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Dec. 23, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 51

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20 Years of service...

Terry Towne was recently presented a plaque for20 years of service with the Southwest Webster AmbulanceService. Terry was honored for her dedication as an EMTand also as the current SWWA Director.

By Jill Viles The Gowrie City council met the evening of No-vember 17. The meeting was sparsely attended by the pub-lic; however, two residents appeared before the council todiscuss issues of concern. Southeast Valley High Schoolteacher and track coach, Travis Nuss, was commendedupon receiving the distinction of “Coach of the Year.” A fundraiser to assist the Gowrie Police Depart-ment in the purchase of additional equipment had beenscheduled for December 5. The Gowrie Public Librarywill hold an Open House to encourage residents to learnmore about all the library has to offer. On this same after-

noon, horse drawn carriage rides were available to allowresidents and visitors to take in the beauty of light displaysand holiday decorations.Computer updating Police Chief Patrick Monaghan reported that hislaptop is in need of anti-virus updating. He added that hewould like to seek out an additional computer with the ca-pability of storing body camera footage. He admits thathis current laptop cannot handle this volume of additionalinformation. Monaghan has offered to seek out assistancefrom a Cedar Rapids philanthropic service that offers free

Zoning issue discussed at GowrieCity Council meeting last month

Health insurance, other topics. . .

Voting is complete... Members APPROVED the proposed merger of West Central Cooperative and Farmers Cooperative Company.

On Dec. 18 the members of Farmers Coopera-tive Company (FC), Ames, Iowa, and West Central®Cooperative, Ralston, Iowa, have both approved themerger of their cooperatives effective April 1, 2016. “In this merger vote, our members were pre-sented with a rare opportunity to combine two strong,financially-stable cooperatives in a merger of equals tomaintain local ownership for generations to come,” ex-plained West Central Board Chair and Paton, Iowa-areafarmer Sue Tronchetti. “We are pleased the memberships approved theboards’ recommendation,” said FC Chief Executive Of-ficer Jim Chism. “We are confident that together, we willbecome an even stronger cooperative and be better posi-tioned to help improve the economic well-being of our

Merger approved of Farmers CooperativeCompany and West Central Cooperative“Merger of Equals” Vote passed...

member-owners.” “On behalf of our boards, management and near-ly 700 employees, we appreciate each and every memberwho cast a ballot in this historic cooperative merger,”said FC Board President and Odebolt, Iowa-area farmerJohn Scott. Each membership met Iowa’s state voting re-quirement for a successful cooperative merger as certifiedby independent auditing firm of Gardiner Thomsen. Toapprove a merger, Iowa law requires at least 50 percentof each membership (plus one) to vote, with two-thirdsof those casting ballots voting in favor of the merger. “Our members’ voices were heard in this mergerprocess. Not only in the results of the vote, but in each

Gowrie City Council continued on page 11...

Cooperative merger continued on page 12...

The Southeast Valley senior students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1sttrimester GPA goals. Full story on page 11.

Gowrie DevelopmentCommission HolidayLighting ContestWinners Announced

The Gowrie Development Commission Holi-day Lighting Contest judging was on Sunday, December

13th. There were three categories again this year, eachwith 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners.

Winners for the Religious category were firstplace Shawn and JoAnn Anderson at 1209 Riddle St.;second place Travis and Bethany Nuss at 1002 SunsetDr.; and third place Dave and Annette Kruse at 1107 3rdSt. Winners of the Novelty category were first placeGayle Redman’s cabin at 1107 Lynd St.; second placeDick and Sue Dean at 1112 1st. St.; and third place Garyand Nikki Carstens at 1708 Market St. Winners of the Best use of lights category werefirst place Jeff and Susan Frahm at 1103 Lynd St.; Secondplace Brad and Jenny Lane at 1411 Lynd St.; and thirdplace Ralph and Kathy Clark and Mary Ann Young at701 4th St. The Gowrie Development Commission wouldlike to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thank thegracious and ‘anonymous’ judges for taking time to judgeall the wonderful lighting displays around town!

The judges said it was a hard task as there wereso many fabulous designs!

The winners will each receive Gowrie Bucksthat can be used at any business in Gowrie. Funds for the Lighting Contest were sponsoredby Gowrie Municipal Utilities.

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50 Years Ago...

During this Yuletide season--as in others in thepast--this birth of Christ is being heralded with the sing-ing of the old and familiar Christmas carols. Joining inthis year with the various church groups which go carol-ing prior to the holidays was this group of Gowrie CubScouts, whose Den Mother is Mrs. Don Bruntlett. Theboys, who caroled on the streets of Gowrie on eveningafter school were: Anthony Bruntlett, Craig Fricke, BrentMonson, Tom Barkley, Dwayne Brundage and Shawn

Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Longworth entertained ata Christmas party for the employees of the LongworthImplement company and their wives at the Holiday Inn inFort Dodge. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Don Bass,Mr. and Mrs. Leonal Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rowan,and Mr. and Mrs. Longworth. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Heatherington ofOtho, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Anderson and girls ofDuncombe attended the Christmas program as school onWednesday night. They were coffee guests in the EverettAnderson Home. Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Ben Vond-racek and daughter Lee Ann, with a newly-adopted sixweek-old daughter will arrive Wednesday fro CampLeJeune, N.C., to spend Christmas with Mrs. Vondra-

cek’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lueck. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Springer are the parentsof a daughter, born Friday, Dec. 17, 1965, at the StewartMemorial hospital at Lake City. Grandparents of the littlegirl are Mr. and Mrs. Mark Springer of Gowrie and Mr.and Mrs. Clinton Lind of Glidden Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brandt are parents of adaughter. Tracy Louise, born Monday, Dec. 20, 1965,at the Lutheran Hospital in For Dodge. Grandparents areMr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wooters of Gowrie and Mr. andMrs. Kenneth Brandt of Callender. Mickey Vinchattle, who is employed at a resortat Kanora, Canada, arrived here Friday to spend Christ-

as with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vinchattle. Heplans to return December 27. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan were honored

with a pot-luck dinner in observance of their tenth wed-ding anniversary at the Rebekah Hall in Farnhamville onSaturday, Dec. 18. Those attending were the guests of honor andtheir daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clutter, Mr. and Mrs.Jack Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Vogel, Mr. and Mrs.Edwin Clutter and sons, Mrs. Philip Clutter, Mr. and Mrs.Robert Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Knappand daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jaeschke, Mr. andMrs. Eugene Fuller and family. Those unable to attend were Philip and ClaytonClutter, Grace Clutter, the Lyn Clutter family, and theCharles Fuller family. The couple were presented with a purse of mon-ey.

40 Years Ago... Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kinsey and Miss Lily Pe-terson spent the Dec. 13 weekend in Davenport in theLowell Daasch home. A Christmas party was enjoyedwith Mr. and Mrs. Daasch, Bruce, 14 and Lynn, 16, andMrs. Milda Daasch on Saturday evening. A Christmas party was held in the Paul Larsonhome in Ames on Sunday, Dec. 14, Those who shared in

the event were Mr. and Mrs. Skip Larson and family ofAltoona, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Heitkamp of Duncombe,Mrs. Verna Larson and her mother, Mrs. Tell of Dayton,Judy Larson and Jim Ebarb of Des Moines, Mrs. AliceLarson and Eleanor Larson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gross attended a pianorecital in the home of Mrs. Keith Altmier in Fort Dodgerecently. Their granddaughter, Kari Olson of Callender,took part. On Saturday, Dec. 13, Kari participated in theIowa Music Teachers’ Association Contest at the Com-munity College in Fort Dodge. She won a no. 1 rating inthe A level and will play the piano in the contest at DesMoines on Jan. 10. Stanton Danielson, Doug and Michele Eliasonof Iowa city were visitors over the holidays in the homesof their parents. Lori Palmquist, daughter of the WendellPalmquists was entered in the District Auditions of theIowa Music Teachers Association on Dec. 13. She per-formed four pieces and was awarded a Superior rating inthe F level of competition. Her teacher is Mrs. Jan Alte-meier of Fort Dodge. Santa Claus made a pre-Christmas visit toFarnhamville Saturday afternoon to hand out candy andvisit with youngsters of that community. A large crowdof Men, women, and children crowded into the newFarnhamville Fire Station for the annual Open houses ofthe Lions Club which featured the serving of free coffee

and doughnuts for the adults and pop for the kids. Overnight guests of Tracy Brandt on Fridaynight to help celebrate her 10th birthday were KriscindaHoover, Moorland, Heidi Bintz, Otho, Holly Fawcett andSara Bilstad, Callender, Denise hoover, Marsha Stubbsand Barbara Thompson, all of Gowrie. Marlyn Benson of Gowrie and Rusty Jondleand John Field of Callender spent the past week in Mem-phis, Tenn. They were accompanied on their return byJudy Benson, who is now teaching at Memphis and willspend the holidays here at the home of her parents, Mr.and Mrs. Lee Benson. Dr. Marilyn Dorsen of Baltimore, Md., a staffmember of the John Hopkins Memorial hospital, arrivedhere Sunday evening to spend the week at the homes ofher mother, Mrs. E. B. McFarland, and brother, Orin Mc-

farland.

Wednesday, Dec 23 • Farnhamville Senior Citizens (cards),

1:00 p.m., Holy Trinity LutheranChurch.

Monday, Dec 28 • Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at

Faith Lutheran Church Harcourt.

To have the date and time of your organization’s

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Matt Ross... Matt Ross speaks at the Webster County 4-HAwards banquet on Nov. 29 about Shooting Sports.

Heavy rainfall lastweek raises areacreeks, ditches, riverGowrie area rainfall. . .

On Sunday and Monday of last week WebsterCounty, our area towns, and much of Iowa experienced avery heavy rainfall. Our Gowrie-Farnhamville-Callendar area andsurrounding towns received between 3.5 inches to 5 inch-es of rain. We experienced many hours of consecutiverainfall which commenced Sunday night and continuedthrough Monday morning. There was a brief period of snowflakes Mondaymorning but the snow quickly melted.

Area ditches, creeks and rivers were elevated asrainfall was heavy here but also very heavy north of us.Many fields had small ponds.

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Dec. 23, 20154 THE GOWRIE NEWSTHE GOWRIE NEWS

Our business familyis working together. . .

Christmas has arrived and at this time we cel-ebrate the birth of Jesus. As Christians this is a glorioustime of the year. We enjoy Christmas programs, candle-light services, good food and fellowship. And we cel-ebrate with family, remembering that Mary and Josephstarted their family with the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. There are many types of families. We have ourfamilies by birth and we’ve nurtured our family relation-ships over the years. Many of us also enjoy “family”relationships within churches, businesses, organizations,and the like. I am personally pleased that our business fam-

ily within our two newspapers has really blossomed thisyear. We have three key people who really work closelytogether: Tonya Harrison, graphic designer; Mary AnnYoung, clerical manager; and Jill Viles, writer. Tonyahas been with our newspapers in Gowrie and Dayton forfour years; Jill has been writing for us for about threeyears; and Mary Ann Young started in July.

Mary Ann Young is the newcomer and peoplewill be pleasantly surprised when they get to know her.She works with people very well and diligently works tosatisfy our readers and customers. Tonya works closelywith several businesses and groups also and she has deeproots in the Gowrie area. Jill skillfully handles local gov-ernmental meetings and feature stories.

About 10 years I ago I enjoyed a very good teamat the Dayton Review with Linda Hansen and Jonathon

Fehr. We were very close with one another. Jonathonwould later move to Texas to be with family and start anew career in graphic design. He was multi-talented anda great guy. Linda, who did so many things well, retired.There were good people who followed but the businesswas never the same. Once again we have a team that works very goodtogether. We have some good talent, but more important-ly our people work so well together. Those special bondsin a business family are vitally important. Individuallythey are such nice, respectful people.

We have several other very important peoplewho contribute to our business each week. Sara Downshas written a great column, Down Memory Lane, for

any years. Dave Anderson has been our dependabledriver for four years; Mary Stufflebean has been our ad-

vertising sales representative for more than one year;Alice Johnson has written feature stories and more; andany others too numerous to mention have also contrib-

uted. Our business family wishes you a very MerryChristmas. Share your Christmas joy with all families.

The Southeast Valley Jaguar boys team demol-ished MansonNW 75-47 Tuesday, Dec. 15. Junior Dakota Jaeschke led the team in scoringwith 24 on 11-16 shooting. All the points were made in

the paint and inside the arc. The Jaguars dominated the entire game as theyled at the half, 39-22, and exploded in the third quarter,outscoring MansonNW 19-8. Jaeschke also had 11 rebounds, including ateam-high three offensive boards.

“We had great team work,” said coach Gutshall.“We stressed team work the last couple days in practice.Team work, team work,” said Coach Gutshall. Myles Davis contributed 15 points and he was3-4 from three-range.

The Jaguars were equally good on defense. TheJaguars had 14 steals with Logan Boerner leading theteam with four. Others with steals were Jaeschke, 2; AlexPliner, 1; Davis, 2; Conrad, 2; Keegan Goodwin, 1; NolanJohnson, 1; and Cade King, 1.

“We just played so good together as a team,”said coach Gutstall. “I hope we can continue this teamwork for the season.” Others with points were Conrad, 8; Caleb Jon-dle, 7; Cade King, 4; Johnson, 2; Goodwin, 3; Boerner, 4;Ryan Gustafson, 3; Tommy Lennon, 3; and Pliner, 2. The team had an amazing 37 rebounds, showingtheir dominance on the boards. Getting rebounds for theJaguars were: Jaeschke, 11; Conner Conrad, 11; MylesDavis, 5; King, 2; Boerner, 2; Pliner, 2; Nolan Brand, 2;and one each for Goodwin and Lennon.

SV Jaguar boys demolish MansonNW75-47; Jaeschke, Davis lead team rout Jags dominate entire game. . .

Conrad was 3-4 from the line and Boerner was2-2. As a team the Jaguars were 15 of 26. The team was6-17 in threes and 27 of 51 in field goal attempts and thelatter statistic is very good.

“You put all this together and we had a greatvictory,” said Gutshall.

SV Jag boys routWest Bend-Mallard

65-24; great defense The Southeast Valley High School Jaguar boysrouted West Bend Mallard 65-24 Dec. 14. The Jaguars dominated the entire game fromstart to finish. The Jags led at the half 34-9 and theyoutscored WB-M 25-4 in the third quarter. “We played extremely good defense,” saidcoach Steve Gutshall. “We shut down their top players.” The Jaguars had balanced scored with ConnerConrad having 15; Keegan Goodwin, 11; and Dakota Jae-schke, 11. Jaesschke was 5-11 in shooting and had a team-high 15 rebounds. The Jags had 39 rebounds including15 offensive boards.

The Jaguars had 15 steals which helped themdefensively. Cade King and Conner Conrad each hadfour steals to lead the team. Other team members scoring points were: CadeKing, 7; Myles Davis, 6; Caleb Jondle, 5; Logan Boerner,4; Nolan Johnson, 2; Alex Pliner, 2; and Nolan Brand, 2.

Keegan Goodwin was 4-4 at the line and ConnerConrad was 4-5. Conrad also had two blocks.Pliner had seven boards. Pliner, Conrad, Boerner, and Jondle had two as-sists apiece.

Conner Conrad drives around the defense Fridayevening against St. Mary's. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Kaleb Jondle has a fast break around the St.Mary's defense Friday night. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Southeast Valley FootballTeam earned Academic

Achievement AwardThe football team earned the IHSAA Distin-

guished in Academic Achievement Award for their firsttrimester GPA (Team GPA Between 3.24 – 4.00). TeamGPA was 3.264. The following boys qualified for the IHSAAClass 2A Academic All-District 8 Team.(To earn thisaward you must have a cumulative GPA above 3.50, bea junior or senior & earn a varsity letter): Cameron An-derson, Logan Boerner, Conner Conrad , Zeke Miller,Owen Oeltjenbruns, Keegan Goodwin, Ryan Gustafsonand Aaron Swieter. Congratulations to the boys on their academicachievements.

Southeast ValleyFootball Cheer squadearned Academic Awards

The Jaguar Football Cheer Squad earned theIGHSAU Excellence in Academic Achievement (TeamGPA Between 3.00 – 3.24). Team GPA was 3.148. Congratulations to the football cheer squad ontheir academic achievements.

Conner Conradselected for AcademicAll-State Team Congratulations to Conner Conrad for beingselected to the 2015 Iowa Football Coaches AssociationAcademic All-State team.

Our Saviours LutheranChurch weekly events

Thursday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve WorshipServcie will be at 4:00 p.m., Christmas Eve CandlelightService will be at 10:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day Worship withHoly Communion will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26 The Food Pantry will be openfrom 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., Scarlet Cord Worship& Prayer will be held at Gowrie Comm. Center at 6:00p.m.~ Email your news to [email protected] ~



Dec. 23, 2015 5THE GOWRIE NEWSTHE GOWRIE NEWS

By the time this is being read Christmas mayhave already come and gone for some of you, that is,you were too busy or otherwise preoccupied to sit downwith The News or Review and peruse the pages. But, Iam writing it midst the “busy” time of preparations formany of us. It is my hope that by the time this appearsin print we all will have “gotten our act together” andeverything we planned to do fell into place. Right now,however, my Christmas cards are partially addressed, thegreat grandkid gifts (25 of ‘em) are partially assembled,a couple more things to get to put in the annual “goodie”package of son who lives in Washington, packages to beassembled and mailed, a couple gift cards to get and acouple flowers to order and then I’ll be all set. Oops!When will I have the time and/or opportunity to makesome homemade fudge. Gotta do it. It’s an expected tra-dition. So I hope by the reading of this composition weall have accomplished and presented and celebrated ornearly celebrated according to our own traditions. Ads on TV seemed to have been more downplayed than usual. Have people been counting on theads in the pre-thanksgiving and Sunday papers or per-haps searching “the web” as I understand that is quicklybecoming a favored “shopping trip”. I even noticed thatthe Chia Pet and Clapper ads were later in appearing andnot as frequent. Have those always at Christmastime fa-vorites diminished in popularity? Never had a Clapperthough often thought might be a handy item to have ifthey really worked so efficiently. Never had a Chia petbut long time ago bought the first out (that remembered)Chia head thinking my children would enjoy it but asoften the case, Mom was the one who soaked it down,spread the seeds and tended it. The fascination was shortlived. However this year I wished I had the $$$ re-sources to get the smaller great’s (by family) one forthe fun of it but then there were the others --- so let thatthought quickly evaporate.

A Christmas Message...

I, having no particular interest in the newestelectronics, games, phones, etc., have paid little atten-tion to visual or written enticements of the year. Uponoccasional curiosity about one of the gadgets, note theprices. As a behind the times great grandma I am a bittaken aback when I note those amounts and wonderwhat parent can or will decide to purchase it for theiroffspring, especially the very young. But – it is beingdone and the credit card companies are jumping for joythis time of year. In all our preparation, whether in our kitchens,in stores, searching the internet, have we taken the timeto stop and think what the season is all about? Have weendeavored to teach our children the basics, the reallyimportant? In my own family, while they try to givetheir offspring “what other kids have”, I do believe theyare taught or shown that these things are not what makesthe season important. I hope the decorating and candyand cookie making include letting the children “help”.I hope they have heard of times past from parents andgrandparents and that they have heard the true Christmasstory over and over, not the movies repeated on TV orthe children’s fairy tale books (though they are okay) butthe one that comes from The Book. I hope they will havegotten to participate in a children’s program at a churchand tell the story in that simple childlike way we all en-

joy seeing and hearing. I hope they have gotten to singall the songs both in homes and in church and Sundayschool.

But now as this appears in your mail boxes,time has dwindled and another Christmas will be or,in some cases, having been celebrated with family andfriends. I hope families are keeping their traditions andpassing on to the next generations. In the meantime, AMerry and Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year toall.

Birthdays23-Dec Dianna Birkland, Frank Morgan Leola Mundt 24-Dec Danny Trott 25-Dec Eula Mae Clutter, Mike Ewing Jodi Kopecky, Kendall Seil 27-Dec Sarah Erritt 28-Dec Harley Ball, Marge Hickey Mike Reutzel, Kendall Shaw 29-Dec Tom Lawman, Darwin Peterson Rachel Eller

Anniversaries27-Dec Steve and Jan Carlson;29-Dec Norm and Phyllis Peterson.

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Week of Dec 23rd to Dec 30th

Wednesday, Dec 23

NO SCHOOL (Dec 23-Jan 1) Winter Break

Thursday, Dec 24


Friday, Dec 25


Monday, Dec 28


Tuesday, Dec 29


Wednesday, Dec 30


*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org

***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***

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On December 17, the Jaguar Wrestling teamcapped off a successful night of wrestling in their finalhome dual of the season on Sr. Parent night by winningtwo out of three duals, beating Guthrie Center, 31-21 andPanorama, 43-42 on criteria. The Jags dropped their finaldual of the night to Ogden, 45-27. Coltan Klingson, TreyLawrence, Kyer Jondle, and Kaelan Lundberg went 3-0

for the night. Coledon Bethel and Zeke Miller finished2-1; Carter Fluckiger, Ivan Hudson, and Matt Ross fin-ished 1-2. Evan McCrady and Xavier Nichols went 0-3.

"The guys really wrestled hard, winning somematches late in the third period. Our young guys steppedup; Freshman Coledon Bethel won a close match at 106,Carter Fluckiger scored late back points to beat his Guth-rie Center opponent and Kyler Jondle scored a reversalwith back points in the last ten seconds of the match tobeat a real solid Ogden opponent." Lawrence, Lundberg Champs @ Roland Story Invite On December 19th, the Jag wrestlers wrappedup the 2015 season at the solid Roland Story Invite. Atthe end of the day, sophomore 132 lbs. Trey Lawrencedominated his bracket once again by recording three fallscapturing his first Roland Story title, winning his second

tournament in a row running his record to 18-1 for theseason. Lawrence pinned senior Bill Joslin(1:07) of Ro-land Story in the finals. Jr. 170 pounder Kaelan Lund-berg(16-4) won his first tournament title of his career infashion by also pinning his way through the tournamentfield dominating East Marshall's Jake Dixon, recording afall in 1:17. Freshman 160 lbs Kyler Jondle(16-5) wres-tled all the way back to third after a tough opening roundloss by a point in a very tough 160 pound bracket. Fresh-man 106 pounder Coledon Bethel and sophomore 113lbs Colton Klingson placed fourth; senior 182 lbs. ZekeMiller placed fifth; Sophomore Heavyweight Matt Rossfinished sixth; Freshman 220 lbs Xavier Nichols placedseventh; freshman 120 lbs. Evan McCready & freshman138 lbs Carter Fluckiger placed eighth and Freshman 152lbs. Ivan Hudson did not place.

"In this tournament we were down to one seniorand one junior in our line up and the rest freshman andsophomore. Our young guys continue to improve but giveup big moves. They execute a move and look really goodand the next flurry of moves they get themselves in out ofposition and it cost them giving up back points."

1. Grinnell 178.52. Roland-Story 153

Southeast Valley Jaguar Wrestlingcapped off successful senior night Beating Guthrie Center, Panorama. . .

3. East Marshall 147.03. Winterset 147.05. Hampton Dumont 143.06. Gilbert 137.57. Southeast Valley 108.08. South Hamilton 98.09. Eagle Grove 53.0

10. Riceville 44.0

On Thursday, Dec. 17 freshman Kyler Jondlewent 3-0 for the night. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Heavyweight Matt Ross finished sixth at the Ro-land Story Invite Saturday, Dec. 19. Photo by Lisa Peterson





The Southeast Valley varsity girls defeatedWest Bend Mallard 49-31 as the Jag girls dominated inall phases of the game. Defensively the Jags secured 44 rebounds, in-

cluding 29 defensive rebounds. In a real testament to theefficiency, the Jags also had 15 offensive rebounds. Theywouldn’t be denied. Southeast Valley led 26-14 at the half and thenoutscored WBM 18-7 in the third quarter. Defensively, the Jag girls were quick and skill-ful as they made 17 steals. Good defense has been atrademark for the Jaguar girls this season. Erica Rittgers led the Jags in scoring with 17 on8-15 shooting. She also led in rebounds and steals withsix and five respectively. She was even one of two ofthree range.

Another player with a solid all-round perfor-mance was Josie Breitsprecher who had nine points, 5-6from the line, five rebounds and four assists (leading inthat category).

“This team plays well together,” said one par-ent. “If they keep playing like this we’ll have a goodrecord and if we keep in improving I like our chances inthe playoffs.” Also scoring points were Cassie Zinnel, 8; MadyJaeschke, 6; Carson Shipley, 4; Morgan Castenson, 3;Aaliyah Scott, 2.

SV girl Jags rout West Bend-Mallard

49-31; Jags dominate in all phases Jags grab incredible 44 rebounds. . .

SV girl Jags loseto MansonNW;three have 10 boardsGreat Jag rebounding. . .

The SV Jag girls have had a very good seasonbut they did stumble Dec. 15 against MansonNW, losing51-36. The 1st half was a close half with many leadchanges. By halftime, the score was 24-25 with the Cou-gars ahead by just one point. Unfortunately, the Jagscould not sustain their play for the second half. They gaveMNW too many easy baskets because of turnovers. Erica Rittgers led the way for the Jags, scoring 9points. Cassie Zinnel hit a couple 3’s in the first half andended the game with 8 points. Josie Breitsprecher andAaliyah Scott both added 6 points to the effort. EmmaGraves chipped in 4 points and Morgan Castenson had 2points. Kasey Lundberg made a free throw to finish with1 point. Breitsprecher, Rittgers, and Graves each pulleddown 10 rebounds for SV. Scott grabbed 6 rebounds.

Rittgers had a very respectable four blockedshots. The field goal shooting was down as the Jagsmade only two of 16 threes and 13-47 on field goal at-tempts.

“We did some things well. Our rebounding wasoutstanding,” said one parent. “We didn’t execute quiteas well in other phases of the game.” The Southeast Valley Girls’ Basketball Teamfinished up the 2015 part of the season with a home gameagainst Clarion Goldfield. That game was held on Tues-day, December 22, at 6pm.

Other top rebounders were Emma Graves, 6;Josie. 5; Mady Jaeschke, 5; Kearsten Hainzinger, 5; Scott,4; Carson, 3; Karissa Heisterman, 2; Morgan Castenson,1; Cassie Zinnel, 1; Sammy Alphs, 1; Kasey Lundberg, 1.

Carson Shipley, coming off the bench, was 2-2on the line. Others having assists were Riitgers, 1; Lund-berg, 1; Graves, 1; Zinnel, 1; Jaeschke, 1; and Castenson,1. Others with steals were Castenson, 3; Jaeschke,2; Zinnel, 2; Breitsprecher, 2; Lundberg, 2; and Graves, 1.

SV 7th grade girlslose overtime thriller

The Southeast Valley JH A Teams played theirfinal game before break at East Sac County Friday night.The 7th grade dropped a hard fought 37-36 overtimethriller however these young ladies left everything on thecourt and” I could not be more proud as a coach”.

Sydney Carlson had an outstanding overallgame and led the way with 20 points. Emily Hemesteadwas right behind with 8. The Jags received very solidpost play from the duo of Brielle Haub and Morgan Farn-ham.

The Jags also received outstanding hustle anddefense from the trio of Emily Jaseschke, Kiersten Fisherand Riley Nelson. The 7th grade is now 4-2 on the sea-son.8th grade girls win The 8th grade came away with a dominating40-12 victory behind17 points from Mackenzie Cramp-ton and Delaney Conrad right behind with 13.

Maggie Anderlik played an outstanding gameoff the bench hitting the boards hard.

The Jags also got solid point guard play fromCassie Bergland and solid defense from the trio of ViatrisScott, Taegan Long and Jaynie Ferarri returning from andankle injury. The 8th grade is now 2-4 on the season.

Nutcracker Ballet...

Former Gowrie residents Madaline Patton (left)

and Haileigh Patton performed in “The Nutcracker Ballet”in Ames earlier this month.

Two former Gowrieresidents performed in

“The Nutcracker Ballet” Two former Gowrie residents performed in“The Nutcracker Ballet” in mid December.

Haileigh Patton, 11 years old, was cast as“Clara,” the main character in the story. “Clara” receivesa wooden nutcracker in the form of a soldier, then laterhas a wonderful dream that involves going to Candylandwith the prince. This was the 6th year that Haileigh hasbeen in the cast at Ames. Madaline Patton, 14 years old, was cast in 4 dif-ferent roles. She was the ballerina doll that performed atthe Christmas party, then a graceful snowflake as Claraand the prince traveled to Candyland. In the second act,she performed as an Irish dancer who entertained Clara,as well as one of the four “flute” ballerinas. This was the8th year that Madaline enjoyed being in the popular bal-let.

Nutcracker Ballet continued on page 12...

Mady Jaeschke, #10 for the Jaguars, goes in fora lay-up against St. Mary's Friday evening. Photo by LisaPeterson

Aaliyah Scott, #24, posts up looking for the passagainst West Bend-Mallard Monday evening. Photo byLynn Rittgers.

The Southeast Valley Drill Team put on a great show during half time of the basketball game. Photo by LisaPeterson.

Southeast Valley Pep Band members Daven Reesand Leah Gibbons performed during the basketball gameFriday evening. Photo by Lisa Peterson.




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Dear Santa, How is rudolph. I want a unicorn and aphone. I want a remote control blue. I want a ear-rings. Caitlyn Klingson

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THE GOWRIE NEWS

On Friday, December 12th, Southeast Valley

High School held its Academic Assembly for 1st trimes-ter of the 2015-2016 school year. Students were recog-nized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their1st trimester GPA goals. Academic letters are awarded to students whohave been listed on the honor roll for any 4 trimesters.For each subsequent time on the honor roll, students re-ceive a gold bar. The following students were recognizedfor earning Academic letters/bars for 1st trimester of the2015-2016 school year:

Cameron Anderson, Shawna Andrews, KeyganBarber, Marydith Barkley, Allie Berg, Tiffany Blunk, Lo-gan Boerner, Josie Breitsprecher, Allison Carlon, JoshuaCarlson, Conner Conrad, Tori Crampton, Jacey DeBaun,Jacob DeBaun, Andrew Dorage, Katelyn Dyer, HannahFiala, Tatum Friesth, Makayla Garland, Josh Gibbons,Kearsten Hainzinger;

Anna Heatherington, Tanner Hilsabeck-Dun-can, Casey Iles, Dylan Johnson, Travis Jones, NatalieLambert, Liam McDermott, Sage Michalski, Zeke Mill-er, Katrina Nelson, Owen Oeltjenbruns, Trevor Parrish,Hannah Peterson, Mitchell Reck, Erica Rittgers, KendallSandgren, Aaliyah Scott, Mallory Strutzenberg, MichaelVosberg, Cassandra Zinnel, Jaiden Ackerson, MakaylaAnderson, Sam Berglund, Nolan Brand, Makayla Busma,Kenly Clough, Regina Cook; Myles Davis, Cassey Davisson, Nick Eslick,Dylan Fiala, Mason Forst, Jennifer Gallentine, Gina Gil-lespie, Keegan Goodwin, Ryan Gustafson, Breanna Hart-ley, Peyton Heslop, Morgan Jackson, Dakota Jaeschke,Jordan Lane, Drew Lundquist, Karrigan Mentzer, Melis-sa Pautsch, Benjamin Peterson, Cameron Pliner, DavenRees, Kelsi Sandahl, Patti Snyder, Ramona Thompson,Claire Whalen, Kaleigh Winkler. In addition to Academic letters, students wererecognized for meeting their 1st trimester GPA goals.Goals are set within the first week of the trimester. Stu-dents are encouraged to see the importance of goals andof writing those goals down. They are guided through theprocess of setting SMART goals and of creating a plan toreach those goals.

Students who reached their goals for 1st trimes-ter of the 2015-2016 school year were (Mrs. Jaeschke’spack) Jaiden Ackerson, Jordon Benfield, Payton Erritt,Nick Eslick, Kendall Sandgren, Ramona Thompson, andHailey Tuel;

(Mrs. Schill’s pack) Dooter Aondoakaa, KylieClark, Jacob DeBaun, Dylan Fiala, Kasey Lundberg, and

Sage Michalski;(Mr. Kruse’s pack) Josie Breitsprecher, Myles

Davis, Carter Fluckiger, Dylan Johnson, Amara Murchi-son, Mitchell Reck, Vanessa Scott, Cody Strutzenberg,and Rylee Walker;

(Mrs. Hanna’s pack) Tabitha Ball, IsaiahBreeden, Cassey Davisson, Madison Echelberger,Makayla Garland, Jordan Lane, Trent Lawrence, Jack

The Southeast Valley sophomore students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their1st trimester GPA goals.

The Southeat Valley Junior students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1sttrimester GPA goals.

Juniors

Southeast Valley Holds Academic AssemblyFriday, Dec. 12...

Mumper, Allison True, and Claire Whalen;

(Mr. Zigrang’s pack) Karyhn Alcantara, TessaBerg, Shelby Cummins, Anna Heatherington, SavannahSeehusen, and Kate Wickwire;

(Ms. Dosland’s pack) Keygan Barber, DustynDorothy, Breanna Hartley, Jordan Johnson, Zeke Miller,Melissa Pautsch, Kennedy Stern, and Bridget Wilmarth;

(Mr. Conrad’s pack) Randy Andrews, TiffanyBlunk, Regina Cook, Kayla Dolph, KateLynn Duncan,Rawly Grandfield, Madyson Jaeschke, Natalie Lambert,Logan Parman, Alex Pliner, Patti Snyder, and MadelineWeipert;

(Mr. Blunk’s pack) Allison Carlon, DaltonDencklau, Clayton Kiefer, Colton Klingson, Trey Law-rence, Alanna McFarland, and Michael Vosberg;

(Mrs. Geisler’s pack) Mason Forst, MirandaKeith, John Lautner, Xavier Nichols, Drake Oldson, and

Cassie Zinnel;(Ms. Lizer’s pack) Marydith Barkley, Jakob

Borsos, Ryan Gustafson, Garrett Houdek, Drew Lun-dquist, Lucas Pontius, and Victoria Vote;

(Mr. Bruns’s pack) Conner Conrad, Eliza Geis,Chelsea Grossnickle, Morgan Jackson, Nyles Johnson,Sina Schmid, Morgan Sorenson, and Aaron True;

(Ms. Vogel’s pack) Morgan Castenson, HannahFiala, Kearsten Hainzinger, Bailey Miller, Isabella Mor-gan, and Ebony Scott;

(Mrs. Nellis’s pack) Sam Berglund, CassidyLambert, Hannah Peterson, Taylor Posey, and LeahSiebert;

(Mr. Kehoe’s pack) Cameron Anderson,Makayla Anderson, Keri Fiala, Joshua Johnson, JolieParle, Erica Rittgers, and Alaina Rykhus;

(Mr. Bachel’s pack) Max Davis, Jacey DeBaun,Jackson Housken, Karrigan Mentzer, Nate Montgomery,Aidan Oakes, Daven Rees, and Carter Steck;

(Ms. Peterson’s pack) Shawna Andrews, An-drew Dorage, Katrina Nelson, Owen Oeltjenbruns, andCarson Walrod;

(Ms. Rippentrop’s pack) Nolan Brand, JoshuaCarlson, Bryanna Diaz, JJ Graves, Jarett Loseke, AustinMcBride, Chelsea Mitchell, and Fernando Salazar;

(Mr. Swieter’s pack) Katelyn Dyer, Eva Haub,Casey Iles, Sierra Ivory, Baylee Lindner, and Hunter VanEvery;

(Ms. Christians’s pack) Samantha Alphs, Al-lie Berg, Hannah DeVries, Genavieve Elledge, GordonGrossnickle, Matthew Ross, and Chad Stewart;

(Mrs. Stewart’s pack) Michael Balla, Logan

Boerner, Ian Bosch, Madelyne Christiansen, AlexisCorell, Tatum Friesth, Halle Grimm, Gabrielle Long,Evan McCrady, AJ Rykhus, Aaron Swieter, and DillonSytsma;

(Mr. Nuss’s pack) Joel Anderson, Jordan Fia-la, Keegan Goodwin, Erica Nordin, Trevor Parrish, andDian Puspitaningrum.

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omputers, ones that have been wiped clean and refur-bished, to public service agencies.

Councilperson, Jeff Peterson, urged caution inhis venture. “Anything involving photos or video is go-ng to take up a lot of memory. Are you sure this donatedaptop has this type of capacity?” Patrick suggested heould like to use an external hard drive to conserve avail-

ble space.“The problem is that we don’t have an equipment

xpense budget for the police department,” said councilp-rson, Gayle Redman.“Building repair and maintenance is where this

belongs,” suggested mayor, Dave Stokesbary.Police Chief, Patrick Monaghan, said he would

ike to go over the details of the city budget with city clerk,anielle Clancy. Clancy said she would love this oppor-

unity as well, as they both wish to clarify which types ofxpenses fall under which categories.ealth insurance

Moving on, the city council discussed concernsnd questions regarding health insurance coverage.

“Re-enrollment occurs in the first part of Decem-ber,” said Stokesbary. “We need to take a look at this andee what we want to do.”

It was questioned whether the city is required to

ffer health insurance to city council. Terry Towne, a citi-en of Gowrie, explained that the health care reforms onlyandate employers with more than fifty employees pro-

ide coverage. However, she also clarified that the num-ber applies to part time and full time employees. Townexplained that Gowrie needs to carefully consider which

people are actually city employees. She pointed out thatup until recently, the fire fighters with the Gowrie Fire De-partment, had been considered city employees.

“I don’t think we need to entertain this now,” saidedman. “But I do believe we should take this up again in

he future.”Councilmember, Joe Harrison, agreed. “I think

e should have this in the back of our minds.”ity Financial report

It was discussed that the annual financial re-port is due December 1st. Several councilmembers hasoncerns and questions regarding a category defined as

“general obligation debt.” Gayle Redman suggested go-ng forward with this as it must be published in the Gowrieews before it may be approved. She suggested the an-

nual financial report be approved pending the clarificationf “general obligation debt.”

It was noted that approval to establish a curblongside the vineyard on Market Street had been ap-

proved via text message. However, the initiation of suchproject required a public vote of the council members.his was approved.ezoning

Towne raised concerns regarding the deci-ion of the council to approve matters of rezoning when

proper procedure had not been followed. This action in-olves changing the designation of residences along P-33rom agricultural to residential. Terry Towne informed theouncil that she had never received a letter advising her ofhis change.

“I have no problem with this change, but I wantake sure proper procedures are followed,” urged Towne.

Councilmembers, Redman and Willardson, re-inded the council they voted “no” to this at last month’seeting for this reason.

Willardson suggested the zoning committeeerved letters back in 2012, but did not follow properuidelines to have this proposal printed in the Gowrieews. He said numerous changes in appointments to the

ouncil, and difficulties in getting all members to meetingshave stalled the progress of this zoning change.

“I have every confidence that the zoning boardan solve this in an efficient manner,” said Redman.

Redman moved to rescind what the board ap-proved on this zoning issue last month.

Stokesbary objected by stating that if there wasno impact on taxes, the proposal to rescind was a “waste ofime.”

“I don’t feel following rules is a waste of time,”aid Redman.

“If you put this back to agricultural, you are in-roducing risk,” said Peterson.

Towne concurred and suggested that if a resi-dence is destroyed by fire, and the property rests on lesshan two acres, the city may not allow the construction ofnother house on this property.

It was noted that this change in designation fromgricultural to residential has already been changed on theap of Webster County.

“The Webster County map should match ourap,” suggested Willardson. “Why can’t we just use

heirs?”“All I’m asking is that you just send this back to

oning,” said Towne.“We will work on a new city map and get back to

ou on that. Is that sufficient?” inquired Redman.Towne agreed.

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HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN, FARNHAMVILLE

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Farnhamville City CouncilRegular Meeting Minutes

December 14th, 2015

The Farnhamville City Council met on Monday, December14th, 2015,

:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, called to order by roll call byayor Frank Morgan, with council members, Barb Gregg, Jeff Kicklighter,nd Clint VanKley, Others present Alan Jorgensen, Roger Kopecky, Ritaail, Alex Farley, Judy Harvey, Bruce McCormack and Julie Whitson.bsent Calvin Wooters and Herman Seil.

Motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to approve the minutesrom November meeting and the agenda for this meeting. Motion carried. The newly elected Council Members, Rita Kail and Alex Farley, wereiven the prescribed oath of office and will resume their duties beginninganuary 2016.

Following discussion motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter topprove the payment of the following bills. Motion carried.

AA Collections, Inc Fees/Dues $41.46GSOURCE LAB Wastewater $279.50lan Jorgensen November Net Wages $2878.50lan Jorgensen Office Supplies $7.47CBS Insurance AJ Health Insurance $717.05lack Hills Energy 10/8/15/ - 11/5/15 $183.04lack Hills Energy 11/5/15/-12/8/15 $426.72rown Supply Co Supplies $244.60ruce McCormack November Net Wages $572.70alhoun County Audition Election cost $656.87alhoun County Electric Co November $33,412.99alhoun County Electric Co Burnsite $9.85alhoun County Electric Co Outage 11/17/15 $786.38arroll Refuse Service LLC Garbage/Recycling $2,850.00hampion Chrysler Center Police Vehicle $40.65

Ecolab Pest Control $100.91Electronic Engineering Supplies/Police $15.00Emily Bendickson November Net Wages $1,300.62Emily Bendickson Insurance $224.40Emily Bendickson Meeting/Travel $42.96Farnhamville Carwash Police $20.00Frank Morgan Meeting/Travel $226.32

owrie News Legal $144.36Internal Revenue Service SS/FWH $2,926.15

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Wade Sundell, a native of Boxholm, took thelead in the saddle bronc season standings with a second-place ride Friday night in the second round of the Na-tional Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas ealier this month. Sundell scored 82.5 points on Tip Off afterwinning the opening round. He leads the standings with$151,641 and tops all NFR competitors with $56,962. Sundell placed first in three of 10 rounds at theprestigious Wrangler National Finals Rodeo that invitesonly the top 15 riders from around the world. Each firstplace finish tacked on an additional $19,002.40 to Sun-dell’s total earnings, placing him 3rd in the final worldstandings for the year.

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was heldThursday through Saturday, Dec. 4-13.

Wade Sundell’s larger than life personalityshows up every time he gets on a bucking horse accord-ing to one Vegas publication. Full of humor and charisma, Wade has not justwon his way to the top of the ranks in the sport of rodeo;he’s won a legion of dedicated fans along the way. Wade, who grew up in Iowa, began ridingroughstock as a kid getting on sheep and calves. He spent

many of his teen years focused on bull riding and highschool wrestling. Wade now concentrates on the event osaddle bronc riding like his dad, Doug, competed in. Wade joined the PRCA in 2007. It turned outto be a good decision as he has amassed over $1 millionin lifetime earnings. He qualified for his first WranglerNational Finals Rodeo in 2009, and he’s been making thetrip to Las Vegas ever since.

That year he also won a Ram National CircuitFinals Championship and in recent years he has comeextremely close to a world championship several times,finishing third in the world twice and second in 2010 ina close match for the title with Cody Wright in the tenthround of the WNFR. And in 2014, the first year of RFD-TV’s TheAmerican rodeo, Wade took home the win and a hefty$100,000 paycheck. He repeated that again this year. Healso had seven rodeo wins and two co-championships inthe PRCA that helped get him to the top of the standings,and he just won the Canadian Finals Rodeo. No one has more fun riding saddle bronc horsesthan Wade. Expect to see him smiling a lot in the Thomasand Mack Center as he pursues his first world title.

Sundell scored 82.5 points on Tip Off after winning the opening round at the Wrangler National Finals RodeoThursday through Saturday, Dec. 4-13. He leads the standings with $151,641 and tops all NFR competitors with $56,962.Photos by Amy Crouse.

Wade Sundell, a native of Boxholm, took the lead

in the saddle bronc season standings with a second-placeride Friday night in the second round of the National Fi-nals Rodeo in Las Vegas ealier this month. Photo by AmyCrouse.

Wade Sundell, Boxholm native,second at Rodeo ChampionshipSaddle bronc competition in Las Vegas. . .

and every member meeting and coffee shop conversa-tion,” explained West Central President and CEO MilanKucerak, who will become the CEO of the newly formedcooperative. “This merger showcases our members’ re-

quest for their cooperative to do more together for theiroperations than either business could do separately. Wetake our members’ confidence in a combined cooperativeseriously as we prepare for integration and execution.” The unified cooperative, to be known as LandusCooperative, will be led by current West Central Presi-dent and CEO Milan Kucerak and be headquartered inAmes, Iowa. The board of directors will be made up ofnine directors from each cooperative for equal represen-tation. More information on any changes will be providedin coming months as integration plans are finalized.

Together, West Central and FC have more than70 grain, agronomy and feed locations in 26 Iowa andthree Minnesota counties. According to World Grainmagazine’s Grain and Milling Annual, Landus Coopera-tive will become the seventh largest grain company in

North America based on storage capacity and have shut-tle-loading access on all seven major Iowa rail lines.

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Both girls are daughters of Scott and Deb Pat-ton, formerly of Gowrie and now living in Nevada. Alsoattending the performance were their proud aunt and

uncle, Janelle and Jim Willis of Aplington and their ma-ternal grandparents from Dubuque. This year marked the 35th year of the holidayperformance being presented at the Stephens Auditoriumon the Iowa State University campus. The world famousballet is set in the 19th century in Germany.

Our Saviours LutheranChurch’s offers free Christianbased movie New Year’s Eve

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Callenderwill be showing the Pure Flix movie “Silver Bells in theChurch Fellowship Hall on New Year’s Eve, Thursday,December 31st at 7:00 p.m.

Come join them as they welcome in 2016! Youare encouraged to bring some snack food to share.

First United Church

weekly Activities Wednesday, Dec. 23 there will be no LunchBunch in Farnhamville and they will not meet until Jan.6. Thursday, Dec. 24 Parish Christmas Eve CandleLight Service will begin at 7:00 p.m. at FarnhamvilleFirst United Church.

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The Webster County Recorder, Lindsay S. Boeckman,would like to remind snowmobile and off-highway ve-hicle owners that they may renew their registrations forthe 2015 season at the fee of $17.75. All snowmobiles operating on any designatedsnowmobile trail, public land, or public ice must also dis-play an Iowa DNR resident User Permit decal at a fee of $17.75. The current registrations expire Dec. 31, 2015.

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WEBSTER CO.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

WEBSTER CO.


WEBSTER CO.


CITY OF GOWRIE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ONPROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE

Notice is hereby given that on the 6TH day of January 2016, at 7:00P.M. of said day in the Gowrie Community/Civic Center in Gowrie, Iowa.A hearing will be held by the Gowrie Planning and Zoning Committeeconcerning a proposed zoning ordinance for the City of Gowrie, Iowa. At the above designated time and place, opportunity to be heard willbe given proponents and opponents of the proposed zoning ordinance. The public may review the proposed zoning ordinance at the GowrieCity Hall.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/PROPERTY SALE Parcels 15-13-277-006, 15-13-277-005

WHEREAS Webster County, Iowa is the owner of two certain parcelsof real estate described as:Parcel 15-13-277-006: Lehigh Incorporated, Orris Sub-division, Lot 9Block 2;Parcel 15-13-277-005: Lehigh Incorporated, Orris Sub-division, Lot 10Block 2; BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Webster County,Iowa as follows:

1. The Board of Supervisors has determined that disposal of thecounty owned property is in the best interest of Webster County.

2. That said Board proposes to sell the above described parcels ofreal estate by sealed bid auction.

3. The bidding period will open from 9:00 a.m. December 22, 2015,and close at 10:00 a.m. on December 29, 2015.

4. That bids are to be submitted at the office of the Webster CountyAuditor on the second floor of the Webster County Courthouse.

5. That said Board proposes to sell the said real estate to the bidderwho, in the Board’s discretion, is determined to have the best useof the property combined with bid amount.

6. That the winning bidder shall be responsible for the payment of allrecording fees associated with the sale of the parcels.

7. That the Board shall hold a public hearing on the aforesaid proposalat 10:30 a.m. on December 29, 2015, on the second floor of theWebster County Courthouse.

8. That said Board proposes to accept the bid it has selected byresolution at the regular meeting scheduled for 10:00 a.m. January5, 2016, on the second floor of the Webster County Courthouse.

Carol MesserlyWebster County Auditor

Webster County Claims Register Report for 12-01-2015 ABILITY NETWORK INC supplies 1,656.00ACCESS SYSTEMS copier lease 281.31ALLSCRIPTS service charge 139.10

Regular MeetingDecember 1, 2015

The Board of Supervisors met in Session on the above date withthe following members present: Singer, Fletcher, Dencklau, Campbell andLeffler. Absent: None. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve minutes of theNovember 24, 2015 regular meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to approve hiring andemployment of Bret Mentzer, Class B Equipment Operator, LehighShed, effective December 7, 2015 at the rate of $17.82 per hour perrecommendation of Randy Will, Engineer. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to approve hiring andemployment of Nicolas Lentsch, Class C Equipment Operator, ClareShed, effective December 7, 2015 at the rate of $17.88 per hour perrecommendation of Randy Will, Engineer. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to receive and place on filethe status change of Ashley Guthrie, Chance Copper and Heather Perry,Correctional Officers, from part-time to full-time status effective December7, 2015 per recommendation of Steve Elifrits, Jail Administrator. Motioncarried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to receive and place on filethe promotion of Shawna Dencklau, Correctional Officer, to the position ofJail Sergeant effective December 7, 2015 per recommendation of SteveElifrits, Jail Administrator. Motion carried unanimously, Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to adopt the following:

RESOLUTION APPROVING PROJECT IN THE WEBSTERCOUNTY REGIONAL URBAN RENEWAL AREA

WHEREAS, the County of Webster, Iowa has established the WebsterCounty Regional Urban Renewal Area and has adopted an urban renewalplan and amendments thereto for undertaking urban renewal projects, asmore fully described on Exhibit A attached hereto, (the “Project”) within theUrban Renewal Area; and WHEREAS, before approving an urban renewal project, it isnecessary to make certain findings under Chapter 403; and WHEREAS, it is the intention of the County to certify the amountof funds advanced for reimbursement under Iowa Code Section 403.19before December 1, 2015; and

WHEREAS, the amount of funds to be advanced for the Project iscurrently estimated at $527,500. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisorsof the County of Webster, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 48, there has been establishedthe Webster County Urban Renewal Area Tax Increment RevenueFund (the “Tax Increment Fund”), into which all incremental propertytax revenues received from the Urban Renewal Area, as amended, aredeposited. The Board finds the Project described on Exhibit A hereto to beUrban Renewal Projects as defined in Iowa Code Chapter 403, and furtherfinds that said Projects are included in the Plan, as amended, for the UrbanRenewal Area. Section 2. It is hereby directed that the total costs for the Project beadvanced from time to time from the General Fund in order to pay thecosts of the Project. The advance shall be treated as an internal loan (the“Loan”) from the TIF Project Fund and the General Fund or applicable fundshall be reimbursed the total actual Project cost from the Tax IncrementFund. Section 3. All Project costs to be incurred for the Project are approved,to be advanced as described in Section 2. The contract for the Project iscurrently estimated to cost approximately $527,500. Section 4. Certification for reimbursement under Iowa Code Section403.19 shall be made by the Board on or before December 1, 2015.

ADOPTED AND PASSED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

OF THE COUNTY OF WEBSTER, STATE OF IOWA, this 1st day ofDecember 2015. s/Keith Dencklau

Chairman, Board of SupervisorsATTEST: s /Carol Messerly

County Auditor

EXHIBIT ADESCRIPTION OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT

Reimburse General Basic Fund: 1) Reimburse General Basic Fund for attorney fees paid for thedevelopment of Webster County Regional Urban Renewal Area, economicdevelopment agreements, etc & financial consultation. $ 22,322 2) Site certification preparation (Snyder & Assoc.) $ 11,176 3) Property acquisition for easement in Webster County Regional AgPark $219,255TOTAL $252,753 Amend: Grain Avenue—Non reimbursable RISE “ImmediateOpportunity” Grant project for a new public road into Webster CountyRegional Ag Park to serve as main entrance for grain trucks to Cargill andaccess to future businesses west of Cargill. Reimburse General BasicFund an amount not to exceed $300,000. (On July 15, 2014 GeneralBasic Fund reimbursed the Secondary Road Fund $293,638). Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to approve and authorizeChair to sign Annual Urban Renewal Report and Tax Increment FinancingIndebtedness Certification Report. (Copies on file in Auditor’s office).Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to approve and authorizeChair to sign utility permit from MidAmerican Energy to replace overheadelectric transmission lines to new hog confinement along north side of230th Street in Section 4, Township 88 North, Range 29 West, ElkhornTownship. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve and authorizeChair to sign permit application from Webster County Ice Breakers Inc. forsnowmobile trail grooming within right of way for 2015-2016 snowmobileseason. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. The following vendor proposals for truck, truck accessories, and puptrailer and proposals for truck tractor and belly dump trailer received bycounty engineer:

O’Halloran Rees Hiway Truck Harrison Freightliner Ziegler

Tandem Truck Chassis 410 HP $117,609.00 $127,926.57Tandem Truck Chassis 430 HP $117,980.00Tandem Truck Chassis 475 HP $118,345.00Tandem Truck Accessories with Underbody $87,501.00Tandem Truck Accessories without Underbody $77,701.00Option Pusher Axle(s) $ 8,650.00Pup Trailer Tandem Axle $48,642.00

Pup Trailer Triple Axle $57,442.00Trade In Price unit #116 $110,000.00Tandem Tractor w/Pusher Axle $113,793.00 $103,456.00 $123,823.00(Glider)Tandem Tractor w/Pusher Axle $111,074.00 $119,744.00Tandem Tractor w/Pusher Axle $107,268.00 $112,300.00Belly Dump Trailer Triple Axle $54,085.00 $52,750.00

Moved by Singer, seconded by Leffler to approve and go with 475horsepower motor for the trucks. Ayes: Leffler, Campbell and Singer.Nay: Fletcher. Motion carried. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Singer to approve the following perrecommendation of Engineer Randy Will:

1. Purchase one tandem truck chassis in the amount of $117,609.00from O’Halloran; with tandem truck accessories including underbody in theamount of $87,501.00 from Hiway Truck; and trade in of Unit #116 in theamount of $110,000.00 to O’Halloran; Net amount of complete new truckunit is $95,110.00.

2. Purchase two tandem truck chassis in the amount of $118,345.00from O’Halloran; each with tandem truck accessories excluding underbodyin the amount of $77,701.00 from Hiway Truck; each with optional pusheraxle in the amount of $8,650.00 from Hiway Truck; each with triple axlepup trailer in the amount of $57,442.00 from Hiway Truck; Net amountper complete truck/trailer unit is $262,138.00 and total amount for twocomplete truck/trailer units is $524, 276.00. Each truck/trailer unit will haulpayload of approximately 25 tons.

3. Purchase triple axle belly dump trailer in the amount of $52,750.00

from Ziegler, Inc. This unit will be pulled by our existing tandem tractor andwill haul payload of approximately 25 tons. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to allow claims. Motioncarried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to adjourn the meeting.Motion carried unanimously.

s/Carol Messerly s/Keith DencklauWebster County Auditor Chairman, Board of Supervisors

Special MeetingDecember 8, 2015

Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance Conference RoomFort Dodge, Iowa

The Board of Supervisors did not meet in Session on the above datedue to vandalism in the Courthouse. At 1:00p.m. on December 8, 2015,the Board of Supervisors met with the department heads to update themon the status of the situation and to discuss plans to get the bare minimumcounty services up and going. The cleaning company will need severaldays to have the courthouse cleaned and ready for us to return to work.

In the meantime, the courthouse will be closed and access will be verylimited.

ALUMTANK INC PARTS 2,111.62AMAZON.COM SUPPLIES 91.64AMERICAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC., ROAD REPAIRS 1,090.00AMHOF, ROXANNE mileage 46.73ANDERSON, JON E board of review expense 375.60AUDUBON COUNTY SHERIFF serve papers 16.00AULT, RAY salary 55.00BADGER LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,459.25BALL, PAULINE board of review expense 308.40BIANCHI HEATING & COOLING INC., REPAIR SERVICES 1,826.50BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF, serve papers 47.67BOECKMAN, LINDSAY mileage 159.28CALHOUN CO. PUBLIC HEALTH, ch, mh, epsdt, t19, tobacco prevention 6,501.61CALHOUN-BURNS & ASSOCIATES INC, CONSULTANT FEES 18,257.70CANON, CORRINE wages 30.00CENTRAL IA JUVENILE DET CENTER, DETENTION SERVICES1,864.00CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC., supplies 1,220.40CERRO GORDO CO SHERIFF serve papers 17.00CHIEF SUPPLY CORP supplies 87.17CLARE LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,169.93COLE, DR DAN medical examiner expense 500.00CRONOPIO RIDENS LLC utilities 400.00DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF notice of hearing 105.70DAYTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,748.57DENCO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, PAVEMENT REPAIRS 6,370.85DES MOINES STAMP MFG CO stamps 123.60DODGER AREA RAPID TRANSIT, bus tokens 38.00DORSEY, TOM salary 55.00DUNCOMBE LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,531.58EMMET COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, ch, mh, epsdt, t19 2,874.39FASTENAL COMPANY STOCK 1,149.17FD CHEESECAKE LADY WELLNESS BANQUET 626.10FETROW REPORTING INC depositions 150.10FLANNERY, MARJORIE rent payments 50.00FORCE AMERICA INC STOCK & PARTS 532.77FORT DODGE ASPHALT NEW MAINTENANCE SHED36,381.10FORT DODGE PUBLIC LIBRARY 3rd library payment 16,021.29FORT DODGE WATER DEPT WATER 996.48FRANCIS LAUER YOUTH SERVICES, shelter services 543.40FREEMAN, SUSAN wages 2,147.88FRONTIER services 137.56GARCIA, SAMANTHA interpreter 370.00GE CAPITAL copier leases 635.90GOLDFIELD COMM SERVICES CORP., internet charges 39.95GOWRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,676.24GRAVES CONSTRUCTION CO INC., BRIDGE AND APPROACHES 12,781.75

GREENBELT HOME CARE tobacco prevention grant 437.25GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, ch, mh, epsdt, t19 2,616.77GUNDERSON FUNERAL HOME INC., transportation 600.00GURNETT, TERESA mileage 59.33HAILA ENG GROUP LTD court room remodel 1,663.75HAMILTON CO. PUBLIC HEALTH, wic, ch, mh, epsdt, t19, tobacco 6,767.78HARCOURT COMMUNITY LIBRARY, 3rd library payment 2,314.59HARCOURT, TOWN OF WATER 40.50HAUGE, RHONDA rent payments 250.00HAWKEYE LEGAL SERVICES INC., serve papers 50.00HEESCH, JAYSON head light 9.60HEPP, BLAINE contracted wages 2,654.31HERITAGE LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,531.58HIWAY TRUCK EQUIP CO PARTS 2,865.64HUMBOLDT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH wich, ch, epsdt, t19, tobacco prevention 2,932.33INFO DOG SECURITY LLC shredding 65.00IOWA COMMUNITIES ASSURANCE POO, INSURANCE 197.92IOWA COUNTY ATTY ASSN fall conference 975.00IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION FEES 1,250.00J & K MARKETING, JACK BRADLEY, contracted services 1,850.00JIFI PRINT INC supplies 989.00JONES COUNTY SHERIFF summons 16.50KASTENDIECK, JOHN labor/material 1,525.00KAVANAUGH, LINDSAY WELLNESS BANQUET 21.40

KESTERSON, JAMES board of review expense 306.30KRAFT, LYLE rent payments 250.00LEHIGH LIBRARY 3rd library payment 2,712.41LIZER, SHEILAH mileage 449.63MCGILL, ANDREW L school of instruction 183.30MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC supplies 85.86MENARDS - FORT DODGE SHED SUPPLIES 146.62MESSERLY, CAROL mileage 165.90MESSERLY, JAN school of instruction 160.65MID IOWA SALES STOCK 175.70MIDAMERICAN ENERGY lec utilities 9,296.55MIDLAND POWER COOPERATIVE, SECURITY LIGHTING 72.89MIDWEST FENCE & GATE CO lec fence 2,099.88MINNEHAHA CO SHERIFF serve papers 37.00MOELLER FURNACE CO HARCOURT SHED 276.00MULRONEY, MICHAEL board of review expense 305.25NACVSO DUES & MEMBERSHIPS 30.00OFFICE ELEMENTS office supplies 1,060.02OLSON, STACI medical examiner expense 100.00PALO ALTO COUNTY COMM HEALTH, epsdt, t19 406.08PATTERSON DENTAL SUPPLY INC., dental supplies 710.65PETERSON, JOE cell phone allowance 25.00PHILLIPS, MICHELLE M transcripts 12.00PHONETICS INC supplies 16.95PITNEY-BOWES INC equipment rental 274.74

POCAHONTAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, mh, epsdt, 787.95PORTER, AMY WELLNESS BANQUET REIMBURSEMENT 240.21POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY ME medical examiner expense 1,787.00PRINTING SERVICES INC. totes 295.00PROSHIELD FIRE PROTECTION, ANNUAL INSPECTION 660.00RASMUSSEN TILING REPAIRS 298.70REES HYDRAULIC SALES & SERVICE, STOCK 455.09RISE BROADBAND computer services/internet 469.00RITE PRICE OFFICE SUPPLY office chairs 799.96ROCKMOUNT RESEARCH & ALLOYS, WELDING SUPPLIES 341.04ROSADO, LEANN mileage 44.10SANOFI PASTEUR INC VACCINES 11,062.31SAVAGE BENEFITED WATER DIST., WATER PERMIT 3,870.00SMITH MEDICAL PARTNERS VACCINES 2,297.38STARK, ROBERT J board of review expense 292.80

STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE, medical examiner expense1,563.00STEIN, SHEILA mileage 50.93STRATFORD LIBRARY 3rd library payment 124.72THE MESSENGER legal notices 1,384.25THE TILE PRO'S REPAIRS 4,589.13TREASURER STATE OF IOWA,, STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER

indigent defense fund 30,689.00ULTRAMAX INC ammunition 298.00UNITED PROPERTY GROUP LLC, rent payments 300.00UNITY POINT HEALTH medical examiner expense 200.00UNITYPOINT CLINIC medical director hours 6,387.50VERIZON WIRELESS cell phone 630.29VINSON, ANGELA cell phone allowance 25.00VISION AUTO GLASS & REPAIRS, windshie ld 275.00VISITING NURSES SERVICES OF IA., idph-hcci 800.00WEBSTER COUNTY AUDITOR rent 2,015.55WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF serve papers 174.00WELLMARK INC - FLEXIBLE BENEFI, administration fees 480.00WELLS FARGO REMITANCE CENTER, SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION 1,785.25WEST PAYMENT CENTER law library expense 948.81WEX BANK fuel 1,124.17WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF serve papers 2.93WRIGHT CO. HEALTH DEPT., wic, ch, epsdt, interpreter, t19, 7,261.27WRIGHT COUNTY SHERIFF serve papers 59.33XENIA RURAL WATER DISTRICT, WATER 63.30ZOHO CORPORATION software 2,967.00

IAMU Pumps Workshop – Roger $30.00IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOC Dues $225.00IPERS IPERS $1,682.02Jacobson Electric Supplies $10.15Judy Harvey November Net Wages $186.03Judy Harvey Meeting/Travel $43.52Metering & Technology Solutions Meters $471.87Midwest Radar & Equipment Radar $40.00Roger Kopecky November Net Wages $2458.95Roger Kopecky Health Insurance $667.50Roper Repair Maintenance/Repair $107.00Security Savings Bank Sewer Note $12,829.80Star Energy Fuel $253.76Star Energy Diesel $131.97Swanson Florists Bendickson$53.00Treasurer State of Iowa Sales Tax $825.00VISA Class $200.00WCCTA Telephone $436.27USDA Water Project $6,987.00USDA Water Project $245.00 Total $75,812.34

Police Report given by McCormack. He requested some generalmaintenance on police vehicle.

Motion by VanKley to authorize McCormack to purchase remote startand keyless entry repair on vehicle with a max cost of $600.00. Kicklighterseconded. Motion carried. McCormack indicated some allies were in need of rock. TheSuperintendent will be ordering rock to resolve this problem. Motion by Kicklighter, seconded by Gregg to approve Resolution B2015, Program Income Reuse Plan, for year 2007. Whitson from MIDAS completed some of the steps for the CDBGHousing Grant application.

Motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to approve ResolutionC2015, which is to hold a public hearing on December 28th, 2015. Motioncarried.

Motion by Kicklighter, seconded by Gregg to approve Target Area forhousing program. Motion carried. A map is on file at the City Clerk’s office. Motion by Kicklighter to approve the Housing Administration Plan,seconded by Gregg. Motion carriedMotion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to approve the following forthe Housing Committee; Morgan, Kail, VanKley, and Jorgensen. Motioncarried. Motion by VanKley, seconded by Kicklighter to approve Local Match,Resolution D 2015, of $4200.00. Motion carried. Motion by Kicklighter, seconded by VanKley to appoint MIDAS asGrant Administrator. Motion carried. Motion by Kicklighter to NOT approve an environmental study. Motiondied

Motion by VanKley TO approve an environmental study. Motion died Motion by Gregg, seconded by Kicklighter to approve Resolution E2015, Program Income Reuse Plan. Motion carried. Mary Seil, park janitor submitted a proposal to purchase severaltables and chairs for the shelter house. Motion by Kicklighter, seconded byVanKley to accept the proposal. Motion carried. Monthly Finance Report was reviewed and discussed. Kail and Farley attended the Municipal Leadership Academy Part 1and will be doing Part 2 online in January 2016. The budget was discussed for FY2017 and will be ongoing at Januarymeeting. Six shut-off notices have gone out for delinquent utility bills.

Motion by VanKley, seconded by Kicklighter to do maintenance onthe pump at Well #4 for an estimated cost of $10,000.00. Motion carried.

Next council meeting will be JANUARY 11th, 2016 at 6:00pm. Motion by Kicklighter, seconded by Gregg to adjourn the meeting.Motion carried.

Emily Bendickson Frank MorganCity Clerk Mayor

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Pictured from L to R are, Kayleigh, one, daughter of Taylor Nelson and LexieCrimmins; Allie, ve, Isaiah, two, and Elsie, nine months, children of Josiah and AmyKaufman; Baileigh, eight, Aleigha, four and Brody, two, children of Chris and TiffanyElmore.

Tomorrow's Leaders

Jaguar boys, girlscross country teamswin Academic Honors The Southeast Valley Jaguar Girl Cross Coun-

try team earned the IGHSAU Distinguished in AcademicAchievement (Team GPA Between 3.25 – 4.00). TeamGPA was 3.725. The following girls qualified for the Twin LakesConference All Academic Honors (To earn this awardyou must have a cumulative GPA above 3.25 & earn avarsity letter). The SV girls qualifying were Allie Berg, JosieBreitsprecher, Kate Dyer, Hannah Fiala, Anna Heather-ington, Natalie Lambert, Hannah Peterson, Erica Ritt-gers, Kendall Sandgren, Emma Graves, Oumaima Zenati,Tessa Berg, Allie True, Dylan Johnson-Manager.Jaguar Cross Countryboys earn Academic Honors The Jaguar Boys Cross Country team earned theIHSAA Excellence in Academic Achievement (Team

GPA Between 3.00 – 3.24). Team GPA was 3.183. The following boys qualified for the Twin LakesConference All Academic Honors (To earn this awardyou must have a cumulative GPA above 3.25 & earn avarsity letter). The boys earning this honor were Josh Carlson,Spencer Warehime, Nathan Montgomery, and DylanJohnson-Manager. Both cross country teams were commended ontheir academic achievements by the coaching staff.

Southeast ValleyVolleyball girls recieve

Academic Honors The Jaguar Volleyball team earned the IGHSAUDistinguished in Academic Achievement (Team GPABetween 3.25 – 4.00). Team GPA was 3.369. The following girls qualified for the Twin LakesConference All Academic Honors (To earn this awardyou must have a cumulative GPA above 3.25 & earn avarsity letter): Kearsten Hainzinger, Aaliyah Scott, Mal-lory Struzenberg, Cassie Zinnel, Jaiden Ackerson, KenlyClough, Morgan Castenson, Shelby Cummins and MadyJaeschke. CONGRATULATIONS! to the volleyball teamon their academic achievements.

Merry Christmas!




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