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Living with Lyme disease BCLUW grad shares s t o r y, w o r k s t o spread awareness through Lyme challenge

By ROB MAHARRY The Record CONRAD- Conrad native and current rural Union resident Cherilyn Eveleth, a 1994 BCLUW graduate, knew for years that something wasn’t right with her body, but whenever she turned for help, doctors couldn’t pinpoint the problem. When she eventually learned that she had Lyme disease in 2012, the tears she shed were of joy rather than sadness: Eveleth finally had answers.

Lyme disease can be traced back to the bite of an infected deer tick, but Eveleth continued to experience symptoms long after her initial encounter. She dealt with extreme fatigue, unintentional weight loss, numbness, tingling and stomach pain for a prolonged period, and even a Lyme disease screening test came up negative (although the test is only about 67 percent effective).

On a fateful day in northern Minnesota with her husband Dan near their lakeside cabin, he ran into an old friend who owned the marina and described the pain that Cherilyn had been enduring, and she related that her parents had Lyme disease and experienced similar symptoms.

Before long, she was connected with a Lyme disease specialist, Dr. Thomas Sult, who just so happened to be in town that weekend, and she finally began to understand what was happening to her. The diagnosis came in: she had chronic Lyme disease.

“It was definitely a God thing,” she said. “That day for some reason, she came down to talk to him. It was a little wavy that day on the lake, and (Dan) felt like there was something that was keeping him there.”

Although Eveleth has experienced symptoms for years that are common to those affected

Members of the Conrad American Legion Post 681 Color Guard present the colors to open Monday morning’s Memorial Day service at the Conrad Cemetery. (Rob Maharry/The Record photo)

Fallen heroes remembered at local Memorial Day services Cherilyn Eveleth (left) and Marijke Carson recently took the Lyme Challenge to raise awareness about the disease, which is estimated to affect over 300,000 Americans. Eveleth has been speaking to various groups since being diagnosed with Lyme Disease. (Courtesy photo) by chronic Lyme disease, the topic is controversial: the medical community is somewhat divided on what to call the symptoms, and it is not currently an officially recognized disease covered by most insurers. Eveleth, a fourth grade teacher at St. Francis Catholic School in Marshalltown, has worked with State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center), State Representative Liz Mathis (D-Cedar Rapids) and State Representative Mark Smith (D-Marshalltown) on a bill that officially recognizes chronic Lyme disease; while it passed the state senate with unanimous approval, it failed to garner enough votes in the House to get to Governor Terry Branstad’s desk.

“Talk to the people who have

experienced this, and talk to our families who have seen us go through this challenge. Ask them, ‘Do you see this, and is it real?’” she said. “My question to medical professionals who say, no, there’s no chronic Lyme disease, is this: Do you think we like this? Do you think we’re making this up?”

In response to popular viral trends like the Ice Bucket Challenge and the Polar Plunge, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and other Lyme disease advocates have put together a new movement to spread awareness about the disease: the Lyme Challenge, or Taking a Bite Out of Lyme. Participants are See LYME ...continued on page 2

By ROB MAHARRY The Record BEAMAN, CONRAD- As the sounds of the BCLUW high school band’s patriotic tunes made their way through the air along with the roars of rifles and cannons, members of the Beaman and Conrad communities took time to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to the United States of

America during a pair of Memorial Day services on Monday.

First Presbyterian Church Pastor Kerry Carson gave the invocation and benediction at the Conrad service Monday morning, thanking servicemen and women who died in the line of combat and praying that their sacrifices may never be forgotten, and Hailey Clemons of the Junior Auxiliary

Unit Post 681 of Conrad gave a patriotic reading. Legionnaire Jerry Miller read the names of Conrad soldiers and veterans who are now deceased dating all the way back to the Revolutionary War through the U.S.’s most recent military conflicts. American Legion Post 681 See MEMORIAL DAY ...continued on page 2

Freedom Rock arrives in Conrad Painting expected to be finished next summer

By ROB MAHARRY The Record CONRAD- The Freedom Rock of Grundy County arrived at its new home in Conrad about three weeks ago, and painting and design are

expected to be completed and ready for the public by next summer.

The Conrad family donated the rock from their farm just west of Conrad, and Dave’s Crane and Wrecker Service of Union hauled the giant boulder to its resting place at Gier Park just north of downtown Conrad across from the fire station.

Artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen, who resides in Greenfield, first

painted a freedom rock near his home in southwest Iowa before branching out, and with inspiration from Senator Chuck Grassley and Des Moines Register columnist Kyle Munson’s “99 county tours, he is now working to put a rock in every county in the state. A total of 28 counties already have finished See FREEDOM ROCK ...continued on page 2

Hoff, Johnsrud inducted into BCLUW Foundation Hall of Fame BY: ROB MAHARRY The Record CONRAD- Two revered and respected pillars of Conrad and the BCLUW school district- longtime teacher and coach Ken Hoff and Conrad/Nucara Pharmacy Founder TJ Johnsrud- were honored for their decades of hard work to improve the education of future students

with their induction into the BCLUW Foundation Hall of Fame at the Senior Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 12, in the high school auditorium.

Departing high school central o ff i c e s e c r e t a r y P e g B r o w n introduced the two men, who both served as longtime trustees for the foundation, and thanked them for

their commitment and involvement in the success and future of the BCLUWs school district.

“With humility, I thank the trustees of the BCLUW Foundation for the privilege of being selected to the Hall of Fame. I am honored,” Hoff said. “Through the years it has been very gratifying to witness the growth and development of

Ken Hoff (left) and TJ Johnsrud (center) were recently inducted into the BCLUW Foundation Hall of Fame.

(Photo courtesy of Carol Hoff)

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the foundation from its birth in 1985. This growth is the result of hard work and sacrifice of alumni, community volunteers, and high school students. Along with them, charitable individuals, businesses and organizations have enabled the foundation to reach the goal of providing scholarships to graduating seniors as well as numerous school projects.”

Hoff, a retired teacher, now stays active in the American Legion Post 681 in Conrad as well as various BCLUW activities.

“It is my hope that in the future, the foundation will provide scholarships to every deserving senior pursuing higher education and continue those scholarships until they reach their goal,” he added.

Johnsrud reflected on the early days of the Foundation dating back to the 1980’s and how it has grown to help hundreds of students from BCLUW over the years in pursuing a postsecondary education.

“I attended a talk at the Iowa Association of School Boards meeting in Des Moines while on the school board. They presented on Cedar Rapids Prairie High School’s Foundation. Bringing the idea back to the next school board meeting, all thought it was a good idea. Red Messerole, then superintendent, See HALL OF FAME ...continued on page 2

Beaman celebrates Memorial Day weekend

Sophia Sanderson plays the ring game during the festivities at Beaman’s Memorial Day weekend celebration on Saturday. (John Jensen/MidAmerica Publishing photo)

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Lyme ...continued from page 1 asked to take a large bite out of a lime, post a fact that they’ve learned about Lyme disease to social media and then donate to charities that assist with Lyme disease research, and Eveleth recently got members of the Presbyterian Church in Conrad to take the challenge when she shared her story there. She plans to continue speaking about the disease, advocating on behalf of others affected and attempting to spread awareness about the longterm effects of Lyme.

“I feel like it’s my faith mission to be a voice for other patients with Lyme disease and their families,” she said. “I can be their voice.”

Hall of Fame

...continued from page 1 contacted the superintendent at Prairie. They shared their legal documents with us – we appointed a board for the Foundation, and the rest is history,” he said.

Brown thanked both men for everything that they have done and vowed to continue the work of the Foundation for future generations of BCLUW students.

“We, the current trustees, will continue to follow in your footsteps to provide scholarships to the BCLUW students to help them with their post-secondary goals,” she said.

The Grundy County Freedom Rock rests at its new location within Gier Park near downtown Conrad. Painting of the rock will be completed next summer. (Rob Maharry/The Record photo)

Freedom Rock ...continued from page 1 Freedom Rocks, and all but 17 counties in Iowa are scheduled to have one painted over the next five years.

“I think it’s a wonderful tribute to our veterans, and hopefully it will draw people into Conrad,” Carol Altenhein, who was one of the driving forces in bringing the rock to Conrad, said. “I think there are people that will go around the state to each county to see the freedom rocks.”

Gladbrook is also set to be the site of Tama County’s Freedom Rock, while Marshalltown will house a rock in the future as well.

Altenhein added that her daughter, Heather Johnson, got her interested

Memorial Day Students take part in Earn, Save, Spend and Donate program

Pictured are BCLUW Second Graders. As a part of the Earn, Save, Spend and Donate program, the second graders saved their money throughout the school year. Both sections of second grade participated. As a result of their savings and MidWestOne Bank matching both classes amounts, The House of Compassion will be receiving a check in the amount of $679.40. MidWestOne Bank is proud to support these young donators in such a worthy project. Great job BCLUW Second Graders!!!!!

...continued from page 1 Commander Bob Daniel gave the keynote address, reflecting on the stories of millions of military men and women who have died in war, so often with their stories untold.

“They each have stories to tell.

The crosses at Normandy. The markers in Hawaii. The tombs at Arlington. The fallen heroes who rest in places unknown,” he said.

He went on to note that over one million soldiers have died throughout the history of America’s military conflicts and told the stories of Dale Hansen, a private from small town Nebraska who fought off Japanese soldiers bravely during World War II but was later killed in the line of duty, and Brittany Gordon, a Florida native who died while serving in Afghanistan, and Daniel called them both “forever young.”

“The numbers of our fallen heroes are not just statistics. They are real people with real families who lived in real communities.

We can best honor their sacrifice by remembering their families who have lost so much,” he said.

Freedom isn’t free, he added, and it comes with a great cost.

Daniel went on to give a brief history of Memorial Day, which is believed to have begun in Waterloo, New York, in 1866, though the name was changed from the original “Decoration Day.” Memorial Day was officially recognized as a

federal holiday in 1967.

A 21-gun salute from the American Legion along with a cannon demonstration from the Second Battery Iowa Light Artillery Unit concluded the service.

In Beaman, 2015 marked the 133rd year of the annual festivities and the 100 th anniversary of the construction of the two Howitzer cannons that resided in the community for decades (in recent years, the city returned one of the two to Beaman from the state fairgrounds). Malcolm Miller and Marlin Moeller provided an oral history of the cannons, which were built at the Rock Island Arsenal.

“I think we have something that not every little town has, and something to be proud of,” Miller said.

Grundy County Recorder Travis Case presided over the ceremony in Beaman, and Tom Ashton was presented with the Citizen of the Year Award. BCLUW senior Nicole Montgomery was also recognized for receiving the Beaman Betterment Club scholarship, and the band along with Jim Miller played several patriotic tunes.

Mike Hines of the Iowa Veterans Home, who joined the Army a year after graduating from BCL High School in 1982 and served on active duty for 23 years before retiring as a First Sergeant, delivered a passionate keynote speech. He reflected on his own years as a

in bringing a rock to Conrad about two years ago after she successfully led a push to bring the Polk County Freedom Rock to Bondurant. The rock will be military themed, and Sorensen usually attempts to incorporate a local spin on each county’s rock.

An account has been set up at MidwestOne Bank for fundraising purposes to cover the costs of painting, landscaping, signage and publicity for the rock, and members of the public are encouraged to donate to the tribute to Grundy County veterans. Sorensen is expected to be in Conrad for about two weeks next summer as he completes the project.

serviceman and the bond he formed with his battalion, and the loss of his friends and fellow soldiers during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, eight Navy SEALs and eight Army Special Operations aviators.

“Since the very early days of the settlement of our nation, American service members have been the defenders of liberty and democracy.

Since our humble beginnings in 1636, Americans have fought and died on battlefields here and abroad to defend our rights and freedoms,” he said.

He went on to add that although World War I was once called “the war to end all wars,” more Americans will answer the call of duty in the future, and some will give the ultimate sacrifice: Hines urged members of the audience to remember fallen heroes not just on Memorial Day, but every day.

“Enemies change over time.

Battlefields change over time.

Technologies and weapons change over time, but one thing that does not change from the early wars to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is the dedication and the courage of American military men and women,” he said. “As long as we take the time to remember and pay tribute to fallen Americans, their service and sacrifice will not be in vain.”

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Local barns to be featured on Barn Foundation spring tour Grundy Soil & Water Conservation District celebrates Arbor Day

The Grundy Soil and Water Conservation District presented BCLUW 4th grade students with Norway Spruce seedlings in celebration of Arbor Day. Heather Kitzman, district technician, gave the students a presentation of how to plant the tree and why trees are important. The Grundy SWCD thanks the BCLUW school district for allowing us to do this presentation. At top, the 4th grade students with their tree seedlings. At right, Heather Kitzman giving a presentation on how to plant a tree to the 4th grade classes. It was raining outside so it was moved into the classroom.

Anderson Funeral Homes of Marshalltown, Conrad, and Gladbrook received the Award of Excellence in Funeral Service for its 2nd year during the 135th Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association Convention in May. L to R: IFDA President Jayme E. Lentz, Staci Hansen, Jody Anderson, Amy Anderson, Rick LaMasters, and Kyle Pospisil.

Anderson Funeral Homes receives Award of Excellence at state convention WEST DES MOINES – Anderson Funeral Homes of Marshalltown, Conrad, and Gladbrook received the Award of Excellence in Funeral Service at the 135th Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) Convention held May 1214, 2015, at the Iowa State Center and Gateway Hotel in Ames, Iowa.

The Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence recognizes a funeral home’s exemplary service to the community it serves. Anderson Funeral Homes, which has been serving Marshalltown and the surrounding communities for since 1881, was one of 17 funeral homes from throughout the state to receive the award. It is the 2nd year the funeral home has been recognized by peers

for this achievement. To qualify, a funeral home must excel in four of five areas: presentation of public information, active membership in the state association, sponsorship of community events or services, professional development, and personal development.

This year’s Annual IFDA Convention featured highly regarded local and national funeral service speakers who presented current information on bereavement education, business and management practices, regulatory updates, technical skills and training, and additional topics related to the funeral service profession. The Annual IFDA Convention provides funeral directors with a forum to receive and

exchange information so they may return home with new ideas that will allow them to better serve the families in their communities.

The Iowa Funeral Directors Association “promotes and supports funeral service excellence©” by representing over 700 Iowa licensed funeral directors and 413 funeral home establishments throughout the state and promotes high standards within the field of funeral service through continuing education programs, legislative representation and service to Iowa communities. For consumer information regarding funeral service, please visit IFDA’s website at www.iafda.org.

Historic and special barns in Black Hawk, Grundy, Butler, and Bremer counties will be featured on the Iowa Barn Foundation’s spring area tour. The self-guided tour, free and opened to the public, will be held Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Iowa Barn Foundation, a non-profit, was founded in 1997 and is dedicated to encouraging the knowledge and preservation of Iowa barns, symbols of the state's rich agricultural heritage.

Lunch will be served Saturday noon at the magnificent Hamann barn, 21461 240th Street, Grundy Center. The landmark barn is on the west edge of town and on the north side of Highways 14 and 175. For reservations for the lunch, send a check for $11, made out to the Iowa Barn Foundation, to Mindy Hamann, 21461 240th Street, Grundy Center, 50638. Checks must be received by June 8.

A program on post and beam construction, restoration, and maintenance will be presented at the Hamann barn at 1 p.m. on the Saturday, June 13.

This tour was organized by Tom Lawler, Mindy Hamann, and Meinard Koop.

The tour will feature the following barns: The Hamann barn, 21461 240th Street, Grundy Center (Grundy County) This landmark barn was built in 1907. It was known as the Worthwhile Frost dairy barn and was constructed using the post and beam style. Dowels or wooden pins connect the beams to the post.

The adjoining silo was constructed after the top window and the roof structure were completed. Photo by Ken Dunker is attached.

Directions: The Hamann barn is on the west edge of Grundy Center on the north side of 240th Street (local name for Highways 14 and 175).

Destival barn, 1350 260th Street, Waverly (Bremer County) The Destival barn is a true round barn as opposed to a multi-sided barn, and was built with round clay tile, a process developed by Iowa State agricultural engineers. There is a silo in the middle of the barn also made from clay tile. The silo allowed feed to be accessed close to the feeding station. The Destival barn was used for dairy, and the stanchions are still in place as well as four pens for holding calves. The roof has two pitches making more storage room in the loft. Photo by Dale Travis is attached and used with permission Directions: The Destival barn is located west of Highway 218/27 on 260th Street (north of Janesville and

Correction

Last week, a press release published by The Record incorrectly indicated that BCLUW alum Nicolette Simpson played softball at DMACC. She plays for Kirkwood Community College. The Record apologizes for the error.

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Rownd barn, 4119 S. Main Street Road, Cedar Falls (Black Hawk County) Built by Samuel H. Rownd, Sr., about 1860, this barn is a good example of a German bank barn.

Built into a bank, this site allowed for a two story barn with access to the upper level being a driveway on the higher side of the bank. Rownd moved to the Cedar Falls area in 1859.. He began purchasing farmland in the area in 1851 and with his sons eventually owned 7,000 acres, including the land on which the University of Northern Iowa was built.

Directions: At the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and Highway 58, turn north on Highway 58 and travel 2.3 miles to Greenhill Road, then east about .3 miles to South Main street (stop light). Turn left or north on South Main Street. The barn, at 4119 is in the first block on the west side of the street.

Round Rownd barn, 5118 South Main Street, Cedar Falls. (Black Hawk County) This barn, on the National Register, is on the site of Western Homes' Windgrace and Windemere independent living residences. This round barn is built of concrete blocks and has an aerator and a two-pitch roof. It was built in 1911 by the Samuel Rownd family who built the barn at 4119 Main Street. It is a true round barn--not octagonal.

Directions: From the intersection of US 20 and Highway 58, go north about 2.3 miles to Greenhill Road. Turn east on Greenhill Road about .3 miles to South Main Street (stop light), then right or south on South Main .5 miles to 5118 South Main.

Hardin County Farm Museum, 203 Washington Street, Eldora (Hardin County) The Robert and Barbara Brown family donated two acres of ground to the Hardin

County Farm Museum in 1996. On the two acres are a barn, corn crib, silo, and two machine sheds. A focal point is the large round-roofed barn which was built in the late 1930s and used primarily for dairy. Nine additional acres have been added to raise oats for threshing and corn for hand harvesting. About 90 pieces of large farm machinery and some 400 smaller antiques can be found on the farm.

Directions: Take Highway 175 into Eldora and turn north on Washington Street (stop light). Go north to 203 N. Washington Street.

The Miller barn, 310 20th Street, SW, Waverly (Bremer County) This interesting barn was constructed in 1913 by brothers W.H. and Gilbert Miller. This large barn was built in the post and beam style with locally grown cedar and oak.

The Millers milked Guernsey cows and went house to house selling some of the milk. The balance was sent to a Carnation condensed milk production facility in Waverly where Carnation Milk Products Company began producing condensed milk in 1928. Employees of Trillium Dell Timberworks will be at the barn to explain post and beam construction, maintenance, and restoration.

Directions: The Miller barn is on Highway 3 on the west edge of Waverly. It is south of Redeemer Lutheran Church, east of CUNA Mutual campus, and west of Bremwood and Lutheran Services of Iowa.

Stukenburg Barn, 18554 Hwy 57, Aplington (Butler County).

This barn is built of solid concrete from the foundation to the eaves. The builders then covered the concrete with mesh and applied stucco. The barn was built by Charles Wilke, a local carpenter, in 1900. He built a similar, but smaller, barn a mile south of this barn, which was destroyed by wind.

Directions: The stucco barn is located on Hwy 57 west of Parkersburg and east of Aplington.

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My Three Cents Worth

Always remember Here in the U.S.A. and especially in Iowa, we’ve got it pretty darn good.

We enjoy a peaceful lifestyle, and most of us, myself included, have never had to endure the horrors of war firsthand. Memorial Day, however, serves as a reminder each year that in order to get to where we are today, many men and women had to give their lives in service of this country to first gain our freedom and then protect it from opposing forces throughout this nation’s great history.

Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day), of course, has also come to symbolize other things since it was first recognized almost 150 years ago: the unofficial start of summer, a three-day weekend during which millions of people

By Rob Maharry travel to see relatives and loved ones, a great day for a barbecue, and in Iowa, the opening weekend for high school baseball. All of these things are great, and contrary to some out there, I don’t think it’s wrong or insensitive to enjoy the holiday. We should, however, enjoy it with heavy hearts.

On this day, we remember the lives cut short by service to country, the families torn apart, the tears shed and just how many of our best and brightest gave literally everything that they had so we can live the way we do. We’ll never fully understand or appreciate the sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made, but it is our duty as civilians and Americans to commemorate them and ensure that their names live on for generations to come. We must also pray and work toward creating a more peaceful and just world so that more of our veterans can come home to their families and reintegrate into society in future years.

Right here in our own backyard, the annual services remind us just how important Memorial Day is, and they were particularly special this year.

Members of the Second Battery Iowa Light Artillery unit gave an earshattering demonstration of a Civil War-era cannon in Conrad, and Beaman marked 100 years of its famous Howitzer cannons during its 133rd annual Memorial Day weekend festivities.

The price of life given in defense of the United States of America is one that can never be repaid. When a soldier dies in battle, a mother and father never see their child again. A husband or wife never holds their spouse again. A child grows up without a parent, and a group of friends is always missing that one piece. Since the Revolutionary War, millions of Americans have paid this price in the war of 1812, our own Civil War, Europe, Japan, Korea, southeast Asia and the Middle East, just to name a few locations, and our brave men and women continue to offer themselves in service so that we don’t have to experience war on our turf.

School’s out, the weather is (supposed to be) warming up and summer is now in full swing. Baseball and softball are now underway, and in just a few short weeks, we’ll be celebrating Whitten Day and Black Dirt Days.

But it’s always important to remember why we are able to host these celebrations and live this way in the first place. All gave some, and some gave all. On this Memorial Day and many more to come, we remember the sacrifices of those who paid the ultimate price and never returned to their homes and families, and we are also reminded that thousands of our own soldiers are still in harm’s way in the Middle East fighting in the global War on Terrorism. May they never be forgotten.

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Grassley Q & A: Avian Flu

Question: How is the avian influenza affecting Iowa’s poultry farms and egg production?

Answer: The contagious disease known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is wiping out tens of millions of birds and costing producers hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. In an unprecedented bird flu outbreak in U.S. history, at least 30 poultry farms in Iowa this spring have detected the fast-spreading disease among their flocks. Consumers may feel the impact of higher prices at the grocery store as affected producers in the nation’s number one egg-producing state recover from the crisis and repopulate their barns.

Egg shortages in the food supply chain are becoming a growing concern as the disease spreads across the Midwest. According to Iowa’s agriculture secretary, the disease has spread to one of three laying hens in Iowa. Important biosecurity precautions require time-consuming and costly steps to ensure affected facilities are appropriately depopulated, disinfected and disease-free before resuming operations. These are necessary steps to help ensure Iowa’s egg and poultry industries remain competitive suppliers to customers who depend on Iowa producers to provide a reliable, affordable, wholesome food supply.

Question: How can authorities help producers respond?

Answer: Producers have expressed uncertainty about the lack of clarity, guidance and timeliness of government assistance. The federal Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) coordinates with state officials to implement prevention measures and quarantines to stop the disease from spreading, provides guidelines for the safe disposal and removal of the infected birds and administers assistance with the recovery process to help producers restore their flocks and protect their livelihoods. I’ve also contacted Senate appropriators to help ensure adequate money is in the pipeline to fight the disease as the committee digs into the details of its spending bills over the summer months.

Question: What other steps are you taking at the federal level to address this problem?

Answer: As a farmer, I can understand the financial and emotional toll that Iowa’s poultry producers are experiencing. When drought, disease or other disaster strikes a farm’s crop or livestock, the farmer’s capacity to recoup and recover depends on a number of factors, such as adequate insurance coverage, financing and applicable government assistance. To help expedite and coordinate effective management of this crisis, Sen. Joni Ernst and I wrote a letter to USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. It is urgent that Iowa producers are able to humanely euthanize infected flocks as quickly as possible. We called upon the USDA to deploy all available resources to help producers cope with the outbreak and effectively communicate guidelines and expectations with affected producers. We also urged Secretary Vilsack to have the USDA weigh in with private sector companies developing a vaccine for HPAI to help expedite the development and commercialization of promising vaccines so that they are an available option. Preventing future outbreaks is an important corollary to this unwelcome upset of Iowa’s farm economy. I’ve talked personally with Secretary Vilsack several times since the disease hit Iowa’s poultry barns.

As the outbreak threatens to infiltrate even more farms and create an even more expensive pinch on our rural communities and agriculture economy, I’m working to make sure Iowa’s needs are being heard in Washington.

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A little over three weeks ago, a pair of American Robins began building a nest on the top of the little gazebo/trellis structure that I built years ago at our backyard pond. It is not likely that it is the same pair that have insisted on trying to nest on one of the pillars on our front porch. If it is, then they have gotten smarter because my wife fights the effort by seeing that the start of the nest is removed regularly in an effort to “encourage” them to go elsewhere. In years past, the robins eventually win out with their persistence and we deal with the mess for awhile. This year, a feeble attempt was made and then we noticed this nest being constructed on top of the gazebo.

This choice has proven to be a great spot to allow viewing of the nesting/rearing activity from our patio door windows. I know my wife has appreciated it.

The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related.

The American robin southern Canada to central Mexico and from coast to coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

I have heard that the robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird and the European starling as the most abundant land bird in North America.

At home in both urban and even wilderness areas, robins are common sights in our yards where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. The song is that familiar “cheerio – cheerio”.

So, back to my backyard robin family. When she began incubating, I lifted my grandson, Tate, up to check the nest and he reported that there were three blue eggs.

Two weeks later the eggs hatched.

A quick internet search told me that the newly hatched baby weighs about the same as a quarter. It was a couple of days later that I discovered a baby floating in the pond which sits below the nestsite – a hazard of building a nest where they did. And a fall from the nest at that age would have had the same result whether over water or land.

The remaining two young continued to be fed by both parents.

Conservation Comments

By KEVIN WILLIAMS Grundy County Conservation Director Although it seems that the female makes more trips to the nest with food. Starting with regurgitated food, the parents quickly move to bits of worms and graduate to whole worms and large insects. And somebody calculated that a young robin may eat 14 feet of earthworms in a two-week nest life!

The nest is kept clean by the parents removing the fecal material (which is in a tough sac). The other morning, I observed a parent after feeding a youngster, pick up the sac and swallow it. Maybe TMI for some but very interesting.

The young will be leaving the nest after about 14-16 days after hatching which should be around Memorial Day for our fledglings. The male will tend the fledged young while the female begins a second nesting attempt if they are an average nesting pair. Sometimes there may even be a third brood reared.

After they fledge, the babies are at their most vulnerable time. Remember one third of the nestlings perished already. But these others will spend several days on or near the ground strengthening wings and learning flight. At this time they are the most susceptible to being caught by predators. The most likely being the uninvited cat that I have seen around the last few days.

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THIS WEEK

ALBION Albion United Methodist Church Pastor – Cheryl Ridenour Sundays 8:30 a.m. – Worship Service BANGOR Bangor Liberty Friends Church Pastor – Manny Garcia Sunday Service 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. – Worship 11 - 11:30 a.m., Sunday School BEAMAN Beaman United Methodist Church Pastor – Gene Kubli 11 a.m. – Worship Celebration CONRAD Alice Church of God Pastor – Jim Hartman Every Sunday 9:15 a.m. – Sunday School 10:30 a.m. – Worship Service Second Wednesday CC Inc Youth Ministries Youth Leader – Scott Hand Wednesdays 6:30-8:30, 7th -12th Grades Conrad United Methodist Church Pastor – Gene Kubli 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship First Presbyterian Church of Conrad Pastor – Kerry Carson Sunday, May 31 9 a.m., Adult Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Fellowship 5 p.m., Vacation Bible School Monday, June 1 10 a.m., Pastor’s Coffee Table 6 p.m., Vacation Bible School

Sundays 9 & 10:45 a.m. - Worship in Chapel (Cafe Style) & Auditorium St. Henry Catholic Church – Marshalltown Father Don Czapla St. Mary Catholic Church Father Jim Miller Saturday Masses 4:30 p.m. - (English) 6:30 p.m. - (Spanish) Sunday Masses 9 a.m. - (English) 11:30 a.m. - (Spanish) Elim Lutheran Church – ELCA Sunday 8 a.m. - Choir Rehearsal 9 a.m. – Worship Service 10 a.m. – Fellowship 10:15 a.m. – Sunday School/ Adult Forum Wednesday 6:30 p.m. – Confirmation Saturday 5 p.m. - Worship, Communion Monday 7 p.m. - Bible Study Evangelical Free Church Pastor Bob Kosbau Sundays 9 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) 10:15 a.m. Worship Redeemer Lutheran Church Sundays 9 a.m. - Divine Service 10 a.m. - Visitation 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Adult Bible Class Wednesday 6:15 p.m. - Individual Absolution 7 p.m. - Responsive Prayer

Wednesday, June 3 6 p.m., Vacation Bible School

UNION Calvary Baptist Church Pastor - Roger Crawford Sunday Services 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 10:45 a.m. - Church Service 6:45 p.m. - AWANA 6:45 p.m. - Pro-Teens

IVESTER Ivester Church of the Brethren Pastor- Katie Shaw-Thompson Sundays 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship Noon potluck

Church of Christ Rev. Rick Schill Sunday Services 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship Service Second Wednesday 1:30 p.m. - Women’s Bible Class

Tues., June 2 6 a.m., Promise Keepers 10 a.m., Pastor’s Coffee Table 6 p.m., Vacation Bible School

LISCOMB Bethel Grove Christian Church Pastor - Cynthia Moore Every Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Worship Service Liscomb Church of Christ Pastor- Ralph Norman Thurs., May 28 630 p.m., Bible Study Sunday, May 31 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship Service Tuesday, June 2 6 p.m., Vacation Bible School Meeting MARSHALLTOWN New Hope Christian Church Saturdays 5:30 p.m. - Worship Service

Union Community Church Rev. Rick Schill Every Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School and Morning Worship First Wednesday 7 p.m. - Church Board First Thursday 1 p.m. - Willing Workers WHITTEN Whitten Community Church Pastor - Jim Hartman Every Sunday 9 a.m. - Worship 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School Thursday 6:30 p.m. - Prayer Meeting

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Grundy Co. Master Gardeners offering scholarship to Grundy county students

Obituary Larry L. Benson

Larry Benson passed away at the Iowa River Hospice in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Monday, May 18, 2015, at age 75 from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. A Family Visitation will be held on Friday, May 29 from 7-9 pm at the Minerva Wesley Chapel. A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel on Saturday, May 30 at 1 p.m. with a private interment of his ashes at the Reinbeck Cemetery later. (For GPS search, the Chapel is located ¼ mile north of 1624 Hopkins Ave., Albion, Iowa 50005.) In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Minerva Wesley Chapel in care of Betty Humphreys, 1624 Hopkins Avenue, Albion, IA 50005. Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.iowacremation.com under Obituaries.

Larry was born to Linda and Leslie Benson of Reinbeck on August 19, 1939. He graduated from Dinsdale Consolidated School in 1958. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force, married Gail Heaton, and settled in Evergreen, Colorado where they started a family and owned and operated a fire wood company. He eventually moved back to Iowa to the Conrad-Beaman area where he started Benson Backhoe.

Larry was a proud father to Deanna and Karrie Benson; grandfather to Meghan, Jake, Tessa and Kristie; and great-grandfather to Lyla Lee. His children and grandchildren were the light of his life; nothing put the twinkle in Larry’s eyes more than talking about Deanna, his Grandchildren, and Lyla.

Larry was known for his sense of humor and quick wit; he had a joke for every occasion and could tell them non-stop. He loved children and they loved him. He made fun wherever he went. A perfect day for Larry was a visit from friends, fishing, family gatherings or playing cards and laughing with his dear and devoted companion, Betty.

Larry loved traveling and exploring new places on road trips around Iowa and the Midwest with Betty. Larry never met a stranger and he collected friends wherever he went.

Larry was preceded in death by his mother and father, Linda and Leslie Benson; an infant son Kenneth; and daughter, Karrie.

He leaves behind his daughter Deanna McDougal, (Mark) and grandchildren Meghan, Jake, Tessa, and Kristie, and one great-granddaughter, Lyla all of Green Mountain Falls and Colorado Springs, Colorado; the love of his life, Betty Humphreys of Albion; two brothers, Jerry, (Jolene) of Garwin and Randy (Rita) of Reinbeck; three sisters, Marie Brown of Hudson, Judy Benson-Rice (John) of Lee’s Summit, MO, and Darlene Beller (Tom) of Overland Park, KS; and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Thomas L. Thomas

Thomas L. Thomas (Tom) born November 30, 1945, in Monticello, son of Newton and Frances (Bossler) Thomas passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 13, 2015 in Barrington, Illinois. A funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Monticello at 10:30 on June 6. Visitation at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established and memorials can be directed to C/O Thomas Thomas Memorial, 2445 College Green Dr Elgin IL 60124.

Tom grew up in Monticello and graduated from Sacred Heart School in 1964. Tom began working at a very young age at his family’s business, Thomas Bakery in Monticello.

His working career also included working as a mechanic, assistant manager of the Cliff House in Decorah, Iowa, owning The Board Walk in Whitten, Iowa and working at Lennox Manufacturing in Marshalltown, Iowa for 24 years retiring in 2008. He was fondly called Tom Tom by his co-workers.

Tom was best known for his zany sense of humor and distinctive laugh.

Tom was always available to lend a hand whenever anyone needed help. He constantly worked on projects and tinkered with things. He loved to cook, and enjoyed traveling during his retirement. He frequented the casinos and was an avid collector of lighthouses. We pray the lighthouse’s beacon will shelter and guide him as he reaches the greatest peace and glory of God’s promises.

He is survived by his children, Teresa (Thomas) Ford, San Tan Valley, Arizona, Tammy (Ron) Weedin, Omaha, Nebraska, Tracy (Steve) Knutson, Round Lake Beach, Illinois, Tonya (Rolan) Salvanera, Elgin, Illinois, Tina (Nick) Pelinski South Elgin, Illinois, Tim Thomas, LeGrand, Kim (Aron) Wanken, Union, Michael Thomas, Union; daughter-in-law Meridith Thomas of Conrad; and 13 grandchildren. Also surviving are siblings, Mary (Carl) Muller, Monticello, Janice ( Mike) Waterhouse Eagan, Minnesota, Karolyn Postawko, Union, Missouri, Helen (Richard) Black, Farley, Jim (Bonnie) Thomas, Marion; sister-in-law, Jerene Thomas of Marion.

He was preceded by his mother, Frances (Bossler) Thomas; his brother Edwin Thomas; and nephew Craig Thomas.

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To celebrate 60th anniversary

Jerry and Barbara (Stanley) Miller will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on June 5, 2015.

Please shower them with cards and good wishes at: P.O Box 154, Conrad, IA 50621 What wonderful role models you are! Happy Anniversary from all of us. We love you!

-Allen and Sandi, LeAnn and Denny, Lynne and Kenny, Laurie and Terry, Lisa and Marcus, Todd and Tammy and all of your grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Krause receives degree from Indiana State

Austin Krause, MS, LAT, ATC received his Master of Sciences degree in Athlete Training from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN during commencement ceremonies on May 9th. Austin is a 2009 graduate of BCLUW and a 2013 graduate of Central College in Pella, IA. Austin and his wife McKaylee will be relocating to Mesa, AZ where he will be employed with the Chicago Cubs organization at their training facility.

Celebrating 80 years

Jerry Hogan, husband of Shirley Snyder Hogan, is celebrating his 80th birthday on June 1st. Jerry grew up in Rockford, Il. and operated a Tool and Die business there for many years.

After retirement, Jerry and Shirley made their home on an acreage near Wellsburg, IA .

Please join us in celebrating Jerry’s 80th birthday by sending a birthday card to Jerry Hogan, P.O. Box 9, Wellsburg, IA 50680.

The Grundy County Master Gardeners are once again offering a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior in high school at any of the schools in Grundy County. Applicant must be a resident of Grundy county who plans to enter as a full time student with a declared major in agronomy, horticulture, floriculture, landscape horticulture, nursery & garden management, greenhouse production, turf grass science & management or agriculture undeclared in a two or four year program.

Applications and more information can be found at the ISU Grundy County Extension & Outreach website www.extension.iastate.edu/ grundy or picked up at the Extension office at 703 F Avenue, Suite 1, Grundy Center, IA or by contacting Extension Program Director Shari Sell-Bakker at 319-824-6979 or sellbakk@iastate.edu. Applications are due to the Extension office no later than 4:30 p.m. on May 1, 2015.

Master Gardeners are members of the Grundy county community who take an active interest in growing flowers, vegetables, fruits, shrubs, trees and lawns. “What really sets them apart from other home gardeners is their commitment to learning and sharing what they learn with others”, said Grundy County Extension & Outreach Program Director Shari Sell-Bakker.

College of Human Sciences scholarship recipents announced

AMES — Iowa State University announced the continuing students who will receive scholarships from the College of Human Sciences for the 2015-16 academic year.

Claire Anderson, from Conrad, Iowa (50621), will receive the Smith-Anderson FCS Scholarship.

Anderson is a senior studying Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies.

Jenna Roeding, from Reinbeck, Iowa (50669), will receive the Blanche Miller Scholarship. Roeding is a senior studying Pre-Dietetics/Dietetics.

The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences and its academic departments have awarded more than $1 million in student scholarships and awards for the 2015-16 academic year.

News from Ivester

Senior Breakfast Seniors will be served breakfast at 9 am on Sunday, May 31 by the youth.

Yard Sale Please contact Jennie Barwick or Alice Draper if you have items for sale at the Grundy Yard sale. Deadline is June 16.

Service Take time to help serve a meal at

the House of Compassion with IA River Church on Thursday, June 11 or with Ivester Church on June 12.

Please arrive by 4:15 pm to assist setting up for serving.

On Call Deacons on call May 29 – 30 are Marlene Dickerson and Alice Draper. Any deacon can be notified any time.

Relay for Life Fundraiser

LINCOLN Salem Church Rev. Barb Muhs, Pastor

Thursdays and Fridays May 28 & 29 June 4 & 5

9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship Service

HCSB - Union and Liscomb Offices

Apple, Cherry or Blueberry

GREEN PRODUCTS General Office & Plant Conrad (641) 366-2001

mini pie - $2.00 each

Support American Cancer Society’s Hardin County Relay for Life

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Legal

Legal May 18, 2015 The BCLUW Board of Education met in Regular Session on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 5:02 p.m. in the Media Center at the BCLUW High School. Present on a roll call vote was Board Vice President: LJ Kopsa, Board Members: Brian Feldpausch, Lynne Kock, Matt Garber, Beth Neff and Eric Engle. Also present was Superintendent: Ben Petty, Secretary/Treasurer: Paula Benson, Principals: Cari Teske and Mitch Parker, Teachers: Roberta Vanderah and Anthony Jahr, and a member of the press. Board President: Shannan Callaway entered at 5:45 p.m.

SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK: Midwest One brought pizza for the Board and the Conrad American Legion Auxiliary Unit #681 brought dessert for the Board.

AGENDA: Motion by Garber, second by Feldpausch to approve the agenda as presented.

All ayes. Motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Feldpausch, second by Kock to approve the minutes of April 13, 2015 and May 6, 2015 board meetings. All ayes.

Motion carried.

FINANCIALS: Mr. Petty spoke of some concerns of the nutrition fund; increased costs of food and more fresh produce along with some repairs that occurred have reduced the nutrition fund balance. We will look at increasing our hot lunch fees - Mr. Petty did a survey of the conference schools and there is only one school that charges less than we do for hot lunch. Motion

by Neff second by Kock to approve the financial reports and payment of invoices as presented.

All ayes. Motion carried.

HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CURRICULUM REPORT: Mrs. Vanderah and Mr. Jahr gave the high school science curriculum report. Integrated I and II are required for freshman and taught by Mr. Jahr, Biology I and II are required for sophomores and are co-taught by both Mr. Jahr and Mrs. Vanderah, Chemistry and Physics along with every other year of Advanced Biology or Advanced Chemistry are taught by Mrs. Vanderah. Mr. Jahr also teaches Anatomy, Integrated III and Environmental Science. The science teachers said they are moving towards aligning with NGSS – Next Generation Science Standards that is more centered on core ideas.

NGSS has a much better hands on, is better for assessments and it’s laid out standard by standard. They would also like to expand the roll the science club plays with recycling of the lunch waste – making compost to sell in the spring. When the Board asked what they could do for them, Mr. Jahr and Mrs. Vanderah said both rooms are not conducive to labs – there is only a few feet of counter space and it’s against the wall and there is no safety equipment in Mr. Jahr’s room. Also they asked when the flooring is replaced, that it be replaced with a vinyl instead of carpet.

POSITIVE SHARING: High School Principal, Cari Teske shared there have been lots of opportunities for students with Battle of the Books, Spring Extravaganza, Career Conference, Fine Arts Night, Senior Awards Night, Baccalaureate and graduation and the success of the track teams. NHS students also spent a Saturday morning cleaning ditches as a community service project and a blood drive was held at the high school. Mrs. Teske also shared 5 students attended the VREP Showcase in Des Moines.

It was a great opportunity for students and staff to see how virtual reality is used in the workplace. Mrs. Vanderah hosted a Star Lab class for interested area teachers who would like to be trained in using the lab – it is for teaching astrology and was borrowed from the AEA and involves a computer projecting on the ceiling of a blown up dome.

Elementary Principal Mitch Parker shared Mrs. Seeman, Mrs. Feldpausch, and Ms. Nederhoff did an excellent job of preparing their students for the preschool -2nd grade spring music concert. The students did a great job singing and knowing their parts in the program. The teachers are continuing to provide hands-on/real world learning opportunities in the classroom with such things as in 4th grade science, students are being taught about reptiles and fish and as a real world experience Mrs. Cole & Ms. Parry took the kids to Pine Lake where they were able to catch some fish and make connections to the curriculum. In 3rd grade, Mrs. Billington and Mrs. Shultz are teaching the students about communities and the students visited the Living History Farms to learn about communities of the past. In 2nd grade Mrs. Eckerman and Mrs. Warden took a trip to Hansen’s Dairy to see the farming industry and how

farms function in today’s business community.

Middle School Principal Dirk Borgman’s positive sharing included there was great participation by students in track this spring with 25 boys and 30 girls participating with a number of records being broken. Mr. Borgman thanked the coaches for encouraging the young athletes.

5th Graders went to Exercising Your Character in Des Moines where they heard motivational speakers and they also went on their annual Spring Brook trip that is always a highlight of the middle school students’ experiences. The middle school continues to work on safety through the implementation of ALICE. Students and staff had an intruder evacuation drill and afterwards, students had lots of good questions where there were discussions about options and what to do.

PERSONNEL: Motion by Feldpausch, second

by Garber to approve the following resignations: Nessa Summers as an elementary special education teacher effective the end of the 2014-15 school year.

Luke Higgins as the HS Assistant Boys Basketball Coach effective immediately.

All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by Engle, second by Garber to offer the following contracts: To Kristyn Kell as the new High School Principal effective 8/10/15 To Sue Stambaugh as the Food Service Director effective the 2015-16 school year To Luke Higgins as the High School Head Boys Basketball Coach effective the 2015-16 season.

To David Lee as the High School Head Girls Basketball Coach effective the 2015-16 season.

To Ashlee Higgins, a one-year contract as the Assistant High School Softball Coach for the summer of 2015.

Motion by Neff second by Kopsa to increase Paula Benson’s salary by $39.85 for 205 days due to additional responsibilities and to increase Cami Parker an additional hour per day and to make her a 260-day employee. All ayes.

Motion carried.

SUMMER REC CONTRACTS: Motion by Feldpausch, second by Engle to approve the summer rec contracts as presented by Curt Paugh.

All ayes. Motion carried.

SHARING AGREEEMENT W/E-NP FOR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER: Motion by Kock, Second by Feldpausch to approve the agreement with E-NP for an English as a second language teacher. BCLUW will be assigned 1% of her contract time.

All ayes. Motion carried.

SHARING AGREEMENT WITH GRUNDY CENTER FOR A SHARED NURSE: Motion

by Feldpausch, second by Neff to approve the 60/40 nurse sharing agreement with Grundy Center for 2015-16. All ayes. Motion carried.

FUNDRAISER: The HS Football team asked for permission from the Board to sell Caseys pizza cards in fall of 2015 – they want to purchase an end zone camera. Motion by Engle, second

by Kopsa to approve the fundraiser. All ayes.

Motion carried.

INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT: Motion

by Neff, second by Feldpausch to approve the Vulcan VC Series Gas Convection Oven for the middle school at a cost of $3,365 and a Southbend Model #KTLG-30 tilting kettle at a cost of $16,750. All ayes. Motion carried.

COMMENDATIONS: Motion by Garber, second

by Feldpausch to approve the following commendations: 1. 4th Graders “Jump Rope for the Heart” – Raised $1,052 for the American Heart Association: Mr. Randy Omvig 2. Prom 2015 – Jr. & Sr. Classes and Sponsors 3. 2015 After Prom Committee 4. Tony Pieper being named Iowa Reading Association Teacher of the Year 5. Students that attended the CTE Extravaganza: Mr. David Butler, Mrs. Karen Hammers, Mr. Jim Moeller 6. 3rd & 4th Grade Concert, Mrs. Dee Seeman 7. Middle School Band & Vocal Concert: Mr. Bradley Wilson, Mr. David Bartling & Mrs. Dee Seeman 8. Fine Arts Concert: Mr. Bradley Wilson, Mrs. Jami Willett, Mr. David Bartling, Ms. Cindy Frost, Mrs. Gina Dinsmore & Mrs. Jackie Stevens 9. Qualifier at the Drake Relays: Mallory Vawter and Will Garber 10. 1st Place finish in 100 meter hurdles and 3rd Place finish in the Long Jump @ Drake Relays: Mallory Vawter 11. PreK – 2nd Grade Music Concert, Mrs. Dee Seeman & Mrs. Jen Feldpausch 12. NICL West Athlete of the Year: Mallory Vawter 13. NICL West Coach of the Year: Theresa Penick 14. Fisher Community Center Art Exhibits: Bob-

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Legals bi Paper, Alexa Callaway, Jaydon Dolash, Tynea Gerbo, Ashley Wynn, Charles Neff, Devon Crompton, Mikaela Simpson, David Flowers, Gavin Lewis, Abigail McLean, Mary Merseal, Blake Schleisman, Jessica Popejoy-Geiken, Tullie Wyatt, Haley Veldhouse, Melanie Selken, Ross Wolken, Jorie Oaks, Clay Silver, Jay Borgman, Katelynn Choate, Peytience Rice, Helen Beyer, Cierra Meinecke, Kaitlyn Moore and Jacinta Treft, Addison Moeller, Parker Bergman, Abbigail Warnell, Ainsley Geelhart, Savannah Moeller, Raegan Crawford, Lydia Hand, Amber Parks, Lindsay Beeghly, Brody Aswegan and Carter Kemp All Ayes. Motion carried.

REVIEW OF POLICIES: 410.2, 410.3, 410.4, 411.1, 411.2, 411.3, 411.4, 411.5, 411.6, 411.7, 411.8, 412.1, 412.2, 412.3, 412.4, 413.1: Motion by Feldpausch, second by Kock to approve Policies 410.2, 410.4, 411.1, 411.2, 411.3, 411.4, 411.5, 411.6, 411.7, 411.8, 412.1, 412.2, 412.3, 412.4 and 413.1 and to waive any additional readings. Policy 410.3 will be brought back in June with revisions. All Ayes. Motion carried.

Mrs. Teske stated the district may want to look at additional ways to hold students accountable for attendance.

IAEP PURCHASING AGREEMENT: Motion by Feldpausch second by Kock to approve the agreement with the Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing for the 2015-2016 school year. All ayes. Motion carried.

CONSIDERATION OF NEW ELEMENTARY READING SERIES: Mr. Parker discussed the new reading series that he asked the Board to approve. It is the newest version of what we currently use – Reading Street 2013 by Pearson. Additional gradeswould plan to be phased in over a 2-3 year period. The cost of the complete series, K-4 is $35,000. Motion by Feldpausch, second by Neff to approve purchasing the reading series for grades kindergarten and 1st grade. All ayes. Motion carried.

REVISED AUDITORIUM SEATING: With the revision of the removable seats in the last two rows in the center isle on the south side it will reduce the total seating by two seats, leaving 288 new seats to be installed. Motion by Neff, second by Kopsa to approve the revision per the Board’s request. All ayes. Motion carried.

SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS: Mr. Petty went over the list of summer projects and building repairs – The big projects this summer will be the auditorium seating and the wrestling/ multi-purpose room. Mr. Petty said we are still looking at playground designs,and in the 201617 school year he recommends we do some remodeling of the old wing of the high school.

Before we remodel locker rooms and restrooms, we need to replace all the old piping.

We have received two estimates and it’s going to cost $60,000 to do a complete re-piping. The track will also need to be resurfaced in the next couple of years. Mr. Petty then discussed the TLC grant we were notified that we received for the 2016-17 school year. It will fund a variety of teacher leadership positions.

NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting of the Board will be held at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at the High School in Conrad.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.

Shannan Callaway, President Paula Benson, Secretary/Treasurer

Legal Board Report May 2015 Activity Account Vendor NameInvoice Detail Description.Amount A Special Event Dj, Dj - Prom 2015.... 1,350.00 Agile Sports Technologies, Vb Video Edit/Analysis..................................................... 1,600.00 American Heart Association, Cash From Jump Rope For Heart...................................... 399.50 Bank Of Montreal, Staples/Ad Supplies........... ........................................................... 5,428.26 Baratta's, Prom 2016 Deposit Fee........ 750.00 Bcluw General Fund, Reimburse Cheer Mileage.......................................................... 28.56 Bcluw Music Boosters, Coffee Concert Admissions................................................... 1,790.00 Burke Corporation, Concession Supplies-Taco Meat...................................................... 335.00 Casey's General Stores Inc, Concession Supplies......................................................... 80.00 Cash/Cami Parker, Meal Money Drake Relays. ................................................................ 60.00 Coca-Cola Refreshments Usa Inc, Ms Teacher Lounge Supplies.................................... 103.20 Decker Sports, Sb Supplies.................. 414.00 Dike-N.h. Schools, Nicl Indoor Tr @ Wartburg. .............................................................. 126.64 Drake Realays Entries, Entry Fee - 2 @ $10... ................................................................ 20.00 East Marshall Schools, Hs Girls Tr Entry Fee.. .............................................................. 150.00 Hawkeye Stages, Prom Charter Buses............ ........................................................... 3,868.00 Heart Of Iowa Ventures Llc, Drama Supplies... .............................................................. 242.05 Hometown Foods, Comet Cafe Supplies......... .............................................................. 730.57 Hudson Schools, Hs B Tr Entry Fee 4/16/15.... ................................................................ 80.00 Hutch Screen Printing & Embroidery, Resale Apparel-Spring Play........................... 1,844.00 Iowa Girls Coaches Association, Spring Sb Clinic........................................................ 50.00 Iowa High School Music Association, Lge Group Vocal Fest Registration................ 85.00 Iowa Hs Music Association, Solo/Ensemble Registrations........................................... 84.00 Iowa Hs Speech Association, Speech Medals & Certs........................................................ 37.00 Iowa Sports Supply, Summer Rec Resale Apparel................................................... 1,078.52 Karen Caters Cupcakes, Nhs Banquet Supplies......................................................... 75.00 Lee, David, Track Starter 3/30/15.......... 140.00 Martin Bros Distributing, Coffee Shop Supplies .............................................................. 421.72 Menards, Art Supplies........................... 496.78 Mull, Rick, Memorial................................ 25.00 Nassp, Student Council Assn Renewal... 95.00 Oriental Trading Co Inc, Prom Supplies.. 51.99 Pace Supply, Sb & Ba Supplies.......... 1,004.50 Park Place Event Centre, Prom 2015 Balance. ........................................................... 9,084.60 Pepper & Son Inc, J.w., Vocal Supplies.339.44 Pepsi-Cola, Concession Supplies......... 335.35 Physiotherapy Associates............, Sports Med Services Spring 2015............................ 935.00 Pieper, Leah, Spring Mail Tote Carrier..... 50.00 Prom Nite, Prom Invitations................... 179.74 Sam's Club, Concession Supplies...... 1,257.30 Something To Share, Nhs Flowers.......... 96.25 South Hardin High School., Girls Hs Track Entry Fee 4/13/15............................................. 75.00 South Tama Schools, Co-Ed Track Entry Fee.. ............................................................ q160.00 Van Cleave, Jill, Memorial....................... 25.00 Walmart Community/Rfcsllc, Comet Cafe Supplies....................................................... 721.13 Grand Total:...................................... 36,303.10 Board Report May 2015 General Fund Vendor NameInvoice Detail Description.Amount 1St Class Lighting, Custodial Supplies..379.25 Acco Brands Usa Llc, Laminator Film.....36.10 Advance Garage Doors Inc, Repair Garage Door.......................................................125.00 Airgas Usa, Llc, Ind Arts Supplies.........128.10 Alliant Energy, Natural Gas & Electricity........... .........................................................12,604.39 Ames Environmental Inc, Inspect/Sample Water Pipes................................................327.00 Area Education Agency 267, Official’s Pmt

Forms....................................................355.65 Arnold Motor Supply, Transportation Supplies. ..............................................................391.26 Bcluw Activity, Reimburse Athletic Dept Bb Mileage....................................................28.80 Bcluw Hot Lunch, Dec, Jan, Feb, March, April Pre School Milk.....................................185.44 Bdh Technology, May Tech Services..3,330.00 Benson, Paula, Mileage............................6.46 Blick Art Materials, Elem Art Supplies...273.91 Blink Electric, Palm Sander Repair.........29.50 Casey’s General Stores Inc, Spec Ed Gas & Gasohol..............................................1,487.14 Central Iowa Distributing Inc, Custodial Supplies....................................................1,094.22 Central Iowa Water Association, Water @ Whitten...........................................................22.20 Chemsearch, Custodial Supplies..........899.56 City Of Conrad, Water & Sewer In Conrad....... ...........................................................2,160.61 City Of Union, Water & Sewer @ Ms.....191.61 Conrad Auto Supply, Custodial Supplies.119.18 Conrad Postmaster, Stamps...................21.00 Conrad Tire & Auto Service, Vehicle Tires........ ..............................................................679.20 Craig, Smith & Cutler Llp, Legal Fees...218.75 Crop Porduction Services Inc., Gasohol, Diesel & Supplies..........................................4,707.64 Dave’s Crane & Wrecker Service, Tow Bus #5 To M’town..............................................350.00 Department Of Education Int Admin, Bus Inspections...............................................600.00 Dhs Cashier 1St Fl, February Service...803.68 Dielschneider, Gloria, April Mileage.........46.80 Eckerman, Mary, Reimburse Conference Reg Fees........................................................75.00 Eldora-New Providence Csd, 2014-15 Esl Sharing Agreement.............................1,684.86 Fastenal Company, Industrial Arts, Transportation Supplies............................................11.33 Heart Of Iowa Communications.......... , Phone Service/Internet/Fiber............................587.23 Higgins, Ashlee, Reimburse Comet Van Fuel... ................................................................22.78 Hines, Alison, April Mileage...................200.00 Hoglund Bus Co Inc, Transportation Supplies.. ..............................................................325.02 Hometown Foods, Cte Extravaganza/Board Supplies.................................................281.35 Iowa Communications Network, April Service.. ..................................................................2.15 Iowa Reading Association, Conference Registration....................................................240.50 Iowa Hs Speech Association, All-State Speech Banner.....................................................40.00 Iowa State University, Basic Elec WorkshopButler.....................................................500.00 Iowa Valley Community College District, Spring Contracted Classes & Career Academy........... .........................................................23,676.00 Jostens Inc, Academic Honor Medals...363.00 Kapaun & Brown Inc, Hvac Work - New Wr Room.....................................................198.00 Knight’s Sanitation, April Service...........204.00 Know Buddy Resources, Elem Library Books.. ..............................................................235.92 Lee Mowing, Building Sites Lawn Care............ ...........................................................2,096.80 Martin Bros Distributing, Preschool Supplies... ..............................................................312.15 Menards, Custodial Supplies...................54.62 Mid-American Research Chemical Corp, Custodial Supplies.......................................121.13 Moler Sanitation Inc, April Service.........625.00 Northwest Evaluation Association, Map Testing 6,230.00 Paxton/Patterson Llc......., Maple Tabletop For Vises...................................................1,295.00 Pepper & Son Inc, J.w., Ms Vocal Supplies...... ..............................................................329.98 Perfection Learning, Elem Library Books......... ..............................................................188.85 Petty, Ben, March & April Mileage.........495.30 Plumbmaster, Custodial Supplies.......1,082.09 Positive Promotions, Elem Supplies......163.61 Quality Services, Vehicle Repair...........525.55 Quill Corporation, Elem Supplies..........189.43 Rash, Tammy, Reimburse Lost Book Found.... ................................................................13.00 Schnathorst, Kara, Mileage To Cedar Falls...... ................................................................35.10 School Bus Sales, Transportation Supplies..... ..............................................................401.17 Secretary Of State, Notary Public Renewal..... ................................................................30.00 Strand’s, Custodial Supplies..................209.66 Syncb/Amazon, Ms Supplies & Library Books. ..............................................................557.00 Tech Leaders Llc, Iowa 1:1 Conf Registration.. ..............................................................395.00 Teske, Cari, April Mileage........................52.07 Thomas Bus Sales, Transportation Supplies... ..............................................................275.10 Timberline Billing Service Llc, February Service..........................................................80.31 Total Administrative Services Corp, Flex Plan Admin Fee June 2015...........................105.00 Trinkle, Kelly,Mileage...............................43.68 Unifirst Corporation, Transportation Supplies... ................................................................54.00 Union Auto Inc, Repair Spec Ed Vehicle.796.71 U.s. Cellular, Cell Phone Service............17.46 Walmart Community/Rfcsllc, Career Day/Elem/ Preschool Supplies................................319.49 Warden, Tonya, Reimburse Conf Regis Fees.. ................................................................80.00 Waverly-Shell Rock Csd, 3Rd Quarter Students.................................................16,470.00 Wbc Mechanical Inc, Repair Water Heater @ Ms..........................................................952.25 Fund Total.........................................94,846.10 Management Fund Mmsc, Work Comp Claim......................153.00 Fund Total..............................................153.00 Perl Fund..........................................................

Aaa Septic Service Inc, Rental 2 Units..150.00 Fund Total..............................................150.00 Ppel Fund Area Education Agency 267............ , Macbook Adaptors.............................................1,466.75 Equipment Finance, Usbancorp, Copier Lease ...........................................................3,725.00 Kapaun & Brown Inc, Repair Hvac @ Ms........ ...........................................................4,075.03

Fund Total...........................................9,266.78 Save Fund Bdh Technology, 48 Port Edgeswitch & Supplies....................................................1,315.10 Control System Specialists, District Heating System...............................................8,178.51 Lee Mowing, Athletic Fields Lawn Care........... ...........................................................4,333.50 Olson Engineering Llc., Wrestling Room Field & Lab Testing............................................362.20 Structural Engineers Pc, Wrestling Room Project Fees..............................................1,065.02 Syncb/Amazon, Chromebooks, Projectors & Supplies..............................................1,488.06 Grand Total:......................................16,742.39 Board Report May 2015 Hot Lunch Account Vendor NameInvoice Detail Description.Amount Anderson Erickson Dairy Co, Milk Food Supplies..................................................... 2,573.40 Arends, Janet, Reimburse Hot Lunch Account.. ................................................................. 38.95 Cash/Peg Brown, Reimburse Seniors Lunch Balance.................................................... 35.35 Earthgrains Baking Co’s Inc, Bread Food Supplies........................................................ 917.58 Frzer, Linda, Reimburse Hot Lunch Account..... ................................................................. 21.95 Keck Inc, Commodities........................ 1,818.62 Martin Bros Distributing, Food, Kitchen & Ala Carte Supplies................................... 13,152.33 Pepsi Cola, Drink Food Supplies............ 285.89 Rapids, Kitchen Supplies....................... 518.28 Stambaugh, Susan, Mileage.................... 17.16 Grand Total:....................................... 19,379.51

Legal BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS The Grundy County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on May 18, 2015, at 9:00 A.M. Chairperson Schildroth called the meeting to order with the following members present: Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena.

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

Motion was made by Smith and seconded by Riekena to approve plans and specifications on D-17 hot mix asphalt overlay (HMA) Project No. STP-S-CO38(97)—5E-38 and T-25 HMA overlay Project No. FM-CO38(96)—55-38 for IDOT letting of contract bids on August 18, 2015, and to authorize the Board of Supervisors to sign said plans. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Smith to approve Adopt-A-Highway Permit No. 2015-01 request by Dike New Hartford School on T-55 from the City of Dike north 3 miles and to authorize the chairperson to sign said permit.

Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Riekena and seconded

by Ross to approve Utility Permit Application No. 5-18-15a to REC of Grundy Center, Iowa, on relocating a three-phase pole at the southwest corner of the intersection of J Avenue and 180th Street and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Ross and seconded by Bakker to approve Utility Permit Application No. 5-18-15b to Heart of Iowa Communications of Union, Iowa, on fiber cable installation per map which was submitted and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Smith and seconded

by Schildroth to approve Consulting Engineering Contract with Calhoun-Burns of West Des Moines, Iowa, on design services for Bridge C-29 and to authorize the chairperson to sign said agreement. Carried unanimously.

Gary Mauer, County Engineer, reviewed department matters with the Board.

Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Smith to approve the application for fireworks permit of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Wellsburg. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Smith and seconded

by Ross to approve the request from the Felix Grundy Festival Planning Committee for the use of the courthouse grounds and gazebo on July 9 through July 12, 2015. Carried unanimously.

Motion was made by Riekena and seconded

by Bakker to approve payment of the following bills: (Carried unanimously.)

ACES, services.................................. 7492.16 Advanced Environ, services............... 7385.00 Advanced Systems, supplies............... 164.73 Agvantage FS, fuel............................. 5276.08 Ahlers & Cooney, services.................... 545.50 Airgas USA, supplies.............................. 91.00 Alliant Energy, service........................ 2099.92 Allied Manatts Group, rock............... 30757.52 Cole Anderson, reimb exp........................ 8.11 Andy's Auto Parts, supplies.................... 67.74 Automotive Solutions, parts.................. 154.02 Charles Bakker, mileage........................ 23.20

Bankers Leasing, maintenance............ 200.00 Black Hills Energy, service................... 899.18 BMC Aggregates, rock..................... 57533.48 Lori Byers, mtg exp................................ 25.32 Calhoun-Burns, services.................... 3847.00 Central Iowa Distrib, supplies............... 310.60 Central Iowa Water, service.................... 20.36 Amy Clapp, mileage............................. 151.04 Cooley Pumping, service...................... 540.00 Cooley Sanitation, service...................... 70.00 Crop Production Services, fuel............. 697.81 Dell Marketing, supplies..................... 2279.12 Dependable Automotive, parts............... 59.76 Dollar General, supplies....................... 103.50 Eastern Iowa Tire, supplies................ 1886.60 Ed Stivers Ford, vehicle................... 31700.00 Wayne Eilers, twp mtgs........................ 125.00 Electrical Engineering, services........... 512.13 Farmers Feed & Supply, parts................ 62.04 French-Hand Home, services............. 1000.00 GCR Tires, supplies............................. 764.20 Gehrke Quarries, rock...................... 38684.51 Gillund Enterprises, parts..................... 203.00 GNB Bank, loan pmt....................... 953333.75 Griggs Environmental, services.......... 1104.67 City of GC, landfill exp.......................... 120.00 GCMU, service..................................... 752.64 GCMU, service................................... 2595.01 GCMH, services..................................... 25.00 Grundy County Engineer, fuel............ 4415.21 Grundy County Health, grant............ 10245.72 Grundy County REC, service ............ 1176.75 Grundy County Sheriff, services........... 387.50 H L W Engineering, services.............. 3500.00 Hardin County Sheriff, services............ 125.00 Heart of Iowa Comm, service................. 36.13 Heartland Co-op, fuel........................... 164.88 Holiday Inn Airport, mtg exp................. 504.00 Bryon Hook, twp mtgs.......................... 125.00 Hotsy Equipment, supplies................... 545.00 Jesse Huisman, reimb exp................... 128.05 Hupp Toyotalift, services....................... 145.33 IACCB, dues....................................... 1500.00 ICUBE, dues......................................... 150.00 Interstate Battery, supplies................... 109.95 Iowa Co Recorders, mtg exp.................. 75.00 Iowa County Recorders, supplies............. 9.00 Iowa DPS, services............................ 1380.00 Iowa DOL, services................................ 80.00 Iowa StateTreasurers, mtg exp............ 160.00 ISACA Treasurer, mtg exp.................... 425.00 Jesco Welding, supplies....................... 163.57 John Deere Financial, supplies............ 426.82 John Deery Motors, parts..................... 338.81 Mark Jungling, reimb exp....................... 30.00 Keystone Labs, services.................... 5280.79 L-Tron Corp, supplies .......................... 575.10 Sheila Lepley, reimb exp........................ 32.05 Lon's Plumbing/Heating, services.......... 65.00 Martin Bros, supplies.............................. 59.73 Martin's Flag, supplies.......................... 475.37 McDowell & Sons, hauling.................... 875.00 Menards, supplies................................ 131.99 Mid-America Pub, publication............. 1770.26 Mid-Iowa Cooperative, fuel................. 2418.89 Moeller & Walter, supplies ..................... 43.45 Monkeytown, supplies ......................... 360.45 Murphy Tractor, equipment............. 251690.00 James Mutch, rent................................ 300.00 Mutual Wheel, parts............................. 198.80 Napa Auto Parts, supplies.................. 2010.23 National Sheriffs Assoc, dues............... 109.00 Northland Products, supplies............... 175.95 Nutri-Ject Systems, supplies ............... 325.00 P & K Midwest, parts.............................. 50.80 Paul Niemann Const, rock.................. 1004.51 Postmaster, suppiles.............................. 98.00 Premier Office, maint.............................. 11.04 Productivity Plus Account, parts............... 2.15 RS Bacon Veneer, TIF rebate............. 8093.64 City of Reinbeck, service........................ 46.77 Rouse Motor, vehicle........................ 24535.00 Rural Iowa Landfill, landfill exp............. 759.15 Sadler Power Train, parts..................... 367.77 Lori Schoolman, twp mtgs.................... 125.00 Schumacher Elevator, maint................ 160.94 Scot's Supply, parts.............................. 950.44 Scotty's Sanitation, service..................... 80.00 Secretary of State, supplies................. 165.02 Spencer Slifer, twp mtg........................ 100.00 Snittjer Grain, fuel............................... 3809.49 SPC, services....................................... 750.00 Tama/Grundy Pub, publication........... 1000.85 True Value Hardware, supplies............ 356.18 Trunck's Foods, supplies...................... 888.26 Tyson Communications, service............. 50.00 U S Cellular, service............................. 310.30 Ubben Building, supplies...................... 128.52 Unifirst Corporation, supplies............... 620.89 Unity Point OCC, services...................... 37.00 Verizon Wireless, service....................... 40.01 Visa, supplies/mtg exp........................ 1907.77 City of Wellsburg, service....................... 17.18 Kevin Williams, mtg exp......................... 12.25 Windstream, service............................. 262.19 Ziegler, parts....................................... 3298.31 Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Smith to adjourn. Carried unanimously.

Mark A. Schildroth, Chairperson Rhonda R. Deters, County Auditor

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Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quick side for the weeknight family dinner or a picnic or potluck, this Southwestern Bean & Quinoa combination is a delicious, good-for-you choice thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as easy as 1-2-3.

First cook up some quinoa; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple and will be ready in about 15 minutes. While it cooks, chop and slice the vegetables and whisk up the cilantro-lime dressing. Next comes READ Southwestern Bean Salad, the secret ingredient that adds great flavor and saves tons of time in the kitchen. Combine the zesty TexMex seasoned mixture of black beans, kidney beans, corn and hominy with the quinoa and veggies, add the aromatic dressing, toss and go.

Serve it as a meatless main dish, or to accompany grilling favorites like chicken or pork. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s versatile, too. Easily double the recipe for a large gathering, or, change up the vegetables for other favorites that are in-season or on-hand in the fridge. Try sliced radishes, celery, zucchini, cucumber, green onion, green peas or cut green beans.

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Southwestern Bean & Quinoa Salad With Cilantro-Lime Dressing Prep time: 25 minutes Servings: 4 1 can (15 ounces) Southwestern Bean Salad 1/2 cup red cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 cup yellow cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 cup chopped tomatillos 1/2 cup thin bell pepper strips 2 cups cooked quinoa Dressing 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1/2 teaspoon shredded lime peel 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste) 1/4 cup chopped cilantro wDrain bean salad. Discard liquid or save for another use.

In large bowl, combine bean salad, tomatoes, tomatillos and bell pepper.

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For dressing, whisk together oil, lime juice, peel and cayenne. Stir in cilantro. Toss with quinoa. Add to bean salad mixture; toss lightly to combine. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

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BCLUW BASEBALL- Pictured are members of the BCLUW baseball team for the upcoming summer season. Front row, l to r, Talon Hala, Austin Willett, Clay Silver, Brad Barkema, Ty Runge, Troy Dolphin, Neil Cashin. Second row, l to r, Koty Kruse, Ted Switzer, Coby Willett, Josh Sharp, Ian Showers, Mitch Miler, Eli Runge, Calob Keller. Third row, l to r, Ben Paper, Grant Baker, Ethan Hoveland, Jonny Neff, Caleb Engle, Bradley Bell, Brandon Roche, Nathan Hulbert. Not pictured were Keegan Rhinehart, Tristen Gallentine, Jack Garber, Dalton Critchfield, Charley Snyder.

Comets to field young baseball squad in 2015

By ROB MAHARRY The Record CONRAD- The BCLUW baseball team has a lot of holes to fill after nine seniors departed from last year’s squad, which finished 11-17 overall, but coach Matt Zoske anticipates leadership from his two seniors this season and is looking forward to the opportunity to give a large crop of underclassmen their first taste of varsity action for the Comets.

Among the most notable departures are senior third baseman/ pitcher Tyler Lutes, a first team allconference selection who hit .377, reached base in over half of his plate appearances and slammed two homers and 13 RBIs, second team all-conference catcher Lane Caster (.275, 14 RBIs, 16 stolen bases) and honorable mention all-conference first baseman Max Callaway, a .388 hitter who drove in 20 runs last season. Other key departing seniors include pitcher/shortstop Conner Ubben, rightfielder Taylor Sams and leftfielder Cole Silver.

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Of the 28 players on this season’s roster for the Comets, 22 are eighth graders, freshmen and sophomores, and they will be expected to fill the positions left open by last year’s seniors. Juniors Ethan Hoveland, Ted Switzer and Josh Sharp, who played JV last season, should move into varsity roles along with sophomores Clay Silver and Ian Showers, but Zoske isn’t committing to where they’ll be playing just yet.

“We have a lot of guys who can do it at a lot of different positions,” Zoske said. “It’s going to be tough getting a lot of new kids in the lineup because it does change so much. They have to get their confidence.”

In sizing up the NICL West this year, Zoske expects returning champion East Marshall, which returns almost all of last season’s roster, to be the favorite heading in, and he also named GladbrookReinbeck and Dike-New Hartford as teams to watch.

“They say you can beat anybody on any night, but it’s going to have to be a pretty good night to beat (East Marshall),” he said.

While Zoske know his team will be young this season, he refuses to call it a rebuilding year, and he hopes that underclassmen will use their experience to become better players as the campaign goes on.

“If they’re not ready for (varsity play), we’ll find guys that are, and they can get better in JV. Just having the varsity experience is going to be nice for them,” he said. “But I never go into a year thinking it’s going to be a rebuild (year) because if you even have one senior, it’s not fair to them. No part of anything we’re doing is going to be considered rebuilding.”

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Vawter, Garber wrap up Comet careers with state titles Girls finish tied for sixth as a t e a m ; Va w t e r finishes top four in all four events

By ROB MAHARRY The Record DES MOINES- What a difference a year makes. In 2014, current BCLUW senior Will Garber came into the state meet as one of the presumptive favorites in the Class 1A 110-meter high hurdles, but he nailed a hurdle in his preliminary heat, finished 15 th in 16.42 seconds and failed to even qualify for the finals.

On the other hand, fellow senior Mallory Vawter arrived in Des Moines heavily favored to win the Class 1A girls long jump title but struggled to find her groove and finished in a disappointing second place after her best leap measured just 17 feet, a full foot shorter than her best jump during the regular season. Both Vawter and Garber reversed their fortunes last weekend, however, as Vawter took the long jump crown with a leap of 17’6 ½”, and Garber set a school record of 14.91 seconds en route to a state title in the 110 highs.

“It’s the best feeling ever, honestly,” Garber said. “I hit a bunch of hurdles early, didn’t get the start I wanted, but I pulled it together around hurdle five towards the middle and pulled ahead and got (the lead).”

Garber recorded the top qualifying time during Friday’s preliminary heat (15.17 seconds), and he handily defeated runner-up Alex Bush of Manson-Northwest Webster (15.23 seconds) and Belle Plaine’s Justin Jacobi (15.31 seconds) in the final round with one of the best races of his Comet career. The title was Garber ’s first and only in his high school career, and although he wouldn’t say it with certainty, he indicated that he is considering continuing his career next season as an Iowa State Cyclone if he can make the track and field team. BCLUW boys coach Les Penick praised Garber for his determination and drive to overcome a sore hamstring that had hampered him throughout the week.

“Will was determined all season to be ready for that moment, and when it arrived he answered. It was a very special moment,” Penick said. “To run the best time of his life of 14.91, which is another school record in his last race as

BCLUW senior Will Garber clears the last hurdle during the finals of the Class 1A 110-meter high hurdles on Saturday afternoon in Des Moines. Garber won his first and only state title as a Comet and set a school record of 14.91 seconds. (Rob Maharry/The Record photo) a Comet, will be a great memory for all of us! He had battled a sore hamstring for a week, and to run so well was amazing.”

Vawter’s final trip to the blue oval ended with a mix of joy and agony as she captured one state title but narrowly missed defending her 100-meter hurdles crown after hitting the final hurdle. Her first leap of 17’6 ½” was enough to hold off the rest of the field as her remaining jumps were all under 17 feet, but she still defeated runnerup Lindsey Koch of Hudson (17’1 ½”) by a full five inches during Thursday’s competition.

After winning the 100-meter hurdles at the Drake Relays in 14.97 seconds along with last year’s state title, the future Iowa Central Triton entered the finals of this year’s Class 1A race as a heavy favorite to repeat, and she won in prelims while breaking her own school record in 14.87 seconds. Despite never feeling like she was running her best race in the finals, Vawter still held the lead with one hurdle to go.

It was then, however, that she briefly took her eye off of the final hurdle and hit it hard, and winner Kenzie Keune of Sioux Central (15.31 seconds) as well as runner-up Dallas Weiss of NashuaPlainfield (15.36 seconds) passed her in the final 10 meters. Vawter, who finished third in 15.51 seconds, acknowledged that the loss was a big disappointment, but she vowed to use it as motivation as she continues her track and field career in college.

“I just give 100 percent in everything, and if stuff happens, it happens, and I get over it,” she said.

“I’m going to go hard in my next races, so it’s just a bump in the road I guess.”

Vawter finished as the state runner-up in the 100-meter dash with a mark of 12.89 seconds as she was edged by Katie Maschmann of Montezuma (12.76 seconds), and she was fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.17 seconds.

Her preliminary time of 12.47 seconds broke the BCLUW school record in the 100, and girls coach Theresa Penick reflected on the career of one of the greatest female track and field athletes to ever suit up for the Comets.

“Mallory represented BCLUW very well with her four medal performances at the state meet, and being the state champion long jumper is a great honor,” Penick said. “Mallory provided the Comet fans many exciting performances, and I am very proud of how well she did at the state track meet, all season long, and throughout her career as a Comet.”

For the girls, the shuttle hurdle unit of Bobbi Paper, Jenna Willett, Amelia Tonner and Nicole Lutes (1:10.92) and 4x800 team of Tonner, Haley Veldhouse, Becca Steckelberg and Samantha Ubben (10:22.71) were the next best Comet finishers as each placed 10 th. The 4x400 team of Ubben, Steckelberg, Lutes and Tonner came in 12th with a mark of 4:17.88, and Ubben finished 14 th in the open 800 in a time of 2:26.7. Lutes was 15th in the 100 hurdles (16.84 seconds) and 21st in the 200-meter dash (27.67 seconds), and Tonner finished 19 th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:11.25. As a team, the Comets tied with BGM

for sixth place with 29 points, and Hudson claimed the state title with 72 team points.

Other boys competitors included senior Luke Asche, who wrapped up his Comet career with an eighth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.78 seconds, and in his four years at BCLUW, he was a three-time state qualifier, a twotime place winner and a three-time conference champion. The shuttle hurdle team of Ty Runge, Asche, Austin Willett and Garber came in 11th with a mark of 1:01.99 and missed qualifying for the finals by just 11/100 of a second, while the 4x100 team of Runge, Asche, Troy Dolphin and Colton Kruse was disqualified for exchanging out of their zone in the preliminary heat.

The Comets finished with 11 team points.

Eight BCLUW seniors- Asche, G a r b e r, R u n g e , S t e c k e l b e rg , Veldhouse, Vawter and alternates Blake Cooper and Dominick Gunderson- ended their Comet track and field careers in Des Moines on Saturday.

Results from the State Track and Field Meet in Des Moines Girls Lon g j u m p - 1) M allor y Vaw ter (BCLUW) 17’6 ½” 2) Lindsey Koch (HUD) 17’1 ½” 100-meter dash- 1) Katie Maschmann ( M O N T ) 1 2 . 7 6 2 ) M a l l o r y Va w t e r (BCLUW) 12.89 200-meter dash- 4) Mallory Vawter (BCLUW) 26.17 21) Nicole Lutes (BCLUW) 27.67 800-meter run- 14) Samantha Ubben (BCLUW) 2:26.7 100-meter hurdles- 3) Mallory Vawter (BCLUW) 15.51 15) Nicole Lutes (BCLUW) 16.84 400-meter hurdles- 19) Amelia Tonner (BCLUW) 1:11.25

Mallory Vawter of BCLUW leaped her way Class 1A title in the long jumpon Thursday, May 21 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Vawter was the state runner-up in the event last season. (Kristi Nixon/Mid-America Publishing photo) Shuttle hurdle relay- 11) BCLUW (Paper, Willett, Tonner, Lutes) 1:10.92 4x400 meter relay- 12) BCLUW (Ubben, Steckelberg, Lutes, Tonner) 4:17.88 4x800 meter relay- 10) BCLUW (Tonner, Veldhouse, Steckelberg, Ubben) 10:22.71 Boys 110-meter high hurdles- 1) Garber (BCLUW) 14.91 (School record) 2) Bush (M-NW) 15.23

400-meter hurdles- 8) Asche (BCLUW) 56.78 Shuttle hurdle relay- 11) BCLUW (Asche, Runge, Willett, Garber) 1:01.99 4x100 meter relay- BCLUW disqualified for illegal handoff.

Comets reload after falling one game short of state

By ROB MAHARRY The Record CONRAD- With a 24-10 finish and a third place finish in the NICL West last season, the BCLUW softball team continued its winning tradition of the past decade, but a tough 10-2 loss to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in the regional finals has coach Casey Moberly’s team hungry to produce more runs offensively and finish on a stronger note in 2015.

“Defensively, I think we’re sound.

Offensively, we just need to bring ourselves up to par. We had runners in scoring position in that game (against

E-B-F) and just didn’t get them across the plate,” Moberly said. “Mentally, we need to be a little bit tougher, and when we have runners in scoring position we need to be able to plate them.”

Gone from the 2014 squad are first team all-conference infielder Kendall Scurr (.383 batting average, five RBIS, 30 runs scored and 34 stolen bases), second team all-conference pitcher and current Kirkwood star Nicolette Simpson (12-6, 1.22 ERA, 145 strikeouts, opponent’s batting average of .172) and honorable mention all-NICL West first baseman

Kayla Benjamin (.253 BA with 11 runs scored and nine RBIs). The Comets do, however, return two first team all-conference players from last season: senior Mallory Vawter, a state track champion and Iowa Central recruit, hit .400 with 17 RBIs, 40 runs scored and 32 stolen bases, and second baseman Nicole Montgomery recorded a .282 average, a .440 OBP, eight RBIs while playing stellar defense for the Comets.

Second team all-conference pitcher Olivia Callaway is also back and will be expected to become the top starter in Simpson’s absence:

the junior finished last season with a 12-4 record, a 1.05 ERA and 135 strikeouts, and she hit .306 at the plate with 19 RBIs. Sophomore Samantha Ubben saw just 7 1/3 innings of varsity action on the mound in 2014, but she is expected to step into a bigger role and continue the Comets’ tradition of having two dominant starters over the past few years.

She recorded a 2.86 ERA and seven strikeouts during her limited outings.

Both catchers- senior Kayla Fisher and junior Kate Goecke- return for the Comets.

“I think Olivia is more than

capable of filling Nicolette’s shoes.

Getting Sam to step into that second pitcher role is going to be a big step for her, mentally more than anything,” Moberly said. “Physically, she’s got it.”

Moberly didn’t parse words about her team’s biggest weakness: they need to hit for more power in order to compete and win against conference big dogs East Marshall and AGWSR as the NICL West once again looks to be a three horse race between the Comets, Mustangs and Cougars. Senior Becca Steckelberg hit the only two Comet home runs

last season to go with a .314 batting average and team-leading 30 RBIs, and Moberly also expects Callaway, junior Jorie Oaks (.407 BA, nine RBIs) and sophomore infielder Leah Yantis (.350 BA) to add some bop to the bats in the BCLUW lineup. Other key potential contributors include junior Nicole Lutes, sophomore Jordyn Beeghly and freshman Kaylee Goecke.

The Comets open the regular season with a pair of home games tonight against Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Thursday against Grundy Center.

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