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Local lifestyle magazine featuring people from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area.
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IN THIS ISSUE ... FORT IS STRONG UNDER BOTTORFFSEPTEMBER 2012
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You eat healthy,and make time to excerise...
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Trinity Orthopaedics WelcomesDr. Purudappa & Dr. Tuy
Orthopeadic Surgeon, Dr. Purudappa, specializes in Sports Medicine, Pediatrics and joints. He received his medical degree from Mysore Medical College in Mysore, India. Dr. Purudappa accomplished the following Orthopaedic Fellowships; Sports Medicine Surgery at TRIA Orthopedic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, Pediatric Orthopedics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Adult Reconstruction Surgery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Orthopeadic Surgeon, Dr. Tuy, specializes in Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Oncology and joints. He received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines. Dr. Tuy also achieve the following Fellowships; Musculoskeletal Oncology at UMDNJ, in Newark, New Jersey, Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy, O.A.S.I., in Milan, Italy, Knee, Shoulder, and Foot & Ankle Surgery, at Melbourne, Australia, Trauma & Joint Replacement at Flinders Medical Centre, in Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Purudappa and Dr. Tuy join Drs. Bergstrom and Luna at Trinity Orthopaedic Services.
Richard Bergstrom, M.D. Jeffrey Luna, M.D.
Benjamin Tuy, M.D.Prasad Purudappa, M.D.
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contentscontentsin every issUe
4 Calendar9 New on the Shelf18 Scene About Town48 Parting Shot
LocaL coLor
1 1 Class Notes:Meet Maureen Seamondsby Hailey Brueschke
1 2 BV Student Spotlight:Lindsy Weidenfellerby Hailey Brueschke
1 3 Bottorff Volunteers for Fort Museumby Robert Wolf
2 6 Faith Matters:Judy Reed Facilitates Prayer Treeby Robert Wolf
FeatUre articLe
2 9 Fort Dodge’s Amazing High Bridgeby Meg Beshey
tHe gooD LiFe
3 5 Home Style:Curbside Cosmetologyby Meg Beshey
4 2 Health Wise:They Need Our Help Too, Part Twoby Meg Beshey
4 4 Culinary Corner:Potato Saladby Meg Beshey
4 6 Money Matters:Should You Take a Pension Buy Outcourtesy of Edward Jones
on tHe coverUnion Pacific Railroad Footboard Yard Master Don
Heddinger poses on the steps of caboose being used
in the Fort Dodge area. Crews ride on the platform dur-
ing long switching moves rather than hanging from the
grabirons and steps of freight cars. It's rare to see a
caboose still being used on trains for any purpose.
- Photo by Hans Madsen
Fort DoDge’s HigH briDge
- Photo by Dale Hearn Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 1
september 2012
Departments
2 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
From the News Editor It’s All Good…
So, how’s that daily routine going now that you’re back in the saddle with school and after-
school activities, say, clubs or sports? As a parent, you probably appreciate the little
things: the kids get up ever so gently, get dressed and eat breakfast (hopefully). You pray
for no traumas over a sibling wearing the other’s jeans or shirt and getting on the bus or in
the car promptly when you really need to get a move on. As you settle into your routines
and prepare for fall, think about how to enjoy the much cooler days than those of the sum-
mer. Take advantage of the outdoors, the parks. Visit an orchard, go see the amazing art
at Blanden Memorial Art Museum. Attend a school event or the last few outdoor markets,
and watch out for skydivers. It’s all there for the taking, so take advantage of what this
town has to offer.
After watching the Olympics in London last month, I was amazed at the dedication and fortitude the athletes had for
their sport. Although I had the events on TV, it gave me great energy to do projects around the house that needed
tending to at that time. My routine was, watch a little Olympics, get up off that couch and do a chore. Sometimes I
would go outside with the dogs to play deflated soccer ball, hammer something, paint something, build/create/write
something. That incentive to “do” eliminated many things that were on a list. It felt good to see the changes and the
involvement of the kids was pretty cool. Although I must admit the kitchen redo project turned into a family discourse
of what the final look would be. To be overruled on it by children let alone awesome friends was strange, but in the
end the kitchen has a new look for pennies. Take on those challenges and make it your own. You do not have to fol-
low the rules all the time. For instance when you stain wood, primer stayed on the shelf, the color was used, the
grain came out in all its glory and the character of the cabinets is very cool. All materials bought local thank you very
much.
This month in Today, as we talk about routines, school and incentives, we look at the beauty of our town’s railroad
heritage and the trestle bridge that rises high over the city with my favorite trainman, Don Heddinger. We’ll continue
our coverage of the STARS program and how its people tirelessly work to serve the troubled youth in the community.
Volunteers who support the Fort Museum and churches are featured. We also showcase the art being created under
the guidance of Maureen Seamonds and students at Buena Vista University/Fort Dodge. Our Home article looks at
how you can revamp that front of your home with some simple ideas from Jeff Becker. He promises to make the
good, the bad and the ugly into a unique landscape with not much to work with besides dried-up dirt and weeds.
Check out the recipe this month for all those events you have to bring something to. This month we give you a potato
salad. It’s grandmother’s recipe, so on Grandparents Day show them you love them by taking them a batch or make
some for a good ol’ tailgate party too.
To send Fort Dodge Today your suggestions, email us at [email protected].
editor’sspeak megmegbeshey
pUbLication inFormation
Direct inquiries to: 713 Central Ave.
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Advertising 574-4418Fax 573-2148Editorial 573-2141
Volume 23 Issue 5If your address has changed since yourlast issue call (800) 622-6613 ext. 404.
The Fort Dodge Today Magazine is published monthly by The Messenger, with all rights reserved, Copyright, 2012.
Managing EditorBarbara
Wallace Hughes
Sales ManagerBecky O’Brien
Art DirectorReggie Cygan
PublisherLarry D. Bushman
Advertising DirectorDavid Jakeman
Circulation DirectorGrant Gibbons
News EditorMeg Beshey
megmegbesheycontributors
Amelia "Amy" Presler is a FortDodge native, the youngest of 10children from parents Jack andVirginia Presler. Amy has three chil-dren, Austin, Lizzie and Eva. Amy isemployed at the Fort DodgePublic Library where she feeds heraddiction to books. She likes allgenres, but especially literary fic-tion, historical fiction, books withmaps on the front, horses on thecover, but not dogs; rivers andlakes.
Robert Wolf has lived in Fort Dodgesince 1964. He has written for FortDodge Today magazine since2002 and for The Messenger since1993. He’s the author of “Fossils ofIowa” and “Iowa’s State Parks.” Amember of the Author’s Guild, hishobbies include fossil collectingand photography.
Hailey Brueschke will be attendingIowa Central Community Collegenext year to attain her associatearts degree. From there she wouldlike to attend Iowa State Universityto major in journalism. Her goalafter college is to work for a majormagazine in a larger city. She likesto spend her free time reading,writing and being with her friendsand family.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 3
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C A L E N D A R
September 2012 1
Webster County
Museum
open for the day,
515 School St., Otho,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
1-3
Dayton National
Championship Rodeo,
Dayton, rodeo show-
times: Saturday, 7 p.m.
(Kids Night), Sunday, 7
p.m. (Tough Enough to
Wear Pink Night),
Monday, 1:30 p.m.
Wristbands specials for
$15 gets unlimited rides
for Saturday and Sunday,
4 to 6 p.m.
1-3
Couch Freak Boogie
skydiving at Fort Dodge
Regional Airport, all day,
for more information,
email Jason Kent at
3
Labor Day
3
Dayton Rodeo Labor
Day Parade, 10 a.m.
3
Noon Sertoma Pork
Chop Dinner, Veterans
Memorial Park, ( take
National Ave. to north-
west corner of John F.
Kennedy Memorial Park)
4 to 7 p.m. Rain or
shine. Carry out avail-
able, quantities limited.
Cost per plate, $10.
4
Blood pressure screen-
ing, Crossroads Mall,
8 to 9:30 a.m. and
Hy-Vee dining area,
10 to 11 a.m., free.
4
FDSH boys golf vs.
Mason City, Fort Dodge
Country Club, 3:30 p.m.
4
Lifetree Café at Cana:
Self Worth Explored,
18 S. Third St.,
public welcome,
noon or 7 p.m.
4
Tuesday Morning
Adventures, Fort Dodge
Public Library, 10 a.m.
5
Fort Dodge Civitan Club
meeting, Zakeers
Restaurant, 425 Second
Ave. S., 7 a.m.
6
Webster County
Museum
open for the day,
515 School St., Otho,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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FDSH football vs.
Marshalltown, Dodger
Stadium, 7 p.m.
8
Market on Central,
downtown Fort Dodge,
Central Ave.,
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
8
Webster County
Museum
open for the day,
515 School St., Otho,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9
5K Run/Walk/Bike/Cheer
- Reason 2 Run, St. Olaf
Lutheran Church,
239 N. 11th St.,
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
9
Skillet Creek Hike, Skillet
Creek Indian Mounds,
Dayton, 2 p.m.
11
Patriot Day
11
Blood pressure screen-
ing, Crossroads Mall,
8 to 9:30 a.m. and
Hy-Vee dining area,
10 to 11 a.m., free.
11
Lifetree Café at Cana:
Does the President’s
Faith Matter?,
18 S. Third St.,
public welcome,
noon or 7 p.m.
11
Tuesday Morning
Adventures, Fort Dodge
Public Library, 10 a.m.
11
FDSH girls swimming vs.
Ames and Perry, FDSH
pool, 5:30 p.m.
12
Fort Dodge Civitan Club
meeting, Zakeer’s
Restaurant, 425 Second
Ave. S., 7 a.m.
13
Oak Hill dinner and
entertainment, the
Vincent House, $20 per
person, 6 p.m. Dinner
includes soup and bread
bowl, anti pasta, sweets,
beverages with piano
entertainment by Dan
Prochaska. Fundraiser for
the Vincent House.
13
Webster County
Museum open for the
day,
515 School St., Otho,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
13
FDSH girls swimming
invite with Boone, Sioux
City North, Storm Lake,
and Waterloo West,
FDSH pool, 6 p.m.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 5
C A L E N D A R
September 2012
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Saturday, September 29th • 9 am-5 pm Sunday, September 30th • 10 am-4 pm
at Iowa Central Community College • Career Education Building
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Handicapped Accessible
Adult Pass – $5.00 • Ages 8-12 – $3.00
Questions? Call (515) 573-2229 Email [email protected]
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Lunch On-Site: “Dwight’s $5 Blue Plate Special”
(Soup, Sandwich, Relish, Dessert and Drink)
• Vendors • Silent Auction • Boutique Shop
• Fabric Dive • Magazine Sale
• Raffling a Quilt, Wall Hanging, and Table Runner Tickets: $1.00 each
or 6 for $5.
14
St. Edmond football vs.
PAC-PP, Dodger Stadium,
7 p.m.
15
Hogs for Dogs 2012
Poker Run, benefits
Almost Home Humane
Society of North Central
Iowa,
$15 per driver or
$25 per couple,
registration begins at
Fort Dodge Ford-Toyota,
10 a.m.
15
FDSH volleyball varsity
invitational with Ames,
Dowling Catholic, Iowa
City, Lewis Central,
Nevada, Osage Green
Devils and Western
Christian, FDSH main
gym, 9 a.m.
15-16
Hillbilly Sales and Flea
Market, Webster County
Fairgrounds,
Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
17
FDSH jv volleyball vs. St.
Edmond, FDSH gym,
7:30 p.m.
18
FDSH jv/varsity volleyball
vs. Ankeny, FDSH gym,
5 and 7:30 p.m.
18
Trinity Corporate Health
is hosting a free DOT
educational seminar,
Trinity Medical Center,
Atrium 2A and 2B, 801
Kenyon Road,
registration is from 7 to
7:25 a.m., seminar from
7:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
Information covers DOT
record/CSA initiative,
drug and alcohol testing
requirements, hours of
service, GPS technology,
new CDL regulations,
vehicle inspections
and more.
21
FDSH football vs. Ames,
Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.
6 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
C A L E N D A R
September 2012
AT THE BLANDEN“Seeing the World, 1820 - 1930” etchings from the museum’s permanent collection.
“Pottery, Painting and Persistance, 1958 - 2011” exhibit through Sept. 15, by Dean Schwarz.
Permanent Collection: Fall Landscapes by James Butler.
One-of-a-Kind Gift Shop: New items available just in time for holiday shopping.
Hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.
The Blanden is located at 920 3rd Ave. S. For information, phone 573-2316.
22-23
Sports Card Show,
Crossroads Mall, Saturday
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday
noon to 6 p.m.
22
Market on Central,
downtown Fort Dodge,
Central Ave.,
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
22
FDSH jv volleyball
invitational with multiple
schools, FDSH main gym,
8:30 a.m.
22
2012 Oktoberfest
featuring Mustang Sally,
food, music and drink
available, Oleson Park
Bandshell, 1400 Oleson
Park Ave., gates open at
11:30 a.m., entertain-
ment throughout the day
and evening.
23
ICCC football vs. Air
Force JB, Dodger
Stadium, time to be
announced.
25
State Representative
Candidates Forum, Matt
Alcazar and Helen Miller
in attendance (both con-
firmed), Light of the City
Conference Center,
2175 180th St., (north of
Boehringer Ingelheim
and south of Willow
Ridge), 6:30 p.m.
26
St. Edmond Junior/Senior
Homecominng
volleyball, 5 p.m.,
powderpufff football
game, 5:45 p.m.
28
St. Edmond football vs.
IKM-Manning, Dodger
Stadium, 7 p.m.
29-30
Fort Dodge Area
Quilters, Inc., 21st
Biennial Quilt show,
Rockin’ Round the
Quilts raffle tickets and
magazine sale, vendors,
silent auction, demon-
strations. Iowa Central
Community College
Career Education Bldg.,
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
adult passes $5, children
ages 8 to 12 $3, bus spe-
cial for 30 or more $4
per person. For more
information, email nefg-
call 573-2229.
30
ICCC football vs. Grand
View JV, Dodger
Stadium, 1 p.m.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 7
C A L E N D A R
September 2012
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Skydiving August 29, 2012 to September 3, 2012 Labor Day Weekend Fort Dodge Regional Airport Fort Dodge, IA desmoinesskydivers.com/index.php/dd 515-243-1711 or 515-570-9051
This is the 32nd anniversary of the Couch Freak Boogie. This is the annual skydiving event that takes place at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. Tandem jumps will be available to anyone over 18 years of age and in good health. For more information, email Jason Kent at [email protected] You can also find them
on Facebook as “Des Moines Skydivers”
Dollar Daze Boogie Dollar Daze Boogie
Second & Fourth Saturday June thru September
www.fdmarketoncentral.com
Bounce Back To The Library
FORT DODGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
515-573-8167 424 Central Avenue
Fort Dodge, IA www.fortdodgeiowa.org/library
On the Shelf
New books for September
provided by amyamypresler
Amy’s Word:
One of my favorite types of books to read is one that gives
equal billing to the setting and plot. NPR has an ongoing
feature called Crime in the City, where they talk with an
author who discusses the city in which their novel(s) take
place. Many popular authors have been featured including
Laura Lippman (Baltimore,) Robert B. Parker (Boston,)
Michael Connelly (Los Angeles,) and many others. If you
google Crime in the City, you can view the complete list
and listen to the podcasts. One author they haven’t fea-
tured yet is Deon Meyers, whose gritty South African crime
novels introduce you to a South Africa embroiled in crime
and politics. His books draw the reader in with gripping
plots as well as exposing the inner lives of the characters, so
as you’re trying to figure out who the killer is and how
they’re going to catch him, you also get caught up in the
detectives’ personal lives and foibles. His books feature a
revolving cast of characters with each novel focusing on a
specific character. His eighth book, Seven Days, releases
this month.
The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen
A young boy believes his mother is alive
after she disappears during a magic act on a
remote island in this historical novel.
Black Fridays by Michael SearsFinancial thriller featuring a former Wall
Street whiz kid-turned-felon hired to investi-
gate the trade records of a dead executive
while also trying to rekindle his relationship
with his son.
Wilderness by Laura Weller
A Civil War vet sets off on a trek across
Washington’s Olympic Penninsula while
recounting his memories of the war.
The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
On an antebellum plantation in Louisiana,
two multigenerational families’ lives intersect.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 9
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September 8th & 22nd
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2400 5th Ave. S. Fort Dodge, IA 50501
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Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 11
What is your name and where are you from? Maureen Seamonds. I am originally from Miami, FL. I now
live in Webster City.
What grade do you teach and at what school?
I teach drawing, sculpture, design and art appreciation at
Iowa Central Community College here in Fort Dodge.
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
I love the challenge and diversity of teaching. In teaching,
there is not a day that is like another. Each day brings you
different things. You deal with different students, different
topics and art materials. There is never a boring moment in
teaching.
How long have you been working as a teacher?
I initially taught at Iowa Central Community College for
about 10 years, but then left to teach elsewhere. I then taught
at Iowa State University and Drake University for a few years.
Later, I decided to come back to teach at Iowa Central.
Overall, I have taught at Iowa Central Community College
for 20 years.
What makes you interested in teaching art?
I have always wanted to teach art. Art brings out that inner
self with students you don’t always see in other classes. It is
like a release of sorts. It is great to be able to foster that
growth in someone else through creativity.
Who is someone that motivated you as a student?
My grandfather was the one person who really encouraged
my artistic efforts. He always liked the things that I made
when I was younger.
Who inspired you to become a teacher?
I had always thought that of Professor David Dunlap. He was
a University of Iowa art professor. He was a wonderful draw-
ing teacher. I always wanted to be an artist and teach like
him.
What is the worst excuse you have gotten from
a student?
Once a student had to leave my art class to go get his
girlfriend’s dog. This was because a storm was on the way.
He did this because the dog would start to have seizures
because of the storms.
What profession other than your own would you most
like to attempt?
I would like to be a sculptor or even part of a production
team. Other than that, I really do love my job as an art
instructor here at Iowa Central. I would not want to change it
at all.
What are ways students can be successful in college
that will further them in life?
I think students should put school first no matter what. I once
had a professor at Iowa State University that taught me school
should be the No. 1 priority when in college. If it is not first,
you are only affecting yourself and your ability to succeed
well beyond your college years.
What are three things every teacher should own?
I think every teacher should own a cell phone. This way their
students can always get ahold of them when they have ques-
tions pertaining to class. Another is a laptop. This way there is
a place where they can save everything they need to know for
class. Lastly, a bag where they can keep all of their papers and
other things they need everyday for their college classes.
haileyhaileybrueschkecoLorlocal
Class NotesMeet Marueen Seamonds
photograph by Hailey Brueschke
Maureen Seamonds has come full circle, teaching at IowaCentral Community, where she initially taught in the artdepartment prior to several other universities.
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BV Student SpotlightLindsy Weidenfeller
If you think being a full-time student ishard, trying being a full-time student, asingle mother and balancing a job all atthe same time. No one really knowshow hard this is until they are put intothe position of trying to further them-selves as they take care of anotherhuman being. This is the life of LindsyWeidenfeller.
Weidenfeller is taking Buena VistaUniversity classes at Iowa CentralCommunity College with a full sched-ule. Her dedication to her job and herchild makes it serious a challenge. But,there are graces. Yes, Weidenfeller com-
mutes about 30 minutes from her homein a small town, population about 250.But that small town environment helpsher with her studies as well as with herchild.
At Buena Vista/Iowa Central, shefocuses on accounting, business man-agement and organizational leadership.Previously, when she attended IowaCentral, her major was business. Butshe took an accounting class and reallyliked it.
“I also was a work study for theaccounting teachers, so after talking tothem about it, it seemed like a good fitfor me and what I wanted to accom-plish,” Weidenfeller said.
So she talked with her advisor at BuenaVista about her major and discoveredshe was only a few credits from achiev-ing an organization leadership bachelorof arts. Armed with that knowledge, shetook more classes in that direction.
“In today's tough economy, I wanted tomake sure I was very marketable when Iwas done with school,” she said. “Thisdecision I made helped me to decide totake the extra classes in hopes it wouldpay off in the long run, and it will.”
Because she is a single mother,Weidenfeller’s life is not that of a nor-mal college student.
“If I said it wasn't hard, I'd be lying,”she said. “It has been a struggle and attimes I wanted to give up. But I wouldlook at my daughter and know that Ineeded to stay strong and do this toshow her she can do anything she putsher mind to.”
One of her biggest challenges is balanc-ing time with her daughter, family, workand school. Having to do that meantshe had to make sacrifices and lose
sleep, but she knows it will all be worthit in the end.
“One of my favorite sayings is ‘anythingthat is worth it isn't easy.’ I repeat thatto myself when I am up ‘til 2 a.m.doing homework and then up at six forwork.”
She knows that when she does this sheis showing her daughter that hard workis rewarded, and that it will always beworth it in the end.
Even though she is a single mother andhas to do a lot of things by herself, shehas always had friends and family byher side to support her.
“My family and friends have been agreat support system through all of thisand I am very, very blessed to have eachand every one of them,” Weidenfellersaid.
She doesn’t normally ask for help fromother people because she’s independentand self-sufficient. Her family andfriends know this about her and usuallywait until she asks them for help.
“I honestly don't think I could havedone this without all of their love andsupport, so a big thank you to all ofthem,” Weidenfeller said.
Weidenfeller is proof that anything ispossible with a little bit of hard work.She knows that nothing in life comeseasy, but that is what makes it all worthit at the end of the day.
“If everything came easy in life, itwould not really be worth havingbecause you did not have to do any-thing to earn it,” Weidenfeller said.
photograph by Hailey Brueschke
Lindsy Weidenfeller leads achallenging life while balancingwork, family and school.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 13
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Continued on page 14
Dr. Michael Bottorff recalls seeing the
Fort Museum being built when he was
about 10 years old. Decades later, he is
president of the Fort Dodge Historical
Foundation, which oversees the muse-
um of his memories.
“I remember when I was a little kid, we
were coming from Sac City over to see
my grandfather in Webster City. The
fort was being built and we immediate-
ly had to stop and see what it was
about after it was completed,” said
Bottorff.
The museum was built from 1962 to
1964.
In those days, Bill Ryan was actively
involved with the museum. It was Ryan
who originally enlisted Bottorff ’s
involvement.
“Dr. Bill Ryan, who pretty much
founded this place, called me many
years ago,” Bottorff recalled. “He
asked if I’d like to be on the board. I
told him I really didn’t have much
experience with that sort of thing, but
I’d try to help out if I could, and I’ve
been on the board ever since. Probably
about 15 years.”
Bottorff has since learned a lot about
local history, a topic he has found
engaging. “It’s important to know
about the history so maybe we can
learn some of the values of the people
that came before us. I think sometimes
our values get misplaced by the
almighty dollar and getting ahead of
the next guy,” Bottorff said. “You also
learn from history not to repeat some
mistakes.”
Bottorff was board vice president when
then-President Will Patterson suddenly
died four years ago.
“The position is president, but I’m
more of a facilitator of the meetings,”
Bottorff said. “This board has faced a
lot of challenges. One of the big chal-
lenges is: this used to be Highway 20
that we are on, and now it’s not
Highway 20 anymore. It’s Business 20.
It seems we don’t get a lot of the trav-
eling, out-of-town traffic as much as we
used to.
“It used to be a lot of people traveled
this road, now they are mostly local or
the commuters from out of town for
work or school. Some out-of-towners
come along, but we don’t get near the
people driving by and saying, Oh,
there’s a fort, let’s stop by and take a
look at it.”
“Our challenge,” he said, “has been to
try to get the name out in various ways
to different groups.”
Still, schools tour the museum regular-
ly, both in the spring and fall. At some
point in their education, most local stu-
Bottorff Volunteers for Fort Museum
Bottorff with a brown bear, which was recently donated to the Fort Museum.
14 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
volunteer
Continued from page 13
dents visit it on field trips aimed at
teaching them about local and state
history. Senior citizen groups and com-
munity group events also take advan-
tage of the fort to host gatherings and
meetings. This is a great use of the
museum, Bottorff said.
“Fort Dodge is in a unique position,”
he said. “We have a lot of history here
that I think needs to be shared, with
young people especially.”
But with that history comes buildings
and other museum facilities that need
the support of the community that
enjoys them.
“We’ve got a lot of buildings here that,
because of the nature of them, are in
a bit of need of repair and so that’s
always a challenge to try to raise
enough money to keep our museum
collection in good shape and to keep
the exterior buildings in good shape,”
Bottorff said.
There are 12 members who comprise
the board Bottorff heads.
“I like to use the other board members
and their talents to come up with ways
to get the museum in front of people,
whether that is for the people’s educa-
tion or for the people’s enjoyment. If
we get folks out here, then they realize
what we have, how valuable it is and
hopefully they will want to keep it
around,” Bottorff said.
“People are presented with so many
options. People don’t have the atten-
tion span they used to. People are used
to sitting down at a screen and getting
all the answers in about half an hour,”
he said. “To take a few hours, which it
really takes to go through here, a lot of
people don’t have that kind of
patience anymore.”
Bottorff said his goal as board presi-
dent is to get people to relax and take
the time to expose their minds to the
way things used to be.
“It is a different world we live in.
We’ve talked about updating some of
our things, some audio and visual
things, but those things cost money. At
this point we can’t do that,” he said.
“We’ve tried various other ways to sup-
plement our income,” Bottorff said.
That includes events at the Opera
House, bingo and large group dinners.
A pork chop lunch in October, catered
by Howard Ball, is an upcoming way
of raising funds.
But the largest sources of income for
the museum are admissions and gift
shop sales.
There are misconceptions about how
the museum is funded, Bottorff said.
“We do not get any money from the
city, county or state. Occasionally we
apply for a grant and get a small grant
here and there, but we can’t depend
on those.”
Frontier Days has always been an
event that is financially separate from
the museum. “It has never been part
of the function of the fort,” said
Bottorff. “We have the ideal location
and, as far as I’m concerned, it will
always be held here at the fort.”
The museum collects a rental fee from
the use of the grounds for the event,
said Bottorff. It gives the fort great
exposure, he said. But, in the end,
long-lasting commitments are the
museum’s bread and butter.
“What we depend on is memberships.
This museum was built by a number of
service groups sponsoring buildings
and sponsoring different parts of the
museum. We are trying to include
those service groups to keep those
parts of the fort in good shape, and we
are always looking for members,”
Bottorff said. “Those memberships
help to keep us maintaining the collec-
tion and the outbuildings.”
Individual memberships start at $30 a
year; a family membership is $50.
“With every membership you get free
access to the museum for you and your
family,” Bottorff said.
The museum focuses on a specific his-
torical timeline. “We try to stay
focused on our time period, which is
the late 1800s,” Bottorff said. “The
museum was originally set up for that,
but we have all kinds of things out
here.”
For instance, as a Fort Dodge veteri-
narian, Bottorff has been particularly
instrumental in helping with the veteri-
nary display at the museum. “It’s not
completed, but it’s got a lot of interest-
ing things in it,” he said.
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 15
Bottorff is philosophical about his role
as an active volunteer. “I feel it’s my
duty to give things back to the commu-
nity,” he said. “The community has
given me a great place to live.”
Anyone with an interest in history or
who wishes to serve on the Fort
Dodge Historical Foundation Board
should contact Dr. Mike Bottorff
at the East Lawn Animal Hospital:
576-5149.
About Michael Bottorff
Born in Webster City, Bottorff, 57,
grew up in Sac City, but he still has
many relatives in the Webster City
area. After graduating from the Iowa
State University veterinary school, he
moved to southern Florida. In 1984, he
moved to Fort Dodge. “My dad had
some health problems, so I moved back
to be near him,” Bottorff said.
Around that same time, Dr. Herbert
Jonas, who owned East Lawn Animal
Hospital, asked Bottorff to help him in
the practice. Within the first year,
Jonas required a heart transplant.
Bottorff eventually became the owner
of East Lawn Animal with his wife, Tina
Bottorff. The couple has been married
15 years; they have a daughter,
Alyssa, 13.
The return to Iowa from Florida was
peppered with misgivings, Bottorff con-
fessed. “I was preparing for the worse,
and you know, I got back to Iowa and
winters were not near as bad as I
thought they were going to be,” said
Bottorff, adding, “and they haven’t
really been.”
In addition to his role in he Fort Dodge
Historical Foundation, Bottorff is
involved in the Almost Home Animal
Shelter and serves on the board of the
Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust.
Bottorff’s favorite part of the museum in the Pioneer, Military and NativeAmerican Exhibits building.
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Dragon Boat Races on Badger Lake
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Noon Lions’ Lunch on the Plaza
Ru t h Bennet t f i nds a b i t o f
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Birthday Celebration at Community Tap & Pizza
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aboutscene townPhotos by photographersNicole Hagar, Susan Mooreand Kevin Conrad.
Angel Ride to Save the Tatas Fundraiser
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Hy-Vee Drugstore has generic medications
available for $4. A complete list
can be found at www.hy-
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Located at 214 S. 25th Street in Fort Dodge,
Hy-Vee Drugstore's pharmacists, Don Fredregil
and Tim Bormann, have nearly 30 years of
combined experience in making sure your
medication needs are met professionally and accu-
rately. The pharmacy can be reached at 515-576-
3652.
Transferring your prescriptions to
Hy-Vee Drugstore is an easy process which the
staff is happy to assist with.
Hy-Vee Drugstore’s pre-fill service means
no more waiting around for your med-
ication. The pharmacy calls when your
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too.
Hy-Vee Drugstore’s pharmacy is
open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Monday through Friday; from
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Faith Matters:Judy Reed Facilitates Prayer Tree
Judy Reed tries to find something good
in every situation every day, and she
implements that philosophy by creating
goodness as a volunteer at Grace
Lutheran Church.
“I try to make the most of what God
has given me,” said Reed. To that end,
she leads Bible study and serves on the
Women of the ELCA — Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America — board.
She is also the coordinator for the
prayer tree at Grace Lutheran.
“We decided to develop a prayer tree
for people to express their prayer con-
cerns,” Reed said. She and another
woman helped organize it. “If they
have a prayer request, there are two
ways they can do it. They can call the
church and leave a message or they can
give me a call or email and let me know
what their prayer request is.
“It can be anyone,” she said. “It doesn’t
have to be a church member.”
A prayer tree is a chain with each per-
son calling the next person on the list.
Most of the people on the tree live
locally, but some of them have moved
away and wish to remain on the tree.
“It’s divided into four different branch-
es,” said Reed. “Three branches are
telephone. The fourth branch is email
and that’s the biggest branch.” There
are just under 50 people in that branch.
Most of the time the prayer request
includes a name, but it is not necessary.
“It makes it more meaningful when you
can put a name on something,” Reed
said.
“When they call and let me know, with-
in half an hour, if I’m at home, I put it
on the computer and make the phone
calls.”
The down side of the prayer tree is that
the people who pray rarely have the
opportunity to learn of the recipient’s
outcome. “People don’t very often come
back and tell us if something good hap-
pens,” Reed said. “We’ve talked about
this and it would be nice if they would
follow through later on with a report.”
“Because we are 25 miles away, I can
do this from my home, when I can’t be
up here everyday like some of the peo-
ple who get involved,” she said.
She does, however, become more active-
ly involved with the Women of the
ELCA. It coordinates all the women’s
events in the church. One of them is a
spring mother-daughter tea. Another is
the St. Lucia festival, which is usually
held the second week in December. Her
hands-on volunteerism is put to use in
the church’s knitting group, members of
which knit prayer shawls to be given
away. She also welcomes a women’s
summer fellowship gathering to her
house outside Fort Dodge.
“Our church is a very active church,”
Reed said. “It’s not a very big church
but it is very active.”
Judy Reed helped organize and now facilitates a prayer tree at GraceLutheran Church.
photographs by Robert Wolf
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 27
When Reed and her husband, Pat
Reed, first attended Grace Lutheran the
people were very welcoming, she said.
“We’ve been here ever since. It’s been a
long time. Our kids were all raised in
this church, baptized and married.”
Reed gives to her church for a simple
reason. “Why do we do anything for
our church? To give back, because I get
so much from being a member,” she
said. “I’ve been here so long it’s like a
family.”
Reed’s children were all raised in this church, baptized and married, and she feelsit’s important to give back to her church.
About Judy Reed
Judy Reed,
69, and her
husband,
Pat Reed,
have been
married
50 years.
He is a
State Farm Insurance agent.
They have five grown chil-
dren and nine grandchildren.
Originally from Cedar Falls,
Judy Reed met her husband
in college and together they
moved to Fort Dodge shortly
after getting married. They
later moved back to Cedar
Falls, but finally returned to
the Fort Dodge area for good
in 1965. Soon after, they
became members of Grace
Lutheran.
Judy Reed used to manage
Colonial Fireplace and Art
Gallery. Today, in her spare
time, she enjoys reading,
spending time with her chil-
dren and grandchildren, bik-
ing, kayaking, and hiking.
She spends a lot of time at
Brushy Creek State
Recreation Area near her
home. “Where I live,” she
said, “you can’t go outside
and not realize there is a
God.”
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featurecover megmegbeshey
Not many places literally span a lifetime,
but Fort Dodge has the mighty Great
Western Bridge, which, at nearly 110
years old, spans more than one. Locals
call it the High Bridge or the Trestle
Bridge. You see it as you drive over
Kenyon Road Bridge. It’s a man-made
marvel that towers over the Des Moines
River.
Don Heddinger has spent 42 years as a
train man. He clearly remembers what it
was like to cross the Great Western
Bridge for the first time.
“My mouth was open. My eyes wide
open,” said Heddinger, who has spent
most of his career as a conductor.
“It’s such an impressive view. I would
take the 4 o’clock switch engine over to
Iowa Beef, pick up car loads of beef des-
tined for market. I had to ride on top of
the cars we shoved back across the bridge
to our switching yard. I would then go
hang on the side of the cars with ladders
once we got over by 15th Street.”
Back then, he would go over the trestle
bridge twice a day, five times a week.
Now he seldom goes over it, though
trains go over it every day.
“Probably about three times a day you’ll
see a train going over the bridge,”
Heddinger said.
Dale Hearn, a train historian, in conver-
sation with Heddinger, jumped tracks, so
to speak.
“The Kate Shelley Bridge in Boone was
the closest to the size, height and length,”
Hearn said. “It is a bit longer, but it is
not used any more by trains. But it is still
there standing tall.”
The Fort Dodge bridge is rated No. 8 as
far as bridges used by trains in daily
operations. That is, according to
www.ChicagoGreatWestern.com, he said.
“In regards to a sister bridge that is most
like the one in Fort Dodge, I’d say it
Continued on page 30
Amazing HighBridge
Fort Dodge’s
Heading east into the city, a locomotive pulls passenger cars for Operation Safety Train over the High Bridge.- Image by Dale Hearn
30 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
would be the Boone and Scenic Bridge.
It is used every day where people can still
ride over it,” Hearn said.
Before the bridge in Fort Dodge was
built, a land survey was begun in July
1901 and finished that fall. The span of
the bridge is 2,582 feet from riverbank to
riverbank. To create the foundation for
the pillars, workers had to go down about
35 feet into the slate below the surface.
The masonry began in October 1901
and was completed in June 1902. That
year, the first steel work was laid for the
trestle bridge.
“This was the same type of steel that the
Titanic would have had,” said Don
Vaughn, a Chicago Great Western histo-
rian.
The bridge was finished in April 1903.
The first train went over the bridge the
next month, on March 14.
There is a record of the event ing the
CGW 1958 Safety News. “George
Gregory, master mechanic for the Mason
City and Fort Dodge Ry., was at the
throttle of engine 141. C.M. Doucett,
CGW engineer presided as fireman.
H.O. Penfield was Conductor and F. A.
Barth brakeman. The train consisted of
coaches 377, 204 and 254. Train dis-
patcher H.L. Scott gave the orders which
sent it on its way. C.H. Keith, Bridge
Engineer had virtual control of the cross-
ing and those who made up the party.”
A remarkable point in the process of
building the amazing train bridge is that
there was not one loss of life. In fact, a
smashed finger was the only injury
reported.
The bridge itself is 138 feet high. It
spanned two other railways, the Illinois
Central Railroad and the Minneapolis &
Continued from page 29
Don Vaughn and Dale hearn look over historical materials about the HighBridge. photo by Meg Beshey
OperationLifesaverSafety Traincoming overthe HighBridge on June26, 2011.
photo courtesyof Don Vaughn
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 31
Continued on page 32
About Don VaughnDon Vaughn was born in 1956 in
Winston-Salem, N.C. He moved to Fort
Dodge in 1960 when his father, W.A.
Vaughn, accepted the post of general
agent for the Chicago Great Western.
Vaughn is a 1974 graduate of Fort Dodge
Senior High. He spent four and a half years in the Air Force, then
worked in Hampton for Mid-America Publishing. His hobbies include
archiving and collecting the history of the CGW, and walking and
bicycling on trails made from former railroad rights of way.
An original rivet from the Chicago Great WesternBridge spanning the Des Moines River.
- photo by Don Vaughn
About Dale HearnDale Hearn is retired from MidAmerican
Energy and lives in Fort Dodge. He has
been an avid train photographer since
1976. He was inspired by the American
Freedom Train in 1976.
About Don HeddingerDon Heddinger was born, raised and edu-
cated in Ft Dodge. He has 42 years in
train service with Chicago &
Northwestern and Union Pacific rail-
roads. He is footboard yardmaster in
Fort Dodge, as well as serving as safety captain for the area and
grade crossing safety coordinator for U.P.’s Twin Cities Service
Unit and an operation lifesaver presenter. He also works with 30
drivers education programs through area high schools and other
organizations. His hobbie include fishing “from the time the ice
goes out until the lake freezes again.”
32 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
Continued from page 31
St. Louis Railroad, and five streets, as
well as the Des Moines River. It has 10
piers and 60 pedestals. It’s comprised of
four 220-foot deck truss spans, 15 75-foot
deck plate girder spans and 15 38-foot
deck plate girder spans.
It cost $450,000.
Today, according to the assembled train
experts, it would cost closer to $28 mil-
lion. It would likely take about two and a
half years to build due to the need for
permits required to before it could han-
dle the roughly 315,000-pound rail cars.
“The British have built bridges like this
forever, but building this type of bridge
over the Des Moines River valley was the
hardest half-mile connection for the
CGW to get accomplished, the most
expensive, the slowest. It was necessary to
continue the line from Fort Dodge to
Council Bluffs, to complete the rail infra-
structure,” Vaughn said.
Vaughn’s whole life has revolved around
the trains in Fort Dodge. His father,
William A. Vaughn, worked for Chicago
Great Western for 37 years; his grandfa-
ther, Victor E. Vaughn, for 49 and a half.
Vaughn grew up in Fort Dodge, knew of
the landmark bridge well and literally has
been a student of the Chicago Great
Western because of his father collecting
30 years of memorabilia. Vaughn has
every issue of Safety News, which was
the employee magazine for CGW.
“As a kid, I read this stuff all the time as
it was always in our home.”
Vaughn likes to tell the story of his
uncle’s first ride over the trestle bridge.
“It was back in 1964. Victor E. Vaughn,
my grandfather, an employee of the
CGW, as well as my father, W. A.
Vaughn, who was in traffic department,
as a sales manager were on the train that
day. My uncle, V. Allan Vaughn, came to
visit us for a few days, and asked whether
he could ride across the bridge. Dad
made arrangements for Allan to ride the
local... The local arrives with the custom-
ary RS-2 (a multipurpose locomotive).
Allan and my dad climb aboard the loco-
motive for the trip to west Fort Dodge
and the Iowa Beef Packers plant. As the
short train leaves, just the locomotive
with the empty cars to place at IBP and
A locomotive pulls cars across the High Bridge as it heads into town.photo by Dale Hearn
View of the Minneapolis and St. Louis train yard showing Chicago Great Westerntrain no. 92 cross the High Bridge in 1968. -Image courtesy of Don Vaughn
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 33
the caboose, Dad and the others engage
Allan in conversation to distract him
from noting the approach to the
bridge. Shortly after going out on the
bridge, Allan looks out as someone says,
‘Look at the view!’ Allan glances out the
cab window, marveling at the Des
Moines River valley as they were close to
being one-third of the way over the
structure, then looks down. With a gasp,
he leaps out of the fireman's seat and
nearly into the lap of the engineer,”
Vaughn recalled. Everyone laughed.
“Train guys have a sense of humor and
Allan was placed on the north side of the
locomotive, which has no view of the
bridge structure as he looked down to the
river. The north side of the bridge does
not have a walkway, so the locomotive
side actually sits over the edge of the
bridge. Allan decided to return to the
depot in the caboose.”
At one point, the trestle in Fort Dodge
was the longest, single-track structure in
the United States. The north side, or city
side, of the bridge had lettering painted
on it. It was done by a railroad employee
who would hang off the edge of the
bridge. It read: Chicago Great Western
RR Minneapolis St. Paul Chicago
Omaha. The bridge also had a guard
house at the east end on the north side of
the track. An Army soldier would have
been stationed there to guard the bridge
during both WW I and WW II.
Vaughn also likes to tell the story of the
lone spotlight on the bridge. Apparently,
a switch train was going to Iowa Beef
and heading to the switch yard after
arriving at IBP. A manifest train, No. 92,
was coming through over the bridge to
head to Clarion. After that train went by
the switch train was to head back across
the bridge to the depot located in Fort
Dodge. A radio call came over about a
train coming westbound towards the
switch train. The conductor, being con-
fused by this, looked to see a lone head-
light heading his way. It was a car head-
ing straight towards the train. Police were
called and the individual was stopped.
The story, he said, is part of the magic of
the bridge.
“Rail fans never really come here to
understand how amazing this bridge is,”
Vaughn said. “There are young rail fans
who have never seen the bridge, yet live
in the state.”
He considers the bridge fascinating, yet
he noted that few photos of the bridge
have been taken for publications involv-
ing train bridges of interest. “This bridge
is kind of off the radar, so to speak, of
the images of known railroad bridges.”
Resources:
CGW Safety News, April 1958, Vol.4
Fact Sheet from Don Heddinger from
the Safety Train Ride given to passengers
The Great Western Magazine, February
1928, Vol.1, No. 1
The Railway Age, March 20, 1903,
Vol.457, pgs.1-3
www.ChicagoGreatWestern.com
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it can be frustrating and complex, but
there’s help out there. Take the advice
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Then get down on your hands and
knees, dig in and do it.
There are a lot of ways to landscape a
garden space in need of some TLC,
but with someone like Becker the
options seem possible.
First, in this case, the positives. There
are two bushes that are anchor points, a
holly and a spirea. Both are in great
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“Just look at it. It is so healthy, deep
green, great shape,” said Becker in
appraisal. “The spirea bush can use a
bit of a trim and maybe take it down to
12 inches so that it has a chance to
come back more in form.”
Other options? Take it down all the
way or put in a brand new bush. With
a project like this, it’s crucial to consider
the final options: grow things in the
space, go for visual impact or just cover
it up. Visual impact got the thumbs up.
So many choices. Bushes? Annuals?
Perennials? Rocks, mulch or decorative
features? Whew.
Becker assessed the potential space for
the curbside makeover. One factor that
will affect the final look will be the
overhang of the roof on the house.
“Nothing is going to grow underneath
it, so outside of the line where it shad-
ows the ground is where plants can
grow with plenty of sun,” said Becker.
Options for dealing with unwanted veg-
etation already in place are to put down
black plastic with brick on it or use
Roundup.
The status of the
soil, according to
Becker, is pretty
good.
“Unless it is full
of clay, the soil is
just fine,” he
said. “Iowa dirt
is pretty much
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perk of our type
of soil around
here is that you
do not have to really do that much to it
compared to other parts of the country.
You can if you want to, but it is not
really necessary.”
Good to know.
Becker said you can go as big as you
want when redoing the space in front of
your home, or go small, say, by
installing some dwarf shrubs. Hostas
which are also commonly used to fill
space.
Consider, too, materials. One cost effec-
tive material is the compost out by the
city garage near Oleson Park.
Becker suggested going for a walk to
see what you like. Maybe take a note-
book along, do a quick sketch of what
you see.
“It is good to see plants in a mature
stage in other gardens already estab-
lished with homes,” said Becker. “This
will give you a better idea of what they
will look like in the long run instead of
the newer plants just sitting at the nurs-
ery.”
Continued on page 36
Drawing created by Jeff Becker to do a makeover of existing landscaped areain front of the house.
Jeff Becker
36 � Fort Dodge Today � September 2012
Customers often ask Becker for sugges-
tions that are low maintenance — these
are the I’m too busy to have an elabo-
rate garden people. Becker said that
regardless of what you plant there will
be some level of maintenance such as
“dead-heading” flowering plants and
the occasional weeding.
“This all depends on you the gardener
and your devotion to the space,” said
Becker. “Some gardeners don’t want to
deal with that so they put in the mulch,
river rock or pea rock, and sometimes
it’s good old Iowa dirt.”
In this case, the vegetation between the
bushes is going to go away. One option
to replace it could be to use container
garden units on top of rocks. These
could be placed behind low-height
shrubs that would be placed in the
front of the garden space. Under the
overhang would go mulch covering,
rocks or bark. This would serve the
dual purpose of covering up a barren
area where nothing grows all the way
over to the large dog pits that have pro-
gressed under the two bushes.
There is a curved entry sidewalk to be
dealt with before the garden space. To
showcase the curve, an angled area cre-
ated by black edging is going to be
used. In the front
could be perennials
that would be showy
this time of year. The
height factor could
play off that curve,
going from short to tall
for visual effect. A gar-
dener needs to keep in
mind the times that
plants bloom their best
when planting them to
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goal. One thing Becker
frequently sees is over-
planting.
Another aspect to con-
sider is the back layer
to be seen from the
street. Maybe three to
four bushes or shrubs
could be put in, or
maybe two to three
bushes or shrubs with
perennials in between.
The holly bush will
remain as the
“anchor” look, since it
provides year-round
seasonal color. Final
choices may not have
been made, but at least
some sort of
game plan is in
place. Becker
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could be done
for final review
before any work
begins.
Next month,
the progression
of how the
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of these ideas
will be dis-
cussed, includ-
ing the pros and
cons of how
things have gone and changes that had
to be made.
Becker has been in the garden and
nursery family business for more than
35 years. He has worked primarily with
the garden center for Becker Florists
during the last 15 years. His favorite
thing to do with his job is working with
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Because he doesn’t get to go out on
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he could get out of the office to get his
hands on a project like this. The front
of the house will be glad too.
home style
Continued from page 35
The before image of the landscaped area to get a makeoverby Jeff Becker.
Becker checking the spirea bush to see if it will stay orcome out on the landscape.
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Last month, you were introduced to a
vital service organization in the commu-
nity that deals with the health of young
people struggling with issues way
beyond most people’s comprehension.
You would think that at such a young
age children should not have to deal
with the tough reality of life, yet they
do. These kids too often turn to sub-
stance abuse to cope with their situa-
tions, which stretch across a broad spec-
trum of severity. STARS — Substance
Abuse Treatment for Adolescent
Recovery and Success Program, found-
ed in 2005, is licensed by the Iowa
Department of Public Health and
administered locally by Community &
Family Resources. Its programs deals
with that substance abuse, and deals
with it head on.
Andrea Jondle and Blake Harvey are a
part of what makes STARS work. They
were asked this question: How exactly is
this a health issue for the community?
“To start off, these youth can be dealing
with general medical issues such as HIV,
STDS, hepatitis, and E.R. visits due to
the substance abuse-related cases, such
as overdoses,” said Jondle.
A secondary effect to the public can be
the contraband items from use some-
times left in parks, which are often
places of refuge for the young people.
The items then become a health issue
for someone to deal with when discov-
ered.
And the availability of prescription
drugs is just as much a concern as illicit
pharmeceuticals.
“Just this year, locally, six female clients
were treated with a Xanax O.D. situa-
tion at the E.R. The public needs to be
aware of the importance of locking up
or removing prescriptions so they are
not readily available,” said Harvey.
The kids who take these prescription
drugs have what are called “Pharming
Parties.” They dump whatever is
brought to the party into a bowl and
everyone takes a grab of whatever they
get, often also while consuming alcohol.
“Unfortunately, death becomes a reality
with substance use,” said Jondle. “We’ve
lost three clients to relapse so far this
year due to substance-related deaths.
Two were under the influence and one
was probably related to K2.”
Substance abuse can also cause or exac-
erbate symptoms of mental health-relat-
ed issues.
“Youth do not have fully developed
brains until the age of 24,” said Harvey,
“so permanent damage can be done.”
Jondle elaborated.
Clients find a home inside this facility to learn and grow past their addictions.
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“Addiction is a neurobiological
disease that directly affects the
chemical makeup of the brain, in
which people become addicted.
These chemicals, known as neu-
rotransmitters, are likely overpro-
duced as a result of the specific
substance in which they are
using.”
When the chemical makeup of
the brain is permanently or tem-
porarily altered, a STARS client
is typically diagnosed with a co-occurring disorder. A co-occur-
ring disorder is a substance abuse and mental health disorder
occurring at the same time.
“Some of the more common mental health disorders experi-
enced by adolescents include depression, anxiety, attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, and conduct and oppositional
defiant disorders,” said Jondle.
STARS has a 15-bed facility in Fort Dodge. The number of
clients it served on a regular basis is on the rise.
“We actually could use about 18 more facilities like ours to
deal with this health problem,” said Jondle. “We take clients
from all over Iowa.”
There are only three facilities in the state that provide residen-
tial treatment. Referrals are received from the Iowa
Department of Human Services,
Juvenile Court Services, hospitals,
schools, mental health providers,
and parents.
“Many of our clients have already
become involved in the legal sys-
tem prior to placement with us,”
said Jondle. “We capture only a
small population of the youth that
are out there struggling with sub-
stance use issues.”
Continued on page 44
Andrea Jondle
Blake Harvey
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The program is arranged in clinical
groups. Youth learn early recovery
skills that help clients learn about the
substance disorders they have and
identify relapse triggers that might
cause them to use again. Relapse pre-
vention skills address planning and
actions a client can take to stay drug-
free.
“Substance use is often the coping
mechanism adolescents pick up when
life for them becomes overwhelming,
stressful, hopeless,” said Jondle.
The family becomes an integral part of
this process.
“It is frustrating when the family does-
n’t identify the importance of getting
involved with services. If we are
unable to treat the family, the success
rate of the client we are treating goes
down drastically. The family unit has
to change in order for the client to be
successful, “ Jondle said. “The family
night groups on Tuesdays helps so that
the client sees hope and a future in
overcoming the addiction with positive
family support.”
STARS also aims to remind people
that the youth who are struggling are
someone’s daughter or son.
“These youth have made bad choices,”
said Jondle. “Sometimes they just don’t
truly believe that they can move on to
a more positive place in life.”
In the greater community, there are
resources that offer ongoing support to
their recovery. They include Narcotics
Anonymous, N.A.; Alcoholics
Anonymous, A.A.; Al-Ateen and Al-
Anon, as well as numerous faith-based
support networks. Also, clients are
involved in community service projects
to help them learn how to socially
interact in their community. Recent
examples included helping the Almost
Home Animal Shelter, Noon Kiwanis
Pancake Breakfast, and serving Lunch
on the Plaza at Ninth Street and
Central Avenue with the Fort Dodge
Noon Lions.
They also learn how to apply for a job.
Local businesses work with STARS to
hire clients to help them learn how to
function in a work environment.
And they learn how to give back to
others, and to not expect something in
return.
STARS has an educational depart-
ment that helps the youth acquire
credits necessary to continue on with
their education, too, and a GED pro-
gram that offers clients the ability to
receive a diploma if credit restoration
is not possible. They study 11 core cur-
riculum basics.
And, once in a while, they simply have
fun. They’ve gone to the Rosedale
Rapids aquatic center, Adventureland
and an I-Cubs game. Sometimes, they
just do the simple things like get ice
cream or go to a local park to play vol-
leyball orhorseshoes.
To learn how you can help with
the STARS program or fund a
program that helps the youth,
contact STARS at 430 N. Eighth
St. or call (515) 576-7261, option
5. You can also email Andrea
Jondle, residential adolescent
supervisor, at
Clinical sessions on everyday learning skills are taught in this room.
Continued from page 43
Fort Dodge Today � September 2012 � 45
cornerculinary megmegbeshey
It’s a fine
month to fea-
ture the good ol’
spud. Yep,
that wonder-
ful vegetable
that’s used
just in about
e v e r y t h i n g
except desserts
— and if it is,
you might not
eat it. Potatoes
are a starchy staple
for most meals and
this simple recipe is
easy to do. It’s also well
worth the effort, especially if
you must feed a tribe, a team or a
workplace gathering. The recipe comes
from a great-grandma. Can’t you just
hear that woman reciting this to a fam-
ily member? Make this. Make it again.
You’ll have to because it won’t last very
long — it is that good. Then stand back
and wait for the compliments.
Potato Salad
4-5 lbs. red potatoes (cooked, just ten-
der, in their jackets)
1 dozen hard-cooked eggs (peeled and
chopped)
1 medium white onion (finely diced)
½ tsp. pepper
1 cup salad dressing (use Miracle Whip,
not mayonnaise)
½ cup milk (Don’t you dare go less or
more — grandma is watching.)
1 T. yellow prepared mustard
Salt to taste.
Gently toss cooled,
peeled and
c h o p p e d
p o t a t o e s
with eggs
and onion.
Mix salad
dressing, milk,
mustard, salt and
pepper in small bowl.
Pour over potato mix
and gently toss together.
If the potato salad isn’t
creamy enough, add a little
more salad dressing and milk.
Cover and chill 3 to 4 hours to
blend the flavors. Garnish with a sprin-
kling of paprika and some sliced hard-
cooked egg if desired. You can also add
chives or cucumber or maybe some
diced celery for a little crunch. This
makes for a great lunch, so save some
for your next workday entrée. When the
crowd wants more, you say, “I don’t
know where the rest of it went…” and
smile.
photographs by Meg Beshey
Potato Salad
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