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WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 | Volume 136 | Number 39 LETS GET
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The First Christian Church, 605 4th St. NE, Hampton, will be holding a garage sale and bake sale on Friday and Saturday Sept 27 and Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Bulldog Classic set for Sept. 28
The Hampton-Dumont Bulldog Classic is set for Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Hampton Country Club. An 8 a.m. shotgun start will be held. All proceeds will be used to support all Hampton-Dumont athletic programs. Cost to participate is $200 for a foursome or $50 per player. The cost includes 18 holes of golf and lunch for four. For more information, contact Nate Boock, activities director, at nboock@hdcsd.org or Jane Hoegh, boys golf coach, at jhoegh@hdcsd.org.
Tailgate at St. Patrick’s Church Friday
There will be an oldfashioned tailgate before the Central Springs and HamptonDumont homecoming football game this Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, which is located just east of the football stadium. The event, which is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, will have two selections for a meal if you wish to eat. The choices will be either a ribeye steak sandwich with baked beans, potato chips and a beverage for $8 or a quarter-pound hot dog with baked beans, potato chips and a beverage for $4. If you have any questions, contact Terry Carr at 641-456-3708.
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The CAL Cadets will celebrate homecoming this Friday. Look for more details on Pages 2 and 3B
ITC looks to upgrade transmission lines
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Still missing Exhaustive searches yield no new clues in Kazmerzak case By Jeff Forward After a week of intensive and wide-spread searches by law enforcment authorities, there is still no news on missing Hampton man Ethan Kazmerzak and he’s considered missing. Hampton police Chief Bob Schaefer said Monday that Kazmerzak, 22, had not been located after multiple days of aerial, land, and underwater diving searches. Schaefer also said there are no new leads on his location. “Nothing new since Friday when we were out looking,â€? Schaefer said. “There were a total of 35 people from 14 different agencies searching. There were some civilians that came and helped, too.â€? Kazmerzak, 22, went missing sometime after 12 a.m. Sept. 15. The popular local resident, who was a mainstay in musical and theater productions while a student at Hampton-Dumont High School, was seen at several area pubs on Sept. 14 including Pit Row and the Red Moose in downtown Hampton and Duck’s in Aredale. Schaefer said that Kazmerzak was last seen in-person at a party held near a gravel pit pond behind a rented farm house in the 1400 block of 190th Street. Kazmerzak apparently last used his cell phone at about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 15 near the intersection of 190th Street and Olive Avenue. The search for Kazmerzak has LQFOXGHG D ZLGH UDQJH RI RIÂżFLDOV
and methods. Law enforcement authorities and members of the Hampton Fire Department engaged in searches of county roads in vehicles – looking for signs of Kazmerzak’s car – a silver 2006 Volkswagen Jetta with a license plate of AUZ 382. Also involved in the search were airplanes – initially a private aircraft as well as one from the Iowa State Patrol scoured the land over Franklin County north of Hampton. On Sept. 18, three airplanes from the CERT group in Cerro Gordo &RXQW\ Ă€HZ RYHU D ODUJH DUHD Âą LQcluding four miles north and to the south of Highway 3, and from Interstate 35 to the west all the way to Aredale to the east. On Sept. 19, six scuba divers from the Story County Sheriff’s Department arrived in Franklin County to conduct an underwater search for Kazmerzak at the gravel pit pond he was attending a party at. For more than four hours, the divers used sonar and also plumbed WKH GHSWKV RI WKH PXUN\ SODQW ÂżOOHG pond to no avail. In effort to scour even more of the rural farmland around Hampton, 35 people from 14 different agencies used “Gatorâ€? ATVs to drive backroads, corn and soybean ÂżHOGV DQG DURXQG ZRRGHG DUHDV and ravines spanning a large area of land as far away as Aredale. Nothing was found on that search, either, Schaefer noted. Schaefer said on Monday that
RIÂżFLDOV KDG GHFLGHG WR VHQG RXW information about Kazmerzak’s disappearance to a more geographically diverse list of news media – including television stations across the state – in an effort to keep the search “fresh in people’s minds.â€? At about 1 p.m. Monday, Schaefer ZDV ÂżOPLQJ D QHZV VHJPHQW ZLWK a reporter from Des Moines-based station KCCI. Kazmerzak is described as about 5-feet, 5-inches tall, 185 pounds, with dark blonde hair and a reddish-colored beard and glasses. He has a Grateful Dead tattoo on his upper left arm. He was last seen wearing orange or peach shorts and a teal or white printed shirt. Anyone who sees Kazmerzak or his car is asked to not approach him or try to talk to him at all. Police fear Kazmerzak may run if he knows someone discovered his whereabouts. Police said if Kazmerzak or his car are seen, individuals should immediately call the local authorities and the Hampton Police Department at (641) 456-2529.
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Storytime and toddler time to begin Oct. 1 and 2
Storytime and Toddlertime will start at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, and repeat at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2 at the Hampton Public Library. Storytime is for preschoolers and all interested kindergartners. It is recommended the children are at least 3 years of age to join the group. Toddlertime is for children 18 months to 35 months of age and will run in conjunction with Storytime. Toddlertime will meet upstairs while Storytime is being held downstairs. Parents of toddlers are asked to sit with their child and are encouraged to participate with them. Please register your child a IHZ GD\V EHIRUH WKH ÀUVW VHVVLRQ by signing up in the children’s room downstairs in the library or by phone at 641-456-4451.
Divers from the Story County Sheriff’s Department confer after scouring the bottom of the pond Thursday morning. As of 12:30 p.m., no sign of Kazmerzak or his car had been found. (Photos by Jeff Forward, Hampton Chronicle.)
Members of Ethan Kazmerzak’s family - including his parents, April Hemmes and Tom Kazmerzak - await any word from divers searching the gravel pit pond at a headquarters on Nettle Avenue Thursday morning. (Photo by Jeff Forward, Hampton Chronicle.)
Jay Hickman set to run for Hampton Ward IV council seat By Jeff Forward Local chiropractor Jay Hickman has tossed his hat into the ring for the 2013 Hampton City Council HOHFWLRQ ÂżOLQJ KLV RIÂżFLDO QRPLQDtion papers for the Ward IV seat on WKH ÂżQDO GD\ RI ÂżOLQJ Âą 6HSW Hickman is the only candidate declared for the Ward IV council seat, being vacated by long-time Council Member Craig Eckhardt. “I ran because I had a couple of people tell me I should run,â€? Hickman said. “Also because the seat was open and no one from our ward was running.â€? “I want to be on council and
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serve,� Hickman added. “If you have a seat on the council, you can not only represent the community but also share your viewpoints.� Hickman has some political experience coming into the election, having served one year on the Osage City Council after being appointed in 2000. Originally from Osage, Hickman has lived in Hampton since 2002. He is married to his wife of 27 years, Amy, and has four children: Amanda, 26; Alecia, 24; Jace, a junior at Hampton-Dumont High School; and Jaelyn, 11. Hickman said he feels that Eck-
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hardt did a great job as a representative of Ward IV and that, “hopefully I can do as well as he did.� “I think our current council and current mayor have done a good job,� he added. As for the most pressing issues facing the city, Hickman didn’t have much to say. However, he does feel that the city’s streets are in bad shape and need immediate attention. “We pay property taxes that should go to street maintenance,� Hickman said. “I don’t know why they are in the shape they’re in. I think our streets could use some
work. I’m a runner and I’ve stepped in some holes I wish I wouldn’t have.â€? Hickman also said one of his goals if elected would be to mainWDLQ WKH FLW\ÂśV ÂżVFDO UHVSRQVLELOLW\ and keep the budget on track. He also feels that the current issue of a joint emergency services dispatching center between the city and county is a good idea he hopes gets worked out sooner than later. “The citizens of the city shouldn’t be double-taxed,â€? Hickman said. “I think they should be able to dispatch both agencies from one place.â€?
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The city council election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 5. 7KHUH DUH ¿YH FDQGLGDWHV LQ WRWDO running for places on the council – three uncontested candidates for council seats and two people seeking the position of mayor. In Ward II, incumbent Jim Davies will seek re-election after previously saying he would not. The at-large seat is also up for election, and the only candidate is current incumbent, Dick Lukensmeyer. For mayor, two people are running: Brook Boehmler and Diane Weldin.
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