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Cooper Motors fundraiser nets $5,000 for NB Booster Club • 2 Feds have readiness concerns for Iowa Conservative Medicaid Chronicle privatization • 2 Pioneer Enterprise Weapon permit renewal or replacement choices explained • 2 All-conference athletes • 11 Early retirement offers sent • Planning for CWL Times Sheffield Press retirement seminar • 15

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Third grade speed-reading benchmark raises doubts at education forum Sigourney News-Review

Eagle Grove Eagle The Leader Pork roast winners Editor’s note: This is part one of a selected in Allison

Under the Early Childhood Litera- Center at $1 million; these total $11 criteria that they had set forward, so interest of kids to be held back at the they tabled it until they could get fur- third grade level. cy and Third Grade Retention head- million.

Bennie Fank, Allison, and Deb LACI HOOGESTRAAT, (NB How much of that will be for the ther into it. There were a lot of issues. ers, Glass wrote, “Beginning May Hummel, Allison, won the drawMira Schmitt-Cash Graphic-Advocate Village Vine third-grade teacher): A lot of my third grade retention piece is not …

1, 2017, a third grade student whose ing for one 3 to 4-pound pork roast Editor conferences over this last week have clear, but State Rep. Sharon SteckI know the (third grade) retention reading is defi cient would be retained each, from J&C Grocery in Allison.

Starting in 2016-2017 (fi scal 2017), been with parents that are really conman echoed Iowa’s approximately piece was a big piece when we fi rst in third grade.

The parent or guardThe coupons ran in the October 2015 Iowa students may be held back at cerned about it.

I think we have to $10 million proposed investment in passed it.

Because you retain a child ian would be offered the option, howButler County Tribune-Journal isthe third-grade level if they can’t read Grundy Register take the child as a whole, and not just early literacy at the Nov. 10 forum. in third grade, they’re more likely to ever, of enrolling the student in an What Cheer Paper sues, for Pork Month. “adequately” or pass a 90-hour sum- intensive summer reading program in drop out by the time they get to high pick reading fluency, because you’re mer school. Current discussion is to lieu of retention.

NB SUPT. JOEL FOSTER: The school, I mean, all the statistics show taking how fast someone reads, and Pharmacy expanbase reading adequacy on a speed“Since the General Assembly ap- third grade retention piece in Iowa that it’s not the right thing to do, so yes it’s an indicator that they might sion open houseHampton Chronicle reading test. propriated no money to develop an was modeled after a program started I’d like to see it put off for an indefi- not comprehend but is not the end-all Meyer Pharmacy will celebrate The North Butler Legislative Fo- intensive summer reading program, (legislated) in Florida in 1999 by Gov. nite period of time myself. save-all… the expansion of its Home Medical rum on Education brought leaders the third grade retention provision Jeb Bush. We have concerns with that If you look at the … testing that REP. LINDA UPMEYER, R-Clear Equipment department with an open at the state and community level to- cannot be enforced unless and until due to the social-emotional effects on Lake: Mr. Foster, is there a number you’re asking us to give, it’s just house on Thursday, Nov. 19, from gether to discuss the so-called third- the General Assembly funds the pro- kids, unproven, undocumented edu- that is workable if 75 hours is not? speed, period. I think there needs to 5-7 p.m. grade retention proposal — as well gram,” the former director continued. cational effects on kids, the financial I’ve heard that before that 75 hours be something about comprehension The business is at 10th and West as the teacher leadership program “There are five good-cause exemp- liabilities for districts, the need for 75 is a problematic number and I didn’t in there, there’s nothing about math, Bremer Avenue, Waverly. and one-cent sales tax, which will be tions for the retention of non-profi- hours of summer school for intensive know if there were numbers that noting about writing. discussed in later issues. The admin- cient third grade students,” such as, assistance, whether we’ll be able to would work better.

I think we need to take the child as istration and school board hosted the per the Register, English Language find teachers for that, the effect that’ll Turkey Run/Walk FOSTER: I don’ t know if there’s a whole, and I don’t think it’s someforum on Nov. 10 at the North Butler Learners and lower-functioning spe- have on students, unintended conse- a number, some of the research I’ve thing for the state to really dictate… I 5k set Nov. 26 Elementary Auditorium. quences such as class sizes that are done shows that intensive assistance think it has to be a decision between cially educated students.

We Care: The Do-Gooders Club Jason Glass, former director of the larger if kids are held back, parents programs during the school year are the parent, the teacher, the child As for funding, Gov. Terry Branswill host a Turkey Run/Walk 5k at Iowa Department of Education (bethat don’t want to have their kids in having more success than the sum- what’s best for that child. tad’s K-12 education budget for fi scal 8:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. fore Brad Buck), described after the LIZ SCHROEDER, (NB School mer school piece. summer school and so forth.

2016, available on his website, lists 26, starting from Westside Assisted 2012 legislative session a plan of Board): If there’s a child struggling, Florida where the program was REP. SHARON STECKMAN, Dthree line items under “Early LiteraLiving Suites, Clarksville. the DE on third grade retention, in a our staff is already going to take the started, they have suspended the proMason City: I know Administration cy Initiative”: early warning system Preregister by Nov. 12 for a $20 memo to education stakeholders. time to sit down with them. We have gram due to lack of evidence that it and Rules met (Nov. 10) and they for literacy at $2 million, successful fee and a T-shirt. The fee goes to At the time, there was no funding at-risk coordinators; we have Title I; was successful. progression for early readers at $8 could not come to an agreement … $25 on Nov. 13, with no guarantee for the program.

EDUCATION to page 16 We don’t believe that it’s in the best million and Iowa Reading Research Ninety people … spoke against the of a T-shirt. Proceeds will benefit the Clarksville Food Pantry. Return fee to Westside Assisted Living Suites, 110 N. Ely, Clarksville, IA 50619.

Packet pickup is 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, or on the day of the run from 7:30-8:15 a.m. pen lost the bid with 55 votes, which Mira Schmitt-Cash put him in fourth. There were two Editor Community Thankswrite-ins.

Official results of the Nov. 3 City BRISTOW: Two council seats giving Service Election were canvassed Nov. 10 by saw changes. Elected to City CounThe annual Traditional Communithe Butler County Board of Supervi- cil were Curt Lewis with 34 votes, ty Thanksgiving Service will be held sors. A rehash of the winners follows, Kevin Snyder (i) with 30 votes, Tim this year at Allison Congregational with details on the write-in votes that Winkowitsch 22, Dennis Palmer 20 Church. Services begin at 7 p.m. were not scattered. and Shane Schipper (i) with 19.

Wednesday, Nov. 25. A fellowship ALLISON: Voters kept the status Incumbents unseated were Joyce time will follow the evening servicquo. Re-elected to City Council were Fenneman with 18 votes and Nancy es. incumbents Janis Cramer with 83 Rieken with six.

The public is welcome to join. This votes, James Blockhus with 81 and Incumbent Mayor Dennis Peterson is a community worship service, Jerry A. Platter with 71; as well as in- won the write-in for the office with with St. James Lutheran, Trinity Recumbent Mayor Scot Henrichs, who 29. There were four scatterings. formed and Allison Congregational won with 52 votes, unopposed on the APLINGTON: Winning three City churches joining to give thanks to Warren Hagen, Army Reserve, answers questions for social studies students as others listen. Lisballot.

Council seats were Newcomer RanGod for the blessings of life and the tening are, from left, teacher Kirk Clark, counselor MaTina Clark, and Hagen’s fellow veterans Brad The Allison mayoral office had dall P. Hanson with 43 votes, incumgood news of Jesus Christ.

Hansen, Richard Morgan and Kathy Thein. More Veteran’s Day Program photos on page 16. (Mira 31 scattered write-ins. Seventeen of bent Alan Meyer with 52 and for a Schmitt-Cash/Tribune-Journal) the write-ins for mayor were for the vacancy, Deb Jacobs with 44. There Thanksgiving waste former mayor, Dave Smith. Eleven were three write-ins for council. collection schedule names were written in.

ELECTION to page _ Jendro Sanitation will be closed on Council challenger Dwight E. PopA: The ASVAB, or Armed Services Military veterans visited Mr. Kirk 1983, he also worked on helicopters Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and 27 Vocational Aptitude Battery. There’s an with Kathy Thein.

Clark’s social studies class at North for the Thanksgiving holiday. emphasis on selecting law-abiding citiKathy Thein, ammo sergeant when Butler Elementary to answer questions All Butler County commercial zens, and people who won’t do drugs. deployed, served the Army in Baghdad, for the students for the Veterans Day trash will be collected on Tuesday, Q: What’s the biggest truck you Iraq, 2003-’04.

Thein was also an adProgram Nov. 10.

Many classes welNov. 24, along with Greene residendrove? ministrative specialist at 234th Signal comed similar panels. tial trash and Clarksville residential HAGEN: A five-axel truck. Once Pictured from left, Veterans speaking Battalion, out of Clinton. Now she’s trash and recycling. Aredale and signed for 84 of them, worth $250,000 with 248th Aviation Support Battalion to Mr. Clark’s class were: Dumont residential trash will be coleach, and sweated over their care until Headquarter Company at Boone.

Warren Hagen, Army Reserve, lected on Monday, Nov. 30. out of his custody.

Questions included: served in the 40th Signal Corps, out of Please have all material ready for ple in the first testing, then had to MORGAN: A Humvee.

Q: What was the food like?

Waterloo, now disbanded. Presently, Mira Schmitt-Cash collection by 5 a.m. to ensure pick remove the tank, NB Superintendent Editor Q: Have you seen Area 51?

HAGEN: We sometimes ate steak he’s part of the 445th Transportation up. Please call 1-800-232-3525 with Joel Foster said. When it drilled a secHANSEN: On TV. and lobster on post, but in the fi eld, the Unit, Waterloo. any questions.

The North Butler School Board ond set of holes, water was not found.

HAGEN: Whoever does work there Brad Hansen, served the Army Na- military eats what they can carry, such on Tuesday, Nov. 9 approved budget Now the Department of Natural tional Guard as an aircraft electrician, at as dried meats, canned bacon and eggs. isn’t allowed to discuss it.

Benefit for Chey modification to the original contract Resources says three holes must be HANSEN (aircraft electrician): Saw HANSEN: Sampled dog in Korea.

King Fahd International Airport, Saudi A benefit for a Clarksville High related to groundwater testing at the drilled through the bedrock to sample Arabia.

MORGAN: Tried whale in Norway. a stealth fighter developed at Area 51.

School sophomore who is batbrownfield site where the fuel oil tank the groundwater. Cardno estimated Q: What if you decide to quit?

Richard Morgan, served the Army On the Afghan base, he noted richer tling leukemia, Cheyenne “Chey” came out, by the former Greene El- $11,095 for this part, which includes HAGEN: The military often allows as combat advisor for an embedded Afghans had goats, and others raised or Keeling, will be Saturday, Nov. 28 ementary. soil gas analysis. This amount will be a soldier to change occupation. Those training team on an Afghan Army base. ate vegetables. at Doc’s Restaurant • Lounge in The school received a letter from added to the original bill. who get out, the military can call them He worked with Afghans, for instance Q: Were you drafted?

Clarksville. contractor Cardno ATC, which was The board approved the further enthe Afghan National Police, on basic HANSEN: The draft ended in 1971. back until their contract expires. People The action will start at 4 p.m. Conearlier awarded the project. vironmental work, as required by the with medical disabilities can be disoperations such as building entry and They all volunteered. tinuing activities will include face The firm took a groundwater sam- DNR. Q: What’s the test to get in? charged. security. A member of the Army since painting, a balloon artist and raffles.

There will also be a live auction.

Music by Border Line will start at 7:30 p.m.

There will be hot dogs, chips and dessert for a free-will donation.

For more information, or to donate to the raffle or auction, contact Scott ALLISON — The Farm Service Agency Butler ty and the south two of the second-from-west tier. tion for one of its three LAAs. The maximum ser- aged to decide in January whether to publicize or Eileen Melohn, 319-239-0367, or County Committee election is under way.

Kurt Wessels is up for re-election from LAA 1 vice period is three, three-year terms. for a fourth person at-large, who must be either a Butch Freeseman, 641-228-0710.

Election ballots were mailed to eligible voters and was the only person to file nominating paElected county committee members serve a woman or a minority. three-part series.

Official election results in for central, west Butler

Veterans give Q & A on the military

DNR requires more drilling to test groundwater at closed Greene site

NB Board assents

FSA Butler County Committee papers filed Ballots mailed, due Dec. 7

Continued on page 15 Football Contest ....................12 Classifieds ...............................10 Public Notices....................... 6, 7

beginning last week. Ballots are due back in the Butler County Office by mail or in person no later than Dec. 7.

This year, nominations and elections will be held in local administrative area (LAA) 1, which includes Bennezette, Pittsford, Madison, Ripley, Washington and Monroe townships, which form the westernmost tier of townships in Butler Coun-

pers, said Brandon Sowers, Butler County Farm Service Agency executive director. Alternatively, voters may write in a candidate, Sowers said.

“County committees are unique to FSA and allow producers to have a voice on federal farm program implementation at the local level,” Sowers said.

Every year, Butler County FSA holds an elec-

three-year term and are responsible for making decisions on FSA disaster, conservation, commodity and price support programs, as well as other important federal farm program issues. County committees consist of three to 11 members; Butler County typically has four.

If none of the three committee members elected is a woman or minority, the committee is encour-

Barb Renning of the Shell Rock area has been the minority adviser for the last three years.

Also on the County Committee are Rick Juchems, representing the northern one-third of the county, and Calvin Mennenga, representing the southeast one-third.

All newly elected county committee members and alternates will take office Jan. 1, 2016.

NEWS Dodge, Cooper Motors raise $5,000 for Bearcat Booster Club at test drive event 2 • Thursday, November 19, 2015

ALLISON — On Sept. 4, Cooper Motors of Allison and North Butler High School hosted the 3rd annual DodgeBearcat Booster Club Drive 1 for Your School fundraiser and grossed $5,000 for the booster club.

During the fundraiser, held in conjunction with the home football game versus Central Springs at the NB Athletic Complex in Greene, the Dodge brand contributed $20 for each test drive taken in a new Dodge Dart, Durango, Grand Caravan or Journey.

“The Bearcat Booster Club, studentathletes and coaches sincerely thank Jack Cooper and the Cooper Motors Dodge family for their continued support and generosity,” NB Booster Club Secretary Teresa Feldman said. “Their efforts are much appreciated.”

“The fundraiser was a great opportunity for the Cooper Motors family to give back to our community — something we always look forward to doing,” said Jack Cooper, owner of Cooper Motors. “It was a pleasure to work with parents and students from North Butler’s Bearcat Booster Club.”

On behalf of the dealership and Dodge, Cooper thanked everyone who took the

Jack Cooper, owner, Cooper Motors, presents a $5,000 check from the Drive 1 for Your School Dodge-North Butler Bearcat Booster Club fundraiser to Booster Club members Susan Stirling, treasurer, and John Heeren, vice-president. (Tribune-Journal photo) time to test drive.

In cooperation with local dealers such as Cooper Motors, Dodge supports lo-

cal schools and student enrichment programs nationwide and has helped raise over $6 million since 1993. Last year,

Dodge donated more than $725,000 to local high schools through Dodgebooster club fundraisers.

tent to which managed care organizations (MCOs), providers, and Medicaid beneficiaries are prepared for the transition.”

Hill’s letter explained that the CMS is still reviewing the state’s request for a waiver that would authorize the transition and reiterated that the CMS has two sets of “readiness-review gates” that must be met before giving their approval.

The first gate outlines eight conditions that must be met before the state will be allowed to provide enrollment materials to beneficiaries. These conditions include signed contracts for the MCOs, documentation that the MCOs have hired 50 percent of their projected staff and contracted with 50 percent of their current fee-for-service providers, demonstrated readiness of a fully staffed enrollment broker, and the establishment of new ombudsman.

The state provided readiness materials to the CMS on Oct. 27. As of the writing of Hill’s letter, those materials were still under review.

Enrollment packages will need to be

sent out soon if Medicaid’s 560,000 recipients are to make an informed decision as to which MCO they will enroll.

Those that don’t select an MCO will be automatically enrolled in one on Dec. 17, although they will have free reign to choose a different one until March 18, 2016.

The second gate covers areas of operational readiness and will include four days of on-site interviews to determine if all the necessary networks and systems are in place.

The letter was considered to be validation by Democratic legislators who continue to oppose the plan.

On Monday, Nov. 9, Sens. Brian Schoenjahn and Amanda Ragan hosted a public feedback meeting in Waverly where a packed room of both health care providers and Medicaid recipients expressed concerns about the plan’s rollout.

Many remain unconvinced that the MCOs will be able to find the promised $51 million in savings without reducing reimbursement rates to providers or services to recipients.

“I think it’s wonderful that people made their voices heard. It’s too fast, too much, and vulnerable Iowans will be affected,” said Schoenjahn. “I’m encouraged that they see that there are questions about the proposal and we would hope that answers will be forthcoming.”

In spite of the concerns from CMS over their readiness, the Iowa Department of Human Services is continuing on with the transition and still expects to switch control of Medicaid administration to the four private companies on Jan. 1.

“We continue working closely with our federal partners to demonstrate Iowa’s readiness for this new patient centered program,” said DHS spokeswoman Amy McCoy. “To ensure a smooth transition, the IA Health Link is being phased in,” she said. “We are taking a proactive approach to improving quality and access to the Medicaid program now, and finding efficiencies that will help sustain this program long-term.”

Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing.

Weapon permit renewal or replacement choice explained Butler County Citizens can maintain their Iowa Permit to Carry Weapons in two ways, Butler County Sheriff Jason S. Johnson says.

Permits to carry include Concealed Carry Weapon, Gun Permit and Carry Permit.

Current permit holders have two options: renew or replace.

TO RENEW a current permit will cost $25 for a five-year permit. This requires new training certificate or range qualification.

Gift certificates available for camping, lodging at Wilder Park Have friends or relatives who enjoy Wilder Park? Then for special occasions such as Christmas, birthdays or anniversaries, consider a camping gift certificate or a certificate for an overnight stay at the newer All-Season Lodge at the park.

Cost per night for camping is just $14 for electric and $10 for campsites.

There is a $5 discount if you buy five camping certificates. This offer

expires March 31, 2016.

For the All Season Lodge, the fifth night is free, if you purchase four nights at the lodge. This offer expires Dec. 31, 2015.

The Lodge is 46 by 30 feet and will accommodate six adults, with a maximum of 12 people. Please contact City Hall, 319-267-2245, for lodge rates. Also contact City Hall for all certificates.

Area residents pack gifts for children in poverty overseas

Readiness concerns raised for Medicaid privatization

By Travis Fischer With the rollout of Iowa’s Medicaid modernization plan just weeks away, unanswered questions about the state’s readiness continue to raise concerns among both Medicaid recipients and public officials.

On Friday, Nov. 6, Timothy Hill, deputy director of the Center for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program services (CMCS), sent a letter to Iowa’s Medicaid director, Mikki Stier, expressing concerns about the state’s readiness to shift control of Medicaid administration to private groups.

“We appreciate your efforts to establish the new delivery system, conduct outreach to beneficiaries and providers, and your efforts to develop contingency plans to address issues that arise during the transition.

“However, CMS has significant concerns that the implementation timeframes for the transition to managed care may place access, continuity of care, and quality of care for beneficiaries at risk,” wrote Hill.

“We are also concerned about the ex-

• Butler County Tribune-Journal •

Both of the following are mandatory to renew.

• To be eligible to renew a permit, the holder must apply to renew at least 30 days before the current permit expires.

• To be eligible to renew a permit, the holder must also have proof from a certified instructor of new training or a qualification score, which must have been completed anytime within the 12 months prior to the current permit expiration. The holder’s original training certificate or DD-214 will not be ac-

ceptable.

said.

It can be confusing because of labeling a replacement permit as “new.”

The other reason for the confusion is because the law was written to encourage ongoing training or at least practice with the firearm that a permit holder chooses to carry, he said. The law rewards a “renewal” with cost savings.

All applications must be submitted to the Sheriff’s Office in person.

What if someone does not want to take another class or shoot to qualify?

REPLACE the permit with a “new” permit. Current permit holders who allow their permits to expire will qualify for a “new” five-year permit. Replacement requires the old training certificate (DD-214), which they already have, and costs $50 for a five-year permit.

On the surface the law seems a little confusing for two reasons, Johnson

Area residents will pack shoebox gifts filled with a “wow” item—like a doll or soccer ball—and other fun toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement this week and early next week in Parkersburg as part of Operation Christmas Child, for delivery to children in need overseas.

Packing will be 2-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19 and 20; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21; 3-6 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22; and 8-11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23 at the Parkersburg Chris-

2015 Football Contest continues this week The annual Clarksville Star/Butler County Tribune-Journal football contest continues with a slate of high school, college and NFL games. The contest will run for 11 consecutive weeks during the football season.

This week, Nov. 19, the tie-breaker determined the winner as first and second-place winners missed three.

Justin Jacobs of Clarksville missed 20 on the tie-breaker, placing first for $35 Football Bucks. Cheryl Elsbury Reiher of the Clarksville-Parkersburg area missed 21 on the tie-breaker for second and $15 Football Bucks.

Football Bucks can be spent just like cash at any of the participating contest sponsor businesses.

The games, entry form, sponsors ads and official rules are inside each issue during the contest.

The deadline to submit entries is 5 p.m. on Friday. Entry forms can be emailed to butlersales.map@gmail. com or tribuneads@netins.net or dropped off at the Clarksville Star or Butler County-Tribune office. Mailed entries should have a postmark no later than Friday.

At the end of the 11-week regular contest, each week’s first-place winners will have the chance to complete for a grand prize of $500 in Football Bucks. The winners will be sent an entry form to make their choices on the college bowl games.

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Samaritan’s Purse meets most criteria listed by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. However, five members out of the 18 member Samaritan’s Purse Board of Directors are compensated either directly (three board members) or indirectly (two members), and the paid CEO chairs the board, the give.org website states.

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The year’s contest sponsors are: Butler Bremer Communications, Plainfield, Clarksville, Shell Rock; Cooper Motors, Allison; Dumont Implement; Gade’s Appliance, Waverly; Greene Lumber Company; Kruger Seed, Tom & Phil Barnett, Clarksville; J & C Grocery, Allison, Dumont; K & S Grocery, Clarksville; and Orly’s Meat Market & Locker, Clarksville.

Probate

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT BUTLER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF Eileen A. Wust, Deceased Probate No. ESPR016491 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Eileen A. Wust, Deceased, who died on or about November 4, 2015: You are hereby notified that on the 10th day of November, 2015, the last will and testament of Eileen A. Wust, deceased, bear-ing date of the 20th day of October, 2015, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Rebecca Jaeger was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publica-tion of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the de-cedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated this 11th day of November, 2015.

Date of second publication: 26th day of November, 2015 Rebecca Jaeger Executor of the Estate 33500 Grove Road, PO Box 130 Shell Rock, IA 50670 Dale E. Goeke, ICIS PIN No: AT0002839 Attorney for the Executor Goeke Law Firm, 108 2nd Street NE, PO Box 814, Waverly, IA 50677 TJ 47-2

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Jendro Sanitation will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2015 for the Thanksgiving Holiday All Butler County commercial trash will be collected on Tuesday, November 24, along with Greene residential trash and Clarksville residential trash and recycling. Aredale and Dumont residential trash will be collected on Monday, November 30.

Please have all material ready for collection by 5 a.m. to ensure pick up. Please call 1-800-232-3525 if you have any questions.

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Thursday, November 19, 2015 •

Bulletin Board IN BUTLER COUNTY

The Golden Eagles 4-H Club holds a hayride. From left, sitting, are Alexis Brinkman, Jordan Osterbuhr, Macy Endelman, Isabel Derdzinski holding Linde Fleshner (Ruth Seehusen’s granddaughter); and standing, James Seehusen, Addyson Clark, Erika Brinkman with Justin Hanson behind her, Eryn Lindell with Alex Shultz behind her, Clay Shultz and Dawson Clark. (Contributed)

Golden Eagles 4-H Club meets The Golden Eagles 4-H Club met on Oct. 18 at the Ken and Ruth Seehusen Farm. After enjoying a potluck, the members gathered for their meeting.

Vice-President Clay Shultz called the meeting to order. Twelve members answered roll call: What is your middle name? Old business discussed was National 4-H Week, and next year’s calendar was filled out.

New Business: Members were encouraged to register online soon.

Ideas to recruit new members were discussed, then new officers for the new year were elected. They are: President: Clay Shultz; Vice President: Addyson Clark; Secretary: Ray Seidel; Treasurer: Alex Shultz; Reporter: Alexis Brinkman; Historians: Dawson Clark and Justin Han-

son.

The 4-H Pledge was led by Alexis Brinkman. After the meeting, members made Halloween Decorations for the Valley View Care Center residents in Greene and Allison Rehabilitation Center residents.

Pumpkins were donated by the family of Kurt and Liz Brinkman for club members to take home and carve.

The day was beautiful for a hayride, and it was enjoyed by members and their parents that attended.

— Reporter Dawson Clark

Jones 64th anniversary approaches

Golden Eagles 4-H Club meets Sept. 20

On Sept. 20, the Golden Eagles 4-H Club met at Freeze Frame Bowling for their monthly meeting. President Katelyn Shultz called the meeting to order. Emy Osterbuhr led the Pledge of Allegiance. Fourteen members answered roll call with “What I did this summer.” Old business discussed was the 2015 Fair.

Under new business, members filled out and discussed a meeting calendar for hosting, presentations, and so on. Members planned a scavenger hunt for National 4-H Week. Macy Endelman led the 4-H Pledge. After the meeting, members enjoyed bowling, pizza and pop. — Reporter Dawson Clark

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Don and Rose Jones will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 27 with a card shower.

Greetings may be sent to them at Rehabilitation Center of Hampton, 700 Second St. SE, Room 23, Hampton, IA 50441.

WHO/WHAT: Butler County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 19, starting at 8 a.m.

WHAT: Regular public meeting WHERE: USDA Service Center in Allison.

ON AGENDA: District activities, NRCS report, CRP Plans & revisions, CSP, EQIP, and State and REAP cost share applications.

WHO/WHAT: The American Legion Auxiliary No. 393, Shell Rock, meeting.

WHEN: 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19 WHERE: Veteran’s Room of the Boyd Building.

MORE INFO: Hostesses are Marge Pruin and Cathi DeWitt.

WHAT: Library Movie Night, “The Giver” with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Free movie. Free popcorn.

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Plainfield Public Library, 723 Main St., Plainfield WHAT: Clarksville students in All-State Festival WHEN: Nov. 19-21 WHAT: Auxiliary and AMVETS meeting WHEN: Monday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m.

WHERE: Clarksville AMVETS Post 30 WHO: Singing cousins, for the public, offered by Monarch Therapy Services Inc. WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2 p.m.

WHERE: Clarksville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation

AAUW offers nontraditional UNI scholarship The Cedar Falls branch of American Association of University Women offers a scholarship of up to $1,000 to a non-traditional female student currently attending Hawkeye Community College who will transfer at least 30 credit hours to the University of Northern Iowa by the end of fall 2015 for the spring semester 2016.

Apply by Nov. 30. Selection criteria and application information are at goo.gl/vp1j5N (shortened) or hawkeyecollege.edu (search grants, scholarships).

The American Association of University Women works to empower women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.

Pest Control Operators continuing instructional course offered Dec. 2 The Butler County Extension office will host a Pest Control Operators continuing Instructional Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Dec. 2, 2015. The program can be seen at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment (PME) Program.

The local site for the Dec. 2 CIC is the Butler County Extension meeting room, at 320 N. Main St., Allison. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

A registration fee applies, and it increases after Nov. 25.

Additional information and registration forms are at www.extension. iastate.edu/pme.

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WHAT: Tiny Tim Christmas Tree Display and holiday open house.

Santa, crafts and stories for kids until 11 a.m. Library open until 2 p.m.

WHEN: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 WHERE: Clarksville Public Library WHAT: Community Chorus of Greene 46th annual Christmas performance, under direction of Rae Asleson, former North Butler High School music instructor, WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greene.

WHAT: Clarksville Elementary Christmas Concert WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 WHERE: Clarksville Community School

WHO/WHAT: Santa Comes To Town, Clarksville WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 19 WHERE: TBA WHAT: Beef weigh-in (TBA) WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 19 NEARBY COUNTIES WHAT/WHO: “Art as Elegy: The Works of John Price,” (19192000), a Rockford, Ill. Native, wildlife artist, military man (U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II) and later, school administrator (master’s, Art Institute of Chicago; Ed. D., Columbia University, Mo., 1965).

WHEN: Open house Friday, Nov. 20, 5-7 p.m., refreshments; gallery open afternoons Tuesday through Saturday 1-5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Charles City, at Granet Gallery, 1100 North Grand Ave., Suite 100, WHAT: Reagan Dinner hosted by Grundy County Republicans WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 21, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Fox Ridge Golf Course, 355 Country Club Lane, Dike WHAT: Good Agricultural Practices Training, Level 1 WHEN: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30 WHERE: Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo CONTACT: Butler County Extension, 319-267-2707

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

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WHAT: Butler County Extension Council WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 WHERE: Butler County Extension Office, Allison

WHAT: Clarksville Secondary Christmas Concert WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 WHERE: Clarksville Community School

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WHAT: Pest Control Operators WHEN: 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 2 WHERE: Butler County Extension Office, Allison CONTACT: Ruth Kampman, 319267-2707 (fee)

WHAT: North Butler seventh12th grade band and choir concert WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 (make-up dates Friday or Monday) WHERE: North Butler High School old gym (with stage) (District calendar)

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WHAT: Anger Management for Parents. Free community education. Two licensed therapists will present, then facilitate a discussion.

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WHEN: Dec. 1. (First Tuesday, monthly.) 6 – 7 p.m. in both Waverly and Parkersburg.

WHERE: In Parkersburg, at Monarch Therapy Services Office, 505 Coates St. In Waverly, at Vineyard Church, 319 W. Bremer Ave.

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• Clarksville Star • Butler County Tribune-Journal •

FIRST AMENDMENT to the CONSTITUTION Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

STATE of IOWA MOTTO Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.

A NATION OF LAWS Where the will of men exceeds the rule of law, there, tyranny prospers.

Honors and dishonors in war — and honors and music

Sam Sneed, 89, of Greene, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, addressed North Butler Elementary students at their Nov. 10 ceremony a day ahead of Veterans Day. During the war, Sneed was stationed near the Philippine Islands on a destroyer about the length of a football field, with 12 crews, who all survived.

Sneed’s job, when on watch, was to make sure U.S. weapons were always ready.

“They have one thing in mind: to bomb our ship,” Sneed told students.

“We have one thing in mind: to put them in the water. If we do our job, we win,” or that was how they were trained.

But it wasn’t that simple.

For the students, Sneed described the second atom bombing of Japan, which brought Japan’s surrender and a decisive end to World War II in the Pacific.

In Nagasaki, he said, there was nothing. No grass. No people.

Though Sneed kept a journal, he didn’t need it to remember that.

“To this day I can close my eyes and still see it,” he said.

In speaking to the students, he closed with: “No one ever wins a war. Everybody loses. So we must do everything possible to avoid it.”

He said he would be glad to speak to the students again.

——— “Type USS Indianapolis in a search engine,” Sneed told a reporter, who asked him afterward about a 1946 certificate he brought along, for taking part in two atomic bomb tests.

“We were involved in that.”

From the Greene Recorder, Feb. 11, 2015: “Sam Sneed was among Naval officers and enlisted men who were aboard over 100 transports … at the time of the (atomic) blasts.”

——— From the site ussindianapolis.org, here is a civilian history of the tragic events of the USS Indianapolis, a ship sent unescorted, with no sonar defense against submarines, from Guam to the Philippines.

Two of the former managing partners for the above website were grandchildren of Indianapolis shipwreck survivor Woody James, the ‘about’ page says. The following history is abridged, from the site: The world’s first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the USS Indianapolis,(CA-35) to the island of Tinian on July 26, 1945. The Indianapolis then reported to Commander-InChief, Pacific Headquarters at Guam for further orders. The ship was directed to join the battleship USS Idaho at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan.

The Indianapolis, unescorted, departed Guam.

Sneed explained that destroyers and smaller destroyer escort ships were the only two that had sonar to detect submarines.

The ship was midway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, at 12:14 a.m. July 30,

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Mira Schmitt-Cash, Editor miraschmittcash.map@gmail.com when hit by two torpedoes out of six fired by a Japanese submarine.

The first torpedo blew away the bow, the second struck near midship on the starboard side adjacent to a fuel tank and a powder magazine. The resulting explosion split the ship to the keel, knocking out all electric power. The ship sank rapidly by the bow.

Of the 1,196 aboard, about 900 made it into the water in the 12 minutes before it sank. Few life rafts were released. Most survivors wore the standard kapok life jacket. Shark attacks began with sunrise of the first day and continued until the men were physically removed from the water, almost five days later.

Shortly after 11 a.m. of the fourth day (Aug. 3), the survivors were accidentally discovered by Lt. (jg) Wilbur C. Gwinn, piloting his PV-1 Ventura Bomber on routine antisubmarine patrol. Radioing his base at Peleiu, he alerted, “many men in the water.”

A PBY (seaplane) under the command of Lt. R. Adrian Marks was dispatched to lend assistance and report.

Enroute to the scene, Marks overflew the destroyer USS Cecil Doyle (DD368), and alerted her captain, of the emergency. The captain of the Doyle, on his own authority, decided to divert to the scene.

Arriving hours ahead of the Doyle, Marks’ crew began dropping rubber rafts and supplies. While so engaged, they observed men being attacked by sharks. Disregarding standing orders not to land at sea, Marks landed and began taxiing to pick up the stragglers and lone swimmers who were at greatest risk of shark attack. Learning the men were the crew of the Indianapolis, he radioed the news, requesting immediate assistance. The Doyle responded she was enroute.

As complete darkness fell, Marks waited for help to arrive, all the while continuing to seek out and pull nearly dead men from the water. When the plane’s fuselage was full, survivors were tied to the wing with parachute cord.

Marks and his crew rescued 56 men that day.

The Cecil Doyle was the first vessel on the scene. Homing on Marks’ PBY in total darkness, the Doyle halted to avoid killing or further injuring survivors, and began taking Marks’ survivors aboard.

Disregarding the safety of his own vessel, the Doyle’s captain pointed his largest searchlight into the night sky to serve as a beacon for other rescue vessels. This beacon was the first indication to most survivors, that their prayers had been answered. Help had at last arrived.

Of the 900 who made it into the water, only 317 remained alive. After almost five days of constant shark at-

tacks, starvation, terrible thirst, suffering from exposure and their wounds, the men of the Indianapolis were at last rescued from the sea.

“That ship should never have sunk,” Sneed said.

News of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis was released Aug. 15 by the Navy, after the Pearl Harbor attacks and two weeks after the sinking of the Indianapolis, in what appears to be an attempt to minimize media coverage.

Further, the Navy tried to court martial Capt. Charles Butler McVay.III for failing to issue orders to abandon ship timely (he had retired to bed an hour earlier) and failing to zigzag (in lieu of escort, he was told to zigzag at his discretion and in good visibility, and per testimony, the visibility was poor).

Mochitsura Hashimoto was the commander of the Japanese submarine I-58, which sank the USS Indianapolis.

The charge against McVay was that he had hazarded his ship by failing to zigzag at the time Hashimoto’s torpedoes struck, and Hashimoto, called by the prosecution, confounded the prosecution by stating that he would have been able to sink the Indianapolis whether it had been zigzagging or not, testimony which appeared to have no impact at all on the court-martial board which found McVay guilty. Hashimoto was returned to Japan.

“I wonder the outcome of that courtmartial was set from the beginning,” Hashimoto told a Japanese journalist in 1999, who helped arrange his letter to John H. Warner, chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee, the website states.

In 1999, Hashimoto wrote to the Senate Armed Services Committee to request that McVay be forgiven for his “unjust conviction” (his apparent words, as retyped on the website) and restated that he would have been able to hit the ship, zigzagging or not.

In October of 2000 Congress passed and the President signed legislation which declares that Captain McVay’s military record should now reflect that he is exonerated for the loss of the Indianapolis and the lives of the men who died in that disaster.

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Area music contest participants

AREA STUDENTS AT ALL-STATE: North Butler High School students Matthew Davis (tenor two) and Madison Kreimeyer (soprano two) were selected for the 2015 Iowa All-State Chorus.

The 2015 (69th annual) All-State Music Festival will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

From Aplington-Parkersburg schools, Jacob Abbas, Grant Truax (tenor two),

Emily Russell (soprano one), Trevor Haren (tenor two), C.J. May (bass one), Ivy Nolte (alto one) Andrew Smith (tenor two), and Caleb Self (bass one) were also selected for All-State.

Ticket price will be $20 (plus fees). All seats are reserved. Online ticket sales began Oct. 26. An extra $6 per ticket charge applies if purchased at the window. Tickets can be ordered from the ISU Ticket Office, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 515294-1816, or 888-478-2925; or the Ticketmaster phone line, 800-745-3000 or website, with a per-ticket fee.

OPUS HONOR CHOIR: Leilani White, a freshman, was selected for Opus Honor Choir for freshmen, Principal Dan Huff said.

The 30th annual Opus Honor Choir is today, Thursday, Nov. 19 at Iowa State University in Ames. A link to more information about it on the Iowa Choral Directors website requires a login.

REGIONAL HONOR CHOIR: Thirty-six secondary-level North Butler students participated in the North Central Iowa Choral Directors Association Honor Choir on Nov. 13 at North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Principal Dan Huff said.

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Just a note of thanks to (Clarksville High School Principal) Mr. (Robert) Saathoff, Mr. (Chris) Arians, (Superintendent) Mr. (Randy) Strabala and all those involved for the great Veterans Day program that was presented. It was very, very good.

It was interesting to hear from the veterans and some of their experiences of when they served our nation.

The video clips were excellent and very informative about the song “God Bless America” written by Irving Berlin and sung by Kate Smith.

I for one and all of those present at the ceremony will remember what we heard and saw about that great song whenever we will hear it; along

with that, the Flag Folding Ceremony video by Ann Wolf.

Thank you for presenting those for they were very informative.

The Select Choir was excellent and Mr. Sundet playing taps.

And last but not least, I was impressed by the number of students who made a special effort to thank us veterans as we went through the lunch line.

It was a very special thank-you to the Clarksville area veterans.

Galen Jones, Clarksville Served U.S. Air Force from 19641968

Giving thanks for Veterans Day Program

Clarksville AMVETS and Auxiliary Post 30 would like to thank the Clarksville School for a wonderful Veterans Day Program and lunch on Nov. 11.

What good faculty and a student body that was very attentive and well behaved. We are thankful to be a part of a great community.

Clarksville AMVETS Auxiliary Sherry Litterer, Secretary

Growing a 21st century workforce Last week we celebrated Veteran’s Day to honor those who served in our nation’s armed forces. I’d like to take the time at the beginning of this newsletter to thank them for their service, sacrifice, and dedication to this country. Without the brave men and women of our armed forces, past and present, I wouldn’t be able to represent the 30,000 citizens of District 54 in the Iowa House. Our soldiers and veterans have fought to ensure that all Americans remain free and that our democracy stands.

I’ve had the opportunity to talk with many Iowans over recent weeks. The topics of education, career readiness and workforce needs have come up frequently.

While the Legislature has taken steps over the past few years to solve some of these issues, there is still work to be done.

The state’s unemployment rate of 3.6 percent is at its lowest point in nearly a decade, our rate remains significantly lower than the national rate, and more Iowans than ever are working. However, the more that I talk to employers and business owners across the state, the more I hear about a shortage of employees with a particular skill set. While Iowa has a good supply of highly skilled workers, it lacks those with middle-level skills.

Iowa Workforce Development estimates that 56 percent of all jobs

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Under the Golden Dome Too

By State Representative Linda Upmeyer House District 54 linda.upmeyer@legis.state.ia.us (515) 281-4618

in the state are considered middleskill, compared to 12 percent that are low-skill and 32 percent that are high-skill. Unfortunately, only a third of Iowa workers have the necessary skills to fill those jobs.

In 2012 Governor Branstad launched the Skilled Iowa Initiative aimed at identifying the skills workers have, and helping them gain the skills that they need for 21st century jobs. Skilled Iowa encourages workers to take an assessment which tests basic skills needed in the workplace such as: • Problem solving • Critical thinking • Applied mathematics • Locating information • And reading for information Upon completing the assessment, individuals earn a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) in one of four levels based on their score. Job seekers are then matched up with training to help them develop the skills that they need to improve upon and be successful in trades or other areas. The NCRC also helps employers identify which workers meet their job needs, and connects the two. Programs like

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Skilled Iowa help prepare our workforce to compete in the 21st century economy.

House Republicans have worked over the years to create an environment that produces quality, high-paying jobs that workers can raise a family on. Middle-skill jobs pay good wages while also offering a greater opportunity for upward mobility. I am committed to continuing to work on this with our community colleges, trade associations, and job training programs so that more Iowans can take advantage of the career opportunities that are out there.

These efforts will spur economic growth in the state, as businesses looking to relocate or expand will find a ready workforce. This is a great way to grow opportunities for middle class families, while at the same time making us even more competitive with surrounding states.

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FAITH

• Clarksville Star • Butler County Tribune-Journal •

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Washington Reformed Church

28182 Birch Ave Phone # 641-847-2817 Rev. Jack D. Ritsema, Pastor Service Times: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Morning Worship; 7 p.m. Evening Worship.

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Allison Bible Church

108 Pfaltzgraff St. Sunday, November 22: 10:30 a.m.

Morning Worship Wednesday, November 25: 7:30 p.m.

Bible Study, Prayer and Fellowship

Allison Congregational Church

Ralph Wedeking Pastor Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Sunday School and Confirmation; 10 a.m. Worship Service

St. James Lutheran Church

Thursday, November 19: 9 a.m. WIC; 9:30 a.m. Bible Study at Elm Springs Saturday, November 21: 7 a.m. Women and Men’s Bible Study at Elm Springs Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday School; 2-4 p.m.

Thrivent meeting; Pastor Jeff’s farewell Tuesday, November 24: 9 a.m. SewSew Sisters Wednesday, November 25: No Confirmation; Thanksgiving Eve Service at Allison Congregational Church Thursday, November 26: Happy Thanksgiving Saturday, November 28: 7 a.m. Women and Men’s Bible Study at Elm Springs

Trinity Reformed Church

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New Hope Parish

United Methodist Churches Pastor Ann Donat Aredale Sunday, November 22: 8 a.m. Worship Service Dumont Sunday, November 22: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service.

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Bristow Church of Christ

Dick Burlingame, Minister Ph: 641-775-3222 Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Coffee and goodies; 9:30 a.m. Bible School for all ages; 10:15 a.m. Worship Service; 6 p.m. Evening Worship.

Wednesday, November 25: 6:30 p.m.

Youth Group for kids aged 4 to high school. Please contact Sharron Meyer, 641-425-8856, or Trisha Boos, 641-3305601 if you have questions. Learning and snacks provided.

Reformed Church, Bristow

Kesley Presbyterian Church Pastor Tamara Entin Cell: 515-293-0928 Home: 515-532-2274 Sunday, November 22: 9:30 a.m.

Worship at Kesley CLARKSVILLE –

St. John Lutheran Church

204 N. Washington Pastor Charles R. Underwood 278-4765 Handicap Accessible Thursday, November 19: ECHO Deadline Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship Monday, November 23: 7 p.m. Bell Choir Practice Wednesday, November 25: 9 a.m.

ECHO folding; 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve service at Pleasant Valley Thursday, November 26: Office closed for Thanksgiving holiday Friday, November 27: Office closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Pastor Gary Mulder 614 Cherry St. 319-267-2982 Note: Handicap Accessible Services are broadcast live on Dumont Cable Channel 998.

On demand at trinref.org Thursday, November 19: 5:30 a.m.

Holy Fitness; 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Fresh Hope at the Corner Friday, November 20: 5:30 a.m. Holy Fitness Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Fellowship; 10:30 a.m. SunCommunity United day School Methodist Church Monday, November 23: 5:30 a.m.

309 W. Superior Street Holy Fitness; 3:45 p.m. Holy Fitness Pastor Dan Fernandez Tuesday, November 24: 5:30 a.m.

Community-Shell Rock Holy Fitness UMC Office 885-4554 Wednesday, November 25: 5:30 a.m.

Pastor Dan cell: 515-729-7079 Holy Fitness; 3:45 p.m. Holy Fitness; 7 Handicapped Accessible p.m. Community Thanksgiving Eve Ser- Sunday, November 22: vice at ACC 9:15 a.m. Sunday School Classes for all Thursday, November 26: 5:30 a.m. ages.

Holy Fitness; 7 p.m. Fresh Hope at the 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. CommuCorner nion served first Sunday of each month.

Friday, November 27: 5:30 a.m. Holy Fitness Immanuel United

Church of Christ APLINGTONRev. Linda Myren Hitesville Gospel Hall 203 S. Mather Street R.R., Aplington 319-278-4224 Sunday, November 22: 10 a.m. Ministry of the Word; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Sunday, November 22: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School craft day; 10:30 a.m. Worship Gospel Service Wednesday, November 25: 7:30 p.m. Service with least coin discussion; 11:30 a.m. Chimes Prayer Meeting and Bible Study

Pete Timmer

Thursday, November 19, 2015 •

Pete Edward Timmer, 76, of Allison, died on Sunday, November 15, 2015, at UPH Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, at Norway Lutheran Church, rural St. Olaf, with Pastor Marshall Hahn officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation was held from 5 to 8 p.m., on Wednesday, November 18, at the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly, and one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation. Online condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com.

The Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly is in charge of arrangements.

Pete was born on December 26, 1938, in Waverly, the son of Peter and Josie (Rieman) Timmer. He was baptized and confirmed at St. James Lutheran Church, Allison. He was raised near Clarksville and attended country school until eighth grade. He then attended Clarksville Community School systems, graduating from high school in 1957. In 1961, he graduated from Wartburg College with a Bachelor’s of Science degree, and later earned his Masters of Science degree from the University of Iowa. On December 27, 1964, Pete was united in marriage to Glenda Landsgaard at the Norway Lutheran Church, near St. Olaf. Pete attended New Life Lutheran Church near Clarksville.

Prior to and following high school graduation, Pete farmed with his parents. Following graduation from Wartburg, Pete began his teaching career, where he taught secondary science courses for the Greene, Clear Lake and Allison Bristow School systems. He earned the National Science Foundation Award from the University of Iowa. Pete was passionate about teaching and loved by his students.

After 15 years of teaching, Pete returned to farming his family’s farm. Farming was Pete’s hobby as well as career. He enjoyed raising and showing Registered Polled Herfords. He served as the Beef Superintendent for the Butler County Fair, was a member of the Butler County Cattleman’s Association where he served two terms as President, and was named Cattleman of the Year.

Pete is survived by his wife of nearly 51 years, Glenda; a daughter, Randi (Aaron) Heisler, of Allison; two granddaughters Kjersti Margit and Ambjor Belle Snyder; and two nephews, Erik (Jesi) and Bjorn Luster. He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister-in-law, Virginia Luster.

Wednesday, November 25: 7 p.m. Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Pleasant Valley UCC Thursday, November 26: Happy Thanksgiving

New Life Lutheran Congregation Unity Presbyterian Church

Ridge Avenue & 220th St. One mile south of Hwy. 3 NALC Iowa Mission Pastor Jean Rabary 1st, 2nd and 5th Sundays; Galen Eiben, Lay Pastor 3rd and 4th Sundays Sunday, November 22: 8:30 a.m.

Worship Service

Church of Christ

302 S. Elizabeth Street Val Swinton, Pastor 278-4416 Friday, November 20: 9 a.m. Mom’s Bible Study (childcare available).

Sunday, November 22: 8:45 a.m. Coffee & Donuts; 10 a.m. Worship Service; 6:30 p.m. Bible Study.

Wednesday, November 25: 10:30 a.m.

Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Sonbeams PK-5th Grade and Adult Bible Study.

Friday, November 27: 9 a.m. Mom’s Bible Study (childcare available).

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Dumont Reformed Church

(641) 857-3514 Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Sunday School for ages 3 through High School; 10 a.m. Worship (nursery care provided), Communion on the first Sunday of each month.

Mondays: 1st Monday of the Month: 1:00 p.m. Reformed Church Women (RCW) Wednesdays: 3 p.m. Adults for Christ (adult group for ages 18+); 6 p.m. Kids for Christ (Middle School Youth Group for 4th-7th grade); 7 p.m. RCYF (High School Youth Group for 8th-12th grade) GREENE-

First Presbyterian Church

319 East Traer Streets P.O. Box 160 Greene, IA 50636-0160 Cathy Belles, Pastor bellescatherine@gmail.com Sunday, November 22: 8:30 a.m. Worship, All are welcome!

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

105 N. Main St., Greene Msgr. Walter Brunkan, Pastor Sunday, November 22: 10 a.m. Mass.

St. Peter Lutheran Church

324 E. Traer, Greene Gary Hatcher, Pastor 641-816-5531 Friday, November 20: Stuffing bulletins Saturday, November 21: 6 p.m. Worship Service with Harvest Offering Sunday, November 22: Christ the King Sunday and Last Sunday in the Church Year, Harvest offering; 9 a.m.

Worship; 10 a.m. Fellowship, Sunday School, Luther League decorates tree; 10:30-11:30 a.m. Christmas program practice; 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship with Holy Communion Wednesday, November 25: 7 a.m.

Men’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve with traditional Holy Communion, Stuffing bulletins Saturday, November 28: 8 a.m. Have your pointsettias to the church; 6 p.m.

Worship Service NASHUA-

St. John’s United Church of Christ, Pleasant Hill

10009 Union Ave. Nashua, IA 50658 Like us on facebook: St. John’s UCC-Pleasant Hill (641) 435-4998 Sunday, November 22: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Thursday, November 26: Happy Thanksgiving PLAINFIELD –

First Baptist Church

809 Main Street 319-276-4889 Pastor Shawn Geer Sunday, November 22: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School – all ages; 10:30 a.m. Worship.

United Methodist Church 404 2nd Street Pastor Catherine Orth Church - 319-276-3195 Cell – 319-231-2117 Office Hours: Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thursday, 1-3 p.m.

Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Worship.

PLEASANT VALLEY –

First United Church of Christ

31015 150th Street, Clarksville 319-276-4443 Rev. Peter Wenzel, Minister Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship Wednesday, November 25: 7 p.m.

Community Thanksgiving service at Pleasant Valley ROSEVILLE-

St. Mary Church

2397 Highway 14 Roseville, IA Msgr. Walter Brunkan, Pastor Sundays: 8:30 a.m. Mass

Open Bible Church

Pastor Matt Miller 1013 E. Bremer Ave. Ph: 319-352-2038 Sunday, November 22: 9:30 a.m.

Donuts & Fellowship; 10 a.m. Morning Worship.

Believers Baptist

Lee Hutchison, Pastor P.O. Box 102 Waverly, IA 50677 319-559-0811 Independent, Fundamental King James Bible Services Sundays: 10 a.m., 6 p.m.

Wednesdays: 7 p.m.

Location: Waverly Senior Center, 506 E. Bremer Ave.

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Performance tests for corn, soy now online

AMES – Final results of the 2015 Iowa Crop Performance Tests are now available online at the Iowa State University Crop Testing website: www.croptesting.iastate.edu. All the reports are available for online viewing or downloadable files.

For online viewing, users can view all entrants, the hybrids or varieties entered, and the districts and tests in which the entries were placed. Users can also filter the information by district, genetically modified organism (GMO) traits, and maturity.

Published results can be requested from ISU Extension county offices, the Iowa Crop Improvement Association at 515-294-6921, or from ISU Extension Distribution Center at 515-294-5247.

SHELL ROCK –

United Methodist Church

204 S. Prairie Street Pastor Dan Fernandez 319-885-4554 Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Worship Service.

First Baptist Church

223 W. Washington Street Shell Rock, IA 50670 Pastor Alan V. Dicks Sunday, November 22: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 6 p.m. Sunday Evening Service Wednesdays: 6:30-8 p.m. AWANASBible Verses, Stories, Refreshments

Peace Lutheran Church (LCMS)

121 East Washington Pastor Michael Knox 319-231-9761 Sundays 9:30 a.m. KXEL AM Radio Bible Class The Double Edged Sword Saturday, November 22: 6 p.m. Bible Class ; 7 p.m. Worship.

Faith Lutheran Church

422 N. Prairie Street Pastor Kim Smith 319-885-4547 Email: faithsr@butler-bremer.com Sunday, November 22: 9 a.m. Worship Service; 10 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service.

Wednesday, November 25: 7 p.m.

Evening Worship Service.

VILMAR-

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Pastor Mark Walker St. John’s is Handicap Accessible.

Saturday, November 28: 7 a.m.

Prayer at Elm Springs Sunday, November 29: 8:45 a.m.

Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship with baptism of Runa Morse, Coffee and fellowship; 1:30 p.m. Worship at Allison Rehabilitation Center Saturday, December 5: 7 a.m. Prayer at Elm Springs

WAVERLY-

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

2700 Horton Road Fr. Dave Schatz 319-352-2493 Eucharistic Liturgies: Saturday 5:15 p.m.

Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Friday, Novmber 20: 6 p.m. Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Saturday, November 21: 4:30 p.m.

Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy/Peanut Butter Collection.

Sunday, November 22: 8 a.m. Mass/ Children’s Liturgy; 10 a.m. Mass/Children’s Liturgy Friday, November 27: 6 p.m. Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Peace United Church of Christ

1800 11th Street SE 319-352-3151 Pastor Jonathan Hennings Sunday, November 22: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Worship Service.

St. John Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

“Church of the Lutheran Hour” On radio stations WMT, 600 AM at 6:30 a.m.; KXEL, 1540 AM at 7:00 a.m. & KWAY, 1470 AM at 8:00 a.m.

Every Sunday 415 4th Street SW Rev. Matthew Versemann & Rev. Keith Brustuen Sunday, November 22: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class.

Wednesday, November 25: 5:30 p.m.

Confirmation; 6 p.m. Midweek Classes.

What is the difference between a Shepherd and a Cowboy?

Pastor Charles Underwood St John Lutheran Church , Clarksville Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’(Luke 15:1-6) What can we learn from the lesson of Jesus’ parable about a lost sheep? One of the ways we are taught to understand scripture is to put ourselves into the text. So really in this text there are only two characters, the Sheppard and the sheep. Three if you want to count the lost sheep as separate from the ninety-nine. But how can we put ourselves into this text. I think it’s hard because of our culture and our values that we are taught from childhood we are not conducive to being a shepherd.

We are taught to be self made me and women. In my youth that was the goal; especially coming from a working class family was to be a self made man. To pull yourself by your bootstraps, take on all obstacles and be successful. So if we are encouraged to be shepherds what are we? Well it was really easy to see where the average American male fits and possible some ladies too. It was a weekly ritual to watch the cowboy show Rawhide at our house. I can still remember how the evening started.

Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Keep movin’, movin’, movin’, Though they’re disapprovin’, Keep them doggies movin’ Rawhide!

Don’t try to understand ‘em, Just rope and throw and grab ‘em, Set ‘em out, Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out, Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in Rawhide.

What am I saying? I think we are more like a cowboy than a shepherd. I would think at this point you are asking, “why can’t we be shepherds, I really want to be shepherd.” I don’t want to be a cowboy.

So, let’s look at the difference between shepherds and cowboys. Why would I even bring up cowboys from a text about sheep? In order to get value from a parable we have to view it in our framework of today. I will say this now, and I feel it is extremely important. When looking at a text into today’s perspective (in context) it does not give us total freedom to interpret scripture anyway we like. That is, in a way that makes us feel good. Scripture is Law and Gospel and the Law very seldom, if ever makes us feel good about ourselves. To be faithful to the scripture, we have to stay as best we can with the authors original intent. Otherwise we fall into heresy, and there is plenty of heresy to go around today.

How does a shepherd work? The way a shepherd moves his sheep is to walk in middle and to talk to them. They follow his voice and all crowd around, all wanting to be close to the shepherd. Once in Germany my wife and I were able to witness this first hand. We were going for a walk and we saw a German shepherding his sheep from one side of the village to the other side. It was a small group but he was just walking along speaking softly, I thought he was mumbling and I really wondered how he could even walk because they all were pushing and all trying to be all around his feet. They were following his voice.

How do cowboys move their cows? They ride horses carry lariats and a bull whip; they yell and shout to drive the cows. The cows are whipped, pushed, chased, and scared, in what we call a cattle drive. Does that not fit into our nation’s psyche, of self-made men and women? But we clean it up; we couch it in determination, ambition, get-up-and-go, motivation, being success oriented. So I would contend that we would all not be exactly cowboys but in this parable we would be more of a cowboy than a shepherd.

What is my point? It is that by nature as sinners and our cultural training we fit the cowboy mold more that the shepherd. So as we open our imagination and see in our minds eye and try to see ourselves as shepherds is not easy as we would like.

Many scholars like to interpret the sheep as the world, and the shepherd as Christ.

I guess we could do that, but as I did my research I found that the most accurate interpretation is that the shepherd is Christ but the sheep is one of his flock, in our world a Christian.

So as cowboys how do we treat each other? How do we treat our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ? Is this sanctuary really a sanctuary? Is it a safe place that we can come and worship and know that we are going to be affirmed, cared for, and loved no matter how many times we make mistakes? Or as cowboys are we still try to drive our agendas, are we pushing our ideas so hard that we scare people? We have to work at be friendly and being open to new people.

This parable gives us a glimpse of the heart of a true shepherd, and the joy of a community reunited with its lost members. Shepherds not only had to watch over their sheep by day and by night; they also had to protect them from wolves and lions that preyed upon them. It was common to inspect and count the sheep at the end of the day You can imagine the surprise and grief of the shepherd who discovers that one of his sheep is missing! Does he wait until the next day to go looking for it? Or does he ask a neighboring shepherd if he might has seen the stray sheep? No, he goes immediately in search of this lost sheep. Delay for even one night could mean disaster leading to death. Sheep by nature are very social creatures. An isolated sheep can quickly become bewildered, disoriented, and even neurotic. Easy prey for wolves and lions! Most of the time when a sheep is totally lost it will just lie down and wait. That is what makes them such easy prey to the predators of the night.

The shepherd’s grief and anxiety is turned to joy when he finds the lost sheep and restores it to the fold. The shepherd searches until what he has lost is found.

His persistence pays off. What was new in Jesus’ teaching was the insistence that sinners must be sought out time and time again. How easy to forget and be distracted with other matters while the lost become prey for devouring wolves of the soul. The Apostle Peter reminds us that the “devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). God does not rejoice in the loss of anyone, but desires that we be saved and restored to him.

That is why the whole community of heaven rejoices when one sinner is found and restored to fellowship with God. God is on a rescue mission today to save us from the destructive forces of sin and evil. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, watches over every step we take. Do you listen to his voice and heed his wise counsel? Do you follow the path he has set for you - a path that leads to life rather than death? We know from elsewhere in the gospels that Jesus came for the sick not the healthy, this is why the shepherd can leave the ninety-nine, to go look for the lost sheep.

Often times we become so comfortable with ourselves that we forget what we are to be in the midst of hurting people. So in reality this could be a parable about mission in its truest sense. Is Jesus calling us to leave our comfort zone and seek out someone that is hurting or lost their way in life? That truly would be the heart and mind of a shepherd. I told you it would be hard to think like a shepherd.

Amen.

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RECORDS/LOCAL

• Butler County Tribune-Journal •

Iowa Organic Conference Wheaton Franciscan to feature mentoring AMES (ISUEO) — The 15th an- and produce continues to exceed to join nual Iowa Organic Conference will supply. farmers who are interested in Growers are encouraged to bring Mercy Health give transitioning to an organic operation their grain samples to the grain buythe opportunity to meet individually er exhibitors. with experts in the field. The confer- A local foods expo will kick off Network

Tosanak Recreation Area purchases playscape with help of grant

The Tosanak Recreation Area recently added a natural playscape to its campground and nature center with funding from a Floyd County Community Foundation grant. Tosanak, which is located 2 miles north of Marble Rock, was originally the Winnebago Boy Scout Reservation before being purchased by Floyd County Conservation. Safe activities include climbing, jumping or simply sitting on the low structures. This area also includes tents, hobbit houses, cabins, a learning center and walking trails that run along the Shell Rock River. The Tosanak Recreation Area is open from sunup to sundown. Cabins can be reserved by calling 641-756-3490.

Proceedings Public Notice

ORDINANCE 253 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 9.04.220 OF THE ALLISON MUNICIPAL CODE BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Allison, Iowa: Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 9.04.220 of the Allison Municipal Code.

Section 2. Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places. Section 9.04.220 of the Allison Municipal Code he hereby amended by adding Subsection (7) as follows: (7) No parking on the South Side of the 800 Block of 5th Street – Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase of the Code is, for any reason, held to be invalid or enforceable as to any person or circumstances, the application of such section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it shall be held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and all other provisions of the Code, in all other respects, shall be and remain valid and enforceable.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance and the Allison City Code shall be in full force and shall take effect, from and after the adoption and publication of this ordinance.

Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Allison, Iowa this 9th day of November, 2015 Scot Henrichs, Mayor ATTEST: Glenda Miller, City Clerk TJ 47-1

Public Notice

IN THE IOWA JUVENILE COURT FOR BUTLER COUNTY JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF M.P. C.P. Children, Juvenile No. JVJV001407 JVJV001408 SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO: Lindsay M. Penning 2609 Frederick Ave. S., Lot 52 Oelwein, IA 50662 YOU ARE HEREBY notified that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights has been filed in this court regarding the above-named children. A copy of the Petition is attached.

Each parent of the above-named children shall immediately file an Affidavit of Financial Status with the Butler County Clerk of Court to assist the Court in determining parents’ liability for attorney fees for the children’s attorney. Failure to file such Affidavit before the date of hearing may result in an Order requiring the parents to contribute 100% toward the children’s attorney fees.

YOU ARE THEREFORE SUMMONED to appear before the Iowa Juvenile Court for Butler County in the courtroom of the Butler County Courthouse, Allison, Iowa, on the January 13, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., and, if the above named children are in your custody, to bring the children with you at that time.

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Public Notice

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Notice Date: November 12, 2015 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is proposing to amend an NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit for the discharge described below: DISCHARGER NAME AND ADDRESS: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc. LOCATION: Township: 91N, Range: 15W, Section: 32, County: Butler RECEIVING STREAMS: West Fork Cedar River PURPOSE OF THE PERMIT REVISION: This permit is being amended to reflect the re-routing of industrial wastewater from Outfall 001 (unnamed creek) to a new Outfall 009 (West Fork Cedar River). All limits and monitoring for this Outfall have been updated based on the new flow and production information.

Anyone wishing to comment on or object to the proposed amendment of this permit must do so in writing within forty-five (45) days of the date shown at the top of this notice. All comments received will be considered in the final determination. If no objections are received within forty-five (45) days, the Department will issue a final permit. You may request the Department hold a public hearing by submitting a written request stating specific reasons why a hearing should be held.

Comments, objections, and requests for hearings may be submitted online using the Wastewater Permit Information Exchange system at https://programs.iowadnr.gov/wwpie/. Comments, objections, and requests for hearings may also be addressed to the: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, NPDES Section, 502 East 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319.

Copies of the proposed permit and other information may be viewed on WWPIE at the web address noted above. This information is also on file and available for public inspection from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday at the above street address. In addition, copies of this information may be requested by calling Wendy Hieb at (515) 725-8405 or e-mail at wendy.hieb@dnr.iowa.gov.

TJ-47-1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on November 23, 2015 at 5:45 P.M., the City Council of the City of Allison, Iowa, will conduct a public hearing in the council chambers of the City Hall, 410 N Main St., Allison, IA 50602 for the purpose of obtaining citizen comment concerning the following: 1. To receive comment on the community development and housing needs of low and moderate-income persons.

2. Proposed activities of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Grant Application and the cost estimate of the project. The proposed activity is financial assistance for a sanitary sewer improvement project.

Citizens are encouraged to attend to provide their comments. Written comments should be addressed to Glenda Miller, City of Allison, P. O. Box 647, Allison, IA 50602.

TJ-47-1

Public Notice

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION To: All entities claiming an interest in, or in possession of Parcel No. 0722200046 (22 92 16 TR N OF RR NE ¼ NE ¼ 22 92, Butler County, Iowa).

In Accordance with Iowa Code Section 447.9, you are hereby notified that: 1. The Property described in Paragraph Two of this Notice was sold at tax sale on the 17th day of June, 2013. The purchaser at tax sale was Terry E. Engel.

2. The legal description of the property sold is: Parcel No. 0722200046 (22 92 16 TR N OF RR NE ¼ NE ¼ 22 92, Butler County, Iowa) 3. Your right of redemption as set forth in the Iowa Code will expire unless redemption of the property is made within ninety (90) days from the date of the completed service of this Notice.

4. If the right of redemption is allowed to expire, a Tax Deed will be issued by the Treasurer of Butler County, Iowa.

Patrick G. Vickers Vickers Law Office 118 First Street South PO Box 499 Greene, IA 50636 (641) 823-4192 (641) 823-5633 pgv@myomnitel.com ATTORNEY FOR TERRY E. ENGEL TJ-47-1

Proceedings

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR BUTLER COUNTY (JUVENILE DIVISION) STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff v.

L.M. Juvenile No. JVJV001413 ORDER FOR PUBLISHED NOTICE NOW the Court finds that a hearing under Iowa Code Chapter 232 has been set on the Termination of Parental Rights in the above captioned matter on December 16, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. The Court is further advised that the father’s last known address unknown, was not reachable for notification by CERTIFIED MAIL. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND FOUND that personal service of the child’s father(s) is impracticable and that service should be made by publication.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that notice of said hearing shall be served upon any putative father of the child by publication in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure each week for three (3) consecutive weeks, the last publication made no later than 3 (3) days prior to the date set for hearing.

IN THE IOWA JUVENILE COURT FOR BUTLER COUNTY JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF L.M. A Child, Juvenile No. JVJV001413 SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO: Molly McMullen 43 Mulberry St. Waterloo, IA 50703 Bruce Stanford (address unknown) Justin Dale (address unknown) YOU ARE HEREBY notified that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights has been filed in this court regarding the above-named child. A copy of the Petition is attached.

Each parent of the above-named child shall immediately file an Affidavit of Financial Status with the Butler County Clerk of Court to assist the Court in determining parents’ liability for attorney fees for the child’s attorney. Failure to file such Affidavit before the date of hearing may result in an Order requiring the parents to contribute 100% toward the child’s attorney fees.

YOU ARE THEREFORE SUMMONED to appear before the Iowa Juvenile Court for Butler County in the courtroom of the Butler County Courthouse, Allison, Iowa, on the December 16, 2015, at 3:30 p.m., and, if the above named child is in your custody, to bring the child with you at that time.

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The Wheaton Franciscan Sisters announced last week their intent to form a new relationship for their Iowa hospitals and services located in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Oelwein.

The intention is for these organizations to join Mercy Health Network (MHN), based in West Des Moines, an integrated system of hospitals, clinics and other health and patient care facilities working to achieve the “triple aim goals” of better health care services, better health, and higher efficiency.

The transfer is contingent upon final negotiations of definitive agreements, the receipt of all required approvals, and is expected to take place in the first quarter of calendar year 2016.

ence will be held Sunday, Nov. 22 to Monday, Nov. 23 at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, a joint effort between Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the UI Office of Sustainability and others.

Farmers will have the chance to participate in farmer-to-mentor round tables with organic producers and those experienced with organic certification. In addition, event speakers will provide advice on organic grain crops, vegetable production, fruit cultivation and certification how-to tips.

The U.S. market for organic products reached $39.1 billion in 2014 and the demand for organic grains

the conference on Sunday, Nov. 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the UI Memorial Union.

Conference information and directions to the event are available online at http://sustainability.uiowa. edu/2015-iowa-organic-conference.

To register, access https://www.signmeup.com/108970. For additional information, contact Kathleen Delate at kdelate@iastate.edu.

Additional conference partners are the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, New Pioneer Food Co-op, Organic Valley and Practical Farmers of Iowa.

Official Proceedings: City of Allison

City of Allison Council Meeting Monday, November 9, 2015 Public Hearing: The Allison City Council held a public hearing on Monday, November 9, 2015. Mayor Henrichs called the public hearing to order at 5:45 P.M. Council members present: Blockhus, Cramer, Davis & Platter. Absent: Henrichs. Others present: Alice Schwab, Felicia Schrage, Deb Hummel, Janice Wehrhan, Cindi Johnson, Diane Buss, Derek Buss, Jacob Tjaden of INRCOG, Lee Gallentine – City Engineer, Tony Knoll and 2 guests.

The Mayor asked for comments for or against the adoption of Ordinance #253 – An Ordinance allowing the City to post no parking signs 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday on the South side of the 800 block of 5th Street to reduce traffic congestion for the school buses turning off of Birch onto 5th Street. The City Clerk reported that no written objections had been filed by any resident or property owner. Motion by Platter to close the public hearing. Second by Davis. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.

Regular Meeting: Mayor Henrichs opened the regular hearing at 5:50 p.m. Council members present: Blockhus, Cramer, Davis & Platter. Absent: Henrichs.

Others present: Alice Schwab, Felicia Schrage, Deb Hummel, Janice Wehrhan, Cindi Johnson, Diane Buss, Derek Buss, Jacob Tjaden of INRCOG, Lee Gallentine – City Engineer, Tony Knoll and 2 guests. Motion by Platter to approve the agenda. Second by Blockhus. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.

Open Forum: The cemetery committee was present and asked if anything had been taken care of in regards to mowing at the cemetery. The Council stated that they would be calling a special meeting of the public works employees, lawn mowers, cemetery committee and representatives of the City Council. The Council will inform them of the date. Diane Buss asked the Council what they intended to do about the damage to her parents grave stone. The Council said they would turn the loss into the City’s insurance company.

Tony Knoll of 302 8th Street was present at the meeting to discuss the building permit that was approved by the City for him to build a cold storage building on his lot. He stated he was approached by Duffy Gangsei, the adjacent neighbor to his lot, that the holes he was drilling for the pole building were too close to the lot line and he objected to the building being that close to his property. Tony had planned on using the existing concrete slab as the floor in his new building. The Mayor informed Tony that he would be responsible to locate the property pins and once he gets them located to let the Council know so they can decide what needs to be done with the building permit.

Cindi Johnson, Ambulance President, informed the Council that EMT classes through Hawkeye Community College in Waverly, will be offered starting January of 2016. She has 4 – 6 people that possibly may take the classes. The total cost per person is approximately $2,000 which includes schooling, books and

testing. She also informed the Council that the Butler County Supervisors are considering hiring a full time paramedic that would go from town to town in Butler County when needed during the day when coverage for most towns is limited due to most ambulance volunteers working out of town. She urged the City Council to work with the supervisors in regards to this matter.

Consent Agenda: Blockhus made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Second by Cramer. The items approved was as follows: Approve minutes from meeting on 10/26/2015 Approve Treasurers Reports Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.

New Business: Jacob Tjaden from INRCOG was present at the meeting to discuss the 2016 CDBG grant application process. The applications are due

by January 8, 2016. Tentative award date is May 16, 2016. The City of Allison is eligible to apply for a grant of up to $500,000. The Council asked him to proceed with the process and Jacob will get things initiated for the upcoming Council meetings.

Blockhus made a motion and second by Cramer to approve the 1st reading of Ordinance #253 and waive the second and third readings – this Ordinance allows the City to post no parking signs from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday on the South side of the 800 block of 5th Street to reduce traffic congestion for the school buses turning off of Birch Street onto 5th Street.

Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.

Glenda discussed with Council the codification process and the approximate cost that was given by Iowa Codification to update the City of Allison’s Ordinance book. The total to do the update is estimated to be from $7,000 to $8,500. Glenda will be sending the hard copy of our existing code and uncodified ordinances to get a firm bid.

The library has asked the City to provide refreshments for one of their bingo dates. Motion

by Platter and second by Cramer to donate up to $50.00 for refreshments used by the library for Bingo. Ayes: All. Nays: None. Motion carried.

The pictures and letter sent to the City by a member of the Roose LLC were reviewed and discussed. The Mayor will be contacting them.

Old Business: The trade of the mower and the mowing processes at the cemetery will be tabled until the meeting with the cemetery committee and council representatives.

Blockhus made a motion to adjourn at 7:09 p.m. Second by Davis. Ayes: All. Nays: None.

Motion carried.

Scot Henrichs, Mayor Attest: Glenda Miller, City Clerk Access Elevator-Elevator Inspection $445.00 Agvantage FS, Inc -Spray For Cemetery $433.00 Ahlers & Cooney, PC -SRF Loan Administration $4,080.48 Allan Inc.-UPS Charges $87.21 Allison Variety-Library Office Supplies $12.16

Baker & Taylor-Library Books $437.89 Billie Buss-Wilder Days Supplies $124.16 Blacktop Services-Street Project For 2015 & Cold Mix $116,926.50 Butler Bucks-Wilder Days Supplies $100.00 Butler Co. Public Health -Employee Drug Test $25.00 Butler County Auditor-Hazmat Dues $514.50 Butler County Extension -Kim’s Pesticide Appl. Class $35.00 Butler County Fair Assoc -Wilder Days Supplies $130.00 Butler County Solid Waste -Disposal Fee $3,344.25 Cardmember City-Credit Card City & Ambulance $1,612.01 Central Iowa Distr-Paint For Streets $68.00 City Of Allison-Library Water Bill $119.63 CJ Cooper-Employee Drug Testing $35.00 Cooper Motors-Fire Truck Repair Parts $33.80 Deb Harre-Park Cleaning $143.00 Decker Sports-Wilder Days Supplies $374.50 Dralle Plumbing & Heating -Park Repair Parts $8.00 Dumont Telephone Co -Monthly Phone Bills $513.83 EFTPS-Fed/FICA Tax $3,927.14 Elm Springs Assisted Liv -Senior Citizens Coffee $88.50 Greenies Balloons -Wilder Days Service $125.00 Hawkins Inc-Water Chemicals $388.00 IMWCA-Workers Comp Premium $1,417.00 Iowa Prison Industries-Street Signage $72.40 IPERS-IPERS $2,318.06 J & C Grocery-Wilder Days Supplies $138.67 Jendro Sanitation Svcs -Garbage Collection $4,284.58 Jennie Bright-Wilder Days Supplies $300.00 Joe’s Heating And Cooling -Service Call At Clinic $27.50 Keystone Lab -Water And Sewer Sampling $1,986.40 Kid Again Inflatables Fun -Wilder Days Inflatables $1,750.00 KLMJ-Wilder Days Advertising $450.00 Lincoln Savings -Interest On $350,000 Loan $2,835.39 Linda Allen-Library Books $310.30 Make It Up Face Painting -Wilder Days Service $260.00 Marlys Kruse-Cleaning For Park $50.00 Merchant-Camping Credit Card Manager $146.56 Mid American Energy-Gas & Electric $5,784.07 Mid-America Publishing Cr -Publications $329.56 Miller Building-Shop Supplies $25.01 Napa Auto Parts -Vehicle Maintenance Parts $185.97 North Central Amb Sales -Parts For Ambulance $147.52 ODB Company -Street Sweeper Repair Part $211.24 Office Elements-Library Office Supplies $17.58 On-Site Information Destr -Shredding Services $45.00 Paul Niemann Construction -Rock For Street Construction $46,557.80

Payroll Checks $14,146.92 -Total Payroll Checks Physicians Claims Co $238.79 -Ambulance Billing Pool Tech Midwest, Inc. -Pool Repair Parts $211.72 Robi Endelman-Wilder Days Supplies $142.85 Roling Ford-Ambulance Repair $404.45 Ryan Exterminating $30.00 -Exterminating At Shop Ryken Engineering -Engineering On Sanitary Sewer $8,003.75 Sandry Fire Supply, LLC $961.10 -Fire Department Flow Testing Sandy Boyd-Wilder Days Supplies $100.00 Schrock Concrete $6,550.00 -Curb & Gutter Replacement Sharon Niehaus-Cleaning At Library $180.00 Standing Hampton $2,700.00 -Wilders Days Band Star Graphics-T-Shirts For Public Works $63.80 Steve Van Ellen-Wilder Days Supplies $80.00 Sult Electric-Repair Of Light At Clinic $71.45 Superior Welding $203.77 -Oxygen For Ambulance Taylor Rose $402.50 -Cleaning At City Hall & Park Teledyne Isco-Battery For Lagoon $295.69 US Cellular-Cell Phone Bill $67.66 US Post Office-Water Bill Postage $147.50 Utility Equipment $218.80 -Repair Parts For Water WalMart-Library Books $19.56 Waverly Health Center $176.00 -Ambulance Billing Wellmark-Health Insurance $3,296.24 Wix Water Works-Wt Bottle Rental $19.00 Claims Total $242,513.72 General Fund $38,354.96 Road Use Tax Fund $3,796.81 Employee Benefits Fund $1,962.40 Debt Service Fund $2,611.39 Yearly Street Projects Fund $162,606.17 Water Fund $5,990.46 Sewer Fund $5,008.95 2015 Lagoon Project Fund $8,003.75 Landfill/Garbage Fund $7,628.83 Storm Water Fund $6,550.00 REVENUE REPORT General Total 114,662.89 Library Total 23.18 Road Use Tax Total 9,670.19 Employee Benefits Total 35,723.71 Emergency Fund Total 2,756.42 Local Options Sales Tax Total 5,579.76 Tax Increment Financing Total 25,467.01 Debt Service Total 72,021.21 Water Total 10,412.14 Water Reserve Fund Total 11.75 Water Depreciation Total 20.71 Customer Deposits Total 300.00 Sewer Total 24,488.93 Sewer Reserve Total 4.50 Sewer Depreciation Total 21.71 2015 Lagoon Project Total 8,033.75 Landfill/Garbage Total 8,897.47 Storm Water Total 983.80 Total Revenue 319,079.13 TJ 47-1

Proceedings: North Butler Community School District

NORTH BUTLER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION Regular Meeting November 9, 2015 The regular board meeting was called to order by Pres. Eric Bixby at 6:35 p.m. in the Allison Media Center. Board members present were Eric Bixby, Kristy Lammers, Liz Schroeder, Bobbi Jo Spainhower and Laura Staudt; others present were Superintendent Joel Foster, Secondary Principal Dan Huff, Elementary Principal Aimee Wedeking and 21 community members.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Schroeder, to approve agenda as amended. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Schroeder, seconded by Lammers, to approve the minutes from October 15, 2015 meeting. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Spainhower, to approve October 2015 financial reports and November 2015 bill listing. Carried unanimously.

Amanda Willadsen and Jessica Rogers addressed the board regarding their sick days.

Moved by Schroeder, seconded by Lammers, to approve the Tier 2 Site Assessment for the Greene elementary building with Cardno ATC for $11,095.00. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Spainhower, seconded by Schroeder, to approve the following high school clubs: Social Studies and Athletic Leadership Council. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Spainhower, to approve early graduation requests from Kymberlee Evanson, Alysha Fox, Katelynn Johnson, Logan Martzahn, Brooke Mennen and Kara Schmidt contingent upon the student completing all state and local requirements for graduation. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Spainhower, to approve SBRC application for additional allowable growth for the 2015-16 fiscal year in the amount of $70,026 for increase open enrollment out students. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Spainhower, seconded by Schroeder, to approve the special education contracts for the 2015-16 school year. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Lammers, seconded by Spainhower, to approve the new accounting software from Software Unlimited Inc. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Lammers, seconded by Spainhower, to approve revisions to board policy 407.6 Licensed Employee Voluntary Early Retirement and waive 2nd reading. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Schroeder, seconded by Spainhower, to approve revisions to board policy 413.6 Classified Employee Voluntary Early Retirement and waive 2nd reading. Carried unani-

mously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Spainhower, to approve the City of Greene’s request to transfer 20 feet of property on the West side of City Hall. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Schroeder, to approve letter of assignments for Robi Boge, associate @ $10.00 per hour; Michele Anderson, cook @ $11.50 per hour. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Spainhower, seconded by Schroeder, to approve contract for Isaac Almelien, JH Boys Basketball Coach @ $2,125 (BA 16, 5%).

Carried unanimously.

Moved by Schroeder, seconded by Spainhower, to approve Jeff Mouw, substitute. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Schroeder, seconded by Lammers, to approve the following volunteer coaches: Joe Nelson, Tom Nettleton, Jordan Eberline, Mike Lammers, Jeff Lindell, Beth Endelman. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Staudt, seconded by Schroeder, to approve administrative reports as presented.

Carried unanimously.

Moved by Spainhower, seconded by Staudt, to adjourn at 7:57 p.m.

The tentative date for the next regular board meeting is December 9, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in Greene.

Board President Board Secretary North Butler Community School November 2015 Vendor Report Vendor-Description Amount AABLE Pest Control-Pest Control 40.00 AEA 267-Supplies 376.11 AFLAC-10/20/15 Payroll 584.22 Al Gielau-JH FB Official 70.00 Alliant Energy-Electric 287.37 Allison Hardware-Supplies 148.25 Anderson Erickson Dairy Co.-Dairy 3823.83 Andy Crozier-PD Speaking 1039.88 Aplington Artworks-Musical Supplies 149.00 Aplington-Parkersburg CSD -Open Enrollment 22281.00 Apple Inc-iPads 1516.00 Aramark Uniform Services Inc -Shop Towels/Cleaning Service 376.77 Avesis Third Party Administrators, Inc. -10/20/15 Payroll 447.10 Bankers Trust Company -Bond Payment 14273.75 Butler County Public Health-Car Seat 91.00 CAM Community School District -Open Enrollment 2405.01 Carrie Eiklenborg-VB Line Judge 100.00 Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, LLC-Supplies 64.88 Charles City CSD-Open Enrollment 7957.50 Chris Hoffert-FB Official 120.00 City Of Allison-Water/Sewer 136.48

City of Greene-Water/Sewer 1020.00 Clarksville Community School -Open Enrollment 14323.50 Clayton Ridge Community School District-Open Enrollment 1591.50 Collection Services Center -10/20/15 Payroll 237.32 Continuum Retail Energy Services, LLC-Energy 220.63 Cooper Motors-2015 Chry 200 LTD 24190.00 Corrine Thompson-Mileage 167.31 D&K Products-Chemicals 780.00 Dell, Inc.-Computers 3491.00 Delta Dental Of Iowa-10/20/15 Payroll 2233.42 Dennis Dengel-JH FB Official 70.00 Department Of Education -Bus Inspection 880.00 Dumont Telephone-Telephone 482.24 EMS Detergent Services-Supplies 771.20 Earthgrains Baking Co, Inc.-Food 1023.53 Elena Montejo-Travel 201.53 Employee Benefit System -10/20/15 Payroll 1828.84 Fisher Tracks Inc. -Long Jump Landing Zone 3156.54 Flinn Scientific Inc-Science Supplies 113.61 Follett School Solutions Inc -Battle of the Books 545.53 Freeze Frame Bowl-Concessions 506.00 Garner-Hayfield CSD-Tournament 60.00 Greg Henn-JH FB Official 70.00 Gretchen Tabbert-VB Scoreboard 60.00 Hampton-Dumont Community Schools -Open Enrollment 1591.50 Harold’s Repair -Vehicle Repairs/Maintenance 1295.64 Heartland Asphalt, Inc.-Pool Sidewalk 1700.00 Heartland Paper Co-Supplies 517.79 Huber Supply Co, Inc.-Cylinder Rental 4.24 IPERS-10/20/15 Payroll 51805.07 ISEBA-10/20/15 Payroll 35871.36 ISU Microbiology Club-Registration 240.00 Internal Revenue Service -10/20/15 Payroll 83865.83 Iowa Association of School Boards-Orientation Conference 300.00 Iowa Department of Revenue -10/20/15 Payroll 1146.79 Iowa Girls Coaches Association -Registration 50.00 Iowa High School Speech Assoc -Membership 115.00 Iowa Sports Supply-Wrestling Singlets 714.95 Iowa Workforce Development -Unemployment 3656.92 J&C Grocery-SPED Supplies 101.07 J&J Medical-Supplies 50.00 JW Pepper & Sons Inc-Jazz Concert 62.99 Janesville Consolidated School District-Open Enrollment 4774.50 Jendro Sanitation Services -Waste Removal 79.30

Jim Prouty-FB Official 90.00 Joe Strong-Reimbursement 63.50 Joe’s Heating, Cooling and 182.34 Plumbing-Sump pump Keck Inc-Food 3295.51 Kevy’s Appliance-Repairs 878.90 Kyle Marquard-FB Scoreboard 150.00 Landers Hardware Hank-Supplies 238.68 Lowery McDonnell Company-Supplies 4579.60 Madison National Life-10/20/15 Payroll 1002.54 Marco, Inc.-Copier Lease 1826.29 Maria Mathers-VB Line Judge 80.00 Martin Bros Dist Co-Food/Supplies 13986.26 Mercy Clinics-DOT Physical 22.00 Mid American Energy-Electric 1925.64 Mid-American Publishing-Publications 123.74 Mike Johnson-FB Official 90.00 NAPA Auto Parts - Greene-Supplies 295.52 NCIBA-HS Jazz Festival 130.00 Neil Wedeking Electric-Repairs 1871.31 North Butler Educational Association 1566.16 -10/20/15 Payroll OmniTel Communications-Telephone 257.50 Orkin Exterminating Co.,Inc. 194.82 -Pest Control Pat Lincoln-FB Official 90.00 Patrick Bouillon-Van Lettering 40.00 Piper Jaffray & Company 1000.00 -Dissemination Agent Prairie Lakes AEA8-VTS Program 895.00 RRMR Community Schools 6366.00 -Open Enrollment Rhonda Williams-VB Scoreboard 90.00 Riddell All American Sports Corp 2616.25 -FB Equipment Ross Plumbing & Heating Inc-Supplies 51.40 Rube Goldberg, Inc.-Registration 150.00 Scholastic Book Fairs-8-Book Fair 2024.38 School Administrators Iowa-Registration 721.00 School Bus Sales-Repair Parts 137.72 School Health-SPED Supplies 1932.00 Scott Oelmann-FB Official 120.00 Simplex Grinnell-Repairs 163.32 Sphero-SPED Supplies 239.96 Steve Hoffert-FB Official 90.00 T & M Foods-FCS Foods 534.80 TC Networks, Inc.-Apple Computers 3752.50 Imaging/IT Support Treasurer - State of Iowa 14445.00 -10/20/15 Payroll Trevor Wangsness-FB Scoreboard 60.00 Trophies Plus, Inc.-Athletic Recognition 776.30 VISA-Supplies 4712.39 Voya Financial-10/20/15 Payroll 9137.11 WBC Mechanical-Boiler Repairs 644.44 Waste Management-Waste Removal 873.80 Waverly-Shell Rock School District 27055.60 -Open Enrollment Report Total: $413,824.08 TJ 47-1

• Clarksville Star • Butler County Tribune-Journal •

SMALL CLAIMS First National Bank of Omaha v. Waylon W. Jans, Parkersburg. Dismissed without prejudice on Nov. 9.

DISTRICT COURT Justin Melvin Sherman, 25, Readlyn, pleaded guilty to amended charges of operation of motor vehicle without valid license (count one) and illegal operation of golf cart (count two), both simple misdemeanors. In a judgment Nov. 9, he was credited for time served and ordered to pay a combined $275 fines, $96.25 surcharges and $100 court costs. Clarksville Police charged him in an affidavit dated June 11.

Cody Michael Bertram, 24, Dumont, filed intent to appeal a Nov. 4 judgment and “all adverse orders therein,” on Nov. 5, through his attorney, David A. Kuehner of Charles City. Bertram, 24, of Dumont pleaded guilty on Aug. 26 to second-degree theft ($1,000 to $10,000), which carries a class D felony, and was sentenced on Nov. 4 in Butler County District Court to up to five years in prison and ordered to pay a law enforcement surcharge and court costs. No grounds for the appeal were listed. Kuehner was appointed counsel after the guilty plea, two days before the ruling.

Mark Reiher, 61, New Hartford, has requested his preliminary hearing be moved to Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. Reiher, a former Butler County supervisor, is charged with three counts of misappropriation of funds, which if found as charged, would amount to one D felony and two aggravated misdemeanors.

TRAFFIC CITATIONS Dollar amounts in order are fines, surcharges and court costs.

Failure to maintain safety belts — William Tod Morris, Plainfield, $57.50, $17.50, $60; Keithy Reede Doty, Clarksville, $57.50, $17.50, $60 Failure to maintain or use safety belts, adult — James Scott Willms, Waterloo,

Proceedings

MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2015.

Meeting called to order at 1:00 P.M. by Chairman Tom Heidenwirth with members Rex Ackerman and Rusty Eddy present. Also present were Engineer John Riherd, HR/Finance Deputy Mindy Pecha, Labor Relations Consultant Renee Von Bokern, Urbandale, Iowa, Nick Norton, Clarksville, Iowa, Brian Vaske, Epworth, Iowa, Secondary Roads employee representatives Ryan Benke, Greene, Iowa, Rick Swarts, New Hartford, Iowa, Nick Koenen, Aplington, Iowa, Dwight Peterson, Dumont, Iowa and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 234 Business Representative Cheryl Arnold, Des Moines, Iowa.

Board of Supervisors and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 234 exchanged initial proposals with limited explanatory discussion.

Chairman Heidenwirth adjourned the meeting at 1:10 P.M. The above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes and proceedings of a special adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Butler County, Iowa on November 5, 2015.

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RECORDS Butler County Courthouse News

$50, $17.50, $60 Failure to obey stop sign and yield right of way — Cole James Janssen, Waverly, $115, $35, $60 No valid driver’s license — Andrew Lowell Steffen, Ackley, $200, $70, $60 Speeding — 55 or under, 6-10 over — John Matthew Schutt, Jefferson, $46, $14, $60; Andrew Lowell Steffen, Ackley, $40, $14, $60 55 or under, 11-15 over — Tiffany Dashay Irvin, Altoona, $92, $28, $60 TRANSFERS - Nov. 4-Nov. 10 Release: GMAC Mortgage Corp., MERS to Andrea, Justin Gibbs; 20152682.

Tax Liens: James Hansel, Concrete Contracting Services to Iowa Department of Revenue; 2015-2683.

Mortgage: Austin J., Caitlin A. Groeneveld to Lincoln Savings Bank; Se Sw 9-90-17; 2015-2684.

Joint Ten Deed: Henry J., Elaine J. Ridder to Ryan J. Neuhaus, Kari S. Boeckenstedt Neuhaus; E 10 Rds N 1/2 Ne 29-91-15, W 30 Rods Nw 28-91-15; 2015-2685.

Mortgage: Ryan J., Karl S. Neuhaus to First National Bank; E 10 Rds N 1/2 Ne 29-91-15, W 30 Rds N1/2 Nw 28-9115; 2015-2686.

Mortgage: Holland Farms LLC, Eduard Reuling, Member/Manager to Iowa State Bank; N 1/2 Se Ne 13-92-15; 2015-2687.

Lease: Ten Hoeve Dairy LLC, Mathijs Gerben, Julie Anema Margrethe, Theo Harm and Octavia Danielle Ten Hoeve, All Member/Managers, to Iowa State Bank, Holland Farms LLC; N 1/2 Se Ne 13-92-15, Se Nw 20-92-15, Lt 3 Sw Nw 20-92-15, Exc Parcel A Ne Sw20-92-15, Lt 1 Se Sw 20-92-15, Lt 2 Se Sw 20-9215, Etc Ne Se 19-92-15, Comm Se Cor Ne 19-92-15, W1/4 Sw Sw 21-92-15, L T 1 Ne Nw Ne 29-92-15, Nw Ne Ne 29-92-15, Sese 7-92-15, Ne Ne 18-9215, 1/2 Int. Lt 2 Subd Nw Ne 29-92-15; 2015-2688.

Mortgage: Ten Hoeve Dairy LLC, Mathijs Gerben, Julie Anema Margrethe, Theo Harm and Octavia Danielle Ten Hoeve, All Member/Managers, to Iowa State Bank, Holland Farms LLC; N 1/2 Se Ne 13-92-15, Se Nw 20-92-15, Lt 3 Sw Nw 20-92-15, Exc Parcel A Ne Sw20-92-15, Lt 1 Se Sw 20-92-15, Lt 2 Se Sw 20-92-15, Etc Ne Se 19-92-15, Comm Se Cor Ne 19-92-15, W1/4 Sw Sw 21-92-15, L T 1 Ne Nw Ne 29-9215, Nw Ne Ne 29-92-15, Sese 7-92-15, Ne Ne 18-92-15, 1/2 Int. Lt 2 Subd Nw Ne 29-92-15; 2015-2689.

Affidavit: Larry Asche, Timothy R. McCandless, Partner, Asche And McCandless Partnership, John and Anna Asche to Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USA, Commodity Credit Corporation; W1/2 NE 31-9116, NE NW Frl. 31-91-16; 2015-2690.

Mortgage: Larry E. Cox, Sandra

Hosek To MERS, Lincoln Savings Bank; Beg N Of Swcor 8-93-18; 20152691.

Joint Ten Deed: John C., Joan Conroy To Themselves; S1/2 1-92-16, S1/2 Exc Ne 1-92-16, Exc Se Nw 1-92-16, N Fr 1/2 Nw 4-92-15, Ne Fr1/4 Exc 5-92-15, Lt 2 Nw Se 20-92-15, Lt 3 Nw Se 20-9215, S1/2 Exc Se 20-92-15, E1/2 Etc Sw Ne 20-92-15, Lt 2 Sw Ne 20-92-15. Lt 5 Sw Ne 20-92-15, Lt 3 Nw Ne 20-92-15, Se Nw 20-92-15, Lt 3 Sw Nw 20-92-15, Exc Parcel A Ne Sw20-92-15, Lt 1 Se Sw 20-92-15, Lt 2 Se Sw 20-92-15, Etc Ne Se 19-92-15, Comm Se Cor Ne 1992-15, W1/4 Sw Sw 21-92-15, Lt 1 Ne Nw Ne 29-92-15, Nw Ne Ne 29-92-15, Se Se 7-92-15, Ne Ne 18-92-15, 1/2 Int Lt 2 Subd Nw Ne 29-92-15; 2015-2692.

Mortgage: Lynn M. Nelson to Iowa State Bank; Clarksville Poisals Add Lot: 3 Block: 12; 2015-2693.

Release: Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments to Scott Drake; Lot: 6 Block: 12, Lot: 7 Block: 12, W1/2; 2015-2694.

Mortgage: Cody J. Meyer to Lincoln Savings Bank; Parcel A Ne Ne 34-9216; 2015-2695.

Tax Liens: Wall Solutions Inc., James Hansel to Iowa Department of Revenue; 2015-2696.

Release: Wells Fargo to Charles L., Kathleen K. Smith; 2015-2697.

Court Off Deed: Linda L. Harrison Est., Dianne L. Kozara, Ex. to Norma J. Szakas, Gail M. Quinteros, Scott D. Kozara, Joseph D. Szakas, Le; Nw Cor 5-92-18; 2015-2698.

Release: Security State Bank to Willson Bros LLP; 2015-2699 and -2700.

Survey Plat: Steve Busse to Pauline Juncker, Kathy Stanbrough; Nw Cor Se Sw 29-93-18; 2015-2701.

Joint Ten Deed: Robert F., Patricia K., Gerald L. and Linda K. Schmitt to Gerald L. and Linda K. Schmitt; S 4 Acres Subd Lot: 6 Ne 11-93-17, S 4 Acres Subd Lot: 7 Ne 11-93-17, Parcel B W 33 Ft Ne Ne 11-93-17, N 10 Acres W 33 Acres Sw Ne 11-93-17, S 1/2 W 37 Acres E 47 Acres Ne 11-93-17; 20152702.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Lavern H., Esther M. Schweer; 2015-2703.

Release: First Security Bank & Trust Company to Richard H. Siemons; 20152704.

Release: Lincoln Savings Bank to Larry E. Cox, Sandra Hosek; 2015-2705.

Tax Liens: Iowa Department of Revenue to Butler County Lumber & Hardware, James Hansel; 2015-2706.

Survey Plat: Steve Busse to Wilma, Rodney Mckinney; S 14 A E1/2 Se Sw 29-93-18; 2015-2707.

Survey Plat: Steve Busse to Judith, Steve Koenen; Beg Sw Cor Se Se 1392-18; 2015-2708.

Mortgage Assign: Bank of America National Association, BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, Ryan J., Shannon Rottinghaus, to MERS, Bank of America Na; 2015-2709.

Mortgage: Lee E., Jenice J. Engel to Veridian Credit Union; Clarksville Mathers Add Lot: 1 Block: 4, N 14 ft Clarksville Mathers Add Lot 4 Block: 4; 2015-2710.

Mortgage Assign: Bank of America National Association, BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, Jennifer L. Ellerman to MERS, GMAC Mortgage Corp.; 2015-2711.

Warranty Deed: Karen E., Donald B. Patterson to Karen E. Patterson, Trustee, Donald B. Patterson, Trustee, Karen E. Patterson Revocable Trust; W1/2 Nw 24-92-15; 2015-2712.

Mortgage Assign: University of Iowa Community Credit Union, Brandon L., Jill A. Grover to Na Bokf; Clarksville Community Homes Add Lot: 2 Block: 4; 2015-2713.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Mark Buss; 2015-2715.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Jake, Donna M. Degroote; 2015-2716.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Thomas M., Allan D. Stille; 2015-2717.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Jennifer E., Jonathan C. Wenger; 20152718.

Mortgage: Lisa R., Bryan A. Willson to Veridian Credit Union; Timber Creek Estates 3rd Add Lot: 17 Ne 35-92-15; 2015-2719.

Mortgage Subord: Veridian Credit

Butler County Solid,Disp Fee 18,181.00 Calhoun-Burns & Assoc.,Insp 1,329.25 Campbell Supply,Tool/Suply 277.55 Cardmember Service, Upgrades/Schinstr/Bd Exp 92.52 Cdw-G,Comp Equip 1,441.02 Central Iowa Distr.,Jail/Ofc Sup 674.40 Central Iowa Water Assoc.,Util 28.64 Century Link,Tele 53.88 Certified Power, Inc.,Prts/Suply 620.26 Chemsearch Division,Rprs 1,100.00 Chisholm, Robin,Mlge 204.88 Christie Door Company,Shop 3,978.00 Clarksville Lumber Co, Environ Educ/Maint/Prts 57.66 Coast To Coast Solutions,Misc 625.34 Cole Excavating,Upgrades 30.10 Continental Research Corp,Suply 144.53 Cooper Motor Company,Car Exp 1,504.93 Croell Redi-Mix, Inc.,Cncrt/Upgrades 7,303.25 Debner, Lonna,Mlge 176.28 Dell Marketing L.P.,Comp Equip 6,124.18 Des Moines Stamp Mfg.,Ofc Sup 28.70 Dewitt, Cindy,Mlge 359.84 Diamond Mowers, Inc,Prts 260.87 Dralle, Wendy,Sch Of Instr 18.68 Dumont Telephone Company, Tele/Internet 1,886.82 Dumont, City Of,Util 312.40 Eclipse News Review, Bd Proc/Pubnot/Elctns/Publ 596.14 Eddy, Robert,Mlge 106.08 Eiklenborg Salvage Inc.,Maint 72.00 Electronic Engineering Co.,Rntl 988.35 Faber, Elizabeth,Bt 1,980.00 Fagre M.D., Lee,Med Exmr 110.00 Farm & Home Publishers Ltd,Plt Bks 170.28 Farmers Cooperative Company,Suply 68.25 Fastenal Company,Suply 216.72 Fleshner, Don,Cps 100.00 Fleshner, Tamara L.,Mlge/Cps 72.51 Floyd County Public Health/Hhc, Med Sup 30.10 Forry, Bonnie Kay,Mlge 357.19 Franklin County Treasurer,Autopsy 2,457.00 Gansen, Joyce,Mlge 119.34 Garbes, Bryan,Well Closing 1,000.00 Gierke-Robinson Company, Inc.,Tools 175.88 Glaxosmithkline Pharm.,Vaccines 7,646.60 Goodyear Commerical Tire & Ser, Tires 9,337.58 Grainger,Maint/Misc 63.69 Greene Ambulance Service,Amb Svc 225.00 Greene Lumber Company, Upgrades/Suply 964.80 Greene Recorder, The, Bd Proc/Pubnot/Elctns/Publ 398.73 Greene, City Of,Util 180.00 Grosse Steel Co.,Suply 1,091.00 H.T.C., Inc,Prts 2,971.66 Harms, Bev,Sch Of Instr 22.93 Hawkeye Fire & Safety Co.,Insp/Maint 603.40 Healthcare First,Equip Cont 99.00 Heckman, John,Driver Stipend 100.00 Heeren, Kathy,Mlge 543.71 Heidenwirth, Tom,Mlge 228.80 Henricks, Deb,Mlge 436.02 Henry M Adkins & Son Inc,Ballots 993.18 Hinders, Mary Ann,Mlge 525.41 Hobson, Sonja,Rent 300.00 Holiday Inn,Sch Of Instr 1,462.05 Hoodjer Land Surveying Llc,Survey 1,275.00 Hoodjer, Brian,Well Closing 372.40 Hyvee #1872,Bd & Care 23.91

Union, Lisa R., Bryan A. Willson to Veridian Credit Union.

Termination: Agvantage Fs Inc. to Ronald L., Colleen Wessels; 2015-2721.

Survey Plat: Steve Busse to The Public; Section Corner 29-93-18; 20152722.

Release: Veridian Credit Union to Cynthia A., Michael L. Gabe; 20152723.

Easement: Larry, Lois Asche to United States of America, Commodity Credit Corp., Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Ne Nw 31-91-16; 20152724.

Unused File Number: 2015-2725.

Unused File Number: 20152726.

Warranty Deed and Groundwater Hazard: Frederick Junker to Ashli, Ross Jung; Exc Parkersburg Stouts Add Lot: 1; 2015-2727, GWH150614.

Mortgage: Ashli, Ross Jung to First American Bank; Exc Parkersburg Stouts Add Lot: 1; 2015-2728.

Miscellaneous: Ramona Kay Melendy to Farm Credit Services of Amercia FLCA, Jared Nolte; Sw 8-91-18; 2015-2729.

Quit Claim Deed: Todd & Teresa Poland Revocable Trust, Teresa Marie Poland, Trustee to Teresa Marie Poland; Clarksville Orig Twn & Ch Blks Lot 2 Block: 20, Clarksville Orig Twn & Ch Blks Lot 3 Block: 20; 2015-2730.

Affidavit: Teresa Marie Poland, Trustee to The Public; 2015-2731.

Partial Release: MERS, Nationstar Mortgage to Dennis J., Teri J. Rawdon; Se Ne 24-90-16; Parcel I and Parcel J; 2015-2732.

Release: Farm Credit Services of America, Citimortgage I Inc., Principal Residential Mortgage Inc. to Richard J., Wilma M. Boger; 2015-2733.

Release: Lincoln Savings Bank to Frederick Junker; 2015-2734.

Re Contracts and Groundwater Hazard: Darla J. Abbas to Joel, Glynna M. Borwig; S1/4 Cor 14-90-18; 2015-2735, GWH150615.

Quit Claim Deed: Robert Poppens Family Trust, Bernadine Poppens, Trustee to Anthony J., Carma K. Pop-

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pens; Se 16-90-16; 2015-2736.

Warranty Deed: Bernadine A. Poppens to Anthony J., Carma K. Poppens; Se 16-90-16; 2015-2737.

Mortgage: Darrell L., Carol Heidt to Veridian Credit Union; W 44 Ft Allison Lot 95, W 44 Ft Allison Lot 96, E1/2 of Alley Allison; 2015-2738.

Release: Hampton State Bank to Benji Ufford; 2015-2739.

Mortgage: Bernice A. Kimball to Veridian Credit Union; Subd Lot: 20 Nw Nw 12-91-15; 2015-2740.

Mortgage: Christopher V. Zahrt to Veridian Credit Union; Subd Ol 10 Lot: 13 Ne Ne 11-91-15, Subd Ol 10 Lot: 14 Ne Ne 11-91-15; 2015-2741.

Deed- Misc and Groundwater Hazard: Round Grove Golf & Country Club, Collin Freesemann, Pres., Marilyn Folkerts, Sec. to Mad Powersports LLC; Parcel Gg Ne 2-93-17; 2015-2742, GWH150616.

Affidavit: Curtis K. Schurman to The Public; Exc Parcel D Se Se 16-90-17, Parcel D 16-90-17; 2015-2743.

Quit Claim Deed: Deborah J. Kannegieter to Curtis Kendall Schurman; Beg At Se Cor 16-90-17; 2015-2744.

Quit Claim Deed: Connie Rose Jones, Grant Jones to Curtis Kendall Schurman; Parcel D Beg Se Cor 16-90-17; 2015-2745.

Quit Claim Deed: Sally Irene Harken to Curtis Kendall Schurman; Parcel D Beg Se Cor 16-90-17; 2015-2746.

Quit Claim Deed: Schurman Family Farms LLC, Curtis K. Schurman to Curtis Kendall Schurman; Parcel D Beg At Se Cor 16-90-17; 2015-2747.

Quit Claim Deed: Deborah J. Kannegieter to Connie R. Jones, Sally I. Harken; Exc Parcel D Se Se 16-90-17; 2015-2748.

Quit Claim Deed: Curtis K., Margaret J. Schurman to Connie R. Jones, Sally I. Harken; Exc Parcel D Se Se 16-90-17; 2015-2749.

Quit Claim Deed: Schurman Family Farm, Curtis K. Schurman to Connie R. Jones, Sally I. Harken; Exc Parcel D Se Se 16-90-17; 2015-2750.

Mortgage: Timothy Jay Kolder, Lacy L. Kolder to Green Belt Bank & Trust; Parcel Bin W1/2 22-90-17; 2015-2751.

Butler County Sheriff’s Report Monday, November 9: • Officers executed a traffic stop, assisted with four medical calls, and received a report of two controlled burns.

• 11:22 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter in the 600 block of Maple St. • 2:43 p.m.: Officers transported a subject.

• 3:31 p.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident near the intersection of 220th St. and Quail Ave., Allison.

• 3:36 p.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter in the 700 block of Railroad St. Tuesday, November 10: • Officers executed a traffic stop, assisted with four medical calls and received a report of a controlled burns.

• 10:35 a.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident in the 25400 block of Temple Ave., Shell Rock.

• 11:37 a.m.: Officers transported a subject.

Proceedings: Butler County Board of Supervisors

MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015.

Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Tom Heidenwirth with members Rex Ackerman and Rusty Eddy present. Also present were Casey Reints and Ben Brustkern, Cedar Valley Friends of the Family and Fern Myers, Allison, Iowa.

Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.

Board heard program update from Casey Reints and Ben Brustkern, Cedar Valley Friends of the Family.

Board met with Cassie McAllister and Melinda Sanchez, Department of Human Services to consider an On-Site Destruction Agreement for shredding of sensitive documents. Moved by Ackerman, second by Eddy to authorize Chair to sign said agreement. Motion carried.

Board reviewed the Annual Financial Report.

Following discussion, it was moved by Ackerman, second by Eddy to approve. Motion carried.

Board approved claims as submitted.

Butler County Claims paid from October 1, 2015 through October 31, 2015 200.00 Abkes, Al,Rent Aces,Equip Cont/Rcvry/Licensing 11,848.50 Aflac,Aflac Pmt 89.96 Agvantage Fs,Upgrades/Suply 329.45 Airgas North Central,Suply 810.82 Alex-Teck,Insp 948.55 All Inclusive Rec Llc,Upgrades 1,859.00 Allan, Richard C.,Twp Exp 40.00 Alliant Energy,Util 204.14 Allied Manatts Group Llc,Rock 11,056.06 Allison Ambulance Service,Amb Svc 150.00 Allison Farmers Feed & Grain,Maint 75.00 Allison Variety Hardware, Suply/Main/Bd&Care 84.59 Allison, City Of,Util 330.76 Answer Plus Inc,Equip Cont 65.00 Aplington Amb. Service,Amb Svc 825.00 Aramark,Shop 64.92 At&T,Tele 40.78 Baedke, Johanna,Cps 100.00 Bertram, Nicole,Mlge 245.96 Bibler, David,Well Closing 267.39 Biles Family Trust,Ease 3,207.60 Black Hawk County Auditor,Med Exmnr 465.00 Black Hills Energy,Util 32.22 Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers,Insp 160.00 Blacktop Services Co.,Cold Mix 5,298.50 Bluhm Electric, Inc.,Rpr 234.00 Brandt, Ronald & Sharon,Ease 5,901.00 Briggs Corporation,Med Sup 360.74 Bruden Holdings Llc,Rent 200.00 Burrell Printing Company, Inc.,Ofc Sup 201.72 Business Card, Ems/Bt/Medsup/Mnr Equip 1,557.01 Butler Bremer Communications,Tele 105.35 Butler County Ag Extension,Reg Fee 35.00 Butler County Auditor, Distr Mh Region 194,994.50 Butler County Auditor,Tele/Ofc Sup 2,004.24 Butler County Emergency, Qtrly Approp 21,250.00 Butler County Engineer,Maint 85.91 Butler County Farm Bureau,Rent 400.00 Butler County Public, Admin Fee/Med Invgtn 654.66 Butler County R.E.C.,Util 829.20

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Iaccvso,Sch Of Instr 60.00 Imwca,Wk Comp 5,667.00 Independence Medical,Med Sup 600.00 Integrity Technology Systems, Disaster Rcvry 1,800.00 Interstate All Battery Center,Btry 524.70 Iowa Association Of Naturalist, Sch Of Instr 64.00 Iowa County Recorders Assoc., Sch Of Instr 20.00 Iowa Dept Of Natural Resources, Dnr Fees 75.00 Iowa Hospital Association,Ofc Sup 50.00 Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, Sch Of Instr 5,692.20 Iowa Prison Industries,Suply/Jail/Lndry 459.38 Iowa Public Health Assoc,Dues 150.00 Iowa State University,Mtg 1,250.00 Isac,Dues/Edu/Schinstr 995.00 J & C Grocery,Ofc Sup/Elctns 43.37 Jacobs, Janice,Mlge 61.88 Jacobs, Susie,Mlge 131.04 Janmann Investments,Rent 200.00 Janssen, Sarah,Mlge 65.52 Jendro Sanitation Services,Disp Fee 133.23 John Deere Financial, Upgrades/Suply/Prts 444.06 Johnson Sanitary Products Inc,Suply 100.73 Johnson, Renae,Mlge 26.52 Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Transport 1,267.00 Kalainoff, Robert,Driver Stipend 100.00 Karsjens, Prentice,Twp Exp 20.00 Kelm, Robert,Driver Stipend 175.00 Klahsen, William,Twp Exp 20.00 Kroeze, Misty,Mlge 602.68 Landers Hardware,Maint 110.09 Langfritz Seed,Mtrls 4,341.25 Legal Directory Publ.,Bks & Publ 110.75 Lutheran Services,Youth Shltr 334.40 Mail Services, Llc,Ofc Sup/Pstg 493.66 Marco Inc,Equip Cont 78.73 Matthew Bender & Co.,Law Library 2,189.46 Mechanical Air Systems,Rprs 1,030.30 Menards,Upgrades 14.82 Menken, Reid,Sch Of Instr 40.35 Mid American Energy,Util 1,728.42 Mid-America Publishing Corp., Bd Proc/Pubnot/Elctns/Publ 946.55 Miller Building Supplies,Suply 15.98 Miller, James,Misc 52.50 Moad, Randy,Rent 200.00 Murphy Tractor Mxa 80-9100, Prts/Suply 2,160.48 Myers-Cox Co.,Bd & Care 311.00 Naco,Dues 450.00 Napa Auto Parts (P’burg),Prts/Suply 1,304.48 Nelsen, Dorothy,Mlge 88.40 Nelson, Angela,Reimb 693.04 Nicolaus, Roxanne,Sch Of Instr 112.32 Niemann Const. Co., Paul,Maint/Rock 2,411.66 Nolte, William W.,Twp Exp 20.00 28,206.00 Northern Iowa Constr.,Clvt/Bnds O’brien Service & Towing,Maint/Car Exp 292.61 Office Depot Inc., Ofc Sup/Elctns/Mnrequip 568.90 Office Elements,Ofc Sup 299.03 Oldenburger, Keith,Twp Exp 20.00 Onsite Information Destruction,Misc 45.00 Paetec,Tele 725.00 Parkersburg Ambulance Svc,Amb Svc 525.00 Pdr Distribution, Llc,Books 59.95 Peterson, Dennis,Sand 450.00 Peterson, Eldon,Driver Stipend 75.00

Petroblend Corp.,Suply 1,281.97 Pioneer Telephone,Tele 8.55 Pitney Bowes Inc.,Pstg 709.35 Quade Bros, Lp, Paul,Ease 1,275.00 Reserve Account, Pitney Bowes,Pstg 6,000.00 Ricoh Usa, Inc,Equip Cont/Ofc Sup 4,111.29 Rileys Inc.,Ofc Sup/Misc/Equip Cont 903.17 Roling Ford,Car Exp 497.88 Roose, Karolyn,Mlge 393.80 Rover, William,Twp Exp 20.00 Rusty Leymaster Tile,Tile 785.31 Ryan Exterminating Inc.,Pest Cntrl 35.00 Sadler Power Train,Prts/Tools 3,994.16 Schumacher Elev. Co.,Maint/Misc Rpr 366.74 Security Products Companies, Comp Prog 62.50 Shell Rock, City Of,Util 24.15 Sidwell Company, The,Comp Prog 4,500.00 Siems, Terry,Twp Exp 20.00 Simmering-Cory, Inc.,Prof Fees 3,705.00 Smith, Rod,Well Closing 500.00 Snap-On Tools Corp.,Tools 1,025.29 Spain, Shawn,Rent 250.00 Star Equipment, Ltd,Mtrls 55.00 Star Graphics,Upgrades 40.00 State Hygienic Laboratory,Well Closing 322.50 State Public Defender,Indig Def Fund 5,039.00 Stericycle,Med Sup 210.36 Stirling, Susan,Mlge/Cps 522.34 Stokes Welding,Prts 775.76 Sult Electric,Upgrades 11,600.00 Taylor Physical Therapy,Cont Svc 3,200.00 Terracon,Soil Inv 2,735.50 Thomason, Terry,Driver Stipend 100.00 Thorne Metal Works,Mtrl/Suply 339.84 Tony’s Tire & Exhaust,Car Exp 60.00 Top Quality Glove,Med Sup 260.00 U.S. Cellular,Tele 1,601.47 U.S. Postal Service,Pstg 1,000.00 Unitypoint Clinic,Bd & Care 456.80 Veridian Credit Union, Tools/Educ/Fuel/Suply 2,063.79 Viet, Carole,Mlge 381.21 Von Bokern Assoc., Inc.,Mtg 3,250.00 Wal Mart Community, Envir Edu/Bd Mbr Exp 138.45 Wallbaum, Joe Wm.,Twp Exp 40.00 Waverly Health Center,Amb Call 1,275.00 Weber, Paul,Driver Stipend 200.00 Wedeking Sr., Joe,Rent 225.00 Wellmark Blue Cross,Ins 5,758.52 Wellsburg Ag,Fuel/Maint 13,657.66 Wertjes Uniforms,Unif 669.91 Wessels, John,Ease 6,300.00 Wessels, Ronald,Twp Exp 20.00 West Fork Constructors,Maint 859.00 Williamson, Randy,Twp Exp 20.00 Willson, Kenneth H.,Twp Exp 20.00 Witham Auto Center,Rpr 1,982.36 Zee Medical Inc.,Suply 141.95 Board acknowledged receipt of Manure Management Plan Annual Update for Steve Schmidt.

Moved by Ackerman, second by Eddy to adjourn the meeting at 10:58 A.M. to Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 9:00 A.M. Motion carried.

The above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes and proceedings of a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Butler County, Iowa on November 3, 2015.

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• 3:33 p.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter in the 32400 block of Highway 57.

• 4:42 p.m.: Officers received a report of possible fraud in the 100 block of N. Main St. • 10:06 p.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident near the intersection of Forest Ave. and Highway 57, Aplington.

• 10:28 p.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident in the16000 block of Quarry Ave., Clarksville.

• 11:01 p.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident in the 30700 block of 212th St., Clarksville.

Wednesday, November 11: • Officers assisted with three medical calls and assisted a motorist.

• 6:21 a.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident near the intersection of Grand Ave. and Highway 3, Bristow.

• 9:10 a.m.: Officers were called a property car-deer damage accident in the16900 block of Quarry Ave., Clarksville.

• 9:33 a.m.: Officers received a suspicious activity report in the 400 block of 3rd St., Parkersburg.

• 10:12 a.m.: Officers were called to a property damage accident in the 21400 block of Highway 57.

• 10:44 a.m.: Officers took a harassment report in the 1200 block of Florence St., Parkersburg.

• 7:13 p.m.: Officers took a report of a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Highways 3 and 14.

• 10:02 p.m.: Officers took a report of a theft of a vehicle near the intersection of 170th St. and Highway 14.

Thursday, November 12: • Officers executed two traffic stops and assisted with five medical calls.

• 2:31 a.m.: Officers were called to an alarm in the 100 block of Cherry St. • 3:13 p.m.: Officers took a theft report in the 33400 block of Grand Ave. • 5:25 p.m.: Officers were called to a property damage accident near the intersection of 110th St. and Keystone Ave. • 6:37 p.m.: Officers were called to a property damage accident near the intersection of 160th St. and Keystone Ave. • 11:25 p.m.: Officers were called to an alarm in the 100 block of Cherry St. Friday, November 13: • Officers executed six traffic stops, assisted with six medical calls, assisted two motorists, and received a report of a controlled burn.

• 7:24 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter near the intersection of 260th St. and Highway 14.

• 7:52 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter near the intersection of Grand Ave. and Highway 3.

• 11:37 a.m.: Officers received a report of a possible fraud in the 25000 block of

Division St. • 6:39 p.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter in the 24000 block of Highway 14.

• 7:59 p.m.: Officers were called to a family domestic matter in the 300 block of Packwaukee St. Saturday, November 14: • Officers executed six traffic stops, assisted with three medical calls, and received reports of nine controlled burns.

• 12:47 a.m.: Officers were called to an alarm in the 100 block of Cherry St. • 7:12 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter near the intersection of 220th St. and Highway 14.

• 7:33 a.m.: Officers were called to a property damage accident near the intersection of 280th St. and Jay Ave. • 8:45 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter near the intersection of Highway 14 and W. Brook St. • 2:46 p.m.: Officers were called to a property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 3 and Utica Ave. • 3:22 p.m.: Officers assisted fire personnel with a grass/field fire near the intersection of Highland Dr. and Highway 14, Greene.

• 4:59 p.m.: Officers took a theft report in the 200 block of E. Main St. • 7:11 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 57 and Ridge Ave. • 9:45 p.m.: Officers took a suspicious activity report in the 20100 block of Evergreen Ave. Sunday, November 15: • Officers executed six traffic stops, assisted with three medical calls, and received reports of six controlled burns.

• 11:34 a.m.: Officers were called to a dog/deer/livestock matter near the intersection of Highway 14 and 255th St. • 6:05 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 57 and W. Brook St. • 7:25 p.m.: Officers received a report of a car-deer property damage accident in Grundy County.

• 10:03 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident in the 700 block of N. Public Road.

• 10:36 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 57 and Miners St. • 10:45 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident near the intersection of Highway 3 and Grand Ave. • 10:56 p.m.: Officers were called to a car-deer property damage accident near the intersection of 190th St. and Jay Ave. Monday, November 16: • Officers executed a traffic stop and assisted with a medical call prior to 8:30 a.m.

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Earl and Pam Wiegmann __________________ TJ-47-1x WE WOULD like to thank everyone for all the prayers and cards Ila got during her operations and therapy. Special thanks to Pastor Jeff for all his visits. Also to Mel and Valda Bohlen for all the food and field work. Especially to our family for all their help. Ken and Ila Wangsness __________________ TJ-47-1x THE FAMILY of Tom Martin would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for the many gestures of sympathy that have been extended to our family during our loss. Thanks so much for thinking of us during this very difficult time. __________________ ST-47-1x BUSHBAUM – We want to thank our family, neighbors and friends for making our 50th anniversary so special to us. We appreciate the beautiful cards, notes, letters, flowers, gifts and food that you brought us. Also, thank you for your kindness following my back surgery. We are blessed to live in such a caring and loving community. John and Maxine Bushbaum __________________ TJ-47-1x

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THANK YOU to those who voted for me in the city election. I look forward to serving you on City Council for the next four years.

Jeff Kolb ST-47-1 THE CUB SCOUTS would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their donations toward the Halloween Carnival.

It was a success because of your generosity! Allan Industrial Coatings, Allison; Allison Variety, Hardware, and Floral, Allison; Black Sheep Coffee Baa, Greene; Butler County Tribune Journal, Allison; Dennis and Diane Carney, Mason City; Dralle’s Department Store, Greene; Express Mart, Greene; Farmers Cooperative Co., Greene; Greene Recorder, Greene; HyVee, Charles City; Landers Hardware Hank, Greene; Lincoln Savings Bank, Greene/Allison; Ross Plumbing & Heating, Greene; Rottler Farms Inc., Greene; Schroeder Concrete & Construction, Greene; Smith’s Etc., Greene; T&M Foods, Greene; Vickers Law Office, Greene; Wunsch Construction Inc., Greene. A big thank you to the North Butler High School for letting us use your facility. The winners of the dice game were: Gorilla – Grant Shultz; Car – Brylee Bruns; PlayDoh – Tessa Yearous; Scooter – Jace Miller; Lite Brite – Samantha Janssen; Snowman Kit – Jamie Tweten.

Thank you to everyone that came! We hope you had a great time! Cub Scouts Pack 4026 ___________________ TJ-47-1

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Thursday Night Pin BusterLeague Date Bowled: Thursday, 11/12/15 Week 5 of 24 Pioneer 16-4 Coopers 1-9 Freeze Frame 10-10 Emerald Door 10-10 Feldmeier’s 8-12 Curly’s 5-15 High Game/Series Jim Blockhus 221/630, Aaron Huff 236/620, Scott Buss 221/589, Curt Henrichs 205/562, Dick Lursen 213/559, Jerry Platter 206/553, Clark Freesemann 202/543, Curt Shcurman 200/532, Shane Buss 523, Charles Lahr 521, John Heeren 521, Drew Baker 509, Cory Miller 506, Brett Langfritz 502, Cody Swingen 207.

BRITT – North Butler football seniors Tyler Brinkman, Todd Dolan and Jaret Wunsch were all voted to the Class A District 3 first team, announced recently.

Brinkman is a 5-foot-7, 170-pound lineman/linebacker; Todd Dolan a 6-4, 185-pound wide receiver/defensive lineman; and Wunsch is a 6-0, 180-pound wide receiver/cornerback.

The Bearcats finished the season 4-5 with its district victories over North Union in a homecoming tilt and against rival Nashua-Plainfield to end the season.

Coach Travis Miller’s team also gained a pair of second team all-district picks in junior quarterback/linebacker Dalton Nelson and junior running back/ linebacker Trae Ulrich.

Earning all-district honorable mention was sophomore quarterback/linebacker Sam Dolan, who shared quarterbacking duties with Nelson.

The first team all-district academic selections from North Butler included Reed Christensen, Reid Lammers, Brinkman, Austin Janssen, Wunsch,

Tyler Brinkman Bryce Bruns and Clay Shultz. Todd Dolan was the lone all-district academic honorable mention player from North Butler.

Special all-district awards went to Dallas Pearson (punter), Zac Kibby of Garrigan (kicker), offensive MVP was Belmond-Klemme’s Korby Sander, defensive MVP was Colton Hansen of Newman and coach of the year was from district championship team Algona Garrigan, Marty Wadle.

2015 Class A District 3 Football First Team

Two Bearcats on TIC East teams GREENE – North Butler junior outside hitter Kayla Siemens was voted to the Top of Iowa East Conference second team, announced last week.

The only other Bearcat named to the TIC East was honorable mention Hallie Testroet, a right side hitter.

Coach Bryan Tabbert’s team finished eighth in the nine-team East Conference with a win over Mason City Newman for a 1-7 conference record.

Siemens, a first team Corn Bowl Conference selection a year ago, posted 101 kills, a .908 serve efficiency with 34 aces and led the Bearcats in digs with 207, a 2.72 per set average.

Testroet put down 36 kills, served 136-of-155 for .877 percent with 14 aces and put up 39 blocks, 30 solo.

Earning Top of Iowa East Player of the Year honors was Nashua-Plainfield’s Fisher while Osage’s Andie Olson was the East Coach of the Year.

Kayla Siemens of North Butler goes up for a kill attempt during Top of Iowa East Conference play. Siemens was voted to second team all-conference.

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There was also an elite team that was comprised of both East and West players, highlighted by East unanimous selections Hannah Wagner of Central Springs, Hattie Davidson of Northwood-Kensett and Osage’s Kelsey Havel, as well as Fisher.

Top of Iowa Conference East Volleyball First Team Hannah Wagner, Jr., OH, Central Springs*; Hattie Davidson, Sr., MH, Northwood-Kensett*; Kelsey Havel, So., OH, Osage*; Aubry Bienemann, Sr., S, Nashua-Plainfield; Briley Fisher, Sr., MH, Nashua-Plainfield; Dallas Weiss, Sr., OH, Nashua-Plainfield; Rylie Olson, Fr., S, Osage; Jess Malecek, So., MH, Osage; Dez Thompson, Sr., L, Osage. * denotes unanimous selections Second Team Kayla Siemens, Jr., OH, North But-

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Honorable Mention Carly Miller, Sr., MH, Central Springs; Samantha Hyde, Sr., L, Nashua-Plainfield; Kennidy Kemna, Sr., MH, Mason City Newman; Hallie Testroet, Jr., RS, North Butler; Aliyah Creger, Sr., S, Northwood-Kensett; Tatum Midlang, Sr., MH, Osage; Theresa Jones, Jr., S, Rockford; Amelia Koster, Sr., Utility, St. Ansgar; Madison Patten, Jr., L, West Fork.

Player of the Year – Briley Fisher, Nashua-Plainfield Coach of the Year – Andie Olson, Osage

North Butler’s Jaret Wunsch gets ready to punt in a game earlier this season. Wunsch was one of three first team alldistrict selections in Class A, District 3. (File photo) Garrigan – Cameron Langerman, Sr., 6-4, 230, FB; Zac Kibby, Sr., 6-0, 180, SS; Landen Studer, Sr., 5-10, 220, G; Grant Buscherfeld, Jr., 5-11, 195, MLB; Gibson Behr, Jr., 5-10, 175, TB; Drake Buscherfeld, So., 6-0, 255, Line; Chase Winkel, Jr., 6-3, 245, T. West Hancock – Connor Sonius, Sr., 6-2, 190, QB/CB; Jordan Weiland, Jr., 6-0, 190, HB/LB; Colton Francis, So., 6-3, 205, HB/LB; Dylan Eckels, Jr., 6-2, 170, E/S; Dalton Bates, Sr., 6-1, 190, FB/LB; Nick Hunt, Jr., 6-3, 205, T/LB. Belmond-Klemme – Korby Sander, Sr., 6-1, 205, RB/LB; Michael Anderson, Sr., 5-10, 160, WR/DB; Taylor Meints, SR., 6-0, 190, RB/WR; Cole Kern, Sr., 5-11, 185, OL/LB; Luke Worden, Sr., 6-3, 297, RB/LB. Mason City Newman – Colton Hansen, Sr., 5-11, 233, T; Lucas Westphal, Sr., 5-11, 265, OL/DL; Skylar Alexander, Jr., 6-1, 200, RB/LB; Patrick Anderegg, Sr., 5-10, 195, LB/C. North Butler – Tyler Brinkman, Sr., 5-7, 170, OL/LB; Todd Dolan, Sr., 6-4, 185, WR/DL; Jaret Wunsch, Sr., 6-0, 180, WR/CB. Nashua-Plainfield – Jason Fisher, Sr., 5-11, 200, FB/MLB; Mason Hyde,

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New Releases for Readers of All Ages NEW RELEASES: “Corrupted” by Lisa Scottoline… Taking the case of a former classmate who has been wrongly accused of murdering a bully who sent him to juvenile detention when they were children, Bennie is forced to relive some of the darkest memories of her life in order to defend the boy she once failed.

“Shadow Play” by Iris Johansen…

Assisting a California sheriff in the reconstruction of a skeleton that may be a missing child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan begins communicating with the child’s spirit and becomes increasingly obsessed with the case.

“The Undertaker’s Daughter” by Kate Mayfield… The author describes what it was like growing up in a small town funeral home in Jubilee, Kentucky, where her alcoholic, cheating father was the undertaker during the segregated and tumultuous 1960s.

“Saving Sophie” by Ronald H. Balson… The prime suspect in an $88 million embezzlement case, Jack Sommers—hoping to avoid the feds long enough to rescue his daughter, Sophie, from her maternal grandfather, a suspected terrorist in Palestine—finds allies in Liam and Catherine, as well as a new CIA op-

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erative who is on a similar mission.

“The Lopsided Christmas Cake”

by Wanda E. Brunstetter… The happily unmarried, thirty-two-year-old Amish Hochstetler twins decide to bake a cake in person at a charity event, but when they are asked to do so on stage, their charmingly nervous performance attracts the attention of a pair of bachelors.

“The Wonder of You” by Susan May Warren… After she returns heartbroken from her year abroad, Amelia Christiansen is shocked when the man who broke her heart, hotel heir Roark St. John, follows her home to Deep Haven to beg her forgiveness and try to win her back.

“The Sparrow Sisters” by Ellen Herrick… When Patience Sparrow’s herbs and tinctures are believed to be implicated in a local tragedy, Granite Point is consumed by a long-buried fear— and its three hundred year old history

resurfaces as a modern day witch-hunt threatens. Will the town’s women find a way to turn the tide and return life to this seaside New England hamlet?

“A Lesson in Hope” by Philip Gulley… When ninety-eight-year-old Olive Charles passes away, leaving the church her nearly million-dollar estate, Pastor Sam Gardner discovers that this unexpected blessing is more of a curse when it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among his members.

“The Husband Hunt” by Lynsay Sands… Launching a full scale attack using her womanly charms, Lisa Madison is determined to wed Robert Langley, the man she has loved since childhood, despite his aversion to marriage.

FOR YOUNG READERS: “Hitler’s Last Days” by Bill O’Reilly… In 1945, the Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving Ger-

man leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history.

“Thank You and Good Night” by Patrick McDonnell… Maggie hosts a pajama party at which Clement, Alan Alexander, and Jean play a variety of fun games, tire themselves, and drift off to sleep, but not before sharing their gratitude.

“First Snow” by Peter McCarty…

When Pedro comes from far away to visit his cousins, who are eager to introduce him to snow, all Pedro can think about at first is how much he dislikes cold.

“Sharing The Bread” by Pat Zietlow Miller… A spirited ode to Thanksgiving combines spare, rhyming verses with illustrations of an early 20th-century family working together to tend fires, prepare turkey, bake bread, and care for younger and older family members.

New DVDs for your viewing enjoyment: CINDERELLA, TOMORROWLAND, and PITCH PERFECT 2.

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by Deb Eisentrager

New Thanksgiving Picture Books “Little Turkey” by Klaartje van der Put… With an adorable turkey finger puppet permanently attached to the book and peek-a-boo holes in every page, this board book is a great way for parents to celebrate Thanksgiving with their child.

“Amelia Bedelia Talks Turkey” by Herman Parish… Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as the director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, but she misunderstands everything from one girl’s desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she “break a leg.”

“The Little Kids’ Table” by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle… Everyone knows that the little kids table is the place to be during any holiday or family gathering and this silly, rhyming story follows a group of rambunctious cousins from table setting to dessert.

“The Very Stuffed Turkey” by Katharine Kenah… When he is invited to each of his animal friends’ homes for Thanksgiving dinner, Turkey accepts all of their invitations and wonders how he will get through numerous feasts without stuffing himself.

“Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’”

by Eileen Spinelli… The Tappleton family’s annual Thanksgiving feast is riotously upended when their turkey escapes, the bakery sells out all

of its pies and other mishaps occur, challenging Grandmother Tappleton to suggest creative improvisations.

New Young Adult “The Bane Chronicles” by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Maureen Johnson…A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in “The Mortal Instruments” series.

“Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson…Quiet Emily’s sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks that Emily would never normally perform, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives each a try in the hope that by doing so, she will be led to Sloane by the end of what turns out to be an exciting summer.

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Dec. 3 - Thursday Things Children’s Program 4-4:45 p.m.

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COMMUNITY NEWS Start a local food organization in Iowa with step-by-step instructions

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Free download of comprehensive local food organizational toolkit

By Savanna Lyons, Alice Topaloff AMES (ISUEO) — “Iowa Local Food Organizational Toolkit: Structure, Management and Finance” from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is a set of new publications now available

Iowa Organic Conference to feature mentoring

AMES (ISUEO) — The 15th annual Iowa Organic Conference will give farmers who are interested in transitioning to an organic operation the opportunity to meet individually with experts in the field. The conference will be held Sunday, Nov. 22 to Monday, Nov. 23 at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, a joint effort between Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the UI Office of Sustainability and others.

Farmers will have the chance to participate in farmer-to-mentor round tables with organic producers and those experienced with organic certification.

In addition, event speakers will provide advice on organic grain crops, vegetable production, fruit cultivation and certification how-to tips.

The U.S. market for organic products reached $39.1 billion in 2014 and the demand for organic grains and produce continues to exceed supply.

Growers are encouraged to bring their grain samples to the grain buyer exhibitors.

A local foods expo will kick off the conference on Sunday, Nov. 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the UI Memorial Union.

Conference information and directions to the event are available online at http://sustainability.uiowa. edu/2015-iowa-organic-conference.

To register, access https://www.signmeup.com/108970. For additional information, contact Kathleen Delate at kdelate@iastate.edu.

Additional conference partners are the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, New Pioneer Food Co-op, Organic Valley and Practical Farmers of Iowa.

for those looking for a thorough treatment of how to start a local foods organization in Iowa.

Divided into three publications, the toolkit series begins with Part One: Defining Your Organization’s Focus and Leadership (LF0008A) which lends guidance on how to establish a mission, build a board of directors and plan for staffing. Part Two: Organizational Structure (LF0008B) lays out how to legally structure a local foods organization, including guidance on how to choose between nonprofit, for-profit or cooperative structures. Part Three: Funding Your Local Food Organization (LF0008C) provides information on many options for funding a local

organization, from membership fees and campaigns to events, sponsorships, grants and more, with an emphasis on budgeting.

These publications are available for free download at the Leopold Center website, www.leopold.iastate.edu/ iowa-local-food-organizational-toolkit.

Each publication can be read independently, but reviewing all three toolkit parts together will provide a complete look at setting up a local foods organization.

Full of resources, templates, easy to read tables and helpful tools, this toolkit series is a springboard to take each idea from concept to action.

Savanna Lyons, graduate research assistant for Iowa State University Ex-

Make a plan

Now that harvest is about complete here in Butler County, it is a great time to set some price goals for 2016.

The life of a farmer is stressful; I know because I live with one! They sell grain in the morning and by early afternoon find out the price has gone up a few cents! Multiply that by several thousand bushels and you have an idea of just how stressful pricing grain can be! No one ever said marketing was easy. IT’S NOT! It is an emotional and complex roller coaster leading to second-guessing every pricing decision a farmer makes.

It’s time for a “marketing plan,” which is a proactive strategy to assist you when you’re pricing your grain, according to Ed Usset, an agricultural economist at the University of Minnesota. “Fear and greed are powerful emotions. They affect your decisions. A solid plan is the only effective weapon against these emotions.”

Economists stress that farmers should spend equal time creating not only cropping plans but marketing plans as well. When a marketing plan is created it becomes part of a farmer’s business

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plan allowing him to see the vulnerability for potential risks according to University of Wisconsin dairy economist, Mark Stephenson.

Usset says there are seven factors to be included in any marketing plan a farmer creates: • Financial goals • Cash flow needs • Price objectives • Storage capacity • Crop insurance coverage • Anticipated production • Appetite for risk Farmers should plan to sell grain to cover major farm expenses like rent, loan payments, etc.

Once these cost of production needs are known, prices need to be locked in to allow for profits.

There are three price goals according to Stephenson: • Tier 1 covers operating costs • Tier 2 covers personal goals and family living funds

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tension and Outreach and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, helped adapt the Iowa focused toolkit from an earlier guide she had written for the West Virginia Farmers Market Association.

“When I was starting a local food organization several years ago, this is the toolkit I wish I’d had,” Lyons said.

“We’ve brought together knowledge from local food practitioners, various Extension programs, the Iowa Institute for Cooperatives, ISU’s Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation and many others. It’s a lot of information, but the guidance is practical and important.”

Lyons and Tobaloff work for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

• Tier 3 covers the “I’ve got it all” prices seen earlier When you hit these price goals, they should trigger a set of actions to use to market grain.

There must also be a time factor in your marketing plans. Set times to sell part of your grain on specific dates. Usset states, “I’m cool with hanging on to grain for awhile, but don’t let it overstay its welcome.”

Periodically throughout the year, evaluate the success of your marketing plan by tracking the average monthly cash price for corn or beans. Check this average for 18 months and then compare your sales to average prices.

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Allison Meals on Wheels Menus are subject to change.

Monday, Nov. 23: Chicken over biscuits, green & yellow pears, chocolate chip cake Tuesday, Nov. 24: Spaghetti, garlic bread, buttered spinach fruit crisp Wednesday, Nov. 25: Pork roast, bread dressing/gravy, cooked cab-

bage, cheese cake Thursday, Nov. 26: Thanksgiving, No Meal!

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Lunches include milk and salad bar and whole wheat white bread/marg. Menus are subject to change.

Monday, Nov. 23: Lunch: Mashed po- Breakfast: Pancake/sausage stick, mantatoes/hamburger gravy, corn, pineapple darin oranges chunks; Elem. Breakfast: Cereal bar, Wednesday, Nov. 25: No School! yogurt, mixed fruit Thursday, Nov. 26: Thanksgiving, Tuesday, Nov. 24: Lunch: Rib patty/ No School! bun, curly fries, peaches, broccoli; Elem. Friday, Nov. 27: No School!

COMMUNITY NEWS Early retirement offers made

Thursday, November 19, 2015 •

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Mira Schmitt-Cash Editor

Early retirement offers will be sent to three eligible certified staff and four eligible classified staff, from the North Butler schools.

Superintendent Joel Foster said

this would help determine the following year’s budget, which is customarily published in March and finalized in April.

During discussion of certified staff on Nov. 16, Foster said the stipend would be $300 per year that the staff worked in district, plus insurance at

the rate determined by the master contract in the given year, until they turn 65.

The rate would also apply to the full-time classified staff, who work 12-months a year, 40 hours a week.

NB to request open enrollment reimbursement Mira Schmitt-Cash Editor

North Butler School Board approved on Tuesday, Nov. 9 asking the School Budget Review Committee for replacement spending authority for 11 students open-enrolled out during this October’s certified count,

who were not living here and openenrolled out last year.

This is because the district they attend can bill the home district, which is North Butler.

North Butler can ask for the state per-pupil cost, $6,366, per student of these 11, amounting to $70,026.

The North Butler School Board tentatively approved requests from six students to graduate early, pending completion of all requirements set by the state.

ers) or animals.

East gym hallways will be closed to walkers due to sports practices and events.

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Clarksville School to open for winter walking

Early graduates approved, tentatively

Clarksville School will again open the hallways for walking during the winter. A walker’s liability form will need to be filled out and returned, the form is available on the school’s website under the resource section or in the superintendent’s office. The school website is www.clarksville.k12.ia.us.

Designated hours are 6:30 – 7:45 a.m. and 3:30 – 7 p.m., Monday – Friday (Nov. 30 – March 1) on days when school is in session.

Because school staff will be cleaning the building during the designated hours, the school is not allowing any equipment with wheels (such as rollerblades, skateboards, stroll-

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Question: When does an advisory board or committee have to comply with the open meetings law?

21.2 Denitions.

As used in this chapter:

1. “Governmental body” means: a. A board, council, commission, or other governing body expressly created by the statutes of this state or by executive order. b. A board, council, commission, or other governing body of a political subdivision or tax-supported district in this state. c. A multimembered body formally and directly created by one or more boards, councils, commissions, or other governing bodies subject to paragraphs “a” and “b” of this subsection. *** h. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by statute or executive order of this state or created by an executive order of a political subdivision of this state to develop and make recommendations on

public policy issues. *** j. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other bodycreated by an entity organized under chapter 28E, or by the administrator or joint boardspecied in a chapter 28E agreement, to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.

Most probably the groups (advisory boards, committees, task forces etc.) would fall under subparagraph 1(h) or (j). The governing body of a local government entity that formally forms such a group would be construed to be doing so by executive order since in most instances the executive and legislative authority resides in the one governing body.

The answer depends on the role given the group. The crux of the matter is the meaning of the clause “to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.” Some have inferred from a statement made by the Iowa Supreme Court that it means more than just giving advice. From the context of the statement giving rise to that inference, if the specic issue is presented to the Court a likely resolution would seem an examination of whether public policy is inuenced and to what degree. A test could be to examine how the creating governmental body intends to use the product it expects to receive

from the group. If the creating body plans to take formal action on the product itself, subparagraphs 1(h) or (j) would clearly apply to make the group subject to the open meetings law. But, if the charge given the group is to merely gather information, without recommendation, for use by the parent governmental body in its development of public policy, the open meetings law would not apply. Certainly the quoted clause has meaning. Without it, all such groups would be subject to the law without qualication. The application of the open meetings law to groups is subject to the qualication; it is just that the courts have not yet clearly articulated the limits of that qualication.

Note that if a number of members of the parent governmental body that would constitute a quorum of that body participate in a meeting of the group, whether or not as members of the group, the open meetings law would apply.

Note also that even if a group does not come within the purview of the open meetings law, it may still hold public meetings. This is a recommended as a good business practice.

IPIB Facts and Figures

During the month of October 2015, 67 contacts were made with the Iowa Public Information Board office.

TYPE Formal complaints Formal opinions Declaratory orders Informal complaints Informal requests Misc.

TOTAL:

Martha “Marty” Erickson On the evening of Nov. 21, 1995 Martha Erickson, 47, was murdered while on her way to a dance. Her body was discovered the following day in Avon Lake’s shallow water. She had been beaten and stabbed. Police say the body offered few clues due to time spent in the water, and that they couldn’t even say for sure whether Erickson had been sexually assaulted.

Erickson enjoyed helping people fight

their demons, and often attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings even though she wasn’t an alcoholic.

After Erickson’s death, it was discovered that she was an acquaintance of two other murdered women: Susan Kersten, whose severely burned body had been found two months earlier near Iowa City; and Donna Lee Marshall, who was found shot in the head in her home in Bon Aire Mobile Home Lodge in Iowa City in January 1996.

But the investigation into the acquaintance of all three women yielded nothing substantial.

Martha “Marty” Erickson | Age: 47 Died: Nov. 21, 1995 Hometown: Avon Lake

Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.

Anyone with information about Martha Erickson’s unsolved murder is asked to contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010, e-mail dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us, or contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (515) 286-3800.

Editor’s Note: This is a monthly column prepared by the Iowa Public Information Board to update Iowans on the IPIB’s activities and provide information on some of the issues routinely addressed by the board.

ANSWER: This is difcult to answer without additional information. Even with more information it is often difcult to give a denitive answer. Advisory groups and the application of the open meetings/records statutes are a murky area of the law. The answer in large part is determined by how these groups are formed and their “charter”.

The applicable statutory provisions within the jurisdiction of the Iowa Public Information Board are found in Iowa Code Section 21.2, the relevant portions of which are as follows:

This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides in the hopes that it will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a partnership between this newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper Association.

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Who can contact the IPIB and how long does it take?

Any person can contact the IPIB for assistance by telephone (515-725-1781), by mail (Margaret.Johnson@ iowa.gov) or website (www.ipib.iowa.gov). So far, in 2015, 696 identifiable people have contacted the IPIB. Of these, 46% were private citizens, 40% were government officials or employees, and 14% were members of the media.

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16 • Thursday, November 19, 2015 EDUCATION from page 1 we are going to … identify those children so they succeed.

(At) a board workshop last week, a board member (said) one of her goals was zero dropouts. We want to work hard as a board to do that. …

Why does the state need to control that? …

I agree we should have a comparison point but this just isn’t it, …

(There is a) lack of funding. You’re asking us to give 75 hours of summer school to who knows how many children — well hopefully none, but in reality there’s going to be some because speed reading isn’t everybody’s thing and testing is scary to a lot of kids.

Where’s the funding supposed to come? So now we have to cut more teachers because we have to provide summer school? What’s going to happen to our children? They’re not going to be better educated.

SEN. AMANDA RAGAN, D-Mason City: How would you teach differently with retention or with holding the child back? Would there be any difference? You’re already putting efforts into (intervention), I’m sure.

HOOGESTRAAT: We already have them identified. We’re already doing (individual interventions). The testing that you’re asking us to do, the standards for that, over half of my class is not proficient right now in third grade, and I’m trying to do individual interventions with each of those kids. I’m pulling my hair out, to be honest with you.

REP. PATTI RUFF, D-McGregor, (ranking member, house education committee): I’m going to speak to you right now as a parent of a thirdgrade student.

So I have been going through this whole process this year. Mind you, it doesn’t fully implement until FY17.

What I hear is that the Department (of Education) is requesting some funding, for this program, for next year.

I received a letter from my district that’s been drafted by the Department of Education to go out for a student who is not proficient. The wording makes you feel that big, as a parent (holds fingers up an inch apart) and luckily the students don’t get to see it. The wording says they are “sufficiently deficient in reading.”

It’s scored on how fast they can read. My son, during this test, which was at the beginning of the school year, read 74 words per minute, and I believe the goal was 95, so about 20 words below average.

At his district, they have a comprehension component and he was right at proficiency so just because he read a little bit slower, doesn’t mean he read it any worse than another student because his comprehension was there.

The third-grade teacher and reading interventionist appeared anxious at conferences because of what we, the state, have imposed on them.

This was before the actual rules

meeting with the DE… As a parent going through this, there’s a small sense of relief because this isn’t life or death right now, but next year it will be, if we continue on the path that we’re on.

And these students are expected to do 75 hours in the summer at 90 percent attendance, so if they’re not there 90 percent of those 75 hours, they will be retained, from what I can tell. Where’s the fairness in that?

BRAD HUDSON, (governmental relations specialist, Iowa State Education Association): I worked for the capitol and watched this (unfold).

Please remember the third-grade retention was a governor initiative.

They had it in the education reform legislation the year he wanted, but no funding was put in with that policy. The following year, the governor still had this as a priority but did not put any money in his budget for it. I believe it was the Senate education appropriations committee, put in $8 million… If this was such a high priority, I don’t think anybody thought $8 million was sufficient.

Then you go back and say, if we’re identifying (to Hoogestraat) half your class as being in need of assistance, we need to go back and say, how can we put this policy into active funding. I don’t think anywhere in this policy discussion, that has been part of the compromise.

PHIL JENEARY, government relations director with Iowa Association of School Boards: I was able to attend the administrative rules review committee today, and the Department of Ed said that for as long as they were doing this, they had not received as many contacts as they had about the third-grade retention.

(With) legislators, the Q and A went on for quite awhile, asking: If students could take online (summer school) instead of (in-person) school? What’s going to be the cost with paying the teachers and opening the school building? If a kid comes in from out of state and they’re not up to proficiency, what do they do with that child?

Then (regarding) the 90 percent (attendance), the Department said that each day, I think is an hour and a half, and if they show up for half an hour they credit for 30 minutes.

FOSTER: Last year, North Butler, between our second and third grade, had a total of 17 students test nonproficient in reading.

Of those, only six tested non-proficient in math, reading and science.

So, are we going to penalize kids who are proficient or advanced in math and science because they didn’t meet a snapshot of a test? …

I’m not sure that that is in the best interest of the children of our state.

Our children are our future, what are we telling them?

RUFF: Reading is the most important component you can do when you’re in school because reading transfers over into every other facet of education. (My son is) one of those kids who, again, excels at math (and) science. Like the super-

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intendent just said, are we supposed to punish him because of one slow score? It’s not fair.

I would like to see something more on the comprehension piece, and as Laci (Hoogestraat) referred to, looking at the student as a whole, because if they are truly “sufficiently deficient” in reading, it’s going to show through their math, … science and spelling scores. Spelling I think he’s missed one all year. To me that is an indicator of someone who is able to read.

It’s something we need to look at during the session and address it as soon as we can.

REP. TODD PRICHARD, DCharles City: We got a letter for (one of our children) … in first grade. So (we) have these tables of 20 words and we time them. I race my daughter for time.

By trade, I’m an attorney, and to get into law school, you have to take the law school entrance exam, and you’re graded on comprehension, not speed.

I don’t think you’ll find many people that think this (grading on speed) is a good idea.

What I would ask you (Mrs. Hoogestraat), though, is what’s the cost in your classroom for having to retest and deal with this … mandate?

HOOGESTRAAT: As far as interventions, … it’s up to us as classroom teachers to figure out what we can do to make them more successful on the test.

Once again, I have a hard time as a third-grade teacher pushing just speed, so when I teach reading, I don’t focus on reading just fast. I focus on reading and comprehending and making connections and character analysis.

So really to do an intervention based on speed, I don’t like to spend much time on it, to be honest.

PRICHARD: Do you have a classroom aide?

HOOGESTRAAT: I have 25 kids; I have no aide.

So when I’m trying to do my interventions right now, the ones can free read because they can read well, and I’m trying to pull up one-by-one to do interventions. So I have 10 interventions to do. Today, I got through one.

So I really don’t have enough time in my day to do the interventions I need to do to make their speed faster.

That’s where you have to team with parents.

SCHROEDER: On a financial note, we gave the lowest raise to our teachers, around, and we were pushing for no raise, and we’re asking for these teachers to stay later and later and put in more hours.

Teachers always get (accused of being) overpaid. They are not overpaid, and we’re asking them to take no raises and work (very hard) so that we can survive as a district. So we need money to pay them.

UPMEYER: I think we all want kids to be able to read well. I don’t think anybody disagrees about that.

So, how did the Department of Education land on a speed-reading test as the evaluation for the ability to read?

RUFF: It comes from the Reading

Research Center, so they’re the ones that made the bars that these students have to reach as far as speed. Where the actual determination that it was going to be on speed (came from), I have no idea, … because I don’t remember anything in the language of the third grade retention piece stating that that was what that was supposed to be based on.

UPMEYER: I would agree with you, I don’t recall that at all, either, so I don’t know where that came from, but Reading Research would apply that there’s research, so I would guess we could go back and ask the Reading Research where they came up with this and why, because our goal really is to make sure kids read, and the speed test doesn’t really seem like the best evaluation for that.

So I’m perfectly happy, for all of us, to find out why that selection was made and if … another selection … would be considered.

HOOGESTRAAT: To me, as far as funding and not doing summer school, early intervention is going to be your best bet. I know, I appreciate the 4-year-old preschool getting funded … I think that’s phenomenal.

I’d like to see 3-year-old (preschool) funded because I think that’s huge also.

Also … we have class sizes of 24, 25, 26 in a class. Obviously instead of doing summer school and paying extra, can we get an extra teacher, so we can break class sizes a little bit more? Because it’s hard to do 25 individual personalities, 25 individual educations per se.

I know homeschooling has gotten big lately, and there’s a reason for it because it can be individualized.

So I think as an educator in Iowa, we really need to look at our early childhood, our early intervention, because I shouldn’t be sitting with half my class not proficient, but it really needs to stem from 3-year-old, 4-year-old (preschool); it’s not just a third-grade issue.

So we need to get smaller class sizes through the lower grades so we can build upon that.

BOBBI JO SPAINHOWER, NB School Board: Mrs. Hoogestraat, how is the test evaluated? … via computer or are they reading out loud to a teacher?

HOOGESTRAAT: They are reading out loud to the teacher. I don’t actually do the assessments, but … a team will sit with the computer and the minute this child starts, they hit go on the computer.

And the child is sitting with a sheet of paper and reading their story. Any word they get wrong, they click on that word, it’s wrong, and when they’re done, the computer counts the words (and) the accuracy.

So there’s no questions involved of comprehension, it’s just, you started here, you ended here, you made these mistakes.

SPAINHOWER: (I have a shy child who might not excel at that type of thing.)

HORN: I would hope two things would happen as a result of this conversation.

One would be an immediate conversation at the legislative level

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DE to decide on new standardized tests

A topic intersecting reading proficiency scores is the manner in which proficiency is determined.

The Iowa Board of Education is poised to approve new standardized tests through administrative rules, on Nov. 18. Nine people spoke at a public hearing Nov. 3; six supported adopting the rule, and three opposed it, documents on the Department of Education website state.

Effective in January, the DE will take vendor bids to administer the tests, pending approval Nov. 18.

The Des Moines Register says the new statewide exams will be given in the 2016-2017 school year.

The exams are developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. The computerized exams adapt to the student’s response. As the Register put it Aug. 22, “Answer correctly and you get a harder question; answer incorrectly and you get an easier one.” about the retention piece. I think without that piece the pressure that comes with that, Mrs. Upmeyer said, focus on early reading, we can all get behind that.

If the retention piece can’t be negotiated away, there’s got to be some conversation about multiple measures, and be able to put this in the hands of a group of decision-makers who can say, maybe a child doesn’t “read fast enough” quote unquote to meet the requirement, but they comprehend at a high enough level, or their math skills or science skills — to me those would seem to be things that could be addressed almost immediately to take the pressure out of this conversation, get it back to where it originally started, which was, let’s provide the resources to get our children reading early.

STECKMAN: Florida invested, not sure, $300 million, we have invested maybe $10 (million).* But … if you’re reading a science book, you have to slow down. Speed is not always the thing. And with the ACE stress indicators for young children, they’ve added testing, because our kids are stressed over a lot of this. You are stressed; the kids are stressed.

So I think we need to as a legislature sit back and look what we’re doing to the schools. Four-year-old preschool is the ideal, 20 students, a teacher and a para(educator). Those kids are taught how to line up, how to socialize with other kids. I taught overseas in Portugal. I had 19 students and a para … I couldn’t believe how much more time you had to spend with them.

LAMMERS: We’re talking about, 8, 9 year olds. When did we become a state that pushes 8, 9 year olds to read fast and then judge them on that?

I don’t have kids that are in elementary, mine are both in high school, but I would be furious if my son received, because I guarantee you he might not have been the fastest reader in his class, but he’s a straight-A student right now as a senior, and to judge him and hold him back (as proposed) right now on, speed reading? You were how old, Todd, when you took your (LSAT)?

PRICHARD: 22 LAMMERS: 22 and 8. I just don’t understand where this is coming from, why we have to – penalize

kids? And we’re going to hold them back and make them feel inferior?

Not a good idea.

HUDSON: Laci, you had something that made me say, it’s ironic that we have these requirements on public school students, but if (students) are homeschooled, none of these requirements are placed upon them.

That’s something that we need to bring to the policy discussion in the state of Iowa.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve had a couple of bills introduced in the Iowa House that would have taken approximately $200 million and given it to charter schools and homeschooled students for, they were calling it an education savings account.

I think we need to get back to discussion of what’s best for the majority of kids in Iowa, and getting back to addressing, how can we remediate at the youngest possible age.

I don’t think that’s been the discussion at all in the last three years.

We’ve been talking about this thirdgrade retention, and we’ve lost sight of trying to find a solution. * The year Florida launched an Intensive Reading Initiative designed to improve dramatically the literacy of the state’s elementary students, the state invested $750 million, and has continued to spend annually on the program (more than $100 million in a sample year), states a selfproclaimed independent Mississippi group, MS Parents Campaign. The spending is said to go toward reading coaches in every kindergarten through third grade classroom; individualized professional development for reading teachers; and diagnostic assessments and supports for retained students, including intervention teachers, extended school day, extended school year and summer reading camp.

Critics of the Florida retention program found that retaining low performing third grade readers was helping the school system to meet fourth grade benchmarks, that it increased high school dropout rates, and that minorities were disproportionately affected by the third grade retention.

Interventions are a more effective solution, critics say.

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18 • Thursday, November 19, 2015

COMMUNITY NEWS

• Butler County Tribune-Journal •

Students sing at the North Butler Elementary Veterans Program on Nov. 10. From left are, front row, Carly Adelmund, Caleb Foster; second row, Haley Freesemann, Madison Ralls, Dawson Clark; back row, Haily Backer and Hannah Fox. (Contributed by North Butler Schools) At right, back, Brooklyn Wix and Jordan Osterbuhr serve area veterans breakfast as part of the Veterans Day activities at North Butler Elementary in Allison on Tuesday, Nov. 10. (Courtesy NB Schools)

Avery Boos speaks at the Veterans Program at North Butler Elementary on Tuesday, Nov. 10. (Courtesy NB Schools)

Myah Shier and Taylor Wiegmann participate in the Readers Theater at the North Butler Elementary Veterans Program Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Allison. (Courtesy NB Schools)

Iowa State Senator Liz Mathis, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), and Iowa State Senator Amanda Ragan attended the Butler County Democrats fundraiser dinner on Sunday.

Butler County Democrats hold fundraiser dinner

By Travis Fischer Butler County Democrats packed Gronigans Bar in Allison on Sunday, Nov. 8 for their annual fundraiser dinner to celebrate and support upcoming candidates for next year’s election.

Special guest U.S. Representative John Garamendi of California’s 3rd District spoke on behalf of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

Though Garamendi was two time zones away from his home district, the rural environment of Butler County provided a sense of nostalgia for the veteran politician.

“This reminds me of my first campaign in 1974,” said Garamendi. “It’s far from home, but it’s home.”

The gathering gave Butler County Democrats a chance to meet-and-greet with the candidates for next year’s elections. Tom Fiegen and Rob Hogg, both primary candidates competing to challenge U.S. Senate Republican Chuck Grassley for his seat, introduced themselves and spoke on their intentions to improve Congress.

“We badly need congress to work again for our country, our people, and our futures,” said Hogg.

Also at the dinner was Kim Weaver,

who will be looking to de-seat Representative Steve King in Iowa’s 4th District this November.

“It’s time to step up and take him on,” said Weaver.

A resident of Sheldon, Weaver is a Long Term Care ombudsman who has spent her career investigating and working to resolve issues between long term care recipients and providers.

“I’ve spent the last 18 years trying to give people a voice,” said Weaver.

Though she’s been politically active in the past, Weaver never envisioned herself running for office. However, when asked to challenge King in the upcoming election, she embraced the opportunity.

“I love a challenge,” said Weaver.

“Especially when I feel it’s the right thing to do.”

After the evening dinner, the Butler County Democrats held their fundraiser, auctioning off crafts, wines, and novelty items. Funds raised during the event will go toward the production of a newsletter to keep area Democrats informed on candidates and issues.

“It’s going to let them know that Democrats exist in Butler County,” said David Mansheim, who chairs the

Butler County Democrats.

Hosting the event was Gary Kroeger, a former “Saturday Night Live” cast member now running to represent Iowa’s 1st Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives.

In between auctions, candidates for various offices were given the opportunity to introduce themselves and garner support for their campaigns.

The Butler County Democrats also presented State Senators Amanda Ragan and Liz Mathis with the Profiles in Political Courage Award.

“This award is for their stand on opposing and slowing down the push for Medicaid privatization,” Mansheim said.

After the auction, candidates and supporters socialized as the evening came to a close.

“It went well,” said Mansheim. “We had a good crowd. Filled the house.”

Panelists with differing opinions on energy lines will speak at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the New Hartford School Multi-Media Room.

From there, Mansheim and the rest of the Butler County Democrats will work toward the Feb. 1 caucus.

Chet Buss, left, and Carl Bacheldor, right, hold up the U.S. Navy flag during the North Butler Elementary Veterans Program in Allison on Tuesday, Nov. 10. (Courtesy of NB Schools) ELECTION from page 1 Mayor Jason Mehmen received 51 votes for re-election. There were two write-ins.

AREDALE: Claudia Bolles will join Michael Olesen (i) and Rita Olesen (i) on the council. Each received six votes.

There were three total write-ins for council.

Mayor Jack Bolles won re-election to the two-year office with six votes. There was one write-in.

GREENE: Two, four-year offices on City Council were won by challenger Benjamin Backer, with 222 votes, and Marilyn Folkers (i) with 175. Incumbent Audrey Smith lost a seat on the council, with 89 votes.

James L. O’Brien, unopposed on the ballot in his bid for mayor, secured the two-year office with 193 votes. However, there were 53 write-ins, for mayor with 37 of them going to Justin Schoeder.

About a dozen names were written in.

Present Mayor Bill Christensen did not file papers.

DUMONT: On the City Council, Brenda Blohm Baldwin secured a position with 44 votes, as did Reid C. Menken with 44 votes and Chris Showalter with 46 votes. There was one write-in.

Mayor Edwin L. Mouw was unchallenged on the ballot and won re-election to the two-year office with 44 votes.

There were two write-ins.

PARKERSBURG: Elected to City Council were incumbents Dan Bruns with 320 votes, Klint C. Knock with 342 votes and Leon Thorne with 328 votes.

Harlan K. Schuck won the race for a council vacancy with 313 votes.

Council challenger Chad Buss came in fourth at 167 votes, about half what was needed for a seat followed by Melodie McLean with 150 votes, and Karen Anderson-Webber with 87 votes, and there were nine write-ins. John L. Heffner lost the race for the vacancy with 164 votes, and there were two write-ins.

There were no changes from the unofficial results, but please note that Parkersburg had no mayoral race but rather a council vacancy, as corrected in the Nov.

12 issue.

Voter turnout by town (rounded to nearest 1 percent): Allison, 15 percent of 673 registered voters; Aplington, 8 percent of 676 registered voters; Aredale, 14 percent of 51 registered voters; Bristow, 39 percent of 97 registered voters; Clarksville,

37 percent of 829 registered voters; Dumont, 39 percent of 384 registered voters; Greene, 34 percent of 752 registered voters; New Hartford, 14 percent of 324 registered voters; Parkersburg, 38 percent of 1,281 registered voters; and Shell Rock, 20 percent of 842 registered voters.

EARLY DEADLINE There will be an early deadline for the Nov. 26 issue of the Butler County Tribune-Journal.

Please have your news items and ads in by noon on Thursday, Nov. 19.

OFFICE CLOSED Our offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26 in celebraton of Thanksgiving.

May your holiday be blessed!