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Garner Golf Course GARNER - An information meeting about proposed purchase be the city of the Garner Golf & Country Club will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m. at city hall. All questions are welcome. The meeting is open to the public.

Words on Wellness GARNER - WOW stands for Words on Wellness – a newsletter developed by Iowa State University Extension Nutrition and Health Specialists. Published monthly, it promotes a healthy lifestyle for Iowans. Each issue will feature reliable, research-based information about nutrition, exercise and food safety, and explore the power of incorporating healthy practices into daily living. Access the WOW newsletter at the Hancock County Extension web page (www.extension.iastate.edu/hancock/news/words-wellness-wow-newsletter.) Check out the WOW newsletters and Words on Wellness blog (http:// blogs.extension.iastate.edu/wellness/) to explore the power of incorporating healthy practices into daily living for you and your family.

Festival of Trees CLEAR LAKE - More than one hundred Christmas trees, wreaths and swags of all sizes, decorated by design professionals and talented individuals, to view and to buy. Featuring Lights On 5K Run on Thursday, Dec. 5; gala Opening Night on Friday, Dec. 6; Breakfast with Santa and children’s activities on Dec. 7; and Cookie Walk on Dec. 8; and much more! Festival events held at Opportunity Village, north of Fareway off Highway 18 in Clear Lake. Festival tickets and information at www.ovfot.org. Registration and information on the 5K run at www. lightson.5k.org. Proceeds support services for people with disabilities throughout northern Iowa by Opportunity Village.

Hospice Tree of Life MASON CITY -As traditional as the holiday season, Hospice of North Iowa will hold its annual Tree of Life ceremonies in which evergreen trees will be “brought to light� during special ceremonies in seven communities throughout the North Iowa area. Contributions can be sent to Hospice of North Iowa, 232 2nd Street SE, Mason City, IA, 50401-3906. Please specify with your contribution, the name of the loved one you wish to remember or honor and the tree lighting service you plan to attend. Tree lighting services will be held: Forest City - TSB Bank Community Room, 101 Hwy 69 N, Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Mason City - Music Man Square, 308 S Pennsylvania Ave, Monday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Community Calendar Wednesday, Nov. 27 Johnny Holm Band will be at Duncan Hall as a benefit for the Britt Fire Department. Advance tickets can be purchased at Miller & Sons Golf Cars, Pritchard Auto, Swensons Hardware, and Wellik Implement. Thursday, Nov. 28 Happy Thanksgiving! The Garner Community Thanksgiving dinner will begin at noon at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Call 923-3545 for reservations. Tuesday, Dec. 3 Open Forum meeting at City Hall at 6:30 p.m. about purchase of the Garner Golf & Country Club. All questions welcome, open to the public. Christian Women’s Christmas Luncheon in the Community Room at City Hall, 511 1st Avenue North, Clear Lake. After hours event from 5 to 7 p.m. at FAVA in Forest City. Thursday, Dec. 5 Clear Lake Senior Citizen’s Center first dance event from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for seniors 55+. Dancing will be held the first and third Thursday of each month. HCHS med spa Holiday Open House from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Britt Medical Clinic. Friday, Dec. 6 West Hancock Speech/Drama is hosting a Baked Potato Bar Supper in the High School lunchroom from 5 – 7 p.m. during the West Hancock Basketball games vs. Central Springs. 1RY 'HF 7KRU 7KH 'DUN :RUOG 3*

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Missionary couple to establish Agricultural Center in Peru By Rebecca Peter Tomorrow, American families will gather around dinner tables and give thanks for the blessings of living in a country - that by most standards around the globe - is still a land of plenty. But what of those families in countries where existence is a daily struggle? Bethany (Baxter) Noriega and her husband, Nelton Noriega Tajada, are working to help bring change to Peru. Bethany, the daughter of the Rev. Terry and Debby Baxter of Garner, and Nelton live in Iquitos, Peru. Iquitos is the fifth largest city in Peru. It is accessible only by river or air. The couple are missionaries with International Messengers in Clear Lake, where they receive their salaries and ministry support. But they are working with the Global Compassion Network to establish a center to teach sustainable agriculture in the jungle. Headquartered in Eagle Grove, Global Compassion Network is a non-profit charitable organization, committed to disaster relief internationally and domestically. Terry Baxter is one of the co-founders of the organization. Bethany first visited Peru in Feb. 2005 while on a mission trip with her father. She was a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago at the time, where she earned a degree in Bible and International Ministry. “I had always wanted to be a missionary,� Bethany recalled. “On that first trip I really just fell

Nelton Noriega Tajada and Bethany (Baxter) Noriega with daughters Kyliana, age 3, and Briel, 18 months. Bethany is the daughter of the Rev. Terry and Debby Baxter of Garner. With the help of the Global Compassion Work, the family is working to establish an agricultural training center in Peru. The family was recently back in Iowa for a visit. (Submitted photo) in love with the people, the river Agricultural Center she said. “The nutrients that are left and the jungle system. I really felt “What we want to do is an agri- from the trees that they clear cut, at home there. I came home and cultural project,� Bethany said. Pe- give enough to produce crops the started planning another trip back.� ruvian farmers clear cut 1-3 acres first time, but they’re not by any During her third trip to Peru in of jungle, burn it, and then plant in means what we would call very 2006, Bethany met her husband, that plot for a year or perhaps two. productive crops.� Nelton. Nelton, a native Peruvian, “But then they will abandon that When Nelton visited Iowa for the was working with a missionary plot and move to a new one, be- first time in 2011 he was amazed group at the time. They married in cause they don’t know how to put by the rows of corn and how pro2009. the nutrients back into the soil,� ductive it was.

Parent-teacher conferences discussed at West Hancock By Sarah Freesemann Attendance for parent-teacher conferences at West Hancock Elementary School in October was near 100 percent. Elementary principal Sara Grimm reported to the school board at the Nov. 18, meeting that conference attendance at the elementary was at 96 percent. “Our two-parent attendance was below 50 percent, but we will be pushing and working on improving that number for the next round of conferences,� said Grimm. Elementary teachers have also been working on contacting the missing 4 percent since conferences week to set up a time to meet or have a phone conference. Parent-teacher conference attendance at the middle school in Kanawha was 73 percent, while attendance at the high school was down 20 percent. High school principal Jeff Recker said they will continue to work on raising their attendance average, especially by personally contacting those student’s parents who are at a higher risk academically. Recker said the high school’s FAFSA informational meetings had good numbers, along with strong attendance numbers for the college fair night.

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A high school jazz band has been organized and is meeting one morning a week. Trailers A company began work earlier this month on demolishing the remaining trailers left on the school-owned lot. Superintendent Wayne Kronemann said the crew is making progress and he will continue to monitor. School Calendar The 2014-2015 school calendar will be discussed and set during the December school board meeting. Kronemann said the board will need to decide whether the West Hancock School District will continue with a 180-day schedule, or switch over to an hourly calendar that would include 1,080 hours for a school year. Kronemann recommends the hourly schedule, but the pros and cons of each choice will be discussed in further detail at next month’s meeting. Accelerated Rehabilitation Athletic director Brian Peterson reported the partnership between the athletic department and Accelerated Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine has begun. An athletic trainer comes to the school on Wednesdays to see and treat any athlete or teacher that has an injury or concern.

At the September meeting, Peterson discussed plans and details of the partnership with Accelerated Rehab. The athletic department has split the $3,000 fee with the West Hancock Booster Club. A total $1,500 will be funded with the athletic general fund, while the other $1,500 paid by the Booster Club. The fee to Accelerated Rehab will provide West Hancock athletes and coaching staff the services of an Accelerated Rehab trainer two times a week, along with their presence at every home athletic event for grades 7-12. The trainer will work with the coaches in regards to what the athletes need, along with provide onsite rehab exercises and treatment during the visits twice a week. The trainer will also be on site for all home competitions to provide preventative treatments (i.e. taping etc.) and emergency care and assessments for both West Hancock athletes and the competitors’ athletes. If an athlete is injured during season, practice or competition, that athlete will receive rehab services from Accelerated Rehab on site (West Hancock) or PT CONF to page 2

Two killed in rollover accident in Wright County A Goodell man and a passenger in his vehicle were killed Sunday in a roll-over accident that occurred Sunday evening, about 7 miles east of Renwick in Wright County. The accident occurred about 9:18 p.m. The report from the Iowa State Patrol states, Jaimes Reyes Santos, 43, of Goodell was driving his 2001 Volkswagon Jetta GLS east on Wright County Road C26, near the intersection of County Road R33. Santos lost control of the vehicle, which went into the south ditch. The vehicle hit a utility pole, rolled over and came to rest on its top in a soybean field. Santos, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle. A front seat passenger, Armondo Romero-Soto, 50, of Hampton, was also fatally injured. The report indicates that RomeroSoto was wearing a seat belt and was extricated by emergency personnel. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Wright County Sheriff’s Department, Clarion Fire Department, Clarion Ambulance, the Wright County Medical Examiner and Henniger’s Towing.

“There’s a need for corn,� Bethany said. “That’s why we’re exploring corn for livestock feed.� They also raise plantain, rice, bananas, and papaya. They also want to research and develop a program for natural compost. “Everything we want to do would be in the area of organic and natural that the people could reproduce.� Global Compassion helped purchase 90 acres with donations from Iowans. Global Compassion will supply the Sukup-manufactured Safe T Homes that will be used as an agricultural research center and a ministry training center. “The goal is they can come and stay at the center for 3-4 weeks and learn how to properly plow the field, plant in a way that will produce more and use compost and manure that is available,� Bethany explained. Balancing sustainable agriculture with the ecology of the region is a concern. Clear-cutting not only strips natural resources, “but it’s also a lot of work and doesn’t give results,� she said. “That’s why we don’t want to strip everything. Part of the reason we want to do this, is so people don’t have to clear cut year after year. They can use the same plot of land over and over. We do want to conserve.� The couple also wants to use the center as a Bible camp, “Youth can come for weekend retreats and MISSION to page 7

Recount confirms Sweeney elected Goodell mayor By Rebecca Peter GOODELL - A recount of election for mayor of Goodell has confirmed Patrick Sweeny will be the new mayor of Goodell. A n election recount panel m e t ThursPatrick Sweeny day, Nov. 21, in the boardroom of the Hancock County Courthouse and determined there was no change from the earlier reported results of the November 5 city election. Sweeny defeated incumbent mayor Ryan Halfpop by a vote of 29 to 27. In a post-election comment Sweeney said, “My main impetus, at this point, is focusing on the unique challenges facing rural Iowa towns and what I can do to help my community meet and confront them. Loss of population, budgeting, funding municipal projects, etc, are all problems that will mushroom in the coming years and I will do everything possible to ensure that we are ready to deal with them.� The recount panel consisted of Charles Walker of Fort Dodge, Mike Hrubes, Garner, and attorney Ted Hovda, Garner.

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