2012 IN REVIEWA S P E C I A L S E C T I O N O F T H E D E N I S O N B U L L E T I N A N D D E N I S O N R E V I E W

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Dry, drier, 2012 is 19th drieston record, third warmestDroughtdominates2012 stories

Weather, or more specifically, the abundance of heatand the lack of rain was the defining story of 2012.

According to State Climatologist Harry Hillaker’sweather summary, the average temperature in 2012was 51.9 degrees, 3.8 degrees above normal, and pre-cipitation totaled 26.31 inches, 8.96 inches below nor-mal.

The average temperature and total precipitationmade 2012 the third warmest and 19th driest yearamong 140 years of weather records.

How the weather affected agriculture became a dailytopic for nearly everyone.

Ironically, the 2012 growing season began with apromise, sent in the form of an early spring. Then thedrought dashed hopes of another record-breakingharvest.

At the end of the harvest, yields for some produc-ers were not as poor as first envisioned. Some fieldsproduced no crop, while others produced corn yieldsof 180 bushels per acre or higher. Yields depended onwhen the corn was planted, if timely rains were re-ceived, the moisture-holding capacity of the soil andthe plant genetics.

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s(NASS) annual Crop Production 2012 summary releasedon January 11 stated that corn for grain production inIowa was estimated at 1.88 billion bushels. That estimatewas down more than one percent from the NASS No-vember 1 forecast and 20 percent less than in 2011.

The estimated 1.88 billion bushels of corn per acre wasthe lowest production since 2003.

The report said Iowa's corn for grain yield was esti-mated at 137 bushels per acre, two bushels less than theNovember 1 forecast and 35 bushels less than 2011.

Iowa soybean production was estimated at 414 millionbushels in 2012, up one percent from the November 1forecast and down 13 percent from 2011 – also the low-est production since 2003.

Following is a look back at the 2012 growing sea-son.

MarchThe unusually warm weather sent farmers to their

fields to prepare the soil, but it was far too early tothink of planting. Even though the soil temperaturewas warm, State Climatologist Harry Hillaker doubt-ed that producers would want to take the chance thatit wouldn’t freeze again.

Through March 20, the statewide average temper-ature for the month was 14.8 degrees above normaland two degrees above the previous warmest March,which occurred in 1910. However, last day for frost,according to the statewide average, based on the past30 years, was April 26.

Another unusual factor for March 2012: the warm

weather allowed 100 percent of the rain to make itsway into the soil. But Hillaker stated because of thewarm temperatures, more moisture evaporated.

Even though the month was warm and some rainfell, Hillaker said the state, as a whole, needed morerain, a phrase that was often repeated throughout thesummer and fall.

AprilThe early spring allowed farmers to not be rushed

as they did their pre-planting field work, such as ni-trogen, tillage and herbicide applications. In additionthe mild winter allowed opportunity for tiling to

progress as well as winter application of dry phos-phorus and potassium.

Even in April the lack of soil moisture was a con-cern. Iowa State University field agronomists recom-mended that producers plant corn into a uniformseedbed at a uniform seeding placement depth be-cause of the lack of available soil moisture. Seedbedconditions and seed placement can contribute to un-even emergence, which can lead to yield losses, moreso under drier conditions than wetter.

DROUGHT IMPACTS AGRICULTURE...Page 2

For many area farmers, the harvest started early as hot temper-atures and the lack of rain helped to mature corn and soybeanssooner than normal. One of the risks farmers faced by delayingthe corn harvest was the lodging of corn stalks (stalks blowingover). Photo by Bruce A. Binning

The president stops for shaved iceFrom the caucuses in January to the general election on November 6, and on to

the fiscal cliff of late December, early January 2013, politics was a dominate news-maker in 2012 across the nation and in Crawford County as well.

The fact that Iowa was seen as a swing state was the cause of a lot of cam-paigning. And it also created a rare opportunity for area residents to meet Presi-dent Barack Obama.

Denison lent itself well as a strategic stop along President Obama’s route fromCouncil Bluffs to Boone on Monday, August 13. The president stopped at around3 p.m. at Summer Magic tropical sno along Highway 30 in Denison for one of hisfavorite treats – shaved ice.

PRESIDENT...Page 3

Obama in Denison

President Barack Obama stopped in Denison on August 13 to have shaved ice atSummer Magic tropical sno and to talk to people. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

2012, a year for businesschanges, announcements

Crawford County residents heardnews of business progress in 2012 butin addition one announcement thatcaused concern.

On Thursday, March 1, officials atTyson Foods, Inc., announced it wasmaking major improvements to itsDakota City, Nebraska, beef plant,which might lead to the closure of thecompany’s beef slaughter plant locat-ed at 2490 Lincoln Way in Denisonsome time in 2013.

The Denison Tyson plant, whichemploys 400 individuals, is the firstIowa Beef Packers plant. It opened in

March 1961. IBP was acquired byTyson in 2001.

At the time Tyson issued the an-nouncement, the Dakota City projectwas scheduled to be completed in mid-2013.

Tyson would give a 60-day notice ofthe closure, as required by law, andwould work with employees to explorejob opportunities at other Tyson loca-tions.

To date, Tyson has not given a no-tice of a closing.

BUSINESS...Page 5

The Tyson plant, located at 2490 Lincoln Way in Denison, was the first Iowa BeefProcessors plant. It opened in March 1961. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

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The early spring in 2012 caught up to one crop -grapes. Grape plants broke bud three to four weeksearlier than normal, and cold temperatures experi-enced on April 9 and 10 affected an estimated 40 to50 percent of the grape production in Iowa.

Mike White, Iowa State University Extension viti-culture specialist, projected that the majority of thevineyards located north of Interstate 80 were affect-ed, while damage to grape plants south of I-80 wasspotty.

All was not lost because each bud on a grape planthas three smaller buds. The first bud is 100 percentfruitful. If that is frosted or destroyed, a second budforms that produces about 50 percent of the plant’syield. If the second bud is destroyed or damaged, athird, tertiary bud forms. This bud produces onlyleaves as a survival mechanism to sustain the grapeplant for the season.

MayBy early May, the majority of the corn was in the

ground and the state had received some rain to refillsubsoil moisture and warmth to spur germination andemergence. Heavy rains in some areas required somereplanting.

According to the Iowa Crops and Weather report re-leased by the USDA National Agricultural StatisticalService (NASS), 95 percent of the corn crop hademerged during the week of May 27 through June 2,11 days ahead of normal.

JuneIn mid-June, lack of moisture was a common con-

cern.ISU Extension field agronomists predicted silking

on corn ahead of schedule but added the caveat thatcrop growth would depend on moisture. The dryweather provided another challenge to farmers: her-bicide treatments need water to activate.

Weather conditions also caused unevenness in cornplants and had weakened the condition of the soy-bean plants.

Corn planted in the early, wetter season had thechance to grow, but crops planted in the dry periodsof May had been stunted slightly.

The lack of rain kept corn plant roots from reachingdeep enough in the soil and prevented them from de-veloping normally.

JulyIowa received rainfall in late June, but July began

with hot dry weather. Although crops in Iowa sufferedas a result, they were in better shape compared tocrops elsewhere in the Midwest.

The first week in July brought triple-digit tempera-tures and little rain throughout the state.

One ISU field agronomist reported that most of thecorn crops that were damaged in the heat of early Julywere in the pollination stage; the heat dried out thesilk and greatly hampered pollination. Another agron-omist added that with today’s hybrid corn crops, pol-lination was less affected by excessive heat and dryconditions than they would have been years ago.

July 2012 ended up as the fifth driest, third hottestin 140 years of weather records. The statewide aver-age rainfall total for July in Iowa was 1.16 inches.Normal July rainfall is 4.5 inches. The averagestatewide temperature in July 2012 was 79.7degrees.Statewide, the high temperature reached 90 degreesor hotter on 21 days in July; the average for days of90 degrees or hotter for the entire year is 23.

AugustOn August 1, the USDA announced new drought

assistance for farmers. By that time, more than half ofall counties in the United States had been designatedas disaster areas. The USDA expanded emergencyhaying and grazing on approximately 3.8 millionacres of conservation land to bring greater relief tolivestock producers dealing with shortages of hay andpastureland. The USDA also announced that crop in-surance companies agreed to provide a short graceperiod for farmers on insurance premiums in 2012.

As of August 8, 46 Iowa counties had been desig-nated as primary natural disaster areas and 22 Iowacounties had been named contiguous disaster coun-ties.

Because of drought and high evening and night-time temperatures, and to a lesser extent early plant-ing, the maturity of crops was accelerated. Some pro-ducers began chopping silage in August, a monthahead of schedule. Near Denison, in Crawford Coun-ty, the Collins family started cutting silage on July 30.

The condition of corn varied greatly in August. Cornthat was planted in good soil and received more rain,was nearly normal. Corn that received little moistureproduced ears half the normal size and ears that did-n’t fill out. Genetics also influenced the condition ofthe plants.

The condition of soybean plants also varied great-ly from field to field and in some cases, within thesame field. However, soybean plants didn’t seem to bedeclining as quickly as the corn plants were.

Because the corn was developing quickly, it wasunder stress and the stalk quality was not as good asit had been in past years. Allowing the corn to drydown in the field was risky because of the poor stalkhealth resulting in lodging (stalks blowing over) inhigh winds.

In August State Climatologist Harry Hillaker saidthe drought of 2012 was the most similar, as far as re-cent years, to the drought in 1988.

The hot weather also affected livestock, and beefproducers were urged to take steps to ward off heat.Although the summer of 2012 was, on average,harsher than 2011, cattle and farmers were better ac-climated to the heat and fewer livestock deaths re-sulted, compared to August 2011 when more than

4,000 livestock deaths were reported throughoutIowa.

SeptemberAs farmers began harvesting corn for grain in early

September, they faced challenges with the drought-damaged corn.

Iowa State University Extension field agronomistsreported that producers were seeing a wide range ofyields, depending on the water-holding qualities ofthe soil and which fields, or in some cases, parts offields, received timely rains.

A challenge for producers was to harvest the cornthat had lodged or would lodge soon due to weakstalks.

Another challenge for farmers was to set their com-bines to harvest big, wet ears and then some verysmall, dry ears in the same field, or even the sameround, without experiencing more than normal loss-es.

Farmers were also urged, after the harvest, to keeptillage to a minimum to help with water infiltrationand keep residue on the surface of their fields to re-duce erosion risk.

Due to the dry conditions, the risk of field fires wasalso elevated and producers were encouraged to keeptheir equipment as clean of dust and residue build-upas possible.

OctoberAs farmers harvested their last acres of corn and

soybeans, their thoughts turned to next year’s grow-ing season and their eyes turned to the sky with thehope and prayers that rain would fall and replenishthe moisture-depleted soil.

Mark Licht, ISU Extension field agronomist, saidsoils across central Iowa were depleted of moistureand that it would take 15 to 20 inches of rainfall forsoil moisture reserves to reach adequate levels.

Drought impacts agriculture

Factors of early planting, hot weather and no rain combined to accelerate the maturity of the corn crop acrossIowa. Near Denison, the Collins family started cutting silage on July 30 (pictured above), a month earlier than nor-mal. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

A huge dust and sand cloud was driven by the heavy winds that struck Crawford County early in the evening onJuly 25. Winds speeds of up to 59 miles per hour flattened corn already compromised by lack of moisture. Denisononly received sixth-hundredths of an inch of rain but others areas in Crawford County 1.3 inches. Photo by Bruce A. Bin-

ning

The condition of corn fields varied greatly from field to field, and even in the same field, creating a harvestingchallenge for farmers. Producers also had to deal with corn that had lodged or was at risk of lodging due to weakstalks. Photo by Gordon Wolf

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PRESIDENT, from Page 1

More than 100 people were gathered at the Summer Magic lot in anticipation ofthe president’s stop.

Obama ordered a rainbow tropical sno, with cherry, lime and watermelon fla-vors, made by Steve Holt, who owns the business along with wife Crystal. Theorder was handled by his daughter, Angel. The president also ordered shaved icefor kids standing around and for his staff.

The $20 bill President Obama paid for the tropical sno cones was kept by theHolt family as a memento; the president let Angel keep the change from his pur-chase. The order form was autographed by the president and was framed. On ithe wrote, “Great shaved ice…as good as in Hawaii.”

Holt is a Republican and had Republican candidate campaign signs at his homeabout a block away from his business, but he commented, “He is my president. Iserved in the Marine Corps for 20 years and am very respectful of the president.I am personally honored that President Obama came here and spent a long timehere. I am very surprised.”

The president took time to speak to many people gathered at the stop alongHighway 30.

Holt said he impressed upon his children that the president of the United Statesis the most powerful individual in the world.

“Most people never get to see the president. It is such an honor to meet ourleader,” he stated.

Steve Holt and family members (right) speak with President Barack Obama at theirbusiness on Highway 30 in Denison. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

Crawford County voters turn out for electionNearly 38 percentvote by absentee

While Barack Obama won the 2012 presidentialelection nation-wide and in Iowa, he was not the topchoice of Crawford County residents.

On November 6, county voters gave Mitt Romneyand running mate Paul Ryan 3,584 votes to 3,035votes for the Obama/Biden ticket. Obama won thetotal Iowa vote, 807,146 to 720,323.

Nearly 70 percent of Crawford County’s registeredvoters cast ballots in the November 6 general election.

Crawford County voters were part of a trend forearly voting by absentee ballot. Of the 6,791 ballotscast in the election, 2,577, nearly 38 percent, were byabsentee. The county had 10,160 registered voters asof November 6.

It wasn’t only the presidential election that en-couraged voters to mark their ballots. Crawford Coun-ty saw contested races for County Board of Supervi-sors and for Public Hospital Trustee.

Randall Kuhlmann and incumbent Cecil Blum, bothRepublicans, won the two vacant Board of Supervi-sors’ seats in a three-way race. Greg Kehl and KevinFineran, both of Denison, won the two vacant Hos-pital Trustee seats in a five-way race.

Also elected, both in the county and district-wide,in contested races were incumbent CongressmanSteve King, District 4; Mark Segebart for State Sen-ate; District 6, and incumbent State RepresentativeDan Muhlbauer, District 12.

State Representative Jason Schultz ran unopposed

for the District 18 seat. County Auditor Terri Martensand County Sheriff James Steinkuehler were unop-posed in their re-election bids.

In the presidential choice, Romney was not the firstselection of those who attended the Republican cau-cuses in Crawford County on January 2. Rick Santo-rum received 102 votes for 23 percent of the votes

cast in the county’s 15 precincts. Romney received92 votes for 21 percent, New Gingrich – 84, Ron Paul– 72, Rick Perry – 64, Michele Bachmann – 22, andJon Huntsman – 1. Romney was declared the state-wide winner on January 2 by eight votes over Santo-rum, but a recount conducted later put Santorum ontop.

The voting precinct at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Denison was busy on November 6 as voters filled out theirballots. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

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Personnelchanges

Besides changes brought about by elections, Craw-ford County saw some personnel changes in public of-fices in 2012.

On March 14 Crawford County Memorial Hospi-tal in Denison announced the hiring of Bill Bruce asthe chief executive officer. He took over duties fromLarry Schrage, the interim CEO.

Kevin Flanagan, who had been Denison’s citymanager since July 2009, resigned from his positioneffective May 31 in order to take the city manager’sjob in Fairfield. His contract with the City of Denisonwas due to expire on June 30, the last day of FiscalYear 2012. On March 23 a motion to renew Flana-gan’s contract with the city failed on a 3-2 vote of thecity council.

Terry Crawford, principal engineer and vice pres-ident of Sundquist Engineering in Denison, was hiredas the new Denison city manager on July 3. He beganhis duties with the city on July 16. Crawford had beenthe city engineer.

Don Luensmann, who had served as the execu-tive director of the Chamber and Development Coun-cil (CDC) of Crawford County for seven years, resignedeffective July 31, in order to accept the position of di-rector of marketing and development for CrawfordCounty Memorial Hospital in Denison.

On October 10 Evan Blakley, who had worked atbluespace creative in Denison since 2008 and was asenior designer, accepted the CDC executive director’sposition.

Education is an ever-changing field. Not only do thefaces of staff and students change but programs andbuildings also go through transitions.

Following are some of the changes and celebrationsin education that occurred in Crawford County in2012.

The 75-year history of the Broadway Elementarybuilding in Denison was celebrated on March 16. Thecornerstone of the $135,000 building, then the sen-ior high school, was put in place in July 1936. Thebuilding was first occupied in February 1937 and wasdedicated in March 1937. It later served as DenisonMiddle School and since the fall of 2008 has beenBroadway Elementary, housing fourth and fifthgraders.

To celebrate the anniversary, Principal Steve Meinenshowed students a Biography Channel video that fea-tured the building’s most famous student – actressDonna Reed. FDR, played by high school studentRobert Lyons, made a guest appearance to the delightof the students. The connection between Franklin De-lano Roosevelt and the school building is that thebuilding was one of projects of Roosevelt’s WorksProgress Administration (WPA).

In May, eight Denison High School seniors com-prised the first group of students from the district tograduate from the Learners to Leaders/ScienceBound program, an educational partnership withDenison Community Schools and Iowa State Uni-versity, and sponsored by Farmland Foods and itsparent company, Smithfield Foods. The program’sgoal is to inspire ethnically diverse students to worktoward degrees in science, technology, engineeringand mathematics.

The Ar-We-Va School District conducted an openhouse on August 14 for its new school addition. Thenew, two-story addition in Westside houses nearly135 pre-kindergarten through fifth grade studentsand allows all district students to be educated underone roof.

The old elementary buildings, located in Arcadiaand Vail, along with surplus items, were sold at auc-tion on November 18. Surplus items brought in about$14,300 and the Arcadia and Vail school buildingssold for a total of $45,500.

The Charter Oak-Ute School District substantial-ly completed its building addition in Charter Oak bythe time school began in the fall. The addition hous-es new band and vocal music rooms, new lockerrooms and storage rooms. The old band and vocalmusic rooms were converted into regular classrooms,which allowed the district to educate all its studentsat the Charter Oak building.

The school district is maintaining the school build-ing in Ute through the school year and plans to auc-tion or lease it by the summer.

Private and public funds created a synergy thatput more technology into the hands of students at the

Schleswig Community School in the fall. A $25,000grant from the Monsanto Fund through its America'sFarmers Grow Rural Education program was used topurchase six new iPads and a math curriculum forstudents in grades six through eight.

The school used grant money, funds from an AreaEducation Agency program and school finances to pur-chase a total of 27 new iPads, increasing the total num-ber of iPads in the school building to about 100. TheSchleswig Community School was nominated for the$25,000 America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grantby local residents Jane Smith and Larry Wiebers.

At the start of the 2012-2013 school year, allteachers in the Denison Community School Districtreceived iPads for use, paid for through the schooldistrict’s sales tax. The iPads keep the teachers con-nected to important documents and data no matterwhere they are in their classrooms or in their build-ings. Among other functions, teachers can use theiPads to read an internet article for students or showa lesson on a projection screen.

The Denison Middle School and Denison HighSchool mariachi bands received a lot of attention in

2012 as they are the first school-based mariachibands to form in Iowa and also because of the quali-ty of their performances. The bands are also provid-ing an appreciation of mariachi music for a new gen-eration of Latinos, as well as others, who are membersof the musical groups.

The high school band, Mariachi Reyes del Oeste,performed at the Iowa Music Educators Conference inAmes in November and worked with Maestro JoséHernandez, an internationally known mariachi per-former and Grammy award winner.

The bands have performed in Ames twice and DesMoines twice and will perform at the Iowa Bandmas-ters Association Conference in May. Mariachi Reyesdel Oeste will perform at the Cinco de Mayo festival atWashington Park in Denison in May and will also per-form a concert at the high school’s Fine Arts Center inthe future.

Nearly 30 members of the Denison-SchleswigMonarch Band performed with the Southwest IowaHonor Marching Band in the Chik-fil-A Bowl (for-merly the Peach Bowl) in Atlanta, Georgia, on Mon-day, December 31.

2012 brought celebrations, changes in education

Auctioneers took bids on surplus Ar-We-Va school items in the lunch room at the old Vail elementary school build-ing on Sunday afternoon, November 18. Photo by Gordon Wolf

Tower One arrives in DenisonJim Clark, firefighter and publicity chairperson for the Denison Volunteer Fire Department, had a long photo shoot

of the department’s new aerial truck, named Tower One, on Wednesday, October 10. After some detail work, a fewmore decals and a couple minor tweaks, department members began training on the operation of the truck. The newtruck features a midmounted ladder that will allow fire crews multiple access points to a building. With the rear-mount-ed ladder that was on the department’s old aerial truck, crews had limited maneuverability and emergency accessto buildings. With the midmount, travel height restrictions become less of a concern as well. The aerial truck arrivedin Denison from Snyder, Nebraska, where it was manufactured by Danko Emergency Equipment. Members of theDenison Volunteer Fire Department took several trips to Snyder to observe and inspect the truck as it was being man-ufactured. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

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2012 brought public safetyimprovements and concerns

The drought of 2012 forced a burn ban to be en-acted in Crawford County, as well as the majority ofthe counties in Iowa. Crawford County’s burn banwent into effect in late July.

The Crawford County burn ban was lifted on Octo-ber 22 but officials urged the public to be extremelycautious as the fields were drier than usual.

Other public safety improvements and concerns in2012 included:

New warning sirens were installed in Denison onJune 13 and 14. The new sirens are substantiallylouder than the old ones, are higher pitched and havea larger radius of coverage.

In mid-July, officials from Denison Municipal Util-ities (DMU) and West Central Iowa Rural Water As-sociation urged their customers to voluntarily con-serve water as the levels in DMU’s wells were de-creasing due to the drought.

The new Manilla fire house was completed in latefall. The new fire house replaced the fire station thatburned to the ground in May 2011. The new facilitywas constructed through fundraising efforts and helpfrom the City of Manilla.

BUSINESS, from Page 1

Other news of business changes and progress in2012 included the following items:

On Tuesday, February 28, Amaizing EnergyHolding Company, LLC, announced the signing ofan agreement to sell its ethanol production facilityin Denison to The Andersons, Inc.

The Andersons, Inc., founded in Maumee, Ohio,in 1947, is a diversified company with interests inthe grain, ethanol and plant nutrient sectors of U.S.agriculture, as well as in railcar leasing and repair,turf products production, and general merchandiseretailing.

The sale was finalized on May 1 and the facility’sname was changed to The Andersons DenisonEthanol LLC. The ethanol plant’s capacity is 55 mil-lion gallons per year.

The new Wal-Mart Supercenter opened in Deni-son on Wednesday, July 20. The store is located at512 Avenue C.

Ceremonies at the grand opening included a flagraising by members of the National Guard, severalspeeches, the distribution of $1,000 checks to fivecharities and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Wal-Marthad been located at 404 Arrowhead Drive for 20

years.In October Bomgaars announced that it would

move into the old Wal-Mart building in Denison. Atthe time of the announcement, an official from Bom-gaars said the move was planned for January.

The existing Bomgaars store in Denison is locatedat 801 Highway 39 North. Bomgaars in Denisonopened in 2002.

A groundbreaking for the Hillside Grille took placeon November 2. The site for the steakhouse is in OakRidge Heights Plat 1, west of Crawford County Memo-rial Hospital.

The restaurant will be operated by Alisha and DanSatre. Alisha is the daughter of Dave and Diane Reisz,of Denison. Oak Ridge Heights Plat 1 is the Reiszes’development. The new restaurant will seat a total ofabout 170 individuals in the dining area and a smalllounge, and it will have party facility.

Pizza Ranch in Denison opened on December 27at 510 Highway 39 North, near the intersection withHighway 59.

James Buwalda is the co-owner of Pizza Ranch inDenison along with business partners Joe PetscheBrian Christensen.

The new restaurant covers 6,000 square feet andseats approximately 206 guests.

A case involving four area bank robberies all butcame to a close when Jeffrey Alan Schoon, 48 of WallLake, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in SiouxCity on Thursday, December 20, to robbing the banks.

In addition, Schoon and his wife, Roxena LeeSchoon, 40, both pleaded guilty to one count of con-spiracy to commit bank robberies, and Jeffrey Schoonpleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm infurtherance of the conspiracy.

Roxena Schoon had pleaded guilty to the conspira-cy charge on December 13.

Sentencings before United States District CourtJudge Mark W. Bennett were ordered to be set after apresentence report was prepared.

Information presented at the plea hearings revealedthat during the conspiracy, the Schoons robbed fourbanks that were within 20 miles of their Wall Lakehome.

On December 29, 2011, they robbed the IowaState Bank in Odebolt; $3,687 was stolen.

On January 11, 2012, they robbed the Citizens 1stNational Bank in Early; $7,275 was stolen.

On January 28, 2012, they robbed the Westside

State Bank in Vail; $17,280 was stolen.On March 23, 2012, they robbed the Heritage

Bank in Lytton; $4,603 was stolen.

Four area banks robbed fromlate 2011 through March 2012

Another story that captured the attention of Craw-ford County residents and involved investigative workby law enforcement officers was the report of a miss-ing person and then the discovery a body.

The body of Jonathan Elwell, 44, of Shillington, Penn-sylvania, was discovered June 19 along the Union PacificRailroad tracks between Vail and Westside. His identitywas confirmed Friday, June 29, using dental records.

At the time that Elwell’s identity was confirmed, Craw-ford County Sheriff James Steinkuehler said that foulplay was not suspected.

Elwell’s rented Volkswagen Jetta was discovered onApril 20 on 370th Street, a mile and a half from the lo-cation where his body was discovered. An investiga-tion by Steinkuehler and Chief Deputy Michael Bremserdetermined that the Volkswagen had been rented byElwell a few days and some 1,100 miles earlier.

Hospital adds newequipment in 2012

Crawford County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) in Deni-son began offering in-house MRI in mid-April.

CCMH Radiology Manager Brook Eggeling said in aninterview that the MAGNETOM Espree MRI unit pur-chased by CCMH is one of the best on the market, and thatit has many features that will increase efficiency in the ra-diology department and provide more patient conven-ience at the same time.

Other equipment purchases and plans for equipmentincluded the following:

On November 26 the hospital board voted to pur-chase an obstetrics central monitoring system in order toaccommodate Dr. Karl Hasik’s patient outreach clinic. Thenew system was first proposed to adapt to the changingtechnology of Omaha Methodist Hospital. Before, hospi-tal staff would send fetal monitoring strips to OmahaMethodist for its staff to read. Omaha Methodist, how-ever, switched from analog technology to digital technol-ogy at the beginning of 2013 and will only accept digitalfiles.

The hospital board on November 26 approved a res-olution to allow the hospital administration to enter intonegotiations for a 64-slice CT scanner. The new scannerwould decrease radiation exposure to patients and, to acertain extent, offer a picture with a higher degree of res-olution, compared to the current 16-slice CT scanner.

by Todd DannerThe area sports scene in 2012 was instrumental with outstanding team and in-

dividual success stories that created another banner year for the Denison Bulletinand Review’s coverage area.

This reporter has ranked the top 10 sports events for several years, and thoughit’s a daunting task, it’s simply amazing to look back and share with readers thehard work and tremendous achievements put in by all of those in competition atthe local level. So, here are the top 10 sports stories of the year as determined bythe DBR sports department.

Racing returns to the Crawford County Speedway in Denison.After several years without weekly racing at the Crawford County Speedway,

a full 13-week schedule kicked off at the CCS on May 11 with 108 cars hitting thetrack and 1,451 people filling the grandstands.

Junior Reetz, an avid race car driver who has been involved with racing fornearly 50 years, handled the duties as the CCS race director.

Several improvements were made, including shortening the track by 300 feetor so.

The drive to get racing back in Denison was led by a group of 25 investors, in-cluding several area businessmen, farmers and race enthusiasts.

The last time the CCS hosted a full schedule of racing was in 2003.

Nicole Dobernecker of CharterOak-Ute wins second straight

Class 1A shot put title in May.And, for the second consecutive

year, Dobernecker claimed the title onher final throw of the competitionjust outside of Drake Stadium in DesMoines on May 17.

As the lone state qualifier for CO-U,the senior unleashed a toss of 41feet, 2 1/2 inches on her final attemptto take home the state title.

Before that, Dobernecker’s besttoss was 39-0, which was second toa 39-2 1/4 effort by Earlham’s AmyWright.

She qualified for state in the shotput all four years in high school,placing fifth as a freshman and thirdas a sophomore, before winningback-to-back state titles in her finaltwo years.

She also competed in the discusevent at the state meet her senioryear, placing 10th overall at 109-7.

Ar-We-Va girls suffer tough loss at state basketball tournament andunimaginable loss of head coach.

The Ar-We-Va girls’ basketball team qualified for the Class 1A state tour-nament for the second straight season in 2012.

The Rockets, down by 10 points early in the fourth quarter, rallied back totie their quarterfinal game with Bedford at 50-50 with 3:44 remaining, butwound up suffering a 55-54 loss at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Ar-We-Va got 18 points and 15 rebounds from Dani Kock and 14 pointspoints and four steals from Paige Danner, as the Rockets finished 21-4 over-all.

Ar-We-Va had finished as the Class 1A state runnerup in 2011.Then on September 25, the entire Ar-We-Va community suffered a heart-

breaking loss when head girls’ basketball coach Dave Kock passed away aftera brief battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Kock directed the Ar-We-Va girls for seven years and accumulated an over-all record of 136-32 with two state tournament trips to his credit.

Larry Siebert, a longtime assistant at Ar-We-Va, now serves as the headcoach for the Rocket girls.

Charter Oak-Ute softball team places fourth at state tournament.Charter Oak-Ute played three one-run games in placing fourth in the Class

1A competition at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex at Fort Dodge at the end ofJuly.

The 10th-ranked CO-U girls upset No. 4 Newell-Fonda (4-3) in the opener, asthe Lady Bobcats improved to 4-0 in state quarterfinal games.

In the semifinals, CO-U fell just short of earning a berth in the state title gameafter dropping a tough 2-1 decision in eight innings to No. 3 Martensdale-St.Mary’s.

CO-U had led 1-0 after four and a half innings, thanks to Nicole Dobernecker’s20th home run of the season and 44th of her career.

M-SM tied it with a run in the fifth and won it with a run in the last of the eighthon a one-out squeeze bunt.

CO-U then suffered a tough 9-8 setback to No. 6 Don Bosco in the tournament’sthird-place contest.

The Lady Bobcats outhit Don Bosco, 11-8, in what was the highest scoringgame of the Class 1A state tournament.

CO-U had trailed 8-2 before rallying to make it a tight game.Dobernecker was one of 11 girls named to the all-tournament team after going

3-for-9 at the plate with two singles and a home run.CO-U finished with a fine 28-14 overall record under fourth-year head coach

Jason Stoltzfus.

IKM-Manning enjoys tremendous all-around success.The year began

with the IKM-Manninggirls’ basketball teamreaching the state semifi-nals in Class 2A play atWells Fargo Arena in DesMoines.

It was the secondstraight trip to the statetournament for GeneRasmussen’s Wolves.

IKM-Manning toppedBellevue (71-55) in quar-

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Top 10 sports stories for 2012

1

Weekly racing action returned to the Crawford County Speedway in 2012. Theopening night of competition took place on May 15 with 108 cars pounding the dirtat the shortened CCS.

2

Nicole Dobernecker of Charter Oak-Utewas all smiles after capturing the Class 1Ashot put title for the second straight seasonback in May at the state track and field meet.

3

Ar-We-Va qualified for the Class 1A state basketball tournament for the secondstraight season in 2012.

4

The Charter Oak-Ute softball team went 28-14 and placed fourth at the Class 1Astate tournament at Fort Dodge.

5

IKM-Manning went 11-1 this past football season and advanced to the Class 1A statequarterfinals before suffering a loss to Emmetsburg. IKM-Manning co-head footballcoach Floyd Forman resigned following the season after 33 years on the job.

IKM-Manning’s TemberSchechinger (No. 22),right, gets off a shot in thelane against Pella Christ-ian in a Class 2A statesemifinal game last Marchat Des Moines. TheWolves finished 24-3 over-all after a 60-49 loss to theEagles.

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terfinal play, as Tember Schechinger finished just one assist short of a triple-dou-ble with 23 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists.

The Wolves then lost 60-49 to No. 3 Pella Christian in the semifinal round toclose out a terrific 24-3 record.

Several members of the IKM-Manning track and field teams had outstandingsuccess in the Class 2A portion of the state meet in May.

Robert Tank tied for second in the high with an effort of 6-2. It was his fourthappearance at the state meet in the event.

Sarah Schlichte placed fifth in the 400-meter run in a time of 59.59.And, Kaylee Blake wound up fifth in the discus competition with a toss of 129-

6.Blake also competed in the shot put competition and took 12th with a best ef-

fort of 36-5.This past fall, the IKM-Manning football team completed an 11-1 overall record

and advanced to the Class 1A state quarterfinal round, before bowing out to tra-ditional-power Bettendorf.

Following the game, IKM-Manning co-head coach Floyd Forman resigned after33 years on the field with Manning and IKM-Manning, accumulating a record of235-95 with 17 playoff appearances.

Denison-Schleswig girls fall one game short of state basketball tournament.

The 13th-ranked Denison-Schleswig girls gave No. 3 Sioux City Heelan all itcould handle in a 66-61 Class 3A regional final loss on February 21 at Sioux City.

D-S led Heelan by 10 points at 51-41 to start the fourth quarter, but wasoutscored 25-10 by the Crusaders over the final eight minutes.

D-S junior Chelsey Van Ness led all scorers in the game with 26 points.The Monarchs had led 60-53 with two minutes remaining. Rachel Koch and Whitney Krohnke joined Van Ness in double figures with 12

and 10 points, respectively.Chelsey Green also had six points and 13 boards for Adam Mich’s squad, which

finished 15-9 overall for the season.Heelan headed to the state tournament with a 23-1 record.It was the second consecutive regional final loss for the D-S girls.

Rachael Ingram and Kassidy Ipsen of Denison-Schleswig qualify forthe state tennis tournament in doubles.

Denison-Schleswig seniors Ingram and Ipsen played two matches during theClass 1A state competition at Byrnes Park in Waterloo at the end of May.

The Monarch tandem went 0-2 in their matches with losses to Shenandoah’sKimberly Graf and Mackenzie Johnson and Western Dubuque’s Hannah Hingtenand Tracy Wulfekuhle.

Graf and Johnson were the No. 2 seed.Denison-Schleswig coach Dave Houston said that Ingram and Ipsen had a great

season.“It was sad when it all ended, but they truly had a fantastic season,” Houston

said.For Ingram, it was her second straight trip to the state tournament in doubles

action.

Denison-Schleswig girls advance to state bowling tournament in Class1A.

The Denison-Schleswig girls finished fourth in Class 1A state competition atPlaza Lanes in Des Moines at the end of February.

D-S shot a team total of 2,648 pins, good for fourth overall among the 10 schoolsthat qualified.

The Monarchs had entered the state tournament eighth among the qualifyingsquads.

Paige Janssen led D-S with a 423 series, shooting games of 211 and 212.Maddie Starman added a 409 series, followed by Maloree Gasper (356), Spring

Oatman (355), Alec Brungardt (256), and Cassie Preul (199).Starman and Janssen were among the top 11 bowlers after the initial competi-

tion.Starman shot 184 third game for a 593 total, which was good for fifth individ-

ually. Janssen, on the other hand, shot a 166 in her third game, good for seventhoverall.

Dawson Dorhout throws a perfect game for the Twins in a Little Leaguebaseball game.

The 11-year-old Dorhout faced 15 batters and retired all 15 in a five-inning per-fect game for the Twins against Boyer Valley on June 18 at Dunlap.

Dorhout struck out eight of the 15 BV batters he faced, according to his headcoach Bob Irwin.

Dorhout also stood out at the plate for the Twins in the game, as he went 2-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run.

“Dorhout did his part and our defense made the plays behind him. It really wasa team effort. It was really exciting, but intense at the same time,” said Irwin.

Ar-We-Va graduate Jace Hawley plays in bowl game for Iowa Statefootball team. IKM-Manning graduate Ashley Hagedorn a memberof ISU women’s basketball team.

Hawley wrapped up his career at Iowa State playing in the Cyclones’ 31-17 lossto Tulsa in the Liberty Bowl on December 30 at Memphis, Tennessee.

The senior Hawley was credited with one tackle assist against Tulsa, seeing ac-tion on the Cyclones’ kickoff and punt teams.

Hawley, a 2008 Ar-We-Va grad, played in all 13 games for ISU this past seasonand had two solo tackles and two assists.

Hagedorn, after standing out on the basketball court at Des Moines Area Com-munity College in Boone for two years, is now a member of the ISU women’s bas-ketball team under Bill Fennelly.

Hagedorn graduated from IKM-Manning in 2010.

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Denison-Schleswig girls’ basketball coach Adam Mich talks with his team during atimeout in a Class 3A regional final against Sioux City Heelan in February. The Mon-archs fell just short of reaching state in a 66-61 loss.

7

Rachael Ingram (top leftphoto) and Kassidy Ipsen(bottom left photo) of Deni-son-Schleswig qualified forthe state tennis tournamentin doubles.

8

The 2012 Denison-Schleswig girls’ bowling team qualified for the state tournamentat Plaza Lanes in Des Moines. The team placed fourth overall in Class 1A after enter-ing the state tournament eighth among the qualifying teams.

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Jace Hawley of Iowa State (No. 36) chases down an Oklahoma player in a Big 12Conference game played on November 3 at Ames. A 2008 graduate of Ar-We-Va HighSchool, Hawley had one tackle assist against Tulsa in the Liberty Bowl.

Ashley Hagedorn(left), a 2010 gradu-ate of IKM-Manning,is in her first seasonwith the Iowa Statewomen’s basketballteam.

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