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Eagle Grove Armory could be used as Career Academics facility

What’s InsIde School efforts to improve reading scores Page 2

Oct. 21 public meeting will look at possibility

Jacobsen’s Heritage Farm Page 2

By kIM DEMORy egeagle@goldfieldaccess.net

The Eagle Grove Area Chamber of Commerce has announced a public forum that will allow you to meet the candidates running for Eagle Grove City Council as well as the Mayoral candidates.

The public forum has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 22 beginning at 6 p.m. at Memorial Hall. All candidates have been invited, but are not guaranteed to attend.

Each candidate will have a time slot to introduce themselves.

Predetermined questions will then be asked to each of the candidates, with all given equal time to answer. The meeting will be mediated by Jason Cooper.

If you have a question you would like the candidates to answer, the Chamber is welcoming submissions for consideration. You may email your question(s) to: chamber@ eaglegrove.com; call them at 448-4821, or stop by the office at 121 N. Iowa Ave. The election is not too far away. Come and get to know what each of the candidates stand for, then head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Every vote counts.

Sheriff urges everyone to drive safely this harvest

By CLAE GOATER claengoater@gmail.com

Sheriff Jason Schluttenhofer wants Wright County motorists to take extra caution on our roadways during harvest season.

“As it gets busy with the farming going on, we’re going to be encountering some slow-moving vehicles out there,” Schluttenhofer said. “Leave a little early, and expect some delays. Maybe leave for work ten or fifteen minutes earlier. Pay attention on the blacktops and gravel roads. We don’t want any wrecks out there.“ Statewide, there have been 79 crashes with farm equipment in 2013, causing five fatalities. Most collisions occur when drivers rear-end farm equipment, or when passing motorists are struck by farm equipment making wide left turns. Traffic accidents with farm equipment are about five times more likely to cause fatalities than other types of accident.

Drivers should make sure to have their full attention on the road, and should watch out for slowmoving vehicles or vehicles with strange outlines. Farmers should make sure that their slow-moving vehicle emblems are well-maintained and recognizable. They should also make sure that their lights and reflectors are property maintained.

Drivers and farmers should make sure to clearly signal their intentions when turning or passing.

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Page 5 By kIM DEMORy egeagle@goldfieldaccess.net Since the City of Eagle Grove took possession of the Eagle Grove Armory earlier this year, there have been many ideas and suggestions as to what the space should be used for. Some have wanted to purchase the building and use as a business.

Others have suggested the City maintain ownership and use it as an indoor recreation type area. Another idea on the table is to use the space to set up a Career Academy. A public discussion about this option will be held on Monday, Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m. in the Eagle Grove Administration Building located at 325 North Commercial.

“This could be a good thing for Eagle Grove…if some residents from the community showed up to support the project, it may be a good thing,” said Eagle Grove City Administrator Mike Boyd.

So exactly what is a Career Academy? It provides high school students with the opportunity to enroll in course-specific classes geared towards career choices.

According to a Career Academy fact sheet, students would study all the basic courses and also a skill focused on a career path.

While enrolled in Career Academy, students are also able to participate in special activities and events that provide greater awareness of the

specific field and openings within that area.

Any student who participates in Career Academy is still eligible to participate in high school sports, clubs, and other activities.

The following school districts have discussed the possibility of Career Academics and will be at the Oct. 21 meeting in Eagle Grove: • Clarion-Goldfield • Eagle Grove • Fort Dodge Senior High • Humboldt • Northeast Hamilton • Saint Edmond • Webster City

A story to tell

Colleen Wiemerslage (left) was proud to be with Archie Willard (right) signing books at the Eagle Grove Memorial Library on Saturday, Oct. 12. Wiemerslage wrote the story of Willard’s life with dyslexia entitled Last Reader Standing. Also present for the book signing was publisher Bettie Youngs (center) who is originally from Eagle Grove. Photo by Kim Demory

Government shutdown and Veterans Tower Letters to the Editor Page 9 County to lend hand in Belmond tornado cleanup Page 12 Salute to EG firefighters Pages 14 & 15 Dick Bell Invitational Page 17 New business opens in Eagle Grove Page 18

Career opportunities/studies that will be discussed include: • Bio Fuels/Process Technology • Business • General Education • Manufacturing • Project Lead the Way STEM

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Dows Convention Center _______________________ Fall Book Sale Begins “This is more of a way to offer Saturday, October 19 more kids different opportunities,” 10:00 a.m. said Boyd. “Basically, it’s a way that EG Memorial Library many districts working together can All new items, no hold overs! offer kids more options to better fit Monarchs by the hundreds were traveling through Eagle Grove them to a successful career. I think last week as they were migrating to warmer weather. At one _______________________ it is exciting that we could host point, the bushes by Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran EG LIONS Club such a place using the Armory for Church at 400 W Broadway in Eagle Grove were completely Peace Poster Workshop a purpose that will benefit Eagle covered with the flying beauties. Photo by Kim Demory for ages 11-13 Grove for the long term.”

Monday, Oct. 21 3:30 - 5 p.m EG Public Library on Coordinator: Diane O’Hern _______________________ Options in the New Health Insurance Marketplace Thursday, October 24 6:30 p.m.

EG Memorial Library _______________________ EG Lions Club Halloween 5k Run/Walk Saturday, Oct. 26 8 a.m.

Registration and packet pickup at RBMS/EG Elementary Fundraiser for Diabetes Camp _______________________ Chamber Halloween Walk Friday, Nov. 1 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

EG Memorial Library and Downtown Eagle Grove _______________________ EG Beggars Night Friday, Nov. 1 5:30 p.m. start City of Eagle Grove _______________________ Annual Veterans’ Day Edition coming Nov. 7 in the A Chamber After Hours was held Friday, Oct. 11 at Urban Images, a new photography studio, owned by Jacci Hindt. It is located Eagle Grove Eagle at 110 SW 10th St., Eagle Grove. In addition to learning a little about Hindt, guests were able to have a little fun with a photography Submission Deadline booth, hence the wild and crazy accessories modeled above. For more on Urban Images and Hindt, turn to the back page of this Friday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. _______________________ week’s Eagle. Photo by Kim Demory

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Board hears about efforts to improve reading scores

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com The Eagle Grove Board of Education met in regular session this past Monday evening, and during reports from the administrators heard about various ways the middle school is using to improve students’ reading skills.

Principal Scott Jeske informed the Board that they have created many interventions to help students reading scores. “We created Step-Up reading, which is a class that nonproficient readers take in addition to their regular reading class,” said Jeske. He explained that the smaller numbers in the class allow teachers more one-on-one time for each individual student. He feels that while the regular reading class allows for the rich instruction that all students need, the Step-Up program allows them to work on reading strategies and individualized reading development.

“We are having an RTI, or Response to Intervention period,” continued Jeske. “This initiative helps struggling readers and math students. We also have students working on I-Station, which is a computerized program to help students read.”

Jeske also told them about a focus on reading for staff during this week’s Professional Development (PD) day. “They will be learning about ‘Close Reading’ and how to get students to dig into their text,” explained Jeske. “It is a teaching method where you have students spend time annotating a piece of literature chosen by the teacher to fit the curriculum they are presently working on.” The teachers also work on questioning that forces students to read the text passage. Jeske said they will do peer evaluations to monitor how it is being implemented in the building, and they will also look at their IPI data gathered two weeks ago which measures student engagement.

He also reported to the Board members that NWEA testing is taking place this week, and he will share the data at the next meeting.

Students will broaden their educational experience at two assemblies being held, one with illusionist David Korn who will talk, to both the elementary and middle school students, about working hard to reach your goals and the other with EGHS graduate Mike Goater

who is a Civil War reenactor.

He feels the Why-Try groups are going very well. Jeske works weekly with a group of boys on decisionmaking skills, while Beth Stephas works with several girls.

He reminded the Board that Robert Blue Middle School will host the annual Veteran’s Day program on November 11th at 1:30 p.m. The community is welcome to attend.

He also told the Board that the school’s math teachers are meeting with other area teachers from Webster City and ClarionGoldfield on the math curriculum, and that staff members Amy Ascherl and Amanda Johnston made a presentation on how the school has incorporated technology into the physical education curriculum at the ITEC convention.

Principal Mike Kruger reported on recent events in the elementary building. The entire student body and staff participated in the Fall Fitness Day as part of the statewide Healthiest State initiative. The group walked the track, with some students even jogging or running.

The Scholastic Book Fair was a big success, with over $2,400 worth of books sold which allowed Mrs. Weland and Mrs. Beebe to pick out $1,000 worth of new books for the library. $450 was received from Target for the Target Red Card program, and he hopes to soon receive around $600 worth of gift cards that were earned thru voting on Facebook.

He also told the Board that for their PD day they will study the Café (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary), which is the next step in the Daily 5 started a year ago. “Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Herrington will lead this,” said Kruger. “Teachers will have the opportunity to receive credit through Drake or Morningside, or for license renewal credit.”

He feels the Watch DOGS kickoff on September 24th went well. “I was happy with the turnout and we will continue to try to get more signed up,” said Kruger. He also plans on sharing how the peer observation system is doing at the next meeting.

Principal Jeff Siebersma highlighted a few recent happenings for high school students. He felt the pep rally went well and the dance had good attendance. “I think the time change worked well for that,”

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said Siebersma. He wishes to thank all the volunteers for helping make another successful The Dick Bell Invitational took place, and he looks forward to the district’s opportunity to host both the NCC meet and the state qualifying cross country meet at the Eagle Grove Golf Course.

He mentioned that students raised around $2,500 picking corn in Clarion, and that Tiffany Christensen was selected as KCCI’s Athlete of the Week.

In other action the Board: -approved the building principals, with Superintendent Jess Tolliver as alternate, as Level I investigators of any physical or sexual abuse complaints. Law enforcement personnel, including Eagle Grove Police and Wright County Sheriff’s Department, were approved as Level II. This is all unchanged from the previous year; -appointed Pat Manues to the County Conference Board and Elaine Schope to Our Foundation of the Future Board, and approved a list of 50 members of the School Improvement Advisory Committee; -approved a request from the high school band and choir for a trip to Chicago next April; -approved the second reading of the 500 Series Board Policy changes, and the first reading of various policy changes in the 600 Series; -heard from Tolliver that the boiler project in the Emerson building is coming along but might be pushed back to a November completion due to asbestos issues; -approved an addendum to the bus barn lease with the Fair Board.

The contract will be unchanged, but a 28E will be added to it which allows them to still take the rent out of the PPEL/SILO funds; -approved Tolliver making a request for additional Allowable Growth.

According to the Superintendent, while this will lower the tax rate it will also lower the district’s unspent balance; -approved a resignation from Smokey Wilburn as assistant football coach, and approved a contract for Terry Willard as bus driver; -approved two open enrollment requests to Clarion-Goldfield and one to Humboldt; -heard from Tolliver that the Department of Education Site Review will take place November 11-14.

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Pictured from left are Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation president, the Jacobsen family, and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

Jacobsen’s Heritage Farm one of Wright County’s oldest settlements By cLae goater claengoater@gmail.com Dennis and Cheryl Jacobsen knew that at least one of their farms had been in the Jacobsen family for over 100 years, but some research at the courthouse revealed that the Jacobsens owned three. The Jacobsens were recognized this year for owning two Century Farms, and one Heritage Farm.

Their Heritage Farm, which was purchased in 1856 by Dennis’ great-great-great-great grandfather Solomon Orcutt, has been in Jacobsen’s family for seven generations. That farm, located at 1469 310th St., was one of Wright County’s earliest settlements.

“The first settlement in Wright County was south of the Woolstock blacktop, and that was in 1854.

So that was only two years before this farm up here was purchased.

My relatives were some of the first settlers in this area,“ Jacobsen said.

Solomon Orcutt purchased 160acre plot for $640. “(The man who sold the land to Solomon) received the 160 acres from the U.S. government for his service in the military. That’s how the government was paying some of their military men, by giving them a parcel of land,” Jacobsen said. “They could either farm it, or if they wanted cash, they would have to find a buyer and sell it. He acquired it from the U.S. on June 4th of 1856. He owned it for a month, then he turned around and sold it and got his money.”

One of Jacobsen’s Century Farms, located at 320th St. was purchased in 1878 by Dennis’ great uncles, Walter and Charlie

Watkins. The Watkins’ paid $720 for the 80-acre plot. After their deaths, the Watkins’ passed the land on to Vernice Jacobsen, Dennis’ grandmother.

The Watkins’ were fairly successful businesspeople at the time.

“They started the phone company in Woolstock. They also ran the livestock buying station, and they ran the creamery in Woolstock.

They also had a threshing machine and a steam engine, so they would go around and thresh crops for other farmers in the community,” Dennis said. “They were some of the first ones to buy the machinery as it came along. In 1937, they purchased a WK40 McCormick-Deering tractor with a six-cylinder motor in it. To have a six-cylinder motor was basically like buying a four-wheel drive today. “ The Jacobsens’ second Century Farm, located at 3141 Franklin Avenue, was purchased in 1901 at a cost of $3,520 for 80 acres.

Dennis’s father, Virgil Jacobsen, began farming in 1941.

“When he started farming, he still had a team of horses. Out of all these generations that have owned and farmed the ground, I’m the only generation that never used horses,” Dennis said. “He got his first tractor in 41, the same year that he started farming. They didn’t use the tractor for everything. They still used horses for some things. “ The tractor that Virgil bought was the same WK-40 McCormickDeering that the Watkin’s bought in 1937.

“I still have it, and it goes up to the Power Show in Belmond every

year,” Dennis said.

As a child, Dennis attended a country school located on his Heritage Farm for several years.

Earlier, one of the Orcutts had donated an acre of their land for a country school to be built there.

“On the Heritage Farm, they gave an acre so the country school could be built on that corner. I went to that country school myself for five years before they closed down,” Dennis said. “I saved the old well pump, and that sits in the front yard out here. Where I used to go to country school, I now farm over that spot where I used to play on the swing set. Now I farm the ground.”

That country school house is now located at the corner of 7th Avenue and Wright St. in Eagle Grove.

Dennis began working with his father around 1970. Virgil continued to work on the farm regularly until around 1980. As of now, Dennis doubts that his children will ever farm on his land, but he hopes to keep it in the family all the same.

“I would assume hopefully they will still keep the ground. I’ve told them, if you keep the ground, it’s always rentable and there’s always an income coming from them. If you sell them and turn them into cash, somehow the cash seems to get away.

Then what do you end up having?”

Dennis said. “That farm groundsomebody will rent it. You can’t go find a piece of ground that nobody rents. It’s a good investment. And there may be a relative along down the road who might want to farm. “

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Senior Citizens take a trot around town Residents of Rotary Senior Living enjoyed the beautiful weather last week. With unseasonably warm temperatures and fall colors just starting to explode, residents climbed aboard a horsedrawn wagon ride around town on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Jim Kellner with Dream Carriage Rides out of Dakota City, brought his wagon, pulled by Digger and Trigger, to Eagle Grove where he gave numerous rides to residents, employees, and visiting family and friends. Many of the residents went more than once. Photo by Kim Demory

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Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward Mansfield talks court in the classroom

By KIM DEMORy egeagle@goldfieldaccess.net Have you ever wondered, just who are the Iowa Supreme Court Justices? What do they stand for?

What do they do? A select group of students at Eagle Grove High School got the opportunity to find out on Thursday, Oct. 10 when Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward Mansfield made a visit to their classroom.

The stop, according to Mansfield, is an effort being made by all Iowa Supreme Court Justices to have a more public presence. It is also an opportunity to talk about some of the decisions that the justices have made in the past, be they controversial or not.

One case Mansfield talked about was one that was familiar to many. An area dentist had hired an attractive assistant, then fired her at his wife’s request because her husband found himself attracted to her. The assistant who was fired sued on grounds of sexual discrimination.

Since the Iowa Supreme Court is an appellate court, no witnesses, juries, new evidence, or court reporters were involved. Instead, the justices simply looked at and reviewed the written records of the trial court to determine any major legal errors occurred.

The justices voted 7 - 0 that while the firing was unfair, it was not sexual discrimination.

“That decision was somewhat controversial and got some criticism,” Mansfield said.

He went on to talk about another controversial case they had heard. Was it okay for police to stop someone based on an anonymous tip?

The driver of a car was pulled over, despite the lack of doing anything wrong, based on a caller that said the driver had been drinking. According to Mansfield, the fourth amendment says you can’t stop a car unless there is probable cause or suspicion.

When the driver stopped, there was

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still no apparent problem, however, the driver was given a Breathalyzer, which he failed.

The Iowa Supreme Court Justices voted 4 - 3 that the stop was no good. Mansfield did not agree with this decision and was amongst the three judges who voted that the stop was legal. As a result, Mansfield wrote the descent, which is a public explanation of why the three who voted against it did so. A majority and a descent are always written after each vote to explain why the vote happened as it did and what their reasonings were behind it.

They are posted on their website A third case involved a man who wrote a book about his exwife. According to Mansfield, he published and sold the book on a self-publishing website. The exwife sued for defamation. The question before the Iowa Supreme Court Justices was could she sue if she couldn’t show she was actually harmed?

They decided in a 5 - 2 vote that she could sue the husband, but she could not sue the publishing company unless she could prove harm.

Mansfield said when he’s out talking to the public, they are always curious as to the strangest case he has ever heard. For him, it involved a man from Burlington who paid $50,000 to a company in Arizona to freeze (preserve) his head (should a cure be found later for the ailment).

When he died, the man’s brother and sister buried him instead, then contacted the company and asked for their brother’s $50,000 back.

The Cryal preservation company sued to have the body exhumed so they could follow through on the man’s wishes. They would even pay the fees involved.

It was ultimately decided that the paperwork was good and the body was exhumed so the head could be frozen. Mansfield said they weren’t there to make moral judgements, only to focus on the facts and it was decided it was no different than if a

Eagle Grove High School students listen carefully in the classroom how laws are made in the courtroom at the hands of Iowa Supreme Court Justices like Edward Mansfield, pictured above. Photo by Kim Demory will had not been followed. when I believe the defendant who While Mansfield could have committed the crime is guilty, but gone on and on about numerous because of some problem, will get a cases, he wanted to make it clear new trial or a reversal…but I have to how the courtroom is changing due follow the law,” Mansfield said. to technology and social media.

Justice Mansfield was appointed “It used to be criminal cases to the Iowa Supreme Court in 2011 dealt with one person’s word against by Governor Terry Branstad. His another,” Mansfield said. term will go through December Now, incidents between police 2017, when he will come up for reofficers and individuals/groups in election by the public. He received question are all recorded on DVD. his undergraduate from Harvard and “It’s an advantage for everyone earned his J.D. from Yale. involved,” Mansfield said.

Mansfield believes that have Social media, he added, is also Supreme Court Justices re-elected changing cases. In a divorce case, by the public every eight years is a for instance - both sides usually try good thing. to bring in the others’ Facebook “It forces the judges to go out accounts and things that were said and talk with people because we and/or posted about the other. know every eight years we could One case involved a juvenile lose our job,” he said. “There is who committed an assault at the some value in the end to making us high school. The judge demanded responsible to the people.” the juvenile’s Facebook password to There are approximately 1500 see if there was bragging about the cases that come before the Iowa incident or if they showed remorse. Supreme Court every year. On Mansfield said it helped determine average, 100 of those are heard while the punishment handed down. the others are sent to the Court of Mansfield said that when Appeals (on which Mansfield served making a decision of his own how from 2009 - 2011). Qualifications to is going to vote in a case, he often be considered for an Iowa Supreme times changes his mind back and Court hearing: It must be a legal forth as he goes through the case. dispute on an issue that’s not resolved “The ones that give me personal or clearly stated in the law. trouble when I go home at night is

Iowa Central hosted first Manufacturing Day

Iowa Central held its first annual Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 4, 2013, which was a coordinated effort to help manufactures begin to address the skilled labor shortage they face across the state of Iowa and to connect the fact there are very good jobs in manufacturing with our high school and college students, as well as those looking to upgrade their technical skills. Nearly 200 community members and students attended and left the meeting with a much better understanding of Modern Day Manufacturing.

Lindsay Murray was the emcee and organizer for the event. Senator Daryl Beall spoke to the need of providing the resources to community colleges so they can train future manufacturing workers. A panelist of manufacturing experts explained to the students and business in the audience how important skilled training is, but as important, if not

more so, how important strong communication and team work skills are to every job in every manufacturing plant.

Panelist included: Jamie Danielson from HyCapacity, Dave Maxheimer from Hagie Manufacturing, Jim Ober from Scranton Manufacturing, Brenda Martin from CIRAS: ISU Extension. Guest speaker for the event was Matt Steffen from Carver Pump Company.

The day ended with a tour of the Iowa Central Manufacturing Shops in the Industrial Technologies Department that is located on the main campus and then a tour of the Iowa Central Crimmin’s building where the state-of-the-art Welding Technology Center is located.

For those interested they can view the Manufacturing Day conference at this link on the world-wide: http://www.ihigh. com/tritons/broadcast_315239. html?silverlight=1.

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Sandra McGrath is a graduate of Eagle Grove High School, a registered nurse, employed with Wright County Health Department, is an Environmental Health Officer (county sanitarian) for Wright County, and is a certified pool operator (CPO). She is also a tanning bed and pool inspector for the county, and manages the Grants to County (GTC) dollars for private wells in the county. From 1990 - 1993, McGrath also served as a volunteer on the Eagle Grove ambulance service.

When it comes to the safety of the community, McGrath is prepared, serving as a bio-emergency preparedness coordinator for Wright County and is also involved in grant writing for this position. McGrath also serves as a representative for the Northeast region of the state for bio-emergency preparedness. She has been trained in national incident management systems and incident command.

In addition to this, McGrath has served on City Council for the past 10 years - two of them as Mayor Pro tem.

Sandy McGrath would like to put all this experience to work for you and the City of Eagle Grove as Mayor.

Her viewpoints are for the betterment

of Eagle Grove as a community. She believes in board input, encourages community input, making factbased decisions, keeping an open mind on others’ view points, and keeping the public informed of decisions being made that affect them. She is a strong believer in prioritizing city dollars spent.

Sandy McGrath has deep roots in Eagle Grove. Family members in the past have owned Garrett Agency and Kramersmeier Drug Store. As the current co-owner of Rails Bar and Grill with her husband, John, and family, she has a strong interest in the success of Eagle Grove.

McGrath was raised with strong, hometown values; the willingness to help neighbors; the desire to perform random acts of kindness without recognition. She is a member of both the Rotary Club and the Lions Club of Eagle Grove.

A vote for Sandy McGrath is a vote to strengthen and unify the community of Eagle Grove. Pride, reputation, and experience leads to the success of a community. To learn more, she can be contacted at 8510016.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Marriage License Jeremy S. W. Kennedy, 34, and Antonette M. Schavone, 40, both of Corwith. Oct. 8, 2013 Death Certificates Charles L. Chelesvig, 75, of Eagle Grove. Sept. 21, 2013 Robert K. Kastler, 76, of Woolstock. Oct. 3, 2013 Property Transfers WD – Jeffrey Toresdahl Trustee, Toresdahl Dorothy Fern Separate Property Revoc Trust, and Dorothy Fern Toresdahl Separate Property Revocable Trust to Dennis Toresdahl, Jeffrey Toresdahl, James Toresdahl, and Barbara Smith, 1491-24, as desc. 9-16-13 QUIT – C. J. Furman to State Bank, City of Eagle Grove, Lynch’s Addition, Block 6, Lot 6, as desc.

9-16-13 QUIT – State Bank to Furman Adventures, City of Eagle Grove, Northwestern Addition, Block 4, Lots 28, 29, and 30, as desc. 9-1613 WD – Randy A. Anderson, Randy Alan Anderson, Andrea L. Anderson, and Andrea Lynn Anderson to Jeremy D. Campbell and Jill C. Campbell, City of Clarion, Town & Country Place 1st Addition, Block 1, Lots 1 and 2, as desc. 9-16-13 WD – Lorann Lonnevik, Patrick Door, Robin Door, Daniel Lonnevik, and Tracy L. Door to Dennis L. Barkema and Elizabeth A. Barkema, 30-93-23, as desc. 9-16-13 WD – Andrew Whitten Post 159 of Rowan American Legion, Whitten Andrew Post 159, and Rowan American Legion to Rowan Area Historical Society, City of Rowan, Original Addition, Block 9, Lots 5 and 6, as desc. 9-17-13 REC – Estate of Robert E. Larsen, Robert E. Larsen, Anita J. Hammer Executor, and Russell D. Larsen Executor to Logan Allan Christensen and Kaylee Christine Christensen, City of Eagle Grove, Hewett’s Park Addition, Block 10, Lots 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, as desc. 9-17-13 QUIT – R. C. Souder and P. A. Souder to R. C. Souder, P. A. Souder, and J. M. Souder, City of Eagle Grove, Original Addition, Block 16, Lot 10, as desc. 9-17-13 REC – Matthew L. Hadsall to Chester L. Springfield and Virginia L. Springfield, City of Clarion, Sturgeon’s Addition, Blok 15, Lots 1 and 2, as desc. 9-17-13 WD – Kevin A. Schmauss and Jodi A. Schmauss to Jordan F. Pressler, City of Eagle Grove, Broadway Addition, Block 2, Lots 1 and 2, as desc. 9-17-13 WD – William S. Brodersen and Marcella K. Brodersen to Melody Ann Lager, 3-90-25, as desc. 9-1813 TAX SALE DEED – Wright County Treasurer to C&T2LLC and State Bank, City of Dows, Eskridge’s 3rd Addition, Block 1, Lots 3 and 4, as desc. 9-18-13 TAX SALE DEED – Wright County Treasurer to Ash Grove Investments Inc., City of Belmond, Cutler’s Addition, Lots 29 and 30, as desc. 9-18-13 TAX SALE DEED – Wright County Treasurer to Magnolia Grove Investments Inc., City of Eagle Grove, Hewett’s Third Addition, Block C, Lots 6 and 7, as desc. 9-18-13 TAX SALE DEED – Wright County Treasurer to Cherry Grove Investments Inc., City of Eagle Grove, Wright’s 3rd Addition, Block 29, Lots 2 and 3, as desc. 9-18-13 WD – First Citizens National Bank to William S. Brodersen and Marcella K. Brodersen, City of Clarion, Evans-Kay Second Addition, Lot 4, as desc. 9-19-13 DEED – Estate of Ruth H. Adrian, Ruth H. Adrian, and Marlys A. Adrian to Bradlee Engh Engh and Andrea Engh, 17-93-24, as desc. 9-19-13 WD – Cahalan Investments LLC to Jerry Wagner and Abigail

Kingery, City of Eagle Grove, Cox’s Addition, Block 3, Lots 1 and 2, as desc. 9-19-13 WD – Bel Aire Owners Association to Crystal M. Braner, 30-93-23, as desc. 9-19-13 QUIT – Doris Ann Pray, Doris A. Pray, and Doris Pray to Verl Dean Pray, City of Dows, Original Addition, Block 1, Lot 19 and City of Dows, Original Addition, Block 4, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as desc.

9-19-13 QUIT – Sue A. Wilhite to Alan L. Wilhite, 6-90-25 and 1-90-26, as desc. 9-20-13 QUIT – Kelly D. Amonson and Melody N. Amonson to Melody N. Amonson and Kelly D. Amonson, 35-90-26, as desc. 9-20-13 WD – Tyrell Farms Inc to Teresa K. Tomasulo, Michael A. Tomasulo and Alice S. Tomasulo, 6-92-23, as desc. 9-23-13 WD – Willis E. Anderson and Charlene G. Anderson to George W. Anderson, City of Belmond, First Addition, Block 7, Lots 7 and 8 and Block 8, Lots 5 and 6, as desc. 9-2313 QUIT – Eric Lee Thomas William to DNC Properties Inc, City of Clarion, Tyrrell’s Addition, Block 15, Lot 5, as desc. 9-23-13 WD – Berniece Woodburn and Michelle Roth POA to Clark Wadle and Patricia A. Wadle, 9-90-25, as desc. 9-24-13 WD – Lowell G. Anderson and Constance A. Anderson to Murray Anderson, Marty Anderson, and Michael Anderson, 27-93-24, as desc.

9-24-13 WD – Michael Anderson, Murray Anderson, Cindy Anderson, Marty Anderson, and Jodi Anderson, to Anderson Brothers Family Trust and Anderson Brothers Family Trust, 27-93-24, as desc. 9-24-13 WD – Richard W. Canady and Carol J. Canady to Canady Family Trust, Richard W. Canady Trustee, and Canady Family Trust, 36-93-25, as desc. 9-25-13 QUIT – Newt Draheim and Rose Marie Draheim to Allen Darland and Rose Darland, City of Eagle Grove, Wright’s 3rd Addition, Block 6, Lot 3, as desc. 9-25-13 REC – Sam Hoang and Cindy Hoang to Lopez Calles Guillermo Benito, Calles Lopez Guillermo Benito, Garcia Rovin Calles, and Calles Garcia Rovin, City of Eagle Grove, Cadwell’s First Addition, Block 38, Lot 7, as desc. 9-25-13 QUIT – Robert L. Brisborn to Spangler Farms LLC, 24-90-26 and 28-90-26, as desc. 9-26-13 QUIT – Loren W. Spangler Trustee, Spangler Loren W. Revocable Trust, and Loren W. Spangler Revocable Trust to Spangler Farms LLC, 24-90-26 and 28-90-26, as desc.

9-26-13 QUIT – Dean N. Spangler Trustee, Loren W. Spangler Trustee, Brian J. Spangler Trustee, Spangler Phyllis E. Revocable Trust, and Phyllis E. Spangler Revocable Trust to Spangler Farms LLC, 24-90-26 and 2890-26, as desc. 9-26-13 QUIT – Dean Spangler and Jeanne A. Spangler to Spangler Farms LLC, 24-90-26 and 28-90-26, as desc.

9-26-13 WD – Robert D. Langenfeld Trustee, Langenfeld Robert D. Trust, Carole A. Langenfeld Trustee, and Robert D. Langenfeld Trust to Robert D. Langenfeld and Carole A. Langenfeld, 22-91-26, as desc.

9-26-13 SHERIFFS DEED – Wright County Sheriff and Mariland F. Kleppe to US Bank National Association, City of Eagle Grove, Hewett’s Park Addition, Block 6, Lots 17, 18, 19, and 20, as desc. 9-26-13 COD – Kathy Braun Executor, Estate of Thelma Sefton and Thelma Sefton to Kathy Braun, City of Dows, First Addition, Block 1, Lot 7, as desc. 9-26-13 QUIT – Julie Ann Berhow and Julie Ann Kellogg to Scott Lee Kel-

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logg, City of Belmond, First Addition, Block 20, Lot 4, as desc. 9-2713 WD – Corrine Severson to Paul Hardy, 3-91-23, as desc. 9-27-13 WD – Richard Howieson and Marilyn Howieson to Paul Hardy, 3-91-23, as desc. 9-27-13 WD – Paul K. Hardy and Cheryl A. Hardy to Cheryl A. Hardy Trustee, Hardy Cheryl A. Revocable Trust and Cheryl A. Hardy Revocable Trust, 3-91-23, as desc. 9-27-13 WD – Paul K. Hardy and Cheryl A. Hardy to Paul K. Hardy Trustee, Hardy Pual K. Revocable Trust and Paul K. Hardy Revocable Trust, 3-91-23, as desc. 9-27-13 WD – Corrine Severson to Richard Howieson, 34-92-23, as des.

9-27-13 WD – Paul Hardy and Cheryl Hardy to Richard Howieson, 34-9223, as desc. 9-27-13

Clerk of Courts Unsafe approach to certain stationary vehicles - no injury/d: Abdella Adam of Des Moines, $150; Speeding 55 or under zone (1 thru 5 over): Warren B. Wigans of Goldfield, $20; Carrie C. Berschman of Lakota, $20; Michael J. Genrich of LuVerne, $20; Speeding 55 or under zone (6 thru 10 over): Richard A. Hilpipre of Webster City, $60; Gale W. McKinney II of Fort Dodge, $60; James C. Bartlett of Clarion, $40; Melanie K. Porter of Belmond, $40; Jami L. Stupka of Webster City, $60; Staci J. Swenson of Belmond, $40; Domingo A. Romero of Webster City, $40; Jeffrey D. Sweeney of Barboursville, Wisc., $40; Prudencio F. Cantu of Tucson, Ariz., $40; Speeding 55 or under zone (11 thru 15 over): Michael E. Carter of Hampton, $120; Paul C. McClard of Fort Dodge, $120; Dante O. Jones of St. Paul, Minn., $80; Speeding over 55 zone (1 thru 5 over): Leeallen Vandenbrink of Coopersville, Mich., $20; Thomas J. Gustafson of Minneapolis, Minn., $20; Speeding over 55 zone (6 thru 10 over): Rosa M. Santos of Union, NJ, $60; Nicolle L. Ross of Des Moines, $60; Nathan A. Stelter of Urbandale, $40; Grace M. Loeschke of St. Louis Park, Minn., $40; Eric I. Urena of Clarion, $40; Speeding over 55 zone (over 20 mph over): Christopher P. Ethen of Oakdale, Minn., $115; Speeding/residence or school district: Sheila K. Gelhaus of Forest City, $40; Matthew S. Heinze of Belmond, $40; Speeding: Gregory A. Post of Woden, $20; Operation w/o registration: Michael E. Carter of Hampton, $75; Patrick L. Dillon of Clarion, $75; Shelly K. Black of Belmond, $50; Fail to maintain safety belts: Lon A. Tweeten of Woolstock, $50; Mercedes Bell of Clarion, $50; Russell A. Wendel of Clarion, $50; Douglas L. Gambrill of Clarion, $75; Jeffrey D. Sweeney of Barboursville, Wisc., $75; Timothy J. Olson of Dows, $50; No valid drivers license: Pedro Vasquez Cholico of Belmond, $200; Jeremiah A. Johnson of Fort Dodge, $300; Gladys R. Trujillo of Fort Dodge, $200; Erik G. Martinez Yepez of Dows, $300; Gerardo Reyna Diaz of Clarion, $200; William R. Juarez Morales of Dows, $200; Fail to obey traffic control device: Julio Lopez of Clarion, $100; Fail to obey stop sign and yield right of way: Sunashi Fouts of Dows, $100; Fail to yield to vehicle on right: Roger Comstock of Buckeye, Ariz., $100; Fail to maintain control: Cassandra J. Dolph of Eagle Grove, $100; Violation - financial liability – accident: Cassandra J. Dolph of Eagle Grove, $500; Violation - financial liability:

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Shelly K. Black of Belmond, $250; Damien Comstock of Goldfield, $250; Driving while license denied, susp, cancelled or revoked: Michael D. Willson of Webster City, $250; Joseph M. Nelson of Eagle Grove, $250; Information and aid-leaving scene of accident: Cassandra J. Dolph of Eagle Grove, $65; Fail to use required towing equipment: Michael J. Genrich of LuVerne, $35; Dark window/windshield: Amanda J. Clabaugh of Webster City, $75; Gerardo Reyna Diaz of Clarion, $50; Domingo A. Romero of Webster City, $50; Jesus M. Garcia-Garcia of Hampton, $50; Open container – passenger > 21: Chelsea R. Colhour of Eagle Grove, $200; Max hours of service violation: Jovkovic Sinisa of Denver, Colo., $75; Jovkovic Sinisa of Denver, Colo., $75; Safety belts and safety harness; use required: Scott A. Thompson of Eagle Grove, $50; Civil Court The court handled one child support case.

Ally Financial Inc, Bloomington, Minn., vs. Barbara L. Brooks and Laina M. Brooks, 2363 Buchanan Ave., Goldfield. Case was dismissed Oct. 10 with prejudice. Case was originally filed Sept. 30.

Small Claims Hauge Associates Inc., Sioux Falls, vs. Dennis D. Gardalen and Monna L. Gardalen, 405 8th Ave. SW, Clarion. Judgment for the plaintiff Oct. 9 by default in the amount of $1,378.36 plus interest at a rate of 2.13 percent per annum from March 21 and court costs.

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Council Bluffs vs. Christopher Spooner, 439 E. Main Street, Belmond and Kelly Spooner, 813 NE 51st Court, Ankeny. Judgment for the plaintiff Oct. 8 by default in the amount of $3,633.99 plus interest at a rate of 2.13 percent per annum from July 23 and court costs.

Hauge Associates Inc., Sioux Falls, vs. John G. Green, 205 S. Garfield, Eagle Grove. Case was dismissed Oct. 8 without prejudice. Case was originally filed July 31.

Tesene, Maurer, and Maurer, DDS, 55 State Street, Garner vs. Chadd Azeltine, 720 6th Street NE Apt. 3, Belmond. Judgment for the plaintiff Oct. 9 by default in the amount of $1,388.38 plus interest at a rate of 2.13 percent per annum from Aug. 30 and court costs.

Tesene, Maurer, and Maurer, 55 State Street, Garner, vs. Jessica L. Heifner and Thomas Heifner, 215 4th Ave. SW, Belmond. Judgment for the plaintiff Oct. 8 by default in the amount of $411.60 plus interest at a rate of 2.13 percent per annum from Aug. 30 and court costs.

The CBE Group, Inc., Cedar Falls, vs. Rodney Anderson, 3046 Davis Ave., Eagle Grove. Judgment for the plaintiff Oct. 9 in the amount of $4,236.00 plus interest at a rate of 2.13 percent per annum from Sept.

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First Citizens National Bank DBA First Citizens vs. Kyle L. Wilkinson, 804 1st Street SE, Belmond. Case was dismissed Oct. 8 with prejudice.

Case was originally filed Sept. 16.

District Court The court handled one domestic abuse case.

The court issued one search warrant.

State of Iowa vs. Robert L. Hall, 215 2nd Street NE, Belmond. The defendant pled guilty Oct. 4 to the amended charge of theft in the fifth degree and was sentenced as follows: court appointed attorney fees, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge, restitution to be determined, court costs, 30 days in the county jail with all days suspended in lieu of one year probation to the county sheriff and court costs. The original charge was burglary in the third degree. This sentence is the result of an incident March 15 investigated by the Belmond Police Department.

State of Iowa vs. Tawna Pickering, 212 NW Third, Eagle Grove. The defendant pled guilty Oct. 10 to disorderly conduct – abusive epithets/ threat gesture and was fined $65 plus the statutory 35 percent surcharge and court costs. This sentence is the result of an incident Sept. 22 investigated by the Eagle Grove Police Department.

State of Iowa vs. Linda S. Hanson, 518 S. Commercial Ave., Eagle

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Grove. The defendant pled guilty Oct. 4 to the amended charge of assault and was sentenced to as follows: court appointed attorney fees, restitution to be determined at a later date, four days in the county jail with credit for time served and all the jail term suspended in lieu of one year probation to the sheriff and court costs. The original charge was assault causing bodily injury. This sentence is the result of an incident June 6 investigated by the Eagle Grove Police Department.

State of Iowa vs. Zephaniah J. Schuler, 1802 10th Street E, Menomonie, Wisc. The defendant pled guilty Oct. 4 to possession of marijuana and was sentenced as follows: $315 fine plus the statutory 35 percent surcharge, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge, $10 DARE surcharge, restitution to be determined at a later date, court costs, must complete and follow all recommendations of a substance abuse evaluation, and had driving privileges revoked for 180 days. This sentence is the result of an incident Sept. 9 investigated by the Clarion Police Department.

State of Iowa vs. Justice T. Terry, PO Box 313, Goldfield. The defendant pled guilty Oct. 4 to operating while intoxicated and was sentenced the same day to a $1,250 fine plus the statutory 35 percent surcharge, $10 DARE surcharge, restitution to

be determined, court costs, 30 days in the county jail with all but 2 days suspended in lieu of one year probation to the sheriff. Defendant was allowed to complete a two day OWI jail diversion program or Drinking Driver’s School in lieu of the two days in jail. This sentence is the result of an incident June 11 investigated by the Clarion Police Department.

Sheriff’s Department *Any criminal charge is merely an accusation and any defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Oct 4 – 5:09 p.m. – David P. Walker of Eagle Grove was driving a 1970 Chevrolet Nova on Highway 3 eastbound at the Highway 17 east intersection when the car hydroplaned due to weather conditions. The Nova struck the bridge. There was no damage reported to the bridge. The Nova had an estimated $3,000 in damages and was towed by Hennigar Towing. No citations were listed in the report.

Oct. 5 – 7:45 p.m. Michael R. Rolland of Belmond was driving a 2007 Jeep Liberty on Highway 69 near 130th Street when a deer ran in front of him. Damage to the Jeep was estimated at $10,000. It was towed to Wright County Motors. No citations were listed in the report.

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Weekly Log

Friday 10/4/13 7:42 AM Gave a warning for failure to stop at a sign.

7:54 AM Gave a warning for failure to stop at a sign.

9:34 AM Received a report that someone was walking around and staring into windows near the 400 block on Broadway Avenue. The officer was unable to locate the person.

2:11 PM Received a call from someone who smelled propane in their house.

The officer noticed no smell outside and only a faint smell inside. He told the homeowners to call back if the smell returned.

4:25 PM Received a call from a person whose child hadn’t come home from school yet. The child was at a friend’s house.

9:05 PM Heard a smoke detector going off between N. Lincoln Avenue and N. Garfield Avenue. It was a discarded detector someone left in a dumpster.

10:16 PM Received a report of gunshots going off near the bowling alley. The sound was caused by a backfiring truck.

Saturday 10/5/13 12:39 AM Gave three parking citations for parking on the tree berm.

6:24 AM Gave a warning for speeding.

2:50 PM Went to the middle school track for fitness testing.

Sunday 10/6/13 5:25 PM Picked up the barricades at NE 1st Street and Blaine Avenue.

9:18 PM Found a dog near Highway 17, north of the airport. The officer tried to get the dog to come into his car, but the dog ran off.

10:45 PM Received a call from a man whose son ran away from home. The man’s son came back.

Monday 10/7/13 11:13 AM Investigated a hit-and-run on Spruce Drive.

5:24 PM Gave a warning for driving without a seatbelt.

5:34 PM Gave a warning for speeding.

6:06 PM Issued a barking dog citation.

8:17 PM Gave a warning for driving without a plate light.

8:28 PM Gave a warning for driving with a taillight out.

11:05 PM Investigated a suspicious vehicle parked in the roadway near Greenwood Park.

Tuesday 10/8/13 7:45 AM Patrolled the schools.

2:34 PM Assisted with a funeral procession.

5:53 PM Arrested Arthur Martha for hitting his neighbor’s house and vehicle with a stick. He was charged with disorderly conduct.

7:49 PM Cited Antonio Calles for driving without a license.

9:12 PM Responded to a noise complaint.

The officer asked the people involved to turn their stereo down.

Wednesday 10/9/13 12:50 PM Arrested Charles Hasty Jr. for domestic assault.

1:45 AM Received a complaint that the horn on the Union Pacific train was going off constantly. There was a malfunction with one of the engines.

3:42 PM Picked up a loose dog and took it to the vet 7:06 PM Received a complaint from a person saying that their dog had been missing for about a half hour. The officer was unable to locate the dog.

7:51 PM Responded to a domestic dispute in Goldfield. The parties were separated.

9:30 PM Found a loose dog.

10:46 PM Gave a warning for driving with a headlight out.

Thursday 10/10/13 12:57 AM Checked doors on businesses.

4:39 AM Ran radar.

5:22 AM Gave a warning for having a brake light out.

7:55 PM Intervened in a dispute between neighbors.

9:40 PM Ran radar.

10:07 PM Cited Alec Echevarria for speeding.

Friday 10/11/13 12:16 AM Responded to a domestic disturbance.

3:12 AM Responded to another domestic disturbance between the same parties as earlier in the night.

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Betty McCart (right) was just one of dozens of people who showed up at the Eagle Grove Memorial Library on Saturday, Oct. 12 to have Archie Willard (left) sign the book that was recently written about him and the battles he’s faced living a life with dyslexia. If you would like a copy of his book, it is available on Amazon.com. Photo by Kim Demory

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The 2013-2014 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season.

The assistance is based on household income, household size, type of fuel, and type of housing.

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Household Three Month Annual Size Gross Income Gross Income 1 $4,309 $17,235 2 $5,816 $23,265 3 $7,324 $29,295 4 $8,831 $35,325 5 $10,339 $41,355 6 $11,846 $47,385 For households with more than six members, add $1,508 per three months, or $6,030 annually for each additional member.

2013-2014 Iowa Home Energy Assistance Program If you are not sure where to apply, please write to: LIHEAP Iowa Department of Human Rights Capitol Complex Des Moines, IA 50319 Or go online to the website at: h t t p : / / w w w. d c a a . I o w a . g o v / bureau_EA/index.html or, call your local community action agency: Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. 221 W. Broadway Eagle Grove, IA 50533 515-448-3704 MEDICAL WAIVER: Households who are over LIHEAP regular income guidelines, may be eligible for LIHEAP benefits through the medical waiver component.

The medical expenses must be documented, paid and nonreimbursable. For more information, please contact your local community action agency.

WHEN TO APPLY: • Elderly (60 & Over) and/or disabled: October 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014 • All other households: November 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014 WHAT TO TAKE: • Proof of Income (for all household members age 19, and over) Most recent 3 months’ check stubs, award letter from Social Security or 2010 tax return • Social Security numbers for all household members (documentation required) • Recent heat bill

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• Recent electric bill If you receive alimony or child support, it will also need to be verified • NUMBER OF CHECK STUBS NEEDED: • If you get paid weekly, bring in your last 13 pay stubs • If you get paid every 2 weeks, bring in your last 7 pay stubs • If you get paid Bi-monthly, bring in your last 6 pay stubs • If you get paid monthly, bring in your last 3 pay stubs.

WAGE EARNERS: Please bring copies of your check stubs for the three-month period preceding the date of application, or a copy of your federal income tax return.

FIXED INCOME: This income may include: Social Security Benefits, Supplemental Security Income, Family Investment Program, Veteran’s Assistance, Unemployment Insurance, and pensions. Please bring copies of your most recent 3 months’ check stubs.

SELF-EMPLOYED/ FARMERS: Please bring a copy of your most recent federal income tax return.

FIP RECIPIENTS: Please bring your current DHS Notice of Decision or contact your local office for acceptable document information.

REMINDER: If you have already applied and been approved this winter season, you cannot re-apply.

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The Liberty Pathfinders 4-H Club met September 8, 2013 at the United Presbyterian Church with eight members, one new member (Garrett Seaba), Leader Diane Kraft, and several guests present. For our pre-meeting activity Leader Diane had a candy guessing game. Sarah Seaba guessed the closest number of pieces without going over and won the jar of candy. Leader Diane called the meeting to order. Clayton Kerch led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. For roll call was taken. Minutes of the July meeting were read and approved.

Leader Diane read correspondence from Gold-Eagle Cooperative; Jessica Norman, County Youth Coordinator, and Iowa 4-H Foundation.

Treasurer’s report was given; there were no bills.

Leader Diane read the judge’s comments of the 4-H club booth decorating competition during the Wright County Fair. The club received an excellent on each of the six points, plus an overall rating of ‘excellent.’

Leader Diane congratulated everyone on their fair projects, and thanked everyone for working in the stands and hosting the exhibit building at the fair, and for working at our game at Fountain City Day. Election of officers was held. New officers for the 2013-2014 year are: Sarah Rasmussen, president; Shanee Tate, vice president, and Jarika Eisentrager, treasurer. We still need to elect a secretary and reporter.

National 4-H Week, which is October 6-12, was discussed. Leader Diane had supplies to make posters. These will be displayed around Goldfield during National 4-H Week.

We discussed our annual fund raiser. A motion carried that we do a fund raiser with the Goldfield Cheese Mart. A motion carried to purchase coats and boots for two youth for Upper Des Moines Opportunity’s Coats for Kids program.

Sarah Seaba led us in the 4-H Pledge. Business meeting was adjourned.

Jarika Eisentrager and Sarah Seaba both showed rabbits at the Iowa State Fair and gave a presentation. They talked about meat rabbits and fancy rabbits, and how easy it is to show rabbits.

Lunch was served by Emily Rasmussen and Jarika Eisentrager.

Diane Kraft, secretary pro-tem

Iowa Specialty Hospital offering free Spirometry Testing As a part of Respiratory Care Week, Iowa Specialty Hospital will be offering free Spirometry Testing on October 24th from 1 – 3 pm in the Cardiopulmonary Department, located in the lower level of the hospital.

Spirometry, the measuring of breath, is the most common test to measure lung function, specifically

Volunteers needed to help with taxes

Free tax preparation for lowincome families with simple tax returns is a valuable contribution made by community volunteers each year. New volunteers are needed in Wright County! Two types of volunteers are needed: tax preparers and site hosts/managers.

No previous experience is necessary.

To find out more about volunteering to help with the local tax project, contact the Wright County Extension Office (515-532-3453) or Barb Wollan, ISU Extension, 515-8329597, or bwollan@iastate.edu.

The Earned Income Tax Credit is a valuable federal and state benefit for working low-income families.

To claim that benefit, however, they must file a tax return. Unfortunately, even a simple return often costs over $100, and much more if the taxpayer chooses a high-cost, high-risk “quick refund” loan. That’s why volunteer tax preparation is so important in our communities. Your help could make a big difference to local families!

Tax preparation volunteers receive IRS-sponsored training through VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) or AARP, and are provided the materials, equipment and software necessary to prepare basic income tax returns. Training is partly independent study and partly conducted through in-person workshops, which will take place in December 2013 or January 2014 at convenient locations in or near Wright County. Trained volunteers are certified by the IRS and have technical support available when needed. The IRS waives liability for VITA volunteers.

Qualifications: no specific qualifications exist, but tax preparation volunteers are most likely to be successful if they are comfortable with computers and

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familiar with basic tax principles. All volunteers (tax preparers and hosts) must be committed to confidentiality and to helping others.

Once trained, tax volunteers will assist individuals and families in Wright County with preparing their tax returns. Tax preparation is done at community sites on weekdays and Saturdays, so volunteers can find a time that fits their schedule.

Local tax preparation projects currently receive modest funding through ISED. Wright County Extension and the Eagle Grove Memorial Library are key partners in VITA efforts.

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BIRTHS

Roxanne Ammerman and Kevin Hinkel are happy to announce the birth of a son, Christian Ryan Hinkel on October 10, 2013, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. He weighed 8 pounds 10.3 ounces. He joins siblings MaKinzie Valley, 9, and Brianna Allbee, 4. Grandparents are Carol Johnson of Bode; Stan Hinkel of Castana, and Roger and Susan Ammerman of Goodell.

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The October 8 meeting of Court Madonna was held at Sacred Heart parish center. The Rosary was led by Rachel Umthun followed by a potluck dinner.

Mary Rohrback and Teresa Alexander served as hosts. Marlena Fisher, Regent, conducted the meeting. October is the month of our guardian angels.

Jennifer Kreitlow, Clarion, and Lee Ann Patterson, Dows, were guests.

The Charitable Projects committee announced the disbursement of $1,000 in the amounts of $200 each to the Eagle Grove and Clarion school nurses’ funds, Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City, a New Mexico mission, and the New York City national headquarters of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas for their national projects.

Catholic Daughter Sunday will be celebrated by the group sitting together at the 8 a.m. Mass on Oct. 20 at Sacred Heart. Oct. 27 is White Ribbons against pornography. Nov. 17 will be the CD of A and Knights of Columbus omelet breakfast.

Loretta Moon was the program speaker on St. Bernadette and Lourdes, France.

The members also purchased and donated items which will be given to the Eagle Grove and Clarion school nurses programs.

The Nov. 12 meeting will be a silent auction in Eagle Grove for Share Christmas. Members are asked to bring nonperishable food pantry items.

Connie Hill hosts Alpha Delta Chapter

Alpha Delta Chapter, of Alpha Delta Kappa, met at the home of Connie Hill on September 26, 2013. Hostesses for the meeting were Connie Hill and Elaine Nichols. Members answered roll call by sharing a summer highlight.

At the September meeting hygiene products were collected to be distributed to the area middle/high schools. In October members will donate zip-lock bags for weekend food distribution in Webster City.

In recognition of October being A.D.K. Month a monetary donation was made to the Clarion library.

Elaine Nichols passed out the program booklets for 2013-2014.

Pat Manues, Lois Barnes, Leota Kopp, Joyce Wearmouth, and Connie Hill planned to attend the district meeting in Boone on October 5, 2013.

Leota Kopp and Pat Manues presented the program. They shared details of events at the July International Convention in Washington, D.C. The next meeting will be October 24, 2013. The 6:45 p.m. meeting will be at the United Church of Christ in Eagle Grove.

Alpha Delta Kappa is an honorary sorority for women educators.

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ChurCh News Praise & worshiP

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Eagle Grove Pastor Mike Agnew 448-4701 DIAL-A-DEVOTION: 448-3355 http://www.eaglegroveumc.org SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship WEDNESDAY: 5:30 p.m. Junior High S.L.A.M. youth group 6:15 p.m. S.L.A.M Meal 6:45 p.m. reCharge Worship Service 7:30 p.m. Senior High S.L.A.M. youth group 7:30 p.m. Praise Band Practice THURSDAY: 6:30 p.m. Chancel Choir Practice

GOLDFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor Christina M. Perkins Goldfield, Ph: 515-825-3754 THURSDAY: 9-11:30 a.m. Pastor at Goldfield 11:30 a.m. Soup and Scripture 6-8 p.m. Support/Recovery Group at Crossroads SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship 5:30-7 p.m. CHAOS MONDAY: 9 a.m.-Noon Pastor Christina at Goldfield TUESDAY: 9 a.m.-Noon Pastor Christina at Renwick WEDNESDAY: 9 a.m.-Noon Pastor Christina at Renwick

HOLMES BAPTIST CHURCH 2137 Hancock Ave. Holmes, Iowa Zach Fischer, Pastor SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 6 p.m. Evening Service WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Souled Out - Youth Group

GOLDFIELD UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Sara Hill, Pastor 220 E. Oak St. Goldfield, Ph: 515-825-3581 goldpres@goldfieldaccess.net www.goldfieldupc.com THURSDAY: 9:15 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) weigh-in and meeting.

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6:30 p.m. Support and Recovery— Crossroads SUNDAY: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m. Choir practice, East basement 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship coffee WEDNESDAY: 2 p.m. After-School Story-Time with Renee from the Eagle Grove Library, East Room FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Dr. Fran Pettigrew Eagle Grove, Ph: 448-4612 SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service TUESDAY: 10:30 a.m. Bible Study EAGLE GROVE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (CONGREGATIONAL) Ph: 448-3584 Everyone is Welcome!

Building fully Accessible to the Disabled Pastor Jim Cunningham THURSDAY: 10 a.m. Eastern Cluster Northwestern Association at UCC SATURDAY: 10:30 - 3 p.m. Iowa Conference meeting at Ames 5 p.m. New Hope Lutheran Church SUNDAY: Food Pantry 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship 11:30 a.m. Fellowship WEDNESDAY: Articles due for the Nov./Dec. newsletter

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NEW HAVEN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH 322 S. Commercial Church Phone: 448-5219 Todd J. and Deborah Benjamin, Pastors SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages 10:30 a.m. Church Service 5 p.m. Home Bible Studies— Contact Church if interested.

WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Bible Study GRACE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Ph: 448-5414 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:45 a.m. www.graceefc.com SOUTH ENES LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Susan Stone 205 Johnson Street Vincent 515-293-2965 FRIDAY: 9 a.m. Gather Bible Study at the Family Table (3rd Friday of the month) SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Eagle Grove, Ph: 603-4765 Fr. Nils Hernandez THURSDAY: NO MASS at Sacred Heart, Eagle Grove SATURDAY: Haiti Collection Weekend & Rite of Enrollment (1st Communion & Confirmation) World Mission Sunday 4 p.m. Mass @ St. John, Clarion 8 p.m. Mass in Spanish @ St. John, Clarion SUNDAY: Haiti Collection Weekend & Rite of Enrollment (1st Communion & Confirmation)

World Mission Sunday 8 a.m. Mass @ Sacred Heart, Eagle Grove followed by coffee.

10:30 a.m. Mass @ St. Francis, Belmond MONDAY: 6:15 p.m. RCIA/Adult Catechesis at St. John, Clarion TUESDAY: Offices Closed (Pastoral Study Day) WEDNESDAY: 6 p.m. Choir Practice - 3rd through 12th grade. All welcomed.

6:30 p.m. Youth Faith Formation Classes, Sacred Heart, Eagle Grove.

THURSDAY: NO MASS 9 a.m. Sewing Mission @ Sacred Heart, Eagle Grove..

SAMUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Rich Taylor Eagle Grove, Ph: 448-5038 FRIDAY: 9 a.m. Bible Study at Samuel SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Worship with Communion 10:15 a.m. Sunday School WEDNESDAY: 5:45 p.m. Confirmation THURSDAY: 8:30-11 a.m. SLCW Bake Sale HOLMES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Rich Taylor Holmes FRIDAY: 9 a.m. Bible Study at Samuel Lutheran SUNDAY: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Worship with Communion WEDNESDAY: 9 a.m. Prayer Hour 5:45 p.m. Confirmation

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NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Susan Stone 1115 SW 2nd Eagle Grove 515-603-6151 FRIDAY: 9 a.m. Gather Bible Study at the Family Table (3rd Friday of the month) SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship A Congregation of ELCA ULLENSVANG LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Darryl Landsverk Thor SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 11 a.m. Worship - Potluck following.

LAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH GOLDFIELD LCMC Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Pastor Truman Larson SUNDAY: 9 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School MT. CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH—LC-MS EAGLE GROVE Pastor Mark Peterson Ph: 515-448-4668 SUNDAY: 8:30 a.m. Worship Service EAGLE GROVE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 615 SW 2nd Street Eagle Grove, Iowa Pastor Jason Cooper Phone: 515-448-3697 www.eaglegrovelutheran.com THURSDAY: 1:30 p.m. ELCW Bible Study SATURDAY: 8 a.m. Men’s Bible Study at EGELC 5:30 p.m. Worship SUNDAY:

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Mon., Oct. 19: Salisbury ground beef, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, peaches and orange juice.

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Betty Hall, Eagle Grove

Betty Joyce moved with her parents, John Benjamin and Helen Wilmington Tramer, from Toledo to Detroit in 1935, where Betty attended Coolie High School and the Detroit School of Business. She married Hudson U. Beatty in April 1943, and they lived in the Detroit area until Hud’s death in November 1968.

After the deaths of their spouses, Betty and Jack started dating and were married in 1970. The families had known each other for years through Plum Hollow Golf Club of Detroit, Mich. They lived in Michigan and wintered in Florida, and eventually lived full time in Florida.

C. J. (Jack) Hall’s family moved to Eagle Grove where he spent his youth and from there went on to attend Loras College. He and Betty returned to Eagle Grove in 1971 for the funeral of his older brother Chester (Bud) Hall. This turned out to be the first of many return visits to the area and reconnections with relatives (the Halls, Kennedys, and Dengers) and former friends. Jack received an honorary diploma from Loras College and established a scholarship in their names. Jack died in 1994 and is buried in the Hall family plot in Eagle Grove. Betty will be interred beside Jack.

Survivors on Jack’s side include daughter Mary Kay Hall (Justilien)

Landry of St. Louis, Mo.; daughtersin-law Joan (Ritter) Hall of Detroit, Mich.; and Louis (Kohler) Hall of West Bloomfield, Mich.; 12 grandchildren; and many greatgrandchildren.

Betty’s surviving family include Barbara Beatty (Ron) Reale of Freeland, Mich., Lois Lee (Steve) Johnson of Portland, Ore., and John Beatty (Evelyne Hannebom) of Milwaukee, Wis., three grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

Foust Funeral Home of Eagle Grove was in charge of arrangements.

Rotary Senior Living October birthdays celebrated The monthly birthday party at Rotary Senior Living was held on October 14 in the afternoon.

The honorees were Evelyn Esler and Bonnie McGrath. They were presented with flowers for their celebration.

Linda Bickford did a beautiful job of playing hymnal music.

Ev Wergeland, Doryce Halverson, Margaret Williamson, Lavonne Deuel, Connie Wilson and Donna Madson hosted the event serving cake and coffee.

Curtis Stephan has shared his music ministry nationally and internationally. Come listen to his message in Belmond on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Free will offering. Photo submitted

Curtis Stephan in cluster concert “Have Courage” Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you.

He will not fail you or forsake you.”

The Bible is full of people that showed great courage (steadfast).

What does courage look like in your life? Do you draw some strength and courage from God? The Holy Family Cluster of Wright County invites you to join them for an evening with noted speaker Curtis Stephan. His music will inspire you to have the courage to stand up for your faith and share it with those around you. As the music director for St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell, Texas, Curtis Stephan’s

Flashbacks Week of October 17

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50 years ago The Wright County Sheriff’s Department investigates a vandalism case, where the letters “EGHS” were spray painted on two Eagle Grove school busses and several stop signs in town.

Boone Valley Eggs announces that it is going to install a new $55,000 automatic processing line. Boone Valley estimates that it will improve production from 2.8 cases of eggs per man hour to seven cases per man hour.

Bartels Manufacturing Co. locates a plant in Goldfield.

Bartels was a manufacturer of portable porches for mobile homes.

Fifteen sports cars, seven of which are from Eagle Grove, participate in a sports car rally held in Eagle Grove. The course was 107 miles long. The rally was not a race, but rather a test of the driver’s ability to follow instructions and maintain an average speed on the course, so as to pass checkpoints at a given time. The course started and ended in Eagle Grove, going through Thor, Dakota City, Ft.

Dodge, Lehigh, Webster City, and Woolstock along the way.

Lyle Peddlty of Nora Springs took first place.

25 years ago Triax Cablevision, Eagle Grove’s cable provider, closes its Eagle Grove office.

The Eagle Grove Masons donate to Students Against Drunk Driving of Eagle Grove.

Governor Robert D. Blue falls and breaks his hip, leaving him hospitalized.

Karl Ingwersen becomes the new manager of Shopper’s Supply.

Security Savings Bank begins working on a project to expand its facility at 201 W. Broadway, building a 16.4 foot by 36.5 foot computer room in the northeast corner of the building.

Lois Barnes retires from her position as fifth grade language arts teacher after 38 years.

10 years ago The city council approves downtown revitalization programs to encourage business

and property owners to enhance the appearance of their buildings.

Kevin Korslund is named a semifinalist in the 2004 National Merit Scholarship Program.

5 years ago Amy and Dave Hasemann participate in the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network Walk in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

The walk raised money for research into peanut allergies.

The Hasemann’s son, Hudson, was diagnosed with a peanut allergy five months earlier.

The Eagle Grove High School receives a $30,000 grant from Iowa Central Community College to update their science and technology program.

In the wake of the dawning financial crisis in America, County Treasurer Peggy Schluttenhofer and Jeff Gribbon, Senior Vice President for First Citizen’s Bank, appear before the county board of supervisors to assure them that the community’s banks are strong.

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music ministry can be characterized as one of service. A lifelong musician, this engaging composer and worship leader works tirelessly to serve the body of Christ, both nationally and internationally, through his inspiring music and spirit-filled workshop presentations.

The show will be Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Luick Auditorium, Belmond-Klemme High School, 411 10th Ave NE, Belmond.

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Sheriff’s Levy and Sale

Supervisors Minutes

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S LEVY AND SALE IOWA DISTRICT COURT COURT CASE # EQCV023919 WRIGHT COUNTY SPECIAL EXECUTION STATE OF IOWA WRIGHT COUNTY SS. WELLSFARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff VS. KIRK A. SIMONS; CAPITAL ONE BANK; and VERIDIAN CREDIT UNION Defendant (Judgment Debtor) As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county.

The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) real estate to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is described below: Lot 11, Block 18, Town of Eagle Grove Junction, Wright County, Iowa located at 304 S. Iowa Avenue, Eagle Grove, IA 50533 The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: November 19, 2013, 10 a.m., Lobby of Wright County Sheriff’s Office, 719 2nd Street SW, Clarion, IA 50525.

Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case.

This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if acceptable.

Judgment Amount: $38,100.81; Costs $2,166.27; Accruing Costs PLUS; Interest 6.25% annum to and from July 31, 2013.

September 27, 2013 Jason T. Schluttenhofer, Sheriff Wright County, Iowa Patricia Barz, Deputy Clerk Attorney: David M. Erickson Davis Brown Law Firm 215 10th Street, Suite 1300 Des Moines, IA 50309 515-288-2500 Wk.41,42

SUPERVISORS September 30, 2013 Chairman Watne called the regular meeting of the Wright County Board of Supervisors to order at 9 a.m. Members present were Watne, Helgevold, and Rasmussen.

Minutes of the September 23, 2013, regular meeting were read and approved.

Approved claims for payment.

Adam Clemons, Wright County Engineer, presented the project plans for the hot mix asphalt patching on R65. This road is scheduled to be fully paved in the next 5 years. The patching will be paid out of the TIF funding. Motion by Watne, and seconded by Helgevold, to approve project LFM-74-7X-99.

Motion carried.

Motion by Watne, and seconded by Rasmussen, to approve the payment of $2,970.00 to the Drainage District Association Mutual protection fund out of the Drainage Administrative fund. Motion carried.

Motion by Rasmussen, and seconded by Helgevold, to approve suspension order #1099 for Debra Hall per IA Code Section #427.9.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Helgevold, and seconded by Rasmussen, to approve abatement orders #1094 - #1098 for missed military credits for Cecil Bruhl, William Anderson, Eunice Margaret Huffman, Kenneth Morse, and Edgar Higgins. Motion carried.

Motion by Rasmussen, and seconded by Helgevold, to approve the purchase of a 44” scanner for digitizing drainage maps and miscellaneous road maps. Motion carried.

Motion by Rasmussen, and seconded by Helgevold, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.

Stan Watne, Chairman Wright County Board of Supervisors Betty Ellis, Wright County Auditor Wk.42

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT WRIGHT COUNTY PROBATE NO. ESPR016354 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE KESSEL, DECEASED. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF WAYNE KESSEL, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 27, 2013: You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of October, 2013, the last will and testament of Wayne Kessel, deceased, bearing date of the 7th day of June, 1999, Codicil to Last Will of Wayne Kessel dated December 9, 2002, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and that Gary Kessel was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 4th day of October, 2013.

Gary Kessel Executor of the Estate 3034 Union Ave. Dows, IA 50071 William A. Long, ICIS PIN Number: AT0004877 Ivers and Long Law Office, PLC PO Box 145 Eagle Grove, IA 50533 Date of second publication: 17th day of October, 2013.

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NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR WRIGHT COUNTY NO. 02991 ESPRO16355 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DARLENE ROSEMARY DERSCHEID, DECEASED. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DARLENE ROSEMARY DERSCHEID, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT THE 20TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2013: You are hereby notified that on the 4th day of October, 2013, the Last Will and Testament of DARLENE ROSEMARY DERSCHEID, deceased, bearing a date of April 2, 2002, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and there will be no present administration of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the District Court of said County within four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will, whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate must file them with the clerk of the abovenamed court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the latter to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 7th day of October, 2013.

Robert Malloy Malloy Law Firm, LLP 503 N. Main, PO Box 128 Goldfield, IA 50542 Attorney Date of second publication: 17th day of October, 2013.

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NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT WRIGHT COUNTY PROBATE NO. ESPR016315 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE T. UNDERBERG, DECEASED. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF IRENE T. UNDERBERG, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT MAY 6, 2013: You are hereby notified that on the 4th day of June, 2013, the last will and testament of Irene T. Underberg, deceased, bearing date of the 16th day of November, 2004, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and that Mark A. Underberg was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 26th day of September, 2013.

Mark A. Underberg Executor of the Estate 2841 Davis Avenue PO Box 351 Eagle Grove, IA 50533 Alesha M. Sigmeth Roberts, ICIS PIN Number: AT0009741 Elberg Law Office, PLC 101 1st Ave. NE PO Box 402 Clarion, IA 50525 Date of second publication: 17th day of October, 2013.

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David & LaDonna Hoffman family.

Hoffmanns named Century Farm owners by clae goater claengoater@gmail.com Donna and David Hoffmann have had their farm on 120th St. in Renwick named a Century Farm. The Hoffman’s farm was first purchased in 1907 by David’s grandfather, William Hoffman.

William, originally from the Davenport area, moved to Wright County to start a homestead. The original plot was for 162 acres, at a cost of $70 per acre. William started out raising livestock, corn, and soybeans.

William left the original farm to one of his children, Orval, who was born on the farm in 1912.

“William had five kids, and I think he bought a farm for each one,” said Donna. “There were three girls and two boys. This original tract was 162 acres, and we’ve managed to hang onto that. ” David took over the farm in the mid-70’s, and David and Donna moved there shortly after Orval’s death in 1999. Donna said that the family receives a lot of help on their farm from their friends, neighbors, and from their two sons, Matt and Nick. Donna says that both ber sons “They grew up on the farm and they enjoy the farm work. If they can both get out there together, that’s

what they like,” Donna said. “Matt, I think, is the one who will eventually take it over. I’m definitely proud of that. I think that’s what Orval would have wanted. That’s the reason that it was passed to him. He passed it to us, and I’m sure he’d like us to pass it on to the boys. ” Donna says that they tore down an original granary on their farm last year.

“I wish we had it, but we just couldn’t keep it up. That was where Orval was born in 1912,” Donna said. “The granary was neat. You could see the old loft, where they slept, and the little kitchen area and living room area.””

FFA members attend District event The Eagle Grove and Clarion-Goldfield FFA attended the North Central District Soils and Greenhand Fire-up. Members from Eagle Grove, Clarion-Goldfield and Dows schools attended the district event with 7 students participating in Soils and 17 students participating in Greenhand Fireup. Soils students evaluated soils on landscape position, texture and production. Greenhand participants participated in stations learning an introduction to the opportunities FFA provides.Pictured above, front Row: Sarah Lund, Dylan Pate, Clay Ellis, Emma Konvalinka, Max Weidemann, Megan Zwiefel.

Back Row: Christine Strickland, Sam Johnson, Megan Lund, Zack Leist, Tyler Steiner, Brendon Boyd, Alex Keller, Tristan Mewes, Dru Boatner. Back Row: Tyler Kendrick. Photo submitted

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ATTENTION ALL EAGLES…

What do your choices say about you?

Are you caring, kind, considerate? Or nasty, mean, and demeaning. Although you may not know it, our actions speak loudly about ourselves.

When we make poor choices, or choose to hurt others, we are actually hurting ourselves. Simple everyday choices showcase who we are, and who we will become.

So, what do your choices say about you?

— A message from The Nice Guy

Three Rivers Trail Run comes to Humboldt Mark your calendars for the 1st annual Three Rivers Trail Run in Humboldt, IA on October 26, 2013. The run will include a Half Marathon, 10K and a 5K run/walk and all races will start at 8:00 am. This event presents an opportunity to highlight Humboldt County and the Three Rivers Trail as a premier recreation destination in north central Iowa.

Registration is currently open online at www.threeriverstrailrun. com. Race day registration will begin at 7:00 am in Taft Park in Humboldt. The 5K run/walk starts and ends in Taft Park in Humboldt. The half marathon and 10K routes begin in Rutland and will end in Taft Park in Humboldt. There will be a bus leaving from Taft Park at 7:40 am

to Rutland with bag service to the finish line.

The Three Rivers Trail is a 10 ft wide, crushed limestone trail converted from an old rail bed.

Runners will experience the trail as they run parallel to the Des Moines River, across old train bridges spanning the river, and past some of the most scenic views in Humboldt County.

Enjoy a pumpkin pancake breakfast sponsored by the Backseat Diner following the race. The breakfast is free to runners and $7 for non runners.

All proceeds from the run will be donated to the Humboldt County Conservation for upgrades and maintenance of the Three Rivers Trail.

Government shutdown - a simple solution LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Citizens are suffering because of the current Federal Government shutdown.

Our, uncontrollable Federal Government, supported by unrestrained Federal Income Tax is the reason! If Citizens are wise enough to demand passage of U.S. House Bill HR:25 this madness will stop! The fair Tax description of this Bill is disputed by some, however, HR:25s requirement that will controllably repeal the 16th Amendment is possibly the single most beneficial part of this Bill and this can not be denied.

The 16th Amendment to the U.S. constitution enacted in 1913 allowed the current Federal Income Tax which was supported by many trusting Citizens, many who did not understand how this change would totally redefine the Federal Government. Many self centered Citizens and corrupt Politicians promoted the “new” Federal Income Tax as a flat Income Tax that would be applied only on the very wealthy.

A war weary trusting Citizenry for the most part foolishly believed these snake oil salesmen! Today we know the damage and fear the Federal Income Tax has caused or is causing.

It has become the weapon of choice to punish any and all opposition to Federal Control of our lives. It seems Citizens across the United States are looking for a substitute for the current failed Federal Income Tax. That simple system is defined in HR:25 The Fair Tax Bill. This Bill replaces it does not add to the current Federal Income Tax. This solution was not developed in Washington

by Politicians. It was developed and payed for by Citizens! It has been promoted by unfunded volunteer

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The high school musical cast is in need of formal dresses to borrow or keep if you don’t need it back. Style needed: pale pastels, plain, conservative, full length, full skirt, bigger sizes if possible. (I have a bunch of little ones!) If you have any of those in the back of your closet that haven’t seen the light of day for a few years, please bring them to the high school choir room.

Citizens like myself for one simple reason, it will work!

From 1776 too 1912 the United States grew and prospered as no other Nation in history. We were the shining light of opportunity for the entire World. That opportunity was polluted, perverted and dimmed by passage of the 16th Amendment.

This mistake can be corrected. We do not have to settle for a impotent Congress! We do not have to settle for a corrupt failed Income Tax. We do not have to stand by watching as our fellow Citizens are punished for exercising their Right to free speech and expression. The solution is inhand; passage of HR:25 The Fair Tax Bill will stop these abuses.

Those of you who live in a Congressional District Represented by a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee have the unique opportunity to save this Nation. We; You can turn this ship around before it is wrecked on the rocks of greed & bankruptcy. Call your Representative and demand that they vote to send HR:25 to the House Floor!

Please don’t take my word for anything stated here. To discover the truth about our failed Federal Tax Code and the positive attributes of HR:25, go to www.fairtax.ogr or http://thomas.loc.gov/home/ LegislativeData.php?n=Browse.

Read the Bill for yourself, it is only 131 double spaced typed pages long.

Yet it totally replaces the thousands & thousands of pages making up our current failed Federal Income Tax Code!

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Veterans Memorial Tower a lasting memorial to service members LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

As a retired Brigadier General of the Iowa National Guard, I heartily endorse the efforts of the Eagle Grove Veterans Memorial Tower Board of Directors. Eagle Grove has a long, rich history of service to our nation. My family has contributed to this legacy. Many in the community remember my father. LTC Harley J. Finley. He served as company commander of the military police unit in Eagle Grove, was a decorated World War II pilot, and went on to serve in the Iowa National Guard. LTC Finley was killed in a helicopter accident in 1966 while on a training mission. His distinguished service prompted me, as well as my brothers, Jack Finley and Bob Finley, to serve our great nation.

The memorial will reflect a special appreciation for the men and women who have and are currently serving our nation so unselfishly. It will be a hallmark in the community and will be a lasting memorial to our service members.

Please join the Veterans Memorial Tower Board of Directors in supporting this effort.

Very truly yours, Janet E. Phipps, BG (Ret.) Iowa Army National Guard

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County to lend hand in Belmond tornado cleanup by clae goater claengoater@gmail.com Belmond Mayor Al Mattison came before the county board of supervisors to request some assistance with the tornado cleanup that will be taking place on Saturday, Oct. 26. Mattison is looking for volunteers to help clean debris out of the river that is left over from the tornado that blew through the outskirts of Belmond in June of this year.

“We’ve waited this long because the river finally got low enough where you can see (the debris.) It looked like there was a bunch of stuff in there at first,” Mattison said.

“Then when the river went down, there was a lot of stuff in there … there’s everything in there.”

The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Mattison says that they’re planning on cleaning the area south of the trestle near C20.

“There are about 300 yards in there that’s really full of stuff,” Mattison said.

Mattison said that he is

requesting that no minors assist with the cleanup, unless they are accompanied by an adult.

Mattison was hoping that the county could help supply the cleanup efforts with a dump truck and a lowboy for loading and hauling debris. Mattison had already contacted Larry Maasdam, who agreed to provide his backhoe to the project at a discount. Mattison asked the supervisors if they could cover the cost of that bill, which Mattison is expecting to be around $500.

The county was able to get a lowboy and a dump truck for the project through Wright County Conservation. The board also agreed to cover Maasdam’s bill. Supervisor Stan Watne said that he wanted a blanket email sent out to all the county’s department heads, saying that the cleanup project was going on. County Engineer Adam Clemons said that he’d be willing to have his men work on the project, if they were able to get reimbursed through FEMA. Mattison said that the county did

a good job of handling the aftermath of the tornado this July.

“I want to thank you for the response that we had. We had mutual aid from Hancock County that we turned away that night, because we didn’t have enough things for people to do in an organized manner,” Mattison said. “It was very nice to have that available to us. “ In other board news: -The board approved a $166 dollar tax abatement.

-Supervisor Karl Halverson said that Building Families plans on giving an endowment to the Wright County Charitable Foundation with some of their extra funds.

-Helgevold said that there will be some changes to the county’s MOSAIC bus service.

“Two busses will continue to run Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to Belmond. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, one bus will transport the clients,” Helgevold said. “As far as Clarion, there will still be two busses that transport the clients from group homes one and two.”

“Smart Choice: Health Insurance” free workshop in Eagle Grove

“Smart Choice: Health Insurance” is a free two-hour workshop designed to build knowledge and skill for making choices in the new Health Insurance Marketplace. It will be offered by ISU Extension and Outreach three times in Wright County, with the first opportunity this Thursday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m at the Eagle Grove Memorial Library. No pre-registration is required.

Part of the workshop will focus on understanding key health insurance concepts, identifying your own health care needs, and comparing

policies to make the best choice for your situation. The second part of the workshop will focus on understanding the changes taking place due to the Affordable Care Act, and what that means to consumers.

The workshop is especially useful to those who are currently uninsured or who buy insurance on their own rather than through an employer, but anyone is welcome to attend.

A free workbook will be provided, thanks to sponsorship from Wright County Extension. The workshop will be led by Barb Wollan, Extension Family Finance Program Specialist,

and will be non-commercial and non-political.

Additional workshops in the area include: Mon., oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Montgomery Memorial Library, Jewell Wed., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m., Clarion Public Library tues., Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m., Belmond Public Library For more information, call Wright County Extension at 515-532-3453 or go to http://www.extension.iastate. edu/wright/news/smart-choicehealth-insurance-free-workshops.

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Practical Iowa Central partners with local Farmers raises business and industry and first $75,000+ for responders in Fort Dodge Local and national private sector rural responders and private industry beginning companies have donated over become educated about the dangers $129,000 to help add improvements and unique hazards presented with farmers to the Rural Emergency Response rail cars.

Practical Farmers of Iowa has exceeded its $75,000 goal for the “100 Days, 100 Beginners” campaign, allowing the organization to serve the 1,500 beginning farmers in its network with robust programming for 2014 and beyond.

“We are so pleased with the response,” says Executive Director Teresa Opheim. “Two hundred twenty six people contributed in amounts ranging from $15 to $10,000—and more is coming in all the time.

The show of support for beginning farmers and for this organization has been heart-warming.”

The successful fundraising effort will allow Practical Farmers to match beginners with farmer mentors and offer “farminars” (webinars), retreats, and field days specifically tailored for them. In addition, Practical Farmers will be able to continue to offer a website matching landowners with those beginners seeking farmland (www. findafarmer.net), and a popular Savings Incentive Program (SIP) for beginning farmers.

Enrollees in SIP develop or finetune a business plan, meet with a mentor, and attend Practical Farmers events to help build their community of support. At the end of the two-year program, their savings is matched, up to $2,400, to purchase a farm asset.

Practical Farmers’ beginning farmer programming is very popular.

According to Julie Slocum, who just started farming near Boone: “I don’t know if I’d be pursuing this farming dream if I hadn’t met Practical Farmers.” Jordan Scheibel, who farms near Grinnell, adds: “I feel much stronger with Practical Farmers behind me. I can’t say enough for what this organization has done for me.”

Among the larger contributors to the 100 Days, 100 Beginners campaign was Grain Millers, Inc., a leading supplier and manufacturer of non-genetically modified and organic whole grains and whole grain ingredients used in many food products served both domestically and around the world. (www. grainmillers.com) According to the company: “Grain Millers believes that the vision and objectives stated

by Practical Farmers fit very well with our own sustainability objectives, as well as our desire to promote longterm production of diversified crop production in Iowa.”

Founded in 1985, Practical Farmers of Iowa is an open, supportive and diverse organization of farmers and friends of farmers, advancing profitable, ecologically sound and community-enhancing approaches to agriculture through farmer-to-farmer networking, farmer-led investigation and information sharing.

Farmers in our network produce corn, soybeans, beef cattle, hay, fruits and vegetables, and more.

For additional information, call (515) 232-5661, or visit www. practicalfarmers.org.

Training Center located at the Iowa Central Fire Tower in Fort Dodge.

Iowa Central has again teamed up with local first responders and business/industry to meet the ever growing needs of safety and security training.

In the spring of 2013, Fort Dodge Fire Captain Steve Hergenreter met with officials from the Canadian National Rail and discussed the donation of a rail tanker car that had been involved in a derailment for training purposes.

A team of individuals from Iowa Central, Region V Hazardous Material LEPC, and the Fort Dodge Fire Department met and developed a plan of attack to make this large, 70,000 pound, $100,000 donation a reality.

College officials, as part of the plan, contacted area businesses to see if they could help defer the costs of transporting the rail tanker car and preparing the site located at the Rural Emergency Response Training Center (RERTC), managed by Iowa Central, and help underwrite the project.

The response for support was overwhelming.

A total of $14,000 dollars was donated by area businesses plus $115,000 of in-kind support services and equipment. The businesses that graciously helped fund and support the project are: McGough Construction and Crane Services, Canadian National Rail Road, West Central COOP/Land O’ Lakes, NEW COOP, POET, Cargill, CJ BIO America, and Dales Petroleum.

On Friday July 12, 2013, this project became a reality. McGough Construction and Crane Service provided crane service to load and unload the tanker car. Crimmins Welding & Fabrication provided their expertise in welding and transporting the tanker car. Canadian National provided staff to oversee the operation.

The Region V Hazardous Materials Response Commission, which provides protection to Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, and Wright Counties in Iowa also provided support and will be using the training site and props.

The tanker car will be housed at the Rural Emergency Response Training Center (RERTC) located at 1525 Avenue O on the Iowa Central Community College Fire Tower training site in Fort Dodge.

The rail shipment of Hazardous Commodities in the State of Iowa has grown exponentially in the past decade.

This tanker car training prop will be critical in training and educating first responders and private industry on rail car incidents involving hazardous materials. The increase in traffic adds to the already present risk of transportation incidents involving hazardous cargo. Since the majority of the rail traffic travels through rural America, it is important that

The training objectives that will be addressed will include, but not be limited to: • Recognizing the chemical being transported, which has physical, chemical, and toxicological properties that dictate the transportation requirements and the manner in which the chemical must be considered in an emergency situations; • Identifying the packaging system, which is reflected in the design and construction of the rail tank car, and the components of the rail car as well as all the information conveyed in the car stenciling; • Explaining the incident to determine the damage to the car and the potential hazard to people, property, and the environment from the release or reaction of the chemical and to take appropriate protective action; • Recognizing the appropriate and safest handling method of the chemical in the damaged car to mitigate the situation, whether by transfer, neutralization, venting, flaring, etc., and understanding these options; • Managing an incident with “hands-on” scenario based training The RERTC became operational in July 2009. From July 2009– December 2012 the Rural Emergency Response Training Center located at Iowa Central Community College has trained 1,512 total responders in 113 separate training sessions totaling 652,428 cumulative hours of training. These trainings include, but are not limited to, LIVE Fire Burns, Search and Rescue, Rappelling, Vehicle Extrication, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training, Close Quarter Combat (CQB), Active Shooter and Northwest Area Training Academy (NATA) Training each November.

Dale’s Petroleum has provided their guidance and gracious donations of two 1000 gallon propane tanks and installation to the RERTC making the exterior propane fire props a reality.

Crimmins Welding and Fabrication also provided materials and labor for numerous exterior props.

Iowa Central has a proven track record in the training of Iowa First Responders and Private Industry Partners.

As to why Cargill Corn Milling North America is supporting the training center, “We are proud to partner with the city of Fort Dodge, Regional Hazmat team and Iowa Central. Achieving and maintaining a safe work environment is something that we take very seriously, and in fact it is one of our core business values,” said Al Viaene, Fort Dodge facility manager, Cargill Corn Milling North America. “For us to be successful, safety must be a shared mindset that instills awareness and ongoing diligence about safe practices and behaviors in all of our employees, in everything we do, whether in the home or at work.”

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“The welcome home they deserve”

Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight seeks donations

by Clae Goater claengoater@gmail.com The Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight took 99 Iowa veterans, five of which were from Wright County, to Washington D.C on Sept. 7.

There, they toured war memorials and Arlington National Cemetery.

The flight gave veterans a chance to interact with other veterans: people that understood what they went through in a way that most people never will.

Ron Newsum organized the first Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight in 2010, in large part so that his father could see D.C. while he was still alive.

“At that time, he was 95 years old ... He went May 1st of 2010. Three months later, he died. So mission accomplished,” Newsum said.

Originally, Newsum had planned that the Brushy Creek Honor Flight would only serve veterans from Webster County and the surrounding counties, but the project soon increased in scope.

“Within three weeks, we had 80-some applications. Some were from Kossuth County and Palo Alto and other places that were not in our seven-county area,” Newsum said. “But could you turn a veteran down because he lived in the wrong county? We couldn’t. We wound up taking veterans from 29 counties and 103 communities.”

Seats on the flight are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with some consideration given to the health of the veteran.

“We assign a number to (each application). We date it the day we receive it, and we assign a number to it. When we go to fill a flight, it’s first come first serve,” Newsum said.

“We make exceptions for veterans of any conflict who are deemed to be terminally ill.”

Organizing these flights is both time-consuming and expensive.

“Each flight represents $100,000,” Newsum said. “It figures out to about $617 per person. Every veteran we’ve sent flew for free.”

Newsum raises money for the flight through donations from individuals and businesses, and the Honor Flight board keeps track of what counties they are coming from.

“Some of the counties were really good at raising dollars for the veterans,” Newsum said. “Some of them lacked a little bit of direction.”

Looking at the local county donation history, Wright County might be one of the counties that needs a little bit of direction. When the honor flight started up again in 2012 after a short hiatus, about 36 veterans from Wright County got to take the trip to D.C. Sending 36 veterans on the flight would cost about $22,000. That year, the Honor flight “probably did not get $4,000” from Wright County, according to Newsum.

As of September of this year, the Honor Flight raised $3,321 in Wright County. They’ve already spent $3,600 on sending six Wright County veterans to D.C. In comparison, Humboldt County raised $35,624; $18,600 of which has already been spent. Kossuth County raised $12,775 and has spent $4,800 of that.

The Honor Flight board remains dedicated to sending Iowa veterans to D.C., but these funding issues force them to make tough decisions.

The board has to take into account the amount of money raised per county, and that affects the number of veterans from that county who can go on the honor flight.

“We decided we’d continue to take veterans from these 29 counties.

We’d have to keep track of which counties we got the money from.

We’d expect some organizations and groups from those counties to raise money,” Newum said. “As a board, we decided that we’d continue to take the veterans as long as we got dollars from those counties.“ Julie Reed, whose father Orville Steffenson went on the honor flight this year, is concerned about the amount of money that Wright County is bringing in. She believes that Wright County isn’t raising as much as it could, because people in the county aren’t as aware of the project as they could be.

“The problem is that people just don’t know about it. I didn’t know anything about it,” Reed said. “(People from Wright County) are

Honor Flight veterans take a break during their busy day of sightseeing. Photo provided

generous people. I know they are. …

I was a treasurer for Sports Boosters for years. There was so much money going through that thing. I couldn’t believe the generosity. There’s so many organizations that we’ve been in. It’s there. I think the problem is that people aren’t informed. “ Reed said that she had some anxiety about the trip initially. She was worried that it would be a very long day for her father, and she didn’t know much about the program itself.

Reed said that all her fears were assuaged once she actually saw how well organized the honor flight is.

“I was skeptical because I didn’t know anything about the organization at all. The minute that I walked into that banquet, I knew I didn’t have to worry,” Reed said. “I had people greeting me at the door. There were all these vets, they were all smiling. You could tell they were all enthusiastic about this. It was so well organized.

There was no chaos there.”

Steffenson and Rich Lindvall, Korean War veterans, both said that the whole experience was much better than they ever could have expected. They were impressed with the memorials.

“I wanted to see the Korean War Memorial more than anything, and Iwo Jima. They were just terrific.

That’s what we went for,” Steffensen said. “The Korean Memorial was amazing. On a foggy day, it’d almost make you turn and run the other way.”

Steffenson and Lindvall also said that the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight is run very well.

“It was very well organized,” Lindvall said. “It’s a great flight. It’s a great deal.”

“There was no shortage of food on that trip,” Steffenson said.

Both agreed that it was good to be around people who’d shared their experiences.

“It was good. You knew what to talk about,” Rich said.

Newsum pointed out that the Honor Flight has experience in dealing with people who might need special medical services. Medical staff is on hand during the flight. He also said that each veteran is accompanied by a guardian, who pays their own way.

Newsum hates that some veterans have to be turned down for the Honor Flight, but there’s not much he can do about it.

“It’s sad to take one veteran and not another because of damn money.

It’s almost criminal not to take them,“ Newsum said.

If you are interested in donating money to the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight, being a guardian on an honor flight, or getting more information on the honor flight, you can contact Newsum at 515-571-4477. Julie Reed and Wright County Treasurer Peggy Schluttenhofer are also working to help the Honor Flight increase its presence in Wright County. They can be contacted at jkreed5@hotmail. com and tuckerjaydog@gmail.com respectively.

Newsum wants to send as many veterans to D.C. as he can, because as each year passes, so do many of our veterans.

“So many of these veterans and they didn’t talk about it. When a veteran dies, a whole library of experiences closes,“ Newsum said.

Wright County veterans take a moment to pause for a photo to commemorate their trip on the Honor Flight. Photo provided

Healthiest state walkers Kaylynn Kepler, Emma Lalor, Celeste Figueroa, Olivia Conaway, Darci Anderson, and Chloe Steil (pictured left to right) join hands for a good cause, walking towards becoming the healthiest state in the nation on Wednesday, Oct.9. Photo by Kim Demory

Let’s get physical Eagle Grove Elementary students and faculty took the the track on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The group made several laps around the track during their lunch hour, in conjunction with the Healthiest State in the Nation Walk. Some ran, some walked. Others made laps backwards, and still others danced their way around the track. Photo by Kim Demory

Iowa’s electric utilities join forces to combat copper theft with new Crime Stoppers program Across Iowa, copper theft from electric utilities is a serious crime.

These thefts can cause power surges, outages, fires, explosions and injuries to utility workers or innocent people coming into contact with tampered equipment. In addition, post-theft repairs can run into tens of thousands of dollars for each incident.

To combat this growing threat, Iowa’s electric utilities have teamed up with Crime Stoppers to create a special toll-free phone line (800452-1111) so citizens can report suspicious activities at an electric utility’s substation – or around other equipment, such as a transformer, power pole or even the meter at a residence, farm or business.

Once a tip is received, Crime Stoppers will contact the local sheriff or other designated law enforcement agency about the possible crime.

After the caller has seen or heard on the local news that a crime has been solved, he or she can call Crime Stoppers to receive instructions for claiming a cash reward up to $1,000, although most rewards range from $20-200. The caller’s identity and other information will remain anonymous throughout the process.

With scrap copper selling for about $3 a pound, thieves – both amateurs and pros – are risking their lives for no more than 10 to 25 pounds of copper wire worth less than $100. · Many of the thefts are small ones, but they add up to big dollars. For example, 15 residential customers at one electric utility each lost a meter loop – the 17-foot copper line in conduit that runs to their electric meter. The replacement cost was more than $500 per location. · On a larger scale, thieves cut a hole in a substation fence and stole 15-20 feet of copper wire with a scrap value of around $50. In the process, the intruders cut a ground wire to a regulator, causing it to fail and creating a 3-hour outage for 900 customers. The estimated cost for repairs to the electric utility and its

customers totaled about $42,000. · Some thieves don’t even enter a substation to commit their crimes.

In a recent case, thieves cut all the ground wires – except one – off the fences surrounding a substation.

The criminals took a big chance in guessing that the one line they didn’t cut would prevent them from getting a fatal 69,000-volt static shock. In another case, burglars used a pickup truck to pull copper ground wires from several power poles just installed to replace storm-damaged poles along a rural road.

“These thieves are risking their lives and the lives of others for a very small return on their ‘investment’ in crime,” said Bob Dickelman,

spokesperson for the project. “The new Crime Stoppers program will help deter these criminals. We want the eyes of our communities to help us stop copper theft, prevent unnecessary outages and keep Iowans safe.”

Electric utilities and organizations involved in the creation and continuing support of the Crime Stoppers program to stop copper theft in Iowa include Alliant Energy, the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities and MidAmerican Energy Company.

For more information, contact Bob Dickelman at 515-229-3232 or writexpress@mchsi.com.

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Salute to our fire fighterS

Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Celebrating Eagle Grove’s fire fighters Photos by Mitch Jones

By Kim Demory

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Bill Baker has been proud to serve as a member of the Eagle Grove Fire Department for the past 51 years.

Baker said he knew being a department volunteer was for him when he got the position of first driver.

“Knowing when you did a good job is the most rewarding part of being on the service,” Baker said.

The toughest part of the job for him is getting up for those middle-ofthe-night calls in the winter; but he encourages others not to let that stop them from joining the EGFD.

“I wanted to give back to the community I live in,” said Lee Cameron as to why he joined the Eagle Grove Fire Department 13 years ago.

Although he is not originally from Eagle Grove, he said the department volunteers have become like “second family” to him.

“They are there for you during fires, training, and in everyday life,” Cameron added.

For him, that’s the most rewarding part of the job. The hardest part is just finding a way to fit in the training, but it’s worth the effort.

“We work hard and there’s a lot of training, but it’s all worth the time.

We have one of the best departments around, and you couldn’t ask for a better group to work with or be a part of,” said Cameron.

He is thankful for the support of his family - wife, Angie; son, Brennon (18); and daughter Kaylee (15).

“Without my family’s support, and every fireman’s family’s support, being a fireman wouldn’t be possible,” Cameron said.

He went on to add that he is appreciative of the people of Eagle Grove.

“The citizens of Eagle Grove are very supportive of almost everything we do,” he said. “When we need equipment, we usually don’t have a problem getting it.”

In his free time, Cameron enjoys fishing, hunting, and spending time with his wife and kids.

Gary lalOr Gary Lalor was born and raised in Eagle Grove and is now proud to serve as the Eagle Grove Fire Department Chief.

Lalor has been on the fire department for 43 years. The whole reason he joined the service is because of family before him.

“There are great people on this fire department…it’s a fellowship,” Lalor said.

He considers all of the volunteers to be family.

The hardest part of the job, for Lalor, is situations that have a fatality involved, be they from fire or auto accidents.

In his free time, Lalor enjoys motorcycle riding.

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“There are great people on this department.”

— Gary Lalor –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“I wanted to give back to the community I live in.”

— Lee Cameron –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“Knowing you have put your heart and soul into helping so much is rewarding.”

— Janice Lalor –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“In a small community, it’s important we come together for each other…”

— Justin Locke –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“I encourage others to join because it’s an opportunity to serve the community.”

Janice lalOr Janice Lalor is the wife of Gary Lalor and the mother of Gary and Donavon. She is proud to serve with her family as a member of the Eagle Grove Fire Department for the last eight years.

“I had watched so many times that I needed to see if I could do it,” said Lalor of why she joined. “The training and classes aren’t always easy, but much is changing and needed…but if you truly have the passion, that makes it easier.”

Lalor enjoys being a part of the department because of the people.

“The whole department and their families are like family to me,” she said. “We’re always there for each other.”

Lalor said that the hardest part of the job is seeing the hurt on people’s faces, be it the family members or the firefighters.

“When someone dies in a fire or accident, the hurt never really goes away - ever,” she said.

When things go good, however, it makes the job all worthwhile.

“Knowing you have put your heart and soul into helping so much is rewarding,” Lalor said. “I have learned so much from this experience and am thankful I had the chance.

The thing that is closest to my heart is how proud my husband and my mom and siblings were of me for doing this.”

When not out on a call, Lalor enjoys reading and collecting coins and butterfly items.

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— Tony Olson –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Justin Locke was born and raised in Eagle Grove and is now proud to say he is giving back to his community by serving on the Eagle Grove Fire Department.

“Having a family and realizing the importance of helping others is why I joined a few months ago,” he said. “Being able to help someone, the thank-you’s, and handshakes are all rewarding.”

Locke would like to encourage others to think about joining the department.

“In a small community, it’s important we come together for each other in a way that nothing is expected in return,” he said.

Locke is married to Tara Locke.

They have two children - five-yearold Lily and two-year-old Avery.

Locke enjoys riding his motorcycle when he has time.

TOny OlSOn Tony Olson has enjoyed helping people by being a volunteer on the Eagle Grove Fire Department for the last five years.

“I encourage others to join because it’s an opportunity to serve the community,” Olson said.

Olson is originally from Eagle Grove.

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Fighting fires runs in the family for Donavon Lalor. As the son of Gary Lalor, and grandson of Archie Lalor, who both serve/served as fire chief of the Eagle Grove Fire Department, it’s no surprise he decided to join the service.

Lalor has been an Eagle Grove firefighter for 15 years.

While fatalities are obviously a difficult part of the job for him, helping people is the silver lining.

Originally from Eagle Grove, Lalor is married to wife, Mallory; and has three children - Kayla, Dawson, and Emma.

In his free time, he enjoys riding motorcycle and sports.

Gary A. Lalor was born and raised in Eagle Grove, and grew up in a fire fighting family. Both his grandfather, Archie, as well as his dad, Gary, were/are firemen.

For 21 years, Lalor has been proud to help people in their time of need. But he’s also had challenging moments on the department, seeing the hurt a fire can cause for people.

Despite the ups and downs of the job, Lalor says the job is rewarding and they are more like family than a group of volunteers.

Lalor is married to wife, Sally.

They have four children - Shelby, Carson, Reid, and Macie. In his free time, he enjoys motorcycle racing.

Thank you to each and every one of you for your service and dedication to keeping our community safe.

Simple steps for candle safety

Candles are one of the easiest and most effective ways to add aroma and ambiance to a home. While many people would like to use scented candles in their homes, they may be weary of the fire risk.

However, candle-related fires appear to be on the decline.

It is estimated that candles are used in seven out of 10 American households and that people spend around $2 billion annually on candles, according to the National Candle Association.

Although using candles can lead to fires, the NCA reports that candle-related fires have dropped to their lowest level in roughly 10 years. Data shows candle fires dropped by nearly 50 percent between 2001 and 2010. That’s thanks in part to the industry’s safety standards and consumer education efforts.

According to a Home Candles Fires report issued by the National Fire Protection Association, there were approximately 9,600 accidental candle fires in 2010, the latest year for which fig-

ures are available, compared to a peak of 18,900 in 2001.

The statistics are based on data reported by the federal government’s National Fire Incidence Reporting System and NFPA’s survey of fire departments.

“We are extremely pleased that candle fires are continuing to drop,” said NCA executive vice president Carol Freysinger. “We believe there’s no question that the industry’s safety standards and educational campaign have been pivotal in reducing candle fires.”

While candle fires tend to peak during the holiday season, when candles are an integral part of holiday decorating, candles are widely burned throughout the year, including during outdoor gatherings in the summertime. To reduce the risk of fire when using candles, consider these guidelines from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. * Trim the wick to 1/4 inch each time before burning. Long wicks can cause

uneven burning, dripping or flaring. * Use a candle holder specifically designed for candle use. It should be sturdy and heat-resistant. * Avoid drafts, vents or air currents that can cause rapid or uneven burning and excessive dripping. * Never leave a burning candle unattended. * Do not burn candles by or on anything that might catch fire. * Keep candles out of the reach of children and pets. * Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations on burn time and proper use. * Don’t touch or move a burning candle or when wax is liquefied. * Discontinue burning a candle when two inches of wax remains. * Always keep a candle within sight. * Extinguish all candles before bed or if you feel sleepy. The largest number of candle fires occur in the bedroom.

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Tom Peterson has been a member of the Eagle Grove Fire Department as a volunteer for 28 years.

“I started on the department because my older brother asked me to join,” Peterson said. “The most rewarding part is helping people during rough times.”

Peterson said that while being a volunteer interrupts his work at times, he feels good about being able to help someone in their time of need.

Peterson has a wife, Denise, and enjoys outdoor activities.

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Garrett Quintus has been on the Eagle Grove Volunteer Fire Department for six years. He is originally from Eagle Grove.

Bryce Russell has been a volunteer firefighter in Eagle Grove for one year. He is originally from Eagle Grove.

Kenny Sisson says that helping people out is the reason he joined the Eagle Grove Fire Deparment 28 years ago. Before moving to Eagle Grove, Sisson was a member of the Goldfield Fire Department.

Sisson is married to wife, Darcy.

For the past five years, Mackenzie Sisson has been a member of the Eagle Grove Fire Department, volunteering to help in times of distress. Sisson is originally from Eagle Grove.

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Other eagle Grove firefighters TOm Thielen While Tom Thielen admits that it’s hard to get up in the middle of the night to answer a call for help, he has been doing it for the past 41 years.

As a member of the Eagle Grove Fire Department, Thielen said it is rewarding to help people.

Thielen is married to Jean; has two sons, Jeff and Ernie; and one daughter, Misty.

Born and raised in Eagle Grove, Thielen enjoys drag racing.

marcus sPanGler Marcus Spangler has spent his whole life in Eagle Grove, and the last two years on the volunteer fire department of Eagle Grove.

“I wanted to serve my community,” he said of his decision to join.

“The most rewarding part is helping others.”

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Travis WOOdBecK Travis Woodbeck followed in his father’s footsteps when he became a volunteer firefighter 21 years ago.

“It’s rewarding being able to help people and being part of a big ‘family,’” he said.

Woodbeck is married to wife, Chelsea, and has three children Peyton, McKenna, and Tucker.

In his free time he enjoys motorcycle racing and coaching youth sports.

Space heater safety Gary ThOmas Gary Thomas, originally of Eagle Grove, has been on the volunteer Eagle Grove Fire Department for 12 years.

Space heaters can be an effective method of supplemental heat when the weather outside gets cold, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that space heaters can cause fires and lead to burns and, when using electrical heaters, may cause electrocution from faulty wiring.

When operating a space heater, it is important to follow some safety guidelines. * Keep the heater at least three feet away from any drapery, bedding and flammable material.

* Turn off the heater when you leave the room. * Keep the heater on a level surface that is hard and nonflammable. * Don’t leave the space heater on all night while you are sleeping. * Never use a portable propane space heater designed for camping outdoors inside a home. * Make sure smoke alarms in a home have been tested and batteries have been replaced to protect yourself in the event of a space heater-related fire

sTeve WOOdBecK Steve Woodbeck has been a volunteer fireman in Eagle Grove for 33 years. He is married to Wanda and has two children, Travis and Angie.

Home fire injuries are highest among seniors and children under the age of five.

In addition, home fires are a leading cause of emergency room visits. Smoke alarms on every level of the house can alert to danger, but ensuring candles are extinguished and electrical wiring is up to date and making sure space heaters and other appliances are not left unattended can help prevent fires.

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Eagles continue to struggle in 48-8 loss to Falcons

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com Aplington-Parkersburg’s football program has been a traditional state contender for several years now, and even though this edition of the Falcons may not be quite as strong as those past teams they’re still plenty good enough to win several games this year. They came into Eagle Grove last Friday night and rolled to a 48-8 win. All the scoring took place in the first half.

“It’s a good team that’s in a down year, but are still a quality opponent,” said Eagles head coach Kelly Williamson. “They’re big and physical, with Brady Frey their allstate fullback back again this year.

We got what we knew we would get. They have a deceptive offense, so we knew we’d have to be ultradisciplined. While we did some nice things offensively, we also had a hard time sustaining drives. They controlled the line on both sides of the ball and we couldn’t stop it.”

The Falcons scored on nine of their ten possessions, with the Eagles putting their lone touchdown on the board right before halftime.

That drive started on their 25, with Graeham Schope ripping off carries of 17 yards and later 10 yards to take it to the A-P 40. Miguel Pacheco took over from there, busting loose on a pretty touchdown run with under a minute left in that quarter.

The Eagles had one other nice drive late in the third quarter that stretched into the early fourth. It started deep in their territory at the 10-yard line, and helped out by a nice 53-yard pass completion from Devon Omvig to Josh Morris. With the ball now resting at the Falcon 33, several short gains were added by a couple of penalties on A-P. The drive finally ended on a fourth and goal incomplete pass at the Falcon seven.

The Eagles compiled 200 total net yards, with nine first downs and 77 net yards on the ground. They had 44 total offensive plays, and edged the Falcons in time of possession 24:07 to 23:53. They converted three of 10 third-downs and no fourthdowns in three attempts. The Eagles were flagged only twice for 15 total yards.

Pacheco finished with 79 net yards on 15 attempts and a score. Schope had six attempts for 30 yards, Morris four rushes for nine yards and Omvig six carries for five yards. He also scored the two-point conversion.

Omvig was four of 13 for 77 yards, with Zach Ploeger grabbing three balls for 24 total and Morris one pass for 53.

Schope booted three punts for a 20-yard average, and kicked off twice for a 38.5-yard average. Morris returned six kicks for 127 total yards and Schope two kicks for 49 yards.

There were no punt returns.

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Over 50 golf The Over 50 Golf Tour Groups nicE jOB Kolten McCutcheon makes a tackle on the Falcon ball carrier as Miguel Pacheco also converges on the play.

Both of them helped as much as possible defensively, but the A-P offense was simply too strong in a 48-8 loss.

Photo by Les Houser

JAnA WillArd Photo courtesy of Lifetouch

Jana posted an 18:31 for 20th place at the home Dick Bell Invitational last Tuesday. The freshman is the daughter of Breeann Vrba.

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“I’m proud of them,” said Williamson. “They battled hard for all four quarters. We continue to do that, playing the game like it’s meant to be played. We’re getting better, and we’re all still working as hard as we can to be successful.”

This week: South Hamilton (3-1, 5-2) at Eagle Grove (0-5, 0-7)-The Hawks come off a close 26-23 loss to

Pickering makes 19 digs 34 total digs all by herself, making 19 saves of the ball for the night.

Kruckenberg added eight from her spot, while Axtell made four digs. Cooper, Crail and Wilson all contributed one each.

“Our back row defense was good, with Maci and Sam digging out the ball,” said McLaughlin. “We made Humboldt earn their points. Koester hit the ball well. Our emphasis in practice has been on not making so many hitting errors and keeping the ball alive. It’s been about learning how to stay aggressive while not making mistakes. We have to be aggressive with our hitting to compete. They’re learning how to hit based on the angle, the speed of the set and the opposition’s defense. The girls are understanding the game and their roles on the team.”

The Eagles are now 1-26 overall, and travel to Algona this Thursday to take on Bishop Garrigan in their final season scheduled match. They open regional play the following Tuesday at Pocahontas (see separate story elsewhere on the sports pages).

“Hopefully we can stay healthy now for the stretch run of our season,” concluded the head coach.

“I think a lot of the girls for stepping up to the challenges of this season.

They want to be here everyday for practice, and want to challenge the top teams. It will pay off for us in the future.”

Ogden in a non-district game. “This is another big, fast and physical team,” said Williamson. “They can run and pass, and played even with Dike-New Hartford and put a hurt on A-P. They’re an athletic bunch that gives every team fits. We need to finish our blocks and finish up the little things in our game. Those can make a big difference.”

Eagles begin regional volleyball at Pocahontas

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com Eagle Grove has been assigned to region 2, and begins Class 2A regional tournament play on Tuesday, October 22 versus Pocahontas Area at Pocahontas.

That match, as do all matches listed, starts at 7 p.m. The winner of that match then plays Sioux Central, who received a bye, on Tuesday, October 29th at Pocahontas for the right to advance to the semifinals.

Other teams in the top half of the bracket include St. Edmond, Manson NW Webster and Ridge View. The regional semifinal is on Friday, November 1 at Schaller.

Teams in the bottom half of the bracket are Woodbury Central, West Monona, Lawton-Bronson, Alta-Aurelia, South O’Brien and Hinton. Their semifinal is the same night at Hinton. The two surviving teams will meet in the regional final on Wednesday, November 6 at Sioux City. The winner of that match will advance to the 2013 Girls State Volleyball Tournament November 12-15 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.

“A” and “B” were hosted by Eagle Grove Golf Club on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. There were 60 members participating.

The event winners were: Closest to the Pin, 1st Shot, Hole #8: Ed Harp of Algona, 38.

Closest to the Pin, 2nd Shot, Hole #2: Terry Barber of Elmore, Minn., 41.

Longest Putt, Hole #9: Ray Rouse of Emmetsburg, 36.

Flight Winners: 1st Flight: Craig Lloyd, Elmore, Minn., 35.

2nd Flight: Jerry Helmers, Algona, 39.

3rd Flight: Rich Kehr, Spencer, 41.

4th Flight: Billy Kinney, Havelock, 42.

5th Flight: Jack McNerney, Elmore, Minn., 44.

6th Flight: Martin Frust, Britt, 46.

7th Flight: Mick Cruise, Wesley, 49.

8th Flight: Harvey Larson, Swea City, 53.

Don Camenisch is the tour director.

This was the last outing for the year.

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Zach Ploeger (15) attempts to stop the AplingtonParkersburg ball carrier in last Friday’s home game. Also in the photo are Miguel Pacheco (left) and Josh Morris.

Ploeger had 24 receiving yards on three catches, and was one of the leaders in tackles. Photo by Les Houser

Eagles start slow, play close third set in loss to wildcats

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com While it took a little while for the Eagle Grove varsity volleyball team to crank up their play last Thursday night at Humboldt, they stayed right with the Wildcats in the third set before dropping a 3-0 match. Set scores were 25-8, 25-10, 25-20.

“We had to shake off some rust, and so we didn’t start well and never got into the first set,” said head coach Jim McLaughlin. “We were up 8-5 in the second, then gave them a ten point run advantage with one server.

They’ve got a hitting team, and we could have packed it in at that point but we stayed right with them in the third set. I felt good about that.”

The team served at almost 86 percent, with Sam Kruckenberg at 8 of 8 and two aces and Maci Pickering at 6 of 6. Megan Crail went 9 of 10, also with two aces, while Tori Axtell was 3 of 4. Heather Wilson was 5 of 7 with an ace, Daisah Shivers 4 of 6 and Bailey Boyer was successful with her only serve of the night.

Shivers set the ball for seven assists, while Crail was in on five assists from her setter spot. Leslie Cooper was credited with an assist as well. Dani Koester and Kruckenberg both shared the lead in kills with each nailing five successful spikes.

Cooper added three, with Bailey Boyer and Mallory Hammitt adding one apiece.

Pickering gathered over half of the

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The annual Clarion Junior Wrestling Tournament, sponsored by the Clarion Ruritans and the Clarion Recreation Department, takes place on Saturday, Nov. 23. There will be four divisions competing. Pee Wee is for grades Prep-K, K, first and second. Weigh-in is from 7:30-8:30 a.m., with matches starting at 9:30 a.m. Bantam is for third and fourth graders, with weigh-in also from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and wrestling starting right after the Pee Wee matches.

Junior is for fifth and sixth graders, with weigh-in from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and matches starting right after Bantam. Senior is for seventh and eighth graders, with weigh-in also from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and matches starting right after Junior.

All wrestlers will wrestle 4-man round robin events. Every attempt is made to give all boys three matches.

Hopefully, byes will not be necessary and pairing boys from the same town can be avoided. Brackets will be determined at weigh-in.

This is an all-trophy tournament, with awards given for first thru fourth place. Champions will also receive their wall bracket. Entry fees must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, Nov. 20, to avoid an extra door fee. Entry fee must be included at the time of registration, with checks made payable to the City of Clarion and sent to P.O. Box 266, Clarion, Ia. 50525. You must fill out an entry form for early registration, and they are available from the Ruritans or Rec. Director Tom Simmons.

Spectator admission will be charged at the door. Concessions are available, with a continental breakfast and noon lunch also available for purchase. For questions or more information contact Simmons at 515-532-2482.

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Miguel rushed for 79 net yards, with his longest run covering 40 yards, to lead the team in the loss to AplingtonParkersburg. He also scored the only Eagle touchdown.

He now has 244 total yards for the season, and is tied for second on the team with 40 tackles. The senior lives in the home of Trasa Throntveit.

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Lady Eagles compete well at Dick Bell Invitational Christensen wins, Willard 20th

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com The Lady Eagle cross country team competed against a very strong field of 1A schools, coming away with a sixth place finish for the varsity at the annual Dick Bell Invitational ran last Tuesday on their home course.

Emmetsburg won class B with 50 points, followed by South Hamilton at 84 and Mason City Newman at 92. Eagle Grove was sixth. Gilbert took class A, with Grace Gibbons of Gilbert the top finisher with a 15:17.

Tiffany Christensen again crossed the finish line first in class B, turning in a 15:52. Other finishes were Jana Willard at 20th in 18:31, Sami Simons at 29th in 19:06, Sam Helmke at 34th in 19:30, Alix Rethman at 42nd in 20:08 and Kaylee Cameron at 48th in 22:24.

“Four of the nine teams in class B are ranked in 1A,” said head coach Mike Herrington. “Overall, I thought our performance was solid considering we were coming off our second meet in four days on two very challenging courses. We had solid one-mile splits for the first mile, then followed that with quality .4 mile finishes. The middle mile tested our legs and most of our runners lost some time over this portion of the course. Again, this was expected with the volume of work we did prior to South Hardin combined with our second meet in two days. The exciting thing was our second through fifth runners had about a 25-second variance at the mile mark. We will see our course again for the conference meet and it will be interesting to see our secondmile split on fresher legs.”

The coach then talked about his individual finishes. “Tiffany led the entire race to win,” said Herrington.

“Jana ran a solid 6:40 for her first mile and wasn’t feeling well on top of having tired legs. I’m really interested to see her performance at conference. If she can hold a 7:15 for the second mile, I feel she has a chance to run low 17’s which will be huge for her confidence heading into the state qualifying meet. Sami and Sam each ran solid one-mile splits at the 6:42 to 6:44 pace. I can allow them to give up 15-20 seconds at the mile split, if and only if they are mentally driven to come through with a second-mile split at 7:20. That just requires a runner to find the relaxed rhythm and drive themselves to catch those ahead of them on the course. They have the experience and ability to make it happen. They have to be optimistic thinkers and want to put the team on their shoulders and carry it to the finish line. In fact, this needs to be the mindset for the first through seventh runners.”

Coach felt Alix Rethman turned in a solid 7:08 split for her first time running the course. “She is very driven and works hard in practice,” said Herrington. “The key for her is staying relaxed and finding that easy and comfortable revolution with her legs. She has improved and I hope to see her push to break the 19’s at the conference meet. Kaylee ran varsity even though her leg is not 100 percent. I really appreciate her dedication and willingness to run even with a lot of pain. I wish she were healthy, as she would really be trying to push herself up the chart on this team. Aja Bell was injured the day before this meet and was unable to perform. She had a solid performance at South Hardin. She really improved her time and level of

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confidence, and her presence would have impacted the team scores.

She’s made huge strides this season and we will evaluate her status for the conference meet. Her state track experience has really helped her in cross country. She told me she has not forgotten the distance medley race at state and it motivates her to help this team reach its goals at the end of the season.”

Herrington also mentioned Dru Boatner (23:45) and Alexi Bell (23:35), who represented the Lady Eagles in the JV race. “Alexi came in first for her team in that race,” said Herrington. “They continue to work hard and hopefully will continue to improve as the season winds down. Good things can happen for them if they stay driven and push through mental barriers while on the course.”

Herrington also touched on the previous meet at South Hardin on October 5th. “There were quality teams there in 3A and 2A, and I felt we had a quality performance against the other 1A schools,” said the head

coach. “The girls responded well with the majority running personal bests for the season.”

He felt the course was challenging, with 70 percent of it consisting of either uphill or downhill runs. “I thought Aja ran a very solid race (fifth on the team) for her first time at this meet,” said Herrington. “Tiffany continued to run well, leading from start to finish. Jana ran mid-17’s (second on team) and we need that type of intensity out of her as we head towards the qualifying meet.

She has the capability to run towards the front and have a huge impact on our team. Aja and Alix (sixth on team) ran close together and we need them to both push themselves to the next level, whether that means running together or moving up with the next Eagle Grove runner.

Helmke (third on team) continues to push herself, while Sami (fourth on team) has to make a goal of running right with Jana to give us a solid 2-3 combination.”

By Les Houser wrightcosports@gmail.com Using the familiarity of their home course, the Eagle cross country team picked up third place in the eightteam field in Class B at the annual Dick Bell Invitational Meet last Tuesday at the Eagle Grove Golf Course.

West Fork was team champ with 37 points, followed by Bishop Garrigan with 58 and Eagle Grove with 75. They were followed by South Hamilton, North Iowa, Emmetsburg, Mason City Newman and Belmond-Klemme. Peyton Twedt of the Warhawks was first individually with a 16:55. Algona won Class A, with Thomas Pollard of Gilbert leading the way with a 15:35 in that race.

“We had 13 personal best (PB) times in this meet,” said head coach Aaron Schmidt. “There’s a lot of improvement being made at an important time of the season. The guys traditionally run well at their home meet, and weather was not a factor. Third place is about where I thought we needed to finish and where I wanted us to finish. As it turned out, we were less than 20 points out of second. We’re decreasing that gap with these teams and are looking good for the conference meet this week.”

According to Schmidt, things are looking so good that the newest rankings following the two meets last week show the Eagles 13th in their class.

Noah Stephas continues to set his sights on a great postseason run, finishing 10th last Tuesday in 18:04.

Other Eagle finishes were Carter Asche in 14th with 18:31, Austin Weland in 15th with 18:49, Brett Maier in 17th with 19:11, Colton Pickering in 19th with 19:22, Jacob Wesselink in 29th with 19:43 and Jordan Ferry in 31st with 19:54.

The following placing and times are for the JV runners: Ben Thompson in 11th with 19:49, Gage Behnkendorf in 44th with 21:14, Casey Jergens in 46th with 21:15, Louis Shriver in 51st with 21:47, Eric Fransen in 53rd with 21:56, Andrew Ramsey in 59th with 22:08, Braden Cahalan in 77th with 22:53, Tyler Kendrick in 90th with 23:31, Preston Jacobson in 95th with 24:02, Karter Johnson in 96th with 24:07, Logan Toillon in 104th with 24:45, Kaden Helmke in 112th with 25:03, Caleb Pohlman in 113th with 25:10, Dalton Schaffer in 119th with 26:20, Drew Lowenberg in 121st with 26:34 and Harrison Helgevold in 128th with 30:10.

“We had five varsity finishes from 10th to 19th, which shows we’re packing up,” said Schmidt.

“They all stuck together and pushed each other. Ben Thompson became eligible to run, doing JV here and varsity on Thursday. He’s proven to be a strong asset for the team. Our sixth and seventh runners play a huge part in things, and you never know when you need that sixth place result for a tie situation. Schaffer is a great guy to have on the team too.

The 26-minute range is his PB, and he’s made a lot of improvement. At South Hamilton, I saw a lot of great teamwork and sportsmanship from him. He told Harrison before he ran that he (Harrison) was going to have a PB on that night, and he went out and set one. That was really nice, and he deserves recognition for that support of his team mates.”

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that up with a seventh place effort at South Hamilton. Gilbert took the title with 47 points, followed in the top three by East Marshall with 59 and Nevada with 124. The Eagles finished with 186.

Stephas came home ninth in 17:32 to lead the way, setting a new PB in the process. Other placing and times for the varsity were Asche in 33rd with 18:39, Weland in 46th with 19:08, Pickering in 47th with 19:16 (PB), Maier in 51st with 19:32, Wesselink in 52nd with 19:32 (PB) and Thompson in 55th with 19:37 (PB).

Placing and times for the JV runners was as follows: Toillon in 18th with 20:18 (PB), Ferry in 20th with 20:25, Behnkendorf in 22nd with 20:34 (PB), Jergens in 28th with 21:05 (PB), Shriver in 33rd with 21:39 (PB), Ramsey in 35th with 21:43 (PB), Fransen in 37th with 21:56, Cahalan in 45th with 23:10, Johnson in 46th with 23:12 (PB), Jacobson in 48th with 23:20 (PB), Pohlman in 51st with 24:03 (PB), Kendrick in 52nd with 24:04, Helmke in 60th

with 25:14, Lowenberg in 62nd with 25:47 (PB), Schaffer in 68th with 27:47 and Helgevold in 70th with 29:16 (PB).

“Only one 1A school beat us in the team standings,” said Schmidt. “We had another 14 total PB’s. The guys had a goal to pull ahead of the home team South Hamilton in the rankings and they did that. Stephas went from :57 to :32 which was huge. If we can keep lowering those times we have a strong possibility of making it to state. It will be a challenge. There will be teams at the qualifier that we haven’t seen, but I’m confident on our own course of coming out on top.”

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New photography studio opens in Eagle Grove

by Kim demory egeagle@goldfieldaccess.net There’s nothing quite like a photograph to preserve the memory of the most special events and people in our lives. Whether you’re celebrating a soon-to-be graduate, a wedding, or capturing the tiny fingers and toes of your newborn, Jacci Hindt can capture these special moments that will be cherished for years to come.

Hindt originally from Rockwell City, has been taking professional photographs for the past five years - two years in Urbandale, then three years in Baxter. She has now moved to Eagle Grove to be with her fiance, Mike Weland, and opened a new studio, Urban Images, located at 110 SW 10th St., sharing a building with Zumba.

Hindt said her love of photography began at a very early age, encouraged by her father’s passion for the hobby. By the time she was in high school, she had “oneof-a-kind wallpaper,” also known as photos she had taken that covered

her entire wall.

When she became a mother, her photography passion only grew.

With the camera always close at hand to take photos of Addison and Jax, she decided why not turn her passion of photography into a career instead of just a hobby.

She received a degree in photography from DMACC and has been going full force in creativity ever since.

Hindt describes herself as “fun, outgoing, happy, bubbly” and a person who likes to laugh a lot. Her outgoing nature results in photography that will capture the true essence of who you are, not just the person looking into the camera.

“My interest lies on capturing you in your true identity! I love making people feel beautiful inside and out, and my images are a true reflection of me,” Hindt promotes on her website, urbanimagesiowa.com.

Hindt does all types of photography including wedding, graduation, children, families and more. She also does on location

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Jacci Hindt is fun-loving and full of life, which is why she has made preserving life’s special moments and people not only her hobby, but her career. Urban Images has been open in Eagle Grove one month, and she’s hoping you’ll stop in to see what keepsake she can capture for you. Photo by Kim Demory outdoor photography.

“It’s been fantastic (since moving here). Eagle grove has opened their arms up and really welcomed us,”

Hindt said.

Photo sessions are available by appointment. Hindt can be reached by calling 515-802-2298.

by Clae goater claengoater@gmail.com This year’s Night Hike is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Lake Cornelia.

Night Hike is a great opportunity for people to go out and enjoy the great outdoors, and maybe even learn something along the way.

Groups of 20-25 people will be sent around the nature trail roughly every ten minutes.

Hikers will go to various stations around the trail, where they will listen to presentations and skits based around ecology and conservation.

“We usually do stuff about animal interactions. We do stuff about the park, about interactions between park rangers and campers, things like that,” said Wright County Naturalist Jake Schaben.

“Our main goal is to teach people some things that they might not know. We’re trying to do a little environmental education.”

Night Hike will not be taking reservations this year.

“I have in the past, but last

year we didn’t and it seemed to work out fine. People can just show up and we’ll send them out,” said Shannon Walker.

Night Hike is not designed to be scary, and is something that the whole family can enjoy. However, if people are not comfortable moving along uneven ground in the dark, they might want to consider showing up early.

“If you have little kids or elderly people who don’t want to go out in the dark, I would advise them to show up early. About 6-7 p.m.,” Walker said.

Night Hike is organized through volunteer efforts. This year, Night Hike has about 50 volunteers working together.

Clarion-Goldfield Peer Helper students will be acting as guides on the hike. The Belmond Boy Scouts will be manning the concession stand for the evening.

If you’re interested in volunteering for Night Hike, or want more information, you can contact Schaben at 515-532-3185

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