PAGE 4 THE STORM LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Storm

Lake Times

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

DAYS OF YORE

One of largest land sales in BV County recorded

25 YEARS AGO

Three Aurelia High School students were among winners of the fourth annual DMACC/Hawkeye Automotive Booster Club High School Automotive Skills contest held Dec. 14 in Ankeny — Andy Conley, Eric Bud-denhagen and Jeremy Johnson. Instructors are Jeff O’Bannon and Mark Rosdail.

Matthew Ingram, Storm Lake, is one of 23 students from Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon to be selected for the 1996 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.

50 YEARS AGO

One of the largest land sales ever recorded

in Buena Vista County was held Monday and Tuesday with an auction of 840 acres of land at a total price of $364,835.60. There were eight different buyers. Average price of the land sold in the Julian James Estate, auctioned by Mc-Quire Auction Company of Holstein, was $455 per acre.

Grocery prices: Parkay oleo, 4/$1 Shoestring potatoes, 9¢ a can Turkeys, 39¢ a pound Betty Crocker cake mixer, 4/$1 Radishes, 6 oz. bag, 5¢

75 YEARS AGO American Red Cross fund campaign will

start March 4 and continue to March 15, it was announced this week by Edgar Mack, Buena Vista County fund campaign chairman.

Efficiency of the records and operations of the municipality of Storm Lake are unstintingly commended in a report on the audit of city fis-cal affairs by W.M. Clark, examiner for the state auditor’s office.

Storm Lake High School’s homecoming court for the 1990-91 school year looked like this. Student demographics (and hairstyles) have changed over the past 30 years. On the court are, in front: Julie Berkland, Emily Ewing, Melanie Ingram, Queen Melea Mullally, Kara Dirkx, Amy Steenblock. Back: Ryan Fortier, Kreg John-son, King Chris Bryan, Kory Elston and John Zabel.

N E W S YO U C A N T R U S T • S U B S C R I B E T O T H E T I M E S • C A L L 7 3 2 - 4 9 9 1 • W W W. S T O R M L A K E . C O M

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

DEEDS

C. Jesus Soto Castellanos, Cathy Laine, Adilene Soto to Elijah Lee Avery, Elizabeth Or-donez Avery Yanira 1/12 4th Add Alta Alta Original Lot 5 Block 22 (Warranty Deed)

James W. Manteufel Living Trust, Marguerite Manteufel Tr to James W. Marital Manteufel Trust, Marguerite A. Manteufel Tr and Randall W. Manteufel Tr 1/12 SW4 22 90 37 E2ME4 22 90 37 (Warranty Deed)

Gordon R. Andersen and Patricia K. Andersen to Jeffrey T. Olsen 1/13 SE4SE4 Lot D 17 92 38 (Warranty Deed)

Thomas J. McClinton and Carol Jane McClinton to Julio Sanchez Solis and Carla Tarin 1/14 College Add Storm Lake Storm Lake Original Lot 17 Block 25

Maria D. Mendoza and Maria D. Chavez to Ernesto Ramirez Cru, Olga Sanchez Gonzalez 1/14 Storm Lake Prospect Park Lot 10, 11, 12, 13 Block 1

Janet Sorenson and Paul Sorenson to Jeanne Wedeking Revtr 1/14 NW4 15 92 35 (War-ranty Deed)

Jessica Jean Wendel to Michael Rust 1/19 Sioux Rapids Sioux Rapids Original Lot 3 Block 26 (Warranty Deed)

Steve Brashears and Terry Brashears to Bennie Hollesen and Valarie Hollesen 1/19 Lot 1 Aud S/D NW4SW4&W2NW4&SE4NW4&NESW4 05 93 37 NW4SW4 05 93 37 (Warranty Deed)

Jose L. Santellan and Adri-ana Contreras Beatriz to Ye-lenny Aballe Ojeda 1/19 Lake-side Faust Seiler Stewart 2nd Add Lot 1 and 2, Block 3 Lake-side Faust Seiler Stewart 1st Add LK Lot 1, Block 2 (War-ranty Deed)

Beatriz Adriana Contreras and Jose Luis Santellan to Yel-leny Aballe Ojeda 1/19 Lake-

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR BUENA VISTA COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF

THE ESTATE OF JANELLE D. GUSTAFSON,

Deceased.

CASE No. ESPR017527

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,

AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Janelle D. Gustafson, Deceased, who died on or about February 2, 2021: You are hereby notified that on February 11, 2021, the last will and tes-tament of Janelle D. Gustafson, de-ceased, bearing date of June 29, 2018, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Steve P. Gustafson 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 sec-ond 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 identi-ties are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all per-sons indebted to the estate are re-quested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors hav-ing claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the sec-ond 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 February 11, 2021. Date of second publication: February 26, 2021 Probate Code Section 304 Philip E. Havens, ICIS#: #AT0003326 Attorney for the Executor Havens and Havens 716 Lake Avenue, PO Box 426 Storm Lake, IA 50588 Steve P. Gustafson Executor of the Estate 107 White Cap Road Storm Lake, IA 50588 1/2-67

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

NEWELL-FONDA SCHOOL AUDIT

Cornwell, Frideres, Maher

& Associates, P.L.C., CPA’s re-leased an audit report on the Newell-Fonda Community School District in Newell.

Financial highlights:

The district’s revenues to-taled $8,357,790 for the year ended June 30, 2020, a 2.4% increase from the prior year. Expenses for the district oper-ations for the year ended June 30, 2020 totaled $8,134,493, a 5.2% increase from the prior year. The significant increase in expenses is due primarily to an increase in negotiated salaries and benefits.

Audit findings:

Cornwell, Frideres, Maher & Associates, P.L.C. reported five findings related to the re-ceipt and expenditure of tax-payer funds. They are found on pages 93 through 98 of the audit report. The findings ad-dress issues such as a lack of segregation of duties, exceed-ing the budget and deficit net position in the child care and nutrition funds. Cornwell, Frideres, Maher & Associates, P.L.C. provided the district with recommendations to ad-dress each of the findings.

Four of the findings dis-cussed above are repeated from the prior year. The Newell-Fonda Community School District’s Board of Ed-ucation has a fiduciary re-sponsibility to provide over-sight of the Newell-Fonda Community School District’s operations and financial transactions. Oversight is typ-ically defined as the “watchful and responsible care” a gov-erning body exercises in its fi-duciary capacity.

A copy of the audit report is available for review on the Au-ditor of State’s website at https://auditor.iowa.gov/audit-reports

Since the Witter Gallery is still closed to visitors, it’s bringing art to the streets with its “Flash Art” series, a collection of public art pieces that anyone in the community can see while doing everyday tasks like stopping by the Storm Lake Bakery for donuts, picking up a warm drink at Coffee Tree, or now, paying their water bill.

The third installation in the series is currently on display at Storm Lake City Hall. If you’ve driven by lately, you might have noticed that the front window has been overtaken with brightly colored polka dots. Witter Gallery’s staff covered surfaces in the room with circular stickers in order to create an homage to in-fluential Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who is fa-mous for her obsessive use of dots.

This installation is in-spired by Kusama’s ongo-ing, interactive art piece, “The Obliteration Room,” in which a small model home is placed inside a mu-seum. Inside, everything — the walls, floors, furniture, and decorations — is painted white. When visi-tors enter the home, they’re given round stickers to place all over the room. Gradually, the shapes of bowls, tables, and walls all become “obliterated” and blend together into a mass of polka dots. “The Obliteration Room” has been open since 2002 and has used tens of thousands of stickers.

The Witter Gallery’s recreation also has an interactive ele-ment: take a look at the installation at City Hall, or watch the video of it on the gallery’s Facebook page, and try to guess how many stickers were used in the piece. The person with the clos-est guess will receive stickers they can use to make a mini recre-ation of Kusama’s artwork, as well as some vinyl stickers de-signed by the gallery’s assistant director, Kacee Baker. Visit forms.gle/HGUaYbs197Z8tRUU7 to enter your guess!

Seeing spotsWitter Gallery installs new temporary art piece at city hall

side Faust Seiler Stewart 2nd Add Lot 1 and 2, Block 3 Lake-side Faust Seiler Stewart 1st Add LK Lot 1, Block 2 (War-ranty Deed)

Alicia Jepsen, Jeremy Jepsen to Leslie Murphy, Shaun Lopez Murphy, Mau-reen Murphy 1/20 Newell Newell Original Lot 10 and 11, Block 4, Newell School & Coon Add Lot 9 Block 2, Newell School & Coon Add Lot 1 Block 1 5th Add Newell Newell Original Lot 3 Block 22 Newell Westview Estates, Lot 9 and Lot 4 (Warranty Deed)

Jesus Contreras to Joann Breyfogle 1/20 Alta Center-view Aud S/D Lots 1 to 28 & OL 1-4 Lot 25 (Warranty Deed)

Joshua C. Corbin and Re-becca B.Corbin to Ryan J. Heller and Cassidy H. Heller 1/20 7th Add Alta Alta Original

Lot 10 Block 31 (Warranty Deed)

Bay Breeze LLC to Steve Brashears 1/20 SW4 Lot D 23 92 37 (Warranty Deed)

Darrel M. Schnetter and Susan K. Schnetter to Susan K. Schnetter Revor 1/21 W2SW4 32 92 36 (Warranty Deed)

Steven A. Stepec III and Amy J. Stepec to Samuel R. Radke and Hope L. Radke 1/21 Albert City Albert City Original Lot 3,4,5 Block 15 (Warranty Deed)

Heidi Courtright to Castro Yanelys Valdes 1/22 Storm Lake Maywood 3rd Add Lot 21 Block 3

Steve Brashears and Terry Brashears to Terry J. Zimmer-man and Kimberly A. Zim-merman 1/22 SE4SWFRL4 Lot 1 of Lot B 06 93 37 SE4SE4 Lot 2 of Lot B 06 93 37 (Warranty

Deed) McMajor Enterprises LLC

to Steve Brashears 1/22 Storm Lake Rothmoor Add Lot 15 Block 1 (Warranty Deed)

Tim D. Loraditch and Jean-nette Loraditch to Cathy Laine and Jesus Carlot Soto Castel-lanos 1/25 Alta 2nd Add Lot 1 Block 14 (Warranty Deed)

Khamphanh Southiphong to Alexis Almendarez and Kreste Ramos 1/25 Storm Lake 2nd Add Lot 7 Block 55 (War-ranty Deed)

Dyno Oil Company Inc. to Brew Oil LLC 1/25 Storm Lake Hubers Extension Lot 7

Dyno Oil Co. Inc. to Brew Oil LLC 1/25 1/25 Albert City Berglings Add Lot 8 Block 4

Buena Vista County Treas-urer to Abigail Land Holdings 6 LLC 1/27 Storm Lake Storm Lake Original Lot 01 Block 80

Above: Scott Olesen (in the reflection) checks out the Storm Lake version of “The Obliteration Room” at City Hall. Top: Sunlight pours in from the south.

“The Obliteration Room” by Yayoi Kusama has been in-stalled in different galleries around the world.