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Child Care Center GARNER - The community meeting for the Garner Christian Child Care Center that was scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17 is postponed until December. Watch for more information.

Veterans Assistance GARNER – Hancock County Veterans who need assistance at this time are asked to call Chris Oliver, Wright County Veterans Affairs, at 515-602-6208. Beginning in December, the Hancock County VA Office in Garner will be open Monday and Friday with an interim service officer until a new permanent part-time service/ administrator for the office has been hired.

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GARNER - The Garner Evangelical Free Church, 580 HWY. 18, is the site of the 2016 Garner Community Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 24. Please call 641-923-6092 for reservations for meals. The last day for reservations is Nov. 23. Carry out dinners will be available from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Dine-in from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. A free-will offering will go to God’s Pantry.

Mayor Ken Mick administers the oath office to Tim Dodge, the new Chief of Police at Garner. Rebecca Peter | The Leader

Tehya Mitchellm a junior class officer, hands a Veterans Day greeting to a veteran. Hand-made greeting by Garner-Hayfield-Ventura third graders were distributed to veterans in the audience during the program. More photos on page 11.

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Driver’s license stations All Iowa DOT driver’s license stations, normally open Tuesday through Saturday, will be closed Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 24-26. In lieu of Saturday service, the stations will be open Monday, Nov.28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Normal business hours will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

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Britt’s American Legion were honored during Friday’s Veterans Day program at West Hancock High School in Britt. Story and photos on page 10.

Thursday, November 17 Garner Christian Childcare Center open house, originally scheduled for today, is being postponed until December. Details will follow. Saturday, November 19 Garner Public Library is hosting an open house at its newly renovated building from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, November 21 Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner. GHV School Board meets at 7 p.m. in HS Media Center. West Hancock School Board meets. Tuesday, November 22 Garner Council meets at 7 p.m. in Council Chamber, City Hall. Thursday, November 24 Garner Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be served at Garner E-Free Church, 580 Hwy 18, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. For reservations, call 641-923-6092. Last day for reservations is Wednesday, November 23. Carry out meals will be available from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Deliveries and pick-ups will also be available. A free will offering will be given to God’s Pantry. Monday, November 28 Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner. Continued on page 2.

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County sides with GOP in election Rebecca Peter

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ertarian Party received 166 votes. A scattered number of votes were cast for various other third party candidates for president. Hancock County had 72.8 percent voter-out. A total of 5,915 of the county’s 8,074 registered voters participated in the election. The Hancock County Board of Supervisors canvassed the election results Monday. ELECTION to page 2

GARNER – All-terrain vehicles and utility off-road vehicles will be allowed on Garner city streets. The Garner City Council adopted the ordinance on a 4-1 vote, following the third and final reading, Tuesday, Nov. 8. ATVs and utility vehicles will be allowed on Garner city streets with the following stipulations: •The driver must be age 18 or older. •The operator shall not travel on or across US Highway 18 or Iowa Highway 69, including any portion of their right-of-ways. •Have suitable and effective muffling devices. •Be equipped with a headlight, taillights, brakes, and require the use of hand signals for turning. •Not carry more persons than it is designed to carry. •Be insured with financial liability and carry proof of insurance. •Comply with all city and state motor vehicle laws. Councilman Dennis Drabek presented a letter from a citizen who was against the ordinance. The vote was followed by applause from supporters of the measure at the meeting. New Police Chief City officials welcomed Tim Dodge, the new chief of police for the Garner Police Department. The oath of office was administered to Dodge at the meeting. Chief Dodge was previously employed by the Ankeny Police Department where he was a police officer for the past 6 years. The son of Rev. Bob and Brenda Dodge of Britt, Dodge is a graduate of the former Rockwell-Swaledale High School, the University of Iowa, and the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. The department will also be filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Mark Yates. Amber Jenninges, Chamber of Commerce Director, gave a report on chamber activities for the year. A new promotion for the Christmas season will be an “elf on the shelf” promotion at participating Garner businesses. Drew Sweers, Veenstra and Kimm engineer, reported he met with property owners to discuss options for the East 2nd Street Storm Sewer and Sidewalk Project and to listen to their concerns. Garner Café The council accepted the bid of $9,550 from Bill Diebler Excavating for demolition of the former Garner Café building on State Street. Diebler

was the low of three bids submitted for the demolition. The downtown revitalization project is nearly complete, according to Randy Lansing, city administrator. The council approved $22,092.43 pay request from Cornerstone Construction in connection with the project. Library Likewise, the remodel/expansion of the Garner Public Library is also nearing completion. A “sneak peek” open house is planned for Saturday, Nov. 19, 2-5 p.m. Fair Labor Standards Act The city administrator also reviewed the impact the Federal Fair Labor Act will have on the library director, city clerk and the park and recreation director. All three positions are currently salaried. The act, which goes into effect on Dec. 1, says that salaried employees performing executive, administrative and professional duties are required to be paid a minimum of $47,476 or $22.86 per hour under a 2,080 hour work year. “When you look at those three employees and the average number of hours they put in, it would appear it would be better off advancing them to that minimum salary instead taking their current salary and converting it into an hourly wage and paying the overtime,” said Lansing. Lansing said that the council has no decision pertaining the to library director’s salary. The director’s salary is set by the library board. “The control the city council has over the library is the budget,” he said, adding that it’s up to the library board how much of the budget goes for salaries, building upkeep, materials, etc. Lansing recommended the council move the city clerk’s pay to the $47,476 and eliminate the $40 per meeting pay. He noted that the parks and rec director averages 49.6 hours per week. In addition, the recreation coordinator position hasn’t been filled for several years. “I think there is a need for somebody to help in that position,” remarked councilman George Smith. “We just need to figure out what that looks like.” “There’s still some talk of court action to bar this from going in place Dec. 1,” said Lansing. “If they’re going to do that, they really have to get moving.” The council approved a motion to increase the city clerk’s salary to $47,476 on Dec. 1 barring court action. No action was taken on the parks and rec director’s salary pending further study.

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gleadernews@qwestoffice.net KLEMME –The City of Klemme is moving forward with an application for a federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The council held a public hearing in connection to the application at the Nov. 7 meeting. The North Iowa Area Council of Governments is assisting the city with the block grant application process. The CDBG application is due April 1, 2017. The city is requesting $300,000 in CDBG funds in connection plans for a hybrid aerated lagoon in order to meet DNR water quality discharge standards. The project will include construction of an EQ storage basin, relocation of the outfall line to the east branch of the Iowa River and installation of ELECTION from page 1 State Senate District 4 Dennis Guth of Klemme (R) was re-elected to the State Senate District 4 seat in the Iowa Legislature. Guth defeated Democratic challenger Susan Bangert of Algona by an overall district vote of 18,346 to 11,877. The district includes Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago and Wright Counties. In Hancock County, Guth received 3,887. A total of 1,885 votes were cast for Bangert in Hancock County. With a GOP majority in the House and the Senate, Guth said reducing the size of government will be a goal when the Iowa Legislature convenes in January. “We’re going to be talking about school choice, judicial reform and voter I.D, and no state benefits for illegal aliens. That’s one of the places where we can save some money.” Water quality will also be on the list of legislative priorities. “Republicans want to make that voluntary and make farmers have choices about what they do on their land.” Voluntary conservation measures such as buffer strips, wetlands, striptill, and no-till will be encouraged. Personally, Guth plans to push the elimination of public funding for Planned Parenthood and for a religious freedom restoration act. State Representative District 8 Terry Baxter (R-Garner) also was reelected to the Iowa House of Rep-

UV disinfection equipment as well as engineering, legal and administrative costs. The proposed activities will be adjacent to the existing wastewater treatment lagoon. Final plans and specifications concerning the project will be submitted to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The application process includes a survey of low-to-moderate income persons, which was completed this past June, July and August. The survey indicated the community meets the requirement to benefit low-to-moderate income residents. “One of the national objectives for the funding is that it benefit LMI persons. The City has to have at least a 51.1 percent LMI population to be eligible to apply for the funds,” said Chris Diggins, NIACOG local assis-

resentatives. District-wide, a total 10,078 votes were cast for Baxter over challenger Nancy Paule Huisinga (D-Clarion). Huisinga received 4,701 votes. District 8 includes all of Hancock and Wright Counties and a portion of Kossuth County. Hancock County voters cast 4,056 votes for Baxter and 1,643 votes for Huisinga. Other election returns from Hancock County are as follows: U.S. Senate Charles Grassley (R) cruised to another term in U.S. Senate over former Lt. Governor Patty Judge (D). The vote in Hancock County was Grassley - 4,232, Judge - 1,324 Congressional Race Steve King (R-Kiron) will continue to represent Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. King defeated Democratic challenger Kim Weaver of Sheldon. The vote in Hancock County was 3,826 for King and 1,877 for Weaver. County Offices Three county seats were up for election this year. All three candidates were unopposed. Jerry Tlach of Britt (R) was reelected to a fifth term on the Hancock County Board of Supervisors. Tlach received 4,918 votes. Auditor Michelle Eisenman (R) was reelected with 4,989 votes. Sheriff Scott Dodd (R) was returned to office with 5,135 votes. Non-Partisan Offices Hospital Trustees (elect 3) - Ron

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tance director. “Thus, since the City’s LMI population is 60.73%, the city meets that threshold.” The application process also includes a Community Development and Housing Needs Assessment (CDHNA) for low-to-moderate income persons in Klemme. The assessment is required to be completed as a part of the application process for the EQ basin project. Needs were identified as: •Safe, adequate municipal water, wastewater and storm water systems. •Provide assistance to low-income families in owning and maintaining safe, decent, and affordable housing. •Provide assistance in the availability of safe, decent, low-income rental housing for the elderly and for young working families. •Expand affordable housing in the $60,000 - $80,000 range.

Eden (3,394), Mary Kopacek (3,895), Rob Willms (3,343). Soil and Water Conservation Commissioner (elect 3) – Jon Hollatz (3,496), Terry Kaduce (3,679), Dean Stromer (20 write-in) Ag Extension Council (elect 4) – Julie Barickman (3,280), Ryan Eekhoff (3,448), Darcy Ristau (3,076), Kody Trampel (3,245). Ag Extension Council (fill vacancy) – Heidi Greiman-Konz (4,059). Judicial Retention Vote Iowa Supreme Court: Mark S. Cady – 2,446 yes, 2,207 no; Daryl L. Hecht – 2,282 yes, 2,217 no; Brent R. Appel – 2,315 yes, 2,200 no. Court of Appeals: David R. Danilson – 2,849 yes, 1,363 no; Richard H. Doyle – 2,765 – yes, 1,365 no; Amanda Potterfield – 2,777 – yes, 1,379 no; Gayle Vogel – 2,786 yes, 1,347 no. District Court: Peter B. Newell – 3,046 yes, 1,188 no. Township Trustees & Clerks The election results for township trustees and clerks are as follows (vote for 1): Amsterdam – Nancy Moeller-Klein (1), Amsterdam (fill vacancy) – Ronald Melohn (52); Amsterdam clerk – Daniel Hansen (53); Avery – Keith Barkema (93), Avery (fill vacancy) – Larry Treinen (84); Bingham – Cassandra Schutjer (79); Boone - Dennis Schwab (67); Britt Township – Allan K. Burgardt (97); Concord – Jon Hollatz (140);

•Expand ongoing efforts to assist elderly and low-income households with their rehabilitation needs. Other community development and housing needs that have been identified are: •Adequate infrastructure to serve the residents, business and industry. •Revitalize the downtown business district. •Attract of new businesses to the community. •Develop strategies that would stimulate the construction of single family homes. •Provide attractive and appropriate alternative housing choices for elderly residents. In other matters, Ken Weiland, public works director, reported that the montly wastewater monitoring reports will be submitted electronically to the DNR in December.

Crystal – Roger Leerar (67); Ellington - Gordon L. Johnson (223); Erin Trustee – Lee Marchand (88); Garfield - Tom Wellik – 159; Madison – William R. Keel (197); Magor - Scott Sloan (64); Orthel - Glen Schulz – 105; Orthel clerk – Steve Kelly (104). Liberty trustee (vote for 1, all write-in votes) – *Michel Hrubes (2), one vote each for Eldon Gast, Kimm Larson and Terry Woiwood. Ell Township trustee (vote for 1, all write-in votes) – *Brent Renner (6), Glen Alden (5), Justin Klooster (2), and one vote each for Ted Greiman, Ben Hadacek, Kody Trampel, Wendy Wood and Donald Trump. Twin Lake trustees (vote for 3) – COMMUNITY CALENDAR Continued from page 1. Saturday, December 3 St. Paul Lutheran Church, 810 State St., Garner, is hosting a 2016 ethnic bake sale from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the basement fellowship area. Monday, December 5 Klemme Council meets. Wesley Council meets. Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner. Tuesday, December 6 Britt Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Wednesday, December 7

Kanawha prepares for sewer line smoke test

cussion about installing security cameras in the city park as only one bid for cameras was received. In other business, the council approved a bid from R&M Plumbing and Heating in the amount of $1,189 for the purchase and instillation of a heater in the lift station. A discussion was also held about a request to sell the property between the railroad and 1st Street W on South Oak Street, but the council declined the request.

By Travis Fischer The Kanawha City Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 8. At the meeting the council spoke with Kevin Jacobsen from CID to discuss smoke testing the sanitary sewer to find leaks and defects. The council decided to table the matter until the next meeting, giving Public Works Superintendent David Spangler time to map out the sections of the city with known issues. The council also tabled dis-

Doyce E. Pringnitz – (65), Timothy Landgraf – (47), Greg Wilhelm (54) Voters in the Belmond-Klemme School District elected elected two members to fill vacancies on the school board. Laura LaRue was elected at-large director. LaRue received 343 votes in Hancock County. Dawn Sander was elected as District 4 director. Sander received 444 votes from Hancock County. The Belmond-Klemme School Board will canvass the results in Voters in the incorporated area of Forest City that is in Hancock County voted in favor of a once cent local options sales tax. The vote was 66 in favor to 60 no.

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North Iowa Detachment #859 Marine Corps League meets at 7:30 p.m. in Hy Vee East meeting room, Mason City. For more information, contact Ernie Martinez at 641-4236023 or 800-373-3393. Monday, December 12 Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner. Tuesday, December 13 Cowith Council meets. Kanawha Council meets at 6 p.m. Garner Council meets at 7 p.m. in Council Chamber, City Hall. Monday, December 19 Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner.

GHV School Board meets at 7 p.m. in HS Media Center. WH School Board meets. Tuesday, December 20 Britt Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Monday, December 26 Hancock County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in Board Chamber, Garner. Tuesday, December 27 Garner Council meets at 7 p.m. in Council Chamber, City Hall. What is your group doing in November and December? Email sharonbates.map@gmail.com or call 9232684 and we’ll add it to the calendar.

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By Brett Pharo Regardless of who you voted for, we should all be proud of the voter turnout. Both major party candidates received a tremendous number of votes, as did Mr. Johnson of the Libertarian Party. It’s too bad that we don’t get that kind of turnout to vote for candidates rather than against candidates, as I suspect was the case this time. In any case, congratulations are in order for Mr. Trump. Congratulations, and recognition, are also in order for the first female to manage a campaign that won the Presidency. Regardless

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Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States of America. The man who couldn’t be trusted with his own Twitter account will be given the codes to launch nuclear weapons. I’m still in the midst of processing this. There’s a great sinking feeling in my stomach whenever I think about what happens next. The man who ran against the Washington establishment with promises to “drain the swamp” has already named RNC chairman Rence Priebus as his chief of staff. There’s also talk of Trump putting a climate change denier in charge of the EPA, a Goldman Sach executive as the Treasury secretary, and Ben Carson in the Education Department. This is just within the first few days of the election. So much for ending corruption and cronyism. So how did this happen? Who do we blame for this disaster in the making? There are so many options. FBI Director James Comey is a good place to start. The never ending mystery of Clinton’s utterly irrelevant e-mails was not something Congress needed a highly politicized update on days before the election. Particularly when the e-mails turned out to be duplicates of e-mail the FBI already had. For all the hype around them, Clinton’s e-mails never produced anything more scandalous than the revelation that the people working for her were kind of snarky. On that note, you could blame the media. Billions of dollars in free advertising got Trump through the GOP primary. Constant exposure desensitized the public to Trump’s many failings and the spectacle of whatever crazy scandal he’d come up next kept people coming back for more. A close race means ratings, so they engineered one. You could also blame Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. In a half dozen states the vote came down to just a few percentage points. It’s impossible to tell whether the third party vote actually spoiled the election, particularly since Gary Johnson probably siphoned off more Trump votes than Clinton, but in a race this close it was an unneeded factor. You could blame the RNC for letting things get this far in the first place. For eight years they’ve fostered a climate of anger amongst their base in a desperate bid for continued relevance. Non-stop propaganda delivered by Fox News convinced their base that the Freedom Caucus was the only thing keeping President Obama from enacting the apocalypse. That manufactured anger took on a life of its own, ultimately embodied by Donald Trump. They could have stopped him in the primary, but instead they turned it into a strange season of “The Apprentice,” with Trump

running roughshod over sixteen other candidates that may have stopped him had they united sooner. Too late now. The civil war within the GOP is over. Moderate Republicans, or the closet thing that passes these days, have lost control of their party to a living cartoon character whose speeches are indistinguishable from a Yahoo News comments section. Of course, plenty of blame also falls onto Hillary Clinton and the DNC. This was their election to lose and they did virtually everything possible to make that happen. Playing dirty pool against Sanders in the primary left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. Clinton’s natural instinct for secrecy and doublespeak did little to repair her image. The fact is that while Clinton is plenty capable, she is not that likable and while that’s an absolutely idiotic trait to prioritize in a presidential candidate (it’s not as though you’ll ever invite her to a dinner party) it is one that voters, particularly Democratic voters, look for and she should have known this. For all her preparations and plans, she never bothered to articulate exactly what she would do in office or why people should vote for her. Sanders had free college for everybody. Trump had his wall. Clinton’s platform was a labyrinth of scattered policies with no unifying theme. Nothing that her supporters could rally around. She ran on a platform of not being Donald Trump, which, to be fair, is all it should have taken. But even to that end she failed at exposing Trump as the paper tiger he is. In three debates she could have dismantled any illusion that he knew what he was doing and simultaneously made a case for herself. She did neither. Hillary Clinton had twice the money, decades of campaign experience, the full force of the DNC behind her, the support of every single living President, and massive electoral advantage. Donald Trump spent as much time fighting the RNC as he did Clinton, had a VP that disavowed him, burned through three campaign managers, and was a never ending train wreck of scandal. Clinton losing to Trump is like the Cubs making it to the final game of the World Series and losing to the LA Lakers. And yes, I am aware that the Lakers are a basketball team. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to the voters… or, in this case,

the non-voters. Ten million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 decided to stay home last week, bringing down our country’s already low participation rate. You can blame Clinton for running a weak campaign, but at least she showed up for her part. Those that did vote for Clinton can take a little solace in the fact that you outnumber Trump supporters. The country that elected Barack Obama has not been overrun by an angry mob of nationalists. Once again, we have a Republican President walking into the White House after losing the popular vote (because that worked out so well for us last time). Finally, we have the Trump voters themselves. It would be easy to write off Trump’s electoral victory as the result of a wave of bigoted nationalism. Easy, but wrong. Roughly 59 million people voted for Donald Trump. While racists and misogynists certainly make up a portion of that number (the KKK is literally holding a parade), they can’t possibly be a majority. Ironically, the fact that so many people bundled all of Trump’s supporters with the “deplorables” likely helped push Trump over the edge. For years now, the regressive left has been manufacturing outrageous culture wars out of nothing. Don’t like the new Ghostbusters movie, you hate women. Dress up as anything for Halloween, you’re a racist committing cultural appropriation. Micro-aggressions. Safe spaces. Trigger warnings. PC culture has become so insufferable that it’s no wonder such a large chunk of Millennials so necessary for a Clinton victory switched sides. In the age of the Internet, there is no shortage of people willing to let it all burn to the ground just to spite the other side. Others may actively dislike Trump, but simply disliked Clinton more. That doesn’t make them sexist. Even voting for the guy that sexually harasses women doesn’t make the voter a sexist. It just goes to show how low the bar was. For many, political correctness had nothing to do with it. Blue collar white males have been used by Republicans and ignored by Democrats for so long that it’s not surprising they flocked around the one guy willing to at least pay them attention. I’m not sure what they’re expecting. Trump can’t put coal back into the GEEK to page 9

The Alternative Fritz Groszkruger 4selfgovernment@gmail.com www.alternativebyfritz.com of who you voted for, you probably recognize that Kellyanne Conway (Trumps campaign manager) did a fantastic job. This is a field that has been totally the domain of men in the past, but Ms. Conway broke through that perceived barrier with class and dominance. Well done! Trump’s win is all the more impressive when you realize what he was up against. He took on the Insiders of the Republican Party, including the powerful Bush political machine, and did so while dealing with a press that was pretty critical of him throughout the primary season. And he won. He then took on the powerful Clinton machine, the Insiders from both major parties, the big money wall streeters, and an openly hostile media in the general election. Rarely, if ever, have the political powers been so stacked against a candidate. And he won. This seems to have been a peaceful revolution against the ruling class. For many, a Trump win came as a totally shocking surprise. For many others, though, it was not. I’ve never been a big fan of Michael Moore, but he was dead on when he predicted Trump would be the next President back in July and then again in October. The Insiders pooh poohed his prediction, but he was right that Trump would carry the rust belt states and the election, and why. Other analysts, such as Jim Rickards, also were predicting a Trump win. Most of the media seemed to be totally flabbergasted as returns came in and just couldn’t understand how they had been so wrong. A few did get it. I think it was Chuck Todd that was realizing that they had totally overlooked what has become known to the political elite as “fly over country.” This is home to the productive engine of America, the rural agriculture areas and the manufacturing centers, both of which have suffered greatly from the policies of taking from the productive and giving to the unproductive. While Clinton was demonstrating the disdain the Insiders, Democrat and Republican, have for the heart of America by referring to them as “deplorables,” Trump was going to the people, listening to them, and connecting with them. The utter disdain the Insiders have for the Outsiders was abundantly evident throughout Tuesday evenings election coverage. Over and over on many channels many of the talking heads stated their belief that Trump voters, or Republicans, or rural people were all uneducated. Very insulting, and totally without any basis outside of the imaginary world they live in. As I said, a few did not present this view, but so many did. What do they mean by uneducated? I think most farmers I know are college educated. And among those that aren’t, I’m pretty sure they are still quite educated. Probably most of them would

be quite capable of sitting in a talking head chair bleating out opinions for a few hours, whereas I’m quite sure none of the talking heads are educated enough to do what these farmers do on a daily basis where a working understanding is needed of biology, chemistry, physics, agronomy, economics, mechanics, etc. I’d like to see some of these “educated” folks try to fix their car engines, or design and construct a bridge, or treat a patient in an ambulance or ER, or coordinate a response to a fire, or frankly do anything productive. And, yes, I am college educated, graduating summa cum laude and a member of Mensa, so I do take offense at being called uneducated and by implication ignorant, by the elitists. Just look at all those uneducated deplorables out in the street rioting over the results of the election. Oh, wait … that isn’t the uneducated deplorable Trump supporters, but the educated, tolerant, caring Clinton supporters showing great maturity and tolerance for opposing views. They are marching, destroying property, and even beating fellow human beings for the high crime of voting for someone other than Clinton. This is ridiculous. What if’s are always speculative, but I sincerely doubt that if Clinton had won you would see Trump supporters acting this way, if for no other reason than that they would need to be at work to support both their families and their dependent welfare families. But more importantly, though very unhappy with the results, they would have accepted the results. You didn’t see this reaction four or eight years ago from the side that lost the election. Says a lot. Speaking of adult-like reactions, or the lack thereof, I see some college professors felt the need to cancel classes or exams so that the students could have time to grieve or whatever. Good grief, what a bunch of immature babies we’re turning out these days! Today being Veteran’s Day, I’m reminded that 70+ years ago young adults were storming beaches on Normandy, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, and other places, and 50 years ago young adults were going through booby-trapped jungles to face the enemy. Today young adults need “safe places” on campus where their feelings won’t be hurt by someone saying something they find offensive, and they are reduced to being unable to take tests due to an election not coming out the way they want. What will they do when they find out the real world doesn’t coddle to their every need. I suppose that is partly the result of being fed a steady diet of indoctrination of victimhood and intolerance being called tolerance. I was glad to see Obama and Trump are both acting like adults so far in the transition. Good for them.

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GHV 9th graders selected for OPUS Honor Choir Caleb Renner and Camden Lau were recently selected for participation in the 31 annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Patrick Carew was selected as an alternate. Over 3,000 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition. The 2016 Opus Honor Choirs will perform 4 p.m., Nov. 17, in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. Guest conductors of the choirs will be Shelly Schaeufele, Waukee Community Schools, 5th and 6th Grade Elementary Honor Choir; Andrew Tadlock, Davenport Community Schools, 7th and 8th Grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; and Luke Johnson, Iowa Western Community College, 9th Grade Mixed Honor Choir. The festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.

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GHV high school students selected to the 2016 9th Grade Opus Honor Choir: Caleb Renner (Bass I), Patrick Carew, (Bass - alternate) and Camden Lau (Tenor I).

Review health insurance during open enrollment By Joyce Lash and Laura Sternweis, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach AMES, Iowa - Fall is open enrollment season for many health insurance plans. However, consumers shouldn’t rely on auto enrollment to handle this important risk management decision, says Joyce Lash, a human sciences specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. “Insurance coverage is variable and consumers should match their needs for the next 12 months to a policy that will provide adequate coverage at the most affordable cost,” said Lash, who specializes in family finance. Open enrollment for Medicare began Oct. 15 and continues through

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Dec. 7. Consumers may enroll in Marketplace plans from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, 2017. Many private and employer insurance plans use November or December calendar dates for open enrollment as well. The open enrollment period is an opportunity to review new plans or learn about changes in old plans. “If you are planning a medical procedure, or there are prescriptions you rely on, you may find they no longer will be covered or may require higher co-pays,” Lash said. “If you selected an expensive policy in the past or purchased coverage that you never used in 2016, you may want to consider finding a higher deductible plan to reduce premiums and still have adequate coverage. Changes in your household finances and/or household members may also make your previous policy choices obsolete,” Lash added. “We’re all learning new ways to purchase health insurance, and our opportunities to make changes no longer carry the risk that we will lose coverage,” she said. ISU Extension and Outreach offers “Smart Choice: Health Insurance,” CY (our cat) IS STILL MISSING:

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Garner Community Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 • Garner E-Free Church • 580 Hwy 18 East

Carry outs. Deliveries. Pick-ups. Carry outs: 11 a.m.-Noon / Dine in: Noon - 1:30 p.m. Free will offering will be given to God’s Pantry Call Garner E-Free Church Secretary at 641-923-6092 for reservations. Reservations requested for meals. Last day for reservations in November 23. Please be sure to mention if transportation is needed!

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a program that can help individuals improve their understanding of health insurance terms and coverage, and learn how to use personal finance and health information to select a policy. The two-hour class will be offered online on Nov. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. To receive class materials and log-in information, pre-register by Nov. 28 at http://tinyurl.com/ pvmceb7. “Contact your ISU Extension and Outreach county office to find a class located near you or to request the program for your workplace,” Lash said.

North Iowa Concert Band To Perform Fall Concert

The North Iowa Concert Band, under the direction of John Klemas, will present a Fall Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the North Iowa Area Community College campus. The North Iowa Concert Band’s program includes: “Celebration Fanfare” by Steven Reineke, “Toccata Marziale” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Afterlife” by Rossano Galante, “The Klaxon” by Henry Fillmore as edited by Frederick Fennell, Scenes from “The Louvre” by Norman Dello Joio I. The Portals, II. Children’s Gallery, III. The Kings of France, IV. The Nativity Paintings, V. Finale; “Circus Days” by Karl L. King as arranged by Loras Schissel. Members of the North Iowa Concert Band represent communities from all over North Iowa, including the towns of Belmond, Charles City, Clear Lake, Dougherty, Forest City, Fredericksburg, Garner, Hampton, Lake Mills, Lisbon, Manly, Mason City, Nora Springs, North Liberty, Northwood, Osage, Rockford, Rockwell, Sheffield, Union, Alden, Minn. and Galesville, Wis. North Iowa Concert Band members include Spencer Larson, and Paula Wirtz of Garner. Tickets for the performance are $5 for adults and are available at the NIACC Business Office (641) 4224188. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the night of the concert.

Garner Progressive Club members learn of third world countries being transformed by MAF The Garner Progressive Club met at the home of Joyce Meyer on Monday, Nov. 7. Club discussion was in regard to upcoming Christmas donations and the club’s December meeting and Christmas party. Don and Penny Pederson presented a program on Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF). The couple’s children and grandchildren have been serving in this mission for several years. Ross, their son-inlaw, flies planes to remote mountain villages in third world countries. He brings doctors, medical supplies and even livestock to those villages. MAF was founded in 1945. Af-

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ter WWII, a few veteran pilots in the U.S. and the United Kingdom dreamed of a way they could use their flying skills to reach isolated people with the gospel. The mission of MAF is sharing the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology so isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed. Ross and his family are one of over 200 families who serve MAF. Don and Penny had several heart stirring stories of their children’s lives and mission work. The next Garner Progressive Club meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 5.

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Wessling family welcomes baby boy

On Oct 26, at 8:13 a.m., Tristan Michael Wessling was born in Meissen Germany. Tristan came into the world weighing 9.47 pounds and was 22 inches long.

Tristan is the son of Michael and Anette Wessling. He joins his sister, Scarly. Tristan is the grandson of George and Phyllis Wessling of Garner.

Plummer family welcomes baby girl

Rick and Brooke Plummer of Lake Mills are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Liberty Ann Plummer, who was born on November 9. She came into the world weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. Liberty has six older siblings: Madison, age 12; Grace, age 9;

Zeke, age 8; Jay, age 6; Malakai, age 4; and Nehemiah, age 3. Grandparents are Craig and Marcia Quisling, of Forest City, and Rick and Pam Plummer of Texas. Great-grandparents are Alice Malek, of Garner, and Lillie Nalepa of Texas.

Bowman family welcomes baby boy

Ryan and Kelly Bowman of Humboldt, Iowa are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Connor John Bowman, who was born on November 9. Connor came into the world weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces.

Connor has one older brother, Jacob Thomas Bowman, age 21 months. Grandparents are Tom and Sherry Fitzgibbon, of Burlington, Iowa and John and Myra Bowman of Britt.

VFW Auxiliary addresses plans for November The VFW Auxiliary #5515 met on Concord Care Center will honor the November 1 at 2 p.m. with Sr. Vice Aggie Voss conducting the meeting for seven members. There were no general order reports given. It was noted that the hamburger supper was well attended and appreciated. A bill was given to the trustees for payment for gifts to the veterans at Prairie View and Concord Care. Eunice reported she will be reading the patriotic essays on Monday, Nov. 7. On Friday, Nov. 11, donations for poppies will be available at the school.

veterans at 2 p.m. on that day. The charter was draped in honor of Delores Hayworth, August 1, 1934 – October 2, 2016. Nora made a motion to make the group’s donations to local agencies. Shirlene seconded and the motion was carried. The Christmas potluck party is scheduled for December 4. The meeting was closed in ritual form. The next meeting will be on January 3, 2017. Always be thankful. Honor our veterans and our troups!

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Emma Faust is shown with her winning poster as she is presented a $50 check from Britt Lion Don Kopacek.

Peace Poster Contest winner announced by Britt Lions Club

Emma Faust, a 7th grade student at the West Hancock Middle School in Kanawha, has taken the first step in the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest by winning the local competition which emphasizes the importance of world peace to young people everywhere. The 12-yearold’s winning poster was selected by the Britt Lions Club membership based on its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest’s them, “A Celebration of Peace.” Britt Lions Club Secretary Don Kopacek said he was impressed by the expression and creativity of the posters submitted by Ms. Anne Denney’s art class at the West Hancock Middle School. “It is obvious that these young people have strong ideas about what peace means to

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them, and I’m proud that we can provide them with this opportunity to share their vision.” Faust’s poster will advance to face stiff competition in the Lions district, state and international rounds of competition. One grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be selected. The grand prize includes a cash award of $5000 plus a trip for the winner and two family members to an award ceremony. The 23 merit award winners will each receive a certificate and a cash award of $500. Emma, the daughter of Alexa Aleman and Justin Faust, was awarded a $50 check from the Britt club, which is now cheering for her poster to advance through the next level of competition.

Zachary Dirksen participates in Dordt College’s high school one act festival SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Zachary Dirksen of Woden, Iowa, participated in Dordt College’s high school one act festival by being a respondent and a games assistant. Dirksen is a freshman majoring in digital media production and theatre arts with an emphasis in acting and directing. The two-day festival in November included tech rehearsals, a variety of workshops, theatre games and an improvisational show. The festival concluded with high schools

performing their one act plays and receiving feedback from a group of Dordt theatre students. Dordt’s active theatre arts program serves the community with two fully mounted main stage shows each year, as well as numerous smaller student-directed or classroom-based projects. Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition.

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Wednesday, Nov. 16 ..................................................2 Hour Early Dismissal Thursday, Nov. 17 .......................................Iowa All-State Festival at Ames ..........................................7th & 8th Boys BB at Eagle Grove, 4:15 pm Friday, Nov. 18 ...............................................Iowa All-State Festival, Ames ..................................................Hall of Pride Game vs. Algona, 6-9 pm Saturday, Nov. 19...........................................Iowa All-State Festival, Ames Monday, Nov. 21 .............7th & 8th Boys BB vs. North Iowa MS, 4:15 pm ....... Varsity Boys BB Scrimmage vs. Belmond-Klemme, et al, 6 pm ...................................................... School Board Meeting, Britt, 7-8 pm Tuesday, Nov. 22..............JV Girls BB vs. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, 6 pm .......................Varsity Girls BB vs. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, 7:15 pm Wednesday, Nov. 23 ..................................................1 Hour Early Dismissal Thursday, Nov. 24 ...........................................................Thanksgiving Break Friday, Nov. 25 ................................................................Thanksgiving Break Monday, Nov. 28 .................. 7th & 8th Boys BB vs. Eagle Grove, 4:15 pm .....................................................JJV Boys BB vs. Lake Mills, 6:15 pm

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BRITT – Hancock County Health System (HCHS) celebrates November as National Home Care Month and wants to recognize the health care staff who have dedicated their work to those who are in need of quality medical care but have the desire to remain at home. “Home care has become a popular choice of care for older adults and those persons recovering from an illness. Families and people needing care in the home are looking to home care services to meet these needs,” said Denise Hiscocks, director, Community Health, HCHS. HCHS offers the following home health services: skilled nursing, home care aides, therapy, medical equipment, home safety evaluations and medication management National Home Care Month also honors all those who assist the older adults so that they can stay in their own homes, as well as the skilled nursing staff who assist people with recovering from an illness. This includes a network of people who play both big and small parts. “It’s the neighbor who comes to

Clarion Coin Club to meet Nov. 17

The Clarion Coin Club will be meeting a week earlier than usual because of Thanksgiving. The monthly auction and meeting will be start at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Pizza Ranch clubroom in Clarion. Twenty of the 81 auction lots are U.S. silver dollars. The public is welcome. Call Boyd LaRue, club chairman, at 515-460-5681 for more information.

Denise Hiscocks shovel snow, the family member who runs errands, and the friend who brings baked goods,” Hiscocks said. “All of these things contribute toward the mental, social and physical well-being of the senior living at home.” To arrange for HCHS home care services, call: 1-641-923-3676 or 1-800-775-6180.

Kanawha Library News

Kanawha Public Library will be open until 7 p.m. on Friday, November 18. The public is invited to register for free gifts. The library will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23 and will be closed on Friday, November 25. Regular hours will resume on Saturday, November 26. Kanawha Public Library adult book club will meet on Friday, December 9, to discuss “Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor” by Lisa Kleypas. Three people are about to discover that Christmas is the time of year when anything is possible. Those interested are invited to pick up a copy of the book at the library.

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Kanawha Community Calendar Wednesday, November 16, 2016 ... Clinic open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ... Library open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 2016 ... Library closed ... Garbage pick-up Friday, November 18, 2016 ... Clinic closed on Fridays ... Library open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2016 ... Library open 9 a.m. to Noon. Sunday, November 20, 2016 ... Church Services throughout Kanawha. See the church directory each week for details. Monday, November 21, 2016 ... Library open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ... WH School Board Mtg at Britt, 7 p.m.

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Patchwork Quilt According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2015, one in every five American workers will be over the age of 65, and in 2020, one in four American workers will be over 55. Here are a few simple workplace solutions recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that will prepare a workplace for an older, healthier, and safer workforce. They don’t cost very much, but they can have huge benefits if implemented with input from workers and supported by all layers of management. Prioritize workplace flexibility. Workers prefer jobs that offer more flexibility over those that offer more vacation days. To the extent possible, give workers a say in their schedule, work conditions, work organization, work location and work tasks. Match tasks to abilities. Use selfpaced work, self-directed rest breaks and less repetitive tasks. Avoid prolonged, sedentary work. It’s bad for workers at every age. Consider sit/stand workstations and walking workstations for workers who traditionally sit all day. Provide onsite physical activity opportunities or connections to low-cost community options. Manage noise hazards (including excess background noise), slip/trip hazards, and physical hazards, conditions that can challenge an aging workforce more. Provide ergo-friendly work environments — workstations, tools, floor surfaces, adjustable seating. Install better lighting where needed, and screens and surfaces with less glare.

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by Candie Cueva Thirteen new members were inducted into Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society on Oct. 24 in the GHV auditorium. Those same students were tapped during a ceremony held at the high school on Oct. 21. To become a member of NHS, a student must be a junior or senior with a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher. These students can choose to complete a form indicating their participation in activities, offices held and so forth. Students are then evaluated by the entire high school faculty on the qualities of service, leadership and character. For example, service could be witnessed when a student demonstrates initiative in promoting school activities. Character can be perceived when a student takes criticism willingly and accepts recommendations graciously. A committee of faculty members then decides on membership and also reevaluates present members. Taylor Bell, junior, has been involved in FFA, FCCLA, choir, plays, the fall musical, soccer, Teen Council, Girl Scouts. She also volunteers at the Humane Society of North Iowa and the Community Kitchen in Mason City and participates in church activities. She will be a counselor at Girl Scout Camp Tanglefoot. Taylor is the daughter of Dean and Jerilyn Bell. Austin Case, the son of Gary and Sandy Case, has been involved in wrestling, football, cross country, golf, Broken Arrow Archery Club, trapshooting, the Lil’ Cards wrestling program, 5 Loaves 2 Fishes and the Winnebago County Relay for Life. Austin is a senior.

Fall National Honor Society Inductees: Row 1 (l to r): Austin Case, Tyler Obermann and Jasie Heitland. Row 2: Taylor Bell, Hannah Wellik and Emily Howke. Row 3: Tehya Mitchell, Jacki Van Oort and Abby Kale. Row 4: Tyler Kumsher, Matthew Heinemann and Hannah Lau. Not pictured: Mallory Keech.

Junior Matthew Heinemann, the son of Daryl and Lynae Heinemann, has been a participant in football, basketball, golf, band, choir, cross country, Impulse and YIELD. He is also active in his church youth group activities and maintaining church grounds and helping to instruct young golfers. Choir, Impulse, FCCLA, band, jazz band, the musicals, YIELD, All-State choir, Teen Council and Character Counts are activities in which Jasie Heitland, a senior, has been involved. She also delivers meals on wheels, volunteers at the community kitchen, delivers food to shut-ins, trains horses and gives lessons, works with

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The townspeople sing about how wonderful Gaston is in the song “Gaston.”

Beauty and the Beast Is a Roaring Success

by Anna Williams Garner-Hayfield-Ventura’s drama department put on the musical Beauty and the Beast on Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5, to the delight of full houses on both nights. Beauty and the Beast, a children’s story that has been around for over 250 years and has been remade numerous times, is a story of a unique girl, Belle, in a small French town where she is perceived as odd. Belle’s father, an inventor, gets lost and chased by wolves, ending up in an enchanted castle. In the castle, the inventor becomes a prisoner of the Master, who is also a beast. Wanting to save her father, Belle trades herself in to become the prisoner while her father is freed. The fun, inanimate characters of the castle, such as a teapot, a candlestick and a clock, become enamored by Belle and wonder if she can break the spell to make them human again.

The starring roles of Belle and Beast were played by Taylor Belle and Parker Schnieders. The entirety of the cast, set crew, backstage crew, the two directors, Ms. May and Mr. Heitland, and set designer Mr. Obermann, put many hours into the musical. “The time was absolutely worth it because in the end it turned out fantastic. If we didn’t put so much time in, it probably would not have been as good,” said Kaylee Parris (Mrs. Potts). Both nights of the performance were sold out, and on Saturday night an additional 50 seats were sold. Patrick Carew (Lumiere) thought the most memorable moment was “the cast party: being with the whole cast, hanging out and watching Beauty and the Beast the movie while the whole cast sang along to the songs.” The overall reaction to the musical was phenomenal, and this was the highest selling performance GHV has had in ten years.

Spanish Trip by Anna Williams After two trips to Spain in the past four years, the Spanish program will sponsor a trip to Peru in the summer of 2018 to allow students to experience the culture and immerse themselves in the language. Katrina Klooster and June Bahnsen, Spanish teachers, are currently planning a trip to Peru. The most recent trip to Spain was last summer. A group of 22 students from Spanish 3 and 4 traveled to three different locations in Spain: Madrid, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. Olivia Carew, one of the students who was part of the group, said, “It was really cool to see how language brings people together and how we were all friends by the end of the trip. It was

just a really good time spending a hefty amount of euros.” In the upcoming trip, the two Spanish classes will be traveling to Peru’s capital, Lima; to Cuzco to visit the famous Machu Picchu; and then to the city of Juliaca. Mrs. Neuberger, a teacher who has chaperoned both Spanish trips, encourages all to see different parts of the world to see what is beyond the borders. Any student who has completed Spanish 3 or 4 is eligible to go on the trip. Students will be meeting on Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the high school media center to make plans for fundraisers to help cover the cost involved. These trips to Spain and Peru are often once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for students to experience.

therapeutic riding at Harmony Ranch, sings for church and nursing homes, helps with the Banta memorials, and works with the after-school children’s program. Jasie is the daughter of Jason and Stacie Heitland. Emily Howke is the daughter of Steve and Brenda Howke. This junior has been involved in Random Acts of Coolness, Teen Council, Student Council, band, jazz band, Keeping It Real, cross country, choir, soccer, speech, fall and spring plays and solo/ensemble contests. Outside of school, she has also been active in Dancing for Downs, volunteering at the Avery, 5 Loaves 2 Fishes, Crave and Interact Rotary group. In addition, she has made PowerPoint presentations for church services and is active in her church youth group. Abby Kale, junior, has been involved in soccer, volleyball and softball. Additionally, she has done volunteer coaching with Park & Rec soccer and is active in church activities, including attending NCYC. Abby is the daughter of Jim and Mary Fisk. Senior Mallory Keech, the daughter of Katrina Keech, has been involved in the National Youth Leadership Forum and the Congress for Future Science and Technological Leaders through Envision, helping with Bash on the Farm, tutoring during study halls, hosting visiting missionaries and volunteering and assistant teaching at the Clear Lake Arts Center. Tyler Kumsher’s school activities include Student Council, FFA, jazz band, band, chorus, Teen Council, basketball, football, golf, Keeping It Real and Quiz

Bowl. Among his out-of-school activities are 4-H, 4-H County Council, a youth worship band, 5 Loaves 2 Fishes, playing in a band for Sunday worship services, raising pigs and giving guitar lessons. Tyler, the son of Greg and Jennifer Kumsher, is a junior. Senior Hannah Lau is the daughter of Mark and Lori Lau. In addition to volleyball, basketball, soccer, choir, band, FCCLA, Impulse, track and Student Council, Hannah has also volunteered with Parks & Rec soccer, Dancing for Downs and 5 Loaves 2 Fishes. She has also sung at the IF gathering, served as a coach for Special Olympics, co-led her church youth group and watched youngsters during adult Bible study groups. Tyler Obermann, the son of Joe and Rebecca Obermann, is a junior and has participated in cross country, band, jazz band, Random Acts of Coolness and golf. Leading lessons with his church youth group and playing bass for church services are among Tyler’s activities outside of school. Junior Jacki Van Oort is the daughter of Mike and Leanne Van Oort. Jacki has been involved in Student Council, FCCLA, soccer, volleyball, basketball, track, softball and choir. She is also active in Interact Rotary Club, Dancing for Downs and volunteering with Park & Rec soccer and basketball programs. Additionally, she has attended NCYC, participates in her church services and youth events as well as the Garner Community Fun Nights and provides respite care for a local family. Student Council, FFA, softball, volleyball, Teen Council, soccer, mock trial, FCCLA, speech, and the Top of Iowa Conference Leadership group are school activities in which Tehya Mitchell actively participates. Outside of school, this junior is involved with Interact Rotary Club, volunteering at the Humane Society, packaging gifts for the Salvation Army and church service projects. She is the daughter of Chad and Jil Mitchell. Junior Hannah Wellik, the daughter of Tom and Darsi Wellik, has been involved in Keeping It Real, track, color guard, choir, speech, softball, band, fall and spring plays, Youth Summit, cross country, YIELD and 4-H. She is also a volunteer concession stand worker, a teacher’s aide for faith formation classes and member of the youth ministry advisory team at her church, attended NCYC and is a county fair facilitator for kids’ workshops. The 12 current members in NHS are Candie Cueva, Anna Williams, Derek Brown, Josh Chizek, Keegan Clark, Katelyn Bierle, Mackenzie Van Gerpen, Kayla Leerar, Paige Penning, Brooklyn Laird, McKinley Hawe, and Andrew Dornbier. NHS holds two inductions each year.

All State Band and Vocal

by Lydia Seelhammer Twenty-four GHV students auditioned for All-State on Saturday, Oct. 22, and three vocalists were selected. All-State auditions were held in Storm Lake, Hampton, Manchester, Atlantic, Indianola and Washington. GHV students had their auditions in Hampton. In total, 601 students from the state of Iowa made it into the All-State choir, 290 into All-State band and 203 into All-State orchestra. Only about 17% of students that audition are accepted. The music ensembles will present a concert at Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University, on Saturday, Nov. 19, as a culmination of the All-State Music Festival. Five pieces had to be prepared by the vocalists auditioning: “Your Voices Tuned” by G.F. Handel; “Battle Hymn of the Republic” arr. by Wilhousky; “Wechsellied zum Tanz” by Johannes Brahms; “Full Metal” by Thomas Foumai; and “Play!” By Carl Holmquist. Twenty students auditioned for the All-State choir: Jadan Smith, Patrick Carew, Micah Imel, Samantha Hall, Carlie Hannah, Rachel Hejlik, Camden Lau, Kaylee Parris, Kayla Leerar, Emily Howke, Sarah Sperr, Paige Rasmuson, Ryley Kozisek, Jasie Heitland, Daniela Milan, Josi Hasler, Parker Schnieders, Kyle Bell, Spencer Duregger and Bryant Cook. Three were accepted: soprano Jasie Heitland, alto Kaylee Parris and tenor Spencer Duregger. This is the second time Jasie has been selected for the All-State choir and Kaylee and Spencer’s first. ¨The biggest challenge of the preparation was learning all of the music and learning a different language for some of the songs,¨ Spencer said. Students began preparing for AllState auditions at the beginning of August. “When the time came, it was nerve wracking to us all. During auditions it was slightly intimidating, but

singing with my friends was probably my favorite part,” Kaylee explained. Kaylee also mentioned that the most difficult part of the songs was putting emotion into the audition pieces. Jasie’s advice is, “No matter the outcome, continue singing.” Four students also auditioned for the All-State band and orchestra: Kat Groom, trombone; Ian Nelson, clarinet; Tyler Nielson, tuba; and Alan Mohlis, tuba. The audition process for the AllState band and orchestra is very different from that of All-State vocal. Students auditioning choose a solo of their choice and perform a 60-90 second excerpt from that solo, perform two etudes assigned by the state made available in August, must prepare all 12 major scales and also must perform a chromatic scale. Though no one from GHV was accepted into the All-State band or orchestra this year, each musician trying out did grow from the experience. “All-State is the single highest honor a high school instrumentalist can achieve. It is easy to then assume that it is a difficult audition. Students that audition for All-State band/orchestra must be intrinsically motivated to work on their own. Preparing an audition takes hours of rehearsal. To even be considered, all twelve major scales must be flawless and played at an exact speed. During the audition you are only required to play two, but you have no idea which two it will be. In addition to scales, there are two etudes and a selection of a solo. The value of auditioning is gained through the effort utilized to get through the audition in the first place. Any musician that prepares an All-State audition properly becomes two to four times the better performer. They are often leaders who know what effort is and what it can do or cannot do,” explained Mr. Jeff Griffin, GHV band director.

Jayden Hughes and Katelyn Bierle, FCCLA members, sell pink pastries at Clear Lake Bank & Trust to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness.

FCCLA Active Already by Lydia Seelhammer Garner-Hayfield-Ventura’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter has been off to an active start. The group held their first meeting Monday, Sept. 12, and welcomed many new members. They have been discussing many fundraising opportunities for the group to do and are also planning to sponsor a Father Daughter Dance in the spring. The club has decided to have two meetings a month this year so that they are able to be more involved and plan more club activities. Officers were elected by popular vote after the first meeting held in September and were announced at the second meeting in September: Lydia Seelhammer, president; Courtney Pletcher, vice president; Olivia Carew, secretary; and Taylor Gerdes, publications chair. Nicole Vansickel is the club supervisor. FCCLA hosted their second annu-

al Pink Pastry fundraiser in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many pastries, cookies, cakes and other goodies were prepared by FCCLA members and the advanced foods class at the high school. The goods were donated for use in the Pink Pastry fundraiser. Different locations around Garner hosted the fundraiser including BIll’s Family Foods, Kramer Ace Hardware, Reliance State Bank and Clear Lake Bank & Trust. The Pink Pastry fundraiser was held Thursday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the FCCLA group volunteered two and a half hours of their day to man the booths at the mentioned locations. The fundraiser raised $302, and all of the money raised went to Breast Cancer Awareness. The GHV FCCLA club is off to a good start this year and is eager to keep heading in that direction.

Senior Spotlight Juel Hanson

by Juel Hanson “Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile” is my favorite quote. I was born Feb. 5, 1999, to Kevin and Mary Hanson, and I have two younger sisters, Jade and Jenna. I also have two dogs, Goldie and Buddy, as well as some chickens and farm cats. When I was younger, I wanted to be a mom and work with other children. A trend that I am embarrassed to have been a part of is silly bands. The most spontaneous thing that I have ever done is become a vegetarian three years ago. Depending on my facial expression, I look like both of my parents, although I get my best feature, my dimples, from my father. A few of my favorites include “Criminal Minds”, Barnes and Noble, peanut butter and cookie dough ice cream, any shade of pastel, “The Land Before Time”, any Chinese restaurant, the smell of rain on freshly cut grass, watching hockey and the high school course publications. My hobbies include reading, writing, photography and spending time with my friends and family. My favorite childhood memory is getting new books every time I went up to see my aunt Kris. A fun fact about me is that I am named after both my grandfathers as well as my great grandmother, and my prized possession is my great grandmother’s bible. My role models are my family and friends because they have all supported me through all of my decisions. If I could go back in time, I would meet my ancestors that have passed on. My nervous habit is shaking my

leg or tapping/clicking pens. Death and heights are my biggest fears, and my biggest pet peeve is being interrupted and ignored. The high school achievement I am most proud of is being able to do cadet teaching and being able to help children learn. During my high school years I have been involved with plays, musicals, vocal, cheerleading, volleyball and yearbook staff. I also go to different youth group and mission trips; I’ve been to Nebraska, Des Moines and New Orleans. I’ve had tons of amazing high school memories, although my favorite one is going to New York City for the vocal trip in 2015. “Sometimes all you can do is bite your lip and say nothing” is the best advice I’ve received from my mother this year. My advice to underclassmen is never to change for friends and make sure you are always thankful. After high school I plan to work nights and take college classes during the day. I am looking forward to getting a new start as well as making new friends. My dream job is to work with children, perhaps as a child life specialist.

Dustin Schlawin

by Juel Hanson Dustin Schlawin’s best feature is his smile. Dustin was born on Sept. 15, 1998, to Greg and Julie Schlawin. He has one sister, Jenna, and one dog named Elvis. A few of Dustin’s favorites include “Can’t Get Here from There” by Todd Strasser, “The Office,” the Chicago Cubs, Reese’s, cookie dough ice cream, “The Interview”, the color blue, creative drawing, Thanksgiving, Texas Roadhouse, the smell of freshly cut grass, watching baseball and “Keep it Mello” by Marshmello. His favorite childhood show was “Teletubbies”. The trend Dustin was most embarrassed to be part of was silly bands. If he could go back in time, he would change the two presidential nominees for this year’s election. Dustin described senioritis as a contagious plague that cripples any little motive of doing schoolwork. Going to the zoo as a field trip in elementary school is Dustin’s favorite childhood memory. His favorite quote is “You must be the change you wish to see in the world” by Mahatma Gandhi. Dustin’s nervous habit is grinding his teeth, his biggest fear is public speaking and his biggest pet peeve is pen-clicking. His hobbies include hiking, spending time with friends, drawing, traveling and going to music festivals. The most spontaneous thing that Dustin has ever done is traveling with his sister to South Dakota during a snowstorm to buy a dog. A role model for Dustin is Joel Goll, who was Dustin’s former confirmation mentor. “He was very wise and

actually taught me quite a lot about life. Despite confirmation ending, he still sends me birthday cards and keeps me in his thoughts. He is truly an amazing person,” Dustin said. Dustin was involved in baseball for the first two years of high school and then focused on working his junior and senior years. The best advice he has been given this year is to challenge yourself and don’t take the easy way out of everything. His advice for underclassmen is to stop worrying about how you look to other people and focus on yourself. When Dustin was younger, he wanted to be a veterinarian, although now he wants to be a psychiatrist or a pharmacist. His favorite high school memory is taking the Health Hub classes in Britt with students from different schools. The high school achievement Dustin is most proud of is managing not to drop out. After high school Dustin plans to attend NIACC and then transfer to a state school to major in psychiatry or pharmacy. He is also looking forward to adventures and exploring different places.

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Pettit, 267 Alma Walker, 253 Becky Stumme. Team Handicap Series: 3528 All Stars, 3366 Singelstad Hardware, 3308 Split Happens. Handicap Series: Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 757 Denny Schmidt, 739 Lucas Storby, 728 Pete Bauer; Women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 688 Samy Pettit, 674 Alma Walker, 674 Becky Stumme. Wednesday Super Bowl November 2 1 The Bad Sandbaggers 309 131 2 Thompson Roofing 257 183 3 Singlestad Hardware 251 189 4 10th Frame 250.5 189.5 5 Super Bowl 245 195 6 FCA-VIP 221.5 218.5 7 Chrysler of FC 197 243 8 We Five 183.5 256.5 9 WCTA 175.5 264.5 Team Scratch Game: 1025 The Bad Sandbaggers, 1000 Thompson Roofing, 974 10th Frame. Scratch Game: Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 266 Jeff Haugen, 258 Shawn Torgerson, 256 Roger Harford; Women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 162 Cheryl Bakken, 99 Kathy Peterson. Team Scratch Series: 2984 The Bad Sandbaggers, 2907 Thompson Roofing, 2842 10th Frame. Scratch Series: Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 724 Roger Harford, 659 Jeff Haugen, 658 Dana DeLong; Women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 452 Cheryl Bakken, 268 Kathy Peterson. Team Handicap Game: 1169 Super Bowl, 1154 The Bad Sandbaggers, 1148 Thompson Roofing. Handicap Game: Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 303 Kris Belica, 298 Danny Lenz, 283 Josh Shankland; Women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 227 Cheryl Bakken, 206 Kathy Peterson. Team Handicap Series: 3371 The Bad Sandbaggers, 3351 Thompson Roofing, 3300 FCA-VIP. Handicap Series: Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 750 Danny Lenz, 739 Dana DeLong, 733 Kermit Singelstad; Women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 647 Cheryl Bakken, 589 Kathy Peterson. Wednesday Powder Puff November 2 1 GES Who 24 12 2 Jordahl Jems 21 15 3 Lake Mills Pump 19 17 4 Black Hills Energy 16 20 5 Forest City Auto 14 22

door. Ten percent of the bouts will be going to the Humane Society of North Iowa. There will also be a holiday silent auction. The River City Dames of Anarchy roller derby team consists of professional working women from across the North Iowa area. Communities represented by the River City Dames of Anarchy include Forest City, Garner, Clear Lake, Mason City, Osage, Charles City and St. Ansgar.

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Privatized Medicaid provides mixed results for service providers By Travis K. Fischer It’s been over seven months since the rollout of Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program. Governor Terry Branstad set the program in motion last year, signing over the state’s administration of Medicaid services to three Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) with the expectation that privatized service would cost less than the state managed system. Originally scheduled to transition in January, the rollout was delayed for four months to give the MCOs time to adequately build their network of providers. Since April, Iowa’s Medicaid recipients have had their benefits managed by one of the three MCOs; Amerigroup Iowa, Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas Iowa, Inc., or UnitedHealthCare Plan of the River Valley, Inc. The switch from state run to privatGEEK from page 3a ground or un-invent the microchip that eliminated their jobs. Deporting immigrants and tariffing imports won’t bring manufacturing back, but at least Trump was willing to offer a comforting lie. In other cases, this election was very much about establishment vs. anti-establishment. The government has been broken for so long that they were willing to vote for literally anybody outside of the system. Of course that didn’t stop them from re-electing nearly every incumbent Senator and Representative. Then there are the people that will just always vote for whoever has the “R” next to their name. Regardless the reason, these people are all responsible for what happens next. When health care prices explode again, when we fall back into recession, when corruption and cronyism continue to run rampant, when the rich get richer while the poor pick up the tab, we will know exactly who is responsible. But what happened on Tuesday, that’s on all of us. The people that voted, the people that didn’t, and the people that built such a lousy scenario in the first place. There’s no one thing that resulted in Donald Trump winning the election. It was a cascade of failures at every level and no amount of post-election protesting is going to fix that. Donald Trump will be our president, like it or not. With luck, the damage done will be minimal and he’ll inspire both the DNC and RNC to enact the changes they should have made years ago. If that’s the case, then maybe this could actually be change we can believe in. Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing and is looking forward to a great many “I told you so’s” over the next four years.

ized Medicaid has been a controversial decision, with many Iowa providers protesting the added administrative cost of dealing with three different for-profit companies to receive Medicaid reimbursements. Denied claims or incomplete payments are commonly heard complaints from healthcare providers that deal with the for-profit companies. “We continue to struggle with managed care organizations paying the correct amounts,” said Jeanene Chipp, Business Office Manager at Franklin General Hospital. “We have some patient accounts that have been corrected three times because the MCOs are paying incorrectly.” Chipp cites lack of communication between the hospital the MCOs as a real issue. Inaccurate information about patients and doctors within the three MCO systems has proven difficult to correct, resulting in paperwork being sent to the wrong hospital or claims being denied in spite of being correctly filled out. “As an example, Dr. Lauffer is set up in some MCO systems as still being at her previous practice in Rockford,” said Chipp. “If one of her patients sees another provider from Franklin Medical Center, their claim is denied because it doesn’t register that provider is in the same network as Dr. Lauffer, now practicing in Hampton. We have been trying for months to get the problem corrected with no success.” With three MCOs each having their own standards for paperwork, large medical providers have seen their ad-

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million additional state funds,” said Scott McIntyre, Vice President of Communications for the Iowa Hospital Association. “Similar scenarios have played out in other states, where having endured the trauma of switching to a privatized system, they are all but forced to give into the MCOs demands rather than switch back.” Franklin General Hospital isn’t the only entity having issues with the MCOs. Back in July, ABCM Corporation reported that MCOs had failed to pay $3.3 million in Medicaid reimbursements. ABCM Corporation has declined to comment further on the matter. On the other hand, Russell Wood, the Community Services Director for Franklin County, has been very vocal about his opposition to the privatization of Medicaid. Before the transition, Medicaid services were managed by county providers, who provided local case management for Medicaid recipients. Franklin County is part of Central Iowa Case Management, a conglomeration of area counties sharing resources to provide Medicaid services. The loss of Medicaid reimbursements cut off a large source of funding for county services, effecting services they provide for both Medicaid recipients and other county residents. Ironically, when the transition to MCOs was delayed for four months after it was determined they weren’t prepared for their January 1 roll out, it was Central Iowa Case Management that had to fill in the gap. Providing these services was a challenge since, in anticipation of losing their funding, Central Iowa Case Management lost half of their staff. Twelve people left to work for the various MCOs in December of 2015, leaving the county services undermanned when they needed to fill in the gap between January and April. “We had huge caseloads,” said Wood. As of September, while the majority of AmeriHeath and UnitedHealthCare’s claims have been paid, Amerigroup had paid only $857 out of $32,500 worth of claims. In total, Central Iowa Case Management is owed $37,843 for services provided to the MCOs. These are expenses that will likely be absorbed by county budgets. “When certain people in Des Moines say that we are saving money, I would

ask how much of that money is being paid by the tax payers,” said Wood. However, not every Medicaid provider is reporting problems with working with the MCOs. While large scale providers are struggling with missing payments, smaller scale providers that accept Medicaid say that things have been more or less the same. “It’s really working better for me,” said Jay Hickman, owner of Hickman Chiropractic. “I’m in network with one of them and they treat me better than old Medicaid did. It seems these guys process quicker.” Hickman has signed on with Amerigroup, but will accept patients on AmeriHealth as well. Because he’s not contracted with them, AmeriHealth only pays two thirds of the claim and Hickman absorbs the rest. Of the three MCOs, Hickman doesn’t accept UnitedHealthcare, having had negative experiences with them in the past. Likewise, Koenen & Collins Chiropractic also says that the transition has gone well. “The transition into it took time and was a little inconvenient, but since April the transition has actually been smooth for us,” said Pam Koenen, office manager at Koenen & Collins Chiropractic. With a little more than a quarter of their patients using Medicaid in one form or another, Koenen & Collins is contracted with all three MCOs and report that the new system has been working just as effectively as the previous one. “I can’t say it’s that much different for the pharmacy,” said Wendal Speake, co-owner of Korner-Whipple Pharmacy. “There was a little lag in the beginning, but in the pharmacy business there’s always four to six weeks of delay. Quite honestly, I was surprised it went as smoothly as it did.” Korner-Whipple provides Medicaid services to all three MCOs, but they do not deal with them directly. The pharmacy is part of a group that deals with the bulk purchasing and distribution of pharmaceuticals. Medicaid claims are passed from Korner-Whipple to this third party group for processing. If there is one criticism that Speake has about privatized Medicaid, it’s that the MCOs no longer pay for over-thecounter medication. Common items like Tylenol or iron supplements were covered by Medicaid under the state

run system, however the MCO’s only cover prescription medication. “What was a covered item has now become an extra expense,” says Speake. Third party billing is also used at the Sheffield Care center. With about half of their residents on Medicaid, the care center contracted with a billing service to do the administrative work. “I think things are going pretty well for us,” said Chris Ruger, administrator at the Sheffield Care Center. Ruger says that at first there were communication issues, but the kinks are starting to get worked out. “They seem to have that sorted now,” said Ruger. “It’s been a lot better.” Not every Medicaid provider is directly attached to the healthcare industry either. The Hampton-Dumont School District provides services to students that qualify for Medicaid, such as para-educators and special transportation. Medicaid reimbursements supplement the district’s special education fund. While the school district does have a staff member for managing Medicaid claims, the school also sends those claims through a third party company. “The billing company will check it over to make sure everything is in alignment,” said district nurse Ann Bobst. The school accepts Medicaid benefits from all three providers and hasn’t reported any issue with receiving payments for services since the transition. “It has not affected our ability to claim,” said H-D Superintendent Todd Lettow. “Fortunately they’re still paying schools.” While not every Medicaid service provider is reporting issue, many still have troubles. In a survey of more than 400 providers from this summer, nine out of ten reported that privatized Medicaid had increased their administrative expenses and two thirds reported that they are not getting paid on time and aren’t being reimbursed the full amount when they are paid. It’s impossible to tell if these problems are due to the rough start-up of the program or if this will be an ongoing issue, but with Governor Branstad in office backed by a Republican controlled legislature Medicaid administration is unlikely to return to state control.

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Guest speaker Jim Nelson reminded the audience of the importance of a well balanced government at the Britt Veterans Day program on Friday. Photos by Travis Fischer.

West Hancock holds Veterans Day programs By Travis Fischer Veterans Day was celebrated in the West Hancock school district with ceremonies in Kanawha and Britt on Friday, November 11. At West Hancock Middle School in Kanawha, the program was opened by Carl Anderson, the Commander of the Kanawha American Legion. Following the invocation by Pastor James Semans of Wright Christian Reform church and musical performances by

the West Hancock middle school students, the audience welcomed guest speaker Dean Van DeWiele, who served as an Air Policeman during the Vietnam conflict. “Veterans have insured the rights of people here and around the world,” said Van Dewiele. “There’s no denying that the contributions of veterans has played a big part of making the United States the place it is today.” Also speaking to the audience was

Jacob Verhelst, son of Lisa and Mike Verhelst of Nora Springs. Recently achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, Verhelst told the younger members of the audience about Veterans Day and how it is a day to honor all those that have served in the military. “Today is the day that we take to remember all veterans,” said Verhelst. “They all deserve to be honored.” Following the ceremony, the Kanawha chapter of the American

Legion informed people that they plan on replacing the city’s flag poles with a set of smaller, lighter poles to make it easier on volunteers to set up and take down. The American Legion will start fundraising this year to raise the $4,500 needed to purchase new poles. Later in the afternoon, the West Hancock Elementary and High School held their program in Britt, opened with the American Legion Color

Guard and Mayor Ryan Arndorfer. Following the invocation by Pastor Willie Rosin of the First Lutheran Church and musical performances by the West Hancock chorus and concert band, students took to the podium to speak in honor of the veterans in the audience. Liliana Hill and Marissa Eekhoff recited the poem “Thank You” by Cathy Maxwell while Madison Daniels and Alyssa Tegtmeyer explained the meaning of each of the

thirteen folds for the American Flag. The guest speaker for the ceremony was Jim Nelson, who used the opportunity to share with the audience the importance of a balanced government, from the people to the states to the three branches of the federal government. Following a moment of silence and a benediction by Pastor Rosen, the American Legion Color Guard retired the flags.

Madison Daniels and Alyssa Tegtmeyer explained Eagle Scout Jacob Verhelst explained the meaning of Veterans Day the meaning of the thirteen folds of the flag during Air Force veteran Dean Van DeWiele was the guest speaker at the Kanawha Veterans to the students in Kanawha. the West Hancock Veterans Day ceremony. Day program on Friday.

Liliana Hill and Marissa Eekhoff recite the poem “Thank You” during the West Hancock Veterans Day program in Britt. The West Hancock Elementary sang “You’re A Grand Old Flag” for the visiting veterans in Britt on Friday.

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Josh Chizek, GHV Student Body President, welcomes students and guests to the 63rd annual Veterans Day Program at Garner, Friday, Nov. 11.

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In addition to members of the GHV student council, platform guests during the Veterans Day program were American Legion Commander John Tammen, Superintendent Tyler Williams, Mayor Ken Mick, VFW Commander Gary Madsen, VFW Auxiliary Vice President Aggie Voss and American Legion Auxiliary President Nancy Tammen.

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The Garner Ceremonial Unit posts the colors during the Veterans Day program at Garner-Hayﬁeld-Ventura High School, Nov. 11.

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BELMOND, Iowa - Albert J. (Doc) Kollasch was born in 1940 and died at the Belmond Health Care Center on November 11, 2016, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. A memorial service is tentatively Albert Kollasch, MD planned in Belmond for the first weekend of December, with information to follow. Born in Bancroft, Iowa to Albert (Bert) Kollasch and Sylvia (Nurre) “place” Kollasch, he was the second of eight photo here children. After completing high school at St. John’s, Bancroft Iowa, and two years of college at St. Mary’s, Winona Minnesota, he joined the Jesuit order for 10 years, including seven years of training and three years of teaching philosophy at Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska. After 1940-2016 he left the Jesuits in 1970, he entered Services: the University of Iowa Medical ColDecember 2016 lege in Iowa City, where he earned his Belmond MD and engaged in family practice Arrangements by: residency for three years. Dugger Funeral Home Al began his medical career in BelBelmond, Iowa mond, Iowa in 1978, and remained a physician there until his retirement in 2006. During his nearly 40 years in Belmond, Dr. Kollasch saved lives, delivered many babies, and devoted himself to the good of the community, both in his practice and outside of it. He participated regularly in Iowa River Players as an actor and stage hand. He was very involved in the Belmond Arts Council, the Belmond Historical Society and associated activities including the Power Show. As a member of Trees Forever and the Parks Commission, Doc played a key role in developing the trail through Belmond and the outdoor classroom, and he created several prairie reconstructions in the area. Doc organized and took care of the community gardens for a number of years until his health interfered. Al loved gardening and growing African violets, and over the years he shared his produce and flowers with his many friends. He was also a prolific acrylic painter, and he leaves a legacy of a wide variety of paintings with family and friends and with the Belmond Art Museum. Dr. Kollasch is survived by his seven siblings and their children: David and Jean Kollasch (Madison, Wisconsin) with sons Robert, Thomas, Michael, Anthony, and Benjamin; Joseph and Marilyn Kollasch (Ames, Iowa) with sons Jonathon and Jeffrey; Mary Lou and Barry Burke (Lexington, Massachusetts) with son Paul and daughter Karen; William and Angela Kollasch (Santa Fe, New Mexico) with sons Edward, George, and Dominic; Kathy Kollasch and Sharon Morgan (McMinnville, Oregon) with sons Tucker and Chris and daughter Erin; Peter Kollasch and Tricia Knox (Iowa City), with son Saeed; and Sylvia and Jeffrey Reed (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) with son Daniel. The University of Iowa College of Medicine acknowledges, with grateful appreciation, the generous contribution Dr. Albert J. Kollasch has made to the advancement of medical science and to the welfare of mankind. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your preferred charity. Dugger Funeral Home in Belmond was in charge of arrangements. www.duggerfunerals.com.

VENTURA – Harry Samuel Roenfanz, 91 of Ventura, died Sunday, November 13, 2016, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 22, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 301 S. Harry Samuel Roenfanz Main St., Ventura, with The Rev. Jesse Burns officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. “place” Family suggests memorial contribuphoto here tions to the Harry Roenfanz Memorial Fund. Harry was born April 29, 1925, the son of Walter T. and Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Wrede) Roenfanz in Mason City. He was baptized, confirmed and married at St. John Lutheran 1925-2016 Church in rural Garner. Services: Harry received his formal educa10:30 a.m., Nov. 22 tion at the Ellington #7 rural school, Redeemer Lutheran Church located one mile south of the family Arrangements by: farm. His life and agricultural educaWard-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel tion continued as he worked side by Clear Lake, Iowa side with his parents, older brother, Earl “Bob” and later with his sons, on the family farm. Over the years, they were recognized as outstanding grain and livestock farmers. Harry married Janet E. Meinecke on August 12, 1945. They established their home on the family farm until moving to their home in Ventura in 1981. Harry and Janet were blessed with four sons; David, Daniel, Thomas and James. Harry was a charter member of Redeemer Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Ventura. He was very active in the church serving in many leadership positions and organizations. Harry enjoyed hunting and fishing locally and enjoyed many trips with family and friends. He also loved working with earth moving equipment and served as the farm’s unofficial cat, backhoe and scraper operator for many years. Harry is survived by his loving wife, Janet E. Roenfanz; four sons, David (Betty) Roenfanz, Dan (Louanna) Roenfanz, Tom (Ruth) Roenfanz and Jim (Sandy) Roenfanz; seven grandchildren, Holly Eichmann, Matt Roenfanz, Troy (Amy) Roenfanz, Travis (Rebecca) Roenfanz, Shane (Kelli) Roenfanz, Abby (Josh) Cunningham and Kristen Roenfanz; two step-grandchildren, Shawn Taylor and Beth (Dan) Colvin; eight great-grandchildren, Ty, Remy, Porter, Cooper, Max and Grant Roenfanz, and Cassie and Zach Eichmann; four step-great-grandchildren, Jack and Katie Colvin, and Alli and Frankie Taylor; a brother, Earl “Bob” Roenfanz; a sister-in-law, Rose Meinecke; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; step-mother, Laura Roenfanz (Krause); an infant twin brother, Carroll; a brother-in-law, Cecil Meinecke; two sisters-in-law, Romola Meinecke and Barbara Roenfanz; and a nephew, Brad Meinecke. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. 641-3572193. ColonialChapels.com.

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Obituaries

Lori Kay Ruths

GARNER – Lori K. Roths, 61, of Garner died Friday, November 11, 2016 at her home. A memorial service was held 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16 at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner. InLori Kay Ruths terment will be at a later date in Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. Lori Kay Roths, the daughter of Richard and Kathleen (Wilson) Geith, was born on May 17, 1955 in Ottumwa, Iowa. “place” She graduated from Ottumwa High photo here School in 1973. Lori lived in Colorado, California, Hawaii and Florida before moving to Garner. On July 15, 2000, she was married to Rob Roths at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They lived in Garner where Lori was employed as a dental assistant in Garner and Clear Lake. She also worked 1955-2016 at Bill’s Family of Foods in Garner, Services: Casey’s General Store in Garner and 7 p.m., Nov. 16 most recently at Payless Foods in Cataldo Funeral Chapel Clear Lake. Arrangements by: She enjoyed family trips to Leech Cataldo Funeral Home Garner, Iowa Lake, shopping and spending time with her kids and granddaughter. Lori is survived by her husband, Rob, of Garner; her mother, Kitty Geith of Homestead, Florida; three children, Sadie (Josh) Evenson of Norwalk, Colby Amstutz of Clear Lake and Lindsay Amstutz of Des Moines; a granddaughter, Taylor Perry of Norwalk; and two brothers, Dick (Tala) Geith of Homestead, Fla. and Bob (Janis) Geith of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was preceded in death by her father, Dick Geith. Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner was in charge of arrangements.

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Ruby Mae Taylor

GARNER – Ruby M. Taylor, 90, of Garner died on Friday, November 11, 2016 at Concord Care Center in Garner. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 19, at Faith Lutheran Church in Miller, with Rose Visser, lay minister, officiating. Ruby Mae Taylor Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to services. Ruby Mae Taylor, the daughter of Earl and Noy (Blankenship) Gates was born on May 19, 1926 in Alden, “place” Iowa. She attended various schools photo here in Iowa, graduating from Hayfield High School. On July 30, 1944 she married Wayne Taylor, and together they raised their four children: Howard, Kathy, Pat and Cindy. They began farming on the Taylor farm near Garner, and then went on to farm near Ventura and Clear Lake. In 1966, they 1926-2016 returned to the family farm, retiring Services: from active farm life in 1992. In 2002, 11 a.m., Nov. 19 they moved into Garner where she reFaith Lutheran Church sided until moving to Cardinal Grove Arrangements by: in August 2015. Cataldo Funeral Home She was a member of Faith LutherGarner, Iowa an Church and WELCA. Throughout the years, Ruby enjoyed baking and cooking for her family, flower gardening and crocheting as well as assisting her husband, Wayne, in finishing the wood products that he made. She participated in various community organizations and activities. Ruby’s family was her life-long passion. She is survived by her four children, Howard (Marcia) Taylor of Armstrong, Kathy (Joe) Yager of Woodward, Pat (Bill) Haes of Garner and Cindy Taylor of Oceanside, California; twelve grandchildren, Paul Taylor, Joel (Peg) Taylor, Ryan (Katie) Taylor, Dawn Mather, Brent (Julie) Achenbach, Sara Achenbach, Josh Yager, Aimee (Chad) Noehren, Thad (Renae) Haes, Amanda Haes, Beau (Jenny) Haes and Tina (Bryan) Maxwell; twenty-three great-grandchildren, Erika Taylor, Spencer, Andria and Paige Taylor, Levi, Kennady and Benjamin Taylor, Chance and Cadynce Mather, Jordyn, Bryce, Jenna and Jaidyn Achenbach, Laura and Jack Noehren, Lilly and Logan Haes, McKinnley and Brayden Haes, Darian (Brittany), Jordan, Dalton and Jalen Lupton; one great-great grandchild, Brandon Cook; her sister, Mildred Johnson of Rockwell; sisters-in-law, Dixie Gates of Ankeny and Arlis Bertelsen of Sheffield; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne in 2006; son-in-law, Paul Sperrazza in 2009; brothers, Harold, Dale and Raymond Gates; sisters and brothers-in-law, Evelyn (Jesse) Busick, Faye (Harold) Kahlstorf and Lois (Chuck) Dayton and Harold Johnson; and in-laws, Marjorie (Richard) Hopper and Eugene Bertelsen. Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner was in charge of arrangements.

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A new monument honoring the men and women who served in the military was unveiled at the Ventura Community Center on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Mayor Lynn Benson and members of the Clear Lake VFW Post 4868 were on hand to assist with the dedication. The City of Ventura funded the monument. Afterwards, Jeff and Kristie Meints, Titan Pro, provided a home-cooked meal for the veterans at the community center.

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Winnebago Industries names Jeff Kubacki chief information officer and vice president of information technology

FOREST CITY, Iowa – Winnebago Industries, Inc. announces it has hired Jeff Kubacki to the position of vice president of information technology and chief information officer, effective November 14, 2016. Kubacki will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Happe and will be responsible for overseeing the company’s information technology infrastructure and articulating a clear future state enterprise information architecture. Kubacki previously was vice president and chief information officer at Westinghouse Electric company, a global provider of nuclear power plant products and services. Prior to that position, he was chief information officer at Alliant Techsystems, a defense, aerospace, sporting goods and retail markets company and Kroll, a global risk consulting firm. Kubacki has also held various IT roles with Ecolab. “We are thrilled to attract and hire someone of Jeff’s caliber to our Winnebago Industries team,” said Happe. “Jeff will be a critical resource as we continue our digital transformation journey. He will focus on the implementation of our ERP project, but will also provide functional leadership in building a data-driven decision making culture. Jeff will also work with our product

Jeff Kubacki management and engineering teams in the future to create a more connected customer digital experience. We welcome Jeff to the Winnebago team and look forward to the contributions he will make to allow the company to serve our customers more effectively.” Kubacki received a master’s of business administration degree from the University of South Florida and an undergraduate degree in computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Handling and maintaining houseplants during winter By Richard Jauron and Greg Wallace, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach AMES, Iowa - Houseplants provide much-needed beauty and color to a home during winter’s cold blast, but they do require some special care to keep them vibrant during freezing temperatures, even inside. What are optimal suggestions for houseplants in winter? Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists can help answer your questions about houseplants and how to handle them during the winter. To have additional questions answered, contact the ISU Hortline at 515-294-3108 or hortline@iastate.edu. How often should houseplants be watered in winter? In general, houseplants require less frequent watering during the winter months than in spring and summer. Watering frequency depends upon the plant species, composition of the

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Winnebago completes acquisition of Grand Design

FOREST CITY, Iowa - Winnebago Industries, Inc. announces that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Grand Design RV, LLC (“Grand Design”), a manufacturer of towable recreation vehicles (RVs), for approximately $500 million in cash and Winnebago shares. The Company also entered into a seven-year $300 million term loan and five-year asset based lending facility for up to $125 million arranged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. “We are pleased to complete this transformative transaction. The acquisition of Grand Design positions Winnebago Industries as an immediately stronger player in the RV market and will provide long-term value for our shareholders,” said Michael Happe, Winnebago’s president and chief executive officer. “We are excited to welcome Grand Design into

our portfolio and look forward to working with their talented team to exceed the expectations of our collective dealers and end customers.” J.P. Morgan acted as financial advisor to Winnebago, and Lindquist & Vennum LLP acted as legal counsel. Baird acted as financial advisor to Grand Design and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as legal counsel. Grand Design was founded in 2012 and is one of the fastest-growing RV companies in the industry. Since its founding, Grand Design has shipped 26,850 units and has sold over 22,250 units at retail. Grand Design manufactures the market leading Reflection fifth wheel and travel trailer, flagship Solitude extended stay fifth wheel, luxury Momentum toy hauler and lightweight Imagine travel trailer product lines.

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First Citizens Power Saver Club donates books to local schools & libraries

MASON CITY, Iowa – For the past 21 years, First Citizens Power Saver Club has donated over 4,100 books to local organizations as part of its “check it out” book program. The program is designed to encourage children ages 14 and under to read. This year’s donated books were: “Let’s Play!” by Herve Tullet; “Are We There Yet?” by Dan Santat; “Disney’s Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirate’s Treasure” by Jeffrey Rowe; and “The Imagination Box” by Martyn Ford. “This year is all about imagination,” said Marti Rodamaker, president of First Citizens Bank. “Kids spend so much time in front of a tele-

vision or video game screen, and we wanted to counteract that with these books. Our choices this year encourage kids to use their imagination and think a little differently, and we hope they enjoy these books as we do.” The Power Saver Club at First Citizens Bank is the complete banking program for children ages 14 and under and features a free savings account (with a $5 minimum opening deposit), rewards for depositing money, and special events throughout the year. Children interested in joining the club can stop by the bank (with their parents and their social security number) or call the bank toll-free at 800-423-1602 for more information. Member FDIC.

ing houseplants, continue to apply water until water begins to flow out the bottoms of the pots. Discard the excess water. Should houseplants be fertilized in winter? Fertilization is generally not necessary during the winter months as most houseplants are not growing during this time. Indoor gardeners should fertilize their houseplants on a regular basis in spring and summer when plants are actively growing. What are suitable temperatures for houseplants in winter? Most houseplants prefer daytime temperatures of 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit and nighttime temperatures of 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit or rapid temperature fluctuations may harm some plants. Keep houseplants away from cold drafts, radiators and hot air vents. Also make sure houseplants don’t touch cold windows. How can I raise the relative hu-

midity indoors for my houseplants during the winter months? Many houseplants prefer a relative humidity of 40 to 50 percent. Unfortunately, the humidity level in many homes during the winter months may be only 10 to 20 percent. Humidifiers are an excellent way to increase the relative humidity in the home. Simple cultural practices also can increase the relative humidity around houseplants. Grouping plants together is an easy way to raise the humidity level. The water evaporating from the potting soil, plus water lost through the plant foliage, will increase the relative humidity in the vicinity of the houseplants. Another method is to place houseplants on trays (saucers) filled with pea gravel or pebbles. Add water to the trays, but keep the bottoms of the pots above the water level. The evaporation of water from the trays increases the relative humidity around the plants.

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and Little Lambs Preschool 810 State Street, Garner Phone 923-2261 The Rev. Scott A. Kozisek 641-923-2261 Office: stpauloffice@comm1net.net Preschool: stpaulpreschool@comm1net.net Treasurer: stpaultreasurer@comm1net.net Office Hours: M-F 8 a.m.-noon & 1-4 p.m. Thursday, November 17 1:30 p.m. Summit House Service 1:45 p.m. Concord Bingo (Rebekah) 6 p.m. Youth Grades 8-12 Mission Trip Info Meeting 7 p.m. Al-Anon Friday, November 18 4 p.m. Sr. Youth Gathering at Church Saturday, November 19 Sr. Youth Gathering Sunday, November 20 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Fellowship 10:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study Monday, November 21 7:30 p.m. Sunday School Meeting Deadline for December 2016 Newsletter

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SMALL CLAIMS Quad Corp vs. David Clay, Garner. Judgment for the plaintiff on November 3 in the amount of $0 with 0% interest from August 18. Mercy Medical Center vs. Sara Christians, Garner. Judgment for the plaintiff on November 7 in the amount of $1,567.85 with 2.59% interest from November 7. Mercy Medical Center vs. Merle Gouge Jr., Garner. Judgment for the plaintiff on November 2 in the amount of $1,734.92 with 2.59% interest from November 2. H&R Accounts vs. James Skelly, Garner. Judgment for the plaintiff on November 8 in the amount of $607.05 with 2.59% interest from November 8. GARNER POLICE DEPARTMENT Traffic Stops/Accidents – 6, Motorist Assists – 0, Citizen Contact –9, Business Contact – 1, Business Contact (Funeral) - 0, Government Contact – 1, Government Contact (ambulance) – 4, Investigation – 0, Disturbance – 4, Other – 0. November 3 7:12 a.m., 1200 Blk Maben Ave., ambulance assist. 3:45 p.m., 100 Blk W 5th St., harassment. 10:02 p.m., 100 Blk E 4th St., disturbance. 11:40 p.m., Garner Townmart, suspicious activity. November 4 10:14 a.m., 300 Blk E 12th St., harassment. 11:58 a.m., 300 Blk E 12th St., welfare check. 3:29 p.m., Division St., traffic stop; Elise Marie Bristow, 20,

Coralville, Iowa, cited for failure to secure child. 3:50 p.m., Fairway Circle, ambulance assist. 7:09 p.m., 300 Blk E 12th St., disturbance. 10:55 p.m., 700 Blk State St., traffic stop, verbal warning. November 5 8:11 p.m., GHV High School, ambulance assist. November 6 1:01 p.m., 12th St./Garner, traffic stop; Zayne Elliot Eakins, 18, Garner, cited for no valid license. November 7 8:25 a.m., 200 Blk W Hwy 18, harassment. 3:29 p.m., 300 Blk W 11th St., illegal burning. 11:49 p.m., 1000 Blk Seymour Ave., disturbing peace/noise complaint. November 8 9:29 a.m., 100 Blk W 5th St., traffic accident, no injuries, no damage. 10:26 a.m., State St./Garner, traffic stop; Cassandra Jean Baarkema, 24, Garner, cited for driving while suspended. November 9 11:51 a.m., Hwy 18/Garner, suspicious activity. 12:54 p.m., 400 Blk E Sesame St., report of civil dispute. 2:15 p.m., Garner, ambulance assist. 9:57 p.m., 1000 Blk Center Ave., ambulance assist. HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF November 3 One traffic stop, no citation issued. 9:51 a.m., 3100 Blk Maple Ave., accident, no injuries. November 4

Proceedings: Klemme

Klemme City Council Proceedings Monday November 7, 2016 The Klemme City Council met at the regular meeting on Monday November 7, at 6:30 PM, Council Chambers, City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Blank. Present: Abele, Trampel, Welsh, Crotty and Taft. Abele made a motion to accept the agenda. Crotty seconded the motion. Motion carried. Welsh made a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Crotty seconded the motion. Motion carried. Abele made a motion, with a second from Trampel, to approve the payment of the bills as presented. Motion carried. The Sheriff’s Report was reviewed and discussed. Abele made a motion, with a second from Crotty to approve a liquor license for Dirty’s Bar & Grill. Motion carried. The public hearing on the proposal to submit a CDBG application to IEDA was opened at by Mayor Blank. Chris Diggins, NIACOG staff presented the following: The need for the activity has been identified by the City Council, residents and businesses of the City and the IDNR for several years. The proposed activities will be funded with a combination of CDBG funds and SRF funds. The application has a due date of April 1, 2017, and will be submitted by that date. The City of Klemme is requesting $300,000 in CDBG funds. 60.73% low- and moderate-income persons, according to an income survey completed in June, July and August 2015, will benefit from the project. Therefore 60.73% or $182,190 of federal funds will benefit LMI persons. The proposed activities will be conducted adjacent to the existing wastewater treatment lagoon. There will be no displacement of persons or businesses as a result of funded activities. Not applicable. (Plans to assist persons actually displaced) The project includes construction of EQ Storage Basin, relocation the outfall line to the East Branch of the Iowa River and install UV Disinfection, mobilization and restoration as well as engineering (construction staking, inspection, construction administration) legal and administration. There were no comments from the audience. Mayor Blank then closed the public hearing. Following the public hearing Diggins led the Council on the completion of the CDHNA. The CDHNA as proposed by the Council is as follows: CITY OF KLEMME-COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT MAJOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS IN KLEMME: 1. Safe, adequate municipal water, wastewater and storm water systems. 2. Providing assistance to low income families in owning and maintaining safe, decent, and affordable housing. 3. Providing assistance in the availability of safe, decent, low income rental housing for the elderly and for young working families. 4. Expanding affordable housing in the $60,000-$80,000 range. 5. Expanding ongoing efforts to assist elderly and low income households with their rehabilitation needs. OTHER MAJOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEEDS: 1. Adequate infrastructure to serve the residents, business and industry. 2. Revitalization of the downtown business district. 3. Attraction of new businesses to the community. 4. Developing strategies that would stimulate the construction of single family homes. 5. Providing attractive and appropriate alternative housing choices for elderly residents. PLANNED OR POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 1. Continue intense efforts to make infrastructure and community betterment improvements in order to enhance the quality of life for all residents and business owners. 2. Apply for CDBG funds for a wastewater treatment system improvement project to meet IDNR requirements. 3. Continue to seek strategies that would aid in the rehabilitation of existing housing. 4. Investigate first-time home buyer programs; down payment/closing costs assistance

programs, or other programs to aid homebuyers in the community. 5. Investigate a tax abatement program to encourage new construction and enhance efforts to seek out other new residential construction incentives. 6. Continue efforts to keep the downtown area attractive to potential occupants. 7. Continue to support continuum of care efforts that have been accomplished to date for elderly residents of the community. 8. Continue to work with and support the Hancock County Economic Development Corporation in their housing, community, and economic development efforts. Developed and prepared at a Council Meeting of the City of Klemme on November 7, 2016. 1 local resident, 5 City Council, Mayor, Clerk, Public Works Director, 1 Engineer and 1 NIACOG Staff were in attendance. Following the CDHNA, a Resolution for the CDBG Application was presented. A motion was made by Abele, seconded by Trampel to approve Resolution # 11-7-16. All present voted Aye and the motion passed unanimously. Abele made a motion to retain NIACOG to being preparing and submitting an environmental assessment plan. Crotty second the motion. Motion carried. Tim Moreau with Veenstra & Kimm was present to update the council on status of facility plans, specifications and final plans submitted to IDNR. Kenneth Weiland, Public Works Director, was present at the meeting. He informed the council that he had been in contact with Marlin Johnson about mowing the leaves at the park. Will be waiting until more come down. Weiland had gotten a letter from the DNR stating that the monthly wastewater monitoring reports will need to be done electronically in December. Abele, made a motion, with a second from Crotty, to adjourn. Meeting adjourned. Colleen Rout, City Clerk/Treasurer Income for Oct.- General: $53,378.42; Road: $5,040.25; Water: $7,163.46. Colleen Rout, City Clerk Attest, Mayor CITY OF KLEMME-BILLS TO ALLOW NOVEMBER 7, 2016 NET SALARIES GROSS Colleen Rout-City Clerk 1,355.00 1,170.72 Terry Meints-Financial Advisor 300.00 259.20 Kathy Olthoff-Library 1,990.50 1,549.80 Kenneth Blank-Mayor 150.00 138.52 Gloria Hasenwinkel- Library 228.85 197.72 Donna Weiland -Janitor For City Hall 273.50 236.31 Ken Weiland-Public Works 3,096.00 2,318.94 Scott Ginapp-Sewer 164.80 142.38 Reliance State Bank-Withholding 1,496.86 Treas. St Of Iowa-Withholding 178.00 IPERS-Withholding 1,095.00 OTHER BILLS Waste Management of N. IA -Garbage & Recycling 1,662.60 Aramark-City Hall 171.39 Hancock Co. Sheriff-Monthly Fee 2,112.50 Communication 1-Library 108.69 Communication 1-City Hall 48.50 Communication 1-Water 91.88 Communication 1-Museum 33.68 Alliant Energy-General 1,719.49 Alliant Energy-Water 387.65 Black Hills Energy-Natural Gas 165.42 Amazon-Library 241.28 Techsoup Global-Library 2,145.00 Book Look-Library 515.66 Marlin Johnson-Mowing Museum 35.00 Agsource-Sewer 984.50 Hawkins-Water Supplies 366.00 Mid-America Publ. Corp. -Publication-Minutes 55.93 Mid-America Publ. Corp. -Public Notice-Cdbg Hearing 10.86 Mid-America Publ. Corp. -Financial Report 172.26 Hancock Co Coop Oil-Fuel 76.50 Caterpillar Financial Services-Loan 1,363.92 Marco Inc-Maintenance/Copier 34.00 Marlin Johnson-Mowing 125.00 Kramer Hardware-Supplies 58.86 John Deere Financial -Kanawha Equip-Repairs 139.18 Claubaugh Electric -City Hall/Library/Lagoon 95.83 Iowa One Call 20.70 Brown Supply Co-Street Signs 68.33 Service Tech Of Central Iowa-Hydrants 353.61 Joshua Snow-Water Deposit Refund 8.00 114.06 Staples-Supplies Mort’s Inc-Water Repair-4th Street 2,003.94 Total 24,273.67 Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Four traffic stops, no citations issued. 11:19 a.m., 1700 Blk Nash Ave., stand by/keep peace. 1:20 p.m., 320th St./Grant Ave., suspicious person/activity. 7:09 p.m., 300 Blk E 12th St., disturbance/dispute. 10:43 p.m., 150th St./Hwy 69, suspicious person/activity. November 5 Two traffic stops, one citation issued. 6:52 p.m., 1400 Blk Hwy 18, animal calls. 7:52 p.m., 110th St./Nash Ave., animal calls. 10:14 p.m., 1400 Blk Yale Ave., arrest. November 6 Three traffic stops, no citations issued. 5:30 p.m., 1900 Blk 290th St., accident/deer or other animal. November 7 One traffic stop, no citation issued. 6:08 p.m., 2100 Blk Sioux Ave., accident/deer or other animal. November 8 1:23 a.m., 100 Blk W State St., warrant served. 9:34 a.m., 1900 Blk Vail Ave., accident, no injuries. 5:38 p.m., 270th St./Hwy 69, stalled/stuck/abandoned. November 9 9:18 a.m., 500 Blk E Hancock St., burglary. 1:48 p.m., 2nd Ave. NE/Center St. E, warrant served. 4:29 p.m., Hwy 18/Main Ave. N, stalled/stuck/abandoned. 8:01 p.m., 190th St./Hwy 69, accident/deer or other animal. November 10 One traffic stop, no citation issued.

PROPERTY TRANSFERS QUIT – Larry J. Spellins Jr., Katie M. Spellins to Michelle R. Pierce; Corwith 25 2501-Original Town-Corwith, Lots 1-3, Blk 2 as desc. 10-25. WD – Lois E. Hanna Trust, Lois E. Hanna TR to Merlin D. Dirksen; Woden 24 2401-Original Town-

Woden, Lot 8, Blk 2 as desc. 10-25. WD – Randall C. Hartwig, Sandra K. Hartwig to Charles L. Hartwig REV TR, Charles L. Hartwig TR, Patricia K. Hartwig REV TR, Patricia K. Hartwig; Kanawha 26 2605-Lucas Addition, Lots 4-6, Blk 2 as desc. 10-25. CO DEED – Eva Olson EST, James Amelsberg EX to Julie Steiff; NE T97N, R24W, Section 5 as desc.; SE NE T97N, R24W, Section 5 as desc. 10-26. CO DEED – Eva Olson EST, James Amelsberg EX to James Amelsberg; NE T97N, R24W, Section 5 as desc.; SE NE T97N, R24W, Section 5 as desc.; SW T97N, R24W, Section 5 as desc. 10-26. TR WD – E E Hatten Trust, Linda Chapman TR to Hatten Farms II LLC; SE T96N, R25W, Section 19 as desc. 10-26. WD – David L. Hatten, Gracie Hatten, Susan J. Fisher, Susan J. Lampe, Jim Fisher, Linda L. Chapman, Thomas E. Hatten, Shannon Chapman, Paula Chapman, Christopher T. Lampe, Kathryn Ann Galloway, Charles Galloway, Elizabeth Chapman, Elizabeth Klinkenborg, Casey Klinkenborg to Hatten Farms II LLC; SE T96N, R25W, Section 19 as desc. 10-26. TR WD – E E Hatten Trust, Linda Chapman TR to Hatten Farms I LLC; T96N, R26W, Section 13 as desc.; SW T96N, R25W, Section 19 as desc. 10-26. WD – David L. Hatten, Gracie Hatten, Susan J. Fisher, Susan J. Lampe, Jim Fisher, Linda L. Chapman, Thomas E. Hatten, Shannon Chapman, Paula Chapman, Christopher T. Lampe, Kathryn Ann Galloway, Charles Galloway, Elizabeth Chapman, Elizabeth Klinkenborg, Casey Klinkenborg to Hatten Farms I LLC; SW T96N, R25W, Section 19 as desc. 10-26. WD – David L. Hatten, Gracie Hatten, Susan J. Fisher, Susan J. Lampe, Jim Fisher, Linda L. Chapman, Thomas E. Hatten, Susan J. Fisher REV TR, Susan J. Lampe REV TR, Susan J. Fisher TR, Susan

Proceedings: Corwith

CITY OF CORWITH COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Tuesday, November 8, 2016 The Corwith City Council met in regular session in the council chambers at city hall on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Mayor Wagner opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence for the fallen officers this past week. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. Council members present were Hankins, Nall, Poage, and Petersen Absent: Hobscheidt. Poage moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Hankins. Vote: All in favor. Petersen moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, seconded by Poage. Vote: All in favor. Hankins moved to approve the financial reports, seconded by Poage. Vote: All in favor. No report received from the fire department. Hankins offered Resolution No. 1097. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OCTOBER, 2016 CLAIMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $107,924.67 (one hundred and seven thousand, nine hundred twenty-four dollars and sixty-seven cents) seconded by Poage. Roll call vote: AyesHankins, Petersen, Nall and Poage; Nays: None. OCTOBER, 2016 CLAIMS Payroll For October 4508.48 Alliant Energy-Utilities 9/15-10/13 44.83 City Of Corwith-Utilities 9/1-9/30 1399.32 Iowa League Of Cities-Imfoa Conf 145.00 Prairie Energy-Current 19587.80 Bob Williams-Water Testing 283.50 Hunt Electric-Storm Damage Repair 567.35 Avesis-Vision Ins 23.02 Wellmark-Dental 86.42 Pitney Bowes-Postage 393.50 Ag Source-Wt/Sw Testing & Supplies 327.50 Baker & Taylor-Books 38.61 Baker & Taylor-Dvd’s 202.37 Berhow Tim-Grave Opening 300.00 Burrs Susan-Morris House Demo 3900.00 Card Services-Imfoa Lodging/Norton 285.79 Case Credit-Tail Lights/Filter 11.48 Center Point Lg Print-Books 118.15 Communications I-Ph 11/1-11/30 259.59 Corwith Farm Service-Supplies/Batteries 20.65 Cwl Times/Garner Leader-Publications 95.03 Data Tech-Yr End Forms /Group Meeting 196.40 Employers Mutual -Policy Deduct-Sanchez 250.00 Hilbert Donna-Reimb Mileage 176.00 Holland Contractors -5th Fire Station Payment 60287.00 I&S Group-Fire Station Observation 1100.00 Iowa State Auditor-Filing Fee 100.00 K & H-Fuel 64.65 Millers & Son’s-Golf Cart 4000.00 North Iowa Environmental -Wt/Sw Testing-Lagoon Curtain 562.50 Renner & Birchem -Audit Yr Ending 2016 2550.00 Studer Debra-Collections 110.00 David Wagner- Mowing 420.00 Waste Management-Monthly Garbage 45.93 Depository Trust-Interest 1200.00 Fed/Fica Withholding 1108.13 Ipers 826.57 Iowa State Bank-Note Payment 1308.10 Sales Tax 1021.00 October Claims Total $107,924.67 PWA reported the plow truck cylinders had been worked on, and setting up snow fence, and the lagoon curtain had been repaired. Brian Klein reviewed the email from WHKS (Kevin Graves) on the IDNR NPDES Permit, and suggested looking into a measuring device for along the Boone River. Clerk informed the council she will be attending the budget workshop in Clear Lake and a Data Tech meeting the following week. No one spoke during the public forum. Mike Birchem from Renner & Birchem went through the city audit for year ending 2016 with council. Hawkeye Pride had asked the city for permission to install a sump pump system to extract water from the basement of their office building and connect to the sanitary system, which

Corwith City Ordinance prohibits. Mayor Wagner opened the floor for Eldon Meyer from K&H who informed the council of the history of the property, and the ground testing on the location. Mary Thomsen from Barker Lemar Engineering went over the engineering plans, communications with IDNR and answered questions from the council. James Gastineau from Iowa Underground Storage Tanks Financial Responsibility Program spoke on the funding available to complete the project. Several options were discussed with consideration of the timeline on getting the project completed. Motion by Poage was seconded by Hankins to allow tiling from the structure across the property to the storm drain, with filters on the sump pump and check valves installed. Nall abstained, vote was all in favor. Council approved replacing water meters in need of repair, and the purchasing of three used hydrants for the city. Motion from Poage was seconded by Nall to approve a bid of $5,600 to replace the waterline along Wayne St. Hankins abstained-vote all in favor. Motion by Hankins was seconded by Poage to approve change order #3 for the fire station in the amount of $709.50 for added wall insulation. Vote all in favor. Mayor Wagner updated the council on the concrete work. Motion by Poage was seconded by Nall for the Corwith Locker to have their electrical service updated and reducing their service from 2 services to 1. Vote all in favor. Petersen offered Resolution No.1098, A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017, SETTING DECEMBER 13TH, 2016 AT 6:30 PM, was seconded by Hankins. Roll call vote: Aye-Hankins, Petersen, Nall and Poage. Naysnone. Motion by Poage seconded by Petersen to approve John Lesmann’s fence permit, vote was all in favor. otion by Poage seconded by Hankins to approve Scott Peterson’s shingling project, vote all in favor. Public forum: John Penton asked on parking on city right of way along his property line, he will do the digging out of the area and provide the rock along the roadway. Mayor & council comments: Rusty Gourley will remove 2 trees from the Gazebo Park for $250.00 and Poage will follow up on the drainage along Gold Eagle property. Poage moved to adjourn, seconded by Petersen. Vote: All in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Mayor City Clerk Savings: Water $52,301.19 Sewer $77,768.99 Electric $86,708.55 Library $14,568.68 Checking: General $32,572.25 TIF $4,761.25 Road Use Tax $9,286.21 Debt Service $8,554.90 Fire Station $(37,882.54) Water $4,222.95 Sewer $22,694.51 Electric $284,420.90 Oct. 31, 2016 total $559,977.84 Expenses by Fund General Fund $9,931.87 Water $2,553.58 Sewer $2,548.89 Electric $22,540.57 Fire Station $61,387.00 Debt Service $2,508.10 Payroll $4,508.48 FICA $1,108.13 IPERS $826.57 RUT $11.48 Total $107,924.67 Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

J. Lampe TR, Hatten Estate PTNRP to Hatten Farms I LLC; NW T96N, R25W, Section 19 as desc. 10-26. WD – David L. Hatten, Gracie Hatten, Susan J. Fisher, Susan J. Lampe, Jim Fisher, Linda L. Chapman, Thomas E. Hatten, Susan J. Fisher REV TR, Susan J. Lampe REV TR, Susan J. Fisher TR, Susan J. Lampe TR to Hatten Farms I LLC; T96N, R26W, Section 13 as desc. 10-26. WD – David L. Hatten, Gracie Hatten, Susan J. Fisher, Susan J. Lampe, Jim Fisher, Linda L. Chapman, Thomas E. Hatten, Susan J. Fisher REV TR, Susan J. Lampe REV TR, Susan J. Fisher TR, Susan J. Lampe TR, Hatten Estate PRNRP to Hatten Farms I LLC; T96N, R26W, Section 24 as desc. 10-26. WD – Lyle E. Bishop, Lyle Bishop, Lea Ann Bishop, Leaann Bishop to Lyle E. Bishop REV TR, Lyle E. Bishop TR, Lea Ann Bishop REV TR; SE T95N, R23W, Section 19 as desc. 10-27. WD – Diane Elling, William Elling to Hrubes SAC LP; NE T95N, R24W, Section 20 as desc. 10-27. QUIT – Carol A. Hugo to Steven G. Hugo; SE T97N, R26W, Section 9 as desc. 10-28. CONTRACT – Paul J. Young, Margaret E. Young to Matthew R. Bork, Matt Bork; Garner 21 2103Park Addition, Lots 1 & 2, Blk 8 as desc. 10-28. WD – Robert E. Waite, Robert Waite, Mary D. Waite to Terry L. Pressely; Goodell 29 2902-Farman’s Addition, Lots 3 & 4, Blk 1 as desc. 10-28. WD – Paul D. Larson, Julie A. Larson to Kenneth R. Lutkenhaus, Debra K. Lutkenhaus; Garner 21 2109-Young’s Addition, Lots 5 & 6, Blk 1 as desc. 10-28. QUIT – Adala E. Bailey to Adala E. Bailey LE, Craig R. Bailey; Britt 22 2205-Anderson’s 2nd Addition, Lots 5 & 6, Blk 32 as desc. 10-28. CONTRACT – Nicholas Henry Alt, Megan Ruth Alt to Michael Stephen Gazafy Jr., Kristy Gazafy; NE T94N, R26W, Section 19 as desc. 10-28. WD – Penning Family Farms LP to Magdalene A. Penning; SE T95N,

R26W, Section 33 as desc. 10-28. WD – Julianne M. Steven to Sarah N. Morin; Britt 22 2211-Stubbin’s Addition, Blk 9 as desc. 10-31. TITLE – Raymond L. Pool EST to Patricia B. Pool; Garner 21 2104-Driving Park Addition, Lots 1 & 2, Blk 6 as desc. 10-31. WD – Paul A. Pigman, Vickie Pigman to John V. Matejka Sr., Gail L. Matejka; Crystal 03 0337-Oakwood Park Community 1st Addition, Lot 17 as desc. 10-31. WD – William C. Pigman to John V. Matejka Sr., Gail L. Matejka; Crystal 03 0337-Oakwood Park Community 1st Addition, Lot 17 as desc. 10-31. WD – Diane K. Taylor, Jon M. Taylor to John V. Matejka Sr., Gail L. Matejka; Crystal 03 0337-Oakwood Park Community 1st Addition, Lot 17 as desc. 10-31. WD – Dennis A. Kruger, Debra K. Kruger to Darrin Lee Kruger; NW SW T96N, R26W, Section 4 as desc. 10-31.

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE Antidegradation Alternatives Analysis for the City of Klemme, Iowa Notice Date: November 9, 2016 Notice is hereby given that the City of Klemme, Iowa has completed a draft antidegradation alternatives analysis for discharge of treated wastewater to the East Fork of the Iowa River. The action being considered is construction of a ultraviolet disinfection system as part of the enhanced treatment aerated lagoon wastewater treatment facility with the addition of an equalization basin and relocation of the effluent discharge so that it discharges directly to the East Fork of the Iowa River. The East Fork of the Iowa River is currently protected for Class A1 primary contact recreational and B(WW-2) warm water beneficial uses. Anyone wishing to comment on the proposed treatment alternative must do so in writing within 30 days of the date shown at the top of this notice. Comments may be submitted to the City Clerk by hand delivery or mail: City Clerk, City of Klemme, 204 East Main Street, Klemme, IA 50449. Copies of this notice, the draft antidegradation alternatives analysis and supporting information are on file and available for public inspection from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday at the above address. Copies of this information may be requested by contacting the City Clerk at 641-587-2018. The City will submit a summary of comments received and the City’s responses to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources with the final alternatives analysis subject to IDNR review and approval. Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Proceedings: Kanawha

Kanawha City Council Proceedings from November 8, 2016 The Kanawha City Council met in regular open session on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016. Those present were Ray Bassett, Judy VanderPloeg, Robert Zeigler and Christa Hanson. Absent: Shirley Baker and Nancy Litch. Mayor Pro-Tem Bassett called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Councilperson Zeigler moved approval of the agenda. The motion was seconded. All were in favor. Motion carried. Councilperson Zeigler moved approval of the minutes, clerk’s report and payment of the following bills: November 2016 Bills Certified Fire -annual extinguishers inspection 392.00 North Central-fuel 409.74 Ag Source-water tests 91.00 Hennigar’s Air Care -thermostat replaced 122.19 Tony Rasmussen-reimb supplies 55.70 John Deere Financial-supplies 11.35 Goodnature Store-safety equipment 25.13 Hawkins-chlorine 20.00 Central Iowa Distributing -fire dept supplies 207.20 Hancock County Treasurer-property tax 118.00 Office Depot-office supply, towels 150.04 Warner Plastics-liner for dump truck 425.00 Mid-America Publishing-publications 314.01 Ahlers Cooney-attorney fees -capt loan note 5585.14 Advanced Systems-printer contract 55.71 G & K-mops, rugs 21.56 Hanson & Sons-washer fluid, plug for tire 60.23 Counsel-copier contract 76.75 Iowa Falls Roofing -balance due on city hall roof 4313.90 Overhead Door-fire dept repair 469.00 Riteway-water bill cards 158.77 Earl Hill-legal fee 44.00 The motion to approve was seconded. All were in favor. Motion carried. The following report was given to the Council: October 2016 Expenditures Communications1-phone 793.17 IRS-941 tax 3075.19 Treas of Iowa-sales tax 2176.00 Waste Management-garbage service 308.72 Treas of Iowa-withholding 1655.00 Iowa Workforce Dvlpt-unemployment 25.95 Ipers-ipers 1803.37 State Auditor-filing fee 100.00 Renner & Birchem-audit 3550.00 Principal-insurance 110.98 Sharon Grimm-reimb workshop 40.00 Iowa Falls Roofing-city hall roofing 38825.10 Engaged Media-lib-magazine 17.95 Country Sampler-lib-book 19.94 Baker & Taylor-lib-books 91.86 Gale Cengage-lib-book 20.63 John Deere Financial-trimmer 289.35 Lodin Lawn Care-parks spraying 420.00 Kanawha Swimming Pool-donation 3000.00 Interstate Motor Trucks-International 74365.00 G&K Services-mops/rugs 21.56 Garner Leader-subscription 47.00 Mid America Publishing-publications 154.19 Office Depot-office supply 207.27 Menard’s-park supply 208.21 CID-fd-towels 183.80 Christopher Johnson-trapping 175.00 Advanced Systems-printer contract 132.07 Green Canopy-4 mos. portable 342.40 Goodnature Store-clothing allowance 165.87 N Central-fuel 406.14 Yohn Co-concrete 371.95 iWireless-phone 168.73 Quality Pump-labor lift station 1155.00 Iowa DNR-user fee 66.00 IRWA-registration 150.00 Hawkins-chlorine 15.00 Pronto-fuel 137.81

Blacktop Service-alleys 15954.00 Swenson Hdwe-various 98.56 Ag Source-water tests 82.00 Baker & Taylor-lib-books 481.41 Advanced Systems-lib-copier 28.88 Card Center-lib-supplies 128.15 Food Network-lib-renewal 29.97 Christine Guthmiller-mileage 23.17 Petty Cash-lib-postage 71.47 Lake Park Public Library-lib-dvd 10.00 Alliant-fd-utility 258.30 Center Point-lib-book 42.00 Delta Dental-insurance 115.68 N Central-fuel 265.65 Baker & Taylor-lib-books 89.60 Wellmark-insurance 1894.41 MCI-phone 53.66 Amsterdam Printing-lib-calendars 85.73 Micro Marketing-lib-dvds 119.76 Gale Cengage-lib-book 20.63 Book Look-lib-books 297.69 Visa-lib-supplies 227.13 Postmaster-water bills 75.82 Ipers-ipers 2031.12 Alliant-utilities 2498.04 110.98 Principal-insurance October 2016 Expenditure by Fund General 129551.47 Road Use Tax 21996.00 Employee Benefit 4695.25 Local Option 3000.00 Library 3206.94 Water 1703.35 Sewer 3790.53 October 2016 Revenue by Fund General 50002.70 Road Use Tax 6481.74 Employee Benefit 16669.76 Local Option 4258.02 Debt Service 20945.45 Library 17787.15 Water 9489.01 Sewer 5252.13 The following police report was given: Hours worked: 190.5 Traffic Stops: 5 Speak with officer 3 Animal complaint 2 Disturbance 1 Domestic 1 Vandalism 1 Ambulance 3 Agency Assist 4 Welfare 1 Councilperson Zeigler moved approval of the police report. The motion was seconded. All were in favor. Motion carried. Kevin Jacobsen from CID talked to the Council about smoke testing the sanitary sewer and how it works to find breaks and defects in a sewer system. This item was tabled until the next meeting in order to give Supt. Spangler time to map out an area in town that may have problems. The agenda item of security cameras for the park was also tabled as only one bid has come in so far. Councilperson Zeigler moved approval of R&M’s bid of $1189 to purchase and install a heater in the lift station. The motion was seconded. All were in favor. Motion carried. The Council discussed the request to offer for sale South Oak Street between railroad property and West 1st Street. The Council respectfully declined this request. Citizen comments were heard on the above item. With there being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Councilperson VanderPloeg, was seconded and carried. Sharon Grimm, City Clerk Ray Bassett, Mayor Pro-Tem Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

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BIRTHS Rhett Charles Boyer, born on October 31 to Renae Kruckenberg, Eagle Grove. Owen Roy Dugan, born on November 2 to Derek and Wendy Dugan, Bode. Ashlyn Kristine Willwerth, born on November 3 to Jodi Reed, Eagle Grove. David Sofoifa Maldonado, born on November 3 to Gerso Sofoifa Garcia and Elizama Maldonado Arreaga, Clarion. Aurora MMonroe Hunt, born on November 4 to Albert and Kristina Hunt, Jacksonville, FL. Alexis Ariel Ajtun Vasquez, born on November 4 to Pedro Ajtun Ordonez and Floricelda Vasquez Alvarez, Clarion. Wesley John Rosenkilde, born on November 6 to Joshua and Amanda Rosenkilde, Clarion.

DEATHS Norma Scott, 91, Eagle Grove, died on October 29. Gary Pohlman, 75, Eagle Grove, died on November 2. Stanley Ganzeveld, 71, Goldfield, died on November 7. Lucille Andersen, 86, Clarion, died on November 7. MARRIAGE LICENSE Christopher Ahrends, Clarion to Donna Perrett, Clarion on November 5.

CIVIL COURT The court handled one child support matter. DISTRICT COURTS The court handled one probation revocation. Sean McMillan, 27, Eagle Grove, pled guilty on November 4 to Driving While Barred. McMillan was

Public Notice

ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. GENE A. STILLE AND SPOUSE OF GENE A. STILLE; MARK P. STILLE, PERSONALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR AND SPOUSE OF MARK P. STILLE; LISA L. DARNER AND SPOUSE OF LISA L. DARNER; THOMAS J. STILLE; STATE OF IOWA; ESTATE RECOVERY PROGRAM and ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AND ALL OF THEIR HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES AND ALL BENEFICIARIES OF EACH AND ALL OF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL CREDITORS, HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, AND DEVISEES OF STEVEN R. STILLE AKA STEVE R. STILLE, Defendants. EQUITY NO. EQCV019512 To the above-named Defendants: All known and unknown claimants and all persons known or unknown claiming any right, title or interest and all of their heirs, spouses, assigns, grantees, legatees, devisees and all beneficiaries of each and all of the above-named defendants, including but not limited to all creditors, heirs, spouses, assigns, grantees, legatees, and devisees of Steven R. Stille aka Steve R. Stille You are notified there was on 9/7/2016 filed in the Office of the Clerk of the above-named Court a Foreclosure Petition, which prays for foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of the Plaintiff on the property described herein and judgment in rem in the amount of $26,291.38 plus interest at the rate of 7.25% per annum from 3/1/2016, such amount equaling $5.22 per day, the costs of the action including title costs of $225.00, and reasonable attorney fees and that said sums be declared a lien upon the following-described premises from 9/27/2001, located in Hancock County, Iowa, to-wit: That part of the unnamed street being 66 feet in width lying South of Lot 7, 8, 9 and that portion of the alley lying North of Lot 7, 8, and 9 all in Block 6, Farman’s Second Addition, Goodell, Hancock County, Iowa that the mortgage on the above-described real estate be foreclosed, that a special execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judg-

ment and for other relief as the Court may deem just and equitable. The attorney for the Plaintiff is David M. Erickson, whose address is The Davis Brown Tower, 215 10th Street, Suite 1300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3993, Phone: (515) 288-2500, Facsimile: (515) 243-0654. NOTICE THE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTED FORECLOSURE WITHOUT REDEMPTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE SALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY WILL OCCUR PROMPTLY AFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENT UNLESS YOU FILE WITH THE COURT A WRITTEN DEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND, THE SALE WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL SIX MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS YOUR RESIDENCE AND IS A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR UNTIL TWO MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR IS YOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER THE SALE. THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE WILL BE ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY. YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THE SALE. You must serve a motion or answer on or before the 6th day of December, 2016, and within a reasonable time thereafter, file your motion or answer, in the Iowa District Court for Hancock County, Iowa. You are notified that Hancock County District Court utilizes the Electronic Document Management System. You are directed to the Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16 for general rules and information on electronic filing and, in particular, Division VI regarding the protection of personal information in court filings. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. If you need assistance to participate in court due to a disability, call the disability coordinator at 641-421-0990. Persons who are hearing or speech impaired may call Relay Iowa TTY (1 800 735 2942.) Disability coordinators cannot provide legal advice. IMPORTANT YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS. November 16, 2016 Date of Third Publication Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 2, Nov. 9 and Nov. 16, 2016

sentenced to ten days in jail, fined $625 plus 35% surcharge, and $100 in costs. Chayanne Salgado Izquierdo, 22, Hampton, received a deferred judgment on November 7 to Burglary in the Third Degree, two counts of Burglary in the Third Degree Motor Vehicle, and Possession of Controlled Substance Marijuana First Offense. Salgado Izquierdo was placed on two years probation, assessed a $2,190 civil penalty, $500 Law Enforcement Initiative, $368 in restitution, and $2,310 in costs. Additional charges of Burglary in the Third Degree Motor Vehicle were dismissed. Patrick Hubby, 35, Hanlontown, pled guilty on November 4 to Domestic Abuse Assault First Offense. Hubby was sentenced to two days in jail, and fined $100 plus 35% surcharge. Larry Harrah, Jr., 45, West Palm Beach, pled guilty on November 8 to Consumption of Alcohol in a Public Place First Offense. Harrah was fined $100 plus 35% surcharge and $60 in costs. David Banak, 44, Mason City, pled guilty on November 7 to Obstruction

of Emergency Communications. Banak was fined $65 plus 35% surcharge and $60 in costs. Benjamin Splichal, 24, Eagle Grove, pled guilty on November 9 to Public Intoxication. Splichal was fined $65 plus 35% surcharge and $60 in costs. Patrick Hubby, 35, Hanlontown, pled guilty on November 7 to Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree and Harassment in the Third Degree. Hubby was sentenced to 210 days in jail, fined $315 plus 35% surcharge, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $246 in restitution, and $240.90 in costs. An additional charge of False Imprisonment was dismissed. Brennon Cameron, 21, Eagle Grove, pled guilty on November 4 to OWI First Offense. Cameron was sentenced to two days in jail, fined $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $100 in costs. TRAFFIC COURT Speeding 55 or under zone (1 thru 5 over): Clae Goater, Eagle Grove; Megan Draeger, Clarion; Laura Stevenson, Goldfield; Philip Smith, Fort Dodge;

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ORDINANCE NO. 418 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARNER BY CREATING CHAPTER 74 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND OFF-ROAD UTILITY VEHICLES BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Garner as follows: SECTION 1. NEW CHAPTER: The Code of Ordinances of the City of Garner, Hancock County, Iowa is hereby amended by adding Chapter 74 entitled All-Terrain Vehicles and OffRoad Utility Vehicles which shall read follows: CHAPTER 74 ALL-TERRAI N VEHICLES AND OFF-ROAD UTILITY VEHICLES 74.01 Definitions 74.03 Violations 74.02 Operation on City Street 74.04 Repeal 74.01 Definitions. For use in this chapter the following terms are defined: 1. “All-terrain vehicle” means a motor vehicle with not less than three and not more than six wheels, a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control, as more particularly described in the Iowa Code. 2. “Off-road utility vehicle” means a motor vehicle with not less than four and not more than eight wheels, a seat that is of bucket or bench design, not intended to be straddled by the operator, and a steering wheel or control levers for control, as more particularly described in the Iowa Code. 3. “ATV” means both an “all-terrain vehicle” and an “off-road utility vehicle” for purposes of simplicity within this Chapter. 74.02 OPERATION ON CITY STREETS. A person shall be allowed to operate an ATV on City streets only when in compliance with the following requirements: 1. The operator shall possess a valid driver’s license and be eighteen years of age. 2. The operator shall not travel on or across US Highway 18 or Iowa Highway 69 including any portion of their right-of-ways. 3. The ATV must be registered annually through the County Recorder. 4. The ATV shall have suitable and effective

muffling devices that comply with the sound level standards and testing procedures established by the society of automotive engineers under SAE J1287. An ATV shall not be operated in a manner that emits noise in excess of 96 decibels as measured on the A scale of SAE J1287. 5. The ATV shall be equipped with a lighted headlight when operated from sunset to sunrise and at such other times as conditions provide insufficient lighting to render clearly discernable persons and vehicles at a distance of five hundred feet ahead. 6. The ATV shall be equipped with a lighted taillight when operated from sunset to sunrise and at such other times as conditions provide insufficient lighting to render clearly discernable persons and vehicles at a distance of five hundred feet ahead. 7. The ATV shall be equipped with brakes and require the use of hand signals for turning. 8. A person shall not operate an ATV with more persons on the vehicle than it was designed to carry. 9. The ATV shall be insured with financial liability coverage and proof of such insurance coverage shall be kept in the ATV. 10. A person operating an ATV upon City streets shall comply with all City and State motor vehicle laws to the same extent as any other motor vehicle. 74.03 VIOLATIONS. A violation of this Chapter is punishable per Section 1.14 and 3.06 of this Code of Ordinances. 74.04 REPEAL. All provisions of Garner City Ordinance Chapter 75 related to ATV’s are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law. PASSED and APPROVED this 8th day of November 2016. Attest: Kenton L. Mick, Mayor Daisy Huffman, City Clerk Published in The Leader on Wedneday, Nov. 16, 2016

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Proceedings

HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS November 1, 2016 Garner, Iowa The Hancock County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors met in regular session on the above captioned date pursuant to adjournment with Supervisors Florence (Sis) Greiman and Ron Sweers present. Jerry J. Tlach via teleconference. Absent: none. On a joint teleconference with Winnebago County Board of Supervisor, William Jensvold, Mike Stensrud, and Terry Durby, and Hancock County Board of Supervisors, Florence (Sis) Greiman, Ron Sweers, and Jerry Tlach, motion by Supervisor Stensrud, seconded by Supervisor Durby, appoint WHKS & Co. as engineer for Drainage District 52-54-17 Lateral 6 Ditch Cleanout and Repair project. Ayes: Jensvold, Stensrud, Durby, Sweers. Nays: Greiman, Tlach. No further business to come before the Board, motion made to adjourn at 9:15 a.m. by Supervisor Greiman and carried. All Supervisors present voting, “Aye,” session to adjourn and will meet again on November 7, 2016. ATTEST: Michelle K. Eisenman, Auditor Ron Sweers, Chair Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Proceedings

IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY NOTICE TO: Edgar Castaneda and/or any unknown putative fathers of N. H. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that case number JVJV001114 is a Child in Need of Assistance matter pending in this Court. You are further notified that a hearing has been sent in the District Courtroom of the HANCOCK County Courthouse, Garner, Iowa, on December 9, 2016 at 11:00 AM. You are further advised that you have the right to be represented at the hearing by counsel and appear in person; in the event you are financially unable to employ counsel, the Court will, upon application, appoint counsel for you. STATE OF IOWA JUDICIARY Case No. JVJV001114 County: Hancock THIS CASE HAS BEEN FILED IN A COUNTY THAT USES ELECTRONIC FILING. Therefore, unless the attached Petition and Original Notice contains a hearing date for your appearance, or unless you obtain an exemption from the court, you must file your Appearance and Answer electronically. You must register through the Iowa Judicial Branch website at http://www.iowacourts.state. ia.us/Efile and obtain a log in and password for the purposes of filing and viewing documents on your case and of receiving service and notices from the court. FOR GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC FILING, REFER TO THE IOWA COURT RULES CHAPTER 16 PERTAINING TO THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: http://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/Efile FOR COURT RULES ON PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY IN COURT FILINGS, REFER TO DIVISION VI OF IOWA COURT RULES CHAPTER 16: http://www.iowacourts. state.ia.us/Efile Scheduled Hearing: If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at . (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942.) Date Issued 11/09/2016 01:58:58 PM District Clerk of Hancock County /s/ Denise VanDenBroeke Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 23, and 30, 2016

without prejudice on November 2. JK Properties of Brevard Inc vs. Chad Comstock and Jesse Pamperin, Eagle Grove. Judgment for the plaintiff on November 2 in the amount of $54.

PROPERTY TRANSFER Warranty Deed: Steven Tenold vs. Edward and Cheryl McLaughlin; Belm Kirkendall Addn Blk 2 Lot 10; 16-2250. Warranty Deed: Edward and Cheryl McLaughlin to Nancy Schaal; 1092-24 SW Parcel E; 16-2252. Warranty Deed: Bank of America vs. Secretary of Housing of Urban Development; EG Northwestern Addn Blk 4 Lot 15; EG Northwestern Addn Blk 4 Lot 16; 1477947662986 1477947662986-1; 16-2256. Warranty Deed: Alan and Chrisann Hodson to MMDUKE LLC; EG Fitzmaurice’s First Addn Blk 8 Lot 5; 16-2259. Warranty Deed: Lynnda and Timothy Purcell and Lynnda Purcell Trustee to Lynnda Purcell Revocable Trust; Clar Sturgeon’s Addn Blk 9 Lot 3 E 1/2; Clar Sturgeon’s Addn Blk 9 Lot 4 E 1/2; Clar Waln’s Addn Blk 1 Lot 4 S 10’; Clar Waln’s Addn Blk 1 Lot 5 Except; Clar Waln’s Addn Blk 1 Lot 6 Except; 16-2275. Warranty Deed: Dennis and Marie Matthews to Gina Thomason; 2891-26 SE Tract in Lot 1 Rerecorded to Correct Legal Description; 162278.

Proceedings

HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS October 31, 2016 Garner, Iowa The Hancock County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors met in adjourned session on the above captioned date pursuant to adjournment with Supervisors Florence (Sis) Greiman, Ron Sweers, and Jerry J. Tlach present. Absent: none. The minutes of October 24, 2016 meeting were read and approved. No further business to come before the Board, motion made to adjourn at 11:18 a.m. by Supervisor Greiman and carried. All Supervisors present voting, “Aye,” session to adjourn and will meet again on November 1, 2016. ATTEST: Michelle K. Eisenman, Auditor Ron Sweers, Chair Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Public Notice

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION Apple Grove Investments Inc. TO: ANY AND ALL ENTITIES AND/OR PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE PARCEL HEREIN DESCRIBED William J. Thompson aka Wm. J. Thompson 325 S Park Ave, Crystal Lake, IA 50432 - Owner Person in Possession 325 S Park Ave, Crystal Lake, IA 50432 - Person in Possession Iowa Attorney General 1305 East Walnut Street, #102, Des Moines, IA 50319 - Attorney General Iowa Department of Revenue PO Box 10471, Des Moines, IA 50306 - Judgment Holder Hancock County Attorney 855 State Street, Garner, IA 50438 - County Attorney Hancock County Auditor 855 State Street, Garner, IA 50438 - County Auditor City Clerk of Crystal Lake 225 State Avenue South, Crystal Lake, IA 50432 - City Clerk Hancock County Treasurer 855 State St PO Box 70, Garner, IA 50438 - County Treasurer William J Thompson aka Wm. J. Thompson 16425 Mussey Grade Rd PO Box 6, Ramona, CA 92065 - Owner William J. Thompson aka Wm. J. Thompson 2970 Iowa Ave, Britt, IA 50423 - Owner ANY OTHER UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH INTEREST All of the heirs, spouses, assignees, grantees, legatees, devisees, and successors in interest both known and unknown and all unknown claimants claiming to have any recorded or unrecorded right, title, or interest in and to the parcel hereinafter described. In accordance with Iowa Code Section 447.9 you are hereby notified that on 6/16/2014, the following described parcel, situated in Hancock County, Iowa, to-wit: The North Half (N 1/2) of Lot Thirteen (13), and all of Lot Fourteen (14), Block Eighteen (18), Crystal Lake, Hancock County, Iowa. a/k/a PARCEL # 2301180140 a/k/a 325 S Park Ave, Crystal Lake, IA 50432 a/k/a Cert No. 140352 Was sold at tax sale by the Treasurer of Hancock County for the then delinquent and unpaid taxes and/or special assessments against the property, which a Certificate of Purchase was duly issued by the County Treasurer of Hancock County to Apple Grove Investments Inc. pursuant to said tax sale, which certificate is now lawfully held and owned by Apple Grove Investments Inc., and that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for the said property will be made unless redemption from said tax sale is made within ninety (90) days from the completed service of this Notice. Apple Grove Investments Inc. By: Mike Klemme (Member) 520 4th Street SW, Suite D PO Box 506 Le Mars, Iowa 51031 Published in The Leader on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2016

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HANCOCK COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS SERVICE / ADMINISTRATOR OFFICER Veteran preferred but not required. Part-time position 20-28 hrs/week. Job description and application form at the Hancock County Auditor’s Office, Garner. *Hancock County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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ElEctrical PanEl »»» ShoP tEchnician ««« Cozzini, LLC, a recognized leader in the manufacturing of food processing equipment, is seeking an experienced Electrical Shop Technician. Qualified candidate must be able to read electrical schematic and sub panel layout drawing along with other instructions to assembly electrical panels. Also must demonstrate the ability to power, wire, debug and re-wire electrical panels as required. PLC experience and UL experience are a plus. Competitive wages and benefits offered. Mail resume to: ElEctical PanEl ShoP tEchnician, 2400 hwy 18 East algona, ia 50511. Fax: 515-395-6262

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