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AMVETS to host pork chop dinner Oct. 3 On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Allison AMVETS will serve a butterf ly pork chop dinner, complete with party potatoes, baked beans, and a dinner roll. Serving hours are from 5-7 p.m., at the Allison AMVETS Hall. Call in your order to 319-596-5853 or 319-231-2029, to reserve your meal, or drive up, and they will bring the meal out to you. Great for a meal in the field! De-livery is available within the city limits of Allison. See ad on page 3.
Kirk Tanner Benefit Oct. 10 in Allison There will be a benefit and free will donation meal for Kirk Tanner from 5-7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Allison AMVETS. Kirk was diagnosed with leuke-mia in May 2020, and the benefit is to support him and his family. Donations can be made at any Lincoln Savings Bank or at VEN-MO @KirkTannerBenef it. To donate or help sponsor, please call or text Angel Schmidtke 319-231-6020.
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ENERGY AND INTENSITYNORTH BUTLER VOLLEYBALL OVERCOMES ROAD TEST AT AGWSR ....................... SPORTS: PAGE 11
BUTLER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDEMNS POLITICAL SIGN VANDALISM, THEFT ............................ NEWS: PAGE 6
BARNETT SEEKS RE-ELECTIONAS DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISORON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET ........................... NEWS: PAGE 3
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Members of St. James Lutheran Church and Evangelism Committee are pictured presenting a $1,251 check for Christmas Cheer to Shawna Lebeck of Butler County Visions of Well Being. From left are Deb McWhirter, Susan Langfritz, Shawna Lebeck, Daleth Pothast and Connie Wix. (Bethany Carson Photo)
BY BETHANY [email protected]
As autumn leaves begin to fall, Butler County Visions of Well Being is celebrating the kickoff of
Christmas Cheer fundraising kicks offtheir annual Christmas Cheer project with their first major donation of the season. Members of St. James Lutheran Church and Evangelism Committee in Allison presented a $1,251 check to Butler County Visions of Well Being
President Shawna LeBeck at Wilder Park on Sept. 17 to kick off fundraising efforts. “Christmas is a time of giving, sharing, love and peace, and what better way to [ex-press that] than helping fellow community members,” said Connie Wix of the Evange-lism Committee. On average, 200 Butler County households benefit from Christmas Cheer each year.
See CHRISTMAS CHEER: Page 4 See GROEN: Page 4
Robert and Patricia Horst hosted an ice cream social on Sept. 25 with Iowa House candidate Shannon Latham, Senator Charles Grassley, and Iowa Senator Annette Sweeney in attendance along with local supporters. (Submitted Photo)
Groen runsas Republican candidate for
county auditorBY BETHANY CARSON
Leslie Groen is run-ning as the Repub-lican candidate for county auditor. She
earned her party’s nomination after facing incumbent auditor Li z Wi l -liams in the Republican primary in June. G r o e n will again face Wil-liams, who is now run-ning as a Democrat , in the general election on No-vember 3. Please find Groen’s respons-es to questions asked below. Williams’ responses to a similar questionnaire were included in the paper in a previous edition.
GROEN
Question: Why have you decided to run as the Repub-lican nominee for Auditor? Answer: I was elected in the June 2, 2020, Primary Election to be the Republican candidate for Butler County Auditor.
HarvestHarvestis underway inBUTLER COUNTY
As motorists are travelling this fall, they are reminded to slow down and share the roads with farm machinery. Many farmers are taking advantage of the recent dry weather, and have begun harvesting their crops. Pictured above and right, Kevin Edeker combines his soybeans while unloading into a chase cart. (Monica Edeker Photos)
2 THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2020 BUTLER COUNTY TRIBUNE-JOURNALLOCAL NEWS
REPUBLICANTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
NATIONAL CANDIDATES: BUTLER COUNTY CANDIDATES:
Donald J. TrumpU.S. President
Joni ErnstU.S. Senator
Pat GrassleyState Rep District 50
Leslie GroenCounty Auditor
Michael R. PenceU.S. Vice President
Randy FeenstraU.S. Rep Disctrict 4
Jason S. JohnsonCounty Sheriff
Shannon LathamState Rep District 54
Greg BarnettCounty Supervisor District 1
FEDERAL CANDIDATES: STATE CANDIDATES:
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SECOND ANNUALCUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALT SALE
October 2 and 3Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The North Butler junior high and high school bands joined together for a patriotic-themed halftime show at the North Butler home game on Friday, Sept. 25. (Kristi Nixon and Submitted Photos)
Schipper to celebrate 85th birthday
John Schipper will celebrate his 85th birthday on Saturday, Oct. 3. Cards can be sent to him at P.O. Box 643, Greene, IA 50636.
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Linda UpmeyerSpeaker of the House, District 54
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Amanda RaganIowa Senator, District 27
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Scroggin 85th Due to COVID-19, we are celebrating the best, most lov-ing and caring wife, mom, grandma and great-grandma’s 85th birthday with a card show-er. Norma Scroggin is turning 85 on Oct. 7. Please send cards and well wishes to her at 16764190th St., Bristow, IA 50611.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC.,Required by the Acts of Congress as of Aug. 12, 1970
1-8. Butler County Tribune-Journal, publication number 014-140, filing date of Sept. 30, 2020, frequency of issue, weekly; number of issues published annually, 52; annual subscription price, $42. The mailing address of the Known Office of Publication and Headquarters is 101 N Main St., P.O. Box 788, Clarksville, IA 50619, Butler County.9. The name and address of the publisher, editor and managing editor is Bethany Carson. 101 N Main St., P.O. Box 788, Clarksville, IA 50619.10. Owners: Mid-America Publishing Corporation, 9 Second St. NW, P.O. Box 29, Hampton, IA 50441-0606. Stock-holders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of stock: Jeanette M. Grohe, 1 Lincoln Place Dr., Des Moines, IA 50312; Matthew Grohe, 1 Lincoln Place Dr., Des Moines, IA 50312; and Julie M. Herr, 4422 N. Mozart St., Chicago, IL 60625.11. The known bondholders, mortgagees or other security holders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: First Bank Hampton, P.O. Box 59, Hampton, IA 50441; MidWestOne Bank, 112 N. Main St., Sigourney, IA 52591; Barbara Mussman, 721 Cedar Dr., Clarion, IA 50525; Roger and Karen Rector, 1004 Twin Pines, Ida Grove, IA 51445; Leon and Becky Thorne, P.O. Box 352, Parkersburg, IA 50665.13-14. Butler County Tribune-Journal, issue date for circulation data below is Sept. 17, 2020.15a. Extent and Nature of Circulation. Total Number Copies (net press run) average each issue during preceding twelve months, 851; single issue published nearest filing date, 750.15b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail) (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated On PS Form 3541 (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 102, single issue published nearest filing date, 98.15b. (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541 (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 376; single issue published nearest filing date, 383.15b. (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails Including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid or Requested Distribution Outside USPS - average number of copies each issue during pre-ceding twelve months, 75; single issue published nearest filing date, 82.15b. (4) Paid Distribution by Other Mail Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 0; single issue published nearest filing date, 0.15c. Total Paid Distribution [sum of 15b (1), (2), (3), and (4)] - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 553; single issue published nearest filing date, 563.15d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (By Mail and Outside the Mail) - (1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541 - Average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 13; single issue nearest filing date, 13. (2) Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541 - Average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 82; single issue nearest filing date, 5. (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) - Average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 0; single issue published nearest filing date, 0. (4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other means) - Average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 0; single issue published nearest filing date, 0.15e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution [sum of 15d (1), (2), (3) and (4)] - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 95; single issue published nearest filing date, 18.15f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c. and 15e.) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 648; single issue published nearest filing date, 581.15g. Copies Not Distributed - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 203; single issue published nearest filing date, 169.15h. Total (Sum of 15f and g) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 851; single issue published nearest filing date, 750.15i. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation (15c divided by 15f times 100) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months 85.34 percent; single issue published nearest filing date, 96.90percent.16a. Paid Electronic Copies - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 4; single issue published nearest filing date, 4.16b. Total Paid Print Copies (Line 15c) + Paid Electronic Copies - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 557; single issue published nearest filing date, 567.16c. Total Print Distribution (Line 15f) + Paid Electronic Copies - average number of copies each issue during preced-ing twelve months, 652; single issue published nearest filing date, 585.16d. Percent Paid (Both Print & Electronic Copies) - average number of copies each issue during preceding twelve months, 85.43 percent; single issue published nearest filing date, 96.92 percent.I certify that 50 percent of all my distributed copies (Electronic and Print) are paid above a nominal price.17. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the Oct. 1, 2020 issue of this publication.
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Barnett seeks re-election as District 1 Supervisor on the Republican ticket
BY BETHANY [email protected]
Incumbent District 1 Su-pervisor Greg Barnett is running for re-election on the Republican ticket.
He faces Democrat Teresa Negen in the general election on November 3. Please find Barnett’s re-sponses to questions asked be-low. Negen’s responses to this questionnaire were included in the paper a few weeks ago. Question: Why have you decided to run in this election? Answer: I am seeking re-election for District 1 Super-visor for a few reasons. Being born and raised in Butler Coun-ty, I have a love for our small town, rural piece of Iowa. With four years of experience as the current District 1 Supervisor, I feel that I am the most qual-ified person for the job. There have been some great working relationships made the past four years, and I feel it is important to have some continuity within a complex system such as the county government. I thorough-ly enjoy serving all people of Butler County. Q: What experience makes you qualified for this position?
A: As I stated previously, I am the current District 1 Super-visor in my first term, and four years of county government has been a very good experience that I hope to continue for an-other four years. I have always taken this job as an at-large position. I have never looked at this as only serving District 1. I work for the betterment and wellbeing of all citizens in Butler County, not just a few. I have probably taken more calls from citizens outside of my dis-trict than from within, but to me that is what it is about – helping everyone, city and rural. People expect availability; therefore, I take their calls of concerns at any time of the day. I have and will continue to support our small towns as well as our agri-cultural community. Q: How long have you lived in Butler County, and what is your occupation?
A: I was born and raised on a farm in Butler County, grad-uating from Clarksville High School where my wife, Amy, currently works and our son, Dawson is attending junior high. We are the owners of Bar-nett Excavating and run a farm-ing operation. Amy is involved in the business operations, works outside of the home and
serves on the Butler County Ex-tension Council and 4-H Youth Advisory Committee. Our old-est son, Jacob, is involved in both the excavating business as well as the farming. I am cur-rently on the board at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ and have coached youth football, basketball and baseball. My experience in the exca-vating business and being a ru-ral resident, gives me valuable insight into rural infrastructure issues. Having the flexibility to give 100 percent of my time that is required by county business is an all important part of this position. Being business mind-ed is the approach that needs to be taken in decision making. Q: What is the most im-portant issue facing Butler County today? What needs to be done to resolve that issue?
A: I feel there is not one par-ticular issue that stands out, but at the current time, the pandem-ic is definitely having an effect on the county and its citizens. Unfortunately, the pandem-ic is probably not going to go away anytime soon, but with the direction and advice of our public health department, we will continue to push forward. Public health has been doing an incredible job communicat-ing with residents, schools and leaders during this time, and with their leadership and educa-tion, we will get through this. EMS response during day-time hours has been a pressing issue for a long time (before my term) in our rural communities. The EMS situation is nothing new, and prior to the pandem-ic, I think there were some very productive steps being taken to come together to address the is-sue. I think a big step in trying to resolve the daytime respons-es is to try to come up with something that all of the EMS services can agree on. They are all different in one form or another. Some don’t see many response issues and some see them frequently, but getting ev-eryone to work together through this is key. Butler County has been very fortunate in having many new businesses brought into the county. This increase in employment opportunities has brought about the more press-ing issue of housing. Housing is not an easy thing to address for several reasons, but work-ing with our small towns to en-courage growth is what we need to do. An example of this would be when the county rezoned an
area outside of New Hartford into city limits for a housing addition. These housing issues have in turn ref lected upon school enrollments. There are a lot of moving parts with try-ing to come up with a solution, but we need to continue to be diligent. Q: What is your vision for Butler County, and is there anything you would like to add? A: I have always been 100percent open and transparent with all county business. With my conservative values, being fiscally responsible is some-thing that I have taken very seriously with taxpayers’ mon-ey. I am always interested in trying to save taxpayer money. One small way I have done this is to not turn mileage in for re-imbursement for going to oth-er appointed board meetings. I have also voted “no” for an increase in supervisors’ salary for four years. As a member of our 22 county region’s County Social Services Board, I voted to decrease the mental health levy for our citizens while still being able to maintain all ser-vices. These are just some small things that I feel I can do to help the county as a whole and all of our citizens. Agriculture is the heart of our county, but I have always supported our small-town com-munities as well. For instance, I supported increasing the coun-ty contribution to all libraries, local grant match funding to cities for things such as splash-pads and swimming pools and supporting any development growth. We have a lot of great things going on in Butler Coun-ty, and I look forward to con-tinuing growth and success. My vision for Butler County is to see it continue to grow by bringing in new business, add-ing jobs, have housing opportu-nities for new families and have Butler County a place where people want to raise families. There’s nowhere else I would want to raise a family than But-ler County!
Butler County COVID cases on the declineGrant application filed; polls staffed
Iowa reaches new record in long term care COVID-19 outbreaksBY TRAVIS FISCHER
Gov. Kim Reynolds extended the bar closures in John-son and Stor y
counties another week as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the state. Bars, taverns, wineries, breweries, distilleries, and night clubs in Johnson and Sto-ry counties will remain closed for in-person business through Oct. 4, and restaurants in these counties must continue to stop the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m. Meanwhile, the number of re-ported outbreaks of COVID-19in Iowa’s long term care facili-ties reached a new record this week, surging to 50 facilities across the state as they discov-ered staff or patients infected with the disease thanks to an in-crease of testing requirements. As of Sunday, Sept. 27 there have been 86,540 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, increasing the 80,047 total from the week prior by 6,493 cases, a moderate increase from the pre-vious week. In long term care facilities, the state reports 1,065 individu-als testing positive and 651 con-sidered recovered. In total, approximately 3,461elderly adults (age 80+); 11,250older adults (61-80); 23,366middle aged adults (41-60); 41,539 young adults (18-40); and 6,923 children have tested positive for the disease. These estimates are based on a per-centage-based breakdown of the state’s reported positive cas-es. As the total number of cases increase, the less accurate these estimates will become. A sin-gle percentage point difference can change an estimate by more than 860 cases. With 65,878 cases consid-ered recovered, that leaves roughly 19,347 Iowans current-ly known to be fighting the dis-ease, a decrease of 1,911 from the previous week. Some 784,058 individuals have been tested since the start of the pandemic, including 756,070 PCR tests and 27,988antigen tests. An average of 5,100 PCR tests per day were counted over the last week along with a total of 9,317 new anti-gen tests. Over the weekend, the state added nearly 27,000 anti-gen test results from long-term care facilities, likely accounting for the spike in reported cases among the elderly population.
Current testing shows that roughly 61 percent of positive cases result in symptoms, while 13 percent have been asymp-tomatic, with the remaining cases pending or unknown. In addition, 58,299 Iowans have undergone serology test-ing for coronavirus antibodies, which would indicate that they have had the virus. Of that num-ber, 3,396, about 6 percent, have tested positive for antibodies. After two weeks on the de-cline, the number of hospital-ized Iowans increased last week to 353, with 96 patients in an ICU.
Another 50 deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported last week, bringing the total death count of the disease in Iowa to 1,315. Of the deaths reported last week, 21 have been attribut-ed to outbreaks in long term fa-cilities, bringing the total deaths in long term care facilities to 685. In total, approximately 631elderly (48 percent), 539 older adults (41 percent), 118 mid-dle aged adults (9 percent), 26young adults (2 percent), and one child (0.1 percent) have died from the virus since the pan-demic began.
BARNETT
BY BETHANY [email protected]
At the Butler Coun-ty Supervisors meeting on Tues-day, September
22, Director of Public Health Jennifer Becker had good news to sure during her regular coun-ty COVID-19 update. “Numbers are down this week, which is fantastic,” Beck-er said. There were 17 new cases over the past week, and 18 cas-es recovered over the same time frame. Two individuals are hos-pitalized, down from five the previous week. The rolling 14-day average positivity rate was 5.6 percent, down from 7.4 per-cent the week before. “I continue to work closely with the schools; a lot of ques-tions have been coming up, as each situation is unique…” Becker said. “We’ve been work-ing together, and if I don’t have the answers, I send an email to the state to get their opinions as well. Things have been going well this week. Cases have been going down, and I hope it con-tinues that way.” Supervisor Tom Heiden-wirth inquired when the court-house would be able to reopen completely. Becker said a department head meeting was scheduled for Friday to discuss reopen-ing. She will then bring a rec-ommendation to the board of supervisors based on current numbers, so a decision can po-tentially be made on reopen-ing at the Sept. 29 supervisors meeting. “It’s probably about time,” Heidenwirth said. “I think so. There’s not anything in town
that is not open, except maybe the library.” Auditor Liz Williams said she feels it is crucial that the courthouse is fully open for in-person absentee voting. Heidenwirth asked if the su-pervisors would move back to their regular board room when the courthouse fully re-opens. Becker said that is not recom-mended, as there is no way social distancing would be pos-sible in that small of a room. She recommended that the board meetings continue to be held in the EOC in the courthouse base-ment, as there is more space for social distancing. However, it was also men-tioned that the EOC will be used as a polling place on Nov. 3, and thus won’t be available for the supervisors meeting that day; the meeting will have to be held in another room. Heidenwirth asked about the possibility of using ultraviolet light to kill COVID-19 in the air handler that is recirculating air throughout the courthouse. He mentioned that a local fire de-partment has a box with ultravi-olet lights they are putting items in after use to kill the virus. Becker said the Dike-New Hartford school district pur-
chased portable ultraviolet light units that they move into the classrooms in the evenings to kill the virus on any surfaces. “There is equipment and stuff out there to do those things,” said Becker.
GRANT During the time for public comment, Leslie Groen asked if the county was able to get their application for the Iowa COVID-19 Government Relief Fund completed. Auditor Liz Williams reported that the ap-plication has indeed been com-pleted. The county applied for $183,057 in reimbursement. Groen mentioned a couple other grant opportunities avail-
able. Williams said the county didn’t qualify for one. She is looking into the other, and was planning to attend a webinar concerning it that afternoon.
POLLS Groen also asked if progress had been made in staffing the polls. Williams replied that the polls are fully staffed.
OTHER BUSINESS The annual REAP report was presented by Conservation Director Mike Miner and re-viewed by the supervisors. The supervisors reviewed claims and acknowledged re-ceipt of Manure Management Annual updates.
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AREA MENUSAllison Meals on Wheels – Menu is subject to change
Monday, Oct. 5: Chicken fajita pasta bake, brussels sprouts, puddingTuesday, Oct. 6: Lasagna, lettuce and dressing, garlic bread stick, cherry gelatin dessertWednesday, Oct. 7: Cheddar cod fish fillet, potato salad, broccoli raisin slaw, apple sauce gelatinThursday, Oct. 8: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, candy bar cakeFriday, Oct. 9: Chicken marsala, mashed potatoes and gravy, pea salad, summer swirl cake and glaze _______________________________________________________
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging Menu Meals offered through Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging are offered on a contribution basis for people over 60 years of age. Actual cost for the meal is $8.10. People under 60 must pay the actual cost. Each meal includes milk. Meal reservations must be made by 11 a.m. the day before you plan to attend. Meal location in Butler County are the Greene Community Center, Monday through Friday, for reservations call 641-373-3686; and Dumont Legion Hall, Wednesdays, for reservations call 641-373-3686. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging has moved to frozen meals only being delivered to individual homes once a week. The meals are available in 7 packs. Because of the switch in meal delivery and the extra meals offered, the menu may not be followed exactly during this time. NEI3A is also offering extended meal options for towns and rural areas that were not able to receive meals in the past. If you would like to find out more about options available, please call us at 1-800-779-8707. _______________________________________________________
North Butler Elementary Community SchoolLunches include milk and salad bar and whole wheat white bread/margarine Menus are subject to change.Daily Breakfasts: Kellogg’s Morning Jump Starts ExpressMonday, Oct. 5: beef gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, bread, apple sauce, pineappleTuesday, Oct 6: Hamburger/bun, French fries, cooked carrots, peaches Wednesday, Oct. 7: Meal deliveryThursday, Oct. 8: Sub sandwich, tortilla chips/cheese, broccoli, fruitFriday, Oct. 9: Goulash, bosco sticks, green beans, fruit _______________________________________________________
Hampton-Dumont-CAL School DistrictJuice is served daily for breakfast. Milk served daily with lunch. Fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains are used whenever possible. Must take three items, one being fruit or vegetable. All meals subject to change. Please Note: Seconds ONLY available for grades 5-12. There is a $1 charge for lunch seconds.Monday, Oct. 5, Breakfast: Cinni minis (K-12); cereal/toast (HdS); peaches; Lunch: Roasted chicken (5-12); Chicken nuggets (HdS, K-4); buttered sandwich, seasoned broccoli, strawberriesTuesday, Oct. 5, Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, pears; Lunch: Chicken and noodles, roll, squash, orange wedgesWednesday, Oct. 6: No SchoolThursday, Oct. 7, Breakfast: French toast sticks; little smokies (K-12); sausage patty (HdS); applesauce; Lunch: Flying saucer (ham, potato, cheese sauce), asparagus, wheat roll, grapesFriday, Oct. 8, Breakfast: Biscuits and gravy (5-12); Cereal/toast (HdS, K-4); mandarin oranges; Lunch: Corn dog (K-12); Tenderloin/bun (HdS); curly fries, baked beans, apple sauce
North Butler School member tests positive for COVID-19
North Butler parents, staff and community members: We have learned that a mem-ber of North Butler Schools has tested positive for COVID-19. I am writing to update you with some important information and to reassure you that North Butler continues to take ev-ery step possible to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff. The individual who has tested positive was on cam-pus at North Butler Schools on Thursday, Sept. 17 and is now at home recovering. The district is working with the Iowa Depart-ment of Public Health and But-ler County Public Health, and anyone who was in direct con-tact with this person during the contagious period has been con-tacted and quarantined. I want to remind our staff and stu-dents: if you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should contact
your physician immediately. We will not be making any adjustments to our program-ming at this time. We will be following all CDC guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting as we have been. We encourage all of you to continue following the CDC’s recommendations to re-main healthy and well. Our greatest priority is the safety of our students, staff, and families. Please continue to take necessary precautions to protect yourself and those around you. We are grateful for the op-portunity to serve you and your family, especially as we face this challenging situation together. Thank you for your support of North Butler Community Schools.
Sincerely,Joel Foster, Superintendent
Editor’s note: This letter was sent out on Monday, Sept. 21.
UI class of 2024 sets another academic benchmark
The incoming undergraduate class at the University of Iowa for fall 2021 has yet again topped previous records in achievement with a higher average high school grade-point average (GPA), at 3.78, than any previous class. The average high school GPA for the classes of 2023 and 2022 were 3.76 and 3.71, respectively. “These newest Hawkeyes are going to bring so much to our campus through their individual talents and perspectives, not to mention the incredible determination and tenacity they have demonstrated over these last months,” says Kevin Kregel, interim executive vice president and provost. “We look forward to making sure they have the breadth and depth of opportunities they deserve and the support they need to achieve their academic goals.” The Class of 2024 is composed of 4,530 students, 456 fewer than last year. A decrease in enrollment was anticipated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About 21 percent of the class (971) are first-generation students, and about 21 percent (961) identify as African American, American Indian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Asian, Latinx-/a/o, or two or more ethnicities. Despite the challenges brought forth by the pandemic, Sarah Hansen, vice president for student life, says the Hawkeye spirit is strong and resilient. “Just as we have overcome adversity in the past, we will over-come the considerable challenges we face with COVID-19. This year’s incoming class is as accomplished and diverse as ever, and I know that they will make their mark on the University of Iowa,” Hansen said. “The Class of 2024 has already shown their resiliency as their senior year in high school was disrupted. We are so grateful to have them here on campus, and I look forward to working with our new students to continue our commitment to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus community for all Hawkeyes.” This year, 22,405 undergraduates are enrolled at Iowa. Total en-rollment this fall is 30,448 students. About 46 percent of Iowa’s students identify as male, about 54 percent as female. Graduate students total 6,170, and professional students total 1,873. The following are students from the area that are included: Kaci Arjes of Dumont, Undergraduate–First Year at College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Maci Arjes of Dumont, Undergraduate–Second Year at Tippie College of Business. Jaden Mason of Dumont, Undergraduate–Second Year at Col-lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
“It wouldn’t be possible without all the community sup-port…” said Lebeck. “We’re starting [fundraising] earlier this year than normally, as we know it’s a tough year for a lot of churches, organizations and businesses, a lot of the ones who support us.” Christmas Cheer brings meals to families in need during the holiday season. While in the past, Christmas Cheer packages started with a turkey and included the fixings for a holiday meal, sometimes younger people didn’t know how to fix a turkey, and a whole turkey was often too much meat for the elderly. So, the project now offers easy-to-cook meals in Christmas Cheer packag-es, including hamburger from Orly’s and a variety of foods purchased from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, including: Hamburger Helper, canned tuna, boxed meals, fruit and vegetables, cereal, pancake mix and syrup. There are a variety of items for breakfast, lunch and supper – and sometimes even some cookies. The packages vary in size to accommodate household sizes. And depending on the year and the donations received, the packages also may include lit-tle extras such as paper towels, toilet paper, laundry soap and bar soap. An effort is made to purchase everything additional to what is purchased through the Northeast Iowa Food Bank from local businesses. Each package also comes with Butler Bucks, which can be used at local businesses, includ-ing the grocery store, to meet other needs of the recipients. “We know a lot of people in Butler County, a lot of the elderly, are on fixed incomes, and it’s challenging for them. They have to make choices be-tween food and medicine, and it’s difficult to see people in that position. And there are fami-
lies with young children in the area that have had a particularly rough year,” said LeBeck. Unemployment rates have been low in recent years, but COVID-19’s impact on the economy has caused some peo-ple’s hours to be cut. Others have lost jobs. “A lot of families have been impacted in some sort of way,” LeBeck said. “Maybe they were quarantined due to exposure and were not getting paid. We know there have been strains on families.” While core services are of-fered to families in need, they’re not all-inclusive, and don’t meet everyone’s needs. According to LeBeck, there are many fam-ilies on the fringe who don’t qualify for assistance, but don’t make much money over the cut-off for assistance. “We try to look into what resources and services are out there to raise community sup-port to fill the gaps. It’s import-ant for us to do that, when we see gaps to fill,” Lebeck said. “The community has embraced what we try to do, and recog-nizes that it’s important to help friends and neighbors.” While St. James Lutheran Church normally fundraises for Christmas Cheer with drawings and raffles, fundraising efforts looked different this year. Due to COVID-19, the congregation has been meeting at a hangar at the Allison Airport on Sundays. “It allows us to come togeth-er and feel like a community. Some choose to sit in their cars and listen to the radio, or take out their gator or come in a golf cart,” said Evangelism Commit-tee Member Deb McWhirter. Recently, a couple f lew in from Clarion for the airport services. Other members of the congregation attend the services through Zoom. A Wall of Christmas Cheer was set up at the airport with envelopes tacked to the wall/
board labeled from $1 to $50. People drove out to the airport to choose envelopes in accor-dance with the amount they wanted to donate. As a thank you to those who donated, the evangelism committee includ-ed eight gift cards for $25 in random envelopes for givers to receive. The fundraiser proved to be a huge success with mini-mal costs. One of the gift card recipients even turned around and donated the $25 received as additional funds toward Christ-mas Cheer. “It was a very different way to do it. … It was a brilliant idea,” said LeBeck, speaking of the Wall of Christmas Cheer. Members of the St. James evangelism committee that spearheaded fundraising efforts for the congregation include Su-san Langfritz, Deb McWhirter, Daleth Pothast, Connie Wix, Bethani Shaull, Lisa Beadle, Laney Beadle, Amy Seimens and Pastor Kyle Barton. “We want to reach out be-yond our own church congre-gation to help other community funds,” said McWhirter. The St. James congregation has been a faithful supporter of Christmas Cheer for well over 15 years. “It’s local, and it’s nice to of-fer support close to home,” said Wix. According to LeBeck, Christmas Cheer itself may also look a little different this year due to COVID-19. The event usually is held at the courthouse with the help of many volun-teers including students from local schools who package ev-erything. And the Secondary Roads Department generally helps unload the truck(s) of sup-plies. Recipients come in to pick up the packages of food. But with social distancing guidelines in place, organiza-tion may work a little differ-ently, and volunteers may end
up loading packages into cars arriving at staggered intervals, since there are a lot of elderly, disabled individuals, and fami-lies with little kids – and it may not be advisable to have too many people in close quarters at one time. “We’ve got to make sure we deliver safely this year,” LeB-eck said. “Things may change up, but it will still happen, and we need community support.” Families interested in receiv-ing Christmas Cheer packages will send in applications in No-vember, but fundraising efforts start now. The total cost of the Christmas Cheer program is generally $14,000 to $16,000 per year, depending on grocery prices and how many families are served. LeBeck told the story of one local recipient who was given a Christmas Cheer package, and the next year gave back to help others. “They were still living pay-check to paycheck, but felt they were making it, so they wanted to give back,” LeBeck said. The tricky part of fundrais-ing efforts for LeBeck is that the order for food is usually placed the end of November or in early December, when donations are still coming in. But the county has always come through, with small businesses giving gen-erous donations, and Sunday School classes pooling their change to help others. “It’s a worthy cause to help families in need,” said McWhirter. Donations may be sent to Vi-sions of Well Being at PO Box 744, Allison, IA 50602, with Christmas Cheer written in the memo line. “This meets needs in the local community that people might have not even been aware of,” McWhirter said.
CHRISTMAS CHEER FROM PAGE 1
Members of the Allison Congregational Church are pictured presenting a generous $1,000 donation for a new pool in Allison to Jordan Stirling, pool fundraising committee member. (Submitted Photo)
GROEN FROM PAGE 1
I am running because I love living and working with the people of Butler County. I feel very strongly, now more than ever before, that it is time for a new county auditor. I believe the days of running the county secretly, quietly and with mini-mal effort should be over. I be-lieve it is time to recognize real problems, take accountability, find the right solutions, make timely decisions, and communi-cate all of it along the way. Q: What experience makes you qualified for this position? A: I have over 20 years of qualified work experience in the financial services industry. Much like the Auditor’s duties, my work experiences encom-pass a large variety of skills, including: brokerage and life and health licenses, annuity, pension taxation specialist, customer escalation and resolu-tion, compliance with state and federal banking regulations, internal bank audits, board re-porting, IT governance, stra-tegic planning and budgeting, and website administration. I am confident the work experi-ence and communication skills I bring with me to the Butler County Auditor’s position make me the best candidate. Q: How long have you lived in Butler County and what is your occupation? A: I am a life-long resident of Butler County. I spent my childhood in Clarksville, moved to Allison and graduated from Allison-Bristow High School. I currently reside on an acreage southwest of Allison with my
husband, John, where we are raising our children who attend Aplington-Parkersburg schools. I am the Information Security Officer at Iowa State Bank in Parkersburg. Q: What is the most im-portant issue facing Butler County today? A: I believe the most import-ant issue today remains to be a lack of communication and teamwork at the county level. As I attend our Board of Super-visors meetings, I can see first-hand that there is a large gap in communication. This has got to change before any other im-portant issues can be addressed effectively. We all know this has been a rough year, and COVID-19 remains at the fore-front of our daily lives. When we combine COVID-19 with this year’s increased tax bur-den on residents, then we have some real issues to address. It is more important than ever for our county leadership to work together and find a balance be-tween public health, public ser-vices, and spending. Anytime county budgets are affected by something like COVID-19, we should be looking for opportu-nities to reduce spending and research all reimbursement op-portunities made available. Re-cently, the lack of researching available funds almost caused Butler County to miss the op-portunity to receive approxi-mately $183,000 from the Iowa COVID-19 Government Relief Fund. The Auditor’s office was granted an extension to ap-ply for the reimbursement, but
only the general public brought this to the county’s attention. As County Auditor, I will be fully engaged in the duties of the county auditor, as well as researching and participating in all opportunities to acquire funds that are available to the county. The citizens deserve that. Q: What needs to be done to resolve that issue? A: I feel very strongly that creating an environment for open communication is es-sential for getting our county working together as a cohesive, well informed group of deci-sion makers. If elected officials work together, do their research, share their findings and make decisions with respect to each taxpayer dollar, then commu-nicating their decisions would become easy. As I have said several times before, but it is worth repeating, good commu-nication is the result of taking pride in doing your job, doing it well, and building a team of oth-ers doing the exact same thing. That continues to be my hope for Butler County. Q: What is your vision for Butler County? A: I am sure my ultimate vi-sion for Butler County is much like most of us in Butler County. I want to see it grow and pros-per, yet maintain its small-town charm we all love. I want future generations to see us as a des-tination to live, work, and raise their families. My vision to get there is by building a culture at our local government level where we communicate more
than when we are required, re-search all the options present-ed, respect each other’s ideas, be open to feedback and share a common goal of prosperity. Butler County will be better when we all work together. Q: Is there anything you would like to add? A: I would like to mention that winning the Republican nomination in the Primary Elec-tion was a great achievement, and I want to thank everyone who supported me. I was sim-ply overwhelmed with gratitude after that election, and I ask for everyone’s continued support in the November 3 General Elec-tion. We are better together, and together we can do better! Q: How do you feel about the race now, facing the same opponent in the general elec-tion as in the primary? A: After winning the Prima-ry election, I have a newfound confidence in myself and the voters of Butler County. I think it is evident that we are ready for a change. Facing the same opponent has allowed me to keep the same, consistent mes-sage about why I am the best candidate for Butler County Auditor. I think we can all agree that professionalism, communi-cation skills and working well with others has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with a candidate’s personal abilities. I strongly encourage all voters to research your local candidates, discuss your local candidates with your friends and neighbors and be an in-formed voter on Nov. 3, 2020.
BUTLER COUNTY TRIBUNE-JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2020 5RELIGION
Church DirectoryACKLEYWashington Reformed ChurchMike Brost, Interim Pastor28182 Birch Ave. | 641-847-2817 • Service times: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Morning worship service
ALLISONAllison Bible ChurchPhil Butler, Interim Pastor108 Pfaltzgraff Street • Sundays: 10:30 a.m. Worship service • Wednesdays: 6 p.m. Bible Study, Prayer
Allison Congregational ChurchCraig Harris, Pastor508 N. Main Street | 319-267-2333Elevator Handicap Accessible • Sundays: 10 a.m. Worship service
St. James Lutheran ChurchRev. Kyle Barton, Pastor319-267-2274 • Thursday, Oct. 1: 9:30 a.m., WELCA Bible Study via Zoom; 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study via Zoom • Sunday, Oct. 4: 9 a.m. Outdoor Worship at Allison Airport and on Zoom; Electronic Sunday School and Confirmation • Thursday, Oct. 8: 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study via Zoom
Trinity Reformed ChurchRev. Jeremy Van Genderen, Pastor614 Cherry Street | 319-267-2982Services broadcast live on Dumont Cable Channel 998 and Facebook; On demand at trinref.orgHandicap Accessible • Thursday, Oct. 1: 8 p.m. Praise and Prayer Service • Friday, Oct. 2: 5 a.m. Holy Fitness • Saturday, Oct. 3: 8 a.m. Women’s Bible Study at Trinity • Sunday, Oct. 4: 9 a.m. Worship Service; 10:15-11 a.m. Sunday School • Monday, Oct. 5: 5 a.m. Holy Fitness; 6:30 p.m. Elders/Deacons meeting;7:15 p.m. Consistory meeting • Wednesday, Oct. 7: 5 a.m. Holy Fitness; 7-8:30 p.m. High School and Middle School Youth Groups • Thursday, Oct. 8: 8 p.m. Praise and Prayer Service
APLINGTONHitesville Gospel HallR.R., Aplington | www.hitesville.org • Sundays: 10 a.m. Ministry of the Word; 11 a.m. Worship; 6:30 p.m. Gospel Service • Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
AREDALE,BRISTOW AND DUMONTNew Hope Parish, UnitedMethodist Churches – Aredale & DumontPastor Gayle Wilcox641-857-3753 • Sundays: 8 a.m. Worship (Aredale) • Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Worship Service (Dumont)
BRISTOWBristow Church of ChristDick Burlingame, Minister641-775-3222 • Sundays: 9 a.m. Coffee and goodies; 9:30 a.m. Bible School for all ages;10:15 a.m. Morning worship service;6 p.m. Evening worship service • Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m. Youth Group for kids ages four to high school; Please contact Sharron Meyer, 641-425-8856, or Trisha Boos, 641-330-5601 if you have questions; learning and snacks provided
Reformed Church, BristowTamara Entin, Pastor515-293-0928 | [email protected] • Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Worship service
CLARKSVILLECommunity United Methodist ChurchJoan Thomas, Pastor309 W. Superior Street563-933-6515 (cell)641-816-4256 (parsonage)(No answered phone at church)Handicapped Accessible • Sundays, Oct. 4: 8:45 a.m. Sunday School; 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship with Holy Communion – Social distancing and masks in orderImmanuel United Church of ChristJim Brown, Pastor203 S. Mather Street | 319-278-4224 • No in-person services • Sundays: 10 a.m. Worship on Facebook Livestream
St. John Lutheran ChurchPastor Charles R. Underwood204 N. Washington | 319-278-4765Handicap Accessible • In-person services cancelled indefinitely • Service will be broadcast on Facebook at the regular time
Church of ChristVal Swinton, Pastor302 S. Elizabeth Street | 319-278-4416 • Sundays: 10 a.m. Abbreviated (30minutes) Indoor Worship Service with social distancing. Masks will be available.
DUMONTDumont Reformed ChurchChris Meester, Pastor641-857-3514Broadcast on Facebook Live or Dumont Cable channel 998 • Wednesday Prayer Service: Live at 6:30 p.m.; Cable at 8 p.m. • Sunday Service: Live at 10 a.m.; Cable at 11 a.m. • Mondays: First Monday of the Month: 1 p.m. Reformed Church Women (RCW) • Wednesdays: 7 p.m. RCYF (High School Youth Group for 8th-12th grade)
GREENEGreene Yoke (UM-BR)Joan Thomas, Pastor107 N Water Street | 641-816-4256 • Sundays: 11 a.m. Worship service
First Presbyterian ChurchCathy Belles, Pastor319 East Traer Street, P.O. Box [email protected] • Sundays: 10:30 a.m. Worship service, All are welcome!
St. Mary’s Catholic ChurchFr. Ralph Davis105 N. Main St. | 641-823-4146 • Sundays: 10:30 a.m. Mass • Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. Mass (Tuesday through Friday) • All Masses are in church. (No chapel) • Attendance for weekend and weeday Mass is open to all
St. Peter Lutheran ChurchDaniel Flucke, Pastor324 E. Traer Street | 641-816-5531 • Saturday, Oct. 3: 6 p.m. Worship Service with Holy Communion • Sunday, Oct. 4: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service with Holy Communion • Monday, Oct. 5: 7 p.m. Worship Committee meeting • Wednesday, Oct. 7: 6:15 p.m. Confirmation; 7:30 p.m. Council meeting
NASHUASt. John’s UnitedChurch of Christ, Pleasant Hill10009 Union Ave., Nashua(641) 435-4998Facebook: St. John’s UCC-Pleasant Hill • Sundays, Oct. 4: 8:30 a.m. Worship Service with Holy Communion; Women’s Fellowship
PARKERSBURGFaith Lutheran ChurchPastor Matthew Brooks608 Sixth St., Parkersburg319-346-1451faithparkersburg.wixsite.com/faithparkersburg • Sundays: 11 a.m. Divine Service
PLAINFIELDFirst Baptist ChurchDennis Bachman, Pastor809 Main Street | 319-276-4889 • Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School – all ages; 10:45 a.m. Worship service
United Methodist ChurchValerie Ridnouer, Lay Pastor404 Second Street | Call for appointmentChurch, 319-276-3195Cell, 319-464-7972 or • Worship services: 9 a.m., March to November; 10 a.m., December to February
PLEASANT VALLEY First United Church of ChristRev. Peter Wenzel, Minister31015 150th Street, Clarksville319-276-4443 • For the month of October: Sunday Worship Services at 10 a.m.; Service held outside by the parsonage; If it rains - service will be cancelled for the week
ROSEVILLESt. Mary ChurchFr. Ralph Davis2397 Highway 14, Roseville641-823-4146 • Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Mass • Attendance for weekend Mass is open to all
SHELL ROCKUnited Methodist ChurchPastor Joan Thomas 204 S. Prairie St. | 563-933-6515 • Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Worship service
Peace Lutheran Church (LCMS)Pastor Michael Knox and Tanner Post, Vicar121 East Washington | 319-231-9761 • Saturdays: 6 p.m. Bible Class; 7 p.m. Worship service
Faith Lutheran ChurchPastor Kim Smith422 N. Prairie Street | [email protected] • Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Contemporary Worship service • Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Evening worship
VILMARSt. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (NALC)Rev. Christopher Martin, Pastor16073 Keystone Ave., rural Greene319-267-2080 | www.vilmarchurch.orgHandicap AccessibleBroadcasting via Facebook Live Only: www.facebook.com/StJohnsVilmar • Thursday, Oct. 1: 9 a.m. Bulletin deadline; 4 p.m. Scriptures and Devotions on Facebook; 7 p.m. Council meeting • Friday, Oct. 2: 9:30 a.m. Coffee with Pastor on Facebook • Saturday, Oct. 3: 7 a.m. Men’s and Women’s Community Bible Study and Coffee at Allison Congregational Church • Sunday, Oct. 4: 9-9:45 am. Sunday School, Confirmation, Adult Class; 10 a.m. Worship Service with Holy Communion, SS Teacher Installation, Bible Presentation • Tuesday, Oct. 6: 4 p.m. Scriptures and Devotions on Facebook • Wednesday, Oct. 7: 10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Service on Facebook; 6-7:30 p.m. Confirmation and Little Lutherans • Thursday, Oct. 8: 9 a.m. Bulletin deadline; 4 p.m. Devotions on Facebook
WAVERLYSt. Mary’s Catholic ChurchFather Doug Wathier2700 Horton Road | 319-352-2493 • Eucharistic Liturgies: Saturdays, 5:15p.m.; Sundays, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. • Fridays: 6 p.m. Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary • Saturdays: 4:30 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy • Sundays: 8 a.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy; 10 a.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy
Peace United Church of ChristPastor Jonathan Hennings1800 11th Street SE | 319-352-3151 • Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Worship service
St. John Lutheran Church Missouri SynodRev. Jon Ellingworth, Pastor415 Fourth Street [email protected] • “Church of the Lutheran Hour” on radio stations every Sunday: WMT 600AM at 6:30 a.m.; KXEL 1540 AM at 7 a.m. KLMJ 104.9 FM at 7:30 a.m.; and KWAY, 1470 AM at 8 a.m. • Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship service
Open Bible ChurchMatt Miller, Pastor1013 E. Bremer Ave. | 319-352-2038 • Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Donuts and fellowship; 10 a.m. Morning worship
Redeemer Lutheran ChurchPastor Corey Smith2001 W. Bremer Ave. | 319-352-1325www.redeemerwaverly.org • Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. • Saturday: 5:30 p.m. • Sunday: 9:30 a.m.; Coffee and Cappuccino; Fellowship 9-11 a.m.; Holy Communion at all services
Riverwood ChurchErin Bird, Pastor1300 Fourth Street NW | 319-529-9924www.weareriverwood.org • Sundays: 10 a.m., Meeting at the Droste Building at Bremer County Fairgrounds • Growth Groups throughout the week
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Pastor’s CornerMessages by pastors in the Butler County area
How are you and God? My Lutheran denomina-tion requires that all new pas-tors participate in a “colleague group.” For the first three years I was in Greene, I met each month with other new pastors in the area to check in and discuss how things are going. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a meeting of pas-tors, but whenever pastors get together, it can be easy for the conversation to turn to com-plaining. Maybe the complaints are about how busy we are, how many people are sick, or how few people tune into online pandemic worship, about how an activity didn’t go as planned, or how someone’s expectations aren’t being met. (By the way, I have a suspicion that complain-ing and venting to colleagues is common to just about every profession, not only pastors!) The facilitator of this col-league group I was in was a more experienced pastor in our area. Every month, usually after listening to our concerns about life and ministry (and to be fair, our joys as well!), he asked us one question: “How are you and God doing?” What a great question! When we stop and think about it, there’s often a pretty clear connection between the amount of complaining going on and the answer to that question. The key to healthy pastoral ministry is intentionally spending time with God, working on your rela-tionship with your Creator and Savior. Sometimes pastors and
other professionally religious people can be among the worst at making the effort to actually spend time with God, because it’s so easy for time reading the Bible, praying, and worshiping to turn into work obligations. Pastors need that reminder to check in and ask, “How are you and God doing?” But that question is not just for pastors; it’s for all of us. I love that question because it’s about a relationship, and rela-tionships exist in two direc-tions. The thing is, when our relationship with God is suf-fering, when the honest answer is “We’re not doing great,” or “God feels distant,” it’s never God’s fault. God is always right there. The stories of the lost sheep and the prodigal son in Luke 15are great illustrations. It’s the sheep who wanders away from the fold, and the Good Shepherd who goes looking for it. It’s the prodigal son who leaves to try life on his own, and the loving father who runs out to meet him when he finally returns. The truth is, God is always pursuing you. No matter where you go in life, no matter how far you stray from your Heaven-ly Father, God is always there with you, waiting for you, long-ing for you to come back into a joyful, healthy relationship. So, how are you and God doing?
In Christ, Pastor Daniel Flucke
St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene,
NEW RELEASES: “Fool’s Paradise,” by Rob-ert B. Parker...Surprised by the murder of a man he met the night before at an AA meet-ing, Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone follows leads to one of the wealthiest families in town to identify the victim and his mys-terious agenda. “Rough Creek,” by Kaki Warner...Looking for a fresh start after serving 18 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Dalton Cardwell takes a job at Whitcomb Four Star Ranch, where he butts heads with the owner’s daughter who is outraged that her family hired an ex-con. “Anxious People,” by Fredrik Backman...Taken hos-tage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers–including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian–discov-er their unexpected common traits. “Final Cut,” by S.J. Wat-son...Explores themes of mem-ory and identity in the story of a documentary filmmaker who investigates the disappearance of a girl from a quiet fishing village. “The Exiles,” by Christina Baker Kline...Sent to a Tasma-nian penal colony after conceiv-ing her employer’s grandchild, a young governess befriends a talented midwife and an or-phaned Aboriginal chief ’s daughter while confronting the harsh realities of British colo-nialism and oppression in nine-teenth-century Australia. “A Blessing to Cherish,” by Lauraine Snelling...After sev-eral years of widowhood and hardship, Ingeborg focuses on the good she’s been given while she watches her widowed step-son fall in love once again. But not everything is comfortable for Ingeborg; one of her dearest friendships is changing–and she will have to decide if her settled life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares to imag-ine. Given in memory of Pau-line Roelf.
“One Little Lie,” by Colleen Coble...When her recently re-tired sheriff father is framed for theft and murder, interim sher-iff Jane Hardy reluctantly teams up with a documentary journal-ist to determine if the cult her father and she escaped years earlier may be responsible. “Killing Crazy Horse,” by Bill O’Reilly...Documents the fraught history of America’s founding on previously occu-pied lands, covering events ranging from the presidentially ordered destruction of Tecum-seh’s alliance of tribes to the Trail of Tears. “One By One,” by Ruth Ware...When an offsite com-pany retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive.
FOR YOUNG READERS: “The Strangers,” by Marga-ret Peterson Haddix...Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, in-vestigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world. “The Evil Princess vs. The Brave Knight,” by Jennifer and Matthew Holm...Meet the Evil Princess and the Brave Knight. She casts terrible spells, while he fights dragons. He rescues cats in distress, while she makes mischief. No wonder there isn’t much peace in this kingdom! But is the Evil Princess really so evil? And is the Brave Knight truly as chivalrous as he seems? “The Little Ghost Who Lost Her BOO,” by Elaine Bic-kell... Poor Little Ghost has lost her scary BOO, so she sets out on a nighttime hunt to find it. She searches high and low, but it’s nowhere to be found! Will she ever find her lost BOO?
NEW DVDs: New DVDs for your view-ing enjoyment: “Life With Dog,” and “Love Finds You in Valentine.”
Allison Public Library Notes
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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Butler County Board of Supervisors will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in the East Basement Conference Room, Basement of the Butler County Court-house, Allison, Iowa. At this meeting the Board will:Hold a Public Hearing at 9:15 a.m., on
Tellinghuisen’s Minor Plat located in the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 11, Township 91N, Range 15WHold a Public Hearing at 9:20 a.m. on
Schilling Minor Plat located in the NE¼ of Section 27, Township 90N, Range 15WHold a Public Hearing at 9:25 a.m., to
consider an amendment to the Butler County Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use MapHold a Public Hearing at 9:30 a.m. on
an application to rezone 237 acres +/- lo-cated in the N½ NW¼, the SW¼ NW¼, the Nfrl½ NEfrl¼, and the E½ SE¼ NE¼ all in Section 4, Township 91N, Range 15W from “A-1” Agriculture to “M” Man-ufacturingComments may be emailed to Liz-
beth Williams, Butler County Auditor at [email protected]. For oral comment call 319-267-2670 or partic-ipate telephonically at: 312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 958 0086 8991 Passcode: 927327 or by Zoom at https://zoom.us/j /95800868991?pwd=N0s4NmN-hZytEVlNqNk8xYStVWWhYUT09
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Waverly Health Center to host support groups
“Healthy You” Weight Loss Support Group: Monday, Oct. 5, 6-7 p.m. Guest presenter, Mara Nelson-Ohrt will discuss her 152-pound weight-loss journey! Dr. J. Matthew Glascock, WHC, performed Mara’s weight loss surgery in August 2019. This group is intended for those who have undergone a sur-gical weight loss procedure, as well as those who are consid-ering surgery. It offers the perfect setting to share experiences, receive encouragement and get the education needed to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The group will meet in Tendrils Rooftop Garden. Social dis-tancing will take place. Masks required. There will be tempera-ture screens upon entry to the building. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregiver Support Group: Tues-day, Oct. 6, 12:30-1:30 p.m. This event will be offered via conference call. To participate: Call 312-874-7636. Enter conference ID 88704 when prompted. Call (319) 483-4118 with questions. Parkinson’s Caregiver and Support Group: Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This event will be offered via Google Meet. To participate: Meet.google.com/hac-xwzt-kwg; By audio only: 1-260-233-2081, code 203 821 409 # Call (319) 352-4961 with questions.
Reader hopes for middle ground between partiesTo the editor:
I have been a Democrat my entire adult life. I am also a retired art teacher, home-owner and active community volunteer. I support my church, UNI Panthers and our
local high schools. I am a citizen, and I am weary of the current volatile rhetoric that aims to attach extreme labels and further divide us. I am not a crazy leftist socialist any more than my Republi-can friends and neighbors are radical right wing fascists. I should not be labeled a Trump hater simply because I disagree with his policies and style of governing.
I long for leadership that will guide our coun-try back closer to a middle ground. My appeal is not only to moderate Democrats and Republicans and those who consider themselves no party. It is also to those citizens who choose not to vote because they feel their vote will not matter. If you want to see an America that is quieter, more ef-ficient and more fair to all citizens, then vote for change. Your vote in this election is more pow-erful and important than at any time in recent history.
Bill Close,New Hartford
Law enforcement condemns political sign vandalism, theftTo the editor:
Political signs are the property of the landowner where they are placed. The signs are not to be damaged, borrowed or stolen, and anyone who does so is
subject to criminal charges and fines. Unfortunately, when any political sign is dam-aged/removed/stolen, the victim automatically assumes the opposing side is the culprit, which angers people, adds to animosity between the parties and creates a general hate and discontent. If someone you know has strong political feel-ings and wishes to actively support a candidate, then advise them to donate to or volunteer to work for a campaign where they can make phone calls or coordinate campaign events. Enthusiasts from either party can join their local central commit-tee, volunteer to work at a fair booth, or help the County Auditor by working at a polling place during elections.
Much of the work we do through the Sheriff’s Office is related to a simple lack of respect for other people, for their beliefs or their general en-joyment of life. An example would be that your neighbor doesn’t enjoy your barking dog or your loud music, and nobody likes being attacked by a Facebook warrior! Even when we don’t agree, we can behave re-spectfully toward others. Current internet feeds constantly encourage an attitude of victimization and dominance by one side or the other. We would like to encourage our citizens to use current events to discuss the right and wrong way to behave and how to treat others with respect. Maybe in daily life we should concentrate on working out a fair deal in which everyone benefits.
Jason Johnson,Butler County Sheriff
Letters to the editor
Arrests, fires and accidents in Butler CountyBY BETHANY CARSON
Jacob Clay, 18, New Hartford, was arrest-ed by a Butler County Deputy on Sept. 27
and charged with Possession of Marijuana. The Clarksville Fire De-partment responded to a grass
fire in the area of Highway 3and Spring Ave. at 9:05 p.m. on Sept. 21. The Aplington Fire Depart-ment responded to a corn dryer fire in the 17300 Block of 130th
St. at 9:31 p.m. on Sept. 25. There were two car vs. deer accidents and two car vs. pole accidents with no injuries. A car also rolled over in the ditch in
the area of 302nd St. and Willow Ave. There was a fender bend-er. And there was a report of a mailbox that was hit. There was a report of van-dalism after someone started a fire on top of a picnic table. Thefts of signs, tools, cash, a phone, tennis shoes and makeup were reported in separate inci-dents throughout the county.
BUTLER COUNTY TRIBUNE-JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2020 7PUBLIC NOTICES
PROCEEDINGSOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF ALLISONCOUNCIL MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020Regular Meeting:Mayor Henrichs opened the regular
meeting at 5:45 p.m. Council members present: Bangasser, Carlson, Davis, Henning, Heuer. Others Present: Ran-dy Moad, Trent Stirling, Kim Miller, Bill Tjaden – city insurance agent, Travis Fisher – Butler County Tribune-Journal. Present by Freeconferencecall.com was Joan Moad. Motion by Davis with a sec-ond by Henning to approve the agenda. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.Open Forum: It was mentioned of a trav-
el trailer parked in the City right of way. The Mayor will contact the homeown-er to see what their intentions are with this trailer. Jodi was contacted by a web-site designer and she requested that it be put on the next agenda to discuss the updating of our website as it seems very outdated. She also suggested that we use facebook to post different Ordi-nance items so the word gets out about the laws of the City that are sometimes overlooked.Consent Agenda:Bangasser made a motion to approve
the consent agenda with a second by Carlson with the exception of the build-ing permit for Cindie Hamilton Hughes as that was not approved by Council as she would be putting the fence up in the City Right of Way and we do not allow fences over 6’. Those items approved were:Approve Minutes from Meeting on Aug.
24, 2020 and Sept. 9, 2020Approve Treasurer’s ReportsApprove Building Permit for Brian Stan-
brough – 608 Maple Street – fence on south side of homeAyes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.Item not approved:Building Permit for Cindie Hamilton
Hughes – 403 Cherry Street –Privacy Fence 8’ tall and 24’ longNew Business:Bill Tjaden was present at the meeting
to discuss volunteers that help out at the park. Bill brought along a form for volun-teers to fill out that would release the City from any liability from any injuries or loss-es that might occur while the volunteer was performing their assignments for the park. It was also discussed that through the workers comp policy there could be limited coverage added for volunteers and Bill is checking into that possibility and will report back to Council for further consideration on this matter.Glenda reported to Council that the fi-
nancial advisor stated that the City could do a tax rebate, forgivable loan or grant through the TIF Program for the possible buyer of local business. Council asked that the potential buyer be contacted and ask that he attend a Council meeting so they could discuss this further with them.
Bangasser made a motion to pay the Schrock Concrete bill in the amount of $32,038 for the curb and gutter repair on Cherry Street from the balance that is in the storm water utility fund and the re-mainder to be paid out of the LOST infra-structure fund. Second by Carlson. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.The Code of Ordinances was discussed
in regards to the necessity of obtaining a building permit and the violation of failing to do so and also semi tractors parking on the streets and the noise from them left running. The City attorney will be contacted as to whom can enforce mu-nicipal infractions and the Sheriff’s office will be invited to attend the next council meeting to discuss this further.Bangasser made a motion to approve
Change Order #1 for the Cherry Street Resurfacing Project for a decrease of $1,143.12 for a grand total of the contract price being $275,891.92 with Heartland Asphalt, Inc. Second by Davis. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.Davis made a motion to approve Pay Es-
timate #1 in the amount of $260,083.86 to Heartland Asphalt, Inc. for the Cher-ry Street Resurfacing Project. Second by Heuer. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.Bangasser made a motion to approve
Resolution # 20-09.1 – Resolution ap-proving the Annual Financial Report (AFR). Second by Henning. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried. The report will be forwarded on to the State.Davis made a motion to approve a check
be written to Dwight Poppen for sidewalk reimbursement in the amount of $500. Second by Carlson. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.Trick or Treat was set by Council for Oct.
31, 2020 from 5 to 7 p.m.At this time, City owned buildings will re-
main closed to the public. Appointments can be made if entrance to the buildings is necessary. This will again be revised at the meeting on Oct. 26, 2020.Davis made a motion to not make a do-
nation to Visions of Well Being. Second by Carlson. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Mo-tion carried.The properties at 407 S. Railroad, 721
Locust and 21853 Hwy 3 were discussed in regards to the junk that is present on these properties and at this point Council said some clean-up has been done and they will be keeping an eye on them to make sure clean-up is continued.Henning made a motion to replace the
back door on City Hall as it has become in disrepair and is unsafe as a fire exit. Second by Bangasser. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried. Jon Heuer will look into what it will take to get the door re-placed.Davis made a motion to approve the
recording of the deed for the property turned over to the City at 409 Pine Street and paying the attorneys of Nelson &
Toenjes in the amount of $90 for prepar-ing the deed. Second by Carlson. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried. The City will look into the next steps of getting the house removed.Adjournment: Motion by Bangasser to
adjourn at 7:26 p.m. with a second by Carlson. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.ATTEST:Scot Henrichs - MayorGlenda Miller – City Clerk
CLAIMS FOR SEPT. 21, 2020Access Elevator, Elevator Maintenance Fee ............................................$458.00
Affordable Tree Service, Tree Removal On Pfaltzgraff ........................$1,300.00
Agvantage FS, Inc, Ambulance Diesel .. ....................................................$58.99
Ahlers & Cooney, PC, Atorney Fees For Ord Change ..............................$280.00
Allison Park Bd-Mem Fund, Trees Forev-er Expense ............................$1,000.00
Allison Variety, Supplies ............ $914.59Avesis, Vision Ins .........................$69.48Baker & Taylor, Library Books ....$741.73Bill McDowell, Refund Of Community Room Rent..................................$40.00
Blacktop Services, Black Top Cold Mix . .................................................. $603.75
BMC Aggregates, L.C., Rock For Park & City Streets ...............................$593.02
Bob Giesler, Long Term Camping Re-fund ...........................................$365.55
Bugsy’s Pest Solutions, Amb Pest Treat-ment ..........................................$500.00
Butler County Sheriff, Law Enforcement Services ...............................$15,000.00
Butler County Solid Waste, September Disposal Fee..........................$3,601.50
Butler County Treasurer, Taxes On City Property ................................. $3,162.00
Butler Grundy Dev Alliance, Dues Based On Population ........................ $1,029.00
California Street Sax, Park Board Ex-pense ........................................$200.00
Cardconnect, Park Reserv Credit Card Mgr ..........................................$1,155.65
Cardmember City, Credit Card Charges ..................................................$686.80
Cardmember Service, Library Books-DVDS-Furniture ............ $513.55
Casey’s Business Mastercd, Gasoline ... ..................................................$269.94
Cash Withdrawel, Wilder Days Expense ..................................................$800.00
Cedar Valley Portables, Porta Potty at Cemetery .................................. $160.00
City Of Allison, Deposit Refund To Be Applied To Water Bill .................. $75.00
Clappsaddle-Garber Assocs, Egineer-ing For Cherry Street & Phase II La-goon Project ........................$16,092.85
Counsel, Library Office Supplies ........... .................................................... $66.77
Crawford-Miller Lumber, Materials For Park Roof & Rerod For EMS Parking Lot ..........................................$2,095.27
Croell Redi Mix, Cement For Ems Drive-way .........................................$5,549.25
Crystal Crawford Miller, Water Deposit
Refund ........................................ $75.00Delta Dental Of Iowa, Dental Ins ............ ..................................................$389.32
Des Moines Register, Library Subscrip-tion ............................................$345.55
Dumont Telephone Co, Monthly Phone Bills ...........................................$625.44
EFTPS, Fed/FICA Tax ............$5,398.86Gordon Flesch Company, Quarterly Copy Charge & Copier Maintenace Agreement ................................ $126.62
GRP & Associates, Amb Medical Waste Disposal ......................................$32.00
Hawkins Inc, Water Chemicals .. $371.50Iowa Division Of Labor, Elevator Inspec-tion & Permit ............................. $165.00
Iowa League Of Cities, Dues Based On Population.................................$855.00
Iowa One Call, One Call Locates ........... .....................................................$11.70
Iowa Prison Industries, City Street Signs .........................................$508.87
IPERS, IPERS......................... $2,770.71J & C Grocery, Wilder Days, City Sup-plies And Pool Fundraiser ..... $1,650.38
Jendro Sanitation Svcs, Garbage Col-lection ....................................$4,758.34
Jon Heuer, Labor For Cement Drive Ems Bld ..........................................$2,370.00
Jon Heuer Construction, City Hall Re-pairs .......................................... $170.00
Keystone Lab, Water & Sewer Tests ...... ............................................... $2,837.20
Kim Miller, Steel Toed Shoes .....$117.65Mathy Construction Company, Pay Esti-mate #6 ................................$10,832.56
Matt Andrieni, Park Board Expense ....... ..................................................$200.00
Meester Construction, Labor For Park Roof ..........................................$350.00
MidAmerican Energy, Gas & Electric ..... .............................................$13,890.46
Mid-America Publishing Cr, Publica-tions ..........................................$323.30
Musica Ficta, Park Board Expense ........ ..................................................$350.00
Napa Auto Parts, Shop Repair Parts ..... ....................................................$34.46
Overdrive, Library Subscription .............. ..................................................$423.22
Payroll Checks, Total Payroll Checks .... ..............................................$19,911.97
Physicians Claims Co, Ambulance Bill-ing ............................................. $254.79
Plastic Recy Of Iowa Falls, Park Board Expense .................................... $418.00
Randy Miller, Labor For Park Roof ......... ..................................................$550.00
Ryan Exterminating, Extermination at Shop ...........................................$32.00
Sharon Niehaus, Library Cleaning ......... .................................................. $126.00
Star Graphics, Park Envelopes .............. .................................................. $293.74
State Library Of Iowa, Library Member-ship .............................................$62.00
Stirling Lawn Care, Park & Cemetery Mowing & Mosquito Spraying ............... .............................................$12,935.00
Storey Kenworthy, City Hall Supplies ..... ....................................................$35.94
Sugar Daddy’s, Park Board Expense ..... ..................................................$850.00
Taylor Rose, Cleaning at City Hall & Park .......................................... $551.00
Umb, Paying Agent Fees For Loan ........ ..................................................$600.00
United Healthcare, Health Insurance ..... ............................................... $4,904.11
US Cellular, Cell Phone Bill .........$50.45US Post Office, First Class Presort Fee, Box Rent & Water Bill Postage ............. .................................................. $476.50
Walmart Community, Library DVDs ....... .................................................... $19.96
Waverly Newspapers, Library Subscrip-tion ..............................................$89.99
Wix Water Works, Wt Bottle Rental ........ .................................................... $24.00
CLAIMS TOTAL ................. $149,551.28CLAIMS BY FUND
General Fund ........................ $87,870.23Road Use Tax Fund ................$5,946.82Employee Benefits Fund......... $4,904.11Debt Service Fund .....................$600.00Farm To Market Rd Fund ......$10,832.56Street Repairs FY 2020 Fund ................. ..............................................$10,173.05
Water Fund .............................. $7,779.65Customer Deposits Fund ........... $150.00Sewer Fund ........................... $12,935.02Landfill/Garbage Fund ............$8,359.84
AUGUST REVENUE REPORTGeneral ..................................$41,771.63Library ............................................ $0.00Library Memorial ........................$525.00Road Use Tax ....................... $10,888.47Employee Benefits ..........................$8.12Emergency Fund ............................ $1.22Lost - 80% Infrastructure ........ $6,104.27Lost - 15% Emergency Service .............. ................................................$1,144.55
Lost - 5% Economic Development ......... .................................................. $381.52
Tax Increment Financing ............... $0.00Special Revenue ...........................$77.18Debt Service ................................ $23.46Farm to Market Rd ................$14,294.38Yearly Street Projects .................... $0.00Housing Rehab Grant .................... $0.00Street Repairs - FY 2020 ............... $0.00Capital Equipment ......................... $0.00Ambulance ..................................... $0.00Library Building Project ................. $0.00Perpetual Care ............................... $0.00Water ....................................... $7,916.09Water Reserve Fund ...................... $0.00Water Depreciation ........................ $0.00Water Tower Repairs ..................... $0.00Customer Deposits ....................$225.00Sewer ....................................$25,430.96Sewer Reserve .............................. $0.00Sewer Depreciation ....................... $0.002015 Lagoon Project ...................... $0.002017 Sewer Relining Project ......... $0.00Sewer Sinking Fund ....................... $0.00Landfill/Garbage ..................... $9,278.15Storm Water ...............................$993.36TOTAL REVENUES ........... $119,063.36
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PROCEEDINGSOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
NORTH BUTLER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SPECIAL SESSION MINUTESSEPTEMBER 23, 2020
A special meeting was called to order by Board President Laurie Shultz at 5 p.m. in the Allison Media Center. Mem-bers present were Eric Bixby, John En-delman, Amanda Lund, Addison John-son and Laurie Shultz; other present were Superintendent Joel Foster, Busi-ness Manager/Board Secretary Shellee Bartlett and 11 visitors.Moved by Bixby, seconded by Johnson, to
approve the agenda. Carried unanimously.Item 4 Approve Architect proposal was
tabled.Moved by Bixby, seconded by Endel-
man, to approve the Return to Learn Plan as follows: return to face-to-face instruc-tion beginning Oct. 5, 2020; Wednesday will remain full-day professional devel-opment days until Oct. 27, 2020; remote learning will remain an option for stu-dents; classified staff will be required to be at school on Wednesday for profes-sional development starting Sept. 30, 2020 as this is part of their contracted days. Ayes – Bixby, Endelman, Lund, Shultz: Nays - Johnson.Moved by Bixby, seconded by Johnson,
to adjourn at 7:12 p.m. Carried unani-mously.ATTEST:Board PresidentBoard Secretary
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STATE OF IOWA
2020
FINANCIAL REPORT
FISCAL YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 2020 CITY OF ALLISON, IOWA
DUE: December 1, 2020
16201200100000CITY OF ALLISON410 N MainALLISON IA 50602-0647
NOTE - The information supplied in this report will be shared by the Iowa State Auditor's Office, the U.S. Census Bureau, various public interest groups, and State and federalagencies.
ALL FUNDS
Governmental (a) Proprietary (b) Total Actual (c) Budget (d)Revenues and Other Financing SourcesTaxes Levied on Property 416,903 433,245Less: Uncollected Property Taxes-Levy Year 0 0Net Current Property Taxes 416,903 416,903 433,245Delinquent Property Taxes 0 0TIF Revenues 64,610 64,610 71,190Other City Taxes 77,016 0 77,016 70,387Licenses and Permits 12,189 0 12,189 12,354Use of Money and Property 52,742 11,645 64,387 51,400Intergovernmental 317,580 123,123 440,703 398,337Charges for Fees and Service 94,931 497,247 592,178 610,612Special Assessments 0 0 0Miscellaneous 155,717 1,685 157,402 146,773Other Financing Sources, Including Transfers in 1,199,363 369,625 1,568,988Total Revenues and Other Sources 2,391,051 1,003,325 3,394,376 3,466,808Expenditures and Other Financing UsesPublic Safety 141,817 141,817 181,354Public Works 135,862 135,862 337,540Health and Social Services 5,519 5,519 7,000Culture and Recreation 383,762 383,762Community and Economic Development 193,929 193,929General Government 180,709 180,709Debt Service 331,801 331,801Capital Projects 1,114,200 1,114,200 942,227Total Governmental Activities Expenditures 2,487,599 0 2,487,599 2,397,681Business type activities 939,791 939,791Total All Expenditures 2,487,599 939,791 3,427,390 3,373,465Other Financing Uses, Including Transfers Out 0 0 0Total All Expenditures/and Other Financing Uses 2,487,599 939,791 3,427,390 3,885,006Excess Revenues and Other Sources Over (Under) Expenditures/and Other Financing Uses -96,548 63,534 -33,014 -418,198Beginning Fund Balance July 1, 2019 1,475,158 1,483,932 2,959,090 3,230,081Ending Fund Balance June 30, 2020 1,378,610 1,547,466 2,926,076 2,811,883
NOTE - These balances do not include the following, which were not budgeted and are not available for city operations:Non-budgeted Internal Service Funds Pension Trust FundsPrivate Purpose Trust Funds Agency Funds
Indebtedness at June 30, 2020 Amount Indebtedness at June 30, 2020 AmountGeneral Obligation Debt 1,001,342 Other Long-Term Debt 0Revenue Debt 1,553,134 Short-Term Debt 0TIF Revenue Debt 175,658
General Obligation Debt Limit 2,456,133
PUBLIC NOTICE
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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,
OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS,AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PROBATE NO. ESPR017095THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT BUTLER
COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
VIRGINIA A. MILLER, Deceased. To All Persons Interested in the Estate
of Virginia A. Miller, Deceased, who died on or about July 15, 2020:You are hereby notified that on the 21st
day of August, 2020, the last will and tes-tament of Virginia A. Miller, deceased, bearing the date of the 5th day of May, 2014, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Patsy A. Miller, Dennis D. Miller, Norman D. Mill-er and Vernon D. Miller were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the dis-trict court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and de-visees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons
indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the un-dersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this no-tice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.Dated this 11th day of September, 2020.Patsy A. Miller613 Logan Ave., Ackley, IA 50601Norman D. Miller291 Newburg Rd., Grinnell, IA 50112Dennis D. Miller10317 290th St., Ackley, IA 50601Vernon D. Miller2488 115th St., Ackley, IA 50601Executors of Estate
John E. Coonley, ICIS#: 00007542Attorney for ExecutorsCoonley & Coonley121 First Ave. NW, P.O. Box 397Hampton, IA 50441
Date of second publication 1st day of Oc-tober, 2020.
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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF
SHERIFF’S LEVY AND SALESTATE OF IOWAIOWA DISTRICT COURTBUTLER COUNTYCASE NUMBER: EQCV021710CIVIL NUMBER: 20-000233SPECIAL EXECUTIONCitibank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI As-
set Trustvs.Ryan S. Klinghammer and Kali L. Kling-
hammer, aka Kali L. JensenAs a result of the judgment rendered in
the above referenced court case, an ex-ecution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution or-dered the sale of defendants’ Real Estate to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is described below:North fifty-nine feet (N. 59 ft.) of Lot six
(6) in Block twenty-six (26), King’s Addi-tion to Clarksville, Iowa.Judgment in REMProperty Address: 508 N. Elizabeth St.,
Clarksville, IA 50619The described property will be offered
for sale at public auction for cash only as follows:Date of Sale: Nov. 12, 2020Time of Sale: 10 a.m.Place of Sale: Butler County Sheriff’s
Office, 428 Sixth St., Allison, IA 50602This sale not subject to redemption.Judgment Amount: $78,330.42Costs: $4,813.57Accruing Costs: PLUSInterest: $1,360.05Sheriff’s Fees: PendingAttorney: Janelle G. Ewing925 E Fourth St.Waterloo, IA 50703Date: Sept. 14, 2020/s/Jason S. JohnsonButler County Sheriff
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PROCEEDINGSMINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HELD ON SEPT. 17, 2020. With limited public access to the court-
house due to COVID-19, this meeting was held telephonically with the pub-lic able to participate on a limited basis. This complies with Iowa Code section 21.8 that outlines the guidelines to hold an electronic meeting when there are val-id concerns that an in-person meeting is “impossible or impractical.”Meeting called to order at 9 a.m. by
Chairman Tom Heidenwirth with member Greg Barnett present and member Rusty Eddy was present telephonically. Leslie Groen thanked the Supervisors
for looking into the COVID-19 Reimburse-ment further. Supervisor Barnett claims he knew nothing about it, but thanked the public for informing him. John Zimmer-man complained about the audio, say-ing he could not hear what Leslie Groen was saying at the previous meeting. Su-pervisor Barnett commented that there
were changes in the guidelines for the re-imbursement that Public Health was not aware of. Assistant County Attorney Dave Kuehner was granted an extension for the application until Sept. 22, 2020.Moved by Barnett, second by Heiden-
wirth to pass Resolution 966 for request-ing Reimbursement for COVID-19 ex-penses as follows:RESOLUTION #966RESOLUTION REQUESTING RE-
IMBURSEMENT FROM THE IOWA COVID-19 GOVERNMENT RELIEF FUNDA resolution by the County of Butler to
request reimbursement for eligible costs related to the COVID-19 Government Re-lief Fund.WHEREAS, the United States Con-
gress approved the Coronavirus Air, Re-lief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide economic relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.WHEREAS, Governor Kim Reynolds al-
located $125 million of the State of Iowa’s CARES Act funding to local governments
for direct expenses incurred in response to the COVID-19 emergency.WHEREAS, local government funding
reimbursements may only be used for necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were not accounted for in the current fiscal year county budget, were incurred during the time period of March 1, 2020 through Dec. 30, 2020 and have not been reim-bursed from other sources.NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
the County of Butler requests reimburse-ment of $183,057.75 in eligible expendi-tures in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the
County of Butler affirms that the above requests for reimbursement follow all for-mal published Federal and State of Iowa guidance on how the funds should be spent, and understand if the reimburse-ments are misrepresented, the local gov-ernment will be liable for any applicable penalty and interest.UPON Roll Call the vote thereon was as
follows:AYES: Tom Heidenwirth, Rusty Eddy,
Greg Barnett NAYS: NoneWHEREUPON the Resolution was de-
clared duly adopted this 17th day of Sep-tember 2020. ATTEST: Lizbeth Williams, County AuditorSupervisor Barnett asked if the Auditor’s
Office could get this application complet-ed. Auditor Williams’ office has already pulled the payroll files in anticipation and offered her office and Finance Deputy Mindy Pecha to complete the application. Moved by Heidenwirth, second by Bar-
nett to adjourn the meeting at 2:25 p.m. to Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 at 9: a.m. Mo-tion carried.The above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the minutes and proceed-ings of a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Butler Coun-ty, Iowa on Sept. 17, 2020.
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PROCEEDINGSMINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HELD SEPT. 15, 2020. With limited public access to the court-
house due to COVID-19, this meeting was held telephonically with the pub-lic able to participate on a limited basis. This complies with Iowa Code section 21.8 that outlines the guidelines to hold an electronic meeting when there are val-id concerns that an in-person meeting is “impossible or impractical.”Meeting called to order at 9 a.m., by
Chairman Tom Heidenwirth with member Greg Barnett present and member Rusty Eddy present telephonically. Minutes of the previous meeting were
read. Moved by Barnett, second by Heid-enwirth to approve. All ayes. Motion car-ried. Public comments by Leslie Groen were
regarding the Iowa COVID-19 Local Gov-ernment Reimbursement Program, and that the application was due today. Jen-nifer Becker responded that because she is a salaried employee, none of her wag-es will be covered, so Public Health did not qualify. John Zimmerman stated that three surrounding counties applied, and he finds it troubling that the county did not apply. Floyd County approved some part-time help to assist the Auditor with elec-tions. Auditor Williams stated that she is fully staffed and has most poll work-ers hired. Many people have stepped for-ward to work. Groen challenged Becker as to her being able to claim 25 percent of payroll for Public Health’s COVID Re-sponse.Director of Public Health Jennifer Beck-
er reported 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 since Sept, 8, 2020 with 13 recovered, five hospitalized and a 7 per-cent positivity rate.Moved by Eddy, second by Barnett to
authorize Auditor to transfer $919,384 from Capital Projects to Secondary Roads. All ayes. Motion carried.Moved by Barnett, second by Eddy to
opt out of the Payroll Tax Deferral as fol-lows:RESOLUTION #965BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that Butler
County will opt out of the presidential di-rective to defer the payment of employee social security tax.UPON Roll Call the vote thereon was as
follows:AYES: Tom Heidenwirth, Rusty Eddy,
Greg Barnett NAYS: NoneWHEREUPON the Resolution was de-
clared duly adopted this 15th day of Sep-tember, 2020. ATTEST:Lizbeth Williams, County AuditorMoved by, Barnett, second by Heiden-
wirth to approve claims. All ayes. Motion carried.Moved by Barnett, second by Heiden-
wirth to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 a.m. to Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2020 at 9 a.m. Mo-tion carried.The above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the minutes and proceed-ings of a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Butler Coun-ty, Iowa on Sept. 15, 2020.
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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BUTLER COUNTYPLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSIONThe Butler County Planning and Zoning
Commission will meet on Oct. 8, 2020, at 7:30 a.m. via teleconference Dial-In (978) 990-5016 Access Code: 2649195. At this meeting the Commission will:Hold a Public Hearing on Tellinghuisen's
Minor Plat located in the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 11, Township 91N, Range 15W.Hold a Public Hearing on Schilling Mi-
nor Plat located in the NE¼ of Section 27, Township 90N, Range 15W.Hold a Public Hearing to consider an
amendment to the Butler County Com-prehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map.Hold a Public Hearing on an application
to rezone 237 acres +/- located in the N½ NW¼, the SW¼ NW¼, the Nfrl½ NEfrl¼, and the E½ SE¼ NE¼ all in Section 4, Township 91N, Range 15W from "A-1" Agriculture to "M" ManufacturingHold a Public Hearing on an application
for a Home Industry Permit for a sewing/longarm business located at 19152 Quail Ave in the NW¼ of Section 23, Township 92N, Range 16W.Hold a Public Hearing on a Home Indus-
try Permit for a gun dealership to transfer guns at 28465 Viking Ave in the SE Cor-ner SE NW of Section 3, Township 90N, Range 15W.All interested parties are encouraged
to attend the meeting. Written or oral comments may be submitted to the But-ler County Zoning Administrator at the Courthouse, P.O. Box 325, Allison, Iowa or via email [email protected] KroezeButler County Zoning Administrator
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BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT
Monday, September 21: • Officers executed six traffic stops, as-sisted with three medical calls, assisted one motorist, and received 20 general calls. • 11:55 a.m.: Report of a suspicious per-son/vehicle in the 100 block of S Main St. • 4:13 p.m.: Report of a problem in the 100 block of N 4th St. • 4:49 p.m.: Report of a domestic/family matter in the 300 block of Dickens St. • 6:23 p.m.: Report of an accidental 9-1-1 cell call in the 400 block of 6th St. • 8:04 p.m.: Report of an accident with property damage in the area of Floyd Line St. and Hwy. 14.Tuesday, September 22: • Officers executed two traffic stops, as-sisted with three medical calls, assisted one motorist, received a report for four controlled burns, and had 14 general calls. • 8:53 a.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the area of 180th St. and Quarry Ave. • 9:04 a.m.: Report of a suspicious per-son/vehicle in the area of 265th St. and Grand Ave. • 11:53 a.m.: Report of a phone scam in the 1400 block of Main St. • 2:12 p.m.: Report of a fraud in the 12000 block of Camp Comfort Rd. • 3:09 p.m.: Report of an accident with property damage in the area of E Adair St. and N Prairie St. • 5:41 p.m.: Received a request for a life-line check in the 32900 block of Orchid Ln. • 6:06 p.m.: Report of an accident with property damage in the 600 block of N Cherry St. • 6:44 p.m.: Report of a theft in the area of Hwy. 57 and West Brook St. • 10:03 p.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the 1400 block of Hwy. 57.Wednesday, September 23: • Officers executed two traffic stops, as-sisted with three medical calls, assisted one motorist, received a report for three controlled burns, and had 16 general calls. • 12:41 a.m.: Report of an accident with damage in the 500 block of 2nd St. • 12:58 a.m.: Officers responded to an alarm call in the 100 block of Cherry St. • 6:18 a.m.: Report of an accident with property damage in the area of 180th St. and Oak Ave. • 11:52 a.m.: Report of a theft in the 300 block of Railroad St. • 1:49 p.m.: Report of vandalism/criminal mischief in the 300 block of N 1st St.
• 2:34 p.m.: Report of an animal issue in the 600 block of E Jackson St. • 3:48 p.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the area of S Parsons St. and W Prospect St. • 6:35 p.m.: Report of an animal issue in the 25100 block of Pioneer Pl. • 7:55 p.m.: Report of a suspicious vehi-cle/person/activity in the area of Hwy. 3 and N Public Rd. • 8:20 p.m.: Report of an animal issue in the 200 block of W Adair St. • 9:53 p.m.: Officers issued an arrest warrant in the 100 block of W Wilmans St. • 11:33 p.m.: Report of noise complaints in the 400 block of 4th St. • 11:49 p.m.: Officers had a report of noise complaints in the 100 block of E Adair St.Thursday, September 24: • Officers executed six traffic stops, as-sisted with one medical call, assisted one motorist, received a report for two con-trolled burns, and had 11 general calls. • 12:47 a.m.: Officers conducted a secu-rity check in the 200 block of W South St. • 4:10 a.m.: Issued an arrest warrant in the 400 block of 6th St. • 7:21 a.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the area of Bluebird Road and Hwy. 14. • 10:49 a.m.: Officers received a request for a welfare check in the 400 block of Lo-cust St. • 4:21 p.m.: Report of a suspicious per-son/vehicle in the area of 3rd St. and N Main St. • 5:59 p.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the 500 block of West St. • 7:59 p.m.: Report of a domestic/family matter in the 32200 block of Hwy. 57. • 8:56 p.m.: Report of a suspicious vehi-cle/person/activity in the 20300 block of Hwy. 188.Friday, September 25: • Officers executed 18 traffic stops, as-sisted with one medical call, and received 11 general calls. • 6:21 a.m.: Report of a theft in the 300 block of E Iowa St. • 6:28 a.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the area of 250th St. and Butler Ave. • 8:58 a.m.: Report of vandalism/criminal mischief in the 15300 block of Jay Ave. • 11:27 a.m.: Officers received a request for a welfare check in the 200 block of N Johnson St.
• 11:55 a.m.: Officers assisted with funer-al traffic in the area of 270th St. and Hwy. 14. • 4:53 p.m.: Report of a suspicious per-son/vehicle in the area of 110th St. and Packard Ave. • 4:57 p.m.: Report of a theft in the 600 block of Nash St. • 5:55 p.m.: Report of a theft in the 24200 block of 265th St. • 6:54 p.m.: Officers made an arrest war-rant in the 31400 block of Keystone Ave. • 7:59 p.m.: Report of a suspicious per-son in the 18400 block of Willow Ave. • 9:31 p.m.: Report of a structure fire in the 17300 block of 130th St. • 11:07 p.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the 700 block of Conn St. • 11:39 p.m.: Officers made a security check in the area of Hwy 14 and Hwy. 3.Saturday, September 26: • Officers executed four traffic stops, assisted with two medical calls, received a report for one controlled burn, and re-ceived four general calls. • 3:30 a.m.: Officers conducted a secu-rity check in the 27600 block of Temple Ave. • 5:48 a.m.: Report of an accidental 9-1-1 cell call in the 400 block of 6th St. • 8:29 a.m.: Officers assisted with funeral traffic in the 400 block of 6th St. • 3:12 p.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the 200 block of W South St. • 10 p.m.: Report of a suspicious vehicle/person/activity in the area of 280th St. and Viking Ave.Sunday, September 27: • Officers executed four traffic stops, as-sisted with two medical calls, had a report for one controlled burn, and had five gen-eral calls. • 12:24 a.m.: Report of an accidental 9-1-1 cell call in the 400 block of 6th St. • 9:01 a.m.: Report of an accident with property damage in the area of 302nd St. and Willow Ave. • 11 a.m.: Officers conducted a transport in the 400 block of 6th St. • 11:07 a.m.: Officers had a report of an animal issue in the 29200 block of Butler Center Rd. • 1:52 p.m.: Report of a theft in the area of Hwy. 3 and Utica Ave. • 4:17 p.m.: Report of an animal issue in the 100 block of W Superior St. • 8:43 p.m.: Report of a domestic/family matter in the 700 block of Beaver St.
BUTLER COUNTY COURTHOUSE NEWS
Deaths • David Lane, 56, Clarksville, died Sept. 2. • Bruce Bixby, 75, Clarksville, died Sept. 12.Marriages • Wesley Gardner, Allison, to Heather Harms, Allison, on Sept. 9.Traffic Court • Speeding 55 or Und Zone (1 thru 5 over): Jennifer Randall, Waterloo; Victor Junker New Hartford; Leroy Bean, New Hartford; Patrick Dunegan, Aplington; Sandi Carroll, Janesville. • Speeding 55 or Und Zone (6 thru 10 over): Anil Mohan, Mississauga Onterio; Arthur Mc-Ley Jr., Waverly; Travis Johnson, Geneva; Brandon Raymer, Nashua; Brennen Clark, Bristow; Kyle Poppens, Parkersburg. • Fail to Obey Stop Sign and Yield Right of Way: Derek Schlamp, Shell Rock. • Fail to Use Seat Belt – Minor: Deanne Win-kowitsch, Bristow. • Failure to Maintain or Use Safety Belts – Adult: Russell Lovrien, Clarksville. • Failure to Yield to Vehicle on Right: Mat-thew Hippen, Cedar Falls. • No Valid Driver’s License: David Dunbar, Mason City.Civil Court • John Deere Financial FSB vs. Ronald Wes-sels, Judgment for the plaintiff on Sept. 17 in the amount of $10,178.17 plus 11.90 percent interest per annum from and after Jan. 21, 2020, $5,385.70 accrued interest, $2,225 in attorney fees and court costs.Small Claims • Covenant Medical Center, Inc. vs. Bryan Miller, Aplington. Case dismissed without prejudice on Sept. 18.District Court • Christian Sherman, Clarksville, pled guilty to Operating While Under the Influence Sec-ond Offense. He was sentenced on Sept. 18 to 180 days of jail with 173 days suspended and credit for time served. He was also sen-tenced to a $1875 fine, a DNA requirement and two years of probation, and must pay $100 in court costs and a $281.25 crime ser-vices surcharge. • Calvin Houlgrave, 19, Aplington, was found guilty of Trespass and sentenced on Sept. 17 to a $200 fine. Houlgrave must also pay $60 in court costs and a $30 crime ser-vices surcharge. • Colton Wright, 38, St. Ansgar, pled guilty to Violation of No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt, and was sentenced on Sept. 17 to
four days of jail with credit for time served. Wright must also pay $60 in court costs and $35.60 in local sheriff’s fees.Property Transfers • Warranty Deed: Arends and Sons Con-struction LLC, Dustin Arends Member/Man-ager to Dustin Arends; Parcel 1 NE 30-90-15; 2020-2564. • Warranty Deed: Rolin and Julie Eberling to Jordan and Alanna Eberline; Comm SW Cor NW NW 20-92-17; 2020-2565. • Quit Claim Deed: John and Denise Hart-ford to John Hartford Revocable Trust and Denise Hartford Revocable Trust; Und ½ Int: E30A NW NW 23-92-18, Und ½ Int: Exc Par-cel E NE NW 23-92-18, Und ½ Int: N1/2 S1/2 NW 23-92-18; 2020-2568. • Warranty Deed: Patrick and Kirsten Zim-merman to Victoria Malfero; Beg NE Cor Lot 11 Subd NE SE 2-93-17; 2020-2578. • Warranty Deed: Joseph and Carrie Simon to Adam and Chelsey Nading; Parcel D NW 25-90-17, Subject to Easement Parcel D NW 25-90-17; 2020-2582. • Warranty Deed: Dan and Crystal Dietrick to Richard Brown; W1/2 New Hartford Origi-nal Town Lot: 1 Block: 1, W1/2 New Hartford Original Town Lot: 3 Block: 1; 2020-2590. • Joint Ten Deed: Nicole Dearmoun to Bradaley and Tara Ufford; Parcel B NW SE 16-92-18; 2020-2593. • Joint Ten Deed: Roland and Anita Meester to Jeff and Emily Downs; W25.7Ft E91.7Ft Park-ersburg Original Town Lot: 95, E66Ft Parkers-burg Original Town Lot: 95; 2020-2595. • Quit Claim Deed: Kristen Roose to Kenneth Roose; Tr In W1/2 NW 15-92-16, SW 8-92-15, N1/2 Exc Parcel A NW 17-92-15, NW NW 1592-16, S1/2 Exc Parcel D SW 23-92-16, N1/2 NW 26-92-16, Parcel D SW SW 23-92-16, S 25 A of E1/4 Exc Parcel A SW 10-92-16, SW SE 10-92-16, S50A W1/2 Exc Parcel D SE 10-92-16; 2020-2598. • Warranty Deed: Harold and Phyllis Heeren to Jodi and Christopher Charley; Exc Comm SE Cor SE 8-91-15; 2020-2600. • Warranty Deed: Harold and Phyllis Heeren to Jane and Bruce Swinton; N100A SW 26-91-15, W1/2 SE 26-91-15; 2020-2601. • Warranty Deed: Landus Cooperative, Mark Miner CFO to UC Companies LLC; Beg N Cor-ner Greene Original Town Lot: 11; 2020-2603. • Warranty Deed: Donald and Sharon Feckers to Larry and Sandra Bass; Horseshoe Subdivi-sion Lot: 9 NE SE 20-90-15; 2020-2610. • Warranty Deed: Marc and Angie Reifenrath to Joseph and Jill Sheesley; Parkersburg Leg-end Trail Development Lot: 47; 2020-2632.
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Spare Me The Details...... State-qualifying and state meets splitFORT DODGE – Dates pre-
viously set for the 2020 IHSAA and IGHSAU cross country post-season will be split at next month’s meets to accommodate competition and crowds with COVID-19 related precautions.
State qualifying meets and the state meet will now be sep-arated by classification and take place over two days.
The state meet will remain at Fort Dodge at Lakeside Golf Course, where it has been run as a co-ed event since 1993.
Classes 4A and 3A will run their meets one day earli-er than initially planned, with state-qualifying now taking place on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and the state meet on Friday, Oct. 30.
Classes 2A and 1A will com-pete on the originally scheduled
dates, with state qualifying on Thursday, Oct. 22 and the state meet on Saturday, Oct. 31.
“Our joint championship in Fort Dodge has long been a spe-cial event for our participants and fans,” IGHSAU Execu-tive Director Jean Berger said. “Changes to any successful championship are never easy, but holding a two-day meet is our best option this year. Our new plan really focuses on a safe and rewarding experience, something we all agree is our top priority.”
The boards of the IHSAA and IGHSAU have approved the changes for 2020. The state meet will continue to be host-ed by Fort Dodge Community School District and Fort Dodge Parks and Recreation.
“The IHSAA is grateful to
the Fort Dodge community, particularly the Parks and Rec-reation Department and Lake-side Municipal Golf Course for their efforts to make a two-day State Co-Ed Cross Country event possible,” IHSAA Ex-ecutive Director Tom Keating said. “By allowing us to run each class individually, the Fort Dodge community is contribut-ing to our commitment to safety for participants, coaches, work-ers, media and spectators. This is another example of the out-standing support and partner-ship we enjoy with the city, the golf course and the wonderful volunteers who make this event special.”
As an additional precaution-ary measure at state qualifying meets, Class 1A will go from five sites to eight sites. This
will cut attendance at each 1A location by about 10 teams per gender.
With this change, Class 1A will feature 16 state qualifying teams – the top-two teams qual-ifying at each site, instead of the usual three – and 10 individual state meet qualifiers for each gender instead of the usual 15 individual state qualifiers. The IHSAA and IGHSAU anticipate this will be a one-time qualify-ing change. Classes 2A, 3A and 4A will remain unchanged on qualifying teams and individ-uals for the 2020 State Cross Country Meet.
The projected site for area Class 1A state cross country runners will be Central Springs in Manly. Class 3A will ei-ther be Waverly-Shell Rock or Monticello.
Almelien fourth at Central SpringsMANLY – Owen Almelien
followed up a third-place finish earlier in the week with anoth-er high spot, taking fourth at the Central Springs Invite on Thursday, Sept. 24.
He led North Butler to a sev-enth-place team finish out of 10 schools at the meet with 152 team points, clocking in at 18 minutes, 1.1 seconds.
“Owen had a great start in the top-10 early and worked his way up to the front as the race went on,” North Butler coach Kirk Clark said. “He has been a solid runner all season, but now he is showing he knows how to work his way to the front as the race goes on.
“It takes a lot of discipline to tell yourself you have to keep going and passing people when your body tries to tell you other-wise. He has definitely worked hard all season and even before the season started to make sure he could race like that.”
Completing team scoring for coach Kirk Clark’s team were Michael Knock (32), Avery Boos (38), Jason Brehmer (46) and Wyatt Anderson (49).
Forest City won the team ti-tle, scoring 62. The individual title went to St. Ansgar’s Riley Witt.
Bree Van Genderen finished 21st overall, 16th in team scoring to lead the Bearcat girls in a time of 23:34.6.
“I also felt like the other boys on the varsity team are starting to race a little harder because of (Owen’s) leadership,” Clark said. “Their times are starting to drop, and they are starting to be more competitive; trying to navigate themselves through the lineup working for the best positions possible.
“This is the time of year to be running well, and I feel several varsity runners on both the boys and girls side are do-ing so.”
The rest of the team scoring included Aeryn Anderson (39), McKenzie Bohach (51), Kara Van Genderen (54) and LeeAn-na Holm (61).
The girls’ team title was earned by Mason City New-man, while Hampton-Dumont’s Lydia Maas claimed the indi-vidual championship.
Central Springs Invitational
Varsity Girls Team Scoring1. Mason City Newman 40; 2. Nash-ua-Plainfield 57; 3. West Fork 80; 4. St. Ansgar 104; 5. Forest City 119; 6. Hampton-Dumont 148; 7. North Butler 160.
North Butler (160) – 21. Bree Van Genderen 23:34.6; 39. Aeryn Ander-son 26:07.6; 51. McKenzie Bohach 27:52.1; 54. Kara Van Genderen 28:23.3; 60. LeeAnna Holm 30:38.7; 61. Ann Shafer 30:38.7.
Varsity Boys Team Scoring1. Forest City 62; 2. Mason City New-man 86; 3. West Fork 96*; 4. Central Springs 96*; 5. St. Ansgar 122; 6. Hampton-Dumont 130; 7. North Butler 152; 8. Nashua-Plainfield 217; 9. Lake Mills 229; 10. West Hancock 272.* denotes tiebreak
North Butler (152) – 4. Owen Almelien 18:01.1; 32. Michael Knock 19:35.9;
38. Avery Boos 20:00.6; 46. Jason Brehmer 20:46.6; 49. Wyatt Anderson 20:56.4; 53. Lucas Martahn 21:18.4; 62. Owen Swygmann 22:00.1; 85. Sean Mathers 24:07.7; 93. Drake Niel-sen 27:04.1.
Junior High Girls ResultsNorth Butler – 20. Elizabeth McPher-son 22:13.7.
Junior High Boys Team Scoring1. Northwood-Kensett 56; 2. Mason City Newman 77; 3. Hampton-Dumont 80; 4. Nashua-Plainfield 83; 5. Forest City 113; 6. Lake Mills 120; 7. North Butler 127.
North Butler (127) – 19. Alex Almelien 15:42.1; 24. Caleb Rewerts 16:16.2; 29. Samuel Martinez-Macias 17:08.7; 30. Trevor Bangs 17:33.3; 36. Evan Swyg-man 18:49.5; 41. Ryland Pitzenberger 20:25.5; 42. Miles Nielsen 20;42.8; 43. Ben Van Genderen 21:27.2.
St. Ansgar 28, North Butler 0
St. Ansgar 14 0 7 4 - 28N. Butler 0 0 0 0 - 0
TEAM STATISTICS SA NBFirst downs 15 10Rushes-yards 39-300 33-99Passing 44 112Comp-att-int 3-10-1 5-17-2Punts-avg. 0-0 3-46Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0Penalties-yards 7-67 7-73
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds-TD) – SA (Ryan Cole 15-230-2, Lorne Isler 18-54-1, Carter Salz 3-10-0, Justin Horgen 3-6-0); NB (Kolben Miller 7-50-0, Alex Shultz 9-19-0, Nathan Hawker 5-15-0,
Dawson Testroet 8-8-0, Corbin Lewis 4-7-0). PASSING (Att-Comp-Yds-TD-INT) – SA (Horgen 3-10-44-0-1). NB (Lewis 4-15-87-0-2. Miller 1-2-25-0-0). RECEIVING (Catch-Yds-TD) – SA (Bradley Hackenmiller 1-25-0, Salz 1-17-0, Cole 1-2-0). NB (Kaleb Salge 3-82-0, Fletcher Buss 2-30-0). TACK-LES (Solo-TFL-Total) – SA (Isler 6-8-3, Salz 5-6.5-1, Cole 5-6.5-0, Hacken-miller 3-4.5-1, Tate Mayer 2-4-0, Elijah Soltero 3-4-0). NB (Testroet 4-6.5-0, Miller 4-5.5-1, Chet Buss 3-5-2, Hawker 3-4.5-0, Salge 2-3.5-0, Logan Ott 1-3-0, Shawn Weitzenkamp 1-3-1). SACKS – SA, None. NB (C. Buss). FUMBLE RECOVERIES – SA, None. NB, None. INTERCEPTIONS – SA (Cole, Chris-tian Hermanson). NB (Hawker).
Bearcats upbeatin loss to No. 2 Saints
BY KRISTI NIXONCLARKSVILLE STAR
GREENE – Usual-ly a 28-0 loss to a district opponent is deflating.
However, when the North Butler football team took on Class A second-ranked St. An-sgar, this 28-0 loss didn’t sting too badly.
The Bearcats were able to keep the Saints from running rampant and actually had at least three shots offensively against the 5-0 Saints.
“I’ve never been more proud of them in any win of ours,” said assistant coach Jeff Stir-ling, who was acting head coach for Jordan Vanderloop while his wife was delivering their first baby on Friday, Sept. 25. “We took on the No. 2 team in the state and gave them some things to think about.”
Other than two big plays, an 80-yard run by Ryan Cole on the Saints’ opening posses-sion, and the second-half kick-off return, St. Ansgar had to grind it out to score against the Bearcats.
“Our defense, we gave up that kick return; that’s my fault,” Stirling said. “I called a squib; they didn’t quite under-stand it. They kicked it deep, tried to onside it, oh well. You know, they broke two runs. Oth-er than that, they had to earn the other ones. So, you take them back, we’re pretty good.”
And the Bearcats also had their chances offensively. North Butler was in the red zone three times and was turned away.
“We had some shots on of-fense, but things just didn’t click,” Stirling said. “We missed a couple with an un-timely penalty, but overall I’m really happy with what we did. I watched a lot of film on them, and nobody stayed with them for four quarters.”
The Saints were never able to get the continuous clock going, something that the unbeaten team likely expected against the Bearcats.
“West Fork (now in the Class A rankings), last week was 54-21, so we’re in a good place,”
Stirling said. “We don’t have any major injuries, so our kids played hard with a team like this. It does a lot for our confidence. With missing Jordan, makes a huge difference, he knows our offense 10 times better than I do. I think we score a couple times (with him). We did well.”
St. Ansgar had a 17-play drive in the second quarter that culminated in no points when Sage Hulshizer’s 22-yard field goal attempt was blocked with 5 minutes, 39 seconds left to go in the half. Nathan Hawker also intercepted Saints’ quarterback Justin Horgen for a five-yard re-turn. He also accounted for 4.5 stops, three solo. Chet Buss had a sack of Horgen and another big tackle for loss.
“Good job calling defense,” Stirling said. “The D-line made some great plays; we had the of-fense moving. We only punted three times, so that tells you we were moving the ball; and we had it down on their end several times, so that’s a good sign.
“There is nothing to hang our heads about that, and we’ll get ready for Nashua next week. That’s a big thing, we said we have to win two of the last three, and we’ve got the last two marked; and we’re going to go them.”
The Bearcats combined for 211 yards of offense.
“Couldn’t ask for a better game,” Stirling said.
The North Butler team huddles up shortly before kickoff against the Class A No. 2 Saints on Friday, Sept. 25. (Kristi Nixon Photo)
Kolton Becker heads upfield on a kickoff return against St. Ansgar on Friday, Sept. 25. (Kristi Nixon Photo)
North Butlerteams third at West Fork
BY KRISTI NIXONCLARKSVILLE STAR
ROCKWELL – With a third-place in-dividual f inish, Owen Almelien
helped lead North Butler to a third-place team finish in the varsity boys’ race at Linn Grove Country Club hosted by West Fork.
Almelien has turned his in-tensity for running up this sea-son, and it has shown for the sophomore, who clocked in at 18 minutes, 38.67 seconds, 16 seconds behind the champi-on and runner-up from Mason City Newman and West Fork, respectively.
“I just wanted to go out and run my race,” Almelien said. “Not go out too fast. I think I waited a little bit too long to
speed up towards the end. I ran all right. It’s my highest place of the year.
“This year, I ran a lot in the summer. I just knew I had the potential to be good and just wanted to be good and put some work in. I think it’s also a men-tality switch in just knowing I can be up there with some of the top runners.”
He had a sprint to the finish on the downhill with the host school’s senior Noah Maske, whom he edged by less than a full second.
“I knew he was coming be-hind me,” Almelien said. “Peo-ple were saying he was close to me. I knew I could use the downhill to use that speed to-ward the end and seize that to the finish.”
North Butler’s McKenzie Bohach, left, and Kara Van Genderen race together early in the West Fork Invite. (Kristi Nixon Photo)
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bined to post 31 kills in the North Butler volleyball team’s sweep of Nashua-Plainfield on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Clipperton tallied 17 and Eiklenborg 14 as the Bearats improved to 13-4 overall, 3-2 in the TIC East.
Brooke Trees led the defense with 26 digs, and Brynn Salge distributed 28 of the team’s 29 assists in the 25-12, 25-19, 25-21victory.
Kiya Johnson was perfect on seven serves with an ace.
North Butler 25-25-25, Nashua-Plainfield 12-19-21
Kills – NB (Madison Clipperton 17, Sydney Eiklenborg 14, Haley Freesemann 5, Kiya Johnson 5, Maddy Shultz, Aubrey Obermier); N-P (Makenzie Foelske 5, Breanna Hackman 4, Bailey Fisher 2, Toyia Griffin 2, Maddy Rodruck). Blocks– NB (Shultz, Johnson); N-P (Fisher, Hackman, Grif- f in, Rodruck). Assists – NB (Salge 28, Brooke Trees); N-P (Paige Ripley 11, Abbie Hyde). Digs – NB (Trees 26, Clip-perton 19, Eiklenborg 13, Johnson 10, Salge 9, Ober-mier); N-P (Hyde 18, Griffin 10, Ripley 7, Foelkse 5, Kendall Bailey-Pint 4, Miah Malven 3, Hackman 2, Rodruck 2, Jalynn Pratt 2). Serving – NB (Clip-perton 11-11; Johnson 7-7, ace; Eiklenborg 18-20; Salge 9-10, ace; Shultz 4-5; Trees 13-17, ace); N-P (Malven 9-9, 2 aces; Hackman 8-8, ace; Ripley 7-7, 2 aces; Foelske 7-7, ace; Hyde 5-5; Griffin 4-4; Pratt 2-2; Rodruck 9-11, ace).
The North Butler volleyball team celebrates the final match point against AGWSR in Ackley on Sept. 24. (Kristi Nixon Photo)
ENERGY AND INTENSITYNorth Butler volleyball overcomes road test at AGWSR
BY KRISTI NIXONCLARKSVILLE STAR
ACKLEY – Low e ne rg y a nd facing a hostile env i ron ment got to North
Butler’s volleyball team early at AGWSR, but the 14-4 Bear-cats quickly regrouped for a 3-1 non-conference match win over the Cougars on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Even though Sydney Eiklen-borg is still not 100 percent from a pre-season ankle inju-ry, the senior posted 15 kills, two blocks, nine digs and was perfect on 16 serves with three aces, including a key run in set two in, which North Butler was down 8-2, and she brought North Butler back for a 13-8lead by the time she was done.
Two of those serves were aces, including a ball that inad-vertently hit Brynn Smith while sailing out of bounds, and the following was a net roll that just dropped in.
And, when asked how healthy Eiklenborg is, North Butler coach Laura Schwicker-ath made a face to indicate her outside hitter isn’t 100 percent.
“It’s still bothering her quite a bit,” Schwickerath said. “I think it was still big of her. I looked at her, and I know it’s been bothering her, so I just said, ‘You need to be honest with me; how do you feel about resting in the back row if we go five?’ Obviously, we want to have her in the front row; she said, ‘Yeah, I need a rest.’”
And Eiklenborg said she even has a hard time admitting she can’t go full bore all of the time.
“I’d say about 90-95 percent (healthy),” Eiklenborg said. “I feel, every now and then, a little sore. Other than that, I’m pretty good. It’s hard for me because I’m a person who likes to play, play, play, but I think I’ve really learned, especially this year that when I need a break, it’s okay, so yeah, I just tell her (I need one).”
Thus the 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-15 victory for the Bearcats.
The high energy from AG-WSR slowly drifted away, and along with it the Cougars’ bois-terous student section.
“It was gradual,” AGWSR coach Jill Smith said. “It felt like we came out very strong in the first set, which we have been doing, which is great. But, obviously, we have to maintain it and manage the match. They
made some adjustments offen-sively, and I didn’t feel like it was anything we couldn’t de-fend, but it just got…you could see in the second set it was a battle defending the deep cor-ners, which I felt we defended the deep corners really well the last two matches.
“Coming into the second set, I thought we were good, and then I agree, it was gradu-al through that second set, and then I think we were in it in the third or the fourth.”
How North Butler took the crowd out of it also was a slow momentum switch after Schwickerath’s first timeout when her team trailed 8-4 in the first set.
“I think my first timeout I called, I said, ‘You know, their crowd has a lot of energy; don’t let them affect what’s happen-ing with you guys on the court. We’re going to have to commu-nicate that much more to over-compensate that much more because it was so loud in the gym,’” Schwickerath said. “I kind of felt like from that point we kind of ran with it. I do feel like the girls were doing a good job of keeping a next-ball men-tality and never counting them-selves out of any sets, so always thinking they can fight back or always pushing ahead.”
Eiklenborg added, “We worked a lot on mental tough-ness throughout practice and games and that kind of stuff ,and I really feel like we have a good mental toughness. I feel like we really focused on the game and kept each other accountable.”
By the time North Butler put the finishing touches on the match, coach Smith, too, had a look on her face that belied her emotions.
“It was frustrating,” coach Smith said. “I was kind of at a loss. I didn’t know what to do. Maybe I should have made some changes earlier; I don’t know.
“We’ll have the weekend off, which I think is good. I think we need to mentally re-group: We don’t have a break. We play good teams, night-in and night-out, so we really have to be ready to go. We have Iowa Falls, Grundy; we go to the Wa-verly tournament this year. So, it’s just one good team after the other, and you have to be able to have a short memory. Tuesday was a tough match for us. It was an emotional match, and I think that carried into today. We have to learn how to be able to let that go even though it was hard,
North Butler 21-25-25-25, AGWSR 25-20-23-15
Kills – NB (Sydney Eiklenborg 15, Madison Clipperton 10, Kiya Johnson 9, Haley Freesemann 7, Brynn Sal-ge 5, Jordan Osterbuhr 2); AGWSR (Brynn Smith 14, Alyssa Hames 7, MaKenna Kuper 7, Taylor Sperfslage 6, Grace Finger 5). Blocks – NB (Johnson 2, Maddy Shultz, Eiklen-borg); AGWSR (Hames 4, Kuper 2, Finger 2, Smith). Assists – NB (Salge 30); AGWSR (Gerstein NA, Winter-berg NA). Digs – NB (Brooke Trees 27, Clipperton 26, Salge 11, Johnson 9, Eiklenborg 9, Kenzie Groen 7, Shultz 4, Freesemann 3, Osterbuhr 2); AGWSR (NA). Serving – NB (Clipperton 19-19, 4 aces; Eiklenborg 16-16, 3 aces; Johnson 16-17; Salge 14-15, ace; Shultz 10-11; Trees 9-11, ace; Groen 4-5); AGWSR (Alayna Hunt 19-19, 2 aces; Natalie Gerstein 14-15; Haleigh Homeyer 13-14; Tes-sa Sperfslage 16-18; Smith 10-11, ace, Ta. Sperfslage 4-5).
even though we are tired, even though we are mentally drained and figure out how to get it done the next time they are out on the court. That’s where we are not quite at.”
In spite of this, AGWSR gained 14 kills from Brynn Smith and seven apiece from Alyssa Hames and MaKen-na Kuper with six from Taylor Sperfslage.
North Butler also got 10 kills from Madison Clipperton and nine from Kiya Johnson. Haley Freesemann chipped in with seven, and setter Brynn Salge caught the Cougars off guard with some tips.
Eiklenborg gave quick credit to the middle hitters who drew the block away from her con-siderably to help her reach the team-high in kills.
“I really like to speed things up; me and my setter connect really well with fast sets, and I think that threw them a little bit because they weren’t ready,” Eiklenborg said, “and they also have a lot of our middles draw-ing the block, which helped a lot; like Haley Freesemann and Kiya, they were both draw-ing the block really well, and that always helps with the in-side-outside. Just drawing the block and working a little bit.”
Before the match, AGWSR junior setter Natalie Gerstein was honored for reaching 1,000career set assists, achieved the prior weekend against Colo-NESCO.
And that was still achieved even though the Cougars have been using a two-setter system with Josie Winterberg sharing responsibilities with Gerstein.
“That’s really exciting for her and for our program be-cause you don’t have an assist unless you have somebody that can hit the ball,” coach Smith said. “You can’t set the ball un-less you have someone who can pass, and so, that’s a reflection on how far we’ve come the last couple of seasons. Looking back at some of the stats pri-or to that, setters were coming through and not able to reach that milestone. Certainly, that is progress, so that’s positive. My expectations are, you know, far beyond that.”
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West Fork Invitational
Girls Team Scoring1. Mason City Newman 23; 2. West Fork 60; 3. Belmond-Klemme 103; 4. North Butler 116.North Butler (116) – 11. Bree Van Genderen 23:57.60; 20. Aeryn Anderson 26:14.32; 25. Kara Van Genderen 27:58.46; 28. McKenzie Bohach 28:49.19; 32. LeeAnna Holm 31:09.10; 33. Ann Shafer 31:32.31.
Boys Team Scoring1. Mason City Newman 36; 2. West Fork 41; 3. North Butler 71; 4. Lake Mills 110; 5. Belmond-Klemme 111.North Butler (71) – 3. Owen Alme-lien 18:38.67; 12. Michael Knock 19:54.96; 19. Avery Boos 21:04.59; 23. Jason Brehmer 21:46.06; 25. Wyatt Anderson 21:51.86; 28. Lu-cas Martzahn 22:29.95; 45. Sean Mathers 25:31.61; 51. Owen Swyg-mann 26:57.52; 56. Drake Nielsen 29:32.71.
Michael Knock also passed Newman’s Matthew Henrich at the very bottom of the downhill before the turn to the finish line, coming in at 12th in 19:54.96. The rest of the Bearcats’ team scoring included Avery Boos (19), Jason Brehmer (23) and Wyatt Anderson (25).
The North Butler girls were fourth in the team race out of four complete teams, scoring 116 points.
Bree Van Genderen finished just outside the top-10 with a time of 23:57.60, good for 11th.
The rest of coach Kirk Clark’s girls’ team included Aeryn Anderson (20), Kara Van Genderen (25), McKenzie Bo-hach (28) and LeeAnna Holm (32).
Newman swept both the team and individual races with 23 points for the girls and Mag-gie McBride taking the title. The Knight boys’ scored 36 to edge West Fork for the team ti-tle while Joey Ringo beat Cail
Weaver to the finish on a dead sprint.
Almelien wasn’t far behind.“My goal is to qualify for
state individually and run there and see what I can do there,” Almelien said. “I still have a couple of years left to go.”
North Butler’s Bree Van Genderen leads Belmond-Klemme’s Abigail Bates to the finish line. Bates passed her late as Van Genderen finished 11th. (Kristi Nixon Photo)
ABOVE: Michael Knock of North Butler makes a late pass near the finish line of Mason City Newman’s Matthew Henrich for his finish. RIGHT: North Butler’s Owen Almelien leads West Fork’s Noah Maske to the finish line to take third overall. The Bearcat boys’ team also placed third at the meet. (Kristi Nixon Photos)
North Butler’s Avery Boos, right, passes West Fork’s Trent Despenas at the mid-way point of the West Fork Invitational last week. (Kristi Nixon photo)