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The Villisca Review
Stanton Viking
~ a community newspaper with a sense of humor ~
Volume 136, No. 23
Thursday, June 14, 2012
A Step Back in The Past
Pool Fundraiser
We are having a Golf Tournament, Supper at the Country
Club for the public and a Silent Auction on Saturday June 23.
Supper is from 5-7pm serving Pulled Pork Sandwiches with
salads and desserts. The Silent Auction items can be bid on at
City Hall from now up until the night of the tournament. They
do not need to be present to win.
PEO
The PEO meeting will be held on June 16 at the home of
Janice Lewis. There will be a brunch starting at 9 a.m. and the
meeting will start at 9:30 a.m.
Visioning Committee
The Community Visioning Committee will have its last
chance to refine project proposals at a meeting Tuesday, June
26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center. Plans will be finalized with the landscape architects. The Community Visioning
Plan presentation boards will be available for public viewing
during Heritage Days at the Community Center on Saturday,
July 7.
Annual Baseball Day
AMERICAN LEGION ERNIE JOHNSON POST #406
SATURDAY, 16 JUNE AT ANDERSON PARK
GAME SCHEDULE
9:00-9:45
9:45-10:45
10:45-11:45
11:45-1:00
1:00-2:15
2:15-3:30
3:30-5:00
5:15-7:15
7:30-9:00
Pre-K & K
1st & 2nd Girls vs. Essex
1st & 2nd Boys vs. Essex
3rd & 4th Girls vs. Sidney
3rd & 4th Boys vs. Essex
5th & 6th Girls vs. Essex
5th & 6th Boys vs. Essex
JH Girls vs. Essex
JH Boys vs. East Mills
ADMISSION=$3.00
RAFFLE DRAWING=$1.00
RAFFLE PRIZES: 2 $50 BILLS. 5 $20 BILLS & MORE!!
Concessions & Food By American Legion & American
Legion Auxiliary. Proceeds to be used for Legion Projects
Open House
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will sponsor an open house on June 23, 2012 from 2:00 P.M. – 4:00
P.M. at the new Law Enforcement Center, located at 100 W.
Coolbaugh St., Red Oak, Iowa. Residents will be allowed to
tour the new facility and speak to the supervisors and office
staff during this event. For more information please contact
the Auditor’s office at 712-623-5127.
Pictured above from left to right: Ron Crow (I.N.G Co. F), Wayne Rector (Ross Moore),
Dave Sullivan (Marshal Horton), Kyle Pretzl (I.N.G Co. F), F.F. Jones (Michael
Kupsch) and Kelly Regan (Dr. Linquist). Pictures by Johnny Houser
School Board Meeting
by Roxanna Sieber, contributing writer
[Since the beginning of serious discussions
on whole grade sharing between the Villisca and
the Corning Community School Districts The
Villisca Review Stanton Viking has included
information on whole grade sharing from the
Corning School Board meetings. We continue to
do this to provide continuity for our readers as
the process moves forward to whole grade sharing in the 2013-14 school year. It is not our
intent to provide a full report of the Corning
school board meeting.]
The Corning Community School District
School Board meet in a regular session June 11,
2012. Present were board members Lori Harvey,
Scott Schuey, Gary Goldsmith and Kendra
Haffner; Supt. Willie Stone; Board Secretary
Jodi Lyddon, Principals Kent Jorgensen and
Patti Morris, Technology Director Brandon
Templeton, representatives from the Future
Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and the
press.
In his report, Jorgensen reported that the
Engineering Program had received a 5 year IT
Award for their robotics program.
Stone reported that combining the Corning
and Villisca Marching Bands would not affect
the level at which vocal and individual music
would compete. This was as a result from questions raised at the Joint Board Meeting. There
was no discussion or action taken.
Four of the five students from the Future
Business Leaders of America program expecting
to attend the national conference in Texas
requested financial help to attend the conference. The approximate cost per student is
$1,100. The students are seeking help from local
businesses and through some fundraisers. The
board voted to help the students with $200. each.
Stone reported that the district will be
switching to e-transcripts to allow them to transmit student transcripts electronically. There is no
cost to transmit them to state institutions. The
cost is $5. to transmit to private and out of state
institutions. The board voted to charge the $5. to
the students.
The board voted to make the following their
goals for the 2012-13 school year. The board
members had developed these goals at their
working session in May.
•Academic Goals
1.Show growth by all students in math and
reading or be at/above grade level.
2. Continually strive to try and increase the
number of upper level classes and college classes taught by Corning faculty.
•Facility Goals
1. Organize a facility committee that meets
once a quarter to discuss facility and grounds
improvements.
2. Work toward getting new school colors
implemented throughout the district.
•Whole Grade Sharing
1. Align curriculums PK-12 in order to continue continuity of education.
2. Finish student scheduling no later than
February 15 to be able to communicate amount
of staff required to teach offerings.
3. Have tentative bus schedules out to people by April 1st.
4. Get steering committees involved on both
districts to work on whole grade sharing issues.
Templeton presented a proposal for 2012-13
Technology Purchases totaling $65,932.. These
are in response maintaining the district’s 5-year
replacement policy and to bring new technology
to the district. The purchases include 59 laptop
replacements for teachers and students; purchase
of 24 Kindle Fires for high school literature
classes; 15 iPads for use in the 5th-6th grade
class; District license for the Office Suite; 24
desktops for the business lab, a monochrome
laser printer for industrial tech and color laser
printer for the elementary office. Asked why the
desktops rather than laptops for the business lab,
Templeton said because of the capacity needed
for the business software the cost of laptops to
be able to provide that capacity would be high.
The Kindle Fires will give students in the literature courses access to the many classics available free on Kindle, allowing each student to
have a copy of their own to read.
Asked about a program to provide all students to be provided with a laptop, Templeton
suggested this was not a direction suitable for
the district. The school has sufficient laptops that
any student wanting to check one out is able to
have access to one.
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- Agriculture It’s on my Mind
by Chris Nelson, Adams County
Extension Program Director
One of the things that I enjoy doing is identifying plants for
people. Recently, I was asked about the purple flowered vining
plant that is growing on the fences along highway 71 between
Villisca and the highway 34 interchange. There are several types
of vetches that I learned about when I was in college at Iowa
State. At least two are planted along the highways of southern
Iowa. The first and most desirable for pastures or hay and livestock feed as well as highway right-of-way plantings is Crown
Vetch (Coronilla Varia). This is not the vining plant that I was
asked about, but is a plant with lighter purple blooms and found
in great abundance along highway 34 and highway 71.
A second type of vetch that has been planted along highway
roadsides and that could be a possible pasture or hay legume is
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa). Hairy Vetch is the plant that is very
beautiful at the Highway 34 and 71 interchange and it is the one
that is climbing the fences between that intersection and Villisca.
I urge all of you readers to stop and look at the Hairy Vetch plant.
The flowers are a gorgeous white and purple and are in pairs of 5
to 20 tubular structures along the flower stalk. Each flower can
produce a flat-sided pea-like seedpod that contains round pea-like
seeds.
The NRCS Plant Fact Sheet for Hairy Vetch calls the plant a
trailing or climbing cool-season biennial or annual legume.
Legumes are plants that have the ability to grow nodules on their
roots. The nodules contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria which take
nitrogen from the atmosphere and make proteins with it. When
the bacteria die, the proteins and the nitrogen then become available to other plants for increasing their growth. Legumes are great
to have in a roadside, pasture or hay field. They can certainly help
save on the nitrogen fertilizer bills as they provide nourishment
for all other plants like the grasses that grow beside them. I consider Hairy Vetch to be a good plant and not something to be concerned about.
A third plant that was brought in for identification at the
Adams County Extension office by a local cattleman last week
was more difficult for me to identify. It was a plant that I did not
know. Because of that, I went with the landowner to his farm to
see the plant where and as he saw it. We drove to his pasture area
where he was seeing this plant as he cleared brush in a timbered
area. The plant was a small yellowish-green broadleaf plant that
he described as having a minty smell to it. I observed that it had
very narrow, opposite leaves only 1-2 inches long and rather
woody stems. I took a sample of the plant in question back with
me to the office and then to home to search for an identification.
After studying the quick-to-dry sample with my somewhat limited native plant and wildflower resources, I’m going to identify
the plant as Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint or Pycnanthemum
tenuifolium. It was hard for me to find too much more information about this plant except that it is native to much of the
Midwest and on up into Canada. I look at it as somewhat of a nov-
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Sharing perspectives
by Bill Anderson
Guest columnist August 2006 - October 2011
As I believe I mentioned in an earlier piece,
March 1 was a big day in the life of a student at
a one-room country school – at least it was at
Larson school in Scott Township.
March 1 was moving day for farmers. That
meant that the day before we had said farewell to
some fellow students and awaited the excitement of new additions. Who would they be?
Boys or girls or both? Will they be in my grade?
The Lud Pearson farm at the entrance to
Viking Lake was, in the 1940’s owned by Enard
Larson. He retired and rented out the farm. It
was not the best land, so it seemed that renters
only lasted a year at a time. So it provided us
with a lot of student body change.
March 1 was the beginning of the weather
transition from winter to spring and it was hard
to tell what the weather would be. This was crucial since there were few hard surfaced or graveled roads in the area. The soil in eastern
Montgomery County tended to be heavy clay
and when the temperatures rose above freezing,
the roads had a gooey, sticky consistency and
became nearly impassable. That often was what
the mover had to face.
I can remember my dad getting stuck with
our car in that gunk and having to jack it up and
dig the clay out from around the wheels so we
could proceed. It was indeed a miserable mess.
So as a result, the movers often worked all
night when the mud was frozen solid and in the
daytime used teams of horses to move equipment.
But back to school. I recall that the entire
student body at Larson School over the eight
years I was there ranged from a low of seven to
high of sixteen. That high number was exciting.
That meant we had enough kids to play softball.
At that point we were actually able to choose up
sides and have two eight-kid teams. Otherwise,
with a lesser number, we played “work-up”
where three batters and the rest of the kids were
in field positions. As a batter was put out, he or
she moved to the outfield and the catcher moved
up to batter and so on counting backwards to
pitcher, the three basemen and then the outfield.
Numbers were everything when it came to
the point of playing games during the two 15
minute recesses and the hour-long noon break.
We were devastated when Rudy Peterson bought
the farm northeast of the school and brought no
school-age kids to us while the Combs’ moved
away and we lost Dean, Darrel and Allen. It was
a blessing a couple of years later when the Platts
bought the 80 acres just south of the schoolhouse
and Leroy and Keith joined us. Sometimes Jon
and Nancy Honette would be with us and at
other times they went to school in Stanton or in
Florida during winter sojourns by the family.
The March mud changed our lives a lot,
because it meant that we could not always count
on being able to go to church or to some other
event. Life changed a great deal after World War
II when the Iowa State Legislature adopted the
“farm to market” road legislation. Under that
program the state and county graveled most
roads on a two-mile grid. That way, no farmer
was to be more than a mile from an all-weather
road. Then we would drive our car that mile
when the mud was frozen, park it near the gravel and walk the mile in and out. It wasn’t easy
but it beat plowing through the impossible,
impassable clay and having to stop and take off
a wheel to dig out the mud and proceed. Now
we get all bent out of shape if there is a pothole
in the road and complain about the dust from the
gravel road in the summer. Oh, well, I guess that
is progress.
elty in his pasture——-not doing that much
harm, but probably not good for cattle feed
either.
A fourth plant that has been brought to my
attention several times recently is one that I am
seeing a lot of in southwest Iowa. It is Poison
Hemlock and I wrote a column about it two
years ago in June. What follows is some of that
column again.
Poison Hemlock is the very tall weed with
white flowers that you can see around abandoned farmsteads, in fence rows, along creeks
and ditches, or wherever rich soil has been disturbed in some way. I saw the first plants on my
farm where I had piled some trees and brush in
the pasture and then burned the brush pile. The
next year this giant, smelly, weed came up. My
question was——-where did that come from?
Poison Hemlock may be confused with wild
carrot by some because of their similar rather
lacey leaves. It is a biennial broadleaf weed that
actually originated in Europe and was introduced into North America in the 1800s as an
ornamental. It can grow from 3-10 feet tall. It is
a much bigger weed than Queen Ann’s Lace or
wild carrot. The stems are smooth, ribbed, hollow, and purple-spotted. Wild Carrot stems are
mostly hairy and get only 1 to 5 feet tall.
Plants of Poison Hemlock begin as a rosette
of leaves in the first year of growth and then
grow tall and flower the second year. The leaves
of poison hemlock are opposite, finely toothed,
triangular, and 8 to 16 inches long. They smell
bad when crushed. In fact, I can smell these
plants without crushing any part of the plant.
Maybe I’m just overly sensitive to the foul smell
they give off. The plant has a taproot so it does
not spread by the root system.
Poison Hemlock is spread by the large num-
ber of seeds that each plant produces. Flowering
occurs from May to July, when many umbrellashaped heads (umbels) of small, white flowers
develop at the tip of the stems. One plant can
produce over 30,000 seeds.
When I first learned about the name of this
plant “Poison Hemlock”, I remembered that this
was the name of the poison that the Greek
philosopher, Socrates, drank as his final sentence was carried out. These plants are poisonous to most animals, but are usually not palatable to them. The plant is also poisonous to man.
My weed book says that children have been poisoned after using the hollow stems for whistles
or pea shooters. Animals only have to eat a very
little bit of the plant for it to be lethal so if they
are short on good feed——- that could happen.
Today, I discovered one more reason to get
rid of this plant when it comes to your farm.
Poison Hemlock is on the “noxious weeds of
Iowa” list as published in the Iowa code. The
section of the code is known as the “Iowa Weed
Law” section. The Iowa Weed Law is what gives
every county the authority to order the destruction of weeds classified as “noxious” by the
state. If the owner does not control these listed
weeds, the county may assess the owner a fine,
control the weeds, and charge the farmer for the
costs of that control. There are 26 weeds listed
by Iowa code that currently fall into this category and Poison Hemlock is one of them.
Poison Hemlock is a biennial broadleaf
weed and so control can be accomplished with
broadleaf herbicides like 2, 4-D or with regular
cutting or mowing to prevent seed production. If
you have further questions about this weed or
any other weed for that matter, don’t hesitate to
give me a call at the Adams County Extension
office, 641-322-3184. See you next week.
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City Mouse
by Judith Ann Moriarty
judithjmrr4@aol.com
Bottom of The Bucket
Four years back when I
began this column, I think I
used to drive editor Peggy
crazy because I would write
heaps of articles well in
advance. If you’re sitting at the
other end of an email document
send, those sends tend to pile
up. It’s my recollection that at
one time I had around thirty
City Mouse column’s ready to
go.
But those were the days
when I couldn’t resist unleashing torrents of memories, as if
my “writerly faucet” had been
turned on full blast and until I
decided to shut down the spigot, it kept on gushing.
Eventually I turned from memory lane and decided it was
time to address political issues
focused on the “NOW,” naturally I had to spend a great deal
more effort in research. Now
and then I would return to
memory lane for what I
thought was one last stroll.
Here and there I interspersed
my political side with lighter
stuff and thoughts from friends
who follow my column. It’s
been very gratifying and each
week I find myself waiting for
the Review/Viking. It’s a relief
to focus on a publication that
isn’t caught in the tangled web
of today’s internet where
tweets rule.
As I reach into my bucket
of words, I often think “well,
perhaps I’ve come to a point”
where it could be best to retire
and drift off into the sunset.”
But no, not yet, because we’re
nearing another election of the
Presidential kind. It seems like
only yesterday I cast my
vote….and so it goes in the
world of writing, a crowded
world these days, but well,
what’s a writer to do except
keep on writing? There are
moments in this season of
rebirth when I yearn to be back
in my hometown. If you are a
former resident of the pretty
place in a valley east of
Omaha, I’m thinking you perhaps feel the yearning, and to
those of you who never left the
area and stayed on to fight the
good fight, I send my best.
Recently, I sat on a panel to
select a writer who would be
the best fit as “Narrator” at our
local and luscious Pfister
Hotel. We meet every six
months to consider applications from hopefuls, most of
who are young and locked into
social media. The one who is
selected to write two blogs per
week (based on interviews
culled from approaching folks
in the hotel), is paid $1,000 per
month for their efforts. For
many of the young writers, the
fee represents a break-through,
a temporary relief, perhaps,
from the two or three other
part-time jobs they may be
laboring under. A few of the
applicants are seasoned writers
who fell under the axe of
downsizing and are trying to
survive the changes in publishing. I can identify with that,
though it’s no different than the
changes in farming or education, or various other pursuits.
Today I’m writing a review
of a book (Love and Other
Delusions), written by Larry
Baker who is based in Iowa
City. Published by Ice Tea
Books in North Liberty, Iowa,
the 171 page tale is about living life as if in a movie where
you produce, write and direct a
script set to music of your
choosing. It reminded me of
my years spent watching
movies unfold at the Rialto
Theater. In 2009 I met Baker
when he was touring with an
earlier novel. He’ll be returning
to Milwaukee with his latest in
June. Perhaps he’ll show up in
your area…I’ll keep you posted on his tour schedule, which
quite naturally, will include
your state.
In my own little World
by Peggy Vermillion, publisher
newspapr@myfmtc.com or
plvermillion@myfmtc.com
Day Trips Around Southwest Iowa
by Roxanna Sieber- VIllisca Economic Development Director
A fascinating place to visit for a day trip in southwest Iowa is
the Hitchcock House in Lewis, IA. Tours are available of this
home built in 1856 of sandstone taken from Jester’s quarry just
down the road. It measures 30 by 40 feet and the walls average 20
inches in thickness. The story of the building of the home and the
original owners is an intriguing one. The house is one of the few
remaining Underground Railroad “stations” in Iowa. Abandoned
for nearly 20 years, in 1983 visionaries organized the Hitchcock
House Restoration Committee which worked to restore the house
to its former glory. According to local legend, John Brown
preached at Hitchcock House.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a
site on the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network
to Freedom, this home sits on a 65-acre park with a 1.75 mile
nature trail.
Hitchcock House is open May 1 – Sept. 30 with tours starting
at 1:00 p.m. The last tour starts at 4:15. It is closed on Mondays.
Tours are $5 per person for those high school age or older. It is
located at 63788 567th Lane in Lewis. For more information, call
712-769-2323.
The Blue Tones, one of the area’s country rock-a-billy bands,
will present two performances at the Hitchcock House this summer. Though no longer performing regularly, the Blue Tones performances today preserve their name and keep country and rock
& roll music alive. The concert will be outdoors from 2 - 4 p.m.
on the lawn of the Hitchcock House if the weather is good. If not,
we will go to the Big Red Barn located on the property. Bring
your lawn chairs to enjoy a relaxing afternoon to enjoy the Blue
Tones concerts scheduled for June 24th and August 26th in 2012.
More information is available at www.hitchcockhouse.org.
Time flies when you are
having fun...
The date on last week’s
paper was supposed to be
June 7, 2012. Its been a big
party with the old girl gone .
Nocturnal, Diurnal and
Crepuscular
A large group of seventy four kids and fourteen adults
enjoyed
listening to Deb Karwal from the Montgomery County
Daughter E was horrified when Nathan took the clippers (with #3 guard) to my
Conservation
office explain these terms relating to animals’ daylocks pre-op. Surgery went well Monday and I was released on Wednesday. Friday
time,
nighttime,
and in between time activities. Deb shared varimorning the family was blessed with its newest member, my grandson, Blayton
ous
furs
for
everyone
to touch.
Douglas Anderson. Stay tuned for an official parent approved birth announcement.
Dream Big with Careers will be the theme on June 19. Rick
Mitchell, with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office, will give
a description and demonstration of duties of his K-9 dog. This
program will begin at 10:00 in the Villisca Community Building.
Fire truck rides will also be offered that morning by the Villisca
Fire Department. Please arrive at 9:45 to sign in so the program
may start promptly at 10:00. Don’t forget to DREAM BIG and
READ!
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Nodaway
David and Bette Agnew
went to Creston to watch their
granddaughter, Evy Marlin
participate in a Dance Recital
Duet. Friday evening June 1st .
Evy and her sister Chloe rode
home with their grandparents
to spend the weekend. Saturday
morning David, Bette, Chloe
and Evy participated in the
Heart—Walk sponsored by the
Direct TV in Red Oak. Bette,
David and the girls had a
wiener roast Saturday evening
with S’mores and raspberries.
Angie Marlin joined Bette &
David and the girls for lunch
Sunday, June 3rd and took Evy
and Chloe home.
Jake Marlin participated in
the Roman Greco Wrestling
Tournament Sat. June 2nd and
also the Free-Style Wrestling
Tournament in Des Moines on
Sunday. He received first place
in both events which qualified
him for the National Finals
Tournament in Fargo, North
Dakota.
Laurena Dunn accompanied Joan Haley, Janet Haley
and Chris Dunn to the funeral
of Sandy Smith Tuesday morning May 29th at the Villisca
Methodist Church.
Judy Else visited with Chid
and Terry Moyer of Sidney,
Sunday June 3rd.
Alex Burton of Pickering,
locals
MO visited his parents, Terry
and Sharon King Sat. June 2nd.
Sharon and Terry King
drove to rural Prescott Sunday,
June 3rd to visit their, aunt and
uncle, Rowlene and Duane Birt
and daughter Janet Riley of
Lee Summit, MO.
Sunday afternoon, May
3rd, Judy Evans of Omaha and
daughter, Robin Kamasinski of
Blaire, NE ate dinner with
Wilma Greenfield at the
Villisca Good Samaritan. They
were joined by Janet Haley,
Marilyn Gridley, Jerry and
Carol Greenfield, Grace Ten
Eyck and Karla Greenfield of
Villisca.
Sarah Shipley participated
in a Villisca at Stanton softball
game. Leland, Amy and
Connor attended the game.
Emma Jeanne Shipley visited Kay Spring Wed. May 30th
at the Villisca Good Samaritan.
Attending a “Girls Day at
the Lake” were Diana Sunderman, and Michelle Dixon, of
rural Nodaway and Dori
Hampel, Ann Smith and
Tammie Johannes of Villisca.
They spent the day at Viking
Lake.
Monday evening, May
28th, Merlin and Marilyn
Carlson went to the visitation
for Sandy Smith at the Villisca
Methodist Church.
Merlin
and
Marilyn
Carlson attended the funeral of
Lois Stephens Thurs. May 31
at the Richie Funeral Home in
Clarinda.
Gloria Jones, Elizabeth
Gray and Eileen Schafer of
Villisca and Marilyn Carlson
visited Helen Shipley in
Clarinda Friday afternoon June
1st.
Chris Wiechman and
Dorothy Pond visited Tim and
Laura Wiechman, Ashley and
Bobby Wiechman and Ayden
of Carroll and Nick Wiechman
Saturday morning, June 2nd at
the Tim Wiechman home in
Villisca.
Ashley, Bobby and Ayden
Wiechman
and
Nick
Wiechman called on their
grandparents, Bob and Chris
Wiechman Saturday afternoon,
June 2nd.
Jared Gillespie went to
Minnesota Wed. afternoon,
May 30th to shear bulls for a
bull sale. He returned home
Sunday evening. En route
home he stopped in Spencer,
IA. to watch the Shorthorn
Field Day.
Tom
and
Michelle
Gillespie went shopping
Sunday, June 3 in Council
Bluffs.
Kylie Poen spent Wed. thro
Friday with her grandparents,
40 Years of Service
Pictured above: Gayle Heard receiving a 40 Years
Award from Lennox Industries representative, Josh
Phillips.
Gary and Becky Poen. They
took her back to her father,
Nick at Bellevue, NE.
Gary and Becky Poen hosted a Barbecue on Sunday June
3rd at their home. Guests
included sons Nick and Brad,
Gary’s brother and wife, Glen
and Mary of Sac City, sister in
In April of 1912 President
Theodore Roosevelt did a
meet and greet
at the Villisca Depot
Local Families Needed
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs, in
cooperation with the local high
school, is seeking local families to host boys and girls
between the ages of 15 to 18
from a variety of countries
around the world.
Students come with an
enthusiasm to practice their
English and experience American culture— food, sports,
shopping and more. They will
also share their own culture
with host families. Host families welcome these students
into their family, not as a guest,
but as a family member, giving
both the students and families a
rich cultural experience.
In addition, students have
pocket money for personal
Summer Adult Education
Classes
at the Red Oak Center
Digital Photography Classes taught by Jan Renander
Using Your Digital Camera
Discover how to take your own great pictures. Bring your camera and questions. (9 hr. class)
Thursdays, June 14, 21, 28; 6:00-9:00 pm; Tuition $75
Learn to Use Digital Photo Editing Programs
Learn basic steps for improving your pictures, such as removing red-eye, improving skin tones, cropping,
and resizing. (12 hr. class)
Mondays/Thursdays, July 9, 12, 16, 19; 6:00-9:00 pm; Tuition $99
Electronic Device Classes taught by Julian Vasquez
iPad Basics
If you have an iPad or want to buy one, this class is for you. We will explore the basic skills needed
to utilize your iPad or tablet computer to the max. (6 hr. class)
Wednesdays, June 20 & 27; 6:00-9:00 pm; Tuition $50
Kindle and e-Reader Fundamentals
Learn to get the most out of a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader. If you already have one, bring it to class
with you. (4 hr. class)
Thursdays, June 28 & July 5; 6:00-8:00 pm; Tuition $35
law, Donna Schafer of Adair,
and friends, Randy and Barb
Lewellen and sons Landon and
Shelby of Sidney and
Cameron, also Cheryl and Dan
Case of Tenville.
Brad was taken to Omaha
Monday June 5 for his flight
back to Hawaii.
expenses; and full health,
accident and liability insurance. Students are academically selected into the program,
and host families can choose
their students from a wide variety of backgrounds, countries
and personal interests.
To become a host family or
to find out how to become
involved with ASSE in your
community, please call our
Midwestern Regional Office at
1-800-736-1760 or go to
www.assehosts.com to begin
your host family application.
There are many students to
choose from, so begin the
process of welcoming your
new son, or daughter
into your family today!
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Birth Announcment
Captain Eric and Kelly Kline of Honolulu, HI announce the
birth of their son, Charlie Neil Kline. Charlie was born March
10th at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He
weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long and was welcomed
home by his big brothers Sam (4) and Jack (3).
Grandparents are Lynn and Vickie Wolfe of Villisca and Dick
and Gloria Kline of Clarinda. Great grandparents are Stan and
Janice Peterson of Stanton and Betty Wolfe of Villisca.
Good Samaritan
Fishing Trip
Retirement
Party
There will be a retirement
party for Rick Boyer who is
retiring after 30 years with the
Stanton Community School
District. Please join us in honoring his influential career and
years of service to our community on Sunday, June 17th from
3:00-5:00 P.M. at the Stanton
Community Room.
IHCC
Indian Hills Community
College has released the names
of the students who completed
their graduation requirements
at the end of the 2012 Spring
Term.
Kate E. Franson of Villisca
received an Associate of Arts
(AA) degree at the end of the
Spring Term.
Random
Facts from
1912
Pictured above: Wilma Greenfield, Larry Gaunt, Lori
Edmonds, Pete Rolofson, Jack Linn, Gordy Currin,
and Bob Karg.
Friday, June 1st eight residents from Villisca Good
Samaritian took a fishing trip
to Viking Lake State Park. It
was free fishing weekend and
the residents had lots of fun. A
total of ten fish were caught.
Nine small fish were
caught by the residents. The
residents were thrilled when
one of the outing helpers,
Melody Baldwin caught a
2.25lb catfish.
•Only 14 percent of homes
had a bathtub
•The maximum speed limit
was 10 mph in most cities
•More than 95 percent of
all births took place at home
•The Oreo cookie was
invented
•Life Savers were created
•Motorized movie cameras
were invented, replacing its
hand-cranked predecessor
•The divorce rate was
1/1000
•Girl Scouts of the USA
was founded.
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Live Life. Give Life.
Certain times of the year
present unique challenges to
the nation’s blood supply –
most typically around holidays.
Summer vacations and activities fill donors’ schedules, leaving little time to donate. Blood
donations often decline when
this occurs.
As you choose how to
spend your time this summer,
please make sure to help give
the gift of life by donating
blood with the American Red
Cross.
Live your life and help
give life by scheduling an
appointment to give blood
between
May
21
and
September 5, 2012 during the
Live Life. Give Life summer
promotion. In appreciation of
your efforts, you will have a
chance to win an American
Red Cross Live Life. Give
Life. summer giveaway.
During the Live Life. Give
Life. summer promotion, one
grand prize package, redeemable at GiftCertificates.
com, will be awarded to a presenting donor within the MidAmerica Blood Services Division. Visit redcrossblood.
org/GiveWin for more information.
All blood types are needed
to help maintain a sufficient
supply for patients in need,
especially type O negative.
Type O negative blood, the universal blood type, is always in
high demand because it can be
transfused to patients with any
blood type, especially in emergency situations.
Recently, a new mother at
a hospital served by the MidAmerica Blood Services
Division needed 32 units of red
blood cells, 15 units of cryoprecipitate, 10 units of platelets
and units of plasma. Thanks to
dedicated Red Cross donors,
the products were available for
the patient. Each day an average of 44,000 pints of blood are
needed for patients in the
United States. That blood can
only come from generous volunteer donors.
Upcoming blood drive:
Stanton is hosting an
Empower our Youth blood
drive at the Fire Station on
Thursday, June 21 from 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call Collin
Strickland at 370-3646 or log
onto redcrossblood.org to
schedule an appointment. By
donating blood at the Empower
Our Youth drive, you will not
only be saving lives, you will
also help Collin and other
Stanton HS seniors earn Red
Cross scholarships!
Payment Options for Subscriptions:
Subscriptions may be paid online with a credit
card or using a PayPal account by logging onto:
www.villiscareview.com and clicking on the subscription tab.
Credit card payments are not taken at the
newspaper office.
Checks or money orders may be sent or dropped
off at: 113 N 5th Ave., Villisca, Ia. 50864
Accepting new patients
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Red Oak, IA
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Villisca Splits with East Mills
Abbey Wallingford for the catch
Photo by: Mike Freeman
Casaundra Currin bunts for the
Blue jays
Photo by: Mike Freeman
Jays Lose Twice at Griswold
by Coach Steve Wood
After a busy week in conference play, the Bluejay baseball team found themselves
short on pitching for Saturday’s
Griswold Tournament. They
were pounded 20-6 by Ogden
in the first round and then lost
to the host Tigers, 10-0, in the
consolation game.
Against
Ogden,
the
Bluejays had some impressive
offensive moments. Damon
Sunderman had a three-run
double, while Zack Adcock
drove in a pair of runs with a
triple and a double. Jace Ayers
and Travis Herzberg each
added doubles. Ogden, however, had nine hits in the game
and hit a pair of home runs in
their 11 run third inning to
dominate the game.
The Jays managed only a
pair of hits, singles by Damon
Sunderman and Evan Baldwin,
against Griswold. Meanwhile
the Tigers pounded out 11 hits
and scored in four of the five
innings to pick up the victory.
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Jays Defeat
by Coach Steve Wood
Villisca moved their conference mark to 3-1 with 16-6
five-inning win at Clarinda
Academy last Tuesday. The
Jays got on the board first with
four tallies in the top of the
first, including a Jace Ayers
two-run
HR.
Clarinda
Academy scored twice in the
first and then added four more
in the second to take a 6-4 lead,
but Villisca bounced back with
10 runs in the top of the third to
take the lead for good. They
had five hits in the inning to go
along with six walks and a pair
of Eagle errors. Zack Adcock
provided a two-run double,
while Austin Sorensen, Manley
Schipansky, and Evan Baldwin
each had run scoring singles.
Max Mauderly picked up the
win on the mound, coming in
for starter Sorensen in the second inning and going the rest
of the way without giving up a
hit. The pair combined to fan
eight and walk none, allowing
just one earned run.
by Coach Steve Wood
The Bluejay girls picked
up an 11-9 softball win over
East Mills at Malvern last
Friday night to remain atop the
Corner Conference standings.
In the baseball game, the Jays
scored eight runs in the first,
but couldn’t hold on and fell,
16-9, to the Wolverines.
Villisca grabbed the lead in
the softball game with three
runs in the second inning and
never gave it up. East Mills
kept it interesting with four
runs in the fourth and then
added four more in the sixth,
but the Bluejays held on for
their sixth win against two
losses for the season.
The Jays had an 11 hit
attack that was led by Jill
Vanderhoof with a pair of doubles and a single and Allie
Bronner with three singles and
three runs driven in. Amanda
Focht added a double and sin-
Villisca and F-M Split Games
by Coach Steve Wood
The Bluejay softball team
left the tying runs on base in
the seventh and fell to
Fremont-Mills, 5-3, here last
Thursday. The result leaves
the two teams alone at the top
of the Corner Conference
standings with one loss apiece.
In the baseball game, the Jays
outlasted the Knights, 12-9,
boosting their league mark to
4-1.
In the softball game,
Villisca strung together four
hits in the second inning to
score three times and take a 31 lead. They used singles by
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gle and Sheri Schaaf had two
singles. Abbey Wallingford
handled the pitching duties,
allowing a dozen hits and
seven earned runs, while striking out six and walking two.
The Bluejay baseball team
started out with a bang, hammering out seven hits to score
eight runs in the first inning
and looked to be on their way
to a win. However, the league
leading Wolverines shut them
down the rest of the way and
got their own offense rolling to
run away to the 16-9 victory.
The Jays finished with 10 hits,
with Damon Sunderman, Zack
Adcock, and Colten Drake
leading the way with two each.
Max Mauderly started on the
mound, getting relief help from
Adcock and Austin Sorensen.
They combined to give up 18
hits, but only five earned runs,
while the Villisca defense committed a total of 10 errors.
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Heather Means to set the table,
and then got an RBI single by
Casaundra Currin and a tworun double from Sheri Schaaf.
The game was tied at 3-3 going
into the seventh, but the Lady
Knights got a two-run home
run after a walk to take the
lead. In the bottom of the
inning, F-M used outstanding
defense to complete a line
drive double play and got a
nice game ending catch to preserve the win. Schaaf and
Currin each had two of the
Bluejays’ seven hits, while Jill
Vanderhoof held F-M to five
hits and three earned runs,
striking out 11 and walking
five.
Trailing 4-0, the Bluejay
baseball team got back in the
game with five runs in the third
inning, putting together hits by
Austin Sorensen and Damon
Sunderman to go along with
three walks, a hit batter, and an
error. After the Knights took
the lead, 9-7, with five runs in
the top of the fifth, the Jays
countered with three runs on
hits by Manley Schipansky,
Sunderman,
and
Max
Mauderly to take the lead for
good. Colten Drake’s two-run
HR in the bottom the sixth put
the final touches on the 12-9
victory. The Jays outhit their
opponents
10-9,
with
Schipansky, Sunderman, and
Mauderly leading the way with
two each, with Zack Adcock
and Drake each finishing with
three RBI. Drake got the start
on the mound and pitched into
the fifth, when he got relief
from Adcock. They combined
to give up five earned runs,
fanning eight and walking
seven.
Deaths and Obituaries
Marie Means
Celebration of Life services for Marie Means, age 95, of
Villisca, Iowa, who entered
into peace Monday, June 4,
2012 at her residence in
Villisca was held 10:00 a.m.,
Thursday, June 7, 2012, at the
United Methodist Church,
Villisca, Iowa with Pastor
Gordon Scott officiating .
Visitation with the family
was held 5-7 p.m., Wednesday,
June 6, 2012 at the United
Methodist Church, Villisca.
Burial was in the Villisca
Cemetery, Villisca, Iowa.
Memorials may be directed
to United Methodist Church or
to the Villisca Library.
Memories and condolences
may be shared with the family
on our website at, www.ritchie
funeralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were
entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral
Home of Clarinda, Iowa.
Dorothy Marie (Casey)
Means was born September 22,
1916 in Grant Township,
Adams County, Iowa, the
daughter of Melvin and Ada
(Moser) Casey. Marie attended
rural school in Adams County
and Corning High School. She
worked as a domestic in many
homes. Marie married Clark
Means February 24, 1942 in
Omaha, Nebraska. To this
union two sons, Stanley Allen
and Dennis Earl, were born.
Marie and Clark lived on
their farm northeast of Villisca
until February 1977 when they
moved to their new home in
Villisca. Marie had the first
meeting of the “This ‘N That”
club in her country home. She
was a member of the Methodist
Church and served in many
offices of the women’s group
as well as the church board.
Marie served as chairman of
the church kitchen remodeling
committee. She served four
years on the Montgomery
County Extension Women’s
Committee and was Montgomery County Extension
Homemaker of the Year in
1969. Marie was an active
member of Coffee Club,
Progress Club, and Farm
Bureau. She was selected as
Progress Club Mother of The
Year in 1992.
Marie’s hobbies included
making quilts, embroidering,
crocheting, playing cards and
reading. She also enjoyed gar-
Sylvia Marie Shipley
dening and yard work. Over the
years, Clark and Marie
belonged to several card clubs.
They also square danced and
belonged to the Circle 8 Square
Dance Club for over thirty five
years. Clark and Marie enjoyed camping and traveled
extensively with the Holiday
Rambler Travel Club. They
enjoyed wintering in Texas
belonging to clubs there also.
Marie was preceded in
death by her parents; husband,
Clark Means (2005); and
brother, Ray Casey.
Left to cherish her memory
are her sons, Stanley Means
and wife Karen of Villisca,
Iowa, Dennis Means and wife
Patricia of Villisca; six grandchildren, Brent Means and wife
Billee, Clint Means and wife
Shona, Chad Means and wife
Courtney, Tyson Means and
wife Tina all of Villisca; Robyn
Benco and husband Joe of
Scottsdale, Arizona, Teresa
Wacha and husband Tom of
Ames, Iowa; fourteen great
grandchildren; sister, Violet
King of Florissant, Missouri;
nieces; nephews; other relatives and many friends.
Marie will be greatly
missed by her loving family
and friends; her memory will
live on in their hearts.
May God grant comfort
and peace to those who mourn
her passing.
E. Marcella Jacobson
E. Marcella Jacobson, age
90, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed
away Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at
the Montgomery County
Memorial Hospital. Marcella
Jacobson was born November
16, 1921 in Montgomery
County, Iowa, the daughter of
Joel Jacob and Alma (Johnson)
Hill. She was raised on a farm
north of Stanton, Iowa. She
attended country school in
Montgomery County and high
school in Red Oak.
She
worked in Red Oak before
attending Comptometer School
in Omaha where she also
worked at a telephone office.
She was united in marriage to
Art Jacobson on September 16,
1944 at the Mamrelund
Lutheran Church in Stanton,
Iowa. Marcella and Art lived
on the Jacobson family farm
for 59 years where Marcella
enjoyed raising her family and
being “Mom”, “Grandma”, and
“Great Grandma”. She was a
longtime member of the
Mamrelund Lutheran Church
where she served on many
committees including the
Priscilla Circle of Women of
ELCA. She enjoyed cooking,
baking, singing, playing cards,
and dancing with Art to the
Lawrence Welk Show. She
enjoyed life and lived it to the
fullest. At age 90, she just
recently renewed her driver’s
license of which she was very
proud.
Preceding her in death
were her parents; her husband:
Art on November 12, 2003; sisters: Mildred Anderson, Mae
Johnson, Fern Erickson, Helen
Hill, Dorothy Semler, and
Emma Isaacson; brother:
Lester Hill; and great grandson: Connor Jacobson.
Survivors include her children: Gary Jacobson and wife
Madonna of Griswold, IA; Ann
Johnson and husband Dick of
Red Oak, IA; Rebecca Wright
and husband Brad of Red Oak,
IA; and Sandy Wilson and husband Dave of Stanton, IA;
daughter-in-law: Rosemary
Jacobson of Omaha, NE;
grandchildren: Todd Jacobson
and wife Paula of Creston, IA;
Kristen Thoms and husband
Tony of Omaha, NE; Missy
Weichman and husband Matt
of Griswold, IA; Danee
Clayton and husband Robin of
Spokane, WA; Heather Huddle
and husband Josh of Stanton,
IA; Brandi Blackman and husband Bret of Red Oak, IA;
Lindsay Paulsen and husband
Craig of Omaha, NE; Troy
Bruning and wife Rebecca of
Litchfield, MN; Jodi Allen and
husband Cody of Des Moines,
IA; Drew Wilson of Clarinda,
IA; and Brett Wilson and
fiancé Samantha Narveson of
Fargo, ND; step-grandchildren:
Creighton Nelson and wife
Sarah of Griswold, IA; Eve
Kwiatkowski of Griswold, IA;
Brooklyn Lehman and husband
Luke of Glenwood, IA;
Breanna Regier and husband
Justin of Eden Prairie, MN; and
Katie Wright of Red Oak, IA;
23 great grandchildren; brother-in-law: James Semler of
Omaha, NE; and many other
relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held
10:30 AM Friday, June 8, 2012
at the Mamrelund Lutheran
Church in Stanton, Iowa with
Rev. Dr. Eric Kutzli officiating.
Burial was in the Mamre
Cemetery. Visitation with the
family will be held from 5-7
PM Thursday, June 7, 2012 at
the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette
Funeral Chapel. A memorial
fund is being established in
Marcella’s name.
Nelson-Boylan-LeRette
Funeral Chapel, Red Oak,
Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
Sylvia Marie Shipley was
born May 29, 1928, in Stanton,
Iowa, the daughter of Henry
and Eva (Adams) Dumler.
She graduated from Villisca High School in the Class
of 1947.
Later that year she married
Earl B. Shipley. To this union
five children were born –
Joseph, Charles, Stanley, Janet,
and Marvin.
In the early years of their
marriage, she was a stay at
home mom taking care of her
home, her husband, and her
children. She raised a large
garden and canned what she
raised. She worked in the
laundry at the Villisca Good
Samaritan Center in the early
70’s.
She enjoyed traveling with
Earl and her grandchildren and
she continued to enjoy her garden and canning.
Sylvia passed away June 6,
2012 at the Villisca Good
Samaritan Center. She is preceded in death by her parents,
her parents-in-laws, her husband Earl and her sister Ruth
(Harry) Arnette.
She is survived by her children:
Joseph
(Margaret)
Shipley of Red Oak, Charles
Shipley of Red Oak, Stanley
(Barb) Shipley of Tenville,
Janet (Kelly) Stoner of Topeka,
Kansas, and Marvin (Chris)
Shipley of Tenville; grandchildren: J. David Shipley, Andre
Shipley, Courtney (Todd)
Pennock, Clint Shipley, Laura
Shipley, Seth Stoner, Laci
Stoner, and Christine Shipley;
great grandchildren: Whitney
and Haylee Pennock; brother
Bill (Dorothy) Dumler of
Villisca; and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services for
Sylvia Shipley of Villisca,
Iowa, were held on June 9,
2012, at the Arlington Cemetery of rural Villisca.
Wolfe Funeral Home of
Villisca in charge of arrangements.
Pat Greenfield
Graveside services for Pat
Greenfield, age 82, of Villisca,
Iowa, who entered into peace
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at her
home in Villisca, were held at
2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9
at the Arlington Cemetery,
Villisca, Iowa . Visitation and
fellowship with the family was
held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, June
9 at the Villisca Community
Center following the graveside
service. Burial was in the
Arlington Cemetery, Villisca,
Iowa.
Memorials may be
directed to the New Book
Section of the Villisca Public
Library. Memories and condolences may be shared with the
family on our website at,
www.ritchiefuneralhome.com
under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the
Ritchie Funeral Home of
Clarinda, Iowa.
Patsy Ruth Greenfield was
born February 1, 1930 in
Konawa, Oklahoma to William
Harris Huddleston and Winnie
Myrtle (Thomas) Huddleston.
She grew up in Oklahoma
graduating from Moore High
School and attended Business
College in Oklahoma City. In
1949, she was united in marriage to Carl Foster Bowling.
They later divorced and she
married William Edward
Greenfield on August 10, 1960.
Pat was a full time mother,
homemaker and farmer’s wife.
She raised her family and kept
the cupboards filled with produce canned from her garden
as well as helped with various
farm chores. Pat was a good
cook; her family especially
remembers her southern dishes, butterscotch pies, and
chocolate zucchini bread. She
was an avid reader of mystery
novels and enjoyed an extensive collection of cook books.
Pat was always on the lookout
for a new recipe in food magazines, especially if it contained
chocolate.
Homemade ice
cream and hot fudge sauce
were also a favorite sweet treat.
Pat enjoyed her flower gardens
and traveling with her husband
and family. They visited every
state in the U. S. as well as
touring the countries of China,
Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia.
They were also “snowbirds”
and spent over 30 years at their
winter home in South Texas.
Preceding Pat in death
were her parents; infant sister;
daughter, Susie Bowling;
brother,
William
Harris
Huddleston, Jr. and his wife
Ruby.
are her husband, Ed Greenfield
of Villisca, Iowa; children,
Shari Fulton and husband Lee
of Nodaway, Iowa; Donnie
Bowling and wife Bobbie of
Fayetteville, North Carolina;
Mike Bowling of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; Kim Savidge
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
and Cindy Hoffman and husband Brad of Dallas, Texas as
well as ten grandchildren, five
great grandchildren, along with
many other relatives and a
community of friends.
Pat will be greatly missed
by her loving family and
friends; her memory will live
on in their hearts.
and peace to those who mourn
her passing.
Deaths and Obituaries
Betty Lorraine Wolfe
Funeral services for Betty
Wolfe, age 86, of Villisca,
on Friday, June 8, 2012 at
Villisca Good Samaritan Care
Center were held at 10:30 a.m.,
Monday, June 11, 2012 at
Ritchie Funeral Home with
Chaplain Jim Peterson officiating. Visitation with the family
was held 9:30 a.m., Monday at
the funeral home prior to the
service. Burial was in the
Villisca Cemetery, Villisca,
Iowa.
Memorials may be
directed to the Betty Wolfe
Memorial Fund. Memories
and condolences may be shared
with the family on our website,
www.ritchiefuneralhome.com.
Arrangements were entrusted
to the Ritchie Funeral Home of
Clarinda, Iowa.
Betty Lorraine Wolfe was
born July 19, 1925, in Creston,
Iowa to Earl Ballenger and
Mary (Madison) Ballenger.
She graduated from Creston
High School, earned a teaching
degree and taught in Villisca.
Betty was united in marriage
on June 1, 1947, to Albert
Bradley Wolfe, Jr. and they
were blessed with two sons,
Alan and Lynn.
Betty owned and operated
the Wolfe Funeral Home with
her husband and son and was
very involved with the funeral
services. Betty was a huge
sports fan, especially the Iowa
Hawkeyes, enjoyed vegetable
and flower gardening and word
find puzzles. Betty was a great
cook and was known for her
homemade noodles. Betty was
also known for being a care
giver, taking care of her family,
especially her grandchildren,
as well as babysitting other
children in the community.
Preceding Betty in death
were her parents; husband,
Albert Bradley Wolfe, Jr; son,
Alan Wolfe; great granddaughter, Maggie Soll; sister,
LaVaughn Ruckman.
are her son, Lynn Wolfe and
wife Vickie of Villisca, Iowa;
grandchildren, Aimee Mauderly and husband Cody, Emilee
Soll and husband Kirt, Erin
Bowden and friend Jamie Key,
Kelly Kline and husband Eric,
Casey Ferguson and husband
Matt, Adrian Wolfe and wife
Norma Rae; great grandchildren, Mackensie, Max, Farrah,
Gracie,
Reece,
Jackson,
Brock,Austin, Mason, Layla,
Sam, Jack, Charlie, Hailey,
Brady and Avery; other relatives and many friends.
Betty will be greatly
missed by her loving family
and friends,
but her memory will live on in
their hearts.
and strength to those who
mourn her passing.
Walter Eitzen
Funeral services for Walter
Eitzen age 93, of rural Villisca,
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at
Good Samaritan Care Center,
Villisca, Iowa, were held 10:30
a.m. Monday, June 11, 2012, at
Immanuel Lutheran Church,
rural Clarinda, Iowa with
Pastor Jerome Wagoner officiating. There was open visitation at Ritchie Funeral Home,
Clarinda, Iowa 2-4 p.m.,
Sunday June 10. Burial was in
the Immanuel Cemetery, rural
Clarinda, Iowa.
Memorials
may be directed to Mount
Calvary Lutheran Church,
Villisca or to the Villisca Fire
and Rescue. Memories and
condolences may be shared
with the family on our website,
www.ritchiefuneralhome.com
under Obituaries.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral
Home of Clarinda, Iowa.
Walter Herman Eitzen was
born September 7, 1918 on the
family farm near Bethesda,
Iowa north of Immanuel
Lutheran Church to Herman
Eitzen and Emma (Sunderman)
Eitzen. He was baptized and
confirmed in the Immanuel
Lutheran Church.
Walter
attended Immanuel Lutheran
School. Walter was united in
marriage on September 19,
1948 to Ruth Herzberg at
Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Walter grew up on the farm
and helped with the farming
operation. He purchased a
farm on Highway 71 in the
Forty’s near Villisca where he
spent the rest of his farming
career. Walter was a lifelong
farmer and proud cattle feeder.
He took great pride in his farm
and cattle. He and Ruth made
many cattle buying trips to the
Sand Hills of Nebraska forming longtime friendships.
Walter was well known for his
western attire and fondness for
his red tractors. He was an
active longtime member of the
Page
County
Cattleman
Association and was chairman
of the board of the Production
Credit Association. Walter and
Ruth enjoyed going to auctions
and antiquing.
He was an
active longtime member of
Mount Calvary Lutheran
Church, Villisca, Iowa.
Walter was preceded in
death by his parents; brothers,
Wilbur, Loyd and Harold
Eitzen; sisters, Leona Robberts
and husband Orville, Margie
Moore and husband Charles;
sister-in-law, Toni Eitzen;
brother-in-law, Lyle Sunderman;
nephew
Merle
Robberts.
Survivors include his wife,
Ruth Eitzen of Villisca, Iowa;
brother, Raymond Eitzen of
Villisca, Iowa and numerous
nieces, nephews and friends.
Walter will be greatly
missed by his family and
friends; his memory will live
on in their hearts.
May god grant comfort and
peace to those who mourn his
passing.
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Public Notices and Legals
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SUPERVISORS
MINUTES
May 3, 2012
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors met
in quorum, Thursday, May 3, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. at the
courthouse for their regular meeting. The meeting was
called to order by Chairman Bryant Amos. There was a
roll call of members with Supervisors: Bryant Amos,
Karen Blue, Steve Ratcliff, Donna Robinson, and Randy
Tye present.
Motion to approve the agenda Ratcliff, second by
Tye. Roll call: Yes: Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson,
No: None. Motion carried.
Minutes of the April 26, 2012 regular meeting were
approved and stand as read.
The Chairman called for public comments. State
Senator Joni Ernst was present and wanted to update the
board on legislative issues being worked. She mentioned
that the budget is not completed and it appears both parties are at a stalemate, she has hopes that within the next
two weeks they can get it passed. She also updated the
board on some other issues such as mental health and the
gas tax increase.
Under the Supervisor updates, Robinson attended the
SWIPCO meeting and reported they are purchasing 8 new
buses and she also attended the Nishna Productions meeting.
Secondary Roads Update: Engineer Skinner updated
the board on the progress of the Hawthorne bridge project. They will be meeting with the DOT to review the
plans and then schedule a meeting with the railroad. He
asked the board to consider a budget increase of 53,000 to
offset the purchase of a tractor last FY that didn’t arrive
until the current FY. Motion by Robinson, second by Tye
to approve the bid-letting date for the 2012 Pavement
Marking Project for May 17, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. Roll call:
Yes; Robinson, Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff. No: None.
Law Enforcement Update: No RFP information was
available or presented. Motion by Robinson, second by
Tye to approve Payment to Communication Innovators in
the amount of $21,065.00. Roll call: Yes; Tye, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson, Amos. No: None. Motion carried.
Chairman Amos updated the board on the current status
of the construction. They have begun a lot of the finish
work and have been painting, laying tile and fixing things
that otherwise would be on the punch list. He also mentioned that a change order will be forthcoming.
Under new business, motion by Ratcliff, second by
Tye to approve payroll, payable May 4, 2012 in the
amount of $125,007.19. Roll call: Yes: Amos, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson, Tye. No: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Tye, second by Robinson to approve the
Agreement between Montgomery County and the City of
Villisca for Dispatching Services in the amount of
$2,504.00. Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson,
Amos, Tye. No: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Blue to approve the FY
2012-2013 Tobacco permit for Cubby’s. Roll call: Yes;
Robinson, Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff. No: None. Motion
carried.
Motion by Robinson, second by Ratcliff to approve
the Sheriff’s report of fees for April in the amount of
$8,101.86. Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff,
Robinson. No: None. Motion carried.
Agenda items discussed for next regular board meeting were payroll, Treasurers general ledger report,
LOSST and tax transfers, payment #10 to Oakview dck,
LLC and a request for designation of a MH center for the
county.
Next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May
3, 2012.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Tye to adjourn. All in
favor. Meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
MINUTES
May 10, 2012
Tye present.
Minutes of the May 3, 2012 regular meeting were
The Chairman called for public comments. None.
Under the Supervisor updates, Blue attended the Red
Oak Chamber and Industry Association meeting. The
Hotel/Motel tax was discussed as well as negotiations are
still ongoing with Shopko. Tye informed the board that
the new door at DHS was installed and working very
well.
Robinson reported that Sheriff Sampson,
Supervisor Blue and herself met with a group from
Fremont County who are attempting to develop a jail
committee. Bryant attended an Emergency Management
meeting.
Secondary Roads Update: Engineer Skinner updated
the board on the progress of the Hawthorne bridge project. They met with the DOT to review the plans and have
scheduled a meeting with the railroad next week. He has
been working with the group in Elliott and that project
appears to be on track for a fall bid-letting. Crews have
been busy preparing roads that will be treated for dust
control later this month.
Law Enforcement Update: No RFP information was
available or presented. Motion by Tye, second by
Robinson to approve Payment to Oakview dck, LLC in
the amount of $251,650.25. Roll call: Yes; Tye, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson, Amos. No: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Tye to approve the
quote from Communications Innovators to relocate
equipment to the new center in the amount of $40,840.00.
Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson. No:
None. Motion carried.
Motion by Robinson, second by Blue to purchase two
headsets for the E911 operators either from E911 budget
if they have it available, if not to use LEC soft costs in the
amount of $1721.00. Roll call: Yes; Tye, Blue, Ratcliff,
Robinson, Amos.
Motion by Blue, second by Ratcliff to purchase a new
telephone for the E911 operators either from E911 budget if they have it available, if not to use LEC soft costs in
the amount of $675.56 Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff,
Robinson, Amos, Tye.
Under new business, motion by Tye, second by
Ratcliff to designate the Waubonsie Care Facility as
Montgomery Counties Mental Health Center. Roll call:
Yes: Amos, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson, Tye. No: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Blue to approve the
claims, payable May 11, 2012 in the amount of
the Recorder’s report of fees for April in the amount of
Agreement between SWIPCO and Montgomery County
for a Rural Transit Joint Agreement in the amount of
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Robinson to accept the
Treasurers General Ledger in the
amount of
$10,307,397.97. Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson,
Motion by Blue, second by Tye to approve the tax
transfer to secondary roads in the amount of $3,749.73.
Roll call: Yes; Robinson, Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff. No:
the LOSST transfer for April in the following amounts;
secondary roads - $21,657.89, public safety - $2,704.24,
courthouse repairs - $1,353.62, county fair - $1,353.62.
Agenda items discussed for next regular board meeting were payroll, board of adjustment appointment, bidletting for the pavement marking project.
17, 2012.
MINUTES
May 17, 2012
Tye present.
Under the Supervisor updates, Blue attended the
Juvenile Detention meeting and informed the board that
the Executive Director is retiring in July, they also are
moving the location of their meetings. Tye attended a
meeting in Mills County. Montgomery, Fremont and
Mills Counties are considering some type of regionalization or consolidation of mental health and CPC services.
Secondary Roads Update:
Engineer Skinner
informed the board of a upcoming meeting with the railroad and consultant to review the plans for the Hawthorne
bridge project. He also mentioned that crews are preparing roads to be treated by the dust abatement contractor.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Tye to approve the Annual
Bridge Inspection Contract with Calhoun-Burnes. Roll
call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson. No: None.
Motion carried.
At 9:15 a.m. the chairman opened two sealed bids and
disqualified one bid that was received by facsimile. Bid
#1 was from Quality Striping from Des Moines, Ia in the
amount of $55,915.38. Bid # 2 was from Vogal Traffic
Services from Orange City, Ia in the amount of
$32,818.00. Bid #2 did not bid on striping removal and
therefore did not meet the bid speculations and was dismissed. Motion by Robinson, second by Tye to approve
the bid by Quality Striping in the amount of $55,915.38.
Roll call: Yes; Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson, Amos. No:
Law Enforcement Update. Blue informed and
showed the board the bronze plaque that will be placed on
the LEC by the Mason’s on June 5, 2012. The board
reviewed proposed drawings and verbiage for a plaque
for the inside of the facility, Oakview dck, LLC will be
paying for the plaque.
Under new business, motion by Ratcliff, second by
Robinson to approve payroll, payable May 18, 2012 in
the amount of $119,219.02. Roll call: Yes: Amos, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson, Tye. No: None. Motion carried.
Clerk of Court’s report of fees for April in the amount of
$1238.74. Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff,
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Tye to approve the
Tobacco/Cigarette permit for Kmart for May 1, 2012 to
June 30, 2012 and for July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012. Roll
call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson. No: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Blue, second by Ratcliff to approve purchase of a new network server in the amount of
the Memorandum of Understanding between
Montgomery County Public Health and Montgomery
County Secondary Roads for Emergency services. Roll
call: Yes; Robinson, Amos, Tye, Blue, Ratcliff. No: None.
Motion carried.
Agenda items discussed for next regular board meeting were claims, bid-opening for jail demolition, IMWCA
update and renewals, claims, Red Oak Country Club
tobacco permit.
24, 2012.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
BRYANT AMOS, CHAIRMAN
ATTEST: TED SCHOONOVER
AUDITOR
Published in The VIllisca Review Stanton Viking on June
14, 2012
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AUDITOR
14, 2012
MINUTES
May 24, 2012
Tye present.
Under the Supervisor updates: Ratcliff attended the
Zion meeting and the Conservation Board meeting. He
also attended the Iowa Workforce Development meeting
and mentioned the shortage of welders in the workforce.
Blue attended the 4th Judicial meeting and stated they had
a farewell for a long serving employee. She also mentioned that there is currently a waiting list for males and
no waiting for females; the center is revamping some
areas to reduce the number in a wait status by moving
some females to allow for more males. Tye attended SWI
mental health regional meeting, they are still in discussions as to how we will regionalize and the effects it will
have on Montgomery County.
Secondary Roads Update: Motion by Ratcliff, second
Tye to approve the final payment to Cedar Valley
Corporation for project #STP-S-Co69(45)-5E-69 in the
amount $30,000. Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson,
Amos, Tye. No: None. Motion carried. Engineer Skinner
has been in meetings and planning sessions with the
bridge consultants and the railroad and everything
appears to be moving along nicely. They have been out
using the re-claimers and have had a lot of positive comments from the public. The first dust abatement treatments are completed and the preparation work costs the
county approximately $10,000 for rock and labor.
Law Enforcement Update. Motion by Robinson, second by Ratcliff to approve Electronic Engineering to relocate the microwave antenna and tower pending negotiations with Prochaska and Oakview dck, LLC in the
amount submitted of $9,507.96.
Under new business; Rick Taylor was present and
presented the board the FY 13 workers compensation
renewal rates. The increase was 38% and totaled
$151,123.00. Discussion ensued about ways to mitigate
the risks and to develop a comprehensive safety plan and
a possible safety coordinator. IMWCA will be present
next week to discuss some trends and possible options to
assist in lowering the premiums.
At 9:30 a.m. the Chairman opened the bids for the jail
demolition. Bid # 1 was submitted from National
Concrete Cutting Corp with a bid of $70,000.00. Bid #2
was from Valley Corporation in the amount of
$117,368.00. Bid # 3 was submitted by Anderson
Excavating in the amount of $160,360.00. Motion by
Robinson, second by Tye to accept and award the bid to
National Concrete Cutting Inc. in the amount of
Motion by Blue, second by Robinson to approve
Resolution 12-9 Disposition of Real Property located in
Montgomery County Original Plat 1-6 block 41, aka, 100
W. Coolbaugh St.. Roll call: Yes: Amos, Blue, Ratcliff,
Robinson, Tye. No: None. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 12-9
RESOLUTION: DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IOWA, LOCATED IN THE
ORGINAL PLAT LOTS 1-6, BLOCK 41, ALSO
KNOWN AS 100 W. COOLBAUGH ST OR THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.
WHEREAS, the Montgomery County Board of
Supervisors considered all relevant options including;
County considered restoration and upgrades compliant
with ADA regulations and found them to be cost prohibitive.
County considered the sale or transfer to a third party for
restoration but received no requests from outside
investors.
County considered closing and sealing the building for a
period of time to allow outside sources to develop plans,
but the cost alone for sealing and maintaining this facility would be cost prohibitive and against the majority of
the tax payers wishes.
WHEREAS, the structure has been deemed unfit for use
as a permanent detention center, and
WHEREAS, the county would like to dispose of the
structure before it becomes a hazard to the public; and
WHEREAS, the county anticipates the total cost of the
destruction to be more than $100,000. This will be paid
from the general basic fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board
AUDITOR
Published in The Villisca Review Stanton Viking on June
14, 2012
Villisca Municipal Power Plant
Special Meeting Minutes
May 29, 2012
Call to order:
V.M.P.P. Board Chairman Darwin Williams called to
order the special meeting of the Villisca Municipal Power
Plant at 4:00 pm on May 29, 2012 at the Villisca
Community Building with Trustee Williams, Johnson,
present as well as Superintendent Taber. Trustee
Munstermann arrived at the opening of the public hearing.
Approval of Agenda: Chairman Williams asked that the
agenda be approved as presented. Johnson motioned to
approve. Williams seconded with all ayes on the vote.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
None
Close Special Meeting
Williams motioned to close the special meeting and open
the public hearing. Johnson seconded. All ayes on the
roll call vote. Motion carried.
1. Open Public Hearing – 3% Electric Rates Increase
No public was present.
Close Public Hearing
Johnson motioned to close the public hearing and open
the special Meeting. Williams seconded. All ayes on the
roll call vote. Motion carried.
1. Approve or Disapprove Resolution 03-12-2012-1 – 3%
Electric Rate Increase
Whereas: Villisca Municipal Power Plant continues to
experience raises in the cost of wholesale current, and the
general costs of doing business, as well as foresees federally mandated system upgrades to remain compliant with
regulations.
Therefore: Villisca Municipal Power Plant regrets the
necessity of implementing an across the board rate
increase of 3% ($.003) per kWh.
Be it Resolved: The Villisca Municipal Power Plant
Board of Trustees approves a rate increase of 3% to
become effective following the public hearing and third
reading and mandated 30 day customer notification for
the August 2012 billing for July 2012 usage. With the
rates shall be as follows:
of Supervisors of Montgomery County, Iowa, as follows:
DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, IOWA, LOCATED IN THE ORGINAL PLAT
LOTS 1-6, BLOCK 41, ALSO KNOWN AS 100 W.
COOLBAUGH ST. OR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.
This Resolution is duly adopted on this _______ day of
____________________, 20 ___.
Board of Supervisors:
Attest:
________________________________________
________________________
Bryant Amos, Chairman
Ted
A.
Schoonover, Auditor
________________________________________
Randy Tye
________________________________________
Steve Ratcliff
________________________________________
Donna Robinson
________________________________________
Karen Blue
the claims, payable May 25, 2012 in the amount of
Tobacco/Cigarette permit for Red Oak Country Club for
July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye,
Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson. No: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Blue, second by Ratcliff to approve
Resolution 12-13 Application for Certification of an
Enterprise Zone. Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson,
RESOLUTION NO. 12-13
A Resolution of the Montgomery County, Iowa
Board of Supervisors approving the application to the
Iowa Economic Development Authority requesting
certification of an Enterprise Zone in Montgomery
County.
WHEREAS, Montgomery County (hereinafter referred to
as the “County”), State of Iowa, is a political subdivision
organized and existing under the law and the Constitution
of the State of Iowa. (the “State”); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the 2001 Iowa Code Sections
15E.191 through 15E.196 and all subsequent amendments is to encourage mutual development objectives
between the communities and private business and to promote development and investment in economically distressed areas within the State; and
WHEREAS, the administrative rules adopted by the Iowa
Economic Development Authority require the County to
approve, by resolution, the establishment of an Enterprise
Zone and the submission of a request for certification to
the Iowa Economic Development Authority; and
WHEREAS, under Iowa code, one of the benefits provided to eligible businesses locating within a certified
Enterprise Zone, as described in Iowa Code Selection
15E.196 may at the election of the community be an
exemption from taxation of all, or a portion of the actual
value added by improvements to real property that is: 1)
directly related to new jobs created by the location or
expansion of an eligible business in the Zone, and 2)
used in the operation of an eligible business within the
Zone; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, as follows:
Section 1.
The County certifies that it is an eligible
participant under Iowa Code and meets the following distress criteria required under section 15E.194 of Iowa
Code, as amended:
Montgomery County has experienced a percentage
population loss that ranks among the top 25 counties in
the State of Iowa. According to the U.S. Bureau of
Census, Montgomery County lost 8.8% of our population
between 2000 and 2010, from 11,771 to 10,740. while
the State of Iowa saw an increase of 4.1%, from
2,926,324 to 3,046,355.
Montgomery County has a percentage of persons 65
years or older that ranks among the top 25 counties in the
State of Iowa. According to the U.S. Bureau of Census,
in 2010, 19.9% of Montgomery County’s population is
age 65 or older.
Section 2.
The County hereby request Enterprise
Zone certification from the Iowa Economic Development
Authority Board of Directors as authorized in Section
15E.194 of the Iowa Code for the 65.57 acres described
on the attached map designating the Enterprise Zone,
which the County certifies, when added to previously certified Zones, is less than 1% of the total area of the
272,235.9 acres in Montgomery County.
Section 3.
The County shall provide a copy of this
resolution to the Iowa Economic Development Authority
and shall file this resolution with the Montgomery County
Rural
Meter Charge
Residential
Meter Charge
Commercial
Meter Charge
Government
Meter Charge
City
Meter Charge
Security Lights
$8.15 (No Change)
.0880
$13.50
.0880
$10.50
.0880
$10.50
.0830
$10.50
.0830
$10.50
90-150 Watt
250-400 Watt
$11.25 (No Change)
Demand Charges (No Change)
$2.00 per kW of demand for Government after the first 20
kW of demand
$3.00 per kW of demand for Commercial after the first 20
kW of demand
Passed and approved 1st reading at the regular board
meeting on March 12, 2012.
Passed and approved 2nd reading at the regular board
meeting on April 9, 2012.
The public hearing held at this meeting May 29, 2012.
Public notice will be published in the Villisca Review and
a newsletter sent with billing statements in July 2012, to
become effective for July 2012 usage on August 2012
statements.
Johnson motioned to approve Resolution 03-12-2012-1.
Williams seconded. Roll call vote Johnson yes, Williams
yes, and Munstermann no. Motioned carried.
Public Comment or Questions:
None
Adjournment:
Johnson motioned, Munstermann seconded to adjourn the
meeting. Roll call vote Williams aye, Johnson aye, and
Munstermann aye, motion carried, meeting adjourned at
4:05 p.m.
Next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 11,
2012 at 4:30 p.m. to be held at the Villisca Community
Building.
Published in The Villisca Review Stanton Viking on June
14, 2012
Assessor.
Section 4.
The following officer(s) of the County are
hereby authorized to take such further actions as deemed
necessary in order to carry into effect the provisions of
this resolution:
Bryant Amos, Chair of the Board of
Supervisors of Montgomery County, Iowa.
Section 5.
All resolutions and parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6.
The provisions of this resolution are hereby declared to be severable and if any section, phrase, or
provision shall be for any reason be declared to be
invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of the sections, phrases, and provisions hereof.
Section 7.
This resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASS AND APPROVED this _____ day of
_______________________, 2012.
_______________________________
Bryant Amos, ChairATTEST:
_______________________________
Ted A. Schoonover, Auditor
SEAL:
Motion by Blue, second by Tye to approve Resolution
12-14 Application to Extend an existing Enterprise Zone,
Red Oak EZ-1. Roll call: Yes; Robinson, Amos, Tye,
Blue, Ratcliff. No: None. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 12-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PETITIONING THE
IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
FOR EXTENSION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
RED OAK EZ-1
WHEREAS, Montgomery County, Iowa, is an eligible
“Enterprise Zone” county pursuant to 2007 Iowa Code
Sections 15E.191 – 15E.196, and;
WHEREAS, Montgomery County has successfully
implemented tenets of the Iowa Enterprise Zone program,
and;
WHEREAS, the Iowa Enterprise Zone program has
proven of great benefit to businesses, individuals and citizens of Montgomery County, Iowa, and;
WHEREAS, there has arisen a legitimate developmental
need to extend the expiration deadline for, and stipulate
relocation of, Red Oak EZ-1, comprising 15.38 and certified by then the Iowa Department of Economic
Development on November 21, 2002, and;
WHEREAS, Iowa statutes confer responsibility for
Enterprise Zone administration upon the Iowa Economic
Development Authority;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board
of Supervisors of Montgomery County, Iowa, request the
following actions of the Iowa Economic Development
Authority:
That the expiration date of Montgomery, Red Oak EZ-1
be extended correlative with the letter and intent 2007
Iowa Code Section 15E.192 subsection 2.
That the Board of Directors of the Iowa Economic
Development Authority considers this petition at its next
regularly scheduled meeting.
PASS AND APPROVED this
_______________________, 2012.
_____
day
of
__________
Bryant Amos, Chair
ATTEST:
Ted Schoonover, Montgomery County Auditor
Motion by Blue, second by Ratcliff to relocate the
Emergency Management office to Highland annex and
occupy the space that is currently vacant. Roll call: Yes;
Tye, Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson, Amos. No: none. Motion
carried.
Agenda items discussed for next regular board meeting were public hearing for budget amendment, budget
amendment, payroll, date/time for Primary canvass, tax
abatements, IMWCA updates
31, 2012.
AUDITOR
14, 2012
MINUTES
May 31, 2012
The Conservation Station
is stopping at the Adams Co.
Fair in Corning on Monday,
July 16. In conjunction with
Kids’ Day at the fair, the
Conservation Station will be on
display from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Iowa Learning Farms presents the Conservation Station—a mobile learning center
that educates audiences of all
ages about the importance of
good soil and water quality.
Visitors to the Conservation Station will learn
about the importance of soil
and water quality in Iowa and
how everyone can help to preserve and protect these natural
resources. Its rainfall simulator
offers a strong visual of the
connection between land management choices, soil erosion,
and water quality. The effects
of rainfall on surface runoff
and subsurface drainage are
illustrated using five undisturbed land surfaces including
assorted tillage treatments,
buffers and pervious pavement.
Interactive, hands-on demonstrations also help illustrate
concepts related to soil and
water quality.
Since 2010, the Conservation Station has traveled
across most of Iowa to numerous county fairs, field days,
festivals and farmers’ markets
as well as many school visits
and outdoor classrooms.
To request the Conservation Station visit the Iowa
Learning Farms website and
complete the online request
form:www.extension.iastate.ed
u/ilf/conservationstation.
Iowa Learning Farms is
building a Culture of Conservation, taking a grassroots
approach to develop innovative
ways in which all Iowans have
a role in keeping our natural
resources healthy. Farmers,
researchers and ILF team
members are working together
to identify and encourage the
implementation of management practices that increase
water and soil quality while
remaining profitable. Iowa
Learning Farms is a partnership between the Iowa
Department of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship, Iowa State
University Extension and
Outreach, Leopold Center for
Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa
Natural
Resources
Conservation Service and Iowa
Department
of
Natural
Resources (USEPA Section
319); in cooperation with
Conservation Districts of Iowa,
the Iowa Farm Bureau
Federation and the Iowa Water
Center.
Tye present.
Under the Supervisor updates: Blue attended the
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Board meeting
and announced they completed an Emergency
Management table top drill last week. Robinson attended
the SWIPCO meeting and announced their have been
some staffing changes within the office.
Secondary Roads Update: Crews are taking advantage of the adverse weather by doing some much needed
vehicle/equipment maintenance. Engineer Skinner met
with railroad personnel and they have come to an agreement to shorten the bridge therefore creating a small cost
savings to the county. Crews have also been cleaning out
some ditches that hold water and debris and relocating it
to some areas that need built up.
Law Enforcement Update. IT Director Pat Binns
notified the board that the communications and other
equipment will be relocated the week of June 25, 2012
and will take approximately 3-5 days. Sheriff Sampson
was present and presented the board of list of equipment
that he believes is needed prior to occupation, he will continue to refine his list and see what items can be purchased from his budget rather than the LEC fund. Blue
informed the board that the plans for the Mason’s program are nearing completion and that the Mason’s have
agreed to reimburse the county for the cost of the plaque.
Under new business; Rick Taylor from Davis Taylor
Insurance and Ed Morrison, Tim Kirgan and Curt
Svalstad from Iowa Municipalities Worker’s
Compensation Association were present to talk about past
claims and future renewals. In summation if the county
continues on it’s current path we should start to see a
reduction in premiums as our claim ratio should start to
drop. We had a very bad year in FY 08-09/FY 09-10
which caused the large increase in FY 12-13, but if we
look at the following years the claims have reduced and
should be back to where we were. They also reiterated
that the county is doing a great job and that we need to
continue to be vigilant and remain safety orientated.
At 9:30 a.m. the Chairman closed the regular meeting
and opened the public hearing for the FY 2011-2012
Budget Amendment. There were no written or oral comments. The chairman closed the public hearing and
resumed into regular session. Motion by Blue, second by
Tye to approve Resolution 12-12 Appropriations
Resolution for FY 2011-2012 Budget Amendment and to
approve the FY 2011-2012 Budget Amendment as presented and published. Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson. No: None. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION # 12-12
APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION FOR FY 20112012 AMENDMENT
WHEREAS: It is desired to amend the budget and the
appropriations established for each of the different officers and departments for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2011, in accordance with Section 331.434, subsection 6,
Code of Iowa.
NOW THEREFORE,
be it resolved by the Board
of Supervisors Montgomery County, Iowa as follows:
Section 1.
The amounts itemized by department or
offices below are hereby amended and appropriated at
100%:
Expenditures
Veterans Affairs
$10,000
Secondary Roads
$55,300
Revenues
Veterans Affairs
$10,000
Section 2.
Subject to the provisions of other county
procedures and regulations, and applicable state law, the
appropriations authorized under Section 1 shall constitute
authorization for the department or officers listed to make
expenditures or incur obligations from the itemized fund,
effective May 31, 2012.
Section 3.
All appropriations authorized pursuant to
the resolution lapse at the close of business, June 30,
2012.
The above and foregoing resolution was adopted by the
Board of Supervisors of Montgomery County Iowa, on
the 31st day of May, 2012, the vote thereon being as follows:
Ayes:
Nays:
The below-signed certify that proof of publication of the hearing notice and proposed amendment is on file for each
official County newspaper, that all public hearing notices were published not less than 10, nor more than 20 days
prior to the public hearing, and that adopted expenditures do not exceed published amounts for any of the 10 individual
expenditure classes, or in total
Board Chairperson (signature)
County Auditor (signature)
Published in The Villisca Review Stanton Viking Thursday, June 14, 2012
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS
____________________________
__________________________
Bryant Amos, ChairmanKaren Blue
__________________________________
________________________________
Donna Robinson
Steve Ratcliff
__________________________________
ATTEST:________________________
Randy Tye
Ted Schoonover, Auditor
Motion by Blue, second by Ratcliff to approve the payroll, payable June 1, 2012 in the amount of $119,494.03.
Motion by Robinson, second by Blue to set the date
and time for the Primary Election Canvass for June 12,
2012 at 11:00 a.m. Roll call: Yes; Amos, Tye, Blue,
Ratcliff, Robinson. No: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Ratcliff, second by Robinson to approve
tax abatements to 6 parcel of buildings on leased land;
Published in The Villisca Review Stanton Viking Thursday, June 14, 2012
600621201058000,
60062120107000,
600621201041000,
600621201008000,
600621201016000 and 760201405019000 in the amount
of $3,634.00.
1 parcel of vacated land;
360916400003000 in the amount of $181.00 and two
abandoned mobile homes in the amount of $3,338.00.
Roll call: Yes; Blue, Ratcliff, Robinson, Amos, Tye. No:
Agenda items discussed for next regular board meeting were claims, LEC – open house, Resolution renaming
the Highway 34 bridge.
Next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June
7, 2012.
AUDITOR
Published in The Villisca Review Stanton Viking
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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Local Church Directory
Villisca
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
826-7202 – Rev. Jerome Wagoner
9 a.m. Worship Service
United Methodist Church
826-3132 - Rev. Gordon Scott
9:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School
9:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School
First Presbyterian Church
826-3372 - Rev. Sandy
Wainwright-Rossander
9:30 a.m. Worship
10:30 a.m. Sunday School
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
826-8841 - Fr. Joy Thaiparambil
8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass
Maple Grove/Guss United
Methodist Church
Pastor Lowell Schaaf
Advent Christian Church
826-4662 Rev. Darren Brisco
www.villiscaac.com
6:00 p.m.the ROCK
Wednesday: 10:00 a.m.
Prayer & Praise Coffee
Bethesda Lutheran Church
2475 140th St., Clarinda, Ia. 51632
Pastor Jerry Lamb
11:45 a.m. Fellowship Coffee
Surrounding Area
Strand Evangelical Lutheran
826-8117 – Pastor Jerry Lamb
9:45 a.m.Worship
Nodaway United Methodist Church
826-3132 – Rev. Gordon Scott
5:15 p.m. Mon. Bible School
Thank you to the following businesses for sponsoring the church directory:
Kline Insurance/Crawford & Co. Real Estate, Villisca Foods and Villisca Interchurch Council
Carl Anderton on the banjo
Ed Selley
Ross Moore
Kyle Pretzl and Ron Crow
as National Gaurd
Rev. Kelly
Ross Moore and
F.F. Jones
Living Historians Commemorate
100 years later
Living historians participated in the 100th
anniversary commemoration of the unsolved
1912 murders on Sunday, June 9, 2012, at the
Villisca Axe Murder House. Each historian portrayed different key characters surrounding the
crime. Some of the individuals were:
Michael Kupsch as F.F. Jones: F.F. Jones
was a suspect as well as J.B. Moore’s former
employer. He later became state representative
and Senator. F.F was very influential on the
board of education and Department of
Transportation. Mr. Jones died in his sleep in
1941.
Silvana Siddali as Mary Peckam: Mary
Peckam was the Moore family neighbor and also
was the first to notice something wrong the
morning of the crime. Mary’s family took her to
Montana, where she died six months after the
crime.
Frank Aufmuth as Reverend Lyn George
Kelly: Kelly was the only person tried for the
crime. Once acquitted he claimed he was going
to England to write a book about the murders.
Kelly was later institutionalized in New York
and was released at the age of 60. After that, his
whereabouts are unknown.
Wayne Rector as Ross Moore: Ross was
brother of J.B Moore and the first to find the victims.
Forrest Peterson as Ed Selley: Ed Selley was
the hired hand of J.B. Moore’s.
Kelly Regan as Dr. Linquist: Dr. Linquist
was the city coroner.
Dave Sullivan as Marshal Horton: Horton
became Marshal in 1909.
Also participating in the commemoration were
Kyle Pretzl and Ron Crow as Villisca National
Guard.
A moment of silence for all victims
Dr. Linquist and Marshal Horton
Mary Peckam

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