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Volume 14, Number 15
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
NM Jazz Second at State
DES MOINES – The North Mahaska Jazz Band (NM Jazz) was
searching to defend their Class 1A
state jazz title April 5. NM Jazz
made it to the “big stage” at the
Civic Center of Des Moines but
finished second to Winfield-Mount
Union at the Iowa Jazz Championships. North Mahaska was one of
150 Class 1A schools and only 15
bands qualified to compete at the
Jazz Championships. NM Jazz performed at 3:15 that afternoon and
soon headed to the Civic Center
for the awards ceremony. The results were announced from 15th-3rd
leaving NM Jazz and Winfield Mt.
Union as the two finalist bands. The other two Mahaska County
jazz bands from Oskaloosa and
Eddyville—Blakesburg-Fremont,
competed earlier in the day, but
were not selected for the finals.
Oskaloosa finished seventh while
EBF did not place.
North Mahaska director Bruce
Peiffer was pleased despite not taking the top prize.
“The kids played a near perfect
performance,” said Peiffer. “I was
not disappointed with our performance at all. On that given night
the panel of five judges appreciated
the contrasting style of the Winfield band. Although the band was
NM Jazz solists and outstanding performers, from left, Jacob
Sampson, Caleb Gipple, Melissa Knoot and Jac Munson. Photo By
Ralphi Munson
looking for their sixth first place
in eight years, it was not to be this
year.” NM Jazz received the most soloist awards in their class with three.
Jacob Sampson (trumpet), Jakob
Bortell (trombone), and Jac Munson (drums) received outstanding
soloists awards. Munson went on
to be selected as one of the top four
performers of the day out of over
300 students. NM Jazz won five independent
contests and earned their 24th consecutive Division I rating at Iowa
High School Music Association
State Contest earlier this year. The
following members received numerous outstanding soloist awards
throughout the season. Students
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receiving soloist awards were, Melissa Knoot (alto sax), Carly Ehret
(Flute), Megan McGriff (trumpet),
Jacob Sampson (trumpet), Reece
Strasser (trumpet), Jakob Bortell
(trombone), Gabe Hammen (trombone), Channing Rooda (piano),
Jac Munson (drums), and Caleb
Gipple (bass guitar).
Members of the band
are: Saxes: Melissa Knoot - Alto
- Senior, Paige Miller - Bari - Senior, Andrea Loving - Tenor - Senior, Shelby McGriff - Tenor
2- Junior, Seth Edmundson - Alto
2 - Freshman, Cheyenne Shaw
- Bari 2 - 8th grade, Carly Ehret Flute - Senior. Trombones: Jakob Bortell - Senior, Gabe Hammen - Senior, Natalie Moore
- 8 th grade, Morgan Sampson
- Freshman, Logan Shipley - 8th
g rade, Blake Readshaw - 7 t h
grade. Trumpets: Megan McGriff - Senior, Jacob Sampson - Junior, Libby Brown - Senior, Reece
Strasser - Junior, Emma Terpstra
- 8th grade, Elizabeth LaRue - 8th
grade. Rhythm Section: Chann i ng Rood a -pia no - Home
School, Jac Munson - Drums Junior, Caleb Gipple - Bass - Junior, Dylan Shipley - aux. Sophomore, Hailey Castanada - aux. Junior, Alex Knockel aux. 8 th
grade.
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NM Board Approves School
Construction Contract
Board members of the North Mahaska School District met in special
session April 4 to discuss and approve a contract with Estes Construction for the school renovation
project. They also approved various
items relating to the project and held
a public hearing on the 2016-17 budget.
According to school board business manager Cindy Quang, Estes
will be paid 5 percent of the total
construction cost. In past meetings between the board and Estes
representatives the goal is to bring
the project in under the estimate
of $3.58 million. Based on the full
amount, Estes could receive as much
as $179,000. Estes will serve as the
general contractor on the project.
The company was selected based
on work done with the Iowa State
School Board Association and recommendations from other school
districts including Pella Community.
In a related item, the bids for financing of bonds for the project were
opened. Piper Jaffrey & Company
was selected as the placement agent
to work as a go-between from the
school district to the banks. Several
bids were received and four were
considered. Bids were received from
BB&T, Bank Iowa, Regions Bank
and Great Southern Bank. BB&T
(Branch Banking & Trust) from
Charlotte, NC, provided a fixed rate
of 2.42 percent for the project.
Bank Iowa offered a rate of 2.75
percent, but only on a portion of the
bonds. Regions Bank was at 3 percent and Great Southern had a rate of
3.6 percent.
If the bonds are carried to full maturity and not paid off early, the district would pay interest of $651,265.
The bond debt service payments
would begin Jan. 1, 2017 and final payment would be made July 1,
2029. Total estimated cost with interest would be $4,231,265.02.
“This interest rate was the lowest
they had seen,” said Quang. “It is a
really good rate.”
The board made a recommendation to sell the bonds to BB&T to
cover the cost of construction. It is
estimated construction will begin
in May and be completed before the
start of school in the fall.
North Mahaska will hold a public
hearing April 18 on a budget amendment to the current year budget.
The amendment is needed to raise
the Capital Improvements line item
from $1,170,742 to $2.5 million to
account for construction costs in the
current budget year.
Approval of the 2016-17 budget
came at the end of the meeting. The
proposed budget is $1.6 million less
than the re-estimated 2015-16 budget. The budget of $12,106,130 will
have a tax rate of $11.603 per $1,000
taxable valuation.
In other business:
Approved the hiring of Arianna
Vonk as kindergarten teacher for the
2016-17 academic year.
NM Jazz on stage during the Iowa State Jazz Championships. The band made finals and placed second. Photo By Amy McGriff
Eddy Council Approves Sewer, Garbage Deposits
Eddyville Parks Department will install and electric line running from
the Mediacom building in the back ground north to the Howitzer to aid
in providing sound equipment for special events. RD Keep Photo
BY RD KEEP
THE SUN
EDDYVILLE – Members of the
Eddyville City Council met in regular session April 4 and passed an
amended ordinance establishing a
deposit for sewer and garbage services. The new deposits apply only
to new customers.
In recent years there have been a
number of customers who have left
leaving balances on the accounts for
sewer and solid waste. Councilor
Dwight Lobbrecht echoed the senti-
ment of the council.
“We have to do something about
this,” said Lobbrecht. “If they are
renters we can’t put it on the taxes.”
City clerk Katie Smith added that
the deposit will be for only those
new customers. Existing customers will not have to pay the deposit.
The council waived the second and
third readings of the ordinance so
the measure will be in force upon
publication.
The councilors also held a public
hearing regarding language changes
dealing with cemetaries per state
code. The change is minor, but needed to update the city code to be in
line with state code.
Chris Messer of Alliant Energy
met with councilors regarding a
franchise fee. The current contract
with Alliant ends in November.
Messer explained under state law the
city is allowed to collect a franchise
fee from utilities. If adopted, the city
could drop the 1 cent sales tax and
institute the fee of 1 percent.
Messer said the advantage to the
City of Eddyville is currently the
city’s portion of the Local Option
Sales and Service Tax after splitting between the counties is $175 per
year. Under the franchise fee plan,
the city could receive approximately
$8,500 per year. This amount would
come directly from Alliant. Residents would see a difference on their
bill showing sales tax on the fee,
but other than that would not see an
overall increase.
The overall consensus of the
council was to accept the franchise
fee concept. The councilors voted to
move forward with discussions and
information gathering. They will
discuss it further at the May meeting.
Councilors approved the hiring
of two part-time seasonal employees
to assist with street and park maintenance. Paul David Blaze and Tristan
Elswick were hired pending the results of mandatory drug testing. Kelly Simpson was hired to assist in the
city office. Simpson was selected out
of 10 applicants.
Councilor Doug Greenlee told
fellow councilors that the parks
department will be installing an
electric line from the Mediacom
building at the southeast corner of
the cemetery to the area near the
Howitzer. Mediacom has agreed to
provide the power at no cost to the
city. Francis Electric will do the install. Greenlee said this will be an
aid when there are services held on
Memorial Day or other times.
In other business:
Set May 2 as the date for public
hearing to approve the 2015-16 budget
Approved rebidding for the mowing and bailing of the farm ground
near the lagoons
Approved applying for a $1,000
grant from the Iowa Community Assurance Pool for 35 signs and posts
for “No parking anytime” signs.
Approved contract with Control Services of Burlington to spray around
the levees and lagoons
NS Councilors Hear Sewer, EPA Inspection Reports
BY RD KEEP
THE SUN
New Sharon Councilors heard
the news they knew, but did not
necessarily wish to hear regarding
the city’s sewer system. Jack Pop of
Garden & Associates in Oskaloosa
and Randy Pleima of Mahaska Rural
Water delivered the reports.
Pope said he was preparing the report that must be submitted to Iowa
Department of Natural Resources.
He reiterated the known issue of operating the system under a different
permit that was issued under dif-
ferent standards. The city has been
operating for several years on an expired permit.
The standards now cannot be met
with the current system. The new
permit has more stringent ammonia
nitrogen limits and E. Coli than on
the old permit. In his report Pope
provided three options, all carrying
seven figures.
The option Pope said he thought
would be the most efficient was
modifying the existing aerated lagoon. This would require a signoff
by DNR at an estimated cost of
$1.354 million. If not accepted, some
additional work would have to be
done adding another $300,000 to the
cost.
At this point the council are simply trying to gather the necessary
information for the reports. If the
council were to move forward would
require grants to help pay for the system upgrades.
Next up was Pleima who told
councilors that an EPA inspector
showed up in March for a surprise
inspection and was asking questions
leading to illegal activity.
“He kept asking about industrial
dumping, but we do not have any
of that,” said Pleima. “After they
looked into our paperwork they did
find three minor violations, but not
anticipating in fines.”
Council approved Crow Row to
place planters on the sidewalk and
bolt them down pending the okay
from the city insurance carrier. They
also approved a contract with Dodie
DeHuedt for $757 to paint the community building currently leased by
the Yarkosky Dance Company.
April 20 will be the night for pub-
Two-year old Jade O’Halloran of Victor, digs into dessert as father
Nick watches during the bi-annual Swiss steak supper at Barnes City
Legion. The Sun Photo by R.D. Keep
More than 100 gathered at Barnes City American Legion April 2 for the
spring Swiss steak supper. The event sponsored by the Legion and
Auxillary, is held each spring and fall as a fundraiser and social event.
The Sun Photo by R.D. Keep
INDEX
lic hearings for building permits for
Dale Renaud, Brad and Jessie Elder,
and Troy and Carla Doane.
In other business:
Approved Bev Belzer to the library board
Approved building permit for
Wes White
Announced a vacancy on the
council effective after the May election
City cleanup day set for April 25
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Friday, April 15
7:45am
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Monday, April 18
7:45am
B:
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L: Goulash w/Meat Sauce, Seasoned
Cor n, Bread Stick, Mand ar i n
Oranges, Milk
Tuesday, April 19
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: HS - Orange Chicken; Elem
- PopcornChicken, Hash Brown,
Mixed Veggies, Baby Carrots, Pineapple, Milk
Wednesday, April 20
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Ranch Chicken Roll-Up, Peppers/
Onions, Tri-Tators, Broccoli w/
Ranch, Peaches, Milk
Thursday, April 21
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Pulled Pork, French Fries,
Seasoned Carrots, Cherry Tomatoes,
Pears, Milk
Friday, April 22
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Pizza Quesadilla, Romaine Lettuce, Green Beans, Cucumbers/
Ranch, Applesauce, Milk
Monday, April 25
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Cheeseburger, Tomatoes, Tator
Tots, Coleslaw, Peaches, Milk
Tuesday, April 26
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Cheesy Potato/Ham, Broccoli/
Baby Carrots, Biscuits, Pears, Milk
Wednesday, April 27
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Chicken Nuggets, Mashed
Potatoes, Peas, Applesauce, Milk
Thursday, April 28
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Tenderloin, Hash Brown, Tomato,
Corn, Grapes, Milk
Friday, April 29
7:45am
B:
11:40am
L: Hot Dog, Tri Tators, Baked
Beans, Cherry Tomatoes, Pineapple,
Milk
NORTH MAHASKA CALENDAR
Thursday, April 14
4:15 p.m.
Girls Golf vs Pella Christian (H)
4:30 p.m.
Girls Track at Eddyville
Saturday, April 16
6:30 p.m.
Prom
Sunday, April 17
8 a.m.
Iowa FFA Leadership Conference
Monday, April 18
4:15 p.m.
Golf at English Valley
4:15 p.m.
JH Girls/Boys Track at Iowa Valley
Tuesday, April 19
4:30 p.m.
Boys Track at BGM
4:30 p.m.
Girls Track at Montezuma
Wednesday, April 20
2 p.m. Dismissal
Thursday, April 21
4:15 p.m.
Golf vs HLV (H)
4:30 p.m.
Boys Track at Eddyville
Friday, April 22
4:30 p.m.
Girls Track at BGM
Monday, May 2
8:15 a.m.
Senior Class Trip
4:15 p.m.
JH Girls/Boys Track at LynnvilleSully
Monday, April 25
4:15 p.m.
Golf vs Sigourney (H)
4:15 p.m.
JH Girls/Boys Track at Eddyville
4:30 p.m.
Girls Track at PCM
Wednesday, May 4
2 p.m. Dismissal
Tuesday, April 26
4:30 p.m.
Boys Track at Eddyville
Wednesday, April 27
2 p.m. Dismissal
6:30 p.m.
High School Showcase - Vocal/Band
and NM Jazz
Thursday, April 28
4:15 p.m.
Golf at Belle Plaine
4:30 p.m.
Boys Track at PCM
4:30 p.m.
Girls Track at Pella
Thursday, May 5
4:30 p.m.
Girls/Boys Track at Newton
Sunday, May 22
2 p.m.
Graduation
Saturday, May 7
10 a.m.
Golf at Colfax
Wednesday, May 25
6 p.m.
Baseball/Softball vs BGM
Sunday, May 8
Mother’s Day
Friday, May 27
6 p.m.
Baseball/Softball at Lynnville-Sully
Friday, May 13
Boys Sectional Golf TBA
Sunday, May 1
8a.m.
Senior Class Trip
Friday, May 20
Boys District Golf TBA
Monday, May 23
1 p.m. Dismissal for Summer
6 p.m.
Baseball/Softball vs Montezuma (H)
Wednesday, May 11
10 a.m.
Girls SICL Golf at BGM
2 p.m. Dismissal
Saturday, April 30
8:15 a.m.
Senior Class Trip
Thursday, May 19
8:15 a.m.
Seniors Last Day of School
Friday, May 6
4:15 p.m.
JH Girls/Boys Track at Sigourney
Monday, May 9
Boys SICL Golf at HLV TBA
4:15 p.m.
NM JH Track Invitational
Friday, April 29
8:15 a.m.
Senior Class Trip
2 p.m. Dismissal
Saturday, May 28
9a.m.
Softball at Williamsburg
Monday, May 30
Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 31
Girls State Golf TBA
6 p.m.
Baseball/Softball at Tri-County
Wednesday, May 18
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BY RD KEEP
THE SUN
The elementary gymnasium at
North Mahaska was a busy place
Wednesday, but not for a wrestling
meet or basketball game. Members
of the school’s National Honor Society sponsored a blood drive on
Wednesday in conjunction with the
Mississippi Valley Blood Center.
Sponsor Anne Sellers said the
goal was to collect 55 units. A steady
stream of community members,
school staff and students provided
the necessary push, including several first time givers.
“We hope for 55 units today,” said
Sellers. “We are having a good turnout.”
The local chapter of NHS sponsors the event each spring and tries
to incorporate the newly elected
members into the group’s activities.
Community member Duane Renaud is a long-time donor. He and his
wife Carol of A Formal Affair will
sponsor one in June.
“I have given blood every time
they come to town,” said Renaud. “I
think it is important to do.”
One of those first time givers was
Rachel Freeborn. Although she was
unable to complete the process, she
said she wanted to try it and would
probably try again next time. Friends
Gabe Hamman and Gabby Ferguson
provided support for their classmate
and encouraged her to try again.
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NHS members manned a postdonation snack café to help donors
replenish before continuing on with
their day. Members thanked the donors and made sure they felt better.
The students’ efforts showed they
are setting the pattern of service
for life and making it better for others by providing the life-giving elements of blood.
No actual total of units collected
as available at press time.
TOP: Members of the Nor th
Mahaska National Honor Society
host a canteen for blood donors at
their annual blood drive. RD Keep
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BOTTOM: Duane Renaud, left,
prepares to give blood at the
North Mahaska National Honor
Society blood drive Wednesday.
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EBF CALENDAR
Thursday, April 14
4 p.m. G/B G-JV/V @ Oskaloosa
4:30 p.m. GTR-HS EBF Invite
Friday, April 15
4:30 p.m. BTR-JV/V @ ADM (Adel)
Saturday, April 16
8 a.m. Choir @ World›s of Fun (KC)
5 p.m. BSB-Soup Supper
6 p.m. BSB-Bingo Night
Sunday, April 17
Wednesday, April 20
6:30 p.m. Blakesburg PTO Mtg
Monday, April 18
8 a.m. FFA State Conf. @ Ames
4:30 p.m. G/B TR-JH @ Cardinal
6 p.m. School Board Meeting
Thursday, April 21
1 p.m. BG-V @ Davis County
ROCKET Submissions Due
4:15 p.m. GG-V @ Pleasantville
4:30 p.m. BTR-HS EBF Invite
4:30 p.m. GTR-V @ Washington
Friday, April 22
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EDDYVILLE – Agri-Power FFA,
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont’s
chapter, recognized the many highlights of this past year at their banquet held on March 18, 2016. The
evening supported FFA’s motto
“Learning to Do, Doing to Learn,
Earning to Live, Living to Serve”.
Attendees prepared a potluck
banquet to accompany baked potatoes and rolls; additionally, pork was
provided by JBS (formerly Cargill
Meat Solutions), and Wade Jager
provided the smoker for the meat
preparation. FFA officers and members conducted the evening, under
the direction of Mr. Patrick Powers,
their advisor. The 2015-2016 Agri-Power FFA
Officer Team is: President Tayler
Jones, Vice President Logan Street,
Secretary CD Brinegar, Treasurer
Briana VerSteegh, Reporters Haegen Boyer and Claire Jager, and Sentinel TJ Sinnif. The newly named,
ready to serve 2016-2017 officers
are: President CD Brinegar, Vice
President TJ Sinnif, Secretary Haegen Boyer, Treasurer Claire Jager,
Reporters Adlynn Eveland, Randie
Richmond and Morgan Wells, and
Sentinel Austin Angle.
Blue and Gold Awards were
bestowed on the auctioneers that
have played a part in the Annual
FFA Consignment Sale since it began three years ago. Jim Kosman
of Al Martin Real Estate, JD Sinnif
and family, Randy Sieren, and Mike
Stewart have donated their commissions of the sales to go towards the
alumni chapter, which in turn supports Agri-Power FFA.
Poster Winners are chosen each
year from elementary students who
have been encouraged to make a
poster depicting safety on the farm.
In order of placings (1st-2nd-3rd )
were: 1st graders (Hartley) – Brayden
Hodgkins, Ella Rose Stevens,
Bryleigh Sparks; 2nd graders (Gutch)
– Agustis Johnson, Myra Bogatze,
Titan O’Neill; 2nd graders (Mooreman) – Lorelai Maddy, Drew Severson, JJ Tromblee; 3rd graders (Sinnif)
– Merek Padgett, Molly Shafer, Nicole Wittington; 3rd graders (Walker)
– Reanah Utterback, Caildon Ford,
Joseph Smith; 3rd graders (Friedman) – Chloe VanHemert, Gracie
Denham, Ava Eastlick; 3rd graders
(Gardner) – Miah Bowen, Kaylen
Sines, Olivia Humble; 4th graders
(Moore) – Savannah Russell, Myleigh Hughes, Jackson Hudnut; 4th
graders (Glosser) – Jesse Cornelison,
Madison Stutsman, Koy Collett; 4th
graders (Hammes) – Lydia Judy, Miranda Hotchkiss, Nevaya Vandello;
5th graders (Lanphier) – Aliveah
Brinegar, Danielle Van Alst, Paige
Middlesworth; 6th graders (Manternach) – Anna Hodgkins, Kennedy
Sandeen, Lauren Wells.
Honorary Chapter Degrees
were given to both a business and
a family this year. Chariton Valley
Co-op of Albia was recognized this
year for their many years of providing electric line safety lessons to
the youth of our district; Charles
VanDePol accepted this award,
which Agri-Power FFA bestowed
as a result of the Farm Safety Day
presentations. The second honorary
chapter degree of the evening was
presented to the Doyle Family (Tom,
Charlene, Justin, Ashley and Derrick) who have participated and supported the efforts of agriculture at
EBF and the Agri-Power FFA chapter in many capacities over the years.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
were presented to recipients Burl
and Deb Newell. This level has been
designated to recognize people who
have already achieved the Honorary
Chapter degree and then have continued to maintain contact with and
be respected by the chapter, as well
have community involvement. Agri-Power sponsored an open
prospect market pig show at the
Southern Iowa Fairgrounds again
last May, with pigs in competition
for large cash prizes. Tremendous
sponsorship made this happen –
(from Fremont) Perry Middlesworth
Family, Fremont Elevator, Pioneer
Hybrid, Herr Trucking, Fremont
Country Store, Rob’s Barber Shop,
and Mike Brink; (from Leighton)
Leighton Locker; (from Ottumwa)
Wapello Co. Extension Off ice,
Country Kitchen, South Ottumwa
Bank, Orscheln’s, and Earl May;
(from Oskaloosa) Owens Seed Sales,
H & S Feed Store and Country Store,
Ozinga Feed, State Bank of Bussey,
Malcom Lumber, McKim Tractor, and Veenstra Trucking; (from
Eddyville) Eddyville Lumber and
Hardware and Ford’s.
The Max Jones Family Award is
given to a young member who shows
promise and a passion for agriculture. This year Jonathan Edge was
given this $50 gift card by this former FFA member.
The Richard Sammons Memorial Award is chosen by the family
to be given to an Agri-Power FFA
member who is committed to pursuing agriculture. This year’s recipient
was Tayler Jones.
The Gary Mitterer Family
Scholarship was presented to two
Fremont youth, Lane Judy and Clay
Lathen, at this year’s banquet. Gary
and his wife Mary watched their
own children wear the blue and gold
FFA jackets in years past, and have
been continuing to provide assistance, via this scholarship to select
seniors each year.
The JoDee Currier Scholarship
goes to a graduating female FFA
member who has achieved the Iowa
FFA Degree. JoDee is proud to give
back to her chapter with this award,
going to Tayler Jones this year.
Lloyd T and Opal I Jones-Eddyville FFA Scholarships of $250
are given to sophomores who show
progress and ability to exhibit at the
Iowa State Fair. The winners this
year were Adlynn Eveland and Morgan Wells.
AgriPower FFA Alumni 2016
Scholarship Awards, in the amount
of $500, were given to eight seniors.
They were: Evan Heinle, Maisie
Hughes, Maddison Hughes, Tayler
Jones, Lane Judy, Clay Lathen, Jason Pilcher and Logan Street. The
local FFA Alumni Chapter is taking
a very active, ever-increasing, role
in supporting the Agri-Power FFA
Chapter with scholarships, financial
support and leadership.
Chapter Proficiency Awards
were earned by several individuals,
based on their record-keeping and
Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE): Claire Jager (Ag Communications); Briana VerSteegh (Ag
Mechanics Design and Fabrication);
Evan Heinle (Ag Sales Placement);
Austin Stewart (Beef Production
Entrepreneurship); Gabe Larkin
(Diversified Ag Production); Ryan
Richmond (Diversified Crop Placement); Tayler Jones (Diversified
Horticulture); Hannah Koellner
(Food Science and Technology);
CD Brinegar (Forage Production);
Logan Street (Forest Management);
Brandt Hughes (Poultry Production);
Haegen Boyer (Small Animal Production); Lex Judy (Sheep Production); DJ Stout (Vegetable Production).
Scholarship pins were given to
FFA members in first place at their
grade level, based on their grade
point averages: 9 th grade – Hannah
Koellner (4.0); 10 th grade – Adlynn
Eveland (3.912); 11th grade – Haegen Boyer, Claire Jager and Briana
VerSteegh (4.0); 12th grade – Maisie
Hughes (3.984). Star Members of the chapter
were named: Star Chapter-Senior
Tayler Jones; Star Greenhand-Freshman Austin Stewart; and Star in Ag
Placement-Senior Evan Heinle.
Tayler was named Star Chapter for
her participation, Supervised Agricultural Experience Project and
academics; Austin was recognized
for his participation, plans for his
Supervised Agricultural Experience
Project and academics; Evan was
named Star in Ag-Placement for his
production/sales of alfalfa bales.
Points Awards were given to
members who put forth top efforts
in meeting and activity attendance.
This year in 3rd place with 530 points
was Randie Richmond who received
$20 FFA Bucks, in 2 nd place with
790 points was Tayler Jones who
received $30 FFA Bucks, and in 1st
place with an all-time high of 925
points was C D Brinegar who reAgri-Power FFA Senior Salute, left
to right: Advisor Pat Powers,
Car ter Roose, Clint Borger,
Conner Glosser, Clay Lathen,
Maddison Hughes, Lane Judy,
Maisie Hughes, Evan Heinle,
Tayler Jones, Jason Pilcher, and
Logan Street. Mr. Powers holds
a painting of the Iowa State
Fair, given to him by his senior
members.
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Sunday, April 17 - 2 p.m.
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EBF Menus
Monday, April 18
Breakfast -- Cereal, Toast, Fruit,
Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Spaghetti, Garlic Bread,
Winter Blend, Mandarin Oranges
4:30 p.m. G/B TR-JH @ PCM
Saturday, April 23
7 p.m. Promenade
8 p.m. Prom
11:30 p.m. After-Prom Party
Sunday, April 24
» 5:30 a.m. After-Prom Party
4 p.m. Sharing the Weight 5K @
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Agri-Power FFA Banquet 2016
BY KATHY STREET
THE SUN CORRESPONDENT
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EBF MENU
8 a.m. Choir @ World›s of Fun (KC)
Tuesday, April 19
4:30 p.m. GTR-HS EBF Invite
5 p.m. BTR-V @ Mid-Prairie
The Sun
Tuesday, April 19
Breakfast -- Breakfast Pizza, Fruit,
Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Chicken Patty/Bun, Sw.
Potato Tots, Mixed Veggies, Peaches
Wednesday, April 20
Breakfast -- Egg, Toast, Fruit, Juice,
Milk
Lunch -- Walk.Taco-lett&ch, Broccoli, Apricots, Bread/Butter
Thursday, April 21
Breakfast -- Cinnamon Roll, Yogurt, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Pork Patty/Bun, Baked
Beans, French Fries, Pears
Friday, April 22
Breakfast -- Sausage Patty, Biscuit,
Fruit, Juice, Milk
Lunch -- Sub Sandwiches, Sun
Chips, Green Beans, Mixed Fruit
ceived $50 FFA Bucks.
The FFA State Convention will
be held in Ames, April 17-19. Several will be there representing AgriPower FFA: The Chapter Program
Team of Claire Jager and Briana
VerSteegh; the Secretary’s Book by
CD Brinegar; FFA Idol – Adlynn
Eveland; Ag Sales Team of Austin
Angle, CD Brinegar, Claire Jager
and Briana VerSteegh; Poultry Team
of Alex Brittain, Cale Eveland, Lex
Judy and Austin Stewart.
Agri-Power FFA has been named
the Supreme FFA Chapter at the
Iowa State Fair for the last five consecutive years. Last year they took
1st Place State Fair in Ag Mech Tech,
Floriculture, Breeding Beef, Photography, and Meat Goats, and took
2nd place for Overall Herdsmanship,
as well as Top Meat Goat Herding
(Large Group) and Top Beef Herding (Large Group). Since last year’s
banquet, they also took several placings at the 2015 Convention – State
Runner’s up for SAE/Ag Ed Publicity
Award (Cayla Glosser, Katelyn Herr,
Annie Larkin); Gold-3rd for Reporter’s Scrapbook (Cayla Glosser, Katelyn Herr and Annie Larkin), 4th Place
for Ag Sales Team (Carter Roose,
Logan Street, Paige Shafer, Tayler
Jones), and 10 th Place for the Livestock Judging Team (Austin Angle,
CD Brinegar, Lane Judy, Morgan
Wells).
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was founded in 1928 to help young
people develop the skills necessary
to feed our growing world, and
this included not only planting and
harvesting, but also science and
business. As time marches on, FFA
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interests in many career paths. This
exploration may lead to farming the
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engineering, construction, mechanics or beginning a business. FFA’s Mission Statement: FFA
makes a positive difference in the
lives of students by developing their
potential for premier leadership,
personal growth and career success
through agricultural education. Agri-Power is made up of youth finding their potential, developing strong
work ethics, while surrounded by a
network of ag-supporters—including alumni, businesses and other individuals invested in the community.
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District on March 8. This After-Prom fundraiser was a chance for the
“spa treatment.” Additionally, treats were served to the pampered
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Opinion
4 The Sun
TALES OF THE ANCIENT SPORTSMAN
BY BURDELL HENSLEY
It must be spring. The Ancientess put away her snowman dishes
today. That has to be a sign. It seems
that she has a set of dishes for each
season. The winter dishes are colorful, but I must admit that seeing
“Frosty” In the bottom of my cereal
bowl each morning doesn’t do a lot
for me.
Well it may be Spring, but it sure
hasn’t felt like it lately. It seems like
the wind never quits blowing and
the temperatures are much too low.
Saturday night’s low of 23 degrees
did some major damage to Magnolia
trees and perhaps some of the other
flowering trees. I hope my flowering
crab apple tree survived. The blossoms had not opened yet, so I hope
the buds were safe. I also hope the
fruit trees survived. My tulips look
good and the later daffodils look
OK. I have one patch of early daffodils that got nipped pretty good.
The Osky Relays were held Saturday and the events started at 9:30
a.m. At that time the temperature
was hovering right around 32 degrees. A bright sun drenched the
field and things began to warm up.
By the afternoon events it was a
balmy 50 degrees.
Old sports writers with poor
circulation do not do well in cold
weather. I found my way to the press
box and what a neat facility that is. I
took the elevator to the fourth floor
penthouse where I had a room to
myself and a view of everything that
went on. It seemed like I could look
all over Oskaloosa. The real plus
was that it was warm and I was as
comfortable as if I were at home in
my living room. It is a tough job, but
someone has to do it.
Oskaloosa won the Class A girl’s
title and Williamsburg won the
Class A boy’s crown. In Class B,
Pella Christian won the boys title in
a close battle with North Mahaska
while Sigourney captured the girl’s
crown.
I must admit that I long for the
Osky Relays like it used to be. In
days gone by the Relays was a showcase of area talent. I understand
that we still had the North Mahaska
teams, the Pella Christian teams,
the Sigourney girls and in Class
A we had Osky, Ottumwa, Albia
and Pella. But where is Eddyville-
Blakesburg-Fremont, Tri-County,
Montezuma, Lynnville-Sully, Twin
Cedars and Knoxville. It was always
a crowd favorite when all the area
schools were entered.
I got a taste of some more soccer
this week. Granddaughter, Emily is
playing for Osky High School as a
freshman and she had a home game
Thursday with Chariton. She played
the JV game and they won 1 – nil.
Look out, I’m beginning to speak
soccer. She played about a quarter
of the varsity game and they won
that one 3 – nil. Now if I can figure
out what the pitch is. I hear them say
that they played on the pitch. To me
the pitch was a fast ball, curve or
changeup.
Friday night I covered a cold
night of soccer at Pella Christian.
The Eagles were hosting Albia and
PC won 4-1. The wind was so strong
and both teams had a real tough time
controlling the ball. I’m not sure
what the wind chill was, but it was
down there. Again, I opted for the
press box.
Weather took care of the games I
was to cover on Monday and Tuesday. Monday I did nothing but watch
BARNES CITY NEWS
BY MOLLIE LOVING
Hello everyone. Hope you had a
good week.
The American Legion spring
Swiss steak supper was held the evening of April 2 at the Legion Hall.
Everyone who attended enjoyed
a delicious meal of Swiss steak,
mashed potatoes and gravy, green
beans, salads, and homemade pies.
Larry Doonan celebrated his
birthday on April 4.
The North Mahaska jazz band,
aka NM Jazz, competed at the Iowa
Jazz Championships held in Des
Moines on April 5. They played their
best set ever in competition. NM
Jazz was awarded second place in
Class 1A.
With their fans, they will always
be number one! Bruce and I enjoyed
being chaperones on the trip to Des
Moines. Band members from the
Barnes City area are Gabe Hammen
and Andrea Loving.
The April fire department meeting will be held on the 14 at 7 p.m.
at the fire station. Monthly training
will be held on April 21 at 7 p.m. at
the fire station.
North Mahaska will be holding
their annual prom on April 16.
It’s time to get rid of your
junk! Spring Clean-Up Day in
Barnes City will be on Thursday,
April 28. Have your items curbside
by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27.
Don’t forget to take your recyclables to the recycle bin. It is located
on the north side of City Hall.
It’s the simple joys and simple pleasures that the heart remembers and
dearly treasures.
LOWER GROVE NEWS
BY ROSEMARY SCHMIDT
THE SUN CORRESPONDENT
Last Thursday my friends and
I went to the Pella Christian High
School to a taco supper. It was a fundraiser for the Rehoboth Christian
School in Arizona. The students
cooked the fry bread that the taco ingredients were served on. Later they
performed in a singing group and a
band. Then we attended the play put on
by the Pella High School’s Theatre
Troupe. The play was ‘The Diary of
Anne Frank.’ The acting was wonderful and the talent was something
to behold. I had seen a movie on this
subject and also read the book. For
those of you who are not acquainted
with Anne Frank, she was the young
girl who hid out with her family when
the Germans took over Holland. She
kept a diary while cooped up for 2
years. All of them ended up captured
when someone told the Nazi’s of their
location. Anne Frank was played by
Gabrielle Wilson and young Peter
Van Daan was played by Tyler Egesdal. Noreen Vander Wal from our
Lower Grove area was acknowledged
for taking the cast and crew pictures.
Sunday after Sunday school and
church I joined Carol Jansen, Charlene De Kock and Maxine Verros
for dinner at the Central College cafeteria. I chose the pork loin from the
buffet. Of course there were many
choices of food and my plate was
full immediately. We all enjoyed ice
cream for dessert.
Monday I picked up sticks again
in the yard. Don’t know if I’ll get
them all picked up before the grass
needs mowing. The wind has been
ferocious and does not seem to let up.
Good thing I am stronger now or else
it would blow me over. Last Saturday
when I was in town, I was going to go
to Walmart to get a few things. When
I parked and was about to get out of
the van there was a blast of wind that
blew through the parking lot. A young
lady had just came out of the door
with her purchases and it was all she
could do to stay on her feet. . It is always windy in that Walmart parking
lot when it doesn’t seem to be windy
anywhere else. I decided it would not
be smart for ‘this old lady’ to get out
in that wind so I just went home.
Tuesday the wind blew 40 miles
an hour. When I got the Van out to
drive to the Pella Electric Co-operative Ass’n meeting in the evening I
thought it was going to blow the door
off. Wilma Van’t Sant, Kalvin and I
went to the supper at 5:30 pm. The
menu was pork loin, potato casserole,
corn, fruit, drinks and ice cream with
all the trimmings including strawberries. None of us were fortunate to win
any of the drawings for prizes. Sure
would have liked to win the TV!!!
Wednesday Nancene Bruxvoort
invited me over for coffee time. We
had a great time and I won’t tell you
how long I stayed, although I did tell
her that she may have to make a bed
up for me.
SEENAGER (Senior teenager)
I am a Seenager. I have everything
that I wanted as a teenager, only 60
years too late.
I don’t have to go to work.
I get an allowance every month.
I have my own pad.
I don’t have a curfew.
I have a driver’s license and my own
car.
I have an ID that gets me into bars and
the whiskey store.
The people I hang around with are not
scared of getting pregnant.
And I don’t have acne.
THE SNEEZE (A true story from the University
of Maryland)
They walked in tandem, each of
the 92 students filing into the already
crowded auditorium. With their rich
maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as
grown up as they felt. Dads swallowed hard behind
broad smiles and Moms f reely
brushed away their tears. This class
would NOT pray during the commencement. Not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it.
The principal and several students
were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave
inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance. No one asked for blessings on
the graduate or their families.
The speeches were nice, but they
were routine, until the final speech
received a standing ovation.
A solitary student walked proudly
up to the microphone, he stood still
and silent for a moment. And then it
happened!
All 92 students, every single one
of them suddenly SNEEZED!!!
The student on stage, simply
looked at the audience and said,
“GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF
YOU. Then he walked off the stage.
The audience exploded into applause. This graduating class had
found a unique way to invoke God’s
blessing on their future with or without the court’s approval.
the NCAA final game. I’m not sure
I can remember seeing a better final
game. I was sure that North Carolina had it wrapped up when Marcus
Paige made an incredible shot, but
Villanova answered at the buzzer.
I actually felt a little sorry for Roy
Williams, even if he has stolen too
many of our good Iowa players.
The Ancient-ess had a tough day
Thursday. She now has been on this
planet for three quarters of a century
and she shows no signs of slowing
down. I keep reminding her that
there are some things that old folks
should not do and she totally ignores
me. But I have noticed that when she
gets down on the ground to weed her
f lower beds, the challenge to rise
again is definitely a challenge.
The baseball season is off and
running and my Cardinals have finally found a team they could beat.
After three losses to the Pirates, they
were looking pretty sorry. But three
wins over the Braves helped. The
Flubs are on a roll and their fans are
giddy with delight. I must remind
them that it is only April.
Let’s take a look at what happened in our yesterdays.
south end of the Pocket Park property would likely be the best location. Robinson said the ground space
needed would be about a three-foot
area. Robinson said he would check
with Dickinsons and meet with mayor John VanZante before actual construction would begin.
Robinson stated the outdoor
warning system will provide citywide coverage including voice from
atop the 60-foot tower. Further, he
stated that the system is an “outdoor
warning system, not a living room
warning system.”
For the third month in a row no
representative from the Mahaska
County Sheriff’s Office attended a
meeting to discuss the 28E agreement for law enforcement protec-
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tion. The city is working to make
the agreement as they finish up the
budget for 2016-17. The action item
was tabled until a representative is
present.
The city approved the purchase of
a new tractor from Keokuk County
Implement Company in Sigourney.
The unit will replace a 16-year old
John Deere machine. Public works
director Bruce Caves told Councilors that repairs upcoming on the
existing unit would be in the $4,000
range. The new tractor would have a
life expectancy of 15-20 years. The
tractor would be four-wheel drive
and about 83 horsepower. He also
stated it had mor headroom, which
would be helpful.
The council agreed to spend
Debbie Conklin were double winners for Pekin. April 20- The English Valleys 440 Relay team of Lyle
Miller, Ken Street, John Harris and
Larry Denison took first place at the
Ottumwa Relays. April 20- Oskaloosa won the 880 and Mile Relays
at the Ottumwa Relays. Members of
the 880 team included Mike Ulrich,
Ken Rexroth, Dan Miller and Brent
Slay. The Mile crew was Terry Gillespie, Tom Brandtner, Rexroth and
Slay.
25 years ago; April 17, 1991- The
Eddyville girls won the Indian Relays at Oskaloosa. Holly Barnes won
the 3000, 1500 and 800 meter runs.
Brenda Roberts won the 100 Meter
Hurdles, Tara Underwood won the
100, and Annette Edgren won the
High Jump. April 22- Eddyville’s
Matt McKenna won the 3200 and the
1600 at the Osky Relays.
Have a great week. I have been
told that some corn has been planted
already, but I think the ground is still
too cold. Maybe we can warm it up a
little this week.
TAINTOR-GRANVILLE-LYNNVILLE
BY ADA KAY VAN MAANEN
Grace Leu of Los Angeles and
Daniel So of Kansas City were guests
of Carrol and Carolyn Bandstra for
Easter dinner. Joining them were Calvin Bandstra, Caryn and Scott Rempe, Brittney Rempe and Rich LeMay.
Norma Waters was a Wednesday
visitor of Lyn Kinney.
The Lynnville Women’s Club met
March 21. Business included discussion on the Lynnville Ballpark concession stand. Rex McFall provided
entertainment from Oskaloosa playing the harmonica. Sandy Gray and
Garnet were hosts.
Lowell and Linda Goemaat hosted
Easter dinner at their home in Grinnell with 15 family members present.
They held an Easter egg hunt in the
backyard for two grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren. Later, five
more members of the family joined
the celebration. It was Lowell’s 80 th
birthday and ice cream and cake was
served.
Easter guests of Mark and Sarah
Scholten, Allen and Andrew, were
Mary Jane Lesher and her son Jack
from Arizona, Bruce, Gert, John and
Andrew Gertsma, David and Garnet
Gertsma, and Derrick and Annette
Zimmerman and Georgia.
Visitors of Carrol and Carolyn
Bandstra on Tuesday were Raymond
TerLouw, Arlene Dugger, and Caryn
Rempe.
The Cottage Prayer meeting met at
the home of Wanda Dunsbergen, with
Almo Alma Veldhuizen, Barb Jensen,
Danis Hedrick and Dorothy Vander
Kamp.
Wilbur and Fontelle Ter pstra
joined family members at the home
of Dana and Ryan McFadden in Sully
for Easter dinner.
Todd and Reggie Kaldenberg
drove to Fayette to pick up Zack
Kaldenberg at Upper Iowa University
on Tuesday.
Dot Zylstra attended Sage Zylstra’s
track meet at Pella Christian Tuesday.
Grandchildren Teryn, Jax and Shy
Zylstra were overnight guests Friday of Dot and Denny Zylstra. They
spent Saturday with them until Dot
and Denny went to Norwalk to attend
Cam’s basketball game.
Overnight guests of Carrol and
Carolyn Bandstra Friday were, Bob
Ippel, choir director of the Rehabett
School, and Dave Seitsma.
Roy and Dianne James hosted
30-plus family members for Easter
at their home. Later they held a family Easter egg hunt at Lynnville ABC
Park.
The Men’s Prayer breakfast met
April 2 at Westfield Church near
Grinnell. Among those attending
were, Curt Braaksma, Donavan Van
Wyk, Mark Van Wyk, Justin Beach,
Mike Moore, Kenton Elliott, and
Larry Stevens. Moore prepared and
served the breakfast. Donavan did the
devotions on “Keeping Our Faith in
Christ.” All men are welcome to attend the prayer breakfast, which are
held the first Saturday of the month at
7:30 a.m. at Westfield Church.
Roy and Dianne James have a new
great grandson born March 31 to Jeremiah and Logan Stralon of Concord,
Calif. This is the fifth great grandchild, and was named Joseph.
Have a good week.
Poweshiek County Supervisors Balk at
Freedom Rock Site
MONTEZUMA – The Poweshiek
County Freedom Rock is coming to
Montezuma this summer, but an approved home for the memorial has
yet to be found.
The Poweshiek County Board of
Supervisors balked in a Nov. 9, 2015
meeting when asked for their consent to have the monument placed on
the courthouse lawn. Five American
Legion members presented the proposal. The supervisors requested
additional time to evaluate other options.
The Freedom Rock Committee
tasked with coordinating the Freedom Rock activities is proposing
that the monument be placed on the
west side of the courthouse but is
also open to any other locations on
the lawn. The Poweshiek County
Freedom Rock is scheduled to be
painted in early August.
“The Freedom Rock is a remarkable tribute to our greatest national
treasure, our Veterans,” said American Legion and Freedom Rock Com-
Storm Siren Move Approved by Fremont Councilors
BY RD KEEP
THE SUN
FREMONT – Members of the
Fremont City Council met with
Jamey Robinson of Mahaska Emergency Management Monday to discuss the placement of the new outdoor warning siren. Originally to be
located at the present site near the
fire station, construction managers
from Dickinson Company was concerned about the high-voltage lines
near the site. Dickinsons had identified two possible locations on cityowned property including a location
at the Pocket Park and north City
Park.
Following discussions between
the council and Robinson, it was
determine that a location toward the
100 years ago: April 18, 1916Central scored on an error in the
bottom of the ninth to beat Penn 3-2.
Central’s Lowe outdueled Penn’s
Synhorst for the win. Horine doubled and singled to lead Penn.
75 years ago: April 17, 1941- Rose
Hill tops Barnes City 10-5. James
Lathrop pitched the win for the Hillmen and Bobby Wymore, Leon Warrick and Lathrop each had two hits.
Albert Stewart slammed a homerun and a single for the Bees. April
19- DM Roosevelt nipped DM East
for the Osky Relays title. Osky was
sixth with 21 points. The Indians
were led by Warren McCulley who
won the 120 low hurdles and he ran a
brilliant anchor on the medley to pull
his team from last to second place.
Burl Grubb tied for first in the high
jump. April 23- Lacey beat Rose Hill
8-5. Fred Hite’s three run home run
was the margin of victory. John Iverson swatted a double and two singles
for Lacey. Gordon Wolfe, Leon Warwick, Bob Gilchrist and Gradce each
had two hits for the Hillmen.
50 years ago: April 19, 1966- The
Cardinal girls nipped Pekin on the
track 65-62. Cheryl Schreiner and
$38,500 for the International Tractor. Van Wal bid $42,400. Caves said
the bids ally were comparable when
the amount of trade-in was considered. He also said service from both
places are comparable.
Stop signs
Councilors approved the placement of four stop signs at four different locations. They will formally act
on it following another reading of the
ordinances at the May meeting. Stop
signs will be placed at the intersection of North Cumberland and East
Washington, North Chestnut and
West Washington, and North Pine
and East Washington, making them
all four-way stops. Another stop sign
will be placed at North Miles and
Kennedy making the intersection a
mittee member Ron Hensel. “The
Courthouse lawn is the only logical
setting for such a memorial. It provides the best access and is most representative of the whole county.”
The Freedom Rocks are painted
by artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen, on
a mission to “thank veterans, one
painting at a time.’ Sorensen will
paint one rock per county, on a first
come first serve basis. Montezuma
submitted their application and
$1,000 deposit in June 2013.
Hundreds of county residents
have mobilized to encourage the
supervisors to permit the placement
of the Freedom Rock on the courthouse lawn. Petitions are circulating
and a Facebook page has sprung up,
encouraging residents to contact the
board of supervisors.
The Freedom Rock Committee is
on the agenda for the April 25 board
of supervisors meeting where a final
request will be made. The meeting is
a public meeting and open to all interested party. Supervisor Laymone
Gaard and supervisor-candidate
Dianna Dawley have both asserted
their support for the Freedom Rock’s
inclusion on Poweshiek County
Courthouse grounds.
“The county residents have made
their wishes known,” stated Freedom Rock Committee member Linda Neels.
“Our servicemen and women
fought and died to protect every
right we enjoy,” said Neels. “They
have earned our utmost respect and
honoring them on the courthouse
lawn of the county seat is a minimum of what they deserve.”
Neels’ husband, Army Corporal
Donald Wayne Thompson was killed
in action in the Binh Duoung province of Vietnam in 1967.
Sorensen has already painted
Freedom Rocks in many of the counties surrounding Poweshiek including Tama, Keokuk, Jasper, Mahaska
and Marion County.
three-way stop.
City dirt
Councilors discussed the possibility of raising the price of dirt from
the city. Currently the city has some
dirt, which has come from water and
sewer system digs. The dirt has some
debris in it. Caves said he uses the
eight-ton truck to haul it to residents
of Fremont for $40 per load. There
have been requests to purchase the
dirt from outside the city and they
have picked it up. Caves said he will
not haul outside of town, but felt that
the haulers are using a larger truck
than his, but we’re still paying $40.
Discussion centers on the type of
dirt, which contains pieces of ceramic tile, rock and other debris. Mayor
Van Zante said it was perfectly good
dirt for filler, for which it has been
used. After extensive discussion it
was determined Caves would continue to haul to any city resident at
$40, but outside city limit customers
would be charged $120.
In other business:
Approved May 5 as city-wide
cleanup day. Tire trailer will be in
town that day. Limit to six tires per
household.
Approved the installation of three
street lights by Alliant Energy
Continued discussion about dog
vaccinations, licensing and possible
fines and remedies.
COUNTRY GIRL’S CORNER
Spring, but it’s still cold
BY SHERYL L. CARTER
THE COUNTRY GIRL
You know, I am sorry to complain, but I am really tired of being
cold. Went to bed last night—had
had a good hot bath earlier in the
evening, but maybe should have
waited until bedtime. Clad in my
regular pj outfit of heavy top with
a sweater, long pants and wool
socks, I slid in under layers of wool
and polar fleece blankets and cuddled down for a rest. I’ll be fine, I
thought—my body heat will soon
make this whole area nice and
toasty. Wrong. It wasn’t long until a big chill ran down my whole
self from shoulders on down and I
knew I had to do something about
it.
Put on another blanket, get
out the heat pad and plug that
in with an extension cord as the
outlet beside the bed is hard to
reach behind the bedside table.
Make another cup of hot tea and
a small snack—sometimes that
helps. Read a little more with a
crocheted shawl around my shoulders— this is getting depressing
and sounds like I will be 97 next
week!
I do just wish it would warm up.
We aren’t using our big, faithful,
full of good heat wood stove now
because of Loren’s oxygen needs,
and our furnace does a pretty
good job, but boy, not like good old
wood heat. So yeah, I am ready for
some warm days and nights. We
even had ice in the little birdbath
out here this morning.
So I am sitting here this morning in more layers of clothes with a
big cup of hot coffee liberally laced
with vanilla almond milk (makes
a really yummy creamer) natural sugar and Stevia. The cup is a
large pottery mug in a cunning design without an actual handle, but
a slot you slide your chilly fingers
into—a real little hand warmer.
A thoughtful gift a few years ago
from Mark and Susan. My cup is in
shades of sage green and Loren’s
is ultramarine blue. Very nice.
So besides growing icicles on
my nose, what else has been going on? The week before last I was
looking for something here in my
office files. I have a nice file in the
computer desk and two more file
boxes slid underneath the desk.
As I hadn’t gone through these
in quite awhile and seeing how
disorganized they all were, I decided a good sorting was in store.
I quickly saw, too, that a lot of it
could just be dumped, so that’s
what I did over a period of a few
days.
I even found writing assignments from my high school English classes (written in pencil) and
the tattered remains of my first
“book”, a little South Seas ditty entitled, “The Quiet Island”. No, you
don’t want to read it. I had totally
forgotten about the book, especially the title and thought it interesting that all these years later the
book I did write was entitled, “The
Quiet Road”.
You can only do all this sorting
by reading through just about everything to see if it should be kept
or not, so it was a time-consuming
job, and I was down on the floor
surrounded by manila folders and
mounds of paper. Then try to get
up. Ha! So once I got down there, I
pretty much stayed. Loren had to
bring my meals to me. (Just kidding) Anyway, I finally got it all
done and hopefully, better organized.
One day this week a friend
brought by a couple pounds of
ground beef from their farm for us
to try. Oh, man, did that ever make
yummy hamburgers! We also get
our eggs from their free range
chickens. Nothing like fresh country eggs with orange (not lemon-
colored) yolks.
On Wednesday, I attended WCF
in the morning and our Women of
Grace ladies Bible study that evening. Good lessons, prayer, and
fellowship both times. Thursday
we stuck around here and wrote
out bills and I balanced the check
book. I hear some folks never balance their check book, or even
bother writing down entries in
the register. They just call the
bank every day or so and get their
daily balance. And some do their
checkbook online. That would
drive me freakin’ crazy. But we
still do it the old way with paper
and pen. It works for us.
Yesterday we drove dow n
south of Pella to visit Gaylor, Dorothy and Scott at their cozy home.
We had a lovely visit and a delicious lunch of chili around their
round kitchen table. It is always
a real blessing to go see them and
yesterday was no exception.
On the way back to Pella, we
drove by the dam down at Howell’s Station, but no eagles greeted us in the tops of the big trees
across the river. A couple of monstrous pelicans were floating out
on the water, but hardly any birds
otherwise.
We stopped in at the west side
Thrift store, and then finished up
our small shopping and headed
home. I should also add earlier
that morning we did stop by Louise Zaffiro’s house, which is the
second house just north of the gas
station on the NW corner of the
Pella square to pick up some fresh
greens from her little basement
Prairie Roots Home Market. Everything is scrupulously organic,
so very delicious. Louise says the
outdoor Farmer’s Market will be
opening in a few weeks.
In fact, let me share with you the
email I just received from her in case
you might want to stop by sometime
and here is her email address as well:
Louise Zaffiro -- ZaffiroL@central.
edu
Prairie Roots Home Market at
928 Broadway, pale stucco house,
two houses north of the square. Just
come to the back door and on down
the stairs--no need to knock.
Here is what is left:
** Organic Spinach-ve r y t ende r a nd sweet.
Washed and spun. $3 one left
* * O r g a n i c L e t t u c e M i x-beautif ul and delicious.
Washed and spun. $3 lots left
** Organic Black-seeded Simpson Let t uce - -lig ht g reen, attractive. Washed and spun. $3
** Organic Baby Kale--young
leaves of Red Russian kale. Milder
than full-grown. Use in salad or very
lightly saute. Washed and spun. $3
** Organic Spicy Mix--spicy
mustard greens. Add to salad or
lightly saute. Washed and spun. $3
** Organ ic M i ld M i x- -m ild
A s i a n g r e e n s . I n cl u d e s p a k
choy, tatsoi, baby kale, mizuna
and more. Washed and spun. $3
**
Organic
Lettuce
Heads--try
these.
$2
She usually has her home shopping
days on Thursdays and Fridays until
the outdoor Pella Farmer’s Market
begins for the season. Here are the
hours and dates for the outdoor market:
Market Hours
Thursdays 3–6 p.m.
Saturdays 9–11 a.m. June-August
The Pella Farmers’ Market runs
from May to October and is quite
unique in that all the items must be
made or grown personally and locally.
The Farmers’ Market is located at
First Reformed Church (603 Broadway)- one block north of campus.
That’s it for week, see you next time!
WPU Theatre
Department to
Perform ‘Vintage
Hitchcock’
OSK ALOOSA – Take a t r ip
through radio drama with William
Penn Theatre Department’s production of “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live
Radio Play” by Joe Landry. The show
presents three tales immortalized by
the famous master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock: “The Lodger”, “Sabotage”, and “The 39 Steps.” Shows will be on Friday, April 15
and Saturday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. at
the McGrew Center for the Fine Arts. This play features live sound effects and a set designed by Penn’s
own Set Construction class. “Hitchcock is one of my favorite
directors, and his stories are legendary,” says director and WPU Theatre
Instructor Andy McGuire. “There are
few people that have had such an effect on filmmaking like Alfred Hitchcock.” The theater department at William
Penn University and the staff of the
George Daily Auditorium invite you
to come out and support the growing
theatre group and cheer them on in
support of their hard work. For more
information, contact Andy McGuire
at youth@georgedaily.org.
Society
The Sun
5
Rocket Archers Raise Funds for Trip
to Nationals
BY RD KEEP
THE SUN
FREMONT – Lions Club members in Fremont are known for the
dedication to their community and
its young people. To that end each
first Saturday of the year is breakfast
to support those activities.
April 2 the Lions Club gathered
along a group of middle school students to support another cause – the
return of the Rocket Archery Middle
School team to the national tournament. The breakfast was held at the
Fremont Community Center. The
team qualified for the second consecutive year to travel to Louisville,
Kent. May 12-14 at the Kentucky
Expo Center.
Two-dozen middle school archers
and a freshman shooter will be making the trek seeking to be one of the
best archers in the country and a shot
at making the world tournament.
“The team finished in the top
third last year at Nationals,” said
Rob Pilcher, one of the coaches for
the team. “Our team finished third
in the state this year.”
Taylor Rea, 13, is making her first
trip to Nationals, not a bad feat for
one who is in her first year of shooting.
“I am excited to get to go and I’m
glad our team is going,” said Rea.
“Our whole middle school team is
going. We have some good archers.”
Pilcher is also pleased with her
prowess as an archer. A perfect score
in archery is 300.
“She started shooting in the 220s
and now is in the 280s, so she has
done well,” said Pilcher. “It will be
good for her and the others to meet
kids from all over the country.”
Another 13-year old Matt Dalbey
will also be making his first trip.
“I am also excited to go,” said Dalbey. “I hope we do pretty well there.
I’m a little nervous.”
Dalbey and Rea both hope to focus on the event as just another tournament.
Middle school team members
making the trip to Louisville include, Wyatt Brinegar, Matt Dalbey,
Shanna Fellows, and Sage Fletcher.
Koleen Good, Lute Judy, Abby
Knowler, Max Knowler, Jordan
Marshall, Audrey Matlock, Emma
McDonough, Jerrick Middlesworth,
Jatin Moore, Dillon O’Brien, and
Taylor Rea.
Also, Eric Schutt, Sarah Schutt,
Lincoln Thornbrugh, Mason Thornbrugh, Luke Van Blaricon, Sophie
Venator, Jay Vroegh, CJ Waldren
and Lauren Wells, Sydney Collett,
Case Glosser, Jax Brittain, Lily Davis, Rain Fletcher, Hanna Grunig,
Zoey Nichols, Kylee Schmitz, Tyler
Schutt, Sam Seddon, Jay Vroegh,
and Tyler Vroegh.
Rounding out the team are, Lydia
Judy, Cael Lenox, Mikel Matusick,
Der rick Middleswor th, Broady
Moore, Bryce Roquet, Max Scharff,
Emmet Van Zante, Ean Bowen, Logan Collett, Kennedi Crosby, Jason
Harter, Preston Howrey, Emma
Lenox, Emilee Landtiser, Tylor Roe,
Garrett Scharff, Coby Schmitz,
Sam Scholtus, Bryce Siefker, Kolin
Speer, Ephraim Van Zante, Alex
Brittain, Bryce Dalbey, Sarah Davidson, Jonathan Edge, Jessie Fisher,
Michael Harter, Brandt Hughes, Lex
Judy, Rylie Lathen, Jason Pilcher,
Talon Roe, Triston Roe, Payton
Scharff, Levin Waldren and Morgan
Wells.
A huge crowd gathered at the Fremont Community Center April 2 to
support the Rocket Middle School archery team as they raise funds for
their trip to the Archery Nationals. RD Keep Photo
EBF Hosts DC Relays
EDDY V I LLE – E ddy v ille Blakesburg-Fremont High School
played host to the Dennis Anderson
Relays on behalf of David County
April 5. The event was moved to Eddyville because of poor track conditions in Bloomfield.
EBF accumulated 137 points to
place second behind Albia, who had
156. Davis County was third with
135.
“What a night of cold and wind
for a track meet,” said EBF Coach
Gladys Genskow. “Will this weather
ever let up. EBF competed at home
with hosting the Dennis Anderson
Co-Ed Relays held at EBF due to
poor track conditions at Davis County.
“We competed well accomplishing second place and with the throwers setting personal bests in their
events.” EBF used first place finishes in
three relays and Karlie Taylor’s win
in the 100 hurdles to boost their finish. Sara Loving took first in the
discus with a throw of 84-feet 8.5
inches. Taylor won the hurdle event
in 16.83 seconds. Taylor was the anchor on the shuttle hurdle relay. Briana Ver Steegh, Torie Alexander and
Jade Johnson ran the first three legs.
Emma Bunnell, Lexi Taylor, Reina
Taylor and Taryn Swartz ran to first
in the distance medley in 4 minutes
58.12 seconds. Swartz, Ver Steegh,
Bunnell and Reina Taylor also won
the final event of the night, the 1600
relay, in 4:38.13.
Alexander, Kelsie Maize, Lexi
Taylor and Taylor Caves ran second in the sprint medley in a time of
4:38.13. Maize, Grace Manternah,
Freshman Alex Brittain, who finished fourth at the state tournament,
will also be competing.
“This is a great sport for kids,”
said Pilcher. “These kids are good.
It is possible that sometime one of
them can be part of the Olympic
shooting team.”
Who knows, could one of these
archers join the likes of Haley Dunn,
Lisa Eagen, Randy Wilson and Katie
Burnett who have inked their name
to various Olympic teams. Only time
and talent will tell.
Maddy Keegel, and Kacie Flaig was
second in the 3200 relay in 12:38.32
Bunnell picked up a runnerup
spot in the long jump with a leap of
15-5.5.
Lily Hastings and Flaig each
picked up third place finishes. Hastings took bronze in the 3,000 in
14:50.09, while Flaig ran the 1500 in
6:13.82.
Genskow was pleased with the efforts of her team.
“As a team, we will continue to work
hard and strive to do our best to better our times, jumps and throws in
all our events. I am proud of how all
of the girls battled through the conditions and never gave up.”
Karlie Taylor continued her prowess in the 100 hurdles winning at the Dennis Anderson Relays. She also
won the event last week at Belle Plaine, pictured here. MAP Photo by Adam Meier
FIRST Lego League Expo to be Held
at WPU
OSK A LOOSA – Jr. FIR ST
LEGO® League (Jr. FLL) is a program for children in kindergarten
through third grade to learn more
about basic engineering, teamwork,
communication, and research skills.
There are seven teams in Mahaska
County and they will showcase all
of their hard work and learning at
the Jr. FLL Expo on Monday, April
11 between 6–8 p.m. at the Musco
Technology Center on the William
Penn University campus. The Jr.
FLL season lasts 6–8 weeks long
and in that time, participants work
with screened volunteer adult coaches and mentors to build a LEGO
model with at least one moving part.
They also work together to complete
research on their team-selected topic.
This year’s Jr. FLL Challenge
theme is “Waste Wise”, which encourages members to think about
where their trash goes and the importance of recycling. Several teams
have had guest speakers visit their
meetings or they have gone on field
trips to complete their research. Everything the members have learned
will be included on their Show Me
poster that will be on display during
the Expo on April 11. The seven Jr.
FLL teams in Oskaloosa are coordinated by Mahaska County 4-H.
Each participant has registered and
become a member of Clover Kids.
The public is invited and encouraged to stop by the Jr. FLL Expo
on April 11 to check out all of the
learning that has taken place this
season. Teams have been meeting
since early February and are excited
to showcase all of their hard work.
The William Penn Computer Club
will be providing $4 meals, which is
your choice of a sloppy joe or grilled
cheese, fruit or cookie, chips, and a
drink. All teams will be recognized
at the end of the event with certificates and medals. To learn more
about Jr. FLL and the Jr. FLL Expo,
please visit www.extension.iastate.
edu/mahaska, call 641-673-5841, or
email vermeera@iastate.edu.
Legals & Local News
6 The Sun
Mahaska County Board of Supervisors
March 21, 2016
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors
met in regular session on the above date at 9:00
a.m. in the third floor conference room of the
Mahaska County courthouse. Present were the
following board members: Chairman – Henry
VanWeelden; Vice chairman – Mike Vander Molen; Member – Mark Doland. Also present were
Eduardo Zamarripa, Jason Madison, CRI; Ken
Allsup, Osky News; Hailey Brown, Osky Herald;
George Henry, KBOE; Dave Sedivec, Conservation Director; Dave Shanahan, County Engineer; Ben Hoskinson, IRVM; Deann DeGroot,
MCARD; Jeff Heil and Michael Hart, Northland
Securities; John Van Zante and James Howrey,
City of Fremont; Dave Phelps; Crystal JimenezBoender; Cornie Brouwer; Mark Groenendyk;
Steve Wanders; Kaleb Groenenboom; Mike
Schrock; Mark Willett; Dave Krutzfeldt; Andrew
Jensen; Beth Danowsky; Valinn McReynolds;
Trevor Wells; Alven Meppelink; and Susan
Brown, Mahaska County Auditor.
This meeting was filmed by Communications
Research Institute of William Penn University.
Chairman VanWeelden opened the meeting
at 9:00 a.m. with a moment of silence.
It was moved by Doland seconded by Vander
Molen to approve the agenda for today’s meeting. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
Molen to open the public hearing on Ordinance
#24 – Mahaska County Speed Ordinance. All
present voted aye. Motion carried. Engineer
Shanahan provided history regarding the decision to make the change. There were no written
comments. It was moved by Vander Molen seconded by Doland to close the public hearing.
All present voted aye. Motion carried.
It was moved by Vander Molen seconded
by Doland to approve the first reading of Ordinance #24. All present voted aye. Motion carried. Seconded reading on next agenda April 4,
2016.
Dave Sedivec presented Conservation Department report and it was placed on file.
Deann DeGroot presented monthly report for
MCARD and it was placed on file.
Molen to approve addition of Barb Van Patten
as seasonal Roadside Technician in the IRVM
Department effective April 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 at a rate of $14.00/hour. The
position will not exceed 1560 hours. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
Molen to approve the Notice of Destruction of
Noxious Weeds as presented by Ben Hoskinson, Mahaska County Weed Commissioner. All
present voted aye. Motion carried. The auditor
was directed to publish the notice for 2016 in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 317
of the Code of Iowa.
Northland Securities representatives Jeff
Heil and Michael Hart presented information on
bonding scenarios for projects on the LOST ballot May 3rd.
John Van Zante and James Howrey from the
City of Fremont presented a request for funding
for the city’s planned updates to two city playgrounds. No action was taken.
by Doland to approve minutes from March 7th
meeting. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
It was moved by Vander Molen seconded by
Doland to approve the following resolution. All
present voted aye. Motion carried.
Resolution Number 2016-07
A RESOLUTION APPROVING FY17 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND TO ASSIGN
FUNDS AND APPROVE TRANSFERS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAHASKA
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS to:
(1) Approve the attached 10-year Mahaska
County Improvement Plan;
(2) Approve the following transfers to the
Capital Improvement Fund;
General
Future Conservation Environmental
Learning Center
$20,000
Disaster Recovery System
$10,000
Courthouse Buildings and Grounds
$25,000
Conservation Tractor
$25,000
Supervisor Replacement Vehicle
$3500
Rural Services
Sanitarian Replacement Vehicle
$3,500
(3) Assign the following:
General
Future Conservation Environmental
Learning Center
$180,000
Disaster Recovery System
$10,000
Courthouse Building and Grounds
$50,000
Conservation Tractor
$25,000
Supervisor Replacement Vehicle
$3,500
Courthouse Server Replacement
$5,000
Total Assigned:
$273,500
General Supplemental
Total Assigned:
$0
Rural Services
Sanitarian Replacement Vehicle
$3,500
Total Assigned:
$3,500
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
21st day of March, 2016.
Signature s/Henry VanWeelden
Chairperson, Mahaska County
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST: s/Susan L. Brown
Doland to approve the following resolution. All
present voted aye. Motion carried.
Resolution Number 2016-08
Economic Development Funding Resolution
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Mahaska County
Board of Supervisors that:
1. The state of Iowa generally and the Mahaska County, Iowa, in particular have in the
past several years experienced adverse economic effects, including the loss of businesses
and erosion of tax base and out-migration of
population.
2. The economy of Mahaska County is not
sufficiently diversified to provide a stable economic base but is in large part dependent on
agriculture and agribusiness.
3. The current economic problems in the
agriculture and agribusiness industries have
reached sufficiently serious proportions that the
general welfare of the citizens of the County is
threatened thereby.
4. It is therefore in the best interest of the
citizens of Mahaska County, Iowa to take steps
reasonably calculated to lead to diversified economic development in Mahaska County, Iowa.
5. That Mahaska County does not have sufficient resources to hire a Director of Economic
development as a county employee and lacks
sufficient resources to effectively operate an
economic development program on its own.
6. Other cities and counties in Iowa, re-engaging in economic development efforts.
7. Therefore, Mahaska County, Iowa finds
that it is in the best interests of its citizens to cooperate with the cities in Mahaska County, Iowa
and the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group, a non-profit corporation, as well as
other organizations which may arise in order to
promote diversified economic development in
Mahaska County, Iowa.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Mahaska County, Iowa has and will continue to
support in efforts to enhance economic development by its financial contribution to such
effects as Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development, Mahaska Community Recreation
Foundation; Mahaska County Agricultural and
Rural Development and Tri County Development.
s/Henry VanWeelden,
ATTEST: s/Susan L. Brown,
Mahaska County Auditor
Doland to approve Class C Native Wine liquor
license with outdoor service and Sunday sales
for Tassel Ridge Winery expiring April 30, 2017.
All present voted aye. Motion carried.
Doland to approve Employee Assistance Program one year contract with Mahaska Health
Partnership to be effective beginning July 1,
2016 contingent on addendum to employee
handbook. All present vote aye. Motion carried.
Contribution to Animal Shelter building project was tabled.
Molen to authorize chair to execute a release of
information to be forwarded to the FSA office
regarding county farm data. All present voted
aye. Motion carried.
Kaleb Groenenboom read a proposal from
the group Residents for Rural Roads that
should vote fail in unincorporated area at LOST
Special Election, May 3, 2016, ballot language
for a subsequent vote would include 80% for
maintenance/construction of secondary roads
and 20% for construction of Environmental
Learning Center. No action taken.
Committee Reports: Vander Molen - Solid
Waste is working toward holding a household
hazardous waste pickup day annually. Doland
- Central Iowa Detention Center has outgrown
space is planning addition. Vander Molen –
talked about awareness of a recent ruling on
open meetings in relation to using proxy and
agents.
Public Comments: Mark Willett reported that
One Mahaska has been educating small groups
throughout the county regarding projects on
LOST election ballot.
Doland to adjourn. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
Henry VanWeelden, Chairman
Attest: Susan L. Brown, Auditor
Mahaska County Auditor - Accounting
March 2016 Claims
General Basic Fund Access Systems
Leasing 502.11 Agriland FS, Inc 117.35 Alliant Energy 200.00 Allied Gas & Chemical
500.00 American Home Finding Assoc 912.25
Larry Ancell 24.00 Dennis Antolik 24.00 Bert
Bandstra 24.00 Bankers Leasing Company
125.32 Derek Bemis 681.00 Phil Bloem 24.00
Eileen Blom 24.00 Lyle Blom 24.00 James Q
Blomgren Atty 235.00 Loren Bolkema 24.00
Kevin Burnham 200.00 C H McGuiness Co Inc
309.81 Carpenter Uniform Co Inc 152.96 Carriker Ford Inc 93.17 CDI Computer Dealers
Inc 1128.80 CDW Gov’t, Inc 790.96 Central Ia
Dist Inc 624.20 Central Iowa Detention 6333.72
Certified Pest Control 62.00 Kabal Chauhan
200.00 Clemons Inc 500.00 COC-Oskaloosa
619.02 Consolidated Management Co. 6341.33
Roger Cox 46.94 Diane Crookham 64.97 DCI
40.00 Jerry DeBruin 24.00 Laura DeCook 10.00
Laurel DeJong 24.00 Kevin Deronde 24.00
Linda DeRonde 24.00 EMS Detergent Services 377.48 Fareway 49.79 Fins & Things
51.21 First Communications Dept 7811 20.12
Foundation II Inc 46.65 Four Oaks, Inc 1713.80
Jay Fox 36.00 Fund #22-911 Fund 23710.25
Fund #60 36736.50 Fund #9 LEC Maint. Fund
26250.00 Fund 8000 Crime Prevention Fun
24399.25 Paul Fynaardt 48.00 Gall’s 21.00 Lois
Harris 24.00 Hawkeye Trader 366.80 Jennifer
Huston 586.68 Hyvee 355.03 Ia Co Attorney
Case Management 400.00 Ia Communication
Network 112.12 Ia Nat’L Heritage Fd 300.00 IA
Prison Industries 185.08 Ia St Medical Examiner 3847.75 ICIT %Alissa Holtz 250.00 Indian
Hills Comm College 198.00 Indian Hills Reg
Development % 1000.00 ISSDA % Sheriff Bill
Sage 125.00 Mike Johnson 24.00 Kabel 100.00
Kelly Supply Co 210.60 Keyway Management
Corp LLC 200.00 Brad Kinkade 365.00
Lappin Tire 58.25 Lightedge Solutions 80.85
Local Disposal Inc 160.00 M & M Sales Company 332.08 Mahaska County Sheriff 6936.88
Mahaska Communication Group 2636.05 Mahaska County Treasurer 1835.87 Mahaska
Drug 1328.98 Mahaska Health Partnership
Beh 120.00 Mahaska Health Partnership Com
22157.08 Mahaska Rural Water Inc. 154.94
Mail Services LLC 1341.96 Malcom Lumber
Center 22.56 Charles McCrea 24.00 Brian McMillin 1500.00 Scott Medlin 200.00 Menards
60.52 Mid-America Publishing Corp 780.97
MidAmerican Energy 4345.37 Midwest One
Bank & Trust 96.05 Midwest Sanitation & Recycling 45.00 MilesTek 181.54 Scott Miller 100.00
Monroe Co Sheriff 6.98 NACVSO c/o Sarah
McGinty MC:00 330.00 National Sheriff’S Assoc. 112.00 Office Center Inc. 1215.79
Charles Oldham 48.00 Oskaloosa Herald
780.10 Oskaloosa Water Dept. 1132.58 Steve
Parker 36.00 Dr. Lloyd K. Phillips 200.00 Pitney Bowes 204.03 Rob Poe 24.00 Postmaster 395.00 Purchase Power 38.79 Ron Reed
24.00 Roger Rodwell 24.00 Helen Roose 60.00
Lawrence A. Roose 60.00 Jayne Rozenboom
36.00 Steve Rozenboom 36.00 Jason Ryan
10.00 Jesse Sanders 20.00 Greg Scott 36.00
Secretary of State 30.00 Dave Sedivec 10.00
Larry Septer 8.47 Susan J. Sieren CSR 376.25
Sioux Sales Company 44.90 So IA Area Crime
Comm. 1381.63 Dr. Karen A Spahr 490.00 St
Luke’s Child Protection Cen 500.00 Sterling
Solutions 1450.00 Stravers True Value 629.84
Thomson Reuters-West 722.00 Tri County Inc
417.52 TruBank 42.96 United States Cellular
630.74 Jennifer Van Zante 24.00 Mike VanderHart 60.00 Ken Vanderlinden 60.00
Kevin VanDonselaar 24.00 Levi VanHemert 681.00 Connie VanPolen 43.40 Tommy
VanRenterghem 10.00 Alan VanWaardhuizen 200.00 Robert VanWeelden 24.00 Bernie
Veenstra 24.00 Jil Veldhuizen 48.00 Wayne
VerSteegh 24.00 VH Investments Inc %Shirley Ak 200.00 Visa 1777.23 Delwin Vonk 24.00
Walmart Community BRC 355.39 Leroy Wanders 24.00 Mildred Wanders 24.00 Dorothy
Wedgewood 10.00 Paul Weiland 12.00 Wiggs
Country Store 190.89 Wimactel Inc 55.00 Wymore Automotive 155.46 Courthouse Security Fund Racom Corporation 890.00 General
Supplemental Heslinga,Dixon, & Hite 288.00
Mahaska County Sheriff 9.70 Oskaloosa Herald 65.73 Eric J. Palmer Atty. 210.00 Pioneer
Cemetery Fund Visa 60.68
Crime Prevention Fund Mahaska County
Treasurer 264.09 Maintenance/Repair Law
Center Certified Pest Control 35.00 Kelly Supply Co 89.84 Local Disposal Inc 125.00 MidAmerican Energy 2427.66 Oskaloosa Water Dept.
880.88 MH/MI/MR/DD Services Fund Laura
Buch 88.06 CIT 95.49 CM&MHDS 473.00 Amber Denburger 132.65 Heather Gross 120.00
M & M Sales Company 46.25 Mahaska County
Sheriff 3208.54 Mahaska Communication
Group 174.24 Monroe Co Sheriff 73.58 Office
Center Inc. 23.24 Eric J. Palmer Atty. 180.00
Visa 84.30 Wapello County Auditor 1610.71
Rural Services Basic Fund Benco 3922.59
Carriker Ford Inc 30.00 Eric Dursky 113.12
Fund #09001 Maint. County/City 1250.00 Fund
#22-911 Fund 36482.25 Animal Shelter Fund
65 10750.00 Ben Hoskinson 26.49 Lappin Tire
15.00 Mahaska County Treasurer 188.69 Qual-
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Secondary Road Fund Ahlers & Cooney,
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1051.42 Continental Research Corp. 208.00
Doty’s 300.00 Douds Stone Inc 23109.64 Eddyville Lumber Co 54.41 Elliott Oil Company
40035.22 Force America, Inc 265.21 Frank
Dunn Company 789.00 GATR Truck Service
830.21 Haines Auto Supply 794.00 Hawkeye
Truck Equipment 50.43 Herberger Construction Co Inc 33500.00 Hotsy Cleaning Systems
630.00 Housby Mack Inc 2171.32 Hyvee 24.47
Ia Dept of Transportation 953.50 Inland Truck
Parts Co 1375.37 John Deere Financial Drost
Equ 522.16 Key Cooperative 589.45
Kimball Midwest 293.72 Lappin Tire 762.04
M & M Sales Company 163.03 M. Shrago &
Son 54.00 Mahaska Communication Group
143.98 Mahaska Rural Water Inc. 260.60
Manatts 4593.69 Martin Marietta Aggregate
65283.66 Mauer Supply Inc. 248.78 McGriffs of New Sharon 78.64 MidAmerican Energy 2814.47 Midwest Sanitation & Recycling
117.66 Midwest Trailer Plus Inc 286.70 Midwest
Wheel 1002.44 Morrissey Surveying 1464.00
Newman Traffic Signs 9993.62 O’Halloran Int’l
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Herald 12.20 Oskaloosa Quality Rental 50.00
Pamco, Inc 39.34 ProLine Bldgs 16.93 Rexco
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Cellular 219.12 Visa 240.00 Walmart Community BRC 20.54 Ziegler Inc. 8288.51
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M & M Sales Company 165.50 MidAmerican
Energy 3.29 MilesTek 258.45 Oskaloosa Glass/
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Visa 1372.25 Walmart Community BRC 158.22
Windstream 573.80 Local Option sales
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EMSLRC 25.00 E5 Group LLC 100.00
Gaudineer & George LLP 787.50 Hyvee
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300.00 ICAP 579.76 KB Auto Plus LLC 228.04
Kelderman Electronics 87.88 Local Disposal
Inc 46.00 Mahaska County Treasurer 99.41 Mahaska Health Partnership 40.00 Malcom Lumber Center 46.20 MidAmerican Energy 520.57
Musco Shirt & Sign Shop 181.00 O’Reilly Auto
Parts 76.90 Ottumwa Tent & Awning 32.00 Visa
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Central Ia Dist Inc 290.00 Certified Pest Control
36.00 Wanda Gardner 125.00 Heslinga,Dixon,
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Oskaloosa Small Animal Vet Cli 402.02
Pethealth Services 1430.00 Quality Scent
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Community BRC 161.12 Zoetis US LLC 607.95
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CITY OF FREMONT, IOWA
Meeting Minutes
April 4, 2016
The Fremont City Council met in regular
session Monday April 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. with
Mayor John VanZante presiding.
Council members present were James Howrey, Terrie McElroy, Yvonne Evans, and Brent
Swearingen. Max Marlin was absent.
Guest present: Jamey Robinson with Mahaska County Emergency Management, R.D.
Keep with The Sun, Crystal Jimenez-Boender,
Bri Dennison-District Representative for Congressman Loebsack.
Evans moved to approve the consent agenda consisting of the treasurer’s report, clerk’s
report, and minutes of meeting from March 7,
2016 and March 18, 2016 and claims list, seconded by McElroy. Ayes, Howrey, McElroy,
Swearingen, Evans.
Robinson address the council in regards to
the storm siren. The location where the current
siren is, will not work for the new storm siren
because of powerlines. The other location available is the corner of the city park or on a strip
of city property located behind the city’s pocket
park. Howrey made a motion to put the siren
behind the pocket park. Evans seconded. Ayes:
Howrey, Swearingen, McElroy, Evans.
No one from Mahaska County Sheriff’s Department attended the meeting to renew the
28E Agreement. No action taken.
Spring clean-up is scheduled for Thursday
May 5, 2016. The tire trailer will take 6 tires per
household.
The council increased the price of the remaining dirt the city has to 120.00 a load for
non-residents and residents can still get the dirt
at 40.00 a load.
Council discussed animal control. Current
city code does not state that owners of animals,
that have been impounded, need to show proof
of vaccinations. This will be on next month’s
agenda.
Swearingen made a motion to approve
Resolution #540 A resolution designating Alliant
Energy to place street lights in the City of Fremont, Iowa. Be it resolved by the City Council
of Fremont, Iowa that Alliant Energy will place
street lights at 534 West Main, 325 South Walnut, and 354 North Miles in the City of Fremont,
Iowa. Howrey seconded. Roll Call Vote: Ayes:
Evans, McElroy, Swearingen, Howrey. Nays:
None, Absent Marlin.
Howrey made a motion to approve buying
a Case 90C tractor and loader from Keokuk
County Implement Co. Cost is 38,500.00. Evans seconded. Ayes: Howrey, Swearingen, Evans, McElroy.
Swearingen made a motion to introduce
Ordinance # 2016-2, An Ordinance amending Fremont City Ordinance 3-3-19 relative to
placement of stop signs for first consideration,
amended by adding the following subsection
thereto 19. North Cumberland Street. Vehicles
traveling North and South on North Cumberland
shall stop at the intersection at East Washington. Howrey Seconded. Roll Call Vote: Ayes;
Evans, McElroy, Swearingen, Howrey. Nays:
None. Absent: Marlin. First consideration adopted.
thereto 20. North Chestnut Street. Vehicles
traveling North and South on North Chestnut
shall stop at the intersection at West Washington. Howrey Seconded. Roll Call Vote: Ayes;
McElroy, Swearingen, Evans, Howrey. Nays:
None. Absent: Marlin. First consideration adopted.
thereto 21. North Pine Street. Vehicles traveling North and South on North Pine shall stop
at the intersection at East Washington. Howrey
Seconded. Roll Call Vote: Ayes; Swearingen,
McElroy, Howrey, Evans. Nays: None. Absent:
Marlin. First consideration adopted.
thereto 22. North Miles Street. Vehicles traveling North and South on North Miles shall stop
at the intersection at Kennedy Street. Howrey
Seconded. Roll Call Vote: Ayes; McElroy, Howrey, Swearingen, Evans. Nays: None. Absent:
Marlin. First consideration adopted.
No action taken on building permit for 302
South Pine Street. No information was provided
before the council meeting.
No action taken on building permit for 448
East Washington Street. No information was
provided before the council meeting
Howrey made a motioned to adjourn, seconded by Swearingen. Ayes: McElroy, Howrey,
Swearingen, Evans. Meeting adjourned at 8:30
p.m.
Attest: Nancy Reed, City Clerk
CITY OF FREMONT, IOWA
CLAIMS
April 4, 2016
Bruce Caves, Payroll
$3,904.03
Nancy Reed, Payroll
$1,945.94
Alliant Energy, Electricity
$1,092.68
Area 15, Rental Inspections
$80.00
Arnold Moter Supply, Supplies
$11.32
Bank Iowa, Safe Deposit Box Rent
$70.00
Bruce Caves, Remiburement
sewer shipment
$16.56
Casey’s, Gas
$40.67
Cedar Township Trustees, Cemetary
payment 2016/2017
$5,289.56
Certified Pest Control,
Pest Control 3/1/16
$19.50
City of Fremont, Reimburse Petty Cash $13.48
City of Fremont, Petty Cash
$37.52
Continental Research,
Whack 6 Gallons
$449.68
Dickinson Company,
$10,200.00
Partial Payment Siren
EBF School, Local Option
$458.36
Sales Distribution
Fremont Country Store, Supplies
$136.01
Heslinga Law, Legal
$60.00
ICAP, ICAP Insurance
$4,438.52
Ipers, Retirement
$831.18
IRS, Federal Deposit
$1,448.05
Keystone, Samples
$106.50
Mahaska E911 Center,
Fee for Services
$11,923.00
Mahaska Rural Water, Water Bill
$20.00
Mahaska Rural Water,
Local Option Sales Distribution $2,062.60
Mid-American, Gas
$222.30
Postmaster, Stamps
$49.00
The Sun, Subscription to newspaper
$37.00
Steve Roquet, Rock Hauled
$122.53
The Office Center, Supplies
$125.00
The Oskaloosa Herald, Legal /Budget $139.06
Windstream, Telephone/Internet
$210.07
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Mahaska County
Board of Supervisors
April 4, 2016
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors
met in regular session on the above date at 9:00
a.m. in the third floor conference room of the
Mahaska County courthouse. Present were the
following board members: Chairman – Henry
VanWeelden; Vice chairman – Mike Vander Molen; Member – Mark Doland. Also present were
Eduardo Zamarripa, Jason Madison, CRI; Ken
Allsup, Osky News; Hailey Brown, Osky Herald;
Emery Songer, KBOE; Dave Sedivec, Conservation Director; Dave Shanahan, County Engineer; Jamey Robinson, EMA; Heather Gross,
Community Services Director; Darin Hite, IT
Coordinator; Beth Danowsky; Crystal JimenezBoender; Bri Dennison; Scott VanVeldhuizen;
Mark Groenendyk; Brandon Groenendyk; and
Susan Brown, Mahaska County Auditor.
This meeting was filmed by Communications Research Institute of William Penn University.
Chairman VanWeelden opened the meeting
at 9:00 a.m. with a moment of silence.
Doland to approve the agenda for today’s meeting. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
It was moved by Doland seconded by
Vander Molen to approve the minutes of March
21st meeting. All present voted aye. Motion
carried.
by Doland to approve March bills in the amount
of $639,956.21. All present voted aye. Motion
carried.
Public comments: None
Doland to adjourn. All present voted aye. Motion carried.
Henry VanWeelden
Attest: Susan L. Brown
Mahaska County Auditor
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NM won the meet with a score of 177
followed by Montezuma at 208 and
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Holden Jansen was low for Lynnville-Sully with a 48. All four players for Montezuma scored in the 50s.
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50+ Club News
SUBMITTED BY ART KENNIS
CLUB PRESIDENT
On April 4 the 50+ Club hosted a
program with the Pella Tulip Queen
and her court at the New Sharon
United Methodist Church McVay
Family Center with 54 members and
guests.
Serving committee was Nickie
Duinink and Lois Ford, with the help
of Faye Knowler. There were other
club members who helped clean up
after the meal. The tables were decorated with spring flowers and tulips
and candy.
Birthdays for April: Nickie Duinink, Diana Pollard Dixie Wheeler,
Jean Davis, Arlene Fox
Guests from Pella Carol Williamson, Kim Bolt, Kim Bandstra,
Lori Parisee, Darla DeHaan. Glenda
Van Woerkom (Court Mom), Desha
Bruxvoort (Court Mom). Pastor Ter-
ry Pollard gave the table blessing.
The Queen, Miss Maria Bandstra,
daughter of Rob and Kim Bandstra,
and her court presented their program. Her Royal Court Attendants
include: Taylor Bolt, daughter of
Kevin and Kim Bolt; Elyse Parisee,
daughter of Steve and Lori Parisee;
Shanae Burch Dehaan, daughter of
Matthew Burch and Daria De Haan;
and Anne Williamson, daughter of
Gene and Carol Williamson.
T he theme for this year is
“Blooming, Charming, Delightful
Tulip Time 2016.”
Our club members and guests
who had Birthdays in April came up
front and were centered in the circle
and the Queen and her court danced
around them. Our program for May
is Barbara Tininenko playing the accordion.
Pella Tulip Queen and court: Pella Tulip Time Queen and her court
presented a program at the 50+ Club meeting in New Sharon. Pictured
are, Elyse Parisee, Taylor Bolt, (Queen) Maria Bandstra, Anne
Williamson, and Shanae DeHaan-Burch.
EBF Board Accepts Resignations
EDDY V I LLE – Eddyville Blakesburg-Fremont Community
School District Board of Directors
met March 21 in regular session and
approved three staff resignations
effective at the end of the current
school contract year. They also held a
public hearing on the proposed budget for 2016-17.
Br uce Severson opened the
m e e t i n g w it h t h e h e a r i n g o n
t he budget. Later in the meeting
the board approved the budget and
district levies. No comments were
received from the public during the
hearing.
Board members agreed to accept
the resignation from Chris Sampson, junior and senior high business
teacher; Justin Bahl, as junior and
senior high math; a n d Kyrie Yarkosky, as junior-senior high math.
The teaching positions will be advertised immediately.
During the public comment portion of the meeting concerns and
issues were addressed to the board.
Aaron Angle addressed the board
regarding technology and accountability concerns at the high school.
Matt Waldren addressed the board
regarding baseball concerns.
Jason Boyer provided information
to the board regarding accountability and lack of communication at the
high school. He initially followed the
chain of command but did not feel
like the situation was resolved; therefore, he addressed the board with his
concerns. The board addressed the
administration and asked for feedback noting the concerns.
Summer coaches for baseball and
softball were on the agenda, but only
softball coaches were approved. Jarrah Jensen was approved as an assistant coach and Kylie Batterson as a
volunteer coach. The approval for the
baseball coaches died due to a lack of
motion. The coaching positions will
be on the next board agenda.
CD Brinegar, FFA President,
introduced Allison Angle, AgriPower Alumni Association. Angle
provided information on the low
number of agriculture teachers that
are coming out of college. The Ag
industry is very competitive nationwide, which in turn pulls qualified
individuals out of the teaching career
path. Angle offered support for the
student teacher currently working
with current Ag instructor Patrick
Powers and listed additional classes
that could be offered to the program.
The Agri-Power Alumni Associa-
Eddyville Museum Readies for
New Season
EDDYVILLE – Eddyville Museum will meet on April 21 for their
annual business meeting. There will
be some new exhibits to look at and a
short program. This meeting serves
as the kick-off for the annual membership drive. Membership is $10 for
a single membership and $20 for a
family. Members receive a quarterly
newsletter with information about
meetings and special events, displays and upcoming activities.
Eddyville Museum will be opening soon for the season with some
new displays.
On display will be the Jabish P.
Eddy’s Trading Post Ledgers and
also some interesting artifacts and
replicas of clothing and other items
that may have been available at the
trading post at the time Eddyville
was settled.
On display at the museum will
be some special collections, such as
cookbooks dating to the 1920s and
earlier, a collection of hat pin and
hats worn during another era, a bell
collection and others yet to be deter-
mined.
Our summer activities include
plans to teach children to play many
different games that were part of
the pioneer children’s lives. It is our
hope to show not only the fun part
of growing up in the 1840s but also
things that kept every child busy
during their childhood.
History related programs continue with the Eddyville Elementary
fifth and sixth graders.
Mark Brandt
tion would like to have the student
teacher mentored by the current staff
in order to have a smooth transition
in the program once Powers retires.
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Dr. Dean
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Mahaska County Sports
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NM Second at Osky Relays
OSKALOOSA – Colton Davis
collected points in the field events
and Madison Fawcett helped score
from the track as North Mahaska’s
boy’s track team scored 104 points
to finish second in Class B at the
89th annual Osky Relays. The North
Mahaska girls placed sixth with 43
points.
Davis won the shot put with a
throw of 46-feet 1-inch and took second inn the discus with a throw of
111-09. Centerville’s Tate Felton won
the discus at 131-09. Fawcett picked
up a pair of runnerup finishes. He ran
second in the 100 meters, 12.53, and
200 meters, 25.02.
Chris Kubli and Andrew Goemaat
picked up individual gold to bolster
the NM run. Kubli won the 400 meters in 52.79 and Goemaat raced to
first in the 1600 in 5:11.27. Gage Van
Gorp also earned a runnerup spot in
the 110 hurdles with a run of 19.44.
Other individuals earning points
were Seth Edmundson taking third in
the long jump with a leap of 17-9.5,
and Dylan Comstock was fourth in
the 100 in 12.78.
North Mahaska added a pair of wins
in the distance relays. The 3200 relay team of Goemaat, Edmundson,
Jarrett Stodghill and Kubli won in
9:17.97. The 1600 medley team of
Brandt Fleener, Van Gorp, Cole
Rozendaal and Stodghill won in
4:13.65.
Fleener, Jakob Bortell, Van Gorp
and Edmundson ran fourth in the 800
relay in 1:46.62.
“Competing short handed, the
boys came within 10 points of winning the their class,” said coach Steve
Ehret. “They finished second scoring
104 points. The boys had many outstanding performances.”
Girls Results
McKenna Worrall was the top
point earner for the North Mahaska
girls. She placed second in the discus hurling the disc 74-01. She was
third in the shot with a put of 25-11.5.
Bailey Wanders placed fourth in the
3000 in 13:57.64 and fifth in the 1500
in 7:04.89.
Morgan Sampson picked up a fifth
place finish in the 100 hurdles run-
NM Boys Run at Pekin
PEKIN – North Mahaska dodged
raindrops and wind Thursday in running at the Pekin Invitational. The
Warhawks picked up a pair of first
place finishes, but garnered five seconds, four thirds and four fourth places. No team scores were provided.
“The boys traveled to Pekin to
compete in the Panther Relays,” said
NM Coach Steve Ehret. “The boys
scored 99 points finishing second in
the cold and the wind, a typical Pekin
meet.
Coleton Davis picked up two wins
taking the shot with a put of 46 feet.
He won the shot with a throw of 12208. Teammate Alex Mitchell was
right behind him for second with a
toss of 105.
Chris Kubli had a pair of runn-
ning the distance in 23.21. Shianna
Buchanon notched sixth in the 800 in
3:08.69.
The best relay finish came in the
3200 relay behind the running of
Brooke Criswell, Buchanon, Andrea
Loving and Victoria Murphy. The
quartet finished in 12:45.73. The 800
relay team of Brooke Criswell, Buchanon, Loving and Victoria Murphy
placed fifth in 2:18.77.
Class B Boys
1. Pella Christian 114
2. North Mahaska 104
3. Ottumwa
95
4. Pella 90
5. Centerville
86
6. Oskaloosa
16
Class B Girls
1. Sigourney
133
2. Pella Christian 120
3. Ottumwa
66
4. Tie, Oskaloosa 58
Bondurant-Farrar 58
6. North Mahaska 43
7. Pella
31
8. Albia
5
erup finishes. He was second in the
800 meters in 2:12.55, behind first
place Ryan Millikin of Pekin. Kubli
was second in the 400 in 53.0. Madison Fawcett was second in the 200 in
24.06. He added a third place in 11.78.
Andrew Goemaat took third in
the 1600 in 5:08. Gage Van Gorp was
fourth in the 110 hurdles with a time
of 19.3.
The 3200-relay team of Goemaat,
Jarrett Stodghill, Seth Edmundson
and Kubli was second in 9:28.0. The
distance medley was third with Van
Gorp, Cole Rozendaal, Edmundson
and Stodghill in 4:18.0 and the Warhawks took fourth in the 400 and 800
relays.
This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides in the hopes that it
will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a partnership between this
newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper Association.
Donna Lee Marshall
Monday, January 8, 1996, Donna Lee Marshall
was found in her southeast side Iowa City mobile
home with a gunshot wound to the head. She died
the following day. Donna’s 7-year-old daughter
Tiffany discovered her mother lying on the living
room floor of their trailer around 3 p.m. She
ran outside to tell Donna’s boyfriend, Donald
Matthess, who had just picked up Tiffany from
school.
A search of the mobile home — located at
Lot 99 in the Bon-Aire Mobile Home Lodge —
yielded mostly prescription drugs and paperwork
pertaining to child custody. Authorities searched
both the mobile home and two cars that were
parked there. Investigators also took some child
custody documents addressed to Marshall and
letters from the state child support recovery unit
addressed to Matthess.
When Marshall divorced Scott Sweeting in
1989, Marshall was awarded custody of Tiffany.
Sweeting was granted visitation rights, but divorce
proceedings on file with the clerk of court showed
Sweeting petitioned the court in 1992 to grant full
custody to him. No final ruling had been made at
the time of Marshall’s murder.
DONNA LEE MARSHALL
| Age: 37|
Died: January 8, 1996
Hometown: Iowa City
Find out more about this and other unsolved
homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.
If you have any information about Donna
Chris Kubli, right, battles Pekin’s Ryan Millikin in the 400 meters. MAP
Photo by Adam Meier
Lee Marshall’s unsolved murder, please contact the
Iowa City Police Department at (319) 356-5275 or
email the Investigations Division at investigations@
iowa-city.org. You may also contact the Iowa
Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 7256010 or email dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us.
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VanderBeek Wins First Ever Race at Humboldt
HUMBOLDT, Kans.—In the 36
previous USMTS feature races he
competed in at the Humboldt Speedway since 2006, Zack VanderBeek
had never been the first to see the
checkered flag.
But Saturday night, during one
of the biggest and most prestigious
dirt modified races on the planet, the
31-year-old from New Sharon excited the final turn with nobody in his
way and collected not only his first
win at ‘The Hummer’ but the biggest
of his career in King of America VI
presented by Chix Gear.
“Man, it feels great to finally get
one here and to have it come during this event is something special,”
VanderBeek said. “The car was spot
on and the track was in great shape.
I’m just so grateful to my sponsors
and my crew that let me focus on just
driving the thing.
“We work hard, and it feels good
to see all those hours pay off.”
The 31st win of VanderBeek’s
USMTS career came with a $12,000
payday as he notched his name as the
sixth different driver in six years to
wear the King of America crown.
The winningest driver in USMTS
history at the Humboldt Speedway
and defending race winner Jason
Hughes set the pace for the start of
the 72-lap affair but it was first-timer
Kyle Strickler using the outside lane
to wrestle the lead away at the waving of the green flag.
Strickler set a torrid pace for the
first quarter of the race, pulling out
to as much as a ten-car-length lead
before finding back-markers for the
first time on lap 18.
In addition to trying to run down
the leader, Hughes had his hands full
with 2014 King of America winner
Rodney Sanders, and the pair continued their wheel-to-wheel tussle as
they joined Strickler in thick lapped
traffic.
Hughes slipped in front of Strickler as they came to the stripe to complete the 25th lap, and Sanders followed into the second spot one lap
later.
Sanders never let Hughes rest,
and when the defending USMTS
national champ brushed the outside
concrete wall on lap 32, he seized the
moment and powered his way into
the lead.
For the next 20 circuits, Sanders
ran away and hid as he seemingly
weaved his way through lapped traffic with relative ease.
He had built a full straightaway
cushion over Hughes and Strickler
when the race’s first caution waved
with 52 laps in the books.
After the restart, Hughes and
Strickler struggled to keep Sanders in their crosshairs while Hunter
Marriott charged past both Jeremy
Payne and Strickler to take over
third.
VanderBeek, who was sixth when
the yellow flag waved, climbed to
fifth on lap 54, fourth on lap 55 and
got around Marriott for third on lap
56 before caution again slowed the
action.
Using the shortest path around
the 3/8-mile clay oval, VanderBeek
disposed of Hughes when the green
flag reappeared. From there, he and
Sanders drove off to settle things by
themselves.
VanderBeek hounded Sanders for
the next six laps, and finally seized
the opportunity to get underneath
Sanders on the low side of turn 2.
The two drag-raced down the backstretch wand entered the corner door
to door.
They banged wheels a couple of
times on the exit of turn four, and
VanderBeek nosed ahead at the flagstand to lead for the first time on lap
63.
Sanders tried to keep the pressure
on, but VanderBeek eventually began to pull away and appeared to be
on his way to an easy victory when
the final caution flew with three laps
to go.
Nonetheless, VanderBeek nailed
a flawless restart and outran the field
the final three laps to score the win
and his third trip to Widow Wax Victory Lane in 2016.
A total of 106 cars and drivers
took part in King of America VIU
presented by Chix Gear.
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