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Russell Sportsmen’s Club will have .22-rimfire handgun recreational matches 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at 41570 280th Ave., southwest of Russell. The public is invited to participate. Youths must be ages 14 or older. For more information, call Dan Morrett at 641-203-5296.
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Supreme Court judgment doesn’t completely stop CCRC progress
Memorial Day
By AMY HANSEN
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Even though Clarke County Reservoir Commission (CCRC) suffered a setback with the Iowa Supreme Court’s judgment in April, work on the CCRC’s reservoir project continues to move forward. “They met with their (legal) counsel last month and since they already had reconfigured to meet the requirements of the appeal, and now they’re trying to decide what they need to do to move forward to meet the supreme court’s decision, which revolves around using eminent domain,” said Dave Beck, the reservoir’s project coordinator, during a CCRC meeting Thursday, May 21. Supreme court On Friday, April 10, Iowa Supreme Court announced
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Cannon salute: Members of the 3rd Iowa Light Artillery and Civil War reenactors salute after giving a cannon salute during a Memorial Day ceremony at Maple Hill Cemetery Monday, May 25. It is the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.
they were siding with the appeal from local landowners in the case of the CCRC’s reservoir project that was to take place in northern Clarke County. The reservoir is to provide a water supply for Osceola and Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA) with an 816-acre lake, which could provide 2.2 million gallons of water per day. West Lake, the current water source, doesn’t meet the needs of Clarke County and SIRWA. The decision by Iowa Supreme Court overturned a local district ruling that was in favor of CCRC’s right to proceed with the reservoir project using the right of eminent domain. Eminent domain is the government’s power to take Please see CCRC, Page 4
FCCLA students advance to national competition in Washington, D.C. By AMY HANSEN
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When you set a goal in your mind, you do everything in your power to see it accomplished. This was true for a team of Clarke Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members trying to get their service project to advance to national competition. Students Trinity Miler (freshman), Corbin Coenen (freshman), Alexxa Blair (senior) and their FCCLA advisor Courtney Teghtmeyer did qualify for national competition in July in Washington, D.C., but the road to get there was a winding one. “I learned that once you put your foot down that you’re going to do some-
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Gun salute: Members of Davis-Pence Post No. 69’s firing squad give a gun salute during a Memorial Day ceremony
Monday, May 25, at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Gettysburg Address:
Dick Gunderson with DavisKeynote speaker: U.J. Booth delivers the keynote Pence Post No. 69 reads President Abraham Lincoln’s speech during a Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 25, Gettysburg Address to commemorate the 150th anniversary at Maple Hill Cemetery. It was focused on the Civil War, since of the end of the Civil War during a Memorial Day ceremony at Maple Hill Cemetery Monday, May 25. this is the 150th anniversary of the end of the war.
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thing, you have to completely follow through with it, no matter how long it takes,” Miler said. How it began The idea for the FCCLA service project began last summer when Miler volunteered at Southern Hills Specialty Care and noticed residents didn’t have many visitors or activities. A chapter service project was soon planned out and based around the nursing home and helping its residents, especially during Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day and Saint Patrick’s Day. “I’m an outgoing person and I want to make someone else’s day better, so seeing the smiles on the residents’
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Trinity Miler and Corbin Coenen display their Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) service project poster board. The project was centered around helping out at Southern Hills Specialty Care.
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