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Volume 127, Number 17Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Clermont Councilcont. on pg. 4

Sharon Drahn

Contributing Writer

Dave Hoth of A&D Com-

puter Ranch of Postville was

present at the April 15 meeting

of the Clermont City Council

to explain the new computer

system being proposed for the

City offices. He explained that

his bid includes installation,

service and transfer of all data.

City Clerk Jenean Niedert

noted that she has always been

very pleased with Hoths ser-

vice, saying that he has always

responded very quickly when

a problem arises and has been

helpful in keeping the current

New computer system

approved or City of cessystem, which is 11 years old,

up and running.

She added that he is also

available to answer questions

and help with technical issues

as needed. Councilmember

Bill Ashby questioned the cost

of the system, saying a similar

system could be bought for

several hundred dollars less

at Best Buy. The remaining

members of the council, how-

ever, felt it was important to

buy locally, knowing that im-

mediate service was available

in the event the system should

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Contact us at 888-321-5410 or

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Tourism guides availableMore to Explore, a tourism salute to Fayette County and the surrounding

area is now available at local news stands and va rious other locations throughoutnortheast Iowa.

The 32-page issue is published by Fayette County Union and Fayette Publishing.

Wilder Centercont. on pg. B-1

Becky Walz

Editor

What is the best-kept se-

cret at Northeast Iowa Com-

munity College?

The answer is Business

and Community Solutions.However, that is about t

change as NICC has opened

the doors to 8,000 square

feet of meeting space in

the newly renovated Wilder

Business Center.

The new space is eas-

ily accessible from Highway

150 south of Calmar. In fact,

turning west into the cam-

pus, it is the first building

visitors see.

NICC Wilder Business Center to serve northeast Iowa

ValleyconcertApril 30

A precontest concertwil l be held at 7:30p.m. Tuesday, April 30,at Valley High School.Featured will be thehigh school band, andhigh school womens,mens and mixed cho-ruses.

GrandMarchSaturday

Valley Prom will beheld Saturday, April27. The If We Were aMovie Grand March isscheduled to begin at7:15 p.m. at the school.

Mike Van SickleContributing editor

The fair and beef showwil l go on.

That was the messagestressed by Fayette CountyFair Board presidentLucinda Schmitz followingthe Saturday evening firethat destroyed the beef barnon the fairgrounds in WestUnion.

We (fair board) wish to

express our appreciation tothe entire West Union FireDepartment for their quickresponse to the scene, saidSchmitz. It is an unfortu-nate loss to not only the fairboard and local beef pro-ducers, but all residents ofFayette County.

While no livestock wasin the barn at the time ofthe blaze, Schmitz reportedSunday that five vehicles,several pieces of lawn main-

Fairs beef barn destroyed by flames Saturday

tenance equipment, a coupleof trailers, and a variety of bi-cycles were among the itemslost in the locked building.She noted that the insuranceadjuster was expected to ar-rive on Monday, April 22.

The Fayette County FairBoard was to host a specialmeeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday,April 23, in the DancePavilion on the fairgrounds.

While we will plan our

next steps and possible al-ternate plans, we want toassure the public that thefair wil l go on as scheduled,Schmitz reiterated, while re-marking that a number ofthe Fayette County 4-H clubsquickly volunteered to help

with clean ing up the de-bris.

Approximately 25 WestUnion firemen answered theemergency call to the localfairgrounds at approximate-

ly 6:35 p.m. on Saturday. FireChief Roger Gamm reportedno injuries in the fire thatquickly razed the structure.

Approximately one hourlater, the firefighters werealso called to Farmers UnionCooperative, just north ofthe fairgrounds, to a report-ed scale house fire on theproperty.

Gamm said the State FireMarshals Office had been

notified of the fire at thefairgrounds. The investiga-tion is currently being led

jointly by the Fayette Count ySheriffs Office and WestUnion Police Department.

Arrest made forfalse emergency callsIn addition to fire calls

at the Fayette CountyFairgrounds and Farmers

The public is invited to tourNortheast Iowa Community CollegesWilder Business Center from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25.

Participants will be able to view program demonstrations, experiencestate-of-the-art technology services, and connect with event-planning specialists atthe free event on the NICC Calmar campus. (Becky Walz photo)

Fairgrounds frecont. on pg. 2

LEFT: An Eagle Court of

Honor ceremony was held

Sunday, April 21, induct-

ing Josh Boleyn as Eagle

Scout. Pictured (l-r) As-

sistant Scoutmaster Steve

Carlson, Mike Boleyn,

Joshua Boleyn, Joan

Boleyn, Scoutmaster Kathy

Wander, and Cub Scout

Leader Kyle Wander. More

photos from the ceremony

will appear in next weeks

issue of the Elgin Echo.

Boleyn is a member of

Boy Scout Troop 53 of

Elgin. (Amy Boehm photo)

Approximately 25 West Union firemen quickly answered the emergency call to the local fairgrounds Saturday evening. Fire Chief Roger Gamm reported no injuries in thefire that quickly destroyed the longstanding beef barn and its contents. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Remnants of a burned-out vehicle lie among the ruins of the former Fayette County Fairgrounds beefbarn. (Jerry Wadian photo)

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It didnt take little Tommy Neal Stahrlong to make the front page of the news-paper. He was news the day he was bornin West Union because he was a Leap Yearbaby. It was Tuesday, Feb. 29. 1944.

Tom Stahr died the same way he wasborn family was gathered around him.It was Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. He was 68.

The 1962 North High grad became alegendary musician with several bands,but his claim to fame was with The RubberBand. It was this group that was inductedinto the Iowa Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in2010.

Friend and fellow musician Doug Ko-empel will be hosting a night of 50s and60s rock-n-roll songs Saturday, April 27,at Nob Hill, north of Decorah on Hwy. 52.

The night is being called Remember-ing Tommy. It is a benefit with proceedsgoing toward a memorial to be placedalong the walking trail at the West UnionRecreation Complex.

The Memory Brothers large band andits all-star friends such as Koempel, KevinConner, Dave Christopherson, Larry Cran-dall, Christopher Jon, Keith Zeller, MikeFlack, Erik Berg, and musical guest JohnCondon will be among the entertainers.

Music will play from 8 p.m. until 11p.m. There is a $10 cover charge.

Tom worked in the Fayette CountyEngineers Office for 43 years. In January2008 he was diagnosed with cancer, but atall times he thought he had licked the dis-ease.

Twelve days before he died, Tom wasstill on stage. As a member of Flashback,he played at the Club Pyramid in Deco-rah.

For people not able to attend Saturdaysbig gig, memorial donations can be mailedto Remembering Tommy, c/o KerndtBrothers Savings Bank, P.O. Box 457, WestUnion, IA 52175.

Donations can also be made online byvisiting www.memorybrothers.com andviewing the Tommy Stahr video.

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At approximately 3:20.m. on Sunday, April 21, the

Clayton County Sheriffs De-artment took a report of anlderly man who had beenissing.

Tire marks were discov-red going into the ditch andhen into the Turkey Riverear 10-Mile Bridge on Char-

ot Road.Deputies arrived and con-

firmed that a vehicle had goneinto the Turkey River.

A search plan was orga-nized, and emergency person-nel waited for daylight hoursto start the search efforts.

At 6:45 a.m. the vehiclewas discovered in the Tur-key River, approximately 250

yards downriver from the ac-cident scene.

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sonnel recovered the vehicleand the missing man from theriver.

The mans identity is be-ing withheld until all familymembers have been notified.

The Clayton County Sher-iffs Office was assisted by theElgin, Elkader and St. Olaf firedepartments and the Depart-ment of Natural Resources.

ehicle, missing man found in Turkey River Kathy McMillans Irish-themed collection was just one of many that Elgin library patrons enjoyedduring an open house on Tuesday, April 16. (Becky Walz photo)

These five antique postcards waere just a sampling of what Deanna Walvatne had on display at theElgin library Collectors Open House last week. (Becky Walz photo)

On Tuesday, April 16, Elgin library patrons enjoyed viewing Harr iet Blockhus woodcarving collectionfrom various countries and craftsmen. (Becky Walz photo)

Collections on display at Elgin library

Beginning Saturday, May 4, the Elgin Historical Center located at 231 Center Streetwill be open every Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. through the month of May.

Elgin Historical Society open Saturdays

Tom Stahr is shown performing at The Rubber Bands induction into the Iowa Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Twelve days before he died of cancer, Tom was still on stage per form-ing.

Union Cooperative, West Union firemen joinedother emergency personnel in being dispatched tofalse reports on Saturday evening.

Fayette County Dispatch first received a 911 callat approximately 10:20 p.m. for an alleged vehicleon fire following a rollover on Highway 18 eastof Echo Valley Speedway. The West Union FireDepartment, Fayette County Sheriffs Office, WestUnion Police Department, and Tri-State RegionalAmbulance each responded to the call. After anextensive search, the call was determined to beunfounded.

A second call then came in at approximately10:45 p.m. for a similar incident on Highway 18 nearClermont. The ClermontFire Department, am-bulance, and FayetteCounty Sheriffs Officeresponded and subse-quently determinedthat this call was alsounfounded.

The West Union PoliceDepartment quicklyidentified the caller tobe Ryan Jones of WestUnion. Jones was arrest-ed by the West UnionPolice Departmentand charged with twocounts of misuse of 911

and one count of ha-rassment of public of-ficers and employees.The 28-year-old wasalso charged with fifth-degree theft on an un-related incident, whichresulted from the inves-tigation.

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manner to have the correct dates

and times inserted each week.

Thank you!

Apostolic Christian Church, ElginApostolic Christian Church, ElginSundays:Sundays:10:15 a.m. Sunday School,10:30 a.m. Church Service,

12:45 p.m. Afernoon Service

St. Pauls United Methodist Church,Illyria Community Church

Rev. Rick Johnson, PastorIllyria Sundays: 10:30 a.m. worship

St. Paul Sundays: 9 a.m. worship

St. Peters Catholic, ClermontRev. Dale Rausch, Pastor

Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Sunday MassWeekday Mass: 9 a.m. Tursday Mass

East Clermont Lutheran ChurchPastor Ron Roberts

Sunday, April 28: 9 a.m. Sunday School& Conrmation, 10 a.m. Worship,

2 p.m. Service at Scenic Acres

Redeemer Lutheran ChurchAALC, West Union

Rusty Phillips, PastorSundays: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

Faith Bible Fellowship, WestUnion

Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Fellowship;10 a.m. Worship

Grace Reformed Baptist Church,Adam Osworth

Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;

10:30 a.m. Worship.Wednesdays: 6:45 p.m. Prayer Mtg.Bethany Lutheran Church,

West UnionSundays: 8:00 a.m. Worship;

9:30 a.m. Bible study

Wadena Community ChurchPastor Rusty Phillips

Sundays: 10 a.m. Adult Bible Study;11 a.m. Worship

St. Olaf Lutheran Parish,Marion Lutheran Church,

Gunder Norway Lutheran ChurchPastor Marshall E. Hahn

Sunday, Apr. 28:M: 9:00 SundaySchool, 10:15 Worship. N: 8:45Worship, 10:00 Sunday School.

Elgin Lutheran ChurchHighland Lutheran Church

Pastor Jerome GodsonSunday, Apr. 28: 9 a.m. Highland

Service; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;10:30 Elgin Service

First Baptist Church of ElginPastor Lee Boleyn

West Clermont Lutheran ChurchPastor Dayna Winke

Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.Cofee & Fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday

School & Adult Sunday School

Calvary Bible Church, VolgaJeremy Sarver, PastorSundays: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School;

11 a.m. Worship Service;7:30 p.m. Evening Service

Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. Prayer Mtg.

Bethel Presbyterian, West UnionGalen E. Smith, Pastor

Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10a.m. Worship; 11 a.m. Fellowship;

Communion First Sunday o each mo.

Valleyview Wesleyan Churchof West Union

Leslie White, PastorSundays: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Evening

Worship/Bible StudyTursdays: 7:30 p.m. Celebrate

Recovery Group

Episcopal Church of the Saviour,Clermont

Sundays: 10:30 a.m. Worship

Arlington and Volga UnitedMethodist Churches

Lisa D. Schroeder, PastorSundays: 8 a.m. Fellowship at

Arlington UMC; 9 a.m. Worship atArlington UMC; 10:30 a.m. Child/Youth S.S. at Arlington UMC; 9 a.m.Adult S.S. at Volga UMC; 10:30 a.m.

Worship at Volga UMC.

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The Elgin Meal Site is located at the Legion HallTuesdays and Thursdays. For reservations, pleasecall Inez Luchsinger at 426-5569.

The Clermont Meal Site is located at WestClermont Lutheran Church on Mondays andFridays at 11:30 a.m.. To make reservationsin Clermont, call Carol Steward at 423-5550. Thursday, Apr. 25: Roast tur-key, baked potato & sour cream, glazedcarrots, whole-wheat bread, cookie.

Friday, Apr. 26: Pork chop, mashed potatoes &gravy, broccoli, whole-wheat bread, pudding w/top-ping.

Monday, Apr. 29: Swiss steak, baked potato,

spinach salad, whole-wheat bread, blushing pears.

Tuesday, Apr. 30: Cod filet, garden rice, green

beans, whole-wheat bread, sherbet, cookie.

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Arthur Amundson will celebrate

his 90th birthday Sunday, May 12. In

honor of the occasion, his family in-

vites friends and family to join in a

card shower.

Birthday wishes may be sent to

Art Amundson, 600 Mill Street, Cler-

mont, IA 52135.

Family and friends are invited to join Elizabeth (Betty) Schaer

in celebration of her 100th bir thday at an open house on Saturday,

May 4.

The celebration will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vet-

erans Memorial Building in Elgin. (Cards and notes are welcome,

but no gifts, please.)

Hosting this special event will be Bettys family, Marilyn

Schaer of Elgin; Jean and Marcos Orellana, Valerie, Josh, Daniel

and Ava Massie, and Jamie, Robin and Luke Willis, all of Pasa-dena, Calif.

Birthday wishes will also reach Betty at 608 Franklin St., El-

gin, IA 52141.

On Monday, May 6, Lois Luchsinger will celebrate her 85th

birthday with a family gathering and card shower.

Lois family invites her friends, neighbors and relatives to

join in the celebration by sending greetings Lois way.

Birthday cards and good wishes can be sent to Lois at Good

Samaritan Center, Room 512, 201 Hall St., West Union, IA 52175.

Betty Schaer

Arthur Amundson

Lois Luchsinger

Local Harley Owners Group recently presented a $425 donation to Valleys Dollars for Scholarsprogram. The Local Harley Owners Group has held its chili cook off at Waukon Harley-Davidsonsince the early 90s and has donated to various local charities through the years. Pictured duringthe recent check presentation were (l-r) Randy Ellis, Jan Ellis, Allen Adney, Jerry Medberry, ElwoodJarstad, Cindi Jarstad, Steve Trumblee, Daryl Hinton, Valley Dollars for Scholars representative CindyButikofer, Randy Evanson, Sandy Evanson, Gary Klein, and Jim Hyde. (Photo submitted)

A St. Peters Catholic School and ParishReunion will be held Saturday and Sunday,Oct. 5-6, in conjunction with Clermont Days.

This event will commemorate the 50th an-niversary of St. Peters School closing and the100th anniversary of the first brick St. PetersChurch being destroyed by a tornado.

Old pictures and memories to share are de-sired.

Be sure to save these dates to enjoy a week-end of fun watch a parade, worsh ip, and share

a meal and fellowship with old friends.For more information, contact Phyllis (Wolf)Quass at (563) 567-8310 or Jerry Kelly.

St. Peters School/ParishReunion set

Linda Lucy, staff assistant of SenatorTom Harkin, will host a roundtable dis-cussion in West Union on Friday, April26. The event will be held from 10:30 a .m.to noon at the American Legion building

in downtown West Union.

This roundtable discussion is designedfor veterans, families with deployed lovedones, or other members of the public toask questions about current legislation,veterans benefits and other relevant is-

sues.

Harkin staf member in West Union

Wednesday, April 24: Living Intergenerational Fitnessand Exercise Program, 3:30 p.m., St. Marks Parish Center,Edgewood.

Thursday, April 25: FFI Spring Regional Youth LeadershipTeam Workshop, 9:00 a.m., Luther College, Decorah.

Friday, April 26: Living Intergenerational Fitness andExercise Program, 3:30 p.m., St. Marks Parish Center,Edgewood.

Saturday, April 27 4-H Food & Nutrition Fair andCommunications Workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, ExtensionOffice, Fayette.

Sunday, April 28 Fremont Friends 4-H Club meeting,1 p.m.

Monday, April 29 4-H leader meeting, 7:30 p.m. to 9p.m., Extension Office, Fayette.

Fayette County EconomicDevelopment, in partnershipwith other area small-business

advocates, will host a seriesof classes on QuickBooks atthe Fayette County HistoricalCenter in West Union begin-ning Tuesday, April 30.

Depending on the needsof the participant(s), the foursessions can be attended in-dividually or as a series. Classsize is limited. Laptops areprovided, and refreshmentswill be served.

For additional information,call 800-728-2256, ext. 399.

QuickBooksclasses in WU

Upper Iowa University re-cently held its 28th Annual

Scholarships and AwardsRecognition Banquet andawarded 116 scholarships tostudents across the univer-sity. Of those, 111 scholar-ships were bestowed on UIUstudents attending classes inFayette, and another 15 wereawarded to students whotake courses through otherUIU locations.

Several local recipientswere selected for recogni-tion by the UIU Honors andAwards Committee. The fol-lowing local residents wererecipients of an award:

West Union Montana Van Sickle, theIvadell Brause MemorialEndowed Scholarshipin Education, GertrudeLenius Scholarship, and Dr.J.M. and Zinita DickmanMurphy Scholarship; TravisJensen, the Blanche ColeGloss Memorial Scholarship

and Warren W. MorganScholarship for Business

Majors; Kevin Schroeder,Most Dedicated Student inInformation Technology;Megan Kuennen, NortheastIowa Scholarship; DanielFigdore, Dr. J.D. Parker andNellie K. Parker Scholarship.

Fayette AmandaJellings, the AndresEducation Scholarship, theNortheast Iowa Scholarship,and the Stuart andRoberta Dunkel AnnualScholarship; Rio Farren, theBeulah Combs ThompsonScholarship.

Clermont DaciaJacobsen, the Joe and Janet(Olson) Brady Scholarship.

Maynard DanetteHoff, Dr. Louise P. HerringScholarship; ElizabethRoneker, Ralph KautenEndowed Scholarship, theCarlton W. Knight andMaxine R. Knight EndowedScholarship, and Northeast

Iowa Scholarship; DanielleGrimm, the Margaret (Hall)

Moore Endowed Scholarship.Sumner MitchellSchmitt, the John WilliaDickman Prize and theIowa Society of CPAsOutstanding AccountingMajor Award; Diane Boltz,the Excellence in EducationEndowed Scholarship; HollyThurm, the Ruth ManutaMemorial Scholarship;Emily Wood, the ScienceFaculty Recognition Award;Bo Pagel, Zecha-McCauleyScholarship.

Castalia Kelsey Smith,the William R. Cook Award.

Ossian DaphneBarness, Upper IowaUniversity Grace MeyerScholarship and NortheasIowa Scholarship.

Wadena GabrielHeuton, the Pauland Margaret PicketScholarship.

UIU honors students

The Clayton County RepublicanCentral Committee will meet at 7:30p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013 in the

Farmersburg Community Center.All Republicans are cordially invited!

Clayton County Republicans to meet April 25

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Longtime West Union business owner Carolyn Havenstrite (center) has announced that she has soldHaven Electronics/RadioShack to Ryan and Amy Christensen of Decorah. The Christensens plan tohost a grand opening celebration in the near future. (Mike Van Sickle photo)

Mike Van SickleContributing Editor

After two decades of serv-ing the community in down-town West Union, CarolynHavenstrite has sold HavenElectronics/RadioShack toRyan and Amy Christensen ofDecorah.

It was just time, saidCarolyn in explaining her

reason to step away from thebusinesss front counter. Ihave a great buyer in Ryan,whom I have known and re-spected for a number of years.He (Ryan) stated a long timeago that if I ever wanted tosell the business he would beinterested in purchasing it.

I will be doing somebookwork at J&W Auto Body,and just having the opportu-nity to be at home more of-ten will feel great, added the73-year-old.

Carolyn opened HavenElectronics/RadioShack ap-

proximately 20 years ago. Pre-viously known as Wayneand Dels, the West Unionelectronics store got a newname after Carolyn receiveda telephone call from a Ra-dioShack representative, ask-ing if she would like to open aRadioShack store in the com-munity.

Carolyn and her husband,Wayne, have been married for55 years. The couple have fouradult children, Nancy, Jeff,Theresa, and Tim. The Ha-venstrite family also includesnine grandchildren and five

Haven Electronics under new ownership

Clermont Councilcont. from front

After casting a unanimous

ballot to purchase the com-

puter and printer from A&D

Computer Ranch at an ap-

roximate cost of $1279, it was

oted that the system will be

elivered and billed sometime

fter the beginning of the new

scal year.

The computer system for

he police department was put

n hold until Chief Ryan Ev-

ns can be present at a meet-

ng to discuss exactly what is

eeded.

Marty Barnes, chairmanf the American Legion Auxil-

ary Post 375 Poppy Campaign,

was present to ask permission

to distribute poppies through-out the community May 9-27.

The women, she explained,

will be wearing red, white and

blue along with either a poppy

or flag pin. All money collect-

ed goes directly to veterans in

the state of Iowa.

Mayor Rodney Wagner and

Councilmembers Jim Matt,

Bruce Lehmann and Bill Ash-

by will be attending a Small-

City Workshop in West Union

from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday,

June 20. The cost is $35 per at-

tendee, which can be refunded

up to a week prior to the meet-ing in the event a conflict aris-

es.

The Clermont Fire De-

partment requested that anymoney remaining in its budget

at the end of the fiscal year be

put into a CD and earmarked

for turn-out gear. The coun-

cil accepted the request, and a

formal resolution designating

the funds will be presented

at the next regular meeting of

the council.

Final adjustments were

made concerning the budget

amendment for the 2012-13 fis-

cal year. It was noted that the

final amendment must be ap-

proved at the Monday, May 6,

meeting and be published inthe following issue of the Elgin

Echo.

great-grandchildren. J&WAuto Body in West Union is

owned by Jeff and Wayne.I would like to thank the

entire community for its pa-tronage for all these years,Havenstrite closed. It hasbeen great to have a busi-ness in West Union for sucha length of time. Each of mycustomers has been very spe-cial to all of us (at Havens),and West Union has alwaysmade my entire family feelproud to call it home.

Ryan and Amy own andoperate two similar electron-ics businesses, as well as theirnew West Union venture.

I have known Carolyn forapproximately 15 years, said

Ryan. And I certainly havea great amount of respect forher and what she has donewith this store in West Union.

Amy and I look forwardto meeting longtime and newcustomers and being a partof the entire community, headded, while noting that WestUnion native Cathy (Brown)Harris will serve as storemanager.

The Christensens report-ed that initial plans are tomaintain the Haven Electron-ics name. The couple stressedthat while the business, lo-

cated at 121 N. Vine Street indowntown West Union, will

soon undergo remodeling,it will maintain its regularhours.

In addition to a large vari-ety of electronic items, amongthe services offered by Ha-ven Electronics/RadioShackinclude DirectTV, Century-Link phone and Internet, andExede satellite and Internet.Havens will also continue toserve as a UPS drop-off site.

A Haven Electronics/Ra-dioShack grand opening cel-ebration announcement willbe published in the near fu-ture.

ABOVE: Emily Berger and Christian McLellan work together totake a photo of Timothy R. Smith, the author of the Buck WilderAdventure series who made a visit to Valley on Thursday. (BeckyWalz photo)

LEFT: Valleys Jaden Young sits on the floor intently skimmingthrough his new Buck Wilder Adventures book. Each studentin elementary school received a free, autographed book afteran assembly with the author on Thursday morning. (Becky Walzphoto)

RIGHT: Timothy R. Smith(a.k.a. Buck Wilder)autographs a book for OliviaKohls as Tayler Luzum andNoah Ward (l-r) wait for theirturn following an assemblyheld with au thor on Thursdayat Valley. (Becky Walz photo)

BuckWilderauthorvisits

Valley

One-vehicle accidentOn Thursday, April 18, at approximately 8:50 a.m., the

Fayette County Sheriffs Office took a report of a one-vehicle accident just west of Auburn on Nature Road.

When deputies arrived, they learned that GailHackman was driving east on Nature Road when shelost control of her minivan and entered the south ditch

No injuries were reported, but the 2012 Dodge vanwas considered a total loss.

Hackman was cited for failure to maintain control.

Gundersen Lutheran-West Union Clinic manager Laurie Kreul(right) recently presented a $500 donation to the Fayette CountyFood Shelf in Fayette. Accepting the donation was Food Shelf co-ordinator Karen Martin. The donated funds were collected fromthe local clinics doctors fund. The local food shelf was also a re-cent recipient of a $6,270 Fayette County Community Foundationgrant. (Mike Van S ickle photo)

Clayton County 4-H andFFA members who intendto participate in the marketsheep and meat goat divisionsfor 2012 are reminded of theweigh-i n date to qua lif y thei rprojects. T he weigh-in will beSaturday, May 11 from 9-11:30a.m. at the Clayton CountyFairgrounds in National.

Animals will be weighedand ear-tagged at the site.

Cost of the ear tags is $1.5per tag and is payable at thtime of the weigh-in.

This is also a site to qualifmarket lambs for the IowState Fair 4-H Sheep Show.For more information ocounty and state fair ruleand guidelines contact thClayton County ExtensioOffice at 563-245-1451.

Market sheep and meat goatweigh-in May 11

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Legislative Updateby State Representative

Roger ThomasDistrict

Statehouse, Des Moines, IA 50319

Ph. 515.281.3221 email: [email protected]

With just two weeks left inthe legislative session, werefinalizing bills with consen-sus and sending them to thegovernors desk. On issueswhere we still have signifi-cant differences, many areheading to bipartisan con-

ference committees to workout a compromise. Werestill working to find con-sensus on education reform.Different versions of theproperty tax bill have beenapproved by the House andSenate, and it will also headto a conference committee.

Medicaid expansion like-ly to end up in conferencecommittee

A public hearing was heldin the Iowa House to gatherinput on expanding accessto affordable health care.

Speakers at the pub-lic hearing in support ofMedicaid expansion toldpersonal stories of Iowanswho ended up in the emer-gency room because they donot have access to affordablehealthcare. A cancer doctortalked about patients whocame to see him with late-stage cancer because theydidnt have access to health-care earlier. Others talkedabout the downside of theBranstad plan, because itcovers fewer Iowans andcosts more.

About 40 Iowans wereable to speak in the House

chambers. However, over30 Iowans who support

Medicaid expansion wereunable to speak becauseof the time limit. The pub-lic was also encouraged tosubmit written testimonyfor those unable to attendor not able to speak in theHouse chambers.

Of all the input re-ceived, 87 percent sup-ported Medicaid expansionand 13 percent supportedBranstads plan. Testimonyin support of Medicaid ex-pansion included citizensof all ages, AARP, doctors,hospitals, and several otherhealth-care providers.

There are two differentplans under considerationright now. The Medicaidexpansion plan, which issupported by most Iowansand has already been ap-proved by the Senate, ex-pands affordable health careto 150,000 Iowans whileimproving health-care out-comes. The Governor has of-fered a different plan, calledHealthy Iowa, which cov-ers only 89,000 Iowans butcosts both Iowa taxpayersand the federal governmentmore money.

Its likely Medicaid expan-sion will end up in confer-ence committee sometimenext week.

As always, if you have anyquestions on these issues orother legislative concerns,feel free to contact me at

[email protected] or (515) 281-3221.

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A public hearing was held on Mon., Apr. 8,2013 at 10:00 A.M. in the Fayette CountyCourthouse, West Union, IA.

Members Present: Darrel Dolf,Jeanine Tellin & Vicki RowlandMembers Absent: noneOthers Present: Rich Bishop, BillZiegler & Catherine Miller

Mrs. Rowland made a motion to open thepublic hearing. Mr. Dolf seconded the motion.

#345, Viafield, a Cooperative, MarbleRock, IA, is requesting to rezone a portionof parcel #1806300010 consisting of approx.42.00 acres from Agricultural to Light In-dustrial for the construction of a grain stor-age facility. T he affected property is locatedin the SW , Section 6, Jefferson Township inan Agricultural Zoning District.

Mr. Kent Appler and Mr. Steve Bodenstein-er, presented Viafields request to the Commis-sion. They had original ly chosen another loca-tion however after all consideration it appearsthis may be a better location for their proposedfacility. The original location in Section 17,Jefferson Township will be reverted back to theoriginal Ag. Zoning.

Bill Ziegler, Fayette Co. Economic Dev.spoke in support of Viafields request.

Mrs. Rowland made a motion to close thepublic hearing. Mr. Dolf seconded the motion.

Mr. Dolf made a motion to approve thisrequest as presented. Mrs. Rowland secondedthe motion. Mrs. Tellin abstained from votingas she is a member of Viafield Cooperative.

The Board met with Bill Ziegler, FayetteCounty Economic Development, for a discus-sion regarding a Viafield Tax Incremental Fi-nancing (TIF) for the Oelwein project.

Motion was made by Dolf and seconded byRowland to open the public hearing at 11:03A.M. for the purpose of reviewing the 5 yearConstruction Plan for the Road Department.On roll call, all voted aye, none nay, and themotion was carried.

There were no members of the public pres-

ent. J.D. King, County Engineer presented afive year construct ion program. Questionsfrom the Board were answered.

Motion was made by Rowland and second-ed by Dolf to close the public hearing at 11:10A.M. On roll call, all voted aye, none nay, andthe motion was carried.

Motion was made by Dolf and secondedby Rowland to approve the FY2014 Five YearConstruction Program. On roll call, all votedaye, none nay, and the motion was carried.

Motion was made by Dolf and secondedby Rowland to approve the FY2014 SecondaryRoad Iowa DOT Budget. On roll call , all votedaye, none nay, and the motion was carried.

Motion was made by Rowland and second-ed by Dolf to approve the Amended FY2013Secondar y Road Iowa DOT Budget. On rollcall, all voted aye, none nay, and the motionwas carried.

The Board met with Ray Steffens to lookover the County Equipment not currently beingused by the DHS Office.

The Board met with J.D. King, County En-gineer, for an update.

Effective 3/18/2013 Kristi Miller has beenhired by the Fayette County Sheriffs Officeas a full time Dispatcher. Kristis pay will be$12.78 per hour.

The Board adjourned.Upon request, this information could be

made available in large print, and/or computerdisk.Lori MoellersCounty Auditor

Jeanine TellinChair of the Board

Published in the Elgin EchoWednesday, April 24, 2013.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGFayette County

N RE: Proposed Vacation of Streets and Al-eys Unincorporated Town of Donnan

he Fayette County Board of Supervisors, act-ng authority of Chapter 306, Code of Iowa,ropose to vacate streets and alleys and clearhe record, in the unincorporated town of Don-an, all located in Section 2, Township 93orth, Range 9 West of the Fifth P.M. Centerownship, Fayette County, Iowa and describedollows:n Donnan:

Wells Street in its entiretyWoodard Avenue in its entiretyMaple Street north of Woodard Ave.Logan Street north of Woodard Ave.Summer Street in its entiretyThe alley in Block 2 and the alley in Block 3An unnamed 40 wide street from New

onnan Rd east to the east line of the SW ofection 2-93-9

hearing will be held by the Fayette County

Board of Supervisors in their office, FayetteCounty Courthouse, West Union, Iowa, 52175,at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013.

Immediately following above public hearing,the Board shall offer the above property, orportions thereof, at public auction.

Any person owning land abutting on the saidstreets, alleys, or road proposed to be closedand vacated shall have the right to file, in writ-ing, a claim for damages at any time on or be-fore the date and time fixed for the hearing andthat if you fail to appear before said Board orfile objections or claims for damages on or be-

fore the date set for the hearing that the abovedescribed streets or road will be vacated as pro-posed by Board.

Any claims for damages should be made in theFayette County Auditors Office.

P.O. Box 269West Union, Iowa 52175



IN RE: Proposed Reclassification to Area Ser-vice Level B Old Carson Mill Road

The Fayette County Board of Supervisors, act-ing under the authority of Iowa Code Chapter309.57, and Fayette County Ordinance No. 3 asadopted on December 7, 1987, proposes to re-classify a section of Fayette County Secondary

Road, described as follows:

That portion of road as established on Sept.3rd, 1855, lying North of 282nd Street, in Sec-tions 11 and 14 of Township 95 North, Range9 West, and referred to as Carson Mill Roadas recorded in the Fayette County AuditorsOffice at the Fayette County Courthouse,West Union; shall be reclassified as AreaService Level B Maintenance as defined inFayette County Ordinance No. 3; An Ordi-nance Establishing the Area Service System BRoad Classification in Fayette County, Iowa,adopted on December 7, 1987; except for thesouth 1600 feet.

A hearing will be held by the Fayette CountyBoard of Supervisors in their office, FayetteCounty Courthouse, West Union, Iowa, 52175,at 11:15 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013. Anyperson owning land abutting on the road pro-posed to be reclassified shall have the right tofile, in writing or make verbal comment at anytime on or before the date and time fixed for thehearing.



IN RE: Proposed Vacation of County Road Edge Road

The Fayette County Board of Supervisors, act-ing under the authority of Iowa Code Chapter306, proposes to vacate a section of FayetteCounty Secondary Road, described as follows:

That Portion of Edge Road, from 700 feet

north of the intersection of Edge Road andDrake Road, northerly along its route tothe intersection of Edge Road and DiamondRoad, this route in Sections 4, 8, and 9, T94N,R7W, (Pleasant Valley Twp.) of Fayette Coun-ty, Iowa. The intention of this road closure is

to close the road and vacate the roadway ease-ment along specified segment of public road,and dispose of other public property on theroad segment.

A hearing will be held by the Fayette CountyBoard of Supervisors in their office, FayetteCounty Courthouse, West Union, Iowa, 52175,at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013. Anyperson owning land abutting on the road pro-posed to be vacated and closed shall have theright to file, in writing, a claim for damages at

any time on or before the date and time fixed forthe hearing.52175


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The Clermont City Council met in regularsession on, April 15, 2013, at the LarrabeeBuilding Room #4.

Mayor Wagner called the meeting to orderat 7:00 p.m.

Roll Call: Council members Matt, Ashby,Bishop, Schneider, and Lehmann were present.

Matt moved, Lehmann seconded, to ap-prove the agenda. Roll Call: Motion carried5-0.

Matt moved, Bishop seconded, to approvethe April 1, 2013 minutes. Roll Call: Mot ioncarried 5-0.

Lehmann moved, Ashby seconded, to ap-prove the disburseme nts. Roll Call: Motioncarried 5-0.

Matt moved, Ashby seconded, to approveSteve Smocks building permit. Roll Call: Mo-tion carried 5-0.

Lehmann moved, Ashby seconded, to allowthe American Legion Auxiliary to distributepoppies in Clermont at the C-Store, Old TimesInn, T.J. Pizza, Brick City Bar & Grill, QuarryLodge and Skip-a-way Campground May 9ththrough May 27th, 2013. Roll Call: Motioncarried 5-0.

Matt moved, Bishop seconded, to approvethe purchase of a new office computer/scanner/printer and the Microsoft Office 365 Premiumfrom A&D Computer Ranch. Roll Call: Mo-tion carried 5-0.

Ashby moved, Lehmann seconded, to tableOpera House Table/Chairs to the May 6, 2013council meeting. Roll Call: Motion carried5-0.

Matt moved, Ashby seconded, table Water/Sewer/Garbage to the May 6, 2013 councilmeeting. Roll Call: Motion carried 5-0.

Matt moved, Lehmann seconded, to allowRod Wagner, Jim Matt, Bruce Lehmann, andBill Ashby to attend the Small City Workshop.Roll Call: Motion carried 5-0.

Matt moved, Lehmann seconded, to have

the Fire Department bring in an approved mo-tion from the Fire Department to the May 6,2013 council meeting and allow the remainingFire Department budget to be put into a CD forturn out gear. Rol l Call: Motion carried 5-0.

Matt moved, Schneider seconded, to ad-journ t he meeting a t 8:50 p.m. Motion car ried5-0.

DISBURSEMENTSPUBLIC SAFETY

Sandry Fire Supply, L.L.C., F.D. equipmentand clothing 130.01Viafield, police vehicle gas, rural fire vehiclegas and F.D. fuel 863.85

TOTAL 993.86PUBLIC WORKS

Fayette Co. Solid Waste Management, landfillcontract 5,150.00Fayette Co. Recycling, landfill contract

1,898.00Birdnow Chevrolet, snow removal, vehicle re-pair/maintenance 153.20Viafield, snow removal, vehicle gas & repair/maintenance 463.55

TOTAL 7,665.55CULTURE & RECREATION

Viafield, opera house fuel 595.00TOTAL 595.00

GENERAL GOVERNMENTVicks Heating, Plumbing & Vent., Inc., Lar-

rabee Building repair/maintenance 2,000Cornal Baker, Larrabee Building repair/main-tenance 25.00Viafield, Larrabee Building repair/mainte-nance, misc., and fuel 1,720.11Rite Price Office Supply, Inc., office supplies26.67

TOTAL 3,771.78BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES

Iowa Assn. of Municipal Utilities, water dues247.10Keystone Laboratories, Inc., water tests 25.0 0U.S. Cellular, cell phone 49.04Viafield, well house fuel, sewer, Jet Veh. Gasand sewer, building repair/maintenance 359.25Fehr Graham, sewer engineeri ng 603.85Rite Price Office Supply, Inc., water/sewer of-fice supplies 53.32

TOTAL 1,337.56CAPITAL PROJECT

Fehr Graham, sewer disinfection project2,444.00

DISBURSEMENTS PAIDAFTER LAST MEETING

Ace Communications, telephone, fax, DSL316.74

Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank, shazam fee1.07

IA Association of Municipal Utilities, waterschooling 40.00Iowa League of Cities, schooling 175.00Fayette Co. Recorder, misc. charges 19.00

Jenean Niedert, wages 904.93Helena Zweibohmer, wages 419.86Paul Durnan, wages 377.30Brian Schroeder, wages 1,016.12Arline Davission, wages 81.81Ryan Evans, wages 335.18Teri Wagner, wages 20.77Area Ambulance, payment 350.00Cindy Bilden, opera house and Larrabee Build-ing janitor 350.00Ace Communications, police & office DSL andLib. telephone, fax, DSL 91.70Audio Editions, library audio books 58.88Ingram, library books 135.76Clermont Post Office, sewer postage 9.75Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank, misc. charges/bank box rent 20.00IDrive, annual license 49.50

TOTAL 4,773.37

DISBURSEMENTS 16,807.75DISBURSEMENTS PAID AFTER LASTMEETING 4,773.37GRAND TOTAL 21,581.12

Published in the Elgin EchoWednesday, April 24, 2013

Valley Community School DistrictRegular Meeting Minutes of

Monday, April 15, 2013

Board President Mark Howard called theregular meeting of the Valley CommunitySchool District Board of Education to order at7:03 p.m. in the Media Center.

Board members present: Stacy Cummings,Dawn Daughton, Mark Howard, and EileenSchlawin. Absent: Tim Orr.

Vice President Daughton led the board andaudience in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion to approve agenda with the amend-

ment of VI. A. 2 File with Board SecretarySuperintendents Recommendation to termi-nate five Teacher Continuing Contracts dueto staff reduction instead of four. Daughton/Schlawin. Motion carried 4-0.

Motion to approve the consent agenda withthe following items:Minutes of the March 18, 2013 Regular Meet-ingMinutes of the March 21, 2013 Special Meet-ingMinutes of the March 25, 2013 Special Meet-ingMinutes of the April 8, 2013 Special MeetingReview/approve financial statementsReview/approve invoices and payrollAccept giftsAccept resignation of Chad Beermann as HeadVarsity Football Coach and Head Boys TrackCoach effective at the conclusion of the 2012-13 school year.Accept resignation of Stephanie Vagts as El-ementary General Music Instructor effectiveat the conclusion of the 2012-13 school year.Accept resignation of Marty Berda as HighSchool Science Instructor effective at the con-clusion of the 2012-13 school year.Offer contract to Nick Fettkether as substitutebus driver contingent on the completion of alllicensing certification

Daughton/Schlawin. Motion carried 4-0.

Member Orr arrived at 7:08 p.m.NEW BUSINESSMotion to approve the Reduction in Force/

Terminations for 2013-14 High SchoolCoaching/Director Staff effective at the endof each season as presented. Daughton/Cum-

mings. Motion carried 5-0.The Superintendents Recommendation to

terminate Five (5) Teacher Continuing Con-tracts due to staff reduction were filed with theBoard Secretary.

Motion to approve the Resolution ofSchool Start Date Waiver for 2013-14 as pre-sented. Daughton/Cummings. Roll call Ayes:Cummings, Daughton, Howard, Orr and Sch-lawin. Nays: none. Motion carried unanimous-ly.

Motion to approve the Field ExperienceContractual Agreement for 2013-14 with Lu-ther College. Daughton/Schlawin. Motion car-

ried 5-0.Motion to approve the Athletic Trainer

Contract with Palmer Lutheran Health CenterSports Medicine Services for 2013-14. Daugh-ton/Cummings. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion to approve the Seniors last day asMay 21, 2013 (per policy 606.10). Daughton/Schlawin. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion to set the following registrationfees for 2013-14: K-5 Book Rent: $55, 6-8 BookRent: $90, Student Athletic Pass $30, AdultAthletic Pass $70. Daughton/Schlawin.Motioncarried 5-0. (The remaining registration feeswill be set by the board at their regular July 15,2013 meeting.)

Motion to approve the Memorandum ofUnderstanding between the Valley CommunitySchool District Board of Education and ValleyCommunity Education Association SharedTeachers (as presented). Daughton/Cummings.Motion carried 5-0.

Motion to approve the renewal of SharingAgreement with Postville Community SchoolDistrict for Facility and Grounds Director forthe 2013-14 school year. (8 hours per week).Schlawin/Daughton. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion to approve the Cooperative Agree-ment for Pre-Service Clinical Placementwith University of Northern Iowa. Schlawin/Daughton. Motion carried 5-0.

Motion to adjourn. Daughton/Schlawin.

Motion carried 5-0.The Board adjourned their regular meetingat 7:44 p.m.


West Union, Fayette County, IowaMonday, April 8, 2013

The Board of Supervisors of FayetteCounty, Iowa, met on Monday, April 8, 2013,at 9:00 oclock a.m., at the Fayette CountySupervisors office.

The meeting was called to order by theChairperson, and the roll was called showingthe following Supervisors present and absent:

Present: Jeanine Tellin, Vicki Rowland &Darrel Dolf

Absent: NoneMotion was made by Dolf and seconded by

Rowland to approve the current agenda.On roll call, all voted aye, none nay, and

the motion was carried.Motion was made by Rowland and

seconded by Dolf to approve the minutes ofthe April 1 and April 3, 2013 meetings. On rollcall, all voted aye, none nay, and the motionwas carried.

In accordance with section 277.20 ofthe Code of Iowa, the Board of Supervisorsproceeded to canvass the tally lists of the WestCentral Community School District SpecialElection of April 2, 2013.IIssue A:YES 439 NO 126

Issue B:YES 428 NO 134

The Board had a discussion regarding Histori-cal Society budget allocations.

The Board met with Carol Keune, CommunityServices, for an update.

The following claims were approved:ABC Office, Supplies 1629.43Ace Comm. Grp. Phone Service 252.62Advanced Systems Supplies 258.68Advanced Systems, Inc Service 175.50Advanced Systems, Inc Supplies 154.00Kenneth Aeschlima n Reimbursement 21.39

Alco Supplies 109.14Allamake e-Clayton REC Utilities 416.70Alliant Energy Utilities 87028.57American Institutional Supply Supplies 82.27American Legion Rent 75.00Arlington Library Allocation 2802.00Arlington, City Utility 63.43Mary Ann Baker Election Officials 123.32Bob Barker Co. Supplies 48.60Bowman Dist. Supplies 1196.23Baumler Impl Co, Inc. Supplies 87.35Charles Baumler Service 9.66Mary Belden Election Official 76.00Bennett Explosives Supplies 9230.41Birdnow Chevrolet Service 239.08Birdnow Motor Trade Service 54.26Black Hawk Co. Community Serv. 212.50Black Hills Energy Utilities 611.13Black Hawk County Fees 20.56Bodensteiner Implement Supplies 1016.18Bunn Services Garbage Pickup 45.001Brannon Burroughs Service 181.75Car Quest Supplies 254.71Carpente r Uniform Co., Apparel 85.41Cedar Valley Friends Service 3000.00Century Line Phone Service 13.12 1CenturyLi nk Phone Service 1724.47CenturyLi nk Service 21.19Certified Laboratori es Supplies 1026.61Charleys Quik Shop Supplies 50.40Chemsearch Supplies 258.13

Chickasaw County Service 44.38City Laundry Service 34.91Clermont Library Allocation 3100.87City of Clermont Service 80.651Construct ion Equipment Supplies 764.96Costello Diesel Service Service 684.96County Case Mgmt Serv Fees 536.00 2Covenant Medical Center Service 8268.00Create Supplies 363.00Cummins Central Power LLC Service 17.46Charles Custer Election Official 78.00Merna Custer Election Official 78.00Dan Sage Rental Rent 300.00Dicks Petroleum Co. Service 1324.48DirecTV Utilities 94.99Claudia Dolf Election Official 109.80Darrel J Dolf Reimbursement 39.481Dollar General Charge Sales 76.25Dons Phillips 66 Serv. Service 409.02Dons Truck Sales Inc. Supplies 5371.28Donohue Law Office Expenses/ Rent 350.00Drilli ngs All Season Supplies 114.01Earthgr ains Baking Co., Inc. Supplies 641.80City of East Moline Registration 70.00Easton Water Service 258.25Electronic Engineering Co. Inc Supplies 253.67

lgin Motor Supply Supplies 111.97lgin Library Allocation 3048.00atthew J Ellis Reimbursement 42.00

lwood, ODonahoe, Braun & White Fees276.00

auser Energy Resources Supplies 21003.23

ayette Co. Sheriff Fees 404.00ayette County Treasurer Taxes 102.00ayette Electron ics Service 867.00ayette Library Allocation 3872.62ayette Publishi ng Publications 682.32ina Forcier Service 108.00rieden Welding Inc. Supplies 896.87 1

Mick Gage Plumbing & Heating Services25.00

Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher Service 90.00Gardiner Thomsen, PC Service 10250.00Garvin Hdwe Supplies 558.00

Gatr Truck Center Supplies 276.02Harold Gieselman Election Official 23.52Gonzalez Office Products Supplies 37.50Greiner Law Office PC Service 150.00Patricia Grimm Election Official 88.84Gundersen Clinic LTD Service 556.61Guppys On The Go Fuel 68.00Hancor Inc. Supplies 22308.14Hawkeye Library Allocation 2800.87Hawkeye Telephone Service 99.79John Hintz Reimbursement 191.25David House Reimbursement 43.84Howard County Sheriff Fee 34.56Hygienic Lab Supplies 192.00International Academy of EMD Training

150.00Iowa County Attorneys Assn Fee 401.00Iowa Dept of Natural Resources Fee 75.001Iowa DOT Farm-to-MarketFund Reimbursement 50000.0 01Iowa State Assn of Counties Fees 130.00ISAC Dues 3366.34Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Homes,Fee 340.00Jasper Engineering & Equip, Co., Service

4771.57Jim Hawk Truck Trailers, Inc. Supplies 189.40John Deere Financial Supplies 319.00Keystone Laborator ies Inc. Supplies 25.00Nathan Lein Reimbursement 231.00Susan Lueder Reimburseme nt 64.19Vernelle K. Malven Election Official 91.36Martin Bros. Dist. Supplies 697.73 1Martin Equip of IA-Il Supplies 4370.22David Mason Atty Fees 440.00Matt Parrott & Sons Co. Supplies 504.95Maynard Library Allocation 2815.13MCI Service 59.65MCI Small Business Service Phone Service

799.05McKee Foods Corporat ion Supplies 273.26

Jim Moeller Reimbursement 16.38Linda Monroe Election Official 76.00Moores Foods Supplies 182.84Moss Serv Ctr Inc. Supplies 132.95C.J. Moyna & Sons, Inc. Supplies 858.17Mutual Wheel Company Supplies 96.00Myers-Cox, Co Supplies 224.07NAPA Auto Parts Supplies 207.51NEIT Phones, LLC Service 70.00Mark Nelson Reimbursement 10.92Paul Niemann Const. Co.Rock Products

4292.00Northern Safety Co, Inc Supplies 86.33Oelwein City Clerks Office Service 69.71Oelwein Communit y Plaza Rent 100.00Oelwein Library Allocation 10998.38Oelwein Publishing Company Publications

321.71Palmer Community Health Service 680.001Palmer HHA Fees 15227.97Peterbilt of La Crosse Supplies 564.70Prairie Farms Dairy Supplies 798.32Prair ie View Mgnt Service 15.95RDJ Specialties, Inc. Supplies 300.00Reinhar t Food Serv. Supplies 2629.91Rite Price Ofc Supply Supplies 5662.16 0Vicki Rowland Reimbursement 171.96Dean Rueber Mileage 20.16Sadler Power Train, Inc Supplies 128.26Dustin Schott Reimbursement 65.98Scott Pharmacy Supplies 456.87

Scott Van Keppel, LLC Supplies 5076.89Secretary of State Fee 60.00Shell Express Fuel 2335.01Kay Snyder Mileage 12.18Solutions, Inc. Data Processing 197.80Spahn & Rose Lumber Supplies 130.37State Medical Examiners Ofc Fee 1677.00Mark Stewart Reimbursement 18.90Storey-Kenworthy Company Supplies 113.79Strahm Hardware Supplies 54.37Strang Tire Co. Services 31.89Superior Welding Sup. Co. Supplies 169.64Jeanine A Tellin Reimbursement 41.16Fayette County Union Publications 476.97United States Cellular Phone Service 51.52Mark Vagts Reimbursement 4.20Brenda Vande VoordeVanguard Appraisal s, Inc Service 1100.00Viafield Supplies 330.65Volunteers for Youth Allocation 2000.00Wadena Library Allocation 2475.75Walvatne Electric Services 437.61Waste Mgmt Service 30.13Waucoma Library Allocation 2549.63Weber Paper Company Supplies 290.40Welter Storage Eq. Co., Inc. Office Supplies

567.00Wesco Receivables Corp. Supplies 191.97West Union Library Allocation 5523.00West Union Hardware Supplies 43.19City of West Union Utilities 912.65Westgate Library Allocatio n 2463.75

City of Westgate Utility 28.80WEX Bank Supplies 5107.51Whitney Reporting Services Services 44.80Tim R Whittle Reimbursement 150.00Wilbur Ford Service 49.44Wingfoot Commercial Tire Supplies 3055.00Wolfe Eye Clinic Services 275.00

Valley Community School DistrictGeneral Fund Invoices Approved

A-1 Vacuum & Sewing, supplies 200.00Alliant Energy, service 4,6665.04Alpine Communicat ions, service 94.95Area Education Agency, service 641.26Baker Concrete & Excavating, service 1,419.75BMO Mastercar d, supplies 2,193.21Buck Wilder Books, supplies 1,194.00Butikofer, Annette, mileage 64.40Continenta l Research Corp, supplies 150.14Demco, Inc., supplies 212.50

Department of Educaiton, bus inspection 28.00Dons 66 Service, fuel 247.30Eastons Water Conditioning, supplies 135.00Electric Motor Shop, service/suppl ies 134.08Elgin Motor Supply, supplies 26.29Fauser Energy Resources, diesel/Htp LP

2,428.32Fayette County Recycling, bench 55.36Fayette Publishing, service 197.89Hall Roberts Son, Inc, supplies 86.50Hanson, Harold, electric reimb 95.00Hillyard /Des Moines, supplies 147.17Hoods Floors and More, supplies/service 60.00Iowa Association School Boards, registrationfees 2,153.00Iowa Communications Network, service

253.89Iowa Department of Education, service 121.46Johns Appliance, equipment repair 29.99Johns Hardware Center, supplies 53.65Kahler, Deb, mileage 70.27Keystone Area Educaiton Agency, supplies/service 35.00McCartney, Ardel, mileage 145.20McDonald Supply, supplies 119.49Mid Iowa School Improvement, service 150.00Miller, James, electric reimb 95.00Molumby, Cathleen, phone reimb 95.00Moore Company, supplies 1.07Nading (Petty Cash A/C), Carole, postage,misc 79.35Nading, Carole, mileage 8.80

Prairie Farms Dairy, supplies 28.64Rise LTD, services 120.00School Bus Sales Co., supplies 171.50South Winneshiek Comm. School, tuition

25.00State Hygienic Laborator y-AR, service 11.00Strahm Hardware, supplies 13.74Swisher & Cohrt, P.L.C., service 2,531.00Torkelson Motors, Inc., service/ lease 1,185.62Valley CSD Capital Projects Fund, transfer

19,229.89Viafield, supplies 594.11Weber Paper Company, supplies 1,186.28Winter, Karen, mileage 151.20TOTAL 43,293.31

ACTIVITY FUNDAmundson, Clay, reimburseme nt 18.61Amundson, Emily, supplies 25.45Clayton Ridge Community Schools, entry fee

(90.00)Decker Sporting Goods, supplies 678.85Decorah Community School, tuition/fees

(70.00)Edgewood/Colesburg School District, dues

(70.00)

Enyart, Monica, supplies 163.42Fayette Electron ics, repairs/sup plies 78.00Fayette Publishi ng, service 33.00Fettkethe r, Amy, supplies 230.87Graphic Edge, The, supplies 1,380.73Guppys on the Go, supplies 31.96Hawkeye Stages Inc., service 1,580.00Herff Jones, supplies 1,431.50Iowa FFA Assocation, reg/fees 490.00Iowa Girls High School Athletic, districtadmissions 70.00Iowa High School Music Assoc., dues/fees

204.00

Iowa High School Speech Assoc., fees 69.00Iowa State Fair, services 4.00Kepharts Music Center, supplies/service 62.30Loftsgard , Meca, reimb 22.95Madole, Robin, supplies 301.97Moore Company, supplies 27.06N.E. District FFA, dues (110.00)Nashua Plainfield CSD, entry fee (75.00)New Hampton CSD, transportation fees(35.00)Norcostco, Inc., supplies 265.93Olson, Kynzee, supplies 68.74Pleasant Valley Sports Club, golf fees 1,207.25Postville Comm. School Dist., tuition (45.00)R & H Theatric als, supplies 68.15Rustys Screen Printi ng, supplies 115.00Spahn & Rose Lumber Co, supplies 323.55State Historical Society of Iowa, services967.14Team Express, supplies 435.53Thoroughbred, service 350.00Viafield, supplies 154.61West Union Country Club 820.00

TOTAL11,184.57SALES TAX FUNDUpper Explorerland RPC, services 1,237.19TOTAL 1,237.19

PPEL FUNDProbuild , supplies 270.89TOTAL 270.89

NUTRITION FUNDAdventure Lighting, supplies 592.78

Earthg rains Baking Co., Inc., supplies 235.04Keck, Inc., supplies 644.25Marti n Bros. Dist Co. Inc., supplies 4,057.60Prairie Farms Dairy, supplies 1,800.60

AGENCY PROJECT FUNDIowa Department of Education, service 202.44TOTAL 202.44

APRILAFLAC 26.80Ameritus Group 1,331.77Interna l Revenue Service 53,631.29IPERS 32,755.12OSEBA 41,953.67Treasurer, State of Iowa 8,490.00Valley 403B Plan 8,392.26Valley Foundation 30.00Valley CSD 250.00VCEA 1,961.78VESPA 410.40TOTAL 149,233.09


City of ElginCouncil Minutes of

Monday, April 15, 2013

The Elgin City Council met in regular sessionwith Mayor Pfister presiding. The meeting wascalled to order at 7:00 pm. Council membersSchori, baker, Knobloch, Strong and Friedenwere present. Motion by Strong, second byKnobloch to approve the agenda. Carried 5-0.Motion by Schori, second by Knobloch to ap-prove the minutes of the April 1, 2013 meeting.Carried 5-0. Motion by Schori, second by Kno-bloch to approve the following bills:

Bills Paid 04/15/13GENERALA & D Computers, library computer work

50.00Americinn, Matt/hotel 246.40Bodensteiner Implement, filter/mow 39.39

Bodensteiner Implement, mower deck wheel25.16

Dons 66 Service, fuel 88.45Fauser Oil Co., Inc, fire fill 291.41Fayette County Treasurer, bar taxes 318.00Fayette Electronics , fire 785.00Fayette Publishing, publishing 137.69Strahm Hardware, ice melt 6.61Iowa State University, class/Matt 250.00Librarian, petty cash 100.00Lisa Leuck, mileage 21.98

Mike Prestby, library 200.00Moore Co., toilet bowl clearn 2.86Oreck Clean Home Center, vac bags 54.85Postmaster, postage 5.60Pro Build Elkader, door/firestation 365.00Rhonda Dales, cleaning 200.00Rhonda Dales, 2x stipend and 3x mileage82.63Sandry Fire Supply, LLC, fire/lightbar 418.71William Pfister, stipent 25.00GENERAL 3,714.74

ROAD USE TAXDons 66 Service, fuel 805.13Frieden Welding, Ltd., repair plow 255.14Strahm Hardware, chain/skid steer 13.85Iowa Patch, street patch 669.20

ROAD USE TAX1M743.32

2010 CDBG HOUSINGDaves Home Improvement, Frieden #3

3,425.002010 CDBG HOUSING

3,425.00xWATER

Elgin State Bank, bank fees 84.00Fauser Oil Co., Inc, lp 217.01Strahm Hardware, gas can 16.99Keystone Laborator ies, testing 11.00Moore Co., duct tape/air freshener 8.96Operating & Maintenance Spec, ray pressuresnubber 83.95

Postmaster, postage 5.80Quill, dry board & markers 201.70Treasurer State of Iowa, sales tax 1,096.43WATER 1,725.84

SEWERDons 66 Service, fuel 18.00Sandol Laboratory, testing 204.95Treasurer State of Iowa, sales tax 194.31SEWER 417.26

SOLID WASTEElgin State Bank, bank fees 41.75Fayette Co. Transfer Station, quarterly

2,049.00Fayette Co. Transfer Station, quarterly

5,566.45Treasurer State of Iowa, sales tax 261.26SOLID WASTE 7,918.46

TOTAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECKS

35,943.47PAYROLL CHECKSRhonda Dales 1,046.36Larry Ormston 45.99William Pfister 406.57Thomas Martin 1,253.92Lisa Leuck 580.86Justin DeWitte 147.18Koral Harbaugh 161.44TOTAL PAYROLL 3,642.32REPORT TOTAL 39,585.79

Carried 5-0.City Superintendent, Tom Martin reported to

the council that boring had been done in townfor the Center Street project and ISU had donesome sampling for an ongoing study of aqui-fers. He was told the siren batteries need to bereplaced and he will look in to this further. Lasweeks storms set the alarms off at the sewerlagoons where he discovered a power surge thacaused problems with the equipment. MSA wilbe looking at the controls to see if protectionhas been installed. Motion by Baker, second byStrong to approve his report. Carried 5-0.

Robin Bostrom was present to discuss a fun-draiser for the Turkey River Recreation Corri-dor that would include bicycling through Elgin.The council welcomed the event and thankeTRRC for including them in the event.

Motion by Baker, second by Knobloch to ap-prove the librarys budget amendment of $633

to be spent on shelving. Carried 5-0.Motion by Knobloch, second by Frieden to

adjourn at 8:41pm. Carried 5-0.

Rhonda Dales, City ClerkWilliam Pfister Jr., Mayor


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Upper Iowa University willbe bringing three presiden-tial finalists to campus April29 May 7, and will host aseries of public forums toallow community membersto meet the candidates andhear their presentations.

Names of the candidateswill be announced soon, ac-cording to Bill Cook, who is

chairman of the PresidentialSearch Committee.

The search committeemet with semifinalists foruniversity president, and wewere very impressed by theirbreadth and depth of experi-ence, said Cook. We havehad an excellent responseto the search process andlook forward to having theentire universityand our local com-munity hear fromthe finalists. We willbe recommendingour finalists to the

board of trustees,and we remain ontarget to have a newpresident identifiedby July.

Finalists will par-ticipate in a series ofinterviews over twodays. These visitsinclude separate fo-rums for students,

faculty, and staff. In addi-tion, there will be a publicforum for each candidate,which also will be broad-cast live on the UIU websitehomepage (www.uiu.edu).

The first interviewee willbe on campus April 29-30;the second, May 2-3; and thethird, May 6-7.

The anticipated sched-

ule for the public forums is3:30 p.m. on the second dayof each finalists visit in theStudent Center ballroom.

UIU will post the inter-viewees names, biographi-cal information and finalschedule for the public fo-rums at www.uiu.edu/presi-dentialsearch.

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Thanks to the generosity of many throughout northeast Iowa donating to the Heroes Among Us fundraiser, eight veterans attending

Northeast Iowa Community College will be able travel in September to Gettysburg to visit the battlefields and to Washington, D.C., tovisit the war monuments. The eight selected included (l-r) Paul Reicks (Cresco), Roberto Zamora (Elkader), Mason Lembke (West Union),Jared Fields (Calmar), David Funk (Maynard), Charles Olliney (Waucoma), and David Sauceda (Cresco). Not pictured is Morgan Whittaker(Elkader). To date, enough money has been raised for six veterans, but donations are still being accepted. For more information on howto help can be received by contacting Carol Cameron or Anna Stamat at 800-728-2256, ext. 258. (Becky Walz photo)

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My father drove our oldfaded black pickup underthe arched cement entrance

etched with the wordsSouthern Iowa Fairgrounds,my favorite childhood place.

With my 900-lb. steer inthe back of the pickup, weheaded down the U-shapedroad lined with barns andcentered with a show ringpavilion. We turned ontothe uncut grass and drovetoward the weathered-wood unloading chute.

The smell of straw andanimals filled the cattlebarn. I felt the rope ofBumpys halter scratch asit pulled across my callous.

He lunged ahead to the safe,hollow-tile stall. I securedthe rope to a heavy ironring, which was bolted to atwo-twelve plan.

Under a green and whitebanner, reading MonroeLivewire 4-H Club, steerswere tied in rows with theirheads away from the spec-tators and tails next to theaisle. Behind each animalswas a wooden show box,made for equipment andbales of hay and beddingstraw. This kept the loosestraw under the animals in

place.As I plugged in the boxfan, its motor growled a low-pitched sound.

The 4-Hers took turnspushing the wide broom tosweep the dirt-packed aisle.

On the cement wash rack,just outside the double door,Iowa 4-Hers shampooedthe oily manure-stainedanimals. It was not uncom-mon to hear shrieks fromboys drenched by waterfrom hoses held by friendlypranksters.

The following day award

ribbons would hang fromwire above prize animals.

Elgin Writers GroupElgin Writers Group

Blue indicated first place.The most prized was thepurple Grand Champion rib-bon with two satin strandshanging from a satin rosette.Only one was given.

The barn became a chat-

tering chipmunk each morn-ing at chore time. Groundprotein was sprinkled overthe mixture of cracked cornand golden oats, resemblingspices on a gourmet dish.Coarsely woven burlap sacksof feed returned to the box.Sharp pitch-fork tines lift l it-ter to wheelbarrows. Dust,chatter and laughter filledthe air.

But in late afternoon, thebarn became a cat purringof fans while contented ani-mals lay chewing their cud.

Parents enjoyed sitting on

the show boxes at days end.It was a good time to visitwith friends and neighbors.By paying 10 cents, young orold could dip one hand intothe icy water of a tub-shapedpop machine with a metallid and retrieve a short bot-tle of pop, flavors of orange,grape, cream soda, strawber-ry or Coke.

As was the custom, girlsreturned home with theirparents for the evening.Trustworthy boys were priv-ileged to sleep quietly on thehay in the loft above the ani-

mals. Being a girl, I was sadto go.

My favorite place The Fair Barn

Dorothy Wurster

Valley vocal students receiving Division I ratings at the State Solo/Ensemble Contest recently are (front, l-r) Colby Smith, Koree Olson,Dawn Thompson, Leah Reierson, Jacqueline Fettkether, Cayley Hinton; (middle) Steven Williams, Cody Torkelson, Geordan Hanson,Belle Hemesath, Katy Appler, Alison Mitts; (back) Nick Wander, Dakota Moore, Alex Callahan, Chris Torkelson, Zach Ruckdashel, MitchelCarlson, and Noah Larson. (LeAnn Larson photo)

Division I band recipients at the recent State Solo/Ensemble Contest from Valley are (front, l-r) Mitchell Carlson, Tomi Tash, Colby Smith,Dawn Thompson, Cayley Hinton, Natalie Fettkether; (middle) Alison Mitts, Kalleigh Fettkether, Noah Larson, Geordan Hanson, SamKlann; (back) Dakota Moore, Zach Ruckdashel, Brady Guyer, and Collin Bauch. (LeAnn Larson photo)

Students of the ValleyMusic Department recentlyrecognized at the State Solo/Ensemble Contest were asfollows:

SOLOSDivision 1

Alison Mitts, CayleyHinton, Chris Torkelson,Cody Torkelson, StevenWilliams, Dakota Moore.

Division II

Colby Smith, Katy Appler,Mitchell Carlson.

Division IIICourtney Berger.

MADRIGALDivision 1

Katy Appler, CourtneyBerger, Bellle Hemesath,Dawn Thompson, KoreeOlson, Cayley Hinton,

Colby Smith, JacquelineFettkether, Chris Torkelson,Steven Williams, NoahLarson, Geordan Hanson,Cody Torkelson, MitchellCarlson, Dakota Moore.

SENIOR MIXED 7Katy Appler, Cayley

Hinton, JacquelineFettkether, Alison Mitts,Chris Torkelson, CodyTorkelson, Geordan Hanson.

JUNIOR DOUBLE

QUARTETCourtney Berger, Belle

Hemesath, Leah Reierson,Colby Smith, StevenWilliams, Noah Larson, AlexCallahan, Dakota Moore.

JUNIOR GENTLEMENSteven Williams, Noah

Larson, Zach Ruckdashel,Nick Wander, MitchellCarlson, Dakota Moore.

GIRLS 5Koree Olson, Dawn

Thompson, JacquelineFettkether, Cayley Hinton,Colby Smith.

DUET(Perfect Ballot)

Cayley Hinton and MitchCarlson.

BAND ENSEMBLESRating I

Flute Duet Colby Smith

and Tomi Tash.Clarinet Duet A Alison

Mitts and Dawn Thompson.Saxophone Quartet

Cayley Hinton, KalleighFettkether, Mitchell Carlson,Dakota Moore.

Brass Quartet SamKlann, Noah Larson,Natalie Fettkether, GeordanHanson.

Percussion Quintet Collin Bauch, BradyGuyer, Zach Ruckdashel,Kiley Johansen, MitchellWettleson.

Alto Sax Solo A CayleyHinton.

Alto Sax Solo B MitchellCarlson.

Piano Solo MitchellCarlson.

Rating IIWW Trio Autumn

Lamb, Jessie Thompson,Gabby Johnston.

Saxophone Trio Shelby Lehmann, EmilyAmundson, Leah Reierson.

Brass Trio StevenWilliams, Katie Tessmer,Cody Torkelson.

Rating IIIClarinet Duet B Jenna

Houg, Carly Monroe.

Valley band and choir ensembles score big at State contest

UIU schedules public orumswith presidential fnalists

Iowas lack of skilledworkers is our biggest chal-lenge when it comes tojobs. Fortunately, Iowascommunity colleges are na-tionally recognized as lead-ers at helping families getahead.

The problem is that statefunding for community col-leges has not kept up withdemand for all they have tooffer. Students cover an in-creasing share of the costs.

The Education Budgetrecently approved by theSenate will ease the pressureto increase tuition. It in-cludes a $16 million increasefor our community collegesto help keep tuition rates

down. That way, Iowans ofall ages can get the educa-tion and training they needto become the workers Iowabusinesses require.

We are also working withcommunity college educa-tors and businesses on waysto help improve workertraining with the goal ofhelping Iowa businessessearching for skilled work-ers. There are plenty of Iowamoms and dads workingone, two, or three low-wagejobs. Given a chance, manycould learn a new trade orearn an industry certificateand move on to better work.

To help low-skilled Iowanswho have dropped out of

high school, the Senate ap-proved $7.5 mill ion for adultbasic education. Iowa is oneof only three states that doesnot target any state fundingto adult literacy.

New Iowa jobs requir-ing postsecondary educa-tion and training will growby 101,000 in the next fewyears, yet almost 300,000working-age Iowans do nothave a high school diploma.

The Education Budgetunder consideration in theSenate also provides the fol-lowing:

An increase of $9.5 mil-lion for basic worker train-ing programs at our localcommunity colleges.

Funding for a CareerPathways program consist-ing of education, trainingand support services thatenable Iowans to movethrough successively high-er levels of education overtime.

Work-based learning in-termediaries that developtraining and education pro-grams geared toward work-force skills required by ourlocal employers.

For more on the SenatesEducation Budget, seeamendment S-3155 to HouseFile 604 at www.legis.iowa.gov.

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Northeast Iowans will celebratethe 2012 reconstruction of the TurkeyRiver bridge and the ongoing restora-tion at the Motor Mill Historic Site nearElkader from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Satur-day, May 4.

The public is invited to tour thebridge and mill, visit displays frompartners in the Motor Mill and TurkeyRiver preservation efforts, and hear re-marks from leaders of the conservationprojects.

Historian Marlys Svendsen willgive a program about the history of theMotor Mill site at 11:30 a.m. and 12:15p.m. There will be a continuous show-ing of photos of the bridge construc-tion.

Exhibitors will include the IowaNatural Heritage Foundation, TurkeyRiver Recreational Corridor, Silos andSmokestacks National Heritage Area,Clayton and Fayette County tourismgroups, and Upper Mississippi Gaming.Music will be provided by the National

Brass Quintet.

Tours of the site and a food con-cession operated by the Elkader LionsClub will open at 11 a.m. The formalprogram will begin at 1 p.m.

Among the featured speakers willbe Mark Ackelson, president of theIowa Natural Heritage Foundation; DonMenken, former director of the ClaytonCounty Conservation Board; and rep-resentatives of Silos and Smokestacks,the Motor Mill Foundation, and theClayton County Board of Supervisors.The program will conclude with theunveiling of a plaque dedicating thenew bridge.

A Turkey Dash will follow theceremonies. For a donation, partici-pants will be given a floating turkeyto release in the river in a race to winprizes donated by Motor Mill and Tur-key River Recreational Corridor sup-porters.

For more information, call theClayton County Conservation Board at(563) 245-1516, or visit www.motormill.

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Fayette County Commission of Veterans Affairs donated a U.S. flag to the FayetteCounty Law Enforcement Center on Thursday, April 18. The flag will be displayed in thecenters multipurpose room, which is not only utilized for law enforcement training pur-poses and as an emergency operations center, but also by the Commission and otherentities for meetings. Pictured during the flag presentation are (front, l-r) CommissionChairman Jim Morrison, Sheriff Marty Fisher, Commission board member Ron Moser,Commission Executive Director John R. Hintz; (back) Commission board membersHarvey Ungerer, Don Leahy, and Sharon Harris. (Mike Van Sickle photo)

The annual volunteer Trail CleanupDay at the Volga River Recreation Area

State Park has been set for Saturday,April 27. All family members a re in-vited to help.

The day will start at the rangersstation, located on Ivy Road at thewest entrance to the park, at 8 a.m.Saturday, April 27. Groups will be sentout to various trails.

Volunteers are asked to wear appro-priate clothing, bring gloves, loppersand a sack lunch. Garbage bags are

provided. Cleanup will consist of tr im-ming branches, picking up garbage,

and other trail maintenance.Volga River Recreation Area is lo-cated between West Union and Fayetteeast of Hwy. 150 South on Ivy Road.

VRRA offers over 24 miles of trailsfor the hiking, biking, and snowmo-biling, cross country skiing and horse-back riding enthusiasts.

For further information, contactSheryl Struthers 563.422.3459.

Cleanup at VRRA Saturday

Patrons in the Valley school dis-trict are reminded that more votes are

needed in continuing efforts to raise$60,000 for new playground equip-ment at the elementary.

Votes can be cast for five deserv-ing groups, including the Fine ArtsBoosters, Valley Volunteers, AthleticBoosters, Partners in Education, andDollars for Scholars.

There are marked jars at locationsin Wadena, Elgin, and Clermont. Withchecks and dollars, community mem-

bers can vote for the volunteer orga-nization they most appreciate. Each $1

equals one vote.Whichever group collects the mostvotes wil l receive the distr icts pres-tigious Golden Apple Award. Thewinner will be announced on Tuesday,April 30, at the school concert.

As of press time, the Fine ArtsBoosters is leading in total number ofvotes w ith on ly seven days left in theballoting.

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The public is invited to tour thenew conference facility, view pro-

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