October 23 E-Edition

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The

Ogden Reporter

DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING A VIBRANT COMMUNITY VOLUME 138

OGDEN, IOWA 50212 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013

Beggar’s Night is Fri., Nov. 1

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A new look at CUMC

Beggar’s Night in Ogden will be Friday, Nov. 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Trunk or Treat Once again children are invited to trick or treat on main street as well as in the neighborhoods. Trunk or Treat will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Trick or treaters are instructed to follow in one direction as they go from trunk to trunk. Adults are encouraged to put on a costume, decorate a trunk, pickup box, or even the back of a van and have fun with all the little goblins. You are asked to back straight up (perpendicular) with your trunk open to the sidewalk. For more information, contact Georga Lingren at 275-2743 (evenings).

Needing help with your yard work? ELM Street Preschooler, Elyse Fisher, makes a contribution to the book collection. She and classmates were present for the unveiling of Ogden’s first Little Free Library.

Take a book, read a book, return a book

Community Service Day is Wednesday, Nov. 13. Ogden Middle School students will be in the community raking leaves the morning of Nov. 13 (weather permitting). If you know of someone in Ogden who would like some help with their yard work, please contact the middle school office at 275-2912.

Now taking Check out the Little Free Library registrations for kindergarten located at 319 W Elm Street Little Free Libraries are popping up all over the world, and now Ogden can be added to the list. The miniature libraries often resemble houses and in this case a church. Housed inside are free books available to anyone, anytime. The basic concept of the Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone can stop by and pick up a book or two and return the book after it is read. It is purely based on an honor system. The craze started in 2009 in Wisconsin when a man by the name of Todd Bol built a model of a oneroom schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother, a former school teacher who loved reading. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard with a sign that read “free books.” The simple idea has caught on and now four years later there are thousand of little libraries worldwide. A map of each location can be found on the website, littlefreelibrary.org. “Every way we can promote

children reading is beneficial,” says Leone Junck. “The Little Free Library is open for everyone in our community. All ages are welcome to take a book and return the book. It belongs to everybody - neighbors and friends. That’s why we want to take care of it. The library offers a way to share good things to read maybe a favorite book from your childhood or a book you want to recommend to a friend.” Leone, a former school teacher herself, and husband Dave, who constructed this Little Free Library and erected it at the northwest corner of Zion Lutheran Church, will act as stewards of the library, making sure the structure is clean, not leaking and that it always contains books. Because the Little Free Library is on church property, David chose a church design. High school students Sydney Bishop and Garner Rogillio assisted with painting the windows and doors.

Howe Elementary is collecting names of students eligible to enter Kindergarten in Ogden for the 20142015 school year. The registration will take place at Howe during the month of October and during conferences on Tuesday, October 29 and Thursday, October 31 from 4 to 8 p.m. each day. Students who are eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2014 are those who have turned five on or before September 15, 2014. Parents will be asked for their child’s name, birth date, address, phone number and preschool attendance. This information will be helpful to the school for future planning, to notify parents of upcoming parent meetings, kindergarten visitation, and any other information that parents will need to know in regard to kindergarten for next fall. To register please call the Howe School office at 275-2795. Parents who have already notified the school about their kindergarten child need not register again.

OHS drama department presents “Grease”, Nov. 7, 8 and 9 Auditions were held recently for the 2013 OHS Fall Musical “Grease.” “Grease” will be performed at the high school auditorium Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, and can be reserved by calling the high school office. There is a $2 discount with an activity card. “If you would like to be a friend of Ogden High School Drama, for $20, we would love to put your name in our program,” says Director Dave

Larsen. “Grease” is the story of two young lovers in a 1950s high school. Cast list Miss Lynch ..................Kara Kieffer Patty Simcox ...........Maddie Moses Eugene Florczyk ....Harry Haglund Jan............................ Emily Kallem Marty................Lexi Hamilton and ...............Katherine Christensen Betty Rizzo ............... Jackie Lawler Doody ............................ Zane Satre

Ogden Bulldogs host playoff game Oct. 30 The Bulldogs locked up second place in the District and clinched a homefield advantage in the first round of the playoffs after defeating Mount Ayr last Friday night. Ogden finishes out the regular season this Friday night at home against Central Decatur. Football playoffs begin Wednesday, Oct. 30. Game time is 7 p.m. Their opponent is yet to be determined.

Ogden VB hosts Prairie Valley in the first round of regional play Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Roger .......................Colton Thrane Kenickie ...................... Cayce Good Sonny LaTierri ....Grant Heineman Frenchy ..................Shannon Wirtz Sandy Dumbrowski .................... Sydney Bishop and ..........................Jenna Sheirbon Danny Zuko .......... Henry Haglund Vince Fontaine ......Trey Thompson Johnny Casino .... Tristan Frantum Teen Angel ............Trey Thompson Cha-Cha DiGregorio .....................Lexi Hamilton and ...............Katherine Christensen

In an effort to make the church handicap accessible, add valuable new ministry space and remedy maintenance issues, the Community United Methodist Church council in May of this year, approved a $470,000 building project. The large cross (above), a fixture put in place when

the building was erected in 1964, will be refurbished and relocated from the center courtyard to the front lawn. The project is well underway. See more photos on page nine. -Reporter photos by Julie Holmberg

Computer-generated image of the finished project. Photo provided.

Absentee voting begins at Boone County Auditor’s Office Boone County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Philippe E. Meier has announced that absentee ballots for the Nov. 5, 2013 City Election are available to be voted in the Boone County Auditor’s Office on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Absentee ballots may be cast in the Boone County Auditor’s Office at the Boone County Courthouse, 201 State Street, Boone, IA, during regular office hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Nov. 1. The Boone County Auditor’s Office will also be open Monday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Absentee ballots must be requested in writing. Forms are available at the Auditor’s Office, on the Boone County Web site at www.boonecounty. iowa.gov, on the Iowa Secretary of State’s Web site at www.sos.iowa.gov , at the libraries and the City Clerk’s Offices in Boone, Madrid and Ogden. Ballots requested through the mail must be returned and postmarked by midnight Nov. 4, 2013. However, Meier encourages those returning their ballots via the postal service to mail them before Nov. 1, 2013. All requests for ballots to be mailed must be received by the Auditor’s Office by 5:00 p.m., Nov. 1, 2013. For more information about the 2013 City Election contact the Boone County Auditor’s Office at 515-433-0502.

Community United Methodist Church congregation has taken on a major renovation project. The project includes: • A new roof over the courtyard/ garden and replacing north side of sanctuary. • Build a floor over the garden. • Installing a large vertical platform lift. • A new handicap accessible family restroom on the upper floor. • A new kitchenette on the upper floor next to a new gathering area. • A new roof on the Education Wing. • Removal of glass hallways. • Move cross to the front lawn. • Using existing stained glass windows in new exterior walls. • Repair current drainage problems.

Seeking Tour of Home entries Ogden Legacy’s Promotions and Marketing Committee is making arrangements for a Christmas Tour of Homes that will be held Sunday, Dec. 8. The Tour of Homes is among the community Christmas festivities being planned this year. Anyone interested in opening their home for the tour is asked to contact Donna Ohlson at 515-2300253.


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