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Calendar

Library Events for December

Keota Advocates on track for student center upgrade

Cooking Club: Tues., Dec. 20 at 2 p.m.

LIBRARY CLOSED: Dec. 23, 24, 26 – Christmas Kids’ Craft Days: Tues., Dec. 27 & Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10 am Christmas Break Movie Days: Tues., Dec. 27 “The BFG” & Thurs., Dec. 29 “Kubo and the Two Strings” at 2 p.m.

LIBRARY CLOSED: Dec. 30, 31 & Jan. 2 – New Years

Amie Van Patten Regional Editor The Keota Advocates are hoping to redesign the student center over the summer with new lockers. Advocate member Andy Conrad said the lockers that are currently in the high school have been in place since 1972, and the hopes of the Keota Advocates is that this upgrade will help with school spirit and make the appearance more upbeat when you walk through the doors.

The project will be done in three phases, with phase one being complete over summer break.

Members of Keota Advocates plan to tour Iowa Prison Industries and have begun gathering prices and looking into a new design. The plan is to have 15 x15 half lockers line the walls with the second phase being two meeting tables including charging stations, new carpet around the window area and modern furniture. For the third phase, new technology will be installed including a television that will show announcements so that information is more readily accessible to students and families.

Phase one will be completed over the summer and the project when complete is estimated to cost around $30,000. Advocate Shelly Hammen reports, “The advocates have been shown an amazing amount of support throughout

Keokuk County Historical Society Hours

Closed for Christmas will be December 22nd, 28th, and 29th. Regular hours will resume after New Year’s Day. If there is no school or school is delayed, the KCHS will be closed. Please call (641-622-3005) to be sure we are open on winter inclement weather days. Regular hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Keokuk Co. Recycling Center schedule for the holiday season.

Christmas: Open Saturday, Dec. 24 from 7 a.m. until 12 Noon, closed Sunday, Dec. 25 and Monday, Dec. 26, and reopen on on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 7 a.m.

New Years: Open Saturday, Dec. 31 from 7 a.m. to 12 Noon, closed Sunday, Jan. 1 and Monday, Jan. 2, and reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 7 a.m.

Hypnotist John Greene

The Keota Eagle Advocates will be hosting a hypnotist on Friday, December 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Libertyville Savings Bank, Lyle Insurance, Just My Style, and Schmitty’s. Proceeds benefit renovation of student lounge and lockers

this adventure. Businesses have come to us as well as individuals and they are asking us to support this cause.

“The Keota Advocates have been hosting several events in order to help raise money towards this renovation. These include the Tour of Homes, wreath sales, craft shows and on December 30 will be hosting a hypnotist, John Greene who will be hypnotizing local community members Dan Stout, Gene Brenneman, Marcus Galindo, Jenny Hobbs, Zach Mousel, Chris Conger, Michael McNurlan, Casey Sieren, Paden Uphold, Brianna Duwa, Nikki Frederick, Grace Shemanski, Luke Greiner, Jack Eakins, hunter Wilson, Gracie McHugh, Olivia Sieren, Kylie Beinhart, Jace Uphold.

Tickets for this event are on sale at Lyle Insurance, Just My Style, Libertyville Savings Bank and Schmitty’s.

Shelly Hammen stated, “Without the local support of our community members as well as businesses, these events and upgrades would not be possible. The support that we have received is beyond amazing and makes us so happy to show what being an Eagle is all about; the pride and support of being a community”. If you would like to come watch, as these community members are hypnotized, you are guaranteed to have a great time.

Jillian and Jamie Schulte selling poinsettias for FFA

Poinsettias raise money for FFA program Amie Van Patten Regional Editor As the Christmas holiday season comes near, the FFA have been busy finishing off their sales of Poinsettias. During the Holiday Fair on December 3, members were displaying

and selling the poinsettias they had for sale.

Alyssa Amelon says that the FFA has sold an abundance of poinsettias raising money that the FFA uses for projects and costs for conference trips and more.

Library Holiday Program at Wilson Memorial Library

TTT Fresh Pecans

The TTT Club has fresh Pecans at the Libertyville Savings Bank

Hospice Tree of Memories

The Keokuk County Hospice will be holding a lighting ceremony on Wednesday Dec. 7 in the Keokuk County Courthouse Rotunda at 6:30 p.m. To remember a loved one contact Keokuk County Hospice Auxillary.

Washington County Blood Drives for the month of December Washington, IA - Washington Noon Kiwanis Club will host a community blood drive from 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm on Thursday, December 15 at United Presbyterian Church, inside the Fellowship Hall.

Washington, IA - Hy-Vee will host a community blood drive from 3 pm to 6:30 pm on Monday, December 26 at 528 Highway 1, inside the MVRBC Hemobile (parked in the Hy-Vee parking lot).

Tax refund to be delayed in 2017

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Keokuk County Fair Queen Grace Shamanski helped the children at the Library Holiday program.

This Week’s Color In The Keota Eagle Is Brought To You By

Tessah Hayes, daughter of Leah and Trevor Hayes of Keota with her ornament from the Christmas Program at Wilson Memorial Library.

Farmers Cooperative

Amie Van Patten Regional Editor The Internal Revenue Service is planning on holding taxes until February 15 for the millions of Americans who are able to file and claim earned income tax credit or additional child tax credit.

This date is a congress approved change that is aimed in helping on the fight against tax refund fraud and identity theft.

The IRS wants people to be aware of the change so that they are not caught with holiday bills from over-spending that they would use their refund money to pay off.

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Community MENUS AND CALENDARS Church Services Keota Senior Center Bethel United Methodist Church

Pastor Nick Needham 319-329-6020 6 miles East of Sigourney on Highway 92.

Website: thebethelumc.org Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.

Worship at 10:30 a.m.

Alive at Five every first and third Sunday at 5 p.m.

Holy Trinity Parish

109 N Lincoln St. Pastor Rev. Charles Fladung 641-622-3426 Email - fladungc@diodav.org Deacon Jim Striegel – 641-634-2896 Bookkeeping – Bulletins – Secretary Kara Sobaski – 319-461-4501 Email – kmdotski@hotmail.com Parish Office Phone – 641-636-3883 Office hours are - Wednesday & Friday from 9 - 11 a.m.

Bulletin deadline is Wednesday at 9 a.m. For ease in relaying messages for bulletin, send via email to: stmarysgrnyia@telecom.net.

Service is at 8:30 a.m. on Sundays Mass Schedule for Holydays and Holidays through 2016 Holy Day of the Immaculate Con-

Bob Mills’ Birthday Thinking of you on your Birthday

May the winds of love blow softly, And whisper so you’ll hear, We will always love and miss you And wish that you were here.

We hold you tightly in our hearts And there you will remain, Life has gone on without you But will never be the same.

Your loving parents, Tom and Shirley, Deb and Steve, Ryan & Jenny, Natalia & Adriana, Sierra, Danielle & Jessi

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ception of Mary Wednesday, December 7 @ Holy Trinity Keota, 7 p.m.

Thursday, December 8 @ St. Mary Sigourney 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday, December 10 Mass @ 4 p.m.

Holy Trinity Religious Education Program during Mass Soup/Santa after Mass in Parish Center.

Sunday, December 11 Mass @10:30 a.m. St. Mary Religious Education Program during Mass Breakfast with Santa following in Parish Center Christmas Eve and Day Saturday, December 24, 2016 @ 4 p.m. Saint Mary Sigourney Saturday, December 24, 2016 @ 6 p.m. Holy Trinity Keota Sunday, December 25, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m. Holy Trinity Keota Sunday, December 25, 2016 @ 10:30 a.m. St. Mary Sigourney New Year’s Eve and Day Saturday, December 31, 2016 @ 4 p.m. - Holy Trinity Keota Sunday, January 1, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. - Holy Trinity Keota Sunday, January 1, 2017 @ 10:30 a.m. - St. Mary Sigourney

United Church of Faith

Pastor Michael Druhl 201 North Ellis Street, PO Box 208 Keota, IA 52248-0208 (641)636-3825 keotaucf@cloudburst9.net - email www.keotaucf.org - webpage Keota UCF – facebook page Sunday Worship Service - 9 a.m.

Youth Sunday School – 9:15-10 a.m. (3 year olds thru Kindergarten) Wednesday, December 14 – UWF @ 1:30 p.m.

Kids Club – after school until 5 p.m.

Worship committee @ 5 p.m.

Finance meeting @ 6 p.m.

SPPR @ 7 p.m.

Sunday, December 18 – Choir practice @ 8 a.m.

Sunday, December 18 - Liturgist: Joan Anderegg Usher: Larry Sanders Greeters: Molly & Jeff Sprouse & Joan & Bill Anderegg Candle Lighters: Carson & Caden Sprouse Musician: Angie Carr Sunday, December 18 – Children’s Christmas Program Choir will sing during service Saturday, December 24 – Candlelight Service @ 7 p.m.

Grace Family Church

Rev. Dar Eckley, Pastor 23536 Hwy. 78, Box 64, Ollie Sunday Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Sunday school-10:15 a.m.

RocKnowledge Youth Group is Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Holy Trinity Catholic Parish

Rev. Charles Fladung Rectory: 641-636-3883 109 N. Lincoln St., Keota Saturday Night Mass: 5 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Ollie Baptist Church

Gary Reeves, Pastor 641-667-2841 208 South 3rd St Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays: 9 a.m. Sewing and Quilting

Prairie View United Methodist Church

Pastor, Dave Peterson 27131 Highway 78, Ollie Sun, August 14 9 a.m. Sunday Worship w/ Communion, followed by fellowship Tuesday, August 16 9 a.m. Bible Study Sunday, August 21 9 a.m. Sunday Worship followed by fellowship

Richland United Methodist Church

Tim Schoepf, Pastor 106 W. South St., Richland Phone: 319-456-2251 Worship Times: Adult Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.

St. Joseph

Rev. David Brownfield 235 11th St. Wellman Sunday Mass at 8 a.m.

Ss. Joseph and Cabrini

Rev. Robert Striegel St. Joseph, 1174 Reed St., East Pleasant Plain and St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 308 W. Main, Richland Sunday Mass at 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Sacrament of Penance 8 a.m. Sunday

Keota Music Boosters Birthday Calendar

November 30-December 6 November 30-Andrea Hahn, Andrew Streigel, M/M Aaron Lyle, M/M Bill Miller December 1- David Anderson, Brian Dahlquist, Turner Klein, Norma Richardson, M/M Larry Fagen, M/M Eric Berg December 2- Keary Quigley, Suzan Greiner, Abby Buesing, Blake Taul December 3- Allana Berg, Gavin Bird, M/M Kevin Greiner December 4- Andrew Hahn, Kelsey Streigel, M/M Jim Flynn December 5- Ashly Barta, Becky Wickencamp December 6- Lori Dickey

Sigourney Senior Center Lunch Menu

Submitted by Milestones Area Agency on Aging Wednesday, December 14:Sweet and sour pork, brown rice, lima beans, banana bread, orange wedges, birthday cake Thursday, December 15: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, poultry gravy, broccoli with cheese sauce, vanilla pudding with bananas Friday, December 16: Beef stew, spinach, mandarin orange salad, plumb halves, crispy rice bar Monday, December 19: Beef macaroni casserole, lima beans, confetti coleslaw, strawberries and bananas Tuesday, December 20: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, spinach, vinegar, peaches and yogurt, chocolate chip bar Wednesday, December 21:Meatload, baked potato, sour cream, broccoli cuts, banana Milk, Whole Wheat Dinner Roll, and Whole Grain Bread/Muffins, Margarine, and Skim Milk are offered with all meals. This menu provides a general balanced diet that meets the RDA’s/RIA’s for adults.

Lunch Menu

Submitted by Milestones Area Agency on Aging Wednesday, December 14:Sweet and sour pork, brown rice, lima beans, banana bread, orange wedges, birthday cake Friday, December 16: Beef stew, spinach, mandarin orange salad, plumb halves, crispy rice bar Monday, December 19: Beef macaroni casserole, lima beans, confetti coleslaw, strawberries and bananas Wednesday, December 21: Meatloaf, baked potato, sour cream, broccoli cuts, banana Milk, Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Bread/Muffins and Margarine are offered with all meals. This menu provides a general balanced diet that meets the RDA’s/RIA’s for adults.

Keota CSD Breakfast and Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change.

Wednesday, December 14 Breakfast: Cheese omelet, whole grain toast, orange smiles, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, fresh baby carrots, blueberry oat muffin, pineapple tidbits Thursday, December 15 Breakfast: Whole grain pastry, fresh mixed fruit, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Chicken fajita, salsa and whole grain corn tortilla chips, refried beans, orange wedges Friday, December 16 Breakfast: Yogurt, whole grain chocolate chip muffin, pears, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Cowboy cavatina, tossed salad with Romaine, green beans, whole wheat roll and jelly (9-12), fresh banana Monday, December 19 Breakfast: Whole grain French toast stick, applesauce, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Baked chicken drumstick, savory rice, fresh broccoli, corn, oatmeal roll, sliced peaches Tuesday, December 20 Breakfast: Whole grain cinnamon roll, mixed fruit, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Pork rib on a bun, leaf lettuce and tomato, tri-tater, green beans, fresh kiwi, cookie (9-12) Wednesday, December 21 Breakfast: Whole grain cereal, string cheese, apples, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Lasagna, garden spinach salad, whole grain breadstick, apple wedges, marinara sauce (9-12)

December Calendar

Red Cross Blood Drive at Lego Acres

A Red Cross blood drive will be held at Lagos Acres on December 20 from 10-3. To donate please contact Melanie Saresky at 319-461-1372

Bingo

Bingo is held every Friday at the Keota Health Care Center at 1 p.m.

KCSD Board Meeting

The Keota School Board meets the second Thursday of each month, typically at 6:30 p.m.

Keota VFW Auxiliary

The VFW Auxiliary meets the third Tuesday of each month, typically at the VFW building.

Keota Unlimited

Keota Unlimited meets the second Monday of each month in the Libertyville Savings Bank conference room at 7 p.m.

Keokuk County Supervisors

The Keokuk County Supervisors meet weekly on Mondays at 8:30

a.m. at the Keokuk County Courthouse boardroom.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Meetings for AA (open) are held in the Wellman Municipal Building basement every Thursday at 8 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support

Alzheimer’s Support Group meetings are held the first Monday of each month at the Presbyterian Church in Washington at 6:30 p.m.

Keota Eagle Deadlines

The Keota Eagle deadline for all content and advertisements is Friday at noon. The Keota office is open on Wednesdays. Submissions can be dropped off at the office, mailed to P.O. Box 18 Keota, Iowa 52248, or emailed to keotanews@midamericapub.com.

Eagle Advocates still have a small number of Fresh Wreaths Available!

Call Sheila Horras 641-636-3018

Thank you to all who contributed gifts, food, money and to those who helped with the many tasks in preparing for the local mission Christmas project which was held on Saturday, December 3. Our sincere appreciation goes to the congregations of Holy Trinity Parish and United Church of Faith for all of your support. A special thanks to the fantastic CYM members and leaders, Ed and Keota Eagle Foods for their generous donation, the students and staff at Keota Schools for the enormous amount of food they collected, plus the many organizations and individuals who so generously contributed. Your generosity and kindness helped to touch the lives of 36 families.

Goodwin Senior Dining Menu

December 14- December 20 December 14- Chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, Italian vegetables, butterscotch surprise December 15- Beef and Noodles, green beans, cottage cheese, peanut butter sandwich, rice crispy bar December 16- Spaghetti with meat sauce, mixed green salad, garlic bread, jell-o cake December 19- Potluck December 20- Beef Goulash, 3bean salad, cheesy biscuit, apricots

Early Deadline

There will be an early deadline for the Dec. 28 issue of the Keota Eagle. Please have your news items and ads in by noon on Thursday, Dec. 22.

Office Closed Our offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 26 in celebration of Christmas.

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Opinion / Editorial / Local News

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Primer Time

By Travis Fischer It’s December! And you know what that means?

That’s right. Star Wars!

Now, if you’re a regular reader of this column, we know you’re a cool person that knows the ins and outs of Star Wars lore, but just in case somebody happens upon these words and is a bit confused about where everything goes, here’s how it breaks down.

The first three movies, released between 1977 and 1983, are what we fondly call the “Original Trilogy.”

This trilogy is about Luke Skywalker joining the rebel alliance against the Galactic Empire and having to fight Darth Vader while blowing up the occasional Death Star. These movies were called Episode IV, V, and VI, but those numbers really didn’t mean anything until twenty years later.

Outside of a couple cartoons and a Christmas Special that would make you question your own sense of reality, that was pretty much it for the on-screen adventures in a galaxy far, far away. The stories largely continued in the novels, comics, and video games that made up the Star Wars extended universe.

Then came the late 90s and George Lucas decided it was time for another trilogy of movies, this time a Prequel Trilogy going over the rise and fall of Luke Skywalker’s dad, Anakin. (Spoiler Alert: Darth Vader is Luke’s father) “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace” hit theaters in May of 1999. It was the most anticipated movie of all time and everybody loved it.

For about fifteen minutes.

Once the rush of watching the first Star Wars movie in nearly two decades wore off, people realized that not even awesome lightsaber fights set to an amazing soundtrack could

What a great community event we celebrated last Saturday. It was a great success as a fundraiser for Eagle Advocates but also a very enjoyable day for the hundreds who participated. We so appreciate the community support for all the events. The vendors for the Holiday Market had something unique and creative for everyone to value and an opportunity to show their talents to the community. All said the customers were great, their day was profitable and readily agreed to come back next year.

The Tour of Homes was a big success with 220 people from all over enjoying the decorating talents of our gracious hosts.

Eagle Advocates extends their appreciation to Gene and Lisa Brenneman, Brett Romoser and Darren Hoffman, Craig and Robin Hansen, and Brian and Shannon Greiner for assisting us in making the student commons project a very real possibility. Everyone sang the praises of how beautiful the homes were with each one being unique and interesting .

The soup supper sponsored by the Speech department ended the day and was also a big success because they ran out of food which is wonderful. A huge round of applause once again to our Keota Community for being so supportive.

Sheila Horras, Chairperson, Eagle Advocates Keota, IA

Greiner graduates from Upper Iowa University Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce Sarah Greiner of Keota, IA, graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor/Science: Nursing degree in Nursing in August.

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Travis Fischer is a writer for Mid America Publishing

distract away from the fact that the rest of the movie is about an annoying kid, a racist caricature, and trade negotiations.

Episodes II and III were better, but not by much. Yes, we do get to see the legendary Clone Wars in action and witness the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker. Unfortunately such grand moments in history were portrayed by the completely unconvincing and wooden performances of Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman.

For twenty years people begged George Lucas to make more Star Wars movies. After the Prequel Trilogy people begged him to stop.

Lucas listened. He sold the franchise to Disney in 2012 for $4 billion, most of which he has donated to charity, which almost makes up for Jar Jar Binks.

The good news, George Lucas can’t do any more damage to the Star Wars franchise.

The bad news, now it’s in Disney’s hands.

Immediately after the sale, Disney went to work to make sure that their investment would pay off. No more waiting decades between Star Wars movies. We’ll be getting a new entry in the franchise every year until we are old and grey, starting with “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.”

Kicking off a whole new era of Star Wars, last year’s Episode VII was the most anticipated movie of all time and everybody loved it.

For about fifteen minutes.

Once the rush of watching the first Star Wars movie in a decade wore

off, people realized that most of the movie consisted of repeating things that happened in Episode IV and setting up mysteries to be answered in future movies down the line.

Which brings us to this week and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Rogue One will be the first in a series of Star Wars anthology movies, telling stand-alone stories from various eras in the Star Wars timeline.

In this case, Rogue One tells the story about the rebels that stole the plans to the first Death Star, setting off the chain of events that led to a farm kid meeting two droids and saving the galaxy.

In other words, the eighth Star Wars movie will take place after the sixth Star Wars movie and immediately before the first Star Wars movie, which is the fourth episode in the overall saga. Simple, right?

Then, next year, we’ll get to see Episode VIII, continuing where Episode VII left off and hopefully telling an original story this time instead of making another homage ridden reunion special. Following that, in 2018, we’ll get a standalone movie about a young Han Solo, also set between Episode III and IV. And finally, in 2019, Episode IX will wrap up the first trilogy of the Disney era.

And from there it’s anybody’s guess. With Disney in control, Star Wars movies will probably continue for infinity and beyond.

(Speaking of which, “Toy Story 4” is also slated for 2019.)

Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing and hopes to see an Obi-Wan anthology movie somewhere down the line.

By Tomisha Sprouse It seems like just yesterday I was prepping for the Summer Reading Program and already our Holiday Program at the Library is over!

Where have the days and months gone? I have to admit this is my favorite time of the year, although it is cold, it seems like there is magic in the air!

On Saturday, December 3, the library hosted their 2nd Annual Holiday Program at the Library.

The kids made gifts of hot chocolate ornaments. They filled plastic ornaments with hot cocoa, peppermint pieces, marshmallows, and even put on a gift tag. There was a coloring station, a cookie decorating station, and a station to make felt ornaments to put on their own trees at home. Santa and Mrs. Claus were gracious enough to take time out of their busy schedules to stop by to talk to the kids, take pictures, and hand out candy. We had over 80 people attend and we are already planning next year’s event! A special note to our wonderful volunteers – Niki Osweiler, Katie Allaman, Linda Allaman, Tina Schmitt, Kaitlyn Schmitt, Kathy Davis, and our Keokuk County Expo Queen Grace Shemanski for coming to help out all morning! I greatly appreciate your time and help with this event!

Other happenings at the library include the continuation of the “Old Files” Program. This is the “Old Files” that are published in “The Keota Eagle” each month. It takes literally hours to get the information gathered, typed up, and submitted, so I greatly appreciate those who attend this event! This month Roger Richardson, Phyllis Wright, Karen

Dickinson, and Laurel Gifford were able to help out!

LEGO Club continues to grow and grow! It is really neat and exciting when the kids arrive each month!

We meet at 3:45 p.m., have a snack and discuss what we will be building that day, and then dive into our projects. Last month we worked on characters and then for a different kind of build, we each built a tower out of tooth picks and marshmallows. The kids had a lot of fun trying to see who could build the tallest tower without it falling over.

This month we will be putting together the 3 in 1 kits. If you have any LEGOs laying around and want to get rid of them, the library can ALWAYS use more LEGOs! Our Cooking Club continues to meet each month. If you are interested in seeing what it is all about, feel free to come check it out! They meet on Tuesday, December 20 at 2:00 p.m. this month. Each month they choose a theme for the following meeting, then make the food at home and bring it in to share with the other group members. All the food looks delicious that they have brought in each month!

We are still showing “Downton Abbey” each month as well – We are on Season 1; Episode 4, if you have ever heard of the show and are interested in seeing what it is all about, stop by and check it out. We show an episode the first Tuesday of each month at 2:00 p.m.

During Christmas break this year, we will be trying something new. On Tuesday, December 27 and Thursday, December 29 we will have events for the kids. At 10:00 a.m. on each of those days, we will have a

There’s no place like home for the holidays

Amie Van Patten Regional Editor Sitting around with family and friends, enjoying hot cocoa and the newest movie, playing board games and laughing with those you love.

That is what the holiday spirit is about. There are many who are not able to go home for the holidays.On the other side there are some who do not receive Christmas cards or see family pass through the door, and spend the days alone.

Walk into any nursing home today, and you’ll see them: The aging lonely. They are easily recognizable.

Look for the sadness on their faces, the pain in their eyes. With a television on for company, these men and women sit alone in their rooms.

Their shelves are bare, their bulletin boards void of pictures, cards, or

any memento denoting love from the outside. Those sad eyes may even hold a twinge of bitterness, asking, “Why am I still here with no one to love me?” by Karrie Osborn.

This has really stuck with me.

While going to college, I worked in a nursing home and I saw those residents who never got visitors and wished that someone would come and see them. How often do we find those with no family or friends? I am sure we have all watched the commercial on YouTube about the German man who spends Christmas alone for several years to where he then fakes his own funeral announcement to bring his family together. This year at Christmas time, let’s think about those that have no family to go home to and who may spend it alone with nobody to come

visit. Just a simple Christmas card could brighten someone’s day. There are three local nursing homes that I am sure would love to share cards with residents that may not have anyone sending them any. Nursing homes are also always looking for volunteers to come and spend time with residents. Remember, volunteering to visit is always the best gift you could give them.

Keota Care Center: 204 North Keokuk Washington Road Keota, Iowa 52248 Sigourney Care Center: 900 S Stone St Sigourney, IA 52591 Manor House: 1212 South Stuart Street Sigourney, Iowa 52591

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craft project that we will work on for about 30-45 minutes. Then in the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on both days, we will be showing a movie. On Tuesday it will be “The BFG” and on Thursday it will be “Kubo and the Two Strings”.

Here is a list of our upcoming events: Tues., Dec. 20 at 2:00 p.m. - Cooking Club LIBRARY CLOSED: Dec. 23, 24, 26 – Christmas Tues., Dec. 27 & Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10:00 a.m. - Kids’ Craft Days Tues., Dec. 27 & Thurs., Dec. 29 at 2:00 p.m. - Christmas Break Movie Days LIBRARY CLOSED: Dec. 30, 31 & Jan. 2 – New Years New items on the shelves at the library: CHILDREN’S: “Last Stop on Market Street” by Mat De La Pena; “A Royal Christmas to Remember” by Jeanna Young; “Mother Bruce” by Ryan Higgins; NON-FICTION: “The Magnolia Story” by Chip and Joanna Gaines; “Armageddon” by Dick Morris; “Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely” by Lysa TerKeurst; FICTION: “Order to Kill” a Vince Flynn novel by Kyle Mills: “Leota’s Garden” by Francine Rivers; “Long Way Gone” by Charles Martin; “The Guise of Another” by Allen Eskens; “Night Watch” by Iris Johansen; “Night School”, “Without Fail”, “Echo Burning”, “Killing Floor”, “Running Blind”, “One Shot”, “Trip Wire”, “The Hard Way”, “Persuader” by Lee Child; “The Nest” by Terry Goodkind; “The Chemist”

by Stephanie Meyers; “Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett; LARGE PRINT: “The Wrong Side of Goodbye” by Michael Connelly; “The Whistler” by John Grisham; “The Award” by Danielle Steel; “A Sister’s Wish” by Shelley Shepard Gray; “The Cottage” by Michael Phillips; “The Enemy” by Lee Child; “Turbo Twenty-Three” by Janet Evanovich; “Chaos” by Patricia Cornwell; “No Man’s Land” by David Baldacci; “Cross the Line”, “Woman of God” by James Patterson; “The Most Wonderful Time” Fern Michaels; “Someone to Love” Mary Ba-

logh; “Sex, Lies, and Serious Money”

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by Jeff Kinney; DVDs: “Warcraft”, “The Infiltrator”, “X-Men Apocalypse”, “Neighbors 2”, “The Legend of Tarzan”, “Captain America: Civil War”, “Central Intelligence”, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates”, “The Shallows”, “Me Before You”, “The Darkness”, “Ice Age Collision Course”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows”, “Finding Dory”, “Nine Lives”, “Star Trek Beyond”, “Bad Moms”, Independence Day: Resurgence”, “Ghostbusters” (2016),

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Hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday season!

Treasurer Fitzgerald offers tips to protect your gift cards Over the years, gift cards have become one of the most popular gift items to give and receive. State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald wants Iowa consumers to make sure they take full advantage of their gift cards. “Each year, gift cards go unused because the cards are lost or forgotten,” Fitzgerald stated. “Prompt usage of gift cards reduces the likelihood it will be lost or stolen, and eliminates the need to worry about expiration dates and fees that can reduce its value.”

Whether you give or receive a gift card this holiday season, these tips can help protect the value of the card throughout the year: Treat a gift card like cash, give the original receipt to the recipient in the event it is needed to replace a lost or stolen gift card, buy gift cards from reputable retailers where you

know the recipient will shop, use the card as soon as possible, verify if the card has an expiration date or fees that reduce the card’s value over time.

“We encourage retailers to honor all gift cards they sell, even those that have expired,” said Fitzgerald. “In doing so, retailers stay on friendly terms with their customers.”

Consumers with questions or concerns regarding an expired gift card a retailer will not honor are encouraged to contact the state treasurer’s office. Please provide a copy of the gift card and a brief letter stating the circumstances of the complaint. The information can be sent to the address below or emailed to upreport@iowa.gov.

Michael L. Fitzgerald Treasurer of the State of Iowa

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By CJ Eilers News Editor A $36 million bond referendum proposed by Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) to fund renovations to their facilities in Ottumwa and Centerville was voted down by Keokuk County residents in a special election on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Six polling locations across the county recorded 176 votes for the public measure, which would allow Indian Hills to expand their Centerville campus, as well as make additions to both their Main Campus and North Workforce Campus in Ottumwa under a master facilities plan. Voters in Hedrick, Ollie, the Tri-County area and by absentee had a majority to accept the bond. Sigourney was a tie 18 to 18. The slight majority of voters in Keota said no, but the deciding factor was Richland, which voted no to the bond 40 to 11. All results are unofficial until canvassed at a later date. “”I had hoped this bond would go through to help our school districts,” Dennis Phelps, Superintendent of Keota and Tri-County Schools said. “We do our best to give our students a great education on the budgets we are on, and Indian Hills is one way we accomplish that. I am not completely aware of the situation, but it has to be difficult to cover such a large area and then people don’t always see the benefits a community college brings firsthand to their local districts.”

Pekin and Sigourney Superintendent Dave Harper also echoed the same sentiment, but states this decision does not bring any changes to how college education is provided to his students or through the Career Academy in Sigourney.

“This election does not impact any of our services at Pekin and Sigourney through Indian Hills,” Harper said.

“We will continue to have concurrent classes and any other programs they provide to our school districts.”

As part of the college’s 10 county region, IHCC is funded through 2.7 percent of county resident’s property taxes, which would go up to as high as 4.4 percent through this referendum.

While the $36 million bond and master facilities plan did not specifically

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Public Hearing PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Keokuk County Board of Supervisors will conduct a Public Hearing on December 27, 2016 at 8:31 A.M. in the Board Room on the First Floor of the Keokuk County Courthouse in Sigourney, Iowa, to consider the following proposal and make a decision thereon immediately after the Public Hearing: Keokuk County dispose of its interest in the following Real Estate by Sealed Bids with two highest bidders allowed to successively increase bid until highest bidder is established with conveyance from county to highest bidder

by Quit Claim Deed, to-wit: Part of the NE1/4 of Section 16, Township 77 North, Range 13 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Keokuk County, Iowa, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the NE Corner of said NE1/4; thence S 01º 26’20” E along the East Line of said Section 16 a distance of 392.65 Feet; thence S 89º 25’ 41” W along the South Line of Parcel in said NE1/4 a distance of 232.86 Feet; thence N 00º 14’51” W a distance of 89.55 Feet; thence N 89º 14’51” W to the West Line of said Parcel a distance of 912.75 Feet; thence N 01º 14’56” W along said West Line to the North Line of said NE1/4 a distance of 279.35 Feet; thence N 89º 17’46” E along said North Line to the Point of Beginning a distance of 1142.22 Feet.

Said Parcel contains 8.17 acres, and is subject to easements and restrictions of record.

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address facilities in Keokuk County, IHCC President Dr. Marlene Sprouse stated that technology improvements would be seen throughout the counties including Keokuk and would continue to provide qualified workers trained at their facilities. According to Bianca Myers, Director of Marketing and Community Relations for IHCC, 250 students from Keokuk County are currently enrolled in at least one course, which ranks fifth in attendance among the 10 county area.

According to unofficial results from all 10 counties, only Jefferson and Wapello Counties voted yes, with the rest of the regional counties voting no. Overall unofficial results indicate 1,966 votes were cast in favor, while 2,429 were against the bond referendum. In order for the bond referendum to pass, a 60 percent majority among all voters was needed, as opposed to the 45 percent projected by the unofficial results.

“These renovations are areas of need that Indian Hills has in order to better prepare our students for the industries they will enter after graduation,” Beth Danowsky, a member of the IHCC Board of Trustees and a Sigourney resident said. “We respect our voter’s opinions and we need to address their concerns with these renovations. By

investing in our campuses, we were investing in all our students, rather than by county.”

Dr. Marlene Sprouse, President of IHCC, stated that she is disappointed to see this bond election fail, but the college plans to find other ways to move forward.

“The message we got from this election is right now taxpayers did not want to engage in support of this particular bond,” Sprouse said. “We will have to decide if it’s because of the bond itself, or the tax climate. We are unsure if we will hold another election, but we do need to meet our facility needs.”

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF DECEMBER 6, 2016 INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPECIAL ELECTION PUBLIC MEASURE A Precinct # of voters YES NO Absentee 20 18 2 Keota 18 8 10 Pekin - Hedrick 23 12 11 Pekin - Ollie 18 10 8 Pekin – Richland 51 11 40 Sigourney 36 18 18 Tri - County 10 6 4 TOTAL 176 83 93

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Keokuk County Board Proceedings KEOKUK COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS DECEMBER 5, 2016 The Keokuk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Board Room of the Courthouse. All members were present.

Hadley moved, Wood seconded to approve the agenda. All ayes and motion carried.

Wood moved, Hadley seconded to approve the minutes of November 28, 2016 as submitted. All ayes and motion carried.

Met with Engineer McGuire regarding Keokuk County Highway Department.

Hadley moved, Wood seconded to approve said procedure for the disposition of Keokuk County parcel PRTOT 029950 located at the southwest corner of Highway 21 and County Road G14 approximately 2 miles east of Gibson and 5 miles north of What Cheer pending compliance of statutory disposition requirements thereof. All ayes and motion carried.

Hadley moved, Berg seconded to proceed with replacement of the low water crossing on 200th Street in Section 26 of Van Buren Township. A rollcall vote was held: Deke Wood – aye; Mick Berg – aye; Mike Hadley – nay. Motion carried. Quotes received: Iowa Bridge and Culvert @ $71,259 and McCulley Culvert, Inc. @ $89,998.90.

Wood moved, Hadley seconded to approve execution of Keokuk County grant award agreement with the Washington County Riverboat Foundation in the amount of $82,436 for the Lake Belva Deer Trail project as submitted. All ayes and motion carried.

Wood moved, Hadley seconded approval of claim listing dated December 5, 2016. All ayes and motion carried.

Met with Keokuk County Librarians. Library funds collected by Keokuk County are distributed one-third divided equally between the six (6) libraries; one-third divided on individual library circulation and one-third divided on city population in which the library is located. The

librarians requested additional funding for fiscal year 2018 to assist in efforts to increase quality of service.

Various board and committee reports were held. Wood participated in a Pathfinders conference call. Hadley attended Sieda, ISAC and Department of Iowa Freight meetings. Berg attended Empowerment and ISAC meetings last week.

Discussion of old/new business and public comment was held. Custodian Bruns entered to discuss the anticipated extensive repairs regarding the lawnmower breakdown on Sunday.

On vote and motion the meeting adjourned at 9:55 a.m.

The above and foregoing information is a summary of the minutes taken at the above indicated meeting. The full and complete set of minutes are recorded and available at the office of the Keokuk County Auditor.

CLAIM DATE: December 5, 2016 ADKINS & SON 7,975.68 AGRILAND FS 12,988.03 ALL AM PEST CONTROL 85.00 ALLIANT ENERGY 222.67 ALTORFER MACHINERY 890.76 BAIN ELECTRIC 412.45 BARRON MOTOR 99.74 BATES, CHRISTY 20.04 BERGER, LUANN 13.50 C J COOPER & ASSOC 95.00 CALHOUN-BURNS & ASSOC 8,935.50 CASTRO, DR ROBERTO 100.00 CENTRAL IA DISTRIBUTING 308.50 CENTRAL IOWA DET 318.00 CINTAS CORP 51.51 CLARION PLAINSMAN 213.18 CLUBB, BONNIE 155.40 DAVIS CO SHERIFF 19.82 DIRECTV 69.98 DOUDS STONE 11,829.77 FIRST RESOURCES 2,488.80 GILLILAND, TAMI 15.00 GOLDMAN, DAWN 29.25

GRP & ASSOCIATES 45.00 H & M FARM & HOME 16.52 HILLCREST FAMILY SERV 2,218.48 IOWA FIRE EQUIP CO 259.15 IOWA NARCOTICS OFF 25.00 IOWA PRISON IND 695.60 ITSAVVY 210.00 JEFFERSON CO SHERIFF 36.60 KEMPF, MARGARET 197.08 KEOKUK CO HWY DEPT 269.29 KEOKUK CO TOURISM 500.00 KIMBALL MIDWEST 85.48 LANKFORD, WENDY 195.52 LUMBER COMPANY 103.20 MAHASKA CO ENVIRON 7,500.00 MAIL SERVICES 610.06 MESSERSCHMITT, LAVADA 26.52 MILLER, LAURIE 48.60 MILLER, PAT SNAKENBERG431.60 MINKS FOUST, KATHY 75.40 MOORE, JANICE 30.68 OFFICE CENTER 63.60 QUILL CORPORATION 361.34 REPUBLIC COMPANIES 292.02 SADLER POWER TRAIN 167.49 SCHROEDER FRAME & ALIGN 110.50 SHIELD TECHNOLOGY 2,587.50 SIGOURNEY FIRE DEPT/QRS 774.00 372.11 SIGOURNEY, CITY OF SINCLAIR TRACTOR 42.09 SOUTHEAST IA ASSESSORS 300.00 STROBELS INC 2,703.57 STUTZMAN, STAN 150.00 THOMPSON, AMBER 931.09 THRELKELD-LARSON, VIRGINIA 98.28 U OF IA HOSPITALS & CLINICS 416.00 US CELLULAR 437.32 VERIZON WIRELESS 40.01 WAECHTER, MARILYN 216.32 WAPELLO CO SHERIFF 16.00 WINDSTREAM 1,181.92 WOOD, DARYL 158.40 TOTAL $72,336.92 SK50

Keota City Council Minutes DECEMBER 5, 2016 The Keota City Council met on December 5, 2016, at city hall. The meeting was called to order at 6:32 P.M. by Mayor Anthony Cansler.

Council members answering roll call were Davis, Westendorf, Greiner, Hill and Conrad.

City employees present were Conrad and Osweiler. Slaubaugh was not able to attend due to being on vacation. John Butters, The Washington Evening Journal; and Amie Van Patten, The Keota Eagle; were also in attendance.

Motion was made by Conrad to approve the agenda, Westendorf seconded the motion.

Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Officer Conrad asked that his employee evaluation be done in closed session per Iowa Code 21.5.1.i. Motion was made by Greiner, seconded by Hill to go into closed session for Officer Conrad’s employee evaluation. A roll call vote was taken: “Ayes”-Hill, Davis, Conrad, Westendorf & Greiner; “Nays”-None. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. Meeting went into closed session at 6:33 p.m. Motion was made by Davis to close the closed session and go back into open session, Westendorf seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken: “Ayes”-Hill, Davis, Conrad, Westendorf & Greiner; “Nays”-None. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Mayor Cansler called the regular meeting back to order immediately following the closed session at 6:45 p.m.

Officer Conrad presented the following police department report. He assisted with a standoff and will be doing his best to use his vacation by the end of the year. He issued no citations. There were eight complaints and service calls he responded to: burglary, disorderly conduct, two assist/service, three civil disputes and animal. Mayor Cansler asked what the burglary entailed. Officer Conrad said it was items missing from a garage. Motion was made by Westendorf to approve the police departments report, Conrad seconded the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

The mayor went over Osweiler’s employee evaluation and how the scoring is done. She received a four in job knowledge, five in work quality/use of time, five in safety/housekeeping, five in initiative/self motivation/attitude, four in communication/listening skills/public contact and five in dependability/attendance/punctuality. She was encouraged to continue to keep learning about her position and to ask for help when needed with customers that cause issues.

Motion was made by Conrad, seconded by Greiner to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Slaubaugh was on vacation. There was one bid submitted for the tear down of 206 South Ellis Street. Motion was made by Westendorf, seconded by Davis to approve Jamey Waterhouse Construction as the contractor for the tear down of 206 South Ellis Street. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. There were four bids submitted for the 2017 maintenance

of the cemetery. Mayor Cansler opened each one; they ranged from $14,500 to $20,000. The council discussed each one and asked Hill to describe what traits are needed, kind of work that is done and types of equipment needed.

Motion was made by Davis to approve Jeff and Carrie Garman (lowest bid) as the contractor for the 2017 cemetery maintenance, Westendorf seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken: “Ayes”- Davis, Conrad and Westendorf; “Nays”-None and “Abstain”-Hill and Greiner. Hill and Greiner abstained due to a conflict of interest. Motion passed with a majority vote.

The council discussed what information they would like on the paver at the VFW Memorial site for Officer Douglas Bell. They ask that the information be obtained and contact with D.Hobschedit be made to discuss his thoughts on the wording, too. This motion was tabled until the information is gathered and presented at the next council meeting.

Motion was made by Westendorf to approve Resolution 2016-24: A Resolution Accepting the Voluntary Agreement & Consent for Demolition & Clearing of 206 South Ellis Street, Conrad seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken: “Ayes”-Hill, Davis, Conrad, Westendorf & Greiner; “Nays”-None. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Davis informed the council that the draft for Ordinance 257 was not completed due to more information needed from the council. She presented the questions that need to be answered before the ordinance draft is completed. The council will have the building official and rental inspector review these questions.

Motion was made by Westendorf to approve the L.L. Pelling 2017 prices, Greiner seconded the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Motion was made by Davis to set the public hearing for annexation of 2030, 2034 & 2038 Keokuk-Washington Road for January 16, 2017, at 7 p.m. in city hall; Greiner seconded the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. Mayor Cansler ask that Attorney Flynn be present for this public hearing, too.

Osweiler presented the November Financial report below. Motion was made by Davis to approve the November Financial Report, Westendorf seconded the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

FUND

BEGINNING BALANCE RECEIPTS

LIBRARY CD 1 38597.9 9.62 LIBRARY CD 2 30365.97 7.57 SEWER CD 142398.69 71 SEWER VEH CD 19759.75 WATER CD 66475.08 WATER VEH CD 412.16 0.31 DARE 423.1

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38607.52 30373.54 142469.69 19759.75 66475.08 412.47 423.1

POLICE FORFEITURE 772.49 772.49 GEN FD INV 1430.15 0.18 1430.33 GEN FD LIBR INV 4914.49 0.61 4915.1 LIB BUILDING 1287.85 0.16 1288.01 LIB MEMORIALS 301.39 301.39 PERPETUAL CARE FUND 5617.41 400.73 6018.14 POLICE VEHICLE INV 12393.15 1.53 12394.68 PARK & CEM VEH 7497.64 0.92 7498.56 CITY HALL BLDG RPR 15965.17 1.97 15967.14 CIVIL DEFENSE FU 3132.66 0.39 3133.05 TENNIS COURT PARK 179.86 0.02 179.88 WILSON MEMORIAL LIB 17339.72 2.14 17341.86 T&A METER INV 22357.86 2.76 22360.62 SIDEWALK SAVINGS 9479.40 9479.4 WTR VEH SAVINGS 14491.37 14491.37 WTR TWR MAIN SAVINGS 6506.61 6506.61 SEWER VEH SAVINGS 6012.35 6012.35 SNOW EQUIPMENT SAVINGS 2500.99 2500.99 CHECKING 407595.68 109982.98 82676.86 434901.8 GENERAL 51993.44 41764.44 TRANS. IN TRANS. OUT 13119.9 DARE 0 0 ROAD USE 11256.21 18053.19 TRANS. IN 13119.9 EMPLOYEE BENE4535.71 6062.75 FITS DEBT SERVICE 965.06 0 CAPITAL IMPROV RESER 940.71 0 LIBRARY 271.24 4375.45 TRANS. IN LIBRARY MUSEUM 0 0 WATER 25993.7 8487.86 TRANS. IN TRANS. OUT CP. WTR. TRTMNT. PLANT 0 0 TRANS. IN CP. WTR. TOWER 0 0 TRANS. IN CP. WTR. MAIN DAVIS ST 1521 0 TRANS. IN

CP. WTR MAIN BROAD/ DAVIS 0 UTILITY DEPOSITS 602.76 593.32 TRANS. IN TRANS. OUT SEWER 12653.79 5911.42 TRANS. IN SEWER EXT-BROADWAY 0 0 TRANS. IN SEWER PLANT UPGRADE 0 0 TRANS. IN TOTAL 110733.62 85248.43 TOTAL T.I. 13119.9 TOTAL T.O. 13119.9 Motion was made by Davis to approve the payment of bills listed below, Greiner seconded the motion. Motion passed with a unanimous vote.

Osweiler asked for the morning of December 8 & 16 off and a few hours on December 13th. The council agreed to these requests, but ask that she post it.

Osweiler ask that all council members submit their extra meetings to her by December 14th at noon, so they may be paid for them.

There will be a budget meeting for revenues on January 9th at 6:30 in city hall, budget meeting for expenses on January 23rd at 6:30 in city hall and a pool meeting on January 30th at 6:30 in city hall.

Greiner ask that a letter be sent to 201 South Davis regarding their broken windows.

Conrad is going to be present for the second testing of 401 East Keokuk Avenue when it takes place. Conrad ask about the waste water system upgrade and how the CDBG grant money is affected if it is not drawn from within a year. Osweiler will contact the engineer to get answers for these questions.

Motion was made by Greiner seconded

by Hill to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 8:01 P.M. The next regular scheduled council meeting will be on December 19, 2016, in city hall at 6:30 p.m. There will be employee evaluations for Frederick and Slaubuagh at the start of the meeting with anticipated closed session, the rest of the meeting is anticipated to start at 7 p.m.

MAYOR ANTHONY CANSLER ATTEST: CITY CLERK, NIKI OSWEILER CITY OF KEOTA DECEMBER 5, 2016 COUNCIL MEETING FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER 22, 2016 -DECEMBER 5, 2016 FKG&C $1,462.50 LEGAL FEES UNITED STATES POST OFFICE $94.00 2 ROLLS STAMPS FOR NEWSLETTERS LIBERTYVILLE SAVINGS BANK $3,600.00 SWR EXT INTEREST PAYMENT UNITED STATES POST OFFICE $226.60 UTL. BILLS & 2 ROLLS STAMPS BAUGHMAN, MELINDA, PAYROLL $58.74 BYERS, NANCY, PAYROLL $154.51 CONRAD, DOUGLAS L., PAYROLL $1,719.88

FREDERICK, CRAIG, PAYROLL $1,140.31 HAMMES, TOMISHA, PAYROLL $876.77 OSWEILER, NICOLE, PAYROLL $1,096.69 SLAUBAUGH, KEVIN L., PAYROLL $1,280.12 ALL AMERICAN PEST CONTROL $30.00 NOV LIB PEST CONTROL $43.14 CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT 2 LP BOOKS $107.86 DEMCO, OFFICE SUPPLIES INFOMAX OFFICE SYSTEMS INC. $141.96 LIB FAX/COPIER/SCANNER NOV $149.19 KEOTA EAGLE FOODS PROGRAM SUPPLIES LIB NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY $10.00 SUBSCRIPTION $37.00 THE KEOTA EAGLE 1 YR SUBSCRIPTION $34.78 TOMISHA HAMMES MILEAGE FOR KEOKUK CO LIB MTG $136.72 WINDSTREAM LIB PHONE AND FAX NOV AREA 15 REGIONAL PLANNING COMM $167.27 ADMIN FOR WTR MN COX SANITATION & RECYCLING $4,289.25 NOV. BAGS, GRBG & RECYCLING $9.79 FARMERS SUPPLY SALES, INC SKID LOADER BULB FIRST NATIONAL BANK OMAHA $1,117.76 POSTAGE FOR LETTER AND WEBSITE $3,316.50 FLYNN LAW OFFICE TRAILHEAD LEGAL FOR LAND $82.54 FRANK WALKER UTL. DEP REFUND HOLLAND, MICHAEL, RAIBER & SIT $3,048.00 LEGAL FOR FLYNN $12.68 KEOTA EAGLE FOODS OFFICE SUPPLIES FOR SHOP AND C $100.00 KEOTA VFW MEMORIAL PAVER FOR MEMORIAL OFFICER DOU $78.36 KOCH BROTHERS CITY HALL COPIER/PRINT/FAX $34.27 MALLEY HARDWARE & APPL. OCT & NOV SUPPLIES $100.00 MATTHEW KUNTZ UTL. DEP REFUND 1 YR NONDELIQ $12.00 MERLYN DETWEILER 3 LAWN MOWER BLADES SHARPEN MID-AMERICA PUBLISHING CORP. $424.38 NOV. PUBLISHING FOR NOTICES AN $51.08 NICOLE OSWEILER MILEAGE FOR BUDGT MEETING $143.50 SEMCO LANDFILL STREET CLEANING $187.59 US CELLULAR CELL PHONES FOR ALL DEPT $40.03 VERIZON POLICE DEPT HOT SPOT IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY-AUTO W/DRAW, DEC LOAN PAYMENTS FOR WTR IMPR $12,466.46 IPERS-AUTP W/DRAW $2,685.72 NOV. IPERS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES $2,581.64 EFPT-AUTO W/DRAW 2ND HALF NOV SS/MED/FED W/HOLD $43,349.59 TOTAL K50

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES 32.73 SEIS HEALTH CARE PLAN, HEALTH INSURANCE 31,547.12 SORRELL GLASS, REPAIRS 231.76 SUPPLYWORKS, KITCHEN/CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES 532.59 TIME MAGAZINE, LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION 16.66 TRUEVALUE COMMERCIAL SUPPLY, CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES 1,144.93 WILLIAM V. MACGILL & CO., NURSE OFFICE SUPPLIES 54.95 WRIGHT, CRYSTIAL, REIMBURSEMENT 91.17 Total: 175,343.67 Fund: 21 STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND ADAM KAUFMAN, BB OFFICIAL 100.00 AQUA-PRO TURF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION FOR BSB FIELD 134.00 BARRICK,JR., ROBERT, OFFICIAL 50.00 BENNETT, GINA, REIMB FOR SPEECH SUPPLIES 197.94 BERMEL, JEFF, OFFICIAL 115.00 CAVE, BRANDI, SUPPLIES 229.61 COTTON, MARSHALL, OFFICIAL 100.00 COUNTY LINE MART, LLC, SUPPLIES 155.73 CRAIG, RICHARD L., OFFICIAL 50.00 CURTAINS UP COSTUMES, DRAMA SUPPLIES 45.00 DAHMS, DAR, ATHLETIC OFFICIAL 100.00 DEJONG GREENHOUSE, INC., SUPPLIES 537.95 GRAPHIC EDGE, UNIFORMS/TSHIRTS 455.09 HAZELTON, BRIAN, ATHLETIC OFFICIAL 100.00 HILL, ROD, REIMB. FOR CONCESSION SUPPLIES 316.89 HY VEE FOOD STORES, FFA SUPPLIES 470.69 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH ASS’N, DISTRICT ENTRY FEES 25.00 JACOBSEN, MICHAEL, REIMB FOR STUD CO SUPPLIES 23.43 KEOTA ADVOCATES, CHRISTMAS VENDOR FAIR 25.00 KEOTA COMM. SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACTIVITY ACCOUNT, START UP MONEY/SUPPLIES 725.00 KEOTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLINVESTMENT, REIMB FOR APRONS 34.05 KEOTA EAGLE FOODS, SUPPLIES 56.71 KEOTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, REIMBURSEMENT 630.00 KLEIN, STEVE, ATHLETIC OFFICIAL 115.00 KORNEY BOARD AIDS, BB SUPPLIES 748.38 LAGOS ACRES, FEE FOR USE

OF GOLF COURSE 4,000.00 MAHASKA BOTTLING COMPANY, SUPPLIES 797.10 MCCLENAHAN, JENNIFER, SUPPLY REIMB. 321.75 MINNTEX CITRUS, FFA FRUIT 18,816.98 MISC. ON MAIN,, ACTIVITY SUPPLIES 1,398.00 NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL CONVENTION FEES 350.00 OCONNOR, RON, ATHLETIC OFFICIAL 100.00 OMNI CHEER, CHEERLEADING SUPPLIES 334.73 PETERSON, NIK, ATHLETIC OFFICIAL 100.00 RICK SARTORIUS, BB OFFICIAL 100.00 SAM’S CLUB, MEMBERSHIP FEES 90.00 SAUNDERS, ROBERT, OFFICIAL 100.00 SOUTHEAST DISTRICT FFA, TREASURER, FFA REGISTRATION FEES 35.00 STOUT, DAN, REIMB BOYS BB SUPPLIES 59.52 SUEPPEL, TED, OFFICIAL 100.00 WASHINGTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, VB TOURNEY ENTRY FEE 70.00 WOLF FLORAL, SUPPLIES 63.00 Total: 32,376.55 Fund: 33 LOCAL OPTION SALES AND SERVICES TAX FUND AAA MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, IN, REPAIR SERVICES/ MAINTENANCE 4,149.40 ROSS CHEMICAL SYSTEMS, INC., REPAIRS 761.34 SERVPRO, JH GYM ROOF 7,817.58 SPORTSGRAPHICS, WALL PADS FOR HS GYM 3,433.00 Total: 16,161.32 Fund: 36 PHYSICAL PLANT & EQUIPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS,TECHNOLOGY SERVICES/COMPUTERS HARDWARE 4,730.60 Total: 4,730.60 Fund: 61 SCHOOL NUTRITION ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY, PURCHASED FOOD 1,289.94 EARTHGRAINS BAKING COMPANIES, INC., PURCHASED FOOD 127.00 KECK, INC., COMMODITIES 987.04 KEOTA EAGLE FOODS, SUPPLIES 5.37 MARTIN BROS. DISTRIBUTING CO., PURCHASED FOOD 5,324.14 REV TRAK, FEES FOR ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM 36.70 SEIS HEALTH CARE PLAN, HEALTH INSURANCE 3,108.52 Total: 10,878.71 K50

Keota School Board Minutes Keota School District Board of Education Meeting Keota Elementary School Media Center Keota, IA 52248 December 8, 2016 6:30 P.M. President Billie Kindred called the meeting to order and read the mission statement.

Board members present: Billie Kindred, Pat Hammen, Jim Tinnes, Aaron Sieren Board members absent: Scott Flynn Also present: Dennis Phelps, Gina Bennett, Nathan Carlson, Josh Smith Pat Hammen moved to adopt the agenda as written. Seconded by Aaron Sieren. Motion carried 4-0, Flynn absent.

Consent Items Jim Tinnes moved to approve the following consent items.

Minutes The minutes of the November 10, 2016 meeting.

Finance Report Business Manager Westendorf submitted a current financial report of the district.

Payment of Bills The bills as listed for December 8, 2016 and prepaid bills; Open Enrollment Rebecca and Nicholas Melvin request for their child, Ryeland, to attend Keota CSD for the 2016-2017 school year from the Mid-Prairie school district.

Sonya and Daniel Walshire request for their child, Sakura, to attend Keota CSD for the 2016-2017 school year from the Mid-Prairie school district.

Nicole Seeman requests for her child, Daren, to attend Mid-Prairie for the 2016-2017 school year from the Keota District.

Fundraising Requests Science Fair club – Jeans week – to raise funds for science fair project supplies High School Athletics – Elem/JH basketball tournaments – to raise funds for uniforms, additional supplies for their programs Student Council – selling t-shirts – to raise funds to donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation Personnel Hiring/Resignations A contract was offered to Madison Sieren, Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball coach, at a salary of $1058.25.

The consent items were seconded by Pat Hammen. Motion carried 4-0, Flynn absent.

Communications and Reports Student Reports/Programs/Celebrations 5th grade teachers, Tanner Wenger and Donna Stevens, updated the board on the various activities going on in their classrooms. Mrs. Stevens teaches 5th and 6th grade reading. Mr. Wenger teaches 5th and 6th grade science.

They enjoyed taking their classes to the Keota Veteran’s Memorial on Veteran’s Day. FFA advisor/Voc. Ag teacher, Alyssa Amelon and students presented about the Keota FFA trip to the FFA National Convention in October. Mrs. Amelon also updated the board on the Ag. Program in the Jr/Sr. High.

Community/Public Participation Request Rita Sheetz and Amy Schulte from the Keota Athletic Boosters talked about possible grant writing opportunities for the district and other school related entities. These grant opportunities would be available through a subscription to the website called Grant Gopher. This will be discussed at a future board meeting.

Non-Action Items Secondary/Elementary Door & Building Security Update Superintendent Phelps will review the quotes with the building principals and report back to the board at the January meeting.

Discussion to explore an interest in a Voted PPEL (Physical Plant and Equipment Levy) Superintendent Phelps presented information to the board about having a voted PPEL at Keota. In 2017-2018, the GO Bond for the JH gym addition will be paid for. The voted PPEL would help generate funds for new projects to update the school buildings. The board asked for additional information about the funds that would be generated from the voted PPEL. Superintendent Midyear Review Superintendent Phelps presented information about the superintendent review. The board discussed the review process. It was decided to have a closed session after the regular board meeting in January for the review of the Superintendent.

Possible Change in the April Board Meeting Date Superintendent Phelps discussed with the board about changing the April board meeting date. The regular board meeting date falls on a day when there is no school. The board discussed changing the date.

Old Business Action on: 2nd Reading to Adopt and Approve change in Board Policy 210.2 Pat Hammen moved to approve the 2nd reading to adjust the language change for Board Policy 210.2. Seconded by Jim Tinnes.

Motion carried 4-0, Flynn absent.

New Business Action on: Adjust the Start Time for Regular Board Meetings Jim Tinnes moved to approve the start time of the 2016-2017 regular Keota Board Meeting to be set at 6:00 p.m. Seconded by Pat Hammen. Motion carried 4-0, Flynn absent.

Action on: Adjust the Regular April, 2017 Board Meeting Date

Jim Tinnes moved to approve changing the April Regular Board Meeting to Wednesday, April 12th, 2017. Seconded by Aaron Sieren.

Motion carried 4-0, Flynn absent.

Administrative Reports Superintendent Report Superintendent Phelps reported to the board about the SICL Superintendents, GPAEA Superintendents, and the IASB Convention meetings that he attended. He also updated the board on the Secondary CTE task force mandates from the Iowa Legislature.

Secondary Principal Report Principal Nathan Carlson reported to the board that the Student Council held a food drive; all proceeds were donated to the United Church of Faith. In recognition of the efforts of the Keota CSD male staff members for participating in “No Shave November”, Libertyville Savings Bank donated money to the Trail Head project. The High School has a Student of the Week parking spot, the HS Staff will nominate students and there will be a random drawing for the honor. There will be other items available to the non-drivers. Mr. Carlson attended the Smarter Balance Training.

Elementary Principal/Curriculum Report Principal Josh Smith reported that the Kindergarteners had their Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 22nd. The Elementary Fine Arts Night was a successful evening! Thank you to all the teachers, but especially, Gidget Utterback, Jane Edwards and Mary Miller for their hard work with the students. The new iPads are being used everyday by numerous teachers throughout the day.

Mr. Smith attended the Curriculum Network Meeting and Smarter Balance Training in November. Mr. Carlson and Mr. Smith coordinated Iowa Assessments for the elementary and secondary testing. Mr. Smith completed the Pre-K Self Assessment & feedback from IA/Johnson/ Keokuk Early Childhood Initiative.

Activities Director Report Activities Director Rod Hill reported that the new wall pads for the HS gym were installed this week and they look great! The old wall pads were relocated to the JH gym. Thank you to the Athletic Boosters for helping with the additional cost of the new wall pads. After cleaning and painting in the weight room, there will be new equipment moved in.

Items/Topics for Next Board Agenda The next School Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in the Elementary Media Center at 6:00 p.m. There will be a closed session for the Superintendent Evaluation.

Work Session: Financial and Board Learning: Wednesday, January 11th.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Keota Community School Vendor Totals Report by Fund 11/11/2016-12/08/2016 Fund: 10 OPERATING FUND ALLIANT ENERGY COMPANY, ELECTRICITY 4,487.82 BAKER, BARB, PROF. DEV. MEAL 300.00 BLICK ART MATERIALS, ART SUPPLIES 18.79 CAPPER AUTO CENTER INC., TRANSPORTATION PARTS/SERVICES 180.80 CENTER POINT ENERGY SERVICES, RETAIL LLC, NATURAL GAS 389.84 CITY OF KEOTA, WATER AND SEWAGE 660.87 COX SANITATION & RECYCLING, IN, GARBAGE COLLECTION 440.00 D & R PEST CONTROL, PEST CONTROL (formerly General Pest Con) 40.00 DEMCO, LIBRARY SUPPLIES 180.00 FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, FUEL/SUPPLIES 2,150.87 GATTON, LINDSAY, REIMBURSMENT 5.99 GREAT PRAIRIE AEA, PROFESSIONAL DEV FEES 1,453.62 HAAN CRAFTS CORPORATION, HOME EC PROJECTS 153.85 HOLLAND, MICHAEL, RAIBER & SITTIG PLC, LEGAL FEES 440.00 HY VEE FOOD STORES, FFA SUPPLIES 41.46 INDIAN HILLS COMM. COLLEGE, CONCURRENT CLASSES/ TEXTBOOKS 15,451.47 IOWA TELECOM, WINDSTREAM, TELEPHONE 651.01 KEOTA EAGLE FOODS, SUPPLIES 115.02 KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TUITION FOR CLASSES 677.00 LIFETRACK SERVICES, SR CLASS EXIT SURVEY 195.50 MACKIN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, LIBRARY BOOKS 188.93 MALLEY HARDWARE, SUPPLIES 6.41 MARCO, INC., OFFICE METER READS/OFFICE SUPPLIES 1,480.67 MID-AMERICA PUBLISHING CORPORATION, ADVERTISING 189.51 MID-PRAIRIE COMMUNITY SCH. DIS, SHARING AGREEMENT 109,342.74 MILLER, JANNEA, REIMB FOR SUPPLIES 24.36 MOBYMAX, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES 99.00 PERFECTION LEARNING CORPORATIO, INSTRUCTIONAL 526.35 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS, LIBRARY BOOKS 1,799.88 SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC.,

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Keota Preschool Letters

Dear Santa, I want two Barbies and two Barbie horses. I want a tree house and a doll house for my Barbies. I want a playful mermaid tail that goes in the water. I want a pink and purple tent.

I like both of those colors. And I also want envelopes and the cards that go with them. I wish I had a new folder because I can’t find mine. I want it to be blue with Elsa on it. I also want an IPad because the one I had at my house went in the water. My sisters Gusty and Lilly want two violet tents. William would like a video game. I want a shirt with no sleeves.

Actually I want four of them. I want a Barbie set with Ken and all of her kids. I want a ballet player too.

I want a mermaid dress with Ariel on it if you can find it. When will it be Christmas? I am so excited for Christmas! I want a winter coat with Elsa on it and it needs to be fuzzier than a rabbit. I also want six dolls.

And I want a real phone to call people with a pink case that has a picture of Elsa, Anna, Christoph, Olaf, and me on it. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Josephine Greiner

toys. They have them at McDonalds.

They’re yellow. I want the Paw Patrol movie. I really like Paw Patrol toys.

I want blocks to build a tower all the way to the roof. I want a phone too.

My brother Rowan wants Star Wars stuff. I want all the red markers and my own paper. I want a toy pumpkin and Curious George books. I am sending you a card in the mail. I want some pretend leaves too.

Sincerely, Greyden Horning

Dear Santa, I want a Barbie house and I want a real phone. And I want stickers and a sticker book. I want rings and a toy pumpkin. I want a telescope so I can look through it at the sky. And I want a purple and pink skateboard.

I like you Santa, and I like your sweater!

Sincerely, Gia Jaegar

Dear Santa, I would like some new shoes and a green coat. I already have a sleeping bag and a tent so I don’t need that stuff. I would like a train set. Ho Ho Ho, Santa!

Sincerely, Case Fagen

Dear Santa, I want the snack and cereal Baby Live that comes with real play dough and a carrot and apple bowl.

Sincerely, Kaylee Pew Dear Santa I want light up shoes and a coffee pot.

Sincerely, Lucas Menke Gold Preschool Dear Santa, I want a guitar and a microphone.

I would also like a spy costume because I am getting the spy tools for it. I also want a sign that says stop on it. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely Landon Beinhart Dear Santa, I want a real turkey. I want a hamster for my room. Just a pretend one.

I have a rabbit at my house already but I want another one. I want a pretend mouse. My mom would get rid of a real one because it would bite.

Sincerely, Lucas Bender Dear Santa, I want Tiana and Sleeping Beauty dolls.

Sincerely, Ellyana Hahn Dear Santa, I want Paw Patrol toys. Marshall is my favorite. I also want happiness

Dear Santa, I want a ball and a sword. I want a real lion too.

Sincerely, Xander Myers Dear Santa, I want a trampoline and a pogo stick. I want a rainbow puppy, rainbow unicorn, and a rainbow donkey.

I want a rocket. I want some Legos too. And I want a doll house and a calendar. I want a rainbow pillow. I also want a rainbow couch that goes up and down.

Sincerely, Savannah Yoder

Dear Santa, I want a bunk bed for Christmas. I will sleep on the top and Robert will sleep on the bottom. I want a Power Ranger robot. I want a Christmas hat too.

Sincerely, Raiden Altheide Dear Santa, I want a Ninja Turtle lunch box and some makeup.

Sincerely, Adelinn Beinhart Dear Santa, I want a tablet. Olivia and Elyse have one, so I want my own. I want a Case IH tractor too with a wagon and big barn. I just want tractors, wagons, and trucks in the barn.

Sincerely, Emerson Lyle Dear Santa, I want a princess carriage that I can drive. I also want a Cinderella dress with a princess crown.

Sincerely, Catherine Beatty Dear Santa, I want a horsey and a racetrack and a baby puppy dog for me. And that’s all. No actually and a bunny rabbit that’s in a cage.

Sincerely, Isaac Flynn Dear Santa, I want clothes, baby dolls, books and Frozen toys.

Sincerely, Madalyn Graf

Keota Little Eagle Letters

Dear Santa, I would like some ornaments for Christmas. Jaylah wants an ornament, too. I love ornaments. How are the reindeer? I want some big balls too.

Sincerely, Daxton Redlinger

Dear Santa, I want a baler for farming and a remote control tractor. I want a trailer with a truck driving it. I will leave you cookies and milk at Christmas.

Sincerely, Henry Klein Dear Santa, I want a train set for Christmas. I also want a fire truck. I love you!

Sincerely, Cooper Kephart Dear Santa, I want a baby doll and stroller for Christmas. I also need a diaper bag.

How is Mrs. Clause? Thank you!

Sincerely, Maddyn Hinnah Dear Santa, I like stamps and want some for Christmas. I would like some colored pencils and clay, too.

Sincerely, Kahlan Carl Dear Santa, I want a big Buzz Lightyear, a black panther, and a Batman mobile. Happy Christmas!

Sincerely, Connor Osweiler Dear Santa, I want a Peppa Pig. I want Paw Patrol, too. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Leo Purkeypile Dear Santa, I want a Paw Patrol helicopter for Christmas. My mom is going to buy me presents, too.

Sincerely, Ryker Sheetz

Dear Santa, I want a tractor and a poo spreader for Christmas. I also would like a coyote and a fox. Thank you!

Sincerely, Evan Greiner Dear Santa, I want to come over and play with you at the North Pole. I want Paw Patrol and Sophia for Christmas. I want a kitchen and toys, too. How are the Elves? I want a notebook.

Sincerely, Nora Bayliss Dear Santa, I want a Barbie for Christmas. I would like a book, too. I like nail polish and need more. I want a diaper bag for my babies.

Sincerely, Julie Jaeger Dear Santa, I would like a Barbie Car that I can drive outside. I also want a cookie machine. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Aspen Sieren Dear Santa, I want cars, a Choo choo Train, and toys for Christmas. How big is your sleigh? Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Kallan Gatton Dear Santa, I want a Hoop Smash for Christmas. I want more presents, too.

Thank you!

Sincerely, Kysen Sines Dear Santa, I want a lunchbox, baby doll, and ice cream every day. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Ise Beinhart

Mid-America Publishing Corporation is pleased to announce its purchase of The Aurelia Star and Marcell Publishing, LLC from Marci Brown, of Cherokee, effective December 14, 2016.

The Star will be added to the Hampton-based corporations growing roster of 31 Iowa weekly newspapers and shoppers.

Other nearby papers also owned by Mid-America include those in Holstein, Ida Grove, and Lake City. “We are excited to assume the ownership of The Aurelia Star,” said Mid-America Publishing’s President and CEO, Ryan Harvey. “We believe this fits naturally with our western Iowa properties and our company as a whole. Marci has done a phenomenal job at re-building the Star and we are eager to carry her momentum forward.”

Marci’s decision to sell the paper was ultimately related to her decision to retire.

“We want to thank Marci for allowing Mid-America to continue the legacy of the Star,” Matt Grohe Mid-America Publishing Corporation added. “We know she’s put her heart and soul into the paper and we look forward to working with the local community to provide the most robust news product possible going forward.”

Harvey will assume the duties and title of publisher of the newspaper while the staff of the Courier and Advance will remain responsible for day to day operations in the interim.

As part of its new ownership Mid-America will be looking to add a part-time local writer and photographer to enhance coverage of local news and events.

“We believe a local newspaper needs to have local content,” Grohe said. “That’s why our mission going forward with the Aurelia Star is the same as with every paper we publish, and that is to use the paper to tell the stories of the local residents, report on local events, and provide strong coverage of local government at the city, county, and school district levels.

We’ve been very happy with the product the staff in Ida Grove and Holstein has been able to produce since ownership changes there and we fully expect to replicate our success there here in Aurelia by providing unique content, compelling photos and quality journalism for the folks in the region.”

The publication will join Mid-America’s portfolio of weekly newspapers which aside from the Courier, Advance, and Ida County Reminder also include: The Calmar Courier; Postville Herald; The Outlook, in Monona; The Eldora Herald-Ledger and Hardin County Index, with an office in Eldora; The Leader, with offices in Garner and Britt; the Grundy Register, in Grundy Center; the Buffalo Center Tribune; the Parkersburg EclipseNews-Review; the Wright County Monitor, in Clarion and Dows; the Eagle Grove Eagle; the Buffalo Center Tribune, The Pioneer Enterprise (Rockwell-Thornton), The Sheffield Press; The Hampton Chronicle; The Butler County Tribune-Journal (Allison); the Clarksville Star, The Ogden Reporter, and The Graphic-Advocate, with offices in Lake City and Rockwell City.

The company also owns and operates newspapers in southeast Iowa, namely, The News-Review, in Sigourney, The Keota Eagle, Keota, and The Sun with offices in New Sharon and Fremont.

The company additionally produces two weekly political newspapers, the

Conservative Chronicle and the Liberal Opinion Week as well as several TMC shoppers, such as The Hampton Chronicle’s Bonus in Hampton, The Spectrum in Lake City-Rockwell City, The Leader’s Shopper News Review in Garner, The Reminder in Ida Grove; and the Wright County Reminder in Clarion; plus monthly shoppers such as The Dual County Leader in Eagle Grove and the Keokuk County Chief in Sigourney.

Additionally, the company publishes north central Iowa’s only Latino-oriented newspaper, Viva Iowa! which serves Franklin and Wright Counties.

Mid-America also operates a custom printing division, Mid-America Business and Personal Printing, that offers individualized printing and publishing solutions such as banners, posters, postcards, direct mailing, mailing list management, letter head design, newsletter management and dozens of other marketing and promotional products which it plans to make available locally in the Alta and Aurelia area. Mid-America Publishing Corporation is a closely held family run company owned primarily by the granddaughter of the founder, Willard D. Archie, Jeanette M. Grohe, and her husband Matt Grohe, who also serves as the company’s Chairman and corporate Vice President. The Grohe family has extensive ties to area with the board secretary, Ronald Grohe, having grown up in Alta, Storm Lake and Hartley. Ron is also the brother in law of Nona Grohe and uncle to Sue Grohe Roberts and Kelli Hirschman, Aurelia residents.

From the outset, several major changes will be evident with the Star. Namely, as part of the changeover the newspaper’s billing and circulation will be consolidated to the company’s home office in Hampton effective immediately. The printing of the newspaper will also move to the company’s Hampton facility and a new website and Facebook presence for the newspaper will be launched within a few weeks. The newspaper will continue with its same email address however which will remain Aurstar@gmail. com. The paper will also retain its current mailing address.

To reach the office, please call the Ida Grove location at 712-364-3131 for immediate assistance during business hours. Readers will note that the newsstand price will also be increasing from .75 cents to $1 effective next week and will be available at all of the same newsstand locations by Tuesday afternoons at 3 p.m. Also, effective immediately fees for publication of full obituaries will be $25. Engagement and birthday announcements will now cost $5 as well while a wedding announcement will be $10.

As far as the actual paper itself, the paper size will be a slightly wider format, expanding from a 25.5-inch web to a 28-inch web format. The format reflects the width of all other Mid-America papers which will allows advertising customers the opportunity to easily place advertising from the Star into any of the company’s other newspapers, and allows Mid-America to include other area social news and photographs of possible interest to local readers seamlessly into the format.

Readers can find more information on this story and additional coverage of the newspaper’s transition in next week’s Star. Thank you for your past, present and future support of the Aurelia Star!

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Keota girls play Iowa Valley close in SICL matchup 41-30 Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

Keota’s Jill Schulte, Addison Swanson and Wynonna Moris.

KEOTA- The Eagles girls basketball squad played a good game against a gritty Iowa Valley team on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at home, but they fell short 4130. For three quarters on the night Keota was able to stay neck and neck with Iowa Valley, with a one-point difference in Iowa Valley’s favor in quarters one, three and four. It was the second quarter that was the Eagles undoing on the evening as they were outscored 12-2 in the second.

Raigan Sprouse led the Eagles with 12 points, five rebounds, an assist

and a steal. Addison Sprouse had 11 points, nine rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block. Addison kept the Eagles statistician busy with her contributions in so many statistical categories. Jill Schulte added five points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. The Eagles had four blocked shots as a team, as they played pretty good defense against the Tigers.

Iowa Valley sophomore Andrea Healey was the leading scorer on the night with 17 points. The Tigers also

got ten points from another sophomore, Cherrise Ward.

Keota falls to 0-5 on the year as they continue to look for their first victory. They have had some improvements in the early part of the season, and those improvements

KEOTA- The Eagles fell to Waco on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Eagles nest.

Raigan Sprouse led the way for Keota with 12 points. Addison Sprouse added six points and seven boards, while Erin Chalupa had six points and six rebounds. Addison Swanson also had four points and three

rebounds for the Eagles, while Jill Schulte had three points and two assists.

The Eagles were right in this game in the first half only trailing 17-14, but Waco slowly were able to put distance between themselves and the Eagles and handed the Eagles their seventh loss out of seven games on the season 46-31. The final score really doesn’t reflect how close this

Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor Keota- The Eagles fell at home to a

game was for a long time, Keota just ran out of steam in the third and fourth as Waco was able to keep subbing fresh bodies on the court.

Keota will look to build off of this performance though moving forward, and snag a win or two before the Holiday break.

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Sigourney-Keota goes 3-0 at PCM Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

MONROE- SK found themselves in three very hard fought duels on Tuesday, Dec. 6. at Prarie City Monroe High School. SK won three duels over Bondurant-Farrar (39.0038.00), PCM (40.00-39.00) and Pleasantville (42.00-36.00).

These were three very good duels as SK continues to tune-up against top-level competition. Noah Reeves, Kaleb Reeves, Noah Boender and Cooper Greiner all had good nights for SK. Below is how the scoring for these duels broke down, and whom SK’s wrestlers went up against. SK continues a stellar beginning to their season with the sweep at PCM. Pleasantville (PLEA) 36.00 Sigourney (SIGO) 42.00 113: Gidien Goff (SIGO) over (PLEA) (For.) 120: Cale Jarmes (SIGO) over (PLEA) (For.) 126: Alex Bartels (PLEA) over (SIGO) (For.) 132: Drew Bartels (PLEA) over Nick Ives (SIGO) (Dec 3-2) 138: Zech Boender (SIGO) over Devon Flesher (PLEA) (Fall 0:33) 145: Trent Hendricks (SIGO) over (PLEA) (For.) 152: Cale Anthony (PLEA) over Cian Borra (SIGO) (Fall 3:55) 160: Griffen McBride (PLEA) over Alec Schuster (SIGO) (Dec 11-4) 170: Cael Lester (PLEA) over Nate Schuster (SIGO) (Fall 0:41) 182: Noah Reeves (SIGO) over Austin Flesher (PLEA) (Fall 1:46) 195: Kaleb Reeves (SIGO) over Evan Mann (PLEA) (Fall 0:14) 220: Chaz Clark (PLEA) over (SIGO) (For.) 285: Will Anthony (PLEA) over Cooper Greiner (SIGO) (Fall 5:39) 106: Mason Dye (SIGO) over (PLEA) (For.) Sigourney (SIGO) 40.00 PCM (PCM) 39.00 120: Clay VanWyk (PCM) over (SIGO) (For.) 126: Chace Palm (PCM) over

(SIGO) (For.) 132: Nick Ives (SIGO) over Kaeden VanSoelen (PCM) (Fall 2:30) 138: Zech Boender (SIGO) over Drew Johnson (PCM) (MD 12-3) 145: Cody Wallace (PCM) over Trent Hendricks (SIGO) (Dec 9-8) 152: Xavier Miller (PCM) over Cian Borra (SIGO) (Fall 3:56) 160: Wes Cummings (PCM) over Greg Gott (SIGO) (Fall 0:29) 170: Jarron Trausch (PCM) over Nate Schuster (SIGO) (Fall 0:40) 182: Noah Reeves (SIGO) over (PCM) (For.) 195: Kaleb Reeves (SIGO) over Leevi Telfer (PCM) (Fall 0:09) 220: Noah Boender (SIGO) over Clayton Welch (PCM) (Fall 0:51) 285: Cooper Greiner (SIGO) over (PCM) (For.) 106: Mason Dye (SIGO) over Jakeb Fenton (PCM) (Fall 1:15) 113: Payton Drake (PCM) over Cale Jarmes (SIGO) (Fall 1:56) Sigourney (SIGO) 39.00 Bondurant-Farrar (BOFA) 38.00

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106: Colby Lillegard (BOFA) over Mason Dye (SIGO) (Dec 4-2) 113: Austin Nash (BOFA) over Gidien Goff (SIGO) (Fall 0:06) 120: Aiden Lewis (BOFA) over Cale Jarmes (SIGO) (Fall 4:34) 126: Neal Larsen (BOFA) over (SIGO) (For.) 132: Walter Long (BOFA) over Nick Ives (SIGO) (TF 18-3 5:25) 138: Zech Boender (SIGO) over Ivan Kruse (BOFA) (Fall 1:40) 145: Trent Hendricks (SIGO) over Cody Hall (BOFA) (MD 2010) 152: Cian Borra (SIGO) over Shawn Glaser (BOFA) (Fall 4:42) 160: Jakob Oleson (BOFA) over Greg Gott (SIGO) (Fall 0:59) 170: Dalton Meyer (BOFA) over Nate Schuster (SIGO) (Fall 0:19) 182: Noah Reeves (SIGO) over Eden Dearden (BOFA) (Fall 3:39) 195: Kaleb Reeves (SIGO) over Louis Long (BOFA) (TF 15-0 4:36) 220: Noah Boender (SIGO) over (BOFA) (For.) 285: Cooper Greiner (SIGO) over (BOFA) (For.)

very good Sigourney Savages basketball team that used their depth and defensive tenacity to defeat the Eagles 58-19. Keota struggled again offensively, and were stymied all night by an active Savage defense.

The Sprouse girls led Keota in scoring with Addison having seven points and Raigan six. Addison added six rebounds and Raigan three.

Brianna Duwa had three points and six boards for the Eagles as well. Jill Schulte was the only other Lady Eagle to score having three points on the night.

Keota falls to 0-6 on the year as they continue to learn as a team from this tough stretch of games to begin the season. The Eagles also fall to 0-4 in the SICL, but there are several games on the horizon that Keota will look to play close and possibly gut out a few wins over the next couple weeks before the holiday break.

Jill Schulte of Keota.

Sigourney-Keota wrestles well at Mount Vernon Sigourney-Keota bowling starts

Sigourney-Keota bowling starts season with a good opening week- Ben Shemanski of SK

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MOUNT VERNON- The SK wrestling team split-up on Saturday, Dec. 10, sending half their wrestlers to Marion for a junior varsity tourney, and taking about half to Mount Vernon for a varsity meet. They had success at both places, and had several wrestlers make big strides at the JV tourney, and saw several of their experienced wrestlers place high at Mount Vernon SK took seven wrestlers to Mount Vernon, with six placing in the top six. Mason Dye improved to 10-4 on the season taking sixth at 106

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Conrad also recorded three blocks in the game. Avery followed that performance with another good game in only a half of work against Sigourney scoring 11 points on five of five shooting from the field, and adding seven rebounds. With Keota up by 32 at the half, Conrad and the other starters played sparingly in the second half. Same with the Waco game on Saturday Dec. 10, as all his work was done in the first half of play. Conrad finished the week scoring 14 in the Waco game on six of six shooting from the field, and adding four rebounds and three steals. Overall this week Avery shot

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Keota girls suffer another loss Saturday vs. Waco Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

and strides were evident Tuesday night as they played a competitive ballgame at home.

lbs. Dye was 1-2 on the day, beating Matt Collett of Washington by fall.

Zech Boender was the lone wrestler who didn’t place at 138 lbs., but he wrestled both of his matches hard forcing both into decisions. Alec Schuster won fifth place for 160 lbs. going 2-1 on the day, winning the fifth place match over Mason Rudkin by fall (1:23).

Noah Reeves improved to 12-2 on the season placing fifth winning the 162 lb. fifth place match over Collin Murphy by fall (2:46). Kaleb Reeves placed third at 195 lbs. , losing his first match of the season, but wrestling back to take third with a pin of Tanner Murphy at 3:15 into the match. Noah Boender took first place overall at 220 lbs. winning a 4-2 decision over Jack Cochrane of Mount Vernon, and Cooper Greiner took home third place at 285, improving to 11-2 on the season and winning a wild 9-8 decision over Tommy Pudil in the third place match.

season with a good opening week Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

SIGOURNEY- The SK bowling team participated in two contests this week. The first was Wednesday, Dec. 7 against Washington, and the second was at Mahaska Bowl in Oskaloosa on Saturday, Dec. 10.

SK defeated Washington Wednesday 2488 total pins to Washington’s 2399. Coach Trisha Brooks was very happy about the team’s performance Wednesday stating, “The boys did great last Wednesday with individual games. We were very happy with their bowling, of course there is always room for improvement and we are working on that.” Tanner Halleran, who had a total of 411 in two games, led SK. Parker Stevens was the next highest bowler with a 377 in two games, followed by Skyler Clubb, SK’s lone girls bowler, was the

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third highest bowler on the day for SK with a 337 total. Brook’s is very optimistic about this years team and said the following regarding her expectations for them, “Overall we did great on Wednesday, If we can keep it up I think we have a real shot at making it to the State tournament in February.”

On Saturday SK was not as dominant as the baker games came into play causing SK fits. Brooks explains baker games and their effect on the team, “Our baker games we take the top 5 bowlers and they get 2 frames per a game. This is our struggling point. We work on bakers a lot during practice our goal is to average 190, we haven’t made that yet but

I know we will.” SK finished third against Oskaloosa and Knoxville on Saturday. Brooks finished up with thoughts on their performance and a reminder for SK’s next game, which will be after the Holiday break. “Saturday we finished total pins of 2104 total pins. We struggled; the lanes were not forgiving to us. Individual and baker games were just not where we needed them to be. We bowled against Knoxville 2343 total, which is 1A with us and Oskaloosa 2926 , which is actually in 2A. We will have our next meet on January 3rd in Sigourney 3pm at Keokuk County Bowl, we hope to have a good crowd come to watch that always helps our game.”

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Keota boys obliterate Sigourney Friday night 66-19 Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

KEOTA- Keota hosted Sigourney Friday, Dec. 9 in the second of three homes games this week for the Eagles. They got out to a sluggish start for the first few moments of the game, as nerves are always high in this rivalry, but they soon went on

a huge run to take what was a two to five point game in the opening minutes and make that a 25-3 first quarter lead.

The Eagles played tough defense all night, forcing 15 steal as a team, and were able to keep Sigourney in single digits scoring each and every quarter. It was a 37-5 halftime lead for Keota. Keota would go on

to win 66-19 in a game that was decided early on, and for Keota a third straight victory making them 3-2 on the season.

Defense was a huge key to the game and head coach Dan Stout was very pleased with how his boys played defensively Friday night saying; “ The defensive intensity was very high, and for the second game

in a row, we have really fed off of that. Even when the shots aren’t falling we need to keep playing tough defense and allow that to translate into easy offensive possessions.”

Overall, Sigourney had over 25 turnovers, and some were of course because they are such a young team and made several mistakes, but Keota’s full court, three-fourth and half

court pressure gave the Savages fits all night long. Jacob Wickenkamp led the Eagles with five steals, while Cole Stout added four. Luke Greiner had two steals and a handful of Eagles contributed a steal each.

The balanced scoring that the Eagles have displayed so far this year continued Friday with six players scoring seven points or more and ten total players scoring for Keota.

Hunter Wilson led the way with 13 points on five of eight shooting.

Wilson also contributed four assists and three rebounds. Avery Conrad had another good night, albeit not as dominant as Tuesday’s Iowa Valley game, he still posted good numbers with 11 points and seven rebounds.

Conrad was a perfect five of five from the field shooting.

Cole Stout added nine points on three made 3’s, and Wickenkamp again was a jack of all trades posting eights points, three rebounds, five assists, five steals and a block.

JD Stout added seven points and three boards and Cole Brenneman had seven points off the bench for the Eagles. Luke Greiner added two points, four rebounds, two assists to go with a pair of steals mentioned before.

Overall, this was a dominant performance by a deep and experienced Keota Eagles team. These two schools will meet again January 27 at Sigourney. With the win Keota improves their conference record to 3-1 on the season.

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Eagles use big third quarter to tame the Tigers Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor

Avery Conrad going to get the board vs. Waco 2

Eagles soar past Waco 60-37 in Saturday boys basketball action Alexander Holt Regional Sports Editor KEOTA- The Eagles boys basketball team looked to have their hands full at home Saturday, Dec. 10 only leading 11-9 after the first quarter of play. Keota then went on a 28-4 second quarter run to effectively put the game out of reach. Keota went on to earn a 60-37 victory, with coach Stout going to their bench for a majority of the second half.

The Eagle’s defense was very good once again, holding Waco to single digits scoring in the first three quarters. Keota once again forced double-digit steals & turnovers with their full-court pressure, having 15 team steals on the night. Keota also got after it on the offensive glass coming down with 15 offensive boards. Keota was ten for 26 from 3, and had 21 field goals on 16 assists, showing good ball movement once again.

The scoring was well distributed amongst eight different Eagles,

Wickenkamp with a nice dish Saturday evening against Waco. with three in double digits. Freshman JD Stout led the way with 16 points on five of six from 3. Avery Conrad was very effective inside as he played almost exclusively in the first half, racking up 14 points and four boards in limited time. Conrad

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was perfect from the field for the second straight game going six for six, making him 11 for 11 in his last two games.

Cole Stout added 12 points on four of seven from 3; he also added three steals on the night. Hunter Wilson had a quite night offensively scoring six points, well below his season average, however, he did have two boards, four assists and two steals to help his team out in other departments. Speaking of which, Jacob

Wickenkamp continues to play selfless ball as he continues to do just about everything on both ends of the floor for Keota. Keota’s offense runs through Wickenkamp and their defensive intensity feeds off of his aggressive defensive prowess. Jacob finished with three points, only taking three shots, but had six rebounds and six assists, and although he didn’t record an official steal, he seemed to be all over in the first half defensively causing Waco havoc.

The Eagles complete a three game home sweep this week of their opponents. Keota scored 60 or more points in each game, and held their opponents to 45,19 and 37 points, showing good defensive improvement moving forward. Keota will travel to English Valleys on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Keota has now won four straight overall, winning by an average margin of more than 30 points.

The Eagles will begin a stretch of three straight games played on the road finishing this week on Friday night at Lynnville-Sully. The Eagles are 4-2 on the season overall and 3-1 in conference play.

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KEOTA- Keota was very balanced in scoring again, and despite only being up by four at the half, they used a 19-3 scoring differential in the third quarter of play to cruise to a 20-point victory over Iowa Valley, Marengo 65-45. Avery Conrad went off shooting nine of 12 from the field, scoring 24 points, also snagging 15 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, a steal and three blocks. This was far and away the senior’s breakout performance of the season. His presence inside makes Keota a very formidable opponent for SICL foes as the season heats up.

Hunter Wilson cooled off a little bit, but still had 12 points on the night. Wilson also dished out four assists, corralled five boards and added a steal for good measure. Jacob Wickenkamp had another pedestrian shooting night, but once again he was able to do so much more on the court to really get this Eagles offense, and defense for that matter, into gear. Wickenkamp had eight points, 11 rebounds, nine assists, two steals and a blocked shot. He fell literally a dime and a bucket short of a triple-double.

Cole Stout was unable to dial it in from 3, going one for eight, but he played good defense and contributed in other ways having four rebounds and a steal. Jace Uphold added five points and three rebounds, while freshman JD Stout came off the bench to score nine points, grab two boards, have one assist and two steals. Luke Greiner added a bucket as well as an assist and a steal.

For three quarters total in this game Iowa Valley was able to play Keota pretty tight, but Keota used a big run in the third quarter to put the game out of reach and seal the victory in a game they didn’t play particularly great in. Keota, during the first half in particular, didn’t shoot lights out from the field, going 24 for 58 in the game. Keota also only hit four out of 26 3-point attempts. There are not going to be many night’s in which Keota only shoots 15% from 3. I’d venture to say the odds are very slim they shoot that poorly from behind the arc again this year. That is what makes this 20-point win all the more impressive by the Eagles as they are now 2-2 on the season with their second straight victory.

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