ford, Rebecca, Mi-Phys Hlth/Va...........110.00
H&L Mack Trk, Sr-Parts......................2,061.41
Hamilton’s, Sup-Ps/Corr........................394.93
Hellyer Elec Motor, Sr-Parts.....................14.00
Henderson Products, Sr-Parts............5,955.84
Ia St Assn Of Auditors,
2015 Seat-Intrp/Aud.............................350.00
Ia St Univ, Treas, Sr-Flagger Training.....150.00
Icube, Fy 2015 Dues-Intrp/Data............150.00
Imagetek, Radix Backup-Intrp/Ch...........79.00
Inland Trk Parts, Sr-Parts.......................156.66
Interstate Batteries, Sr-Batteries.............91.95
Keith’s Foods, Pris Food-Ps/Corr..............3.38
Kimball Midwest, Sr-Sup.......................746.52
Martins Flag,
Grave Markers-Phys Hlth/Va................951.67
Mastercard, Postage-S/L/Elec..............200.00
Masterman’s, Sr-Sup.............................234.46
Metal Culverts, Sr-Pipe.....................13,932.60
Mincks Htg & Ac,
A C Remote/Tr-Intrp/Ch........................136.00
Ntl Sheriff’s Assn, Dues-Ps/Sher.............56.00
Ottumwa Glass, Sr-Rpr..........................338.63
Ottumwa Printing,
Paper/Books-Rec Trust........................501.80
Profess Computer Solu,
June Lease-Le...................................1,111.96
Profess Janitorial Serv, Cust Serv-Le....530.00
Quality Motor, Sr-Parts..........................444.56
Racom, Radio Rpr-Ps/Unif Ptrl................47.50
Rainbow Oil , Sr-Oil............................2,111.86
Road Mach & Sup, Sr-Parts..................210.68
Schaeffer Mfg, Sr-Oil.............................471.60
Sec Of St, Notary Renewal-S/L/Rec.......30.00
So Ia Elec, Ut-Barn/Cabins-La...........1,305.07
Stampede Graphics, Sup-Intrp/Tr...........54.65
Star Equip , Sr-Parts..............................136.50
Stivers Ford, Sr-Parts.........................1,683.71
Swanson Engler , Sr-Negotiations...........75.00
Tc Concrete, Sr-Concrete......................361.00
Tifco Industries, Sr-Parts.........................82.36
Treat America Food Serv,
Meals-Ps/Unif Ptrl.................................121.26
Tschetter, Jerry, Sr-Parts..........................80.00
Tti Ntl, Ph-Le............................................92.30
Us Cellular, Sr-Sundry............................164.71
Waste Mgmt, Apr Garb-Le................11,069.45
Yoder Lumber, Sr-Lumber........................34.14
Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve
the following claim list of election workers to
be paid:
Arndt, Shirley,
Blfd Sp Jail 2015-S/L/Elec......................91.00
Baughman, Deb,
Mi 2015 Se-3 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..........101.00
Boggs, Suzanne L,
Mi 2015 Ne Spec Jail-S/L/Elec.............123.00
Davis, Jo Ann,
Cntrl Mi Spec Jail 2015-S/L/Elec..........114.00
Evans, Linda Joy,
Cntrl Mi Jail 2015-S/L/Elec.....................78.20
Foster, Sandra,
Mi 2015 Sw-1 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec.........116.50
Frymoyer, Louise,
Absent-3 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..........32.00
Heiser, Connie,
Mi Se 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..............131.00
Hopkins, Susan Mae,
Nw 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec...................91.00
Howk, Patricia,
Mi 2015 Se-2 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..........103.00
Jolley, Deborah,
Mi 2015 Cntrl Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..........117.50
Jones, Betty,
Absent-2 Mi Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..............56.00
Kincart, Jerry,
Blfd 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec................101.00
Leyda, Esther Jean,
Sw-2 Mi 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec...........81.00
Lundstrum, Russell,
Mi 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec.....................65.00
McCall, Kathy K,
McClure, Roberta,
McConnell, Gary,
12mi/3.5 Hr Spec Jail Elec-S/L/Elec.......34.00
Miller, Terri,
Blfd 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..................83.00
Pence, Carol Joyce,
Absent-1 2015 Spec Jail-S/L/Elec..........32.00
Plowman, Nancy,
Rudd, Karen,
Schlarbaum, Sylvia M.,
Simmons, Carol,
Sines, Sharon K,
Dale Taylor moved to adjourn; Matt Greiner
seconded; carried unanimously.
ATTEST: LINDA HUMPHREY
DAVIS COUNTY AUDITOR AND
COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS
34-23-1
June 1, 2015
Bloomfield, Iowa
8:30 A.M.
in regular session on Monday, June 1, 2015,
Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve the agenda.
Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve and sign the Minutes of Tuesday, May
26, 2015.
Lundstrum; general discussion, no action
taken.
The Board met with Secondary Roads; the
Engineer reported on progress on the Bassett,
Utt, and Boatman bridge projects. The Board
signed paperwork for proposed Quill Avenue
bridge replacement.
At 10:00 a.m. public hearing on budget
amendment was called to order. Matt Greiner
made motion, seconded by Dale Taylor and
carried unanimously, to close the hearing.
budget amendment as published on May 20,
2015.
Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve the following Appropriations Resolution:
Original
Change Amended
COURTHOUSE & GROUNDS
Capital Projects
0001-51-0220-000-61000
50,000
(50,000) 0
Payment/ Htg
0001-51-9100-000-53000
50,000
(50,000) 0
DEBT SERVICE
Principal
2000-89-0100-000-50100
55,237
100,000 155,237
AYES: Ron Bride, Matt Greiner, Dale Taylor
NAYES:
DATED AT BLOOMFIELD, IOWA, THIS 1st
DAY OF JUNE, 2015.
After discussion, Matt Greiner made motion,
seconded by Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve purchase of cabinets for
Davis Center in the approximate amount of
$11,145.02, of which Optimae will pay 25%.
After discussion, Matt Greiner made motion,
seconded by Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve 28E Agreement with Soap
Creek Watershed Management Authority.
The Board met with CSD Diane Buss; no action taken.
The Board met with Dan Hutchings and discussed access to Atwood and Runkle cemeteries. The Assistant County Attorney will write
the landowners.
the following claims to be paid:
Aflac, Grp Ins..........................................984.05
Aig Retirement, Grp Retire..................2,637.36
Ar Child Support Clearinghouse,
Child Support........................................320.00
Auxiant, Grp Ins.................................71,351.78
Axa Eq Life, Grp Life..............................250.00
Collection Serv Ctr, Child Support.........570.46
Collection Serv Ctr, Child Support......1,259.06
Emc Cashier, Grp Life.............................392.48
Emc Ntl Life, Grp Life.............................223.17
Isac, Grp Ins...........................................176.95
Ipers, Ipers Wh..................................26,247.67
Ppme Local 2003, Union Dues...............646.30
Success Bank, Fed Wh.....................39,321.47
Treas-St Of Ia, St Wh...........................6,476.00
Atomic Pest Cntl, Pest Cntl-Intrp/Ch.......60.00
Blew, Steve, Sr-Sundry..........................110.00
Century Link, Ph Bill-E911.....................257.70
Christensen 5 Llc, Sr-Land..................1,325.00
City Of Blfd, Sr-Sundry...........................242.11
Const & Aggregate Product, Sr-Sup......193.69
French Reneker,
Sr-Outside Engineer...........................2,800.00
Gingerich Logging, Sr-Goods..................43.97
Henderson Products, Sr-Parts.................90.75
Ia Dept Of Transp, Sr-Rpr....................1,085.00
Infomax, Copier-S/L/Rec........................122.77
Ia Bridge & Culvert,
Sr-Bros-Co26(85)--8j-26................107,376.87
Ia Co Recorder Assn,
Summer Sch-S/L/Rec.............................95.00
Johnson, Max L,
Rock W Lake Fisher Rd-Cnsrv..............671.87
Kubota Of So Ia, Tractor-Pio Cem.....24,064.44
Mdi Marketing Displays Intl, Sr-Parts.....715.08
Mutchler Community Ctr,
Co Share Salary-Cnsrv/Rb.................3,200.94
Rainbow Oil, Sr-Oil..............................3,175.14
Right Way Mgmt Serv,
Client Rent-Phys Hlth/Dhs....................238.00
Rmw Vending, Sr-Sundry.........................15.25
Tri Co Shopper, Pub-Ps/Unif Ptl.............334.44
Tyler Tech, Training-Intrp/Aud.................250.00
U.S. Records Midwest,
Book Rpr-Recorder Trust......................844.39
Us Cellular, Ph-Ps/Sher..........................350.65
Wuthrich, Lora,
Reimb Mtg Exp-Ps/Ems..........................49.00
Zee Medical, Sr-Sup............................1,281.86
Dale Taylor moved to adjourn; Matt Greiner
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Each Week!
May 26, 2015
Bloomfield, Iowa
8:30 A.M.
in regular session on Tuesday, May 26, 2015,
Matt Greiner made motion, seconded
by Dale Taylor and carried unanimously, to
approve the agenda.
approve and sign the Minutes of Monday, May
18, 2015.
Lundstrum; general discussion.
The Board met with Secondary Roads. Dale
Taylor made motion, seconded by Matt Greiner
and carried unanimously, to sign funding for
the Utt bridge.
After discussion, Dale Taylor made motion,
seconded by Matt Greiner and carried
unanimously, to approve purchase of air
conditioning unit for the Veterans’ Affairs
building.
At 10:00 a.m. public hearing was held for
budget amendment. There being no public
comments, Matt Greiner made motion,
seconded by Dale Taylor and carried
unanimously, to close the hearing. Matt Greiner
made motion, seconded by Dale Taylor and
carried unanimously, to approve the following
budget amendment as presented.
Taylor and carried unanimously, to approve the
following appropriations resolution:
AMENDMENT
TO
2014-2015
APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION
Original Change Amended
PUBLIC SAFETY/LAW ENF.
Uniforms
0001-05-1000-000-29400 1,500
1,000
2,500
Court Ordered Juvenile transport
0001-05-1000-000-41100
8,000
1,997
9,997
MV Repairs/Maintenance
0001-05-1000-000-44000
8,000
1,750
9,750
Equip & Supplies
0001-05-1000-000-63800
13,637
3,800
17,437
Office Supplies
0001-05-1060-000-26000
2,500
2,100
4,600
Telephone
0001-05-1060-000-41400
3,600
1,000
4,600
Health Insurance
0002-05-1050-000-11300
17,493
1,458
18,951
TREASURER/INTERPROGRAM SVCS
Retirement
0001-03-9020-000-10007
0
4,238
4,238
Mileage/Travel Exp.
0001-03-9020-000-41300
1,100
1,000
2,100
Educ./Training/Schooling
0001-03-9020-000-42200
1,000
1,000
2,000
FICA
0002-03-9020-000-11000
6,321
325
6,646
Health Insurance
0002-03-9020-000-11300
25,476
440
25,916
GENERAL COUNTY MGMT
Supervisors/Health Insurance
0002-01-9000-000-11300
45,737
1,000
46,737
PIONEER CEMETERY
Cemeteries/Misc. Maint.
0006-39-6411-000-44700
5,000
27,000
32,000
COUNTY SERVICES (Mental Hlth)
Mental Illness/HCBS Waiver
0010-60-4032-000-32900
15,000
25,000
40,000
Rent Subsidy
0010-60-4033-000-34500
8,000
25,000
33,000
COUNTY ENVIRONMENT
Solid Waste Disposal
0011-99-6020-000-47600
90,310
5,000
95,310
SECONDARY ROADS
Construction
0020-20-0201-320-62000
520,000 430,000 950,000
Admin. /Workman’s Comp.
0020-20-7000-134-46400
42,000
(30,000) 12,000
Outside Engineering
0020-20-7010-254-42382
30,000
60,000
90,000
Bridges/Salary
0020-20-7100-420-10000
62,398
(35,000) 27,398
Bridges/Grp Ins
0020-20-7100-420-11300
27,288
(15,000) 12,288
Bridges/Misc Construction
0020-20-7100-432-21000
150,000 (110,000) 40,000
Roads/Aggregate/Sand/Rock
0020-20-7110-461-21200
413,216 100,000 513,216
Roads/Snow & Ice
0020-20-7120-524-21279
25,000
15,000
40,000
New Equipment
0020-20-7200-610-63800
150,000 25,000
175,000
Equipment Operations/Parts
0020-20-7210-621-24100
90,000
45,000
135,000
Tools, Materials/Supplies
0020-20-7220-664-21764
24,000
100,000 124,000
COUNTY WIDE WATERSHED
Maintenance & Operations
0100-99-6000-000-62200
60,000
50,000
110,000
CDBG Grant
0100-99-6000-000-62282
114,937 252,981 367,918
the following operating transfer resolution:
The Davis County Board of Supervisors
hereby requests that the Davis County
Treasurer transfer $100,000.00 from the
General Basic Fund (50,000 from the Capital
Projects area & 50,000 from the Courthouse
& Grounds area) to the Debt Service Fund,
for the purpose of making additional debt
repayment to lower the encumbered balance
of the Debt Service.
The Board met with Kirby Moss and
discussed the employee health insurance
contract Dale Taylor made motion, seconded
by Matt Greiner and carried unanimously, to
accept Option 1 of the renewal contract.
by Dale Taylor and carried unanimously,
to approve resolution amending electronic
transaction clearinghouse 28E agreement.
approve resolution of financial commitment
in the amount of $1,313.00 as local match to
the AHEAD Regional Housing Trust Fund for
FY2016.
The meeting with CSD Diane Buss was
cancelled.
The Board met with Sheriff Dave Davis and
by conference call with Michael Hart and Jeff
Heil of Northland Securities and discussed
possible sources of funding for the new jail.
the following claims to be paid:
Bailey, Debbie, Mi-S/L/Treas....................40.00
Batterson, Josh, Mi-Cnsrv.......................60.50
Blfd Communication,
Brochures-Cnsrv...................................125.00
Blfd Greenhouse,
Courtyard Flowers-Intrp/Ch....................23.94
Bfd Rent All, Tiller Rent-La.......................25.00
Blyzo Fish Farm,
Stocking Ponds-Cnsrv..........................469.50
Business Forms & Systems,
Tax Book Pages-Intrp/Tr........................170.00
City Of Blfd, Client Rent-Mh................2,033.89
Davis Co Pub Hlth,
May Nurse-Phys Hlth/Nurs................7,786.50
Davis Co Soil&Water,
Cdbg Flood Relief-Co Wide Water...10,000.00
Gempler’s, Signs-La.................................27.65
Gingerich Logging, Trimmer Line-La........22.98
Hamilton’s, Sup-La...................................46.26
Hy Vee Pharm, Jan Serv-Mh..................121.76
Ia Assn Co Comm Vet Affr,
15/16 Dues-Phys Hlth/Va........................50.00
Ia Dept Natural Resources,
Npdes App Fee-Non Prog.......................85.00
Ia Dept Of Pub Safety,
Apr-June Billing-Le.............................1,380.00
Johnson, Mike, Lodging/Meals-S/L/Tr...281.49
J’s One Stop, Mower Gas-Intrp/Ch..........16.69
Mfa Oil, Fuel-La........................................63.01
Mpa Computers, Web Host-Pio Cem......15.00
Schumacher Elev, Elev Maint-Intrp/Ch..123.82
Shopko, Sup-Le.......................................10.77
So Ctrl Behavioral Hlth Rgn,
Mar/Apr Srv-Subst Abuse-Gs............2,200.00
So Ia Area Crime Comm,
Feb Transp-Mh......................................331.73
Soap Creek Watershed,
Cdbg Flood Relief-Co Wide Water...15,000.00
Transit, Feb Transp-Mh............................56.10
U.S. Postal Serv, Postage-Intrp/Tr......2,797.95
Waste Mgmt, May Garb-La......................49.65
Weidner, Rick A., Dc Pub Saf Ctr Phase
1-Intrp/Ch............................................1,600.00
Matt Greiner moved to adjourn; Dale Taylor
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McMainses celebrate 50th
wedding anniversary
Joanie and Mike McMains
Mike and Joanie McMains
of Bloomfield celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary
with a small family gathering
on June 6 at The Meadows
Campground.
Mike McMains and Joanie
Long were married on June 6,
1965, at the Savannah Christian
Church in Savannah with
the Rev. Kenneth Campbell
officiating.
They have three children,
Marty of Bloomfield, Tina
(Kevin) Vinzant of Ankeny
and Lisa (Mike) Arndt of
Troy, Mo. They also have four
grandchildren, Ashlie Vinzant
of Ames, Kolton Vinzant of
Ankeny, and Lily and Grant
Arndt of Troy, Mo.
She retired from Dr. Donald
D. Berg’s medical office in 2007
and he retired from the US
Postal Service in 2008. Since
that time they have been full
time RVers traveling around
the country.
Cards and well wishes may
be sent to Mike and Joanie
McMains, 507 N. East St.,
Bloomfield, IA 52537.
Spiff y awards begin
Bloomfield Main Street’s
Image Committee has begun
its Spiffy program for the
2015 season. Spiffy signs were
placed on the following properties Sunday commending residents for their neat and attractive homes and yards.
• Sherri Pettit, 407 E. Locust St.
• Ken and Marilyn Karston, 304
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CLUB REPORTS
The DC Wranglers met on
May 24 at the Bloomfield Fire
Station at 7 p.m. President
Carter Batterson called the
meeting to order. Erin Oswalt
gave the secretary’s report,
and Colin Batterson gave the
treasurer’s report.
Congratulations were given
to Erin Oswalt on her recent
graduation from high school.
The club discussed old and
new business. Attendance requirements for showing at the
fair were discussed. Club tshirts will be ready in time for
the fair, and members are to
bring their $5 in for shirts any
time. The 2015 Happenings
Book is now available online.
Members who wish to request specific work times for
the ice cream stand at the fair
should notify leaders as soon
as possible before the schedule is made out. Members also
should start to gather their
record book information and
records for 4-H Awards.
The club recited the 4-H
pledge to adjourn the meeting. Refreshments were provided by Cody and Faith Van
Horn.
The next meeting will be
held June 28, at 7 p.m., at the
Bloomfield Fire Station. Hosts
of the next meeting will be
Cayden and Cayne Hall.
Online All The Time...
N. Columbia St.
• Bob and Shirley Willcoxson,
307 N. Pine St.
• Jean Stogdill, 103 W.
Second St.
• Randy and Kim Dixon, 208
Grant St.
The signs will be moved to
other Spiffy residences next
weekend.
Don't forget to renew
your subscription
Thursday, June 11
Gamblers Anonymous
What: Regular meeting
Where: IHCC ATC Building,
conference room D, Ottumwa
When: 6:30 p.m.
24/7 Dads
What: Support group and
educational class for Dads.
Where: ISU Extension and
Outreach Office, basement,
402 E. North St.
When: 6-8 p.m.
DC Fine Arts Council
What: Regular meeting of the
Fine Arts Council
Where: Iowa Theatre
When: 7 p.m.
Friends of the Bloomfield
Public Library
Friends of the Bloomfield
Public Library
Where: Library
When: 6 p.m.
Friday, June 12
Optimist Club
Optimist Club
Where: DC Hospital, cafeteria
When: 7 a.m.
Retired Hospital Employees
What: Social gathering for
retired hospital employees.
Anyone who is retired from
the Davis County Hospital is
invited to attend.
Where: Southfork Grill
When: 9 a.m.
Monday, June 15
Weight Watchers
What: Weight loss program
Where: Old School Social Club,
200 W. Locust
When: 5:30 p.m.
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Boy Scouts
Where: Bloomfield Christian
Church
When: 7 p.m.
6B
Calendar of Events
Nest Program
What: Free program, which
helps pregnant mothers
prepare for the arrival of
their baby and mothers of
children up to 5 years of age
Where: Bloomfield Christian
Church
When: 4:30-6 p.m.
Contact: Extension Office at
664-2730
DC Community School Board
of Directors
Davis County Community
School Board of Directors
Where: McCollum Complex
When: 7 p.m.
Chapter B, P.E.O.
Chapter B, P.E.O.
Theme: “Cherish Today…
Challenge Tomorrow”
Hostess: Megan Clyman
Co-Hostess: Becky Ford
Program: Report on State
Convention
When: Social 7 p.m.; Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16
TOPS
What: Weight loss program
Where: Bloomfield United
Methodist Church
When: Weigh-in at 5 p.m.
Meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery
What: Celebrate Recovery is
a 12-step ministry that
provides a healthy and lifechanging environment for
individuals struggling with
a variety of issues such as
addictions, co-dependency,
anxiety/depression,
grief, guilt, anger, hurtful
relationships and much
more.
Where: Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, 19419 Lilac
Ave., Bloomfield
When: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Call 664-3242 or email
[email protected]
AARP
What: Regular meeting of
the local AARP. AARP is a
membership organization
leading positive social
change and delivering
value to people age 50 and
over through information,
advocacy and service
Where & When: Boardroom
McCollum Complex, 1:30
p.m.; Mulberry Place, 7 p.m.
People are welcome to attend
either or both meetings.
Contact: Carol McKee at 6641947 or [email protected]
DC Tobacco Free Coalition
Davis County Tobacco Free
Coalition
Where: Hospital conference
room
When: Noon
Wednesday, June 17
Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Where: Southfork Grill
When: 6:45 a.m.
Bloomfield Historical
Preservation Commission
What: Regular meeting of
the Bloomfield Historical
Preservation Commission
Where: Main Street Office
When: 4:30 p.m.
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Pulaski
Volunteer Fire
Association
Annual Pie and
Ice Cream Social
Sat., June 20
4-7 p.m.
Pulaski Park
Homemade ice cream
with plenty of goodies.
Freewill donation.
We want to Publish
your News!
The Bloomfield Democrat wants to publish your wedding story and
picture in a timely fashion while it’s still news and you are still
newlyweds. Hurry up while there is still time!
The deadline for publishing your wedding
announcements is:
Six weeks after your wedding!
If you get it to us on time, we’ll give the bride and groom a free
six-month subscription. If you are late, we’ll charge you $25 to
publish the story.
Pictures submitted may be color or black and white.
Photographers’ proofs are accepted and will be promptly
returned. (Do not wait on a finished photo if it takes longer than six
weeks. Insist on cooperation from your photographer.) Information
may be e-mailed.
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(Scan photos to at least a resolution of 170 and no less
than 4 inches wide.)
Pick up or ask us to send you a
wedding information form!
E-mail your information to [email protected]

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