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Wednesday, Oct. 14 • Farnhamville Fire Dept., 7:30 p.m. at the fire station. • Gowrie Parks Board, 6:45 p.m. at the civic center.Thursday, Oct. 15 • Gowrie Fire Dept., 7:00 p.m. at the fire station.Monday, Oct. 19 • Gowrie City Council, 6:45 p.m. at the community center. • Callender Lions, 7:00 p.m. at the community center. • Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church Harcourt.Tuesday, Oct. 20 • Gowrie Library Board, 7:00 p.m. • Gowrie Pool Board, 7:00 p.m. at the library.Wednesday, Oct. 21 • Prairie Valley School Board, 6:00 p.m.

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In 2013 Midland Power Cooperative’s board of directors adopted the largest 4-year new-to-replace-old work plan in the cooperative’s history. The $40 million investment increased the miles of line to be rebuilt from 30 miles annually in the prior work plan, to 130 miles an-nually during 2013 through 2016. “This commitment is designed to build on our progress of improving the reliability of our distribution system,” said Midland Power CEO Bill McKim. “These steps forward, although incremental, have seen our aver-age number of interruptions per member account during the year decline 38% since 2008.” Midland Power has contracted Legacy Pow-er Line, Inc. to work on power line replacements near Gowrie, which are scheduled to be completed prior to the end of 2015. The rebuilt areas will not only benefit from the new equipment being installed, but will also have the spans between power poles shortened. These improve-

Midland Power replaces power linesnear Gowrie; part of $40 million projectPoles replaced along Highway 175. . .

Power poles replaced, upgraded east of Gowrie. .. New electric power poles were installed recently by Midland Power along Highway 175 between Gowrie and Harcourt. The work was subcontracted by Legacy Power Line, Inc. and is part of a mult-year, $40 million improve-ment project.

ments will enable the system to better withstand the ef-fects of high winds, snow, and ice. This work plan, combined with Federal Emer-gency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds and projects, has result-ed in nearly 300 miles of distribution line being rebuilt across Midland Power’s system in 2014, and more than 10% of the cooperative’s entire electric distribution sys-tem being rebuilt over the last three years. Midland Power Cooperative is a member-owned, not-for-profit, electric cooperative that provides electricity to homes and businesses in portions of the seventeen following counties in Iowa: Boone, Calhoun, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Pocahontas, Polk, Story, Webster, and Wright. Midland Power serves these areas from its headquarters in Jefferson, as well as loca-tions in Humboldt, Boone and Iowa Falls, Iowa.

By Tyler Anderson On Friday nights in Gowrie’s football stadium, a familiar face has been seen on the sideline for 40 sea-sons. A familiar face who is appreciated by home team and visitor alike. Darrel Mischke, well known and well respected in the community, will retire from “the best seat in the house” after Friday’s game between the Southeast Valley Jaguars and the Red Oak Tigers in Gowrie. However, he’s hopeful that he sees and works one more Southeast Valley home playoff game. Hailing from Crofton, Nebraska, Mischke went to barber college in Sioux City and had to be an appren-tice in Fort Dodge. He was approached to bring his trade to Gowrie in 1969, and according to Mischke, the rest was history. “I’ve barbered here for 45 years,” Mischke said. “I still work part-time on Mondays. The day I used to have off.”

Within a years’ time, former Prairie Community football coach Don Lewis approached Mischke about participating in the chain gang. “Don Lewis asked me over a haircut one day if I’d be interested in doing that,” Mischke said of how he joined. “I was always been involved in football, even though I never played. “I was the student manager of my high school football team, and I always had a love for it.” From 1970 to 1986, Mischke and a series of friends manned the chains. After taking a five year hiatus, Mischke returned in a new role. “They created a new job,” Mischke said. “Which is on the homefield side where I just had to work with the orange pointer arrow. It’s a wonderful job. I’m not really in an official capacity, so I can get into the game a little

Darrel Mischke, Gowrie, retires from gridiron ‘chain gang’ at season’s endMischke served on the sidelines for 40 seasons...

“The Best Seat in the House...” Darrel Mischke works the sideline for his last regular season game on Friday night in Gowrie. Mischke, who manned the sidelines for 40 seasons, saw the Jaguars defeat Red Oak, 46-18. Photo by Tyler Anderson.

Darrel Mischke retires continues on page 8...

Two mayoral candidatesin Gowrie; good racefor council in FarnhamvilleNov. 3 council election. . .

The citizens of Gowrie, Farnhamville, and Cal-lender will soon have the chance to vote for mayor and city council members in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election. Currently, two candidates are running for mayor in Gowrie: current councilperson Gayle Redman, and Andrew Summers. Both are on the ballot. Additionally, two city council seats are avail-able to be filled, and current city council member, Joe Harrison, is running for re-election. Gayle Redman’s seat on the city council is the open seat where there isn’t a candidate on the ballot. County Clerk Carol Messerly stated that voters could write in any eligible person for the open Gowrie City Council (including Gayle Redman). The Webster County Supervisors verify election results the following Monday or Tuesday after the elec-tion. Carol also mentioned that people writing in a candidate’s name need to darken the oval adjacent to the their write-in candidate. Otherwise election machines will not “read” this ballot.

Farnhamville race In Farnhamville, the mayor is not up for re-elec-tion, but several candidates are running for two city coun-cil seats including Alex Farley, Rita Kail, Troy Jepsen, and Ryan Willison.

Callender election In Callender, councilperson Randy Hanson is running unopposed for mayor and Nick Martens is run-ning to fill the city council seat vacated by Hanson. There is one council seat that is vacant with no candidate on the ballot. There is a third council seat in Callener that fills a vacancy. Kim Jondle is sole candidate for this position. The Gowrie News is seeking to profile all candidates running for office, but there has been dif-ficulty in terms of receiving feedback from candidates, and/or identifying viable telephone numbers or e-mail addresses. Please give us your contact information. For a news story in the Gowrie News and our website, candidatess are asked to contact Jill Viles at 515.250.6229 or jillviles74@gmail.com.

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POET Biorefining opens fitness center As part of its continued commitment to improv-ing rural health and employee wellness, POET is opening a fitness center at its Gowrie plant location. The “Energy Center” is one of a series of fa-cilities opening at each of POET’s plants across its seven operating states. POET opened its first Energy Center at the Sioux Falls headquarters in 2011, which served as the impetus for expanding to plants. Increasing access to physical fitness is an inte-gral component of POET’s larger health program, Energy for Life, which focuses on fostering a well-rounded view of wellness as it relates to people’s real-life experiences. “The health of our employees is a top priority,” POET CEO Jeff Lautt said. “A workplace focused on holistic wellness – including the mind, body and spirit – helps the company thrive and prosper, and the opening of these new Energy Centers signifies our continued com-mitment to the Energy for Life program.” The 24-hour all-access “Energy Center” will be open to POET employees at no cost and include state of the art cardio machines from Life Fitness such as tread-mills and stationary bikes, as well as a weight set and stretching area. POET also plans to integrate video training, weekly challenges and workout classes for employees. According to a 2014 report by the Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center, residents of rural coun-ties have the highest rates of chronic obstructive pulmo-nary disease, obesity and physical inactivity, as well as death among children and young adults. To combat this, POET has placed an emphasis on fitness and nutrition programs and offers free onsite health screenings, annual blood and biometric screen-ings, and one-on-one health consultations. “The fuel we produce at POET plants improves the health of our environment, our economy and our na-tion’s security,” said Jeff Broin, POET Founder and Ex-ecutive Chairman. “The health of our team members is just as important. As a society, we must do more to renew our body and mind. These Energy Centers are a great step in that direction.” Team Energy Leaders were selected at each plant location to promote health and wellness initiatives. Each plant is also equipped with educational materials in-cluding health tips and recipes for the family.

Dylan Johnson, Gowrie, a student at Southeast Valley High School, is one of six area high school stu-dents honored recently during the annual Youth Salute Recognition ceremony at Iowa Central Community Col-lege. Johnson was one of six students who earned trips to the Town Meeting on Tomorrow Leadership con-ference at Washington University in St. Louis in October. North Central Iowa has a rigorous application process which included a conference last spring where students heard from motivational speaker Craig Hillier. The students were also required to go into a mock job interview in which they only had a few minutes in preparation time.

Dylan Johnson, Gowrie, honored at Youth Recognition CeremonyAttends Leadership conference. . .

Kensington Club members met on Tuesday, Oc-tober 6, and traveled to Ames for a tour of Reiman Gar-dens. Education Manager, Sara Merritt, led the group on a walking tour of the grounds including the Herb Garden and Butterfly Sanctuary. The gardens featured outdoor treehouses and the Reiman Railroad in celebration of their twentieth an-niversary.

Kensington Club met at Reiman GardensToured Herb Garden, Butterfly Sanctuary, and more. . .

The Kensington Club co-hostesses stand with Rei-man tour guide. Standing from left to right are Doris Peter-son, Sara Merrit-Education Manager, and Cindy Fevold.

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Paton Public Library holds Flu Clinic Oct. 16 The William Paton Public Library in Paton will be holding a Flu Clinic from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16. The clinic will be sponsored by the Greene County Public Health Department. The cost is $32 per dose and can be billed to private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or paid by check or cash.

Farnhamville Betterment Club plans fall brunchSunday, Nov. 8...

The Farnhamville Betterment Club has set a date for their fall brunch. It will be held Sunday, No-vember 8 at the Coop community room. They will serve the full breakfast items, bis-cuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, fruit etc. Please come and support the efforts of this group.

Betty L. Thomas, 81 Betty L. Thomas, 81, passed away Sunday October 11, 2015 at Shady Oaks Care Center, Lake City. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at First United Church, Farnhamville with Dr. Rev. James Chesnutt officiating. Burial will follow at Reading Township Cemetery, Farnhamville. Friends may call af-ter 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. Betty is survived by her husband, Gerald of Farnham-ville; daughters, Vicki (Allen) Johnson of Farnhamville; Deb (Greg) Brundage of Apache Junction, AZ; son, Rick (Denise) Thomas of Farnhamville; grandchildren, Becky Johnson; Karri (Matt) Schlegal; Court Brundage; Kerinda (Steve) Makinster; Chance (Cailee) Brundage; Lindsay (Quintin) Cundiff, Marcus (Jessie) Thomas; Jordan (Ka-tie) Thomas; six great-grandchildren and two more on the way; and brother, Jerry (Sharon) Daugherty of Milford. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Mildred (Hamrick) Daugherty; and sister, Norma Johnson. Betty Louise Daugherty was born January 25, 1934 in Gillett Grove, Iowa. She graduated from Greenville-Rossie High School in 1951. She attended one year at National Business Training in Sioux City. She worked at the Bee Hive Department Store in Spencer. Betty was united in marriage to Gerald Thomas on March 8, 1953 in Barnum. The couple farmed in Rockwell City, Gowrie and Farnhamville areas. They also operated B & G Auto Sales from 1965 to 2002 in Farnhamville. She was a member of First United Church, Ladies Aid and helped with the Lunch Bunch. She was also a mem-ber of the Farhamville Betterment Club. She enjoyed playing cards and Farkel with family and friends and she especially enjoyed spending time with family. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

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30 YEARS AGO... Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William cook and family on Wednesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cook of Badger. Mr. and Mrs. William Cook, Chris and Kathryn visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alan Williamson and family on Saturday afternoon. A guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pohl Sunday afternoon was Mrs. Don Roosa of Lehigh. The Pantherettes defeated the Wildcats of Rock-well City 15-13, 15-9, 15-3, to bring their conference re-cord to 4 wins against one loss. For Prairie, it was a very well played match. Pat-sy Pedersen and Stephanie Gordon each had 9 ace spikes and Holly Samuelson, filling in for injured Jolene Jense, contributed 5. Diane Glynn had 5 ace serves and Jill Pe-tersen 4. Tonya Carlson and Jeri Stewart were perfect from the serving line. Stewart was also 8 of 11 in serve reception and Brenda Dean 11 of 15. Sheri Parks set for 12 ace spikes and Glynn 13. Winners of the Run, Punt and Pass contest spon-sored by the Gowrie Jaycees. Consolidated Co-op fur-nished the trophies presented to the first-third place win-ners at the half time of the junior varsity game October 7. Winners were 8-year-olds: Shan Jaeschke, Brad Cathcart, and Heath Carlson; 9-year-olds: Jeff Ackerson, Eric Hunter and Tony Cloud; 10-year-olds: Jason Mohr, Brent Anderson and Trent Farnham and Dan Doster. First and second place winners advance to the Regional contest at Belmond on Saturday, October 19. 20 YEARS AGO... Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gallentine were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Krug and family and Danny McKenna of Humboldt; Mr. and Mrs. Rich Krug and Family of Fort Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Krug and family and Brian Johnson of Bondurant; Tif-fany Dryer of Fort Dodge; and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Waters of Ankeny. The circle members of the United Methodist Church have finished their study of the Ephesians chap-ter from the Bible. Shirley Gustafson and Betty Peterson were the leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gallentine were Wednesday

supper guest in the Marvin Stanek home near Callender. John Anderson of Ames was a weekend visitor in the home of his parents, Ruth and Norman Anderson. Sue Hindman Entertained the ladies of the Aim Circle of the Dayton Untied Methodist Church in her apartment in Harcourt on Wednesday, October 4. A party in the town park on Thursday honored the birthday of Leland Rosenquist. The event was planned by his wife, Gladys. Relatives and friends attended. Kerry Franey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Franey, is a freshman student at Iowa State University in Ames. Rudy Harrison observed her 98th birthday on Wednesday, October 4. She resides in on of the Lost Grove apartments. Most of her life has been spent in Harcourt. Roger Flinckinger, who attends Iowa State Uni-versity in Ames and Doris Flickinger, who is employed in Des Moines, were October 1 weekend visitors in the home of their parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Elmer Flickinger. Sunday visitors in the home of Bob Gustafason were Marilyn and Bob Williams of Lytton and Louise Vander Linden of Ankeny. They brought dinner to share with Bob. Marilyn and Louise are Bob’s sisters.

The Southeast Valley cross country teams made the most of a recent Saturday morning trip to Pocahontas for the Pocahontas Area Invitational. The Jaguars came back home with the boys’ team title, a fouth place finish for the girls, the individual boys’ champion, seven varsity medalist, three JV medal-ists and 32 season PR’s. “This was a great meet to see how we stacked up in the conference,” Head Coach Travis Nuss. “I’m ex-tremely excited about where we are at right now.” Spencer Warehime won his third meet of the season to lead the boys’ cross country team on Saturday. His time of 16:44 was only three seconds off his season best. Josh Johnson (5th, 17:34), Patrick Breitsprecher (12th, 18:20) and Jacob DeBaun (14th, 18:30) were all

medalists in the boys’ race as well as running their career best times. Josh Carlson (25th, 19:20), Nathan Montgom-ery (34th, 19:54), and Todd Hamilton (35th, 19:56) rounded out the varsity seven for the Jaguars. Southeast Valley’s 56 points was 23 points better than second place Sioux Central and Emmetsburg. The Jaguars were also the top Twin Lakes Conference school in the meet which hosted all the conference schools. This makes the boys’ team look like the top con-tenders for the conference title at the conference meet in two weeks. In the girls’ varsity race, senior Natalie Lambert continued to improve running a 20:44 to finish third and lead the Jaguars.

Jaguar cross country teams make most of the Pocahontas Area InvitationalBoys take team title, Girls finish 4th...

Kensington Club members met on Tuesday, Oc-tober 6, and traveled to Ames for a tour of Reiman Gar-dens. Education Manager, Sara Merritt, led the group on a walking tour of the grounds including the Herb Garden and Butterfly Sanctuary. The gardens featured outdoor treehouses and the Reiman Railroad in celebration of their twentieth an-niversary.

Kensington Club met at Reiman GardensToured Herb Garden, Butterfly Sanctuary, and more. . .

The Kensington Club co-hostesses stand with Rei-man tour guide. Standing from left to right are Doris Peter-son, Sara Merrit-Education Manager, and Cindy Fevold.

Alli True (9th, 21:50) and Josie Breitsprecher (18th, 22:37) both ran season best to earn two more med-als for Southeast Valley. The Jaguars fourth and fifth runners were Kata-ra Jondle (33rd, 24:29) and Emma Graves (36th, 24:41) respectively also running their best times of the season. Anna Heatherington (43rd, 25:12) was the sixth runner helping Southeast Valley to it’s fourth place finish. Class 2A, fifth ranked Pocahontas Area won the girls’ meet with 37 points. Twin Lakes Conference foe South Central Calhoun was second with 77 points followed by Emmets-burg’s 82 points. The Jags scored 99 points, but were without one of their top three runners Erica Rittgers. As with the boys’ race, all the conference schools competed and the results look like the girls’ will also make a run at the conference title trying to unseat an impressive team from Pocahontas in two weeks at Lake City. In the JV races, both the boys’ and girls teams came home with 3rd place finishes as a team. Dalton Dencklau (8th, 20:54) and Lucas Pontius (9th, 20:58) for the boys and Ryann Steburg (5th, 25:48) for the girls were JV medalists. Also contributing to the girls’ score were Tessa Berg (11th, 26:38), Hannah Fiala (12th, 26:42), Kate Dyer (14th, 27:27), Sarah Nahnsen (16th, 28:21), Kend-all Sandgren (21st, 29:25) and Allie Berg (22nd, 29:42). Hannah Peterson (23rd, 30:01), Leslie Housken (24th, 30:26), Oumaima Zenati (25th, 32:38) and Chelsea Grossnickle (27th, 34:15) also competed for the Jaguars. In the boys JV race, Ben Carlson (12th, 21:15) was the third finisher for the Jaguars followed by team-mates Isaiah Gibbs (21st, 22:15), Dillon Sytsma (26th, 22:28), Ben Sebring (28th, 22:46) and Aaron True (30th, 22:48). Also running season best times on Saturday morning in the JV race were Michael Vosberg (35th, 23:57), Max Davis (36th, 24:06), Jordan Lane (39th, 25:59) and Jack Mumper (42nd, 27:39). “We haven’t had all the girls’ healthy the last few weeks,” Nuss said. “But if we can get everybody 100% and keep the boys all healthy, it’s going to be an exciting time for the Jaguar cross country teams these fi-nal few weeks of the season.” The Jaguars will compete at Ida Grove on Mon-day, October 12th before heading back to Lake City for the Twin Lakes conference meet on Saturday, Oct. 17. Southeast Valley will compete in the 2A state qualifying meet on Thursday, Oct. 22 at a site to be deter-mined.

The Southeast Valley Junior High girls' cross country team start their respective race. Pictured from left to right are Emily Hemmestad, Morgan Farnham, Viatris Scott, Sydney Carlson and Rylie Nelson. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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Birthdays14-Oct. Brad Bendkckson Sara Van Kley Brandel15-Oct. Brian Hanson, Cody Seil16-Oct. Ashley Lanning, Rocky Saxton17-Oct. Donna Brand, Maureen Brand Delaney Conrad, Lori Mengel18-Oct. Marlin Geisler, Brenda Kromrie19-Oct. Curtis Anderson20-Oct. KellyBlack,JeffSchleisman Leigh Weipert, Andrea Wilson

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William W. (Bill) Cook, 87, passed away Octo-ber 6, 2015 at Gowrie Care Center. Funeral Services were held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie, with Dr. Rev. James Chesnutt officiating. Burial was in Ce-dar Township Cemetery, Rinard, with Military Rites by American Legion Post #510, Farnhamville. William is survived by his wife, Carol Cook of Farnhamville; daughters, Carla (Alvin) Naeve of Garden City, KS; Kim (Roger) Kopecky of Farnhamville; Deb Cook of Gowrie; Chrissie (Ryan) Willison of Farnham-ville; Kathy Field of Farnhamville; 11 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents, Alvin and Blanche (Charlson) Cook; first wife, Darlene (Stew-art) Cook; daughter, April Cook; sister, Kathryn Zinnel; brothers, Harvey; Donald; Richard; and Robert Cook. William W. Cook was born March 22, 1928 in Rinard and graduated from Rinard High School in 1945. Bill served in World War II and the Korean War. He was united in marriage to Darlene Stewart on March 26, 1949 in Fort Dodge. They established their home and farmed in rural Farnhamville. Darlene passed away December of 1973. Bill was united in marriage to Carol Williamson on September 13, 1974 in Yankton, S.D. The couple moved to Farnhamville, and William retired in 1989. He was a member of the First United Church and American Legion Post #510 Farnhamville. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

William W. (Bill) Cook, 87

Irene B. Swanson, 95

Roger Brown, 55 Roger A. Brown, 55, passed away on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015, at his home in Dayton. A Celebration of Life gathering was held Sat-urday, October 10, 2015, from 10 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., with a time of sharing at 11.30 a.m., at the United Meth-odist Church in Dayton. Pastor Kay. Christie officiated. Burial was in the Dayton Cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the United Methodist Church. For online obitu-aries and condolences please visit: HYPERLINK “http://www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com” www.carsonstapp-funeralhome.com Roger Alan Brown was born on January 15, 1960, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Robert Eugene Brown and Opal (Radcliffe) Brown. He attended Dawes Elementary & Jr. High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Roger was known as a free spirit, and a kind and gentle soul. He made his home in Dayton where he did handyman jobs and made many friends and acquaintanc-es. Roger loved the outdoors and nature, and walk-ing or riding his lawnmower around Dayton. He enjoyed leatherwork, woodworking, making birdfeeders, and tending to his garden and flowers. He attended the Unit-ed Methodist Church. Survivors include children, Stephany Martin of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mike Hambrick of Christiansburg, Virginia; three grandchildren; Jayden Martin, Taliyah Martin, and Madeline Hambrick; his brother, Curtis (Re-becca) Brown of West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma; uncle, Wayne Radcliffe of Grand Island, Nebraska; aunts, Ar-lene Bong, Jane Sagness, and Cheryl Stephenson Brown all of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Jan Zemanek of Bridgeport, Nebraska; and many friends. His parents, and uncles, Leo Radcliffe and Bob Radcliffe, preceded him in death. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

Irene B. Swanson, 95, passed away Friday, Oc-tober 9, 2015 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oc-tober 13, 2015 at United Methodist Church, Gowrie with Pastor Annette Kruse officiating. Burial will be at Gowrie Township Cemetery with Military Rites presented by the American Legion Peterson Post #431 of Gowrie. Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 12, 2015 at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. Irene is survived by her son, Greg (Terry) Swanson of Shawnee, KS; daughters, Carole (Russell) Thompson of Gowrie; Julie (Denny) Owenson of Day-ton; grandchildren, Melissa (Brian) Stell; Mike Fisher; Rachael Thompson; Nicole (Erik) Heggen; Neeley Ow-enson; Tiffany Owenson; Robin Vit and Terry Brogan; great-grandchildren, Samantha; Alexis; Brandon; Bryn-na; Jack; Ethan; and Drew; great-great-grandchild, Grace. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Edna (Korup) Holz and her husband, Richard Swan-son. Irene B. Holz was born February 5, 1920 in Grand Junction, Iowa. She graduated from Grand Junc-tion High School and then attended Iowa State Univer-sity for two years. She then went to beauty school in Fort Dodge. After graduation, she operated a beauty shop in Grand Junction. Irene served in the United States Navy during WWII. She was united in marriage to Richard K. Swanson on May 4, 1944 in San Francisco, California. Together the couple owned and operated Swanson Flo-rist in Gowrie, retiring in 1982. Irene was a member of United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed traveling and going to Florida for 22 years. Memorials may be left to the family’s discre-tion.

Harold E. Lindquist, 86 Former Gowrie resident Harold E. Lindquist, age 86, died September 11, 2015, in Banning, California. He was born June 11, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, to the late Frederick and Emma Lindquist. He was raised on a farm near Gowrie and graduated from Gowrie High School in 1947. He served two years with the U.S. Army in Germany, were he met and married his wife Ruth, after which they returned to Gowrie for a few years before he joined the U.S. Air Force.

He retired after 40 years service from march Air Force Base at Banning where he continued to volunteer his service as a master carpenter at March Field. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, his parents, and his sister and brother-in-law Florence and Blair Stanley. He is survived by nephews Fred (Rebec-ca) Stanley and Dan (Dona) Stanley, by his niece Joyce Stanley, and by several great nephews and Nieces.

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

It was built in 1957, only 58 years old, yet Sun-day morning, October 4, 2015 the walls came tumbling down. It only took a few seconds, first a large, violent burst of flames spewing from the top, a deafening roar and down it came. The “old” YMCA, which I consid-ered still a very new, modern building, lay in a huge pile of rubble, smoky dust hovering over that pile for a short time. This was a place where people of different genera-tions, ages, races, had met for many activities, had taken various classes, enjoyed swimming, basketball, volley-ball, many athletic and body building activities. Meet-ings were held there, planned and extemporaneous or happenstance get togethers. It was a refuge for many men over the years in that they could find affordable hous-ing and in later years even the homeless were helped. I thought it was here to stay at least through my lifetime. I hadn’t been in it for years but memories flooded back to around my second and third years in this city when I worked at the really old YMCA, thus enjoying some of the things offered to members and employees. I even tried to learn to swim there but came down with a severe case of strep and ear infection and by the time I had re-covered the classes were over. Never went to another. But, someone decided even at that “young” age, even though the “Y” was still a beautiful building (out-side anyway) on a prime riverfront site that it was time for it to go and so it did. Later in the afternoon my daugh-ter and I drove past the pile of rubble and I had a “twinge” at seeing it. There is a big clean up to do. One thing I did observe was that the building practically across the street still looked its stately old self. That building, once housed the Des Moines Public Library and in the recent years has been the home to the World Food Prize Foun-dation and the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. After the library moved to new quarters a few years ago some-one had the great idea that this over century old building should be preserved and thus it has been. It did not have to go the way of so many of the other old buildings that I remember were here when I came to Des Moines 69+ years ago. Many of the beautiful buildings have been razed over the years and our downtown has changed, creating a more modern metropolitan skyline. I suppose that is progress. But now, investors and developers are seem-ing to be coming in by the droves buying up old ware-houses in particular and converting to apartments and condos and charging what I consider to be exorbitant fees or rents. They are hoping to bring many retail businesses back downtown near to what it once was. Efforts have been made to get more “big” businesses employing high numbers of people back in the area and indeed a couple or so insurance companies and a publishing firm have

And the walls came tublin' down...not deserted downtown. Efforts have been made to build up East Village, the area just to the west of the Capitol Building and it is beginning to look more like a lot of cit-ies’ “Old Towns”. It seems there is always hope and replacement in cities of any size, down with something, up with an-other, a shift from this area to that and back again. But, again in the October 4th’s Sunday Register was another story of an Iowa small town school building readying for demolition. The citizens were salvaging everything they could from it and probably lamenting with one an-other and crying a few tears. It was reported this school, Corwith-Wesley, is the 4,316th school district to close in Iowa since 1950. In 1950 there were 4,652 school districts in Iowa. Of course you know my next thought – Boxholm/Grand Community was one of those 4316 closings. Every time I read an article about the fate of another I wonder about our once majestic old building and the “newer” gymnasium addition. Nostalgia again creeps over me. How long will the old alma mater facil-ity remain standing? What disrepair will it suffer? Ques-tions, questions and no answers. But, perhaps it is good to know we are not alone. Time marches on and some call it progress. At least our school lasted longer than the “Y” but even that has had a replacement downtown. The only thing is, when our building goes it is doubt-ful if there will be a replacement. So, that is apparently why God gave us hearts and minds in which to store our memories.

Birthdays14-Oct. Brad Bendkckson Sara Van Kley Brandel15-Oct. Brian Hanson, Cody Seil16-Oct. Ashley Lanning, Rocky Saxton17-Oct. Donna Brand, Maureen Brand Delaney Conrad, Lori Mengel18-Oct. Marlin Geisler, Brenda Kromrie19-Oct. Curtis Anderson20-Oct. KellyBlack,JeffSchleisman Leigh Weipert, Andrea Wilson

Anniversaries21-Oct. Clark and Jenny Taylor

Irene B. Swanson, 95

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Irene B. Swanson, 95, passed away Friday, Oc-tober 9, 2015 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oc-tober 13, 2015 at United Methodist Church, Gowrie with Pastor Annette Kruse officiating. Burial will be at Gowrie Township Cemetery with Military Rites presented by the American Legion Peterson Post #431 of Gowrie. Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 12, 2015 at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. Irene is survived by her son, Greg (Terry) Swanson of Shawnee, KS; daughters, Carole (Russell) Thompson of Gowrie; Julie (Denny) Owenson of Day-ton; grandchildren, Melissa (Brian) Stell; Mike Fisher; Rachael Thompson; Nicole (Erik) Heggen; Neeley Ow-enson; Tiffany Owenson; Robin Vit and Terry Brogan; great-grandchildren, Samantha; Alexis; Brandon; Bryn-na; Jack; Ethan; and Drew; great-great-grandchild, Grace. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Edna (Korup) Holz and her husband, Richard Swan-son. Irene B. Holz was born February 5, 1920 in Grand Junction, Iowa. She graduated from Grand Junc-tion High School and then attended Iowa State Univer-sity for two years. She then went to beauty school in Fort Dodge. After graduation, she operated a beauty shop in Grand Junction. Irene served in the United States Navy during WWII. She was united in marriage to Richard K. Swanson on May 4, 1944 in San Francisco, California. Together the couple owned and operated Swanson Flo-rist in Gowrie, retiring in 1982. Irene was a member of United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed traveling and going to Florida for 22 years. Memorials may be left to the family’s discre-tion.

Southeast Valley Schedule of Events

Week of Oct 14th to Oct 21st

Wednesday, Oct 14Early Dismissal 1:20pmTeacher In-service in PMPVES - NO Classes for PM PreschoolThursday, Oct 15(A) G V VB Twin Lakes C - G V VB6:00 p.m. (H) B JVR FB GAME - St. Edmond @ Southeast ValleyFriday, Oct 167:00 p.m. (A) B V FB GAME - Southeast Valley @ St. EdmondSaturday, Oct 179:00 a.m. (A) B&G V CC Twin Lakes C - B&G V CC9;00 a.m. (A) J.H. XC Conference @ Lake CityMonday, Oct 19SWGES 3rd Grade Cognitive Abilities Test6:00 p.m. (H) B JV FB GAME - Eagle Grove @ Southeast ValleyTuesday, Oct 20PVES - NO Classes for AM & PM PreschoolEarly Dismissal 2:20pmParent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pmWednesday, Oct 21FFA Fruit/Fundraiser (Oct 21 thru Nov 11)

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

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

Who could have murderedRoger Brown in Dayton?Reward being offered. . . By Glenn Schreiber Who would want to kill Roger Brown, our friend who lived in Dayton for several decades? That was the question on everyone’s mind last week. There are rumors that Roger had loaned one per-son some money and that he wanted to his money back. I have heard several rumors communicated to me by sev-eral people this past week. The deal possibly involved drug use (by the other person) but really these rumors are all unconfirmed. No arrrests have been made. The only thing known for sure is that this is a murder case. Roger was shot and killed in his camper in west Dayton. He was found dead on Wednesday, Sept. 30. People who have any information on this case should call law enforcement agencies. People who have any information on this crime should call the Webster County Sheriff at 515-573-1410 or Crime Stoppers at 515-573-1444. There is a reward of up to $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. Said Sheriff Jim Stubbs, “We are reviewing the evidence and we are following every lead. There are many rumors right now about this case. Some rumors may have validity and some may have none.” He continued, “It is our job to review informa-tion and confirm facts. If people have information that could help us, please call us. Right now our investigators are reviewing a lot of information. But again, if anyone has information they think will be helpful, please call us.”

Josh Carlson, Gowrie, exhibits at Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show in Omaha Each year more than 1,300 youth participate from a ten-state area participate in the AK-SAR-BEN Stock Show in Omaha, Neb. the end of September. Webster County 4-H’er Josh Carlson exhibited. Categories of this 4-H only competition are Dairy, Feeder Calf & Breeding Beef, Horse, Market Beef, Market Broilers, Meat Goats, Market Lamb and Market Swine, Rabbit, and Dairy Steer as well as almost a dozen other entry opportunities including Quiz Bowl, Premier Exhibitor and more. Josh Carlson of the Gowrie Groundbreakers and son of Jennifer and Jim Carlson received a blue ribbon for his Maine Anjou market steer and a red ribbon for his crossbreed steer. Webster County received a purple in beef herds-manship.

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By Jill Viles As the advertising jingle suggests, “Isn’t it time you took things easy? Isn’t this what you’ve been work-ing for?” Max Palmer has certainly uncovered the “good life,” at Scottish Rite Park, a retirement complex in the heart of Des Moines. As part of my visit, Palmer pro-vided an in-depth tour of the lavish facilities which in-cluded a movie theater, swimming pool, art gallery, and a skilled care nursing facility. At the conclusion of my visit, I was treated to lunch in the posh restaurant enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. All in all, it was a terrific visit, and I learned a great deal about one of Gowrie’s finest families. Though Palmer cherishes the Gowrie area as home, he was actually born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michi-gan, just across the river from Canada. His parents’ early pursuits of future vocation led to several moves before they resettled in Iowa. Max’s mother, Isa, graduated from high school in Bussey, Iowa in 1916. She stud-ied at the University of Northern Iowa and received her teaching certificate. She was dating Max Palmer’s father, Theodore J. “T.J”, and he followed her as she pursued a teaching career upon graduation. Her initial placement was in the stockyard district where she taught many re-cently immigrated children, and her students spoke thir-teen different languages. Max’s father, T.J. Palmer, pursued the study of mortuary science as they resided in Sioux City, and re-ceived his license as a funeral director. Following gradu-ation, he worked at Dunn’s Funeral Home in Des Moines, located near the Governor’s Mansion. In 1927, T.J Palmer and family wanted to “spread their wings,” so the family accepted a position for a funeral director in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was here that Max Palmer was born in 1929. However, it didn’t take long for the young family to tire of the harsh weather conditions, so they soon began searching for a funeral director’s position that would allow them to re-settle in Iowa. The Palmer family settled in Gowrie. At this time, funeral services were provided by the Lennarson and Johnson families. Their business enterprise included not only the

mortuary industry, but hardware and furniture sales as well. In those days, the funeral business was run quite differently than it is today. When someone died, the fur-niture was moved to one side of the building (the build-ing’s current location is Jamboree Foods) and caskets were lined up in place of furniture. Palmer humorously points out that a point to ponder next time you visit the restroom facilities in Jamboree Foods, is that this was right near the spot utilized to embalm bodies. Palmer ex-plained that in the early 1900’s people did not typically attend a visitation in a funeral parlor or church, but rather the body and casket would be returned to the home of the recently deceased around three o’clock in the afternoon, and the family would provide visitation services. Ad-ditionally, funeral homes in this era also provided ambu-lance services. The funeral home directors did not pro-vide EMT services, but rather transportation only. Albert Lennarson provided most of the funeral service arrangements with the families, but he passed away in 1943. Johnson preferred to maintain a “behind the scenes presence,” and did not want to assume the re-sponsibility of receiving of families in his absence, so the Palmer family gained ownership of the business in 1947. Max Palmer graduated from high school in 1946, and fol-lowing graduation, he assisted his father in the funeral business, and his mother worked as a homemaker. Following his early introduction to the funeral business, Max Palmer wanted to pursue a career in the Navy. He studied photography for six months and then was placed on an aircraft carrier and told to take photos of the takeoff and landing of each plane. The work was “kinda boring,” Palmer candidly admits. Later, Palmer was assigned to a team of six B-24’s with the mission of mapping Alaska in the search for oil. Though much of the photography consisted of blurry images of the outlines of trees, the numerous 4’ by 8’ sheets of photographs, when assembled like a jigsaw puzzle, provided vital information on more than 20,000 acres of Alaskan wilderness. “We must have been doing something right,” chuckles Palmer, “because they found oil in Alaska.” Next, Palmer was assigned to San Di-ego, and again received a rather ambiguous assignment.

Palmer and other Navy specialists were assigned the task of photographing striations in the sand, also in the search for oil. Palmer’s love of photography blossomed as he served as a photographer for the yearbook of the Uni-versity of Iowa. Palmer served as photo editor of the “Hawkeye,” and fondly recalls taking photos for mem-bers of the Greek system. Typically fraternities and so-rorities were each provided two yearbook pages, one list-ing each member, and the other page highlighting parties and activities. Palmer explained he didn’t plan to pursue a professional career in photography, but truly enjoyed taking these photos for the “fun of it.” In 1951, Max Palmer completed his training at a mortuary school in Cincinnati, Ohio and received his mortuary science license upon completion of a final year of apprenticeship. During this time, a major change had occurred with regard to the Palmer funeral business. In 1949, the business relocated to its current day location. The home, now occupied by the Palmer and Sons Funer-al Home. was originally the banker’s home and owned by the Lindquist family. When asked the greatest difficulty one encoun-ters in the funeral industry, Palmer is quick to explain it is the feeling of being “tied down.” He explains someone must be available at all times, because of course, a death may occur unexpectedly. In 1984, the Palmer family acquired an addition to the family business as they purchased, and assumed responsibility for additional funeral services in Rockwell City. At this point in time, Max and his wife, Elayne, as-sisted at this location, while their son, Ned, served with his grandfather at the Gowrie location. In 1993, Ned Palmer merged his funeral busi-ness with Laufersweiler and Sievers in Fort Dodge and later with Dave Swank. In his spare time, Max Palmer enjoyed partici-pating in a drum and bugle corp. The group, made up of 25 Legion men, won the state title several years. How-ever, when it came to moving on to the national competi-tion in Philadelphia, the participants realized they were

Palmer family moved to Gowrie in 1927;Max Palmer enjoys photography as hobbyFamily mortuary business moved to current location in 1949. . .

Pictured from left to right are Hal, Polly, Max, and Ned. Max Palmer continued on page 12...

The Jaguar cross country teams, fresh off their strong showing at the Pocahontas Invitational, traveled to Lake City to compete in the Titan Invitational. Missing some of their top runners do to slight injuries, Southeast Valley saw many runners step up to help both teams to some strong team finishes. In the boys race, without top runner Spencer Warehime, the Jaguars were able to finish a strong sixth place. Class 1A-ranked Ogden won the meet with 86 points, while Kuemper Catholic was second with 95. The only Twin Lakes Conference school to fin-ish ahead of Southeast Valley was Manson-Northwest Webster edging the Jaguars by two points. In the girls race, the Jaguars ran to a strong 3rd place finish with 106 points without Erica Rittgers or Anna Heatherington. Class 2A-fifth ranked Pocahontas Area/Lau-rens-Marathon was the meet champion with 37 points and Twin Lake Conference foe South Central Calhoun was second with 89 points. Sophomore Patrick Breitsprecher led the Jaguar boys’ team with one of his best races of his career. His time of 18:22 was good enough for seventh place and medal honors. Southeast Valley also got medal performances from seniors Josh Johnson (15th, 18:48) and Jacob De-Baun (20th, 19:07). Josh Carlson (36th, 19:47), Nathan Montgom-ery (49th, 20:21), Todd Hamilton (76th, 20:56) and Lu-cas Pontius (76th, 22:31) were the varsity runners on Tuesday. Natalie Lambert continued to set the pace for the

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Roof Repair at Gowrie Library...

Nellis Contruction is pictured repairing leaks in the roof at the Library in Gowrie on Wednesday, October 7.

The Jaguar cross country teams, fresh off their strong showing at the Pocahontas Invitational, traveled to Lake City to compete in the Titan Invitational. Missing some of their top runners do to slight injuries, Southeast Valley saw many runners step up to help both teams to some strong team finishes. In the boys race, without top runner Spencer Warehime, the Jaguars were able to finish a strong sixth place. Class 1A-ranked Ogden won the meet with 86 points, while Kuemper Catholic was second with 95. The only Twin Lakes Conference school to fin-ish ahead of Southeast Valley was Manson-Northwest Webster edging the Jaguars by two points. In the girls race, the Jaguars ran to a strong 3rd place finish with 106 points without Erica Rittgers or Anna Heatherington. Class 2A-fifth ranked Pocahontas Area/Lau-rens-Marathon was the meet champion with 37 points and Twin Lake Conference foe South Central Calhoun was second with 89 points. Sophomore Patrick Breitsprecher led the Jaguar boys’ team with one of his best races of his career. His time of 18:22 was good enough for seventh place and medal honors. Southeast Valley also got medal performances from seniors Josh Johnson (15th, 18:48) and Jacob De-Baun (20th, 19:07). Josh Carlson (36th, 19:47), Nathan Montgom-ery (49th, 20:21), Todd Hamilton (76th, 20:56) and Lu-cas Pontius (76th, 22:31) were the varsity runners on Tuesday. Natalie Lambert continued to set the pace for the

Southeast Valley girls. Lambert crossed the finish line in a time of 21:24, which was good enough for fourth. Freshman Alli True and senior Josie Breitsprecher also claimed medalist honors finishing 7th and 18th respectively with times of 22:08 and 23:31. Also scoring for the varsity were Katara Jondle (37th, 25:23), Ry-ann Steburg (40th, 25:37) and Emma Graves (41st, 25:38). Ryann also ran her best time of the season. The JV girls also claimed a third place finish behind four medalists. Tessa Berg (6th, 27:11), Kate Dyer (10th, 27:45), Hannah Fiala (13th, 28:41) and Leslie Housken (14th, 29:03) brought home medals. Housken also ran her sea-son best time by over a minute. Allie Berg (18th, 29:55), Sarah Nahnsen (19th, 30:10), Kendall Sandgren (20th, 30:53), Hannah Peterson (23rd, 31:53), Oumaima Zenati (27th, 34:47) and Chelsea Grossnickle (26th, 34:42)

Southeast Valley CC teams continue stellar campaigns at Titan InvitationalGirls take 3rd place, Boys finish 6th...

also competed for the Jaguars in the JV race. In the boys’ JV race, Ben Carlson was the lone

Katara Jondle keeps her eyes ahead during the Titan Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Lake City. Jondle, who finished with a time of 25:23, and the Southeast Valley girls' cross country team finished in third place at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN, FARNHAMVILLE 8:30 a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. WorshipFIRST UNITED CHURCH, FARNHAMVILLE9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship, Fellowhip Coffee FollowingOUR SAVIOUR'S LUTHERAN, CALLENDER9:15 a.m. Sunday Worhip; 10:30 a.m. Sunday SchoolUNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GOWRIE9:00 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. WorshipZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, GOWRIE 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, HARCOURT9:00 a.m. Worship; 10:00 a.m. FellowhipEVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH, HARCOURT8:30 a.m. Worship; 9:40 a.m. Sunday SchoolUNITED METHODIST CHURCH, HARCOURT9:00 a.m. WorshipUNITED METHODIST CHURCH, SOMERS 10:30 a.m. WorshipFULTON LUTHERAN CHURCH, ROELYN9:15 a.m. WorshipOUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL, MOORLAND10:00 a.m. MassEVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH, LANYON9.30 a.m. Worship; 11:00 a.m. Sunday School

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The first settlement in the area was at Boone Forks, two and one-half miles south of the present site of Lehigh, were the Boone River empties into the Des Moines River. Records show that the Mericles and Spauldings arrived there in 1849 and were met by Mr. and Mrs. henry Lott who had settled there in 1846. Soon these families were joined by Osborn Brannon, John Tolman, Minton Brossfield, Squire McGuire, William Pierce, Tolman Woolsey, Sam Eslick, Tom Holliday, E. Getchel, Phile-man Johnson, and John Johns. By 1853 their numbers had increased to 150. Other than the troops at Fort Dodge they were the only settlers in Webster County. How one family, the Jacob Mericles, migrated to the Boone Forks frontier and some of the headships they encountered was researched by our niece, Geraldine Mericle Rouse- great, great granddaughter of the Jacob Mericles. Her chief sources were the Histories of Webster and Hamilton Counties and the obituaries of Jacob and Phoebe Mericle. In the early spring of 1849, Jacob Mericle with his wife and four children, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Daniel Spaulding,his wife and two children left their homes in New York and started out for Iowa. They went with teams to the Susquehanna River,then by boat to the mouth of the Juanita - up that river by canal boat and then around the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. From there they went down the Ohio and up the Missis-sippi to Koekuk. Hence they traveled by teams to Des Moines. Only two couples lived there at that time. The last part of their journey took them up the Des Moines River Valley to Boone Forks, arriving there May 1, 1849. The country was as wild as when Columbus discovered America Buf-falo, elk, deer, panther, and wolf roamed the area. The streams swarmed with beaver, otter, and mink. Jacob Mericle was a very successful shot and kept his family well supplied with meat. In the spring of 1851 he came upon a panther which he killed with a sec-ond shot, although he had a narrow escape from being killed by the huge animal which measured seven feet six inches in length. He also killed between sixty and seventy

buffaloes which were numerous at that time. Those early pioneers experienced some hair-raising adventures. maude Mericle Ewing, granddaugh-ter of Jacob Mericle, told the following story: The nearest place to get supplies and to have grain ground was Oskaloosa, and it took several days to make the round trip. One time Grandpa was gone to have wheat ground leaving Grandma and the little ones at home. Jacob Jr. was a small baby at the time. Two Indians came knocking at the door. They came in letting her know that they wanted food. One Indian motioned that they would kill the baby if they weren’t fed. So Grandma went to the fireplace to fix something, putting the iron poker in the hot fire. When it was really hot, she grabbed it and chased the Indians out. They didn’t come back, but told others about the “brave squaw...” Jacob Mericle wrote the petition to which the government responded by sending two companies of troops to establish a military post at Fort Dodge to pro-tect the settlers from the Indians. Landing in the same settlement as the Mericles a year later was the Eslick family. Sons and daughters of the pioneers who came from Indiana to Missouri in 1836, they knew the proper garb for the trail. The men wore coonskin caps, leggins, and a blanket with a hole in the center lipped over the head for a coat. They were bearded and carried knives and guns. The women wore homespun linsey-woolsey dresses and sub bonnets. Buttons were made at home of horn or wood, but on the trail many men’s shirts and some of the women’s and children’s dresses were laced at the front with cord.

First white people came to this areain 1849; elk, deer, and wolves roamed herePeople used boats on Des Moines River. . .

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more. I’ve done that since then.” For more than 25 years, he also provided water-melon for the football players after the first day of padded practice. Mischke said that he kept the watermelon on ice for a few days, which was appreciated by the team. “I’ve seen a lot of football, some of it good… and some of it not so good,” Mischke said. “I got to be on the sidelines where two of my grandsons played for Prairie Valley. I enjoyed that.” Mischke also remembered the creation of the current Southeast Valley sports complex along with see-ing Prairie Valley conduct many successful gridiron cam-paigns. “One of the highlights of mine was going to the UNI-Dome for two years in a row,” Mischke said. Mischke recalled that the Warriors would have been state champions, if it hadn’t been for a Council Bluffs-St. Albert squad. That year, the Falcons were led by former Iowa Western Community College and Kansas State standout, Jake Waters. “I got to see some really good teams and also created some wonderful friendships with the coaches,” Mischke said. “Some of those coaches from many years ago are still friends of mine who I communicate with.” Mischke said that Lewis, who presently resides in Colorado, visits him when Lewis arrives to Gowrie. “The kids all know me too,” Mischke said. “When I die, they won’t have to look too far to find pallbearers.” Mischke also experienced many other memories and observations during his time on the chain gang, from the changing of the seasons to seeing Prairie play at Ce-dar Valley for a year while the current complex was being built. “It’s interesting to watch as the football sea-son progresses, I start off wearing shorts and a t-shirt,” Mischke said. “And in one of those years where we went to the Dome, it was actually snowing in one of those home playoff game. So you see the changing of the sea-sons through the football season.” His expert analysis of the Jaguars and their op-ponents of past and present is also hard to beat. “It’s been really fun to watch the team this year,” Mischke said. “We have two wonderful quarter-backs, both of them can come into the game, and the of-fense wouldn’t miss a beat. “I’ve enjoyed watching these kids mature from their freshman year to their senior year. Not just in foot-ball as athletes, but as good gentlemen. “You see that from the position that I had that you wouldn’t see from the stands.”

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By Tyler Anderson Despite a few games left on the regular season schedule, the Southeast Valley football team are already entering playoff mode. On Senior Night, the Jaguars clicked on all cylin-ders and soundly defeated the Red Oak Tigers in Gowrie, 46-18. The Jags now improve to 6-1 so far in the 2015 season, remaining in the Class 2A-District 8 driver’s seat. “I was very happy with offensive effort,” Head Coach Mike Swieter said of the victory. “We had 558 total yards, tons of big plays and then controlled the clock. Our offensive line did an outstanding job all night.” Swieter also commended the defense as well. “We held their first team all-state running back to 45 yards rushing,” Swieter said. “I’m very happy with that.” The first quarter began a feeling out process for the Jaguars and Tigers, before a 41 yard pass from junior quarterback Nolan Brand to Cade King drew the first score. After the missed PAT, the Jaguars held a 6-0 advantage at the end of the first period of play. In the second quarter, the Jaguars saw a small amount of trouble as senior Carter Steck fumbled the ball into Tiger hands. However, the stout Southeast Valley defensive unit stopped Red Oak on a pivotal fourth and three with less than 11 minutes left in the first half. Following the turnover on downs, sophomore running back Kaleb Jondle burst through the Tiger defense for a 60 yard touchdown run. Following a failed two point conversion attempt, the Jaguars extended their lead to 12 points. Senior linebacker Logan Boerner evened the turnover battle, coming out with a fumble recovery with 8:25 left in the second quarter. Brand again found King on a crucial third and long that put the Jags in the red zone, before junior Aaron Swieter found paydirt from six yards out. Brand then con-nected to junior Dakota Jaeschke to stretch the lead to 20. After a Red Oak score, the extra point was blocked by senior Keaton Jondle. With five and a half minutes left in the half, the Tigers narrowed the gap to 14 points, but trailed 20-6. Southeast Valley responded with a big drive of their own, as Brand hooked up with King a third time be-fore Swieter punched through to make the score 26-6. Before the break, the Southeast Valley offense drove down the field and scored via a 10 yard pass from Brand to Jaeschke, enabling Southeast Valley to a huge 32-6 lead. In the second quarter alone, the Jaguars outscored Red Oak, 26-6. Coming back from the half, Brand yielded an in-terception that gave the Tigers a short field to work with. However, Red Oak was unable to convert the fake field goal. “We gave up too many passing yards,” Swieter said. “We must get better, and we must improve our kick-offs and extra points. Special teams are going to hurt us, if we do not improve there.” The Jaguars responded in kind in their next drive, as it culminated in Brand passing to Jaeschke for a 16 yard touchdown. At the end of the third quarter, Southeast Valley held a 37-12 lead. In the fourth quarter, Southeast Valley kept the Tigers at a steady distance, as Kaleb Jondle broke out an-

Southeast Valley Jaguars manhandle Red Oak on Senior Night, 46-18Jags improve to 6-1, travel to Fort Dodge to play St. Ed’s...

One true story about Roger Brown. . .

Our Dayton community is still in shock over the murder of Roger Brown who was found dead from a gun-shot at his small trailer in West Dayton about two weeks ago. The relationship between Roger Brown and the Dayton area community was very good. So many people interacted with Roger and helped in many ways. Roger obliged by helping us too. We liked Roger and he liked us. This column will showcase one story of that bond between Roger and the Dayton community. There are many, many other similar stories. Several years ago one person in Dayton learned that Roger hadn’t paid his utility bill. He inquired about the amount, which was a relative pittance, about $53. “I want to pay Roger’s bill,” he said to one city official. “But I don’t want Roger to know who did this.” The utility bill was paid. At the time, that $53 was a lot of money for Roger and he was very happy. We do live in a small town. Roger did find out who paid his bill. Sometimes Roger had an almost insa-tiable appetite to learn who was helping him. Roger, in a sense, was from the “old school.” He didn’t believe in handouts. He wanted to work for what was given to him. Many people today rely on gov-ernment services for many things, but Roger didn’t have that mentality. He approached the anonymous donor. Roger asked, “What can I do for you?” “Nothing,” the person said. “I am just happy to help you a little.” Roger persisted. “There must be something I can do for you.” He mentioned several things. “Okay.” And so Roger did do a task that needed to be done. “What else can I do?” asked Roger a few weeks later. Roger felt he hadn’t totally repaid his debt. “Buy me a beer sometime,” said this person. And so Roger bought this person a beer at the Frontier Lounge. Roger still persisted in wanting to do more. And then this helper said this to Roger: “I just ask that you help someone else in need in the future.” Roger looked this person in the eye. “Yes, I guarantee you I will do that.” They shook hands on that and the subject was closed. Roger had this type of relationship and bond with many people in our community. He was a member of our community family.

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By Tyler Anderson Despite a few games left on the regular season schedule, the Southeast Valley football team are already entering playoff mode. On Senior Night, the Jaguars clicked on all cylin-ders and soundly defeated the Red Oak Tigers in Gowrie, 46-18. The Jags now improve to 6-1 so far in the 2015 season, remaining in the Class 2A-District 8 driver’s seat. “I was very happy with offensive effort,” Head Coach Mike Swieter said of the victory. “We had 558 total yards, tons of big plays and then controlled the clock. Our offensive line did an outstanding job all night.” Swieter also commended the defense as well. “We held their first team all-state running back to 45 yards rushing,” Swieter said. “I’m very happy with that.” The first quarter began a feeling out process for the Jaguars and Tigers, before a 41 yard pass from junior quarterback Nolan Brand to Cade King drew the first score. After the missed PAT, the Jaguars held a 6-0 advantage at the end of the first period of play. In the second quarter, the Jaguars saw a small amount of trouble as senior Carter Steck fumbled the ball into Tiger hands. However, the stout Southeast Valley defensive unit stopped Red Oak on a pivotal fourth and three with less than 11 minutes left in the first half. Following the turnover on downs, sophomore running back Kaleb Jondle burst through the Tiger defense for a 60 yard touchdown run. Following a failed two point conversion attempt, the Jaguars extended their lead to 12 points. Senior linebacker Logan Boerner evened the turnover battle, coming out with a fumble recovery with 8:25 left in the second quarter. Brand again found King on a crucial third and long that put the Jags in the red zone, before junior Aaron Swieter found paydirt from six yards out. Brand then con-nected to junior Dakota Jaeschke to stretch the lead to 20. After a Red Oak score, the extra point was blocked by senior Keaton Jondle. With five and a half minutes left in the half, the Tigers narrowed the gap to 14 points, but trailed 20-6. Southeast Valley responded with a big drive of their own, as Brand hooked up with King a third time be-fore Swieter punched through to make the score 26-6. Before the break, the Southeast Valley offense drove down the field and scored via a 10 yard pass from Brand to Jaeschke, enabling Southeast Valley to a huge 32-6 lead. In the second quarter alone, the Jaguars outscored Red Oak, 26-6. Coming back from the half, Brand yielded an in-terception that gave the Tigers a short field to work with. However, Red Oak was unable to convert the fake field goal. “We gave up too many passing yards,” Swieter said. “We must get better, and we must improve our kick-offs and extra points. Special teams are going to hurt us, if we do not improve there.” The Jaguars responded in kind in their next drive, as it culminated in Brand passing to Jaeschke for a 16 yard touchdown. At the end of the third quarter, Southeast Valley held a 37-12 lead. In the fourth quarter, Southeast Valley kept the Tigers at a steady distance, as Kaleb Jondle broke out an-

other huge run and finished off Red Oak with a 58 yard touchdown scamper. While Red Oak scored on a 37 yard pass, the Ti-gers were unable to mount a comeback. “What a game for Parents’ Night,” Swieter said. “The seniors will always remember their last home game.” It was on Senior Night where Southeast Valley really shined, as Kaleb Jondle rushed for more than 100 yards rushing with 171. King also captured his fourth game with more than 100 yards receiving with 148. Swieter also reached his third century benchmark in total yards, with 95 yards rushing and five yards receiv-ing. Brand went 10-21 for 246 yards, three touch-downs and one interception. It is Brand’s third time throw-ing more than 200 yards and his fifth going over 175 yards. On the defensive side, senior Andrew Dorage captured an interception while fellow classmate Logan Boerner led the way with nine total tackles and a fumble recovery. Juniors Ryan Gustafson and Alex Pliner pitched in on the winning effort, contributing with 7.5 and 6.5 total tackles respectively. The Jags will look to continue their strong play, traveling to Fort Dodge to play St. Edmond in a non-dis-trict game on Friday, Oct. 16. The Gaels (3-4) fell to Ogden, 28-20. In other district action, Shenandoah defeated non-district opponent Atlantic, 55-19, while Carroll Kuemper defeated Clarinda by the score of 21-14. East Sac County took care of West Central Val-ley, 60-6.

Southeast Valley Jaguars manhandle Red Oak on Senior Night, 46-18Jags improve to 6-1, travel to Fort Dodge to play St. Ed’s...

Individual StatisticsRushing

Att. Yds. Yds/AttNolan Brand JR 2 1 0.5Kaleb Jondle SO 14 171 12.2Cade King SR 1 -3 -3.0Carter Steck SR 10 48 4.8Aaron Swieter JR 23 95 4.1

Passing Att. Comp Yds/Com.Nolan Brand JR 21 10 24.6

Receiving #Rec. Yds. Yds/Rec.Conner Conrad SR 1 3 3.0Dakota Jaeschke JR 4 90 22.5Cade King SR 4 148 37.0Aaron Swieter JR 1 5 5.0

Scoring Pts. Rushing FG PATDakota Jaeschke JR 12 0 0 0Kaleb Jondle SO 12 12 0 0Cade King SR 8 0 0 2Aaron Swieter JR 12 12 0 0

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TacklesCameron Anderson SR 1 6 4.0Joel Anderson JR 0 1 0.5Sam Berglund JR 0 1 0.5Logan Boerner SR 4 10 9.0Nolan Brand JR 0 1 0.5Conner Conrad SR 2 5 4.5Andrew Dorage SR 1 7 4.5Keegan Goodwin JR 0 1 0.5Ryan Gustafson JR 3 9 7.5Nyles Johnson FR 0 1 0.5Keaton Jondle SR 2 2 3.0Kyler Jondle FR 0 2 1.0Cade King SR 3 1 3.5Johnny Lautner SR 0 5 2.5Zeke Miller SR 1 0 1.0Brent Nelson SR 0 8 4.0Owen Oeltjenbruns SR 0 2 1.0Alex Pliner JR 2 9 6.5Daven Rees SO 1 0 1.0Carter Steck SR 1 2 2.0Aaron Swieter JR 3 3 4.5

Interceptions Interceptions Int Return YardsAndrew Dorage SR 1 22

Fumble Recoveries Recoveries Return YardsLogan Boerner SR 1 0

PAT Kicking Attempts MadeDakota Jaeschke JR 1 0Cade King SR 3 2

Kickoffs Kick Offs Yards TouchbacksDakota Jaeschke JR 7 226 0

Punting Punts Yards Yards/PuntMyles Davis JR 5 147 29.4

Kick Off Returns KOR Yds Yds/per ReturnKeaton Jondle SR 1 12 12.0Cade King SR 1 12 12.0Brent Nelson SR 1 6 6.0

Punt Returns Punt Returns Yds Yds/per ReturnCade King SR 2 20 10.0

One true story about Roger Brown. . .

Our Dayton community is still in shock over the murder of Roger Brown who was found dead from a gun-shot at his small trailer in West Dayton about two weeks ago. The relationship between Roger Brown and the Dayton area community was very good. So many people interacted with Roger and helped in many ways. Roger obliged by helping us too. We liked Roger and he liked us. This column will showcase one story of that bond between Roger and the Dayton community. There are many, many other similar stories. Several years ago one person in Dayton learned that Roger hadn’t paid his utility bill. He inquired about the amount, which was a relative pittance, about $53. “I want to pay Roger’s bill,” he said to one city official. “But I don’t want Roger to know who did this.” The utility bill was paid. At the time, that $53 was a lot of money for Roger and he was very happy. We do live in a small town. Roger did find out who paid his bill. Sometimes Roger had an almost insa-tiable appetite to learn who was helping him. Roger, in a sense, was from the “old school.” He didn’t believe in handouts. He wanted to work for what was given to him. Many people today rely on gov-ernment services for many things, but Roger didn’t have that mentality. He approached the anonymous donor. Roger asked, “What can I do for you?” “Nothing,” the person said. “I am just happy to help you a little.” Roger persisted. “There must be something I can do for you.” He mentioned several things. “Okay.” And so Roger did do a task that needed to be done. “What else can I do?” asked Roger a few weeks later. Roger felt he hadn’t totally repaid his debt. “Buy me a beer sometime,” said this person. And so Roger bought this person a beer at the Frontier Lounge. Roger still persisted in wanting to do more. And then this helper said this to Roger: “I just ask that you help someone else in need in the future.” Roger looked this person in the eye. “Yes, I guarantee you I will do that.” They shook hands on that and the subject was closed. Roger had this type of relationship and bond with many people in our community. He was a member of our community family.

Senior Cade King tiptoes along with the sideline while a Red Oak defender attempts to push him out of bounds during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The Jaguars defeated the Ti-gers, 46-18. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Jack Mumper takes part of the halftime show pre-sented by the Southeast Valley Marching Band during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The halftime show was highlighted by a original percussion piece by the students. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

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MIDAS Council of Governments

REGION V REGIONAL PLANNING AFFILIATIONPUBLIC INPUT MEETING

The Region V Regional Planning Affiliation (RPA) will hold a public information input meeting, to receive comments on Amendment #1 to the FY 2016-2019 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP). Region V includes the following counties: Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster and Wright and the cities of Fort Dodge and Webster City. The FY 2016-2019 RTIP is being amended to update the following project: Amend Hamilton County FY 2016 Trails project to expand project termini. Copies of the FY 2016-2019 RTIP Amendment #1 are available by contacting Shirley Helgevold at MIDAS Council of Governments, (515) 576-7183 ext. 212 or e-mail at shelgevold@midascog.net Written comments should be received by 12:00 PM October 20, 2015. Please submit all written comments to:

Region V Regional Planning Affiliation602 1st Avenue SouthFort Dodge, IA 50501

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PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGOctober 21, 2015

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If you have any special needs pertaining to this meeting, please contact Shirley Helgevold, MIDAS Council of Governments, (515) 576-7183 ext. 212.

LEGAL PUBLICATION

The Webster County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 5:00 P.M. second floor of the courthouse, Fort Dodge, IA. The purpose of the public hearing is to act on a request from BIVI to obtain Variance for Height.The Variances will be used for the Bio Freeze Building Expansion. The legal description of the property is: SE ¼ OF SECTION 13, T89N R29W Webster County, IA.

Sheilah LizerZoning Administrator

WEBSTER COUNTYPlanning & Zoning

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LEGAL PUBLICATION

The Webster County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 26, 201 at 5:00 P.M. second floor of the courthouse, Fort Dodge, IA. The purpose of the public hearing is to act on 4 requests from Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge, LLC to obtain Variances for Height.The Variances will be used for the 104 E structure, SW DM tank, SE DM tank, and the N DM tank. The legal description of the property is: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of Section 27, Township 89 North, Range 27 West, 5th P.M.; thence Easterly along the section line 287 feet; thence South 90 degrees 245 feet; thence East 90 degrees 63 feet; thence South 90 degrees 1,555 feet; thence West 90 degrees 350 feet, more or less, to the quarter section line; thence North along such quarter section line to the point of beginning..

Sheilah LizerZoning Administrator

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the City of Farnhamville that there shall be a Regular City Election held Tuesday, November 3rd, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Farnhamville. Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle. For further information, please contact the County Auditor’s office at 712-297-7741 or by e-mail at jhowrey@calhouncountyiowa.com. For TTY access, dial 711-712-297-7741. The polls will be OPENING AT 12:00 NOON AND CLOSING AT 8:00 P.M.

JUDY HOWREYCalhoun County Auditor andCommissioner of Elections

Jaguar JV volleyball team completes busy week, finishes 2-2-1 By Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach

The Jaguar junior varsity team went 2-2-1 in the final week of the regular season. The team lost to Manson-Northwest Webster and Newell-Fonda on Monday, Oct. 5, but ended the night with a win over Graettinger-Terrill/Ruthven-Ayr-shire. The girls then defeated the Broncos of Belmond-Klemme on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Burnside by the scores of 21-16 and 21-11. The team finished their week at West Bend, where they split with the Wolverines, due to time con-straints. The team won the first game 21-19 and then lost the second game 23-21.

SV varsity volleyball team conclude season By Tyler Anderson

The Southeast Valley volleyball team finished their regular season this past week, falling 3-0 to Bel-mond-Klemme on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Burnside. Later in the week, West Bend-Mallard defeated Southeast Valley 3-1 on Thursday, Oct. 8 in West Bend. In Tuesday’s home matchup, the Jaguars battled hard against the Broncos in the initial set before falling, 25-21. Belmond-Klemme then proceeded to win the next two sets to take home their tenth win of the season, defeating Southeast Valley by scores of 25-11 and 25-18. Junior Jaiden Ackerson led the Jaguars with seven kills and seven blocks. Senior Cassie Zinnel fol-lowed with five kills and six blocks, along with seven digs. Freshman Morgan Castenson tallied 22 assists and eight digs for Southeast Valley. Fellow classmate Shelby Cummins acquired five digs against the Broncos. Finishing out the regular season, the Wolverines and Jaguars went back and forth in a series of closely contested matches. West Bend-Mallard won the initial set by the score of 25-21. Southeast Valley battled back to even the game by taking the second match, edging West Bend-Mallard 25-23. However, the Wolverines narrowly defeated Southeast Valley in third set 25-23 and used that momen-tum to take the game with a 25-20 decision. After the loss, Southeast Valley ended its regu-lar season with a eight game skid and tumbled to 6-19. The record leaves the Jags with the ninth seed in the Twin Lakes Conference Tournament. They will travel to Newell to face Newell-Fonda and Manson-Northwest Webster as part of Pool C of the tourney on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Gowrie United Methodist Church list of events Wednesday, October 14th at 5:50 p.m. Making sense of the Bible, at 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice, and 8:00 p.m. S/PPRC Committee will meet. Thursday, October 15th, UMW- Faith Circle will meet at 9:30 a.m., Worship Service at Gowrie Care Center will be held at 3:00 p.m., and UMW Joy Circle at 7:00 p.m. On Friday, October 16, Mom's Connection Group will meet at 9:00 a.m. and Quilters will meet at 1:00 p.m. Monday, October 19th Glory Bells will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 20th Quilters will meet at 1:00 p.m. On Wednesday, October 21, Choir Practice will be held at 7:00 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church Offers many classes On Wednesday, October 14th there will be First Communion Class at 4:00 p.m., Confirmation Class and Vesper Ringers Practice at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, Oc-tober 17 Worship will be held at 5:00 p.m. There will be a GCC Taped Service on Tuesday, October, 20 at 10:00 a.m. On Wednesday, October 21, the following events will take place: Beginner & Sonshine Bells, as well as First Communion Class will be held at 4:00 p.m., Confirmation Class and Vesper Ringers Practice at 7:00 p.m., and Zion WEBS at 7:30 p.m.

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Stewart Memorial Community Hospital (SMCH) is excited to offer 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) for breast cancer screening. Breast tomo-synthesis produces a three-dimensional view of the breast tissue that helps radiologists identify and characterize in-dividual breast structures without the confusion of over-lapping tissue. “We believe breast tomosynthesis will ben-efit all screening and diagnostic mammography patients, and is especially valuable for women receiving a base-line screening, those who have dense breast tissue and/or women with a personal history of breast cancer,” ex-plains Mary Reiter, radiology director at SMCH. The center’s Selenia® Dimensions® breast tomosynthesis system is made by Hologic, a world leader in digital mammography. The Selenia Dimensions system offers exceptionally sharp breast images, an ad-vanced ergonomic design providing more patient com-fort, and the ground-breaking tomosynthesis platform designed to deliver superior screening and diagnostic performance for all breast types. Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis when combined with a conventional 2D mammography has a 40% higher invasive cancer detection rate than con-ventional 2D mammography alone. Tomosynthesis tech-nology gives radiologists increased confidence with up to a 40% reduction in recall rates. The tomosynthesis screening experience is simi-lar to a traditional mammogram. During a tomosynthesis exam, multiple, low-dose images of the breast are ac-quired at different angles. These images are then used to produce a series of one-millimeter thick slices that can be viewed as a 3D reconstruction of the breast. By offering women the latest and more ac-curate technology in mammography, SMCH expects to increase the number of area women who will be rou-tinely screened. Mary Reiter, director of radiology, says, “Knowing that patients are getting the latest echnology and their exams are top quality will be an incentive for patients to get their screenings done.” According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded

only by lung cancer. Statistics indicate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in her life-time. The stage at which breast cancer is detected influ-ences a woman’s chance of survival. If detected early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. SMCH is committed to the fight against breast cancer. In offering breast tomosynthesis digital mam-mography, SMCH provides the latest in imaging technol-ogy. If you would like to schedule a mammogram or have questions about this important breast health procedure, please call 712-464-4207.

New 3D Mammography Now Available at Stewart Memorial Community HospitalTechnology offers better chance to diagnose breast cancer earlier...

The radiology technicians at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital are excited to begin using the new technol-ogy that can detect 41 percent more invasive breast cancers and reduces false positives by up to 40 percent. Pictured left to right are Marilyn Mumm, Jenni King and radiology director Mary Reiter.

The image above is an example of 2D mammogra-phy while the image on the right depicts a 3D tomosynthesis image. The white squares indicate the area that was diag-nosed as being breast cancer. Using breast tomosynthesis technology at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital will benefit patients by diagnosing them earlier and more ac-curately.

$2,500 award givenfor arrest, convictionin Roger Brown murderUnusually high amount offered. . . Webster County Sheriff Jim Stubbs announced Friday that there is a $2,500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered Roger Brown, Dayton. Sheriff Stubbs stated that the $2,500 reward was confirmed following a meeting Friday morning that in-volved Crime Stoppers. In most cases the reward is up to $1,000 for an arrest and conviction. Stubbs stated on Thursday in an interview with the Dayton Review that Brown was well liked in the great Dayton community. “He didn’t have any apparent en-emies,” he stated.

Southeast Valley JV football team defeats Manson-NW 20-6 The Southeast Valley JV football team con-tinued their winning ways, posting a 20-6 victory over Manson-Northwest Webster on Monday, Oct. 5. Nolan Johnson connected on two touchdown passes to sure handed Keegan Goodwin and Kenny Blunk added a touchdown gallop for the Jaguar scores. The JV record now stands at 3-2. The combined Southeast Valley high school football record is 12-3 so far this year, with the junior varsity reserve squad at 4-0 and varsity football currently at 5-1. According to the coaching staff, a winning tradi-tion brewing in Jaguarland. Another interesting note for the Jaguar football program is the last five high school football games at Jaguar Field this season, counting JVR, JV, and Varsity, have produced a combined 231-14 homefield advantage to the Jaguars.

Dominick Cox to perform at CallenderOur Saviour’s Lutheran Church... Nashville Christian recording Artist Dominick Cox, will be performing a concert at Our Saviour’s Lu-theran Church in Callender on Friday, October 23rd at 7 p.m. Dominick personally wrote that he is overjoyed by the fact that he is able to positively affect so many peoples lives through not only his love of music, but also his greater love of God. All are welcome to attend. A free will offering will be given at the conclusion of the con-cert. Items not needed at this time are green beans, peas, and peanut butter.

medalists finishing 10th running a time of 21:34. Dalton Dencklau (22nd, 22:24), Isaiah Gibbs (37th, 23:41), Michael Vosberg (39th, 24:16) and Dillon Sytsma (41st, 24:27) led the boys’ to a third place team finish. Also competing for the Jaguars in the boys’ JV race was Max Davis (45th, 24:42), Aaron True (55th, 25:49) Jack Mumper (59th, 27:54) and Jordan Lane (60th, 28:09). The Jaguars will look to have everybody back and healthy to conclude their regular season at the Fal-con Invitational at Ida Grove on Monday, Oct. 12. Then, Southeast Valley will make a run for a conference cham-pionship at the Twin Lakes Conference Meet on Satur-day, Oct. 17 at Lake City. The varsity will compete on Thursday, October 22nd in the state qualifying meet.

Senior Erica Nordin is held up by her fellow Southeast Valley cheerleaders during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The cheerleading team saw the Jags handle the Tigers on Senior Night, 46-18. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Micaela Reutzel participates during the halftime show of the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Fri-day evening in Gowrie. Reutzel and the Southeast Valley flag team, along with the Southeast Valley Marching Band orchestrated a great halftime show. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

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in way over their heads as the others had matching outfits and impressive marching techniques. “That was the last time we went back,” explained Max Palmer. Max and his wife, Elayne, would have enjoyed celebrating 65 years of wed-ded bliss this summer, but sadly, Elayne passed away three and a half months ago. The couple had four children: Ned, Gwen, Polly, and Hal. Gwen passed away in 2014. Currently Max Palmer has six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Pictured from left to right are Ned, Polly, Elayne holding Hal and Max holding Gwen.

Happy 90th Birthday The family of Elvina Schmadeke would like to wish her a happy 90th Birthday on October 25th. Please send her birthday wishes at 1000 4th St, Apt. 11, Gowrie, IA 50543.

SV JVR volleyball teams finish 2nd, 3rd at Jaguar Invitational By Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach

The Jaguar JVR Teal and Black teams did well at their own Invitational in Gowrie on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Teal team placed second when they lost to Manson-Northwest Webster by the scores of 21-16 and 24-22 in the championship match. The Black team placed third overall at the tour-nament. The Teal team was composed of the following players on Saturday: Kanyon Pepples, Karissa Hiester-man, Chelsea Mitchell, Lanie Nelson, Rylee Walker, Sammy Alphs, Hanna DeVries, Megan Seil, and Vanessa Scott. Playing for the Jaguar Black team were Kaleigh Winkler, Breanna Hartley, Claire Whalen, Ebony Scott, Lexi Corell, Sina Schmid, Hailey Tuel, Anna Hanson, Dian Puspitaningrum, Jolie Parle, Shelby Hofbauer, Ra-mona Thompson, and Morgan Sorenson. Teams present at the JVR Jaguar Invitational were Coon Rapids-Bayard, Eagle Grove, Greene County and Manson-Northwest Webster, along with Southeast Valley Teal and Southeast Valley Black.

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