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T H ECrescentContact:Jody Shea, Editor1901 Old Lincoln Hwy. Crescent, IA 51526
Email: [email protected]: (402) 968-5484
CONNECT IONIn This Issue...
Page 2 .................City Council MinutesWords for Teenagers
Page 3 ............................... Time OutPage 4 ..........................Road Runners
A Look BackPott. County Sheriff’s Report
Page 5 ...................... Finishing TouchesAdvertisers
Page 6 & 7 ........................... AdvertisersPages 8 ...................Useless Knowledge
Issue 9Volume 13
A Big Thank You!
To Optimist, Dale Dilts and his crew for brightening up
Crescent with straw bales, corn stalks and pumpkins. It really puts us all it
the Fall spirit!
CRESCENT FALL FESTIVALThere’s no better way to kick off the start of Fall than taking in the Annual Crescent Fall Festival and Parade. And this year’s event was no exception. To get a better look at these photos and more, go to the Crescent Connection Facebook page.
Photos compliments of Kim Clark
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Contact Numbers
Mayor Brian Shea
712-545-3652(
Councilman Bob Anderson
712-545-3373(
Councilman Daryl Clark
402-658-0657(
Councilman Elvis Jacobsen
712-545-3215(
Councilman Patrick Morgan712-227-0083
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Councilwoman Kris Spratt
712-545-9995(
City ClerkMary Martin
712-545-3981(
Park BoardKris Smith
712-545-3118(
Message BoardRon Olson
712-545-3267(
Crescent Fire Dept.Non-Emergency712-545-3730
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Crescent Elementary712-545-3566
Crescent City CouncilSubmitted by Mary Martin, City Clerk. The City of Crescent is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY OF CRESCENT COUNCIL MEETING Sept. 9, 2013...THE CRESCENT CITY COUNCIL met in regular session in the Crescent Community Hall at 7:05pm pursuant to the law. Mayor Brian Shea called the meeting to order. The following Council members were present: Spratt, Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson. Clark, absent. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Spratt to accept consent agenda. Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson, Spratt, all ayes. Motion carried. RESOLUTION 09092013: STREET FINANCIAL REPORT submitted for approval. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve street financial report. Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson, Spratt, all ayes. Motion carried. DISCUSSION incurred regarding the Pott. County Comm. Foundation paperwork on the 2 different funds that they provide. Council still has questions regarding these. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Anderson to table discussion and have Dawn Hovey from PCCF come to Oct. mtg. to answer these questions before any vote is taken. CB LIBRARY agreement was brought to Councils’ attention. The assessed fee was raised by library board without the city knowing. This agreement is for 2013/2014 year, but budget was already submitted prior to receiving agreement. Council feels uncomfortable signing an incorrect agreement and requests a new one, with correct amounts and also a list of city residents that actually use the library. Clerk instructed to write a letter to the CB Library requesting changes. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Morgan to table until the Oct. mtg. Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson, Spratt, all ayes. Motion carried. PARADE INFORMATION given by Kris Smith. Deputies are hired, clerk has received insurance info. Parade is Sept. 21, 2013. DISCUSSION incurred on hydrant water meter. A copy of policies given to each council member to review and make any changes they wish and return to clerk. Item will be on Oct. mtg. PEOPLESERVICE, INC. contract submitted for approval. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve contract. Morgan, Jacobsen, Anderson, Spratt, all ayes. Motion carried. MIKE KIEF/KIEF’S FULL THROTTLE addressed council regarding outdoor liquor license and event on the evening of Sept. 21, 2013. Band ‘Toy Boxx’ will be playing 8pm until midnight. PARK REPORT/KRIS SMITH stated that scoreboard will be installed on 9-14-13. A restroom is being installed at OLHVM. Coolers will be repaired by Adam Smith for the cost of parts only. His labor will be donated. Batting cage needs to be taken down before the Fall Festival. GALEN BARRETT/FIRE CHIEF reported 203 calls for the year. Pancake breakfast will be Sept 21, 2013. There are 6 members in FF1 class and 1 member in EMTB class. The EMTI’s on the dept. have the opportunity to upgrade which would be very good for the dept. He may be out of service due to a medical nature and if so, he will have an interim chief for the time he is out of service. KRIS SMITH/PLANNING COMMISSION reported that a fence application for 1021 Silver Ln. was approved. They had some discussion on further annexation but have some questions that they would like Council to look into. BOB ANDERSON/MAINTENANCE reported that the No Parking signs have been installed. It was suggested that an ORDINANCE be established that there will be no grants applied for by anyone within the city unless an application is approved by the City. Clerk will look into this. MORGAN reported that the City has been granted permission to file a complete grant for ‘SAFE ROOM’ so there will be work being done on that. There was some discussion on the new facility and the architect’s footprint was shown to those in attendance. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to adjourn the meeting. MEETING adjourned at 8:20pm
The parade and festival went well for our community. I would like to see a “junkfest” or something else to get more people into town and keep them here for the whole day. If everyone would think about what they could do to help, that could put this community on top. All of this is done by volunteers, don’t be afraid to step up and help. If you drive by the ballpark, take notice of the new scoreboard. A number of citizens donated money to buy the board, another got his company to donate the steel poles, and on a saturday morning, all of a sudden people showed up to help get it installed. Great job! Made me feel good. We are getting the restroom (outhouse) built at the Veteran’s Park. Hopefully it will allow more people to use this park. We have more planned at the park so keep watching or better yet, stop by and help. I would like to say thank you to Linda Brewer for her leadership in the daycare that closed recently. Many children went through there over the years, mine included. The group that was responsible should be proud of the job they all worked so hard at. —Thank you, Brian Shea
Mayor’s Corner
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• City Council: First Monday of every month unless holiday—October 7th
• Planning Committee: The Monday fol-lowing the city council meeting.
• Crescent Optimist Club: First Thurs. at 7pm at Community of Christ.
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AREA MEETINGS
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Third Saturday’s Join us every third Saturday to enjoy special programs and discounts! Visit Living Loess attractions and get a firsthand look at the scenic views, history, art and products being created here.
Join Us for Our Final “Third Saturday”!
October 19thOpen House at all 9 Locations
9am - 3pm Visit www.LivingLoess.com for a list of participating locations and other info.
The Connection Facebook page is a great place to sell an item, place a help wanted, or rental home ad, suggest a good book, movie or restaurant, send a birthday wish,
make a suggestion or post an event!
14th Annual Chili Cook-Off Saturday, October 26thLimited to 15 Crocks
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FYI: Three boys had been playing catch in our parking lot a while back.
One forgot his ball cap. We still have it.
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JUNKTOBERFEST!Crescent Community of Christ, 810 Johnson Street, Crescent Iowa is looking for someone to do snow removal and lawn mowing. Please submit your bids to Connie McWilliams, Senior Pastor at [email protected] or David Rief, Congregation Financial Officer at [email protected] or call Duane Rief, Building Committee Chair at 712-545-3891.
HELP WANTED!
CVFD OPEN HOUSEThursday, October 10th
6:00pm-8:00pmCome See a Car Accident Demo
with Jaws of Life RescuePerformed by Our VFD!Demo starts at 7:00pm
There will also be free blood pressure checks and handouts for the kids.
Ask not what your
community can do for you,
ask what you can do for your
community.
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When you open the door to Mary Kennedy’s sewing room you enter a world of whimsical ity! There’s bowls of curled ribbons, lines of frilly tutu’s, boxes of colorful onesies, and stacks of playful cottons. But, the best part of her sewing room is the closet full of finished outfits. They’re truly delightful! Mary has a flair for fashion and when she started sewing clothes for her granddaughters it became obvious...she needed to take it further. Her son talked her into starting the business. She calls it Nana’s
Nana’s Couture
Couture. He’s helping her with a website and Facebook page. Plus she’s attended a few craft shows.
Mary makes onesie sets in sizes newborn to 24 months and ruffled pant suits from 6 months to size 8. There are accessories to match including headbands, barrettes and of course, tutu’s! The tutu’s can be ordered in all sizes...infant, adult, or four-legged. She also does custom embroidery. So next time you need a baby/child (or puppy) gift, call Mary at 712-545-3775 or 712-326-5807.
Who’s Keeping Score? Teams playing on the Crescent Ballpark, that’s who! Thanks to generous donations and some local volunteers we now have a lighted scoreboard standing tall over left field. On September 14th, volunteers worked diligently to erect the scoreboard in time for the festival the following weekend. Those who made it happen include Les Campbell, Mike Harmon, Mike Hopkins, Andrew Jensen, Mike Jensen, Wes Miller and Brian Shea. They spent a good part of the day painting and setting poles then attaching the sign. The electrical work was done by Mike Hopkins. Thank You, Volunteers, for all your hard work and dedication to our city!
Hey, Snow Plowers! Crescent residents and businesses want your number. Just call, text or email your info to the Crescent Con-nection at the number/address on the front page. We’ll list your contact info through the winter months.
Correction...Second to the left is Troy Vallier (not Troy Walker). Troy who ended up getting his eagle. Faye Vallier who was den mother for 8 years at the time.
Mildred Bacon, of Crescent, passed away September 1, 2013. She was born June 24, 1923, on a farm near Malcom, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Malcom High School with the class of 1941. On February 14, 1946, she was married to Paul F. Bacon in Grinnell, Iowa. Mildred helped her husband with farm work. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, canning, baking, cooking, sewing, and always had lots of flowers that she shared with others. Music, dancing, playing cards, and entertaining friends and family in her home were highlights. Mildred also loved cats and dogs. She and husband Paul enjoyed traveling with their children and in later years, their grandchildren. Mildred was a member of the Airstream Travel Trailer Club, American Legion Auxiliary, Red Hat Society and Farm Bureau. If you were lucky enough to know Mildred, you know she had a lot of spunk. She was adventureous and fun to talk to. She had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed life. She’ll be great missed by her friends in Crescent.
In Memory of
Mildred Bacon
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Submitted by Julie Newby and Principal Chalupnik
Pott. County Sheriff’s Report
Submitted by Chief Deputy, John Reynold
According to a new study, telemarketers make about 100 billion calls each year, and a growing number of those calls are now being made to our cell phones. Surprised? Here’s how telemarketers get your cell number, even if you’re careful
about who you give it out to, according to smartphone privacy expert Jonathan Sasse: First: You dial a lot of toll-free numbers from your cellphone, including 800 and 888 numbers. It turns out, many of those numbers use technology that captures and stores your number so it can be added to lists sold to telemarketers. Another surprising way telemarketers get your number: You download lots of free smartphone apps. Ever notice how some of those apps ask you to click a “Terms of Use” box before you can use them? Do you ever read the terms? Our expert says hidden in the fine print is often your permission to harvest and sell your personal information, including all the phone numbers stored in your phone’s address book. And as long as you click the “agree” box next to the Terms of Use, all that snooping is perfectly legal. One more way telemarketers get your phone number: They guess. Many companies use software that automatically dials thousands of random number combinations, meaning they could stumble upon your number, even if you never share it! So how do you avoid getting unwanted telemarketer calls on your cell phone? Sasse says when you fill out surveys, questionnaires or update your Facebook profile, use a fake phone number. And you can try a call-blocking apps like Privacy Star, Calls Blacklist, or Mr. Number, which not only block calls, but tell you where they’re coming from. Finally, you can register your phone number, mobile and home, on the National Do Not Call Registry at https://www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx.
Don’t Call Us...We’ll Call You!
8/2 @ 8:56 AM Deputy Leick was dispatched to E Welch and Old Lincoln Highway in reference an Animal Complaint. 8/12 @ 5:23 AM Deputies Ferguson and Freeman were dispatched to the 100 block of Mormon Bridge Rd. in reference Suspicious activity. 8/14 @ 8:43 Deputy Arkfeld was dispatched to the 400 block of E Welch in reference a Barking Dog. 8/16 @ 5:19 PM Deputy Ramsey was dispatched to the 500 block of Powells Addition in reference a Fraud Report. 8/20 @ 7:59 AM Deputies Hempel and Haven were dispatched to the 100 block of Powells Ln. in reference to an Alarm. 8/22 @ 1:39 PM Deputy Pattee was dispatched to the 600 block of Johnson St. to assist fire/ems. Disturbance 8/29 @ 10:58 PM Deputies Shea, Wilson and Freeman were dispatched to the 600 block of Old Lincoln Highway. in reference an alarm. Crescent Citations (7) Speeding (2) Seat Belt (1) Registration Violation (2) Warning CitationsCrescent Township Citations (3) Failure to Maintain Control (1) Speeding (1) Registration Violation (1) Driving While Suspended (1) Improper Use of Median, Curb or Access Facility (1) Warning
Pet Boarding Now Available Crescent Country Grooming has recently expanded services to include boarding for your pet. Seventeen years of professional pet grooming experience has led Sandy McManigal, owner to clearly see the need for a safe and reliable place to leave your pets while you are away. Sandy and her husband, Mike recently opened their boarding business to the public when seeing the frustration that customers were having finding the level of care they were comfortable with for their pets. It seemed as though the dependable businesses were full so much of the time. Sandy and Mike are proud to be a business in the growing Crescent community. Some of the advantages at the Crescent Country Grooming facility are: 24/7 Onsite care (no need to worry about inclement weather and shift workers reporting in) Heated/AC kennels and Outdoor run/play area Ability to have your pet fully-professionally groomed for pickup Quick and easy access to and from Eppley Airfield Quiet/stress-free setting located 2 miles outside of Crescent Sandy says that many clients have visited two and three times in a few short months and pets seem to be comfortable and happy here. Especially on return visits. Crescent Country Grooming offers a full range of professional pet grooming services. Holidays are always a popular time to travel and we are quickly booking up for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, if you have needs for your pet for the holidays, whether it be grooming or boarding...call today to book your appointment 712-545-3785!
A Final Thank You from Crescent Early Childhood Center
We want to thank all the people who helped us set up and run our equipment sale on Sept. 14. They were board members and family and Brian Shea who helped just because he’s a nice guy. We thank Mike and Chris Harmon, Kris and Mike Hopkins, Troy Thomason, Shirley Collins, Kelly Shoff, Ethan Brewer, Chris Brewer and Warren Brewer. They carried stuff out of the church basement, moved it across the street, organized and cleaned, cleared the playground, and then helped put everything that didn’t sell in storage. There would not have been a sale without their help! We do have furniture, toys, books, curriculum materials, musical instruments and other things left to sell. And we have bikes and some outdoor toys we’d love to give away. If you are in the market for any of the things listed or just want to have a look at the free stuff, give us a call. Linda or Mindy Brewer [email protected] or 545-3315 in the next couple of weeks.
Calling All Babysitters! If you’re looking for babysitting work we’d like to list your name, number and a brief profile in the newsletter. All ages are welcome, whether your just start-ing or a seasoned professional. Call, text or email the Connection at the number/address on the front page.
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Winter Quarters Map of Settlements
Beginning in the year 1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began establishing communities along the Missouri River in both Iowa and Nebraska. Approximately 90 settlements were created within seven years, the most well-known being Winter Quarters. The Church headquarters was located in this area for a time, and, though important in LDS Church History, the Iowa era is often lost between Nauvoo and Salt Lake City. The Church as a whole actually lingered in Iowa longer than it did in Nauvoo. The Winter Quarters Project has an extensive website on the Mor-mon settlements of our area. For the next several issues we will be sharing some of the local history and that of surrounding areas, reprinted word for word to maintain authenticity. If you’d like to dig a little deeper, go to www.WinterQuarters.byu.edu or better yet, talk to some of the locals who are direct descendents of the Mormon families who settled this area.
Crescent Area SettlementsBrownell’s Grove, Little Pigeon, Farmersville
Crescent City was about one mile east of the present railroad sta-tion and village of Crescent. It was very prosperous in 1857 and was a rival of Council Bluffs, but only for a short time. The site of Crescent City is located in Crescent Township. The Illustrated Atlas of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1885 shows a stream or a creek running through the town, but does not give the creek a name. Crescent City was laid out, platted, the streets named, a news-paper started called the Crescent City Oracle, churches established, and schools organized, all before 1858. Crescent City is older than the township, it having been organized in the spring of 1856. The original proprietors were Joseph E. Johnson, H. A. Terry, S. M. Hough, Samuel Eggleston, L. O. Littlefield, L. J. Goddard, O. H. Dutrow, D. S. Jackson and R. W. Steele. Although the town was not officially organized until 1856, the settlement evi-dently existed at least since 1849, as Henry A. Terry and his wife had a child in the city in 1849. Other early residents included “the Boren’s, Harding’s, Butler’s, Price’s, Adam’s, McMullen’s, Terry’s, Lapworth’s, Carstensen’s, Hansen’s, Hough’s, Kirkwood’s, McIntosh’s, Pratt’s, Prentice’s, Strang’s, and Wilding’s. Gail Holmes postulates that Crescent City was formerly known as Big Pigeon. However, judging by portions of The Frontier Guardian, and the history of Henry Algernon Terry, Little Pigeon appears to have been the fore-runner of Crescent City . Terry “moved to Crescent” shortly after his marriage in 1848, he lived there for some time, spent a brief interlude in Connecticut , and then, in 1857, he returned to Crescent. The time he first spent in Crescent correlates with the time he served as The Frontier Guardian’s “agent” in Little Pigeon, as well as the time he wrote a letter published in The Frontier Guardian from the same place. The text of this letter is included later in this article. Based on the foregoing evidence, the author of this history concluded that Crescent City was formerly known as Little Pigeon. Something curious about an advertisement that Henry Terry put in The Frontier Guardian himself in 1851 is that he says his house is at “Farmersville, on Little Pigeon, 8 miles North of Kanesville.” The only other reference to Farmersville the author of this article found is in Maurine
Carr Ward and Fred E. Woods’s article, “The ‘Tabernacle Post Office’ Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa,” in the Mormon Historic Sites Association’s quarterly journal, Mormon Historical Studies. Their article listed just one man and two boys from Farmersville: Horace Burgess, who was the bishop there according to Ward and Woods, and his two sons, ages nine and eleven. (One can safely presume that they also lived in Farmersville with their father, though the article does not explicitly say so.) Henry Terry bought “the old stand of Horace Burgess” in 1849, and ran a store there. Also, in 1852-53, when J. E. Johnson was sell-ing “the Terry place,” he had printed in the advertisement that the place was “convenient for a store and public housestand.” Johnson probably made this assertion based on precedent. By the evidence given above, Farmersville was almost certainly another name for Little Pigeon.
Mormon Settlements of SW Iowa
County lines are present-day. During the late 1840s, Pottawattamie County was the only one that existed, but it was divided in the 1850s.
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“Crescent is a singular name for a township, and yet, when the facts of its location are known and understood, it is not so singular after all. It borders the Missouri River just north of Kane Township and Garner, and therefore lies north of Council Bluffs . Back from the river several miles are the bluffs which characterize all this region. A little north of Council Bluffs, these bluffs and the Missouri River are so close together that there is no more than room for the North-Western Railway track, which runs here in a northerly direction. The bluffs between Council Bluffs and Crescent Station, about six miles distant, lie facing the west, and keep a northerly course. A few hundred yards north of this station, they make quite a sharp curve eastwardly, and then sweep back again toward the river, reaching its general direction in the form of a crescent, and from this circumstance is derived the name applied to the township—a poetical stretch of fancy not often indulged in in pioneer days. The name, “Little Pigeon,” is derived from the creek on which the settlement was situated. The source of the appellation, “Farmersville,” has no documentation found by the author, but imagination leads one to assume that many of the residents were farmers, and hence the name. Orson Hyde’s, The Frontier Guardian of June 27, 1849 refers to Little Pigeon as a settlement site for the first time. How long before this date people had been living there is uncertain. Henry Smith Terry was the first child born in Crescent Township. He was born in Crescent City, Iowa , on September 2, 1849. He attended public school in his native area and later enrolled at Notre Dame College in South Bend, Indiana, however it is thought he did not complete this aspect of his education. Henry Smith Terry’s father, Henry A. Terry, wrote the following, which appeared in The Frontier Guardian:
Little Pigeon, Oct. 25, 1851: FRIEND MACKINTOSH: Hav-ing noticed in the last number of the Guardian, an item in relation to the large growth of vegetables. Allow me to give you a brief account of some of the productions of my own garden. I raised a tomato vine this season which was so productive that I had the curiosity to count the tomatoes on it, which amounted to the snug little number of two thousand two hundred and sixty tomatoes. I have also raised a squash vine, which bore one hundred and four squashes, the vine measured two hundred and forty-two feet in length. I have also raised some turnips, which I think are hard to beat, one of which measures twelve and a half inches round, and weighs six and a half pounds. My carrots yielded at the rate of one thousand six hundred and eighty bushels to the acre. Now if this is not an indication of a great country, then I am at a loss to know what is. —Respectfully yours, Henry A. Terry When Henry A. Terry moved to Crescent City (or Little Pigeon), he opened a store there, the second in the county. Whether his store was within the limits of Crescent City proper is open to some debate, as the 1883 history of Pottawattamie County says Terry’s store was “near what is now the village of Crescent City. The vast majority of the citizens of Little Pigeon left for Utah in a single wagon train: the Thomas C. D. Howell Company of 1852. The name, “Crescent City,” was never used in The Frontier Guardian, but the representatives for The Frontier Guardian in Little Pi-geon were Henry A. Terry and I. J. Clark. Crescent City Cemetery is located just north of the intersection of G36 and Highway 183, on the east side of the road. It is marked with a small sign at the entrance. Section ‘F’ seems to be the oldest part of the cemetery, with burials dated 1864, 1866, 1867 & 1869. It is said some of the oldest are of Mormons traveling through to Utah .
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Closed Mon. & Tues. Additional Hours by Appointment
Shawn Shea545-4455545-3684
1919 Old Lincoln Hwy.Crescent
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Meyer Automotive
Complete Auto Repair
Ask for Todd 712-545-3228
816 Old Lincoln Hwy. • Crescent
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Sharon Oamek • 402-690-9252www.HoneyCreekCreamery.com
Honey Creek Creamery, Inc. 25593 Old Lincoln Hwy •Honey Creek
Art i san Goat Cheese Made in the Loess H i l l s
Living Loess MemberOpen House Every Third Saturday
Other Tours by Appointment
YARD ENTERPRISES17111 Lime Kiln Rd. • Crescent
CALL BOB YARD AT 712-352-3840Www.YardEnterprises.com
Since 1986
8YR. ADVERTISER! WELDING
FABRICATION REPAIRCNC PLASMA CUTTING
WOODLAND COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCHPastor Jim Henry
Ofc: 712-325-0613
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.21032 Old Lincoln Hwy
Crescent, IA 51526 3YR. ADVERTISER!
Mobile Agricultural Equipment RepairPerformance Engine Building & Tuning
Air Conditioning • Electrical • Cooling SystemsHydraulic Hoses • Transmission • Engine Repair
Fabrication & Design
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Call Dennis Hough at (402) 305-7295We Build the Best & Fix the Rest!
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Capture that new bundle of joy, the bond of sisterhood, the love of your life, a furry friend, a special someone who’s just past or each one of grandma’s pride and joy in a unique, free-form fingerprint pendant charm made from their fingerprints. Price: $65
Thumbprint Pendant Kits
Call (402) 968-5484
Commercial • Residential • Installation & RepairAll Makes • Maintenance Contracts
Free Estimates • Licensed & Insured • Snow Removal
JIM THOMPSEN • 545-3252 • 680-2318
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RCK HOLDINGS, INC.23229 Old Lincoln Hwy
Crescent, IA 51526Boat Repair: All Makes, All Models
Trailer Repair: Metal, Welding, PaintingHauling: Rock, Sand, Dirt, Skidsteer, Grading
RAY MEHAFFY402-981-1146 • 712-545-9252
Retaining WallsPatio Pavers
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Brian Shea • 402-968-7432
20270 Old Lincoln Highway
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Happy Hour 3-6pm $2 domestic bottles
Reverse Happy Hour 9-11pm $1.50 domestic drawsFree Popcorn, Pool plus
$1.50 16oz cans of PBR’s All Day Every Day!
Open Volleyball Courts Tues & Thur Evenings
Reception Hall Available for Rent Graduation • Wedding
Anniversary • Birthday Party!
THE MILE AWAY HALL & TAVERN
712-322-2027 • TheMileAway.com
1961 Hwy 30 • Missouri Valley
Junction CafePetro Mart Travel Plaza
Breakfast Buffet Daily 7-2pmWednesday is “Fried Chicken Day”
Specials! 11-Close10% Senior Discount!
Thursday is Double Discount Day!Children under 5 Eat Free! w/adult meal
Awesome Soup & Salad Bar!Free Private Party Room Call to ReserveRestaurant & C-Store Open Daily at 7am.
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Dave & Cyndi Schlorff 712-642-3641
WES MILLER OFC: 712-545-3657 20 Years in Business CELL: 402-657-8662
Basement Floors • Garages • Driveways • Flat WorkResidential & Commercial • Insured
CONCRETE, INC. 1018 Old Lincoln Hwy. • Crescent
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The world’s largest boot is on display at the Red Wing Shoe Store in Red Wing Minnesota. It consists of 80 leather hides, 245 cubic feet of urethane foam for the up-per, sole, insole and lace, 80 pounds of brass for the eyelets, 300 pounds of adhesive, 60 gallons of urethane for the sole, 1200 feet of nylon rope for stitching, and 80 gallons of urethane for the outer sole skin.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
Oak trees do not produce acorns un-til they are 50 years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
Apples, not caffeine, are more effi-cient at waking you up in the morning.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Benjamin Franklin had only two years of schooling—one year in grammar school and one with a private teacher.
Jumbo, PT Barnum’s famous 6-ton elephant consumed 200 pounds of hay per day.
An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs which is good because we lose an aver-age of 40-100 strands of hair each day.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Some 75,000 Iowa volunteers fought in the Civil War, proportionately more men than fro any other state, North or South.
Merle Hay was the first Iowan killed in World War I.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
Turtles can breath through their butts.
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