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The Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa — Progress 2012 Section B — Feb. 10, 2012

A place to gather

, The Daily Freeman-Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

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STANHOPE — The newStanhope Community Cen-ter — located in the middleof town at the corner of Mainand Parker Streets, right be-side state highway 17 — isquickly becoming the centerof the community.

The list of functions heldthere, from Lions Club sup-pers to morning coffeegroups, vendor fairs to farmauctions, city council meet-ings to family reunions, con-tinues to grow now that thebuilding is seven months old.The 5,690 square-foot build-ing has been embraced bythe community so complete-ly that it’s almost as if thelovely new facility that hous-es the city office, the Stan-hope public library, and alarge community room witha kitchen has always beenpart of the town.

“This building is the bestthing that has happened heresince I’ve lived here,” saidRon McKenzie, Stanhopecity clerk for 28 years now.

“We’ve done other big proj-ects in town, but they are allinvisible infrastructure.”McKenzie’s office was for-merly on the upper level ofthe old community building,where nothing was on streetlevel. Now he’s located in abright, efficient corner officeon the front of the one-storybuilding with a view of the

town’s main street. “This is a nice layout with

good space, and most of allit’s accessible to everyone,”comments McKenzie, a keyplayer in assisting the libraryboard in reaching their goal.“This building stabilizes ourdowntown.”

Dee Weir, town librarian,agrees with McKenzie thatthe new community centergives the town something tobe proud of again. As is alltoo often the case in small ru-ral towns all over Iowa, mainstreet businesses and build-ings in Stanhope struggle tosurvive and thrive in ourchanging society.

“This is so important forour community because wedon’t have much else to do

here,” noted Weir of one roleof the new library as a wel-coming spot for local chil-dren. “Parents call here tosee if their kids are in the li-brary. I think it’s wonderfulthat parents can feel safe andknow where their childrenare.”

The library, which is aboutthree times larger than at itsformer location, has 10 com-puter terminals for publicuse, with four designated forchildren. There is comfort-able seating in front of thefireplace at one end of the li-brary, and several large ta-bles if needed for groups.One bright corner closest tothe circulation desk is set upfor young readers, completewith a puppet stage.

Both patronage and circu-lation at the library have in-creased measurably since thenew library opened in July.“I love it here,” Weir saidwith a contented smile.“This is awesome.”

Polly Hayes uses the termphenomenal when she de-scribes the new communitycenter in her hometown. Aspresident of the Stanhope Li-brary Foundation, she loggedcountless hours on the proj-ect since the facility was adistant, lofty goal with itsshare of naysayers. But thelibrary board of directorsmade up of five women andone man kept moving for-ward with plans andfundraisers.

Hayes said she spent innu-merable hours on a computersearching for grants, whichshe now says was “well

worth it.” While they werestill in the planning,fundraising stages and theboard got word they wouldreceive a $500,000 I-Jobsgrant, they knew this was areality. Funding also camefrom a $60,000 Roy J. Carv-er grant, $50,000 from theStanhope Lions Club, and$25,000 from an EnhanceHamilton County grant.

Perhaps what tells the sto-ry of the commitment fromthe Stanhope community,though, is the $100,000 thatcame from private donations.

Since many alumni of Stan-hope High School con-tributed to the building fund,it is fitting that the first eventheld in the community roomlast summer was the annualStanhope Alumni Banquet,attended by 249.

“Look at this,” Hayes said,looking around the libraryand community room. “It’sjust fantastic, because it’ssomething that the commu-nity needed. And it’sbrought the community to-gether.”

Busy laying out a quilt top

in the community room on arecent afternoon, Jackie Bak-er agreed. Baker, treasurerof the library foundation,was also closely involvedwith plans from the begin-ning.

“I haven’t heard anyonesay anything bad about thebuilding yet,” she said.“Everyone I’ve broughtthrough is impressed by it.”

Contact Billie Shelton at [email protected] or call832-4350.

A favorite place to gather

Table of ContentsA favorite place to gather (Stanhope Community Center)........................... Page 2

A safe, comfortable place to live (Windsor Manor).......................................Page 3

Changes for County Conservation (Hamilton County Conservation)...........Page 4

Quilting continues to be popular (Gingerbread House)..................................Page 6

Making the old new again (Scrap Processors)...............................................Page 6

On our cover, the bell outside the Stanhope Library holds a special place. Originally, it was located in the steeple of the

Grace United Methodist Church, which from 1889 to 1996 stood on the corner where the community center is now located.

“This building is the best thing

that has happened here since

I’ve lived here. We’ve done

other big projects in town,

but they are all

invisible infrastructure.”Ron McKenzie

City clerk, Stanhope

-Daily Freeman-Journal photos by

Billie Shelton

Above: The bright, spa-cious children’s corner atthe library invites young-sters to see what’s avail-able, as Kiersten Hetland,8, is doing here. She isassisted by AngelaSnider, 16. Left: This coffee groupgathers six mornings aweek in the new commu-nity room. Often up to 18women come from Stan-hope as well as severalneighboring communities.

Stanhope residents share excitement

for new community center, library

By TERESA WOOD

Daily Freeman-Journal

Correspondent

Addressing the needs ofIowa's aging population,Windsor Manor AssistedLiving Community openedits new addition, the memorycare unit The Gardens, onDec. 5.

The Windsor Manor As-sisted Living Community fa-cility opened three years ago.It offers 36 one or two bed-room apartments equippedwith a kitchen or kitchenette.Each individual apartmenthas a privatebath andservices in-clude threemeals serveddaily in thedining hall,laundry andhousekeep-ing, basicpersonal careand emer-gency response services.

On-site amenities includea beauty salon, library, thera-py whirlpool tub, massagetherapist, aviary and activityroom.

Kelly Dodge, RN HCC, isthe full-time health care co-ordinator and a nurse is onstaff 24 hours a day.

But, in some cases, as thepopulation continues to age,additional care is needed.The Gardens serves that needas a secure area for personswith dementia orAlzheimer's disease.

"Every 69 seconds, anoth-er person in the world is di-agnosed with Alzheimer'sdisease," said Ken Busby,Windsor Manor manager.

While Iowa ranks 15th inthe nation for life expectan-cy, with advanced age comesdiseases associated withthose additional years suchas dementia and Alzheimer's,said Busby.

“Obviously there is agrowing need in the commu-nity when Iowa is one of the

top states for longevity andhas a high percentage of eld-erly," said Busby. "Obvious-ly, it is one of the largestgrowing trends in assistedliving communities.”

Offering the same care andservices available at WindsorManor, The Gardens alsoprovides a locked secure liv-ing area, a separate diningroom, indoor and outdoorwalkways and a staff trainedin handling memory care pa-tients. A staff member isavailable in the kitchen areato assist residents 24 hours aday, seven days a week. Thestaff to resident ratio is cur-rently 3 to 10, said Busby.

"Our staff is good at work-ing with resident activitiesand they are trained at de-flecting and properly han-dling behaviors associatedwith dementia andAlzheimer's disease," hesaid.

Like the apartments atWindsor Manor, the livingquarters at The Gardens arevery purposed, said Busby.Space in the ten apartmentsis used specifically and sim-ply for the comfort and con-venience of the residents.They can bring in their ownfurniture and decorate theirapartment as they wish, hesaid.

"It is a nice, safe place forpeople with dementia togrow and do well," he said.

Busby, who managed acondominium and a seniorproperty in Chicago, hadworked in the Badger areafor 2 1/2 years before step-ping into the job as managerat Windsor Manor on Dec. 5,2011.

"Windsor Manor is allabout you," is his motto andsince taking the helm, he hasimplemented some new pro-grams.

Dare to Dream is designedto fulfill a resident's wish list,said Busby. The programwill schedule eight eventsper year.

"These events are de-signed to give residents anopportunity to do things theynever did or wished theycould still do," said Busby.Three of the events in theworks are a scheduled carshow for a motor enthusiast,a hot air balloon ride and atrip back home to Chicagofor one resident who wantsto see his old neighborhood,he said.

Beginning Feb. 23 from 11a.m. to noon, WindsorManor will also be offeringan Alzheimer's supportgroup, said Busby. Open tothe public, the group will befacilitated by Jodi Ricklefsof the Alzheimer's Associa-tion, Fort Dodge. The initialmeeting will include a pan-cake luncheon.

The support group willgive participants a chance toshare their experiences, hesaid. It will also offer coping

mechanisms with ideas andeffective strategies or tech-niques, he said.

"The support group willoffer a chance to be with oth-ers who are dealing with aloved one who has dementiaor Alzheimer's," said Busby."It gives them a chance totalk with others, play cardsor is an opportunity to justnot deal with the stress of thesituation.”

Contact Teresa Wood at [email protected] or call832-4350.

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Above: A deluxe cabin will be built at Briggs Woods Park this spring. It will besimilar to the one pictured. Lammers said that he hopes that it will be finished inmid-July, in time for upcoming events that are happening in the county.Below: The Conservation Board would like to add common cabins to HamiltonCounty parks — at Briggs Woods Park, Little Wall Lake and Bell’s Mill Park.

By CARRIE OLSONDaily Freeman-Journal

Staff WriterBig changes have come

to Hamilton County Con-servation from buildingprojects to event planning.

This spring, BriggsWoods Park will have anadditional cabin — a deluxeone, at that — being built atthe old campground loca-tion.

A deluxe cabin with a loftwill be able to hold 12 peo-ple.

"We are looking to startthis spring on the project,"Director Brian Lammerssaid. "Bidding for the septicsystem will begin in Febru-ary or March, with biddingfor construction being heldafter that."

He said that they antici-pate that the cabin will befinished by mid-July, de-pending on weather condi-tions. The addition of otherdeluxe and regular-sizedcabins will depend on if andwhen funding becomesavailable.

"We hope to build asmaller cabin at BriggsWoods right away," he said."And possibly a smallercabin at Little Wall Lake orBell's Mill Park."

Smaller cabins are meantto hold four to five people.He said that it doesn't seemthat the can get them builtfast enough.

"People are waiting forthem to be built," Lammerssaid. "We have many eventscoming up throughout thecounty that we hope to ac-commodate."

And at Little Wall Lake,staff is looking to have 25newly renovated campingsites open by MemorialDay.

The first 10 sites willhave full hook-up capabili-

ties, while the additional 15sites will have electrical andwater.

"Hopefully, we will bedone with all of the camp-ground renovation by theend of 2012," he added.

And progress continuestoward a learning center.The final findings of a feasi-bility report for the pro-posed outdoor learning cen-ter at Briggs Woods werepresented to the Conserva-tion Board in November.

Tom Flynn, of ThomasPoint Associates Inc., ofAnnapolis, Md., said thatBriggs Woods could be avery ideal location for thecenter.

"He said that BriggsWoods Park is a very goodasset to the community anda name stay," Lammerssaid. "There is not some-thing like this in the state ofIowa."

He said that the next stepis to get the learning centercommittee back togetherand continue discussions.

EventsAnother change for Con-

servation has been theamount of events it has puton in the past year.

"It has been exciting, butbusy," Lammers said. "Theinvolvement of putting onevents is huge. Without thepeople, the coordination, itcouldn't happen."

"But this hasn't happenedin a long time for Hamilton

County Conservation."This could be due to the

addition of staff memberKelly Haman, the specialevents coordinator for HCCand Briggs Woods GolfCourse.

Haman said that this yearshe has focused on aware-ness and cooperation be-tween Conservation and itssister towns.

"That has been a huge fo-cus for me. I think we havedone a good job at enlight-ening people as to not onlywhat Conservation does butwhat we are all about," shesaid. "I think we lost focusfor awhile, but we have re-ally been working hard toget things out to the public."

And while working onthat building process, thecalendar for the upcomingyear has continued to in-crease.

Listed are some of theevents scheduled.

• Sweetheart Supper —Feb. 14 at the Briggs WoodsClubhouse. Haman said itwill be a fine dining experi-ence. Call 832-9572 forreservations.

• Arts in the Park — start-ing in June at Briggs WoodsPark. Will feature localartists, talent. Haman saidshe hopes to bring people toBriggs Woods Park. "It willbe a fun familyafternoon/evening in thewoods," she said. "It willgive people something todo."

• Friday mornings at thebeach at the Briggs Woodsbeach. This is a tentativeevent that will focus on be-ing health-conscious.

• Boone Bash River Dash— June 23 at Briggs WoodsPark. Many of the dailyevents will be held at Brig-gs Woods, such as the Iowa

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Above: Pictured is the floor plan for the loft of thedeluxe cabin. One will be built this spring at BriggsWoods Park.Below: Pictured is the floor plan for the first floor ofthe deluxe cabin.

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Left: The Upper MidwestPowerboat Associationwill again be sponsoringa boat race on June 30 atLittle Wall Lake nearJewell. Lammers saidthat it will coincide withFourth of July celebrationactivities at the lake.Below: Pictured are ten-tatively where new cab-ins will be placed atHamilton County Conser-vation Parks. The firstdeluxe cabin will be builtthis spring at BriggsWoods. Lammers saidthat smaller cabins willbe built if funding is avail-able.

Games Adventure Race andever-popular cardboard re-gatta. Haman said that afew new twists will beadded to the day as well.

• Upper Midwest Power-boat Association Power-boat races — June 30 atLittle Wall Lake. Lammerssaid that this year's eventwill also be held in con-junction with LWL's Fourthof July celebration and fire-works.

• Adventure Race —Sept. 15 at Little Wall Lake.The race will consist of ca-noeing, running an bikingwith a few obstacles thrownin for fun.

• Briggs Beach Bash willbe held in August. Haman

said more details on theevent will be released in thenear future.

• Settler's Days — Sept.22 at Bell's Mill Park.Haman said that it is being

held in conjunction with thecity of Stratford. It willhighlight the history of thearea.

• Pumpkin Party — inOctober at Little Wall Lake.

Haman said that there is apossibility of holding asimilar event at BriggsWoods Park this year.

• Haunted Shed — in Oc-tober at Briggs Woods GolfCourse.

Haman has felt that thepast year has been exciting— as well this year.

"We are venturing intonew territory for Conserva-tion," she said. "We are try-ing and doing new things.It's not only about gettingthe staff excited, but thepublic as well. People havebeen responding incrediblywell."

Contact Carrie Olson [email protected] call 832-4350.

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“We are venturing into

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Conservation. We

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Special Events Coordinator

Hamilton County Conservation


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There was a buzz of activ-ity around the big table atthe Gingerbread House on arecent afternoon. A group ofquilters had gathered tolearn about paper piecing –a quilting method that al-lows for sharp, precisepoints and lines.

Classes like this alongwith quilting and sewingclubs are going on all thetime at the GingerbreadHouse, according to KarenJohnson, owner of the quiltand gift shop.

There is even an embroi-dery group that meets at theshop once a month.

“They bring whatever

they want to work on. It'skind of like an old sewingcircle. They get together andkind of support each other.

“We have a paper piecinggroup that's doing a doublewedding ring quilt, and an-other group is doing a bridalsampler with 140 different

blocks,” she said.Later this month, the store

will host one of its twiceyearly retreats that bring to-gether quilters of all agesand skill levels. The two-day event is an intensiveworks session with instruc-tors on hand to help partici-

pants along with their proj-ects. The quilters bring theirown supplies and sewingmachines and set up in themeeting room at the Hamil-ton County Extension of-fice, just next door to theshop.

One-stop-shop-hop is also

coming up March 17 be-tween 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.venture. During the event,Johnson said shopperswould find big sales on fatquarters, fabric, patterns andbooks.

“We also do demonstra-tions on the hour and give

the quilters lots of ideas,”she said. “We've got somereally fun things planned.There are some cute ideasfor doing things.”

In June, the GingerbreadHouse will take part in theAll Iowa Shop Hop. Morethan 60 quilt shops acrossthe state have signed onevent June 1 through 14.

“This is the first year thatwe are taking part in thatevent, so we're not surewhat to expect. Several oth-er states have tried this –Minnesota and Wisconsin,”she said.

For the Iowa event, theshops taking part will beopen Monday through Sun-day for the duration of thetwo-week shop hop. John-son said a special element isplanned by the participatingquilt shops.

“Every shop will give thequilters a two-inch blockpattern,” she said, addingthat those quilters who visitall the shops will haveenough blocks to make awhole quilt. Johnson saidsome shops will offer apacket of fabric for the quilt

Quilting continues to be popular pastime

See QUILTING, Page 10

- Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Anne Blankenship

Quilt classes and clubs gather regularly at the Gingerbread House. Above, a group of local quilters work onpaper piecing quilt blocks.

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Daily Freeman-JournalCorrespondent

Scrap Processors Inc. in WebsterCity, has been making the old newagain for over 60 years as recycling hasbeen at the core of the company's busi-ness since 1946.

After Texas native Myer "Mike" Sil-verstein married Marshalltown nativeRose Lebin in 1937, the couple settledin her hometown. Silverstein hadworked in his family's scrap metal busi-ness in the Lone Star State and he rec-ognized the business opportunities incentral Iowa.

“He got in his pickup truck and start-ed collecting and selling scrap metal,"said his grandson, David, who current-

ly co-owns the business with his father,Ken. "He was cruising through WebsterCity one day, saw the opportunity andset up shop.”

Over the years, Mike Silversteingradually acquired additional propertyto house the scrap metal business. To-day, Scrap Processors fills three cityblocks at 505 Seneca St., in WebsterCity.

Silverstein's sons Ken and Benjoined him in the scrap metal businessin addition to operating D&J Petrole-um, Webster City Auto Supply and aconvenience store. After the retirementof Mike and Ken, Ben sold the otherbusinesses and focused on the scrapmetal operation in Webster City.

The scrap processing plant in Des

Moines was acquired in 1985. Al-though now retired, Ben Silversteinserves as a silent partner with sonDavid.

Scrap Processors collects aluminum,steel, tin, copper and brass for repro-cessing to foundries where is it melteddown to a resalable grade.

Throughout the years, Scrap Proces-sors worked hand-in-hand with Elec-trolux, said David Silverstein. The twobusinesses made a perfect fit as theoriginal handwashers were a goodsource of metal and Scrap Processorswas a good depository for scrap.

During Electrolux's operating hey-day, Scrap Metal Processors would ship30-35 railroad cars a month to

- Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Teresa Wood

The mild winter weather has been a boom to busi-ness at Scrap Processors as people are clearingproperty sites of scrap metal, said Nick West, de-manufacturing specialist. A magnetic crane transfersold metal from a customer's vehicle to the processingarea.

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block at a small cost, orquilters can use their ownmaterial.

“The shops will offertheir best and newest prod-ucts,” she said. “And therewill be prizes, too.”

The Gingerbread Houseeach year spearheads a 4-Hquilt block contest. Quilterscan purchase a kit and cre-ate a block. The top threequilt blocks are chosenthrough a viewer's choicevote during the county fair.The assembled quilt is thenraffled off, with proceedsgoing to the HamiltonCounty 4-H Foundation.

The shop will celebrateits 38th year in business thisSeptember. Johnson saidthe art of quilting continuesto be popular, even in tougheconomic times.

“I think to many people,this is their quiet, calm ac-tivity. After a stressful dayof work, they come homeand their quilting helpsthem relax,” she said.

More than just quiltsThe Gingerbread House

is more than just a quiltshop. In addition to thequilting supplies and fabric,patterns and notions, shop-pers will find many homedecorating items and gifts.

New this year are flame-less candles in a wide vari-ety of colors. The wax basedcandles are operated on bat-teries, and feature the sametwinkling quality associatedwith wicked candles. Smalllights inside cast a warm,flickering glow. Johnsonsaid the candles can be setto start at a certain time orcan be turned on and off asdesired.

Johnson said the shop al-so carries special occasionnapkins and some coordi-nating paper plates.

“These are nice highquality napkins that are sub-stantial and don't just meltaway when they get a littlewet,” she said. The shop hasa display of colorful pat-terned napkins, perfect forspring parties or gatherings.

Contact Anne Blankenship [email protected] orcall 832-4350.

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foundries, said Webster Citysite manager Bruce Per-gande. In the past 2 to 3years, that shipment hasdropped to one railcar permonth.

As rumors of the Elec-trolux plant closing circulat-ed over the past 10 years,David Silverstein sought todiversify the Webster Citybusiness.

"We knew it was com-ing," said Silverstein. "Overthe past five to 10 years, youwould hear a rumor a day.So we knew it was comingeventually and we needed todo something to keep ourbusiness viable".

Research led Silversteinto an eco-friendly option —demanufacturing of vehiclesand appliances.

Nick West, Scrap Proces-sors demanufacturing super-visor, attended classes in or-der to obtain license certifi-cation with the Departmentof Natural Resources andthe Iowa Department ofTransportation. Since May2011, Scrap Processors hasdemanufactured 1,960 ap-

pliances and 700 vehicles,he said.

Scrap Processors is theonly business in HamiltonCounty that accepts used ap-

plianceswithoutcharge, saidSilverstein.Previously,the only dis-posal facilitywas thecounty land-fill whichcharged afee.

Follow-ing Depart-ment of Nat-ural Re-sources regu-lations, thevehicle de-manufactur-ing area atScrapProcessors is

a separate building. It is pos-sible for two people toprocess 12 vehicles a day,said West.

The initial step involvesthe removal of hazardous

fluids including antifreeze,oil, transmission fluid andgas as well as all mercury.The antifreeze and oil are re-claimed and shipped to recy-cling plants were they arepurified so they can be usedagain, he said.

Following the removal ofhazardous fluids and materi-als, the vehicle is moved tothe shredder which separatesthe metal from other materi-als such as seat coveringsand plastics. A shear thencuts the iron down to 2 to 3feet in length before it goesto the mill.

"People can bring a car ortruck here and get a littlesomething for it," said West,who noted that ScrapProcessors pays market val-ue by ton weight.

Following federal andstate guidelines, appliancedisposal processing includesremoving any freon, mercu-ry switches, fluorescentlights and PCB capacitors.

The business processes alltypes of appliances includ-ing refrigerators, washers,dryers, stoves and mi-

crowaves, said West.While both the Webster

City and the Des Moines lo-cations process scrap metal,the Des Moines site is land-locked in a commercial areawhich prevents the companyfrom expanding into appli-ance and vehicle demanu-facturing, said Silverstein.Eventually, the companyhopes to expand the DesMoines facility as the highlypopulated area increases thedemand for the company'sservices, he said.

Silverstein is proud of hisfamily's Webster City her-itage and its commitment tothe community. His grandfa-ther, father and uncle hadbeen active in civic andcommunity organizationsthroughout the years.

"We plan on being inWebster City forever," saidSilverstein. "We want tocontinue to do business andwe want to continue to sup-port our community."

Contact Teresa Wood at [email protected] or call832-4350.

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