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will Registration date for AYSO soccer the in 25 and 8 . Feb . be held 6-8 p.m s. mon com ool Sch nity mu Com Woodbine any ng The organization is also collecti orms outgrown/no longer needed unif ing dur off d ppe which may be dro registration. Child must be 4 on or before the first date of practice in March. Contact Jenny Moores for fees or with questions at 647-2281.
The Woodbine Twiner The Official Newspaper of Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa
www.woodbinetwiner.com February 2, 2011
Volume 133, Issue 5
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Renovations complete on former Oddfellows building
NIKKI DAVIS Editor The $1.5 million dollar renovation of the Odd Fellows building at 503 and 505 Walker Street wrapped up on Dec. 30, 2010. The renovations began in May of 2010 after Dustin and Mindy Crook, through LLCs newly formed for the project, purchased the buildings. The Crooks also served as the general contractor for the project through Crown View Development, with Smith Project Management, owned by Darin Smith, serving as the developer, putting together funding for the project. It took approximately 25 contractors, half of which were local, to reno-
vate the building, working to renovate and update as well as keep the historical significance of the original Oddfellows Lodge #405 and Siebels Department Store. The renovation split the two addresses into three, separate 25 by 100 feet lots, or bays, making it a multi-functioning building, providing office space, apartments and a restaurant. The second floor of all three bays is the new home of six, two bedroom, two bathroom apartments. The apartments feature high ceilings and wood floors throughout. “Each apartment is different,” Mindy said. “They each have their own, unique, historical characteris-
tics.” Aside from the characteristics of the apartments, they also contain all new Energy Star appliances, including a washer and dryer. An added feature is four, indoor garage spaces available for apartment tenants, located in the alley between Walker and Lincoln Way. One bay of the main level will be housing a new restaurant, slated to open in the beginning of February, The Bunkhouse Café. The Bunkhouse will be relocating from Logan and will assume the corner entrance at Fifth and Walker Streets, where a restaurant has been in place for several years with the lapse of recent years. The center bay houses six offices
currently for lease. Features include a lobby area and a conference room, complete with a kitchenette. “This will be great to house new, upcoming businesses, or growing businesses that will need more office space,” Mindy said. “It’s also a great space for insurance or real estate offices.” The third bay of the renovated building is already occupied by Arch Icon Development. Arch Icon Development is a merger of the building’s developer and general contractor as Smith’s Smith Project Management and the Crook’s Crown View Development merged to form the new businesses. See RENOVATE Page 6
man charged A local hero Who runs TCA? Persia with manslaughter MIKE BROWNLEE OWH News Service
NIKKI DAVIS Editor
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Woodbine fourth grader Michael Bennett, 10, knew Veronica Pauley, 85, wasn’t outside when he left for his friend’s house on Jan. 3. But she was there when he returned 15 minutes later. She lay on her back, waving a broom to get someone’s – anyone’s – attention. “I was riding a bike home from a friend’s, coming home. I saw a broom go up in the air, and so I first thought she was just waving,” Bennett said. Bennett knew Pauley and would declare them
Michael Bennett friends. He had previously helped her shovel snow from her sidewalks and sometimes, according to himself, “I’d just play with her. Have fun with her.” See BENNETT Page 6
Red Hats to Meet The Red Hats will be going to the Pizza Ranch in Harlan for lunch and a meeting Feb. 14. To drive or get a ride, meet at 11:45 a.m. at the Woodbine United Methodist Church.
JASON KUIPER At a legal hearing the afternoon of Jan. 25 a district OWH News Service judge prohibited the Town & Country Arts organization of Harrison County from conducting business Lala Gibson wants to until a legal dispute is resolved. know why a man she Fourth Judicial District Judge James Richardson thought of as a family See TCA Page 6 friend now stands charged with killing the man she loved. Justin Reinders, 28, of Persia, Iowa, was ordered held without bail Jan. 27 in connection with the slaying of Milton "Earl" Jackson at a southwest Omaha oil change station. A Douglas County Judge James Richardson reads a proclamation barring the Town & Country Arts organization from judge also ordered a conducting further business until a legal dispute is mental evaluation of resolved. From left to right, Joe Vittito, Don Reinders, who is charged with first-degree murder Doumakes and attorney Allen Nepper listen. Lunch begins at 12:30 ‘p.m.
AYSO Soccer Registration date for AYSO soccer will be held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 8 and 25 in the Woodbine Community School commons. The organization
is also collecting any outgrown/no longer needed uniforms which may be dropped off during registration. Child must be 4 on or before the first date of practice in March. Coaches, assistant coaches, referees and field maintenance
personnel are needed. Contact Jenny Moores for fees or with questions at 647-2281.
Dority to Speak Dan Dority, a missionary speaking about life in the jungles of Irian
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