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Kehoe explains CASEprogram at Praire ValleySchool Board meetingHeating problem noted. . .

Mr. Kehoe discussed the progress of the CASEprogram, Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education.Kehoe explained CASE was initiated as part of the STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) ini-tiative. About a third of the agricultural education pro-

grams in the state unitize CASE.Incorporating this program is a great way to

secure a quality agriculture education teacher down theroad, said Kehoe. By following this program, we se-cure the curriculum and equipment for current and futurestudents. Kehoe humorously reminded the board and staffpresent that he took one for the team, so to speak, andthat attending a recent training session in Brooking, SouthDakota, required accomodations on a not-so-comfortablebunk bed. It led to a Walmart run for an air mattress. So this is why we may someday need a youngerAg teacher? questioned Miller, jokingly.Backpack program The status of the districts, Backpack programwas discussed. According to board member, Kathy Carl-

son, the application process has changed. Pre-assembledbags will be sent to the elementary school, and will bedistributed to program participants. She suggested theprogram will be up and running soon. Lisa Willardson reported that attempts havebeen made to avoid mistakes in substitute teacher dailylogs and billing. Were thrilled about the new time cardarrangement, she offered.Heating problem Shannon Miller advised the board he did a walk-thru of the elementary recently to investigate claims theheating is not being adequately dispersed through thebuilding. Its cold in some rooms and hot in others, hesaid.

It was reported that students in Mrs. Samuel-sons second grade class are advised to wear jackets in

By Jill Viles John Field, and a parent in the district, discussedan extracurricular reading initiative at Jan. 20 Prairie Val-ley School Board meeting and questioned the board as towhether the district would want to implement the pro-

gram as an option for elementary school students strug-gling with reading.

Neeley Hanson, the mother of a third graderin the district candidly and eloquently discussed the is-sues one of her sons faced, and her feelings as a parent.Hanson said that her childs teachers had noted difficultywith reading, especially with sight word recognition andskipped words during oral reading exercises.

Hanson said she utilized the resources of theTitle 1 reading program, as well as instructional homesupport suggested by second grade teacher, Mrs. Walsh.Hanson said that despite devoting 30-45 minutes eachevening on reading skills, her son didnt seem to makemuch progress.

Hes doing well in comprehension, said Han-son. I just assumed hed catch up. Hes smart.

It was discussed that if a student passes theFAST test, the student is not required to attend a sum-mer reading enrichment program. At this point, the el-ementary staff is strongly recommending those studentswho do not pass the reading standards of FAST, enroll insummer reading; however, the program is not mandatedby the state for another couple years. Hanson explainsthat the family continued to offer one on one support totheir son for approximately 3-4 hours per week during thesummer. This fall, Hansons son passed the comprehen-sion portion of the test, but did not pass the fluency por-tion. Hanson says she felt discouraged.

Hes missing something. Were not doingsomething, she insisted.

At this point Hanson contacted EducationalResources, a tutorial service offered in Des Moines.Through testing on-site, it was determined that Hansonsson was a half a year behind in reading, and further be-hind in spelling.

Hanson enrolled him in the program and insistsshe saw changes in her sons performance as they pro-gressed through the program. She suggests her son ad-vanced a year and a half in reading while taking part inthe 27 hour program over several weeks. She said it wasboth expensive, and a hassle to drive back and forth fromDes Moines repeatedly, but says she would do it againin a minute, and is so happy with her sons progress.

John Field commented that there are so manyfamilies in our district that could benefit from this typeof instruction, but who cannot attend due to the cost.Completion of the reading tutorial required twice weeklysessions for a period of 7 to 8 weeks.

He also mirrored Neelys observation that notall parents have the time or finances suitable to drive chil-dren to and from tutoring sessions. He suggested that

perhaps the Prairie Valley School District could look intooffering this type of tutoring on a small scale, as part ofits summer reading enrichment program.

Board member, Heidi Mcguire, said her sonattended the summer reading program offered by thedistrict. He really enjoyed it, she said. Mcguire thenraised a few intriguing questionAre there guidelinesfor summer instruction? Can any type of program be ad-ministered? Elementary school principal, Jim Duncan, ad-vised the summer reading offered by the district is pro-vided through the Area Education Association (AEA). Itis designed to help kids with the slide, or in other words,

Praire Valley School mother explainsthat D.M. service helps her son in reading

Her son advances 1.5 years in reading program. . .

Poker Run Planned for Saturday, Feb. 6.... The Webster County Ice Breakers have planned the 7th annual Marlin Benson Fun Run for Saturday, Feb. 6. Thisis an even you won't want to miss. Photo by Marcie Boerner. Full story on Page 7.

Jaguar basketball... Logan Boerner plays tough defence against GTRAFriday evening. Photo by Marcie Boerner. Full story onpage 10.

CASE program continued on page 11...

Prairie Valley School continued on page 11...


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Thursday, Feb. 4

Gowrie Fire Dept., 7:00 p.m. at the fire station.Monday, Feb. 8

Farnhamville City Council, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Gowrie Municipal Utilities Board, 4:30 p.m. at the

light plant. Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran

Church Harcourt.Tuesday, Feb. 9

Farnhamville American Legion Auxiliary, 9:30 a.m. Farnhamville Senior Citizens (cards), 1:00 p.m.,

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. American Legion Peterson Post #431 and Sons of

the American Legion, 6:30 p.m. social time and meal,

8:00 p.m. meeting, Gowrie Legion building. Callender City Council, 6:30 p.m. at theCommunity Center.

Wednesday, Feb. 10

Farnhamville Fire Dept., 7:30 p.m. at the fire station. Gowrie Parks Board, 6:45 p.m. at the civic center.

To have the date and time of your organizations

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FFA SponsorsDonkey Basketball

postponed to Feb. 9Farnhamville Fire Deptarmentsponsers meal...

New rodeo stars will be born during the wild andcrazy Dairyland Donkey Basketball Show at the PrairieValley Elementary, Farnhamville, on February 9th start-ing at 6:30 pm. Its basketball played on real, live donkeysand it will be wilder than a rodeo and funnier than a cir-cus.

All local players will be riding, so come and seesomeone you know try to ride a donkey and play basket-ball at the same time. Its a thrill a minute, a spill a min-ute. Laugh as youve never laughed before at the wild

and crazy donkey basketball show! This fun-fill event is sponsored by the CentralPlains FFA Chapter (Gowrie). Advance tickets can bepurchased from members of the FFA Chapter or call thehigh school office (515) 352-3142. Tickets may also beavailable at the gate if there is space available.

There are four teams playing that evening. Fac-ulty FFA Officers High School Class Officers andTeam Paparazzi. A championship playoff game betweenthe winning teams will determine this years champion. MEAL: The Farnhamville Fire Department willbe providing a free will donation meal between 5:00 to7:00 pm to raise money for local expenses. Pork burg-ers Baked Beans Chips Drink. For further information feel free to email Mr.Kehoe ([email protected]) or check us out

on Facebook (Gowrie-Central Plains).

Help is needed to make a difference in WebsterCounty!! Through epidemiological data Webster Coun-ty has been identified as one of 12 counties meeting thehighest need criterion for helping our community withdangerous alcohol consumption patterns.

Because of this heightened awareness of theproblem, Iowa Department of Public Health has receiveda grant funded by the Substance Abuse and MentalHealth Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center forSubstance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).

This will give us the opportunity to impactthe negative, and make a positive difference, in the livesof Webster County residents across the life span, saidMickie Shubin, IPFS Coordinator. This grant requiresall stakeholders to join together in this project called IowaPartnership for Success Grant (IPFS). Community and Family Resources, as the Com-prehensive Substance Abuse Prevention service providerfor this area, received the IFPS Grant to work with resi-dents and business owners to reduce underage drinkingand youth binge drinking throughout Webster County.

The IPFS Collaboration Council will be a groupof various community members that meet once a monthto address both of these priority issues, as well as youthsuicide prevention. The IPFS Collaboration Council willchoose evidence based strategies that will help in being

ost effective when reducing alcohol consumption in thecounty.

Webster County receives grantfor youth drinkingFor youth 12-20. . . .

The strategies will be chosen based on data thatwill be collected from various sources and by the infor-mation gathered during focus groups that will be heldthroughout Webster County. The two priorities for this project are: Reduce underage drinking (ages 12 to 20); Reduce youth binge drinking (ages 12 to 20). Through the work of the IPFS CollaborationCouncil and with the help from individuals in WebsterCounty, we can come together to make positive changesin our community.

Harcourt City

Council meetingLevi Frazier new fire chief...

The regular City Council meeting of the City ofHarcourt met at City Hall on Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Levi Frazier was announced as the new HarcourtFire Chief and Nate Peterson is the Assistant Fire Chief.Nate Peterson said that he and Levi Frazier would besharing duties and meetings together.

Assistant Fire Chief Peterson reported that thereare five EMTs and 15 volunteers with the Harcourt FireDepartment. Peterson also stated that the Harcourt FireDepartment received mutual aid from the surroundingcommunities and that they receive text messages from an

app when there is a call to respond to.

Free Movie atOur SavioursLutheran Church

February 14 at 6:30 p.m...

Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Callenderwill be showing the Christain based movie Encounter 2:Paradise Lost in the Church Fellowship Hall on Sunday,February 14th at 6:30 p.m.

Free admission and refreshments will be pro-vided. You are welcome to bring your lawn chairs forcomfortable seating; otherwise folding chairs will be pro-vided.


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30 years ago...

Mary Hamell, 17, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Hamell RFD-1, Gowrie, was crowned the 1985Webster County Beef Queen at the annual banquet of theWebster County Cattlemends association January, 28... Laura May Nedeau-Owen became the new pastorat Faith Lutheran Church in Harcourt Jan. 8. Pastor JamesMcGee, former pastor at Faith Lutheran, retired the year be-fore... Mrs. Ted Peterson was honored on her 75th birth-day with dinner at Paton Place Sunday, Jan. 27 and a par-ty was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Peterson.Guests were from Bondurant, Fort Dodge, Gowrie, Dayton,Lanyon, and Harcourt... Spec. 4 Curtis D. Wilson, son of Jack and EulaMae Wilson of Farnhamville, was involved in a NATO-sponsored exercise by participating in the Armys return offorces to Germany...

Cedar Valley traveld to Scranton Jan. 31 and defet-ed the Trojans 43-29. Brain Hanson led C.v. with 13 points.Brad Lane had 10, David Dowling had 9, Greg Hammer had8, Joel Collier had 2 and Todd Little had 1. Steve Peterson ledin rebounds with 10... Carol Board lead the devotions at the Feb 14 meet-ing of the Ladies Aide Society of Holy Trinity LutheranChurch. Hostesses were Joan Hirsch, Roberta Hirsch, andEmma Cline... Mr. and Mrs. Albin Norine celebrated their 65thwedding anniversary Feb. 10 at the Zion Lutheran Church inGowrie. The Norines were married Feb. 10, 1920... Laurie Koester had a come and go bridal showerFeb. 16 at the Gowrie Community Center. She was the bride-to-be of Jason Reed, Gowrie... Eight students from the area were named to the

Iowa State University Deans List for the 1984 Fall Semes-ter. Sara Bilstad and Laurie Eastman of Callender, MonicaGay Monson, Chris Patrick Rittgers, William Edward Wileyand Darin Alan Wooters all of Gowrie, Darren Robert Carl-son and David Alan Hocke of Paton...20 years ago... Dick Tell thanked everyone for their support in theWebster County Supervisor election....

Mryna Jacobson thanked her family and friends forthe cards, visits, food, flowers, and gifts after her surgery... Phyllis Clark celebrated her 80th birthday Feb. 7... Arkay King, clarinetist, and Chris McKenny, per-cussion, performed in the middle school honor band at Simp-son College. They were the students of Chad Przymus at thePrairie Valley Middle School... Prairie Valley Junior High chorus, put on a lip synccontest Feb. 8. ... Clifford Swenson, Clarence Schroeder, Jim Peter-son, Wm. J. Kruse, and Mrs. Ernest Hunter all won tickets tothe Capri Theater in Lake City from The Gowrie News... A benefit lunch was held for Todd Nolte at theFarnhamville Elevator Community Room. Breakfast wasserved. The fundraiser was supported by the United YouthFellowship of the First United Church of Farnhamville andthe Somers United Methodist Church... William and Edith Geisler celebrated an anniver-sary Feb. 3. Darold and LaVera Vote, and Randy and JanisCastle celebrated anniversaries Feb. 5. Darwin and Dana Be-

schorner celebrated an anniversary Feb. 9...

The Southeast Valley girls basketball teamfaced the number one ranked in class 3A PocahontasArea. The Jags were unable to keep up with the Indiansfast pace. The Indians caused several turnovers from theJags and capitalized with 21 points off turnovers. Thefinal score of the game was 40 to 90. Josie Breitsprecher led SV with 15 points. EricaRittgers added 8 points. Emma Graves and Aaliyah Scottboth had 6 points. Mady Jaeschke and Kasey Lundbergeach had 2 free throws for 2 points. Karissa Hiesterman

ade one free throw for 1 point. Breitsprecher also ledthe Jaguars in rebounding with 9 rebounds. Lundberggrabbed a career high 7 rebounds. Morgan Castensonhad 2 steals for SV. Rittgers blocked had 2 blocked shots

on the night. The Jaguars currently hold a record of 8-9.They are 3-4 in conference play. On Friday, January 29,they are back in action with a conference game againstGraettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire. The game starts at6pm and is being played in Burnside. The Jags start re-

Southeast Valley Varsity Girls had

tough game against Pocahontasgional play on Saturday, February 13, in Gowrie. Theywill be playing at 7pm against Carroll Kuemper.

Erica Rittgers, #20, shoes her verticle as she blocks the shot against the Titans Friday eveing. photo by LynnRittgers.

Morgan Castenson, #4, gets in gooddefensive position Friday evening against theTitans. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Jaguar JV team edged44-43 in tight game;9th graders drop game

The SV High School Boys Basketball 9th gradeand JV were in action on Tuesday, January 26. The 9th grade lost to Pocahontas Area by thescore of 48-39. Scoring points for the 9th grade team:Zach Graves 17, JJ Graves 7, Max Davis 4, Nyles John-son 4, Mason Ackerson 2, Kenny Blunk 1, and Ben Carl-son 1.

The JV lost a close game 44-43 after trailingby 23-14 at half-time. Scoring for the Jaguars: KeenanFerry 13, Aaron Swieter 9, Nolan Brand 9, Sam Berglund4, Josh Carlson 3, and Ryan Gustafson 2.


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New Book Arrivals

New Movie Arrivals

Angels Burning, - by Tawni O'DellCinderella Murder, - by Mary Higgins Clark

In Her Wake, - by K.A. TuckerLittle Black Lies, - by Sandra BlockMistletoe Inn,- by Richard Paul EvansStars of Fortune,- by Nora RobertsTomorrow River, - by Lesley KagenSurviving Ice, - by K.A. TuckerThe Storekeepers Daughter, - by Wanda BrunstetterIndestructible House Plant, - by Tovah MartinBlood Kiss, - by J.R. Ward

PixelsPaw Patrol Winter RescuesDie Another DayInside Out

San AndreasJurassic WorldAvengersStar Wars

By Coach Miller

The Jaguar wrestling team finished their regu-lar dual season in strong fashion on Thursday, January28th, at Gilmore City finishing 2-1 on the night. In thefirst dual, the Jags handled East Sac Raiders 61-6. In thesecond dual, the final score was tied 42-42, but lost oncriteria and in the final match up, the Jags defeated West

Bend Mallard 54-24. Finishing 3-0 for the night includedColedon Bethel, Colton Klingson, Trey Lawrence, Ky-ler Jondle, and Kaelan Lundberg. Winning two matchesand losing one were Evan McCrady, Carter Fluckinger,Ivan Hudson, Zeke Miller, Clayton McFarland, and MattRoss. Sam Hemmestad finished 1-2 for the night.

Overall, the boys wrestled pretty well. We wrestledWest Bend Mallard about two weeks earlier and only wonby two points. This time around we won by thirty points.Its the first time this season where we have everybodyavailable in our line up. Commented Coach Miller. The Jags ended their regular season Satur-day, January 30th at the tough 23 team Guthrie CenterInvite. Five Jaguar wrestlers placed in the top six withsophomore Trey Lawrence placing third at 132 lbs., Ju-nior Kaelan Lundberg finished fourth at 170 lbs, Sopho-

more Colton Klingson finished fifth at 113 lbs. as well asFreshman 160 lbs. Kyler Jondle. Senior Zeke Miller fin-ished sixth at 182 lbs. 106 lbs Freshman Coledon Bethel,220 lbs. Freshman Clayton McFarland, and Sophomore285 lbs. Matt Ross placed eighth. Freshman Ivan Hud-son and Carter Fuckinger did not place. In JV wrestling,Freshman 220 lbs. Xavier Nichols placed second.

This was a tough stretch for a young team with theBC-IG tournament last weekend and the Guthrie CenterInvite. Both are big tournaments with a lot of good kidscompeting. The tournament exposes areas we need towork on in the next week as we prepare for Sectionals atPerry next Saturday."

Team Scores:1. Clarion-Goldfield 206.5; 2. AHSTW 156.5; 3. Ogden

123.0; 4. Manson Northwest Webster 111.0; 5. Under-wood 105.0; 6. Van Meter 103.5; 7. Guthrie Center 98.0;8. East Union 94.0; 9. Riverside 93.5; 10. Moravia 87.0;11. Humboldt 82.0; 12. Panorama 80.0; 13. Woodward-Granger 69.5; 14. Southeast Valley 67.5; 15. GreeneCounty 53.0; 16. Nodaway Valley 51.0; 17. West CentralValley 50.0; 18. Coon Rapids-Bayard 49.0; 19. Nevada28.0; 20. Tri-Center 25.0; 20. Twin Cedars 25.0; 22. Gris-wold 11.0; 23. Pleasantville 0.0

Wrestling Results...

Southeast Valley vs. West Bend-Mallard @ WBM/Alta-Aure-lia/East Sac/Southeast Valley on 01/28/2016. Southeast Valley (SEVA) 54.00 West Bend-Mallard(WBM) 24.00 - 106: Coledon Bethel (SEVA) over (WBM)

(For.) 113: Colton Klingson (SEVA) over (WBM) (For.) 120:Lincoln Fehr (WBM) over Evan McCrady (SEVA) (Fall 0:31)126: Trinton Schmidt (WBM) over Sam Hemmestad (SEVA)(Fall 2:43) 132: Trey Lawrence (SEVA) over Brandon Fehr(WBM) (Fall 0:42) 138: Carter Fluckiger (SEVA) over HunterJergens (WBM) (Dec 12-5) 145: Coleman Grimm (WBM)over (SEVA) (For.) 152: Ivan Hudson (SEVA) over MasonStuder (WBM) (Fall 5:18) 160: Kyler Jondle (SEVA) overHarmon Atwood (WBM) (SV-1 7-5) 170: Kaelen Lundberg(SEVA) over Dalton Knobloch (WBM) (Fall 1:24) 182: NolanGrimm (WBM) over (SEVA) (For.) 195: Zeke Miller (SEVA)over Juan Falcon (WBM) (Fall 3:16) 220: Clayton MccFarland(SEVA) over Corbin Studer (WBM) (Fall 0:35) 285: Matt Ross(SEVA) over (WBM) (For.)

Southeast Valley vs. Alta-Aurelia @ WBM/Alta-Aurelia/EastSac/Southeast Valley on 01/28/2016. Alta-Aurelia (ALTA) 43.00 Southeast Valley

(SEVA) 42.00 - 106: Coledon Bethel (SEVA) over (ALTA)(For.) 113: Colton Klingson (SEVA) over Sam Scherkenbach(ALTA) (Fall 1:45) 120: Evan McCrady (SEVA) over DrewPrice (ALTA) (Fall 4:38) 126: Bret Scherkenbach (ALTA)over Sam Hemmestad (SEVA) (Fall 2:36) 132: Trey Lawrence(SEVA) over (ALTA) (For.) 138: Colten Larson (ALTA) overCarter Fluckiger (SEVA) (Fall 1:50) 145: Skylar Solko (ALTA)

over (SEVA) (For.) 152: Geordi Escobar (ALTA) over IvanHudson (SEVA) (Fall 3:08) 160: Kyler Jondle (SEVA) over(ALTA) (For.) 170: Kaelen Lundberg (SEVA) over CollinJohnson (ALTA) (Fall 1:53) 182: Nick Gaes (ALTA) overZeke Miller (SEVA) (Fall 0:42) 195: Dalton Woosley (ALTA)over (SEVA) (For.) 220: Trenton Miller (ALTA) over Clay-ton MccFarland (SEVA) (Fall 0:51) 285: Matt Ross (SEVA)over Ben Kearney (ALTA) (Fall 1:03) (ALTA Critera H 1.00)

Southeast Valley vs. East Sac County @ WBM/Alta-Aurelia/East Sac/Southeast Valley on 01/28/2016. Southeast Valley (SEVA) 61.00 East Sac County(ESC) 6.00 - 106: Coledon Bethel (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.)113: Colton Klingson (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 120: EvanMcCrady (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 126: Sam Hemmestad(SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 132: Trey Lawrence (SEVA) overGarret Bruce (ESC) (Dec 3-2) 138: Carter Fluckiger (SEVA)over Sam Zimmerman (ESC) (MD 12-1) 145: Double Forfeit152: Ivan Hudson (SEVA) over Michael Green (ESC) (Fall3:35) 160: Kyler Jondle (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 170:Kaelen Lundberg (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 182: Zeke Miller(SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 195: Double Forfeit 220: ClaytonMccFarland (SEVA) over (ESC) (For.) 285: Taylor Duncan(ESC) over Matt Ross (SEVA) (Fall 0:19

Southeast Valley vs. West Bend-Mallard @ WBM/Alta-Aure-lia/East Sac/Southeast Valley on 01/28/2016. Southeast Valley (SEVA) 54.00 West Bend-Mallard(WBM) 24.00 - 106: Coledon Bethel (SEVA) over (WBM)(For.) 113: Colton Klingson (SEVA) over (WBM) (For.)120: Lincoln Fehr (WBM) over Evan McCrady (SEVA) (Fall0:31) 126: Trinton Schmidt (WBM) over Sam Hemmestad(SEVA) (Fall 2:43) 132: Trey Lawrence (SEVA) over Bran-don Fehr (WBM) (Fall 0:42) 138: Carter Fluckiger (SEVA)over Hunter Jergens (WBM) (Dec 12-5) 145: Coleman Grimm(WBM) over (SEVA) (For.) 152: Ivan Hudson (SEVA) overMason Studer (WBM) (Fall 5:18) 160: Kyler Jondle (SEVA)over Harmon Atwood (WBM) (SV-1 7-5) 170: Kaelen Lund-berg (SEVA) over Dalton Knobloch (WBM) (Fall 1:24) 182:Nolan Grimm (WBM) over (SEVA) (For.) 195: Zeke Miller(SEVA) over Juan Falcon (WBM) (Fall 3:16) 220: ClaytonMccFarland (SEVA) over Corbin Studer (WBM) (Fall 0:35)285: Matt Ross (SEVA) over (WBM) (For.)

Southeast Valley Jaguar wrestlersfinish regular dual season strong

1937 restaurant menu

rom Treloars uncovered. . . Al Ekstrom, Lehigh, likes to check out garagesales, auctions, and other events/businesses that have his-torical items for sale. Al likes nostalgia and recently hesecured a menu from Treloars Chicken Inn that operatedin Fort Dodge from 1928 to 1976. Treloars was located on North 15th Street, thecurrent location of Village Inn. The menu Al managed tobuy was dated March 25, 1937. The menu certainly has

any interesting items and prices. A fried spring chicken dinner was on the menufor 50 cents in 1937. The dinner included chicken, shoe-string or waffle fried potatoes, bread and butter, salad,dill pickle, coffee or milk or iced tea. A barbecue rib dinner was also 50 cents and a

Big T-bone steak dinner was 65 cents.A chicken sandwich was 15 cents; tuna sand-wich, 15 cents; hot tomales and chili, 15 cents; bacon-tomato sandwich, 15 cents. A bottle of pop was five cents and coffee wasalso a nickle. Treloars was known for chicken, ribs and bakedbeans. The business consisted of an inn, drive-up restau-rant, and there were car hops.

The business started in 1928 and survived firesin 1956, 1957, and 1969. After the business closed thebuildings were demolished in 1977. The current VillageInn was constructed on the site in 1981. There is now a framed display of memorabiliaof Treloars inside the Village Inn. In 1937 Treloars had this phone number: Aus-tin 1355.

The menu said this: We do not sell beer--butwe will try our best to please you in food and servicealways. You can help us by reporting to the managementany dissatisfaction or discourteous service. The statement on the bottom front page of theTreloars menu concluded by stating: We intend to op-erate the year round and will welcome constructive criti-cism as to service, food and management.

The Jags ended their regular season Saturday,January 30. Xavier Nichols a 220 lb. Freshman placed sec-

ond wrestling JV for the Jaguars.

Kaelan Lundberg Finished 3-0 for the Jag-uars at Gilmore City Thursday, Jan. 28. Photo byEmilea Lundberg.

Zion LutheranChurchs weeklyactivities Wednesday, Feb. 3 Beginner and Sonshine Bells

will meet at 4:00 p.m. Confirmation will begin at 7:00p.m. Vesper Ringers will meet at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 a Womens study will meet at9:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Worship will be at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 A Lenten Soup supper atUMC will be at 6:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service atUMC will be at 7:00 p.m.

Our Saviours LutheranChurchs schedule ofevents for the week Wednesday, Feb. 3 Confirmation Class will beheld at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A Bible studywith Don Doolittle will be in the Fireside roon at 7:00p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 Chimes practice will be heldat 6;00 p.m. GriefShare Class will meet in the Firesideroom at 6:30 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice will meetat 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Mens Group will be held in theFireside Room at 9:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8 Sewing Day will be at 9:00 a.m.We R.O.C.K. Youth will meet at 6:00 p.m. at the church.A Council Meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the FiresideRoom. Tuesday, Feb. 9 Sewing Day will be at 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 10 Confirmation Class will bebetween 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. in the fellowship Hall. 7:00p.m. Ash Wednesday Worship with Holy communionwill take place.

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The mind does wonder so Im not sure wherethis one came from. Perhaps I was watching a retro TVmovie or ??? Perhaps it was some modern music thatmade me remember some of my time. I started takingpiano lessons in 1938 or 1939 and was at the age where Iwas developing a liking for the popular music of that day.It was probably a few years later that I finally got to ordera couple pieces of popular sheet music from the Sears &Roebuck catalog. Yes, they did sell about everything andif my memory is correct they cost approximately 35 centseach. The royalties must have been minute on those days. Those pieces of music were Dont Fence MeIn and South of the Border, both leaning toward theCowboy genre. The best known singer/artist for both hadbeen Gene Autry. Eddie Arnold and Roy Rogers mayhave made their records of them too; at least did them ontheir radio programs/appearances and maybe movies. Ididnt get to see many movies at the time. Perhaps that iswhy I enjoyed their TV programs with my children whenthey finally advanced to that entertainment venue. Are there any readers who remember the songgroup Sons of the Pioneers? They primarily did country/western type music and both sang in close harmony andplayed instruments. One of the original sons was RoyRogers who was known then by his birth name, LeonardSlye. When he got into acting and doing his cowboymovies and TV that name just didnt fit so he becameRoy Rogers.

When he and his wife, Dale Evans, had theirTV program I noted one thing which seemed confusingand didnt fit in but gave good fun too and that wasNellybelle, Pat Bradys WWII type jeep that was al-ways conking out at the wrong time. The children neverquestioned it even though otherwise the program seemedmore like the turn of the century with old west settings,ranch, town, people, etc.

Roy rode his famous horse, Trigger and Dale hadButtermilk and their dog, Bullet, was trotting along withthem. Back at the ranch their old buddy, Gabby Hayes,was doing all sorts of ranch chores and adding his ownform of comedy. Each show was basically the same, badguys doing bad things, looks like theyll get away with itand may even bring harm to someone, but Roy and Dalecome along to save the day and Pat, eager to help, headsout in Nellybelle but Nellybelle doesnt always performas she should. However, everything comes out okay inthe end and the bad guys are caught and disaster avoided. Our closest friends had children in the same agegroup as we did. Their daughter, Robin, about four or fiveyears old always said she wanted to be Roy Rogers (notDale) when she grew up. Roy and Dale (in real life)were known for their caring and kind heartedness. Royeven sang some with the Sons of the Pioneers and in later

life did go with them on some of their gigs, so it wasreported. The personnel of that group changed over theyears and they travelled around the country. It had to beIn the 80s that the Sons were the feature show at thethen local Ingersoll dinner theater. My friend and I andanother couple attended that show. Those boys wereeven aging (many of originals having already met theirmaker) but they still had the same sound. They said thatin later times at their shows they would sometimes callRoy and he would talk to them long distance, the phonecall amplified to be heard by the audience but he was nolonger able to do even that. One of the still signaturesongs was sung, Tumblin Tumble Weeds soundingmuch the same as we recalled from earlier years and ofcourse, Roy and Dales theme song at the end, HappyTrails to you, until we meet again --- a bit of a tear jerker

to those of us who more or less grew up with Roy Rogers. Gene Autry, too, had a TV show but it appar-ently hasnt taken the prominence in my memory bankthat Roy and Dale did or maybe its because he was notas popular with my children. When he sang Dont FenceMe In he had that cowboy twang to his voice that wasexpected of the Western pictures singers. Give me land,lots of land under starry skies above---- Dont fence mein. That was what we were given to believe all peoplewho went west wanted lots of land and freedom. Healso had another favorite, South of the Border. I dontremember all the words now but it continued, downMexico way, probably leading to finding a pretty seno-rita. So, I grew up on songs that had memorable mel-odies and words and you could understand them. Even

the crooners a bit later, Sinatra, Crosby, Como --- sangsongs that soon had one humming and singing to yourselfor with others. Those were some of my good old days.Children of today would probably laugh or at least teehee a bit to hear some of those old ditties now but thenthey will remember their music as fondly. Oh, we hadsome doozies too Three little fishies, in an itty bittypool and they fam and they fam all over the dam. Boop

The trails are still leading us...

boop, dit-em dat-em wa-tem choo. Yeah, I rememberKay Kyser (a guy) and Ish Kabible who had the bangshaircut way before the Beatles. Hang in there a few more years and entertain-ment and music will change again. Get ready to open upyour memory storage boxes.

Southeast ValleySchedule of Events

Week of Feb 3rd to Feb 10th

Wednesday, Feb 3

PVES - NO Classes for AM Preschool

Thursday, Feb 4

Dental Screening for PV Preschool students

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Gowrie Fire Department Meal

6:00 p.m. - (A) JVR B -2 Games Southeast Valley @

Webster City (A) JVR B -2 Games Southeast Valley

@ Webster City

6:30 p.m. FFA Donkey Basketball

Friday, Feb 5

4:30 p.m. (H) B&G JV Bask GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

5:00 p.m. Soup Supper Fundraiser for Future

Community Leaders

6:00 p.m. (H) B JVR Bask GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. (H) B&G V Bask GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

Saturday, Feb. 6

Speech - State Large Group Contest

12:00 noon - (A) B V Wres 2A SECTIONAL - @Perry

Monday, Feb 8

District Iowa Assessment Testing (Feb 8-19)

FCCLA Day at the Capital

4:00 p.m. (A) JH Wrestling @ Rockwell City

4:30 p.m. (H) B&G JV Bask GAME - South Central

Calhoun @ Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. (H) B&G V Bask GAME - South Central

Calhoun @ Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. (H) B JVR Bask GAME - South Central

Calhoun @ Southeast Valley-AUX GYM

Tuesday, Feb 9

Drake Honor Jazz

Wednesday, Feb 10

TRI-M Singing ValentinesPVES - NO Classes for PM Preschool

Early Dismissal 12:20pm

Teacher In-service in PM

1 - 4 p.m. Dance Team Youth Workshop

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

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

Birthdays4-Feb Kathy Field5-Feb Doug Johnson, Carrick Maguire6-Feb Paul Coon, Rawley King Alicia Lea, John Winkelbauer7-Feb Gary Hall, Linda Reese

8-Feb Sara Gustofson, Carter Woodru9-Feb Morgan Jackson10-Feb Mike Downie, Linda Hirschberg,

Ryan Kaufman, Janet Bird

Anniversaries9-Feb Darwin and Dana Beschorner.

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First United ChurchActivities for the week Wednesday, Feb. 3 Quilt Day will be at 1:30p.m. in Somers. Lunch Bunch will meet 4:30 p.m. - 6:00p.m. and Bell Choir will be 6:00 - 6:15p.m. in Farnham-ville.

Wednesday, Feb. 10 Union Ash WednesdayService will be in Farnahmville at 7:00 p.m.

Lanyon Covenant Churchplans Community GroundHog Dinner Postponed

Tuesday, Feb. 9...

Lanyon Covenant Church Missions Team pres-ents a Community Ground Hog Dinner has been post-poned till Tuesday, February 9 serving from 5 7 PM atthe Dayton Community Center - 104 1st St SW, Dayton,IA, 50530 The Menu will be: Fresh made Whole HogSausage Patties, Homemade Mashed Potatoes, SausageGravy, Savory Green Beans with Bacon, Assorted FreshBreads and Rolls, Dessert All this for a Freewill Donation. Funds raisedwill be used to support global missions. Take out will beavailable. The film Ground Hog Day will be playing for

your enjoyment during dinner over and over and overagain! For more information or to order take out, call515-351-1243.


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On Frida, Dec. 18, 2015, special meetings forthe members of Farmers Cooperative Company (FC),Ames, Iowa, and West Central Cooperative, Ralston,Iowa, were held. There, it was announced each member-ship approved the merger of their cooperatives effectiveApril 1, 2016.

The unified cooperative, to be known as LandusCooperative, will be led by current West Central Presi-dent and CEO Milan Kucerak and be headquartered in

Members Approve Mergerof Farmers Cooperative Companyand West Central CooperativeMerger of equals approved by super majority in dual membershipvote; integration plan to be announced...

Ames, Iowa. The board of directors will be made up ofnine directors from each cooperative for equal represen-tation. More information on any changes will be providedin coming months as integration plans are finalized.

In this merger vote, our members were pre-sented with a rare opportunity to combine two strong,financially-stable cooperatives in a merger of equals tomaintain local ownership for generations to come, ex-plained West Central Board Chair and Paton, Iowa-areafarmer Sue Tronchetti.

We are pleased the memberships approved theboards recommendation, said FC Chief Executive Of-ficer Jim Chism. We are confident that together, we willbecome an even stronger cooperative and be better posi-tioned to help improve the economic well-being of our

member-owners. On behalf of our boards, management and near-ly 700 employees, we appreciate each and every memberwho cast a ballot in this historic cooperative merger,said FC Board President and Odebolt, Iowa-area farmerJohn Scott. Each membership met Iowas state voting re-quirement for a successful cooperative merger as certifiedby independent auditing firm of Gardiner Thomsen. Toapprove a merger, Iowa law requires at least 50 percentof each membership (plus one) to vote, with two-thirdsof those casting ballots voting in favor of the merger.

Our members voices were heard in this mergerprocess. Not only in the results of the vote, but in eachand every member meeting and coffee shop conversa-tion, explained West Central President and CEO Milan

Kucerak, who will become the CEO of the newly formed

About the Name: Landus Cooperative

Agriculture has always been about twothings: land and the people who work it. Nothing in

farming is possible without good, healthy soiljustas nothing is possible without strong, forward-think-ing farmers to make it productive. Working as one, we will carry our heritageforward and step into the future with confidence andvitality. This is where we come from, why we arehere and how we will create a better tomorrow. Weare the land and the land is us. Together, we are Landus Cooperative.

cooperative. This mergershowcases our membersrequest for their coopera-tive to do more togetherfor their operations thaneither business could doseparately. We take ourmembers confidence in acombined cooperative se-riously as we prepare forintegration and execution.

Together, WestCentral and FC have morethan 70 grain, agronomyand feed locations in 26

Iowa and three Minnesotacounties. According toWorld Grain magazinesGrain and Milling Annual,Landus Cooperative willbecome the seventh larg-est grain company in NorthAmerica based on storagecapacity and have shuttle-loading access on all sevenmajor Iowa rail lines.

Southeast ValleyJV Girls Basketball

team defeat Madrid The Southeast Valley Junior Varsity girls hostedMadrid Monday, January 18th, in Gowrie. The Jaguarswon the contest, 34-30. The Jaguars battled the Tigers throughout thewhole game, but kept composure and valued every pos-session, resulting in a well earned victory. Morgan Cas-tenson led the Jaguar offensive with 11 points, draining3 bombs from behind the arc. Shelby Cummins provideda solid 7 points for the Jags. Payton Erritt hustled on thefloor to add 4 points. Savanah Seehusen chipped in 3points for the Jaguars. Ebony Scott, Lanie Nelsen, Cas-sidy Lambert, and Hannah DeVries connected on shots,finishing with 2 points apiece. Lexi Corell chipped in 1point from the charity stripe.SV JV Girls Travel to Manson The Southeast Valley Junior Varsity girls trav-eled to Manson Tuesday, January 19th, to take on theMNW Cougars. The Jaguars dropped the contest 18-35.Cold shooting plagued the Jaguars offense in the firsthalf, leaving them scoreless until halfway through thesecond quarter. Following a tremendous team effort theJags pulled within 4 points, in the second half, but thatwas not enough to cool down Mansons hot shooters.

Leading the Jaguars on offense was MorganCastenson, connecting on two 3-pointer and a jump shotto finish the game with 7 points. Carson Shipley con-tributed 5 points, including a swish from behind the arc.Sammy Alphs, Ebony Scott, and Lanie Nelsen hustledtheir way to the basket finishing with 2 points each.

SV JV Girls Travel to NewellThe Southeast Valley girls Junior Varsity trav-

eled to Newell Friday, January 22nd. The Jaguars fell tothe Mustangs, 13-32. Cassidy Lambert, made her presence known, byleading the Jaguar offense with 6 points. Shelby Cum-mins powered up 5 points for the Jags. Anna Hanson,swished a jump shot, to finish the contest with 2 points.

Sheri Heck, left, and Crystal Wilks, Gowrie, enjoythe Carolyn Marcalus benefit Jan. 31 at the Dayton Com-munity Center.

People go around the decorated tables and bid onthe silent auction for Carolyn Marcalus during her benefitJan. 31.

Ben and Katie Vansickle, Dayton, are shown withtheir children (Molly, Cale, and Madelyn) at the Sunday,Jan. 31 benefit for Carolyn Marcalus.


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7THE GOWRIE NEWS

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Protecting your identity is very important to us.Security Savings Bank, Shazam and Kroll Fraud Solu-tions, the leading provider of identity theft and fraud in-vestigation services, have partnered together to introduceID TheftSmartservice to you. If you are ever a victimof identity theft, it can be a very time consuming andoverwhelming process to repair the damage done. As avictim, you expect real solutions to help you restore con-fidence and your reputation. Theres never been a bettertime to safeguard your identity.

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Prairie Valleys four year old Preschool Programregistration is underway right now. Your child must beresidents of Iowa and be four years of age on or beforeSeptember 15, 2016. Space is limited, so register as soon aspossible. To register please call (515) 467-5700 or [email protected] for more information.

7th Annual MarlinBenson Fun RunSaturday, Feb. 6...

The Seventh Annual Marlin Benson Fun Run willbe Saturday, Feb. 6. Registration will be at the Iron Saddlein Dayton, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

Maps will be available at registration and at eachstop.

The route goes from Dayton, Paton, Gowrie,Lehigh, Stratford and back to Dayton. The cost is $20.00per person. Parking is available one block south of the IronSaddle. The Snowmobiles will leave at 10:00 a.m. from theIron Saddle Saloon in Dayton.

Stops will be made at these businesses: Iron Sad-dle, Dayton; 209 Main, Paton; Market Street Grill & Bar,Gowrie; Mulligans Bar & Gill, Gowrie; Ralphs MoorlandTap, Moorland ; Riverside Tap, Lehigh; Rungos Stratford;and Stumpys, Duncombe are wild cards.

There will be a 50/50, Poker Hands, and Door

prizes. Drawings start at 7:00 p.m. Everyone must be backat 7:00 p.m. for the drawings.

The Jay Clyde Band will be playing from 8:00p.m. until midnight at the Iron Saddle.

Please contact Webster County Ice Breakers orJim Suchan at 515-352-3039 for more information. Infor-mation can also be found on Webster County Ice BreakersFace Book page.


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HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN, FARNHAMVILLE

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9:00 a.m. Worship; 10:00 a.m. Fellowhip

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8:30 a.m. Worship; 9:40 a.m. Sunday SchoolUNITED METHODIST CHURCH, HARCOURT

9:00 a.m. Worship

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, SOMERS

10:30 a.m. Worship

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9:15 a.m. Worship

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10:00 a.m. Mass

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10:00 a.m. Worship; 11:00 a.m. Sunday School

CHURCHWorship Schedule

With the Iowa Legislators talking about largerschool districts. I started thinking about the first schools.The Country School and my experience as a ruralteacher. After arriving at school the first job was toget the fire started in the old-fashioned pot belly stove.Enough coal had to be carried in from an outside buildingto last for the day. Sometimes an older pupil would help.Next on the agenda was bringing in a large pail of drink-ing water. When snow covered the ground, a path had tobe shoveled to the outhouses. The most despicable jobwas trying to keep the out-houses clean. Usually a teacher had pupils in all the eightgrades. At the end of the year, the eighth graders had to

Lucille Petersons rural teacher experienceMemories from Harcourt...

pass the county exams. To me, it was a thrill when a child couldread his or her first primer and it was also a great ex-perience for the parents. The recitation Bench,placed in front of the room, was perhaps the most im-portant piece of furniture in the room. The pupils wouldcome up to the bench when their class was called andthe teacher and students would discuss the subject. Therest of the boys and girls in the room would often listenin and thereby soak up extra information. Often a classwould get so interesting that time would be forgotten andrecess delayed. During recess, the teacher got her exercise alongwith the students as she joined them in playing Pump,Pump Pull Away, Anti-Over, Frying Pan, Picking

Up Sticks, Tap and other games. During the winter, sliding and sledding in thesnow were the most fun. Many teachers were judged bythe kind of Christmas program she planned. This wasquite a social event in those days. Hours were spent onpractice and getting the school cleaned and decorated.The program usually included recitations, songs andplays. The county superintendent, who was in chargeof the country school, often visited and caused the teachera few anxious moments. One wondered How is he judg-ing me? or Do my plan books meet with his approval?All in all, he was helpful in many ways. The schools where I taught (two were on high-way 169) have all been torn down but the many happymemories of the one-room country school cannot be

torn from my heart

Horse drawn school buses are in front of Harcourt School about 1917.

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niors. Award recipients will be selected based on theircademic achievements, leadership potential, and desireo pursue a future career in agriculture.

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Since 1993, NEW Cooperative has awarded ap-proximately $250,000 to area students pursuing a futuren the agriculture industry and is proud to continue theirupport with this years scholarship program.

For questions concerning the NEW Cooperativecholarship Program, please call Amy Pingel at 515-955-040 or email [email protected].

NEW Cooperative, Inc is a member-owned co-perative with 34 operating locations in Iowa. In additiono strong grain marketing and storage services,

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Proposed billmakes it easierfor military voting

For absentee ballots. . .

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announcedhis plans to remove two obstacles in the election processthat currently prevent some ballots cast by military votersfrom being counted. The most common reason that military ballots

are not counted is that they are not received by the timeof the county canvass. Secretary Pate proposes givingour overseas military voters an extra 30 days to request,receive, and return special absentee ballots. Current lawenables overseas military and other personnel to request aspecial write-in ballot 90 days prior to an election. Patesproposed law change would extend this to 120 days priorto an election. Another reason for not counting military vot-ers ballots is that the auditors office doesnt receive anabsentee request for Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots,which are made available by the federal government.Secretary Pate also wants to remove this obstacle, whichrequires elections officials to reject any Federal Write-InAbsentee Ballot (FWAB) that is sent in without a priorrequest for an absentee ballot.

The current wording in Iowa Code creates a dead endfor military ballots, Secretary Pate said. It forces coun-ty auditors to reject ballots that are otherwise completeand valid.

Secretary Pate announced the initiatives duringa meeting of the Fifth District Iowa State Association ofCounty Auditors in Ottumwa on Friday.

Williams, Dayton,Named to CentralCollege Deans ListFor Fall semester 2015...

Nicole Williams of Dayton earned a spot for fall2015 on the Central College deans list. The honor is awarded to full-time students whoachieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scalewhile taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the se-mester.


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Prior to the Dayton City Council decision notto guarantee a $100,000 at a special meeting Jan. 27, theDayton Review interviewed Community Health CenterCEO Renae Kruckenberg. It didnt seem right. The City of Dayton was be-ing asked to guarantee a $100,000 loan for the medicalclinic in Dayton. I called Community Health Center two weeksago and asked for CEO Renae Kruckenburg. Why doesCommunity Health Center of Dayton need a $100,000loan? Are you having problems? I asked her. That loan isnt for us, she said. It is for a sec-ond medical clinic in Dayton. And then she mentioneda story in the Dayton Leader which discussed the reasonsfor needing another clinic. But your clinic name is being used in a legalpublished in the Dayton Review seeking a $100,000 loanguarantee, I persisted. Please forward that legal, she said. The legal seemingly identified our current clinic

as being the recipient of the $100,000 loan. The legalstated that the City of Dayton would be guaranteeing a$100,000 loan to Dayton Community Health Center.The clinic in Dayton is Community Health Center of Day-ton. It was very confusing to say the least.

What are your intentions for the Dayton Clin-ic? I asked Renae. There were some rumors about theirclinic leaving Dayton. We will continue to have a clinic in Dayton,Renae asserted. We are committed to continue our clinicin Dayton.

Later in an e-mail to the Dayton Review Renaeemphasized that point by stating, I would like to stressthat Community Health Center of Dayton is committed tohelping the patients of Dayton and the surrounding com-

munities. Nurse practitioner Shari Buske had given her 90-day notice to Community Health Center and her last daywas in late December.

Do you have adequate staff for Community

Nearly identical clinic namesconfusing; three NPs on dutyCommunity Health Center remains loyal to Dayton. . .

Health Center in Dayton? We have three nurse practitioners who are pro-viding health care in Dayton, Renae said. And our otherstaff members have remained. She noted that CommunityHealth Center in Dayton was open four days per week, 8-5p.m. On three of those days (Monday, Tuesday and Fri-day) there is a nurse practitioner. We have staff at theclinic on Thursday but we dont have a nurse practitionerfor that one day, she stated. We are working to find anurse practitioner for that Thursday.

Why is second clinic being proposed in Dayton?I asked Renae Kruckenburg this question. She

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ond clinic in Dayton want control. And that should be ascary thought for everyone.

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Vicky's Dance Studio and In-Your-Ear Mo-bile Sound is hosting a Mother/Son and Father/Daugh-ter Dance on February 27th. Sign up now for a specialnight out with your little princess or little man in yourlife. Mother and Son Dance is from 3-5pm and the FatherDaughter Dance is 6:30-830pm on Saturday, February27th. $25 for the first child and $10 for each additional

child. Register at Vickys Dance Studio or Send Registra-tion & Payment to Vickys Dance Academy, 1375 350th St.,Gowrie, IA 50543. for more information call 515-570-3198,515-352-5476 or by emailing [email protected]


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ProbateIN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN WEBSTER COUNTY

IN THE MATTER ESPR308175OF THE ESTATE OF NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,EARL BLAINE BELL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,Deceased. AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Earl Blaine Bell,Deceased, who died on January 7, 2016: You are notified that on January 20, 2016, the last will andtestament of Earl Blaine Bell, deceased, bearing date of September30, 2003, was admitted to probate in the above named court and thatJacqueline J. Lloyd and Keith A. Bell were appointed co-executors of theestate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district courtof said county with the later to occur of four months from the date of thesecond 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 whoseidentities are reasonably ascertainable, 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. Creditorshaving 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 filed by the later to occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of thisnotice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter foreverbarred.

Dated: January 21, 2016.

/s/ Jacqueline J. Lloyd /s/ Keith A. Bell6757 NW 2nd Street 827 8th Avenue NorthDes Moines, Iowa 50313 Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Ernest KerstenAttorney for the Co-Executors1609 220th StreetFort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Second Publication:10th day of Feb., 2016

NOTICE USED EQUIPMENT SALE

Webster County will be disposing of the following equipment bysealed bids:

2001 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport127,803 Miles

3.3 Liter V6 Equipment can be viewed at Webster County Shop, 2096 240th St,Ft. Dodge, IA 50501; Bid forms available at Webster County Engineer, 703Central Ave, Ft. Dodge, IA 50501; or online at www.webstercountyia.org;Bids due by 1:00 P.M., February 12th, 2016.

TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL PUBLIC MEETING

Region V MAP-21 Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) willhold a regional meeting on February 10, 2016 at 4:00 PMto discuss theSurface Transportation Program (STP) and Transportation Alternative(TA) application process and to receive views and concerns from thepublic about transportation issues in the Region V area which includesthe counties of Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster andWright. The meeting will be held at MIDAS Council of Governments in theConference Room, 602 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Applications for the Region V STP and TA funding will be availableafter February 10, 2016 on the MIDAS website www.midascog.net or bycontacting Shirley Helgevold at the number below. Applications must be received by 12:00 p.m. on March 18, 2016.

If you have any special needs pertaining to this meeting, pleasecontact Shirley Helgevold, MIDAS Council of Governments, (515) 576-7183 ext. 212.

WEBSTER COUNTY

ENGINEER

MIDAS

COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

The Southeast Valley boys defeated PocahontasArea 73-71 in a thriller Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Gowrie. The Jags led by seven at the half, 39-32, but theIndians rallied in the second half to make it a very closecontest. The Pocahontas Area Indians were ranked highin the state and are one of the top teams in the area. Poky, with some tall players in the paint, didout-rebound the Jaguars which is unusual. The Jaguarshad only 22 rebounds in the game. But the Jaguars are a great ball handling teamand they play defense well. The Jaguars had 18 assistsand 14 steals which more than compensated for the re-bounding stats. The Jaguars were also good in the scoring sta-tistics. They made an incredible nine of 21 three rangeattempts; were a respectable 14-19 on the line; and made25 of 55 field goal attempts. The Jaguars did struggle a bit against a tall andtalented Pocahontas team as the Jags committed 24 fouls.None of the Jags fouled out but two players, starters Lo-gan Boerner and Alex Pliner, ended the game with fourfouls.

With some players in foul trouble, the Jaguarsutilized their bench, and the bench players came through.Junior Keegan Goodwin came off the bench to score 11points, third best, on 4-5 shooting. He was 2-3 from threerange.

Sophomore Caleb Jondle also came off thebench to score eight points (fourth highest), on 3-5 shoot-ing and was 2-2 from three range. Having an outstanding game once again wasConner Conrad, the leading scorer with 33. He had avery good game with 10-24 in shooting; 10-12 from theline; seven boards, seven assists, and six steals. He led

the team in the latter two categories. Junior Dakota Jaeschke was second in scoringwith 14 on 6-10 shooting and 2-2 from three range. Healso had seven boards.

Other contributors were Alex Pliner 2 points,Myles Davis 2 points, Logan Boerner 2 points, and CadeKing 1 point.

The Jaguars Varsity record is now 14-2 as theywon their 12th consecutive game.

Bench players help Jaguarsbeat Poky in thriller 73-71

Hot shooting, good ball handling by Jags. . .

Conner Conrad steals the ball from Tanner Youngbergof Pocahontas. Photo by Marcie Boerner.

Nolan Johnson, #3 looks for a three point shot as Caleb Jondle, #23 looks to crash the boards for the Jaguars Fridayevening against GTRA. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Team RecordGraettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 7 - 1 - 0Pocahontas Area/L-M 7 - 1 - 0Southeast Valley 7 - 1 - 0East Sac County 6 - 2 - 0South Central Calhoun 4 - 3 - 0Manson Northwest Webster 2 - 3 - 0St. Mary's, Storm Lake 2 - 3 - 0Newell-Fonda 3 - 5 - 0Alta/Aurelia 2 - 4 - 0Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 2 - 6 - 0West Bend-Mallard 0 - 8 - 0

Team RecordGraettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 16 - 1 - 0Southeast Valley 14 - 3 - 0Pocahontas Area/L-M 13 - 3 - 0St. Mary's, Storm Lake 7 - 5 - 0South Central Calhoun 9 - 7 - 0Alta/Aurelia 7 - 9 - 0East Sac County 7 - 10 - 0Newell-Fonda 5 - 11 - 0Manson Northwest Webster 4 - 9 - 0Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 3 - 14 - 0West Bend-Mallard 2 - 13 - 0

Team RecordPocahontas Area 8 - 0 - 0

South Central Calhoun 7 - 1 - 0Manson-NW Webster 6 - 2 - 0Newell-Fonda 6 - 2 - 0Alta/Aurelia 4 - 3 - 0Southeast Valley 3 - 4 - 0East Sac County 3 - 5 - 0Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 3 - 5 - 0St. Mary, Storm Lake 2 - 7 - 0Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 1 - 7 - 0West Bend-Mallard 0 - 6 - 0

Conference Standings...Southeast Valley Boys

Non- Conference Standings...

Girls- Conference Standings...

Jaguars make comebackbut fall short, 73-68;Jags record at 14-3

Despite a good comeback effort Friday night

against Graettinger-Terrill/Ruthven-Ayrshire the South-east Valley Jaguar boys lost a close one 73-68 at theBurnside gym.

This was one of the home game played atBurnside and it was only the third loss of the year for theJaguars who are now 14-3. It was the first loss for theJaguars since the third game of the season. Southeast Valley started slow and didnt playtheir best in the first half as GTRA had a 36-25 lead. Butthe Jags mounted a comeback and narrowed the deficit tofive points at the end of the game. The leading scorers for the Jaguars were Con-ner Conrad, 25; Dakota Jaeschke, 16; Logan Boerner,11,; and Myles Davis, 8. Other scorers were Cade King 3;Keegan Goodwin, 3; and Caleb Jondle, 2.

Conrad was 10-11 at the line and had eight

boards. Jaeschke led in steals with four, had seven fromthe boards and was 7-13 in field goal attempts. Logan Boerner contributed four assists and was2-3 from three range. Myles Davis, along with his eight points, was2-5 from three range. The Jaguars were behind 17-9 after the firstquarter and were never able to take the lead despite a nicecomeback in the second half. Graettinger-Terrill was another ranked team andwhile the Jaguars have done well against ranked teams,they couldnt quite pull it together Friday night. The Jags still have a great chance to finish strongin conference. There is one remaining game before play-offs begin.

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Powerful Tools fo

Caregivers Classoffered at SMCH

Tuesday, February 16. . . .

Do you help take care of an adult with chronicconditions? If so, you are not alone. Over 43.5 millionfamily caregivers in America provide a vast array oemotional, financial, nursing, social, homemaking andother services on a daily or an intermittent basis. Power-ful Tools for Caregivers is an educational series designedto provide tools you need to take care of yourself. If youtake good care of yourself, you will be better prepared totake good care of your loved one.

As a participant you will learn how to: reducestress, improve self-confidence, better communicate yourfeelings, balance your life, increase ability to make toughdecisions and locate helpful resources. Iowa State Uni-versity Extension is sponsoring Powerful Tools for Care-givers in Lake City this winter. This program has beentested and evaluated through agrant from the U.S. Ad-ministration on Aging. Local supporters include: Stew-art Memorial Community Hospital/Community Hospice,McCrary-Rost Clinic in Lake City, Calhoun County Pub-lic Health, and Iowa State University/Calhoun CountyExtension.

Classes consist of six, 90 minute sessions heldonce a week. Two experienced leaders conduct eachclass. Interactive lessons, discussions and brainstorminghelp you take the tools you choose and put them intoaction for your life. Sessions are scheduled every week for six weeksand begin during the week of February 22nd. Classes willbe held at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital at atime to be determined by participants.There is a $30 feefor the program. For more information or to register, con-tact Michelle Shaver at 712-464-4238.

PTC Program Alumnus Carmen Schamel is pic-tured with her mother, Mary Recker.

SMCH and McCrary

Rost Clinic Welcome

Margaret Vitiritto, D.O. The providers and staff at Stewart Memo-rial Community Hospital and McCrary Rost Clinic arepleased to welcome Dr. Margaret Vitiritto. Dr. Vitirittohas always been fascinated with science and getting toknow people. She believes family medicine is about morethan taking care of the body; its about treating the wholeperson and family.

An Iowa native, Dr. Vitiritto earned her bach-elor degree from the University of Arizona in religiousstudies and political science. She then earned her jurisdoctor degree from Drake University School of Law. Ireally enjoy writing and public speaking, so law seemedlike a good fit. She practiced law in Arizona, but shewas always interested in medicine. She pursued that de-

gree, achieving her doctor of osteopathic medicine fromDes Moines University. She completed her residency atMercy Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Vitiritto has practiced medicine at MercyClinics in Des Moines, enjoying the variety and challengethat family medicine brings. Shes also worked at MercyWeight Loss and Nutrition Center, utilizing her passionfor bariatric medicine which is the branch of medicinethat deals with the causes, prevention and treatment ofobesity. Ive worked with all ages from adolescents togeriatric patients to explore treatment options for obe-sity. Shes excited to continue to provide that service toher patients.

Dr. Vitiritto joins Dr. Adam Swisher, KariSwisher, ARNP-C, Tonja Petersen-Anderson, ARNP-C, and Rochelle Guess, FNP-C at McCrary Rost Clinic,

Gowrie, and the medical providers in Lake City. I choseSMCH because I want to be an active part of the commu-nity and to challenge myself professionally. My husbandand I are also excited to raise our daughter in a friendlysmaller town, she comments. Dr. Vitiritto and her husband, Al, have a twoyear old daughter, Anna. Al is a professor with a PhDin anatomy and enjoys teaching. Together they love tospend time with family, gardening, and traveling inter-nationally, especially to Canada and England where theycan visit relatives.

Margaret Vitiritto, D.O.

The Relay For Life of Greene County alongsidethe American Cancer Society, is marking World CancerDay (Feb. 4, 2016) with the good news of 20 in 20 andhighlighting local ways to celebrate, remember, and fightback. 2016 marks the 20th annual Relay For Life fun-draising event in Greene County; the first annual was

held in 1997. According to January 2016 statistics fromthe American Cancer Society, during nearly the same twodecade period, the U.S. survival rate for all cancers hasimproved by 20 percent.

Any improvement in the U.S. cancer survivalrate is one we should celebrate locally, explained RelayFor Life of Greene County committee chairwoman, PegRaney, who works year-round with a volunteer group of

Relay For Life of Greene County MarksWorld Cancer Day on Thursday, Feb 4

more than 40 people. While our committee cannot take credit fora national decrease in cancer deaths, we can, without adoubt, say we continue to increase awareness and supportfor our cancer survivors and caregivers across GreeneCounty, added Raney. Despite the good news about survival rates,

Raney said the committee is more determined than ever tocelebrate survivors, remember those who lost their battle,and fight back against cancer. It is estimated an Iowan will be diagnosed withcancer every 30 minutes in 2016*. We want our neigh-bors and friends to know the support, information, andresources they need are available close to home if theyneed it, Raney said. To mark the 20th annual event, the Relay forLife committee reminds the community of the followingRelay For Life of Greene Countys main event will beSaturday, April 23, 2016 from 9:30-2:30 at the GreeneCounty Community Center. Registration is now open for new and veteranfundraising teams online at www.relayforlife.org/greene-countyia Local businesses are welcome to sponsor theevent by contacting Deb & Craig Marquardt at [email protected]. Information on the Color Out Cancer 5K Run/Walk will soon be available onlineFollow Relay ForLife of Greene County, Iowa on Facebook for real-timeupdates Greene County cancer fighters, survivors andcaregivers are invited to attend monthly support meetings.Learn more by contacting Sharon Stalder at [email protected]

the room until the problem is resolved. Just a headsup, he reminded the board. There might be a bill com-ing. Mr. Duncan updated the board on the PBIS pro-gram (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports).This program helps students to identify and practiceproper behavior in the hallways, on the bus, and whileplaying games in P.E. Mr. Duncan also teaches a cur-riculum called Kelsos Choices which helps studentsproblem solve amongst themselves. In conclusion, Jim Henrich discussed observa-tions completed to record teacher progress. The observa-tions are utilized to identify the degree of student engage-

ent in various types of learning situations. Observerschart what they observe most of the students doing. Heexplained that the results are a bit skewed as study hallswere mistakenly included in the observations, and there isnot a lot of student engagement in this type of situation.

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loss of skills that sometimes accompanies a break fromschool during the summer.

I was hoping it would do good things for ourkids, but its not as good as we might have hoped, saidDuncan. A positive for the program comes down tostaffing. We had three staff members administering theprogram, for a ratio of seven students to one teacher. Duncan suggests that surveys following the pro-

gram indicated unanimous success for the program, butmany parents said they wanted to be offered more. Board Member, Gary Welter, offered his feed-back: Back in the day I attended school, it was all pho-nics. Can someone bring me up to date? Title 1 instructor, Samantha Gleason, respond-ed. Phonics is a big push right now. We know thatmany students need more of this. Title 1 covers a lot ofphonics that kids have missed. We know that everyone learns differently,suggested Duncan. Balanced literacy describes a pro-gram designed to address the various ways students ac-quire skills. If you have too much phonics, you dontproduce good writers, and so on. Confidence increases when students learn theseskills early on, said board member, Gary Welter.

Duncan seconded this observation. This is thereason we like to place many of our aids in the youngergrades. We want to catch problems early on. You cantignore early education. If you ignore this, you will pay ahuge price down the road. I think its important to note that if we putmoney into reading programs, we may save money in thefuture, said Carlson. But, honestly, we dont have aclue. We need input from the teachers as to how to goabout this. Theres a lot of parent-backing to the programsuggested by Neeley Hanson, offered Heidi McGuire.I know her frustrationits miserable (if your child isstruggling with reading). Part of the success of the pro-gram at Educational Resources, is that it is utilized byparents committed to the travel required, as well as the

expense. When you have this type of parental involve-ment, the program is more likely to succeed. Board president, Shannon Miller, reminded theboard the Educational Resource Program was only up fordiscussion at this point, but said the board would lookinto it further.

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Gowrie UnitedMethodist Churchsweekly events

Wednesday, Feb. 03 a Church Council Meetingwill begin at 5:30 p.m. Choir Practice will be held at 7:00p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 A UMW Executive Meetingwill begin at 1:30 p.m. UMW General Meeting will beginat 2:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 Moms Connection Group willmeet at 9:00 a.m. Quilters will meet at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Mens Group will meet at 8:45a.m. Sunday, Feb. 07 the Soup-er Bowl Chili CookOff will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8 Glory Bells will begin at 5:30p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 9 Quilters will begin at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 10 Choir Practice will begin at7:00p.m.

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JH Jaguar BoysBasketball seasoncomes to an endBy Coach AndersonJags Drop Thriller to Madrid In the final home game of the season the 8thgrade Jags fell 53-50 is a face paced game. The Jaguarsstarted of unusually slow in the first quarter and trailed12-2. Then in the second quarter things started comingtogether and scored 18 points, but still trailed 26-20 go-ing into the halftime break. Southeast Valley made half-time adjustments and closed the gap to 40-37 headinginto the final quarter of action.

Carter Lane hit a 3 pointer to tie the game at 48with under a minute to play, but Madrid was able to scoreand stop the Jags on their next possession and help on forthe 53-50 win. The guys played extremely hard and madeadjustments throughout the game and gave themselves achance in the end.

Scoring for the Jaguars were Ross Halligan (6),Hunter Kruse (10), Carter Lane (14), Quinton Clancy(4), and Chase Swieter (16). The Jags are now 5-4 on theseason and play on January 8th in Ogden

SV Falls to Ogden Southeast Valley travel to Ogden and showed alot of poise and came out on the short end and lost 46-43.The Jags held the first quarter lead at 10-6 with sometough defense. SV extended the lead to 23-17 headinginto the halftime break.

After 3 quarter of play still maintained a 2-pointadvantage at 36-34. In the fourth quarter they hit a shotin the final seconds to end up taken the game at 46-43.Our players handled themselves in a very mature mannerafter the contest and I am proud of the effort they put innot only tonight but every night.

Scoring for the Jags were Ross Halligan (17),Calvin Williamson (2), Hunter Kruse (8), Carter Lane(10), Chase Swieter (4), and Jared Kastendieck (2). TheJaguars are now 5-5 on the season and play at Barnumand January 11th against Manson Northwest Webster.

Jaguars Beat Cougars The Jaguars collected another victory overManson Northwest Webster with the final score of 37-17. The Jags controlled the entire game and were aheadeach quarter thanks to great defense, which lead to easybaskets.

After the first quarter the Jags were up 10-2 andlead 18-10 heading into the half time break. SoutheastValley maintained control at 28-13 to finish the thirdquarter and ended on top at 37-17.

Scoring for the Jaguars Ross Halligan (7), Hunt-er Kruse (6), Carter Lane (6) Quinton Clancy (4), andChase Swieter (14). The Jaguars are now 6-5 and finishtheir season at Rockwell City on January 26, 2016 4thagainst South Central Calhoun.

Titans Defeat JaguarsRockwell City- The Jaguars had a tough night offensivelyand dropped the final contest of the season 37-22. South-east Valley held a 1-point advantage 10-9 after the firstquarter. The second quarter we just could get anything

going and trailed goinginto half 21-14. The sec-ond half was more of thesame just struggled gettingthe ball in the hoop as theJags trailed 27-18 and thenthe final 37-22.

While the scoredoesnt show it they playedhard and did a lot of thingsright, but the ball justdidnt get in tonight. Scor-ing for the Jags were Ross

Chase Swieter, #35 demonstrates perfect form ashe shots a free throw for the Jagars. Teammate Ross Hal-ligan, #0 cheers him on. Photo by Tara Erritt.

Halligan (4), Hunter Kruse (7), Carter Lane (3) LincolnMiller (2), and Chase Swieter (6). The Jaguars end theirseason at 6-6. I would like to thank each player, parents, andsupporters of 8th grade Jaguar Basketball. This is a greatgroup of student athletes that worked hard every night tonot only be a great player, but a great person. It was a lotof fun to be around them and watch their progress fromOctober to January. Keep working hard guys! Com-mented Coach Anderson Member of the team include: Ross Halligan,Calvin Williamson, AJ Smith, Mason Goodwin, JacobSlininger, Hunter Kruse, Gavin Richman, Carter Lane,Quinton Clancy, Lincoln Miller, Chase Swieter, JaredKastendieck, Zane Geis, Jordan Dutcher, Luke, Samuel-son, Brock Fleming, and Lincoln Clay.

Managers: Jake Peterson, Paige Heslop, andAshley McClendon

With the recognition of the Martin Luther Kingholiday, it was a short week at the Statehouse. But thelegislative process is underway as bills are beginning toreceive subcommittee assignments.

As I stated last week, this will be a very tight finan-cial year for the state of Iowa. On opening day, we lis-tened to Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix speak aboutresponsible budgeting and ensuring the Legislature honorits commitments. He said it was essential we do not over-promise only to underdeliver. I couldnt agree more. Theproblem requires action and leadership.

Education Committee: Representatives from Decoding Dyslexia Iowavisited our committee meeting on Wednesday for a Dys-lexia Simulation. They reported how the condition af-fects Iowa students. Decoding Dyslexia Iowa is a grass-roots movement aiming to raise dyslexia awareness,empower families to support their children, and informpolicymakers on best practices to identify, remediate, andsupport students with dyslexia in Iowa schools.

Transportation Committee: Department of Transportation Director PaulTrambino delivered the DOTs goals and priorities forthe 2016 budget year. These priorities include:

increase the tandem axle weights on trucks to beconsistent with surrounding states

allow offenders to keep their license by addressingunpaid court fines through automatic monthly pay-ments

create a special licensing category for the auto-cy-cles

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