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July 23, 2014 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 124 NO. 29

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Local students win Iowa State Human Sciences Scholarships The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences and its academic departments offered over $800,000 in scholarships to students for the 2014-2015 academic year. Local recipients include: From Gowrie, Cally Duncan, Sophomore, Elementary Education, Prairie Valley Jr. / Sr. High School, Ruth and J.R. Underwood Scholarship - School of Education; Katie Jaeschke, Junior, Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies, Prairie Valley High School, Betty Kirkbride Keller Scholarship - College of Human Sciences, Geraldine M. Bentler Endowment Fund Scholarship - Human Development and Family Studies; From Stratford, Alisha Carlson, Senior, Child, Adult, and Family Services, Webster City High School, L. Mildred Wilson Scholarship - College of Human Sciences. By Cassidy Riley

This weekend the Gowrie community had an opportunity to celebrate the peace of mind they have in knowing when they dial 9-1-1, an ambulance carrying at least one trained EMT is headed their way and not a hearse. The Southwest Webster Ambulance Service, which is based in Gowrie, recognized their 40th anniversary on Saturday with a carnival-themed fundraiser. The event featured bingo that used ambulance related words instead of numbers, a magician, carnival games, and cot races. “There have been a lot of people who have dedicated a lot of hours to make this [service] important, to make this an outstanding service,” Terry Towne, director of the service, said. “It’s not just about the crew that’s on today. It’s about everyone who has ever served.” The fundraiser also offered a lunch of hamburgers cooked by the Webster County Beef Producers and free rides on an antique fire truck given by the fire department. Attendants had the chance to give donations to the ambulance crew and toward the Gowrie Fire Department building fund. Towne said the donations for the ambulance crew will go toward purchasing new equipment and training crew members. “It seems like the state is constantly asking us to do more and more with the training,” she said, noting recently they had to train on how to handle individuals exposed to dangerous gases and biosecurity situations. Towne said she tried to include something for everyone in the family in the event as well as fun for the crew members with the cot races. The races operated much like a relay. For example, one race involved different people on a team strapping a person to a cot, applying a cervical collar, and then applying a splint. The first place winners of the cot races were Andrew Pepples, Bailey Baker, Sarah Tempel, and Leon Cook. Second Place winners were Joanne Anderson, Jean Sollie, Marsha

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Farnaham, and Bruce Towne. Overall, Towne said the event was a success. “Everyone who came had a good time,” she said. Jeff Peterson, owner of Jamboree Foods, has been on the ambulance service for 37 years. He said before the ambulance service existed, Palmer and Swank Funeral Home transported patients to the hospital and care provided in the back of the hearse was minimal. “It’s a huge thing that this community formed its ambulance 40 years ago,” he said. “That was something really different to those people.” Ned Palmer, owner of Palmer and Swank Funeral Home, said the ambulance service is “extremely better” than what his father Max Palmer was able to provide. “You’ve got trained personnel [in the ambulance],” he said. “It’s all benefits with capital letters.” Elberta Adkins was on the service when it formed 40 years ago. She said she is proud the service has lasted so long because it is needed in the community. She knows personally how useful it is because a year and a half ago she fell off a step later and broke a hip. “A person doesn’t realize it until it happens to you,” she said. “I am very grateful that there are enough volunteers that they can keep it going. I don’t know what we’d do if we didn’t have it.”

Southwest Webster Ambulance Service celebrates 40th AnniversaryCarnival-themed fundraiser...

Children and parents enjoyed a great show by Michael Oz, a magician.

Many gathered for a game of Bingo.

Southeast Valley HSCross Country officially begin Mon, Aug. 11 The high school cross-country season (grades 9 through 12) will officially begin Mon-day, August 11th. Athletes and managers need to meet in the Southeast Valley high school commons by 7:25 a.m. There will be a team meeting at 7:30 to cover team expectations and philosophy, followed by a practice that will last until approximately 10 am. Physicals and oth-er forms (these can be obtained from the high school office) must be up to date before students will be allowed to practice. Those who attended the meeting last spring will be receiving information in the mail that will contain a practice schedule, meet schedule and further information about what is needed for practices. If an athlete did not attend the spring meeting and is still interested in run-ning cross country this fall please contact Coach Nuss at 515-352-3570 or email HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]” [email protected] to receive the additional information. Reminder that there is currently a run-

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By Cassidy Riley Gowrie United Methodist is the six-teenth church Pastor Annette Ruhs Kruse has led. Kruse arrived in Gowrie on June 17 and she replaced Pastor Jane Shepherd. Kruse said since her arrival in town she has been positively overwhelmed by how welcoming people have been to her and her family. Her first day in her office she said a parade of people came to see her. “I am not kidding it was nonstop people stopping in to welcome me,” she said. “It kind of blew my mind.” Kruse and her husband Pastor David Kruse have been pastors in the United Method-ist Church since they entered seminary together in 1984. Annette Kruse said she knew since junior high she was destined to be involved in church ministry but she resisted the idea of be-coming a pastor because she didn’t think it was something women were supposed to do. She didn’t even meet her first female pastor until college. “I had to really wrestle with that because so many people would say to me women can’t be pastors,” she said. “I kept fighting that call with God.” According to an article from 2005 on the United Methodist Church website, there are nearly 12,000 female clergy members in the church. Additionally, the Heartford Institute for Religious Research reports in 2010 about 10 percent of all congregations in the United States have a woman serving as the senior or sole church leader. As of 1994, this percentage increases to 15 when only the United Methodist Church was considered. It wasn’t until after she and David Kruse had been married five years she decided to be-come a pastor. She said after talking to other pastors and looking at the Bible as a whole, she saw God called women in “powerful ways” to lead, including Deborah of the Old Testament and Pricilla of the New Testament. Through that realization she came to peace by answering the call she felt from God. She soon discovered her husband had been fighting the same call.

Gowrie United Methodist Church welcomes Pastor Annette Ruhs Kruse

“God had been working in his heart too so when I said yes it meant he had to say yes because he couldn’t run anymore,” she said. The couple has rarely co-pastored over the years but all together, David Kruse and An-nette Kruse have pastored around 30 churches. David Kruse is currently retired but still preach-es every other week at churches in Boxholm and Otho. While Pastor Annette Kruse is 58, she says she intends to stay in Gowrie for a while and has given no thought to retirement. “I don’t anticipate I’ll ever retire retire,” she said. “I don’t feel my age.” Having been here a little over a month, she is still getting to know the community and said she doesn’t yet have specific goals for the church. “We are to make disciples for Jesus Christ and the transformation of the world,” she said. “I think this church does a pretty good job of grasping what that means but there’s always room for improvement. You’ve got to begin somewhere and I guess that’s where I’ll begin.” Jane Shepherd, who formerly pastored the church, said Pastor Annette Kruse has a great positive attitude as well as a beautiful voice and musical talent she may be able to use to help grow the church. Annette Kruse said be-fore she felt called to be a pastor she thought God would use her in musical ministry. Her and her husband both enjoy singing and occasion-ally sing together at church. “Christian people really love music and it’s a way to connect with God that sometimes doesn’t happen listening to a sermon or going to a bible study for some people,” Shepherd said. “Music really touches the heart directly and doesn’t go through the cognitive brain as much. It’s more of a spiritual experience that you don’t have to think through.” Alan Wooters, a member of the church’s council, said there is always apprehension when a church is assigned a new pastor but he and many others are very excited about their new pastor joining their church. “There’s an immense sigh of relief that she’s exciting and has some real dynamic ser-mons and seems to be fitting into our congrega-

tion and the community,” he said. He said she was “baptized by fire” with one of her first duties in the church being help-ing with the annual chicken dinner on July 4 but he saw she worked hard to greet people and par-ticipate in the celebration. “She seems to be excited to be here and we’re excited to have her,” he said.

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Fourth of July...part 4By Cassidy Riley Everyone enjoys a bit of friendly compe-tition once in a while. On the Fourth of July in Gowrie, competition can be found around every corner. There are water fights and awards at the car show sponsored by the Gowrie Fire Depart-ment. The Gowrie Municipal Golf Course host-ed the annual Armature Men’s Golf Tournament and the American Legion hosts a raffle. Among all the ways residents can find themselves locked in a battle among their friends and neighbors there are at least two unforgettable competitions—the Bill Riley Talent Show and cow pie bingo. Bill Riley Talent Show The Gowrie Area Arts Council begins planning for the Bill Riley Talent Show in Febru-ary by applying to be an official show and reserv-ing their spot on the list of shows posted online. Diane Adam, who coordinates the show, said being listed on the website is very important because performers begin contacting them from around the state to participate immediately. “You have people looking online as soon as our shows hit the list,” she said. To be considered an official show and send winners to the big competition in Des Moines the Gowrie show has to have four entries in the sprouts and senior categories. Julie Peterson, who also helps coordinate the show, said their planning process involves a lot of simultaneous activities. After being regis-tered as an official show they start looking for an MC, judges, and contacting music teachers to look for performers. Peterson said they try to look for judges who have experience in performance. This year’s judges were Drew Palmer, who has experience in piano and trumpet; Deb Letcher, with experi-ence in tap, band, and choir; and Jacie Simon, who studies music at Simpson College. On the day of the competition the en-tire arts council meets in City Park to help set up sound and equipment and organize the event. The event is sponsored by Jamboree Foods and the American Legion and money is used for prize money and judge payments. Cow Pie Bingo There are likely few in the world who can appreciate the value of a game built around the location of a cow’s manure but fans of cow pies are in ample supply on the Fourth of July in Gowrie. In fact, cow pie bingo has become so

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Thank you for all the cards and well wishes I have received for our 60th Wedding Anniversary. Also thank you to Alan and Sue for all the work they did to make this a special day with our family.

The Warriors won the Twin Lakes Conference Title with a perfect 10-0 record while Alta-Aurelia 8-2 finished 2nd. Newell-Fonda, East Sac, and MNW all tied for 3rd at 7-3 Rounding out the Standings were SLSM 5-4, Sioux Central 4-5, SEW 3-6, Laurens-Marathon 2-8, Poky 1-9, and SCCC 0-10. In their record-setting Conference Season the Warriors placed 4 Players on the 1st Team out of the 14 chosen from 11 Teams. Additionally PV had 1 on the 2nd Team and 1 on Honorable Mention for a total of 6. While the Seniors will be discussed in a later article, leading the way was 4-TIME repeat 1st Team Infielder Clara Pearson. Clara was the only unanimous selection out of all the terrific 1st Team players. Katie Kehoe finished her career in a special way as well, fittingly as a 1st Team Utility Player after being Honorable Mention in 2013. Securing one of three 1st Team Outfield positions was JR Karlee Walker. Karlee had a great overall Season on both sides of the Ball. While anchoring the outfield in Centerfield, she committed ZERO errors while making big plays all over the place. Batting in the lead-off spot she set the table regularly with a .558 on-base percentage and a .447 overall Batting average,

including pounding 5 doubles and 2 triples. Karlee has filled the big shoes left behind in CF by big sister Marlee and brought home another 1st Team TLC Honor to the Walker home. She will tear in up the TLC big time next year. Perhaps the most difficult vote of the day was choosing the 1st Team Pitcher. There were lots of great Seniors to consider including 2013 1st Team Pitchers Ranee Maneman of NF and Tayler Rohwer of AA, as well as Briley Sullivan of LM that was tossed onto 2013 1st Team Utility to get her a spot. And 2013 2nd Teamer Rachel Todd of SLSM threw well again as did SRs Molly Hesnard of East Sac and Ali Miller of MNW, not to mention JR Lanae Shiley of SC. But just like no one saw PV coming this year, no one outside of the PV Camp saw Sophomore Natalie Lambert coming either. Nat rained on a lot of parades when she dominated in Conference play and was rewarded with a 1st Team All-Conference Pitcher spot, while Maneman got the other one. Along with Katie and Josie that makes 3-3 1st Teamers for the Lamberts! In Conference Games Nat (and her defense) gave up a mere 12 runs (10 earned) in 10 Games for an ERA of .99. While facing 271 Batters, Nat recorded 72 Strike-outs, surrendered a measly 9 Walks and

Warrior softball team dominates All-Conference teams

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a collective opponent Batting Average of .173. In all Games she recorded 156 Strike-outs, the 10th most in the State in Class 2A. She also hit .387 in the TLC. Sophomore Erica Rittgers landed on the 2nd Team as an Infielder. While her impressive stats were worthy of 1st Team you are not going to get 2 players from the same Team when there are only 4 spots available. Playing the hot box at 3B Erica proved she is one of the best Players in the TLC just like we knew she would be. She made big play after big play on defense and while hitting in the 2 hole she tore it up with a .474 overall Batting Average along with 5 Doubles, 1 Home Run, Conference Honors

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Card of Thanks! The family of Opal Peterson wishes to thank family, friends and neighbors for your care and concern and acts of kindness during this difficult time.


Opal Maxine Peterson, 86, of Callender, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17th, at Our Saviour's Luther-an Church, Callender with Rev. Jon Rollefson officiating. Burial was in Callender Cemetery. Opal is survived by her husband, Mari-on, son Mike (Lisa), grandsons, Parker (fiancé Robin) and Spencer, nieces Mindy (Alex) Had-jis and Tresia Natte, family and friends. She was preceded in death by her par-ents, Katherine (Leist) and Hermanus Flemmig, and sister, Joan. Opal Maxine Flemmig was born June 11, 1928 Beaver Township, Humboldt, Iowa. She attended country schools and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1945. In 1946, she graduated from A.I.B. Junior College of Ac-counting. She was employed at Reppert Trans-portation & Storage from 1946 to 1947; State Conservation Commission Treasurer from 1947 to 1951; and Marine Corps Payroll Clerk from 1952 to 1953. She was united in marriage to Marion Richard Peterson on November 2, 1951 at First Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa. After Marion's term in the Marine Corps, they resided on a farm near Callender. She was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

Opal Maxine Peterson, 86 Dennis C. Jacobson, 88, of Farnham-ville, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at the Gowrie Care Center. Funeral Services were held 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at First United Church in Farnhamville with Rev. Dr. James Chesnutt officiating. Burial was in Reading Township Cemetery, Farnhamville with Military Honors presented by American Legion Post #510. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Delores; sons, Donald (Ann) Jacobson of Yu-kon, OK; Alan (Sue) Jacobson of Farnhamville; Lyndon (Barbara) Jacobson of Minden, NV; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two step grandchildren; two step great-grand-children; and sister, Dorothea Bruzek of Mil-ford, MI. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, Ingvold and Mable (Donhough) Jacob-son; infant brother, Dale Jacobson; sister, Helen Johnson; brothers-in-law, Robert Johnson, Bill Bruzek; and sister-in-law, Margaret Staloch. Dennis C. Jacobson was born February 21, 1926 in Rake, IA. He attended and gradu-ated from Rake High School in May of 1944. Following graduation, Dennis enlisted in the United States Navy and served his country in the Pacific Theater until his honorable dis-charge on June 7, 1946. After working a year, he attended State School of Science in Wahpe-ton, N.D. studying electrical engineering. On June 27, 1954, Dennis was united in marriage to Delores Gray at the Methodist Church in Wells, MN. The couple established their home in Rake, IA, and Dennis operated an electric and T.V. business for several years. During the fall of 1960, the family moved to Farnhamville where Dennis worked for the town, being in charge of the electrical and water distribution. Dennis worked for the City of Farnhamville for 28 years, and he retired in 1988. He also found-ed and operated Jacobson Electric until turning it over to his son, Alan, in 1993. Dennis was a member of First United Church, American Le-gion Post #510, United States LST Association, Minnesota LST Association, and was a 24 year past member of the Farnhamville Fire Depart-ment. Dennis enjoyed his grandchildren, fish-ing, gardening, and spending his winters in Ari-zona. He was proud of his Norwegian heritage and enjoyed a trip to Norway after retirement. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

Dennis C. Jacobson, 88

Birthdays23-July Sheila Hall24-July Jody Collier, Emily Jaeschke Dennis McKenney, Cooper Nuss Ned Palmer25-July June Urelius, Donna Wolf26-July Jesse Foote, Jason Johnson27-July Kristal Morales28-July Peggy Gilday, Mary Seil Vernon Thomas30-July Kalli Board, Jason McKenney

Anniversaries24-July Luis and Leah Rosado.25-July Scott and Patrice Klingson; Ron and Denise Weston; Paul and Shirley Wolf.26-July Alan and Cindy Carstens.29-July Ron and Maretta Hansen; Larry and Linda Nolte.30-July Kevin and Kelly Black.

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Jim Showers, Gowrie,wins Gowrie News contest Last week Jim Showers, who lives just outside of Gowrie, won the annual Gowrie News Facebook contest. This year’s prize was two tickets to see Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert on August 1 at the Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge. The contest question was to guess which story did not appear in the Gowrie News on July 23, 1914. The options were a notice that elec-tricity would be coming to Gowrie on August 1, an article about two people dying in a local house fire, an article alleging tango dancing may have led two men to commit a theft, or an article about a farmer near Gowrie who was killed by lightning in his field. The correct answer was the second option concerning people dying in a fire. Showers said he only participated in the competition after his wife, Heather Showers, prompted him. Jim Showers and Heather Show-ers said they are both very excited to have a date night together at the concert.

Jim Showers of Gowrie is the Winner of two Lynyrd Skynyrd tickets.

Callender Road D43construction beginsMonday, July 21 Road construction is scheduled to start on paved Route D43 (290th Street) between Callender and U.S. Highway 169 on Monday, July 21st. Through traffic will be maintained during construction. Flaggers and pilot cars will be used during construction to maintain local traffic to adjacent properties. Motorists are urged to use caution. Construction is expected to take up to four weeks. Contact the Webster County Engineer’s Office at 515-576-3281 with any questions.

Gowrie Golf Men’s League Standingsafter Wednesday, July 9... Team Points1 Palmers 204.502 Thomas Farms 203.003 WCCTA 199.504 Harcourt Equipment 191.005 KGK Trucking 185.506 Poet 178.507 Gowrie 66 178.008 Engquist Lumber 174.509 Security Savings 172.509 Pugs 172.5011 Heartland Bank 171.0012 Hanson Custom Golf 159.5013 Olson Plumbing 159.0014 Streit Construction 156.50

Event Winners...Long Putt, Matt Thompson; Long Putt, Mike Conrad.

Southeast Valley M.S. Band in Appreciation Day Parade Musicians in grades 6-8 will be per-forming in the annual Appreciation Day parade in Harcourt, Saturday, August 2. The parade be-gins at 1:30 and band members are to assemble by the ball park at 1:00 pm. Please wear white shirt and black shorts. The band will ride a hayrack, playing the tunes used in the Lehigh parade in June. If you have questions, please contact director Dave Swaroff at 547-2963 or email [email protected].

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Dennis C. Jacobson, 88

Birthdays23-July Sheila Hall24-July Jody Collier, Emily Jaeschke Dennis McKenney, Cooper Nuss Ned Palmer25-July June Urelius, Donna Wolf26-July Jesse Foote, Jason Johnson27-July Kristal Morales28-July Peggy Gilday, Mary Seil Vernon Thomas30-July Kalli Board, Jason McKenney

Anniversaries24-July Luis and Leah Rosado.25-July Scott and Patrice Klingson; Ron and Denise Weston; Paul and Shirley Wolf.26-July Alan and Cindy Carstens.29-July Ron and Maretta Hansen; Larry and Linda Nolte.30-July Kevin and Kelly Black.

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~ Gary Hall and Family

Thank you friends for all your caring cards, memorials and calls. Mom would have been pleased with all the love shown.

Senior utility man Curt Castenson lined up against the plate, staring down a 4-3 deficit to St. Edmond and the end of his high school athletic career. “I was shaking pretty badly,” Castenson said, recalling the pivotal moment. After sophomore centerfielder Cade King popped up to shallow left and freshman shortstop Myles Davis gained a walk, St. Ed-mond senior pitcher Hank Crimmins had Cas-tenson on a full count. Fortunately for Casten-son and the Jaguars, the pitch went outside and prompted the senior to take his base. On this night, the stars would align in Southeast Valley’s favor. Beginning on July 15, the Southeast Valley Jaguars saw themselves in the playoffs, riding high on a five game winning streak and clinching the Twin Lakes Conference crown. In their way initially was conference rival Sioux Central, who the Jags defeated earlier in the sea-son. In the rematch between the two clubs, Southeast Valley would use Castenson’s two al-lowed hits and a six run fifth inning to put away the Rebels, 7-1 at the Harlan and Hazel Sports Complex in Fort Dodge. The first inning started off well enough for the Jags, as sophomore centerfielder Cade King would hit a short chopper to second base and took advantage of a bobbled ball by the Rebels to beat the throw to first. With the help of freshman shortshop Myles Davis and senior catcher Clayton Taylor, who hit up the middle for a single, brings in King and provides South-east Valley with an early score. Castenson would shut down the Rebel bats for three innings, before Sioux Central se-nior leftfielder Tim Saunders would belt one over the left-centerfield fence in the top of the fourth inning to even the score at one run apiece. However, the Jags would provide a re-sponse as King would catch a pop fly from se-nior rightfielder Chris Ripke and with the help of Davis, were able to throw out freshman pinch runner Caleb Gunderson to get the Jaguars out of the jam. To aid the Jaguar response, the fifth in-ning saw the Southeast Valley offense come to life. With the help of walks, wild pitches, errors by the Rebels and the reliable bat of Taylor, the Jaguars scored six runs in the fifth inning, vault-ing the teal and black ballclub further into the playoffs. As the Rebels allowed for six runs, Sioux Central would cease to fade as Castenson even-tually saw himself in another jam as the bases were loaded with Rebel runners. But Castenson, aided by two outs, would strike out sophomore pinch hitter Ryan Etherington to case the Sioux Central threat. An inning later, Castenson would pro-vide the final nail in the Rebel coffin, striking out senior shortstop Nick Amendolare for the final out. Castenson took the win, improving to 6-3 in the 2014 season. On July 19, the Jaguars would square off in another rematch, this time against the St. Edmond. The two teams met previously on June 3, where Southeast Valley dropped a 9-5 heart-breaker to the Gaels in Dayton. The first inning started well for South-east Valley, as Gaels starting pitcher Jason Set-terdahl would walk Davis, then see the Gael in-field commit an error to entice Castenson to first as Davis would move to third. After a Taylor sac fly to bring in Davis across home plate, sopho-more starting pitcher Andrew Dorage hit a line drive into the gap between left and center field to bring in Castenson for an early 2-0 lead.While St Edmond junior shortstop Ryan Szalat

The residence of Glen and Chelsey Worrel, 1111 Lynd St., was the pick for Yard of the Week, which is sponsored by the Gowrie Development Commission.~ Email your news to [email protected] ~

Our sincere thank you to all for your generosity, cards, memorials, kind works and prayers, since the sickness and death of Andy Anderson. A special thanks to Pastor Jim Davis, Dr. Tim Ihrig and all the nurses and teams involved in Andys' care.

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would knock in a double in the first inning, it was strong defensive play by the Jaguars that halted the Gaels from replying in the bottom of the first inning. This strong play was highlighted by a King catch in centerfield and throwing a dart to freshman Dakota Jaeschke to keep Szalat on second before Jaeschke snagged a potential line drive by Setterdahl to retire the side. The third inning would see Southeast Valley continue to press on St. Ed’s, as Setter-dahl would be replaced by a cold-handed Crim-mins. After walks on Castenson and Dorage, ju-nior first baseman Dylan Anderson would drop a hit into shallow left center and help Davis cross the dish to stretch the Jaguar lead to 3-0. Despite allowing three hits through four innings, Dorage was aided by a stout Jaguar de-fense, highlighted by a running catch by junior rightfielder Joe Sedlacek to retire the side in the second inning and strand the Gael baserunners. For the Gaels, Crimmins was able to gain some heat to his pitches, fanning eight Jaguar batters between the end of the third inning and the sixth inning. In the bottom of the sixth, however, St. Edmond would proceed to breakthrough Dor-age’s pitching and the resilient Jaguar infield.Starting with a Szalat single to shallow left, Crimmins and Setterdahl would follow suit – dropping hits into shallow left and shallow center respectively. While Dorage was consoled by his catcher and coaches, junior pinch runner Landon Hughett would replace Setterdahl on first base. Sophomore leftfielder Robert Flattery would chop the ball shallow in the diamond, which enabled the Jaguars to punch out Szalat on third but yielded an error and prompted Crim-mins across home plate to put the Gaels on the scoreboard. Soon after, luck would temporarily go south as junior catcher Matthew Bocken was struck in the back by a pitch from Dorage and loaded up the bases once more. After striking out sophomore designated hitter Reid Johnson, freshman second baseman Logan Fear struck a hit to shallow left as Crimmins and Hughett score two runs to tie up the ballgame. With senior rightfielder Cal Coleman batting, the

Jaguars punch their ticket to Carroll, bypass Sioux Central and St. Edmond

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Green County Rams advance in state play On a day that almost looked gloomy with gray clouds blanketing the sky, the Greene County Rams, defeated the Center Point –Urbana Stormin' Pointers this evening with a score of 2-0 at the Iowa Girls' State Softball Tournament—bringing a silver lining to this overcast day. The Rams, which includes players from Paton-Churdan, were the unranked underdogs at the start of the season and now they will move on to face the Clarke Lady Indians on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex. "I'm just so proud of the girls," said Head Coach Tom Kennedy after the game. "They had such a great attitude and I'm just so glad that they could win a game here." The first four innings of the game were fairly uneventful. By the end of the top of the fifth inning the score was 0-0, but the game-changing hit came at the bottom of the inning. Pitcher Marissa Promes was the first up to bat for Greene County when she hit the only home run of the game, putting her team on the board. "I was just ready to score and I decided we didn't need to be tied anymore," she said. The next run for the Rams came at the bottom of the sixth inning when number 14, Carleigh Paup stepped up to bat. Her hit took her to second base and before the inning was over she made it home, making the final run of the game. To read more about the game check out the rest of the story on our Facebook page.

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ning group that meets M/W/F at the high school at 7:30am and Tuesday/ Thursday at 7am at the track that is open to everybody. Starting Mon-day, August 4th and every day through Friday August 8th, the running group will meet at 7:15am at the high school. All cross country runners are encouraged to attend. If you have questions or are unable to attend the first practice and are planning to par-ticipate, please call Coach Nuss 515-352-3570 or email at [email protected].


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It is often said small towns like Gowrie depend upon volunteers for survival. Jim (Archie) Peterson, 62, has dedicated his whole life to serving his town and country. In 1971 Peterson was draft-ed into the military and sent to Bad Hersfeld, Germany along the east/west German border. He was a com-bat engineer demolition specialist who did boarder operations. On the eastern side of Ger-many he said there were tactics de-ployed to keep people from crossing into the western side—including a mine field.

“I thought the communist way of life was pretty bad since you have to build a mine field to keep people in,” he said. As a demolition special-ist he also participated in creat-ing plans for destroying specific military targets such as bridges and roads. He spent 19 months in Europe before returning home to Gowrie where he worked at his dad’s welding shop. “When I came home, a week later, I joined the Iowa Army National Guard in Fort Dodge,” he said. He joined, primarily, for the pension plan available through the military. “I thought ‘Where is the pension fund at Peterson Weld-ing? There is none,’” he said. He served in the guard for 16 years and then transferred into the United States Army Reserve. He was part of the 875th Re-placement Company. Their train-ing primarily dealt with housing, feeding, and transporting soldiers coming into battle areas to re-place those who may have been wounded or finished their time of service. His company trained in Germany in 1989 and the next year they were called to serve in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield. He was there for eight and a half months. He said the time spent away from his wife and two small kids was very tough. “I had to stand in line four or five hours to use a telephone and your spending 14, 15 bucks on a phone call,” he said. “I just

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told Patty this is our Saturday night date.” In 1999 Peterson retired from the military, and while it marked much of his career it did not constitute the only way he served his community. Peterson has served as a rural mail carrier for about 35 years and a volunteer firefighter for 37 years. While he was a firefighter he said he saw some things that were “pretty eyebrow raising.” One call in particular he remembers was a house fire where the bathtub was found upside down. “I said look at this! There’s a bathtub upside down…something exploded or something. But when the smoke finally cleared, the bath-tub used to be on the second floor. It had burned through and fell down,” he said. The toilet and sink were leaning down from the second floor, connected by pipes. “That could have fallen on top of us,” he said. Peterson’s fire department

pager received calls for emergen-cy medical services as well, and what he heard encouraged him to join the volunteer EMS. “I got tired of hearing ‘This is third page for Gowrie Rescue,’” he said. He has driven the ambu-lance for Gowrie EMS for about 20 years. Another significant area of service in Peterson’s life is his work with the American Legion. He has been a member for 43 years. “Since 9/11 I’ve helped probably 25 to 30 cases where the service member is gone and gotten deployed and the mom or dad who’s left at home with the kids, there’s been a glitch in the pay process, and they’re going ‘We don’t have any money,’” he said.

Jim Peterson in his mili-tary uniform in 1998.

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Jim Peterson stands in front of a Gowrie Fire Depart-ment truck. Peterson served as a Gowrie Firefighter for 37 years.

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Jim Peterson stands with his wife Patricia and daughter, Danielle, on the Iowa State University campus at Danielle's graduation from Girls State in 2006.


In their first season ever the Jaguar baseball team has won Southeast Valley’s first ever conference title with three big games this week against three conference foes the Jaguars secured at least a share of the title with East Sac still needing to play two conference games. The Jaguars defeated East Sac twice this season. Here’s how the week went.Manson NW Webster 4-2 W (15-6) Conference foe Manson came into Jaguar field looking to upset the Jaguars and with a well coached ball club the Jaguars were in for a fight. In the end it was the Jaguars coming through with a tough 4 – 2 conference win. “The Cougars are always well coached and always a tough team to beat so this win was a big one,” said Coach Bachel. On the mound earning the win was Curt Castenson who threw a complete game giving up no earned runs on 4 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 11 Cougar batters. Curt also led a slew of Jaguar batters who all had one hit on 3 plate appearances. The Jaguars going 1 for 3 included Curt, Andrew Dorage, Dylan Anderson and Cameron Anderson. Both Andrew and Dylan drove in a run with their solo hit of the night, Dylan’s hit being a double, the lone extra base hit of the game. Cade King was the spark for the offense going 2 for 3 which included a big suicide squeeze in the 6th inning which gave the Jaguars a two run cushion, which was more than enough for Curt as he shut the door on the Cougars securing the first conference game of the week. “We knew we needed three wins to secure our spot as conference champs. This was step 1 of 3”said Coach Anderson.

Pocahontas 11-1 W (16-6) Second game of the week saw the Indians from Pocahontas traveling to take on the Jaguars. The schedule favors the Jaguars as all three games were at home. The Jaguars wasted no time jumping on the scoreboard scoring two runs in the first inning and three runs in the next. The fast start was just what the Jaguars needed to get the ball rolling as they finally ended the game in the 6th inning where they scored 5 runs allowing the 10 run rule to

Jaguars win Twin Lakes Conference Title2014 Southeast Valley Baseball team

Starting pitcher Curt Castenson takes to the mound in the first inning against Sioux Central on July 15. Castenson pitched a com-plete game, yielding only two hits and fan-ning eight Rebel batters.

Attention: All Football Players Grades 9th - 12th We will be holding a Preseason Football Camp on Aug. 4 thru 7 at Camp Dodge. Aug 11th practice starts from 3:30-6:30 pm each night at the Varsity Practice Field in Gowrie. Order forms for camp T-shirts & Shorts will be available Aug 11. If you have any ques-tions or concerns, please call Coach Mike Swi-eter @ 352-3312.

come into effect. It was Freshmen Myles Davis coming up with the big hit which drove in the game winning run. Myles ended the day going 2 for 4 while driving in two runs one of them being the game winner. It wasn’t just Myles getting all the hits, as the Jaguars bats came alive with Pitcher Andrew Dorage helping his cause going 3 for 4 with 3 big RBI’s. Curt Castenson added two hits in four plate appearances while scoring three times. Clayton Taylor and Dylan Anderson both went 1 for 2. Dylan had two RBI’s on his lone hit. Again Andrew Dorage had a great performance

Ron and Maretta Hansen, Farnhamville, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, July 29. Ron and Maretta were married on July 29, 1954. Ron and Moretta will celebrate with family on Sunday. They have one daughter Kathy Pingel, Callender, and they have four grandchildren. One daughter, Linda, is deceased. They also have two great grandchildren.

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9:15 am Sunday Worship

10:15 am Fellowship

Wed./Thurs., July 23 - 24 5:30-7:15 PM Vaca-

tion Bible School “SonWest Round-Up”

Thurs.-Sun, July 24-27 South Dakota Mission Trip

Thurs., July 24 9:00 AM Dorcas/

Lydia Circle, Fire-side Room; 2:00 PM Mary/Martha Circle, Fireside Room; 6:30 PM GriefShare Class, Fireside Room

Sat., July 26 8:00-1:00 OSLC’s

Garage Sale & Lun-cheon ($5/meal); 9:00 AM Men’s Group, Fireside Room

Sun., July 27 9:15 AM Worship 10:15 AM Fellow-

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Thurs., July 24 7:00 p.m. Gowrie Arts

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cil MeetingWed., July 30 5:30 p.m. VBS Supper 6:10 p.m. VBS

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Craig Vote, Pastor

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

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Karen Young, Pastor 9:00 am Sunday Worship

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OF CHRISTJames G. Davis, Pastor


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He said the state has financial resources dedicated to helping families of military person-nel or veterans when payments are delayed. The American Legion helps families access these resources they may not know about. Peterson said he is very passionate about helping veter-ans for one simple reason—he wants to honor their sacrifice. “When you take that oath you’re sign-ing a blank check to the United States govern-ment that may include your life,” he said. Since he was first drafted at the age of 19 Peterson has engaged his life in the service of others—in ways as grand as potentially sav-ing lives as an ambulance driver to as humble as helping a military wife pay her $67 electricity bill. “I like to help people. I’m not looking for any glory or crap like that,” he said. “It’s nice to get awards and things like that but it’s not the reason for doing it.” When asked why he likes helping peo-ple he simply replied: “It’s in my system I guess,” he said. “I can’t really say why. I just do.”

To hear more about Jim's life in the military and American Legion, visit daytongowrienews.com for a short audio story.

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A summer family event called “Wilder-ness Escape: Where God Guides and Provides” will be hosted at Gowrie United Methodist Church, 1306 Market St, Gowrie from July 27-31, 2014. Families step back in time at Wil-derness Escape, exploring some of the adven-tures faced by Moses and the Israelites. Kids participate at the Israelite Camp, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, dig

Gowrie Churches host “Wilderness Escape” Community VBS

into Bible-times snacks, visit Moses, and col-lect Bible Memory Buddies to remind them of God’s Word. Plus, everyone learns to look for evidence of God all around them through some-thing called God Sightings. Each day concludes at Celebration—a time of upbeat worship that gets everyone involved. Kids and adults at Wilderness Escape VBS will join nearly a million participants

reaching out to needy kids through a hands-on mission project called Operation Kid-to-Kid, in which families will raise money to provide clean water in India. Registration forms can be picked up at either GUMC or Zion Lutheran church, or you may follow the link and register online at gow-rieumc.com. Wilderness Escape is for children 4 and up, and will run from 6 to 8:00p.m. each day. For more information, call Katie at 515-352-3715.

Gowrie Municipal Utilities will be flushing hydrants during the month of July. You may experience short times of low pressure and might notice some discoloration of the water during these times. If you do have discoloration, just let the water run until it is clear. You may call the office at 352-3065 with any questions that you may have.

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and 19 Stolen Bases. The final Warrior chosen to the Honorable Mention TLC Team was yet another Sophomore Anna Heatherington. Anna worked her tail off in the off-Season and became a huge reason we enjoyed the successful Season we had. Playing Right Field she also committed ZERO errors on the Season and made the Game ending clutch catch at East Sac to secure the Conference Title. She hit .394 on the year in the TLC and .333 overall with 5 hard hit 2-baggers and 13 RBIs. The Conference was loaded with talent this year and a lot of older Girls that were 1st or 2nd Team last year got bumped. Also this year the TLC chose to re-vote on ties between players versus have both selected making fewer spots. This makes landing 3 Sophomore Warriors on the All-Conference Teams quite an accomplishment as well. We tried getting a couple of others spots but knew the odds were against it and are thankful our girls got the recognition they earned.

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Gowrie City Council MeetingJuly 16, 2014

Regular Gowrie City Council meeting was held on June 16, 2014 at 6:45 p.m. at the Gowrie Civic/Community Center with Mayor Stokesbary in the chair & the following Council members answering roll call: Adams, Petersen, Harrison, Redman & Jackson. Absent: City Clerk-Shelley Segebart. Minutes of the previous meeting and the clerk’s report was approved on a motion by Petersen, second by Jackson. Motion carried-all ayes. Harrison moved to approve the agenda as posted, second by Adams. Motion carried-all ayes. Chief McCormack gave the monthly Police report. Bruce McCormack gave the monthly Parks report. He said that the security cameras for the parks will be purchased next month. The Library report was given. Jordan Adams gave the monthly Gowrie Development Commission report.

PUBLIC HEARING 7:00 P.M. No written or oral objections were given the Increase of Garbage Rates. Redman moved to approve a $2.00 increase (bringing the total to $21.25) per household to the current garbage rate, second by Harrison. Motion carried by roll call-all ayes. The Council moved to have the second reading next month (July 2014). The Mayor read a public notice pertaining to the Rehabilitation Grant.

popular the Xi Eta Sigma sorority had to expand the game this year. “This is actually the first year that we’ve created a third board,” said Dawn Loseke, acting president of the sorority. For the first year ever the group sold 300 tickets. With the cost of prize money taken out, this totals at least $2,000 the sorority plans to re-invest in the city. Loseke said each year the so-rority votes on how to spend the money and it is given to different community organizations. She said the costs of production for the game are very low, which maximizes their con-tribution to the town. Preparation consists of gaining permission to use the lot on Elm Street, setting up donated pins to hold the cow, and ac-quiring and taking care of a donated cow. Loseke said the event is a fun way for the sorority to participate in a city-wide tradition. “I think they were trying to come up with an easy fundraiser that would involve surround-ing communities,” she said of those who created the game. A Lasting Tradition This is the final installment in a four-part miniseries about the planning that goes into cre-ating Gowrie’s annual Independence Day cele-bration. While those who are involved have very different roles to play in creating a week full of activities, all seem to have a similar devotion to maintaining Gowrie’s reputation. Alan Wooters, who was featured in an-other part of the series, summed up why this holiday means so much to Gowrie. “I’ve heard all my life ‘We always go to Gowrie on the Fourth of July,’” he said. “It seems like it’s a part of what Gowrie is. The Fourth of July seems to be one of those things that sets Gowrie apart from other places.”

Gowrie Municipal Utilities will be flushing hydrants during the month of July. You may experience short times of low pressure and might notice some discoloration of the water during these times. If you do have discoloration, just let the water run until it is clear. You may call the office at 352-3065 with any questions that you may have. “It Pays to Advertise!”

Gaels would implement an attempted steal by Fear. While the Jaguars were caught in the con-fusion, Bocken would score to give St. Edmond a 4-3 lead. Dorage would get out of the inning, striking out Coleman soon after. “[We told them to] stay positive and keep grind-ing,” Co-Head Coach Brad Anderson said, de-tailing what the Southeast Valley coaching staff told the Jaguars going into the final inning. With Davis and Castenson on base for Southeast Valley, it was up to senior catcher Clayton Taylor. The slugger, who scored five home runs and 26 RBIs in the 2014 campaign, would smash the pitch from Crimmins over the head of Robert Flattery and dropping the ball at the warning track, bringing in Davis to tie the game at four runs apiece. With the double and 27th RBI of the season, Taylor along with Cas-tenson, would tag out to freshman Ryan Gus-tafson and senior Joe Phipps at second and third. Heading off of the field, Castenson would immediately head to the bullpen to relieve Dor-age, who was intentionally walked by the Gaels to load up the bases. Junior Jay Lizer would re-place Dorage at first, before Jaeschke chopped a Crimmins pitch to shortstop Szalat. Szalat would miscalculate his throw to Bocken, landing in the dirt in front of the catcher to entice Gustafson across home plate to regain the lead. Junior first baseman Dylan Anderson would also help out the Jaguar cause, dropping a hit to shallow left to bring Phipps home. While junior leftfielder Spencer Johnson would strike out looking, sophomore designated hitter Cam-eron Anderson would be struck by a wild pitch from Crimmins. This would let Lizer cross home safely as the Jaguars jumped to a 7-4 lead. The Gaels had one final gasp, as Casten-son would take the mound to help Southeast Val-ley get to Carroll. “[I had to] throw strikes, keep it low and

let my defense make plays for me,” Castenson said, commenting on the Jaguar strategy to vic-tory. While Crimmins would use his bat to keep St. Edmond in the game with a double, the pitcher would take advantage of an overthrown throw by Taylor to third base and come in to score. Setterdahl would eventually be walked with two outs left, where Castenson would strike out Robert Flattery to seal the deal for Southeast Valley. “We have been in this position so many times this season, it’s ridiculous,” Co-Head Coach Bryan Bachel said, speaking of the many times the Jaguars would come back to win ball-games. “I have been at Prairie Valley for seven years [beforehand] and I’ve never beaten St Ed’s. This was the best time to do it.” By the time the Jaguars posed for vic-tory pictures and were given a postgame pep talk from Anderson and Bachel, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto would defeat Ridge View, 5-1, in Carroll. Earning the win was Dorage, who earned his seventh win and remained undefeated in the 2014 campaign. Crimmins (6-5) would take the season ending loss for the Gaels. The Jaguars (21-6) will look to further their quest to Principal Park in Des Moines, traveling to Carroll to battle the Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto Rams (18-10) on July 22 at 7 p.m.

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American Legion raffle winners named American Legion Post 431 has an-nounced the winners of the July 4 raffle. Melvin Goslar of Ute, Iowa won first place of $300 dol-lars. Second place of $200 went to Violet Anderson of Elkhart, Indiana and third place of $100 was won by Rodney Peterson of Gowrie.


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Webster County Claims Register Report for 07-15-2014 ABC PEST CONTROL INC pest control 62.00ACCESS MATTERS magazines 138.95ACCESS SYSTEMS copier lease 277.79ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC copier lease 256.87AGSOURCE LABORATORIES well water kits 330.00AHLERS & COONEY PC urban renwal 4,174.00ALLIANCE CONNECT LLC phone service 2,150.63ALLIANT ENERGY UTILITIES 39.56ALLIED INVESTMENT PROPERTIES L, rent payment 380.00ANDERSON STATION INC fuel 42.00ANDERSON, KATHERINE mileage 174.93ANDERSON, MINDY cell phone reimbursement 25.00ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES SHED SUPPLIES 136.60AUDUBON COUNTY SHERIFF child support payment 24.04BARRIER GROUP firewall 7,985.00BIRDSELL, TAMARA mileage 107.10BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITIES 136.40BOB BARKER COMPANY medical supplies 19.54BOMGAARS SUPPLY parts 79.93BRETT, MICHAEL wages 703.29BRIGGS CORPORATION supplies 86.94BROWN SUPPLY CO INC SUPPLIES 291.15BROWNS SHOE FIT CO boots 129.99BRW supplies 28.50BUENA VISTA CO SHERIFF service fees 17.50CALHOUN COUNTY ECA LIGHTING 8.75CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF serve papers 16.50CALLENDER, CITY OF UTILITIES 103.03CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC fuel 3,521.96CENTRAL IA JUVENILE DET CENTER, inmate medical 6,014.00CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC., supplies 175.90CENTRAL IOWA TOURISM REGION,fy 2015 matching funds program 600.00CENTRAL SALT SALT 3,550.96CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF service fees 21.00COCHRANE, TONI ZEHR salary 3,025.00COLEMAN MOORE COMPANY supplies 492.50COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER voucher program 120.00CONDON, KRISTINE mileage 112.72COUNTRY INN AND SUITES DECORAH, hotel 221.76CRITES, CHARLOTTE wic clinic cleaning 200.00CULLIGAN WATER CONDITION supplies 482.64DANIEL PHARMACY inmate medical 78.32DAYTON REVIEW display ads 112.50DAYTON, TOWN OF UTILITES 157.36DE LAGE LANDEN phone service 194.81DECATUR COUNTY SHERIFF child support payment 64.28DEGELAU, LORI mileage reimbursment 210.60DELL MARKETING LP toner cartridges 602.94DENCO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, CRACK REPAIR 53,578.80DEYTA LLC supplies 90.00DOOLITTLE OIL CO INC SHED SUPPLIES 94.00DOUBLE M SIGNS uniforms 208.00EDMAN, ALISHA mileage 327.42ELDORA PHARMACY pharmaceutical services 1,269.92ELECTRICAL MATERIALS CO PARTS 14.10ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 2 way radio rental 300.00ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING RADIOS 375.78EQUITY CONTRACTING INC BRIDGE REPAIRS 12,970.50ESLICK, JIM mileage 26.52FETROW REPORTING INC deposition 174.60FOOTE, JEFF well plugging 400.00FORT DODGE CVB hwy 20 brochures 500.00FORT DODGE FORD INC 2015 ford explorers 54,207.17FORT DODGE MACHINE & SUPPLY STOCK 75.21FORT DODGE WATER DEPT water 364.21FRANCIS LAUER YOUTH SERVICES, shelter services 373.20FREEMAN, SUSAN wages 1,456.98FRONTIER phone service 2,895.93GE CAPITAL copier lease 238.30GEHLHAUSEN, DAWN mileage 142.30GENE MOELLER OIL COMPANY fuel 82.80GOVCONNECTION INC replacement battery 1,084.94GOWRIE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES UTILITLES 160.52GRAY SANITATION GARBAGE 38.00GREATER FORT DODGE GROWTH ALLI, iowa economic dev guide5,700.00GRELL, MELISSA phone reimbursement 280.00GROUP SERVICES INC safe-t fund 10,000.00GUNDERSON FUNERAL HOME INC funeral services 700.00HALFWASSEN, ANGIE phone reimbursement 25.00HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF subpoena 63.00HAMILTON, MONICA mileage 66.30HANNA, LAURA mileage 156.57HARLAND TECHNOLOGY SER., hardware maint. contracts 6,882.00HAWKEYE LEGAL SERVICES INC serve papers 90.00HEITRITNER, TRACEY wages 1,371.54HENRY SCHEIN INC tv, supplies 1,523.87

Regular MeetingJuly 15, 2014

The Board of Supervisors met in Session on the above date with the following members present: Singer, Fletcher, Dencklau, Campbell, and Leffler. Absent: None. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Campbell to approve minutes of the July 8, 2014 regular meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to receive and place on file Drainage Repairs for D.D.#354 Webster & #95 Hamilton. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Singer to receive and place on file resignation from James M. Eslick, Webster County Conservation Board Member effective July 9, 2014. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Dencklau to approve the following Correctional Officers wage increases per labor agreement: Amy Jones to $16.25 per hour effective July 13 2014; Tracy Haraldson to $15.04 effective July 24, 2014; and Ben Westergaard to $15.04 effective July 20, 2014. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Campbell to approve wage increase for Emily Elkin, Case Manager to $18.84 per hour effective July 2, 2014. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to approve employment of Brittany Eastwood, Case Manager at the rate of $17.62 per hour effective July 28, 2014. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Singer to approve Five (5) day Class B Beer Permit Application for Badger Lake Dragon Boat Association. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Dencklau to receive and place on file the following Resolution: Resolved, that the Webster County Board of Supervisors of Fort Dodge, Iowa in the Webster County, Iowa approves the following institutions to the depository of the Webster County funds in the conformance with all applicable provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 12C.2 (1983 by 1984 Acts., S.F.2220). The Webster County funds in the financial institution as set out below:

Depository Name Location of Home Office Amount

Wells Fargo Bank Iowa NA, 822 Central Ave FD, IA $20,000,000.00United Bank of Iowa, 1608 1st Ave So FD, IA $5,000,000.00

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution of the Webster County Board of Supervisors adopted at a meeting of said public body, duly called and held on the 15th day of July 2014, as a quorum being present, as said resolution remains of record in the minutes of said meeting, and it is now in full force and effect.

Dated this 15th day of July, 2014. Carol Messerly Webster County Auditor

Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Campbell to approve transfer in the amount of $293,638.12 from the General Basic Fund to Secondary Road Fund for reimbursement of local match for Iowa Department of Transportation RISE Grant received for the construction of Grain Avenue; said General Basic Fund will be reimbursed from Tax Increment Financing funds when available. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to approve prior year transfers from General Basic Fund to Secondary Road Fund in the amount of $2,674.86 and from Rural Basic Services to Secondary Road Fund in the amount of $20,703.78, per fiscal year 2013-2014 budget. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Singer to approve transfer from General Basic Fund to Conservation Trust Fund in the amount of $31,746 (the unexpended balance of the Conservation Department’s General Fund fiscal year 2014 budget) to be used for the campground construction at the Gypsum city OHV Park and land acquisition projects. Motion carried

BILLS PRESENTED June 23, 2014 Advanced Rehab Supplies HS - Spec Ed $197.00 Airgas Supplies HS Shop $253.30 Amazon Supplies Palmer $196.34 Supplies Technology $32.31 Arnold Motors Parts Transportation $95.16 Barb Langner Gate Softball / Baseball $500.00 BB Community Leasing, Lease Agreement - Digital Controls - EL Capital Projects $3,297.29 Black Hills Energy Utilities HS $3,790.22 BLI Lighting, Ballast Replacements - Gym, HS - Capital Projects $610.80 Painting Gym HS - Capital Projects $6,407.00 Bytespeed Laptop Repairs District $250.00 Calhound Conty ECA Utilities EL $4,809.78 Cec Winkelbauer Travel EL $132.00 Central Iowa Distributing Supplies HS Maintenance $838.70 CH McGuinees Boiler Work, HS - Capital Projects $834.00 City of Callender Utilities Bus Barn $174.33 Cummins Parts Transportation $23.77 Curt Valentine Travel HS/EL $118.80 De Lage Landen Finance, Bus Lease - July 1st Payment, PPEL $36,439.08 Deckers High Jump Pit,HS - Capital Projects $6,250.00 Supplies Baseball $755.00 Uniforms Baseball $3,860.82 Supplies Softball $307.98 Des Moines Register Subscription District $82.00 Doese Photography Photos FFA $189.00 Doors Inc FOBS, HS - Capital Projects $600.00 Drees, Air Conditioner Repaire, EL - Capital Projects $126.00 Electrical Materials Co. Supplies HS $1,071.50 Enquist Lumber Supplies HS $22.74 Farmers Co-op Supplies EL $114.75 FD Community School District, Open Enrollment, District $6,001.00 Fort Dodge Machine Supplies Transportation $746.41 G&K Services Supplies Transportation $127.52 Supplies HS $271.04 Gowrie News Publishing District $305.78

Prairie Valley Community SchoolsBoard of Directors

Prairie Valley Junior Senior High School Library Regular Board MeetingMonday, June 23, 2014

6:30 p.m.

The Prairie Valley Community School District held their regular business meeting on Monday, June 23, 2014 in the Prairie Valley Junior Senior High School Library. President Shannon Miller called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Present: Shannon Miller, Gary Welter, Heidi McGuire, Jim Carlson, Brian Holmgaard, John Field and Joe Harrison. Absent: None Also Present: Lois Irwin, Jim Duncan, Lisa Willardson, and 2 public members. Moved by Welter, seconded by Harrison to approve the agenda. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Moved by Harrison, seconded by Field to approve minutes.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Moved by Holmgaard, seconded by Harrison to approve the bills with the exception of one payable to Barb Langner for working the softball gate. They asked that the AD give further information at the next meeting. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Moved by McGuire, seconded by Welter to approve the financials as presented. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Moved by Carlson, seconded by Holmgaard to approve the resignation of Chris Derry as Elementary Counselor. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Moved by Carlson, seconded by Harrison to approve the 2014-2015 Settlement and Master Contract changes.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Move by Carlson, seconded by Harrison to approve the 2014-2015 Teachers Contracts.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Move by Holmgaard, seconded by Welter to approve the 2014-2015 Support Staff Contracts with recommended increases.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Move by Welter, seconded by Holmgaard to approve the 2014-2015 Administrative Contracts with recommended increases.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None Motion Carried:7-0 Move by Welter, seconded by Holmgaard to approve the new Wellness Policy as presented.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 Textbooks fees, activity passes, and long range facility planning committee topics were tabled until the July Board Meeting. Move by Carlson, seconded by Welter to approve and accept the terms of the technology loan for purchasing the 1 to 1 Chromebooks.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0 A conversation was held regarding changing the liability insurance. A proposal from IPSIP, the Iowa Public School Insurance Program consortium was presented. A meeting will be held to discuss and decide. Superintendent Irwin discussed that the Administrative teams from both districts will be getting together on July 2. This will be the first meeting with the new Administrative teams. Irwin is proposing an employee / family picnic on August 15, 2014. Would like to set up a shared SIAC meeting for October. Jim Duncan said that interviews for the Preschool teacher were done, and went well. Softball season is going great. The Elementary gym floor was done, and that things were being moved between the 2 district buildings as needed. They are doing some economical updates to the Elementary stage floor. They had posters made to put the Iowa Core Standards in lay terms for the students. The 2 elementary schools are working closely together to ensure that they are both setting the same standards for students that will be feeding into the middle school. Move by Holmgaard, seconded by Carlson to adjourn.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, McGuire, Holmgaard, Harrison, FieldNays: None, Motion Carried:7-0

Meeting adjourned at 7:51 p.m.Board President Board Secretary

Prairie Valley Community SchoolsBoard of Directors

Prairie Valley Junior Senior High School Library Regular Board MeetingMonday, June 30, 2014

12:00 p.m.

The Prairie Valley Community School District held a special meeting on Monday, June 30, 2014 in the Prairie Valley Junior Senior High School Office. President Shannon Miller called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. Present: Shannon Miller, Gary Welter (via telephone), Jim Carlson, and Joe Harrison (via telephone). Absent: Heidi McGuire, John Field, Brian Holmgaard Also Present: Lois Irwin, Lisa Willardson, and 0 public members. Moved by Carlson, seconded by Welter to approve the agenda. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, HarrisonNays: None, Motion Carried:4-0 Moved by Welter, seconded by Carlson to approve the bid from IPSIP – Iowa Public School Insurance Program for Liability, Workers Comp and Property Casualty Insurance. Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, HarrisonNays: None, Motion Carried:4-0 Move by Carlson, seconded by Welter to adjourn.Ayes: Miller, Welter, Carlson, HarrisonNays: None, Motion Carried:4-0

Meeting adjourned at 12:04 p.m.

Board President Board Secretary

Gowrie Tire Service Tire Repair HS Maintenance $37.00 Grahm Tires Repair Transportation $46.00 Gruhn Law Firm Legal Fees District $6,196.60 Legal Fees - Building Transfer, District Capital Projects $532.00 Harcourt Equipment Parts / Supplies, District Main. $259.62 Herf Jones Diploma Supplies, HS $31.31 Hilton Garden Inn Track State Hotels, HS $1,100.96 IBHAA Dues All Athletics $2.00 IGHSAU Dues All Athletics $50.00 Iowa Athletic Field Construction, Irrigation Maintenance, HS $170.00 Iowa Pupil Transportaiton Association, Membership Dues Transportation $165.00 Conference Registration, Transportation $325.00 Jamboree Supplies Nutrition $27.05 Supplies Boosters $17.34 Supplies FCS $233.00 Supplies District $89.32 JMC Computer Service Supplies - Labels District $50.10 Jostens Graduation Supplies, HS $788.61 JW Pepper Supplies HS Band $14.94 Kim Deeds Travel EL Sped Ed $755.20 Lehigh Valley Telephone Utilities Bus Barn $104.84 DTS Technology $125.00 Lohrville Locker Supplies FCS $104.75 Machelle Showers Postage HS Office $73.96 Martin Brothers Supplies HS Maintenance $145.83 Master Teacher Supplies District $823.05 McGraw Hill Math Series - Instruction Guides,EL $3,414.73 Menard's Supplies HS $706.67 Transportation $12.42 Messenger Publishing District $175.50 Mid American Energy Utilities Bus Barn $10.00 Napa Auto Supply Supplies / Parts Transportation $178.81 Supplies, Sped Transportation $835.32 Supplies District $2.29 Niceswanger Photography Graduation Photos, Class 2014 $680.00 North Iowa Recognition Graduation Supplies, HS $112.50 Northern Lights Supplies Boosters $1,692.34 Party Productions Supplies Student Council $199.75 Paton Churdan Open Enrollment District $1,500.25 Pepsi Supplies EL $324.57 Supplies Boosters $866.50 Prairie Lakes AEA Media / Registration, District $327.61 Prairie Valley Nutrition Department, Supplies Boosters $70.70 Reiman Music Repairs / Supplies, HS Band $142.00 Repairs / Supplies, EL Band $120.02 Ricoh Supplies Technology $564.56 Documall Technology $78.92 Lease - Copier PPEL $2,515.00 Roper Repair Repairs HS Maintenance $169.20 Rosalez Lock and Key Supplies Transportation $8.00 School Bus Sales Parts Transportation $96.58 School Specialty Supplies EL $131.53 Schumacher Elevator Maintenance HS Maintenance $192.48 Security Savings Loan Payment July 1st - Weight Gym HS - Capital Projects $117,676.83 Shelly Peterson Postage EL $100.00 Sherwin Williams Supplies HS $443.18 Something Unique Resale Baseball $85.87 Southeast Webster Grand Employment Drug Testing Transportation $203.06 Open Enrollment District $21,003.50 Supplies District $129.90 Star Energy Gas Transportation $2,265.95 Diesel Transportation $4,665.61 Special Ed Gas Transportation $759.79 Special Ed Diesel Transportation $404.32 Preschool Gas Transportation $97.98 Steve Kehoe Travel FY 2014 HS $877.20 Stratford Community School District, Open Enrollment, District $1,200.20 Swanson Florist Supplies HS Band $44.00 Graduation Supplies, Class 2014 $389.00 Trilead Software - Non-instructional, PPEL $532.00 U.S. Postage Service, Stamps / Postage-Grad Pic., Class 2014 $106.40 Verizon Cellulars District $643.73 Virgil Goodale Refund HS $45.00 WalMart Supplies Preschool $79.66 Web-Cal Coop Tele. Telephones District $214.85 Telephones EL $336.82 Telephones HS $964.18 DTS Technology $375.00 $260,872.18

unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Dencklau to receive and place on file notice that Public Professional and Maintenance Employees, IUPAT Local 2003, will be opening the collective bargaining agreement during the Fall of 2014 for negotiations as provided in the agreement and as governed by the provisions of Chapter 20, Code of Iowa. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Campbell to approve cancellation of July 22, 2014 Regular Board of Supervisors meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to approve and authorize Chair to sign work in the right of way permit from Wanzek Construction to temporarily modify intersection #25 at 330th Street and Johnson Avenue to accommodate delivery of turbine components for Lundgren Wind Project. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Singer to approve and authorize Chair to sign utility permit from Wanzek Construction to directional bore electrical lines at Location 13, under 300th Street west of Highway 169, for Lundgren Wind Project. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Dencklau to approve and authorize Chair to sign utility permit from Prairie Energy Cooperative to bore electric cable under 270th Street between Section 28 and 33, Township 88 North, Range 27 West, Washington Township for service to house and new shop at 3060 270th Street. . (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Campbell to approve and authorize Chair to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMIT ON 320TH STREET EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169 WHEREAS, the Webster County Board of Supervisors is empowered under the authority of Sections 321.255 and 321.285 of the Code of Iowa, to determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed limit of any secondary road is greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions existing, and may determine and declare a reasonable and proper speed limit, and WHEREAS, such an engineering and traffic investigation has been completed by the Webster County Engineer’s Department NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Webster County Board of Supervisors that a speed limit be established and appropriate signs be erected for the following described location: 35 MPH on 320th Street beginning 1100 feet east of U.S. Highway 169 and continuing 2650 feet east of U.S. Highway 169, a distance of 1550 feet

This speed limit shall be effective when the traffic control signs are erected.PASSED AND APPROVED on July 15, 2014.

s/Clark Fletcher ATTEST:s/Carol Messerly Clark Fletcher, Chairman Carol Messerly, Webster County Auditor Webster County Board of Supervisors

Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to approve and authorize Chair to sign contract documents with Midwest Contracting LLC, Marshall, Minnesota for the following three bridge replacement projects: L-871209—73-94 on Xavier Avenue between Section 11 and 12; L-871305—73-94 on Xavier Avenue between Sections 13 and 14; and L-871490—73-94 on 240th Street between Section 11 and 14; all in Washington Township. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. At 11:00a.m. a telephonic meeting was held for Joint Drainage District #70 Webster & #95 for the convenience of both boards to approve claims. For further particulars see Drainage Record Book. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Leffler to allow claims. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Singer to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously._______________________________ Carol Messerly Clark FletcherWebster County Auditor Chairman, Board of Supervisors

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Webster Co. Legal Continued from page 10...HEPP, BLAINE contracted wages 2,466.26HERZOG, DARREN phone reimbursement 40.00HIWAY TRUCK EQUIP CO PARTS 494.00HOLM'S RADIATOR LLC OUTSIDE REPAIR 695.00HOUSEHOLDER, ELIZABETH cell phone reimbursement 25.00HOWELL, HALEY mileage 273.37HOWELL, JULIE A mileage 159.64HUGGHINS, CATHY wages 1,200.00HUMBOLDT NEWSPAPERS dental sealant ad 60.00ICEA, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES 110.00INLINE SERVICE LLC PARTS 52.38INTERSTATE ALL BATTERY CENTER, shipping fees 6.71IOWA DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, supplies 25.00IOWA DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICE, repairs 190.00IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES supplies 1,717.82IWWA registration fee 130.00JANSSEN, BRAD phone reimbursement 20.00JIFI PRINT INC postcards 425.54JIM'S SERVICE INC services 381.89JOHNSON CONTROLS INC SERVICES 252,062.00JOHNSON CO. MEDICAL EXAMINE, medical examiner expense 664.66JOHNSON LAW FIRM legal representation 60.00JOHNSON, KYLE mowing expense 400.00JONES, REBECCA mileage 210.63JOSTEN, KATHLEEN A cell phone reimbursement 25.00JP BYSON OIL COMPANY SHED FUEL 15,301.30KAVANAUGH, LINDSAY cell phone reimbursement 139.24KC - WEST PLAINS COMMODITIES WINTER SALT 28,167.30KERWIN, LINDA phone reimbursement 210.64KIMBALL MIDWEST STOCK 678.64KITTLESON, VALERIE mileage 321.30KONICA MINOLTA PREMIER copier lease 486.14LAUFERSWEILER-SIEVERS funeral services 1,330.00LEHIGH VALLEY COOP TELE UTILITES 157.54LEHIGH, CITY OF UTILITIES 259.93LIFEWORKS COMMUNITY SERVICES, supplies 571.68LIGHTEDGE SOLUTIONS INC mail services 210.40LINCOLN, JANEL salary 420.00LISKA, LACCEY mileage 66.99LOVAIN, HEATHER mileage 84.66LUTHERAN SERVICES shelter services 326.55MARCO INC copier contract 1,058.52MARCO INC copier lease 998.49MARCO INC copier lease 206.14MATHESON TRI-GAS INC WEDLING SUPPLIES 137.56MCGILL, ANDREW L cell phone reimbursement 50.00MEDIACOM cable 174.97MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC supplies 2,644.09MENARDS - FORT DODGE supplies 1,045.89MID COUNTRY MACHINERY INC PARTS 262.55MID IOWA TOWING LLC TOWING 340.00MIDAMERICAN ENERGY utilities 490.77MIDAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, fy 2015 annual dues 33,067.51MIDWEST WHEEL CO STOCK 1,447.18MOORE MEDICAL medical supplies 77.38NANNIGA, JOHN patient treatment 450.00NAPA AUTO SUPPLY supplies 136.30NELS PEDERSON CO INC cover aggregate & sand 238.54NEW CO-OP INC OTHER SHED SUPPLIES 7.00NEXT GENERATON TECHNOLOGIES, tablet 115.00NICHOLS, TRICIA mileage 40.30NORTH IOWA K-9 k-9 deposit 6,000.00OFFICE ELEMENTS office supplies 2,595.96O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL INC STOCK & PARTS 1,208.06OLSON, STACI medical examiner expense 750.00O'REILLY AUTO PARTS mini bulb 512.42PAGE COUNTY SHERIFF service 20.00PALMER, KATHERINE mileage 435.03PAUL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO INC parts 6.00PETERSON, CODY cell phone reimbursement 40.00PETTY CASH SHERIFF postage & freight 34.24PINE VALLEY ECO PRODUCTS INC POT HOLE PATCH 699.03POCAHONTAS COUNTY SHERIFF service 47.50POLK COUNTY SHERIFF service 53.96POWELL, JOHANNA wages 246.75POWERPLAN PARTS & STOCK 1,704.61PRAIRIE ENERGY COOPERATIVE LIGHTING 103.14PRESCOTT, KARI mileage 372.30

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CITY OFFARNHAMVILLE

Farnhamville City CouncilRegular Meeting Minutes

July 14, 2014

The Farnhamville City Council met on Monday, July14th, 2014, 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, Herman Seil, Calvin Wooters and Clint VanKley Absent Jeff Kicklighter Others present were: Alan Jorgensen, Roger Kopecky, Patrick Monaghan, Stacy Peterson and Ethan Joy, Motion by Gregg, seconded by Wooters to approve the minutes from June10th, 2014 regular meeting and the agenda for this meeting. Motion carried. Following discussion a motion by Gregg, seconded by Seil to approve the payment of the following bills. Motion carried.

Alan Jorgensen June Net Wages $2751.40

Ag Source Laboratories Wastewater $234.00ACCO Supplies $379.05BCBS Insurance AJ Health Insurance $645.65BCBS Insurance Emily Health Insurance $685.45Black Hills Energy 6-5 – 7-7 $110.84Blacktop Service Co Streets $84,644.21Boone County Landfill FY2015 Assessment 1855.00Border States Supplies $344.55Calhoun County Electric Co June $28486.77Calhoun County Electric Co Burnsite $8.84Carl Nelsen FD – storm sewer $150.00Cargill Salt $2995.84Carroll Refuse Service LLC Garbage/Recycling $2,850.00Carroll Refuse Service LLC City Cleanup Landfill $418.20Ecolab Pest Control $100.91Emily Bendickson June Net Wages $1,251.58Emily Bendickson Postage/Supplies $27.78Gowrie News Newspaper $76.91IDNR Annual Fee $44.66Internal Revenue Service SS/FWH $3289.14Iowa League of Cities FY 2015 Dues $322.00Iowa One Call Faxes $13.50Iowa Utilities Board FY2015 Assessments 451.00IPERS IPERS $1994.15JETCO Programming Changes $395.57Johnson Law Firm Junk/Junk Vehicles $112.50Judy Harvey June Net Wages $235.22Judy Harvey Mileage/Meeting $31.20Mary Seil Park $100.00Midas FY 2015 Dues $322.73Midwest Radar & Equip Radar $40.00MMTG July - December 2014 Dues $230.00Napa Supplies $35.03Patrick Monaghan June Net Wages $2187.74Patrick Monaghan Cell Phone $10.00Patrick Monaghan Health Insurance $151.52Powers Tree Service Tree Removal/trimming $1,275.00Roger Kopecky June Net Wages $2359.64Roger Kopecky Health Insurance $630.30Star Energy Fuel $635.45Storey Kenworthy Billing Invoices $181.25Treasurer State of Iowa Sales Tax $868.00Treasurer State of Iowa State W/H $1.416.00USDA Water Project $6,987.00USDA Water Project $245.00VISA Office Supplies $844.79VISA Police Supplies $250.86Vosberg Enterprises Inc. Water Service FD $926.99WCCTA Telephone $368.63Willison Concrete Concrete City Shed $7,740.00TOTAL $162,711.85 VanKley will man the burnsite on August 16th and Gregg on September 20th. The police report was reviewed and discussed. Monaghan will be ordering additional ammunition. Stacy Peterson addressed the council to have a tree planted in the city park in of honor of his Dad Jim Peterson, the council approved this request. Motion by VanKley, seconded by Wooters to have Vosberg Enterprises repair the wash out along Farnham Ave and P-21. Motion carried. Motion by Seil, seconded by VanKley to accept the bid from Vote Construction to install new doors at the park shelter house. Motion carried. Motion by Seil, seconded by Wooters to approve Change Order No. 5 from Cahoy Well and Pump Service. Motion carried. Joy from JEO brought the council up to date on the rehab of well; progress has moved along slowly with problems with equipment. Mosquito Control of Iowa sprayed the town on July 6th by ground. Motion by VanKley, seconded by Seil to approve Tony’s outdoor service area. Clerk’s health insurance will be $224.40 a month beginning August 2014. Old Settlers’ day will be August 9th in the city park. Mark your calendar! Next council meeting will be August 11th at 6:30 P.M. Motion by VanKley, seconded by Wooters to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.Emily Bendickson Frank MorganCity Clerk Mayor

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While many of you may know what POET does on a day-to-day basis, it’s likely you are unaware that for the second year, POET team and family members are traveling to Kenya, Af-rica. Mission Greenhouse, a POET Foundation project, started in 2013 when the group built a greenhouse for an all-girls school called the Travellers’ Oasis Centre in the town of Sultan Hamud. This year, the team will travel back to the same location to provide the labor to construct a new dormitory for the school. Mission Greenhouse has partnered with World Servants to help with logistics in Kenya. World Servants has mobilized more than 50,000 people who have served in over 50 individual countries globally and helped connect POET with Travellers’ Oasis Centre. Since the school

opened, nearly 700 Kenyan children have re-ceived a quality education in a safe and welcom-ing environment. Many girls at the school are orphans due to HIV/AIDS or come from poor families who are unable to afford school fees. According to the U.S. State Department, Kenyan human and sex traffickers “falsely offer to raise and educate children in towns or to place adults in lucrative employment.” While Kenya as a country is a source, transit and destination country for sex trafficking, the town of Sultan Hamud is particularly at risk because it is located along a main highway. POET is proud to part-ner with a school that provides safety, refuge and education for girls who may not receive the op-portunity elsewhere. If you are interested in supporting Mis-

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sion Greenhouse, I would encourage you to make a tax-deductible donation: 1. Write a check payable to: World Ser-vants; 2. Mail or drop the check off at POET Bio-refining – Gowrie. With support from communities like ours, I have no doubt Mission Greenhouse and the team members serving in Kenya will be equipped to change lives. Empowered by knowl-edge and lifelong skills, these girls will be the spark to ignite change within their community just as we ignite change here at POET.

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