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Alliger wins Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog... Alex Alliger, the son of Larry of Jill Alliger of Gowrie, Iowa and member of the Central Plains FFA Chapter (Gowrie) exhibited the 2015 Iowa State Fair FFA Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog. His hog weighed in at 266 lbs. Ben Jacobsen from Clarion, Iowa exhibited the FFA Grand Champion Market Hog. There were over 580 purebred and crossbred market hogs in the FFA Division this year.

August 19, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 33

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Thursday, Aug 20 • Gowrie Fire Dept., 7:00 p.m. at the fire station.Monday, Aug 24 • Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church Harcourt.Tuesday, Aug 25 • Farnhamville Senior Citizens (cards), 1:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.Wednesday, Aug 26 • Farnhamville Fire Dept., 7:30 p.m. at the fire station.

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Gowrie city-wide garage sales held September 11-12 Gowrie’s spring city-wide garage sale days will be held on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12. All residents and busi-nesses are encouraged to organize sales. Gowrie has become very well-known for hav-ing fabulous garage sales. People from many surrounding communities come here to shop for “bargains”! To be added to the list of sales, please call Gayle Redman at 352-3150.

Justin Johnson left of Farnhamville was chosen from the audiuce to help out Leo the Clown, right during the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thursday in Gowrie.

Culpepper & Merriweather Circus performed in Gowrie

The following story appeared in the July 17 edition of the Des Moines Register. Since that date more developments have occurred on the Bakken oil pipeline that would travel through 18 Iowa Coun-ties including Webster County. One Webster county farmer is quoted in this story. A company planning to construct a crude oil pipeline across 18 Iowa counties says it has purchased easements for nearly 60 percent of the land along the route. Activists challenge that number, saying online records show far fewer easement purchases have been re-corded. The company has asked the Iowa Utilities Board for permission to construct a 30-inch diameter under-ground pipeline to transport up to 570,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil daily from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to a distribution center at Patoka, Ill. A hearing on the application is tenta-tively scheduled for Nov. 12 through Dec. 2. Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman for Dakota Ac-cess LLC, a unit of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Part-ners, stressed the number of easements obtained “chang-es daily as agreements are signed.” But David Goodner, a contributor to online en-vironmental website DeSmogBlog, said his analysis of online Iowa land records shows that Dakota Access has recorded 362 pipeline easements, which represents about 28 percent of the land parcels along the route.

John Murray, a lawyer in Storm Lake whose mother owns a farm in Buena Vista County, said his in-spection of online records shows easements have been obtained on only 19 percent of the land along a seven-county stretch from Lyon County to Calhoun. However, he acknowledged the figure is probably higher, saying there are lags between the signing and recording of ease-ments. Granado said the company’s count on voluntary easements is based on the actual easement agreements signed, not necessarily those that have been filed. The agreements are sent to county offices about once or twice a month, and the company doesn’t control the time it takes for the county recorder’s office to review the docu-ments and get them filed, she adds.

The process Dakota Access has budgeted about $60 million in compensation to Iowa property owners for right of way and easement payments, which average about $46,000 per parcel of land. But some farmers own multiple land parcels, and their payments reportedly total in the hun-dreds of thousands of dollars. The company formally filed its state application for the project in January, after a series of public informational meetings were held last fall. In cases where easements are not obtained vol-untarily, the company has asked state regulators for the right to use eminent domain to take private property

Bakken Oil pipeline backers secure land in Iowa, Webster County; will eminent domain be used?Some lawsuits have started. . .

through condemnation proceedings in which local boards would determine fair-market payments. However, emi-nent domain is a last-resort option, Granado said. The Iowa Utilities Board has not set a minimum percentage of voluntary easements that must be secured before eminent domain can be granted for the project, says Don Tormey, a board spokesman.

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Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the book The Prairie Sampler, a project done by freshmen at the old South Junior High school in Fort Dodge. This story “The Interurban,” was told by A.P. Butts and written by Shelly Schmieder. As I walked into the town of Fort Dodge, my eyes widened at the sight. I had on a farm in Indiana all of my life and haven’t even been in a “big” city. There were large, square white houses and

smaller wood-colored ones. I jumped as a big black dog came running at me from a fenced in yard, growling fiercely as I approached the middle of town. I found it was deserted for the night. I looked up at all the big buildings and stare in awe. The town was so advanced. There were even some automobiles. I had read about them, but had only seen a few. Cars were not very common, where I came from. One whizzed past me, making my heart pound with

A.P. Butts, longtime conductor, remembers “The Interurban”The Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad ...

Striking Interurban. . . The Interurban was a very striking, attractive passenger train that was operated on an different current of elec-tricity.

excitement. As I reached my destination, I had so many questions in my mind about this place and its people. How many lived here? What businesses were there? The list was endless. Using the directions I had been given, I ap-proached the two-story house. It had a large front porch with a swing, a big fenced in yard. It was my grandfa-ther’s house. I walked slowly, then up the stairs. I was a little nervous, and I hadn’t seen him since I was seven.I knocked, and heard footsteps approaching the door. It opened. “Is that you, Albert?” questioned his grandfa-ther surprisingly. “It’s me!” “Well, how have you been? How was the trip? My, how you’ve changed! It’s so good to see you!” “Oh grandfather, the town is wonderful. Will you show me around?” “Sure, I will. Albert, tell me about yourself? What are you now, 19 or 20?” “I’m 21, grandfather. But let’s talk about you. How have you and grandma been?”“We’re just fine. Are you ready for that job I needed for you – for the railroad? I hope so, you start Saturday. You will be helping out as a brakeman for the next two weeks.” “Yes, Grandfather. It sounds very interesting and I think I’ll enjoy it. Did you hear the news? I’m go-ing to Washington to work at a logging camp! Doesn’t that sound exciting?” “Yes, but I think you’ll find the railroad just as exciting,” was his sincere reply. “Would you like to see your room?” asked my grandmother lovingly. “Yes, please. I would like to clean up too.” I said politely. At that I went to my room. I could hardly sleep. I was so excited about seeing the town. I tossed and turned, but finally fell sound asleep. I awoke with a jerk the next morning. I had mo-mentarily forgotten where I was at. I heard grandmother preparing breakfast. I was very hungry so I got up and dressed hurriedly, my stomach growled as I walked down the stairs. I was greeted warmly with a “Good Morning” and a big, beautiful stack of pancakes and a pile of little sausages. I ate ravenously. I wonder what my grandpar-

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30 YEARS AGO... Painting of the exterior of the old M. & St. L. depot, which is being restored as a museum, was nearing completion last week. Jim Swenson of Humboldt, former Gowrie resident, is doing the painting. The old depot is located at the south end of Laurel Park. Dave Seil, 20-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane H. Seil, RFD-Gowrie, showed slides and talked about his trip to Washington, D.C. and to Europe with other National FFA winners when he was guest of the Gowrie Kiwanis club last Wednesday. Dave was chosen as a winner in the Agricultural Mechanics Proficiency Award at the National FFA convention in Kansas City, MO. Jim and Carol Wiley celebrated their 25th Wed-ding Anniversary Aug. 10 with a Bar BQ on the lawn for some friends and relatives. A 40th Anniversary Open House honoring Mr. and Mrs. William (Bill) Kruse, Callender, will be held at the Town Hall in Callender Sunday afternoon, August 25th. Many men, women and children crowded Gowrie streets Saturday to take advantage of the many bargains offered by Gowrie merchants at their annual Sidewalk Sale as well as those offered by various resi-dents at garage sales throughout town.

20 YEARS AGO... Saturday, August 26, will be a good day to be in town. The Gowrie Commercial Club will host its annual Appreciation Day, highlighted by a free pork patty lunch in front of the Gowrie News & Print Shop. The Webster County Pork Producers will grill the patties. Derwood Harter served as the Old Settler’s Day parade Grand Marshal. Harter was recognized for his 30 years of service with the Farnhamville Fire Department and was awarded a plaque and personalized jacket in cer-emonies held at noon in the city park.

Webster County 4-H youth gained valuable feedback about their skills as they exhibited animals and garden produce at eh Iowa State Fair. Nicole Fevold, 12, Gowrie, won 3 blues in Western Pleasure, Trail, and Western Horsemanship and a red in Light Horse Show-manship. On Sunday, August 20, 45 men teed up the ball to play for the 1995 club championship at the Gowrie Golf and Country Club. Tom Rabbitt, Jr. won his third club title by defeating runner-up Jeff Boerner by three strokes. Also three strokes behind was the 1994 defend-ing champion Mike Conrad. Christopher R. Miller, son of Roy and Marilyn Miller of Farnhamville, recently qualified and enlisted in the United States Navy for guaranteed training the Na-vy’s fireman apprentice school.

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ents thought of me then. When we had all finished, grandfather and I went out exploring the town. He showed me everything. Fort Dodge had a newspaper office, a drug store, a saloon and many other buildings. The town square was beauti-ful. Back in 1909, there were only about 7,000 to 8,000 people in Fort Dodge, which sounded like millions to me. I had never seen so many people. There were peo-ple everywhere – in the stores, walking down the streets and riding on the interurban, a local trolley. There were houses lined up in rows. I could hardly believe my eyes, as I never knew there could be so many houses all together like that. As night fell, my urge was satisfied. I had “seen” the town. I was still anxious, for tomorrow was Saturday, the day I started working. Those two weeks went by very quickly. Work-ing as a brakeman, I was actually an assistant to my grandfather, the conductor. I ran the train as grandfather talked to the passengers, fifty on each trip, while he guid-ed me. I made 19 cents an hour. I found the railroad intriguing. I loved the feel-ing of never being in one place for very long and the speed at which we traveled seemed so fast. We could make it to Des Moines in two hours. I loved meeting all the different types of people. So at the end of the two weeks, the logging camp didn’t seem nearly so exciting while the railroad was. I just couldn’t quit. So on that beautiful spring day under Iowa’s sunny blue skies, I decided to start my career on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern Railroad. I worked for a year as a brakeman. After 14 months, in 1910, I was promoted to conductor. I had to take passengers from Fort Dodge to Des Moines and back to Fort Dodge every two hours. The fare was two cents a mile. I stopped every mile to let people on and off. The interurban itself was basically one car, but sometimes I hooked up to a parlor car. This was a fancy car for the people who wanted extra comfort and less crowded rides. I would take the people right into the middle of town, as the tracks ran down Central Avenue. The inter-urban was an electric line, so it used the street car tracks while in town. Others and I enjoyed the electric line because it was cleaner than steam engines and trains. The slogan while I worked was “No smoke, no dirt, no dust, no cin-ders” and it lived up to it for all the fifty years that it lasted, from 1906 to 1956.

I loved the railroad and had many good experi-ences. The best though was that I met my wife Orpha, as she was a regular passenger of the interurban. So for forty-eight years, each day the railroad was part of my life.

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Xi Eta Sigma sorority hosts “Beginning Day”, August 29 Xi Eta Sigma is hosting their annual “Beginning Day” celebration for 2015. The event will be held at the Gowrie United Methodist Church from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 29. Beginning Day is an opportunity for any women in the community interested in being a part of the sorority or seeing what the members do to attend and enjoy with-out any commitment. The members of Xi Eta Sigma are hosting an afternoon tea party to kick off the theme for 2015-2016 year: “Your Forever Friends.” We are celebrating heritage and past influences at this celebration. Each person is asked to bring a tea cup (or spe-cial heirloom) handed down to her by a relative or loved one. Xi Eta Sigma will then share stories and reflect on how the past is always an active part of everyday life. Come and join Xi Eta Sigma sisters with your story. Take an afternoon to learn what Xi Eta Sigma does for the community and what we do for each other. Consider being a part of this wonderful sister-hood right here in your local community while building relationships that will last forever.

Faith Lutheran, Harcourt, hosts ice cream social Faith Lutheran Church, Harcourt, will have an ice cream social and bake sale from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, August 30. Beef burgers, chips, beans, pies, homemade ice cream and beverage will be served. It is a free will dona-tion event and everyone is welcome.


Mary Lou Carlson, 86, passed away Friday, Au-gust 14, 2015 at her home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Zion Lutheran Church, Gowrie, with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. There will be a private fam-ily graveside service at Gowrie Township Cemetery. A visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to7:00 p.m. Monday, August 17, 2015 at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. Mary Lou is survived by her children, Dennis (Linda) Carlson of Spirit Lake; Janis Donahe of Gowrie; Julie (Bill) Mosher of Gowrie; Jim (Cristen) Carlson of Harvard, IL; and daughter-in-law, Linda Carlson of Gowrie; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dar-win; parents, Ed and Mary (Kendall) Workman; son, Ted Carlson; grandson, Adam Carlson; great-granddaughter, Gracie Ann Spangler; and sister, Charlotte Johnson. Mary Lou Workman was born on July 15, 1929 in Perry. She was raised and educated in Perry, gradu-ating from Perry High School in 1947. Mary Lou was united in marriage to Darwin Carlson on May 22, 1947 at Zion Lutheran Church, Gowrie. The couple established their home on a farm near Gowrie, where they farmed for the Brockett family until retiring in 1998. Mary Lou and Darwin then moved to Farnhamville. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Gowrie. Memorials may be left to Zion Lutheran Church, Gowrie.

Mary Lou Carlson, 86

Remembering Miss Daisy...By: Jill Pertler She wasn’t even my dog. Not even close. Even though she and I lived in the same house, she clearly answered to another master – my husband. Still, I loved her like you love a family dog that’s been around for more years than you have fingers. She loved playing fetch. She was a retriever, so I guess that makes sense. We could throw a ball or a stick (or whatever object she was fetching that day) for hours and she’d keep going until we made her quit. Her favorite place was the lake. She loved to swim. Combine that with retrieving and you had perfec-tion – from her perspective, at least. Each summer, she’d find herself a good stick and it would be her “toy” to fetch from the lake during the long, hot days we spent there. My husband would throw it as far as he could and she’d joyfully (and I do mean joyfully) bound into the water – swimming once it got deep enough. She’d grab the stick in her mouth, swim back to shore and drop her toy at my husband’s feet. Then she’d give whomever was nearby a doggy shake shower before turning toward the lake to fetch again. And again. And again. As long as we’d let her. I’m so glad we had the lake for her to love. She was a good dog (great dog) in most regards. She didn’t chew or jump on the furniture. She was awe-some with kids and she patiently and gently put up with the cats (sometimes with a deep doggy sigh). She was pretty good about staying in the yard (unless a neigh-bor’s garbage was calling to her nose). If something was broken or someone got into the cat treats, she was pretty sure she was in trouble, even when it was clearly the cats’ fault. She was a trustworthy, loyal companion. She never did learn to walk properly on a leash. She wouldn’t relent to it, always tugging and pulling to the point that we thought she might choke. I am sure she fully understood the “heel” command. She was a smart girl. She just refused to acknowledge it. It was one of the few instances of her asserting her independence. Another involved her phobias. She was a big dog – 85 pounds in her heyday – but the smallest details could put her in a tizzy. Certain floor coverings were taboo. She’d walk on wood, but not laminate. Vinyl was okay, but not her favorite. She refused to go down the stairs to the basement. The kitchen pantry terrified her. It happened to be where we kept her food so that sort of benefited us. One time we got her a fancy new water dish. She wouldn’t drink out of it because it scared her.

She went out the back door to do her busi-ness, but would only access it from the right side of the door frame. She wouldn’t go out the door leading to the garage. The garage itself, however, was fine. We quit trying to figure her out years ago and just loved her for what she was – quirks and all – because every family has its quirks. Her three favorite times of the day were break-fast, lunch and dinner. Her favorite food was scrambled eggs. When my husband entered the kitchen, she figured she had a chance of eating and she’d give him a stare down, darting her eyes between him and her food dish. We called this look “the eyeball.” After lunch she got a treat and wouldn’t let up until you gave her one. The peanut butter flavor gave her the toots so we quit buying those. The hardest part about having a dog is that they grow old too soon. She was old and this has been com-ing for some time. We’ve known she was nearing the end and I thought I was prepared. We talked about her ailments and the fact that she might be suffering. She was less active and seemed sad sometimes. She hesi-tated before going upstairs because it took effort for her to climb them. She quit jumping up in the morning in anticipation of breakfast and instead would stay sleeping under the bed. This summer, she didn’t really fetch the stick, but carried it in her mouth while wading in the lake. Doing the normal things was getting harder. We all saw that. And we knew. And I thought I was ready. But you’re never ready. Not really. I’m not sure it’s possible. Still, I didn’t realize how much I wasn’t ready – to wake up without her under the bed. To never throw the stick for her again, or get the eyeball or make her eggs. She wasn’t even my dog. But she was our dog. And she was a part of our family – an important part. I’m going to miss her. Sure am. Already do. Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated col-umnist, published playwright and author. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

Birthdays19-Aug BettyBrain,TiffanyChristensen Deanna Selander Pastor Robert Zellmer20-Aug Marsha Farnham, Phillip Thomas21-Aug SueHansen,ChristianRosado22-Aug Jayne Gleason, Mickayla Willison23-Aug Emily Bendickson, Joanna Saxton24-Aug TeriMcGuire,ChrisWienhold25-Aug Marjorie Alliger, David Jensen Brenda Schoeberlein, Mitch Vote26-Aug Donna Holm, Marilyn Johnson Shane Warehime

Anniversaries20-Aug Raymond and Jane Wilson.23-Aug Joseph and Tami George.


Taylor Willardson, daughter of Terry and Lisa Willardson of Gowrie enjoys a pony ride after a great per-formance by the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thurs-day in Gowrie.

Simone Kathleen balances herself upon the sin-gle trapeze during the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thursday in Gowrie. Miss Simone also serves as ringmaster during the show.

POET, one of the world’s largest ethanol pro-ducers, released its first-ever economic impact study, revealing the significant impact POET made to national economic growth and job creation in 2014, including: √Generatingatotalof$13.5billioninsalesforU.S. businesses; √Adding$5.4billioninnationalgrossdomesticproduct; √Supportinganestimated39,978fulltimejobs;and √Contributing$3.1billioninincomeforAmeri-can families. The report further details POET’s contribution to the economic prosperity in each of the seven states where it operates – South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. POET, which is headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D., operates a total of 27 dry mill corn ethanol plants with an annual capacity of 1.7 billion gallons – more than 11 percent of the total U.S. ethanol output. “Ethanol provides us the means to produce our own clean fuel and keep the enormous economic benefits within America’s borders,” POET CEO Jeff Lautt said. “The impact flows from the plants to farmers, commu-nities, throughout the states in which they operate and across the nation.” In addition, the report cites POET’s impact on reducing foreign oil dependence. According to the study, POET’s production of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol dis-places nearly 1.2 billion gallons of gasoline, which re-quires 61 million barrels of crude oil to produce. This displacement potentially reduces the outflow of money to foreign producers of oil by nearly $5.5 billion. The use of POET ethanol also reduces green-house gas emissions relative to gasoline. Burning a gal-lon of ethanol opposed to gasoline results in a 35 percent

reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Reflecting this, the production of 1.7 billion gallons of POET etha-nol cuts CO2 emissions by approximately 874,000 metric tons. POET employees, stakeholders, family and friends are celebrating the announcement today at a se-ries of POET Ethanol Day events in its operating states, where attendees can enjoy food, activities and hear from local officials. To read the full report and find additional infor-mation on state-level data, please visit: http://www.poet.com/impact. About POET POET, one of the world’s largest ethanol pro-ducers, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, ver-tically integrated approach to production. The 25-year-old company has a production capacity in excess of 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol and 9 billion pounds of high-protein animal feed annually from its network of 27 pro-duction facilities. POET also operates a pilot-scale cel-lulosic bio-ethanol plant, which uses corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk as feedstock, and expects to com-mercialize the process in Emmetsburg, Iowa through its joint venture with DSM. For more information, visit http://www.poet.com.About the Study The findings are derived from an independent and comprehensive nationwide study titled “Economic Contribution of POET Biofuels Production on U.S. and State Economies” conducted by ABF Economics. ABF analysts used an economic model called IMPLAN (Impact Analysis for Planning) to quantify the economic impact of POET’s operations across three main sectors – ethanol production, agriculture/corn growth and biofuels R&D.

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Down Memory LaneB Y S A R A D O W N S

Have you ever had one of those wispy moments when an old old memory flashed into your mind? Usually something of that moment caused this flash back. You might be driving along listening to your radio or a CD. You might be talking to someone when a few words said may cause that recollection. Perhaps you are reading an article in a paper or magazine or watching TV. Maybe it’s while you are sitting in church and a particular hymn, a brief passage from one of the lessons, something in the prayers or the children’s or pastor’s message may have jarred that memory loose. I have a poorly organized notebook by my computer and many, many slips of paper with little jottings on them. I had my memory jogged recently when sitting in church so I dug out my pen and wrote a note on my “Celebrate”, the insert with the day’s scripture lessons and general prayers. From that jotting I wrote March’s message that I write each month for our church’s news-letter. Perhaps someday I may share that one but today I decided it was time to clear out all those little scraps of paper and share, asking if any of you readers are old enough to remember some of them with me. One Wednesday I happened to notice the little woven “market type” basket that one of our quilters totes with her each week. This brought back the memory of my Grandma’s “market” basket. She lived on a farm approximately ¼ mile from town. She sold fresh milkand cream to a few townspeople who still liked getting them “right off the farm”. She did this for a long time until pasteurization laws came in to effect. She would get her market basket loaded up, put it over her arm and walk up to town to those few places where she could also go in for a good visit and perhaps a gossip session. She also carried her market basket to get a few things at Strain’s General Store. I mean a few. She, for many many years, thought homemade bread and hand churned butter were the best and purest and she may have been right. She canned her own vegetables, fruits and many meats. She bought flour and sugar by the 100 lb. sacks so had to have help from “one of the boys” when needing that. That market basket served her well. I still remember Mrs. Axel Westeen carrying her little market basket up to Lundvall’s once or twice a week. In later years Mary Appelholm had a “cart” of some kind she pulled to the store. When my folks lived in the house about a block south of the “pump” corner I got Mom one of those fold up carts so she could go up during the day when Dad was out working but she remarked that she didn’t want to be a

Random Memories...“Mary Appelholm”. I’m not sure she ever used it. Another thing I remember doing when in high school was an after school activity at the Methodist Church. Pastor Ol E. Olson was adept at leatherwork, cutting out various items, billfolds, purses, etc., lacing together and tooling. He held classes at least once a week and I went and made a couple billfolds (all I could afford). The ones I made were out of scraps, the scraps laced together in a crazy quilt fashion then glued in some manner to a backing and finally laced together to make a very pretty, serviceable billfold. I gave one to Mom for either Mother’s Day, Christmas or her birthday. If the lacings wore away they could be replaced. Most of us, including town kids, unless they lived near by, took our lunches to school. One of my favorites was Mom’s big dill pickles fished out of the big crock in the cellar. Lettie Johnson used to try to “con” me out of it and once in a while, if she had a good trade, I would relent. When it was warmer weather we had to be cautious about the contents of our lunches so maybe that leftover chicken or roast beef or pork were not smart sandwich makings. How many remember the dried beef (thicker cut than today’s in the package) that we could purchase at Jack’s meat market? It was one of my fa-vorites but would definitely be off my menu today – lots of salt. There was always peanut butter, jelly or peanut butter and jelly. I was not a jelly eater. Mom found a way of “jazzing” up peanut butter filling to my liking by stirring in some shredded carrots. Hmmm-- haven’t had that in years but then I don’t eat peanut butter now and that’s another story. Whoops! Who ate all the cookies or other sweets in the house? Well, quick grab the pow-dered sugar, a bit of cocoa and the milk or cream and the graham crackers (items always on hand) and make some graham cracker cookies. They do sound sorta good, don’t they? In cooler weather if there was no meat of any kind, home cooked or cold cuts, available, quick – scramble a couple eggs, cool as quickly as possible, mash them and toss in some mayo (homemade of course) and some pickles and there’s your sandwich for the day. By lunch time it all tasted pretty good and perhaps tomor-row’s offering would have some more surprises. Apples were a regular offering too and bananas a special treat. Oranges were okay but could be a bit sticky. Seems to me tangerines were an around Christmastime treat. These are just a few of those “random” memo-ries. I’d wager it will bring out some of your own. Hap-py remembrances.

Southeast Valley Schedule of Events

Week of Aug 19th to Aug 26th

Thursday, Aug 20SWG Teacher In-servicesSVHS Freshman Orientation Friday, Aug 21SWG Teacher In-servicesMonday, Aug 24ALL Teacher In-services5-7pm Open House Night Grades K-4 & 5-8 buildings5-7pm PVES Preschool Open House6pm (A) G JV VB GAME - Mutli-TeamTuesday, Aug 25ALL Teacher In-services6-7pm Open House Night Grades 9-12 building6 pm (A) G JV-Var VB GAME - Southeast Valley- Eagle Grove @ South HamiltonWednesday, Aug 26FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL1:20pm Early Dismissal on Aug 26, 27, & 28

*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org

***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***

Birthdays19-Aug BettyBrain,TiffanyChristensen Deanna Selander Pastor Robert Zellmer20-Aug Marsha Farnham, Phillip Thomas21-Aug SueHansen,ChristianRosado22-Aug Jayne Gleason, Mickayla Willison23-Aug Emily Bendickson, Joanna Saxton24-Aug TeriMcGuire,ChrisWienhold25-Aug Marjorie Alliger, David Jensen Brenda Schoeberlein, Mitch Vote26-Aug Donna Holm, Marilyn Johnson Shane Warehime

Anniversaries20-Aug Raymond and Jane Wilson.23-Aug Joseph and Tami George.

Our Saviour’s Lutheran, Callender, hosts “Old Time” outdoor service, August 23 On Sunday, August 23, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will be taking worship to a historical and more natural level with its “It’s Old Time Religion” service. We will be found in the Callender City Park un-der the trees at 9:15 a.m. Bring a chair if you prefer to sit or stand through the Spiritual style worship service. We have invited the banjo player Rod Jones, guitarist Judi Klee, flutist Dr. David Klee, and drummer Scott Johnson to help us sing with style. All Night, All Day, Every Time I Feel the Spirit, Swing Low, and Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man are just a few tunes that Our Saviour’s Lutheran will be reviving. So come and bring your lawn chairs. Refresh-ments to follow.

Zion Lutheran, Gowrie, holds Fall Bake Sale Sept. 1 The Zion Lutheran Women of the ELCA are host-ing their annual coffee and bake sale at Zion Lutheran Church in Gowrie. The Bake sale will be Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. All proceeds will go to help support Mosaic. Mosaic is a faith-based organization serving people with intel-lectual disabilities.

Callender Area Harvest, Music Fest August 29 The second annual Callender Area Harvest and Music festival will be held at the Garden Winery (the old elementary school) property located at 621 Thomas St. in Callender on Saturday, August 19 from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Christian, Blue Grass, Jazz, 50’s, along with Midwest Soul and Rock review bands will perform throughout the day. Sock hop, bingo, pony rides, bouncy house, magic show, karate demonstration, car/tractor/motorcy-cle show and tractor ride/car cruise are all part of the one day celebration. There will be a free bike drawing for kids at 3 p.m. Contact Jon Rollefson at 641-590-4937 or [email protected] for more information or times.

Eminent domainis complex process Large amounts of pipe acquired by the company planning the Dakota Access pipeline project through 18 Iowa counties are stored just east of Newton on Friday. A company planning to construct a crude oil pipeline across 18 Iowa counties says it has purchased easements from nearly 60 percent of landowners along the route. But if eminent domain is authorized, it’s im-portant to recognize the process is complex and requires a lot of work, said Murray, who is also a manager for the Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, which has been organized to fully inform landowners about the pipeline project. For example, if 25 percent of the land for the pipeline must be acquired through eminent domain — a distance of about 85 miles probably involving hundreds of parcels — it will be “extremely difficult” for the regu-latory board’s staff to process all the condemnations, Murray said. But Energy Transfer remains optimistic the crude oil pipeline will be built, and Granado said the company is already stockpiling metal pipe for the project near Newton. It will soon begin offloading and storing pipe in Keokuk. She said the company is sticking with its schedule that calls for the pipeline project to be opera-tional by late 2016. Regulatory requests are also pending in North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois.Response from landowners Vance Bauer, who resides near Gowrie in Webster County, said he has signed an easement agree-ment to allow the pipeline to cross two farms he owns. He declined to say how much he was paid, but he believes he was fairly compensated for damage that will occur when the underground pipeline is installed and for crop losses over the next several years. “We already have a natural gas pipeline on our farm that was put in back in the 1950s, and we have never had a problem with it,” Bauer said. “That is a different company, but whenever they have come in and done checks and worked on it, they have always treated us fairly.” Brian Betten, who farms near Jolley in north-

west Iowa, says he has signed a voluntary easement with the pipeline company and he has already received his cash, which he expects to keep even if the pipeline isn’t built. He declines to say how much he received, but he said: “The money was really good and farming is not so good right now.” “I wish all my farms were on that pipeline,” Betten added. “ ... The oil is going to get hauled regard-less, and I think a pipeline is way safer than rail.”Opposition to the plan However, Wally Taylor of Cedar Rapids, a lawyer for the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club, said it is not inevitable that the pipeline will be constructed. His organization believes the project is environmentally unsound, and he plans to pres-ent the state board with strong evidence he hopes will persuade regulators to reject the application. Chet Hollingshead, the chairman of the Boone Coun-ty Board of Supervisors, said he doesn’t oppose the pipeline, but he believes it needs to be carefully planned. One of his big concerns is the impact an oil leak could have on Iowa’s water supply.

“It is one thing if there is a surface leak, but what if it gets into the Jordan Aquifer?” he asked. “Let’s just forget about the hu-man population for one second: Think about all the cattle, pigs, chickens that drink that water every day. “If you think bird flu is bad for food prices, what do you think will happen if you have a bunch of livestock drinking crude oil?”

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Taylor Willardson, daughter of Terry and Lisa Willardson of Gowrie enjoys a pony ride after a great per-formance by the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thurs-day in Gowrie.

Simone Kathleen balances herself upon the sin-gle trapeze during the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thursday in Gowrie. Miss Simone also serves as ringmaster during the show.


Residents enjoy the exercises of gentle yoga at Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge. The classes are held each Tuesday and Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Yoga classes are conducted each Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Step into the exercise studio at Friendship Haven, and the dim lighting hints that it’s time to unwind. As you adjust to the quiet sur-roundings, your breath becomes one of the most prominent sounds in the room. While you stretch and hold poses like “pigeon,” “cow,” and “monkey,” you feel comfortable and refreshed in the yoga and gentle yoga classes. “Melt into the chair,” said Andrea Metzger, wellness assistant at Friendship Haven, as she leads a gentle yoga class. “Relax, feel your body move, and breathe.” Andrea guides class participants through a series of poses during the 45 to 60 minute classes, which include stretch-ing, flowing sequences, and posture work that can be completed while sitting in a chair. No floor exercises are required in gentle yoga. “I noticed positive changes the first day,” said Sandy Hogan, who cred-its yoga with improving her balance and flexibility. “I’d been struggling with tight hamstrings, and yoga has helped.” Joann Whittington also liked the yoga classes, which offer a gentle, yet ef-fective, workout. “Andrea is a very patient in-structor who explains things clearly,” Whittington said. “She’s always smiling, which helps make this a supportive atmo-sphere.” This supportive atmosphere

makes it easy to reap the benefits of yoga, which include: Reduced pain from arthritis. Recent scientific studies of people with various types of arthritis reveal that a reg-ular yoga practice can help reduce joint pain, improve joint function, and promote better sleep. Increased flexibility. Breath and movement are pathways to keep joints lubricated and muscles strengthened. This can increase your range of motion and re-duce chronic pain. Reduced depression and/or anxiety. The comfortable pace of Friend-ship Haven’s yoga classes offers a wel-come respite for mind and body. Moving slowly through the pos-es lowers stress, creates a feeling of calm and relaxation, and enhances a sense of well-being. Sandy Hogan appreciated work-ing with the same instructor during each class. “She knows your needs and helps you get the most from your exer-cises, which you do at your own pace,” Hogan said. “It’s nice to build a relation-ship and become friends.” While there’s no competition to try the most complex pose or hold a pose the longest, Andrea likes to challenge her students within a safe environment. “I want to find a happy medium that still al-

Wellness is much more than a buzzword or a trend. It’s a necessity for living life with faith, passion, and pur-pose. Wellness also defines New Awak-enings at Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge. New Awakenings’ holistic solutions give people choices to foster a greater sense of well-being through: Aromatherapy. The art and sci-ence of utilizing essential oils from plants helps stimulate the senses and promotes the health of body, mind, and spirit. Holistic dining. The human body is a wonderful mechanism that can

optimally function only when it is given all the nutrients it needs. As we gradually shift to a healthy eating lifestyle, enjoying nutrient-dense foods to a greater degree, we will start to feel better. Drum and rhythm circles. Drumming is a fun, effective tool for cel-ebrating and building a sense of commu-nity. Relaxation. The relaxation re-sponse brings your system back into bal-ance: deepening your breathing, reducing stress hormones, slowing down your heart rate and blood pressure, and relaxing your

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muscles. In addition to its calming physi-cal effects, research shows that the relax-ation response increases energy and focus,

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Southeast Valley Jaguars aim forreturn to Class 2-A Playoffs in 2015Swieter, Jaguars return to the gridiron August 28 in Gowrie...

Southeast Valley Senior football players... The Southeast Valley football team boasts 12 seniors this season. Front row left to right are Cade King, Brent Nel-son, Johnny Lautner, Carter Steck, Cameron Anderson and Keaton Jondle. Second row left to right are Conner Conrad, Logan Boerner, Owen Oltjenbruns, Andrew Dorage and Zeke Miller. Not pictured is Chase Mobley.

The Jaguar offense, led by senior quarterback Logan Boerner, left, has practice drills Thursday at the Southeast Valley football practice field in Gowrie.

Senior Cameron Anderson, center, charges for-ward during Thursday’s practices at the Southeast Valley football practice fields in Gowrie. Anderson is one of 12 se-niors on the team.

By Tyler Anderson

In the beginning of every new football season, there is always a clear sense of optimism. With high expectations, there are challenges and questions presented to each and every team that takes the field. There’s always the question of opponents, injuries and other factors that every squad must face as the sum-mer heat dies down and the autumn coolness takes its place. For Head Coach Mike Swieter and the Southeast Valley football team, those challenges and confidence are apparent. The enthusiasm came from a 5-5 record and a playoff appearance despite injuries while new demands have risen up to meet the Jaguars, who are now in their second gridiron campaign. So far this year, the injury bug nipped the Jag-uars early, alongside a new issue: depth or more so, lack thereof. “We’re not deep, we’re not deep at all,” Swieter said. “Being a Class 2-A School, we probably should be around 55 to 60, and we have 48. We’re definitely not at the numbers we would want.” However, the Jaguars have made up for the lack of depth in experience. “We return a lot of skill,” Swieter said. “We took some key injuries and had to move some kids around to new spots after the first practice. We return both re-ceivers, tight end, fullback, and now we’re having to train some new running backs and some quarterbacks.” Southeast Valley returns 12 seniors and 11 ju-niors to the team, resulting in a team laden with upper-classmen. Among those 23 are wide receivers Cade King and Dakota Jaeschke, fullback Aaron Swieter and tight end Conner Conrad, who all earned team records in 2014. “We did lose four offensive linemen, so our big-gest fear is replacing the line,” Swieter said. “We defi-nitely feel that this line is coming together and will get the job done.” The offensive and defensive lines, all comprised of seniors and junior, will take up responsibilities in the trenches.

Ahead of the Jaguars will be one of the tougher schedules in the area, made up of Manson-Northwest Webster (4-5 in 2014), East Sac County (8-3), St. Ed-mond (12-1) and defending Class 2A-District 8 cham-pion Clarinda (9-2). “We have five away games, and we play at Shenandoah and Clarinda,” Swieter said of the coming road trips this season. “No matter what, that affects you. You’re exhausted from the long bus drive, so you have to mentally prepare.” On the flip side, East Sac County and West Cen-tral Valley have lost their top signal callers due to gradu-

ation. To Southeast Valley’s advantage, the Raiders and the Wildcats must pay visits to Gowrie this season. Clarinda, Red Oak and Shenandoah return their quarterbacks, where the Jaguars travel to play the Car-dinals and Mustangs. The Red Oak Tigers, on the other hand, visits Gowrie on Oct. 9. “We honestly feel that the district is more equal this year, there isn’t a standout team,” he said. “There’s not a top to bottom. It’s really going to be who plays ev-ery week and it could be one of those years where the district champion isn’t an undefeated team.” In their second campaign, Swieter also noted that the Jaguars have lost their aura of mystery, but also hold more knowledge of their upcoming opponents. “It’s a very tough district, but we’re ready for some things in our second year,” Swieter said. “Teams will know more about us, they didn’t know about us coming together last year. They’ve seen us in action and we’ve seen them. Now we’ll see who returns what and see who’s ready, who made the best personnel changes.” Despite the changes and a chance of capturing a district title, Swieter and his players realize that like any other season, everything begins as a clean slate. “They haven’t put any expectations on them-selves, I will admit it,” Swieter said. “It took some in-juries early in the season, you could see where we were deflated just for a little bit. But then, some other guys have stepped up and decided that this was their chance.” Along with players taking the opportunities pre-sented to them, the Southeast Valley head coach observed that the team has come along and are working very hard. “They’re working hard and they are very hap-py,” Swieter said of the team’s mindset. “Now, they real-ize that we can get those injuries back later on in the sea-son and who’s going to step up and who’s going to take their place. Everyone took on more responsibility when those kids went down. Hopefully we all get stronger from it, and play more as a team.”

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HARCOURTFAITH LUTHERAN

CHURCHRod Meyer, Pastor

~~Worship 9:00 am

Fellowship 10:00 am

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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH

James G. Davis, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday School10:30 Sunday Worship

Fri., Aug 21 6:00 p.m. Zion WEBSSun., Aug 23 9:30 a.m. Worship10:30

a.m. Staley Chicken Dinner

Wed., Aug 16 2:30 p.m. Bingo at GCC

MOORLANDUNITED CHURCH

OF CHRISTJames G. Davis, Pastor

8:00 am Sunday Worship

Sun., Aug 238:00 a.m. Worship2:00 p.m. Service of Celebration and Re-membrance

OUR LADY OFGOOD COUNSEL

Served by the priests of the Webster Co.

Catholic parishes

Sunday Morning Mass: 10 a.m.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Annette Ruhs Kruse,Pastor

9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

Thursday, August 20th 3:00 PM Worship Service

at Gowrie Care CenterFriday, August 21st 1:00 PM QuiltersSunday, August 23rd 9:30 AM Worship 6:00 PM Discipleship,

It’s all about relationships!(Gowrie UMC, NC District Event)

Tuesday, August 25th 1:00 PM QuiltersWednesday, August 26th 6:00 PM Churchwide

Prayer WalkFriday, August 28th 1:00 PM QuiltersSunday, August 30th 9:30 AM Worship 5:00 PM Youth Group

GOWRIE

ROELYNFULTON LUTHERAN

CHURCHJames G. Davis, Pastor


LANYONEVANGELICAL

COVENANT CHURCHMarc Murchison, Pastor

9:30 am - Worship10:30 am -

Coffee Fellowship11 am - Sunday School

~~Wednesdays:

6 pm - ACTION = A lot of Church Things In One

Night

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FARNHAMVILLE

HOLY TRINITYLUTHERAN CHURCHRobert Zellmer, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday Worship8:30 Sunday School

Mondays:Ladies Bible Study

9:30amArmor of God Class

7:00pm2nd & 4th Tuesday:

Community Meal 11:30am

FIRST UNITED CHURCH

Pastor James H. Chesnutt


Wednesdays:Lunch Bunch, Kids Club in the City Park 11:30-1:00 for all children age 5 and up. Bible story, lunch and fun.

SOMERSUNITED METHODIST

CHURCHPastor James H. Chesnutt


Thursdays: 1:30 p.m.Afternoon Bible Study

at Church

Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m.Evening Bible Study at

Dan & ColleenGoodwin’s

OUR SAVIOUR’SLUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor: Jon Rollefson

9:15 am Sunday Worship10:15 am Fellowship 10:30 Sunday School

11:00 am Adult Forum

Fri., Aug. 21 Wedding Rehearsal

Sat., Aug. 22 9:00 AM Men’s Group, Fireside Room

3:00 PM Ness/Bueger Wedding

Sun., Aug. 23 9:15 AM Worship at

Callender City Park (bring lawn chair or

blanket); coffee fol-lows at the park;

No Adult Forum Mon., Aug. 24 7:00 PM Bible Study

with Don Doolittle, Fireside Room

HARCOURTUNITED

EVANGELICALCOVENANT CHURCH

Craig Vote, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday Worship~

Mondays: 9:30 am Women's Bible Study.

~Saturdays: 7 pm Men's

Bible Study.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Kay. Christie, Pastor 9:00 am Sunday Worship

Upcoming football season should be a fun one for Jags Hey friends, it’s me once more. It’s interesting to know that August is always the calm before the storm. It’s the proverbial Dog Days of Summer, with the fam-ily vacations and roadtrips before the new school year is ushered in. For me, it’s the time where things slow down a little bit before business starts picking up again. Softball and baseball have concluded with fine seasons, and foot-ball is still a few weeks away. The Dayton Rodeo is a few weeks away as well. Thank goodness for Harcourt Appreciation Days and Old Settlers’ Days in Farnhamville. Also, the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus helped too. Great shows in Stratford and Gowrie, by the way. This time around, I want to talk about football. It’s good to know that I am a football fanatic. Perhaps even more so than the average fan, as I love watching and covering high school football (whether it’s JV or var-sity), college football and pro football. For the pros, it can be of any variation, from a league such as Champions Indoor Football all the way up to the National Football League. So it’s safe to say that I’m quite excited for this season. It’s not because of my beloved Denver Broncos or the Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones or the UNI Panthers. Each season, I look at those teams with a re-newed sense of optimism. Instead, I’m looking forward to seeing the Southeast Valley Jaguars capitalize on a successful inau-gural season. With success, there will be new challenges.

Challenges that Head Coach Mike Swieter loves to meet head on. Over the offseason, the Iowa High School Ath-letic Association trimmed the number of playoff teams from 32 back down to the traditional 16. Mind you, it won’t be implemented until next year. Is it just me or is that good window of opportu-nity for a second consecutive playoff appearance? In my mind, it’s an absolute “yes.” Skimming through the roster for this season, there are a lot of great kids returning to Coach Swieter’s squad. There will definitely another friendly battle for the starting quarterback position, with senior Logan Boerner, junior Myles Davis and junior Nolan Brand vying for the spot on top of the depth chart. Junior fullbacks Aaron Swieter and Tristan Ew-ing will provide power to the offense, while Cade King, who becomes a senior this year, can squeeze in between the tackles and past defenders with his speed and agility. King is just like his older brother Cody (who, in my mind, was one of the best running backs in the history of Southeast Webster football, alongside Steve Bintz), and will rack up yards for the Jaguar offense. The receiving corps has Conner Conrad, An-drew Dorage, Dakota Jaeschke and Keegan Goodwin. That is a very talented group of guys, a blessing for any one of the three potential starters. The offensive and defensive lines are a year old-er, equipped with experience and packing a little more muscle. You can thank great coaches and a legit weight room for that. Chase Mobley will anchor those lines, and an interesting player to watch this season may very well be sophomore Tommy Lennon. To me, Tommy will be just as successful as older brother Pat was when he was in high school. Plus, there may be a dark horse player or two (or more, to be optimistic) who will blossom this season too. Swieter and his coaching staff, as with all of the coaches at Southeast Valley, have a knack for bringing out the best in their players. So I’m counting down the days until Aug. 28

against another talented team in Manson-Northwest Webster. Just to broadcast this to my friends, I can’t wait to cover this team.

Dayton Tigers 4-H Club seeks donations for SV teachersTo the Editor: Hi everyone! My name is Karrigan Mentzer, and I will be a sophomore at Southeast Valley this fall. I am also a member of the Dayton Tigers 4-H Club. As a 4-H’er, I want to take some time and use this letter to tell everyone about a club project that I am leading. My fellow members and I are currently holding a fundraiser. We are raising money to purchase school supplies for the teachers in the Dayton Elementary build-ing to use in their classrooms. We thought this would be beneficial to the teachers because of all the issues with school funding. On an inservice day closer to when school starts, I will be going in and talking to the teachers, and collect-ing lists of supplies that they could use. I am working with Mr. Grandfield on this project, and he agrees that it would be beneficial. We need your help in collecting our funds. Our fund-raiser is off to a great start, with over $200 raised. However, there are about 20 classroom teachers in the elementary, and we want to help them as much as possible. We have a savings account set up at Security Savings Bank for this project. You can go to any branch and make a donation to the Dayton Tigers Savings Account. Please keep in mind that any donation will help us help the teachers, and all the funds will go towards the purchasing of the school supplies needed by the teachers. If we find that we have more money than we need to purchase the supplies requested by the Dayton teachers, we plan on going to the Farnhamville school and helping them. We are hoping to have all our funds collected by the end of August. Thank you in advance for your help with our project, and for helping us make a difference at the school.

Thank you,Karrigan Mentzer, Dayton Tigers 4-H’er

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Public NoticePUBLIC NOTICE OF STORM WATER DISCHARGE

Mark E. Applegate plans to submit a Notice of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be covered under the NPDES General Permit No. 2. The storm water discharge will be from a farm pond located in Lots 4 and 5, Lot 4 of the County Auditor’s Taxation Plat of the NE Fractional Quarter of the NW Fractional Quarter of Section 6, Township 88 North, Range 29, West of the 5th P.M., Webster County, Iowa

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Miss Pauline performs during the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus Thursday in Gowrie. Miss Pauline’s main act is “Big and Little,” where Wyatt, an 1,800 pound horse and Jasmine, a miniature horse, entertain the crowd.

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Solomon takes a cat nap during the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus tent raising and tour Thursday in Gowrie. Solomon and Delilah are brother and sister Golden Tabby Tigers who perform during the opening act of the show.

lows people to improve their well-being.” Friendship Haven offers yoga classes, along with aquatic therapy and tai chi classes, to people on campus and in the community. “It’s nice to be able to park right outside the Wellness Center,” Whittington said, who also partici-pates in the Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program at Friendship Haven three times a week. “All this makes it easier to exercise and keeps me moving.”

“Staying active is a key to a healthy lifestyle,” Hogan said. “It’s a plus that yoga at Friendship Haven helps you socialize and puts you in a good mood.” Stretch your horizons Friendship Haven offers gentle yoga classes each Tuesday and Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Yoga classes are offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. No previous experience is required to partici-pate in either yoga or gentle yoga. Punch cards are available, and you’re invited to try your first yoga class for free. For more information, call the Friendship Ha-ven Wellness Center at 515-573-6270.

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PRAIRIE VALLEY SCHOOLELECTION BALLOT

CITY OFFARNHAMVILLE

GOWRIE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

CITY OF GOWRIE

Notice of Election

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified voters of the Prairie Valley Community School District in the State of Iowa, that the school election of said school district will be held on September 8, 2015. The polls will open at twelve o’clock noon and the polls will close at 8 o’clock P.M. The polling places for said election will be as follows:

Director District No. 1 – Prairie Valley Middle School3116 Zearing AvenueFarnhamville, Iowa

Director District No. 2 – Callender Community Center505 Thomas StCallender, Iowa

Director District No. 3 – Gowrie Community Center1204 MarketGowrie, Iowa

The voting equipment will be tested and a public demonstration will be held at the Bank Building, 723 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:00 AM and continuing until completed. The public is welcome and invited to attend.

NOTICE: CURBSIDE VOTING Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle. Please contact the County Auditor’s Office for details and for information on absentee voting at the following:

Telephone – 515-573-7175Email – [email protected] Mail – 703 Central Avenue, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Given under my hand and seal on this 18th day of August, 2015, at Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. Take due notice and govern yourself accordingly.

Carol MesserlyWebster County Auditor and

Commissioner of Elections

Regular Meeting was heldAugust 10,2015

Regular meeting was held August 10, 2015, 6:30 PM at the utilities office with the following board members present: Boerner, Lane, Rittgers and Carpenter. Motion by Lane to approve minutes, second Rittgers. Carried-all ayes. Bills allowed on motion by Lane, subject to audit, second Rittgers. Carried-all ayes.

ANGSTROM, CHUCK CELL PHONE REIMBURSEMENT 80.00PAYROLL TAXES STATE TAX 811.00ARAMARK BLDG & MAINT SUPP/UNIFORM EXP 205.34BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY SERVICE 64.47JIM BLAIR SANITATION RECYCLING-379 CUSTOMERS 1,705.50TCB SANITATION GARBAGE-379 CUST & 2 TAGS 5,876.50CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING, BLDG & MAINT SUPPLIES 180.27CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY, FIRST AID SUPPLIES 108.42CITY OF GOWRIE, ELEC, WATER, GARBAGE CONTRACT 1,522.43ELECTRICAL MATERIALS CO., ELECTRIC DIST SUPPLIES 1,104.78GOWRIE MUN UTILITIES, UTILITY SERVICE 2,419.74GOWRIE NEWS PUBL/MINUTES & FLUSH HYDRANTS146.91GOWRIE SERVICE GAS & DIESEL 402.76HAWKINS INC CONTAINER DEMURRAGE 10.00

WEBSTER CO.Planning & Zoning

Webster CountyPlanning and Zoning LEGAL PUBLICATION

The Webster County Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 31 at 5:00 p.m. on the second floor of the county courthouse, Fort Dodge, Iowa. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider a rezone request. Gerald Schmitz has petitioned for the Agricultural Exception. The E911 address is 1371 TAYLOR AVE The legal description is: NE SE 19-90-27, Webster County Iowa.

Sheilah LizerZoning Administrator

Farnhamville City CouncilRegular Meeting Minutes

August 10, 2015

The Farnhamville City Council met on Monday, August 10th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, called to order by roll call by Mayor Frank Morgan, with council members, Barb Gregg, Jeff Kicklighter, Herman Seil, Clint VanKley, and Calvin Wooters present. Others present Pam Anderson, John Hepp, Alan Jorgensen, Roger Kopecky, and Patrick Monaghan. Judy Harvey arrived at 7:35p.m. Motion by Kicklighter, seconded by Seil to approve the minutes from July meeting and the agenda for this meeting. Motion carried. Following discussion a motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to approve the payment of the following bills. Motion carried.

AGSOURCE LAB Wastewater $254.50BCBS Insurance AJ Health Insurance $717.05Black Hills Energy 7/7 – 8/4 $102.78Calhoun County Electric Co July $30,026.92Calhoun County Electric Co Burnsite $9.85Carroll Refuse Service LLC Garbage/Recycling $2,997.00Ecolab Pest Control $100.91Emily Bendickson Insurance $224.40FC Supplies $74.50Gowrie News Legal $70.22HACH Supplies $121.23Harcourt Equip Backhoe/supplies $108.36Internal Revenue Service SS/FWH $2995.94Iowa ONE CALL E-mail $11.70IDNR Annual Fee $210.00IPERS IPERS $1759.38Judy Harvey Meeting/Travel $43.52Kriz-Davis Co Supplies $345.00Midwest Radar & Equip Radar/Police Car $40.00Mary Seil Park $80.00Menards Supplies $13.68Midwest Municipal Transmission 7/15 - 12/15 Dues $230.00NAPA Parts / Mower $11.97Patrick Monaghan Cell Phone $10.00Patrick Monaghan Health Insurance $151.52Roger Kopecky Health Insurance $667.50Star Energy Fuel $461.41Treasurer State of Iowa Sales Tax $872.00VISA Office Supplies/Ink $174.46WCCTA Telephone $406.92USDA Water Project $6,987.00USDA Water Project $245.00 Total $50,224.72

The police report was reviewed and discussed. Motion by VanKley and seconded by Kicklighter to accept Monaghan’s resignation for August 21st as his last day of employment, with the reimbursement of certification from Hawkeye Community College. Motion Carried. Motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to accept Street Finance Report A-2015. Pam Anderson and John Hepp from Calhoun County Economic Development Corporation addressed the council on services that they can provide for businesses in the county. At the present time they meet on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 am. Judy Harvey is the representative for Farnhamville and Clint VanKley has volunteered to be the alternate. New culvert extensions will be installed at the corner of Farnham Ave and 350th Street by Vosberg Enterprises. Citywide Clean-up Days will be September 14th – 17th. The City Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd. Poles will be open from 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm. Herman Seil and Calvin Wooters are not seeking re-election. Nomination papers can be obtained at the City Clerk Office. The last day for candidates to file with the Auditor is Thursday, September 17th at 5:00 pm. Twelve shut-off notices have gone out for delinquent utility bills. The Utility Department will check with Iowa Rural Water Association regarding regulations for water shut-off for delinquent water bills. Van Kley will man the Burnsite for September. Next council meeting will be September 14th at 6:30 P.M. Motion by Seil, seconded by VanKley to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.

Emily Bendickson Frank MorganCity Clerk Mayor

WEBSTER CO.BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

LEGAL PUBLICATIONPUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND

WEBSTER COUNTY ORDINANCE NUMBER 043

The Webster County Board of Supervisors will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, Webster County Courthouse, Fort Dodge, Iowa on first consideration of the proposed amendment to Webster County Ordinance No. 43, an ordinance describing the forms of General Assistance provided by Webster County, in accordance with Chapter 252, Code of Iowa, to poor persons and needy persons. The amendment strikes the current language under IV. Forms of Assistance available and limits of assistance: F. Funeral - Webster County will pay the vendor for immediate cremation of $800.00 per poor person. This includes removal of the body within a thirty mile radius of Fort Dodge. Payment for cremation will not be paid for needy persons. Webster County will not pay for funeral services or opening and closing of a grave site. Also, Webster County does not pay for flowers or obituaries in the newspaper. The family must pay for the medical examiners cremation authorization permit. A copy of the Webster County Ordinance No.43 amendment may be obtained at the County Auditor’s office or Community Services office. The amended ordinance can be found on the county website at www.webstercountyia.org.

Carol MesserlyWebster County Auditor

SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 6, 2015

A Special Gowrie City Council meeting was held on August 6, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gowrie Civic/Community Center with Mayor Dave Stokesbary in the chair and the following Council members answering roll call: Redman, Harrison, Jackson, Peterson, and Willardson. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss subjects that pertained to trees, sewer, Fire Department-28E Agency, Police Chief, Amend number of trustees on the library board. Trees need to be removed on Sunset Street. No cost amount was yet available at this time. Redman moved to approve the $6,500 to fix sewer on Sunset Street, second by Harrison. Motion carried with roll call with all ayes. Dave Stokesbary discussed to the Council the possibility of a 28E Agency agreement the Fire Board is working on. The agreement has not yet passed the Fire Board so approvals where not needed by the council at this time for changes being considered. Harrison moved to approve Patrick Monaghan to be appointed new Police Chief at $18.00/hour with a raise of $.50 after 90 day probation time, second by Willardson. Motion carried-all ayes. Peterson moved to change the number of trustees on Library Board listed in City Code of Ordinance Book Chapter 21, reference number 21.02. The public measure will be on the ballot in November. Motion carried-all ayes. Redman moved to adjourn at 7:07 p.m., second by Jackson. Motion carried-all ayes. Danielle Clancy, City Clerk Dave Stokesbary, Mayor

ACHFILE-HEARTLAND BANK, ACHFILE 32.10SINKING FUNDS-HEARTLAND, SINKING FUNDS 10,490.00MANGOLD ENVIRON TESTING, WW COMPOSITES 595.00NAPA BLDG & MAINT SUPPLIES 11.06OFFICE ELEMENTS COPIER CONTRACT 79.00SALES TAX SALES TAX 3,469.00WCCTA TELEPHONE 277.18CHASE PAYMENTECH MONTHLY FEE 29.50SIMECA POWER PURCHASED 50,633.78EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 3,580.69RASMUSSEN TILING BACKHOE WORK-WATER LEAK 780.00WELLMARK BLUE CROSS, HEALTH INSURANCE/AUG 2015 4,085.19DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DENTAL INSURANCE/AUG 2015 243.70PRINCIPAL LIFE LIFE INSURANCE/AUG 2015 73.60POSTMASTER POST OFFICE BOX FEE 72.00IPERS IPERS 2,645.03BRUNTLETT ELEVATOR BARN LIME 13.22IDNR-WATER SUPPLY SECTION, ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY FEE121.04PETTY CASH POSTAGE, LANDFILL EXP, KEYS 89.52CIPCO FIRST HALF EXCESS PROP TAXES 4,994.00DAKOTA SUPPLY GROUP, RADIOREAD ELECTRIC METERS 1,395.32IDNR-WASTEWATER PERMIT, WW PERMIT 210.00CORNWELL CPA'S BALANCE OF AUDIT FY13-14 1,080.00TAYLOR CLEANING OFFICE CLEANING 90.00BUSINESS CARD MOWER PARTS 87.99POWERS TREE SERVICE, REMOVE LARGE LIMB FROM PRIMARY 245.00NORTHROP GRUMMAN EXTENDED WARRANTY-VERSAPROBE 289.00

Agenda was approved by consensus. Total revenues for month - $112,138.77. Total expenses for month - $100,351.92. Garage door bids were discussed. The bids were not for the same size of garage door. Chuck is to get with Karl Streit to get a bid on a 9x10 door. Rittgers moved to go with the low bid for the garage door, second Lane. Carried-all ayes. Chuck updated the board about the ongoing issue with HK Scholz. The engineer suggested that Chuck get a letter drafted stating all the costs associated with testing the transformer to send to Scholz. Chuck will have the board ok the draft before sending it. Rates were discussed. Chuck is to get more information together for the next meeting. In other discussion, Chuck informed the board that the controls for a valve at the water plant has failed and is in for repairs. A second valve at the plant has been put in place of the first one but is starting to have issues also. Chuck is to get a quote on a new valve. Rittgers moved to adjourn, second Carpenter. Meeting adjourned 7:19 pm. Next regular meeting to be held September 15, 2015, 7:00 pm at the utilities building.___________________________ ______________________ Patrice Klingson Jeff Boerner Sec of Board Chairman Protem

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WEBSTER CO.Planning & Zoning

Webster CountyPlanning and Zoning LEGAL PUBLICATION

The Webster County Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 31 at 5:00 p.m. on the second floor of the county courthouse, Fort Dodge, Iowa. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider a Subdivision request. Bacon Acres has petitioned for a Subdivision. The legal description is: LOT 7 OF THE COUNTY AUDITORS TAXATION PLAT OF THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 88 NORTH, RANGE 28 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NW1/4 OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE SOUTH 89°43'38" EAST 1280.22 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 COUNTY AUDITORS TAXATION PLAT ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF THE SAID NORTHWEST 1/4; TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SAID LOT 7; THENCE SOUTH 00°56'30" WEST 411.04 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°56'33" WEST 153.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 53°48'21" EAST 286.72 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 20°23'36" EAST 143.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 05°52'11" WEST 252.07 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 76°50'37" EAST 270.26 FEET TO A POINT ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE EXISTING ROAD; THENCE NORTH 27°32'59" EAST 174.78 FEET ALONG THE SAID CENTER LINE; THENCE NORTHERLY 309.03 FEET ALONG A 614.04 FOOT RADIUS CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY WITH A CHORD OF NORTH 14°25'04" EAST 305.78 FEET ALONG THE SAID CENTER LINE; THENCE NORTH 00°00'00" WEST 619.27 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID LOT 7 ALONG THE SAID CENTER LINE; THENCE NORTH 89°42'47" WEST 725.86 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SAID LOT 7 CONTAINING 15.42 ACRES. WEBSTER COUNTY IOWA.

Sheilah LizerZoning Administrat

ACHFILE-HEARTLAND BANK, ACHFILE 32.10SINKING FUNDS-HEARTLAND, SINKING FUNDS 10,490.00MANGOLD ENVIRON TESTING, WW COMPOSITES 595.00NAPA BLDG & MAINT SUPPLIES 11.06OFFICE ELEMENTS COPIER CONTRACT 79.00SALES TAX SALES TAX 3,469.00WCCTA TELEPHONE 277.18CHASE PAYMENTECH MONTHLY FEE 29.50SIMECA POWER PURCHASED 50,633.78EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 3,580.69RASMUSSEN TILING BACKHOE WORK-WATER LEAK 780.00WELLMARK BLUE CROSS, HEALTH INSURANCE/AUG 2015 4,085.19DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DENTAL INSURANCE/AUG 2015 243.70PRINCIPAL LIFE LIFE INSURANCE/AUG 2015 73.60POSTMASTER POST OFFICE BOX FEE 72.00IPERS IPERS 2,645.03BRUNTLETT ELEVATOR BARN LIME 13.22IDNR-WATER SUPPLY SECTION, ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY FEE121.04PETTY CASH POSTAGE, LANDFILL EXP, KEYS 89.52CIPCO FIRST HALF EXCESS PROP TAXES 4,994.00DAKOTA SUPPLY GROUP, RADIOREAD ELECTRIC METERS 1,395.32IDNR-WASTEWATER PERMIT, WW PERMIT 210.00CORNWELL CPA'S BALANCE OF AUDIT FY13-14 1,080.00TAYLOR CLEANING OFFICE CLEANING 90.00BUSINESS CARD MOWER PARTS 87.99POWERS TREE SERVICE, REMOVE LARGE LIMB FROM PRIMARY 245.00NORTHROP GRUMMAN EXTENDED WARRANTY-VERSAPROBE 289.00

Agenda was approved by consensus. Total revenues for month - $112,138.77. Total expenses for month - $100,351.92. Garage door bids were discussed. The bids were not for the same size of garage door. Chuck is to get with Karl Streit to get a bid on a 9x10 door. Rittgers moved to go with the low bid for the garage door, second Lane. Carried-all ayes. Chuck updated the board about the ongoing issue with HK Scholz. The engineer suggested that Chuck get a letter drafted stating all the costs associated with testing the transformer to send to Scholz. Chuck will have the board ok the draft before sending it. Rates were discussed. Chuck is to get more information together for the next meeting. In other discussion, Chuck informed the board that the controls for a valve at the water plant has failed and is in for repairs. A second valve at the plant has been put in place of the first one but is starting to have issues also. Chuck is to get a quote on a new valve. Rittgers moved to adjourn, second Carpenter. Meeting adjourned 7:19 pm. Next regular meeting to be held September 15, 2015, 7:00 pm at the utilities building.___________________________ ______________________ Patrice Klingson Jeff Boerner Sec of Board Chairman Protem

PROBATEIN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN WEBSTER COUNTY

IN THE MATTER Probate No. ESPR308075OF THE ESTATE OF NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTChad Allen Grell, OF ADMINISTRATORDeceased. AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of, Chad Allen Grell Deceased, who died on or about July 26, 2015. You are hereby notified that on the, 6th day of August, 2015, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate. Notice is hereby 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 the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 6th day of August, 2015.

Melissa Grell - Administrator of the Estate2174 Gypsum Hollow Road, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Ernest Kersten, ICIS PIN Number: AT004171Attorney for the Administrator1609 220th StreetFort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Second Publication: 19th day of Aug, 2015

Probate Code Section 230

PROBATETHE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

WEBSTER COUNTY

IN THE MATTER Probate No. ESPR308077OF THE ESTATE OF NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OFDewey C. Madson, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,Deceased. AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Dewey C. Madson, Deceased, who died on or about July 19, 2015:

You are hereby notified that on the 6th day of AUgust, 2015, the last will and testament of Dewey C. Madson, deceased, bearing date of the 12th day of October, 1999, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Donna L. Madson 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 7th day of August, 2015. Donna L. Madson Executor of the estate 1806 Main st., APt. #2 Gowrie, IA 50543Jake Thompson, ICIS PIN No: AT0012001Attorney for executorThompson Law FirmPO Box 788, 931 Main Street,Manson, IA 50563

Date of second publication26th day of AUG, 2015

Probate Code Section 304

By Tyler Anderson

On a bright Wednesday morning in Gowrie, the Southeast Valley volleyball team was in the stands. Not to sit around and enjoy the warmth of the late summer sun, but to prepare for the road ahead by jogging up and down the steps of the home side of South-east Valley’s football stadium. Standing with associate coach Steve Kehoe at the bottom of the aluminum bleachers was an optimistic head coach in Renae Baugh. So far this season, Baugh likes what she sees. “We have a ton of potential,” Baugh said. “There’s a lot of talent. I’m excited, they keep improving every day in practice.” After a rough 11-22 inaugural campaign in 2014, the Southeast Valley Lady Jaguars are looking to improve upon that record. While the Lady Jags lost four due to graduation,

the teal and black return nine starters and quite a bit of depth to their squad. Returning to the court will be six seniors in Nat-alie Lambert, Kearsten Hainzinger, Cassie Zinnel, Mi-caela Reutzel, Mallory Strutzenberg and Aaliyah Scott. Juniors Kenly Clough, Mickayla Willison and Jaiden Ackerson round out the experienced Jaguar squad. In 2014, all nine saw action while Strutzenberg led the remaning starters with 157 kills and 15 aces. Right behind were Zinnel and Scott, who tallied 90 and 59 kills respectively, while Lambert reigned in 34 aces in the prior season. “I want to improve every day in practice,” Baugh said of her expectations for the team. “Every day to get better, every game to get better, every match to get better, every tournament to get better. It will be fun. It will be interesting to see who all shows up and it will be good.” For Baugh, the mantra of improvement could pay off. Experience and turnover in the Twin Lakes Conference may offer an opportunity for Southeast Val-ley to climb higher in the standings. Defending conference champion South Central Calhoun, who made it to the state tournament in 2014, could be in rebuilding mode after the departure of nine seniors. East Sac County lost five due to graduation, while Sioux Central also lost four. Newell-Fonda and Alta-Aurelia may also be mobile standings-wise, as the Mustangs lose only one senior while the Warriors saw two seniors depart by way of graduation. Taking a quick look at the opening schedule, Baugh’s squad will have plenty of time to gel by the first day of classes. “We have a couple of tournaments, JV has a quad and Varsity has a triangular, right before school starts,” Baugh said of the schedule. “Once that gets go-ing, we’ll see what happens.” On Monday, the Lady Jags head to Newell to take on the likes of South Central Calhoun, East Sac County and Newell-Fonda in a series measuring-stick matches. The next day, the girls travel to Jewell to play Eagle Grove and South Hamilton. For now, Baugh and the Southeast Valley vol-leyball team will work on the fundamentals and seek self-improvement, which could lead to more victories. “I’m just hoping that my vision that they can see is that I want to push them,” Baugh said. “The two most important things in volleyball is passing and serving. We been working on that in every practice. I want them to get better and I want them to win.”

Southeast Valley volleyball team looks forward to positive 2015 season Lady Jaguars optimistic, return 9 starters...

Senior Aaliyah Scott prepares to bump during a practice drills to get ready for the 2015 season. Southeast Valley aims to improve from the 11-22 record achieved in 2014.

Coach Renae Baugh gathers her squad for a post practice pep talk. The Lady Jags volleyball team will start their season Aug. 24 against Newell-Fonda, South Central Calhoun and East Sac County in Newell.

The DNR is investigating a fish kill spanning about three miles of the Boone River on the Wright-Hamilton county line northwest of Woolstock. DNR investigators are looking for the cause of a fish kill affecting a variety of fish species and sizes, from minnows to some game fish. A resident reported the dead fish to DNR late Tuesday afternoon, after finding them around bridge pilings Monday night. DNR traced the dead fish up river to north of where county road C70 crosses the river. Wednesday, DNR staff found many live fish and dead fish in several stages of decay. Investigators also found live mussels, a species that is sensitive to pol-lution.

Anyone with information about the fish kill, please contact the DNR Mason City field office at 641-424-4073. In general, please report fish kills and pollution events as soon as possible by calling the DNR’s 24-hour environmental line at 515-725-8694. The sooner you report, the more likely DNR can identify any pollutant source and reduce environmental damage.

Iowa DNR investigates fish kill on Boone River


combats illness, and relieves aches and pains. Best of all – with a little practice – anyone can reap these benefits. Therapeutic touch. This practice is useful in re-ducing pain, improving wound healing, and aiding relax-ation. Yoga. Calming, gentle exercises provide the chance to leave the outside world behind and be at peace with ourselves. Massage. Not only does massage help reduce stress, pain, and muscle tension, but it may also be help-ful for anxiety, digestive disorders, fibromyalgia, head-aches, insomnia, myofascial pain syndrome, and nerve pain. People also enjoy massage because it conveys car-ing and comfort. Ultimately, wellness is a choice. Friendship Haven is proud to offer people more wellness choices through New Awakenings, which promotes a healthy, es-sential balance of the mind, body, and spirit.

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Happy 80th Birthday Marjorie (Hirsch) Alliger, of Lohrville, will cel-ebrate her 80th birthday August 25th. Cards may be sent to her at 3877 Waukon Ave, Lohrville, IA 51453 Her family includes Cindy & Dave Staron of Marshalltown; Cathy Muncy of Andover, KS; Steve & Jean Alliger of Lake City; Larry & Jill Alliger of Gowrie; Barb Langner of Gowrie; Brian & Tonya Alliger of Ft. Wayne, IN; and Dennis Alliger of Anthem, AZ. She has 18 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchil-dren. Husband, Harold, is deceased. The family & con-gregation members celebrated early with a lunch at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Farnhamville.

Friendship Haven Celebrates Music and Memory Music and memory share a powerful link. Hear-ing a favorite song can evoke emotions that bring back happy memories. That’s why Friendship Haven has started a new music therapy program, complete with iPods and custom-ized music playlists. Men and women with a wide range of cognitive and physical challenges find renewed mean-ing and connection in their lives through the gift of per-sonalized music. For more information about Friendship Haven, log onto www.friendshiphaven.org.

On July 20th and 21st, Welcome Aboard Club from Security Savings Bank were guests of Guthrie County State Bank on a Mystery Trip. It’s always fun to go somewhere unexpected and meet new friends along the way! Darlene Eklund, Joan Orness, Mary Larson, Martha Norine, Becky Comp, Kathy Swanson, Cheryl Decker and Renae Lane left Farnhamville early Monday morning and headed south to Panora where we met the rest of our adventurous group. A bus full of inquisitive travelers were off to see the Cutler Covered Bridge and were greeted with a warm welcome by the Winterset Chamber of Commerce. A visit to Winterset would not be complete without visiting the birthplace and museum of America’s movie icon, Robert Morrison, who became the Holly-wood legend known as John Wayne. This beautiful mu-seum just opened in May of 2015 and is absolutely a must to visit if you like his movies! We were off to visit an old fashioned nostalgic candy store which brought back memories of candy buttons, wax bottle candy or anything for your sweet tooth. Off to an Amish farm south of Chariton for a delicious feast made the old fashioned way, without modern conveniences such as electricity! Onward to the pretty little town of Albia where we toured a beautiful remodeled home built in the mid 1800’s, a refurbished bank which was made by combining four old main street buildings and finally getting a little relaxation by making beaded jewelry! The night was spent around a campfire

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with s’mores and ghost stories at the beautiful Honey Creek Resort on Rathbum Lake. The next morning in-cluded a naturalist program about the history and facili-ties of the resort, followed by walking (or riding in the golf cart) about the nature trails. Still keeping the mys-tery alive, we had a little shopping and a typical Dutch lunch in Pella. Last but not least was a stop at the newly remodeled Des Moines Botanical Garden. It was two days of fun, food and unique Iowa experiences!

Pictured with John Wayne in Winter set from left to right are Becky Comp, Cheryl Decker, Renae Lane, Mary Larson and Martha Norine. Missing from picture are Kathy Swanson, Darlene Eklund and Joan Orness.

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