Mid-America Publishing Corporation purchases The Eclipse News-Review Mid-America Publishing Corporation is pleased to announce its purchase of The Eclipse News-Review from Leon and Becky Thorne, of Parkersburg, effective today, December 30, 2015. The Eclipse News-Review will be added to the Hampton-based corporation’s growing roster of 29 Iowa weekly newspapers and shoppers. Other nearby papers also owned by Mid-America include those in Grundy Center, Allison, Clarksville, and Eldora. “We are excited to assume the ownership of The Eclipse,” said Mid-America Publishing’s President and CEO, Ryan Harvey. “We believe this paper has a solid foundation and also has the potential to be something the community and area can be really proud of. The community’s loyalty to the paper through the years has shown us that they believe in the importance of their local newspaper.” The transfer of ownership is related to the Thorne’s decision to retire from the newspaper business to pursue other interests. “We want to thank Leon and Becky for allowing Mid-America to continue the legacy of the Eclipse
News-Review,” Harvey said. “We know they’ve been key community figures over the past 45 years with Leon having started at the paper when he was in high school and Becky having worked beside him for many years. We know they are now looking forward to enjoying retirement and we are honored to be able to help them transition.” Clinton Poock will assume the duties and title of publisher of the newspaper while veteran newspaper editor John Jensen, who has been serving as the editor of the Grundy Register for the past five years, will oversee the day-to-day operations. As part of the transition Mid-America is seeking to add a part-time office and sales assistant and full-time sales representative to sell advertising throughout Butler County. “We believe a local newspaper needs to have local content,” Harvey said. “Our mission going forward is to tell the stories of local residents, report on local events, and give strong coverage of local government at the city, county, and school district levels. One of John Jensen’s specialties is writing high school athletics and accordingly we plan to provide the community with first-rate cover-
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By JOHN JENSEN Mid-America Publishing GRUNDY CENTER – Eldora native Michaela Kendall has been named news editor on an expanded Grundy Register news staff. The recent Iowa State University and 2012 South Hardin High School graduate comes to The Register after completing a successful internship at Mid-America Publishing's bi-weekly Eldora newspapers, where she worked with both hard news and features as well as some sports. She also assisted with graphic design. She graduated from ISU one semester early with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication. “I think I knew from a young age I wanted to be a writer, but I didn’t know until college that I wanted to go into journalism,” she said. “When I was young, I would write my own books for fun. I would take a few sheets of paper, bind them together with staples, and then write stories in them. Throughout high school I took a lot of advanced writing classes and enjoyed them, but when I got to college, I took a reporting class for fun and fell in love with it. It was at that point that I knew I wanted to go into journalism. “I love that every day is different,” she said. “I have the best job
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GC school board approves budget cuts GRUNDY CENTER — The clock struck zero for the Grundy Center School Board last Wednesday, as it approved more than $877,000 in budget cuts that will alleviate the serious budget crisis that the District has been discussing how to deal with for nearly a year. The cuts include one full time equivalent (FTE) each in science and at the Middle School as well as .8 FTEs in K-12 music and K-12 art, .5 FTEs in physical education and business education. One administrator will be replaced by a half-time position under the plan while at-risk funding will be realigned. Superintendent Jerry Schutz encouraged the Board not to put off passing the cuts so that the District could begin the process of notifying individuals whose jobs will be cut. “We need time to address procedural rights,” he said. Schutz said the reason so many of the cuts are staff-related is that those are the most quantifiable areas of the District’s budget. He added that he hoped making the decisions early would help those whose jobs will be eliminated. “We are trying to be as humane as possible so that those who could be cut can find new jobs,” he said. Even with the passage of the cut list, there remained hope that some of the cuts could be eliminated. Board discussion centered on ways to make cuts that would not have as direct an effect on student learning as those involved. Areas discussed included the possibility of cutting a bus route and the possibility of Schultz serving as both superintendent and elementary principal, a move Board President Bob Johanns suggested could save as many as two teaching jobs. Grundy Center kicks off Main Street program GRUNDY CENTER — The City of Grundy Center officially kicked off its Main Street program last Thursday during a well-attended program at the Grundy Center Community Center. Main Street Grundy Center president John Schuller kicked off the program that included remarks from new Executive Director Kristin Cleveland as well as Main Street Iowa Executive Director Michael Wagler. “As has been the situation throughout the entire Main Street application and process, we’ve just been overwhelmed by the involvement and support of the community,” Shuller told
the standing-room-only crowd. “Grundy Center has been and continues to be a great community, and we believe that our partnership with Main Street Iowa positions us to continue that great community status and puts us in a great position moving forward.” Schupbach goes out on top GRUNDY CENTER — After a long and illustrious career at the helm of one of the most successful sports programs in Iowa athletic history, Grundy Center PE teacher and girls’ golf coach Rick Schupach retired with one last state title under his belt. Schupbach coached girl’s golf in Iowa for 31 years and has been the coach at Grundy Center since 1990. He has had one of the most successful coaching careers in Iowa golf history, leading his teams to 19 conference championships, 26 district/regional championships, 20 regional final championships and 21 state appearances, including 14 state championships and four runner-up finishes. The 14 state championships at Grundy Center are the most by one coach and one school in Iowa high school golf history. Schupbach owns an overall record of 1,092158-1 record. He had one final thing he wanted to do as a physical education teacher in the Grundy Center Community School District. After 27 years, teaching at the long-gone Lower Elementary, recently-shuddered Upper Elementary and the current G r u n d y C e n t e r E l e m e n t a r y, Schupbach returned to his class one final time to teach what had become a highlight of his week ... one final
SOS class with a group of fourthgraders. After the workout was done, Schupbach took one final look around his classroom, telling the children that they would be his final class, and moved on to a new time in his life. “It’s a transitional time in life,” Schupbach said of the rare midyear retirement. “I was in church a couple of years ago and the teacher mentioned that as you move up in age, remember to finish strong.” Schupbach received the Golden Plaque of Distinction from the IGHSAU in 2015 for his contributions to coaching, his school and the community during his tenure. BCLUW graduate behind largest successful disability rights lawsuit in U.S. history LOS ANGELES- The city of Los Angeles, the second largest municipality in the United States, recently agreed to set aside $1.4 billion for sidewalk improvements that will bring its walkways into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making it the largest lawsuit of its kind in U.S. history, after settling a class action lawsuit filed by the Disability Rights Legal Center on behalf of thousands of disabled residents in the Greater LA area. While the story, which has been covered extensively by outlets like The Los Angeles Times, CBS News and TIME Magazine, is national in scope, it has a local twist: rural Union native and 1999 BCLUW See REVIEW page 6
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Grundy Center senior Maddy Grineski and junior Jill Itzen embrace Spartan coach Rich Schupbach just before official state golf results were announced. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
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held in lieu of bond. Arrested by GRUNDY CENTER PD. A one vehicle accident occurred December 24, 2015, 5:20 PM on Hwy 20 at the 214 mile marker. CHRISTY POSPISIL, age 31, Waterloo, was westbound when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. Pospisil’s 2011 Nissan received an estimated $8,000 damage. No summons, no injury. Investigated by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S
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Darla Marie Wills, 59, of Grundy Center passed away December 25, 2015, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo from complications of kidney disease, which she battled since 1976. A memorial service was held December 30 at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center. Burial was held privately by the family. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.abelsfuneralhomes. Darla was born on July 12, 1956, in Waterloo to her parents Fred and Lillian (Bartosh) Dostal. She graduated from Traer High School in the Class of 1974. She then went onto graduate from University of Northern Iowa and earned her Masters Degree in Education. Darla was a special education teacher for a total of 21 years at Dysart, Traer and East High Schools. She was united in marriage to Keith Wills on May 27, 1989, at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center. Darla was a member of the American Lutheran Church. She loved to travel extensively within the country and abroad. She liked live theater and enjoyed hunting for bargains especially at flea markets. She enjoyed music especially the Blues, Jazz, early Rock-n-Roll and Country and Western. Darla also enjoyed growing and keeping Hostas. Darla’s true joy in life came from spending time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren. Darla is survived by her mother Lillian Dostal; her husband Keith Wills; her children Jacob (Jackie) Towley and Sean Towley (Tracy Shapley), Austin (Caron) Wills, Sarah (Martin) Dake; her grandchildren Alexa and Joscelyn Dake, Arianna and Rowen Wills and Vader Towley; her brothers Mark (Joanne) Dostal and Kurt (Julie) Dostal; her nieces Amy O’Hara, Jessica Senser, Emily Hansen, Abby Dostal, Hilari Dostal and Anni Dostal. She was preceded in death by her father Fred; brother Lynn Dostal and a niece Rachel Olson.
David A. Van Heiden
David A. Van Heiden, age 62 of Hudson died peacefully December 26, 2015, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held at the French-Hand Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 31 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Burial will follow at Reinbeck Cemetery. Memorials may be directed the family. Online condolences may be left at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com. David grew up in Wellsburg, attended Reinbeck High School, and graduated from Hawkeye Tech in 1973. He started his career farming his father’s land while also at B&B Concrete outside of Hudson where he resided and raised his family. He was well known around the farming community as he dedicated his work to the Farmer’s Cooperative (Heartland Co-op) in Reinbeck for 29 years. He enjoyed being involved in the church choir, maintaining his garden and entire acreage, and ensuring the snowmobiles were always in working order. His biggest joys were teaching his children life’s lessons and watching them succeed in music, school and sports. He was never shy about the pride that he had for all that they accomplished. Survived by his loving children, Daniel and Kati Van Heiden and Karen and Joel Feder; admiring grandchildren, Abby Bailey, Noah Skornia, Hunter Van Heiden, Karson Van Heiden, and Raya Feder; his siblings Jeanette Merrill, Jerald (Connie) Van Heiden, Benjamin (Judy) DeVries, Richard (Vickie) Van Heiden, Merna (Larry) Lovell, Laurie (Don) Diehm, Kenneth (Barb) Van Heiden; sisters-in-law, Caroline DeVries and Kay Van Heiden. David was preceded in death by parents, Ben and Alice (Abbas) Van Heiden; brothers LaVern Van Heiden and Jerry DeVries.
Marie Whitney
Marie Mathilde Meinert Whitney, Marie passed in the early morning of December 18, 2015. Memorials may be sent to Hillcrest Family Services in Dubuque, IA, Cedar Valley Hospice, Grundy Center, IA or the family. Marie was born the seventh of Peter and Marie Hansen Meinert’s eight children. She grew up in a farm family that eventually settled on a farm east of Grundy Center. She graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1942. Afterwards she attended beauty school at Pitze’s in Waterloo then in Cedar Rapids. After graduation, she owned her own beauty shop, the Primp Beauty Shop, in Sheffield. In Sheffield, she met Max Lewis Whitney and they were married 1 February 1951. Upon the adoption of their son, Michael James, in 1960, Marie quit working to become a stay-at-home mother. They moved to Belmond where Max worked for Ris-Van, a chemical company. He then was hired by the Allied Chemical Corporation, which brought them to Plattsmouth, Nebraska. There they adopted Marcia Kay in 1963. The family was transferred to the east coast with Max’s job at Allied. New Providence, New Jersey was home from 1965 to 1972. Marie worked as a Recreation Director in a nursing home. 1972 to 1974 was spent in Houston, Texas when Max was transferred to work with Union Texas Petroleum, a division of Allied. Again nurturing her natural creativity, Marie studied painting. Her works were in both acrylic and oil mediums. Another new activity in her repertoire was needlepoint. December 1974 brought a move to Omaha, Nebraska. Max was back with his work’s main division, now known simply as Allied Corporation. Max and Marie retired in Omaha. They purchased a 27-foot trailer and went travelling whenever wanderlust hit. Sometimes they’d weekend at a small campground with nothing more than a small store that had ice cream bars, if they were lucky, and were entertained by people taking turns riding a mini bike slowly around the dirt road at the location. Max died June 6, 1990. Marie sold the trailer, downsized her possessions and sold her house to purchase her home in Grundy Center. Marie worked at the Goodwill store in Grundy Center for a couple of years until the store’s closing. At that point, she retired for good. The last year or two of her life she found enjoyment in her home, sitting in her chair doing a crossword and watching the happenings in the neighborhood. She loved having visitors and regarded everyone a member of the family regardless if they were blood relation or not. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Max; parents Peter and Marie Meinert; an infant sister; brother Ted; sister Margaret; brother Johnny; and sister Helen. She is survived by a son, Michael Whitney and his wife, Kim; daughter Marcia Frost; and granddaughter Katie Frost.
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it plans to make available locally in the Parkersburg area. Harvey further added that although the paper will retain its existing logo and general format, readers are going to notice some immediate changes such as expanded and varied content, special sections, more local photos and greater use of color. Additional printing services will be added in The Eclipse office in the near future but the full suite of custom printing services Mid-America offers will be available immediately and any interested parties should contact the newspaper office for additional information. One of several changes for readers and advertisers to also note is that the newspaper’s billing and circulation will be consolidated to the company’s home office in Hampton effective immediately. The printing of the newspaper will also move to the Hampton facility and a website for the newspaper will be launched within a few weeks. The newspaper
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will however remain in its current location at 503 Coates St. and will also retain the same mailing address, e-mail addresses and phone number. On the size front, the paper will transition to a wider format, expanding from a 22-inch web to a 28-inch web format. The standardized format which reflects the width of other Mid-America papers will allow the company to seamlessly cross sell advertising into the Eclipse from any of the company’s other newspapers, and include other area social news and photographs of possible interest to local readers. One final change of note will be that the newspaper will arrive back in Parkersburg mid-afternoon Tuesday rather than first thing Tuesday morning in order to allow for stronger news coverage of Monday evening events. Readers can find more information on this story and additional coverage of the newspaper’s transition in next week’s Eclipse!
New year, new Fire Chief for Grundy Center
GRUNDY CENTER – Sen. Grassley will kick off his annual 99 county meetings in Grundy Center this week, with a visit to Kling Memorial Library. Grassley will be at the library on Wednesday, Jan. 6, from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. to speak to residents of Grundy. Afterwards, Grassley will hold his next meeting in Butler County, from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. at the Allison Public Library. WELLSBURG
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WELLSBURG – On January 2, the AGWSR FFA will pick up Christmas trees in Wellsburg, Steamboat Rock, Ackley and Geneva. Trees can be placed on the curb by 10 a.m. for free pick up by FFA members.
Grundy Family YMCA Notes New youth programs will begin the week of Jan. 11 at the Y! This session, we will offer karate, swimming lessons, kickball, bowling, archery, and tot art. Tot art will be offered to all kids ages 3 to 5 years old and will be held on Tuesdays from 5 to 5:30 p.m. The kids will get a chance to use all kinds of materials to create fun art projects while exploring their imagination. Please contact Audrey at the Y if you are interested in registering for this program!
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By MICHAELA KENDALL GRUNDY CENTER – The new year typically brings many new things, and this year, it’s a new fire chief for Grundy Center. Effective January 1, former assistant fire chief Nathan Kappel will replace longtime fire chief Jeff Latwesen as the head of the Grundy Center Fire Department. While Kappel may be new to the position, he is certainly not new to firefighting. Kappel, an Ackley native, has served on the Grundy Center Fire Department for the last three years, moving quickly up the chain of command. He spent his first year as a regular firefighter, his second year he was named first lieutenant, his third year he was made assistant chief, and to start his fourth year, he has just been named chief. Before coming to Grundy, Kappel served on the Ackley Fire Department for 12 years, giving him a total of 15 years experience in firefighting, with various leadership positions. Kappel said that he is looking forward to his new position, and he is very confident in his team. “I’m fortunate to have a very knowledgeable department,” Kappel said. “I believe that with the guys we have, the knowledge and experience, things will run pretty smoothly.” Kappel said that he isn't
Nathan Kappel has been appointed as Grundy Center’s new fire chief, and will assume the position on January 1. planning for any major changes, and that things will run basically the same as before. “I hope I can continue where Jeff left off and keep it that way,” Kappel said. “There’s a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes, and [Jeff and I] have talked, and he’s willing to help me out and direct me on some stuff.” Latwesen, who formerly headed both the fire and ambulance departments, will continue in his role as
ambulance chief, and will remain on the fire department as assistant fire chief. Mayor Brian Buhrow said that he is confident in Kappel’s abilities, and is sure he will do a great job as the new fire chief. “I know Nathan, and I think he’s going to do a great job,” Buhrow said. “I also want to thank Jeff for all his years of service.”
DaVita Dialysis to close its doors By MICHAELA KENDALL GRUNDY CENTER - On January 31, 2016, DaVita Dialysis in Grundy Center will close their doors to business. Kevin Downey, Senior Manager of Communications at DaVita, said that the center has not been financially sustainable for some time, and that despite efforts, no alternatives remain. The center’s 11 patients and two staff members were informed this month, and the company is working with neighboring dialysis centers to find treatment options for the local patients. With four dialysis centers within a 30-mile radius of Grundy Center, there are options available, and the company is working to schedule patient treatment times together so group transport can be arranged.
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Reta Mae Rearick, age 65, passed away December 23, 2015, in Des Moines, surrounded by her family, together as Reta wanted. A gathering of friends and family will be 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, January 1, 2016, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, in Ames with a memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 2, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care. Online condolences may be directed to to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com.
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Downey said that the two staff members from Grundy have been offered the opportunity to remain DaVita team members, and be transferred to other centers. While the center’s closure does not directly affect the hospital, as the two are separate businesses, GCMH Nursing Director Jennifer Havens said that the closure indirectly affects the hospital because it impacts patients and the health care service that is provided for people who need it. “This came as a complete surprise to us,” Havens said. “We were very disappointed and saddened for the patients. We encouraged DaVita to delay or reconsider their decision, but that just didn’t work.” Havens said that the hospital has received many calls from community members who were concerned
about the well-being of their friends or neighbors who were receiving treatment at the center, and although the hospital strives to do all it can to provide health services to the people of Grundy County, it is not likely they could provide dialysis services. “We recognize the hardships on patients, but this is not a business a hospital can jump in and take over,” Havens said. “Today’s hospitals are not primary providers of dialysis services because of the complex restrictions and procedures that have to be undergone in order to provide that service. Because it’s so restricted, there’s basically only two major providers, and one of them is DaVita.” Havens said she is unsure what will happen to the DaVita facility, as the hospital does not own it, and has not announced any intentions to acquire it.
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Grassley Q & A: New K-12 Education Law Question: What is the Every Student Succeeds Act? Answer: In the first rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since 2001, the Republican-led Congress restored a much greater degree of local control and decision-making authority to parents, teachers and local school board members in December with bipartisan passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act. It replaces the troubled No Child Left Behind Act. President Bush’s proposal for that law called for greater local control over teaching in return for more accountability in terms of student achievement outcomes, but the degree of local freedom many had hoped for didn’t materialize. What we did get was a detailed one-size-fits-all assessment and accountability system that prescribed interventions for schools not making progress toward all students being proficient in reading and math by 2014. That date has now passed so schools across Iowa face increasingly onerous top-down interventions. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was supposed to last only until 2007, there should have been plenty of time to adjust the goal, but until now, Congress has not been able to come up with a replacement. The Every Student Succeeds Act was a bipartisan compromise, which was necessary to pass the Senate. It does not go as far as I would like in reducing federal involvement in local schools, but it is a big improvement over the status quo. Schools serve as the lifeblood of neighborhoods across the country. It makes sense that parents, taxpayers, elected school board members and educators living and working in these neighborhoods are best able to identify problems, solve challenges and remove learning barriers in the classrooms where students are attending the schools in their communities. I believe that our local schools can do more when the Washington bureaucracy does less and this new law will allow key decisions to be made closer to the parents and students they affect. Question: What provisions did you secure in the new education law? Answer: As founder and cochair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, I work to give a voice to foster kids at the policymaking tables in Washington. Too many foster youth face a lifetime of uncertainty and interminable transition. Many times, schools are their only lifeline to stability and haven for a sense of belonging. That’s why I worked to strengthen connections between child welfare agencies and state and local education institutions so that foster youth aren’t allowed to fall behind or face an endless cycle of being shuffled from one school to the next. Also included were key parts of a bill I introduced to fix federal incentives that were preventing gifted and talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds reaching their fullest potential. Beyond that, I worked on provisions to ensure states are free from federal coercion in setting content standards and I ensured that a civic education grant program the bill’s authors included kept a focus on teaching the history and principles of the Constitution. These founding principles have guided America’s prosperity for more than 200 years. It makes sense that younger generations develop a keen understanding and appreciation for the bedrock values of liberty, freedom and justice.
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My New Year’s column is usually about resolutions or a review of the past year. It’s usually a pretty simple column that I’ve often written weeks ahead of the date that it runs. This column, however, is going to take a different slant than usual and is much more difficult to write. Instead of a column where I talk about how wonderful a year it’s been and how much I am looking forward to the year to come (and I could certainly write a lot about that this year), this year’s New Year’s column is a little sadder for me personally. Throughout my career, every few 5-8 years, I have to write a column that I really don’t want to write. This time it’s a column that I’ve known I would be writing for quite awhile yet that I could not tell anyone about. By JOHN JENSEN Even many of my friends do not know what I am about to tell you. As difficult as it is to say, this is my last column as editor of The Grundy Register. A couple of months ago I was approached by The Grundy Register’s parent company, Mid-America Publishing, about a potential opportunity at a nearby newspaper. The opportunity met the criteria I would want if I were ever to leave here — in fact it was a little more. It is an opportunity with a little more leadership responsibility not only here, but at another already successful newspaper. It will keep me covering news and sports, be in a nice community and will be close enough to Cedar Falls that it will not in any way, shape or form adversely affect my relationship with Lynnette. After praying about it and consulting with the people closest to me — Lynnette and my parents, as well as my pastor — I chose to accept the opportunity to become managing editor at Mid-America’s newest acquisition, the Parkersburg Eclipse News Review. I have been around several business acquisitions and mergers over the past several years, including the recent Grundy Register merger with The Record. Newspapers tend to keep these as quiet as possible until the day they close out of respect for the previous owner. In this case the previous owner is somebody I have known and liked for a number of years, Leon Thorne. In fact, a few of the Grundy Register stories I’ve written have run in the Eclipse News Review. Our ad department has shared stuff with them, too. I’ll be honest — I always presumed that when Leon and his wife Becky retired the Eclipse would become part of the Mid-America family, though I had no idea that I would be in on the ground floor. Since I accepted this promotion I’ve had a lot of time to think about it. It was more than a little strange the last couple of months talking to people and acting as if I would be involved in things in the future, yet knowing I would not be. A few of weeks ago I covered what I knew would be my last Grundy Center City Council meeting, yet couldn’t say a word. Same thing two weeks ago with the Grundy County Board of Supervisors and the Grundy Center School Board ... even last Monday at the Spartan basketball games and Tuesday as I stopped into the school. Even as I’ve been asked about it a few times I had to play the old “no comment” card. Parkersburg was one of the few places where I would have accepted
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a move to. Anything that took me farther from Lynnette was out of the question as was a move to a community where I felt like I wouldn’t fit in. Even with this fitting all those criteria, it’s still a bit of a scary move. The move from The Register is not a complete separation. I’ll still oversee sports coverage here and will serve as a mentor to our new editors, Rob Maharry and Michaela Kendall. What I won’t be involved in is the dayto-day news coverage here — Rob and Michaela will handle the news side while Patti Rust will be covering nearly all of the Grundy Center sports. The best part about this is that I truly believe that these changes will make The Grundy Register a stronger newspaper. You will now have a pair of editors with journalism degrees whose biggest strength is news. I am a capable news and feature writer though my strengths are truly sports writing and community relations. Michaela has the enthusiasm of a recent college grad (she graduated from Iowa State a couple of weeks ago) while Rob has the knowledge of having covered news and sports, with me there to help him when he needed it, in Conrad for the past couple of years. I’ve been thinking over the past week or so about some of my favorite stories that I’ve covered since I worked here. Among them are one that occurred the very first day I worked here, a couple of feature stories and a few sports stories. You don’t get a lot of true breaking news in towns this size, so imagine my surprise when on the very first day I worked here the Grundy County Memorial Hospital had to be evacuated due to a gas leak. Later that year came the sad and unexpected death of teacher and coach Clint McMartin. A couple of years ago small tornadoes hit the county on back-to-back weekends in July, including one that I saw from my home. Last year’s school budget issues were also a huge story. From a feature standpoint a few stand out. In 2013 I wrote a feature on Reinbeck’s Lisa Olson, who was using quilting as a form of therapy in her recovery from a stroke. Last year’s feature story on Grundy Center High School senior Esther Edgerton stands out as one of my favorite interviews ever and the feature from a few year’s ago on Grundy Center’s pie lady, Vi Roberts, also stands out. More recently, this fall’s retirement story on Rick Schupbach stands out simply because I didn’t expect him to agree to do an interview for a story like that. I watched Rick’s final moments with the kids at GC Elementary, which was very special. Though it hasn’t had a chance to stand up to the test of time, I believe last week’s story on Bruce, Billie and Kinnick Dall will end up being one I remember. Local schools have had incredible success in sports during my tenure here. Dike-New Hartford’s run of four straight state volleyball titles is the longest I have had the privilege of covering during my career and the Grundy Center girls’ golf team is the most successful team as a whole that I have ever watched up close and personal. Every school we cover has won at least one team title during my time here, and there’s been at least one title every year. I obviously have a lot of thank yous that I need to share at this point, many of whom I won’t be able to do in person because of the timing of this announcement. There are many community leaders that I’ve worked with over the past 5 1/2 years, without whom covering the news would be much more difficult. Among these are Grundy Center Mayor Brian Buhrow and former mayor Rex Van Wert, Grundy County Auditor Rhonda Deters and former auditor Mary Schmidt, Grundy Family YMCA Director Andrew Peters, Grundy Center Community School District superintendent Jerry Schutz and former superintendent Cassie Murra and the numerous city council members, school board members, county supervisors that I’ve had the privilege of working with. I would also like to thank you, our loyal readers. Many of you have become my friends. I hope you still come up and say hello when we meet at the store or on the street. I’ve said many times that The Grundy Register was a life raft for me — coming here changed my life in a way I never could have imagined that it would. I have grown personally and professionally and have no doubt that my new endeavor will be just as successful as this one has been.
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New Years 2016 Ready or not, it’s almost here. My family and I will watch the ball drop and then cheer on The Hawkeyes the following day, like a good share of people I know. Looking back over this past Christmas season, a few things come to mind, and I'm glad to report they are all good. At work, we've never had as big of a Christmas publication as last week, December 24, 2015. Wow. This was only possible because of our faithful readers and advertisers. And no, I don't have a sleeping bag at the office, but it might have come in handy a few times recently. At home with immediate and extended family, it was three of the best Christmas gatherings I can remember in some time. They are always "good," but this year seemed extra special. I'm not exactly sure why or how, maybe that's part of the magic of the season. The twins got chrome laptops or whatever the proper technological term is and yes, Carson got the latest and greatest in a cell phone. I've never seen him so excited. I tricked him by wrapping an older Motorola phone in a gift box, so there was about 90 seconds of panic until the new phone started ringing. I laughed until my stomach hurt. New Years Goals Here we go again, these have never been a favorite of mine but yet, I'm thinking of a few. And they include: • Read through the entire Bible this year. • Watch what I eat more carefully as I’m going back to my college days of constant “snackster”. • Treadmill and cardio needs to be three miles a day and not just one mile. No pain-no gain. • Spend more “quality” time with my kids rather than always being busy. • Get my lawn and yard taken care of before my neighbors do theirs and not after. Welcome Parkersburg As many of you may be aware. Our parent company has purchased The Parkersburg Eclipse/ News-Review. I couldn't be more excited. It's a great community that really wants a newspaper, and we already own two other publications in Butler County. The connection and partnership is perfect, and it's close to Grundy as well. This has been a paper I've always wanted to have as part of our Mid-America family. Simply put, I can't wait. The opportunity for great local news, sports coverage and advertising reach to our readers and clients is all right there and now possible. It's been a real highlight for me getting to know the former owners, Leon & Becky. I feel honored to help carry on what they've worked so hard to do and for many decades, right there in Parkersburg. CONGRATS!! Congratulations to John Jensen on his promotion to Managing
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Jessica (Miller) Corrie and Matt Corrie, both of Springfield, MO, were married at Cedar Ridge Vineyards in Swisher, Ia at 5:30 p.m. on Sept 19, 2015. Parents of the couple are Kirk and Lisa Miller of Grundy Center and Bob and Carla Corrie of Pontiac, IL. Maids of honor was Brennan Wilder and Samantha Snyder. Bridesmaids were Rachel Utter, Kelsey Nation, Alyson Nelson, Brianna Qiu and Melissa Miller. Best Man was Josh Corrie. Groomsmen were Eric Steidinger, Tony Dziuba, Neal Stuckey, Alex Schimmelpfenning, Stefan Bernal, and Jeremy Miller. Jessica is a veterinary assistant at dthe Republic Animal Hospital in Republic, MO. Matt is a zookeeper at the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO. They currently reside at 859 South Golden Avenue, Springfield, MO.
Conrad First Presbyterian Church schedule
On Sunday, January 3rd, Sunday School will begin at 9:00 am. Classes for all ages are available. A new Adult Class, taught by the Rev. Kerry Carson starts as well. It will be taking a look at the people who have faithfully shared and had an impact on the continuing story of Christian faith while reading “131 Christians People Should Know.” Morning worship service will be at 10:00 a.m. and will feature celebrating the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Communion is open to all who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; one does not need to be Presbyterian or a member of First Church to participate. Fellowship will follow the service. At 2:30 pm, Rev.Carson will be conducting the worship service at Oakview Nursing Home. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will also be observed there. All are welcome to join us. Monday, January 4, features the next gathering of the Women’s Bible Study at 7:00 pm. All women are invited to attend. Tuesday, January 5, will be the next meeting of the Promise Keepers Men’s Group bright and early at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 6, will see Rev. Carson meeting at Oak Estates for Coffee and Bible Study with residents there. The evening will feature Church Night Supper at 6:00 pm. Members, friends and youth are invited to share in this “yummy” time of fellowship. The Comet Christians Youth Group (both Middle School and High School groups) will follow at 6:30 pm. A reminder: there is no Choir Practice during the month of January.
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Center Theatre’s Reel-to-Reel Beginning at the Center Theatre on Friday, January 1 at 7 p.m. will be the sequel action/thriller The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson. This movie is rated PG-13 for violence, running approximately 135 minutes in length. At 7:30 will be Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D, starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill. This movie is rated PG-13 for violence, running approximately 135 minutes in length. * FRIDAYS ARE 50 cent Fridays at the Center Theatre! receive your choice of MEDIUM popcorn or any drink for just 50 cents! * The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen [Jennifer Lawrence] realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends -- including Gale [Liam Hemsworth], Finnick [Sam Claflin] and Peeta [Josh Hutch-
Grundy Center Bowling Classic League First Half Standings Van Wert Inc. 45.5 18.5 BLOWF’s 34 30 Crystal Bowl 30 34 Tom’s Car Care 33 31 Phelps John Deere 25.5 38.5 Grandview Heights 24 40 High individual games — Blake Schmitt 258; Drew Babinat 254; Rich Riesberg 209. Crystal Ette First Half Eiten Farms 36 24 Phelps 36 24 The Granny & Gals 26 34 Lone Tree 21 39 High team game, handicap — Phelps 929. High team series, handicap — Phelps 2,437. High individual scratch game — Eunice Riesberg 222; Angie Shuey 222; Sheila Kelly 215. High individual scratch series — Kyla Brandt 592; Sheila Kelly 570; Eunice Riesberg 523.
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erson] -- Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D is the long awaited continuance of the story first made famous in the 1977 release of Star Wars. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D, the beginning of a new Star Wars trilogy, will take place 30 years after Return of the Jedi. The new film features a trio of new young leads along with some very familiar faces (Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill). In this continuation of the epic space saga, a downed Stormtrooper (John Boyega) goes on a journey reconnecting him with heroic faces from the past. For the most up-to-date movie information, please check out our new website at www.grundycentertheatre. com.
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Sunday, January 3 Please send your reports in this week for Leadership Team. A short congregational Forum will precede the Leadership team Meeting. DVD DVD’s are available of the Christmas Concert by Jennie Barwick. Flowers 15 poinsettias were shared by congregational members during the Holidays. Music Ronda and Skielyr Neher shared a piano medley of Christmas music for morning worship service.
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meetings return At Scotty’s January 5 & 12 Saloon Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Grundy County’s office will again be holding a series of meetings for young farmers in the area. The early 2016 series will focus on farm transitioning and succession planning. January 5, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m., join ISU Extension & Outreach Farm Management Specialist Melissa O’Rourke to learn about common estate planning mistakes, trends in farm estate planning and the business logistics of succession planning. January 12, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m., visit with ISU Extension & Outreach Farm Management Specialist Melissa O’Rourke regarding substitute decision-making, fair vs. equal treatment, family communications and the relationship building necessary for successful farm transitioning. Pre-register by calling the Grundy County Extension Office at 319824-6979.
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From page 1 graduate Mark Willits, the son of Ray Willits and Marilyn Willits, was the driving force behind the historic settlement in Willits vs. The City of Los Angeles as he represented the plaintiffs along with a group of 15 other lawyers in a case that dragged on for nearly five years before a settlement was reached. For Willits, now a private practice attorney in Los Angeles, this was more than just another case on the docket: it was personal to him. As a 16-year-old high school sophomore working on his father Ray’s farm about a mile outside of Union, he was unloading a trailer full of plywood when the unstrapped contents fell on him, causing a severe spinal cord injury that left Willits paralyzed and wheelchair bound. In an interview with The Record, he admitted that it was initially hard to stay positive about his ordeal. “I thought that my life was over; I thought that I had no future 18 years ago, but I got lots of love and support at BCLUW,” he said. Willits eventually completed his rehab from the accident in Colorado and graduated from BCLUW High School in 1999, and he began attending Iowa State University to study engineering. After two years, he made a big jump and decided to transfer to Arizona State University in Tempe, where he studied engineering for one more year before a change of heart compelled him to pursue law. After receiving his law degree, Willits began practicing in LA, and it didn’t take him long to realize that the city had a colossal problem. Of the approximately 11,000 miles of sidewalk within its limits, 40 percent are considered in need of repair, and 75 percent of street intersections are not compliant with the ADA, a law originally authored by former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa that has now been on the books for 25 years. Rebels take state football, basketball titles in same calendar year DES MOINES — It was a banner year for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ sports teams as the football
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and basketball squads both won state titles, and the soccer and baseball teams also made state appearances. The basketball team, led by sophomore Joe Smoldt and senior Cam Kickbush, was the only one in the state to finish undefeated this year with a 28-0 record. Smoldt was the team’s top scorer with 18 points per game while Kickbush was just behind him with 17 points as well as a team-high 5.3 assists per contest as both were first team all-state selections. Smoldt added 5.1 assists per game while leading the team with 74 steals and ranking third on the squad with four rebounds per contest. Kickbush added a team-high 72 3-pointers and collected 40 steals despite missing the season’s first six games while recovering from a football-related injury. Forward Zach Pierce was a second team allstate selection in his senior season. The Rebels defeated Maple Valley/ Anthon-Oto 64-52 in Des Moines to secure the Class 1A title in their first ever state tournament appearance. The magic continued in Cedar Falls this fall as the Rebels avenged a title game loss from a year ago and captured the Class A state championship, racing to a 28-point lead in the first quarter on their way to their first-ever state title with a 52-20 win over Akron-Westfield. Rebel coach John Olson has often said that his team doesn’t talk about championships. This time, however, is an exception. “We talk about doing things right all the time,” he said. “I told the kids after the game, ‘Now we can start talking about championships.’ We have it, it’s there, we can say we’re the best. Are we the best? I don’t know if we’re the best team in the state, but we’re the best team in this playoff and the best team this year. That feels really good to say that — it’s not being arrogant or anything like that; that’s who we are and that’s what we did this year.” Local film proves to be a big hit in Grundy Center GRUNDY CENTER — My Town Pictures came to Grundy Center in April to film “Promise Me,” which was later shown at the Center Theatre and received hordes of positive feedback from viewers. Chamber of Commerce Director
NEWS Jodi Latwesen said My Town Pictures creative director and screenwriter Scott Thompson contacted her about making one of his starter-level films in the community. She said Thompson had been through town before and thought Grundy Center would be a good location for a film. The reaction in the lobby of the Center Theatre following the premier of the Grundy Center based movie “Promise Me” on Oct. 30 was nearly universal. People talked of the movie being better than expected; they talked of it being well put together … and most of all they talked of it showing Grundy Center in a positive light. Terri Shepard, who played the lead adult role of Diane, said she had no idea what to expect from the film and was pleasantly surprised. “The continuity, the way they put it together … everybody in it did a good job,” she said. The story featured a pair of plots — one of a couple so entrenched in its their lives that they have forgotten how to love one another, and the other of a writer doing research for a book who discovers the story of former Grundy Center activist and leader Beveridge Nickerson. It was the latter story and a plot twist at the end that had many long-time Grundy Center residents buzzing. Supervisors vote against filing RICL objection with Iowa Utilities Board GRUNDY CENTER- A group of landowners attempting to stop the construction of the Rock Island Clean Line project that would run through northern Grundy County got some bad news when the county’s Board of Supervisors declined to file a formal objection with the Iowa Utilities Board by a narrow 3-2 vote. The issue of the RICL has been a lightning rod for controversy since it was first announced that Clean Line Energy Partners, the private company behind the project, would use eminent domain to build a pipeline on farmland running from Granville, Iowa, to Morris, Illinois, that would pass near Stout, Dike and Reinbeck while transmitting electricity created by
“Promise Me” star Terri Shepard (right) poses for a photo with friends and fellow movie actors following the premier of the movie at the Center Theatre in Grundy Center Friday. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
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The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball (top) and football (bottom) teams won state titles just eight months apart from each other in 2015 as the Rebels enjoyed the most successful athletic year in school history. Both titles were the first ever for G-R. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photos) wind energy to the Chicago area. Eric Andersen and Ted Junker, who have been two of the most vocal leaders in the anti-RICL movement, claimed at the meeting that over 90 percent of Grundy County residents oppose the project, and two supervisors- Chuck Bakker and Mark Schildroth- expressed strong support for filing an objection with the IUB and voted in favor of the move. “We are elected by the people of Grundy County to act in their best interest,” Bakker said. “I have gone to informational meetings and talked to several people, and I have not heard one person who is for this project.” It was noted that the RICL project could bring about an increase in tax revenue, and Supervisor Barb Smith said that more people might be in favor of the project if they considered the pocketbook of Grundy County. Junker contested, however, that more revenue does not necessarily ensure a benefit to the county and that the RICL would negatively affect land values in the long run. “Not all products that produce tax revenue are good for the county. A strip club might bring in a lot of tax revenue, but I don’t think it would be good for the county,” he said. Smith argued that while she is personally opposed to the RICL and would write a letter to the IUB on her own behalf stating her objections, she did not believe it was the county’s job to get involved
with a case in which it has no legal standing. She added that of the 16 Iowa counties that the proposed pipeline would run through, only two have filed formal objections thus far. “It’s a little telling that only two counties are (filing objections),” Smith said. “I think it’s precedent setting.” Fellow supervisors Harlyn Riekena and Jim Ross came out more strongly against filing an objection, and both voted “no” when the time came for a roll call. Riekena accused anti-RICL advocates of intimidation and attempting to stifle opposing views, and he agreed with Smith that it was not his duty to decide on the merits of this case. “Both sides (of the RICL fight) say the other side is lying through their teeth. I don’t have to decide,” Riekena said. “I’m not on the Iowa Utility Board.” GCMH unveils renovation plans to supervisors GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy County Board of Supervisors Monday heard a report from the Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) that included information on the planned renovation of the facility’s second floor. Hospital CEO Jennifer Havens said the renovation, which has been in the planning stages for years, would bring upgrades to the original 1952 building’s roof, windows and soffits as well as its mechanical
systems including heating and air conditioning. The renovation would allow administration and other support functions to be relocated from the first to the second floor, with that space used to allow needed expansion of the hospital’s specialty clinic area. Havens said the hospital hopes to begin work on the proposed $7.5 million project next spring and projected that it would be completed in 18 months. She said the hospital wishes to contribute $2.5 million toward the project. G-R board votes to close Gladbrook campus GLADBROOK – A long, arduous process came to an end for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board last Wednesday with a vote to close the Gladbrook campus and move all classes to a pair of buildings in Reinbeck. The vote was 5-2, with Directors Doug Rowe and Mandy Gehring voting against the motion made by Director Matt Wyatt. Following Wyatt’s motion to move classes to Reinbeck, Rowe moved to amend Wyatt’s motion so that it would be to close Reinbeck Elementary instead. When his motion was defeated, Rowe’s attempt to bring the district together fell of deaf ears to some in a crowd that filled most of one side of the gymnasium. “We may disagree here at this table, we may disagree with some people in the crowd, you may disagree with the way we vote, but friends, family, relatives remember
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www.thegrundyregister.com we are still Gladbrook-Reinbeck School District,” he said, receiving a chorus of “no we’re not” from a portion of the crowd. Several people then walked out, with one shouting profanities as she left. With the decision, kindergarteners through sixth graders will attend classes at Reinbeck Elementary next year while students in grades 7-12 will attend the current high school building. The decision will save the district a projected $402,000 per year, which was more than $105,000 more than the option of keeping the Gladbrook campus open. New hardware store comes to Conrad CONRAD- In the 15 years since Kibby’s Hardware shuttered its doors on Main Street in Conrad, discussions among residents and leaders about which businesses the city needs most have almost always included a hardware store. Now, it’s official: that void will finally be filled with the June 1 opening of Conrad Hardware at 102 E. Grundy Ave, the former site of the Conrad Public Library and most recently NuCara Home Medical. Tom and Julie Wilkerson and their son Eric, the owners of the new store, are no strangers to hardware or the area. They currently r u n Wi l k e r s o n H a r d w a r e i n Toledo, where they reside, as well as Reinbeck Hardware, and they have been in business for over 20 years. A third store does, however, represent a new opportunity for Eric, a 2008 South Tama graduate and Central College alum who swore for years that he’d never get involved in the family business: he will take on his first leadership role in his young career and serve as the manager of the Conrad location. “I’m really looking forward to helping out my parents and meeting some new people here in town,” he said. Representatives of ChamberMain Street and City Clerk Denise Hoy contacted Mrs. Wilkerson, who also serves as the city administrator in Reinbeck, about potentially opening a store in Conrad, and Tom said that it didn’t take much convincing before they decided to take the plunge. “That’s all it took, I guess,” he said of his wife’s conversation with city officials. Conrad struggles with Smith Development, battles with SL Baumeier CONRAD- The Smith Development on the east edge of Conrad, which will house the new fire station, the new Central Iowa Healthcare clinic and two other lots for commercial development, ran into plenty of roadblocks in 2015 after it was originally supposed to be completed by Dec. 1, 2014. Tensions began to rise at the March meeting, when the council discussed the ongoing saga of the development and the oftencontentious relationship between the city and S.L. Baumeier, Co., the primary contractor for the project. Hoy reported that a subcontractor had not been paid for booring under a road after Baumeier owner Mark Lamer had volunteered to cover that expense, and no indication was given on when Baumeier would resume its work now that the cold winter weather has subsided. Councilman Todd Schnathorst echoed many of his past concerns and wondered if it may be time to consider legal action. “I think we have a ticking time bomb. The more we allow this to just go month to month, the more we have an issue,” he said. By May, it seemed that things had taken a positive turn as Lamer reported that the road that will run through the new development was nearly finished and ready for compaction, but he had to postpone concrete pouring after heavy rains last Thursday. Sanitary sewers, storm sewers and manholes had all been tested and passed, and Baumeier is planning to finish concrete and backfill by the end of this week, and work on Circle Drive, where a portion of the road
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NEWS took the 110-meter high hurdle state title. Meinders finished third at the state meet in the shot put as Tritle avenged his Drake loss to claim his third straight Class 1A title. S t i l l c h a s i n g h i s d re a m : BCLUW graduate featured in national McDonald’s ad campaign LOS ANGELES- Mike Kruse didn’t exactly come into acting in the most traditional way: a star athlete at BCLUW before graduating in 2008, he didn’t even get his first exposure to drama until his junior year of high school, when then-speech teacher Jeanne Ehn noticed his talent and urged him to get more involved in the performing arts. Seven years and 27 commercials later, Kruse has relocated to the center of the entertainment universe and is currently being featured- albeit briefly- in a national advertising campaign for the new all-day breakfast promotion at McDonald’s, the largest fast food chain in the world. Though he excelled in athletics and went on to play collegiate baseball at Central College in Pella, he recalls the idea of acting and getting onstage sparking his interest during his high school years. “I remember taking (Ehn’s) drama class and feeling completely out of my comfort zone every single time I was on stage, but there was something that was kind of intriguing to me about entertaining people,” he said. “On top of that, the exercises she would put us through were unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before, so I was naturally kind of drawn to it.” Citing his own “naïve belief” that he could quickly become a world famous fashion model and make millions, Kruse convinced his mom to take him to a modeling and acting event in Des Moines and actually received calls from agencies in both New York and Los Angeles. Even then, however, he disregarded them to go and play college baseball, but by the time he was a sophomore at Central, he had already booked a handful of small modeling gigs in the Midwest. “For any model or actor who is just getting started in the industry, it’s kind of an exciting point in your career just to simply be on set for the first time – especially for someone like me, who had absolutely no connection with anyone working in TV or film,” Kruse said. As far as future plans go, Kruse’s next big gig will be as an ongoing model for Skecher’s shoes, and he hopes to eventually land a spot as a spokesman for the same company in a series of commercials, citing Progressive Insurance’s “Flo” character as an example. Still, his big dream is to break into television and film acting roles and carry on the torch of other famous Iowan actors like Tom Arnold, Ashton Kutcher and the late great John Wayne, and if the last few years are any indication, he’s already well on his way. Mid-America Publishing announces merger of Record, Grundy Register Effective December 2, 2015, the Conrad Record has merged with The Grundy Register. The paper will continue to be a Wednesday publication. “We are excited to be able to provide the subscribers of the Record with a bigger, stronger newspaper,” said Ryan Harvey, President and CEO of MidAmerica Publishing. “Losing an identity in the community is never easy, however, we believe, after a lot of heavy consideration, that by merging the two papers into one, the positives far outweigh the negatives.” One of the biggest positives, Harvey added, is the ability to serve the readers with one bigger and stronger publication. All subscriptions to The Record will continue as normal. For those who subscribed to both, the subscription will be extended for an equivalent amount of time.
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Mike Kruse, a 2008 BCLUW graduate, is currently being featured in a national advertising campaign for McDonald’s restaurants all-day breakfast promotion. (Photo courtesy of Mike Kruse)
AGWSR senior Clay Meinders powers to a first-place throw during Drake Relays competition. (Kristi Nixon/ Mid-America Publishing photo)
Grundy Center officials are presented a sign designating the community as a Main Street Iowa community during a press conference last Thursday. Pictured left to right are Grundy Center Main Street President John Schuller, Chamber of Commerce Director Jody Latwesen, Grundy Center Main Street Executive Director Kristin Cleveland, Iowa Main Street Executive Director Michael Wagler, Grundy Center City Clerk Kristy Sawyer and Grundy Center Public Works Director Dan Bangasser. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)
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AGWSR top pit judging team at state By LUCAS SCHUMACHER The Soils CDE (Career Development Event) is a contest in which four soil profiles are evaluated for their usefulness as cropland or as a building site. This is a great measure of our students success in the agriculture education classroom. As the students get to apply what they have learned through the classroom, in a competitive setting. This year’s team consisted of Hanna Benning, Josh Bartling, Trevor Clawson, and Lucas Schumacher. They first competed at districts on September 23 at Fort Dodge. They placed first overall as a team out of 57 teams. Out of 221 individuals Lucas Schumacher placed 2nd individually, Josh Bartling 6th, Hanna Benning 9th and Trevor Clawson 13th. We also had a group
of 12 freshmen participate in Greenhand Fire Up. Greenhand Fire Up is to get freshmen FFA members excited about being involved. The Greenhand Fire Up is led by our district officer team which includes Justin Bartling, Caleb Bartling and our advisor Mr. Abbas. Districts qualified the team of Hanna Benning, Josh Bartling, Trevor Clawson, and Lucas Schumacher for the state contest on October 10 at Iowa State University. Out of 29 chapters and 114 individuals the AGWSR chapter placed third in the state overall and will be moving on to nationals in May of 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Along with the team being ranked third, Trevor Clawson was also ranked among the top 10 individuals overall and 1st in pit evaluation.
This is the fourth team in AGWSR history that will be competing at the national level in soils. The first team consisted of Nolan Clemons, Belle Rivera, Justin Bartling, Becca Wiarda, and alternate Levi Stockdale in the 2012-2013 school year. The second team consisted of Levi Stockdale, Caleb Bartling, Travis Haupt, Travis Pfaltzgraff, and alternate Lucas Schumacher in the 20132014 school year. The third team consisted of Haley Bakker, Liam Stubbe, Sawyer Heitland, Brady Fisher, and alternate Joe Wiarda in the 2014-2015 school year. We wish the 2015-2016 team the best of luck when competing at Nationals in May!
Timothy Christian Students Raise Money for Spanish Bibles For two weeks before Christmas break, Timothy Christian students gathered spare change and brought it to school to support Resourcing Now and their vision to make an impact in Central America by sending 20,000 Spanish Bibles for those who have never had a copy of God’s Word. These Bibles can be purchased for just 60 cents a piece. The seventh- and eighth-graders (pictured) organized a two-week contest involving room versus room and then girls versus boys to see who could bring in the most spare change. Decorated trophies were awarded to the first- and second-grade classroom for week one and to the girls for week two of the contest. All totaled, Timothy Christian students raised $345 that translates into 575 Spanish Bibles that will be headed to Central America through Resourcing Now. If you want to give a gift this Christmas that will have an eternal impact, donations can be sent to Resourcing Now, Box 295, Aplington, IA 50604. (Courtesy photo)
Seen here is the top pit judging team in Iowa. From the left are Trevor Clawson (pit evaluation-1st and 8th individually overall) Lucas Schumacher, Hanna Benning, and Josh Bartling.
Ryley Rieken, Caleb Bartling and Levi Stockdale record data from a hybrid that just went into the weigh wagon at this years FFA plot at Dave Keninger’s. The chapter is fortunate to have generous support from many business to make the plot an excellent learning experience for its member’s.
Crop season comes to a close The chapter’s test plots are a great ed this year’s Keninger plot on May opportunity for AGWSR FFA mem- 1 with the AGWSR FFA’s four-row bers to utilize the agronomy and planter that was just renovated in business principles learned in class, the school shop over the winter. The and they allow members to try their members were able to monitor many hand at the use of the latest in tech- aspects of the planting utilizing their nologies in a no-pressure situation. seed sense monitor. Jason Dalton and The chapter is very fortunate to Norbert Boyle of Servi-Tech helped have the support of local seed deal- the students check seed placement, ers, elevators and local companies. population and down pressure as the These businesses provide the inputs students used the planter for the first for the chapter’s eight-acre plot on time since the rebuild. Dave Keninger’s farm, four miles This years inputs were donatwest of Ackley, the five-acre school- ed by Agroculture Liquid Fertilizer owned plot on the west end of 4th and IAS. The plot had slightly over Avenue and the newly rented Ackley 200 pounds of nitrogen applied per Development Site north of the old acre, as well as a replacement rate canning factory. Justin Bartling, Re- of phosphorous and potassium. A ece Rieken and Ryley Rieken plant- small amount of nitrogen and all of Brand and # Moisture Test Weight #1 Hoegemeyer 7543HxTLRR 16.0 58.9 #2 Epeley E16028 17.3 57.4 #3 DeKalb N49W 3000GT 14.4 58.4 #4 LG 5 523STxRIB 15.2 59.42 #5 Great Lakes 5755STxRIB 16.15 82
the phosporous and potassium were applied using the chapter planter. The pre-emerge herbicide and post emerge pass was donated by IAS, and Syngenta donated the fungicide that was applied later in the growing season. The plot included mid-season corn numbers planted in a corn on corn rotation. The plot was harvested on October 17 by Jim Bartling and Justin Bartling and weighed by Ryley Rieken, Caleb Bartling and Levi Stockdale using LG’s weigh wagon. There were 12 numbers in the plot. The top five numbers with yields adjusted for test weight and moisture are pictured in the chart below. Yield 244.8 228 221.1 19.9 17.3
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Thursday, December 31 New Year's Eve Friday, Jan 1 New Year's Day Saturday, January 2 Rest and balance the check book Sunday, January 3 Local church services Monday, January 4 Classes resume Tuesday, January 5 4pm Basketball at Dike 6 pm wrestling JV at Waverly
Birthdays Thursday, December 31: Josh Rekers, Doug Dall, Chris Dickerson, Sandy Simpson, Wayne Graves Friday, January 1: Jan Weber, Mike Fuller Saturday, January 2: Marlyn Weber, Melvin Riebkes Monday, January 4: Michelle Juel, Steve cordes Tuesday, January 5: Mary Kiewiet, Holly Beem Wednesday, January 6: Claire Brandt, Kyle Dudden Thursday, January 7: Eileen Lupkes, Duane Jorgenson, Phyllis Ahrenholz
Retires as mail carrier
Bob Biersner delivering our mail for the last time this morning, December 23, 2015. When we moved to Dike 51 years ago Bob was our Des Moines Register paper boy. We got to follow him in high school as he played football, basketball and baseball. When Fox Ridge opened I had not played golf for 30 years. Bob convinced me that I should start playing again and I have thanked him many times for that. Bob has faithfully delivered our mail for many years. I count it a privilege to call him a friend and wish him a happy retirement.
Pictured (left to right: Mike Camarata Tom Kobriger and Marty Camarata.
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Lauren Verhulst, Dike, daugher of Thomas and Jennifer Verhulst, Dike, and Robert (Bo) Miller, Naperville, Illinois, son of Stuart and Kathyann Miller, Naperville, Illinois were united in marriage on July 25, 2015, at the Fredsville Lutheran Church, Dike. Pastor Lisa Dietrich officiated. Maid of Honor was Marin Verhulst. Matron of Honor was Kayla (Nielsen) Brugman. Bridesmaids were Olivia Verhulst, Kim Floss, Jenna Topliff, and Kristen Phillips. Best Men were Matthew Miller and Sean Carson. Groomsmen were Timmy Miller, Michael Miller, Tom Nelson, and Andrew Olin. The Bride is a graduate of DikeNew Hartford High School, and the couple both graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. They are making their home in Loveland, Colorado, where Bo is a land surveyor and Lauren is a business manager for an area charter school.
The morning sun was just what the die hard golfers were excited about. One had just given himself his Christmas present, the new golf cart. At 11:00 am the game started, one thru 10 went well and at hole 11 the snow started and the putting on hole 12 had to be halted as the little white ball rolled into little snow men. It was the December day that they will remember and try to duplicate every December .
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New daycare opens in Dike DIKE — Everyone in Dike has probably noticed activity the last several months across the street from Kwik Star, at Charlie's Daycare Center LLC. Charlie's opened its doors Dec. 14 and is a state licensed daycare center with capacity of 27 children. The owners of Charlie's said they saw the need for a center with many young families moving to town. "It is vital for continued growth in the community to have a place for parents to take their children for day-
care. Charlie's will be an additional attraction for those looking to move to a smaller community to raise a family," said the owner. Along with filling the need for child care services, Charlie's is also pleased to provide employment opportunities. Currently there are 10 employees, including full- and part-time staff members. Each staff member is required to meet state regulations and certain training to be employed at the center. Director Courtney Weber has
provided child care services for nearly 10 years and was a quality 3 rated in-home daycare provider for eight years. she has been a Licensed Practical Nurse for seven years and has an associates degree in Medical Science. "We strive to provide a safe environment to meet the physical , cognitive, social and emotional growth of each individual child in a caring and supportive atmosphere,” Weber said.
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December 21, 2015 The BCLUW Board of Education met in Regular Session on Monday, December 21, 2015 at 5:05 p.m. in the Media Center at the BCLUW High School in Conrad. Answering Roll Call was Board President: Beth Neff, Vice President LJ Kopsa, Board Members: Eric Engle, Shannan Callaway, Brian Feldpausch, Lynne Kock and Adam Probasco. Superintendent: Ben Petty, Board Secretary/Treasurer: Paula Benson, High School Principal: Kristyn Kell, Middle School Principal, Dirk Borgman & Elementary Principal: Mitch Parker, Teacher: Anthony Jahr and a member of the press were also present. AGENDA: Motion by Feldpausch, second by Callaway to approve the agenda as presented. All ayes. Motion carried. MINUTES: Motion by Probasco, second by Feldpausch to approve the minutes of the November 16, 2015 board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. FINANCIAL REPORTS AND PAYMENT OF INVOICES: Mr. Petty commented that we are trending similar to last year in our expenditures and revenue. Based on our five year plan we plan to replace water pipes in the older part of the building and also over haul the restrooms up by the gym next summer using some of our SAVE funds. Motion by Feldpausch, second by Callaway to approve the financial reports and payment of invoices except for the bill to Nolte Cornman and Johnson and also Auditor of State. All ayes. Motion carried. POSITIVE SHARING: Middle School Principal Dirk Borgman shared that for Mrs. Geelhart’s writing activity in 5th grade, the students wrote to Ms. Carr’s son, PFC Clemons. The instructional part was to teach letter writing skills to the students and be able to send it to a soldier. PFC Clemons had 40 of his fellow soldiers each write a letter back so each student received an individualized reply. The staff decided to decorate the halls for the concert with paper Christmas trees – the students made ornaments or presents and wrote on them what “gift” they could give to someone that wouldn’t cost anything. Mr. Borgman shared it was interesting to see the ideas the students came up with for their gifts and hopefully they will carry out what they put as their gift. The middle school held a food drive and focused on the Friday backpack program for the items to be brought in. The students brought in 933 items for the backpack program and around 100 items for the general food bank. High School Principal Kristyn Kell shared Mr. Zoske did a great “Shark Tank” project with his technical math class. Students had to create a product and sell it to the sharks. Mr. Zoske, Mr. Penick, Mr. Bartling and Mrs. Kell were the sharks. The students did an outstanding job not only creating their project but also knowing their numbers and the value of their product. In Mr. Jahr’s anatomy class the students dissected chicken legs. The students used the new pro-scopes, which were received through the foundation grant to look at muscle and cartilage. Mrs. Kell also shared that Mrs. Hammers and the FCCLA students and the Student Council adopted a BCLUW family to help with Christmas gifts and the National Honor Society held a Toy Drive for Toys for Tots. Elementary Principal Mitch Parker shared in Mrs. Billington’s 3rd grade class they had an opportunity to learn about local agriculture in several “Ag in the Classroom” sessions. Students learned about sheep and the highlight for the students was they were able to spin yarn out of sheep wool. In another class they learned all about turkeys and were able to sample some sliced turkey. The K-4th grade students performed at the winter singing concerts last Friday at MWO and Oakview Nursing Home – the students did a wonderful job performing. Mr. Parker also shared the elementary did a great job at the elementary food drive – the students had a goal of collecting 800 items but they actually collected 941 items for the food bank in Union. APPROVE OUT OF STATE SCIENCE CLUB TRIP TO CHICAGO: Mr. Jahr was on hand to review the science trip to Chicago with the Board. They plan to leave on March 31, 2016 immediately after school and return on Sunday, April 3rd. Motion by Callaway, second by Feldpausch to approve the out of state field trip to Chicago. All ayes. Motion carried. REVISE POLICY 601.1 – SCHOOL CALENDAR: Motion by Feldpausch, second by Kock to approve the revision of Policy 601.1. All ayes. Motion carried. COMMENDATIONS: Motion by Kopsa, second by Engle to approve the following commendations: 1. Cast & Crew of the Fall Play – Wizard Of Oz: Mrs. Jackie Stevens, Director 2. HS & MS Veteran’s Day Program: Mr. David Bartling, Mr. Bradley Wilson, Mrs. Geelhart & Mrs. Steckelberg 3. Football All District: Clay Silver, Storm Wiseman, Brad Barkema, Josh Myers, Austin Willett: Coach Jahr 4. Football Sportsmanship Award: Josh Myers 5. All State Cheer - Jenna Willett: Coach Trinkle 6. Football Cheer Sportsmanship Award: Emalie Olson 7. Academic All Conference for Football and Cheer: Brad Barkema, Caleb Engle, Landon Gunderson, Josh Myers, Keegan Rhinehart,
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Greg Schmitt, Clay Silver, Connor Thompson, Austin Willett, Taylor Cizek, Anna Dinsmore, Alexis Dinsmore, Allyvia Garza, Kyla Hernandez, Kaitlyn Moore, Emalie Olson, Leidy Ralston, Peytience Rice, Sara Sharp, Claire Stufflebeam, Madison Van Cleave, Jenna Willett 8. Lions International Peace Poster Winners: Abigail Busch, Lizzie Garber & Emma Hoveland 9. Elementary, Middle School & High School Successful Food Drive: Staff & Students 10. Pre-School & Elementary Winter Concert: Mrs. Seeman & Mrs. Feldpausch 11. High School Winter Music Concert: Mr. Bartling & Mr. Wilson, Directors 12. Middle School Winter Concert: Mrs. Seeman, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bartling, Directors All ayes. Motion carried. REVIEW OF POLICIES 603.3, 603.3A, 603.4, 603.5, 603.5E1, 603.6, 603.7, 603.8, 603.8R1, 603.9, 603.9R1, 603.10, 603.11, 604.1, 604.1E1, 604.2, 604.3, 604.4, 604.5, 604.6, 604.7: Motion by Callaway second by Kopsa to approve Policies 603.3, 603.3A, 603.4, 603.5, 603.5E1, 603.6, 603.7, 603.8, 603.8R1, 603.9, 603.9R1, 603.10, 603.11, 604.2, 604.3, 604.4, 604.5 and 604.6 and to waive any additional readings. All ayes. Motion carried. Policies 604.1 and 604.7 will be brought back with revisions and Policy 604.1E1 will be removed as this document is updated and maintained by the Iowa Department of Education and should be obtained from the DE. DISCUSSION/REPORTS: Mr. Petty shared that the Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution committee has offered possible dates to meet and tour the Gladbrook or Reinbeck facilities and share thoughts. The board discussed the future of the Beaman gym. In the past discussion regarding a wrestling facility, there was deliberation among the board about potentially upgrading the facility and bringing it up modern standards for student use, or building new. With the new wrestling room in place, there are not current plans to make a major district investment in the facility regarding future student use. There was discussion about potentially using it for storage of equipment and even vehicles, but that would require a future installment of a large overhead door. The possibility of turning it over to another public or private entity in the future was also discussed, but board members were concerned over the loss of control and potential for the building to fall into a major state of disrepair in the future if the district did not have ownership. The board will revisit this periodically, but at this time, consensus was to maintain district ownership of the facility, but not to make any major renovations to it for student use. NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting of the Board will be held on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the High School in Conrad. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 6:13 p.m. Mary Beth Neff, President Paula Benson, Secretary/Treasurer IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR GRUNDY COUNTY, STATE OF IOWA Docket No. (Sale No.): 15-0654(1) Court No. EQCV059316 Special Excution PLAINTIFF: GREEN BELT BANK & TRUST VS. DEFENDANTS: DOMANIC BUTLER aka DOMANIC GELDER- IN REM; PEPWELL LLC, an IOWA LIMITIED LIABILITY COMPANY- IN REM; PARTIES IN POSSESSION - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lots Three (3) and Four (4) in Block Seven (7) of the Original Plat of the Town of Wellsburg, Iowa Street Address: 403 N Adams Street, Wellsburg, Iowa 50680. The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale is March 29, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., at the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, 705 8th St., Grundy Center, Iowa 50638 Phone (319) 8246933 Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case. This sale not subject to redemption. Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable. Judgment Amt - $23,725.01; Costs - $322.50; Accruing Costs - Plus; Interest - 7% of $23,725.01 from November 5, 2015 = $677.95. Attorney is Nelson Law Firm (319) 291-6161. Date: December 18, 2015 Sheriff: Rick D. Penning Deputy: By Deputy Bill Jorgensen
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR GRUNDY COUNTY, STATE OF IOWA Docket No. (Sale No.): 15-0658(1) Court No. EQCV059272 Special Execution PLAINTIFF: GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC VS. DEFENDANTS: JOHN R. JANSEN - IN REM; MARCI A. JANSEN - IN REM; RITE STYLE OPTICAL - IN REM; PARTIES IN POSSESSION - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot Forty-Two (42) of the Brindle Addition to the town (now City) of Grundy Center, Iowa Street Address: 105 Southview Drive, Grundy Center, Iowa 50638 The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale is April 12, 2016, at 10 a.m., at the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, 705 8th St., Grundy Center, Iowa 50638 Phone (319) 824-6933 Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case. Redemption: After the sale of real estate, defendant may redeem the property within 6 months. Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable. Judgment Amt - $100,314.85; Costs - $405.00; Accruing Costs - Plus; Interest - 5% of $100,314.85 from August 10, 2015 = $3,394.21. Attorney is DavisBrown Law Firm (515) 2882500. Date: December 22, 2015 Sheriff: Rick D. Penning Deputy: By Deputy Bill Jorgensen
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR GRUNDY COUNTY, STATE OF IOWA Docket No. (Sale No.): 15-0644(1) Court No. EQCV059222 PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VS. DEFENDANTS: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. IN REM; ADAM B. WILLIAMS IN REM; MELISSA I. WILLIAMS IN REM; FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY- IN REM; STATE OF IOWA-DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - IN REM; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot 51 of Fox Ridge Addition, Dike, Grundy County, Iowa. Street Address: 655 Fox Ridge Road, Dike, Iowa 50624 The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale is March 29, 2016 at 10 a.m., at the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, 705 8th St., Grundy Center, Iowa 50638 Phone (319) 8246933 Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead (which must not exceed 1/2 acre if within a city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres), defendant must file a homestead plat with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after service of this notice, or the Sheriff will have it platted and charge the costs to this case. Redemption: After the sale of real estate, defendant may redeem the property within 6 montsh. Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable. Judgment Amt - $349,475.65; Costs - $889.02; Accruing Costs - Plus; Interest - 6.375% of $349,475.65 from September 29, 1015 = $11,353.17. Attorney is DavisBrown Law Firm (515) 2882500. Date: December 15, 2015 Sheriff: Rick D. Penning Deputy: By Deputy Bill Jorgensen
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS The Grundy County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on December 21, 2015, at 9:00 A.M. Chairperson Schildroth called the meeting to order with the following members present: Smith, Bakker, Ross, and Riekena. Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Smith to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Carried unanimously. Motion was made by Smith and seconded by Ross to approve low quote dated December 15,
2015, from Diamond Oil of Des Moines, Iowa, for supplying 6,000 gallons of winter blend diesel at $1.298/gallon and 2,000 gallons of gasohol at $1.189/gallon for the above-ground fuel tanks at the Secondary Road Department in Grundy Center. Carried unanimously. Motion was made by Ross and seconded by Bakker to approve Utility Permit Application No. 12-21-15 to Interstate Power Co. of Marshalltown, Iowa, to install electrical service crossing under Center Street and along the west side of Hartwig Street in the City of Conrad and to authorize the chairperson to sign said application. Carried unanimously. Gary Mauer, County Engineer, reviewed department matters with the Board. Motion was made by Ross and seconded by Bakker to approve the hiring of Shane Oltman as a full-time dispatcher effective January 2, 2016. Carried unanimously. Kirby D. Schmidt, Assistant County Attorney, reviewed HIPAA regulations with the board, particularly in reference to the We Care Policy currently in place for county employees. The county attorney’s office will return to the board with a HIPAA policy for consideration by the supervisors. Motion was made by Bakker and seconded by Riekena to introduce Resolution #262015/2016 as follows: WHEREAS, the Grundy County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approving an amendment of the Grundy County Development Ordinance (No. 2009-5) to the Grundy County Board of Supervisors whereby the following described real estate situated in Grundy County, Iowa, to-wit: Parcel 479-B located in the NE ¼ SE ¼ of Section 32, Township 89 North, Range 15, West of the 5th P.M., more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 32; thence South 00°28’45” East, 417.00 feet along the east line of said Northeast Quarter of said Southeast Quarter; thence North 89°39’47” West, 417.00 feet; thence North 00°28’45” West 417.00 feet to a point on the north line of said Northeast Quarter of said Southeast Quarter; thence 89°39’47” East, 417.00 feet along said north line to the point of beginning, be reclassified from an A-1 Agricultural District to M-Manufacturing District for purposes of allowing the building of an ammonia manufacture and storage, and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors considered the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and approved the change, and WHEREAS, a hearing date must be established to consider the proposed Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Grundy County Board of Supervisors that it conduct a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance on the 4th day of January, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock A.M. at the Board Room of the Grundy County Courthouse, Grundy Center, Iowa, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Grundy County Auditor cause notice of the proposed hearing to be published in the official newspapers of the County in accordance with the County Zoning Ordinance. The vote on the resolution was as follows: Ayes – Smith, Bakker, Ross, Riekena, and Schildroth. Nays – none. Resolution adopted. Motion was made by Riekena and seconded by Smith to approve the application for fireworks permit of Charles Bakker of Dike. Carried unanimously. Motion was made by Smith and seconded by Bakker to approve the request from the Abraham Meyers Family to donate a bench for the courthouse square provided the bench is similar to the one which was previously donated. Carried unanimously. The matter of replacing trees on the courthouse square was discussed with no action taken. Motion was made by Riekena and seconded by Smith to adjourn. Carried unanimously. Mark A. Schildroth, Chairperson Rhonda R. Deters, County Auditor The Dike-New Hartford Board of Education met on December 21, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room for the regular meeting with Nielsen presiding and members Hinde, Koop and Lotts. Lizer was absent. Also present were administrators Hunt, Laube, Lehr, Martinek and Textor. Board member Lotts reported that she attended the recent IASB convention. Minutes of the October 26, 2015 special meeting and the November 16, 2015 regular meeting were approved as written on motion of Lotts and second of Koop. Vote all aye. The agenda was approved as amended on motion of Koop and second of Hinde. Vote all aye. Visitors present at the meeting included Dave Knudsen, Angie Callan, Suzanne Perez, Sheila Bohlen, Kris Klunder and Sid Hayes. Oral and written reports of the principals and technology coordinator were reviewed with no action taken. Lehr showed the updated long term technology plan and suggested that more discussion be held at a later meeting or work session. Angie Callan discussed the possibility of hiring two part-time nutrition staff employees at an estimated cost of $8,000 - $13,100 per person per year, along with the purchase of equipment for the nutrition fund. The items were tabled to a later meeting in order to obtain more information. On motion of Koop and second of Lotts, changes to Policies 102, 102.E1, 102.R1, 104, 104. E1, 104.E2, 104.E3, 104.R1, 203, 401.2, 407.6, 410.2, 503.1, 505.2, 603.2 and 705.1 were approved. Vote all aye. The early graduation request of Jenessa Edwards effective at the end of the second trimester was approved on motion of Koop and second of Hinde, subject to meeting all graduation requirements. Vote all aye. The 2014-15 driver education report was reviewed. On motion of Lotts and second of Koop, the student cost will remain the same for the summer of 2016 and the 2016-17 school year, but payment in full will be required before the first day of classes. Vote all aye. Lizer and Lotts were appointed to serve on the Board Negotiations team, on motion of Hinde and second of Koop. Vote all aye. The Special Education contract from Dubuque was approved on motion of Koop and second of Hinde. Vote all aye. Hunt reviewed the newly released school attendance center rankings with no action taken. On motion of Koop and second of Lotts, the resignation from Tessa Dall as JH Softball Coach was approved. Vote all aye. The resignation and early retirement application from Jann Miller effective at the end of the 2015-16 school year was approved on motion of Hinde and second of Lotts. Vote all aye. Contracts for Elli Parker – JH Girls Track Coach, Shantel Garwood – JH Play Director and Scott Wymore – NH night custodian and bus driver (pending completion of required certification) were approved on motion of Lotts and second of Hinde. Vote all aye. On motion of Hinde and second of Lotts, a contract to Patrick Eastman for Technology Support Specialist was approved. Vote all aye. The Teacher Leadership positions for 2016-17 were approved on motion of Lotts and second of Hinde. Vote all aye. Joanna Seymour – Technology Coach Amy Seitz – Collaboration & Mentoring Coach Diane Eilderts – Math Coach Amanda Bonjour – Literacy Coach The bills of the General, Activity and Nutrition funds were approved for payment as presented on motion of Koop and second of Hinde. Vote all aye with Lotts abstaining. On motion of Koop and second of Lotts, Financial Reports of the General, Activity and Nutrition funds were approved. Vote all aye. It was decided to respond to the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Dissolution Committee that a meeting date of January 13 at Reinbeck would work best for the DNH board. Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Dike-New Hartford December 2015 Bill List-
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ing Vendor Name Amount General Fund Aable Pest Control, Inc., Pest Control....130.00 Access Systems, Computer Supplies.7,022.10 Aflac, Insurance......................................210.19 Albert Towing & Recovery, Repair Service........ .................................................................50.00 Alliant Energy, Utilities..............................54.84 Aplington-Parkersburg Csd, Open Enrollment, Shared Staff.......................................31,720.00 Area Educ Agency 267, Services, Supplies...... ............................................................2,729.21 Arnold Motor Supply, Repair Parts, Supplies.... ...............................................................430.90 Auto Plus, Repair Parts............................96.29 B&B Lock & Key, Locks/Keys Supplies..293.20 Becker, Sandy, Travel Expense................24.38 Beninga Sanitation, Garbage Removal..268.00 Bern, Waylon , Supplies...........................60.00 Black Hawk Rental, Equipment Rental...273.54 Black Hills Energy, Natural Gas..............836.19 Bolton, Kevin, Supplies............................60.00 Casey’s General Stores Inc.Gasoline, Supplies ...............................................................440.03 Cedar Falls Community Schools, Special Ed Tuition................................................18,504.32 Cedar Valley Auto Glass Inc, Repair Service.... .................................................................75.00 City Of Dike, Utilities............................5,316.96 City Of New Hartford, Utilities.................497.54 Clayton Ridge Csd, Open Enrollment.1,591.50 Continental Research Corp, Maint Supplies..... ...............................................................708.94 Dakota Security Systems, Inc., Repair Service. ...............................................................251.99 Des Moines Register, Subscriptions.........60.00 Dike-New Hartford School, Supplies........56.70 Direct Appliance, Repair Service............126.21 Dove, Burnette, Travel Expense...............41.44 Eclipse,News,Review Ltd., Publications/Subscriptions..................................................45.00 Ecowater Financial Services.Water Conditioner .................................................................23.00 Eichmeier, Cody, Supplies......................120.00 Farmers Feed & Supply Inc.. Grounds Supplies ...............................................................989.23 Garwood, Shantel, Mileage......................53.04 Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community.Student Meals .................................................................85.25 Glogster Ec Inc, Software.........................47.50 Grundy Center Comm. School, Open Enrollment....................................................4,774.50 Hall, Jeff, Supplies....................................60.00 Harrison Truck Centers, Inc., Repair Parts........ .................................................................61.09 Heerkes, Chris, Supplies............................5.00 Heetland, Carol, Supplies.........................14.20 Hubrig, Ian, Registration Fee...................10.00 Hudson Community School, Open Enrollment.. ............................................................6,366.00 Hunt, Larry, Mileage, Supplies................401.71 Iowa Assn Of School Boards............................. Services, Supplies............................................. ............................................................1,249.00 Iowa School Employee......................Insurance ............................................................4,082.86 Janesville Consolidated School, Open Enrollment....................................................3,183.00 Knudsen, David, Supplies........................60.00 Konken Electric, Inc., Electrical Repairs.554.05 Kwik Star Stores, Gasoline/Supplies......701.90 Lakeshore Learning Materials, Instructional Supplies..................................................169.00 Laube, Irv , Supplies...............................120.00 Lehr, Jeremiah , Supplies.......................330.00 Lotts, Christa, Travel Expense...............116.91 Martin Bros Distributing Co, Food Products/ Supplies....................................................22.17 Martinek, Jerold, Mileage, Supplies.......327.87 Marv’s Repair, Repair Parts....................601.52 Mastercard Corporate Clients, Supplies............ ............................................................ (240.90) Merfeld, Julie, Mileage...........................170.43 Mid American Energy, Electricity/Natural Gas... ............................................................2,939.30 Mid-America Publishing Co, Publications268.29 Mid-American Research Chemical, Cleaning/ Grounds Supplies...................................458.88 Mid-Iowa School Improvement.Registration Fee ...............................................................500.00 Mitchell, Ryan, Supplies...........................22.69 Modern Piping Inc, Plbg/Htg Repairs..1,525.28 Ohrt, Sara, Refund School Fees..............67.00 Purchase Power, Postage...................1,020.99 R&D Industries, Inc., Equip Repair.........135.00 Rasmusson Co., The, Towing.................218.75 Reading Warehouse, The, Supplies.......504.27 Really Good Stuff, Instructional Supplies.73.92 School Nurse Supply, Health Supplies...156.55 School Specialty Inc., Supplies..............689.14 Scot’s Supply, Hardware, Tools................46.84 Simplex Grinnell, Bldg Maintenance......139.10 Solar Winds, Software.........................4,000.00 Superior Welding Supply, Supplies........162.45 Swisher & Cohrt, Legal Services............540.00 Sylvan Learning, Act Prep......................250.00 Textor, Thomas, Mileage, Supplies.........226.86 Thomas Bus Sales, Repair Parts...........963.50 Timberline Billing Service, Medicaid Claims...... ...............................................................352.40 Ubben Building Supplies., Supplies.......279.75 United Healthcare Plan, Insurance....56,080.15 Vanderbilt University, Supplies...............124.00 Waterloo Courier, Advertising.................666.00 Waterloo Mills Company, Grounds Supplies..... ...............................................................711.00 Waverly-Shell Rock Schools, Open Enrollment ............................................................7,957.50 Weber Paper Company, Paper Products.......... ...............................................................348.00 West Music Co, Music Supplies/Equipment...... ...............................................................391.97 Wolverine Booster Club.Concessions Contract ............................................................1,847.51 Woods, Tammy , Supplies........................60.00 Fund Total:.......................................180,159.89 Activity Fund A&M Products, Awards...........................131.50 Adrenaline Volleyball Academy, Entry Fee........ .................................................................75.00 Agile Sports Technologies, Athletic Supplies..... ...............................................................700.00 Agwsr High School, Student Meals........124.10 Aplington-Parkersburg Csd, Entry Fee.....60.00 Arnold, Jim, Nfl Card Winner..................100.00 Athletico Management Llc, Athletic Trainer....... ............................................................2,666.66 Belle Plaine Volleyball Club, Entry Fee....70.00 Bern, David, Nfl Card Winner...................15.00 Bixby, Chad, Nfl Card Winner.................100.00 Bohlen, Darren, Nfl Card Winner..............10.00 Bond, Monte, Official................................95.00 Brightspark, Music Trip........................3,484.37 Brown, Terri, Nfl Card Winner...................40.00 Bsn Sports, Athletic Supplies..............7,986.63 Casey’s General Stores Inc.Gasoline, Supplies ...............................................................229.96 Cedar Falls High School, Entry Fee.......230.00 Cedar Falls Juniors, Vb Entry Fee...........70.00 Charles City Volleyball, Entry Fee..........350.00 Coca Cola Refreshments, Supplies....1,229.90 Covenant Wellness Center, Wrestling Testing... ...............................................................241.67 Craig, Dan,Official....................................95.00 Decker Sporting Goods, Athletic Supplies......... .................................................................21.00 Dike-New Hartford School, Supplies........11.04 Dunbar, Stacey, Official............................95.00 Dunkelberger, Josh, Official...................110.00 Eichmeier, Bob, Nfl Card Winner..............20.00 Eichmeier, Jordie, Nfl Card Winner..........40.00 Eiklenborg, Brad, Official........................190.00 Eiklenborg, Kent, Nfl Card Winner...........55.00 Ewald, Gary, Official.................................95.00 Fettkether, James, Official, Nfl Card Winner..... ...............................................................290.00 Folkerts, Claire, Supplies.........................28.37 Forsberg, Scott, Official............................95.00 Foster, Mike, Nfl Card Winner..................65.00 Gbpac, Tickets........................................210.00 Green, Troy, Nfl Card Winner...................15.00 Groote, Nathan, Nfl Card Winner...........100.00 Halverson, Josh, Nfl Card Winner............60.00 Harrenstein, Brent, Official.....................110.00 Hibbs, Joel, Official...................................95.00 Hildman, Mark, Official.............................95.00 Hilliard, Ann, Football Ticket.....................10.00 Ibca, Membership...................................120.00 Iowa Aau, Vb Tournament........................50.00 Iowa Girls High School, State Vb Tickets.......... ............................................................1,990.00
Iowa High School Athletic Assn.Football Tickets ............................................................3,880.15 Iowa Sports Supply, Athletic Supplies....887.35 J.w.pepper, Music................................1,051.37 Johnson, Brad, Official.............................95.00 Johnson, Brent, Official............................60.00 Kehe, Kim, Official....................................95.00 Klespies, Brett, Official.............................40.00 Klingaman, Steve, Official......................270.00 Knudsen, David, Nfl Card Winner............40.00 Kollasch, Sam, Nfl Card Winner...............60.00 Kuethe, Tim, Official.................................95.00 Kwik Star Stores, Gasoline/Supplies........53.10 Lage, Tera, Nfl Card Winner.......................5.00 Luther College, Registration Fee..............88.00 Martin Bros Distributing Co, Food Products/ Supplies..................................................222.57 Mastercard Corporate Clients, Supplies............ ............................................................6,628.72 Mccarter, John, Nfl Card Winner..............15.00 Meinders, Korey, Nfl Card Winner..........100.00 Middendorf, Aaron, Official.......................95.00 Mikkelsen, Todd, Nfl Card Winner............60.00 Miller, Larry, Nfl Card Winner....................40.00 Moree, Shawn, Nfl Card Winner.................5.00 Morris, Hubert, Nfl Card Winner...............20.00 Mulder, Byron, Nfl Card Winner..............100.00 Muller, Marv, Nfl Card Winner...................20.00 Myers-Cox Co., Concessions Supplies..278.45 Ncr, Vb Entry Fee...................................335.00 Neuroth, Kirk, Official.............................645.00 North Tama Aau, Vb Entry Fee...............210.00 Norton, Tony, Nfl Card Winner..................60.00 Nost, Matt, Official..................................110.00 O’conner, Mike, Official..........................160.00 Osage Volleyball, Entry Fee...................140.00 Peoples Savings Bank, Extra Cash-Wrestling... ............................................................1,000.00 Peterson, Andy, Official............................95.00 Print This, Athletic Supplies...............13,188.25 Rabey, Todd, Official.................................95.00 Rebel Aau, Entry Fee.............................280.00 Roberts, Mike Official...............................95.00 Royal Publishing, State Fb Program......185.00 Sam’s Club, Supplies.............................522.48 Schmitz, Dan, Coaching.........................400.00 Scholastic Book Fairs, Elem Book Fair............. ............................................................2,278.96 School Specialty Inc., Supplies..............162.54 Schreiber, Jerret , Nfl Card Winner..........40.00 Six Pack Vbc, Entry Fee.........................375.00 Sohn, Tyler, Nfl Card Winner....................60.00 Squires, Bo, Official..................................95.00 Stamy, David, Official...............................95.00 Terry Lynn Fundraising, Fundraiser.....1,321.68 Texon Ii, Towels......................................397.50 Ubben Building Supplies, Supplies....... (27.82) Wangsness, Dave, Official.......................95.00 Wapsie Valley High School, Entry Fee.....50.00 Wartburg College, Registration Fee.......180.00 West Music Co, Music Supplies/Equipment...... .................................................................62.15 West, Mike, Nfl Card Winner......................5.00 Wingert, Marc, Nfl Card Winner...............15.00 Woolverton Printing Company, Printing..480.00 Young Arena, Ice Skating.......................315.00 Youngblut, Dean, Official........................160.00 Zaputil, Tim, Official..................................95.00 Fund Total:.........................................60,155.65 Management Fund Iowa School Employee, Insurance.........192.43 United Healthcare Plan, Insurance......3,777.14 Fund Total:...........................................3,969.57 Physical Plan & Equip Levy Cedar Falls Community Schools, Special Ed Tuition..................................................2,030.00 School Bus Sales, Repair Parts........95,584.00 Fund Total:.........................................97,614.00 Debt Service Fund De Lage Landen, Copier Lease..........1,868.92 Fund Total:...........................................1,868.92 Nutrition Fund Aable Pest Control, Inc.. , Pest Control....33.00 Aflac, Insurance........................................43.82 Anderson Erickson Dairy, Milk/Dairy Products.. ............................................................5,439.01 Coca Cola Refreshments, Supplies.......670.20 Earthgrains Baking Co., Inc,, Bread Products... ............................................................1,009.25 Keck, Inc., Commodities......................1,743.07 Kwik Star StoresGasoline/Supplies........165.72 Martin Bros Distributing Co, Food Products/ Supplies.............................................20,079.29 Rapids, Food Service Supplies..............331.08 Ubben Building Supplies, Supplies............4.37 United Healthcare Plan, Insurance......1,857.33 Fund Total:.........................................31,376.14 Preschool Mastercard Corporate Clients, Fundraiser........ ............................................................5,698.82 Fund Total:...........................................5,698.82 Checking Account Total:..................380,842.99 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT GRUNDY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Jerry R. Schryver, Deceased. Probate No. ESPR102014 NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Jerry R. Schryver, Deceased, who died on or about 8th day of November, 2015: You are hereby notified that on the 10th day of December, 2015, the last will and testament of Jerry R. Schryver, deceased, bearing date of the 11th day of May, 1992, was admitted to probate in the above named court and there will be no present adminstration of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Dated this 15th day of December, 2015. Russell L. Schryver Proponent Mark T. Hamer, ICIS PIN No: AT0003130 Attorney for Estate 2710 N. Dodge Street, Suite 5 Iowa City, IA 52245 Date of second publication 31st day of December, 2015. 52-2
Grundy County Sheriff’s Department A one vehicle accident occurred December 17 at 5:45 PM on T-55 two miles north of Hwy 175. LESLIE LYNCH, age 49, Reinbeck, was southbound when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. Lynch’s 2006 Mini Cooper received an estimated $1,500 damage. No summons, no injury. Investigated by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. MITCHELL MILLER, age 18, Conrad, was arrested December 19 at 3:09 AM at Hwy 14 and T-29 and charged with OWI 1st. Released on a promise to appear. Arrested by GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
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From page 5 Editor of The Parkersburg Eclipse/ News-Review. I've worked with John for over 5 years at The Register. John has helped and assisted me with countless projects, helped with ideas and always been a willing and enthusiastic participant in everything. He gets the job done and then some. I honestly don't think John has ever complained or said no to anything, I've asked. I will always appreciate everything he's done for The Grundy Register. He leaves our paper here stronger and better. Our newspaper beliefs and how we operate are quite similar. I'm going to miss him here and look forward to working with him at The Eclipse. Welcome Michaela Michaela Kendall has joined our Register staff as editor. She recently graduated with a degree in Journalism and had worked for our sister newspaper in Eldora prior to coming to Grundy Center. She has a great writing style and a world of
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MAT Tumbling and Trampoline hosts competition MAT Tumbling and Trampoline recently hosted their first of two competitions for the 2015-2016 season at the Marshalltown Community College on December 12th and 13th. Over 600 athletes from around the state of Iowa attended the two day event. The MAT Team had over 70 athletes compete, ranging in age from 4 to 18. The Olympic Trampoline and Double Mini Trampoline events were held on Saturday, while the Power Tumbling events were held on Sunday. Many athletes on the "Green Team" were competing for the very first time, or were competing for the first time in a new level. Two MAT athletes accomplished "ELITE" status, which is the highest status an athlete can achieve in the sport of power tumbling/trampoline. Those athletes were: Chelsea Trotter on Tumbling, Trampoline, and Double Mini Trampoline; and Stacey Slaven on Tumbling. Head coach Ron Brooks said this of the weekend, "Our athletes did well this weekend, and I am proud of their preparation over that last couple months. We have some room for improvement, but they all did great. GO GREEN NATION!" The next stop for the MAT Team will be
in Fairfield, IA the first weekend in January. For more information about upcoming events or MAT's Toddler, Recreational or Team Classes, stop in to the gym located in the K-Mart Mall at 1700 S. Center St. Or check us out at www.mattumblers.com. The following are results from the MAT Home Meet.
Tumbling Sub Beginner: age 4 - Brooklyn Hazen, fifth place; age 5 - Zayne Gast, first place; Avery Osgood, first place; Lily Johnson, sixth place; Brooke Ward, seventh place; Brooklyn Smith, second place; Cami Ward, sixth place; age 6 - Becca Sickles, sixth place. Beginner: age 5 - Jazmyn Rivera, sixth place; Avery Polley, seventh place; age 6 Vera Sharpe, first place; Alyssa Kriegel, second place; Jayda Smith, seventh place; age 7 - Lauren O'Neal, first place; Anessa Morrison, third place; Elyse Ranson, fourth place; Alexis Gardea, seventh place; age 8 - Mia Gianetto, first place; Rachel Jones, third place; Kiance Roberts-Keahna, fourth place; Libby Eberle, sixth place; age 9 - Mia Burgos, fifth place; Ruby Arana, sixth place. Advanced Beginner: age 8 - Finley Allen, first place; Josie Rosas, third place; Kaylie Andrews, fourth place; Janiyah Jackson, sixth place; Lola Rivera, first place; Amelia Ranson, third place; Paige Ward, seventh place; age 9 - Mariah Wood, fourth place; age 10 Miranda Cheville, first place; Kaisa Stanley, fourth place; age 11 - Natalie Nicklos, seventh place; age 12 - Kaylee Cooper, fifth place; Jaden Hunter, eighth place; age 13 and over
- Mackenzie Peter, third place. Sub Novice: age 7 - Tate Buck, first place; age 8 - Allison Ward, second place; age 9 Isabella Winther, second place; Kennedy Feldman, third place; Tasia Eicher, fourth place; Kate Jones, fifth place; age 10 - Alexis Markham, third place; Isabella Strojohann, first place; age 11 - Avery Mull, first place; Zaida Farrell, second place; age 12 - Shye Johnson, fourth place; Lily Roberts, first place. Novice: age 9 - Kylee Schuler, first place; Halie Hohnstein, second place; Emma Fresh, third place; age 12 - Lyris Kapayou, first place; Dylann Beiner, second place. Intermediate: age 8 and under - Macy Lampe, first place; age 9-10 - Sara Huffman, first place; age 11-12 - Emma Bair, first place; Hannah Taylor, second place; age 13-14 Shelby Slaven, second place. Advanced: age 13-14 - Stacey Slaven, first place; Alexis Farrell, second place; age 15-16 - Stephanie Slaven, second place; Allison Hilleman, third place; age 17 and over Chelsea Trotter, first place; Mackensie Schuster, third place. Double Mini Trampoline: Beginner: age 5 - Jazmyn Rivera, second place; Zayne Gast, first place; age 6 - Jayda Smith, sixth place; Alyssa Kriegel, seventh place; age 7 - Elyse Ranson, third place; Anessa Morrison, sixth place; age 8 - Amelia Ranson, first place; Paige Ward, second place; Lola Rivera, first place; Janiyah Jackson, third place; Libby Eberle, fourth place; age 9 - Emma Fresh, third place; Kate Jones, sixth place; age 10 - Kaisa Stanley, first place; age 11 and over - Madison Kremer-Awes, first place; Tatum Rechtfertig, third place; Kaylee Cooper, sixth place.
Novice: age 6 - Joseph Rechtfertig, first place; age 9 - Isabella Winther, second place; age 13-14 - Mackenzie Peter, first place. Intermediate: age 8 and under - Macy Lampe, first place; age 11-12 - Hannah Taylor, first place; age 13-14 - Giavanna Gast, first place; Sophie Winton, second place. Sub Advanced: age 9-10 - Sara Huffman, first place.
Advanced: age 15-16 - Kenna Winther, fourth place; age 17 and over - Chelsea Trotter, first place; Mackensie Schuster, second place.
Trampoline: Beginner: age 5 - Zayne Gast, first place; Jazmyn Rivera, third place; age 7 - Anessa Morrison, eighth place; Elyse Ranson, ninth place; age 8 - Lola Rivera, second place; Paige Ward, third place; Janiyah Jackson, fifth place; Amelia Ranson, first place; Libby Eberle, fourth place; age 9 - Emma Fresh, third place; Kate Jones, seventh place; age 10 - Kaisa Stanley, second place; age 11 and over - Madison Kremer-Awes, sixth place; Kaylee Cooper, seventh place. Novice: age 6 - Joseph Rechtfertig, first place; age 9 - Isabella Winther, third place; age 11 - Tatum Rechtfertig, second place; age 13-14 - Mackenzie Peter, second place. Intermediate: age 8 and under - Macy Lampe, third place; age 11-12 - Hannah Taylor, first place; age 13-14 - Giavanna Gast, second place. Sub Advanced: age 9-10 - Sara Huffman, first place. Advanced: age 15-16 - Kenna Winther, fourth place; age 17 and over - Chelsea Trotter, first place; Mackensie Schuster, second place.
AREA SERVICESPlease join us in worship! ALBION
Albion United Methodist Church Cheryl Ridenour, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Worship Service
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Mark Decker, Pastor 319-988-3967 Sundays 9 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School
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Bethel Reformed Church 319-347-6219 Sundays 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday School
American Lutheran Church Luther Thoresen, Pastor 319-824-3557 www.alcgc.org Sundays 8:45 a.m. Worship Service
BANGOR Bangor Liberty Friends Church Manny Garcia, Pastor Sundays 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School BEAMAN United Methodist Church 641-366-2142 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship CONRAD Alice Church of God Jim Hartman, Pastor 641-623-5641 Sundays 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Bethany Presbyterian Church Jerry Thordsen, Supply Minister 319-824-5471 Sundays 10 a.m. Worship Service First Baptist Church (GARBC) Nathan Barkley, Pastor 319-824-3324 www.firstbaptistgrundycenter.com Sundays 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service 6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Service First Presbyterian Church The Rev. Mike Campbell, Pastor The Rev. Sheryl Campbell, Parish Assoc 319-824-3152 www.facebook.com/grundycenterfirstpres
Sundays 9 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Adult Study in Chapel
CC Inc Youth Ministries Scott Hand, Youth Leader Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. 7-12 Grades
Orchard Hill Church (Center Theater) 319-824-3039 Sundays 9:45 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship Service
First Presbyterian Church Kerry Carson, Pastor 641-366-2342 Sundays 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Fellowship
Orchard Hill – Lincoln Center Jesse Henkle, Host Pastor 319-824-6178 Sundays 9 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School
United Methodist Church The Rev. Gene Kubli 641-366-2325 Sundays 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship
United Methodist Church Phil Dicks, Pastor 319-825-5408 Sundays 9 a.m. ‘Full Charge Service’ Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. Kid & Family WOW, Meal & Sunday School 6:30-7 p.m. ‘Quick Charge Service’
DIKE Fredsville Lutheran Church The Rev. Lisa Dietrich, Pastor 319-989-2065 Sundays 8:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Liberty Baptist Church (GARBC) 705 1st Street 319-989-2141 Sundays 9 a.m. Morning Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 6 p.m. Evening Praise Service Untied Methodist Church Dan Ridnouer, Pastor 319-989-2535 Sundays 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service
HOLLAND Colfax Center Presbyterian Robbie Grames, Pastor 319-824-5231 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School Pleasant Valley Reformed Church The Rev. Rick Vollema 319-346-1090 Sundays 9 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Discussion Group IVESTER Ivester Church of the Brethren Arlen Daleske, Interim Pastor 641-858-3879 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Christian Education 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Noon Potluck
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Salem Church of Lincoln The Rev. Barb Muhs, Pastor 641-473-2450 Sundays 9:10 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service LISCOMB Bethel Grove Church Scott Hand, Pastor Sundays 9 a.m. Worship Liscomb Church of Christ Ralph Norman, Pastor Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship MARSHALLTOWN Elim Lutheran Church – ECLA Sundays 8 a.m. Choir Rehearsal 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Fellowship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School /Adult Forum Mondays 7 p.m. Bible Study Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Confirmation Saturdays 5 p.m. Worship, Communion Evangelical Free church Bob Kosbau, Pastor Sundays 9 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) 10:15 a.m. Worship New Hope Christian Church Saturdays
The Importance of Character
5:30 p.m. Worship Service Sundays 9 & 10:45 a.m. Worship in Chapel (Café Style) and Auditorium Redeemer Lutheran Church Sundays 9 a.m. Divine Service 10 a.m. Visitation 10:30 a.m. Sunday School / Adult Bible Class Wednesdays 6:14 p.m. Individual Absolution 7 p.m. Responsive Prayer St. Henry Catholic Church Father Don Czapla Saturdays 5 p.m. Vigil Sundays 8 & 10:30 a.m. Mass Tuesdays 7:30 a.m. Mass Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. Mass Thursdays 8:45 a.m. School Mass Fridays 7:30 a.m. Mass St. Mary Catholic Church Father Jim Miller Saturday Masses 4:30 p.m. in English 6:30 p.m. in Spanish Sunday Masses 9 a.m. in English 11:30 a.m. in Spanish PARKERSBURG Holy Family Catholic Parish The Rev. David Kucera 319-345-2006 Saturdays 5:30 p.m. Mass
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avid Brooks’ recent bestseller The Road to Character makes a compelling case for the importance of character in our lives. He draws a distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are our accomplishments and competencies which help us gain employment while the eulogy virtues are those things which have most to do with our character. Are we kind, honest, or brave, and do we form loving and lasting relationships? Do we spend as much time cultivating our character as we do our work skills and educational credentials? His book is a powerful and moving exhortation to spend more time and effort working on our characters. We will probably be remembered more for our character (or lack thereof) than for the skills and accomplishments listed on our résumés. Reflect on what you can do this year to improve your character. – Christopher Simon
“Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.” —Proverbs 28:6 ESV
10:30 a.m. Sunday School
Reformed Church of Stout Stephen and Olga Shaffer, Pastors 319-346-1487 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 10:45 a.m. Sunday School REINBECK Holy Family Catholic Parish The Rev. David Kucera 319-345-2006 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Mass UNION Calvary Baptist Church Roger Crawford, Pastor Sundays 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Church Service 6:45 p.m. AWANA 6:45 p.m. Pro-Teens Church of Christ The Rev. Rick Schill Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunda School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Class Union Community Church The Rev. Rick Schill Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, Morning Worship First Wednesday 7 p.m. Church Board First Thursday 1 p.m. Willing Workers WELLSBURG East Friesland Presbyterian Lynn Arends, Supply Pastor 641-847-2896 Sundays 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Faith Presbyterian Church 641-847-3188 Sundays 9 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School First Christian Reformed Dan Brouwer, Interim Pastor 641-869-3305 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship
Pleasant Valley Untied Methodist Dot Geersema, Pastor 641-869-3637 Sundays 8:45 a.m. Morning Worship Reformed Church Sundays 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 6:30 p.m. Evening Bible Study St. John Lutheran Church Bruce Zimmerman, Pastor Sundays 9 a.m. Morning Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Victoria Shepherd, Pastor 641-869-3992 Sundays 8:15 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service St. Peter’s Country Church The Rev. Michael McLane, Pastor 563-581-2866 Sundays 8 a.m. Morning Worship Steamboat Rock Baptist Church 107 2nd St. Harrison Lippert, Pastor Bryce Roskens, Associate Pastor 641-868-2456 Sundays 8:45 a.m. Traditional Service 10 a.m. Fellowship Hour – No S.S. 11 a.m. Contemporary Service United Reformed Church Matthew Nuiver, Pastor 641-869-3633 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 7 p.m. Evening Worship WHITTEN Whitten Community Church Jim Hartman, Pastor Sundays 9 a.m. Worship, Children Church 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Thursdays 7 p.m. Soul Keeping
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Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home & Monument Co. GNB Bank Grundy Center Municipal Light & Power Dept. Grundy County Rural Electric Cooperative The Grundy Register Heartland Cooperative Richelieu Foods, Inc. Rouse Motor Co.
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Wanted: Old seed corn signs, sacks, license plate toppers, Farmer’s Hybrids, Tomahawk, Mallard, Pioneer, Blackhawk, or other Iowa seed corn company items. Also buying: old feed signs; old tractor catalogs, brochures, manuals or signs; oil, gas or soda pop signs; and old gas pump globes or old gas pumps. Good condition. Bryan Paul, Thompson, Iowa. 515-538-0187.
1-bedroom apartment in Grundy Center, $350 month, includes heat, water and sewer. Includes access to carport. $300 deposit required. Call Chad Hamann, 319-269-8587
TWO CEMETERY PLOTS in the Forrest Street Addition in Eldora. Jerry Mackey, (319)-981-3603. 1962 560 diesel tractor. Narrow front. Everything works. New Idea loader with snow and dirt buckets. Alexander. 641-425-3540.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! With a heartfelt THANK YOU For your WONDERFUL SUPPORT and for SHOPPING At our store! Trinkets & Togs Thrift Store, 1609 G Avenue, Grundy Center, 319-825-8030
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Industry leader in the rental, lease and sale of uniforms and facility services products. We offer the most in depth training platform in the industry designed to provide a real opportunity for career growth and advancement plus over 50 employee benefits. Work days are Monday through Friday. CDL not required. Must pass DOT physical and prescreen. Responsibilities include: Provides on-the-job supervision and training for Route Sales Representatives and handles all aspects of serving customers. Supervisor is responsible for route coverage as needed during vacations, sick days, and holiday routes, Participates in the interview and hiring process for new Route Sales Representatives, Meeting with your District Service Manager at the end of each day to debrief and go over assignments and priorities, Assisting with other projects or tasks as assigned. Apply online at www.unifirst. com/careers or in person at UniFirst in the Borden Business Park.
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TREE STUMPS Removed. Small machine, will not track yards. Also large machine for large stumps. Jerry Zehr, Conrad, IA, 1-800811-5429 or 641-366-2241.
Industry leader in the rental, lease and sale of uniforms and facility services products. We offer the most in depth training platform in the industry designed to provide a real opportunity for career growth and advancement plus over 50 employee benefits. Work days are Monday through Friday. Must pass physical and prescreen. Responsibilities include: Loading /Unloading and operation of washing machines, dryers, and trucks, Deliver processed garments to designated finishing area, Maintain a clean work area, Complete paperwork and record keeping in a timely manner, Observe safety rules and PPE requirements specific to the task, Ability to work to measurable standards of performance, Ability to lift (up to 75 lbs) and pushing of heavy carts, Perform other duties as described by area supervisor or production management. Apply online at www.unifirst.com/careers or in person at UniFirst in the Borden Business Park.
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Individual Leaders Scoring Average Austin Roth, Hudson Ethan Wyant, Jesup Trevor Wurzer, S-F Connor Schult, S-F Nick Ellis, A-P Nick Waller, A-P Tyler Lienau, Jesup Joe Duggan, Columbus CJ Christopher, Hudson Drew Edwards, Union Rebound Average Rodney Ciesielski, Jesup Nick Ellis, A-P Ty Bergman, S-F Ben Latusak, D-NH Tyler Goeller, Wapsie Assists per game Connor Schult, S-F Connor Neuroth, D-NH Parker Ingamels, Hudson Austin Roth, Hudson Colin Wheeler, Wapsie Steals Connor Neuroth, D-NH Connor Schult, S-F Rodney Ciesielski, Jesup Austin Roth, Hudson Three tied Blocked shots Austin Roth, Hudson Ben Latusak, D-NH Blake Duetmeyer, Denver Blaine Schneider, Denver Nic Gronowski, D-NH 3-pointers CJ Christopher, Hudson Trevor Wurzer, S-F Drew Schmit, Jesup Parker Ingamells, Hudson Joe Duggan, Columbus Alex McCombs, Jesup Shooting % Minimum 25 shots Nick Ellis, A-P Tyler Goeller, Wapsie Ben Latusak, D-NH Ethan Wyant, Jesup Cole Wildeboer, D-NH Free throw % Minimum 10 attempts Nic Gronowski, D-NH Cade Alberts, A-P Ethan Wyant, Jesup Kyle DeBerg, Jesup Nick Waller, A-P
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Wolverine boys remain Wolverine girls end first half season atop NICL East By PATTI RUST moved to 8-1 overall and 6-0 in the Denver led 11-9 after the first quarter. D-NH is scheduled to host The Grundy Register NICL-East after a 46-36 road win The Wolverines came back in the Grundy Center on Monday, Jan. 4, undefeated, lead NICL East DENVER – The Dike-New over Denver last Tuesday night. A second period to take a three point Sumner-Fredericksburg on Tuesday, out four assists and came away with five steals, while Calvin Wildeboer provided three assists and claimed four steals. Ty Sohn led in rebounds with five and Nic Gronowski blocked three shots. The Wolverines, who lead the NICL-East at 5-0 in the league, will host an NICL crossover game with Grundy Center on Monday, Jan. 4, and an NICL-East matchup with Sumner-Fredericksburg on Tuesday, Jan. 5. They will go on the road to play Union at La Porte City on Friday, Jan. 8.
Dike-New Hartford 15 9 16 11 — 51 Denver 4 12 5 7 — 28 Dike-New Hartford (51) – Ben Latusak 5 0-1 10; Connor Blough 3 2-4 8; Cole Wildeboer 3 2-4 8; Calvin Wildeboer 2 1-4 6; Connor Neuroth 2 2-3 6; Jake Sonnenberg 2 0-0 5; Nic Gronowski 2 1-1 5; Royce Weber 1 0-0 3; Broden Coulter 0 0-0 0; Jacob Moore 0 0-0 0; Jaxson Foster 0 0-0 0; Ty Sohn 0 0-0 0. 3-point goals: Dike-New Hartford 3 (Weber 1, Calvin Wildeboer 1, Sonnenberg 1), Denver 2. Rebounds: Dike-New Hartford 30 (Sohn 5, three tied 4), Denver 22. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 11 (Neuroth 4, Calvin Wildeboer 3), Denver 9. Steals: Dike-New Hartford 15 (Neuroth 5, Calvin Wildeboer 4), Denver 8. Blocks: Dike-New Hartford 3 (Gronowski 3), Denver 1. Fouled out: Denver – McMahon. Total fouls: Dike-New Hartford 11, Denver 17.
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lead at the half, 21-18. In the third quarter D-NH outscored Denver 1210, then spread the gap five more in the fourth to take the win by 10. “Denver really came out to play,” Dike-New Hartford head coach Bruce Dall said. “We found ourselves in a ball game where the girls really had to execute on both ends of the floor. We did a good job down the stretch of doing the things we needed to do to win.” Taylor Hedges led the Wolverines with 11 points, nine steals, and three 12/29, 1/1/15 assists. Madison Dove scored 10 Black and white points and Katie Nielsen added nine points $and eight rebounds.
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Dike-New Hartford 9 12 12 13 — 46 Denver 11 7 10 8 — 36 Dike-New Hartford (46) – Taylor Hedges 5 1-2 11; Madison Dove 5 0-0 10; Katie Nielsen 4 1-2 9; Hannah Dove 3 1-1 7; Brooke Myers 1 3-4 5; Elizabeth Cuvelier 0 2-2 2; Bryn Harberts 1 0-0 2; Josie Hill 0 0-0 0; Baylee Petersen 0 0-0 0; Sydney Petersen 0 0-0 0. 3-point goals: Dike-New Hartford 0, Denver NA. Rebounds: Dike-New Hartford 34 (Nielsen 8, four tied 4), Denver NA. Assists: Dike-New Hartford 11 (Cuvelier 3, Hedges 3, H. Dove 3), Denver NA. Steals: Dike-New Hartford 17 (Hedges 9), Denver NA. Blocks: Dike-New Hartford 0, Denver NA. Fouled out: NA. Total fouls: Dike-New Hartford 8, Denver NA.
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By PATTI RUST The Grundy Register DENVER – The Dike-New Hartford boys’ basketball team went into the holiday break with an 8-0 overall mark after a 51-28 win at Denver last Tuesday. The Wolverines jumped out to a 15-4 first quarter lead, but a few too many turnovers in the second quarter kept the Cyclones in the game and the teams went to the halftime break with D-NH on top 2416. In the third quarter the Wolverines switched up their defense and forced enough turnovers to outscore Denver 16-5, then continued to widen the gap in the final period to take the win by a margin of 23. “The game was a little ragged,” D-NH head coach Greg Moore said. “We got out to an early lead and then let them back in the game. We didn’t shoot the ball well, but forced 26 turnovers and held them to 12-of-38 in shooting. I thought we did a nice job defensively. We had a good finish to the first half of season and are looking forward to polishing things up over break.” Ben Latusak led the Wolverine offense with 10 points and Connor Blough and Cole Wildeboer added eight apiece. Connor Neuroth dished
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