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Sunday is Commencement Day for the North Iowa High School Class of 2016

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The 28 members of the North Iowa High School Class of 2016 will cap off their high school careers this coming Sunday, May 22, as they receive their diplomas during Commencement exercises in the high school gymnasium. Commencement is set to begin at 2 p.m., featuring speeches by seniors Samantha Sevley and Izacc Quisling, the presentation of scholarships and awards, the Ceremony of the Rose, and the presentation of diplomas.

Four young ladies from the Class of 2016 are shown at left on their first day of high school on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Representing the four communities of the North Iowa School District are, from left: Ashley Baumann,

daughter of Alan and Sue Baumann of Lakota; Cassandra Burke, daughter of Scott and Carolyn Flo of Thompson and James Burke, Sr. from St. Charles, MN; Sydney Main, daughter of Randy and Monica Main of Buffalo Center; and Megan Davis, daughter of Dale and Christina Davis of Rake. These same young ladies are shown in reverse order in the photo at right, as they don their caps and gowns in preparation for Commencement.

The public is invited to attend Sunday’s Commencement ceremony, as the seniors complete an important chapter in their lives and look to begin their next adventures.

Burke honored at Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony Cassandra Burke, a senior at North Iowa High School, was recognized

by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds for outstanding academic achievement at the Fourteenth Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony held May 1 at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.

The statewide program, sponsored by the Iowa Governor’s Office,

Lakota Veterinary Clinic closed May 21

The Lakota Veterinary Clinic will be closed Saturday, May 21. The clinic will not be open for appointments, emergency visits or retail.

Winnebago County Treasurer’s Office closed May 19

The Winnebago County Treasurer’s Office will be closed Thursday, May 19 due to staff attending a Motor Vehicle/Driver’s License meeting.

In this issue

Bison Beat ....................page 14, 15 Church .................................page 4 Classifieds..........................page 10 Courthouse .........................page 5 EMS Salute ......................page 8, 9 Gone Cold ...........................page 5 Local News ................. page 16, 17, 18 Marketplace ....................page 6, 7 Opinion/Editorial ..............page 2 Public Notices ....................page 5 Social News .........................page 3 Sports ...........................page 11, 12 Track Salute.......................page 13

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Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and its title sponsor, the Iowa Farm Bureau Foundation (IFBF), honored 432 high school seniors from across Iowa.

“Iowa Farm Bureau members believe that by investing in our youth and communities, we’re investing in the future of Iowa,” said IFBF President Craig Hill. “We are so proud to honor such exceptional students and proud to be a leading contributor to educational programs and annual scholarships for our youth.”

Each high school was invited to select their senior student or students with the highest academic ranking, based on grade point average for their first seven semesters. Students selected for the award also had the opportunity to recognize their favorite/most influential teacher and will receive a photo plaque of tvheir meeting with Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds.

“The principles learned through academic success, like those learned from participation in education-based activities, help develop outstanding leaders and citizens,” said IHSAA Executive Director Alan Beste. “The partnership between the

North Iowa senior Cassandra Burke, center, is recognized by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds during a ceremony in Des Moines on May 1.

IHSAA and the Iowa Farm Bureau, along with the great cooperation of the Governor’s Office, has made this prestigious event possible for many years.”

Ninety-nine percent of those rec-

By Andrew Shaw A special investigation into the City of Lakota’s finances finds that several thousand dollars in utility payments were never deposited by the former city clerk. The State Auditor’s office conducted the investigation, which was requested by city officials.

Auditor of State Mary Mosiman says the investigation identified $7,768.14 of undeposited collections for the period of July 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015. This was the period when Amber (Hansen) Shelton worked as the City’s Utility Billing Clerk.

Lakota Mayor Doug Price says he and City Council members noticed some irregularities in the finances around May of last year and opened an investigation. At that time, Shelton was already on the way out as City Clerk, as she had submitted her resignation on March 18, 2015, which was effective April 30, 2015. However,

Shelton stayed on through May to assist her replacement.

“We were having problems with people’s accounts being reflected with the proper balances,” said Price. “We knew something was wrong, but we didn’t know what.” He says city officials began asking questions shortly before Shelton left, and the new City Clerk, Pamela Robb, later discovered irregularities between utility funds collected and the amount of money being deposited.

The State Auditor’s investigation looked at the cash collection records in the city’s utility software and manual records and found that $14,332.15 was collected for utilities between July 2013 and May 2015. Of that amount, only $6,564.01 was deposited into the city’s bank account, leaving $7,768.14 undeposited.

INVESTIGATION to page 17

ognized also participate in extra-curricular school activities, with more than 80 percent participating in at least one interscholastic sport. More than 60 percent of the group plan to continue their education in Iowa.

Water stands at the intersection of 1st Street NW and 7th Ave in Buffalo Center. The city is looking to see if money can be found in the budget to purchase more gravel for city streets this summer.

City to look at budget for improving gravel streets

By Andrew Shaw Buffalo Center is undertaking its first street project in six years this summer, but the number of streets needing work far exceeds what the city can afford in one year. The city plans to pave five blocks of roads this summer at a cost of a

Investigation finds former Lakota clerk did not deposit thousands in payments

little over $400,000. The City Council heard from citizens and talked about the need for improvements on gravel roads during its monthly meeting last Wednesday.

GRAVEL STREETS to page 17

North Iowa athletes qualify four events for State Track and Field

The North Iowa Bison and Lady Bison are headed to Drake Stadium in Des Moines this week for the State Track and Field competition, after qualifying four events for state last Thursday at Northwood-Kensett. Those moving on include double qualifier Alex Paulson, above, who advanced in both the discuts and the shot put, as well as the girls’ 4x800 and shuttle hurdle relay teams. See sports on page 11.

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Way back when 10 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 18, 2006 Justin and Logan Willmert, students at North Iowa High School, will attend Presidential Classroom’s Science, Technology and Public Policy Program June 17-24, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Presidential Classroom, the leader in civic education, provides the best and brightest high school juniors and seniors unprecedented access to the leaders who shape America’s public policy.

1st St. Bar will host a 70’s and 80’s Rock-N-Roll night with the Beer Daddys Saturday, May 20.

20 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 16, 1996 John Davids, Mayor of Buffalo Center, issued a notice that there will be a Little League program here in Buffalo Center this summer. Little Leaguers or their parents will be able to sign up the ballplayers for the Little League at the City Hall. Payment will be $10.00 per participant

by Tuesday, May 28. Practice begins on June 3.

Jill Dorenbush is the Marching Bison Queen candidate nominated to compete for the Mason City Band Festival Queen. She is a senior at North Iowa High School.

30 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 22, 1986 The Lady Bison will send five girls to the State Meet in Des Moines at the Drake Stadium on May 23 and 24. The girls are senior Sarah Wubben, sophomore Bonnie Meyering, senior Nancy Gullord, freshman Wendy Sime, and freshman Wanda Schisel. Coach Terry Miller said that he was proud of these girls and all the rest of the girls who competed in the track and field events.

A committee of members of the Bison FFA Chapter conducted the “Food for America” program at the Buffalo Center-Rake Community School last week. Targeted for their sessions were students in the second and third grades of Claire Rustemier, Ruth Ann Milbrandt, Louise Hagedorn and Betty Elman.

40 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 20, 1976 Remember to buy a Poppy on Poppy Day, and remember the veterans in a hospital or workshop who made this memorial flower. Our Poppy Day purpose has always been to honor the war dead by helping the living.

43 Bicentennial year graduates will graduate this year from the Class of 1976. Father John Hussman and Rev. Stanley Wierson are the pastors involved in the class activities. Bruce Rippentrop, Lyle Risius,

and Barbara Dudding are the three seniors asked by their classmates to speak during Commencement. Principal Don West will present Scholastic Honor Awards. Supt. Irving Larson will present the class.

50 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 19, 1966 Alvin Winter, a local resident, is now employed at the Buffalo Center Post Office as a Substitute Mail Clerk. He began his duties on Saturday, May 14.

Gifts for the graduate? Stop by the Buffalo Center Tribune and see the new Smith Corona typewriters.

Ideal for college. Specially priced at $80.00.

60 Years Ago Tribune Files of Thursday, May 17, 1956 The recent membership drive for the Parent Teacher Association proved to be successful when 195 members were signed up by students of the school. Please call Mrs. Lloyd Kiewiet, Chairman of the Committee, if you are interest in joining.

The polio vaccine has arrived for Iowa to begin immunization of every child from birth to 19 years before next July 1. Some 300,000 Iowa youngsters have been protected against paralytic polio. Scientists have determined that a high degree of safeguard is offered by the two initial shots.

wanted to get the announcement out as soon as possible so our staff and partners can prepare to sign-up interested farmers if there are rain delays or as field work is wrapped up,” said Northey.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship received $9.6 million for the Iowa Water Quality Initiative in fiscal 2016. These funds will allow the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to continue to encourage the broad adoption of water quality practices through statewide cost share assistance, as well as more intensive work in targeted watersheds.

In the last three years this program has been available, more than 2,900 farmers in Iowa’s 99 counties have put in new nutrient reduction practices on over 294,000 acres. The state provided about $6.2 million in cost share funding to help farmers try a water quality practice, and Iowa farmers provided more than $6.2 million of their own resources to support these water quality practices.

Hogs paid for our farm. I remember hearing them called “the mortgage-lifter.” Now I know why. They also provided our kids with responsibilities, something my aunt from California says is lacking in urban environments. Looking back, I wouldn’t have changed a thing in the way we raised pigs, or kids.

When we had 200 market-ready pigs in open lots, they smelled as bad as 10 times that many if they had been in a controlled environment. The work was hard and dirty.

Luckily for us, our farm was not a place to envy, so nobody tried to sic the government on us.

The failed attempt by Prestage Farms to build a packing plant in Mason City mimics how we now seek an authority to command what we want, rather than finding a way to acquire it ourselves. We look at terrorism or drug abuse and think we can have a higher authority simply whisk them away with force. We view everything like the symptom is the disease.

Such short-sightedness doesn’t make things better. Does anyone really think these two wars have cured the problems they address?

The war on the new way to raise hogs didn’t cure the problem either.

As we drive around the country, we pass confinements that we thank God are not near our home. But occasionally, we don’t notice any smell at all. Pit additives and other technologies have made it possible for good-hearted neighbors to have little impact on the ones around them. But the laws were not written to solve a property rights issue any more that the war on terror or war on drugs was meant to eliminate terrorism or drug abuse. The laws are enabling devises for people who are well-connected to the politicians who write them. They give them license to infringe on the rights of others legally

Marty Schaefer of Central States Agency in Buffalo Center participated in Grinnell Mutual’s Advanced Commercial Lines Academy on April 26–27. Schaefer joined 22 agents from Grinnell Mutual’s writing territory to learn about its commercial products, services, and operations in Grinnell.

“Grinnell Mutual’s Advanced Commercial Lines Academy was offered to provide deeper insight into our commercial products and services,” said Bill Gallagher, sales director. “It provided a comprehensive review of our new commercial Seed, Feed, Grain, and Fertilizer program, reviewed cyber liability coverage; we also took the group on a loss-control tour at Heishman Farms. We have a great group of agents, and they were very engaged in the program.”

Grinnell Mutual, in business since 1909, is the 117th-largest property-casualty insurance company in the United States and the largest primary reinsurer of farm mutual companies in North America. The company provides reinsurance for farm mutual insurance companies as well as property and casualty insurance. Its products are available in 14 states.

Marty Schaefer, right, receives a certificate for completing the Advanced Commercial Lines Academy from Grinnell Mutual Sales Director Bill Gallagher.

Cost-share available for water quality practices statewide

The 2016 sign-up period is open for cost share funds to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices.

This program has been popular with farmers interested in adding additional practices to their operation.

Practices eligible for this funding are cover crops, no-till or strip till, or using a nitrification inhibitor when applying fertilizer.

“We have seen significant growth in cover crops and other water quality focused practices in recent years, but many farmers are still exploring how they fit on their farm,” said Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. “This statewide program is designed to help them get started with a new practice and learn how they can use one or more of these tools to help protect water quality. I encourage farmers to reach out to their local Soil and Water Conservation District office for more information on how to apply.”

The cost share rate for farmers planting cover crops is $25 per acre ($15 per acre for past cover crop us-

ers), and for farmers trying no-till or strip till, the rate is $10 per acre.

Farmers using a nitrapyrin nitrification inhibitor when applying fall fertilizer can receive $3 per acre.

Farmers who have already used cover crops on their farm are eligible for a reduced rate of $15 per acre.

First-time cover crop users will receive priority consideration for this assistance. Farmers are only eligible for cost share on up to 160 acres. The funds will be made available in July, but farmers can immediately start submitting applications through their local Soil and Water Conservation District office.

Farmers are still encouraged to visit their local Soil and Water Conservation District office to inquire about additional opportunities for cost share funding through other programs offered at their local SWCDs. A Soil and Water Conservation Districts directory can be found on www.IowaAgriculture.gov under “Hot Topics.”

“As farmers are busy planting, we

The failed hog plant project The Alternative Fritz Groszkruger 4selfgovernment@gmail.com www.alternativebyfritz.com by having regulations supersede the right to control our own property.

Law, in general, has gravitated to a regulatory nightmare from a place where it was once intended to protect a person’s right to private property.

Make no mistake, a cook-out in the yard accompanied by a neighbor’s hog smell is a matter of trespassing.

But when the short-sighted activist organizations lobbied to address the hog smell issue, they accepted the law-as-regulation model as if there was a set distance where the smell goes away. I can’t imagine they thought there would be a predetermined distance that would work for every situation. They compromised in order to gain anything they could because they knew they could never beat the people who didn’t care about their stinky barbeque.

An aspect seldom mentioned regarding the Prestage plant is the government (taxpayer) incentives offered. Property tax rebates of $11.2 million and state tax credits of $15 million would have been money out of our pockets eventually. But the unseen effect would have been the distortion of a free market by such transfers. Over $26 million would have been made unavailable to entrepreneurs in other sectors, and if Prestage needed that to build such a facility, doesn’t that shed some doubt on the viability of the plant? Whatever happened to business decisions based purely on supply and demand?

Ken Kehrli, a recognized expert in the hog business, suspects we are looking at “a train wreck” when the additional 8 to 9 million head come to mar-

ket required to keep the five planned additional plants operating in our area.

Iowa State University economist, David Swenson said the Mason City plant would do little to improve workers’ earnings. That sets me to wondering: Will government somehow step in to circumvent the law of supply and demand with an additional 2,000 jobs in a town the size of Mason City? This kind of thinking should alert us to the fallibility of government involvement in business.

It is not true that nothing would happen without top down control.

There would be less malinvestment and more capital available for genuinely viable business ventures. We have stagnant wages and the lowest labor force participation rate since the late 1970s. This has not happened through lack of government control.

Lack of incentives doomed the Prestage plant, not the lack of approval of the project itself. With little mention of this in the media, it shows a sad acceptance of incentive practices as being the order of the day. We may have avoided a bubble on a smaller scale than the housing bubble; therefore an inevitable bust.

The “kooks,” as Ron Prestage called them, may have unintentionally saved this area from a 2,000 person economic problem.

Any additions or corrections are welcome through a letter to this paper or an email to4selfgovernment@ gmail.com. Spring work has made the blog a little sparse, but there is something new occasionally: www. alternativebyfritz.com

Farmers market Schaefer attends Grinnell Mutual Advanced Commercial Lines Academy season begins Farmers markets opening this month all across northern Iowa will be providing access to locally grown food throughout the season. Farmers markets have already opened in Charles City, Lake Mills, Mason City and Franklin County.

The Clarion and Kossuth County Farmers Markets will open May 21, and the Clear Lake Farmers Market opens May 28.

By mid-June, North Iowans will have an opportunity to shop at all 16 farmers markets, with shopping days running Monday through Saturday. Cool season vegetables will be the first items available, gradually giving way to core summer, heat-loving vegetables by late July through September. Then the season ebbs into the fall crops, come October.

While farmers markets thrive during the growing season for vegetables, North Iowa has a robust

community of producers whose products are available all year long. Included in this list are meat, baked goods, eggs, honey, wines, and small grains. Healthy Harvest of North Iowa provides a list of North Iowa’s local food sources in its 2016 North Iowa Local Food Guide. The guide is available printed, as a pdf, and as a searchable database. Print guides are coming to local libraries, chambers, Extension offices, and markets. A pdf and database are available at www. northiowafood.org.

Healthy Harvest of North Iowa is a network dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting a community-based North Iowa regional food system. For more information, contact Jan Libbey, Administrator at libbey.jan@gmail.com or Andrea Evelsizer, Healthy Harvest Program Director at andreaevelsizer@gmail.com

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Everyone enjoying Mardi Gras What a fabulous week we had celebrating Nursing Home Week.

Monday was Mardi Gras Day. In the morning, we traveled A Year Around the World. Throughout the day, we would blow our noise makers and pass out beads and masks for the residents to wear to the carnival.

At the carnival, we had four different games to play which were: bean bag toss, ring toss, pop the balloon and the Fishing Game. Each day, Kim Williams, our Dietary Manger, planned special meals to go with our themed days. For dinner, we had Poor Man’s lobsters, crab cakes, Jambalaya rice and pecan pie.

Tuesday was our Farm and Family Day. We had Guess the Gadget and unique salt and pepper shakers on

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display, also. We watched “Down on the Farm”, and at 2:00 p.m., Jeff Buege came and performed for us.

We also had our Pastor Dinner. For dinner, we had pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, scalloped corn and strawberry shortcake.

Wednesday was Hula and Hoops.

In the morning, we traveled to Hawaii for a luau and had a flip flop toss. For the afternoon, we had our own luau where we taught the residents how to do the Hula Dance, and we had a hula hoop contest. For dinner, we had Hawaiian sandwiches, pineapple coleslaw and ambrosia for dessert.

Thursday was our All American Day. Kathy and I went around and took pictures of the residents with a

North Iowa Communities List of Events

Save the Date

June 12 Family Night, First Congregational Church-Buffalo Center, 7 p.m.

June 24 Bank Park Zoo-Summer Reading Program, Buffalo Center Public Library, 2 p.m.

July 4 4th of July Celebration-Buffalo Center July 8 Healthy Lifestyle with Audrey Lewis from North Iowa Physical Therapy-Summer Reading Program, Buffalo Center Public Library, 2 p.m.

July 22 Presentation by Lisa Ralls-Winnebago County Conservationist-Summer Reading Program, Buffalo Center Public Library, 2 p.m.

July 23 Picnic in the Park-5K Obstacle Race, Car Show, Kids Games, Meal and Band, Lakota August 13 Meat & Music Spectacular-Buffalo Center September 7 Guest Night, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

November 17 Fall Luncheon, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 Baccalaureate, NICS-Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

Senior Awards Night, NICS-Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 19 V Girls/Boys State Track, Drake University Friday, May 20 Elementary Track and Field Day, Bison Field Sunday, May 22 Graduation, NICS-Gym, 2 p.m.

Monday, May 23 North Iowa Food for Families

Food Pantry open, Buffalo Plaza, 2-4 p.m.

JV/V Baseball (H) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 5:30 p.m.

JV/V Softball (H) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24 8th Grade Recognition Program/ Awards Night, NICS-Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 JV/V Baseball @ Bancroft, 5:30 p.m.

JV/V Softball @ Swea City, 6 p.m.

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handmade frame that Kathy created.

We will hang the pictures on our bulletin board, if you want to come and check it out! Pastor Peake came and led Bible study. Thank you, Pastor Peake. We were so hoping to have a picnic outside today, but the weather couldn’t cooperate, so we had it inside. We had grilled hamburgers and brats, along with potato salad, beans and an ice cream cone. For the afternoon, we played softball.

Friday, was A Day in Paris, so during the morning, we traveled to Paris to see all the beautiful sights.

For our dinner meal, we had Cordon Blue, au gratin potatoes and cheesecake for dessert. For the afternoon, we had an art gallery and wine and cheese tasting.

Thank you to all who attended our open house in celebration of our anniversary.

We truly appreciate your greetings, calls, cards, and gifts and are overwhelmed by your kindness.

Thank you to our children and their families for their work at making the day so special.

God Bless.

Russell & Sharen Roth

Thank You The family of Dean Farland would like to thank everyone for your care and concern at the time of Dean’s passing.

Thank you for your prayers, cards, memorials, floral arrangements and plants and to those who brought food.

Thank you to Pastor Lynn, Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Hospice of the Heartland, Winnebago County Health Nurses and the ladies who served the lunch.

God bless you all.

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Adams-Pierce plan June wedding

Gary and Jenelle Pierce of Lake Mills, Joe and Tanya Adams of Sioux Falls, SD and Michelle and Dave Smith of Harrisburg, SD are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Brooke Adams and Cass Pierce, both of Elk Point, SD. Brooke is a 2010 graduate of Beresford High School in Beresford, SD. She is currently employed at Aaladin Industries in Elk Point, SD. Cass is a 2008 graduate of Lake Mills High School in Lake Mills. He graduated in 2010 from Iowa Lakes Community College and in 2012 from South Dakota State University. He is currently employed at the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks in McCook Lake, SD. Grandparents are Brice and Shirley Pierce of Thompson and Delmar and Barbara Austinson of Mason City.

The couple will exchange wedding vows on Saturday, June 18 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford, SD.

Births

Joe and Stacy Evans are proud to announce the birth of their son, Isaac Robert Vonne Evans. Isaac was born January 21, 2016 at Fairmont, MN, weighing seven pounds, nine ounces. He was welcomed home by three brothers: Tyler, Mark and Ethan.

Grandparents are Jeff and Della Hauge of Urbandale, Doug and Peggy Carman of Wellsville, KS and Karmel and the late Mark Evans of Buffalo Center. Great-grandparents are Bart and Irene Evans of Spirit Lake, Agnes Garner of Mason City and the late Robert and LaVonne Quame.

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Haayer celebrates 80th birthday

Friends and family of Carl Haayer are invited to celebrate Carl’s 80th birthday on Sunday, May 22 with a card shower. Birthday greetings and well-wishes will reach him at 16539 110th St., LeRoy, MN 55951.

May Rake SHARE Iowa orders will be available for pick up on Saturday, May 21 from 10-11 a.m. in the Rake City Hall. Those who are unable to pick up their order during that time are encouraged to make arrangements for a friend or family member to pick up the package for them.

For questions, or for more information, contact Rake SHARE Iowa volunteer, Illa Roth, at 566-3558.

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Services and Announcements of activities in our area

Churches

“Not forsaking the assembling...together” BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH Thompson, Iowa Pastor Lynn Noel www.lutheransonline.com Wednesday, May 18: Confirmation, 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Fellowship, 9:45 a.m.

Traditional Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Confirmation, 3 p.m.

--------------------------------------BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa Pastor Nathaniel Hedin-Schmidt Wednesday, May 18: Ruth Circle, 9:30 a.m.

Hope Circle, 2 p.m.

Confirmation, 2:15 p.m.

Baccalaureate Service, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21: Tiarra Jensvold Graduation Party in Fellowship Hall, 12-4 p.m.

Molli Joens Graduation Party at First Congregational Church, 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Worship, 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship, 10:30 a.m.

NIHS Graduation, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Last Meeting of the Year!

Confirmation, 2:15 p.m.

Grounded 4 Life, 7 p.m.

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COMMUNITY CHAPEL Pastor Kent Hillesland Lakota, Iowa www.communitychapelonline.org Wednesday, May 18: Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Prayer and Bible Study, 7 p.m.

-------------------------------------FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa Sunday, May 22: Worship, 9 a.m.

--------------------------------------FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa Pastor Brad DeVries www.firstcongobc.com Thursday, May 19: Prayer Time, 6:30 a.m.

Bible Study Lesson 12, 2 p.m.

-Ruth Dirksen Sunday, May 22: Worship, 9 a.m.

Fellowship, 10:15 a.m.

Meditations-Blue Earth Radio 1560, 12:05 p.m.

--------------------------------------FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Lakota, Iowa Judy Junkermeier, CRE Sunday, May 22: Sunday School, 9 a.m.

Worship Service, 10 a.m.

Hawkeye Care Center Service, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, May 23: Trustee Meeting, 6 p.m.

Session Meeting, 6:45 p.m.

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Community Vacation Bible School begins May 31 The Community Vacation Bible School will be held Tuesday, May 31 through Friday, June 3 at the First Congregational Church in Buffalo Center. It is open to kids of four years of age through sixth grade.

The theme for this year is “Backstage with the Bible” by Go Fish Resources. This program will feature a lesson, music, crafts and game time.

Each day begins with a meal at 5:30 p.m. The meal is followed by the opening of the program at 6 p.m. and closing at 8:15 p.m.

Kids are asked to wear a differ-

ent color of shirt each day. Tuesday - red, Wednesday - green, Thursday – yellow and Friday blue.

Children are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item of that color to be donated to the local food pantry. There will also be an offering that will be collected each night for the Heifer International Project.

The Bible School program will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 3. All parents and community members are welcome. Ice cream and cookies will be served following the program.

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FIRST REFORMED CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa Pastor Bill Peake www.firstreformedbc.org Wednesday, May 18: Pastor Bill is out of the study in the morning but will be available in the afternoon.

North Iowa High School Baccalaureate shared in the school auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

-Two seniors will be awarded the Above and Beyond Scholarship sponsored by the Class of 2015 and supplemented by the churches of the ministerial association. Representative of the Gideon’s will present Bibles to the graduates following the worship service.

Thursday, May 19 There will be no TMNH Bible Study today.

Pastor Bill leaves for a Classis Executive Committee meeting in Holland, IA, 7:30 a.m.

Pleasant Prairie Classis Executive Committee meets, 10 a.m.

Friday, May 20 Pastor Bill is out of the study in the morning.

Sunday, May 22: Sunday Worship with live broadcast on KIOW-FM 107.3 and simulcast on WCTA Cable TV channel 2 as well as streamed live on www. kiow.com, 9:30 a.m.

-Pastor Bill’s message today is drawn from Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31.

Fellowship hour, 10:30 a.m.

Monday, May 23: Pastor Bill is out of the study in the morning but will be available in the afternoon.

Tuesday, May 24: Lectionary text study for pastors using the ecumenical revised common lectionary, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Pastor Bill is out of the study in the morning but will be available in the afternoon.

Consistory meets in the narthex classroom, 7 p.m.

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IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rural Titonka www.parishthree.weebly.com Wednesday, May 18: Pastors Meeting at St. John’s, 10:30 a.m.

WOW Celebration and rain date food drive, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 20: Newsletter Deadline Sunday, May 22: Holy Communion Immanuel Worship, 8:30 a.m.

St. John’s Worship, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Pastors Meeting at St. John’s, 10:30 a.m.

--------------------------------------RAMSEY REFORMED CHURCH Titonka, Iowa Pastor Perry DeGroot Saturday, May 21: Community Men’s Bible Study, 6 a.m.

Sunday, May 22: Sunday Worship, 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Fellowship, 10:30 a.m.

--------------------------------------ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Woden, Iowa www.parishthree.weebly.com Wednesday, May 18: Pastors Meeting at St. John’s, 10:30 a.m.

WOW Celebration and rain date food drive, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 20: Newsletter Deadline Sunday, May 22: Holy Communion Immanuel Worship, 8:30 a.m.

St. John’s Worship, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Pastors Meeting at St. John’s, 10:30 a.m.

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ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa www.stpatrickschurch.org Saturday, May 21: Reconciliation, 5:45 p.m.

Mass, 6:15 p.m.

--------------------------------------ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Lakota, Iowa Pastor Lynn Noel Wednesday, May 18: Text Study, 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, May 22: Worship Service, 8:45 a.m.

Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday, May 25: Text Study, 10:30 a.m.

--------------------------------------SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES 3024 - 360th St., Buffalo Center Pastor Van Davis Friday, May 20: Supper, 6 p.m.

Praise and Worship/Prayer, 7 p.m.

Lesson and Discussion, 7:30 p.m.

--------------------------------------UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Buffalo Center, Iowa Pastor Deb Devine Wednesday, May 18: Baccalaureate, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 19: Mary Circle, 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Last Day of Sunday School, 9:15 a.m.

Trinity Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

No Fellowship and Coffee Tuesday, May 24: Text Study, 10 a.m.

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Thompson, Iowa Pastor Deb Devine Wednesday, May 18: Baccalaureate, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Trinity Sunday, 8:30 a.m.

Fellowship and Coffee, 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 24: Text Study, 10 a.m.

--------------------------------------ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Rake, Iowa Pastor Dan Kahl Wednesday, May 18: Newsletter Articles Due Baccalaureate, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 22: Worship, 9:30 a.m.

Graduation, 2 p.m.

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SENTENCES AND PLEAS Byron Allison, 59, Thompson, pled guilty to “Domestic Abuse Assault,” a simple misdemeanor, stemming from an investigation by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, Feb. 6. Allison was sentenced to serve two days in jail and ordered to pay a $65 fine, applicable surcharges and court costs. Allison was ordered to complete the Iowa Domestic Abuse Program (IDAP).

Alex Brower, 25, Clear Lake, was sentenced on the charge of “OWIThird Offense,” a class D felony.

Brower was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed five years with placement in an OWI residential program. Brower was ordered to pay a $3,125 fine, applicable surcharges and court costs. Brower was ordered to follow through with all substance abuse and mental health treatment recommendations. His license was revoked by the DOT. Tina Graves, 59, was found in contempt of court for a probation violation and was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Winnebago County Jail and ordered to pay court costs.

Patrick Lane, 46 Forest City, pled guilty to Count 1 “Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon,” an aggravated misdemeanor; and Count 2 “Possession of a Schedule I Controlled Substance-Third Offense (Marijuana),” stemming from an investigation by the Forest City Police Dept., Sept. 27, 2015. For Count 1, Lane was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed two years and ordered to pay a $625 fine, applicable surcharges and court costs. The prison sentence and fine were suspended. Lane was placed on probation for two years.

Lane was ordered to follow through with all substance abuse treatment recommendations. For Count 2, Lane was sentenced to serve four days in jail and ordered to pay a $625 fine, applicable surcharges and court costs. Lane’s license was revoked by the DOT. Lane Peterson, 22, Ames, was sentenced on the charge of “Possession of a Schedule I Controlled Substance (Marijuana),” a serious misdemeanor. Peterson was granted a deferred judgment and ordered to pay a $315 civil penalty and court costs. Peterson was placed on probation for one year.

Samuel Salgado, 19, North Mankato, MN, was sentenced on the charge of “Possession of a Schedule I Controlled Substance (Marijuana) with Intent to Deliver,” a class D felony.

Salgado was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed five years and ordered to pay a $750 fine, applicable surcharges

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and court costs. The prison sentence and fine were suspended and Salgado was placed on probation for three years. Salgado must follow through with all substance abuse treatment recommendations. Salgado’s license was revoked by the DOT. Logan Shafer, 23, was found in contempt of court for a probation violation and was sentenced to serve two days in Jail and ordered to pay court costs.

Eugene Alan Sikora, 30, Hampton, pled guilty to “Forgery,” a class D felony, stemming from an investigation by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, Nov. 22, 2015.

Sikora was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed five years and ordered to pay a $750 fine, applicable surcharges and court costs. The prison sentence and fine were suspended and Sikora was placed on probation for three years. As a term of probation, Sikora will be placed at BEJE Clark Residential Facility for a period of 180 days or until maximum benefits are achieved. Sikora was ordered to follow through with all substance abuse and mental health treatment recommendations.

Jason Thorson, 33, Lake Mills, pled guilty to “Theft in the Second Degree,” a class D felony, stemming from an investigation by the Lake Mills Police Dept., Dec. 2, 2015.

Thorson was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed five years and ordered to pay a $750 fine, applicable surcharges, court costs and victim restitution in the amount of $195. The fine was suspended.

Jordan Watkins, 20, Lake Mills, pled guilty to “Assault Causing Mental Injury,” a serious misdemeanor, stemming from an investigation by the Lake Mills Police Dept., Sept.

1, 2015. Watkins was granted a deferred judgment and ordered to pay a $315 civil penalty, court costs and restitution. Watkins was placed on probation for one year and as a term of probation, Watkins must complete a mental health evaluation and follow through with all treatment recommendations.

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Roger Christiansen to Benjamin Peterson and Megan Peterson, Parcel A, section 10, Center Township.

Lorna Christianson to Benjamin Peterson and Megan Peterson, Parcel A, section 10, Center Township.

Linda Ouverson to Benjamin Peterson and Megan Peterson, Parcel A, section 10, Center Township.

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Lon Christianson and Jody Christianson to Benjamin Peterson and Megan Peterson, Parcel A, section 10, Center Township.

Delores Langerud to Jolene Fox, John Humphrey, Mary Juhl, Thomas Langerud and Delores Langerud Life Estate, lot 5, block 44, Forest City.

Shayne Keeper to Shayne Keeper and Jake Schimmelpfennig, lots 2 and 3, block 6, Scarville.

Vaughn Brua and Alfreda Brua to Ardell Brua lots 5 and 6, Ambrosons Addition, Lake Mills.

Ardell Brua Estate, Vaughn Brua executor to Cory Brua, lots 5 and 6, Ambrosons Addition, Lake Mills.

Joshua Damm and Misty Damm to Tabitha Jermeland and Andrew Jermeland, lot 5, Indian Springs 1st Subdivision, Forest City.

Carl Anderson to Allan Anderson, an undivided 1/2 interest in a tract of land in section 36, Forest Township.

Anthony Kokakis to Debra Wirth, lots 7, 8 and 9, block 78, Buffalo Center.

Lee McInroy and Tami McInroy to Lee McInroy and Tami McInroy, lot 11, section 36, Forest Township.

Lonnie Fox and Shelly Fox to Sean Eaton, block 5, Forest City.

Irvin Wirtjes, Linda Wirtjes attorney-in-fact and Linda Wirtjes to Linda Wirtjes, lots 2 and 3, block 19, Forest City.

Wayne Teig Trust, Danny Teig trustee and Terry Teig trustee to Danny Teig, Terry Teig and Janelle Bauer, an undivided 1/2 interest in a tract of land in section 25, Lincoln Township.

Wayne Teig Trust, Danny Teig trustee, and Terry Teig trustee to Danny Teig, an undivided 1/2 interest in a tract of land in section 25, Lincoln Township.

Wayne Teig Trust, Danny Teig trustee, and Terry Teig trustee to Terry Teig, an undivided 1/2 interest in a tract of land in section 27, Lincoln Township.

Wayne Teig Trust, Danny Teig trustee, and Terry Teig trustee to

Janelle Bauer, an undivided 1/2 interest in a tract of land in section 27, Lincoln Township.

DeBruce Grain Inc to Lake Mills Lumber Company, lot 7, ED Himans addition, section 2, Center Township.

to Richard Harlson, a tract of land in section 33, Newton Township.

Housing & Urban Development Secy and Matt Martin Real Est Mgmt LLC to Brian Sterrenberg, auditors resurvey of lots 60 and 61, section 11, Center Township.

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

Wilma June Nissen The body of Wilma Nissen was found on Oct. 4, 1978, in a roadside ditch near Lake Pahoja in Western Lyon County. Unrecognizable due to decomposition, the body lay in a ditch on the north side of the gravel road. The body went unidentified for nearly three decades, until finally being identified as Nissen’s in 2006.

Investigators believe her body had been dumped between June and July of 1978. No evidence was present at the crime scene except for her body, her clothing and a rope. Evidence suggests that she was not killed at that particular spot and based on the position of Nissen’s body, the rope was used to pull her into the ditch from a nearby area or a vehicle.

Nissen grew up in California with a neglectful father and then in several foster homes.

She resorted to prostitution in her twenties as a means of survival. In February 1978 she left California and moved to Atlanta with Charles Inman Belt. Belt, the last known person to have seen her alive, told detectives Nissen left his mother’s apartment just a few days after arriving in Atlanta and he did not hear from her again.

In addition to her married names of Wilma Wellington and Wilma Irvin, Wilma would sometimes use aliases including Amy Irvin, Amy Belt, Wilma Belt, or Amy Nissen.

WILMA JUNE NISSEN | Age: 23 | Died: October 4, 1978 Location: Rock Rapids

Proceedings

CITY OF THOMPSON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Monday, May 9, 2016 The Thompson City Council met in regular session on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 5:30 pm in the City Clerk’s office of City Hall.

Mayor Swearingen called the meeting to order. Members present: T. Hughes, Fleener, J. Hughes, Willert, Fiebelkorn. Absent: None A motion was made by T. Hughes, seconded

by J. Hughes to approve the agenda. 5-0 A motion was made by T. Hughes, seconded

by Willert to approve the claims. 5-0 A motion was made by Fleener, seconded by Fiebelkorn to approve the minutes. 5-0 Susan Squier was present to discuss her property that the City Welcome sign is placed on.

Matt Beckman was present to discuss City issues with the Mayor and Council.

A motion was made by Willert, seconded by J. Hughes to approve the cigarette permit for Hometown Market. 5-0 The Cleveland property and Dann Johnson building demolition were discussed.

A motion was made by Willert, seconded by J. Hughes to adjourn the meeting at 6:37 pm.

5-0 Dan Swearingen, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Price, City Clerk Published in the Buffalo Center Tribune on Wednesday, May 18 2016

Dale Slette and Lucille Slette to Darin Rork and Lori Rork, lot 3, Hillcrest Subdivision, Forest City.

Donald Winter to Eleanor Winter, lots 4, 5 and 6, block 79, Buffalo Center.

John Harlson and Barbara Harlson

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

There is a $10,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Wilma Nissen’s death.

The ANONYMOUS HOTLINE is 712-472-8334. Please visit Lyon County’s website (www.lyoncosheriff.com/tips ) for more details about the case and the reward.

Proceedings: Winnebago County Board of Supervisors

WINNEBAGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS May 3, 2016 The Winnebago County Board of Supervisors met in session at 9:00 A.M. May 3, 2016 adjourned from April 26, 2016.

Present: Supervisors Stensrud, Jensvold and Durby Absent: On a motion by Durby and seconded by Stensrud the Supervisors moved to approve the minutes for the April 26, 2016 Board Meeting and approve the agenda for May 3, 2016. All voted aye. Motion carried.

On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to open the Joint Public Hearing with Worth County for DD 2-3 Main Ditch and Lat 11. Present at the meeting were: Supervisors Durby, Stensrud and Jensvold from Winnebago County, Supervisor Dave Haugen from Worth County, Karla Weiss, Auditor, Kris Oswald, Drainage Clerk, Mark Johnson, Secondary Roads, Bonnie Rodberg, Carol Hunchis, Tom Kingland, Mark Kingland, Susan Smith, Steven Nelson, Steve Knudtson, Larry Vold, Kathy Vold, Rae Yost, Maynard Tweeten, Andy Smith, Veenstra and Kimm, Jerald Rognes, and Becky Ritzert. Andy Smith, Veenstra and Kimm, gave a report. Smith stated the DNR was cleaning DD 2-3 Lat 11. The County will need to look into the extent of the DNR’s cleanout. Various landowners discussed erosion and lack of filter strips on one landowner’s property. Mike Stensrud stated the County would seed in the easement of the open ditch and if the landowner farms up to the ditch again, they will be required to clean it out. Being proactive with filter strips is very important to the landowners present at the meeting. On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Haugen the Supervisors moved to close the Public Hearing.

All voted aye. Motion carried.

There was a bid letting for DD 2-3 and 2-3 Lat 11 following the Public Hearing. The bids were as follows: Base Bid $251,306.00 A-1 Contracting Alternate A $7,500.00 Rognes Bros Contracting Base Bid $208,712.30 Alternate A $4,880.00 Larson Contracting Base Bid $110,825.13 Alternate A $3,712.00 On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to approve the bid from Larson Contracting plus alternate A in

the amount of $110,865.13. All voted aye. Motion carried.

Scott Meinders, Engineer discussed Secondary Road matters, including the sub-drain project on R34 is complete. Work on resurfacing gravel roads and the overlay project is still scheduled for some time in August.

The following claims were approved and ordered to be paid: Alliant Energy-Utilities 362.82 Austin Office Products-Supplies 138.60 Barco Municipal Products Inc-Supplies 87.06 BMC Aggregates LLC-Rock 63,951.71 Bomgaars-Supplies 82.74 Cerro Gordo Co Treasurer-Supplies 1,518.00 Chase Card Services-Services 35.00 Class C Solutions Group-Supplies 1,767.34 Clear View Auto Glass-Repairs 75.00 Electronic Engineering Co-Supplies 135.55 Family Eye Care Center-Supplies 367.00 FEMA Engineering Library-Services 300.00 Forest City Ford-Parts 134.85 Iowa DOT-Supplies 444.00 Iowa Hoist & Crane Inc-Services 1,369.00 Iowa Prison Industries-Supplies 64.45 Johnson, Mark-Reimbursement 65.00 K & N Excavating & Drainage-Repairs 1,839.08 Meinders, Scott-Reimbursement 65.00 Olsen Chain & Cable Inc-Supplies 939.07 Peterson Contractors -Subrain Project 307,864.90 Reisetter, Douglas-Reimbursement 65.00 Safety Kleen Corp-Services 366.23 Terex Services-Parts 80.03 Verizon Wireless-Telephone 40.01 AH Hermel Co-Supplies 169.42 Ahlers & Cooney PC-Services 171.00 Aramark-Services 15.77 Austin Office Products-Supplies 253.90 Bankers Trust-Loan Payment 1,943,981.25 Bills Family Foods-Supplies 13.38 Bomgaars-Supplies 2,523.72 Buffalo Center Tire & Auto-Services 45.21 Business Forms & Systems Co -Supplies 219.48 C & R Supply-Supplies 11.21 CDW Government-Supplies 466.06 City of Forest City-Utilities 4,067.26 City of Lake Mills-Utilities 164.64 Crescent Electric Supply Co-Supplies 28.59 Days Inn Manchester-Hotel at Training 143.10 Dollar General-Supplies 18.75 Dorsey & Whitney LLP-Services 21,973.31 Durby, Terrell-Mileage 297.50 Fertile Reminder-Supplies 8.00

Fisher, Jane-Mileage 205.00 Fleener Auto Parts & Service-Services 47.80 Follman, Benjamin-Rent 50.00 GRP & Associates-Services 40.00 Holiday Inn Airport-Hotel at Training 665.28 Huitt, Kathy-Mileage 93.50 Insight Public Sector Inc-Supplies 4,077.61 Iowa Prison Industries-Supplies 96.00 ISAC-Education 195.00 ISACA-2016 Dues 325.00 Iwireless-Telephone 58.88 Jensen, Bobbie-Mileage 203.00 Jensen, Deb-Mileage 610.00 K & N Excavating & Drainage-Repairs 3,387.55 Kossuth Co Sheriff-House Prisoner 150.00 Kriss Premium Products Inc-Supplies 293.44 Kvale, Ron-Mileage 177.00 Lake Mills Graphic Inc-Advertising 837.41 Lake Mills PT-Services 141.10 Lakeside Construction Inc-Supplies 243.75 Mail Services-Supplies 368.09 Marco Inc-Services 949.79 McColloch, Suzanne-Reimbursement 75.00 Mediacom-Services 135.90 Medline Industries Inc-Supplies 86.03 Melby, Ruth-Mileage 147.50 Merchant, Ruth-Mileage 285.00 Mercy Home Care North Iowa-Services 262.50 Michaelis, Melissa-Mileage 281.50 Mid-America Publishing Corp -Advertising 444.60 Miller CSR-RPR, Carolyn-Services 32.00 Miller, Jaci-Grant Writing 1,150.00 Mireles, Sandra-Mileage 285.00 Nicholson, Teresa-Mileage 664.00 Office Depot-Supplies 142.46 Pakor Inc-Supplies 224.41 Physio-Control Inc-Supplies 132.30 Plumb Supply Co-Supplies 103.82 Radiotronics Inc-Supplies 62.50 Rice, Allison-Mileage 241.00 Rippentrop, Dolores-Mileage 239.00 Sand Creek Post & Beam Inc -Supplies 2,500.00 Sanofi Pasteur Inc-Supplies 222.70 Schriever, Rhonda-Mileage 249.00 Shaffer, Jayne-Mileage 57.30 Shopko Pharmacy-Supplies 277.29 Soto, Veronica-Mileage 236.00 Swenson, Julie-Mileage 389.38 Tyler Technologies-Services 15,069.40 Vaudt, Melissa-Mileage 311.00 Veenstra & Kimm Inc-Services 11,615.02 Verizon Wireless-Telephone 801.79 Wagner Tire Inc-Supplies 190.00

103.00 Warren, Melissa-Mileage Winnebago Coop Telecom-Telephone 1,354.64 Wolf, Barb-Mileage 185.00 On a motion by Jensvold and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to approve fireworks permits for Kathleen Nelson at 39515 20th Ave, Buffalo Center, IA from May 6 to May 8, 2016 and July 1 to July 5, 2016. All voted aye. Motion carried.

There was discussion regarding the Zoning Administrator position. On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to offer the position to Jason Weiss at the hourly wage of $18.00 per hour. All voted aye. Motion carried.

On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to open the Public Hearing for Master Matrix for SwineCo #1. All voted aye. Motion carried. Present at the meeting was Supervisors Durby, Jensvold and Stensrud, Karla Weiss, Auditor, Mark Johnson, Secondary Roads, Scott Meinders, Engineer, Dave Haugen, John Everly, A.J. Taylor and Rae Yost.

Jensvold completed the County Matrix with the DNR and there were no changes. SwineCo #1 agreed they are on a Level B Road. There was no public comment. On a motion by Stensrud and seconded by Durby the Supervisors moved to close the Public Hearing. All voted aye. Motion carried. On a motion by Jensvold and seconded by Stensrud the Supervisors moved to approve the Master Matrix for SwineCo #1. All voted aye. Motion carried.

During open forum Joe Larson and Kevin Dearing discussed the wind turbine project by Buffalo Center. They would like the Supervisors to attend a wind turbine meeting in Wesley on May 12, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. at the Wesley Community Center. They also discussed a nuisance ordinance.

At 11:00 A.M. John Hanson, Midwest Construction Consultant, Rick Weidner, Architect, and Rick Harness, Project Manager discussed the Public Safety Center project. On a motion

by Durby and seconded by Stensrud the Supervisors moved to approve the pay application. All voted aye. Motion carried.

The session was adjourned until 9:00 A.M. May 10, 2016.

Bill Jensvold, Chairperson Attest: Karla Weiss, Auditor Published in the Buffalo Center Tribune on Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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Faith Finer runs her final 3000 meter race of the season last Thursday at Northwood.

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Jackson Berte runs the mile at the 1A state qualifier meet in Northwood last Thursday.

Lucy Hughes placed in the shot put with her sixth place throw of 33’10.5” last Thursday at Northwood.

Nine athletes advance to state track and field meet The North Iowa boys and girls will each compete in two events at the coed state track and field meet in Des Moines this Thursday through Saturday, after nine athletes qualified in four events during last Thursday’s qualifier meet held in Northwood.

Earning a third trip to state as a double qualifier in the boys’ shot put and discus is senior Alex Paulson, who placed second in the discus and third in the shot put at Northwood to secure a spot in both events. Last year at state, Paulson finished ninth in the discus and 24th in the shot put.

On the girls’ side, the 4x800 relay team consisting of Kendall Melz, Rachel Schutter, Brooke Hovland and Megan Davis took second place at Northwood to qualify for state.

Melz, Schutter and Hovland all ran in this event at state last year, where they took 14th place.

The final event heading to state for North Iowa is the girls’ shuttle hurdle relay, made up of Rachel Hassebroek, Krista Schutter, Mariah Richter and Sydney Main. These girls just missed the cutoff for state last year in this event, but they qualified this year with their time of 1:13.08.

“The weather was cool and a bit windy for the qualifier meet. In spite of this, we were able to come out and post a slew of season and lifetime bests due to the competition,” said North Iowa Head Coach Jonathan Potter. He says the 4x800 team posted its second best time of the season, while the shuttle hurdle team ran its best race of the year. Potter says Paulson’s being a double qualifier three years in a row is quite an accomplishment.

Belmond-Klemme 55, Newman 48, North Iowa 41, North Butler 41, North Union 38, CAL 34, Riceville 22 and RRMR 13.

Girls Field Events Shot Put: Lucy Hughes [33’10.5”/6th], Jessica Govern [31’2.75”/7th]. Discus: Cassidy Sachs [103’7”/5th]. Long Jump: Tiarra Jensvold [14’3.5”/6th], Ashley Baumann [14’0”/8th].

Girls Individual Events 3000m: Christa Miller [12:28.22/7th].

100m Hurdles: Rachel Hassebroek [17.67/6th]. 800m: Rachel Shutter [2:35.75/6th], Kendall Melz [2:44.73/7th].

1500m: Brooke Hovland [5:28.25/5th].

Girls Relay Events 4x800m: Melz, R. Schutter, Hovland, Davis [10:34.98/2nd (state qualifier)].

Shuttle Hurdle: Hassebroek, K. Schutter, Richter, Main [1:13.08/4th (state qualifier)]. 4x100m: Sachs, Hassebroek, Main, Baumann [57.53/8th].

Boys Field Events Shot Put: Alex Paulson [47’4”/3rd (state

qualifier)], Noah Paulson [43’7”/5th].

Discus: Alex Paulson [139’6”/2nd (state qualifier)], Noah Paulson [122’6”/5th].

Boys Individual Events 3200m: Kam Rohwedder [11:29.49/4th].

100m: Logan Eichenberger [12.31/8th].

Boys Relay Events 4x200m: Eichenberger, Hassebroek, Koppen, Haisman [1:39.47/5th]. 4x100m: Eichenberger, Hassebroek, Koppen, Haisman [48.19/6th]. 4x400m: Hassebroek, Koppen, Beenken, Haisman [3:47.15/3rd].

Noah Paulson took fifth place in the shot put at last week’s state qualifier meet with a throw of 43’7”.

“Injuries really impacted our ability to compete as a team at the qualifying meet,” said Potter. “While that is a part of sport, it always is discouraging to have kids who worked so hard during the season not able to perform at their best or at all for the state qualifying meet.

“Overall, it was a fantastic way to end the season for most kids.

Whether they were in contention to advance to the state meet or not, the vast majority of our kids came out

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West Hancock led in the team scoring for the girls with 98 points, followed by West Fork 97, Northwood-Kensett 88, Bishop Garrigan 88, Newman 65, North Union 64, North Butler 64, RRMR 51, Riceville 44, North Iowa 41, Belmond-Klemme 32 and CAL 0.

Northwood-Kensett won the boys’ side of the meet with 148 points, followed by Bishop Garrigan 117, West Fork 82, West Hancock 62,

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Logan Leesch tees off during the May 5 golf meet at Spring Valley. He picked up the North Iowa boys’ first runner-up medal of the season a few days earlier at Rice Lake.

Sydney Giesking had the low score for the Lady Bison at Spring Valley Golf Course on May 5, and she picked up a runner-up medal earlier that week at Rice Lake.

Ivey Greensky lines up her putt at the edge of the green on May 5 at Spring Valley.

Golfers finish regular season, boys end year at sectionals

The North Iowa golf teams headed to Lake Mills on Monday, May 2 to play at Rice Lake, where two golfers took runner-up honors. Sydney Giesking was the runner-up for the girls’ meet with a 46, while Logan Leesch led the boys with his runner-up score of 50.

Other North Iowa scores for the day included Ivey Greensky with 52 and Dani Yegge with 60 for the girls, and Cam Hepperly scored 53 and Jordan Boekelman 56 for the boys.

“It’s one of the nicer courses in the area, and I’m really happy to see two of our kids medal at this meet,” said North Iowa Head Coach Matt Harriman. “It was our boys’ first medal of the year, with Logan Leesch taking runner-up with a 50.”

The golfers traveled next to Spring Valley Golf Course near Livermore on Thursday, May 5. Giesking led the girls once again with a score of 60, followed by Yegge with 65 and Greensky with 66. Hepperly led the boys this time around with a 50, followed by Boekelman with 56 and Leesch with 70.

Next up were the Top of Iowa Conference meets, starting with the girls’ meet at Belmond on Monday, May 9. Giesking took fifth place in the conference with her score of 99, followed by Greensky with 118 and Yegge 136.

Cam Hepperly chips onto the green as he led the Bison with a 50 at Spring Valley on May 5.

“Tough conditions to play in for our girls, but they did real well despite the cold and rain,” said Coach Harriman. “Sydney proved today that she was one of the top golfers in this conference on the West side.

She has been very consistent the last couple of weeks in her scoring average, and I hope to see that continue into sectional play.”

The boys’ conference meet was

rained out until the next day, Tuesday, May 10, when they played at Spring Valley. Hepperly led North Iowa with a 96, followed by Leesch with 101 and Boekelman with 108.

“Really tough competition for the boys in our conference meet,” said Harriman. “When you have the top 10 score under an 82 on a really tough golf course, that is playing some really good golf. Our boys stuck it out and played some good holes at times, but too many big numbers hurt our total score.”

The boys ended their golf season last Friday, May 13, at the sectional golf meet held at the Britt Country Club. Leesch led his team for the day with a 101, followed by Boekelman with 108 and Hepperly with 117.

Coach Harriman says it was another cold and rainy day, with some tough competition. “Any time you have Newman and Garrigan in your district, you know you will have to shoot a good number to advance.

Our boys knew going into the meet it was going to be tough, but I know they are up for the challenge,” said Harriman.

The girls were scheduled to play their opening regional meet this Monday at Britt, with the final regional round being played at Buffalo Creek Golf Course near Winthrop on Monday, May 23.

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Kevin Hassebroek tied for the lead with 43 points for North Iowa during the first round of shooting last Tuesday at Florence Recreation Area. Looking on are teammates Noah Melz, Nick Sabin, Thomas Blodgett and Nick Price.

Trap shooters compete in three meets this month The North Iowa trap shooting team traveled to Algona for its first meet of the month on Wednesday, May 4, where they placed second with a squad score of 210. Individual totals included Nick Price 45, Kevin Hassebroek 43, Thomas Blodgett 43, Nick Sabin 40, Noah Melz 39, Samantha Sevley 34, Jordan Ostrander 28 and Danica Voortmann 23.

On Saturday, May 7, the team traveled to Northwood, where they placed sixth with a squad score of 195. Price had the high score individually with a 42, followed by Sabin with 41, Melz 39, Blodgett 38, Hassebroek 35 and Voortmann 23.

North Iowa’s last meet of the regular season was held at home at Florence Recreation Area on Tuesday, May 10, where they had a double header with the Rice Lake Ikes.

North Iowa won the first round with a score of 205 over Rice Lake with 197. Hassebroek and Price tied for the high score with 43 each, followed by Blodgett 42, Sabin 41, Melz 36, Ostrander 25, Sevley 23

Samantha Sevley takes a shot during the home trap shooting meet at Florence Recreation Area last Tuesday, May 10. and Voortmann 20.

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Congratulations to the North Iowa High School Track & Field teams on a successful season and to the State Track qualifiers!

Girls’ 4x800 Relay Megan Davis, Brooke Hovland, Rachel Schutter and Kendall Melz

Girls’ Shuttle Hurdle Relay Rachel Hassebroek, Krista Schutter, Mariah Richter and Sydney Main

Boys’ Discus and Shot Put Alex Paulson

The North Iowa boys’ track and field team, front from left: Jacob Koppen, Logan Eichenberger, Alex Paulson, Kam Rohwedder and Jackson Berte. Back row: Head Coach Jonathan Potter, Isaiah Walk, Austin Haisman, Noah Paulson, Spencer Armstrong, Nathan Beenken, Sam Hassebroek and Coach Courtney Kennedy. (Photo by Patty Jo Sanderson)

The North Iowa girls’ track and field team, front from left: Samantha Sevley, Ashley Baumann, Sydney Main, Brooke Hovland, Christa Miller, Lucy Hughes, Tiarra Jensvold and Megan Davis. Middle row: Rachel Schutter, Jessica Govern, Kendall Melz, Cassidy Sachs, Rachel Hassebroek, Mariah Richter and Krista Schutter. Back row: Head Coach Jonathan Potter, Faith Finer, Naddie Myer, Kenzie Bengtson, Rebekah Jensvold, Katelin Adams, Jenna Govern, McKenna Knight and Coach Courtney Kennedy. (Photo by Patty Jo Sanderson)

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Students, Teachers, and Workforce Value Degrees

Student council members Seth Huitt, Natalie Sachs, Jordan Ostrander, and Sydney Giesking demonstrate the Ultimate Lumber Walk before students from each higwh school grade give it a shot.

Student council was responsible for planning and organizing the whole Battle of the Classes event.

By Jesse Boehm The North Iowa class of 2016 will be graduating May 22. The high school diploma is very important and useful to succeed in life.

North Iowa senior Alex Paulson, who will be attending Morningside in the fall, is looking forward to getting his high school degree.

“Getting my high school diploma is very important to me,” said Paulson. “I will feel very accomplished and ready to move on to college when I graduate.”

North Iowa Senior Izacc Quisling will be attending the University of Northern Iowa next year and values the high school diploma very highly.

“Four years of hard work will come to an end when I get my diploma,” Quisling said. “It is very important to have a high school diploma to do most things these days.”

Chad Hinders, who teaches physical education at North Iowa, recognizes the work that goes into getting the diploma.

“A high school diploma gives you sense of accomplishment, working skills, teamwork, responsibility and commitment to achieve a goal. The diploma has always been important, and it’s a stepping stone to success,” Hinders said. North Iowa teacher Nate Hemiller thinks the high school diploma is very important in life.

“The high school diploma is one of the most important things to have,” said Hemiller. “The diploma is a stepping stone, and there are more things to learn afterwards.”

North Iowa senior Hunter Gelhaus plans on attending Iowa State University and sees value in the high school diploma.

“A high school diploma is very important to me because it opens doors to be successful in the future,” said Gelhaus. “Once I get my diploma, I will feel accomplished and prepared for college. Thirteen years of hard work has finally paid off.” Mr. Huntington, Guidance counselor at North Iowa, sees the high school diploma as an important step.

“Receiving a high school diploma is a stepping stone to me for your education and potential for learning in life,” said Huntington. “It gives you so many more options -- military, tech school, or universities. It does not limit you to what kinds of careers and jobs you want to succeed in. Almost all branches of the military require a high school diploma. On average, a high school graduate will earn 10,000 dollars more a year then a high school dropout.” Job prospects have changed in recent years, Huntington said.

“There were many more opportunities back when I was in high school to get a good career and work your way up the ladder of the company, but not as much these days because of the advancement of technology,” Huntington said. “You have something to be proud of that will give you base line skills and tools for the next part of your career journey.”

If you want to be successful in life, make sure you work hard and get a good education.

A group of seniors work together to construct a tall tower. The senior class won the tower-building contest, Kahoot!, and the Ultimate Lumber Walk on their way to grabbing top Battle of the Classes honors.

Battle of the Classes Changes Emphasize Bringing HS Together

By Izacc Quisling Battle of the Classes is a competition between every grade in the high school to determine which is the best class -- physically, mentally, emotionally, and overall, the best. Though a series of games and activities held in the gymnasium at North Iowa High School, students from each grade are put to the test. Last year, all games and events were held in individual classrooms; this year the student body came together as one, and all games and events were held in the gymnasium.

On March 22, after lunch, North Iowa High School students gathered in the gym. The games began with Kahoot!, an online real-time survey game that allowed students to guess an answer to a question that tied back to NIHS in some way, such as “Who was the lead in the high school musical ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ in 2009?”

“It was a cool way to kick off the afternoon!” says Jackson Berte, freshmen and first time Battle of the Classes (BotC) participant.

“Kahoot! went over really well. I wasn’t quite sure how it would go, but it went over really well,” said Mrs. Keri Bergeson, high school principal and student council advisor.

A lot of changes were brought to the Battle of the Classes games this year. Last year, teachers volunteered to host a game that afternoon in their classroom, and students would go from room to room adding up a total score, but not knowing if any other teams were doing well or not. All games were moved to the gymnasium this year, rather than in individual teachers’ classrooms. Junior Natalie Sachs helped plan these changes as a member of the Battle of the Classes Student Council Committee.

“A lot of planning went into BotC, what games, how they would be scored, when we would play them, where we would play them, how we would divide the teams,” Sachs said. “We changed the whole day. We switched from classroom games to the gym. It was fun to see everyone participate rather than hope your class is scoring well, and it was fun to watch everybody. They all appeared to be having a good time.”

The second event held that afternoon was Ultimate Lumber Walk. Five students balanced on a piece of wood walked across the gym with coordinated movements, trying not to fall.

“I was pretty happy with how the Ultimate Lumber Walk was interpreted with the student body, it made the gym a really competitive environment,” said student coordinator Sam Hassebroek. There were a total of six games played including Kahoot!, Ultimate Lumber Walk, a tower building contest,

Senior Molli Joens, junior Sidney Walton, and freshman Willow Huitt square off in Twister. All Battle of the Classes events were held in the gym this year so that the whole student body could watch.

Twister, King Pin, and Minute To Win It relay races.

“Battle of the classes was great, but we lost,” said junior Danielle Yegge, “My favorite game was the tower.” For tower building, students were given a series of random objects, such as marshmallows and milk jugs and challenged to build the tallest tower.

Student involvement was a key factor when it came to Battle of the Classes. Along with games being played on Friday, there were also dress up days throughout the week. Monday was “Country Day” where students were encouraged to wear camo, plaid, wrangler jeans, and leather cowboy boots. Tuesday was Neon day; Wednesday was Stars and Stripes day, where students were encouraged to wear red, white, and blue clothing; Thursday was Preppy Day, where students were encouraged to dress preppy like a member of a fraternity. Friday was class color day, but took an interesting twist -- instead of the seniors decking out from head to toe in their traditional all black clothing, they wore apparel from the college or career they chose to pursue after high school.

“It took a lot of committee work, and as a committee, we did really well for the first attempt at switching things up,” Mrs. Bergeson said. “We really tried to alternate events where everyone was involved with events where only selected students took part. We wanted to get everyone involved.”

At the end of the day, seniors were victorious in first place, juniors followed in second, sophomores after in third, and freshman in fourth place.

“It was a really fun day, and everyone was having fun, you could tell,” Berte said.

FFA Prepares Students for Future Careers

By Logan Eichenberger Farming and FFA are a huge part of a lot of our lives here in rural Iowa.

Even for people who don’t farm, it is probably a good idea to know how farming works, especially if they are around farming all the time. FFA is an organization whose roots come from a farming background. It develops leadership and social skills in kids.

FFA has a big impact on many people’s lives.

Students can learn parliamentary procedure, which is taught nowhere else. Students can also take part in SAE, a Supervised Agricultural Experience designed to show students that all their hard work in their job pays off and makes a difference. They can either be raising cattle or just mowing lawns and working for their parents, as long as they keep record of hours and money made.

“I raised cows, pigs, and helped my dad with the seed business for my SAE,” said senior Steven Milbrandt.

Each individual student needs to have an SAE project in order to get any awards at the FFA banquets and conventions. This gives FFA members an opportunity to practice different agriculture-related careers they might be interested in.

Young farmers have it much tougher than what it was back in the day.

Higher prices on land, equipment, fertilizers and seed make it very tough for young farmers today to get a start.

Thus, FFA gives young farmers an opportunity to explore different careers.

David Milbrandt, a local farmer, was an FFA member while in school and has been a member of the FFA Alumni since 1980.

“There are more girls in FFA now.

When I started, very few girls were in it. The requirements seem to have lessened in getting your State and American FFA degree. There are now

Senior Steven Milbrandt is awarded his state FFA degree. chapters in big cities, and more city Larry Eichenberger from Lakokids are involved than just country ta started farming right out of high kids,” said David Milbrandt. “There school and was also active in FFA. is also a change in the name from Fu- “I was only in FFA one year because ture Farmers of America to just FFA.” Lakota didn’t have their own FFA “I believe in what the FFA can do program when I was there,” Eichenfor young people today,” said Mil- berger said. brandt. “My SAE program was rais- “I first started farrowing hogs and ing purebred Suffolk sheep. I also had raising cattle when I got out of high purebred Duroc hogs. I had brown school. Farming has changed a lot Swiss dairy heifers and crops,” said from when I first started to now.

Milbrandt.

Equipment is much bigger, prices “FFA had a big impact on my life. have gone up on everything, and there I learned parliamentary procedure, I is so much more technology,” Eichenstill use that today whenever I am on a berger said. board like the township board, the el- “FFA is important because it allows evator board or church boards. Many kids the opportunity to learn leadmeetings I have attended aren’t prop- ership skills, work with a team, and erly conducted because people don’t gain skills to compete in the work know the Robert’s Rules of Order,” force,” said Rick Meyer, who has he said. been the FFA advisor at North Iowa “I learned about public speaking. since 2009.

The FFA is about leadership and char- Steven Milbrandt, senior at North actership. It gave me confidence in Iowa, received his FFA State degree doing many things. I learned about this year. Milbrandt loves to help his working hard and carrying a project dad with farm work, and his future out until it is finished,” said Mil- plans are to go NIACC for a one-year brandt. “FFA helped me be more welding program then go back and prepared to take the family farming farm with his father. business after the untimely death of Josiah Beenken, another senior my father.” at North Iowa, has been in FFA for

four years.

“FFA is a great leadership program, and it’s fun to hang out with friends,” Beenken said. He said he loves to help on the farm and plans on going to DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College) for Ag Business. Beenken will be getting all of his tuition paid for since this past year he was president of the Bison FFA. DMACC has a program sponsored by Mark Pierson that gives tuition to a student that currently holds the office of president the year they graduate from high school. Beenken’s plans after college are come back to the home farm and help his brother and his dad with crop farming.

Iowa State is considered one of the best Agricultural schools in the state.

Hunter Gelhaus, senior at North Iowa, and four-year FFA member will be attending Iowa State for Ag business.

Gelhaus loves to help his dad and work in the field. Gelhaus enjoyed being in FFA and hanging out with friends.

“I enjoy farming for the love of the land and the risk involved,” Gelhaus said.

FFA is a great program that can be used by all. A young person who wants to go into any type of business, insurance, seed sales, selling equipment or simply being a farmer can benefit from FFA.

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Senior Spotlight Ashley Baumann

By Megan Davis Ashley Baumann says she has very much enjoyed her senior year so far, because it is her last year to enjoy the activities she’s out for.

Baumann keeps herself busy with many activities. She has participated in yearbook, FFA, National Honor Society, large group and individual speech, track, fall play, and spring musical.

“I like the people in these activities, and I enjoy participating in them,” Baumann said. Her favorite activities are speech and fall play.

She has been involved in speech for four years and fall play for three years. When thinking about high school, Baumann says that she will miss her friends the most.

“I will also miss being carefree and living life without bills and responsibilities,” Baumann said. Being told when and where to be is not something that Ashley will miss about high school.

“I’m looking forward to having time to myself,” Baumann said. She said she especially enjoyed working with fall play director and speech coach Miss Shreeve.

“Miss Shreeve is very accepting and she made my speech experience fun,” Baumann said. Ashley’s favorite teachers are Jon Potter and Rick Meyer. Baumann’s favorite

class was anatomy, which she took her junior year.

“I loved learning about the body and going to the cadaver lab,” Baumann said. After graduation, she plans on going to college at Mankato State University, graduating, and pursuing a career in something that makes her happy. She is very excited for her future.

“But it is also bittersweet growing up, because a chapter of my life is closing, but a chapter in my life is also beginning,” Baumann said.

In 10 years, she sees herself “hopefully financially stable, happy, and surrounded by people who I love and who love me back.” Her advice for everyone is “live life to the fullest.”

Mr. Hemiller teaches his biology class about roundworms and rotifers.

Mr. Hemiller Leaves NI for Principalship in Hartley

By Shamea Harris After nine years of teaching, Nathan Hemiller is excited to start a new journey and explore the opportunities that a new community and district will offer. Next year, Mr. Hemiller will be leaving NIHS to become a principal in Hartley, Iowa, at the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn district.

“I’m going to miss the kids and all of the friends I’ve made in the nine years I’ve been in Buffalo Center,” Hemiller said. Many of the staff are going to miss Hemiller, also.

“Mr. Hemiller and I have become good friends over the past nine years, and I will miss getting to spend time with him both professionally and personally,” Jon Potter, social studies teacher at North Iowa, said about his fellow co-worker.

Many of Mr. Hemiller’s current and former students and coworkers will remember him as a great science teacher.

“He works very hard at his job and always has high expectations,” Keri Bergeson, NIHS principal said. “He has a strong work ethic and wants things to go well and smoothly with everything he does.”

Junior Sydney Giesking said Mr. Hemiller is a really good teacher to go to for help.

“He’s always friendly and is willing to help in his free time,” Giesking said.

Hemiller is very dependable among the staff.

“If Mr. Hemiller tells you he is going to do something, it gets done well,” Keri Bergeson said. He is also admired for his discipline in the classroom.

“I look up to him because he has good discipline in his classroom,” Jim Sundberg, NIHS Spanish teacher, said.

Many students say that Hemiller helped them figure out what they want to do after high school. Senior Cassandra Burke remembers going to a cadaver lab and being able to hold a human brain.

“It was like holding a human’s life in my hands,” Burke said. “I learned that I really like biology and that I want a career in medical science. He’s helped direct me towards a future career as a surgeon.”

Mrs. Bergeson said it is going to be very difficult to fill his position.

Sophomores Drake Bullis and Jenna Bershman dissect a worm with Mr. Hemiller’s guidance.

“It will be very difficult to fill the position because there are not many teaching candidates coming out of college with a Science Education degree,” Bergeson said.

They may need several teachers to fill Hemiller’s position because not only is he a science teacher, he is also the Activities Director and an assistant track coach.

Head track and cross country coach Jon Potter admires Hemiller’s ability to help coach and to help him become a better coach.

“Mr. Hemiller has served as my activities director the past few years. In that time, he has evaluated me and my performance as a coach; I have always enjoyed that process with him because I know that the things that we discuss help propel me to be a better instructor and coach,” Potter said.

Potter recollects his favorite memory with Hemiller.

“If I had to choose one memory that stands out to me, it is when he ‘roared’ at our maid at the Holiday Inn by accident and quite frankly scared the lady nearly to death,” Potter said.

Even though Hemiller will be missed at NIHS, everyone encourages him to do well.

“I think he will make a better principal because he likes to be organized, and he is firm and disciplined. He’s a really nice guy, and I wish him the best of luck,” Cassandra Burke said.

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Beat North Iowa High School

NI Again Seeks a Volleyball Coach coaching,” Hemiller said. The upcoming seniors have had a different head coach every year of their volleyball careers -- Coach Judge, Coach Hassebroek and Coach Kennedy. Soon-to-be seniors Rachel Hassebroek and Kendall Melz had something to say about the different coaching each year.

“It can make things difficult because we don’t have any stability or structure,” Hassebroek said. Melz gives some input on how she has had to prove herself every year.

“Well it almost makes you work harder because you don’t know them and they don’t know you,” Melz said.

Most of the players hope that they will have a longer term coach because they all want structure in the program.

“It has been tough to find a long term coach, and it requires more time and effort to learn everything in the job for the coaches,” Hemiller said. The team may have different coaches every year,

but current sophomore and middle hitter Krista Schutter thinks highly of her team.

“We are still strong because although coaches help lead us in the right direction, it’s the bond between each other that helps us succeed,” Schutter said.

Even though Schutter thinks that the team is still strong, her sister and fellow sophomore Rachel Schutter thinks it will be challenging.

“It will be different because we had to relearn different positions and coverages. Everyone expects something different,” Rachel Schutter said. The new coming coach could switch things up in the rotations.

“I think that changes could be made but I don’t think that she will because the rotation that we have suits us and it clicks,” Krista Schutter said. Rachel Schutter is a varsity setter and isn’t concerned that the coach will change the rotations.

“Who we had starting worked really well together along with a lot of varsity experience,” Rachel Schutter said.

Even though the team is getting a new coach, none of them are worried.

“Whoever coaches the team will do a good job and will help us in any way they can,” Hassebroek said. They do think about the coaching vacancy, though.

“I think that it is bothersome because you don’t know what to expect for the upcoming season,” Krista Schutter said. Even though it has been tough trying to find a long term coach, the girls are excited to play volleyball again.

Hemiller is willing to help find a new coach, and they are looking for really one thing.

“Someone who will be dedicated to the program and stay in the position for a while,” Hemiller said.

By Steven Milbrandt With the smell of freshly cut grass, popcorn popping and hot dogs grilling, a new era of baseball is beginning at North Iowa. A new head baseball coach is moving into the system. Blake Baker is a new graduate from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. He is teaching middle and high school English next year, as well as coaching.

He will start his coaching duties after graduation in May. Baker has 10 years of experience playing baseball. He was a five-year starting varsity pitcher and shortstop for his high school team, South Hardin High School in Eldora, Iowa.

“I was called up in my eighth grade year to be a varsity pitcher for my high school team,” Baker said. He then was an utility infielder and would play any position the coach asked him to play.

“My senior year of high school, I batted .480 and had six doubles. I was the ace pitcher,” Baker said. He also played football, basketball, tennis, and ran track and cross-country in high school.

Baker has coached before. In high school, he was a 5th and 6th grade assistant baseball coach, and while he was in Saint Paul going to college, he coached 7th and 8th grade basketball for three years. Baker was also an in-arena host for the Minnesota Timberwolves one year.

“That job taught me a lot about the workings of professional sport organi-

New varsity baseball coach Blake Baker meets with baseball players during a preseason meeting.

Baker has just completed his college work at Hamline University in St. Paul and will be teaching middle school and high school English at North Iowa, as well as coaching baseball. zation and what I observed there really influenced my coaching philosophy,” Baker said. His philosophy of coaching involves working with the kids he is given to work with.

“A coach at the high school level cannot simply have one style of coaching,” said Baker. “Sometimes a coach has soft players that the coach has to be tough on to get the best out of them, and other times a coach has tough players that a coach can be soft on.”

Baker added, “Do your best, and forget the rest.” Baker said he has a handson approach to coaching and working with players.

“I believe that students are more willing to work with a teacher/coach when

that coach is willing to work with the student,” Baker said. His favorite coach was his high school basketball coach. “He knew that I thought differently than my teammates and needed different kind of coaching,” Baker said. “His personal approach to coaching me inspired me to be a coach.”

The North Iowa baseball team is losing only one player because of graduation from last year. There are three letter-winning seniors returning. All of the other starters are also returning.

There are 25 boys on the team this year. They won one game last year.

Mrs. Bergeson is the high school principal at North Iowa. She said that a good coach needs to be even tempered and know the sport well.

“I think he will work with the younger boys to get them interested in the game and have fun now by doing camps,” Bergeson said.

Troy Kettwick is the assistant coach for North Iowa. This is his second year at this job. Kettwick played baseball at North Iowa and he currently is in his second year playing with the Iowa State Baseball Club team.

“I think Coach Baker will bring a brand new approach to the game. He is going to push the team to be fundamentally sound in all parts of the game. Overall, I think Coach will gain some great experience in his first year and change the attitude of North Iowa baseball,” said Kettwick.

Many boys on the baseball team

are looking forward to starting a new season and having a new coach. There are many unknowns with a different coach. Alex Paulson is a senior on the team and has played for four years.

“I want to see a good leader,” said Paulson.

Isaiah Walk is a freshman playing his second year of varsity. He said he hopes that Baker gets along with the kids on the team and hopes the team has fun this year if they win or lose.

Noah Paulson is a pitcher for the team.

He said he wants a coach who works well with the team and adjusts to the talent the players have.

The team is ready to get started working for the season. They have set their goals. Noah Paulson wants the team to play with more spirit than they did last year. Alex Paulson agrees.

“I hope we put the ball in play more than last year,” Alex Paulson said.

Kettwick wants to work with the pitchers to hit the strike zone more consistently.

“Mainly, I want to change the mindset of the team, to have fun with the game and to play laid back baseball,” said Kettwick. Baker wants the team to be a team that works together and communicates well.

“Without teamwork and communication, it doesn’t matter how well a player can throw, catch or hit a ball.

The team won’t succeed unless everyone is on the same page,” added Baker.

By Kameron Rohwedder After 32 years of teaching, three years at Lakota High School and 29 years in Buffalo Center, math teacher Doug DeBoer has decided to retire.

Throughout DeBoer’s career, he has taught a lot of kids, some who are now teachers at that same school.

Most students would identify him as a math teacher, but math is not the only class DeBoer has taught in his career.

Jon Potter, now a history teacher at North Iowa, was a student of DeBoer’s computer class his 7th grade year in 1991. DeBoer also coaches Cross Country and will continue to do so with Potter.

“As a coach, I appreciated that he put kids first. He served as a sounding board when I had coaching concerns, and he was willing to try to see the other sides of things, and that causes me to better substantiate my view point,” said Potter.

Ranging from Deboer’s past to his current students, many would agree that he is very good at helping students through any struggles with math problems. Cassandra Burke, who is a senior at North Iowa, has taken Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Trigonometry, and

Probability and Statistics with DeBoer.

“He is very good at math and is very helpful at teaching us the process of how to solve a problem,” said Cassandra Burke.

At times, math can be challenging, and DeBoer always finds a way to get kids to take their mind off of math by banking markers into the trash from across the classroom without missing or sometimes telling jokes.

“During Halloween, he told a joke about a coffin chasing someone, and it ended up being the person’s cough,” said senior Brooke Hovland.

Next year, DeBoer will return to teach a couple advanced math classes during the fall semester to help out with the large number of students that will be taking math classes because of increased graduation requirements.

“Next year, we are going to have an overload in the math department, so I’m helping the school out with the overload of students,” DeBoer said.

Throughout the 29 years at North Iowa, DeBoer has been working with his wife, JoAnn DeBoer, who teaches English.

“I don’t see him in school that much, but it will impact our conversations,

By Sydney Main The North Iowa High School is trying to fill the varsity volleyball coaching position again. Coach Courtney Kennedy took the coaching job this year but sadly is leaving the program next year.

“I have high hopes for them next year,” Kennedy said. “They will succeed and execute the game on the court.” The girls’ record last year was 14-12, and they won their North Iowa volleyball home tournament. They also made it to second round of tournament play.

Based on the records available, the NI volleyball program has had no fewer than 12 coaching changes in the past 20 years. Nathan Hemiller, the Athletic Director of North Iowa, gave some thoughts on the difficulty filling the position.

“There’s just less people willing to coach, and less people willing to go into

NI Welcomes New Baseball Coach

Mr. DeBoer Makes Plans to Retire because I will know the new students more and he won’t,” said JoAnn DeBoer The world has changed a lot in the past 32 years, and so has his way of teaching.

“The Promethean board and calculators have changed the way he has taught,” JoAnn DeBoer said.

When he first started teaching, he would use a chalk board to teach his classes, Mr. Deboer said. Now he uses a Promethean board, which is a large whiteboard with a computer projector that allows him to digitally write out his math equations without a marker.

The marker habit, though, proved hard to break.

“When the school first got Promethean boards, Mr. DeBoer accidentally wrote on it with a marker,” Gelhaus said.

Despite the early hiccup, overall the Promethean boards allow him to help out the kids more efficiently, and to him, that’s what it is all about.

“It’s always nice to see a kid who has struggled with math catch on in the end, it always leaves you with a good feeling,” DeBoer said.

Mr. DeBoer leads Algebra 1 students in a lesson on Thursday. Behind him, the Promethean Board, one of many technological changes he’s experienced in his 29 years of teaching, glows ready for equations and notes. DeBoer, who will be partially retired after this school year, plans to fully retire from teaching after instructing a couple advanced math classes this fall.

NI senior class members created numbers for the traditional countdown in their hallway on the west side of the lower level of the high school. While “senioritis” has set in for some seniors, the countdown was a fun and creative way to keep the end of the year in perspective.

Seniors Battle Familiar “Ailment”

By Megan Davis Senioritis is an epidemic that exists in schools around the country. According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling, senioritis occurs when high school or college seniors struggle to get through their last quarter of senior year. Many high school seniors struggle to stay focused in their classes when senioritis kicks in. Some may slack off or fail to turn in basic assignments in their last few weeks of school.

Senior Government teacher Jon Potter, and other teachers, say that senioritis definitely exists at North Iowa High School.

“Over the 18 years I’ve been here, senioritis has happened every year,” Potter said. The symptoms of senioritis vary from person to person.

According to some of the teachers at NI, there is lack of focus, lack of motivation, tiredness 24/7, difficulty of handing in basic assignments, and a lack of responsibility for everyday respected tasks.

“There are shorter attention spans for the task at hand and less focus on high school,” says Mr. Grunzke. “You can see the shift from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.” Grunzke teaches a few social studies classes, and he is also one of the special ed teachers this year at NI. A student who’s being blunt, kind of nonchalant, and messing around more than usual definitely has senioritis. Teachers really don’t seem too happy with senioritis, as it happens to students every year at NI. “Students are either late for class and are unprepared, or they show up on time, but want to talk about anything off topic instead of being ready to focus on the work at hand,” JoAnn DeBoer, English teacher, said. She has been the high school English teacher for a long time here at NI, and she says that she has seen senioritis occur almost every year that she’s been here. The extent to which senioritis affects seniors at NI towards the end of the year hasn’t changed. It’s about the same every year.

According to the Aspen Education Group, senioritis is contagious, and it affects a lot of students trying to make it to graduation. Thirteen years of school and the end is almost here, so it’s time to relax. In really severe cases of senioritis, you might see students taking just two or three required classes and then spending the rest of their day in study halls talking to friends or in classes that aren’t as challenging for them academically.

Many experts have claimed to know the main cause of senioritis. It is the college acceptance process. Many students have already been accepted to a college by their senior year, so they think that it’s ok to slack off a little bit. Colleges can revoke acceptance, but students still slack off. They just want to graduate and be done.

“As we have ramped up the pressure on high school seniors to get into the right college, it’s my distinct impression that senioritis has gotten worse,” says senior vice president at the Washington think tank Education Sector Kris Amundson. Some seniors may even start experimenting with drugs and criminal behavior. They may skip school, pull pranks, or en-

gage in risky behavior such as unsafe driving if they aren’t in school as often, according to “The Washington Post.” This is why senioritis can be a concern for parents and teachers.

There are ways to help seniors get through the last month of the year.

Mr. Potter tries to do more hands on projects with the seniors towards the end of the year to keep them engaged in his class. He has the juniors do a decades project for a final project, and he has the seniors partner up to make a county seat.

Mrs. DeBoer reminds seniors of the deadlines for the projects they have to complete and of the number of days they have left until graduation. Every teacher has their own way of keeping students engaged in learning, but the ultimate goal is to help students continue to work hard despite the fact that they are suffering from senioritis.

“I try to make sure that they have their high school stuff done first, but I also want to make sure that they have the tools and resources that they need to succeed after high school,” Mr. Grunske said. Many seniors are excited for graduation, and they should be.

They’ve earned the right to walk in a formal graduation ceremony. Shamea Harris is a senior this year at NI, and said she has suffered from senioritis but is very excited about graduating.

“Graduating is moving on to the next part of my life, and I’m excited to experience the next part of my life,” Harris said. Tiarra Jensvold is also a senior at NI. She can’t wait for graduation.

“Everyone has a lack of motivation, and I feel it deep within my soul,” Jensvold said. Many other students face the same thing that Jensvold and Harris go through. The seniors don’t want to do their work, and they feel a lack of motivation.

“I’ve had a couple of assignments that I feel I could’ve tried harder on, but I didn’t,” senior Christa Miller said.

Can senioritis be avoided? The National Association for College Admission Counseling believes so. According to them, seniors need to plan ahead. Organize your scholarships, plans after graduation, and plans with your friends without having a huge meltdown. If you organize your time, life with senioritis will be less stressful for you. Seniors shouldn’t obsess.

It’s really easy to get caught up in college admission process and forget about the here and now. Don’t let that happen to you. Talk about it. Share your favorite memories with your friends. Share your excitement with them about graduating and moving on to the next part of your life. Discuss your homework too, and work together to get everything completed before graduation. Have that social network available to you whenever you become stressed or need to talk.

Lastly, just have fun. It’s your senior year. Senioritis stinks, but stay focused on getting your last bits of homework done towards the end of the year. During the year, make a lot of great memories with your friends.

Enjoy your last year of high school or college. You may not think so now, but you’re going to miss your senior year a lot. Enjoy it while you still have it.

Teacher Leadership Program Seeks to Improve Learning at North Iowa and Statewide

By Sam Pettit The Teacher Leadership and Compensation system is new to the North Iowa School and many schools around the state. The program is starting at North Iowa next year. Some teachers are going to be helping other teachers with teaching and making plans to improve the years to come. Through the system, teacher leaders take on extra responsibilities, including helping colleagues, analyzing data, and fine tuning instructional strategies as well as coaching and team teaching.

Keri Bergeson, who has been the principal at NIHS for two years, sees strong benefits to the program.

“Through collaboration, teachers will be exposed to new and innovative teaching strategies that will raise rigor and expectation in the classroom,” Bergeson said.

The school received a grant for the program.

Schools had a three-year window to apply to

begin receiving and implementing the grant, and this was the third and final year it would be available. Jon Potter was the primary grant writer with help from Kelly Ruth Winter.

“Grant money will fund this program. It will be a wonderful asset to our school,” Bergeson stated.

Jon Potter is currently a high school social studies teacher. Next year he will be teaching social studies halftime and also working as an instructional strategist. At this time, the plan is for him to teach government, economics, sociology, and character & leadership.

“I think that having staff, time, and resources dedicated to helping other staff is going to be very beneficial for both faculty and students.

There will likely be an adjustment period where teachers and the instructional strategists are trying to figure out the right balance, but I believe that long term this will be a beneficial program for our district,” Potter stated.

Kelly Ruth Winter has been an English teacher at North Iowa for two years, and next year, she will be working full-time with the TLC program. She is going to work half-time as an instructional strategist and half-time organizing the program and making sure things go smoothly.

“I’m hoping that since I’ll be an instructional coach, I’ll be able to help team teach and have a lot of contact with students,” Winter said.

Taylen Hinders is a junior this year and had Mrs. Winter last year for English 10.

“Kids will miss her, because she is a great teacher and she taught me a lot,” Hinders said.

The teachers going into this program have goals that they want to accomplish with helping other teachers out in many different ways.

“I’m hoping that as we work more with teachers and bring forward questions of how we teach and why, we can become more effective than we already are,” Winter explained.

Potter’s goal is to make positive changes and help the teachers the best way he can.

“What it attempts to do is place teachers in a position to collaborate with one another, because through professional collaboration usually comes real innovation and positive change,” Potter said.

Austin Haisman is a junior this year and he has had Mr. Potter for a teacher for three years, including American History, which Mr. Potter is not currently scheduled to teach next year.

“The younger students are going to be missing out,” Haisman stated.

Just like Potter, Winter wants positive changes as well.

“I’m excited to help tap into the positive things that are already happening here and share those things with others and aid in planning, which is one of my favorite parts about being a teacher,” Winter said.

Jon Potter guides seniors through presentations during government class. A long-time social studies teacher at NIHS, he will be working part time with a new program, Teacher Leadership and Compensation, next year during the school year. Potter was a big part of getting the grant to fund the program at NI. He wants to have more positive things happen in the school.

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North Iowa Betterment April meeting minutes

Fourth graders tour Tallgrass Prairie exhibit

The fourth graders from North Iowa attended a presentation on Tuesday, May 3, at the Heritage Museum about the Tallgrass Prairie. During a PowerPoint by Winnebago County Conservationist Lisa Ralls, the students learned that the tallgrass prairies were basic in this area of the state when the first settlers arrived in the 1850s and have diminished considerably because of extensive farming practices. A tour of the exhibit itself, led by former North Iowa science teacher Joe Angstman, centered on skins, animals and flowers of the prairie, some of which are still in existence here today, and modern techniques such as prairie burning and conservation. The exhibit is open at various times and on request. Call 641-562-2419 for information.

The April meeting of North Iowa Betterment was held Monday, Apr. 25 at the NIB office. Attendees: Beth M., Matt D., Samantha B., Emi W., Jerry W., Jenny K. Secretary’s Report: The secretary’s report was approved with a motion from Jerry and a second from Samantha.

Treasurer’s Report: Was unavailable so was tabled until next meeting.

Directors Report: - Meat & Music Spectacular – the committee is starting to meet, and subcommittees are being formed.

- Sara M. is working on a possible trailer for the football equipment.

- Discussion was held on setting up a meeting with the investment group and Winn-Worth Betco.

Committee Reports: - Jenny let everyone know that the city approved the road closing for the Glow Run. She also asked for NIB to approve the purchase of a high powered black light for the Glow Run. Samantha made a motion

to approve the purchase of the light, and Emi gave a second. Motion was approved.

- Jerry updated the board on the 4th of July events. Beth will work on creating a Facebook event to advertise on social media.

Other Discussion: - Jenny suggested that a grant be written for NIB to be able to purchase a portable sound system. We will talk with Pam to see what might be available in the future.

- Beth will also look into an additional insurance policy for NIB to make sure we are covered for NIB property.

- Beth will contact Prices to see if they are willing to coordinate SlowPitch softball again this summer, and Matt will contact Principal Schutjer about the DC kids organizing the concessions again this summer for the league.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 p.m. with a motion from Jenny and a second from Emi.

Bruhns graduates from Minnesota State University

Jessica Bruhns of Buffalo Center graduated Cum Laude from Minnesota State University in Mankato on Saturday, May 7 with a Bachelors Degree in Nursing. Jessica is the daughter of Marlene Bruhns and the late Norman Bruhns.

Area students graduate from NIACC

Brogyn Greensky, left, and Anthony Eisele hold up skins on display at the Tallgrass Prairie exhibit located at the Heritage Museum in Buffalo Center.

Grant #5 to welcome students Tuesday The Buffalo Center Historical Society is again inviting local fourth graders, with teachers Mr. Harriman and Mr. Eichenberger, to participate in “A Day at Grant #5,” to be held Tuesday, May 17, at Grant Township #5, a rural school south of Buffalo Center. The event will feature lessons that would be typical of a rural school in Iowa in the 1920s.

Several members of the BC Historical Society will teach penmanship, calisthenics, reading, math, poetry and genealogy, along with discussions of how rural schools operated and a tour of the building.

The students will eat sack lunches on the lawn after participating in a spelling bee and a May pole exercise.

An authentic snack will be served at morning recess.

A highlight of the morning will be a question and answer session with Karen Oftedahl, former student at Grant #5, who will talk about what it was like to actually attend this rural school.

This is the 9th year that the BC Historical Society has organized the event.

It is being supported by the Farmers Trust & Savings Bank of Buffalo Center. Rain date is Thursday, May 19.

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Katherine Hassebroek, Jennifer Johnson and Kristy Meyerhoff, all of Thompson, graduated from North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City at a commencement ceremony held Friday, May 6.

Over 550 graduates were awarded 639 degrees, diplomas and certificates, including Jennifer Johnson, who graduated Phi Theta Kappa.

NIACC’s Class of 2016 represented eight countries, 13 states and 95 Iowa communities.

Lakota Ambulance: Front row from left: Jordan Valvick, Driver, Aaron Sime, Driver, Bernard Becker, EMR and Chris LaMont, Driver. Back row from left: Marcus Valvick, EMR, Gary Goldtrap, Driver, Ron Ubben, Driver, Steve Boyken, Driver, Kim Ruby, Driver, Myron Boekelman, Driver, Robert Hansen, EMT, Nick Campbell, Driver, Ginger Goldtrap, EMT, Debra Steven, EMT and Craig Steven, EMR. Missing from picture: Shelby Heetland, RN Exception, Doris Blocker, EMT, William Smidt, EMT and Kristina Siemasko, EMT.

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Monday, May 23: B: Cereal, toast/butter, fruit L: Beef and bean burrito, corn, fruit

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In-home monitoring systems for seniors Violette Roberts’ home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is full of sensors. There is a device under her pillow to record how many hours she sleeps. Wires stick out from her toilet tank, transmitting how many times she flushes. Little white rectangles, about the size of matchboxes, count how many times she opens her fridge and her medicine cabinet.

And there are motion detectors in every last room.

Together, these gizmos know the daily patterns of Roberts’ life inside out according to an on-line article in statnews.com by author Eric Boodman. And when they pick up on a change — be it a sudden lack of movement, or a gradual increase in the senior citizen’s trips to the bathroom — a nurse gets an email alert. The goal: to pick up on early warning signs of illness even before Roberts notices them herself.

Nearly 13 million seniors live alone in the United States. No wonder companies are pouring millions of dollars into the idea that this kind of technological surveillance will

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Public Service Information for the Elderly allow the elderly to maintain their independence for longer, while also reducing health care costs.

“This is all part of this mega-trend of health care moving into the home,” said Geoffrey Nudd, chief executive of ClearCare, a San Francisco-based maker of software for home care agencies.

The nurses at Fallon, the company that manages Roberts’ health care, are typically each in charge of around 80 patients. They didn’t have time to call her once a day. Instead, they offered her a spot in a pilot project to test out monitoring systems from a company called Healthsense.

According to Bryan Fuhr, president of the senior living division of Healthsense, the company’s system is currently in place in assisted living communities across the country.

“We’re monitoring over 20,000 lives

on a daily basis now,” he said.

They now want to expand into private homes — which is where the pilot project comes in. Although study subjects like Roberts aren’t paying for the systems themselves, it usually costs around $150 per month, Fuhr said. Economists aren’t sure how those rates would hold up on a larger scale, but Fuhr argues that these systems of sensors are the only real option for seniors who want to stay independent but need more intensive care. “The best way to keep them out of a nursing home is to stay on top of their chronic conditions and their risk behaviors,” he said.

The data from the pilot project looks promising. A cohort of 34 older adults who used the Healthsense monitoring system had around 50 percent fewer emergency room visits and hospital admissions than

those with similar health issues who didn’t have the sensors.

That benefit isn’t necessarily all due to the sensors, said Al Lewis, an independent consultant who was hired to crunch the numbers. He explained that those who opt into this kind of project tend to have better health. Even so, he said, “It appears to be working very well. The monitoring system is triggering the nurses to get in touch with these folks and get them in to see the doctor in a timely way.”

For Roberts, at least, it seems to be working. She feels safer now, knowing that her hours of sleep and her trips to the bathroom are being tallied. “They’re really watching,” she said. “Doing their job.”

For more information on in-home monitoring systems and other aging related issues, contact Elderbridge Agency on Aging at www.elderbridge.org, or by calling 800-2430678. You may also contact LifeLong Links at www.lifelonglinks. org, or by calling 866-468-7887.

When is the right time to get cataract surgery?

May is National Healthy Vision Month. What better time to remind seniors that cataract surgery is one of those miracles of modern medicine that we sometimes take for granted. According to an article by Erica Manfred in “Senior Planet,” Manfred writes that people forget that cataracts were once the leading cause of blindness in this country. Nowadays, the cataract complication rate is one percent and a variety of lenses can be implanted to allow accommodation to near and far distances.

A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens. When we look at something, light rays travel into our eye through the pupil and are focused through the lens onto the retina, a layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye. The lens must be clear in order to focus light properly onto the retina. If the lens has become cloudy, this is called a cataract.

As cataracts advance, they become more opaque and harden, eventually causing blindness.

So when is the right time to have cataract surgery?

Doctors today say you should get your cataracts removed when your vision is 20/40 or worse, and more importantly, when cataracts affect your daily activities, like reading, sewing or driving at night. That also happens to be when Medicare and private insurers will begin to cover the surgery. They want your vision to be “significantly impaired” before they’ll kick in. Since cataracts develop so slowly and we tend to adjust to impairment from day to day, that means staying aware of your changing vision. Some people have decent clarity of vision, but the glare starts to bother them—they realize things look dimmer. That’s when they should come in for testing to see if they have a cataract.

Unless you can afford to pay for what Medicare won’t cover, there is not much choice. Medicare will cover a single vision lens that can be calibrated for either distance, reading or something in be-

tween, which means you’ll probably need bifocals or glasses with progressive lenses after surgery.

There are newer lenses that correct astigmatism and also allow almost normal vision, but they’re quite expensive and Medicare doesn’t cover them.

If you can afford to pay an extra thousand or more per eye, ask your surgeon about the new multifocal or accommodative lenses. Despite the fact that the complication rate is very low with cataract surgery, do choose the best doctor you can find. This is your eyes we’re talking about.

Find a surgeon that does a lot of cataract surgery, not just the occasional case.

For more information on aging related issues contact Elderbridge Agency on Aging at www. elderbridge.org, or by calling 800-243-0678. You may also contact LifeLong Links at www.lifelonglinks.org, or by calling 866-468-7887.

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INVESTIGATION from front Mayor Price says the missing funds were paid to the city in cash, and he found that Shelton had not been writing receipts. He says the city keeps extra money in the utility funds for maintenance of the water and sewer systems and other periodic costs, so the missing money wasn’t noticed immediately. “At some point, when the budget would have come around and we were looking at numbers, it would have become clear,” said Price.

Aside from the missing utility payments, the Auditor’s report notes that the city received rent for the Community Center and donations for the city’s tornado siren during this period. Mosiman says receipts were not prepared for all collections, and the city did not maintain any documentation listing all of these collections, so it was not possible to determine if all those collections were properly deposited.

The Auditor’s report includes recommendations to strengthen the city’s internal controls and overall operations, such as improving segregation of duties, performing bank reconciliations, performing an inde-

pendent review of bank statements, performing utility reconciliations and preparing receipts for all collections.

Mayor Price says the city is now writing receipts for all payments, and he says they were already doing many of the things that the Auditor’s office recommended. He says it has been several years since Lakota has had an audit done, but now they plan to do annual audits to make sure nothing like this happens again.

The mayor says it was only a matter of time before officials discovered the missing funds. “It’s pretty typical in all of these cases,” said Price. “You’ll get away with it for a while, but sooner or later, someone is going to take notice, and that will be that.”

Price adds that the investigation is still ongoing, and they are looking into some other areas to see if more city funds have been affected.

Copies of the Auditor’s report have been filed with the Kossuth County Attorney’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Criminal Investigation. The report is available on the Auditor of State’s website at https://auditor.iowa.gov/ reports/1522-0521-be00

GRAVEL STREETS from front Cheri Mayland, who lives on the north end of 1st St. NW, said her gravel street has basically turned into a mud road, with standing water and holes in the surface. She wanted to know what the city’s plan is for fixing roads like hers.

Mayor Troy Armstrong said the city does have several loads of gravel on order, but public works supervisor Bruce Bengtson says it will take a lot more rock to fix the city’s streets. He says if they put new rock into the holes in the streets, it will only wash back out, and they need to clear the streets down to the bottom of the holes and then build it back up with rock to do the job right. He said a lot of the gravel roads in town don’t have crowns on them anymore.

Jerry Kester also spoke about the condition of the roads and said that people from out of town get a bad impression of the town when they come to the school and see the con-

dition of the roads.

Councilwoman Deb Wirth said she thinks the council should make a list of the roads it plans to fix and to determine how much each road would cost. “I think if we don’t have plans in place, it won’t get done,” said Wirth.

Councilman Pete Paulson said he thinks the city needs to come up with a new formula to pay for street improvements. “What we have isn’t working,” said Paulson. “Everyone wants a new road.”

Janet Jutting said maintenance is part of the problem, as she said the city doesn’t blow out the cracks in the paved roads and put in tar to keep them from crumbling.

The council plans to look at the budget this month and see if there is money to buy additional gravel for repairs this summer. The council will discuss the matter during a special meeting for the street project next Wednesday, May 25 at 5 p.m.

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Middle school holds North Iowa’s last spring concert

Sixth grade band members playing the trombone at last week’s middle school concert include, from left: Jacob Burkhow, Nathanael DeVries, Carl Roth and Parker Johnson. In back is Grant Walsh on the drums. (Photos by Jenny Kramersmeier)

Sixth grade band members playing the trombone at last week’s middle school concert include, from left: Jacob Burkhow, Nathanael DeVries, Carl Roth and Parker Johnson. In back is Grant Walsh on the drums.

The seventh and eighth grade band capped off its set with “Soul Bossa Nova” at last week’s spring concert.

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