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Democrat
THE BLOOMFIELD
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
UPS 058-260
Bloomfield, Iowa
Founded September 15, 1869
LIFE 2
Vol. 142 No. 5 One Dollar
©2011 by Bloomfield Communications, Inc.
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Stay on top: The Davis
County Mustangs beat
Chariton Friday night to
stay in a tie for first in the
South Central Conference.
See Page 14
EDITORIALS 4
WANT ADS 10
SPORTS 14
Davis County’s unemployment rate ‘drops’ to 7.6%
Slowly it gets better
State’s unemployment rate improves to 6.3%, but
here in southern Iowa there’s not much to celebrate
While state officials heralded a decline in the
latest unemployment rate figures for Iowa, there
was little to celebrate in southeast Iowa.
Iowa Workforce Development said last week
that Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment
rate dropped to 6.3 percent in December from
6.6 percent in November.
In Davis County, however, the seasonally unadjusted rate in December was 7.8 percent, up
from 7.6 percent in November.
Davis County’s neighbors don’t have it any better. Some are worse off, especially to the east.
Lee County, which has led the state in unemployment for some time now, is still the only
Iowa county with unemployment above 10 percent. Lee County is the home of Fort Madison
and Keokuk, where unemployment actually was
down from 10.6 percent in November, but still
considerably above the worst of counties elsewhere in the state.
Elsewhere in southeast Iowa, Henry County
(Mt. Pleasant) was at 8.5 percent in December, up
from 8.3 percent in November. Jefferson County
is at 7.7 percent; Van Buren at 8.3 percent;
Appanoose at 8.1 percent; Wapello at 7.8 percent
and Monroe at 7.2 percent.
The unemployment picture in Davis County
has improved since the county led the state for
one month, but is still 12th highest in Iowa.
For 2010, Davis County’s jobless rate averaged
8.6 percent with the average unemployment being 340 out of a labor force of 3,960. The peak in
2010 was 9.7 percent in March when 400 people
were out of work.
The December labor force in Davis County was
3,840 with 300 unemployed, leaving total employment at 3,550.
In December, there were 1,800 people employed by Davis County employers. These may
or may not be people who live in Davis County.
A total of 210 are in goods-producing jobs while
the rest are in service jobs with 570 working for
government employers.
Goods-producing workers were down about
50 people from January to December while
those in service occupations remained the same.
Government employment was down about 10
people since the first of last year.
State officials contrasted the 6.3 percent
Iowa unemployment to a year ago when the
state’s jobless rate stood at 6.5 percent. The
U.S. unemployment rate also took a sharp drop
in December, falling to 9.4 percent from a
November rate of 9.8 percent.
Dave Hall, right, is a big fan of ice fishing and says the fish taste better out of the icy waters. Here
Hall uses a fish finder to help a youngster who was fishing at the Ice Fishing Derby at the McGowen
Recreation and Wildlife Area on Jan. 30. The annual event draws a huge crowd of both youth and
adults as they try their hand at fishing through the ice. Several fish were caught and taken home for
Sunday night’s supper.
Supervisors to wait on weapons
policy for DC Courthouse
Kindergarten teachers are always looking for ways to reward their students for good behavior and the recent weather and slopes were so inviting. The teachers took advantage of the
big hill north of the new Davis County High School as well as the nice weather last week to
give their students a breakand exercise. The sounds of kids screaming and laughing filled
the air. A quick trip down and a short trudge back up the hill put them back on the slopes for
more excitement. But it wasn’t just the kids, at least one teacher was seen making the trip
down the slopes.
The Davis County Board of
Supervisors agreed Monday
just to play a waiting game on a
county weapons policy for the
Davis County Courthouse.
The supervisors are looking at
a resolution to restrict guns
from being brought into the
courthouse. The only exception
to the policy will be guns worn
by law enforcement officials.
The supervisors are looking
at ways to keep guns carried
by the public out of the courthouse and other county buildings.
“At this point, we aren’t
sure if or when the Iowa
Legislature will do anything on
this issue,” said Davis County
Attorney Rick Lynch. “The Iowa
Legislature made this law happen and they need to fix it,”
said Lynch.
Lynch advised the supervisors to proceed slowly and cautiously with this issue. “I don’t
think we want to implement
anything that would get the
county sued because the state
hasn’t changed anything at the
state level,” said Lynch.
Supervisor Ron Bride said
Waterloo is in the middle of
a lawsuit over the same issue. Both Bride and supervisor
Matt Greiner agreed that some
counties in Iowa have already
enacted policies while others
are adopting a wait-and-see attitude.
Lynch told the supervisors
that state officials are also
giving county officials mixed
messages about the law change.
“The Iowa Attorney General’s
office first was encouraging
counties to enact gun control
policies for public buildings.
Now they are recommending
that members of the boards
of supervisors across the state
check with their county attorney before doing anything,” he
said.
Lynch commented that it was
most likely because of the legal
action in Waterloo. “You (the
supervisors) could pass something, but it will most likely be
challenged. I think we will be
safe here without it,” he said.
Lynch commented that his
biggest fear after the new law
went into effect was that people would start carrying guns
on their hips all over town.
“So far I haven’t seen that happen,” said Lynch. “I don’t know
about you, but I feel pretty safe
around here.”
The supervisors and Lynch
discussed what was going to
happen in the courtroom if the
county didn’t pass any type of
a resolution. Lynch explained
that the judges and the Davis
County Sheriff’s office would
work together to provide security if the judge wanted it.
“The sheriff would post a
man at each door with a wand
and would scan everyone that
came into the courtroom,” said
Lynch. “They have the ability
to provide that security if it is
needed.”
Members of the supervisors
agreed that taking no action
was the best approach at this
time. “I think we just need to
wait and let the legislature
take care of this,” said Greiner.
“Once we know what they are
going to do, we can act accordingly,” he said.
A Sheriff ’s Reserve Officer program is being reinstituted in Davis County
By SCOTT SPURGEON
Editor
The Davis County Sheriff’s office has
resurrected a reserve officer program
that it had several years ago. The department is already up and running
with the program and has three local
individuals ready and waiting to be a
part of the new program.
Deputy Josh Sinnott has been instrumental in getting the program started.
Sinnott started in law enforcement as
a reserve officer in Centerville. He is
excited to get the program up and running and give others a chance to pursue
possible careers in law enforcement
just like he was able to do.
Sinnott has the full support of Sheriff
Dave Davis on this endeavor to bring
back the reserve officer system. Like
Sinnott, Davis also got his start in law
enforcement as a reserve officer. He
worked his way into being hired as a
deputy for several years before being
elected sheriff of the department.
Sinnott said Monday that the sheriff’s
department has been working toward
the return of the reserve program for
about a year. “The state changed some
of the requirements needed to be a reserve officer,” said Sinnott. “As of now,
they require reserve officers to have 88
hours of classroom time and 40 hours
of shooting practice before they can be
approved as reserve officers.”
Sinnott said the Davis County
Sheriff’s Department is equipped to put
this reserve unit together with little or
no cost to the taxpayers.
“One of the biggest hurdles is the
training and the cost of getting officers
trained,” said Sinnott. “Between the
Bloomfield Police Department and the
sheriff’s office, we have several people
who are certified instructors and can
teach most of the courses that the reserve officers will need. We can also
partner with the hospital and the fire
department and take advantage of people they have certified to teach some
of the courses. We are equipped to the
point that we can provide the reserve
officers with all 88 hours of classroom
training and the 40 hours of shooting
practice without them having to leave
the county.”
Sinnott, Davis, and the sheriff’s department have already selected three
people through an interview process
that they will be helping become reserve officers. Jim Rupe, Jeremy Kruser
and Steve Shively have all been selected. “We are working toward having a
reserve officer staff of five individuals.
We are looking at two more already,”
said Sinnott. “We don’t want any more
than that.”
Sinnott said there are many benefits
of having a staff of reserve officers.
“Because of the amount of training they
receive, reserve officers can do a lot of
the same things other law enforcement
officers can do on their own,” said
Sinnott. “There are things such as OWIs
and other things they can’t do without
the supervision of a fully certified officer. There are a lot of things they are
able to do on their own. The reserve officers won’t take the leads on cases, but
they will be able to do a lot of the same
work we already do.”
Sinnott said by being able to train
the men here in the county they are
saving a minimum of $500 per person
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over sending them to the Iowa Law
Enforcement Academy for the training
they need. “We have reserve officers
who are working full time, so we are
doing a lot of the training on the weekends,” said Sinnott. “We know we have
to work around their full-time jobs and
are willing to do that.”
Sinnott said the department has an
18-month window to get its reserve
officers trained and fully operational
once the officers are brought on board.
Each officer must spend 18 hours a
month riding along with another deputy. “The reserve officers must also do
continuing education just like any other
officer would have to do,” said Sinnott.
“The idea behind this is to provide
SEE SHERIFF’S RESERVE, PAGE 7
Life
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011
THE BLOOMFIELD DEMOCRAT
| WHAT'S HAPPENING
How to deal with teen dating
violence, where to get help
February is Teen Dating
Violence Awareness and
Prevention Month announced
Kay Davis of Bloomfield, an advocate of the Crisis Center and
Women’s Shelter.
Davis said teen dating violence is a pattern of controlling
behaviors by one teenager over
another teenager with whom
they are in a dating relationship.
The behavior may be:
•Emotional abuse –
Embarrassing the person in
front of others, calling a person
names
•Physical abuse – Physically
hurting someone, preventing a
person from leaving a location
•Sexual abuse – Forcing someone to have sex, not allowing
someone to use birth control
•Limiting independence –
Telling someone what to do,
giving a person rules to follow
•Isolation – Not allowing
someone to see their friends
•Threats – To leave someone
or hurt them
•Intimidation – Making a person afraid with a look
•Harassment – Texting someone frequently, spying
•Minimization, denial &
blame – Telling a person that
their fears are all in their head
“Red flags may show up if
your teen or friend is experiencing abuse in her/his relationship,” Davis said. These include:
•Unexplained injuries
•Boyfriend/girlfriend hurting
self, others or pets
•Change in appearance or
behavior
•Apologizing for boyfriend’s/
girlfriend’s behavior
•Spending all their time with
their boyfriend/girlfriend
•Boyfriend/girlfriend constantly checks up on the teen
•Name-calling, demeaning
comments from boyfriend/girlfriend
•Giving up interests such as
friends, school sports or other
extra-curricular activities
“Technology can also be used
by individuals to control their
boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s actions
by cell phones and spreading
rumors thru social networking
websites,” Davis continued. “It
THIS WEEK
Feb. 3
is important to be aware of your
teen’s possible changes in use
of computers, cell phones, etc.”
Davis suggested the following
to deal with such problems:
•Talk about dating and
healthy relationships. Creating
an open dialogue will help with
future discussions.
•Avoid being judgmental.
Teens will not share information if they feel they have done
something wrong.
•Listen. Teens need to “vent”
about what happened.
•Don’t try to provide explanations or solutions to what
has happened, this may appear
judgmental to your teen.
•Validate that you are sorry
the abuse happened and it is
not his/her fault.
•Be supportive of your teen
reaching out to others like
coaches, teachers, friends, or an
advocate. These can be helpful.
“You can get help through the
Crisis Center & Women’s Shelter
by calling 1-800-464-8340,”
Davis said. “We offer support,
help in developing a safety plan
and encouragement. We care.”
Tourism Corporation elects officers
The Davis County Tourism
Corporation held its annual
board meeting on Jan. 13 at
the Southern Iowa Electric
Cooperative facility. The group
held an election of officers
and board members, and the
Tourism Development and
Promotion Committee’s officers
for 2011 were announced.
Beverly Woolard will remain
as the president of the Davis
County Tourism Corporation.
Stephen Tews is the vice president. Penny Warren was named
secretary. Dorothy Jessen was
elected as the craft chairperson. Eileen Taylor is the trea-
surer. Teresa Thomas will be
in charge of public relations.
Jack Woolard will be in charge
of maintenance. The volunteer
schedulers will be Joanne Bride,
Judy Polkey, Nan McBride, Jane
Bigsby and Janice Batterson.
Board members elected to
three-year terms include Carol
Birchmier, Thomas, Terri Miller,
Nancy Clancy, Liz Williams,
Pat Brown, Jessen, and Dee
Johnson.
Board members with twoyear terms include Beverly
Woolard, Jack Woolard, Stephen
Tews, Kay Tews, Debbie Horn,
McBride, Beth Sullivan and
Warren.
Board members with one-year
terms include Batterson, Gary
Mishler, Taylor, Bigsby, Bride,
Jim Knott, Dale Taylor and Jim
Carlisle.
Mishler was named the
chairman of the Tourism
Development and Promotion
Committee. Leon Wilkinson was
named the vice-chairman. Glenn
Baughman was selected as the
secretary and Thomas was selected as the treasurer of the
group.
Isabel Boatman and Betty
Shumate were named honorary
board members of the group.
Opinion panel seeks members in all counties
This month Vernon Research
Group of Cedar Rapids has
launched a new “Ninety-Nine
County” program with the goal
of including citizens of every
county in Iowa as members of
the Iowa Opinion Panel.
“Nationally based panels often don’t get a cross section of
citizens across our state,” says
Monica Vernon, president and
founder of Vernon Research
Group. “We want to have rep-
resentation from rural citizens
and those in small and large
towns. We don’t want to leave
any counties or communities
out of the research discussion.
An array of citizens is what we
are striving for.”
The Iowa Opinion Panel is a
confidential database that gives
citizens the opportunity to
share their insights through online surveys about various topics including new products, con-
sumer issues, human services,
local government and education
topics and others.
Gamblers Anonymous, 10:30
a.m., Camel Club, Ottumwa.
Bloomfield City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall.
SHARE sign-up, 1-3 p.m.,
Senior Center.
Feb. 4
Optimist Club, 7 a.m.,
Southfork Restaurant.
Rebekah Lodge, 2 p.m., GetTogather Room.
Kristen Cutler and Joey Hill
Cutler, Hill
to be married in April
Kristen Denise Cutler of
Bloomfield and Joey Ryan Hill
of Greentop, Mo., and formerly of Bloomfield wish to
announce their engagement
and upcoming wedding.
Parents of the couple are
Mark and Lisa Cutler and
Tony and Karla Hill, all of
Bloomfield.
She is a 2006 graduate of
Davis County High School, a
2008 graduate of Indian Hills
Community College as a medical lab technician. She is currently employed at Northeast
Regional Medical Center in
Kirksville, Mo.
He is a 2004 graduate of
Davis County High School.
He is currently employed at
Superior Truck Service in
Kirksville, Mo.
The wedding is set for
April 30, 2011, at the Pulaski
Mennonite Church.
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Kamden Ray was born Jan.
28, 2011, to Hayley and Ryan
Heemsbergen.
He weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz. and
was 20 inches long. He joins
two brothers, Kaison, fouryears-old and Kael, two-yearsold.
Grandparents are Matt and
Tammy Greiner of Bloomfield
and Curtis and Sherrie
Heemsbergen of Agency.
Great-grandparents are Joan
Greiner of Bloomfield, Jacetta
and Art Buchanan of Kirksville,
Mo., and George Griffiths of
Ottumwa.
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Mike and Lezlie (Francis)
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in Des Moines.
Jaxson weighed 10 lbs. 2 oz.
and was 21 3/4 inches long.
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Grandparents are Darrell
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Bloomfield.
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George and Donna Francis of
Bloomfield.
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DC Historical Society, 7 p.m.,
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DC Hospital Auxiliary, 2 p.m.,
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| DEATHS
| THIS WEEK’S FORECAST
THIS WEEK
Ralph Sample
Wednesday: Areas of blowing
snow and a chance of snow before noon, then patchy blowing
snow after noon. Mostly cloudy
and cold, with a steady temperature around 9. Wind chill values
as low as -15. Windy, with a north
northwest wind between 15 and
24 mph, with gusts as high as 33
mph. Chance of precipitation is
50%. New snow accumulation of
less than a half inch possible.
8 and 14 mph, with gusts as high
as 18 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high
near 30.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy,
with a low around -9. Wind chill
values as low as -20. West northwest wind between 7 and 14 mph,
with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with
a low around 4.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 18.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 23.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a
high near 30.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a
low around 17.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with
a low around 21.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near
14. West southwest wind between
| LAST WEEK
Jan. 26 ................. 25
Jan. 27 ................. 22
Jan. 28 ................. 34
Jan. 29 ................. 39
NWS at Lake Fisher
School Net at Middle School
24-hour period ending at 7 a.m.
24-hour period ending midnight
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Jan. 30 ................. 36
Jan. 31 ................. 27
Feb. 1 ................... 24
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Jan. 26 ................. 26 20
Jan. 27 ................. 38 19
Jan. 28 ................. 42 22 .05
Jan. 29 ................. 40
Jan. 30 ................. 31
Jan. 31 ................. 31
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| THIS MONTH
Average High: 26.1
Average Low: 8.7
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Temperature: 17.4
Precipitation: 1.72
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Real Estate Transfers
Kenneth and Lorene Schrock to
David and Alta Yoder—land.
Hope Downing, administrator, and
William Todd Downing Estate to H & H
Enterprises—property.
Hope Downing to William Todd
Downing Estate and Hope Downing,
administrator—property.
John W. and Charlene Graves to
George W. Graves—land.
John T. and Pamela J. Strachan to
Paul E. and Charlotte L. Teubel—property.
Kathy L. Veatch to Richard W. and
Kelly A. Schlotter—land.
Ronald E. and Christy Sue Joos to
Eugene M. and Lana M. Joos—land.
Kenneth H. and Kathy F. Richardson
to James D. and Rhonda L. Morton—
property.
Joel E. and Tammie S. Woods to
Christopher W. Miller—property.
Kevin and Sally Ritz to Daniel F.
Wiegand and Michael D. Joos—land.
Leva L. Hill to Leva L. Hill—property.
Real Estate Contract
Terry L. and Sharon F. James to
Larry W. Wright—property.
Civil Court
Citi Financial Mortgage vs. Trudy
Joan Reyes, Discover Bank and others,
petition filed.
Diana Sue Boas vs. City of
Bloomfield, motion for a continuance
was filed.
District Court
Johnathen Robert Moss,
Bloomfield, two counts of simple assault dismissed. He was ordered to
pay costs of $120.
Charity Roth Griffith, Cantril, third
degree harassment. Motion for a continuance was filed. Hearing continued
to Feb. 10.
Eugene James Goddard, Brighton,
pleaded guilty to trespass. He was
ordered to pay a fine and costs of
$147.75.
Randy A. Hooten, Bloomfield, fifth
degree theft. He was to appear on
Jan. 27.
Stanley Osa Bankson, Drakesville,
fifth degree theft. He was to appear
for his arraignment on Jan. 27.
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pleaded guilty to a serious misdemeanor charge of possession of a
schedule II controlled substance.
Police calls
Jan. 19, 9:02 a.m.—Police responded to a call at the Davis County
High School. No further details were
released.
Jan. 19, 4:33 p.m.—Police responded to the 300 block of South
Washington Street to investigate a
complaint of harassment.
Jan. 20, 7:17 a.m.—Police responded to 301 East Franklin St., to investigate an alarm.
Jan. 20, 1:41 p.m.—Police received
a crime tip from an area near 601
South Railroad St.
Jan. 20, 2:42 p.m.—Police responded to a crime tip from a location near
No. 4 Hickory Hollow Road.
Jan. 20, 5:21 p.m.—Police responded to an animal complaint on Karr
Street.
Jan. 21, 6:09 a.m.—Police assisted
the Davis County EMS with a call in
the 300 block of North Columbia
Street.
Jan. 21, 6:42 a.m.—Police assisted a
motorist with an object in the road on
Washington Street near J’s One Stop.
Jan. 21, 12:10 p.m.—Police responded to an animal complaint on
East Franklin Street.
Jan. 21, 1:47 p.m.—Police responded to a report of a crime tip near 510
Goode Street.
Jan. 21, 10:18 p.m.—Police responded to a security request in the
400 block of South Madison Street.
the Davis County EMS with a call in
the 300 block of North Buckeye Street.
Jan. 22, 11:48 a.m.—Police responded to a report of a disabled vehicle
near Gas-N-Mor.
Jan. 22, 1:37 p.m.—Police re-
ceived a crime tip from a location near
405 West Poplar Street.
a report of a crime tip from a location
near 304 North Columbia St.
a complaint of trespassing at 601
South Railroad St.
the Davis County EMS with a call near
509 North West St.
an animal complaint from 103 West
Grant St.
Jan. 24, 2:56 p.m.—Police were dispatched to 202 Weaver Road to investigate a report of a minor theft.
Jan. 24, 11 p.m.—Police received
a phone report of harassment from
someone who called into the Davis
County Law Center. The location of
the harassment was not released.
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He was born on March 7, 1934, in Ridgway, Ill., to Cletus Pfister
and Ruth Walton Pfister. He enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps and served in the Korean War.
He is survived by his wife, Betty of Bloomfield, and children,
Beth Pyle of Ridgway, Ill., Mike Pfister of McLeansboro, Ill., Donna
Hesterly of Ridgway, Ill., Mark Pfister of Morton, Ill., Lisa Rider
and Janice Drone, both of Ridgway, Ill. 11 grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; sisters, Barbara Lanham and Janet Dickey of
Springfield, Ill., Mary Lou Blankenship of Valier, Ill., Elaine (Larry)
Wilson of Rushville, Ill., and Anita (Val) Wargel of Ridgway, Ill.
brother John David Pfister of Tulsa, Okla., and special daughter,
Ann Shoemake of Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Randall.
Services were under the direction of Bisch and Son Funeral
Home, Springfield, Ill., where the funeral was held Jan. 19, 2011.
Burial was at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Ill.,
with honors from the Interveterans Burial Detail of Sangamon
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Dylan Ray Jones, Milton, failure to
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Stuart Nelson Pim, Johnston,
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Daniel Kenneth Fake, Willmar,
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Kari L. Johnson, Herriman, Utah,
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Barbra Sue Devore, Chesterfield,
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Michael Edward McGrath, Kansas
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Charlene Kay Hansen, Ottumwa,
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Crete W. Hastings, Bloomfield,
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Russell Eugene Cecil, Monroe,
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Lee Morris Riebel, Memphis, Mo.,
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Mark Elan Mortensen, Moberly, Mo.,
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Thracie Lea Burns, Queen City, Mo.,
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James N. Groseclose, Kirksville, Mo.,
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Cory Ray Frye, Hedrick, operation
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Steve Craig Meimann, Zearing,
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Mary Marguerite Murry,
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Richard William Farkas, Glendale,
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Richard Williams Farkas, Glendale,
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Jalen Lowell Bolin, Drakesville, violation of instruction permit limitation,
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Asa Ben Cope, Blakesburg, speeding, $229.50.
Lynnae Margaret Haines, Richfield,
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John Edward Moore Jr.,
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Theresa Suzanne Early,
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James Ansel Ghehrts, Urbandale,
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Jacob Ernest Bohi, Bloomfield,
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Julie Lynelle Miller, Drakesville,
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Ralph Eugene Sample, 84, of Bloomfield, died Jan. 28, 2011, at
Davis County Hospital Long Term Care in Bloomfield.
He was born March 23, 1926, in Davis County, to John Francis
and Mary Myrtle Shepherd Sample. He married Helen Jackson
August 18, 1945, in Bloomfield.
He served in the United States Army. He was a farmer, worked
for the Davis County Highway Department, and later owned and
operated Sample Monument Company. He was a member of
Midway Calvary Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife; five sons, Kenneth Sample and Carl
Sample, both of Drakesville, Larry Sample and David Sample, both
of Bloomfield, and Ronald Sample of Liberty, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; 18 stepgreat-grandchildren; and two brothers, Donald Sample of Newton
and Wayne Sample of Bloomfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson; four sisters, Grace Hartley, Freda Dooley, Opal Blew, Virgie Sample; and
four brothers, Glenn and Hugh Sample, and Walter and Russell
Sample both in infancy.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at the Wagler
Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Pastor Harold Baker officiating.
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| EDITORIALS
Why there are policies
regulating conduct
at public meetings
F
or some time now, the Davis County Board of Supervisors has
been wrestling with a conduct of meetings policy. So far there
doesn’t seem to be a policy that quite satisfies members of the
board.
Iowa law provides some guidelines requiring, above all else, that
public meetings may be attended by members of the public and
that those meetings may not be closed except for specific reasons.
The Open Meetings Law also says that while the public may attend, it has no right to speak unless allowed to do so by those conducting the meeting.
This has led in recent years to public bodies, including some in
Davis County, saying that visitors not on the agenda may speak at
only specified times, usually at the beginning or at the end of the
meeting. Others, including the Board of Supervisors to this point,
have not designated a time, taking comments at any point during a
meeting.
There have been times, though, that the Supervisors have found
some people tend to disrupt the business at hand with unsolicited
comments or interruptions.
We’ve always thought that public meetings would be just fine if
everyone who attends would use common sense, common courtesy
and respect for others attending the meeting or conducting the
meeting. It’s not unlike visiting someone else’s house or office. It’s
not unlike when you attended school and had to raise your hand to
get permission from the teacher to speak.
There are times when those attending a public meeting have
information that is pertinent and that those conducting the meeting don’t realize. There’s nothing wrong with—or demeaning—for
someone to raise their hand, and if called upon, to provide pertinent information. There’s nothing wrong with public officials asking someone in the audience for information or an opinion. That,
however, is usually not an invitation to join or start a debate.
You can bet that almost any public body that already has approved a conduct of meetings policy or is considering one is doing
so because there has been someone guilty of stepping over the line
of common sense, common courtesy and respect. Someone has disrupted a public meeting and hindered the conduct of the public’s
business. Most of the time it is done on purpose and is done with
the hope of exercising undue influence on decisions that are being
made.
The Board of Supervisors would like to retain enough informality so that someone could attend a meeting and discuss a problem
they may have with the county. Many of these problems can be
solved in a few minutes and everyone is better off for it.
But there are those who take advantage of informality and forget
about proper deportment, and they will eventually be the reason a
public meeting policy is enacted, making things more difficult and
more inconvenient for everyone.
Letter from the Capitol
Importance of ag
By KURT SWAIM
State Representative
Three weeks of the Legislative session are finished already. They have
gone quickly. Thinking back, they
seem like a blur.
Even this early in the
session, House members
spend some time on the
House floor debating bills,
but we spend the vast
majority of our time in
committees. This year I
Swaim
serve on the Agriculture
Committee, Commerce
Committee, Public Safety Committee,
and as Ranking Member of the
Judiciary Committee.
This week we spent some time in
Agricultural Committee celebrating
agriculture in Iowa. One of our speakers was Karey Claghorn, a Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, who gave us
an update on the state of agriculture
in our state. It is always an amazing
story. Iowa still ranks first in the production of corn, soybeans, pork, eggs,
and bio-fuels. We rank in the top ten
in virtually every other category, including beef, dairy, turkey, and lamb
production. Over 25 percent of Iowa’s
economy is related to agriculture in
one way or another.
I am excited about Iowa’s future.
Sometime this year, the world’s population is expected to exceed 7 billion
people. One billion people have moved
into the middle class. The great chal-
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75 Years Ago
One hundred and twenty debaters
representing 29 southeastern Iowa
and northern Missouri high schools
are expected to attend the annual
debate tournament to be held at the
Bloomfield high school.
The all-time low record of temperature for the United States is 66 degrees
below zero, reported from Riverside
Ranger Station in Yellowstone Park,
February 9, 1933.
Drakesville’s two rural routes will be
consolidated into one route February 1.
50 Years Ago
Lowering the voting age to 18 will
give the county six percent more voters.
30 Years Ago
Phil Herteen is the 1980 master corn
grower in Davis County. Herteen’s contest entry had a yield of 157.22 bushels
per acre.
Jennifer Baughman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Baughman of Pulaski,
recently returned from a 22-day tour of
London and surrounding cities.
Settlers Grove, Inc. of Drakesville has
released a preliminary site drawing of
their low-rent housing project.
LaVerne Younkin, Willis Brown and
Ross Jones were the new members
elected to the board of the local Dairy
Herd Improvement Association.
Ethel Scott retired as the snack bar
manager at the Davis County Hospital.
Carol Priester was named to head
the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce
for 1961. Priester succeeds Robert
Hockersmith as president of the organization.
Davis County’s population dropped
8.7 percent during the decade of the
1980’s. The final count of the 1990 U.S.
Census shows that the county has a
total population of 8,312 compared to
9,014 in 1980.
As many as 65 youngsters and adults
were skating at one time on a farm
pond on the Phil Brown acreage west of
town, just east of Lake Fisher. The city
has erected a floodlight at the pond to
permit night skating.
The Davis County High School
wrestling team, 10-1-1 for the regular
season, brought home a second place
trophy from the Corning Invitational
Tournament.
40 Years Ago
Bob Stewart of Fort Madison joined
the Bloomfield Air Service here to operate a charter service and to be a locallybased flight instructor.
20 Years Ago
The John Ware family escaped serious injury when their home about
eight miles northeast of Pulaski was
destroyed by fire.
10 Years Ago
Ottumwa officials closest to the
investigation of the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old Davis County girl
at the Ottumwa Mall seem to be more
anxious to cast doubt on the report
than to warn the public to be careful. A
story in the Ottumwa Courier reported
Police Chief Dennis Massey as saying
the kidnapping report may have been
unfounded.
mother and daughter related a
similar experience to The Bloomfield
Democrat. Tammy and Haley Greiner
were followed into the enclosed hallway at the mall that leads to the restrooms by three young men who had
been watching the women in the main
corridor of the mall. The women eventually ran into an acquaintance who
escorted them to their car.
Kenneth McKenna, currently the high
school principal for the Battle CreekIda Grove Community School District,
will take over as the principal at the
Davis County High School next year.
McKenna will replace Sam Miller who
is moving to the Middle School as principal.
One Year Ago
The Mike and Teri McClure family of
rural Bloomfield is finding their family
to be a little bit happier these days now
that things are returning to somewhat
of a normal state. Their son, Myles, returned to school last week after being
out much of the first semester with a
heart transplant.
The Davis County Community
School District and the Davis County
Community Education Association, the
union representing the Davis County
teaching staff, began contract negotiations for the next year. The negotiations are getting underway as the district attempts to find ways to deal with
an already $730,000 budget deficit for
the 2010-2011 school year.
For the second straight month, Davis
County’s December unemployment rate
was the highest in Iowa, but the news
wasn’t all bad. The 9.6 percent rate
was considerably lower than the 11.1
percent rate recorded for Davis County
in November by Iowa Workforce
Development.
In a related story, a Davis County
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The new Mustang has a dual personality. Not the BLM’s millstone, but Ford
Motor’s snazzy new muscle car called
“The Boss 302.” It offers two keys!
One key, the ‘limiter,’ uses sophisticated computer software to allow it
to perform such as would be fitting
and safe for Grandpa Tommy or your
17-year-old son. The second key turns
it into Boss 302, a race-ready, hoppedup stock car suited for Dale Earnhardt
or a San Antonio cabbie!
How many times have you wished
you had two keys on your horse? It’s
daylight. The crew’s heading out on a
big circle. The ranch foreman is riding
a quarter thoroughbred buckskin that’s
16 hands at the withers. He takes big
steps! The Peruvian on the Paso Fino,
the banker on the walking mule, and
the neighbor on her Arabian stud seem
to have no trouble keeping up. My
horse is following at a pace the equivalent of an ol’ timer doing therapy for
hip replacement! He’s got his head
down. The closest description to his
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BY BAXTER BLACK
gait would be “plodding.” Every five
minutes, or when I can’t see the riders anymore, I kick him into a trot and
catch up.
They stop to let their horses blow occasionally, but by the time I reach them
they’ve taken off again! It’s like this all
day until we point our steeds barnward
and start back home. Everybody else’s
horse picks up the pace a little headed
toward the corral, but mine suddenly is
engulfed with the energy of a caffeineaddled muskrat in a squirrel cage!
He’s jiggin’ and prancing, side passing,
throwin’ his head, chomping at the bit
and whinnying like an Alpine yodeler!
You are bouncing along, the reins
tight, trying to have a casual conversation with the Arabian princess about
the endurance of Arabians vs. the
gas mileage of a Chevy Volt. After
five minutes she remarks
that she used to stutter,
too, when she was young.
Would I like the number of Black
her speech therapist?
After you get your horse unsaddled,
you remember when you traded for
him. You test-rode him in the arena,
no problem! But down the road you
were eventually forced to accept his eccentricities like: being cinchy, not being
able to pick up his hind feet, and if you
ever tied him solid he’d pull down the
porch roof or uproot the hitching post!
And then you remember the day
you suddenly realized that they didn’t
name him because of his color. I’d
never heard of a horse being named
Paint Shaker!
What I need is a key!
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Wednesday, february 2, 2011
| Letters to the editor
swaim: Supports marriage admendment, gives his reasons
opinions of readers
Parent says
school tolerated
bullying of child
To the Editor:
It’s a sad day when I have
to say I’m no longer a proud
supporter of the Davis County
School System. Until today I
would have said I’m lucky my
children attend school in this
district. Yes there have been
bumps along the road of my
children’s education, but I’ve
previously brushed them off.
Unfortunately, today our new
Superintendent and Middle
School Principal have proven
Davis County is becoming just
like everywhere else.
My child stood in my kitchen
crying this morning because
she didn’t want to ride the bus
anymore. When questioned, I
found she had been physically
pushed around and verbally
made fun of. She told the bus
driver who told the other child
to stop. That was it, no consequences, so of course it did
not stop. She told a teacher at
school and reported the teacher
talked to the other child. Again,
no consequences and the bullying continued.
As soon as I found out I
called our Superintendent. Her
response to me was to ask if I
had contacted the bus superintendent or the middle school
principal. I told her no, I had
not contacted them, I was contacting her. I was then told she
would pass on my message.
What?
First of all, her only response
to me should have been, I will
see that it is taken care of.
Second, the bus superintendent
was not likely to answer his
phone during the morning bus
route. Third, the middle school
did not answer their phones
that early in the morning. But
instead of doing her job, she
attempted to pass the problem
off.
Following that conversation,
I then called and left messages
for the bus superintendent and
the middle school principal. My
return phone call came from
the principal who said the issue has been dealt with. When
questioned, I was given little
information other than the
other child was told not to do
it anymore. They would also
move his assigned bus seat
away from my daughter.
The entire time he is talk-
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ing his entire attitude told me
he believes I was blowing this
way out of proportion. I was
made to feel like he had much
better things to do than deal
with my child being bullied.
If it had only been verbal bullying, I might have let it slide
with his answer. However she
was physically pushed around
by this child and the principal
reasoned that it only happened
once. Well, once is more than it
should have happened!
This is not the first time I
have had problems with bullies in our school system. Last
year my son was bullied in the
elementary and very little was
done until I threatened to call
the state. Same situation—he
was being physically pushed
around. The year before, a
mentally handicapped individual was bullied in the high
school. As her legal guardian,
I called the principal and was
told he didn’t believe the other
student would do such a thing.
In her situation, she was being
taken advantage of because she
didn’t understand what was going on. I had to call the parent
of the other student and take
care of the issue myself.
It’s a sad day when this is
what our school system has
come too. It’s a very sad day
when we as parents have to
evaluate if we should quit our
jobs to homeschool our children to keep them safe. It’s a
devastating day when we can
no longer be proud of the community we live in. I encourage
all parents, if your child tells
you they are being bullied,
don’t leave it up to the school
to handle. Your child will suffer as a result. There are rules
mandated by the state of Iowa
against any kind of bullying.
Your child has rights, apparently the administration of our
schools is unwilling to uphold
those rights any longer.
The only person who was
actually concerned for my child
and genuinely attempted to
help was Gari Fleetwood. For
that I thank her; it is nice to
know that at least some of our
staff still cares.
Kim Stephenson
Bloomfield
lenge, and opportunity, is that
as people move into the middle
class, they demand four times
more protein in their diets. Iowa
is definitely on the front lines
in the battle to feed a hungry
world.
There is no question that both
our Federal and Iowa economies
are emerging from this greatest
(or I should say, worst) recession since the great depression.
We will have some peaks and
valleys yet, but the long-term
trend is clear. As we grow ourselves out of the final stages
of this recession, Iowa’s robust
agricultural economy has been,
and will continue to be, a powerful stabilizing force for us, and
should offer us the opportunity
to leapfrog above many other
states in economic growth.
In Judiciary Committee,
we took up the proposed
Constitutional Amendment to
define “marriage” as the union
between one man and one woman. I voted in favor of it. Here
were my remarks, which I made
to the committee:
“I agree that it is time for
the public debate on this issue
to begin in earnest, and I, too,
hope and trust that the debate
will proceed in a civil and respectful manner.
Since “Varnum”, the two factions have too often talked at
each other. It is time, it is past
time, for both factions to start
talking with each other. We
can trust the citizens of Iowa
to study and understand the
issues. Iowans are fair, honest, and smart. They are up
to it, and the bottom line is
simply this: the people of Iowa
are, without question, the ultimate arbiters of their own
Constitution.
“The issue before the Iowan
people must no longer be,
‘Should I get to vote?’ The issue must now be, ‘How should I
vote?’ Let the debate begin. Let
it be civil and respectful in every
respect.”
Governor Branstad spoke to
the Legislature on Thursday. He
laid out his budget proposals. I
view the role of the Legislature
to digest and study his proposals, relay them to you, and allow
you to weigh in on whether you
think that this is the direction
you want Iowa to go. Please stay
tuned.
It was great to see everyone at the Capitol. Briana
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Greiner Howard, Advisor to the
Moulton-Udell FFA, brought a
group to the Capitol: Kyle Nehu,
Kalen Martsching, Jasmine
Johnson, Kim Clayworth,
Rebecca Steen, and Kassi Guinn,
the President. I am sorry that
the camera broke for the picture. I often have that influence
on cameras.
Mickey Fry and her crew
were up with the FaDSS program. Valerie and Amanda
McKinley and Jonathan Jenson
were up with the Iowa Nurse
Anesthetists. Marty Braster,
John Glenn, Rod Glosser,
and Max Proctor were up for
Rathbun Rural Water. Garry
Klicker, Stephen Tews, and
Frank Jones were up with
Citizens for Community
Improvement. Also, the folks
from Indian Hills Community
College were here: Bob Morissey,
Martha Wick, John Allgood,
Blake McPherren, Denten
Wray, Garry Meredith, Jessie
Brewer, Bruce Dickerson, Torrie
Centeno, Alex Bryan, Chelsea
Cremer, Deb Pearce, Pam Horn,
and Brandon Coffman. Courtney
Chapman was also here with
Appanoose County Mentoring. It
was great to see everybody.
I am sorry that I missed
Joy Evans, Jean Whistler and
the crew when they were up
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Board of Medicine reaffirms Dr. Zafar decision
A disciplinary decision involving a West Des Moines doctor
who practices in Bloomfield has
been reaffirmed by the Iowa
Board of Medicine.
A Jan. 13 decision, acting
upon an appeal by Fawad S.
Zafar, M.D., reaffirmed its Oct.
22, 2010 decision.
Dr. Zafar is prohibited from
practicing general surgery
unless he completes a Boardapproved comprehensive clinical competency evaluation and
receives written approval from
the Board. His urology practice
is also restricted to office-based
type surgical procedures.
The Board also issued Dr.
Zafar a public reprimand and
ordered him to pay a $5,000
fine and complete a medical record- keeping course.
Dr. Zafar, 49, practices urology in Bloomfield, Centerville,
Chariton, Corydon, Osceola and
Oskaloosa.
On Jan. 17, 2008, the Board
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DC Jazz Band gets a II rating
The Davis County High School
Jazz Band earned a II rating at
the Iowa High School State Jazz
Contest on Jan. 29. The event
was held at Muscatine High
School.
Davis County performed three
songs during the competition.
They included “Windswept,”
“Tranquillo,” and “500 Miles
High.”
Davis County received scores
from three different judges
to earn the II rating. Davis
County’s scores were 37, 40,
and 43. To earn a II rating,
bands needed to score between
35 and 44 points. The II rating
is considered an excellent rating.
Along with performing the
three prepared tunes, Davis
County also had to sightread
a piece of music, which was
handed to the band at the beginning of the competition.
Davis County earned a I rating
on the sightreading portion of
the competition with 28 points
This group of fifth through eighth grade students was selected to be a part of the Southeast Iowa
Choral Director’s Association Honor Choirs. They participated in a concert in Mt. Pleasant on the
Iowa Wesleyan College campus. They are Marissa Hamburg, Bonnie Sullivan, Leah Muehe, Katelyn
Herzberg, Kate Birchmier, and Lauren Lynch. Second row: Kennedy Clyman, Camille Cook, Rebekah
Settles, and Kali Rudd. Third row: Madeline Nelson, Mikayla Biggs, Jason Miller, Sarah Lawson,
Julianna Ball, and Nathan Vaughn. Not pictured: Baxter Knapp, Austin Townsend, Ryan Snyder, Ben
Davidson, and Blair Bodkins.
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Snyder, Ben Davidson, Nathan Vaughn, and
Mikayla Biggs. Eighth graders selected were Blair
Bodkins, Kate Birchmier, Lauren Lynch, Jason
Miller, Katelyn Herzberg, Marissa Hamburg,
Bonnie Sullivan, and Leah Muehe.
The singers spent all day Friday in rehearsal
on the Iowa Wesleyan Campus in Mount Pleasant
and presented a concert in the Iowa Wesleyan
College Chapel Auditorium that evening.
There were 160 singers in the Elementary Choir
directed by Roger Hatteburg of Burlington and
140 singers in the Junior High Choir directed by
John Hayden from Benton Community Schools.
Davis County senior citizen news
We started off last week at
the Senior Center by learning that Monday was Beer
Can Appreciation Day and
Compliment Day. Paula
Dearborn had us write a compliment for the person on our
left and continue passing it
around the table. She advised
us to keep it and when we are
“down,” read it.
Compliments are a simple, yet
powerful, relationship-building
tool. There are many different
reasons to give a compliment.
The most compelling is that it
makes the giver and the receiver feel good. You cannot give
a sincere compliment without
feeling great. Why does it feel
so wonderful to pay a compliment? Because you are connecting honestly, directly, and kindly with another human being.
It is a basic need that doesn’t
get met often in our fast-paced,
media-hyped, negative-slanted,
technical world. Opal Shotten
didn’t need any help complimenting her husband, Norman.
He should really feel good!
Paula announced that Gail
Smith would be here with her
Chef Charles presentation on
Thursday, Feb. 3.
She also announced that our
chili supper is scheduled for
Feb. 12 with Dave Thordarson
cooking his award-winning
chili. Contributions of crackers,
cheese, pickles, and desserts are
needed. There are signup sheets
at the site. There will be bus
service from 5-7 p.m.
There will also be free income
tax preparation assistance at
the center on Feb. 24 and March
3. Please call for an appointment.
We are planning to do line
dancing at 11 a.m. every
Tuesday and Friday in February.
We learned that IHCC and
Rural Health would be teaming
up to present lunch and learn
sessions. They will be held once
a month on Fridays. The class
will begin at noon with a buffet lunch followed by a speaker
from 12:30-1:30 p.m. They will
address different health-related
topics. Reservations are required in advance. The cost will
be $6. Bus transportation will
be available with a minimum
of five people allowed. Call the
Senior Center for details.
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them the training they need to
become a future officer, if that
is what they want to do.”
Reserve officers also have to
submit to physical agility testing before they are selected to
be a part of the program. “They
must also be in good standing
with the community and the law
before we can accept them into
the program,” said Sinnott.
Sinnott said there is a benefit to the community and to
the department for having
the reserve officer program
implemented.
Sinnott said the
choice
in TV
reserve program is being set up
in a way that it isn’t going to
cost the taxpayers any extra to
maintain the program. “We have
done everything through donations so far and plan to do a
series of fundraisers to sustain
it,” said Sinnott. “The business
community has already been
super to work with. They have
gotten behind this program and
have donated a lot of what we
need to get the program up and
running.”
The department itself will
benefit because it will allow the
sheriff’s office to have more
of a presence at community
events. “This way, we can have
more people on foot at events
like the fair,” said Sinnott. “With
only five officers in our department, if we get called away, that
takes officers away from events
like that. This way, we can
still maintain a presence and
respond to calls at the same
time.”
Outfitting a reserve officer
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By Mary Lou Nichols
and Paula Dearborn
we enjoyed our meal of spaghetti noodles with meat sauce,
green beans, layered lettuce salad, diced pears, and apple juice.
Jeanne Casteel brought some
homemade chocolate cookies
for us to enjoy.
We had a large group for
Pitch—20 players.
Tuesday’s meal consisted of
pork cutlets, sweet potatoes,
peas, lime Jell-o with fruit, apple juice, and caramel rolls.
We had three tables for Pitch
and one table for Joker cards.
We had a good time of conversation and laughing.
We enjoyed some of Willa
Harter’s words of wisdom on
Wednesday:
• If you want children to keep
their feet on the ground, put
some responsibility on their
shoulders.
• Don’t cry because it’s over,
smile because it happened.
• When doing nothing, you’re
doing wrong!
Our meal today was baked
chicken, gravy, baby red potatoes, scalloped corn, and tropical fruit.
Thursday was Chocolate Cake
Day and Punch the Clock Day.
I’m sure glad we don’t have to
do that anymore.
Today we enjoyed hot turkey
sandwiches, mashed potatoes,
gravy, Harvard beets, and applesauce.
We had one table of Peek-aboo Poker players. We had a
pretty good day and lots of fun.
Ed Veatch was busy on the
bus route Friday with nine oneways while Pam Brake delivered
meals to Pulaski and Rachel
Jantz made her last run on the
home delivery route. We will
miss her.
Today we celebrated January
birthdays. Shirley Wright was
present as we sang “Happy
Birthday” to her and enjoyed
our meal of baked chicken,
baked potato, Brussels sprouts,
banana peach cup and cake and
ice cream.
We had a table of seven who
stole, laughed, and even cried
over the gifts that were taken
away during Traveling Bingo.
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tion. They include, “The group
counts well. There were just
a few missed notes. The band
needs to work on style. The
group is very confident in playing. The soloists did a nice job,
and this is a nice disciplined
group.”
The band will continue to
rehearse. The next competition
will be on March 5 at Iowa City
West High School in Iowa City.
Band members include
Megan Crady, Joshua Hawkins,
Katie Laux, Jessica Snyder,
Christopher Gingerich and
Stephen Rudd on saxophone.
Todd Etheridge, Emma Griffin,
Jordan Terrell, Anthony Cassat,
and Spencer Bassett are on
trumpet. Trombone players
are Steve Nash, Emilee Bailey,
and Logan Boas. The rhythm
section includes Deidra Rudd
and Gunnar Whisler on piano,
Demry Hill on bass guitar, Erin
Grim on vibes, and Tom Deaton
and James Jolley on drum set.
Sheriff’s Reserve: Costs $1,200 to outfit each officer
Middle school students sing in honor choirs
Twenty-one Davis County Middle School students performed in the Southeast Iowa Choral
Directors Association Honor Choirs last Friday
evening. The participating students were selected
by instructors Abby Norton and Leah Archer
through an audition process.
Davis County students selected to the
Elementary Honor Choir were fifth graders,
Kennedy Clyman, Camille Cook, and Rebekah
Settles; and sixth graders, Kali Rudd and Baxter
Knapp.
Davis County seventh graders selected to the
Junior High Choir were Julianna Ball, Madeline
Nelson, Sara Lawson, Austin Townsend, Ryan
being scored out of a possible
30 points.
“Our band did a nice job of
playing, overall. We need to
work on developing solos to fit
with the chord changes. The
students prepared very hard for
this event,” said director Linda
McConnell.”
The following are comments,
which were issued by the judges
following the contest performance. They include, “The tone
quality gets thin at times. Band
members need to fill up the
lungs and project the sound.
Band members need to always
adjust the instrument throughout the performance to get your
best sound. The band needs
more trombone sound. They
also need to work on transition
for a steady feel. The interpretation was good overall, but the
band needs to keep working on
dynamic contrasts.”
The following are comments
offered following the sightreading portion of the competi-
costs approximately $1,200
per person. This includes the
uniform, duty belt and all the
necessary equipment that person will need to do the job. The
one major piece of equipment
not covered under the $1,200 is
a bullet-proof vest. Those cost
an estimated $5,000 to $6,000
each.
“We want to make this perfectly clear,” said Sinnott. “The
reserve program is not being
put in place to replace existing
deputies. The reserve officers
will simply be assisting on-duty
officers.”
Sinnott said the Sheriff’s
Department has already
planned its first major fundraiser to help get the program
going. They are sponsoring a
community meal and fun event
at the Davis County High School
Gymnasium on March 14. The
event will begin at 5:30 p.m.
that evening with a meal including sandwich, chips and dessert.
Sheriff’s Department officers and reserve officers have
challenged the Davis County
Community School Board to a
volleyball match. They have also
challenged the senior boys’ basketball players to a basketball
game. Both will be played on
March 14 as part of the activities. Along with the games there
will be a 50/50 raffle. Other
raffles including food prizes
and other prizes will be held
that same evening.
“So far we are very excited
about the support we have gotten for this,” said Sinnott. “The
community has really gotten behind this idea and has provided
a lot of support already.”
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Conduct of meetings policy
is postponed again by Board
The Davis County Board of
Supervisors took no action
Monday regarding a conduct of
meetings policy, which has also
been discussed several times
since Jan. 1.
“What we have found out is
that other counties are all over
with this. Some allow public
comment at the beginning of
the meeting. Some allow it at
the end, and others just allow it
throughout the meetings,” said
Rick Lynch, county attorney.
“The one thing they all have
in common is that the person
must be recognized before they
can speak.”
Lynch explained to the board
that the Iowa Open Meetings
law allows for the meetings to
be open to the public and open
for them to listen to what is
going on. “It doesn’t allow the
public to interact with the supervisors during the meeting,”
he said. “The board has control
over the spectators.”
Bride said, “There is nothing
in the (Iowa) Code, which says
the public has to speak at these
meetings.”
Bride indicated that he felt
the meetings needed to remain
casual but with control from
the supervisors. Bride recognized a couple of visitors who
approached the supervisors
earlier Monday morning about
road condition issues. Bride
said farmers needed to be able
to come in and get answers to
problems they might have.
The supervisors agreed that
they needed to be able to conduct their business without
interruption. They agreed that
meetings needed to remain
somewhat informal with control
being given to the chairman to
recognize visitors to speak or
not to speak.
The supervisors agreed to
continue thinking about this
issue for the future. “I will draw
up whatever you want as your
policy,” said Lynch to the board.
“If you come up with something
that you want included in the
policy, just let me know.”
Board members agreed to
continue thinking about the
resolution and what it might include. No decisions were made
at Monday’s meeting. However,
the supervisors did agree with
Lynch that the county probably
should have some type of resolution and policy approved and
in place.
In other news, the supervisors approved the family farm
tax credits, which were presented for approval. The board
received several tax credit requests, which were approved.
Officials in the Davis County
Assessor’s office said the approval is just a formality, but
must be done each year.
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These three men were just a few of the volunteers who helped
Bloomfield Rent-All move its business into the former Bloomfield
Ford building. The move was made last Thursday using several
trucks and flatbed trailers like the one you see behind these men.
All of the rental equipment was moved in time for the business to
re-open at its new location on Friday morning.
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Woman wins
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Nannette Everly of Bloomfield
was the latest Iowa Lottery big
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Davis County during calendar
year 2010, winning $30,000 in
the Lucky Lines game with a
ticket purchased at Gas-N-Mor
in Bloomfield.
On President’s List
Justin Crady of Bloomfield
was named to the President’s
Honor Roll at the end of the
2010 fall trimester at Northwest
Missouri State University in
Maryville, Mo.
Students named to the
President’s Honor Roll have attained a perfect 4.00 GPA for
the trimester.
Students named
to ISU Dean’s List
Several Iowa State University
undergraduates from Davis
County have been recognized
for outstanding academic
achievement by being named to
the 2010 fall semester Dean’s
List.
Students named to the Dean’s
List must have earned a grade
point average of at least 3.50
on a 4.00 scale while carrying a
minimum of 12 credit hours of
graded course work.
Those named are Preston
Thomas Webster, Jacqueline
Louise Kincart, Colbi Ann
Lynch, Hanna Maree Lytle, and
Drew Lauren Norton, all of
Bloomfield; and Madison Marie
Henderson and Sydnie Deanne
Howk, both of Drakesville.
Officer
investigates
accident;
vehicle is hit
Watershed Board to meet
The next meeting of the Soap
Creek Watershed Board will be
held on Thursday, Feb. 3, at
9:30 a.m. at the USDA Service
Center Building in Centerville.
For more information or to
make accommodations, contact the Soap Creek Watershed
Board at 664-2600, ext. 3.
Soil, water
commissioners to meet
The Davis Soil and Water
Conservation District will hold
their next meeting on Thursday,
Feb. 3, at 1:30 p.m. at the USDA
Service Center Building in
Bloomfield.
To make accommodations or
information contact the Davis
Soil and Water Conservation
District at 664-2600, ext. 3.
Assessor’s tax asking is down
The Davis County Conference
Board is predicting a slight decrease in property taxes levied
to operate the Davis County
Assessor’s Office next year.
The proposed budget, published elsewhere in today’s
issue, predicts a property tax
levy of $174,714 in the fiscal
year beginning July 1. The asking in the budget published a
year ago was $180,376.
The new budget predicts
a tax rate of 67.9 cents per
$1,000 of valuation for the new
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CALVING PEN
CARE CENTER
Named to Dean’s List
SGTs
Tyler and Jessica
Villwok
Stationed: With the Nebraska
National Guard. Jessica is stationed in Afghanistan with Military Police. Tyler is stationed in
Iraq as a helicopter mechanic.
Daughter and son-in-law of: Steve
and Barb Marlow
Granddaughter and Grandson of:
Sharon and the late Bill Marlow
Pulaski
Lumber Co.
Josh & Emily Hill
675-3405
Thomas Gladson, a mechanical engineering student from
Bloomfield, was named to the
Dean’s List at the South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology
for the Fall 2010 semester. The
School of Mines is an engineering and science university in
Rapid City, S.D.
To qualify for the Dean’s List,
undergraduate students must
earn a grade point average of
3.50 or higher for the semester, carry 12 or more credit
hours and not have any “F” or
“Incomplete” grades.
On Dean’s List
Three Davis County students at Kirkwood Community
College have been named to
the Dean’s List for the fall 2010
semester.
They are Scott Lee
Christensen, Bloomfield Rachel
Jane Lames, Bloomfield; and
Mary Beth Jones, Pulaski.
Dog breath is nothing
to smile about...
Strengthen your heart through knowledge.
The Davis County Hospital and Keith’s Foods will be
teaming up to provide information about heart
smart eating.
Shop & Learn
Bring your grocery list and let Davis County Hospital’s
Dietitian Lynette Smith, R.D., L.D. help you make heart
healthy choices as you shop.
Thursday, February 3 – Shop and Learn
10:00-11:30 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Blood pressure screenings will be available.
Thursday, February 24
10:00-11:30 a.m. and 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Heart Healthy Cooking Demonstrations:
Davis County Hospital Dietitian Lynette Smith, R.D.,
L.D., will demonstrate two heart healthy recipes for
you to try. Recipes will be available.
February Health Screenings:
Wednesday, February 23
and Thursday, February 24
...even for a cat.
February National Pet Dental Health Month.
Periodontal disease is one of the most common diseases in
dogs and cats. If left untreated it can lead to loss of teeth,
heart or kidney disease or other complications. If treated early
however it is generally controllable. Contact one of the staff at
Clearview Animal Hospital for questions or to set up a dental
exam to avoid irreversible damage to your pet.
Stop and pick up our coloring contest entries for kids ages 3-10.
6:30 -8:30 a.m.
At Davis County Hospital, Conference Room D
located near the cafeteria.
Parking is available on the north side of the hospital.
Tests available:
Lipid Profile (Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL, LDL) and
fasting blood glucose (sugar) - $25.00; PSA - $20.00
Space is limited. Please call 664-2145 for an appointment.
Clearview
Animal Hospital
601 Weaver Rd. 641-664-2399
Bloomfield
budget. The tax rate in last
year’s budget was 72.7 cents.
Total expenditures for the
year are forecast at $176,925,
up from re-estimated expenditures of $167,647 for the current year’s budget. The re-estimated expenditures are nearly
$9,000 below the expenditures
forecast in last year’s budget.
A public hearing on the
budget will be held at 8 a.m.
Feb. 14 at the Davis County
Supervisors’ Office.
The Davis County Sheriff’s
Department provided assistance for one accident Sunday
night and became involved
in a second accident a short
time later.
Deputy Nathan Byrn was
dispatched to the scene of
a one-vehicle accident on
Highway 2 about two miles
west of Pulaski. The accident
was called in at 7:58 p.m.
Byrn arrived to find a pick-up
in the ditch that had simply
slid off the road without being damaged.
Byrn pulled in behind the
vehicle along the Highway to
provide assistance and turned
the lights on his light bar on,
alerting traffic to be cautious.
While Byrn was assisting the
motorist and others who were
attempting to pull the truck
out of the ditch, a car driven
by Linda L. Lockman of 205
North Pine St., Bloomfield, ran
into the back of Byrn’s 2005
Chevrolet Trailblazer patrol
vehicle.
Byrn told The Bloomfield
Democrat the highway was
very slick. An accident report
prepared by the Iowa State
patrol stated the accident involving Lockman took place
at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night.
Lockman was westbound on
Highway 2 and attempted to
slow when she approached
the patrol vehicle, but
couldn’t stop due to the slick
road conditions.
Lockman was not charged
in the accident. Damage to
her 1999 Plymouth Neon
was estimated at $1,600.
Damage to the 2005 Chevrolet
Trailblazer owned by the
Davis County Sheriff’s
Department was estimated at
$4,000.
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The Fox River Ecosystem
Development Board has funding to help producers and landowners improve water quality
in the Fox River Watershed in
Appanoose and Davis Counties.
Cost share assistance is available for a number of conservation practices on cropland and
pastureland that work to keep
excess sediment, nutrients,
and bacteria from entering the
Fox River and its tributaries.
Available practices through
project funds include grade
stabilization structures (ponds),
water sediment basins and terraces. In addition, these practices could be installed as part
of rotational grazing systems,
providing better water quality
while solving erosion problems.
Fox River project funding works well in combination with other traditional
cost share programs such as
the Environmental Qualities
Incentive Program (EQIP) and
the Iowa Financial Incentives
Program (IFIP). By combining
program funds, many practices
would be eligible to receive up
to 75% cost share.
The Fox River Ecosystem
Development Board has been
working with landowners to
protect the Fox River by improving the land that drains into
the river since 1999. Partners
include the Iowa Department
of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship, Division of Soil
Conservation, Iowa Department
of Natural Resources, Watershed
Improvement Review Board,
Natural Resources Conservation
Services, and the local Soil and
Water Conservation Districts.
Interested landowners may
contact Fox River Project
Coordinators Craig Foster at
(641) 856-3893 ext. 3 in the
Centerville NRCS Office, or Brian
DeMoss at (641) 664-2600 ext. 3
in the Bloomfield NRCS Office to
learn more about eligible practices and funding opportunities.
Pulaski Fire Dept. will get grant
Senator Chuck Grassley
last week said that the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security will award a $15,162
grant to the Pulaski Volunteer
Fire Department.
The money will go to purchase tools and protective
clothing.
The grant was among five
grants totaling $487,129 to
Iowa fire departments through
the Operations and Safety
Program.
According to the Department
of Homeland Security, the
operations and safety grant
program provides funding for
training, equipment, and health
and safety modifications to stations and facilities, and the vehicle acquisition grant program
provides funding for various
firefighting and rescue vehicles.
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Bloomfield, IA
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Index
Happy Ads ..................................1
Organization
Meetings .....................................2
Cards of Thanks .........................3
In Memory ..................................4
Lost & Found ..............................5
Apts. for Rent .............................6
Homes for Rent ..........................7
Homes for Sale ...........................8
Farms for Rent............................9
Farms for Sale ..........................10
Mobile Homes ..........................11
Other Real Estate .....................12
Items for Rent ...........................13
Home and Garden ....................14
Clothing ....................................15
Cards of Thanks
3
We truly wish to thank all of our family, friends, and neighbors for helping us celebrate our 70th Wedding
Anniversary. Your cards, telephone
calls, personal well wishes, food
and prayers have been cherished
and appreciated so very much. A
special thank you to Karen Hull.
Ben and Helen Leyda
3-5-1
We wish to express our thanks to
all our friends and neighbors for the
food, flowers, calls and cards. Rev.
Richard Friend and Wagler’s were
especially kind and helpful, as was
Lois Lynch with her special concern
and help during the loss of our wife
and mother, Irene Laws.
Olin Laws and family
3-5-1
In Memory
4
Steve
Hull
January
31,
2009
Feed, Grain, Seed ....................16
Livestock ..................................17
Pets ..........................................18
Farm Equipment .......................19
Cars, Trucks .............................20
Recreational Veh.......................21
Service......................................22
Personals ..................................23
Help Wanted .............................24
Bus. Opportunities ...................25
Positions Wanted .....................26
Vacations, Etc. ..........................27
Announcements .......................28
Miscellaneous...........................29
Auctions ...................................30
Fund Raising ............................31
Garage Sales ............................32
Probate .....................................33
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Items for Rent
13
Bloomfield Mini Storage
Serving you from 2 safe and
convenient locations.
Call 641-664-1066
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Livestock
17
SALE: SimAngus bulls. 18-month
and 2-year-olds. Performance tested and guaranteed. Held until turnout time. Priced $2500-$3000. Craig
and Becky Hays, 641-234-0183 or
641-234-0152.
17-5-1
OPEN HOUSE: February 19th.
SimAngus and Simmental yearling bulls. Craig and Becky Hays,
641-234-0183 or 641-234-0152.
Call for a flier or visit www.
HaysLlandandCattle.com
17-5-1
Cars, Trucks
20
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Bob, Pam, P.J.
Paula and Family
Service
Apts. for Rent
6
Bloomfield Community
Housing in Bloomfield,
Iowa has ONE and TWO
BR apts. available now for
persons 62 years of age or
older, or handicapped or
disabled of any age. Rental
Assistance available. To
see, call Bob Shepherd at
641-664-1819. To apply
call Lena at 1-563-9423330. Equal Housing Opportunity. Equal Opportunity Provider.
Large, 1 BR apartment; heat, garbage and water paid. Stove and refrigerator furnished. 641-777-8036.
6-1-tf
For Rent: Fine quality 1 bedroom apartment above Bloomfield
square. Stove, refrigerator, washer,
dryer provided. No smoking or pets.
Rent a nice place for less. 641-6753841
6-1-tf
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Personals
23
PREGNANT? Considering adoption? Call us First. Living expenses, housing, medical and continued
support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7.
Adopt Connect. 1-866-743-9212
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23-5-1
Help Wanted
24
RN/LPN part or full time Heartland
Home Care, Inc. for expanding
caseload. Call 1-877-339-8607 or
319-339-8600 for an interview. EOE
(INCN)
24-5-1
CRP Payment Purchase Program.
Cash out your CRP payments for
present-value. 20 Years Experience.
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24-5-1
PROFESSIONAL Owner Operators
needed to run Midwest flatbed operation. Competitive compensation,
Weekly Settlements, Positive Work
Environment, HOME WEEKENDS:
Makes this a
GREAT PLACE
Surgery Manager
Mercy Medical Center-Centerville has an immediate full time
position for a Surgery Manager.
Must have current Iowa license as a Registered Nurse, 5 years
of experience as an R.N. preferred, 2 years of management experience preferred.
Shift hours are days Monday-Friday. Some call may be required. Includes an attractive benefit package.
Successful candidate must complete a pre-employment physical that includes a drug screen.
Apply online at:
www.mercycenterville.org
Mercy Medical Center-Centerville is an equal opportunity
employer that values the strength that diversity brings to our
workplace.
Business Opportunities
25
After reviewing the first
round of applications, The
Davis County Highway Department has decided to
add a second Common Laborer position and is again
accepting applications for
this position. This position
involves general labor on road
construction and maintenance
projects along with equipment operation and routine
maintenance with a chance
for advancement. Experience
with equipment operation a
plus. Applicant must possess
a valid Class “A” CDL with
air brake endorsement. Applications and complete job
descriptions are available at
the Davis County Engineer’s
office. Applications will be
accepted until 3:30 p.m. February 11, 2011.
The County will be keeping
existing applications from the
January 14 deadline on file.
You need not re-file an application if you filed one previously for these postitions.
Davis County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please respond to:
Davis County Highway Department, 21585 Lilac Ave.,
PO Box 365, Bloomfield,
Iowa 52537
641-664-2542 phone
641-664-2293 fax
[email protected]
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Positions Wanted
26
Available 7 days a week. Electrical,
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Fairfield
$10.50-10.75/hr.
Plastic blow mold
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Regular Sale Every
TUESDAY
10:30 a.m. Fat Cattle, Butcher Cows, Bulls & Veals
Special Bred Cow and Heifer Sale
Tuesday, February 8, 6:00 p.m.
Regular Cattle Sale
Wednesday, February 9, 11:00 a.m.
Special Cattle Sale
Wednesday, February 16, 11:00 a.m.
BLOOMFIELD LIVESTOCK MARKET
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641-777-0302
Phil Schooley
641-664-3450
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515-450-3685
Wednesday, february 2, 2011
Miscellaneous
29
For SALE
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Can be seen at Upholstery and Sew Forth
111 E. Jefferson 641-664-2750
Bloomfield
or contact Alex Forsythe at 641-208-5038
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FundRaising
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Probate
33
THEIOWADISTRICTCOURT
DAVISCOUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
LOIS LOVELLE MOORE, Deceased
ProbateNo.ESPR010659
NOTICEOFPROBATEOFWILL,OF
APPOINTMENTOFEXECUTOR,AND
NOTICETOCREDITORS
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of
LOIS LOVELLE MOORE, Deceased, who died
on or about January 12th, 2011.
You are hereby notified that on the 18th day
of January, 2011, the last will and testament
of LOIS LOVELLE MOORE, deceased, bearing
date of the 11th day of November, 2004, *No
Codicils was admitted to probate in the above
named court and that Deborah Krenz was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to
set aside the will must be brought in the district
court of said county within the later to occur
of four months from the date of the second
publication of this notice or one month from
the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs
of the decedent and devisees under the will
whose identities are reasonably ascertainable,
or thereafter be forever barred.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersigned, and
creditors having claims against the estate shall
file them with the clerk of the above named
district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed
by the later to occur of four months from the
second publication of this notice or one month
from the date of mailing of this notice (unless
otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter
forever barred.
Dated this 18th day of January, 2011.
Deborah Krenz
Executor of estate
405 N. Madison St.
Bloomfield, IA 52537
R. Kurt Swaim, ICIS PIN No: AT0007787
Attorney for executor
108 E. Jefferson St.,
Bloomfield, IA 52537
Date of second publication
2nd day of February, 2011
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Legals
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Government bodies are required
by Iowa law to publish legal, also
known as public, notices in official
newspapers located in the county.
Those publication requirements
are intended as a means to inform
citizens of governmental actions that
may be of special significance.
NOTICEOFSHERIFF’SLEVYANDSALE
INTHEIOWADISTRICTCOURTFOR
DavisCOUNTY
Hedrick Savings Bank
Plaintiff(s)
VS.
James A. Hogge, Cache LLC, a Colorado
Ltd. Liability Co., Kim Elaine Walter, Capital
One Bank (USA) N.A. a Virginia Corp.
Defendant(s)
COURT CASE #EQEQ006791
Davis COUNTY
Special Execution
As a result of the judgment rendered in the
above referenced court case, an execution
was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this
county. The execution ordered the sale of
defendant(s) REAL ESTATE to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is 12138 Nettle
Ave., Bloomfield
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
To, the following described real estate situated in Davis County, Iowa, to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter (SE ¼ SW ¼) (excepting therefrom the
Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter (NW ¼ SE ¼ SW
1/4) and all that part of the Southwest Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼ SW ¼) lying South and East of Soap Creek (except a
strip of land 300 feet wide off the North side
of all that part of the Southwest Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼ SW ¼) lying
South and East of Soap Creek and commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter (NW ¼ SE ¼ SW 1/4) running thence South 300 feet, thence West 40
rods, thence North 300 feet, thence East 40
rods to the place of beginning) in Section Nine
(9); all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter (SE ¼ SE ¼) lying South
and East of Soap Creek in Section Eight (8);
AND Lots Three (3) and Four (4) of Dick Smith’s
Subdivision No. 3 located in the North Half of
the Northwest Quarter of Section 16, Township
70 North, Range 13 West of the 5th P.M. more
particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lot 3
description: Beginning at the Northwest corner
of Section 16, Township 70 North, Range 13
West of the 5th P.M.; thence South 0 degrees 40
minutes West 640.3 feet; thence North 83 degrees 01 minutes East 156.0 feet; thence North
3 degrees 02 minutes 34 seconds West 113.78
feet; thence South 85 degrees 15 minutes 32
seconds East 372.99 feet; thence South 80
degrees 10 minutes East 214.48 feet; thence
South 78 degrees 06 minutes East 196.86 feet;
thence South 19 degrees 30 minutes 41 seconds West 65.3 feet; thence South 26 degrees
31 minutes 08 seconds West 118.42 feet;
thence South 75 degrees 45 minutes 40 seconds East 897.15 feet; thence in a Northerly
direction along the Talweg of Soap Creek a
distance of 2500.0 feet to the Section Line;
thence West 2490.0 feet to the place of beginning, containing 42.02 acres, more or less AND
Lot 4 description (road): Commencing at the
Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter of Section 16, Township
70 North, Range 13 West of the 5th P.M.; thence
South 89 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds
East 521.73 feet to point of beginning; thence
North 33 degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East
535.26 feet; thence North 26 degrees 31 minutes 08 seconds East 98.52 feet; thence South
75 degrees 45 minutes 40 seconds East 96.41
feet; thence South 33 degrees 02 minutes 11
seconds West 129.11 feet; thence South 33
degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds West 483.0
feet; thence West 95.56 feet to place of beginning, containing 1.16 acres: all in Township
Seventy (70) North, Range Thirteen (13) West
of the 5th P.M.
EXHIBIT “A”
The described property will be offered for
sale at public auction for cash only as follows:
Date of Sale 3-23-11
Time of Sale 10:00
Place of Sale Davis County Law Center, 110
W. Franklin St., Bloomfield
Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the
described real estate includes the homestead
(which must not exceed 1/3 Acre if within a
city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed
40 Acres), defendant must file a homestead
plot with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after
service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it
plotted and charge the costs to this case.
Redemption: After sale of real estate, defendant may redeem the property within (1) year.
Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney to
review specific provisions of the law and file
appropriate notice, if applicable.
Judgment Amount $140,114.11 Plus
Sheriff’s fees
Costs $322.00
Int. to 12/2/10 $15,036.83 $8,187.85 Atty.
fees
Interest $8947.71
21.00 % from 12-2-10
Attorney Paul Zingg 641-683-1626
Date 01-24-11
Dave Davis
County Sheriff
34-5-2
DavisCountySupervisors’Minutes
January17,2011
Bloomfield,Iowa
Boardroom-Courthouse
8:30A.M.
The Davis County Board of Supervisors met
in regular session on Monday, January 17,
2011, with Chairman Dale Taylor and Members
Ron Bride and Matt Greiner present.
Ron Bride made motion, seconded by Matt
Greiner and carried unanimously, to approve
and sign the Minutes of Monday, January 10,
2010.
Tom Prosapio did not meet with the Board;
the Board reviewed for acceptance the
Certificate of Substantial Completion and invoices previously presented on January 10;
Matt Greiner made motion, seconded by Ron
Bride and carried unanimously, to accept
same.
The Board met with custodian Russell
Lundstrum; no action taken.
The Board met with Secondary Roads and
discussed brush cutting as it helps to keep the
roads drier and in better condition, and whether more cutting could be done in a year’s time;
the Board noted they thought that snow removal went better this past snow event; Steve
Park stated their goal is clearing in two days,
but it depends on how heavy the snow is and
what time a storm hits.
The Board met with CPC Diane Buss; Matt
Greiner made motion, seconded by Ron Bride
and carried unanimously, to approve three
consumers for services.
EMS Director Terri Hanna did not appear to
meet with the Board.
The Board met with County Attorney Rick
Lynch and Sheriff Dave Davis and discussed
concerns about the new gun law and courthouse security; no action taken now; will wait
to see what Legislature may do about similar
issues currently before it.
The Board met with John Schroeder, who reported that the Development Corporation has
been very busy helping several people with
business ideas.
The Board discussed possible resolution
concerning rules of conduct for Board meetings but will take no action until Matt Greiner
and Ron Bride have attended the new officers
schooling in Des Moines.
Staff meeting was held; discussed concerns
about lift repair and recommended checking
all lifts that the county may be involved with.
Questions about how often staff meetings
should be held and whether the courthouse
needs a dumpster. Suggestion made that
perhaps some courthouse steps should be
painted for safety reasons.
Matt Greiner made motion, seconded by
Ron Bride and carried unanimously to approve
the following claims to be paid:
Answer Plus, Ph-Phys Hlth/Dhs ..............67.14
Aramark , Sup-Intrp/Ch ...........................40.68
Blfd Communication, Sr-Pub ..................76.21
Citizens Mut, Ph-Phys Hlth/Dhs ............148.10
Cntry Life Hlth Care, Dec Serv-Mh .....2,378.32
Davis Co Tire, Sr-Parts ..........................414.00
Dp Solutions, Pc Rpr-Intrp/Data............187.50
Elliott Oil , Sr-Diesel ..........................18,827.90
Gingerich Logging, Sr-Oil ........................93.97
Huggins Elec, Sr-Parts ............................61.44
Ia Dept Pub Safety,
Nov-Mar Bill-Le ...............................1,735.00
Ia St Assn Of Co,
Officer Sch-S/L/Rec ............................130.00
Ikon , Equip-Phys Hlth/Dhs .....................69.00
Ia Co Recorder Assn,
2011 Dues-S/L/Rec .............................200.00
Jet Bulk Oil, Sr-Oil ..............................1,466.96
Lawson Products , Sr-Parts ..................403.03
Lynch, Rick L., Ph-Ps/Atty ....................707.98
Masterman’s, Sr-Supp...........................315.88
Pamida, Sr-Supp .....................................31.56
Perry, Lester, Mi-Phys Hlth/Va ...............108.00
Quality Motor , Sr-Parts.........................530.65
Rmw Vending, Sr-Sundry ........................22.00
Road Mach & Supp, Sr-Parts ................270.32
Schneider Corp,
Webhost-Intrp/Data ..........................1,800.00
Sec Of St, Notary Renew-Le ...................30.00
So Ia Elec, Sr-Sundry ............................376.79
St Lukes , Sr-Drug Test ...........................37.00
Stampede Graphics, Signs-Intrp/Sprv ....15.00
Stivers Ford , Sr-Parts ...........................245.20
Tenco, Dec Serv-Mh ..............................452.71
Transit, Dec Serv-Mh .............................258.40
True Value, Sup-Phys Hlth/Dhs ...............24.76
Walker’s, Sup-Le .................................81.84
Wapello Co Auditor, Nov Serv-Mh ........475.21
Waste Mgmt, Dec Garb-Intrp/Ch .......7,066.86
Zep Mfg, Sr-Supp ..................................176.60
Matt Greiner moved to adjourn; Ron Bride
seconded; carried unanimously.
ATTEST:
LINDAHUMPHREY
DAVISCOUNTYAUDITORAND
COMMISSIONEROFELECTIONS
34-5-1
CityCouncilMeeting
January20,2011
UNAPPROVED
The Bloomfield City Council met in regular
session at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers with
the following members present:
Mayor: Chris Miller
Council: Jeff Anderson, Earl Howard, Leah
Howk, Dee Johnson, Jerry Kincart
Attorney: Absent
DPW: Ted Henderson
City Clerk: Carol Taylor
Mayor Miller called the meeting to order and
welcomed those present.
A public hearing to consider amending the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Bloomfield,
Iowa, by adding a new section, “No Parking
on the South Side of East Arkansas Avenue
from Highway 63 to Southview Drive during
certain hours,” The Council agreed on partial hours of 7:45 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. and from
3:00 P.M. to 3:45 P.M., Monday through Friday.
Mayor Miller asked if there were any public
comments; none were offered. The City Clerk
reported that there had been no written comments.
Motion by Johnson, second by Kincart
to approve the first reading of an Ordinance
amending the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Bloomfield, Iowa, by adding a new section
to 69.08(43), “No parking on the South Side
of East Arkansas Avenue from Highway 63 to
Southview Drive during the hours of 7:45 A.M.
to 8:30 A.M., and from 3:00 P.M. to 3:45 P.M.”
Ayes: Howk, Howard, Anderson, Johnson,
Kincart
Nay: None
Motion by Johnson, second by Kincart to
approve the consent agenda as presented.
Ayes: Howard, Anderson, Johnson, Kincart,
Howk
Nays: None
Approve Council Minutes from January 6,
2011
Approve Fire Report from December 16,
2010 to January 16, 2011
Approve Public Library Board Meeting
Minutes from December 7, 2010
Approve Mutchler Community Center
Minutes from December 13, 2010
Approve Public Safety Commission Meeting
Minutes from January 11, 2011
Approve Payment of $140,000.00, to
Bloomfield Hotel Group, LLC
Approve IAMU Conference, one employee
Approve Iowa Employment Conference, one
employee
Approve Claims as presented
ACCO Unlimited Corp, supplies.........1,157.25
Aramark Uniform Service, Inc, services ..92.34
Area XV RPC, services .......................1,403.00
Automated Controls & Eng. Inc.,
supplies ............................................7,473.00
Bloomfield Communications,
publication .............................................40.00
Bloomfield Hotel Group, LLC,
TIF pmt .........................................140,000.00
Boone Body & Service Center, service....41.28
Brown Supply Co., supplies ..................767.43
Carpenter Uniform Company,
uniforms...............................................294.43
City Of Bloomfield,
payroll deductions ...............................294.00
CMTEL, services ...................................672.79
Crescent Electric Supply Co., supplies ...47.67
Curt’s Yard’n’ Gard’n, supplies................61.20
DC Hospital, services ..............................27.00
DC Auditor, meals & laundry ...................28.00
DC Recorder, services .............................54.00
DC Tourism, membership ......................100.00
Dusty P Wintermote, contract work ...2,115.00
FMC Broadcasting, services ...................30.00
Francis Alan & Mandi, Christmas lights...50.00
French-Reneker Assoc, services........4,270.28
G. A. Wetenkamp, supplies ...................255.62
Galls An Aramark Company, uniforms ..121.86
Gempler’s, uniforms ..............................285.65
Greiner Implement Co Inc., services .....192.70
Halls Chris, Christmas lights ...................50.00
Hamilton Produce, supplies ...............1,459.59
Harrison Moreland & Webber P C,
services ............................................1,225.00
HD Supply Waterworks, Ltd.,
supplies ...............................................741.16
IA Law Enforcement Academy,
services ...............................................175.00
IA One Call, locates .................................54.90
IA Prison Industries, supplies ................509.08
Jet Gas, gas, diesel ..........................19,693.43
Jetco, supplies ...................................1,574.85
Johnson Nathan, reimbursement ..........145.50
Klodt Door Service, services .................181.25
Marlow Services, contract labor............520.00
MFA Oil Company, gas, diesel ...........3,030.22
Mid-States Organized Crime,
membership ........................................100.00
Mincks Heating & Ac, supplies..............325.00
Minnesota Valley Testing Labs,
services ...............................................249.50
Monarch Industries Inc., supplies .........505.89
MPA Computers, services .....................203.00
Municipal Supply, Inc, supplies ..........1,025.76
North Am. Salt Co., salt......................6,579.57
Office Of Vehicle Services,
inspections ..........................................180.00
Postmaster, postage .............................473.20
Prudential, ins ........................................348.49
Ruth Industries, supplies .......................185.98
Sample Cemetery Services, services ....550.00
Scott Andrew & Angie,
Christmas lights.....................................50.00
Scott Craig, Fire Department maint.......300.00
Sensus Metering Systems, renewal ...1,452.00
Sessions Vet Clinic, services .................168.00
Shermco Industries, services .............2,013.66
Smith Fertilizer & Grain, geo melt .......1,875.47
Spee*Dee, services ...............................179.64
Stanard & Associates, Inc, test ...............58.00
Staples Advantage, supplies .................247.18
D C Success Bank, taxes ...................9,874.02
Sullivan Keith, reimbursement ...............163.15
Tim’s Auto Supply, supplies ..................775.66
Treasurer, St Of IA-Payroll, taxes........1,590.00
True Value, invoices ...............................325.02
USDI, inspections ..................................902.90
Verizon Wireless, services .....................105.88
Vermeer Sales & Service Inc, services ..558.38
Visa, uniforms, book ..............................254.02
Waste Management, services ...............445.52
Wesco Receivables Corp., supplies ......733.01
Woosley Craig & Elaine,
Christmas lights.....................................50.00
TotalAccountsPayableChecks..222,082.38
General .............................................19,404.80
Water ..................................................5,348.76
Sewer .................................................2,428.95
Electric................................................4,906.42
Gas .....................................................3,086.26
Payroll Checks On 1/13/2011 .........35,175.19
Total Payroll Checks .........................35,175.19
ReportTotal...................................257,257.57
General .............................................31,224.48
Road Use Tax ...................................12,384.98
Employee Benefits.................................156.30
Wa & Sr CDBG 09 Project ..................1,403.00
Hotel/Infrastructure Project ............147,527.00
Water ................................................18,420.61
Sewer .................................................5,774.81
Electric..............................................33,251.99
Gas .....................................................7,114.40
Motion by Johnson, second by Kincart to
approve Resolution No. 2011-01, “Resolution
approving the Subrecipient Agreement with
Bloomfield Main Street, Inc. for the Iowa
Department of Economic Development Project
No. 11-006D-269-E43-008-03 in the amount
$808,000. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute all necessary and appropriate documents in connection with the Grant and Agreement with the
Subrecipient.”
Ayes: Howk, Kincart, Howard, Anderson,
Johnson
Nays: None
Council discussed creating an Ordinance
that would allow billing citizens’ insurance
companies when the Fire Department was
called out. The City Attorney is working on this
and did not have a sample ready.
DPW Henderson informed the Council of
charges that the City currently does not pass
on to commercial accounts when large transformers and meters are installed. Henderson
asked the Council to consider a facility charge
to the business or an option to pay up front
when installing new services. Henderson was
asked to gather more information and bring
back to the Council.
Councilperson Howk requested the Council
to discuss parking on North Pine Street.
Howk explained that she has received several
complaints from residents about the parking.
Henderson commented that when parking becomes an issue and new parking restrictions
are put in place, usually it has been the result
of a safety issue. The Council did not feel that
this was a matter of a safety issue.
Motion by Anderson, second by Kincart
to approve Resolution No. 2011-02, “A
Resolution providing for the financial support
of Area 15 Regional Planning Commission,
with a commitment $1,066.41 to cover financial operating costs from July 1, 2011 to June
30, 2012.”
Ayes: Johnson, Anderson, Howard, Howk,
Kincart
Nays: None
Council briefly discussed the Girls Little
League concerns with parking on Smith Street.
DPW Henderson will gather more information
and bring back to the next meeting.
The remainder of the meeting was spent
working on the fiscal year 2012 budget.
Motion to adjourn by Kincart, second by
Anderson.
9:56 p.m.
Motion Carried,
ChrisMiller,Mayor
Attest:
CarolTaylor,CityClerk
34-5-1
Form 673
| SportSline
schedules, scores and more
SPORTS SCHEDULES
Wrestling
Feb. 5—2A Sectional Tournament, New
London, noon.
Feb. 12—2A District Tournament, West
Liberty, noon.
Boys’ Basketball
Feb. 4—Clarke (9th/JV/V), Osceola, 5 p.m.
Feb. 5—Moravia (V G/B), here, 4 p.m.
Feb. 8—Ft. Madison (9th/JV/V), here, 4:45
p.m.
Feb. 11—Eddyville-Blakesburg (9th/JV/V),
there, 5 p.m.
Feb. 14—District Tournament, TBA
Girls’ Basketball
Feb. 4—Clarke (9th/JV/V), here, 5 p.m.
Feb. 5—Moravia (V G/B), here, 4 p.m.
Feb. 7—Cardinal (JV/V), here, 6 p.m.
Feb. 12—Class 2A Regional Girls Basketball,
Albia, at Albia, 7 p.m.
Feb. 15—Class 2A Regional Girls Basketball,
Davis County-Albia winner vs. EddyvilleBlakesburg-Pleasantville winner, at Albia,
7 p.m.
Feb. 18—Class 2A Regional Tournament
Semi-Final, at Chariton, 7 p.m.
Feb. 21—Class 2A Regional Tournament
Final, TBA.
SOUTH CENTRAL
CONFERENCE
Boys’ Basketball
Teams .......................... W.....L
Davis County ....................6 ........1
Centerville .........................6 ........1
Albia ....................................4 ........3
Eddyville-Blakesburg ....2 ........5
Chariton .............................2 ........6
Clarke ..................................2 ........6
Jan. 28 Results
Albia 55, Clarke, Osceola 39
Davis County, Bloomfield 65, Chariton 52
Centerville 86, Eddyville-Blakesburg 52
***
Girls’ Basketball
Teams .......................... W.....L
Clarke ..................................8 ........1
Centerville .........................5 ........3
Albia ....................................4 ........3
Eddyville-Blakesburg ....3 ........4
Chariton .............................3 ........6
Davis County ....................1 ........7
Jan. 25 Results
Eddyville-Blakesburg 53, Chariton 52 (OT)
Jan. 28 Results
Clarke 64, Albia 58
Chariton 55, Davis County 40
Centerville 41, Eddyville-Blakesburg 30
SCORES AND MORE
Basketball
DC 7th A-team 21, Albia 11
DC 7th B-team 8, Albia 7
Jan. 20
Coach’s comments: “We had a tough
shooting night on the A-team. The girls
did a great job of playing defense and
battling through it,” said Coach Chris
Becker. “The B-team girls fought hard
throughout the game. The girls got the
lead and were able to play great defense.
It was a good win for the team.”
A-team results
Score by quarters
Davis County ....................2
9
15 21
Albia ....................................2
2
6
11
Scoring—Mallory Wells, 9; Mason Roberts,
6; Clarabell, Knapp, 3; Kaitlin Francis, 2;
and Whitney Madden, 1.
Rebounds—Wells, 8; Madden, 6; and
Mariah Marshall, 5.
Assists—Marshall, 2.
Steals—Madden, 3; Knapp, 3; and Francis,
3.
B-team results
Score by quarters
Davis County ....................4
6
8
8
Albia ....................................2
6
6
7
Scoring—Keegan Barker, 4; Paige Stevens,
2; and Alyssa Harrington, 2.
Rebounds—Briley Dixon, 3; and Cassie
Short, 3.
Assists—Madeline Nelson, 3.
Steals—Nelson, 2.
***
Chariton 28, DC 7th A-team 19
Chariton 26, DC 7th B-team 9
Jan. 24
Coach’s comments: “We had another
tough night of shooting. The girls on the
A-team played hard. I am proud of how
they have improved throughout the season. They are a great group of girls,” said
Coach Chris Becker. “The B-team girls had
a tough first half, but bounced back in
the second half. This class has a lot of girls
out for basketball. I appreciate how hard
they worked all year. It was a challenge
at times getting everyone playing time. I
loved their attitude and hope they work
hard in the off-season.”
A-team results
Score by quarters
Davis County....................2
8
10 19
Chariton .............................6
8
18 28
Scoring—Mason Roberts, 9; Whitney
Madden, 5; Connor Wilfawn, 3; and
Mallory Wells, 2.
Rebounds—Wilfawn, 6; and Roberts, 2.
Assists—Roberts, 2.
Steals—Mariah Marshall, 4.
B-team results
Score by halves
Davis County....................0
9
Chariton .............................16 26
Scoring—Kalleigh Tharp, 4; Kaitlin Francis,
3; and Bailey Spurgeon, 2.
Rebounds—Spurgeon, 3; and Keegan
Barker, 3.
Steals—Francis, 3; and Barker, 2.
***
Centerville 29, DC JV girls 20
Jan. 21
Score by quarters
Centerville.........................7
16 25 29
Davis County....................3
9
17 20
Scoring—Ashley Weatherington, 9; Kim
Rupe, 5; Audra Kincart, 4; and Kristin
Fipps, 2.
Rebounds—Kincart, 5; and
Weatherington, 4.
Assists—McKenna Harward, 1; and
Mackenzie Allen, 1.
Steals—Rupe, 1; Kincart, 1; and
Weatherington, 1.
***
Fort Madison 46, DC JV girls 21
Jan. 25
Score by quarters
Davis County....................5
7
11 21
Fort Madison....................13 25 37 46
Scoring—Ashley Weatherington, 6; Deidra
Rudd, 2; Mackenzie Allen, 2; Hayden
Owens, 2; Maggie Hougland, 2; Kim Rupe,
2; Audra Kincart, 2; and Brittany Bremer,
2.
Rebounds—Kincart, 4; and Maddie
Davidson, 2.
Assists—Owens, 1; and Skylar Yahnke, 1.
Steals—Ally McClure, 3; Rudd, 2; Owens, 2;
and Kincart, 2.
***
DC JV boys 55, Centerville 42
Jan. 21
Coach’s comments: “We had a smooth
start to this game. We held Centerville to
just 12 points in the first half,” said Coach
Nathan Taylor. “This was a good team win
for us as we started the second half of
our season.”
Score by quarters
Davis County....................18 27 44 55
Centerville.........................6
12 27 42
Scoring—Park Mikels, 16; Austin Erwine,
10; Calvin Utt, 8; and Kyle Birchmier, 8.
Rebounds—Birchmier, 8; Utt, 5; Mikels, 3;
and Colton Roberts, 3.
Assists—Mikels, 5; Utt, 4; and Roberts, 1.
Steals—Utt, 3; Birchmier, 1; and Mikels 1.
Wrestling
Middle School wrestling
The middle school wrestling team hosted
a meet on Jan. 21. Davis County faced
off against Albia, Centerville and Wayne.
Davis County won 10 of the 24 matches
wrestled in this meet.
The following are the individual results of
how the Davis County wrestlers did in
this meet.
Win by pin—Walker Henderson, 1:08
and 1:14; Dylan Henderson, 1:53 and 14
seconds; Jack Day, 53 seconds; and Ben
Kincart, 2:49.
Loss by pin—Jay Day, 2:39; Kyle Martin, 33
seconds; Brad Jones, 1:03; Kyle Martin, 58
seconds and 1:30.
Win by technical fall—Kale Baird, 15-0.
Win by decision—Kale Baird, 6-0; Dakota
Miller, 6-4; and Colton Kincart, 4-1.
Loss by decision—Dakota Miller, 6-4, and
3-0; Mac Chilton, 6-1; Brad Jones, 8-2 and
10-6; Colton Kincart, 7-2; Mac Chilton,
5-2; and Baird, 2-1.
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Iowa Department of Management
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING -- PROPOSED BUDGET
ASSESSING JURISDICTION:
Fiscal Year July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
Davis County Assessor
The Conference Board of the above-named Assessing Jurisdiction will conduct a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year budget as follows:
Meeting Date:
Meeting Time:
Meeting Location:
February 14, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Supervsor's Office
At the public hearing any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the proposed budget. This notice represents a summary of the
supporting detail of receipts and expenditures on file with the Conference Board Clerk. Copies of the Supplemental Budget Detail (Schedule 673-A) will be furnished upon
request.
Clerk's Telephone Number:
Clerk's Name:
PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY
641-664-3101
Lois Heckethorn
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Expenditures
Estimated
Estimated
Estimated
FUND
Ending
Fund
Beginning
Fund
Estimated
Amount
(Use Whole Dollars)
FYE 6-30-2010 FYE 6-30-2011 FYE 6-30-2012 Transfers
Balance
Balance
Other
Transfers To Be Raised
Actual
Re-estimated
Proposed
Out
June 30, 2012
July 1, 2011
Receipts
In
By Taxation
89,859
90,479
1,259
105,572
69,474
1. Assessment Expense
148,389
167,647
176,925 42
844
844
1 41
2. FICA
0
2,339
2,339
0 0
3. IPERS
0
0
0
0 0
4. Emergency
988
5. Unemployment Comp.
0
0
0
0
10,796
9,796
12 6. Special Appraisers
0
0
0
105,530
16,997
16,947
1,369
0
104,211
0
7. Tort Liability
0
0
0
0
7,084
7,084
0 8. TOTAL
148,389
167,647
176,925
105,572
127,919
127,489
2,641
105,572
174,714
Proposed taxation rate per $1,000 valuation: $
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SporTS
WedneSday, february 2, 2011
Seven Mustangs place in tourney
Team scores
1. Fairfield
2. Mount Pleasant
3. Burlington
4. Centerville
5. Eddyville-Blakesburg
6. Ottumwa
7. Davis County
8. Fort Madison
9. Washington
10. Clarke
11. Keokuk and Chariton (tie)
13. Albia
***
185
172
161 1/2
107 1/2
104 1/2
95 1/2
93 1/2
93
86
82 1/2
82
77 1/2.
The Mustang wrestling team
had seven wrestlers place in the
Southeast Iowa Classic. Davis
County didn’t take a full squad
to the meet and wasn’t concerned as much about the team
score.
The Mustangs finished seventh in the tournament that was
won by Fairfield.
The Southeast Iowa Classic
is a wrestling tournament
made up of all the schools in
the South Central Conference
and the Southeast Conference
schools including Fairfield,
Washington, Mt. Pleasant,
Fort Madison and Keokuk.
Burlington and Ottumwa participated as well. Fairfield hosted
the event.
“I felt everyone who wrestled
did a good job,” said Coach Jim
Nelson. “It’s been a long and
busy January. I decided to give
some of the kids some time off.
We needed a little rest because
these last two weeks especially
have been difficult.”
Senior Zach Fligg led the effort for the Mustangs. Fligg won
the 145-pound weight class.
Fligg earned a bye in the first
round before taking on Logan
Brown of Centerville in the
second round. Fligg won that
match with a pin shortly after
the second period began. Fligg
dominated the action, scoring
on two five-point moves. He
picked up two separate takedowns and turned each into
three-point near falls in the
first two minutes. Fligg began
the second period in the top
position where he put Brown
on his back for a pin in just 11
seconds.
Fligg faced DeAndrew Jones
of Burlington, pinning him in
3:02. Fligg again dominated the
match scoring on takedowns
and near falls. He held a 12-0
lead before getting that pin.
Fligg faced Parker Turner of
Ottumwa in the championship
round. Fligg won the match 8-3.
Fligg allowed Turner just three
escape points while scoring on
three takedowns and a reversal.
Dillon Newton, Chase
Houston and Jeremiah Garber
all finished fourth in the tournament.
Newton drew a bye in the
first round. He faced Trenton
Johnson of Fort Madison in the
second round. Newton came
from behind to win that match
2-1. Johnson scored an escape
in the second period and held
that 1-0 lead until the beginning
of the third period. Newton began the final period on the mat.
He scored a reversal for two
points and the win.
Newton suffered an 8-1 loss
to Dakota Simmers of Fairfield
in the third round. He pinned
Garrett Owens in 3:50 of the
fourth round before suffering
a 20-4 loss to Tucker Black of
Ottumwa in the finals.
Houston received a bye in
the opening round and faced
Dalton Witte of Burlington in
round two. Houston suffered an
8-2 loss in that round. Houston
pinned Justin Flockhart of
Keokuk in 1:20 of their fourthround match. He beat Karston
Van Velsor of Ottumwa 11-9
before losing in the finals to
Dalton Witte of Burlington.
Houston was pinned in 1:20.
Garber was the only other
Mustang to finish in the top
four. He faced Jeremy Swink of
Burlington in the opening round
and won the match with a pin
in 3:16. Garber built up a 10-4
lead over Swink before getting
the pin.
He faced Dylan Brandon of
Albia in the second round, gaining an 11-5 win. The match was
tied 4-4 shortly after the second
period began. Garber scored
a takedown, a reversal and a
three-point near fall in the final
two periods for the win.
Garber faced Jed Edgington
of Mt. Pleasant in the third
round. Garber suffered a 5-1
loss in that match. Garber’s
only score came on an escape
in the second period. He scored
a 5-3 win over Michael Hora of
Washington in round four before suffering a 6-1 loss to Isaac
Bair of Clarke in the finals.
Dustin Miller, Willy Bremer
and Ryan Fullenkamp were
the only other Mustang wrestlers to make the trip. Miller
finished sixth at 171 pounds.
Bremer was seventh at 189, and
Fullenkamp was seventh at 152
pounds.
DC called for 31 fouls
in loss to Chariton Friday
The Lady Mustang basketball
team is in the middle of a season where they can’t seem to
catch a break. Despite playing
hard and battling as hard as
any team they face, the girls are
struggling to find ways to win.
Last Friday night’s 55-40 loss
to Chariton on Jan. 28 was just
another one of those games.
Even with the 15-point loss,
Coach David Mason was proud
of his team for their effort
and proud of them for playing hard throughout the game.
Mason says his team had to
play through a lot of adversity.
“The girls played their tails off
throughout all of the turmoil
in this game and never said a
word. They did what I expected
them to do and just played basketball. I am very proud of them
for that.”
In looking at the score sheets,
Mason and the Lady Mustangs
have reason to be upset at what
took place. Officials whistled
Davis County for 31 fouls.
Chariton was whistled for 11
total fouls. Davis County never
made it into the bonus and
never shot a free throw unless
the girls were fouled going to
the basket.
The difference in this game
obviously came at the freethrow line. Chariton was 23 of
47 shooting from the free-throw
line. Davis County shot just 13
free throws, making 10 of them.
Roberts honored
by Central
Preston Roberts of
Bloomfield was honored
for his contributions to the
Central College football team
this fall at the squad’s recent
awards banquet.
He received a varsity letter for play this fall as a wide
receiver/punter. The 6-3,
196-pound junior is a Davis
County High School graduate. He is the son of Brian and
Rhonda Roberts.
In Jeff McMartin’s seventh
season as head coach, the
Dutch compiled an 8-2 overall
record with a 6-2 conference
mark, good for a third-place
Iowa Conference finish. Central set a school defensive record in fewest rushing
yards allowed in a game, limiting Augustana College (Ill.)
to negative 32 yards Sept. 11,
2010. The Dutch also set a
record for season PAT kicking
percentage, hitting 44-44 for
100 percent.
The Dutch have not had a
losing season since 1960 and
will return 36 letter winners
for the 2011 season.
“I certainly can’t argue with
our free-throw shooting. We did
the job there,” said Mason.
Despite the turmoil and the
battle through all the fouls,
Davis County kept the game
close in the first half. The Lady
Mustangs actually held a 5-0
lead within the first two minutes of action. Davis County
battled to an 11-9 lead after
eight minutes of play.
Davis County continued playing hard in the second quarter.
Scoring from Kaylee Scholten,
Shelby Graves and Kaitlin Fipps
kept Davis County in the game.
Davis County continued its
battle, keeping the game close.
Chariton ran its lead to 22-17
with three minutes left to play.
Davis County picked up shots
at key times, keeping the game
within reach. Chariton held only
a 27-23 advantage at the half.
By halftime, Chariton had
shot 22 of its 47 free throws.
Davis County went to the line
nine times, making seven of
them.
Foul problems began to hamper Davis County in the second
half. Despite those problems,
Davis County’s tenacity continued as they battled to keep
the game close. Chariton had a
37-33 lead with four minutes
left to play in the third quarter.
Neither team scored in the next
four minutes.
Davis County was outscored
18-7 in the final quarter, allowing them to distance themselves from the Lady Mustangs.
Chariton shot 12 of its secondhalf points from the free-throw
line.
Davis County had seven players with three fouls or more
when the game ended. Chariton
only had five players who committed a foul in the game.
“We couldn’t catch a break in
this game. Whenever we would
make a run at them, something
beyond our control hindered
our progress,” said Mason. “We
were never shooting any free
throws in the bonus. All our
free throws came on shooting fouls, so I am happy that
we were attacking the basket.
There is a little discrepancy on
the fouling situation. I am not
one to make excuses; however,
my team did not deserve to
be treated this way. They just
played basketball. I am proud of
them for that.”
Score by quarters
Davis County .............11 23 33 40
Chariton.....................9
27 37 55
Scoring—Fipps, 12; Scholten, 10; Graves,
6; Boone, 5; Taylor Overstreet, 2; Leah
Rushman, 2; and Rylee Eakins, 2.
Rebounds—Eakins, 8; Overstreet, 7;
Boone, 4; Rheanna Day, 4; and Scholten,
3.
Assists—Graves, 2; Overstreet, 2;
Rushman, 1; and Scholten, 1.
Steals—Graves, 2; Overstreet, 2; Scholten,
1; and Rushman, 1.
Davis County’s Dakota Schutter tries to raise up for an escape in this match on Jan. 25. Schutter needed the escape to keep pace with Jesse Gilbert who took a 6-5 lead in the second period of this match.
Schutter scored the match’s only points on a two-point near fall. The effort helped Schutter to a 7-6
victory.
WRESTLING
From Page 14
The only points scored in the
final two minutes were for an
escape from Hawkins as the
period started. Neither wrestler
was able to get any offense going. Schutter held on for the 6-2
victory.
Chase Houston scored a pin
in 2:24 over Justin Flockhart at
135 pounds. Houston scored a
couple of takedowns early as he
jumped out to a 4-1 lead. The
pin came in the second period
after Houston took advantage
of a Flockhart mistake, getting
him on his back for the pin.
Jeremiah Garber and Zach
Fligg both received forfeits.
That brought Davis County to
within a 36-33 deficit with two
matches to go.
Logan Boas put Davis County
on top for the first time in this
meet. Boas wrestles at 152
pounds and faced Chris Rose
in that match. Boas dominated
Rose scoring a takedown soon
after the match began. Boas had
Rose on his back quickly, scoring seven additional points on
near fall moves. Boas led 9-0
after one period of action. Boas
pinned Rose in just 29 seconds
at the start of the second period.
The win put Davis County up
39-36 with one match left to
wrestle. Dylan Nelson took on
Ryan Maxwell at 160 pounds.
Nelson scored quickly with a
takedown and a three-point
near fall, Maxwell showed he
could also generate some offense. He scored an escape and
took Nelson to the mat. At the
end of one period, Nelson held
a 5-3 lead.
In the second period Maxwell
generated an escape. Nelson
took him to the mat for another
two points. The two wrestlers
battled for control for the rest
of the period but did not score
again.
The final period found the
two wrestlers battling furiously
for points and momentum.
Wrestlers begin tournament Saturday
will begin tournament action
Saturday in the Iowa High
School Class 2A Sectional
Wrestling Tournament.
Davis County will travel
east this year. The Mustangs
will compete in the Sectional
Tournament at New London.
Action begins at noon at the
New London High School.
Davis County will compete
against five other schools in-
cluding Columbus Community,
Fairfield, Mediapolis, New
London, and West BurlingtonNotre Dame. The top two place
winners in each weight class
will advance to the District
Tournament, which will be held
on Feb. 12 in West Liberty.
Davis County and the rest
of the schools in the Sectional
Tournament at New London
will square off against the first
and second place winners from
the Sectional Tournament in
Davenport. Schools competing in that tournament include Davenport Assumption,
Anamosa, Central ClintonDeWitt, Maquoketa, NortheastGoose Lake, and West Liberty.
The top two winners from
each weight class in the District
Tournament will earn berths
in the Iowa State Wrestling
Tournament in Des Moines on
Feb. 16.
Cargill employees will be honored
The Davis County High School Athletic
Department will honor several Davis County
employees of Cargill in Eddyville Feb. 5 during a
non-conference varsity doubleheader with Moravia
here.
The Davis County employees of Cargill helped
raise $16,865 toward the purchase of new
scoreboards for the Davis County High School
Gymnasium.
“On behalf of the Athletic Department, I would
like to express our gratitude to the CargillEddyville employees who made this purchase possible,” said activities director Richard Evans.
Seniors and their parents from both the boys’
and girls’ teams will be recognized during that
night as well.
Davis County's new scoreboard
Nelson began the period with
a reversal but gave up an escape to Maxwell. Nelson took
Maxwell to the mat again. The
two wrestlers exchanged reversals. Nelson picked up a threepoint near fall toward the end
of the match. Maxwell did finish
the match with a reversal, but
Nelson’s early scoring helped
propel him to the 18-9 victory.
The win also pushed Davis
County to a 43-36 team victory.
The Keokuk match was the
climax of the evening for the
Mustangs.
Davis County began the night
facing Clarke in a 57-18 dominating victory. Davis County
won 11 of 14 matches. Clarke’s
only wins came at 103, 119
and 285 with pins over Davis
County’s Marvin Lipp, Cody
Glosser and Colton Boas.
Smith and Newton both received forfeits.
Schutter outlasted Jesse
Gilbert 7-6 in that match.
Schutter led 3-2 after one period. Gilbert traded reversals
with Schutter in the second period and picked up a near fall to
gain a 6-5 lead. Schutter scored
the winning move early in the
third period with a two-point
near fall. He maintained control
throughout the final two minutes, gaining the win.
Chase Houston pinned Dalton
Fry in just 54 seconds. Houston
scored two takedowns and a
three-point near fall in that
short time-span prior to the pin.
Garber beat Isaac Bair 8-2.
Garber gave up just two escapes
in this match. He used a series
of four takedowns throughout
the match for the win.
Fligg and Logan Boas each
scored pins. Fligg pinned Kasy
Davis with 1:42 left in the second period. Fligg used two separate combinations of takedowns
and near falls for the lead. Fligg
led 9-0 before getting the pin.
Boas faced Jacob Bair in his
152-pound match. Boas engaged
in a close battle with Bair during the first two minutes. Bair
scored first with a takedown.
Boas reversed him and nearly
pinned him. He instead was given a three-point near fall. Boas
led 5-4 after one period.
Boas outlasted Blair in the
second and third periods. Boas
scored a couple more takedowns while Blair did not score
again. Boas pinned Blair in 4:12
to gain the victory.
Nelson scored an 8-2 victory over Colton Rawley in that
match. Nelson allowed Rawley
just two escape points while
scoring a series of takedowns,
reversals and near fall points to
get the victory.
The only other victory on the
mat came from Willy Bremer
at 189 pounds. Bremer faced
Justin DeVore. Bremer took
DeVore to the mat and had him
pinned in just 12 seconds.
Miller and Hale both received
forfeits, allowing Davis County
to win the meet 57-18.
Clarke meet results
103—Lipp was pinned in 5:04.
112—Smith received a forfeit.
119—Glosser was pinned in 3:15.
125—Newton received a forfeit.
130—Schutter scored a 7-6 decision.
135—Houston pinned Dalton Fry in 54
seconds.
140—Garber won an 8-2 decision.
145—Fligg pinned Kasy Davis.
152—Logan Boas won by a pin in 4:12.
160—Nelson won an 8-2 decision.
171—Dustin Miller received a forfeit.
189—Bremer pinned DeVore in 12 seconds.
215—Zach hale received a forfeit.
285—Colton Boas was pinned in 3:46.
Keokuk meet results
103—Smith received a forfeit.
112—Smith was pinned in 1:41.
119—Glosser was pinned in 1:09.
125—Newton won by a pin in 3:12.
130—Schutter won a 6-2 decision.
135—Houston pinned Flockhart in 2:24.
140—Garber received a forfeit.
145—Fligg received a forfeit.
152—Boas pinned Rose in 2:29.
160—Nelson scored an 18-9 win.
171—Miller was pinned in 5:09.
189—Bremer was pinned in 1:28.
215—Hale was pinned in 40 seconds.
285—Colton Boas was pinned in 1:06.
Mustangs await tourney seeding
The Mustang boys’ basketball
team knows what post season
district they will be in for tournament play, but first round
game assignments haven’t been
issued by the Iowa High School
Athletic Association.
Davis County will be in Class
2A District 13. The Mustangs
are in the same district with
Albia, Eddyville-Blakesburg,
Cardinal, Pekin, Van Buren,
Pella Christian and Wayne of
Corydon.
A seeding process will be
done with the teams in the
district to determine whom
the top two seeds are. The
Iowa High School Athletic
Association will seed each
team, which will be based on
each team’s won-loss record of
games five through 15 of the
regular season.
The pairings should be
posted by the Iowa High School
Athletic Association some time
this week.
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 2011
BOYS BEAT CHARITON
From Page 14
catching their opponent by surprise.
Chariton was just another
in a long line of victims Davis
County has had this season. The
Mustangs emerged from the
locker room and scored several
quick points. Mathews led the
effort as Davis County pushed
its lead to six points. Chariton
managed to keep the game
within reach, but their scoring
opportunities were becoming
fewer and fewer against that
tough Mustang defense. Davis
County held a 40-36 third quarter lead.
Davis County executed
Graves’ game plan very well
in the second half. The boys
seemed to be more aggressive as the game went on.
Rebounding continued to be
a strong point of the game.
Davis County was just causing
Chariton’s offense all kinds of
problems.
Davis County led 42-39
shortly after the fourth quarter
started. The Mustangs picked
up a couple of turnovers leading to a 9-0 run. Martsching
completed a traditional threepoint play after being fouled on
a shot. Josey Garmon, Halls, and
Will Kincart all produced points
during that run.
Leading 52-44, Davis County
embarked on another scoring run using turnovers and
Chariton fouls to increase scoring opportunities. Halls capped
off the run with a lay-up at
the 2:30 mark. Davis County
pushed its lead to 60-44.
Davis County held off a late
run by the Chargers for the 6552 win.
“We continue to get very
strong play from our entire
team. We have had a very high
level of concentration the last
two games, and it has showed
up in the way we are playing,”
said Graves.
Score by quarters
Chariton .............................12 25 36 52
Davis County ....................14 28 40 65
Scoring—Halls, 17; Josh Martsching, 13;
Calvin Mathews, 11; Kyle Graves, 6; Jered
Kuberski, 5; Josey Garmon, 2; Mylo Wells,
2; and Austin Roberts, 2.
Rebounds—Halls, 9; Mathews, 5; Garmon,
5; Martsching, 3; and Kincart, 3
Assists—Martsching, 3; Mathews, 2; and
Craig Snyder, 2.
Steals—Martsching, 3; and Kuberski, 2.
GIRLS LOSE
BY ONE
From Page 14
Davis County scored just nine
third-quarter points including a three-pointer from Fipps.
Despite the shooting struggles,
Davis County still held a 34-32
lead at the end of the quarter.
The Lady Mustangs didn’t
score for more than five minutes
in the fourth quarter, which led
to Fort Madison taking over the
lead and getting its chance to
win the game.
“It seems like I have the same
comments after every game. We
played hard again and great at
times, but we lost,” said Davis
County Coach David Mason. "We
are not good enough yet to be
able to take a play off here and
there. It will cost us every time
and it has. “It’s great to see the girls being competitive in every game
we play. However, just competing shouldn’t be acceptable
anymore,” said Mason, “We need
to start winning these close ball
games. We will try and cause
some havoc in the conference
with our remaining games. You
never know, it may just all start
clicking for us come tournament
time.”
Score by quarters
Davis County ............ 12 25 34 44
Fort Madison ............ 8
22 32 45
Scoring—Kristin Fipps, 11; Rylee Eakins,
9; Kaylee Scholten, 7; Shelby Graves, 6;
Taylor Overstreet, 6; Aisha Boone, 3; and
Lauren Dewes, 2.
Rebounds—Eakins, 10; Overstreet, 6;
Rheana Day, 4; Scholten, 4; Boone, 2; and
Dewes, 2.
Assists—Scholten, 2; and Graves, 2.
Steals—Fipps, 2; Scholten, 2; Graves, 1; and
Eakins, 1.
Kyle Graves pulls up for a shot just inside the free-throw line against Fort Madison last week. Graves
poured in 12 points and pulled down six rebounds, helping Davis County to a 66-47 win over the
Bloodhounds in non-conference action. Graves and several of his teammates have stepped up, helping Davis County to a successful season. To date, Davis County has lost just two games one to Keokuk
and one to Centerville.
Mustangs win non-conference game
The Mustang basketball team
stepped out of conference play
last week and scored a 66-47
victory over Fort Madison.
Davis County used aggressive
play in the second half to distance them from Fort Madison
in the 19-point win.
Coach Jeff Graves and the
Mustangs have found success
this season, winning games
with quality performances from
several players. This game was
no different. Nine different
Mustang players put points on
the board. Coach Graves has
found comfort in the fact that
he can play several players and
not worry too much about the
performance levels on the floor.
The biggest benefit is that
he can give certain players intermittent rest throughout the
game.
Shelby Graves drives down the left side of the lane on this secondhalf play against Fort Madison. Graves finished the night
with six points, two assists and a steal in the game.
| BOWLING NEWS
STANDINGS AND SCORES
Monday Night Ladies
Team ........................... W
L
Rookies ...............................47
37
Karr Con. ............................46
38
Shively Repair ..................43
41
Prevo Auction ..................32
52
High individual game, Michaela Ells, 204;
high individual series, Becky Shively, 517;
high team game, Rookies, 814; high team
series, Rookies, 2273.
Games, 175 and over—Michaela Ells, 204;
Linda Axtell, 191, 186; Becky Shively, 189,
184; Jennifer Shively, 180; Shirley Turner,
180; Kim Petefish, 179; Shawna Dunkin,
178.
***
Wednesday Night Mixed
Team ........................... W
L
Shively Repair ..................60
32
Snackshop .........................50
42
Bloomfield Tire ................47
45
Ottumwa Wilbert ............45 ½
46 ½
Warning Electric ..............44
48
Wrecking Crew ................44
48
Flower Shop......................42 ½
49 ½
Davis County Lanes .......35
57
Men’s high individual game, Jim Ball, 263;
men’s high individual series, Eric Kerby,
706; women’s high individual game,
Jody Allen, 201; women’s high individual
series, Jody Allen, 510; high team game,
Warning Electric, 991; high team series,
Bloomfield Tire, 2792.
Men’s games, 200 and over—Jim Ball,
263, 235; Eric Kerby, 257, 236, 213; Mike
Kerby, 247, 235, 215; Adam Davis, 243;
Stan Shively, 236; Scott Shively, 216; Mike
Garmon, 214; Mike Davis, 208, 200; Aaron
Bridgeman, 201.
Women’s games, 175 and over—Jody
Allen, 201; Martha Ball, 198; Sharon
Feldmann, 185; Becky Shively, 184; April
Kerby, 176.
***
Thursday Night Men
Team ........................... W
L
Dearborn Roofing ..........53
39
Bloomfield Fire ................53
39
Wiggy Electric ..................46
46
Hoskins Elevator .............46
46
46
Mauraders .........................32
60
High individual game, Scott Shively, 269;
high individual series, Scott Shively, 660;
high team game, Dearborn Roofing,
1232; high team series, Davis County
Lanes, 3346.
Games, 200 and over—Scott Shively,
269, 214; Greg McCall, 251, 224; Phil
Newton, 236; Jason Rook, 233, 222; Ben
Matheney, 231, 221; Leon Brewer, 231,
221; Eric Kerby, 225, 210, 200; Dean
Bragg, 224, 222; Adam Newton, 224; Tom
Bridgman, 223; Mike Vanderhoof, 215;
Chase Sessions, 214; Mike Kerby, 213,
211; Brett Warning, 211; Bryan Lauer, 206;
Jeff Sines, 203.
Series, 600 and over—Scott Shively, 660;
Jason Rook, 654; Eric Kerby, 635; Ben
Matheney, 635; Dean Bragg, 619; Greg
McCall, 617; Leon Brewer, 616; Mike
Kerby, 605.
***
Saturday Bantam
Team ........................... W
L
12
Quality Motors .................31 ½
13 ½
Kaotik Kustoms................25 ½
19 ½
Wiggy Electric 1...............23 ½
21 ½
Davis County Tire ............23
22
Shively Repair ..................20 ½
24 ½
Wiggy Electric 2...............20
25
Boys’ high individual game, Stephen
Potter, 112; boys’ high individual series,
Stephen Potter, 197; girls’ high individual
game, Kaity Wallace, 93; girls’ high individual series, Kaity Wallace, 174; high
team game, Shively Repair, 161; high
team series, Wiggy Electric 2, 497.
Boys’ games, 75 and over—Stephen
Potter, 112, 85; Tyler Ball, 103; Blake
Ellison, 78; Jayden Ball, 76.
Girls’ games, 75 and over—Kaity Wallace,
93, 81; Sydney Shively, 82; Alysa Shirkey,
77.
***
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Saturday A.M. Juniors
Team ........................... W
L
Wiggy Electric 1...............44
16
Wiggy Electric 2...............44
16
Karr Collision Center ......39
21
Quality Motors .................34
26
Williams Farms .................29
31
Team 5 ................................24 ½
35 ½
Garrett Racing..................22 ½
37 ½
Boys’ high individual game, Wyatt Williams,
226; boys’ high individual series, Connor
Young, 515; girls’ high individual game,
Harmony Noel, 169; girls’ high individual
series, Harmony Noel, 387; high team
game, Garrett Racing, 465; high team
series, Team 5, 1368.
Boys’ games, 125 and over—Wyatt
Williams, 226; Connor Young, 195,
164, 156; Justin Snyder, 156, 143, 140;
Douglas Turner, 152, 150; Chris Garrett,
136; Austin Triplet, 131.
Girls’ games, 125 and over—Harmony
Noel, 169; April Woosley, 141; Tiffany
Triplet, 125.
***
Sunday Afternoon Trio
Team ........................... W
L
Kaotik Kustoms................62
34
One Poor Man ..................55
41
Old Timers .........................48 ½
47 ½
Oinks ...................................47 ½
48 ½
Final Three .........................44 ½
51 ½
Wiggy Electric ..................35 ½
60 ½
Men’s high individual game, Mike Best,
231; men’s high individual series, Eric
Kerby, 645; women’s high individual
game, Jodi McLain, 213; women’s high
individual series, Jodi McLain, 574; high
team game, Final Three, 752; high team
Bowling
& Pizza
Davis County Lanes
series, Old Timers, 2148.
Men’s games, 200 and over—Mike
Best, 231; Eric Kerby, 228, 213; Branch
McCracken, 215, 214; Larry Begley, 210.
Women’s games, 175 and over—Jodi
McLain, 213, 213.
***
Sunday Night Mixed
Team ........................... W
L
Dearborn Roofing ..........61
35
Mikels Inc. ..........................59
37
Becker Roofing ................55 ½
40 ½
Ten Pin Solution ..............53 ½
42 ½
Ray’s Long Branch ..........41
55
4 Amigos............................40
56
Shively Repair ..................40
56
CMP .....................................33
63
Men’s high individual game, Brad Prado,
265; men’s high individual series, Brad
Prado, 694; women’s high individual
game, April Kerby, 204; women’s high
individual series, Amber Simpson, 558;
high team game, Ray’s Long Branch,
982; high team series, Ray’s Long Branch,
2923.
Men’s games, 200 and over—Brad Prado,
265, 216, 213; Ben Matheney, 257, 216;
Leon Brewer, 246, 236, 209; Scott Shively,
234, 226; Steve Shively, 234; Gabe
Bartlett, 234; Eric Kerby, 223, 216, 212;
Adam Newton, 218, 210; Jeff Sines, 212;
Kevin Garrett, 212; Brian Robison, 212;
Jim Garrett, 211; Jared Moss, 209.
Women’s games, 175 and over—April
Kerby, 204; Amber Simpson, 195, 193;
Wendi Garrett, 180; Sherry Sines, 179.
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Davis County got off to a slow
start in this game. However, as
the game wore on, Davis County
kept getting stronger and stronger. Graves and the Mustangs
also made some adjustments to
their game plan throughout the
game, which helped put some
distance between the Mustangs
and Fort Madison on the scoreboard.
Davis County trailed 6-2 early
in the game. Behind the scoring
of Kyle Graves, Aaron Halls and
Josh Martsching, the Mustangs
overcame that deficit quickly.
Six points by Kyle Graves in less
than two minutes helped boost
the team to a 12-8 lead.
Baskets by Mylo Wells and
Josey Garmon pushed the lead
to seven points early in the
second quarter. Offensive rebounds helped Davis County
score. The Mustangs established
an inside game despite Fort
Madison having some size down
low. Aggressiveness and an ability to attack the basket led to
a lot of rebounds and second
chance points.
By halftime, Davis County still
just had a 26-23 lead.
Halls and Kyle Graves established themselves offensively.
The two seniors took the game
on their shoulders, carrying the
load for the Mustangs in the
second half. The two of them
accounted for half of the team’s
points scored in the third quarter.
Halls became a dominant
force in the fourth quarter, pulling down rebounds and scoring
easy lay-ups in transition and
from teammates in the halfcourt set.
Davis County jumped out to
a 49-33 lead early in the fourth
quarter and never looked back.
The Mustangs pushed the lead
to 19 points behind Halls’ lead.
Defensively, Davis County did
its job holding Fort Madison
to just one shot attempt on
many possessions throughout the night. Davis County
created several fort Madison
turnovers as well. Between the
two, Davis County gained many
more offensive possessions and
chances to score as the game
wore on.
In the end, Halls led all scorers with 21 points. Kyle Graves
added 12.
“I’m very happy with the way
we are playing right now. We
are getting strong play from
the entire team. Our level of
concentration is also high. The
kids are reaping the benefits of
that,” said Coach Jeff Graves.
Score by quarters
Davis County ....................16 26 44 66
Fort Madison ....................13 23 33 47
Scoring—Halls, 21; Graves, 12; Austin
Roberts, 8; Martsching, 7; Wells, 5; Calvin
Mathews, 4; Josey Garmon, 4; and Jered
Kuberski, 3.
Rebounds—Halls, 7; Graves, 6; Mathews,
5; Garmon, 3; Kuberski, 3; and Roberts, 3.
Assists—Martsching, 5; Kuberski, 2; and
Snyder, 2.
Steals—Roberts, 3; Kuberski, 3; Garmon, 2;
and Martsching, 2.
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Athlete of the week
Kaitlin Fipps
Senior basketball player Kaitlin
Fipps has been named this week’s
athlete of the week. Fipps has been
one of Coach David Mason’s top
players on the Lady Mustang team
all season.
Fipps led the team with 11 points
and two steals in a 45-44 loss to
Fort Madison last week. Fipps led the
Lady Mustangs with 12 points in a
loss to Chariton last Friday night.
Congratulations to Kaitlin Fipps for being named
this week’s athlete of the week. Fipps is the daughter of Jon and Sharry Fipps of Drakesville.
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Sports
14
Mustang boys stay
on top of SCC with win
Chariton falls to DC, 65-52; Centerville also wins
By SCOTT SPURGEON
Editor
The Mustang Basketball team
continues to keep pace in the
South Central Conference in
its quest to win another South
Central Conference title. Davis
County and Centerville remained tied atop the conference
standings with one loss apiece
after last Friday night’s action.
Davis County handed
Chariton a 65-52 loss while
Centerville beat EddyvilleBlakesburg 86-52.
Davis County’s win came with
some topnotch play on both
ends of the court. Offensively,
Davis County was led by Aaron
Halls who scored 17 points.
Josh Martsching added 13, and
Calvin Mathews added 11. Once
again, the Mustangs had scoring
from 10 different players, which
allowed the team some flexibility in substitutions to keep from
getting winded.
Defensively, Davis County
also played well, holding a
good-shooting Chariton team
to just 52 points. Chariton has
several who can shoot the ball
from long range. Davis County
was able to overcome that, holding the Chargers to just 16 field
goals inside the three-point arc
and five from behind the line.
“I thought we played very
well on both ends of the floor.
When they went to man-to-man
defense, we were able to execute very well,” said Coach Jeff
Graves of his Mustangs. “Once
again, we were able to identify
some areas where we thought
we could exploit them on offense and defense. The boys
did a great job carrying out our
plans.”
One of the best things about
Graves’ team this year is their
unselfish play. The boys work
the ball on offense to find the
open shot. With 10 players
scoring, any one of them can
put the ball in the hole and can
be counted on when they are
on the court to produce offensively.
Aaron Halls sparked the team
early. Halls pulled down some
important offensive rebounds
early and scored midway
through the first quarter. He led
Davis County on a run that put
the Mustangs up 14-9 late in the
quarter. Chariton hit a threepointer with 22 seconds left,
cutting Davis County’s lead to
14-12 at the quarter break.
Chariton provided some
tough competition in the early
going. They tied the score at
16-16 and later took a 19-18
lead with 5:32 left in the half.
Halls and Calvin Mathews used
their dominance inside to get
rebounds and score easy bas-
kets late in the half. Between
the two, they led Davis County
on a 10-point run, helping Davis
County to a 28-25 lead at the
half.
Third quarter play has
typically been strong for the
Mustangs this season. Ironically,
Graves and the Mustangs use
the halftime break to talk strategy and set up their game plan
for the second half. Not once
this season have the Mustangs
had extra time to take warm-up
shots before the third quarter
starts.
One might think the team
could struggle without those
half-time warm-up shots. Davis
County has proven time and
time again those shots aren’t
necessary. They come out
strong in the third quarter
SEE BOYS BEAT CHARITON, PAGE 13
Kaitlin Fipps drives in for this shot against Fort Madison in nonconference action last week. The shot came in the fourth quarter and was the one that put Davis County up 44-43 in the final
minute of action. Fort Madison scored with less than 25 seconds
left, stealing a 45-44 win away from the Lady Mustangs.
Lady Mustangs lose
to Ft. Madison by one
Logan Boas has his opponent Jacob Bair all wrapped up on this move in the 152-pound match last week. Boas pinned Bair shortly after
this shot was taken, earning six points for the Mustangs. Boas has been a huge contributor for the Mustangs this season. He wrestles
mostly at the 152-pound weight class and has been one of Coach Jim Nelson’s top performers.
Davis County avenges Keokuk loss; beats Clarke
avenged a three-point loss to
Keokuk earlier this season with
a 43-36 win over the Chiefs
on Jan. 27. Davis County took
advantage of three forfeits and
had a run of seven straight wins
in the middleweights to get that
victory over Keokuk.
Davis County also faced
Clarke on the same night. Davis
County beat Clarke 57-18, giving up only three pins to the
Indians.
The meet with Keokuk didn’t
look good for the Mustangs
during the early matches. The
meet began with the 171-pound
match. It also began a string
of four straight pins for the
Chiefs.
In the 171-pound weight
class, Davis County’s Dustin
Miller faced Dalton Jenson and
was pinned in 5:09, Jensen
dominated the match, scoring
six different takedowns and getting a reversal over Miller in the
final period. Jensen led 12-5 at
the time he recorded the pin.
At 189-pounds, Willy Bremer
was pinned by Gabe Martin.
Martin took Bremer to the mat
early, scored two separate near
falls and pinned him in 1:28.
Davis County’s Zach Hale was
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pinned by Michael Bartels in 40
seconds. Colton Boas lasted just
1:06 with Keokuk’s Alex Goss
before being pinned.
Davis County’s first points
came at 103 pounds. Marvin
Lipp received a forfeit. After
Keokuk scored pins over Davis
County’s Kody Smith and Cody
Glosser, Davis County went on
its seven-match run to win the
meet.
When Dillon Newton stepped
on the mat, Davis County trailed
36-6. Newton pinned Justin
Flockhart in 3:12. Newton used
a take down and a two-point
near fall to gain the lead in the
opening period. He added a reversal and led 7-0 before getting
the pin.
Dakota Schutter scored a 6-2
win at 130 pounds. Schutter
faced Shea Hawkins in that
match. Schutter took Hawkins
to the mat early in the first period and was able to maintain
control throughout the first two
minutes. Schutter started the
second period with a takedown
and let Hawkins go, which made
the score 4-1. Schutter added
another takedown for a 6-1 lead
after four minutes of wrestling.
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The Lady Mustang basketball team let a lead slip away
last week in a 45-44 loss to
Fort Madison on Jan. 25.
Davis County held the lead
for more than three quarters
of this game. It wasn’t until
Fort Madison rallied midway
through the fourth quarter
that Davis County seemed to
be in danger of losing this
game. Even so, Davis County
still had chances at the end to
pull out the victory.
Davis County held a 34-32
lead going into the fourth
quarter. Fort Madison embarked on a 10-0 run, taking
control of the game. That
forced Davis County into a
full court press in the final
minutes in hopes of having
a chance to get back into the
game.
Kaylee Scholten and Kaitlin
Fipps each hit shots with a
little more than three minutes
left. Those baskets helped
bring Davis County back to a
42-38 deficit.
Defensively, Davis County’s
full court pressure and rebounding skills helped keep
Fort Madison from scoring.
Lauren Dewes and Fipps both
hit shots in the final two minutes, putting Davis County in
a position to win. Dewes’ shot
pulled Davis County to within
a 43-40 deficit. Fipps added a
basket with 56 seconds left,
cutting the lead to one point.
After getting a defensive stop,
Davis County came to the
other end of the court. Fipps
hit another shot, giving Davis
County a 44-43 lead.
On Fort Madison’s next possession, Davis County did
its job defensively. The girls
packed the lane, forcing Fort
Madison to take a bad shot.
Davis County picked up the
rebound and headed back to
the other end of the court.
This is where things began to
go wrong for Davis County. On
an attempt to drive the lane
for a shot, Davis County was
whistled for a traveling call.
The turnover proved costly.
Fort Madison scored on its
next possession, giving them
the 45-44 lead. With less than
16 seconds left, Davis County
needed to come down, set up
a play and get a good shot. It
all worked out except the shot
didn’t fall. Time was running
out. Fort Madison picked up
the rebound and was headed
back to the other end of the
court. Davis County committed a foul and the referees
blew the whistle to make the
call. However, before they
could get play stopped, the
clock had expired. The officials chose to waive off that
final foul and end the game.
The loss was a heartbreaker
for Davis County who led
most of the game on the
scoreboard.
Led by Rylee Eakins, Taylor
Overstreet, Shelby Graves
and Kaylee Scholten, Davis
County took an early lead.
Defensively, Davis County held
Fort Madison scoreless for the
final four minutes of the first
quarter as they jumped out to
a 12-8 advantage.
Davis County built an 1810 lead midway through the
second quarter but couldn’t
extend it any further. Davis
County settled for a 25-22
lead at the half.
SEE GIRLS LOSE BY ONE, PAGE 13
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