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Volume 136, Number 10 • Thursday, March 10, 2016

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West Fork 4x800 girls’ team sets new school mark at Wartburg Indoor meetSPORTS: PAGE 10

It s time to...It s time to...SPRING FORWARDSUNDAY, MARCH 13 AT 2 A.M.

IN THIS ISSUE:Opinion ...............................page 3 & 5Obituaries.................................page 8Community News ................page 4-5Public Notices ..........................page 8Classi eds .................................page 9Sports .....................................page 10

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Upcoming EventsCommunity Coffee There will be Community Coffee on Saturday, March 12, from 8:30-10 a.m., at the Zion St. John Lutheran Church in Sheffield. It will be free will offering. Every-one is welcome to attend.

NCIGS to present “Genealogical Research in Former Pomerania” The North Central Iowa Genealogy Society will host a program on researching Pomeranian descendants on March 12 at the Clear Lake Public Library at 1:30 p.m. The program will be led by Chuck and Donna Schil-ling, who have traveled to the Pomerania area in Germa-ny and Poland six times. The program is free and open to the public. It will be held in the lower-level meeting room at the library.

GOP county convention is March 12 The Franklin County Republican Party will hold its county convention at Hampton-Dumont High School on March 12 at 8:30 a.m. Members will select 10 delegates and 10 alternate delegates to attend the district conven-tion on April 16. Republicans will also create a county platform, elect district convention committee members and amended the party’s county constitution and bylaws. Junior delegates will also meet March 12 at the same location and time. The state convention will be held May 21.

Old Fashioned Sing-Along is March 13 Join song leader Dawn Groszkruger for an hour of community singing March 13 during the Old Fashioned Sing-Along. Singing begins at 4 p.m. in Hampton’s historic Wind-sor Theatre. Melba Muhlenbruch, who plays by ear, will accompany the songs while Dawn leads the crowd. All ages are welcome. The sing-along is free, but a basket will be provided if you wish to make a donation to the theater. Last month’s sing-along drew 102 participants. Come early for a bag of free popcorn and socializing. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. If you have questions, call Dawn at (641) 425-8716.

Retired Techers’ meeting The retired teachers will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Tues-day, March 15 at Ridge Stone for lunch.

Legion Post 277 to meet The Sheffield American Legion Post 277 will meet Tuesday, March 15 at the Sheffield EMS Building at 7 p.m.

Franklin County SWCD to meet March 17 The Franklin County Soil and Water Conserva-tion District Commissioners will hold their meeting on Thursday, March 17, starting at 7 p.m., at the USDA Ser-vice Center in Hampton. The agenda includes: SWCD activities, NRCS report, CRP, CSP, EQIP and state and REAP cost share applica-tions. The meeting is open to the public.

Dougherty St. Patrick’s Day soup contest American Legion Post 354 of Dougherty will host its 14th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Homemade Soup Contest and Supper on Thursday, March 17, at the S.T.P.A.T.S. school gym in Dougherty. Judging of soups begins at 6 p.m. There will be more than $500 in awards and priz-es for the top three soups, honorable mention and best dressed “wearing o’ the green.” For more information, call Denny at (641) 425-4398.

Texas Style Jam A Texas Style Jam will be held on March 19 from 3-6 p.m. at the Dows Convention Center. Do not bring snacks this time. Supper will be a free will offering before the Dows Firemen’s Dance. Call (515) 689-3986 for more in-formation.

Sheffield AA to meet The Sheffield Alcoholics Anonymous group meets each Tuesday evening in the Fellowship Hall of Zion St. John Lutheran Church at 8 p.m.

Franklin County welcomes young

performing artistsBY TRAVIS FISCHER

Franklin County embraced the fine arts last weekend as the Frank-lin County Arts Council and the Simon Estes Foundation welcomed two professional vocalists to per-form at the sixth annual Young Per-forming Artist Scholarship Benefit Concert. This year’s featured artists were Martin Bakari, a tenor from Ohio who will be performing this sum-mer in Opera Saratoga, and Ashley Sievers, a mezzo-soprano native to Iowa who now performs with the Minnesota Opera Chorus.

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Upmeyer seeks eighth term in Iowa

HouseBY KELLY MCGOWAN

Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) hopes to continue her 14-year run in the Iowa House with another term, she announced March 2. “It’s such an honor,” she said. “It is a real privilege and responsibility.” The District 54 representative is in her seventh term since being first elected in 2002 and represents But-ler, Cerro Gordo and Franklin coun-ties. Upmeyer, 63, became Speaker of the Iowa House in January after serving as House Majority Lead-er from 2011-15, and was the first woman to serve in both roles. “The roles are d if ferent , and I’m enjoying the transition,” she said. “[Now] it’s working across the aisle more.” L eg i s l a t o r s are getting close to an agreement on State Sup-plemental Aid for the 2016 -17 school year, she said, adding that they are far ahead compared to last yea r’s June education f unding deci-sion. Her other goals for the state’s future include economic growth and budget stability, among others.

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Hampton Community Christian Daycare opens new wing following extensive construction project

BY NICK PEDLEY A captivated group of toddlers hung on teacher Amber Bonewitz’s every word as she read a picture book out loud last Friday at the Hampton Commu-nity Christian Daycare. It’s a familiar occurrence at the facility, but the setting wasn’t. The young students were still get-ting acquainted with their classroom in the building’s new east wing. “It’s great to be able to have the 4-year-olds together in their own room,” said daycare Director Laura Bradley. “Just having the additional space has been a blessing.” The new east wing opened late last month after more than seven months of construction. It includes two large class-rooms, a tornado shelter and laundry room, which freed up space throughout the building. Previously, 4-year-olds were lo-cated in the large multi-purpose activity room during the day. According to Bradley, the addition increased the daycare’s enrollment capacity from 107 to 170. Staff members wasted no time filling the new rooms once construction was finished. “As the construction workers were leaving, our staff was bringing stuff down to fill the rooms,” Bradley said with a laugh. “The kids are very excited and the teachers are, too. They can finally get their stuff out of the storage room.” Bradley was particularly thrilled about the new tornado shel-ter. It looks like an average classroom, but a few key features like heavy-duty window shutters and steel doors stand out. The room will be utilized by school-aged children during the day.Teacher Amber Bonewitz reads a book to 4-year-olds in

their new classroom at the Hampton Community Christian Daycare. Two new rooms opened up last month after a seven-month construction project. NICK PEDLEY PHOTO

West Fork vocal music director Shelby Wilson led her kindergar-ten and first graders in a perfor-

mance of “The Principal and the Pea” March 3 in Sheffield. In the musical, students made their voic-es heard during the school’s search for a new principal. Songs like “Our School,” “Princi-pals (They Grow up so Fast),” “They Never Ask the Kids” and more were interspersed with student dialogue while a packed gym watched.

TOP: Slater Weydert rocks out on an air guitar during West Fork Elementary School’s musical presentation last week. He played one of the teachers in the show along with (left to right) John Novotney, Weydert, Norah Truex and Emma Schipper. LEFT: Josephine Schmidt and other kindergarten and first grade students wave to people in the audience before putting on their musical show. CENTER: Ryker Reimers laughs alongside Payton Roberts (back) and other students on the back row of risers before the show began March 3. RIGHT: Journie Edwards holds the microphone and says her line during the musical.

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CobwebsCollected from The Shef eld Press

MARCH 15, 1956Another successful season for the

Claydigger basketball team with Coach Fred Omer at the helm has closed. The boys were dropped from district play in the state tournament series at Manly on Monday, March 5, by Rudd, with a 16 win and 7 loss record. The Claydiggers won the sectional tournament played on the Franklin Consolidated floor. They were runners-up in North Star Confer-ence season, with Klemme taking the first place. Playing 23 games the Clay-diggers made 1,469 points, getting 586 field goals and 297 free throws, for an average 63.9 points per game. Their opponents scored a total of 1,223 points from 454 field goals and 315 free throws, an average of 53.2 points. Personal fouls charged to Sheffield tallied 366, while their opponents committed 383. Sheffield boys made 2 technical fouls, their opponents 3. Donald Smit topped the scoring column with 382 points from 151 field goals and 80 free throws, an average of 16.6 points in the 23 games. Jim Endriss was second with 320 points, and Mike Rawson third with 286. Buddy Roggemann topped the free throw re-cord with an average of .733 making 11 out of a possible 15. Smit scored 80 out of a possible 142 for a .5563 average for second place. Mike Rawson placed third getting 60 in 170 chances for an aver-age of .560. Claydigger opponents had a better average in charity lane posting .547 against a Sheffield listing of .504. Members of the Claydigger squad are: Seniors – Jim Endriss, Donald Smit; Juniors – Boyd Boehlje, Richard Bux-ton, Chuck Crawford, Ray Oelkers, Buddy Roggemann, Larry Sheriff, Don-ald Wearda; Sophomores – Raymond Monaghan, Larry Peter, Mike Rawson, Delbert Kramer, Duane Smit.

Thirteen girls were on the regular squad of the Diggerettes basketball team with seven of them taking part in offense play and the other six actively engaged in the defensive zone, ac-cording to a summary received from Coach Fred Omer recently. The girls did not have a top-notch season in the win and loss column having the upper hand in 6 and dropping 10. But in the scoring column they played the played their opponents on near-even terms. The Diggerettes made a total of 781 points while their opponents collected 787. Ani-ta Nolte topped the scoring column with 299 points made on 127 field goals and 45 free throws, for an average of 18.7 points per game. Sharon Larson was second high with 244 points for an aver-age of 19.9 points per game, she having taken part in only 14 contests. Shirley Schaefer had the highest percentage in the free throw tabulation .582. She tried 79 times and made 46. Sharon Larson made 96 of a possible 194 for an aver-age of .522. Members of the Sheffield girls’ team were charged with 306 per-sonal fouls and 24 technical errors, while their opponents committed 262 personal and 12 technical fouls. Members of the Diggerettes team this year were: Se-niors – Janice Foell, Sharon Larson, Anita Nolte, Priscilla Rawson, Margaret Schaefer; Juniors – Palma Pullen, Shir-ley Schaefer, Nancy Schumacker; Soph-omores – Sharon Blankenship, Delores Foell, Phyllis Hawke; Freshmen – Judith Oehlert, Kathy Sullivan.

John Kottman of Iowa City was a week end visitor in the home of his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kottman. He is in charge of advertising on the Daily Iowan and in addition is studying for a master’s degree in journalism.

Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Atkinson returned

home Monday from a 17-day trip to Flori-da and along the east coast. They report a nice trip and no bad weather, hav-ing missed both of Iowa’s recent snow storms.

Mrs. Carl Foster visited over the week end in Iowa City with her son, David, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Africa and in Wash-ington at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. L. Stone. Mr. Foster and Sue, went to Iowa City Tuesday where they attended the international debate and Mrs. Foster returned home with them.

Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Levitt were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Emhoff Jr. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Emhoff Sr., Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Levitt and Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Kaasa of Hanlontown.

MARCH 17, 1966Four members of the Sheffield-Chap-

in basketball teams received recognition in the North Star Conference selections released recently. The listing cited one boy and three girls from the local teams. Norm Koenigsberg, a junior, was the only member of the Spartan team to qualify. He was rated on the all-conference sec-ond team. Linda Bonjour, senior guard, was the only local school player to quali-fy for the all-conference first team. Other members of the Spartanette teams to be recognized were Vicki Schreiber, senior guard, rated on the second team; and Donna Foell, senior forward, receiving honorable mention.

Members of the Sheffield FFA en-joyed a highly successful day at the Sub-District Leadership Contest held Saturday, March 12, at CAL Commu-nity School. Every member of the local team placed, three gold and three silver awards being received. Participants were from Sheffield-Chapin, Hampton, Rockwell, Rockford Mason City, North-wood, Clear Lake-Ventura, Garner and CAL schools. All Sheffield FFA members ranked in the two highest classifications. First Division or Gold Awards were earned by the Parliamentary Procedure Team composed of Don Dodd, Larry Eichmeier, Mike Christensen, Bill Heu-berger and Darwin Meyer; by Larry Freie

for his Secretary’s Book; and by Keith Sheriff for Extemporaneous Speaking. Silver awards were earned by Lester Schnabel for FFA Creed Speaking; by Duane Kruckenberg for the Reporter’s Book, and by Dean Markwardt for the Treasurer’s Book. The Parliamentary Procedure Team, and Extemporane-ous Speaker, Keith Sheriff will enter the District FFA Leadership Contest at West Bend on March 26. The Reporter’s Book and the treasurer’s Book will also be entered in this contest, being judged among the top two entries in their re-spective divisions.

A group of ladies gathered in the home of Mrs. Dale Brayton Wednesday afternoon for a birthday coffee. The oc-casion was a courtesy for Mrs. Robert Skovgard.

Mrs. Paul Wearda and daughters, Denise and Donna, accompanied by Debby Skeries and Jackie Nolte attend-ed the finals of the girl’s state basketball tournament held Saturday in the Veter-an’s auditorium at Des Moines. Debby and Jackie were also overnight guests in the Wearda home.

Eight Sheffield-Chapin high school girls attended the girl’s state basketball tournament held Friday and Saturday in the Veteran’s auditorium at Des Moines. They are Linda Bonjour, Vicki Schreiber, Jeanne Brayton, Sandy Heidkross, Nicky Schrupp, Donna Foell, Pam Atkin-son and Beverly Levitt. They were also among the local high school girls attend-ing the tournament on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Savage have returned from a trip to Chicago, Ill. They visited in the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Savage and family. The Douglas Savage family had just returned from a trip to Paris.

Mr. and Mrs. George Rust returned home Tuesday after spending about seven weeks vacationing in Texas. They spent the winter months visiting with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Adrian at Dallas, Texas. George stated that the weather there was agreeable and was amazed at the nice weather here in Sheffield.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wearda re-turned home Monday evening after spending three weeks vacationing in Florida. They visited with her mother and brother, Mrs. George Groth at Zeph-yrhills, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Groth at Jacksonville, Fla. They also

spent some time sight-seeing.Delbert and Esther Sprung were Sun-

day evening visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brady and children at Thornton.

MARCH 13, 1986Mollie Norris and Shannon Bonjour

were elected delegate and alternate to the 1986 Iowa Girls’ State at the March meeting of the Sheffield American Le-gion Auxiliary. Girls State will be held in June at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. Mollie Norris, selected at the Girls’ State delegate, is the daughter of Frank and Lena Norris. She is currently a junior at Sheffield-Chapin Community School. Her classes at Sheffield-Chapin include anatomy, algebra II, government, chemistry, English and computer. She is a member of the mixed chorus, the swing choir and Sound Celebration. She plays the clarinet in concert band and occa-sionally plays in the pep band. Mollie participated in volleyball, basketball and is looking forward to the track season. She is a member of the Future Problem Solvers, coached by Steve Spurr. She is a member of the First United Methodist Church, and is active in the church youth fellowship. Shannon, Girls’ State alter-nate, is a daughter of Ken and Cheryl Bonjour. She is 17 years of age and is a junior in the Sheffield-Chapin Commu-nity School. Shannon has been on the Honor Roll since Seventh Grade; she is treasurer of the junior class; member of the prom committee; is currently a mem-ber of the Future Problem Solvers for the second year, coached by Steve Spurr; and also participates on the S-C high school track team. Her subjects during her junior year are shop, computer, ge-ometry, government, English and chem-istry. She is a member of one of the two bowling teams from Sheffield-Chapin School that will bowl in the state tour-nament in April. Shannon is a member of Zion-St. John Lutheran Church. She is active in the Luther League and will represent Sheffield Luther League in the Youth Ministry at Charles City this spring.

First place trophy winners of the Fam-ily Doubles Tournament held at the Shef-field Lanes & Lounge the past two week ends are: Mother/Daughter – Donna and Jodi Siems. Mother/Son – Joan Siems and Todd Yelland. Father/Daughter – Don Hall and Becky Siems. Father/Son – Ron and Joe Siems. The tournament was sponsored by the Sheffield Youth

Bowling League. Proceeds will help league bowlers go to Iowa State Tourna-ments in April.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pinneke returned to their home on Saturday, March 1, from and eight-day Carribean cruise.

Mrs. Dorothy Schoning and Mrs. Nancy Corporon attended the Allied Florist Convention at hotel Savery, Des Moines, all day Sunday, March 9.

Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Taylor were in Iowa City from Tuesday until Thursday, March 4-6, where Dr. Taylor attended a re-fresh-er course at the University of Iowa.

Laura Bakke of Forest City visited her grandparents, Matt and Esther Bechtel, from Saturday until Tuesday, March 8-11. Laura is a daughter of Atty. and Mrs. Steve Bakke. Janice and Chad Ferris were all day Sunday visitors with Jan’s parents.

Mr. and Mrs. George Frey and their family: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Frey and chil-dren of Nora Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Dal-las Etnier and family, Eric Eckhardt, all of Sheffield, enjoyed dinner at a Mason City restaurant Sunday evening., March 9. The birthday of Mrs. George Frey was celebrated.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Riles accom-panied their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Riles, to Jesup on Sunday after-noon, March 9, where they attended the Seventh Grade basketball tournament. The Seventh Grade of S-C School were winners of the tournament. Kathy Riles was a member of the team.

Pastor G. F. Guldberg and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Younge and Michael were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Younge.

Mrs. Gretchen Moehle and Mrs. Helen Liekweg were Sunday evening, March 9, dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyer at Rockwell.

MARCH 14, 1996The Area Community Commonwealth

will be honoring a business and volunteer of the year from the ACC communities at the Annual Meeting on March 20 at the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Thorn-ton. The public is invited to the event. The evening will begin with a meal at 6:30. A free will offering helps cover the cost of the meal. The program will begin at 7:15. The honorees are chosen for their con-tribution to their home community. 1996 Business of the Year: Chapin, North Central Millwright; Dougherty, Bill’s Bar & Grill; Meservey, Allbee Construction; Rockwell, Pat Martin’s Hair Fashions; Sheffield, Creative Solutions; Swaledale, Petersen’s Greenhouse; Thornton, Jen-sen Electric. 1996 Volunteers of the Year: Chapin, Ron and Angela Even; Dough-erty, Sue O’Brien; Meservey, Kent Pals; Rockwell, Bobbi Weatherbee; Sheffield, Dick Brown; Swaledale, John Gaffney; Thornton, Larry Lauen. The ACC con-gratulates all the honorees. Past and present Tomorrow’s Leaders Today par-ticipants will also be honored at the ACC Annual Meeting. Please RSVP to the ACC office at 892-4169 or Sharon Sand-ers at 892-4178 by March 15 if you plan to attend. We need to provide an accurate meal count to the cooks.

The S-C/M-T Jazz band traveled to Charles City on Saturday, March 9, and brought home the 1st place trophy in Class 1A. Outstanding soloists from S-C/M-T were Nathan Dorenkamp (trumpet), Elizabeth Nannenga (trom-bone), and Jennifer Dodd (tenor sax).

This year the State Solo-Ensemble Contest will be held at Rockford on Sat-urday, March 23. There are eight instru-mental soloists preparing material from S-C/M-T: Jenny Barkela (alto sax), April Campbell (flute), Lacey Caquelin (tenor sax), Jennifer Dodd (alto sax), Nathan Dorenkamp (trumpet), Robing Faktor (trumpet), Elizabeth Nannenga (alto sax), and Holly Sheriff (flute). There are four ensembles participating from S-C/M-T: Brass Quartet (Nathan Dorenkamp, Rob-in Faktor, Jennifer Litterer, Brian Meyer), Saxophone Trio (Jenny Barkela, Jennifer Dodd, Lacey Caquelin), a flute duet (April Campbell, Amy Litterer), and a saxo-phone duet (Jennifer Dodd, Jenny Barke-la). This contest is open to the public and free of charge. Mark this day on your calendar if you would like to join our mu-sicians and hear them at their very best.

David and Carol Stadtlander, accom-panied by their daughter and grandson, Michelle and Cody Emhoff, left Feb. 23 and returned home Saturday, March 2, after visiting in the home of Dave’s moth-er, Marvel Stadtlander, at Apache Junc-tion, Ariz. The group enjoyed the beauti-ful weather and sightseeing in the area.

Sunday afternoon visitors in the home of Jack and Lidia Zimmerman were her brother in law, Duane Lang, of Marshalltown, and his grandson, Blake Baltimore of Minnesota, who had spent a few days with his grandparents in Mar-shalltown and was on his way to meet his parents in Mason City.

Marvin and DeAlta McKee, Clifford and Jeri Bonjour, Jason and Mandy, all of Chapin, were among those attending the baptism Sunday of Luke McKee. The service was in the First United Methodist Church at Hampton, Sunday, March 10. A dinner was held in the home of Joel and Robin McKee at Hampton. Luke was born Sept. 23.

Sunday afternoon guests with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ubben were son, Jim, of Min-netonka, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jorgenson of Eau Claire, Wisc., and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jorgenson of Sheffield.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Schoepf en-joyed Sunday afternoon and Monday with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Theobald and family at Newport, Minn.

Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sy-mens visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Suntken, at Meservey.

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T’was snow that kept some of the troops from finding their way to the Den but the games went on. Oh yes grass was showing, green abundant and the geese were once again honk-ing and then mother nature said, “Not so quick people, I’m still here.” Okay we give in but the Den contin-ues until the clubs echo the sound of striking that little white jigger. Oh it was an experience as I had to sit in with two members of the B Section and that put a lot of pressure on me. The end results was one of the for-mer, one Davie Boy Levitt just kept feeding me all afternoon, I think he just wanted his old colleagues to conquer. There was a classic line of all classic lines coming from old Davie Boy Levitt to one Slag-Slag Dally Boy Slagle in the form of a real put down. Dally boy was pimping Davie about a bad move like bend-ing over to pick up cards and said, “I’m not going to put your tee in the ground for you either.” Well Da-vie Boy jumped on that and his re-sponse, “I don’t need you Dall I have Shreck.” I just wonder if Davie had asked Shreckie about that. He said he didn’t have to because Shreckie needs a ride. Okay then, as we march

on old Ronnie McDonnie Symens just laments on and on what great cards he gets and the opponents are in trouble. Oh ya sure Ronnie Boy, and the Pope is Methodist.

Each one of us has his own solid format for the game and is certainly unmalleable. The time of day we do battle tends to show indications of somnolent behavior through yawns. Old Ronnie Symens type was play solitaire prior to everyone arriv-ing…lo and behold he discovered there was an Ace of hearts missing from the deck. Well folks that indi-cates how sharp we are, we’d only been playing with that deck for two weeks and didn’t notice it missing. It is truly amazing that so many bril-liant minds in that Den that not one realized the Ace of Hearts capper. So moving on right in there old Davey Boy Levitt showed his true color as he said he was to be recognized as Mr. Congeniality. Wow, he relayed to us that Iva Klusemeir taught him that word in the B Section. She did not however teach him or any-one else in the Den how to spell it. Here are a few examples as we went around the room. Connjeaneeallate, cungeneeallaty, cunahgeneeealli-

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Who you gonna call a what?

I like movies. Not all movies, though. There are some upcoming films that look mediocre at best, and a di-saster at worst. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” looks like it’s going to be a train wreck of a movie made by a studio desperate to launch a cinemat-ic universe after years of watching Marvel Studios leave them behind. “The Angry Birds Movie” is probably three years too late to be relevant and features the least funny trailer for a supposed comedy I’ve seen in a long time. Finally, the recent trailer for “Ghostbusters” has done nothing to dispel my fear that it’s going to be yet another in a long line of unneces-sary remakes that fail to grasp what made the originals so great in the first place. Here’s the strange thing. Of those three opinions, only one of them is going to get me called a misogynist. (Hint: It’s the one about the movie with the all female main cast.) “People hate the ‘Ghostbusters’ trailer, and yes, it’s because it stars women,” wrote Stephanie Merry in The Washington Post. “Men on the Internet ain’t afraid of no ghosts, but some of them sure seem terrified of women,” wrote Nick Mangione on Observer.com. “YouTube reactions to the ‘Ghost-busters’ trailer are as sexist as you’d expect,” wrote William Bibbiani on Crave Online. Now certainly there is no shortage of comments out there disparaging on the fact that the “Ghostbusters” reboot features a cast of four wom-en, but it’s ridiculous to assume these motivations are based in a blind ha-tred for the fairer sex. Firstly, because determining the motive behind Inter-net trolls is almost always an effort in futility. It’s often difficult to tell who is legitimately upset about something and who is simply saying outrageous things to get people riled up for their own amusement. Secondly, even the ones who are wary about the all-female cast likely

don’t have a problem with women specifically, but with the idea of us-ing a franchise to promote a politi-cal agenda. Ironically, their concerns end up being validated by their detractors in a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. Since the casting was announced, this movie has been propped up as a weapon against perceived social in-justice by people more interested in identity politics than good films. Or, as Kelly Lawler put it in USA Today, “5 times the new ‘Ghost-busters’ trailer destroyed the patri-archy.” The tragedy here is that both sides have gotten it wrong. Director Paul Fieg has tried to make a career on rising above this kind of identity politics nonsense. The fears/hopes that the new Ghostbusters will spend their time complaining about wage gaps and “manspreading” are miss-ing the point entirely. Don’t expect a movie about women Ghostbusters. It’s a movie about Ghostbusters that happen to be women. And that’s exactly what it should be. A movie about Ghostbusters where it doesn’t matter if they are men or women. That’s what equality is supposed to be about. In that respect, Paul Fieg is abso-lutely the best person for the job. If I wanted to watch a movie where four women bust ghosts, his is the movie I would want to see. But that doesn’t mean I’m on board with his “Ghostbusters.” For his many talents, reproduc-ing the dry wit of the original film is simply not in his skill set. Where the original film thrived on sarcastic banter and deadpan delivery, the re-make looks like it’s aiming for slap-stick and shouting things until they become funny. Much like how the “Star Trek” reboots have replaced strategy and conversation with running and yell-ing, it’s apparent that “Ghostbusters” is aiming for the lowest common de-nominator of humor. That the trailer alone shows off a dozen references to the previous mov-ies doesn’t bode well, either. Easter eggs are cute, but it pulls you out of the experience when a movie spends so much time reminding you of its superior predecessor that it forgets to do its own thing. (See: Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.) Honestly, the trailer looks more like an SNL parody of “Ghost-busters” than anything else. But whether the movie succeeds or flops, let it do so under its own merit and keep the culture wars out of it.

Leader of the free world

Marco Rubio told Donald Trump he has small hands. Trump replied. Oh man. These are people vying for “leader of the free world.” I use that term loosely because the Heri-tage Foundation has rated the Unit-ed States at No. 11 in its economic freedom index. Ronald Reagan’s “shining city on the hill” is behind door No. 11. Really, isn’t it time we got off our high horse and admitted the United States as a bastion of freedom is a joke? We’ve got state representatives who praise our servicemen for de-fending our freedom one day while sentencing sick people to needless suffering the next, by restricting their access to medical marijuana. The National Institutes of Health admitted last August that cannabis is effective in stopping cancer cell growth and relieving symptoms of both the disease and the treatment. The politicians will try to steer the conversation toward statistics and details, such as effectiveness. But this isn’t about marijuana, it’s about freedom. In a free country individ-uals decide for themselves after re-viewing the evidence and its impact on their particular situation. The reason I bring all this up is to explain my position concerning the dumbfounded looks I get when I say there is nobody worth voting for. In the example of medical marijuana we need to ask, “Who benefits?” The pharmaceutical industry would hate to have to compete with a gardener. The prison and law enforcement in-dustries also stand to lose if people were suddenly required to be respon-sible for themselves instead of being ruled over by politicians who claim to be respectful, while showing through their actions they are not. How many of you can say you get 50 miles per gallon in a car that can pass with ease on any rolling two-lane blacktop? If you read my blog, you know I found one of those diesel Volkswagens that terrify the oil in-dustry and Detroit clunker factories. Control of our politicians by special interests is costing us huge amounts of cash.

I was asked who I am support-ing for president. I went to Google. There I found Dale Christensen, along with 37 other Republicans. Who would have guessed it? We never had a chance to hear what he felt about the size of his rival’s hands, but I suspect he had other things on his mind anyway. Instead of Dale, we have useful tools of the crony capitalist society we have asked for through our desire to have government guarantees for everything instead of accepting re-sponsibility for our own lives. This situation is not without real life con-sequences. At MIT, a new incandes-cent light bulb has been developed that is more efficient than LEDs. Do you suppose the EPA will sue MIT in order to prop up the LED in-dustry? Will I get pulled over with a demand that I use twice as much fuel to get around because I live less than 1,800 miles from Los Angeles? What innovations have been stifled or never attempted because of top-down management of the economy? The luxurious lives we live today are not a result of government bureau-crats acting like our mothers. So, yeah. Who would I vote for? • Try breathing the air or swim-ming in a river in a country Bernie Sanders wants us to emulate. • I know Hillary Clinton has not been convicted, but vote for her for president? There are about 125 mil-lion women in the United States. If we desire a woman for president, pick one. Any one... else. • The evangelicals prefer Ted Cruz because he is pro-life. It must be hard to see through the smoke from the carpet bombing. Buy your own bombs, Ted. • Marco Rubio’s foreign policy adviser, Max Boot, says he would rather vote for Josef Stalin than Don-ald Trump. Maybe Marco could be Bernie’s running mate. If Franklin Roosevelt were alive he would be pleased at how things are finally coming together. • Then there’s the walking con-tradiction, Donald Trump. If he were anti-establishment, smart and funny, he could fill George Carlin’s shoes. Maybe Rubio knows if they would fit. Any comments on this column are always welcome through a letter to this paper, by email to 4selfgovern-ment@gmail.com or by visiting my blog which is updated as material becomes pertinent: www.alterna-tivebyfritz.com.

THEALTERNATIVEFritz Groszkruger

Bipartisan oversight will protect vulnerable Iowans

Despite its disappointing and troubling start, the Branstad-Reyn-olds Medicaid privatization plan is moving forward. Our job now is to ensure Iowa’s health care safety net remains strong. After all, every one of us is just one accident or illness away from needing Medicaid help. If your parent, spouse or child has a severe disability, chances are they’ll be on Medicaid. In fact, most Medicaid dollars help our elderly and Iowans with disabilities. We’ll protect them with tough, bipartisan oversight and accountability mea-sures for the out-of-state corpora-tions that will be running the pro-gram. Senate File 2213, which won bi-partisan approval in the Senate, will safeguard the interests of Medicaid

members, encourage the participa-tion of health care providers and en-sure the tax dollars of hard-working Iowans are spent properly. We’ll also continue to make sys-tem improvements by: • Requiring stronger consumer protections, rate and payment reg-ulation, data collection and evalua-tion. • Creating a fund to finance im-provements. • Providing a comprehensive re-view of program integrity. • Enhancing the role and respon-sibilities of the Health Policy Over-sight Committee. • Assigning authority to a Man-aged Care Ombudsman. • Expanding the Medical Assis-tance Advisory Council. With so many unanswered ques-tions, oversight is a must. We can’t let privatization hurt the very people Medicaid is supposed to help.

Sen. Amanda Ragan (D-Mason City) serves Franklin, Butler and Cerro Gordo counties in Senate Dis-trict 27. She can be reached at (515) 281-3371 or (641) 424-0874. Email her at amanda.ragan@legis.iowa.gov.

THE RAGAN REPORTAmanda Ragan

By J.Z.

It was another good...and busy week. Most of the time in the printing end of the business was spent at the newer press. Had a friend come up from Hampton and help me put on a new blanket to print on. (I’m not even going to try to explain what a blan-ket is on the press. It’s just necessary to put a new one on every so often!). I know how to do it...sort of! What I really need to get the job done by myself is to grow three/four inches taller...be stronger...and grow another arm! Probably not going to happen! Lots of printing done...and lots to go. I still need to get the flag put up on the front of the building. A five min-ute job...all I need to do is remember that when I have five minutes. Actu-ally...all I need to do is remember to put it back up! Remembering being the key word there! (And that applies to almost everything anymore!) Any-way...it’s been a great week and plan-ning on this one being the same! Sans any problems! I hope!

Home...been a good week there, too! Snow was gone...and then back...and almost all gone again. I vote for no more! The dust keeps getting deeper on the furniture. I can now write my name in the places I ran my finger over to see how deep it was! That’s really not true...I just needed to mention that cleaning house is still my priority on the home front. Along with scrubbing the floor,

vacuuming (which is my least favor-ite cleaning job!) washing and iron-ing. My week end was busy, also. Up early Saturday morning, cleaned up and came up to the office for a while to open mail, do some proof reading, etc., and then head to Mason City to meet Shirley. In the evening we took in a movie and called it a day. Sunday up early, to the office for an hour, Shirley back down from Manly, and we headed to Altoona to watch Lidia take part in the Rhythamettes program at Southeast Polk school. She is staying with her grandparents, Mark and Dawn Jones, while her par-ents are in Jamaica. We got there in time to go out for lunch...back home to get her ready for the program...and then to SEP for the show. This is her second year in the program. Then we headed back north, and on to Mason City for a game of you-know-what! And I won my usual: very little. But Shirley split some of her winnings with me. (Usually the only way I can win!) Home and gave some thought to coming back to the office to get my usual head start on Monday. But crawling into my warm bed won over that option. Instead I got up earlier than usual this morning (Monday) and headed for work. At the present time...I’m still a little behind. The story of my life. Be good, Kids! It’s Showtime!

ty, from thence forth we decided it would be easier to just say he is a nice guy. It seems that we all are tagged with jettisoning the wrong card into the blind. Notice that big word instead of discard, I mean we are right up town in the literary world of wordisoms. Slippery Ron tried to fast peg his opponents by taking four pegs when they really were earned by his opponent. Be-ing of sharp mind and body, we all told him he was wrong, well not in his book. However, when we opened that book there were no pages in it. I tell you there can’t be another group that enjoys the camaraderie that this contingent does. It’s thick skinned or leave because tongues flap constant-ly and most of us blame it on unal-

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us all, and some of the Den guys are drooling to look at green grass, golf clubs and Ridge Stone opening. Roger old Madsen type told me life is all about perspective. He said the sinking of the Titanic was a miracle to the lobsters in the kitchen. Dally me boy told me if he won $3 million he would donate a quarter of it, then he’d have $2,999,999.75 left. Finally old Dar Meyer there whipped a good one at us saying doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpect-ed to become the expected? Bazin-ga just whopped me on the head and said, “Ned I’m a poet and don’t know it.” My eyes are whirling so good night Ned Boy!

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Public Health Clinics

The following clinics have been scheduled for

Franklin County Public Health.

Wednesday, March 910-11 a.m., Blood Pressure and Medical Minute, Senior Center, walk-in

Thursday, March 108:30-10 a.m., Foot Clinic, Sheffield EMS Building, 456-5820

Friday, March 118:30-9:30 a.m., Blood Pressure Clinic, Franklin County Public Health, walk-in

Wednesday, March 161-3 p.m., Foot Clinic, Hampton Senior Center, 456-5191

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WF National Honor Society visits Secretary of State’s officeWest Fork High School’s National Honor Society students toured the historic office of Secretary of State, Paul Pate, at the Iowa State Capitol last week. They were provided an informational tour of the office. The students examined the original handwritten Iowa Constitution, explored the Capitol’s three-story vault and learned about the rich architectural history of the office. SUBMITTED PHOTO

County officials to receive raises in FY 2017 The Franklin County Board of Supervisors approved salary raises for six elected positions during its meeting Feb. 29. The increases were recommended by the Franklin County Compensa-tion Board and will take effect July 1 at the start of the new fiscal year. They include: • Auditor, a new salary of $59,800, up 2.05 percent from $58,600. The position is currently held by Michelle Giddings. • Attorney, a new salary of $87,500, up 1.74 percent from $86,000. The po-sition is currently held by Brent Symens. • Recorder, a new salary of $58,100, up 2.11 percent from $56,900. The position is currently held by Toni Wilkinson. • Sheriff, a new salary of $75,250, up 2.73 percent from $73,250. The posi-tion is currently held by Larry Richtsmeier. • Supervisors, a new salary of $35,650, up 1.71 percent from $35,050. The three supervisor positions are currently held by Mike Nolte (District 1), Gary McVicker (District 2) and Corey Eberling (District 3). • Treasurer, a new salary of $58,100, up 2.11 percent from $56,900. The position is currently held by Chad Murray.

“Moving forward, we still have lots of opportunities in Iowa to grow, start businesses and have that environment,” she said. “It involves education, quality of life, health and wellness issues and tax policy.” All of those factors go into a person or family’s decision on where to live and work, she said. “We want to make this the best state to live, work and raise a family,” she said. Upmeyer said she is proud of her previous work on education reform, balanced budgeting and others. “Historically, I’ve worked on many health care issues through the years,” she said. “The last five years as majority leader, I don’t handle individual things as much.” An overall goal has been to not spend as much as the state takes in and “main-tain smart budgets,” she said. “We are focusing hard in a bipartisan way to address the needs from em-ployees, matching the workforce with the jobs available and meet the needs of employees and employers,” she said. Meeting with the public and hearing issues has always been a big part of Upmeyer’s job, and she said she welcomes people to reach out with their concerns. “This really is an honor,” she said. “The work we do is all about relation-ships. The people I’ve met with have been such a blessing for me.” In a press release from her office, she said she would continue to welcome input and “give taxpayers a seat at the table.” “In order for our state to move forward we must continue to make sure government is no longer overreaching on Iowa businesses and that it’s stay-ing out of the pockets of the taxpayers,” she said in the release. “We have made great progress over the last five years … but there is more we can do.” Upmeyer lives in Clear Lake with her husband, Doug. They have five children and five grandchildren. She attended NIACC, the University of Iowa and Drake University. Del Stromer, her father, was formerly Speaker of the House, making them the first father-daughter duo in the nation to both hold the position.

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Last Friday, Bakari and Sievers toured Franklin County, visiting students at Hampton-Dumont, West Fork and CAL to answer questions about the life of a professional vocalist. “I thought it was a great opportunity for the kids to be exposed to music that they don’t have a lot of access to,” said CAL vocal Director Elizabeth Nannenga. “The students had a chance to ask questions about how to do what they do. It was a great experience for them.” Since both vocalists have a background in teaching, the visits offered them a rare chance to get back in the classroom and give instruction to students. “It was particularly great to get back in a classroom and share the things I’ve learned with such enthusiastic minds,” said Bakari. “It was a lot of fun,” said Sievers. “They were very re-ceptive and ready to learn whatever we threw at them.” Along with the vocal lesson, Bakari and Sievers of-fered the students some advice based on their own life experiences, encouraging them to remember that per-forming arts can be a viable career, even for somebody in rural Iowa. “I grew up in a town much like this in southwest Ohio and I’ve been fortunate to have great opportunities thanks to hard work and luck,” said Bakari. “Any of the kids here can have those same opportunities, too.” On Saturday, Bakari and Sievers joined H-D, West Fork, and CAL students for the Young Performing Art-ist Scholarship Benefit Concert at Faith Baptist Church in Hampton. The concert opened and closed with a joint perfor-mance featuring the combined choirs of the schools and the young performing artists, directed by H-D vocal Di-rector Jesse Bunge.

“It is such a wonderful opportunity for these young people to have singers of this caliber to come to our community,” said Bunge. “I’m very proud of how Frank-lin County students represented Franklin County.” Following the opening song, Sievers and Bakari took to the stage for a number of solo performances and duets. The musical selection was arranged by Jodi Goble, who once again returned to Hampton to accompany the vocal-ists on piano. To determine which songs are performed, Goble goes through each artist’s musical repertoire and chooses a piece that the artists can perform while offer-ing a variety of music the audience will enjoy. “It’s a high part of my spring,” said Goble. “I look forward to it every year.” Turnout for the concert was immense, with extra chairs needed to accommodate all of the attendees. “I think we had our biggest crowd ever,” said Leon Kuehner. “It was a good night for Franklin County.” This year’s sponsors completely covered the expense of the event, leaving 100 percent of the proceeds to go towards the Franklin County Arts Council’s scholarship fund. Scholarships will be awarded in May for Franklin County students seeking an education in performing arts. For Bakari and Sievers, the visit to Iowa resulted in two different perspectives coming to the same conclu-sion. Bakari’s first visit to Iowa left a positive impres-sion on the singer while Sievers was encouraged to see that her home state supports the fine arts. “I’ve had a great time,” said Bakari. “I’ve never met someone from Iowa who wasn’t kind and sweet.” “The main thing that Martin and I have taken away from this is what an awesome community this is,” said Sievers. “It really is inspiring to feel good about what’s happening in Iowa.

BENEFIT CONCERT

LEFT: Members of the Hampton-Dumont, CAL and West Fork choir performed with professional vocalists Martin Bakari and Ashley Sievers on Saturday.ABOVE: Martin Bakari, accompanied by Jodi Goble on piano, performed at the Young Performing Artist Scholarship Benefit Concert on Saturday. TRAVIS FISCHER PHOTO

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Previously, staff members segregated children into the building’s 10 bathrooms during severe weather warnings. Now, they’ll simply fill the large room to wait out storms. “They couldn’t be with each other for support before, but now they’ll be able to,” Bradley said. “That’s important when everybody’s scared and they don’t know what’s going on outside.” Bradley was relieved to see the $500,000 project near the finish line. It was originally delayed when construc-tion bids came back significantly higher than daycare officials anticipated. Eventually, ground was broken last July thanks to community donations and a large $250,000 contribution from Eugene and Mary Sukup, of Sheffield. Donations are still being accepted. Bradley said only a few things like roof work and playground installation remain before the project is complete-ly finished. She hoped that everything would be wrapped up by May. “Before, things were kind of buried everywhere throughout the building. Now, we’re utilizing all this extra space we have,” she said. “It’s been wonderful.”

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NIACC plans 13th

annual gardening seminar

The 13th Annual Gardening Seminar, “Come Bloom with Us,” will be held Thursday, March 17 at NIACC from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The event offers participants an oppor-tunity to learn from educators and local gardening specialists to get an early start on the gardening season in north Iowa. Gardeners will hear presentations on a variety of topics ranging from plants with style, creating new plants for gardeners in the Midwest (hy-bridizing daylilies), learning about woodpeckers, water-wise gardening and the “new” garden. Presenters in-clude: Ellen Montgomery, “The Basic Birder;” Kelly Norris, “Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden;” Nan Rip-ley, “Walkabout Gardens;” Aaron Steil and Ed Lyon, of Reiman Gardens. Market Street is a popular aspect of the seminar featuring garden-re-lated business displays. Participants have an opportunity to learn about North Iowa gardening businesses and make purchases. The Gardening Seminar is spon-sored by North Iowa Area Commu-nity College. Call 888-466-4222 ext. 4358 or (641) 422-4358 for more information about reservations and admission.

Law enforcement stepping up efforts for

St. Paddy’s Day

The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Governor’s Traffic Safe-ty Bureau is warning Iowans to not drink and drive this St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day has become one of the deadliest holidays due to the number of drunk drivers on the roadways. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-tion (NHTSA), 28 percent of all crash fatalities during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend involved drunk drivers in 2014, and that number rose to nearly 50 percent in the post-party hours. Pedestrians walking while intox-icated are also at risk, as a lack of at-tention risks getting hit by a vehicle. In 2014, 35 percent of the pedestri-ans killed in crashes had a blood-al-cohol content of .08 or higher. Don’t let your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations end in tragedy. The Iowa Governor’s Traff ic Safety Bureau encourages Iowans to plan ahead by identifying a designated driver or utilize another form of safe transportation if you choose to drink this St. Patrick’s Day. The relative-ly small fee for a safe ride home is much cheaper than the thousands of dollars it will cost for a drunk driv-ing arrest. Extra law enforcement officers will be on the roads March 16-19 to keep Iowa motorists safe. Whether you’re buzzed or drunk, it doesn’t matter. Drive sober and remember to buckle up.

Chamber hosts Quarterly CoffeeThe Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Coffee was held last Friday at the

Hampton Country Club. New members and employees were introduced, items of interest were discussed and many upcoming events were announced. The Chamber Quarterly Coffee is open to the public. The next event is scheduled for June 3 at the Youth for Christ Building sponsored by First Bank Hampton.

Pictured front row, from left to right: Deb Currier (pictured in the picture is Deb Gerdes), Erran Miller, Dawn Collins, Sue Wulf, Sheri Bogue, Pastor Art Zewert, Elyse Schloemer, Troy Pals and Darwin Van Horn. Back row: Shelly Zabel, Sean O’Conner, Sister Carmen Hernandez, Dick Lukensmeyer, Sandy Pralle, Rod Pralle, Joni Svendsen, Tyler Pals, Brittany Marzen, Tonya Root, Kathy Warwick, Linda Allen, Ben Gilchrist, Jesse Bunge, Lisa Sliter and Jessica Fender. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Free MacNider movie series

concludes with “The

Intouchables” The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s 2016 Winter Film Se-ries, “Films in February, Movies in March,” concludes on Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m., with “The In-touchables.” Admission to all films is free and open to the public. Pop-corn will be provided. “The Intouchables” is an irrever-ent, uplifting comedy about friend-ship, trust and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street smart ex-con care-taker, “The Intouchables” depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two in-dividuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common. “The Intouchables” (2012) is rated R (language and some drug use) and is 112 minutes long. It is in French with English subtitles. For more information about the film series or for a complete list of films with descriptions, please vis-it www.macniderart.org (Events & Programs) or call (641) 421-3666. The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum is located at 303 Second St. SE in Mason City.

Sheffield EMS sees shrinking squad; seeks volunteers

The Sheffield Emergency Medical Service (EMS) has been in operation since 1982, and during that time period there have been many volunteer members that have come and gone. It is not unusual for the squad’s numbers to f luctuate, in fact it is sort of expected. However, these past few years have been extremely tough on the squad as we have lost several members –some due to retirements, and others due to personal reasons. Currently the Sheffield EMS has eight full time members who are usually available to respond to emergencies during the evening hours Monday – Fri-day, and during the weekends. However, none of the eight current volunteers, are available on a full time basis during the week day hours. Due to the fact that we have no members available on a full time basis during the week, we are left with no choice but to temporality suspend our weekday cover-age until such time we have the members to support it

again. Calls placed to 911 during the hours of 6 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday – Friday will be sent directly to Franklin General Ambulance and if they are not available, the calls will go to the Mason City Fire Department. Sheffield and the surrounding area will have emergency services available to them during the day, but the amount of time it takes to get that help will be a bit longer. We truly hope this is only temporary, but the only way to change it will be if we can get more support from the community. Simply put, we need several more members, specifically those that are available during the weekdays. We are fortunate to have businesses in Sheffield that allow their staff to leave for EMS and/or Fire Calls, as they see the need for the volunteers. For anyone interested in becoming a member of the Sheffield EMS, please contact Jamie Stanbrough or Jim Hegarty for more details.

Preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs

There was plenty of debate last week in the House chamber as the next funnel deadline approach-es. This week brings us the second funnel, which means that all Senate bills must be voted out of at least one House committee, and vice versa in the Senate, to remain eligible this session. In order for House bills to continue being considered, we must get those over to the Senate before next week’s deadline so they have a chance to vet each bill. We started the week off with some welcome news that Gov. Ter-ry Branstad will extend the tax fil-ing deadline for farmers and small businesses until April 30. This gives Iowa’s taxpayers more time while the Legislature works to figure out the coupling issue. We are working closely with the Senate to act on this as quickly as possible. I’m optimis-tic that resolution will be reached on this soon. One thing that Republicans and Democrats tend to agree on is the value of a skilled workforce. A skilled workforce grows the econ-omy by attracting new businesses and industries that grow new job and career opportunities for Iowans. As our economy changes and technol-ogy advances, workers need to be equipped with the necessary skills for tomorrow’s jobs. I regularly hear about job openings that can’t be filled because of a lack of employees with the right skills. Iowa Workforce Development es-timates that 56 percent of all jobs in the state are considered middle-skill, compared to 12 percent that are low-skill and 32 percent that are high-skill. Unfortunately, only a third of Iowa workers have the necessary training to fill those middle-skill jobs. Middle skill jobs include ca-reers such as law enforcement, skilled trades or nursing that provide good wages to raise a family on.

This week, the House unani-mously passed House File 2392 to reform Iowa’s Career and Technical Education system. The bill estab-lishes opportunities for collabora-tion between high schools, commu-nity colleges and industry to create career pathways for students to be successful in today’s economy. The bill stems from two years’ worth of work from the Secondary Career and Technical Education Task Force, established in 2013, consisting of individuals ranging from business, industry, skilled trades, school dis-tricts, community colleges, labor unions and economic development entities. The task force’s goal was to make recommendations on a number of issues including: • Reducing skill shortages; • Enhancing economic growth; • Ensuring that all students have access to high-quality, global-ly-competitive career and technical education programs. This piece of legislation will largely benefit high school students by providing opportunities to pre-pare them for either college or the workforce. Regional planning part-nerships, advisory groups made up of educators, community colleges, local businesses and other commu-nity stakeholders will take the lead to develop strategies to provide these high-quality opportunities. These partnerships will also ensure that school districts have the tools and re-sources they need to expose students to a wide variety of career options that could begin during their high school career with on-the-job oppor-tunities in skilled occupations that are in high need of employees. I’m confident that this piece of legislation will benefit students and young people in Iowa as they grad-uate and move on to higher educa-tion or the workforce. We should be doing all that we can to ensure that Iowans are given the tools and skills that they need to be competitive in today’s economy. Rep. Linda Upmeyer represents Franklin, Butler and Cerro Gor-do counties in District 54 and also serves as Speaker of the Iowa House. She can be reached at linda.upmeyer@legis.iowa.gov or (515) 281-3521.

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Slagle competes at AAU and state wrestling meets

BY DALLAS SLAGLE On Sunday, Feb. 7, I went with Chad, Amy and Tate Slagle, my grandson, to Spencer for the AAU District wrestling meet for grades 3-8. Eight districts across the state were present. We were up at 5 a.m., and on the road at 6 a.m. The wres-tlers had to weigh-in between 7-8 a.m. The top four in each weight class, 60 pounds through 220 pounds, qualified for the Wells Fargo meet in Des Moines on Feb. 27. Tate wrestled five matches: first match, won 8-1; second match, won by a pin; third match, lost 7-6; fourth match, won 11-3; and fifth match, won 11-1. He wrestled just plain outstanding and advanced to state. Come to find out Chris and Beth Janssen and their two sons, Levi and Ki, who both qualified for state, went to Webster City for their meet. Tate had two weeks before state and went to two more tournaments, Lake City, and Blue Earth, Minn., just to keep in shape. On Feb. 26, Tate weighed in at Southwest Polk School. Tate weighs 68 pounds, Ki weighs-in under 105 and Levi is a heavy weight at 220

pounds. That night I stayed at my daugh-ter’s, Jill and John Pratt. Saturday morning, at 6 a.m., I was on my way to Wells Fargo. I stood in line for 45 minutes, got my ticket, and sat down by mat four. The atmosphere was just plain awesome - I mean awesome. Close the doors, throw the keys away and enjoy yourself. There were 15 mats on the floor and 100,000 people there - unbelievable. I saw grandmas, grandpas, aunts, cousins, friends, moms, dads and coaches. The kids wrestled until they lost two matches. Tate had 32 wrestlers in his weight division. First match, won 4-1; second match, got pinned; third match, won 10-4; fourth match, got beat 7-0. He finished in the top 16. Awesome, just awesome. Tate, what a great experience for you. I am very proud of you and so is every-body else! Saturday night, Jill, John, Easton, Jadean, and I went to Chad and Amy’s motel for pizza and drinks. Chris and Beth Janssen stayed at the same mo-tel. We all sat at the pool and enjoyed ourselves.

— Grandpa D

Tate Slagle, left, takes down his opponent. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Ki Janssen, top, pins his opponent. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Tommy Lee McConkey — a successful construction contractor from Altoona — was shot in the head in a Des Moines parking lot at 2929 E. University Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1975. McConkey was working at a lounge when an unidentified person drove up in a car and shot him in the face. He died the next night. It was a tragic end for a man who, less than two years earlier, had participated in a candidate forum in Altoona with other city council hopefuls

and expressed his desire to make his community a safer place to live and raise a family. George Douglas Frank, 25 — a former Des Moines resident living in St. Louis, Mo. — was arrested in November 1975 and charged with McConkey’s murder but later was released. An AP story published in the Muscatine Journal Dec. 6, 1975, quoted Police Lt. Edgar Harlan as saying Frank was released after a witness to the slaying could not identify him in a line-up.

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PUBLIC NOTICEShef eld City Council

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGSCITY OF SHEFFIELD

UNAPPROVED MINUTESFEBRUARY 29, 2016

The Shef eld City Council Special Session was called to order at Shef eld City Hall by Mayor Nick Wilson at 6:05pm on Monday February 29th 2016. Council Members in attendance were Jim Hegarty, JC McCaslin, Mike McKee, Ron Simmons, & Brad Mulford. Also in atten-dance was Pat Nuehring, Public Works Director.Mayor Wilson led the Pledge of Allegiance.Hegarty made a motion to approve the agen-

da. Simmons seconded, motion carried unan-imously.Mayor Wilson announced that it was the time

and place for the public forum. There was none. In new business:Simmons made a motion to approve the

FY2015 Annual Urban Renewal Report. McKee seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mayor Wilson opened the Public Hearing for

the FY2017 Budget at 6:10PM. No one was present from the community and the council had no concerns, so Mayor Wilson closed the Public Hearing at 6:12PM.Mulford motioned to approve and adopt the

FY2017 Budget as posted and presented. He-garty seconded the motion and roll call vote was as follows, Ayes: Hegarty, McCaslin, McKee, Simmons, and Mulford. Mayor Wilson declared the resolution approved, adopted, and num-bered 16-47.A resolution setting a public hearing on a pro-

posed rezoning request for March 14th at 7PM was presented and Simmons motioned to ap-prove the resolution. McCaslin seconded the motion and roll call vote was as follows, Ayes: Hegarty, McCaslin, McKee, Simmons, Mulford. Mayor Wilson declared the resolution approved, adopted, and numbered 16-46.The council heard a presentation on engineer-

ing services by Veenstra & Kim of Mason City in regards to the cities potential water main re-placement project.Mayor/Council Comments – There was dis-

cussion regarding continuing using WHKS as the city engineer or to begin using Veenstra & Kim for engineering services. The topic will be on the next meeting agenda for the council to vote on. Councilman McKee suggested that the city review the city ordinances regarding adult entertainment establishments in light of devel-opments in other small communities nearby. Councilman McCaslin brought forth the issue of having a declining number in certi ed re ght-ers. He asked for the council’s thoughts and support.Simmons motioned to adjourn the meeting, He-

garty seconded the motion and it passed unani-mously. Adjournment at 8:45PM.ATTEST:Katy Flint, City ClerkNick Wilson, MayorValerie Borseth, Assistant City Clerk

Published in The Shef eld Press on March 10, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICEBoard of Supervisors

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGSFRANKLIN COUNTY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORSUNAPPROVED MINUTES

FEBRUARY 29, 2016Be it duly noted these minutes of 2/29/16 are

UNOFFICIAL minutes.The Board of Supervisors met in regular ses-

sion at 8:30AM with Board members Corey Eberling-Chairman, and Michael Nolte present, Gary McVicker absent, until 9:00AM then avail-able by phone. Motion by Nolte, seconded by Eberling, ap-

proves the agenda as submitted. All ayes, mo-tion carried. Motion by Nolte, seconded by Eberling, ap-

proves the minutes of 2/22/16. All ayes. Motion carried. Guests: Brad Schmidt reported ongoing con-

cerns of habitual parking of personal equipment on north mile of Finch Avenue. Board will re-quest the Sheriff address again.Committee Updates: Workforce Development Motion by Nolte, seconded by Eberling, ap-

proves claims for period ending 2/28/16. All ayes. Motion carried.Motion by Nolte, seconded by Eberling, adopts

Amendment No. 1 to 28E Agreement Central Iowa Case Management, Iowa Code 28E.12. Amendment allows for termination of this agree-ment as a result of state mandated Medicaid redesign. Members, Franklin, Hardin and Story County, agree to terminate this agreement on June 30, 2016 with distribution of assets and as-signment of debts handled in accordance with Sections 4.e and 11 of the Agreement. All ayes. Motion carried.Tom Berry, VA Director, requested an increase

in the VA Commission Compensation per month. Motion by Nolte, seconded by McVicker, approves paying $40 per month to the Franklin County Veteran’s Affair’s Commissioners. Eber-ling-Abstain, McVicker-Aye, Nolte-Aye. Motion carried.Gabe Johanns, IT Director, reported on a

new internet service to possibly serve Franklin County.Motion by Nolte, seconded by McVicker,

adopts Resolution 2016-08: Adopt recommen-dation of the County Compensation Board for elected of cial wages in FY16/17. Said Resolu-tion reads below:FRANKLIN COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIAL

COMPENSATIONWHEREAS, the Franklin County Compen-

sation Board meets annually to recommend a compensation schedule for elected of cials for the scal year immediately following, in accor-dance with Iowa Code Chapters 331.905 and 331.907, and WHEREAS, the Franklin County Compensa-

tion Board met on February 29, 2016 and made the following salary recommendations for the following elected of cials for the scal year be-ginning July 1, 2016:Elected Of cial, Current Salary, Proposed In-crease, Recommended SalaryAuditor .................$58,600 .... 2.05%.... $59,800County Attorney ...$86,000 .... 1.74%.... $87,500Recorder ..............$56,900 .....2.11% .... $58,100Sheriff ..................$73,250 .... 2.73%.... $75,250Supervisors..........$35,050 .... 1.71%.... $35,650Treasurer .............$56,900 .....2.11% .... $58,100THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the

Franklin County Board of Supervisors adopts the salary recommendations for elected of cials in the scal year beginning July 1, 2016 as rec-ommended by the Franklin County Compensa-tion Board.BE IT DULY ADOPTED this 29th day of Febru-

ary 2016, with the vote thereon being as follows:Eberling-Aye, McVicker-Aye, Nolte-Aye. Reso-

lution duly adopted.Motion by McVicker, seconded by Nolte, opens

at 10:00 AM a Public Hearing to receive com-ments on the County FY16/17 Budgeted Expen-ditures and Revenues. All ayes. Motion carried.Present was: Michelle Giddings, Auditor, Jason

Gooder-Conservation Director, Thomas Craigh-ton-EMA Director, Jay Waddingham-County Engineer, Brent Symens-County Attorney, Linn Larson-Deputy Sheriff, Gwana Wirtjes-Asses-sor, Larry Richtsmeier-Sheriff, Tony Wilkin-son-Recorder, Deb Jones-Home Care Director, Julie Pralle-Second Deputy Auditor, Tom Ber-ry-VA Director Supervisor Eberling explained the budget as

was published and reviewed. Motion by Nolte, seconded by McVicker, closes

at 10:08 AM the Public Hearing. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Nolte, seconded by McVicker,

adopts Resolution 2016-09: ADOPTION OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2016/2017 PROPOSED BUDGET WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors held a

Public Hearing on Monday, February 29, 2016 to receive comments regarding the proposed FY 16/17 Budget of expenditures and revenues as was published, per Public Notice, in the Febru-ary 17, 2016 issue of the Of cial County news-papers, Hampton Chronicle and The Shef eld Press, and presented at the public hearing on February 29, 2016.THEREFORE the Board of Supervisors hereby

approves the proposed FY16/17 Budget as was presented and published. Budget certi cation attached.PASSED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of Feb-

ruary, 2016.Eberling-Aye, McVicker-Aye, Nolte-Aye. Reso-

lution duly adopted.A Departmental Meeting was held. Motion by Nolte, seconded by McVicker, denies

the request to waive Payment in Lieu of Taxes

for North Iowa Regional Housing Authority, Her-itage Place Apartment, Hampton and Oakwood East Apartments, Shef eld. All ayes. Motion carried. The Board acknowledged Manure Manage-

ment Plan Renewals for: 1) Wohlford, #61661, owner Wohlford Farms, site located 1035 Tulip Ave, Geneva, Sec 16, Geneva Township 2) Kurt Wolf Ink WOLK, #58535, owner Kurt Wolf, site located 2188 190th St, Hampton, Sec 4, Ing-ham Township 3) Popejoy, #57747, owner Kent Krause, site located 551 Eagle Ave, Popejoy, Sec 11, Oakland Township 4) EJ Pork Scott’s Site, #58107, owners Sheldon, Dean, Kevin Jurgens & Scott Engebretson, site located 770 Cerro Gordo St, Thornton, Sec 6, Richland Township 5) Dreier Site, #57789, owner Summit Farms LLC, site located 11011 180th St, Du-mont, Sec 8, Pittsford Township, Butler County.Motion by Nolte, seconded by Eberling, ad-

journs at 12:15 PM, until March 7, 2016. All ayes. Motion carried. ATTEST:Corey Eberling, ChairmanMichelle S. Giddings, Auditor & Clerk to Board

PUBLICATION LISTA & M Electric, Rep/Parts ........................70.46ABCM Therapy, Srvs ...........................4410.00City of Alexander, Frm to Mkt ................224.47Alliant Energy, Util .................................244.52AP Air Inc, Sup ......................................231.09JoEllen Arends, Mileage ..........................82.32Terry Bents, Storage ............................1650.00Bibby Financial Srvs, Sup......................177.83LeeRoy Bodecker, Srvs .......................1325.00Brenda Boyington, Mileage ...................107.31Brown Supply, Rep/Parts .......................984.00Central IA Detention, JV Detention ......1032.00Central Salt LLC, Salt ..........................3564.86Craig Chaney, Safety Shoes .................160.49Class C Solutions, Sup ........................1322.14Ashley Claussen, Mileage .......................34.30Comm Resource Ctr, Jan Exp ...............139.52Con rmDelivery Inc, Sup .......................125.90Consolidated Energy, Fuel ......................85.51City of Coulter, Frm to Mkt .....................418.80Counsel, Maint.......................................445.14Thomas A Craighton, Srvs .....................200.00D&L Sanitation, Garbage .......................284.50Dollar General, Sup .................................48.25Don’s Truck Sales, Rep/Parts ................479.58Dumont Telephone, Srv ...........................60.00Corey Eberling, Comm/Mlg/Trng ...........533.01Lindsey Edwards, Mileage.....................176.40First Bank Hampton, Sup ......................177.07Franklin Co Sheriff, Srvs ........................180.80Franklin REC, Util ................................1241.10G & K Services, Srvs ...............................65.41GATR Truck Center, Rep/Parts ...............36.53City of Geneva, Frm to Mkt....................323.14Travis Gerrish, Mileage ......................... 111.23Michelle Giddings, Mlg/Trng ..................147.51Gleisner Automotive, Rep/Parts ..............47.70Global Fabrication, Sup .........................233.00Global Hydraulics & Supply, Parts .........218.72Steve Graeser, Tools .............................139.98Linda Hamman, Mileage..........................98.98Hampton Hardware, Parts/Sup..................6.98Hampton Vet Center, Srvs .......................91.00City of Hansell, Frm to Mkt ....................272.50Hardin Co Sheriff, Prisoners ..............13740.00Pam Harkema, Mileage ......................... 117.11Nichole M Harlan, Mileage ....................220.50Teresa Harms, Mileage..........................154.84Hawkeye West Pest Cntrl, Pest Cntrl ....100.00Howie Equip, Rep/Parts ........................709.32Iowa Falls Fire Extinguisher, Srvs .........664.00Iowa Falls Glass, Glass Rep .................290.00Iowa State Medical Examiner, Autopsy ............. ...........................................................1593.00

ISAC, Ed/Trng .......................................170.00ISSDA, Ed/Trng .....................................250.00John Deere Financial, Rep/Parts...........234.12Deb Jones, Mileage .................................17.64Jennifer Marsh, Mileage ........................150.43Gary McVicker, Comm/Trng ..................313.50Shirley Mejia, Mileage .............................35.77Menards, Sup ........................................297.96Mid American Energy, Util ...................4493.05Midland Power, Util ..................................15.36Cyndi Miller, Mileage .............................139.65Deb Miller, Mileage ..................................47.53Morgan Cemetery Assn, Grave Care ....128.00Mort’s Inc, Srvs ......................................132.50Mt Hope Cemetery, Grave Care ............248.00Barb Noss, Mileage ...............................227.36Of ce Elements, Sup .............................165.02Pakor Inc, Photo Sup.............................233.36PETTY CASH-FR CO SHERIFF, Funds ............ .............................................................150.00

Pitney Bowes, Pstg Sup ..........................65.44City of Popejoy, Frm to Mkt ...................147.50Quill Corp, Off Sup ..................................65.49Redneck, Rep/Parts ..................................4.58Rick’s Pharmacy, Med Sup ......................57.16Marla Schipper, Mileage ........................187.18Shef eld Press, Pub/Notices/Ad..............37.00SHI International, Data Proc ..................230.01Shred Right, Srvs ....................................41.60Jill Silver, Mileage ....................................10.78Spring Creek Co, Snow Rmvl ................405.00Staples Advantage, Off Sup ..................101.02Staples Credit, Off Sup ............................28.06Dean Stickrod, Srvs ...............................185.00Titan Energy, Services ...........................875.00TSP Court Reporting, Depositions ..........51.20US Cellular, Cell Srv ............................1017.52Verizon Wireless, Cell/WiFi ...................240.06VISA, Trng ...............................................65.00Jake Watters Fencing, Srvs .................3138.62Wex Bank, Fuel .....................................131.14Jeanne Wogen, Mileage ........................136.22GRAND TOTAL .................................54267.65

Published in The Shef eld Press on March 10, 2016

FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSECivil Court • Auto Owners Insurance Company vs. Dawn Osborn. Case dismissed without prejudice on February 29. • Hauge Associates Inc vs. Darrel and Sandra Baxter. Judgment for the plain-tiff on February 29 in the amount of $10,343.48 with $533.35 in pre-judg-ment interest and 2.54% interest from February 29.District Court The court handled 1 probation violation. • Jeremy Mulford, 35, Hampton, pled guilty on February 29 to Obstruction Prosecution or Defense and Possession of Controlled Substance - Methamphet-amine. Mulford was sentenced to 80 days in jail (time served), fined $940 plus 35% surcharge ($625 suspended) and $100 in costs. • Joseph Hershberger, 21, Allison, pled guilty on March 1 to Trespassing. Her-shberger was fined $100 plus 35% sur-charge, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative and $60 in costs. • Jeffrey Bruns, 25, Latimer, pled guilty on March 1 to Trespassing. Bruns was fined $100 plus 35% surcharge and $60 in costs. • Emily Swallow, 20, West Des Moines, received a deferred judgment on Febru-ary 29 to Possession of Controlled Sub-stance 1st Offense. Swallow was placed on one year of no supervision, charged a $125 Law Enforcement Initiative sur-charge and $140 in costs. • Cristian Sosa, 28, Hampton, pled guilty on March 1 to Internal Property Maintenance Code. Sosa was fined $65 plus 35% surcharge and $60 in costs.Small Claims • Agvantage FS vs. Rick Knott, Brad-ford. Judgment for the plaintiff on March 1 in the amount of $353.96 with 2.65% interest from February 1.Real Estate The Franklin County Recorder’s Office recorded the following real estate trans-actions: • Warranty Deed: Roger and Kaye Pe-ters to Travis Peters, Tr NE ¼ SE ¼ 33-92-20, 20160239 • Warranty Deed: Travis Peters to Rog-er and Kaye Peters, Tr Lot 4 Blk 3 VFW Add, Lot 7 Blk 2 Kennedy’s Add Hamp-ton, 20160240 • Warranty Deed: Brian and Karyl Beem to Darryl and Dee Peter, Lot 3 Whispering Oaks, Sheffield, 20160263 • Warranty Deed: Growmark Inc. to Josh Symens, Tr NE ¼ 29-92-19, 20160871 • Warranty Deed: Duane and Dixie Schmitt to Duane and Dixie Schmidt, Tr W ½ SW ¼, E ½ SW ¼ 16-92-20, Tr NW ¼ SW ¼ 28-92-20, SE ¼, NE ¼ NE ¼ 27-92-20, 20160272 • Quit Claim Deed: Agvantage Service Co. to Growmark Inc., Tr NE ¼ 29-92-19, 20160270 • Warranty Deed: John and Dianne Eveland to Todd and Traci Pilchard, Tr Lot 22, Tr Lot 24, Geneva, 20160283

• Quit Claim Deed: Duane and Emily Kruckenberg to Kruckenberg Farms, Parcel C NW ¼ 12-93-21, 20160284 • Court Officer Deed: Estate of Au-driann Winters to Jonathan and Talia Schmidt, Tr Lot 1 Blk 7 Harriman’s Add, Hampton, 20160286 • Warranty Deed: Wayne and Pamela Rother to Mark and Susan Rother, W ½ NE ¼ 21-93-21, Tr NE ¼ 20-93-21, 20160294 • Warranty Deed: Ronald and Diane Weldin to Eric and Stephanie Aren-holz, Lot 24 Ferris 1st Add, Hampton, 20160304 • Court Officer Deed: Estate of Marilyn Miller to Richard and Jolene Miller, S ½ NW ¼, S ½ NE ¼ 11-92-20, 20160297 • Warranty Deed: Lorena Koch to Tra-vis Peters, Tr SE ¼ SE ¼ 19-92-21, 20160308 • Warranty Deed: Olson Joint Rev. Trust to Maynard and Jean Agena, Parcel B SE ¼ 18-91-22, 20160316 • Warranty Deed: Gregory and Jill Ol-son to Maynard and Jean Agena, Parcel B SE ¼ 18-91-22, 20160317 • Warranty Deed: Krista and Michael Steenson to Maynard and Jean Agena, Parcel B SE ¼ 18-91-22, 20160318 • Warranty Deed: Beverly Kellogg Rev. Trust to Kenneth and Kimberly Taylor Rev. Trust, E ½ SW ¼ 22-92-19, Tr W ½ NW ¼ 35-92-19, Tr NW ¼ Tr NE ¼ 34-92-19, 20160328 • Court Officer Deed: Estate of Bruce Grimsley to Proodian Family Trust, Lot 1, Tr Lot 2 Blk 11 1st Add Coulter, 20160313 • Tax Sale Deed: Chad Murray, Trea-surer FCI to Adair Holdings, Lot 3 Blk 31 Beeds 2nd Add Hampton, 20160357 • Warranty Deed: Bert Hemmes Rev. Trust to April Hemmes, Tr E ½ NW ¼, W ½ NW ¼ 31-91-20, Tr E ½ NE ¼ 30-91-20, 20160336 • Warranty Deed: Roland Reinke Trust to Donald and Ruth Kloetzer, NE ¼ 34-91-19, 20160341 • Warranty Deed: Joel Simons Orr Trust and Kimberly Ann Orr Trust to Orr Family Trust, Tr SE ¼ NE ¼ 28-92-20, Tr NE ¼ SE ¼ 33-92-20, Tr NW Frl ¼ 6-91-20, and Lots 9-12 17-19 Blk 2 Victory Park Add, Hampton, 20160348 • Warranty Deed: Joel Simons Orr Trust and Kimberly Ann Orr Trust to Franklin County Development Association, Lot 2 Hampton Industrial Park, 20160350 • Warranty Deed: Franklin County De-velopment Association to Orr Family Trust, Lot 1 Hampton Industrial Park, 20160353 • Quit Claim Deed: Ray Woodley to Ray and Toni Woodley, SE ¼ SW ¼ 11-93-19, 20160346 • Warranty Deed: Franklin County Land Co. to Wesley and Sherill Swieter, SW ¼, SE ¼ 11-91-19, NE ¼, Tr E ½ NW ¼ 14-91-19, Tr N ½ SE ¼ 10-91-19, 20160359 • Warranty Deed: Wesley and Sherill Swieter to David Bigler Living Trust, Lee Bigler Living Trust, Parcel B, SE ¼ 10, S ½ 11, E ½ NW ¼ 14-91-19, 20160360

Customers who receive a suspicious call should hang up and call local police and their energy provider to report the scam and check on the status of their account. Call MidAmerican Energy at 1-888-427-5632 or Alliant Energy at 1-800-255-4268.

Energy companies warn customers of phone scams

MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy have teamed up to fight back against telephone scams. Phone billing scams targeting utility customers are a daily battle for electric and gas companies. Many customers have lost money because they pro-vided the scam callers with a credit card number or a prepaid debit card. Since the beginning of the year, customers of MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy have re-ported more than 400 fraudulent calls. Utility fraud schemes have swept the nation, targeting residential and business customers. In Iowa, small businesses and Spanish-speaking customers seem to be the most frequent targets. In most scam cases, callers pose as utility employees and threaten to shut off power unless the customer makes a payment. Scammers are persistent and aggressive.

SCAMMERS USE SOPHISTICATED METHODS TO TRICK CUSTOMERS INCLUDING:

• Spoofing caller ID to make the call appear as if it is coming from the utility. • Requiring customers to make an immediate payment using either a credit card over the phone or a pre-paid (Green Dot) card. • Impersonating energy auditors in an attempt to get inside homes or businesses. • Intimidating customers by showing up at their front doors or claiming a crew is en route to disconnect service. • Claiming there is an issue with electric or natural gas service equipment inside or outside the house and requesting immediate payment.

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO STAY SAFE:

• Never give out personal information such as credit card or account num-bers. Utilities will not ask for this information over the phone. • Ask for proper identification from anyone who approaches you. Call your energy provider to verify the purpose for the visit. Use the number published on the website or in the phone book.

FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFMonday, February 29: • Deputies received 12 calls for service. • 7:33 a.m.: Deputies transported a pris-oner back to Franklin County for court. • 9:12 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible IRS scam call. • 10:33 a.m.: Deputies transported a prisoner. • 11:43 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn. • 12:54 p.m.: Deputies dispatched an-other agency. • 1:23 p.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint on Hardin Road, Ackley. • 1:59 p.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint. • 5:27 p.m.: Deputies assisted medical personnel. • 5:29 p.m.: Deputies dispatched anoth-er agency. • 5:54 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy. • 7:19 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy. • 7:57 p.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint in the 400 block of N. 5th St., Sheffield.Tuesday, March 1: • Deputies received 13 calls for service. • 2:45 a.m.: Deputies dispatched another agency to the 1200 block of 3rd St. NW. • 5:01 a.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint northbound on I-35 near the 165 mile marker. • 6:20 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a vehicle off the roadway. • 7:16 a.m.: Deputies assisted medical personnel. • 8:44 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible IRS scam. • 9:30 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible IRS scam. • 10:27 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a vehicle in the ditch. • 1:25 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible IRS scam in the 500 block of S. Akir St., Latimer. • 2:39 p.m.: Deputies were called to a property damage accident in the 2300 block of Highway 65, Sheffield. • 5:08 p.m.: Deputies were called to a property damage accident in the 600 block of Highway 3, Latimer. • 7:34 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy at Franklin General Hospital. • 6:36 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a false alarm in the 1400 block of Gull Ave., Latimer. • 10:47 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible phone scam.Wednesday, March 2: • Deputies received 11 calls for service. • 8:06 a.m.: Deputies transported a prisoner to the Cerro Gordo County Jail, Mason City. • 11:27 a.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint ner the southbound 153 mile marker of I-35. • 1:06 p.m.: Deputies tested the 9-1-1 system with the City of Sheffield. • 1:23 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy in the 1200 block of Eagle Ave., Latimer. • 1:30 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a suspicious person near the inter-section of 160th St. and Warbler Ave., Hansell. • 1:44 p.m.: Deputies received a report of an abandoned vehicle near the intersec-tion of Akir St. and Andrew St., Latimer. • 1:45 p.m.: Deputies dispatched anoth-er agency to the 1400 block of 190th St., Hampton, for a bent railroad crossing arm. • 2:38 p.m.: Deputies received a call for Hardin County. The call was forwarded. • 4:11 p.m.: Deputies performed a test call. • 5:02 p.m.: Deputies received a report of credit card fraud in the 1100 block of 250th St., Sheffield.

• 8:56 p.m.: Deputies assisted a motor-ist near the intersection of Balsam Ave. and 190th St., Alexander.Thursday, March 3: • Deputies received 6 calls for service. Among the calls was a false 9-1-1 call. • 9:42 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn in the 1900 block of 255th St., Sheffield. • 11:03 a.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy regarding a possible forgery case. • 11:28 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a possible phone scam. • 3:35 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1400 block of 50th St., Bradford.Friday, March 4: • Deputies received 13 calls for service. Among the calls was a false 9-1-1 call. • 12:55 a.m.: Deputies assisted the Hampton Police in booking Brian Clem Hruska, 32, of Lawler, on unspecified charges. • 2:19 a.m.: Deputies were called to a misc. civil matter in the 800 block of Dove Ave., Dows. • 7:36 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn. • 8:48 a.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn. • 8:56 a.m.: Deputies assisted a funeral procession. • 12:31 p.m.: Deputies received a loose dog report. • 1:10 p.m.: Deputies transported a pris-oner to the Hardin County Jail. • 2:17 p.m.: Deputies received a traffic complaint in the 800 block of Highway 3, Latimer. • 6:39 p.m.: Deputies assisted a motor-ist near the intersection of 70th St. and Mallard Ave., Bradford. • 6:57 p.m.: Deputies were dispatched to Hardin County, Eldora. • 7:45 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy. • 8:25 p.m.: Deputies assisted a mo-torist near the 171 mile marker of I-35, Latimer.Saturday, March 5: • Deputies received 6 calls for service. • 1:52 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn in the 1100 block of Rail Ave., Geneva. • 4:17 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn in the 900 block of 60th St., Iowa Falls. • 4:48 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a controlled burn in the 1900 block of Yarrow Ave., Aredale. • 6:12 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a lost dog. • 6:46 p.m.: Deputies were called to a car-deer accident in the 2200 block of Highway 3, Hampton.Sunday, March 6: • Deputies received 8 calls for service. Among the calls was a false 9-1-1 call. • 6:33 a.m.: Deputies received a report of loose dogs. • 7:47 a.m.: Deputies received a harass-ment report. • 12:46 p.m.: Deputies transported a prisoner. • 3:19 p.m.: Deputies transported prisoner. • 4:12 p.m.: Deputies dispatched anoth-er agency. • 5:14 p.m.: Deputies received a report of a suspicious noise in Coulter. • 5:46 p.m.: Subject requested to speak with a deputy.

FROM THE LOGOBITUARIES

FSQA workshop for 4-H livestock

exhibitors The final Food Safety Quali-ty Assurance (FSQA) workshop for Franklin County 4-H youth involved in livestock production is scheduled for Monday, March 21, from 7-9 p.m., at First Secu-rity Bank in Hampton. This ses-sion is open to all 4-H livestock exhibitors in Franklin County. This year, members will learn about the importance of under-standing feed, feed additives and biosecurity. Ethics will also be covered. Members attending this session will be FSQA-cer-tified for 2016. Certificates of completion will be kept on file at the Franklin County Extension Office. Certificates are good for one year. At the 2016 Franklin Coun-ty Fair, all 4-H youth exhibiting beef, bucket calf, dairy cattle, dairy goat, meat goat, sheep, swine, poultry and rabbit must be FSQA-certified by May 15. Franklin County members in grades 7-12 may contact the Franklin County Extension Of-fice for a test out options. The test out date is scheduled for April 12 from 5-6 p.m., at the Extension Office. Contact Jackie Dohlman at (641) 456-4811 or jackied@iastate.edu if you need to schedule a different time to take the test.

Helen O’DeaHelen O’Dea, 91, of Hampton, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at her home in

Hampton.Funeral services were held Friday, March 4 at 11 a.m. at the West Fork Unit-

ed Methodist Church in rural Sheffield. Visitation was held Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at the Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. Burial took place at the Hampton Cemetery in Hampton.

Steve Sukup appointed to state commission Gov. Terry Branstad recently announced appointments to fill Iowa’s boards and commissions. Steve Sukup, of Clear Lake, was appointed to the State Judicial Nominating Commission. His term begins May 1. Other members of the commission include Chris-tina Taylor, of West Des Moines, and Helen Sinclair, of Melrose. Commissioners are charged with selecting candidates for open judgeship positions in their districts. Appoint-ments are subject to Senate confirmation. Sukup, vice president and CFO of Sukup Manufactur-ing Co., served in the Iowa House of Representatives for eight years. He was Speaker Pro-Tem for three of those years.

Sukup

Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation scholarship deadline is March 15 High school seniors who have been involved in cattle or beef activities may be eligible for scholarships from the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation. El-igible students must graduate from high school this year and meet any of these criteria: Received Youth Beef Team training; completed the Masters of Beef Advocacy; or served as a county beef ambassador/queen/princess. Candidates will compete for $1,000 scholarships, and up to three schol-arships will be awarded. An additional $500 will be awarded to any $1,000 scholarship winner who has completed the online course for MBA (Master of Beef Advocacy) by the time of the personal interviews in April. Applications for the scholarship must be emailed or postmarked by March 15. The complete guidelines for the applications can be found at www.iowa-cattlemensfoundation.org. Finalists will participate in a personal interview and presentation in Ames, scheduled for Saturday, April 2. Each finalist will give a five to eight minute presentation on an issue of their choice that impacts the beef industry and be interviewed by a panel of judges. Scholarship winners will be an-nounced at the conclusion of the day’s events. Questions about the scholarship program can be directed to Mary Grei-man at mary@iabeef.org or by calling (641) 425-1533.

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CARD OF THANKSThe family of Ed Schwierjohann wants to thank everyone for the sympathy shown to us; it meant a lot to each of us. Ed was a kind and generous person and is re-membered for his faithful work for the City of Shef eld for over 35 years. He made many friends in those years, as well as being respected by his fellow workers. We would like to thank the Shef- eld Care Center, his nurses, Ter-ri, Jan, Julie and Donna, - they took good care of Ed, and if they were lucky they got to see him smile and those blue eyes twin-kle with a little humor. Thanks to Dr. Paltzer, and Dr. Brindle, Iowa Specialty Hospital and the won-derful care he received there. Thanks to the CNA’s that were there for him daily, he appreci-ated you guys even if he never said so. A special thanks to Pas-tor Ken Livingston for the won-derful service and the visits, and Pastor Dusty Foster for his visits. Thanks to the First Grace Church for the meal provided, to Connie Yelland for her solo, Julie Barke-la for her musical talent, the Retz Funeral Home for all the services provided. It was all greatly ap-preciated. Thank you for all the memorials received, cards, food and emotional support from fam-ily and friends. I can’t begin to tell of the outpouring of love, the wonderful stories and memories given by our children and grand-children, and close friends that we knew from our camping years in Arizona. A special thank you to Lea and Larry from Michigan. God Bless each and every one of you. Norene, Rick and Bonnie Schwierjohann, Lori and Dean Endriss, Jason and Stacy, Cas-sie and Shawn_______________________ c10

FOR SALEBuilding Lot at corner of Third and Gilman, Shef eld. Former-ly The Peppermint Inn. Phone 1-909-886-8437. Chuck Towle, 904 W. Edgehill Road, San Ber-nardino, California 92405.________________________ ctf

HELP WANTEDFull-time staff RN position at Franklin County Public Health/Home Care Agency. Exciting opportunities to expand your professional career in nursing. Excellent bene t package. Trav-el areas include, but not limited to: Ackley, Iowa Falls, Alden, Coulter, Latimer, Shef eld and Dows area. All applications and resumes due by March 18, 2016. Stop by or call 641-456-5820. Franklin County Public Health/Home Care, 1600 Central Ave-nue E., Hampton, IA 50441._____________________ c10pd

Class A CDL Company Drivers Wanted: SIGN-ON BONUS UP TO $6,000 FOR THE NEXT 5 DRIVERS HIRED! Earn up to $60,000 annually! Home week-ly! Contact us today! HEWITT TRUCKING www.hewitttrucking.com 877-439-4881._____________________ c11pd

Precision Manure Application Inc. is looking for tractor tank opera-tors and Class A CDL drivers for this upcoming spring application season. If interested call Adam Jackson 1-515-321-8021 or Cory Jackson 1-641-373-2886._______________________ c19

Driver or loader. Drivers must have Class B CDL with airbrakes. Drug screen required. Call D&L Sanitation, 641-892-4483._______________________ c12

EVENTSCOMMUNITY COFFEESaturday, March 12, 8:30-10 a.m. at Zion St. John Lutheran Church, Shef eld. Free will offering.

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WANTEDWanted: Old seed corn signs, sacks, license plate toppers, Farmer’s Hybrids, Tomahawk, Mallard, Pioneer, Blackhawk, or other Iowa seed corn compa-ny items. Also buying: old feed signs; old tractor catalogs, bro-chures, manuals or signs; oil, gas or soda pop signs; and old gas pump globes or old gas pumps. Good condition. Bryan Paul, La-kota, Iowa. 515-538-0187._____________________ c12pd

CARD OF THANKSWe can’t begin to express our overwhelming gratitude for the outpouring of kindness, gener-osity and love from our family, friends, neighbors, people of the surrounding communities, and even people we have nev-er met. Your love and generosity has touch our hearts and helped ease our pain, and will forever be remembered. Thank You! The family of Penny Rust (Schissel)_____________________ c10pd

CARD OF THANKSI would like to sincerely thank ev-eryone for the many, many cards and well wishes for my 80th birth-day. Gerry Hartman_______________________ c10

CARD OF THANKSThank you to family and friends for your thoughts, calls, prayers, words of encouragement and food brought in upon returning home from the hospital. A big thanks to mom for keeping and watching over Alex for me, and thanks to Pastor Kim Wills for his prayers. Louise Kelley_______________________ c10 AA Meeting

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10 The Sheffield Press Thursday, March 10, 2016 • Shef eld, Iowa

West Fork 4x800 girls’ team sets new school mark at

Wartburg Indoor meetWAVERLY – Posting a new

school record in the 4x800, West Fork’s girls’ 4x800 team of Kenna Weaver, Maya Rowe, Maddison Shupe and Talia Rowe had one of a handful of top-10 finishes at the Wartburg Indoor meet held Tuesday, March 1.

The quartet completed the race in 10 minutes, 44.88 seconds to place ninth out of 18 competing teams.

Cailey Weaver’s third place finish in the 400-meter dash was the top per-formance for the Warhawks at the meet, which included 4A schools.

She clocked in at 1:03.86 to take third out of 36 coming out of preliminar-ies.

Lexi Jones’ high jump of 5 feet even was good for fourth out of 21. Jones also had an eighth-place finish out of 30 in the long jump at 15 feet, 6.5 inches.

Another top-10 finish for the Warhawk girls was Talia Rowe’s 3,000 time of 12:13.48, good for ninth out of 26.

West Fork is expected to compete in the second Wartburg Indoor meet on Tuesday, March 15.

WARTBURG INDOOR NO. 1GIRLS RESULTS

(NO TEAM SCORING)Individual finishes

(champion, West Fork results)55-meter dash – 1. Talia Buss, Wau-kee 7.29; Heat 1: 6. Hailey Clausen 8.16. Heat 5: 4. Ciara Hansen 8.35.200 – 1. Elma Vojic, Waukee 26.34; Heat 4: 26. Hailey Clausen 29.92. Heat 5: 28. Ciara Hansen 30.62.400 – 1. Talia Buss, Waukee 1:00.84; Heat 3: 3. Cailey Weaver 1:03.86.55 hurdles – 1. Valerie Welch, Iowa City West 8.53. Heat 1: 2. Lexi Bray 10.00; 5. Kate Fekkers 12.22.800 – 1. McKayla Cole, Charles City 2:21.38. Heat 2: 12. Maddison Shupe 2:39.97. Heat 3: 23. Miranda Dixon 2:58.93.1,500 – 1. Reagan Gorman, CR Washington 5:02.30. Heat 2: 11. Ken-na Weaver 5:33.93. 15. Maya Rowe 5:43.61.3,000 – 1. Reagan Gorman, CR Wash-ington 10:56.08. Heat 2: 9. Talia Rowe 12:13.48.High jump – 1. (tie) Stacey Slaven, S. Tama 5-3; 1. (tie) Ellie Roquet, John-ston 5-3. 4. (tie) Lexi Jones 5-0.Long jump – 1. Jessica Moore, Grin-nell 16-4; 8. Lexi Jones 15-6.5.Shot put – 1. Chandler Haight, Iowa City West 38-8.4x200 – 1. Waukee 1:49.20; 18. West Fork 2:08.89.4x400 – 1. Ames 4:13.95; 12. West Fork 4:39.64.4x800 – 1. Iowa City West 9:41.44; 9. West Fork (Kenna Weaver, Maya Rowe, Maddison Shupe, Talia Rowe) 10:44.88.

BOYS RESULTS (NO TEAM SCORING)

Individual finishes(champion, West Fork results)

55-meter dash – 1. Tayshaun Cooper, Waterloo West 6.49. Heat 6: 7. Alex Starbuck 7.51.200 – 1. Manny Olutunde, CR Jefferson 23.26. Heat 6: 51. Devon Kothenbeutel 30.88; 52. Caleb Whitney 32.08.400 – 1. Lee Grim, Ames 52.97. Heat 6: 40. Spencer Nash 1:01.18. Heat 7: 47. Cody O’Donnell 1:07.99.55 hurdles – 1. Jack Wilson, WDM Val-ley 7.88. Heat 5: 4. Tyson Pillard 9.15. Heat 1: 6. Austin Larson 10.33.800 – 1. Josh Andrews, Waukee 2:02.45. Heat 3: 30. Brett Barkema 2:30.13; 37. Rukshad Daver 2:45.93.1,600 – 1. Noah Levere, Waukee 4:33.50. Heat 3: 38. Conner Schulz 5:36.93; 40. Seamus Sullivan 5:44.13.3,200 – 1. Chase Smith, Garner-Hay-field-Ventura 10:17.57. Heat 2: 24. Josh Stevens 11:18.26. Heat 3: 37. Conner Schulz 12:04.84.High jump – 1. Jacob West, ADM 6-4. No West Fork finishes.Long jump – 1. Marc Mbofung, Ames 20-7. Heat 4: 24. Spencer Nash 16-4.75; 41. Tanner Braun 13-10.Shot put – 1. Bedale Naba, WDM Val-ley 52-10. Heat 5: 43. Collin Meints 30-10; 44. Alan Jorgenson 29-0.4x200 – 1. CR Jefferson 1:35.14; Heat 5: 23. West Fork 1:45.69.4x400 – 1. Waterloo West 3:32.56. 24. West Fork 4:26.79.4x800 – 1. Johnston 8:34.59; 21. West Fork 9:53.70.

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West Fork grad Amsbaugh earns first team all Iowa Conference as soph

INDIANOLA – Sam Amsbaugh, a 2014 graduate of West Fork High School, earned first team all-conference in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in just his sophomore year at Simpson College.

The teams were voted on by league coaches.Amsbaugh was the only sophomore selected to the first team and became

Simpson’s youngest first team all-conference performer since 2007-08.The 6-foot-5 forward from Sheffield led the team in scoring and rebound-

ing, ranking in the top-10 in the IIAC in both categories.He averaged 15 points and 6.1 rebounds while leading the team in shoot-

ing percentage (49), steals (33) and blocked shots (17). He scored at least 20 points eight times, including a career-high 30-point performance in a win at Central on Jan. 27.

The Storm and first-year coach Brad Bjorkgren enjoyed a nine-game turnaround in 2015-16, going 15-11 after the program managed just 10 wins the previous two seasons combined. Simpson went 8-6 in conference play and earned the No. 3 seed in the IIAC Tournament before falling in the first round to Buena Vista.

Simpson returns four of five starters in 2016-17, including Amsbaugh.

2015-16 ALL-IOWA CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM

MVP – Andrew Norris, Sr., DubuqueDefensive POY – Andrew Norris, Sr., DubuqueCoach of the Year – Robbie Sieverd-ing, Dubuque

First TeamNick Clark, Sr., Buena Vista; Colby Taylor, Jr., Central; Matt Vonderhaar, Jr., Coe; Mikro Grcic, Sr., Loras; Jus-tin VanWambeke, Jr., Loras; Sam Amsbaugh, So., Simpson; Jordan Cannon, Jr., Wartburg

Second TeamKennedy Drey, Jr., Buena Vista; Pete Walker, Jr., Central; Marshall She-deck, Jr., Coe; Kain Arthofer, Jr., Dubuque; Jake Weber, Jr., Dubuque; Nathan Meyer, Sr., Luther; Dillon Gretzky, Sr., Simpson; Nick Webber, Jr., Wartburg

Honorable MentionJake Timm, Sr., Coe; Nate Woeste, So., Wartburg

Simpson College sophomore Sam Amsbaugh (41) is shown during starting lineup intros earlier this season. Amsbaugh, a 2014 West Fork graduate, earned first team all-Iowa Conference, announced last week. SIMPSON COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION PHOTO

West Fork senior to Top of Iowa

East Conference second team

SHEFFIELD – West Fork senior Cailey Weaver was recently voted to the Top of Iowa East Conference second team, announced recently.

Weaver led the Warhawks in scoring (10.4 points per game), as-sists (62) and steals (60), finishing second only to teammate Lexi Bray in rebounds at 5.4 per game.

The only other West Fork play-er receiving recognition was junior Kaitlyn Liekweg, who earned honor-able mention.

Coach Rodney Huber’s War-hawks finished TOI East play with an 8-8 record, completing a three-way tie for fourth place in its inau-gural season.

Top of Iowa East champions Osage had a unanimous first team selection in Ellie Friesen and coach Chad Erickson was voted Coach of the Year.

Player of the Year honors went to unanimous first-teamer Hattie Da-vidson on Northwood-Kensett.

2015-16 TOP OF IOWA EAST CONFERENCE GIRLS

BASKETBALLFirst TeamHattie Davidson, Sr., Northwood-Ken-sett*; Ellie Friesen, Soph., Osage*; Emma Staudt, Jr., Rockford*; Kelsie Willert, Sr., St. Ansgar*; Brenna Ja-cobs, Soph., Osage; Shelby Low, Sr., Northwood-Kensett; Holly Bock, Sr., Mason City NewmanSecond TeamEmily Friesen, Soph., Osage; Sarah Parcher, Jr., Nicole Heeren, Soph., North Butler; Jenny Rottler, Sr., North Butler; Cailey Weaver, Sr., West Fork; Kaylee Parks, Soph., Central Springs; Briley Fisher, Sr., Nashua-PlainfieldHonorable MentionGabby Schwarting, Soph., Osage; Calli Christ iansen, Jr., Nor th-wood-Kensett; Fallon Marth, Sr., Rockford; Kennidy Kemna, Sr., Ma-son City Newman; Hallie Testroet, Jr., North Butler; Kaitlyn Liekweg, Jr., West Fork; Elizabeth Jenkins, Soph., St. Ansgar; Carly Miller, Sr., Cen-tral Springs; Aubry Bienemann, Sr., Nashua-PlainfieldPlayer of the Year – Davidson, N-KCoach of the Year – Chad Erickson, Osage* denotes unanimous selection

March 14 — March 18

What’s on theWarhawk Menu next week?

NO SCHOOLSPRING BREAK

West Fork grad seals NIACC regional title

MASON CITY – Courtney Larson, a 2015 West Fork graduate, converted a traditional three-point play to lift the NIACC women’s basketball team to a junior college national tournament berth. Larson, who scored 16 points for the Trojans, scored on the basket and free throw with 4.5 sec-onds to go and NIACC held on for the 83-80 win over DMACC on Saturday afternoon. NIACC (22-10) won the NJCAA Region XI title for the second time in three seasons. The Trojans will be playing in Overland Park, Kan., March 15-19 and found out their seed and first round pairing at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8.

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WF speech team advance to State contestThe West Fork speech team performed at Clear Lake speech contest Feb. 27. Seamus Sullivan gave a

spontaneous speech on cyber terrorism. Rukshad Daver spoke on school leadership issues. Both speakers received a division II rating on their performances. Ben Nelson, a first time participant, performed a prose piece and earned a division I rating. Melanie Van Horn performed in the solo musical theatre category and earned a division I rating.

Ben and Melanie will travel to Dubuque Senior High School to participate in the Individual State Speech Contest on March 12.

Pictured from left to right are: Lauren Dohlman, Rukshad Daver, Laura Schafer (speech coach/instructor), Melanie Van Horn, Ben Nelson and Seamus Sullivan. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A crowded gym full of supporters in the audience watched young performers act out the plot of “The Principal and the Pea” last week.

LEFT: Malaina Martinez stands before the crowd to deliver her speaking part, with Keston Lambertsen to her side. Both students played job applicants in the musical. RIGHT: West Fork vocal director Shelby Wilson leads the actions for her students to follow.

RIGHT: Levi Staudt crosses his arms near

his desk as he plays the retiring principal

during the show.

ABOVE LEFT: Emma Schipper says her lines during a dialogue part of “The Principal and the Pea” last week. ABOVE RIGHT: Aizyk Wiseman, the new principal, gets ready to say his line during a speaking part of “The Principal and the Pea.”