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Delger looking to Kanawha’s future Paul Delger has announced his candidacy for the Kanawha City Council. There are three available seats on the five-member board. Delger provided this statement when asked why he was running and what goals and priorities Kanawha should look to the future with. “Kanawha is at a crossroads. In the next 5-10 years, will it die or rebound? We need economic development here. We must give visitors a reason to stop in Kanawha. We need people to take pride in this community and work for the betterment. “We also need to make some difficult decisions about the community’s future that will no sit well with some folks. We have a core of people invested in this community. We need more. Kanawha has potential, but we can’t yearn for the old days when things were different. They are gone.
Paul Delger “We need to gather as a community (young, middle, old) and map Kanawha’s future. We need to promote Kanawha to the outside world.�
Reminder to Absentee Voters Absentee ballots are available at the Auditor’s Office until 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 for those whose polls open at 12 p.m. Tuesday. For those whose polls open at 7 a.m. on
Tuesday, Nov. 5, absentee voting is available until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4. Questions should be directed to the Auditor’s Office at 641-923-3163.
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Vander Ploeg seeking BRIEFLY. re-election Communities Host Trick-or-
Judy Vander Ploeg has put her name in for the running of City Council member along with eight other candidates in this year’s contested Kanawha City Council race. Along with the other candidates, Judy was asked to answer the following questions to help Kanawha voters make up their minds. Why are you running for City Council? I am running to give the citizens of Kanawha a voice. We need council members willing to discuss with citizens how they feel about issues and vote accordingly. We are elected to voice the concerns of the citizens, not to put through our own agenda. What do see as goals/priorities for your community for the next 4 years? How do you propose these issues be addressed? We need to address the issue of burning leaves and come up with a better solution. We need to do a better job of getting information out to citizens about items concerning the city. This could be accomplished
Treat Hours • Kanawha - Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. • Klemme - Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. • Goodell - Trick or treat hours at Goodell are 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31. A Halloween party at the Goodell Community Hall will begin 6 p.m. • Britt - Trick-or-treat hours at Britt are 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31. West Hancock elementary students will have a costume parade at Westview Care Center from 2-3 p.m. Judy Vander Ploeg through the code red system. I have lived in Kanawha for 21 years. I am married with one son. I work at First Citizens National Bank in Kanawha and have worked there for 20 years. I have served on the Kanawha City Council for 4 years. I have served on the Kanawha EMT Advisory Board for 10 years. I was the treasurer for the Kanawha Youth Activity for about 6 years. The City Council election will take place the first Tuesday of November.
Kanawha Reporter launches new website, improved e-edition After much research and preparation, the Reporter launched its state-of-the-art website and e-edition subscription last week at www.kanawhareporter.com. The site is computer, iPad, and smartphone friendly, and will be updated often with local news, sports, death notices, weather, and other information. It also serves as a jumping off point for the Reporter’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, as well as an easy way for the public to submit news like wedding and birth announcements. In the future, users will be able to buy photos they see in the paper through the website via a photo service called Smugmug. Photos will be available in almost any size and will arrive in the mail about a week after an order is placed. “I was very excited to help bring the Reporter’s online presence up-to-date,� said Mid-America Publishing web administrator Molly Angstman. “Its readers deserve a modern, easy-to-navigate site with current content.� According to Angstman, the best part of the new site is the improved e-edition, an online replica of the printed newspaper. “Users access the e-edition through a username and password, but otherwise it’s a lot like the normal paper.
Instead of turning pages with your hands, you just click with your mouse instead,� she says. “Or, if you’re on an iPad, you just tap the screen to keep reading.� “It will be very handy for area natives who have moved elsewhere, or for those who wish to use alternative methods to read the newspaper,� Reporter Publisher Ryan Harvey said. E-editions are handy for people who travel often or out-of-towners who don’t want to wait to receive the paper in the mail. Others just like the tech-savvy way of reading the news, says Angstman. “If there’s a link mentioned in a story or an ad within the e-edition, you can actually click on it and your browser will take you right to that link. That’s a cool interactive feature you can’t get with a printed paper, “ she said. Access to the e-edition is free for Reporter print subscribers. Those interested can contact Deb Chaney, the Reporter’s circulation manager, at 1-800-5581244 ext. 122 or mapcirculation@iowaconnect.com to request a username and password. New subscribers can subscribe to the e-edition through the new website by clicking “subscribe� at the top of the homepage.
Community Blood Drive A Kanawha Community Blood Drive will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM at Kanawha Fire Station, 104 South Main Street in Kanawha. To schedule a blood donation appointment online at www. lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800.287.4903.
Kanawha to Perform CodeRED “All Call� The City of Kanawha will be sending out the CodeRED “allcall� on Monday, Oct. 28, approximately 10 a.m. This call is to alert individuals and businesses to the fact that the City of Kanawha has contracted with Emergency Communications Network, LLC to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution. The CodeRED system provides city officials the ability to quickly deliver messages and weather warnings to targeted areas on their entire town.
Potpourri Club Ham Harvest Supper The Klemme Potpourri Club is holding its annual Ham Harvest Supper on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., in the Klemme Community Room on Main Street. The supper includes ham, scalloped potatoes, pie, and more. Tickets for the supper are available from any Potpourri Club member or at the door. The price for the supper is $7 for people 11 and over, children 6 - 10 are $3, and children 5 and under are free. Following the supper, about 6:30 or 7 p.m., the Klemme American Legion will begin its annual Feather Party. Bingo prizes at the Feather Party used to include various kinds of poultry, thus the name, Feather Party. This year the prizes will all be monetary. The proceeds from the Feather Party will help send young people to Boys’ and Girls’ State. Willie Kreitlow, Alyssa Wood, Leah Christ and Emma Chizek rehearse a scene from “Anne Frank and Me� during practice Monday night. (Photo by Sarah Freesemann)
West Hancock to perform ‘Anne Frank and Me’ By Sarah Freesemann The West Hancock drama department’s fall play takes on a more serious production. The department will perform “Anne Frank and Me� next week, a play with a more serous script and message. The school’s past plays have been comedies and musicals, this fall the actors and their audience will experience a more emotional plot.
The play is a modern-day take on the classic story of Anne Frank. A group of high school students are studying The Diary of Anne Frank when one student, Nicole, suffers an accident and travels back in time to Paris in 1942. During her time in Paris, Nicole and her family are sent to Aschwitz where she meets Anne Frank on the train ride to the concentration camp. West Hancock students have been busy not
only practicing for the performance over the past weeks, but also learning more about the Holocaust to allow them to get into character the best they can. The play is sure to be an emotional, educational and enjoyable production that all spectators and cast members will not forget. Performances will be Friday, November 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. There will also be a soup
supper on Nov. 1 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the cafeteria. The cast members include: Alyssa Wood, Leah Christ, Emma Chizek, Uziel Romero, Sam Smith, Cassi Jackson, Nathaniel Jackson, Miriam Garcia, Dusty Kraft, Macey Harms, Taylor Glawe, Willie Kreitlow, Tre Lehoe, Brice Kudej, Natalie Wood, Danni Quastad, and Elizabeth Eckels.
Clarion Coin Club Meets Oct. 24 The Clarion Coin Club will meet at the Pizza Ranch in Clarion this Thursday. The auction items will be displayed at 6 p.m. and begin at 7 p.m. The business meeting will follow the auction. A total of 86 items will be auctioned this month. For details contact Boyd LaRue at 515-532-0056.