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Veteran’s Day Assembly at PekinPekin will host a Veteran’s Day assembly at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 11th in the high school gym. American Legion Post 504 will be here to assist in posting the colors and our guest speaker will be Lt. Colonel Dan Maed-er. This assembly is free and open to the pub-lic. Veterans are invited to attend with their families to be recognized for their service. 

Veteran’s Day Program at Sigourney Jr/Sr High SchoolA Veteran’s Day Program will be held at Sigourney Jr/Sr High School on Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Brig. Gen. William D. “Drew” Dehaes.

Veteran’s Day Program at Tri-CountyA Veteran’s Day Program will be held at Tri-County Schools on Friday, Nov. 11 be-ginning at 10 a.m. The event will feature the Keswick American Legion and a presenta-tion for Quilts of Valor.

Delta Neighbours Sports NightThis event will take place at Delta Neighbors Gas and Grill.Nov. 12-Sports Night (wear your favorite team apparel)

Turkey Supper at Delta United MethodistDelta United Methodist Church will host a turkey supper on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

After School Program at Sigourney Public LibraryTuesday, Nov. 15 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.-Tweens The tweens will be exploring soap making. Wednesday, Nov. 16 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.- 2nd through 3rd grade will be talking about fall and making keepsake art.Thursday, Nov. 17 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.-K – 1st grade will be talking about fall and making keepsake art.

Sigourney Lighted Christmas ParadeThe Sigourney Lighted Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 26. If inter-ested in being in the parade, please contact Trisha Brooks at 641-541-0679.

Lord’s Pantry Holiday GiveawayThe Lord’s Pantry in Sigourney is hosting a Holiday 2016 program for families and in-dividuals who may be in need of assistance during the holiday season. To request ben-efits for anyone you know, send a letter or postcard to the Lord’s Pantry/Patty Hammes at 19272 180th Ave Sigourney, IA 52591 be-fore Saturday Nov. 12

Keokuk County Historical Society Holiday HoursClosed for Thanksgiving November 23 and 24. Closed for Christmas December 22, 28 and 29. Regular hours will resume after New Year’s Day. If there is no school or school is delayed, the Historical Society will be closed. Call 641-622-3005 for any questions.

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Troop 52 estimates 2,000 pounds collected for Scouting For FoodBy CJ EilersNews Editor

After putting out collection bags the week prior, local Troop 52 Scouts collected food donations for their “Scouting For Food” Drive on Saturday, Nov. 5 throughout Sigourney. More than 20 percent of houses gave back directly to the food drive by leaving their grocery bag with

food items out on their decks or doorsteps. Once again, scouts split up to gather the food quickly and efficiently, this time being driven around by troop leaders to haul the bags. The process took just over an hour, as around 11 members re-grouped to get a sense of how much had been gathered for the Lord’s Pantry. “We gathered about 120 bags to-

day,” Scott Richardson, troop lead-er, said. “Everything from spinach to Cheerios, including items need-ed such as diapers, boxed foods, kid friendly meals and pancake mix-es were collected. We’re estimat-ing that we met our goal of 2,000 pounds.” Residents who were missed by the scouts could still make donations at Brother’s Market, where a grocery

cart was set up inside the store’s entrance until noon on Monday. Afterwards, the collected items went to the Lord’s Pantry. All food collected stays in the county to feed residents in need. “This is awesome in helping us with our Christmas giveaway in the first week of December,” volunteers at the Lord’s Pantry said. “Cans and boxed meals are really helpful

and allow us to spend our resources on stuff we still need. We are very thankful for, and count on, these donations each year.” “We are very excited about how everything went today,” Rich-ardson said. “Our kids did an ex-ceptional job and as always, they excelled with attitude and helpful-ness.”

Board of Supervisors discusses disposition of parcel and reconstruction of water crossing

By CJ EilersNews Editor

The Board of Supervisors met with Keokuk County Engineer Andy McGuire and County At-torney John Schroeder during their weekly meeting on Mon-day, Nov. 7 to discuss selling a parcel of land unused by the county and a water crossing in need of repair. The parcel is located on eight acres across 120 Street (G13) to Highway 21, located in Prairie Township. According to Mc-Guire, the parcel was purchased years ago to improve visual safe-ty near the highway. As the land has remained unused by the county, McGuire and Schroeder wished to discuss the possibility of different options for the land, including selling the land. The county would maintain a high-way easement to conduct any repairs on a culvert on the prop-erty and for highway repairs. The Board, McGuire and Schroeder discussed a sealed bid option, with the Vice Chair-man Mike Hadley also suggest-ing they auction between the two highest bidders for the par-cel. A resolution will be drafted and presented to the Board at a later date. A water crossing on 200th Street in Sections 23 and 26 of Township 76N, Range 11W has been looked at and is out of repair. The surface is cracked, several pipes are compromised and there is soil erosion under this crossing. McGuire had the road closed, and presented the issue to the Board. As it is not part of the five-year road plan, the Board has to decide where the project ranks in terms of priority. Several residents that use the crossing voiced con-cerns over the closing, as they now have to take detours. The decision will be reviewed in the coming weeks.

Murder Mystery delights crowd for UMC fundraiserBy CJ EilersNews Editor

Mystery loomed thick in the air of the United Methodist Church basement on a Friday night, where family, friends and neighbors gath-ered for a dinner and to uncover the truth behind the murder of Peter Stein. The UMC Youth Group hosted “The Search for the Truth,” an in-teractive dinner experience with a three course meal. Members of the youth group performed as a diverse medley of church camp goers who are all suspects in the poisoning of camp counselor Peter Stein (Tanner Halleran). Detective Sam Cummings (Casey Jarmes) gathers the eleven suspects around a campfire, where each gives their testimonial and throw out accu-sations as audience member listen carefully for clues. Among the pe-culiar camp goers is Pamela Mar-ras (Khloe Snakenberg), a self-de-scribed “sweet girl that is studying Latin and Psychology, likes karate movies and doesn’t know how to swim.” She doesn’t like people tell-ing her what to do or say, and so is constantly on the attack throughout the play. “Pamela was pretty sassy the whole time and throwing shade at some of the other characters,” Snakenberg. “For the majority of the time, I was the joker; just a typi-cal teenage kid.” Snakenberg is one of many per-formers in the cast with an acting background, which lead to the youth and their leaders Kelly Mou-

sel and Jaci Jarmes deciding to do a muder mystery dinner as a fund-raiser for their mission trip to the Dominican Republic in July. De-spite other activities and school tak-ing up their time, the youth group managed to put together four re-hearsals over three weeks. Mousel, who previously directed the dra-ma department at Sigourney High School, was shown “The Search for the Truth” by Jarmes. Both liked the Christian spin on the script, but Mousel later found the script “was the hardest I’ve ever seen.” “We really didn’t even know what was going on the first run through,” Mousel said. “We just sat around and said ‘are you kidding me? That’s really what you say? That’s kinda really rude.’ We didn’t know how to take it and we just rolled with it and made it the best we can be.” Dinner was served as Casey chugged the play along in his role as Detective Cummings, encouraging audience engagement and direct-ing the questions to the cast. Ca-sey’s character made his own funny quips in between questions, some of which made audience members laugh just based off the true person-ality of the actors that they knew all so well. “It was fun to act for the audience and make sure they had a good time and enjoy the performance,” Casey said. “It was a lot to memorize and it was tough, but we did pretty good.” As dessert plates were cleared off, the anticipated conclusion drew near, with the audience clapping for whom they believed the suspect

was based off their answers and tes-timonies. While the crowd wasn’t quite sure who was the killer, it was revealed to be none other than the supposedly sweet Pamela. “[Pamela] was upset with how Peter would control her and tell her

what to do,” Snakenberg said. “She was very independent and didn’t like people telling her what to do. She was tired of him making fun of her for not being able to swim and wearing contact lenses. I also think she just had some problems.” Throughout the meal, which was provided by donations and deals from Brother’s Market, Piz-za Ranch and youth parents, other members of the youth group did some acting of their own as servers for audience members in total awe of the meal. Jaci Jarmes, who orga-nized the event, felt the servers gave the show a great dining atmosphere even with very little training. Over-all, the event raised $2,500 between both Friday and Saturday night per-formances. “The kids were amazing and the crowd was into it,” Jaci said. “They enjoyed the meal and the show. They were all having a great time.” Mousel echoes this sentiment, feeling that the audience’s reception made it possible for the actors to let loose instead of worrying. One senior, according to Mousel, was afraid of being in front of crowds, yet performed well. “The kids had a ball and it was fun watching the audience from where I watched,” Mousel said. “I loved seeing the servers come out with the first course, walk through and all the audience going ‘oh my gosh, look at all this food. Their reactions cued the actors to bring out their personalities and make the perfor-mances better.”

Cast members gather around the camp fire to determine who killed Peter Stein. Audiences flanked the stage, allowing everyone a view of suspense.

Members and leaders of Troop 52 pose with a trailer full of non-perishable and boxed food items, all of which were donated to the Lord’s Pantry.

Troop 52 Scouts stopped at houses one by one to collect bags placed out on porches and door-steps on Saturday, Nov. 4.

Pamela Marras (Khloe Snakenberg) argues her in-nocence, later pointing a finger at another camper for the murder of Peter Stein.

Detective Sam Cummings (Casey Jarmes) investigates each suspect while also act-ing as the moderator for the audience.

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Find us on Facebook under Sigourney Christmas FestivalThe Memorial Hall is located at 120 North Jefferson Street in Sigourney

–one block north of the NE corner of the square. Building is handicap accessible.

For More Information Call the Sigourney City Hall at 641-622-3080.Committee Members: Trisha Black and Deb Shultz

Christmas FestivalSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

SIGOURNEY4TH ANNUAL

Vendor Fair11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Memorial Hall, SigourneyVendors will include:

Crafts by LindaScentsyFeathered Farmhouse Thirty OnePampered Chef Young LivingPosh YouniqueMore to be added!

Cookie Walk11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Memorial Hall, Sigourney$5/lb of your favorite cookies, bars, and candy

Lighting Ceremony5:30 p.m. at the Sigourney Square/Court HouseLucas Meier, Speaker

Lighted Christmas Parade6 p.m. on the Square

Santa ClausFollowing Parade until 8:30 p.m.Memorial Hall, SigourneyFeel free to take your own pictures with Santa!

Soup SupperFollowing Parade until 8:30 p.m.Memorial Hall, SigourneyIncludes Hot Cocoa, Coffee, Water, & LemonadeFree Will Donation

BandstandEntertainmentFollowing Parade until 8:30 p.m.Sigourney Square

Horse AndCarriage RidesFollowing Parade until 8:30 p.m.South Side of the SquareFree Will Donation

A $100 ticket entitles 2 persons to beer, wine, pop, food, door prizes and a $10,000 raffle chance

6 to 7:30 PM: Hamburger Bar, Grilled Chicken, and Drinks7:30 to 8 PM: Star Award Winner, Heads & Tails Dollar Game,

Best Costume Contest and Prizes8 to 11 PM: DJ Music

Tickets go on sale October 1, 2016. Call the SADC offi ce at 641-622-2288 or contact a SADC Board member.

Sigourney Area Development Corporation

$10,000 RaffleFriday, November 11, 2016

Keokuk County Exposition, Sigourney

Family Movie Night at Sigourney Public LibraryThe Sigourney Public Library will host a Family Movie Night on Friday, Nov. 25 from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Finding Dory will be shown.

Holiday Tour of HomesThe 2016 Holiday Tour of Homes, hosted by the Friends of the Sigourney Public Library, will take place on Sun-day, December 4, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Tree of Memories Light CeremonyWednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Keokuk County Courthouse Rotunda

Bingo at Sigourney Health Care and Assisted LivingBingo at Sigourney Health Care and Assisted Living is Tuesdays at 2 p.m.

Manor House Sing-A-LongSing-A-Long at Manor House Care Center in Sigourney is every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The entire community is encouraged to attend.

Keokuk County Public HealthKeokuk County Public Health Immu-nization Clinic is the third Wednesday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m. This is a free clinic for children without insur-ance or underinsured. Blood pressure checks are also available on a walk-in basis.

Food PantryKeokuk County Community Services food referrals are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Courthouse in Sigourney.

Toddler Story TimeToddler story time is held Mondays at the Sigourney Public Library from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. All children are welcome attend with their parents/guardians, caregivers. Enjoy stories, songs and crafts. (Sept .19 and Sept. 26)

News-Review DeadlinesThe News-Review deadline for all ar-ticles, classified ads and display adver-tisements is Friday at noon. To submit an article or news tips, email keokuk-conews@midamericapub.com or call 641-622-3110.

Sigourney Senior Center Lunch Menu

Submitted by Milestones Area Agency on Aging

Wednesday, November 9: Chick-en and noodles, mashed potatoes, spinach, vinegar, wheat dinner roll or bread, margarine, peaches and yogurt, chocolate chip bar, skim milk

Thursday, November 10: Meatloaf, baked potato, sour cream, broccoli cuts, wheat dinner roll or bread, mar-garine, diced pears, skim milk Friday, November 11: Veteran’s Day – Senior Center closed Monday, November 14: Beef meat-ball, brown gravy, scalloped potatoes, creamed peas, wheat dinner roll or bread, margarine, apricot halves, skim milk

Tuesday, November 15: Turkey tetrazzini, green beans almondine, to-mato spoon salad, wheat dinner roll or bread, margarine, mandarin oranges and bananas, skim milk

Wednesday, November 16: Baked chicken breast, oven browned pota-toes, broccoli normandy, wheat din-ner roll or bread, margarine, blushing peaches, skim milk Milk, Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Bread/Muffins and Margarine are offered with all meals. This menu provides a general balanced diet that meets the RDA’s/RIA’s for adults.

Keota Senior Center Lunch Menu

Submitted by Milestones Area Agency on Aging

Wednesday, November 9: Chick-en and noodles, mashed potatoes, spinach, vinegar, wheat dinner roll or bread, margarine, peaches and yogurt, chocolate chip bar, skim milk Friday, November 11: Veteran’s Day – Senior Center closed Monday, November 14: Beef meat-ball, brown gravy, scalloped potatoes, creamed peas, wheat dinner roll or bread, margarine, apricot halves, skim milk

Wednesday, November 16: Baked chicken breast, oven browned pota-toes, broccoli normandy, wheat din-ner roll or bread, margarine, blushing peaches, skim milk Milk, Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Bread/Muffins and Margarine are offered with all meals. This menu provides a general balanced diet that meets the RDA’s/RIA’s for adults.

Sigourney CSD Breakfast and Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change.Wednesday, November 9

Breakfast: Banana muffin, string cheese, apple slices Lunch: Chicken nuggets, whipped potatoes, gravy, romaine salad, straw-berries, school made breadstick

Thursday, November 10 Breakfast: Sausage gravy and bis-cuit, peaches Lunch: Tenderloin, bun, oven fries, green beans, apple slices

Friday, November 11 Breakfast: Red, white, and blue par-fait, goldfish grahams Lunch: Spaghetti, romaine salad, baby carrots, pineapple, school made French bread

Monday, November 14 Breakfast: Long john, peaches Lunch: Cheeseburger, bun, tator tots, baked beans, cinnamon apples

Tuesday, November 15 Breakfast: Mini pancake wraps, ap-plesauce Lunch: Chicken fajita wrap (salsa, cheese), romaine salad, baby carrots, strawberries

Wednesday, November 16 Breakfast: Egg, bacon, cheese bis-cuit, banana Lunch: School made pizza, corn, pears, school made cookie

Keota CSD Breakfast and Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change.Wednesday, November 9

Breakfast: Whole grain cereal, string cheese, apples, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Lasagna, garden spinach sal-ad, seasoned peas (9-12), French garlic bread, fresh grapes

Thursday, November 10 Breakfast: Sausage breakfast sand-wich, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Chicken tetrazzini, tossed salad with romaine, steamed carrots, whole grain french garlic bread, fresh strawberries

Friday, November 11 Breakfast: Whole grain breakfast egg wrap, graham crackers, banana, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Sloppy joe on a bun, whole grain chips, sweet potato puffs, baked beans, fresh grapes

Monday, November 14 Breakfast: Whole grain breakfast pizza, tropical fruit, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Pig in a blanket, potato wedges, broccoli with cheese, fresh ap-ple, juice

Tuesday, November 15 Breakfast: Whole grain pancake, peaches, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Chicken wrap, romaine and tomato mix, rice pudding, steamed carrots, tropical fruit

Wednesday, November 16 Breakfast: Cheese omelet, whole grain toast, orange smiles, juice choice, milk choice Lunch: Spaghetti with meat sauce, garden spinach salad, seasoned peas (9-12), French garlic bread, fresh grapes

Pekin CSD Breakfast & Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change.Wednesday, November 9

Breakfast: French toast, string cheese, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: Chili, baby carrots, whole grain crackers, string cheese, cinna-mon apples, whole grain chocolate chip cookie, fruit choice (9-12)

Thursday, November 10 Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, cinna-mon buns, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: BBQ Beef on school made bun, baked beans, baby carrots, diced pears, fruit choice (9-12)

Friday, November 11 Breakfast: Egg wrap, sausage, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: Cook’s choice

Monday, November 14 Breakfast: Cheese stick, yogurt, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: Mini corn dogs, whole grain mac and cheese, baby carrots, broccoli, applesauce, fruit choice (9-12)

Tuesday, November 15 Breakfast: Sausage, whole grain toast, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: Beef and bean burrito, re-fried beans, corn, whole grain mexi rice, apple slices, fruit choice (9-12)

Wednesday, November 16 Breakfast: Egg patty, whole grain toast, fruit choice, orange juice Lunch: Roasted turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes,

whole grain dressing, fruit cocktail, fruit choice (9-12)

English Valleys CSD Breakfast & Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change.Wednesday, November 9

Breakfast: French toast with syrup or whole grain cereal, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: Pepperoni pizza, carrots and celery, lettuce salad, banana, pears, milk

Thursday, November 10 Breakfast: Cinnamon roll or whole grain cereal, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: BBQ pork on a bun, cole slaw, baked beans, apple slices, peach-es, milk

Friday, November 11 Breakfast: Breakfast pizza or whole grain cereal, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, red, white, and blue fruit salad, cookies, bread and butter, milk

Monday, November 14 Breakfast: Muffin, whole grain ce-real, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: Sloppy joes on bun, seasoned potato chunks, tossed salad, orange wedges, pears, milk

Tuesday, November 15 Breakfast: Breakfast wrap with salsa or whole grain cereal, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: Crispito with salsa, carrots, lettuce salad, peaches, orange wedges, milk

Wednesday, November 16 Breakfast: Pancake with syrup or whole grain cereal, fruit, fruit juice, milk Lunch: Lasagna rolls, garlic bread, corn, mixed fruit, peaches, milk

Tri-County CSD Breakfast & Lunch Menu

This menu is subject to change. Milk is served with each meal.

Wednesday, November 9 Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage, apple, banana Lunch: Pork chopette, baked potato, roll, corn, strawberries

Thursday, November 10 Breakfast: Egg omelet, bagel, straw-berries, apple slices Lunch: Mandarin orange chicken, rice, peas, mandarin oranges

Friday, November 11 Breakfast: Frosted flakes, toast, peaches, orange Lunch: Corn dog, tator tots, baked beans, baby carrots, apple

Monday, November 14 Breakfast: Egg omelet, sausage, toast, pears, strawberries Lunch: Chicken casserole, peas, sandwich, pineapple

Tuesday, November 15 Breakfast: Apple Jack cereal, choco-late chip muffin, mixed fruit, orange Lunch: BBQ pork, baked beans, ta-tor tots, applesauce

Wednesday, November 16 Breakfast: Breakfast wrap, egg patty, applesauce, pineapple Lunch: Brunch lunch

2016 Holiday Tour of Homes The 2016 Holiday Tour of Homes, sponsored by the Friends of the Sigour-ney Public Library, will take place this year on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Advance tickets will be avail-able at the Sigourney Public Library after Saturday, Nov. 19. On the day of, tickets will be available at the Library after 12:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served. The following homes will be on display this year: Steve and Staci Shettler-905 Spring

Street Jeff and Darian Graff-935 West Jack-son Street Gary and Jaci Jarmes-18888 200th

Avenue (Keswick Road) Don and Rhonda Herr-20775 200th

Avenue (Keswick Road) The News Review will be featuring each of these homes in our November 30 issue. For more information about the Holiday Tour of Homes, contact Mary Gralapp at 641-622-3287.

Veteran’s Day Program to be held at Sigourney High SchoolA Veteran’s Day Program will be held at Sigourney High School on Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. The program will feature a presenta-tion of colors, a performances by the school’s choir and Gary Van Patten, a video to thank veterans by Sarina Gretter, and presenta-tion of Quilts of Valor to six area veterans. The program will also feature guest speaker Brigadier Gener-al D. “Drew” DeHaes. General DeHaes began his U.S, Air Force career in July 1988 and was com-missioned as a second lieutenant at Officer’s Training School Lackland Air Force Base, Texas the next year. His first assign-ment following pilot training was at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. He most recently com-manded the 132 Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, from May 2010 to June 2014, and also served as Deputy Commander for the 332nd Operations Group, Balad Air Base, IRazy from Sep-tember 2009 to January 2010. DeHaes received his Bache-lor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M Uni-versity in College Station, Texas in 1986, and a Master of Aero-nautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL in 1998. His military educa-tion includes Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College. Military awards and decora-tions DeHaes has been honored include the Legion of Merit, Meritous Service Medal (with two devices), the Air Medal (with four devices), and numer-ous other honors. Dehaes resides in Clive with his wife Dorothy. They have two daughters, Hanna and Haley.

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Merna Lee Whyle Merna Lee Whyle, 91, of Adel and formerly of What Cheer, died Saturday, No-vember 5, 2016, at her home in Adel. She was born Monday, June 15, 1925, in Wal-nut, Iowa, the daughter of John and Hulda Leebeck Scheef. She graduated from high school in Walnut. Following school, she worked as a telegrapher and station manager for Rock Island Railroad. On June 13, 1948, Merna was united in marriage to Alfred James Whyle, Jr. in Walnut. Jim died February 8, 2001. Following their marriage, Merna stayed home to raise her family. Later in life she went to work at Jack and Jill Preschool in Oskaloosa for over 10 years. She loved spending time with her grandchil-dren, gardening, being outdoors and with her dogs. She was a member of Adel Women’s Group, Adel Methodist Church and a 65 year member of P.E.O. She is survived by her son: Jeff (& Terri) Whyle of Adel; three grandchildren: Alexandra Hayley Whyle, Hunter Jordan Whyle and Tyler Austin Whyle; and a sister: Mildred Glenn of Walnut. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and two brothers: John Scheef, Jr. and Gilbert Scheef. Graveside services and burial will be held Saturday, November 12, 2016, at 1 P.M. in Highland Cemetery east of What Cheer with Pastor Vince Homan offici-ating. No visitation is planned. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri or to Susan G. Komen.

Lois Irene Northup Lois Irene Northup, 87, died Friday, November 4, 2016, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born August 24, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William and Lillian Mincks Leffler. She attended school in Floris. On January 13, 1951, she married Sherman Franklin Northup in Killeen, Texas. After Sherm returned from service, they lived in Davenport and moved to Sigourney in 1955. She was dedicated to raising her children and caring for Sherm following his stroke in 1972. She enjoyed flowers, baking buttermilk brownies and loved her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band Sherman on November 5, 1999, two brothers, William and Richard Leffler, two sisters Fern Staats and an infant Lillie Maxine Leffler. She is survived by her children, Larry (Linda) Northup, Sigourney, IA, Carol (John) Stutzman, Sigourney, IA, Jim (Anita) Northup, Tipton, IA, Don (Tammy) Northup, Sigourney, IA, 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren Funeral Service Tuesday 10:30 A.M. at the Holm Funeral Home,  Visitation Monday 4:00-7:00 P.M. Burial Garrett Cemetery near Delta. A memorial fund has been established. Arrangements by  Holm Funeral Home.

Bernie M. Muntz Bernie M. Muntz, 84, of Bonaparte died at 8:56 A.M. Monday November 7, 2016 in the emergency room at Van Buren County Hospital, Keosauqua.  She had been in Keosauqua Health Care Center for a month.  She was born March 30, 1932 in LaPuenta, New Mexico and married Bennie Eu-gene “Whitey” Muntz on March 1, 1951 in LaPuenta while he was in the U.S. Air Force.  They lived their married life in Bonaparte.  Whitey died March 30, 2012.  Bernie was a homemaker and home health aide, caring for disabled people in their homes. Surviving are four sons, Robert Muntz of Bona-parte, Raymond Muntz (Blanche) of Piketon, OH, Carl Muntz (Michael Bruce) of Phoenix, AZ and Kenton Muntz (Veronica) of Argyle; three daugh-ters, Gloria Starnes (Charley) of Keosauqua, Teresa Graham (John Wallerich) of Sigourney and Sta-cy Muntz Royal (Dimitrious Royal) of Farmington, 13 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, two brothers, Philip and Jerry and a sister, Marcella all in Utah.  In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by five grandchildren and a brother, Jimmy. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday November 10, 2016 at Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua with Pastor Mark Caston officiating.  Visitation with family will be 10-11 A.M. Thursday prior to the service.  Burial will be in Bona-parte Cemetery.  Gifts to a memorial to be designated later by the family may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at P.O. Box 412, Keosauqua, IA 52565

Nov. 10: Bentley Dao; Jill Vick; Lori Behrens; Samantha GrubbNov. 11: Ike Molyneux; Walt McKay Sr.Nov. 12: Chad McKain; Dennis Kerger; Marge Allgood; Nikki Sikkema; Samuel Cole Kitzman.Nov. 13: Kristalyn Striegel; Virginia StriegelNov. 14: Caleb Otte; Jimmy Gibmbel; Nolan Michael GroveNov. 15: Carter Headley; Kennedy Roland; Larry Nicholson; Nicholas Schultz; Vaughn Brandon Hageman.Nov. 16: Beverly Hanna; Cooper Banks; Daniel Behrens; Otley VanPattenNov. 17: Dan Bunn; Jason Riffel; Joe Nicholson; Sylvia Hageman; Tasha ByrneNov. 18: Harlan Spain; Heather Molyneux; Janice Grimm; Jessica Kukuzke; Nicholas AcordNov. 19: Amie VanPatten; Jared McCain; Kaylee DanielsNov. 20: Leia Molyneux; Nolan Jergens; Reese Molyneux; Seth Key NicholsonNov. 21: Jaxon Connor DeBoef; Kris Acord; Anna Henderson; Emma Henderson; Rusty Bostic; Shannon StanleyNov. 22: Zeb AcordNov. 23: Daryl Walker; Hans Striegel; Ryker KimeNov. 24: Clarissa Bowers; Eric Bos; Genny CoppersmithNov. 25: Gary Ferns; Kelly Kapple; Sidney Kitzman

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Dorothy Chaney Green Dorothy Chaney Green, 64, died at her home in West Liberty, Iowa.  She was born February 28, 1952 to Virgil H. and Gladys Pauline Sarver Chaney in Coryd-on, Iowa.  She graduated from English Valleys High School.  In June of 1996 she married Charles Green.  She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband. She is survived by three children, Tonya, Aaron and Brent Adams, two brothers David Chaney of Sigourney and Kenneth (Zelda) Chaney of Sigourney, one sister Larraine (John) Bourque of South English.  Private family graveside service will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Holm Funeral Home.

Robert Dale Reinert Robert Dale Reinert was born November 20, 1930 near Harper, Iowa, the son of Harold Albert & Adella M. (Fry) Reinert. He attended a one room country school and graduated from Webster High School in 1949. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.  On May 23, 1953 Robert was united in marriage to Doris Jean Lekin at the North English Methodist Church. They lived in Kentucky from 1952-1954, the farm just off of Pigeon Road from 1955-1964 and in the fall of 1964 they moved into North English. He was a self employed carpenter for 46 years, retiring in 1996. Robert was a trustee for the North En-glish Methodist Church and a volunteer for the North English Fire Department. He enjoyed woodworking, collecting antique tools and trac-tors, making furniture for his daughters and grandchildren and attending sporting events and his grandchildren’s activities. Robert died on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the English Valley Care Center, at the age of 85 years. He is survived by his wife Doris of North English; two daughters Roberta (Craig) Trost of East Lyme, CT and Melody (Eric) Schwenke of Sigourney; five grandchildren Jason (Astrid) Trost of London, England, Brian (Lucy) Trost of East Lyme, CT, Ryne (Emily) Schwenke of North English, Kory (Paige) Schwenke of Keota, and Megan Schwenke of Cedar Falls; two great grandchildren Caleb and Lillian Trost; and a sister Betty (Dick) Smith of Walford. He was preceded by his parents. Celebration of Life Service will be held 10:00 am on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Powell Funeral Home, North English. Pastor Luke Caster will officiate. Burial will be in the North English Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 6 from 2-5 pm at the Powell Funeral Home. Me-morials may be given in memory to Mahaska County Hospice or English Valleys Community Schools. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com

Rosemary Gertrude Wehr Rosemary Gertrude Wehr, 96, died November 6, 2016 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 24, 1920 to John C. And Estella M. Ritzinger Strohman. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1936 and worked as a legal secretary for Charles C. Heninger. On November 21, 1939 she married Matthias Peter Wehr at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney. They lived and farmed North of Sigourney all of their married life. Rosemary moved into Sigourney after Matt’s death on Novem-ber 6, 2005. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Altar and Rosary Society and the Listen A Bit Club. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Matt. She is survived by her daughters Gertie (Tom) Richardson of Sigourney, Bernie (Omer) Sieren of Westphalia, Missouri, Cathi (Al) Currie of Washington, Marian (Don)) Foulks of Pinellas Park, Florida, Carol Wehr (Kim Kuddes) of Iowa City, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic ChurchVisitation: 9:00 A.M - 10:30 A.M. Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery – Sigourney, IowaA memorial fund has been established.

Obituaries

Aspasia Chapter #198 meeting Aspasia Chapter #198 of Sigour-ney, IA honored three new 50 year members during their meeting in September. Colleen Deitrichwas initiated on January 5, 1966, Loretta Hudson on December 12, 1966 and Beverly Zehr on February 28, 1966. Colleen Deitrich and Loretta Hudson were present at the chapter

meeting to be recognized for their commitment and service to our or-ganization. Beverly Zehr was unable to attend, but was recognized and will be sent her certificate and pin. Three current 50-year members were also present at the September meeting. Marian Swearingen has been a member for 66 years, Marian

McCreery has been a member for 59 years, and Bette Harper has been a member for 72 years. During the October meeting, chapter held a special tribute in re-membrance of a sister who passed away in August, Jessie Blaylock. Jes-sie was a member of the Order of the Eastern star for 72 years.  

New 50-year members with current 50-year members. Left to Right: Bette Harper, Marian Mc-Creery, Colleen Deitrich, Loretta Hudson, and Marian Swearingen.

Tri County welcomes all to Veterans Day Assembly

Nikayla Dowd, National Honor Society

On November 11, Tri County will host an assembly that will pay re-spect to the men and women who serve our country. The National Honor Society along with Mr. Den-nis Phelps and the Keswick Ameri-can Legion will host this event. New this year will be a presenta-tion by Bonnie Barnhart about a program called the Quilts of Valor, a

program that makes quilts through-out the United States and over-seas for active and Veteran service men and women whom have been touched by war. The National Honor Society would love to extend their welcome for you to join us in this free event held on November 11 at 10 a.m. in the Tri County Community School High School Gymnasium.

Mr. Clay Herrald and a student stand silently for the National Anthem. Photo by Amie Van Patten

‘Like’ hits the stage at Tri-County November 11Submitted by Vince Hrasky,

Tri-County High School Drama Director

On Friday, November 11th, Tri-County Speech and Drama will present the play “Like” in the Tri-County Schools little gym at 7:00pm. Tickets are six dollars for adults and three dollars for students. “Like” is the story of two isolated countries separated by an impassi-ble crevasse. While the two coun-tries were once one nation, the cre-vasse now keeps them completely isolated from each other. Despite no contact with one another,or the outside world, the two countries have learned to hate and mistrust each other. Until, a group of busi-ness people arrive in order to build a bridge. What are these two coun-tries that hate each other going to do when they are thrust together after hundreds of years of isolation?

The play stars over thirty Tri-County Students. Seniors, Lane Williams, Abbey Hartwig, Sam Gragg, Jacob Bombei, Katlyn Little, Jennifer Steen, Nikayla Dowd, Wal-ter McKay, Natalie Steinke, Zoe Og-den, Michaela Lundy, Lydia Greene and Sydney Gatton will all be mak-ing their final appearance on the High School Stage. Juniors, Myrissa Garber, Allison Steinke, Hannah Miover, Riley Danner, Mckenzie Hammes, Quintin McAdams, Cam-eron Krumm, Noah McCammant, Jenna Acord, and Skyler Fisher are all stepping into larger roles. Sopho-mores, Megan Edmundson, Brandt Molyneux, Tanner Lundy, and Tay-lor Dowd are each in their second show. Freshmen, Avery Roorda, Jokoby Williams, Emma Miover, Miranda Little, Mikayla Hoover, and Grant Rauhauser are all making their debut.

“We’ve been working really hard to make it a great show,” said Walter McKay who plays the role of Prince Pax. Myrissa Garber, who is playing the role of Princess Aja, said, “It’s funny and romantic and sweet. I’m really looking forward to preform-ing in front of an audience.” Cam-eron Krumm, who plays Prive Dax, said, “It’s really great to perform in front of a packed house. I hope lots of people come watch.”

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Tales of the Ancient Sportsman Wow! What a week! My stress-o-meter about maxed out. Lots to do in faraway places as well as on the home front and I was having trou-ble finding enough hours. I did get one back Saturday night, but that didn’t help much as I still fell asleep in Church. The Ancient-ess sure has sharp elbows. It all started Monday night when I covered the Pella Volleyball match with Norwalk for the right to go to the State Tourney. Pella had beaten Norwalk twice in the regular season and the word was that it is awfully hard to beat a good team three times in a season. The Pella girls paid lit-tle attention to that. They didn’t just beat Norwalk for the third time, they dominated them. The Lady Dutch are going back to the State Tourney and that gives me a reason to go to Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Tuesday my assignment was to cover the Pella Christian Volleyball match with Council Bluff Saint Al-bert at Creston. I decided to make a day of it and go over to Griswold to take care of some business. I was able to visit with my classmate Do-ris Rush and her husband Howard about our coming 60-year class re-union. 60 years! Can’t be! But I guess we have to face reality head on. I was able to take my sister and niece to lunch in Atlantic at the Walnut Street Diner. It is a pretty neat place. While at the diner I ran into Ron and Kay Wohlenhaus. Ron was in the Class of 56 and Kay was of the Class of 57. I was just a kid and was in the Class of 58. Ron was the centerfielder of our baseball team and I inherited that position after he graduated. Prior to that Coach Steward put me at third base and that was not such a good deal. When I got to Creston I was reminded why. I walked into the commons area of the Creston School and was look-ing at the pictures of those in the Creston Athletic Hall of Fame. I got down to the early years, there he was! Tommy Hertz, Class of 56, All-State Football and All-American lineman at the University of Mis-souri. Tommy was responsible for my lack of desire to play third base. Griswold was the only school in the Southwest Iowa Conference to have Summer Baseball and we had a hard time finding games. So our school officials petitioned the tough Hawkeye Eight League to allow us to compete in their Summer Baseball league. We were accepted and we did OK. We won over half of our games. The night we hosted Creston was forever etched in my memory. Tom-my Hertz had just hit a triple and Creston Coach, Rollin Dyer who used to coach at Griswold, decided to try and squeeze him home. The bat-ter missed the bunt and we had Tom-my hung up. Jim Croxell, our catcher fired the ball down to me and Tom-my saw a soft touch. He lowered his shoulder and the next thing I know, I’m lying in the left field grass, the ball is over by the fence and Tommy is laughing as he trotted home. I nev-er saw third base again and things were much safer in the outfield. Oh yes, Pella Christian lost three games to one to a very good Saint Albert team. The Eagles finished 25-13 and made much improvement over last year. I had to endure the Flubs winning the World Series. I guess it is about time, so maybe we can put that to rest for another 108 years. I was sure the Indians had it when they tied the game with a home run off the “Beast

of the East”. Oh well, he is a free agent and some fool will probably offer him 300 million. Friday night I was off to Iowa City Regina for the Pella Christian-Regi-na playoff game. Why they put the No’s. 1 and 2 teams together in the quarter-finals makes little sense to me. Regina is ranked No. 1 and they have six straight state titles, but Pel-la Christian scared the bejeebers out of them before falling 45-43. PC was behind 35-14 with 5 left in the third period and fought like crazy to get back in the game. I know I’m old and my memory might not be the greatest, but I can’t remember a game that I have cov-ered that had as much electricity and excitement as this game. When the game was over, I was just drained and barely had enough strength to climb the steps to get up out of the pit. Pella did beat Solon 28-14 to ad-vance to the Dome, so I will be go-ing to Cedar Falls Thursday to see if the Little Dutch can win their third consecutive state title. They have won 39 straight games and are shooting for 40. Saturday and Sunday was a South-ern Gospel weekend at Pella Chris-tian, promoted by Tom and Cindy Drost. We set up our table to pro-mote our travel business at all three concerts. It was a great weekend

with good music, good contacts and good times with old friends. This election is near over and I can’t wait. I have listened to enough lies. There is a display down the street from me that I get a chuckle out of every time I drive past. Three port-a-potties are lined up together and a sign in front says, “Vote for Hillary Here”. I can relate to that. It is time to see what happened in our yesterdays. 100 years ago: Nov. 15, 1916 – Ath-letic relations between Penn and Central have been severed by the Penn Athletic Committee. 75 years ago: Nov. 15, 1941- New Sharon finishes with a perfect 12-0 record as they blanked Delta 12-0. Raydeen Coffey passed to Andy Bandstra for an eight yard score and Keith Johnson returned an intercep-tion 46 yards for the other TD. Nov. 21- Cedar takes two from Lacey. The boys won 29-21 with Billy Krusemark scoring 17 points. Ray DeWitt and Fred Hite each scored seven points for Lacey. Cedar took a 38-25 girls win behind a balanced scoring attack. 50 years ago: Nov. 21, 1966- Fre-mont falls twice at Moravia. The boys dropped an 88-57 decision. Dick Bales led the Cats with 19 points and Charles Martin add-ed 14. The girls fell 84-61 as Linda Perkins scored 24 points and Cindy Grootveld added 20. 25 years ago: Nov. 21, 1991- North Mahaska’s Matt Anderson was named First Team All-State in Class 1-A Football. Sigourney-Keo-ta’s Chris Coffman and Pella’s Matt Bandstra were named Second Team All-State in Classes 2-A and 3-A. Have a great week and get ready for the winter sports. That season is just around the corner.

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We all can help fight human trafficking

It’s hard to fathom that human trafficking happens at all, much less that it is a growing problem here in the heartland.

Human trafficking is the buying and selling of people, who are often forced into sex work or other forms of slavery. Iowa’s interstate highways are prime routes for human traffick-ers transporting victims, so we must be vigilant.

Iowa is combating human traf-ficking through public awareness, training for law enforcement and tougher punishments for those who commit this heinous crime. Coordi-nated local, state and federal efforts have rescued some victims, but hu-man trafficking still goes mostly unnoticed.

We’re continuing to update Io-wa’s human trafficking law as we learn more about the crime and the unique situation of victims. For ex-ample, this year:

We created an Office to Combat Human Trafficking to lead and co-ordinate Iowa’s anti-trafficking ef-forts and to be the point of contact for federal, state and local law en-forcement (SF 2191, HF 2459).

We defined sex trafficking of mi-nors as child abuse, and set the ex-pectation that state agencies and our partners in the fight against child abuse and trafficking recognize and respond to the crime (SF 2258).

To bring justice to more victims, we extend the statute of limitations for kidnapping and human traffick-ing of children to the victim’s 28th birthday, or three years after a per-petrator is identified through DNA testing, whichever is later (HF 2278).

  You can help fight human traf-ficking, too. Recognizing the signs

is the first step in identifying vic-tims and saving lives. Here are some things to look for:• Does  the person appear discon-

nected from family, friends and reg-ular activities?• Has  a  child  stopped  attending 

school?• Has  the person shown a change 

in behavior?• Is the person disoriented or con-

fused?• Do they show signs of mental or 

physical abuse?• Is  the  person  fearful,  timid  or 

submissive?• Does  the  person  appear  to  be 

coached on what to say? Find more warning signs from the

Department of Homeland Securi-ty at www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking. If you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking, report a tip at www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/iden-tify-victim.

Additional informationThis is a legislative update from

State Senator Kevin Kinney, repre-senting Keokuk, Washington and Johnson counties. For newsletters, photos and further information, go to www.senate.iowa.gov/senator/kinney.

 To contact Senator Kinney when the Legislature is in session, call the Senate Switchboard at 515-281-3371. Otherwise, he can be reached at 319-631-4667. E-mail him at kevin.kin-ney@legis.iowa.gov.

Senator Kinney is vice-chair of the Agriculture & Natural Resourc-es Budget Subcommittee. He also serves on the Agriculture, Educa-tion, Government Oversight, Judi-ciary, and Natural Resources & En-vironment committees.

Just reminiscingBy Hilda Souer

Once again I took time to sort through some things I’d put away with an attached that I was to sort through clippings, notes, etc. Since it’s now the spring season and flow-ers are getting more prevalent, I thought you readers would also enjoy the following:

For My LordThe dogwood, white

is bursting forthTo greet the Easter morn.

Forsythia, golden, for the king.Replace his crown of thorns

Violets, purple, for his robe.To hail his coronation.

And red, the poppies in the field.To mark his resurrection.

Taken from “The Family Album”

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23536 Hwy. 78, Box 64, Ollie Sunday Worship - 10:15 a.m; Sunday school-10:15 a.m. RocKnowledge Youth Group is Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Hedrick First ChristianPastor John Lewis

206 Park St. Hedrick Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Gathering for Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Hedrick-Martinsburg United Methodist Church

Tim Schoepf, Pastor203 N. Spring St., Hedrick

641-653-4477 Sunday Worship: 8:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.

Holy Trinity Catholic Parish

Rev. Charles FladungRectory: 641-636-3883

109 N. Lincoln St., Keota Saturday Night Mass: 5 p.m. Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Hope Lutheran Church, LCMS

Rev. Richard Meyer315 W. Kelly Street

Office: 319-668-2999 Sunday worship at 11 a.m.; Commu-nion: 1st and 3rd Sundays Worship at 5 p.m. on Saturday Communion the 1st and 3rd Satur-day’s

Keswick and WebsterMethodist Church Circuit

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Charles Klink641-455-4284

Webster: Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Worship service: 10:30 a.m. Keswick: Sunday worship at 9:15 a.m. Communion is on the 1st Sunday of the month for both churches

Lancaster Christian Church

Dirk Alspach22934 W. County Rd. V5G

641-224-2255 Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Worship Ser-vice: 10 a.m. Sunday evenings from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Youth Group 7-12 grade.

New Life FellowshipDenny Eden, Pastoral Care

319-430-2677Hwy. 22 South, Keswick

319-738-3851 Sunday Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday Teaching: 7 p.m.: Evening of Praise: every third; Satur-day of the month at 7 p.m.

Ollie Baptist ChurchGary Reeves, Pastor

641-667-2841208 South 3rd St

Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Thursdays: 9 a.m. Sewing and Quilt-ing

Prairie View United Methodist Church

Pastor, Dave Peterson27131 Highway 78, Ollie

Wednesday, Nov 9 1:30 p.m. UMW; 7 p.m. SPRC; 7 p.m. Packwood Trojans 4-H Sunday, Nov 13 9 a.m. Sunday Wor-ship, followed by fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Tuesday, Nov 15 9 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday, Nov 16 6:30 p.m. Church meetings; 7:30 PM Church Council & Finance Committee Sunday, Nov 20 9 a.m. Sunday Wor-ship, followed by fellowship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School

Richland United Methodist Church

Tim Schoepf, Pastor106 W. South St., Richland

Phone: 319-456-2251 Worship Times: Adult Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.

St. JosephRev. David Brownfield235 11th St. Wellman

Sunday Mass at 8 a.m.

Ss. Joseph and CabriniRev. Robert Striegel

St. Joseph, 1174 Reed St., East Pleasant Plain and St. Frances Xavier Cabrini,

308 W. Main, Richland Sunday Mass at 8:30 a.m. at St. Jo-seph Sacrament of Penance 8 a.m. Sunday

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

415 E. Pleasant Valley, SigourneyRev. Charles Fladung

Rectory: 641-622-3426 Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.

Sigourney Christian ChurchDavid D. Welch, Pastor

308 S. Jefferson, 641-622-2151 Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.; Adult Bi-ble Study: 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service: 10:45 a.m. Elder Gathering 1st Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.; Board meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. CWF meet immediately following; Sis-ters meet each Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Sigourney United Methodist ChurchShannon Pascual, Pastor

Website: sigourneyumc.com Sunday Worship Service: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.; Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

United Church of Deep River

319-664-3653 Every Sunday: Inspiration time, 10 a.m.; Worship, 9 a.m.; 1st Sunday of the month: Communion; 2nd Satur-day of the month: Parish Council; Last Thursday of the month is the UCW meeting.

What Cheer Baptist Church

Pastor DJ Danner641-660-9948

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.; Worship: 10:30 a.m.; Adult Bible Study is on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday eve-ning services, 6:30 p.m.

What Cheer United Methodist Church

Rev. Vince Homan Sunday School, 9:30; Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

What Cheer Christian Church

Larry Naylor, Pastor Worship: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

What Cheer Hilltop Chapel

John and Pat DeBoef, Pastors 506 E Briney St.

Phone: 641-634-2839 Sunday: 10a.m.-11:30 a.m., Wor-ship; 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Children’s Church on lower level.

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ESTATE LAND AUCTION104 Acres m/l in 2 parcels

Thursday, December 8 – 10:00 AM2 miles South of Sigourney, IA on Hwy 149, both sides of the road. This will be the auction site.

Parcel #1 – 68 acres m/l on East side of Hwy. • 50.7 acres farmable for 2017, cash rented @ $174.00/acre• 8.7 acres CRP @ $160.24/acre with final payment 9-30-22• Balance in timber and draws.• The 50.7 acres are enrolled in CRP wetlands starting 10-1-17 @ $300.00/acre.• Taxes: $1,314.00/year• CRP for 2017 payment year goes to the buyer.

Parcel #2 – 36 acres m/l on West side of Hwy.• 26.91 tillable for 2017, cash rented @ $174.00/acre• 8.4 acres CRP @ $160.24/acre with final payment 9-30-22• Balance in timber and 1 acre possible building site.• There are 24.9 acres enrolled in CRP wetlands @ $300.00/acre and 2 acres CRP enrolled @ $282.00/acre, both contracts start 10-1-17.• Taxes: $910.00/year Cash rent goes to the buyer $6,750.00 May 1 and $6,750.00 November 1, 2017. Taxes prorated to final closing. All CRP pay-ment in October, 2017 go to the buyer. 20% down day of sale with balance on or before February 1, 2017.

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Located south of Packwood Parcel 1 – 66.9 Acres m/l, 49.9 cropland acres with a 88.3 CSR2 Parcel 2 – 46.9 Acres m/l, 28.5 cropland acres with a 69.4 CSR2

This farm will be auctioned off as buyer’s choice Thursday, December 1, 2016 @ 10 a.m.

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TRACT 1 - 84.94 acres, 69.5 CSR2

TRACT 2 - 73.08 acres, 32.7 CSR2

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Auctioneers: Myron Greiner & Mike Goehring

Tract 1 contains 84.94 acres m/l of ground. Per the FSA information there are 58.61 tillable acres. Remaining ground is pasture. Great building site with rural water and electric. This is an excellent chance to own a nice piece of Keokuk county farm ground. Average CSR2 per surety is 69.5. This ground is ready to be farmed the 2017 crop year. Tract 2 contains 73.08 acres m/l of ground. Per the FSA information there are 29.3 tillable acres. 5.6 acres are enrolled in CRP with an annual payment of $1,076.00 expiring in 2027. This property borders the skunk river and would make excellent hunting ground. Average CSR2 per surety is 32.7. This ground is ready to be farmed the 2017 crop year.

FARMLAND AUCTION 2 TRACTS - 158.02 ACRES KEOKUK COUNTY, IOWA

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016 AT 10:00 AM AUCTION LOCATION: MOTHER CABRINI CHURCH HALL, RICHLAND, IOWA

All announcements made sale date take precedence over previous advertising. Information is believed to be accurate however buyers should verify information to their satisfaction.

Stanley Williams Trust, Sue Mohr and Ann Diede, Owners Joe McConnell, Attorney - Myron Greiner, Broker

FOR SALEFor Sale: For Sale: Used Club Car golf carts. Don Bermel, 641-660-0732. SK18tfn–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sale on Green Mountain Grills, up to $100 off. AR15 rifles, S&W Shield. Lowest price on firearm transfers and commissions. Myles Miller Refrigeration. 641-622-2643 www.millergunsandgrills.com SK45––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ASTRO ASTRO BUILDINGS - High-est Quality Commercial, Suburban and Farm Structures since 1969. Custom design. Financing available! Design your building at www.Astro-Buildings.com/iaclass. Call 800/822-7876 today! (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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GARAGE SALEDownsizing Sale: Friday, November 11, 4-7; Saturday, November 12, 8-2; 1108 North Main. Clothes, books, puzzles, camper supplies, miscellaneous “junk” and more. Everything priced to sell. SK45*–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

HELP WANTEDPart-time Industrial Cleaning Position. 21 hours per week, $10 per hour. Cleaning floors around equip-ment, trash removal, using push broom, shovel, electric sweeper and air hose. You will get dirty. Must be able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds. Apply in person. Bender Foundry Service, 1410 E. SADC Ave., Sigourney, IA 52591. SK44-2–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––GENERAL MANAGER: Commercial web press/mailing operation, south-eastern South Dakota, salary nego-tiable with benefits. Send resume to Box J, Parkston, SD 57366. Closing date November 23, 2016. (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Class A CDL Drivers/Tankers. Great Pay, Home Weekends, and Benefits! Potential of $60,000 plus per year! Contact Tony 608-935-0915 Ext 16 www.qlf.com (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CDL A Drivers: Midwest Regional Dry Van Company or O/OPS home every weekend! 2,500 miles/week, no-touch freight. Newer trucks w/APUs, Scanners, & Pre-Pass Plus! Be home Thanksgiving and Christmas! Fremont Contract Carriers, 866-641-6914 or visit www.fcc-inc.com. (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––TanTara Transportation is hir-ing Company Drivers and Owner Operators for Flatbed, Van, or Tank. Excellent equipment, pay, benefits, home weekly. Call 800-650-0292 or apply www.tantara.us (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

NOTICEGUN SHOW! Open to the public. November 18-20. Jackson County Fairgrounds, Maquoketa, IA. 5-9pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday, 9am-3pm Sunday. Www.bigboreen-terprise.com Buy/Sell/Trade! (INCN)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kerm and Sharon Shettler want to thank everyone who helped us cele-brate our 50th wedding anniversary. It was great to have so many family and friends come. Thanks also to all who sent cards. S45*–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Thank you to family and friends from far and near for making my 90th Birthday so very special. Thank you for the good wishes, prayers, cards, calls, gifts and fl owers. Special thanks to my family for the memora-ble party. God Bless You All! Maxine Voss. SK45–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The American Legion Post #19 and V.F.W. 2308 would like to thank the Buelah Dumont family for the mon-etary gift for the Avenue of the Flags fund. S45–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Troop #52 Boy Scouts would like to thank everyone in the community for contributions to The Lord’s Pantry during our food drive. Special thanks to Brothers Market for the bags and Design House for the fl yers and Skunk River Arms for all their help. S45–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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ESTATE FARMLAND AUCTIONThursday, December 1-10:00 AMFrom the Hwy 92/21 Jct located South of What Cheer, IA, go North 1/4 mile. (Farm lies on both sides of highway), then go West on the gravel around the corner to the auction site.

PARCEL #1 - 106.36 acres m/lCSR2: 68.77

• 50.6 acres CRP @ $198.99/acre, final pay-ment 9-30-23 (may be removed from CRP)• 10.48 acres farmland• 41.58 acres pasture which could be farmed.• 1 acre building site.• Taxes: $2,624.00/year

PARCEL #2 - 25.25 acres m/lCSR2: 46.17

• 19.9 acres CRP @ $155.82/acre, final payment 9-30-27 and 3.8 acres @ $131.20, final payment 9-30-17.(Both may be re-moved from CRP)• Balance in timbered draw.•Taxes: $406.00/year

TERMS: 20% down day of sale. Balance on or before December 30, 2016. CRP payment in October, 2017 goes to the buyer. Check our website or call the auction company for more information.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing shall be held on November 15th at 7:10 pm at the What Cheer City Hall. The public hearing will be on the sale of two vacant lots located at 409 W. Porter St and 303 S. Johnston St. For a Complete description you may contact the City Clerk at 641-634-2590 S45

Notice ofPublic Hearing

NOTICE OF FORFEITUREOF REAL ESTATE CONTRACT

TO: Jason Jones & Crystal Tobeck, 614 E Washington, Sigourney IA 52591 You and each of you are hereby notified: (1) The written contract dated 19th day of February, 2016 and executed by Billy Claywell as Manager of BC Investments LLC as Vendor, and Jason Jones and Crystal Tobeck as Vendees, recorded February 19, 2016 in the office of the Keokuk County Recorder, record-ed as document reference number 2016-0239, for the sale of the following described real estate: Lot 3 in Block 2 in Williams Jackson’s Addition to the City of Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa. has not been complied with in the following particulars:a) Payment due August 15, 2016 $550.00b) Late fee due on August 2016 payment $40.00 c) Payment due September 15, 2016 $550.00 Total $1140.00 (2) The contract shall stand forfeited unless the parties in default, within 30 days after the completed service of this notice, shall perform the terms and conditions in default, and in addi-tion pay the reasonable costs of serving this notice. (3) The amount of attorney fees claimed by the Vendors pursuant to Section 656.7 of the Code of Iowa is $ 50.00 (not to exceed $50.00). Payment of the attorney fees is not required to comply with this notice in order to prevent forfeiture.

BC Investments, LLC – VendorBy: Billy Claywell, Manager

By: James M. Box, Attorney304 N Court StreetOttumwa, Iowa 52501 NOTE: If the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq., applies to this communication, attach Form No. 172, Notice of Validation of Debt. S44-3

Public Notice

Notice To BiddersNOTICE TO BIDDERS

Project No. : L-620870--73-54 Sealed bids will be accepted by the County Engineer of KEOKUK County at their office in Sigourney, Iowa, until 9:55 AM, on Monday, No-vember 14, 2016 for the various items of con-struction work listed below. A Certified check, made payable to the County, or a Cashier’s check, made payable to either the County or to the contractor, drawn upon a solvent bank or a bid bond, shall be filed with each proposal in an amount as set forth in the proposal form. Cashier’s check, made pay-able to the contractor, shall contain an unquali-fied endorsement to the County signed by the contractor or his authorized agent. Failure to execute a contract and file an acceptable bond and Certificate of Insurance within 30 days of the date of the approval for awarding of the con-tract, as herein provided, will be just and suf-ficient cause for the denial of the award and the forfeiture of the proposal guaranty. Plans, specifications and proposal forms for the work may be seen and may be secured at the County Engineer’s Office at 101 S Main St Sigourney All proposals must be filed on the forms furnished by the County, sealed and plainly marked. Proposals containing any reservations not provided for in the forms furnished may be rejected, and the County Board reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any or all bids. Attention of bidders is directed to the Special

Provisions covering the qualifications of bidders and subletting or assigning of the contract. As a condition precedent to being furnished a proposal form, a prospective bidder must be on the current Iowa Department of Transporta-tion or local county list of qualified bidders; ex-cept that this requirement will not apply when bids are received solely for materials, supplies, or equipment. KEOKUK County shall issue sales tax ex-emption certificates through the Iowa Depart-ment of Revenue and Finance to the successful bidder and an subcontractors to enable them to purchase qualifying materials for the project free of sales tax. Failure to submit a fully completed Bidder Status Form with the bid may result in the bid being deemed nonresponsive and rejected. The County, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transpor-tation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this ad-vertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in re-sponse to this invitation and will not be discrimi-nated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Description of the Proposed Work: L-620870--73-54 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ITEM UNIT QUANTITYEXCAVATION, CLASS 10, CHANNEL ............................................................CY .................175.0 REMOVAL OF EXISTING BRIDGE ................................................................. LS ...................1.00 EXCAVATION, CLASS 20 ...............................................................................CY ....................450 STRUCTURAL STEEL, HAULING AND ERECTING ...................................... LS ...................1.00 STRUCTURAL STEEL .................................................................................... LB ..................2340 PILES, STEEL, HP 10 X 42 ............................................................................. LF .....................800 PILES, STEEL SHEET .................................................................................... SF ....................882 ENGINEERING FABRIC ................................................................................. SY .................200.0 REVETMENT, CLASS E .................................................................................TON ..............200.00 SAFETY CLOSURE ..................................................................................... EACH ......................2 TRAFFIC CONTROL ....................................................................................... LS ...................1.00 MOBILIZATION ............................................................................................... LS ...................1.00 INSTALLATION OF W-BEAM BARRIER RAIL ................................................ LF ..................125.0 INSTALLATION OF PLANK ............................................................................. LS ...................1.00 MULCHING .................................................................................................. ACRE ...................0.7 SEEDING AND FERTILIZING (RURAL) ...................................................... ACRE ...................0.7 PERIMETER AND SLOPE SEDIMENT CONTROL DEVICE, 12 IN. DIA. ...... LF ..................120.0 Total Proposal Guaranty is $6,250.00; 40 Working Days; Late start date: Mar-13-2017; $800.00/Day Liquidated Damages. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS OF THE IDOT, SERIES 2015, AND CURRENT SUPPLEMEN-TAL SPECIFICATIONS SHALL APPLY. Approved by the KEOKUK County Board of Supervisors at their regular session on Oct-31-2016. By: /s/ Christy Bates, Keokuk County Auditor S45

Notice Of Sheriff’s Levy And SaleIowa District Court

Keokuk CountyCourt Case #EQEQ040828

Civil #16-000488STATE OF IOWA

KEOKUK COUNTYBank of America NA

VS.Timothy J. Conrad; Lisa R. Conrad;

Parties In PossessionSpecial Execution

As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) real estate described below to satisfy the judg-ment. The Property to be sold is A Parcel of Land located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Eight, Township Seventy-Seven North, Range Eleven West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Keokuk County, Iowa,more par-ticularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of said described real estate, thence East on the Section Line 448 Feet to the point of Beginning, thence East 222 Feet, thence South 132 feet, thence West Parallel to the Section Line 222 Feet, thence North 132 Feet to the point of beginning. Property Address: 23338 110th Street, South English, IA 52335. The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale: December 20, 2016; Sale Time: 10:00 A.M.; Place of Sale: Keokuk County Sheriff’s Office Lobby, 204 S. Stone St., Sigourney, IA 52591 Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the home-stead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case. This sale not subject to Redemption. Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if acceptable. Judgment Amount: $66,234.01; Costs: $6,623.88; Accruing Costs: $0.00; Interest: $6,896.96; Sheriff’s Fees: Pending.

Attorney: Emily Bartekoske1401 50th St. Ste. 100

West Des Moines, IA 50266515-23-7325

Date: Octobrt 26, 2016/s/ Casey J. HinnahKeokuk County Sheriff 44-2

Public Notice

City Council declares removal of dog after attack occurs

By CJ EilersNews Editor

A decision by the Sigourney City Council was made to remove a dog, af-ter engaging in an unprovoked attack on a walking couple and their dogs. According to a report dated Thurs-day, Oct. 27 at 5:39 p.m., the Sigour-ney Police Department “received a report of a dog attacking people and another dog at Jackson and West.” During the Sigourney City Council meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 2, the council heard from the owners of the attacking dog, who brought in emails from groomers to argue their dog was not vicious. Councilman Jim Morlan spoke for the couple at-

tacked, relaying their side of the sto-ry to the council. The city council read from the city code, which determined that this situation did fall under a vicious dog attack, and that the council had to come down to a vote. Morlan ab-stained from voting, stating he had a conflict of interest and felt it was necessary given he represented the other party. The vote came down to 4-1 in favor of having the dog removed from city limits within 10 days. If the dog were to not be re-moved, the case would go to court. As of November 9, the attacking dog is no longer in city limits and no serious injuries were reported.

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Probate No. ESPR037988NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,NOTICE TO CREDITORSIn The Iowa District CourtIn and For Keokuk County

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUTH L. KNOWLER,

Deceased. To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Ruth L. Knowler, Deceased, who died on or about October 10, 2016. Youareherebynotifiedthatonthe21stdayof October, 2016, the Last Will and Testament of Ruth L. Knowler, deceased, bearing date of the 11th day of July, 1980, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Mar-vanne Matzen was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertain-able, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filedby the later tooccurof fourmonths fromthe second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 21st day of October, 2016.

Marvanne Matzen, Executor12376 Highway 92

Delta, IA 52550Greg A. LifeAttorney for Executor102 First Avenue EastOskaloosa, Iowa 52577 Date of Second Publication: 9th day of March, 2016. S44-2

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Probate No. ESPR037989NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe Iowa District Court

Keokuk County IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

MAXINE N. MILLIKIN,Deceased.

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Maxine N. Millikin, Deceased, who died on or about October 11, 2016: YouareherebynotifiedthatonOctober24,2016, the last will and testament of Maxine N. Millikin, deceased, bearing date of February 19,1964,wasadmittedtoprobateintheabovenamed court and that Harlan D. Millikin, and Donald R. Millikin was appointed executor ofthe estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the dateofthesecondpublicationofthisnoticeorone month from the date of mailing of this notice toallheirsofthedecedentanddeviseesunderthe will whose identities are reasonably ascer-tainable,orthereafterbeforeverbarred. Notice is further given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, andcreditors having claims against the estateshall file them with the clerk of the abovenameddistrict court, asprovidedby law, dulyauthenticated, for allowance, and unless so filedby the later tooccurof fourmonths fromthe second publication of this notice or onemonth from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim isthereafterforeverbarred. Dated October 25, 2016.

Harlan D. MillikinP.O.Box343

Hedrick, IA 52563Donald R. Millikin29471120thAve.Hedrick, IA 52563

Executors of EstateJohn N. Wehr, ICIS PIN No: AT0008299Attorney for executorJohn N. Wehr Attorney at Law116EastWashingtonStreet,POBox245Sigourney, IA 52591 Date of second publication: November 9,2016. S44-2

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PROBATE NO. ESPR037987NOTICE OF PROOF

OF WILLWITHOUT ADMINISTRATION

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTFOR KEOKUK COUNTY

IN THE MATTEROF THE ESTATE OF

E. DENISE NELSON, DECEASED To all persons interested in the Estate of E. Denise Nelson, Deceased, who died on or about July 9, 2016: YouareherebynotifiedthatonOctober19,2016, the last will and testament of E. Denise Nelson, deceased, bearing the date of March 19, 2012 was admitted to probate in the above named court. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the District Court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the Decedent and de-visees under the will whose identities are rea-sonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. DatedOctober25,2016.

Petitioner: John Nelson205E.Main

Richland,IA52585Attorney for Estate:Tim B. KuikenFoss, Kuiken & Cochran, P.C.P.O.Box30Fairfield,Iowa52556AT0004462 Date of second publication: November 9, 2016. S44-2

Notice of Probate

CASE NO. ESPR037980 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

KEOKUK COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF

THE ESTATE OFSHIRLEY G. WATSON, Deceased.

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of SHIRLEY G. WATSON, Deceased, who died on or about September 8, 2016: Youareherebynotified thatonSeptember16, 2016, the last will and testament of SHIR-LEY G. WATSON, deceased, bearing date of December 24, 2014, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that John D. Watson, Danny D. Watson, Julie G. Klein was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publi-cation of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the dece-dent and devisees under the will whose identi-ties are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons in-debted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above nameddistrict court, as provided by law, duly authenti-cated,forallowance,andunlesssofiledbythelater to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated September 15, 2016.

John D. Watson,301 Clark St.,

Williamsburg, IA 52361Danny D. Watson,

408 South Keokuk Washington Road,Keota, IA 52248

Julie G. Klein,26316 228th Ave.,

Sigourney, IA 52591Co-Executors of estate

John N. Wehr, ICIS PIN No: AT0008299Attorney for executorJohn N. Wehr Attorney116 E. Washington St. P.O. Box 245Sigourney, IA 52591 Date of second publication: November 9, 2016. S44-2

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Tri-County Community School DistrictOctober 17, 2016 Regular Meeting Minutes

The Tri-County Community School District Board of Education Regular Board Meeting was held on Monday, October 17, 2016 at the Tri-County Schools Central Office at 3003 Hwy 22, Thornburg, Iowa. Board members present: Regina Garber, Ryan Hulls, Mary McCammant, Chad McKain, Matthew Steinke. Also present: Superintendent Dennis Phelps, Board Secre-tary Shelly Koehn, Activities Director Scott Ed-mundson, Food Service Director Connie Quinn. Visitors: C.J. Eilers News review; Karen Sieren, Scott Sieren. Opening, Roll Call. The Regular meeting of the Tri-County Community School Board of Directors was called to order by President Steinke at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2016. Motion to open the Regular meeting by Garber; second by Hull. Motion carried 5/0. The following members answered roll call: Regina Garber, Ryan Hull, Mary McCammant, Chad McKain, Matthew Steinke. Reading of Mission Statement by McCammant. 1. Motion to approve the consent items of: Approve agenda, September 19, 2016 Regular meeting minutes, September 19, 2016 Orga-nizational meeting minutes, Financial reports, Summary listing of bills, Staff Hiring of Linda Hockey as associate by McCain; second by Hull. Motion carried 5/0. 2. Communications and Reports: Students/Program reports: None. Community request: Community member: Karen Sieren, Open En-rollment Request for Ben Sieren. Board Re-port: None. Superintendent Report: Facilities update; College Class credit allotment policy; GPAEA Superintendent Meeting; SICL Super-intendent Meeting; SICL conference; Regional IASB Meeting; IASB Convention; Door lock update; bus camera update. Principal Report: None. Activities Director Report: Fall athletic team update; Projected participation numbers; AD Meeting; SICL Conference. 3. Old Business: IASB Delegate: No action 4. New Business: Late file open enrollment: Phelps recommended to approve the late file open enrollment. Motion to approve Late File Open Enrollment of Ben Sieren to English Val-leys CSD by McCammant; second by Garber. Motion carried 5/0. Motion to approve the Na-tional FFA Convention trip by McCain; second by Hull. Motion carried 5/0. 5. Board talking points: Staff adjustments: Quinn to Food Service, June Williams to El-ementary Office for this year, Linda Hockey to Title Intervention, Tammy Pierce to Associate; Board work session. 6. Next board meeting: November 21, 2016; door locks, college credit allotment policy. Motion to adjourn at 6:32 P.M. by Hull; sec-ond by McCain. Motion carried 5/0.

TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLOctober 17, 2016

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SDE TIRE & SERVICE Inc, BUS TIRE REPAIR 40.00SIGOURNEY BODY SHOP INC , BUS REPAIRS 288.00SIGOURNEY BODY SHOP INC, BUS REPAIRS 171.00SIGOURNEY BODY SHOP INC , BUS REPAIRS 57.00TRUE VALUE-BROOKLYN, CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES 1,303.95WALMART, CLASSROOM BALLS 47.82Windstream, 10-2016 PHONE 427.93 $24,139.18 MANAGEMENT 22IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, Q3 2016 UNEMPLOYMENT 206.34 206.34NUTRITION 61ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY CO., MILK 1,841.16BROTHERS MARKET, GENERAL FOOD SUPPLIES 57.12EARTHGRAINS BAKING CO.INC., GENERAL FOOD SUPPLIES 390.06FIRST NATIONAL BANK OMAHA, HOTEL FOR HOT LUNCH TRAINING 219.52KECK INC, GENERAL FOOD SUPPLIES 1,515.26MARTIN BROS DISTRIBUTING CO, I, GENERAL FOOD SUPPLIES 5,256.65POWERSCHOOL, Power Lunch Training 150.00 $9,429.77 PPEL 36 TRUE VALUE-BROOKLYN, SCRUBBER REPAIR 688.44US BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE, PRINTER/COPIER LEASE 1,050.00 1,738.44SAVE 33COMBUSTION CONTROL COMPANY INC, BOILER REPAIR 2,452.50DELL MARKETING L.P., SERVER 4,501.64GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, CORNER GUARD AND INSTALL 7,760.99MYLES MILLER REFRIGERATION, FREEZER REPAIR 813.56ROTO ROOTER SEWER SERVICE, VALVE REPAIRS 610.50SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC, DESKS 4,781.04SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC, CHAIRS 5,159.88 26,080.11ACTIVITY 21 ANDERSON’S PROM & PARTY, Homecoming queen sash and button set 36.48ANDERSON’S PROM & PARTY, Homecoming queen crown 23.98BERG, JULIANNA, 10-6-16 V VB OFFICIAL 90.00BERG, JULIANNA, 9-19-16 V VB OFFICIAL 100.00BRADFIELD, BRAD, 10-6-16 V VB OFFICIAL 100.00DALE TORPEY, 10-6-16 V VB OFFICIAL 70.00DALE TORPEY, 9-23-16 V FB OFFICIAL 90.00DIETRICH, MORGAN, Reimbursement State Fair 44.00Doug Davis, 10-7-16 V FB OFFICIAL 90.00ELITE SPORT, POWDERPUFF SHIRT 306.00ELITE SPORT, HOMECOMING SHIRTS 346.50

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purchase of the Tyler 10 software as presented. A roll call vote was held as follows: Wood – nay; Hadley – aye; Berg – nay. Motion did not carry. Various board and committee reports were held. Wood attended 1015 Transit, RPA meet-ings and participated in Pathfinders conference call. Hadley attended Area 15, Board of Health and Executive Sieda meetings. Berg had no meetings to attend last week. Discussion of old/new business and public comment was not held. Met with Anna Bruen, Pathfinders RC&D Director regarding transition and services to communities within the six member counties of Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren and Wapello. Public hearing and possible final action to vacate a portion of Road Record No. 386 lo-cated in Section 36, Township 75N, Range 11W and in Section 1, Township 74N, Range 11W, more particularly described as all that part of Road Number 386 from the SE corner of the SW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 36, T75N, R11W; thence East 1095’ was held. Wood moved, Hadley seconded to close the public hear-ing. All ayes and the public hearing closed at 10:02 a.m. No oral or written objections were received. Hadley moved, Wood seconded to approve the resolution vacating said road as submitted. All ayes and motion carried. On vote and motion the meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m. The above and foregoing information is a summary of the minutes taken at the above in-dicated meeting. The full and complete set of minutes are recorded and available at the office of the Keokuk County Auditor. SK45

KEOKUK COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGSOCTOBER 31, 2016

The Keokuk County Board of Supervisors met in special session, Monday, October 31, 2016 in the Board Room of the Courthouse. All members were present. Hadley moved, Wood seconded to approve the agenda and amend it to include discussion and possible approval of personnel report for Kristen Tool, Deputy Recorder, regarding wage change. All ayes and motion carried. Wood moved, Hadley seconded to approve the minutes of October 24, 2016 as submitted. All ayes and motion carried. Wood moved, Hadley seconded approval of personnel report for Kristen Tool, Deputy Recorder, salary increase from $29,250 to $29,981.25 effective October 24, 2016 as sub-mitted. All ayes and motion carried. Met with Engineer McGuire regarding Keokuk County Highway Department. Board consensus was to move bridge replacement project located on 170th Street, east of What Cheer ahead - most material will be provided by county inventory. Public hearing and possible final action to vacate a portion of Road Record No. 576 lo-cated in Section 1, Township 74N, Range 11W, more particularly described as all that part of 275th Avenue from the South Skunk River north to the south right of way line of 280th Street was held. Hadley moved, Wood seconded to close the public hearing. All ayes and the public hear-ing closed at 9:10 a.m. No oral or written ob-jections were received. Wood moved, Hadley seconded to approve the resolution vacating road record No. 576 as submitted. All ayes and motion carried. Hadley moved, Berg seconded to approve

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Probate No. ESPR037984NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe Iowa District Court

Keokuk County IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

KAREN S. FOUBERT,Deceased.

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Karen S. Foubert, Deceased, who died on or about September 26, 2016: Youareherebynotified thatonSeptember29, 2016, the last will and testament of Karen S. Foubert, deceased, bearing date of June 2, 2014, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Michael Foubert and Brian Foubert was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertain-able, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filedby the later tooccurof fourmonths fromthe second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated October 31, 2016. Date of second publication: November 16, 2016.

Michael Foubert10426 250th Street

Delta, IA 52550Brian Foubert

303 N. Barnes St.What Cheer, IA 50268Executor of the Estate

John N. Wehr, ICIS PIN No: AT0008299Attorney for executorJohn N. Wehr Attorney at Law116 East Washington Street, PO Box 245Sigourney, IA 52591 S45-2

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Board approves Family Farm Tax Credit applications By CJ Eilers News Editor

The Board of Supervisors has ap-proved this year’s Family Farm Tax Credit applications, which were sub-mitted by the Keokuk County Asses-sor’s Office on Monday, Nov. 7. This additional tax credits is for fam-ily farms that are run by a member of

the immediately family or in laws. A relative, such as a second cousin, would not be able to take advantage of this credit. The family must have at least 51 percent control over the farm. If a family farm has changed owner-ship, the new owner would have to re-apply for the tax credit. The estimated tax credit stands one dollar per thou-

sand taxable values. However, the val-ue of the land may different depending on factors such as crop production and soil. Applications for next year are due November of 2017. For more questions about the Family Farm Tax Credit, contact the County Assessor’s Office at 641-622-2760.

Board of Supervisors awards contract for work on W15 in 2017By CJ EilersNews Editor

The Keokuk County Board of Su-pervisors reviewed bids and award-ed a contract to Delong Construc-tion out of Washington for a project on W15 near Keota during their reg-ular Monday meeting on October 10 with County Engineer Andrew Mc-Guire. The 2017 project entails nine structures along W15, with the work stretching from County Road G32

near Keota up north to Highway 22. According to McGuire, several cul-verts on the road will be extended to make slopes safer, and a few will be replaced entirely. Delong Con-struction was awarded the contract with a bid of $552,421.86. The work is scheduled to begin next year in the late summer, with completion expected in the fall. The county also plans to potentially resurface the road in 2019, as part of their five-year plan. A bridge on W15 was re-

placed earlier this year. A detour for the projects will be set up at G32 west to Harper, north on County Road V67, north to High-way 22 and ending east at W15.

Sigourney Elementary and Clark Family each compete in Red Ribbon photo contestBy CJ EilersNews Editor

Each year, the Red Ribbon Cam-paign holds a photo contest to pro-mote a drug free lifestyle. In the past few years, Sigourney has been rep-resented by two participants in the community; Sigourney Elementary School and Megan Clark. Clark and her two boys, Wells and Owen, have taken part in the Red Ribbon Photo contest during the past three years to great success. The family has won the regional family

competition each year they have par-ticipated, and have awarded prizes of $1,000 to their school, along with other prizes. This year, they painted a nametag on their fence, featuring the required red ribbon design and the theme #YOLO. “I was looking for a positive project to do with my boys and put Sigour-ney on the map,” Clark said. “Now I have people asking me each year ‘are you doing this contest?’ My boys and I brainstorm ideas and we look for-ward to it each year.”

Sigourney Elementary School will participate in the school contest for the second time in as many years. Last year was the first year that The Red Ribbon Campaigned included a school entry as an option. Guid-ance counselor Alyssa Weber led the charge on the project, which features a large hand with signatures all over, multiple ribbons around the hand, and a special guest in Sigourney Po-lice Chief Allan Glandon. “At the beginning of every school year Chief Glandon, Mallary

Snakenberg, Elementary Principal Deanna Hutchings, and I meet to discuss Red Ribbon week,” Weber sad. “While Chief Glandon and Mal-lary came to visit with each grade level, every student signed the hand.” Students featured in the photo with Glandon, Hutchings and Weber are members of the elementary student council. “Personally, I enjoy working with our local police department to pro-mote drug prevention,” Weber said. “The more people that we have

working together in this regard, the higher the effect on the kids.  It is im-portant for our kids to understand the dangers and also know ways to handle situations that they may en-counter throughout their lives.” Anyone interested in voting can do so for both projects, but are allowed one vote per IP address. The photos can be found at http://redribbon.org/vote, with Clark’s photo under Region 7 in Home Entry, and the school photo under Region 7 in School Entry.

Sigourney Police Chief Allan Glandon (middle) joins Sigourney Elementary stu-dents for the photo entered into the Red Ribbon Photo Contest.

Wells and Owen Clark pose for their fourth Red Ribbon contest photo in the same number of years. Their mother, Megan Clark, painted the fence and took the photo.

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Steinke to serve as ClerkAmie Van PattenRegional Editor

Tri-County High School senior Natalie Steinke is returning to Des Moines this year to work in the state house. Last year, Steinke served as a Page and this year she will take on duties as a Clerk. Her duties will include organizing the Represen-tative’s personal schedule, writing and delivering their weekly articles to constituents, taking notes or min-utes at committee meetings, sched-uling times to meet with visitors, re-searching topics of their interest and helping with any other business that needs attended to. Steinke is unsure at this time whom she will be working with due to re-election, but she has been speaking with Dave Maxwell about the position. “I am honored to be

considered for the position and I am looking forward to working along-side Representatives at the Capitol again this year,” states Steinke.

Hartwig selected to work as Page for Iowa House of Representatives

By CJ EilersNews Editor

Abbey Hartwig of What Cheer has been selected as a Page for the Iowa House of Representatives be-ginning next year in January and lasting until April. Hartwig is the daughter of Lor-rie Hartwig and Larry Hartwig and is a senior at Tri-County High School. She first learned of the op-portunity to be a Page from fellow Tri-County senior Natalie Stein-ke, who took part in the program last year. After researching the opportunities available as a Page, Hartwig applied for the position to further her interest in politics. “I want to learn the ins and outs of state government and ex-perience something different be-fore heading off to college next year,” Hartwig said. “Receiving this position is an exciting op-portunity, and I look forward to all it has to offer.”

Hartwig has finished all of her core classes at school and plans to graduate in the spring after fin-ishing her internship. Her future plans are to either attend the Uni-versity of Iowa for Criminal Jus-tice or Forensic Science, or apply for the Marines.

Greene selected to work as Page for Iowa House of Representatives

By CJ EilersNews Editor

Lydia Greene of Keswick has been selected as a Page for the Iowa House of Representatives be-ginning next year in January and lasting until April. Greene is the daughter of Richard Greene and is a senior at Tri-Coun-ty High School. Greene visited her friend Natalie Steinke when she was a Page last year and got a general idea of what the position would en-tail. She found the idea of meeting other students her age from around the state interesting, and looks for-ward to hearing their opinions. “I’ve always had an interest in pol-itics, and once I found out about the job, I knew it would be something I would love,” Greene said. “I think it’s important to get an insight on other opinions because truthfully no one knows exactly what’s right. I’m looking forward to meeting all of the representatives, and then traveling

around the state later in life and see-ing signs like “re elect such and such” because I’ll have met them.” After high school, Greene plans to attend Iowa State University to ma-jor in Biology on a Pre Med track. Greene also plans to minor in Polit-ical Science and Sign Language.

Lydian Greene of Keswick.Abbey Hartwig of What Cheer.

Natalie Steinke of Gibson. Pho-to submitted by Natalie Steinke.

Halleran selected to work as Page for Iowa Senate

By CJ EilersNews Editor

Tanner Halleran, son of Bill and Amy Halleran of Sigourney, is a ju-nior at Sigourney High School and will be one of 12 Pages for the Iowa Senate this upcoming January. Hal-leran started getting involved more in politics over of the course of this current election and caucus season, when he began canvassing and vol-unteering his time. He is consider-ing studying politics in college and felt this internship was a perfect way to learn more about government. Halleran plans to stay with family while up in Des Moines. “This will be a great opportunity to learn about the legislative branch,” Halleran said. “It puts me ahead in

terms of leadership and if I want to study politics for a future career.”

Tanner Halleran of Sigourney. Ahlberg takes over reins of Keswick Tavern

By CJ EilersNews Editor

Jim Ahlberg of Delta has a long last-ing connection to Keswick. He and his family lived there, and his five chil-dren all went through the Tri-County school system growing up. Ahlberg also has a history with food, having owned Ahlbee’s in Delta and estab-lished a career in food service. After several years in the trucking industry, Ahlberg returns to both as the new owner of the Keswick Tavern. Ahlberg took ownership of the KT when previous owner Shan-na Ridenour decided to move closer to family in the rural Des Moines area. The two discussed a

smooth transition for a couple of months prior to Ahlberg officially starting on October 17. Since then, he feels business has been fairly strong, thanks in part to regulars continuing to come in and old friends swinging by to see him back in the food industry. “We’ve had great reception and it’s nice to see familiar faces that are happy to see me at this again,” Ahl-berg said. “The Cubs have brought in people to watch the game, and we had a great crowd for our Hal-loween costume contest night on Saturday (Oct. 29).” Since taking over, Ahlberg has changed the hours for KT, which is now open 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. On Fridays, KT will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., and will include a different lunch special each week. They will also be open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday and closed on Sundays. Outside of hour changes, KT is also upgrading its kitchen with a grill and additional fryers to cook more food quickly. Currently, the tavern has one auto fryer, which is used to cook appetizers, wings and pizza. However, Ahlberg wants to make KT a lunch stop, and plans to use the upgrade to serve lunch everyday of the week. Tenderloins, phillies and a create-your-own burger special are all ideas Ahlberg has in mind. He hopes to make the changes by Christmas and add staff to accommodate the extra hours. “I’m excited to be doing this again,” Ahlberg said. “I feel like I’m back at home, doing what I love.”

Jim Ahlberg took over the Keswick Tavern on October 17 and has plans to expand the kitchen and reorganize the bar area.

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LIFE THROUGH A LENS A Historical PerspectiveGibson triumph and tragedy

Alexander HoltRegional Sports Editor

GIBSON- This week’s edition of Life through a lens takes a look at the small town of Gib-son. Once again we at the News Review would like to thank the Historical Society for their help in gathering material for this series of articles. Gibson is located off of Highway 21 past What Cheer and Thornburg. Gib-son has always remained very small in pop-ulation since its early days, but the folks of Gibson have always had a certain can-do atti-tude. With less than 80 residents today, at its most Gibson’s population was roughly over 100 people. George M. Marshall, who was from Brook-lyn, New York, and was a successful owner of a rope manufacturing company, purchased the land that is now Gibson in 1874. Marshall moved his family to Prairie Township in Ke-okuk County purchasing 520 acres of land. Marshall’s home was built for $11,000 and his huge barn for $3,000. The home today would cost over $300,000 and his barn over $80,000. George’s brother settled on some farmland to the east joining his brother, and he too built a very large home and raised cattle. George built a hemp mill north of town and raised hemp crops they had hopes of harvesting. They failed often with the crop, but George and his brother grew very fond of the layout of the land, and decided to establish a town with a plaque that read the town’s first name and the date, Oct. 4, 1880. The first lots were sold to Bennett Chandler and the Mayne’s brothers. At the time Mark McKain bought

an entire section of lots for $25 per acre. Originally the town was called Montgom-ery, after George’s wife’s maiden name, but soon they found out that a post office already had the name Montgomery. At the time, no two post offices could bare the same name, so the name was changed to Nassau. The Marshall home in New York was on Nassau Street. The main street in Nassau north and south was named Marshall. Also, in 1880, the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Rail-road Company requested permission to cross George’s land. He agreed, but had some con-ditions though before he agreed; one was that a depot be established on his property, and the second that no alcohol and gambling be brought into his town. Everyone agreed, and Gibson to this day does not serve any alco-hol at any establishments, and of course aside from underground poker nights, no casinos were ever established in the territory. The hemp enterprise soon turned to be a devastating failure for George Marshall, so he and his family returned to New York, donating the land. Now to this day there are debates over how old Gibson really is, as it didn’t receive the name it is called today un-til 1903, and it wasn’t incorporated as a town until 1954. So when several centennials have come up over the years there have been dis-agreements regarding how old the town real-ly is. Some say it was established in 1880, oth-ers say it became Gibson when it was given that name in 1903, and still others argue the centennial is still nearly 45 years away with 1954 being the year the town was established.

In 1893, two school districts were con-solidated and a school was built in town. However, it burned down in 1910. A new one was built soon after, with a gymnasium and auditorium added in 1926. In 1955, the Tri-County Community School District was established, and Gibson was absorbed into the new school. In 1968 the Gibson School was closed for good, and later was torn down with its bricks being used to help build a fam-ily home. Steve Allison was the earliest and a very long serving postmaster in the 1880’s. Anna Middletown became postmaster in 1952 and served for 25 years. Other postmaster’s in-clude Debbie Duncan. The Telephone office was opened in 1900 and the first telephone operator in Gibson was Ephriam Graham. In 1959, Central Iowa Telephone Company set up a dial system and in 1999 the community was offered Internet through KDSI of Oskaloosa. The Presbyterian Church lot was pur-chased in late 1880 and was built in 1881 west of town. It was moved to its present lo-cation in 1914 and remodeled at this time as well. In 1990 a new addition was built onto the church to add a handicap ramp, space for Sunday school lessons, as well as meeting room space. The Presbyterian Church is still in use today and is a prominent focal point of the town’s current layout. In 1905 Bob Wait and associates came from Reynolds, Illinois and started a private branch bank. In 1918, the bank that was in operation the longest was then built in Gibson and was

a town fixture for many years. On June 13, 1997, Gibson made national headlines when the long standing Savings Bank was robbed mid-day. The robbery was soon connected to two local women who were found murdered and eventually the suspects were tracked to Florida still driving one of the homicide vic-tim’s vehicle. Both men who were convicted of the crime are now are serving life sentenc-es. The Rock Island railroad took over ser-vice to Gibson and upheld the agreement to George Marshall, but in 1971 they had to stop operations in Gibson and the nearly 100 year-old depot was shut down, later to be torn down. The long-standing depot track was also torn down and the land sold to locals. Some of the other early businesses in Gib-son were; Fuller Hardware, Gleason Chan-dler Butcher Shop, Whistler Machine Shop and Foundry, Albert Van Patten Blacksmith Shop, Hall Implements and Buggies, Mill-ers Store and Livery Stables, Graham Black-smith Shop, Steel Gas Station, Ben Chandler Restaurant, and Bedford Livery Stable. They also have had two hotels throughout the years and several grocery stores. The Lumberyard in Gibson has been in operation since the 1880’s in some form and is still in operation to this day. A grocery store ran by Carl Moore was in operation for nearly forty years before he sold it. Ten years after selling the business, the grocery store closed for good in 1986. Gibson’s residents, like so many other small towns throughout Southeast Iowa, have to

travel to surrounding towns to do their gro-cery shopping. Kewash Fertilizer Company built a plant in Gibson in 1965. Over the years several dif-ferent companies have operated in the town. Crop Production Services still remains and serves a large area for farmers. The apartment buildings were built in 1965 as well and over the years were usually a place were school teachers from Tri-County would live in. Lester McKay and Lester Williams operated the Gibson Oil Co., a service station and bulk fuel business for many years, but it too closed years ago. A city well was drilled in 1954, and another in 1964. Then, the rural water system came to Gibson in 1987 eliminating the need for wells, offering a better water source. Gibson came from humble beginnings, and a man’s large dreams of establishing the Mid-west’s largest rope manufacturing company. George Marshall failed in business, but suc-ceeded in creating a town that over the years has been filled with individuals who are as hardworking and determined as Marshall was. Over the years Gibson has remained very similar despite the external change. The people of Gibson have always been the same and are proud of their hometown. Through good times and hard times they have re-mained unaltered and undeterred, as has Gibson itself. Be sure to follow us next week when we have our thirteenth installment of this series on Sigourney.

Halloween contest winners announced More than 60 participants entered The News-Review’s Spooktacular Halloween Cos-tume Contest during Trick or Treat on the Sigourney Square this year, and the staff each took votes to determine cate-gory winners. Congrats to all our winners, and thank you to all who participated. All photos can be found on our SmugMug page at midameri-capublishing.smugmug.com/Sigourney-NewsReview.

Best Overall CostumeNate and April Phillips of What Cheer

Most Adorable CostumeDelilah Deweese

Best Homemade CostumeSadie Clarahan

Best Group CostumesRafe and Maesyn Bain

Scariest CostumeJoey Glandon

A look down Elevator St. in Gibson.The Presbyterian Church, which has long been a steady fixture of the Gibson community.

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ABBEY DANOWSKY CHEERLEADING

By Summer Barthelman Abbey Danowsky was invited to tryout for the cheer squad at the Iowa Shrine Bowl in July. “The Iowa Shrine Bowl Game is an all-star football game between selected pre-college football athletes, and cheerleaders on each side of a north-south divid-ing line in Iowa.” Abbey was told to try out by her coach Brandy Stangl, because she thought that she would

have a good chance of making the cheer squad. She competed against all the cheerleaders invited to the try-out. Her goal was to try to make the top 60 which is the amount that they take to the game. Abbey was told last week that she would be one of the cheerleaders at the game Shrine Bowl Game on July 23, 2017! “It was worth all the cold weather and hard work this season,” added Abbey.

Cross Country

By Brooke Donald and Sloan Magill

Summer Barthelman and Will Flanegin are on the cross country team. We asked them how they did at conference. Summer received fourth at the cross country con-ference meet. Will said that he did okay, but he could have done better. We also asked them how their teams did overall at conference. Summer said the girls’ team didn’t rank very high. Will said that the boys’ team won conference. Before districts, we asked them how they thought they would do. Summer was hoping to PR (break her personal record). Will was hop-ing to do well. We also asked them how they thought their teams would do. Summer said that she thought everyone would put their best effort in, and Will said that they would hopefully qualify for state. At districts, Summer finished the race with a time of 22:50; her personal record is 21:48. She said that she was in 17th place and was running a very good race until she began to cramp up. The girls’ team didn’t place very well, but it was an alright meet for their team.

ShamWow!Can The Human Race Fail Any Bigger?

By Luke Hames This is the first part of my many forthcoming reviews of the ‘As Seen on TV’ products. I’m kick-ing things off with the most no-torious - the infamous “Sham-Wow”. This product first hit the airwaves in 2006 competing with Billy Mays’ Zorbeez. Vince Offer, the recognizable salesman in the commercial, lets us know that the ShamWow can clean any surface, and first claimed that it can hold

up to 20x its weight in liquid! And later he changed it to 12 times its weight….then 10 times…..MAKE UP YOUR MIND, PAL! He then goes on to claim it’s an indestruc-tible product…..It ripped when I said something bad about it! This product has been deemed an over-blown failure, and has rarely been seen in commercials since. Vince the Salesman however, has rarely been seen outside of jail since his warranted arrest in 2009.

The Upcoming Speech SeasonLannie Palmer

With the beginning of Novem-ber and the end of the first trimes-ter (November 23), comes the start speech. The first speech rehearsal was November 3rd, and the first competition that the Sigourney Speech will perform at is the dis-trict competition on January 21st. The winners for that will go on to State Competition on February 4th. The speech coach, Mrs. Lou-wsma, says that this year’s group of kids have a lot of potential, and there are a lot of talented people in

the speech club. There are a little more than 30 individuals who are signed up for speech right now, but in the future, more may join and some might drop out. There are eight different sections for students to participate in: Choral Reading, Reader’s Theater, Mu-sical Theater, Ensemble Acting, Improv, TV Broadcasting, Radio Broadcasting, and Short Films. The speech club will also be hav-ing a showcase soup supper on January 18, and all of the speech kids will be performing their acts.

Season Ends for the Marching Savagesby Savannah Atwood

Last Tuesday, November 1st, was the final performance for the Sigourney Savage Marching Band’s 2106 season. This year the band performed three songs from the band “Queen.” The three songs were We Will Rock You,

A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and Bohemian Rhapsody. The seniors this year are Collin Svenby, Tanner Bos, Tyler Crawford, Savannah Atwood, Alison Schroeder, Kelsey, Runnells, Eric Meiners, Abbey Danowsky, Lindsey Wheeldon and Sarina Gret-

ter. Even though this is the last time of marching for seniors, they are all looking forward to the learning new music for the Christmas concert! The Christmas concert is tentatively planned for Thursday, December 8th. Hope to see you there!

Heap of the Weekby Micheal Johnson

When I was searching the parking lot, a 1998 Pontiac Grand AM caught my eye. The shining red beaten up

car belongs to Dawson Baumert. He likes his car because it gets him from point A to point B, and it gets good gas mileage.

Dawson Baumert’s 1998 Pontiac Grand AM

Back row left-right: Allison Schroeder, Lindsey Wheeldon, Tanner Bos, Tyler Crawford, and Kelsey Runnells. Front row- Savannah Atwood, Collin Svenby, Jessica Meier (band director), Eric Meiners, Sarina Gretter, Abbey Danowsky.

Tri-County gifted new musical instruments and accessories

By CJ EilersNews Editor

The holidays came early for the Tri-County music department as they received $4,000 worth of re-furbished musical instruments and accessories on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Jim Garbercht, a former music teacher at Hawthorne Schools in Vernon Hills, IL, stopped by the school with a van loaded with two snare drums, a bass clarinet, a tenor saxophone, a trumpet, music stands, drumsticks and a box full of lubri-cants and cleaners for instruments. Garbercht, a former middle school teacher of Tri-County music teacher Melanie Tygart, donated the refur-bished instruments because they were not being used. His wife works for a music supply company, Quilan and Fabish, and knew Tygart and the music program were in need of new instruments. “It’s important to support school music programs anyway I can, even if I may be retired,” Garbercht said. “I’m happy to know these in-struments are going to good use, rather than sitting around and not getting used.” Garbercht visited Tri-County to watch a concert Tygart was conduct-ing a couple of years ago. They had remained in close contact for years, and the concert led to a discussion of

needing instruments at the school. “Having donated instruments, let alone refurbished ones, is nothing short of amazing,” Tygart said. “It’s a

gesture we don’t see in smaller school programs, so we truly appreciate this. Our students have been calling dibs for weeks on these instruments.”

Jim Garbercht and Tri-County music teacher Melanie Tygart show off some of the donated instruments during Garbercht’s visit on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Students Chosen for South Iowa Cedar League Honor Band

Five members of the Tri-County high school band and nine members of the Sigourney high school band have been chosen to perform in the South Iowa Cedar League Honor Band on November 15 at the high school in Victor, Iowa. These stu-dents were selected by the directors of the South Iowa Cedar League for their musicianship and leadership in their local high school instrumental program.

The band will be under the di-rection of Mr. Leon Kuehner, retired band director of Hamp-ton-Dumont high school. While under the direction of Mr. Kueh-ner, the Hampton-Dumont high school band was selected to per-form for the Iowa Bandmasters state convention 6 times, and was named the “Exemplary Music Program” for the state of Iowa in 2001. Mr. Kuehner is currently on

the executive board of the Iowa Alliance for Art Education and is the vice-president of the executive board of the Iowa High School Music Association.

The concert will begin at 6 p.m. in the high school gym in Victor. The cost of admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Confer-ence passes will be accepted.

Accepted students include:From Tri-County - Avery Roor-

da (Clarinet), Natalie Steinke (Alto Saxophone), Abbey Hartwig (Trum-pet), Jennifer Steen (Trumpet), and Mckenzie Hammes (Trombone)

From Sigourney - Sydney Strie-gel (Flute), Sarina Gretter (Clari-net), Rylie Shettler (Bass Clarinet), Abbey Danowsky (Horn), Brooke Donald (Horn), Tanner Bos (Trom-bone), Khloe Snakenberg (Tuba), Savannah Atwood (Percussion), and Greg Gott (Percussion)

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Cubs World Series victory brings joy to local fansAlexander Holt

Regional Sports EditorSIGOURNEY- The impossible oc-curred on Wednesday, Nov. 2, when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series after a 108-year drought. Now around Iowa, the Cubs and Cardinals both have very strong fan bases and both are very passionate about their respective teams, but the Cardinals have had their suc-cess through the decades winning numerous World Series titles, and the poor Cubbies have fell short of even making the Fall Classic since 1945. Just to put that in perspective, America and the World were recov-ering from WWII, which had ended a mere month and a half before that years World Series. Billy goats, black cats and Bartman helped give us Cubs fans reasons to believe in curses and omens, but the reality was the Cubs have just been historically unlucky. As Steve Goodman said in his song “The Dy-ing Cubs Fans Last Request”, “The law of averages says anything will happen that can, but the last time the Cubs won the National League Pennant was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan.” There are literally dozens of stories from friends and family throughout town that have a certain love for the Cubs and their lovable losing ways. Many folks love the Cubs because of a late family member’s love for the Chicago Cubs. For me person-ally my maternal grandfather, Ri-

cardo Avila, a farmer, who would only take a break from work on Saturdays to watch the Cubs, was a huge Cubs fan. My other grandfa-ther, Jerry Holt, loved watching the Cubs every day, which was a routine for Jerry later in life. He seemed at ease watching the Cubs and would get some of his best sleep during many afternoon games. My great-aunt, Sister Hugh Brady, was anoth-er huge Cubs fan. I remember her having the Hawkeye games on TV with the volume turned all the way down, and the Cubs blaring on her Radio. These three family members, who have passed away, all of whom meant so much to me, have influ-enced my affinity for the Cubs and are why I call myself a fan. Many Cubs fans are fans because the Cubs have helped bridge com-mon ground in relationships that are separated through generational gaps as well. My story is the same as Mar-gie Griner’s six grandchildren, all of whom are Cubs fans because of their grandmother. Margie, who at 95 is a resident at Deer View Manor who I had the pleasure of visiting with and jokes she is 59, has been an avid Cub fan since 1985. Her husband passed away then, and she moved into town as she and her husband lived in Webster. When she moved to town she was able to watch the Cubs, and since they were her late husband’s favorite team, she decided to keep track of their lineups and box scores. When her family cleaned out her

house they found over 50 notebooks full of Chicago Cubs game-by-game lineups and box scores. Margie was more than happy to show me her lineup sheet from Game Seven of the World Series. She even had the substitutions, as her grandchildren called her before the game and at various times to assist her. In fact, after the Cubs recorded the last out at ten till one her phone began to ring as three of her grandchildren called her throughout the next hour. She also received a visit from her neighbor Jeanette Sterrett, who is also a Cubs fan, and the two wom-en embraced in a hug and did a little victory dance together. Margie also has a color-coordinat-ed calendar that has the cubs games highlighted according to home and away games. To say she was ecstat-ic with the Cubs victory, as she sat talking with me in her brand-new 2016 World Series Champions blue tee shirt prominently displayed, would be an understatement. “ I had to stay up and watch the celebration for a while,” was her response when I asked if the game ending so late was hard to do. She wouldn’t have missed it for the world. When asked if she felt like the Cubs could win she laughed and replied, “No. I real-ly didn’t think they would end after all these years, never thought I’d see it until that last out.” “Even when they had numerous heartbreaking loses, she stuck with them year after year.” Said Mar-

gie’s daughter-in-law Vicki Griner. Vickie told me that one time one of Margie’s grandchildren called and asked her when the Cubs played, Margie replied, “They usually start losing around 7:30.” If that doesn’t say Cubs fan, nothing will. For Margie to pick an all-time fa-vorite Cubs player, it wasn’t fair. She laughed at the question and said all of them of course. Margie also told me a recent story of three little girls who were dressed this past Hallow-een as Cubs players and were car-rying a “W” flag. They were kind enough to pose for a photo with Margie. As she told me that you could see how tickled she was at the experience, and once again I was re-minded of that generational bridge that is the Chicago Cubs. Margie proudly took me outside her room to her entranceway, which she had a magnificent shrine to the Chicago Cubs. Various collectors’ items such as bobble heads, pen-nants and the crown jewel, an au-tographed baseball signed by Fergie Jenkins to Margie herself personal-ly. After a little singing of “Go Cubs Go” Margie went on to tell me a little more about her life. I was able to talk with Margie the longest amount of time, and she was every bit the fire-cracker even at the young age of 95. She was quick to say her most recent birthday, remember she said is her 59th, was a Chicago Cubs themed party with her room adorned with Cubbies memorabilia and a Cubs

cake. Margie Griner moved to Iowa from her home in Texas in 1949 when she married her husband. Webster’s former Mayor Skip Bo-hen would refer to her as the “Yellow Rose from Texas”. So as she showed off her flowers just sent from one of her grandchildren there in the mid-dle of blue, white and red roses was a yellow rose. Seeing the Cubs win was a wonderful moment for Margie as she smiles when asked and said, “I was so excited and happy to see them finally win it all.” Jeanette Sterrett also was overjoyed with the Cubs this season. She has been watching the Cubs for years, and just like Margie, her husband played a big role in why she was such a big fan. Jeanette’s husband loved baseball and thoroughly enjoyed the game. This made her a huge fan, an-other pattern I’ve noticed. Much like Jeanette and Margie, I know my wife only watches the Cubs because I have made her watch them so many times, and she is emo-tionally invested in them because of my emotional investment during the game. She proudly admits this and the fact that she wouldn’t even watch Baseball if it weren’t for me. I smile at the thought of if the day comes that I am no longer here that she will be watching the Cubs, hol-lering at the TV and questioning the umpire’s calls, all because she mar-ried me. This is what makes sports such an emotionally bonding phe-nomena. At times they are able to connect people on a different level. Jeanette and Margie met about a year ago when Jeanette moved into Deer View. Jeanette, a bright and bubbly woman with a magnificent personality, almost burst into laugh-ter when recalling watching the end of the Cubs World Series clinching victory. “I knew Marge would be awake, so I went on over and I gave her a little dance and a hug. I think it is just wonderful that after all these years that they finally did it. We were both just so happy.” Jeanette said referring to visiting with Mar-gie after the game.

Lucy Lamb was another resident of Deer View who I was able to vis-it with about her love for the Cubs, and guess what? She loves the Cubs because of her husband as well. Lucy has been watching the Cubs since 1943, when she was married. “ I’ve stayed up until two in the morning to watch them at times,” said Lucy regarding her patience with waiting so long for the Cubs to finally be world champions. When asked about whom her favorite Cubs were on this team she replied, “ Rizzo, Bryant and Arrieta. However, I love whichever one can get a hit.” She never believed she would ever see this day either, especially when the Cubs were down three games to one in the series. These three wonderful ladies are a mere glimpse at all the beautiful sto-ries of Chicago Cubs fans and loved ones regarding their championship. The Cubs winning the World Series means that they won’t be those love-able losers anymore, and hopefully they can win a few more for these ladies and other fans to enjoy over these next couple season’s. Losing the monicure, “The lovable losers,” doesn’t mean the Cubs will lose fans, if anything they gained fans. It does mean that the Cubs now have a bulls-eye on their backs. They are a team other teams will be bringing their A-game against. How the Cubs had to come back from 3-1 and win two straight on the road is really nothing short of a pretty Cubs-way of doing it. As fans, we expected nothing less of sheer drama and arguably the greatest World Series ever played. The Chicago Cubs will always have a special place in many people’s hearts, and it is mostly because of what the Cubs meant to those they loved. A undeniable chain-reaction of fandom that exists rarely in many other professional athletic franchis-es to the dramatic extent as it does with the Chicago Cubs. It could be another 100 years before they win another one, and you know what- that would be alright, because as Cubs fans know there will always be a next year, but this was their year.

These three ladies have been rooting and waiting a long time for a Cubs World Series title, they are savoring every moment of it. (Left to Right) Lucy Lamb, Margie Griner, Jeanette Sterrett,

Cubs World Series victory brings joy to local fans- Close-up of Margie Griner’s Cubs Shrine in front of her door at Deer View.

World Series victory brings joy to local fans- Margie Griner’s Cubs decorations and memorabillia out proudly for visitors at Deer View to view.

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Staff Sergeant Jonathan McLaughlin leads NFL’sSeattle Seahawks onto the field on Monday Night FootballSEATTLE- Seattle’s game against the Bills on Monday Night Football host-ed more than 200 service members, including some that were involved in game day activities. Hometown hero Special Forces Staff Sergeant Jonathan A. McLaughlin led the Seahawks onto the field through the tunnel carrying the United States flag November 7. The Seattle Seahawks honored every branch of the military in pre-game festivities saluting our troops. More should be said about McLaughlin and his sacrifice for his country, but at this time his full story will not be told as he is returning to service following inju-ries suffered overseas. Needless to say, Jon’s story has meant a lot to many peo-ple around the area, and has been met with overwhelming support for him and his family. The SK Cobras honored McLaughlin before their road game at

Pekin to open the season by carrying McLaughlin’s jersey baring his number 44 out onto the field. After the game, both teams posed for a photo with his

uniform. Also, at another road game, the Regina Regals honored McLaugh-lin for his service and offered a prayer for his situation.

The Cobras carrying McLaughlin’s uniform onto the fi eld in their season-opener against Pekin.

U.S. Army Special Forces Staff Sgt. Jonathan McLaughlin, of Sigourney, runs with a U.S. fl ag as he leads the Seattle Seahawks out of the tunnel in support of the NFL’s “Salute to Service” military appreciation program before an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Monday, November 7, 2016, in Seattle (Credit: AP / Elaine Thompson)Game Gail (49-21) Alex (46-24) CJ (41-29) Amie (41-29) Amber (36-34)

Michigan @ Iowa

45-10 31-27 52-14 35-14 23-21ISU @ KU

31-24 31-17 35-10 35-20 62-0UNI @Western Illinois

24-14 38-24 31-24 30-28 21-17Baylor @ Oklahoma

West Virginia @ Texas

LSU @ Arkansas

Minnesota @ Nebraska

Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State

Weekly Staff College football picksLast Week: *Gail 8-0, Amber 8-0, CJ 6-2, Alex 5-3, Amie 4-4

*Pts. tiebreaker

League: Lady Strikers#. TEAM .................................... W-L1. Keokuk County Bowl ....... 54-232. Alderson Tractor .................46-313. Sigourney BP ........................42-354. C & D Trucking .................. 33-445. Garden Gate ........................ 28-496. 7 C’s Winery ....................... 28-49

High Individual Scratch Series:1. Trisha Brooks-534, 2. Connie

Hemsley-515, 3. Lindy Klett-434 & Rhonda Huffman-434

High Individual Scratch Game: 1. Trisha Brooks-189, 2. Connie Hems-ley- 182, 3. Trisha Brooks-177

Pinbusters 2016-20171. Manor House .......................59-252. Out Ta Towners .................. 56-28

3. Cassens’ Country ................49-354. PPME ...................................44-405. Scared Splitless ...................40-446. Gutter Buddies ................... 38-467. The Misfits ...........................32-528.BYE ....................................... 16-66

Team Scratch Game: 627 Manor House, 586 The Misfits

Team Scratch Series: 1835 Manor House, 1666 The Misfits

Team Handicap Game: 852 Man-or House, 847 PPME

Team Handicap Series: 2510 Manor House, 2434 PPME

(MEN) Scratch Game: 1. Danny Hamilton-200, 2. Norm Bruns-188, Tom Pietsch-178 & Jaime Pascual Sr.-178

Scratch Series: 1. Danny Hamil-ton-522, 2. Norm Bruns-501, 3. Jai-

me Pascual Sr.-496Handicap Game: 1. Danny Ham-

ilton-248, 2, Tom Pietsch-225, 3. Jai-me Pascual Sr.- 224

Handicap Series: 1. Danny Ham-ilton-666, 2. Randy Muntz- 639, 3. Jaime Pascual Sr.- 634

(WOMEN) Scratch Game: 1. Rhonda Huffman-172, 2. Brenda Peppers-171, 3. Charlene Hamil-ton-168

Scratch Series: 1. Brenda Pep-pers-452, 2. Charlene Hamil-ton-445, 3. Rhonda Huffman-424

Handicap Game: 1. Brenda Pep-pers-246, 2. Rhonda Huffman-238, 3. Charlene Hamilton-237

Handicap Series: 1. Brenda Pep-pers-677, 2. Charlene Hamilton- 652, 3. Carrie Grover-630

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