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O-A/BC-IG boards approve two-way, whole grade sharing agreement ❚ by DEB LOGER

O-A/BC-IG School Boards approved a two-way whole grade sharing (WGS) agreement and memorandum of understanding for 2017-18 during a joint meeting at Odebolt Nov. 14. A public hearing will be held on Monday, Dec. 12, at 5:30 p.m., in the BC-IG Elementary gym. BC-IG board members voted ive to one in favor of the WGS agreement with the high school in Ida Grove and the middle school in Odebolt. O-A board members voted unanimously in favor of the agreement. Voting in favor of the new whole grade sharing agreement were Danika Hinkeldey, Ryan Goodman, Brad Lundell, Myra Meek, Joey Hoe ling, Stacy Raasch, Jeff Rasmussen, Ryan Schroeder and Pat Hoe ling. Stephanie Konradi voted nay. Tony Bennett was absent. Under the new agreement, the funding formula would be a 50/50 split of two-way WGS expenses, and each district would be responsible for the transportation costs of its own students. The costs of shuttle busses for grades six through 12 will be a 50/50 split of costs. The memorandum of understanding is as follows: • During the remainder of the 2016-17 iscal year and/or the beginning of the 2017-18 iscal year, the two school districts and its patrons would work to place a referendum on the ballot that, if approved, would have the two districts merge and become one district as Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community Schools, beginning with the 2018-

19 iscal year. That ballot question would have to take place no later than June, 2017, as part of this memorandum of understanding. • Each school board must vote to support a vote for reorganization. The vote for reorganization would be held no later than June, 2017. • Each school board will approve and sign documents, on behalf of the school districts, that provide accurate information regarding questions and issues related to reorganization, will assist in disseminating that information and will assist in the collection of petition signatures. • Each school board must assist in correcting information regarding reorganization that is not based in fact or is misleading, in order to better inform the patrons of each district regarding the issues related to reorganization. • The joint facilities’ committee will complete its task of developing a master facility plan for the two school districts, focused on the facilities in Odebolt and the facilities in Ida Grove, working in conjunction with Estes Construction and the ICAT Program through IASB, a selected architectural irm and a public sector inancial planning agent. That plan would include designs, cost estimates and funding options for the two school districts that would be used to address facility needs, up to and including a bond referendum to fund the completion of the master facility plan in a timely manner. • The SIAC-CAC Committee and the O-A/BC-IG administrator (continued on page 2)

Thanksgiving pardon: This Thanksgiving, the President of the United States will receive the National Thanksgiving Turkey, which is pardoned by the President, from the Domino family farm near Early. To celebrate this momentous occasion, two turkeys from the presidential flock visited four local schools on Nov. 17, making stops in Early, Schaller, Galva and Holstein. The family conducted a small assembly on how the turkeys were chosen and the process of raising turkeys on a farm in Iowa. (Courier photo by Becky Bruning)

Local turkeys to be pardoned at White House This Thanksgiving, the President of the United States receives the National Thanksgiving Turkey from a farm in northwest Iowa. To celebrate this momentous occasion, two turkeys from the presidential flock visited four local schools on Nov. 17, making stops in Early, Schaller, Galva and Holstein. The turkeys were raised by the Domino family from Early, owned by Chris and Nicole Domino. Their children attend school in the Ridge View school district. Adrian is in the seventh grade. Brianna is in fourth grade, Marissa is in third grade, Addison is in second grade and Megan is in first grade at SchallerCrestland Elementary School. The family and the turkeys visited each

school in the Ridge View School District on Nov. 17, giving a small assembly on how the turkeys were chosen and the process of raising turkeys on a farm in Iowa. Students were able to see the two turkeys chosen for pardoning and were able to select a few names for the turkeys. Those names then go to President Barack Obama, who will choose one before the pardoning. The official turkey send-off from the turkey farm in Early was held on Friday, Nov. 18, hosted by the Iowa Turkey Federation. From there, the turkeys will head to the White House, where they will take part in the annual tradition of being pardoned Nov. 23.

The Dominos are fourth-generation farmers, raising about 185,000 turkeys each year, according to the Iowa Turkey Federation. The selection process usually begins in June. The chairman of the National Turkey Federation chooses a home state turkey farmer to raise that year’s bird. The birds are then trained to be okay with loud noises and being around a lot of people. As they grow, they begin to see which birds will best work for the ceremony. Each bird practices standing on a podium to determine which adapts to the surroundings, along (continued on page 3)

Public safety commission discusses new countywide law agreement, K9 ❚ by DEB LOGER

The Ida County Public Safety and Communications Commission discussed the countywide 28E agreement during its meeting Nov. 15 in Holstein. Ida County Sheriff Wade Harriman told commission members he would like the new agreement approved at the December meeting. Galva Mayor Stan Nading said

he felt the supervisors should only have one vote, as they are one taxing entity. “I disagree with the supervisors only having one vote; they represent three rural districts in the county,” said Battle Creek Mayor Lloyd “Doc” Holmes. Supervisor Bob Paulsrud agreed, stating, “Each of us has a district we represent. Each supervisor has more population to represent

than Galva.” Holmes and Ida Grove Mayor Morris Hurd commented they’d like to pay less. Holmes said, “We are paying $97,000 and that takes a big share of our budget. If it wasn’t for local option sales tax, we couldn’t afford to pay our share.” Hurd said, “We’d like to have a lower cost. We’ve just put in two (continued on page 2)

Supervisors canvass general election, agree on medical examiner

BC flags: Battle Creek’s Avenue of Flags was on display on Veterans’ Day. The newly placed flags were located on a portion of the walking trail located by the American Legion’s Veterans’ Memorial extending out toward the former Battle Creek beach pool. (Courier photo by Amy Forbes)

The Ida County Board of Supervisors canvassed the local election and approved the medical examiner contract during the Nov. 14 meeting. The board met with Chris Nichols, administrator for Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, to discuss the contract between the county and the hospital for medical examiners, effective Oct.

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PAGE TWO more of the Courier’s front page more about — (continued from front page) team will review the academic programs of the two school districts and report their indings to the board members during the spring of 2017. • Beginning with the 2017-18 iscal year, all operational sharing incentive positions, school nurse and district technology director will be adjusted to a 50/50 split of all costs. Proposal for 2018-19 and after, if the vote for reorganization fails - one-way sharing: • If a vote to reorganize the two school districts fails, then it is agreed that the OdeboltArthur school district and the Battle Creek-Ida Grove school district will enter into a one-way whole grade sharing agreement for students in grades nine-12 at O-A/BC-IG High School in Ida Grove for a minimum of a three iscal-year term, beginning with the 2018-19 iscal year on July 1, 2018, and running through the 2020-21 iscal year ending on June 30, 2021. • The one-way whole grade sharing agreement would be renewed annually after the irst three years in the same manner as the current whole grade sharing agreement, until one or both districts notify the other district of their intention to terminate the whole grade sharing agreement by Nov. 1 of the current iscal year, with the termination of the agreement effective at the start of the following iscal year. • Each district would be responsible for academic programs for grades PK-eighth

more about — (continued from front page) new bridges and have been told we need to rebuild the Moorehead Avenue bridge.” Paulsrud commented that traf ic stops on Highways 20, 59 and 175 are in the rural area and in late rural calls. He also commented that “countywide works and is great for everyone. I think the county sees more issues as we deal with the union.” The majority of the commission indicated it was ine with the way the current agreement reads and would approve a new agreement at the December meeting. Sheriff Harriman reported his department would begin soliciting donations for another K9 this week. “We are looking at adding another K9. Deputy Andrew Shillington has been working with K9 Anou for two years. Shillington and Anou recently competed at the United States Police K9 Association ield trials in New Jersey and placed 33rd out of 80.” According to Harriman, the new K9 would cost approximately $11,000 and would be purchased from Mid-Michigan Kennels. The department has just over half of the funds raised. Deputy Alex Ehlers is interested in handling a K9. Harriman gave updates on several drug arrests made in September and October, the recovery of a Maschhoff’s skidloader, the arrest of an individual in Galva Nov. 8 on a federal warrant and vehicle replacement due to a deer-related accident. Harriman touched on the recent shootings of Des Moines

. . . whole grade sharing grade. • Odebolt-Arthur agrees to pay Battle Creek-Ida Grove tuition for each nine-12 student, based on the per pupil cost set by the State of Iowa annually. • Odebolt-Arthur and Battle Creek-Ida Grove will enter into a cooperative sharing agreement for seventh and eighth grade athletics as O-A/BC-IG, with practices and contests in Ida Grove, unless facilities are not available, at which time they would be moved to Odebolt. • The costs for seventh and eighth grade athletics would be split 50/50 for all costs. • Each district would be responsible for its own transportation costs. Both boards approved School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) applications for the 2016-17 school year. BC-IG approved an application requesting $40,647 in additional authority for increased enrollment, open enrollment out students and for LEP instruction. O-A’s request was for $103,136 in additional authority for open enrollment out students. The O-A Board approved an IASB ICAT Phase 1 Facility Assessment for the Odebolt building at a cost of $7,000. Both boards approved the IASB ICAT Architectural Firm Selection Process to lead the two districts in the architectural irm selection process to assist each district with the master facility planning process. There is no cost for the service. The BC-IG Board approved a resolution to continue the

instructional support program and set Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. for a public hearing. The Instructional Support Levy generated approximately $300,000 for the district last year. Superintendent Terry Kenealy discussed voluntary early retirement policies for iscal year 2017. Kenealy noted both districts have healthy management funds and that early retirements would be based on a cash payout. Kenealy will put together updated, voluntary, early retirement policies for discussion at the December meeting. O-A approved an open enrollment application for ifth grader Morgan Lazzeroni into O-A and the dissolution of fund #12 and transferring the balance of $3.95 to the general fund, as recommended by the auditors. Resignations approved were for Nicole Taylor (BC-IG high school paraeducator) and Amy Benson (O-A kitchen/paraeducator). BC-IG approved a contract for Elisha Malaise-Ehrig as high school paraeducator and an overnight stay for the robotics competition on Nov. 19 near Centerville. Travis Squires, senior vice president of the Piper-Jaffray of ice in Des Moines, provided packets of information to both boards, explaining the bonding process, estimated debt service schedules, levy rates, summary tax impacts, PPEL notes, retail sales history for Iowa, historic enrollment and enrollment igures, revenue igures, existing debt, sales tax debt service schedule and summary.

. . . countywide law police of icers, stating those in law enforcement are becoming targets for the mentally unstable and those hooked on drugs or alcohol. “I want to thank everyone for their acts of kindness and kind words to my department. They mean a lot to all of us,” said Harriman. Members present were Arthur Mayor Randy Fineran, Holmes, Nading, Hurd, Holstein Mayor Connie Ludvigson and Supervisors Paulsrud, Curt Phillips and Rhett Leonard. The next public safety and communications commission meeting is Dec. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Ida Grove City Hall. E911 service board The Ida County E911 Service Board discussed a Pictometry proposal during its meeting. Ida County E911 Director Ed Sohm told board members the county’s current aerial photos were done in 2014 and many changes have occurred in the county since then. Ida County Engineer Jeff Williams said a possibility was to use a TIF district for the windmills and the funds generated would help everyone: secondary roads, ire departments, ambulance services, the sheriff’s of ice and assessor. Sohm gave updates on signs and the old courthouse generator. Sohm’s goal is to drive anchors for the 911 signs this week and then put the signs up as time allows. Sohm said he’s still working on the old generator and that it would cost approximately $4,000 to move it to the City of Ida Grove’s

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water tower. In other business, the E911 board reviewed the irst quarter inancial report. Members present were Ludvigson, Holmes, Fineran, Hurd, Nading, Williams, Craig Peterson and Leonard. Emergency management The Ida County Emergency Management Commission reviewed the irst quarter inancial report and discussed ICAP grant applications. Sohm reported he received an ICAP grant for a de ibrillator. The new de ibrillator was placed in the courthouse and the one from the jail was moved to a squad car. All Ida County squad cars are now equipped with a de ib machine. Two more grant applications are available, according to Sohm. He is considering submitting three touchscreen monitors recently purchased for the communication center or purchasing a drone. Members present were Ludvigson, Holmes, Fineran, Hurd, Nading, Paulsrud, Leonard, Phillips, Sohm and Williams. Holstein City Adminstrator Kay Hanson was present for all three meetings.

Horn bazaar: The annual Horn Memorial Hospital Auxiliary bazaar was held Nov. 12 at the hospital. Here, those attending the bazaar place chance tickets in hopes of winning some of the items donated by local businesses and individuals. The bazaar brought in a little more than $4,000. (Courier photo by Mike Thornhill)

G-H/S-C boards hear technology update, okays resignation of head football coach ❚ by BETHANY JONES

The Galva-Holstein and SchallerCrestland School Boards met in a joint session Nov. 14 in Holstein. Trevor Toft was absent from the S-C board while Heather Pribble was absent from the G-H board. Shannon Tesch, ifth grade teacher at G-H and technology integrationist, prepared a presentation for the board discussing current technology programs at the school and ways his time is used between buildings. Shannon and his wife, Katie, both work in the technology department for the school. They troubleshoot for teachers and assist in classrooms with technology concerns. They created a high school YouTube channel for the outdoor education class to use. They also installed recently a new grade-keeping program called Power Teacher Pro. They are working with virtual reality in high school classrooms, integrating IPADs into the third and fourth grade classrooms and recently helped the kindergarten class Skype with a farmer during harvest. They also used technology during the recent election to teach students about the electoral college. They would like to see a Raptor technology blog established in the future, as well as using assessment spreadsheets for different testing results. They would like to integrate technology for use during parent-teacher conferences and would like to see elementary report cards be used with the new grading software. The following resignations were approved: Jeff DeHaan, head high school football coach (S-C); Justin Kinney, assistant high school football coach (G-H); Available now until December 31, 2016

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Ronda Bruns, food service cook (G-H); Renee Stull, food service personnel (S-C); Mandy Kluver, teacher aide (S-C) and Amanda Urban, daycare (S-C). The boards approved the following contracts: Lenore Meyer, food service cook at $9.50 per hour (G-H); Brian Hoeppner, MS girls’ basketball coach at $2,037 (S-C); Denise Pickhinke, MS mock trial at $582 (S-C); Sonya Lara, food service cook at $8 per hour (S-C); Mandi Lange, daycare at $7.75 per hour with raise to $8 after 90 days (S-C); Elizabeth Petersen, daycare at $7.75 per hour with raise to $8 after 90 days and Jessica Richards, daycare at $7.75 per hour with raise to $8 after 90 days. Ridge View High School Principal Bret Warnke presented results from the recent MAP testing for the ninth and tenth graders. Results show the class of 2019 has good growth in math, with a slower increase in reading over last year. The ninth grade class has results signi icantly above the norm for both math and reading. S-C and RVMS Principal Jared Mozer discussed FAST testing results at the elementary schools. At Schaller-Crestland, 96.84 percent of students were screened with 59.24 percent were at or above benchmark and considered pro icient. At Galva-Holstein Elementary, 97 percent of upper elementary were screened with 72 percent at benchmark. In

lower elementary, 82 percent were screened with 65 percent at benchmark. Mozer noted that students at S-C recently earned more than 2,500 PBIS tickets, which rewarded them with a “Minute to Win it” game day. Students participated in fun games for positive behavior. A family literacy night is being planned for Dec. 8 at S-C and there is an elementary concert on Dec. 5 in Schaller. At the middle school in Early, MAP testing results were discussed along with professional development for staff. Mozer discussed the recent fall celebrations and Red Ribbon Week activities the students enjoyed. The academic policy passed at the last board meeting will be sent out with report cards this week. G-H Elementary Principal and athletic director Mike Richard was absent for the meeting. His report was presented to the board and included information on the fall sports season wrap-up. One student at Ridge View will be swimming with the Storm Lake swim team. Ridge View has a cooperative sharing agreement with Storm Lake schools. RV pays $250 per year to compete with the swim team. Currently, there are 15 middle school boys out for seventh grade basketball, 12 eighth grade boys in basketball, 17 on the seventh grade girls’ basketball team and (continued on page 3)

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(continued from front page) with salary information to the next meeting to present to the board. He will also have the TIF project list to be discussed at the next meeting. During the discussion on county roads, Williams noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything north of Highway 175 has been turned back. And, the roads are looking great.â&#x20AC;? Supervisor Bob Paulsrud agreed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The county has greatly bene ited from this project. There has been so much negativity.â&#x20AC;? The board noted that, if there are concerns on certain county roads, they encourage the public to contact them so they can visit the site of the concern to address the situation. A right of way agreement was approved for Delayne Johnson for work in the ditch on 110th Street. Tom Cooper was approved to move to the mechanic position from an operator position, moving his salary from $20.31 to $21.90, effective Nov. 7. Local library directors met with the board to go over the recent happenings at the libraries around the county. The group also discussed budgets and the need for an increase in the amount the county gives to each library. Larry Albrecht noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, usage at the Ida Grove Library is roughly 30 percent county residents, who live outside Ida Grove city limits. But, the county budget is between 7 and 8 percent. It needs

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to be a little more proportionate and a substantial increase would be greatly appreciated.â&#x20AC;? The board asked the library directors to put together a formal document showing the actual percentages between city residents and county residents using each facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more information the better,â&#x20AC;? Paulsrud noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to make budget decisions when you have detailed information. Most groups donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to us like the library directors do, and we appreciate it.â&#x20AC;? Ida Services Inc. (ISI) employment development manager Renea Blume visited with the supervisors to discuss the new supportive employment integration program ISI has created. The new division, titled Ida Works, allows clients of ISI to be more integrated into the community, breaking out of the sheltered environment the clients have been used to for decades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Days in the sheltered environment are coming to an end. We are helping to bring them into the community, into jobs that help them feel more like productive citizens of their communities,â&#x20AC;? said Blume. Currently, there are ive individuals working in Ida County in positions either with parttime or full-time hours. There are 15 more currently in the process of taking work readiness assessments that will help place

them into positions around the county that best match their skills and likes/dislikes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Local businesses have been very inviting to this program, and we hope to further expand into more businesses,â&#x20AC;? said Blume. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, the biggest hurdle with the program is transportation. Most clients donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to transportation. Holstein has the taxi service, but it only runs Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. So, if a client works on a Saturday, they are responsible for inding a ride to and from work. We are hoping to ind ways to improve this hurdle.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working on meeting more with local businesses as I see them as clients as well. They have needs to ful ill, and we have the clients to help ful ill those needs. It may not be originally how they saw the need being illed, but, if we can work together, both parties bene it from the program,â&#x20AC;? Blume continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This program isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about sticking people into jobs. We look at the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs along with their likes and dislikes. They are just like us. There are some jobs that we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand to be at. So, by working with employers, we can look at what they have open and work with the clients by allowing them to job shadow for a few hours during the week at no cost to the employer.â&#x20AC;?

The board was in full agreement that the program is a wonderful asset to the community and to the ISI clients as well. Blume noted she would like to meet with county department managers to see if possible employment opportunities would be present for clients to work in county jobs. The board approved amending the agenda to add the approval of LuAnn Bennett as a compensation board member. Sandy Gray, Ida County Recorder representative, was approved for a spot on the compensation board. Bennett was approved as a member of the compensation board, representing the supervisors. The supervisors are looking for one more member to elect to the board. Also approved were the clerk of court report and the commercial pesticide applicatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; license for Joe Lageschulte as weed commissioner.

The supervisors discussed and approved the use of county property for the Bible Readers Association for Nov. 19. The group set up at the courthouse to read the Bible as part of a 99county tour in Iowa to read the Bible at each courthouse across the state. Following the canvass of the local election, township positions were named, as some townships had ties for write-in candidates as trustees. Townships with an asterick (*) were determined with a drawing, as those races ended in ties. Battle Township clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Melissa Butcher; trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cary Conover and Burdette Conover. Blaine Township trustees â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kurt Duitsman and Dale Ullrich. Corwin Township trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dennis Sykes and Thomas Odgaard. Douglas Township trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jerry Andresen and Keith

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(continued from front page) with seeing which bird is the most photogenic. The turkeys were hatched in July on the farm near Early and will be almost 18 weeks old when they land in Washington, D.C. From there, they will stay in a hotel room the night before

the pardoning. Following the ceremony, the birds will be moved to Virginia Tech, according to the Roanoke Star, a local newspaper. The paper reports the turkeys will live in a place called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gobblers Rest,â&#x20AC;? a newly-built enclosure inside the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s livestock

everything except meals on the drive there and back and other spending money for fun. Students must also have all licenses needed to ish purchased before the trip. Students will have opportunities to fund-raise to help inance the trip. Other business â&#x20AC;˘ Both boards approved the whole grade sharing pro-rations. The pro-ration rate for the middle school is G-H at 49.67 percent and S-C at 50.33 percent. The high school pro-ration rates for the irst semester are G-H at 66.67 percent and S-C at 33.33 percent. â&#x20AC;˘ The G-H board approved funds from the school budget review committee to increase spending authority by $64,460 due to open enrolled out not in the fall of 2015. â&#x20AC;˘ The S-C board approved funds from the school budget review committee to increase spending authority by $18,642 for increased enrollment, $50,278 due to students open enrolled out this year and not during the 201516 school year and $1,464 for LEP instruction beyond ive years. â&#x20AC;˘ The G-H board approved PSEO WITCC spring classes. Those included are: Grace Boyle, survey

of world religions; Hailey Brenner, art appreciation; Russell Brummer, music appreciation; Yesenia De La O, art appreciation; Megan Drey, cultural anthropology; Chloe Droegmiller, intro to criminal justice; Madisen Grieme, western civilization early modern to present; Seanicee Johnson, art appreciation; Sidney Johnson, music appreciation and child psychology; Mercedes Juelfs, cultural anthropology; Brady Meyer, intro to philosophy; Andrew Snyder, art appreciation; Brittany Vincent, art appreciation and Harlee Wagoner, western civilization early modern to present. â&#x20AC;˘ A bid of $7,500 from Nathan Shever was approved for the purchase of a tractor by G-H. â&#x20AC;˘ Both boards approved previous monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minutes, bills and inancial reports. Due to the high school winter concert, the boards agreed to schedule the next board meeting on Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. instead of the normal 7 p.m. start time. Also, due to the concert, the board meeting will now be held in Holstein in December instead of Schaller. The meetings in January and February will be held in Schaller.

Galva council agrees to gutter bid The Galva City Council discussed reducing water low into the sewer plant and camping in the city park during its meeting Nov. 14. Brad Pedersen talked about reducing the low into the wastewater plant and getting an extension from the IDNR. An extension would allow the city to check for illegal sump pumps and roof drains hooked up to the sanitary sewer system. The council decided to proceed with asking for an extension to look at ways to reduce the low into the sewer plant. The council discussed camping in city park. It was decided the city isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set up to allow winter camping. If the camper wants to park in the park without being hooked up to the water hydrant they could still have electricity and access to the sewer drops. Two bids were submitted from Guarantee Gutters of Cherokee ($1,011.50) and Schoenherrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seamless Gutter of Ida Grove

($1,530) for adding gutters and downspouts to the shelter house. Following discussion, the council approved hiring Guarantee Gutters to install gutters around the shelter house. Following discussion, the council voted to have the city attorney look at the ire agreement the city has with the Galva Township Fire Board to determine if it would be a 28E Agreement. Councilman Todd Schossow abstained. Darrell Wulfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building permit application for a storage building/ cement was approved. Schossow abstained. Following discussion it was decided to make changes to the personnel policy pertaining to comp time/overtime hours at the December meeting. Letters will be sent to residents to remind them that trees must be 15 feet over the surface of the street and eight foot over the sidewalks. Residents will be given 30 days to comply or the city will have someone trim the trees for

them and assess the costs to the property. Ida County Sheriff Wade Harriman talked about the recent happenings in the county. The council decided to table smoke testing, put the 84-inch sweeper broom out for bids and discuss the city pickup at budget time. In other business, the council discussed two applications for the vacant maintenance position, leaves at library, damage to the walking trail and trading of the city lawn mower.

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judging pavilion. The public is able to visit the turkeys while learning about the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program in animal and poultry sciences and veterinary medicine. This is the seventh turkey to be chosen from the state of Iowa to be pardoned by the president.

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(continued from page 2) 10 on the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eighth grade team. There are 19 girls out for the high school basketball team and 27 boys on the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team. Numbers look to be down this year for wrestling, with only 12 members on the team. A trip to Boundary Waters was approved for the Outdoor Education class. The group will leave June 5 and return on June 10. There will be 12 students and six chaperones. Students in the class must write an essay describing why they want the experience and turn it in by Jan. 6 with winners being announced on Jan. 9. If selected, a student must put a $50 non-refundable deposit down which will be due by Jan. 11. Other requirements for the trip include successfully completing the outdoor education class, no of ice referrals for behavior, no more than two unexcused absences, no violations of the good conduct policy, no early graduation and any student who participates in summer sports must have the trip cleared by the coaches. Administration has the inal say on those attending the trip. The estimated cost of the trip is $340 per student, which includes

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City Bakery: Northeast corner of Second & Main Streets, Ida Grove, Iowa; about 1942.

Out of the Past Forty years ago Ida County Rural Electric Cooperative has iled a proposed rate increase with the Iowa Commerce commission that would amount to an overall rate increase of 8 percent. The local REC board has already noti ied its customers of the proposed rate increase by letter. Roger Clausen found himself to be the surprise guest of honor Friday night at Holstein when VT Industries’ employees turned the company’s annual holiday dinner into a 20th anniversary celebration for the company and a tribute to the owner of the company. Rosemary Clausen helped plan the surprise party without her husband’s knowledge. Clausen said he was both lattered and surprised at the honor. Thirty years ago The Ida Grove Community Betterment committee signed a ive-year lease on Friday that will eventually lead to the development of Harold Godbersen Memorial Park in downtown Ida Grove. The betterment group has leased the three-lot area on the northeast corner of Second and Main Streets in Ida Grove. The Ida Grove Bakery and Pete’s Grocery were in that location until they were torn down in the late 1970s. The lot has remained

undeveloped since then. According to LaVern Leverington, chief engineer for the Chicago Central and Paci ic Railroad (CC&P), trains will probably start crawling into Odebolt, Arthur and Ida Grove within the next couple of weeks. Complete rehabilitation of the 24.8 miles of line from Ida Grove to near Carnarvon is estimated to take nearly two years. Twenty years ago The Ida County Board of Supervisors accepted County Engineer James Riddle’s request for termination of his contract with Ida County at its meeting Tuesday. On a two to one vote, the supervisors voted to make the termination of Riddle’s contract effective immediately with 60 days pay. Supervisor Jerry Ralston made the motion, seconded by Supervisor Bob Bumann, stating he felt it was in the best interest of all parties. The lone nay vote came from Supervisor Joe Cronin, who felt there were a lot of things Riddle could do for the county over the next 60 days, including formalizing the budget for next year. A group of Ida Grove businessmen have formed a community committee to oppose passage of the local option sales tax in Ida Grove.

The local option tax issue will be voted on by all residents of Ida County on Dec. 17. The group noted Ida Grove is struggling to maintain retail businesses and this will only serve to drive more consumers to neighboring communities. Ten years ago The O-A School Board approved a whole grade sharing proposal and the purchase of a bus and security system on Monday. In a unanimous vote, the board approved a proposal to begin sharing with BC-IG in 200910, with BC-IG sending its seventh and eighth grades to Odebolt and O-A sending ninth through 12th grades students to Ida Grove. The location of BC-IG’s sixth grade is important to O-A, and the board would like to negotiate the item at a joint meeting in the near future. The Ida County Board of Supervisors approved a utility agreement and a compensation board appointment Tuesday. Marty Boyle’s resignation from the compensation board was approved. Ida County Engineer Ed Tice gave an estimate to the supervisors to pave 159th Street from Quad County Corn Processors plant to Marshall Avenue and Marshall Avenue from 159th Street to Highway 20. He estimates the project to cost $266,713.

by Chelsea Gross Recreation director The rec center will be closed for regular business all day on Thanksgiving Day. The Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving morning. Please bring three non-expired items for the food pantry as your entry fee. We will be running a punch card special throughout December. Call the rec center for information on the cost of punch cards. Mark your calendars for Thursday, Dec. 22. We will be showing the movie, “Home Alone,” in the gym on the big screen. The cost is $2 per person and four and under are free. The show will start at 7 p.m. and concessions will be available. All fitness classes are offered with a paid membership. Yoga is held Tuesdays and

set up an appointment, contact her at 810-623-8029. Monday cards: Join us every Monday from 1-3 p.m. to play euchre and 500. Prizes and a light snack are provided. Members play for free, and non-members will be charged the daily admission fee. Facility fund-raiser: If you have empty pop cans you’d like to donate to a good cause, you can drop them off at Lohff-Schumann anytime. Money collected will be put towards new equipment. Birthday parties: Let LohffSchumann make your child’s birthday party a hit. The fee includes: admission for your entire group, use of our gym, community room and children’s room, which now includes an eye play system and games for all ages, for three hours, a decorated sheet cake and ice cream. If interested, contact Bagenstos. Personal training: Personal

Members of the Ida Grove Community Partners met on Nov. 3 to discuss upcoming holiday events around the community. Members present included Patti Haack, Sue Smith, Becky Ricklefs, Ann Holst and Sharon Wellendorf. The Ida Grove Chamber hosted a holiday event for the community on Nov. 20, selling chamber bucks at a discount. Many different activities were planned for the day. It was noted the Ida County Historical Society is hosting a holiday open house at the Moorehead House Historical Museum on Dec. 3-4 from 1 to 4 p.m. Haack reported the Ida Grove

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Chamber Halloween Pumpkin Parade was a big success with more than 200 bags handed out to trick-or-treaters. The board approved the bill for the portable toilets and advertising for the farmers’ market as well as a donation for the downtown beauti ication project. It was approved to support writing an Ida County Community Betterment Foundation Grant for the Ida County Historical Society to assist in painting the Grant School at Moorehead Park. More than $2,000 has been raised to ix the loor in the old country school.

Haack discussed signage ideas that might work for the group. She will continue working with Marcia Cates on the project. Also discussed was the possibility of ordering shirts for members so, when they are out in the community, they are easily identi iable as to who they represent. Wellendorf reported that the Communities of the Heartland edition had very little about Ida Grove and that information was gleaned from the website, which is maintained by the city clerk’s of ice. The next meeting is scheduled for Dec. 1.

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Lohff-Schumann by Libby Bagenstos Recreation director Hot Cocoa 5K walk/run: We will be hosting a Hot Cocoa 5K on Friday, Dec. 2, starting at 5:30 p.m., at the new coffee/cocoa shop, The CornerHaus 101, located on Main Street in Holstein. Holstein Electric is sponsoring the event and providing each registered runner with a hooded sweatshirt and a cocoa/coffee mug after the event. To register, contact LohffSchumann. Holiday cookie walk and vendor fair: Our annual cookie walk and vendor fair will be Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Holstein American Legion Hall. We are searching for vendors of all kinds to participate. If interested, contact us soon as possible to reserve a spot. Massage therapy: Licensed therapist Danielle Nelson is offering massages at Lohff-Schumann. To

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Sole 2 Soul 125 South Main St. in Galva 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily 712-282-4426 www.Sole2SoulGalva.com Jewelry Design Class: ‘Designs by Celia’ owner, Ceil Triggs, will be at The Meeting Place on Wednesday, Dec. 7 to teach a jewelry making class at 6:30 p.m. Participants ages 10 and older will hand craft a single strand necklace and a pair of earrings or three bracelets. All glass beads, semi-precious stones and supplies are provided. Call (712) 282-4426 to register by Nov. 30. Wine bottle painting class: Cassandra Vogt will be at The Meeting Place on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. to teach a wine bottle painting class. Participants 14 and older can choose to paint and decorate one to three wine bottles. For information on the cost or to sign up, call 282-4426.

Holiday vendor show: Make plans to come to Galva on Saturday Dec. 10. Seven ladies have gone together and will be holding a vendor show at The Meeting Place from noon to 4 p.m. Grab some friends and shop locally for Rodan and Fields, Lipsense and SeneGence Cosmetics, Little for Sew Long, Advocare, LuLaRue Clothing, Scentsy and Keep Collective. Santa pancake breakfast: Members of the Galva Economic Development Corporation will be hosting their annual Santa pancake breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 10. Serving starts at 11 a.m. and Santa Claus arrives bearing gifts at 12:30 p.m. A free will offering will be received for the breakfast. Sole to Soul gift ideas: If you are searching for the perfect gift, why not give the gift of itness and wellness this year. Sole 2 Soul gift certi icates, memberships, shirts

and sweatshirts are available for purchase. Save the date: Marilyn Koth’s spring watercolor painting class will be held at The Meeting Place on Tuesday, April 25 at 1 p.m. More information coming in January. Step aerobics/yoga: An eightweek step aerobics and yoga session started Oct. 24. These 60minute combo classes are taught by AFAA certi ied trainer Barb Gebers. Class dates are Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 and 12. Yoga: Join us for yoga at Sole 2 Soul on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and enjoy 50 minutes of relaxation before the holidays arrive. AFAA Certi ied Trainer Barb Gebers will teach yoga to all ages and itness levels. The last class date is Nov. 30. The Meeting Place is the ideal place to host your special event. Call 282-4426 for information.

Letter to the Editor To the editor: With elections each November comes change. Something that remains timeless, however, is farming’s importance to our local communities. This includes community vitality, jobs and economic development that happens because of doing business locally. As farmers in Ida County, we are blessed to live and work here. We give thanks for the opportunity to grow quality food in partnership with our employees, local businesses and those who provide important products and services. For 10 years, our family and employees have raised turkeys. In addition to caring for healthy birds, we’re doing business that has an economic impact in our community. For example, our turkey operation: Consumed 2.85 million bushels

of corn and one million bushels of soybeans valued at $10.6 million and $10.25 million respectively. Used 1.42 million gallons of propane to keep our turkeys warm during the cold winter months. Paid $1.51 million in wages to dedicated and hard-working employees who live in both Ida and Sac counties. Spent $1.76 million at local businesses in Galva, Ida Grove, Arthur and Odebolt. The items purchased include: fuel, repairs and maintenance, building supplies, electrical and plumbing and heating services and mechanical. And, over 10 years, we have paid nearly $150,000 in property taxes. Of this amount, almost $95,000 was invested in the school district. As our community continues to evolve, so does our farm.

We’ll soon receive poults (baby turkeys). They will be raised without antibiotics. We are the irst farm to be selected to raise our turkeys without antibiotics. We are up to the challenge. We’ve improved our cleaning practices as we prepare barns between locks and will be implementing several additional procedures to help maintain our dedication to raising quality food. With the Thanksgiving holiday near, we extend our sincere appreciation to our community and all who have supported us these past 10 years. We also recognize our employees who strive to do their very best each and every day to make the farm run smoothly and provide quality care to the turkeys. Our very best to you this Thanksgiving. Dan and Fina Roeder Ida Grove

Odebolt council gives a nod to snow ordinance change, discusses new city hall The Odebolt City Council approved an ordinance pertaining to parking during snow emergencies and reviewed plans for a proposed new city hall during its meeting Nov. 7. Ordinance 04.16 was adopted after the rule requiring an ordinance be received and iled at two meetings was suspended. Section 3-3-33 chapter is hereby repealed and the following adopted: “No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley or city-owned off-street parking area during any snow emergency unless the snow has been removed or plowed from said street, alley or parking area and the snow has ceased to fall, except the business district, which will have no parking from Nov. 1- April 1 from 2:15 to 7 a.m. A snow emergency parking ban shall continue from the time it has snowed or accumulated ice through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the 48 hour period after the cessation of the storm except as above provided up on streets which have been fully opened. Snow emergency is de ined as more than one inch of accumulation of snow or ice.” Patrick Mouw with Sundquist Engineering presented a possible layout for a new city hall. There was much discussion and some changes made. The council wants the public to be informed and have a right to give input. After much discussion, the council asked the city clerk to hang the potential new city hall plans at the post of ice and at city hall, to see if it generates any input. The council approved resolutions to renew the current health insurance plan, to transfer funds from LOST fund to the library budget, to assess nuisance-mowing costs from 2016 mowing and to assess delinquent account balances. Building permits were approved for Fred Rourke-build shed, Devon Sick-sidewalk, Thad Thompson-

garage, Tyson Bettin- storage shed and Devin Sick-remove fence, shed (pending neighbors signature). Kerry Reinhart with Hometown Pride requested approval from the council to place the branches of the service, including the National Guard, on the markers that are in Heritage Square. The council agreed. Reinhart gave an update on maintenance issues with the lights at the square. Pierce Construction’s snow removal bid of $270 per removal was approved. Councilmen Brian Pierce and Lee Hemer abstained. Nuisance abatements were discussed. The council voiced frustration with being able to keep the town looking nice, having the funds to tear down the buildings and houses that are beyond disrepair and asking citizens to maintain their property. The council noted that it is the same people that clutter their yards. City Attorney Joe Heidenriech explained options. The council asked Heidenreich to proceed on two of the many nuisances through the courts. Superintendent of utilities Bill Tysor reported the tree trimmers were to be in town in October but are still backed up. The council agreed to revisit tree trimming in the spring, except for trees that are to be removed. The city is waiting on the contractor to tear down the buildings downtown, remove footings and use good dirt to pack it in. This will cost about $47,500. Tysor reported it will cost approximately $2,975 to replace the program and equipment that alerts him of problems at the water tower. Tysor is waiting for an estimate for a different siren hook up. Councilperson Ruth Ann Mohr reported on memorials for the pool, pickled herring orders were due Oct. 12, Darcy Sibenaller resigned her position on the recreation board and Jeanette Wulf has accepted the position. The council recognized

the following individuals and organizations: Elaine and Paul Neumann for a memorial to the pool in memory of Francis Olerich; United Funds for donations to major/ minors and to the swimming pool; Caroll Kies and Roger Ray and Ann Trimble-Ray for donations toward the library’s children’s furniture fund and the Henrich family for the memorial to the library in memory of Bill and Grace Henrich. In other business, the council sent a letter addressing one complaint, authorized Elaine Rex to apply for the Tree City USA for 2016, reviewed the Sac County Law Enforcement report and discussed delinquent water bills.

Pink out: The O-A/BC-IG volleyball girls held a “Pink Out” in October and raised $706 for Breast Cancer Awareness. Horn Memorial Hospital was once again the recipient of these funds, which will be used to provide 3D mammography services at Horn Memorial Hospital. Presenting the donation were, front row-Sydney Buehler, and back row-coach Holly Nuetzman, Elle McCormick, Crystal Endrulat from Horn Memorial Hospital, Summit Nielsen and Courtney Peters. (Photo submitted)

New ATM allows Heritage Bank to break tradi onal banking hours Heritage Bank has listened to the requests of its customers and, with advances in technology, the employee-owners announce extended customer service hours at its new Hybrid ATM. Market President David Brown hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the Holstein Hybrid ATM Nov. 8. Employee-owners of Heritage Bank, members of the Holstein Chamber and other business people were among the guests in attendance in the drive-up location behind the building. “In our continual efforts to improve products and services we offer, this was a hit,” Brown said. “Through the Hybrid ATM, our professional bank staff is available to you for longer hours.” The business of banking is constantly changing, which inspired Heritage to find non-traditional solutions to consumer needs. “Consumers are certainly more mobile than ever before,” Tom Geiger, CEO of Heritage Bank, said. “Family and work schedules don’t fit a traditional mold, so neither can our approach to banking products and services.” While the Hybrid ATM can be used for typical transactions 24

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FAMILY & FRIENDS Key Club promotes community service What is Key Club? Key Club is a student-led, high school community service program. O-A/BC-IG’s 31 members of Key Club promote values to service, character and leadership. We want to set an example for our fellow high school peers, in which we enjoy bettering our community through many service projects. All members are required to attend Key Club’s monthly meetings, where we discuss our next community project. Our most recent project was a tavern lunch at

the Catholic church on Oct. 2. We raised $349, in which we gave 60 percent of our pro its back to the church. Our next big event is doing games at the Christmas Ball. The Christmas Ball is a fun- illed night, with great prizes and great food. We are looking for sponsors to fund some of our projects. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or have any questions, contact Elle McCormick at emccormick034@ gmail.com. Riley Snyder Key Club editor

Birth Jonathan and Marissa Sanders of Ankeny are the parents of a daughter, Brooklyn Jo, born Sept. 9, 2016, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Brooklyn weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz. Grandparents are Mark and Lanette Nielsen of Ida Grove and Darby and Wendy Sanders of Canistota, S.D. Great-grandparents are Roger and Joyce Davis and Melvin and Rose Nielsen, all of Ida Grove.

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IG rec board approves wage increases The Ida Grove Rec Center Board met Oct. 26. Present were director Chelsea Gross and board members Jean Burns, Dan Dotzler, Sue Knop and Amanda Eason by phone. Jeremy Parks was absent. Hank Jessen was present to discuss his quote for the front entryway exhaust system and go over some questions and concerns he has about the Dectron unit. Gross also received a quote from Hem-

Reduce holiday stress Long miles traveling in cars, waiting in busy airports, shopping in crowded stores, preparing large meals, crazy family dynamics, sick kids, school concerts, bossy coworkers, rude customers, decorating the house, baking cookies, wrapping gifts, icy roads … all of these things can raise your stress levels during the holidays. So, how do you make it through the next eight weeks? Stress is an automatic response triggered by our bodies and is important for our survival, but if it continues over a long period of time, it can negatively impact our health due to its effects on the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems. Do any of these common holiday ailments describe you? 1. Headaches, muscle tension, neck or back pain. 2. Upset stomach, loss of appetite or overeating comfort foods. 3. Anxiety, chest pains, rapid heartbeat. 4. Dif iculty falling asleep or staying asleep. 5. Short temper, irritability, fatigue. Recognizing when your body needs extra care is essential to staying healthy. Here are a couple tips for combating holiday stress: • Put yourself irst and make sure you are taking care of you, physically and emotionally. • Be careful with overly high expectations. No holiday celebration is ever perfect, and they don’t have to be the same every year. As life changes and families grow, traditions often shift as well. Try to be open to creating new memories.

er’s Plumbing and Heating for different exhaust options. At the board’s direction, Gross will ask Tyson Scheidecker from ShiveHattery and Drees to do a site visit to check over the unit before we move forward with getting an exhaust system for the front entry. The September meeting minutes and inancial report were approved. Gross reported memberships

• Make a list of holiday events and ‘to do’ projects, prioritizing those that are most meaningful. Choose activities that are most satisfying for you and your family. • Honor your feelings. Many people struggle with some degree of loneliness or loss during the holidays. Being gentle with yourself and others can make it easier to be present in the moment. • Create and stick to a budget. If you’re worried about your spending and how it will affect you after the holidays, be realistic about what you can afford today. The sentiment behind a gift is way more important than the cost, and homemade gifts are lovely to receive. • Take a deep breath. It sounds so simple, but we often hold our breath when we are feeling frazzled by holiday stress. Taking a few slow, deep, belly breaths can reduce your stress levels in a matter of seconds. • Say thank you. It’s easy to focus on daily frustrations and what annoys you, especially when you feel stressed. Recognize all the good in your life this holiday season and take time to re lect on these blessings. • Focus on what really matters. The holidays are a time to reconnect with people we care about, to give thanks and celebrate. Take a few moments each day to re lect on family and friends, your job, your church and other aspects of our lives for which you are grateful. Enjoy each day to the fullest and make the 2016 holiday season one to remember.

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are at 359. She noted that basketball registration is currently going on, and we will have to pay $5 per child to participate in the league for fourth, ifth and sixth grades. There was a painting party on Oct. 27. Gross is looking for ideas for a speaker for the youth sports fundraiser in the spring. Gross contacted Brenners for a quote on a new TV for the senior room. The Department of Labor Final Overtime Rule was discussed. Gross shared a list of possible times where she may accrue overtime throughout the year. After discussion and review, the board agreed it would be better to raise the amount instead of pay overtime, so we always know what to budget for. A motion was approved that the board’s suggestion is to increase Gross’ wages to $47,476 annually. The board also discussed the administrative assistant pay while Gross is on maternity leave. A motion was approved to pay the administrative assistant $11 per hour during Gross’ maternity leave. Building updates were given. The board agreed to table the Dectron fence project until after the unit is looked over. Golf room ideas were discussed. Since the golf room is smaller than the blue room, the board felt the room could be used for an over low room when there are classes going on in the blue room. Gross will do some checking on this. Gross reported the rec center received $4,000 from the general trust account to help pay for the automatic doors and that $6,779 was received for the new indoor pool pump from the pool trust. Holiday hours were discussed. A motion was approved to close at noon on Christmas Eve. The board also met Nov. 16. Chelsea Gross Secretary protem

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Colorful and unique are two adjectives that best describe a maken-take class that you will not want to miss in Galva. ‘Designs by Celia’ owner, Ceil Triggs, will be at The Meeting Place on Wednesday, Dec. 7, to teach a jewelry making class at 6:30 p.m. Triggs is a Buena Vista University graduate with an art degree who will help participants create keepsake jewelry during this two-hour class. Participants ages 10 and older will hand craft a single strand necklace (with or without pendant) and a pair of earrings or three bracelets. Tiggs will also bring along some of her jewelry pieces for inspiration and purchase. All glass beads, semi-precious stones and supplies are provided but feel free to bring along a favorite shirt, jacket or scarf to match that evening, if you wish. Call 712-282-4426 to register by Nov. 30.

Windschitl re-elected house speaker pro tempore Rep. Matt Windschitl (R-Missouri Valley) was re-elected by fellow Iowa House Republicans as the House speaker pro tempore. “I am honored and humbled to be elected by my peers to continue serving as the Speaker Pro Tem,” said Windschitl. “I am excited for the upcoming session, where House Republicans will continue to create job opportunities, reduce burdensome regulations on Iowa businesses and balance the budget by spending less than the state collects.” Windschitl was just elected to serve his sixth term in the Iowa House. He has served as the Speaker Pro Tem since 2013 and previously served as an Assistant Leader. When not serving in the legislature, Windschitl is a switchman with Union Pacific Railroad. He and his wife, Ivy, have two daughters.

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Museum decorating: Ida County Historical Society is getting ready for the Moorehead House Museum Christmas open house on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 and 4, from 1-4 p.m. Members and volunteers are decorating the house. Lois Wendel and Gwen Pfleeger of Ida Grove, above, decorated the music room and the living room. The theme this year is, “Christmas Memories.” Renee Fritz’s and Sheryl Barnes’ piano and vocal students will be performing both days. In addition, Dixie Brueck will be playing Christmas carols. There will be self-guided tours, story reading for the children and refreshments. Come and enjoy the history, nostalgia, and stirrup some of your own Christmas memories. (Photo submitted)

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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Architect Amy Ortner honored with preserva on award Amy Ornter of Chicago, Ill., (formerly of Holstein) was one of 13 recipients of the 2016 Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence. The owners of the home submitted her name for the award. She is an architect in Chicago, Ill., and is the project manager for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, along with her irm Studio 31a. Ornter is a 1990 graduate of Galva-Holstein High School and a 1995 graduate of Iowa State University College of Design. According to Ortner, when you renovate landmark status homes in Chicago, you have to work through the City Landmark Division. Ortner’s irm, Studio 31a, spearheaded internal and external

renovations for a Victorian home, built around 1906-10, located in the historical Chicago Kenwood district. She said, “It was the architecture and history of old homes that irst got me hooked on them. I love old homes and believe in making them last another hundred years. The most challenging aspect about working with old historic homes is unforeseen conditions. You don’t know what’s going on, beyond the obvious.” Ortner said when the Fortunate Restoration team removed the 1950s asphalt siding on the home they were fortunate the wood wasn’t rotten underneath it. Insulation was added and new boards were put on to match the old size.

As I contemplate the approaching holiday season, I need to stop and remember all that I am grateful for. How wonderful it is that I have a long list. Instead of starting with the obvious, I’d like to list some of the surprising gifts that have come to me this year: I am grateful for my aches and pains. As the years pile on, so do the trials of physical aging. When I drop something, I look around for other things to do while I’m down there. Is there a dirty sock under the couch? Oh, look, a heads-up penny; I’ll pick it up and have good luck. I’ve always been a swimmer. Not only does swimming bring back my lexibility (I can put on pants standing up without tipping over), it also brings me a sense of accomplishment (I can inish this mile... I will inish this mile). It gives me zen, calms my racing mind. If my joints ache, if my extremities swell, I go to the water. I am grateful for the ability to let go. This took a major shift in my thinking. In most areas of my life, I am not stubbornly opposed to change; in fact, I embrace new ideas, new places and new rela-

tionships. But, when it comes to letting go of my grown children, I struggle. Few relationships in my life come close to the bond I have with my children. As infants, as kids, as adolescents, as young adults, I was enveloped in their daily lives, their successes, their failures. As they graduated and became adults whose lives and loves were developing outside my reach, I began to feel dismissed and unwanted... no...unneeded. It was not until I realized that this feeling was being created by my thoughts and actions did I understand that only I had the power to change it. I must let go of the old patterns (they no longer exist) to make room for the present. My children love me; I know this deep in my heart. They rejoice in my happiness and console me in my despair. The bond is there, but it has morphed into the same kind of relationship I have with my dearest friends. Time passes and then, boom, you pick up right where you left off. And, as grace would have it, I now get to start forging bonds with my growing grandchildren. I am grateful for my mistakes.

I’ve recently been though a couple of oversight accreditation reviews (audits if you will) at work. I fussed, I fretted, I organized and reorganized. I drove my leadership team crazy with all my worries and requests. I forgot things, I redid things, I misplaced things, I mis iled things. I felt inadequate. I felt ill-equipped. I felt like I was letting everyone down... And, yet, the outcomes of the reviews were great, in fact, glowing. Through this stressful process, I realized not only did I not have power and control over the outcome, I also did not have to carry this burden alone. My team was there to back me up (or argue a point with me) and, even if the minutiae wasn’t perfect, the processes were solid and the person-centered care was evident. I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of something so much bigger than me, and I am so grateful to be included in the “job well done” club. I am grateful for the opportunity to grieve. Don’t get me wrong. I deeply miss those precious lives that are no longer with me. But, grief brings families together, even

if only momentarily. Grief shares stories otherwise forgotten and pictures often hidden away in a bottom drawer. Precious memories, that you didn’t even know were precious, cling to your heart. Grief brings your friends in closer. Love and sympathy poured from others is a palpable feeling on your skin. When you have lost someone dear, there is an empathy from others who have experienced loss as well; it connects you in an immediate and intimate way. I am grateful for roadblocks. Remember earlier, when I talked about my lack of stubbornness? Ok, well, maybe I have a bit of righteous indignation. Do not tell me I can’t. I will move mountains to show you I can. I am in the business of ighting for the rights and dignity of people who just want to be accepted and participate in their communities, your communities. For me, being grateful is the easy part. It’s the bumpy road to awareness that is the challenge. Happy Thanksgiving from a grateful heart. Maggie Johnson ISI executive director

Holstein Chamber News The Holstein Chamber of Commerce met Nov. 10 at Boulders Inn with 15 businesses present. President Sheryl Leonard called the meeting to order. Secretary Teresa Hunt presented the minutes from last meeting with a correction that Faith Lutheran Church will have its live Nativity on Dec. 3 at the church on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with photo opportunities available. The minutes were approved. Hunt presented the treasurer’s report and it was accepted. In old business, Will Cook will draft a letter to be sent to Channel Brite Lights and see if the issues can be resolved. There was no update on the trash receptacles for the walking trail. The Holstein branding committee met Nov. 16 at the city of ice. They are focusing on issues of housing, daycare and the need for a pharmacy. They are also looking at downtown revitalization, expanding the farmer’s market and hosting downtown business events. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings. Hunt gave an update on the Holstein Appreciation Event. The United Methodist Church is allowing us to use their mailing permit. Surveys will be mailed out to all addresses in the 51025 zip code the week of Nov. 14. It was noted that better communication was needed on the pumpkin parade. The Chamber newsletter was discussed. After much discussion, it was decided to have Leonard make copies to have at the banks and the library. CrossRidge EFC will host the next chamber coffee on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. at the library. In new business, we discussed having a photo/art show to showcase some of the local talent. The Travel Center held its ribbon cutting on Nov. 11. The Community Christmas and Tree Lighting event will be held at Lohff-Schumann

Memorial Community Center Dec. 3 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. There will be a Live Nativity at 7 p.m. with the Holstein Community Theater, ire pits for roasting hotdogs and hot chocolate. Hayrides and horse drawn carriage rides are being explored. The local churches will be caroling at different times throughout the event. Stevenson Hardware has donated the lights for the tree. Business sponsors are needed, if interested, contact Leonard. The Chamber met Nov. 16 to wrap up and inalize the tree lighting event. Having the chamber meeting as a Facebook live feed was discussed and tabled. Hosting different community activities was also tabled. Teresa Hunt Secretary/treasurer

Faith Lutheran Church to host live nativity in Holstein Picture yourself with the true star of Christmas at the Faith Lutheran Church Live Nativity Portrait Event in downtown Holstein on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The unique event is held every year on the first Saturday in December, on the sidewalk in front of Faith Lutheran Church, located at 113 N. Main St., in conjunction with the city’s downtown Christmas celebration. Faith Lutheran Church hosts this event to spread the news of our Lord and Savior’s birth and

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Bible and faith.” Faith Lutheran invite individuals, families and groups to don costumes provided by the church, join the live nativity scene and have photos taken for Christmas cards, or just for fun. The event is free and features animals from the Meyer Petting Zoo, angel and shepherd costumes, stable backdrop and a digital image by Section 23 Media. And, even if you don’t have time to have your photo taken, please be sure to come by to enjoy the scene and pet the animals. Or,

just wave and honk, to celebrate Jesus’ birth, when you drive by. Regular worship services are held at Faith Lutheran Church at 10:15 a.m. each Sunday. Advent Bible Study will be held on Wednesdays during December, on Dec. 7, 14 and 21, at 7:30 p.m., and Christmas Eve worship service with holy communion and children’s program to be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24. For more information, call 712-368-2850 or email faith@ faithholstein.com.

4-H Youth Council elects oﬀicers The 4-H Youth Council met on Oct. 23. Eight members were present. New business included youth council bylaws. All members needed to sign and return the bylaws agreement. Next was of icer election. Anna Van Dusen was elected president, Claire Sohm was elected vice president and Lexi Phillips was elected secretary. There was a discussion on awards day, which was held Nov. 6. All members needed to sign up to read during the program. Next, dates were discussed on when to go and visit fourth and ifth graders to promote 4-H. Members living in O-A/BC-IG school district selected a date and Ridge View mem-

bers selected a date that worked for them. Continuing with new business included a discussion on t-shirts and what members wanted them to look like. Van Dusen was nominated to design t-shirts for the council. Next, members were to come up with workshop ideas. Each member is required to do one throughout the year. There was a discussion on ideas for the youth council trip. There was an option to go to Omaha to the Escape Room and Sky Zone. The council would also go out to eat and then go home. March 4 is a possible date. No date was set. The next meeting is Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. The meeting was adjourned.

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to remind everyone that Jesus Christ is the true reason for the Christmas season. “With Faith Lutheran Church AALC located on U.S. Highway 59, anyone who walks or drives by will see the live animals and manger scene and be reminded of the birth of our Savior in a lowly stable in Bethlehem,” says Pastor Chris Schroder. “It will bring to mind the events recorded in the first two chapters of Matthew and Luke in an inspiring way that turns our hearts and minds back to the

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Light up Your Local Community This H This Thi Holiday Season! Holstein Holiday Celebration! Friday, December 2

Saturday, December 3

Hot Cocoa 5k Walk/Run • 5:30 pm Lohff-Schumann Community Center

Live Nativity, Tree Lighting, Christmas Caroling, Hotdog & S’more Roasting and Hayrides Caroling & Refreshments: 5 - 5:30 pm Live Nativity Program: 5:30 pm Tree Lighting: 6 pm

Saturday, December 3 City Maintenance Shop Open House • 9 - 11 am Refreshments served 420 North Main Street Holiday Cookie Walk & Vendor Fair • 9 am - Noon Cookies sold at $5 per pound Holstein American Legion Hall Kiwanis Soup/Sandwich Luncheon & Santa Visit • 11 am - 1 pm Free-will donation KCHE Toy Giveaway coupons given to children from Santa Holstein American Legion Hall

Drawing for winner of the Holstein Business Bingo will take place after the Tree Lighting - cards must be turned in at this event for a chance to win up to $100 in Holstein Chamber Bucks.

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Sunday, December 4 State Theatre Omelet Brunch • 9 am - 1 pm $ 10 adults, $5 children 10 & under Holstein American Legion Hall

Live Nativity • 11 am - 1 pm Faith Lutheran Church

Richard Steinbach State Theatre Concert Fund-raiser • 3 pm $ 20 adults, $10 students Rosemary Clausen Center

Free Christmas Movie • 1:30 & 3:30 pm Holstein State Theatre

Local Businesses will also be running Holiday Specials this weekend.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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O-A/BC-IG football players merit district recognition Seven O-A/BC-IG football players received recognition from class 1A district seven coaches for their achievements during the 2016 season. In addition, several Falcons earned team awards. Awards voted on by the team went to Chase Devitt (player of the year); Devitt (offensive player of the year); Adam Grote and Isaac Endrulat (defensive players of the year); Dylan Wunschel (special teams players of the year); Parker Clausen

(lineman of the year); Kaden Ladwig and Quintin Cranston (rookies of the year) and Clausen (will to win athlete). O-A/BC-IG players named to the first team all-district team include seniors Dylan Wunschel and Parker Clausen. Earning a place on the second team were senior Adam Grote (punter) and juniors Chase Devitt and Isaac Endrulat. Earning honorable mention status were juniors Ryan Bumann and Tyler Anderson.

Sixteen Raptor runners earn le ers Sixteen Ridge View cross-country runners earned letters during the 2016 season. Coach Katie Tesch presented the following letter awards: Seniors—Jon Pickhinke and Autumn Fox. Juniors—Andres Carbajal, Andrew Snyder, Sierra Deck and Macy Wunschel. Sophomores—Jill Galvin, Abbi Hansen, Rachel Kenny and Renae Wiese. Freshmen—Jaden Droegmiller, Connor Pickhinke, Tate Phillips, Jordan Grothe, Coriyel McCray and Katlyn Wiese. Boys earning all-conference (based on their placings at the conference meet) were Pickhinke (fourth), Wiese (fourth) and Kenny (11th). Wiese also placed 37th at the class 1A state meet.

Girls earning individual awards were Wunschel, captain; Wiese, most valuable runner newcomer of the year; Kenny, most dedicated and Deck, most improved. Boys earning individual awards were Pickhinke, captain and most valuable runner; Snyder, most dedicated; Carbajal, most improved, and Droegmiller, newcomer of the year. On the middle school level, boys who were recognized as participants include eighth graders Logan Blum, Jesse Coleman, Jack Henderson and Ben Todd and seventh grader Abraham Henderson. Middle school girls who were recognized as participants include eighth graders Maria Mendoza and Paige Padavich and seventh grader Adrian Robinson.

Ridge View all-district football team awards Several Ridge View football team members earned all-district recognition and team awards for their play during the 2016 season. Earning irst team honors were Tyler Wingert (QB), Jack Mentzer (DL), Ezra Miller (OL), Jake Mitchell (WR) and Juan Nava (WR). Second team all-district honors went to Jake Kleigl (DE) and Gus Leonard (LB). Earning honorable mention status were Colton Wunschel

(DE) and Caden Wandrey (RB). Teams awards (as voted on by the players) went to Wingert, offensive MVP; Leonard, defensive MVP; Ryan McGuire, special teams MVP; Dylan Woods, junior varsity offensive MVP; Lance Else, junior varsity defensive MVP, and Jake Mitchell, most improved player. Ridge View’s football team inished the 2015 season with a 5-4 overall record and a 4-3 district football mark.

Three Raptors collect all-conference honors Five Ridge View volleyball players were recognized for their play in the Western Valley Conference this season. Earning irst team all-conference honors was senior Harlee Wagoner. Earning second team recognition were seniors Hallie Mentzer and Maddie Mitchell. Madisen Grieme and Gracie Chance made the honorable mention list. Varsity team awards were presented to Maddie Mitchell, most valuable player; Harlee Wagoner, best offensive player; Hallie

Mentzer, best defensive player; Beth Pickhinke, most improved player; Madeline Else, hustler award and Madisen Grieme, team spirit. Junior varsity awards went to Emerson Else, most valuable junior varsity player; Kenzee Wunschel, most valuable junior varsity reserve player and coaches’ appreciation, Gracie Chance. The varsity squad posted a 1913 match record overall and 7-2 in the conference. Ridge View was second in the conference race.

High school sports season O-A/BC-IG and Ridge View winter sports seasons get underway next week. See next week’s Courier for a special insert with team pictures and stories. The basketball season for Ridge View begins next Monday, Nov. 28 when the Raptors host Alta-Aurelia in a boy/girl varsity double header in Schaller. On Tuesday,

Nov. 29, O-A/BC-IG will host River Valley in a boy/girl varsity basketball double header. Wrestlers from O-A/BC-IG and Ridge View will hit the mat on Tuesday, Nov. 29. O-A/BC-IG travels to Lake View to take on East Sac and South Central Calhoun County. Ridge View will host Alta-Aurelia and West Sioux in Holstein.

Area boys’ teams in Storm Lake Jamboree The annual Storm Lake Basketball Jamboree, sponsored by the Storm Lake Hy-Noon Kiwanis and the Storm Lake Times continues this Saturday at Storm Lake High School with several boys’ games. The boys pairings on Saturday, Nov. 26 are Ridge View versus Newell-Fonda at 5:45 p.m.; O-A/

BC-IG versus Alta-Aurelia at 6:30 p.m.; Storm Lake St. Mary’s versus Cherokee at 7:15 p.m. and Storm Lake versus Kingsley-Pierson at 8 p.m. All games will be played at Storm Lake High School. Each game will last two periods. The games do not count toward a team’s win/ loss record.

Bob Saunders Classic: O-A/BC-IG cross-country coach Bob Saunders was honored by current and past members of his cross-country teams Nov.14 when they presented him with a banner, noting the O-A/BC-IG cross-country meet will now be known as the Bob Saunders Classic. Saunders began his coaching career in the Battle Creek School District in 1984. He has coached volleyball, track and cross-country at the high school and middle school levels at various times for Battle Creek, BC-IG and O-A/BC-IG. (Courier photo by Mike Thornhill)

Fishing report from local area bait shops The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a ishing report compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For more information about lakes and rivers in this area call the Black Hawk District Of ice in Lake View at 712-657-2638 or go online at iowadnr.com. Black Hawk Lake—Water level is about ive inches over the crest of the spillway. Bluegill - Fair: Bluegill can be caught anywhere, but best luck

may be in Town Bay, the loating dock, near the inlet bridge and the outlet. Use a small hook tipped with a worm suspended from a bobber ished about two feet deep near shore. Largemouth bass - Fair: Fish areas with rock and structure along shore, such as the north side of Ice House Point. Use crankbaits, plastics and spinner baits. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit for largemouth bass on Black Hawk Lake. Black crappie - Fair: Fish are eight to 10 inches. Use live minnows be-

low a bobber or a small tube jig. Try Town Bay, Ice House Point, and near the inlet bridge. Walleye - Fair: Try along the east shoreline and around the outlet. Some have also been picked up near the rock piles in the east basin. Black Hawk pits—Black Crappie - Fair: Try minnows or a small tube jig in areas along shore and in areas with contour and structure ive to 10 feet deep. Bluegill - Fair: Drift in deeper areas or ish near shore with a small black jig tipped with bait suspended below a bobber.

Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake) —There is a daily limit of three walleye at Storm Lake and all 17 to 22-inch walleye must be released; and no more than one walleye longer than 22 inches may be taken per day. Walleye - Fair: Use crankbaits, leeches or minnows and a slip bobber. Fish the dredge cuts as well as from shore to ind ish. Channel cat ish - Fair: Storm Lake has a good cat ish population; target cat ish from shore using stink bait or cut bait ished off the bottom.

Hunter compliance slipping on reported deer harvest requirement Hunters play a large role in managing Iowa’s world class deer herd by working with landowners and neighbors to reduce doe numbers, providing tissue samples to monitor for chronic wasting disease and by reporting successful hunts to the harvest reporting system. The reported harvest is an im-

portant piece of information used when wildlife experts discuss possible changes to seasons, antlerless quotas, or other potential regulation changes. But each year, more and more hunters are skipping this step. Presently, one out of five successful hunters is not reporting their harvest.

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Danielle Nelson 202 Danielle Nelson 201 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Danielle Nelson 583 Tera Parks 495 Shelley Bruning 469 HIGH TEAM GAME Landus 715 United Bank of Iowa 656 Landus 601 HIGH TEAM SERIES Landus 1862 United Bank of Iowa 1747 Kin Pins 1712 CLASSIC LEAGUE Community Bank 221.5 Rupp Tire 212 Christie Real Estate 196.5 Schau Towing 195 Sunset Upholstery 179 Gorden’s Body Shop 166 HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME Kevin Christie 300 D.J. Newman Jr. 245 Gregor Ernst 245 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Kevin Christie 771 D.J. Newman Jr. 679 Gregor Ernst 638 HIGH TEAM GAME Christie Real Estate 924 Community Bank 921 Schau Towing 910 HIGH TEAM SERIES

Christie Real Estate 2736 Sunset Upholstery 2616 Rupp Tire 2569 COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Byron Originals 173 Red Power 151 Ida Bowl 151 Knop Angus Farm 145.5 RP Pork 145 Goettsch Farms 134.5 HIGH MEN’S GAME Tristin Hayden 251 Aaron Hoffman 241 Matt Paulsen 216 HIGH MEN’S SERIES Aaron Hoffman 635 Tristin Hayden 625 Dale Wilson 599 HIGH WOMEN’S GAME Linda Martin 238 Melinda Peters 188 Samantha Adams 182 HIGH WOMEN’S SERIES Linda Martin 562 Samantha Adams 474 Nicole Mahlberg 462 HIGH TEAM GAME Byron Originals 950 Red Power 902 RP Pork 852 HIGH TEAM SERIES Byron Originals 2731 Red Power 2595 RP Pork 2413

“Our officers are conducting spot checks and have been writing more failure to report tickets,” said Chris Ensminger, wildlife research supervisor for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “Harvest numbers are an important piece of information used in our models for deer populations around the state. If harvest is higher than is what has been reported, the proposed management strategies won’t accurately reflect what is on the ground. It’s the local hunters who

get short changed in the end.” Reporting the harvest only takes a few minutes. Hunters must report their harvest to the DNR by midnight of the day after it is killed, or before taking it to a locker or taxidermist, or before processing it for consumption, or before transporting it outof-state, whichever occurs first. The hunter whose name is on the transportation tag is responsible for making the report. If no animal is harvested, no report is necessary.

O-A/BC-IG cross-country le er winner awards Seventeen members of the O-A/ BC-IG cross-country team earned letters for their contributions to the team this season. Coach Bob Saunders presented the following letter winner awards (number indicates years lettered): Seniors—Devon Fritz (four), Stephen Stangl (three) and Hannah Veit (four). Juniors—Ty Warnke (one) and Madison Lansink (two). Sophomores—Kade Hare (two), Dylan Hemer (two), Grant Conover (one), Brooklyn Hoffman (two), Alyssa Mason (two), Madison Schiernbeck (two), Sarah Cot-

ton (one), Kelsey Dausel (one) and Kirsten Dausel (one). Freshmen—Darian Hannel (one). Managers who earned letters are juniors Alexis Renze (two) and Kin Renze (one). Boys earning all-conference (based on their placings at the conference meet) were Fritz, Stangl, Warnke, Hemer and Hare. Girls earning all-conference were Schiernbeck and Mason. Placing at the state cross-country meet were Schiernbeck (31st) and Mason (84th). Fritz quali ied for state, but was unable to inish the race due to an injury.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

O-A/BC-IGHS announces first quarter honor rolls

Mid-America donation: Mid-America Publishing, owner of the Ida County Courier, presented a check for $250 to the O-A/BC-IG fine arts department Nov. 14. The money represents a portion of the ad sales from the O-A/BC-IG fine arts schedule printed by Mid-America. On hand for the presentation were Amy Forbes, Courier office manager, left, and Kate Beyke, O-A/BC-IG High School art instructor. (Courier photo by Mike Thornhill)

Iowa Treasurers, GovTech Services announce upgrade The Iowa County Treasurer’s E-Government Alliance (ICTEA) and GovTech Services jointly announced upgrades for the ICTEA web application, IowaTreasurers. org, making the site even more customer friendly. Property taxpayers already have the most advanced mobile online tax payment system available with the Iowatreasurers.org site, and now a couple of key interactive upgrades are being added. With the upgrade, customers will now be able to sign up for email noti ications on the Iowatreasurers.org website. This enhancement will allow users to more easily sign up for email alerts reminding them of upcoming due dates for property taxes in September and March. Previously users could only sign up to receive noti ications after making a payment. With the new enhancement, no payment

is required to receive email noti ications. The information will not be shared with any other source and users will only receive email reminders regarding upcoming property tax due dates. The other major enhancement allows users to store an account. With this change, users will enter a receipt number during the initial set-up, but will no longer need to enter a receipt number for further payments via e-check. This will also eliminate the need for users to search for their tax statements when making e-check payments. “These new updates will not only simplify the process of paying taxes online, but will give users an additional reminder when tax due dates are approaching,” said Peggy VandenBerg, ICTEA Board chairperson. “These types of enhancements show the continued commitment ICTEA has to our consumers and our taxpayers.”

Falcons earn volleyball awards The O-A/BC-IG High School volleyball team has awarded team awards and honors for the 2016 season. Four Falcon players made the all-conference list. Senior Summit Nielsen earned second team honors while senior Carrie Miller, junior Bethany Rehse and freshman Sarah Petersen were honorable mention. Varsity team awards went to Pe-

tersen, most valuable; Miller, most improved and Bailey Ullrich and Abbi Ullrich, Falcon Award. Junior varsity team awards went to Ryder Cranston, most valuable; Liz Zobel, most improved and Jatelyn Jessen, Falcon Award. Junior varsity reserve team awards went to Mallory Neville, most valuable; So ia Garrigos, most improved and Bailey Cobb, Falcon Award.

O-A/BC-IG High School has released its honor rolls for the irst quarter. Gold honor roll 3.67-4.00 GPA Freshmen: Abigail Bender, Mary Bennett, Corin Bower, Ryder Cranston, Elijah Gebel, Carson Godbersen, Jennifer Godbersen, Cora Hansen, Ty Harrison, Kiera Ladwig, Hunter Maass, Jake Nieman, Taylor Oldham, Sarah Petersen, Sierra Rohlk, Autumn Schreiber, Taylor Sorensen, Teah Tollufsen, Kylee Weber and Josie Wulf. Sophomores: Devin Behrendsen, Bailey Cobb, Quintin Cranston, Kelsey Dausel, Kirsten Dausel, Ellie Diersen, Ellie Dotzler, Reed Godbersen, Brooklyn Hoffman,

Lindsey Kruse, Ashley Lindner and Alyssa Mason. Juniors: Liz Adams, Amy Bennett, Abby Fundermann, Jenna Henderson, Jatelyn Jessen, Austin Knop, Adam Nicholson, Caleb Nicholson, Sadie Railsback, Hannah Sorensen, Abbi Ullrich, Anna Van Dusen and Calli Wareham. Seniors: Bree Henningsen, Grace Holmes, Elle McCormick, Brenna Neville, Riley Snyder and Dylan Wunschel. Silver honor roll 3.0-3.66 GPA Freshmen: Addison Anderson, Carter Arnburg, Shae Baker, Leighton Barnum, Taylor Beck, Nathan Benner, Philip Brooks, Sam Devitt, Sequoia Dobbs, Darian Hannel, Tevin Harms, Rylie

Hedberg, Halle Hemer, Jarrett Hewitt, Kollin Knudsen, Ellie Lansink, Skylar Mackey, Greysenne Meier, Peyton Miller, Zane Nelson, Alexa Neville, Mallory Neville, Bailey Newman, Macy Nicholson, Kaitlyn Riessen, Stephanie Rigby, Hannah Roeder, Lauren Schwade, Nicholas Sholty, Evan Veltri, Austin Wardrip, Brandon Wingert, Wyatt Wunschel and Liz Zobel. Sophomores: Rebecca Cedeno, Jacob Cowlham, Emma Endrulat, Ethan Ernst, Dylan Hemer, Alyssa Henderson, Jayden Klinger, Kaden Ladwig, Brooke Little, Landon Ray, Kimberley Renze, Cameron Webb, Elizabeth Williams and Peyton Young. Juniors: Tyler Anderson, Sydney Bauer, Patrick Brodersen, Ryan

Bumann, Caspian Carlmark, Chase Devitt, Isaac Endrulat, Jordyn Fredericks, So ia Garrigos, Makayla Grasty, Ryan Hill, Amy Huls, Luke Johnson, Ryan Kolpin, Kurtis Krager, Madison Lansink, Bethany Rehse, Bryce Reinhart, Alexis Renze, Cole Rhea, Ross Schwade, Claire Sohm, Michael Streed, Daltyn Swanger, Ty Tollfusen, Bridget Verschoor, Ty Warnke and Ethan Zobel. Seniors: Bob Brewer, Sydney Buehler, Parker Clausen, Elyssa Freese, Devon Fritz, Adam Grote, Aedan Hickey, Jillian Ludwig, Gabe Malcom, Taylor Marshall, Carrie Miller, Vandy Mosier, Summit Nielsen, Courtney Peters, Skylar Reis, Hayden Roeder, Autumn Rohlk, Tyler Sohm and Skyler Wareham.

O-A/BC-IG MS releases Gold/Silver honor roll Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove Middle School has released its irst quarter honor roll. Gold honor roll 3.5-4.0 GPA Sixth grade: Cassidy Arnburg, Maddy Brummer, Chance Buns, Allison Clark, Ruth Clark, Damon Dausel, Grif in Diersen, William Gebel,KaraHarrison,CarterHoe ling, Vincent Hoe ling, Gwendolyn Jacobson, Patience Johnson, Treyton Kolar, Rylee Krayenhagen, Jordyn Loger, Mackenzie Mott, Tatum Oldham, Kaylee Oxendale, Josh Peters, Karson Quirk, Courtney Schmidt, Madison Schreiber, Alex Schroeder, Krista Sibenaller, Jack Sohm, Kyle Spotts, Luke Swanger, Lennon Wells, Gabe Winterrowd and Aubree Zimmerman. Seventh grade: Aidan Bower,

Mary Carlson, Jackson Godbersen, Easton Harms, Zach Hemer, Kally Henderson, Melissa Hewitt, Amber Hofmeister, Emma Hoover, Kya Ladwig, Nick Larson, Caleigh Loger, Beau McCormick, Avaree Miller, Anna Mogensen, Abby Nichols, Erin Nielsen, Beau Nieman, Meadow Olson, Johnathan Scales, Riley Schiernbeck, Jayde Schulter, Hannah Schmidt, Tanay Tollufsen, Alexis Ulrich, Evan VanHouten and Sophia Veltri. Eighth grade: Jersey Bender, Kelton Bendixen, Truman Clark, Kylee Dausel, Morgan Godbersen, Ashly Gunderson, Ethan Hannam, Chloe Hoaglund, Amber Hoe ling, Lillian Hoffman, Mahala Kruse, Joie Matthies, Caleb Montgomery, Garrett Nichols, Bella Raasch, Emma Schirrmacher, Brandon Schmidt,

Elle Schroeder, Eric Sibenaller, Carli Ullrich, Trust Wells, Olivia Williams and Anna Winterrowd. Silver honor roll 3.0-3.49 GPA Sixth grade: Ty Conover, Beckett DeJean, Blake Delong, Trenton Eilerts, Haley Harms, Keith Hausman, Connor Hoegh, Evan Jordan, Tristen Kilbourn, Kadon Miller, Kansas Petersen, Tyler Piersen, Kiersten Schlutz and Jade Wilcox. Seventh grade: Trevor Bender, Zoe Bengford, Amber Benner, Macaela Johnson, Damon Jones, Evan Larsen, Caitlyn Malone, Nainoa O’Brien, Keaton Railsback, Nicholas Renze, Trenton Segebart, Kade Stehr, Nathaniel Tarr, Maxwell Webb, Hannah Weeda and Hailey Wilson.

Eighth grade: Alyssa Barnum, Gary Baughn, Paige Blackman, Zach Dunker, Geo Ehrig, Cade Ernst, Gavan Flammang, Preston Gill, Marley Hewitt, Adeline Hickey, Mason Knop, Lauren Lansink, Christopher Mace, Dallas McKibben, Mia Mortensen, Carly Murphy, Cameron Sharkey and Brayden Sorensen.

Winter Iowa Games Registration is now open for the 25th anniversary Winter Iowa Games. The main weekends of the Games will take place in Dubuque, Jan. 28-29 and Cedar Rapids, Feb. 11-12. For a complete list of games, registration deadlines and details visit www.iowagames.org.

Commission establishes vacancy filling procedures The 3B Judicial Nominating Commission has established procedures for illing the vacancy resulting from the retirement of District Court Judge Mary Jane Sokolovske. The Commission has adopted a questionnaire to be completed by each person who wishes to apply for nomination to be a district judge. Copies of the questionnaire and additional required forms can be obtained from the district court administrator or from any clerk of court in Judicial District 3B. In addition, the application form is available online at: http://www. iowacourts.gov/District_Courts/

District_Three/Current_Judicial_ Openings/ Each applicant must ile a questionnaire with District Court Administrator Leesa A. McNeil, Room 210, Woodbury County Courthouse, 620 Douglas St., Sioux City, Iowa and must send a digital copy to McNeil at: Leesa. McNeil@iowacourts.gov. The court administrator will provide a copy to all other commission members. The deadline for iling an application is Dec. 2, at 4:30 p.m. Interviews will be held on Dec. 9 at the Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City. An interview schedule will be established after the application

deadline. The names of the applicants will be made available to the public after the deadline for iling applications. Applicants must be members of the bar of Iowa, residents of the Judicial District 3B, and of such age that they will be able to serve an initial and one regular term of of ice before reaching the age of 72 years. Judicial District 3B consists of Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth,

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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Battle Creek - Ida Grove Community School District SUMMARY OF THE NOVEMBER 14, 2016, REGULAR JOINT BOARD MEETING OF THE ODEBOLT-ARTHUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BATTLE CREEK-IDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT The Odebolt-Arthur (O-A) Community School District Board and the Battle CreekIda Grove (BC-IG) Community School District Board met in regular joint session November 14, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. in the Elementary Media Center in Odebolt, Iowa. The O-A board meeting was called to order by Joey Hoefling, Board President. Kathy Leonard, Board Secretary, conducted a roll call vote as follows: Pat Hoefling, present; Brad Lundell, present, Stacy Raasch, present, and Ryan Schroeder, present. Leonard acknowledged a quorum. The BC-IG board meeting was called to order by Stephanie Konradi, Board President. Kathy Leonard, Board Secretary, conducted a roll call vote as follows: Tony Bennett, absent; Crystal Endrulat, present; Ryan Goodman, present; Myra Meek, present; Jeff Rasmussen, present; and Danika Hinkeldey, present. Leonard acknowledged a quorum. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by P. Hoefling to approve the agenda as amended to move Item 7.4, Approval of the Recommended items to be included in a new Whole Grade Sharing Agreement, up to the beginning of the meeting for discussion and consideration. The motion carried 5-0 for O-A. It was moved by Goodman and seconded by Endrulat to approve the agenda as amended to move Item 7.4, Approval of the Recommended items to be included in a new Whole Grade Sharing Agreement, up to the beginning of the meeting for discussion and consideration. The motion carried 5-1 for BC-IG with Rasmussen voting no. Terry Kenealy, shared superintendent, reviewed the proposed Whole Grade Sharing agreement and gave a brief overview of the changes proposed at previous meetings and work sessions. He read a statement from Tony Bennett, who was unable to attend the meeting, stating that Bennett would vote no for the proposal if he was in attendance. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Raasch to approve the proposed recommendations to be included in the new Whole Grade Sharing agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District and the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District effective July 1, 2017, and publish notice of a Public Hearing on the proposed

agreement that will be held on Monday, December 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. in the BC-IG Elementary Gym. The motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Endrulat and seconded by Goodman to approve the proposed recommendations to be included in the new Whole Grade Sharing agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District and the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District effective July 1, 2017, and publish notice of a Public Hearing on the proposed agreement that will be held on Monday, December 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. in the BC-IG Elementary Gym. The motion carried 5-1 with Konradi voting no. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by P. Hoefling to approve the consent agenda for O-A consisting of board minutes, claims totaling $269,889.47; contract resignation from Amy Benson, kitchen/paraeducator, and one open enrollment request. The motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Goodman and seconded by Hinkeldey to approve the consent agenda for BC-IG consisting of board minutes, claims totaling $492,686.46; contract resignation from Nicole Taylor, HS special education paraeducator; contract approval for Elisha Malaise-Ehrig, HS special education paraeducator; and approval of an overnight trip for Robotics team on November 19 to Centerville. The motion carried 6-0. J. Hoefling welcomed visitors. Approximately 15 patrons attended the meeting. No one spoke during the public forum portion. There was no curriculum presentation. Kenealy gave the boards an update on the progress of the BC-IG addition and stated the gym should be ready to use by midDecember, based on information received at the construction meeting that day. Kenealy also stated he would be attending the IASB convention this week. It was moved by Goodman and seconded by Endrulat to approve the Resolution Proposing Continued Participation in an Instructional Support Program and Authorizing the Publication of a Notice of Time and Place of a Public Hearing for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove School District. The motion carried 6-0. It was moved by Raasch and seconded by P. Hoefling to dissolve Fund #12 and transfer the balance of $3.95 to the General Fund for the Odebolt-Arthur School District and the motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Raasch and seconded by Lundell to approve the SBRC application requesting $103,136 in additional authority for

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open enrollment out students for the OdeboltArthur Community School District for the 20162017 school year. The motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Endrulat and seconded by Meek to approve the SBRC application requesting $40,647 in additional authority for increased enrollment, open enrollment out students and for LEP Instruction for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District for the 2016-2017 school year. The motion carried 6-0. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by P. Hoefling to approve the IASB ICAT Phase 1 Facility Assessment for the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District Elementary/Middle School building at a cost of $7,000.00 and the motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Raasch and seconded by P. Hoefling to approve the IASB ICAT Architectural Firm Selection Service for the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District Elementary/Middle School and facilities at no cost to the district. The motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Meek and seconded by Hinkeldey to approve the IASB ICAT Architectural Firm Selection Service for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District High School and facilities at no cost to the district. The motion carried 6-0. Discussion and correspondence included reports on refunds from both districts’ ’15’16 Workman’s Comp. audits and letters from students who recently attended the FFA National Convention. Both boards recessed at 6:15 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., the boards reconvened. Travis Squires from Piper Jaffray presented information on financing projects through General Obligation bonds and other sources of revenue and bonding capacities for each district. P. Hoefling and Schroeder left the meeting prior to the presentation. Endrulat left at 7:25 p.m. No action was taken during the presentation. The next regular joint board meeting will be held Monday, December 12, 5:30 p.m., at the BC-IG Elementary Gym. The meeting time was changed due to the High School concert also scheduled that evening. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Raasch to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried 3-0, and the Odebolt-Arthur meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. There being no further business before the BC-IG board, it was moved by Rasmussen and seconded by Hinkeldey to adjourn. The motion carried 5-0, and the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Board was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Kathy A. Leonard, BC-IG Board Secretary Kathy A. Leonard, O-A Board Secretary

The Galva City Council met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Nading presiding. Council members present: Freese, Goettsch, Schossow, Schubert and Wiese. Guests: Wade Harriman, Brad Pedersen, Darrel Wolf. Motion by Goettsch, second by Freese approving the agenda. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Schubert, second by Wiese, approving the Consent Agenda. All ayes. Motion carried. Consent Agenda: a. minutes of 1010 & 27-2016; b. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Reports; c. Allow bills presented; d. Annual Financial Report 2015/2016. BILLS PRESENTED NOVEMBER 14, 2016: Federal Withholding $464.02 IPERS 733.58 FICA & Medicare 754.28 Reserve Fund – transfer funds 153.00 Depreciation Fund – transfer funds 249.00 Badger Meter – beacon services 198.47 Bomgaars – pump 59.99 Cherokee Rural Water – 2,194,000 gallons 5,923.80 Cosgrove Law Firm – legal fees – deed to N. Buse 25.00 Feld Fire – qtrly. monitoring fee 105.00 First Coop Assoc. – fuel 39.78 Foundation Analytical Lab – WW testing 18.00 Hach – wastewater testing equipment & supplies 2,930.12 Holiday Inn – IMFOA conference 140.75 Holstein Electric – electric work at WW plant 70.00 I & S Group – engineering fees 1,630.00 Iowa Rural Water – dues 225.00 Mangold Environmental –water testing 33.00 Menards – cold patch 29.91 Metering & Technology – 3 25’ cords 123.67 MidAmerican Energy – utilities 1,103.13 Mid-America Publishing Corp. – publications 264.03 Quill – ofﬁce supplies 225.58 Schaller Telephone – phone 21.88 Stevenson Hardware – supplies 73.10 Brad Pedersen – certiﬁed operator 609.32 Jordan Beckman – salary 2,353.84 – Reimb. Insurance 434.00 – Reimburse Ice for testing 61.00

Anita Brandt – Salary 1,315.90 – Reimb. medical insurance 217.00 – Reimb. class fee, anti-virus plus mileage 428.30 LIBRARY BILLS: Federal Withholding 34.99 IPERS 180.43 FICA & Medicare 189.74 Schaller Telephone 40.41 MidAmerican Energy 39.71 Baker & Taylor – books 231.09 Good Housekeeping – subscription 37.42 Walmart – DVDs 149.28 Computer MD – renew security 147.00 Gaylord Archival – supplies 94.24 Simple & Delicious – subscription 14.98 Patricia Niemeier – salary 73. hours 897.90 – Reimburse medical insurance 219.40 Reimburse mileage 23.76 Mary Wiese – 7 hours at $9.22 64.54 Cindee Lichter – 6 hours at $9.22 55.32 Aimee Kell – 3 hours at $9.22 $27.66 RECEIPT SUMMARY BY FUND – GENERAL – $41,242.43; ROAD USE – 3,127.12; EMERGENCY 818.89; LOST – 2,615.32; TRUST & AGENCY – 2,228.60; WATER UTILITY – 11,443.55; RESERVE FUND – 153.00; DEPRECIATION FUND – 249.00; SEWER UTILITY – 3,525.53; SOLID WASTE – 3,847.72; WATER/SEWER DEPOSIT – 360.00. DISBURSEMENT SUMMARY BY FUND – GENERAL – 2,550.21; LOST – 22.36; ROAD USE – 1,126.46; TRUST & AGENCY – 345.36; WATER UTILITY – 9,775.51; SEWER UTILITY – 2,244.39; SOLID WASTE – 81.62. IDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – Sheriff Harriman talked with the council about the recent happenings in the county. WASTEWATER PROJECT – BRAD PEDERSEN – SUMP PUMPS & I INFILTRATION – Brad talked with the council about reducing the ﬂow into the wastewater plant and getting an extension from the IDNR. An extension would allow the city to check for illegal sump pumps and roof drains hooked up to the sanitary sewer system. The council decided to proceed with asking for an extension to look at ways to reduce the ﬂow into the sewer plant. SMOKE TESTING – Bid – Following discussion, motion by Schubert, second by Freese to table smoke testing at this time. All ayes. Motion carried. GUTTER BIDS – SHELTER HOUSE – Two bids were submitted for adding gutters & down-

spouts to the shelter house: Guarantee Gutters of Cherokee - $1011.50, and Schoenherr’s Seamless Gutter of Ida Grove - $1,530.00. Following discussion, motion by Schossow, second by Goettsch to hire Guarantee Gutters to install gutters around the shelter house. All ayes. Motion carried. FIRE AGREEMENT – GALVA TOWNSHIP FIRE BOARD – Following discussion, motion by Freese, second by Goettsch to have the City Attorney look at the agreement the City has with the Galva Township Fire Board to determine if it would be a 28E Agreement. Ayes: Freese, Goettsch, Schubert, Wiese. Abstain: Schossow. Motion carried. BUILDING PERMIT – DARRELL WOLF – STORAGE BUILDING/CEMENT – Following discussion, motion by Goettsch, second by Schubert to approve the building permit application. Ayes: Goettsch, Schubert, Freese, Wiese. Abstain: Schossow. Motion carried. PERSONNEL POLICY – COMP. TIME/OVERTIME HOURS – Following discussion, it was decided to make changes to the policy at the December meeting. BROOM – It was decided to put the 84” sweeper broom out for bids. CITY PICK-UP – This matter will be discussed during budget discussions. CAMPING – It was decided that the City is not set up to allow winter camping. If the camper wanted to park in the park without being hooked up to the water hydrant, they could still have electricity and access to the sewer drops. TREES – Letters will be sent to residents to remind them that trees must be 15 feet over the surface of the street and 8 foot over the sidewalks. Residents will be given 30 days to comply or the City will have someone trim the tree for them and assess to the property. IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED: •Two applications for the vacant maintenance position •Leaves at Library •Damage to the walking trail •Trading of City lawn mower There being no further business, the council adjourned upon motion by Wiese. Mayor Stan Nading ATTEST: City Clerk/Treasurer Anita Brandt IACMC/MMC

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Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District BATTLE CREEK-IDA GROVE SCHOOLS’ NOVEMBER 2016 VENDOR REPORT GENERAL FUND #10: Vendor Name, Description Check Total AEP Connections, LLC, Instructional Training $215.00 Amazon, Instructional Supplies 1,583.40 BC-IG CSD Kathy Leonard, Custodian, Petty Cash 64.73 Bleckwehl, Kim, Reimbursement 24.00 BMO Harris Mastercard, District Supplies 4,224.08 Bomgaars, General Supplies 70.67 Butler, Kalin, Reimbursement 96.00 CDW-Government Inc., Computer Supplies 127.14 Centerpoint Energy Services, Inc., Natural Gas 389.77 Central Iowa Distributing Inc., District Maintenance Supplies 84.50 Chronicle Printing and Publishing, Advertising 91.80 City of Battle Creek, Water & Sewer/BC Bldgs. 30.50 City of Ida Grove, Water & Sewer/IG Bldgs. 666.05 Danner Lawnscapes, Inc., Contracted Service 1,302.00 Department of Education, General Fees 560.00 DHS Cashier 1st Fl., State Portion Medicaid 912.21 Dollar General Charge Sales, Miscellaneous Supplies 50.40 Dooley, Megan, Reimbursement 17.94 Echo Group, Inc., Electrical Supplies/Maint. 358.40 Edsen Electric, Inc., Electrical Services 1,263.67 Education Station, Instructional Supplies 86.17 Fancy Threads, Athletic Clothing 181.60 Feld Fire, Fire Ext./System Service 180.00 Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., Maint. Supplies 1,770.05 Franck & Sextro, P.L.C., Legal Services 300.00 Frontier Communications, Phone Service 572.65 Grove, Jeanie, Reimbursement 7.00 Hadden, Kari, Staff Reimbursement 124.80 Hewitt, Kelly, Staff Reimbursement 67.20 Home Depot, Maintenance 826.00 Howard, Rae, Reimbursement 20.00 Ida County Courier-Reminder, Inc., Advertising/Legal Notices 423.17 Ida County Sanitation, Inc., Garbage Collection Services 548.96 Ida Grove Food Pride, General & Food Supplies 485.45 Interactive Health Technologies, Educational Supplies 8,537.64 Iowa Assoc. of School Boards, Dues/Registrations 1,039.00 Iowa Business Education Association, Membership Dues 130.00 J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc., Music Supplies 189.25 Josten’s, Inc., General Supplies 402.83 Kenealy, Terry, Staff Reimbursement 512.00 Kiwanis Club of Ida Grove, Dues/Meals/Mtgs. 362.00 Leonard, Kathy, Reimbursement 101.20 Life Track Services, Graduate Surveys 634.50 Malcom’s Paint & Hardware, Maint. Supplies 127.71 Matheson Tri Gas, Inc., General Supplies 34.09 Mauritz, Benjamin, Reimbursement 30.00 Measurement Incorporated, Contracted Service 53.95 Menards, General Supplies 847.78 MidAmerican Energy, Electricity & Nat. Gas 6,275.92 Miller, Patrick, Reimbursement 243.50 Mumm Soft Water, Supplies 14.00 Newquist-Wells, April Elaine, Contracted Service 105.60 Newtec Inc., Equipment 711.84 Nielsen, Andrea, Teacher/

PRECINCTS Coach Reimbursement 9.69 Northwest AEA, Copies/Regist./ Gen. Supplies 1,087.45 Odebolt Lumber, General Supplies 41.97 Odebolt-Arthur Comm. School, Misc. Reimbursements 214,712.07 Pick, Jeana, Contracted Service 350.00 Postmaster Battle Creek, Postage 84.83 Postmaster Ida Grove, Postage 254.85 Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, Duplicating/Printing 254.16 Pronto-Phillips 66, General Supplies 4,500.76 Ray’s Mid-Bell Music, Music Supplies 983.06 Reis Auto Parts and Service, Bus/Auto Service 11,179.88 Rogers Pest Control LLC, Contracted Service 89.00 Saunders, Robert, Reimbursement 177.60 Schau Towing & Salvage, Inc., Towing Service 300.00 School Specialty Inc., District Supplies 31.95 Sheehan Strategic Solutions LLC, Contracted Service 1,645.00 Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC, Miscellaneous Supplies 70.62 Teaching Strategies.Com., Instructional Materials 386.65 Timberline Billing Service LLC, Contracted Service 71.79 United States Cellular, Cellular Phone Service 78.63 West Music Company, Music Supplies 92.95 Wunschel’s Service, District Vehicle Fuel 74.80 Fund Total 274,555.83 DONATIONS ACCOUNT #12: Dollar General Charge Sales, Miscellaneous Supplies 34.60 OA/BC-IG Dollars for Scholars, Memorial Donation 20.00 Scholastic Book Fairs-08, Books and Supplies 4,020.28 Selections, General Supplies 54.00 Fund Total 4,128.88 ACTIVITY FUND #21: Audubon Community School District, Reimbursement 164.99 BC-IG C.S.D. Activity Account, Reimbursement of Expenses 1,750.00 BMO Harris Mastercard, District Supplies 3,301.51 Bomgaars, General Supplies 47.70 Bornholtz, Von, Official 110.00 Cedar Valley Fund-raising, Fund-raising Supplies 2,064.16 Chizek, Travis, Reimbursement 100.00 Collins, Shawn, Official 220.00 Edsen Electric, Inc., Electrical Services 250.85 Ehlers, Chris, Official 220.00 Fancy Threads, Athletic Clothing 292.56 Flower Shoppe, The, General Supplies 5.00 Fuhrman, Mark, Sports Offiicial 220.00 GCC Alliance Concrete Company, Cement 57.60 Gillman, William, Athletic Official 220.00 Gotto, Charlie, Athletic Official 110.00 Ida Bowl, Contracted Service 1,500.00 Ida Grove Cenex/HASH Inc., General Supplies 180.85 Ida Grove Food Pride, General & Food Supplies 212.81 Ida Grove Golf & Country Club, Fees 250.00 Iowa Association of Track Coaches, Membership Dues 35.00 Iowa HS Baseball Coaches Ass’n., Membership Fees 30.00 Logan Magnolia High School, Entry Fees 25.00 Martin Brothers, Food Supplies 391.57 Moore’s Pumping, Portable Toilets 300.00 Mumm Soft Water, Supplies 56.00 Music Theatre International, Musical Perusals 814.25 O Thirty-Two Design Group, Spirit Shirts 410.50 Odebolt Lumber, General

Supplies Options Ink, Posters Pepsi-Cola, Pop Peterson, Shawn, Varsity Athletic Official Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, Duplicating/Printing Ray’s Mid-Bell Music, Music Supplies Reinke, Dale, Sports Official Riddell/All American Sports Corp., Athletics Supplies Royer, Mark, Athletic Official Sadler, Todd, Sports Official Sauter, Kyle, Track Starter Sergeant Bluff-Luton CSD, Entry Fees South O’Brien High School, Entry Fees T Squared Running, XC Meet Scoring Management Trophies Plus, Inc., Athletic Awards Uptown Sporting Goods, P.E. Supplies Wagner, Jim, Athletic Official Wagner, Scott, Athletic Official Wiebers, Rollie , Athletic Official Fund Total MANAGEMENT FUND #22: Su Insurance Company, Equipment Breakdown Ins. Fund Total SAVE FUND #33: Badding Construction Company, Contracted Service CDW-Government Inc., Computer Supplies Connecting Point Computer Center, Technology Supplies Ken’s Phone Store, LLC, Telephone Maintenance Fund Total PPEL FUND #36: Bomgaars, General Supplies Carroll Glass Co., Maint. Supplies Echo Group, Inc., Electrical Supplies/Maint. Hemer Plumbing and Heating, Contracted Service Leo’s Kitchen, Maintenance Supplies Menards, General Supplies Rent-All, Inc.-Storm Lake, Equipment Rental Rubber Safe Playgrounds, LLC, Playground Supplies Schmidt Fencing, Inc., Fencing School Specialty Inc., District Supplies Unite Private Networks, LLC, Tech Service Fund Total NUTRITION FUND #61: BC-IG C.S.D.- General Fund, Hot Lunch Payroll Expense Hiland Dairy, Dairy ProductsNutrition Keck, Inc., Storage Fees/ Commodities Martin Brothers ,Food Supplies Mumm Soft Water, Supplies Rapids Wholesale Equipment, General Supplies Rogers Pest Control LLC, Contracted Service Sara Lee Bakery Group/ Earthgrains, Hot Lunch Bread Products Fund Total AGENCY FUND #91: BC-IG C.S.D. Activity Account, Reimbursement of Expenses IGHSAU, Dues/Tournament Gate Receipts Fund Total GRAND TOTAL ALL FUNDS

60.95 404.20 505.40

East Sac

NOTICE OF ELECTION You are hereby notiﬁed that the Special Election will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at the following locations. The polls will be open from 12:00 noon until 8:00 o’clock P.M. LOCATION Sac County Courthouse Lobby Old Sac school district

220.00 58.80

Lake View Fire Station 26.52 110.00

Old Lake View school district

130.42 220.00 220.00 100.00

Old Auburn school district Wall Lake Comm. Center

50.00

Old Wall Lake school district

Auburn Public Library

Sac City Inc. Pt Douglas Twp. Jackson Twp. Pt Cedar Twp. Pt Wall Lake Twp. Pt Coon Valley Twp. Lake View Inc. Pt Clinton Twp. Pt Wall Lake Twp. Pt Viola Twp. Auburn Inc. Pt Coon Valley Twp. Sac Twp. Wall Lake Inc. Pt Clinton Twp. Levey Twp. Pt Viola Twp.

50.00 510.80

Schaller Crestland

Presbyterian Church

1,868.85 1,451.50 220.00 220.00 110.00 19,877.79

The Center

Nemaha Comm. Bldg. 172.00 172.00

128,211.65

Schaller Inc. Eureka Twp. Eden Twp. District 1 – Sections 4,5,6,7,8,9,16,17,18,19,20,21, 28,29,30,31,32,33 Cook Twp WEST of County Rd. M 43 Early Inc. Cook Twp EAST of County Rd. M 43 Boyer Valley Twp Clinton Twp. Nemaha Inc. Eden Twp. District 2 – Sections 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23,24, 25,26,27,34,35,36 Delaware Twp. Douglas Twp.

Odebolt-Arthur (including Ida and Crawford Counties) Odebolt Fire Station

7,224.60 4,625.00 5,168.46 145,229.71 12.95 6,325.00 980.79 1,541.25 750.00 69.35 596.00 1,625.00 996.00 1,980.00 1,588.00 16,464.34

14,707.16 2,178.20 2,035.33 10,669.60 42.25 72.59 123.00

1,235.78 31,063.91

300.00 894.00 1,194.00 492,686.46

October Payroll Wages 435,119.60 FICA 26,718.29 Medicare 6,248.67 IPERS 37,213.76 Insurance 44,304.57 TOTAL PAYROLL $549,604.89

Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle. For further information, please contact the county auditor’s ofﬁce at the telephone number or E-mail address listed below. Telephone 712-662-7310 E-mail address sacoaud@saccounty.org

Ida County Courier

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 PUBLIC NOTICE

Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District ODEBOLT-ARTHUR & BATTLE CREEKIDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS’ NOTICE OF INTENT Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing on a Proposed Whole Grade Sharing Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding shall be held in the Elementary Gym at the BC-IG Elementary School, 403 Barnes Street, Ida Grove, Iowa, on the 12th day of December, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. The Boards will consider the agreement at a Regular Joint Meeting December 12, 2016. Any person interested in said proposal may appear at the Public Hearing and show reasons for or against the Board of Directors adopting the agreement. Kathy Leonard O-A Board Secretary BC-IG Board Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE Madrigal dinner: Ridge View High School hosted a Madrigal dinner on Nov. 12 at the high school in Holstein. Students transformed into characters from long ago, court jesters, knights and even the king and queen. The dinner theatre style supper provided guests with a meal, divided into courses, each of which is heralded with traditional songs, mixed with comedy from the jesters. (Photo submitted)

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MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION FOR CITY OF IDA GROVE ALL NIGHT PARKING PROHIBITED SNOW REMOVAL PARKING PROHIBITED PLEASANT VALLEY TRAIL CLOSED DURING WINTER – NOW IN EFFECT – Notice is hereby given Section 2.1-2.1008, Section 2.1-2.1010, and Section 8-6.08 City Code of the City of Ida Grove will be in full force on and after the date of this publication and shall remain in effect until May 1st. ALL NIGHT PARKING PROHIBITED No person, except physicians or other persons on emergency calls, shall park a vehicle on the following designated streets between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any day during the winter months:

Street Second St. Taylor St. Main St.

From To Quimby St. Burns St. Alley north of Alley south of Second St. Second St. First St. Third Street

Side Both Both Both

SNOW REMOVAL PARKING PROHIBITED No person shall park, abandon, or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley, or City-owned off-street parking area during the “snow removal season” under the following conditions: a. New snow fall has accumulated to a depth of one-half inch (1/2”) or more; or b. If snow removal operations have been commenced by the City of Ida Grove. c. If the snow has been removed or plowed from a street, alley, or parking area and the snow has ceased to fall, the prohibition on parking no longer applies. All vehicles on the streets during the above-established snow removal season will be ticketed and assessed a ne of $15.00 payable at City Hall. Unpaid tickets will be turned over to Magistrate Court for prosecution. CLOSING PLEASANT VALLEY TRAIL DURING WINTER The Trail shall be closed to all traf c during the winter “snow removal season” until May 1st.

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PUBLIC NOTICE THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KAREN K. YATES, DECEASED Case No. ESPR009263 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Karen K. Yates, Deceased, who died on or about October 13, 2016: You are hereby notified that on November 8, 2016, the last will and testament of Karen K. Yates, deceased, bearing date of February 28, 2011, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Barbara K. Yates was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 26th day of October, 2016. s/s Barbara K. Yates Barbara K. Yates Executor 506 South 11th Street Sac City, IA 50583 Peter A. Goldsmith ICIS PIN No.: AT0002823 Attorney for executor Boerner & Goldsmith 500 Second Street Ida Grove, IA 51445 Date of second publication 23rd day of November, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA D. JOHNSON, Deceased. PROBATE NO. ESPR009264 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF CO-EXECUTORS, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Patricia D. Johnson, Deceased, who died on or about October 4, 2016: You are hereby notified that on November 9, 2016, the last will and testament of Patricia D. Johnson, deceased, bearing date of August 21, 1986, and First Codicil dated February 2, 1991, were admitted to probate in the above named court and that Debra Reeves, Darrell Johnson and Darwin Johnson were appointed co-executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 9th day of November, 2016. Debra Reeves Executor of Estate 2181 Twain Drive Devils Elbow, MO 64457 Darrell Johnson Executor of Estate 107 S. Altona Street Holstein, IA 51025 Darwin Johnson Executor of Estate 300 1st Avenue E Arthur, IA 51431 Kevin Murray ICIS PIN No.: AT0005554 Attorney for the Co-Executors Kevin L. Murray P.C. 114 N. 6th Street P.O. Box 159 Sac City, IA 50583 Date of second publication 23rd day of November, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE

Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR THE BATTLE CREEK - IDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District in the Counties of Ida, Woodbury and Crawford, State of Iowa, will hold a hearing upon its resolution to consider continued participation in the Instructional Support Program. The hearing will be held in the Elementary Gymnasium of the Battle CreekIda Grove Community School District, 403 Barnes Street, Ida Grove, Iowa, on the 12th day of December, 2016, at 6:30 o’clock p.m. The Board of Directors is considering continued participation in the Instructional Support Program as provided in Iowa Code sections 257.18 through 257.27 for a period of five (5) years, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. Additional funding for the Instructional Support Program for a budget year will be determined annually by the Board of Directors, and will not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total regular program district costs for the budget year and moneys received under Iowa Code section 257.14 as a budget adjustment for the budget year. Moneys received by the District for the Instructional Support Program may be used for any general fund purpose except for supplanting funds authorized to be received under Sections 257.41, 257.46, 298.2 and 298.4 of the Code of Iowa or to cover any deficiencies in funding for special education instructional services resulting from the application of the special education weighting plan under Section 256B.9. The Instructional Support Program shall be funded by instructional support state aid and a combination instructional support property tax levied annually upon the taxable property within the School District commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and instructional support income surtax imposed annually, the percent of income surtax to be determined by the Board for each budget year to be imposed upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the School District on December 31, 2017, and each year thereafter. BATTLE CREEK-IDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Kathy Leonard, Board Secretary

NOTICE TO RELOCATE A BANK OFFICE United Bank of Iowa, Ida Grove, Iowa, has submitted an application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for consent to relocate the Office in Glidden from the current location at 121 Idaho Street, Glidden, Iowa, to 425 E. 9th Street, Glidden, Iowa. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office located at 1100 Walnut St., Suite 2100, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106. Comments by interested parties must be received by appropriate Regional Director not later than December 7, 2016. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file in the Regional Office and are available public inspection during the regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request.

PUBLIC NOTICE

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN BECKMAN, DECEASED Case No. ESPR009262 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of NORMAN BECKMAN, Deceased, who died on or about October 20, 2016: You are hereby notified that on November 1, 2016, the last will and testament of NORMAN BECKMAN, deceased, bearing date of October 27, 2009, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Barbara A. Pfleeger was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 8th day of November, 2016. Barbara A. Pfleeger Executor of the estate 108 N. East Street P.O. Box 64 Arthur, Iowa 51431 Thaddeus Cosgrove Attorney for the executor 607 W. 2nd Street Ida Grove, IA 51445 Date of second publication 23rd day of November, 2016

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MINNIE ANN RANNEY, DECEASED Case No. ESPR009229 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of MINNIE ANN RANNEY, Deceased, who died on or about April 26, 2016: You are hereby notified that on August 24, 2016, the last will and testament of Minnie Ann Ranney, deceased, bearing date of January 15, 2016, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Hans Patrick Greenwald, III was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 17th day of November, 2016. Hans Patrick Greenwald, III Executor of the estate 2867 Harvest Avenue Ida Grove, Iowa 51445 Thaddeus Cosgrove Attorney for the Executor 607 W. 2nd St. Ida Grove, IA 51445 Date of second publication 30th day of November, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Ida Grove

CITY OF IDA GROVE CITY HALL NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Mayor Morris Hurd called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Scott Tomlinson, Ryan Goodman, Paul Cates, Jeff Buehler and Doug Clough. Motion by Council Member Tomlinson to approve the agenda, second by Council Member Goodman. Motion approved unanimously. Becky Michaelsen reported the 5th Turkey Trot is scheduled for the morning on Thanksgiving Day and is asking the Council to consider a waiver for allowing the participants to use the hiking trail. The event is a fund-raiser for the local food pantry. Motion by Council Member Goodman to approve usage of the hiking trail for the 5th Annual Turkey Trot, second by Council Member Clough. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Goodman to approve the consent agenda consisting of the claims list, the City Clerk’s report, ﬁnancial re-

ports, and the October 17th Minutes, second by Council Member Buehler. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Buehler to approve $200.00 for half the cost of the portable toilet during the Farmers Market, second by Council Member Clough. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Clough to approve the tree list with instructions to send the list to tree contractors, second by Council Member Cates. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Tomlinson to approve the Downtown Revitalization project Change Order #5 adding $2,722.00 to the project, second by Council Member Buehler. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Goodman to approve purchase and installation of a sonic ﬁrewall for $2,491.00 for the city’s computer system, second by Council Member Clough. On a unanimous vote motion carried.

Motion by Council Member Buehler to approve a change order totaling $2,237.75 for raising the intake and ﬁre hydrant near the 7th Street Bridge, second by Council Member Goodman. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Clough to approve the Ida Grove Central Business District Guidelines for Building Façade Maintenance and Renovation, second by Council Member Cates. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Buehler to approve United Health Care bid for health insurance with an 8% increase that also includes dental, short-term disability and accidental death, second by Council Member Cates. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Motion by Council Member Clough to adjourn, second by Council Member Cates. On a unanimous vote motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. /s/ Morris C. Hurd, Mayor Attest: /s/ Edith Ann Ball, City Clerk

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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Ida County Courier

Let’s Go to the Movies TONIGHT!

Greetings, movie go-ers. Coming to the State Theatre in Holstein this Friday, Nov. 25, “Trolls” (animation). Our inal classic in our veterans’ theme for November is “Full Metal Jacket” (1989), starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D‘Onofrio and R. Lee Ermey. For more information, visit www.holsteinstatetheatre.com and “Like” our Facebook Page. Showtimes “Trolls”—Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 and 9:20 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2, 4:30 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 27 at 2 and 4:30 p.m. (One weekend only). DreamWorksAnimation’sTrollsis an irreverent comedy extravaganza with incredible music. From the genius creators of Shrek, Trolls stars Anna Kendrick as Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls and her polar opposite, Branch, played by Justin Timberlake. Together, this unlikely pair of Trolls must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known. Runtime: 100 minutes. Rating: PG. “Full Metal Jacket” Sunday, Nov. 27; Monday, Nov. 28 and Tuesday,

November 25–27

November 27–29

Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. (One weekend only). Stanley Kubrick’s return to ilmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this ilm crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers. Based on Gustav Hasford’s novel “The Short Timers,” the ilm’s irst half details the volunteers’ harrowing boot-camp

training under the profane, powersaw guidance of drill instructor Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey, a real-life drill instructor whose performance is one of the most terrifyingly realistic on record). Part two takes place in Nam, as seen through the eyes of the now thoroughly indoctrinated Marines. Runtime: 116 minutes. Rating: R (adult situations/language, violence).

Toy donation: The Arthur Emergency Medical Responders received a stuffed animal donation from the Danbury Catholic School. The Arthur Medical Responders team includes front, from left, Debra Ulrich and Marilyn Skaren, and in back, Dennis Lansink, Keith Fineran, Wendy Lorenzen, Nick Frank and Whitney Francis-Simonson. Kimberly Larson is also a member. (Courier photo by Bethany Jones)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Ida County Board of Supervisors IDA GROVE, IOWA NOVEMBER 14, 2016 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Chair Rhett Leonard, Curtis Phillips and Robert Pausrud. Minutes of the meeting held October 24, 2016, were read and approved. It was noted that the next meeting date had changed from October 31, 2016, to November 14, 2016. County Engineer Jeff Williams was present to recommend Tom Cooper from Operator at $20.31 per hour to Mechanic at $21.90 per hour, effective November 7, 2016. Phillips moved to approve said recommendation, Paulsrud seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Paulsrud moved and Phillips seconded a motion to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Secondary Road Agreement to perform work in the right of way located in Section 1 of Galva Township for Delayne Johnson. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Discussion was held regarding a Road Foreman position. The Engineer will prepare a proposal for the Board’s consideration next meeting. Renae Blume, Employment Development Manager for the Rolling Hills Services Region, discussed the employment development for Ida County. Maggie Johnson, ISI Director, and Diana Ossman were also present. Paulsrud moved and Phillips seconded the motion to amend the agenda to include action with regards to approving or disapproving LuAnn Bennett as a Compensation Board member. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Paulsrud moved and Phillips seconded a motion to approve Sandy Gray, Recorder Representative, and LuAnn Bennett, Supervisor Representative, for the Compensation Board for a 4-year term ending June 30, 2020. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Horn Memorial Hospital Administrator Chris Nichols presented a Medical Examiner Contract, effective October 1, 2016. The County agrees to pay $250 per diem to the Medical Examiner and $100 per diem to a County Medical Death Investigator for field work/paperwork related to a death investigation. The County agrees to pay for all expenses for training and certification of 3 Death Investigators. Paulsrud moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign said contract. Phillips seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Phillips moved to approve the Clerk of Court report. Paulsrud seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Paulsrud moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Use of County Property Application from Dianne Bentley, Iowa 99 County Bible Reading Marathon for November 19, 2016, and waiving the liability policy requirement. Phillips seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. A motion by Phillips and seconded by Paulsrud to authorize the Chair to sign a Commercial Pesticide Applicators’ License for 2017. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Various representatives from the area libraries were present to review their annual reports and discussion was held on library funding. Those present were Larry Albrecht and Angela Scales, Ida Grove; Jeannie Grove, Battle Creek; Bonnie Barkema, Holstein; and Julie Kell, Galva. All of the tally lists and certificates of the Precinct Election Officials of the General Election held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, were presented and duly examined by the Board of Supervisors with the results as follows: * Denotes Winner # Winner by Lot President and Vice President Donald J. Trump (R) 2,655 votes Hillary Clinton (D) 792 votes Darrell L. Castle 8 votes Jill Stein 9 votes Dan R. Vacek 4 votes Gary Johnson 103 votes Lynn Kahn 2 votes Gloria L Riva 2 votes Rocky Roque De La Fuente 0 votes Evan McMullin 16 votes Scattering 21 votes State Rep District 017 Matt W. Windschitl (R) 2,624 votes Jan Creasman (D) 723 votes Scattering 3 votes County Supervisor Dist. 2 Raymond Drey (R)* 780 votes Robert C. Paulsrud 438 votes Scattering 1 vote County Sheriff Wade A. Harriman (R)* 3,203 votes Dale Breyfogle (D) 355 votes

Scattering 10 votes Agricultural Extension Council (4) Valerie Georg* 1,969 votes June Knop* 2,016 votes Kyle McBride* 1,670 votes Jeff Miesner* 10 votes Scattering 74 votes Supreme Court Judge Brent R. Appel Yes-1,495 votes No-978 votes Court of Appeals Judge Gayle Vogel Yes-1,577 votes No-793 votes Court of Appeals Judge Richard Doyle Yes-1,595 votes No-786 votes District 3B Judge Jeffrey A. Neary Yes-1,600 votes No-790 votes District 3B Judge John D. Ackerman Yes-1,647 votes No-753 votes Battle Township Clerk Melissa Butcher 101 votes Blaine Township Trustee (2) Kurt Duitsman* 85 votes Dale Ullrich* 116 votes Douglas Township Trustee (2) Jerry Andresen* 55 votes Keith Leonard* 63 votes Galva Township Trustee (2) Duane Babcock* 2 votes Grant Else* 2 votes Jeff Vohs 2 votes Larry Johnson 1 vote Jon Jensen 1 vote Garﬁeld Township Trustee (2) Kyle McBride* 59 votes Ted Paulsrud* 28 votes Hayes Township Trustee (2) Donavon Davenport* 78 votes Cordell Knudsen* 73 votes US Senator Charles E. Grassley (R) 2,868 votes Patty Judge (D) 590 votes Charles Aldrich 78 votes Jim Hennager 24 votes Michael Luick-Thrams 7 votes Scattering 4 votes US Rep District 4 Steve King (R) 2,424 votes Kim Weaver (D) 1,106 votes Scattering 5 votes County Supervisor Dist 1 Creston Schubert (R)* 1,025 votes Scattering 19 votes County Auditor Lorna Steenbock (R)* 3,148 votes Scattering 11 votes Soil and Water Commissioners (3) Marty Boyle* 2,074 votes Thomas Odgaard* 1,766 votes Jolene Riessen* 1,986 votes Scattering 35 votes Agricultrual Extension Vacancy Connie Werner* 2,580 votes Scattering 26 votes Supreme Court Judge Mark S. Cady Yes-1,619 votes No-956 votes Supreme Court Judge Daryl L. Hecht Yes-1,546 votes No-964 votes Court of Appeals Amanda Potterﬁeld Yes-1,614 votes No-807 votes Court of Appeals David R. Danison Yes-1,579 votes No-804 votes District 3B Judge Steven Andreasen Yes-1,700 votes No-714 votes District 3B Judge Patrick H. Tott Yes-1,586 votes No-781 votes Battle Township Trustee (2) Cary K. Conover* 102 votes Burdette Conover* 2 votes Scattering 3 votes Corwin Township Trustee (2) Dennis Sykes* 112 votes Thomas Odgaard* 1 vote Douglas Township Clerk Keith Leonard* 3 votes Mary Dreeszen 2 votes Bruce Volkert 2 votes Wally Johnson 1 vote Marshall Lundt 1 vote Brian Shever 1 vote Galva Township Trustee Vacancy Jeff Nausland* 2 votes Larry Johnson 1 vote Griggs Township Trustee (2) Kent Dittmer* 81 votes Dennis R. Leonard* 69 votes Scattering 4 votes Logan Township Trustee (2) Danny Hoffman* 90 votes Laurie E. Jones* 49 votes Scattering 2 votes Maple Township Trustee (2) Ronald Riessen* 76 votes Levi Oman# 1 vote Scattering 1 vote Silver Creek Township Trustee David Riessen* 45 votes

Lyle D. Schaffer* 47 votes Maple Township Clerk Neil Bjorholm# 1 vote Levi Oman 1 vote Susan Spotts 1 vote The following claims were approved: GENERAL BASIC: Adams Motor Co., Repairs $563.46 Allan Yeager, General Election Wages 94.50 Al’s Corner Oil Co., Fuel 56.31 Amazon, Supplies 259.39 Art Witten, General Election Wages 99.00 Audrey Schramm, General Election Wages 108.00 Barbara Jenkins, General Election Wages 94.50 Becky Bruning, Mileage 18.33 Becky Ricklefs, General Election Wages 94.50 Beverly Yeager, General Election Wages 94.50 Bomgaars, Supplies 375.97 Cabela’s Inc., Uniform 73.94 Century Business Products Inc., Copier Maintenance 40.00 Cheryl Andresen, General Election 192.66 City Of Ida Grove, Utility Courthouse 152.11 Colleen M Gries, General Election Wages 99.00 Connie Hamann, General Election 99.96 Continental Alarm & Detection, New Battery Install. in Panel 520.23 Counsel, Copier Lease/Overage 125.90 Crawford County, Autopsy Transport 1,150.00 Crawford Ice Co., Ice 192.50 Culligan of Ida Grove, Chlorine Packets 134.44 Dale Ullrich, Meals/Mileage/ Registration 254.26 Dale Wellendorf, General Election Wages 94.50 Deborah Cosgrove, General Election 103.86 Diebold Inc., Safe Maintenance 2017 286.44 Dixie Lansink, General Election 181.92 Earla Triplett, General Election 190.92 Embassy Suites Hotel, Lodging/ Parking 581.94 Farm & Home Publishers, 25 Platbooks 465.00 Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov 2016 362.70 Gail Lasher, General Election 180.36 Government Forms & Supplies LLC, Marriage/Corner Sect. Books 170.36 Hallett Materials, Pea Gravel/ Trucking 399.49 IACCB, Registration 220.00 Ida County Fair Board, FY2016 Allocation 13,000.00 Ida County Sanitation Inc., Oct. Services 320.56 Ida County Secondary Rds., Mower Fuel 45.20 Ida County Sheriff Dept., Sheriff Fees 295.07 Ida Grove Food Pride, Acct 183 & 244 235.55 Ila Oxendale, General Election 190.92 Interstate Mechanical Corp., Annex Boiler/All Filters Repairs 3,252.12 Iowa Ofﬁce Supply Inc., Ofﬁce Supplies 135.12 Iowa Workforce Development UI Tax, Unemployment 2,679.00 James Jenkins, General Election Wages 144.00 Janice A. Rupert, General Election Wages 94.50 Janice Grap, General Election Wages 94.50 Jayne Harter, General Election Wages 144.00 Jeanne Clausen, General Election 108.36 Jessica Wallace, General Election 99.96 Joann Greene, General Election Wages 166.50 Joyce Johnson, General Election 211.38 Julie Rath, General Election 181.00 Keith Carstens, General Election Wages 94.50 Kelly Hoffman, General Election Wages 72.00 LBJ Investigations, Service Fees

Sta10166 45.00 Linda Mildenstein, General Election Wages 94.50 Linda Witten, General Election Wages 171.00 Long Lines Internet, Internet Service 53.95 Lorraine Johnson, General Election 180.15 Lyle Schaffer, Mileage 120.90 Malcom’s Paint & Hardware, Custodial Supplies 38.65 Mangold Environmental Testing, Testing Services 98.25 Mapleton Vet Clinic, Quarantine 196.00 Marcella Segebart, General Election Wages 171.00 Marco Inc., Copier Overage Dept.-51 134.26 Marilyn Spotts, General Election 151.38 Marlene Jorgensen, General Election 198.90 Marllys Brosamle, General Election Wages 175.50 Meghann Cosgrove Whitmer, Norton Antivirus Subscription 79.49 Merle Schramm, General Election 113.46 Mid-America Publishing Corp., Ads/Proceedings/Notices 1,616.12 MidAmerican Energy, Utility-Park/ Courthouse 1,706.26 Mikes Lawn Service Inc., Lawn/ Pest Services 591.60 Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, Service Fees AG7253 7.50 Nancy Krueger, General Election 171.96 Northwest Rec, Utility-CCRA 455.00 Orlan Ehler, Mileage 117.78 Patti Andrews, General Election Wages 94.50 Paula Dausel, General Election 100.74 Phyllis Hagemeier, General Election Wages 94.50 Rhett Leonard, General Election Wages 99.00 Rogers Pest Control, Pest Control 40.00 Rose Ladwig, General Election Wages 94.50 Sandra Jensen, General Election 184.86 Selections, Sept. UPS Charges 28.16 Sharon Forthum, General Election 167.46 Shelley Bruning, MileageElection Equipment 39.78 Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC, Office Supplies 21.01 SIMPCO, FY2017 Dues 2,750.00 Sioux County Sheriff, Service Fees OW7178 34.44 Siouxland Regional Transit nd 3,718.25 System, 2 Qtr. Allocation Supplyworks, Custodial Supplies 384.88 Susan A. Miller, General Election Wages 94.50 Sylvia Carstens, General Election Wages 99.00 The Hoffman Agency, FY16 Audit 326.00 Thies Printing LLC, EnvelopesVitals 62.91 Thomson Reuters - West Payment, 10/11/16 Digest/ West Law 1,739.80 Traci Riessen, Election Mileage 7.02 U S Cellular, Cell Phone 116.34 Vetter Equipment, Maintenance 81.73 Vickie Linman, General Election 179.58 Village Shoe & Uniform Shoppe, Phone Charger 29.99 Warren Lasher, General Election Wages 72.00 Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Service Fees SM10608 29.00 Win Schramm, General Election 100.35 General Basic Total: 47,173.10 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL: The Hoffman Agency, FY2016 Audit General 883.00 General Supplemental Total: 883.00 GF DESIGNATED FOR COMPUTER: Tyler Technologies Inc., VX Property Tax 187.50 Gf Designated for Computer Total: 187.50 GF DESIGN FOR CO. ATTORNEY/FINES: CSS Inc., 50 Etg. Dip Cards 194.47 Kristal L. Phillips, Lodging/ Parking/Bag Fee 565.82 GF Design for Co. Attorney/ Fines Total: 760.29 RURAL BASIC LANDFILL:

Ida County Sanitation Inc., Gates/Backhoe Fee 659.97 Keystone Laboratories Inc., Sampling 34.44 Turkle-Clark Environmental, Professional Services 4,716.80 Rural Basic Landfill Total: 5,411.21 SECONDARY ROAD: Aramark, Shop Supplies 155.13 Austin Cooper, BC/HS Oct.Mowing 150.00 Barco Municipal Products Inc., Flexible Marker 727.32 Bierschbach Equipment & Supply, Supplies 22.00 Bomgaars, 07-015-2 Supplies 731.19 Brandon Cooper, Arthur Mowing 165.00 Calhoun-Burns & Associates Inc., 2017 Bridge Inspection 3,701.80 City of Arthur, Utility 118.52 City of Battle Creek, Utilities 15.25 City of Holstein, Utility 32.66 City of Ida Grove, Utilities 39.65 CJ Cooper & Associates Inc., of Random Tests 160.00 Counsel, Maintenance Contract 39.63 Diane Cooper, Meals/Mileage 132.21 Equipment Blades Inc., Blades 1,500.00 Frontier, Co. Engineer, 712-364-2920 71.25 Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov 2016 95.56 GCC Alliance Concrete Inc., M-4 Mix Haul Charge 2,618.00 Goettsch Dispatch Inc., Trucking 10,405.37 Graham Trailers, 110 V Charger 48.12 Hallett Materials, Road Gravel 111,697.63 Hanson Auto Supply, Supplies 598.12 Ida County Sanitation Inc., Garbage 18.56 Interstate Power Systems Inc., Parts/Filters 285.66 Iowa Dept. of Transportation, BRS-Co47(47)--60-47 1,241.07 Iowa Office Supply Inc., Office Supplies Engineer 165.25 Iowa Prison Industries, Signs 6,340.70 Iowa State University, Registration 550.00 Jim Hawk Truck Trailers Inc., Parts 31.79 Kauffman Lighting, Light Bulbs 1,228.90 Kriha Fluid Power, Parts/Tools 7,523.36 Malcom’s Paint & Hardware, Supplies 42.75 MBW Products LLC, Parts/ Service 997.75 McCormick Motors Inc., Latch 19.75 Mid-America Publishing Corp., Laborer Ad 35.20 MidAmerican Energy, Utilities Co. Shop 104.27 Mile 2 Tire & Lube, Tire Repairs 374.95 North West REC, Sept. Services 312.89 Noteboom Implement LLC, Battery/Core Charge 272.70 Overhead Door Co., Repairs 154.00 Powerplan, Parts/Filters 779.84 Ramada Northwest Inn & Suites, Lodging, ICEOO Conf. 123.20 Rees Mack Sales & Service, Parts 696.42 Sac County Engineer, Granular 1,740.00 Selections, Fabric 64.26 Sexton Oil Co., Gas/Diesel 11,271.73 Siouxland Trailer Sales, Repair Lines 35.00 Stevenson Hardware, Equip./ Tools 713.98 Sundquist Engineering PC, Engineering Grant 22 4,159.75 Titan Machinery, Mounting Kit 87.69 Vander Haags Inc., Painting Services 375.00 Verizon Wireless, WirelessSurvey Equip. 40.01 Vetter Equipment, Oil Filter 23.00 Vollmar Motors Inc., Battery/ Services 197.35 Zep Sales & Service, Sundry Supplies 182.08 Ziegler Inc., Parts 407.01 Secondary Road Total: 173,820.28 REAP: Amazon, Supplies 3.12 Ida Grove Cenex/HASH Inc., Night Crawlers 24.46 Ida Grove Food Pride, Acct. 183 Supplies 55.30 Reap Total: 82.88 IDA COUNTY SELF FUNDING: Benefits Inc., Nov. Self-Fund Med. Premium 890.00 Ida County Self Funding Total: 890.00 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Bomgaars, 07-009-5 Supplies 18.48

Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov 2016 6.05 Pronto, Fuel-Emgy. Mgmt. 121.47 SIMPCO, FY2017 Hazmat Team 3,686.90 The Hoffman Agency, FY16 Audit Emmg. 19.00 Emergency Management Total: 3,851.90 E911 SURCHARGE AGENCY FUND: Alpha Wireless Comm. Co., Batteries/Charger 147.75 Centurylink, 712 233-0022 Lines 283.83 Frontier, 515-197-4293-030502-7 EMS 50.00 Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov. 2016 6.05 Frontier Comm. of Iowa (213), Lines 519.23 The Hoffman Agency, FY 2016 Audit E911 7.00 E911 Surcharge Agency Fund Total: 1,013.86 PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY: Bomgaars, Supplies 07-056-6 13.98 Brownells Inc., Ammo. 719.96 Casey’s General Store Inc., Fuel 967.75 Eric Luebbert DO PC, X-ray 72.00 Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov. 2016 215.85 Hawkeye Community College, Registration 255.00 Horn Memorial Hospital, Prisoner Bill 1,138.00 Ida Grove Cenex/HASH Inc., Fuel 1,869.57 Ida Grove Community Rec. Center, Room Rent 45.00 Ida Grove Food Pride, Prisoner Meals 5,171.99 Iowa Dept. of Public Health, Renewal of Radioactive 250.00 Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, Registrations Jail School 960.00 Iowa Ofﬁce Supply Inc., Files 17.25 Iowa Prison Industries, Car Detail 344.85 Jack’s Uniforms & Equipment, Uniform/Vehicle/Shipping 4,566.47 Keltek Inc., Shipping 64.07 Lewis Family Drug LLC, Acct. 101734-8 Prisoner Meds. 75.78 Long Lines Internet, Internet 7.50 Lovett Enterprises Inc., December Storage 55.00 Marco Inc., Lease/Copies 444.94 Marlin Leasing Co., Documentation Fee/ Insurance 215.76 Mile 2 Tire & Lube, Maintenance 1,718.05 NIMCO, Supplies/Shipping 373.60 Oral Surgery Associates, P.C., Prisoner Dental 185.00 Pronto, Fuel-Sheriff 659.13 Secretary of State, Notary-A. Nollen 30.00 Selections, Supplies 38.65 Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC, Phone/Tape/Batteries 272.08 Solutions Inc., Backup/Labor 701.93 Taser International, Cartridge/ Battery 469.74 The Hoffman Agency, FY2016 WC Audit 2,111.00 U S Cellular, Air Cards 461.76 Vanmeter & Associates Inc., Registration 170.00 VISA, Fuel 2,293.84 Vollmar Motors Inc., Vehicle Maintenance 461.58 Watch Guard Video, Install Kit/ Shipping 315.00 Western Iowa Tech, Registrations 315.00 Public Safety Agency Total: 28,047.08 COUNTY ASSESSOR: Bomgaars, 07-051-6 Batteries 4.29 Counsel, Lease 6OF63 49.82 Frontier, Phone Chgs. Nov. 2016 20.16 Joe Cronin, Sept./Oct. Mileage 556.69 Long Lines Internet, Internet 7.50 Vanguard Appraisals Inc., Pro Version Upgrade 2,500.00 County Assessor Total: 3,138.46 COUNTY TOTALS $265,259.56 The Board acknowledged receipt of manure management plans from Angola Pork, LLC/ Jasper Pork. There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meet again at 9:00 a.m., Monday November 28, 2016, or on call of the Chair. /s/ Lorna Steenbock /s/ Rhett A. Leonard Auditor Chair

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Na onal Hospice and Pallia ve Care Month In recognition of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has issued the following proclamation calling for increased awareness about advance care planning. Whereas, all people are encouraged to learn about options for care – options like hospice and palliative care – before they are confronted with a healthcare crisis and to share such wishes through appropriate advance care planning activities; Whereas, hospice and palliative care empower people to live as fully as possible, surrounded and supported by family and loved ones, despite serious and lifelimiting illness; Whereas, hospice and palliative care bring patients and family caregivers the highest quality care delivered by an interdisciplinary team of skilled professionals that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists,

counselors, health aides, spiritual care providers and others who make the wishes of each patient and family a priority; Whereas, advance care planning involves making decisions about the healthcare an individual would want to receive if he or she were facing a serious or lifelimiting illness or if they were unable to speak for themselves; Whereas, through pain management and symptom control, caregiver training and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support, allowing patients to live fully up until the final moments, surrounded and supported by the faces of loved ones, friends, and committed caregivers, hospice and palliative care focus on quality of living; Whereas, each year, hospice saves Medicare more than $2 billion by providing solutions for physicians, care to patients and comfort to families anywhere, at any time. Whereas, every year more than

1.65 million Americans living with life-limiting illness, and their families, received care from the nation’s hospice programs in communities throughout the United States; Whereas, more than 430,000 trained volunteers contribute 19 million hours of service to hospice program annually; Whereas, hospice and palliative care providers encourage all people to learn more about options of care and to share their wishes with family, loved ones, and their healthcare professionals; Now, therefore, be it resolved, by virtue of the authority vested in the board of directors of the NHPCO, does hereby proclaim November 2016 as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and encourage citizens to increase their understanding and awareness of care at the end of life and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs.

Obituaries To keep our readers better informed, funeral information will be posted on our website (www.idacountycourier.com) within hours of receiving it at our of ice. Priscella “Sal” Bresnahan Jan. 2, 1932 – Nov. 15, 2016 IDA GROVE – Services for Priscilla “Sal” Bresnahan, 84, of Ida Grove were Nov. 22, 2016, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Richard D. Ball officiated. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery at Ida Grove. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements. She died Nov. 15. Born Jan. 2, 1932, in Sac County, Priscilla Mae Francis was the daughter of Luther and Mabel (Chase) Francis. She graduated from Odebolt High School in 1951. On Nov. 18, 1952, she married Robert G. Bresnahan at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove. They lived and farmed in the Ida Grove area and retired in 2002.

dish at Thanksgiving. Cranberry township (Butler County), Pa., was the most populous of these places in 2015, with 30,458 residents. Cranberry township (Venango County), Pa., was next with 6,513 residents. Thirty-three—The number of counties, places and townships in the United States named Plymouth, as in Plymouth Rock, the landing site of the irst Pilgrims. The two counties named Plymouth, are in Massachusetts (510,393 residents) and Iowa (24,800 residents). Plymouth, Minn., is the most populous place, with 75,907 residents in 2015. There are also May lower, Ark., whose population was 2,431, and May lower Village, Calif., whose population was 5,779. 24 million—The number of U.S. residents of English ancestry as of 2015. Some could very well be descendants of the Plymouth colonists who participated in the autumn feast that is widely believed to be one of the irst Thanksgivings, especially the 650,000 living in Massachusetts. Sixty- ive hundred—The number of members of the Wampanoag American Indian tribal grouping as of 2010, roughly half of whom resided in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag were in attendance at the irst Thanksgiving, playing a lead role in the historic event, and were essential to the survival of the colonists during the newcomers’ irst year. 243 million—The forecasted

number of turkeys raised in the United States in 2016. That is up 4 percent from the number raised during 2015. 44 million—The forecasted number of turkeys raised in Minnesota in 2016. Minnesota topped in turkey production, followed by North Carolina (33 million), Arkansas (26 million), Indiana (20 million), Missouri (19.7 million) and Virginia (17 million). $19.3 million—The value of U.S. imports of live turkeys in 2015, with 99.9 percent of them coming from Canada and the remaining from the United Kingdom. When it comes to sweet potatoes, the Dominican Republic was the source of 37.9 percent ($5.5 million) of total imports ($14.5 million). The United States ran a $10.6 million trade de icit in live turkeys during the period but had a surplus of $126.2 million in sweet potatoes. 859 million pounds—The forecasted weight of cranberries produced in the United States in 2016. Wisconsin was estimated to lead all states in the production of cranberries, with 521.0 million pounds, followed by Massachusetts (estimated at 207.0 million pounds). New Jersey, Oregon and Washington were also estimated to have substantial production, ranging from 19.4 to 58.8 million pounds. 3.1 billion pounds—The total weight of sweet potatoes — another popular Thanksgiving side dish — produced by major sweet potato producing states in 2015.

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IDA GROVE– Services for Roger A. Segebart, 65, of Ida Grove will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, at Christensen–Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove. Private family burial will be in the Ida Grove Cemetery in Ida Grove. There will be no visitation. Christensen-Van

The Internal Revenue Service reminded Iowa taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) to plan on a refund delay until Feb.15. A recent federal law change aimed at making it easier for the IRS to detect and prevent refund fraud, requires the IRS to hold the refund of any tax return claiming either the EITC or ACTC until Feb. 15. By law, the IRS must hold the entire refund not just the portion related to these credits. “I want to remind folks that as we move into the holiday season, some refunds will be delayed next year so they should plan ahead,” said IRS spokesperson Matt Leas. “To avoid any further delays, it’s important that taxpayers ile as they normally would and not wait until later in the iling season.” As of June 2016, 206,000 working individuals and families in Iowa received $470 million in EITC alone, putting an average

BREAD OF LIFE FAITH CENTER Keith & Nancy Hair, Pastors 411 WASHINGTON AVE. - 712-364-2405 Sunday – 10 a.m. worship Wednesday – 7 p.m. worship

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Mark Aurand 330 S. MAIN ST. - 712-364-3630 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. worship

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Richard Salcido, Pastor 100 7TH ST. - 712-364-2918 Saturday – 6 p.m. worship Sunday – 8 a.m. worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday school & Bible class 10:30 a.m. worship

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and not only the credit portion will be held until Feb. 15, the IRS encourages taxpayers to ile a complete and accurate return the irst time, which will likely result in a faster refund. Amended returns take up to 16 weeks to process. The IRS also encourages taxpayers to consider a taxwithholding checkup. By adjusting Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certi icate, taxpayers can ensure the right amount is taken out of their pay so that they will not have to pay too much tax or wait until they ile their return to get a refund. Taxpayers should submit the revised form to employers, and employers will use the form to igure the amount of federal income tax to be withheld from pay. For help, use the Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov. The IRS has a special page on IRS. gov with steps to take now for the 2017 tax iling season.

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~ Battle Creek ~ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Kevin Freese 600 3RD ST. - 712-365-4938 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship 10:30 a.m. fellowship 10:40 a.m. Sunday school

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor Kristin Boysen 300 CRAWFORD ST. - 712-282-4361 Sunday – 10:30 a.m. worship

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Randy Cormeny 602 5TH ST. - 712-365-4477 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship 8:30 a.m. education hour

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Randy Cormeny, Interim STORY AVE. - 712-365-4328 Sunday – 10:25 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. worship

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH HIGHWAY 175 & M31 - 712-367-2472 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. worship 6 p.m. prayer meeting

ChristensenVan Houten Funeral Homes “caring for families of this area since 1908” Joshua & Christie Van Houten

SILVER CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor Kristin Boysen 1906 ORCHARD AVE. - 712-282-4703 Sunday – 9 a.m. worship

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Paul Egger, Pastor 406 MONONA ST. - 712-282-4700 Sunday – 9 a.m. Bible class 10 a.m. worship

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of $2,279 into the pockets of low-income working individuals and families. Similarly, 138,700 working individuals and families in the state received a total of $187.95 million in ACTC, an average of $1,354 per individuals and families. The IRS emphasizes that these are full-year totals for both of these credits and that only those claims iled before Feb. 15 will be affected by the new law. To avoid any further delays on their refunds, the IRS asks Iowa taxpayers to ile their returns as they normally do, not wait to ile later in the season. Whether or not claiming the EITC or ACTC, the IRS cautions taxpayers not to count on getting a refund by a certain date, especially when making major purchases or paying other inancial obligations. The IRS issues more than nine out of 10 refunds in less than 21 days, some returns however, are held for further review. Because the entire tax refund

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SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Richard Ball 800 N. MAIN ST. - 712-364-2718 Saturday – 5 p.m. confessions; 5:30 p.m. Mass Sunday – 10 a.m. confessions; 10:30 a.m. Mass

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Shari O’Bannon, CRE 321 MAIN ST.- 712-364-3829 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, Bible study 10:30 a.m. worship, followed by fellowship coffee

Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove is in charge of arrangements. He died Nov. 16 at Odebolt Specialty Care in Odebolt. Condolences may be sent online to www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Federal refunds delayed to Feb. 15

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Chad Lierman, Pastor 312 MAIN ST. - 712-364-2412 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. worship

Priscilla was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove and served on the Sacred Heart Altar Society. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening, baking, time with her grandchildren and making rosaries. Survivors include her son, Dennis Bresnahan of Ida Grove; her grandchildren: Jon Bresnahan of Hinton, Jeana (Carl) Braun of Lawton, Sara (Justin) Oehm of Salix, Justin (Lacy) Bresnahan of Sloan; her great-grandchildren: William and Audrey Braun, Treven and Lylee Oehm and Kinley Bresnahan; a sister, Lois Good; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Mabel Francis; her husband, Robert Bresnahan; her son, David Bresnahan; a brother, George (Deloris) Francis; an infant brother, and a brother-in-law, Jorden Good. Condolences may be sent online to www. christensenvanhouten.com.

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Thanksgiving has long tradition in the U.S. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Many regard this event as the nation’s irst Thanksgiving. The Wampanoag Indians in attendance played a key role. Historians have recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America. These include the British colonists in Virginia as early as 1619. The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday 153 years ago (Oct. 3, 1863) when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clari ied that Thanksgiving Day should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional ifth Thursday. Thanksgiving facts according to the United States Census Bureau. Four—The number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course. Turkey Creek village, La., had 444 residents in 2015, followed by Turkey City, Texas (396); Turkey Creek census designated place (CDP), Ariz. (351); and Turkey Town, N.C. (296). There are also 11 townships in the United States with “Turkey” in the name. Seven—The number of places and townships in the United States named Cranberry, a popular side

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From the Ida County Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Log Thursday, Nov. 10 Of icers received 31 calls for service. Among the calls were eight traf ic stops, one call for jail activity and one abandoned 911 call. 8:03 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Second Street 8:06 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 100 block of Second Street 8:12 a.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 400 block of Walnut Street 8:23 a.m.: Medical assistance requested at Willow Dale Wellness Village 8:35 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Second Street 9:12 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 100 block of Highway 175 11:36 a.m.: Assisted motorist on Market Avenue 11:43 a.m.: Road hazard reported on Highway 175 12:36 p.m.: Assisted with unlocking vehicle 1:13 p.m.: Emergency transport 1:17 p.m.: Medical assistance requested for breathing problems at Good Samaritan Community 1:56 p.m.: Non-medical transport 2 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity reported in the 6500 block of 330th Street 2:35 p.m.: Warrant served in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 3:35 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 4:30 p.m.: Assistance given in the 300 block of Highway 175 4:43 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Second Street 4:54 p.m.: Report of theft/ shoplifting in the 200 block of Moorehead Avenue 5:47 p.m.: Road hazard reported on Rohwer Street 8:08 p.m.: Non-medical transport 11:16 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity reported in the 2000 block of Indorf Avenue Friday, Nov. 11 Of icers received 26 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops, one 911 wrong number and one call for jail activity. 7:03 a.m.: Controlled burn on Keystone Avenue reported 8:39 a.m.: Emergency transport 9:22 a.m.: Property reported recovered, returned or found 9:53 a.m.: Animal complaint on Keystone Avenue 10:19 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Fifth Street 10:24 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 600 block of Walnut Street 10:50 a.m.: Call to talk to an of icer

11:22 a.m.: Assisted with unlocking a vehicle 12:50 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 200 block of Jasper Avenue 1:03 p.m.: Accident reported on Second Street, property damages only 1:22 p.m.: Accident reported in the 100 block of Second Street, property damages only 2:05 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 100 block of Davenport Street 4:43 p.m.: Assistance requested at the Holstein City Park 5:48 p.m.: Burning complaint from the 300 block of Walnut Street 6:08 p.m.: Welfare check requested 7:56 p.m.: Medical assistance requested at Char-Mac 9:21 p.m: Health and safety check requested 9:50 p.m.: Assistance requested in the 1000 block of Industrial Park 11:43 p.m.: Assisted motorist on Eagle Avenue Saturday, Nov. 12 Of icers received 31 calls for service. Among the calls were 11 traf ic stops, one call for jail activity and one abandoned 911 call. 1:24 a.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 500 block of Merkley Street for chest/heart pains 3:11 a.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 300 block of Sixth Street 7:47 a.m.: Vehicle ire reported to the 400 block of Moorehead Street 9:33 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 100 block of First Avenue 9:43 a.m.: Accident reported with animal involvement on Barnes Street 10:25 a.m.: Property reported recovered, returned/found 11:07 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 600 block of Walnut Street 12:15 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 1:24 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Second Street 2:55 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 2800 block of Buchanan Avenue 3:19 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 5400 block of 260th Street 4:13 p.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 100 block of First Avenue 7 p.m.: Report of a disabled vehicle in the 2000 block of Indorf Avenue 7:48 p.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 700 block of Ellen Street for reported fall 7:57 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 8:30 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Second Street

8:57 p.m.: Emergency transport 8:59 p.m.: Emergency transport Sunday, Nov. 13 Of icers received 29 calls for service. Among the calls were 14 traf ic stops, one alarm call, and two 911 transfers. 12:20 p.m.: Suspicious person reported on Main Street 1:35 p.m.: Accident with injuries reported in the 100 block of First Street 2:21 p.m.: Report of fraud/ scam from the 4900 block of 300th Street 2:45 p.m.: Road hazard reported in the 300 block of Moorehead Avenue 4:09 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 4:46 p.m.: Civil dispute reported in the 100 block of Davenport Street 5:25 p.m.: Report of theft/ shoplifting from the 100 block of Lubeck Street 7:01 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 7:14 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 10:03 p.m.: Accident reported with animal involvement on Keystone Avenue 10:22 p.m.: Assisted motorist on Highway 175 10:46 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer Monday, Nov. 14 Of icers received 28 calls for service. Among the calls were 10 traf ic stops, two calls for jail activity and one abandoned 911 call. 5:01 a.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 6:29 a.m.: Health and safety check requested 7:51 a.m.: Report of theft/ shoplifting from the 200 block of First Street 8:10 a.m.: Suspicious person/ activity reported in the 400 block of First Street 8:20 a.m.: Non-medical transport 9:12 a.m.: Controlled burn reported on Carriage Avenue 11:08 a.m.: Criminal mischief reported in the 200 block of Lakeview Drive 11:27 a.m.: Report of theft/ shoplifting from the 600 block of Second Street 12:48 p.m.: Medical assistance requested in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 12:52 p.m.: Warrant served in the 400 block of Moorehead Street, arrest made 2:21 p.m.: Report of fraud/scam from the 400 block of Moorehead Street 8:08 p.m.: Emergency transport 9:40 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 9:40 p.m.: Medical assistance requested for breathing problems in

the 300 block of Second Street Tuesday, Nov. 15 Of icers received 25 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops, one call for jail activity and one call for info/data. 6:34 a.m.: Animal complaint on Highway 175 6:42 a.m.: Assisted with unlocking a vehicle 7:06 a.m.: Animal complaint on Alpine Avenue 7:43 a.m.: Report of fraud/scam from the 2200 block of Indian Avenue 9:54 a.m.: Report of theft/ shoplifting, but property later recovered 10:30 a.m.: Animal complaint on Highway 175 1:30 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 2:54 p.m.: Brush/grass ire reported in the 2300 block of Quail Avenue 2:57 p.m.: Report of reckless drivingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;speeding on Eagle Avenue 3:49 p.m.: Civil dispute reported in the 300 block of Maple Street

4:12 p.m.: Accident reported with fatality on Landmark Avenue near 240th Street 4:39 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity reported in the 300 block of Fourth Street 6:20 p.m.: Report of disabled vehicle to the 400 block of Moorehead Street 7:24 p.m.: Report of fraud/ scam from the 4900 block of 300th Street 7:30 p.m.: Animal complaint on Highway 175 7:58 p.m.: Welfare check requested in the 100 block of Lubeck Street 9:55 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 300 block of Railroad Street 11:27 p.m.: Health and safety check requested to the 400 block of Moorehead Street Wednesday, Nov. 16 Of icers received 20 calls for service. Among the calls were two traf ic stops, one alarm call, one 911 transfer and one call for jail activity. 4 a.m.: Animal copmlaint from the 5200 block of 250th Street 6:55 a.m.: Accident reported with

animal involvement on Highway 175 8:03 a.m.: Road hazard repoerted on Highway 175 8:32 a.m.: Road closure notice from the Ida County Engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of ice on Highway 20 near German Avenue 9:09 a.m.: Report of a stolen vehicle from the 200 block of Highway 175 10:08 a.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 10:53 a.m.: Warrant served in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 11:21 a.m.: Medical assistance requested at Holstein Good Samaritan Community 12:56 p.m.: Assistance requested in the 100 block of King Street 1:57 p.m.: Emergency transport 3:01 p.m.: Emergency transport 3:58 p.m.: Warrant served with the Cherokee Police Department in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 5:34 p.m.: Assisted an outside agency 8:36 p.m.: Brush/grass ire reported on Carriage Avenue 8:50 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer

Iowa corn and soybean production expected to set records Iowa corn and soybean production is forecast to be at record highs according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Production report. All crop forecasts in this report are based on Nov. 1 conditions and do not re lect weather effects since that time. The next production estimates will be published in the Crop Production 2016 Summary report, which will be released on Jan. 12. Corn If realized, corn production would be a record high of 2.69 billion bushels, surpassing last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record of 2.51 billion bushels. Based on conditions as of Nov. 1, yield is expected to average 199.0 bushels per acre, up one bushel from the October forecast, and seven bushels per acre higher than last year. If realized, yield would set a new record high for a second consecutive year. Acres harvested for grain remain unchanged from October at 13.5 million acres. Corn forecasted production is up

in all nine Iowa districts from 2015. The central and east central districts are expected to have the highest yields in the state, with average yields of 206 and 205 bushels per acre, respectively. The lowest yields are expected in the south central and southwest districts, where yields are expected to average 182 and 188 bushels per acre, respectively. The west central district, which includes Ida and Sac counties, is forecast at 194 bushels per acre, which is up .9 per bushels from 2015. Compared with 2015, the largest yield increases are expected in the southeast, south central, and east central districts where yields are up 19, 18.8, and 15.9 bushels per acre, respectively. The largest production is expected in central Iowa, where production is forecast at 407.7 million bushels. Soybeans Soybean production in Iowa is forecast at 561 million bushels. If realized, this will be the largest crop on record, 6.80 million bushels

above last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record high. The Nov. 1 yield forecast is a record high 59 bushels per acre, 2.5 bushels more than the previous record set last year. Area harvested remained unchanged at 9.50 million acres. Soybean production is forecast to be up in six Iowa districts and yields are forecasted to be higher in all nine districts compared to last year. The northwestern district is expected to have the highest yield in the state, with a 61.5 bushel average yield. The north central and northeastern districts are also expected to average 60 bushels per acre or more. The lowest yields are expected in the south central district despite having the largest yield increase from a year ago. The northwestern district is expected to have the largest production, at 93.5 million bushels. The west central district, which includes Ida and Sac counties, is forecast at 58 bushels per acre, which is up 1.7 per bushels from 2015.

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Mock trial par cipants receive performance awards O-A/BC-IGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Middle School Mock Trial teams did an excellent job of representing the school at the Middle School Mock Trial Competition in Council Bluffs Nov. 1, according to their coaches. Each team competed in two rounds of competition. Fourteen teams competed in the regional contest. The eighth grade team inished with 226.75 points. Team members were Truman Clark, Zach Dunker, Eric Sibenaller, Trust Wells, Kylee Dausel, Emma

Schirrmacher, Joie Matthies, Lillian Hoffman, Elle Schroeder and Anna Winterrowd. The seventh grade team inished with 216.25 points. Team members were Anna Mogensen, Caleigh Loger, Mary Carlson, Melissa Hewitt, Alexis Ulrich, Aidan Bower, Jaxson Claussen, Nick Larson, Jackson Godbersen and Nainoa Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien. Both O-A/BC-IG teams should be congratulated on outstanding performances against tough

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THANK YOU: The family of Earl Heilman would like to thank everyone who helped Earl & me when we both became so ill & then to all who have been supportive to Daren, Kevin & me since Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. The Holstein Ambulance Service was so quick & caring when we called for help. The staff at Horn Memorial Hospital & the Morningside Healthcare Community were the best & welcomed us when we needed you. Thank you to Pastor Dorrie, who went above the call & gave Earl rides to the hospital to see me & then so quickly gave him a beautiful funeral service. Thank you to Joann Reimers & Ramona Schuett for the rides & to all who have visited us, brought food or have sent ďŹ&#x201A;owers, cards or memorials. A special thank you goes to the United Methodist men & women who served the lunch for Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral. A heartfelt thank you goes to Nick Jensen for helping our sons plan everything from a distance & to the American Legion for a very meaningful military funeral. Marianne Heilman Kevin Heilman & Family Daren Heilman & Family 47-1t/cra THANK YOU: The tenants & staff of Golden Horizons would like to extend a big thank you to all our area veterans & spouses who joined us on November 8. 47-1t/cra THANK YOU: What a nice shower of beautiful cards I received for my â&#x20AC;&#x153;big birthday.â&#x20AC;? It was so much fun reading them. Thanks, also, for the gifts, many phone calls & on-the-street greetings. A special thank you to our 500 card club (going on 57 years now) for the wonderful birthday surprise. And---a really special thank you to the 14 elves who came to our place one weekend when we were gone. They did some much-needed work around here for us. You 14 elves are wonderful, & we love you dearly! All the tasks that were done was the best gift we could ever get. Edna Phillips 47-1t/cra*

THANK YOU: What a wonderful day, a beautiful fall day. Thank you all for helping me celebrate my 100th birthday; 100 years is a long time. Thank you for all the visits, phone calls, ďŹ&#x201A;owers, gifts & all the beautiful cards with special messages added. All my friends & relatives from far & near, thank you. Maybe some of you can reach 100 years, one day at a time. Thanks to the girls in the kitchen; you had a workout. Last, but not least, thanks to my grandkids & great-grandkids for hosting the party. It was great! With Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blessings. Barb 47-1t/cra* THANK YOU: Thank you, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Town Winery,â&#x20AC;? for the neat wine purse & â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tabithaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cutting Edgeâ&#x20AC;? for the free haircut & hairspray which I won at the Battle Creek Medical Auxiliary card party & delicious luncheon. It was a fun afternoon. Edna Phillips 47-1t/cra* THANK YOU: You may have said a prayer, sent a card or ďŹ&#x201A;owers, shed a tear or given a much-needed hug & for all your kindness, we want to thank you for remembering us in the loss of our mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother & friend. The Family of Marilyn Nailor 47-1t/cra

Pets NOTICE: 8th Street Grooming & Boarding. Grooming available for small & medium-sized breeds. Boarding available for all sizes of well behaved, housebroke family dogs. Open Mon., Tues., & Fri. by appointment for grooming. Ph. 712-342-9012. Becky Pigott, 703 8th St., Correctionville, IA 51016. 7-tfc/cra

For Rent FOR RENT: Apartment in Ida Grove, above Hillside. Single-bedroom. No pets. Appliances furnished. $450/month, utilities included. Deposit required. Ph. 712-371-2449. 39-tfc/cra FOR RENT: In Ida Grove. Two-bedroom, onebath apartments. One furnished, one unfurnished. Ph. 712-3712577. 43-tfc/cra FOR RENT: In Ida Grove. Single-bedroom apartment. Appliances & utilities furnished. One-car garage. Ph. 712367-2344. 44-tfc/cra FOR RENT: OfďŹ ce space or small business. Formerly Flowers by Carole Ann building site. 503 First St., Ida Grove. $350 per month. Ph. 712-371-2449. 46-tfc/cra FOR RENT: Two-bedroom at 108 S. Lena, Holstein, Iowa, 51025. $625. Ph. 712-870-2083. 46-tfc/cra FOR RENT: In Battle Creek. Two-bedroom for rent. Carport. No smoking in apartment. No pets. One-bedroom, second-ďŹ&#x201A;oor, economy apartment. No smoking. No pets. Contact Bev at 712-371-2367. 46-tfc/cra

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HELP WANTED: Full-Time ED Tech/EMT for the day shift. AEMT or paramedic certiďŹ cation preferred but not necessary. Full & part-time RN & Nurse Aide positions available. Apply by December 5 to www. hornmemorialhospital.org. EEO. 47-2t/cra HELP WANTED: Temporary Farm Labor: Ag Pathways LLC, Goodhue, MN, has six positions, three-mo. experience for operating large farm equipment for planting equipment for planting, operate skid & pay loaders for nutrient application & manure spreading, spring & fall calving, vaccinating, ear tagging, feeding supplements, operating hay equipment for swathing, raking, baling & hauling hay to storage, operating large silage harvesting equipment; repair, clean & maintain building & equip.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employerpaid, random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans.; trans. & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $12.02/hr., increase based on experience, may work nights, weekends & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 1/1/17â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10/7/17. Apply & review ETA790 requirements at nearest IA Workforce OfďŹ ce with Job Order 9087646 or call 515-2819336. 47-1t/cra* FULL-TIME RECEPTIONIST: United Bank of Iowa is seeking applicants for full-time Receptionist in Ida Grove. Duties include answering & directing telephone calls, taking messages, greeting customers & visitors & other clerical duties as assigned. Applicants must have skills in MS Outlook, Excel & Word, enjoy working with the public & have a satisfactory credit and criminal history. To apply, visit our website www.unitedbk.com; click on Careers located in the upper right corner & follow the instructions. Equal Opportunity Employer/ Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran. 47-1t/cra

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REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or equivalent, able to stand for long period of time, able to meet the physical demands of the position, must be able to pass background check. Contact Connie at 515-395-1451 or email at connie@eastforkswine.com to request an application. *Certain requirements must be met.

Assistant Human Resources Director

Buena Vista University has an immediate opening for an Assistant Human Resources Director. This position is responsible for overseeing the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, as well as development and maintenance of the system. This position plans, organizes, and facilitates employee trainings and development. Additionally, this position works with faculty, staff, and students on a daily basis in regards to new employee orientation, payroll, beneďŹ ts, and overall HR questions. A Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in a related ďŹ eld is required and 5 years of human resources experience is preferred. A background check will be conducted on the ďŹ nal candidate. Send letter of resume and application, and at least three references to: To apply, please: â&#x20AC;˘ Complete an electronic application at www.bvu.edu/hr, and â&#x20AC;˘ Send a cover letter and resume to Human Resources one of three ways. Email: humanresources@bvu.edu Mail to: Buena Vista University, Human Resources Department, 610 W. 4th St., Storm Lake, IA 50588 Fax: 712-749-1449

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Ida County Courier

Courthouse Report Real Estate Transfers Joseph and Pamela Nelson, real estate contract to Forrest Pirigyi and Genesis Thoreson, Lot 4, Block 1, Schmidt’s First Addition, Ida Grove. Clerk of Court Due to a change in procedures at the Ida County Clerk of Court of ice, information is only provided electronically. The following information is from data iled by the Ida County Clerk of Court of ice. Traf ic and other charges might include charges that were dismissed. For more information on speci ic cases contact the clerk of court or visit www.iowacourts.gov. Traf ic charges Speeding Thomas Elliott, Holstein; Deborah Schillinger, Correctionville; Calvin Oberndorfer, Galva; Joseph Gadberry Jr., Columbia, S.C.; Rory McGinnis, Hubbard, Neb.;

Edward Smith Jr., Carroll; Lisa Hare, Cherokee; Kimberly Houser, Storm Lake; Charles Dickinson, Wellington, Kan.; Glenn Mixon, Sioux City; Camilo Pastrana, Denison; Daniel Pelowski, Lecenter, Minn.; Ashaley Basey, Ida Grove; Jeffrey Kuchel, Remsen. Other Ethan Bruning, Holstein, driving while license under suspension. Loren Misko, Holstein, driving while license under suspension. Donavon Davenport, Ida Grove, maximum gross weight violation. Donavon Davenport, Ida Grove, maximum group axle weight violation. Isidro Hernandez, Sioux City, seat belt. Kurt Koski, Rich ield, Minn., no valid driver’s license. Criminal Darnelle June, St. Cloud, Minn., probation violation (sex offender registration violation), probation

revoked, $315 ine imposed, two year prison term imposed. Mark Wray, Oskaloosa, public intoxication—third or subsequent violation, 30 days in jail, $625 ine suspended. Trevor Sila, Mapleton, possession of drug paraphernalia, $100. Steven Roeder, Ida Grove, ifth degree theft, $65, $55.34 restitution. Kevin Skinner, Ida Grove, third degree harassment, dismissed. OWI Zebariah Treiber, Lake City, contempt—failure to pay ine (OWI), 10 days jail, may purge jail sentence by paying ine as ordered. Nathan Stoll, Denison, OWI, deferred judgment, one year unsupervised probation, $1,250 civil penalty. Judgments and Liens Against Michelle Reed, in favor of LF Noll Inc.

Area fire departments respond to calls Area fire departments responded to four fire calls during the past two weeks. On Nov. 7 at 10:08 a.m., the Holstein Fire Department responded to a combine and field fire east of Holstein. According to fire chief Rex Reisdorph, a bearing got hot and started a fire in the combine that then spread to the field. The damage cost to Kevin Wulf ’s combine was unknown. There was minor damage to the field. Five firemen responded to the fire and were at the scene a half hour. On Nov. 15 at 2:54 p.m., the Arthur Fire Department was called to a ditch fire at 2387 Quail Ave. According to fire chief Paul Rydberg, Gordon Haefner was burning the ditch when

the fire got out of control. The department was at the scene a half hour. On Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m., the Odebolt Fire Department was called to the city burn pile west of town when the fire spread to nearby corn stalks. The department was at the scene 45 minutes. On Nov. 16 at 8:36 p.m., the Holstein Fire Department was

called to a standing cornfield fire near Carriage Avenue and 190th Street. Klint Cork farms the field. A bearing got hot in the combine and spread to the cornfield. Eleven Holstein firemen were on the scene for an hour and a half. The Cushing Fire Department provided mutual aid. The combine sustained $3,000 to $4,000 damage and four to five acres of corn were lost.

The reported The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on one theft reported during the past week. On Nov. 12, Jamie Holbrook of Holstein reported a theft from her vehicle. Items taken included: cigarettes, snow boots, Carhart coveralls, a Stanley shovel and other miscellaneous items valued at $305.

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