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Turbines’ rules up for News GLIMPSE supervisors’ vote Aug. 28 OABCIG to host mee ngs, tours Page 3

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Ida Co. Fair tractor pull results Page 9

Ida County Board of Supervisors met Aug. 14 and received the recommendations of the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission regarding wind energy ordinance and Invenergy’s wind energy permit application. Although the two boards discussed issues surrounding wind turbine regulation, no formal action was taken by the supervisors, who may do so at their Aug. 28 meeting. Meetings begin at 9 a.m. at the Ida County Courthouse in Ida Grove.

At that meeting, the supervisors may decide whether to regulate the wind turbine projects through a permit process or a county ordinance, which would require a public hearing. County of icials indicated they also hope to talk to MidAmerican Energy about concerns about current phase one. It is not known if MidAmerican would be the owner-operator of phase two’s 106 wind turbines. Doug Barry of Holstein spoke at the meeting and (continued on page 2)

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Upcoming Events Steak Night Thursday, August 24 7-9 pm Firehouse, Holstein

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Filing to begin for open city council, mayor seats Persons interested in running for open seats on area city councils can begin iling nomination papers Monday, Aug. 28. Nomination papers must be iled with the county auditor by 5 p.m. Sept. 21. Ida County Auditor Lorna Steenbock has designated city clerks/administrators as the iling agent. Papers are available from city clerks and must contain a minimum of 10 signatures of eligible voters from that community. In Ida Grove, Mayor Devlun Whiteing, the Ward I vacancy term ending in 2019 currently held by Gregor Ernst, the Ward II seat held by Doug Clough and the at-large seat held by Ryan Goodman are up for election this fall. Holstein council seats cur-

rently held by Mary Gross and Joel Wellendorf have expiring terms. In Galva, Mayor Stan Nading, two vacancy terms ending in 2019 currently held by Alan Goettsch and Daniel Bloyer and the two regular terms currently held by Todd Schossow and Rick Wiese are up for election. Battle Creek has three council seats up for election. Council members with expiring terms are Todd Riessen, Myra Meek and Judy Schau. Mayor Lloyd “Doc” Holmes’ seat is also up for election. In Arthur, Mayor Randy Fineran’s seat is up for election. Also up for election are one vacancy term ending in 2019 held by Chris Schuett and three regular terms currently (continued on page 2)

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Barn fire: The Ida Grove Fire Department was called to J&L Pork at 6160 260th St. for a hog barn fire Aug. 18 at 2:05 p.m. Assisting at the scene were the Arthur, Battle Creek and Holstein Fire Departments, the Ida Grove Ambulance Service, Arthur First Responders and the Ida County Sheriff’s Office. The departments were at the scene five hours. Cause of the fire is undetermined. A total of 110 sows and between 1,000 to 1,200 piglets were lost in addition to the building. The Ida Grove Fire Department returned to the scene from 9 to 10:30 p.m. to put water on the building debris.

O-A/BC-IG, OABCIG boards hear bond referendum presenta on ❚ by DEB LOGER

The Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove and OABCIG School Boards heard updates on the bond referendum from Haila Architecture representatives Sam Stagg and Chad West, Travis Squires from Piper Jaffray and attorney Beth Grob from Ahlers and Cooney during their meeting Aug. 14 in Ida Grove. Stagg reviewed a pamphlet that addresses the $16.4 million bond referendum that will be voted on Sept. 12. The pamphlet will be mailed to all

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OABCIG Elementary/Middle School: address accessibility issues, renovate existing classrooms and update activity and athletic spaces. OABCIG High School: address accessibility issues, renovate existing classroom, update commons and stage, update gymnasium and new performance auditorium. What will be accomplished by approval of the bond referendum? Ultimately it will provide updated, improved and fully accessible facilities that (continued on page 2)

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OABCIG patrons and will help inform the public of what the school district is trying to accomplish. Julie Weeda, O-A/BC-IG shared director of innovation and technology integration, reported the pamphlet will also be put on the school web page along with seven YouTube videos highlighting areas of the buildings where improvements are planned. The information in the pamphlet will also be shared at public meetings. What are we voting for?

Flag folding: A demonstration on how to fold an American flag at a military funeral was presented during the annual Veterans’ Appreciation event held at Skate Palace in Ida Grove Sunday, Aug. 20. Here, Staff Sergeant Eric Armstrong, left, who serves as the western Iowa coordinator for military funerals (based in Sioux City) and Staff Sergeant Ryan Meier of Iowa City (who assists with military funerals) explain how they fold the flag into the traditional triangle shape. The veterans’ event included a poker run, a meal, various veteran organizations and recognition of veterans who attend the event. See next week’s Courier for photos of the veterans who were recognized.

The OABCIG Board heard updates on steps taken toward the merger during its meeting Aug. 14 in Ida Grove. Superintendent Terry Kenealy told the board some items that need to be worked on and completed in the near future include: creating six single director districts that are equal in the number of residents each district includes (must be submitted by the Secretary of State by June for approval), determine the order of election of board members for the November 2019 and 2021 school board elections (must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval), identify designated bank depositories and limits of deposits for OABCIG and appoint the initial OABCIG School District attorney. Also, determine the appropriate time to transfer ownership

of deeds and abstracts of property, vehicles and all assets and liabilities, etc. to the OABCIG School District and determine the procedure to pay any and all expenses that may be incurred by the OABCIG School District prior to July 1, 2018. The board also discussed updating board policies and contracts. Kenealy said updating the board policies would be fairly easy. As the O-A and BC-IG school boards approve board policies, the OABCIG board will also approve the policies. Kenealy recommended a committee be established containing board members, administrators and staff to go through contracts page by page. Business manager/board secretary Kathy Leonard reported both health insurance trusts have been noti ied of the (continued on page 2)

PAGE TWO more of the Courier’s front page more about — (continued from front page) will serve students, families and communities for the next 40-50 years. 1. Create viable facilities that will support 21st century learning environments. 2. Enhance the educational impact for students in all grade levels. 3. Enhance and create educational facilities that will attract families to the schools and communities. 4. Create learning spaces that will be fully accessible and meet the needs of all students at all levels of development. 5. Create a performing arts auditorium that will provide an enhanced venue for performances, concerts, musicals, plays, presentations, recitals and other community activities. Who does this affect? Students, families, administrators, patrons and property owners. Facts and igures: The amount being requested is $16,400,000. Tax impact at $2 levy rate. 1. Annual tax impact $100,000 assessed value home: $104.18. 2. Monthly tax impact $100,000 assessed value home: $8.68. 3. Annual tax impact $100,000 commercial/indus-

. . . bond referendum trial property: $180. 4. Average assessed value of acre of Ag land in Ida County as of Jan. 1: $2,393. 5. Annual tax impact average acre of Ag land in Ida County: $2.27. 6. Average assessed value of acre of Ag land in Sac County as of Jan. 1: $2,075. 7. Annual tax impact average acre of Ag land in Ida County: $1.97. The election is Tuesday, Sept. 12, from noon to 8 p.m. Polling places are the Battle Creek Community Building, The Ida Grove Rec Center community room, the Arthur Community Building and the Odebolt Fire Station. The back of the pamphlet features diagrams of the proposed work at both buildings and cost breakdowns. The cost to address accessibility issues, renovate existing classrooms, update the commons and stage and update the gymnasium at the high school is estimated at $6,510,000. The auditorium cost is estimated at $3,860,000. The Odebolt building project is estimated at $5,915,000 to address accessibility issues, renovate existing classrooms and upgrade activities and athletics. Squires reviewed summary tax impacts using Jan. 1, 2016 valuations. The annual pay-

ment would be $1.15 million over 20 years. Squires also provided information on tax abatements and TIF/Urban Renewal Areas. He noted if there where a TIF area, the general and management funds wouldn’t get any funds. But, there are six protected levies. The school’s debt service levy, PPEL and instructional support levies are protected levies. Grob told board members if the bond issue passes she will help the district issue the bonds, help with the bond sale, make sure they comply with IRS issues. If the bond issue fails, she said it can’t be put back on the ballot for six months (April 2018). “The board cannot use district resources to encourage people to vote yes or to vote no on the referendum. You also can’t send out mailings or emails asking patrons to vote yes. The school district can use district resources to encourage people to vote by providing them information and facts about the bond referendum. You can approve a resolution supporting the bond referendum and you can mail out lyers with facts,” said Grob. Board members Crystal Endrulat, Ryan Goodman, Danika Hinkeldey and Stacy Raasch were absent.

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. . . merger (continued from front page) merger, the Department of Management has been noti ied and the application for a new federal identi ication number has been accepted. Also, the accounting software has been noti ied and they will start working on merging the databases after December, ISJIT has been contacted (a resolution will be passed once bank accounts are established) and both county recorders and auditors have been contacted and are trying to locate all the current deeds. Board members Stacy Raasch and Crystal Endrulat were absent. The next board meeting is Sept. 18.

Battle Creek Legion: The Battle Creek American Legion officers for the coming year are, from left, Gordon Morrice, chaplain and vice commander; Charles Pierce, commander; Douglas Dausel, sergeant at arms, and Win Schramm, service officer. Stuart Kelley serves as adjutant.

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(continued from front page) presented that the planning commission and zoning board approved a setback requirement from 1,250 feet to 1,500 feet from a residence, and that no more than 50 decibels (dBa) would be allowed. Also, a complaint format, which would be submitted to the county of icials, must be publically kept. “I am very comfortable with a setback of 1,500 feet. We would be one of two counties with a 1,500 foot setback,” said Chairman Rhett Leonard. “I think we fall short in taking care of our residents,” said Cary Conover. “The real experts are the ones who live near the wind turbines. I don’t think 1,500 feet is adequate. I found out after the Aug. 3 meeting of the Ida County Planning and Zoning Commission that the 30-hour licker rule is per turbine, not per residence. They

(Invernergy) want the project as bad as you do and are willing to negotiate.” Supervisor Creston Schubert said a setback that was larger than proposed by the commission may make the project non-viable. “We would be inancially malfeasance to turn down a project like this. It makes too much of a plus for the county,” said Schubert. “As a small county, we can’t turn this down. You have to do what is best for the bigger number of people.” Schubert said there is no evidence to support the antiturbine concerns on health. Supervisor Ray Drey said just having a complaint form does not solve any problems. “We should study the effects of the irst phase before we start a new one,” said Drey. “I would say that having the complaint forms be public

pushes a lot to your (county) plate,” said Barry. TIF discussion County Engineer Jeff Williams presented supervisors with a total of 15 projects, which could be funded if the suggested 106 turbine area were a tax increment inance area. There would be nine bridges totaling $3,643,000 and six road projects totaling $15,817,000. The projects would need approval from individual cities, schools would need to be informed and the work would need to be budgeted before work could begin. The work would be in the spring of 2019. Supervisors gave Williams the nod to continue work on the list. County of icials are working with Attorney John Danos on the details of the tax increment inance area. Funding would come from a 20year inancing.

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. . . filing (continued from front page) held by Anita Schlender, Kristy Rosemeyer and Gary Chase. In Odebolt the terms of Mayor Mike Hoe ling and council members Ruth Ann Mohr and Brian Pierce expire. The deadline to submit nomination papers is Thursday, Sept. 21. Election day is Tuesday, Nov.7.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Iowa Department of Revenue issues proposed property equaliza ons The Iowa Department of Revenue recently noti ied county auditors of tentative assessment adjustments on agricultural, commercial and residential values. The assessed values of Ida Counties’ commercial properties were lowered 5 percent while residential and agricultural properties were unchanged. Residential and commercial assessments are based upon the sales price of property or its “market value.” The assessment of agricultural property is based upon the productivity of the property as opposed to its market value. Ida County Assessor Joe Cronin has submitted a protest to the Department of Revenue relating to the 5 percent decrease in commercial values. He said the protest is based on some faulty information he recently discovered. The information is on the sale of a commercial property

in the county that the Department of Revenue used to make the equalization determination. The commercial property sale the department used was not a normal sale and should not have been used to determine the equalization adjustment. Cronin noted if the Department of Revenue denies the protest and the commercial property sale in question is allowed to remain as part of its calculations, he is concerned the next equalization order in 2019 will show an increase for commercial valuations. “I’m just trying to stay off the equalization order rollercoaster,” said Cronin. Cronin noted he should know in mid-September if the protest was successful. The new equalization orders, which will become inal on Oct. 1, apply to Jan. 1, 2017 assessments, which will be re lected in the amount of property tax paid next year.

Changes in equalizations do not necessarily mean property taxes will increase, decrease or stay the same. Iowa law requires the use of a statewide “rollback” factor that is applied uniformly to all property assessments within a class of property to limit the growth in the taxable value of the class to 4 percent. Property owners don’t pay property taxes based on 100 percent of the assessed value of their property. They pay according to the rollback igure. For example, it is known that rollbacks for commercial property will remain at 90 percent, which means the property owner pays property tax on 90 percent of the assessed value of the property. If a commercial property carries an assessed value of $100,000, the property owner pays taxes on $90,000. The rollbacks for residential and agricultural properties won’t be known until later this year.

OABCIG to host referendum information meetings, building tours The Odebolt-Arthur and Battle Creek-Ida Grove School Districts will be hosting a series of informational meetings and building tours in an effort to provide district patrons the opportunity to learn about why the OABCIG Board has called for a bond referendum and learn about the details of the $16.4 million general obligation bond referendum to be voted on by the patrons on Tuesday, Sept. 12. These information meetings and tours are designed to review the individual projects that are included in the proposal, the funding details and the estimated impact on the property tax levy for individuals and businesses.

These meetings and tours will provide district patrons the opportunity to ask questions, offer their thoughts, ideas and concerns and allow for a discussion of the pros and cons to the proposed bond referendum. Patrons will also have the chance to tour the facilities to learn more about why these projects have been proposed by the facilities committee and the board of directors. Schedule Thursday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m. at O-A/BC-IG High School commons (info/tours) Monday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. at O-A/BC-IG Middle School gym (info/tours) Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m. at

Battle Creek Community Center (information) Sunday, Sept. 3, 3 p.m. at O-A/BC-IG Middle School gym (info/tours) Wednesday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. at Arthur Community building (information) Sunday, Sept. 10, 3 p.m. at O-A/BC-IG High School commons (info/tours) O-A/BC-IG Superintendent Terry Kenealy said, “We hope that you will be able to attend one or more of these scheduled meetings and tours over the next several weeks. The district will also be providing a website that will allow patrons to review material and information related to the bond referendum online, view ‘youtube’ videos that describe the various projects included in the bond referendum proposal and other pertinent information. District patrons will be able to access this website through the district website at www.oabcig.org, the district Facebook page and the district Twitter account. As soon as the website is inalized the district will provide patrons with the information and appropriate links so that anyone who would like to view it will be able to.”

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School renovation: The Ida County Historical Society announces the completed renovation project of the Grant School in Moorehead Park near Ida Grove. It included reconstruction of the floor, replacement of some of the wood siding, scraping, painting and rebuilding the front entry. This was a community effort of donations and grants from the Iowa State Questers and Ida County Community Betterment Foundation, plus many volunteer hours. The school is now ready for its annual “Old Fashion Country School Days” in September. Many area school districts participate in country school days, and volunteer teachers will meet for preparation on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. Anyone wanting to get involved is welcome to attend the meeting by contacting Dale Wellendorf.

O-A/BC-IG boards handle light agenda The Odebolt-Arthur and Battle Creek-Ida Grove school boards handled a light agenda during their joint meeting Aug. 14 in Odebolt. Members of the O-A/BCIG and OABCIG boards heard updates on the bond referendum from Haila Architecture representatives Sam Stagg and Chad West, Travis Squires from Piper Jaffray and attorney Beth Grob from Ahlers and Cooney during the meeting (see separate story) . During his report, Superintendent Terry Kenealy reviewed the upcoming school board election and bond referendum, reported the new playground equipment at O-A Elementary is tentatively scheduled to be installed after Labor Day, the O-A multipurpose room roof project is underway, the BCIG Elementary replacement window project should be done before school starts and the epoxy loor installation at the BC-IG Elementary will be completed before school

starts. Kenealy is working with bidders for the drainage project and temperature control projects at BC-IG Elementary. The BC-IG Board approved an agreement with Manson Northwest Webster for enrollment of nonresident student into the Rabiner Academy Consortium for iscal year 2017-18. Both boards authorized the board secretary to pay bills prior to the Sept. 18 board meeting and IASB legislative priorities for the 2018 legislative session. IASB priorities approved were: Resolution 1. Student achievement and accountability—research-based initiative. Resolution 19. Fiscal responsibility and stewardship—school funding policy. Resolution 20: Fiscal responsibility and stewardship—supplement state aid. Resolution 27: School infrastructure: SAVE (Secure

an Advanced Vision for Education). The BC-IG board rejected a request to allow voluntary four-year-old preschool students who live or attended daycare less than one mile from the BC-IG Elementary School to be transported at a cost of $25 per student each semester with a maximum of $50 per family each semester during the 2017-18 school year. A request for an additional assistant high school football coach was rejected by the BC-IG board. Board member Tony Bennett said, “It was hard enough to make the budget cuts we did without going backwards.” Kenealy said, “The decisions you made last spring weren’t easy to do. I’ve seen these things happen before and some schools use volunteer coaches.” Board members Crystal Endrulat, Ryan Goodman, Danika Hinkeldey and Stacy Raasch were absent.

Galva council decides to do its own street striping The Galva City Council approved renting a machine to do striping in the city during its meeting Aug. 14. A motion was approved to purchase paint for street striping through Vista paint for $69.75 per 12-can case, a handicap stencil for $22.95, rent a machine and have the city maintenance do the striping. A discussion was held on sidewalk thickness. The council decided all new sidewalks should be 3.5 inches thick. The irst reading of the recodi ication will be at the September meeting. The clerk/treasurer has

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not received any information from USDA regarding inancing of the wastewater project. The income survey CDBG requirement was tabled until after the council meets with the USDA. Andy Goettsch’s fuel island building permit application was approved upon receipt of copies of the ire marshal’s permits. The depository resolution was updated to show Mayor Stan Nading and Mayor protem Gaylen Freese. The council discussed items to be listed in an ad to contract snow removal from city

properties and decided to ask Mike Vondrak to be the back up snowplow operator when Mark Vogt is on vacation. The council discussed having the property owner responsible for the storm sewer if he builds on the lot on Buena Vista and Third Street. In other business, the council discussed storm sewer repair, no truck parking sign for Galva Public Library, nuisance mowing letters to be sent, replacing the double doors at the shelter house and the housing trust fund project. Councilmen Daniel Bloyer and Alan Goettsch were absent.

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Thursdays at 8:45 a.m. Bockelman is the instructor. Zumba is held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 a.m. Christi Ladwig is the instructor. AM Mix is Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. Jen Conover is the instructor. Rec center hours: 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-8 p.m. Sunday. Lifeguard hours: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. These hours will switch after Aug. 31. We ask that everyone who uses the facility respect our

rule about changing your shoes when you enter the building. This will help keep the building clean and help extend the lifetime of our equipment. Visit our website: www.idagroverec.org. Remember that you can use Chamber Bucks to pay for a membership. Also, GOMACO, Horn Memorial Hospital and North Star employees get special discounts. We also offer a military discount for past or present military service. Contact Gross with any questions at 712-364-3716 or igrec@longlines.com.

Out of the Past Forty years ago Battle Creek’s Mis its slow pitch softball team set a Guinness world record and raised almost $7,000 to cover the medical bills for the Bob Meier family, whose 19-month old son is being treated for cancer. The Mis its, with the help of the Battle Creek Badgers and Battle Creek Bombers, set the record by playing continuously for 45 hours and 30 minutes. The previous record was 36 hours. Other teams playing in the marathon were from Ida Grove, Holstein, Odebolt, Sioux City, Ute, Cushing, Mapleton and Battle Creek. Charles Lindberg and his “Spirit of St. Louis” airplane buzzed a large crowd at Charlie Churchill’s air ield south of Battle Creek on Aug. 28, 1927. A replica of Lindberg’s famous plane repeated the incident last Friday when Jimmy Leeward of Ocala, Fla., buzzed Battle Creek’s Main Street with about 100 people on hand to watch. Leeward was conducting a reenactment of the cross-country tour Lindberg made in 1927. The Galva and Holstein school boards, along with a small number of citizens, met recently to explore the possibility of the two schools merging. The boards discussed declining enrollments and increasing costs for both districts. Holstein board members said they should also look at consolidating with either Willow or East-

wood, as well as Galva. Another possibility is combining Holstein, Galva and Schaller. The boards will meet again Sept. 21 to discuss reorganization. Thirty years ago Byron Originals and Midwest Industries hosted Aviation Expo 87 last week. A big addition to the “Striking Back” show this year was a replica of the Paci ic Ocean, featuring a 1/5 scale model of the aircraft carrier Hornet and PT torpedo boats. The Ida County Tourism Committee is working on plans for its irst Great Annual Bike Ride Around Ida County (GABRAI). Betty McIntosh, tourism committee chairman, is helping organize the event scheduled for Sept. 12. The riders are scheduled to make stops in all ive Ida County towns. The Galva Booster Club has inalized plans for its annual Fun Day on Labor Day. There will be a walk for fun, a ventriloquist, cow pie bingo, kids games, a band and water hockey sponsored by the ire department. Twenty years ago Knop’s Discovery 530-210 was named grand champion bull at the Iowa State Fair Angus Show. Knop Angus Farm of Ida Grove and Magnolia Plantation of McDonough, Ga., exhibited the March 1995 son of Jetliner 707 of Conanga. He was also the senior champion. Knop Angus Farms also

showed the junior heifer calf champion and the reserve heifer calf champion. Burdette Conover of Holstein exhibited the reserve champion premier sire Berkshire hog at the Iowa State Fair. Galva-Holstein welcomed nine new staff members for the start of the 1997-98 school year. The new staff includes Terry Kenealy, superintendent. Ten years ago Approximately 2,000 ish were killed as the result of an algae die-off in the 11-acre Moorehead Park Lake. Lannie Miller, isheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), noted the loss of ish at Moorehead isn’t considered a major ish kill. He added algae die-offs don’t happen very often, and it had been more than 30 years since it had occurred at Moorehead Park. Galva will observe its 125th birthday with two days of activity Sept. 1-2. The celebration includes a parade featuring grand marshals Ralph and Sally Radke who are the quasquicentennial king and queen. Aunt B’s Restaurant, Lounge and Catering opened in Arthur Aug. 3. The restaurant is owned by Barb Milner and her son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Brenda Mace. United Bank of Iowa celebrated its 75th birthday with a free meal and entertainiment for its customers at the Ida County fairgrounds last week.

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Class participants: Ten participants recently completed a Matter of Balance class. Matter of Balance is an evidence-based program designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase the activity levels of older adults who have concerns about falls. Classes took place in Ida Grove during June. Throughout the eight-class course, participants learned how to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals for increasing activity and change their environment to reduce fall risk factors. The overall goals of the course are to promote exercise and increase strength and balance. Front row from left: Betty Lansink, Larry Albrecht, Cecile Bargar and Karen Lansink. Back row: Sue Salcido (coach) Freda Noll, Karen Breyfogle, Jim Breyfogle, Marguerite Schramm, Margaret Schug and Donna Georgopoulos (coach). Janice Kreisler also participated in the class. If interested in taking the class, contact Horn Public Health at 712-364-7311.

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Sole 2 Soul 125 South Main St., Galva 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily 712-282-4426 www.Sole2SoulGalva.com TST pop up workouts: Javier Tuel and the Tuel Shed Training team will be in Galva to continue their TST Excel summer maintenance program on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Join us for a 30 minute workout. All ages, genders and itness levels are welcome to participate. Yoga: The next seven-week yoga session starts Monday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. and runs through Oct. 23. Gebers is the yoga instructor. These

classes run approximately 50-minutes. Yoga is relaxing and helps with balance and lexibility, so all ages, itness levels and genders can do it. Call the center to sign up or for information on the fee. Fall itness challenge: Sole 2 Soul is teaming up with Tuel Shed Training to offer a Buddy Up and Build Muscle challenge this fall. The eight-week challenge starts Thursday, Sept. 14 and ends Saturday, Oct. 28. During the challenge, participants will exercise together and motivate each other from all area towns.

Zumba: Zumba runs through Sept. 13. These 50minute cardio dance classes are taught by certi ied Zumba instructor Christi Ladwig of Ida Grove and start at 6 p.m. Step aerobics/weight circuits: A seven-week step aerobics and weight training circuit runs through Sept. 28. These 45-minute combo classes are taught by AFAA certi ied trainer Barb Gebers of Holstein and start at 5:45 a.m. Thursdays. The Meeting Place is the ideal place to host your special event. Call 282-4426 for information.

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by Doug Clough At Bonnie Acres in west central Ida County, Tom Conover ushers me from his home to his barn and then a pen where his 600-pound sire and 550-pound sow reside. At the barn, he picks up a traditional wooden cane, similar to the one my 80-year-old Grandpa Clough used to steady himself when I was a wee lad. My host, however, holds the cane to his side, a healthy stride as I follow his stealthy lead. Conover walks straight-backed, puts a foot at the bottom of the pen’s fence, hoists a leg over, and has landed – quite sure-footed, using the cane only to intimidate the mammoths to full sight. Conover is 93-years-old. Bonnie Acres is the place of his birth, the name from his mother’s in luence, a fullblooded Scottish woman. “They dressed in kilts and the whole bit,” said Conover. “My mother’s name was Cora and my father, an English-American, was named Cliff. I was birthed on the kitchen table in this room.” I look down, my arms leaning on the surface. “Well, not this table.” He smiles broadly and laughs. “That table’s long gone.” Conover’s folks acquired 272 acres of land in 1912 in our county. And my subject at hand has worked on this property for most of its family’s time. “I’ve always been active, worked hard,” said Conover. “When you raise livestock, you don’t need to belong to a gym.” Discipline was also handed out by his father, who relied on his children to make farmlife work. “One morning before school, I was watching the catch gate while we were loading hogs for the Sioux City Stockyards. I let a fat one get by, and my dad stopped right then and there and spanked me right in front of the trucker,” said Conover who rode a pony to and from school up until his junior year at Holstein School. “Even when I was able to drive a second-hand Model A Ford to school, I couldn’t play football or baseball because farm work allowed no such time.” And, while Conover led a methodical and rigorous boyhood – one that would serve him well over the course of his life, he also found a great deal of satisfaction in showing Berkshire hogs, a breed that irst came to Bonnie Acres in 1929 when he was just iveyears-old. “Our irst Berkshire was shipped to us by the Chicago Railway to Holstein from Paris, Mo.,” said Conover. “We crossbred it with a Duroc and a Hampshire. The cross did well. “The Berkshires have a quiet disposition. The marbled

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meat is excellent. They show and sell well, because they have the length and frame to have a large litter. I started showing at our county fair and then graduated to the Sac and Buena Vista Fairs. My irst big fair was at Spencer.” In his high school years, Conover learned how to show his hogs well, by washing them with soap and water, oiling them and brushing them for his audience. “We weren’t so fancy then,” said Conover. “We didn’t have a sale barn. We showed them under the shade of an oak tree.” The Spencer Fair ran for 10 days, and he sold his sows for $50 or more each, which he said was “good money” for those days. It was 1934 when he irst showed at our Ida County fair, and Conover would learn over the next few years that he could make more money by exhibiting his hogs where the right buyers could see them. “I was in love with this hog thing,” said Conover. And then, the war came that tested the greatest generation: World War II. Conover graduated from high school in May 1941 and soon after sold his 4-H projects, two calves and three pigs, so he would be ready to serve. In March, 1942, he boarded a bus at Ida Grove’s Baxter Hotel to report for duty. After basic training and a brief sideline for an appendectomy, he was in the second wave of infantry to hit the beaches of Normandy. “We came to the beach in the amphibian boats and entered the water with our guns over our heads,” stated Conover, who also fought in northern France, Rhineland, central Europe and the Battle of the Bulge. “In those days, your terms of service were determined on the severity of battle, marked by a points system; I earned my points between the March, 1942, and October, 1944.” All in all, Corporal Conover of the 5th Infantry division earned the Bronze Star for heroism in a combat zone; the Army Good Conduct Medal for three consecutive years of honorable and faithful service; the European Campaign Medal, issued by President Roosevelt for serving in the European Theater, and Four Gold Bars, awarded for two years of overseas service. Upon return to the states, Bonnie Acres was waiting. “In those days, the draft of ices allowed farm kids who fought in the war to put their names in for new farm equipment,” said Conover. “I got the irst Model A John Deere Tractor in the spring of 1945 and then the irst fourrow planter. Back then, they

didn’t bring in a latbed of anything; it was one piece of equipment at a time.” And, despite his hard work and service that brought his family the tractor and planter, Conover was still in love with this hog thing. “When I got back to the States, I kept showing,” said Conover. “When I left for the war, I was on top, but, like anything, you can be forgotten, too.” Shortly after his return, the Conover family was showing Berkshires on Feb. 22, 1945, at the sale pavilion in Holstein. The brochure noted that Ida Grove’s George Hoffman and Son showed a grand champion car lot of barrows at the Chicago Market Fat Stock Show: it was a boar that was bred and raised at Bonnie Acres, his sire Eldorado Bomber 5th and his dam Bonnie Acres Miss Omaha 13th. With this background, Conover was able to hit the hog-circuit running. Soon after, he was offered the challenge of judging shows. He was 22-years-old and headed for the Iowa State Berkshire sale in Webster City; upon arrival, he found that a judge couldn’t make it, and he was asked to substitute, based on his experience and 4-H background. He told the group, “I’ll judge if you’ll put my hogs in the middle of the sale. I won’t show them. No one will know they’re mine.” And, that’s what they did, ushering in another chapter in Conover’s Berkshire experience – if only by accident. “It snowballed after that,” stated Conover. “I got phone calls for the Iowa State Fair, the Spencer Fair, FFA sales and 4-H events.” Without a college degree, Conover broke barriers to become a sought-after judge and showman. Conover has shown his hogs 56 years at the Iowa State Fair and 60 years at the Clay County Fair. He has both judged and shown at 37 shows, having also served as Berkshire board president three times. International audiences from Mexico, Canada, Chile and Japan have been his audience, and the Japanese have been in his own backyard a number of times to see him do what he does best: show and judge hogs that sell. Does Conover ever slow down? “I get dizzy now and again and have to stop and rest. I had bypass surgery,” said Conover. “I went to a doctor’s appointment not too long ago, and the doc asked me how my heart was doing. I told him I slowed it down a notch… you know, to make it last longer.” And, Conover will need that ticker for a bit; he’s got some Berkshire hog showing – and judging – left to do.

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Award winner: Craig Ehlers of Craig’s Ag Service was named the recipient of district and national awards at the Syngenta Golden Harvest Kick Off Meeting held in Bloomington, Minn. Craig’s Ag won the following awards: 2017 District Seed Advisor of the Year, 2017 District Volume Winner and 2017 District Growth Winner. Ehlers also received a plaque from the Golden Harvest Seed Advisor Executive Council in recognition of his service on the Golden Harvest Seed Advisor Executive Council from 2015-17. He will now compete for the National Seed Advisor of the Year Award to be announced later this year. Craig and fiancée, Denette Hoffman, launched Craig’s Ag Service in 2014 as a full service seed, crop scouting and crop insurance business with locations in Holstein and Schaller. They are pictured third and fourth from left.

Conservation Corner by Paige Alesch ICCB director Monarch butter ly migration As September and the monarch butter ly migration grow closer we are getting ready for our annual monarch tagging event on Sept. 9. These black and orange butter lies have quite the journey ahead of them as they return to Mexico for the winter months. The monarch is the only butter ly known to make a twoway migration as birds do and some ly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter homes. The monarchs that travel to these southern regions in the fall are the longest living as they

make the trip in one generation. The journey north in the spring is just as impressive as it takes multiple generations to reach their summer homes. Generation one monarchs are the offspring of the monarchs who overwintered in Mexico. Each successive generation travels farther north. It will take three to four generations to reach the northern United States and Canada. Here at the Ida County Conservation Board we hold a monarch-tagging program each fall. This gives us the ability to see where the monarchs caught in Ida County end up. Each butter ly caught

is itted with a tiny stickerlike tag with a unique number. For the butter ly, carrying this tag is about the equivalent of a human being carrying a cell phone in their pocket. It won’t slow them down at all. Using the website monarchwatch. org we can see if anyone has found and reported one of the butter lies and also the location that the butter ly was found. We hope to see you all for our monarch-tagging program on Sept. 9 where you will learn more about these butter lies. You will also have the opportunity to catch, tag, release and say “¡Adios” as they leave for Mexico.

Local Edward Jones’ team par cipates in advanced training Doug Schmidt, a inancial advisor with the inancial services irm Edward Jones in the Ida Grove area, and Pat Siebrecht, a branch of ice administrator, recently attended an invitation-only training opportunity at the irm’s headquarters in St. Louis. The three-day Advanced Practice Management Forum is offered to branch teams throughout the country who rank among the top third most

successful in the irm in helping clients work toward their long-term inancial goals. “The Advanced Practice Management Forum gave us an opportunity to share ideas with other successful teams, visit with home-of ice experts to discuss ways to meet more clients’ needs and view technical demonstrations highlighting a variety of systems and tools,” Schmidt said. “Pat and I also were able to tailor

Schulte Ca le Company shows champion market steer Schulte Cattle Company of Odebolt showed the champion Simmental market steer during the beef feeder calf show at the Iowa State Fair. Other placings by Schulte Cat-

tle Company were as follows: Class 2 commercial breeding heifer—third place; registered Chianina market steer—third place and registered Simmental market steer— irst place.

some of the training to focus on areas of our business that we want to grow.” Siebrecht adds, “Attending this training together will help us better serve our clients. We now share a clearer vision of the best practices, tools and resources to use in earning new clients, deepening relationships with existing clients and overall delivering an ideal client experience.”

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Congratulations Craig on a job well done! Craig Ehlers of Craigs Ag Service was awarded • 2017 District Seed Advisor of the year • 2017 District Volume Winner • 2017 District Growth Winner

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Conover: Tom Conover, 93, of Holstein is still going strong at his rural Bonnie Acres in west central Ida County. Conover, known for his talent for showing and judging hogs, raises Berkshire hogs, a breed that first came to Bonnie Acres in 1929 when he was just five-years old.

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FAMILY & FRIENDS Concert benefits Andy Miller Jarrod Lawson presents a benefit concert for Andy Miller of Ida Grove Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Ida Grove Community Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the show runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Show tickets are $20, with a meal included. Limited seating is available. Tickets are for sale at United Bank of Iowa, First State Bank, Pronto and Cenex in Ida Grove. All proceeds go to Andy Miller’s ALS/Lou Geh-

rig’s Fund. Miller was diagnosed with ALS/LouGehrig’s Disease. An account named “Andy Miller ALS Fund” is set up at United Bank of Iowa in Ida Grove. Online donations: h t t p : / / w w w. g o f u n d m e . com/49d6bi8. Facebook event: https:// www.facebook.comevents/ 124606838166519??ti=ia. Further Information: 503-858-5943 or RobbyHolmes72@gmail.com.

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Pool picnic: Stubbs Library in Holstein held its final program of the summer reading program, “Build A Better World,” Aug. 4 at the Holstein pool. Kids enjoyed swimming and eating hot dogs. Derek Heilman, center, gets his hot dog.

Three local ci zens receive Governor’s Volunteer Award Nadine Dutler of Ida Grove, Beth Ortner of Holstein and Mary Forristal of Holstein received Governor’s Volunteer Award from Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg during a special recognition ceremony held Aug. 9 in Storm Lake. Dutler and Ortner were honored with individual awards by Horn Memorial Hospital for their work as volunteer coaches for the A Matter of Balance program. “We would not be able to provide this program without their dedication and enthusiasm,” stated Erin Dausel, master trainer for the program. “It takes a lot of time and effort on their parts to prepare for and present the classes. They are great examples of what volunteerism is all about.”

Forristal received a ive-year length of service award from SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program). “I am pleased we can provide a way to help organizations honor the devoted volunteers who help the organization deliver on its mission,” stated Adam Lounsbury, executive director of Volunteer Iowa. “Volunteers across Iowa are contributing their time and talent in incredible ways to help solve the most pressing challenges in their communities.” More than 600 awards are being presented this year during ceremonies held at several locations around the state. It is estimated that more than 31,000 hours of service, with an economic impact of more than $727,000, were served

by this year’s honorees during the past 12 months. Coordinated by Volunteer Iowa, the Governor’s Volunteer Award program—now in its 34th year—provides an easy way for Iowa nonpro its, charitable organizations, and government entities to honor their volunteers with a prestigious, state-level award. More information is available at volunteeriowa.org.

Mary Dreeszen of Cushing placed in four classes of the Iowa State Fair clothing construction division of fabrics and threads. Dreeszen placed irst in the children coat or jacket class, second in the children costume class, third in the infant/ toddler christening dress or suit and fourth in the children dress up out it. Dreeszen received honorable mention in the quilting division of the fabric and

threads contest for her team or group-pieced (less than 144). Dreeszen also received second place in the toys and dolls division of the fabric and threads contest for her doll garment.

Ida County Historical Society to meet Aug. 24

The Morningside Healthcare Community (Ida Grove) activity schedule for Aug. 2330 is: Wednesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. church with Pastor Salcido. Thursday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. manicures; 2 p.m. life on the farm. Friday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. reading; 1:30 p.m. movie and popcorn. Saturday—2:30 p.m. adult coloring social. Sunday—10:30 a.m. coupon clipping. Monday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:30 a.m. word guess; 2 pm. Hangman. Tuesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 2 p.m. Blank Park Zoo. Wednesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. Presbyterian ladies.

The Ida County Historical Society will meet Thursday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Ida Grove Public Library.

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Volunteer award: Nadine Dutler of Ida Grove received the Governor’s Volunteer Award from Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg during a special recognition ceremony held Aug. 9 in Storm Lake. Dutler was honored with individual awards by Horn Memorial Hospital for her work as volunteer coach for the A Matter of Balance program.

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Volunteer award: Beth Ortner of Holstein received the Governor’s Volunteer Award from Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg during a special recognition ceremony held Aug. 9 in Storm Lake. Ortner was honored with individual awards by Horn Memorial Hospital for her work as volunteer coach for the A Matter of Balance program.

OSC Schedule by Crystal Hopkins Activity director The Odebolt Specialty Care activity calendar for Aug. 23-30 is: Wednesday—10:15 a.m. Catholic communion; 2:30 p.m. Jeopardy. Thursday—10 a.m. WESCO; 2:30 p.m. Arthur Free Church; 3 p.m. social. Friday—10 a.m. art; 2:30 p.m. bingo; 3 p.m. social. Saturday—3 p.m. movie

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Births Chance Petro and Danielle Meyer of Council Bluffs are parents of a son, Scorpius Andrew Petro, born Aug. 5, 2017, at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Neb. Scorpius weighed 5 lbs., 10 oz. Grandparents are Kelly Harris of Battle Creek, Bryce and Laurie Meyer of Ricketts and Heidi Petro of Council Bluffs. Great-grandparents are Roger Schmidt of Ida Grove and Tim Lester of Sergeant Bluff.

Joseph Bush and Sara Meyer of Canton, S.D., are parents of a daughter, Katherine Jean Bush, born Aug. 9, 2017, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Katherine weighed 9 lbs., 13 oz. Grandparents are Kelly Harris of Battle Creek, Bryce and Laurie Meyer of Ricketts and Al and Christine Bush of Cleghorn. Great-grandparents are Roger Schmidt of Ida Grove, Tim Lester of Sergeant Bluff and Bill and Sarah Joines of Larrabee. Katherine is welcomed home by R.J., 3, and Elizabeth, 1.

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Battle Creek auxiliary: The Battle Creek American Legion Auxiliary officers for the coming year are, front from left, Corlie Kohnekamp, president, and Lois Jensen, vice president, and back from left, Doris Jones, treasurer; Shirley Morrice, chaplain, and Shar Osborn, secretary.

Danbury Corn Days celebrate 50th anniversary celebra on Danbury Corn Days will celebrate its 50th anniversary Aug. 25-27 with a full slate of activities. Friday events at the ire station include: a pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. The Gem City royalty will be crowned at 6 p.m. and euchre begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s events will be held at the park with the exception of the lunch stand and parade. The one-pitch softball tournament begins at 8 a.m. The lunch stand is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The parade gets underway at noon. Activities after the parade include: craft and venders, show and shine, corn feed, beer garden, pedal tractor pull for kids and adults, Phaze One—DJ and foam party, petting zoo and face painting. Other activities and their

times are as follows: 1 to 6 p.m. in latables and games, 1 to 4 p.m. home brew beer taste testing, bingo at 1:30 p.m., cake walk at 2:30 p.m., barbecue cookoff – samples from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., music —“In Due Time” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., pork chop feed from 5 to 8 p.m. and ball park dance from 8 p.m. to midnight featuring “Locked N Loaded.” Sunday’s activities begin with St. Mary’s Catholic Church luncheon at 11 a.m. with the auction starting at noon. The movie, “Sing,” will be played at the rec center at 3 p.m. Check out the event at: www.facebook.com/corndays@danburyia.com. There are still spaces available for softball and bags. Send an email if you are interested: corndays@danbury-ia. com.

The Holstein Chamber of Commerce met Aug. 10 at Boulders Inn. President Jamee Dittmer called the meeting to order with 10 members present. Secretary Teresa Hunt presented the minutes from the July meeting. Treasurer Hunt presented the financial report. Both reports were approved. In old business, Dittmer informed the group that the new website is up and running. Chamber members are encouraged to send information and/or photos to Dittmer at designsbyjamee@hotmail.com to be posted to the website. Photos should be in a JPEG. It was also noted that the articles that Haley Westphal (intern) is completing

for the Chamber will also be posted on the website, along with the Chamber newsletter. Several members said that she hasn’t contacted them. The Farmers’ Market is going well. The committee will reevaluate some areas for improvement next year. The rebranding committee is almost done with the brochure they have been working on. They are also working on a two-sided brochure, listing services available in Holstein. This brochure will be evaluated bi-annually for updates. Hunt and Kay Hanson will work on getting this out to all businesses for the Holstein area. Hunt said the watering schedule is completed, and

can monitor his step counts. Ask him to step away from his desk at work more often. Sitting for prolonged periods of time is linked to larger waistlines, higher blood pressures and HDL numbers, increased triglycerides and in lammation. Stop bringing doughnuts and sweets home from the bakery. Men should aim for less than 37.5 grams a sugar a day, so avoiding doughnuts and other processed sweet treats is always a good idea. Avoid the bread aisle at the grocery store. Avoid empty carbohydrates: out of sight, out of mind concept. Turn off the TV and electronics and go outside with him to visit a library, museum or volunteer at your church or community. Make sure Dad gets enough sleep. If he snores loudly or has dif iculty falling asleep, ask him to see his doctor for an evaluation. Until the cows come home: Make sure the men in your house drink milk, eat yogurt and cottage cheese or take a calcium supplement every day for stronger bones. An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but all the men in your life need to see their eye doctor and physician to get an annual physical that includes blood work and a prostrate check. Don’t let him put this off; it might save his life.

would be a good candidate, and she accepted that responsibility. It was noted that the Kiwanis would host the soup and sandwich luncheon at the American Legion. The rebranding committee will be hosting cake silent auction fundraiser that day, also. Holstein State Theatre will host a free movie at 1 p.m., movie to yet be decided. The tree lighting activity will be held, along with other activities that have yet to be finalized. Watch for more details, as we get closer to the holidays. There are currently 53 chamber members, and Hunt fielded six calls in July. Teresa Hunt Secretary/treasurer

Iowa State Fair talent acts from local area advance to semifinals In the senior division (ages 13-21), Libby Peterson, 20, of Cherokee advanced to the semi inal round in the Bill Riley 58th annual Iowa State Talent Search Aug. 17-19. Peterson performed a musical theater routine. The irst-place winner re-

ceived a prize of $8,000. The second and third place winners were awarded $4,000 and $2,000, respectively. An area sprout division dance quartet advanced to the semi inal round in Bill Riley’s 58th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search Aug. 17-19.

Area sprout division acts that advanced to the semin inals were: a tap quartet— Gracie Schillerberg, nine, of Schleswig; Presley Schroeder, nine, of Odebolt; Ali Ullrich, nine, of Denison, and Adalyn Sporrer, eight, of Wall Lake, and a lyrical dance by Gwen Ja-

cobson, 12 of Battle Creek. Each of the six sprout champions received a prize of $250 after the Championship Show. More than $17,000 was awarded to the senior and sprout divisions combined. This year’s contest was sponsored by HyVee.

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Ask Dad to exercise with you When is the last time you saw your dad, brother or husband exercise? Did he get a sweat on? Does he have dif iculty keeping up with your kids or grandkids at the park or ball ield? Does he wheeze after going up or down a light of stairs or carrying suitcases to the car? Has his doctor suggested that he drop some pounds to get his blood pressure and/or cholesterol levels down into safer ranges? Or is he “too busy” to exercise like millions of American males? Most men need a gentle (and persistent) nudge to add exercise to their daily routines. Here are some ways to help your dad, brother or husband manage stress, be healthier and add some cardio to his life: Take the steps instead of the elevator. Park further away from the hardware store, walk to get the mail instead of driving up to the mailbox. Go for a walk every night before supper, and take bike rides on trails on weekends to get some fresh air and exercise. Encourage him to join a itness center or take a group itness class. There is a social side of wellness that is overlooked as we get older. Men need friends away from work to bond with, so buddy up with him for 30 to 60 minutes of exercise each day. Fitbits make great gifts so he

there is still help needed for the trail waste receptacles. Members signed up at the meeting to complete the list through the end of December. In new business, the Holiday Promotion scheduled for Dec. 2 was discussed. It was discussed being able to tie the advertising in with Small Business Saturday in November. Karla Meier was present to discuss the three ad sizes for the Holiday Promotion advertising. She will finalize details and bring back the information to the group. After much discussion, Pastor Tyler Parsons suggested there be a coordinator for the day’s events. It was recommended that Gayle Brown

Founder of the Roman Principate and considered the ﬁrst Roman Emperor, he ruled the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 14 AD and is the namesake for the month of August. Who is he?

CLUES DOWN 1. __ and circumstance 2. Bowfin fish 3. Ready money 4. Expression of satisfaction 5. A person who lacks good judgment 6. Cooks where one 7. Majors and Oswald 8. __ humbug 9. Salts 10. Type of hound 11. A notice of someone’s death 12. Disgust with sweetness 13. Barbie’s friend 16. Rectal procedures 18. Partner to carrots 22. Group of cops (abbr.) 23. First Chinese dynasty 24. A favorite of children 25. Being a single unit or thing 27. Fencing swords 28. New England river 29. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.) 30. Insect feeler 31. Payment (abbr.) 33. Director Howard 35. Large deep-bodied fish 36. Architectural term describing pillars 37. Chargers legend Fouts 39. Awaken 42. Covered 43. Frock 44. Cools a home 46. Congratulatory gestures 47. __ fide 48. Ancient Incan sun god 49. Card players’ move: __ up 50. Gentlemen 51. Educational organizations 52. Actress Daly 53. Southern sky constellation (abbr.) 54. Midway between east and southeast 55. Small European viper 56. Language close to Thai

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Obituaries To keep our readers better informed, funeral information will be posted on our website (www.idacountycourier.com) within hours of receiving it at our of ice.

Lou W. Rathjen Oct. 11, 1941 – Aug. 15, 2017 IDA GROVE – Services for Lou W Rathjen, 75, of Ida Grove were Aug. 19, 2017, at the Midwest Hangar in Ida Grove. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery at Ida Grove, with military rites by McNamara-Moore Post No. 61 of American Legion. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements. Lou died Aug. 15, 2017, at his Ida Grove home. Lou W. Rathjen, son of John and Margaret (Evans) Rathjen was born Oct. 11, 1941, in Ida Grove, where he lived out his entire life. He graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1959, and was active in 4-H and FFA and was an avid HAM radio operator, using the handle KNOCJS. Following high school, Lou attended Buena Vista College and continued farming with his father before enlisting into the U.S. Air Force Reserves, where he trained to be a jet engine mechanic. Lou exercised his skills while serving during the Vietnam War and carried out his proud service in later years by hauling the local Iwo Jima loat around the country with his close friend, Bill Sample. On Aug. 4, 1973, Lou married Gail Duvall in a little white country church outside of Cherokee, with Gail’s two children, Beth and Tom, to unite

Raymond “Bill” Sample Feb. 27, 1945 – Aug. 10, 2017

a happy family. He enjoyed custom farming in his early years, after returning from service, and began farming for Byron Godbersen in 1972. In due time, he took on many roles at Midwest Industries and Byron Originals, until his retirement in the fall of 2016. His entire 44-year tenure for the company was one of immense pride to him. Lou also had great joy for his trucking business, Lou and Gail Rathjen Trucking. No one worked harder than Lou, and he was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need, including a stray animal. He was truly “one of a kind” who touched many lives and will be missed by all who came across his path. Lou is survived by his children: Beth Enneking of Marcus and “Tom” Brandon Thomas of Kansas City, Mo.; a grandchild, Daniel (Jorrie) Rector of Danbury, and two great-grandchildren, Autumn and Leo. Also surviving are two sisters: Cathrine Rathjen Nix of Leawood, Kan., and Cary (Bruce Lindsley) Rathjen of Penngrove, Calif.; a nephew, Cavin Rathjen of Denver, Colo.; a niece, Beth Rathjen of Sheridan, Wyo.; extended family and numerous friends. Lou was preceded in death by his parents, John and Margaret Rathjen; his wife, Gail Rathjen; a brother, Hank Rathjen, and a nephew, L.J. Rathjen. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Diane Kay Schreiber July 12, 1947 – Aug. 12, 2017 BATTLE CREEK – Services for Diane Kay Schreiber, 70, of Battle Creek were Aug. 16, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek. The Rev. Kevin J. Freese officiated. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery at Battle Creek. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Battle Creek was in charge of arrangements. She died Aug. 12, 2017, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. Diane Kay Schreiber, daughter of Otto and Maurine (Kendall) Kiertzner, was born July 12, 1947, in Davenport. She grew up on the family farm north of Battle Creek and graduated from Battle Creek High School in 1965. Diane furthered her education at Clarinda Community College. Diane married Al Schreiber and the couple was blessed with two sons, Judd and Andrew. The couple would later part ways. She was active in her community. She drove the Battle Creek Ambulance and held various positions on the ambulance board. You might remember her kind voice as an Ida County dispatcher or jailer. Or you might remember her friendly smile and warm heart as she helped the

handicapped at Ida Sheltered Industries, where she served as a counselor and later residential director before she retired. Diane served on the board of directors for Ida Sheltered Industries. She cherished her family and adored her grandchildren. She could be spotted attending the local school sporting events or rooting on her Cyclones. Diane was a lifelong, devoted member of First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek. She enjoyed driving her golf cart, visiting, playing cards and golfing, in her youth. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Diane’s compassion, advice and generosity will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Judd (Kim) Schreiber of Battle Creek and Andrew (special friend, Mandy Taggart) of Ida Grove; four grandchildren: Austin Schreiber and Autumn Schreiber, Madison Schreiber and Sydney Schreiber; an aunt, Phyllis Fox; a nephew, Joel; a niece, Kristen; extended family and numerous friends. Diane was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Maurine Kiertzner; a twin brother, David Kiertzner; a granddaughter, Makayla Mae, and an uncle, Quill Fox. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

EMMETSBURG – Services for Raymond “Bill” Sample, 72, of Emmetsburg, formerly of Ida Grove, were Aug. 15, 2017, at Faith Community Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Mark Aurand of iciated. Inurnment will be in the Laurens Cemetery in Laurens. American Legion of Ida Grove performed military honors. Arrangements are by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg. Bill died Aug. 10, 2017, at Emmetsburg Care Center in Emmetsburg. Raymond W. Sample, son of Charles R. and Mary G. Sample, was born Feb. 27, 1945, at Buena Vista County Hospital in Storm Lake. He was raised in Albert City, where he received his education. He graduated from Albert CityTruesdale High School in 1962. Following high school, Ray farmed with his father and brother. He became known to his family and friends as “Bill.” Bill attended Iowa State University from 1963 until 1964 and then entered the U.S. Army, serving from 1965 to 1967. He trained and served as a military policeman. After his honorable discharge, he remained in the Reserves until 1990. He was raised to the rank of staff sergeant. While serving in the Reserves, Bill was deployed overseas twice. After being discharged from the Reserves in 1990, he entered the Inactive Ready Reserves, being discharged in February, 1995. Ray served his country for a total of 30 years and was very proud of his military commitment. After returning home in 1967, Bill had numerous jobs in the area, but mainly worked at Farmers Coop in Albert City, delivering re ined fuels and fertilizer feed products and did work in the shop. Later, he moved to Marathon. In 1972, Bill married Sandra L. Brown of Marathon. To this union, two daughters were born: Jeannie K. and Terry A. Bill and Sandra later divorced, but he continued to love his family. He moved his family to Ida Grove in the

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summer of 1974 and drove truck for Robert Bennigsdorf. Later, he drove a lease truck for Crouse Cartage and Lou Rathjen, until his retirement in 2007. Bill was proud of the fact that, in 40 years of driving on the road, he never received a speeding ticket or had an accident. Bill was always welcomed around Ida Grove, as he always had what he called his “treat box.” He was always handing out candy bars or other treats. He loved lowers and shared them with others around Ida Grove every summer. At Christmastime, he always had a pocket full of candy canes, which he gave to everyone he met, along with a greeting of “Merry Christmas.” Bill was a member of Church of God, serving on the board and singing in the choir and men’s chorus for over 20 years, until his health forced him to stop. He was a member of American Legion in Marathon and Ida Grove for over 40 years. He served as a volunteer ireman and irst responder while living in Marathon. He loved the Iwo Jima loat and saw its arrival at eight national Legion conventions and many state conventions, as well as several local parades. Lou Rathjen and Bill had many good times, hauling the loat around the country. When Lou’s wife, Gail, was alive, she would also go with them. Bill enjoyed reading and, in 2007, he started to enter items in the Ida County Fair. He was awarded many special awards, along with several purple and blue ribbons for his lower displays. He was a very good cook and baker and always had some baked item to enter at the fair. He later developed arthritis and carpal tunnel, which slowed him down and forced him to walk with a cane and to wear braces. He was always around and had his special stops to make, visiting friends to help brighten their day. He will be missed. He is survived by his daughters; his grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; one brother; three sisters; several nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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To keep our readers better informed, funeral information will be posted on our website (www.idacountycourier.com) within hours of receiving it at our of ice. LaVonne Jean Hinrickson April 30, 1937 – Aug. 11, 2017 also lent a hand with the family’s carpentry business. Most of all, LaVonne cherished being a wife, mother and grandmother and spending time with family. Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 64 years, Albert Hinrickson of Ida Grove; and her children: Dale (Cindy) Hinrickson of Ida Grove and Tammy (Steve) Watts of Sac City. Also surviving are her five grandchildren: Becky (Lance) Juelfs of Holstein, Jason (Val) Hinrickson of Spirit Lake, Tim (Amber) Wilcox of Ida Grove, Steve (April) Wilcox of Ida Grove and Dr. Tyler (fiancée Ariel Nenninger) Harm of Ames. Additional survivors include her stepgrandchildren: Cory Watts of Wall Lake and Abbie Watts of Sac City; 11 greatgrandchildren; two brothers: Jerry Ferguson of Centennial, Colo., and Robert Ferguson of Clearwater, Fla.; extended family and friends. LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Eunice Ferguson; an infant sister, Dixie Ferguson; a brother, Richard Ferguson; a daughter, Penni Wilcox-Hinrichs, and a grandson, Jamie Hinrickson. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Sharon K. Husted Dec. 17, 1941 – Aug. 12, 2017 BATTLE CREEK – Services for Sharon Husted, 75, of Battle Creek will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Richard D. Ball will officiate with burial following in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Ida Grove. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., with a Rosary at 5 p.m. and Vigil at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 25, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove is in charge of arrangements. She died Aug. 12, 2017, at Willow Dale Wellness Village in Battle Creek. Sharon Kay Husted, daughter of Wesley and Helen (Hammer) Husted, was born Dec. 17, 1941, in Mapleton. She grew up on a farm north of Battle Creek. As a result of being brought up on the family farm, she learned what hard work was at the tender age of six, driving a tractor and lending a helping hand with chores. She maintained that strong work ethic throughout her life. She attended the Battle Creek public schools, graduating in 1959. After high school, she attended Minneapolis Business College. Sharon moved back to the Ida Grove area in 1960. She worked for the Ida County ASCS office and Morningside Manor. She was a

longtime employee of Midwest Industries, working eight years at the Chalet and 24 years at Byron Originals, until she retired in 2003. During her retirement, she enjoyed being a hostess at BozWellz in Ida Grove. She enjoyed water walking, tending to her flowers and playing cards, especially with her bridge club friends. She had a passion for baking and enjoyed sharing her creations with others. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove. In December, 2014, she became a resident at Willow Dale Wellness Village. Sharon will be remembered for her witty quotes, her latest being, “In place of tears, please think of me, in no more pain, but rather in such a happy beautiful place.” In memory of Sharon, please visit the ill, the elderly and the homebound. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Trisha (Von) McCormick of Ida Grove; her son, Jayme Bresnahan of Johnston; her grandchildren: Megan McCormick of Urbandale and Elle and Beau McCormick of Ida Grove; two sisters: Theonne Rusch Kolls of Denison and Rhonda (Chester) Lee of Battle Creek; two nephews; one niece; extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Helen Husted; two brothers-inlaw: Merlin Rusch and LeRoy Kolls, and a niece, JeanAnn Rusch. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Ida County Fair releases tractor pull results Results from the Ida County Fair tractor pull have been released (all results are in feet). There were 116 total hooks this year. 4700 farm stock: Ryan Henningsen, 118.4. 5700 farm stock: Rex Schumacher, 300; Jim Dimmig, 287.3; Jerry Hoffmann, 189.7; Ethan Zobel, 164.2; John Georg, 139.8 and Kevin Krager, 127.4. 6700 farm stock: Jim Dimmig, 352.1; Rex Schumacher, 326.2; John Georg, 324.11; Kevin Krager, 169.0; Justin Georg, 148.5 and TJ Wiese, 123.10’ 7700 farm stock: Kevin Nepper, 282.4; Terry Dimmig, 186.2; John Georg, 185.5; Jerry Hoffman, 175.9; Kevin Weber, 172.7; Ryan Henningsen, 139.8 and TJ Wiese, 132.10. 7700 3,000 RPM: Clayton Rohmiller, 291.20; David Larson, 290.63 and Christopher Lee, 278.14. 8700 farm stock: Kevin Nepper, 181.11. 8700 3,000 RPM: Brett Lindskoog, 300.05; Ethan Zellmer, 299.74; David Larson, 295.55; Doug Erlbacher, 294.37; Brad Lundell, 288.02; Mike Schef ler, 285.46; Nick Beedle, 283.47; Christopher Lee, 282.24 and Terry Dimmig, 272.97. 8500 3,200 RPM: Alan Zellmer, 301.54; Jim Dimmig, 291.66 and Jacob Kluver,

276.81. 9700 farm stock: Michael Streed, 311.06; Mark Forbes, 308.65 and Johnathan Lundell, 300.20. 9500 non-turbo: Kevin Prichard, 255.01. 9700 3,000 RPM: Alan Zellmer, 299.23; Doug Erlbacher, 295.65; Dennis Lindskoog, 292.53; Kurt Kastner*, 286.69; Nick Beedle, 285.67; Johnathan Lundell*, 282.96 and Terry Dimmig*, 262.69. *Disquali ied. 9000 3,200 RPM: Ethan Zellmer, 315.2; Jim Dimmig, 298 and Jacob Kluer, 295.34. 10,700 farm stock: Jason Cowlham, 298.46 (red); Michael Streed, 293.29; Clayton Mandernach, 292.94; Johnathan Lundell, 285.6; Lane Volkert, 285.41; Jacob Cowlham, 283.88 (pink), Kevin Krager, 283.42; Jason Kohorst, 283.11; Ethan Zobel, 279.94; Justin Georg, 270.36; Dallas Knudsen, 264.22; Cody Wallace, 262.93; Mark Forbes, 262.42; Marty Knudsen, 252.86; Greg Wallace, 241.6 and Marc Knudsen, 230.80. 10,700 3,000 RPM: none. 11,700 farm stock: Chris Krager, 338.19; Joe Tomka, 323.03; Jordan Bieret, 321.29; Eric Conover, 315.46; Jason Cowlham, 301.28 (red); Jason Kohorst, 298.77; Kurt Heinse, 297.13; Jacob Cowlham, 290.89 (pink); Clayton Mandernach, 287.87;

Leon Venteicher, 281.42; Jake Galvin, 270.96; Dallas Knudsen, 269.34; Justin Galvin, 267.70; Lane Luscombe, 259.05; Marc Knudsen, 258.23; Lane Volkert, 258.23; Marty Knudsen, 255.62; Justin Georg, 249.22; Greg Wallace, 241.44 and Cody Wallace, 238.12. 12,700 stock RPM: Kurt Heinse, 341.3; Kevin Krager, 285.10; Stan Seuntjens, 282.7; Jason Cowlham, 281.1 (red); Joe Tomka, 278.11; Jacob Cowlham, 277 (pink); Jake Galvin, 266.7; Clayton Mandernach, 253.7; Marty Knudsen, 249.8; Marc Knudsen, 246.10; Lane Luscombe, 237.2; Dallas Knudsen, 236.8; Justin Galvin, 234.6; Gable VanCleve, 214.6 and Brayton Grote, 204.3. 13,700 stock RPM: Justin Galvin, 269.60; John Campbell, 290.43; Kevin Weber, 281.11; Jake Galvin, 269.60 and Dan VanCleve, 263.86. 14,700 farm stock: none. 15,700 farm stock: Joe Sokoloski, 319.71; Jayden Albers, 293.96; Eric Conover, 276.45 and Whitt Spaulding, 252.81. 16,700 farm stock: Greg Wallace, 290.43; Josh Albers, 281.62 and Whitt Spaulding, 263.61. 17,700 farm stock: Greg Wallace, 314.27 and Jayden Albers, 289.35. 18,700 farm stock: Greg Wallace.

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IDA GROVE – Services for LaVonne Jean Hinrickson, 80, of Ida Grove were Aug. 14, 2017, at Christensen–Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove. Pastor Nancy Peterson officiated, with burial in the Ida Grove Cemetery at Ida Grove. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements. She died Aug. 11, 2017, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. LaVonne Jean Hinrickson, daughter of Earl and Eunice (Todd) Ferguson was born April 30, 1937, in Ida Grove. On June 21, 1953, LaVonne married Albert Hinrickson at her grandmother’s home in Ida Grove. To this union, three children were born: Dale, Penni and Tammy. In her youth, LaVonne liked to go swimming, lifeguard, camp and travel. She was a pack leader for her son, Dale’s, Boy Scout troop and also a troop leader for her daughter’s Brownie troop. LaVonne enjoyed visiting with the neighbors over a hot cup of coffee or settling down with her crochet and knitting projects. She

From the Ida County Sheriff ’s Log Thursday, Aug. 10 Of icers received 31 calls for service. Among the calls were one traf ic stop, one abandoned 911 call and one 911 transfer. 1:54 a.m.: Animal complaint in the 400 block of First Street 2:31 a.m.: Breathing problems in the 100 block of Cleveland Street 3:43 a.m.: Motorist assist in the 2200 block of Highway 59 6:18 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 6:51 a.m.: BLS transfer 7:10 a.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 400 block of Minnesota Avenue 7:49 a.m.: Animal complaint at 260th Street/Highway 59 8:41 a.m.: Breathing problems in the 300 block of Burns Street 9:01 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 2200 block of Keystone Avenue 9:24 a.m.: Talk to of icer 11:43 a.m.: Reckless driving, speeding in the 5600 block of Highway 20 12:23 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 100 block of Cleveland Street 12:25 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 200 block of Park Street 2:04 p.m.: Vandalism in the 2500 block of Landmark Avenue 3:56 p.m.: Assistance in the 400 block of Third Street 5:01 p.m.: Accident, property damage only in the 700 block of Main Street 5:48 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 3000 block of Carriage Avenue 7:04 p.m.: Suicide/attempted suicide 7:23 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 200 block of Park Street 7:43 p.m.: Assault, report only in the 400 block of Iowa Street 7:45 p.m.: Breathing problems in the 800 block of Byron Godbersen Drive 8:17 p.m.: Breathing problems in the 400 block of First Street 8:41 p.m.: ALS transfer 9:35 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity in the 100 block of County Road 9:37 p.m.: Breathing problems in the 400 block of First Street 11:01 p.m.: BLS transfer 11:06 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 600 block of Second Street 11:21 p.m.: BLS transfer Friday, Aug. 11 Of icers received 20 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops and one 911 transfer. 1:54 a.m: Breathing problems in the 100 block of Cleveland Street 10:29 a.m.: BLS transfer 12:29 p.m.: Warrant at courthouse 2:07 p.m.: Animal complaint at 220th Street/Eagle Avenue 3 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity in the 100 block of Main Street 3:25 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity in the 900 block of Main Street 4:43 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity in the 800 block of Badger Creek Drive 4:56 p.m.: Controlled burn at 170th Street/Eagle Avenue 5:13 p.m.: Noise complaint at

First Street/Main Street 7:46 p.m.: Unknown medical issue 8:25 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 200 block of Fourth Street 10:14 p.m.: BLS transfer 11:43 p.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 5600 block of Highway 20 Saturday, Aug. 12 Of icers received 23 calls for service. Among the calls were six traf ic stops and two abandoned 911 calls. 12:20 a.m.: Animal complaint at Cleveland Street/Hamburg Street 5:15 a.m.: Animal complaint at Diagonal Way/Dodge Avenue 9:09 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 600 block of Barnes Street 9:23 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 800 block of Main Street 9:28 a.m.: Welfare check 9:55 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 300 block of Hamburg Street 10:40 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Elm Street 11:30 a.m.: Fraud/scam in the 5300 block of 130th Street 1:01 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 500 block of Sixth Street 1:11 p.m.: BLS transfer 8:59 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 9:31 p.m.: Health and safety check 9:52 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding at Alpine Avenue/ Highway 20 10:39 p.m.: Vandalism in the 900 block of John A. Montgomery Drive Sunday, Aug. 13 Of icers received 21 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops. 12:20 a.m: Breathing problems on Highway 175 2:47 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 500 block of Fourth Street 6:57 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 1900 block of Landmark Avenue 9:35 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 600 block of Barnes Street 9:40 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 300 block of Barnes Street 12:04 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 400 block of Minnesota Street 12:22 p.m.: Overdose 3:14 p.m.: ALS transfer 4:34 p.m.: Talk to of icer 4:57 p.m.: Health and safety check 6:21 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Chestnut Street 7:33 p.m.: Fall/back injury 7:47 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 200 block of Hamburg Street 8:58 p.m.: Child abuse/neglect in the 400 block of Barnes Street 9:12 p.m.: Unknown medical issue in the 400 block of Center Lane 11:40 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 600 block of Barnes Street Monday, Aug. 14 Of icers received 28 calls for service. Among the calls were nine traf ic stops and one abandoned 911 call. 3:30 a.m.: Talk to of icer 4 a.m.: BLS transfer 6:26 a.m.: Motorist assist in the 5400 block of 330th Street 10:26 a.m.: Accident, property damage only at Third Street/

Main Street 11:05 a.m.: Talk to of icer 11:45 a.m.: Animal complaint in the 600 block of Taylor Street 12:13 p.m.: Traf ic control/ escort 1:14 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 4800 block of 230th Street 3:20 p.m.: Alarm in the 100 block of Highway 175 6:11 p.m.: Assistance in the 400 block of Barnes Street 6:24 p.m.: Assault, medical assistance needed at Third Street/ Maple Street 6:34 p.m.: Vehicle unlock at 2200 Highway 59 7:45 p.m.: Assault, report only in the 300 block of Second Street 8:03 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 200 block of Elm Street 8:10 p.m.: Assistance, health and safety, in the 3000 block of Alpine Avenue 8:42 p.m.: Assistance, threats, in the 400 block of Barnes Street 11:10 p.m.: Assistance in the 500 block of Highway 175 11:16 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity at First Street/Highway 175 Tuesday, Aug. 15 Of icers received 32 calls for service. Among the calls were four traf ic stops, one abandoned 911 call and one 911 transfer. 1:15 a.m.: Health and safety check at Quail Avenue/Highway 175 1:37 a.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 400 block of Minnesota Street 1:58 a.m.: Assault, report only in the 200 block of Second Street 6:30 a.m.: Health and safety check 8 a.m.: Traf ic control/escort 8:55 a.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 200 block of Second Street 10:06 a.m.: Talk to an of icer 10:12 a.m.: Assistance in the 700 block of Second Street 10:23 a.m.: Abandoned vehicle in the 400 block of Main Street 10:51 a.m.: BLS transfer 11:03 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 400 block of Barnes Street 11:36 a.m.: ALS transfer 1:04 p.m.: Sex offender registry 3:25 p.m.: Road hazard at 140th Street/Landmark Avenue 3:47 p.m.: BLS transfer 3:52 p.m.: ALS transfer 4:02 p.m.: Counterfeit in the 500 block of Second Street 4:22 p.m.: Talk to of icer 6:10 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 6:10 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 6:15 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 500 block of Sixth Street 6:43 p.m.: Health and safety check 6:47 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 100 block of Kiel Street 9:10 p.m.: Suspicious person/ activity at Eagle Avenue/Highway 20 10:55 p.m.: Warrant in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 11:33 p.m.: Medical, unknown, in the 1000 block of Industrial Park

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Ida County Courier

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Battle Creek - Ida Grove Community School District

City of Galva AUGUST 14, 2017 The Galva City Council met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Nading presiding. Council members present: Freese, Schossow and Wiese. Absent: Bloyer and Goettsch. Guests: none. Motion by Freese, second by Wiese, approving the agenda. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Schossow second by Wiese, approving the Consent Agenda. All ayes. Motion carried. Consent Agenda: a. minutes of July 17, 2017; b. Clerk/Treasurer’s Financial Reports; c. Allow bills presented. BILLS PRESENTED AUGUST 14, 2017: Payroll Account – fed., FICA, state & IPERS withholding $1,879.24 Reserve Fund – transfer funds 153.00 Depreciation Fund – transfer funds 249.00 Badger Meter – beacon services 197.58 Bomgaars – operating supplies 31.80 Cherokee Rural Water – 2.193 million gallons 5,921.10 Cook Law Firm – legal fees 245.00 Feld Fire – security monitoring 106.58 Foundation Analytical Lab – WW testing 36.00 G & C’s – fuel 102.77 Galva Post Ofﬁce – postage 151.00 Hach – chlorimeter 473.67 Holstein Electric – repairs shelter house 185.10 Holstein Sanitation – 2nd qtr. contract 9,652.00 I & S Group – engineering fees 4,468.74 Ida County Sheriff’s Department – budget allotment 11,408.75 IDNR – NPDES Permit fee 210.00 MidAmerican Energy – utilities 1,295.41 Mid-America Publishing Corp. – publications 102.55 Schaller Telephone – phone 15.56 Stevenson Hardware supplies 31.14 Vogt Brothers – check water

meters 157.00 Walmart – tables and chairs for shelter house 1890.42 Jim Rasmussen – Salary 2,550.00 – Insurance 442.80 Brad Pedersen – certified operator 621.51 Anita Brandt – Salary 1,342.22 – Reimb. medical insurance 221.40 – Reimb. Lodging 197.02 LIBRARY BILLS: Payroll Account – fed., FICA, state & IPERS withholding 434.56 Schaller Telephone 42.19 MidAmerican Energy 63.51 Baker & Taylor – books 210.30 ResourceMate - automation 920.90 Patricia Niemeier – reimburse supplies 30.46 Patricia Niemeier – salary 73 hours 933.67 – Reimburse medical insurance 219.40 Mary Wiese –9 hours at $9.50 85.50 Cindee Lichter –18.5 hours at $9.50 $175.75 RECEIPT SUMMARY BY FUND – GENERAL – $26,119.05; ROAD USE – 4,075.34; EMERGENCY – 21.88; LOST – 3,256.20; TRUST & AGENCY – 59.53; WATER UTILITY – 9,108.45; RESERVE FUND – 153.00; DEPRECIATION FUND – 249.00; SEWER UTILITY – 3,814.01; SOLID WASTE – $3,972.06. DISBURSEMENT SUMMARY BY FUND – GENERAL – $13,695.31, ROAD USE FUND – 1,052.90, LOST TAX – 31.80, WATER FUND – 7,005.37, SEWER FUND – 5,175.26, SOLID WASTE – 34.00, W/S DEPOSITS – 0.00. IDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – Sheriff Harriman did not attend the council meeting. RECODIFICATION – The council talked about sidewalk thickness, and it was decided all new sidewalks should be 3½” thick. The first reading of the recodification will be at the September meeting. USDA – FUNDING FOR WASTE WATER PROJECT – The clerk/treasurer has not received any information from USDA regarding financing of the wastewater project. INCOME SURVEY – CDBG

REQUIREMENT – LAURA ALLEN – Motion by Wiese second by Schossow to table this until after meeting with the USDA. All ayes. Motion carried. BUILDING PERMIT – ANDY GOETTSCH FUEL ISLAND – Motion by Freese, second by Wiese, to approve the building permit application upon receipt of copies of the Fire Marshal’s permits. All ayes. Motion carried. STRIPING BID VS. RENTING MACHINE AND HAVING MAINTENANCE POSITION DO IT – Motion by Schossow second by Freese to get the paint through Vista Paint for $69.75 per 12-can case. and the handicap stencil is $22.95 and use their machine. All ayes. Motion carried. DEPOSITORY RESOLUTION – Motion by Schossow second by Wiese to update the Depository Resolution to show Mayor Nading and Mayor-Protem Freese. All ayes. Motion carried. SNOW REMOVAL AD – The council discussed items to be listed in an ad to contract out snow removal from city properties. WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND REPAIR OF STORM SEWER FOR LOT ON BUENA VISTA AND 3RD ST. – The council discussed having the property owner responsible for the storm sewer if he builds on the above mentioned lot. SNOW PLOW OPERATOR – 2017/2018 SEASON – It was decided to approach Mike Vondrak to be the back-up snow plow operator when Mark Vogt is on vacation. IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED: •Storm Sewer repair •No Truck Parking Sign for Galva Public Library •Nuisance mowing letters to be sent •Replacing the double doors at the Shelter House. •Housing Trust Fund Project. There being no further business, the council adjourned upon motion by Wiese. Mayor Stan Nading ATTEST: City Clerk/Treasurer Anita Brandt IACMC/MMC

SUMMARY OF THE AUGUST 14, 2017, REGULAR JOINT BOARD MEETING OF THE BATTLE CREEK-IDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE ODEBOLT-ARTHUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT The Battle Creek-Ida Grove (BC-IG) Community School District Board and the Odebolt-Arthur (O-A) Community School District Board met in regular joint session August 14, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in the Music Room at the BC-IG Elementary in Ida Grove. The BC-IG board meeting was called to order by Stephanie Konradi, Board President. Kathy Leonard, Board Secretary, conducted a roll call vote as follows: Stephanie Konradi, present; Tony Bennett, present; Danika Hinkeldey, absent; Myra Meek, present; Crystal Endrulat, absent; Ryan Goodman, absent; and Jeff Rasmussen, present. Leonard acknowledged a quorum. The O-A board meeting was called to order by Joey Hoefling, Board President. Kathy Leonard, Board Secretary, conducted a roll call vote as follows: Joey Hoefling, present; Brad Lundell, present; Stacy Raasch, absent; and Ryan Schroeder, present. Leonard acknowledged a quorum. It was moved by Bennett and seconded by Rasmussen to approve the agenda as presented and the motion carried 4-0 for BC-IG. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Schroeder to approve the agenda as presented and the motion carried 3-0 for O-A. During the visitors’ portion of the meeting, Sam Stagg and Chad West of HAILA ASP were present to review the final stages of development of the informational material that is being prepared for the General Obligation Bond Referendum. HAILA is preparing flyers that will be distributed to patrons in the near future, poster boards that will be on display in each of the school buildings that describe the proposed project, the map of the project, projected costs and tax impact on the district and individuals. In addition, Travis Squires, a representative of the district’s fiscal agent Piper Jaffray, was present to share information with the board members on the financial impact of the $16.4 million bond referendum, how the bonds would impact the district, how the bonds would impact the property owners from across the district and

how TIF and Tax Abatement programs impact the school district. Beth Grob, the district’s bond counsel from the Ahlers & Cooney law firm out of Des Moines, also provided information to board members about the bond referendum, the schedule that would follow for the project if the bonds were to be approved. Sam, Chad, Travis and Beth answered questions that arose as part of the overall discussion. Konradi welcomed visitors. No one spoke during the public forum. It was moved by Bennett and seconded by Meek to approve the consent agenda for BC-IG. The consent agenda consisted of board minutes; claims totaling $495,071.74; resignations from Becky Miller, FB and BB Cheer Sponsor, and Contract or Letter of Assignment approvals for Morgan Boger, Asst. High School Girls’ Basketball Coach, Amber Winther, Asst. High School Volleyball Coach, Dennis Meek, .5 Bus Driver, Pat Brodersen, .5 Bus Driver, Dan Dotzler, High School Head Baseball Coach, and Shelly Schiernbeck, High School Paraeducator. The motion carried 4-0. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Schroeder to approve the consent agenda for O-A consisting of board minutes; claims totaling $173,599.52; contract resignations from Kara Neville, Title I Teacher; Contract Approvals for Andra Lindskoog, Title I Teacher; Tyler Johnson, Asst. High School Baseball Coach; and Ashley Foreman, High School Language Arts and Yearbook Sponsor (pending official notification of licensure from the BOEE). The motion carried 3-0. Terry Kenealy, shared superintendent, reported on the upcoming school board election, status of Odebolt playground, and multi-purpose room roof projects, BC-IG Elementary window project and stated the epoxy floor in Addition #2 was scheduled to be finished this week. He said they are working on getting quotes for the computerized temperature control system and the drainage projects. It was moved by Rasmussen and seconded by Meek to approve authorizing the BC-IG Board Secretary to pay bills prior to the September 18 Board Meeting. The motion carried 4-0. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Schroeder to approve authorizing the O-A Board Secretary to pay bills prior to the September 18 Board Meeting. The motion carried 3-0. It was moved by Rasmussen and

seconded by Meek to approve the Agreement with Manson Northwest Webster for Enrollment of Nonresident Students into the Rabiner Academy Consortium for FY 17-18 and the motion carried 4-0. It was moved by Rasmussen and seconded by Bennett to reject allowing Voluntary Four Year Old Preschool students who live or attend daycare less than one mile from the BC-IG Elementary School to be transported at a cost of $25 per student each semester with a maximum of $50 per family each semester during the 2017-2018 school year. The motion carried 4-0. It was moved by Bennett and seconded by Meek to approve the following four legislative priorities for 2017 and direct the board secretary to submit to IASB: Resolution #1, Resolution #19, Resolution #20 and Resolution #27 for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove School Board. The motion carried 4-0. It was moved by Lundell and seconded by Schroeder to approve the following four legislative priorities for 2017 and direct the board secretary to submit to IASB: Resolution #1, Resolution #19, Resolution #20 and Resolution #27 for the Odebolt-Arthur School Board. The motion carried 3-0. It was moved by Meek and seconded by Rasmussen to reject the addition of an assistant high school football coach for the 2017 season. The motion carried 4-0. Discussion items included back to school activities and schedules. The next regular joint board meeting will be held Monday, September 18, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in Odebolt. The meeting date was changed due to the September 12 election. There being no further business before the BC-IG board, it was moved by Bennett and seconded by Meek to adjourn. The motion carried 4-0 and the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Board adjourned at 8:15 p.m. There being no further business before the O-A board, it was moved by Schroeder and seconded by Lundell to adjourn. The motion carried 3-0 and the Odebolt-Arthur Board adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Kathy A. Leonard, BC-IG Board Secretary Kathy A. Leonard, O-A Board Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE Ida County Board of Supervisors IDA GROVE, IOWA AUGUST 14, 2017 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Chair Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey. Minutes of the meeting held July 31, 2017, were read and approved. A motion by Leonard and seconded by Drey to approve the Clerk of Court report. Motion carried, all voting Aye. County Engineer Jeff Williams was present to update the Board on a phone conference with Attorney John Danos with regards to the current wind farm tax increment financing. He also discussed the various proposed projects. Attorney Danos requested a map of the current urban renewal and a map with the location of the towers and the proposed projects. Discussion was held on the number of wind towers to TIF and notification requirements with schools and cities which would have proposed road construction projects within 2 miles of city limits. Planning and Zoning Representatives, Doug Barry, Kathy Vollmar and Mike Bergman presented the results of the public meeting held on August 3, 2017. Also present were Kristi Heilman, Dan Roeder, Lana Conover, Cary Conover, Invenergy Representatives Brandon Gahman and Mark Zaccone. The hearing was held to consider a petition with proposed changes to Zoning Ordinance #27-Wind Energy Regulations. The petition requested A.) Safety setbacks from non-participating property lines and public roads Section 31.4(2) of 1)110% of the total height of the turbine and blades or 2) 1,640 feet or 3) the safety zone in the turbine manufacturer’s manual, or 4) the safety zone established by the wind energy operator for their workers, whichever is greater. B.)Setbacks from non-participating residences in 31.4(2) of 5,280 feet (1 mile), or 6 times the total height of the turbine and blade, whichever is greater. And, that there be no more than one turbine within 7,920 feet (1.5 miles) of a non-participating residence. C.) Requested that the maximum noise limits in 31.4(12) be set at 35 dba for audible sound, 50 dBc for low frequency sound, and 50 dB for inaudible infrasound at the non-participating property line. D.) Requested that Section 31.10 include total funds for decommissioning and removing discontinued or abandoned devices (including concrete and material removal to a depth of 20 feet) be placed in escrow by the device owner for the county and individual landowners and that the amount be reviewed every year during the life of the agreement and fully funded annually by the device owner on the first business day of January. When the devices are removed, any remaining salvage value will be returned to the device owner. Said petition was denied. The Planning and Zoning Commission then passed two proposed amendments as added permit conditions. Amendment #1: Complaints and Resolution: Prior to the commencement of construction of the Project and during the entire operating life of the Project, (the project owner/ operator) shall establish a telephone number hotline for the general public to call with any complaints or questions. The hotline number shall be publicized

in order to insure that the general public is aware of the hotline number. The hotline number shall be conspicuously posted at the Project site, and at (the project owner/operator’s) office in the (County). Each call shall be logged by (the project owner/operator), and such log shall identify the name, address and reason for the call. (The project owner/ operator) shall provide the designated (County) representative with the call log on a monthly basis and upon reasonable request, to the extent allowed by law, and (the project owner/operator) shall retain copies of the log for a minimum of two years. (The project owner/ operator) shall respond to all complaints within a reasonable time, not to exceed 72 hours, and shall take necessary actions to resolve all objectively verified complaints. During the construction of the Project, (the project owner/operator) shall maintain updated contact information on file with the designated (County) representative for addressing complaints related to construction activities. (The project owner/operator) shall designate a contact person who will respond to inquiries from the designated (County) representative. Once the Project has reached commercial operation following the conclusion of construction activities, (the project owner/operator) shall maintain permanent contact information with the designated (County) representative, including a designated representative of (the project owner/operator) along with a phone number and email address, and a 24 hour emergency contact phone number. Setback: 1,500-foot setback from occupied dwellings in existence as of the time of filing of our permit application. Amendment #2: Include a noise factor of no more than 50 decibels outside a home. Discussion was held repealing and amending the current wind ordianance or amending the permit requirements. The Board acknowledged receipt of manure management plans from Robert Butcher/Battle 14 Farms and McBride Pork, LLC. The Board approved claims from the Self-Funding Fund to Benefits, Inc. in the amounts of $39.22 and $291.04. The following claims were approved: GENERAL BASIC: Amazon, Card/BackupBatteries $240.31 Battle Creek Ambulance Service, Partial Training Reimbursement 1,012.32 Bohlmann Inc., Memorial Bench 480.00 Bomgaars, Supplies 456.05 Century Business Products Inc., Copier Maintenance 40.00 City of Ida Grove, Utility 114.66 Community Ambulance Service, Partial Training Reimbursement 1,012.32 Continental Fire, Annual Inspection 310.00 Counsel, Copier Lease/ Maintenance 197.01 Crawford Co. Sheriff Dept., Service Fees 127.44 Crawford Ice Co., Ice 315.00 Edward J. Sohm, MIleage 99.84 Frontier, Internet/Phone 492.91 Hayes Oil Company, Diesel June 163.80

Holstein Fire & Ambulance, Partial Training Reimbursement Horn Public Health, June Public Health Grant Ida County Auditor, 2-2017 Platbooks Ida County Sanitation Inc., Garbage/Recycling-July Ida County Secondary Rds., June Mower Fuel Ida County Sheriff Dept., June/July Services Ida Grove Cenex/HASH Inc., Night Crawlers Ida Grove Food Pride, Acct. 183 Supplies Interstate Mechanical Corp., Htg./AC Motor-Computer Room Iowa DNR, Water Supply Permits Iowa Office Supply Inc., Toner-Election Printer Iowa Park & Recreation Assn., Registration Iowa State Association, ISAC RegistrationSchubert Kelly Young, July Cleaning LBJ Investigations, Service Fees Long Lines Internet, Internet Lorna Steenbock, Lodging/ Meals Lyle Schaffer, Mileage Malcom’s Paint & Hardware, Stain Mangold Environmental Testing, Sampling AprilMay-June Marco Technologies LLC, June/July Overage Mid-America Publishing Corp., Salary Notice/ Proceedings MidAmerican Energy, Utility Mile 2 Tire & Lube, Tire Repair Mower County Sheriff, Personal Service Fees Murray Jewelers, Inc., Memorial Plate North West REC, Utility Noteboom Implement LLC, Oil Odebolt Lumber, Roofing Nails Office Depot, Office Supplies Paige Alesch, Fuel/Supplies Patrick Stevens, Medical Investigator Fee Plymouth County Sheriff, Service Fees Postmaster, PostageRecorder Quality Inn & Suites-Ames, Lodging Rogers Pest Control, Pest Control Selections, Office Supplies Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC, Camp/Parade Supplies SIMPCO, FY18 Dues Siouxland Regional Transit System, 1st Qtr. FY18 Stephanie Mefferd, Medical Investigator Fee Supplyworks, Custodial

278.32 1,321.25 47.00 516.34 357.08 303.65 15.96 156.68

950.00 50.00 373.61 280.00

200.00 85.00 416.80 54.95 300.04 119.34 86.95

198.25 83.32

1,513.63 3,101.12 25.00 80.00 10.00 530.00 79.02 23.85 51.97 46.92 100.00 170.74 49.00 224.98 40.00 49.24

35.00 2,750.00 3,718.25 100.00

Supplies Terri Martens, Mileage Theresa Rachel, Services MHMH000704 Thomson Reuters - West Payment, Law Library U S Cellular, Cell Phone Wallace Construction Inc., Haul Charge Western Ia. Tourism, FY2018 Matching Funds Woodbury County Sheriff, Dacv. 015672 Services Woodward Youth Corporation, Services June/July General Basic Total: GF DESIGNATED FOR COMPUTER: Tyler Technologies Inc., Server/Vxia Tax Migration GF Designated for Computer Total: RURAL BASIC: Ida County Secondary Rds., June Fuel Roadside Mowing Midwest Spray Team & Sales Inc., Brush Spraying Rural Basic Total: RURAL BASIC LANDFILL: Keystone Laboratories Inc., Soil Sampling Siouxland Scale Service Inc., Landﬁll Scale Repairs Turkle-Clark Environmental Consult., Summer Monitor Rural Basic Landﬁll Total: SECONDARY ROAD: Alpha Wireless Comm. Co., Radios Aramark, Supplies Austin Cooper, Mowing Barco Municipal Products Inc., Signs Bierschbach Equipment & Supply, Erosion Control Bomgaars, Parts/Tools/ Supplies Calhoun-Burns & Associates Inc., Outside Engineering City of Arthur, Utilities City of Battle Creek, Utilities-Battle Creek City of Holstein, Utilities City of Ida Grove, Utilities Counsel, Maintenance Contract Equipment Blades Inc., Parts Frontier, Phone Charges August 2017 GCC Alliance Concrete Inc., Patching Gorden’s Body Shop Inc., Parts Hanson Auto Supply, Supplies/Parts/Tools Hayes Oil Company, Oil Hungry Canyons Alliance, Membership Ida County Sanitation Inc., Utilities Interstate Power Systems Inc., Parts

512.31 83.85 24.00 912.87 116.72 345.15 500.00 97.40

1,959.30 28,506.52

16,412.08 16,412.08

194.88

13,955.00 14,149.88

23.81

847.40

1,100.00 1,971.21

769.62 125.45 400.00 728.80 1259.10 168.04

5,047.92 123.60 25.25 32.66 30.98 108.69 411.06 167.23 4,161.50 257.70 1,096.13 1,603.90 3,500.00 18.56 38.20

Iowa Ofﬁce Supply Inc., Supplies Iowa State University, ACEA Mid-Year Conference Jeffrey Williams, ISU Conference Jim Hawk Truck Trailers Inc., Shop Tool Kjar Farm Drainage LLC, Tile Repair Kriha Fluid Power, Parts Malcom’s Paint & Hardware, Supplies Mid-America Publishing Corp., Publications MidAmerican Energy, Utilities Mid-West CAD, Inc., Equipment Mile 2 Tire & Lube, Tires/Repairs North West REC, Utilities Powerplan, Parts/Filters/ Services Rees Mack Sales & Service, Parts/Labor Road Machinery & Supplies Co., Parts Sexton Oil Co, Gas/Diesel Stan Houston Equipment Co., Parts Sundquist Engineering PC, Outside Engineering Verizon Wireless, Wireless for Survey Equip. Vetter Equipment, Repair Ziegler Inc., Parts Secondary Road Total: REAP: Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC, Camp/Parade Supplies REAP Total: IDA COUNTY SELF FUNDING: Beneﬁts Inc., August Self Fund. Premium Ida County Self Funding Total: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Adams Ford Lincoln, Repairs Frontier, Phone Charges August 2017 Pronto, Acct. 30 Fuel Emergency Management Total: E911 SURCHARGE AGENCY FUND: Alpha Wireless Comm. Co., Radio Repair Amazon, Network Tools Centurylink, 712 233-0022 Lines Centurylink, Service Frontier, EMS/Pager Link Pair Frontier Comm. of Iowa (213), Lines Hayes Oil Company, Generator Fuel Sac County Mutual Tele. Co., April-June Networking E911 Surcharge Agency Fund Total: PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY: Adams Motor Co., Vehicle Maintenance Bomgaars, Auto/Dog Supplies

76.65

60.00 375.21 48.25 213.00 316.83 32.93 42.00 87.60 1,203.11 1,716.00 365.12 3,225.93 3,133.59 156.55 9,348.01 929.00 719.75 40.01 1,314.03 1,156.25 44,624.21

213.21 213.21

720.00 720.00

978.10 6.13 167.72 1,151.95

463.69 142.99 307.48 107.28 56.14 518.52 182.00

2,011.61 3,789.71

2,324.44 145.66

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IG golf club hosts three tournaments The Ida Grove golf club hosted three tournaments in mid-August. IG ladies’ championship Results of the Ida Grove golf club’s Ladies’ League Championship played Aug. 8 were: First round—Jepsen, Renfro defeated Chisholm, Hultgren 7.5-1.5 and Ehrig-Phillips, Malaise-Ehrig defeated Cipperley, Cipperley 5-4 First and second place— Jepsen, Renfro defeated EhrigPhillips, Malaise-Ehrig 5.5-3.5 Third and fourth place— Cipperley, Cipperley defeated Chisholm, Hultgren 6-3 Junior tournament The Ida Grove golf club hosted a junior golf tournament Aug. 9. Results were: Boys 14-17—Landon Ray, irst. Boys nine-11—Axton Miller, irst; Ben Hofmeister and Jack Gilbert, second; Trenton Gilbert, third; Weston Nicholson, fourth.

Boys eight and under—Peyton Collins, irst. Girls 12-13 girls—Avaree Miller, irst. Girls eight and under—Aspen Miller, irst. Best shot tourney The Ida Grove golf club hosted a four person best shot with two cups tourney Saturday, Aug. 12. Results were: Championship light— Redenius, Rohlk, Hofmeister, Brown, irst, 53 and Rogge, Alm, Meier, Jessen, second, 54. First light—Christie, Claussen, Farr, Ray, irst, 56 and Wayne, Linda, Brett, Brenda, second, 63. Hole prize winners were: hole one longest putt to regular cup, Ted Jansen; hole six closest to the pin in two shots to the eight inch cup, Jacob Henderson; hole seven closest to the pin in one shot to regular cup, Darin Gebers and hole nine long putt to the eight inch cup, Keith Vermeys.

Fall sports set to open O-A/BC-IG and Ridge View open the fall sports season this week. See next week’s Courier for a special fall sports edition for more information and full schedules. On Tuesday, Aug. 22, O-A/ BC-IG’s volleyball team hosted Alta-Aurelia. Ridge View’s volleyball team hosted South Central Calhoun. This Thursday, Aug. 24, Ridge View’s cross-country teams will open the season at Southeast Valley (Gowrie). Ridge View’s football team will host Alta-Aurelia at 7 p.m. this Friday, Aug. 25. O-A/BC-IG’s football team will play Westwood this Saturday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at Olsen Stadium on the Morningside College campus in Sioux City. O-A/BC-IG’s cross-country team will compete in the Glenwood meet this Saturday, Aug. 26 at 9 a.m.

Holstein golf results The Holstein golf club hosted three tournaments in July. Two-gal Ryder Cup Sixteen individuals played this year. Three placings paid out. Sheila Soellner and Linda Niemeier won with a 37. Vicki Larson and Stephanie Schiernbeck were second with a 40 and Brenda Cronin and Pam Currie were third with a 40. Larson and Schiernbeck earned second on a handicap hole. Niemeier won closest to the pin on a tee shot and Kristi Mentink won for longest putt.

Four-person best shot Ten teams participated in the four-person best-shot tournament. There were two lights with two placings paid. The team of Slater, Mason, Mason and Schnell won with a score of 57. The second light went to the team of Madsen, Myrtue, Myrtue and Myrtue. Men’s club championship Matt Cress won the men’s club championship with a gross score of 108 in 27 holes. The winner of the net score was Lance Ploeger with a net score of 61 in 18 holes.

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SUMMARY OF THE AUGUST 14, 2017, REGULAR MEETING OF THE ODEBOLT ARTHUR BATTLE CREEK IDA GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove (OABCIG) School Board met Monday, August 14, 2017, at 8:19 p.m. in the Elementary Music Room in Ida Grove. Stephanie Konradi called the meeting to order. Board members present were Tony Bennett, Myra Meek, Jeff Rasmussen and Brad Lundell. Absent were Crystal Endrulat and Stacy Raasch. Also in attendance were Terry Kenealy, superintendent, and Kathy A. Leonard, Business Manager. Bennett moved the agenda be approved as published. Rasmussen seconded and the motion carried 5-0. Lundell moved and Meek seconded the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 5-0. The consent agenda consisted of minutes. There were no action items included on the agenda. Discussion items included updating the board with steps taken by the central ofﬁce to work toward merging the two districts. The next regular OABCIG Board Meeting will be held Monday, September 18, following the joint O-A and BCIG Board Meetings. The meeting date was changed due to the September 12 election. It was moved by Rasmussen and seconded by Lundell to adjourn. The motion carried 5-0 and the meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Kathy A. Leonard, OABCIG Board Secretary

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BEGINNING AT THE NW CORNER OF THE NE¼ OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 41, WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., IDA COUNTY, IOWA; THENCE 564 FEET SOUTH; THENCE 297 FEET WEST; THENCE 222 FEET NORTH; THENCE 22 FEET EAST; THENCE 342 FEET NORTH; THENCE 275 FEET EAST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Property Address: 4854 230TH ST., BATTLE CREEK, IA 51006. The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 09/22/2017 Sale Time 10:00 a.m.

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Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Computer Science Work Group met for their second meeting on Tuesday, August 15 in Des Moines to continue their work in creating a proposal for the future of computer science education. Formed at the request of the Iowa state legislature, the task of the work group is ultimately to make a recommendation to the state this November about how the K-12 education system can better incorporate computer science in schools. This includes determining what students need to be learning about computers and how best to practically and effectively deploy computer science lessons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going very well,â&#x20AC;? said Ryan Wise, director of the Iowa Department of Education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a really talented, well informed group.â&#x20AC;? The work group, consisting of about 40 people, is comprised of a wide range of educators, administrators, computer industry professionals, and political leaders, each bringing their own expertise to the table. This allows the group to determine how to best educate students while also considering practical realities about deployment of these programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each person brings a unique contribution to the group,â&#x20AC;? said Wise. During their first meeting in May, the group discussed exactly what computer science should entail, hearing from Jennifer Zinth of the Education Commission of the States. They also looked at what other states have done for their own computer standards, such as Arkansas, who mandates that all high schools offer at least one computer science course and expects K-8 teachers to integrate computer science into their instruction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the issues that the Education Commission of the States has expertise in is computer science,â&#x20AC;? said Wise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was incredibly helpful to have that perspective.â&#x20AC;? At their second meeting, the group began to get into more of the finer details of their proposal, hearing from Code.orgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Gruwell, Katie Hendrickson, and Pat Yongpradit about computer science in other states. So far, only 10 states have computer science standards that set a framework for students across the K-12 range. These standards include not

A wide range of educators, political leaders, and computer professionals met in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 15 to develop recommendations for computer science education standards in Iowa. just computer literacy, but also coding, networking, and both hardware and software education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goals for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting are first to fine tune and develop an understanding on computer science and second, begin to form our recommendations,â&#x20AC;? said Wise. The specific area of discussion revolved around if and how computer science should factor into high school graduation requirements. The group discussed three scenarios that could be implemented as a way to boost computer science interest in schools. The first scenario involved simply making sure that all students have access to computer science courses and then allowing local districts to determine their own graduation requirements. The second would be to implement a state-wide graduation requirement for STEM classes. The third would be allowing students to substitute computer science for a math or science unit requirement. Each scenario has pros and cons regarding effectiveness and logistical reality. Mandating them as a graduation requirement would guarantee all students have exposure to computer science, but there were concerns that it would become an unfunded mandate. School districts across the state arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet properly equipped to provide computer science to every student. In addition to the technological requirements, making sure that teachers are sufficiently prepared to instruct computer science could be an even greater logistical challenge than providing the equipment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not having this conversation in a vacuum,â&#x20AC;? said Mary Jane Cobb, Executive Director of the Iowa State Education Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with the physical realities and the political realities of our state.â&#x20AC;? Another consideration for the group to consider is that there are only so many hours in the school day. A computer science requirement would af-

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Card d of Thanks nks THANK YOU: Thank you to the Ida County Fairboard for the gift certificate I won. Richard Lansink 34-1t/cra* THANK YOU: I would like to thank everyone at Horn Memorial for the excellent care I received while I was ill. I would also like to thank everyone at Golden Horizons for taking care of my dog while I was in the hospital. Thank you to Dr. Veltri for providing such great care. Also, to Pastor Salcido for his visits & prayers. Joyce Christensen 34-1t/cra* THANK YOU: The family of LaVonne Hinrickson would like to thank everyone for their kindness & sympathy during our recent loss of our wife, mother, grandmother & great-grandmother. Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent those beautiful flowers or plants. Perhaps you spoke those kindest words. Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day. Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much. Special thank you goes to Pastor Nancy Peterson, to Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home, to Barbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catering, to Dr Luft & to Horn Memorial Hospital staff during this difficult time. Hinrickson Family 34-1t/cra* THANK YOU: The Ida Grove Chamber Board would like to thank the following businesses for their donations to the 2017 Chamber Golf Outing: Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home, Remer Realty, GOMACO, Horn Memorial, Ida Grove Rec Center, Pizza Hut, Selections, United Bank of Iowa, Vetter Equipment, Zimmyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, IG Farm Bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Denise Van Dusen, Hoffman Agency, Horn Memorial Hospital, Lewis Family Drug, First State Bank, Ida Grove Food Pride, Noteboom Implement, Patera Family Dentistry, Subway, Trendue, North Star Community Credit Union, Pronto, Cenex, Ida Bowl, Midwest Industries, State Farm, Adamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Motors, Chestermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Mike Ray & anyone we may have forgotten to list. We had another successful event and we are lucky to serve a community like Ida Grove. See you all next year! 34-1t/cra THANK YOU: Heartfelt Thanks to everyone at Morningside Healthcare Community, Todd & the whole staff who went above & beyond to take such wonderful care of our dad and Grandpa Bob. To Dr.Veltri & the Horn Hospice â&#x20AC;&#x153;Angels,â&#x20AC;? thank you for the care & compassion you showed to Dad and our family; it will always be remembered; you are all very special people. Words cannot express the feelings of our hearts. What a wonderful job Josh and Nolan did with our dad/grandpa, Bob. THANK YOU for EVERYTHING!! Christy, Ken & everyone at Christensen-Van Houten. AMAZING, that is what you are. Rev. Salcido, your visits with Dad & talks meant a lot; your beautiful services were sincerely appreciated. Thanks to family, friends, co-workers, neighbors & all who came to celebrate our dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, sent cards, flowers or memorials, brought food to our house, remembered us with a hug or said a prayer for us. God Bless you all ...at this difficult time, it is comforting to know Dad made such an impact on so many. We will NEVER forget, & we will be forever grateful. Mark & Bridget Drey Ashley, Bryce & Paisley Wittrock Austin, Karissa, Connor, Lilly & Liam Drey Tyler Drey & Kristyn Tristin Drey 34-1t/cra

THANK YOU: The family of Esther Johnson would like to thank everyone who remembered Mom with memorials, food & help with her service. It is with gratitude & appreciation that we thank the staff of Char-Mac. Your loving care & kindness made Mom feel at home. To the staff of CRMC Hospice, thank you for your compassion & care. A special thanks to Marlene Jepsen & Kathy Sindt for all the food & your help. Thank you, Pastor Dori, for the beautiful service & Cole for helping with the music. The love & support of family, friends & neighbors has meant so much to us. Gary & Sharon Johnson & Family Carol & Ron Maymon & Family Connie Anfinson & Family Greg Johnson & Family 34-1t/cra THANK YOU: I would like to thank Denise Van Dusen, Roger Bumann & Farm Bureau for their support when I qualified for the 2017 National High School Finals Rodeo that was held in Gillette, Wyo. Autumn Rohlk 34-1t/cra THANK YOU: The family of Raymond â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;? Sample wishes to thank the people of Ida Grove & surrounding communities for all the kindness shown to Bill. He loved the community & the people very much. A special thank you to the city of Ida Grove for flying the flags in his honor! Thank you fromâ&#x20AC;Ś The Family of Raymond â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;? Sample (The Candy Man) 34-1t/cra

Even vents NOTICE THE DATE: Wednesday, August 30, 2017. The Ida Grove American Legion Auxiliary grill-out to benefit our community & veterans will be at the Ida Grove Food Pride parking lot on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pork loin sandwich with chips & soda-$5. Sandwich-$3. 34-2t/cra* NOTICE: FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKET in downtown Ida Grove on Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. KIWANIS will be grilling to raise funds for their many community projects. Our four produce vendors will be at the market, along with Faith, our fresh flower vendor; John & Lenee, our wine vendor; Tom & Grace, our organic meat, egg & honey vendor; Lori, our fresh egg vendor, & Cherrie & Karen, our baked goods vendors. Rita Pierson will be with us to sell her artisan chocolates. So, join the fun. Eat & shop with us on Thursday. 34-1t/cra

Reall Estate Re FOR SALE IN BATTLE CREEK: Energy-efficient, one-bedroom house with large, detached garage. Appliances included. Natural gas heat, central air. Serious inquiries only. Ph. 712371-2975 or 712-371-2221. 33-2t/crags*

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Help lp Want W nted HELP WANTED: Willow Dale is looking for an outgoing, highly-motivated, wellorganized office manager. This full-time, Monday through Friday position is responsible for payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable & other office duties. There is a PT, three-days-aweek housekeeping opening & an RN Charge Nurse position available as well. Visit the website at abcmcorp.com/ employment or stop by Willow Dale in Battle Creek for an application today. 34-2t/cra HELP WANTED: FULL-TIME HOUSEKEEPER & LAUNDRY PERSON WANTED. Come in person to apply at Morningside Healthcare Community in Ida Grove. Talk to Chris. No phone calls.33-3t/cra HELP WANTED: ISI looking for residential help. Full- & part-time positions available in Ida Grove & Holstein. Call 712-368-4339 for information. $500 sign-on bonus. 34-4t/cra

For or SSale le FREE: Chairs-Orange upholstered jury chairs/beige upholstered chairs. Ida County Courthouse basement. First-come basis. Will be disposed Sept. 1. Contact Auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. 712-364-2626 for more information. 34-1t/cra FOR SALE In the market for a new mattress? Stop in at Malcomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & check out our selection. We have sets in all price ranges. Restonic mattresses are made right here in Iowa, with great quality. Malcomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Ida Grove. 34-1t/cra LANSINK COMPLETE TREE SERVICES: Call us for trimming, removal, stump grinding. Over 40 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience. Aerial bucket. Free estimates. Ph. 712-883-2437, Danbury. 34-1t/crags FOR SALE: Net wrapped alfalfa orchard grass hay. Reasonably priced. Terry Eason, Battle Creek. Ph. 712-365-2560. 34-1t/crags

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HELP WANTED: 1 or 2 dependable people to work in farrowing house near Ida Grove. If interested, call 712367-2255, 712-367-2363 or cell 712-260-6477. J&L Pork, John Lansink. 34-2t/crags* HELP WANTED: Farming operation needs an operator to drive tractor or semi this fall for harvest. Position is seasonal with permanent or fulltime potential. Call Jerry 3690339 or Roger 369-1238. 33-2t/crags*

Garage ge Sale S le GARAGE SALE: Furniture, toys, tools, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & baby supplies, snowblower. Going out of business LulaRoe on sale. Aug. 25, 26, 27. All day Fri. & Sat., 10-1 p.m. on Sun. 718 Circle Dr., Ida Grove. 33-2t/crags* DOSE GARAGE SALE: Downtown Ida Grove. Thursday, August 24, 8-5. Friday, August 25, 8-5. Fall is coming, so come get your bargains on summer clothing at Â˝-price. Also, check out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new in household, books, movies, crafts, bedding, tools, furniture & a lot more. 34-1t/crags MOVING SALE/MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE: Repurposed furniture, includes kitchen cupboards, tables, end tables, cabinets & chairs; collectibles, dishes, household items, vintage linens, all sizes of clothes. Many misc. household items, some tools. Toys & wii game. Fundraiser for Arthur E-Free Church Mission Trip to Haiti. Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ida Grove Community Building. 34-1t/cra

Motor Vehicles Vehi les FOR SALE: 62,414 mil. Freestar van Ford SEL 2004 4-dr. Silver. New tires. New battery. $4,500. Ph. 712369-1123. 34-2t/cra*

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NOTICE: Looking for something different for lunch? Stop by the clubhouse! Or after work for a refreshment on the weekends. We would love to see you at the 19th Hole of the Ida Grove Golf Club! 19-tfc/cra COUNTRY COLOR BODY SHOP Ryan Van Houten Auto Body Repair/Refinishing Glass Replacement Located west end of Battle Creek. 131 S. Center Street Call for appointment 712-365-4910 ASE Certified I-car trained. 34-1t/cra NOTICE: Get out, have some fun & get some fresh air. We would like you to join the Ida Grove Golf Club. You can join as a family, single, social or a student membership. We would love to see you on the course & in the clubhouse! 19-tfc/cra

Forr Rent FOR RENT: Two-bedroom, one-bath apartment with refrigerator, stove & dishwasher. All electric, with central air. Call Mon-Fri, 9-5, 712-364-2571. Ida Grove Apartments. 34-1t/cra

NOTICE: Before you send your old gold away to someone you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, bring it into Murray Jewelers, your hometown jeweler in Ida Grove for over 69 years. Ph. 712-364-2822. 34-1t/crags NOTICE: The Ida County Historical Society thanks all who contributed to or participated in the Grant School renovations. Needed: Volunteer teachers to assist with Country School Days in September. Contact Deb Parker at 712-2101809. 34-1t/cra

Wanted WANTED: Need someone to do some outside house painting in Battle Creek. Ph. 712-371-2377. 34-1t/cra WANTED TO BUY: 500- & 1,000-gallon propane tanks. Call 712-371-2377. 26-tfc/cra WANTED: Need to have some walnut trees removed in Battle Creek. Contact 712-371-2377. 34-1t/cra

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712.364.3131 FOR RENT: Two-bedroom house in Ida Grove. Partially furnished. Two-car garage. No pets. No smoking. Available Sept. 1. Ph. 712-368-4848. 34-1t/cra* FOR RENT: Looking for space to rent? Party, meeting, celebration, birthday coming up soon? Call us at the Ida Grove Golf Club. We will make you feel right at home. Our castle is your castle! Call Mike or Jan at 712-364-2320. 19-tfc/cra FOR RENT: In Ida Grove. One-bedroom apartments. No smoking & no pets. Contact Bev at 712-3712367. 9-tfc/cra

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Courthouse Report Real Estate Transfers Meredith Lorenzen trust, trustee warranty deed to Dan Lorenzen trust, the trust’s interest in the S ½ NE ¼ and the N ½ SE ¼, Section 22, T-87-N, R-41-W, with exceptions, Ida County. Robin Lorenzen trust, trustee warranty deed to Dan Lorenzen trust, the trust’s interest in the S ½ NE ¼ and the N ½ SE ¼, Section 22, T-87-N, R-41-W, with exceptions, Ida County. Rick and Nancy Lorenzen and Deborah and Furman Cummings, quit claim deed to Dan Lorenzen trust, the trust’s interest in the S ½ NE ¼ and the N ½ SE ¼, Section 22, T-87-N, R-41-W, with exceptions, Ida County. Christopher and Jaci Nichols, warranty deed to Joshua and Christie VanHouten, Lot 9, Zobel’s Third Addition, Ida Grove. Kim and Sheila Zobel, warranty deed to Susan Lawrence trust, .59 acres in the E ½ SW ¼, Section 23, T-87-N, R40-W, Ida County. Travis Vogt, warranty deed to Karla Miller, Lot 4, Block 7, Galva. James and Lori Irwin, warranty deed to Austin and Ali Boger, 4.18 acres in the NE

¼ NE fr ¼, Section 4, T-87-N, R-39-W, Ida County. Clerk of Court Due to a change in procedures at the Ida County Clerk of Court of ice, information is only provided electronically. The following information is from data iled by the Ida County Clerk of Court of ice. Traf ic and other charges might include charges that were dismissed. For more information on speci ic cases contact the clerk of court or visit www.iowacourts.gov. Traf ic charges Speeding Cole Rhea, Battle Creek; Jacob Hanslip, Sergeant Bluff; Michael Wellman, Sioux City; Penny Parker, Muscatine; Pamela Miller, Marion; Cacy McNeil III, Pomeroy; Justin Cabrera, Athens, Ga.; Cory Reed, Omaha, Neb. Other Justin Cabrera, Athens, Ga., failure to provide proof of inancial liability. Criminal John Reed, Aurora, Colo., controlled substance violation (count one) 10 years prison, $1,000 ine suspended. John Reed, Aurora, Colo., controlled substance violation (count two) ive years

prison (consecutive to count one), $1,000 ine suspended. John Reed, Aurora, Colo., failure to af ix drug stamp, ive years prison (concurrent to count one), $750 ine suspended. John Reed, Aurora, Colo., failure to af ix drug stamp, ive years prison (concurrent to count one), $750 ine suspended. Trenton Mathews, Danbury, third degree attempted burglary, dismissed. Judgments and Liens Against Allison and Dustin Behrendsen, in favor of LF Noll, Inc. Against Dustin Behrendsen, in favor of Discover Bank. Against Michele Boomgaarden, in favor of Iowa Medicaid Enterprise.

Regional patrol dog trials coming to Ida Grove The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice will be hosting the 2017 United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 21 Patrol Dog 1 (PD1) Field Trials on Aug. 27-29 in Ida Grove. The top law enforcement canines from Iowa and parts of South Dakota and Minnesota may at-

tend and compete. The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice invites the public to attend and observe USPCA Region 21’s best canines in action. Trial events will be held on Aug. 28 and 29 at the O-A/BCIG High School sports complex. All times are subject to change,

Vehicle fire The Galva Township Fire Department was called to a vehicle ire Aug. 16 at approximately 4 p.m. on Highway 20 road construction. Fire Chief Randy Vogt said the vehicle was stuck in mud and while trying to get it out the vehicle caught on ire. The vehicle was a total loss. The ire department was at the scene a half hour. Photo Submitted

Deputies make several arrests The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on several charges iled and arrests made during the past three weeks. On July 27, Kyle Thomas Kirchner, 24, of Holstein was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for criminal mischief in the second degree and violation of a no contact order. The charges were the result of an investigation into an incident that took place in Galva. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held until Aug. 1. He was released after posting $5,000 bond. On July 29, Cynthia Marie Clousing, 29, of Ida Grove was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card. The charges were iled following an investigation into an incident that occurred in Ida Grove during July. She was booked into the Ida County jail where she was held overnight. She was released the following day after appearing before the magistrate. On July 30, Shauna Marie Tingle, 43, of Ida Grove was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for criminal mischief in the fourth degree. The charge was iled following an incident that occurred in Ida Grove on June 6. She was transported to the Ida County jail where she was held overnight. She was released the following day after posting $500 bond. On July 31, the Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice iled charges against three individuals for minor in possession of alcohol following a traf ic stop in rural Ida County. All were released pending court appearances. Charged were: Randy Redding, 18, of Holstein; Dylan Richards, 20, of Galva and Joana Loera, 18, of Galva. On July 31, Maria Elonia Sandoval, 22, of Brea, Calif., was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. The charge was iled following the execution of a search warrant in Holstein. She was released pending a court appearance. On Aug. 1, Jerry Alan Lindner, 69, of Odebolt was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant

for probation violation. The original conviction against him was for possession of methamphetamine. He was booked into the Ida County jail and later released after posting $5,000 bond. On Aug, 5, Stephanie Elizabeth Drapeaux, 38, of Fonda was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Buena Vista County for theft in the ifth degree. She was taken into custody by Ida County deputies and later released into the custody of the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Of ice. On Aug. 5, Thad Lloyd Fisher, 35, of Solon was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated following a traf ic stop in Ida Grove. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held overnight. He was released the following day after appearing before the magistrate. On Aug. 6, Travis Austin Basey, 20, of Battle Creek was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for criminal mischief in the ifth degree. The charge was iled following an incident that occurred in June. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held overnight. He was released the following day after posting $300 bond. On Aug. 9, German Villalobos Zambrano, 22, of Battle Creek was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for operating while intoxicated irst offense. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held overnight. He was released the following day into the custody of Immigration and Customs Of icials. On Aug. 11, Alex Eugene Summers, 22, of Correctionville was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for violation of a protection order. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is currently being held on a $300 bond. On Aug. 14, Millicent Mahowald-Ladehoff, 25, of Ida Grove was charged with animal neglect. The charge was iled after the sheriff’s of ice received a complaint from a citizen. On Aug. 14, Donald Edgar Grimes of Holstein was arrested and charged with burglary in the irst degree and willfully injury

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following an incident that occurred in Battle Creek. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is being held on a $50,000 bond. On Aug. 15, Odyssei Bernard Wildridge, 40, of Galva was arrested and charged with domestic abuse with a weapon. The charge was iled following an incident that occurred in Galva. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is being held on a $2,000 bond. On Aug. 16, Raymond Nicholas Nilles, 50, of Cherokee was arrested on an outstanding overdue 10-day mittimus. The original conviction against him was for driving while barred. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is currently being held.

Ida County Jail passes inspec on Chief Jail Inspector Delbert G. Longley conducted the annual Iowa Department of Corrections inspection of the Ida County Jail July 11. The inspection included an examination of staff training records, required documentation, prisoner iles, jail policy and a tour of the jail. Longley stated, “Documentation appears to be complete and readily assessable for inspection. Ida County Jail is clean and well-maintained facility. Major improvements include the installation of new poly loors, audio in each cell, new mop board throughout the jail and renovation fo the jailer/dispatcher of ice.”

Service award: Jim Meier received his plaque for 20 years of service on the Ida Grove Fire Department at the department’s appreciation golf outing and dinner for veteran firefighters.

based on start time and length of trial events. The schedule for Monday, Aug. 28, is as follows: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Group A—obedience and agility at high school baseball ields; Group B—article search-Schaus’ Towing and box search at the high school football ield; 12:30 p.m. until inished—Group A—article search-Schaus’ Towing and box search at the high school football ield; Group B—obedience and agility at high school baseball ields. Tuesday, Aug. 29: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.—Group A and B—apprehension without gun ire at high school football ield; 12:30 p.m. until inished— Group A and B—apprehension with gun ire at high school football ield. The USPCA PD1 Field Trials is an annual certi ication for K-9 teams, which consists of several individually scored events including: obedience, agility, evidence location and recovery, suspect search and suspect apprehension. During each event, both the canine and the handler are judged and scored. K-9 teams which receive a passing score are certi ied by the USPCA as patrol dogs and return to their communities ready to serve for another year. While seeking their certi ication, K-9 teams also compete against one another for the best scores and recognition as the 2017 PDI “Top Dog.”