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Vol. 42, No. 49 Ida Grove, Iowa

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Battle Creek band releases debut CD

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Op ons for IG Moorehead Avenue bridge, West Access Page 3

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School holiday concerts underway Page 7

Raptor girls open basketball season with two wins Page 8

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Comp board: The Ida County Compensation Board met Nov. 27 to develop its recommendation for elected official salary increases. From left—Martha Boyle (secretary), Dan Remer (chair), Rusty Sadler and LuAnn Bennett. Rita Frahm, Dennis Lansink and Sandy Gray are also members of the comp board.

Compensa on board favors 6 percent raise The Ida County Compensation Board met Nov. 27 to discuss elected of icial salaries and approved recommending 6 percent raises for the sheriff, auditor, treasurer, attorney and supervisors and a 7.5 percent increase for the recorder. Current board members are: LuAnn Bennett of Galva and Dennis Lansink of Arthur— representing supervisors Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey; Martha Boyle of Holstein—representing attorney Meghann Whitmer; Rita Frahm of Galva—representing auditor

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Lorna Steenbock; Sandy Gray of Holstein—representing recorder Julie Phillips; Rusty Sadler of Battle Creek— representing treasurer Traci Riessen and Dan Remer of Ida Grove—representing Sheriff Wade Harriman. Remer, Boyle, Bennett and Sadler were present for the meeting. Remer was elected chairperson and Boyle was elected secretary. The current and proposed salaries are as follows: supervisors—$25,713 to $27,256, auditor and treasurer—

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$46,593 to $49,389, recorder—$45,872 to $49,312, attorney—$46,556 to $49,349 and sheriff—$59,447 to $63,014. In a letter to the compensation board, Gray stated she wanted to get the recorder’s salary in line with the auditor and treasurer. All board members present agreed with that request. Bennett commented that the supervisors indicated they would be happy with a 3 percent increase. “We have astoundingly good people in place, there’s an effort to increase the county’s tax base and when you compare the counties ranked 89th through 99th in population we are grossly behind. I’d like to see our county employee salaries equal to where we are with population. Our county attorney’s salary is ranked 96th. These people are worth it,” said Boyle. “It’s important to keep our (continued on page 2)

“Jeff and Jary Vermeys make up the heart of Over the Border band, a veteran country band from Battle Creek. Their debut release of songs written by Jeff is available through iTunes, GooglePlay and many other digital retailers, as well as a physical CD available online or hand delivered by the Vermeys,” said Scott Webb of Jackson, Neb., the CD producer. “The basic tracks for their latest CD, “Saddle Up Lets Ride,” were recorded in Jary’s living room and we spent the last several months in between work schedules working on the tracks in my small basement studio,” said Webb. The CD is a collective story about Jeff’s life and his family. Every song is a story from someone in his life. The song he sings with angels and the CD itself are dedicated to Jeff and Jary’s father Fred who passed away in 2010.” “The ironic thing about musicianship is most musicians start when they’re young and go whole-hearted to get their own songs recorded. We are late bloomers in this endeavor. It takes inspiration to write a good song and that’s where Jeff came into play. He had some life changes and some life issues that sparked his interest such as dad’s passing. That gave him the inspiration to do what he did,” said Jary. “I dedicated the CD to my dad. When you lose your dad it’s rough. You hear parents say its worse to lose a kid, but dad was such a big part of our lives. When he passed away it really got me thinking. So I went out and wrote a song. We always said dad was the leader of our band. I wrote the song for

dad on the day we put him in the ground. It took me about 10 minutes to write it. It’s not perfect; I wrote it so fast. It was like dad was helping me write it,” Jeff said. Jary continued, “It’s the one song on the album with a different twist and you can hear it. It’s the old country way dad used to play. It’s pretty cool because you can switch it up. The other ironic thing is when we played, even after dad didn’t play any more, we’d still have him up on stage. It’s very heart warming to know people still liked him as an entertainer even though he just sat in with us once in a while.” Jeff said, “Dad was liked and it says it in the song. He was a truck driver and loved trucks and it says that in the song. He sings with angels. ‘My Little Man and Me’ is about my son, Josh Vermeys. ‘My Little Girl’ is about my daughter Reagan. I wrote it on Christmas Eve and sent it to her. I had lunch with her a couple months ago and that was the irst time I’d seen her in eight years. “I wrote ‘Walking Through The Rain’ for Jary’s daughter, Madison (it’s not on this CD). Her friend was in a car accident in Correctionville. She was in a coma for a while. Jary had a part in writing that too. We started it at Jary’s house and I inished it. He helped write ‘Over the Border,’ the title song of the CD.” According to Jeff he wrote “Jesus Saves” almost on a dare from Pastor Cormeny at the Lutheran Church in Battle Creek. Pastor Cormeny had asked him to sing for Easter. While struggling to ind a song that struck (continued on page 2)

Supervisors approve street project consultant Ida County supervisors voted unanimously to enter into an engineering services contract with JEO Consulting of Carroll for reconstruction improvements to Harold Godbersen Drive and M15/240th Street in Ida Grove. The estimated cost of the engineering work is $99,400. “They will be the project manager and will bring a recommended irm to the board for your decision,” said secondary road engineer Jeff Williams. While bids could be required, Williams said the irm has done work with many counties in the area and comes well-recommended based on its reputation. The road work will be part of the iscal year 2018 road projects. “It’s a good price,” said Williams of the estimate, adding there could be some extra charges.

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In other business Supervisors voted unanimously for Resolution 17-23 to change the public hearing date for urban renewal district amendment, for a potential wind turbine project, to Jan. 2 at 10:30 a.m. Supervisors approved Resolution 17-22, which rescinded an earlier hearing date of Dec. 11. Schools will now be consulted formally on Dec. 18. It now goes to the planning and zonng commission for review and recommendations. The reason for the change was due to a revised project list. Portions of the property lie within two miles of the incorporated limits of the cities of Ida Grove, Holstein, Galva, Battle Creek and Arthur, and joint agreements with such cities have been approved to exercise urban renewal authority over such portions of the property, according to the

resolution. Ida County Auditor Lorna Steenbock was designated as the county’s representative in the consultation process. Supervisors approved a loan to the Tax Increment Revenue Fund from the Secondary Road Fund out of increment tax revenues received from two existing urban renewal areas for $8,736. Supervisors voted unanimously for 2017 homestead credit application amount of $9,940,234; military disabled veteran credit applications, $861,180. They also voted unanimously for a jailer-dispatcher’s wage increase for Rebecca Schmidt, for $16.50 per hour, effective Nov. 10. In the iscal year 2018-19 budget process, Mid-Sioux Opportunity sent its request for (continued on page 2)

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Over The Boarder: Jeff, left, and Jary Vermeys, members of Over the Border band, have released their first CD in memory of their dad, Fred Vermeys.

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Shirley Temple Black: The BC-IG Elementary held its 17th annual Wax Museum of American Heroes Nov. 17. Students from Renae Remer’s, Haley Miesner’s and Kristina Blackman’s classes portrayed their favorite historical characters to family and friends. Here, Kennedy Lerssen plays the role of Shirley Temple Black, who was Hollywood’s number one box office draw as a child star in the mid to late 1930s and later became a U.S. ambassador.

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(continued from front page) staff. We are pretty far behind neighboring counties Sac and Monona. I’d like to be equal to our population. It’s frustrating that our sheriff could go to a neighboring county and make more as a deputy than he is as sheriff here,” said Remer. “We have good people and want to keep them. I too compared our population ranking and salary ranking. I agree the recorder’s salary should be equal to the auditor and treasurer. The county attorney also gets a few dollars less than the auditor and treasurer,” said Sadler. “The county attorney works

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part-time (25 hours a week). Her assistant also works part time. If we had to replace both of them with a full-time attorney working 40 hours a week, their combined salaries wouldn’t be enough,” Boyle said. Boyle commented she favored a substantial increase. “The cost to replace them could be astronomical. We have good people we want to keep them. The supervisors have to answer to the public because they know the state of the county’s budget,” Sadler said. We have to answer to the public too,” said Bennett.

Sadler moved to recommend 6 percent increases for the supervisors, sheriff, auditor, treasurer and attorney and a 7.5 percent increase for the recorder. Remer seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Boyle commented, “I just wish it could be more. I’d like to have it higher. I have concerns that we will get beat down to 3 percent by supervisors.” “Our job is to set the max. The board of supervisors needs to go with our request a couple years and we’ll get where we need to be,” said Remer.

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(continued from front page) $5,000 plus a $1,500 family development request for a $6,500 total. “We have not increased our requested amount for quite some time. Our agency provided more than $8.4 million in services to 8,950 individuals in 3,257 households in our ive-county service area. The funds we receive from local governments are used to help low-income families meet challenges and become self-suf icient. “Without your assistance, we would not be able to continue many of our services. By supporting Mid-Sioux, local government funds help community members to become self-suf icient, build healthy families cre-

ate a stronger workforce and reduce the effect of poverty in the community. The funds stay in the county they are given from,” said a letter from Mid-Sioux Opportunity Executive Director Dick Sievers. Ida County had 888 individuals served, with 374 households served for a value of $832,944; this compares to Cherokee, 1,759 individuals served, 772 households, with a value of $1,649,942; Lyon County, 942 individuals served, 337 households, with a value of $883,596; Plymouth County, 2,373 individuals served, 907 households, value, $2,225,874 and Sioux County, 2,949 individuals, 903 households, $2,766,162 value. The $6,500 request from Ida

County, the smallest in the ivecounty area based on population, compares to $7,500 from Cherokee and Lyon, $9,000 totals; $10,000 from Plymouth for a $11,500 total and $15,000 from Sioux County for a $16,500 total. The $1,500 family development fund is a self-suf iciency program provided by Mid-Sioux to meet the match for the program to secure a grant of $142,500. The next Ida County Board of Supervisors meeting is Dec. 11 at 9 a.m., at the Ida County courthouse.

(continued from front page) him, he went to the church one day where he sat and talked to the pastor. While sitting there “Jesus Saves” came to him. “We have three or four versions of ‘Jesus Saves.’ One is almost an ‘80s rocky one, that’s kind of the version on the CD. We have one that is straight organs and keyboard—it’s more Christian based. It’s one of my favorite songs that we did. The neat element about the song is you can interpret into about ive different genres and it would still be good,” said Jary. “It’s about faith. Over half of the CD mentions God or faith,” said Jeff. “Faith, hope and love I’ve got all of them. Jesus said the greatest of these three is love. My favorite Bible verse is Psalm 6. It made God speak for me. One day I asked God to show me something that makes sense. I opened the Bible and there was the sixth Psalm. It hit me—it was me—it was a protecting verse.” Jeff and Jary put the CD together in a two-hour session in Jary’s living room. Jary played the drums and Jeff the electric guitar. After that Jeff went to Webb’s studio where the two laid the tracks: bass, acoustic and electric guitars, the reeds, vocals and keyboard. When they inished, Webb mixed it and put it together. Their start The boys are the sons of Mareta and the late Fred Vermeys and got their interest in music from their dad. They started playing with their dad Fred and his band the Pop a Tops in their early teens. Their dad learned how to play the guitar in the Navy. “Our dad was a long-time musician in the area,” said Jary. “He played throughout the Midwest and for a while it was his fulltime gig. Growing up we saw that atmosphere; we saw the type of thing he did and it got sketched into our minds. In our early teens we started to pick up dad’s guitar. We didn’t really take any lessons to play, it was all by ear and that’s what dad did. We’d hear a song we liked and learn it.” Jeff commented, “My dad was a music icon and a very good father and we are his

IG council okays two reports The Ida Grove City Council handled a light agenda during a special session Nov. 28. The council approved the 2017 annual inancial report following discussion on the ending fund balance and general obligation debt. Following discussion on TIF, value increase of property and borrowing, the council approved the 2017 urban renewal report.

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we put it on Spotify, Amazon, eBay and Reverbnation (you can either download it or order the CD). Jary said, “It’s not only just family, but its friends, its events, it’s different things that come into play that’s the thing with me and him. That’s why we’ve stuck together so long as a band. We have the same kind of ideas, the same interests and it was the same thing with dad. You know he had the same ideas, the same interests and that is why he kept the band going. “Dad kept his passion for music alive and that’s what we do. And I foresee us carrying on as long as we can. We love to entertain the home crowd. The more Jeff writes we’ll put it out for those folks. They like it and it’s neat to see them sing a long to our songs. One of our favorite gigs to play is at the nursing home (Willow Dale). It’s great to see the old folks’ eyes light up when they hear the old songs. We get a request and they get up and dance. We have a great time down there.” Jeff ended saying, “It’s been a heck of a ride. I wrote the CD obviously for my family and me. I didn’t think it would go as far as it has. We have a great fan base. The iremen around here support us like you wouldn’t believe. “We’re going to do some CD release shows with all original music in small concert settings. We’re working on a stage show and we’ll be doing a CD release show in Sioux City. I want to do the Sioux City release show after we do an interview for KMEG/KPTH. I almost have another CD written and I’m going to make a documentary with Scott.”

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legacy. He will always be the leader of the band. Our big in luences were Uncle Donny and our dad. Our family had a history of musicianship back in the day. They started out as the Vermeys then morphed into Fred and the Pop A Tops. We started Over The Board in the mid ‘80s.” In Jeff’s mind the band got its name from their dad. He said, “We were on the stage with dad and the Pop a Tops and were playing Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues.’ I didn’t like country that well. I was more of a metal head. So when I played guitar I played pretty heavy-duty distortion and made everything sound metal. Dad looked at me when we were done and said, ‘Jeff that was way over the top.’” “I’ve written a lot of songs, if I don’t like it, or it goes in a weird direction, they get shelved. I have taken some of the songs and my acoustic guitar to the cemetery by dad’s grave. One time I said, ‘I don’t know if I like this song or not. Dad you’ve got to give me a sign whether you like it or not. Right then a Simonson rendering truck came up over the hill and I said I’m throwing that one away.” Over their career the band has been blessed to play with different top name musicians and be on the same stage with them. They’ve played all over northwest Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. Some of the former band members and area musicians the brothers reminisced about were: Mark Jenkins, Earl Muckey, Dave Druivenga, Earl Krayenhagen Jr., Tom Hillary, the Redenius Family, Duane Isaacson, Tom Hightree, Tommy Bolin from Sioux City who played for Deep Purple and the James Gang and his brother Johnnie Bolin plays drums for Black Oak Arkansas.” Jeff said, “I spent four years in Nashville working for Delta Airlines and I’ve played professionally for 39 years. ‘Over The Border’ has been one of the most popular bands in Siouxland and surrounding areas for 25 years or better winning the Battle of the Bands in Sioux City in 2000. “The songs are getting looked at and played on Internet radio in Vegas, Australia and New York. It’s taken off well. In a little over a month we’ve sold 450 copies of our CD. We printed off some CDs ourselves then

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Good Sam/Char-Mac visit: The Galva-Holstein fifth grade visited residents at Good Samaritan Society and Char-Mac Assisted Living in Holstein Tuesday, Nov. 21. Each student brought their favorite children’s book to read, along with handmade Thanksgiving cards. The students wanted to show their thankfulness to the residents for their many years of service in the communities.

Christmas activities continue in area communities Christmas is a little more than two weeks away and area communities continue to celebrate the season. Ida Grove Earl and Stacy Krayenhagen are hosting Santa’s Parlor at 500 Washington St. in Ida Grove. For a free will donation that will be presented to the Community Basket food pantry, families are invited to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus during Santa’s Parlor hours on Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. The Ida Grove Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its annual Holiday Lights Contest. Entry into the contest is free. In order to participate, you must send in an entry form with your name, address and phone number or complete the form online at the Ida Grove Chamber webpage at www. idagrovechamber.org. A form is available to download from the Chamber website. Printed forms can be mailed to: P.0. Box 174, Ida Grove, Iowa, or dropped off at Remer Realty, Hoffman Agency or Patera Family Dentistry. Residences will be judged and prizes will be awarded based on three criteria: overall appearance, creativity and holiday spirit. First-place winner will receive $50 in Chamber Bucks and second place $25 in

Chamber Bucks. All awards, plus any honorable mentions given by the judges, will announced the week of Christmas. The date to judge entries was to be announced following the Chamber meeting on Dec. 5. For more information, contact Dan Remer at 712-364-2121 or JD Parks at 712-364-3101. The Ida Grove Kiwanis Club is hosting its fourth annual Christmas Ball at Skate Palace this Saturday, Dec. 9, starting at 5 p.m. There will be a prime rib dinner and kids’ buffet and entertainment, including “Ida Idol.” There will be auctions, door prizes and games and activities for kids. Tickets are $200 for a sponsorship (includes family ticket), $100 per family, $50 per individual and $85 per couple. Proceeds will go to lighting the third ield at the Ida Grove sports complex and other expenses. Contact any Kiwanis member for tickets or to donate auction items. Tickets must be purchased by Dec. 5. The Ida Grove Public Library will present a showing of George Balanchine’s “The

Nutcracker,” performed by the New York City Ballet on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 16, at 10:30 a.m. Holstein Stubbs Memorial Library will host a holiday open house from 1 to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 9. Hot chocolate and treats will be served. Battle Creek The Battle Creek Library raf le is set up. The drawing for winners will be on Dec. 21. Arthur Arthur’s Community Christmas will be held at the community center on Saturday, Dec. 16, starting at 10 a.m. Santa Claus will be on hand to visit with children. Galva This Saturday, Dec. 9, the Galva Economic Development Committee (GEDC) will host its annual Pancake Day with Santa at the Galva Fire Station. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. Santa will join the event at noon. Drawings for prizes will begin after Santa leaves. In case of inclement weather on Dec. 9 the event will be held Saturday, Dec. 16.

The Ida Grove City Council’s subcommittee on transportation met Nov. 9 with engineers and other government of icials to review the city’s options when it comes to repairing the Moorehead Avenue bridge and the construction of a West Access. During the meeting it was noted the city is in the process of collecting surveys regarding the City Comprehensive Plan and getting citizen input on what projects they would like to see take place over the next several years. A couple large projects the city faces are reconstruction of the Moorehead Avenue bridge as well as development of the West Access. Dakin Schultz with the Iowa DOT has been involved with the county, going back to 2001 in regard to the West Access. At that time, the city did not own land on the west side of the Maple River to begin the development. Currently, the city owns the land, but has not annexed it. Councilman Ryan Goodman discussed the city’s need to develop a plan in order to start moving forward with the project. Mayor Devlun Whiteing stated there are businesses that are interested in building once the West Access development is started. Schultz asked if they are commercial or industrial businesses that are interested. Schultz said there is a RISE grant available to help with paving the roads if an industrial or manufacturing business were to build on the land. The amount of money available is based on the amount of jobs the business would supply. If a portion of the development is industrial, there is also a 50/50 RISE grant available that goes

toward preparing the land to be developed. The county and city would need to work together to apply. Schultz mentioned there are not a lot of options as far as funding for the West Access bridge since it would be new construction. Schultz also said the DOT will require the city to have a traf ic impact study performed. Schultz recommended going at the West Access in two phases. He also mentioned that it’s great to apply for funding, but the city needs to make sure it has a plan B as far as paying for the development if funding falls through. Discussion was also held on how to run utilities to the land the city owns on the west side of the Maple River and the cost. There are not a lot of options for grants for water and sanitary sewer. The city plans to meet with its engineering irm, JEO, at a later date to get a scope of the project and a de inite plan started. Council member Paul Cates asked what would be the best way to get funding to repair the Moorehead Avenue bridge. Schultz stated there is 80/20 money up to $1 million available. The bridge has to meet certain criteria in order to apply for that grant. The city does not see closing the bridge as an option. Schultz asked if the city has ever considered making Moorehead Avenue a three-lane roadway with a center turning lane, which would help to lessen the weight on the bridge and lengthen the bridge life. The city will plan to work with Calhoun Burns to see what the options are.

Area towns prohibit on street parking during snow removal With the calendar turning to December, snow and ice can’t be far behind. Area residents are reminded cities in the county have various ordinances when it comes to on street parking and snow removal. Ida Grove Under Ida Grove’s snow ordinance, all-night parking is prohibited except for physicians and other persons on emergency calls on the following designated streets between 2 and 7 a.m. of any day during the winter months: both sides of Second Street from Quimby Street to Burns Street, both sides of Taylor Street from the alley north of Second Street to the alley south of Second Street and both sides of Main Street from First Street to Third Street. No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley or city-owned off-street parking area during “snow removal season” under the following conditions: new snowfall has accumulated to a

depth of one-half inch or more and if snow removal operations have been commenced by the City of Ida Grove. If the snow has been removed or plowed from a street, alley or parking area and the snow has ceased to fall, the prohibition on parking no longer applies. All vehicles on the streets during the above-established snow removal season will be ticketed and assessed a ine of $15 payable to city hall. Unpaid tickets will be turned over to magistrate court for prosecution. Pleasant Valley Trail shall be closed to all traf ic during winter snow removal season until May 1. The City of Ida Grove reminds residents snowmobiles may be operated upon streets that have not been plowed during the snow season. Also, snowmobiles may be driven in alleys to and from Fifth Street. Remember keep to the right-hand curb when operating snowmobiles on Fifth and

Rohwer Streets. No snowmobiles are allowed in the city park, playground, Pleasant Valley Trail, city levees or upon any other publicly owned property. And never operate snowmobiles on private property without permission from the owner. Fines for traveling in prohibited places could be up to $100. No one under 16 years of age shall operate a snowmobile on or across a public street. Snowmobiles cannot be operated between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. except for emergency situations or for loading and unloading from a trailer. Holstein Holstein’s snow ordinance is in effect from Nov. 1 to April 1. It prohibits parking on residential streets from 2 to 5 a.m. Parking is prohibited year round from 2 to 5 a.m. in Holstein’s business district. Holstein residents are reminded sidewalks need to be scooped within a reasonable amount of time following a snowfall. Residents are also reminded to not blow snow into the street after it has been plowed. Arthur In Arthur, the city’s snow

ordinance is in effect from Nov. 1 to April 1 from midnight to 6 a.m. Tickets ($25) may be issued to violators of the snow ordinance. Battle Creek In Battle Creek, the snow ordinance is in effect from Nov. 1 to March 30, from 2 to 6 a.m. Galva Galva’s snow ordinance is in effect from Nov. 1 to April 1 with parking prohibited on city streets from 2 to 5 a.m. Odebolt Odebolt’s snow ordinance runs from Nov. 1 to April 1 and states no person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on a public street, alley or city-owned off-street parking area during any snow emergency proclaimed by the mayor unless the snow has been removed or plowed from the street and the snow has ceased to fall, except the business district which is exempt until 2 a.m. A snow emergency parking ban will continue from its proclamation through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the 48-hour period after the storm has stopped except on streets, which have been fully opened.

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Shoe Store: The H. Van Hoesten boot and shoe store was the first of its kind in Holstein. Standing next to Mrs. Van Hoesten in the doorway is Fritz Knuth who managed the store.

Out of the Past Forty years ago Ginger Morrice, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Gordon Morrice of Battle Creek, and Matt Waller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Waller of Holstein, were named outstanding 4-H club members for 1977 at the annual awards program. Construction of the new First State Bank of ice in Ida Grove and the Ida County State Bank in Arthur are progressing on schedule. The basement loors have been poured in both banks, and the heating ducts are also in at the Arthur bank. Both banks are expected to open next June. Janet Miesner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Miesner of Holstein, was crowned Ida County’s Junior Miss at the annual Junior Miss pageant Sunday in Ida Grove. First runnerup was Sandy Ehler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ehler of Holstein. Thirty years ago Five Ida Grove dancers will appear in the Sioux City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker Suite” Dec. 5 and 6. The dancers are students of Francie Kee

of Ida Grove and include Kristi Drey, Jo-C Corr, Alexis Kee, Robyn Corr and Celeste Yeager. The Holstein Women of Today will host its annual tour of homes Dec. 20. The tour includes the Les and Nancy Wiese home in rural Holstein, Dean and Elaine Vollmar’s home at 316 Davenport St., Dr. Ted and Kristi Smith home at 315 Kiel St. and the Gary and Barb Gebers’ home at 216 South Main St. Twenty years ago The partially-decomposed remains of a female found Thanksgiving Day at the Washta Access have been identi ied as an Omaha, Neb., woman reported missing in September. It was announced Dec. 1 that the remains were those of Dung Kim Troung, 38, a Vietnamese woman. A double feature is showing at the King Theatre in Ida Grove this week. “The Little Mermaid” is slated for 6 p.m. and “Bean” is at 8:15 p.m. Ten years ago The Holstein City Council adopted a resolution to enter into a loan agreement and award

bonds for the East Ridge project following a public hearing. Approximately 60 people attended the meeting, and a petition with 161 signatures was submitted during the meeting in opposition to entering into the loan agreement. Issues raised by the citizens opposed to the agreement were increased property taxes, the city extending itself too far with a loan agreement and the need to address aging infrastructure systems before the new housing addition. H&H Builders of Kingsley continue work on the 8,000 square foot addition to United Bank of Iowa headquarters in Ida Grove. The new addition will house the bank’s data processing and bookkeeping departments as well as several administrative of ices. The targeted completion date is next spring. At the Ida Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Dennis Ernst said, in talking with Congressman Steve King’s of ice, it looks favorable for the city to receive federal funding for the city’s west access.

by Chelsea Gross Recreation director Youth basketball practices started the end of November. The gym will busy on week nights. Please plan accordingly. All itness classes are offered with a paid membership. Pilates are held on Mondays at 8 a.m. Tabitha Bockelman is the instructor. Step aerobics are held on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Bockelman is the instructor. Water aerobics are held on Thursdays at 8:45 a.m. Bockelman is the instructor. Zumba is held on Mondays

by Libby Bagenstos Recreation director Monday cards: Join us every Monday from 1-3 p.m. to play euchre and 500. Prizes and a light snack are provided. Members play for free and non-members will be charged the daily admission fee. Facility fundraiser: If you have empty pop cans you’d like to donate to a good cause, you can drop them off at Lohff-Schumann anytime. Money collected will be put towards new equipment. Birthday parties: Let LohffSchumann make your child’s birthday party a hit. The fee

They say “don’t look back,” but sometimes it’s important to see how far you’ve come. ***** You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. —Dr. Seuss ***** The BBC banned Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” during World War II, worried its sentimentality would lower the morale of homesick troops. ***** Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very little and are thankful for the little things in life. ***** Everything starts as somebody’s dream. —Larry Niven ***** The irst step to getting what you want is having the courage to get rid of what you don’t. ***** The Christmas carols “Silent Night,” “Away In A Manger” and “O Christmas Tree” originated in Germany. ***** Be a pineapple. Stand tall, wear a crown and stay sweet on the inside. ***** You get 57 percent more Vitamin A and 55 percent more Vitamin C in a sweet potato than in a white potato. ***** December is National Human Rights Month. Wednesday is National Pawnbroker’s Day and Sunday is National Day of the Horse. ***** Bad habits are like a comfortable bed: easy to get into but hard to get out of. *****

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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. PM Mix is held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Conover is the instructor. Spinning classes are held on Fridays at 5:30 a.m. Lauri Hummelgard is the instructor. Rec center hours: 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-8 p.m. Sunday. Fall/winter lifeguard hours are 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. MondayFriday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Ida County Courier

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

IG Board of Adjustment denies variance application Minnesota Vikings’ Fans Understand Me by Doug Clough Every November, without fail, JC Penney and Sears Christmas catalogs came to our northeast Des Moines home. My brothers and I would scour these books of wonder to make our Christmas wish lists. When I was younger, my list would fill up the front side of a college-ruled sheet of paper and a lion’s share of the back. Of course, the older I’ve become, the list got shorter. In fact, this year, I only had one thing on my list, and I already got it. The back wall of our King Theatre was finished before a single snowflake fell, and we are now poised to begin indoor work. Sweet Santa Claus, yes, it’s been a long few months. As co-chair for the board, I know more details than most about why these things take time. And, as a life-long Minnesota Vikings’ fan, I am well equipped to recover from such a setback. My Vikings were the first team to go to four Super Bowls, and the first to lose four, all during my formative, 1970s wonder years. Watching sports heroes like Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, Carl Eller and legendary coach Bud Grant, I found myself bragging at school on Friday and feigning illness Monday. My mother baked Totinos’ pizza and poured Pepsi from 16-ounce bottles in hopes of soothing the sting; sadly, her good nature only ushered in life-long, emotion-based eating disorders. If that wasn’t bad enough, I grew up across the street from a Dallas Cowboy fan. In the divisional round of the 1975 playoffs, the Vikes had the Cowboys at midfield with only 24 seconds left to play and were ahead 14 -10. On a Hail Mary throw from Dallas’ Roger Staubach to receiver Drew Pearson, the Cowboys won. No matter how much my brother, Mike, yelled at the tube TV, “He pushed off,” the referee did not call offensive pass interference. We retaliated in the late ‘80s by giving up eight draft picks for Dallas’ running back Herschel Walker. The Cowboys got Emmit Smith and Darren Woodson, among others,

who helped them to win three Super Bowls. As for Minnesota’s Walker, he never got over 1,000 yards rushing in any of his three seasons. Pass me the Twinkies. In 1998, I was busy raising a seven-year-old girl and two-year-old boy and missed the Vikings’ debacle of – who a fellow whiskey connoisseur calls - Gary [expletive] Anderson. Behind veteran quarterback Randall Cunningham and Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter, the Vikes’ season came down to a chip shot by kicker Anderson who had been perfect. During the championship game against Atlanta, Anderson missed the field goal that would have secured the Vikings win. Minnesota was the third team in history to win 15 games during a regular season and the first team with 15 wins not to win the Super Bowl. Ladle up your best whiskey, pal. There were a number of other botches, but few are as fresh in my mind as the 2009 NFC championship starring Brett Favre. I fully blame this Packers’ cast off for my renewed fandom. Even a mediocre observer of the game could not stifle a reclaimed Scrooge giggle watching that man scramble; few pigskin passers enjoyed the game like Favre, and he brought boyhood charm to Minnesota and, with it, my desire to believe again. One of the things we also got with Favre was his propensity to throw interceptions, which lost us this game against the Saints. Even Jack Daniels with a ho-ho chaser could not dull the throb between my eyes. Are there any other reasons you need to know why I never doubted our theatre dream? Packers’ and Steelers’ followers might lose interest when things fall apart; we Viking fans know adversity and how to regroup. We’ve developed a couple healthy coping mechanisms in addition to sugar and hard liquor. In 2018, the Super Bowl is in Minneapolis, and our theater is slated to open Heritage Days’ weekend. I had thoughts of wearing a tux on opening night but, with the Vikes 9-2 at the time of this writing, I can’t decide if I should wear my Diggs or Thielen jersey. Skol, fellow Vikings’ fans. This is our year.

Sole 2 Soul 125 South Main St., Galva 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily 712-282-4426 www.Sole2SoulGalva.com Zumba: The next eightweek session of Zumba begins Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. These 50-minute cardio dance classes are taught by certified Zumba instructor Christi Ladwig on Wednesday nights. Call 282-4426 to sign up. We need a minimum of nine individuals for this class to take place. The session runs from Jan. 10 to Feb. 28. Personal training: Bria Miller will offer one-on-one personal training to individuals and/or small groups of two to three people at Sole 2 Soul at 5:30 a.m., 6 a.m., 6:30

a.m. and other scheduled times by appointment. The Daily Apple: Mark your calendar and plan to join us at The Meeting Place in Galva for a program by The Daily Apple on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Daily Apple owner, Amanda Tate, will be our guest speaker, and the topic is “A Healthier You in the New Year.” Tate will talk about numerous health products offered at The Daily Apple, essential oils, taming your emotions and being healthier in the New Year. More information coming in early December, so watch this column. Yoga: Sole 2 Soul’s next eight-week yoga session will begin on Monday, Jan. 8 at 6

p.m. These 50-minute classes are taught by AFAA certified trainer Barb Gebers on Monday nights and are for all ages and fitness levels. Call 282-4426 for more information or to sign up. This class fills quickly, so call soon. Tabata: Miller will be teaching an eight-week Tabata class at Sole 2 Soul starting Tuesday, Jan. 30. Tabata is fast-paced, high-intensity training that combines vigorous cardio and weight lifting for faster results. Class dates are Jan. 30 through March 20. There is a fee. Sign up today by calling 282-4426. The Meeting Place is the ideal place to host your special event. Call 282-4426 for information.

The Ida Grove Board of Adjustment met in the Ida Grove Council Chambers Nov. 27, for a variance permit application submitted by Cody Lomholt. Chairman Gary Mahood called the meeting to order with members Mahood, John Brookbank and Kim Carnine present. Also present were City Administrator Marc Dennison and citizens Lomholt, Bud Jepsen and Sharon Jepson. Purpose of the meeting was to address the variance permit application iled by Lomholt on property located at First and Maple, described as Lots 5 and 6, Block 11, Village of Ida Grove, City of Ida Grove, Iowa, to build a 24-foot by 40-foot garage/ storage building. This property was acquired by Cody and Sarah Lomholt by warranty deed, which was dated June 30, 2017, and recorded on June 30, 2017, as Instrument #E170379 with the Ida County Recorder. Mahood asked Lomholt if he had any additional comments/ information to add. He added nothing at this point. The chairman asked if the Jepsens had any comments to add, and they did not. Mahood then read the zoning regulations in regard to the allowable principal uses that are permitted in R-1 (single-family residence districts). 1. Singlefamily dwellings. 2. Churches. 3. Schools and colleges. 4. Public parks, playgrounds or other recreational uses. 5. Accessory buildings and uses incidental to the principal use. Carnine read the board of adjustment’s powers and du-

ties (in part): Variances may be granted when a property owner can show that his property was acquired in good faith, etc., and literal enforcement of this ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship and that but that all variances would be in general harmony with the general purpose of the ordinances. The board can prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity of this ordinance. Under no circumstances shall the board grant a variance to allow a use not permissible under the terms of this ordinance in the district involved. This is a vacant lot located in an area zoned as R-1, where no single-family dwelling presently exists. Mahood and the board commented that, while they appreciate his intent on building a nice looking garage/storage building, the board can not change the zoning. Lomholt then added information that he tried to ind out the zoning codes and met with the city, and talked to the zoning chairman on Aug. 8, but could not ind the applicable code, and had to go to the city attorney to get the applicable code, but did not get that until Aug.11, and again addressed his intended use to store things that are of residential use, not industrial or commercial, and improve the look of the lot. Mahood called for a motion on approving the application. None was offered. Mahood called for a motion to deny the application. It was

moved by Carnine, and seconded by Brookbank to deny the application. All members voted “aye” to deny the variance application. Motion carried. Nov. 6 minutes The Ida Grove Board of Adjustment met in the Ida Grove Council Chambers Nov. 6, for a variance permit application, submitted by Stan Chisholm. Mahood called the meeting to order with the following present: Mahood, Brookbank and Carnine. Also present were Dennison and Chisholm. Mahood was nominated and approved as chairman. Carnine agreed to continue serving as the recording secretary. The purpose of the meeting was to address the variance permit application iled by Stan Chisholm on property located at 707 Elm, described as Lot 8, Block 7, Village of Ida Grove, City of Ida Grove, to build a 12foot addition to his present garage. It is noted that Chisholm did get a survey of his lot, locating the lot lines. The chairman asked Chisholm if he had anything to add to his application, and he requested to amend his application, that the addition to the garage would be 10-foot versus the 12-foot he originally requested. The board approved. It was moved by Brookbank and seconded by Carnine to allow a ive-foot variance with two-foot setback. The motion was carried, with all members voting aye. Kim M. Carnine Recording Secretary

Playing at the State for one weekend only is “The Star” (PG). A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas. Save the date: The classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), has just been added to our schedule. Made possible by Holstein Electric, it will be shown on the big screen Dec. 20-22.

Coming soon: “Wonder” (PG), “Murder on the Orient Express” (PG-13), “Coco” (PG), “Stronger” (R) and “The Last Jedi” (PG-13).

For more information, visit www.holsteinstatetheatre.com and “Like” our Facebook Page. Call 712368-6226 for show times.

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FSA acreage repor ng informa on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director (SED) Amanda De Jong announced that producers who file accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits. Please pay close attention to the acreage reporting dates below and note the change in the reporting date for perennial forage and forage seeding for 2018. “In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit their local FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline,” said De Jong. The following acreage reporting dates are applicable

for all counties in Iowa: Dec. 15: Fall seeded crops, cover crops and hay/forage crops. July 15, 2018: Spring seeded crops. The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting dates: If the crop has not been planted by the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed. If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendars days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office. If a perennial forage crop

is reported with the intended use of “cover only,” “green manure,” “left standing” or “seed,” then the acreage must be reported by July 15. According to De Jong, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) policy holders should note that the acreage reporting date for NAP-covered crops is the earlier of the dates listed above or 15 calendar days before grazing or harvesting of the crop begins. For questions regarding crop certification and crop loss reports, contact your local county FSA office.

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Ida County Courier

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

FAMILY & FRIENDS Ham, bread coupons for students

BC Library holiday raﬄe table available The annual Battle Creek Public Library Holiday raffle table is now in the library until Dec. 20. Tickets are 50-cents each or three for $1. The drawings will take place on Dec. 21, and you need not be present to win. The library noted there are 90 items on the holiday table, due to donations from patrons.

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Holiday table: Sammie Mallow is checking out some of the items on the annual Battle Creek Public Library holiday table.

WDWV Schedule The Willow Dale Wellness Village activity calendar for Dec. 6-13 is: Wednesday, Dec. 6: 9: 30 a.m. Catholic rosary and communion; 10:30 a.m. spelling bee; 2 p.m. send Christmas greetings; 6:30 p.m. Legion bingo. Thursday, Dec. 7: 10:30 a.m. balloon bat; 2 p.m. Arthur Free Church with Pastor Marty, Merle and Aubrey; 4:30 p.m. Sounds of Christmas with Karen Toel. Friday, Dec. 8: 10:30 a.m. local news; 1:30 p.m. bingo with O-A/BC-IG TAG students. Saturday, Dec. 9: 2 p.m. “It’s A Wonderful Life” movie. Monday, Dec. 11: 10:30 a.m. discuss and recall; 2 p.m. the

Cookie, candy, cra sale at IG Presbyterian Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ida Grove will hold its annual cookie, candy and craft sale this Saturday, Dec. 9, at 9 a.m.

true meaning of Christmas with Julie Todd. Tuesday, Dec. 12: 10:30 a.m. music in motion; 1:30 p.m. Father Ball and Danbury Catholic kids; 3 p.m. Bible study with Pastor Cormeny. Wednesday, Dec. 13: 9:30 a.m. Catholic rosary/ communion; 10:30 a.m. vintage Christmas: 2 p.m. Wheel of Fortune.

Golden Horizons will host potluck, Angel tree Golden Horizons Assisted Living in Ida Grove is sponsoring an angel tree with MidSioux Opportunities on Dec. 11. Pick a tag, buy a gift and return it to Golden Horizons by Dec. 12. On Dec. 14, friends and family are invited to attend a Christmas potluck meal at Golden Horizons. Prime rib and ham will be provided for the supper. For reservations, call the facility by Dec. 11. There are approximately 80 children listed on the tree.

OSC Schedule by Crystal Hopkins Activity director The Odebolt Specialty Care activity calendar for Dec. 6-13 is: Wednesday, Dec. 6—10:15 a.m. Catholic communion; 10:30 a.m. Bible chat with Kris; 2:30 p.m. snow lakes; 3 p.m. social. Thursday, Dec. 7—Cooking Club; 10 a.m. WESCO; 2:30 p.m. Christmas cards for family; 3 p.m. social. Friday, Dec. 8: 10 a.m. art; 2:30 p.m. bingo; 3 p.m. social.

In 2016, then-Governor Terry Branstad called for a 99 County Bible Reading marathon, that in all 99 counties in Iowa, residents would collectively read the entire Bible in a single sitting. This year, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is continuing that tradition. Most of the counties in Iowa have done this, but Ida County has not. On Sunday, Dec. 10, from 2-7 p.m. at the Ida Grove Rec Center, volunteers will be reading the entire Bible during a ive-hour period. A total of 156 readers are needed in order to accomplish this task. There will be up to 20 readers reading at any given time. This will be an activity to ready hearts and minds for the celebration of Christmas. Why would one do this, you may ask? The better question is, why not? Think of it, 156 people in Ida County spending a half-hour of their Sunday, reading God’s word. God’s word entering into the minds and hearts of individuals is always a good thing. What makes it interesting is that you may ind yourself readings sections of scripture

you have never read before. So, come on out and read the Bible. You can sign up at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove (as well as other churches). You can sign up through the Facebook event page (Look up “Ida County Bible Marathon”) or e-mail Pastor Neil Wehmas, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ida Grove, at pastorwehmas@gmail.com. Or, just walk in on Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Ida Grove Rec Center. This is open to anyone. You can be a member of any congregation. You can live in Ida County or just have connections to Ida County. You can bring the family, and you all can read at the same time. You can read while you are on the treadmill or bike or elliptical. You can read while sitting by the pool. You can bring a blanket, pillow or beanbag and read while sitting there. You can bring your own Bible, or you can read from one of the Bibles on hand. Join in preparing hearts for the celebration of Christmas. Join in nourishing the hearts of Ida County. Join in the reading of God’s word, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22.

The program also provides $3 coupons to purchase whole wheat or whole grain bread. The coupons can be redeemed at Ida Grove Food Pride, Hy-Vee or Fareway Stores. Envelopes containing the ham and bread coupons will be sent home with O-A and BC-IG Elementary students. Coupon envelopes are also available at the end of the school lunch line at the O-A/ BC-IG Middle School and the O-A/BC-IG High School, or at the high school office and are available for every student to take, regardless of their school meal eligibility. The $5 ham and $3 bread coupons are not tied to any other offers, and there are no requirements to purchase other items. As Iowa farmers and pork producers, Deb and Jeff Hansen said they are proud to fund and coordinate the “Power Snack” program.

MHC Schedule The Morningside Healthcare Community (Ida Grove) activity schedule for Dec. 6-13 is: Wednesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. church with Pastor Freese. Thursday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. manicures; 2 p.m. crafts with high school kids. Friday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. reading; 1:30 p.m.

movie and popcorn. Saturday—10:30 a.m. devotions with Peggy. Monday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:30 a.m. word games; 2 p.m. hangman. Tuesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 2 p.m. Catholic bingo. Wednesday—8 a.m. devotion; 10:30 a.m. Kevin Anderson; 2:15 p.m. church with Pastor Salcido.

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Saturday, Dec. 9—3 p.m. movie and popcorn; 7 p.m. Lawrence Welk. Sunday, Dec. 10—11 a.m. Presbyterian communion; 2:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church; 3 p.m. social; 3:30 p.m. movie. Monday, Dec. 11—10 a.m. decorate cookies; 2:30 p.m. piano man; 3 p.m. social. Tuesday, Dec. 12—10 a.m. dominoes; 2:30 p.m. bingo; 3 p.m. social. Wednesday, Dec. 13—10:15 a.m. Catholic communion; 2:30 p.m. nails; 3 p.m. social.

Iowa farmers wrap up fieldwork Many Iowa farmers were able to wrap up their fall ieldwork with 6.6 days suitable for ieldwork during the week ending Nov. 26, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included harvesting, baling corn stalks, tiling, terracing, hauling and spreading manure, and applying fertilizers. Corn for grain harvested was nearly complete at 96 percent, eight days behind the ive-year average. Only southwest and south central Iowa have more than 5 percent of their corn for grain crop remaining to be harvested. Moisture content of corn being harvested for grain averaged 17 percent. Livestock conditions were reported as good with little stress.

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Every O-A/BC-IG student is invited to pick up a “Power Snack” coupon envelope for free food. Iowa Select Farms and the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation have donated “Power Snack” coupons for Iowa’s school age children. School-based food assistance programs for children from low-income families greatly aid in the learning process. Those same children still suffer from food insecurity issues on weekends and holiday breaks. The “Power Snack” program provides the food ingredients for kids to make their own “Power Snacks” nutritious ham sandwiches, made out of deli ham and whole wheat bread. The program provides $5 coupons for free deli ham from the meat case or prepackaged deli ham, such as Hillshire Farm, Oscar Mayer, Land O’Frost or Carl Buddig.

Cattle continued to graze in harvested corn and soybean ields with some hay starting to be fed. Topsoil moisture levels rated 4 percent very short, 14 percent short, 80 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 7 percent very short, 19 percent short, 72 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus.

Landus Cooperative invites its female members and customers to participate in the company’s inaugural women in agriculture event, “Ventures: Connections and Conversations in Ag,” Jan. 5-6. The two-day event will offer actionable insights, on-farm tools and opportunities to network with other customers and industry experts while getting better acquainted with the business resources available to them. Non-members and industry partners are also welcome to attend. Workshop participants can select from a variety of breakout sessions, including beginner and advanced grain marketing seminars, succession planning and how to better utilize precision agronomy data. During the general session, they’ll hear irsthand from a panel of women who have had to take on a leadership role on the farm in a session titled, “What I Wish I Had Known.” “Ventures isn’t just about inspiring women to take a more

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Clausen Center presents man’s humanity to man by Cary K. and Victoria Conover From the joyous times of Thanksgiving’s blessings, we marched into somber reality. Not our somber reality, but that of the trench soldiers of World War I. It seemed the audience of the Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts had been forewarned of the ominous topic. The lights seemed lower, the crowd less vocal, theatergoers more workmanlike in their resolve to get seated. The muf led sounds gave way to quiet and darkness. The stage vacant, then an eerie mist of uncertainty until a sole voice began a melancholy Irish tune and then multiplied in perfect harmony until reaching a full, assembled sound. Thus begins “All is Calm, The Christmas Truce of 1914.” The 10-men, Minneapolisbased troupe began by walking the audience through portions of the war-making process, using songs like, “Call to Arms,” “God Save the King” and “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” while using excerpts from soldiers’ letters, diary entries and even war documents throughout the evening. From great beginning enthusiasm to marching, rain and sorrow. This was their grim reality of the “Great War,” the “War to End All Wars,” the First World War. Many had been promised they’d be back home by Christmas and didn’t bring suitable clothing. But, here they were, Christmas Eve, killing neighboring men in an opposing trench. The audience was silently asked to participate: feel, absorb, empathize, commiserate and sympathize. And, they

did. There were times when the audience could have applauded, but all seemed to understand the drama unfolding, the barren truth of a circumstance long removed. The stark, black stage empty, save some dark-stained, wooden military-type boxes, it nicely with the soldiers’ clothing - each with his own unique black, drab olive, drab brown or drab green uniform. Their performance was powerful – dark, somber and haunting. And, the a cappella singing was magni icent. Each of the gentlemen had training and backgrounds in classical music. Their vitas were illed from Lyric Opera Kansas City to Sweeney Todd to Repertory Theater of St. Louis to Les Miserables. It was summed up by one theater-goer as, “I could have listened to them all night.” But, the reality was there, always, in “No Man’s Land,” the enemy so close you could hear them coughing. Lyrics such as, “If you want to ind the whole battalion, I know where they are . . . hanging on the ol’ barb wire, I see ‘em,” or “I don’t want to die, I want to go home.” But, then, Christmas Eve 1914, an amazing transformation began with a single German voice singing “Stille Nacht,” converting enemies into just other humans, also disillusioned, cold, hurting and wanting camaraderie and peace. Evolving from combatants into Father Christmases, sharing their gifts of tobacco, chocolate and even rum, these spur-of-the-moment philanthropists sang “O Tannenbaum,” “Lo, How a Rose e’re

Plains Area Mental Health announces new president/CEO Plains Area Mental Health, Inc. Board Chair Paul Jacobson announced that Kimberly Keleher has been promoted to the position of president and CEO of Plains Area, effective immediately. Keleher was appointed interim president last May when former president and CEO Patrick Schmitz left to accept a similar position in the Kansas City area. Keheler’s efforts the past seven months to stabilize the organization, provide transparency where needed and work to build relations with employees and stakeholders has been exemplary, Jacobson said. Plains Area continues to work addressing the mental health needs in northwest Iowa, within the turbulent mental health environment. Keheler and her team have guided Plains Area to be fiscally sound and is staffed with excellent employees, as they make plans for 2018 and beyond. Plains Area Mental Health is a nonprofit, community mental health center, providing services to residents of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll,

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Blooming,” and “Silent Night,” utilizing a soaring, high tenor descant. With the introduction of a “famous Paris tenor,” he sang “O Holy Night” in absolute perfection, and songs like the moving “Lo, How a Rose” followed by “Auld Lang Syne” continued the vocal offerings. This was a story of men, common men from the lowest ranks, sharing a common human experience of sorrow for sure, but, more than that, sharing hope. Hope for all men. Hope at Christmas. Perfectly portrayed, performed and presented to a solemn, sensitive and appreciative audience about a time we never knew or knew too little about. Thank you, Theater Latt’e Da. The performance was summed up by cast member, James ‘Jim’ Ramlet, saying, “It is an honor to tell the story.” No, Jim, the honor was ours.

Area students have been busy preparing for a variety of holiday concerts to be held Dec. 11 and 14. On Monday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m., the O-A/BC-IG High School vocal and instrumental departments will present their annual holiday concert at the high school. The jazz band will perform “We Three Kings” and the concert band will perform Fantasia on the “Dargason” by Holst arranged by M. Story and “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by N. Long (narrator O-A/BC-IG High School Principal Patrick Miller). Benjamin Mauritz directs the bands. The vocal department concert choir, show choir and handbell choir will perform “Sleigh Ride,” “Baba Yetu,” “We Need A Little Christmas,” “O Holy Night” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” Jacob Pedersen directs the choirs. On Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. Odebolt-Arthur Elementary will present its holiday concert. O-A grades kindergarten through second grade will present “Christmas On Candy Cane Lane” by John Jacobson and Alan Billingsley. Candy Cane Lane is a-buzz with festive holiday preparations. There are candy canes and lights, wreaths and holly…, why even the evergreens are sprucin’ up. But there is trouble brewing. Which candy cane color is better, red or green? Better call out the Color Guard to save the season. Concert attendees will also be treated to the debut of

the fifth grade band and this year’s fourth and fifth grade special children’s choir. The fifth grade band will perform “Hot Cross Buns,” “Jingle Bells” and “Good King Wenceslas.” Linda Johnson and Neil Anders are the program directors. On Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary will present its holiday program in the elementary gym. Renee Fritz directs the concert. First grade students will be performing traditional Christmas songs such as “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “I Saw Three Ships” and a couple different versions of “Jingle Bells.” Second grade students will be performing a variety of songs from “Mister Santa,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” “Just One Candle,” “There’s Someone in the Chimney” and concluding the concert with a drum ensemble of “Ukrainian Bell Carol.” On Dec. 11 at 7 p.m., Ridge View High School will present its holiday concert in the Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts. The concert band will perform “Miss Liberty” by Karl King, “A Fresh Aire Christmas” arranged by Calvin Custer and “Christmas SingA-Long” arranged by James D. Ployhar. Tom Musel directs the band. Ridge View’s concert choir, under the direction of Kris Kistenmacher, will sing “Canticle of Winter” by

Joseph Martin, “No Room, No Room” by Ruth Morris Gray and “Do You Hear What I Hear” arranged by Harry Simeone. The select choir will be singing “We Three Kings” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” both arranged by Russell Robinson. On Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., Ridge View Middle School will present its holiday concert at the middle school in Early. Dennis Freking directs the band and choir. The sixth grade band will perform “Bold Adventures” by Timothy Johnson, “Adeste Fideles” arranged by Jack Bullock and “Geology, The Study of Rock” by Sandy Feldstein and Larry Clark. “Celebration Overture” by James Swearingen, “All Is Calm” arranged by Robert W. Smith, “Tribal Drums” by David Shaffer and “Christmas Spectacular” arranged by Mark Williams will be performed by the seventh/ eighth grade band. The sixth grade choir will sing “Step In Time” arranged by Cristi Cary Miller and “In December” by Jay Althouse. The seventh/eighth grade choir will “Jubilate Deo” by D. Farrell Smith, “Be The Light” by John Jacobson and Cristi Cary Miller and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” arranged by Teena Chinn—a medly including: “Let It Snow! Let It Snow,” “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” “Silver Bells,” “Sleigh Ride” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”

Iowa 4-H Foundation offers scholarships The Iowa 4-H Foundation has announced applications are now available for its 4-H scholarship program. Approximately 90 scholarship opportunities valued at more than $100,000 will be awarded. The various scholarship awards range in amounts from $500 to $10,000. Some of the scholarships are open to students pursuing any field of study, while others are open to students pursuing degrees in agriculture, food and nutrition, ag business, animal science or journalism. Former and current Iowa 4-H members are eligible to apply for 4-H scholarships, if they meet individual scholarship requirements, as determined by the scholarship

donors. Applicants must enroll as a full-time student to receive scholarship awards. While a majority of the 4-H scholarship opportunities are available for students attending Iowa State University, scholarships are also available to students planning to attend any Iowa university, Iowa private college, Iowa community college or any land-grant university. Information and applications for the 4-H scholarships are now available through the Iowa 4-H Foundation at https://iowa4h. awardspring.com. Applications must be submitted online no later than 11:59 p.m., Feb. 1, 2018, for consideration. Only one application form is needed for all Iowa 4-H scholarships.

Eligible students may apply for more than one scholarship. However, only one scholarship per individual will be awarded per academic year. “Iowa 4-H scholarships acknowledge the hard work and dedication of young people who have used their 4-H skills and experiences to ‘make the best better’ for others,” said Emily Saveraid, executive director of the Iowa 4-H Foundation. “We also are thankful for the many scholarship donors who fund these important opportunities for Iowa 4-Hers.” Since 1949, donors to the Iowa 4-H Foundation have provided financial resources to fund quality 4-H experiences and recognition opportunities for Iowa youth.

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$0.52 above October 2016. All hay prices in Iowa averaged $100 per ton in October. This was down $1 from the September price but $10 more than October 2016. The October 2017 alfalfa hay price averaged $106, up $1 from the previous month and $9 above October 2016. The average price received for other hay during October was $91 per ton. This was up $3 from the September price and $13 more than last year. The average price was $18.70 per hundredweight for milk, up $0.50 from the September price and $1.40 above one year ago.

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Drive: Ridge View’s Jaxon Franken drives the ball to the basket while being guarded by two Alta-Aurelia defenders. Ridge View lost the season opening game, played in Alta Nov. 27, 61-38.

Ridge View opened the 201718 girls’ basketball season with a pair of victories last week. Ridge View 53, A-A 45 Ridge View coach Brian Bode called his team’s season opening victory over Alta-Aurelia in Alta Nov. 28 “a total team effort.” “Everyone stepped up in big moments,” said Bode. “These battle test performances early are nice. Alta-Aurelia is a solid team and gaining con idence in the young season is very important. “I thought we did a nice job of playing through some adverse times. We showed some great toughness battling back. We did a nice job later in the game of being aggressive. We were able to get to the free throw line and be ef icient.” Ridge View scored 25 of its points at the free throw line. The Raptors shot 69 percent (25-36) from the line including four of six free throws in the inal 50 seconds of the game to help preserve the team’s six point lead in the inal minute of play. Ridge View and A-A were tied at 34-34 with about ive and a half minutes left in the game. From that point Ridge View was able to gradually build a lead and never trailed after going up 38-36 with four

minutes to play. Kara Richard scored 10 points for Ridge View on the strength of seven of 10 free throws and grabbed nine rebounds. Quarter scores RView 7 18 32 —53 A-A 11 21 30 —45 Ridge View stats Field goals: 12-45, 27%. Free throws: 25-36, 69%. Scoring: Richard, 10; Pickhinke, 9; Dutler, 9; Else, 9; Wunschel, 8; Todd, 4; Johnson, 3; Mason, 1. Rebounds: 40 (Richard, 9; Pickhinke, 8). Assists: 8 (Dutler, Mason, Else, 2 each). Steals: 15 (Dutler, 4; Pickhinke, 3). Blocks: 1 (Dutler, 1) Fouls: 18 Ridge View 44, L-B 43 Ridge View battled LawtonBronson down to the wire in a one-point Raptor conference victory in Lawton Friday. Ridge View led at each quarter break on scores of 14-10, 28-25 and 36-34. Ridge View’s Emerson Else made two free throws to give Ridge View a 42-41 lead with a little more than two minutes to go. L-B made two free throws to regain the lead 43-42. Beth Pickhinke came up with a steal and was fouled going in for the lay-up. She would make both free throws to give the lead back to Ridge View at 44-

43 with 1:07 left. After missing three free throw attempts in the inal 90 seconds the Raptor defense would come up with some hustle plays. Kennedy Mason dove on a ball to force a jump ball to give Ridge View possession; Pickhinke would get a late block and Kenzee Wunschel would cap the game on a steal. “We didn’t execute great, but we did things right when we needed too,” noted coach Bode. “It’s good to be in those kind of games early in the year, especially on the road, because it allows us to see what areas we need to focus on and improve. “I thought our pressure at times was very effective. We were able to transition from defense to offense rather quickly and get some nice baskets.” Pickhinke was high scorer for Ridge View with 15 points. Quarter scores RView 14 28 36 —44 L-B 10 25 34 —43 Ridge View stats Field goals: 18-46, 39%. Free throws: 7-14, 50%. Scoring: Pickhinke, 15; Richard, 9; Wunschel, 8; Else, 6; Todd, 4; Mason, 2. Rebounds: 28 (Wunschel, 7; Else, 7). Assists: 11 (Pickhinke, 4). Steals: 14 (Else, 4). Blocks: 3 (Mason, Pickhinke, Wunschel, 1 each) Fouls: 13

Raptor boys oﬀ to 0-2 start Ridge View’s boys’ basketball team dropped its first two games of the season last week. The setbacks were to Alta-Aurelia in non-conference action and to LawtonBronson in conference play. A-A 61, Ridge View 38 An experienced Alta-Aurelia team claimed a 61-38 non-conference basketball win over the Raptors in Alta Nov. 27. The Warriors went into the season opening game with eight seniors. Ridge View’s varsity squad has just three seniors. New Ridge View coach Mike Smith said the game was a learning experience for many of his players. “We’re trying to figure out our offense a little better,” said Smith. “We’re not where we want to be, but I thought we played pretty well for what we had to deal with. Our guys played hard. We rushed our shots a couple of times, but we also took some good shots. We just need to convert on those shots. Overall, our guys played well for a first game against a team like A-A that has the potential to make it to state.” A-A led 14-7 after one quarter and had a 34-17 advantage at halftime. Af-

ter being outscored by 17 points in the first half, the Raptors had a better showing in the second half and were only outscored by 10 points over the final two quarters. Smith said a change in the Raptors’ defensive scheme from a zone to a man-toman setup helped slow A-A’s scoring. “It was my fault we stayed in our zone too long. We probably should have gone to a man-to-man right away. A-A picked us apart in our zone.” Jaxon Franken scored 11 points to top Ridge View’s scoring charts. Franken and Ezra Miller both had five rebounds. Quarter scores RView 7 17 28 —38 A-A 14 34 46 —61 Ridge View stats Field goals: 14-44, 32%. Free throws: 8-18, 44%. Scoring: Franken, 11; Tokheim, 14; Miller, 8; McGuire, 6; Degen, 4; Klint Blum, 4; Tokheim, 3; Kolton Blum, 2. Rebounds: 22 (Franken, 5; Miller, 5). Assists: 3 (Tokheim, 2). Steals: 4 (McGuire, 2). Blocks: 1 (Tokheim, 1) Fouls: 17 L-B 41, Ridge View 38 Lawton-Bronson nipped

the Raptors in a conference contest in Lawton Friday. The Raptors had a chance to tie the game on a threepoint shot by Jake Tokheim in the closing seconds of the game, but the shot missed the mark. “Tokheim followed his rebound and I thought the ball went out of bounds off a L-B player, but the official ruled it L-B’s ball with 1.5 seconds left in the game,” noted coach Smith. The missed bucket at the end was a pattern coach Smith hopes his club can break. “We started the game six for six (field goals) and I thought we were on a roll,” noted Smith. “L-B picked up the pressure and we kind of folded a bit. L-B plays very physical and we couldn’t control the ball. “We fought back and played very well in the second half. We just struggled to make some shots and had some crucial turnovers. We are getting better, but we just need to start making some shots.” Jaxon Franken dropped in 13 points to lead Ridge View in scoring. No other stats were available from coach Smith at press time.

Second half surge pushes K-P past Falcon girls Kingsley-Pierson, ranked second in the state in class 1A, used a 43 to 15 scoring run in the second half to hand the Falcon girls’ basketball team an 81-42 conference setback in Kingsley Friday. Coach Kurt Brown noted his club played a solid first half, but still trailed by 11 points, 38-27, at halftime. After trailing 19-8 after one quarter, the Falcons did manage to cut K-P’s lead to five points in the second quarter. “We played super well in the first half,” noted Brown. “We played solid defense and rebounded as well as any team I’ve coached. The girls worked very hard and I was

very proud of their effort. We translated that effort into a good performance, which was a step forward for us. “However, K-P is very athletic. They run a lot and they are fast. They play aggressive defense and shoot the ball very well. It took a lot of energy for us just to stay with them in the first half. In the second half we got in foul trouble early and just kind of ran out of gas.” Brown said despite the setback, his team took a step forward from its season opening loss to Alta-Aurelia. “We did show marked improvement in this game and hopefully we can build on this performance. Our goal is to get better every day

and if we do that, the wins will take care of themselves,” said Brown. Beth Rehse led O-A/BC-IG with 12 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots. Anna VanDusen and Jordyn Fredericks both scored 11 points. Quarter scores OABCIG 8 27 35 —42 K-P 19 38 66 —81 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 16-48 33%. Free throws: 7-16, 44%. Scoring: Rehse, 12; VanDusen, 11; Fredericks, 11; Hemer, 4; Zobel, 2; Weber, 2 Rebounds: 29 (Rehse, 10; Weber, 6) Assts: 11 (Rehse, 4). Steals: 4 (Four with one). Blocks: 4 (Rehse, 3) Fouls: 22

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Raptor ball: Ridge View’s Kennedy Mason, right, tries to wrestle the ball away from an AltaAurelia player during Ridge View’s 53-45 season opening win in Alta Nov. 27.

Falcon bowlers split with Denison-Schleswig The O-A/BC-IG boys and girls bowling teams opened their seasons Nov. 30 at Denison-Schleswig. The boys were victorious while the girls lost to the Monarchs. The Falcons next match is Dec. 7 in Le Mars. Girls The O-A/BC-IG varsity girls tallied 1,892 pins to DenisonSchleswig’s 2,113. O-A/BC-IG’s round one scoring came from Jenna Henderson 277, Alyssa Henderson 263, Skylar Mackey 248, Tori Hoe ling 238 and Savannah Wych 220. Kim Renze also bowled, but her score of 201 was not used. Alyssa Henderson and Mackey shot above their practice averages. O-A/BC-IG’s round two Baker games were 112, 118, 144, 177 and 95 for a total of 646. “We didn’t practice Baker games as much as we should have, but the girls did very well against D-S. This gives us something to work on and to be ready for the next meet,” said coach Wylene Wessel. Boys The boys’ team came home from Denison with a 2,523 to 2,392 win. It was a very up and down day for us,” noted coach Kurt Hofmeister. “No one bowled

well for us in the irst individual game. We really struggled to get anything going. Our second individual game was much better with Cole Rhea and Dana Wessel both having good games. We were only behind Denison by 11 pins after the individual round.” Wessel had the best individual score in round one scoring with a 376. He was followed by Rhea, 331, Darian Hannel, 314, Jarrett Bumann, 295 and Colin Bengford, 278. Kolton Krajicek rolled a 227, but his score was not used. The Baker game scores were 164, 180, 152, 198 and 235 for a 929.

“Our irst three Bakers games were okay, but nothing fantastic,” said Hofmeister. “We were still behind by seven pins after those irst three games. Then our fourth game we bowled a good game with a 198. Our last game we bowled great with a 235. We ended up winning the meet by more than 100 pins. “This was a good irst meet for us. We are going to have to work on getting more consistent. We showed signs of bowling well, but we need to bowl well for longer stretches. Our next meet is against Le Mars. That will let us know where we need to be in order to compete at the highest level.”

Bowling Scores WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES’ LEAGUE GOMACO 184.5 United Bank of Ia. 175.5 First State Bank 175 Horn Physicians 169.5 Barry Motor 160.5 Bye 71 HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME Linda Martin 203 Dawn Ortner 172 Brenda Hansen 172 Tammie Dausel 172 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Linda Martin 488

Dawn Ortner 472 Shirley Van Sickler 464 HIGH TEAM GAME GOMACO 639 First State Bank 575 Barry Motor 552 HIGH TEAM SERIES GOMACO 1814 Barry Motor 1578 First State Bank 1556 THURSDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S LEAGUE Kin Pins 190.5 Rod’s Fertilizer 187 Hanson Auto 162 United Bank of Ia. 144.5 Backdraft 126

HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME Trisha Hoffman 200 Donna Mason 192 Tracy Johnson 184 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES Donna Mason 522 Trisha Hoffman 512 Tracy Johnson 491 HIGH TEAM GAME Kin Pins 671 Kin Pins 670 Rod’s Fertilizer 622 HIGH TEAM SERIES Kin Pins 1940 Rod’s Fertilizer 1736 United Bank of Ia. 1650

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Falcon boys beat Boyer Valley, lose to K-P The O-A/BC-IG boys defeated Boyer Valley in a nonconference basketball game and lost to Kingsley-Pierson in conference play to open the new season last week. O-A/BC-IG 62, Boyer Valley 57 The Falcons scored 35 of their 62 points from the free throw line in a ive-point decision over Boyer Valley in Dunlap Nov. 28. All 22 of O-A/ BC-IG’s points in the fourth quarter came from the line. As a team, O-A/BC-IG shot 79.5 percent (35-44) from the line. “That (free throws) is the story of the game,” noted Falcon coach Steve Brown. “It was a great night from the line and a great win. Boyer Valley is in the top two of their conference. We talked to our boys about how huge of a win it was, especially with the backto-back games we have coming up with Kingsley-Pierson and MV-A-O, the top two teams in our conference. It is huge to get off to a good start.” Most of the free throws came in the fourth quarter when Boyer Valley began to foul in an effort to erase its 40-32 de icit entering the inal quarter of play. O-A/BC-IG trailed 9-7 after one quarter before going up 28-23 at halftime. In the fourth quarter, O-A/BC-IG made 22 of 26 free throws, including 15 of 16 in the last two minutes of play. Brown noted, in the fourth quarter, Boyer Valley made a decision to foul whichever Falcon had the ball. “In the last half of the fourth quarter, they fouled the guy with the ball. We did a good job of keeping the ball in the hands of the people who were con ident at the line.” Brown said, in the fourth quarter, Landon Ray went four-for-four at the line; Ty Warnke and Kaden Ladwig both made their last six free

throws and Ryan Bumann was ive for seven. “Give our kids credit—they have a lot pride in their free throw shooting,” noted Brown. “They stay after practice and work on it. They’ve done as much with free throw shooting as any group I’ve ever had. When they went to the line against Boyer Valley, they were con ident they were going to make their shots.” The Falcons had four players score in double igures. Ladwig led the way with 17 points. Also reaching double digits were Ray with 14; Bumann, 13 and Warnke, 12. Austin Newquist had seven rebounds. “Newquist did a good job for us,” said Brown. “I believe all seven of his boards came in the second half, which is a good sign.” While the head coach was pleased with his team’s free throw shooting, he noted the club has room for improvement in other facets of the game. “For a irst game out, I was pleased with a lot of things, but we had too many turnovers (19) and our ield goal shooting (31 percent) was not so good. We have to shoot better. Some of the shots we took we didn’t have to take, but a lot of our shots were just missed shots.” Quarter scores OABCIG 7 28 40 —62 B. Valley 9 23 32 —57 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 11-35, 31%. Free throws: 35-44, 79.5%. Scoring: Ladwig, 17; Ray, 14; Bumann, 13; Warnke, 12; Cranston, 2; Devitt, 2; Ernst, 2 Rebounds: 22 (Newquist, 7; Ladwig, 5) Assists: 7 (Warnke, 3; Ray, 2) Steals: 8 (Ray, 3; Bumann, 3) Blocks: 2 (Devitt, 1; Cranston, 1) Fouls: 20 K-P 61, O-A/BC-IG 49 O-A/BC-IG turned in a strong second half performance, but was unable to recover from

Kingsley-Pierson’s 18 to three scoring run to open Friday’s game in Kingsley. “K-P ran a two-three zone and they have long athletes that can cover the passing zones very well,” noted coach Brown. “In that irst quarter we didn’t do a good job of moving to the gaps. We also had a lot of turnovers in that irst quarter. “We made some adjustments at halftime and were able to get their lead down to four to ive points in the fourth quarter. We used a lot of energy getting back into the game and sometimes when you do that you can’t completely overcome a de icit.” Despite being unable to climb that inal hurdle, Brown said his club played well the inal three quarters of the game. “The kids played hard the whole way,” said Brown. “They played well on both ends of the loor. They executed very well offensively in the second half; shot free throws well again and defensively they did a better job of stopping the drive. Those are all positive things to build on.” The coach said one thing his club needs to work on is being more aggressive rebounding the ball. The Falcons had 22 rebounds in the game. Junior Kaden Ladwig scored 22 points on eight of 14 shooting. Landon Ray added 12 points. Quarter scores OABCIG 3 16 37 —49 K-P 18 33 46 —61 O-A/BC-IG stats Field goals: 18-44, 41%. Free throws: 8-9, 89%. Scoring: Ladwig, 22; Ray, 12; Warnke, 7; Kolpin, 4; Newquist, 2; Devitt, 2. Rebounds: 22 (Newquist, Ladwig, Kolpin, 5 each) Assists: 14 (Warnke, 5; Ray, 3) Steals: 7 (Cranston, 2; Ladwig, 2) Blocks: 6 (Kolpin, 4) Fouls: 16

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Rivals meet: Ridge View and O-A/BC-IG wrestlers met in Ida Grove Nov. 30 as part of a conference double dual that also included MV-A-O. Here, Ridge View’s Gary Baughn (top) tries to control O-A/BC-IG’s Dylan Hemer in a 138-pound match. Baughn won by fall in 5:13. O-A/ BC-IG won the dual 58-17.

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Tangled up: O-A/BC-IG’s Ethan Mortensen (top) and MV-A-O’s Aaron Michael get tangled up during their 145-pound match Thursday in Ida Grove. Mortensen won the match 4-3. O-A/BC-IG defeated the Rams 54-15.

O-A/BC-IG grapplers have successful open to new season O-A/BC-IG won four duals and placed second at the Manson-Northwest Webster wrestling tournament Saturday. Nov. 28 duals O-A/BC-IG defeated South Central Calhoun County 46-30 and East Sac County 56-22 in a season opening double dual in Ida Grove Nov. 28. “I was extremely pleased with how our young men scrapped,” noted Falcon coach Randy Nieman. “We came out, in most matches, as the aggressors. Having some young kids in the line-up you are not sure how they will perform when the lights come on, but every one of our wrestlers battled and I cannot ask for much more. If we can build off of this it will be an exciting year for the team.” Results for O-A/BC-IG wrestlers were: O-A/BC-IG 46 , SCC 30 •106 Caleb Reitz won by forfeit. •113 double forfeit. •120 Jake Nieman won by fall in 1:09. •126 Kurtis Krager won by fall in 1:23. •132 Jarrett Hewitt lost by fall in 5:14. •138 Dylan Hemer won by fall in 1:22. •145 Ethan Mortensen lost by fall in 2:58. •152 Shawn Wilkerson lost by fall in 3:01. •160 Gavin Parks lost by fall in 1:20. •170 OABCIG lost by forfeit. •182 Devin Behrendsen won 11-3. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in 1:20. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in :44. •285 Ryder Meek won by fall in 2:55. O-A/BC-IG 56 , East Sac 22 •106 Reitz won by tech fall 19-2. •113 Nieman won by forfeit. •120 OABCIG lost by forfeit. •126 Krager won by

fall in 2:28. •132 Hewitt lost 14-2. •138 Hemer lost by fall in 4:13. •145 Mortensen won by fall in 2:58. •152 OABCIG lost by forfeit. •160 Wilkerson won 7-1. 170 Parks won by fall in 3:35. •182 Behrendsen won by fall in :35. •195 Blake Anderson won by forfeit. •220 Tyler Anderson won by forfeit. •285 Meek won by fall in :53. Nov. 30 duals The Falcons opened the conference season with a pair of victories at the expense of Ridge View and MV-A-O in Ida Grove Nov. 30. The Falcons beat MV-A-O 54-15 and Ridge View 58-17. “I came away with some mixed feeling on both of these duals,” noted coach Nieman. “I certainly do not feel, on the whole, we wrestled with as much intensity as we did on Tuesday, but there are a lot of reasons for that. “I was impressed by sophomores Shawn Wilkerson and Gavin Parks. Both faced very stiff competition, but came out battling. They embraced the process and results will follow. “It is nice to be 4-0, but we have a lot of work to do. It will be nice to be in the practice room a little more this week to add some things.” Results for O-A/BC-IG wrestlers were: O-A/BC-IG 54 , MV-A-O 15 •106 Reitz won by forfeit. •113 Nieman won by fall in 3:53. •120 OABCIG lost by forfeit. •126 Krager won 10-9. •132 Hewitt won by forfeit. •138 Hemer lost by fall in 1:03. •145 Mortensen won 4-3. •152 Wilkerson lost 5-3.

•160 Parks won by forfeit. 170 double forfeit. •182 Behrendsen won by fall in :56. •195 Blake Anderson won by forfeit. •220 Tyler Anderson won by forfeit. •285 Meek won by fall in 1:06. O-A/BC-IG 58, RV 17 •106 Reitz won by forfeit. •113 Nieman won by forfeit. •120 double forfeit. •126 Krager won by forfeit. •132 Hewitt won by fall in 1:10. •138 Hemer lost by fall in 5:13. •145 Mortensen won 16-2. •152 Wilkerson won by forfeit. •160 Parks lost by technical fall 25-10. 170 OABCIG lost by forfeit. •182 Behrendsen won by fall in 2:46. •195 Blake Anderson won by fall in 1:25. •220 Tyler Anderson won by fall in 1:03. •285 Meek won by forfeit. Manson tournament Four O-A/BC-IG wrestlers placed irst at the 12-team Doug Wood tournament in Manson Saturday. As a team, the Falcons placed second at the tournament. O-A/BC-IG scored 175 points, which was 22.5 points in back of irst place MansonNorthwest Webster. Earning irst place were Jake Nieman (113), Kurtis Krager (126), Devin Behrendsen (182) and Blake Anderson (195). All four champions improved their early season records to 7-0. Also making the inals, but placing second were Tyler Anderson (220) and Ryder Meek (285). Other placings were third, Ethan Mortensen (145); ifth, Shawn Wilkerson (152) and sixth, Jarrett Hewitt (132) and Caleb Reitz (106).

Several open weights limit Raptor wrestlers Ridge View opened its wrestling dual season last week and competed in the MansonNorthwest Webster tournament on Saturday. Ridge View went 0-4 in its duals and placed eighth at Manson. The Raptors have several open weights this season. Nov. 28 duals Ridge View traveled to Hawarden to take on West Sioux and Alta-Aurelia in the Raptors’ season opening duals Nov. 28. In the opener, West Sioux took advantage of seven forfeits to claim a 69-12 win over the Raptors. Ridge View coach Caleb

Christensen said his wrestlers were a bit tentative and left some points on the mat against a topnotch West Sioux squad. “We came out a bit unsure of ourselves and didn’t trust our technique enough,” said Christensen. “This was the irst varsity competition for some of our wrestlers so it was good to get some of those jitters out. “Freshman Gary Baughn showed a lot of heart in his irst match. The coaches saw a lot of nice things out of him and he took a lot of what he has learned in the wrestling room and applied it on the mat.

“Senior leaders Lance Else and Trent Miller both came out and set the tone for their seasons right away. Both had very tough matches against strong kids and did a nice job to come away with wins.” Alta-Aurelia nipped the Raptors 42-36 in Ridge View’s second dual of the night. The difference in the outcome was A-A had one more forfeit win than Ridge View. Nine of the matches between Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View were forfeits due to open weight classes. Ridge View picked up four forfeits while A-A had ive wins by forfeit. Both teams were open at 120 and both teams won two

matches by fall. “We came out with a little more aggression against A-A,” noted coach Christensen. “A-A is always well coached and are great competition. Our guys knew they would have to wrestle tough against a rival. “Chance Hansen and Tate Phillips both wrestled aggressive to get their irst wins of the season. For two guys that didn’t see an abundance of success as freshmen wrestling tough weights, it was good to see them come out of the gate with solid wins. “We saw some good things (in both duals) as well as a bunch we need to work on. We will get back into the wres-

tling room to get ready for a tough conference double dual Thursday against O-A/BC-IG and MV-A-O/CO-U.” Ridge View’s results against West Sioux and A-A were: West Sioux 69, Ridge View 12 •106 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •113 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •120 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •126 Damien Garcia lost by fall in :50. •132 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •138 Gary Baughn lost 9-2. •145 Dylan Wood lost by fall in 1:08. •152 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •160 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •170 Lance Else won by fall in 3:05. •182 Cam Steffens lost by fall in 1:46. •195

Chance Hansen lost by fall in 1:27. •220 Trentin Miller won by fall in 1:48. •285 Ridge View lost by forfeit. A-A 42, Ridge View 36 •106 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •113 Ridge View lost forfeit. •120 double forfeit. •126 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •132 Garcia won by forfeit. •138 Baughn won by forfeit. •145 Wood won by forfeit. •152 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •160 Else won by forfeit. •170 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •182 Steffens lost by fall in :40. •195 Hansen won by fall in 3:38. •220 Miller lost by fall in :50. •285 Tate Phillips won by fall in 2:19. (continued on page 10)

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(continued from page 9) Nov. 30 duals The Raptors dropped two conference duals in Ida Grove Nov. 30. Ridge View lost to MV-A-O 41-36 and to O-A/BCIG 58-17. “Our kids battled hard,” noted coach Christensen. “We saw a lot of good things in our second meet of the season. We still have quite a bit to work to do in the wrestling room, but we knew we weren’t going to peak at the beginning of the season. “One big takeaway from this double dual is the effort we put out. We made some good improvements from meet one on Tuesday to meet two, but our effort looked much better. I felt like maybe we had a bit more con idence.” Christensen noted the performances of two Raptor grapplers. “Gary Baughn wrestled very well. He was up in his irst match 5-2 going into the third period, made a mistake and got caught. He came back in the second match against O-A/BC-IG and wrestled tough to get the win. “Lance Else looks like he is turning the corner for us. He came out in his only match of the night and looked very tough on his feet, something he is going to need to do through the season to get to the next level.” MV-A-O, Ridge View 12 •106 double forfeit. •113 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •120 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •126 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •132 Damien Garcia won by forfeit. •138 Gary Baughn lost by fall in 5:03. •145 Wood lost by technical fall 18-2. •152 Ridge View

lost by forfeit. •160 Else won by forfeit. •170 Chase Zahner won by forfeit. •182 Steffens lost by fall in 2:31. •195 Hansen won by forfeit. •220 Tate Phillips won by forfeit. •285 Miller won by fall in :50. O-A/BC-IG 58, Ridge View 17 •106 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •113 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •120 double forfeit. •126 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •132 Garcia lost by fall in 1:10. •138 Gary Baughn won by fall in 5:13. •145 Wood lost 16-2. •152 Ridge View lost by forfeit. •160 Else won by fall in 2:58. •170 Zahner won by forfeit. •182 Steffens lost by fall in 2:46. •195 lost by fall in 1:25. •220 Miller lost by fall in 1:03. •285 Ridge View lost by forfeit. Manson tournament Ridge View had seven wrestlers place at the MansonNorthwest Webster tournament Saturday. Lance Else had Ridge View’s best individual placing, which was second at 160. “Else wrestled a tough inals match against eighth ranked Brody Goodman of SCC,” noted coach Christensen. “Else is really starting to turn the corner. He is a rock in our lineup, as he has been since his freshman year. He’s really starting to take on a leadership role in the wrestling room. Other placings were: Fourth—Gary Baughn, 138 and Trenton Miller, 220. Fifth—Damien Garcia, 126, Dylan Wood, 145 and Tate Phillips, 285. Sixth—Chance Hansen, 195. Host Manson-Northwest Webster won the team title

with 197.5 points. Ridge View was eighth with 84.5 points. Twelve teams were entered. “The Doug Wood invite is always a good start to the season for us,” noted coach Christensen. “We see a lot of good competition and some schools that we will not see the rest of the season. When we can place six out of eight wrestlers in a tournament like this, it feels like a pretty good day.” Overall, Christensen said the Raptor coaches saw some good things from their grapplers. “A lot of our guys are starting to put practice to performance on the mat. We still have a long way to go, but another good week of competition coming up should help us to see and re ine some of the things we are doing. “A lot of our young wrestlers had pretty good days. Freshman Damien Garcia went 2-2 on the day winning two hard fought matches. It was good to see Garcia battle hard, and put some of his technique together. Freshman Gary Baughn also had a great day making it to the consolation inals. Baughn is really wrestling well in his irst high school season, he wrestles very tough and physical. “Sophomores Chance Hansen, Tate Phillips, and Dylan Wood all wrestled very hard as well. This group of sophomores really wants to improve, they work hard everyday in the wrestling room, and it’s starting to show on the mat. “All in all it was a good day for us. Again, seeing great competition like that is good for us and will help in the long run.”

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Local Iowa DNR fishing report The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a ishing report compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff. For more information about lakes and rivers in this area call the Black Hawk District Of ice in Lake View at 712657-2638 or go online at iowadnr.com. Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 30’s. Fishing activity on area lakes has slowed with the onset of colder temperatures. Walleye ishing in rivers has been fair. Black Hawk Lake—Courtesy docks at Ice House boat ramp and 30-Acres boat ramp have been removed for the season. Fishing activity

has slowed with the colder weather. Bluegill - Fair: Use a small jig tipped with live bait or a small piece of crawler ished below a bobber off the loating ishing pier and the west stone pier. Largemouth bass - Fair: Use topwater lures, twisters or live bait to catch largemouth bass just about anywhere along the shoreline. Black Crappie - Fair: Try a crawler or minnow on a jig ished below a bobber off the loating ishing pier in Town Bay. Walleye - Fair: Use live bait along the shoreline of Ice House Point and near the outlet structure on the east side of the lake. Little Sioux River (Linn

Grove to Correctionville) —Walleye - Fair: Use live bait, creek chubs and plastics in the deeper pools; areas below rif les, on the outside of a bend or below the dams are good areas to target walleyes. Northern pike - Fair: A few are being picked up with red/ white spoons ished below dams and rif les. Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake) —Surface water temperatures are in the 30’s. Fishing activity has slowed with the onset of colder weather. Walleye - Fair: Use twisters, live bait and plastics that mimic a shad. Most action has been from shore. White bass - Fair: Use crankbaits, twisters and live bait ished from shore.

Social Security by Brian DeMoss Social Security District manager Spencer/Storm Lake Understanding the government pension offset. Getting ready for retirement requires evaluation of all your sources of retirement income. Even if you worked for the government and didn’t pay the FICA tax on your earnings, you may be eligible for bene its from your spouse’s work under Social Security. However, when you receive both your own non-covered government pension and a Social Security spousal bene it, your Social Security bene it may be reduced. The Government Pension Offset (GPO) reduces your Social Security bene it by two-thirds of your government pension. Why are bene its reduced? Current law requires any bene iciary’s spouse, widow, or widower bene it to be reduced by the dollar amount of their

own retirement bene it. For example, if a woman worked and earned her own $900 monthly Social Security bene it, but was due a $500 wife’s bene it on her husband’s record, we couldn’t pay the wife’s $500 bene it because her own retirement bene it is the larger amount. Before enactment of the GPO, if the same woman was a government employee who didn’t pay into Social Security but earned a $900 government pension, there was no reduction. We would have paid her the full amount of wife’s bene it and she also received her full government pension. GPO ensures that we calculate the bene its of government employees who don’t pay Social Security taxes the same way as workers in the private sector who pay Social Security taxes. Applying the GPO in this example means since two-thirds of the government pension (twothirds of $900 equals $600) is more than the wife’s bene it

($500), there is no wife’s bene it payable. If you take your government pension annuity in a lump sum, Social Security will treat the annuity as if you chose to get monthly bene it payments from your government work. Payments from a de ined bene it plan or de ined contribution plan (e.g., 401(k), 403(b), or 457) based on earnings from non-covered government employment are considered pensions subject to GPO, if the plan is the employee’s primary retirement plan. To read more about GPO, review our factsheet, Government Pension Offset www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs/EN-05-10007.pdf or visit www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/ gpo.html. Understanding how the GPO will affect any spousal, widow, or widower bene its should be part of your retirement planning. Good planning is the best preparation for a secure inancial future.

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Walter “Butch” Rehse March 9, 1939 – Nov. 27, 2017 IDA GROVE – Services for Walter “Butch” Rehse, 78, of Ida Grove were Nov. 30, 2017, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Richard A. Salcido of iciated. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery at Ida Grove. Military rites were by McNamara–Moore Post No. 61 of American Legion of Ida Grove. ChristensenVan Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements. He died Nov. 27, 2017, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. Walter Fred Rehse Jr., lovingly known as “Butch,” was born March 9, 1939, in Ida Grove, son of Walter and Evelyn (Kiertzner) Rehse. He was baptized April 23, 1939, and con irmed March 29, 1953, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, where he was a life-long member. He attended Ida Grove Public Schools and graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1957. On March 12, 1961, Butch married Janet Godbersen at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Galva. To this union, ive children were born: Kurt, Renae, Kevin, Walter III and Valarie. Butch proudly served his country in the Army National Guard 1956-1964. From 1960 to 1969, he worked for United Builders in Ida Grove, where he started out as a laborer and

Loretta M. Sick Oct. 25, 1940 – Nov. 22, 2017

ended his career as a inish carpenter. He helped build churches and schools, worked on the Ida Grove King Theatre and hung all of the vinyl that still hangs today in Horn Memorial Hospital. In 1969, Butch and Janet moved to the country in Silver Creek Township to farm. He planted corn and soybeans. He also raised livestock, including hogs and cattle. In 2003, the family helped build a new home on his childhood farm, which is now a century farm. Butch enjoyed farming until his death. He also enjoyed many ishing trips, playing cards, trips to the casino and raising a large garden that he loved to share with his children and friends. Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 56 years, Janet Rehse; and his children: Kurt (Ranea) Rehse, Renae (John) Brookbank, Kevin (Brenda) Rehse, Walter (Karman) Rehse, and Valarie (Jason) Hinrickson. Also surviving are his grandchildren: Rebecca, Bethany, Abby, Nick, Ryan, Adam, Alex, Shelby, Tyler and Paige; his great-grandchildren: Addison, Jaiston, Ashtyn and one on the way; three sisters: Deloris Stewart, Rheta Negless and Mary Corbin; numerous nieces and nephews; extended family and friends. Butch was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Evelyn Rehse, and a sister, Elaine Ehlen. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

Elva M. Gebers Sept. 1, 1931 – Nov. 27, 2017 HOLSTEIN – Services for Elva M. Gebers, 86, of Holstein were Nov. 30, 2017, at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Holstein, with the Rev. Melba E. Smith of iciating. Burial was in the Holstein Cemetery at Holstein. Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home in Holstein was in charge of arrangements. She died Nov. 27, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society-Holstein. Elva MaryAnn Gebers was the daughter of Detlef and Margaret (Clausen) Frahm, born Sept. 1, 1931, on a farm near Pierson. The family moved to the Galva and Holstein area, where she graduated from Holstein High School. Elva worked for a lawyer in Holstein and then Holstein State Bank until marrying Merlin

Gebers Dec. 29, 1952. She was a homemaker, helped on the family farm and raised their daughter, Karen. She enjoyed playing cards in several clubs and looked forward to family gettogethers. Elva made her home at Good Samaritan Society in May, 2017. Daily visits from her family brightened her days. She is survived by her husband, Merlin; a daughter, Karen, and husband, Dean Werner; a grandson, Matthew Werner and wife, Molly, and their children, McKenzie and Jeannie; and a sister-in-law, Mary (Darrell) Gebers. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister and husband, Anne and Willard Lohff; and four brothers-in-law: Don (Della) Gebers, Willard (Ethel) Gebers, Wayne Gebers and Darrell Gebers. Online condolences can be made at nicklasdjensen h.com.

William “Bill” R. Hesse BATTLE CREEK – Services for William “Bill” R. Hesse, 83, of Battle Creek will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek. The Rev. Kevin J. Freese will of iciate. Burial will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Battle Creek. Military rites will be by Maple Valley

Post No. 364 of American Legion at Battle Creek. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 7, at First Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Battle Creek is in charge of arrangements. He died Dec. 1, 2017, at Methodist Manor in Storm Lake.

IDA GROVE – Services for Loretta M. Sick, 77, of Ida Grove were Dec. 2, 2017, at Christensen– Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove. The Rev. Kevin J. Freese of iciated. Burial will be at a later date in the Holstein Cemetery at Holstein. Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove is in charge of arrangements. She died Nov. 22, 2017, at Willow Dale Wellness Village in Battle Creek. Loretta M. Sick, daughter of John and Esther (Rohlk) Ehlers, was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Cushing. The family custom farmed, and she attended three different schools: Cushing, Holstein and Ida Grove. She graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1958. After high school, Loretta worked for Bickley Motors in Ida Grove and then Beckman Motors in Odebolt, as a receptionist.

Carl E. Roberts Sept. 28, 1947 - Nov. 26, 2017 SCRIBNER, NEB. - Memorial services for Carl E. Roberts, 70, of Scribner, Neb., will be announced later. Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapels/ Scribner Funeral Chapel in Scribner, Neb., is in charge of arrangements. He died Nov. 26, 2017, in Dunklau Gardens in Fremont, Neb. He was born to Leonard and Irma (Hillman) Roberts in Ida Grove Sept. 28, 1947. He grew up and graduated from high school in Ida Grove in 1965. He then joined the U.S. Navy, serving 3½ years. Following military service, he attended and graduated with a business degree from Spencer School of Business in Grand Island,

SUNDANCE, WYO. – A celebration of life for Norval Gene Waller, 83, of Sundance, Wyo., will be next summer at Clarenbach Park, south of his home in Sundance, Wyo. He died at the Denver Hospice in Aurora, Colo., Nov. 8, 2017, following a ive-week illness with a sinus abscess that led to a serious brain infection. Norval Gene Waller was born in Belden, Neb., Dec. 4, 1933, to Robert Leroy and Gertrude Mae Griggs Waller. He married Betty Lou Bremer of Holstein June 12, 1954, in Holstein. After Norval’s discharge from the Army, when they lived in Maryland, they irst farmed in northeast Nebraska and then moved to the Holstein area. They had three children: Kimberly Lou, Kathlene Sue and Matthew G. On July 19, 1983, Norval and Cynthia Ann Iwers of South Sioux City, Neb., were married in Cherokee. In March, 1984, they and Cindy’s two

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

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Mark Aurand 330 S. MAIN ST. - 712-364-3630 712-369-0852 Sunday – 9 a.m. Bible Class 10:30 a.m. worship

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Richard Salcido, Pastor Rev. Neil Wehmas, Associate Pastor 100 7TH ST. - 712-364-2918 Saturday – 6 p.m. worship Sunday – 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, Bible classes & LYF

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

ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 310 E. 2ND ST. - 712-368-2228 Sunday – 9 a.m. worship 10 a.m. Sunday school 10 a.m. coffee hour Communion on 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Chris Schroder, Pastor 113 N. MAIN ST. - 712-368-2850 Sunday – 9 a.m. Adult Bible study, Sunday school; 9:45 a.m. fellowship 10:15 a.m. worship with Communion

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Martin Crain, Interim Pastor HIGHWAY 175 & M31 - 712-367-2472 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. worship

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SILVER CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor Kristin Boysen 1906 ORCHARD AVE. - 712-282-4703 Sunday – 10:30 a.m. worship

~ Holstein ~

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ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Martin Davis 2326 STORY AVE. - 712-365-4328 Sunday – 8:30 a.m. worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday school

~ Galva ~

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

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daughters, Beth Marie Lill and Kara Noelle Lill, moved to Sundance, Wyo., and welcomed Megan Lea into the world. Norval is survived by his wife, Cindy, of Sundance, Wyo.; ive daughters: Kim and Jim Christensen of Titusville, Fla.; Kathy and Kevin Mabry of Fort Collins, Colo.; Beth Lill (Bob Vore) and Kara Brooks of Sundance, Wyo.; Megan and Casey Allen of Green River, Wyo.; a son, Matt and Cindy Waller of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; 10 grandchildren and many beloved nieces and nephews. Norval was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother, Mame (Marietta Hamer Morris Waller); a brother and sister-in-law, Everett and Lucille Waller; a sister and brother-in-law, Roberta and Roland (Rod) Stahl; a sister-in-law, Dianna Mallett Kauder; a brother-in-law, Scott Ferguson; and two granddaughters, Kate Waller Mabry and Grace Waller Allen.

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

Neb. Carl worked for Pizza Hut as a manager for many years. When he left the company, he was an area supervisor. Then, he ran his own chocolate and candy shop in Fremont, Neb., until becoming a distributor for the Omaha World Herald in Fremont, Neb. He is survived by a son, Jonathan Roberts of Lincoln, Neb.; a daughter, Carla Jo (Mike) Meyer of Hooper, Neb.; six grandchildren: Sonya, Sylvia, Jared, Austin, Riley and Marinn; a great-granddaughter, Ember; a brother, Roger (Carolyn) Roberts of Fayetteville, Ga., and a sister, Kathleen (Frank) Janssen of Woodbury, Minn. In lieu of lowers, memorials may be directed to the family for distribution. Online guestbook is available at www. Ludvigsenmortuary.com.

Norval Gene Waller Dec. 4, 1933 – Nov. 8, 2017

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

On Aug. 23, 1971, Loretta married Charles “Chuck” Sick at Faith Lutheran Church in Odebolt. Loretta welcomed two stepsons, Steve and Doug. She loved collecting aprons. Once folks found out about her extensive collection, they started to chip in and send Loretta aprons of all sizes, colors and vintage. She enjoyed reading and spending time with her family, especially with her nieces. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 46 years, Charles “Chuck” Sick of Ida Grove; two stepsons: Steve Sick of Emmetsburg and Doug Sick of Ireland; a grandson, Devon Sick; two greatgrandchildren, Peyton and Emery; a brother, Bob (Elaine) Ehlers of Alta; two sisters-in-law: Jan Ehlers of Arizona and Sharon Ehlers of Holstein; numerous nieces and nephews; extended family and friends. Loretta was preceded in death by her parents, John and Esther Ehlers, and two brothers, Bill and Howard Ehlers. Condolences may be sent online at www. christensenvanhouten.com.

UNITED METHODIST Dori Collogan, Pastor 208 S. KIEL ST. - 712-368-2678 Sunday – 9 a.m. worship 10:10 a.m. Sunday school & fellowship CROSSRIDGE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Pastor Tyler Parson LOHFF-SCHUMANN MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER 301 LOHFF-SCHUMANN DR.-712-368-6139 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. RiDGE KiDS & adult Bible study 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

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Piano player: Nicholas Segebart of Arthur was one of several young musicians who provided holiday music for those attending the Moorehead House Museum Christmas open house Saturday and Sunday. The Ida County Historical Society sponsored the event.

Prepare for influenza season Although Iowa’s in luenza season typically begins in November, the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) in luenza surveillance network has already reported a handful of in luenza cases in the state. “Flu vaccine is plentiful,” said IDPH Medical Director, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk. “Since it takes up to two weeks after vaccination for the body to develop full protection against the lu virus, being vaccinated now means you’ll be protected before the lu starts spreading and for the rest of the lu season.” Essentially every Iowan over six months of age should receive the lu vaccine. It is especially important for some people to be vaccinated against in luenza because they are at higher risk of developing serious complications, like pneumonia, if they get

sick with the lu. These groups include: •Pregnant women (by getting vaccinated when pregnant, the woman not only protects herself during this vulnerable time, but she will pass on protection to her newborn who is too young to receive a vaccine.) •Children, especially those younger than two years of age. •Older adults, especially those aged 65 years and over. •People who have certain medical conditions like asthma, diabetes and chronic lung disease. The lu is a respiratory illness caused by viruses. Illness typically lasts two to seven days. The lu comes on suddenly and may cause severe illness or even death, even in healthy individuals. The stomach bug, which

causes diarrhea and vomiting, is not caused by the in luenza virus, but usually by a different virus called norovirus; the lu vaccine will not protect you against this illness. No one can predict what the upcoming lu season will be like, but the lu season in the southern hemisphere can be an indication. It has been an especially severe lu season in Australia, which could indicate widespread lu in the U.S. this winter. One thing is certain: your best defense against getting the lu is an annual vaccination. In addition, by being vaccinated, you will prevent spreading the lu to those around you. For more information about Iowa in luenza tracking and monitoring, visit https://www.idph.iowa.gov/in luenza.

PUBLIC NOTICE Ida County Board of Supervisors

IDA GROVE, IOWA NOVEMBER 27, 2017 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Chair Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey. Minutes of the meeting held November 14, 2017, were read and approved. County Engineer Jeff Williams presented JEO Consulting Agreement for engineering services for Harold Godbersen Drive and M-15/240th St. reconstruction projects. Schubert moved to approve and authorize the Chair to sign said documents. Drey seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. Traci Riessen, Treasurer, and Julie Phillips, Recorder, were present to update the Board on their various staff and ofﬁce responsibilities as well as reporting on the revenues they have collected during the past year. Due to the addition of several road and bridge projects, Drey moved and Schubert seconded a motion to rescind Resolution 17-22 Setting Date for Public Hearing on Urban Renewal Plan Amendment. Motion carried, all voting Aye. A motion by Drey and seconded by Schubert to approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 17-23 Setting Date for Public Hearing on Urban Renewal Plan Amendment. Motion carried, all voting Aye. WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors (the “Board”) of Ida County, Iowa (the “County”) by resolution previously established the Ida County Urban Renewal Area (the “Urban Renewal Area”) and adopted an urban renewal plan (the “Plan”) for the governance of projects and initiatives to be undertaken therein; and WHEREAS, a proposal has been made which shows the desirability of expanding the Urban Renewal Area to add and include all the property (the “Property”) described on Exhibit A hereto; and WHEREAS, this Board is desirous of obtaining as much information as possible from the residents of the County before making this decision; and WHEREAS, an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Plan has been prepared which (1) covers the addition of the Property to the Urban Renewal Area and (2) authorizes the undertaking of new urban renewal projects in the Urban Renewal Area consisting of using tax increment ﬁnancing to pay the costs of undertaking county road improvements for the improvement of transportation infrastructure and the promotion of economic development; and WHEREAS, portions of the Property lie within and within two miles of the incorporated limits of the Cities of Ida Grove, Iowa; Holstein, Iowa; Galva, Iowa; Battle Creek, Iowa; and Arthur, Iowa (collectively known as the “Cities”), and pursuant to Section 403.17, the County must enter into joint agreements (the “Joint Agreements”) with such Cities in order to exercise urban renewal authority over such portions of the Property; and WHEREAS, it is now necessary that a date be set for a public hearing on the expansion of the Urban Renewal Area and on the Amend-

ment; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. This Board will meet at the Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room, Ida Grove, Iowa, on January 2, 2018, at 10:30 o’clock a.m., at which time and place it will hold a public hearing on the designation of an expanded Urban Renewal Area as described in the preamble hereof and on the Amendment. Section 2. The County Auditor shall publish notice of said hearing, the same being in the form attached to this resolution, which publication shall be made in a legal newspaper of general circulation in Ida County, which publication shall be not less than four (4) and not more than twenty (20) days before the date set for the hearing. Section 3. Pursuant to Section 403.5 of the Code of Iowa, Lorna Steenbock is hereby designated as the County’s representative in connection with the consultation process which is required under that section of the urban renewal law. Section 4. The proposed Amendment is hereby submitted to the County’s Planning and Zoning Commission for review and recommendations, as required by Section 403.5, Code of Iowa. Section 5. The County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to present the Joint Agreements to the Cities for approval, execution and delivery to the County prior to the public hearing on January 2, 2018. Passed and approved November 27, 2017. /s/Rhett Leonard, Chairperson, Board of Supervisors. Attest: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, County Auditor Schubert moved and Drey seconded a motion to approve Resolution 17-24 Authorizing Loan to Tax Increment Fund. Motion carried, all voting Aye. WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors (the “Board”) of Ida County, Iowa, has established an urban renewal area in the County known as the Ida County Urban Renewal Area (the “Urban Renewal Area”): and WHEREAS, the Board has created the Ida County Urban Renewal Area Tax Increment Revenue Fund (the “Tax Increment Revenue Fund”), into which all incremental property tax revenues received from the Urban Renewal Area shall be deposited; and WHEREAS, the Board has undertaken a project in the Urban Renewal Area consisting of the “See Attached” (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, in order to make the cost of the Project eligible to be paid from future incremental property tax revenues, it is necessary to create an internal debt; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. It is hereby directed that $8,736 be advanced to the Tax Increment Revenue Fund from the Secondary Road Fund, in order to

pay the cost of the Project. This advance shall be treated as a loan (the “Loan”) to the Tax Increment Revenue Fund and shall be repaid to the Secondary Road Fund out of incremental tax revenues received with respect to the Urban Renewal Area: Payments on the Loan are subject to annual appropriation by the Board of Supervisors and subject to the Board’s determination that there are incremental tax revenues available for such purpose which have been allocated to or accrued in the Tax Increment Revenue Fund. Once appropriated, payments shall be made on the Loan on June 1st of each year to the extent there are incremental tax revenues available for such purpose which have been allocated to or accrued in the Tax Increment Revenue Fund. The right is hereby reserved to issue additional obligations, or to enter into additional loans, payable from the Tax Increment Revenue Fund, which may either rank on a parity with the Loan or may have a priority over the Loan with respect to the revenues in the Tax Increment Revenue Fund. Section 2. The Tax Increment Revenue Fund is hereby pledged to the repayment of the Loan, and a copy of this Resolution shall be filed in the office of the County Auditor to evidence this pledge. Pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa, the Board hereby certifies the original amount of the Loan to the County Auditor as an obligation that is eligible to be repaid from future incremental property tax revenues, and declares its intent to certify no later than December 1st of each succeeding year, any remaining outstanding balance of the Loan. Section 3. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed, to the extent of such conflict. PASSED AND APPROVED THE 27th day of November, 2017. /s/Rhett Leonard, Chair Attest:/s/Lorna Steenbock, Auditor A motion by Creston and seconded by Drey to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a TIF Indebtedness Certification to the County Auditor from Ida County Urban Renewal 1 & 2 in the amount of $8,736. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Schubert moved and Leonard seconded a motion to approve a salary increase for Rebecca Schmidt, Jailer/Dispatcher, to $16.50 per hour effective November 10, 2017. Motion carried, all voting Aye. A motion by Schubert and seconded by Drey to approve the 2017 Homestead credit applications in the amount of $9,940,234 and Military applications in the amount of $861,180 including Disabled Vet Credit Applications. Motion carried, all voting Aye. There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meet again at 9:00 a.m., Monday, December 11, 2017, or on call of the Chair. /s/ Lorna Steenbock Auditor /s/ Rhett A. Leonard Chair (Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017)

The best laid plans by Fritz Groszkruger 4selfgoverment@gmail.com On my way home from recording my guest DJ gig with Bob Dorr, I stopped at McDonald’s for a couple ilet-o- ish sandwiches. I igured I could eat such a simple thing as I drove home in the dark. Ray Kroc’s rigid standards have in luenced my life ever since my irst job on Pico Boulevard when I was 16 and saving up for my irst car. I used to complain about the blandness of McDonald’s. My dad pointed out that the value of a place like McDonald’s was the sameness. You always get what you expect. In the movie, “The Founder,” Kroc was not nice. He knew that familiarity made people comfortable. He knew his vision depended on that one thing. When one of his stores offered fried chicken in addition to the company’s regular menu, he came down on them like The Deep State on a peaceloving president (JFK?). A principled position is the key to success in much of this world. You don’t quit smoking and then bum one once in awhile. If you do, you haven’t quit. When Robert Mugabe led the nationalist Marxist takeover of the government in Zimbabwe he had a grand vision of a society of equals that was not dominated by European colonialists. In the year 2000,

the economy deteriorated because of those Marxist ideals. He blamed white landowners for the poverty and pushed for all of the privately held land to be con iscated by the government. Of course the government was called “the people.” It sounded nice. The blacks that had worked for the white imperialists were expected to run the farms. They were not ready for a management role. Crops failed. Money was printed to create an illusion of prosperity that didn’t exist. By 2008, in lation was 100,000 percent. As unfair as a white management/black workforce arrangement was, at least it didn’t produce widespread hunger and poverty. Mugabe’s vision was based on Marxism. It was based on theft. There were too many victims to inspire a society of equality and mutual respect. Mugabe’s vision went awry. He has now been deposed. In all likelihood, another dictator will take his place. The luxury of the life of a head of state can tempt a man to stray from benevolent ideals, especially when the rules restricting his power have a history of being ignored. The rules of our own country have been ignored for a long time now. Signed in 1787, the Constitution was designed to do one thing; limit the pow-

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PUBLIC NOTICE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TRACEY EDWARD MILLER, Deceased Case No. ESPR009327 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Tracey Edward Miller, Deceased, who died on or about November 1, 2017: You are hereby notified that on the 17th day of November, 2017, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate. Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 17th day of November, 2017. /s/ Dorene Miller Dorene A. Miller Administrator of the Estate 106 King Street Ida Grove, IA 51445 Joseph J. Heidenreich ICIS PIN: AT0003458 Attorney for the Administrator Dresselhuis & Heidenreich 100 N. Main P.O. Box 477 Odebolt, IA 51458 Date of second publication 6th day of December, 2017 (Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 and Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017)

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROGER DEAN PUTZIER, Deceased CASE NO. ESPR009329 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROGER DEAN PUTZIER, Deceased, who died on or about November 11, 2017: You are hereby notified that on November 25, 2017, the last will and testament of ROGER DEAN PUTZIER, deceased, bearing date of November 2, 2017, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that TENA MARIE CARDOZATOBAR was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated November 21, 2017. /s/ Tena Marie Cardozatobar Executor of the Estate TENA MARIE CARDOZATOBAR 3612 TILDEN TRAIL NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78132 Wally Miller, Jr. #AT0005418 Attorney for the Executor MILLER, MILLER, MILLER PC 216 W. Main St. Cherokee, Iowa 51012 Date of second publication 13th day of December, 2017 (Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, and Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017)

er of a central government. The rule of England over her colonies had taught the colonists that central planning, while having noble intentions, was too broad to make sense on a practical level. The evolution of constitutional restraint now has the President traveling all over the world forming alliances with other elitists and creating enemies. Our fear of these enemies convinces us to hand over half the fruits of our labor to government. We are convinced the government is here to correct all injustice, foreign and domestic. The founders’ vision was a government combating force and fraud, enabling the best role in society for each of us individuals. The government we now have is not only intrusive on our freedoms, but also ineffective in enforcing its original role because it is too big. It has gone awry. Kroc’s vision of simple, high quality fast food is now long gone. Other companies see an opening. No government intervention to prevent monopolies is necessary. I thank Kroc for showing me the value of consistent high standards and welcome new ideas and people when those standards are corrupted.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IDA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY HEMER, Deceased CASE NO. ESPR009328 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY HEMER, Deceased, who died on or about November 5, 2017: You are hereby notified that on November 25, 2017, the last will and testament of Shirley Hemer, deceased, bearing date of August 1, 2011, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Jay Hemer, Dave Hemer and Don Hemer were appointed coexecutors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated November 27, 2017. Jay Hemer 2727 Pioneer Arthur, IA 51431 Dave Hemer 6448 280th Street Arthur, IA 51431 Don Hemer 2363 Quail Ave. Arthur, IA 51431 Co-executors of Estate Bruce Becker, Attorney for co-executor Becker & Brotherson Law Office P.O. Box 38 Sac City, IA 50583 Date of second publication 13th day of December, 2017 (Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, and Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017)

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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Notice Date: November 21, 2017 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (IDNR) NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) The IDNR is proposing to approve an application for a NPDES permit for the facility described below: IDENTIFICATION OF DISCHARGER: Hamann Feedlot 4681 240th Street Battle Creek, Iowa 51006 Discharge Location: SE ¼ of Section 11, T87N, R42W, Morgan Township, Woodbury County, Iowa Discharge whenever precipitation events cause an overﬂow would be to: Moorhead Creek The designated stream is: Moorhead Creek which is designated as presumed Class “A1, B (WW-1)”. Primary contact recreational use (Class “A1”). Waters in which recreational or other uses may result in prolonged and direct contact with the water, involving considerable risk of ingesting water in quantities sufﬁcient to pose a health hazard. Such activities would include, but not be limited to, swimming, diving, water

skiing, and water contact recreational canoeing. Warm water - Type 1 (Class “B (WW-1)”). Waters in which temperature, flow and other habitat characteristics are suitable to maintain warm water game fish populations along with a resident aquatic community that includes a variety of native nongame fish and invertebrate species. These waters generally include border rivers, large interior rivers, and the lower segments of medium-size tributary streams. Description of Discharge Area: The applicant currently operates an existing open feedlot with a total maximum animal capacity of 2,750 head of beef cattle on a 19.9-acre open feedlot. The existing earthen settled open feedlot effluent basin (SOFEB) with a total storage capacity of 9,473,420 gallons designed under “System 1” is serving a drainage area of 23.87 acres. State and Federal rules require that the feedlot have a NPDES permit and that there be no discharge except when precipitation events greater than the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall event (5.2 inches) causes an overflow of the production area, that is designed, constructed, maintained and operated to contain manure, open feedlot effluent, settled open feedlot effluent, settleable solids or process wastewater.

Basis for Limitations in Permit: Federal Effluent Guidelines Anyone wishing to comment on, or object to, the proposed issuance of this permit must do so in writing, within fortyfive (45) days of the notice date shown at the top of this public notice, or within thirty (30) days of the publishing date in a local newspaper, whichever is longer, to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 502 East 9th Street, Henry A. Wallace Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. All comments received may be considered in the final determination. If the response indicates significant interest, a public hearing may be held after due notice. If no objections are received within the announced periods, the department will issue a final determination. Anyone desiring a public hearing should cite their specific reasons and a proposed list of topics to cover. Copies of this public notice, the proposed permit and other information are on file and available for public inspection Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. at the Department of Natural Resources address listed above. Copies of this information may be requested by calling (515)725-8408. Published in the Ida County Courier on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017)

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Sheriﬀ’s oﬀice releases October sta s cs The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice released October statistics at the Nov. 21 Ida County Public Safety and Communications Commission meeting in Ida Grove. In October, deputies logged 16,640 miles and 1,355.5 patrol hours. Patrol hours by district were: Ida Grove—393, Holstein—251, Battle Creek—118, Galva—124, Arthur—81, rural—319 and out-of-county transports— 69.5. Deputies assisted 23 motorists, served 67 civil papers and conducted 811 premise checks. A total of 50 hours was spent in the of ice, 51 hours were spent on special investigations, 18 hours of comp time were used and 36 hours of vacation time were used. In October, 15 males and eight females were booked into the Ida County Jail for 23 misdemeanors. This compares to 30 (20 males and 10 females) booked into the jail in October 2016 for two felonies and 28 misdemeanors. A total of 134 citations were issued as follows: Arthur—13, Battle Creek—four, Galva— 12, Holstein—seven, Ida Grove— ive and the rural area—134. This compares to 291 citations issued in October 2016. Calls for service in October were down in 2017 when compared to 2016. There were 736 complaints in October compared to 891 in October 2016. Total complaints called in two or more times were: Arthur—A total of 11 calls were made with two for alarms. Battle Creek—There was a total of 35 calls with 10 for civil processes; four for medicalfalls; three for traf ic stops and two each for animal calls, assist other agencies and suspicious behavior. Galva—A total of 22 calls with eight for traf ic stops; six for animal calls and two for civil processes. Holstein—There was a total of 85 calls with 13 for traf ic stops; seven for civil processes;

six for medical-sick; four each for 911 abandoned calls, medical assistance, reckless driving and suspicious behaviors; three each for medical-breathing, parking and animal calls and two each for motorist assistance, assistance, extra patrols, harassment, property recovered, thefts, passing a bus violations, unlocking doors and welfare checks. Ida Grove—A total of 201 calls were reported with 23 for traf ic stops; 16 for civil processes; 13 for talk to an of icer; 10 each for basic life support transfers to Sioux City and suspicious behaviors; eight for animal calls; seven each for unlocking doors and assistance; six for assaults and ive each for property damage accidents, advance life support transfers to Sioux City, harassment and medical-falls. Also, four each for committals and warrants; three each for reckless driving, 911 abandoned calls, alarms, criminal, extra patrols, fraud and medical assistance and two each for alarm testing, bad checks, civil family disputes, domestic disputes, medical-breathing, medical-sick, missing juveniles, parking, property found, transfers and welfare checks. Rural—There were a total of 382 calls in the rural area with 151 for traf ic stops; 27 for phone calls; 23 for civil processes; 12 each for assistance and warrants; 10 for suspicious behaviors; nine each for motorist assistance, property damage accidents involving an animal, 911 transfers and ire department controlled burns; eight each for assist other agencies, reckless driving and talk to an of icer and seven for 911 abandoned calls. Also, six each for animal calls, road hazards and transfers; ive for 911 wrong numbers; four for health and safety checks; three each for property damage accidents, medical assistance and unlocking doors and two each for unknown accidents, abandoned vehicles, assaults, criminal, ire department assistance, jail, road closures, suspended/revoked/no driver’s license, thefts and urinalysis for Department of Human Services.

Sac County depu es inves gate accidents The Sac County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on three accidents reported during the past week. On Nov. 23, at 9:30 a.m., Joseph John Coffelt, 41, of Plymouth, Minn., was southbound on M43, failed to stop and collided with a vehicle driven by Jerry Lawrence Jaspersen, 69, of Oakland, Neb., who was eastbound on Highway 175. Coffelt was cited for failure to obey a stop sign and yield the right-of-way. There was $7,000 damage to Coffelt’s 2008 Lincoln. There was $8,000 damage to Jaspersen’s 2017 Chevrolet. The Odebolt Fire Department assisted at the scene. On Nov. 23, at 1:33 p.m., the Sac County Sheriff’s Of ice responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on Eighth Street in Odebolt. Jessica Elaine Carlyle, 18, was traveling east on Eighth Street when she lost control and over corrected. She entered the south

ditch where her vehicle landed on its top. She was cited for failure to maintain control. The Lake View Ambulance transported Carlyle to Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove with non-life threatening injuries. There was $2,500 damage to the 1997 Ford Explorer she was driving. Odebolt Fire Rescue assisted at the scene. On Nov. 26 at 12:45 p.m., Jacquelyn Marie Troxel, 33, of Schaller and Noemi Lopez Enamorado, 19, of Storm Lake were involved in an accident at the intersection of D15 and M43. According to the accident report, Troxel was westbound on D15 and Lopez Enamorado was stopped at the stop sign of M43/D15 traveling north. She did not see the Troxel vehicle and continued through the intersection striking the Troxel vehicle. Troxel lost control of her vehicle and rolled into the south ditch.

The Sac City Ambulance transported Troxel and her passenger, William Christopher Bailey, 36, of Ruthven to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Lopez Enamorado was cited for failure to yield right of way from a stop sign and operating a non-registered vehicle. On Nov. 27, at 11:04 a.m., Christopher Stephen Gonnerman, 28, of Wall Lake was doing maintenance work on the shoulder of D15. Gonnerman was leveling and packing white rock on the shoulder in a skid loader. As he backed up, he hit backed over a sign and struck Patrick William Young, 61, of Marquette who was placing roadwork signs in the back of his pickup. The Sac County Ambulance transported Young to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. There was $500 damage to the work zone maintenance equipment.

From the Ida County Sheriff ’s Log Thursday, Nov. 23 Of icers received 34 calls for service. Among the calls were 19 traf ic stops, two 911 transfers and two abandoned 911 calls. 9:04 a.m.: Controlled burn at 310th Street/Diagonal Way 9:23 a.m.: Fall/back injury in the 600 block of Morningside Street 10:04 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 6000 block of 260th Street 10:37 a.m.: Animal complaint in the 3200 block of Highway 59 2:06 p.m.: Warrant check at the courthouse 2:12 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding, in the 5400 block of Highway 20 3:23 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 900 block of Second Street 3:32 p.m.: Motorist assist at Keystone Avenue/Highway 20 3:53 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 400 block of Clara Street 5:34 p.m.: Urinalysis at the courthouse 10:29 p.m.: Welfare check Friday, Nov. 24 Of icers received 21 calls for service. Among the calls were ive traf ic stops, one 911 wrong number and one Basic Life Support (BLS) transfer. 6:06 a.m.: Road hazard at Noble Avenue/Highway 175 7 a.m.: Animal complaint at Noble Avenue/Highway 175 7:39 a.m.: Accident with animal at Noble Avenue/Highway 175 9:35 a.m.: Warrant at the courthouse 10:14 a.m.: Alarm in the 1000 block of Industrial Park 11 a.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 300 block of First Avenue 11:44 a.m.: Chest/heart pain in the 600 block of Morningside Street 11:49 a.m.: Sex Offender Registry at the courthouse 11:53 a.m.: Operating while intoxicated at Highway 175/ Washington Street 3:09 p.m.: Health and safety check 5:32 p.m.: Motorist assist in the 200 block of Moorehead Avenue 6:44 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 100 block of Lubeck Street 9:51 p.m.: Warrant at the courthouse 10:25 p.m.: Civil paper service at the courthouse Saturday, Nov. 25 Of icers received 32 calls for service. Among the calls were 19 traf ic stops. 2:19 a.m.: Fight in progress in the 300 block of Sixth Street 3:32 a.m.: Parking complaints at Second Street/Main Street 3:39 a.m.: Parking complaint/issue in the 200 block of Maple Street 8:50 a.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in the 2500 block of Quail Avenue 9:48 a.m.: Motorist assist at 330th Street/Quail Avenue 10:12 a.m.: Motorist assist at Eagle Avenue/Highway 20 1:26 p.m.: Accident with

property damage only at Second Street/Main Street 1:30 p.m.: Talk to of icer 1:42 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 400 block of Main Street 2:23 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 1300 block of Sixth Street 3:05 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 200 block of Court Street 4 p.m.: Domestic disturbance in the 1100 block of Fifth Street 6:16 p.m.: Accident with animal at Quail Avenue/Highway 175 Sunday, Nov. 26 Of icers received 40 calls for service. Among the calls were 27 traf ic stops, one abandoned 911 call, one 911 wrong number, one 911 transfer and one Advanced Life Support (ALS) transfer. 12:22 a.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms in th 1100 block of Fifth Street 8:05 a.m.: Medical assistance needed in the 500 block of Second Street 9:18 a.m.: Suspended/ no drivers license at Second Street/Main Street 9:27 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 1900 block of German Avenue 11:17 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 1400 block of German Avenue 4:32 p.m.: Assist an outside agency at the courthouse 5:27 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5700 block of 320th Street 6:21 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding, in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 10:55 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 100 block of King Street Monday, Nov. 27 Of icers received 28 calls for service. Among the calls were 10 traf ic stops, one 911 transfer and one ALS transfer. 5:42 a.m.: Breathing problems in the 400 block of Iowa Street 8:43 a.m.: Unresponsive/ not breathing in the 2300 block of Indian Avenue 8:55 a.m.: Vandalism in the 600 block of Fairlane Street 9:45 a.m.: Assist an outside agency at the courthouse 10:45 a.m.: Extra attention in the 6400 block of 330th Street 11:50 a.m.: Motorist assist at Dove Avenue/Highway 175 1 p.m.: Assistance at the courthouse 2:07 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 1700 block of Eagle Avenue 2:49 p.m.: Abandoned vehicle at 310th Street/Highway 59 2:58 p.m.: Road hazard at Noble Avenue/Highway 175 3:40 p.m.: Warrant at the courthouse 5:38 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding at First Street/Highway 175 5:42 p.m.: Animal complaint at 330th Street/Highway 59 6:04 p.m.: Accident with injuries at Eagle Avenue/Highway 175 8:15 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 500 block of Highway 175

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8:18 p.m.: Unresponsive/ not breathing in the 400 block of Davenport Street Tuesday, Nov. 28 Of icers received 32 calls for service. Among the calls were 13 traf ic stops, one 911 transfer and one abandoned 911 call. 1:57 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity at Harvest Avenue/Highway 20 7:25 a.m.: Talk to of icer 7:58 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 200 block of Main Street 8 a.m.: Traf ic control/escort 8:26 a.m.: Assistance at the courthouse 8:34 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 200 block of Maple Street 9:22 a.m.: Harassment/ threats in the 500 block of Moorehead Avenue 10:02 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 200 block of Jacob Avenue 10:13 a.m.: Civil paper service in the 500 block of Highway 175 11:35 a.m.: Fall/back injury in the 700 block of Ellen Street 12:53 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 3300 block of Buchanan Avenue 1:32 p.m.: Warrant check in the 500 block of Third Street 2:35 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 500 block of Kolb Lane 6:26 p.m.: Talk to of icer 9:27 p.m.: Talk to of icer 11:13 p.m.: Animal complaint at 290th Street/Harvest Avenue 11:55 p.m.: Assist an outside agency at Adams Avenue/ Highway 20 Wednesday, Nov. 29 Of icers received 17 calls for service. Among the calls were one traf ic stop, one 911 transfer and one abandoned 911 call. 2:44 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 800 block of Second Street 8:15 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 5900 block of Highway 175 9:16 a.m.: Animal complaint in the 5800 block of 190th Street 11:28 a.m.: Health and safety check 12:31 p.m.: Health and safety check 12:36 p.m.: Brush/grass ire at 210th Street/German Avenue 1:03 p.m.: Traf ic control/ escort in the 100 block of Seventh Street 1:14 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 700 block of Ellen Street 1:26 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 600 block of Taylor Street 1:37 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5600 block of Highway 175 3:04 p.m.: Hit and run in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 7:27 p.m.: Criminal mischief in the 3000 block of Carriage Avenue 8:44 p.m.: Info/data at the courthouse 9:07 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 1100 block of Fifth Street.

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Courthouse Report Real Estate Transfers Ida Grove Roo ing and Improvement, warranty deed to Dan Dose, Lots D, E, and F of Wittersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; subdivision of part of Lot 2 in Lot X and a part of Lot 10 of Lot W in the W Â˝ SE Âź, Section 14, T-87-N, R-40-W, Ida County. Verdell and Linda Buss, warranty deed to Shirley Hayes, Lot 9, Zobelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Addition, Ida Grove. Ricki and Amanda Otto, quit claim deed to April Westeen, Lot 3, Block 6, Galva. Jacob Jessen, warranty deed to Tristen Goettsch, the west 64.59 feet of the south 120 feet of Lot 1, Block 23, Second Addition, Battle Creek. DMS Rentals, warranty deed to Candice Tomlinson, Lots 4 and 5, Block 2, Mooreheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Addition, Ida Grove. Winston Jr. and JoAnn Hansen, warranty deed to Corliss Wheeler, the south 120 feet of Lot 2, with exception, Fourth Addition, Battle Creek. David Johannsen, quit claim deed to Savings Bank of Primghar, W Â˝ NW Âź, Section 4, T-89-N, R-40-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 Sidney Buchholtz, Yankton, S.D.; Marco Mendoza, Denison; Sara Becker, Denison; Tony Treiber, Danbury; Champagne Martinsen, Canton, Texas; Paige Pauley, Honey Creek; Amber Simon, Las Vegas, Nev.;

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Kent Otte, Randolph, Minn.; Kenneth Giese, Bennington, Neb.; Molly Bakker, Holstein. Other Joseph Lane, Battle Creek, driving while license under suspension. Lauren Mohrhauser, Wall Lake, failure to carry registration card. Cody McCormick, Anthon, possession of alcohol. Mathew Seuntjens, Danbury, seat belt. Sidney Buchholtz, Yankton, S.D., failure to provide proof of inancial liability. Sidney Buchholtz, Yankton, S.D., no valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. Whitney Porter, Le Mars, dark windows. Dylan Seuntjens, Danbury, unsafe approach to certain stationary vehicle. Samantha Saxen, Galva, failure to provide proof of inancial liability. Ronald Ernst, Ida Grove, seat belt. Criminal Joshua Krayenhagen, Storm Lake, contemptâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;failure to pay ine (two charges), 10 days in county jail on each charge, may purge jail sentences by paying ines as ordered. Andrea Gloede, Odebolt, violation of probation, deferred sentence for driving while barred revoked, two years prison suspended, two years probation, $625 ine suspended. Cynthia Clousing, Ida Grove, unauthorized use of a credit cardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;under $1,000, deferred judgment, $625 civil penalty, six months probation. James Stinehart, South Sioux City, Neb., contemptâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;failure to pay ine, 10 days in jail, may purge jail sentence by paying ine as ordered. Jeremy Boger, Battle Creek, violation of probation, iveyear prison term for possession of a controlled sub-

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stanceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;third or subsequent offense, imposed, probation revoked. Jeremy Boger, Battle Creek, contemptâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;failure to pay ine, dismissed. OWI Joshua Krayenhagen, Storm Lake, contemptâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;failure to pay ine, 10 days in county jail, may purge jail sentence by paying ine as ordered. Judgments and Liens Against Troy Gordon, in favor of Sioux City Child Support Recovery Unit. Against Troy Gordon, in favor of Kimberly Mefferd. Against Charles Ware, in favor of Sioux City Child Support Recovery Unit. Against Charles Ware, in favor of Melissa Grundy.

Depu es make OWI, warrant, public intoxica on arrests The Ida County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Of ice has released information on arrests made during the past week. On Nov. 24, Darrell Benjamin Bobzien, 33, of Arthur was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated second offense and child endangerment. The charges were iled 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 Nov. 24, Donald Harley Paris Jr., 45, of Correctionville was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for burglary in the irst degree

Accident, grass fire calls Ida County ire departments responded to two calls this past week. On Nov. 27 at 6:04 p.m., the Battle Creek Fire Department assisted at an accident with injuries at Eagle Avenue and Highway 175. The department was at the scene an

hour. No details of the accident were available at press time. On Nov. 29 at 12:36 p.m., the Ida Grove Fire Department was called to a grass ire at 110th Street and German Avenue. The department was at the scene a half hour.

On Nov. 29, Duncan Legrande Wright, 50, of Ida Grove was arrested and charged with public intoxication after deputies responded to a citizen complaint 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 Nov. 30, Stephen Ewun Beckett Jr., 24, of Cedar Rapids was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for driving on a suspended license. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is currently being held.

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Remembrance Service Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Homes Cordially Invite you to a Service of Remembrance.

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and obstructing a 911 call. The charges were iled following an investigation into an incident that occurred on Nov. 5 in Ida Grove. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is currently being held on a $25,300 bond. On Nov. 27, Alexis Annmarie Hansen, 22, of Manilla was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for probation violation. The original convictions against her were for controlled substances violations. She was transported to the Ida County jail and later released after appearing before the magistrate.

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Refreshments and Fellowship to follow the Service.

Proceeds go to Lighting the Third Field at the Ida Grove Sports Complex and other expenses

To sponsor this event or purchase tickets stop by First State Bank, Food Pride or United Bank of Iowa, or call 712-371-2557, 712-364-3174 or 712-371-2107 Contestants are needed for the Second Annual Ida Idol Competition!

If you are interested in performing, please contact Peter Goldsmith at 712-364-2421 or Jeff Kelley at 712-364-3181.

Thank You to our 2017 Christmas Ball Sponsors: Randy & Dawn Bach Bryan & Heidi Beck Tony & Ruth Bennett Boerner & Goldsmith Law Firm P.C. Jeff Buehler & Traci Van Houten Byron Originals Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Homes, Inc. City of Ida Grove Dennis & Deb Clausen Dan & Cindy Dotzler Edsen Electric Inc. Edward Jones Duane & Ellen Ernst Food Pride Gary & Sharon Godbersen Kent & Jill Godbersen Ryan & Amy Godbersen

GOMACO Steve and Tabitha Gonnerman Gregg & Janet Goodenow Ryan & Dana Goodman Wade & Leah Harriman Hoffman Agency Larry & Tappy Hultgren Ida County Courier Ida County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Ida Grove Ambulance Iowa Athletic Field Const. Co. Terry & Judy Kenealy Kevin & Ann Klein Larry Beckman Motors Mumm Soft Water Musco Lighting Ray & Jackie Netherton David & Karen Petersen

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