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A Landowners Appre-ciation Breakfast will be April 6 to thank every-one for a great season.

South Winn K-Prep class gets a first-hand look at construction vehicles at Wiltgen Construction.

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Art Huber will turn 99 years young on April 6. Help Art celebrate by attending his traditional birthday party at Huber’s Store on Saturday, April 5.

Story & Photos by Joyce MeyerOver 700 interested people took

the time to tour Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) and the Northeast Iowa Dairy Founda-tion Robotics Milking Open Barn event Thursday, March 27 to view demonstrations of a completed $1.7 million robotic milking sys-tem at Iowa’s Dairy Center, just south of the NICC Calmar cam-pus.

The three-row free-stall barn was expanded to six rows. Iowa’s Robotic Dairy Center was built on the south end. Two Lely A4 automated milking systems were installed. One to milk registered Jerseys, and the other high-ge-netic registered Holsteins. The

NICC’s Open Barn started with the honorary ribbon cutting Thursday evening with (l-r): Megan Kregel, Dairy Center Coordinator, Kathleen Nacos-Burds, Vice President of Academic Affairs, NICC President Liang Chee Wee, Ph.D., Dr. Ken Reimer, President of NICC Board of Trust-ees, Gary Kregel, Dairy Foundation President, Dave Lawstuen, Chair of Dairy Operations and John Noel, Vice President of Finance and Admin-istration in attendance.

Robotics Milking Open Barn a success at NICC in Calmar

visitor center is equipped with a classroom/board room with ob-servation windows so visitors can see cows in the barn and cows be-ing milked by the robots. Half the Dairy Foundation herd is milked by robots, and the other half is milked in the old milking parlor.

“The location, design and con-struction of the robotic system and facility were thoughtfully planned through involvement of knowl-edgeable dairy producers, faculty, contractors and vendors,” praised NICC President Liang Chee Wee, Ph.D. during the ribbon cutting ceremony.

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By Joyce Meyer The weather was warm and though the ground was muddy, 1,160 folks flocked to Green’s Sugar Bush by Castalia last Sun-day for some delicious pancakes with Green’s maple syrup and Spillville Locker sausage grilled over an open fi re. For many this has been a rite of passage to sig-nal spring is here and after this long winter people were ready to celebrate the day by getting out-side and enjoying one of the fi rst possible 60 degree weather days since last October here in beautiful northeast Iowa. The two day event usually brings about two thousand people to the Green’s Maple Syrup

event held usually the last Sunday in March and fi rst Sunday in April. So no worries if you missed the fun, because they will have one more breakfast with wagon and pony rides again this coming Sun-day, April 6 at Green’s Sugar Bush at 1437 111th Avenue by Castalia beginning at 10 a.m. “With the cold spring, the Green’s were only on their second batch of maple syrup this season, which is very unusual since soon the season should be ending,” said David Ludeking of Decorah in Green’s sap house as he kept the wood fi re going on the evaporator by adding wood every seven min-utes as the sap condensed down.

The trees were tapped March 14, with pails out March 15 in the Sug-ar Bush maple tree farm but spring was slow to come this year. Early Sunday morning Karen and Dale took a moment to pose for a photo in front of the sap house and the long lines that split to either buy maple syrup in the sap house (they have some from the previous year also for sale) or up the hill to the shelter for breakfast of pancakes and wood fi re grilled sausages from local Spillville Locker. The horse teams and wag-ons were lined up full of people as many went for a tour of the timber after breakfast and the children had a fun time riding ponies.

Greenʼs Maple Syrup is a fun family festGreenʼs Maple Syrup is a fun family festGreen’s Sugar Bush owners, Dale & Karen Green (center), say the event is a family affair. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

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By Joyce Meyer Bring out all the horns and

whistles and let’s do some hooting and hollering! Send in the march-ing band, there’s going to be a party in Fort Atkinson because it’s time to celebrate Art Huber’s big 99th birthday this weekend!

Art Huber turns 99 years young on Sunday, April 6, with his tra-ditional birthday party at Huber’s Store in Fort Atkinson Saturday. About a block from his home in Fort Atkinson sits the four-genera-tion, family-owned Huber’s Store, which is now run by his son Don. Art still visits the store daily. On Saturday afternoon he will cel-ebrate with cake and visit with the long line of friends and family who will stop by to give him their very best wishes.

Art has always been a mover and a shaker when it comes to his community and his age has not slowed him down a bit. Not only did he run Huber’s Store when his father Joseph retired, but he was the buyer of the South Winneshiek Golf and Country Club. Art and his friends decided to start the club up in 1960. He also watches over St. Anthony of Padua Chapel

Celebrating as Art Huber turns 99

(Smallest Church) by Festina and does the accounts for the church. He has organized the Fort Com-munity band for over 65 years with the Wednesday night jam-ming sessions-even after he hung up his clarinet. Art may not be out golfi ng every Thursday at the local country club he founded, but you can usually catch him at the card table with his friends now that the

Art Huber, with the love of his life, Vivian in 1979. Vivian died in 1984 of cancer. (Photo courtesy of Art Huber)

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season has started. He loves to do the sudoku puzzles in his daily Cedar Rapids Gazette and weekly Calmar Courier, plays games on the computer and checks on the daily chats on the Notre Dame website. He plays cards when-ever he can get a game going and loves to watch sports with his sons

Wednesday: BBQ Ribs, Baked Potato, Peas Thursday: Hamb. Gravy Over Mashed Potatoes, Corn & Peaches

Friday: Fish or Shrimp, French Fries, SideMonday: Beef Stroganoff, Green Beans, Roll

Tuesday: Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Lettuce SaladWednesday: Pork Chops, Parsley Potatoes, Carrots

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April 2 — April 9 • $6 Specials

Winneshiek County Soil & Water Conservation District

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUETTuesday, April 8 • 7 p.m.

Public is Invited to Attend!

The Trails Unlimited Snow-mobile Club will host their An-nual Landowners Appreciation & Breakfast Fundraiser event Sun., April 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Festina Community Center. Everyone is welcome to attend. Guests will enjoy pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs. Tickets available at the door are $7 for adults, $4 for kids age seven and under and landowners within the club’s territory eat free. Car-ry-outs are available.

This sunset shot was taken southwest of Festina on a popular area referred to as “The Snake Trails,” owned by Mark & Deb Dietzenbach. (Photo Submitted by Brenda Luzum)

Trails Unlimited Snowmobile Club Landowners Appreciation & Breakfast Fundraiser“After several years of zero to

light snowfall, we fi nally got the winter our club prayed for,” said Bud Winter, Trails Unlimited Club President.

Trails Unlimited is a non-profi t organization that has been in exis-tence since 1985. The club works in partnership with 240 landown-ers, nearly 100 club members and

maintains over 150 miles of trail in the communities of Castalia, Ossian, Calmar, Fort Atkinson, Festina, Alpha, Hawkeye, Jackson Junction, Saint Lucas, Auburn, Waucoma, West Union and Cler-mont.

“There’s really two ingredients to make the perfect snowmobile season,” said Winter. “Tremen-

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The Waucoma Latecomers Cancer Relay for Life team is tak-ing orders for kolaches and cres-cent rolls for Easter. Orders need to be placed before April 12 by calling 563-776-4331, 563-776-4701 or 563-776-6041 (evenings). You can also e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]. The assorted fruit fl avors of kolaches are $8.50 per dozen with the crescent rolls priced at $6.50 per dozen. Pick up will be at the Waucoma Com-munity Center on April 19 from 9–11 a.m. Let someone else do your baking for you and support a worthy cause at the same time. All proceeds are donated to the American Cancer Society in the surrounding counties.

The Latecomers Team is com-prised of employees from Lynch Livestock Inc. in Waucoma along with other family and friends. The team has become famous for their “Kiss A Pig” contest. The team has raised over $70,000 over the past 4 years with much of the money being raised during the pig-kissing contest.

Kolache Sale by Cancer Relay for Life Team


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Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) students in the Calmar area earned scholarships this spring for their academic achievements. The students are enrolled at the NICC Calmar campus.

NICC students earned the following scholarships for the spring 2014 semester:

Sarah Baker, a General Education student from Fort Atkin-son, earned a Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Scholarship. She is the daughter of Janice and William Baker of Fort Atkinson.

Silas Opdahl, a Computer Technology student from Calmar, earned the Ron and Penny Wills Scholarship. He is the son of Becky Britt of Waterloo and Steve Opdahl of Thousand Oaks, CA. Silas and his wife, Amber, have one child, Zachary.

Tiffany Halvorson, a Nursing student from Calmar, earned a Sherman Oyen Endowed Scholarship. She is the daughter of Denise and Darrell Chalupa of Washington. Tiffany and her hus-band, Charles, have three children, Charlie, Johannah and Isaiah.

Alexandria Glass, a Large Animal Veterinarian Technician student from West Union, earned a Norby Distributing Scholar-ship.

Kelli Anderson, a Human Services Generalist student from Calmar, earned the Ed Adrian Memorial Scholarship.

For more information on these scholarships and others avail-able through NICC, visit www.nicc.edu/scholarships.

Calmar area students earnscholarships for spring 2014 semester

South Winn sophomores attend UIU career fairThe sophomores of South Winn were able to attend a career fair held at theUpper Iowa University in Fayette

on Wednesday, March 26. The fair was put on by both UIU and Northeast Iowa Community College, giving the students an opportunity to really start thinking about their future plans and to check out what some colleges have to offer.

Joclyn Bushman, Morgan Bohr, Payton Moore and Kelsey Hage-man smile as they show off their UIU Pennants. (Photo courtesy of Connie Euans)

Juan Uribe, Brandon Headington and Michael Tieskoetter listen to their options from one demonstrator. (Photo courtesy of Connie Euans)

The sophomore class of South Winn High School recently attended the career fair at Upper Iowa University. (Photo courtesy of Connie Euans)

FreshmenSpecial Honor Roll: Amber

BrincksA Honor Roll: Tiana Bullerman,

Joel Hanson, Kelly Langreck and Christina Nesvik

B Honor Roll: Sawyer Bre-itsprecher, Ashley Budde, Lane Budde, Elizabeth Cullen, Colton Goza, Abby Hageman, Alex Holthaus, Matthew Holthaus, Ale-jandro Koenig, Michaela Kuennen, Anna Langreck, Blain Lennon, Skylar Luzum, Morgan Martin, Brennan McDermitt, Hannah Mc-Gee, Madelyn Monroe, Cole Phil-lips, Kelley Schroeder, Jaden Sev-erson and Alyssa Timp

SophomoresSpecial Honor Roll: RaeAnn

Klimesh and Benjamin MeyerA Honor Roll: Justin Elsbernd,

Hattie Frana, Rebecca Hertges, Treyton Jacobsen, Payton Moore and Logan Schweinefus

B Honor Roll: Joclyn Bushman, Sabrina Claman, Amy Covell, Jenna Elsbernd, Duncan Glock, Amber Hageman, Kelsey Hage-man, Micheal Hageman, Miriah Hageman, Samantha Headington, Benjamin Klimesh, Landers Ku-boushek, Carson Lensing, Trygve Lien, Libby Manning, Riley Ott, Alex Quandahl, Cole Schmitt, Mi-chael Tieskoetter, Nathan Winter and Kyle Woodson

Juniors Special Honor Roll: Kelly Ku-

boushek and Nicole Kuboushek A Honor Roll: Anna Cullen,

Mackenzie Faldet, Rebecca Fran-zen, Brandi Hageman, Jerod Hey-ing, Matthew Kuboushek, Maggie Kuennen and Jessica Lechtenberg B Honor Roll: Megan Andera, Josiah Baker, Lee Balik, Mahogani Boe, Carter Broszeit, Kaitlin Ger-leman, Ryan Hageman, Matthew Hertges, Kaitlyn Imoehl, Keana Jacobsen, Christian Kleve, Am-briehl Klimesh, Tanner Kuennen, Tyler Numedahl, Payton Poshusta, Jordan Rommes, Brittany Shin-delar, Andrea Stenseth and Lexie Warth

Seniors Special Honor Roll: Leah Els-bernd, Caitlin Holien, Micole Lan-sing, Abigail Phillips and Trevor Schweinefus A Honor Roll: Garrett Bohach, Logan Brincks, Megan Bushman, Kennidee Devilbiss, Megan Els-bernd, Devin Franzen, Brendan Hageman, Benjamin Hanson, Courtney Humpal, Kendal Ku-boushek, Mikayla Lien, Brittney Timm and Bailey Timp B Honor Roll: Jonathan Bar-ness, Courtney Bohr, Erica Bohr, Lucas Brincks, Taylor Claman, Danon Hageman, Megan Hage-man, Elizabeth Hemesath, Brian Kleppe, Carlee Knutson, Nicole Langreck, Adam Lensing, Na-thanael Meyer, Sarah Meyer, Caleb Monroe, Darrik Poshusta, Jared Schroeder, Alex Shatek, Matthew Tekippe, Benjamin Unzeitig , Al-exander Upton, Andre Walz and Andrea Zweibahmer

South Winneshiek High School3rd Quarter Honor Roll

Winneshiek Medical Center recently presented a $500 dona-tion to the Free Clinic in recog-nition of National Doctor’s Day, observed since 1933. The do-nation to the free clinic, on the doctor’s behalf, is an expression of WMC’s commitment to the health and well-being of our com-munity.

From advanced surgical spe-cialists to family medicine pro-viders, WMC’s active medical staff includes more than twenty Mayo Clinic Health System phy-sicians who provide care through-out the hospital and in the WMC

Clinic. There are ten Gundersen Health System providers on the active medical staff at the locally-owned medical center as well.

“On Doctors’ Day, we honor local physicians’ compassion and contributions to local healthcare,” says Steven Davis, M.D., interim chief medical officer at Win-neshiek Medical Center. “We ap-preciate all of our providers – the work they have done in the last 100 years at WMC has touched lives in long-lasting ways.”

If you’re looking for a new physician, visit Winneshiek Med-ical Center’s website at www.

Caring for community:WMC recognizes Doctorʼs Day with a donation to the new clinic

Winneshiek Medical Center recently donated $500 to the Free Clinic in recognition of National Doctor’s Day and the doctors who care for patients at Winneshiek Medical Center. Pictured in the photo are Mayo Clinic Health System doctors and Free Clinic staff, from left: Steven Davis, M.D., interim chief medical of-fi cer, Winneshiek Medical Center; Andrea Homstad, nurse manager, Free Clinic; William Remington, M.D., president of the WMC Medical Staff; Bryce Schutte and Julia Mandsager, Luther College volunteers, Free Clinic. (Submitted Photo)

winmedical.org and click on “Find a Doctor.” Physician re-ferrals are also available by call-ing Winneshiek Medical Center Clinic at 563-382-2911.


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ASSUMPTION CATHOLICLittle TurkeyFather Nicholas MarchSunday, Apr. 6:

10:30 a.m. Mass

BETHANY LUTHERANRural OssianSunday, Apr. 6:

9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service

CALMAR COMMUNITYUNITED METHODISTCalmarPastor Linda Th ompsonSunday, Apr. 6:

9 a.m. Worship

CALMAR LUTHERAN &SPRINGFIELD LUTHERAN Pastor Phil OlsonWednesday, Apr. 2:

6:30 p.m. Worship at CalmarSunday, Apr. 6:Holy Communion

9 a.m. Calmar10:30 a.m. Springfi eld

DE SALES CATHOLICOssianMsgr. Cletus J. HawesSaturday, Apr. 5:

4 p.m. MassSunday, Apr. 6:

1 a.m. Mass

LIVING HOPE BAPTISTOssianSunday, Apr. 6:

9 a.m. Worship

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLICProtivinFather Nicholas MarchTh ursday, Apr. 3:

8:45 a.m. School MassSaturday, Apr. 5:

4 p.m. Mass

MT. CARMEL CATHOLICLawlerFather Nicholas MarchSaturday, Apr. 5:

4 p.m. MassTuesday, Apr. 8:

8 a.m. Mass

OSSIAN LUTHERANOssianSunday, Apr. 6:

8:30 a.m. Worship

OUR LADY OF SEVENDOLORS CATHOLICFestinaMsgr. Cletus J. HawesSunday, Apr. 6:

8 a.m. Mass

ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLICCalmarFather Donald J. HawesSaturday, Apr. 5:

4:30 p.m. MassSunday, Apr. 6:

10:30 a.m. Mass

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLICFort AtkinsonFather Nicholas MarchTh ursday, Apr. 3:

9 a.m. MassFriday, Apr. 4:

9 a.m. MassSaturday, Apr. 5:

6:10-6:20 p.m. Reconciliation6:30 p.m. Mass

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN,STAPLETON2271 Windsor Ave., WaucomaRev. Wayne T. & Irmagard Ellingson, Supply PastorsSunday, Apr. 6:

10:30 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion

ST. LUKE’S CATHOLICSt. LucasFather Nicholas MarchWednesday, Apr. 2:

8:30 a.m. MassSunday, Apr. 6:

10:30 a.m. Mass

ST. MARY’S CATHOLICWaucomaFather Nicholas MarchFriday, Apr. 4:

7 p.m. MassSaturday, Apr. 5:

3:30-3:50 p.m. Reconciliation6:30 p.m. Mass

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN,RICHFIELD24126 220th St., Rural Sumner(8 miles SW of Waucoma)Rev. Wayne T. & Irmagard Ellingson, Supply PastorsWednesday, Apr. 2:

7:30 p.m. Lenten ServiceSunday, Apr. 6:

9 a.m. Worship with HolyCommunion

ST. WENCESLAUS CATHOLICSpillvilleFather Donald J. HawesSaturday, Apr. 5:

7 p.m. MassSunday, Apr. 6:

8:30 a.m. Mass

STAVANGER LUTHERANSunday, Apr. 6:

10 a.m. Worship

TRINITY LUTHERANCalmarPastor Glenn SmithWednesday, Apr. 2

4 p.m. Midweek Lent ServiceSunday, Apr. 6:

11:30 a.m. Worship Service

ZION LUTHERANCastaliaPastor Dave LenthSunday, Apr. 6:

8:30 a.m. Adult Class9:15 a.m. Sunday School

Worship Schedule

Jessica Bastyr and Casey McKone of Cannon Falls, MN, are pleased to announce their engagement and upcom-ing wedding.

Jessica is the daughter of Annette Ellsworth of Cannon Falls, MN. Casey is the son of Jim and Connie McKone of Fort Atkinson.

The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Cannon Falls High School; a 2011 gradu-ate of Inver Hills Commu-nity College with a degree in Criminal Justice. She currently works as a CSR at Gemini Inc. in Cannon Falls.

The groom-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Turkey Val-ley CSD; a 2007 graduate of Luther College with a degree in Philosophy. He currently works as a Production Super-visor at Gemini Inc. in Can-non Falls.

The couple will marry May 3, 2014 in Welch, MN.

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Jessica Bastyr& Casey McKone

The annual Turkey Valley Quilt Share was held in the elementary library recently and again proved that there were very talented works of art being created by our area quilters this winter. Twenty-five women representing various towns shared their love for fabric and the art of quilting. Each year that this group gathers, those present are re-minded that inspiration happens in many ways. One may see a color combination that emits a feel-ing. They possibly see something someone has created and say, “Oh, that would look great in this room, or I could do that pattern in differ-ent colors to fi t my home.” Some of the ladies shared projects that they’ve donated to local festivals, benefits or were giving as gifts. One quilt actually was started in the late 1920s and became a goal to fi nish in honor of a relative who had pieced the top. No matter who was sharing, each project was ap-preciated for the time and talent it took to make. Mark your calendars

Turkey Valley Quilt Share wraps up winter

Darlys Rausch shares her Christmas quilt as Inez Berns looks on.(Submitted Photo)

Alice Myers shares her quilt of teal and white. (Submitted Photo)

for March 2015 for our next annual event. You need not be a quilter to attend. Those that just love to see what others are doing are more than welcome too. We always have a few door prizes and usually learn a few tricks of the trade.

Prayer of St. ClareAsk for three impossible

miracles, pray nine Hail Mary’s for nine days, on the 8th day publish this. Even if you don’t have faith, you’ll get what you ask for.


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Art Huber, at the age of 95, (2010) with Matt Haupert of the KWWL sport’s team. Huber and Haupert played a round of golf together and tied on the hardest hole on the course. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

Virgil and Don most every week-end-football being his favorite to watch. When the weather isn’t fi t for him to walk or drive (yes, he still drives), he gets antsy ramblin’ around in his big house where he raised his family. The house was bought by his father for him and is right next door to his childhood home.

This may make you think that Art has stayed in northeast Iowa all his life, but that isn’t true at all. Arthur Francis Huber was born to Joseph and Ida (Chizek) Hu-ber on April 6, 1915, completing their family as he joined his older brother Virgil. To help put the time in context, exactly a month later, May 6, Babe Ruth hit his fi rst ca-reer home run off of Jack Warhop. Two years later the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the confl ict in Europe. It was a dangerous time to be living anywhere in the world. The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than World War I at somewhere between 20 to 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devas-tating epidemic in recorded world history according to the Stanford Education website. Yet young Art and his brother Virgil managed to thrive.

Art has always loved sports, something he shared with his fa-ther. He loved to play baseball and golf, and already at a young age was good at it. He won his fi rst golf tournament at Oneota Golf Course in Decorah when he was only 17, playing against adults in a handicap match play. He would go on to win several more tourna-ments during his lifetime. He met Babe Ruth, shook his hand and has an autographed baseball he keeps in a bank vault. Art’s father drove Virgil and Art to see the legendary Bobby Jones capture the fi rst of his four majors in the year of 1930 when the U.S. Open was held in Minnesota. He traveled to Pebble Beach to see Tiger Woods win in California.

Art was one of eight that gradu-

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This current photo of Art is with his baseball autographed by Babe Ruth. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

ated from Fort Atkinson Public School in 1932. Even in the Great Depression his father insisted Art was to go to college. There was no other college but Notre Dame in Indiana for Art, whose hero was Knute Rockne-legendary football coach of Notre Dame. In Art’s high school senior year, Knute died in an airplane crash and poor young Art took the news like it was a death in the family. Even though Knute was gone, with a heavy heart Art hopped on the train that took him to college at South Bend. Art, wanting to follow in Knute’s footsteps, joined the football team. It wasn’t long before an injury kept Art from playing, but not from the football fi eld. Every Saturday he was part of the marching band. He also played for the Fighting Irish baseball team. He graduated from Notre Dame in 1936 with honors and an accounting degree.

“I married the competition,” laughs Art with that special twin-kle in his eye. Art explained that back then there were three general stores in Fort Atkinson at one time. Vivian Moser’s father ran one, while his father ran another. “She kept me waiting and it was hard to be so far away from her,” says Art. Vivian worked as a country school teacher to pay off her college here, while Art worked at General Mo-tors in the accounting department. The high school sweethearts-who share the same birthday-were mar-ried August 12, 1940. The love of his life died in 1984 from ovarian cancer, at the young age of 67.

Art has kept a diary since his college years, just like his mother did. He recalls looking back at the journal entries when they were fi rst married living in Norwood: “Found out wife is pregnant, thinking November 20 the baby may arrive” and when he checked back at the journal, Art had pre-dicted correctly as their fi rst bun-dle of joy was baby boy Joe arriv-ing into this world on November 20, the fi rst of fi ve. Joe followed

his father’s footsteps and went to Notre Dame before entering law school at Stanford and now is a judge in San Jose, California. Art made sure all fi ve of their children, Joe, Cathy, Tom, Don and Bill went to college.

After the war Art’s father was ready to retire. He was thinking of selling the store. Virgil and Art decided to come back home and take over the store. Years later Vir-gil retired and Art brought in his son Don. Don continues the Huber Store legacy as the fourth genera-tion to own and has managed the store since 1976.

Art has continued to golf. At age 93 he was still shooting an awesome 39 (par is 36), something many never accomplished even in their younger days. At age 95, Art took on Matt Haupert of the KWWL sports team on the tough-est hole at South Winneshiek Golf and Country Club-hole fi ve. The shot was aired on a sports segment on the news, as Art putted in at 30 feet away for par and the two tied the hole.

Of all the legendary people Art has met over his lifetime, he is grateful to have come back to Fort Atkinson to be with the great-est people around-his commu-nity. And the community feels the same about Art as long lines wait to wish Art a happy birthday each year. This little corner of northeast Iowa has much to thank Art for from continuing the quality fam-ily store, buying land to start the local country club, watching over the historical family church and organizing social music nights in town. Art has become a legend in his own right, as he touches all who know him.

If you would like to wish Art happy birthday in person, stop by Huber’s Store in Fort Atkinson on Saturday afternoon. If you would like to send Art a birthday card, his address is: P.O. Box 8, Fort Atkin-son, IA 52144.

South Winn K-Prep hits the construction site

Brendon Riehle tries out the safety hat and goggles. (Submitted Photo)

The South Winneshiek K-Prep class has been studying and learn-ing all about construction for the past couple months. We have been talking about architects, blue-prints, construction workers and all the construction vehicles the workers use. Students have en-joyed playing with excavators, dump trucks, cement trucks, load-ers, bulldozers, cranes and roll-ers at center time. They have put on their construction hats, safety belts and gotten out their tools to construct many different buildings from various blocks. First they draw out their blueprints then they construct their buildings.

This past week the K-Prep stu-dents were able to visit Wiltgen Construction in Calmar. Students were able to see all the construc-tion workers. They showed us the different vehicles, talked to us about safety and helped the students sift rocks! The students’ favorite part was getting to sit in the vehicles and honk the horns! Thank you Wiltgen Construction!

South Winn K-Prep Class, front row (l-r): Diego Garcia, Zachary Phillips, Brady Blong, Aubree Gesing, Chloe Wiltgen, Steven Andera and Hailey Hageman. Back row: Cynthia Luzum, Brendon Riehle, Damian Botello-Lara, Johannah Halvorson, Kesley Brandt, Parker Scholbrock, Landon Humpal, Theresa Hanson and Shelby Frana. (Submitted Photo)

Left: Chris Wiltgen talks to the students about the machinery. (Submit-ted Photo)

Right: Landon Humpal and Damian Botello-Lara sit in the fork lift and pre-tend to drive the machine. (Submitted Photo)


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Upcoming Events

April HappyFeet Clinic available

The Winneshiek County Public Health has announced its Happy Feet Clinic schedule for April 2014. The clinic is by appointment only. The following dates and times are currently available:

Tuesday, April 1: 1-3 p.m.Thursday, April 3: 9:30-11:30 a.m.Tuesday, April 8: 1-3 p.m.Tuesday, April 15: 1-3 p.m.Thursday, April 17: 9:30-11:30 a.m.Tuesday, April 22: 1-3 p.m.Tuesday, April 29: 1-3 p.m.For more information or to schedule

your appointment call the clinic at 563-382-4662 or visit their website at www.winneshiekhealth.org. The clinic is locat-ed at 305 Montgomery, Suite 3, Decorah.

Upcoming Blood DriveMake a difference in your community

and give a life-saving gift to someone in need by giving blood at an upcoming blood drive.

Calmar/Spillville Communities Blood Drive, Friday, April 11, 2014 from 1:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m. at Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 N. East St.

Approximately 150,000 units of blood are needed annually in order to meet the needs of hospital patients in our commu-nities. In order to meet these needs and help a child or adult in their critical time of need, volunteer blood donors are need-ed on a weekly basis to make life-saving donations.

While the demand for blood generally remains the same from week to week, the number of blood donors can vary signifi -cantly during various times of the year. LifeServe blood donors are encouraged to make blood donations as frequently as possible to guarantee blood is available to hospital patients when it is needed.

Sign up to save a life today! For more information or to schedule a blood dona-tion appointment online at lifeserveblood-center.org or call 800.287.4903.

Gardening WorkshopThe Waucoma Public Library is spon-

soring a gardening workshop, Saturday, April 5, 9 to 10 a.m. at the Waucoma Com-munity Center for children and adults. The presenter will be Bob Hauer, ISU Con-sumer Horticulturist Program Assistant. Learn how to grow your vegetable and fl ower plants from seeds. Everyone will take home a container of planted seeds. All are welcome to participate in a free plant swap following the presentation.

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Th ursday, Apr. 34 p.m.: G/B Varsity Golf @ Silver

Springs Country Club

Saturday, Apr. 5Solo/Ensemble Festival

Monday, Apr. 74 p.m.: G/B Varsity Golf @ SWCC

4:30 p.m.: B Varsity Track @ Decorah

7 p.m.: School Board Meeting

Tuesday, Apr. 84:30 p.m.: G Varsity Track @ Jesup7 p.m.: K-2 Spring Choir Concert

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Th ursday, Apr. 34:30 p.m.: G/B Varsity Track @

Sumner-Fredericksburg HS

Friday, Apr. 4Chicago Trip

Saturday, Apr. 5Chicago Trip

Sunday, Apr. 6Chicago Trip

Tuesday, Apr. 84:30 p.m.: G Varsity Track @

Postville HS

Elderly Years informational meet-ings are for individuals, family mem-bers, caregivers and anyone else inter-ested in gaining information regarding health care in elder years. All are wel-come to attend-invite your family mem-bers and friends too. Free information, printed materials, coffee and treats will be available at the meeting. Program-ming is planned and presented by Lu-ther College Nursing Students and other speakers. There is no charge for these meetings.

The meeting will take place at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah.

• Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9 a.m.—Legal issues

• Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9 a.m.—Funeral planning

• Tuesday, April 15, 2014 9 a.m.—Advanced Directives

For further information, please call 563-534-3079 or 563-419-1232.

ʻElderly Yearsʼ health care infor-mational meeting

dous snowfall and landowner partner-ships.”

“The breakfast fundraiser is the per-fect time to say thank you to the people who so kindly open up their amazing properties for snowmobilers to enjoy,” said Bud. “We relish scenery that the average person doesn’t even realize ex-ists among northeast Iowa farmland.”

This season Trails Unlimited Snow-mobile Club spent countless volunteer hours maintaining trails, constructing hundreds of new safety and directional signs, writing grants and hosting events and fundraisers to offset club expenses as well as give back to the community. In 2014, Trails Unlimited donations totaled more than $800 to Iowa State Snowmobile Association’s scholarship fund, Spina Biffida Association, and ALS Association.

For more information about Trails Unlimited Snowmobile Club or to be-come a member, find them on Face-book, visit www.trailsunlimited.net or contact Bud Winter at 319-231-3337.

SNOWMOBILE from page 2

The Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting nationally recognized speaker, Bill Drury in Decorah on Wednesday, April 16 for a half-day workshop on customer service. The workshop “A Passion for Service” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Oaks Steakhouse.

Drury is a member of National Speakers Association and also served at the Zig Ziglar Corporation as a National Training Consultant. During his workshop, he will present proven strategies and techniques to help everyone in business win lifetime loyal customers. This workshop is perfect for frontline employees, customer ser-vice representatives, sales and anyone in the company who comes in contact with customers.

This event is a great business resource and is open to the public. Group discounts and early bird pricing available. For more information and to register, visit the calendar and events pages at DACC’s website, http://decorahareachamber.com/calendar/ or contact the Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce at 563-382-3990.

The Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce is a professional organization provid-ing resources and programs to promote its member business interests and enhance the business environment of the Decorah area. The work of the DACC is supported by more than 400 members throughout the region. DACC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

DACC to Host Customer Service Workshop

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The Winneshiek County Histo-rial Society will hold their annual meeting in Ossian, on Saturday, April 12 at the Knights of Co-lumbus Hall. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. with the meeting at 11 a.m. and lunch at 12 p.m. The Catholic Daughters will provide the lunch and a program and tour of the building will follow. Cost of the meal is $12.00 at the door. The K.C. Hall is located in the former Ossian Opera House. The public is invited. Please call (563) 382-8559 for reservations by Friday, April 4.

Winneshiek County Historical Societyannual meeting

Ossian KC Hall (Submitted Photo)


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AssemblyTHE BOTTOM LINE

Neighbor to Neighbor

This week, I wanted to remind people about the legislative process. There seems to be plenty of talk about bills that pass one chamber of the legislature. Keep in mind, unless legislation passes the Senate, House and is signed by the Governor, it does not become law.

Wednesday I was able to attend the signing of HF 2427 known as the corn check-off bill. Several years ago, the one cent cap was reached with passage of the last referendum. HF 2427 raises the one cent cap to two cents for the next fi ve years and then allows one more cent after that, for a total cap in the future of three cents per bushel. It is important to re-member these are only maximum amounts and the check-off rate is still one cent per bushel. A raise still requires a referendum of the producers and a full refund is still an option. This bill gives fl exibility to the Corn Promotion Board for future needs while maintaining a refund option for the producer.

The Starmont Government Class was at the Capitol on Thursday. We were in debate on the fl oor during our scheduled time together, but Sena-tor Schoenjahn & I were able to catch up with them as they were about to leave. We need to continue to encourage our young people to educate themselves about the political process. It is the responsibility of our citi-zens to educate themselves on the issues, the candidates and then cast their vote if our process is to continue to work.

You can contact me via email at [email protected] or on Facebook at the State Senator Michael Breitbach page.

Roger ThomasState Representative District 55

Representing Clayton, Fayette and Winneshiek Counties

This week in the House, we approved a bill to help Iowans start sav-ing early for their fi rst home. Owning a home is a dream for many who work hard and try to save up for a down payment.

As a resident of Iowa, a fi rst time homebuyer will be able to set up a special savings account at their local bank or credit union. While there is no limitation on the amount of contributions yearly, the fi rst three thousand (or six thousand for joint fi lers) can be deducted from their yearly state income taxes. Deposits can be made for ten years following the opening of the account.

It’s a way we can make things a bit easier for the middle class and help families achieve home ownership.

Workforce Housing AssistanceCommunities struggling with housing for their workforce received a

boost under legislation passed by this week. The bill expands the states existing workforce housing program from economically distressed areas to all areas that show a need statewide.

Currently, Workforce Housing Credits are only available on projects on Enterprise Zones in designated economically distressed counties. The demand for workforce housing is often located in communities that are experiencing growth, not in economically distressed areas. As a result, the bill eliminates the Enterprise Zone designation, allowing the credits to go where they are most needed. The new program is available state-wide if the projects meet one of the following criteria: repair of dilapi-dated housing, on a brownfi eld or grayfi eld site, is an upper story project, or new construction in a community with a workforce housing need.

For more information on these issues or if you have other legislative concerns, contact me at [email protected] or 515-281-3221.

By Sharon Busch April is National Humor Month and lawn and garden month.

Creamy Tomato Tortellini SoupFrom Pinterest

2 whole large cloves of garlic, minced

2 tbsp. olive oil2 (10¾ oz) cans of condensed

tomato soup¼ c. sun dried tomatoes, chopped

or 2 tbsp. of sun dried tomato paste

2 c. half-and-half2 c. chicken stock

1 tsp. onion powder1 tbsp. Italian seasoning

½ tsp. salt½ tsp. pepper

1 (9 oz) pkg. cheese fi lledTortellini

½ c. shredded parmesan cheese, for garnish

Sauté garlic with the olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat until the garlic is golden brown. Be sure to keep an eye on it so it doesn’t get too brown or burnt. When the garlic is done, add toma-to soup, tomatoes, half and half, chicken stock and spices. Bring to a simmer and then drop the tortel-lini into the soup. Cook according to the package directions. After the tortellini is cooked, ladle soup into bowls and top with parmesan cheese.

No Bake Golden OreoLemon Dessert

From crazyforcrust.com

36 Golden Oreos, divided3 tbsp. butter, very soft

1 box (3.4 ounces) cheesecake pudding—lemon, coconut or

vanilla1 c. milk

4 c. whipped topping, regular or fat-free

1 c. lemon curd

Place 20 cookies in a gallon sized sandwich bag. Seal the bag except for one corner so air can es-cape and roll with a rolling pin to coarsely crush the cookies. Place cookies and butter in a large bowl. Mix with a spoon (or your hands) until the butter has been worked through. Place in the bottom of a 9x9” pan. Note: this is not a crust in the traditional sense. It’s loose and not compacted. Wipe out your bowl and add pudding mix and milk. Whisk until smooth and let sit for 2 minutes. Fold in a heap-ing 1 cup (about 1 1/2 cups) of whipped topping. Carefully spread over cookies in pan. Crush remain-ing cookies in a new gallon sized sandwich bag. Sprinkle half over pudding. Reserve the rest for the topping. Mix lemon curd gently with 1 even cup of whipped top-ping. Spread over pudding. Spread remaining whipped topping over the curd mixture. Sprinkle with re-maining cookies. Cover with plas-tic wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours before serving.

Carrot Cake andCheesecake Pudding

From the Country Cook

1 box carrot cake mix2 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant cheese-

cake pudding4 c. milk

1 (8 oz.) tub whipped topping, thawed

3-4 cinnamon graham crackers, crushed (for topping)

Bake the cake following cake mix directions. Poke holes in the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon. Mix the pudding and milk together and pour over the cake. Refrigerate till set. Cover the cake with whipped topping and the crushed graham crackers. Keep refrigerated.

Frozen Yogurt CoveredBlueberries

1 (6 oz.) container of freshblueberries

1 (6 oz.) container of nonfatblueberry Greek yogurt

Start by washing your blue-berries and lining a small baking sheet with parchment or wax pa-per. Using a toothpick, dip each blueberry into the Greek yogurt and swirl until the blueberry is nicely coated with yogurt. Place on baking sheet. Continue this un-til all blueberries are coated. Place baking sheet into freezer, and let freeze for at least an hour. After about an hour, your Frozen Yogurt Covered Blueberries can be placed in a Ziploc baggie and stored in the freezer. Take out what you need for snack time and enjoy!

Til next time...a little humor from cool funny quotes: I consider myself a crayon, I might not be your favorite color but one day you’ll need me to com-plete your picture. I’m in desperate need of a 6 month vacation... twice a year. How do you know a man is thinking about his future? He buys two cases of beer instead of one. Sometimes you succeed, and other times you learn.


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Submitted Article On Wednesday, March 26,

the U.S. History class toured the Iowa Veterans’ Museum in Wa-terloo. Twenty-eight juniors made the trip. Guided tours and speech-es were given by museum staff member Bob Neymeyer in four separate parts of the facility. Spe-cifi c tours included Iowans in the Civil War, World War I, the Sul-livan Brothers/World War II, and the history of Waterloo/Engine of the Heartland. Each topic had in-teractive displays where students were able to connect with parts of the nation’s history that Iowans would have experienced. Tour in-formation also described and dis-played artifacts and replicas from the Civil War to the present. Stu-dents were able to relate tour in-formation to the material covered in class or that will be covered in class. This was a valuable expe-rience for the students to be able to make their learning of the na-tion’s history more personal and

more relevant to them as Iowans. The class would like to thank the Turkey Valley Education Founda-tion for making this opportunity possible and for funding the meal at Doey Joey’s. It was a very good day all around.

Turkey Valley U.S. History class toured Iowa Veteransʼ Museum

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decided to put down tracks in St. Ansgar, 6) McKinley Family Soldiers includes a Revolution-ary War Veteran, 4 brothers who fought in the Civil War (one was a prisoner-of-war, was wounded 7 times and became the 1st Sheriff of Mitchell County), a WWI Vet, 3 WWII Vets (one was a Navy “Ace”), and several more. The 2nd DVD is, “St. Ansgar….Then and Now”. Through historic pho-tos and drawings, Audrey McKin-ley describes who operated each St. Ansgar business establishment from 1853-1993. These DVD’s are available at the St. Ansgar Heritage Association Museum, 126 West 4th St., St. Ansgar, IA 50472, phone: (641) 713-2776 or from SSG(R) Phil Fleischer, Box 253, St. Ansgar, IA 50472, phone: (641) 736-2346. All proceeds go to the museum.

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Several new items have been added this past winter to the Fort Atkinson City Museum for the public to view. Viewing hours are in conjunction with the Fort Public Library hours or by private show-ing by contacting board members Marie Riha @ 534-7141; Al Beck-er @ 534-7502; Myles Kupka @ 534-7397 or Mary Moser @ 534-7449. The City Museum is a non-profi t organization and is free of charge to view.

New items at Fort City Museum

Mr. Kruckman’s U.S. History class enjoyed checking out the Iowa Veter-ans’ Museum in Waterloo. (Submitted Photo)

Jacob Vsetecka (l), Tyler Sawyer (c) and Levi Klimesh (r) explore a WWII tank replica. (Submitted Photo)

Taylor Novotny breaks the can stacking record simulating the women of WWII working in facto-ries while Ashley Kurash watches from behind. (Submitted Photo)

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Join us for an evening with award-winning author Brian Free-man and his new book The Cold Nowhere on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 pm.

The Cold Nowhere, the eighth psychological suspense novel by international bestselling au-thor Brian Freeman, brings the long-awaited return of Lieutenant Jonathan Stride to the bitter cold of Duluth, Minnesota. Struggling to protect a young girl and on a collision course with another de-tective, Stride must fi nd out why this young girl has been targeted for death - and why a decade-old crime is coming back to life. In-sightful and compelling, fans of Michael Connelly, John Sandford, and William Kent Krueger are sure to love The Cold Nowhere.

Critics are raving about Free-man’s latest book. A fi nalist for the Minnesota Book Award and a Midwest Connection pick, The Cold Nowhere has been called “masterfully plotted” (Publish-ers Weekly) and “a complex and layered story of past and present” (Suspense Magazine).

Brian’s debut thriller, Immoral, won the Macavity Award and was a nominee for the Edgar®, Dag-ger, Anthony, and Barry awards for best fi rst novel. Immoral was chosen as International Book of the Month by book clubs around the world, a distinction shared by bestselling authors such as Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter. Free-man’s books have been sold in 46 countries and 20 languages.

Brian Freeman was born in Chicago in 1963 and lived in the Bay Area of California for several years before going to Carleton College and settling in Minne-sota with his wife, Marcia. Prior to breaking through in the writing world, he was a respected com-munication strategist and busi-ness writer in the Twin Cities and served as director of marketing and public relations for an interna-tional law fi rm.

Don’t miss this chance to meet Brian Freeman and hear from a master storyteller on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 pm at Dragonfl y Books.

This event is sponsored by Dragonfl y Books at 112 W. Wa-ter Street, Decorah and is free and open to the public. A reception with light refreshments will fol-low. To learn more about this and other events at Dragonfl y Books, please visit www.dragonfl ybooks.com, or contact us at events@dragonfl ybooks.com or 563-382-4275.

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The Board of Directors of the Iowa Basketball Coaches Asso-ciation is pleased to announce their annual All State Team. The Association represents over 3300 members in nearly 94% of the High Schools in Iowa. To be nominated for selections, a player must have at least a 25 ACT composite, rank in the top 25% of their senior class, and have a GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale. Nominations come from member head coaches. The 2014 Academic All State Team sports the following statistics: 12 of the 26 are number 1 in their high school class, their average ACT

composite is a 28.8, their average grade point is 3.96. They also av-erage 14.8 points per game.

South Winn senior Trevor Schweinefus was selected for this prestigious team this sea-son. Trevor led the Warriors all season fi nishing his fi nal season at South Winn with 2013-2014 stats of: 455 points (21.7 PPG), 170-339 in fi eld goals, 17-70 in three-point shots, 98-130 at the free throw line, with 33 assists, 59 steals, 12 blocks, 54 offensive rebounds and 39 defensive re-bounds. He is also one of the top two golfers for South Winn and is on the mound for many base-ball games. Trevor is the son of Shanna and Doug Schweinefus.

The full list of names on the

2014 Academic All State Team includes: Connor Arrasmith, Grandview Park Baptist, Eric Austin, Dowling Catholic, Seth Bonifas, Dubuque Senior, Ben Clark, Roland-Story, Nathan Clayberg, Pella, Riley Francis, Boyden-Hull, Byron Fritch, Dike-New Hartford, Kyle Haber, Dubuque Senior, Jacob Hay, North Cedar, Ben Henderson, Hudson, Parker Hesse, Waukon, Austin Konsor, Underwood, Ian Miller, Tri-Center, Mike Mims, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Matt Mo-ran, Davenport Central, Caleb Mueller, Nodaway Valley, Cole Neary, Carroll Kuemper, Jace

Neubaum, South Central Cal-houn, Tyrel Peters, Griswold, Bret Puhrmann, South O’Brien, Nolan Sagan, Vinton-Shellsburg, Trevor Schweinefus, South Winneshiek, Logan Seiser, Northeast Hamilton, Brandon Snyder, West Lyon, Jake Starnes, Underwood, Andrew Thompson, Benton, Sean Westendorf, Wa-verly-Shell Rock, Thomas Wise-

cup, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Nate Woeste, Benton, Grant Wright,

Norwalk.

Schweinefus named to the 2014 Academic All State Basketball Team

Turkey Valley Junior High Basketball Teams

cup, SeLuton,Benton,

8th Grade GirlsFront row l-r: Ashton Kout and Kassidy Reicks; Middle row l-r: Nicole Panos and Kaci Rausch; Back row l-r: Emily Busta, Elli Winter, Alicia Klimesh, Lydia Schuchhardt and Jenna Schmitt (Submitted Photo)

8th Grade BoysFront row l-r: Dalton Engelhardt, Cole Carolan, Levi Izer, Cale Reicks, Jordon Snyder, Will Einwalter and Zachary Gillen; Back row l-r: Kyle Lan-greck, Lucas Anderson, Braeden Baumler, Josh Vsetecka, Bradley Kriener, Blake Hackman, Evan Drilling and Coach Justin Bakula (Submitted Photo)

7th Grade BoysFront row l-r: Dalton Rush, Cody Wurzer, Carter Reicks, Jakob Blockhus and James Schmitt; Back row l-r: Salvador Uribe, Billy Swestka, Jason Herold and Simon Schmitt (Submitted Photo)

7th Grade GirlsFront row l-r: Shayla Kuennen, Kimberly Fischer and Emma Barton-O’Donnell; Back row l-r: Karissa Schmidt, Kaylie Klimesh and Kelsey Kurtenbach (Submitted Photo)

Keith Oltrogge, CPA, today released an audit re-port on the Turkey Valley Community School District of Jackson Junction, IA for the fi scal year ended June 30, 2013.

The District’s revenues totaled $6,201,109 for the year ended June 30, 2013, a 5.5 percent decrease from the prior year. Revenues in-cluded $2,839,792 in local tax, charges for service of $861,781, operating grants, contributions and restricted interest of $872,730, unre-stricted interest of $13,387 and other general revenues of $1,613,419.

Expenses for District op-erations totaled $5,698,771, a 0.4 percent increase from the prior year. Expenses included $3,642,853 for instruction, $1,623,150 for support services, and $236,262 for non-instruc-tion program.

A copy of the audit re-port is available for review in the District Secretary’s Offi ce, in the Offi ce of Au-ditor of State and on the Auditor of State’s website at: http://auditor.iowa.gov/reports/index.html.

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By Leah KruseThe annual Indoor UIC Track Meet at Luther College was held last

Tuesday, March 25. This was the fi rst competition of the season for the Lady Trojans and they competed well.

“Being our fi rst meet of the year, it is always nice to get our fi rst marks and times for the year. I was really pleased with some of those times and distances,” said Coach Brian Schmitt.

With just one team in the UIC not competing, Turkey Valley raced against South Winn, Sumner-Fredericksburg, West Central, Starmont, Edgewood-Colesburg, Central, North Fayette Valley, Clayton Ridge, Kee and Postville with no team scores kept.

The Lady Trojans had three fi rst-place fi nishes; seven top three fi n-ishes and double placed in two events. Overall, TV placed in 11 different events.

Schmitt added, “I am happy where we are at from a training stand-point, as we have yet to get outside and on the track due to the weather.”

“We have our starting marks for the season and now just need to improve on them as the year progresses in order to achieve some of our team and individual goals,” Schmitt fi nished.

Lady Trojans show promisein their fi rst meet of the season

Results for the meet included:Shot Put: C. Reicks, 2nd, 32’ 1.5”Long Jump: J. Blazek, 4th, 14’ 7.75”55m: J. Blazek, 1st, 7.61200m: J. Blazek, 2nd, 28.25; S. Ny-meyer, 4th, 29.30800m: S. Nymeyer, 3rd, 2:40.541500m: S. Reicks, 1st, 5:35.44; S. Martin, 2nd, 5:40.6755m Hurdles: K, Schaufenbuel 6th, 10.304x200: S. Busta, M. Njus, S. Stah-ley, K. Huinker, 6th, 2:06.714x400: S. Stahley, J. Blazek, S. Bus-ta, K. Huinker, 4th, 4:494x800: S. Martin, K. Huinker, S. Reicks, S. Nymeyer, 1st, 10:27.96D. Medley: M. Njus, S. Stahley, M. Kuennen, B. Herold, 6th, 5:56.21

Lady Warriors will rely on six strong returning athletes to lead the wayBy Leah Kruse

The 2014 track season has be-gun and the indoor schedule has been completed and the Lady Warrior harriers are showing a lot of promise for this season on the oval.

“We bring back a core group of seniors and juniors that will need to step into leadership roles and fi ll key positions,” said returning veteran Head Coach Kevin Kear-ney. “Courtney Humpal, Brittany Shindelar, Abby Phillips, Ken-nidee DeVilbiss, Jessica Lechten-berg and Lexie Warth have com-peted at a very high level for us over the past couple years and will defi nitely form the nucleus of our team. They are competitive, talent-ed and they work hard to achieve their goals.”

“We should be very solid in

the field events,” Kearney said. “Courtney and Brittany will be strong in the shot and will hope-fully improve on their discus as well.”

“Abby has been one of the bet-ter jumpers in the area for the past three seasons and should continue to compete well for us. Lexie will add to our depth in the long jump and also is a returning qualifi er in the 100 Hurdles,” continued Ke-arney. “Kennidee will hold down the middle distance for us, as well as the 400m hurdles. Jessica is a returning qualifi er in the 3000 and will lead our deepest group, which is our distance runners,” compli-mented Kearney.

In addition to these six ladies, other returning letter winners in-clude seniors: Alexis Patterson and Sarah Meyer; juniors Becca

Franzen, Kelly Kuboushek, Mon-ica Schwartzhoff and Brittany Shindelar and sophomores Rae-Ann Klimesh, Riley Ott, Savanna Nesvik and Becca Hertges.

Filling in the rest of the ros-ter are Amber Brincks, Josie Kri-ener, Kendal Ku-boushek, Christina Nesvik, Ashley Budde, Maddie Monroe, Morgan Martin, Lee Balik, Jenna Elsbernd, Sabrina Marken, Tiana Bullerman, Abby Hageman and Kendra Fo-saaen.

“Our underclassmen have some promise. There is some abil-ity there, but at this point, they still need to work hard to improve

and they need to gain confi dence in their ability,” noted Kearney. “I think we will see that over the course of the season.”

The Lady Warriors have three or four key injuries that happened

in the off-season to key varsity team members, which will affect the depth of certain ar-eas of the team.

“It is likely we will be with-out most of these individuals for the entire season.

They leave some big holes in per-formance and leadership that we need some people to step into. It is crucial that we have some kids step up and fi ll in for these girls,” Kearney fi nished.

We should be very solid in the fi eld events.‘‘

– Kevin Kearney, Head Coach

By Leah KruseThe annual UIC Indoor meet

was held last Tuesday at Luther College with 11 of the 12 teams competing. South Winn had a good outing showing their skills and what needed to be worked on.

“We were very pleased by the effort given,” stated boys Coach Scott Conway. “We had a number o0f outstanding per-formances for this early in the year. It’s nice to see times, dis-tances and heights in March that we would expect at Districts.”

“This group has the potential to do some big things this year. Over the course of the next sev-eral weeks, we need to fi gure out what kind of team we are going to be and that will largely determine our overall success,” Conway fi nished.

“A big thank you to all those who helped out at the meet and to Luther College for allow-ing us to use their facility to host this meet. The name of the game is to give kids experience and allow them to compete. With spring weather in Iowa, you never know when you fi rst outdoor meets will be or what kind of weather you will get this indoor meet gives us a chance to see what some of our kids can do,” said Conway.

“Thanks to all the confer-ence coaches. It is a group effort to pull it off and every year all the school pitch in to make it a productive and pleasant experi-ence,” Conway fi nished.

South Winn track teams compete atindoor UIC meet

G High Jump: A. Phillips, 1st, 5’ 1”

B High Jump: J. Rommes, 1st, 6’; C. Brincks, 2nd, 6’

G Long Jump: L. Warth, T4th, 14’ 7.75”; A. Phillips, 6th, 13’ 11.5”

B Long Jump: B. Meyer, 2nd, 19’ 3”

G Shot Put: B. Shindelar, 1st, 35’ 10”; C. Humpal, 4th, 32’ 0.75”

B Shot Put: C. Lensing, 6th, 42’ 8.75”

G 55m: B. Shindelar, 4th, 7:85

B 55m: J. Schroeder, J. Rom-mes, T1st, 6.73

G 200m: B. Hertges, 6th, 30.04

B 200m: M. Herold, 2nd, 25.48

G 400m: K. DeVilbiss, 2nd, 1:06.59

B 400m: B. Meyer, 1st, 54.24B 800m: D. Franzen, 1st,

2:04.55G 1600m: J. Lechtenberg,

3rd, 5:40.72B 1600m: D. Franzen, 1st,

4:46.1; N. Meyer, 3rd, 5:01.33G 3000m: K. Kuboushek,

6th, 13:08.62; R. Ott, 8th, 14:32.4B 3200m: C. Fisher, 4th,

11:31.7G 55m Hurdles: L. Warth,

1st, 9.08; A. Brincks, 12th, 10.75B 55m Hurdles: C. Brincks,

1st, 8.35B 4x200: 3rd, 1:40.53G 4x800: A, 3rd, 10:50.06;

B, 6th, 12:37.9B 4x800: 3rd, 9:17.8B 1600 Relay: 6th, 4:27.75

Some of the results are missing from the meet, the copy that was sent was hard to read in some areas. We apolo-gize for any inconvenience.

Left: TV’s Sadie Nymeyer (f) takes the baton from Shelby Reicks to run her anchor leg of the girls 4x800 relay at the UIC Indoor meet. Right: TV’s Steven Landa sails over the high jump bar dur-ing the UIC Indoor meet held last Tuesday. (Photos by Leah Kruse)

TV's Kayla Schaufenbuel clears a hurdle in the 55m hurdles at last Tuesday's meet. (Photo by Leah Kruse)


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11sportsBy Leah Kruse

Athletes from six boys teams and nine girls teams competed at Luther College last Saturday at the South Winn Invite held every year.

Lady Warriors“This was a great way to close out our indoor season,” stated

Coach Kearney. “We had three strong meets and each one was better than the one before it.”

“We have this next week off, but will then start the outdoor part of our season. I think we saw some real potential indoors, but we will need to improve on that as we move into the next part of the season,” noted Kearney.

The Lady Warriors fared well against eight other teams putting up a fi rst place fi nish over the high jump bar by Abby Phillips, set-ting a new meet record.

“Our high jumpers had a great day with all four girls mak-ing signifi cant improvement and Abby winning the event with her best ever indoor jump, 5-2,” Kearney complimented.

The Ladies also had six other top three placements in the 400m dash by Kennidee DeVilbiss, the 3000m run by Josie Kriener, the 55m hurdles by Lexie Warth, the 4x800 and Shuttle Hurdle relays and in the Shot Put by Brittany Shindelar.

Our 400/800 girls turned in some very competitive races and showed signifi cant improvement as well,” fi nished Kearney.

South Winn Harriers host annual indoor invite

Girls Results (**Meet Record)High Jump: **A. Phillips, 1st, 5’2”; L. Warth, 8th, 4’8”, A. Brincks,

11th, 4’6”; M. Martin, 13th, 4’4”Long Jump: A. Phillips, 5th, 14’9”; L. Warth, 6th, 14’6”; A. Budde, 24th,

10’9”Shot Put: B. Shindelar, 2nd, 34’11”; C. Humpal, 4th, 31’7”; M. Monroe,

7th, 29’9”; B. Hertges, 29’6”; S. Nesvik, 9th, 29’ 1.5”55m: K. DeVilbiss, 5th, 8.10; B. Shindelar, 6th, 8.12; K. Fosaaen, 15th, 8.63200m: B. Shindelar, 5th, 29.35; Abby Hageman, 24th, 31.34; K. Fosaaen,

27th, 31.59400m: K. DeVilbiss, 2nd, 1:04.83; B. Hertges, 9th, 1:08.711600m: K. Kuboushek, 13th, 6:20.61; J. Elsbernd, 21st, 7:07.60; L. Balik,

22nd, 7:07.83; R. Ott, 23rd, 7:08.35, S. Nesvik, 24th, 7:33.223000m: J. Kriener, 2nd, 12:20.15; R. Klimesh, 4th, 13:01.59; T. Bullerman,

5th, 13:02.5855m Hurdles: L. Warth, 3rd, 9.45; A. Brincks, 8th, 11.05; M. Martin, 11th,

11.9055m Shuttle Hurdle: A. Brincks, L. Warth, A. Phillips, M. Martin, 2nd,

38.084x200: S. Meyer, M. Martin, A. Budde, M. Boe, 8th, 2:10.794x400: K. DeVilbiss, A. Brincks, B. Hertges, A. Hageman, 4th, 4:36.29;

A. Patterson, K. Kuboushek, J. Lechtenberg, R. Ott, 13th, 5:04.91; A. Budde, L. Balik, J. Elsbernd, M. Boe, 15th, 5:12.74

4x800: J. Kriener, R. Klimesh, T. Bullerman, A. Patterson, 3rd, 11:07.56

Warriors“We had some outstanding performances,” noted Coach Con-

way. “A number of athletes had season and lifetime bests, which coming off of Tuesday’s meet is pretty impressive.”

With four fi rst-place fi nishes including the 800m run by Na-than Meyer, the 4x400 relay, the 1600 Sprint Medley and the High Jump by Chris Brincks, the Warriors showed a lot of strength against the athletes from fi ve other schools.

The boys also had 10 other top three fi nishes including the 55m dash by Jared Schroeder, the 800m by Garrett Bohach, the 55m hurdles by Chris Brincks, the 4x200, 4x400, 4x800, 1600 Sprint Medley and the Shuttle hurdle relays, the Long Jump by Ben Mey-er and the Shot Put by Carson Lensing.

“We have been pleasantly surprised by our younger guys. They are shaping up to add some key depth for us at the end of the year,” Conway added.

The 1600 Sprint Medley meet record was held by South Winn set in 2010 by Alex Schmitt, Ethan Adams, Jayden DeVilbiss and Brett Losen with a time of 3:51.36. After the event was completed on Saturday, the meet record is still held by South Winn, but four new runners set the record at 3:48.81, a difference of 2.55 seconds.

“Our older guys stepped up and turned in some outstanding performances especially in the 4x400. We had two different relay teams run a top fi ve time indoors since 2002,” ended Conway.

Boys Results (**Meet Record)High Jump: C. Brincks, 1st, 6’Long Jump: B. Meyer, 2nd, 19’ 2”; T. Jacobsen, 9th, 17’ 6.5”; A. Shatek, 10th,

17’ 6”; C. Lensing, 12th, 17’ 5.5”; M. Herold, 18th, 15’ 8””; J. Uribe, 21st, 13’ 4.5”Shot Put: C. Lensing, 2nd, 45’ 9.5”; C. Schmitt, 9th, 34’ 7.75”; A. Pearson, 22nd,

29” 9.50”55m: J. Schroeder, 3rd, 6.94; A. Shatek, 5th, 7.05, T. Jacobsen, 10th, 7.26, M.

Herold, 11th, 7.26, C. Schmitt, 17th, 7.45; A. Pearson, 43rd, 9.59200m: T. Jacobsen, 6th, 25.24; C. Schmitt, 17th, 27.05400m: K. Davis, 20th, 1:07.63; B. McDermott, 26th, 1:19.29800m: N. Meyer, 1st, 2:06.17; G. Bohach, 2nd, 2:07.0155m Hurdles: C. Brincks, 2nd, 8.45Shuttle Hurdle: L. Uribe, B. Meyer, C. Brincks, M. Faldet, 3rd, 30.414x200: N. Ward, G. Bohach, D. Franzen, N. Meyer, 3rd, 1:41.06; M. Holthaus, A.

Holthaus, B. Hageman, K. Davis, 9th, 1:51.484x400: C. Brincks, B. Meyer, M. Herold, D. Franzen, 1st, 3:38.79; G. Bohach,

J. Schroeder, N. Ward, A. Shatek, 3rd, 3:43.13; M. Holthaus, N. Meyer, A. Holthaus, B. Hageman, 11th, 4:04.66; J. Uribe, J. Ling, C. Fisher, K. Davis, 15th, 4:33.04

4x800: M. Faldet, L. Uribe, J. Uribe, C. Fisher, 2nd, 10:02.871600 Sprint Medley: **Jared Schroeder, Treyton Jacobsen, Ben Meyer and

Devin Franzen, 1st, 3:48.81; M. Holthaus, A. Holthaus, J. Uribe, M. Faldet, 3rd, 4:34.79

Above: SW’s Brittany Shindelar pushes the shot put out into the fi eld at the UIC Indoor meet last Tuesday. (Photo by Leah Kruse)

Below: TV’s Stephanie Martin (c) and SW’s Ken-nidee DeVilbiss stay in the top four runners in the opening leg of the 4x800 relay at the UIC Indoor meet. (Photo by Leah Kruse)

Above: SW’s Luis Uribe (l), Mitchell Herold (c) and TV’s Tristan Mohlis all take off at the start of the boys 4x800 relay at last Tuesday’s meet. (Photo by Leah Kruse)

SW’s Amber Brincks lands in the sand pit for one of her attempts at the long jump at last Tuesday's meet. (Photo by Leah Kruse)


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12 other news“The whole event is a family af-fair,” says Karen Green. “Our chil-dren have taken over the meal for us.” Sixth generation granddaugh-ter of the Green’s Dani Stock of Waukon was among the volunteers who guided the pony rides, while her Uncle Jody Meyer drove a team of horses and wagon through the timber for people to tour the woods. Other family members like Curt Hauser from Indianola who married Dale and Karen’s young-est daughter Wendy was busy grilling Spillville Locker sausages over an open fi re for the breakfast, while Mark Stock and Jeni Green Melcher were busy fl ipping pan-cakes in the serving line to an al-most unending line all day. This coming Sunday is the last day of the event, serving break-fast from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come early, the lines are usually long for this popular rite of spring event which attracts not only locals, but has been known to bring in people from seven different states. If you would like more information or to place an order you can contact the Green’s at 563-567-8472. They do ship orders or you can stop in to pick up the maple syrup after it is made.

GREEN’S from front page

Right: Sixth generation Green family member, Dani Stock (l) gives a pony ride to Lauren Luzum (r) during the event. Below: David Ludeking pours maple syrup for customers from a tank in the sap house. (Photos by Joyce Meyer)

Mark Stock (l) fl ips pancakes while Harry & Barbara Davidson and Ann Glenn-White (r) wait in line forbreakfast. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

Jake Meyer, son-in-law of Dale Green, along with many others, waits in line with his horses to take people on rides through the timber during the event. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

Every 7 minutes wood needs to be added to the fi re on the evaporater that makes maple syrup. Here, Jim Ludeking stokes the fi re. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)


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13other news

List of County CandidatesOffi ce & Info .........................................Democrats ....................................RepublicansCounty Board of Supervisors .................John Beard.....................................Dennis KarlsbrotenDistrict 1Vote for no more than one

County Board of Supervisors .................Barbara Massman ..........................Floyd AshbacherDistrict 2Vote for no more than one

County Treasurer ....................................none ...............................................Wayne WalterVote for no more than one

County Recorder ....................................none ...............................................noneVote for no more than one

County Attorney .....................................none ...............................................Andrew F. Van Der MaatenVote for no more than one

Iowa Secretary of State’s Offi ceWinneshiekParty ....................................... For the Offi ce of District ..........................Ballot Name Democratic .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................Bruce Braley Democratic .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Swati Dandekar Democratic .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Anesa Kajtazovic Democratic .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Pat Murphy Democratic .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ...................Dave O’Brien Democratic .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Monica Vernon Democratic .............................. Governor ..................................................... Jack Hatch Democratic .............................. Secretary of State ........................................Brad Anderson Democratic .............................. Auditor of State .......................................... Jonathan Neiderbach Democratic .............................. Treasurer of State ........................................Michael L. Fitzgerald Democratic .............................. Secretary of Agriculture .............................Sherrie Taha Democratic .............................. Attorney General ........................................Tom Miller Democratic .............................. State Representative District 051 ...............Laura Hubka Democratic .............................. State Representative District 055 ...............Rick Edwards Republican .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................Sam Clovis Republican .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................ Joni Ernst Republican .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................Mark Jacobs Republican .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................Scott Schaben Republican .............................. U.S. Senator ................................................Matt Whitaker Republican .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Rod Blum Republican .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Gail E. Boliver Republican .............................. U.S. Representative District 1 ....................Steve Rathje Republican .............................. Governor .....................................................Terry E. Branstad Republican .............................. Governor .....................................................Tom Hoefl ing Republican .............................. Secretary of State ........................................Paul D. Pate Republican .............................. Auditor of State ..........................................Mary Mosiman Republican .............................. Treasurer of State ........................................NO CANDIDATE Republican .............................. Secretary of Agriculture .............................Bill Northey Republican .............................. Attorney General ........................................NO CANDIDATE Republican .............................. State Representative District 051 ............... Josh Byrnes Republican .............................. State Representative District 055 ...............Darrel Branhagen

This is a listing of candidates who have fi led to run in the upcoming Primary Election in Win-neshiek County. There is still time for withdraw or objection of the County candidates, and there is one of the State candidates that is involved in a legal case whether their name will be on the ballot or not. So, this list is not offi cial at this time. In about a week, the candidate names will be certi-fi ed and ballots will be ordered. Starting Thurs-

day, April 24th, absentee balloting will be avail-able in the Winneshiek County Auditor's offi ce during normal working hours (8-4, M-F). Voters are reminded that in Primary Elections they must choose a party affi liation, Republican or Demo-cratic. Questions regarding elections can be di-rected to the County Auditor's offi ce at [email protected] or 563-382-5085.

Winneshiek CountyPrimary Election approaching June 3

On Thursday, March 20th the Turkey Valley Elementary had the school to themselves, and they took advantage of it! The high school stu-dents traveled to the Cresco Fitness Center for a day of activity and the elementary hung colored streamers from the doorways to walk through on their color walk. At 10:30 a.m. the elementary gathered in the high school gym to show off their rainbow of colors, each grade level was as-signed a different color for the day. The national anthem was played, and the students were off to walk around the school through the streamers and music fi lled hallways. There was lots of laughter and fun conversa-tion across the grade levels as everyone exercised their way through the halls for 30 minutes. At the conclusion of the color walk three cheers were given for everyone’s efforts.

Later in the day Dan Auel, Zach Sharpe and Brennen Jontz from the Iowa Storm Chasing Network visited the elementary explaining how they forecast weather, how they record the storms, the number of tor-nadoes they’ve witnessed, and gave an explanation of how they built “Dorothy”, their storm chasing vehicle. Students were able to view the Explorer that holds all their live streaming equipment.

At the conclusion of the day Diane Shileny, head cook, served the students blueberry smoothies. It was a great day for everyone! Special thanks to the Turkey Valley Education Foundation for sponsoring the Iowa Storm Chasing Network presentation.

Turkey Valley Elementary Wellness Day

Top: The entire elementary fi led into the gym to show off their rainbow of colors. Each grade was assigned a different color to wear. Middle: Dan Auel, Zach Sharpe and Brennen Jontz (front row, black shirts) from the Iowa Storm Chasing Network taught the kids about their jobs. Bottom: The trio’s storm chasing vehicle with all of its gadgets. (Submitted Photos)


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14 legalsTurkey Valley Community School District

ClaimsMarch 2014

General FundCarquest of New Hampton, trans supp ... $182.97 Cedar Rapids School District, 1st sem reg

ed ..................................................... $2,900.58 ClaimAid, Medicaid billing fee ........... $2,165.61 Continental Research Corp, deoderizer .. $362.63 Cresco Shopper, para ad ........................... $39.00 Decorah Community Schools, Jan Crossroads

tuition ............................................... $2,014.00 Department of Ed, video classes .............. $96.48 Fareway, foods ........................................... $3.58 Farmers Coop, diesel ........................... $5,140.11 Fencl Oil Company, lp ........................ $1,321.38 Russ Freerking, IEP translator.................. $49.70 Graphics, Inc, JJ newsletter .................... $392.06 Howard-Winn. CSD, 3rd qtr OE ......... $7,501.25 Huber’s Store Inc., bus barn supplies ....... $27.94 Iowa Assoc of School Bd, school bd conv/

ISFLC .............................................. $2,195.00 Iowa Div of Criminal Invest, background cks x

10 ........................................................ $150.00 John Deere Financial, supplies - bus ........ $60.16 Kabel Business Services, mo. fl ex fees .... $57.40 Kephart’s Music Center, inst music supplies,

repairs ................................................. $239.60 L&R Manufacturing, vehicle repair ....... $248.03 Amanda Lawless-Anderson, mileage....... $32.90 Wendy Leuenberger, Jan mileage ........... $179.20 Malcom Enterprises, Inc., garb serv ....... $350.00 MARCO, copier maintenance ............. $1,418.63 Martin Bros. Distributing Co., supp ....... $509.95 Mastercard, Knoll, Hoover ISFLC

hotel .................................................... $398.72 Mastercard, tech repair ............................. $80.58 Mastercard, bus mgr, spec ed ................. $237.05 Dan McCool, Reach for the Stars book .... $15.00 McDonald Supply, water fi lter ............... $251.32 Mid-America Pub Corp, minutes, bidders

notice .................................................. $231.12 New Hampton Comm School, 3rd qtr

OE .................................................. $18,003.00 Northeast Iowa Comm College, PSEO,

etc .................................................. $14,148.82 Keith Oltrogge CPA, audit .................. $3,920.00 J.W. Pepper of Minneapolis, music .......... $83.48 Pitney Bowes, postage ........................... $208.99 Postville Community Schools, ICN chgs, NICC

classes .............................................. $6,323.60 Presto-X Company, pest control............... $31.12 Quill Corporation, supplies ...................... $53.25 Schilling Supply Company, supplies ...... $152.98 School Bus Sales, cross-arm .................... $70.13 School Health Corp, supplies ................. $131.29 Michelle Schwarze, Jan-Feb mileage ....... $43.26 Marv Smith Electric, electrical serv ....... $221.95 Solution Tree, PLC institute ................ $3,145.00 South Winn - 2nd Qtr OE, 3rd qtr

OE .................................................. $24,004.00 State Hygienic Laboratory, water samp ... $24.00 Superior Welding, shop supplies ........... $169.95 Tapspace Publications, inst supplies ........ $43.72 TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc, wastewater

sample ................................................... $42.00 Thompson Truck & Trailer, Inc, bus maint

supplies ............................................... $572.14 Tiger Direct.com, instrumental supplies .. $33.89 Valley Community School District, 3rd qtr

OE .................................................... $1,500.25 Windstream, local phone ........................ $148.65 Total ................................................ $101,927.42 General Hand PayablesDeLageLaden, copier lease .................... $699.00 Hawkeye REC, electricity ................... $4,510.25 Iowa DCI, background cks x 10 ............. $150.00 Mastercard, 1st gr Learning A-Z .............. $99.95 NSO Communications, lg dist phone ..... $176.97 Wal-Mart, McElroy equip, nurses supp.. $783.31 Mastercard, comp repairs ....................... $316.38 Post Offi ce, newsletter postage .............. $259.73 Total ................................................... $6,995.59 Total General Fund ....................... $108,923.01 PPEL Bills For ApprovalHapara, Inc, teacher dashboard, remote

subs ................................................... $1122.00System Services, Inc, maint contract .. $1,473.00 One Call Now, Parent/staff broadcast .... $558.90 Keystone AEA, 2nd half tech ctrt ...... $24,200.00 Total PPEL ....................................... $27,353.90 Capital Bills For ApprovalA&J Associates PC, fee per contract ... $3,470.00

Total Capital ...................................... $3,470.00 Hot Lunch FundPrairie Farms Dairy, milk .................... $1,903.88 Stone, CE Refrigeration, repair freezer

drain .................................................... $210.00 Eastview Orchard, apples ......................... $88.00 EMS Detergent Service, dtgnt/bleach .... $131.50 Martin Bros, food/supplies .................. $4,063.73 Pan O Gold, bread .................................. $286.25 Goodwin Tucker, ignition module.......... $273.37 Keck Inc, commodities........................ $1,740.88 Prairie Farms Dairy, milk .................... $1,918.81 JMC Computer Services, food service

software .............................................. $730.80 Total Hot Lunch .............................. $11,347.22 Clearing AccountHole in the Wall, soph class supplies ....... $28.00 IGHSAU, athletic revenues ................. $1,056.00 IHSSA, speech registration ...................... $24.00 Pepsi-Cola, supplies ............................ $1,606.95 Postville Comm School, entry fee ............ $24.00 Bank Iowa-Cash, wrestling meals .......... $605.00 Mastercard, creative tech/music/drama

supplies ............................................... $440.00 Gino’s, student trips ............................... $150.00 American Color Imaging, creative tech

supplies ................................................. $94.17 B&H Photo, drama supplies ................... $106.61 Amy Baumler, DC trip refund ................ $100.00 Beaver Creek Graphics, TV wear ........ $3,492.94 Don Blazek, DC trip refund ................... $995.00 Blue Iris, memorial................................... $40.00 Ron Bramo, DC trip refund .................... $200.00 Joan Busta, DC trip refund ..................... $132.00 Come and Save Here, drama supplies .... $330.97 Decorah High School, Wrstlng tourney

fee ......................................................... $10.00 Stacey Dunbar, BB Offi cal ....................... $90.00 East Buchanan High School, trny fee ....... $75.00 Kane Fairman, BB Offi cal ........................ $90.00 Field Museum, student trips ................... $497.25 Susan Franzen, DC trip refund ............... $200.00 Gino’s, student trips ............................... $519.00 Hubers store, NHS supplies ..................... $50.64 IHSSA, speech registration ...................... $11.00 JW Pepper, vocal music supplies ............. $52.73 Kaplan Early Learning Co, cubed chair ... $63.19 Keystone AEA, physics comp fee ............ $56.00 Knowledge Matters, creative tech

supplies ............................................ $1,095.00 Henry Langreck, trap team supplies ....... $212.65 Deb Langreck, DC trip refund ................ $100.00 Legacy Tour Travel, DC Trip ........... $80,935.00 Lifetouch NSS, elem memory books ..... $756.24 M&M Convenience store, TVAB

supplies ............................................ $1,332.99 Edward Madlock, BB Offi cal ................... $90.00 Martin Bros, milk machine supplies .......... $6.57 Mastercard, athletic, drama supplies ... $1,084.70 Wilma Meyer, BB scorebook ................. $405.00 MinnTex Citrus Inc, trap team fruit

order ................................................. $4,795.30 Amy Moudry, DC trip refund ................. $200.00 Museum of Science & Ind, stdt trips ...... $704.25 Pepsi-Cola, TVAB supplies .................... $464.15 Roger Pollock, drama supplies ................. $12.89 Prairie Farms, milk machine supplies .... $295.21 John Pyche, BB Offi cal ............................ $90.00 Mark Schmitt, DC trip refund ................ $200.00 Brian Schmitt, TVAB supplies ................. $19.79 Glenda Schmitt, TVAB supplies ............ $124.91 Schueth Ace Hdwr, drama supplies ........ $257.33 Daniel Sickles, BB Offi cal ....................... $90.00 Skydeck, student trips ............................ $483.00 Joe Smith, BB Offi cal ............................ $140.00 Julie Snyder, DC trip refund ................... $200.00 Stumps, prom supplies ........................... $683.71 Sunset Distributors, trap team supp..... $2,804.40 Theatre Effects, drama supplies ............... $71.30 Randy Tope, BB Offi cal ......................... $140.00 TVAB, soph class supplies ......................... $8.00 TVEducation Foundation, gala donation Tom

Drilling ............................................... $100.00 Turkey Valley Hot Lunch, refunds to hot

lunch ................................................ $1,595.00 Dave Vsetecka, trap team Mil. trip ......... $212.34 Kevin Wedemeier, BB Offi cal .................. $90.00 Winn Medical Center, ahtletic supplies .... $85.57 Brad Wurzer, DC trip refund .................. $200.00 Clearing Total .................................$111,225.75

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Call to Order & Determination of Quorum:The Winneshiek County Area Solid Waste

Agency meeting was called to order by Chair-person Dave Pahlas at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2014 in the large courtroom at the Winneshiek County Courthouse. Voting members present were Don DiLaura, John Logsdon, Ron Ludeking, Leon Kipp, Mark Kuhn and Dennis Wilkins. A quorum was determined by the chair-person. Also present were Counsel Barrett Gipp, Winneshiek County Recycling manager Terry Buenzow, landfi ll assistant manager T.J. Schissel, and landfi ll manager Dave Hageman. Approval of Minutes & Agenda:

Moved by Wilkins, seconded by Logsdon, to approve the meeting minutes of 2/10/14. All voting approved.

Moved by Wilkins, seconded by Logsdon, to approve the agenda of 3/24/14 with no additional items. All voting approved.Introduction of Guests:

None were present.Report from Secretary-Treasurer:

2/28/14 Checking Balance: $825,899.092/28/14 Checking Interest: $31.762/28/14 Certifi cates of Deposit (Operating):

$1,350,000.002/28/14 Certifi cates of Deposit (Closure-Post

Closure): $6,888,702.462/28/14 Total Investments: $8,238,702.46

Public Comment:None were present.

Approve Claims Paid:Moved by Ludeking, seconded by Kuhn, to

approve the February 2014 claims of $45,798.65 as paid. All voting approved. Committee Reports:Landfi ll Manager’s Report

1. On February 11 the sewer froze.2. On February 12 Mracek Plumbing thawed

the sewer and also found a cracked line. This will need to be repaired in the sum-mer.

3. The sewer line froze again on February 28. Landfi ll staff thawed it out.

4. AECOM was at the landfill checking methane wells and introducing a new technician on March 14.

5. On March 17 Ziegler was at the landfi ll working on the CAT 963D.

6. Ziegler replaced the ECM on the CAT 963D on March 19.

7. On March 20 Meghan Scheidel and T.J. Schissel attended the landfi ll operator re-certifi cation course in Iowa City.

8. Two CDs were renewed on March 24, one operational and one Closure/Post-Clo-sure, both for 36 months at 1.15% with a one-time interest rate increase option.

9. Total precipitation since February 10 was 22 inches of snow.

Engineer’s ReportDave Hageman gave the report for Bob Bam-

sey1. Discussed leachate testing criteria

Other Business:Item 6.4-Board Resolution for Financial As-

surance. Barrett Gipp presented the annual Clo-sure/Post-Closure fi nancial requirements. Moved by Kuhn, seconded by DiLaura to approve the fi nancial assurance resolution as written. All vot-ing approved. Establish Time & Date of Next Meeting:

There will be no meeting in AprilThe next regular meeting of the WCASWA

will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2014 in the large courtroom at the Winneshiek County Courthouse.Adjournment:

Moved by DiLaura, seconded by Ludeking,

to adjourn at 7:17 p.m. All voting approved.ATTESTLeon Kipp, Secretary

Claims 2/1/2014-2/28/2014Checking Balance as of 1/31/14 ...... $785,378.12Monthly Deposits 2/14 ...................... $86,287.86

Iowa DNR, Tipping Fees ................... $11,613.78Winneshiek Co. Recycling, Glass ............ $36.72Culligan Water, Offi ce Supplies ............... $13.20Century Link, Telephone .......................... $52.74Randys Auto Parts, Shop Supplies ........... $74.08City of Decorah, Leachate Processing ... $592.28Reliable Dumpster Services, Leachate

Hauling ............................................ $3,008.00Hovden Oil, Fuel ................................. $4,923.08Decorah Ace Hardware, Offi ce Supplies .. $29.62John Deere Financial, Shop Supplies ....... $79.13Aramark, Offi ce Supplies ....................... $168.36Storey Kenworthy, Offi ce Supplies ............ $3.37Rite Price, Offi ce Supplies ..................... $249.37NEIT, Internet .......................................... $59.99Winneshiek Co. Recycling, Grant ....... $5,666.66Winneshiek Co. Auditor, Payroll ....... $18,177.45CAPCO Products, Shop Supplies .......... $128.00US Cellular, Telephone ............................ $67.02Waukon Feed Ranch, Utilities/

Propane ............................................... $480.31REC, Utilities-Electricity ....................... $343.69Winneshiek Co. Recycling, Glass ............ $31.80Total .................................................. $45,798.65

Monthly interest earned 2/14 ................... $31.76Checking Balance as of 2/28/14 ...... $825,899.09

Closure/Post Closure CD’s .......... $6,888,702.46Operational CD’s ......................... $1,350,000.00Total ............................................. $8,238,702.46


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City of DecorahPublic NoticeApril 1, 2014

Public Notice of Storm Water DischargeCity of Decorah plans to submit a Notice

of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources to be covered under the NPDES General Permit 2, Storm water discharge associated with Industrial activity for construction activity.

The storm water discharge will be from sani-tary sewer construction, water main construction & street paving located in SE & SW 1/4 Sec 23; NW, SW & SE 1/4 Sec 25; & NE 1/4 Sec 26, All in T98N, R8W, Winneshiek County.

Storm water will be discharged from 1 point source and will be discharged to the following streams: Unnamed ditches & waterways that fl ow into the Upper Iowa River.

Comments may be submitted to the Storm Water Discharge Coordinator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protec-tion Division, 502 E. 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. The public may review the Notice of Intent from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address after it has been re-ceived by the department.


public noticeWinneshiek County Board of Supervisors

MinutesMarch 17, 2014

The Board met as per adjournment with all members present.

Lee Bjerke, county Engineer, met with the Board to discuss road matters.

Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Karlsbro-ten to enter into contract with Bjerke for employ-ment as the County Engineer. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Thomp-son to enter into agreement 2014-C-250 with the DOT for fi llets along their Highway 9 rehabilita-tion project. Motion carried unanimously.

Tom and Tara, Bushman Insurance, met with the Board to present information on the property insurance renewal.

Doug Groux, county Sanitarian, met with the Board to present the wastewater disposal system certifi cation regulations. Moved by Thompson and seconded by Karlsbroten to adopt resolution 14-51 implementing the certifi cation regulations as proposed by the County Board of Health. Mo-tion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

Moved by Thompson and seconded by Ash-bacher to approve the minutes for the Monday, March 10, 2014 meeting. Motion carried unani-mously.

Moved by Karlsbroten and seconded by Kuhn to authorize Bjerke to bid $37,500 on the used mower tractor that Keokuk County has for sale. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Thompson and seconded by Ash-bacher to authorize Bjerke to pay an additional $1300 to Bruenings for right-of-way acquisition associated with the Freeport Trail project. Motion

carried unanimously.Moved by Karlsbroten and seconded by

Thompson to enter into agreement with the Uni-versity of Iowa for up to $5000 of travel expenses associated with the Sustainable Communities re-search project they will be conducting. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Karlsbroten and seconded by Ashbacher to approve the Class C with Sunday sales beer permit for Sattre Store. Motion carried unanimously.

Community Rights Alliance representatives Steve Luse, Jonathan Ruf, Jim Tripp, Hannah McCargar, and Lara Martinsen-Burrell; met with the Board to give an update on their proposed Community Bill of Rights. They gave an update on their petition drive and discussed civil rights related to frac sand mining. Thompson gave a response on how he believed the proposed ordinance could contradict existing laws, the Constitution, and his oath of offi ce; and there-fore wouldn’t support it. The Board accepted the group’s stance to ban frac sand mining as another piece of information collected in their fact fi nd-ing time provided by the moratorium, but will not take any actions until the fact fi nding is complet-ed and the information is disseminated.

Andy Van Der Maaten, county Attorney, met with the Board to discuss county issues.

Moved by Thompson and seconded by Karlsbroten to adjourn to 9:30 a.m., Monday, March 24, 2014. Motion carried unanimously.ATTESTBenjamin D Steines, County AuditorJohn Logsdon, Chairman Board of Supervisors


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Dillon Law Offi ceNotice Of Auction

April 21, 2014

Owner: Daniel L. & Annette M. Kime offer real estate for sale:Legal Description: The east 30 acres of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29,

township 96 north, range 10 west of the 5th P.M., except lot 1, Winneshiek County, IowaLocation: West of Jackson Junction on 330th Ave., 2 miles north of St. Hwy 24. Property located

in city limits of Jackson Junction.Net Acres: 29 acres m/I.Taxes: Real Estate Taxes shall be pro-rated to date of possession.Immediate possession for crop year 2014.Method, Time & Place Of Sale: Sealed bids will be received at Dillon Law, PC until 12 p.m. on

Friday, April 18, 2014. All bids must include bidder’s mailing address and telephone number. The top fi ve bidders will be contacted to attend the fi nal sale where each will be given the opportunity to raise his/her bid in person. The seller reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Sale will commence at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2014, at Dillon Law, PC, 209 E. 1st Street, Sumner, Iowa 50674. LUMP SUM. No per acre bids.

Buyers to make independent inquiry regarding any information provided.Terms Of Sale: 10% due upon acceptance of fi nal bid and execution of approved Real Estate

Contract with immediate possession and fi nal closing within 30 days.Buyer responsible for installing a separate driveway subject to engineer approval along 330th Ave.

or 118th St.Building site is not included.Successful bidder must have letter of credit for the balance of the purchase price.The information included here has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however,

it may be subject to errors, omissions, price changes or withdrawal notice. While we do not doubt its accuracy, we have not verifi ed it and made no guarantees, warranty or representation about it. You or your consultants should conduct a careful, independent investigation of the property to determine the suitability.

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Upper Explorerland RPC and Winneshiek County Emergency Management AgencyHazard Mitigation Planning Grant

April 3, 2014

The Steering Committee for the Winneshiek Multi-Jurisdiction-9 Hazard Mitigation Planning Grant will meet on April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Upper Explorerland RPC offi ces.

This is one of the fi nal meetings in the development of a new county-wide hazard mitigation plan for all the communities and the county. This plan, designated as MJ-9 2015, will replace the two previ-ous plans, MJ-4 & MJ-5, completed in 2010 with grant funding. Funding was requested by Winneshiek County Emergency Management in the spring of 2012, with a fi nal plan expected to be forwarded to FEMA later this year. Actual planning work started in late 2012.

During last year and early this year, UERPC and WCEMA met with representatives of all the county cities to complete their particular local hazard and risk assessment planning.

In previous county-focused meetings, the County Steering Committee looked at potential hazards that could affect the residents, environment, and the economy of the area. Then each of the hazards identifi ed was rated as to the potential effect by a scoring formula. Among the top rated hazards were fl ooding, thunderstorms-lightning-high winds-tornados, and hazardous material releases.

At this meeting the Committee will look to see what mitigation efforts can be made to reduce or possibly totally mitigate hazard effects and where available funds are best spent in the hazard’s reduc-tion. Having a valid FEMA-approved Mitigation Plan is valuable to the planning participants as it is a requirement for future FEMA grant funding.

This meeting is open to the public and they are encouraged to attend. The public will have the opportunity to review the whole draft plan when completed later this year. Current meeting activities/minutes are available on the Upper Explorerland web site.


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Spring gardening tipsBy Sharon Busch• Prune dormant fruit trees; the

fruit will be larger if it has more room to grow. Apply a dormant oil spray to your fruit trees to help control insects.

• As it begins to get warmer, re-move mulch from established strawberries; remove dead leaves from asparagus and rhubarb.

• Side-dress your asparagus and rhubarb with nitrogen fertiliz-er. Remove winter protection from roses.

• Sow peas outdoors, even if it’s snowy!

City of DecorahPublic NoticeApril 1, 2014

Decorah Jobs & Humane Society of North-east Iowa plan to submit a Notice of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be cov-ered under the NPDES General Permit 2; “Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Ac-tivity for Construction Activities”.

The storm water discharge will be from con-struction grading located in NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 25-T98N-R8W, Winneshiek County.

Storm water will be discharged from one point source and will be discharged to the follow-ing streams: unnamed ditches and waterways that fl ow into the Upper Iowa River.

Comments may be submitted to the Storm Water Discharge Coordinator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protec-tion Division, 502 E 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. The public may review the No-tice of Intent from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address after it has been received by the department.


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On Wednesday, March 26, Winneshiek County Dairy Princess Mi-kayla Lien paid a visit to the 5th grade class at CFS Catholic School in Calmar. Mikayla, daughter of Gary and Patty Lien, was crowned Princess at the 2013 dairy banquet. As part of her annual duties she has been doing many visits to local schools promoting dairy. The 5th grade class enjoyed their visit with her and it was topped off with free cheese sticks!

Lien has visited other schools including South Winn, Turkey Valley, Trinity Catho-lic School and Decorah. In just a few short weeks she will pass her crown onto the next Princess at the 2014 Dairy Banquet.

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winter 2013, the advanced robotic milking system at the center will teach students, consumers, youth and area dairy producers about advancements in dairy science. A new barn addition on the site was constructed to accommodate the technology and provides enhanced stall conditions for the dairy herd, including improved ventilation and bedding with sand for animal comfort. Iowa’s Dairy Center is a

fully-functioning dairy operation, and the facility serves NICC stu-dents enrolled in Dairy Science, Large Animal Veterinary Techni-cian, Pre-Veterinary Medicine and other agricultural programs. Stu-dents gain critical hands-on learn-ing experiences with the 300-cow herd located at the center, and the new robotic milking system will enhance the agricultural educa-tion of students who plan to begin

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careers in dairy science and for area consumers, FFA students and dairy producers alike.

Northeast Iowa Dairy Foun-dation President Gary Kregel ex-plained, “The use of robotics in dairy is not new and has been in Europe for more than 15 years. The technology is about fi ve years old in the Midwest,” Kregel said. “Robotics on dairy farms is here to stay and will continue to expand. This technology allows producers to spend more time and effort on management and less on repetitive manual labor. In addition, the qual-ity of life for producers is greatly enhanced, especially for small and medium sized dairy operations.” According to Kregel, robotic tech-nology will keep local operations viable in the dairy industry and may increase the number of young people that will return or become involved in the business. The suc-cess of dairy operations also con-tributes to the economic health of local communities throughout northeast Iowa.

A group of registered jerseys in free stalls in the $1.7 million robotic milking system barn.

Left: One of the two robotic milk-ing systems in the new barn at NICC. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

NICC President Liang Chee Wee, Ph.D. (l) and Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation President Gary Kregel (r) said a few words to the large crowd during the event Thursday evening.

Greeting Open Barn guests was our very own Mariah Schmitt, Iowa Dairy Princess from Fort Atkinson, and Celina Young, Iowa Dairy Prin-cess alternate.

Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agricul-ture, Michael Naig, spoke to the crowd before the ribbon cutting ceremony at NICC’s Open Barn.

Mikayla Lien, Winneshiek County Dairy Prin-cess, visited the 5th grade class at CFS Catholic School in Calmar promoting dairy. (Submitted Photos)

Watching the robotic sweeper are (l-r) Kara and Jason Cororan and Jim Kuennen. Many guests were amazed by the robots in the barn.


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Jacqlyn Therese Schmitt, 9

Trinity Catholic School 4th grade student Jacqlyn Schmitt is on the list of can-didates for the 2014 Little Miss Squirt Contest.

Jacqlyn is the nine-year old daughter of Joe and Ka-tie Schmitt and lives outside of Fort Atkinson with her parents and two brothers, Blake and Brady.

Jacqlyn helps her broth-ers with calf chores and cleans the parlor on the fam-ily farm, which includes 240 acres of corn, alfalfa and oats. Schmitt’s also milk 160 head of their 180 head Holstein heard. They sell their dairy products to Fore Most Farms.

At school, Jacqlyn is in-volved in plays and musi-cals and is involved in the Turkey Valley Clover 4-H group, plays the piano and likes to draw in her spare time.

Elsbernd candidate for Winneshiek County Dairy Princess;three young ladies vie for Little Miss Squirt

Leah Elsbernd, 18

South Winneshiek senior Leah Elsbernd is the sole candidate for the 2014 Win-neshiek County Dairy Prin-cess Contest.

Leah is the daughter of Gary and Marie Elsbernd and lives outside of Calmar with her parents and her brothers Mitchell and Ma-son.

The Elsbernd family milks their Holstein heard twice a day on the fourth generation farm they own and operate and sell their milk products to Foremost Farms. The Elsbernds also plant and harvest corn, oats and hay.

Leah is a very active teenager at South Winn as she is involved in volleyball, softball, FFA, Trap Shooting and National Honor Soci-ety. She is also active in her church, has her second de-gree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and works with her fam-ily on their farm taking care of the calves and milking their heard.

In May, Leah will gradu-ate from South Winn and plans to attend Iowa State University in Ames to pur-sue degrees in Animal Sci-ence and Pre-Veterinarian.

The South Winn Vet Clinic sponsors Leah.

Holly Jane Schmitt, 9

Trinity Catholic School 4th grade student Holly Schmitt is in the running for the 2014 Winneshiek County Little Miss Squirt Contest.

Holly is the nine-year old daughter and third old-est child of Greg and Sara Schmitt and lives with her parents, four brothers, Abra-ham, Henry, Adam and Har-rison and two sisters, Hanna and Autumn.

Holly’s dad Greg is the co-owner and operator at Schmitt Dairy Inc in Fort At-kinson where they milk 600 Holstein cows, raise steers and have 1500 acres of corn and alfalfa. Schmitt Dairy Inc sells their dairy products to Foremost Farms. Holly helps her dad feed and bed calves, feed the steers, water and feed the other animals on the farm, helps pick rock and rides in the tractor for manure hauling and during chopping season.

At school, Holly is in-volved in altar serving, song leading, Math is Magic, pia-no lessons and the Missoula plays. She is also involved in the Turkey Valley Clovers 4-H club, Girl Scout Troop 702, Anne’s Dancers, Jung’s Tae Kwon Do and the Calm-ar Area Swim Team.

Holly enjoys several ac-tivities and hobbies includ-ing reading, making art proj-ects, baking, shopping, and fi nger knitting, playing with Lego’s and attending camps.

Ashley Elsbernd, 9

South Winneshiek El-ementary 4th grade student Ashley Elsbernd is a 2014 candidate for the Winneshiek County Little Miss Squirt Contest.

Ashley is the nine-year old daughter of Peter and Kristi Elsbernd and lives with her parents, one brother and two sisters outside of Calmar on their Elsbernd Dairy Farms LLC land.

Ashley and her family farm 400 acres of hay, corn and barley and they milk 285 head of their 600 head of Holstein heard. Ashley feeds calves, chases cows into the holding pen and helps scrape stalls.

The Co-Champions 4-H group and the Calmar Area Swim Team are Ashley’s favorite activities and other hobbies include drawing, reading, horseback riding, camping, riding bike, roller skating and swimming.

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While it is taking longer than usual for the temperatures to warm up, spring will soon be in full swing. That means green grass, blooming fl owers and all the snif-fl es, sneezes, stuffy noses, cough-ing and itchy eyes that go along with seasonal allergies.

“Spring always comes, and with our signifi cant cold winter, it looks like this spring will have a signifi cant and intense allergy season,” explains Todd Mahr, MD, allergist and immunologist at Gundersen Health System. “The signifi cant cold usually means tree pollen season may start slightly later in spring, but will most likely be more intense as some overlap of pollination occurs.”

Symptoms of allergic rhini-tis, or hay fever, can be so severe they interfere with routine daily activities, including work, school and even sleep. Left untreated, allergies can cause more serious conditions like sinusitis or asthma symptoms.

To limit your exposure to al-lergy triggers such as airborne pol-lens, molds or other substances, Dr. Mahr suggests:

• Keeping windows closed at night and car windows closed as you drive.

• Staying indoors until after 10 a.m. Pollen counts are often higher in the morn-ing.

• Staying inside as much as possible when pollen counts are high and on windy days.

• Not mowing or gardening if you’re allergic to grass or plant pollens.

• Drying bedding in a dryer, not on a clothesline

It can sometimes be hard to know if a cold or an allergy is to blame for your stuffy nose and other symptoms. “One clue is how long symptoms last. A cold takes a few days to peak but should end in about a week,” advises Dr. Mahr. “Aches or a fever may add to your misery. By contrast, an allergy can

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We would like to thank our family, friends and neighbors for their thoughts and prayers at the time of Rita’s death.

Special thanks to the Gundersen ICU staff, Schmitz-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation staff, Mgsr. Hawes for his prayer services, Diane, Denise and Jim for the music, mass servers and Eucharistic ministers, Catholic Daughters for saying the rosary and serving the dinner, U2BBQ for preparing the meal and for visits and kindness shown to us at the time of our sorrow.

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Fed Cattle 270 Head

High Yielding Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs

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Choice Beef Steer & Heifers 152-155

Select & Choice Beef Steers & Heifers

152 & down

High Yielding Choice Holstein Steers

142-145

Choice Holstein Steers 138-142

Select & Choice Holstein Steers

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Cull Cows 178 Head

20% sold from 101.5-112.5

60% sold from 87-101

20% sold below 87 & down

Cull Bulls 29 Head

Most Bulls 110-120.5

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Calves 42 Calves

80% of Holstein Bull Calves brought from

175-250

Light and Poor Quality Calves 150 & down

Feeder Cattle 932 Head

Beef Steers under 300 lbs. NO TEST

Beef Steers 300 to 400 lbs. 225-250

5Beef Steers 400 to 500 lbs 215-240

Beef Steers 500 to 600 lbs. 190-226

Beef Steers 600 to 700 lbs 175-216

Beef Steers 700 to 800 lbs 165-189

Beef Steers over 800 lbs. 180 & down

Beef Heifers under 300 lbs. NO TEST

Beef Heifers 300 to 400 lbs. 205-225





Beef Heifers over 800 lbs. 155 & down

Holstein Steers 300 to 400 lbs. 155-170




Holstein Steers 700-800 lbs 125-133.5

Holstein Steers 800-1000 lbs 133 7 down

Holstein Steers 1000 & Up 129.75

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Sale Results for March 24, 2014High Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs ........... 152; 155Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs.................... 148; 152Select & Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs ..... 140; 148High Choice Hlstn Strs & Hfrs....... 139; 142.5Choice Holstein Strs & Hfrs.............. 135; 139Select & Choice Hlstn Strs & Hfrs .... 128; 135Market Cows ......................................... 75; 96High Dressing Market Cows ............... 96; 109Market Bulls .................................... 116;125.5

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1st Crop Big Squares $130-185 3

2nd Crop Big Squares $120-260 7

3rd Crop Big Squares $125-205 6

4th & 5th Crop Big Sqs. $230-280 2

Grass Big Squares $60-110 5

1st Crop Rounds $90-150 16

2nd Crop Rounds $75-240 11

3rd Crop Rounds $115-180 15

Grass Rounds $40-145 10

Oat Hay Rounds $70-100 2

New Seeding Rounds $80 1

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Corn Stalk Rounds $40-60 2

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The family of Clement “Clem” Blong would like to thank everyone for their kindness, with a special thanks to Unit 9 for serving the meal. Your thoughtfulness will always be remembered.

14pThe family of Ruth Kovarik wishes to thank family and friends for

prayers, calls, visits, memorials, cards and comforting words. Thanks to Fr. Hawes, Doris Thompson, Dan Silhacek, the St. Wenceslaus choir, pall bearers and all who participated in the funeral Mass. Thanks also to the St. Wenceslaus Guild for serving lunch and to Mark Balik and Karen Schluter for their caring assistance. Special thanks to Ruth's friends from Opportunity Homes, Spectrum Industries and elsewhere for sharing our grief. May God bless all of you.

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Child Care ProviderOssian De Sales Child Care Center is looking for a part-time child

care associate. Individual is to work as a team member planning, imple-menting and working with children ages 6 weeks to 12 years.

Applicant must be at least 18 years of age, responsible, dependable and fl exible. Experience and/or training in early childhood is preferred, but not required. Application review will continue until position is fi lled.

Submit letter of application, resume and credentials to: Ossian De Sales Child Care Center, Attn: Robin Timp, 416 E Main St, Ossian, IA 52161; 563-532-9250 or email to [email protected].

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Wiltgen Construction, Inc. is now taking applications for Equipment Operators. Must have CDL. Benefi ts provided. Some Saturdays re-quired. Apply in person at 204 East Main, Calmar, IA. EOE

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Mark and Lesley Frana and family

The family of Naomi Frana would like to thank everyone for the loving support shown to us during this difficult time of loss. Words cannot describe how appreciative we are for the compassion and concern we received. Th ank you to all who sent cards, brought food, sent fl owers and gave memorials. Special thanks to Fr. Hawes, Dan Silhacek, Jeanette Dietzenbach, Catholic Daughters and the mass servers for the beautiful service. Also thanks to Karen, Mark and Scott from Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, the fi rst responders and ambulance service for helping us through this diffi cult time. Th anks to the Train Station for preparing the food and to the women who served it. We have lost someone special.

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A view of the Mississippi River from Pike’s Peak in a past April. The lush green vegetation reminds us of the warmer times to come—hopefully sooner than later. (Photo by Joyce Meyer)

St. John’s Parish Spring DinnerSunday, April 13 11 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

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