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The Grundy Register

2014

Serving Grundy County since 1928

Thursday, June 5, 2014 Volume 90 – Number 23

Audit shows no major deficiencies

By JOHN JENSEN

The Grundy Register GRUNDY CENTER — The city of Grundy Center continues to be in a solid financial position after its Fiscal 2013 audit showed no major deficiencies.

Renee Messing of the Clifton Larson Allen accounting firm presented the audit, noting only issues that have been ongoing concerns for the city, including segregation of duties in handling financial documents. As has been the case in past years, the audit was reported as adverse/qualified because Grundy Center Municipal Utilities is not included. After Messing’s presentation, Councilman Dave Stefl asked whether this would be a good time for the City to include GCMU in its audit. Mayor Brian Buhrow also asked Messing what steps the City could take to alleviate the concerns about segregation of duties.

Messing’s report showed no findings of non-compliance and no questions about disbursements, travel for spouses or business transactions between the city and city officials or employees.

Eric Spellerberg of Black Hills Energy addressed the Council about his company’s desire to place a pair of meter reading antennas within the city. One antenna would be placed on city property at the corner of Sixth Street and G Avenue, just north of the recycling bins, while Spellerberg proposed the second to be at the corner of 11th Street and I Avenue.

Council members had no issue with the location near the recycling center but had concerns about the second location, which is in a residential area.

“I would rather see it on public property rather than someone’s private property if possible,” Councilman Al Kiewiet said.

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What’s Happening Friday, June 6 Teen & Adult Trivia Night Kling Memorial Library Pre-register at 825-3607

Saturday, June 7 Fishing Derby Grundy County Lake, Dike Registration, 6 a.m.

Final weigh-in, 1 p.m.

Community Night of Prayer Community Center Gazebo Grundy Center • 6 p.m.

Monday, June 9 Grundy County Supervisors County Courthouse • 9 a.m.

Tuesday, June 10 Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade Dike, Reinbeck Late morning to mid-afternoon

Fifth- and Sixth-grade Reading Club Kling Memorial Library • 10 a.m.

Pre-register at 825-3607 Library Stitcher “A adult coffee and conversation knitting and crochet club” Kling Memorial Library 1-3 p.m.

Wednesday, June 11 “The Science of Combustion” Grout Museum Presentation Kling Memorial Library 11 a.m.

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Grundy County Gold Rush!

Spartans, Wolverines take Girls’ State Golf titles

JERRY SCHUTZ

School Board finds its man Veteran superintendent Chants of “Grundy County” rang across the grounds of the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown Tuesday, as Grundy Center and Dike-New Hartford swept the championships in the Class 1A and 2A State Golf Tournaments. The Spartans picked up the 13th title in school history, a state record, with a 33-shot victory over second-place New London. The Wolverines won the first state golf title in D-NH history by 53 shots over second-place Pleasantville. Above-left, GCHS seniors Lindsay Freeman and Hillary Samo raise the Class 1A championship trophy together to their large gallery of fans. Above-right, Dike-New Hartford’s Nikki Weisenfluh, Ashley Dumler and Maddi Brummond show off the Class 2A trophy to their fans. After the ceremony, the teams got together for a unique Grundy County championship photo.

Read about the tournament on today’s sports pages.

(John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

GC school registration fees to climb

By JOHN JENSEN The Grundy Register GRUNDY CENTER — Fees for books, meals and other registrationrelated fees will be climbing in the Grundy Center Community School District next year.

Last Wednesday the Grundy Center School Board approved a new fee schedule that will see increased costs for everything from books to driver education.

Superintendent Cassi Murra presented information to the Board that placed Grundy Center fees at or near the bottom of the North Iowa Cedar League in most areas.

She said the last registration fee increase in Grundy Center was at least five years ago, before she was superintendent.

“We’ve gotten below average, I think we could raise them,” Murra said.

Fees for books and materials will rise $5, to $55 next year at all levels. Students in other NICL school districts pay anywhere from $30 to $120. The lowest fees were for elementary students at South Tama and Wapsie Valley elementary schools while the high number was for middle school and high school students in Hudson. According to the data provided to the Board, Grundy Center is the only district in the NICL that charges the same book fees to students in all grade levels.

School lunch fees will also increase. Students in kindergarten through fifth-grade will now pay $2.35 per day after paying $2.25 this year while older students will pay $2.65 next year after paying $2.55 this year. The fee for kindergarten and first-grade milk will increase to $60 next year. The adult lunch fee also increased, reaching $3.35 next year after being $3.25 this year. Fees will also rise slightly for the salad

bar, extra entrees and breakfast.

Fees for band and GC Jazz uniform rental and cleaning will rise from $35 to $40 while driver education fees will increase from $300 to $325 for students in the district, and from $400 to $425 for students outside the district. Fees for student activity tickets at the high school will increase from $40 to $45.

Offsetting the fee increase is a change in the laptop fee for secondary students that will be money return to families. While the fee itself will not change, it will now become a deposit refundable at the end of the school year if the laptop is returned undamaged.

The change comes as a result of a state ruling that fees for computers purchased through Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) funds cannot be put in the general fund, leaving the options of depositing the fees into the PPEL fund or returning it as a deposit. Under the new rule, Technology Director Bob Munson and his staff will assess returned laptops for damage and determine how much deposit, if any, the School District will keep.

The way the District handles snow makeup days will change next year. The school board approved a recommendation from Murra that Grundy Center count time in school by classroom hours instead of days after new rules were passed by the Iowa Department of Education.

The new legislation allows a school district to count a day of school only if students were in class for at least six hours. Murra said the current school calendar would meet both the 1,080 minimum hours of instruction or 180 minimum days, but that using hours of instruction gives the district more flexibility, including the possibility that some

Grundy Center School District 2014-15 Registration Fees

Books and Materials (K-12) Band Uniform rental, cleaning GC Jazz rental, cleaning Student Activity Tickets (HS) Driver Education (Grundy Center) Driver Education (Non-district) Breakfast (K-12) Breakfast (Adult) Lunch (K-5) Lunch (6-12) Lunch (Adult) K-1st grade milk

Meals

New Old $55 $50 $40 $35 $40 $35 $45 $40 $325 $300 $425 $400

$1.50 $1.85 $2.35 $2.65 $3.35 $60

$1.40 $175 $2.25 $2.55 $3.25 $55

College textbook fees, adult all-season activity passes and yearbook prices are unchanged from 2013-14. days missed due to winter weather may not need to be made up.

The Board approved several personnel moves, including contracts for a pair of new teachers.

Emily Michener comes to Grundy Center as a new kindergarten teacher, bringing two years of experience. She will replace Jama Johnson, who will be in a different role at the school next year. Andy McQuillen comes to Grundy Center as a secondary business education teacher, replacing Bob Johnson who resigned his position after one year in Grundy Center and will be relocating to Wisconsin. Board members asked incoming Secondary Principal Ann Lebo why only one candidate was interviewed for the position, with Lebo noting that McQuillen was by far the most qualified candidate.

Hannah Okerberg had her contract as the school’s athletic trainer renewed while Riley Ackerman was hired as a summer school associate and Caleb Bonjour was hired as a junior high football coach.

Other resignations included junior high boys’ basketball coach Rob Gingery, elementary paraeducator Mindy Hamann and school lunch worker Kristie Salo.

IN OTHER BUSINESS, the Board accepted an open enrollment request from a second grader from Gladbrook-Reinbeck. It also approved contracts with the Iowa Association of School Boards and School Administrators of Iowa mentoring program.

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to lead GC schools

By JOHN JENSEN The Grundy Register GRUNDY CENTER — After more than three months searching for a new superintendent, the Grundy Center Community School District has hired a veteran educator to lead the district.

Last Friday the District hired Jerry Schutz, a nine-year veteran superintendent currently working in Pleasant Plains, Ill., to be its new leader.

The 56-year-old veteran of more than 20 years in education, and six and one-half years in the United States Army prior to that, said Grundy Center is the type of school district he had been looking to work in after serving in larger school districts in the past.

“I love being a superintendent, but one of the things I didn’t enjoy about the job in educational administration is you get disconnected from the kids when you’re in larger school districts,” he said, noting the Pleasant Plains has about twice as many students as Grundy Center. “The size of the district is great for me because I want to have relationship with kids and parents. This is exactly what I was looking for.”

School Board president Bob Johanns said the fact that he wanted to be more involved with the kids than he currently is was a major reason the Board liked him.

“He’s focused on the kids as far as education, working and helping the teachers in any way and getting involved in the community,” Johanns said. “All those things are very important for any candidate that we hired, but he really had great credentials.”

The hiring of Schutz ends a process that began in February when Cassi Murra, who has spent the past four years as Grundy Center’s superintendent, took a similar position in Knoxville.

“It has been a long process, but I also think its been a growing and healthy process for the Board,” Johanns said. “Going through any advise situation can do one of two things — it can divide you or unify you. I think this entire process has unified the Board, and we feel very comfortable and confident and excited about the new hire.”

Schutz was not among the initial candidates interviewed by the School Board, coming into the picture after one finalist declined Grundy Center’s job offer and another withdrew from consideration. Johanns said Ray and Associates, a firm the Board hired to See SUPERINTENDENT page 7

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Church asks Supervisors for road improvements GRUNDY CENTER — For many years members of the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Hudson have trekked across gravel roads to attend worship services each week.

Monday members of the church took the first step to what they hope will eventually change that.

Pastor Mark Decker and Ed Juhl approached the Grundy County Board of Supervisors Monday with a two-page petition asking for the improvements to Grundy Road, which runs along the Grundy - Black Hawk County line between Highway 20 and 215th Street (Zanetta Road).

“I think it’s a very dangerous situation,” Decker said, noting that there have been several near-miss accidents along the 8 1/2-mile stretch of road and that it gets muddy in the winter and spring.

County Engineer Gary Mauer said the road is heavily traveled, with about 300 vehicles per day from Highway 20 to the church and about 170 from the Church to Zanetta Road. Supervisor Harlyn Riekena said the road would be his top prior-

ity to improve if the county had the funds to do so.

Decker and Juhl said improvements could come either by blacktopping the road or by sealcoating it.

They said the Black Hawk County engineer’s office suggested the sealcoat, noting that the cost would be much lower than paving. Mauer, however, said he could not support the less expensive measure.

“Sealcoating just won’t last; we tried it (in another area),” he said.

“I think if we do something, we need to do it right,” he added.

Mauer said a previous attempt to sealcoat a heavily traveled gravel road did well at first but then deteriorated badly enough that the county turned it back to gravel.

“I would not support sealcoat because it would be a maintenance headache,” he said.

Any project on the road would have to be agreed upon by Grundy and Black Hawk County, as half of the road sits in each county. Black Hawk County maintains the road.

Riekena said, though he feels there is a need for the improvement, the money is not currently there for it.

“We feel your pain,” he said. “At this point, however, I don’t see what we can do.”

IN OTHER BUSINESS, the Board approved a plan for repairs to a box culvert on County Road D-17 just east of T-19 that was damaged by last year’s flash floods. Mauer said total cost of the project is estimated at $75,000, with 85 percent of that covered by federal and state funds and the remaining 15 percent (about $11,000) coming from county coffers.

County Treasurer Brenda Noteboom spoke to the Board about options to sell property at 114 Broad Street in Reinbeck, which the County holds a tax sale certificate from June 18, 2012 on. Noteboom said the county could sell the certificate to the unnamed party interested in the property or it could proceedings to take the deed to the property. Following discussion, the Board directed Noteboom to get more information on the prospective buyer before it takes action.

The Board reappointed Todd Button of Conrad to the Grundy County Hospital Board of Commissioners, and approved fireworks permits for Tim and Jean Thompson, Steve Backer and Lori Gutknecht. It also approved a request from the Felix Grundy Festival Planning Committee for use of courthouse grounds during the July 11-12 festival.

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Obituaries Annette E. O’Kones

Annette Eileen O’Kones, 92, of West Union, formerly of Wellsburg, passed away May 28, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in West Union. A funeral service was held on June 2 at the Wellsburg Reformed Church. Burial followed the funeral service at the church cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www. abelsfuneralhomes.com Annette was born on March 13, 1922, the daughter of Eilert and Tena (Kruse) Knock on a farm in Shiloh Township. She received her elementary education in Shiloh and Colfax Townships and graduated from Wellsburg High School with the class of 1939. On December 25, 1943, Annette was united in marriage to Harold J. O’Kones at her parents’ home.

They lived on the same O’Kones farm in Melrose Township until retiring in 1978, when they moved to Wellsburg. Harold and Annette celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on December 25, 2003.

She was a member of the Wellsburg Reformed Church, where she taught Sunday school and enjoyed singing in the church choir. Annette also enjoyed playing the piano and organ, reading, cooking and gardening. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, whether it was hosting a tea party, having coffee or playing cards. Annette was a hardworking and dedicated mother and memories of her will be forever treasured by her family.

Annette is survived by her children, Ronald (Barbara) O’Kones of West Union, Roger O’Kones and Joan O’Kones of Iowa City; three grandsons, Matthew (Mary) O’Kones of West Union, Jared O’Kones of Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Nathan O’Kones of Hawaii; three great-grandsons Jordan, Dillon and Brandon O’Kones.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Harold; brother, Wilbur Knock; and sister, Irene Ruter.

John “Jack” Ericksen Mommer

John “Jack” Ericksen Mommer, 73, died May 28, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City after a 22 year battle with cancer. Services were held June 2 at Fredsville Lutheran Church, rural Cedar Falls, with burial in the church cemetery. Military Honors were conducted by the Dike American Legion Post #471. Richardson Funeral Service is assisting the family. Donations to Jack’s memorial fund can be directed to The Honor Flight.

Jack was born April 5, 1941, in Cedar Falls, to Russell Ernest Mommer and Lois Irene Ericksen. He graduated from Dike High School in 1958 and served as an Airman First Class in the United States Air Force from 1962-1966. After his honorable discharge, Jack continued to be active in his community and in Veterans organizations in Iowa.

On September 1, 1973, he married Mary Elizabeth Voss in Cedar Falls and the two enjoyed a marriage of 40 years and the birth of eight children.

In addition to running a family farm in Dike, they started the Oak Highlands Waterpark and Ski Hill in Waverly.

Jack served as the Commander of the Dike Iowa Legion Post 471, Veterans Affairs Commissioner for Grundy County, American Legion District Vice Commander for the 3rd District and was a member of the "40 and 8" Veterans Organization. As a result, he actively served thousands of returning Veterans. Jack was also very active in his local community. He helped to restart the Boy Scout Pack 108, direct the Iowa Boys State selection committee, and judge the 5th grade Flag Essay Contest for Grundy County inspiring the youngest generation.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; his sons, Eric Bartlett of Clive, Jasen Mommer of Maui, Hawaii, Casey Mommer of Windermere, Florida, Peter Mommer of Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Brett Mommer of Liège, Belgium, John Mommer II of Windermere, Florida; his daughters, Erin Fernández-Mommer of Renton, Washington, Kristi Druvenga of Oelwein, Shannon Mommer-Singh of Fargo, North Dakota; eight grandchildren; and sisters, Billielee Mommer of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Jill Fisher of Cedar Falls.

Jack was preceded in death by his infant child, Ericksen; and his parents, Russell and Lois.

His Family writes, “To be a Jack is to be a wise man but think of yourself as a dumb farmer, recall stories to exacting detail but spend none of that energy holding grudges, see losing your sense of smell as a chance to include more skunks in your practical jokes, or down-time in a tractor as a chance to call the local radio station to crow like a rooster or yodel like a von Trapp.

To be a Jack is to treat a perfect stranger as a long-lost friend and a son or daughter as a greater version of themselves, to know that strangers and sons and daughters alike will rise to the occasion and forget why they doubted themselves in the first place. And a Jack will not expect any credit for it.

Most of all to be a Jack is to be all of those things, but then to look at your reflection and see just a man. While his life on Earth is over, his influence is sure to ripple through time for generations to come. May we all follow his example and aspire to be more like a Jack.”

Paul Thuesen

Paul Erick Thuesen, age 82, of Wellsburg died May 30, 2014, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, of natural causes. Celebration of Life Luncheon was held June 2, 2014, at Colfax Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, rural Holland. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left at www. redman-schwartz.com.

Paul was born the son of Harry E. and Mabel J. (Syndergaard) Thuesen on July 25, 1931, in Cedar Falls. He graduated from Dike High School.

After high school, Paul attended college. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve.

On June 23, 1952, Paul was united in marriage with Barbara Joan Draper in Leon. After their marriage, they lived in Cedar Falls for one year. They then moved to a farm near Dike. In 1980, Paul and Barbara moved to Missouri, where they lived for a few years. After leaving Missouri, Paul and Barbara lived in several communities in north central Iowa and eventually settled in Wellsburg where they lived for nine years.

Paul worked for John Deere Product Engineering Center in Cedar Falls and he also farmed. Paul retired in 1994.

Paul was a member of Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in rural Holland, where he served as an elder and a long time member of the care team.

Paul was a member of the Danish Brotherhood. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, traveling and was a talented handyman. Paul’s greatest joy was time spent with his family.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

Paul is survived by his wife of 61 years, Barbara; three sons, Randall (Conie) Thuesen of Sikeston, Missouri, Gary (Donna) Thuesen of Grundy Center, and David (Melodee) Thuesen of Waverly; two daughters, Debra (Kenneth) Eiten of Loveland, Colorado, and Melissa (Tim) England of Wellsburg; eight grandchildren, Kyle Thuesen, James (Perri Corvino) Eiten, William Eiten, Erica (Randy) Norris, April Thuesen, Randee Thuesen and Jordyn England; one great-granddaughter, Olivia Corvino Eiten; and one brother, Harlan (Joan) Thuesen of Dike.

Ella “Edie” McNamara, 56, of Waterloo, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on May 30, 2014, at her daughter’s home in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A gathering of friends and family was held June 3 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family, 16 5th St. NW, Oelwein, Iowa 50662.

Online condolences may be left at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

Edie was born on July 28, 1957, in Compton, California, the daughter of Norman and Dawn (Pike) McCormack. She was raised in California for several years before moving to Waterloo with her family. She later relocated to Grundy Center where she raised her three daughters. Edie was united in marriage to Larry McNamara on June 22, 1979, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple later divorced.

She was a member of the NRA and was very passionate about people’s right to bear arms. Edie enjoyed fishing, dancing and playing pool, where she played on many pool leagues, most recently on a team with The Jet Lounge in Waterloo. What was most important in life to Edie was her family.

She loved spending time with her nine beautiful grandchildren. She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.

Edie is survived by her daughters, Dawn Reagan (Ryan Stahl) of Oelwein, Sarah McNamara (Donny Fairbanks) of Grundy Center and Cindi McNamara (Dustin Schroeder) of Grundy Center; companion of 20+ years, Tony Klemz; step-children Brooke Klemz and Braden and Lindsey Fintel; nine grandchildren, Talon, Madelyn and Lauren Reagan, Abena, Brody, Jesse, Carter and Nevaeh Mackie and Somara Wolf; brothers, Russell Rosenberg, Danny McCormack, Gregg McCormack, Kevin “Archie” McCormack and Dean Staton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; special friend, Cindy Kerns.

Thomas C. “Cobe” Strack

Thomas C. “Cobe” Strack, 95, of Cedar Falls died May 28, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth E. Martin Health Center. Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10 at First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Falls, with visitation for one hour prior to services. His body has been deeded to the University of Iowa Deeded Body Program. Memorials may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left at www.richardsonfuneralservice.com.

He was born April 6, 1919, in Grundy Center, son of William and Grace Miller Strack. He married Lorraine A. Sulzinger on April 28, 1943, in Boca Raton, Florida.

He graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1937, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He earned a BA degree from the University of Iowa in 1947, and JD degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1949. He served as Grundy County Attorney, was a partner with Willoughby, Strack and Sieverding – Attorneys at Law, and retired from Black Hawk County Abstract Company. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Strack was a member of the Grundy Center Rotary and Cedar Falls Kiwanis.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine; a daughter, Mary (David) Kabel of Cedar Falls; two sons, David Strack of Waterloo and Charles Strack of Logan, UT; and three grandsons: David C., William and Paul Kabel.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Miller Strack; a sister, Nancy Clark; and daughter-in-law, Dana Strack.

From page 1 Spellerberg said the location at 11th and I is ideal because it is one of the higher spots in the city that is clear of trees while noting that there are not a lot of other options in Grundy Center.

Councilperson Janetta Miller suggested tabling the measure to make sure residents around the site do not object to the 30-foot antenna.

“Let’s talk to property owners,” Stefl said. “I don’t think we will have too much negative because the pole is not obtrusive.”

The Council approved a $20,000 Business Innovation Grant to Family Foods for roof repair. The funding was not 100 percent of what the business requested, though Councilman Chad Hamann said that was only because the BIG fund was nearing the limit of what it could provide in the current fiscal year. Council also approved a

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development agreement, including $45,000 in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) rebates to Jesco Welding and Machine, LLC, which is planning a $150,000 expansion that will allow it to add up to five new jobs.

Council also set a pair of public hearings for July 7 for an urban renewal plan amendment and a related development agreement with Tyler Duda at 102 Fourth Street.

IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE COUNCIL: • Approved liquor licenses for Casey’s General Store, Scotty’s Saloon and the Felix Grundy Festival; • Approved cigarette licenses for both Casey’s General Store locations, Scotty’s Saloon, Family Foods and Dollar General Store; • Approved year-end transfers between city funds.

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Spartan Booster Fair Board seeks Club hosting entries in mud member drive volleyball tourney The Grundy Center Spartan Booster Club is currently hosting its annual membership drive.

Membership forms are due June 25.

For more information, or to download a membership form, visit www.spartanpride.net and click on the activities tab. You may also call Emily Hendricks, 319-824-6048 or M. Jansen, 319-415-6653.

2Coats to host community night of prayer

All are welcome to the Community Center Pergola in Grundy Center on Saturday, June 7 for a community night of prayer. Dinner will be served at 6:00. Bring a friend and a side salad. Contact Steve @ 319215-8628 for more information or to find out how you can help, serve, or volunteer. The Community Night of Prayer is sponsored by 2Coats, Inc.

Spots still open for City Wide Garage Sale

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Community Preschool and Childcare Center is still accepting participants for the City Wide Garage Sales to be held June 27 and 28. Call 319825-3565 by June 18 to register.

GRUNDY CENTER— The Grundy County Fair Board has announced the Dirty Open Mud Volleyball tournament will be held Saturday, July 26 at 1 p.m. at the 2014 Grundy County Fair.

Teams register the day of the tournament and can sign up in the fair office at the fairgrounds. Teams can have up to eight players and must have two girls on each team.

The entire 2014 Fair Schedule will be released soon. Visit our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ TheGrundyCountyFair for more details or visit our website at www.

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Colfax Church plans annual Bible School

HOLLAND — The Colfax Center Presbyterian Church will host its annual Vacation Bible School June 8-12.

The theme for this year’s VBS is “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love Is One-of-a-kind.” During the week, kids will meet with Paws, a Zookeeper who knows all kinds of weird animals. The animals introduce the kids to the daily Bible point.

The school kicks off with a family event Sunday (June 8) at 5 p.m.

Classes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., while Thursday’s class, which includes visits from animals from the Barn Stahl Petting Zoo, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information about the school, call the church office, 319824-5231.

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Memory Lane

It Could Be Made Into A Movie

A Look back through The Grundy Register

Compiled by Lisa Kanagy 10 Years Ago This Week - 2004 • When several elementary stu-

dents were asked what they will do this summer swimming, riding grandpa’s tractors, going to Tropical Sno, playing golf & baseball and kissing their mom every day were among the answers • Jean Schipper and Tony Bixby announced the date of their wedding for June 26 • The strongest man, Bill Kazmaier’s encouragement to the school kids was ‘Believe in yourself and you can do whatever you tell yourself to do’ and ‘Always try to do more, continually go upward to make yourself get better every time’ during the school assembly • Renovation projects totaling about $578,000 are being initiated following approval last Thursday at a special meeting of the Grundy Center School Board • Gov. Tom Vilsack awards Tony Venenga, the school district’s transportation director, the ‘Outstanding service to Iowa’s children as a dedicated school support staff worker’ • Pictured is the DNH girls’ state track team • Center Theatre - Shrek 2

25 Years Ago This Week - 1989

• A modified ‘Bag & Tag’ method of disposing of household generated garbage will go into effect in town on July 3 • September 1 is the date of the new Conrad Foods Super Valu (Grocery) Store, to be owned and operated by Geoff and Melinda Golden • Pictured is the music Booster president Vi Klosterboer with elementary music instructor Bev Dirks as the articles listed the great outcome of the carnival and where the proceeds will go • The 36th Annual Wellsburg Daze will be June 13 & 14 • At the Dike Memorial Day program Melissa Boe played the echo during the playing of taps • Mr. & Mrs. John C. Stachour will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 14 • Stuffed Olives - 99¢ a jar • Center Theatre - K-9

50 Years Ago This Week - 1964

• A community wide campaign to raise funds for development of a nine-hole golf course at Grundy Center will be launched soon by Town & Country Golf Club Inc. • Roy Halleck, who owned and operated the Grundy Cafe and the Grill Cafe in Grundy Center for several years died on Sunday • Temperatures dropped to the lower thirties on early Monday morning. A Shiloh township farmer reported that there was a white frost on his 18 acres of soybeans • Kiddie Days will be Monday through Wednesday next week with midway rides and concessions • The Wellsburg Warriors boys track team broke 11 school records and tied one other this past season • On May 29th Miss Ila Mae Blythe married Bernard Gene Venenga at the First Chirstian Reformed Church • The Grundy Center swimming pool will open on June 8th • Sumer-R-Aid cold drinks = 6 pack for 19¢ • Center Theater - Ugly Americans

75 Years Ago This Week - 1939

• W. W. Taylor celebrated his 75th birthday in good health on his birth place the Taylor farm in Fairfield township now tenated by Paul Bryhl and Sons. The Taylor farm has been in the name since the late 1850’s • Annual Fun Days celebration will be held Thursday through Saturday. There will be activities for all ages including a midway, contests and concessions • The high school building is now past the 50% completion mark.

• Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Rogers will celebrate their golden wedding Anniversary on June 12 • Clay township made a record of producing the highest corn yield of any township in the state during the year 1938 which was 69.4 bushels per acre in Grundy county • Lux Bar Soap - 6¢ each • New Grundy Theatre - Burn ‘em Up O’Connor

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Cheap Seats

I turned the air conditioner on for the first time last week. Not a big deal ... maybe not to you ... but to me it means summer is finally and truly here.

Soon enough we’ll be complaining that it’s too hot, lamenting when it was cool and forgetting that winter ... let’s just say the past winter was one we would rather not go back to.

For most of us, summer means the time to get away from work and spend some extra time with the family. Something I figured out while working on the Grundy County Community and Visitor Guide early this year was how much our area has to offer ... there are countless things to see and do in our area that cost no more than a little fuel (and maybe an ice cream cone).

I have always been a fan of

By JOHN JENSEN local festivals. Working in various communities around eastern Iowa the past two decades, I’ve seen countless small celebrations. Each is unique to the town it is part of. You generally get a pretty good feel for the community from the scope of its town festival.

Washington’s festivals tended to focus on the arts — there were a lot of talented painters and sculptors and musicians in the community. Each week the town band would take to the bandstand in the center of the town square, drawing good sized crowds. The Fourth of July tended to be a big deal, as was the county fair, which was quite a bit bigger than ours.

The small town festivals that I remember most hit the absolute opposite ends of the spectrum. Brighton had Whoopee Days, which were every bit as big as Dike’s Watermelon Day in a community half the size of Dike.

Brighton was a laid back community ... it reminds me a little of Beaman, though it was a little larger.

The other end of the spectrum was Riverside’s Trekfest, a festival I’ve written about once or twice before and one you may have heard of. The difference between Trekfest and most small town celebrations, at least 15 years ago, was that it truly catered more to those from out of town than it

By SUE ECKHOFF Grundy County Heritage Museum Ellen (Nellie) Cashman was born in County Cork, Ireland about 1850.

Her folks were struggling farmers who had been devastated by the failed potato crops, and were being persecuted by the British rule of the country. The situation contributed to the death of Nellie’s father, who died leaving two children and no viable means of support for them. Nellie’s mother set sail to America with her daughters, arriving in Boston only to find the city overcrowded with immigrants. Even so, life in Boston was an improvement over their previous circumstances.

When Nellie was old enough to get a job, she was hired as a bellhop in a fancy Boston hotel. One of the many guests she met was Ulysses Grant. Grant was impressed by her ambition, and encouraged her to go west where young women were needed to help settle the wild fron-

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tier. She took the situation to heart, and for the next few years saved her money for the trip, and in 1869, Nellie, her sister, and her mother boarded a train in search of a rich mining camp.

Nellie first traveled to Virginia City, Nevada. Silver and gold finds were making multimillionaires out of prospectors. She found work as a cook, and the grateful miners paid handsomely for her meals. By 1872, she had enough money to purchase a boarding house.

In 1874, news of a rich find in Northern British Columbia reached Nellie’s ears, and she packed her things and left Nevada. She settled along Dease Lake, and bought another boardinghouse and a restaurant.

Nellie had a head for business, but she had a heart for helping the hurting and needy. She consistently offered her help to those down on their luck, and her selfless giving earned her the nickname “Miner’s Angel”

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did to the locals. It was fun to attend, simply because it was fun to see the passion of the Star Trek fans who know more about Trek than you might know about your own family. I’ll never forget attending a costume contest, thinking it might be a fun place to get some pictures. The winning entry was basically some guy (or girl?) wearing a patterned blanket and sitting on the ground. What was it? For some reason I remember them saying it was a Huerta (or something like that) from a certain episode that the Trek fans could site chapter and verse.

I didn’t get into the celebrations around Oelwein that much, as my job there was mostly sports, but I got deeply ingratiated in them while working in Benton County. A couple of my favorites in Vinton (both of which I only saw once) were the car cruise and Boomtown. The Vinton car cruise had hundreds of cars lining three sides of the town square and beyond ... and three quarters of the cars there were absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never had the desire to own or restore a classic car but, man, they’re fun to look at.

Vinton’s other festival is one I’ve been trying to get back to ever since I came over here. Boomtown is, simply put, the biggest fireworks show you’ve ever seen in a small town. The Iowa Pyrotechnic Society hosts its annual convention in Vinton, and at the end of the event they play ... and the public gets to enjoy it. There’s an admission charge to the grandstand, where most of the display is shot from, but if you don’t mind missing some ground displays you can watch the show from anywhere in the area. The time I covered the event was on an incredibly calm night, and the smoke from the fireworks hung on the ground like the thickest fog you’ve ever seen. I had to, literally, feel my way across a field to my car and then very nearly decided to leave it there because the smoke (a couple of blocks from the grandstand) was too thick to drive in.

Around here we have a little bit of everything. I’m a big fan of Felix Grundy Days, simply because I feel like they fit the community so well.

It’s one of those festivals that isn’t too big, yet is large enough that there are things to do all day. And the Felix parade is one of the best around.

Wellsburg kicks off the festival season in a couple of weeks with its unique mid-week Wellsburg Daze. Because of when it falls, I confess that I don’t get to spend the time at this event that I wish I could, but it seems that the community enjoys it. The same can be said for Watermelon Day in Dike, which has a lot of the same feel as the Felix Grundy Festival ... except with Watermelon.

Reinbeck’s Fourth of July Festival has a different feel just because of where it falls. It’s parade (which is very, very good) has an understandable patriotic feel. And you just have to go see fireworks on the Fourth of July ... it’s one of those unwritten rules I wrote about a few weeks back.

The best thing about all of these festivals is that most of the entertainment is free so long as you can avoid the temptation of a chicken wing or rib sandwich.

So get out and enjoy the summer.

Once again though she headed south, to Arizona, where she started another restaurant in Tucson before making her way to the booming silver town of Tombstone, where she established two businesses, a boot and shoe store, and a grocery store.

She used a portion of the profits to build churches and support hospitals. For a while she was content to stay in Arizona, her sister and her sister’s five children were now living in Tombstone, and Nellie divided her time between her family, and her businesses pursuits. By 1883 however, she was on the move again, this time to Baja, California. This trip, however, proved to be unprofitable, and she returned to the Southwest, where in 1884 her sister died of tuberculosis and Nellie was left to raise her nieces and nephews. The task was daunting but it did not keep her from her charity work or her efforts to civilize the territory. She was against public hangings and fought

tirelessly to stop government from making them a form of entertainment. Finally in 1897, Nellie joined the Klondike gold rush and traveled to Dawson City, Alaska where she opened a café and supply store, making a fortune selling supplies to eager prospectors. She never turned away a miner who had no money though.

She made sure they were cared for regardless of their means.

In 1924 Nellie came down with a severe cold, which sent her to the hospital in Fairbanks. Although she was released, she never fully recovered, and she died on January 4, 1925.

Because she had been so well known, newspapers in San Francisco, Tucson, Fairbanks, and Denver all carried stories of her death. She was buried next to her sister in Victoria, British Columbia. She is remembered in history books as a woman who possessed the unquenchable spirit of the Old West.

By KEVIN WILLIAMS Grundy County Conservation Director I had quite an experience over the weekend. One that I wish not to experience again, although I fear that I may. It was like a bad dream or a horror movie.

Friday evening my son, Seth and his family, were up to stay the weekend. We, of course, had to make a visit over to the pigeon cage to see the doves and the pigeons. To our shock, there were multiple dead and dying doves in their fly pen. Almost all of the dead birds had open bloodied patches especially around the head and neck. As we stood there, we were being attacked by these annoying little flies. They would swarm around our heads and their bite was painful on the neck and earlobes and such.

So we retreated to the house for shelter from the flies. They weren’t big. Larger than fruit flies but not a lot larger. A trip out to the pen the next morning found more dead doves. In all, more than a dozen.

I hadn’t experienced anything like this in all my years of raising birds short of the mass deaths that will happen with an owl or weasel getting in the cage. But these were tiny flies doing the dirtywork.

As I watched one dove twitching on the perch, I could see the dark, black flies appear and then disappear again into the feathers. The birds were literally being tortured to death.

I went to the garage and got the jug of Home Defense – one of those sprays you can use around the outside and the inside of the home to help eliminate insect pests. I literally misted the birds with the product. I didn’t know if it would harm them but I knew what the continued biting of the flies would do and it couldn’t be worse, I reasoned.

An internet search confirmed that they were black flies, also called buffalo gnats. Another name for them is turkey gnat and they are small, bloodsucking insects slightly less than 1/4 inch long with a stout-body and hump-backed appearance. That hump is where the name buffalo gnat comes from. And I assume turkey gnat because of the extreme bother they can be to such a bird with so much exposed head and throat skin.

They are most common along rivers and streams during late spring and early summer. Black flies live as larvae in shallow, clear, fast-running water in rivers and streams. The black, spindle-shaped larvae live on the river bottom attached to rocks and other submerged objects and feed on tiny bits of organic matter, algae and protozoa. Larvae transform in the water to adult flies that rise to the water surface in a bubble of gas.

Only the female black flies are bloodsuckers. Their bite is extremely painful, and the injection of a venom into the skin causes intense itching, local swelling and soreness. All exposed parts of the body are subject to attack.

Well, now I knew a lot more about them but nothing about controlling the problem that I was (am) experiencing. That’s unfortunately because nobody knows much that can be done. Unlike mosquitoes that prefer to feed at dawn and at dusk, black flies prefer to feed in the middle of the day and prefer bright, sunny, warm, and windless days.

Sunday was very windy and the flies were almost non-existent then. The wind was giving them a reprieve.

According to Ken Holscher, Iowa State University Entomologist, the bite of the buffalo gnat often produces in humans swelling and itching worse than a mosquito bite. It is a combination of blood loss and saliva injected by the biting female gnat causing fatal anaphylactic shock that proves fatal for the birds.

And according to Holscher, we have seen the last of the buffalo gnats, which reproduce just one generation per year. “They all come out at the same time, stick around for two to three weeks, and they are all gone at the same time,” he said.

I’ll continue to make attempts at controls around the pen and hope that the next two weeks pass quickly with a good share of windy days.

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Thank you for all the cars and memorials after the death of my sister Delah.

Eileen & Larry Smith

Students receive degrees at ISU

AMES- At Iowa State University's spring commencement ceremonies, 4,021 students received degrees. Iowa State awarded 3,357 undergraduate degrees, 413 master's degrees, 147 veterinary medicine degrees and 104 doctor of philosophy degrees.

Dike: Stephanie Scott, B.S. - Bachelor of Science, Biology (AGLS) Grundy Center: Jayme Freye, D.V.M. - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine New Hartford: Kayla Nielsen, M.B.A. - Master of Business, Business Administration Wellsburg: Daniel Mennen, B.S. - Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology and Health

News from Ivester

Wear Red for Pentecost Sunday You are invited to wear something red on Pentecost Sunday, June 8th. Red symbolizes the fire of the Holy Spirit - and it's just fun to wear red, right?

House of Compassion Ivester is scheduled to serve the evening meal at the House of Compassion in Marshalltown on Friday, June 13th. Please let Lois Kruse know if you can help with this ministry from 4;15 P.M. about 7:00p.m.

Summer Sunday School This summer the Christian Education and Discipling Team is inviting folks to come share stories and their own spiritual autobiographies with an intergenerational group of Sunday Schoolers. Each week we plan to hear the story of one adult's life and faith journey followed by working together on a project or activity that has been important to that person. We hope you will make plans to join us every Sunday, June through August to hear stories of the members of our church. If you are willing to share your faith story please contact Yolanda Butler.

Summer Staff at Camp Pine Lake New summer staff members have arrived at Camp Pine Lake and spent the past week in training and planning. They are Stephen Dowdy, Huntington, PA; Lara Neher, Grundy Center; Tiffany Smith, Osceola; and Ali Smith, Cedar Falls. They all attended Ivester on Sunday where they were welcomed for worship and as special guests of the noon potluck.

Graduates from McPherson College Kristin Nelson, daughter of Ron and Kirm (Kirkdorffer) Nelson graduated from McPherson College on May 25th. Attending from this area were grandparents Ray and Kathy Kirkdorffer.

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Center Theatre’s Schmidt earns degree from DMU Reel-to-Reel Beginning at the Center Theatre on Friday, June 6t at 7 P.M. will be the inspiring/true story Disney’s Million Dollar Arm, starring John Hamm, Suraj Sharma and Bill Paxton. This movie is rated PG, running approximately 120 minutes in length. At 7:30 will be the comedy The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann. This movie is rated PG-13 for language, running approximately 110 minutes in length. There will be no matinees this weekend.

Disney’s Million Dollar Arm tells the inspiring true story of two boys from India who don’t know how to play baseball, but earn a shot at playing in the Majors. In a last ditch effort to save his career as a sports agent, JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) concocts a scheme to find baseball’s next great pitching ace.

Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a Major League Baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a reality show competition called “Million Dollar Arm.” With the help of a cantankerous but eagleeyed retired baseball scout (Alan Arkin) he discovers Dinesh (Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma), two 18 year old boys who have no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball. Hoping to sign them to major league contracts and make a quick buck, JB brings the boys home to America to train. While the Americans are definitely out of their element in India – the boys, who have never left their rural villages – are equally challenged when they come to the States.

As the boys learn the finer points of baseball – JB, with the help of his charming friend Brenda (Lake Bell) – learns valuable life lessons about teamwork, commitment and what it means to be a family. Don’t miss Million Dollar Arm, a new and exceptional sports true story about unlikely underdogs.

In the comedy The Other Woman, after discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend.

When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on this cheating, lying, no good man.

For the most up-to-date movie information, please check out our new website at www.grundycentertheatre.com. If you are interested in gift certificates to the Center Theatre, they may be purchased at GNB bank locations during the day or at the Center Theatre during evening business hours.

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DES MOINES — Des Moines University granted 539 degrees at its 2014 Commencement Ceremony, the 114th in the university's history, on Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m. at Hy-Vee Hall in the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The dean from each of the three DMU colleges presented their classes and DMU President Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., conferred degrees.

Dana Schmidt, earned a doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) degree.

He is the son of Kirby and Joyce Schmidt of Grundy Center.

Celebrating 90 years

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News from the Kling Memorial Library in Grundy Center

To exchange vows in June

Chelsea Marilyn Ann McNeil and Elliott Ealy Eggleston are happy to announce their engagement and approaching wedding.

Parents of the couple are Chad and Linda Mackie and Mark and Molly Eggleston of Grundy Center.

The bride-to-be works at Hy-Vee in Waterloo and will be attending LaJames International College in Cedar Falls. The groom-to-be works at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo and will be a sophomore at UNI this fall.

Vows are to be exchanged at 1:00 on June 27, 2014 at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo with reception to follow.

IvaDell Getting of Holland, will be celebrating her 90th birthday on June 13.

We would like to surprise her with a card shower to help her celebrate her big day.

Her address is: 21718 210th St. Holland, Ia 50642.

IPAD class in Dike June 12 Grundy County Extension &

Outreach Administrator Shari SellBakker will be teaching a “Click” So you got an IPAD—now what?! class on June 12, 2014 at the Dike Public Library from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

There is no fee for this program and snacks will be provided.

You may know what social media is but do you know how to use it to make your life easier? Topics for this class will include: what is an app—how can you tell if it is a good app; how to search for apps; connecting safely; blogs; Facebook; YouTube; Pod Casts; safe downloading of material; using QR codes and Ning; video and picture usage and much more!

This workshop will promote lifelong learning by engaging participants in collaborative social learning, hands on activities and ongoing learning through discussion with others of similar understanding.

Participants are asked to bring their IPADs to class. Those with other models of tablets are welcome to come and will be able to apply what is learned.

Brochures with more information and registration forms can be obtained by contacting the Grundy County Extension & Outreach office at 319-824-6979 or by e- mailing Shari at sellbakk@iastate.edu Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Celebrating 50 years

Gerald and Eloise Monk are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with family gatherings in Dubuque and Tennessee.

Gerald Monk and Eloise Moore were married June 6, 1964, at Lincoln Center Christian Reformed Church in rural Grundy Center. Gerald is a retired attorney and Eloise is a retired abstracter.

Their children are G. Andrew Monk (Michelle) of Arlinton Heights, IL, and Jesse A. Monk (Sherri) of Marion, Iowa. There are seven grandchildren.

Truman State announces Provost and Vice President List

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - Truman State University has released the Spring 2014 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 3.50-3.99 grade point average and must complete 12 semester hours of credit.

Area students include: Grundy Center: Conner Harris, Political Science

The Kling Memorial Library will be forming a new club this summer for adults interested in knitting and crocheting.

The Library Stitchers will meet each Tuesday from 1 - 3 p.m. in the library meeting room. All interested adults are invited to bring their projects, questions, answers, and ideas.

All levels are invited to attend. Beginners are welcome to come for informal instruction. Please bring your own materials and supplies. Coffee and conversation will always be included! If you have any questions, please ask at the library or call 825-3607.

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Calendar of events Grundy Community Center Thursday June 5 Friday June 6 Saturday June 7

• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wilts Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Legion Room • Grundy Comm. Center – No Walking

Exercise, 9 a.m., Wilts Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Wilts Room • Grundy Comm. Center – Wright/Mennen Wedding Reception, Wilts Room

Monday June 9

• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wilts Room

Exercise, 9 a.m., Legion Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Wilts Room

American Legion, 6:30 p.m., Legion Room

Tuesday June 10

• Grundy Comm. Center – No Walking

Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, 8 a.m., Wilts Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Legion Room

Wednesday June 11

• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wilts Room

Exercise, 9 a.m., Legion Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Legion Room

Thursday June 12

• Grundy Comm. Center – Walking, 7 a.m. - 12 noon., Wilts Room

Congregate Meals, 11:30 a.m., Legion Room

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Windbreak educational program June 18

ISU Extension Specialist Jesse Randall will be at the Grundy Center Community Center June 18, 2014 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. to present a program on dealing with new and old windbreaks. Class is open to the public and all are invited to participate in this two hour class.

This program is devoted to educating landowners on the value of windbreaks, how to design and select trees for a new windbreak, how to plant and maintain trees, what to

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look for in old windbreaks in terms of disease and insects and cost share programs available to the public to help with new windbreaks. Participants are encouraged to bring photos and samples to have their questions answered on site.

To register call Shari at the Grundy County Extension Office at 319824-6979, e-mail sellbakk@iastate. edu or visit our office at 703 F Avenue, Suite 1, Grundy Center. Preregistration is strongly encouraged.

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Fishing Derby at Grundy County Lake June 7 The annual fishing derby will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 6AM to 1PM at the Grundy County Lake near Dike. This year, the event coincides with Iowa’s free fishing weekend.

The Grundy County Conservation Board event has proven to be a great success each year. The 8th annual derby is once again sponsored

by Peoples Savings Bank in Dike.

We greatly appreciate their support towards the Grundy County Lake and this event.

Entry fee for the derby is only 5 dollars. The derby is catch and release only so bring your buckets to keep the fish alive. There will be prizes for the biggest bass, panfish, and catfish along with many, many door prizes. There will be free hot-

dogs for participants.

The lake provides easy access fishing for all ages with a handicap accessible dock and four fishing jetties. It also has an asphalt recreational trail that travels around the entire lake and out to the 60 site campground complete with showers, restrooms, playground, and dump station. The Grundy County Lake has a lot to offer so check it out on June 7th for the annual fishing derby.

The fishing derby is a great chance to get out and enjoy the outdoors. It also provides the perfect opportunity to get a kid out fishing.

Our lake has great fishing with easy access and kids have a chance at winning many door prizes.

We hope to see you out at the lake on Saturday, June 7.

Farm Bureau Scholarships presented to five county youth Five Grundy County youth were the recipients of Farm Bureau scholarships at their awards presentations last month. Receiving Grundy County Farm Bureau scholarships were: Megan Andersen, Dike-New Hartford High graduate, daughter of Eric and Darla Andersen; Trevor Bakker, AGWSR High graduate, son of Ryan and Lisa Bakker; Ethan Hogle, Grundy Center High graduate, son of Ken and Tam Hogle; and Mitchell Juhl, Hudson High graduate, son of Ed and Gayle Juhl. The Grundy County Farm Bureau scholarships are $600 scholarships which are paid out over two years.

Jared Haupt, AGWSR High graduate, son of Lance and Diane Haupt, was selected for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation scholarship. The Grundy County Farm Bureau scholarship committee chooses the two top scholarship applications to submit to IFBF for consideration. Six

winners are chosen out of the applications received from out 11-county region. The IFBF scholarship is $1,000 and paid out over two years.

All five scholarship recipients are planning to attend Iowa State University this fall and major in an agrelated field of study.

Jared Haupt

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Grundy Family Wellsburg’s Keith, Kendra Bunger named YMCA Notes Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award winners

YMCA SUMMER 2014 ADULT FITNESS CLASSES START JUNE 9.

Online registration now available!

Outdoor Boot Camp - New format: 3 days per week and 2 instructors each class. Instructors: Brandi Gordon, Meghan Lynch and Andrew Peters.

Outdoor Fit (Childcare provided-ages 2 & up) - Instructor: Meghan Lynch Pickleball - Instructor: Rick Briggs Open Swim & Swimming Fitness (childcare provided-ages 2 & up) - Instructor: Meghan Lynch Kickboxing - Instructor: Andrew Peters Running for Beginners - Instructor: Janet Buhrow Adult Tennis Lessons and Drills Instructor: John Doak Yoga - Instructor: Jessica Larsen Hiking at Pine Lake - Instructor: Connor Hamilton Pilates - *Starts July 21st* - Instructor: Jan Hagen Senior Fitness - Instructors: Sandi Beem & Andrew Peters Senior Core class - Instructor: Andrew Peters Water Aerobics - Instructor: Sandi Beem View the full program guide at www.blackhawkymca.org under the Grundy Center tab. Call 319-8256210 with questions.

YMCA COACH PITCH TBALL WILL BEGIN on June 9.

This program is for kids coming out of first- and second-grades and will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at Bel Pre park.

The kids in this program will learn about specific positions of the game, outs and will be able to hit off of a coach-pitcher. This program will also play games against area towns.

Please contact Audrey at the Y if you are interested in signing up or helping to volunteer-coach!

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced that Keith and Kendra Bunger, who raise cattle in rural Grundy County, have been named the May winners of the “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.”

Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the award to the Bunger family Wednesday at the family’s farm. The “Big Show,” which airs on both WHO and WMT radio, also broadcast live from the presentation.

“It is great to be able to recognize the Bunger family and highlight all they do to be great neighbors,” Northey said. “Iowa is fortunate to have families like this all across the state who take great pride in how they care for their animals, protect the land and serve their neighbors and community.”

The Bunger family has a cow-calf operation and custom-feed cattle.

They also raise corn and soybeans.

They were nominated for the

award by their neighbor Justin Graves, who highlighted the family’s care for their animals and the land as well as their work in the community in his nomination.

“The Bungers take pride in being good stewards and caretakers of the land and their livestock,” Graves said in his nomination. "They utilize crop rotations and have added several waterways. Their farmstead is always well manicured and their cattle lots are well managed.”

Outside of their work on the farm, the Bungers are strong supporters of South Hardin High School, including serving as a Booster Club Representative for the girls’ basketball team.

They are also actively involved in the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church.

“The Bunger’s are a prime example of a family everyone would like to have as a neighbor,” Graves said.

"It’s difficult to capture and explain the value of everything they do, but they are truly making a difference in our rural neighborhood, their church

Financial coaching class offered in June 2 & 9 in GC

Jorgensen receives 20-service award

Harlyn Riekena, Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors, presented William J. (B.J.) Jorgensen with a 20-year service award. Jorgensen has been a Grundy County deputy sheriff for 20 years.

Elizabeth Janssen new member of American Angus Association Megan Andersen

Mitchell Juhl

Trevor Bakker

Elizabeth Janssen, Wellsburg, Iowa, is a new junior member of the American Angus Association®, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo. Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in Associationsponsored shows and other national and regional events.

The American Angus Association is the largest beef breed association in the world, with nearly 24,000 active adult and junior members.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Stickers — $5 Available at City Hall Kiwanis Will Take: Refrigerators Washers Dryers Dishwashers Window A/C Trash Compactors Freezer Microwave Water Heater Dehumidifier These items will be picked up on June 28, 2014.

Anderson receives 10-year service award

Kevin Williams, Conservation Board Director, presented Cole J. Anderson with a 10-year service award. Anderson has been an employee of the Conservation Department of Grundy County for 10 years.

Ethan Hogle

Large Item Pick-Up Day We Will NOT Take: Tires Batteries Lawn Mowers Weed Eaters Hazardous Material Such As Paint

We Will Take: Chairs, Couches, Box Springs Mattresses, Console TV Rolls of Carpet, Water Softeners, Household Items *Large items must each have a $5 sticker purchased from City Hall!

City Hall Open: M-F ~ 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

and our county. I’m proud to call them neighbors and friends.”

The Wergin Good Farm Neighbor award, made possible through the financial support of the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers, recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in doing things right. This includes caring for the environment and their livestock and being good neighbors. It is named in memory of Gary Wergin, a long-time WHO Radio farm broadcaster who helped create the award.

Anyone interested in nominating their neighbor for the award should write a letter or e-mail explaining why their neighbor should receive this designation. Applications may be submitted to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Attn: Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award, Henry A. Wallace Building, Des Moines, IA 50319 or emailed to Communications@iowaAgriculture.gov.

Benson receives 5-year service award

Harlyn Riekena, Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors, presented presented Grant Benson with a 5-year service award. Benson works in the Grundy County Secondary Road Department.

Grundy County Extension is offering, Sharpen Your Financial Coaching Skills, a course designed for volunteers, clergy and others working in nonprofit groups and organizations who assist people with financial management concerns.

“The course is geared for people who aren’t financial professionals, but who find themselves working with individuals who need financial management help,” adds Schmitt, an ISU Extension and Outreach family finance program specialist. “Financial coaching is about teaching and mentoring. You will learn how to provide guidance and motivation for tackling financial challenges — how to be a coach.” 12 Social Work CEUs are available upon request.

The 12-hour course will be held at the Grundy County Extension office on June 2 and June 9, 9 AM – 4 PM. Participants will receive a tool kit with forms and materials needed to assist others with family financial matters. Just as important, Schmitt added, “This course will help you recognize client situations that are and are not appropriate for a nonprofessional to address and where to refer them.”

As families continue to face financial challenges, social service agencies, financial institutions and others are in need of effective tools to help clients manage finances and reach their personal goals. Financial coaching focuses on helping individuals build skills and on teaching content, based on the person’s unique needs and goals. It is an ongoing process that allows the client to make decisions and provides support to achieve long-term outcomes.

Topics covered in the program include goal setting, credit, budgeting, saving, getting organized and financial crisis management. Registration and fee are due by May 26. 12 Social Work CEUs are available upon request.

For more information, contact Brenda Schmitt at 641-512-0650.

To register, contact Grundy County Extension at 319-824-6979.

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Academic Decathletes have strong showing in National Competition

Green Belt donates books to GC Elementary

Brittany Noteboom, Green Belt Insurance Services is pictured presenting Grundy Center Elementary Principal Lisa Miller and students with the annual donation of the 2014 award-winning Caldecott and Newbury books. These nine books will be available in the GC School Library for students to check out. Green Belt Bank & Trust has been annually donating to area school libraries and public libraries for the last 15 years.

Each year GBB&T donates around 100 books to schools and public libraries in Iowa Falls, Alden, Ackley, Steamboat Rock, Wellsburg, Grundy Center and Eldora. (Courtesy photo)

Grundy County Sheriff’s Department A one vehicle accident occurred May 13 at 1:50 AM on 242nd Street west of Grundy Rd. PAUL AGUON JR, age 19, Reinbeck, was eastbound and swerved to miss a deer. Vehicle entered the south ditch and damaged the bridge embankment. The driver tried to get out of the ditch, the throttle stuck and he drove into the creek Auguon’s 2001 Chevrolet received an estimated $10,000 damage.

AGUON was issued a citation for FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. Investigated by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. NICHOLAS SCHUTTE, age 21, Elk Run Heights, was arrested May 14 at 1:22 AM at The Mill on Hwy 14 north of Hwy 20 and charged with PUBLIC INTOXICATION 1st.

Released on a promise to appear.

Arrested by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ANDREW WICAL, age 23, Grundy Center, was arrested May 18 at 11:30 AM in Grundy Center and charged with SERIOUS ASSAULT. Released on a promise to appear. Arrested by GRUNDY CENTER PD. JOHN HENDRICKSON, age 21, Grundy Center and MOLLY BEENKEN, age 20, Grundy Center, were arrested May 19 at 8:23 PM in Grundy Center and charged with DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT. Released on a promise to appear.

Arrested by GRUNDY CENTER PD. AUTUMN NEESSEN, age 19, Grundy Center, was arrested May 20, 2014, 9:04 PM in Grundy Center was charged with DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT. Posted bond and released. Arrested by GRUN-

DY CENTER PD. ALDO CANCINO-HERNANDEZ, age 30, Des Moines, was arrested May 21 at 1:45 AM on Hwy 20 at the 214 mile marker and charged with DRIVING WHILE LICENSE BARRED. Posted bond and released. Arrested by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. TANNER HAUGH, age 18, Nashua, was arrested May 22 at 1:30 PM in Nashua on a Grundy County warrant charging him with PROBATION VIOLATION. Being held on a No Bond hold. Arrested by Nashua PD. A one vehicle accident occurred May 23 at 5:20 AM on Hwy 57 east of C Avenue. JOSEPH HIETALA, age 38, Ackley, was eastbound when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. Hietala’s 2006 Dodge received an estimated $3,200 damage.

No summons, no injury. Investigated by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. DEON HINTON, age 44, Wellsburg, was arrested May 27 at 10:30 PM in Wellsburg and charged with DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT. Posted bond and released. Arrested

by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A one vehicle accident occured May 31 at 9:30 PM on Hwy 20 at the 192 mile marker. PHILIP DODGE, age 54, Dudar, Hungary, was eastbound when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. Dodge’s 2014 Nissan received an estimated $5,000 damage. No summons, no injury.

Investigated by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

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On Friday, April 25, Grundy Center/Dike-New Hartford competed in the United States Academic Decathlon National Online competition. It is just the second time in 28 years of participation, that a local team has qualified to compete at the national level, the lone other time coming in 2006. Three Iowa teams were invited to participate in the online event: Iowa City West (Large School Division), Grundy Center (Medium School), ADM (Small School).

GC/DNH was represented by Derrick Franzen, Eli Harberts, Dallas Hildebrand, Emily Robinson, Tiana Saak, Neslon Sager, Jack Stanley and Nikki Weissenfluh.

After a long wait for results the local team fared well, scoring 19,870 points to finish eighth among 16 schools in its division. That far exceeded GC/DNH’s qualifying position, which was 15th of the 16.

Advisor Don Osterhaus said, ironically, Grundy Center/Dike-New Hartford’s score would have also placed the team eighth in both the large and small school divisions.

Senior Dallas Hildebrand led the way. As the team’s high scorer, he was awarded a $250 scholarship to be used for college expenses in the

Members of the Grundy Center/Dike-New Hartford Academic Decathlon team are pictured with the medals they won for participating in the national online competition. Pictured in the front row (left to right) are: Tiana Saak and Nicole Weissenfluh. Back row (l-r): Coach Don Osterhaus, Dallas Hildebrand, Eli Harberts and Jack Stanley. Not pictured are Derrick Franzen, Emily Robinson and Nelson Sager. (Courtesy photo) fall. Dallas will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

In addition to the scholarship, Dallas earned a bronze medal in the math-

ematics event.

Junior Nikki Weissenfluh was was the top Honors scorer for the team. She also won a bronze medal

winner in the essay event.

Each participant also received participation medals and lapel pins.

Superintendent From page 1 assist with the superintendent search, put Grundy Center and Schutz in touch with one another.

Schultz began his educational career as a school psychologist in Wisconsin after obtaining his education degree at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

He moved into administration in northern Wisconsin after obtaining administrative certification and has also worked in South Dakota and Illinois. Grundy Center will be his first job in the state of Iowa.

“Education is very similar from state to state,” he said. “Their procedures are slightly different, but the essence of what occurs is very similar. Iowa has a phenomenal record for its support of education.”

“We don’t see (coming from out of state) as an obstacle,” Johanns said. “We feel that he’s going to be able to continue on with being a superintendent here just as successful as he was in Illinois.”

Schutz said he has a record of being strong with finances, noting that Pleasant Plains’ financial profile number has improved significantly in his two years there.

“Money’s tight everywhere,” he said. “My job is to educate the children with the greatest amount of integrity and the greatest amount of focus to wisely use the resources that our community has bestowed on us.

“The most important thing is to ensure that the students receive the best education they can with the resources we have,” he said.

Schutz also said he is a major proponent of extra curricular activities, noting that student achievement in athletics, fine arts

and other extra curriculars are a better indication of future success than a high grade point average is.

Though he has never worked in Iowa, Schutz is familiar with Iowa and the rural Midwest. He grew up in central Wisconsin and has family in Sioux Falls, S.D. and Sioux City, Iowa. He said the community of Grundy Center impressed him from the start because, different than a typical bedroom community, it is a fully functioning entity of its own with a strong business community and services for its residents.

“When you go to Grundy Center, you have a viable, functioning community,” he said. “That was very impressive to me. It’s a community that supports the schools and the schools support them.”

Schutz has been hired as an interim superintendent, though Johanns said the hope and plan is that he will work in the District for many years.

“As we got toward the very end of our process, we didn’t really want to hurry anything,” he said. “When you’re hiring on, basically, June 1, that’s not a super time to be hiring because most of the superintendents will already have contracts signed or renewed. We wanted to make sure that this was good for him and not saddle him for three years, and we wanted to make sure it was right for the school district as well.”

“He was very comfortable with the aspect of what I would refer as having a one-year contract,” Johanns said.

“I hope we can make it a long term,” Schutz said. “I’m looking forward to the next year in Grundy Center, and who knows what the future will be.”

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Grundy Center street light project begins

Crews from Grundy Center Municipal Utilities Monday began taking down street lights on the south side of G Avenue, the first phase of a project to replace the lights throughout downtown. Pictured is Doug Curren working high above the street to remove the light fixture at the corner of G Avenue and Sixth Street. The project is expected to take much of the summer. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

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Dates for Dike Thursday, June 5 Girls tennis state Ind 5:30 Baseball and softball at A/P Friday, June 6 girlst tennis 11 am JH Baseball and softball at AGWSR Saturday, June 7 Girls tennis 11 am softball at Hudson 11 am JV baseball at E Buchanan Sunday, June 8 Local church services Monday, June 9 baseball and softball at Dike 10 am JH Baseball and softball at Hudson Tuesday, June 10 JH Baseball and softball at Columbus JV baseball and softball at Jesup Wednesday, June 11 5:30 Baseball softball at Dike

Birthdays Thursday, June 5: Curt Smeins Friday, June 6: Julie Merfeld, David Smith, Mary Randall Saturday, June 7: Travis Mead Sunday, June 8: Bob Ledtje Monday, June 9: Patrick Weber, Cathy Woodley, Nancy Edwards Tuesday, June 10: June Harn, Taylor Kiewiet, Jeff Heimann Wednesday, June 11: Carolyn Murphy, Marion Damon

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American Lutheran Church Luther Thoresen Pastor 319-824-3557 8:45 a.m. Worship Service www.alcgc.org Bethany Presbyterian Church Tom & Jean Bower, Pastors 319-824-5471 10:00 a.m. Worship Service First Baptist Church Nathan Barkley 319-824-3324 www.firstbaptistgrundycenter.com 9:15 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service 6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Service First Presbyterian Church Rev. Mike Campbell, Pastor Rev. Sheryl Campbell, Parish Associate 319-824-3152 9:00 a.m. Worship-Kids of The Kingdom 10:30 a.m. Adult Study in Chapel • Teens lead worship 3rd Sundays United Methodist Church Phil Dicks, Pastor - 319-825-5408 9:00 a.m. - Sun. - ‘Full Charge Service’ 5:30 p.m. - Wed. - Kid & Family WOW meal & Sunday School 6:30-7p.m.-Wed. ‘Quick Charge Service’ Orchard Hill Church (Center Theatre) 319-824-3039 9:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Worship Service Orchard Hill - Lincoln Center Jesse Henkle, Host Pastor 319-824-6178 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School

Holland Colfax Center Presbyterian Robbie Grames, Pastor 319-824-5231 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 Sunday School Pleasant Valley Reformed Church Rev. Rick Vollema 319-346-1090 9 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Discussion Group

WellsburG East Friesland Presbyterian Lynn Arends, Supply Pastor 641-847-2896 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Faith Presbyterian Church 641-847-3188 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School

Diane Paige, Correspondent Phone: (319) 989-2163

Tractorcade to stop in Dike

DIKE — The Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade will pass through the eastern portion of Grundy County next Tuesday (June 10), bringing 470 tractors through Dike and Reinbeck.

The Waterloo Cattle Congressbased ride will visit Grundy County on its second of three days. It will roll into Dike around lunchtime on 160th Street. Following the stop in Dike, the ride will travel south in U Avenue (T-55) to Highway 175, where it will roll east through Reinbeck to W Avenue, and then north to Zaneta Road (D-35) and east into Hudson.

The Tractorcade, sponsored by WMT Radio, is in its 15th year.

Reception planned for departing pastor D-NH High School Dike — Pastor Dennis and Sheryl Sanders have accepted a pastorate at Airport Boulevard Baptist Church in Aurora, Colo. Pastor and Sheryl have served in ministry at Liberty Baptist Church in Dike for more than 24 years. Dennis has served as an EMT and volunteer firefighter on the Dike Fire Department, as well as working at Ubben’s during his time in Dike.

Sheryl has most recently worked at Dike-New Hartford School in the food line and as a substitute classroom aide at school.

The deacons and members of Liberty Baptist Church are inviting friends of Dennis and Sheryl to attend a Cake Reception at the church, 705 First Street, in Dike, on Sunday, June 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Sanders family will also be in attendance.

Library news

June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-DAY. To celebrate, the library created a display of WWII movies and books. Stop by and check it out to learn more about that important period in our nation's history.

officially certified Safe and Supportive

Dike-New Hartford High School was officially certified a Safe and Supportive School during a ceremony Friday night at the high school.

The community event featured food, drink and a special ceremony honoring those who made the certification possible. Among more than one dozen speakers at the event were student leaders Maddie Demro and Tessa Dall, D-NH Superintendent Larry Hunt, D-NH Principal Irv Laube, former High School Principal Mike Williams and local legislators Bill Dix and Pat Grassley. New Hartford Mayor John Anderson and Dike Mayor Mike Soppe presented the student leaders with a certificate of achievement and development before Safe Schools Program Director Brent Robins presented members of the student and faculty committees that worked toward the certification with an official certificate of completion. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photos)

Church Worship Services

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First Christian Reformed Thomas Vos, Pastor 641-869-3305 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship

Liberty Baptist Church (GARBC) Dennis Sanders, Pastor 319-989-2141 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 6 p.m. Evening Praise Service

Pleasant Valley United Methodist Dot Geersema, Pastor 641-869-3637 8:45 a.m. Morning Worship

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Reformed Church 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 Sunday School 6:30 p.m. Evening Bible Study

United Methodist Church 641-366-2142 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship

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St. John Lutheran Church Bruce Zimmerman, Pastor 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship 9:45 Sunday School & Bible Class

Alice Church of God James Snare, Pastor 641-623-5641 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Intern - Kristen Briner-Whipperman 641-869-3992 8:15 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

First Presbyterian Church Kerry Carson, Pastor 641-366-2342 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Fellowship

St. Peter’s Country Church Rev. Michael McLane, Pastor 563-581-2866 8 a.m. Morning Worship

United Methodist Church Jennifer Daniel, Pastor 641-366-2325 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Worship

United Reformed Church Matthew Nuiver, Pastor 641-869-3633 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 Sunday School 7 p.m. Evening Worship Steamboat Rock Baptist Church Harrison Lippert, Pastor Bryce Roskens, Associate Pastor 641-868-2458 8:45 a.m. Traditional Service 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Contemporary Service

dike United Methodist Church Dan Ridnouer, Pastor 319-989-2535 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Mark Decker, Pastor 319-988-3967 9 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School Fredsville Lutheran Church Rev. Lisa Dietrich, Pastor 319-989-2065 8:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School

area CHurCHes Holy Family Catholic Parish Rev. David Kucera 319-345-2006 Mass: 5:30 p.m., Sat. - Parkersburg 9:30 a.m., Sunday - Reinbeck Salem Church of Lincoln Rev. Barb Muhs, Pastor 641-473-2450 9:25 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Bethel Reformed Church 319-347-6219 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday School Ivester Church of the Brethren Katie Thompson, Pastor 641-858-3879 9:30 a.m. Christian Education 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Noon potluck Reformed Church of Stout Stephen and Olga Shaffer, Pastors 319-346-1487 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 10:45 Sunday School

Be Yourself

All too often in life there is pressure to conform to what others think we should be. Parents may pressure their children to be what they think of as “ideal” sons or daughters.

Young people feel the pressure of looking, talking and acting the right way so that their peers will perceive them as being cool. In our work lives we are expected to live up to the organization’s standards and to be the “face” of the organization while we are at work and representing them. And of course we all think that everyone should believe as we do on important matters of faith and morals.

But, since God created us, then perhaps we should trust that our true nature will not lead us astray. God has implanted instincts in all of us which serve both for our own survival as well as for the survival of the species as a whole. We spend too much time and effort wearing masks when we should really just try to be ourselves. How boring it would be if everyone conformed to others’ standards. We should trust that God has made us perfect in our own way and strive to be the best version of ourselves that we can be.

- Christopher Simon

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

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TAX SALE NOTICE

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY TREASURER GRUNDY COUNTY, GRUNDY CENTER, IOWA

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, June 16, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. at the Grundy County Courthouse, I will offer for sale all property herein after listed on which taxes and special assessments are due and remain unpaid at the time of said sale.

Any property that has been published can be sold. All property which was previously advertised, offered for one year or more, and remain unsold will be sold during the public bidder sale or the county will be required to purchase the taxes according to the Code of Iowa, Chapter 446. If said property is not redeemed within the period provided in the Code of Iowa, Chapter 447, the right of redemption expires and a tax deed may be issued.

Public Bidder items are marked with an asterisk located before the name.

Bidder registration forms and fee of $25 are due by 4:30 p.m. in the Treasurer’s office by Monday, June 9, 2014.

Taxes are listed in deed or titleholder’s name as of May 28, 2014; however, property may have since been transferred. The following to the best of my knowledge is a true and correct list.

Brenda J. Noteboom Grundy County Treasurer

Notice of Public Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Grundy County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet on Monday June 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the Grundy County Courthouse to discuss Development Ordinance amendments. A list of these proposed amendments is available at the office of the Grundy County Zoning Administrator, located in the courthouse at 706 G Ave Grundy Center, IA, or by contacting the office at 319824-1212 ext. 2 Monday, Tuesday, or Friday from 8am to 4 pm.

Notice given by Carie Sager, ZA on behalf of the Grundy County Planning and Zoning Commission this 28th day of May, 2014.

The Grundy Center School Board met for a Special Session on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.

Exempt session: Administrator/Director Contract Negotiation Strategy.

President Johanns called the meeting to order at 4:40 PM. Roll call: Present: Johanns, Mackie, Mathews, Saak Ray and Associates: Gary Ray, Linda Brock, Randall Nichols Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Mackie to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Saak to go into closed session in accordance with Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) of the Open Meetings Law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session. Motion carried unanimously.

The board came out of closed session at 6:03 PM. Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Mackie to set a Special Session for May 10 at 2:00 pm at the school administration building and to set a Work Session for May 17 at 8:00 am and a Special Closed Session for May 19 at 5:00 pm at GNB bank. Motion carried unanimously.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:05 PM. Board resumed Exempt Session.

GRUNDY CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEST: Robert L. Johanns, Board President Christel Kellar, Board Secretary

The Grundy Center School Board met in Special Session on May 17, 2014.

President Johanns called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM. Roll call: Present: Johanns, Mackie, Mathews, Saak, Ascher Ray and Associates: Linda Brock, Randall Nichols Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Saak to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Ascher to go into closed session in accordance with Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) of the Open Meetings Law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session. Motion carried unanimously.

The board came out of closed session at 11:58 AM. Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Saak to move the May board meeting to Wednesday, May 28th at 5:00 PM at the administration building board room. Motion carried unanimously with Directors Mackie and Ascher absent.

Meeting was adjourned at 12:02 PM. GRUNDY CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEST: Robert L. Johanns, Board President Christel Kellar, Board Secretary

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The Grundy Center School Board met in regular session on May 28, 2014.

President Johanns opened the public hearing at 5:00 PM. There were no public comments so the hearing was closed.

President Johanns called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. Roll Call: Present: Ascher, Johanns, Mathews, Mackie. Administration/Directors: Murra, VanderPol, Miller, Ackerman, Lebo Visitors: Amber Laube, Hannah Stahl, Chloe Wiltfang, Kody Mullen, Mary Schmidt, Jackie Bachman, Barb Wiltfang, Colton Sandell, Finn Cleveland, Betsy Kuecker, John Jensen (Grundy Register).

Motion was made by Director Mathews, seconded by Director Mackie to approve the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

President Johanns welcomed visitors.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded

by Director Mathews to approve the Consent Agenda approving the minutes from the 4-2314 Regular Meeting, 4-26-14, 5-6-14, 5-10-14, 5-17-14, 5-21-14 and 5-28-14 Special Session along with bills presented for payment. Motion carried unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS: The board reviewed the list of Grundy Center Learning Center graduates. The 100th student is graduating from the program this year. There were 2 graduates from Grundy Center. The board extended congratulations to the graduates.

The board reviewed the school board fact sheet and recognition tip sheet from IASB. The board was given an opportunity to ask questions to Mrs. Miller, Mr. VanderPol, Mrs. Lebo and Ms. Murra regarding their monthly board reports. Mrs. Miller said she had a parent come in and tell her that they wanted to buy the elementary staff lunch. The parent wished to remain anonymous. Ms. Murra invited the board members to attend the staff lunch on Wednesday, June 4 at 11:30 AM. She also said there would probably be an open public reception following the lunch at 12:30 for the retiring staff members.

The board listened to presentation on the Germany Exchange Program by Mrs. Kuecker and the students that went to Germany in March.

Director Saak arrived at 5:20 PM. Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the Open Enrollment request for Langdon Gideon. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the resignation of Bob Johnson as the Business Education teacher, JH Football coach and JH Boys Track coach.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Ascher to approve the resignation of Rob Gingery as the JH Boys Basketball coach.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Mackie to approve the resignation of Mindy Hamann as a Para Educator. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Saak to approve the resignation of Kristie Salo as a cook. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Saak to approve the hiring of Emily Michener as a Kindergarten teacher. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Saak, seconded by Director Mackie to approve the hiring of Andy McQuillen as the Business Education teacher.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the hiring of Riley Ackerman as a summer school Para Educator.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Mackie to renew the contract of Hannah Okerberg as the athletic trainer. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the hiring of Caleb Bonjour as the JH Football coach. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Ascher to approve the IASB membership for 2014-2015. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Ascher, seconded

by Director Mackie to approve the School Administrators of Iowa administrator mentoring program for 2014-2015. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Ascher, seconded by Director Saak to approve reporting hours instead of days to the Department of Education for the 2014-2015 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Ascher to approve the registration fee changes for 2014-2015. Motion carried unanimously. Increases are as follows: daily breakfast and lunch prices will go up 10 cents, K-1st grade milk will increase to $60, K-12 book and materials fees will increase to $55, student activity tickets will increase to $45, Driver's Education will increase to $325 for Grundy Center students and increase to $425 for non Grundy Center students, band uniform and GC Jazz uniform cleaning will increase to $40. College textbook fees, adult all season activity tickets and yearbook prices will remain the same.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Ascher to go into Closed Session per Section 21.5(1)(i) of the Open Meeting Law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session.

The board came out of closed session at 10:20 PM. Motion made by Director Mackie, seconded by Director Mathews to set a special session for 7:00 AM on Friday, May 30, 2014 at the administration building. Motion carried unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:26 PM. GRUNDY CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEST: Robert L. Johanns, Board President Christel Kellar, Board Secretary Vendor Description Amount Bmo Harris Mastercard, Supplies...... 10,590.30 Eagle Ridge Tactical Consulting, Llc, Security/ Emer Response Assessment.............. 1,050.00 Superior Trailer Sales, Gravel Guard / Nose Cone....................................................... 175.60 Iowa High School Music Association, Band Festival Medals.............................................. 40.20 Custom Student Travel, Music Tour Balance May 1-4, 2014................................... 40,013.00 John Deere Financial, Norby’s Charges.218.73 Music In Motion, Re:voiced Expenses... 480.00 Music In Motion, Re:voiced Show Profit............ ............................................................ 1,225.50 West Marshall Community School, Girls Golf Entry 4-22-14............................................ 65.00 Wells, Misty, After Prom T-Shirts............ 530.00 Jamf Software, Casper Suite............. 11,847.50 Superior Masonry Company, Maintenance Work....................................................... 250.00 Iowa Ffa Association, Iowa Ffa Leadership Conference............................................. 260.00 Instrumentalist Company, The, Awards.. 120.00 Mastercard, Supplies.............................. 158.00 Union Csd, Jh Boys Track 4-24................ 50.00 Christel, Cash/ Kellar , Meal Money.... 2,130.00 South Tama County Comm Sch, Hs Boys Trick 4-29.......................................................... 80.00 Custom Student Travel, Music Tour Additional May 1-4, 2014........................................ 344.00 Denver Community School, Jh Co-Ed Track 5-1.......................................................... 100.00 Iowa High School Music Association, Vocal Contest................................................... 157.00 Grundy Community Center, Room Rental......... ............................................................... 170.00 Johnson, Cris, Elem Bully Assembly Balance... ............................................................... 675.00 Johnson, Cris, Ms Bully Assembly Balance...... ............................................................... 675.00

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Dmacc - Women’s Basketball, 2014 Girls Bb Camp (July 17-18).................................. 125.00 Central College, 2014 Girls Bb Camp (July 2829).......................................................... 300.00 Nassp/Nhs, Fy 2015 Nhs Membership..... 85.00 Aplington-Parkersburg Csd, Jh Co-Ed Track 5-2.......................................................... 100.00 South Hardin High School, Hs Boys Track 5-214............................................................. 75.00 Waterloo Columbus High School, Hs Boys Golf 5-3............................................................ 40.00 South Hardin High School, Hs Boys Tennis 5-314............................................................. 20.00 Hudson Community School, Jh Girls Track 5-5. ................................................................. 60.00 South Hardin High School, Jh Boys Track 5-5.. ................................................................. 50.00 Iowa Falls Community School, Hs Girls Track 5-5............................................................ 75.00 Pepsi Beverages Company, Beverages............ ............................................................ 1,265.56 Windstream, Telephone............................ 45.99 Earthgrains Baking Co Inc, Bread.......... 732.95 Sternhagen, Ronda, Reimbursement For Student Picture............................................ 114.64 Grundy Center Family Dental, Dental Payment. ............................................................... 202.00 Thoren, Randy, Hs Co-Ed Track Starter 5-9...... ............................................................... 150.00 Jesup Community School, Jh Girls Track 5-9... ................................................................. 50.00 South Tama County Comm Sch, Boys Nicl Golf 5-12.......................................................... 30.00 West Marshall Community School, Girls Nicl Golf 5-12................................................... 30.00 United States Academic Decathalon, B1010ed Pkg Electronic Download....................... 680.00 Denver Community School, Hs Girls Track 5-12........................................................ 100.00 Aplington-Parkersburg Csd, Hs Boys Track 5-12.......................................................... 75.00 North Butler High School, Hs Girls Golf 5-19.... ................................................................. 60.00 Aea 267, Materials Fee/Computer Repair.93.00 Anderson Erickson, Milk...................... 5,145.38 Award Emblem Mfg. Co., Inc., Band Awards..... ................................................................. 76.66 B and J Vegetables, Produce................... 44.00 Black Hills Energy, Natural Gas........... 5,808.53 Bockes, Beth, Mileage............................ 179.20 Bolton and Hay, Inc, Kitchen Supplies...... 85.78 Buskohl, Sharlene, Cupcakes - Ffa Banquet.... ................................................................. 48.00 Capital Sanitary Supply, Cleaning Supplies...... ............................................................... 452.48 Cardinal Construction, Safe Room Pymt #5...... .......................................................... 96,977.67 Casey’s General Stores, Inc,Fuel............. 14.15 Casey’s General Stores, Inc, Fuel.......... 764.74 Cedar Falls Comm. School, River Hills Spec Ed / 3Rd Qtr............................................ 25,827.84 Central Iowa Distributing, Inc, Cleaning Supplies........................................................ 878.70 Central Iowa Distributing, Inc, Cleaning Supplies........................................................ 972.50 Chrusciel, Shannon, Dance Technique Clinic.... ............................................................... 108.00 De Lage Landen, Copier Lease Pymt #5......... ............................................................ 2,514.50 Decker Sporting Goods, Track Clothing.986.25 Dole, Shannon , Reimb Lamination Cost.12.00 Ecolab Pest Elimination Division, Pest Control.

80.21 Edwards, Clayton, Reimb Flight and Hotel (1:1 Atlanta Conf)....................................... 1,048.32 Ems Detergent Services, Detergent....... 146.20 Family Foods, Food and Supplies.......... 796.74 Foglesong, Julie , Arbiter Assigning Fees.35.00 Google, Inc, Additional Usage.................. 20.40 Grundy Center Municipal Utilities, Phone.......... .......................................................... 10,209.83 Grundy Comm. Preschool and, Tuition.5,301.58 Grundy County Sheriff, Letter Served To MillerJanssen.................................................... 31.18 Hawkeye Community College, Spring 2014 Tuition......................................................... 750.00 Hawkeye Community College, Fall 2013 Tuition......................................................... 592.20 Hawkeye Community College, Spring 2014 Concurrent Courses............................ 4,089.00 Heartland Cooperative, Fuel............... 2,728.85 Heartland Cooperative, Fuel.................. 915.68 Herff Jones, Caps, Tassels, And Cords.. 358.13 Herff Jones, Diploma Covers.................. 507.49 Iasb, Board Consult................................ 368.27 Iowa Association For Educational, Servsafe Course.................................................... 200.00 Iowa Communications Network, Network Services Apr 14............................................ 418.20 Iowa Girls Hs Athletic Union, 14-15 Hs/Ms Membership Dues.................................. 100.00 Iowa High School Athletic Association, 14-15 Membership Dues...................................... 2.00 Iowa High School Music Association, Large Group Festival.......................................... 85.00 Iowa High School Music Association, Large Group Festival.......................................... 85.00 Iowa High School Music Association, Band Achievement Awards.................................. 4.00 Iowa Northland Regional Council Of , Safe Room Project.......................................... 445.15 Iowa School Finance Information Services, Subscription Fees................................ 1,371.18 Iowa Sports Supply, Supplies.............. 3,160.48 Iowa Testing Programs, Itbs/Ited Testing........... ............................................................ 3,008.27 JandE Specialty Meats, Meat................. 866.57 J.w. Pepper and Son Inc, Music............. 148.37 John Deere Financial, Norby’s Supplies.106.94 Keck, Inc., Commodities...................... 1,593.20 Kennedy, Lisa , Refund Charger Fee....... 47.00 Konken Electric, Inc., Outside Light - Admin Bldg........................................................ 402.93 Konken Electric, Inc., Add Outlets - Elem.......... ............................................................... 706.67 Konken Electric, Inc., Common Lights - Hs....... ............................................................... 295.00 Konken Electric, Inc., Exhaust Hood - Hs Shop. ............................................................... 182.03 Konken Electric, Inc., Ground Jumper Over New Water Meter.................................... 318.45 Konken Electric, Inc., Add Receptacle In Gym.. ............................................................... 299.68 Konken Electric, Inc., Welder Receptable......... ............................................................... 362.22 Konken Electric, Inc., Popcorn Popper... 532.44 Konken Electric, Inc., Repair Fire Alarm.174.44 Lashbrook, Kim , Refund Book Fee......... 21.95 Manatts, Softball Field Concrete............ 225.72 Markowski, Nick .Nutrition Presentation Stipend ............................................................... 500.00 Martin Bros Dist. Co., Food and Supplies......... .......................................................... 13,631.66 Mcmartin Tire, Lawn Tractor Patch and Tube.... ................................................................. 25.00 Mid-America Publishing Corporation, Advertising And Publications............................... 202.77 Pitney Bowes, Postage Meter Rental....... 71.49 Plumbmaster, Supplies........................... 203.47 Pma Financial Network, Inc., Consulting Services.................................................... 2,750.00 Possehl, Mark , Reimb Bus Physical........ 75.00 Precision Lawn Care and More Llc, Snow Removal / Ice Control................................. 465.25 Quill Corporation, Paper........................... 59.98 Reinbeck Preschool, Tuition................... 120.00 Rose, Barbara, Reimb Mileage................ 67.20 Scholastic Reading Club, Book Order...... 12.00 Schumacher Elevator Co, Elevator Maintenance...................................................... 137.08 Software Unlimited, Inc, Software Maintenance ............................................................ 4,450.00 Struxture Architects, Safe Room......... 1,841.19 Superior Welding Supply Co., Helium.... 149.34 Tender Lawn Care-Snow Removal, Lawn Care. ............................................................... 770.00 Timberline Billing Service, Llc, Medicaid.. 37.50 Town and Country Wholesale Co, Concession Supplies.................................................. 608.17 True Value Hardware, Supplies................ 34.89 Uni Sports Camps, Men’s Bb Team Camp Registration (2)............................................. 950.00 Universal Welding And Machine Shop, Chair Repair....................................................... 33.00 University/Northern Iowa, Jacobson Literacy Institute................................................ 1,200.00 University/Northern Iowa, Literacy Conference (Meyer)..................................................... 75.00 Vanhauen Auto And Truck, Vehicle Repair/Bus #10...................................................... 1,132.80 Waverly-Shell Rock Csd....Bremwood Behavior

Program............................................. 12,006.00 Weber Paper Company, Paper............... 537.92 West Music, Amp Repair.......................... 40.00 ........................................................ 302,189.03 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT GRUNDY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Frank E. Geiken, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR101858 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Frank E. Geiken, Deceased, who died on or about 13th day of May, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 14th day of May, 2014, the last will and testament of Frank E. Geiken, deceased, bearing date of the 18th day of July, 2013, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Richard Geiken was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 15th day of May, 2014.

Richard E. Geiken

16853 D Avenue

Wellsburg, IA 50680

Executor of estate

Richard N. Dunn, ICIS PIN No: AT0002198 Dunn Law Firm 1123 Edgington Avenue Eldora, IA 50627 Date of second publication 5th day of June, 2014.

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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR GRUNDY COUNTY, STATE OF IOWA Docket No. (Sale No.): 14-0256(1) Court No. EQCV059128 Special Execution PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO, N.A. VS. DEFENDANTS: SCOTT C. TANNER -IN REM; SPOUSE OF SCOTT C. TANNER -IN REM; VERIDAN CREDIT UNION -IN REM; PARTIES IN POSSESSION - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lots 2 and 3 of Block 1 of Frahm’s Addition to the Town of Reinbeck, Iowa.

Street Address: 202 Pine Street, Reinbeck, Iowa 50669.

The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale is July 29, 2014 at 10 a.m., at the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, 705 8th St., Grundy Center, Iowa 50638 Phone (319) 824-6933 Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case.

This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amt - $64,524.29; Costs - $599.90; Accruing Costs - Plus; Interest - 5.5% of $64,524.29 from March 12, 2014 = $1,351.47.

Attorney is David Erickson (515) 288-2500.

Date: May 22, 2014 Sheriff: Rick D. Penning Deputy: By Chief Deputy Tim Wolthoff 23-2

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Board of Adjustment will meet on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, Grundy Center, Iowa. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to hear testimony on the consideration of granting a variance in regards to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grundy Center.

Mark and Mary Liston, 402 9th Street, Grundy Center has applied for a variance to 165.40 (5A) of the zoning ordinance in relation to an accessory building to be set back at least five (5) feet from an adjoining lot, alley, or easement line. They desire to place a 34’ X 52’ double garage directly on the property line which does not meet our current Code of Ordinances.

Any person wishing to state approval or objection to the granting of the variance requested may file a written statement with Dean Schultz, Zoning Administrator of Grundy Center, Iowa prior to the public hearing or be present to personally offer testimony at the time of the hearing. Any person may contact the zoning administrator for information concerning this matter in advance of the hearing.

Take notice and govern yourself accordingly.

Dean Schultz Zoning Administrator

The Grundy Center School Board met in Special Session on May 21, 2014.

President Johanns opened the Public Hearing at 5:00 PM. There were no public comments so the public hearing was closed.

President Johanns called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. Roll call: Present: Johanns, Mackie, Mathews, Saak, Ascher Motion made by Director Saak, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Mathews, seconded

by Director Mackie to approve the list of 2014 graduates. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Saak, seconded by Director Ascher to approve the Budget Amendment. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Saak, seconded by Director Ascher to go into closed session in accordance with Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) of the Open Meetings Law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session. Motion carried unanimously.

Ray and Associates consultants joined the meeting at 8:10 PM. The board came out of closed session at 8:50 PM. Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM. GRUNDY CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEST: Robert L. Johanns, Board President Christel Kellar, Board Secretary

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The Grundy Center School Board met in Special Session on May 27, 2014.

President Johanns called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Roll call: Present: Johanns, Mathews, Saak, Ascher Ray and Associates: Linda Brock, Randall Nichols and Gary Ray Motion made by Director Ascher, seconded by Director Mathews to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made by Director Ascher, seconded by Director Saak to go into closed session in accordance with Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) of the Open Meetings Law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session. Motion carried unanimously.

The board came out of closed session at 5:20 PM. The personnel recommendation was tabled to a later date.

Meeting was adjourned at 5:20 PM. GRUNDY CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEST: Robert L. Johanns, Board President Christel Kellar, Board Secretary THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT GRUNDY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Nelda M. Geerdes, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR101860 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Nelda M. Geerdes, Deceased, who died on or about 9th day of May, 2013: You are hereby notified that on the 19th day of May, 2014, the last will and testament of Nelda M. Geerdes, deceased, bearing date of the 2nd day of September, 2004, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that David A. Geerdes was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 19th day of May, 2014.

David A. Geerdes

141 W. 4th

Wellsburg, IA 50680

Executor of estate

Patrick J. Craig, ICIS PIN No: AT0001710 Attorney for Executor Craig, Smith and Cutler, LLP 1305 12th Street Eldora, IA 50627 Date of second publication 5th day of June, 2014.

22-2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS The Grundy County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on May 27, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. Chairperson Riekena called the meeting to order with the following members present: Schildroth, Smith, and Bakker. Absent: Ross.

Motion was made by Smith and seconded by Bakker to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Bakker and seconded

by Smith to approve Utility Permit Application No. 5-19-14 to J.F. Edwards Construction Co. of Geneseo, Illinois, on two directional borings on Concord Avenue for the Wellsburg Wind Farm Project and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded

by Bakker to approve Utility Permit Application No. 5-27-14a to Interstate Power Co. of Marshalltown, Iowa, on installing single phase line along X Avenue and 280th Street on Section 35 of Black Hawk Township and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded

by Smith to approve Utility Permit Application No. 5-27-14b to Heart of Iowa Communications of Union, Iowa, on fiber cable installation and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously.

Steve Cox, Assistant County Engineer, reviewed department matters with the Board.

Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Smith to accept the resignation of Jack Mommer from the Veteran’s Affairs Commission.

Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded

by Bakker to appoint William Beyer to the Veteran’s Affairs Commission for a term ending June 30, 2015. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded

by Smith to authorize the chairperson to sign the Iowa Governmental Health Care Plan Premium Rate Summary. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Schildroth to approve the Iowa Governmental Health Care Plan Fully Insured Trust Renewal Options rate sheet for fiscal year 2015, the Alternate Billing Address Request Form, the Confirmation of MSP Addendum, and the SBC Employer Data Form and to authorize the chairperson to sign the same. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Schildroth and seconded

by Smith to adjourn. Carried unanimously.

Harlyn Riekena, Chairperson Rhonda R. Deters, County Auditor

NOTE: The EPA reqUIres momtorlng ofover 80 drinking water contamInants. Those llsted above are the only contammants detected m your drmking water. For a complete list contact the City ofGrundy Cenler. *If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The City of Grundy Center is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components.

When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking.

If you are concerned about lead in your drinking water, you may wish to have your water tested.

Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

DEFINITIONS • Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - The highest level ofa contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

• Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) -- The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

• ppb -- parts per billion.

• ppm -- parts per million.

• pCi/L - picocuries per liter • N/A - Not applicable • ND -- Not detected • RAA - Running Annual Average • IDSE - Initial Distribution System Evaluation • Treatment Technique (TT) - A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

• Action Level (AL) - The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) - The level ofa drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) - The highest level ofa disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition ofa disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

• SGL - Single Sample Result • TCR - Total Coliform Rule GENERAL INFORMATION In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Your water supply is monitored on a regular basis to assure the water is a safe, dependable supply.

FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health. Any bottled water that is labeled "drinking water" has to meet the EPA's drinking water regulations. Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate the water poses a health risk.

The most common drinking water treatment is disinfection. Disinfection is considered to be the primary mechanism to kill bacteria and other germs to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases.

Chlorine is the most widely used disinfectant. Disinfectants combine with organic and inorganic mater present in water to form chemicals called disinfectant by-products. EPA sets standards for controlling the levels of disinfectants and disinfectant byproducts in drinking water.

Nitrate in drinking water at levels above 10 ppm is a health risk for infants of less than six months ofage. High nitrate levels in drinking water can cause blue baby syndrome. Nitrate levels may rise quickly for short periods oftime because of rainfall or agriculture activity. Ifyou are caring for an infant, you should ask for advice from your health care provider.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPNCDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT INFORMATION The Marshalltown Water Works water supply obtains its water from the Mississippian and Pleistocene aquifers. The Mississippian and Pleistocene aquifers were determined to be susceptible to contamination because the characteristics of the aquifers and overlying materials allow contaminants to move through the aquifers fairly quickly. The wells will be susceptible to activities such as leaking underground storage tanks, underground storage tanks, and hazardous waste generators.

A detailed evaluation ofyour source water was completed by the lDNR, and is available from Central Iowa Water Association at (641) 792-7011.

CONTACT INFORMATION For questions regarding this information, please contact Dan Bangasser, Public Works Director at (319) 825-6118. Decisions regarding the watersystem are made at the Grundy Center Council meetings held on the first and third Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at the Grundy Center City Hall Council Chambers; 703 F Avenue, Suite 2; Grundy Center, Iowa and are open to the public.

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GOOD THINGS TO EAT

Shop Trinkets & Togs Thrift Store Fully stocked with spring & summerwear. Adult sizes $3.75, Kids $2.50, Infants $1.50 1609 G Ave, Grundy Center 319-825-8030

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“On Farm Pitstop Tire Service”

Mark Ingebritson Painting

GRUNDY CENTER FARMER’S MARKET

Thursdays • 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Courthouse Square Fruits, vegetables, jams, jellies, baked goods and crafts

STRAWBERRIES: Coming Soon to Hinegardner’s Orchard. Call 641492-6353 for more information

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Call ahead for Oil Changes Check out our new tires.

“Upgrade your wiring to Current standards” 319-269-8931 Bruce Berghuis Wellsburg Farm, Home, Commercial

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HELP WANTED: Grundy Center Post Office looking for City Carrier Assistant position. Please apply online at WWW.USPS.COM or contact GC Post Office for further info

HELP WANTED: Cooks & servers apply to Lone Tree Inn, 115 Main, Holland or call Joanie 824-6541

POSITION AVAILABLE: Store Manger in Grundy Center, Iowa. Prior grocery and/or management experience required. Salary based on experience. Apply on line at www.familyfoodsia.com

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TREE STUMPS Removed. Small machine, will not track yards. Also large machine for large stumps. Call Jerry Zehr in Conrad, Iowa at 641366-2241

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TWO Bucket Trucks Call – 319.823.9140 or 319.215.2220

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Rebels struggle offensively in losses to BCLUW

GLADBROOK — GladbrookReinbeck hitters managed just one hit on the night while dropping both ends of a season-opening doubleheader to BCLUW, 13-0 and 10-0.

The Rebels’ lone hit of the doubleheader came in the opener, a single by Hanna Christopher.

Madison White threw both games and had four solid innings in the nightcap, allowing just three runs on five hits.

BCLUW 13, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0 BCLUW 175 — 13 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 000 — 0 G-R AB R H RBI Nicole Adair, cf 2 0 0 0 Lauren Gauthier, 2b 1 0 0 0 Hanna Christopher, 3b 1 0 1 0 Madison White, p 1 0 0 0 Sasha Nagle, 1b 1 0 0 0 Jordan LaBarge, c 1 0 0 0 Megan Swanson, ss 1 0 0 0 Katy Thompson, lf 1 0 0 0 Sadie Cahalan, rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 10 0 1 0 Pitching White (L, 0-1)

IP R ER H BB K 3 13 11 9 4 2

BCLUW 10, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0 BCLUW 300 07 — 10 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 000 00 — 0 G-R AB R H RBI Nicole Adair, cf 2 0 0 0 Lauren Gauthier, 2b 2 0 0 0 Hanna Christopher, 1b 2 0 1 0 Hayley Weber, ss 1 0 0 0 Madison White, p 1 0 0 0 Sasha Nagle, ph 1 0 0 0 Jordan LaBarge, c 1 0 0 0 Amber Berendes, cr 0 0 0 0 Megan Swanson, 3b 2 0 0 0 Katy Thompson, lf 2 0 0 0 Tessa Sienknecht, dh 2 0 0 0 Sadie Cahalan, rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 10 0 1 0 Pitching White (L, 0-2) Thompson

IP R ER H BB K 4 3 3 5 1 0 1 7 6 6 3 0

Wolverine softball drops opener to Columbus

By PATTI RUST Sports Correspondent DIKE – The Dike-New Hartford softball team dropped their season opener to Columbus last Thursday, 12-0 in five innings. The Sailors out hit the Wolverines 11 to none. Brynn Harberts started on the mound and took the loss for Dike-New Hartford. Hannah Dove relieved Harberts in the third and struck out four and walked none in a little over two innings.

This week the Wolverines were scheduled for eight games in six days, starting out with a pair of double headers, Union at La Porte City on Monday, and Wapsie Valley at Fairbank on Wednesday. They face off with Aplington-Parkersburg at Parkersburg on Thursday, followed by a tournament at Hudson on Saturday.

Dike-New Hartford 000 00 – 0 Columbus 222 24 – 12

D-NH AB R H RBI Mariah Danger, lf 2 0 0 0 Haley O’Connor, cf 2 0 0 0 Samantha Meyer, 1b 1 0 0 0 Katie Nielsen, c 2 0 0 0 Maddie Demro, 3b 1 0 0 0 Brooke Myers, ss 1 0 0 0 Kelsey Latwesen, rf 2 0 0 0 Tessa Dall, 2b 1 0 0 0 Anna Williams, dh 0 0 0 0 Hannah Dove, p 0 0 0 0 Bailey Fettkether, pr 0 0 0 0 Brynn Harberts, p 0 0 0 0 Stolen Bases – Demro.

Pitching IP H R ER BB K Harberts (L, 0-1) 2 1/3 4 6 2 6 0 Dove 2 2/3 7 6 2 0 4

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Rebels open season with doubleheader sweep

REINBECK — The GladbrookReinbeck High School baseball team opened its 2014 season Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep of North Iowa Cedar League West Division rival BCLUW. The Rebels game against AGWSR, which had been scheduled for Thursday, was rescheduled to this Wednesday (June 4) due to a substate soccer game.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck won on the strength of solid pitching efforts and timely hitting. Camden Kickbush and Marco Barron combined on a six-hitter in the opener while Brady Kuehl and Phillip Zimmerman combined to allow just four hits in the nightcap.

The Rebels took the lead with a three-run first inning in the opener and held that advantage until the fourth, when the Comets pulled to within a run. G-R plated an insurance run in the fifth inning.

Kickbush and Bryce Ehlers had two hits each for the winners while Zach Pierce slugged a double.

BCLUW scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning of the nightcap to take a 2-1 lead. That did not last long, as the Rebels came back with four runs in the bottom of the frame.

Kuehl threw the first five innings and picked up the win. He struck out five and allowed four hits. Zimmerman struck out three and allowed just one walk in two innings of work.

The Rebels made the most of their five hits, two of which came off the bat of Jeff Tscherter.

In addition to Wednesday’s game against AGWSR, Gladbrook-Reinbeck played a doubleheader at South

Hardin Monday and has single games at South Tama Thursday and at home against Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4, BCLUW 2

BCLUW 000 200 0 — 2 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 300 010 x — 4 G-R AB R H RBI Camden Kickbush, p 3 1 2 1 Logan Flamme, 2b 2 1 1 0 Bryce Ehlers, c 4 0 2 2 Josh Cooley, 3b 3 1 0 0 Zach Pierce, dh 4 0 1 0 P. Zimmerman, cf 0 0 0 0 Cameron Murphy, ss 1 0 0 1 Jeff Tscherter, rf 3 1 0 0 Marco Barron, lf 3 0 0 0 Brady Kuehl, 1b 3 0 0 0 Totals 26 4 6 4 Double — Pierce. Stolen bases — Kickbush, Flamme.

Pitching Kickbush (W, 1-0) Barron (S)

IP R ER H BB K 3 0 0 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 5 3

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5, BCLUW 2

BCLUW 000 020 0 — 2 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 000 140 x — 5 G-R AB R H RBI Camden Kickbush, ss 4 0 1 0 Logan Flamme, 2b 2 1 0 0 Bryce Ehlers, c 3 0 0 1 Josh Cooley, 3b 2 0 0 0 Colton Dinsdale, dh 3 1 0 0 P. Zimmerman, cf 0 0 0 0 Zach Pierce, 1b 3 1 1 2 Jeff Tscherter, rf 3 1 2 1 Marco Barron, lf 3 0 0 0 Brady Kuehl, p 2 0 1 1 Jake Mohlis, ph 1 0 0 0 Cameron Murphy, cr 0 0 0 0 Joe Smoldt, cr 0 1 0 0 Totals 26 5 5 5 Doubles — Pierce, Tscherter. Stolen bases — Kickbush 2, Cooley, Tscherter.

Pitching Kuehl (W, 1-0) Zimmerman

IP R ER H BB K 5 2 2 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 3

Cougars open season with sweep ELDORA — The AGWSR High School baseball team opened its 2014 season last Tuesday with 8-5 and 10-4 victories over South Hardin.

The Cougars jumped ahead early in both games and took advantage of 19 walks issued by three South Hardin pitchers in the doubleheader.

AGWSR scored six runs in the first three innings on its way to taking the victory in the opener. It took a 3-2 lead with a run in the second and built its advantage to 8-2 before the Tigers rallied in the final two innings.

The Cougars out-hit South Hardin 9-5, with Sully Hofmeister, Cody Williams, Reece Rieken and Trevor Bakker each recording a pair of hits. One of Rieken’s hits was a triple while Caleb Bartling smashed a double in his only at bat.

Dylan Heetland picked up the victory on the hill, scattering three hits and three walks over five innings before Bartling threw the final two innings.

AGWSR won the nightcap despite collecting just three hits. Instead, Cougar batters drew 13 walks in the game and also stole 10 bases.

Hofmeister picked up the win on the hill, throwing six innings and striking out 11 before giving was to Travis Pfaltzgraff for the final frame.

Hofmeister, Williams and Michael Young had hits for the winners.

The teams were tied 2-2 after four innings before AGWSR took the lead for good with a three-run fifth inning.

The Cougars (3-1) also played a pair of games at Riverfront Stadium

in Waterloo Saturday, defeating St. Ansgar 10-3 before falling to Class 2A third-ranked Roland-Story 12-1.

Details of Saturday’s games were not available.

AGWSR 8, South Hardin 5 AGWSR 213 101 0 — 8 South Hardin 200 002 1 — 5 AGWSR AB R H RBI Sully Hofmeister, ss 5 0 2 0 Brandon Johnson, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cody Williams, cf 2 3 2 0 Reece Rieken, c 4 0 2 2 Jake Willems, 2b 4 1 0 0 Michael Young, dh 3 1 0 0 Derek Schipper, 1b 0 0 0 0 Dylan Heetland, p 1 2 0 0 Caleb Bartling, p 1 1 1 0 Trevor Bakker, rf 2 0 2 2 Travis Pfaltzgraff, lf 4 0 0 0 Totals 30 8 9 4 Double — Bartling. Triple — Rieken.

Stolen bases — Williams 3, Heetland 2, Willems, Young.

Pitching Heetland (W, 1-0) Bartling

IP R ER H BB K 5 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 5

AGWSR 10, South Hardin 4

AGWSR 002 032 3 — 10 South Hardin 101 000 2 — 4 AGWSR AB R H RBI Sully Hofmeister, p 3 2 1 1 Trevor Bakker, lf 0 0 0 0 Brandon Johnson, 3b 3 1 0 0 Cody Williams, cf 3 3 1 0 Reece Rieken, dh 1 2 0 0 Evan Janssen, rf 0 0 0 0 Derek Schipper, 1b 1 1 0 2 Jake Willems, 2b 3 1 0 2 Dylan Heetland, ss 4 0 0 0 Michael Young, c 2 0 1 1 Caleb Bartling, cr 0 0 0 0 Travis Pfaltzgraff, lf 3 0 0 0 Totals 23 10 3 6 Stolen bases — Williams 4, Hofmeister 3, Johnson, Rieken, Heetland.

Pitching Hofmeister (W, 1-0) Pfaltzgraf

IP R ER H BB K 6 2 1 4 5 11 1 2 1 1 3 1

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By PATTI RUST Sports Correspondent WATERLOO – The Wolverine baseball team split a pair of games in Waterloo on Saturday, downing Saint Ansgar 15-3 in five innings, and falling to Roland-Story 6-2. Earlier in the week the Wolverines rallied in the final inning to take a 6-5 win in a closely played game with Columbus.

Ty Sonnenberg went the distance on the mound for Dike-New Hartford against Saint Ansgar, striking out three and walking one to pick up the win.

Dike-New Hartford’s two runs were not enough to top Roland-Story Saturday.

The Wolverines rallied to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh to overcome a one-run deficit and take the 6-5 win over Columbus in their season opener at home Thursday night. Carson Parker went 2-for-2 at the plate, stole five bases, and scored three runs to lead the Wolverine offense. Jake Sonnenberg went 2-for-4 and batted three runs in. Byron Fritch pitched the first four innings, striking out one and walking two. Carson Parker took over the pitching duties in the fifth inning, striking out six and walking one to earn the save and the win.

The Wolverines were slated to play a Varsity double header against Union at La Porte City on Monday of this week.

Dike-New Hartford 460 32 – 15 Saint Ansgar 102 00 – 3 D-NH AB Carson Parker, c 4 Gabe Eiklenborg, cf 2 Jake Sonnenberg, p 3

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Byron Fritch, ss 4 3 2 4 Ben Cuvelier, lf 3 1 1 2 Connor McCleeary, 3b 3 1 2 2 Ty Sohn, 1b 4 0 0 0 Alex Anderson, dh 2 0 0 0 Connor Neuroth, 2b 2 1 1 0 Jacob Moore, rf 0 0 0 0 Dilan Cummings, cr 0 0 0 0 Stolen Bases – Fritch 4, Cuvelier 2, McCleeary 2, Eiklenborg 1, Sonnenberg 1. Doubles – McCleeary. Triples – Cuvelier.

Pitching IP H R ER BB K Sonnenberg (W, 1-0)5 6 3 3 1 3 Dike-New Hartford 010 010 0 – 2 Roland-Story 102 120 0 – 6 D-NH AB R H RBI Carson Parker, ss 3 1 2 0 Gabe Eiklenborg, cf 4 0 0 0 Jake Sonnenberg, 1b 4 0 2 1 Byron Fritch, c 4 0 0 0 Ben Cuvelier, lf 3 1 1 0 Connor McCleeary, 3b 3 0 1 1 Alex Anderson, dh 1 0 0 0 Jacob Moore, rf 2 0 0 0 Connor Neuroth, 2b 3 0 0 0 Ty Sohn, p 0 0 0 0 Dilan Cummings, pr 0 0 0 0 Stolen Bases – Parker 2, Eiklenborg 2, Sonnenberg 1, Cummings 1. Doubles – Cuvelier.

Pitching IP H R ER BB K Sohn (L, 0-1) 4 4 4 3 1 0 Eiklenborg 2 1 2 1 4 0 Dike-New Hartford 101 011 2 – 6 Columbus 101 011 2 – 5

D-NH AB R H RBI Carson Parker, c 2 3 2 0 Gabe Eiklenborg, cf 4 1 1 1 Jake Sonnenberg, 2b 4 0 2 3 Byron Fritch, p 3 1 0 0 Ben Cuvelier, lf 3 0 1 0 Connor McCleeary, 3b 2 0 0 0 Ty Sohn, 1b 3 0 1 1 Alex Anderson, dh 3 0 0 0 Connor Neuroth, 2b 3 1 0 0 Jacob Moore, rf 0 0 0 0 Stolen Bases – Parker 5, Eiklenborg 2, Fritch 1, Cuvelier 1, Neuroth 1. Doubles – Eiklenborg.

Pitching IP H R ER BB K Fritch 4 3 4 4 2 1 Parker (W, 1-0) 3 2 1 1 1 6

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Not only did Samo return, but she returned to the form that placed her third in the state tournament last year. This year she finished sixth, just six shots off her score of a year ago.

UNLIKE A YEAR AGO, WHEN the Spartans rallied on their final nine holes for a dramatic twoshot victory in a tightly-contested three-team race, this year’s effort was a runaway. Grundy Center built a 14-shot cushion Monday and overcame some early-round adversity Tuesday to cruise to a 33-shot win. The margin was the Spartans’ largest since they won by 35 strokes in 1999.

Schupbach emphasized, however, that this was no walk in the park, particularly early Tuesday.

Samo found the water twice on the first hole and took an eight while the team’s low scorer on day one, Josie McMartin ended up with a double-bogey after hitting into an unplayable lie on her first shot of the day.

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And then Lindsay’s 87 … when I knew she was going to get under 90 I knew that was going to be really critical.”

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Lost in the shuffle of Grundy Center’s strong senior play was the outstanding two-day efforts of McMartin, who led the Spartans and finished fourth in the medalist race with a 171, and freshman Abby Hockemeyer who shot 193.

“Abby Hockemeyer was unbelievable,” Schupbach said. “To think that she could come in with as little experience as she has and that

Siccard picks up right where she left off

ACKLEY — AGWSR junior pitcher Ashley Sicard picked up right where she left off at the end of last season Tuesday, allowing one hit over 12 innings of work in a pair of one-sided Cougar victories.

Sicard struck out 14 and allowed just one hit in the opener, a 10-1 AGWSR victory, and then held South Hardin hitless while striking out 10 in the nightcap, an 11-0 five-inning Cougar win.

AGWSR, ranked No. 6 in Class 1A, jumped out fast in both games, scoring six first-inning runs in the opener and nine runs in the first two innings of the nightcap.

Siccard was also the offensive star of the opener, slugging three hits including a pair of home runs to key a 14-hit Cougar attack. Olivia Ingledue also had three hits for the winners while Madison Fryslie and Jami Johnson had two hits each.

Fryslie and Megan Marlette had three hits each in the nightcap for the winners while Sicard slapped a pair of safeties.

Cougars battle to rare tie with No. 9 Central Springs AGWSR and Class 2A No. 9 Central Spring battled to a rain-induced 1-1 tie Saturday at the Mason City Newman Tournament.

The Cougars scored their lone run in the fourth inning as Ingledue tripled and was driven home by Morgan Rose. Central Springs tied it in the sixth.

AGWSR had a four hits in the game.

she could come in and shoot 95 and 98, I would have never imagined that in my wildest dreams. I knew she had the potential, I knew that in the future, if she works on her game, she could really develop into a player, but she came up huge today.

GC finished with a 36-hole score of 711, the same score they shot a year ago. New London, AkronWestfield, Bishop Garrigan and Newell-Fonda rounded out the top five.

“I thought if we shoot in the 350s (each day) we would be very competitive; it would probably be enough,” Schupbach said. “We had our ups and downs — they never make it easy on me — but I am so proud of these girls.”

Class 1A State Golf Tournament (at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown) Team scores — 1) Grundy Center 711; 2) New London 744; 3) Akron-Westfield 756; 4) Bishop Garrigan 757; 5) NewellFonda 794; 6) HLC 834; 7) Guthrie Center 835; 8) Clarksville 841.

Individual leaders — 1) Jessica Franson, North Linn 155; 2) Alexa Capesius, Bishop Garrigan 157; 3) Hannah Sitzmann, Gehlen Catholic 170; 4) tie, Carly Jacobs, Marquette Catholic 171 and Josie McMartin, Grundy Center 171; 6) Hillary Samo, Grundy Center 173; 7) Taylor Tanner, HLV 174; 8) tie, Anna Smith, Iowa Valley 177; Tessa Shields, Mt. Ayr 177 and Brittany Norem, Dunkerton 177.

Grundy Center (711) — Josie McMartin 84-87 — 171; Hillary Samo 84-89 — 173; Lindsay Freeman 92-87 — 179; Maddy Grineski 99-93 — 193; Abby Hockemeyer 95-98 — 193; Kate Ross 101-122 — 223.

The Grundy Center boys’ golf team and Coach Dennis Dirks are pictured with their second-place trophy and banner following the Class 1A Boys’ State Golf Tournament in Marshalltown Saturday. (Patti Rust/The Grundy Register photo)

Boys’ Golf

From page 16 “Lane has meant so much to our program, his leadership will be hard to replace,” Coach Dirks said.

“His earning All-State Honors at the state championship is a fitting finish for all of his efforts over the last four years.”

“Golf is one of those games that you get out of it, what you put into it,” Dirks said. “Lane definitely earned his all-state distinction.”

Class 1A Boys’ State Tournament Results

(at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown) Team scores – 1) Bishop Garrigan, Algona 623; 2) Grundy Center 643; 3) Griswold 644; 4) East Buchanan 645; 5) Winfield-Mt. Union 658; 6) Riverside, Oakland 664; 7) tie, Lisbon 682, Newell-Fonda 682.

Top Individuals - 1) Chris Cooksley, East Buchanan 147*; 2) Josh McCormick,

Alta-Aurelia 147; 3) Lane Bangasser, Grundy Center 150; Jess Marlow, Bishop Garrigan 150 (76, 74), Noah Simon, Central Decatur 150 (73, 77), three-way tie; 6) Wes Buntenbach, Belmond-Klemme 152 (74, 78), Chad Plaehn, GMG 152 (75, 77), tie. * — Won playoff Grundy Center (643) – Lane Bangasser 150 (75, 75); Jesper Holke-Farnam 161 (81, 80); Nick Saak 164 (85, 79); Tanner Pelzer 169 (84, 85); Austin Burroughs 171 (87, 84); Sam Thompson 172 (85, 87).

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Clear Lake sends G-R to second consecutive substate final loss

Nicole Adair of G-R and Peyton Ralston of APGC fight for the ball as Kyleah Dugan looks on in local soccer action last week. (Patti Rust/The Grundy Register photo)

G-R tops APGC in final regular season game

By PATTI RUST Sports Correspondent REINBECK – A long time rivalry lived up to its billing when Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center met Gladbrook-Reinbeck on the soccer field in Reinbeck before a large crowd last Tuesday night. In the end it was the Class 1A No. 10 Rebels capturing a 3-0 win over the Falcons.

Nicole Adair scored first for the Rebels when she put the ball into the net just past the 10 minute mark in the first half. The teams battled hard the remainder of the half, but neither was able to up the score and they

went to the halftime break with the Rebels leading 1-0.

In the second half the defense on both sides dug in as the teams went head to head for another 38 minutes without a score. Then with just 1:54 left on the clock the Rebels put the ball in play close to the net, and it deflected off an APGC defender past the Falcon goalkeeper to put G-R up by two. Rebel senior Taylor Weida wasted no time in riding the momentum when she took the ball in for another Rebel score less than a minute later, giving G-R the 3-0 win.

Rebel goalkeeper Bailea Even-

son had 13 saves on the night, and APGC’s Kym Lind had seven.

“I thought that the girls played hard against a difficult team,” APGC head coach Cory Goetsch said.

“Up until the last few minutes I felt that we were in the game the entire match. G-R has a good team and we wish them the best of luck.”

The 6-5 Falcons were to open postseason play against Iowa FallsAlden at Aplington at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3. The 10-5 Rebels were to host a first round regional game at Reinbeck with Benton Community on June 3 at 6:00 p.m.

Spartan girls face tough opponents in first week

By PATTI RUST Sports Correspondent GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center softball team faced a couple of formidable opponents in their first week of softball action, making for a tough 0-3 start to the season.

On Tuesday the Spartans hosted East Marshall, falling 12-1 in five innings in the first game of a double header on their home field. Alyssa Mathews and Landry Luhring both had one hit each, and Luhring scored the only Spartan run. Kayla Mathews struck out three and walked one in five innings of pitching.

In game two, the Mustangs put an earlier end to the game, this time shutting out the Spartans 14-0 in four innings. Alyssa Mathews connected for the sole Spartan hit.

Landry Luhring went the distance on the mound, striking out two and walking six.

“Tough way to start the season playing East Marshall, the 3rdranked team in 3A,” Grundy Center head coach Jeff Mathews said.

“They have two really good pitchers and a very powerful line-up. In both games they completely shut us down offensively, and they put pressure on our defense with some hard hits and very good bunts.”

“We made way too many errors, but that will happen when facing a team like East Marshall and when we are missing some key players yet due to spring sports still finishing up,” Mathews said.

At Grundy Center on Thursday, BCLUW scored a couple of runs early in the game and four in both the fourth and fifth innings to end the night early with a 10-0 win over Grundy Center in five innings.

Landry Luhring struck out three and walked two for the Spartans.

“They (BCLUW) also have two very good pitchers and a line-up full of speed,” Coach Mathews said.

“Speed puts even more pressure on a defense, and they do an amazing job of bunting, slap-hitting and stealing bases. We tried to simulate what they would do in practice, but you can’t show the same speed that they have.

Then they used both pitchers to shut us down.”

Nicolette Simpson fanned eight Spartan batters and walked none in

Grundy Center eighth grader Landry Luhring pitched the nightcap in the Varsity double header with East Marshall. (Patti Rust/The Grundy Register photo) the first three innings for the Comets, and Olivia Callaway struck out three and walked none in the final two innings.

The Spartans were slated for five road games this week. They were to play Varsity double headers at South Tama on Monday and West Marshall on Wednesday, followed by a game at AGWSR on Thursday.

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By JOHN JENSEN The Grundy Register REINBECK – Fifth-ranked Clear Lake picked up two goals each from Jack Finn and Antonia DiMarco and went on to down third-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the Class 1A, Substate 2 final in Reinbeck.

The Lions (15-3) advance to the state tournament, where they will take on 11th-ranked MOC-Floyd Valley in a first-round game Thursday in Des Moines. G-R finishes with a 14-2 record.

Rebel coach Kirk Dinsdale said injuries made it difficult for his team to compete with a team as talented as Clear Lake.

“We’re without some guys, and that’s what (stinks) about this,” he said.

“We had some younger guys in there when they scored – defensively we had some younger guys in there that didn’t have a lot of experience,” he said.

Senior forward Chase Clark saw his minutes limited by a lower leg injury that forced him to miss the final two weeks of the regular season.

“He had treatment on it this morning but wasn’t able to go today,” Dinsdale said. “We tried to get him in there as much as he could, but he couldn’t do anything.”

With Clark out, the Rebels had to shuffle their lineup, bringing a defender up to play Clark’s usual spot and inserting a less experienced player on defense.

“All year long we’ve tried to play those guys and get them in, but you throw them into a substate final game and it’s not like playing Hudson. It’s a whole different team.

(Clear Lake) is a good team.”

Adding to the frustration, Dins-

dale said, is how close GladbrookReinbeck has come in several different sports this year. The G-R football team reached the quarterfinal round of the playoffs, only to lose a tight game to the defending state champion, while the Rebel boys’ basketball team also reached a substate final. The Rebels also finished one game short of the state soccer tournament a year ago.

“We’re one game behind in everything and it’s getting to be old,” he said.

The game was scoreless until the 14 th minute when Clear Lake junior Jack Finn put a pass from Jarod Anderson past a diving G-R goal keeper Josh Cooley for a 1-0 lead. The Lions extended their advantage to 2-0 17 minutes later when Antonio DiMarco scored off a Finn assist.

Finn’s second goal of the night came 17 minutes into the second half before G-R showed some life.

Dustin Dinsdale beat Clear Lake keeper Jacob Hogan on a penalty kick to make it a two-goal game, and the Rebels had a couple of chances to get even closer in the minutes after that. DiMarco put any chances of a Rebel comeback on ice, however, with a breakaway goal in the 65th minute that built the Lion lead back to three goals.

“It was a good season,” Coach Dinsdale said. “They’re really disappointed right now, they’re disappointed because we didn’t play up to our capabilities today. The seniors that we’re going to lose this year are going to be hard to replace.

They had a great career.

“We just couldn’t get over that hump. We wanted to get to Des Moines this year, that’s out goal every year is to get to Des Moines and do better than we’ve ever done,

but I really wanted it bad for this group of seniors because they’ve been here for four years and there’s been a lot of them. It’s probably the biggest group of seniors that I’ve ever had. I feel bad for those guys.

The rest of these guys get to come back.”

Clear Lake 2 2 – 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0 1 – 1 Scoring Summary First Half CL – Jack Finn goal (Jarod Anderson assist); 1-0 CL – Antonio DiMarco (Finn); 2-0 Second Half CL – Finn (MJ Mixdorff); 3-0 G-R – Dustin Dinsdale penalty kick; 1-3 CL – DiMarco breakaway; 4-1 Game Details Shots on goal: Clear Lake 12, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 10. Goal keeper saves: Jacob Hogan (CL) 9; Josh Cooley (G-R) 8.

Fouls: Clear Lake 4, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 10. Corner kicks: Clear Lake 1, GladbrookReinbeck 4. Yellow cards: G-R 3 (Colton Dinsdale, Shawn Dugan, Bennett Petersen).

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck qualified for the substate final by edging Gilbert 2-0 last Thursday in a substate semifinal.

Both Rebel goals, one in each half, came on Clark headers after Wyatt Swanson passes.

Cooley was flawless in goal, picking up his ninth shutout of the season.

Gilbert 0 0 – 0 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1 1 – 2 Scoring Summary First Half G-R – Chase Clark goal (Wyatt Swanson assist); 1-0 Second Half G-R – Clark (Swanson); 2-0 Game Details Shots on goal: Gilbert 4, GladbrookReinbeck 11. Goal keeper saves: Mitchell Daharsh (G) 9; Josh Cooley (G-R) 4. Fouls: Gilbert 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 12. Corner kicks: Gilbert 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6. Yellow cards: None.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior Chase Clark strikes the ball past Clear Lake defender Chase Lester. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

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Right place, right time for GCHS Boys’ Spartans second in team race, Bangasser places third

By PATTI RUST Sports Correspondent MARSHALLTOWN – Behind bookend performances from senior Lane Bangasser and freshman Jesper Holke-Farnam, the Grundy Center boys’ golf team capped off a successfully 2014 season with a second-place team finish at the Class 1A Boys’ State Golf Tournament held at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown Friday and Saturday.

No strangers to state competition, Coach Dennis Dirks and the Spartan players were confident going into this year’s tournament.

“We liked our chances at the Marshalltown course,” Dirks said. “We just felt we were headed to the right place at the right time. We liked the course and we were playing our best golf of the year.”

After a first-day score of 325 the Spartans found themselves sitting in the third place spot, with Bishop-Garrigan in the lead at 308 and Riverside Oakland in the second position with 321. As day two wrapped up, the individual and team scores rolling in made it too close to predict who would capture the top three team spots.

Bishop Garrigan took the title with a two-day total of 623. A 318 score on day two gave the Spartans a total team score of 643, allowing them to not only move up the leaderboard, but also hold off the charges of Griswold and East Buchanan and claim the second-place trophy by a single stroke. Griswold finished third with 644 and East Buchanan went fourth with 645.

The Spartans’ achievement was a clear team effort, with each of the six golfers having at least one score count during the two-day competition. Senior Lane Bangasser posted a two-day total of 150 with back-to-back rounds of 75 to lead the Spartans to their runner-up finish, as well as earn a third place individual finish. Freshman Jesper Holke-Farnum shot two solid rounds of 81 and 80 for a 161 total and a top twenty individual ranking. Close behind were teammates Nick Saak with a 164, Tanner Plezer 169, Austin Burroughs 171, and Sam Thompson 172.

“We shot our two best 18-hole rounds of the year as a team both days,” Dirks said.

“To have everyone’s score count over the course of two days is impressive from a team standpoint, and obviously from looking at the final results we absolutely needed each and every one of those strokes.”

Bangasser points to the good work ethic of the team as key to their success.

“What we were able to accomplish reflected directly from our hard work and dedication to becoming the best we can be,” he said. “We are the hardest working golf team in the state. Day in and day out we do what it takes to get better.”

The individual race was even tighter than the team race. East Buchanan freshman Chris Cooksley and Alta-Aurelia sophomore Josh McCormick both carded a 147, forcing a playoff to determine the individual champion. Third place ended in a three-way tie with Bangasser, Jess Marlow of Bishop Garrigan, and Noah Simon of Central Decatur all shooting a 150. Just two strokes back at 152 Wes Buntenbach of Belomnd-Klemme and Chad Plaehn of GMG tied for sixth.

The Spartans end the season with a 44-7 record, and bid farewell Bangasser, the lone senior on this year’s team, who will continue his golf career at Central College in the fall.

“It was really tough walking away for the last time,” Bangasser said. “I’d go back and start over in a heartbeat. As I am preparing for my journey as a student athlete at Central College I will remember what the Grundy center golf program has taught me throughout the last four years.”

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Grundy Center High School golf fans follow Josie McMartin (right) and Assistant Coach Jocilyn Onnen up the 18th fairway at the Class 1A State Golf Tournament in Marshalltown Tuesday. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

13th title special for Spartans

By JOHN JENSEN The Grundy Register MARSHALLTOWN — Early last fall, golf was the furthest thing from the minds of the Grundy Center High School girls’ golf team.

There were bigger concerns … ones that involved far more important things than a sport.

Nine months later golf is back, and the Spartans could not be happier. Grundy Center captured its second straight state girls’ golf championship Monday

and Tuesday, dominating the Class 1A state tournament at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown.

“This one’s a little more special because she’s here … nothing changed … that really makes it better,” senior Lindsay Freeman said, referring to her close friend and teammate Hillary Samo, who returned to play the entire golf season after a battle with cancer late last year.

Rick Schupbach, who has

coached to Spartans to each of their state-record 13 titles, got choked up while talking about the time since the team got together in support of Samo and her family.

“That’s very special, and it’s not even about playing golf,” he said.

“It’s about a young person’s life.

I’m just really happy for her; that is what makes this very special.”

Freeman said, when golf came to mind after a long time worrying about other things, there was early uncertainty about whether Samo

would be the same player she was before her health scare … or even if she would be able to play.

“I think a lot of people thought, ‘How is thing going to affect her game? Is she going to be able to play?’ It was really up in the air,” she said. “A lot of people weren’t even sure if golf was going to come back into the picture. And now that it has, I think she really inspired a lot of people and showed that no See SPARTANS page 14

Wolverines score historic state title

By JOHN JENSEN The Grundy Register MARSHALLTOWN — For nearly three decades, Dike-New Hartford girls’ sports headlines have been dominated by volleyball success. Monday and Tuesday the Wolverine girls’ golf team put its mark in the record books.

The Wolverines dominated the Class 2A State Golf Tournament at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown, becoming the first girls’ sport at the school other than volleyball to win a state title since Dike and New Hartford consolidated.

“I’m really proud of everyone.

We did it,” senior Ashley Dumler said.

“We knew we had some good teams coming here and we knew we had to play our best golf and I think everyone did,” she said. “Everyone did awesome.”

“Our girls work hard and they’re a tight group,” D-NH coach Mike Soppe said. “When people didn’t play well (Monday), others picked them up. It was kind of vice-versa today, we just had everyone pick each other up over the two days – it was amazing.”

The Wolverines practically

Dike-New Hartford senior Ashley Dumler blasts out of the sand on her way to second place in the Class 2A medalist race. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

clinched their first-ever state golf title Monday by racing to a 26-shot lead, making Tuesday’s round seem like a victory lap. “(The second round) was more relaxing than anything because when I play knowing that I need a good score, that’s when I do bad,” senior Maddi Brummond said. “But as soon as we have a little bit of cushion that’s when I relax.”

After shooting 348 Monday, the Wolverines bettered their score by six shots Tuesday. The result was a 53-shot final margin over secondplace Pleasantville. Defending state champion Alta-Aurelia, NashuaPlainfield and West Monona rounded out the top five.

Dumler finished second in the medalist race and was in the running against N-P’s Sarah McMichael until the end. Three straight bogeys on the 12th, 13th and 14th holes were the difference in the match.

“She made a couple of long par putts that I didn’t make,” Dumler said of McMichael.

Dumler finished the tournament with rounds of 75 and 79.

“I’m proud of the way I played,” she said.

Joining Dumler in the medals stand for the second straight year was junior Briana Weber in third place, one shot back of her teammate. “(Weber and Dumler) gave us a big lead yesterday, but really they have pushed us all season long,” Soppe said. “They work as hard as anybody out there and that makes our other girls work hard. A big part

of our team victory today was those girls pushing them all year.”

The state title caps a threeyear buildup for the Wolverines, who had never been to the state tournament as recently as four years ago. Two years ago they reached the tournament and placed fifth, and last year they came home as runners-up.

“It just shows how much work the girls put into it,” Soppe said.

“Two years ago was the first time the girls made a state appearance and the next year our goal was to better it, and we got runner-up; and this year our goal was to better it again … and we hit it. It’s just fun when you accomplish your goals when you work hard for them.”

“This was exciting,” Brummond said. “We knew we could do it as long as we focused and played hard through the two days.”

Class 2A State Golf Tournament

(at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown) Team scores — 1) Dike-New Hartford 690; 2) Pleasantville 743; 3) Alta-Aurelia 746; 4) Nashua-Plainfield 747; 5) West Monona 751; 6) Central Decatur 764; 7) South Winneshiek 770; 8) Audubon 771.

Individual leaders — 1) Sarah McMichael, Nashua-Plainfield 152; 2) Ashley Dumler, Dike-New Hartford 154; 3) Briana Weber, Dike-New Hartford 155; 4) Katie Coyle, Cascade 158; 5) tie, Rachel Grenko, Hinton 161 and Susie Bylund, Audubon 161; 7) Emily Rinehart, Ogden 165; 8) Hannah Gordon, Pleasantville 167; 9) Samantha Knight, West Monona 168; 10) Maya Marshall, Sumner-Fredericksburg 169.

Dike-New Hartford (690) — Ashley Dumler 75-79 — 154; Briana Weber 78-77 — 155; Abby Camarata 98-93 — 191; Maddi Brummond 100-93 — 193; Nikki Weisenfluh 97-96 — 193; Katie Camarata 104-100 — 204.

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