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NI Nationals pulls in award ▪ Rockwell’s tractor pull gets regional recognition for 6th-straight year, plans underway for 2016 event

World Day of Prayer 2016 is Friday, March 4. The day is an ecumenical celebration of informed prayer and prayerful action. The WELCA of Zion St. John Lutheran Church in Sheffield will be sponsoring a prayer service at 1:30 p.m. The service is written by the women of Cuba. It calls us to receive the kingdom of God as little children. The church is located at 416 Sherman St., Sheffield.

BY KELLY MCGOWAN A year of hard work paid off for the Rockwell Lions Club Feb. 6, when members accepted the 2015 Regional Pull of the Year award at the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) banquet in Lake Elmo, Minn. The Lions Club hosts North Iowa Nationals every summer at Chamber Acres in Rockwell. OrIt’s going to be ganizers have been honored with the award for six years in a row, very exciting, Lots from a region that includes pulls of noise and lots of in Minnesota, Wisconsin and smoke. Iowa. “The pullers enjoy coming to - Tim Nuehring Rockwell – they enjoy how the Lions Club works hard to put on a nice pull,” said Lions Club President Brad Jones, who is also on the Tractor Pull Committee. “The community works together for a nice pull, and our facility is really nice.” The venue often gets good feedback from pullers and fans, and new concrete slabs were added to the pit area last year with the intention of increasing the arena’s professionalism. An important community event, last summer’s July 10-11 pull brought in about 6,000 people from 15-20 different states, said event chairman Tim Nuehring. It featured rigs in eight different pulling classes. “We couldn’t do it without the community support,” he said. “We have more than 100 volunteers and a lot of really nice sponsors.”

Dougherty St. Patrick’s Day soup contest American Legion Post 354 of Dougherty will host its 14th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Homemade Soup Contest and Supper on Thursday, March 17, at the S.T.P.A.T.S. school gym in Dougherty. Judging of soups begins at 6 p.m. There will be over $500 in awards and prizes for the top three soups, honorable mention and best dressed “wearing o’ the green.” A “celebrity judge” this year will be Raquel Hellman, news anchor on KIMT-TV3. A special guest from Ireland will also be back for an appearance. You won’t want to miss this one! Load up the crockpot, put on your green sweater and head to Lil’ Ireland. Who knows, you may be the Super Souper! For more information call Denny at 641-425-4398!

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A National Tractor Pullers Association official waits for a tractor to roar by during the 2015 North Iowa Nationals in Rockwell. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO

Painting party for kids at the Meservey Public Library Join the Meservey Public Library for a Painting Party for Kids this Saturday, March 5 at 10 a.m. Paint your very own canvas to take home! All school-age kids are welcome. There are only 15 spots are available. Contact the library or Shear Traditions Salon to sign up and pay! Hosted by Candace Sprung, Shear Traditions Salon and the Meservey Public Library.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Swaledale Public Library Join the Swaledale Public Library for a St. Patrick’s Day open house. Come enjoy refreshments, thank former director Heather for her years of hard work and meet the new director! Don’t forget to wear green! Swaledale Public Library – Saturday, March 12 at 11 a.m. There will be snacks and St. Paddy’s Day fun for the Kiddos! Everyone is welcome, see you there!

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“In such a small town, you get to know everyone’s name and what kind of books they like to read. I like having that relationship with the people that come in.”

- Chelsea Price

Chelsea Price sits in front of shelves of books in the Meservey Public Library, where she has served as director since last spring. She will take over as the Swaledale Public Library director this week. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO

Learning a new library Meservey Public Library director takes over same position in Swaledale, emphasizes community engagement BY KELLY MCGOWAN Books have surrounded Chelsea Price for as long as she can remember. “I pretty much grew up in the library,” she said. Her mom, Deb Tudor, was a library director in Thornton, where Price spent time after school and began working as soon as she was old enough. Beginning this week, Price, the Meservey Public Library director, will add directing the Swaledale Public Library to her list of responsibilities. She will take over for Heather Jones, who resigned from the position last month after six years of service. Price will work 20 hours weekly in Meservey and nine in Swaledale. The 2013 UNI graduate studied psychology, and never considered being a librarian. “I just kind of noticed this job at Meservey being advertised,” she said. “And I knew I could do it. I got here, and it’s just been a really good fit for

me. It’s an environment that I’m really used to.” Meservey is home to 256 people as of the 2010 census, and Swaledale had 165. In towns so small, she said libraries serve a crucial role. “The community doesn’t have a spot to go interact with each other, catch up and socialize,” she said. “In a lot of small towns, the library serves as that place. I think a library is even more important in small towns than big ones.” With a smaller pool of patrons, she appreciates being able to get to know them all – a benefit she said larger libraries don’t have. “In such a small town, you get to know everyone’s name and what kind of books they like to read,” she said. “I like having that relationship with the people that come in.” Jones’ resignation was announced at a Jan. 11 city council meeting, and the Library Board of Trustees was

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Local legislators hear concerns in Hampton BY KELLY MCGOWAN About 15 people gathered at Center 1 in Hampton Feb. 26 to make their voices heard, and state Sen. Amanda Ragan (D-Mason City) and Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) were ready to listen. Conversation at the legislative roundtable centered on education funding, Medicaid privatization and eminent domain. House Republicans passed an education funding bill for a 2 percent increase in state supplemental aid (SSA, formerly called allowable growth), while the Senate has suggested 4 percent. CAL Superintendent Steve Lane shared thoughts on the issue. “We have to make cuts to stay afloat,” he said. “It’d be nice to meet in the middle. As districts start sharing in Iowa, while that saves some costs, transportation rates increase.” Both legislators were in agreement that SSA needed attention before the April 15 budget deadline. “There’s genuine questions to be asked about the size of the pie; the budget we have to work with,” Ragan

said. The state’s sometimes drawn-out timeline for city, county and school budget funding decisions was a point of concern as well, but Upmeyer, who is also Speaker of the Iowa House, said making decisions too soon could be detrimental. “You would get lowballed,” she

said. “You can’t predict the revenue. We can promise you anything a year ahead of time, but there will just be across-the-board cuts. “Should we get it done faster? Heck yes.” In years that the budgets were set

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Sen. Amanda Ragan (D-Mason City) and Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) met with the public Feb. 26 in Hampton to talk about current issues in the legislature. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO

Medicaid privatization plan gains federal approval BY TRAVIS FISCHER On Feb. 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) set April 1 as the effective date for the managed care transition, giving Iowans one more month to prepare for the shift into privatized Medicaid. Last year, Gov. Terry Branstad began the process of transitioning Iowa’s Medicaid administration to private Managed Care Organizations (MCO). With a greater portion of state funding going towards Medicaid’s $4 billion budget, the governor expects the shift to privatized care to save up to $51 million per

year. The governor’s plan was intended to roll out on Jan. 1, but CMS declined to give their approval at that time, judging that the service networks developed by the three MCOs were not sufficiently developed. The rollout was delayed by 60 days to give the MCOs more time to build their network of service providers. Nearing the end of that 60-day delay, CMS has given their approval for the state to move forward with plans. “Over the past 60 days, CMS has seen significant improvement in the extent to which MCO networks

would cover expected utilization for their expected enrollment based on historical claims data,” wrote CMS director Vikki Wachino in the approval letter. “In CMS’ assessment, the MCOs’ provider networks cover a meaningful percentage of historical utilization.” The process to shift into a privatized Medicaid system has resulted in a partisan battle between the Republican governor and Democratcontrolled Senate in Des Moines. Senate Democrats spoke out extensively against the plan last year, rais-

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LEGISLATORS earlier, she said cuts were more common, and there was “too much time fighting” on the issue, but that there was an opportunity to improve things. “I’m fairly optimistic we’re getting close to figuring this out,” she said. Questions surfaced about Gov. Terry Branstad’s January proposal to direct some SAVE funds, meant for school infrastructure, towards water quality projects. SAVE expires in 2029, and his plan would extend it, with some money going towards the projects related to farm runoff pollution. “If we just continued it, there would be two intentions,” Upmeyer said. “Building schools, and property tax relief.” She said the proposed bill is not well outlined. “It’s really hard to approve something like that without a plan,” she said. An audience member brought up related issues of Hampton’s new wastewater treatment facility and recent heightened levels of radium in

the water supply. “It’s all really in flux right now,” Upmeyer said. “And I don’t think anything is going to happen real quick.” A conversation about eminent domain abuse surfaced, with an audience member saying that foreign companies are indirectly taking private property, and that the practice doesn’t fit with eminent domain’s intended purpose. “That purpose should be pretty narrow,” Upmeyer said. “So we push back pretty hard when big companies come try to bully their way in.” She suggested people talk further with U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) about that issue. In Medicaid privatization talks, Ragan said the focus is on providing care and making sure that people are being treated fairly after the federally approved April 1 start date. Upmeyer said that Medicaid wasn’t perfect before the talks of privatization, and Ragan added that the system is so big, it might never be.

have access to the MCO’s financial records to make sure that Medicaid funds are being used properly. “We’re talking about a $4.2 billion budget and they will have 10 to 12 percent for administration,” said Sen. Amanda Ragan, D-Mason City, during a public meeting in Hampton on Friday. “We’re talking about taxpayer money and we need to make sure that it’s money well spent.” On the Republican side of things, the House of Representatives is waiting for the Senate’s oversight bill before they take action. House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, R-Clear Lake, expressed similar concerns about oversight during the Friday meeting, but defended the new program, noting that the state run system wasn’t without its own faults. “It wasn’t a perfect system before, I would argue,” said Upmeyer. “Could we have done something different or better? Maybe, but there was nothing out there. Nobody had a proposal. The governor presented this and there wasn’t an alternative.” Iowa’s 560,000 Medicaid recipients were already divided among the MCOs last year. Their services will automatically be transferred over to the MCOs on April 1.

West Fork elementary classes to present “The Principal and the Pea”

lage, Leader Dogs for the Blind and a program that provides glasses and hearing aids to those who need them. Community groups were also given a platform to raise money at the pull last year, when the Lions decided all of the vendors would be nonprofits. Girl Scouts supplied breakfast Saturday for the pullers and their guests. Boy scouts sold popcorn.

Professional tractor pullers converged on the Rockwell Chamber Acres in July 2015 for the pull, hosted by the Rockwell Lions Club. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTO

choose a new principal. Of course, the students find the perfect fit, “a grown-up who cannot stand peas,” only to find out that their new principal is a fan of … Brussels sprouts! The elementary students are looking forward to presenting a fun-filled evening with this entertaining, side-splitting musical that’s sure to peas, er, please, audiences of all ages. See you there!

tasked with finding her replacement. In a January article, Jones said she would miss watching her “library kids” grow and learn. “I am just excited to get to know new people,” Price said. “[Jones] is sad to be leaving, and I know the community has really embraced her as director. “The city council just thinks she’s done a wonderful job and they really value her in the community. I’m just excited to get in there and hopefully be embraced as she was.” As director in Meservey and now Swaledale, she has been working hard to attract patrons to the library’s monthly programs. “It’s really fun to think about new creative ways that get people in the door,” she said. Past events have included varied crafts and snacks, and participation has increased since last year. She also hopes to make people

aware of other library programs and services. People know about the library’s free movie rentals and Wi-Fi, but there are other services that Price said are underused, like that they can bring books to elderly or homebound people. “We’re willing to work with them,” she said. “If they tell us what kind of books they like to read, I would drive right on over, bring a box of books and let them choose. I would love it if more people took advantage of that.” Price reads all the time, and doesn’t go anywhere without a book. She especially likes memoirs and biographies, but likes to read everything, including children’s books. Her favorite one is “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.” “I read it and I just sobbed,” she said. When she gets her monthly shipment of new books, she hauls them

home to read. “My husband’s like ‘Why are you reading kids’ books?’” She says she’s a librarian –it’s part of the job. “Sometimes they’re even better than adult books, I think,” she said. Libraries now are different than they were when Price was growing up. “It’s harder to get people in libraries now,” she said. “The focus now is on technology, rather than the books.” But it’s important for libraries to keep up with technology too, she said, and her husband, Jared Price, serves as the IT person in Meservey, offering ideas to keep the technology current. “My goal as a librarian is to get the books into the kids’ hands,” she said. “That’s all I did when I was a kid, and I think I’ve benefitted a lot from reading a lot.”

Lime Creek to host “Remarkable Reptiles” program A special spring break presentation, The Remarkable Reptiles, will be held on March 16 at 1 p.m., at the Lime Creek Nature Center. Reptile expert Jim Gerholdt will present this program using a variety of artifacts and live reptiles. Gerholdt has been presenting reptile programs since 1985, and is the author of 32 children’s books on

reptiles. His photos of reptiles, amphibians, insects and spiders have appeared in numerous magazines. For 26 years, he taught classes on reptiles and amphibians at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Gerholdt is a founding member of the Minnesota Herpetological Society, and has aided the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in field

studies with the timber rattlesnake and other species. This exciting and educational program is sponsored by the Clear Lake Jaycees. It is free but registration is required. Please call 423-5309 to register or for more information. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Free MacNider movie series continues with “The Visitor” The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s 2016 Winter Film Series, “Films in February, Movies in March,” continues on Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m., with “The Visitor.” Admission to all films is free and open to the public. Popcorn will be provided. “The Visitor” tells the story of a lonesome widower and college economics professor who finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration authorities. In an effort to fill the empty void that his life has become, 62-year-old

Walter Vale makes a half-hearted attempt to learn to play classical piano. Later, when his college sends him to a conference in Manhattan, he is surprised to discover that a young couple has moved into his seldomused apartment in the city. Tarek and his Senegalese girlfriend Zainab have fallen victims to an elaborate real-estate scam, and as a result they no longer have a place to call home. When Walter reluctantly allows the couple to remain in his apartment, talented musician Tarek insists on repaying his host’s kindness by teaching him to play the African drum. Over the course of Walter’s lessons, the ageing academ-

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ic finds his spirits revitalized while gaining a newfound appreciation for New York jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. “The Visitor” (2008) is rated PG-13 and is 104 minutes long. The movie is being sponsored by Bob and Carrie Berg. For more information about the film series or for a complete list of films with descriptions, please visit www.macniderart.org (Events & Programs) or call (641) 421-3666. The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum is located at 303 Second St. SE in Mason City.

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West Fork kindergarten and first grade classes will present the mini musical “The Principal and the Pea” tonight at the Sheffield campus south gym at 7 p.m. Taking its inspiration from the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale, “The Princess and the Pea,” the kids in this musical, wondering why they’re never asked what they think or what they want, devise the perfect plan when the teachers cannot

Club estimated last year that they’d donated $881,772 to the Rockwell community over the past 15 years. Their donations have gone towards the Rockwell swimming pool, EMT, fire department, Chamber of Commerce, tennis courts, library, schools, athletic fields, the nursing home and other local causes. They also donate to state and national projects including Opportunity Vil-

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MEDICAID ing concerns about dismantling the state’s currently existing case management system in favor of putting Iowa’s Medicaid population in the hands of for-profit organizations. Earlier this month the Senate passed a bill that would scrap the privatized Medicaid program and restore the state-run system of administration, however, with the governor’s plan gaining federal approval, there’s little chance of the bill going anywhere in the Republican controlled House of Representatives. Instead, the Senate is focusing on an oversight bill to regulate and supervise the MCOs. Oversight of the MCOs has been an area of concern, as there are fears that the for-profit companies will act in the interest of their bottom line at the expense of Medicaid recipients and service providers. The lack of conf lict-free case management has been a big concern for critics, noting that the case managers tasked with providing Medicaid services will be employed by companies with a financial incentive to pay for as few services as possible. Repayments for service providers are another area of concern. The Senate is pushing to make sure that state controlled ombudsmen will

Prep has been underway since fall for this summer’s July 8-9 event, and Jones said the committee is “getting ready for another great show this year.” “I think it’s amazing the crowd it brings to our town,” he said. “And what that does to our community is amazing. I hope to see everybody out there this year.” The event is going up from the regional to grand national level this year, meaning pullers will come from all over the country, which Nuehring said will make for a more competitive show. He expects about 100 different pullers each night. “It’s going to be very exciting,” he said. “Lots of noise and lots of smoke.” Graham Tires of Mason City was the event’s main sponsor last year, and the committee is currently looking for this year’s sponsors. They will continue to have volunteers from many community organizations. “It’s a community effort,” Nuehring said. “And all the money goes back to the community in some form. It goes to a lot of good causes and it’s very exciting to host.” He said the Lions Club recently donated $20,000 to the R-S EMS new ambulance fund. The Lions

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Orville and Bernice Caspers will celebrate 65 years of marriage on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. You may send well wishes to PO Box 121, Swaledale, IA 50477.

Lions Club members pose for a photo with a framed aerial photo of the 2015 North Iowa National tractor pull in Rockwell, which was named regional pull of the year by the National Tractor Pullers Association. From left: Travis Steenhard, Bill Nuehring, Brad Jones, Todd Robeoltman, Tim Nuehring. SUBMITTED PHOTO.

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A GOODBYE MESSAGE Kelly McGowan March 8 will be my last day at Mid-America Publishing as a reporter for the Hampton Chronicle, Sheffield Press, Pioneer Enterprise and Viva Iowa. I wanted to thank you all before I go. In almost a year, I drove about 4,700 miles through gravel dust, windblown snow and no traffic ever â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to breaking news, city councils, school boards, concerts, community events and more. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made so many memories here in my efforts to share meaningful stories and photos about life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; passion, perseverance, heartbreak and joy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with you, my readers. There will always be a special place in my heart for the towns and people Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten to know through this job. I made connections and noticed the passions that keep people inspired. My drive is to tell stories that share experiences and value peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, and with each person who opened up in an interview, my perspective widened a little more. It is an honor to be the one that people trust with their stories,

especially ones that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell often. In every situation, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to be compassionate, trustworthy and understanding while showing respect by making every effort to get my facts right. Quotes from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Officeâ&#x20AC;? always seem to align with my life, so hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my favorites, said by Creed Bratton as he reflected on leaving the office for the last time during the series finale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all seems so very arbitrary,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, no matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home.â&#x20AC;? Next week, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll move out of my Hampton home and back to my Des Moines home, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing having lots of places to call home. I hope Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a positive impact on the community in my time here. It has definitely had a great influence on me. Thank you all for reading. All the best. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelly McGowan

West Fork School Happenings State tournament season for basketball and wrestling always helps us realize another school year is about three-quarters complete. The 2015-2016 school year continues to provide us with fabulous things to celebrate and we are hopeful the final quarter brings opportunities for West Fork students to continue to excel to greatness in all areas. To date, we have missed five days of school due to inclement weather. We made up one of those days on Monday, Feb. 15 and the remaining days are scheduled for May 31 and June 1-3. For the better part of the last decade, we have been using an alert system called Iowa School Alerts to notify parents when we have to adjust the regular school day or we have other important information to share. This service will run through the remainder of the school year and then it will be discontinued and replaced by a new program called GovDelivery.com which is scheduled to be available from the state later this spring. I will share communication when the new service becomes accessible because it will be important for district patrons to get signed up and for us to test the system before next fall. West Fork CSD will be launching our new district website within the next few weeks. We are hope-

ful the new website provides easier access to information, a better organization of content, the ability to add and update existing content and overall user friendliness. Our existing website has served as a great resource for us but we identified a need to improve the function of existing teacher pages and pave room for additional content. The district website and social media outlets have been wonderful tools for us to get information out across the 314 square miles our school district encompasses. To date, we have 1272 followers on Facebook, 593 followers on Twitter and a large number of people who rely on the West Fork App available to smartphone users. As we close out the third quarter of the school year, we ask that parents take an active role in their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education. Parent Teacher conferences are scheduled from 4-8 p.m., on the evenings of March 22 and 28. When parents make their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education a priority, more effort is put in place by their child(ren). Research states that students who have parents actively involved in their education learn at higher levels. Yours in Education, Darrin Strike, Superintendent

Fair Board President prepares for preservation Every August the Iowa State Fair has the honor of hosting more than one million people at the historic 450-acre Iowa State Fairgrounds. The Iowa State Fair continues to attract people from all over the world and truly showcases Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best in agriculture, industry, entertainment and achievement. The Iowa State Fair is an American tradition that every Iowan can be proud of and for which I am humbled to serve on the governing board. As one can imagine, the Fairgrounds are in constant need of upkeep and preservation to maintain the beauty that comes with the title â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greatest State Fair in the Nation.â&#x20AC;? Since 1993, the Blue Ribbon Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Iowa State Fair, has been able to offer the Corndog Checkoff as a way for Iowans to financially support their efforts. The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation is dedicated to continuing that legacy by raising funds for the restoration and preservation for our historic Fairgrounds. It is simple for you to participate in the Corndog Checkoff and something that anyone can do while completing their Iowa State Tax Return. Simply checkoff a donation for the Iowa State Fairgrounds and help us continue our efforts to continue needed renovations throughout the

Fairgrounds. Your donation will be deducted from your refund or added to the amount due. Contributions to the Corndog Checkoff are fully taxdeductible. I am looking forward to the 2016 Iowa State Fair and if you are able, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d appreciate your support of the Corndog Checkoff. See you at the Fair, Alan Brown Iowa State Fair Board President Hampton, Iowa

Meetings invite participation in North Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local food development Healthy Harvest of North Iowa, the North Iowa Local Food Coalition and ISU Community Design Labâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agricultural Urbanism Toolkit program invite you to attend one of a series of innovative local food system meetings. The meetingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participatory format operates like an open house, with most meetings scheduled over a two-hour period. Participants should plan to spend 30 to 45 minutes at the meetings. Locally, a meeting will be held March 15 from 5-7 p.m., at Franklin Wellness Center in Hampton. Anyone interested in food system trans-

formation is invited to attend, learn and discuss projects and programs they feel will make a difference in the community. Multiple environmental, social and economic issues and opportunities exist within the north Iowa region. These opportunities can be addressed simultaneously by a comprehensive transition to sustainable, local food systems, but this transition does not take place over night. Transformation takes effort, and commitment to a shared vision. The community meetings will provide open space for all communi-

ty members to contribute to a shared vision for comprehensive local food systems development in the region. Healthy Harvest of North Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local food work to date has included winter workshops for local food producers, marketing resources for local producers, a collaborative marketing project that has spun off a new independent business of local producers and formation of the North Iowa Local Food Coalition. There are numerous opportunities for food system development from backyard gardening programs to new business development with begin-

ning farmers. Collective, inclusive community partnerships are needed to determine the most appropriate opportunities for the local food system. The local food meetings themselves offer space for creative brainstorming and thoughtful conversation on where our food comes from and the entire closed-loop system that is involved from production to waste. All meeting details are listed at www.northiowafood.org. For more information, contact administrator Jan Libbey at libbey.jan@gmail.com or call (515) 851-1690.

Fishing report for north central Iowa The Iowa Department of Natural Resourcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weekly fishing report is compiled with information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and state park staff. For current information, contact the Clear Lake Fish and Wildlife office at (641) 357-3517. Beeds Lake: Bluegill, good. Most of the action is between 4-6 p.m. Most of the catch is bluegills with an occasional nice 8-inch; crappies most 8-9 inch and a few nicer 10-inch fish. A few yellow bass are in the mix. Lake Smith: Bluegill, slow. Bluegills (mostly 6.5-7.25 inches, with a few larger ones) are biting the last hour or so of daylight near the deeper

structure. Clear Lake: The surface has around 16-18 inches of ice, but the warm weather last weekend should make water run down the access on the little lake and melt ice quickly. There is a little bit of current flowing into the little lake from Ventura Marsh, so anglers should be aware of possible thin ice on the south side of the little lake. This week and beyond will likely be great for portable or open ice fishing. Yellow bass, fair. Baptist camp to the west edge of the aerator was one of the better spots last week again. Anglers moving around near Farmers Beach did OK.

Walleye, good. Anglers have had good success on structure on the east end of the lake this (East aerator, HyVee Reef, Fishermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reef, Gilmore Reef). An occasional walleye is being caught near the aerator or west to Baptist camp. Use jigging spoons, small lipless cranks, or 1/8 oz. jigs with minnows. Crappie , good. Some crappies caught in 16 feet of water on the little lake on minnows. Yellow perch, fair. Occasional larger perch (9.5-10 inches) have been caught on the little lake. Channel catfish, good. No reports, but catfish activity picks up during late ice conditions. Use light jigs

tipped with a small piece of cut bait or three to four spikes or wax worms. Farmers Beach and the island have been good in the past. Blue Pit: Rainbow trout, fair. One report of people having some success in the southeast corner. Trout seem to move in groups, so you may need to move up and down the shoreline to find them. Limit is five trout per trout stamp. Bluebill Lake: Some activity reported with a few crappies being caught. Most of the lakes in Cerro Gordo County north should be good for a little while yet. There is 12 inches of ice on most lakes.

Annual NEIAEA meeting is March 9 Kelvin Leibold, farm management specialist, and Matt Helmers, agriculture engineer, will speak at the annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association (NEIAEA) on March 9 at the ISU Northeast Research Farm near Nashua. The program starts with a call to order for the board meeting at 9:30 a.m. From 10 a.m. - noon, key presentations from Kelvin Leibold and Matt Helmers will be held. Leibold will address â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cash flow crisis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; causes, cures and opportunities for Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers.â&#x20AC;? Helmers will discuss research and its implications from one of the premiere water quality research facilities in the na-

tion. After lunch, Ken Pecinovsky, research farm superintendent, will review 2015 trial results conducted at the ISU Northeast Research Farm. Provided free at the meeting is the 2015 Research Farm Report. Lunch will be offered by the Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club. Following lunch and Pecinovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation, the NEIAEA board of directors will meet. The meeting is free and open to the public. The program will be held at the Borlaug Learning Center on the ISU Northeast Research Farm. For more information about the event, call Terry Basol at (641) 4266801.

Heimer (right) receives a certificate from Vice President of Direct Underwriting and Production Kurt Eaves for completing the Grinnell Mutual Farm Academy. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Heimer attends Grinnell Mutual Farm Academy Sheffield native Joseph Heimer, of Town and Country Insurance Agency in Osage, participated in Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Farm Academy on Feb. 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19. Heimer joined 26 other agents from throughout the Midwest to learn more about farm insurance coverages, services and Grinnell Mutualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations in Grinnell. Academy participants also toured a local farm cooperative and implement dealership to reinforce concepts learned in the classroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Farm Academy was designed to offer comprehensive training to agents committed to serving farm customers,â&#x20AC;? said Kurt Eaves, vice president of direct underwriting and production for Grinnell Mutual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It covers all aspects of writing farm insurance. As always, we had a great group of agents attend this program, and we hope this training session provided them with new knowledge and tools to serve farm accounts.â&#x20AC;? About Grinnell Mutual : Grinnell Mutual, in business since 1909, is the 117th-largest property-

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Thursday, March 3, 2015

An Apple a day keeps Big Brother away It’s a strange day when Apple, a company that has made billions off of the strictly controlled management of its users’ data, becomes the champion of personal privacy. An iPhone recovered from the San Bernardino terrorists has triggered a contentious argument between liberty and security. The FBI has the county owned phone formerly used by shooter, Syed Rizwan Farook. They are convinced that Farook kept valuable information on that phone, but unfortunately Farook took the password with him to the grave. Unable to break into the phone themselves, the FBI has ordered Apple to break into it for them so they can collect either names of other potential terrorists or the most disappointing cat photos in history. My initial thought about this whole controversy was “What makes the FBI think they can make Apple do anything?” This isn’t a matter of Apple just handing over a password or giving the FBI whatever information they already have on the shooters. The FBI wants Apple to develop a way to crack their own security. That means dedicating company resources to doing something that is clearly against the company’s best interest. Now, if the FBI wants to crack the phone on their own, more power to them. I hope they do crack it and it contains a treasure trove of vital information. But what makes this Apple’s job? Well, apparently, the Writs Act of 1789 is what makes it Apple’s job. According to the FBI at least. The “All Writs Act” gives federal courts the power to issue writs as a last resort when other legal tools fail. On the one hand, it’s kind of eye opening that our founding fathers built in a “just shut up and do what we want” card in the judicial system. Fortunately, there are plenty of conditions that must be met before you can be conscripted into service of the gov-

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Travis Fischer ernment. Among them is the condition that the government’s request cannot impose an undue burden on the party, and that’s exactly what Apple CEO Tim Cook claims the FBI is asking of his company by ordering them to build what is effectively a skeleton key for every iPhone on the market. Specifically, the FBI wants Apple to develop a customized version of their iOS operating system, which could then be physically installed exclusively on the suspect phone. The new operating system would disable Apple’s safeguards, specifically the ones that create a delay in password attempts and wipe the phone’s data after too many failed entries. From there it would be a relatively simple matter to brute force the password, using a linked computer to run through every combination of numbers until they hit the right one. Theoretically, Apple could do all of this. They could even do it safely in this case. The specific tool needed to access the suspect phone could be developed and used in a secret basement under Apple HQ and destroyed as soon as the FBI got the information they needed. From a practical standpoint, the creation of this tool wouldn’t put many people’s phones at risk. Even if that software got out into the wild, it wouldn’t work on anything newer than an iPhone 6, which introduced an additional security layer that the suspect iPhone 5 doesn’t have. The issue comes from the precedent it sets.

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177,000 Iowa taxpayers With funnel week behind us, the House turned its attention to debate last week. We spent many hours on the floor working through bills and getting them over to the Senate so they can go through the committee process and make their way to the governor for his signature. I’m disappointed that we still haven’t passed coupling to provide some certainty for our farmers, small businesses, families and many others. We’ve coupled with the federal tax code each of the last five years, so this is something that taxpayers have come to expect. At a time when the state’s economy is slowing, this really pulls the rug out from under folks when they’re already hurting. Failure to couple is a tax increase on people who were not anticipating it. The strange thing about this year is that the issue has become partisan. Since House Republicans took the majority in 2011, there had not been a single “NO” vote on the annual coupling bill until this year. This is something that Iowans just expected us to get done each year. On Monday this week, House Republicans held a press conference where we brought forward a few concerned taxpayers and let them share their story of how a failure to pass coupling will affect them. Here are a few of their stories: Kathleen Riessen and her husband own two Farrell’s Extreme Body Shaping gyms in the Des Moines metro area. In 2013, her three sons got into martial arts and from there she decided to start some gyms that focus on the things her kids love to do. After making numerous investments in new equipment and programs for her gyms that she won’t be able to deduct if coupling isn’t passed, Kathleen is looking at a tax bill of $16,000 that she wasn’t expecting. Laura Cunningham is a young family farmer in Nora Springs, where she raises cattle with her husband. She told us about how her family had to put off repairs to a grain dryer that caught fire in 2014, but wasn’t able to be replaced until 2015 because of delays from her insurance company. Now, Laura and her husband are worried that they may have to write

a $62,000 check to pay off taxes that they weren’t expecting. Dan Rickels is a small family farmer, raising cattle and growing crops in Jones County on the east side of the state. He bought a large piece of tillage equipment, to help implement the Nutrient Reduction Strategy, early in the year before the bottom fell out of the cattle market. He told us that because cattle are currently selling for about $700 less per head compared to last spring, he’ll be forced to sell off grain at a loss to pay his tax bill if coupling isn’t passed. Finally, Wendy Garton is a first grade teacher at Morris Elementary in the Bondurant-Farrar School District. She spends hundreds of dollars of her own money each year on classroom supplies for her students. She told us that while a $250 tax credit isn’t a huge tax incentive for her to take advantage of, it sends a message. By allowing Wendy, and other teachers, to write off a portion of what they spend on their students, shows her that teachers are appreciated by the Legislature. There are many others who have stories just like these. I’ve heard about some people that will have to go out and get a loan to pay their tax bills this year. You heard that right – they have to get a loan to pay their taxes. The state has the resources to keep our word to taxpayers and also fund the priority needs of Iowans. Our bill, House File 2092, would allow more than 177,000 Iowa taxpayers to keep their money in their own pockets. When you break this down even further, you can see how this will impact many people in our communities. In tax year 2014: • 33,000 farmers took an average deduction of $37,000 to pay for new equipment on the farms. • 41,000 small businesses and partnerships took an average deduction of $25,000 to pay for investments in their business. • 40,000 educators took an average deduction of $250 to pay for supplies in their classrooms. • 19,000 parents and students took an average deduction of $2,200 to pay for college tuition and textbooks. • 45,000 homeowners took an average deduction of $1,000 to pay for

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“The implications of the government’s demands are chilling,” wrote Cook in an open letter. “If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data. The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge.” And that’s the scary part because while the FBI says that this is a onetime extreme measure, the reality is that Apple has received 15 federal requests to unlock various iPhones in the last five months. Cook may be making a slippery slope argument, but the FBI is already covering the ramp with oil. Even if you ignore the Big Brother aspects of it, the government is essentially asking Apple to render their own security features moot. Any action Apple takes to make it easier for the government to get into a terrorist’s iPhone would create a vulnerability that could be exploited by a third party to break into any iPhone. It’s a tough call to make, particularly because there’s no way of knowing what will happen one way or the other. It’s possible that Apple cracking that phone would uncover life saving information and nothing like this would ever happen again. It’s also possible that Apple cracking the phone opens the door to unprecedented government surveillance all for the sake of finding out nothing beyond the last place the San Bernardino shooters got take-out dinner. Personally, it’s a Pandora’s box I’d rather stay shut. Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing and ran out of space before he could start making comparisons to “The Dark Knight.” qualifying mortgage insurance on their homes. Many others took a number of other deductions included with coupling. I hope that the Senate is listening to Iowans, because they’re counting on us to resolve coupling soon so that they can file their taxes. Rep. Linda Upmeyer represents Franklin, Butler and Cerro Gordo counties in District 54, and also serves as Speaker of the Iowa House. She can be reached at linda.upmeyer@legis. iowa.gov or (515) 281-3521.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 121 2nd St., N., Rockwell Phone 822-4919 Pastor Ken Livingston Sundays 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Coffee Time 10 a.m. Sunday School FIRST REFORMED CHURCH 620 2nd St., Meservey Phone 358-6151 Rev. Rodney Meester Sundays 9:30 a.m. Worship FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 404 Maple St., Thornton Phone 998-2004 Pars. 358-6107 The Rev. Crystal Oberheu Sundays 9 a.m. Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School Wednesdays 5:45 p.m. Confirmation HANFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH 12411 Spruce Ave, Mason City Phone 423-7376 641-822-4657 Pastor Scott Sokol Sundays 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Sun. Worship HOLY NAME CHURCH 507 1st Ave NW, Rockford Phone 822-4950 Fr. Walter Brunkan Saturdays 5 p.m. Mass

Making progress on priorities for Iowa’s working families As the 2016 session continues, the Senate is making progress on several initiatives for working families, including:

• Supporting local schools: Great local schools are key to expanding job opportunities and boosting Iowa’s economy. The Senate approved

AARP members Debra Roberts, of Hampton, left, and Roberta Van De Walker, of Mason City, right, visited Ragan at the Iowa Statehouse on Feb. 24 to advocate for issues affecting Iowa seniors like health care, employment security and retirement planning. SUBMITTED PHOTO

PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WELS 670 12th St. NE Mason City IA 50401 Phone: (641) 424-3503 Pastor Robert Harting Pastor’s cell: 641-455-3562 Sundays: Feb.-July - Worship: 11 a.m. Aug.-Jan. - Worship: 9 a.m. Wednesdays: Bible Study 7 p.m. RICHLAND LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELS 300 Elm St., Thornton Phone 998-2642 Pastor’s cell: 641-455-3562 www.richlandlutheran.com Pastor Robert Harting Sundays Feb.- July: Sunday School/ Bible Class: 8 a.m. Worship: 9 a.m. Aug.- Jan.: Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday School / Bible Class: 12 p.m. SACRED HEART CHURCH 305 Elm St., E., Rockwell Phone 822-4950 Fr. Rodney Allers Sundays 8 a.m. Mass SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 810 First St., Meservey Phone 358-6277 Pars. 358-6107 The Rev. Crystal Oberheu Sundays 9:15-10:15 a.m. Sun. School 9:45-10:15 a.m. Coffee 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Wednesdays 4:30 p.m. Confirmation ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC CHURCH 1001 9th Ave. S. Clear Lake Phone 357-3214 Msgr. Lilip Saturdays 4 p.m. Mass Sundays 9 a.m. Mass

ST. PETER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA 502 2nd St., S., Rockwell Phone 822-3101 Pastor Rhea Evanson Sundays 10:30 a.m Worship Service ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 400 Larch St., Thornton Phone 998-2632 Home 998-2631 Pastor Rhea Evanson Sundays 9 a.m. Worship Service SWALEDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Main St., Swaledale Phone 995-2252 Rev. Travis Stedick Sundays 8:10 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 303 Monroe St., Rockwell Phone 822-4833 Rev. Travis Stedick Sundays 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:25 a.m. Worship ZION REFORMED CHURCH 2029B Jonquil Ave. Sheffield Phone 579-6186 The Rev. Arthur Zewert Sundays 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School Tuesdays 9 a.m. Sewing Group Thursdays 9 a.m. Bulletin Deadline

a 4 percent increase in basic aid to local schools for the 2016-17 academic year (SF 174 and SF 175) and by 4 percent for the 2017-18 academic year (SF 2092 and SF 2093). • Protecting health care: As Gov. Terry Branstad’s chaotic push to privatize Medicaid nears implementation, the legislature must ensure Iowa’s health care safety net. SF 2213 will provide tough oversight to safeguard Medicaid members, health care providers and Iowa taxpayers. • Ensuring affordable higher education: Senate Democrats are working on a state budget that increases support for our colleges and universities so owans can afford the education and training that leads to great jobs. This is important to keeping more young Iowans in our state after graduation. • Providing better access to quality preschool: The Senate unanimously approved SF 2009 to expand Iowa’s successful preschool program. • Encouraging apprenticeships: More Iowans will be able to learn while they earn if SF 2179 becomes law. The legislation provides incentives to businesses to create wellpaying jobs and use apprenticeship training programs. Sen. Amanda Ragan (D-Mason City) serves Franklin, Butler and Cerro Gordo counties in Senate District 27. She can be reached at (515) 281-3371 or (641) 424-0874. Email her at amanda.ragan@legis.iowa. gov.

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Thursday, March 3, 2015

Reporting from the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse Marriage License Mark Stratmann, 51, Mason City to Debra Patterson, 55, Mason City. Shenque Thurman, 25, Mason City to Leroy Trotter, 29, Mason City. Susan Mickelson, 56, Mason City to Dennis Abbott, 53, Mason City. Civil Court The court handled seven child support matters. Wells Fargo Bank vs. Louis, Mark, and Mary Hoffman. Case dismissed without prejudice on February 19. Centurion Poultry Inc vs. Lyndon Sutcliffe. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 19 in the amount of $13,201.20 with 2.65% interest from February 19.

American Fence Company of Iowa vs. Krusinski Construction Company. Case dismissed with prejudice on February 17. District Court The court handled eight probation revocation and three cases of contempt. Tony Henderson, 51, Garner, pled guilty on February 18 to Driving While Barred. Henderson was sentenced to two years in prison (suspended), placed on one year probation, fined $625 plus 35% surcharge (suspended) and $250 in costs. Alyssa Sandry, 22, Forest City, pled guilty on February 17 to Possession of a Controlled Substance

- Methamphetamine 1st Offense (pled from Possession of Controlled Substance 2nd Offense). Sandry was sentenced to seven days in jail, fined $315 plus 35% surcharge, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $10 DARE, and $151 in costs. Two additional charges of Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drug were dismissed. Tanesha Barrow, 47, North Little Rock, pled guilty on February 22 to Eluding - Injury, OWI, Drugs or Participating in Felony. Barrow was sentenced to five years in prison (suspended), placed on three years probation, fined $750 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), and $4,820 in costs. Additional charges of Ongoing Criminal Conduct - Unlawful Activ-

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Cerro Gordo County OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS CERRO GORDO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FEBRUARY 9, 2016 UNAPPROVED The Board of Supervisors of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, met in regular session pursuant to adjournment. Present: Chairman Casey Callanan, Supervisor Jay Urdahl, Supervisor Phil Dougherty and various members of the public. Callanan convened the meeting at 10:00 a.m. Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to approve the January 25, 2016, January 26, 2016, January 29, 2016, and February 2, 2016, regular and special session minutes and todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda. Motion passed unanimously. Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to adopt Resolution 2016-22, Whereas, the following payroll change requests were submitted to the Board of Supervisors for review; and Whereas, the Board of Supervisors of Cerro Gordo County, has reviewed and considered the change requests as follows: Department Name Pay Change Effective Date Attorney Samantha Schutter $15.15/hourly 02/22/2016 Recorder Sandy Marsh $18.00/hourly 02/03/2016 Sheriff James Monroe $17.35/hourly 2/11/2016 Sheriff Mark Tiedemann $17.35/hourly 02/05/2016 Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Board of Supervisors of Cerro Gordo County does hereby approve the requests as shown above and directs the Auditor to make the necessary adjustments to the payroll. Motion passed unanimously.

Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to approve the claims. Motion passed unanimously. Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to approve the Clerk of Court and Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly report of fees. Motion passed unanimously. Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to abate Drainage Assessment 831 Main Open Totaling $393.00 for US Fish & Wildlife as follows: a) $56.00 on Parcel 13-16-400-001-00 b) $18.00 on Parcel 13-16-400-002-00 c) $196.00 on Parcel 13-16-400-003-00 d) $118.00 on Parcel 13-16-400-004-00 e) $5.00 on Parcel 13-16-400-002-00 Abate Drainage Assessment 831B Lateral 1 Upper Tile Totaling $4,243.00 for US Fish & Wildlife as Follows: a) $77.00 on Parcel 09-22-200-004-00 b) $238.00 on Parcel 09-22-300-004-00 c) $186.00 on Parcel 09-22-300-006-00 d) $43.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-001-00 e) $73.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-004-00 f) $5.00 on Parcel 09-28-100-005-00 g) $244.00 on Parcel 09-28-100-008-00 h) $198.00 on Parcel 09-28-100-010-00 i) $265.00 on Parcel 09-28-200-001-00 j) $258.00 on Parcel 09-28-200-002-00 k) $459.00 on Parcel 09-28-200-003-00 l) $438.00 on Parcel 09-28-200-004-00 m) $77.00 on Parcel 09-28-300-005-00 n) $507.00 on Parcel 09-28-400-002-00 o) $284.00 on Parcel 09-28-400-005-00 p) $118.00 on Parcel 09-28-400-007-00 q) $349.00 on Parcel 09-34-100-001-00 r) $133.00 on Parcel 09-34-100-002-00 s) $138.00 on Parcel 09-34-100-003-00 t) $98.00 on Parcel 09-34-100-004-00 u) $55.00 on Parcel 09-34-200-001-00

Abate Drainage Assessment 831H Lateral 1-L Totaling $1,437.00 for US Fish & Wildlife as Follows: a) $41.00 on Parcel 09-22-200-004-00 b) $19.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-001-00 c) $33.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-002-00 d) $65.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-004-00 e) $61.00 on Parcel 09-22-400-005-00 f) $92.00 on Parcel 09-23-300-001-00 g) $80.00 on Parcel 09-23-300-002-00 h) $241.00 on Parcel 09-23-300-003-00 i) $94.00 on Parcel 09-23-300-004-00 j) $5.00 on Parcel 09-23-400-005-00 k) $19.00 on Parcel 09-23-400-007-00 l) $176.00 on Parcel 09-26-300-001-00 m) $75.00 on Parcel 09-26-300-003-00 n) $103.00 on Parcel 09-34-200-001-00 o) $42.00 on Parcel 09-34-200-002-00 p) $118.00 on Parcel 09-34-200-003-00 q) $173.00 on Parcel 09-34-200-004-00 Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan seconding, to approve reports from the Zoning Director and the Environmental Health Service Manager concerning Manure Management Plans filed by Christiansen Family Farms (Site F-42) #59542 and forward them to the DNR. Motion passed. Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to adjourn at 10:10 a.m. Motion passed. The audio tape of the meeting and various tabulations, reports, correspondence, and other documents that were presented are placed on file with the County Auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. ATTEST: Chairman Casey Callanan Board of Supervisors Ken W. Kline County Auditor Published in The Pioneer Enterprise on Thursday, March 3, 2016

ity, four counts of Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card under $1,000 and Illegal Use of Scanning Device were dismissed. Melissa Williams, 25, Northwood, pled guilty on February 22 to Forgery. Williams was sentenced to five years in prison (suspended), placed on three years probation, 180 days in a Residential Facility, fined $750 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), $125 Law Enforcement Initiative and $331.25 in costs. Two additional charges of Forgery were dismissed. Koralee Simon, 40, Mason City, received a deferred judgment on February 22 to Controlled Substance Violation. Simon was placed on five years probation, ordered to pay a $1,000 civil penalty (suspended), $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $100 in restitution, and $180 in costs. Ryan Wagner, 27, Ventura, pled guilty on February 18 to OWI 3rd Offense. Wagner was sentenced to five years in prison (suspended), placed on three years probation, sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined $3,125 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $432 in costs. Small Claims Veridian Credit Union vs. Seth Goodell, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $4,599.29 with 2.65% interest from February 18. First Citizens National Bank vs. Joan Windelow, Pella. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 22 in the amount of $5,000 with 2.65% interest from December 1. Kirk and Mark Suby, Mason City vs. Gerald Ponce, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $210 with 2.65% interest from February 18. Midland Funding LLC vs. Jess Marcotte, Mason City. Case dismissed without prejudice on February 18. Credit Bureau Services of IA vs. Tammy Beckner, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $790.98 with 2.65% interest from February 18. Mercy Medical Center vs. Tiffany Campbell, Clear Lake. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $1,536.12 with 2.65% interest from February 18.

Mercy Medical Center vs. Savannah Cowell, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $3,573.53 with 2.65% interest from February 18. Mercy Medical Center vs. Craig Cresswell, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $1,001.70 with 2.65% interest from February 18. Mercy Medical Center vs. Patricia DeBoer Orozco, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $3385.91 with 2.65% interest from February 18. H&R Accounts vs. Jennifer Tapp, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $811.65 with 2.65% interest from February 18. H&R Accounts vs. Justin Wurth, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 18 in the amount of $1,067.33 with 2.65% interest from February 18. Hardy Rentals vs. Michael Parkhurst. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 23 in the amount of $2491.24 with 2.65% interest from January 19. Midland Funding LLC vs. Denise Morey, Clear Lake. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 19 in the amount of $611.53 with 2.65% interest from February 19. H&R Accounts vs. Roxanne Rose, Mason City. Case dismissed without prejudice on February 19. Pyramid Property Solutions Inc vs. Philip Geilenfeld, Mason City. Case dismissed without prejudice on February 18. Property Transfer DWD: Annette and Steven Jensen Trustee and Annette and Steven Jensen to Arthur Jones; Lakewood Hills Replat Lot Outlot J; 280,000; 2016977. DQC: Laurie and Michael Lietz to LMK Properties LLC; Lindonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, J.G., Add Blk 2 Lot 5 CL S 1/2; 2016-974. DWD: Devin and Michelle Broermann to Kevin Rentz; 12-96-20 NW SW Part of Undivided 1/3 Int; $66,666.67; 2016-962. DCT: Scott Camper Executor and Mae Camper Estate to Scott Camper; 18-96-20 Auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plat of E1/2 NE1/4 & Lot 14 E1/2 SE1/4 Blk 9 Lot 16; 2016-950.

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who had been seen with the victim before she disappeared. Neve voluntarily submitted to a polygraph and was later released from the sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custody, though results of the polygraph showed deception when asked whether Neve knew Slump or had any information about her death. The FBI conducted tests on a piece of clothing discovered in Neveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car, and later confirmed the clothing had belonged to Slump. Neve used a shotgun to commit suicide on March 11, 1967. Neveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stepfather, Cecil Fellows, said his stepson told him he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t murder Slump, but was just being a good fellow and that he was so involved he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do. On June 10, 1967, Omaha Police â&#x20AC;&#x201D; acting on a tip â&#x20AC;&#x201D; found the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coat in a hotel room once registered to Jerry Neve and Herschell Gitchell. At the time, Gitchell was awaiting trial on burglary charges.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Probate NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS PROBATE NO. ESPR029926 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT Cerro Gordo County IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LAVONNE M. COLSON,, Deceased. To All Persons Interested in the Estate of LaVonne M. Colson, Deceased, who died on or about January 21, 2016: You are hereby notified that on February 12, 2016, the last will and testament of LaVonne M. Colson, deceased, bearing date of September 7, 2010, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Janice Ramirez was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the wi ll whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

GLORIA FAY SLUMP | Age: 24 | Died: March 3, 1967 Hometown: Council Bluffs Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.

Dated this 12th day of February, 2016. Executor of Estate Janice Ramirez 1213 N Virginia Ave. Mason City, lA 50401

If you have any information regarding Gloria Slumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unsolved murder please contact Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Darrell Simmons at (712) 322-1585 or the Pottawattamie &RXQW\ 6KHULIIÂśV 2IÂżFH &ULPLQDO ,QYHVWLJDWLRQ 'LYLVLRQ DW If you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Pottawattamie County Crime Stoppers at 712-328-STOP (7867).

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Ć&#x2019; State lifts 8-month ban on bird shows

Empty birdcages at county fairs across Iowa may be full this summer followi ng yet again a recent announcement. The Iowa Depart ment event is culture and Land Stewar of Agrig to help nounced last week that dship anas and fun live bird shows are allowedof Jan. 1, auctions, exotic sales and at fairs, other gathyounger erings. The events were banned last May in an attempt to stop the properMike Huckabee took a spread 4-H member Jacob Fjeld tour of bird flu, which affecte ey must d 31.5 mil- show at the 2015 Franklinexplains his exhibit to a judge during the poultry tion Âžoor Tuesday prior to through the Sukup Manufacturing Co. produc oducclion birds in 2015. his town hall meeting campaig e daily give presentations instead County Fair. The bird ban forced exhibitors to GOWAN PHOTO n stop. KELLY MC MCCâ&#x20AC;&#x153;This is very good news of actually showing their chase a animals. FILE PHOTO other sign that we continu and anch their e to reâ&#x20AC;&#x153;[The kids] were disappo cover from this devasta inted,â&#x20AC;? ting animal said John Some wild birds carry the virus, Sjolinder, executive direchealth emergency,â&#x20AC;? said Bill North- tor for ISU so depend nts are ing on their migration patey, Iowa Secretary of Agricu Extens lture, in in Cerro Gordo ion program ming terns this year, he said eather a news release. another outCounty. to explain to a little kid â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard break is possible. No new cases of the highly that even patho- though their bird With an uncerta in future genic avian inf luenza is fine, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and a BY KELLY MCGOWAN virus up believing that â&#x20AC;&#x153;in Americ emerged since June. Officia have bring it to the fair, and we had to do chance the shows could be canceled The 2008 Iowa Caucus a, if youu again, he said kids might ls have that.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Repub- worked deemed Iowa free of the be virus due to about starting the bird-ra cautious lican winner is on a rapid-f ire tour youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hard and treated people well, Sjolinder was not surpris the lack of spread. ising pro- through the state make ends meet.â&#x20AC;? ed about cess. He encoura the lifted ban, he said, ged them to contin- ing that result in hopes of duplicatBut now, he said, is a scary Due to the outbreak, area and considthis Februar 4-H ue on, adding that last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and ered last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epidem y. America due to big governm time for FFA participants prepar exhibits Forme r Arkan sas Gov. ic out of the were â&#x20AC;&#x153;not ed ent, poster oververnearly as exciting as tak- Huckab Mike .......4 boards, research projects and photos ordinar y. ee stopped at Sukup Manu- taxation and terrorism threats. ing your chicken to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making of their birds to share with â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have people that want fairâ&#x20AC;? judges at finding a vaccine good strides in being good learning experie despite facturi ng Co., Tuesday to talk with our to cut .......5 county fairs in heads off,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These nces. ,â&#x20AC;? Sjolinder said. employees and visitors about lieu of a traditional â&#x20AC;&#x153;In The ban was a disapp are his pressimple crazy exhibit terms times.â&#x20AC;? ointme nt idential ion. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you .......8 poultry shows for life.â&#x20AC;? canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ban for some, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop kids from make campaign as part of a push to He talked of his plans 150 stops in Iowa this month. uce terrorist threats by â&#x20AC;&#x153;rebuilto reduce He talked about his â&#x20AC;&#x153;dirt ding the BIRD BAN to page 2 he poorâ&#x20AC;? Arkansas upbring ing and growing HUCK

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BY KELLY MCGOWAN Audience members heard a soundtrack of songs from the ‘40s to the ‘90s and ones that were popular every decade in between on Monday in Sheffield. West Fork High School’s concert band, women’s chorale, chamber singers, show choir, jazz band, men’s chorus and concert choir entertained the crowd with songs like “Hey Jude,” “Piano Man,” “Old Time Rock and Roll” and many more. Band director Jason Grunklee and choir director Shelby Wilson led the show while Nancy Retz accompanied on piano, Brad Van Horn played percussion and Mike Schluetter ran the lights and sound. KELLY MCGOWAN PHOTOS

Show choir singers Sam Harper (left) and Devin Ridgeway (right) finish off a song from their set, which included “Black or White,” “One Love” and “Old Time Rock and Roll.”

Daniel Novotney plays a trumpet solo during the jazz band set, which included “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” and “California Dreamin’.”

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Shannon Sullivan sings during the show choir set Monday.

Band director Jason Grunklee addresses the audience during the concert band set, which included “In the Mood,” “Hey Jude,” “Disco Lives” and “Mambo No. 5.”

Shelby Wilson’s show choir students performed a set for the audience Monday night.

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Warhawks stunned in district final Preston Larson of West Fork heads the other way after stealing the ball from Tripoli’s Dalton Tonne (21) on Tuesday, Feb. 23. KRISTI NIXON PHOTO

Warhawks back to district final ▪ Top-ranked West Fork gets out early, downs Tripoli SHEFFIELD – Another year, another West Fork boys’ basketball district final. The Class 1A top-ranked Warhawks (23-0) got out to a 24-6 lead after one quarter and cruised into the district final with a 66-30 win over Tripoli at home on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Three Warhawks scored in double figures, led by Gunnar Myers’ 17, followed by Jacob Kuhlemeier with 14 and Reese Halloran’s 13, which included a high-flying dunk in the first quarter. After that first quarter, however, the Panthers played West Fork even until halftime. Six of Tripoli’s nine made shots were from beyond the three-point line. “When we got the lead after the first quarter, our offense got real stagnant,” West Fork coach Frank

Schnoes said. “(We were) just kind of standing around and didn’t get the movement we wanted. I think some guys thought, ‘it’s my turn to shoot,’ and I thought we shot a little quicker than we wanted to.” He added that improved in the second half. West Fork started the continuous clock in the second half, outscoring the Panthers 29-11 in the final 16 minutes. “Second half we did a little bit better,” Schnoes said. “They were really sagging in the lane and our kids understand that. They needed to shoot with confidence and I think they were hesitating. I don’t know if they were too open or not, I’m not sure.” Kuhlemeier led the Warhawks on the boards with nine, adding three assists and two steals. Preston Larson had an overall good game with seven points, six boards, three steals and two assists. Three of his points came off of one of his steals in which he was fouled and scored the and-one. The semifinal win over Tripoli set up the district final at AplingtonParkersburg against 20-3 Janesville

on Thursday, Feb. 25. The Wildcats topped North Butler in the opening game 73-34. “I think they play a lot like us,” Halloran said. “They play a 1-3-1 like we do and similar in height and length and everything. It should be a fun game, good match-up. “It should be a fun atmosphere (Thursday).” Schnoes added, “Janesville is very athletic and they are good jumpers and good quickness, so I know we’ll have our hands full on Thursday; they have a nice ballclub. “They do more pressing than we do. We do some pressing with our 1-3-1, but really didn’t do it tonight, but very similar. I think they some other types of defenses, too, they threw in a 1-2-2 a little bit, too. It ought to be a good test for us.” A big crowd was expected at Parkersburg. “It should be a good turnout, both teams follow well, both teams have good records,” Schnoes said. “It should be a good atmosphere for basketball and that’s what it’s all about.” Halloran added, “(It should be a) Fun game. They usually are.

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ahead of ourselves, turned it over a couple of times which didn’t give us a good start to the second half.” A 9-2 run and a forced t u r nover on Janesville forced the Panthers to call timeout at the 4 minute, 37 second mark of the third quarter made the score 4129. West Fork didn’t capitalize on its next possession, BY KRISTI NIXON but the Warhawks did close PARKERSBURG – Tossing its re- the third quarter on another cord and the fact that it was unranked 8-2 run, including a threeaside, the Janesville boys’ basketball pointer that beat the buzzer team shocked Class 1A top-ranked by Preston Larson. West Fork 53-50 in the district final at “I think in the true spirit Parkersburg on Thursday, Feb. 25. of West Fork basketball is Starting out hot and taking a that they don’t give up and 15-point halftime lead, the Panthers they battle back, and they West Fork’s Gunnar Myers is collapsed upon (21-3) found a way to hold off a hard- battled,” Schnoes said. “We in the lane by Spencer Hoff (10) and Noah charging Warhawk squad that was un- whittled away at the lead in Dodd (1) of Janesville late in the first half of defeated going into the game. the second half and we got it the Warhawks’ district final loss to the Pan“I think (the start) was huge,” down to two points.” thers. KRISTI NIXON PHOTO Janesville coach Travis Temple said. What proved to be the “Being able to get the lid off of the deciding blow came with 1:20 left “We’ve had some close ballgames basket early in the game first pos- when Jacob Kuhlemeier went up for a throughout the season, we’ve been session, getting a couple of rebounds shot, missed, got the rebound knocked behind at half, down at the third quarearly, stops and scores helps tremen- away from him and he was whistled ter,” Schnoes said, “and the kids have dously with our momentum and we for the foul, setting off a protest from been able to battle back, get themgained a lot tonight.” the Warhawk senior that led to a tech- selves back in the game.” Following an early West Fork lead, nical and his fifth foul. Spending a little extra time in the the Panthers started gaining momen“I never got an explanation (for the locker room after the game was over, tum and took the lead for good in the technical), but I’m sure he (Kuhle- Schnoes said he took the time to thank first quarter as the Warhawks missed meier) was disappointed because Ja- the seniors and hand out his expectasome shots and Janesville was lights cob is low-key and to get him riled up tions to the underclassmen. out from everywhere. “It’s a tough loss, we had expectait takes a lot,” Schnoes said. “I think Janesville shot 52 percent for the he got bumped pretty good on the tions of winning a state championship game and that is only because it start- attempt and when he came off, they and we didn’t get a chance to get down ed missing shots in the second half. knocked the ball away and they called there,” Schnoes said. “I just compli“I thought we came out tight and him for that foul. But the officials are mented the seniors. We’ve had a lot we just never relaxed virtually the right there, so that’s the way it is.” of classes go through and our senior whole first half and I thought we were During the Warhawks’ rally, Re- classes the last four years have been a little out of character and settled for ese Halloran, who only had two points excellent leaders in practice and in a lot of three-point shots that is not our at half, finished with a team-high 15, the off-seasons, open gyms, going to strong suit,” West Fork coach Frank scoring six of the first eight for West camps and things: showing the youngSchnoes said. “I thought we missed Fork in the second half. er kids how you practice every night sometimes, but we weren’t open a lot Halloran also scored the first six and it’s just filtered down every year. inside and when we were, we didn’t of the fourth quarter that brought the “That is why we’ve been successget the ball to our bigs inside. Times Warhawks to within 47-43. ful year after year is the younger kids when we did, we missed some shots. “If there is a picture of a competi- learn from the senior classes what it “I told the kids at halftime that if tor, I think Reese defines that as much takes to have a good program. I just we are down by a lot at halftime it is as anybody,” Schnoes said. “Janes- showed my appreciation of that and better, so we have time to come back.” ville is talented, they have long arms they continue the legacy of how WarJanesville was prepared for the and good athletes, we didn’t feel com- hawk basketball is supposed to be second-half onslaught that was comfortable trying to attack it. Second played. “ ing. Schnoes went on to add, “I told the half, we put Reese on the baseline and “We were expecting them to come I think that is what got us going in the juniors, sophomores and freshmen, out playing aggressive, which they third quarter. We made some adjust- ‘hopefully you’ve learned from the did,” Temple said. “And we knew they ments, and came real close and just leadership of these seniors because were going to try to get into their bigs. didn’t quite make it at the end.” the mantle gets passed down to the I think we were getting in too much of Schnoes said that even his team next group coming back.’ So, I look a hurry early in the second half. We’ve probably couldn’t have said at the start for us to have a good year next year. got to do a better job of conserving the of the year that they’d have an unde“If you learn anything the last lead and keeping the tempo, got a little feated regular season. three years in how the senior class has conducted themselves in practice and in the games and to not give up if they’re down. Don’t panic, just try to make plays and get themselves back in the ball game.” The Warhawks lose eight total seniors, with five alternating as starters throughout the year. “It’s really appreciated how all they have done for the coaching staff,” Schnoes said. “The seniors are really special to me because they were freshmen when I got back into coaching so they are that first group that has been with me for four years and they meant a lot and pretty special to me; but senior classes graduate and we’ll Jacob Kuhlemeier of West Fork, left, reacts after he was called for his fourth have the next group ready to come up and subsequent fifth foul on a technical late in the Warhawks’ district final and I’m hoping that they’ve learned game against Janesville. Teammate Reese Halloran, right, tries to calm him from this senior class.” And, Schnoes said, don’t look past down. KRISTI NIXON PHOTO his Warhawks in 2016-17. “I think we’ll surprise a lot of people,” Schnoes said. “I think we surprised a lot of people this year. Every year, it seems like we graduate three or four starters and I wouldn’t say we were written off, but people think, ‘this is our year we take care of West Fork.’ “It will be up to the kids. I think we have talented kids there and if they work as hard as the past three senior classes do, I think we’ll be in good Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s strategists believe shape next year.” 2016 could be a year of signiﬁcant change for

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Tripoli (15-8, final) – Brayden Biermann 0 0-0 0, Nicolaus Moore 1 0-0 3, Nate Luebbers 3 0-0 7, Dalton Tonne 1 2-3 4, Carew Vogt 2 0-0 6, Kolby Heller 1 0-0 3, Zachary Johnson 1 0-0 3, Blake Bockhaus 0 0-0 0, Eric Henry 0 2-2 2, Tyler Halversono 0 2-2 2. Totals 9 6-7 30. West Fork (23-0) – Reese Halloran 6-10 1-1 13, Travis Fekkers 2-11 0-0 4, Rylan

Fleshner 0-2 0-0 0, Thomas Nuehring 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Martinek 1-6 1-2 4, Alec Connelly 0-1 0-0 0, Jake Nierengarten 0-0 0-0 0, Preston Larson 3-8 1-2 7, Dawson Zeitler 0-1 0-0 0, Gunnar Myers 7-14 2-4 17, Logan Plagge 2-6 1-2 7, Cole Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Kuhlemeier 6-7 2-2 14. Totals 27-66 8-13 66. Three-point goals – Trip 6 (Vogt 2, Moore, Luebbers, Heller, Johnson); WF 4-21 (Plagge 2-6, Myers 1-2, Martinek 1-6, Halloran 0-1, Fleshner 0-1, Larson

0-1, Fekkers 0-4). Rebounds – Trip xx, x off., xx def. (); WF 31, 11 off., 20 def. (Kuhlemeier 9, Larson 6, Myers 3, Plagge 3, Hall 3, Fekkers 2, Martinek 2, Halloran, Connelly, Zeitler). Assists – Trip x (); WF 18 (Halloran 4, Fekkers 3, Myers 3, Larson 2, Plagge 2, Kuhlemeier 2, Martinek). Steals – Trip x (); WF 12 (Halloran 3, Fekkers 3, Larson 3, Kuhlemeier 2, Myers). Blocks – Trip, None; WF 5 (Kuhlemeier 2, Connelly, Myers, Plagge). Fouls – Trip NA, WF 10. Fouled out – None.

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Janesville (21-3) – Noah Dodd 1-2 2-2 4, Jack Thode 6-7 2-2 14, Isaiah Carlson 6-10 2-3 16, Spencer Hoff 1-6 0-1 2, Danny Amlie 6-13 3-5 17, Josiah Hovenga 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-38 9-13 53. West Fork (23-1, final) – Reese Halloran 6-12 2-4 15, Travis Fekkers 4-12 2-2 11, Zach Martinek 0-1 0-0 0, Preston Larson 2-4 0-0 6, Gunnar Myers 2-7 0-0 4, Logan Plagge 1-5 0-0 3, Jacob Kuhlemeier 5-9 1-3 11. Totals 20-50 5-9 50. Three-point goals – Jane 4-11 (Carlson 2-2, Amlie 2-7); WF 5-21 (Larson 2-4, Halloran 1-5, Plagge 1-5, Martinek 0-1, Myers 0-1). Rebounds – Jane 20, 2 off., 18 def. (Thode 9, Amlie 6, Carlson 3, Dodd, Hovenga); WF 26, 8 off., 18 def. (Kuhlemeier 12, Larson 5, Myers 3, Plagge 3, Halloran 3, Fekkers 2, Myers 2, Martinek, Plagge). Assists – Jane 10 (Hoff 5, Dodd 2, Amlie 2, Carlson); WF 11 (Halloran 6, Fekkers 3, Plagge, Kuhlemeier). Steals – Jane 9 (Thode 3, Hoff 2, Amlie 2, Dodd, Carlson); WF 6 (Halloran 4, Plagge 3, Kuhlemeier). Blocks – Jane 2 (Carlson, Hoff); WF 1 (Myers). Fouls – Jane 12, WF 11. Fouled out – WF (Kuhlemeier). Technical foul – Kuhlemeier.