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Describing Leo Cash’s life in sportstakes many words.

The 89-year-old was a state-quali-fier wrestling at Abraham LincolnHigh School in 1941. He wrestledwhile in the Navy, helping his team toa second-place finish at the 1946national championships.

He umpired and refereed varioussports when he returned to CouncilBluffs and helped establish a fast-pitch softball league. In the ’70s, Cashfounded a wrestling program, whichhe oversaw for 25 years.

“I made a lot of friends,” Cash saidof his sporting life.

Born in Council Bluffs, Cashattended A.L., though he didn’t go outfor wrestling – he calls it “wrassling” –until his junior year. The novice wonthe district and advanced to the statetournament, where he lost in the firstround.

The next year, Cash graduatedearly, meaning he couldn’t wrestle hissenior season. But he made up forthat in the Navy, where he became amember of the amateur AlamedaHellcats in Alameda, Calif.

Cash vividly remembers his Navywrestling days. He wrestled at 112pounds and once had five matches inone day.

“And I won ‘em all,” he said.The trip to New York City for the

1946 college national championshipswas another memory he’ll cherish for-ever.

“That meet was really something,”he said.

The wrestler returned to CouncilBluffs after his Naval service (heremained stateside throughout) andbegan umpiring baseball and softballand refereeing wrestling. He kept at

the profession until he was 82, callinghis last softball games eight years ago.

Cash teamed with local recreationlegend Art Botts to form the Big City

League, an adult fast-pitch softballassociation that featured a number ofteams in Council Bluffs, along with ateam from Glenwood and Hancock.

“That was a good league,” Cashsaid. “We had quite a few teams.”

At the behest of Council BluffsParks and Recreation, Cash started a

wrestling program in the 1970s andoversaw Park and Rec Wrestling formore than 20 years. Grapplers fromthe four city schools and others insouthwest Iowa, including Under-wood, studied under Cash.

The coach said at least sixwrestlers that came through the pro-gram went on to win a state champi-onship.

At their Council Bluffs home, Leoand his wife of 63 years, Lloydine, dis-cussed the busy life of Leo. Lloydinepulled out photos from his Navy days,newspaper clipping and a picture ofLeo with a black eye received from anerrant bat while umpiring.

“Our scrapbooks are loaded,” shesaid.

Leo’s schedule, according to hiswife: “In the fall it was hunting, win-ter was wrestling and the summerbaseball and softball.”

“I guess that’s why we’re still mar-ried. He was gone all the time,” Lloy-dine said with a laugh.

Leo smiled while reflecting on hissporting life.

“I really did enjoy it,” he said softly.The pair has one daughter, two

grandsons and two great-grandchil-dren. Grandson August Manz is thehead wrestling coach at Thomas Jef-ferson High School, with his brotherAdam an assistant.

“They followed in Grandpa’s foot-steps,” Lloydine said proudly. “Andwhen they all get together you knowwhat they talk about: wrassling.”

Leo Cash, sportsman through the ages

Leo Cash, with his wife Lloydine reminisce about Leo’s history in sports. At right, photos and other mem-orobilia from Leo’s younger days as an athlete in high school and the Navy.

Staff photos/Erin Duerr

Leo Cash, a retired letter carrier from Council Bluffs, is somewhat of a sports legend in the community. He wrestled for Abraham Lincoln High School and for the Navy duringWorld War II before returning to Council Bluffs where he umpired and coached into his 80s.

Sports a part ofBluffs man’s life

from high school,Navy and beyond

CHAD [email protected]

If you are cruising down acounty road and see the famil-iar workers’ blaze orange,please slow down. And if yousee a sign that states “Bridgeout ahead,” heed the warning.

Pottawattamie County Sec-ondary Roads crews will be hit-ting the county as constructionseason soon reaches its apex.

Personnel will work onoverlays in subdivisions thissummer and bridge crews willreplace as many bridges astime and funding allow.

Pottawattamie CountyEngineer John Rasmussensaid his bridge crew is alreadywrapping up work on their10th bridge replacement of theyear, quite a feat considering itused to be commonplace forone per year.

“It is the first concreteddeck build we have done,” Ras-mussen said. “It is about 100-foot span, which is also apretty good sized project forus.”

Rasmussen said bridgesover 20 feet in length areinspected once every two years

and from those inspectionsthey are assigned a “Suffi-ciency Rating.”

That rating is used to prior-itize bridges and it makesthem eligible for funding.

“We try to look at throughroutes for oversized and over-weight loads, as we want tosupport the agricultural andcommercial interests,” he said,because some bridges are animpediment to farm equip-ment.

As for road work, Ras-mussen said it is difficult forthe county to build newstretches of road. The never-ending cycle of maintenancemakes it hard to catch up, hesaid.

“We are definitely in amaintenance cycle, where weare just trying to maintain thesystem we own,” he said. “Thelast time the road system grewor was greatly improvedseemed to be in the late ’80sand early ’90s.

“The last successful passageof a fuel tax seemed to spurimprovement and growth ofthe system.”

Gov. Terry Branstad saidlast week he’ll push for a fueltax increase in next year’s leg-islative session.

This year, a citizen panelhad recommended increasingthe tax by up to 10 cents a gal-lon to raise money for road and

bridge work, but the proposalfailed in the Legislature.

So for now, project selectionis a function of funding andneed.

“There is nothing worsethan not having constructiongoing on,” he said. “A lot of ourproject priorities are driven bypartners.”

Funding is an importantfactor. If funds don’t exist thenobviously the project can’tmove forward.

“On the flip side, it oftenoccurs that we will havemoney made available to us fora project or safety enhance-ment. If we can accomplishwork that comes with dedi-cated funding we will make ita priority,” Rasmussen said.“These types of projects don’tdisplace other priorities in somuch as they don’t requirereallocation of funds.”

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Ford keeps sewing and sewing

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Patti Ford is a little like theEnergizer Bunny: She keepssewing and sewing and …

She was recently namedVolunteer of the Year by FAM-ILY Inc. for sewing swaddlingblankets for participating fam-ilies.

Ford has sewn a mountainof blankets, said Kate Gron-stal, community outreach coor-dinator.

“We get fabric, and Pattijust sews and sews and sews,”she said. “She’s done literallythousands of blankets.”

Ford uses flannel to makethe blankets, she said.

“I cut them large – 36 by 36(inches) – and I finish theedges for them,” she said.“When I do them, I’ll take in 80to 100.”

The blankets can helpsoothe infants who are upset,Gronstal said. One of the topfive ways to soothe a cryingbaby is to wrap it in a swad-dling blanket.

“The whole (point) of theswaddling is the comfort itgives to the baby,” Ford said.“The blanket is held tightaround them so there’s not thekicking or screaming of thebaby … They have thatwarmth and comfort thatsomething is surroundingthem.”

The swaddling blankettakes the place of the motherholding the child and is espe-cially helpful with autistic andspecial needs children, shesaid.

“I know from my owngrandkids if they weren’tswaddled, they might sleep 35minutes, but if they’re swad-dled they would sleep for 2 ½

hours,” she said. “Even whenthey reach 8 or 9 months, ifthey’re swaddled, you’ll findthey’ll sleep through the nighta lot better.”

Ford started sewing theblankets years ago when FAM-ILY was a program of the AreaEducation Agency, she said.The work is a labor of love.

“This brings two of my dearloves together – the sewing

and the children,” she said. “Iknew it would be different withthe child and for the mother,because it gives her comfortthat the child is not scream-ing.”

Ford taught in CouncilBluffs Community Schools for33 years, she said. She taughtat Edison, Carter Lake, Wilsonand A.L., starting in art (herminor) and moving to family

and consumer science, childdevelopment and health edu-cation. She administered theSafe and Drug-Free Schoolsprogram for 10 years, oversee-ing the D.A.R.E. program andRed Ribbon Week activities.

She was born and raised inCouncil Bluffs and graduatedfrom Abraham Lincoln HighSchool. She earned a bachelor’sdegree at Wayne State College

and a master’s degree atNorthwest Missouri State andtook additional courses at theUniversity of Nebraska atOmaha.

“Child development hasalways been part of family andconsumer science,” she said.“Our culture changed, and (as)we saw young parents, morekids that were raising youngerbrothers and sisters, the need

was there. I have a passion forseeing that kids are raised in asafe environment. For thechild’s safety, we need to havethe tools to be a strong parentand a loving parent.”

Ford retired in 2005 and hasbeen training to enter parishministry. In July, she willbecome part-time pastor at theUnited Methodist Church inLogan.

FAMILY Inc.’sVolunteer of theYear has sewnthousands ofblankets to

comfort babies

Staff photo/Erin Duerr

Patti Ford works on a sewing project from her home on Thursday. Ford sews swaddling blankets for FAMILY Inc. “This brings two of my dear lovestogether – the sewing and the children,” she said.


A county bridge at 290th Street and Delta Avenue near Treynor. It’s the 10th bridgereplacement of the year for Pottawattamie County Secondary Roads crews.

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Construction near a county bridge at 290th Street andDelta Avenue Treynor. Pottawattamie County EngineerJohn Rasmussen said his bridge crew is already wrap-ping up work on their 10th bridge replacement of theyear, quite a feat considering it used to be commonplacefor one per year.

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The county prioritizes proj-ects on a five-year plan basedon their estimated need formaintenance.

Rasmussen said the plan isfiscally constrained – meaningthe county cannot plan moreprojects than it can afford tocomplete.

Projects move forward, orbackward based on the actualmaintenance need in the cur-rent year of the five-year plan.Roads are looked at based onthe cause of deterioration;weathering is typically a slowerprocess than pavements beingover stressed by heavy loads.

Some projects remain in thefifth year of a five-year planyear after year and others

move to the top of the pile ifthey are rapidly deteriorating.

Rasmussen said this con-struction season will see a littleless construction than normalbecause of the delays in plan-ning caused by last summer’sflooding of the Missouri River.

A typical project takes oneyear to plan; much of that plan-ning was delayed by the need toscramble to post flood projects.

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AVOCAThe city of Avoca was

established over 143 years ago

when the Rock Island Railroad

ran from Des Moines to

Council Bluffs and has enjoyed

a long history as a retail center

for rural Pottawattamie County.

The name Avoca was

taken from a poem by Thomas

Moore called “The Meeting of

The Waters”, derived from an

old Irish tale, “Vale of Avoca”

which means where the bright

waters meet. Today water

enthusiasts can tube, kayak or

canoe with local outfitters who

capitalize on the scenic beauty

of the Nishnabotna River that

flows through the lush green

countryside of Western Iowa.

In addition to the river tours

that originate in Avoca, the city

government has also been

proactive in developing an

array of recreational services

such as a municipal golf

course and a large aquatic cen-

ter. The Aquatic center opened

June 1, 2011 and a newly

designed clubhouse for the

golf course opened in the fall of

2011.

The picturesque down-

town has been recently reno-

vated and the city has been

successful in rescuing many

older structures returning them

to the ambiance of Avoca’s

early years when the Rock

Island Railroad carried passen-

gers between Des Moines and

Council Bluffs.

The city of Avoca is also

focusing on affordable housing

programs designed to attract

young people and retirees to

the area and is actively

involved in working with local

businesses to maintain a wel-

coming atmosphere for new

residents or tourists who sim-

ply want to spend a relaxing

weekend savoring the lush

beauty of Western Iowa.

For more information

please call 712-343-5454 or

visit our website at www.city-

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Zimmerman Sales andService was started in 1965 by JerryZimmerman. The family grew uphelping on bin erection and servic-ing. After graduation, Kevin attend-ed Iowa Western CommunityCollege graduating with a degree in

Applied Electronic Science.Kevin worked three years with a

large scale company, traveling andputting in scales, pouring concreteand wiring scales for feed mills andelevators. In 1989, Jerry and Kevinformed a partnership in ZimmermanSales and Service.

Kevin and Paulette have boughtthe business now and manage allaspects for your building and grainstorage needs.

Kevin has a Master Class BElectronic license, boom trucks,trencher and crane to complementthe grain bin building, electricalsales and service needed today. Petfood, feed and seed are also avail-able at the sore in Neola, Iowa,Business hours are 8am-5pmMonday through Friday and 8am-Noon on Saturdays.

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NEOLANeola was first settled by the Pottawattamie Indians around

1839. The word “Neola,” accordingly to Iowa history means “look-out.” Neola borders Mosquito creek and rises up on hills from whichone can see a distance of five miles. In 1869 The Chicago RockIsland and Pacific Railroad was built and the town grew. The railroadbrought many people into the area to build businesses, schools,churches and farmsteads. Neola was incorporated in 1882. The cityof Neola observed its 125th anniversary at the annual Hoo DooDays celebration in September 2007.

Like other small towns, Neola strives to keep its existing busi-nesses and to create opportunities for new businesses. Neola citi-zens work hard to keep their community safe and beautiful.

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started as a full service members-

only course with a full restaurant,

lounge and clubhouse. Since is it

member-owned and a non-profit

organization, all profit (if any)

comes back into the course build-

ings and grounds. The club can be

rented for any type of party – gradu-

ation, wedding, anniversary, birth-

day, or for a fundraiser, customer

appreciation or corporate event.

The club has a full tournament

schedule throughout the summer

consisting of 4-person best balls, 3-

person best balls, 2-person Ryder

Cup and three couples tournaments

with a variety of formats. For more

information, please give us a call at

(712) 642-2124.

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Situated on a bluff overlooking the Missouri and Boyer Riverbasins, Missouri Valley is a gateway to the scenic Loess Hills andthe entire state of Iowa. A midsized city home to 2,992 people, itis a communinity which prides itself in its strong schools, richheritage and safe neighborhoods.

Missouri Valley is served by many national transportationroutes, including Interstate 29, Interstate 680, and U.S. Highway30. Union Pacific Railroads service the area with numerous singleand double tracks along their major lines and provide easy accessto national trade centers.

Missouri Valley InsuranceAgency, located at 407 E Erie Streethas been at it's current location sincethe mid 1960’s with various namesand owners. In 1997, the currentowners, Jay H. Smith and Dennis L.Smith assumed ownership.

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petitive Companies and Mutuals.The Agency staffs 5 full time

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M&R Tire & Automotive It all

started in the spring of 1967. Bill

Rodenburg and his two sons

(Ronnie & Denny) opened

Rodenburg Skelly. Rodenburg

Skelly quickly boomed into

Rodenburg Enterprises, which

included a motel and restaurant

along with the service station.

The service station

(Rodenburg Skelly) also had two

wreckers and complete tire service.

The farming community was very

good and showed a great need for a

good tire store. So, that is what the

Rodenburg’s did – dove into the tire

market. Ron started purchasing

tires by the 100’s.

Still, being new to the industry,

he was nervous and should have

been. Right around the corner was

the gas shortage. Actually limiting

how much gas interstate traffic

could get so they could take care of

the local business people. They

would have to go as far as giving

$10 of gas per car.

Ron knew the petroleum mar-

ket wasn’t what he wanted and dis-

solved Rodenburg Enterprises in

1983. Starting on his own, at the

farm he had owned he remodeled

an old barn into a prosperous tire

business. He still wasn’t complete-

ly satisfied with the whole tire shop

scenario at the farm. So, talking

with his only son, Mike Rodenburg,

they decided to devote themselves

to the tire industry 100%.

They built a brand new 5-bay

tire shop right outside of

Underwood, directly behind the

truck stop they used to own,

Rodenburg Skelly. The new busi-

ness was established May 22, 2000.

M&R Tire and Automotive, Inc was

open.

Mike runs the shop with two

employees now and Ron (being

retired) stills helps everyday selling

tires. Something he will never for-

get.

Carson is located only 30

minutes east of Council Bluffs

on Highway 92. The communi-

ty’s population has grown to

812 in 2010.

The Carson Community

Club was established in 1954

to promote local businesses

and to promote Carson

Community Spirit. Club mem-

bership is open to anyone who

is interested in having fun vol-

unteering while making Carson

a better community!

The Dreamland Theater

located at 107 Broadway is one

of the oldest, longest operating

theatre in the State of Iowa.

The theatre provides current

movies at a very reasonable

admission rate of $4 per adult

and $3 per youth. The theatre

is open Friday, Saturday, and

Sunday evening at 7pm. Show

starts at 7:30pm.

The City of Carson has a

full calendar of annual events

available for the public to

enjoy. They include: Easter

Egg Hunt, High School Rodeo,

Carson Jubilee , PRCA Pro

Rodeo, Rodeo Parade with the

“ Shriners”, Business Trick or

Treat Night, Christmas in

Carson Night/Craft Show and

many comical and highly enter-

taining “Wilma Laughlin”

Dinner Theatre productions.

The Community has sever-

al park systems: The Mill Stone

park has two park shelters with

picnic tables, playground area,

softball/baseball field, soccer

field, basketball court, Rodeo

Arena, and 20 RV Camper elec-

tric hookups long the Nishna

Botna River. A new canoe/boat

ramp has been constructed

along the river to allow visitors

easy access to the riverfront.

Currently the City and Park

Board are working on installing

a new asphalt pedestrian trail

system and roadside heritage

park & rest area for the park

system.

The Community Center

houses City Hall, a fitness cen-

ter (memberships available

starting at $15 per month, per

person), Banquet Hall/Kitchen,

Voting Precinct, and several

smaller meeting rooms avail-

able to serve your rental needs.

Call 712-484-3636 or visit

www.carsonia.com for more

information and photos on

Carson City and the Carson

Community Center.

CARSONBODYSHOPKevan Green

101 South Central

Carson, IA 51525

712-484-BASH

(2274)

Mertes Welding& Repair

Carson, Iowa712-484-3821

Underwood Optimists Celebrating 28 years serving

our youth and community.Meetings every Saturday7:30 AM • U.M.B.A. Hall

“Make a Difference!”

Info Call 712-566-2820

Mertes Welding and Repair is

located at 119 S. Commercial St. A

family owned business since 1952.

Mark and Amy Mertes took over this

custom steel fabrication and

machine work operation in 1991.

They build many special projects

that are unique, one-of-a-kind and

cannot be purchased ready-made.

Although a large portion of their

business is dependent on agribusi-

ness, they find themselves doing

more residential and commercial

metal working projects. They can

be reached at 484-3821.

Carson Body Shop located at 101

South Central is owned by Kevan

and Eula Green. They have over 60

years experience in rebuilding

antique and classic cars. The shop

has seen a large variety of automo-

biles over the years. They range

from a 1908 REO to a 1984

Corvette, drag cars, stock cars,

show cars and original cars and

pickups. One of the concerns of

owning a body shop is that the gen-

eral public does not understand the

cost of materials. Some colors of

paint alone can cost up to $80.00

per pint. However, Kevan feels

there will always be accidents and if

you treat people fairly and back your

work, you will remain busy. Kevan

can be reached at 484-BASH

(2274).

119 BroadwayCarson, IA 51525

712-484-3332

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PERMANENTSOLUTION

Hair & Body Salon

For more than 20 years,

Permanent Solution Hair and Body

Salon has helped Carson and

Pottawattamie County residents

look and feel good.

Opened in 1990 by Wilma Laughlin,

Permanent Solution Hair and Body

Salon is one of the town’s only full

service salons. Among the services

they offer are hair cuts, hair color,

style, relaxers, perms, facial wax-

ing, tanning beds, airbrush tanning,

manicures, pedicures, acrylic and

shellac nails, facials, skin peels,

eyelash extensions and the very

popular and trendy feather exten-

sions.

The salon also carries brand

name and popular hair products.

Among the lines sold onsite are

Matrix, Paul Mitchell and Big Sexy

products.

Permanent Solution Hair and

Body Salon has 4 employees on

staff ready to beautify new and

existing clientele: Laughlin, Randi

Henderson, Susan Brown and Sarah

Brownlee. Located a short 30-

minute drive east of Council Bluffs,

this business is worth checking out.

Call today to make your appoint-

ment: (712) 484-3332!

CARSONUNDERWOODUnderwood is located

approximately 10 miles north-

east of the Council Bluffs, Iowa

and Omaha, Nebraska metro-

politan area and is accessible

from Interstate 80 at exit 17.

Distance to Eppley Airfield,

Omaha Nebraska, is 24 miles.

Contributing to a positive

quality of life within the City of

Underwood is an excellent

educational system, communi-

ty hall with tennis courts, base-

ball and softball complexes,

soccer fields, the newly devel-

oped Trailhead Park with picnic

pavilion, churches, Optimist

Club, and a state of the art vol-

unteer fire and rescue depart-

ment.

A large number of local

facilities within 30 minutes of

Underwood include golf cours-

es, swimming pools, fitness

centers, public library, the-

atres, opera, historical sites

and museums, many fine

restaurants and popular attrac-

tions such as the Old Market,

Bluffs Run-Ameristar-Harrahs

Casinos, Henry Doorly Zoo and

Joslyn Art Museum.

Soaringto Excellence

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Elementary, Middle School & District Office:601 Third Street, Underwood

High School: 629 North Street, Underwood

Serving the communities of• Underwood • McClelland• Bentley • Weston

The Underwood Community

School district is located approxi-

mately 12 miles northeast of Council

Bluffs. Interstate 80 is located

almost in the middle of the district

making Council Bluffs, Omaha and

Des Moines readily accessible. The

District operates in three attendance

centers. All centers are located in

Underwood, although the district

also includes the towns of Bentley,

McClelland and Weston. Our ele-

mentary center houses PK-5 stu-

dents, middle school houses 6-8

students and the high school facility

houses 9-12 students. The district

has 800 students and offers a wide

variety of extracurricular activities.

Most of the students take part in

activities of their interest The dis-

trict offers a Latch-Key program for

school age children. This service

provides before and after school

day-care and is operated in the ele-

mentary center. Also, extended day

care is offered for preschool stu-

dents. Within the city of Underwood

and assisting to create a positive

quality of life are the following: an

excellent educational system, tennis

courts, baseball and softball fields,

soccer fields, city activity centre,

churches, volunteer fire department,

rescue squad and Optimist club.

Underwood Optimist Club

“Bringing Out the Best in Kids!”

It's our motto, it's who we are

and what we do. We are people who

care about our communities and

make a difference. We conduct pos-

itive service programs for our youth

and our community. The

Underwood Optimist Club is cur-

rently comprised of 55 members

and sponsors two Optimist Youth

Clubs (High School and Middle

School). Be our guest at a Club

meeting and check us out. You’ll be

glad you did!

M&RTire & Automotive

Sales & Service24883 Mulberry Lane

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MACEDONIAMacedonia is a historical town with the Mormon Trail windingthrough the city and nearby countryside. The city has a coveredstadium that is one of two remaining in Iowa, a beautifully shad-ed park with playground equipment and a waling trail. A half milefrom town is the descent to the river at Old Town Park whereMormons crossed the river on limestone rock ledge.

Macedonia Historical Preservation Society (MHPS) has restored aMacedonia Main Street Building that is now used for the PioneerTrail Museum. MHPS received an Iowa West Foundation matchinggrant to help restore the wood floor and the windowed façade. Oldflooring from a one-room school house has been used to replace thedamaged pieces. Volunteers have raised money through events,donations and memorials. The Nishna Botna River Rubber DuckyRace will be the next event on July 11th at Olde Town Park West ofMacedonia. The historical society is also responsible for theStempel Bird Collection!

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The Rieken Vieth Funeral Homehas proudly been serving Oakland,

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Alan became a licensed funeral

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The Rev. Jim Kleffman’sseen and done a lot in hiscareer.

From his time at St.Peter’s Church in CouncilBluffs to his more than 20years as an Army chaplain,which took him to Vietnam,Egypt, Germany, a number ofcountries in Asia and Wash-ington, D.C., he’s experiencedmuch.

“I always asked for foreignassignments,” the retiredpriest said. “It was educa-tional and informative to bein other parts of the world.”

Kleffman spent his earlyyears in Portsmouth inShelby County before hisfamily moved south to Coun-cil Bluffs. He graduated fromSt. Francis High School andattended the St. Francischurch, where MonsignorJames P. Danahey was aninfluence in his decision tobecome a priest.

“The encouragement of mypastor was a big reason Ientered the priesthood,” hesaid.

A man of a big family,Kleffman had nephews in theArmy and Navy serving inVietnam by 1969. He decidedto join as well and became anArmy chaplain, serving inVietnam for a year from June1969 through June 1970.

As it is for any priest, Sun-days were the big day forKleffman during his time atwar. The Army had a numberof fortified bases – called FireSupport Bases – in the coun-try and Kleffman would heli-copter to 12 of them toadminister mass outside.

April 6, 1970, stands outin Kleffman’s memories ofVietnam.

That day Army staff sum-moned the priest to adminis-ter last rites to a soldier thathad been accidentally shot byhis roommate, who wascleaning his gun. The fatallywounded shoulder was hisnephew, Billy.

“That was the low point ofmy Army career,” he said.

The priest left the Armyafter his four-year commit-ment – which included a two-year stay in Germany –ended, in large part becauseof Billy’s death. He returnedto the states, eventuallyearning a Masters of Divinitydegree from Creighton Uni-versity.

In 1975, he took over aspriest at St. Francis. Unfor-tunately, he took control tooversee the closing of theparish.

“That was not a happytime,” he said.

Kleffman served at St.Peter’s Church in CouncilBluffs until the Army camecalling again.

“The military was low on

chaplains, so I went back in,”he said.

He reentered the Army inlate 1979 and stayed on for20 years in all, on active dutyfor more than 16 years. His

first stop was Germany, thenWalter Reed Hospital inWashington, D.C., from 1982to 1987.

When the U.S. and a num-ber of countries were sta-

tioned in the Sinai Peninsulain the late 1980s to observethe peace between Egypt andIsrael, he was there.

“That was very interest-ing,” he said.

After Egypt he had a fewstops in the United Statesbefore one last go in Ger-many.

“I did like Germany a lot,”he said. “But Walter Reedwas my nicest assignment. Ihad a good team there, I gotto know a lot of people overthe years.”

After the Army, hereturned to the civilianpriesthood, overseeing con-gregations in Missouri Val-ley, Red Oak and Imogene. In2003, he moved back toCouncil Bluffs and beganwork for Catholic Relief Ser-vices, traveling the countryto raise funds for thepoverty-fighting organiza-tion.

“I went all over the place,”he said. “I enjoyed that job.”

Since 2011 he’s been

almost completely retired,save for regularly servingSunday mass at St. Peter’s.

“He’s a wonderful priestand a caring, compassionateperson,” said the Rev. ChuckKottas, priest at St. Peter’s.“He does beautiful mass andhas wonderful homilies.”

Kottas said Kleffman hasa special relationship withthe parish from his daysthere in the 1970s and isthere whenever needed.

“All I have to do is callhim,” Kottas said.

Kleffman said he relishesthose phone calls. He’drather be in church or withfriends and congregationmembers than sitting aroundat home.

“I get more satisfactionmoving, doing something,than laying around doingnothing,” he said. “The worsta guy can do when elderly isto not doing anything. Youhave to keep active, you haveto keep going.”

So he does.

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The Rev. Jim Kleffman looks out over Lake Manawa near his Council Bluffs home on May 18. Kleffman spent 24 years in the army and is now retired, but is still active at St. Peter’sChurch in Council Bluffs.

Kleffman’s career as Army chaplainmeant stints in many countries;

now retired, he serves mass in C.B.

Kleffman talks about his life's work as an Army priest. Hespent more than 20 years as an Army chaplain, a careerthat took him to Vietnam, Egypt, Germany, a number ofcountries in Asia and Washington, D.C. “I always asked forforeign assignments,” he said. “It was educational andinformative to be in other parts of the world.”


Shelby VanNordstrand’sfirst singing gig was in herchurch choir when she was inkindergarten.

Today she’s performed withOpera Omaha, the CedarRapids Opera Theatre, theOmaha Chamber Music Soci-ety and the Simon Estes Foun-dation, while also teachingvoice lessons privately and atIowa Western Community Col-lege.

“Our purpose on Earth is toconnect with people, make lifemore meaningful,” VanNord-strand said. “I think musicdoes that.”

The Jefferson native sangsolo and in choirs growing up.After graduation from Jeffer-son-Scranton High School, sheinitially majored in clarinetperformance at Iowa StateUniversity but switched tovocal music education.

“I fell in love with musicbecause of text, the words thatgo with the music,” she said.“That elevated music for me toanother level.”

She taught vocal music atLewis Central High School outof college for a few years beforedeciding to pursue a full-timesinging career. VanNordstrandheaded to East Lansing, Mich.,to pursue a master’s degree invoice performance at MichiganState University.

Master’s degree in hand,VanNordstrand returned toCouncil Bluffs – she’d marrieda native – and began hercareer.

Along with her own singing,VanNordstrand teaches voice

to children, teenagers, collegestudents and adults. She had12 students during the fall andspring this past school year atIowa Western and averagesabout 20 private lessons perweek.

At her in-home studio, thesoprano discussed life as afreelance singer. For thesinging gigs mentioned aboveand countless others, Van-Nordstrand’s with the groupfor a limited-time engagement.

“I’m my own manager, Ihave to get my own auditionsand get my own contracts,” shesaid.

Asked what she loves aboutsinging, VanNordstrand said,“How much time do youhave?”

“What I love most is con-necting with other people,sharing part of what makes ushuman,” she said.

This summer she’ll spendseven weeks at the CastletonFestival in Castleton, Va.,where’s she’ll perform in threeshows (opera or musical) aswell as a slew of concerts.

“A festival of music,” shesaid. “This is a really big dealfor me.”

VanNordstrand said thefestival’s a big break for hercareer and she hopes to makethe most of it. She has threethick books of music to prac-tice and memorize before sheheads to Castleton.

“A lot of work,” she said.“But it’ll be worth it.”


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Performer and vocal instructor Shelby VanNordstrand sits at the piano in her privatestudio in Council Bluffs. Since moving the Council Bluffs in 2009, VanNordstrand hasperformed with Opera Omaha, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Omaha Chamber MusicSociety and the Simon Estes Foundation.

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VanNordstrand uses her career asprofessional singer, teacher tomake life more meaningful


Recently, Paul Springertook a break from his dutieswith the Council Bluffs ParksDepartment, sitting at a tablenear the new fountain inBayliss Park.

That was an appropriatesetting as he reminiscedabout his long career with thedepartment.

“He has seen all threefountains here,” said JohnBatt, assistant parks director.

Springer began workingfor the city in the summer of1970, when the original foun-tain was still in use before anew one was installed a yearlater. The original fountainnow resides in the greenspace along West Broadwayand Pearl Street. The foun-tain that stands in BaylissPark now was installed sev-eral years ago, replacing itspredecessor that had toomany mechanical problems tocontinue.

While attending college,Springer applied for part-time summer work in 1970with the parks department.

“It sounded interesting,”he said. “I started mowingright away.”

Springer returned the fol-lowing summer doing thesame before becoming a full-time employee in 1972.

“I’ve been here 40 years.That’s probably a record.”

He continued to mow parkground and perform generalmaintenance until 1976,when he was appointed to bethe city’s horticulturist, aposition he holds to this day.Springer’s responsibilityincludes the management ofthe city’s greenhouse down on16th Avenue, along withflower planting in city parksand general maintenance ofthe landscapes in the down-town area.

“He takes on a lot ofresponsibility,” Batt said.

The flowers and plants yousee around town come fromdifferent sources, all local.

“We grow the annuals inthe greenhouse from seed,”Springer said. “The perenni-als we buy locally.”

Perennials last throughoutthe year, including winter,though they need to be “win-terized,” he said.

As far as annuals, theyusually die out after the firstfrost and need to be pulled outof the ground.

Oh yes, there is somethingelse Springer deals withyearly.

“Pulling weeds is a con-stant battle.”

Springer still cuts grass,though he gets help from sum-mer part-timers.

“They are fun to havearound.”

Today’s mowing, comparedto the 1970s, is done withlarger equipment like trac-tors, he said, though handtrimmers and sickles continueto be used.

“There is a lot more area totake care of,” Springer added.

During winter, he helpswith snow removal on citysidewalks and replantingannuals in the greenhouse.

Springer was short-handedlast summer, but the parksremained in top condition.

“I lost one of my guys toflood duty.”

“Despite the flood, we stillmaintained the parks,” Battadded.

Springer will be 61 in June,but plans on being around alittle longer.

“I can retire now, but I’llstick around for another yearor two,” he said. “I like ithere.”

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Paul Springer began working for the city parks department in the summer of 1970.Springer returned the following summer doing the same before becoming a full-timeemployee in 1972. “I’ve been here 40 years,” he said. “That’s probably a record.”

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Neighborhood Watch is aprogram offered through theCouncil Bluffs Police Depart-ment’s Community ServicesSection.

In Neighborhood Watch,“Folks watch out for theirneighborhood. A lot of folks inCouncil Bluffs do this already,”Officer Mark Alba, the commu-nity resource officer for theCouncil Bluffs Police said.

Neighborhood Watch origi-nally was designed as a bur-glary prevention measureencouraging people to watchout for each other’s property. Itworks well, Alba said.

“It was here when I startedwith the police departmentmore than 20 years ago,” Albasaid.

Today’s NeighborhoodWatch functions as a way toallow neighbors to communi-cate with each other and passalong information.

“If there’s something weneed to know about, we pass italong,” he said.

The primary purpose wouldbe to bring a sense of neighbor-hood back to the community byestablishing a sense of belong-ing, by getting to know theneighbors and by developing aneighborhood where peoplecare about each other and willhelp each other, Alba said.

“It’s a huge plus for us in thepolice department,” Alba said.“We have 20 sets of eyes watch-ing a neighborhood, not just thepolice officer.”

Alba said the number ofNeighborhood Watch groups inCouncil Bluffs now stands at 30or more, “and I think this yearwe have had three or fourgroups join.”

The watch groups work withthe police department to iden-tify problems within the neigh-borhood and develop solutionsto those problems. The depart-ment’s role is to help start the

group and to meet with thegroup to hear about what thepeople who live in the neigh-borhood think the problemsare.

“We tell people, ‘If you seesomething, say something. Youknow your neighborhood,’”Alba said.

The point is to share infor-mation and resolve problemsby working in partnership withpolice and other people in thecommunity.

“If there’s a car that should-n’t be parked there, if someonewith a moving van parks at ahouse and you didn’t think

they were moving, call us,”Alba said.

Neighborhood awarenesscan be instrumental is cuttingthe incidence of crime; how-ever, Alba noted the distinctionbetween awareness and action.

“We don’t want peoplepatrolling and looking for

stuff,” Alba said. “Neighbor-hood Watch does not mean pry-ing or being a nosy neighbor.And you don’t try to stop acrime in progress. Do not takeaction yourself. Call police. Wedon’t want people gettinghurt.”

If you are interested instarting a neighborhood groupor reestablishing an old one,

call Alba at (712) 329-1825.Those interested in a Neigh-borhood Watch group will learnhow the group works and willget highly-visible Neighbor-hood Watch signs to post in theneighborhood.

“We’ll meet at a house, we’llmeet at a church. We’ll gowhere the people are,” Albasaid.


Ruth Benish starts herworkday at 5 a.m. trying to getspecialty mail sorted beforecarriers start coming in atabout 7:30.

“It’s a point of pride to haveit done and ready to go by thetime they’re ready to go,” shesaid.

Benish, a clerk at the Coun-cil Bluffs Post Office for almost40 years, sorts certified andregistered mail and marks thenumber of items for each routeon a list. Council Bluffs has 49city routes and seven ruralroutes.

“I do the postage due thatdoesn’t have an account,” shesaid. “I’m also the one whosends back mail if it doesn’thave a good address.”

If the post office doesn’t havea forwarding address for anitem, it goes to a forwardingcenter in Omaha, where a com-puterized machine determinesits destiny, Benish said. The zipcode is the key to forwardingmail.

“If it’s got an incorrect zipcode, it’ll come back,” she said.“It’ll be scanned by what the zipcode says and, if it’s not theright zip code, it won’t pull up aforward.”

Benish started working atthe post office June 7, 1970,after a family member sug-gested it.

“My stepmom worked at thepost office in Omaha – thedowntown post office – and shewas in the human (resources)department,” she said. “I didn’thave a job right then, and shesaid, ‘Why don’t you take thecivil service exam, and maybethe post office will give you ajob.’”

“I actually started the yearthey went to privatizing thepostal service,” she said. “Istarted out as a clerk, which isbasically what I am now.”

However, the job haschanged over the years, Benishsaid. Clerks once had to unloadtrucks and carry large mail-bags, face all of the mail thesame way, cancel the postage,sort by state and sort Iowa andsurrounding states by the firstthree digits of the zip code,which would direct it to theappropriate sectional center.

“This used to be a sectionalcenter,” she said of the CouncilBluffs facility. “We handledeverything with the 515 prefix.”

Now, that mail is processedin Omaha, she said.

There used to be one con-veyor belt for letters and onefor parcels, Benish said. Andmail like she handles now hadto be stamped by hand.

Now, she inserts a cardbetween pieces of mail, whichhas a bar code that tells amachine at the processing cen-ter in Omaha to put a stickeron the item with the appropri-ate message, whether it’spostage due, forward, return tosender, etc.

Benish likes being on herfeet part of the time.

“I like the fact that I’m onmy feet moving around differ-ent places,” she said. “Some-times if you sit and sort themail, it gets tedious; and youget to the point where you’dalmost be falling asleep. Now,I’m up running around andchecking different things.”

The activity also helps tokeep her from gabbing toomuch, she said.

Her biggest challenge iskeeping track of the shippingrates, Benish said.

“It’s changed so much withall the different rates,” shesaid. “I’ve seen a lot of ratechanges.”

When rates change, itemsmailed before the new ratewent into affect are pricedaccording to the old rate, Ben-ish said.

“It gets a little complicatedsometimes,” she said.

Benish could have retiredafter 30 years of service butdecided to stay on. She would-n’t have gotten her full retire-ment benefits – and being alongtime postal worker has itsadvantages.

“There’s nobody who hasmore seniority than me,” shesaid. “The pay is good – and I’mnot married, so I have to pay allmy own bills.”

So, for now, she plans tokeep plugging away.


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William Braymen has spenthis school and working life inscience and what he calls“physical reality.” The CouncilBluffs native is a dentist, he’spracticed at the Tooth Empo-rium on Bennett Avenue since1979. But in his free time it’sall about the arts.

Braymen provides space forSecond Fridays Downtown, themonthly exhibition of localartists’ work hosted at thePark Building, 500 WillowAve., and throughout thedowntown area.

“My life’s been rooted inreality. I’ve dealt a lot of mytime in physical realities of life,but the emotional, spiritualparts are something other thanthat,” he said. “I’m fascinatedwith the arts.You need the arts

to complete your life.”Six years ago, Braymen

bought the Park Building andworked to restore it to formerglory.

“I was looking on the Inter-net at 1 a.m., saw an ad for thisold building,” he said. “I walkedthrough it and said, ‘Thisbuilding needs me.’”

And when friend and widelyknown artist MargaretLaBounty came to him withthe idea for Second Fridays,Braymen knew where theycould host the event.

“I had some vacant spacesback then, I have a lot fewernow. We decided the space, thehallway and lobby could beused for a gallery for localartists,” Braymen said.

Since then the event’sexpanded, with artist showingsat The Center, the HarvesterArtspace Lofts, Dixie Quicks

restaurant and even the Squir-rel Cage Jail.

“We’re hoping to continue tomake downtown come alive,”he said. “Second Fridays is ajolly time.”

Without the Park Buildingas a location, “we wouldn’thave a place to show the work,”said local artist and presidentof Second Fridays, Curtis Dahl.

“Bill means just abouteverything to Second Fridays,”Dahl said. “Without his venuewe wouldn’t be able to showmany works at a time.”

Dahl called Braymen the

Second Fridays sponsor. Alongwith the building, Braymenalso helps pay for entertain-ment – a band or solo musicianplays during the Friday events.

“He provides a lot for us,”Dahl said.

Braymen said he “playsaround with” photographysomewhat and sketches aswell. Otherwise, he’s just thereto be fascinated by the works ofLaBounty and others.

“Second Fridays has been alot of fun,” the dentist said.“I’ve had a good time withthis.”


The dentistand the artsBraymen’s endeavors have helped

art community flourish in C.B.

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Artist Holley Stofferahn talks to a patron during a SecondFridays Downtown event. Braymen provides space forSecond Fridays at the Park Building.

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Council Bluffs dentist William Braymen, left, stands withSecond Fridays Downtown president Curtis Dahl in thePark Building. Second Fridays, a monthly art event ofwhich Braymen is a key supporter, is held at the buildingand throughout the downtown area.

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Frank Berg has always beenlucky.

Whether it was on the golfcourse or an aircraft carrier,Berg has seemed to find LadyLuck at the right moments.

But luck doesn’t explainhow the 87-year-old stays soactive.

Any given day of the week,Berg is a hard man to trackdown. Just one day last weekfound him fishing for sevenhours before stopping back athis house briefly before goingback out to watch two of hisgreat-grandchildren play base-ball.

He’s a busy man.But he still finds time to

work two days a week as acourse ranger at Dodge River-side Golf Course. Berg said hehas been doing it for more than10 years. He is one of a dozenor more volunteers who helpout.

“I played down there andKim Mann told me to sign upto be a ranger and I could getfree golf, so I did,” he said.

Now, he doesn’t take advan-tage of the free golf like heused to, but he still enjoys rid-ing the course.

A rotator cuff injury fin-ished his golf career, whichonly started after he retiredfrom the carpentry business 25years ago.

His brother golfed, so afterBerg retired, he decided to pickup the game, too.

In 2000, he reached the pin-nacle of any weekend golfer’scareer: He knocked in a hole-in-one at Dodge.

It was the old No. 9 – nowNo. 2 – and 155 yards from thetee to the green.

Berg pulled a 7-wood.“From the tee we couldn’t

see where it went; the hole wasdown behind a little hill,” hesaid. “We looked all overaround the green for the balland then someone looked inthe cup and there it was.

“A lot of guys who golf a longtime don’t have one. I waslucky, I guess.”

Berg served in the UnitedStates Navy from 1943-46.After graduating from Abra-ham Lincoln High School inJune, he was at the inlandNaval training base in Far-ragut, Idaho, by September.

Once done with training, hewas shipped to Californiawhere he worked knockingbarnacles off of submarinebilge pumps with an air ham-mer. Surprisingly, Berg said, “Itwasn’t a pleasant job.”

After a few months of thedirty work, Berg got aboard theU.S.S. Sangamon, an oil tankerthat was transformed into anaircraft carrier.

Berg worked on the flightdeck of the ship throughout theSouth Pacific. His job consistedof moving planes on the flightdeck before takeoff and afterlanding. He jockeyed the F-6sand Grumman TBM torpedobombers before and after theystrafed numerous islands.

They would land, refuel, the

pilots would rest, and thenthey would be back up in theair again. When they weren’tbeing flown, the wings werefolded back to make enoughspace on the aircraft carrier tohaul all the planes.

“We worked 24 hours a day,”Berg said.

The planes were launchedfrom the carrier with an air-operated catapult. Berg said amajority of the time it wouldgive the planes enoughmomentum to get into the airover the water, but other times,it did not.

“If they didn’t have enoughmomentum, they would godown into the water and wewould have to try to rescue thepilots if possible,” he said.

Luck played another role inBerg’s life on the aircraft car-rier. On May 4, 1945, akamikaze aircraft struck the

Sangamon.Berg said traditionally,

when planes were coming andgoing on the flight deck, asthey were that evening, he anda crew of men would duck intocubbyholes on the deck to pro-tect themselves from theplanes.

For some reason, when thekamikaze hit, he was not in thecubbyhole. The men who werein the hole did not survive theattack.

“I was just lucky,” he said. “Idove into a safety net over thedeck is the only reason I madeit.”

The ship was severely dam-aged by the attack and forcedto travel to Norfolk, Va., forrepairs. Just as the ship wasready for the seas again, thewar ended. Ironically, Bergsaid the Sangamon ended upbeing bought by the Japanese.

Berg said his experience inthe military was valuable.

“It was quite an experience,”he said. “I personally thinkthat for all young guys out ofhigh school it’s a damn goodthing to go into the service andlearn something.”

While the service kept Bergactive nearly 70 years ago, hemight be just as active now.

Each morning he’s up to getto the Y by 5 a.m., where heworks out on machines andswims. He cooks all his mealsand does his yard work andanything else that needs to bedone around his house.

Staying active is a necessity,he said, there are no otheroptions.

“You have to keep active oryou won’t have the strength todo anything,” he said.

That’s why Berg still hasthe strength to do everything.

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Council Bluffs neighbor-hood associations are takingaction to clean, beautify andserve.

Several of the city’s 15neighborhood associationshave held neighborhoodcleanups, added new featuresor helped other causes, saidRyan Willer, outreach coordi-nator at the NeighborhoodCenter. The newest group isthe Kanesville-Tinley Neigh-borhood Association, which hasbeen active since August 2011.

Last year, Fairmount Parkand Gibraltar neighborhoodassociations did some cleaningand painting at Kirn Park,Willer said.

“The park’s basicallybetween those neighborhoods,”he said.

The city of Council Bluffscontributed paint supplies andsome staff, and volunteersfrom Mutual of Omaha helpedwith the work, he said.

The Fairmount Park Neigh-borhood Association worked oncleaning up Fairmount Park’sLookout Point, where a lot oftrash had been dumped, Willersaid.

The Fairmount Park groupreceived a grant from the Pot-tawattamie County Commu-nity Foundation to put up his-torical signs, he said. Theywere also awarded a Creatingthe Ultimate ResidentialBeautification grant to repairsidewalks. They have appliedfor another grant to pay forpoles that can hold bannersand flower baskets.

“They would be similar ban-ners to what Lincoln-Fairviewhas done,” he said.

The Lincoln-FairviewNeighborhood Association hasdone some cleaning inFairview Cemetery, Willersaid. They used a CURB grantto repair retaining walls.

The Downtown Neighbor-hood Alliance, which includesthree neighborhood associa-tions, has participated in sev-eral service projects, he said.

“They helped out a lot lastyear with flood supplies,” hesaid, including by donating

nonperishable food.Members also helped get

people signed up for Code Redso they would be notified incase the city went to a RedAlert, Willer said. This year,the alliance gave a donation toThurman after that city’s tor-nado.

The Fairmount Park Neigh-borhood Association is doing afood drive for BroadwayUnited Methodist Church, hesaid.

Three neighborhood associ-ations now have nonprofit sta-tus, and others are pursuing it,Willer said. McPherson HillsNeighborhood Association islooking into forming a separatenonprofit that could seekgrants to preserve an undevel-oped hilltop nearby.

Several associations haveevents coming up, he said.

“Roberts Park has a bigblock party coming up thatthey’ve been doing every year,”he said.

The Fairmount Park Neigh-borhood Association is plan-ning a neighborhood-widegarage sale on June 9.

On June 10, four historicdistricts – Park-Glen Avenues,Willow-Bluff-Third Street, Lin-coln-Fairview and Seventh-Eighth Street – will hold a Vic-torian Neighborhood Strollfrom 1 to 5 p.m. in collabora-tion with Preserve CouncilBluffs to raise money forrestoration of the BregantHouse. The tour will includeeight historic homes, with atleast one in each of the fourdistricts. Tickets are $10 perperson and will include a

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At one point in her life,Donna Rhodes drove a schoolbus, an important duty toensure children get safely toclass.

Nowadays, she operates adifferent vehicle – in thewinters, she’s out on thestreet driving a big truck toplow snow off city streets,ensuring motorists, includ-ing school buses, reach theirdestinations safely.

Rhodes is the only womanin the maintenance area ofthe Public Works Depart-ment that includes thestreet, sewer and traffic divi-sions.

“Everybody respects her,”said Pat Miller, the depart-ment’s operations director.“She is as hard a worker asanyone.”

This October, Rhodes will

mark her 11th year with thedepartment.

“I drove a school bus for20 years,” she said. “I alsohad a pickup with a snowplow on it.”

This background obvi-ously provided experienceand the necessary knowledgeof using big equipment forsnow removal when thedepartment hired her.

“During the snow season,our main job is to plow snow.I drive the big truck, a tan-dem truck, a dump truckwith two axles.”

She and the others worklong hours when it snows.

“When we plow, we work12 hours straight.”

That was never more tax-ing than the winter of 2009,especially on Christmas Day.

“We didn’t get a Christ-mas and that was tough,” shesaid. “It was the first time Ihadn’t been to my mother’s

home for Christmas.”And, many times Rhodes

will be awakened at 2 a.m. tobegin her plowing duty.

For years during the sum-mer, Rhodes was applyingasphalt on streets. Lately,she has been doing sewerrepairs.

She had nothing but highpraise for her fellow workers.

“You couldn’t ask for abetter group of guys and wework well as a group.”

“She has a good positiveattitude,” Miller said.

Rhodes also wished morewomen would considerapplying for that depart-ment.

“I think it is an accom-plishment,” she said of herduties. “I can’t say all womencan do this job; of course onthe other hand, I couldn’tjust sit in an office all daylong, either.”

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Many would say that CalvinJ. “Cal” Petersen had performedhis public service when heretired from the Council BluffsFire Department in 1995. His31 years with the Fire Depart-ment ended with Petersen serv-ing as the city’s fire marshalfrom 1983 to 1995.

But it was his retirementfrom the Fire Department thatmarked the beginning of hisservice with the PottawattamieCounty Auditor’s Office, wherePetersen has served as a pollworker since 1995.

Petersen said most of hisexperience has been in theauditor’s office, counting absen-tee ballots on Election Day. Hehas also helped with satellitevoting stations that have beenset up temporarily at variouslocations – most of them inCouncil Bluffs and most ofthem to help with the highernumber of voters expected forpresidential elections.

“We’ve run satellites at IowaWestern Community College,Super Saver, No Frills and bothof the Hy-Vee stores,” he said.“The whole idea is to give morepeople the opportunity to vote.”

While Petersen said thesatellite voting locations were agood idea, they were a lot ofwork. Since voters from anypart of the county could vote atone of the satellite locations,those working the satelliteshad to take voting registrationbooks for all of the county’sprecincts to the satellite loca-tion.

“There’s at least one book foreach of the county’s precincts,”he said. “It made for a lot ofbooks to look through and a lotof work to set up and tear downthe satellites.”

Petersen said the computer-ization of voting records hasdrastically simplified poll work-ers’ jobs in that it is no longernecessary to look the person upmanually in the precinct regis-tration book. All of that infor-mation can now be accessed ona laptop computer.

He said the latest equip-ment that allows the pollworker to scan a barcode on thevoter’s registration card would

further simplify and speed upthe voting process.

While Petersen is lookingforward to helping with theJune 5 primary election, it willbe the first election since theearly 1970s at which PaulineFox, an active and interested88-year-old, has not worked atone of the county’s polling sites.

Fox recalls – and not terriblyfondly – the cumbersomeequipment poll workers had todeal with when she was sta-

tioned in the old Franklin Ele-mentary School building, astructure that was replacedwith a newer building justacross the street in 1975.

She said she remains trou-bled by the fact that manyyoung people do not take thetime to vote.

“It’s definitely the older peo-ple who are more concerned,”she said.

Fox noted, however, that thenumber of younger people who

voted in the last presidentialelection was up. But she saidshe was not sure if that was aresult of the Obama campaign’sappeal or the fact that voterswere unhappy about ongoingwars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fox said her decision to notwork at a polling site for theJune 5 primary had nothing todo with her age.

“I just had another commit-ment,” she said.

“I always considered it a

civic duty to work the electionand do the best job you could,”Fox said, but she’s alreadythinking about helping withthe general election in Novem-

ber.And the long-time poll

worker offered a prediction:“The day is coming when we’llhave drive-through voting.”

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Volunteers are an importantpart of the learning day in areaschools.

Bonnie Mansfield has beena volunteer at Franklin Ele-mentary School for 10 years.

The former educator saidshe taught for many years, butreturned to the classroom afterretirement.

“It’s payback,” Mansfieldsaid. “I was in education for solong. I love kids and I likeschools. Schools have been goodto me and it feels good. Aschoolhouse just feels good.”

She’s at Franklin onWednesdays. Sometimes shelistens to students read, andsometimes she reads to them.She also pitches in to help inother tasks as needed and esti-mates suggest the 80-year-oldvolunteer has covered 900books in the Franklin schoollibrary.

Mansfield also volunteers inMalvern schools and isinvolved with the Mills Countymentoring board, her church, alocal Azheimer’s committee andother groups.

“I’m not just going to sithome and gossip,” Mansfieldsaid explaining why she doeswhat she does. “I love kids, Ilike schools and I can give backsome time.”

Connie Jo Podendorf, knownas “Mama Po,” also volunteers.She’s been giving her time tothe Council Bluffs school dis-trict for more than a decade.

“When you hear of all thenegative things that are hap-pening with youth today, I cantell you that in the years I havespent assistant coachingspeech at A.L. and helping outat T.J., I have not encounteredanything except some of themost incredible young peopleyou could ever want to bearound,” Podendorf said.

The reason she has volun-teered for so many years to dowhat others get paid to do is

simple, she said.“It’s about love and giving

back,” Podendorf said. “The loveof communication, creativity,instilling confidence, sharingwhat you know and havelearned, promoting what youbelieve in, laughter, passion,spending time with youngadults, making a difference.These are things you can’t put aprice tag on.”

Her own experiences whenshe took drama and speech inhigh school “propelled me into alife of amazing experiences inlocal live theatre. I have had theopportunity to learn from thebest. I am thrilled to give backto my community,” Podendorfsaid.

There are a lot of volunteerslike Mansfield and Podendorfwho have been donating timeand knowledge to help areaschools. Many are members ofthe TeamMates mentoring pro-gram.

Council Bluffs decided toparticipate in TeamMates in2008, when the district madeits first 10 matches. The pro-gram, started in 1991 by Tomand Nancy Osborne, offersadult guidance for students inelementary, middle and highschool and into college.

The program now has 150mentors working with studentsin all the district’s schools.

“Our mentors try to keepthem encouraged, bring outtheir talents and gifts, and bethat friend in the communitythey can turn to for advice,” Jes-sica Plueger, the coordinator ofdistrict mentoring programs,said.

There are other areas inwhich to volunteer, such as theFoster Grandparent Programoffered at Council Bluffs andLewis Central schools throughthe Southwest 8 Senior Ser-vices Area Agency on Aging.

“I think the program’s won-derful,” Beth Paleogos of theSouthwest 8 agency said.

“A lot of children have

missed out on intergenerationalrelationships, and the volun-teers work one-on-one with kidswho have needs,” Paleogos said.

The foster grandparent volun-teers are not there to teach, but“to be a companion, to visit withthem.”


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