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M %XIIDOR &HQWHU id-America 5RFNZHOO 6KHI¿HOG .DQDZKD ARKETPLACE “Where We Put Your Business on the Map!” Your Road to Savings www.midammarketplace.com *DUQHU &ODUNVYLOOH $OOLVRQ &ODULRQ (DJOH *URYH +DPSWRQ Published by Mid-America Publishing for: Hampton Chronicle • Hampton Chronicle’s Bonus • The Leader • Garner Shopper Review News • Pioneer Enterprise • Buffalo Center Tribune • Eagle Grove Eagle • Allison Butler County Tribune-Journal • Clarksville Star • Grundy Register • Sheffield Press • Wright County Monitor • Clarion Reminder • The Kanawha Reporter • The Reporter *UXQG\ &HQWHU &RQUDG Hampton, IA • 1-800-558-1244 • October 16, 2013 Grundy Center, BCLUW team up to raise money for stricken GCHS Senior By ROB MAHARRY The Conrad Record CONRAD — As neighboring districts that are similarly sized, Grundy Center and BCLUW may not have much love for each other on the playing field. But the schools came together for a much more important cause in the lead-up to their football matchup on Friday night. A friendly competition between the districts raised more than $4,000 for cancerstricken Grundy Center senior Hillary Samo, and Grundy Center high school principal Steve VanderPol got to experience the joy of kissing a pig as the result. BCLUW elementary teacher Mary Ascher, whose husband is on the Grundy Center school board, played a key role in bringing the idea to fruition, serving as a liaison between the two districts. According to BCLUW High School principal Cari Teske, several students in her district are friends with Samo and wanted to do something to help her in her time of need. The school had raised money for charitable causes in the past during homecoming week, but this situation hit especially close to home for those who knew Samo. The National Honor Society decided that a competition between the two schools would be a fun way to get involved, and BCLUW senior Kayla Benjamin proposed the idea of kissing a pig to Teske. “Raising money at homecoming made sense,” Vanderpol said. The concept was simple: students at the elementary and high schools dropped change in a bucket for the coin drive, and the principal of the high school that raised the money would be the one to kiss a pig at halftime of the Grundy CenterBCLUW football game in Conrad on Friday night. In the end, Grundy Center High School won by an extremely slim margin, raising $431.03 to BCLUW’s $430.15. The BCLUW and Grundy Center elementary schools raised $1,668.03 and $1,394.65, respectively, and the BCLUW Middle School raised $397.79 for Samo. “When we know that there are individuals who are going through a difficult time, we want to find support for them,” Teske said. Due to the lightning delay during the football game, the event was moved inside, but VanderPol still carried out his promise. “I don’t mind kissing a pig for the cause,” he said. “Both communities were doing it, and it was fun to see. That’s what small towns are about helping out.” Teske said that several of her students were adamant about raising enough money to force her to kiss the pig, but that she would have been more than willing to do it for such an important cause. Samo was in attendance to watch her high school principal smooch the swine. “What a neat thing,” VanderPol said. Grundy Register editor John Jensen contributed to this story. World explorer reschedules Grundy County appearances Grundy Center Secondary principal Steve VanderPol places a big smooch on a small pig, fulfilling his part of a bet between the Grundy Center and BCLUW school districts. The districts combined to raise $4,000 for the Samo family. (Photo courtesy Gayle Vanhoose) Renowned explorer Charlie Wittmack has rescheduled his appearances in Grundy County. Wittmack is the only man to attempt the World Triathlon, which consists of a 275-mile swim down the River Thames and then across the English Channel, an 8,875-mile bike ride from France to India, a 950-mile run from India to the base of Mt. Everest and then a climb to the top of Mt. Everest. Wittmack was originally scheduled to speak in Grundy Center last spring, but had to cancel the appearance due to illness. He is scheduled to speak to students from AGWSR, AplingtonParkersburg and Dike-New Hartford Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. and then to students from Grundy Center, Gladbrook-Reinbeck and BCLUW from 10:15 to 11:15 in Grundy Center. A public appearance for Wittmack is still being arranged. The event is paid for with County Government Day funds. No public funding is used to pay for the event. Rick Titus in his 38th year of selling and LQVWDOOLQJPRUHHI¿FLHQW¿UHSODFHLQVHUWV Rick Titus of Clarion started his business, called “The Country Store”, in 1975 and even though he has moved into town now, he has no intention of retiring any time soon. “l enjoy and love doing this.” said Titus. “I’ve covered every corner of the state because I’m an expert, and that is not meant as a boast. I don’t think anyone else in the state does exactly what I do.” What he does, is sell and install the Fuego Flame EUDQG QDPH ¿UH SODFH LQsert, which he believes are WKHPRVWHI¿FLHQWLQVHUWVRQ the market, for the money. However, it took him awhile WR¿QGRXWDERXWWKDWEUDQG “I was living in Littleton, Colorado. and came across a brochure for the Heatilator ¿UHSODFHVZKLFKZHUHPDGH at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,” said Titus.“When we moved back here 3 years later, I decided I was going to call them and become a dealer.” Titus was soon displaying the units at county fairs and got some business. But then in checking back with his customers, to his amazement, he found out they were sending most of the heat up the chimney. “I then tried selling other EUDQGVRI¿UHSODFHVOLNH3UHway, and Majestic and found they were no better. These were touted to be energy ef¿FLHQW KDYLQJ IDQV DQG DGjustable dampers, but they still were not burning like a wood stove, so I just kept looking. I was selling wood stoves, but not everyone wants a wood stove in their home.Then I found out about the Fuego Flame Fireplaces, which were as close to ZRRGVWRYHHI¿FLHQF\DV\RX ZLOO¿QG7KLVFRPSDQ\PDGH =HUR &OHDUDQFH ¿UHSODFHV and also made four different sized inserts, so now I could offer my customers a VXSHU HI¿FLHQW ¿UHSODFH RU install one of the inserts inside of their existing wood EXUQLQJ ¿UHSODFH QR PDWWHU how large or small,” Titus said. But then it wasn’t long EHIRUH KH IRXQG D ¿UHSODFH that has an unusual shape, like a two sided, or see-thru. or arched opening, and WKHVH LQVHUWV ZRXOG QRW ¿W So he decided to just make the inserts from scratch to ¿W WKHVH XQXVXDO ¿UHSODFHV +HHYHQEXLOWDQLQVHUWWR¿W DIRXUVLGHG¿UHSODFHIRU%LOO Knapp in Des Moines. 7KH )XHJR )ODPH ¿UHplace inserts can make any ¿UHSODFHEXUQXSWRHI¿FLHQW DQG QHHGV QR HOHFWULFLW\ ZKLOH NHHSLQJ of the heat in the home. It burns slow like a wood stove while keeping the beauty of WKH ¿UHSODFHV RYHUDOO DSpearance and fun of watchLQJ WKH¿UH2QFH WKHLQVHUW is installed, the average ¿UHSODFH FDQ KHDW WR VTXDUH IHHW RI D ZHOO insulated home, while using 2/3 less wood, and protects the home from runaway ¿UHV,WFDQEXUQPRVWRIWKH night on just 3 or 4 hardwood logs, leaving you a nice bed of hot burning coals to ignite new logs come morning. “Some of my customHUVXVHWKH¿UHSODFHDOO winter long, and rarely hear their furnace kick on. Thus they save a tremendous amount of fuel each month. These inserts literally pay for themselves by saving the customers fuel,” Titus says. The inserts are made using 12-guage steel, which Titus said transmits the heat TXLFNHU EHFDXVH LW¶V OLJKWHU Cool air from the house enters underneath the insert, and is then circulated up the EDFN RI WKH ¿UHSODFH ZLWK the heated air exiting out the top, all without the use of a fan. The temperature of the air coming off this inVHUWYDULHVIURPWR degrees. Titus says, “You EDNH LQ \RXU RYHQ DW and you can feel that kind of heat coming out of the top of WKH¿UHSODFHVKHDWRSHQLQJ 0RVW KHDW FLUFXODWLQJ ¿UHplaces do not come close to putting out that kind of heat, for they send all their heat up the chimney.” The Fuego Flame inserts are installed using an insulated ceiling, which prevents the stove heat from going XSWKH¿UHSODFHVFKLPQH\ The insert damper control is on the inserts face plate, so you can close the doors and then close the damper.The inserts also burn with their GDPSHU FORVHG WKXV making the wood burn nice and slow. The twin glass doors are made using ceramic glass, which will take GHJUHHV WHPSHUDWXUH so you never have to worry about breaking the glass with heat, and you get to enjoy watching the slow burning logs inside. These twin doors are easy to clean with very little effort. “Remember when you were a kid sitting around the FDPS¿UHRUDWDIDPLO\UHunion, how much fun it is WRVLWDURXQGWKHFDPS¿UH" Well, you can have that same fun in your home with a real wood burning ¿UHLQ\RXU¿UHSODFHDOOZLQter long, and enjoy the roPDQFH RI WKH ÀDPHV DQG everyone could use more URPDQFHULJKW",WLVDFWXDOO\ mesmerizing to watch the ÀDPHV DQG \RX GRQ¶W HYHQ have to say a word as you ZDWFKWKH¿UH1RZ\RXFDQ have the romantic comfort of a campfïre and enjoy all that warmth in your home safely DQGHI¿FLHQWO\´VDLG7LWXV For those that can’t or don’t wish to burn wood,Titus ofIHUVVXSHUHI¿FLHQWJDVORJV as an option. He started selling those in 1991, and they offer the same nice ÀDPHHIIHFWEXWZLWKRXWWKH work and cleanup from real wood. “I’ve got people who ERXJKW D ¿UHSODFH IURP PH LQWKH¶VDQG¶VWKDWDUH now having me put gas logs LQ WKRVH VDPH ¿UHSODFHV´ said Titus. These gas logs are capable of heating up to VTXDUHIHHWRIWKHDYerage well insulated home, so if you have a power outage, these gas logs will keep you toasty warm, and keep the pipes from freezing in your home. Titus has covered a large area of the Midwest in his sales and installation travels,“I have built and inVWDOOHG XQLWV LQ ¿UHSODFHV - photo by Les Houser, Wright County Monitor from Minneapolis to Kansas City and all over Iowa.” said Titus, “I’ve learned that if I go to a county fair, I get business from that area.” He also feels that word of mouth has been his best advertising, and that the personal attention he can offer gets the sales. “I do all the work myself,” saidTitus.“I don’t even charge for estimates when I come into your home. I feel an in home visit is the only way I can know exactly what the customer needs.” Titus is also not afraid to tackle, or at least look at, any chimney problems including a FUDFNHGFKLPQH\³,¶YH¿[HG one of those many times for someone,” said Titus. “I installed a stainless steel liner inside the chimney and PDGH LW VDIH DQG HI¿FLHQW´ Titus explained that these inserts are not like others that you can buy, and that it takessometimetoinstallWKHP ³7KLVLVQRWDTXLFN¿[MR b,”saidTitus.“Idon’tjustshov eitintoyourexistingfireplace ,collect a check and leave. Most of the other inserts on WKH PDUNHW PDNH \RXU ¿UHplace look like it has a wood stove shoved into it, and they change the whole look RI WKH ¿UHSODFH E\ SXWWLQJ a big metal shroud around the insert. It takes me from six to eight hours to do this, but it will be done right and you’ll never need to do anything more with it.” Titus has even thought of people who like to cook food over DZRRG¿UH³,¶YHGHYHORSHG D EDUEHTXH JULOO WKDW ZLOO ¿W inside there,” saidTitus.“You can grill steaks or bake potatoes. It will work great for putting a dutch-oven in the ¿UHSODFH WRR´ )HHO IUHH WR contact Rick at The Country Store for more information. You can call either 515-532 RU RU visit his website at: www. ¿UHSODFHVDWWKHFRXQWU\VWRUH com, or email him at yahtitus@gmail.com. “We don’t know what the future holds for our electrìcal system in this country,” said Titus. “If someone wants to control us, they could cut off the electricity, food supply, or disrupt our fuel. 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Call 1.866.217.6111 Open enrollment has begun. Choose a plan that’s right for you. C-00139 (10/13) A Fantastic shopping event. www.facebook.com/ MidAmericaMarketplace MID AMERICA MARKETPLACE Page 4 • Wed.-Thurs., October 16-17, 2013 • Buffalo Center Tribune, Butler County Tribune-Journal, Clarksville Star, Eagle Grove Eagle, Kanawaha Reporter, The Leader, Grundy Register, Hampton Chronicle, Pioneer Enterprise, Sheffield Press, Wright County Monitor, The Reporter Goldfield, EG fire departments receive rescue tubes By: Clae Goater The Goldfield and Eagle Grove Fire Departments recently received grain rescue tubes through the GoldEagle Cooperative. Gold-Eagle donated the tubes to fire departments in towns where they have an office. The tubes are designed to help rescue people who have been trapped in grain bins. The tubes are metal cylinders, broken into different interlocking panels. When a person is trapped in a grain bin, rescue personnel can build the tube around them to separate them from the bulk of the grain. “After you get it built around them, you give them a bucket so they can start digging the corn out. Or you can use an auger to get some of the corn out,” said Goldfield Fire Chief Jeff Slaikeu. “Once you get it up so far, there are handholds that you can actually start pulling yourself up with. “ Grain bin accidents have been a serious problem for rural communities for years. The forces involved are staggering. “At any of the elevators anymore, they have to be tethered or on a harness. But that doesn’t stop them from getting sucked in,” Slaikeu said. “I don’t know the exact figures, but if you go in (chest deep) they will pull your arms out of your sockets if they pull you out of there.” Slaikeu has been with the Goldfield Fire Department for 30 years, and he can only remember responding to two grain bin accidents. Both were fatalities. Slaikeu said that the new grain rescue tube is a vast improvement over the equipment they were working with in the past. “The second time … we were trying to get sheets of plywood in there to basically do what (the rescue tube) does, to block the corn. They don’t lock together, so as you try to make this circle, it’s leaking in between them,” Slaikeu said. “Plywood is 4x8, and most of the access tubes to these bins are pretty small. You had Big Bud travels through Clarion to Winter Home Larry Maasdam auctioned off rides on Big Bud, the world’s largest tractor, on Saturday, Sept.14, to raise money for the Heartland Museum. Maasdam raised about $600 for the museum. Big Bud traveled from the east side of Clarion to the Museum making a trip around the square. Go to rip it down to 32-inch sections.” The fire department received the equipment about two months ago. Slaikeu wasn’t sure how much the equipment cost, but he estimated it was between $2,200 and $2,400. “On these small departments, budget’s a big thing. $2,400 is a pretty good chunk of my budget. It really helped, and I just hope we never have to use it. It’s here if we need it,” Slaikeu said. “It was nice of Gold-Eagle to donate it to us and all the departments. They made a pretty substantial purchase here. “ On Sept. 1, the Goldfield Fire Department received free training on how to use the rescue tube through the state. Slaikeu says that around eight volunteer firemen were trained to use the tube. “I don’t think people realize how much time volunteer firemen put in. We gave up pretty much a whole Sunday afternoon. It was for a good cause,” Slaikeu said. “There’s more and more training required every year. It’s hard to get guys to give up that much time. 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High School language arts teacher Betsy Kuecker, who is helping to oversee this year’s visit, said she has been impressed with the students in her early interactions with them. “A lot of them speak English better than I expected them to,” she said. “The kids are intermixing right out of the gate.” Kuecker said, while many of the activities that were part of last year’s visit are still going to happen, stu- dents are also going to spend more time in classes at the high school so that they can see the American form of education. Even with the students there, she said most teachers are keeping things as normal as possible. “We don’t change plans at all,” she said. “The ninth-graders have a field trip Friday, and those that are hosting the Germans are having them come right along.” Kuecker said the German guests give their American counterparts a new perspective on the world. “I think we’ve learned that people aren’t that different,” she said. 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