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2014 an eventful year in Council Bluffs, southwest Iowa John Schreier jschreier@nonpareilonline.com

The list of things Council Bluffs and southwest Iowa didn’t see in 2014 may be shorter than the collection of events it saw. New faces in City Hall, police headquarters and the fire department? Check. A wild appearance on national TV for a reality show? Oh, yeah. Full dockets of crime and courts, including the sentencing of a notable citizen? It did. Massive turnover in elected offices serving both near (Pottawattamie County) and far (Congress)? Definitely. And in all of these events – and too

many others to list – one thing was constant: Your voice. Matt Walsh became the city’s newest mayor, only Council Bluffs’ second-ever full-time mayor, following the retirement of “mayor for life,” Tom Hanafan. Accordingly, the man voters picked for the job last year built up a circle of new department heads in several areas serving the public – some of which drew criticism from the public. And how could Council Bluffs’ latest dalliance into reality TV be forgotten? “Bar Rescue” visited a local bar, only to make program history by leaving it as they found it. Locals bashed the town’s representation, and a saga that saw City Hall and a state board get involved has been rectified.

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A busy year for local law enforcement and attorneys saw everything from a prominent doctor’s sentencing to a number of deadly crashes on the road. One sad event that ultimately didn’t involve criminal charges was the death of a student after a brief fight in the commons. And whether online or in the courtroom, residents made their viewpoints known – and they weren’t all in agreement. Finally, Iowa’s most expensive congressional election ever resulted in the end of a two-party split of the state’s Senate seats. Two longtime representatives in Washington were replaced by Republicans, as local voters echoed a national wave of change in the government. That shift was felt even

on the Pottawattamie County board, where only one of three incumbents held onto their seats, replaced by a new face and a familiar one. This list could go on and on, but you’ll see what’s not listed here, in much more detail, over the next four days. We’ll break down the top news, sports, crime, business and weird stories of 2014, along with honoring those difference makers in the community and those who have left us, whether for new positions, retirement or for good. It was certainly an eventful year, but who knows how much more it could hold? After all, we’ve still got two weeks of 2014. If the first 50 were any indication, the year could still go out with a bang.

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New police and fire chiefs, finance director take the helm in city offices MIKE BELL

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This year brought a number of changes to those in leadership positions within Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs Police Chief Ralph O’Donnell retired from the department after 37 years on the force, five as chief. His successor, Tim Carmody, began work in September. O’Donnell served in a patrol or supervisory position in every division of the department except traffic, with stops in internal affairs, the criminal investigation division, community relations and services division on his way to promotion to assistant chief in 2007. He replaced Chief Keith Mehlin in 2009. O’Donnell said the accomplishments he’s most proud of included making progress on a new police building, improvements at the Southwest Iowa Law Enforcement Training Facility and technology upgrades, noting, “Our equipment the men and women use is second to none.” “This community, I tell you, we have a great community – the department has great community support,” he said. “And the leadership of the city, past and present, support the department.” Carmody, born and raised in Omaha, was previously police chief for Fort Dodge in Webster County. “I was extremely excited,” Carmody said of receiving the offer from Mayor Matt Walsh. Carmody retired from the Omaha Police Department as a captain in September 2010 after 22 years of service. He took the Fort Dodge chief’s position that same month. Council Bluffs Fire Department Chief Alan Byers retired after 35 years with the department, 19 years as chief. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., he moved to Clarinda after the eighth grade, when – by coincidence – a fire destroyed the facility where his father was working. His father could choose one of three plants to relocate to across the country, and he chose Clarinda. Byers tried to initially follow in his father’s footsteps, but quickly realized factory work was not for him. A couple friends were volunteer firefighters in Clarinda, and after riding motorcycles in Council Bluffs – at what is today known as the ATV Park – Byers and his friends returned to Clarinda to find the city’s church/theater on fire. “I wasn’t one of those kids who wanted to be a firefighter all their life,” he laughed. “But I thought, ‘This is pretty cool,’ and I’ve been fortunate to turn it into a career here.” His successor as fire chief, Justin James, grew up in Council Bluffs. He joined the fire department in 1999 and spent eight years as a firefighter before moving on to the fire marshal’s office. James graduated from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and served as arson investigator. From 2003 until 2010, James also served as the president of the fire union. In January of 2013, Byers promoted James to assistant fire chief. “I want us to be the best,” the new fire chief said when asked about his vision for the future. “And I’ll work to inspire them to be the best. We have great personnel. I know we’ll give it 100 percent.” Art Hill, Council Bluffs’ finance director, said goodbye recently. He was selected for the

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY St. Albert Schools, The Dodge House, and others celebrate milestones Tim Rohwer

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Top, Fire Chief Justin James; center, Police Chief Tim Carmody; bottom City Finance Director Janae Sternberg. job in 2008. He said he will spend more time as a member of CHI Health Mercy Hospital’s Patient Family Advisory Committee. “I think we’ve progressed as a city,” he said. “I think we’ve done very well over that time.” Janae Sternberg, a financial executive with Harrah’s and Horseshoe casinos, took over for Hill on Dec. 10.

A large Catholic school, a famous house, an outdoor family destination and a living center for seniors: they all had something in common in 2014 – a special anniversary. St. Albert Catholic Schools celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. And, in style. An anonymous donor paid to restore 20 of the secondary school classrooms this past summer that were original to the school. President Joe Connolly said St. Albert’s first day went smoothly, kicking off with an all-school Mass at 9:30 a.m. followed by a shortened schedule for secondary students. “It was a beautiful celebration,” Connolly said. Bishop Richard Pates of the Diocese of Des Moines blessed the school’s five new teachers and welcomed about 700 students back to school. Connolly said Pates discussed the school’s 50th anniversary as well as the importance of family. “We all have a family at home and at school,” Connolly said. “We’re all part of a larger family of the church and the world.” Matthew Zajic, a senior at the school, said the donor who helped renovate the school’s old classrooms is an example of the family environment that is reflected at the school. “It shows how much of a family St. Albert is,” he said. “All the rooms look really nice.” Improvements extended to the main hallways, too. The school unveiled new lockers for sixth- through 12th-grade students. New air conditioning and other improvements have made the school quieter as well. The Historic General Dodge House celebrated a half-century as a museum this past year. In addition, 2014 marked milestone wedding anniversaries of three well-known members of the Dodge family. It has been 160 years since Gen. Grenville M. Dodge married Ruth Anne Browne, 150 years since brother Nathan P. Dodge married Susanna Lockwood and 140 years since the General’s daughter Lettie Dodge married Robert L. Montgomery. Fittingly, museum officials sponsored a wedding anniversary contest to mark these events. And, the house was rededicated in September. The Victorian mansion was built in 1869 for Gen. Grenville M. Dodge at a cost of $35,000 – then a lavish sum. Dodge was a Civil War vet-

Top, American Legion Rainbow Post No. 2’s Brad Powell, left, and Russ Slate raise the American flag during a rededication ceremony at the General Dodge House in September. Above, St. Albert schools also celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. eran, railroad builder, surveyor for the Transcontinental Railroad and bank organizer who would also serve in Congress. Botna Bend Park in Hancock turned 50 this year and celebrated the special anniversary with a weekend of family activities in August. The park features towering deciduous trees and open green spaces on 119 acres along the Nishnabotna River, a stone’s throw away and where a variety of wildlife live. There are also prairie hiking trails, a playground, horseshoe pits and volleyball and basketball courts. The park features an annual silver maple tree tapping event every March, with the sap collected used to make syrup for a pancake feed in August. About 375 people attended this year’s pancake feed. Risen Son Christian Village, located off Iowa Highway 92 just east of Council Bluffs, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Risen Son, which employes roughly 175 people, took six years to build, said Executive Director Greg Witte. The facility, which has a median resident age of 87, was a vision of the Rev. Dick Hogan of First Christian Church. “I’m humbled by the origins of this place,” he said. “I see what it means to the people who live here. You see life in a different way and keep inspiring others behind in the journey.” Amenities for residents include medical care, therapy and other recreational activities. “What’s appealing is as their needs change, they don’t have to move,” Witte said.

MEASURED DISAPPOINTMENT Extension levy vote fails at the polls

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To seek other funds. That’s the plan for the West Pottawattamie County Extension office after voters in November rejected a tax levy to help keep extension programs going. “Our council met recently and directed staff to seek grants,” said Alan Ladd, regional education extension director. On Nov. 4, the general election date, 10,805 – or 55 percent – voted no on Measure B, which would have increased the levy from $112,500 to a maximum of $337,000 with an additional $9,000 increase for each subsequent fiscal year after 2015. Just 8,882 – or 45 percent – supported the increase. To pass, Measure B required a simple majority among voters. The West Pottawattamie County Extension District represents the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach for the area around Council Bluffs. The East Pottawattamie County Extension is based in Oakland and serves the communities on the other side of the county. “We’re definitely disappointed,” Rick Killion, a member of the extension council, said following the vote. “We knew going in it’d be a challenge with the high amount of interest about the property tax increase (in the county). This was a tax increase, though we’d argue a relatively small one. We’ll regroup.” “We’re disappointed,” Ladd added at the time. “We had a good turnout and a lot of support. But not quite enough.” Since the county did not pass the increase, the fate of 4-H youth coordinator Jenny Vincent remains up in the air, though Ladd recently said her position will remain through June 30 of next year, the last day of the current fiscal year. There was earlier concern her position’s funding would run only through Jan. 1. The office will fund her position from savings accounts and cutbacks in other areas where possible, Ladd said. The goal is to seek grants or funds elsewhere to extend funding for that position to a more permanent basis, he added. Partnerships with other organizations that have similar

duties is also a consideration, Ladd said. Voters were asked to approve a levy up to 13.5 cents per $1,000 of taxable valuation. That would generate $337,000. Residential taxpayers receive a rollback on property taxes, so a home assessed at $100,000 was taxed at about 54 percent of its value in 2013. At the rate, the proposed maximum 13.5-cent levy for a $100,000 would have cost about $7.34. The extension’s annual budget is $223,000, which is about $110,000 more than the current levy supports. The remainder is covered by grants, fees from programs and fund raisers. Staff photo/Jon Leu

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ALBA Mike Brownlee

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fter almost 28 years with the Council Bluffs Police Department, Community Affairs Division officer Mark Alba called it a career in September. The Omaha native joined the force in December of 1986, and while with the uniform division he worked patrol, in the Criminal Investigation Division, the Police Area Representative Unit and then to Community Affairs in early 2000. Alba was one of the first officers in the newly-formed Police Area Representative Unit, which he said works to “get down to the root of the problem that’s happening.” “It gives officers time to work a particular problem. Often in uniform division you’re running from call to call to call,” he said. “PAR works to find the root cause and get it solved.” As the community affairs officer Alba was often a public face of the department, assisting with safety programs at area schools, churches and other organizations. He organized the Citizens Police Academy, which takes residents through a course that covers a wide-range of law enforcement and community topics. Alba also organized and assisted area neighborhood watch programs. Alba and crew organized bicycle rodeos, giving out donated bike helmets to area youngsters in a partnership with Target. And the officer helped put together pamphlets on safety distributed across the city. Alba worked with area schools to assist safety plans after the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in December of 2012, while also working with the city on building plans to make sure there was proper lighting, that trees might not hide areas from public view – which could leave people susceptible to crime – and more. “I liked working with the public, with the people.

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‘I liked working with the public, with the people. I enjoyed helping alleviate stress in neighborhoods. I liked occasionally being able to help solve problems for folks.’ – Officer Mark Alba Community Affairs, Council Bluffs Police Department

I enjoyed helping alleviate stress in neighborhoods,” Alba said. “I liked occasionally being able to help solve problems for folks.” Alba was a member of the police Honor Guard and also worked as a negotiator with the department emergency services team. “He could talk to anybody,” said Police Sgt. Dale Wissler. Matt Brinkman took over Alba’s community affairs position. “We got a great guy to replace me, so I’m not worried about how things are going,” he said. “They got the best guy for the job.” Alba said he doesn’t have any immediate plans for retirement, other than to spend time with family including his wife of 24 years, Cheryl – whose cooking is legendary within the force – their three children and four grandchildren. And he’ll further engage in a favorite hobby, woodworking. He’s already built a John Deere-themed bed for his grandson. “That’s been fun,” he said. “I haven’t lost any fingers, so I’m happy with that.” He continued: “One of the

bigger projects I’ve done is getting the garage straightened out. Find all the stuff I have, figure out where it’s at. Definitely a few times said, ‘Oh, I forgot I bought that.’” At the police station PAR officer Jarrod Poore spoke for many when he said, “I miss him.” The feeling is reciprocated. “I miss the guys and gals out there on the job. They’re out there 24/7 doing the job that nobody wants to do, nobody wants to hear about. They’re out there doing it and doing it to the best of their ability. That’s something,” he said. “I’ll miss the people, the people that I worked with in the department and the people I got to work with outside the department. The neighborhood watches, the people that would have us come out for presentations. All of them.” Alba said come February he’ll be itching to interact with the community. The Citizens Police Academy is held on Thursday nights February through May. “I know I’ll be pacing the floor on Thursday nights, thinking I should be doing something,” he said. “I’ll miss it.”

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Fortner gets 20 years in death of woman INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS 10 Crime Stories

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A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of an acquaintance. Chad Fortner, 24, is behind bars for the death of 47-year-old Carol Meston of Glenwood. Fourth District Court Judge Kathleen Kilnoski sentenced the Council Bluffs man to 20 years in prison as part of a plea agreement in the woman’s death. Fortner was also ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution. On Oct. 12, 2013, police and paramedics were called to Carol Meston’s Glenwood home after someone reported an altercation. Fortner was staying with her at the time. Fortner stated in an affidavit that he and Carol Meston got into an argument because she had given away some of his prop-

erty. Fortner said he became “extremely upset and angry” and pushed Carol Meston. Carol Meston was knocked unconscious after she fell and hit her head on a piece of furniture. She never woke up and died the next day of her injuries. “Everyone knows that Chad took my mom’s life, and it was too soon for it to be taken,” Meston’s daughter Samantha told the court in April. “I just want justice for my mom, and I don’t think Chad should be given the chance to hurt anybody else.” Fortner Fortner was originally charged with seconddegree murder. He pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault causing bodily injury.

He also was sentenced on four drug charges – including marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs – for incidents that occurred in August 2013. Fortner will serve his jail time for the manslaughter and drug sentences concurrently. In 2012, Fortner pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of Alejandro Sanchez-Rojas, 28. He was released from the Newton Correctional Facility last June. In an interview with the World-Herald News Service, Fortner described Carol Meston as the mom he “never had” and his “best friend.” However, Samantha Meston said in court, actions speak louder than words. “He’s not part of my family, never was and never will be.” – Nonpareil file material and material from the World-Herald News Service was used in this story.

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An Underwood teacher pleaded guilty this summer to using a stolen prescription pad to obtain pain mediation. Samantha Telleen, a former special education teacher, had eight counts of pharmacy prohibited acts dropped as part of a plea deal, reducing her maximum sentence from 90 years in prison to a maximum of 10 years in prison. She was given a deferred judgment on June 17, which means the court decided to impose

a civil penalty of two years probation and a $1,000 fine but did not impose a criminal sentence or adjudicate Telleen’s legal guilt. “The court retains the power to pronounce judgment and impose sentence subject to the defendant’s compliance with conditions set by the court as a requirement of the deferred judgment,” according to Iowa Code. Telleen also was ordered to pay $480 in restitution to Jacqueline Sullivan-Ogg of Underwood Family Practice, where Telleen allegedly stole the prescription pads. Sullivan-Ogg told investigations she gave Telleen the key to the

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Hilberto Velasquez-Ramirez was sentenced in April to up to 25 years in prison for the drunken-driving death of 17-year-old Chrishaun Moten in July 2013. In district court on April 29, Judge Timothy O’Grady sentenced Velasquez-Ramirez – a native of Mexico – to up to 25 years in prison for one count of vehicular homicide. He could face deportation after serving his sentence, according to the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office. On July 5, Moten, a Lewis Central High School student, was a back-seat passenger in a 2001 Chevy Cavalier traveling westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway west of Metro Crossing shortly after midnight. Brenden Kniesly, 18, of Council Bluffs was driving the Cavalier, and Moten was sitting directly behind him. Jessilyn Eisman, 16, and Philip Moffatt, 17, both from Council Bluffs, were also in the vehicle. The Council Bluffs Police Department said the teens were hit by a 1996 Chevy Astro van File photo On April 29, Hilberto driven by Velasquez-Ramirez Velasquez-Ramirez was traveling east in the west lanes. sentenced to up to 25 Kniesly swerved to the right years in prison for the to avoid the collision, but the drunken-driving death van hit the Cavalier broadside, of 17-year-old Chrishaun police said, with the left rear door taking the brunt of the Moten in July 2013. damage. That was where Moten was sitting. At the time of the wreck, Velasquez-Ramirez’ last known address was Nashville, Tenn. The driver’s blood alcohol level tested at .178 after the crash, well above the legal limit of .08. Velasquez-Ramirez was uninjured in the wreck. Eisman was treated at the scene and released, while Moffatt and Kniesly were both seriously injured in the crash. Velasquez-Ramirez also faced two counts of serious injury by motor vehicle and one count of leaving the scene of an accident. As part of a plea deal, those charges were dropped in exchange for the guilty plea to homicide by vehicle, a Class B felony. Omaha attorney Paul Forney defended Velasquez-Ramirez and said the defense lost an evidence suppression hearing that made a difference. He argued that the blood-alcohol level test should be suppressed because his client was not given a reasonable amount of time to contact an attorney or family member. “My argument is if he’d been able to reach an attorney, the attorney would’ve advised him not to take the test,” Forney said. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the test was admissible.

practice in June 2013 to check mail and faxes while Sullivan-Ogg and her husband were out of town. Both Telleen and her husband, Heath Telleen, were initially accused of using the prescription pads 14 times. In March, they turned themselves in to law enforcement after several incidents that were reported in Council Bluffs as well as in Nebraska resulted in a warrant being issued for their arrest. Iowa District Court Judge Greg Steensland dismissed the charges against Heath Telleen in April. Investigators found his wife was respon-

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TOP ATHLETES OF 2014 TODAY: Kaitlin Floerchinger u Lauren Nahnsen u Aly Dawson

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Former Treynor volleyball standout FLOERCHINGER shines at Northwestern College

AL power hitter NAHNSEN on-field performance leads to Player of the Year accolade

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Former Treynor all-state volleyball player Kaitlin Floerchinger has continued to shine at Northwestern College in Orange City. Floerchinger recently was named the volleyball player of the year in the Great Plains Athletic Conference for a second straight season. The 6-foot-1 senior outside hitter leads the league in kills per set (4.1) and ace serves (65) while hitting .258, 10th-best in the conference. A four-time all-conference selection, Floerchinger ranked 12th in school history at Northwestern in kills (1,427) and second in aces (241) heading into the national tournament in Sioux City. Northwestern won the GPAC regularseason title with a 15-1 record and also beat Midland in four sets to win the league Floerchinger tournament title. The Red Raiders took a 31-3 mark into the national tournament, its 12th appearance and seventh in nine seasons. Floerchinger sat out the opening match, a Northwestern victory, with a hamstring injury. Floerchinger was a first-team All-American as a junior and an AVCA Region Player of the Year. She was an honorable mention All-American as a sophomore. At Treynor, Floerchinger was a state long jump champion, and also a standout softball pitcher and basketball player. She led the Cardinals to the state softball tournament as a senior with four consecutive regional shutouts.

There are power hitters, and then there’s Lauren Nahnsen. The Abraham Lincoln junior showed last summer that there is a big difference. She smacked a school-record 14 home runs and added a 1.190 slugging percentage, good for second in the state. Her doubles (15), RBIs (47) and batting average (.468) numbers were tops in Council Bluffs, as were her earnedrun average (1.78) and strikeout tally (139) as a pitcher. The performance earned her The Daily Nonpareil’s City Softball Player of the Year title. A more selective hitting mindset went a long way in helping Nahnsen double up on her seven homers as a sophomore. For the first time in her career, she was intentionally walked (four times total) while getting worked around in most of her at-bats. Nahnsen But she didn’t miss on her opportunities when they came across the plate. “Instead of having popups, they were going over the fence because she was waiting for (the pitches) and being a lot more patient,” said A.L. coach Val Hallagan. “She knew the pitches she wanted to hit and she knew she’d get a pitch that she likes.” Nahnsen never had a hotter stretch than during the Lynx Classic on June 28. She swatted three homers and drove in six runs in a game against Sioux City East, and that was sandwiched between single round-trippers in A.L.’s other two contests that day. Combined with a bomb the night before at Underwood, the standout managed six in a span of less than 24 hours. The individual exploits were all the more enjoyable because the Lynx were winning games. Despite being surrounded by freshmen and sophomores in the lineup, Nahnsen led her team to a 9-1 start before A.L. closed at 24-6 in a Class 5-A regional final. All of a sudden, the former outspoken underclassman had become the outspoken leader. “I really don’t hold anything back; I’m more of a say-it-anddeal-with-it person,” Nahnsen said. “I like to play and deal with stuff on the field. Then we get it taken care of.” Her coach is happy Nahnsen takes care of business on the field. “Lauren is one of a kind,” Hallagan said. “She’s a stud softball player and everybody sees her as that always.”

Aly Dawson, the 6-foot-1 sophomore from Waukesha, Wis., enjoyed another outstanding season for an Iowa Western volleyball team that spent a good portion of the season at No. 1 in the country. The Illinois State recruit led the Reivers with 4.19 kills per set, which ranked seventh nationally. She had 671 total kills, which ranked second among Division I juco players. At the national tournament, she led the Reivers in kills and earned all-tournament team recognition for a second consecutive year. Iowa Western finished fifth and ended the season at 45-2. Dawson was a two-time, first-team allstater at Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, and helped her team to three Dawson state championships. Iowa Western won its eighth and ninth straight Region XI championships with Dawson in the lineup. Dawson joins an Illinois State program that is coming off a sweep of the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles. The Redbirds earned a spot in the NCAA tournament for the 13th time, facing Marquette in the first round.

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TIME TRAVELER Hemmingsen wins state title in record time

RJ Hemmingsen already sensed he had the state title in a runaway. What the Lewis Central senior really wanted to know was just how fast he went. Moments after Hemmingsen touched home to repeat as the 100-yard butterfly champion in Marshalltown in mid-February, his time flashed across the scoreboard – 47.84 seconds, good for a new record at the boys state swimming meet and automatic All-America honors. The closest contender crossed at 51.04. The result was a personal best for the University of Iowa recruit and only 1.34 seconds off the national prep record. In the 56th racing of the state event, Hemmingsen became the first swimmer to get in at less than 48 seconds. L.C. accumulated 101 team points to place fifth overall – the highest in the history of the boys program – to break last year’s previous high-water mark of eighth. Submitted photo Hemmingsen came within RJ Hemmingsen swam a an eyelash of a second gold personal best at state com- medal before cruising in the petition in February. 100 fly. He clocked a 21.06 in the 50 freestyle, trailing only Iowa City West’s Mark McGlaughlin (20.67). A 15-minute intermission followed the heartbreaker. It proved to be more than enough time for the standout to recover and set the new state standard in the butterfly. Hemmingsen also helped the school’s 200 free relay and 400 free relay teams achieve top-six finishes. He joined Josh Sunberg, Spencer Smith and Ryan Price to take fifth in the 200 (1:23.18) and led off ahead of Caleb Shudak, Price and Taylor Severson to bag fourth in the 400 (3:13.17). In addition to breaking his own school records in the 100 fly and 50 free, he also took over the 100 free record for his 45.87-second split in the 400 relay. “I just completely obliterated my expectations,” Hemmingsen said. “I can’t believe we accomplished our goals and did so well. We really, really had outstanding swims toward the end of the meet.” Hemmingsen claimed the third boys event championship ever for L.C., following his title last year and Colin Luth winning the 100 breaststroke in 1994.

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Kyle Crowl made some history during the Abraham Lincoln boys basketball team’s postseason run last winter. He scored 39 points while making a state-record 13 3-points in a 76-56 win against Sioux City West in the first round of Class 4-A substate playoffs. One of the shots was quite the sight. He took a pass amid chaos 65 feet from the basket with just two seconds left before halftime. He fired a shot just before the buzzer that found nothing but net – draining a shot from beyond halfcourt for the third time that season. “It’s crazy,” Lynx coach Jason Isaacson said. “I guess he’s just got a knack for it.” The previous record of 12 was set by Jeff Horner of Mason City in February 2002 and tied by Keegan Mulder of MOC-Floyd Valley 10 years later. Crowl Crowl – who had hit 66 threes in A.L.’s first 21 games – finished 13 of 25 from behind the arc. However, he was 0 for 2 inside the arc, missing two field goals in the first half. “The lane wasn’t open,” he said. “The 3-ball was.” It usually was for Crowl that season. He made 80 3s, which led Class 4-A. A.L. finished the season 12-11, and Crowl led the team, averaging 14.3 points per game. And that night against Sioux City West, Crowl’s red-hot shooting performance was necessary. The Wolverines (5-16) stifled the Lynx offense in the first half with a suffocating two-three zone. West drew up a defensive plan to keep the ball away from A.L. big men Colton Tracy and Tony Bonner that worked to perfection early. Missed shots and clogged lanes forced the Lynx to toss skip passes from wing to wing, waiting for the open look. The Lynx outrebounded the Wolverines 41-17 in the contest – a shortfall Sioux City West coach Brian Hill said led to Crowl’s record night. Those second and third looks often turned into baskets from Crowl, who recorded 33 points in the final three quarters. The record-breaker, a 25-footer with four minutes to play, came on A.L.’s second shot of the possession. “The bigs kicked the ball out to me,” he said. “It’s not usually what the coaches preach, but it worked.” His coach was thrilled his shot was on that night. “He has the freedom if it’s a good look to let it go,” Isaacson said. “It’s a testament to those other guys had such confidence in him.” 2014

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ON THE COURT Treynor boys basketball has stellar year

Treynor secured its best boys basketball finish since 1972 by taking third at the Class 2-A state tournament in March. The Cardinals bested Western Dubuque 53-49 in overtime in the consolation game in Des Moines to finish 25-2. A day earlier they were one win from playing for their first state title. Fifth-rated and third-seeded Treynor took a one-point lead into the final frame against thirdrated and second-seeded West Fork, but ultimately fell 51-46. “We were right where we wanted to be,” Treynor coach Scott Rucker said after the semifinal defeat. “We just didn’t make some tough plays.” West Fork went ahead 39-37 – its biggest lead to that point – on a 3-pointer to open the last eight minSubmitted photo utes. Treynor guard Trey The Treynor boys basket- Castle’s layup squared ball team had its best finish things moments later, but in more than 40 years in the Western Iowa Confer2014. ence school could never regain the lead. Treynor had been going for its only state finals appearance since 1972 and saw its 22-game win streak end. Trey Robinson ended with nine points and 12 rebounds, and senior Nick Paulsen and sophomore Nolan Chapman scored eight apiece. Paulsen and reserves Michael Wesley and Ty Castle graduated. Then-junior posts Jacob Flathers (12.8 points per game) and Robinson (11.0) finished as the team’s top scorers along with Paulsen (10.9) and sophomore Nolan Chapman (9.6). The Cards ended as co-champs of the WIC and navigated their way to the state semis after four straight wins that required rallies in the fourth quarter. The unit was easily the youngest Scott Rucker has had in eight years as head coach at the school.

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There were changes in the fast food landscape along West Broadway this year. In late September, the Long John Silver’s Restaurant at 1905 W. Broadway closed when the company couldn’t come to terms with the building’s owner on a new lease agreement. All of the employees there were offered jobs within the company, a company spokesman said. A sign on the door following the closure urged customers to visit the restaurant’s other location at 603 32nd Ave. At around the time that restaurant closed, a Dunkin’ Donuts shop opened just down the street at 2200 W. Broadway. “It’s been great,” said Lynn Mohling, district manager. “A lot of people have been coming in. We love it.” Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts is based in Canton, Mass. The opening of the Council Bluffs store hasn’t gone unnoticed by people who moved here from back East, Mohling said. “They’re happy to see us come here,” he said. Inside, customers can relax at seven tables. There is also a drive-through. In January, a new Krispy Kreme at 2420 W. Broadway opened. It was none too soon as hungry folks began camping out hours before the 6 a.m. grand opening. Store manager Karen Hoskinson estimated between 200 and 250 poured into the Broadway location in the first hour – though not all won free donuts – and the rush continued throughout the day. After being closed for nearly two months from a December 2013 fire, the Wendy’s at 35th Street and West Broadway reopened its doors. Repairs and cleanup chores were needed after an electrical fire on Dec. 27, 2013. At the time of the opening, Gary Bur-

New concrete plant will create 30 jobs

A new concrete producing plant near the Council Bluffs Recycling Center that would create 30 jobs in the upcoming years will begin construction soon. On Sept. 8, the City Council unanimously approved the second reading of an ordinance rezoning land by the recycling center to allow construction of that plant. “We got the decision we were looking for,” said Aaron Luth, spokesman for Consolidated Concrete Co. The plant will be located on the north side of Gifford Road. Following a public hearing, the council approved the rezoning of 12 acres of that now-vacant ground for industrial use. The project raised concerns by neighbors. “We have concerns about truck traffic going into and out of that plant,” said Mike Galloway, pastor of a nearby church. “Our concern is about the safety of our children and the increased truck traffic.” In response, Luth told the council, “We want to be good neighbors. Very rarely do we work on Sunday.” The company will invest $5 million to $8 million into the stationary concrete batch plant that would involve the plant itself, an office, shop building and a water runoff retention center. The jobs will involve 25 truck drivers with five other positions for management and cleaning, Luth told the council. A good portion of the 12 acres will not even be used for the plant. Donald Gross, director of the Department of Community Development, said Consolidated Concrete Co. has acquired the land and construction should begin soon. He said the City of Council Bluffs will build a road to lead to the plant, while Consolidated Concrete Co. will have to extend the sewer lines themselves.

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THEY CALL HER BUBBLES Gorilla Car Wash’s mascot gets a name

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In early October Jeff Ballenger, owner of Gorilla Car Wash, announced that the company’s mascot, a friendly faced gorilla, now has a name – Bubbles. “We’re excited that our gal finally has a name,” Ballenger said. “It’s been a long time in coming.” The gorilla had gone unnamed since becoming the company’s m a s c o t more than 30 years ago. T h e decision to name the gorilla Bubbles came Bubbles about as the result of a “Name the Gorilla” contest sponsored by Gorilla Car Wash and The Daily Nonpareil. Contest participants selected the name “Bubbles” over the other five names recommended in the first phase of the contest by a margin of nearly two to one. Before that, citizens voted on a gender for the gorilla, deciding on female. The grand prize for the contest, a year’s worth of free car washes, was awarded to Alley Brown of Council Bluffs. Brown’s name was selected from among all those who had voted for the name “Bubbles.” Twenty-eight other individuals received free car washes for participating in the contest. Ballenger had earlier indicated that the company’s mascot would become more involved in community events once it was named. “I look forward to Bubbles making a splash in our community,” Ballenger said.

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Man traces roots back to 1500s

With the help of the Council Bluffs Public Library, Vic Ruckman took part in a journey he thought might take him a few generations back in time. His journey ended up in the early 1500s. “I had no idea I could go back that far,” Ruckman, 75, said. “I figured if I went back five or six generations, I would be happy.” He ended going back 16 generations in pursuit of his family’s history. With the help of people experienced in researching family histories, Ruckman learned that the first Ruckman, from records he could find, was a Richard Ruckman, born March 5, 1520, in Merstham, England. Ironically, Richard and Vic share something else besides the family name. “We both share the same birthday,” Vic said. “That really shocked me. And, he got married on my birthday.” Richard and his wife, Katherine Sharp, had nine children to start the long line of Ruckmans that would settle in this part of the country. Eventually, the family moved to America with John Ruckman I leaving Plymouth Colony, England, on Aug. 1, 1635, and arriving on American soil more than three months later. The ship experienced an outbreak of smallpox, according to the records. Ruckman learned that his ancestors purchased land now known as Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. for $15 – a sum that included two guns, gunpowder and seashells. Family members also settled in the Newark, N.J., area. A huge home, built by Johanthan and Sarah Ruckman in 1770, still stands today. In fact, it’s now known as the Ruckman

‘If the library staff wouldn’t have helped me, I don’t think I would have continued. It’s easier than many people think. I feel I accomplished a lot.’ – Vic Ruckman County people rely on, he said. “We have a rather large section that people make use of,” Christopherson said. “If the library staff wouldn’t have helped me, I don’t think I would have continued,” Ruckman said. “It’s easier than many people think. I feel I accomplished a lot.” He offered this suggestion for those looking where their ancestors may have lived. “Don’t look for the names of towns, look for county names.” Family is important to the Ruckmans. “We completed 86 consecutive family reunions this past June 21 and 22,” Ruckman said. “It will continue. Our goal is to reach 100 years.”

Historical House, saved from any future demolition. Over the years, Ruckmans began moving to the Midwest. One of Ruckman’s descendants married the grandson of President Abraham Lincoln. Ruckman began his family journey after his wife died in August 2008. “I always wanted to do it but never had the time.” He went to the city’s Public Library for help. “I asked a lady to help me, and she got me on ancestry. com,” Ruckman said. “I probably spent 150 hours there.” Staff even suggested contacting the Mormon Church in Omaha that investigates family histories for a $100 fee. Within six months, Ruckman was able to compile family information into a book about 200 pages thick. “It’s amazing what you’ll find when exploring your family history,” Ruckman said. He’s not the only one using the library for family research. Many “regularly” use the specific books on family searches, said Paul Christopherson, research librarian. There is a particular area on the second floor on ‘how-to’ books for family history, plus a section on the history of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie

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SILVER CITY – A white outbuilding near a remote intersection in rural Mills County sees few visitors. The surrounding grass is wet on a weekday afternoon, but Jack May still looks in awe at two murals on the side of the building that depict vintage tractors that he and his late father used to farm corn and soybeans. Sometimes people stop by and ask questions. A neighbor once told May to take down the artwork and put them in a museum so more people can see them. “We see people come from the south and west, there, up and back,” May said. May, 71, of Silver City, commissioned Malvern artist, Zack Jones, to complete the paintings – one red, the other green. The works are located a mile and a quarter east of 320th Street and Dobney Avenue, which is about six miles east of Silver City. It took Jones about five months to complete the paintings. Jones sketched outlines in charcoal and then painted over them to recreate an International M and an Oliver

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May points out some details that artist Zack Jones put into a painting of an 1800 Oliver Diesel tractor on the side of May’s outbuilding. 1800 Diesel. May said his daughter, Sandra Williams, 46, of Clarinda, suggested the idea after they purchased the lot where the outbuilding stands. “It’s got a family history,” May’s wife, Mary, 69, said of the murals. “It’s good to see your children interested in his-

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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines: The 2016 race for the White House is already underway. Though it’s still more than 22 months until voters will head to the polls to choose the country’s new president, the starting gun for the horse race – as always – has sounded early. At least two candidates exploring potential bids made visits to southwest Iowa in 2014. Elsewhere in the state, home to the nation’s first caucuses, several other possible candidates dropped by as well. Locally, two big-name Republicans were the first potential hopefuls to visit local voters. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stopped at the Council Bluffs GOP election headquarters in August, while outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke at a Pottawattamie County Republican dinner just a week later. “You don’t visit Iowa during a mid-term election and visit a local party headquarters unless you have interest in 2016,” Jeff Jorgensen, chairman of the Pottawattamie County Republican Party, said at the time. Also hinting at a potential campaign is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who stopped in Council Bluffs in support of Sen.-Elect Joni Ernst. He said he certainly hasn’t “ruled anything out” concerning his own 2016 aspirations. “It’s very possible,” he said of a possible run for president. On the Democratic side, two others who may explore a run at the Oval Office also visited Council Bluffs in 2014. Former Secretary of the Navy Virginia Sen. Jim Webb campaigned in town for Senate candidate Bruce Braley’s unsuccessful run in August. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley also made a quiet visit to Council Bluffs at a campaign event for gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch that month. Other notable politicians considered with a strong likelihood to run made numerous appearances in the state. For Republicans, that list included Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Notable Democrats included former Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. It’s unlikely all of these candidates will throw their hats into the ring. However, it’s a near certainty that more of them than not will entertain notions of a presidential run. If you thought the last 12 months were busy as Iowa voters filled two congressional seats, brace yourself for the next year. Presidential candidates visit southwest Iowa in droves as they lay the groundwork for the caucuses. By this point next year, the choices for caucus-goers will be far clearer.

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Iowa School for the Deaf has a new superintendent following a public search process earlier this year. Steve Gettel has spent much of his time traveling between Council Bluffs and Vinton, where the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired is based, to meet the people he oversees in his new position. “What I’ve found since I’ve been here is that, first, Iowa is not flat,” he joked. “Iowa is really lucky to have such dedicated and really highly skilled and knowledgeable people working for both schools.” Gettel said the employees at ISD are hard workers who take on a lot of responsibility. He will oversee a transition in how services are delivered to deaf, hard of

hearing, blind and visually impaired students, which could influence the culture at the Council Bluffs campus. A regional academy has been set up as a pilot program in Charles City, which is offering a day program for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, some of whom might have otherwise attended ISD. “My marching orders are to see that we get that regional program up and running,” Gettel said. “It’s a change in the mindset for people who work at Iowa School for the Deaf because we’re talking about setting up a regional day program.” The statewide focus has not been the charge of ISD employees in the past. The academy model is a partnership among the special schools operated by the Iowa Board of Regents, local schools and local area education agencies. “Our vision is to see that all the kids who have vision loss or who are deaf or hard of hearing get the best possible services regardless of where we live and where they go to school,” Gettel said. “We’re all working together to put together programs and services for kids in the northeast corner of the state and, if that’s successful, across the state.” Eventually, if the regents extend the regional approach, ISD could become a host for blind and visually impaired students, beyond its current deafblind classroom. “Right now we don’t have any plans to do that, but we are certainly positioned,” Gettel said. “We’re really a regional day program for deaf kids. We could be a

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Mark Eckman took over this year as executive director of Travel Council Bluffs Convention & Visitors Bureau, previously managed by the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce. He will be a key figure in guiding the city’s substantial tourism business. Eckman, formerly director of the Ottumwa Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, was selected after a three-month search and interviews with three finalists. He began his Council Bluffs duties on Dec. 1. He is responsible for budgeting and hiring and will handle media inquiries, speaking engagements, answer questions and “find the right people to help you in any way we can,” according to the bureau’s website, TravelCouncilBluffs.com. Kathy Fiscus, who served as interim director of the bureau, expressed confidence

in Eckman’s abilities. “He’s very experienced and very familiar with this area,” she said. “You couldn’t ask for someone who was more enthusiastic about the tourism industry.” Eckman started at the Ottumwa bureau June 1, 2010. During his tenure, Ottumwa’s hotel/motel tax collections hit record highs for the two most recent fiscal years. The southeast Iowa community recently hosted a major women’s bowling tournament and the Iowa’s Cattlemen Association’s annual con-

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regional day program for blind children.” He said he has appreciated the warm welcome he has received from the staff at ISD and the community. State officials, the staff in Vinton and others have also come out to support Gettel, he said. “You’ve got some really unique partnerships among the agencies that don’t exist in other states,” he said. “Being welcomed by them has helped me to get settled into this work.” Three other southwest Iowa school districts welcomed new superintendents this year as well, while one district remains without a permanent leader. The Tri-Center Community School District hired Tony Weers, who spent the past 12 years as an administrator at Westside High School in Omaha. He said he wanted an opportunity to move to southwest Iowa and has focused on building relationships. “There is a very strong identity for Tri-Center schools,” he said this summer. Boyer Valley brought on Doug Gee after ending a sharing agreement with Woodbine, which lost its interim superintendent in November and is relying on officials from Harlan for support. Gee is also the principal for grades six through 12 at the district’s high school. West Harrison hired Lyle Schwartz, who has been the superintendent of West Monona and remains so under a sharing agreement between the two districts. The decision to share a superintendent was to save costs in the face of declining enrollment.

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PEOPLE WHO MOVED ON IN 2014 TODAY: Joe Ankenbauer u Mike Barker u Keith Bartels u Lisa Fox

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After 25 years as the Lewis Central High School head boys and girls cross-country, Coach Joe Ankenbauer stepped down in June. Ankenbauer, 57, left the job to take a teaching position at Roncalli Catholic High School in Omaha. Ankenbauer taught math and information technology at L.C. At Roncalli, he now teaches algebra two, pre-calculus and statistics. He’ll also be a volunteer cross-country assistant. Ankenbauer said he told his runners last fall after the season that he didn’t know if he’d be back, and that he texted them after he found out for sure. “That was the hardest thing for me, having to leave those kids behind,” he said. “They’re a big part of my life.” Ankenbauer said he started 34 years ago as a cross-country assistant and has been the head coach for 25 years. Also, he was the head girls track coach at L.C. from 1984 to 2001. He and his wife, Penny, have two grown children: Kyle, 27, of Council Bluffs, and Kacie, 26, of Omaha.

Mike Barker retired this year, after nearly 30 years with Children’s Square U.S.A. Barker was vice president of professional services, an administrative responsibility for all programs – foster care, residential, treatment, after care and the school. The organization is a non-profit that cares for children and their families. He was also a leader for recruitment and retention of resource, or foster and adoptive, parents for 30 western Iowa counties – from Missouri to Minnesota and from the Missouri River to Stuart – although some services are provided by another agency. He started in 1983 as director of residential services, living in Clarinda. “We had three group homes – two in Clarinda and then one in Harlan,” he said. “I was hired to supervise those three group homes.” One home in Clarinda was closed in 1985, and the residents moved to the main Children’s Square campus, he said. The other homes in Clarinda and Harlan were later closed, too. He later became director of admissions for residential facilities. “I’ve been really happy here since I came,” he said, and added that he didn’t expect to be there for 30 years. “Southwest Iowa is really a good large community for working with children and (other service providers). Here in southwest Iowa, we really work well together as a group (for the good of children and families). People are warm and friendly here.” Barker was born in Des Moines and moved to Madrid in fourth grade. He earned a

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Keith Bartels saw an ad in the newspaper. “Firefighter wanted.” The Omaha native was looking for work, and Council Bluffs needed firefighters. The year was 1979, the economy was sluggish, and Bartels was out of work. So he applied. Thirty-four years later, the longtime firefighter hung up his gear in early January. “It’s a young man’s job. I’m 58 years old now,” Bartels said. “It’s a good time to get out.” Bartels said he didn’t grow up dreaming of being a firefighter and admitted he applied because there was a job opportunity, not because of some altruistic instinct. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t love the job. “The economy then was tough. I was unemployed. I got lucky,” he said. “And I’ve been happy ever since; it’s a pretty darn good job.” Bartels said he loved going to work every day, interacting with his fellow firefighters and meeting people in the community. He said serving the public, helping people in need, is what kept him going for more than three decades. “Getting things done, trying to save lives and property. Just being there for the community,” he said. “This is rewarding work.” Then-Interim Fire Chief - and current Fire Marshal – Larry Wohlers called Bartels an easygoing person, someone who was dependable, always came to work, always working more than his fair share of overtime. “One of those steady employees,” Wohlers said. “You look at 34 years, that’s over half his life spent in the fire stations,” Wohlers continued.

“He’s devoted a fair share of time to the city of Council Bluffs.” Bartels was a firefighter and emergency medical technician, able to help out on the fire side or the medical side whenever needed. Wohlers said he has a stack of recommendation letters from supervisors and the general public from over the years that commend the Omaha Ryan High School graduate’s hard work and dedication. Bartels has six daughters, ranging in age from 17 to 30, with one grandson. He and wife, Tracy, have been married 24 years. In retirement – which started on Dec. 27 – Bartels said he plans to spend time with family and also travel more. He enjoys the gym and will continue to work out, while he also recently took up yoga. And his retirement isn’t quite complete just yet, as he’ll continue to work shifts at Brown Transfer, a trucking company in Omaha, where he loads trucks. “I just want to enjoy retirement, do some new things,” he said. “Just try different things, see what’s out there.”

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counseling at ISU. Although he lives in Ralston, Neb., he still considers himself an Iowan. “My heart’s always been in Iowa,” he said. “I consider myself an Iowan who just happens to live in Nebraska.” Barker and his wife, Pat, have three adult sons and three grandchildren. He enjoys bicycling and went on RAGBRAI four times with his two oldest sons. He was also involved in Boy Scouts with the boys and enjoys gardening, reading and music.

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Clockwise from top left: The house at 2659 Fifth Ave sits in ruins following a fire Jan. 29. A bettor watches simulcast greyhound races at Bluffs Run at the Horseshoe Casino along Interstate 80. With dog track revenue sharply declining, Iowa state representatives and more are looking to create legislation that would not require gambling estalishments to host live greyhound racing as a condition of obtaining or retaining a gaming license; A 6,300-square-foot, standalone building has been proposed to house the Pottawattamie County Veterans Office to correct space issues at its current site; Bud Skalla, who died at the age of 92, left assets that could total $10 million - after farmland sales - to 13 southwest Iowa Catholic churches; Bicyclists take off from the Wabash Trace trail head in Council Bluffs. Starting every spring and continuing until late fall hundreds of riders make the 10-mile ride every Thursday to Mineola for what has become the Taco Ride. A commercial currently airing nationwide features the ride as part of a commercial for turkey company Jennie-O; Inset, Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh, right, makes a joke about having his swearing-in after party at a funeral home.

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Clockwise from top, Thomas Jefferson senior Fay Arthur, center, and freshman Nathaniel Thomas, left, play Battleship in the school’s newly-opened student recreation room Feb. 21; Mayor Matt Walsh introduced Wendy Schultz as the newest member of the city’s staff; Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber, left, alongside Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Mitch Mortvedt, announced that he will not file charges against Iowa State Patrol Trooper Timothy Sieleman for shooting a suspect during a vehicle pursuit in December. Wilber said that deadly force was necessary for Sieleman to defend himself, though suspect Michael B. Lee of Carter Lake was only injured in the shooting; Western Iowa Mutual Insurance Agent John Paul shovels snow from the front of his office on 127 Pearl St. Feb. 4, after sending the office’s employees home early due to the wintry conditions.

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ebruary began with an announcement by Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber that no charges would be filed in the officer-involved shooting of Michael Lee of Omaha during a high-speed chase. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Timothy Sieleman fired 10 rounds at Lee’s vehicle during a Dec. 1, 2014, pursuit. Restoration work began on the Broadway Foundation between Pearl and Main streets in downtown Council Bluffs in early December. The Lewis Central Community School District adopted a new science and math curriculum and textbooks at a Feb. 3 school board meeting. The district spent about $200,000 on the purchases. Woodbine, meanwhile, had both City Administrator Joe Gaa and Police Chief Gary Dull resign on Feb. 3, while a special election was set in Pottawattamie County on funding for the Veterans Affairs Office. A winter storm dumped snow on Council Bluffs, leaving the city in a snow emergency on Feb. 5. The Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce joined the Council Bluffs City Council in calling for an end to greyhound racing, action the Iowa Legislature set in motion later in the year. Avoca earned a Main Street Iowa designation on Feb. 6, with Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds stopping by to announce the program’s training and technical assistance valued at $120,000 for the community. Darwin Cox accepted a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, intimidation with a dangerous weapon with intent and going armed with intent in the death of his wife, Millisa Cox, on Oct. 15, 2014. Layoffs followed in the wake of Griffin Pipe Products by U.S. Pipe and Foundry of Birmingham, Ala., hitting in early February. The company was one of the city’s primary employers, triggering concern from local officials. Wendy Schultz was hired as the executive assistant to Mayor Matt Walsh, with her first day Feb. 10. She acts as a chief of staff and attends meetings on behalf of the mayor, among other duties. The Glenwood Community School District approved a policy Feb. 10 to allow off-duty law enforcement to carry concealed firearms on school property. In the Iowa Newspaper Association’s annual contests, The Daily Nonpareil’s website, NonpareilOnline.com, was named Iowa’s top newspaper website. A major tree project was announced along North Broadway, with the North Broadway Alliance receiving $55,000 for tree planting. MidAmerican Energy gave another $20,000 grant to the City of Council Bluffs for additional planting. Lewis and Clark Elementary School’s $5.9 million in improvements was rejected by the Council Bluffs Community School District’s school board on Feb. 11. The board ultimately reconsidered the proposal and approved it, with work well underway by the end of 2014. Valentine’s Day saw Barry and Joyce Horner

celebrate their 50th anniversary after attending the Lewis Central High School homecoming dance and marrying before Barry Horner was transferred away from Offutt Air Force Base. By President’s Day weekend, temperatures had warmed up, with the Bluffs climbing into the mid-40s. But that didn’t stop Olympic skier Chad Fleischer from stopping for a visit at Mt. Crescent. The Council Bluffs district announced its push to create a “college-going culture” in the community, building off programs such as the GEAR UP initiative that followed Wilson Middle School students through Thomas Jefferson High School and set them up for collegiate success. With several important debates happening in Des Moines, a delegation of Council Bluffs officials traveled to the State Capitol to meet with lawmakers Feb. 17. More than 60 political and business leaders made the trek. In mid-February, the Pottwattamie County Courthouse announced it was installing metal detectors and, if necessary, X-ray machines after the County Board of Supervisors approved the plan Feb. 18. Another snow storm hit the metropolitan area Feb. 20, ushering in another round of wintery weather as Council Bluffs began to thaw out for spring. Ronald Farr Jr. of Harlan pleaded guilty Feb. 20 to attempted murder and willful injury causing bodily injury after shooting Heather Wilson on Feb. 12, 2013, with eight rounds hitting her and another striking her infant. The incident took place at Wilson’s apartment building in Indian Hills Village, 1455 McPherson Ave. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources also sought public help after a golden eagle was killed northwest of Woodbine in mid-February. Golden eagles, along with bald eagles, are protected by a federal statute. Thomas Jefferson opened its student center on Feb. 21, with the space being funded by winning an area attendance competition. The Upper Deck Student Center serves as an incentive for academic excellence. The City Council announced in late February that the city budget would result in no tax increase for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The levy was set at $17.75 per $1,000 of taxable valuation. The C-SPAN bus visited Thomas Jefferson on Feb. 21, providing an opportunity for students to learn about the cable television nonprofit. Fees did go up at Westwood Golf Course, with the city approving a $2 increase to $13 to play 18 holes. School board members in Council Bluffs approved a $1.9 million renovation bid for Franklin Elementary School on Feb. 25. John Schondelmeyer of Bellevue, Neb., was found guilty Feb. 25 on two counts of seconddegree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child by a jury at the Mills County Courthouse. He faced additional charges in Nebraska. The month concluded with an announcement by Ellison Technologies Automation that it would give a robotic arm to students at Abraham Lincoln High School for use in the school’s computer integrated manufacturing course.

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arch was a busy one. Bond votes, grants, murder and more marked a month that started with the approval of a new veterans building. On March 4, Pottawattamie County voters overwhelmingly approved the go-ahead to build a new veterans affairs office in downtown Council Bluffs. The vote was 1,495 to 321 in favor of the issuance of $1.5 million in bonds to build a 6,300-square-foot building to improve veterans services, replacing the woefully outdated 1,600-square-foot office in an annex building near the County Courthouse. A 60 percent majority vote was needed to pass this measure and in the end the approval percentage was 82.3 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That exceeded what our own expectations were,â&#x20AC;? said County Supervisor Loren Knauss, a vocal supporter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may even be a record for this type of referendum. I think this sends a clear message on where our priorities are â&#x20AC;&#x201C; improved veterans services.â&#x20AC;? A Boy Scout experiment may have caused a small blast that sent six people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; scouts and their fathers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to area hospitals on March 27. Scouts and their fathers met at Erik Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home on Kingsridge Drive. Those on site told firefighters they had been conducting an experiment that involved gunpowder and powdered coffee creamer, Fire Chief Justin James â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an assistant chief in March â&#x20AC;&#x201C; said at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were doing something for a merit badge; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure which one. At some point, something charged the mixture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; static or some type of friction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and caused an explosion,â&#x20AC;? James said. Rescue personnel transported four people to the hospital, while two others went in private vehicles. Two of the six were transferred to the burn unit at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Neb. In June, Moore, 50, was cited for possession of an incendiary device, according to Iowa court records. Moore pleaded guilty in late October. From Crawford County came news of a murder over scrap metal. Two elderly people found dead in the remains of a burned trailer were killed in a confrontation with would-be scrapmetal thieves, investigators said. Three Denison residents were charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. The bodies of 79-year-old Marvin Huelsing and 81-yearold Alice Huisenga, both of Carroll County, were discovered on the afternoon of March 10 during a fire call at 1872 Milford Road, just southeast of Deloit in Crawford County. Michael D. Schenk, 26, Jayden R. Chapman, 19, and Erica M. Haberberger-Dains, 36, were arrested three days later. Huelsing died from multiple gunshot wounds, and Huisenga

Clockwise from top left: After reconsideration, the Council Bluffs Community School District Board of Education unanimously approved a $6 million renovation project on March 11 for Lewis & Clark Elementary School; Runners and walkers take off outside of Barleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s during the start of the annual Shamrock Shuffle 5K Fun Run March 15. Competitive and casual participants made their way through the 100 Block, downtown, down to the Railswest Museum and back north through Bayliss Park on their way back to the 100 Block area. Proceeds from the Bluffs Downtownsponsored event will go to the Teammates mentoring program in Council Bluffs; Registered voters had cast their ballots at New Horizon Presbyterian Church, the polling site for Council Bluffs Precincts 10A and 10B and Garner Township during the bond election for the new veterans affairs building; Rose Anderson walks her 9-week-old shih tzu, Snickers, downtown near Bayliss Park March 13. Anderson said she wanted to take advantage of the warm weather and get out and about with her new puppy.

died as a result of â&#x20AC;&#x153;homicidal violence,â&#x20AC;? according to the State Medical Examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. Dawson said investigators believe the three suspects were at the property to steal scrap metal, but he would not say whether they had any in their possession at the time of their arrest. Based on how the victims died, Dawson said, a confrontation must have taken place. Huelsing and Huisenga were longtime friends who farmed the property. They used the trailer as a shelter from the weather, not as a residence. Huelsing owned the property, according to the Crawford County Assessorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. The 1972 mobile home was destroyed in the fire, as was a pickup. After reconsideration, the Council Bluffs Community School District Board of Education unanimously approved a $6 million renovation project on March 11 for Lewis & Clark Elementary School. Board members previously voted down a similar proposal, questioning whether the district could afford the project. However, Dean Wilson, the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief financial officer,

explained it would be more cost effective to fund the project through the statewide 1-cent sales tax rather than a bond issue. In total, the district would save about $2.5 million in interest on loans by choosing to fund the renovations through the 1-cent sales tax, Wilson added. Board members had questions during a February meeting about the financial backing of the project. Superintendent Martha Bruckner reassured them the district could afford the project. Though, despite her assurances, the board voted 4-3 against the Lewis & Clark Elementary project. Board member Troy Arthur, who originally voted against the project, said the clarification on the funds made it easier for the board to grasp the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think before there was more concern with that than anything related to the project itself,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are full-

The program would replace heartedly in support of the turned in for the new positions, Diane Ostrowski, chief commu- existing curriculum coaches, Lewis & Clark project.â&#x20AC;? Renovations at Lewis & nications officer for the district teacher leaders and model Clark will bring amenities up said. teachers. People in those posiIn 2013, the Iowa House and tions will have the opportunity to the same standards as those provided at the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other Senate passed legislation that to reapply for their jobs. would reward school districts elementary schools. The positions will be filled by Elsewhere in school-dom, for creating a plan to provide current school district employThe Iowa Department of Edu- leadership opportunities for ees. Applicants were required cation has awarded the Council staff and additional compensa- to have been a teacher for at Bluffs Community School Dis- tion for teacher leaders. least three years and worked A 26-member team, com- for the Council Bluffs school trict $2.78 million to implement a teacher leadership program prised of Council Bluffs school district for one year, though next year to improve class- officials and parents, met for natural vacancies left by curroom instruction and student four months to prepare an rent staff members could still application to the State of Iowa. be filled by those outside of the achievement. The district announced the Districts were chosen based on district. their application strength and plans on March 4. Funds also will continue Superintendent Martha geographic and size diversity. supporting eight instructional In order to receive the fund- coaching positions, which were Bruckner said the funds will add about 30 jobs to the district, ing, the district was required funded by an estimated $2.5 while an estimated $300,000 to begin a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rigorous selectionâ&#x20AC;? million Iowa West Foundation will be allocated for salary process for new employees. five-year grant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of our work was designincreases. Bruckner said the leaderHowever, those who receive ing a system that made candi- ship program will allow new pay increases would likely work dates really think about what district employees to ease into longer hours or up to 10 addi- they are doing,â&#x20AC;? Bruckner said. the schools and curriculum. tional days per year, Bruckner added. Your home is best and Immanuel Pathwaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goal is to About 271 applications help were you continue living in your home as long as possible.

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FINAL FAREWELLS: PEOPLE WE SAID GOODBYE TO IN 2014 *LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER* TODAY: January-March WEDNESDAY: April-June THURSDAY: July-September FRIDAY: October-December

JoAnn Carrithers JoAnn Carrithers, 82, a long-time president and member of the Council Bluffs school board, died Jan. 2 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Carrithers served from 1980 to 1992, service that included four terms as president, two terms as vice president and one year to fill a vacancy. She advocated renovations to Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson high schools • H. Louise Abbott, 78, of Council Bluffs, passed away Jan. 26. Louise was born October 20, 1935, in Bedford to Paul and Nina (Bock) Golding and received her bachelor’s degree from Dana College. Louise was united in marriage to Alan V. Abbott on June 3, 1956, and worked as a teacher at Washington School for over 20 years. She was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church. • Twila Maxine (Hamilton) Eitmann, age 95, died Jan. 17 at the Stuart Community Care Center. She was born Nov. 15, 1918, near Carson, the middle daughter of Ray and Hazel (Puryear) Hamilton. She graduated from Treynor in 1936 and attended Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa) before beginning her teaching career in rural schools near Treynor. In 1942, she married Herman Eitmann. They made their home west of Treynor on the farm Herman had purchased. Two daughters were born to this union. Herman died in 1962. Twila returned to teaching in the Treynor Elementary School system. She later took a one-year sabbatical and finished her degree at Dana College in Blair, Neb. She retired from teaching in 1985 and continued to live in Treynor. She loved to read, did volunteer work, was a faithful member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Treynor and always enjoyed opportunities for lunch and shopping with friends and especially her granddaughters. In 2008, Twila moved to an apartment in Earlham to be near family. Failing health required her to move to assisted living at Walnut Ridge in West Des Moines in 2010 and to Stuart Care Center in 2012. • William Grassman, 81, passed away on Jan. 8 after a long decline in his health. He was born Jan. 3, 1933. He was an alumnus of University of NebraskaOmaha in chemistry and engineering and began his career teaching at UNO but soon moved into private industry as the president of Future Foam, which he and his partners built up into a nationwide corporation and from which he retired. Bill willed his earthly remains to University of Nebraska Medical Center for the furtherance of medical training and research. • Richard “Dale” Hovinga, age 74, passed away Jan. 15 in Austin, Texas. He was born April 4, 1939, to George and Alma Pfundheller Hovinga of Webb. He graduated from Iowa School for the Deaf and attained his bachelor of science degree from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. He married Sharon Crawford Hovinga in 1969. He was a member of the International Typographical Union and was an administrator at Iowa, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas schools for the deaf. He was a leader and mentor in the deaf community, served several years as a volunteer social worker through AmeriCorps Vista program and was inducted into both the Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame and ISD Hall of Fame. • Stub Pearson, age 87, of Council Bluffs passed

in the 1980s and served as board president in 1984 when the district had passed a $5.4 million project to renovate both high schools. Rita Sealock, 78, of Council Bluffs, who replaced Carrithers as school board president after she decided to not run in 1992, said Carrithers was a close friend who always had an open ear. “People really listened to her because when she said something, she was really

away at his home on Jan. 31. He was born Feb. 15, 1926, in Anderson County, Kan. He graduated from Fairbury High School and later from Dana College in Blair, Neb., where he met his wife, Ruth. They were married Oct. 19, 1946. Stub enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17. He served during World War II in Squadron VMB 612 as an airborne RADAR technician on B-25 bombers, engaging in the battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He remained active in attending and organizing squadron gatherings, including the 50th reunion. He worked at Phillips Petroleum Company for 25 years. He retired from Warren Distribution as executive vice president. He was a member of several organizations, including Excelsior Masonic Lodge, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Rotary, Tangier Shrine, Harmony Chapter Eastern Star, Straddler Camping Club, Holiday Rambler Camping Club and Tangier Shrine Camping Group. • James David Yopp, 66, of Macedonia passed away at home Feb. 26. He was born in Manila, Ark., Dec. 31, 1947, to Dorothy Yopp. He was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam from 1964-1970. He then became a Council Bluffs police officer, serving for 30 years and retiring in 2003 as a sergeant. • Michael D. Holcomb, 44, of Council Bluffs, a long-time volunteer with local Boys Scouts, died March 4, 2014, in Omaha, Neb.He graduated from Lewis Central High School in 1987, where he excelled in swimming. He served in the U.S. Navy and earned his Associate’s Degree in Information Technology from IWCC. He married Laura Keim on Oct. 2, 1993. They were blessed with twins, Jared and Victoria, and daughter, Abygail. Mike was an information technology consultant for Reed Associates contracted to CSS Staffing in Omaha. He was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts of America Troop #550 for many years and committee chair for Troop #409 Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America. • Bonnie Louise Anderson, 84, of Council Bluffs passed away March 22. She was born in Waterloo. She graduated from high school in Sioux City and went on to attend Iowa State University. She met Gaylord “Andy” Anderson, a basketball star, and she was the beauty from Gamma Phi Beta sorority. They fell in love on campus, married Aug. 13, 1949, and continued to live in Ames. She received a two-year certificate and worked so he could complete his degree. Immediately after graduation, he served in the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant, forcing the couple to relocate to Waco, Texas; Panama City, Fla.; and East St. Louis, Ill. On Sept. 5, 1952, Susan Allyn Anderson was born in east St. Louis. The threesome moved to Council Bluffs, his hometown, and he got his first teaching job in 1953 at Edison Elementary School. Bonnie worked in the home and gave birth to four more daughters. Gaylord and Bonnie celebrated their 50th Anniversary

behind it,” she said in January. “We knew that’s what she wanted. She was a very strong person.” Carrithers, a 1950 graduate of Abraham Lincoln, participated in volleyball, baseball, choir and track. She also was named homecoming queen. After high school, she began work as an operator and information receptionist at the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. She left the company to

work for G.B. Architects and eventually met her husband, Ira Thomson “Tom” Carrithers Jr. They worked side by side for 20 years. She retired in 1994 and then worked as an executive assistant at Deloitte & Touche in Omaha. She retired again in 2012. Carrithers served as a board member for the American Heart Association, education committee chair for the Iowa West Foundation and several other positions in Pottawatta-

in 1999, and in August 2002, he lost his fight with cancer. Bonnie was an active volunteer in the Council Bluffs community. She was a P.E.O. sister for more than 55 years, and her membership and past presidency allowed her to sponsor and educate women in her community through scholarships and grants and celebrate the advancement of women. She was also a master gardener and an active member of the Explorer Garden Club. She loved to read and was an active volunteer at the Public Library for the last 12 years. This love inspired her to form a book club which has been meeting once a month for the last 12 years. She was a volunteer at Jennie Edmundson Hospital Auxiliary for over 12 years and donated 48 gallons of blood in her lifetime. She was a 60-year member and volunteer at her church, Broadway United Methodist. • Karen Batten, 62, of Council Bluffs died suddenly on March 26 after suffering stomach flu-like symptoms, said Maxine Gotto, a close friend. Batten worked for several local human services organizations – primarily agencies that serve people with intellectual challenges or other disabilities. She worked at Children’s Square U.S.A. for more than 10 years. While working at the Vocational Development Center, she started a group for intellectually challenged people called the M&Ms. After she left, she started an organization called Special Friends. The group held activities for people with intellectual challenges – game nights, dances, Valentine coronations and dances, picnics and other functions. A consumer board that included Gotto’s daughter, Carol, met before the board of directors’ meetings and then suggested activities to the board. She and Batten’s son, Jackie Batten Jr., were both involved in Special Friends. Batten worked at Children’s Square from 2001-11 and returned in January of this year. “She was very caring,” Gotto said. “She loved working with the kids. She loved her job at Children’s Square, and then she worked at Child Connect (foster care program) over in Omaha for a while, too.” Batten served as president of Special Friends from 1997-2013, when it disbanded, Gotto said. The group’s last function was a Halloween dance last fall. Batten served on the Iowa Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council from 2001-04 and the council’s Partners in Policy Making Project in 1997; the Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Committee from 1996-98; Persons with Disabilities Support Group from 1996-99; CPC Transportation Work Group in 1996-97; and the Children’s Crisis Center from 1991-92. She was a volunteer for the Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services, serving as president for two years and treasurer for three years, and sat on the board of directors from 1999-2004. • Gary Faust, 69, of Council Bluffs died March 21. He worked at Stuart Tinley Law Firm for almost 21 years. He served on the Iowa Western Community

mie County, Council Bluffs and Omaha. She also was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi service sorority and was inducted into the Abraham Lincoln High School Hall of Fame in 2012. “The Council Bluffs community schools were an area where she focused a lot of her energy and time,” former superintendent Richard Christie said in January. “I was always astounded at the amount of time she invested in being a school board member.”

College Board of Trustees for 23 years, including 12 years as president. He was appointed to the board in 1990 and served under former President Carl Heinrich for his first three years, then was re-elected each term. Last fall, he decided not to run for re-election. On March 24, 2012, Faust, who had also served on the Council Bluffs School Board, was honored with the Heritage Award for Education. Faust grew up on a farm near Alta and earned a bachelor’s degree at University of Northern Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army for three years, then earned a law degree at Drake University. Upon graduation from Drake, he took a position with the former Council Bluffs Savings Bank, where he was a trust officer and vice president before moving to Stuart Tinley Law Firm in 1993. Faust also served a number of other organizations, including the Council Bluffs Public Library Foundation, Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation, Friends of the Council Bluffs Public Library and Council Bluffs Municipal Housing Board. • William R. “Rich” Livengood, 46, of Treynor passed away March 26, 2014. He was born in Garden Grove, Calif., on Dec. 7, 1967. He graduated from Carson-Macedonia High School. He proudly served his country in the United States Army and was currently an Omaha Firefighter. He was preceded in death by his father, Gary Livengood. • Betty Moats, 87, a longtime Realtor who served two terms on the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, died March 16 at Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. While on the board of supervisors, Moats worked for a smoking ban inside the Pottawattamie County Courthouse because she noticed littered cigarettes. She also assisted in the approval of many county road and bridge replacement projects. She worked with local government officials to build a new county jail and install sanitary sewers on the west end of Council Bluffs. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, she worked in real estate for 35 years, which included time at Better Living Realty, Owner-Hall & Hall Realty and NP Dodge Realty. She was a member of Valley View Baptist Church, Christian Women’s Club and several other organizations. • Marie Jorgena Juhler Ross, 92, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away with family by her side on March 7, 2014. She was born at the family farm in Marne on May 15, 1921, to the late Jens and Anna Marie Christensen Juhler. She graduated from the Atlantic Iowa High School and earned a teaching degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She married John Carlos Ross, of Cumberland on June 5, 1949, and resided in Council Bluffs for nearly 60 years. She was an elementary school teacher for 40 years in Council Bluffs. Ross was involved in the Retired Teachers Association, Alpha Delta Kappa sorority and Kappa Kappa Iota sorority. She created more than 500 quilts and afghans.

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering those who left us in 2014 JANUARY William “Bill” Grassman Ada M. Real Agatha B. Wells Allan Lee Sams Anna Dorothea (McCormick) Ross Annie Mae Floyd Arnie R. Haynes Barbara A. Olson Bonnie L. Burgen Brian C. Larson Charles A. Walker Colleen M. Bach Cynthia A. (Rau) Wright D. Mary Ann Lieurance Darline V. Canoyer David A. Lemen David C. Stebbins David H. Edenburn David J. Mass David J. Vance Delbert L. Seyler Dennis (Stumper) Adams Diane L. Sturm Donald “Don” L. Konecny Donna M. Stuart Dorothy Pearl Hoden Duane E. Potter Ed Logan Edith Baisch Elizabeth V. Wallace Ethele May Connell Frances A. Mass Fredericka M. “Ricky” Ebbesmier George Franklin Brown George S. “Sam” Collins Geraldine Lee Brown Gilbert J. Anson, Sr. Glenn R. Owens Glenn Walter Jared Gloria Jean Stephens

H. Louise Abbott Hazel M. Brown Jack K. Edenburn James W. Barrier James Wesley Betts Jr. Jane E. (O’Connor) Henderson Jerry E. Baker Jerry Lee Hansen Jessie Mae Farr Joan E. Bowen JoAnn Carrithers Joanne L. Romano John Henry Chapin Joyce Evelyn Owens Juanita M. “Kitty” Schultz Karen Louise Owens Keith L. Kline, Sr. Kenneth E. Shreves Kenneth L. Bollig Kristian Roderick Davis Kristie L. Brammer Larry Barclay Spalti Lawrence B. Burke Leo Frederick Jurgens Leona Margaret Mathews Lester L. Pearson, Jr. Lori Jo Hartman Lucille M. “Lucy” Jensen Lynn L. Doner Marilyn Bebensee Marion Maud “Maudie” Wathen Marjorie Ann Betchel Marjorie Mae Nagel Mark Edward Nalley Marvin E. Trotter Mary Alice Baldwin Mary Alice Jacobson Mary Frances Cauvel Mary L. Loehr Mary Willamina Skaw Melvin A. Butler

Milton John Richter Modest Y. Smith Mona J. Watson Nadine A. Holtz Nickolas Paulson Oral W. White Patrick Henry Monroe Paul W. Ruback Phyllis J. Onzay Richard Lee Kingery Robert Edward Firmature Robert “Bob” Keith Henderson Robert W. Fellingham, Sr. Roberta McIntosh Rodney C. Holford Rodney K. Frieze Rose M. Vergamini Saundra “Sandy” Brown Sharon R. Scott Susan Carol Camp Thelma Pearl DeSantiago Thomas “Tom” Bethers Timothy L. English Timothy P. Brown Twila Maxine (Hamilton) Eitmann Ty Kenneth Potter Valetta Mae Gronberg Venita Mae Wilkins Walter B. Lehmer William R. “Bill” Finney Wilma K. Henderson Michael Carl Tedesco Michael J. Enarson Nancy Ann Lincoln, R.N. (Mrs. Frank) FEBRUARY Arlene Margaret Mathiasen Arthur Wallace Harsch Billy “Bill” Watson Nichhols Bradd Obrecht Buddy James Smith Charles Burton Summers

Charley B. Wade Charlotte Alice Beckner Christopher C. Gutheil Clifford D. Rowe Clifford E. “Kip” Chase Darlene M. “Bonnie” Nuzum Darlene S. Justesen Dennis L. Frederickson Dennis M. Newman Dennis P. Ryan Dorothy L. Dewaele Eleanor J. Hundt Ernestine “Ernie” (Kohles) Minahan Esther Irene Nelson Florence L. Andersen, nee Sadler Floyd W. Smith Frank W. Ceder Gloria M. Chessareck Jack L. Kirchhoff James D. McDermott Jeanette E. Campbell Jerome “Speed” Kohles Jim Woodard Joan B. Brumbaugh Joanne L. Romano John D. Oehme Joshua Alan Fritz Judy E. Kregness Karen K. Morse LaVonne E. Thomas Leonard L. Damon Linda Kay Lewis Lynn “Linda” M. Chatel Mary E. Jolliff Maxine L. (Carpenter) Riche McKenzie Ann Adkins Melvin Earl Jung Michael D. Little-Shriver Michael Paul Ruiz Nancy A. Briggs Oscar R. Jones

Phillip E. Kephart Phillip H. Hartwell Raymond “Big R” McManus Richard “Dale” Hovinga Richard Allen Cronk Richard Frank Burgen Richard T. “Rick” Fili Rick G. Young Rick L. Jones Robert R. Butler Roberta L. “Jackie” Garhrett Rosalie L. Clark Rose J. Titus Rosemarie Goecker Young Sandra A. Blackman Shirley K. Doty Stanley Clair Chambers Stub Pearson Wesley Sherman Spencer Yvonne Marlene Sorenson Hoover Peter L. Sroufe Timothy E. Fischer MARCH Alan D. Zimmerman Arbutus A. “Boots” McCorhmick Aurelia Dorothea Bruning Betty Ann Brittain Betty Lou Wells Beverly Dean Hicks Bonnie Louise Anderson Brett Joseph Edwards Cecil Peterson, Jr. Charles S. “Chuck” Stone Christopher C. Gutheil Clarence R. Lester Sr. Colleen H. Peters Darlene M. Arndt David A. Dofner, Sr. Dennis Michael Kirlin Donald Lee Hemstedt Donald Lee Stevens

Donald William Jones Donna Mae Auch Donna Mahlberg Dorothy M. Tomasello Earl J. Stultz Edward David Walker Edward Lee Sanders Elaine A. Williamson Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Myers Elizabeth Ann “Betty” O’Neill Elizabeth Jean (Smith) Moats Elmer L. Petersen Estella Ann Hansen Aronson Eugene Everett Jensen Florence L. Jacobsen Frank D. J. (Jim) Heywood Gary H. Jenson Gary R. Faust Genevieve M. “Cookie” Spidell Genie C. Beavers Georgella Caldwell Glenn L. Johnson Grace Phillips Feyerabend Henry E. Frieze Howard F. Grote, Jr. Howard G. Wheeldon Jacqueline “Jackie” Calabro James David Yopp James G. Larson James R. (Jimmy) King Jeanette M. Bowen Jeanette M. “Jenny” (Beckstrom) Heinrich Jill Stephens-Blatny JoAnne H. Ulfers Judith Ann Jackson Karen L. Batten Karen Marie (Johnson) Terry Levasseur Kay Elizabeth Young Kenneth E. Peters

Lillian Ruth Dishman Linda L. Wright Linda Sue Mansfield Lola M. Triska Lorene E. Brunow Marcia R. Crowe Marie Jorgena Juhler Ross Marion W. Rouse Marjorie A. Livingston Marjorie J. Merryman Mark E. Achenbaugh Marvin (Bruce) Meyer Mary Lou Barrett Mathilda “Tillie” Howrey Maxine L. Nixon Merrill “Dutch” Lett Michael D. Holcomb Michael Thomson Minnie Mae (DeWolf) Montang Nikki Jo (Johnson) Ford Pamela Jean Devine Patricia J. Peak Patricia S. Anderson Richard Dean Knipe Robert Lyle Howe Sr. Ronald C. Larson Ronald L. Wheeler Shelley Jo Albright Shirley A. Newland Shirley Michael Susan K. Triantafillou Sydney Francis Drake Carne, Jr. Terrance E. Leapaldt Velda M. Walker W. Lyle Cody Wayne R. Long Wayne W. Siebels William R. “Rich” Livengood William Tharrington Lockard Marilyn Kay Price Normalee Page Rodney Linn Evans

The names listed above are from Obituaries & Funeral Notices published in The Daily Nonpareil during 2014 (through December 14th). The list may not be a complete list of all area deaths. This tribute sponsored by your friends at...

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