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R oger Caras, who was known as the host of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show among other things, gave much of his life for the betterment of animals. He was quoted as saying,

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” Ask most any of the dog owners seen populating the Friends of the Canine Corral dog park, and you will likely hear similar comments. Thousands of Boone residents and visitors take advantage of the amenities of McHose Park each year. Now their furry friends can, too, as the Canine Corral has its home in a designated and fenced-in area of the park, thanks in large part to the efforts of Bill and Donna Greenley and a herd of volunteers. But like most people who set out to accomplish tasks like this, their efforts are not

complete. They will continue with additional phases, which we share in this month’s cover story along with details on how you can help, too. Whether you are a dog owner or not, you can’t help but appreci-ate the dedication that went into creating this park and how a growing number of people are using it to connect with their pets and with nature in ways respectful to all involved. Now that’s something to bark about. Thanks for reading.

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I t’s not a coincidence that anyone who could write so elo-quently about a couple of boys named Tom and Huck — and a big river — would also have to be a “dog person.”

Mark Twain was one of those individuals who enjoyed the companionship of four-legged, furry friends that give so much and ask so little. “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s,” Twain once penned. After all, who on Earth knows more about uncondi-tional love than a dog? Creating a little slice of heaven on earth for their best friends is the goal of the Friends of the Canine Corral at McHose Park. One look at the dogs and it’s easy to see that it’s a wish come true. In today’s sedentary society, where even play is “orga-nized,” a visit to the canine corral quickly reminds anyone of what simple, old fashioned fun is really all about. With their tails wagging and grins on their furry faces, the dogs here run and jump and play in freedom. It’s a leash-free world in the corral, and a place where both man and dog can make a few new friends. “The fact that we can just let the dogs run and play — and get to meet a whole bunch of other people who love their dogs as much as we do — has been just great,” says Nick Sawyer. Sawyer, a Boone native, brings his dog Emma to the park whenever he can. “She enjoys meeting new people,” Sawyer says of Emma. And the benefits of time to run in freedom continue

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Above: Bill and Donna Greenley and their dog Dottie May enjoy an afternoon at the park.

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when Emma and her master return home for the day. “She gets worn out and will actually sleep instead of bouncing off the walls,” he explains. Helping to spearhead the Canine Corral are Bill and Donna Greenley, who say they have been “dog people” their entire lives. When they moved to Boone from Ottumwa a year ago, they knew right away that they wanted to help start a dog park. “We had been on the committee to get the dog park in Ottumwa when we lived there, and we wanted to do that when we moved here. We wanted to show people how much fun it is,” says Donna. Canine Corral volunteers quickly teamed up with the city of Boone and found a strip of about 2.5 acres in McHose Park to dedicate to the dog park. The first fence went up this spring, and dogs now share a large portion of that area to run and jump and play in freedom. “The city of Boone and the Parks Department have been absolutely fabu-lous to work with,” says Donna. “They’re just wonderful… very patient in listening

to us and very good about giving their sug-gestions.” The Greenleys see benefits citywide in giving dogs a place to burn off excess energy. “Dogs that live in small spaces need to run and play, and they get to do that here, so they are happier dogs. They just become better neighbors,” Donna explains. To which Bill adds, “They are better socially with dogs and people.” And, as for people, spending time with dogs and watching them play and run just may be the cheapest way to have fun and brighten any day. While the area already looks com-plete, Friends of the Canine Corral have more plans in store. Currently, all dogs share the one space. The next phase will include another fenced-in area so small dogs will have their own area separate from large breeds. The first fencing project was budgeted at about $13,000, and another $5,000 is being sought to finish the fencing area for small dogs. Contributions can be made online at the Canine Corral Facebook page or sent in care of the city of Boone


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Parks Foundation. Future plans also include purchasing play equipment for dogs, but for now, the dogs are having a grand time with a park of their own. Agility equipment will also include teeter-tot-ters, jumps and hoops — all of which are sure to bring laughter to humans and much-needed exercise for home-bound dogs. Humans also tend to get plenty of exercise keeping up with their canine friends here. The city’s continued responsibility for the dog park is similar to what it had when it was just another slice of McHose Park, Canine Corral organizers point out. The city continues to mow, as it did before, and provide basic garbage pickup. Recycled grocery bags are used to collect droppings and thereby keep costs down. While other dog parks charge a fee, admis-sion is free to the public. Membership in Friends of Canine Corral is $25 per year and will be used for ongoing maintenance and improvements. The city provides insurance coverage, simi-lar to the way it covers other special use areas such as the swimming pool and skateboard park. Rules for use of the park are mostly com-mon sense. No aggressive dogs are allowed, and dogs in heat should stay away until the coast is clear in that department. Dog handlers must be at least 16 years of age and bring no more than three dogs per handler. “People food” — or as dogs call it, “the good stuff” — is not allowed, but dog treats for training purposes are welcome. Most important, dogs must be up to date on rabies vaccinations, and owners must be able to show proof. Prior to the park opening in Boone, Laura Mallas says she used to take her dog, Brody, to the dog park in Ames for off-leash adventures. Now they enjoy the same freedom without making that extra trip out of town. “We come here three or four times a week now,” she says. “He loves to be off-leash and to be able to run and play with other dogs.” Mallas says it’s a great time for both her and Brody to get a workout. “I walk around while he runs, and it tires him out,” she says. Once back home, Brody is a happier, more well-behaved dog for having had the chance to run and roam at will. As for the Greenleys, they are happy to help give every dog a better quality of life, whether it be by working to bring a dog park to the community or rescuing a dog in need. The couple adopted their current dog after finding her abandoned on a busy stretch of

highway. “We found her running down the center line of a four-lane highway; right behind us a semi blew her off into the ditch,” Bill recalls. The couple saved the frightened dog from the highway and advertised extensively in an effort to find her owner, but when no one came to claim her they named her Dottie May and happily made her a part of their own family. “Someone had done some work with her because she was totally house-trained. She’s great for older people because she’s so quiet and so good,” Donna says. Dottie May is a speckled hound and may have some English Pointer in her, but mostly she’s just adorable. Perhaps one of the most important fea-tures of any dog park is the camaraderie it builds among dogs and people. Dogs — being social animals — love the chance to play with other dogs. And, as for people, they also love the chance to meet and mingle with other folks who “get it,” who understand the love and joy that a dog brings into a home. Kristen Stevens enjoys coming with her daughters, Ava and Kara. They bring Baxter, the family’s German Shepherd/Boxer mix, to run and play with other dogs.

“I enjoy that Baxter gets to play with other dogs and I get to meet other people — and we have something in common,” says Kristen. “I like to talk dogs with other people.” While Kristen didn’t grow up with a dog of her own, she’s glad that her own children have that experience. “I didn’t have a dog until I had kids, but I think dogs make great companions and really give unconditional love. It gives kids a sense of responsibility to take care of something,” she notes. For their part, Ava, 8, and Kara, 17, can’t imagine life without all three of the family’s dogs and are already making memories bringing them to the dog park. “I think it’s a fun place to go with my family and my dogs,” says Kara. “I like how it’s so big, and you can run around, and it’s really fun,” adds Ava. “It makes Baxter happy.” And good dog owners definitely know when their dogs are happy. You can see it in their tail every time. Note to Mr. Twain: Perhaps man could visit, just one day in dog heaven, if man would be as kind, and gentle and loyal to each other as dog is to man.



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environment

Information provided by Boone County Landfill staff.

T he Boone County Landfill has partnered with Metro Waste Authority in Des

Moines to provide an extensive program for hazardous waste. Metro Waste Authority operates a Regional Collection Center (RCC) in Bondurant. There are three different options available to residents seek-ing to properly dispose of the household hazardous waste (oil- and lead-based paints, oils, pesti-cides and solvents). They include: These are mobile collection events held twice per year in Boone County. Residents can bring paints (no latex), pesticides, solvents and cleaners free-of charge to these events. Events are usually held in June in Boone and the first Saturday in October in Madrid. The Boone County Landfill operates a satellite collection center for household hazardous waste. This program accepts the same items as the clean-up crew events but is available to residents who cannot wait for a clean-up crew event. This program is operated on an appointment-only basis.

The RCC in Bondurant is also open to the public to drop off household hazardous waste. In addition, the RCC operates the Swap Shop which offers usable items. For more information please call the RCC at 1.888.603.CREW (2739). pact fluorescents bulbs? The satellite facility and the RCC will accept compact fluorescent and regular fluorescent light bulbs as

part of the household hazardous waste program. paint? Latex paint and other latex products are not household haz-ardous materials. You can dispose of them in your regular trash after drying them properly. Open the can with leftover paint in a well-ventilated area. Place cat box filler in the paint, stir occasionally with paint stick and dispose of the dried-up paint with your regular garbage. paint cans? Empty paint cans are not hazardous. Leave the lids off and place the empty cans beside your garbage bags/cans for dis-posal.

The waste collected through the above programs is either reused, recycled or disposed of at out-of-state facilities specifically designed to handle hazardous waste. Sharps are needles, syringes, with attached needles and disposable lancets used by medical patients to treat conditions such as diabetes, allergies, cancer, etc. Farmers also use needles or syringes to inject livestock. sharps? You may dispose of sharps at the Boone County Landfill’s satellite household haz-ardous waste collection facility in a specifically designed sharps disposal container. The facility will accept sharps containers dur-ing the landfill’s normal operating hours (except Saturdays). Call the landfill if you need further infor-mation 515-433-0591.

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Household hazardous wasteBy Boone County Landfill staff


I t’s funny how we often end up being the last thing we ever planned on becoming.

Laura Beaver certainly didn’t plan on being a teacher — both of her parents are educators — and she certainly didn’t plan on becom-ing a family and consumer teacher — just like her mom. But then, perhaps that might be a pretty good way to spend one’s life after all. “I really enjoyed taking her classes. I enjoyed going to practi-cums and interacting with stu-dents,” Beaver recalls. Today, as the new Family and Consumer Science (FCS) teacher at Boone High School, Beaver appreciates the difference teachers make in the lives of young people and particularly values the skills taught in FCS classes. “I love seeing the joy after they have made something that they are proud of,” she says. A Clarinda native, Beaver earned her bachelor of science degree in family and consumer science education from Iowa State University in December 2012 and landed her first job almost imme-diately. “I was a long-term sub at IKM-Manning for the Family and Consumer Science teacher,” she explains. And, as almost any teacher will agree, substitute teaching is one of the toughest jobs in education. Still, Beaver loved every minute of

the experience. Even her student teaching assignments were unique in that her FCS students at Hampton-Dumont operated their own café. Now with her own FCS class-room at Boone High School, Beaver would like to expand opportunities for students here. As a student herself she was active in an organization known as Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). (Baby Boomers, we remember it as Future Homemakers of America.) “I really loved being involved in FCCLA, and I’m in the process of starting one here in Boone. It gives you a lot of leadership opportuni-ties, and I think there was an FHA in Boone at some point,” she says. Beaver teaches beginning foods, creative foods, and parenting as electives to students in grades 9 through 12. She hopes students will come away from her classes with skills to last a lifetime.

health Q&A

Q: Why are multiple visits needed at the chiropractor?

This is a common question in the chiropractic world. The answer can be very simple: The problem has been there for a long time, so it’s not going to go away quickly. Unfortunately, most patients wait to see a chiropractor until they are in pain. The great majority of the time, the underlying source of that pain has been present for years or even decades before symptoms show up. In fact, your body has been in that subluxated state for so long that it has adapted to it. Your body thinks it’s “normal.” Therefore, it is going to take some work to reset or retrain your spine because your body will naturally try to revert to its “normal” position. Chiropractic adjustments are a physical medicine. We are working to make a physical change to your spine and body to promote healing. Just like all other physical treatments and changes, they take time and repeti-tion. Wouldn’t it be great if you could lift weights one time and enjoy big, strong muscles for the rest of your life? The fact is, it doesn’t work that way. Each adjustment, like each weight-lifting session, builds on the effectiveness of the one before. The visits we recommend are no more, and no less, than necessary to make those changes. Ultimately it is up to you to decide what you want out of your care. Stop by the office to see how chiropractic can help you and your family.

Information provided by Dr. Chris Tigges of Boone Family Chiropractic, 1320 S. Marshall St., 432-9525.

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Following in her mother’s footsteps

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Meet Laura Beaver

What do you like best about Miss Beaver?

Maddie Sturtz:“She can relate to us and knows our issues.”

Josh Bouk:“She’s very clear on deadlines and gives good notes.”

Tessah Warrick:“She’s nice and always clear on what we’re supposed to do.”

Anadia Daniels:“She’s pretty cool but stays on a serious level.”


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W e were walking away from an estate sale, carrying our newly-

found treasures, on a hot Sunday afternoon in Boone when family members began stopping us to talk as they saw a few of their mother’s belongings being carried away. It was the little train case that caught their eye, just as it had caught mine. “That little case has been all over the country,” one of them told me, recalling days that, while long ago, sometimes seem like yesterday. The train case, marked “ABC Luggage Milwaukee” perfectly matched two varying pieces of luggage that I had long ago car-ried away from my own parents’ home. I like the way they look stacked in a corner, as if I’m always ready to head out on an adventure. And they’re great places to store tiny things I don’t want to lose, like old Valentine’s Day cards and my favorite “what-nots.” Perhaps there’s no better pic-ture in to how we truly live than estate sales and garage sales. Chris Rose and Kris Malone are neighbors who take turns help-ing each other with garage sales at their homes.

“It makes it more enjoyable together,” they say in near unison. By sharing the work, they also expand their inventory and attract more shoppers. It’s also a chance to visit with each other and the folks who stop by to browse. “You never know what you want until you see it,” says Rose. “I usually look for things that are unique, nothing seasonal, but something that’s modern and unique,” adds Malone. From experience, they say that the men’s stuff always disappears first at most garage sales. “Put it out front and anything for men will be snapped up early,” they recommend. Fortunately for this writer, a lot of good “girly stuff” was still left later in the afternoon. I found a collection of milk glass that tempt-ed me, but I couldn’t bring myself to purchase the whole lot. Perhaps it’s not where we live, but the things that surround us — things with history, character — that tell the stories that make up a lifetime. As for that little train case, knowing it was well-traveled, well remembered, by one family, gives it a richer history — a better story — as I fill it with “treasures” of my own.

S ummer is over, and you’ll want to be sure to put these popular titles on your read-

ing list. Let Ericson Public Library help you find the hottest reads for this month. If you liked Sue Grafton’s nov-els A-V, you’ll love “W is for Wasted.” “Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue.” The first was a local PI of sus-pect reputation. He’d been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He’d been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone’s name and num-ber was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him. Two seemingly unrelated deaths: one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some strange linkages begin to emerge. And before long, at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the under-pinnings are full of betrayals, mis-understandings and outright mur-derous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised.

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The summer of 1993 was a memorable time for many Boone County residents. Everyone spent a considerable amount of time during the first week of July either dealing with their own flooding situation or assisting friends, family, and neighbors struggling to redirect water from their homes and businesses. Dan and Maribeth Niday were no exception. As the co-owner and manager of the Coast to Coast Hardware store in Boone, Dan, and his wife, Maribeth, answered phone calls through the night and made hardware store supplies available to community members struggling against rising floodwaters.

A few short days after the 1993 flood waters receded, Dan and Maribeth Niday had another memorable day in their lives. They signed papers giving them sole ownership of Coast to Coast Hardware in downtown Boone, Iowa. Dan and Maribeth had moved to Boone in 1988 and soon after realized this is where they would choose to stay and raise a family.

Before long, Dan realized that the downtown location of the hardware store was no longer large enough to meet the needs of his customers. Realizing the importance of a downtown business area to maintaining

a strong community, Dan found a site just east of Story Street and in 1996 Dan and Maribeth purchased property and built a new larger hardware store at their current site, 1018 8th Street.

One early spring day in 1997, with the assistance of about fifty Boone residents, Dan and Maribeth managed an incredible feat. They moved their entire inventory from the old Story Street location to the 8th Street building on a Sunday, allowing the store to be closed to customers for only one day. The new location opened in March of 1997.

From that memorable moving day in 1997 until today, customers continue to show their support for what is now Boone Hardware. And, Dan and Maribeth continually strive to change along with the needs of the community through increasing services, interior rearrangements, and the recent exterior facelift.

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Example By Nov. 1, 2013, I will be going to my gym three times a week and lifting weights for 45 minutes. At the beginning of the first week I will assess how often I am coming to the gym. By the end of week one I will lift weights two times a week for 30 minutes. By the end of week two I will be lifting weights two times a week for 45 minutes. By the end of week three I will be lifting weights three times a week for 30 minutes. By the end of week four and five I will be lifting weights three times a week for 45 minutes. Get stronger, be firmer, less jiggle in my arms, feel better about myself.

Don’t have time. What I need to be success

Schedule a set time of day. Go to the gym rather than watch TV. Don’t have the energy. What I need to be success

Remember the feeling of energy I have when I am done working out. Being sore. What I need to be success

I feel better when I am done. Remember, a little sore is OK. Meet with a fitness professional or wellness coach; he or she will help motivate you and keep you accountable with your choices for your new healthy lifestyle.

B efore you dive in to your exercise program, take a moment to think about some

of the barriers that may prevent you from establishing exercise as a regular habit in your life — and then develop some strategies to address these barriers. Think of this process as an insurance policy against any-thing that may hinder your fitness commitment. Barriers come in two forms: Internal Barriers: These are perceptions you have about yourself and exercise, such as: I just don’t have time to exercise. Exercise is not fun for me. Exercise is too difficult for me. I don’t have the discipline to stick with it. Externa l Barr iers :

Environmental pressures, such as: My family obligations prohibit me from exercising. My work schedule/location prevents me from exercis-ing. Bad weather makes it difficult for me to exercise. My other com-mitments make it difficult for me to find time to exercise. I am not sup-ported at home/work in my efforts to exercise. I have television shows that I really like to watch.

Make SMART goalsSpecific: Detailed, easy to measure Measurable: Numbers, how often, how much, how long. Action-based: Behaviors. Realistic: Something I can do given what is going on in my life. Time: By a certain date, in one

fitness By Makala R. Brinkley, senior program director, Boone County Family YMCA

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Friday, Sept. 27 Cityview’s Martinifest, sample

different types of martinis at differ-ent stops, $20, 5-9 p.m., West Glen Town Center.

Congregate Meals, call 515-432-8329 for reservation, 11 a.m., Boone Pioneer Center, 1112 Story St.

Community Country Jam, no admission fee, please make donation, 7-10 p.m., potluck 8:30 p.m., Boone Pioneer Center.

After Hours Band, funk, R&B, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Snus Hill Winery.

BHS 9/V Football at Ballard, 4:45/7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 28 BHS JV/V Girls Swimming at DM

Lincoln, 8:45/11:30 a.m. BHS 9 Volleyball at Johnston, 9 a.m. BHS V Volleyball Invitational, 9 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 First Presbyterian Church Family

Reunion, worship, lunch and activities, regrets only to Pam Nystrom at 515-432-7597 or [email protected], 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. McHose Shelter House.

Infuzion, classic rock, R&B, and alt. country, 2-5 p.m., Snus Hill Winery.

Monday, Sept. 30 No School - Sacred Heart Cards, 6 p.m., Boone Pioneer

Center, 1112 Story St BHS 8 Volleyball at ADM, 4:15 p.m.

BHS 7 Volleyball vs. ADM, 4:30 p.m. BHS JV Football vs. Ballard, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 Caregivers/Alzheimers Support

Group, call 432-2275 with questions, 6-7 p.m., Activity Room at Westhaven Community, 112 West Fourth St

Family Fun - Pumpkin Fun, 6:30- 7:15 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

BHS 7/8 Cross Country at Waukee, 4:45 p.m.

BHS 9/JV/V Volleyball at Ballard, 5:30/7:15 p.m.

BHS JV/V Girls Swimming at Grinnell, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 2 Early dismissal - Sacred Heart School Early dismissal - Boone Schools Flip Flop Storytime - Squares, 10

a.m., Ericson Public Library. Lego Club - Shadows, for children

through fifth grade, 1:45 - 3 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Thursday, Oct. 3 Boone Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m.,

Papa Murphy’s Parking Lot. Flip Flop Storytime - Squares, 10

a.m., Ericson Public Library. Letters About Literature, 4th- 6th

grades students, write a letter to an author about how his book changed your way of thinking about the word or yourself, 4 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

BHS 8 Volleyball at Ballard, 4:15 p.m. BHS 7/8 Cross Country at Perry,

4:30 p.m. BHS 7 Football at Carroll

Kuemper, 4:30 p.m. BHS 8 Football vs. Carroll

Kuemper, 4:30 p.m. BHS 7 Volleyball vs. Ballard,

4:30 p.m. BHS JV/V Cross Country at

Perry, 5 p.m. BHS 9 Volleyball Invitational, 5 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4 Swap Meet/Flea Market, noon -

5 p.m., for more information visit www.boonecountyfairia.com, Boone County Fairgrounds.

School Pictures - Sacred Heart Soul Searchers, 6:30-9:30 p.m.,

Snus Hill Winery. BHS 9/V Football at Iowa Falls-

Alden, 4:45/7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 Swap Meet/Flea Market, 8 a.m. -

5 p.m., for more information visit www.boonecountyfairia.com, Boone County Fairgrounds.

Pumpkin Express, $15/person, takes you to pumpkin patch, departs 10 a.m., Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad.

Branches Tree Series - Mighty Oaks, take a hike with Mike Havlik, 9-11 a.m., Iowa Arboretum.

BHS 9 Volleyball at Nevada, 8:30 a.m.

BHS V Volleyball at Newton, 8:30 a.m.

Crawford Hall Charity Gala, semi-formal, live auction, $75/pair, call 515-

230-8965 with questions, 5 p.m. cock-tails, 6 p.m. dinner, Snus Hill Winery., Madrid.

Sunday, Oct. 6Swap Meet/Flea Market, 8 a.m.

- 5 p.m., for more information visit www.boonecountyfairia.com, Boone County Fairgrounds.

Amy & Adams, Variety music, 2 - 5 p.m., Snus Hill Winery.

Monday, Oct. 7 City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., City

Hall. Policy & Administration Meeting,

6 p.m., City Hall. Afternoon Blast - Fingerprints,

K-5th graders, 3:45 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Babies Chatter Too, presented by Tanya Moffitt and Abby Clayton, ages 0 - preschool, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

5th-8th Grade Picture Retakes- Boone Schools

BHS 7/8 Cross Country at Webster City, 5 p.m.

BHS 9/JV Volleyball vs. ADM, 5 p.m. BHS JV Football vs. Iowa Falls-

Alden, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 Afternoon Blast, K-5th grad-

ers, ISU Extension office presents on DNA and your food, 3:45 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Pumpkin Express, $15/person, takes

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Boone School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

BHS 7/8 Cross Country at Ankeny, 4:15 p.m.

BHS 7 Football at DCG, 4:30 p.m. BHS 8 Football vs. DCG, 4:30 p.m. BHS 7 Volleyball at Norwalk,

4:30 p.m. BHS 8 Volleyball vs. Norwalk,

4:30 p.m. BHS JV/V Girls Swimming Meet,

6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 Early dismissal - Sacred Heart School Early dismissal - Boone Schools Pumpkin Express, $15/person, takes

you to pumpkin patch, departs 6 p.m., Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad.

Utility Committee Meeting, 4 p.m., City Hall.

Sacred Heart School Board Meeting, 7 p.m.


Papa Murphy’s Parking Lot. Storytime - Spiders, 10 a.m.,

Ericson Public Library. Letters About Literature, 4th- 6th

grade students, write a letter to an author about how his book changed your way of thinking about the word or yourself, 4 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

BHS JV/V Cross Country at Fort Dodge, 4:30 p.m.

BHS 8 Volleyball at Newton, 4:30 p.m.

BHS 7 Volleyball vs. Newton, 4:30 p.m.

BHS JV/V Girls Swimming at Newton, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11 Planet Passenger, variety music,

6:30-9:30 p.m., Snus Hill Winery. BHS 9/V Football vs. South Tama

County, Homecoming, 4:45/7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12 Pumpkin Express, $15/person,

takes you to pumpkin patch, departs 10 a.m., Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad.

Friends of the Library Book Sale, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Sacred Heart Papa & Princess Ball, $10, 7-9 p.m., School Gymnasium.

Branches Tree Series - Fall Colors, Mike Christiansen will teach how to get year round color in land-scapes, 9-11 a.m., Iowa Arboretum.

BHS V Volleyball at Mason City, 8:30 a.m.

BHS 9 Volleyball at Nevada, 9 a.m. Homecoming Dance, 8-11 p.m.,

BHS Gym.

Sunday, Oct. 13 Fat Tuesday, blues, classic rock,

2-5 p.m., Snus Hill Winery. BHS Orchestra Concert, 3 p.m.,

Auditorium.

Monday, Oct. 14 Columbus Day Babies Chatter Too, presented by

Tanya Moffitt and Abby Clayton, ages 0 - preschool, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Park Board Meeting, 7 p.m., Park Office.

Airport Commission Meeting, 7 p.m., Airport.

Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting, 5:15 p.m., City Hall.

BHS JV/V Cross Country at ADM, 4 p.m.

BHS 7/8 Cross Country at ADM, 4 p.m.

BHS JV Football at South Tama, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 15 BHS 7 Football at Ballard, 4:15 p.m. BHS 8 Football vs. Ballard, 4:30 p.m. BHS 9/JV/V Volleyball vs. Carlisle,

5:30/7:15 p.m. BHS JV/V Girls Swimming at

Perry, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 16 Early dismissal - Sacred Heart School Early dismissal - Boone Schools


Papa Murphy’s Parking Lot. KWBG Fall Auction Pumpkin Carving, RSVP at 515-

795-3216, 5-8 p.m., Iowa Arboretum. BHS 8 Volleyball vs. Carroll,

4:30 p.m. BHS 7 Volleyball at Carroll,

4:30 p.m. BHS 9/JV/V Volleyball at

Bondurant, 5/6:45 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 18 KWBG Fall Auction Trouble No More, blues, 6:30-

9:30 p.m., Snus Hill Winery. BHS 9/V Football vs. Grinnell,

4:45/7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19 Hullabaloo, wear your favorite

super hero, princess or creative cos-tume, family fun, noon - 3 p.m., Iowa Arboretum.

Ar “Boo” Scare, walk the “No Return Hidden Trail” and ride the “Hayride to the Valley of Darkness”, 7-10 p.m., Iowa Arboretum.

BHS JV/V Volleyball at Johnston, 8:30 a.m.

BHS JV/V Girls Swimming at Marshalltown, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20 Bill Martin Group, variety music,

2-5 p.m., Snus Hill Winery.

Monday, Oct. 21 City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., City

Hall. Policy & Administration Meeting.

6 p.m., City Hall. Babies Chatter Too, presented by

Tanya Moffitt and Abby Clayton, ages

0 - preschool, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ericson Public Library.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 5:15 p.m.

BHS JV Football at Grinnell, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 Sacred Heart Parent -Teacher

Conferences, 4-8 p.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences- Boone

Schools, K- 4th grade, 5-8:30 p.m. BHS 7 Football vs. Webster City,

4:30 p.m. BHS 8 Football at Webster City,

4:30 p.m. BHS 8 Volleyball vs. Webster

City, 4:30 p.m. BHS JV/V Girls Swimming vs.

Grinnell, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 23 Early Dismissal- Sacred Heart School Early Dismissal- Boone Schools

Thursday, Oct. 24 Early dismissal - Sacred Heart School Boone Area Humane Society Chili

& Soup Supper, 4:30-7 p.m. Sacred Heart Parent-Teacher

Conferences, 2-8 p.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences-

Boone Schools, K-12th grade, 2-4 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m.

Cross Country Regionals BHS 9/JV/V Volleyball vs. Perry,

5:30/7:15 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 25 No school - Sacred Heart No school - Boone Schools BHS 9/V Football at DCG,

4:45/7:30 p.m.

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Judy and Joe Russell with their 1924 Model T, one of two Model Ts they own.

Russells learn to hang on to a keeperBy Lori Berglund

1924 Model T

I f there is a lesson to be learned from the story you are about to read, it is this: When you

find a real “keeper,” make sure to keep ’er. The story begins in 1958 when a man named George Smith found an old wreck of a car in the back-waters of the Des Moines River. Fortunately, Smith looked beyond the surface and saw a piece of his-tory worth saving. “When it would flood, the water would come up to the axle on the car, but he drug it home,” explains Joe Russell. “He paid about $15 for it, and the neighbors laughed at him for paying that much.” Just imagine if those neigh-bors knew how much the restored 1914 Model T Ford has sold for in more recent years. Smith, who was the uncle of Russell’s wife, Judy, restored the Model T and drove it frequently around Boone. The couple inher-ited the car many years ago and to Judy, in particular, it meant a great deal to have that car. “It was a part of my childhood; it means the world to have it,” she explains. But when the couple first

acquired the car, they had a young and growing family, and the small Model T didn’t fit their needs, even for recreation. “We had two boys and the car had only one seat,” Russell recalls. As the family grew, Russell went looking for something with more room. “I sold that car and bought this one, and I don’t think my wife ever forgave me for selling it,” Joe says with a knowing regret. The car he bought is a 1924 Model T with two seats, a beauty in its own right. The couple still has the 1924 model, but with sell-er’s remorse that lingered during the years, they eventually decided that while owning one Model T is fun, owning two is even better. “About three years ago I asked the guy who had bought it if he’d be interested in selling it, so I bought it back again,” Russell explains. Don’t ask how much he paid for it this time around. Suffice to say this car, as George Smith knew in 1958, as Russell’s wife, Judy, always knew, is a real keeper, and is staying in the family a long time this time.

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Connie Kruck and Steve Kruck at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Jill Hansen and Deb Hansen at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Vanessa Walrop and Starlyn Walrop at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Cameron Palmer and Clayton Walrop at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

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finance By Lora Ahrens Olerich

Information provided by Lora Ahrens Olerich, Farm Bureau Financial Services, 515-433-2000.

F ifty percent of the US popu-lation accounts for just 2.7 percent of all health-care

expenditures, while 5 percent accounts for 49.5 percent of all health-care expenditures, accord-ing to Kaiser Family Foundation. The life expectancy at birth of an average American was 62.9 years in 1940, five years after Social Security was created. Life expectancy today is 78.7 years (source: Center for Disease Control). As a result of this increased life expectancy, it will take $293,000 to pay for post retirement health care that’s not paid by Medicare, according to Kaiser. Are you financially pre-pared for this? Are you financially prepared to raise your children? A child born in 2012 will cost a high-er-income family (those making at least $105,000 of before-tax income) $399,780 in 2012 dollars (i.e., a present value amount) and $501,250 in inflation adjusted dol-lars through age 17, and this does not including college (source: Department of Agriculture). How will this be paid if you were to die or become disabled today? Are you going to rely on your family business? Only 30 percent of family businesses sur-vive into the second generation, 12 percent into the third and only 3 percent to the fourth and beyond. Many times this is due to a lack of planning and a lack of

cash. You can provide the plan-ning. Life insurance can provide the cash. According to LIMRA Statistics from 2012, both men and women are less likely to own life insur-ance today than they were in 2004. Only 61 percent of men and 57 percent of women have some sort of life insurance cov-erage-half as many in 2004. The likelihood of husbands having any life insurance has declined across every income level. Women of all ages average smaller amounts of individual life coverage than men of similar ages. On average, women have $129,800 of indi-vidual life insurance, while men have $187,100 of individual life insurance coverage. September is Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM), and it is time to take per-sonal financial responsibility to determine if life insurance should be a part of your planning and how much is appropriate.

A crisis of underinsuranceBy Lora Ahrens Olerich, Farm Bureau Financial Services

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O n Oct. 12, four members of the Open Bible Church will board a plane from

Des Moines to San Diego, Calif., and travel across the Mexico bor-der into Tijuana to build a house for one deserving family. With the financial support from the Pratt-Fenton Charitable Trust, whose monetary donations have supplied past builds and the Puente de Amistad (Spanish for “bridge of friendship”) ministry, this will be the sixth house volunteers from the church have helped to construct. Usually, a group of 15 to 20 volunteers travel to this terri-tory to offer a hand. Since the October trip will be smaller in number, they will team up with recovering substance abusers from a local Tijuana rehab center. The concrete slab will already have been poured when these builders arrive. By Thursday the house will be complete, and the keys will be given to the family of Maria Ortiz. Ortiz fell ill with trichinosis. She lost fractions of her memory and suffered from convulsions. During this time, her husband was out of work and her two sons tried to contribute as much as they could to their ailing mother. Ortiz will have to take medicine for the rest of her life to maintain her health. But it’s not only the Ortizes who will benefit from the mission. The church will also serve the

community. “We go out into the slums of the city, where the poorest of the poor are and teach ministry,” says team leader Ed Hall. Downtown is where many homeless drug addicts and alcoholics reside, and the group will have prayer time with them, he added.

Another segment of the trip is reserved to serving 200 hot dogs to the locals and going around from house to house offering pounds of dry rice and beans. Hall recalled one year when they knocked on the door of a home that housed 13 family members from three generations. “It is a tremendous joy to give something to people like that,” says Hall, who commented that the woman who answered the door was absolutely “struck with joy” at the sight of the food. Home number seven is sched-uled for June 2014. “Everybody who goes on our trip can make a contribution,” says Hall. “Everybody participates. Nobody watches.”

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A group of volunteers from Open Bible hoist up walls on their missions trip this past June.

Church aids the “poorest of the poor”By Caitlyn Ryan

Trip to Tijuana


Charles Irwin was honored as Citizen of the Year on Sept. 5 during Pufferbilly Days. From left: Joyce Irwin, Gretta Irwin, Charles Irwin, Steve Irwin, Jordon Irwin and Taylor Irwin.

Kevin Warren and Angel Warren at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Dani Ellsworth, Ben Hoskins and Zoey at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Sasha Walrop and Shyanne Palmer at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.



I n the past year, several down-town businesses and the police department have refurbished

their exteriors. These efforts are not the first efforts to give Boone’s prime busi-ness district “a fresher and newer appearance.” In 1946, the Chamber of Commerce introduced a plan to update downtown Boone’s “out-moded” public image. In July of 1945, the Chamber drafted a voters’ referendum to upgrade store fronts on both sides of the 700 and 800 blocks of Story Street. Boone architect Reuben S. Lantz completed the architectural drawings for the proposed reno-vations by January of 1946. His plans urged the “transformation of the facades” of old buildings “from street to roof,” which would create a homogeneous look throughout the downtown. In issuing its proposal to down-town merchants, the Chamber sug-gested three possible renovation paths. One proposed to use exist-ing building façades but to remove all ornamentation from the exte-riors and install modern windows. Building surfaces were to be filled in, creating bases over which new veneers could be placed. Another route suggested removing old façades and replacing them with new, up-to-date surfaces. A third plan advocated the use of all-steel frame construction with attached metal insulated glass or glass blocks applied to existing façades. “The project should be

approached in a cooperative spirit on the part of the building own-ers, the store operators and the community as a whole” and “bring “pride of ownership and satisfaction in serving the community to own-ers,” the Chamber stated. In the long run, owners would have their investments “returned to them,” the Chamber asserted. The renovation story appeared in several publications, includ-ing the Mid-West Contractor, Building Supply News, The Central Contractor and American Builder. Each published photographs, draw-ings and descriptions of the Boone plan. On March 2, 1946, Business Week picked up the story noting that a major problem was cash. “The chamber of commerce fully realizes that the biggest hurdle it must overcome is the reluctance of building owners to spend the necessary cash, estimated at $3,000 to $8,000 for the average two-story building, depending on the type of modernization decided on.” Upgrades to downtown build-ings varied. A few, most observable in the building on the north east corner of Eighth and Story Streets, incorporated Lantz’s designs. Other changes were less dramatic. Much of the old Victorian ornamenta-tion which had graced downtown buildings since the 1880s when they were built was removed. There is also evidence that a number of old surfaces were covered by smooth-er, plainer façades that incorpo-rated new building materials.

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Chamber introduced plan for updated image

Rejuvenating Story Street in 1946

A drawing shows the block between Seventh and Eighth on Story Street under the streamlining proposal.


Brad Larson at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Dick Jordan, Ann Jordan and Lyle McGlynn at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Gary McCormick at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Angel Martin, Bradd Martin and Lillian Martin at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.



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Anthony Fugere and Allison Fugere at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Emma Price and Katie Price at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

Jay Hoch and Steve Ethell at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

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Vernon Halder and Loretta Brundige at Pufferbilly Days on Sept. 7.

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