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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG
PCC EDITOR
FORT MADISON – The gorgeous vista of the Fort Madison riverfont was peppered Thursday afternoon with vintage roadsters and buggies.
A tour of about 26 cars dating back to the early 1900s rolled through town as part of the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour.
Jeff Krugg, the coordi-nator of the event from Mt. Pleasant, said the tour snatched on to a beautiful day to roll 95 miles from Mt. Pleasant to Fort Mad-ison and back.
“People have come front all over the country to tour southeast Iowa this year,” Krugg said
Thursday afternoon while the group lunched at the Elks Club.
“This is an annual tour
around this part of Iowa. We take them to historical places, museums, maybe a factory one year and we
explore different places.”This year’s tour is
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News IndexCurrent-Lee ................P.5From the front .............P.8Local News ............Ps.3,8Lottery Numbers .........P.5Obituaries ..............Ps.2-3–Joseph Patrick Jacobs–Melvin Francis Rauenbuehler–Michael Joseph Regan, Jr.Sports .........................P.4Weather ......................P.8
Advertiser IndexBusiness Directory...............................................Ps.6-7
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Dr. Mark C. Pothitakis Family Dentistry .................... P.4
Fort Colony Family Restaurant ................................. P.8
Fort Madison Community Hospital ........................... P.2
Great River Regional Waste Authority ...................... P.5
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North Lee County Relay for Life ............................... P.4
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BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR
FORT MADISON – A portion of a building in downtown Fort Madison has been barricaded on the southwest corner
for fear of falling debris.
City Building Director Doug Krogmeier said he asked crews to put out the barricades yesterday after observing some additional settling of the building on
the southwest corner of 8th Street and Avenue G.
“This is has been going on for years with this building,” Krogmeier said Thursday.
“It’s more of precaution, but you also never know. Parts of that building are moving and we just didn’t want anyone below if more pieces fall off or worse.”
The building is owned by Brian Hum-phrey and Krogmeier said the city has attorney’s out of Cedar Rapids working on getting Humphrey to deal with the building.
“We just recently did that and I’m not sure where the attorneys are with it,” Kro-gmeier said.
“I haven’t seen the documents yet, but I think he has until the end of October to get with us and tell us what his plans are with the building. If he contracts with a
The building at the southeast corner of 8th and G, has been barricaded by city personnel after additional damage was observed by city offi-cials. City attorneys are involved in trying to get the owner, Brian Hum-phrey, to secure the property.
Photo by Chuck Vandenberg/PCC
City worried about downtown building
KROGMEIER
Officials see indications of further dangers at building on 8th and Avenue G
Red Flag carriages roll through FM
Mark Bunt of Eldora, and Randy Callahan of Fort Madison, stop to look over the vintage collection of cars in the city lot west of the Elks Club Thursday afternoon. The cars were part of the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour that rolled through town Thursday.
Photo by Chuck Vandenberg/PCC
See BUILDING, page 8
See CARS, page 8
Police looking for those “clowning” around
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR
FORT MADISON – It’s that time of year for clowning around, but Fort Madison Police Chief Mark Rohloff said the department may put some time into chasing down what he called “menacing” activity.
Fort Madison police were called shortly after midnight Wednesday morning to the 700 block of 13th Street where a resident reported someone dressed as a clown harassing a child and then a parent from the yard.
Police Chief Mark Rohloff said no one was hurt in the incident and police re-
sponded when the parent called to report the harassment.“Whoever it was was acting like an idiot and had one
of those clown faces on with the fangs and was scaring residents,” Rohloff said.
“When we got there he had taken off and we tracked him and were able to find the costume that he had taken off when he was running away.”
See POLICE, page 8
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OBITUARIES
MICHAEL JOSEPH REGAN, JR.Michael Joseph Regan, Jr., 31, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away on Thursday, Sep-
tember 26, 2019 at his home. He was born on September 10, 1988 in Auburn, NY to Michael & Camella Strout Regan, Sr. He enjoyed playing video games and spending time with his children.
He is survived by: 2-sons: Mason & Leo Regan of Fort Madison, IA; his girlfriend: Bernadine Shoup of Fort Madison, IA; his mother: Camella Regan of Fort Madison, IA; his father: Michael Regan Sr. of Oswego, NY; 2-brothers: Tim & Alex Regan of Fort Madison, IA; 2-sisters: Ann Lyon of Fort Madison, IA & Amanda Haynes of Burl-ington, IA; his paternal grandparents: Betty & Tom Regan of Oswego, NY & 7-nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents.
Cremation has been entrusted to the care of King-Lynk Funeral Home & Cremato-ry and no services are planned at this time. Online condolences to the Regan family may be left at www.kinglynk.com.
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JOSEPH PATRICK JACOBSJoseph Patrick Jacobs, 52, of Fort Madison, Iowa passed away Thursday, September
26, 2019 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa.Joe was born April 14, 1967 in Peoria, Illinois to Ronald E. and Janice (Massa)
Jacobs. He married Sonya Riter, they later divorced. On May 6, 2000 he married Tricia Hoelzen in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Joe is survived by his wife: Tricia; children: Kayla (Tyler) Zeh of Niota, Illinois and Jonathan Temenak of Chicago, Illinois; his parents: Ronald and Janice of Hamilton, Illinois; two sisters: Cary Jo Schaub of Tampa, Florida and Holly Cox of Omaha, Nebraska; mother and father-in-law:Howard and Sandy Hoelzen of Gladstone, Illinois; two nephews: Maslin Cox and Caleb Cox; uncles: Gary (Sue) Gravert, Chuck (Karen) Steimle, Dennis (Pat) Massa, Amel (Carol) Massa, Mi-
chael (Kathy) Massa, Greg (Lisa) Massa and James (Pam)Massa; and an aunt: Pamela (Sean) Davis.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents John and Pat Jacobs and Amel and Josephine Massa.
Joe was attended Harvest Bible Church in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was an 1985 graduate of Hamilton, Illinois and received his Radiology Technician degree from Blessing School of Radiology. He graduated from Southeastern Community College with his daughter Kayla. Joe was the MRI district supervisor with Shared Medical Services of Wisconsin for 19 years. He enjoyed golfing and attending his children’s school activities.
Joe had a special love of animals and liked to take in strays. He had a special bond with his miniature Dachshund, Ruby Sue. After an extended stay in the hospital, Joe and Ruby Sue were reunited. After being reunited, Ruby Sue died later that day. Joe was a good judge of character. His proudest accomplishment was raising his chil-dren.
We would like to say thank you to the Great River Hospice House for the wonder-ful care Joe received. This made it all much easier for Joe and his family. We would also like to say thank you to Advanced Home Health Care, Mobile Nursing, The University of Iowa Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Fort Madison Community Hospital ER, and Dr. Napier for all the years you provided compassionate care to Joe.
A celebration of life will be held on Monday, September 30, 2019 from 5p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Harvest Bible Church, 2360 255th Street, Fort Madison, Iowa.
The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Harvest Bible Church with Pastor Adam Wiggins officiating. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery in Dallas City, Illinois.
Memorials have been establish is Joe’s memory to The University of Iowa Stead Children’s Hospital, for a family with a child with Tetralogy of Fallot, or to PAWS.
Schmitz Funeral Home of West Point is assisting with arrangements. Online con-dolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com.
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MELVIN FRANCIS RAUENBUEHLER
Melvin Francis Rauenbuehler, 83, of West Point, passed away at 5:50 A.M. Thursday September 26, 2019
at his home.Born July 9, 1936 at West Point, Iowa
the son of Clem and Anna (Jacobsmeier) Rauenbuehler.
On February 10, 1962 at St. James the Less Catholic Church in St. Paul, Iowa he married Bertha Menke.
Survivors include his wife Bertha of West Point. Two sons: David (Becky) Rauenbuehler of Mount Pleasant and Kevin (Tracie) Rauenbuehler of West Point. Two daughters: Judy (Brian) Stueker-juergen of West Point and Mari Joyce (Wes) Schwanke of West Point. Eight grandchildren: Daniel (Alicia) Stuekerjuergen and Brent Stuekerjuergen of West Point, Benjamin, Nathan and Andrew Rauenbuehler of Mount Pleasant, and Eric, Adam and Maria Rauen-buehler of West Point. One brother: Carl (Mary Ann) Rauenbuehler of Sterling, Illinois. Two sisters: Anna Lee Conrad of West Point and LaVina (Carl) Hellweg of Houghton, Iowa. One sister-in-law Dorothy Rauen-buehler of Mount Pleasant and one brother-in-law Ron Mayer of Fort Madison. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Mel was preceded in death by his parents, two broth-ers: Linus and Valentine Rauenbuehler. Six sisters: Ei-leen Pieper, Clementine Holtkamp, Jean Hellweg, Kay Mayer, LaVerne Rauenbuehler and Rosemary Kruse.
Mel was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in West Point. A member of St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church where he served in the past as Parish Council President, Trustee of the Church and Trustee of Calvary Cemetery.
Prior to retiring he worked at Merschman Seeds, owned and operated Farm Equipment Repair and was the shop manager at J.J. Nichting in Mount Pleasant. Following retirement he worked at Arctic Glacier. He enjoyed mechanical work, playing euchre, woodwork-ing and spending time with his children and grandchil-dren.
The family will meet with friends from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. Saturday September 28, 2019 at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in West Point. A Knights of Columbus Rosary will be recited at 10:00 A.M.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 A.M. Sat-urday September 28, 2019 with Fr. Dennis Hoffman as Celebrant. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Point.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Church or the West Point Fire and Rescue.
Schmitz Funeral Home of West Point is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com.
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Relay for Life moved indoors at FMHSBY PCC STAFF
FORT MADISON – Due to impending storms and high winds, the Relay For Life of North Lee County will be moved inside. The event will now be held in the Fort Madison High School building. This change is to ensure the safety of all participants. The schedule for the Relay event will remain the same.
5:00 p.m. Team Set up & Registration/Survivor Reg-istration – Main Entrance to FMHS
5:00 – 7:30 p.m. BBQ Dinner Served –Cafeteria (MPR)
6:30 p.m. Opening Cere-mony-Cafeteria (MPR)
8:00 p.m. Luminaria Cer-emony –Cafeteria (MPR)
9:00 p.m. Maddie Poppe Concert – Gymnasium
10:00 p.m. Closing Cer-emony
Luminarias will line the hallways of the school marking the walking route for participants. Partici-pants are asked to enter the high school through
the main entrance to the school.
The Madde Poppe con-cert will now be open to all Relay For Life of North Lee County participants for a free will donation. All ticket holders will be given access to the gym for prior-ity seating/standing.
“Weather is always a concern for our Relay
event,” stated Chairperson, Angie Budnik, “it is our goal to continue to cele-brate our survivors and raise money for the Amer-ican Cancer Society in a safe, controlled environ-ment. The decision to open the concert up to attendees for a free will donation seemed like the most log-ical solution to help keep
the event as planned. We hope those who purchased tickets understand – we greatly appreciate their support in our fight against cancer.”
The Relay For Life of North Lee County is open to all community mem-bers. It is a fundraising event for the American Cancer Society.
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Hounds face stiffest test yet at No. 4 SolonBY CHUCK
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FORT MADISON – It’s probably gonna be wet. It’s surely gonna be phys-ical and it’s definitely the toughest test of the year.
But as Fort Madison Head Football Coach Derek Doherty has said all year, attitude and effort is what he expects every game.
Doherty doesn’t talk a lot about game strategy and game planning, but he said the program is preaching attitude and effort and program football.
The Hounds take on Class 3A 4th-ranked Solon Spartans (4-0) in Solon Friday night in a district game that could be played on some slick turf north of Iowa City in a deluge if weather patterns hold out.
Many teams moved their games to Thursday night to avoid what is supposed to be three straight days of
rain in southeast Iowa.Doherty’s Bloodhounds
have done something to date that no Fort Madison team has done since 2011 and that’s win three of it’s first four games. But com-ing home with win number four this week is a big hill to climb.
“The big thing is we know this is a big moun-tain,” Doherty said on the O’Hara & Bohnenkamp show Wednesday.
“We know the things they’ve done and the things they’re doing. Without putting them on a pedestal – they are what we want to become. Everything that coach (Kevin) Miller has done and is doing we want to do here. They are a great role model and it’s crazy how they just reload every year.”
Miller’s son Cam is the quarterback for the Spar-tans and has thrown for more than 750 yards and seven touchdowns. He’s also the second leadin g
rusher on the team averag-ing 5.3 yards per touch and has another three scores.
Senior Seamus Poynton is also averaging 5.3 yards per carry and has five TDs on the ground. Solon’s gets another 6.4 yards per carry from senior Jace Andregg who has another four scores on the ground.
Senior AJ Coons who’s listed at 6’4 but plays end like he’s 7 foot has three touchdowns and more than 400 yards in catches.
The Hounds will have to keep an eye on senior Jax Flynn who flies around on defense and has 33.5 tack-les on the year, 17 of which are solo – a full 11 above anyone else on the defen-sive side of the ball for the
Spartans.Fort Madison had it’s
best offensive game of the year last week in a 28-6 win over Burlington at home.
Quarterback Will Larson exploded for four touchdowns, two each to seniors Parker Denning and Quentin Schneider. He completed 19 of 28 passses for 244 yards. On the year Larson is 63 for 117 for 523 yards, five scores and just one interception.
Fort Madison will run three different Hounds out of the backfield and Larson will take off on some reads outside the tackles as well.
Senior Diego Lozano has been dinged up most of the year, but still has 40 carries for 277 yards and four touchdowns. Calem Maclearn and Kali Maestro split the other carries.
Fort Madison has four
players with more than 20 total tackles on the year and will need some big per-formances to contain the prolific Spartans.
Senior end Romeo Mae-stro leads the team with 32 total tackles, seven for losses including two sacks. Larson, Schneider and Lozano all have more than 20 tackles on the year.
Doherty said Larson is starting to pick up the run-pass offense and is always learning and asking questions.
“He’s understanding what an RPO looks like and last night going through out second string he came and stood by me and we had some conversations,”
Doherty said. “And it’s awesome when
you get to see – in the class-room or on the football field – when the light bulb comes on and you make connections. We feel he’s doing that.”
Doherty said the Hounds are doing what they need to rehab week to week and stay healthy
“When your playing the game of football your gon-na be nicked up. Our guys are doing a really good job of paying attention to their bodies and doing the things they need to do to rehab. That goes to the great work of our assistants and trainer doing a good job of taking care of the kids.”
“It’s awesome when you get to see - in the classroom or on the foot-ball field - when the light bulb comes on and you make connections. We
feel he’s doing that.” -Derek Doherty,
FMHS head football coach on quarterback Will Larson
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Relay for LifeThe annual Relay for Life takes place this year on September 27th from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and will feature Maddie Poppe in Concert. This year’s theme is “idols of strength’.
Weekly Book SaleFriends of the Fort Madison Public Library is holding a weekly book sales from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. on Thurs-day’s at the Public Library.
Volunteer FairThe United Way and Fort Madison Public Library will be holding a vol-unteer fair Thursday, Sept. 26, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fort Madison Public Library’s Sheaffer Memorial Meeting Room Refreshments will be provided and attendees will have a chance to explore volunteer opportu-nities in the area.
Grand OpeningThe new venue south of West Point is having a Grand Opening on Sept. 28 from 6 p.m. to midnight with food, music, and fun featuring Wilson Bros. BBQ, Caleb Booten perform-
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Diaper DriveGriffin Muffler & Brake Center of Fort Madison is spearheading the annual diaper drive during the month of September for families of Lee County in need. Diapers can be dropped at the center of Connection Bank.
FMCH Auxiliary Shoe SaleThe Fort Madison Community Hospital Auxiliary is partnering with Brown’s Shoe Fit Co. of Burlington to hold a shoe sale at FMCH on Friday, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is a fundraiser for the auxiliary and will feature both men’s and wom-en’s shoes.
Mommy & Baby Gear FairFort Madison Community Hospital will be hosting a Mommy & Baby Gear Fair on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the FMCH Con-ference Rooms. No registration fee or RSVP is required.
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structural engineer then I believe he’ll get another 30 days to determine what is going to be done.”
Krogmeier said the city has been dealing with damage from the building for sometime, but he said it’s very clear from his observations, things are getting worse.
“I’m not a structural engineer, but clearly something else is beginning to shift there.”
Humphrey also has property next north of the alley between Avenues G and F, and 9th and 10th streets that partially collapsed earlier this year that has been retained and covered with a blue tarp.
themed the convict tour, because the group toured the historic Old Iowa State Prison, and on Friday they will be part of a re-dedication of the first Iowa concrete roadway built with prison labor near Columbus Junction.
The group was formed with a glance back in time to the end of the 19th century where in England the first horseless carriages were escorted down paths.
“What happened in England was that if a horseless carriage, an automobile, was traveling at more than four miles per hour, it had to be preceded by a person carry-ing a red flag,” Krugg said.
“In 1896, they repealed that law and raised the speed limit to 14 mph. To celebrate that they had a run from London, England to Brighton England.”
The group will be recreating that run on Saturday when they travel from New London to Brighton, Iowa.
Krugg said most of the vehicles in the tour date back to the early 1900s with some as old at 1905. One driver in the group was in an 8-horsepower French Di Dion-Bu-ton, which is a 3/4 size car.
Other cars included vintage Fords andMasons, which were part of the Edward Ma-son Motor Company in the early 1900s, and Maxwell Automobiles, which became the current day Fiat-Chrysler Company.
The group spent the morning in Fort Madison on the tour and having lunch at the Elks Club and then left town to visit Herschler Winery in Franklin before heading back to Mt. Pleasant.
“We allow a couple hours to get here and then some tours and then we meander our way back. Obviously we have to stop for ice cream. But we’ll be back in Mt. Pleasant tonight,” Krugg said.
Group to recreate English celebration tourCARS - Continued from Page 1
Fords, Masons, Maxwells and even a French Di Dion-Buton were on hand Thursday as part of the Red Flag Horseless Carriage tour that rolled through town to visit the historic Iowa State Penitentiary and Elks Club for lunch.
Photo by Chuck Vandenberg/PCC
Rohloff said it’s the season for those kinds of antics and he’s heard of this type of thing in other communities. But he said residents should call the police with any informa-tion or any similar future encounters.
He said there were some business cameras in the area that may help with identification.
“It’s more menacing than anything else, but we’re gonna put some effort into this and see if we can find out who’s doing it.”
BUILDING - Continued from Page 1
Owner has until end of October to get with city
POLICE - Continued from Page 1
Police look for “menacing” clown
SCC bringing in former Hawkeye Dwight for Booster fundraiser
WEST BURLINGTON – The Blackhawk Booster Club of Southeastern Community College will host its annual fundraiser on Thursday, October 10 at the Pzazz! Convention Center.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour,
during which attendees can peruse the silent auc-tion items. Dinner will follow at 6:30 p.m., with a high-spirited live auction beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The evening will top off with a presentation by former Iowa Hawkeye and 10-year NFL wide receiv-er and return specialist Tim Dwight. Dwight left a strong mark in Big Ten history, finishing his college career with Big Ten records for punt return yardage and punts returned for touchdowns.
Dwight went on to start his 10-year NFL career with a memorable play in Super Bowl XXXIII, when he returned five kickoffs, including one for 94 yards and a touchdown. He is second all-time in Super Bowl kick return yardage for a single game, and his 42 yards per return in the game was a Super Bowl career record.
Since moving forth from his football career, Dwight
is known for various philanthropic endeavors, in-cluding the Tim Dwight Foundation. The foundation raises funds for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and for scholarships to help kids attend the Tim Dwight Football Camp.
“We feel honored to host Tim Dwight this year,” Athletic Director Tyler Gaston says. “As always, the booster club has worked hard to put the event to-gether and it looks like it will be another fantastic evening.”
Funds raised at the event primarily go towards ath-letic scholarships.
Tickets cost $50 in advance and $60 at the door. VIP tables for eight are available for $600.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call SCC’s Athletic Office at (319) 208-5121.
For more news or to learn about Southeastern Community College, visit: https://www.scciowa.edu/aboutscc/office_mktg_comm/news/
Tickets still available for Oct. 10 event at Pzazz