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AWbedWYWZ[�fWhWZ[�EYj$�'- The Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Kalonacade, a business parade through the Kalona community on Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. Lineup will begin at the Kalona Sales Barn and will go in reverse route of the trac-tor parade and classic car cruise held earlier this year. Social distancing and face coverings are encouraged, and no candy will be thrown. Spectators can post photos on Facebook with #Kalonacade for a chance to win cou-pons from area businesses.

>_bbYh[ij�7YWZ[co�êiji�feha�ikff[h�EYj$�'- The annual pork supper sponsored by the Hillcrest Academy junior class take place Oct. 17 from 4:30-7 p.m., offering pulled pork, baked potato, lettuce salad, dinner roll, and desert for takeout only. Cost per meal is adults $10, seniors 65+ $9, children age 4-12 $5, and age 3 and under free. Customers should drive up at the cam-pus upper lot using the west entrance. To customize your meal and schedule a pick-up time, visit hilcrestravens.org/pork-supper.

@;J�Fôi_YWb�J^[hWfo�organizes obstacle run The Movement Mayhem Obstacle Run will take place on Oct. 17 in Marr Park in Ain-sworth, with start times at 9, 9:15, or 9:30 a.m. There will be a 5K run and a 1-mile run/walk with age groups ranging from 10 and under to 60+. First and second-place med-als will be awarded to men and women in each age group, as well as $50 gift cards for the overall male and female winners. Registration is required by Oct. 16. Indi-vidual participation cost is $20 and families of four or more can participate at $15 for each family member. A virtual option is also available where participants can post a picture to Facebook. While virtual participants will not be eligible for race awards, they will still be entered into the drawing for other prizes. This option al-lows participants to promote physical activ-ity and donate to the Wellness Park project. Register at GetMeRegistered.com/MovementMayhem.

:h_l[#j^hk�H[bWo�\eh�B_\[�[l[dj�YWdY[bb[Z�Zk[�je�feeh�jkhdekj Relay for Life of Washington County has cancelled their drive-thru luminaria ceremo-ny that was scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11. Joni McArtor, Team Chair of Washington Co. Relay for Life, said there were too few luminaries submitted to hold the drive-thru event. Instead, the luminary bags will be displayed in storefronts in Washington. Ad-ditionally, the organization will post a lumi-naria video to their Facebook page.

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Mid-Prairie High School teacher Elsa Schmidt won the 2019-2020 Iowa Ag Educatior of the Year Award. She was presented with the Golden Owl Award on Oct. 6 in the Mid-Prairie High School library.

General election voting begins on Oct. 5BY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

Early voting began in John-son and Washington counties on Monday, Oct. 5, including absentee voting. There are many ways to ensure your vote is counted in the 2020 general election, whether you vote ear-ly or on election day, or by mail or in person. Voter registration The voter registration dead-line for the state of Iowa is Oct. 24. Voter registration may be completed online, via mail, or in person. Note that mailed-in registration forms must be received by Oct. 24 and the in-person registration deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct. 24. It is also possible to register to vote at your polling place on election day, but the proce-dures are different. First, you must go to your correct polling place. You can find your pre-cinct and polling place on the Iowa Secretary of State website at sos.iowa.gov. To register on election day, you will have to prove both who you are and where you

Mid-Prairie High School teacher wins Iowa Ag Educator of the Year awardBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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Elsa Schmidt, the agricul-tural educator and FFA advi-sor at Mid-Prairie High School was honored on Oct. 6 with the Iowa Ag Educator of the Year Award. The Golden Owl Award, sponsored by Nationwide In-

surance, is accompanied by a monetary award of $3,000 to be used to help fund future educa-tional efforts. The Iowa FFA Foundation received 253 nominations for 75 different Ag teachers across the state of Iowa. “It speaks to the quality of ag educators in the state of Iowa that we get so many nominations and such a large

group of teachers that we get to choose from,” said Matthew Eddy, the state FFA advisor. Schmidt, however, rose above them all. “This is an incredible thing. It’s very nice to be recognized for the things that I do every day, but that’s not at all why I

Goodwin Senior Center to consider reopeningBY JOHN BUTTERSCorrespondent

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Wellman City Administra-tor Kelly Litwiller told council members on Oct. 5 that she will meet with the Senior Dining Commission this week to dis-cuss reopening of the Goodwin Senior Center. The center has been closed due to coronavirus concerns. The center, located at 223 8th Avenue, provides meals and social activities to resi-dents 55 years of age and older. Council members asked Lit-willer how the employees of the center felt about reopening. Litwiller said her discussions with employees indicated they would be willing to reopen the center. Mayor Ryan Miller said he had received questions from elderly residents asking if the center was planning to reopen soon. They told him that they had continued to dine out since the center closed. In discussion, council mem-bers agreed that if all safety protocols were established and followed by the Goodwin staff, there was likely no more risk for the clients at the senior cen-

ter than at a public restaurant. Also, they said, attendance and dining at the center would be a personal choice for residents who were willing to assess their own coronavirus risk. As before the pandemic, the center would provide meals through three options: Carry out, dine-in service, or deliv-ery. Regarding social activities, council members said they were aware that seniors were meeting with one another for coffee at other locations and perhaps some activities could be re-established at the cen-ter with residents encouraged to follow appropriate safety guidelines. Litwiller said she would inform the council of the com-mission’s decision. Council ap-proval would not be required. In other business, council members approved a renewal of a contract for solid waste collection and disposal and a recycling agreement with Cox Sanitation. It also approved a resolu-tion proposing a change in the monthly charge for trash

Riverside council sets parking ordinance hearing

BY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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The Riverside City Council set a public hearing for their next regular meeting, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m., to hear from the pub-lic regarding proposed updates to the parking ordinance. The proposed changes include the placement of “No Parking Any-time” and “No Parking From Here to Corner” signs along many downtown streets.

While some updates to the parking ordinance are still be-ing drafted — for instance, the council discussed the removal of proposed parking restric-tions on Fourth Street between Ella Street and Rose Street — the city plans to send a letter to all impacted addresses ahead of the Oct. 19 public hearing. “If you have people who com-plain, who say, ‘Hey, I need


Dan Culp of Carl A. Nelson and Company presents the benefits of construction management to the Riverside City Council.

Cemetery walks hope to spark local history interestBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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The Kalona Historical So-ciety and Iowa Mennonite Historical Society will present cemetery walks through the Sharon Hill Cemetery on Oct. 10 from 5-7 p.m. and Oct. 11 from 1-3 p.m. Volunteers will be portray-

ing six different individuals or families from the 19th century: John and Eliza Myers; Calvin, Ellen and Cleola Grady; B.F. Hochstetler, Joseph S. and Eli-za Yoder; Daniel N. Troyer and Daniel Wertz. The volunteers will be dressed in period-appropriate costumes, sourced either from the Kalona Historical Village or supplied by the actors them-

selves. Gloria Yoder, director of the Iowa Mennonite His-torical Society said one actor is even having an Amish suit made specifically for the event. The coat Daniel Wertz wore during his wedding is held by the historical society, but, Yo-der remarked, he must have been a small man because the coat is too small to be worn by any of the volunteer actors.

While the cemetery is open freely to the public, there is great benefit to a guided tour, said Kalona Historical Soci-ety managing director Nancy Roth. “I know a lot of people think they can just visit the cemetery

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Movement Mayhem Obstacle Run

5K or 1 Mile Run/Walk

Saturday, October 17th

, 2020

Location: Marr Park 2943 Highway 92 Ainsworth, IA 52201

On Highway 92 one mile West of Ainsworth and six miles East of Washington

Time: Staggered start time for race participants. 9:00, 9:15 or 9:30. Race participants will be contacted with their designated start time. (New this year to help separate race participants)

Groups: 10 and under, 11-14, 15-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+ Medals for 1st and 2nd place winners for men and women of each group. Overall Male and Female winners will receive $50 Gift Card Race Info: Registration must occur prior to race day. October 16th is the last day to register. Individual participation cost is $20.

Family of 4 or more can participate at $15/individual for each family member

Virtual Option: Participants can complete a 5K or 1 mile and post a picture to our Facebook page. Virtual

participants will not have an opportunity to place and win race awards, however they will be

entered in the drawing for other event prizes. This option allows participants to promote

physical activity and donate to the Wellness Park project.

Need more info? Direct all questions to Eric Turner, JET Physical Therapy 319-653-5494 or email [email protected]

Stay up to date with race info by checking us out on JET Physical Therapy Facebook page!

All proceeds will be donated to the Washington Wellness Park.

Movement Mayhem Obstacle Run

Online registration is available at www.GetMeRegistered.com/MovementMayhem Mail form to or drop form off at JET Physical Therapy, 511 HWY 1 South, Washington, 52353

Check payable to: JET Physical Therapy

First Name: Last Name:

Parent Name (If under 18): RACE (Circle One) 5K 1 mile

Address: City: _____________________ State: _____ Zip: ______

Phone #: Email: Age on day of race: _____ M F

T-Shirt Size (Circle One) Youth: S M L Adult: S M L XL XXL

______I would like to make an additional donation to the Washington Wellness Park Fund $__________________

Waiver: I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages I may have against

the Sponsor and any and all other supporting groups of this said race event, together with all of their officers, agents, officials and employees from

and all liability, claims, demands, actions or cause of action whatsoever arising out of, or related to any injury , illness, loss, or damage, including

death, relating to participation in the aforesaid event. I further state that I am in proper physical condition and have trained properly to compete and

participate in this event.

Signature/signature of parent or guardian if under 18 Date

5K or 1 Mile Run/Walk

Saturday, Oct. 17

Located at: Marr Park, 2943 Highway 92, Ainsworth, IA 52201. On Highway 92 one mile W of Ainsworth and six miles E of Washington

Staggered start times for race participants. 9, 9:15 or 9:30 a.m. Race participants will be contacted with their designated start time.

(New this year to help separate race participants)

Age Groups: 10 and under, 11-14, 15-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+Medals for 1st and 2nd place winners for men and women of each group.

Overall Male and Female winners will receive $50 Gift Card

Registration must occur prior to race day. October 16 is the last day to register. Individual participation cost is $20.

Family of 4 or more can participate at $15/individual for each family member

Virtual Option: Participants can complete a 5K or 1 mile and post a picture to our Facebook page. Virtual participants will not have an opportunity to place and win race

awards, however they will be entered in the drawing for other event prizes. This option allows participants to promote physical activity and donate to the

Wellness Park project.

More info: Direct all questions to Eric Turner, JET Physical Therapy 319-653-5494 or email [email protected]. Stay up to date with race info by checking us out

on JET Physical Therapy Facebook page! All proceeds will be donated to the Washington Wellness Park.

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The Optimist Club of Kalona is offering to set and place a flag free for Veteran’s Day November 11, 2020 with

a new two-year flag subscription of $ 75!Flags are placed in your yard 6 times a year commemorating

6 major holidays. Proceeds of the Community of Flags support local youth activities and programs.

Flags can only be placed within the Kalona City limits, Kreekside, Sunset Hills & Harvest Hills additions.

Payment can be made and sent to: Optimist Club of Kalona, P.O. Box 483, Kalona, IA 52247Thank you to current subscribers of the Flag program.

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Allen Leichty (right) welcomes Chris Nachtigall as a new agent at Leichty Insurance & Finance.

Leichty Insurance expands, welcomes Chris Nachtigall Allen Leichty of Leichty Insurance and Financial Ser-vices, 217 8th Avenue, Well-man, has announced that Chris Nachtigall has joined the firm as an agent. “We are pleased to have a person with professional expe-rience and who is respected in the community join us,” Leich-ty said. Nachtigall has been train-ing for the newly created po-sition and will have his office in the former drive-up bank building at 302 8th Street. Nachtigall said he is pas-sionate about building rela-tionships and helping people reach their financial goals.

Nachtigall is an experi-enced athletic administrator at the college and secondary school level. He has been an ad-ministrator at Heston College in Kansas and athletic director at Hillcrest Academy, plus he coached at Northwestern Col-lege in Orange City, Iowa. “I feel well qualified to help-ing people with their insur-ance and financial needs based their goals and priorities,” Nachtigall said. “I am looking forward to meeting people in the Wellman community.” Nachtigall and his wife, Marena, have three children and live north of Wellman and Kalona.

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Front Row: Karsen Jehle, Hannah Miller, Myah Lugar and Tori Boyse. Back Row: Kelby Gingerich, Vinnie Bowlin, Kayden Reinier and Josh Wallington. Mid-Prairie is celebrating homecoming the week of Oct. 5, with the homecoming football game against West Burlington set to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9.

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live. The easiest way to do this is by presenting an Iowa driv-er’s license that includes your current address. However, an-other form of photo ID can be used (such as an out-of-state driver’s license, U.S. passport, U.S. military ID, etc.) but must be presented with proof of ad-dress, such as a residential lease, utility bill, bank state-ment, or paycheck.

Requesting an absentee ballot The deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is Oct.

24. Many organizations have mailed absentee ballot request forms over the past months. Any of these forms may be used, or you can print a form from the Johnson County or Washington County Auditor’s website. Requests must be re-ceived by your auditor’s office by 5 p.m. on Oct. 24.

Absentee voting in person, Washington County Voters who want to vote by absentee ballot may do so in person at the Washington

County Auditor’s Office before Tuesday, Nov. 3. Only two peo-ple will be allowed in the Au-ditor’s Office for voting at one time and must check in with the door attendant at the west door of the courthouse as they come in. Auditor’s Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat-urday, Oct. 31; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2.

Absentee voting in person, Johnson County Voting will be at the park-ing ramp north of the Johnson County Health and Human Ser-vices Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. The entrance to drive up vot-ing will be off Clinton Street. Voting hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Mon-day, Nov. 2. Drive up voting will also be open the following week-end hours: Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satellite voting sites throughout the county will also be open. For a full sched-ule, consult the Johnson Coun-ty Auditor’s website at john-soncountyiowa.gov.

Mail-in voting Once you receive your ab-sentee ballot in the mail, you can complete it and return it via mail at any time before election day. Alternatively, ballots can be dropped off at your auditor’s office. The envelope you use to mail your absentee ballot back in-cludes an Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB). This barcode is scanned by the post office, and the auditor’s office is able to pull a daily report from the post office letting them know which ballots were scanned into the system.

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This week’s PAWS & More pet of the week is Mara, an young fe-male black labrador mix. Mara spent her first year of life in misery. She is one of three dogs rescued from horrible conditions over the summer. Mara suffered from mange, sores, and a primary infection. She was so shut down that shelter staff had to carry her outside. Now that she is healed, Mara is in a foster home and ready to be adopted. She is still cautious of new people and new things but she is a loving cuddler who will make a fantastic companion. For more information about Mara, contact [email protected] or call 319-653-6713.

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Chamber sets candidate forum Oct. 13BY MARY ZIELINSKICorrespondent

The Washington Chamber of Commerce will hold a can-didate forum Tuesday, Oct. 13, 5-7 p.m. in the Central Park bandshell in downtown Wash-ington. The forum will feature can-didates for the county Board of Supervisors and other area leg-islative posts. The event will follow a ques-tion-and-answer format for the candidates with prepared ques-tions and questions from the audience. The following candidates

will be in attendance: Board of Supervisors Incumbent Stan Stoops (R) and Lorraine Williams (D) District 78 (House) Incumbent Jared Klein (R) and Kimberly Davis (D) District 84 (House) Incumbent Joe Mitchell (R) and Jeff Fager (D) District 42 (Senate) Incumbent Rich Talyor (D) and Jeff Reichman (R) Additionally, incumbent su-pervisors Jack Seward, Jr. and Bob Yoder, auditor Dan Wid-mer and county sheriff Jared Schneider, all running unop-posed, will speak briefly at the

start of the program. Michelle Redlinger, Cham-ber Executive Director and chairman of the Chamber’s Government Relations Com-mittee will serve as moderator. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or other seating arrangement. In case of inclement weath-er, the forum will be held at the United Presbyterian Church, 209 E. Main Street, with a limit-ed capacity of 50 people. Masks will be required. The event will also be live-streamed at http://bit.ly/washcountyforum.

In-person voting for Nov. 3 general election in Kalona, Wellman, RiversideBY MARK ZIELINSKICorrespondent

Although Washington County, like much of the na-tion, has seen a large increase (nearly 3,000 to date) for absen-tee ballots, regular in-person polling stations will be in op-eration for the general election on Nov. 3. In Kalona, polls will be in the gym in the Kalona Com-munity Center, which is handicapped accessible, large enough to have social distanc-ing and a separate entrance and exit for voters. It will also mark a return to the former

voting station that was moved to the Kalona Library when the community center underwent extensive remodeling and a new gym. “It meets all the criteria for social distancing and limited contact,” said Kalona City Ad-ministrator Ryan Schlabaugh. The city will cover the gym floor with tarps, regularly used when non-sporting events are held in the gym. Voting in Wellman will be in the Activities Center, and in Riverside in the City Hall meet-ing room, both of which also can meet safety and access re-

quirements. In Washington, plans call for using the new YMCA as a site, as well as retaining the su-pervisors’ office. County Auditor Dan Wid-mer noted that in the last two general elections, in 2012 and 2016, there were about 5,000 ab-sentee votes for each, but this year, based on the number of absentee ballot requests, he expects “it will be at or slightly more than 6,000”. Total registered voters are slightly more than 10,000. Of-ficial county population as of 2019 is 21,965.

Keep Iowa Beautiful photography contest launched, celebrates 20th year Entries are now open for the Keep Iowa Beautiful photogra-phy contest, which will be held to celebrate the 20th anniver-sary of the organization. There are five categories: Iowa Land-scape, Iowa Water, Iowa Cities, Iowans in Action, and Iowa Wildlife. Each category offers en-trants an opportunity to share what they love about Iowa and what makes them proud to be an Iowan, said Keep Iowa Beautiful Executive Director Kevin Techau. The deadline for entries is Dec. 18, with category winners

announced Jan. 18, 2021. Each of the five categories will be awarded first place: $100, second place: $75 and third place: $50. Additionally, the public’s favorite photo will win an additional $100, and the Robert D. Ray Best of Show Awards will be announced in late January 2021, with the first-place winner receiving $500, second place $250, and third place $100. Former governor Robert Ray and founder and chairman of Casey’s General Stores Don-ald Lamberti launched Keep

Iowa Beautiful in 2000, becom-ing the 23rd state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Randi Ray, Robert and Bil-lie Ray’s eldest daughter, will serve on a panel of judges. “Photography was one of my dad’s favorite passtimes,” she said. “During his 14 years as governor, he and my mother traveled to many places around the world and he always had a camera around his neck.” Contest rules and entry guidelines are available at keepiowabeautiful.com/photo-graph-contest.

collection. The new fee would increase from $6.75 to $9.75, monthly. Garbage bags would increase roughly $1 per 10-pack. Litwiller said it had been many years since there had been an increase in garbage rates while the contractors’ costs have increased substan-tially. A public hearing on the item has been set for the next council meeting.

Council members approved the refurbishing of a generator for $6,250 by Ace Electric. The generator will serve as backup power for a lift station. A third reading of a resolu-tion to bring city ordinances into compliance with state laws regarding tobacco use and animal protection and con-trol was waived and approved on a second reading.

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LETTER TO THE EDITORMid-Prairie should continue mask mandateEditor: As long-time residents of the Mid-Prairie Community School District, Tom and I are very upset by the division we are seeing between those who support mandatory mask wearing and those who don’t. All of our kids graduated from Mid-Prairie and we cur-rently have three grandchil-dren in school at Mid-Prairie (who, by the way, do not object to wearing a mask at all). After listening to the Gover-nor’s press conference on Sept. 28 and the numbers reported by Dr. Pedatti, which prove

that mask wearing works, we strongly urge the Mid-Prairie School Board to continue the mask mandate for in-person learning and activities where social distancing is not pos-sible. It would be great if our governor would issue a mask mandate state-wide, which she has continuously refused to do, saying it is not enforceable. This puts the “enforcement” on school boards, businesses, teachers, and all school staff. Mask wearing is working so far so as the old saying goes “if it’s not broke don’t fix it”.

Tom and Karen HobbsWest Chester

2020 Election: The year of the woman voter “Women are the most con-sistent, reliable voting bloc across the country, across the elections, year in and year out,” according to Jeanette Senecal, senior director for elections, League of Women Voters. In every U.S. presidential election since 1984 — nine straight elections — more women than men have cast their ballot. The gender gap is consistent regardless of race. By Nov. 3 women will be the deciding factor who will be our next president, which comes 100 years after the 19th Amend-ment (women’s right to vote) became law. In the 2016 election, 63% of women registered to vote cast ballots compared with 59% of men; women cast nearly 10 million more ballots than men. Voter turnout in 2020 is projected to witness a 12% in-crease over 2016’s election. Fifty-six percent of wom-en are registered Democrats while just 38% of females are Republican. Across the board, women, whether they are college-educated, attended col-lege, a high school graduate or have less than a high school ed-ucation prefer the Democratic Party. Oma Seddiq, columnist for Business Insider, reveals in her Aug. 18 op-ed, the 100 year fight for political equality is far from over and three facts are prevalent: Women are more politically engaged, women of color are the fastest-growing voting bloc and women have shifted from GOP to Democrat since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. American University pro-fessor Jane Hall concurs with Seddiq and notes “we are see-ing a very striking accelera-tion of what has been a trend for some time, which is a gen-der gap between women voting for Democrats and men voting more for the Republican Par-ty.” The non-partisan Brookings Institution claims the gender alignment of American politics has “been fueled by the mi-sogynistic behavior of Donald Trump and other leaders of his party who can’t seem to resist attacking powerful, successful Democratic women, and more generally, hindering the full equality of women. It is spread-

ing in almost every state and locality in America as women voters take charge of the coun-try’s future.” Jennifer Rubin, columnist for The Washington Post, con-cludes in her Sept. 14 op-ed, “If Biden does win, a good deal of the credit will go to women voters.” She contends Donald Trump’s race-baiting and con-descension toward women, threatening to undo the Afford-able Care Act and lying to the public about COVID-19 result-ing in 209,863 deaths (and ris-ing 924.7 deaths/day) are not welcomed by women. A majority of women in ev-ery state are not pleased with Trump and the Republican-con-trolled Senate, which includes Iowa’s GOP Senators Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst, as they are purposely not permit-ting the Equal Rights Amend-ment to come up for debate. A whopping 78% of Americans favor the ERA becoming part of the U.S. Constitution. Ads from The Lincoln Proj-ect (founded by long-term GOP financial supporters) and Republican Voters Against Trump are targeted to indepen-dent, Republican and Demo-crat females as women voters’ preference for Biden spans multiple issues including race relations, handling the COV-ID-19 pandemic, law and order, re-opening schools and eco-nomic recovery. The theme of Iowa’s 19th Amendment Centennial Com-memoration, which has been adopted by several states and cities, is Hard Won — Not Done. The 72-year fight (1848-1920) for females to have the right to vote was Hard Won. Women’s voting behavior in this year’s election may be a continued statement they are Not Done. We’ll soon know if female voting presence in the Nov. 3 election is also carrying out the lyrics — and as a tribute — to the late Helen Reddy’s 1971 song: “I am woman, I am strong, hear me roar in num-bers too big to ignore.”

Steve CorbinProfessor Emeritus, UNI

Johnson Co. eponym changed to honor pioneering Black scholar Before I start this discus-sion, please allow me to ex-plain what an eponym is. A namesake is a thing named af-ter something else. An eponym is the person or thing for which the namesake is named. For ex-ample, George Washington is the eponym; Washington, DC is the namesake. I had a proud moment on Wednesday, Sept. 23. On that day, the Board decided to ac-cept the recommendation of our Eponym Task Force, and to proceed with changing the eponym of Johnson County from Richard Mentor Johnson to Lulu Merle Johnson. A bit about her borrowed liberally from the UI publica-tion “Iowa Now”: Lulu Merle Johnson’s Iowa credentials are impeccable. She grew up outside the small town of Grav-ity in the southwestern part of the state, played 6-on-6 basket-ball in high school, and earned three degrees in history from Iowa. Her family members include Hawkeye athletic leg-ends Duke Slater and Richard “Bud” Culberson. Lulu Merle Johnson earned her Ph.D. in history in 1941 from the University of Iowa. She was the first Black woman in the state to earn a doctorate and was among the first Black women to earn one in the whole US. She was born on a Taylor County farm in 1907, but her parents had been born into slavery. She went on to become a world-renowned scholar and professor. Her work upset the dominant narrative of the time, which claimed that most slaves had been happy and well-treated by their owners. Johnson was also a civil rights pioneer and activist against segregationist policies. There are still some details to work out. The law seems to be silent in terms of what the Board would need to do to make such a change official. We have asked the Attorney’s Office to research that and re-port back. My guess? I would antici-pate the Board holding a se-ries of three public hearings over a three-week period, then adopting a resolution officially changing the eponym. This process could begin as soon as the Attorney’s Office reports back. I have received a bit of feedback on this topic, but not much. There was a petition with over 1,500 signatures, but I did not speak to many of the signers. I have had three or

four people call me and express concerns over the idea of “eras-ing history”. I am actually quite sympathetic to this argu-ment. In my opinion, Confederate statues and monuments should never be destroyed. They should be moved from places of prominence, and reinter-preted. The US needs to treat slavery the way the Germans treat WWII. I think that what-ever we do, we should tell the whole history. Here is how and why the County came to be named for Richard Mentor Johnson, and here is how and why it was switched to Lulu Merle John-son. The more info, the better. Historian Tim Walch of Iowa City, retired Director of the Hoover Presidential Li-brary and Museum, has been tremendously helpful through-out this process. Tim gave us great insights into exactly how Johnson County got named in the first place, and it is enlight-ening. During the time Johnson served in the US House and as Vice President, the US was expanding at a torrid pace. Counties were being created in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Cali-fornia, Oregon and other terri-tories. The process of carving out a county wasn’t that diffi-cult — you just needed legisla-tive approval. What better way to secure such approval than to name counties after the politicians who would do the voting? So many less-than-stellar politi-cians of that day remain me-morialized in county names. Richard Mentor Johnson was an interesting character. He was quite popular in the abstract, as a war hero. But according to Tim Walch, once people actually met Johnson, he was almost universally dis-liked. He became so unpopular, in fact, that he was dropped from the ticket when President Van Buren ran for reelection. People have focused on the fact that Johnson was a slaveo-wner, which is true. But his relationship to the institution is muddled. He was a pro-slav-ery politician but had a long-term relationship with a slave named Julia Chinn. Chinn and

Johnson had two daughters, and he considered her his wife, though they were not allowed to be married. Johnson had a confusing re-lationship with his daughters/slaves. He insisted that his daughters were his property, but also paid for their educa-tion and left them inheritanc-es. After Chinn died, Johnson took up with another slave. When she left him for another man, he had her sold away. Johnson’s political career was built upon the reputation of being the man who had per-sonally killed (murdered) the most Native Americans, in-cluding Chief Tecumsah. Not a small thing to consider. With the benefit of hind-sight, a few things become clear. Richard Mentor Johnson was an ill-tempered, unlikeable man in any era. Like many of his era, he owned slaves. Like many of his era, and perhaps more so than anyone of his era, he hated Native Americans and slaughtered them. Another point I’d like to make regarding the change of eponym: I spoke to a local per-son of Native American descent who teaches Native history. I asked her what she thought about the name change, and I found her response haunting: “This place already had a name when white people stole it. If you don’t want to use the name it had, I can’t help you.” That bothers me still. And it bothers me because I know she is right, and I am not going to do anything about it. I feel ashamed, and I should. Other notable Americans (Washington, Jefferson, Madi-son) owned slaves. The most racist words I have ever read were written by Abe Lincoln. Many notable Americans con-tributed to the suffering of Na-tive Americans, including Lin-coln. So why focus on Richard Mentor Johnson? I think the simplest reason is he had no redeeming qualities. The other notable Americans each did important things for the Unit-ed States. It is harder to make that claim about Johnson. I hope we can find a way to explain this story, from one Johnson to another, in some type of memorial or monument. I think it is a great way to learn about our history. I don’t know where it would be or what it would look like, but I want to do something. I will definitely be pushing to put something in our budget this year; I’d love to hear your ideas.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 5ATHE NEWS LIFEA day in the life of Lovina Eicher’s family 4 a.m. My alarm rings… I get up to make breakfast for son Joseph, 18. He helps me fill his water cooler and pack his lunch. His work crew is leaving early because they are build-ing a pole barn close to Lake Erie, which is a two-hour drive away. For breakfast I make scrambled eggs with bacon, green pepper, and onions. 4:30 a.m. Joseph leaves for work. I take a short rest in my recliner until son Benjamin, 21, gets up to leave. He doesn’t want breakfast. The RV factory where he works is off this week because they were not able to order enough parts. It seems that building material is scarce everywhere. Benjamin is going to help Loretta’s special friend, Dustin, with some construction work. 5:30 a.m. Benjamin leaves and my husband Joe gets up to feed the horses and do the chores. I make him the same breakfast I did for Joseph, along with a pot of coffee. 6:45 a.m. Joe leaves with our horse Midnight and buggy to help at Mose and Susan’s. So far Joe hasn’t been able to find work again. That makes it hard to make ends meet, but the good Lord watches over us, and it means that Joe can help out at Mose and Susan’s house. Mose is still off work due to an accident with a saw at work. The doctor wants to make sure his cut heals well. The saw hit

his bone, which makes it hard-er to heal. 8 a.m. Daughter Susan and children Jennifer and Ryan arrive. She brought her laun-dry since she doesn’t have her wash lines back up and has no hot water. 9 a.m. I make Egg Dutch—a simple easy breakfast—for the rest of us. I slice some tomatoes to go with it. 10 a.m. Daughter Lovina, 16, leaves to help daughter Eliza-beth for the day. Elizabeth also has plans to wash her laundry. Noon. My clothes lines are all filled. We washed yesterday but I also washed the laundry we had this morning, and a day’s worth of clothes for eight people adds up. The sun is out but it’s chilly. The temperature is in the 50s and was 41 degrees this morning. 1 p.m. We make an easy lunch of meat and cheese roll ups, using tortilla shells with ranch dressing, deli meat, cheese, and lettuce. Some of us like diced hot peppers with them. 4 p.m. Susan leaves for home. Her laundry is all dry

and folded. Ours is folded as well. The temperature never got higher than 60 degrees all day, but the sun stayed out. Leaves are falling—autumn is here! I finish sewing a new white apron for Jennifer and sew Susan a new white cape. 4:30 p.m. Lovina comes home. Benjamin came home earlier, but is across the road helping Dustin with building his patio, which he is trying to get finished. 6:30 p.m. Joseph is finally home—his crew put in extra hours to finish the job. 7 p.m. Benjamin and Kevin finish evening chores. Joe still isn’t home. Susan left a voice-mail on our phone to say that he went to pick potatoes in a field near their house. After the farmers pick potatoes from the field, many are left behind, and people ask permission from the farmers to pick them up. Other-wise, they just get tilled under. Supper is ready, so we don’t wait on Joe. Dustin comes over for supper. We have cooked po-tatoes, beef chunks, cheese, left-over casserole from last night, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and sour cream. 8 p.m. Joe is home and eats his supper. It’s been a long day. Last Saturday we helped Tim and Elizabeth with their work. Granddaughter Abigail, 4, came home with us for the night. On Sunday we made sweet banana poppers—sweet banana peppers stuffed with cream cheese and shredded cheese, wrapped with bacon, and then grilled. Abigail wanted to help stuff the peppers. Her little fingers looked so cute stuffing them!

Egg Dutch5 eggs1 teaspoon saltground pepper, as desired1 heaping tablespoon flour1 cup milk1 cup cheese, shredded (any kind)bacon bits, cooked (optional) In a bowl, beat together eggs, salt, pepper, flour, and milk. Pour into a heated, greased skil-let and cover with a tight lid. Place over medium-low heat. When mixture begins to set and bubble, cut into four pie-shaped pieces and turn each piece over to finish cooking. Top with shredded cheese when almost cooked through. Add bacon bits, if desired.Granddaughter Abigail, 4, stuffs sweet banana poppers.

Washington Co. considers clock tower maintenance

Supervisors get updates, discuss remodeling

BY MARY ZIELINSKICorrespondent

Washington County wants its tick tock ticking unani-mous time on all four faces of the courthouse’s clock tower. “It’s been a little embarrass-ing to refer to the clock in the tower for a meeting time, and be asked according to which side,” said County Auditor Dan Widmer. As a result, the county has consulted with the proces-sional clockers at Americlock of St. Louis, Missouri, to check out and reset the clock tower mechanisms. “It could be done this year,” Widmer added. Americlock has previously serviced the clock whose origi-nal works date to 1887 when the courthouse was built. The original works are still in place and, while a few years ago there was interest in possibly

selling and removing them, “it was decided to leave them up there.” However, at the time it was suggested that the works be put on display in the hall outside the courthouse offices on the first floor of the court-house. Aside from the problem of removing the works from the highest point in the build-ing (reached by wooden stairs), the hall space does not lend it-self to a large display area. The St. Louis firm previ-ously repaired and serviced the current mechanisms and is “very familiar” with the clock in the tower. Estimated total cost for all work to align the four faces is approximately $6,200 to come from the build-ing maintenance budget. Americlock requests that half the cost be paid at the time the contract is signed. No formal decision has yet been made for the “facelift.”

BY MARY ZIELINSKICorrespondent

Although there was a drop of 27.98 tons in landfill use from January through August 2020, recycling in the county went up an average of 19.36 tons, Lynn Whaley of WEMI-GA Waste Systems told the su-pervisors on Oct. 6. The recyclables are plas-tics, paper, cardboard and tin/aluminum. There also was a drop in appliances and TVs/electronics, noted Whaley, adding August “was a pretty good month for recyclables.” It also was observed that some of the increase may be related to more people staying at home, including for both distance learning and work, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Jack Seward, Jr. said that WEMIGA, who oper-ates the county’s recyclable and solid waste service, has been doing a good job. In its sole action item on Oct. 6, the board approved employment termination for Sandra Jara in the county at-torney’s office, effective Oc-tober 14. The county is now advertising for a replacement paralegal/legal secretary. In the weekly COVID-19 update, the board learned that serology tests were done for 378 people, that there are 55 hospitalized with the virus and that the rate of COVID-19 cases in the county is 6.7%. Deaths from the disease have

remained at 11 since June. In its final business, the board discussed remodeling of the supervisors’ office, includ-ing having a curved or circular desk with plastic dividers be-tween members and the pub-lic, having vertical files along the back wall, and replacing floor covering. The latter will be an involved process, noted Seward, “since the tiles under the carpeting have asbestos in them.” Because of that, removal will require special, certified workers, and likely means the board would have to move for three or four weeks from its basement office. Seward said it is a possibil-ity that the board could use the second floor courtroom. Indi-cations are the court could be agreeable to a temporary use by the board. He explained that the idea of a remodeling has been pre-viously discussed but it always as decided there were more im-portant things to do. As result, it is likely no decision will be made before next year.

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Barbara Munday A private graveside ser-vice for Barbara Munday will be held Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 11:00 AM. The service will be avail-able via Livestream on the Be-atty Peterseim Facebook Page.

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AinsworthAinsworth Community Church: Ainsworth, Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Kids Club Wed 6:30 p.m.

HillsSt. Joseph Catholic Church: Hills, Adminstrator: Father Mike Spiekermeier; Carol Kaalberg, 319-330-5324. Mass schedule: Sunday 10 a.m

Iowa CityCrosspoint Baptist Church, Pastor Mike Barr. Meeting at the Clarion Hotel 2525 N. Dodge Street, Iowa City; Sun-day Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Supper and Bible Study (offsite).

KalonaCornerstone Community Church; 229 South 14th St.; Floyd Yutzy, 319-430-9574; [email protected]; Sunday, 10 a.m. Nursery & kids’s classes available

East Union Mennonite Church: 5615 Gable Ave. SW, 656-2590; Joel Beachy, Pastor, Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church: 2605 540th St. SW; Pastors: Conrad Hertzler, 319-512-6186; Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Full Gospel Revival Center: 1103 J Ave. 656-2298; Pas-tor: Jeremy Gugel; Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.; Wednesday Mid-Week Service: 7 p.m.; [email protected]

Gospel Light Fellowship: 401 E Ave (Hwy 22) Pastor: Dwight Schrock, 319-530-4783; Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.; Message: 10:45 a.m.

Haven Conservative Mennonite Church: 5203 Cosgrove Rd. SW, 1 mile west of Hwy.1; Ministry: Nelson Beachy, 683-2377, James Swartzentruber, 683-2372; Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Kalona Mennonite Church: 6th Street & J Ave., 656-2736, kalonamennonitechurch.com; Pastor: Josh Lundberg; Sunday Worship: 8:30-9 masks required; regular service

at 9:30 a.m.; 9:30 service Live-streamed on Facebook.

Kalona United Methodist Church: 4th St. & C Ave. 656-2642, www.kalonaumc.org; Pastor: Gene Kubli; Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Fellowship following. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church: 1408 540th St. SW 656-2076, http://ldcmc.org, Email: [email protected]; Pastor: Don Patterson; Associate Pastor: Steve Nelson; Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sharon Bethel Mennonite Church: 5 miles north on Highway 1, ¼ mile east, 683-2672; Pastors: Delmar Bontrager, Elwyn Stutzman, Gabriel Beachy, Lamar Ropp; Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sharon Center United Methodist Church: rural Johnson County at corner of James Ave & 520th St. 683-2564, http://sharoncenterumc.wordpress.com; Pastor Anita Johnson; Casual Worship: Sunday 8:30 a.m. Fellowship Hour: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Traditional Service: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church: 501 14th St. 656-2688; Pastors: Floyd Helmuth and Marv Bender; Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

English River Chapel: 209 1st St., 656-3156, Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.; Small group meetings in homes throughout the week.

KinrossKinross Christian Church; Sunday worship: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Lone TreeSt. Mary’s: 216 W. Jayne St; Administrator: Father Mike Spiekermeier; Carol Kaalberg, 319-330-5324 Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.

United Presbyterian Church of Lone Tree: 110 W Elm St; 629-4900 www.lonetreeiowachurch.com; Pastor: Rev. Jim

Bonewald; Sunday: Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday School 10:15

NicholsNichols Christian Church: 607 Grant Ave; 723-4346; Sunday Services: Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school: 10:30 a.m. Nichols United Methodist Church: 315 Main; 723-4585; Pastors: Mary & Don Timmermann; Sunday Services: 9 a.m. Family Worship Service with Children’s Message

St. Mary’s: Short St & Grand Ave; Administrator: Father Mike Spiekermeier; Carol Kaalberg, 319-330-5324 Sun-day Mass: 8 a.m.

North EnglishChampion Hills United Methodist Church: 3132 TT Ave., rural North English. 319-664-3829. Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m.

OxfordWindham Community Church: 1424 Black Diamond Rd. SW, 2 miles north of Frytown. Pastor: Randy Harker, 319-430-1912; Sunday Worship 10 a.m. windhamchurch.com

RichmondHoly Trinity Roman Catholic Church: 648-2331, cluster-parishes.org; Fr. Bill Roush; Mass: Sunday 8 a.m.

RiversideThe Church In Riverside: 41 E 1st St., 698-2185, [email protected]; Patrick Leonard, Evan-gelist; Service Times: Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

River City Church: Meet at Highland Elementary School, 220 Schnoebelen St.; www.rivercityia.org; Pastor Rodney Gehman; Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church: 51 St. Mary’s St., 648-2331, clusterparishes.org; Fr. Bill Roush; Mass: Sunday, 10 a.m.; Thursday 11 a.m. at Pleasantview Home.

Trinity United Methodist Church in Riverside: 11 E 2nd St. 648-3092; Pastor: Edward Peterson, Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. (Pre-

school - 6th grade).

South EnglishEnglish River Church of the Brethren: 29252 137th St. (Hwy 22 between South English & Kinross) 667-5235; Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

WellmanAmish Circuit: Pleasant Hill (Joetown) June to Oct.; Sun-day Service: 10:30 a.m. For information, call Fred Wag-ner, 319-936-7778.

Asbury United Methodist Church: 601 8th Ave. 646-2417; Pastor: Melissa Warren; Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Drive in worship, lower parking lot. Radio station 101.7

First Baptist Church: 600 4th St., 646-2254; Pastor: Rev. Mark Larson; Sunday School for all ages 9:00 a.m. Sun-day Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. Communion is held the first Sunday of each month.

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (Missouri Synod) 5th St. & 4th Ave, 646-2702; Pastor: Rev. Zachary Voss; Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

New Life Community Church: meets at Parkside Activities Center, office located at 214 8th Ave, 674-9057, Office hours: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon-Fri. www.newlifewellman.org; Pastor: Aaron Fleming, 646-2390; Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Salem Mennonite Fellowship: 1306 Keokuk Washington Rd., 7 miles west of Wellman; Ministry: Gerald Kreider 319-667-2728; Wilford Beachy 319-656-3733; Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

St. Joseph Catholic Church: 11th St & Maplewood, 648-2331, clusterparishes.org; Fr. Bill Roush; Saturday Mass: 5 p.m.

Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church: 6 ½ miles west of Cheese Factory, 656-3843; Pastor: Elmer Miller; Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Wellman Mennonite Church: 1215 8th Ave. 646-2532; Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

West Union Mennonite Church: 3253 305th St. Parnell, 646-6004; Pastor: John David Kenney; Sunday Worship: 9:30a.m. Sunday School: 10:45a.m.; Mennonite Wom-en: First Wed. of every month 8:30a.m.-3p.m.; Men’s Luncheon: second Thurs. noon of each month at Roger Stutzman’s.

Zion Christian Fellowship: 1308 Madison Ave. Pastor: Elvin Martin. Worship: 9:30 a.m.

West ChesterWest Chester United Methodist Church: 403 Franklin Street, 698-4665; Pastor: Melissa Warren; Sunday 10:45 a.m. Masks required. No singing.

WashingtonImmanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA): 1226 E Washington St. 653-3950; Pastor: Maureen Howard; Sunday Worship & Communion Service: 9 a.m. Faith Formation classes for all ages are held from 8:15-8:55 a.m. Wednesday Evening Worship & Communion 6 p.m. (all year round) website: luthwash.org Current info on church phone re-cording, 319-653-3950

Prairie Flower Baptist Church: 1909 Larch Ave, at the cor-ner of 190th St., rural Washington; Pastor: David Cotner. Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9 a.m. Prai-rie Time: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday: Various activities posted on our web site, prairieflowerbaptistchurch.org

St. James Parish: 602 West 2nd St. , 653-4504, 319-458-0412 cell; Father Bernie Weir; Sat. 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.; Spanish 11:30 a.m. stjameswashington.org

United Methodist Church: 206 W 2nd St. 653-5446; Pas-tor: Kwang Song; Traditional worship 8 & 10 a.m. Sunday school 10 a.m. Nursery available for 8 and 10 a.m. ser-vices. Washingtonumc.com.

Washington Reformed Presbyterian, Washington; Sab-bath School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m

WELLMAN-SCOFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS We are updating our circu-lation system. Please be sure to ask how to navigate the new card catalog and how to log in! Need new books? Call the library at 319-646-6858 to set up a time to come in and browse. Need a time to browse on Sat-urday? Call before 2 p.m. on Friday to reserve a Saturday time. We had a great response to our Book Sale during the city-wide garage sale day. How-ever, there are a lot of great books left to be claimed! If you would like to browse the book sale, call 319-646-6858 to set up a

time. New adult fiction: “Anx-ious People” by Fredrik Back-man; “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett; and “The Book of Lost Names” by Kristin Harmel. New adult non-fiction: “Sign with Your Baby” by W. Joseph Garcia. New young adult: “Punch-ing the Air” by Ibi Zoboi. New junior fiction: “Lost and Found” by Erica S. Perl; “Otis and Will Discover the Deep” by Barb Rosenstock; “Prairie Lotus” by Linda Sue Park; “What is the Story of

Frankenstein?” by Sheila Keen-an; “Katie Kazoo Switcheroo” by Nancy Krulik; “Logan likes Mary Anne” by Ann M. Martin; and “Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework” by Lincoln Peirce. New junior non-fiction: “Storms” by Miriam Busch. New easy readers: “Some-times People March” by Tes-sa Allen; “Can I Give You a Squish?” by Emily Neilson; “Playing Possum” by Jenni-fer Black Reinhardt; and “The Night Before Election Day” by Natasha Wing.

KALONA PUBLIC LIBRARY New adult fiction: “Paradise Peak” by Janet Dailey; “The Last Agent” by Robert Dugoni; “Total Power” by Vince Flynn; “The Killings at Kingfisher Hill” by Sophie Hannah; “The Traitor’s Pawn” by Lisa Har-ris; “A Book of Two Ways” by Jodi Picoult; “A Portrait of Loyalty” by Roseanna White. New adult non-fiction: “The Color of Law” by Richard Roth-stein; “Practical Paleo” by Di-ane Sanfilippo. New young adult: “Being Toffee” by Sarah Crossan; “Charming as a Verb” by Ben

Philippe. New junior fiction: “One Time” by Sharon Creech; “The Bog Beast” by Ellen Potter; “Masters of Mischief” by Ra-chel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell; “Before the Ever Af-ter” by Jacqueline Woodson. New junior graphic novels: “Cleopatra in Space” by Mike Maihack; “Big Nate: The Ger-bil Ate My Homework” by Lin-coln Pierce. New junior non-fiction: “Sometimes People March” by Tessa Allen. New easy books: “We Love

You, Mr. Panda” by Steve Ant-ony; “Falling for Autumn” by Kimberly & James Dean; “You’re Worth Melting For” by Megan Roth; “Friendsgiving” by Nancy Siscoe.New children’s DVDs: The Magic School Bus Space Ad-ventures; Paw Patrol Charged Up.Check us out on our website at www.kalona.lib.ia.us or our Facebook page — Kalona Pub-lic Library. You can also down-load books and magazines from the computer using your library card number.

Washington Public Library to host virtual workshop The Washington Public Li-brary will host a virtual work-shop featuring fiction writer Ian McMurray on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The workshop will be held over Zoom and is open to adults and teens. The first hour of the event will be devoted to the author presentation and the second hour to workshopping writers’ submissions. Iam McMurray is a fiction writer and assistant professor of fiction at the University of

Iowa. He holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was a Susan Boyd Fellow. Originally from Michigan, he currently lives with his dog in Iowa City, where he is at work on a collection of short stories that examines the dis-orienting effects of repression, masculinity and love. Interested parties should email [email protected] for an invite.

Kalona sets fall clean-up day for Oct. 17BY JOHN BUTTERSCorrespondent

KALONA

Kalona City Administra-tor Ryan Schlabaugh told city council members on Oct. 5 that a fall clean-up day is being planned for city residents on Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. The fall cleanup will be somewhat more limited than the annual spring cleanup in that no appliances will be ac-cepted. Residents will be al-lowed to bring only rubbish that can be placed in a dump-ster. The city council has sched-uled a council work session on Oct. 19 to discuss items that in-clude street signing in regard to the county’s 911 service and a meeting planned this week between Schlabaugh and the Washington County Conser-

vation Board regarding land south of Kalona. In regard to the upcoming general election, Schlabaugh informed the council that the city would again use the YMCA gym in the Community Cen-ter for a polling site. Separate doors will be used to enter and leave the building. That would help avoid any congestion, he said. In other business, the coun-cil approved a Class C Liquor license with outdoor services and Sunday sales for Tequila Grill on 125 4th Street, ap-pointed Cooper Tonning to the Board of Planning and Zoning and okayed the purchase of a 2020 Chevrolet 2500 HD four-wheel drive work truck for snow plowing. The truck will cost $32,700 and adding a blade will cost $7,500.

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Lone Tree FFA members Abby Westfall and Maddie Altenhofen share information about the test plot including weeds, pests, and diseases that are common. The Lone Tree FFA held their annual Test Plot Field Day on Saturday, Aug. 29. FFA members presented findings from the year, including yields, dis-eases, weeds, and their effects on the soybean field. It was a very educational afternoon learning about and comparing the different seed varieties available to farmers. The Lone Tree FFA chapter would like to thank those who were involved in this year’s Test Plot, especially Stutsman Inc. and Terry Kruse for all of their time and support, as well as everyone who attended test plot day.

LONE TREE FFA HOSTS TEST PLOT DAY

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and get all the information, see the names and the dates,” Roth said. “But I think the fact that we’re putting people, real faces, behind those names, people that none of us ever met or knew, makes it a little more interesting.” Yoder, staff from the his-torical societies and other vol-unteers worked to research the personal lives and stories of the people buried the Sharon Hill Cemetery. Research began over the summer, in late July or early August. The researchers used some obituaries found by Yo-der, archives of The Kalona News, and books they had available at the Iowa Menno-nite Historical Society, such as “From Hazelbrush to Corn-fields: The First One Hundred Years of the Amish-Menno-nites in Johnson, Washington, and Iowa Counties of Iowa, 1846-1946” by Kadie Yoder Lind. Roth said she hopes events like the cemetery walk will in-spire more interest in history among Kalona residents and other locals. “When I started working [at the Kalona Historical Village], I think we were seen more as a tourist destination, rather than a local destination,” Roth said. “The locals always come for Fall Festival, but that might be the only time they come by… A lot of the locals drive the high-way every day, see the build-ings sitting here and don’t tru-ly know what’s in them or what the stories are behind them.”

While the pandemic has caused a decline in visitors to the Kalona Historical Village, Roth said the overall traffic wasn’t quite as bad as they had suspected. Many fami-lies planned staycations and daytrips in lieu of larger and farther vacations, and some of those families found the His-torical Village. Roth said she’s had visitors

remark recently that they were pleasantly surprised by the programming offered at the village: ‘We didn’t realize what you had here,’ they said. “We try really hard to have different displays up. We’re building a new museum and working hard on that,” Roth said. “History does fascinate a lot of people, but you’ve got to get them here to see it, first.”

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parking there, I don’t have a back entrance to my driveway or to my property,’ then we can change the code again, take down the signs,” said councilp-erson Edgar McGuire. The council hopes to hear from any concerned residents at that the public hearing, but also acknowledges that they likely won’t be able to make everyone happy. “You have to go for the welfare of the better part of the commu-nity and not just for individu-als,” city administrator Chris-tine Yancey said. “You have to go for the betterment of the com-munity.”Dan Culp of Carl A. Nelson and Company addressed the council with a presentation about his company’s construction man-agement capabilities regarding a proposed community center to be built in Riverside. Culp explained the benefits of using a construction manage-ment company as opposed to traditional contractors.“Being a construction manager, we do become your advocate be-cause we work directly for you, as a city,” Culp said. “We’re not working for a contractor, we’re not out doing the work our-selves, so we don’t have a dog in the fight… we’re looking out for your best interest both from the design side and from the con-struction side.” Carl A. Nelson and Company managed the Kalona Commu-nity Center’s renovation and ad-dition, which won the All-Star Community Award from the Iowa League of Cities and the Excellence of Energy Efficient Design Award from the Ameri-can Institute of Architects, both in 2019. The City of Kalona had already hired the architect for the proj-ect before Carl A. Nelson and Co. became involved, but the project was running $3 million over-budget. After the involve-ment of the construction man-agement company, however, the project finished on schedule and under budget. Carl A. Nelson and Co. was also instrumental in the building of the YMCA of Washington County, FunCity Turf in Burl-

ington, and the Roosevelt Rec-reation Center and Cambridge SportsPlex in Fairfield. In order to give the council time to consider the information presented by Culp, decisions regarding hiring Carl A. Nelson and Company have been tabled until the Oct. 19 meeting or later meetings.In other action, the council ap-proved three change orders from MMS Consultants, Inc. regarding the Fourth Street Im-provements Project and the Safe Routes to School Project. The first change order increased the amount of the contract by $1,120 due to the need for seeding nar-row strips less than two feet wide behind the sidewalk. Sod has been used in similar areas with mixed results, therefore MMS Consultants recommend-ed the use of seed, fertilizer, and hydromulch. The second change order re-quested $100 to be added to the original contract in order to replace a small section of side-walk that was possibly damaged during the scope of the contrac-tor’s work. The third change order request-ed a total increase of $12,340 to be paid to All American Con-crete for additional excavation, topsoil, and sod needed to al-low for flatter grades and bet-ter transitions to existing yards and property in the scope of the Safe Routes to School Project. All three change orderers were approved unanimously by the council. The council also voted, 4-1, to accept a bid from Rhino Indus-tries for the replacement of wa-ter plant membranes. Although Rhino Industries’ bid was not the lowest — it was $4,087.08 higher than the lowest bid from Consolidated Water Solutions — Wastewater Superintendent Bill Stukey said Riverside has regularly performed other busi-ness with the company, such as buying chemicals and other materials. Additionally, Rhino Industries is willing to assist in the install and removal of mem-branes at no additional cost. The motion passed with Reding-er casting the dissenting vote.

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do these things,” Schmidt said. “I have been so blessed to be able to work here with these kids. I feel very lucky.” Schmidt said forming rela-tionships with her students is a central part of her teaching philosophy. She currently has 55 students enrolled in FFA but makes a point to connect with as many students as she can. “The big thing is finding a way to connect with every kid,” she said. “It comes down to making sure that they get the opportunities they need, and that they deserve, and then helping them be able to follow through and be successful.” High School principal Jay Strickland said Schmidt’s dedi-

cation to her students inside and outside the classroom only manages to make her a stron-ger teacher. He said he jokes with her that she attends as many school events as he does as an administrator, giving the students a chance to connect with her outside the classroom. “One of her primary goals is to get kids engaged,” Strick-land said. “Knowing so much about what they’re involved in, what their passions are, what their interests are out-side of school, she’s able to pull all those important things into her curriculum and actually get kids excited about her con-tent.” During the ceremony, anon-

ymous endorsements from for-mer students were read about Schmidt, including one former student who said they were in-spired to pursue a career in ag-ricultural education because of the teaching of Schmidt. “It’s very inspiring to me,” Schmidt said. “It’s one of those things that rejuvenates me and makes me excited about being able to continue to work with these students.” Nominations for the 2020-21 Golden Owl Award are now open through December 31, 2020. Agricultural teachers from California, Illinois, Indi-ana, Iowa, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

TEACHER/Continued from Page 1A Boy Scouts to collect food donations Oct. 10 The Boy Scouts of America will be holding their annual “Scouting for Food” donation drive during the first two week-ends of October. Scouts distributed collection bags on Oct. 4 to let communi-ties know about the drive. On Oct. 10, the scouts will revisit those homes to collect bags full of canned food and other non-perishable items. The scouts ask that partici-pating households have the food on their front step or other vis-ible location by 9 a.m. Troop 234 of Scouts BSA will

be collecting bags in Wellman and Keota. According to Gallup, one in six Americans struggle with hunger and do not know where their next meal will come from. There are food insecure families in every community. Scouting for Food is the Boy Scouts’ nationwide service proj-ect to help stop hunger. It began as one scout’s service project in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1985. The project was adopted by the Boy Scout National Organization in 1988.


Above: Representatives from the Iowa FFA Foundation and other FFA officials present Elsa Schmidt with a $3,000 award to be used to fund future agricultural education endeavors. Below: Elsa Schmidt celebrates winning the Golden Owl Award with some of the FFA students she teaches at Mid-Prairie High School.

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Work continues on Southtown developmentBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

KALONA

C.J. Moyna and Sons, led by project manager Adam Kos, has broken ground on the new Southtown development. The construction company is known for its excellence in grading and earth-moving. Work started in the area of the North Ridge subdivision, specifically Westwood Circle. The subdivision, when com-

pleted, will include 53 lots of R-1, single-family residential homes; nine lots of R-2, two-family residential homes (com-prising of 18 possible units); and three lots of R-3, multi-fam-ily residences. The Kalona City Council voted on Sept. 8 to approve the Developers TIF (Tax Incre-ment Financing) agreement with Moyna holdings, giving the company the green light to break ground.

Photos taken by a drone show the rough grading and excavation work being completed by C.J. Moyna and Sons. The photos were tak-en looking to the south to the northeast during the week of Sept. 21.

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Loebsack wins national service awardBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

The Lone Tree City Council voted on Oct. 5 to set trick-or-treat night for Saturday, Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. Lone Tree, Riverside, Kalo-na, and Wellman will all hold their trick-or-treat nights on this date in order to reduce traffic of holiday goers travel-ing between towns to visit oth-er neighborhoods. The Lone Tree motion to set

the trick-or-treat time was car-ried 3-0, with councilmember Tyler Baird abstaining from the vote. The council also voted unanimously to waive the third reading of two ordinanc-es, thereby approving the ordi-nances. Ordinance No. 2020-3 amends the provisions pertain-ing to tobacco use and Ordi-nance No. 2020-4 amends pro-visions pertaining to animal control.

Lone Tree Council sets trick-or-treat date, time Congressman Dave Loebsack

was named a 2020 Friend of America’s Service Commis-sions. The award recognizes the leadership and accomplish-ments of state service commis-sions and their commission-ers, staff, service programs and legislative champions from across the United States. Throughout his career, Loe-bsack has fought to increase

funding and support of various service programs. He worked to get the Volunteer Genera-tion Fund signed into law in 2009 as part of the Edward M. Kennedy Service America Act. This legislation significantly boosted the voluntary sector’s capacity to recruit, manage and train community volun-teers. “Since our nation’s found-

ing, the secret to our success has been its ability to come together for the common good when others are in need,” Loe-bsack said. “By giving time and energy to assisting those in need, you can have a direct impact on someone’s life. Our country’s history was built on service and service must be a bright part of its future, too.

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Mid-Prairie freshman Danielle Hostetler, ahead of teammates Jaden and Sydney Yoder, leads a Golden Hawk sweep of the first three places Monday in the Hillcrest Academy Invitational.

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KALONA

Danielle Hostetler ran 5 ki-lometers Monday. Then, she did it again. Battling a nagging hip in-jury, Hostetler, a freshman at Mid-Prairie, led a one-two-three Golden Hawks sweep in the girls varsity race at Mon-day’s Hillcrest Academy Invi-tational. Hostetler and twin sisters Jaden and Sydney Yoder, who were all ranked as the state’s

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Leah Bontrager of Hillcrest Academy finished 26th with a time of 22:30.SEE INVITE | PAGE 4B

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BELLE PLAINE

Mid-Prairie senior quar-terback Vinnie Bowlin had al-ready worked some touchdown magic on the final play of the first half. So, with the Golden Hawks down by seven points Friday night and just 2.6 seconds re-maining, he tried it again. This time, a ball thrown toward the corner of the end zone fell to the ground and the Belle Plaine Plainsmen wildly celebrated a 28-21 win in a crazy week that began with Mid-Prairie having its game against Class 2A, District 7 foe Davis County called off due to COVID-19 issues. The replacement game was a trip to Belle Plaine. Bowling completed a touch-down pass to Nathan Quinby on the last play of the first half

to give the Golden Hawks a 7-6 lead, but the magic ran out in the game’s final minute after Mid-Prairie, attempting to ral-ly from a 14-point deficit, got the ball at its own 42-yard line with one minute left. Belle Plaine, winning for the fifth time in six games, scored three touchdowns in the second half to take control. “We were not ready. Flat. Again,” said Mid-Prairie head coach Pete Cavanagh. “We kind of were sleepwalking the first half and then were never able to catch up.” And still, the Golden Hawks almost did catch up. A touchdown pass from Bowlin to Cain Brown in the first minute of the fourth quar-ter pulled the Golden Hawks into a 14-14 tie. But Belle Plaine running back Luke DeMuelen-

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Lions run and run for winBY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

MORAVIA

Lone Tree senior running back Alex Viner began to cele-brate before he hit the end zone for his third touchdown of the day. A Moravia defender was on the ground 25 yards away after missing a tackle. Viner danced slowly down the sideline for a touchdown, almost allowing his teammates to catch up for a Lions celebra-tion that was just a piece of Lone Tree’s dominant 50-14 vic-tory on a rainy Saturday two hours from home. Viner scored two more times before the afternoon was over, totaling 197 yards and leading a Lone Tree ground attack of 241 yards and seven touchdowns. The Lions (3-2) scored touch-downs on five of their first six possessions, begun by quarter-back Cade Shield’s scoring run in the first minute of the game. The Lions rolled out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter alone. “Our offense did a really good job,” said Lions head coach Aaron Bohr. ‘I think with the conditions, we were a little bit worried how that was going to play out.” A light rain fell for much of the contest, making for slip-

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We’re not going to roll over. We’re going to do everything we can to get the ‘W.’ ”

Aaron BohrLone Tree head football coach, on facing

unbeaten Montezuma this week

Season record: 2-3Friday’s game: Mid-Prairie vs. West Burlington, Homecoming game and regular season finaleWhen: 7:30 p.m.Where: Mid-Prairie HSLast week: Mid-Prairie lost to Belle Plaine, 28-21Golden Hawk leaders: Senior running back Kayden Reinier ranks No. 2 in Class 2A with 11 rushing touchdowns. Senior QB Vinnie Bowlin passed for a season-high three TDs last week. He has thrown for 649 yards and 5 TDs. Senior receiver Clarke Latchem has caught 11 passes for 217 yards and 2 TDs.Talking defense: Justice Jones, a junior, leads the Hawks with 44 tackles and an interception. He had a game-high 17.5 tackles vs. Belle Plaine.Scouting West Burlington-Notre Dame: Sophomore running back Travain Donaldson ran for 235 yards and four TDs in last week’s 42-14 victory over Central Lee. Donaldson has rushed for 1,088 yards and 15 TDs this season. The Falcons (3-3) are also led by senior running back Kendall Baker and sophomore QB Hayden Vandenberg.History lesson: The Golden Hawks have won eight straight games vs. West Burlington.

HIGHLAND HUSKIES Season record: 1-4Friday’s game: Highland at Iowa City Regina Catholic, A-6 district gameWhen: 7 p.m.Where: IC Regina High SchoolLast week: Highland lost to Lisbon, 52-6Huskie leaders: Senior RB Owen Donovan has run for more than 600 yards and 6 TDs. Junior QB Connor Grinstead, who scored the Huskies’ only touchdown last week on a kick re-turn, has run for 349 yards and 5 TDs, and passed for 122 yards and 2 TDs.Talking defense: Grinstead and Netser are the leading tacklers for the Huskies. Donovan and Luke Miller each has two interceptions.Scouting IC Regina: After losing its season opener to Pleasant Valley, the No. 7-ranked team in Class 4A, the Regals, ranked No. 2 in Class A, have won five straight games. Senior QB Ashton Cook, who passed for 4 TDs in last week’s 47-22 win over Columbus, has thrown for 1,275 yards and 14 TDs. LONE TREE LIONS

Season record: 3-2Friday’s game: Lone Tree at Montezuma, 8-4 district gameWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Montezuma HSLast week: Lone Tree defeated Moravia, 50-14Lion leaders: Senior RB Alex Viner rushed for 187 yards and 5 TDs in last week’s win, pushing his season totals to 624 yards and 12 rushing TDs. Junior QB Cade Shield has passed for 604 yards and 7 TDs, and run for 303 yards and 7 TDs.Talking defense: Will Hotz, a senior linebacker, leads the Lions with 44.5 tackles.Scouting Montezuma: The Braves have won all six games this sea-son and are ranked No. 7 in the state.

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DISTRICT A-6

IC Regina 5-1 4-0

Lisbon 4-2 2-1

Wapello 3-2 3-1

Columbus 2-4 1-3

Highland 1-4 1-3

North Cedar 0-5 0-3

Oct. 2 scores

Lisbon 52, Highland 6

Wapello 70, North Cedar 12

IC Regina Catholic 47, Columbus 22

Oct. 9 games

Highland at IC Regina Catholic

Lisbon at Wapello

Columbus at North Cedar

FOOTBALL STANDINGS

DISTRICT 8-4Montezuma 6-0 5-0English Valleys 5-1 5-1New London 4-1 4-1WMU 3-3 3-3Lone Tree 3-2 2-2Twin Cedars 0-4 0-3WACO 3-3 2-3Tri-County 1-4 1-3Moravia 0-6 0-5Oct. 2 scoresLone Tree 50, Moravia 14Montezuma 55, WACO 20English Valleys 32, Winfield-Mt. Union 12Meskwaki Settlement 74, Twin Cedars 12

Oct. 9 gamesLone Tree at MontezumaMoravia at Tri-CountyWACO at Winfield-Mt. UnionNew London at Twin CedarsCollins-Maxwell at English Valleys

HILLCREST INVITATIONALMONDAY AT KALONAGIRLS 5K VARSITY: 1, Mid-Prairie, 27; 2, Iowa City High, 58; 3, Solon, 72; 4, Pella, 90; 5, Danville, 148; 6, Mt. Pleasant, 162; 7, Washington, 194; 8, Fairfield, 220; 9, Hillcrest Academy, 242.TOP THREE: 1, Danielle Hostetler, Mid-Prairie, 19:55; 2, Jaden Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 20:01; 3, Sydney Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 20:02.MID-PRAIRIE: 7, Mitzi Evans, 20:52; 14, Abby Fleming, 21:23; 19, Ana Fleming, 21:5529, Annika Poll, 22:47.HILLCREST: 26, Leah Bontrager, 22:30; 54, Julia Boller, 26:17; 57, Kennedy Roth, 28:20; 62, Taryn Leichty, 29:38; 66, Hannah Chalupa, 35:38.BOYS 5K VARSITY: 1, Danville, 43; 2, Pella, 49; 3, Solon, 53; 4, Mid-Prairie, 93; 5, Fairfield, 159; 6, Washington, 161; 7, Mt. Pleasant, 179; 8; North Mahaska, 201; 9, Lone Tree, 248.TOP THREE: 1, Ty Carr, Danville, 17:06; 2, Alexander Julian, Danville, 17:10; 3, Jamison Stutzman, Mid-Prairie, 17:24.MID-PRAIRIE: 15, Nathan Wallington, 18:09; 18, Lucas Bontrager, 18:24; 27, Chan-dler Hershberger, 18:48; 35, Mose Yoder, 19:51; 47, Daniel Rodgers, 20:45.HILLCREST: 45, Collin Miller, 20:42; 52, Jorge Canchola, 21:34; 57, Will Kolck, 22:09.LONE TREE: 38, Nick Saltzman, 20:06; 51, Alberto Cortez, 21:33; 53, Cale Christof-ferson, 21:35; 61, William Rockafellow, 22:42; 64, Joey Birtcher, 24:56.GIRLS JV; 6, Amara Jones, Mid-Prairie,

22:44; 13, Madeline Fox, Hillcrest, 23:42; 20, Grace Conway, Mid-Prairie, 24:57; 24, Greta Sieren, Mid-Prairie, 25:20; 31, Sarah Meader, Mid-Prairie, 26:12; 33, Lilou Beachy, 26:28; 44, Anna Nafziger, Mid-Prairie, 28:16; 52, Paityn Jennings, Mid-Prairie, 29:59; 57, Zebi Kimani, Mid-Prairie, 32:28.BOYS JV: 32, Jordan Stock, Mid-Prairie, 21:29; 35, Blake Creed, Mid-Prairie, 21:33; 37, Sam Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 21:43; 46, Robert Nagy, Mid-Prairie, 22:14; 58, Jacob Donaldson, Mid-Prairie, 23:22; 60, Caleb Thomas, Mid-Prairie, 23:24; 74, Noah Freeman, Mid-Prairie, 25:27; 75, Andrew Stutz, Mid-Prairie, 25:28; 81, Josh Keough, Mid-Prairie, 27:36.GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL: 24, Grace Puttmann, Mid-Prairie, 15:31; 28, Anna Flynn, Mid-Prairie, 15:50; 31, Vivian Zaruba, Lone Tree, 15:54; 36, Charlotte Sieren, Mid-Prairie, 16:14; 37, Dessa Poll, Mid-Prairie, 16:16; 58, Elise Gingerich, Mid-Prairie, 17:46; 59, Morgyn Nafziger, Mid-Prairie, 17:57; 62, Annette Wit-thoft, Mid-Prairie, 18:13; 63, Ashlee Farrier, Mid-Prairie, 18:14; 64, Vanessa Kimani, 18:23; 74, Ema Miller, Mid-Prairie, 19:50; 77, Naomi Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 20:04; 78, Alaina Safly, Mid-Prairie, 20:28; 79, Alyssa Hartman, Lone Tree, 21:11; 82, Jillian Clark, Mid-Prairie, 21:58.BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1, Jayse Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 12:01; 3, Emm Swartzen-truber, Mid-Prairie, 12:36; 17, Griffin Caskey, Mid-Prairie, 13:34; 21, Rowan Miller, Mid-Prairie, 13:45; 28, Jesse Stultz, Mid-Prairie, 14:05; 29, Luke Brokaw, Mid-Prairie, 14:08; 34, Parker Jennings, Mid-Prairie, 14:26; 38, Thomas Flynn, Mid-Prairie, 14:44; 40, Taylor Al-

berhasky, Lone Tree, 14:48; 43, Jesse Blossom, Mid-Prairie, 14:58; 47, Lincoln Miller, Mid-Prai-rie, 15:16; 58, Dylan Humphrey, Mid-Prairie, 15:39; 62, Jacob Flynn, Mid-Prairie, 15:58; 68, TJ Brenneman, Mid-Prairie, 16:42; 76, Elijah Statler, Mid-Prairie, 19:10; 81, James Shetler, Mid-Prairie, 20:34; 82, Adrian Sanchez-Reyes, Mid-Prairie, 20:58; 84, Evan Reschly, Mid-Prairie, 21:18.

IOWA CITY HIGH INVITATIONALOCT. 1 AT IOWA CITY KICKERSGIRLS VARSITY: 1, Dubuque, 27; 2, Pleasant Valley, 65; 3, City High, 71; 4, Pekin, 110; 5, Clear Creek Amana, 131; 6, Ottumwa, 143; 7, CR Jefferson, 207; 8, Hillcrest Academy, 235.TOP THREE: 1, Lillian Schmidt, Dubuque, 19:10; 2, Izzy Gorton, Dubuque, 19:38; 3, Bell D’Antico, Pleasant Valley, 20:06.HILLCREST: 26, Leah Bontrager, 21:45; 67, Julie Boller, 26:53; 68, Kennedy Roth, 27:57; 69, Taryn Leichty, 29:26; 70, Hannah Chalupa, 36:03.BOYS VARSITY: 1, Liberty, 39; 2, City High, 51; 3, Clear Creek Amana, 95; 4, CR Jef-ferson, 118; 5, Pekin, 132; 6, Dubuque, 138; 7, Ottumwa, 169; 8, Hillcrest Academy, 247.TOP THREE: 1, Ford Washburn, City High, 16:48; 2, Lukas Lamparek, CR Jefferson, 16:53; 3, Caleb Schillinger, Liberty, 16:56.HILLCREST: 61, Collin Miller, 20:35; 64, Will Kolck, 21:29; 65, Jorge Canchola, 21:31.HILLCREST GIRLS JV: 12, Madeline Fox, 24:15.

WASHINGTON INVITATIONALSEPT. 29 AT WASHINGTON COUN-TRY CLUBBOYS VARSITY: 1, Fairfield, 35; 2, Mt. Pleasant, 46; 3, Washington, 56; 4, Lone Tree, 171; 5, Highland, 209; 6, Keokuk, 222.TOP THREE: 1, Lance Sobaski, Washing-ton, 17:33; 2, Mason Moore, Sigourney, 17:56; 3, Alex Forrest Fairfield, 17:58.LONE TREE: 19, Nick Saltzman, 19:52; 2, Cale Christofferson, 20:27; 26, Alberto Cortez, 20:55; 45, William Rockafellow, 21:52; 58, Joey Birtcher, 24:42.HIGHLAND: 33, Ethan Paisley, 21:08; 39, Jacob Roling, 21:27; 41, Carlos Valenzuela, 21:33; 52, Brendan Schnoebelen, 23:36; 53, Jackson Schneider, 23:44; 57, Andrew Lana, 24:11; 61, Nicolas Orlano, 29:30.GIRLS VARSITY: 1, Mt. Pleasant, 34; 2, Washington, 49; 3, Fairfield, 65.TOP THREE: 1, Abby Blint, Mt. Pleasant, 20:44; 2, Malena Bloomquist, Fairfield, 21:27; 3, Isabelle Meador, Mt. Pleasant, 21:52.HIGHLAND: 4, Madison Thomann, 22:20; 15, Taylor Sublette, 24:02; 26, Fiona Mahler, 27:20; 27, Katelyn Waters, 27:25.MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: 22, Taylor Alberhasky, Lone Tree, 13:58; 32, Chase Hick-enbottom, Highland, 14:50.MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: 15, Finley Jacque, Lone Tree, 14:37; 17, Vivian Zaruba, 14:45; 20, Erika Thomann, Highland, 14:53; 30, Siena Stanerson, Highland, 16:55; 40, Alyssa Hartman, Lone Tree, 18:59.

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

SEISC teams battle for league titlesBY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

Thursday is conference championship day for the Highland, Lone Tree and Hill-crest Academy cross country teams. The Southeast Iowa Super Conference championship meet for both boys and girls will be hosted by Van Buren County High School in Keosau-qua. Leah Bontrager of Hillcrest is one of the medal contenders in the girls race. She began the season with an eighth-place finish in the Hillcrest Early Bird meet and has posted sev-eral top-10 finishes since then. In the highly competitive Iowa City High Invitational last week, she placed 26th with a time of 21:45. Among the leaders for the Highland girls are Taylor Sub-lette and Madison Thomann. Nick Saltzman of Lone Tree is one of the medal contenders on the boys side. He finished 19th in the Washington Invita-tional last week and has been a leader for the Lions all season. Among those joining him are Cale Christofferson and Alber-to Cortez. Collin Miller leads a Hill-crest boys squad, along with Will Kolck and Jorge Cancho-la. Ethan Paisley, who finished 33rd at the Washington Invita-tional, is among the leaders for Highland. Among those joining him are Jacob Roling, Carlos Valenzuela and Bryce Thomp-son. FINISHING FOURTH: Highland’s Madison Thomann nearly cracked the top three at the Washington Invitational last week. She finished a season-best fourth with a time of 22:20, missing a third-place finish by 28 seconds. Teammate Taylor Sublette finished 15th, nearly two min-utes back. RIVER VALLEY MEET: Mid-Prairie will chase after girls and boys team titles in the River Valley Conference cham-pionship meet next Tuesday in Monticello.Danielle Hostetler, a freshman who has not lost a race this fall, has been ranked as high as No. 1 in Iowa Class 2A. Monday, in the Hillcrest Academy Invita-tional, Hostetler led a 1-2-3 Mid-Prairie sweep in the girls race. Jamison Stutzman is a med-al contender in the boys race. He finished third at Hillcrest, one week after he finished sec-ond in the Clear Creek Amana Clippers Invitational.

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Mid-Prairie’s Justice Jones (30), Connor Shalla (75) and Kayden Reinier (20) stuff Belle Plaine running back Connor Timm early in last Friday night’s game at Belle Plaine. Jones led the Golden Hawks with 17.5 tackles.

STANDINGSWilliamsburg 6-0 4-0Mid-Prairie 2-3 2-1E-B-F 2-3 2-2Davis County 3-2 1-1West Burlington 3-3 1-2Central Lee 0-6 0-4

Oct. 2 scoresBelle Plaine 28, Mid-Prairie 21Williamsburg 36, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 0Riverside 35, Davis County 14West Burlington 42, Central Lee 14

Oct. 9 gamesWest Burlington at Mid-PrairieCentral Lee at WilliamsburgEddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at Davis County

Oct. 16Class 2A playoffs begin

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aere, who is the leading rush-er in Iowa Class A and No. 4 overall, scored a pair of touch-downs in the final quarter, in-cluding one on a 68-yard jaunt. He wound up with 259 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns.“They’re a good team,” Cava-nagh said. “Give them credit. They run the ball well.”Bowlin wasn’t done.Passing for three touchdowns for the first time this year, Bowlin connected with Clarke Latchem on a 47-yard scoring strike with just 2:03 left.Mid-Prairie’s defense respond-ed with a quick defensive stop and suddenly Bowlin, who passed for 208 yards, had one

last chance. Just like the first half.Except time ran out. With just 2.6 seconds left, he had no choice but to throw for the end zone on the game’s final play.“Vinnie is playing well,” Cava-nagh said. “We can’t put him in a position where we have to throw like that. It’s an impos-sible task.”The loss dropped the Golden Hawks’ record to 2-3 entering this week’s Homecoming game against West Burlington on Friday night at 7:30. After that, it’s playoff time.“We’ve just got to get headed in the right direction and figure it out,” Cavanagh said. “We just

shoot ourselves in the foot too much.“West Burlington is a good team. They run the ball well. Our defense, at times, has been lights out this year.”

M-P STAT LEADERSRushing: Kayden Reinier, 17 carries, 102 yards.Passing: Vinnie Bowlin, 12-of-25, 208 yards, 3 TDs.Receiving: Clarke Lathem, 4 catches, 116 yards, 1 TD; Cain Brown, 4-61, 1 TD; Nathan Quinby, 1-31, 1 TD.Defense: Justice Jones, 17.5 tackles; Brown, 7 tackles; Tyler Helmuth, 2.5 tackles, fumble recovery.Next game: Friday, vs. West Burlington, 7:30 p.m.; JV game at 5 p.m.

HAWKS/Continued from Page 1B

Golden Hawks host Tipton, MonticelloBY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

WELLMAN

The Mid-Prairie volleyball team will host Tipton in its fi-nal home match of the season on Tuesday night. The Golden Hawks (6-9) have a busy week, including a home match Thursday night against Monticello, a tourna-ment Saturday at Clear Creek Amana and a River Valley Con-ference match Monday at Iowa City Regina Catholic. Golden Hawk seniors Myah Lugar and Phelan Hostetler each had three kills in a victory over Van Buren County in the

New London Tournament this past Saturday. Hostetler also had a match-high six blocks. After the teams split the first two sets, the Golden Hawks won the third set, 17-15, for the win. Mid-Prairie also was swept by host New London and Win-field-Mt. Union in tournament play. Karson Jehle, a senior, had a team-high four kills in a 21-9, 21-11 loss to New London. Jehle had a team-high two kills, and juniors Mya Miller and Colby Brown each had two aces, in a 21-12, 21-12 loss to WMU. Miller had 12 assists over three matches.

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Mid-Prairie’s Karsen Jehle serves up a shot in a match earlier this season.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 3BTHE NEWS SPORTSHIGHLAND HUSKIES FOOTBALL


Highland running back Owen Donovan attempts to avoid Lisbon’s Devyn Decious during last Friday’s game in Lisbon.

Fumbles, penalties costly for Huskies in 52-6 loss to LisbonBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

LISBON

The Highland football team lost to Lisbon, 52-6, this past Friday, its only touchdown coming off a 75-yard kick re-turn by quarterback Connor Grinstead late in the third quarter. Lisbon recorded 512 yards of total offense while Highland managed only 92 total yards. Highland won the pregame coin toss and elected to defer, giving Lisbon the opportunity to score off a seven-snap drive that started with a 38-yard car-ry from senior Cole Clark. But Highland’s first posses-sion didn’t last long. Grinstead fumbled the kick return and the Lions recovered the ball, needing only five more plays to find the end zone again for a 13-0 lead. Grinstead fumbled in the backfield late in the second quarter. Lisbon scored off that possession. Grinstead again fumbled the kickoff the start the second half, which led to

another Lions touchdown. Highland’s Jacob Allen re-covered a Lisbon fumble ear-ly in the fourth quarter, but Grinstead was sacked on the next play, resulting in another fumble recovered by the Lions. Grinstead ended the game with negative rushing yardage: 2 yards of losses in seven car-ries. Senior Caedon Harbison led the team in rushing, picking up 40 yards on seven carries, including a 20-yard run in the first quarter. He also received the Huskies’ only completed pass, catching a 12-yard pass from Grinstead in the fourth quarter. Both teams were plagued by penalties. The Lions received two personal foul flags, late in the second quarter and early in the third quarter, in addition to the multiple false start, ille-gal blocking, and holding pen-alties called on both teams. Flags flew wildly during the Huskies’ only point-after attempt, with all four referees signaling at least one penalty.

A holding penalty against Highland was declined, but Highland picked up a personal foul and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Lisbon also received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. This necessitated that Highland kick off from its own 6-yard line. But the Lions picked up another personal foul on the kickoff and the Hus-kies re-kicked from the 18. Co-head coach Scott Morel said his players struggled with Lisbon’s aggression through the game, which led to things coming to a head during the point-after attempt in the third quarter. “After a while, they couldn’t take it anymore. They felt like [the Lions] were pushing us af-ter our play,” Morel said. He said one of his players came up and apologized after the game. “They did a good job,” Morel said. “I’m proud of our guys.” Highland (1-4) will travel to Iowa City on Friday to take on Regina Catholic (5-1) at 7 p.m.


Lone Tree running back Alex Viner leaves a Moravia defender behind him on the ground as he heads toward the end zone to score one of his five touchdowns last Saturday.

pery conditions. But neither team lost fumbles and Lone Tree’s Cade Patterson had an interception. With the wet conditions, the Lions quickly turned to their strong rushing attack. “They had a lot of guys stacked at the line; we’re not used to seeing a defense like that,” Bohr said. “We found a couple of things that worked early and just kind of stuck with them. By the time they ad-justed, we were already up by a considerable margin.” Viner’s second touchdown in the opening quarter was set up by a blocked punt. Shield tacked on another Lone Tree touchdown with 17 seconds left in the first quarter. Patterson’s interception set up a 4-yard scoring run by Shield in the fourth quarter and a two-point conversion run

by senior linebacker and kick returner Will Hotz. “Will’s a terrific player, and more than that he’s a ter-rifc leader,” Bohr said. “He’s out there either making a big hit or scoring on the two-point conversion. Guys get fired up about that because they know what Will has done for our pro-gram.” Mathew Homsted, a sopho-more, had a game-high 10.5 tackles for Lone Tree. Shield was held to nine yards passing on three comple-tions due to the wet conditions. He rushed 11 times for 35 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The victory set the Lions up for a big challenge next week: a road game at No. 7-ranked Montezuma, a team that is unbeaten and has scored 126 points in its last two games. “The thing that makes them

so dangerous is they can hurt you in many different ways,” Bohr said. “They can throw the ball, they can run the ball.” But the Lions have no inten-tions of backing off their dis-trict rival. “We’re not going in there to keep it close, we’re not in there to just kind of mess around and let them destroy us,” Bohr said. “We’re not going to roll over. We’re going to do every-thing we can to get the ‘W.’ “

LIONS STAT LEADERSRUSHING: Alex Viner, 16 carries, 197 yards, 5 TDs; Cade Shield, 11-35, 2 TDs; Levi Sotzen, 4-9.PASSING: Shield, 3-of-7, 9 yards.RECEIVING: Cade Patterson, 2 catches, 9 yards.DEFENSE: Mathew Hemsted, 10.5 tack-les; Will Hotz, 7 tackles; Patterson, 2.5 tack-les, 1 interception.

LIONS/Continued from Page 1B

Huskies to face Ravens on Senior NightBY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

RIVERSIDE

The seniors on the High-land volleyball team will be honored Thursday night prior to the Huskies match against HIllcrest Academy. Among the seniors are Jen-na Sands, Kayla Cerny and El-lie Anderson. Cerny has led the Huskies with kills over the past week. The Huskies (3-13) are look-ing to break a six-match losing streak entering one of their final matches of the regular season. Following Thursday night’s match, the Huskies face rival Lone Tree next Tuesday.

Oct. 3:New London Tourney The Huskies lost to Van Bu-ren County, West Burlington and Winfield-Mt. Union in a tournament hosted last Satur-day by New London. Carsen Mellinger, a junior,

led the Huskies with seven kills in a three-set loss to Van Buren. Cerny had six kills. MyLei Smith, a sophomore, had a team-high eight assists and one ace. After winning the first set by a score of 22-20, Van Buren won the next two, 21-14 and 15-8. Cerny had five kills in a 21-8, 21-7 loss to West Burlington, and added three kills in a 21-11, 21-16 loss to WMU.

Oct. 1:Columbus 3Highland 0

Cerny and freshman Sarah Burton each had five kills in a loss to Columbus Junction. Cerny also had a pair of aces. Mellinger had a team-high three blocks and Smith led the Huskies with five assists. Columbus (8-12) completed the sweep with wins by 25-17, 25-14, 25-17 scores.

HIGHLAND VOLLEYBALL

Hughes leading Ravens in kills and blocksBY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

KALONA

Hillcrest Academy junior Esther Hughes is taking a lead-ing role as the Ravens head into the final week of the regu-lar season. Hughes is the team leader in kills (78) and blocks (7). Norah Yoder, another ju-nior, leads the Ravens with 69 assists. Hillcrest (1-15), which broke a two-year winless streak earli-er this season against Midland, plays at Highland on Thursday and in the Washington tourna-

ment on Saturday. After that, it’s on to the state regional tournament. The Ravens honored Yanit-za Gutierrez, Sophie Marshall and Malia Sedlacek on Tues-day during Senior Night. The school’s cross country seniors were also honored.

Oct. 1:WMU 3HIllcrest 0 The Wolves (18-6) topped the Ravens by scores of 25-8, 25-5, 25-7 in a sweep. Jenna Buffington led Win-field-Mt. Union with 12 kills.

HILLCREST VOLLEYBALL

Knock digging deep for Lions on defense BY PAUL D. BOWKERThe News

WAPELLO

Lone Tree coaches Lora Sieverding and Sonda Prybil are looking for consistent play as the days count down toward the Iowa Class 1A volleyball tournament. Alyssa Knock, a junior, is delivering for the Lions. She leads the team with 147 digs and has added 10 kills and 5 assists. She is one of three ju-niors who have started at least 13 matches this season, provid-ing a building block toward next year when the Lions lose Josie Mullinnix and Skylar Smith to graduation. “She’s been very strong for us,” Sieverding said of Knock. Others in Lone Tree’s ju-nior class include kills leader Kylie Patterson, who has start-ed every match this season, as-sists leader Kayla Dautremont, Ellen Carow and Chloe Mills.

The Lions (5-14) have three matches this week, including Thursday at Columbus. They host Highland next Tuesday night. Patterson had five kills and Smith had three in last Thurs-day’s loss at Wapello. Patter-son and Smith also had a pair of aces, and Carow had four blocks. But the Arrows completed a sweep with scores of 25-20, 25-10, 25-15. Lindsy Massner had a match-high 10 kills.

Oct. 5:Danville 3Lone Tree 0

Danville secured its second win of the season with a 25-20, 25-15, 25-17 sweep of the Lions on Monday night. Danville freshman Aviana West had nine kills and seven aces.

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Lone Tree junior libero Alyssa Knock sets up for a defensive play as a Wapello player serves the ball last Thursday. Knock leads the Lions in digs.

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Jamison Stutzman of Mid-Prairie heads to the finish line with a third-place finish in the boys varsity race at the Hillcrest Academy Invitational on Monday. Below, runners go up a large hill at the start of the race.


Kennedy Roth of Hillcrest Academy heads up a hill and toward the finish line in Monday’s girls varsity race.

top three runners in Class 2A earlier this season, beat out Danville’s Addison Par-rott, who is currently the No. 2-ranked runner in the state. The sweep led the Golden Hawks to the team title with a near perfect score of 27. Six Mid-Prairie runners were among the top 20 finishers. “The girls had a good solid race,” said Mid-Prairie head coach Mark Hostetler. “They looked good even though some of them said when they came in, they were pretty tired. I knew that. I was hoping it wouldn’t be too bad. I was pleased.” Jamison Stutzman had a strong race on the boys side, finishing third in a time of 17:24 behind Danville’s Ty Carr and Alexander Julian. “He moved up slowly throughout the race, didn’t take off too fast,” Mark Hostetler said. “He ran a really good race.” Also finishing in the top 20 were Nathan Wallington in 15th place and Lucas Bontrag-er in 18th. Nick Saltzman was Lone Tree’s top runner, finishing 38th. Collin Miller of Hillcrest was 45th. Hillcrest’s Leah Bontrager

finished 26th in the girls race. But the real story Monday was Danielle Hostetler, a state middle school champion last year who is unbeaten in four varsity races this fall. She put in 5 kilometers during a 20-minute workout Monday afternoon at home on a treadmill. She didn’t decide until 20 minutes before the start of Monday’s race that she would even compete on Hill-crest’s challenging hilly course that begins and ends with steep climbs. “We found some spikes and put some cushions in them,” said Mark Hostetler, her dad. She was temporarily caught in the midst of a pack of run-ners at the start and then trailed behind Parrott during portions of the first loop be-fore passing her for good while the Yoder twins moved up and eventually passed Parrott, as well. When it was over, Danielle dropped to the ground in the finishing area and had to be helped away as she began the recovery process from running two 5Ks in one afternoon. “She was just trying to win it without doing much else,” Mark Hostetler said.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 5BTHE NEWS LOOKING BACK

Kalona A cold wave struck town Wednesday night, causing ac-tivity in winter underwear, stoves and fuel. Postmaster Rawson has a huge pumpkin on exhibition in the post office window which he raised in his own garden. This mammoth globe of pie material weighs 103 pounds, enough to make a pie for every person in town. Mr. Rawson is an expert gardener and has the knack of producing big things. The first heavy frost of the season occurred Wednesday night. The football game between Kalona and Frytown last Sat-urday resulted in a score of 5 to 0, in favor of Kalona. Unfor-tunately the enjoyment of the game was spoilt on account of the wrangling and interference by outside parties. George Johnson of Frytown was arrested here last Satur-day, after the football game, on the charge of carrying con-cealed weapons. On his person was found a loaded revolver. He was taken before Mayor Troyer, and placed under bonds to appear in court Tues-day, on which date he plead guilty to the charge and was fined $5 and costs, $6 all told. County Superintendent, Miss Porter visited our schools Tuesday and reports them in splendid condition. The tenth grade has taken up the study of Word Analysis since Monday. School was dismissed at first recess Wednesday on ac-count of the cold. The furnace has not been fixed, as the board was not able to have it fixed since last term. There was a big turnout at John D. Miller’s sale Tuesday, and stuff sold remarkably well. The farm of 70 acres went to Gideon Bender for an even $100 per acre. Jacob D. Yoder was a close second, his bid be-ing $99.50. Auctioneer Yoder had a big job on his hands., but disposed of the large amount of stuff with exceeding rapidity and at good prices. Ther total sales amounted to $11,000, one of the largest ever held in this vicinity A banker was asked why he always insisted upon hav-ing his capital stock read $100,000.00 and the surplus, $50,000.00, never omitting the ciphers. He said it was be-cause it looked bigger than when printed $10,000, with the ciphers left off. So we no-tice that when the democratic papers refer to the insurance contributions they always put it $150.000.00 while the repub-lican newspapers invariably make it $150,000. That looks big enough. New York consumes each year 75,000 to 100,000 pounds of bullfrogs. The bullfrog busi-ness is on the jump. The game of football may well be dispensed with-when it serves to propagate such bad temper as was exhibited here last Saturday. Two communi-ties that are bound together by business, social, fraternal and kindred ties cannot afford to claw the air and put hair over a game of football. It’s silly-ri-diculous! It would be far better to dispense with the game alto-gether, when it serves to breed ill feeling between good neigh-bors. Let us have peace! Under the order recently is-sued in regard to numbering boxes on the rural routes, car-riers are instructed to ignore the boxes that are not water-proof and durable. By means of the numbers, which are re-ceived in the office, it will be possible to locate anyone on a rural route by means of his number. This will greatly add to the usefulness of the postof-fice as an information bureau for county constituents as well as to facilitate the distribution of mail.

Kalona The Kalona News, subscrip-tion, $2.00 per year. Display Advt. 20c a Column inch Solid Reading Advt. 30c an inch Locals 10c a line Miss Ruby Bontrager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Bontrager, underwent a very serious operation for ap-pendicitis and other ailments, at one of the hospitals at Iowa City, last Saturday. At last re-ports she is doing nicely.

Mrs. Ellory Taylor and daughter, Ruby, spent several days last week at the paren-tal, Wm. Amelon home at Iowa City. C. Swartzendruber who was hurt while filling a silo, is im-proving nicely. L. Maske and wife also Mrs. Andrew Walters and son, Ivan, were Sunday visitors at the Mrs. Paul Maske home. James Tracy, state fire mar-shal, says that Iowa farmers are not using the proper amount of care in storing uncured hay in farm buildings and barns. As a result a number of barn fires have been reported through the process of spontaneous combustion. Uncured hay generated enough heat to start barn fires. The past few weeks have resulted in heavy losses to Iowa farmers. Mr. Tracy advises that hay be cured and that buildings be ventilated, as a measure of fire prevention. The bans of marriage of Glen Kallous and Stella Kern were published for the first time last Sunday at Holy Trin-ity Church. Anton Eberle and fam-ily visited at the Henry Krebs home near Riverside last Sun-day. Mrs. Jim Lukavasky of Wis-consin, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs I. G. Keifer, left for Lone Tree, the first of the week. Kalona and Wellman played football Sunday before quite a large crowd of spectators. The score was 21 to 0 in favor of Kalona. We suppose the game will draw a larger crowd on Sunday than any other day, but we would greatly prefer to see Kalona win on some other day. After locking your family skeleton in your closet, hide the key where your neighbors can’t find it.

Wellman Mrs. Irvin Curl, who was re-turning from Iowa City Thurs-day met with what could easily have been a fatal accident. In some way the axle broke and the occupant of the car was thrown out, stunning her so badly that she was unable to determine anything that oc-curred in connection with the accident. It happened between the Lyle and John Oldfield places, just a short distance from her home. Roy Durian and wife found Mrs. Curl with the demolished car in the road, and proved themselves the good Samaritan by taking her home. She was in bed for a few days, suffering from mi-nor bruises. The accident was lucky in that it occurred on a level road where there were no steep embankments. Other-wise we might have been writ-ing an obituary. “Uncle Chris” Swartzendru-ber, who had been ailing for some time, passed away Tues-day evening at his home near Amish. He was aged about 90 years, and a pioneer settler in our north community, where he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn several sons and daugh-ters who are living in many dif-ferent states. A new ruling has been put into effect in the school regard-ing class parties. All parties must be chaperoned by at least three couples of the parents of the children who are giving the party. We are sure this is a fine thing for the school. Dr. Miller has been away all week at Waterloo, attend-ing the tri-state Medical Con-vention in session there. It includes doctors from Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Palm-er of Davenport, spent Sunday at the Jay Palmer home, who reside on the old Palmer home-stead, where Willard was born.Win Durst is the first farmer we’ve heard of who expects to

THE KALONA NEWS, OCT. 1920120 YEARS AGO OCT. 13, 1905

begin corn husking as early as next week. He expects to begin on the big job next Monday. It seems pretty early. J. Miller has an apple tree bearing fruit and blossoms at the same time. It is said that the ruling price of corn husking this fall will be 6c per bushel where ele-vator is used, 7c without eleva-tor, and 9c for down corn.

Lone Tree A reward of $500 has been offered for the apprehension of the robbers who looted the safety deposit boxes in the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank here three weeks ago, ac-cording to word received from the governor’s office by Coun-ty Attorney C. M. Miller. The date of the issuance of the proc-lamation of this reward was October 1. The work of fitting up the old pump jack for supplying water from the new town wells drilled recently is being fin-ished up this week and it is expected to have them in work-ing order in a week or ten days. As soon as the tank and mains have been flushed and cleaned, the new water supply will be available. The funeral of Adolph Bushek, whose body arrived home from France last Satur-day morning, was held at St. Mary’s church Monday at nine o’clock. The edifice was filled to capacity with sorrowing relatives, friends and towns-people who wished to pay this last tribute to one of the boys who went forth to uphold the nation’s honor on foreign soil, and gave his all in the cause of freedom. The fire alarm was sounded at 10:30 this morning, and the firemen made a run to the Con-stant residence, where the F. H. Kirchner car was on fire. The blaze was soon extinguished by the use of chemicals and little damage was done to the auto. Gasoline leaking from the car-buretor had become ignited.

Kalona Sgt. Clay Figgins, son of Mrs. Dessie Figgins has re-turned to the States after 15 months of overseas duty and is expected to arrive here soon. Sgt. Figgins has been serving in the 322 Service Group of the 12th Army Air Force. Roland Maxwell Fireman 1/c arrived here Tuesday from the Great Lakes Naval Train-ing Station from where he was discharged on Monday. Enter-ing the service in July, 1943, he served on the troop transport Rochambeau and later was transferred to the Kewaydin. Maxwell had crossed the equa-tor several times and made the trip from west to east coast via Panama Canal several times. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Speas have received word that their son, Sgt. Arthur Speas is enroute home from New Cale-donia. Fire prevention week re-ceived a black mark on the second day when the Kalona Fire Department was called Tuesday morning at 7:10 to the Lloyd Robertson home to extin-guish a fire in a second story bedroom. The blaze was started by one of the smaller children playing with matches in the room. The window, curtains, rug and sev-eral blankets were damaged, however no one was injured.

Wellman On last Thursday 16 ladies from the Lower Deer Creek Church gathered at the home of the Miller Sisters where they prepared and canned 256 quarts of vegetable soup and also made some sauerkraut.

100 YEARS AGO OCT. 7, 1920

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Miller entertained at a wiener roast at their home Tuesday night. Guests were Mrs. LaVanda Eash, Phyliss, Mary Kate, Mrs. Ralph Bringman, Miss Edith Yoder and Mr. and Mrs. Eli King and family. Verne Moore who fell from a 20 foot ladder while painting at the home of the Miller Sisters near Wellman was quite badly bruised but is rapidly improv-ing. A white Leghorn hen in Woodward finds a local barber shop an acceptable place in which to lay eggs. One morn-ing recently she was absent without leave from a produce house and with a morning chore to do she pecked repeat-edly for admittance on the door of the McMorris barber shop. After a while the barber opened the door and in went the hen to find a convenient place in a corner of the shop in which to lay an egg. John Greiner’s son submit-

ted to an operation in the Uni-versity Hospital in Iowa City Tuesday morning. James Milam, son of the Howard Milams, broke his arm Saturday morning while work-ing at Maplecrest. Dean Miller broke his leg in football practice while the team was scrimmaging. His leg became twisted under him on the line of scrimmage. Mr. Hoskins, the school jan-itor, wasn’t at school Wednes-day, October 3, so the school was almost on its own. It took three people to do the ordi-narily one-man job. Mr. Ross rang the bells, Oren Bringman watched the boilers and Gerald Hudson put out the stop sign on Main Street. The Sharon W.M.S. met at the home of Mrs. Roscoe Niffenegger Thursday after-noon. Roll call was answered by naming a missionary. Wilbur Hughes is a patient at the University Hospital with an eye infection.

75 YEARS AGO OCT. 11, 1945

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THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

FORMAL MEETING MINUTESSEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Chairperson Sullivan called the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to order in the Johnson County Administra-tion Building Boardroom at 9:01 a.m. as an electronic meeting due to concerns for the health and safety of Board mem-bers, staff, and the public presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic, CO-VID-19, in accordance with Section 21.8 of the Code of Iowa, as amended. Pres-ent: Lisa Green-Douglass by conference call, Pat Heiden, Royceann Porter by conference call, Janelle Rettig by confer-ence call, Rod Sullivan. All actions were taken unanimously.County Response to COVID-19 Pan-demic Rettig provided an update on mat-ters discussed at yesterday’s weekly Command meeting, County coronavi-rus data, and COVID-19 testing. She said Public Health is working on setting up systems that accommodate large groups of people for immunization clin-ics. The clinic is currently providing flu shots. Motion by Heiden, second by Porter, to approve the claims on the Auditor’s Claim Register for September 24, 2020, as approved by a majority of the Supervi-sors.Access Technologies I .......................................................7885.00Airgas USA LLC ..................................................................349.14Alliant Energy ....................................................................189.32Amazon.Com Capital Se ....................................................8655.43Anderson Erickson Dairy .................................................... 341.12Apex Construction C .....................................................246031.00Applied Ecological Se .......................................................1357.50Astig Planning LLC ...........................................................8806.05Awash Systems Corp ........................................................... 55.45Axon Enterprise Inc ........................................................... 495.00Bankers Ad Co ...................................................................... 6.91Barron Motor Supply ..........................................................423.58Barry Kucera.................................................................... 165.00Benton County ................................................................3268.47Berg Auto Corp ................................................................... 43.77Best Buy Bus Adv Acct ......................................................1572.68Binns & Stevens Expl ......................................................19113.50Blake Harris ..................................................................... 120.00Bound Tree Medical Ll ......................................................2543.67Bp Logic Inc Dba Batte .......................................................167.70Brandon Davis .....................................................................57.70Bremer County ................................................................3350.58Bret McLaughlin ................................................................. 40.00Capital Sanitary Suppl ....................................................... 796.60Cdw Government Inc ........................................................2225.20Central Iowa Distribut ....................................................... 391.00

Centurylink .....................................................................1518.79Certified Scales Llc ..........................................................1500.00Chadwick T Gerdes .............................................................. 36.90Charm-Tex Inc .................................................................. 201.54Cherie White ...................................................................... 35.00Choice It Global LLC .........................................................2865.95City Laundering Co ........................................................... 108.04City Of Iowa City .................................................................47.90City Of Iowa City - Lan ........................................................ 11.76City Of Iowa City - U ........................................................1439.87City Of Iowa City-Ac .......................................................10164.71City Tractor Co ................................................................... 39.44CJ Cooper & Associates ....................................................... 35.00Coles Mobile Home Cour .................................................... 360.00Consumers Cooperative ....................................................3603.83Copy Systems Inc ..............................................................359.50Coralville Community .......................................................5778.00Corridor Door Inc Dba ........................................................374.00Costar Realty Informat ...................................................... 460.72Croell Redi-Mix Inc.........................................................37322.75Ctk Group LLC Dba The ...................................................... 375.00Custom Hose & Supplies .....................................................457.85Dan Erenberger .................................................................354.00Dana W Aschenbrenner ...................................................... 120.00Dans Overhead Doors .......................................................... 38.00Daryl Neitderhisar .............................................................. 16.00Dataspec Inc .....................................................................449.00Dave Gustafson ................................................................ 120.00David D Wehde ................................................................. 120.00David Tornow ..................................................................... 40.00Delaware County ...........................................................10855.71Dell Marketing Lp ............................................................. 130.59Delta Dental Of Iowa ........................................................3095.37Diane Schultes ................................................................... 45.00Dkc Real Estate LLC .......................................................... 300.00Dream City .....................................................................2396.36Dubuque County Audit ....................................................15316.72East Central Iowa Coun ..................................................... 465.00Eastern Iowa Light & P .......................................................742.92Ed Kringle ........................................................................ 120.00Eldon C Stutsman Inc .........................................................209.89Emily Benzing ....................................................................274.00Es Portables .................................................................... 450.00Fastenal Company ...........................................................1334.34Foundation 2 ....................................................................653.10Frances Owen .................................................................. 120.00Friendship Rentals ............................................................ 360.00Fullerton Funeral Home ..................................................... 858.00Gary Swenka ...................................................................... 16.00George V Swenka ................................................................ 16.00Glenn Brown .................................................................... 600.00Global Equipment Compa ....................................................249.49Graphic Printing & Des ...................................................... 228.66Gray Barn Industries In ....................................................... 15.00Gustafson Mechanical ....................................................... 131.00Harrys Custom Trophies ......................................................202.00Hawkeye Title Services ...................................................... 400.00Hbk Engineering LLC ........................................................1570.50Heartland Shredding In...................................................... 150.00Henderson Truck Equipm .................................................... 115.00Henry Schein ....................................................................524.28Housby Heavy Equipmen ...................................................1694.44Hr Green Inc .....................................................................194.40Hy-Vee #1281...................................................................434.06

Hy-Vee Inc ......................................................................2199.71Insight Public Sector ......................................................... 335.42Interstate All Battery ..........................................................449.71Iowa City Mhp LLC ............................................................ 550.00Iowa DNR ........................................................................ 175.00Iowa Paper Inc ................................................................. 436.90Iowa Process Service ........................................................ 455.00Iowa State Prison Ind .......................................................2081.04Irish Reporting Inc ............................................................ 115.50J W Bell LLC ....................................................................1273.26Jasro LLC ........................................................................1100.00Jeff Kellbach ...................................................................... 60.00Jerry Serbousek ................................................................ 210.00Jim’s Instrument Mfg I....................................................... 478.40Jm Rentals LLC ................................................................. 450.00Joanne Downes .................................................................. 54.15John Deere Financial ........................................................5656.86John Hannaford ................................................................ 118.17Johnson County Audit .....................................................31824.13Johnson County Audito .....................................................3864.89Johnson County Refuse ...................................................... 340.00Johnson County Seats ....................................................13802.18Johnson County Treasu .....................................................4108.88Jones County Auditor .....................................................12323.69Joshua F Busard ............................................................... 145.00Joshua R Allen .................................................................. 120.00Justin Geiger .................................................................... 271.85Kalona Tire Dba Lone .......................................................6722.97Kasey Hutchinson ............................................................... 60.00Kevin Halemeyer ............................................................... 120.00Kmb Property Managemen ................................................. 450.00Koch Office Group ...........................................................1037.96Kris Kron ..........................................................................224.00Ksk Properties .................................................................. 450.00Kyle Phillips ......................................................................... 6.99Larry Jon Hingtgen ............................................................. 36.90Laurie Nash ....................................................................... 60.00Laurie Rovelstad ................................................................. 18.01Lensing Funeral Servi .......................................................2100.00Life Assist Inc ...................................................................782.12Linder Tire Service I .........................................................7203.79Linn County Communit ...................................................11180.44Linn County Rec ..............................................................4058.76Linn County Treasurer .......................................................2083.33Ll Pelling Co Inc ............................................................... 631.80Lois Dodson ....................................................................... 54.00Lowe’s .............................................................................. 25.81Lynette Jacoby ................................................................... 60.00Mac Real Estate LLC ........................................................1000.00Mail Services LLC ..........................................................25322.68Mandy Rose Coates ............................................................ 34.60Marla Happel ..................................................................... 75.00Matheson Tri Gas ...............................................................332.77Mckesson Medical Surgi .................................................... 421.28Menards - Iowa City .........................................................4808.50Mercy Services Iowa Ci .......................................................603.00Metal Culverts Inc ...........................................................9764.10Michael J Alexander .......................................................... 120.00Michael Lee Miller Dba ........................................................ 86.53Mid American Energy .....................................................15585.87Mid-American Energy .......................................................... 86.29Midwest Janitorial Se .......................................................2401.41Mt Vernon Ace Hardware ..................................................... 40.42Napa Auto Parts ............................................................... 161.98Nathan M Mueller ............................................................... 60.00Neighborhood Centers ....................................................28424.87Neil Bombei ....................................................................... 60.00Newegg Business Inc .......................................................1937.49

Novak Design Group Plc......................................................937.50Office Express Office ......................................................... 600.92Office Machine Consulta ...................................................... 96.30Ottsen Oil Co ....................................................................239.74Oxford Public Library ........................................................3500.00Paul Bouska ..................................................................... 120.00Postmaster ...................................................................10000.00Praxair Distribution In ..........................................................67.71Press-Citizen Media..........................................................2051.85Psc Distribution .................................................................. 10.50Pyramid Services Inc. ........................................................ 606.33Quality Home Repair Ll ...................................................... 450.00Racom Corporation ............................................................. 34.00Ray Oherron Co Inc ........................................................... 476.25Raymond J Jiras...............................................................1001.00Rdg Planning & Design .......................................................302.72Regency Of Iowa Inc D ...................................................... 440.00Ricoh USA Inc ...................................................................163.62River Products Co ............................................................5072.22Ronald J O’neil ................................................................. 210.00Ryan Allen Hahn ................................................................. 16.00Secretary Of State .............................................................. 60.00Seth Becker ..................................................................... 185.00Seth D Bartlett ................................................................... 58.97Seth Somerville ................................................................ 120.00Shive Hattery Inc ...........................................................15000.00South Slope Coop Commun .................................................. 69.95Staples Credit Plan ............................................................253.29State Chemical Solutio .......................................................593.56State Hygienic Laborat .......................................................177.00Sue Hettmansperger...........................................................742.80Sunbelt Rentals Inc ..........................................................2950.62T & H Investments LLC ....................................................... 600.00Tallgrass Business Reso ........................................................17.62Targetsolutions Learn .......................................................2228.90Team Services Inc ............................................................. 911.80Terry Kinney ..................................................................... 120.00The Hampton At Coral R ..................................................... 450.00The Supply Store Dba C ......................................................109.73Theisens Inc ......................................................................553.44Thomas Bus Sales Of Io ..................................................... 226.86Tim Starr ..........................................................................274.00Truck Country Of Iowa ....................................................... 118.02U Of I College Of Med.......................................................4050.00Ui Diagnostic Labora ......................................................46078.40United Action For Yo ....................................................... 11957.00United Rentals (North ......................................................1033.92United States Postal .........................................................4364.99University Of Iowa ............................................................ 915.00University Of Iowa Ho .......................................................2546.00US Autoforce .....................................................................647.40US Cellular .....................................................................1096.93Van Meter Industrial I.........................................................164.89Visa ...........................................................................3432.43Wade Schultz ................................................................... 120.00Wellmark Blue Cross ....................................................152500.00William Hastings ................................................................. 89.00William J Blanchard............................................................. 40.35Windstream It-Comm.LLC ................................................... 248.98Zoom Video Comm .............................................................149.90 Motion by Porter, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the minutes of the formal meeting of September 17, 2020. Motion by Rettig, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the payroll authori-zations submitted by department heads and elected officials, as approved by a majority of the Supervisors.

Deputy Auditor Nancy Tomkovicz noted the minutes of September 3 and 10, 2020 omitted the attendance roll call due to a scrivener’s error, which is now corrected. Property Owner James Langhurst, County Treasurer Tom Kriz, and County Assessor Thomas Van Buer spoke about taxpayers’ requests pertaining to late property tax payments. Assistant County Attorney Ryan Maas reviewed the legal process and remedies available to tax payers. Motion by Heiden, second by Rettig, to deny the request to refund interest and fees paid for late property tax pay-ment on parcel No. 0410476002. Motion by Rettig, second by Heiden, to deny the request to refund interest and fees paid for late property tax pay-ment on parcel No. 1018205010. Motion by Heiden, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the Use and In-demnification Agreement for Winter Clothing Distribution at 821 South Clinton Street with Consultation for Re-ligious Communities, Iowa City. Motion by Rettig, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the Johnson County Social Services Rural Program Grant Agreement with Open Heartland, for providing academic, social and emo-tional support for primary and second-ary school students residing at Breck-enridge Estates and Iowa City Regency Mobile Home Parks in an amount not to exceed $5,200. Motion by Rettig, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the engagement letter from Eide Bailly LLP, Fargo, North Dakota, to prepare the Ground Emer-gency Medical Transportation Program cost report for the year ended June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $2,000. Motion by Heiden, second by Porter, to approve Change Order No. 01 with La-Grange, Inc., Amana, for the Clear Creek Watershed Improvements Project Bid Package 1, Division 11, an amount of $4,627.24. Motion by Heiden, second by Green-Douglass, to approve the job description for the position of Facilities Director. Adjourned to Informal Meeting at 9:27 a.m./s/Rod Sullivan, Chair, Board of Supervi-sors/s/Attest: Travis Weipert, AuditorRecorded by Kyle Phillips, Confidential Administrative SecretaryThese minutes were sent for formal ap-proval and publication on October 1, 2020.

Published in The News, Thursday, Octo-ber 8, 2020 L-328

JOHNSON COUNTY

PUBLIC NOTICE OF SATELLITE VOTING STATIONS AND EARLY VOTING

To the Voters of Johnson County: Early voting for the November 3, 2020 General Election will be available at the locations and times listed below. Any eligible Johnson County voter may vote early at any Johnson County satellite voting station or at the Auditor’s Office drive-through voting station. Bal-lots will be available for all precincts at all stations. Voter registration forms for new reg-istrations in the county will be available at all satellite stations and the Auditor’s Office drive-through station. Changes in the registration records of people who are currently registered within the coun-ty may be made at any time.

SATELLITE VOTING STATIONSClear Creek Amana West Campus Build-ing331 W. Marengo Rd., TiffinMon. Oct. 12, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Swisher Public Library72 2nd St. SETues. Oct. 13, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Coralville Public Library1401 5th St., CoralvilleWed. Oct. 14 through Fri. Oct. 16, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Sat. Oct. 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sun. Oct. 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Solon Public Library320 W. Main St.Wed. Oct. 14, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

North Liberty Community Library520 W. Cherry StSat. Oct. 17, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.Sun. Oct. 18, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Iowa City Public Library123 S. Linn St.Mon. Oct. 19 through Fri. Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sat. Oct. 24, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Mon. Oct. 26 through Thurs. Oct. 29, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Fri. Oct. 30, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.Sat. Oct. 31, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Iowa Memorial Union125 N. Madison St., Iowa City, Hubbard LoungeMon. Oct. 19 through Fri. Oct. 23, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

EARLY VOTINGBeginning Monday, October 5,

in theParking ramp of the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building

855 S. Dubuque St.Entrance to drive-through voting is on

Clinton Street.

Weekdays through Nov. 28 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Additional Drive-through Hours:Sat. Oct. 24, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sun. Oct. 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sat. Oct. 31, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sun. Nov. 1, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This notice is given pursuant to Iowa Administrative Code 721-21.300(2). For further information, please con-tact the Johnson County Auditor’s Office at (319) 356-6004, [email protected] or view our website at www.jcauditor.com. /s/ Travis WeipertJohnson County Auditor and Commis-sioner of Elections


CITY OF WELLMAN

Published in The News, Thursday, October 8, 2020

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN JOHNSON COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAE G. CHABAL, Deceased Probate No. ESPR034604. NOTICE OF PRO-BATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS To All Persons Interested in the Es-tate of Rae G. Chabal, deceased, who died on or about August 21, 2020: You are hereby notified that on the 21st day of September, 2020 the Last

Will and Testament of Rae G. Chabal, deceased, bearing date of the 19th day of August, 2020, was admitted to pro-bate in the above-named court, and that Lloyd A. Chabal was appointed Execu-tor of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this Notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose iden-tities are reasonably ascertainable, or

thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all per-sons indebted to the estate are re-quested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors hav-ing claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and un-less so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this Notice or one month from the date of mailing of this Notice (unless other-wise allowed or paid), a claim is thereaf-ter forever barred. Dated this 21st day of September, 2020.

/s/Lloyd A. ChabalLloyd A. Chabal5578 – 660th Street SELone Tree, Iowa 52755Executor

Katie MitchellMITCHELL LAW OFFICE, PLCAttorney for Executor519 Hwy 1 SouthWashington, Iowa 52353 Published in The News, Thursday, Octo-ber 8, 2020 L-57Date of second publication, Thursday, October 15, 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 7BTHE NEWS PUBLIC NOTICES

MID-PRAIRIE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

KALONA, WELLMAN, WEST CHESTERMID-PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL,

GYMNASIUM, WELLMAN, IA 52356SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 – 7 P.M.WWW.MID-PRAIRIE.K12.IA.US

President Marianne Schlabach called the meeting to order. Board members present: Mary Allred, Denise Chittick, Gabrielle Freder-ick, Jeremy Gugel, Jeremy Pickard, and Marianne Schlabach. Board members absent: Jodi Meader. Also Present: Mark Schneider, Jeff Swartzentruber, Robin Foster, Rachel Kerns, Marc Pennington, Bill Poock, Amy Shalla, Frank Slabaugh, and Jay Strick-land. There were 87 persons from the public and staff in attendance, not in-cluding Building Principals. Gabrielle Frederick moved to adopt the agenda with one change, to move the Reevaluation of face coverings in the Student Learning agenda items up with the Public Forum. Seconded by Mary Allred. Motion carried 6-0.

BUSINESS MEETING Public Forum– 7:01 p.m. Mark Schneider read an email from the Director of Washington County Pub-lic Health that came on 9/28/2020 at around 1:00p.m. The specifics of the new guidance will be released on 9/29/2020. Jeremy Pickard, Vice President of the Board, addressed the crowd with regard to the expectations of the Public Form for the evening. Fifteen people addressed the Board to state their posi-tions on the continuation, or not, for face coverings requirements in the District as implemented at the August 3, 2020 meeting. The Public Forum was closed by Vice President Pickard at 7:58 p.m. Reevaluation of Face Coverings Each Board member gave a state-ment of their evaluation of the situa-tion and the feedback that has been

provided through the two public forums, by emails, and other means. The new guidance that came from the Iowa De-partment of Health this afternoon and to be fleshed out tomorrow makes the tim-ing of the decision a bit more involved. There is interest on the part of Board members to see the guidance that will be presented tomorrow. Then, the next meeting—October 12th will be a time to decide if there are any changes after the evaluation of that guidance. Gabrielle Frederick moved to ap-prove the continuance of wearing of face coverings as required until the County Health Department has issued final guidance that can be evaluated by the School Board. The motion died for the lack of a second. Consent Items Jeremy Pickard moved to approve the following consent items. Minutes of Previous Meetings The minutes of September 14, 2020; Finance Report None presented at this time; Payment of Bills The bills as listed for September 28, 2020; Open Enrollment Requests Bob and Carli Robison request Oliver Robison (Kindergarten) attend Mid-Prai-rie’s Home School Assistance Program from Washington Community School District for the 2020-21 School Year; Mark and Andrea Farrier request Rebecca Farrier (Grade 10) and Sarah Farrier (Grade 8) attend Mid-Prairie’s Home School Assistance Program from Clear Creek Amana Community School District for the 2020-21 School Year; Personnel Items Work Agreement issued to Rachel Sather, West Elementary Special Educa-tion Paraprofessional, $13.76 per hour; Contract issued to Amy Conrad, Dis-trict Bus Driver; $24.66 per hour; Resignation of Krista Thornton, Middle School Special Education Para-professional, $14.44 per hour, effective September 14, 2020: Resignation of Erin Campbell, High School Special Education Paraprofes-

sional, $13.79 per hour, effective Octo-ber 2, 2020; Fundraising Requests – None Pre-sented; Gabrielle Frederick seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Student Learning Open Enrollment Superintendent Schneider asked the Board if Open Enrollment applica-tions should continue to be honored for the 2020-2021 School Year after the tonight’s meeting, and if so for how long. Normally there is a March 1st deadline, and the District, through Administra-tive decision, has worked with families and other Districts to make decisions that families believe are best for their students. The District will continue to recommend approval if both Districts are in agreement. Schneider would like discussion on whether these requests would be approved during this late date. Open Enrollment goes both ways, both in and out of the District. Does the Board want to approve these or will there be a determined date when these would no longer be evaluated? The Board asked questions for clarification on funding and Virtual Academy. Jeremy Pickard moved to approve that Open Enrollment In application will cease to be honored effective Septem-ber 28, 2020 for the 2020-2021 School Year. The motion died for lack of a sec-ond. Open Road Driving Contract Superintendent Schneider reported in September of 2017 the District en-tered a 3-year contract with Open Road Driving School to provide Driver’s Educa-tion Classes for students in the District. That contract has expired and a new agreement is needed to continue. The tuition has been in $370.00 per student during the previous 3-year agreement. If Open Road Driving School has met ex-pectations and would continue, they are requesting another 3-year agreement at $385.00 per student. The students can go to any driving school they wish to attend. This contract provides a way for free and reduced students, as well as, all other students of the District to attend a driving school with a company the District has contracted with for these services. Gabrielle Frederick moved to ap-

prove Open Road Driving School for a three-year contract ending in the Sum-mer of 2023 with Student Tuition at $385.00 per student. Mary Allred sec-onded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Early Outs Superintendent Schneider noted that early outs have not been used dur-ing the first 6 weeks of the year. He recommends the Board consider having a 90 minute early out once per week rather than a 2 hour early out every two weeks as shown on the School Calen-dar. This would be done through the December holiday break and then be reevaluated. This would allow teachers additional preparation time for students who are quarantined, as this is a signifi-cant burden with the levels of quaran-tine the District is experiencing. This is being presented tonight for evaluation at tonight’s meeting or at the first meeting in October. Mary Allred moved to table this item until the October 12th meeting. Denise Chittick seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Finance Resolution for the Special Educa-tion Program Additional Allowable Growth Superintendent Schneider reported that the Special Education Deficit for the 2019-2020 School Year was $459,835. It is less than the $502,198 from 2018-2019 most likely due to COVID-19 school shut down in the latter part of the school year. The Special Education Supplement has been certified as re-quired by the state before the Septem-ber 15, 2020 deadline. In order to be eligible for reimbursement a resolution for Allowable Growth and Supplemen-tal Aid for a negative Special Education Balance is required to be filed with the Iowa Department of Education. We are rounding this amount up in order to as-sure that we have sufficient amounts in case of changes made by the Depart-ment of Education. Gabrielle Frederick moved to ap-prove Resolution 0928201 for addition-al allowable growth to cover 2019-2020 special education costs in excess of funding up to $470,000. Denise Chit-tick seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Gabrielle Frederick - yes

Mary Allred - yes Jodi Meader - absent Jeremy Pickard - yes Marianne Schlabach - yes Jeremy Gugel - yes Denise Chittick - yes Motion carried 6-0. Resolution for Limited English Pro-ficiency Additional Allowable Growth Superintendent Schneider reported that the Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Deficit for the 2019-2020 School Year was $15,927.86. These are costs in excess of the Categorical Funding. The amount for this year is less than the $29,145.22 requested for the 2018-2019 School Year. The LEP filing has been certified as required by the state before the September 15, 2020 dead-line. In order to be not be impacted by this deficit, a resolution for increased Allowable Growth for a negative LEP Balance is required to be filed with the School Budget Review Committee through the Iowa Department of Educa-tion. Gabrielle Frederick moved to ap-prove Resolution 0928202 for addi-tional allowable growth of $15,927.86 to cover the 2019-2020 LEP costs in ex-cess of funding. Mary Allred seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Gabrielle Frederick - yes Mary Allred - yes Jodi Meader - absent Jeremy Pickard - yes Marianne Schlabach - yes Jeremy Gugel - yes Denise Chittick - yes Motion carried 6-0. Announcements and Suggestions for Next Agenda The next regular Board meeting will be on Monday, October 12, 2020, at 6:15 p.m. at the High School Multi-Pur-pose Room (Central Office Community Room.) Agenda items to include: Face Covering Decision.

AdjournmentThe meeting adjourned at 9:11 p.m.

President, Marianne Schlabach Secretary, Jeffrey C. Swartzentruber


MID-PRAIRIE CSD

MID-PRAIRIE COMMUNITY SCHOOLVENDOR TOTALS REPORT BY VENDOR

SEPT. 1, 2020 -SEPT. 30, 2020

Vendor Name, Description, Total1ST CLASS APPAREL, SUPPLIES............................................354.00ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS AND SIGNS, SUPPLIES ........................ 270.00ACE ELECTRIC INC, REPAIRS ............................................... 396.00ACME TOOLS, SUPPLIES ..................................................... 628.00ACT, SUPPLIES................................................................1,650.00AGRILAND FS INC, FUEL, SUPPLIES ...................................1,807.94AHLERS & COONEY PC, SERVICES ......................................... 24.50ALDEN, JOHN , SERVICES ................................................... 136.00ALL AMERICAN SPORTS CORP, SUPPLIES ...............................544.45ALLIANT ENERGY, UTILITIES ...................................................17.71AMERICAN EXPRESS, SUPPLIES ......................................26,436.30ANAMOSA HIGH SCHOOL, FEES .......................................... 100.00APPLE INC, SUPPLIES ....................................................20,079.50BAKER PAPER & SUPPLY, SUPPLIES ...................................... 160.80BEACHY, ELENA , TRAVEL ..................................................... 50.40BENCHMARK EDUCATION CO LLC, SUPPLIES .......................8,224.00BENDER, KELBY , TRAVEL ..................................................... 18.90BERG AUTO CORP, TRAILER ..............................................3,650.00BERG PHOTOGRAPHY, KELSIE , SERVICES ............................. 250.00BIG IRON WELDING OF IOWA LLC, SERVICES .......................... 26.00BIO DOME, SUPPLIES ......................................................2,849.80BLICK, DICK , SUPPLIES ..................................................... 145.88BONTRAGER TAX ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING LLC, SERVICES . 900.00BRIDGES TRANSITIONS CO, SUPPLIES .................................. 675.00BRIGGS, DON , SERVICES ...................................................133.91BSN SPORTS LLC, SUPPLIES .............................................3,882.30BUSINESS RADIO SALES & SERVICE, REPAIRS .....................1,231.45BYRDSEED LLC, SERVICES ...................................................119.00CAPPS, RICK , SERVICES .....................................................197.88CASEYS GENERAL STORE, SUPPLIES ...................................... 35.96CCL SUPPLY LLC, COVID SUPPLIES H A ..................................489.00CDW GOVERNMENT INC, SUPPLIES ..................................10,108.00CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC, SUPPLIES .....................1,854.50CINTAS CORPORATION, SERVICES ........................................404.35CITI CARDS, SUPPLIES ....................................................... 120.00COCHRAN, JAKEB , SERVICES ............................................... 92.86COMMERCIAL FLOORING DBQ, SERVICES .........................36,700.00CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES INC, SUPPLIES ......................1,039.50COUNTRY COOKIN’, SUPPLIES..............................................332.50COX SANITATION & RECYCLING INC, SERVICES ...................... 706.00

CRAIG, RICHARD , SERVICES .............................................. 130.00CULLIGAN WATER TECH, SERVICES ........................................ 13.95CUSTOM IMPRESSIONS INC, SUPPLIES .................................424.68DAILY IOWAN, THE , SERVICES .............................................357.50DAVIS, DOUG , SERVICES ................................................... 136.00DEERE FINANCIAL, JOHN , SUPPLIES .................................... 176.65DEPT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, SUPPLIES .................... 550.00DRUMMOND PRESS INC, SUPPLIES .................................13,419.39ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, EQUIPMENT ...............................432.60ELITE SPORTS, SUPPLIES .................................................2,911.50ENGLISH VALLEYS HIGH SCH, FEES ....................................... 40.00ENVISION TEES, SUPPLIES ..................................................537.00FARMERS ELECTRIC COOP, UTILITIES .................................1,421.45FLYNN, MAKENZIE , REGISTRATION ........................................ 34.65FREDS SHED, SERVICES ..................................................... 490.78FREEMAN FOODS, SUPPLIES ............................................... 736.81GAMBLES, SUPPLIES ......................................................... 228.92GASTON CASI NEW HORIZON BAND QUAD CITIES, BOB, SUPPLIES ...... .............................................................................. 75.00GELEMENT, VIKTOR , REFUND ............................................. 125.62GINGERICH, MARTIN , SERVICES ........................................... 50.00GOLFBALLS.COM INC, SUPPLIES ..........................................284.25GOPHER, SUPPLIES ........................................................... 280.37GRANT WOOD AEA, SUPPLIES ..............................................247.95HALL, KIM , SERVICES ........................................................117.97HEALY AWARDS INC, SUPPLIES ............................................. 33.63HEINEMANN, SUPPLIES ....................................................... 30.00HENRICHSON, CANDICE , SERVICES....................................... 10.00HERSHBERGER, DANIEL , TRAVEL .......................................... 18.90HOEKSTRA, ERIC , SERVICES ...............................................133.28HOGLUND BUS CO INC, BUSES ........................................... 676.86HOLLAND MICHAEL RAIBER & SITTIG PLC, LEGAL FEES ............264.00HOME DEPOT PRO, THE , SUPPLIES .................................28,643.45HOME GAS INC, REPAIRS .................................................1,018.65HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUB CO, SUPPLIES .............1,350.00HUMPHREYS SOUND, SERVICES ........................................1,044.00HY VEE, SUPPLIES .............................................................. 50.73IASBO, FEES .................................................................... 125.00IBCA, SUPPLIES ................................................................ 130.00IHSADA, FEES .................................................................. 260.00ILA/IASL, SUPPLIES ............................................................ 94.00INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC, SERVICES .4,430.86IOWA BANDMASTERS ASSN INC, FEES ................................... 75.00IOWA DIV OF LABOR SERVICES, SERVICES ............................ 120.00IOWA FPS PROGRAM, FEES ................................................ 305.00

IOWA HS MUSIC ASSN, FEES .............................................. 150.00IOWA HS SPEECH ASSN, FEES............................................... 50.00IOWA PUPIL TRANSPORTATION ASSN, FEES ........................... 220.00IOWA SCH FINANCE INFORMATION SERVICES, SERVICES ........ 898.00IOWA SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ASSN, INSURANCE .. 177,180.52IOWA STATE FIRE MARSHAL DIVISION, SERVICES ................... 798.00JANWAY CO USA INC, SUPPLIES .......................................... 436.25JAYWIL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INC, SERVICES ..................299.00JB REPAIR LLC, REPAIRS .................................................... 938.10JOHNSON COUNTY REFUSE INC, FEES .................................. 930.00JWS FOODS, SUPPLIES ...................................................... 250.55KALONA AUTO PARTS, SUPPLIES ......................................... 725.59KALONA COOP TECHNOLOGY CO, TELEPHONE ....................... 960.30KALONA VETERINARY CLINIC PC, SUPPLIES............................. 96.52KALONA, CITY OF , WATER .................................................. 360.57KALONIAL LAWN CARE, SERVICES ...................................12,178.70KEOTA COMM SCHOOL DIST, FEES ....................................... 100.00KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FEES ............................. 100.00KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FEES ...........................4,396.00KLEESE, SECRETARY, DEB , POSTAGE ..................................... 39.86KRON, SHANE , SERVICES .................................................... 92.47KUENSTER HEATING & AIR LLC, SERVICES ..........................6,095.29KULL, LEN , SERVICES ....................................................... 140.00LEARNING A-Z, FEES ......................................................... 115.45LEARNING WITHOUT TEARS, SUPPLIES ..................................584.25LIBERTY DOORS INC, SERVICES .......................................... 800.00LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS CO, THE , INSURANCE..............3,344.53LONE TREE COMM SCH, FEES ...........................................3,744.23LONGSTRETH, LANCE , SERVICES .........................................133.78LORBER, GREG , SERVICES ................................................. 136.00LORBER, PAUL M , SERVICES .............................................. 136.00LORIA, JOE , SERVICES .......................................................114.52MACKIN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, SUPPLIES ...................1,163.00MALICHKY, CYNTHIA , ADM. CHANGE ................................... 200.00MANN COMPANIES, HORACE , INSURANCE ............................. 82.05MARCO, SERVICES ..........................................................4,594.65MARTIN BROTHERS DISTRIBUTING CO INC, SUPPLIES ........20,643.39MCGRAW HILL LLC, SUPPLIES ...........................................3,257.58MECHANICAL SERVICE INC, SERVICES ..............................13,014.95MEDICAL ENTERPRISES INC, SUPPLIES .................................. 82.55MENARDS, SUPPLIES......................................................... 361.54MENKE, ROGER , SERVICES ................................................ 136.00MID-PRAIRIE COMM SCH DIST, FEES ...............................25,609.35MIDWEST ALARM SERVICES INC, SERVICES ........................1,257.15MIKES LOCK & KEY, REPAIRS ...............................................112.50

MILLER, CHRISSY , REFUND ................................................. 55.85MILLER, DOROTHY , FEES ....................................................... 8.00MILLER, LORNA , SERVICES .................................................. 80.00MITY LITE INC, SUPPLIES ................................................... 411.22MOFFIT, HUNTER , SERVICES .............................................. 110.83MOWERS PLUS, EQUIPMENT............................................... 218.44NEWS, THE , SUPPLIES .......................................................893.23NGUYEN, HUNG , SERVICES ................................................ 130.00NORMAN, ASHLEY , REFUND ................................................ 79.17NORTH IOWA AREA COMM COLLEGE, FEES ........................... 495.00ORIENTAL TRADING CO INC, SUPPLIES ..................................164.97PERFORMANCE HEALTH & FITNESS LLC, SERVICES ..................149.36PERFORMANCE THERAPIES PC, SERVICES ...........................6,280.00PETALS FLOWER SHOP, SUPPLIES .......................................... 42.50PIONEER ATHLETICS, SUPPLIES ............................................967.50PLAYON SPORTS, SERVICES ..............................................3,000.00POSTMASTER, POSTAGE ....................................................... 94.00PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC, SUPPLIES ................................1,827.90PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION INC, SUPPLIES ................................ 110.00QUILL CORP, SUPPLIES ....................................................2,230.74RAPIDS FOODSERVICE CONTRACT & DESIGN, EQUIPMENT........267.17REGIONS BANK, SUPPLIES ..................................................957.49RELION INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, INSURANCE ........................279.00RENSEMA, REBECCA , TRAVEL ............................................... 53.55REV TRAK INC, FEES .......................................................... 936.45RISER INC, SUPPLIES ........................................................ 350.00RIVERSIDE INSIGHTS, SUPPLIES .......................................1,437.00ROBERTSON, CHRIS , SERVICES .......................................... 750.00ROBINSON, NATHAN , SERVICES ......................................... 115.14ROGERS, STEVEN , SERVICES ............................................. 136.00ROHDY, JEREMY , SERVICES ............................................... 140.00ROMINE, RON , SERVICES .................................................. 130.00ROSEMOND, JOHN , SERVICES ..........................................1,750.00ROWE, SANDRA , REIMBURSEMENT ....................................... 13.95SCANTRON CORP, SUPPLIES ................................................167.21SCHOLASTIC INC, SUPPLIES ................................................212.55SCHOLASTIC INC, SUPPLIES ............................................... 465.85SCHOOL BUS SALES CO, SUPPLIES ....................................2,436.02SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC, SUPPLIES ....................................1,020.35SEIBA, FEES ....................................................................... 10.00SHARON TELEPHONE CO, TELEPHONE ...................................982.80SMITH, SPENCER , SERVICES ................................................ 90.00SNYDER, DOMINIC , SERVICES ............................................ 131.08STAPLES ADVANTAGE, SUPPLIES ...........................................127.60STAPLES CREDIT PLAN, SUPPLIES ........................................ 510.87

STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY, SERVICES ............................... 13.00STRINGTOWN GROCERY, SUPPLIES ........................................ 48.79STUTZMAN STUDIO, SERVICES ............................................ 390.00SUBWAY, SUPPLIES ............................................................249.58SUEPPEL, TED , SERVICES .................................................... 88.14SUPREME SCHOOL SUPPLY CO, SUPPLIES..............................102.35SWARTZENTRUBER, JEFFREY , REIMBURSEMENT ...................... 50.00SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC, SERVICES .....................147.35SYNCHRONY BANK/AMAZON, SUPPLIES .............................8,751.51T MOBILE, SERVICES ........................................................... 10.00TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES INC, SUPPLIES ..................... 120.29TEACHER DIRECT, SUPPLIES ............................................... 210.88TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS, SUPPLIES ..................................... 85.83TEBOCKHORST, JORDAN , REIMBURSEMENT............................ 26.56THOMAS, MELISSA , SUPPLIES .............................................. 22.05THRAPP ELECTRIC, SERVICES ............................................3,261.30TM SAFETY SUPPLIES, SUPPLIES .......................................2,666.40TOBII DYNAVOX LLC, SUPPLIES ............................................199.00TWEEN PUBLISHING, SUPPLIES ........................................... 175.00UNDERWOOD DISTRIBUTING CO, SUPPLIES ...........................324.70US CELLULAR, SUPPLIES ..................................................3,513.27VALUE INSPIRED PRODUCTS & SERVICES, SUPPLIES ............2,656.00VEST, KEVIN , SERVICES .................................................... 280.00WALMART COMMUNITY, SUPPLIES ....................................... 951.92WALSH DOOR & SECURITY, SERVICES ................................1,650.00WALSHIRE, SONYA , REFUND .................................................. 5.29WASHINGTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, FEES .....................19,733.58WATER SHOP INC, THE , SUPPLIES ......................................... 63.60WELLMAN AUTO PARTS, SUPPLIES ....................................... 195.16WELLMAN COOP TELEPHONE ASSN, TELEPHONE..................2,423.67WELLMAN FAMILY PRACTICE, FEES ........................................ 90.00WELLMAN, CITY OF , UTILITIES..........................................2,326.78WERNIMONT, TED , SERVICES ..............................................113.94WMPF GROUP LLC, SERVICES ..............................................409.26YMCA OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, FEES ..............................5,000.00YOTTYS INC, SUPPLIES .......................................................913.99ZOOK, JEAN , REFUND ......................................................... 40.85 ......................................................................564,066.81


HIGHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLSSPECIAL BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 20205 P.M. – HIGHLAND BOARD ROOM

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by President Nate Robinson. Roll call was taken with Megan Al-len, Rachel Longbine, Samantha Hold-en, Mike Golden, Kevin Engel and Nate Robinson present. Kathy Butler was present via Zoom. Also in attendance were Ken Crawford, Superintendent, An-gela Hazelett, Secondary Principal, Jane O’Leary, Elementary Principal and Sue Rich, Board Secretary. Holden made a motion to approve the agenda, as presented. Seconded by Golden. Motion carried 7-0 Jayme Kallaus and Clint Jones from the Highland Education Association gave

an update on the recent teacher survey they had done asking several questions about how things were going overall. Mr Crawford gave information from a parent survey he had done as well. The Board then discussed the return to learn plans at length. Mr Crawford gave a recommenda-tion to have the elementary return 100% and the secondary to continue Hybrid model for three more weeks until the end of the quarter on October 23rd.

Golden made a motion to have the el-ementary and secondary both return 100% starting on Monday, October 5th. Seconded by Longbine. Roll Call Vote – All Ayes. Motion carried 7-0 Mr Crawford stated the Iowa Public Health Department was going to come out possibly tomorrow with a statement

saying those with masks will not need to quarantine if there is a positive Covid-19 result within 6 feet for 15 minutes. He recommended the Board make a motion on this as well. Longbine made a motion stating that if the Iowa Department of Public Health issues a statement saying that those with masks will not need to quar-antine if there is a positive Covid-19 result within 6 feet for 15 minutes then we will require all individuals to wear a mask on Highland Community School District property starting on the day fol-lowing the announcement. Seconded by Engel. Roll Call Vote – All Ayes. Motion carried 7-0 Principal’s Report: Jane O’Leary – We are working on changing things up in the lunch room and how we are seating the students at the tables. Angela Hazelett – Homecoming went great and a big shout out to Traci Vonnahme and Kelli Schwarz for bring-

ing it all together. MAP testing is this week and Madi Thomann got 1st place at the cross country meet over the week-end. Superintendent’s Report: Waste Water – The treated waste-water outfall pipe will either have to be abandoned and a new one constructed or a concrete headwall will have to be constructed for the current outfall pipe. These both would be new scope items and an additional cost. The geotechnical report has been provided to HR Green and the preliminary vendor drawings have been received as well. Several structures can be demolished at the completion of the project but may re-quire some asbestos testing. Bond Issue – They are finishing up the work in the gyms and they were told we needed these done by October 5th. The windows are getting finished up and the screens being put in do not open up so we are checking into this as well. Fusion Forward – The promotional

video is being worked on and they were in the District last Friday doing some video taping. They will have a 10 minute clip for us to review so we will plan on doing this at a work session. The final video will be 4 to 4.5 minutes in length. Board Project List – The PPEL and SAVE numbers were presented for 20-21 and the project list with some of the costs were discussed. Golden made a motion to adjourn at 6:56 p.m. Seconded by Longbine. Motion carried 7-0 Reports and documents and the full text of motions, resolutions, or policies considered by the Board at this meeting are on file in the Board Secretary’s of-fice, 648-3822, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PRESIDENT, NATE ROBINSON SECRETARY, SUE E RICH


HIGHLAND CSD

LONE TREE CSDVENDOR TOTALS REPORT BY VENDOR

09/01/2020-09/30/2020

Vendor Name, Description, TotalAGVANTAGE FS INC, SUPPLIES .............................................. 74.26AIRBORNE ATHLETICS INC, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT ...............4,020.00ALL AMERICAN SPORTS COROPORATION, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT ........ ..........................................................................1,053.21ALLIANT ENERGY, GAS & ELECTRIC ..................................11,048.56BARRIOS, CESAR , WELLNESS CENTER INSTRUCTOR ................. 15.00BERKA, JOSH , OFFICIAL .................................................... 110.00BONTRAGER, DAN , OFFICIAL .............................................. 100.00BRANSON, SARA , SCHOLARSHIP ........................................ 500.00BRENNEMAN AUTO BODY, REPAIRS ......................................204.00BSN SPORTS, SUPPLIES ...................................................2,615.08BURGER, TOM , OFFICIAL ..................................................... 80.00CAPPS, RICK , OFFICIAL ..................................................... 200.00CHABAL, LLOYD , MEMBERSHIP REIMBURSEMENT ................. 180.00CHALLENGE TO CHANGE INC, CLASSROOM MATERIALS ............ 30.00CHOWN APPLIANCE, INC., APPLIANCE SALES OR SERVICE ........124.28CITY OF LONE TREE, WATER/SEWER ..................................4,304.30COBB OIL COMPANY, DIESEL, GAS ...................................... 396.21COCHRAN, JAKOB , OFFICIAL .............................................. 110.00

CORRETHERES, GERALD , OFFICIALS.................................... 100.00CORRIDOR TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ... ..........................................................................4,604.40CRAIG, RICHARD , OFFICIAL................................................ 190.00D.C. TAYLOR CO., EQUIPMENT REPAIR ...................................792.44DANNCO, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT.......................................1,445.40DECORATIVE CONCRETE SURFACES, FLOORING MOISTURE TESTING .... ..........................................................................1,500.00DIAMOND VOGEL PAINT 252, SUPPLIES ............................... 571.02DICKEY, THOMAS , REIMB/WELLNESS CENTER INSTRUCTOR ... 120.00DIGITAL IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY, SUPPLIES .......................... 120.00DISCOUNT SCHOOL SUPPLY, SUPPLIES ..................................107.04DOLLAR GENERAL STORE #16866, SUPPLIES ......................... 35.85EVER-GREEN LANDSCAPE NURSERY & SUPPLY INC, SUPPLIES ............ ..........................................................................1,408.00FUSION FORWARD DESIGN & MARKETING, PURCHASED SERVICES ...... ..........................................................................1,200.00HALL, KIM , OFFICIAL ........................................................ 100.00HARRY’S CUSTOM TROPHIES LTD., SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT ........ 20.00HAWKEYE CARPET & VINYL INC, CARPET/VINYL ...................2,400.00HIGHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST, TUITION/FEES .........2,104.66HY VEE IOWA CITY #2, SUPPLIES ........................................ 118.66HY-VEE #1281, SUPPLIES .................................................. 370.55INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES, SUPPLIES ..............................1,187.57

INTREPID SPORTSWEAR, SUPPLIES....................................1,973.00IOWA ASSOC OF SCHOOL BUS OFFICIALS, REGISTRATION ......... 75.00IOWA BUSINESS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REGISTRATION ...... 40.00IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, ICN FEES ...................... 456.45IOWA DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES, BOILER INSPECTION ..... 160.00IOWA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOC, SUPPLIES/FEES.............. 110.00IOWA PAPER, SUPPLIES ...................................................1,747.84IOWA SOLUTIONS, COMPUTER SERVICES ................................ 20.00JACOBSON, WILLIAM , WELLNESS CENTER INSTRUCTOR ......... 100.00JACQUE, AMBER , REIMBURSEMENT ...................................... 23.78JAMISON, SAMANTHA , OFFICIAL ......................................... 220.00JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP, MONITORING .....1,526.77JOHNSON COUNTY REFUSE INC, GARBAGE SERVICE ............... 710.00JOHNSON, ROGER , OFFICIAL .............................................. 100.00JOSEPH M SANFELIPPO LLC, SPEAKER ...............................9,500.00KALONA NEWS, SUBSCRIPTION............................................109.73KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONTINUING EDUCATION , REGIS-TRATION/TUITION ............................................................. 350.00KLEIN, STEVE , OFFICIAL ...................................................... 80.00KNOBBE, PATRICK , OFFICIAL .............................................. 110.00KOCH BROTHERS INC, SUPPLIES .......................................1,633.43KULL, LEN , OFFICIAL ......................................................... 110.00LAKESHORE CURRICULUM MATERIALS, SUPPLIES .................... 12.98LAW, CHRIS , OFFICIAL ...................................................... 100.00LEAF, COPIER LEASE ..........................................................729.00LENZ, MELISSA , WELLNESS CENTER CLASS INSTRUCTOR ......... 90.00LONE TREE ACTIVITY ACCOUNT, REIMBURSEMENT ...............1,593.00

LONE TREE TIRE AND SERVICE, REPAIRS/SUPPLIES ................ 846.03LONG TERM FITNESS LLC, WELLNESS CENTER INSTRUCTOR ...... 75.00LORIA, JOE , OFFICIAL ....................................................... 110.00LYNCH DALLAS, PC, LEGAL FEES ..........................................462.00MAHONEY, BRIDGET , REIMBURSEMENT ................................149.00MARTIN BROS DISTRIBUTING CO INC, SUPPLIES .................6,951.49MATHESON TRI GAS, SUPPLIES ........................................... 135.71MCKINNIE-SHAW, DAJON , WELLNESS CENTER INSTRUCTOR ... 125.00MEDIACOM, WELLNESS CENTER CABLE ................................ 221.41MENARDS, SUPPLIES..........................................................863.36MILLER, MATT , OFFICIAL ................................................... 210.00MISSOURI TURF PAINT, SUPPLIES ........................................ 426.00MOFFIT, HUNTER , REIMBURSEMENT ................................... 110.00MOTION PICTURE LICENSING CORPORATION , LICENSING FEE ..174.54NATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, MEMBERSHIP 184.00PEPSI-COLA, BEVERAGES ................................................1,520.46PHELPS, SUPPLIES ............................................................ 136.80PIERSON, MOLLY , REIMBURSEMENT ..................................... 38.21PIONEER VALLEY BOOKS, SUPPLIES ....................................... 50.50PUSH PEDAL PULL, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT ............................233.50QUADIENT INC, POSTAGE INK ............................................. 135.99QUILL CORPORATION, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT .....................2,653.09REALLY GOOD STUFF, SUPPLIES ...........................................322.82RELIABLE TERMITE & PEST CONTROL, PEST CONTROL............. 250.00ROGERS, STEVE , OFFICIAL ................................................. 110.00RYDER, NIC , OFFICIAL ....................................................... 100.00SAUNDERS, BOB , OFFICIAL ................................................ 100.00

SCHOLASTIC INC, PERIODICALS ...........................................939.14SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC, SUPPLIES .......................................524.53SEABURY & SMITH, HEALTH INSURANCE.............................5,596.61SHEMANSKI, DAVE , OFFICIAL ............................................. 110.00SPECIALTY FLOORS INC, GYM FLOOR SERVICES ...................4,530.00SQUIERS, THOMAS , REIMBURSEMENT ................................. 240.00STOKES ENERGY CONSULTING LLC, CONSULTING SERVICES ...... 25.00SUEPPEL, TED , OFFICIAL ................................................... 110.00SUPPLY PLACE-LENOCH & CILEK, THE , SUPPLIES .................... 14.34SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC, NATURAL GAS................. 81.31TEACHING STRATEGIES INC, SUPPLIES ................................. 470.25VAN METER ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO, SUPPLIES........................... 68.91VARSITY, CHEERLEADING UNIFORMS ................................... 245.30VERIZON, BROADBAND ........................................................ 41.32VISA, SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT ............................................8,562.77WALMART STORES, SUPPLIES ............................................. 290.33WERNIMONT, TED , OFFICIAL .............................................. 110.00WILDER, GABRIAL , OFFICIAL .............................................. 110.00WINDSTREAM IOWA COMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE ............. 588.32WOODBURN PRESS, PLANNERS ...........................................183.12WYLDER, GABRIEL , OFFICIAL ............................................. 110.00Vendors Listed: ..................................................................... 112Total: ...................................................................... 104,987.63


LONE TREE CSD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Amendment to Code of Ordinances –

Chapter 105)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Wellman, Iowa, will hold a public hearing as part of its regular meeting at 5:30 P.M. the

19th day of October, 2020, at City Hall, 316 8th Avenue, Wellman, Iowa, for the purpose of obtaining public input on an ordinance proposing to amend Chapter 105 (Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellman, Iowa (“City Code”), to adjust established fees and charges for

landfill bags. Copies of the proposed ordinance are available at City Hall for inspection. All interested persons will be heard at this time. Published this 8th day of October 2020.

Beth VanWinkle, City Clerk


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PUBLIC NOTICES

September 29 Caller on West First Street, River-side, reports harassment. Officer spoke with the caller. Documentation at this time. Caller in the 100 block of South Sixth Street, Kalona, reports two males showed up at his residence and showed him a badge. They told him they were officers. Subject gave out personal in-formation. Caller reports they were in a blue car. Two white males, age around 40s or older. Requests to speak to an of-ficer. Officer responded and spoke with the caller. Believe subjects were from the census. Caller in the 3100 block of Highway 22, Riverside, reported staying at the Riverside casino hotel this weekend and her make up bag was left behind with medication inside. Documentation. Caller in the 1500 block of Dogwood Avenue, Wellman, reports a grain dryer on fire, it is burning inside. Request Well-man Fire. Wellman Fire responded and extinguished the fire. Caller requests a civil standby to re-cover his phone which was found by a coworker in Kalona. Officer responded and the phone was returned to the own-er.

September 30 Caller in the 700 block of 12th Av-enue, Wellman, requests a deputy to her residence. She doesn’t feel safe there and would like a deputy to drive around the area. Officer responded and checked the area. No problem. Caller in the 100 block of C Avenue, Kalona, reports seeing a subject running away from his cousin’s car. It appeared as though he was trying to gain entry. Suspect ran towards B Avenue, describe as a male subject approx. 6’ with long hair. Officers responded and checked

the area. They did see a subject match-ing that description running through yards but were unable to locate him. Caller reports she drove off the road-way in the 2800 block of Highway 22, Riverside. No injuries. Operator Carrie A Erickson of Kalona. Vehicle owner had tow company on the way to assist. Caller in the 1300 block of 170th Street, Wellman, report a fire in a bean field. There are hog sheds in the back of the field. Combine moved. Wellman Fire responded and extinguished. Caller in the 300 block of Third Street, Kalona, reports receiving a hang up 911 call with no answer on call back. Officer responded and spoke to a resi-dent at the address who advised there is no issue. Caller reports an open line 911 call from a 911 cell phone in the 100 block of South Sixth Street, Kalona. Respond-ed. Unable to locate any problem in the area. Caller in the 3000 block of Highway 22, Riverside, reports locating a phone on their property Requesting to speak to a deputy and have them retrieve their phone. Officer responded and retrieved the phone. Caller in the 100 block of E Avenue, Kalona, reports a truck broke a mirror off of his truck and then left the scene, was last seen headed southbound from the parking lot. Officer responded and spoke with both parties. Information was exchanged.

October 1 Caller reports an accident on private property in the 3100 block of Highway 22, Riverside. Officer responded and spoke to the caller. Documentation. Deputy reports being out with two juveniles in the 1100 block of E Avenue, Kalona. Officers cited two juvenile sus-

pects for curfew violation. Caller in the 300 block of East Hick-ory Street, Riverside, reports intoxicated subjects in the neighboring yard. Offi-cers responded and checked the area. Unableto locate anyone. Caller in the 1400 block fo Tulip Av-enue, Riverside, reports two subject are at the residence intoxicated and advised they had rolled their vehicle at another location. Arrested Jessica Lisa Meyer, 37, of Riverside for public intoxication. Arrested Scott Glenn Matthes, 57, of Riv-erside, for possessing dangerous weap-ons while intoxicated, carrying weapons, public intoxication and citations issued for driving under suspension and failure to maintain control. Vehicle was located at Spruce and 130th. Towed. Caller in the 200 block of West First Street, Riverside, reports she had $149.95 put on her pay pal and the business did not put the money on the card. Officer made contact with the call-er and she had already gone back to the store and the problem has been fixed.

October 2 Caller requests a deputy at the ca-sino for a subject who is being uncoop-erative. Officers responded and spoke to the subjects who agreed to leave for the night. Caller reports a friend who is in an accident in the 1400 block of E Avenue, Kalona. No injuires and the roadway is not blocked. Officer responded. Op-erators Douglas Shalla of Kalona and Keegan Gingerich of Kalona. State ac-cident report to be filed. Officer reports being out with a dis-abled vehicle in a field drive on Vine Avenue, Riverside. Vehicle has two front tires slashed. Received a 911 call from a resi-dence on Vine Avenue, Riverside. Busy signal upon calling back. Officer re-sponded. Construction company struck the phone lines. Subject was made

aware and was OK inside the residence. Caller reports a violation of a no con-tact order in the 1000 block of 140th Street, Wellman, Report to be filed, Caller in the 200 block of A Avenue, Kalona, reports receiving a call from someone claiming to be with the US Mar-shal Service and there was a warrant for his arrest. Caller did provide limited per-sonal information before hanging up on the person. Officer spoke with the com-plainant who was advised to contact his bank and monitor his banking activity Caller in the 100 block of North Washington Street, Riverside, reports loud music coming from Washington Street. Not sure of an address. Checked the area and was unable to locate any loud music.

October 3 Vehicle stop at 11th Street and E Avenue, Kalona. Arrested Tyler Joseph Brenneman, 32, of Kalona for OWI 1st offense and possession of a dangerous weapon while intoxicated. Caller in the 1100 block of Seventh Street, Wellman, reports her truck was stolen from her sister’s residence some-time during the night. Keys were not in the vehicle. Caller in the 600 block of East Hick-ory Street, Riverside, reports the theft of two political signs from his yard. Trump signs. Documentation. Caller in Kalona requests a welfare check on her father-in-law. Officer re-sponded and made contact with the subject who was fine. Deputy reports being out with a sub-ject who is wanted on a Johnson County warrant. Arrested Eric Henry, 37, of Kalo-na, for failure to appear mittimus for driving under the influence – liquor. No bond, must serve time. Transported the suspect to the Cheese Factory where Johnson County took custody. Caller reports a car went into the ditch at Highway 218 and 160th Street,

Riverside. Car drove out and was struck by a semi. No injuries. Operators: Darrin Glenn Hershberger of Kalona and Den-nis Evans Smith Jr. of Holstein, Iowa. State accident report to be filed. Caller in the 1000 block of Sec-ond Street, Wellman, reports underage smoking. Officer spoke with all parties. The caller did not wish to press charges and the subject denied providing tobac-co to anyone. Caller in the 800 block of Eighth Av-enue, Wellman, reports a dispute over their child with his wife. Officer spoke with the caller and they were given their options. Caller reports a disturbance in front of the grandstand in Riverside. Officer responded. The subjects had left prior to officer’s arrival.

October 4 Officer at the casino parking lot. Ar-rested Michael Clifford Patterson, 46, of West Chester for OWI 1st offense. Report of an irate, intoxicated male refusing to leave the casino. Request a deputy. Subject got a ride prior to depu-ty’s arrival. Caller reports smoke coming out of the roof of their neighbor’s home in the 1000 block of Orange Avenue, Kalona. No flames showing and nobody appears to be home. Kalona Fire, Kalona QRS, Riverside Fire responded. Fire extin-guished. Caller reports suspicious activity in the 500 blcok of Sixth Avenue, Wellman. Documentation. Deputy reports executing a search warrant in the 500 block of Sixth Street, Wellman. Charges pending per DCI lab results for possession of controlled substance and possession of drug para-phernalia. Intoxicated subject in the parking lot of the casino stumbling around. Officer responded. Subject was given a ride home.

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Franklin W Bruty, grantee; deed of surviving spouse; N 40 FT Washington Highland Park Add Lot 8 Block 31 Washington Highland Park Add Lot 9 Block 31 Kristene Marie Bruty Executor, Kristene M Bruty Executor, grantor; Kirtene K Bruty Estate, Kirtene Bruty, Franklin W Bruty, grantee; deed of surviving spouse; Wash-ington highland Park Add Lot 1 & 10 Block 31; Washington Highland Park Add Lot 10 Block 32 Kristene Marie Bruty Executor, Kristene M Bruty Executor, grantor; Kirtene K Bruty Estate, Kirtene, Franklin W Bruty, grantee; deed of surviving spouse; S 52 FT of Wash-ington Highland Park Add Lot 9 Block 32; N 40 FT Washington highland Park Add Lot 8 Block 32; N 40 FT Washington Highland Park Add Lot 3 Block 31; Washington High-land Park Add Lot 2 Block 31 Kristene Marie Bruty Executor, Kristene M Bruty Executor, Kirtene Bruty Estate, grantor; Gregory Bruty, Debbie Bruty, grant-ee; court officer deed; N 40 FT Washington Highland Park Add Lot 3 Block 31; Washing-ton Highland Park Add Lot 2 Block 31 Everett L Miller, Rosalyn A Miller, grant-or; Chester G Ropp, grantee; contract; part NW SW 12-77-8 Joseph L McConnell Attorney, grantor; Richard E Davidson, Doris Davidson, grant-ee; deed of surviving spouse; Washington L&W Smouses NE Add Lot 7 Block 3 Larry J Rice, O Beth Broman, grantor; Eric B Hahn, Ashley A Hahn, grantee; con-tract; Rural Subdivision Lost Acres SD Lot

14 Larry J Rice, O Beth Broman, grantor; Jacob R Smith, Jaime L Smith, grantee; con-tract; rural Subdivisions Lost Acres SD Lot 13 Brenneman Family Farms LLLP, RC Management LLC, grantor; Kyle R Ihrig, Amy J Ihrig, grantee; warranty deed; part NW NW 01-76-8 Brenneman Family Farms LLLP, RC management LLC, grantor; Nate Strabala, Cari Strabala, grantee; warranty deed; Part NW SW 02-76-8

Aug. 17-21, 2020 Taylor J Bombei, Hannah M Bombei, grantor; Emily L Peters, grantee; warranty deed; Kalona Mullets 5th Add Lot 12; $255,500 Margie L Lasek, grantor; Austin J Kem-per, Gabrielle J Kemper, grantee; warranty deed; Washington Highland Park Add Lot 2 Block 37; $148,000 Earl R Swantz Revocable Trust, Earl R Swantz Trustee, grantor; IRW Properties LLC, grantee; contract; Wellman OP Lot 3-10 Block 6; Comm 88 Ft S of NE Corn Wellman OP Lot 26 Block 6 Thence S 132 FT, thence E, N & W Wellman OP Lot 23-25 Block 6 Pickard Properties LLC, grantor; ISOM Brian K Trustee, B&L Trust, B & L Trust, grantee; warranty deed; part Kalona Hill Mont SD Lot 2-3 Block 1 Brandon James Helmuth, Nicole Che-rie Helmuth, grantee; Elizabeth Dehogues, William Dehogues, grantee; warranty deed;

Commencing 40.4 FT S of NW Corn Kalona Snider & Allen SD Lot 7 Thence S 90 FT, Thence E 150 FT; $216,000 Phillip G Christiansen, Alma J Chris-tiansen, grantor Paul E Heathcote, Debra A Heathcote, grantee; warranty deed; Rural Subdivision Waters Edge SD Lot 8 & Right to Well #5; $290,000 Aline K Schipper, grantor; Aline K Schip-per Trustee, Aline K Schipper Trust, grantee; deed-other; Part Kalona Mullets 3rd Add Lot 1-2 Nancy L Kimmel, grantor; Kelly M Reeves, grantee; warranty deed; Washing-ton Grays SD Lot 5 Block 2; $72,000Mark A Peterson, Amy S Peterson, grantor; MP AP Farms LLC, grantee; quit claim deed; part NE NE 10-74-7 Janet Fay Davis, grantor; Kent Miles Da-vis, grantee; quit claim deed; Washington Wilsons Add Lo 2-3 Block 11 Leroy V Havel Executor, Colleen Havel Estate, grantor; Leroy V Havel, grantee; court officer deed; Washington Highland Park Add Lot 7 Block 34 Leroy V Havel, grantor; Colleen Havel, grantee; deed of surviving spouse; Part Washington Highland Park Add Block 45-46; Washington Highland Park Add Lot 1-8 Block 36; Washington Highland Park Add Lot 1-8 Block 35 Kevin R Vest Executor, Lori Rae Vest Estate, grantor; Brian Bangs, grantee; war-ranty deed; Washington MM Youngs 2nd Add Lot 2 Block 7; $121,000

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The City of Kalona recognizes the service and dedication of current & past members of The Kalona Voluntary Fire Department!

Weller Snyder 3-17 - 4-38Charles Carpenter 3-17 - 5-23Jesse Kauffman 3-17 - 5-19William O’Loughlin 3-17 - 2-18John Suhring 3-17 - 8-21H.V. Beck 3-17 - 2-67L.W. Duest 3-17 - 12-22Alva Kepler 3-17 - 3-18D.J. Guengerich 3-17 - 8-18Guy Smith 3-17 - 12-20Sam W. Yoder 3-17 - 1-41Ernest Louck 3-17 - 11-17Gail Fry 3-17 - 9-22Ezra Swartzendruber 3-17 - 4-18William Welte 3-17 - 8-30E.J. Hesselschwerdt 3-17 - 7-62Charles Brewer 3-17 - 12-17William B. Duffield 3-17 - 3-20D.C. Steigleder 3-17 - 2-52 Elijah C. Hasty 3-17 - 10-23Milt Ehrenfelt Sr. 6-17 - 1-18Frank F. Marsh 8-17 - 3-21Oran W. Bell 8-17 - 3-21Silas Ford 11-17 - 7-19Frank P. Friese 1-18 - 3-20L.C. McGuigan 1-18 -4-28 R.H. Peterseim 2-18 -5-18 D.T. Beck 9-18 - 3-25Charles Shaffer 9-18 -8-23J.R. Swartzendruber 1-19 -11-50 Roy Snyder 1-19 - 8-22 Byron Batterson 5-19 - 3-20 Jess Miller 10-20 - 2-22George Allen Sr. 3-22 - 12-22Orville Bell 3-22 - 12-22Charles Faulkner 3-22 - 10-23George Jepson 3-22 -12-22Glenn Carpenter 10-22 - 8-23V.D. Hochstetler 10-22 -12-81

Tom Sparks 12-22 - 5-31Ivo E. Grady 1-23 - 1-28 Fred Bourgeois 1-23 - 8-25 Don Dawson 8-23 - 10-24H.W. Reece 11-23 -10-24Charles Seemuth 11-23 - 9-25Roy Osborn 11-23 -7-26 Howard Mehaffey 11-23 - 9-25Martin Kern 11-23 - 2-26Edward C. Kern 2-25 - 11-60Glenn Wahl 3-25 - 2-45James Cahil 3-25 - 1-28 H.A. Swartzendruber 11-25 - 4-62 Lester Kline 11-25 - 11-29Vere E. Davis 11-25 - 6-42Charles E. Strickler 8-26 - 1-28 Edward Miller 10-26 - 6-27Gerald Teets 1-27 - 8-46Elmer Marner 5-28 - 7-35Walter Swartzendruber 5-28 - 9-3Ivan Alt 5-28 - 2-33Frank Conklin 8-28 - 10-49Ed. E. Hershberger 12-28 - 4-32Homer J. Yoder 9-30 - 4-37Thomas R. James 10-30 - 12-41H.L. “Chet” Walker 7-31 -10-64C.C. Shimon 5-32 - 6-84Everette Teets 5-32 - 3-43 Fred Miller 4-33 - 10-35 Charles L. Drollinger 10-35 - 4-46 Leo Walker 2-36 - 4-38F.E. Skola 5-37 - 6-81Lyle E. Fry 5-38 - 4-68Harry Horesowsky 5-38 - 2-43Raymond Miller 4-41 - 4-74Joseph W. Fisher 3-42 - 6-77Amos Hostetler 1-44 - 11-57Lester (Bud) Speas 1-44 - 4-83Gail Swartzendruber 1-44 - 12-57

Floyd Walker 7-47 - 8-72Robert Swartzendruber 7-47 - 12-48Ardell Johnson 7-47 - 11-60Richard Conklin 7-47 -10-48Joe Allen 3-49 - 10-76Amos Mellinger III 2-50 - 1-71Delmar Schlabaugh 4-52 -12-81Robert Gates 4-52 - 2-58 Eugene Hartzler 12-57 - 9-79Marvin Yoder 12-57 -11-61Raymond (Bart) Yotty 2-58 - 5-96 Ralph Miller 11-60 -12-82 J.D. Boyd 11-60 -11-96Richard Morgan 1-62 - 8-74Marvin Yotty 7-62 - 5-96James A. Shalla 10-62 - 10-87Harold (Short) Peterseim 1-65 - 10-72 Ronald Harland 5-67 - 12-01Donald Speas 6-68 - 9-93Edward M. Yoder 2-71 - 12-01Paul L. Miller 2-71 - 2-98Lester Bontrager 2-71 - 6-72 Harold Chapman 2-71 - 1-85 Warren Olson 2-71 - 6-84Dr. Dave Greiner 9-72 - 2-03 Jan M. Skola 10-72 - 12-84Ike Yoder 2-73 - 6-79 Steve Yotty 7-74 - 2-19Herman Slabach 10-74 - 12-89Randy Swartzendruber 10-74 - 2-19Richard Brenneman 12-76 - 12-10Elmer L. Yoder 7-77 - 12-05Ed Mattes 10-79 - 10-06Dwight Bender 10-79 - 9-94Jerry Kauffman 6-81 - 1-12 Robert Christner 7-81 - 12-01 Randy Troyer 3-82 - 3-19Dave Swartzendruber 3-83 - 4-06 Greg Harland 6-83 -12-05

John Schlabaugh 4-85 - 12-06Keith Davisson 3-90 - 3-18Ron Boyd 10-93 - 1-14 Gary Marner 8-96 - 2-12 Todd Kiefer 8-96 - 6-98Clayton Hershberger 11-96 - 11-19Nathan Smith 1-02 - 1-12Clint Helmuth 8-03 - 2-19Chad Gilliam 1-08 - 4-14CURRENT MEMBERSJim Berg 8-84Kevin Johnson 8-84Delwyn (Bud) Bender 4-85James E. Hauth 12-87Jerry Zahradnek 11-94Tim Miller 5-98Clair Yoder 6-98Todd Miller 1-02Merv Miller 1-02Dan Kern 3-06Chris Swartzendruber 3-06Chad Scarff 6-06Loren Helmuth 1-07Larry Hershberger 2-07Riley Hershberger 11-07Aaron Gingerich 1-08Matt Berg 7-12 Brent Jehle 7-12 Lucas Troyer 7-12 Kyle Johnson 7-12Jordan Yotty 8-14Justin Harland 8-14Matt Jacoby 8-14Kyle Mullet 5-19Jed Seward 5-19Lukas Yoder 5-19Joey Shumake 5-19

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Fire safety is a family affair in Kalona, in more ways than oneBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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Kalona Fire Chief Jerry Zahradnek is no stranger to the department. He’d already been a firefighter and EMT for 26 years before taking over as chief in December 2019, and he’d seen his grand-father, Bart Yotty, and uncle, Steve Yot-ty, take the helm before him. His great uncle was also an assistant chief to Bart and his cousin was an as-sistant chief to Steve. “It’s definitely an honor to lead this department,” Zahradnek said. “I’ve had family members ahead of me. It’s just something that has been in our blood.” This firefighter heritage helped Zah-radnek assume the responsibility of fire chief without complications. “The comfort level came from step-ping into a role where I knew the foun-dation had been laid there for 100 years prior to any of us,” he said. “The transi-tion went very well and went easy. Ev-erything that Steve had done in the past

prepared me, and prepared all of us, for this.” The pandemic descended only a few months into Zahradnek’s tenure, which changed the structure of meetings and trainings, as well as influencing the de-partment to buy all new air packs, so each firefighter could be fit with their own mask and regulator to eliminate cross-contamination through equip-ment. The department also had to can-cel their pancake fundraiser, their only fundraising event of the year. Despite the coronavirus turbulence, however, Zahradnek has continued to look ahead toward the future of the de-partment, exactly as his predecessors did. “One of the main things is guiding into the future, looking ahead at where things need to be, having a five-year plan, a 10-year plan, a 20-year plan,” Zahradnek said. “We all try to keep our eyes on the horizon. Steve had done that as chief, and my grandfather was the same way, always looking into the future and trying to better the commu-nity.” City administrator Ryan Schla-baugh has known all three fire chiefs and said they have all had a similar out-look on their service to the community. “They have all been available, if you have a question, comment, or concern, they’ve all been willing to listen and share their concerns,” he said. “It’s been an open-door policy with our fire chiefs, which is the biggest thing I take away from them. They’re in our com-

munity and they’re dedicated to talking about our needs, what we’re doing well, what we need to improve on. It comes from a spirit of wanting what’s best for [Kalona].” The three generations, Bart, Steve, and Zahradnek, all overlapped for about a year and a month after Zah-radnek joined the department, before Bart retired in 1996. And even after he retired, Bart still helped his grandson learn. Zahradnek still asks Steve for ad-vice from time to time. Schlabaugh said the family lineage of fire chiefs has inspired confidence from the city and residents of Kalona. “They’ve invested a lot of time in this department over the years, pro-vided a lot of consistency, since they’ve grown up around the department,” he said. “If there were a revolving door of leaders, I’m not sure our community would have the same amount of trust that they do today.” The familial support didn’t only come from his predecessors, however. Zahradnek said he also relies on the support he gets from his wife and chil-dren: Traci, his wife of 25 years, his daughters Maddi (22) and Shelby (20), and son Jack (16). Traci and Maddi are also EMTs, so they understand the sac-rifices that come with being a first re-sponder. “We spend a lot of hours training and at meetings. From top to bottom, where the big sacrifice is made is the fami-lies,” Zahradnek said. “It’s the families that sacrifice on Christmas morning

at 8:30 when alarms go off, or even on a normal night at home eating supper and the alarms go off and you leave. I’m fortunate that my family supports me, all the time.” Although the pandemic has contin-ued to disrupt normal operations for the Kalona Volunteer Fire Department, such as fire station tours for students, Zahradnek is still dedicated to teaching fire prevention and fire safety, which he says should be a regular part of fami-lies’ lives. “Fire prevention is a very important thing for families to talk about, with their kids and with each other,” he said. “Smoke alarms, having two ways to get out of your house, teaching kids to stop, drop, and roll, ‘get low and go’… that’s a huge part of saving lives.”

Kalona Fire Chief, Jerry Zahradnek.

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Front row: Perry McGaffey, Training Officer, Tracy Owens, Secretary/Treasurer, Jim Seward, Asst. Chief 2, Jeremy Peck, Chief, and Kenny Miller, Asst. Chief 1. Second row: Josh Eicher, Stone Peck, Jackson Cornwell, Tony Rios Jr., Hayden Rowe, Steve Ethridge, Bob Moberly, Merle Bontrager, Jared Kinsinger, Rex Peck, John Kauffman, Zack Cornwell, Randy Rodgers, and Jim Millice. Not pictured:Zack Owens, Shelly Gardner, Rob Young, Jessie Gingerich, Asst. Sec./Treas., Kevin Cortum, Gregg Nagel, Training Officer 2, Ty Sieren, Mike Kral, Matt Latcham, Jeremy Miller, and Jimmy Miller.

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“It’s a young man’s game” in the Wellman fire houseBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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It’s no uncommon thing for a young child to dream about being a firefighter — they might visit fire station open houses, get a plastic hat and a sticker badge, and dream of rushing into burning houses as a hero. But what is uncom-mon is having three young recruits, two 17-year-olds and one 18-year-old, join a fire de-partment populated by some firefighters older than the three of them combined. Stone Peck, 17, Hayden Rowe, 18, and Jackson Corn-well, 17, are the newest recruits to the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department. Peck and Corn-well are still in high school. In order to join the depart-ment, Peck, Rowe, and Corn-well had to complete Firefight-er 1, an often-grueling course that takes eight months of weekly classes that last four to five hours each. “They went through months and months and months of training, which I’m sure they had better things to do, but they did it because they wanted to,” said department secretary Tracy Owens. “It’s a big deal. We’ve had several young guys over the years who said they were going to do it, then they

went to one meeting and that was the end of it. These guys, they’re been dedicated at that age and it’s remarkable to me.” In addition to Firefighter 1, the recruits have to do 24 hours of additional training a year. It’s a big time commitment for anyone, but the recruits are also involved in multiple endeavors: Peck is on the Mid-Prairie varsity football team, Rowe is preparing to attend Kirkwood Community College and Cornwell, who currently attends Kirkwood in Washing-ton, is also in a welding acad-emy to learn the trade. Being young actually gives the new recruits an advantage. “We might be less experi-enced, but we get thrown into situations that the old boys can’t do anymore, so it’s a good training process,” Peck said. Plus, joining the depart-ment at a young age will give them a longer career as a fire-fighter should they decide to continue through the future. “Right now, we’re able to do more,” Rowe said. “And then, once we’re their age, we’ll have more experience than they ever had because most of them didn’t join at such a young age.” Rowe’s grandfather, who recently passed away, was a longtime member of the de-partment. Cornwell’s dad

is currently serving, as are Peck’s brother and dad, who is the current chief. All three said their family legacy influenced them, but not as much as their desire to give back, in more ways than one. Peck hopes to join the ambulance crew, Corn-well eventually wants to join a paid fire department, and Rowe hopes to study criminal justice and become a police officer. “I’d enjoy staying here to

help the community,” Peck said about his future plans. “Since I want to be a farmer, I’ll be around so I can try to help the community more than other people who don’t live so close.” While they’re with the Well-man Fire Department, their youth is needed and appreci-ated. “I know my limitations; I can’t go in [to a structure fire]

anymore. Throwing an air pack on, carrying all that gear, you’re carrying another person before you even get in there. It’s a young man’s game,” Ow-ens said. “When you’ve got a car wreck, you’ve got those young guys running across the road with the jaws of life and they’re faster. They’re nimble. They’re excited and they want to learn. That’s invaluable.”


Left to right, Hayden Rowe, Stone Peck and Jackson Cornwell, who bring the advantages of youth as the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department’s newest recruits.

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Front row from left to right: Tony Simon, Curtis Sexton, BJ Wilkerson, Chris Sexton, Dallas Petersen, and Chad Smothers. Middle row: Andy Roder, Toby Hancock, Bill Stukey, Todd Forbes, Chris M., and Brandee Kleopfer. Back row: Brett Walsh, Riley Grecian, Riley Kleopfer, Curtis Kron, Jesse Kleopfer, Logan Michel, and Brad Smothers. Not pic-tured: Felicia Breuer, Karson Duwa, Don Edwards, Bill Halleran, Bryan Horesowsky, Matt Heckert, Brett Kiene, Jodi Klebe, Madison Klebe, Brody Miller, Brendan Serum, Chad Sexton, Erica Sexton, Geoff Streb, and Garrit Thomann.

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Fire, medical, technical rescue: Riverside Fire Department does it allBY MOLLY ROBERTSThe News

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A versatile team needs versatile tools: Medical jump bags, automatic ex-ternal defibrillators, suction units, CPR machine, backboards, ice suits, dry suits, life jackets, ropes and grain bin rescue equipment, for an incomplete list. That’s why the Riverside Fire De-partment is getting new wheels. While they used to drive a passenger ambulance, the fire department never transported patients. But utilizing both the ambulance and a suburban truck required two drivers and two sets of equipment, wasting physical and hu-man resources. At an April 2020 Riverside City Coun-cil meeting, it was decided that the Riv-erside Fire Department would continue to not transport patients from the scene so that the newly formed Washington County Ambulance Service wouldn’t lose call revenue and funding. “If we’re not going to transport, we shouldn’t have an ambulance that looks like a transport,” Fire Chief Chad Smothers said at the Sept. 21 Riverside City Council meeting. “People keep try-ing to climb in and they question, ‘Why did they bring that if they’re not going to haul me to the hospital?” Instead, a 2021 Chevy pickup truck will streamline the department’s equip-ment by holding everything in one place.

As an all hazards department, the Riverside Fire Department serves as first responders for not only fires, medical emergencies, motor vehicle ac-cidents, hazmat, and technical rescue calls. All volunteers are Firefighter 1 (FF1) certified, and 12 members are also First Responder or EMT-B certi-fied. “Riverside, like many small commu-nities, is challenged with filling many roles with a small volunteer base. That being said, I believe Riverside if very fortunate to have dedicated volunteers willing to service in a dual role as a firefighter and EMT,” city adminis-trator Christine Yancey said. “These volunteers have full-time employment yet take the time away from home and family to respond to calls, participate in training, and serve the community.” Chief Smothers said the depart-ment’s responsibility for fire, medi-cal, and technical rescues is unifying, which makes for a stronger, more effi-cient department. “This model is very effective, as all operations are under one department and function as one team,” he said. “This is a highly trained fire depart-ment that provides a professional ser-vice to the community, all on volunteer-ing their own time.” The purchase of the new truck was approved at the Sept. 21 city council meeting, as was the donation of the transport ambulance to Washington County. “No matter how well maintained

they are, vehicles break down,” said the director of the Washington County Am-bulance Service, Jeremy Peck. “We will be using [the donated ambulance] as a backup, so when we have trucks with mechanical issues, we can still have a number of trucks on the road... It’s go-ing to be a great addition for us.” The ongoing pandemic has affected fundraising for communities and pub-lic service departments everywhere, but the Riverside Fire Department won’t have to scrounge to fund the pur-chase of the new pickup truck. Their equipment replacement account is built from money not spent out of the yearly operating budget. The Riverside Emer-gency Services Association, a non-prof-it group that raises funds for the fire department, will also contribute $15,000 toward the new truck. While most fire departments in the United States provide EMT services, Riverside’s diverse district, encompass-ing two major highways, large commer-cial businesses, residential properties and large agricultural areas make the versatility of the fire department im-portant. Yancey said the Riverside Fire De-partment’s model works extremely well due to strong leadership in the depart-ment, dedication from the volunteer members, and support from the com-munity. “It can be challenging to meet the needs to the entire district with limit-ed human resources, but they make it work, and work well,” she said.

SMOKE ALARMS According to the American Red Cross, smoke alarms cut your risk of dying in a fire in half. Follow these smoke alarm tips to best protect your home and family from dangerous fires: Install a smoke alarm on every level of your home, outside each sleeping area, and inside each bedroom. It is best to have interconnected smoke alarms so when one sounds, they all sound. Vacuum cobwebs and dust from your smoke alarms every month. This will prevent nuisance alarms. Never disable a smoke alarm, even if you experience nuisance alarms while cooking or showering. Use the alarm’s “hush” button instead. Use the test button to check your smoke alarms at least monthly. This is much safter than using controlled fire, such as matches, lighters or cigarettes, to test your smoke alarm. If you have battery-powered smoke alarms, replace the batteries at least once a year. Consider using daylight savings days in the spring and fall as reminder to change your batteries. Re-member to replace the batteries in your carbon monoxide alarm, too! Replace your smoke alarms every 10 years because they become less sensi-tive over time. Install smoke alarms in areas where your pets are so you can hear them.


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According to the National Fire Pro-tection Association, home fires are more likely to start in the kitchen than any other room in your home. The U.S. Fire Administration reports that unat-tended cooking causes nearly 90% of all kitchen fires. Follow these tips from the Ameri-can Red Cross to keep your kitchen free from dangerous fires:Stay in the kitchen when you are fry-ing, grilling, or broiling food. If you are simmering, baking, boil-ing, or roasting food, check it regularly, remain in your home while food is cook-ing, and use a timer to remind yourself that cooking appliances are turned on.Avoid wearing loose clothing or dan-gling sleeves while cooking. Keep kids away from cooking areas by enforcing a “kid-free zone” of three feet around the stove. Keep flammable items such as pot-holders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, food packaging, towels and curtains away from your stove top, oven, and any appliance that generates heat. Clean cooking surfaces on a regular basis to prevent grease buildup. Consider purchasing a fire extin-guisher to keep in your kitchen. Con-tact your local fire department to take training on the proper use of extin-guishers. Always check the kitchen before go-ing to bed or leaving the home to make sure all stoves, ovens and small appli-ances are turned off.

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LONE TREE Working at Lone Tree Fire and Rescue can be a family affair. If you step inside the two-engine building on West Commercial Street, you’ll find it staffed by siblings and parents, sons and daughters, many of whom have fol-lowed in the footsteps of generations of Lone Tree firefighters before them. Fire Chief Matt Zadow said these men and women have often seen the dedication and perseverance of their parents, aunts or uncles and decided to commit towards the same path. Lone Tree Fire and Rescue, though,

is staffed entirely by volunteers. “The only real payback is knowing that you’re doing the right things for your community,” Zadow said. Lone Tree has a history of signifi-cant and devastating blazes. The city’s school, for example, had to be rebuilt after an inferno over half a century ago. And ever since its conception in 1907, Lone Tree Fire and Rescue has contin-ued to operate thanks to the efforts of unpaid volunteers, necessitating a few key ways to raise the funds required to maintain and repair their equipment. “There is so much more than just the calls on any volunteer department: Fundraising committees, sporting event coverage, all of the behind-the-

scenes work that keeps the wheels turn-ing,” Zadow said. Due to the coronavirus, situations needed to be altered for the department to keep the community (even more) safe. This included limiting fire train-ing sessions into groups of only four to six people, but it also effected commu-nity involvement. “We have a fireman’s dinner every spring that we had to postpone this year. We finally decided to try to pro-vide the meal in an alternative way,” Zadow said. “We contacted everyone that bought dinner tickets and scheduled a drive-th-ru pick up at the fire station. This was a success and it seemed the community

was happy with the alternative option.” Zadow said community events are one of the chief ways the station finds new recruits, so postponing and alter-ing them may mean there’ll be even more family ties in the station than usual for the near future. However, the fire chief added that without the efforts of the volunteers, it would be just as impossible to organize such events as it would be to put out fires. “The most important resource in any department are the members,” Zadow said. “Without volunteers to re-spond to calls, the equipment and appa-ratus that our tax dollars pay for add no value in a time of need.”

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