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Many well-formed snowflakes have six nearly symmetrical branches. Sometimes you may find twelve-branched snowflakes, but you will never find an eight-sided snow flake. Years ago, when coal was used in factories and homes, snow was often gray because the coal dust entered the air and was absorbed by the clouds. The largest snowflake ever recorded fell in Fort Keogh, Montana, on January 28, 1887, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The snowflake was reportedly 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. The average snowflake falls at a speed of 3.1 miles per hour. (5 kilometers) A blizzard occurs when you can’t see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more. The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classified as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.

Pastor Rief Retires Crescent native, Duane Rief gave his last sermon as Pastor of the Community of Christ Church in Crescent at the end of December. He has been with the church in various positions starting as Deacon in 1976. In ‘79, he and his wife, Kathy and their three children moved back to Crescent from Council Bluffs where in ‘95 he was ordained as an Elder and assumed the position of Pastor for the Crescent RLDS. He held that position until 1998 as well as a full time job at Campbell Soups as Stationary Engineer. In August 2005, he became the interim Pastor when the previous Pastor’s had to relocate. Again in 2006 he became pastor and has served his congregation since. Over the years, Duane has also been a dedicated volunteer on the Vets Monument Committee and Crescent Optimists. Duane will continue to work for his current employer, the University of Nebraska and will still be available to minister to his church family. Connie McWilliams will be assuming the job of Pastor for the Crescent church. They invite you to join them on Sunday’s. Sunday school and fellowship at 9 a.m. and Church at 10 a.m.

T H ECrescentContact:Jody Shea, EditorBox 260 Crescent, IA 51526

Email: CrescentConnection@earthlink.netCell: (402) 968-5484

CONNECT IONIn This Issue...

Page 2 .......................City Council Minutes

Page 3 .................................... Time Out!

Page 4 ............................ Mayor’s Corner

What’s Up at CECC?

Pott. County Sheriff’s Report

Page 5 ...... From the Scrapbook of the CVFD

RoadRunners

Page 6 & 7 .............................Advertisers

Page 8 .........................Useless Knowledge

Issue 12Volume 12

They Know How to Draw a Crowd! There was a record number of kids lined up to see Santa and Mrs. Claus this year. 66 all together, ranging from newborn to 5th graders. By 4pm, Santa’s list was quite long and surely his knees quite tired, but there were no complaints. It was obvious that both the Claus’ and the kids enjoyed a full two hours in each others company. The kids also decorated (and ate) sugar cookies with an array of frosting colors. Thanks to all the CVFD and Optimist volunteers who helped make this a very special event!

Thank You, Chuck Stokes! Councilman Stokes announced that he was stepping aside from his seat on the Crescent City Council at the December council meeting. After serving for 13 years, Chuck has decided it’s time to give someone else a chance at the opportunity. In 1999, Stokes was approached by several citizens to run for council. Being a native of Crescent with family and friends in the area, he was honored to be a spokesman for the taxpayers of our community. He’s enjoyed working as a team with the different councilmen and says it’s “very rewarding to see all the progress that’s been made over the years”. He feels the current council are working really well together and moving forward to improve our city. With his free time, Chuck plans to dedicate more time as a member of the Legion, as well as with the Crescent Cemetery Board, the church and youth group and spending time with family.

Keira Bose (6) and her big sister Shaeley (9) are the first to share their Christmas list.

Snowflake Facts

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Contact Numbers

Mayor Brian Shea

712-545-3652(

Councilman Bob Anderson

712-545-3373(

Councilman Daryl Clark

402-658-0657(

Councilman Elvis Jacobsen

712-545-3215(

Councilman Patrick Morgan712-227-0083

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City ClerkMary Martin

712-545-3981(

Park BoardJim Campin

712-227-0040(

Message BoardRon Olson

712-545-3267(

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Crescent Elementary712-545-4492

Crescent City CouncilSubmitted by Mary Martin, City Clerk. The City of Crescent is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY OF CRESCENT COUNCIL MEETING: December 3, 2012...The Crescent City Council met in regular session in the Crescent Community Hall at 7:03pm pursuant to the law. Mayor Brian Shea called the meeting to order. The following Council members were present: Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Clark to accept consent agenda with considered bills. Clark, Stokes, Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson, all ayes. Motion carried. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Clark to pay Ready Rooter bill, make a police report on the damage and contact city attorney to see exactly what steps should be taken. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. Motion carried. KIEF’S FULL THROTTLE LIQUOR LICENSE submitted for approval. MOTION BY STOKES, seconded by Clark to approve license. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #120312 “NO PASSING ZONE” (Mormon Brdg. Rd.) submitted for 1st reading. MOTION BY CLARK, seconded by Morgan to approve 1st reading. Anderson, Clark, Morgan, and Jacobsen, all ayes. Stokes, nay. Motion carried. ORDINANCE 11052012 ‘AMEND SPEED ZONES’ (Old Lincoln Hwy) Riordan St. north to Missouri Ave. submitted for 2nd reading. MOTION BY CLARK, seconded by Jacobsen to approve 2nd reading. Anderson, Clark, Morgan, and Jacobsen, all ayes. Stokes, nay. Motion carried. MOTION BY CLARK, seconded by Morgan to waive 3rd reading of Ord. 11052012. Anderson, Clark, Morgan, and Jacobsen, all ayes. Stokes, nay. Motion carried. PAY REQUEST #1 FOR THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION in the amount of $57065.40 submitted for approval. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve pay request. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. Motion carried. RESOLUTION 120312-1 Meduna vs. City submitted for approval. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Anderson to approve Res. 120312-1. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. Motion carried. GALEN BARRETT/FIRE CHIEF reported 272 calls as of 12-3-12. If anyone would like to see the new ambulance, they can do so after the meeting. PLAN COMMISSION/RON OLSON reported that they recommend vacating alley in Blk. 142. Discussion incurred and item was tabled until the Jan. meeting. DENNIS MOWERY addressed Council regarding building inspections. He has been inspecting for Mo. Valley for 5 yrs. He would be willing to do it for Crescent; he would be considered an employee at an hourly rate. This would entail taxes, Ipers, workman’s comp ins. He would have to be covered under the city insurance for any liability as he does not carry his own. This would not be on a consult basis. JOHN HAMILTON reported on information regarding aeration of the lagoons. The city has had no violations and our permit is good until 2016. This may be something that the City will look into in the future but the main priority now is getting the lagoons fixed from the flood damage. The City has been working with FEMA since the flood and it is estimated to cost $1,263,000. for repairs. FEMA would cover 75%, state 10% and the City is responsible for 15%. JIM CAMPIN reported he is in the process of doing tennis court repair research. Park has received a $12,000. matching grant for this. Park Board is looking into a scoreboard and any donations towards this would be appreciated. There has been considerable dirt work down at the park and it is looking very nice. CRAIG PETERSON/MAINTENANCE reported that the snow equipment is ready. He will be replacing some worn street signs. The City has had all necessary sand for winter donated, so only salt will need to be purchased. BOB ASTLEFORD addressed Council regarding a letter he received about his property. The letter stated that he had until Jan. 1, 2013 to clean the property up. He is requesting an extension, maybe 6 mths. It was stated by Council that 6 mths is too long. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Morgan to give him 90 days, deadline is March 1st, 2013 to remedy the situation. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, and Jacobsen. Motion carried. STOKES addressed the Council at this time, and read his letter of resignation. He just does not have the time anymore. He has been on the Council since 1999. This resignation is effective immediately. Council now will have to appoint someone to replace Stokes until an election in Nov. 2013. Mayor Shea thanked Chuck Stokes for all his hard work and dedication. MOTION BY STOKES, seconded by Anderson to adjourn the meeting. Anderson, Clark, Stokes, Morgan, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. MEETING adjourned at 8:16pm

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• City Council: First Monday of every month unless holiday—January 7th• Planning Committee: The Monday fol-lowing the city council meeting.• Crescent Optimist Club: First Thurs. at 7pm at Community of Christ.

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DENNY’S PLACEWe would like to wish everyone a

Safe & Happy New Year & will be looking forward to serving you in 2013!

HOLIDAY HOURS:News Year’s Eve: Open 2pm till 2am

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Congratulations John Filbert Winner of the Gift Basket!

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To all our neighbors along Lincoln Hwy who faithfully “Light Up” the drive between Crescent and Council Bluffs during the holiday’s. Your displays are truly magical for kids of all ages and piling in the car with family and friends for seven miles of uh-ing and ah-ing is a tradition we look forward to every year.

Thank You!

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11/11 @ 1:53 PM Deputy Doty was dispatched to the 100 block of Mormon Bridge Road in reference a theft report. 11/23 @ 12:02 PM Deputy Guyer was dispatched to the 400 block of Powells Addition in reference trespassing. 11/26 @ 10:02 AM Deputy Pattee was dispatched to Mormon Bridge Road and Golden Hills Drive in reference a property damage accident. 11/30 @ 6:18 PM Deputies Amdor and Ramsey were dispatched to the 800 block of Powells Addition in reference a welfare check. Crescent Citations (1) Registration Violation (3) Fail to Obey Stop Sign and Yield

Right of Way(1) No Drivers License(27) Speeding (1) Failure to Have Valid License/Permit

While Operating Motor Vehicle(6) No Insurance(1) Open Container of AlcoholCrescent Township Citations(3) Speeding(1) Driving While License Denied,

Suspended, Canceled or Revoked (1) Operating Non Registered Vehicle (1) No Insurance

What’s Up at CECC?Submitted by Linda & Mindy Brewer

It “finally” snowed so that means winter and Christmas are officially here. Preschoolers don’t understand that it could be winter or Christmas without snow. And so timely. We could point to the calendar and the snow outside the window and turn our weather board to the season “winter”. And it was a good snow. Though Nicholas pointed out that it wasn’t as good as “that year we had 100 feet of snow in our yard”. We thank Mike Harmon for stopping by and shoveling for us. We also thank Duane Rief and Mike for working on our door that was sticking. I know we’ll embarrass Mike by saying this, but he’s like a super hero who goes around helping people in the area! As you’ll probably be reading this after Christmas, we’ll just say that we at CECC hope everyone in our community had a good holiday. For having a small preschool class, we had a large audience for our Christmas program. The kids made cookies, sang the usual Christmas songs and passed out presents they had made to their families. Even some of the school-age kids made ornaments and other Christmas crafts to take home. They also had a gift grab-bag that was more friendly than we feared it could be. The two week winter break from school will give us a chance to do more extended projects with the school-agers and to visit the gingerbread display at the Mormon Center in north Omaha. We’ve said this before, but you really should visit their center. They do amazing things with gingerbread, and it’s free. We thank everyone who sold and bought cookie dough and other foods during our fund raiser. We did make about $600, but ended up spending most of it on a new exhaust fan. Like many of you, it’s hard to get ahead! But we appreciate your support. We’ll conclude this brief column by thanking our board of directors officially for serving and helping out with so many things. CECC is a non profit corporation and so is run by a volunteer board. President is Kris Hopkins; vice president is Troy Thomason; secretary is Shirley Collins; treasurer is Lara Blair. Other members are Steve Hultman and Mike Harmon. And we thank the Community of Christ Church for being such a good landlord and the Optimists for the Christmas treats. If you are interested in day care for your child or preschool in the new year, do call, stop by or e-mail at cecckids@aol.com.

Pott. County Sheriff’s Report

Submitted by Chief Deputy, John Reynold

Mayor’s Corner Here we are in the midst of winter with the holiday’s behind us. The first big snowstorm has hit and thanks again to our maintenance man, Craig, the roads were cleared quickly. I would like to remind people to scoop, push or blow your snow onto your own property and not into the streets. Not only is it a safety hazard but, we as a city are legally responsible for keeping our city streets cleared. It is always a pain to clear the drive and have the plow come along and block the drive again, but remember it is our maintenance man’s job to keep the STREETS open. So please be courteous and keep your snow on your property. Thank you to Ron Olson and Jim Beck for hanging lights on the tree on John McNeils property by the bank. A few people have asked about our Christmas lights. Our previous pole ornaments were damaged after being stored outside while the maintenance shed was destroyed and then rebuilt. We could use some helping hands to get them back in working order. If you’re interested in helping restore them for next year, please contact me. We need volunteers for mounting and removing them as well which is a big job when only a few step forward. Finally, I’d like to thank Chuck Stokes for his many years of dedication and service on the City Council. Chuck will still be an active volunteer for the city. In the meantime, we now have an empty seat on the council and we are looking for someone to fill that spot. If you’re interested please contact the City Clerk or myself at the numbers on page 2. Happy New Year! Brian Shea

Youth is when you’re

allowed to stay up late

on New Year’s Eve.

Middle age is when you’re

forced to. — Bill Vaughn

Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body:2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs

1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed - helps avoid stroke or heart attack. This is also the best time to take your daily aspirin.

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All About Science! •We continue to hold hands-on sciencelabs once a month. These are put on by parent volunteers. Students learned about States of Matter in December and were able to create their own “elephant toothpaste” using yeast, hydrogen peroxide, and soap...very messy, but very fun. Volunteers are welcome to help with this program on the 4th Tuesday afternoons of each month. Contact pto.crescent@gmail.com with questions. • Hitchcock Nature Center continues toprovide monthly classroom programming to our students. HNC is a wonderful resource right in our backyard!

Help Us Collect! • We continue to collect Box Tops andLabels for Education (Campbell’s soup labels and many more products) year round. •LASTDATEforHY-VEECOLLECTION- Hy-Vee receipts dated Sept 1 - Dec 31 must be turned in by January 7th. • We continue to collect Super Savergrocery receipts through March 31. Date and amount must be on receipt. •TheseitemscanbedroppedoffatCrescentSchool or dropped in the bin at American National Bank in Crescent.

From the Scrapbook of the CVFD Submitted by Julie Newby

Front: Bea Jacobsen, Jim Evans, Judy Evans, Josephine Crnkovich. Back: Barb Schmidt,

Chery Rolfe & Phyllis Riemer

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Since it’s opening on June 24, 2006, the Loess Hills Winery has bottled over 120,000 bottles of wine, Vignoles (pronounced vin-yul) being it’s best seller. In a year’s time, they ferment approx. 75,000 pounds of grapes, LaCrosse and LaCrescent being it’s most often used. They have been awarded over 100 medals, half of which are Gold Medals, and the remaining are split between Silver and Bronze and they’ve held the honor of being “Best of Omaha and Council Bluffs” for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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The Pink Poodle, famous for it’s mouth-watering prime rib, serves 22,000 pounds of ribeye a year. They scrub 10,400 pounds of potatoes and mix 130 gallons of their House Dressing.

After starting in 1994, on average, the CVFD and Auxiliary serve 720 eggs, mix 60 lbs of pancake batter, divvy up 60 lbs of sausage links, pour 5 gallons of syrup and 12 gallons of orange juice to an average of 250 people at the monthly breakfasts. In doing so, they’ve made enough money to purchase a new stretcher for the ambulance, a camera for arson investigations, bunker gear, honor/color guard uniforms, a computer with printer/copier and helped with SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparitus) equipment purchase.

American National Bank in Crescent opened it’s doors in 1986 as People’s National Bank. Since then, the building has been hit by a driver once, the sign on the hill has been hit twice, and the post in the drive-through gets hit no less than twice a year.

On Halloween day in 1988, Denny’s Place came to life. Today they toss an average 13,000 pizza’s a year with Combo being the favorite. And on Taco Tuesday they assemble approx 200 taco’s. Before Denny came along the place was called Kapelo’s and prior to that, it was the Rustic Inn...another very popular hang out.

Since flipping the switch on August 31, 2010, the Honey Creek Creamery has made 7,000 pounds of goat cheese which is packed into 27,000 containers. Cranberry Horseradish is most often requested. The late Henry Schmidt laid out the welcome mat at Henry’s Diner in 1983. Since then the most popular menu item is their famous Fried Chicken Dinner, of which they serve approx. 3100 a year. They also brew an estimated 450 pounds of coffee and crack 18,300 eggs.

In 1977, Todd Meyer at age 15, started working for his dad at the newly opened Meyer Auto. He’s now employing the third generation of Meyer boys. In a year’s time they pour approx. 825 gallons of motor oil and repair 780 tires.

The “Corner Store” as it’s always been known, sells approx 1.5 million gallons of gas per year and 2500 gallons of milk. Gas being it’s least profitable.

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Poor Richard’s Almanac, December