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Jenny Conrad is pictured with the custom, one of a kind, Jaguar quilt she donated to Southeast Valley Post Promfor a rafe fundraiser.

Jan. 21, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 3

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The Southeast Valley Post Prom committee willbe holding a rafe to win a beautiful jaguar quilt donatedby Jenny Conrad. I wanted to help out but I am not always avail-

able to help or attend meetings, says Jenny Conrad,whose son is a junior a Southeast Valley High School.This prompted her to create a one of a kind, custompieced and quilted, jaguar logo lap quilt that she donatedto the post prom committee. Jenny has been a traditionalquilter for many years and enjoys designing and creating

Gowrie resident makes, donates Jaguar quiltJaguar Quilt Rafe Feb. 3. . .

custom fabric art such as barns and owers that can beframed and displayed. The quilt, done in school colors of gray, black,and teal, measures approximately 67 wide by 88 tall. Itis currently displayed at the high school in Gowrie. Tick-ets will be available at school events, Heartland Bank and

Security Savings Bank locations throughout the schooldistrict as well as from other businesses and individuals.A donation of $5 receives one ticket or $20 for 6 tick -ets. The winner will be drawn at the last home basketballgame on Tuesday, February 3rd.

Fuel prices keep dropping

in Gowrie, Webster County

All around central Iowa gas prices have been fallingsince the beginning of December. That has brought goodnews to all who dread lling the tank and for those thathave more than one vehicle, some green is being savedfor sure. Prices started falling in Dayton, Gowrie andHarcourt and kept falling to $1.87 a gallon last week.Diesel has also decreased, dropping to $2.59 a gallon, the

lowest in years.More people hit the roads for Christmas in 2014than 2013 and we havent seen fuel prices this low inaround ten years. The national average right now is rightaround $2 a gallon and we can hope it stays that way. Itwas costing people over $60 to ll a tank, on average andnow its down to just under $40 for 20 gallons.

With fuel prices falling, the nancial burden ofgetting to work, or doctors appointments has been liftedquite a bit. The extra savings has allowed for more lei-surely travel and lets hope it continues into spring.

Oklahoma was the rst state to fall below $2 agallon back on Dec. 3 and more states followed.

Natural gas is the second largest resource ofelectricity in the U.S. after coal. In 2013, 27 percent ofelectricity was produced from natural gas. Falling fuel

prices does have an impact but not where people mightthink. Electricity prices come down when fuel prices dropand when gas prices go up, so do electricity prices. Low-ering fuel prices results in shrinking cash ow for powercompanies.

PV Tax Levy continued on page 4....

By Jill Viles

Residents of the Southeast Webster GrandSchool District and the Prairie Valley School district willsoon have the chance to address funding concerns in eachof their respective districts. Though the districts have en-tered into a Whole Grade Sharing partnership, each com-munity faces unique concerns, and will have a chance toaddress future funding needs through proposed tax lev-ies.

For example, the greatest need in the commu-nity of Dayton may involve the building of a gymnasium,whereas roof replacement at the high school building is ofprimary concern to residents of the Prairie Valley SchoolDistrict. Dr. Lois Irwin, superintendent of the PrairieValley School District, explains that the vote to approveincreased funding for the respective school districts was

purposefully scheduled for the same day to provoke pub-

lic interest and discussion. While the Prairie Valley School District is notoperating in the red this year, and the next year is ex-pected to secure enough funds, it is expected the districtwill run into a budget shortfall by years four and ve asthe district struggles to keep up with necessary buildingrepairs.

The proposed Physical Plant and EquipmentLevy will allow the district to prepare for very expensiverepairs such as roof and window replacement at the highschool, and other concerns at the elementary building inFarnhamville, including parking lot repairs, as well as thereplacement of two air-conditioning units.

Irwin cautions that if these maintenance issues

Prairie Valley School District set

public meeting on $1 tax levy electionWednesday, Jan. 21, in High School Library. . .

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By David Satterlee In recent news, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedi-

ca Inc. (BIVI), and formerly Fort Dodge Animal Healthis preparing to update and expand its operations in FortDodge, Ames and Sioux Center, Iowa. BIVI is expectedto invest more than $94.8 million in Webster County dur-ing the next four years. The combined Fort Dodge/Amesinvestment has been reported as $110,000. BIVI special-izes in health products for farm animals and pets, andmanufactures over 250 product lines. There are several people in the Gowrie, PVSchool District who are employed with BIVI (former-ly Fort Dodge Animal Health). Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) is an internationaldeveloper and manufacturer of prescription and OTCpharmaceuticals and is headquartered in Ingelheim,Germany but has about 145 afliates in 47 countries.BIwas founded in 1885 and is family owned. In the UnitedStates, Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation (BIC), a Dela-ware Corporation in Ridgeeld, Connecticut, managesat least ve U.S. subsidiaries, including BIVI, which isbased in St. Joseph, Missouri. The BIVI facilities have a long history in FortDodge. According to the Fort Dodge Laboratories specialcollection of Iowa State University, the Ames VaccineCompany (with its hog anti-cholera serum) was moved toFort Dodge in 1912 and renamed the Fort Dodge SerumCompany. This name was changed again in 1932 to FortDodge Laboratories. In 1945, American Home Products bought thecompany which became Fort Dodge Animal Health untilrecently. FD Animal Health produced vaccines, parasiti-cides and antibiotics. In 1995, FDAnimal Health acquiredAmerican Cyanamid and Syntex Animal Health and es-tablished its worldwide headquarters in Overland Park,Kansas. FD Animal Health changed its name to Wyeth in2002. In a parallel history, George Heidgerken, CEOof BIVI, explained In the U.S., our roots go back nearly

100 years to the early hog cholera vaccines developed bytwo Missouri hog farmers [W. True Davis, Sr. and Edger

A. Poe] who would eventually found the Anchor SerumCompany. Anchor developed and manufactured hogproducts in St. Joseph, Missouri.

In 1959, Anchor sold to North American Philips,which became Philips Roxane. BI bought Philips Roxanein 1981 and changed its name to Boehringer IngelheimAnimal Health, Inc. (BIAH) four years later and BIVI in1998. BIVI bought NOBL laboratories in Sioux Centerand Ames, Iowa in 1997 and opened a new productionfacility in St. Joseph in 2001. In 2009, Pzer Inc. Acquired Wyeth (includingits Fort Dodge Animal Health subsidiary) as part of a $68billion deal. To avoid unfair trade issues, Pzer began di-vesting some of its holdings. Shortly after, BIVI reportedthat it would acquire a signicant portion of the PzerAnimal Health business in Fort Dodge. This includedmanufacturing and research facilities. In the process, theyalso acquired multiple lines of animal vaccine and phar-maceutical products manufactured and sold throughoutthe world. At that time, Fort Dodge was a contender for aBIVI consolidation and expansion project also involvingtwo existing plants in St. Joseph. Fort Dodge BIVI sub-sequently lost about 40 jobs when St. Joseph was selectedfor construction of BIVIs 260,000 square foot main U.S.distribution center. Since acquiring the facilities in Fort Dodge,BIVI has nearly double in size. Anticipating increasedsales and production, BIVI increased its U.S. sales forceby about 75 positions to more than 250 during 2012. InApril 2013, BIVI completed a $285,000 investment attheir Fort Dodge campus with the integration of a new600 ton chiller plant/cooling tower. BIVI facilities in Fort Dodge include pharma-ceutical product manufacturing and packaging at the 141East Riverside Drive plant. BIVI does research and de-velopment, and also manufactures vaccines at its 800 5th

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million investment in Webster Countyormer Fort Dodge Animal Health corporation. . .

Street Northwest facility, including a new low-dose vac-cine for dogs. Since 1995, BIVIs Fort Dodge workershave been represented by the United Food and Commer-cial Workers Union, Local 6. BIVI applied to the Iowa Economic Develop-ment Authority (IEDA) for economic development -nancial assistance packages. The IEDA approved for amaximum of $1.96 million in tax credits for constructionto expand their Fort Dodge Health Production Facilities.This includes space for vaccine production, warehousingand a new Veterinary Research Center. In addition to Fort Dodge, BIVI has Iowa fa-cilities in the Iowa State University Park in Ames, Iowa.

These include a Swine Health Management Center withits Diagnostic Laboratory and Process Information Group.BIVI is planning to spend about $12 million in Ames fora new 52,088 square foot research and development facil-ity for ve target species including cattle, swine, horses,poultry and companion animals. They were also recentlyapproved by IEDA for a $137,000 investment tax creditand a $30,000 research activities tax credit. These aremaximums, depending on their tax liability. In 2011, Governor Branstad spoke at the grandopening of the rst of three new BIVI swine & cattledisease and vaccine research buildings in Sioux Center,Iowa. BIVI also decided to renovate existing researchbuildings there.

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Card of Thanks! Future Community Leaders SoupSupper Fundraiser was Well-Attended! Tank you toeveryone who came out and supported the FCL soupsupper fundraiser on Saturday, January, 10th, at theGowrie High School. We had a great turnout! Temoney raised will go towards the senior scholarshipfund. FCL would like to thank all the volunteers whoworked the soup supper and donated desserts to makeit a success. We would also like to thank West CentralCoop, Heartland Bank, and WCCA for their dona-tions of supplies and advertising. It wasmuch appreciated!

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Jan18, 1995...20 Years Ago...

Cynthia Buck, Moorland, was on Briar Cliff DeansList. Buck graduated from Prairie High School, Gowrie in1991. Cynthia is the daughter of Ronnie and Mary Buck...

Kenneth Koppen family thanked the staff and doc-tors at Trinity Regional Hospital Health Center for their

loving care and concern. They also thanked their rela-

tives and friends for their kind words, thoughts, gifts, andprayers...

Jeff and Sarah Erritt welcomed their Rebekah Dani-elle on Jan. 5. Grandparents of Rebekah are Gordon andJoyce Errit, and Robert and Carolyn McDaniel, all ofSommers...

Lori Bloomquist returned home after a six week stayat Univeristy Hospitals in Iowa City...

Julie Byrne, Moorland, was honored as an outstand-ing national leader and was named Whos Who AmongStudnets in American Universities and Colleges. Byrnemajored in Communication Disorders. She is the daugh-ter of Bill and Judy Byrne of Moorland...

LaVern Urelius celebrated her 80th Birthday Jan.24...

Marsha Birkland, a freshman at Buena Vista, daugh-ter of Beryl and Marilyn Birkland, and Stephen Dick,a freshman at Buena Vista, son of Mike and Pam Dick,were named to the Deans List for the 1994 fall semes-ter....

Aaron Bilstad, an 8th grader at Prairie Valley Middle

School, won the school-level competition of the NationalGeography Bee Jan. 10. Aaron is the son of Jennifer andThomas Bilstad of rural Somers...

Jan. 16, 1985...30 Years Ago...

Prairie High School Cheerleaders were Connie Aux-ier, Melissa Jordison, Jennifer Stokesbary, Sherry Jae-

schke, Ann Kaufman, and Mary Hamell...Tommorrows Citizens... from the Harcourt area,

Jenica Jo, 2, and Justine Ann, 1, children of Bruce andMelanie Owenson; Nathan, 4, and Evan, 1, sons of Eddieand Janet Peterson; Michelle, 2, and Peter, 11 months,children of Lawrence and Patricia Harmon; and Rachel,2, and Cathryn, 8 months, children of Russell E. Tells...

Carol Colleen Scullen, daughter of Dan and ShirleyScullen of Creston, became the bride of Barry Orness ofCreston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Orness of Gowrie,Dec. 22, 1984...

David Seil, Gowrie; Linda Gotschall and WendellLarson, Callender; Donald Gillis and Christine Paullin,Harcourt; Barry Eldal, Moorland; Miste Karlovec, Pa-ton; and Randy Neuman and Randy VanEvery, both ofSomers were named to the Iowa Central Community Col-

lege Honor Roll...Diane Kennedy, Gowrie, was named to the autumn

quarter Deans List at Ball State University...Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lange thanked everyone who

helped in any way to make their 60th Wedding Aniver-sary ovservance such a pleasant occasion...

Jane Ann Dellachiesa became the bride of KevinLane Dec. 1 at the Christ the King Catholic Church inDayton. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Nello Dellachie-sa, Lehigh, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lane, Callender...

O. Patricia Nelson became the bride of Alan Croon-quist Dec. 29. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. RobertoNelson, Santiago Chile and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Croon-quist, Moorland...

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Andrews was com-pletely destroyed by a re. The Andrews were not home

when the re was discovered by the mailman...

Webster CountySupervisors approvemanure plan update Boards January 6 meeting includes conne-ment feeding structure permit resolutionBy David Satterlee On January 6, the Webster County Board of Su-pervisors accepted the resignation of Margaret Woodruff,LPN. They also accepted a Manure Management Plan

Update for D. Craig Gascho and the Sheriffs Report ofFees Collected. The board adopted a Construction EvaluationResolution dealing with construction of connementfeeding operation structures. Under Iowa Code, passingthis resolution allows the county to submit an adoptedrecommendation to the Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources to approve or disapprove a construction permitapplication. It also allows the county to contest a DNRdecision on a specic application. Adopting this resolution also requires the Boardof Supervisors to evaluate and submit an adopted rec-ommendation for every connement feeding operationstructure construction permit application. Evaluationsmust use the master matrix created by Iowa Code section459.305 but may include recommendations based on ad-

ditional reasons.

By David Satterlee National Public Radio (NPR) has cut its climatechange reporting staff. Katherine Bagley rst broke thisstory in InsideClimate News. The report brought smuggrins to climate change deniers and howls of outragefrom activists, whose only comfort may be The Hufng-ton Posts headline that NPR Finally Stops Referring toGlobal Warming Deniers as Skeptics. Bagley reported that, [NPR] had three full-timereporters and one editor dedicated to covering the issuewithin NPRs science desk. One remainsand he is cov-ering it only part-time.

Anne Gudenkauf, senior supervising editor ofNPRs science desk told her, The move to shift report-ers off the environment beat was driven by an interest tocover other elds more in depth.

Gudenkauf expects that other NPR reporterswill cover the environment as part of their other work.However, the result, so far, has been about a one-thirddrop in NPR pieces tagged Environment. In contrast, Margaret Sullivan of the New YorkTimes pointed out that although the Times had pre-viously disbanded a specialist team of climate reporters,they moved in 2014 to assemble a newly-appointed edi-tor with a team of heavy-hitting reporters.

Barbara Strauch, the Times Science Editor isquoted as saying, The idea is that climate change is thebiggest story going, and we ought to be on it in a bigway. Its beginning to occur to editors that climatechange is no longer exclusively a science story. As cli-mate change continues to become a more-obvious issue,governments and businesses are responding in a wide va-riety of ways. Many governments are accelerating their push tostop burning carbon fuels and redirect priorities to renew-able energy sources. Iowa is continuing to see growth in

construction of wind farms. In this immediate area ofWebster County there are 109 wind generators. Manyplaces, such as California, for instance, are experiencingunprecedented drought. Increasing struggles for resourc-es are contributing to conict in the Middle East. The technology for alternate forms of energygeneration is poised to make coal-red power plants un-economical. Energy companies are beginning to maneu-ver to not be left behind as they prepare to diversify. It may be that NPR, instead of gutting its sci-ence reporting, has seen the light and is embracing anexpanded concept of what climate change means for ourworld.

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Notice of SpecialSchool ElectionNOTICE OF ELECTION

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified voters of the Prairie ValleyCommunity School District in the State of Iowa, that a special schoolelection of said school district will be held on February 3, 2015. The pollswill open at twelve oclock noon and the polls will close at 8 oclock P.M.The polling places for said election will be as follows: Director District No. 1 Prairie Valley Middle School 3116 Zearing Avenue Farnhamville, Iowa Director District No. 2 Callender Community Center 505 Thomas St Callender, Iowa Director District No. 3 Gowrie Community Center 1204 Market St Gowrie, Iowa The voting equipment will be tested and a public demonstration willbe held in the Bank Building, 723 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa, onThursday, January 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM and continuing until completed.The public is welcome and invited to attend.

NOTICE: CURBSIDE VOTING Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has theright to vote in the voters vehicle. Please contract the County AuditorsOffice for details and for information on absentee voting at the following: Telephone 515-573-7175 Email [email protected] Regular Mail 703 Central Avenue, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 Given under my hand and seal on this 19th day of January, 2015, atFort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. Take due notice and govern yourselfaccordingly.

Carol MesserlyWebster County Auditor andCommissioner of Elections

By David Satterlee On January 13, 2015, the Webster County Boardof Supervisors hired Hans Becker as Assistant County At-

torney. Hans was previously a prosecuting intern in theDubuque County attorneys ofce. He was selected fromamong six applicants. Dale Struecker, Webster County CompensationBoard Chairman, presented the Boards 2015/2016 salaryrecommendations. Elected ofcials were recommendedfor increases of about 3%. This follows a 5% catch upincrease last year. Mr. Struecker pointed out that, We tryto keep the salaries about 17th highest in the state. TheSupervisors accepted the report. Margo Knippel and Berna Tucker were appoint-ed to the Planning and Zoning Board. The department ad-ministers and enforces county planning, zoning, subdivi-sions, oodplains and dilapidated building abatement for

unincorporated areas. Appointments were also approvedfor the Condemnation Jury. The board approved appointing Jane Burleson,Pat McLoud and Mick Flaherty to the Webster County

Magistrate Appointing Committee. Karen Anderson, Vice President of the WebsterCounty Fair Board, updated the Supervisors on Fair-grounds activities and requested funding for the comingyear. The Fairgrounds have a new website, webstercoun-tyfairgroundsia.com, which is expected to better-promotebooking of available venues. Other Iowa counties havealready booked events through the site. Ms. Anderson pointed out that Weve com-pleted a lot of improvement projects. Were moving inthe right direction. Weve made a lot of progress. Thefairgrounds purchased new air conditioners, tables, chairsand a atbed truck in the last year, as well as repairingand upgrading several buildings. Volunteers completed apainting project. There is still a need to add heating to theoutdoor pavilion to make it available for more events.

Supervisors signsecurity contract The board agreed to sign a Contract betweenOwens-King Company and the Webster County Record-er for continued security storage of County microlm.These lms will continue to be stored as a secure backupof primary records maintained by the Recorder at theCourthouse.

The vault is in a climate-controlled area of anunderground cavern created by excavating limestone. Inthe discussion, other department heads commented on thedesirability of using similar backups of their own records.County supervisorssupport gas tax increase

The Board adopted a resolution supporting in-creased funding for County roads, highways, and bridges

through Iowas gas tax Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF).The fuel tax has not gone up signicantly since 1989,while the cost of construction has continued to climb.Collection of tax revenues have not kept up to meet infra-structure needs.

The shortfall in Iowa is running in excess of$215 million each year. The same resolution was passedby the Board last year as a pointed acknowledgement ofthe ongoing problem.

Webster County Supervisors give

support to gas tax increase in IowaMore funds needed for roads, bridges. . .

The Board authorized a utility permit for Centu-ryLink to bore under 170th street, west of Samson, for aber optic communication cable. Supervisor Keith Dencklau noted that the DesMoines water works is suing two Iowa counties for up-stream introduction of excess point-source nitrogen. Hestated that this is a very important issue.

are not addressed, the district may have to dip into theacademic fund for essential repairs that cannot be de-layed. She predicts this may lead to a snowball effect

in which more and more concerns are not preaddressedand emergency action must be taken. She explains shedoesnt want to see this type of strategy utilized by thePrairie Valley School District.

For example, the district needs to replace 14sections of roong over the next ve years. Becausethe individual sections were added at different times, theroof replacement may be done section by section, there-by preventing the district from receiving a bill for theentire replacement. However, some areas of the roof arein poor condition, such as the hallway known as thetrophy case hallway. A roof failure resulting in waterdamage appears eminent if this is not corrected soon.

Residents of the Prairie Valley School Districthave a long history of being supportive, explains Su-perintendent Irwin. If its something we need, theyre

likely to be supportive. Essentially, the proposed tax levy involves a$1.00 per $1,000 on valuation of property. Accordingto Irwin, people who own agricultural property are likelyto see the highest rise in property taxes due to the highvalue of land in the area. An alternative arrangement in-volves deriving 20% of each dollar from an increase inincome tax.

We are looking for a $1.00 increase, explainsIrwin. This can be achieved solely through propertytaxes, or it can be achieved by a combination of incomeand property taxes. Irwin hopes voters will take the time to educatethemselves on this very important issue. She points outthat Prairie Valleys property tax rate is the lowest of oth-er districts in the area. For example, Southeast Webster

Grand has a property tax rate of 14.4%, while PrairieValley has a property tax rate of 9.3%. This is a largediscrepancy, and one she is concerned might become anissue of the districts want to fully merge years down theroad.

The voter approved PPEL seeks to accomplishthree goals for Prairie Valley students: ensure funding toadequately maintain buildings, prevent more costly re-pairs in the future, and increase student access to technol-ogy. Additionally, if the proposed PPEL is passed andprovides funding for projects years into the future, thiswill prevent the district from having to turn to taxpayerson a regular basis to secure adequate funding. Passage of the PPEL requires 50%+1 vote. Thevote will be held on February 3, 2015. The SoutheastWebster Grand district will also vote on this same day.

The SWG school board has proposed continuing their 52cent propert tax levy and another 48 cents per $1,000valuation that would come via a state income surtax offour percent.

According to Prairie Valley School Board sec-retary, Lisa Willardson, a silver lining for everyone maystem from the many windmills in the area. Mid-AmericanEnergy owns the windmills and must pay property taxesbased on the income this technology creates. There aremore windmills in the Southeast Webster Grand SchoolDistrict than Prairie Valleys School District. However,it is hoped that both districts will see a rise in propertyvalue, and a subsequent decrease in taxes. Ultimately, it is hoped that voters recognize thePrairie Valley School District must be forward-thinking,not only for the next ve years, but many years into

the future. As Irwin explains, it is a difcult to decidewhether funds should be utilized for the maintenance orrepair of an existing building, or if funds raised should beutilized to create a new school building.

It is hoped that residents will have a lot tooffer as they are invited and encouraged to attend thepublic meeting on the tax levy in the high school li-brary on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6 P.M.

PV Levy tax...Continued from the front page...

MIDASCouncil of Governments

TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL PUBLIC MEETING

Region V MAP-21 Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) willhold a regional meeting on February 5, 2015 at 4:00 PMto discuss the

Surface Transportation Program (STP) and Transportation Alternative(TA) application process and to receive views and concerns from thepublic about transportation issues in the Region V area which includesthe counties of Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster andWright. The meeting will be held at MIDAS Council of Governments in theConference Room, 602 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Applications for the Region V MAP-21 STP and TA funding will beavailable after February 5, 2015 on the MIDAS website www.midascog.netor by contacting Shirley Helgevold at the number below. Applications must be received by 12:00 p.m. on March 27, 2015.

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

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Was that a blizzard outside or just a bit of snowand a lot of heavy, whipping around the corners, zig-zagging here and there winds? The next morning I de-cided it must have been all of that as I looked out myliving room patio door north to the hillside leading up

to the Police Academy grounds. It looked like a hugebowl of whipped cream. It reminded me of the elds ofBoone County the day we moved to the area. I had heardit was worse up that way so could imagine the view upthere with so many farmsteads now farmland, the vast-ness of that whipped cream looked now. I shuddered!! I listened to the news and was told how COLDit was, how much SNOW had fallen on our city and howWINDY it had been. The promise of this being an ultra-cold day, slick streets and just not at all nice out therebrought messages continually scrolling across the bot-tom of our TV screens with all the school closings andothers and nally Des Moines decided they should fol-low suit. It was Wednesday and for the rst time I canremember EVERYTHING was cancelled at church of-ce closed no lunch no noon services no supper

no Kids Klub no Conrmation no evening services.That day brought back a memory of a coupleyears or so ago. On Saturday we had an unusual cir-cumstance for our small church two funerals. I had as-sisted at the early one at the church and there was a lunchafter which we would then go to the cemetery. Pastorand his wife had made plans for a weeks vacation inFlorida and their departure was to be at 3:00 P.M. Thus,I stayed with the morning funeral family and attendeesand did the committal service. I rode with the driver inthe hearse and somewhat jokingly said to him that in away it was good I was getting to ride in the front seatbefore I had to take my last ride in back. This was mid-January and a quite pleasant day. The sun was shiningand we were protected from the slight breeze by the tent.The committal service went well and I was safely deliv-

ered back to the church. The second service was at noon and a muchsmaller one than the one at church. That fellow was aveteran who would be interred at the new Veterans cem-etery near Van Meter. There was one thing a bit differentthough. Because that cemetery does not bury anyone onweekends, Saturday and Sunday, he had to remain at thefuneral home. There was another glitch too. That Mon-day was Martin Luther King Day and being a Federalholiday no interments were scheduled in the cemeteryso we had to wait until Tuesday. Pastor and his wifehad made their 3:00 ight on Saturday shortly after thissecond funeral. So, again, it was my responsibility to dothe cemetery thing. It was snowing quite hard but not consideredblizzard force nor severe enough to close Des Moines

Schools which takes a lot. I drove over to the funeralhome and met the young man who was to take the de -ceased on his last ride. I had mentioned I would like toride with him as I had not been out there and didnt wantto get lost. The family would meet us out there. I wasglad I hadnt decided to drive. As we drove along therewere cars by the road, vehicles in ditches, some withsizeable dents in them. The snow was bad and then notso bad. It was blowing a very cold wind along with thesnow by the time we arrived. An attendant at the cem -etery met us and led us to a building thank goodness!We would be inside away from the wind even if in an un-heated building. Basically they allow only fteen min-utes for committal services. The only people there werethe widow, the only son and his family, wife, two chil-dren and daughter in law. There were two young men ashonor guards one of which was also the trumpeter. Soon we were wending our way back on I-35

What a difference a few days can make...but it seemed to have gotten worse again and I said aprayer and trusted my driver. We saw some new vehi-cles along the road on the way back. The snow seemedto be getting worse as was the wind. We nally made itback safely. I knew what I was going to do go home,

put the car in the garage and stay inside. Before leavingthe funeral home I called church to tell Nancy, our sec-retary, to go home and if anyone else was there for anyreason to tell them too. It was not a good day but we allarrived home safely. What a difference a few days can make, par-ticularly in Iowa where I have lived all my life a longtime and I have never, never gotten used to winter, es-pecially severe snowy, cold weather ones.

Southeast ValleySchedule of Events

Week of Jan 21st to Jan 28thWednesday, Jan 21

EARLY DISMISSAL 12:30PM

Teacher In-service PM

1:00 p.m. Annual Dance Team Workshop

Thursday, Jan 22

4:00 p.m. (A) JH Girls BB vs. Manson NWW

4:30 p.m. (H) B JVR Bask GAME - Madrid @

Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. (H) B&G V Bask GAME - Madrid @

Southeast Valley

7:30 p.m. Dance Team Performance Half-time Boys

BB game

Friday, Jan 23

4:30 p.m. (A) B V Wres OA-BCIG VARS - B V Wres

6:00 p.m. (H) B&G V Bask GAME - Newell-Fonda @

Southeast Valley-Conference Game

4:00 p.m. (H) G JV/B JVR Basketball GAME -

Newell-Fonda @ Southeast Valley-Main Gym/

Practice Gym

7:30 p.m. Dance Team Performance Half-time Boys

BB gameSaturday, Jan 24

District Speech - Large Group Contest

10:00 a.m. (A) B V Wres OA-BCIG VARS - B V

Wres

Sunday, Jan 25

3:00 p.m. Dance Team Show & Fundraiser

Monday, Jan 26

4:00 p.m. (H) JH Girls BB vs. Woodward-Granger

6:00 p.m. (H) B&G JV Bask GAME - South Central

Calhoun @ Southeast Valley

4:00 p.m. (H) B JVR Bask GAME - South Central

Calhoun @ Southeast Valley

Tuesday, Jan 27

4:00 p.m. (H) JH Girls BB vs. Glidden Ralston

4:00 p.m. (A) B JVR/JV Bask GAME - SoutheastValley @ Pocahontas Area

6:00 p.m. (A) B&G V Bask GAME - Southeast

Valley @ Pocahontas Area-Conference Game

Wednesday, Jan 28

11:30 p.m. TriM Induction 11:30am

*Schedule is pulled from the PV website for your convenience*www.prairievalley.k12.ia.us

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

Birthdays21-Jan Joyce Erritt, Roxi Madson22-Jan Lindsay Cudi, Ashtyn Wright23-Jan Dean Wallestad24-Jan Ryan Hicks, Peg Stickrod25-Jan Joe Ewing, Walter Lusmann

Heather (Schleisman) Seeden Herman Seil, Betty Thomas Julie Wooters26-Jan Kris Kaufman, Patrice Klingson27-Jan Paul Hanson, Beverly Martin Brittney Pearson28-Jan Roger Kopecky, Carmen Vosberg

Killing Patton : The Strange Death ofWWII's Most Audacious General

by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Readers around the world have thrilled to Kill-ing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus--rivetingworks of nonction that journey into the heart of the mostfamous murders in history. Now from Bill OReilly, an-chor of The OReilly Factor, comes the most epic book ofall in this multimillion-selling series: Killing Patton. General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mys-terious circumstances in the months following the endof World War II. For almost seventy years, there hasbeen suspicion that his death was not an accident--andmay very well have been an act of assassination. KillingPatton takes readers inside the nal year of the war andrecounts the events surrounding Pattons tragic demise,naming names of the many powerful individuals whowanted him silenced.

Southeast Valleydance show Jan. 25

At the SV high school... The Southeast Valley Dance Team annual work-shop Performance Show will be Sunday, Jan. 25 at 3:00p.m. at the Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie.

Boys and girls ages Pre-K though eighth gradewill perform a dance routine taught by Vicky's DanceAcademy in Gowrie. The performance show will be agreat event to watch the children performa and show offtheir dancing skills. The show is a fun family experiencewith DJ Dean Vinchattle. There will be a dessert bar at theshow.

Joanna Dooleygraduates from basiccombat training

Army Pvt. Joanna H. Dooley has graduated from ba-sic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier stud-ied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values,physical tness, and received instruction and practicein basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical war-fare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching,

rie marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, mapreading, eld tactics, military courtesy, military justicesystem, basic rst aid, foot marches, and eld trainingexercises.

Dooley is the daughter of David P. Rosen and Re-becca Radford of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and daughter-in-lawof Billie J. Long of Moorland, Iowa.

She is a 2014 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior HighSchool, Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Young preacher meets farmer A very zealous soul-winning young preacher re-cently came upon a farmer working in his eld. Beingconcerned about the farmers soul the preacher asked theman, Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord mygood man? Not even looking at the preacher and continuinghis work the farmer replied, Naw, these are soybeans. You dont understand, said the preacher. Areyou a Christian? With the same amount of interest as his previousanswer the farmer said, Nope my name is Jones. Youmust be lookin for Jim Christian. He lives a mile south ofhere. The young determined preacher tried again ask-ing the farmer, Are you lost? Naw! Ive lived here all my life, answered the

farmer. Are you prepared for the resurrection? thefrustrated preacher asked. This caught the farmers attention and he asked,Whens it gonna be? Thinking he had accomplished something theyoung preacher replied, It could be today, tomorrow,or the next day. Taking a handkerchief from his backpocket and wiping his brow, the farmer remarked, Well,dont mention it to my wife. She dont get out much andshell wanna go all three days.Watermelon patch A farmer in the country has a watermelon patchand upon inspection he discovers that some of the localkids have been helping themselves to a feast. The farmer thinks of ways to discourage thisprot-eating situation. So he puts up a sign that reads:WARNING! ONE OF THESE WATERMELONS CON-TAINS CYANIDE! He smiled smugly as he watched the kids run offthe next night without eating any of his melons. The farmer returns to the watermelon patch aweek later to discover that none of the watermelons havebeen eaten, but nds another sign that reads: NOWTHERE ARE TWO!

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Tami Gutshall and Tim Barrett both of Moor-land, are engaged. Parents of couple are Steve and PamGutshall of Farnhamville; and Steve and Shelley Barrettof Moorland. A February 28th wedding is planned. Gut-shall attended school at Buena Vista University. She isemployed at Iowa Central as a Distance Learning Coor-dinator. Barrett attended school at Iowa Central Commu-nity College. He currently farms and sells seed.

Gutshall, Barrett

Heartland Insurance Agency, Inc. with locations inManson, Callender, Somers and Gowrie, Iowa, was rec-ognized as a top-producing crop insurance agency in2014.

Farmers Mutual Hail (FMH) recognizes the top-pro-ducing agencies in total premium each year. HeartlandInsurance has been recognized as 23rd in the state forcombined Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) and CropHail premium.

Heartland Insurance has been a crop insurance agen-cy with FMH for 40 years. Its important when offering

Heartland Insurance Agency, Inc. recognizedas top-25 producing agency in Iowa

By Farmers Mutual Hail...MultiPeril and Crop Hail Insurance, that our agents havea clear understanding of the Insurance Companys prod-ucts, policies and procedures. With 40 years under ourbelt I think you can say we have that understanding andare proud and honored to receive this recognition. SaysKatie Rosenboom, Agency Manager at Heartland Insur-ance Agency.

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowaprovides crop insurance in 15 Midwestern states, prop-erty and casualty insurance in six states, and has a rein-surance department that operates in domestic and inter-national markets.

Katie Rosenboom, Agency Manager at Heartland In-surance Agency

Southeast Valley JVJaguars come up short The JV girls basketball team had a busy week

last week competing in three games. Up rst was GreeneCounty on Saturday night. The Jaguars dropped a 43 - 8decision to the Rams. Carson Shipley lead the Jaguarswith 4 points. Leah Gibbons and Ebony Scott both addeda basket. On Monday, the Jaguars faced East Sac inGowrie. After being tied at halftime 11 - 11, the Jaguarsended up losing 32 - 19. Southeast Valley had 5 girlsin the scoring column. Leah Gibbons lead the way with7 points, Emma Graves and Katie Walrod both added 4points and Carson Shipley and Ebony Scott both scored2. Finally, on Thursday, Southeast Valley travelledto Lake City to face South Central Calhoun. The Jag-uars struggled in the rst quarter, but were able to ndthe basket and play the Titans even for the next two quar-

ters, until South Central pulled away in the 4th quarterto a 34 - 11 win. Ebony Scott lead the Jags in this gamewith 6 points. Karissa Heisterman added a basket fortwo points, while Emma Graves, Leah Gibbons and Ka -tie Walrod each added a point. Micaela Fevold, LeslieHousken and Anna Hanson all contributed to all threegames with several rebounds and solid defense. Southeast Valley has another couple busy weekscoming up. The Jags will travel to Newell Fonda onMonday night, before hosting Manson on Tuesday andNewell Fonda on Friday at 4:30pm before the Varsitygames. The following week, the Jags will host SouthCentral Calhoun on Monday, Jan. 26th, before travelingto Pomeroy on the 27th and East Sac on the 29th.

Divorce support group

at Our SavioursIn Callender...

DivorceCare, a special help seminar and supportgroup for people experiencing divorce and separation,will be held on Thursday evenings at Our Saviours Lu-theran Church, 504 James St. in Callender beginningJanuary 29th. Please call ahead if child care is needed.

DivorceCare features nationally recognized expertson divorce and recovery topics. Seminar sessions includeFacing My Anger, Facing My Loneliness, New Re-lationships, KidCare and Forgiveness. Meetingswill be held at the Church.

The cost is $15 for the workbook but scholarshipsare available based upon nancial need. For more infor-

mation, call the church ofce at 515-548-3423.

New ofcers namedat Security State Bank;Brad Lane new CEO At the annual meeting held on Tuesday, January13, 2015, an announcement was made by the Board ofDirectors concerning the retirement of Steven R. Lane,President-CEO of Security Savings Bank.

Mr. Lane will remain as Chairman of the Boardand President/Secretary of the holding company, SecurityFinancial, Inc.

The new presiding President-CEO will be Brad-ley S. Lane, who has been serving as Executive VicePresident.

Brian T. Lane will be promoted to ExecutiveVice President/Senior Loan Ofcer. The 2015 Boardof Directors are: Steven Lane, Daryl Carlson, ScottEngquist, Bradley Lane, Brian Lane and Larry Krakau,ex-ofcial.

Webster County

4-H InterviewsJan. 25, 26 at Ft. Dodge. . .

Interviews for out-of-county events will be heldon Sunday, January 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Monday, Jan-uary 26 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Webster County Ex-tension Ofce, 217 S. 25th Street, Fort Dodge. 4-Hers

may attend either day. 4-H members in sixth grade and above are en-couraged to attend interviews if they are interested in at-tending a variety of events or being a County CouncilCandidate. Youth Committee members visit with the4-Hers about 4-H, family, school, and community in-volvement. The interview process is an important learn-ing process. For many 4-Hers this is their rst experi-ence at interviewing and for those that have been throughthis process for several years, positive comments havecome back after they have applied for jobs or scholar-ships, that they really appreciated their rst interview ex-perience in 4-H!

Opportunities 4-Hers will be selected for:State 4-H Conference - To be held on the ISU campusJune 30, July 1 & 2. All youth who have completed 8th

grade and above may attend. The Webster County 4-HFoundation pays part of the fee for 4-H members whowent through county interviews. Animal Science Round Up - Is held at the sametime as State 4-H Conference. Hands on workshops forthe horse, beef, swine, and sheep projects. New for 2015 participants need to apply online. County Council Candidates - Any 4-Her whois an 8th grader or older may apply to be a candidate.County Council members serve a valuable leadership roleas they attend monthly meetings, carry out the awardsbanquet, install ofcers, etc. Junior Camp Counselors - Webster, Wright,Hamilton, Hardin, Franklin and Humboldt counties willhave jr. camp June 10,11,12 at the State 4-H camp in Ma-drid. Several counselors are needed.

Intermediate Trip 4-Hers in 7th & 8th gradesmay interview to attend the Intermediate Trip to Minne-apolis in June. This is a fun lled three day adventure. Omaha Zoo Trip is an over night adventure inwhich 6,7,8 graders spend the night at the Omaha Zoowith night and day tours given.

Please call the Webster County Extension ofceat 576-2119 if you have questions.

Bradley S. Lane

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Gowrie area studentson ICCC Deans List

Iowa Central Community College has releasedtheir Fall 2014 Deans List and the local area studentsbeing honored are:

Gowrie- Stephanie M. Blunk, Tori N. Hamil-ton, Craig D. Shultz, and Stacy M. Suchan;

Farnhamville - Misty D. Middleton;Callender - Antonio J. Castillo Jr.;Moorland - Bailey L. Walrod;Burnside - Macy A. DeVries;Otho -Marcy M. Weinzetl;Lohrville - Timothy T. Hoeing, Stephanie A.

Hood.

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Small rural communities looking for assistanceto help renovate or deconstruct abandoned commercialand public structures can apply for funding through theDerelict Building Grant Program.

Applications for the next round of funding aredue at 4 p.m. central time on Feb. 27. Instituted by state legislation to help rural com-munities with populations of 5,000 or less to deconstructor renovate abandoned commercial and public structures,the Derelict Building Grant Program emphasizes reuseand recycling of building items, helps improve street ap-pearance and commercial development, and alleviatesthe environmental concern these buildings can pose.

Gowrie, Dayton, Lehigh andmore may apply for building grantDerelict Building Grant helps small towns. . .

Financial assistance includes asbestos removal,building deconstruction and renovation, and other in-spections and environmental site assessments. Funding is awarded annually on a competitive

basis. A committee from the Iowa DNR, Iowa Societyof Solid Waste Operations, Iowa Recycling Association,Iowa Economic Development Authority and Keep IowaBeautiful selects the projects for funding. More information about the grant program, ap-plication forms, and resources are available at www.iow-adnr.gov/Environment/LandStewardship/WasteManage-ment/DerelictBuildingProgram.aspx.

The Southeast Valley Dance Team perform during the boys half time Friday night. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Aaliyah Scott brings the ball up the court for theJaguars. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Conner Conrad, #4 lays the ball in for two pointsagainst East Sac. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

JH Jag Girls winat Lake View The Southeast Valley JH girls basketball teamsplayed East Sac at Lake View Tuesday night. It was anight of doubles for the Jaguars with both 7th and 8thgrade squads winning by a score of 43-25. Jaynie Fer-rari and Cassie Bergland led the scoring for the 7th gradewith 16 points each. The 7th grade also got qualityminutes from Maggie Anderlik, Viatris Scott, DelaneyConrad, Makenzie Crampton and Taegan Long. The 7thgrade improves to 6-2 on the season. The 8th grade was led in scoring by Mady Jae-schke with 20 points. The Jags also got outstanding wingplay from Morgan Castenson, Shelby Cummins andSammy Alphs. Cassidy Lambert and Hannah Devrieswere both strong in the post with Lanie Nelson havingan outstanding all around game for the 8th grade whoimproves to 5-3 on the season.

H Jag Girls Basketball;Seventh grade victory,Eighth grade loss

The Southeast Valley JH Girls Basketball teamlayed South Central Calhoun and Rockwell City Thurs-ay night. Despite a very sluggish 1st half the 7th gradeame away with a 34-20 victory over the Titans. Jaynieerrari led the way with 17 pts with Cassie Bergland rightehind with 13. The Jaguars got outstanding hustle fromhe trio of Delaney Conrad, Viatris Scott and Makenzierampton to improve to 7-2 on the season.

The 8th grade dropped a 12-39 decision to theTitans. It was just an off night with the Jaguars unableto get any kind of offense going. Some bright spots werethe hustle of Lanie Nelson, Sammy Alphs and KaseyLundberg. Morgan Castenson and Hannah Devries had agood night on the boards however the Jags could just notnd their game tonight, however this is a very solid teamwith great attitudes that will put this game behind themand get ready for Woodward-Granger Monday night. The8th grade is now 5-4 on the season

Gowrie area studentson Presidents Listat ICCC. . .

Iowa Central Community College has releasedtheir Fall 2014 Presidents List and the local students be-ing honored are:

Gowrie- Trevor E. Kalahar, Shannon L. Stur-geon;

Dayton -Brittany A. Johnson, Melanie J. Lam-bert, Caalyn T. Loehrs Dowling;

Lehigh -Ryan R. Fawcett, Rory J. Grandeld. Otho -Lois J. McCoy;

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CALLENDER

YOURLOCALCHURCHDIRECTORY

GOWRIE

ZION LUTHERANCHURCH

James G. Davis, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 Sunday Worship

Wed., Jan 21 7:00 p.m. Conrmation 7:30 p.m. WEBS at Julie

PetersensSun., Jan 25 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship

11:30 a.m. Morning Glo-ry Bells11:30 a.m. Annual Bud-get Meeting

Tues., Jan 27 7:00 p.m. Church Coun-

cil Meeting

Wed., Jan 28 3:45 p.m. Beginner &

Sonshine Bells 6:00 p.m. Vesper Ring-

ers 7:00 p.m. Conrmation

HARCOURT

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH

Rod Meyer, Pastor ~~

Worship 10:30 amFellowship 9:30 am

Sunday School 9:30 am

HARCOURT

UNITEDEVANGELICAL

COVENANT CHURCHCraig Vote, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday Worship~

Mondays:9:30 amWomen's Bible Study.

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Saturdays: 7 pm Men'sBible Study.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Karen Young, Pastor

9:00 am Sunday Worship

MOORLAND

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST



OUR LADY OFGOOD COUNSEL

Served by the priests ofthe Webster Co.Catholic parishes

Sunday Morning Mass:10 a.m.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Annette Ruhs Kruse,Pastor

9:00 a.m. Sunday School10:15 a.m. Sunday Worship

Wednesday, January 21st 2:30 PM BINGO at Care

Center 5:30 PM Conrmation 5:30 PM Glory Bells 7:00 PM Choir PracticeFriday, January 23rd 1:00 PM QuiltersSunday, January 25th 9:00 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Worship 11:15 AM Stone Soup 1:00 PM Tubing and Pizza

PartyMonday, January 26th 12:00 PM Small GroupTuesday, January 27th 1:00 PM Quilters 7:00 PM Men's Small

Group

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Wed., Jan 21 9:00 a.m. WELCA

Bible StudySun., Jan 25 9:15 a.m. Worship

LANYON

EVANGELICALCOVENANT CHURCHMarc Murchison, Pastor

9:30 am - Worship10:30 am -

Coffee Fellowship11 am - Sunday School

~~

Wednesdays:6 pm - ACTION = A lotof Church Things In One

Night

Saturday:

8 am - Men's Fellowship(Harcourt Depot)

www.lanyoncovenant.org

FARNHAMVILLE

HOLY TRINITYLUTHERAN CHURCHRobert Zellmer, Pastor


8:30 Sunday School

Mondays:Ladies Bible Study

9:30amArmor of God Class

7:00pm2nd & 4th Tuesday:

Community Meal 11:30am

FIRST UNITEDCHURCH

PastorJames H. Chesnutt


Wednesdays:Lunch Bunch 4:30-6:00 PMYouth Mission Team 5:15Kids Bell Choir 6:00-6:15

SOMERS

UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH

Pastor James H. Chesnutt


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

at Church

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

Dan & ColleenGoodwins

OUR SAVIOURSLUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor: Jon Rollefson

9:15 am Sunday Worship10:15 am Fellowship10:30 Sunday School

11:00 am Adult Forum

Mondays:Bible Study with Don

Doolittle, 7:00 pmTuesdays:

Women's Evening BibleStudy, 7:00 pmWednesdays:

Conrmation, 6:00 pmThursdays:

Choir Practice, 6:15 pmGriefShare Class, 6:30 pm

Saturdays:Men's group, 9:00 am

Thurs., Jan. 229:00 AMDorcas/LydiaCircle, Fireside Room

2:00 PMMary/MarthaCircle, Fireside Room

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Dysart FamilyConcert Jan. 31At Lanyon Convenant Church...

Lanyon Covenant Church joyfully presents The DysartFamily in Concert Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6 p.m. TheLanyon Covenant Church is located at 39115 204th Ave. in Lan -yon (rural Harcourt), Iowa 50544.

The Dysart Family is one of the countrys nest South -ern Gospel Singing Groups. The Dysart Family offers SouthernGospel fans unique, close family harmonies, with a diverse and

powerful selection of music.LeWain and Lorena Dysart, with their ve children, be-

gan performing in various venues in 2006 and began releasingCDs in 2007. The Dysart Family, based in Macon, Missouri, issigned with Crossroads Records, one of gospel musics largestrecord labels, and tour nationwide. They were nominated forHorizon Group of the year in 2012, and in 2014 were voted oneof the top ten nominees for New Mixed Group in the SingingNews Fan Awards.

They saw their rst radio single, Up and Away, chart atnumber 28 on the Country Gospel Top 100 in February, 2012,and their current single, an original song written by LeWain Sr.entitled Gods Love Is So Amazing, charted at number 46 on theSinging News Top 80 charts in January, 2014.

The Dysarts approach to their music ministry incorpo-rates a serious focus on personal relationships with Jesus, theirlove for each other in the home, and just plain hard work ontheir music.

What they end up with are blessed times of worship in con-cert, complimented by a tight family blend that is distinctiveto The Dysarts. Original songs from the daughter, Kendra, andDad, LeWain, some fun times, and laughter at Dads silly storiesof life in the home, all add up to a concert that no one wants tosee come to an end.

Kendra and LeWain II join Mom and Dad for close familyquartet harmonies, trios and duets. Kendras lead voice has peo-ple talking about how such a voice can come from such a younglady, while LeWain IIs deep, smooth bass adds that somethingextra that everyone wants to hear from a quartet. Lorena, themother, adds her rich alto to the mix and LeWain, the father,

joins in with the tenor. All combined you get a unique familyblend that is simply the Dysarts. It is the highlight of the concertwhen the three younger boys join the family to sing a few songsin each concert.

Lanyon Covenant is part of the Evangelical Covenant

Church which is a fast growing multi-ethnic denomination com-

mitted to sharing Jesus Christ in every possible way and placein this world.

A freewill offering will be received.

The Dysart Family is one of the countrys nest Southern Gospel Singing Groups. The Dysart Family offers SouthernGospel fans unique, close family harmonies, with a diverse and powerful selection of music. They will perform at the Lan-yon Covenant Church on Jan. 31.

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CITY OF CALLENDER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTESJanuary 13, 2015

The City Council Meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by MayorPro Tem Don Weston. Present Kim Jondle, Dave Lee, Darryl Shirbrounand Don Weston. Darryl Shirbroun joined the meeting at 6:33 p.m. Absent:Mayor Randy Hanson and Wanda Martens. Public Hearing moved after Guests/Business From The Floor.

Guests From The Floor Lois Irwin, Superintendent Prairie ValleySuperintendent, discussed a special election 2/3/2014 to vote for a PrairieValley School District physical plant and equipment tax levy. (SE WebsterGrand will have a separate vote as well). The proposal is to change thecurrent rate from $9.26 to $10.26. This is a $1.00 per thousand dollarsof valuation. Lois asked, and the city is in favor of 3 polling locations;Gowrie, Callender, and Farnhamville. Passage requires simple majorityvote. Weston asked the long term plans regarding school buildings?There will be a public hearing 1/21/15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Gowrie Library.Mark Campbell, Webster County Supervisor, reminded the council of theupcoming annual Landfill and EMA meetings. Mark also mentioned thecounty is working on policies for rural housing developments.

Motion by Lee, Second by Shirbroun to Open Public Hearingregarding Water and Electric Utility Rates. There were no commentsfrom the public during the public hearing. Motion by Shirbroun, Second byJondle to Close Public Hearing,MC

Committee / Departmental Reports:Storm sewer work on Agnesis delayed. Annual Exam (audit) is scheduled for 2/16 & 2/17. City pickup claim processed and repairs completed. Lift Station lagoon work andinvoice pending. DOT will replace lagoon access road with curved guardrails. Map project scheduled for completion in the next 30 days. Sanderparts for dump truck installed. Tractor is being serviced for electricalproblems. Motion by Shirbroun, Second by Lee to approve the ConsentAgendato include: City Council Meeting Minutes 12/DATE/2014, Claims/ Payables December 2014 , Financial Report Bundle December 2014(including city/library financials). Approval includes Bergman invoice $410(camera location) and Woodruff (residential) invoice $990.71. MC Motion by Shirbroun, Second by Jondle to approve the agenda. MC Codification Update Chapter 35 Fire Protection. MilesMcCubbin, Mike Peterson and Jeff Petersen, Board of Trustees for theBenefited Fire District #2, will create a written 28E agreement to provideThe City of Callender with fire protection. The City of Callender will belisted within the boundaries of their district. It will include the contributionfrom the city. Once final it will be filed with the State of Iowa then City Code/ Chapter 35 Fire Protection will be in compliance.

Prairie Valley School Tax Levy(as noted under Guests/BusinessFrom The Floor) Legal Update Mid States Millwrights attorney has indicatedthey will request a training fire at the old elevator location. There is an

Regular MeetingJanuary 12, 2015

Regular meeting was held January 12, 2015, 6:00 PM at the utilitiesbuilding with the following board members present: Boerner, Sturm, andTvrdik. Gayle Redman, council liaison was also present. Motion by Boerner to approve minutes & financials, second Sturm.Carried-all ayes. Bills allowed on motion by Boerner, subject to audit, second Sturm.Carried-all ayes. Lane arrived at 6:09 pm. Consensus to approve the agenda.

ANGSTROM, CHUCK ADDTL SALARY TO COVER TAXES/CELL PHONE 1,956.84PAYROLL TAXES STATE TAX 782.00ARAMARK BLDG & MAINT SUPPLIES 57.74BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY SERVICE 938.48JIM BLAIR SANITATION, RECYCLING 373 CUSTOMERS 1,678.50TCB SANITATION GARBAGE-373 CUSTOMERS 5,781.50CITY OF GOWRIE ELEC, GARBAGE & WATER 4,697.19EMC ELEC DIST SUPPLIES 34.65GMU UTILITY SERVICE 2,314.10GOWRIE NEWS, PUBL-FLUORIDE NOTICE/MINUTES/XMAS AD317.04GOWRIE SERVICE BATTERIES, GAS & DIESEL 518.31HAWKINS INC CONTAINER DEMURRAGE 5.00ACHFILE-HEARTLAND BANK ACHFILE 32.10SINKING FUNDS-HEARTLAND SINKING FUNDS 10,875.00IAMU ENERGIZERS 144.74IOWA ONE CALL SERVICE LOCATES 28.90KRIZ-DAVIS COMPANY ELEC DIST SUPPLIES 1,498.29MANGOLD ENVIRON TESTING WW COMPOSITES 577.00MENARDS BLDG MAINT SUPPLIES 60.75NAPA BLDG MAINT SUPPLIES 17.10OFFICE ELEMENTS COPIER CONTRACT 109.06WCCTA TELEPHONE 303.24CHASE PAYMENTECH MONTHLY FEE 42.19SIMECA POWER PURCHASED 43,686.21

EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 4,323.35WELLMARK BLUE CROSS, HEALTH INSURANCE/JAN 2015 4,085.19DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA, DENTAL INSURANCE/JAN 2015 252.58PRINCIPAL LIFE LIFE INSURANCE/JAN 2015 73.60IPERS IPERS 2,593.88BROWN SUPPLY COMPANY WATER DIST SUPPLIES 407.77GOWRIE DEVELOPMENT COMM, LIGHTING REBATE 440.00PETTY CASH, POSTAGE, TIRE REPAIR, SUPPLIES 67.22T & R ELECTRIC SUPPLY TRANSFORMERS 1,750.00TAYLOR CLEANING OFFICE CLEANING 90.00BOMGAARS, JACKETS FROM SHARED DOLLARS 743.15OWENS INSPECTION SERVICES,

WATER TOWER PAINT INSPECTION 805.60J R STELZER COMPANY, PARTIAL PYMNT TOWER PAINTING100,000.00DEPOSIT REFUNDS REFUND DATE 12/29/2014 71.52PAYROLL CHECKS TOTAL PAYROLL CHECKS 12,629.60

Total revenues for month $123,550.85. Total expenses for month$258,640.20. Sturm moved to have K & D Land Improvement remove the oldgenerators under the same contract that Rod Lilly had with the exceptionof a longer removal time. Second Lane. Carried-all ayes. Sturm moved and second by Lane to continue the healthreimbursement for Chuck with a new medical waiver signed and to payChuck the additional taxes at the end of the year to cover what he will owe.

Carried-all ayes.Chuck discussed with the board the federal mandate on FR (fireresistant) clothing. The quote from Cintas is $52.96/week or $2753.02 peryear for three employees. This will replace their uniform allowance and beapproved monthly with the bills. Discussion was held on the 2015-16 budget. Lane move approvalwith a second from Sturm. Carried-all ayes.

Chuck informed the board that $500 of the shared dollars fromCIPCO was designated to go to the Gowrie Youth Center towards theirnew furnace/ac. Motion by Sturm to adjourn, second Boerner. Meeting adjourned7:00 PM. Next regular meeting to be held February 9, 2015, 4:30 PM at theutilities building.__________________________ ____________________________Patrice Klingson Debra TvrdikSec of Board Chair of Board

Salaries for 2014 Charles A. Angstrom 67417.45 Patrice A. Klingson 35307.87 Michael J. Horrocks 43823.62 Gordon D. Adkins 47222.52 Ryan G. Roepsch 24403.18 Adam C. Smith 9965.00 Danielle J. Clancy 177.50 Bruce Towne 200.00 Debra Tvrdik 250.00 Bradley Lane 250.00 Jeff Boerner 250.00 Kevin Sturm 250.00 Lynn Rittgers 50.00

initial appearance on Property Maintenance Code 1/23/2014. Motion byShirbroun, Second by Jondle to approve Resolution #476 to set publichearing to hear comments regarding the sale of city property located at

717 Charles Street February 10, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. Ayes:Lee, Jondle, Shirbroun, Weston. MC Tentative timeline: 2/10/15 anotherresolution will follow to include the details and timing of sealed bids to sellproperty with sealed bids due 4:00 p.m. March 10, 2015. 2/10/15 the citywill review sealed bids and either approve the disposal of sale or reject anyand all bids.

City voided all prior readings applicable to Ordinance Amendment#184 Water Rates and #185 Electric Rates. City will start over with anew Public Hearing Notice with readings to follow at the next city councilmeeting. Utility Report Motion by Shirbroun, Second by Lee approving baddebt status in the amount of $1,448.18 (5 accounts) and approved UBadjustments in the amount of $36.35 (2 accounts). MC. The January utilitybilling was estimated due to weather demands/restrictions. It was notedthe lagoon gates will be locked due to recent problems with trespassing. Annual publication of wages: Total Wages 89,884.38, W. Martens$395.00, D. Lee-Luke $34,294.78, T. Twito $15,089.37, D. Lee $395.01, D.Weston $420.00, D. Shirbroun $420.00, R. Hanson $1200.00, S. George$150.00, J. McCormick $29,442.92, J. Urban 967.14, J. Horrell $6,912.66,K. Jondle $187.50/ Four (4) 1099s = grand total $64,827.62. Annual Mayor Appointments tableduntil 2/10/2015. Callender Fun Days - Motion by Shirbroun, Second by Lee topurchase yearly BINGO license $35. MC. This and event insurance $550will be included in the new city budget. City Council will have a Special Meeting 1/19/2015 at 6:30 p.m. in CityHall to discuss the FY 15/16 budget, financial strategies and OrdinanceAmendment #184 and #185 Utility Rates.DECEMBER 2014 PAYABLES / CLAIMSDECEMBER 2014CALHOUN COUNTY ELECTRIC UTILITIES 13,024.14BANKERS TRUST LOAN 3,558.75EIDE, ERIC LEGAL 2,076.57GOWRIE NEWS PUBLIATION 171.38HEARTLAND BANK FEES 1.61IPERS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 1,147.37IOWA WORKFORCE DUES 42.91LEE-LUKE, DENITA TRAINING 118.56LEHIGH VALLEY COOP TELEP LIBRARY 497.19ACCESS SYSTEMS LIBRARY 79.79MENARDS SUPPLIED 123.2MID AMERICAN ENERGY LIBRARY 505.13PEDERSON SANITATION GARBAGE/RECYCLE 7,823.72WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF DUES 3,392.00BAKER AND TAYLOR LIBRARY 291.95MICROMARKETING LIBRARY 145.93DEMCO LIBRARY 161.09CID LIBRARY 37.35TREASURER STATE OF IOWA PAYROLL RELTED 790CITY OF CALLENDER UTILITIES 1,761.82POSTMASTER LIBRARY 237

COLLECTIONS SERVICES CTR PAYROLL RELATED 713.52SW WEBSTER AMBULANCE ANNUAL PAY 2,500.00CALLENDER CEMETERY ANNUAL PAY 1,500.00CALLENDER FIRE DEPT. ANNUAL PAY 4,500.00QUILL SUPPLIES 169.61CAPSTONE PRESS LIBRARY 276.27PETTY CASH LIBRARY LIBRARY 83.04EFTPS PAYROLL RELATED 1,643.72MARJO BY ENGEL MISC 30.75WOODRUFF ELECTRIC CONTRACT LABOR 2,324.32STOREY KENWORTHY SUPPLIES 259.55BIANCHI HEATING & COOLING FURNACE 2,824.60UNITY POINT CLINIC FEES 25IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY LOAN 5,700.00STRAIGHT TALK PHONE 49.43QUALITY PUMP AND CONTROL SERVICE 692.74PAYROLL 12/10/2014 3,834.08PAYROLL 12/22/2014 2,642.34 CLAIMS TOTAL 65,756.43GENERAL FUND 30,071.74ROAD USE TAX FUND 935.06EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND 14.2DEBT SERVICE FUND 3,558.75WATER FUND 3,242.45SEWER FUND 2,506.53

ELECTRIC FUND 19,727.70STORM WATER FUND 5,700.00Motion by Lee to adjourn at 8:15 p.m. Second by Shirbroun. MC

_________________________________Don Weston Mayor Pro Tem Denita Lee-Luke City ClerkDenita Lee-Luke / City ClerkCity of Callender415 Thomas Street, PO Box 165Callender, IA 50523(515) 548-3859(515) 548-3861 faxcit [email protected]

By Glenn Schreiber SWG Superintendent of Schools Rich Stouffersgave a thorough presentation of the Physical Plant andEquipment Levy (PPEL) Wednesday night, Jan. 14,at the Dayton School library. There was a very smallnumber of citizens (less than 10) for this PPEL publicmeeting. Stouffers gave a comprehensive power pointpresentation of PPEL and he made a convincing case thatthis tax levy is necessary. School district residents willvote on PPEL tax levy at a special election Tuesday, Feb.3.

The current 52 cent property tax levy will be re-placed in the proposed plan with the current property taxlevy and added to this will be a four percent state incometax surtax (based solely on ones state income tax).

The 52 cent levy will rise to $1 per $1,000 ofproperty valuation. The tax levy on property taxes wontrise, and it could even be lowered, but the ratio will al -ways be about 50-50 (50 percent income tax revenues and50% property tax revenues). This levy would cover a 10year period. We need this $1 level to maintain and enhanceour facilities, asserted Stouffers. We think this is a fairand equitable plan for everyone and it is a win-win situa-tion. A person/family with a home valuation of$50,000 will continue to pay about $26 in the school taxlevy. For a $100,000 home/real estate the cost would be$52 per year. On the state income tax side, a person witha $500 state income tax would pay an additional $20 peryear and a person with a $1,000 state income tax billwould pay an additional $40 per year. These scenarioscover a large number of people within the district, but no

farmers. Their situations are different. The same formu-las are in place for farmers but there is obviously morereal estate involved and likewise more state income taxinvolved.Projected revenues if PPELis approved for SWG Tim Hoffman, Educational Planning with Facili-ties Cost Management Group, was at the PPEL meetingat Dayton. His rm is working with Piper Jaffrey & Hop-wood on a plan to continually balance the state incometax revenues and property tax revenues if PPEL is ap-proved by voters Feb. 3. PPEL revenues for 2016 are projected at$220,412 for this year in the SWG School District. Thiswould include $106,587 in property tax revenues and$113,825 in income surtax revenues.How would PPELhelp district students? In his power point presentation Supt. Stoufferssaid PPEL would insure that school buildings are ad -equately maintained, thus preventing costly repairs infuture; and students would have increased access to tech-nology. A ve-year plan would include student centeredtechnology; building and grounds improvement; and im-prove/maintain the transportation eet.

Under student technology there is one to onecomputers for grades 5-8 at an annual cost of $75,000.Three year usage breaks down to $350 each. New Mac-Book Pros (laptops) are $1,100 each.

The will be costs with Middle School roof re-pairs as several sections need to be replaced over the nextthree to ve years at a rough estimate of $300,000. Light-ing for a baseball/softball complex at Harcourt is estimat-ed at $100,000. An electronic keyless entry system/intercom isestimated at $50,000; boiler repairs, $15,000; continuedmaintenance at Boxholm, $15,000; window replacementin Dayton, $50,000. There are major expenses involved maintaininga good eet of buses.Emergency Situations Supt. Stouffers has had good experience as aschool superintendent at Coon Rapids/Bayard. From my experience I can tell you that thereare many emergency type expenses where PPEL fundsare so valuable, he stated. Some of these emergency situations would in-clude building code issues, radon, state mandated issues,and high 80 mile per hour winds (insurance would coversome of the latter).

At Coon Rapids Bayard the $1.34 level PPELwas used, the highest allowed in the state. Two otherschools in this area also have this $1.34 level: Boone

Community Schools and Ogden Community Schools. MansonNW is at 83 cents; Paton Churdan, 86cents; and Stratford is at 67 cents.

SWG Superintendent makes strong casefor raising tax levy in Feb. 3 election

Low turnout for public meeting. . .

Moorland Pond Trout Stocking,ice shing clinic Jan. 24

The Iowa Department of Natural Resourceswill release 1,500 ten to twelve inch rainbow trout inthe Webster County Conservation Boards MoorlandPond on Saturday, Jan. 24 at noon. This is the secondof two planned stockings for Moorland Pond located onthe southwest edge of Fort Dodge. A total of 3,000 half-pound trout will be stocked this fall and winter, providinga popular shery within an urban setting. This is a good

opportunity for taking kids or novice anglers shing astrout tend to bite readily after they are stocked. The Webster County Conservation Staff willhost an ice shing clinic at 1:00 p.m. for those interestedin learning to ice sh. Topics include: ice safety, ice sh-ing basics, and equipment. If you are interested in attend-ing the clinic, please meet in the Moorland Pond Parkinglot at 1:00 p.m. For more information, call the KennedyPark Ofce (515)576-4258. Iowa residents and nonresidents who are requiredto have a shing license must pay the Trout Fee to shfor or possess trout. Exception: Iowa residents and non-residents under 16 years old may possess or sh for troutwithout having paid the Trout Fee if they sh with a prop-erly licensed adult who has paid the Trout Fee and togeth-er they limit their catch to the one person daily limit ofve trout. Children under 16 have the option to purchasetheir own trout privilege, which allows them to sh with-out a properly licensed adult and keep their own dailylimit (5). For more questions regarding this stocking orshing regulations please contact the Black Hawk FishManagement Ofce at (712) 657-2638.

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2014YEAR INREVIEW

Darrel Mischke cuts Don Redmanshair two weeks before he plans to sell hisbusiness and retire.

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Caleb Hemmestad

By Lisa Peterson

Riley Rittgers

Kaelan Lundberg

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Jag Wrestlers had easymatch with Sioux Central

48 - 12 victory. . .

The Southeast Valley Jags took the win overSioux Central, 48 -12. Sioux Central was no challengewith a whopping 36 points to the Jags in forfeits.

Both teams lost ground with four double for-feits.

The remaining 12 points for Southeast Vallecame from Caleb Hemmestad over Austin Fairchild wita quick fall time of 50 seconds and from Kaelen Lund-berg over Zach Molnar with a faster fall time of 39 sec-onds.

Trey Lawrence didnt go down quickly, losinghis dual to Caleb Gunderson with a fall time of 5:04.

The Jaguars made the long trek north to Graet-tinger to participate in the 2015 Twin Lakes Conferencetournament. Two Jag wrestlers fought their way to thenals but came up short taking home runner up honors.The Jags rst nalist, 113 lbs. Spencer Johnson scored a16-0 technical fall over Colten Larson(A-A) to advanceto the nals. Johnson(27-4) lost a heartbreaker, 4-3 in thelast seconds of the third period against rival Joe Minklerof Pocahontas. Johnson was leading 1-0 late in the thirdperiod when Minkler took a low shot, both wrestlers

ended up in a scramble situation. Minkler was awardeda takedown and a quick two back points when Spencerreversed him to end the period. It appeared Johnson wonthe match with the reversal but two back points were thedifference in the match. Third seeded Sr. 182 lbs. Tom Nahnsen(22-8)recorded a 7-2 win over second seed Ty Riley(SCC) toadvance to his rst TLC nal where he ran into rankedNathan Krueger(MNW). Wrestling aggressively, Tom at-tempted a high risk pinning combination in the secondperiod ending up on his back and losing by fall.

Fourth seeded Freshman 132 lbs. Trey Law-rence(18-14) capped off a good day by nishing above hisseed with a solid third place performance. Trey avengedan early season loss by defeating Eric Wedemeyer(MNW)6-0 in a solid match. Jr. 195 lbs. Bryce Scott(12-8) wres-tled above his seed by pinning Nate Harris(GTRA) in thesecond period to also nishing in third place. Sr. 145 lbs. Caleb Hemmestad(19-9) nished infourth place, Freshman 106 lbs. Coltan Klingson(15-14)placed fth; sophomore 160 lbs. Kaelan Lundberg andJunior 170 lbs. Zeke Miller nished in sixth place.

It was a bit of an up and down day. We lookedbetter than what we did Thursday at Poky but we some ofthe guys are making positioning mistakes that cost themin their matches. Lundberg started strong, pinning thirdseeded Dylan Samuelson(MNW) in the rst round butleft his head in the wrong position in his next two whichcost him. Spencer stopped moving his feet in the nalsand gave up a takedown. On the other hand, Tom wrestledan excellent match in the semis beating a decent SCC kid

Jaguar Wrestlers take big hit

Pocahontas takes win, 66-12. . .

The Southeast Valley Jag Wrestlers took a bighit against Pocahontas losing 12 - 66. The Jags lost 30points to Poky just in forfeits.

Caleb Hemmestad earned six from Poky inforfeit and Tom Nahnsen earned six over Keegan Jepsewith a fall time of 1:35.

Spencer Johnson lost his dual with Joe Minklerby a 6 -4 decision. Trey Lawrence lost his dual with Jor-dan Gunnerson by a 6 - 2 decision as well.

Southeast Valley places Sixthat Twin Lakes Tourney

and Trey looked solid beating an upper classmen fromManson who beat him in the nal at the MVAO tourna-ment. The team is struggling with injuries missing maingun Riley Rittgers with a torn ligament in his thumb andHeavyweight Tony Crampton went down with an ankleinjury in Thursdays dual against Poky.

1. South Central Calhoun 238.52. Pocahontas Area 231.03. Manson Northwest Webster 179.5

4. Alta-Aurelia 141.55. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 126.56. Southeast Valley 100.57. West Bend-Mallard 79.08. Sioux Central 23.09. East Sac County 20.0

Iowa Deer Harvest

tops 101,000

Iowa deer hunters reported harvesting about101,500 deer in 2014, which is an increase from 99,414harvested in 2013. Although this is a slight increase it isstill 33 percent lower than the

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