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Volume 10

Email: CrescentConnection@earthlink.netCell: (402) 968-5484Fax: (712) 545-9143

In This Issue...Page 2 ................. City Council MinutesPage 3 .....Calling ALL Crescent Residents

Community Bulletin BoardTime Out

Page 4 ...................Crescent Fall FestivalOld Muddy

Basil-Tomato TartPage 5 ...............What’s Up at CECC?Page 6 ........The Story Behind the Plaque

PCCF Small Grants ProgramYou Must Be a Redneck if

Page 7 .. Mt. Crescent Ski Hills Mud RunPages 8 & 9 .......................Advertisers Page 10 .............................Diggin’ It!

Useless KnowledgeSubscription/Advertising Info

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CresCentFall Festival

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010From 8 a.m. until the cows come home!

Pancakes: 8am at the School • Parade: 10am • Festival to Follow$5 Admission to the Festival • Quilt Show $2 or 3 Canned Goods.

Kids 3 & under Free • Lots of Free Activities!

For More Info, Call (402) 968-5484

In the Park

Music by

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12-6 pm

3rd Annual

Parade Route:Starts at Community

of Christ Church, then east on Jackson to

highway then east on E. Welch past school.

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It’s Going to Be A... Pancake-Slinging • Parade-Watching • Face-Painting • Apple-Bobbing

Cake-Walking • Silent-Auctioning • Hot Dog-Eating • Tractor-Showing Bake-Saling • Craft & Vender-Shopping • Soup-Slurping

Carnival-Gaming • Quilt-Showing & Hayrack-Riding

...Good Time!Pancake Manat Crescent Elementary 8a.m.

Follow the signs to

the Crescent City Park

on E. Welch.

Veterans’ MonumentOld Lincoln Highway

Committee

Rain Date: Saturday, October 9th, 2010.

Join Us onSeptember 11th

for “Ride for the Fallen”Poker Run

Benefits IA Firefighters Memorial & the Crescent

Volunteer Fire Department. The CVFD will be

serving food from 6-9Street Dance

begins at 8pm featuringTaxi Driver

Kief’s full ThroTTle

All Proceeds Benefit the Veterans’ Monument.

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Minutes from August 2nd, 2010 Council Meeting...THE CRESCENT CITY COUNCIL met in regular session in the Crescent Community Hall at 7:02PM pursuant to the law. Mayor Leggio called the meeting to order. The following Council members were present: Morgan, Jacobsen, and Anderson. Clark, Stokes, absent. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve consent agenda. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. SMART PLANNING RESOLUTION #080210 which needed to be included in the grant was submitted for signature. Grant Anderson from MAPA will be submitting this grant. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Anderson to sign resolution. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. BRIAN CHAFFIN/OLSSON & ASSOC. reported to the council that another grant is requesting documentation on rainfall and intervals between heavy rainfall. He is able to get this information for the city. BOB ANDERSON introduced Tim Hielkema to the council. He discussed the ideas on the new maintenance facility. His group would design the building and also do all necessary work for the bidding process. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve the agreement submitted upon city attorneys’ review. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. FENCE ORDINANCE #060710-1 submitted for 1st reading. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Anderson to approve 1st reading. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. INFORMATION ON DUGOUTS submitted. The fencing for the dugouts is complete. Bid for the benches submitted for approval. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Anderson to approve bids for the fencing and the benching. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. ANDERSON discussed the bid received for the water service. This project will not only serve the park for the hydrant to water down the field, but will be large enough to serve the proposed restrooms, concession stand and water service for the new maintenance facility. Clerk advised to order 2” meter for this project. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Anderson to approve bid. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. MIKE KEIFER explained his proposed special event at Keif’s Full Throttle Bar and Grill. It will be Sept. 11, 2010 from 8PM to Midnight. His kitchen will be closed and members of the fire dept will be grilling hamburgers, brats, etc. to supply the food. He will have the band ‘Taxi Driver’. He has submitted paperwork for special event liquor license. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve special event liquor license. Morgan, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. GALEN BARRETT/FIRE CHIEF reported there has been 149 calls for the year. Department did colors for Westfair on Fri/Sat. nights. PLANNING COMMISSION is working on tree ordinance. Next meeting Aug. 6th at 6:00PM Members of the audience asked if maintenance man mows ditches up north. They would like to see it mowed farther into the ditch. There was concern that councilmen and mayor didn’t attend the ice cream social event. All had previous engagements. There are some residents that want to start a committee to extend on the charrette idea. Morgan stated that there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes at the moment and the city is not ready to start this project. BLOOD MOBILE will be Aug. 14th at the community room from 8AM – noon.MAINTENANCE MAN, PEOPLESERVICE, MAYOR are to go to a residents property to check erosion and to find the water stop box. There seems to be a problem with erosion on the ROW and it needs to be researched. WATER TOWER INTERIOR IS SCHEDULED to be inspected and cleaned Aug. 3, 2010. Residents may experience low water pressure this day. IA. LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE scheduled Sept. 21-24th, 2010. Some expressed interest in going. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING will be Sept. 13, 2010 at 7:00PM due to holiday. MORGAN stated that DOT will be counting cars sometime in August. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Jacobsen to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned 8:21PM

Contact Numbers

Mayor Maryalice Leggio

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Councilman Bob Anderson545-3373

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Councilman Daryl Clark545-4321

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Councilman Elvis Jacobsen545-3215

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Councilman Patrick Morgan

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Councilman Chuck Stokes545-9085

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City ClerkMary Martin545-3981

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Park BoardJim Campin227-0040

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Message BoardRon Olson545-3267

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Crescent Fire Dept.Non-Emergency

545-3730(

Crescent Elementary545-4492

Crescent City CouncilSubmitted by Mary Martin, City Clerk. The City of Crescent is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Veterans’ Monument Committee: At the Firebarn.—Every Wed. thru Oct. 2nd.

Crescent Optimist Club: First Thurs. at 7pm at Comm. of Christ; third Sat. 7am at Henry’s.

City Council Meetings: First Monday of every month unless holiday—September 13th.

Planning Committee: Second Monday of the month following the city council meeting.

Firebarn Breakfasts: Proceeds benefit CVFD 3rd Sunday of Every Month.—September 19th.

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LOESS HILLS WINERySaturday, Sept, 25th

Fall Music Event with Chris Saub! Chris will be returning after harvest to wow us again with his easy–listening acoustic music.

Saturday, Oct 9th Fall Music Event with The Crys-tol Creek Outlaws & The Man in Black! We are pleased to have one of the crowd favorite bands back at the winery – enjoy a little country, rock–n–roll, southern rock and blues favorites. There is a $5 cover charge while the band is playing from 6:00 – 9:00pm. We will also be offering a meal for $6, or you are welcome to bring your own picnic. Please bring your lawn chairs and pick your spot on the covered patio or out in the grass.

No outside alcohol, please!

Calling ALLCrescent Residents!

We NeeD YOu! ...To support your local Boy Scouts by participating in the Avenue of Flags project. For only $35/yr they will place a flag in your yard before every flag holiday. By doing so, you’re helping Carl Schnackel of Boy Scout Troop 3 achieve his Eagle Badge. Call him at 712-322-6149.

HITCHCOCk NATuRe CeNTeRHitch Hike • Sept. 21st • 6:00 p.m.

Join us for the conclusion of this summer series. This hike is a challenging one that includes exploring parts of more remote areas of the preserve and the Loess Hills up close. We will walk through Hidden Valley out west to reach our destination- a scenic overlook of the Missouri River valley. Cost: $2.00 per person and includes on-trail refreshments. Weather permitting.

HawkWatch Festival • Sept. 25th • 1-3:00 p.m. Join hawkwatchers and keep your eyes on the skies for migrating raptors. This event will include live hawk demonstrations by Raptor Recovery NE, hikes in the hills, children’s bird activities, and refreshments. Come out and view magnificent raptors on their journey south! Cost: $3.00 per person, children 5 and under admitted free. Weather permitting.

PleASe WelCOMe... Two new arrivals to the Crescent area. On August 9th, Aubrey Lynn was born to Larry and Sheila Rohatch, co-owners of the Loess Hills Winery. Aubrey weighed 7lbs, 1oz and was 20” long. She is the granddaughter of Ron and Nancy Rohatch Honey Creek. On August 20th John and Maria Goodman became the proud parents of Michael James. He weighed in at 7lbs, 11oz. and was 20” long. His grandparents are Jim and Dailene Goodman of Crescent.

A BIg ATTA gIRl...To Suzie Knudsen of Crescent for hitting a hole-in-one at Iron Horse Golf Course! Last month during her

Thursday morning women’s golf league she had four pars before hitting the hole-in-one, which she saw roll into the cup. “It was like the frosting on the cake,’’ she said. Congratulations, Suzie!

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9-inch pie crust1-1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese, divided5 roma tomatoes, sliced into wedges1 c. fresh basil4 cloves garlic1/2 c. mayonnaise1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese1/8 t. white pepperOptional: fresh basil leaves Place pie crust in a 9” pie plate. Flute edge or press with tines of a fork, if desired. Line crust with a double thickness of aluminum foil. Bake at 450 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake for an additional 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from oven Re-duce temperature to 375°. Sprinkle crust with 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese; cool on a wire rack. Arrange tomato wedges over melted cheese. In a food processor, combine basil and gar-lic; process until coarsely chopped. Sprinkle over tomatoes. In a medium bowl, combine remaining mozzarella cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese and pepper. Spoon evenly over basil mixture to cover top. Bake at 375° for 35 to 40 minutes, or until top is golden and bubbly. Garnish with ad-ditional basil, if desired. Serve warm. Makes 6 servings.

Basil-Tomato TartA great recipe for your garden-fresh tomatoes!

”Old Muddy”Reprinted from the Crescent Oracle, April 17, 1857

Every body has heard of the “Big Muddy” and what a snorter she sometimes becomes. When she takes a fit and gets her dander up and goes along swimmingly, then she makes a terrible muse, which to a man up a tree is not, to say the least, very pleasant on a cool day. We have, for a number of years, lived a close neighbor to Old Muddy, and have seen her on her “high heeled boots” many a time; but have never before seen her on so extensive a splurge as she is and for a few days has been. She has thrown cold water upon many an agricultural enterprise in the low bottoms and has been a damper to the stock range, and in some places, has joined the bluffs, upon either side with an aqueous turbid sheet. Lumbermen and stock have been hurried from the bottoms and in some places, buildings surrounded and inundated, and we believe, some of the river towns in the bottoms are no better off. We have been high and dry and fifteen feet above high water. Water is now receding.

968-5484 so she can reserve your spot. • Homemade Baked goods! We need pretty cakes for the cake walk and other baked goods for the bake sale table. They can be dropped off at the firebarn on Friday the 1st or at the festival before 10am. • Vendors & Crafters: We’re offering 10 x 10 spaces for $25. You may set up inside or outside. Bring your own tables. Contact Deb Kraft to reserve a space at 545-9033. • Parade participants: We’re looking for all types of parade participants...floats, classic cars and trucks, vintage tractors, horse clubs and more! Kids...show off your halloween costume! Dress up your pets if they’re friendly. Decorate your bike or trike. If you have any questions regarding any of these activities or would like to volunteer, please call (402) 968-5484. The firebarn will be open for food and silent auction donations from 7:30am to 5:00pm Friday, October 1st.

Our Wheels are in Motion!CresCent Fall Festival

For the last few weeks, the Veterans’ Monument Committee along with the Crescent Optimists have been setting things in motion for the 3rd Annual Fall Festival. This years festival will be bigger and better starting with the Pancake Man serving pancakes at the school cafeteria at 8:00am. The Optimists are hosting a parade starting around 10:00am. The parade will begin at the Community of Christ Church, go down Jackson to the highway where it will turn onto E. Welch and go past the school. The festival will follow after the parade with lots of activities for kids and adults. Admission is $5 per person with proceeds going to the Vets’ Monument. As always, we need help to make the festival a success. Volunteers are needed to help with setting up, taking down, manning some of the activities, directing parking, and much more.

We also need the following... • Silent Auction Items! A new, unused donated item is a great way for business owners to show their support. • Quilts! Whether you have one or several, vintage or new, give Kris Smith a call at 545-3118. Judging is optional. • Tractors! We want to see your vintage iron. Give Jody a call at (402)

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What’s Up at CECC?Submitted by linda Brewer

Our first official “thank you” for this column is to those of you who bought cookie dough from our fund raiser last fall. We recently used part of the profits to rent a school bus and take all the kids to Fontennelle Forest for a field trip. About 35 of us enjoyed the nature trail and giant, wooden bugs along it, the natural playground and discovery science room they have there. We also thank Molly Gurnicz, Blair Bauers and Alex Brewer for going along to help supervise. We also used part of the cookie dough money to rent a bouncer (the jumping kind) for our “back to school bash” on Friday, Aug. 13. We celebrated the unofficial end of summer with water play, a picnic and ice cream. Though, truthfully, parents and child care teachers may be celebrating the beginning of the school year a bit more than the kids. The community enrichment classes have ended, as well. We were able to offer 11 hour-long classes, mostly at the fire barn over the summer. Because Home Depot would not take the stipend available, we were able to have one extra class, and we thank them. The classes ranged from arts and crafts to martial arts, wood working, bike safety, and two nature classes put on by the Hitchcock Nature Center staff. Other local presenters included the Optimists Club, two art teachers and the fire department. We thank all of them for a very successful series which educated an average of about 25 kids per class. We also enjoyed the C.B. library’s story time this summer. The story teller came to the fire barn for eight weeks. I believe Crescent is the only out of town site she comes to so we hope more community kids will support it next summer so they will continue to send someone here. Even though summer is “play time”, we try to sneak in education. For most of this summer, the themes were mammals and bugs. The kids read books, did experiments, played games and went on bug hunts. The cicadas cooperated by appearing on

every tree in the yard, both alive and their exoskeletons. We wrapped up the summer by learning about maps and studying the states that make up our country. The kids drew maps of their bedrooms, the center and the neighborhood. We also created and mapped our own state, called “Candyland” (the kids voted on the name) and the state capital, “Crescentopolis.” A correction from the last column in “maintenance thank you’s”. Toby Sandbothe and Marvin Collins were the volunteers who fixed our fence after a tree fell on it. And a “thank you” to Lara Blair and Seth Gruber who helped shampoo the carpet one Saturday. If you are related to someone who works here, you get sucked in to help a lot. Our preschool class starts on Tuesday, Sept. 7th this year, and due to some kids moving to different school districts, we do have openings. If you are interested in preschool for your three to five year old, contact us at 545-9016 or cecckids@aol.com or just stop in. We also have openings for full-time child care (for children who are 2 years and up and are toilet trained), and a few slots for b e f o r e - a nd - a f t e r school care, as well. You can check out our website, www.cecckids.com to learn more about the center or contact us.

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The Pottawattamie County Community Foundation (PCCF) neighborhood small grants program is designed to assist neighborhoods in developing and implementing their own projects that will increase neighborhood connection and pride. The projects are required to be neighborhood based and led by at least three unrelated persons residing in separate households. Projects must build on existing strengths and assets in the neighborhood such as residents or volunteers’ specific skills, or a neighborhood’s public spaces, institutions, businesses or churches. Possible grants for this program would include beautification, literacy programs, after school programs, block parties, neighborhood fairs and carnivals, graffiti cleanup, community organizing efforts or any other activity that would bring the neighborhood together for mutual benefit to all. Grants such as made to Fairmont Park neighborhood Association for beautiful signs to be placed in front of historic homes in the neighborhood or the splash fountain to be built in Walnut to add to the available activities for the entire community of Walnut. Neighborhoods have three ways to apply for grants: an informal association may apply for a grant of under $500, an organized neighborhood association may apply for a grant for up to $5000, an informal association may apply for a grant through an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor (church, library or other local non-profit. The Neighborhood Center in Council Bluffs is available to help form a neighborhood association and can be contacted at (402 290 0545). Neighborhood small grants are available from April through November and neighborhoods in Pottawattamie County are encouraged to apply. Neighbors can get together, come up with a program that they believe will better their neighborhoods and contact the PCCF (712 256 7007) or The Neighborhood Center for further assistance. Grant requests are available online at www.ourpccf.org under the neighborhood small grants tab. Contact: Pottawattamie County Community Foundation, 536 E. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA 51503. Phone: 712-256-7007. Web: www.ourpccf.org

Pottawattamie County Community Foundation Neighborhood Small grants Program Available through November

The Story Behind the PlaqueSubmitted by Henry Schmidt of Crescent

Dale H. Schmidt was born January 11th, 1947. Parents were Adolph & Fern. He had three brothers, Kenneth (Henry), Gary and Fred. Dale was raised on a farm near Beebeetown. He went to grade school there and high school at Tri-Center. He graduated in 1965. He played football and baseball. He loved sports, espcecially baseball. He was a catcher. He was always batting rocks as a young boy on his parents farm says his brothers. Dale was easy going and laid back. When he graduated, he went to Kansas City and stayed with his brother, Gary. After a few months he came home and worked at a beef packing plant. June, 1967, Dale enlisted in the Army. He went to Texas for his basic training. He came home for two weeks then left for Louisiana for AIT training before going to Vietnam October 11th, 1967. Dale was a PFC and a driver of a personal carrier. He was killed February 3rd, 1968. He was awarded several medals including the Bronze Star, Vietnam, National Defense and the Purple Heart medals. Dale had just turned 21. He was in Vietnam almost four months.

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A baby blue whale is 25 feet long at birth.

A baby caribou is so swift it can eas-ily outrun its mother when it is only three days old.

Elvis never gave an encore.

The oldest word in the English lan-guage is town.

Tom Sawyer is the first novel written on a typewriter.

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UDiggin’ It! • Time to tuck in some color in the garden gaps! Nurseries and garden centers will have plenty of sedums and ornamental kales and cabbages for sale. These are favorites, with good reason. They’re durable and long-lasting, and as temperatures drop, their color often gets richer. Mums are also offered in a rainbow of hues—mix and match. • Have you admired those random spring bulbs but wondered how to get that spontaneous “naturalized” look? It’s easy. Just toss handfuls into the chosen area and plant each one where it lands. Dig a hole twice as deep as the bulb’s size, sprinkle in some compost, set in the bulb, cover, and water.

• Money and marriage: Come up with a game plan. Make a list of ways you’ll each contribute. Maybe you can give up your lunches out, and your spouse can give up their morning latte. Don’t worry if the contributions aren’t the same. The key is to turn the resentment you might feel by making a sacrifice into a “taking one for the team” attitude.• grilling 101: Get the grill hot first! Pre-heat your grill for 15 minutes before you start cooking. That’ll make sure any bacteria on the grill will be killed before your food hits it. Studies show the prefect grilling temperature for steaks and ribs in 400° to 450°, and 300° to 350°, for chicken and seafood.

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