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Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016

The Rev. Robert Gross offers Mass at Ossian Senior Hospice, tending to the spiritual needs of residents. Photos by Michael Hohenbrink

Ossian Senior Hospice Looks Ahead

Threatening skies did not stop the fun Thursday as the Fayette County Fair continued. Shown here, a midway attraction invited this young fairgoer to experience a thrill.

Fayette County Fair Returns The Fayette County Fair returned for its 163rd installment last week.

Cool nights graced the 2016 Fayette County Fair, a relief from the heat.

Along with the cooler weather came a bit of rain, leading to some events being cancelled during the week.

Still, most fair activities were able

50th Anniversary Celebration Planned

By Michael Hohenbrink Editor A provider of hospice care in the community will itself celebrate a milestone.

The 46-bed Ossian Senior Hospice (OSH) will mark its 50th anniversary Aug. 20.

The facility serves southern Winneshiek County and the surrounding area including Calmar, Castalia, Festina, Fort Atkinson, Ossian, Spillville and St. Lucas and beyond.

“We offer hospice care, long term care and also provide meals on wheels to the community of Ossian,” said Eileen Courtney, the facility’s administrator.

Skilled rehabilitation is available

AT A GLANCE

WHERE:

At the facility

WHEN:

TOP: Ossian Senior Hospice is celebrating a major milestone as the facility marks half of a century of operation. ABOVE: A cornerstone gives the date of 1964 for the building. LEFT: Monsignor V.J. Peters was a major force in organizing Ossian Senior Hospice.

Aug. 20, 2 to 4 p.m. for persons following a surgery or illness with physical, occupational or speech therapy.

OSSIAN SENIOR HOSPICE to page 2

For students, Friday might have been both joyous and wistful.

Wrapping up days of a program held at St. Aloysius, the afternoon saw closing activities to conclude the Totus Tuus program.

The motto of St. John Paul II, the phrase “totus tuus” is Latin for “totally yours.”

For Kyle Tietz, a facilitator for Totus Tuus for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, the goal is to strive “to be more totally like Jesus.”

“The Totus Tuus program challenges the children to explore their Catholic faith and put it into practice,” said Tietz. “The day is filled with fun and learning, but most importantly it is centered around the celebration of Mass.”

Tietz said he enjoyed interacting with the wide range of ages in the program, from little kids up through teens.

Tietz is part of a group of four college students, all from Loras College, called Team Elizabeth Ann Seton that is spending the summer serving in Dubuque, Manchester, Bellevue, Cedar Rapids, Calmar and Lawler.

Other teams have fanned out across the archdiocese to serve at other locations.

The linked parishes of St. Wenceslaus in Spillville, Our Lady of Seven Dolors in Festina, St. Francis DeSales in Ossian and St. Aloysius in Calmar hosted Totus Tuus last week. This week, Totus Tuus is going on at Lawler, serving the Christ Our Hope Cluster.

Going beyond the vacation bible school format, the program draws in students entering first grade through recently graduated seniors.

Totus Tuus is a summer program designed to witness the Gospel and promote the Catholic Faith. College students and seminarians are trained to work with area youth through skits, songs, games and more.

During Totus Tuus, students took part in daily Mass as well as Eucharistic adoration and the rosary, with the chance to receive the Sacrament of Penance.

FAYETTE COUNTY FAIR PHOTOS to page 2

Fighting Fire With Fire

WHAT:

Ossian Senior Hospice 50th Anniversary Celebration

Totus Tuus Draws Area Youth

By Michael Hohenbrink Editor

to go on as planned.

Headliner for the Grandstand Saturday night was Easton Corbin.

See photos from the fair online at midamericapublishing.smugmug. com/Calmar-Courier/2016-FayetteCounty-Fair/

Students also had a chance for recreational activities, including water games for first to sixth-grade students and a fun night for the older students.

The program is open to both Catholic and non-Catholic students.

TOTUS TUUS PHOTOS to page 4

ABOVE: Katelyn Heying dunks Trey Kriener in a pool, courtesy of the Calmar Fire Department Friday afternoon.

The two were taking part in a youth event as part of the Totus Tuus program at St. Aloysius Catholic Church.

LEFT: As Totus Tuus wrapped up at St. Aloysius, Kyle Tietz, a facilitator for the archdiocese, got covered in shaving cream.

Photos by Michael Hohenbrink

▪ State Rolls Out EAB Control

By Michael Hohenbrink Editor State officials are rolling out a novel approach to combating the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).

Fighting one pest with another, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is planning to use Lansing in Allamakee County as the second place in Iowa to try out the use of a natural predator for the EAB. Small, stingless wasps are being used in two-dozen states across the country in an effort to combat EAB. Iowa has released the wasps in a county park near Fairfield and will now introduce them in northeast Iowa with Mount Hosmer Park in Lansing as the test site.

Mike Kintner, IDALS EAB and gypsy moth coordinator, said Winneshiek County is planned to follow down the road.

EAB was confirmed in Winneshiek County within the last year, joining Allamakee, Des Moines, Jefferson, Cedar, Union, Black Hawk, Bremer, Wapello, Jasper, Henry, Muscatine, Boone, Story, Appa-

noose, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Keokuk, Clinton, Dallas, Polk, Scott, Davis, Poweshiek, Lee, Montgomery, Dubuque, Linn, Johnson, Louisa, Washington, Van Buren and Harrison counties.

The EAB was first discovered in this country in Michigan in 2002 and has now spread to 27 states.

Iowa is under quarantine. All firewood sold in the state must have labeling indicating the wood’s harvesting information.

Firewood, logs and ash trees for planting are among items that cannot be moved from out of a quarantine area without permission.

Officials hope that efforts such as introducing natural predators for the EAB will have an impact, though it will take a while to see just how big of an impact can be expected. “[I]t will take several years to notice effects,” said Kintner.

During the first two years following introduction, the new insects will build up their numbers.

The insects being introduced are Tetrastichus planipennisi, which has females that lay eggs inside EAB larvae, and Oobius agrili, which has females that lay eggs inside EAB eggs.

Both species are harmless to humans.

The insects are supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture, from a facility in Brighton, Michigan.

New Traffic Guard?

Skeeter the Clown (right) pretends to stop traffic as she is shown with Guadalupe Martinez in downtown Calmar July 25. Skeeter was in town to promote the upcoming Culpepper & Merriweather Circus that will be in town Aug. 4 on the grounds of Northeast Iowa Community College while Martinez works to direct traffic with the ongoing streets and sidewalks project running in the city. Photo by Michael Hohenbrink

In this Issue: Local News ............... 2-3 Worship/Obituaries ...... 5 Opinion ........................ 9

Legals ....................10-11 Classifieds ..................11 Sports ........................ 12

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Area Schools Plan Registration, Open Houses South Winneshiek Student registration for all grades will be Monday, Aug. 8 and Tuesday, Aug. 9. Grades PK-8 will register in the Elementary/Middle School music rooms Aug. 8, from 1 to 7 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9.

Grades 9-12 will register in the high school principal’s office in Calmar from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days.

Back to School Open House for the new school year will be held at the elementary/middle school for students and parents on Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Freshmen Orientation will be held at the high school auditorium on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m.

First day of school will be Thursday, Aug. 25.

Turkey Valley Registration and Chromebook handout (grades 7-12 - student and parent must be present to pick up Chromebook) will be Aug. 9 and Aug. 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the high school media center. It is also possible to stop at the central office from 8 a.m. to noon during the week of Aug.

15-19.

A K-12 open house will take place Aug. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m., and orientation for new students and students in grade seven will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the library/media center.

First day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Briefs Newspaper Office Closed The office of the Calmar Courier will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 9. Regular office hours will resume Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 8 a.m

Upcoming Concert

A banner proclaims the 50th anniversary of Ossian Senior Hospice.

Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon and Alice Fiedlerova will perform Friday, Aug. 5, at 5 p.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville.

An open house is set for Monday, Aug. 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

First day of school is set for Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Turkey River Triathlon

CFS

The Turkey River Quote Unquote Triathlon is set for Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Elkader City Park with 7:30 a.m. registration and a 9 a.m. starting time for the race.

A K-8 open house is set for Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. at both centers.

First day of school will be Thursday, Aug. 25.

A preschool open house will take place Thursday, Sept. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.

CFS 14th Annual Golf Tournament

DeSales First day of school is Thursday, Aug. 25.

Kirsten Wyffels, doctor of nursing practice, provides family medicine care at Mabel Clinic. Recently, the clinic was recognized by the Minnesota Health Action Group (The Action Group) for improving care delivery and outcomes for patients with diabetes as part of the 2016 Minnesota Bridges to Excellence. Photo courtesy WMC

Wellington Place Employee Receives Honor April Quandahl, Registered Nurse (RN) at Wellington Place, has been named as an Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA) Foundation scholarship recipient. Quandahl was presented with the foundation’s $1,000 John R. Grubb Scholarship for her outstanding commitment to providing long-term services and supports to the residents she serves at Wellington Place.

Quandahl will attend the University of Iowa in the fall where she

OSSIAN SENIOR HOSPICE

Trinity Catholic School

WMCʼs Mabel Clinic Recognized The Minnesota Health Action Group (The Action Group) has announced that Winneshiek Medical Center’s Mabel Clinic is among 276 clinics that were recently recognized for improving care delivery and outcomes for patients with diabetes as part of the 2016 Minnesota Bridges to Excellence program and the Quality Incentive Payment System, a State of Minnesota pay-for-performance program that is administered

by The Action Group.

Winneshiek Medical Center’s Mabel Clinic was recognized for improving patient outcomes for diabetes care by at least 10 percentage points in the last year.

“Our Mabel Clinic staff does an outstanding job of providing quality care to the Mabel region,” said Lisa Radtke, chief administrative officer for Winneshiek Medical Center.

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plans to obtain a bachelor’s degree in nursing. In the future, she would like to transition to an administrative role.

Scott Marnin, an administrator with Wellington Place, spoke highly of Quandahl.

“April believes in promoting the highest level of dignity possible as she promotes and encourages residents to participate in facility activities,” said Marnin.

LEFT: Katherine Blocker (left), a student in the physical therapy doctoral program at the University of Iowa doing an internship with Rebecca Moonen (right) of Winneshiek Medical Center, helps LaVanda Richert on the NuStep, a piece of physical therapy equipment in the therapy room. Hospice contracts with Winneshiek Medical Center to provide all of their physical, occupational and speech therapy. RIGHT: Abby Richards (l) and Patty Stammeyer help Bea Timp with her hairstyle in the Hospice beauty shop.

Administrator Eileen Courtney is shown with Allison Kuboushek, a Certified Nursing Assistant and student at Northeast Iowa Community College, and Dawn French, the facility's director of nursing.

A major employer in the community, the facility employs over 70 people, and the staff includes high school and college students who go on to pursue careers in health care.

The origins of OSH came from the efforts of Monsignor Vernon Peters and individuals from the area who donated the property, undertook fund raising and constructed the facility. The first resident was admitted in 1966.

Over the years, semi-private rooms became private rooms. With state regulations changing, the facility was forced for a time to reduce census, an event that proved an impetus for the community to rally to raise funds for what became the west wing of the facility, a 12-bed semiprivate addition.

A 10-bed dementia unit came

in 2002 with completely private rooms, a hospice room and an additional lounge named after Maurine Schmitz, a benefactor.

An additional large renovation came in 2009, which included a new kitchen and an enlarged dining room as well as renovation of some rooms in the facility’s east wing.

OSH is a non-profit facility run by a seven-member board of directors.

Administrators over the years have included Elaine Kemp (196667), Helen Allen (1967-1988) and Courtney, who has served since 1988.

The facility has had four directors of nursing including Sharon Gookin, Dianne Schultz, Mary Schissel and the current director of nursing, Dawn French. All four are still employed by the facility. Schissel and French

were former South Winneshiek students who had worked at the facility as Certified Nursing Assistants while they were in high school.

Longevity of staff is noted by Courtney.

“There are many persons who are currently working at the Hospice who have been employed for 25 years or more,” said Courtney.

Over the years, OSH has provided care to over 700 patients.

Courtney looks for changes to come ahead as the Baby Boomer generation ages, telemedicine moves forward and technology continues to become more advanced.

In celebration of the facility’s anniversary, an open house is set for Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. with a luncheon, games for kids outside and memorabilia.

FAYETTE COUNTY FAIR PHOTOS

The CFS 14th Annual Golf Tournament will take place Monday, Aug. 8. For more information, call 563-562-3241 (daytime) or 563-517-1113 (evening).

Soil Health Workshop The Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation will host Dr. Jill Clapperton for a soil health workshop at the Norman Borlaug boyhood farm near Cresco on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 563-382-2949 or email koether@iastate.edu.

Digging Into Soil Science A youth field day is set for Sunday, Aug. 14, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Growing Greener 4-H Greenhouse, 12517 220th St., West Union. For more information, call 563-382-2949 or email koether@ iastate.edu.

Assumption Parish Celebration Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Little Turkey will host a Mass at 3 p.m. with a chicken dinner with serving from 4 to 8 p.m. The event will feature music, a live auction and more.

St. Rose Cemetery Annual Mass The annual Mass at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery will be Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 4:30 p.m. In case of rain, the Mass will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church in Waucoma.

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A taste of education in the old days was available in the old school on the Fayette County Fairgrounds during the 2016 Fayette County Fair. Photos by Michael Hohenbrink

Kinsley Becker, of Elgin, enjoys ice cream during the fair.

ASSUMPTION PARISH ANNUAL CHURCH DINNER Monday, August 15 Featuring: MIKE REICKS Fried Chicken

Little Turkey • MASS TIME 3 p.m.

Served with homemade side dishes and baked goods

Carry outs available

All you can eat

Serving 4 - 8 p.m.

Adults: $11 • Children: $5 Live Auction of a Handmade Quilt, Floral Painting, and Granite Etching of Assumption Church will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Music by Marc Frana & Jim Busta Concertina Band Kolache Sales | Games | Bingo | Raffle | Beer Garden

Little visitors checked out the rides at the 2016 Fayette County Fair.

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Onward, Onward – Mush, Mush FEBRUARY 1939 The World’s Fair in New York in 1939 was the focus of much attention in the news. The Calmar Courier featured an entire article headlined, “Thrills Aplenty for Women at New York Fair, 1939.” The story was all about how, uniquely, there would be no “woman’s building” because fair officials were against such segregation, saying it “would not be in tune with the progress of womankind.” In the 1,216 1/2 acres of fairgrounds, there was plenty to appeal to men and women, alike.

As we promised, we will tell you more about the two young men, Leland “Eskimo” Abbott and Hector Despins, who stopped in Calmar in February 1939 with their team of seven Huskies and their sled on their way to the New York World’s Fair.

Leland Abbott, 29, was born in Ontario, Canada, and was a trapper and also acted as a guide for the Arctic area. Hector Despins, 23, also acted as a guide in the Arctic. In the summer of 1938, Despins worked on an extra gang on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The pair of men dressed in suits made of the skin of seals, taken from the Hudson Bay. They took their dogs, sled and themselves to the local schools so that pupils could see this unusual sight.

Their sled was made of oak with hickory runners and painted red. In northern Minnesota it became necessary to install a small set of wheels with balloon tires on the sled, which was loaded with camping gear and supplies. A sign on the side of the sled proclaimed “The Arctic Nesting Grounds of Ducks Unlimited to the New York World’s Fair”.

When asked by Calmar Courier staff about who was sponsoring their trip, Abbott said they were “self sponsoring.” He had decided that he would like to see the World’s Fair, so they got ready and left on Sept. 15, 1938. They were traveling between 25 and 45 miles per day.

A large wheel of Wisconsin Swiss Cheese could be seen at Jake Hychek’s Square Deal Grocery in Calmar. Large meant 4 feet in diameter, 8 inches thick and weighing 170 lbs. It

was the largest piece of cheese ever seen in these parts!

Calmar’s fire siren had been in service for 15-20 years, so the town council asked for bids from several companies to purchase a replacement.

It was decided to purchase a Sterling Vertical Siren System. This was comprised of a 5 horsepower siren, an automatic control box and a remote control box that would be located in the telephone office. The siren was located on a steel pole about 12 feet above the ground in the Calmar City Park.

Residents from all parts of town were asked for their constructive criticism about the sound, regarding whether they would hear it at night and under adverse weather conditions.

Calmar High School’s basketball boys were given a big treat: a trip to Iowa City to see the Iowa-Minnesota basketball game. They were the guests of Ralph Weselmann, Joe Korbel and Don Meyer.

MARCH The Fort Atkinson Farmer’s Telephone Company had installed a new switchboard in the Central at the Budke Pharmacy. This would ensure better service than the old switchboard.

The following Fort Atkinson Public High School students earned a place on the honor roll: Lillian Hrabe, Madonna Kuhn, Mildred Moser, Lucille Martin, Dorothy Pavlovec and Richard Smith.

It was big news in March 1939 that Calmar’s town council had entered an agreement with Culligan Zeolite Co. of Northbrook, Illinois so that residents could get individual water softening tank units for their homes. This was said to remove chemicals and make the water softer than rainwater. The cost was also very reasonable, with the homeowner paying $1 per month for 24 months and then owning the tank. A charge of 75 cents was made for each regeneration, which you made simply by notifying the man in charge to make the change and he came to your house to change the tank.

Mr. and Mrs. William Krivachek, of Fort Atkinson, were congratulated on the birth of their 10 1/2 lb. daugh-

ter, Corina Christina, born Sunday, March 12, 1939.

March 16-18 were the dates for the Winneshiek County Basketball Tournament, to be held in Ossian.

Six area schools were represented.

In the boys’ division Calmar, Decorah, Fort Atkinson, Castalia, Ossian and Ridgeway were competing. In the girls’ division, four schools were competing: Calmar, Fort Atkinson, Ossian and Ridgeway. Admission was 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children per night, but you could get a tournament “season ticket” the first night for 75 cents or 50 cents, respectively.

The Catholic Ladies Aid group in Calmar held a special meeting in March of 1939 at the home of Mrs. N. A. Klein. This included election of officers for that group: President Mrs. Jack Hosper; Vice President Mrs. A. J. Kuhn; Secretary Mrs. William Mullaney and Treasurer Mrs. A. J. Frana.

It was front-page news in March of 1939 that Winneshiek County had received a quota of 10 for the April Civilian Conservation Corps Camp.

Young men interested had to be: 1) A citizen of this country; 2) Unemployed and in need of employment; 3) Of good character; 4) Between 17 and 23 years of age (until 24th birthday); 5) Unmarried; 6) Out of school and 7) Physically and mentally fit and able to do vigorous work. In addition to these requirements, a person also had to agree to serve at least one full term (6 months). Each enrollee who had one or more dependents had to agree to allot $22 cash per month to them.

The remaining $8.00 was deemed enough to meet all personal expenses at the camp for the enrollee. Applications could be made at the Emergency Relief Office on the second floor of the courthouse in Decorah.

Jackson Junction’s news in March included that Leonard Praska was the owner of a new Allis Chalmers rubber-tired tractor.

In Spillville, A. G. Fisher and crew were engaged in putting an addition on the bridge on the south side of town. This addition would provide a walking space for the public, a great

safety improvement. It had been generally known that this was a dangerous bridge for pedestrians due to being so narrow and also due to heavy traffic.

Calmar High School’s boys’ basketball team was victorious in the Winneshiek County Basketball Tournament that had been held in Ossian earlier in March of 1939. The team started off by defeating Castalia’s team by a score of 36 to 10. In the semi-finals, the team defeated Decorah in a good game, with the score being 30 to 27. The finals were against Ridgeway, and the latter team was defeated with a score of 33 to 23.

Ossian’s girls’ basketball team really poured it on, beating Ridgeway 60 to 23 and then Calmar in the finals, with a score of 60 to 14.

APRIL Edwin Becker, of DeSales in Ossian, was the top winner in the Traffic Safety Contest, recently sponsored by the State Safety Council.

Second-place honors went to Ardath Youmans of Decorah High School.

Clotiel Uhlenhake of DeSales Elementary in Ossian tied for third place with Robert McQueen of Ridgeway High School. Becker’s essay, “How Can Iowa Highways Be Made Safe?” was being entered in the state contest.

First prize was a trip to the World’s Fair for the winner and one parent or guardian with all expenses paid or a scholarship of equal value to any Iowa college or university. Second prize at the state level was $50, and third prize was $10.

The news from Fort Atkinson included “real estate on the move” in that community. Mr. and Mrs. John Bartosh had sold their residence in the north part of town to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riha. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Burtleson purchased the residence that they had occupied the past year on Highway 24 from the F. P. Chizek Estate. Mr. and Mrs. John Bartosh

Calmar's bandstand of yesteryear that once stood in the town square is shown here. bought a residence on Main Street.

George W. Harms, sheriff of Winneshiek County, published a large notice to let people know that it was unlawful to drive a car without 1939 plates, that he had a list of autos and trucks that were delinquent and that the law required that the sheriff take all autos and trucks in use after March 15, 1939, on which license fees had not been paid.

Jackson Junction reported that Leo Collan had an injury to his leg while cutting wood when the axe slipped.

He was getting around with the aid of a cane.

Calmar’s Study Club met at the home of Louise Kubesh, and Florence Yager reported that Faith Bald-

win’s book, “District Nurse,” had been donated to the Calmar library.

A motion was carried to send a letter to the county supervisors endorsing the adoption of a County Health Program, including a Public Health Nurse. Doris Bjonerud presented a talk on “The Federation in Conservation,” and Florence Yager presented “How Shall the U. S. Keep the Peace?”

In two weeks, we will tell you about how walnuts were hazardous to a family’s health and about the organization of Spillville’s baseball team. Who was the winner in the Winneshiek County Spelling Bee in 1939?

Absentee Ballots May Be Requested

WMC Foundation held a Cutest Baby Photo Contest at this year’s Winneshiek County Fair to kick off the 2016 Annual Fund for new ultrasound equipment. Isaac Hammel with his mother, Jessica (left, seated) won the contest. Taking second place was Knute Hovey (right), pictured with his mother, Carrie. Standing are (l-r): Holly Kanengieter, WMC Foundation Coordinator, and Sarah Urmanski, director of WMC Radiology. Photo courtesy WMC

WMC Cutest Baby Contest Raises Over $1,200 Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation’s Cutest Baby Photo Contest at the Winneshiek County Fair raised over $1,200 to kick off this year’s Annual Fund campaign, Helping Hands for Local Health Care. Donations are designated to the purchase of new ultrasound equipment for Winneshiek Medical Center.

Nearly 30 baby photos were submitted to the contest. Fair attendees cast votes by placing dollars in jars corresponding with each baby photo.

Winning first place and $100 was Isaac Hammel (son of Jessica and Ryan Hammel, of Decorah), and second place with the $50 prize went to Knute Hovey (son of Carrie and Jason Hovey, of Decorah).

“The new ultrasound equipment will enhance our diagnostic and imaging abilities at Winneshiek Medical Center and the Foundation is excited to support the purchase of such critical equipment with gifts from the community,” said Holly Kanengieter, coordinator of the WMC Foundation.

In addition to providing more clear and concise images for parents so they can see their soon-to-be-born child in greater detail, the ultrasound equipment is used in diagnosing a wide variety of conditions affecting the organs and soft tissues of the body, including blood vessels, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries, eyes, thyroid and testicles.

South Winn Class Of ʼ96 Celebrates 20 Years On July 9, the South Winneshiek High School Class of 1996 celebrated its 20-year class reunion at Silver Springs Golf and Country Club in Ossian. Pictured are (front row, l-r):Tracey Klimesh Smith, Kari Flaskerud Steinlage,Wendy Moellers Huinker and Desiree Mikesh Brackett; second row: Holly Kleve, Jill Gander Kleinow, Jackie Luzum, Nicole Poshusta Reicks, Jackie Tieskoetter, Jessica Timp Drilling and Amber Hageman Bisinger; third row: Jill Huinker Martins, Jessica Bentley, Jamie Haas, Shannon Shindelar Van Straten, Grant Linderbaum and Brian Zweibohmer; fourth row: Chad Humpal, Brandon Kleve, Tom Zoulek, Joel Wenthold, Mark Bullerman and Ryan Timp. Photo courtesy Amber Bisinger

Wrestling Camp Hosts Warriors The South Winneshiek High School wrestling team participated in the 2016 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp in Decorah. Warrior wrestlers at camp included (l-r): Jacob Michels, Tayton Bullerman, Gabe Sadler, Paxten DeVilbiss and Levi Berns. Photo courtesy Luther College

Absentee voting will begin in the Fayette County Auditor’s Office starting Sept. 29 for the Nov. 8 election.

Voters may request an Absentee Ballot Request Form from the Fayette County Auditor.

Fayette County Auditor Lori Moellers is cautioning that mailings not from her office have gone out to residents.

“Please be aware that political parties and other organizations have been mailing out the request forms,” said Moellers. “These forms are official and may be used. It is possible that you may receive request forms from several different political parties and organizations. You only need to fill in one if you want to vote absentee. If you do not want to vote absentee and you receive this request form in the mail, then just disregard it.”

According to Moellers, the auditor’s office only sends out the request form if someone calls in and requests one.

Ballots are expected to arrive at some point in September, said Moellers.

Thank You The family of Monsignor Donald Heineman wants to thank everyone who loved him and cared for him.

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TOTUS TUUS PHOTOS

Lensing Named MVP

Jonah Hageman is ready for action.

Carson Lensing was named MVP Defensive Player for North Team following the Shrine Bowl held July 23 at the UNI-Dome. Photo courtesy Sherri Lensing

ABOVE: Kids and helpers for Totus Tuus splash around during the last day of the program. LEFT: Children have fun with water toys. FAR LEFT: Katelyn Heying fires away.

DeSales School Menu Monday, August 8 Brkfst: French Toast Sticks, Fruit, Yogurt Lunch: Lasagna, Corn, Peaches Tuesday, August 9 Brkfst: Cereal, Toast, OJ, Yogurt Lunch: Pork Ribette On Bun, Peas, Pears Wednesday, August 10 Brkfst: Omelet, Toast, OJ, Yogurt Lunch: Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Green Beans, Applesauce Thursday, August 11 Brkfst: WG Long John, Fruit, Yogurt Lunch: Breaded Pork Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Pineapple Friday, August 12 Brkfst: Cereal, Toast, OJ, Yogurt Lunch: Pizza, Baked Beans, Fresh Fruit Milk is served with all meals. Fresh carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and/or celery are offered with all lunches. Peanut butter sandwich option. All menus subject to change.

Field trips for Daycare will be Tuesdays every week with hot dog or cold meat sandwich with fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.

Lauren Bollweg, a facilitator, takes part in Friday's concluding activity.

Facilitator Kyle Tietz, covered with shaving cream, gets into the action Friday.

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Worship Schedule ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC Little Turkey Rev. Kyle Digmann Sunday, August 7: 10:30 a.m. Mass BETHANY LUTHERAN Rural Ossian Sunday, August 7: 10:30 a.m. Worship Service CALMAR COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST

Calmar Pastor Linda Thompson Sunday, August 7: 9 a.m. Worship CALMAR LUTHERAN & SPRINGFIELD LUTHERAN Pastor Phil Olson Sunday, August 7: 9 a.m. Calmar Worship 10:30 a.m. Springfield Worship DE SALES CATHOLIC Ossian Father Robert Gross Sunday, August 7: 8 a.m. Mass HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC Protivin Rev. Kyle Digmann No Weekend Mass LIVING HOPE BAPTIST Ossian Sunday, August 7: 9 a.m. Worship MT. CARMEL CATHOLIC Lawler Rev. Kyle Digmann Thursday, August 4: 11:15 a.m. Mass Friday, August 5: 11:15 a.m. Mass No Weekend Mass

OSSIAN LUTHERAN Ossian Pastor Dave Lenth Sunday, August 7: 8:30 a.m. Worship OUR LADY OF SEVEN DOLORS CATHOLIC Festina Father Robert Gross Saturday, August 6: 4 p.m. Mass ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC Calmar Father Robert Gross Sunday, August 7: 10 a.m. Mass ST. BENEDICT PARISH Decorah Reconciliation Saturday at 3:15 p.m. or by appointment Saturday, August 6: 4 p.m. Mass Sunday, August 7: 7:30 a.m. Mass 10 a.m. Mass ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC

Fort Atkinson Rev. Kyle Digmann Saturday, August 6: 4 p.m. Mass Tuesday, August 9: 8:30 a.m. Mass ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN, Stapleton Rural Waucoma Rev. Wayne T. & Irmagard Ellingson, Pastors Sunday, August 7: 10 a.m. Worship ST. LUKE'S CATHOLIC

St. Lucas Rev. Kyle Digmann No Weekend Mass Wednesday, August 10: 8:30 a.m. Mass ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC Waucoma Rev. Kyle Digmann Sunday, August 7: 8:30 a.m. Mass

Co-Champions 4-H Club Meets The April meeting of the CoChampions 4-H Club was called to order at 7:31 p.m. by the club’s president, Kelsey Hageman. Roll call was answered by 35 members. The balance on hand was given. New business was that County Council came to talk to members about different activities and an update on 4-H. Old business was 4-H camps and animal weigh ins. The meeting was adjourned by Hageman at 8:15 p.m.

The 4-H Pledge was led by Brayden Hageman, Jordan Baumler and Lee Kipp. Presentations were given by Morgan and Kali Kleve on their pet guinea pig, Jordan and Logan on their timed tower and egg in a bottle and Tucker Lyons on polar bears.

Geneva Becker Geneva R. Becker, 94, of Cresco, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at home.

Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 30, at Notre Dame Parish in Cresco. Burial was held in Calvary Cemetery in Cresco. Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 29, at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home, with a rosary at 7:30 p.m. and scripture service at 8 p.m. Visitation continued an hour prior to the time of GENEVA BECKER service Saturday at the church.

I, Geneva (Huber) Becker, came into this world Feb. 2, 1922, in the northeast bedroom of my parents’ (John J. and Susanna (Kapler) Huber’s) farm home west of Spillville. I was baptized into the Catholic faith.

I attended country school [and] parochial school in Spillville and graduated from eighth-grade country school.

I attended Spillville High School for two years and graduated from Ossian Public High School. Fond memories include walking home from school 1922-2016 looking for buttercups along the Services: creek, jumping over the creek go10:30 a.m., Saturday July 30 ing to school, finding rosehips to eat Notre Dame Parish (thank God there [was] no poisonous Cresco spray at that time) and waiting “alArrangements by: most forever” for “black horse” to Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home ripen.

Cresco I enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, splitting wood, shoveling snow, softball, basketball [and] baking, especially “Kuchen.” I especially enjoyed designing and sewing my wedding dress and spending time with my family. While a senior, our basketball team played at the state tournament in Des Moines. I joined the Cadet Nurse Corps at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sioux City. One of the purposes of the corps was to free those already RNs from military service if they so wished. We were required to work in the nursing profession for the duration of World War II. Leander Becker and I were married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Hampton on Oct. 28, 1946. We were blessed with six children: Drusella, Pamela, Jed (Joyce Hubka) Becker, Melvin (Janet Burrows) Becker, Janela (Dave) Hubka [and] Lynela Becker (Bernerd) Allen; nine grandchildren: Marie (Jamie) Freeman, Leandra Hubka, Irissa (Mark) Ryant; Callum, MaKayla, Kindall and Randall Hubka [and] Kristina and Aiden Allen and two greatgrandchildren: Sydney and Melanie Freeman.

We farmed near Ossian and Burr Oak before purchasing the Shield farm, and our hometown was now Cresco. My brothers and sisters [include]: Viola (William) Tupy, Richard (Mae Herold) Huber, Matilda (Greg) Gebel, Daniel (Elizabeth Glaser) Huber, Lucille (William) Wall, John (Marie Dietzenbach) Huber [and] Angela (Ambrose “Bill”) Ellis; I thank God for them all and all my ancestors [and] friends.

Ann Hageman Ann Hageman, 89, of Calmar, died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 306 S. Maryville, Calmar, with the Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Schluter–Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel, 202 S. Washington St. in Calmar, with a rosary at 4 p.m. and a scripture service at 7 p.m., and also after 9:30 a.m. at the church on Thursday morning.

ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN Richfield Rural Sumner (8 miles SW of Waucoma) Rev. Wayne T. & Irmagard Ellingson, Pastors Sunday, August 7: 8:30 a.m. Worship ST. WENCESLAUS CATHOLIC

Spillville Father Robert Gross Saturday, August 6: 6 p.m. Mass

The May meeting of the CoChampions 4-H club was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Hageman. Roll call was answered by 39 members.

The balance on hand was given. New business included signing up for times to work at the fair, fair deadlines, barn quilts and new updates for the fair.

Skyler Luzum made a motion to help with community service. A second was made by Makayla Hageman. A presentation was given by Olivia Massman on essential oils.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:04 p.m. with a motion by Luzum and a second by Kody Kleve. The 4-H Pledge was led by Luke Massman and Derek Dietzenbach.

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Use Up Those Veggies The weather seems to be perfect for zucchini and summer squash.

I have heard that the spiralizer is a great item to use with zucchini and summer squash. This makes a fun way for kids to eat the zucchini fresh, or you can steam the vegetables and season and eat.

Zucchini lovers, here is a recipe for you. The following two recipes are from Mary Meinhart and Iowa Farmer Today.

Favorite Zucchini Bars 2 cups sugar 1 cup oil 3 eggs 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups shredded zucchini 1 small carrot, shredded 3/4 cup rolled oats 1 cup walnuts Beat together sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Beat in flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda and vanilla. Beat 1-2 minutes until well mixed. Fold in zucchini, carrots, oats and nuts. Mix well. Pour into 10x15x1 jelly roll pan or cookie sheet with sides. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Italian Pasta Salad 1 lb. pasta 1/2 cup olive oil 1 teaspoon basil 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 3 cloves garlic, diced 3 Roma tomatoes, sliced 2 oz. Romano cheese, grated

Boil pasta according to directions on package. Blend together olive oil, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and garlic. Toss pasta, olive oil mixture, tomatoes and cheese until well blended. Serve either warm or cold.

Grilled Fresh Garden Vegetable Kabobs From “Recipes from the Vineyards of Oregon” by Leslie J. Whipple 1 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup of good Chardonnay 1/4 cup honey 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger 2 medium yellow crookneck squash, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 medium zucchini, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 red bell peppers, cut into 1-inch pieces 1/2 pound medium mushrooms

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR BY SHARON BUSCH shredded 16-oz. jar pizza sauce, of your choice 16-oz. jar spaghetti sauce, of your choice Spray crockpot with cooking spray. Combine cooked ground beef and sauces. Layer 1/3 of beef and sauce mixture, 1/3 of noodles and 1/3 of cheeses. Repeat layering twice more, ending with the cheese on top.

Cook on low for two to three hours until cheeses are melted.

Whisk together soy sauce, Chardonnay, honey, garlic and ginger in a large bowl. Place vegetables in marinade and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Thread vegetables alternately on skewers.

Grill over low coals, turning frequently until vegetables are cooked and browned all over. Serves 6.

Using your crockpot means less heat in the kitchen and more time for you. A crockpot meal is also great for potlucks.

Crockpot Pizza From Geneva Wilson 2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained 1 (8-oz.) package Kluski style noodles, cooked and drained 16 oz. package mozzarella cheese, shredded 16-oz. package cheddar cheese,

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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.

THOMAS STEWART MATHER On Monday, Sept. 30, 1991, Tom Mather was shot in the head and slashed several times in his home on County Road X-40 one mile north of the West Liberty exit off Interstate 80.

His wife, 24-year-old Dawn Mather, said he was shot by a naked intruder and that she (also naked) escaped to a nearby farmhouse.

Dawn reportedly told Tom’s parents that a naked man appeared in the couple’s living room with a gun and two pieces of rope at 8:40 p.m. The intruder said he was there to rob them. The intruder tied up Tom and then ordered Dawn to remove her clothes before tying her up as well. She was able to free herself and Tom told her to run.

Dawn described her husband’s alleged murderer as a white male, about 30 years old, around 6 feet tall, with a slender- to medium-build, and straight, bleached-blond hair darker toward the ends.

Immediately following Tom Mather’s murder, many questioned his wife’s involvement, and Cedar County Sheriff Keith Whitlatch responded with a well-known fact investigators regularly acknowledge; many murders are committed by a person close to the victim.

“Anytime you have a spouse killed, the public thinks it’s the surviving spouse who did it. And quite frankly, sometimes it is. … And at this point, we can’t say (Tom’s wife) is or isn’t [responsible],” Whitlatch said.

Whitlatch employed help from the news media in attempts to solve Mather’s murder, including a crime re-enactment televised by KCRG-TV9 on Nov. 18, 1992. The re-enactment revealed several previously undisclosed facts about the case, including the focus on a late-model, blue Pontiac Grand Am that was seen near the Mathers’ home about 6:45 p.m. the night of the murder. A couple was seen

exiting a similar car in the Mathers’ driveway that night between 8 and 8:30.

Tracks found in a cornfield there also could match the dimensions of those of a Grand Am, according to police.

A man dressed in tan coveralls was seen coming from the direction of the cornfield, carrying a pole or pipe about 8:45.

The re-enactment also revealed that a light-colored car was seen quickly leaving the Mathers’ driveway about 6:55. A light-colored car also was seen parked in the driveway about 8:45.

During the re-enactment, one witness described seeing a man standing near the blue Pontiac Grand Am talking to a woman wearing a light green dotted blouse and skirt. The tip prompted investigators to serve a search warrant on Dawn’s apartment, where they found green polka-dotted clothing items like those described by the witness.

Whitlatch held out hope, stating that officials never had ruled out Dawn Mather as a suspect in her husband’s murder. Dawn Mather obtained a lawyer who advised her against speaking further with police, and she promptly moved out of state.

THOMAS STEWART MATHER | Age: 32| Died: Sept. 30, 1991 Location: West Branch/ Springdale Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.

If you have any information regarding Tom Mather’s unsolved murder, please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010, email dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us, or contact the Cedar County Sheriff’s Of¿ce at (563) 886-6618.

Calmar Courier Champions’ Salute

2016 Winneshiek County BEEF SHOW

Grand Champion Market Beef Steer: Kirstyn Samuelson.

DAIRY SHOW

Overall Supreme Dairy Female Champion: Blake Courtney. Overall Reserve Supreme Dairy Female Champion: Cody Zidlicky.

SHEEP SHOW

Grand Champion Market Lamb Pen of 3: Hannah Snell.

Fair Winners SWINE SHOW

Grand Champion Individual Market Pig: Makayla Hageman

RABBIT SHOW

Supreme Champion Doe: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Supreme Champion Doe: Chance Adam.

RABBIT SHOW: Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Alex Irwin, 2nd Place Kolton Werges, 3rd Place Lillian Rausch. Intermediate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Abby Moen, 2nd Place Larra Jo McCasland, 3rd Place Maria Hendrickson. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Avery Flatland, 2nd Place Kaylee Knight, 3rd Place Justin Bullerman. Collegiate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Dawson Bauer, 2nd Place Levi Klimesh, 3rd Place Jared Phillips. Supreme Champion Doe: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Supreme Champion Doe: Chance Adam. Supreme Champion Buck: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Supreme Champion Buck: Kaylee Knight. Champion Fancy Doe: Chance Adam. Reserve Champion Fancy Doe: Whitney Joy Flatland. Champion Fancy Buck: Kaylee Knight.

Reserve Champion Fancy Buck: Dawson Bauer. Champion Commercial Doe: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Champion Commercial Doe: Larra Jo McCasland. Champion Commercial Buck: Levi Klimesh.

Reserve Champion Commercial Buck: Kylie Darrington. Champion Single Meat Rabbit: Christopher Larson. Reserve Champion Single Meat Rabbit: Maria Hendrickson. Grand Champion Commercial Meat Pen: Christopher Larson. Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Meat Pen: Maria Hendrickson.

Champion Crossbred Doe: Derek Hauber. Reserve Champion Crossbred Doe: Arielle Gossman Champion Crossbred Buck: Dawson Bauer. Reserve Champion Crossbred Buck: Jared Darrington.

POULTRY SHOW

Grand Champion Market Lamb: Colby Williams. Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb: Hannah Snell.

Grand Champion Market Beef Heifer: Elizabeth Smith.

Grand Champion Jersey: Blake Henry. Reserve Grand Champion Jersey: Ashley Baumler

Overall Grand Champion Derby Individual Pig: Kelsey Hageman

DAIRY SHOW: Junior Champion Milking Shorthorn: Dalton Fels. Junior Champion Jersey: Knute Hovden. Reserve Junior Champion Jersey: Alexis Williams. Junior Champion Holstein: Blake Courtney. Reserve Junior Champion Holstein: Brooke Courtney. Junior Champion Guernsey: Alexis Williams. Reserve Junior Champion Guernsey: Jessica Schmitt. Junior Champion Brown Swiss: Ashley Baumler. Reserve Junior Champion Brown Swiss: Jessica Schmitt. Junior Champion Ayrshire: Garrett Lovstuen. Junior Showmanship Champion: Anders Lovstuen. 2nd Junior Showmanship: Brody Courtney. 3rd Junior Showmanship: Mitchell Vagts. Intermediate Showmanship Champion: Brooke Courtney. 2nd Intermediate Showmanship: Alexis Williams. 3rd Intermediate Showmanship: Garrett Lovstuen. Senior Showmanship Champion: Bailey Miculinich. 2nd Senior Showmanship: Emma Middendorf. 3rd Senior Showmanship: Josie Buddenburg. Senior Showmanship Champion: Blake Courtney. 2nd Senior Showmanship: Cody Zidlicky. 3rd Senior Showmanship: Jessica Schmitt.

Overall Supreme Dairy Female Champion: Blake Courtney. Overall Reserve Supreme Dairy Female Champion: Cody Zidlick. Grand Champion Jersey: Blake Henry. Reserve Grand Champion Jersey: Ashley Baumler. Senior Champion Guernsey: Alexis Williams. Senior Champion Jersey: Blake Henry.

Reserve Senior Champion Jersey: Ashley Baumler. Senior Champion Holstein: Blake Courtney.

Reserve Senior Champion Holstein: Tucker Lyons. Senior Champion Guernsey: Alexis Williams.

Senior Champion Brown Swiss & Senior Brown Swiss Bred and Owned: Ashley Baumler. Senior Champion Ayrshire: Cody Zidlicky. Reserve Senior Champion Ayrshire: Garrett Lovstuen.

SWINE SHOW: Grand Champion Market Pen of 3 Pigs: Makayla Hageman. Reserve Grand Champion Market Pen of 3 Pigs: Addison Wemark. Reserve Grand Champion Market Pair of Pigs: Jason Adam. Grand Champion Market Pair of Pigs: Makayla Hageman. Reserve Grand Champion Derby Pen of 3: Justin Adam. Grand Champion Derby Pen of 3: Skyler Luzum. Grand Champion Derby Pair of Pigs: Skyler Luzum. Reserve Grand Champion Derby Pair of Pigs: Jaden Anderson.

Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Carson Wemark, 2nd Place Brody Hackman, 3rd Place Katrina Hageman. Intermediate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Kody Kleve, 2nd Place Owen Larson, 3rd Place Makayla Hageman. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Kelsey Hageman, 2nd Place Kolin Krauskopf, 3rd Place Jaden Anderson. Collegiate Showmanship: 1st Place Conner Hemesath, 2nd Place Justin Hackman, 3rd Place Aric Luzum. Rate of Gain Top 10 Winners: 1st Place Luke Massman, 2nd Place Olivia Massman, 3rd Place Brody Hackman, 4th Place Isaac Luzum, 5th Place Olivia Massman, 6th Place Katrina Hageman, 7th Place Makayla Hageman, 8th Place Makayla Hageman, 9th Place Carson Brincks, 10th Place Presley Bushman. Carcass Performance Winners: 1st Place Olivia Massman, 2nd Place Brody Hackman, 3rd Place Luke Massman, 4th Place Makayla Hageman, 5th Place Carson Brincks, 6th Place Katrina Hageman, 7th Place Jason Adam, 8th Place Isaac Luzum, 9th Place Makayla Hageman, 10th Place Olivia Massman. Reserve Grand Champion Individual Market Pig: Makayla Hageman. Grand Champion Individual Market Pig: Makayla Hageman. Champion Market Barrow: Makayla Hageman.Reserve Champion Market Barrow: Justin Hackman. Reserve Champion Market Gilt: Jaden Anderson. Champion Market Gilt: Makayla Hageman. Reserve Grand Champion Individual Derby Pig: Aric Luzum. Overall Grand Champion Derby Individual Pig: Kelsey Hageman. Champion Derby Barrow: Aric Luzum. Reserve Champion Derby Barrow: Skyler Luzum.

Reserve Champion Derby Gilt: Isaac Luzum. Champion Derby Gilt: Kelsey Hageman.

DAIRY GOAT SHOW Grand Champion Market Dairy Steer: Blake Henry.

BEEF SHOW: Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Tayler Luzum, 2nd Place Marcus Swatek, 3rd Place Brayden Hageman. Intermediate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Kasey Krauskopf, 2nd Place Logan Schnuelle, 3rd Place Sawyer Swatek. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Julianna Wise, 2nd Place Skyler Luzum, 3rd Place Kirstyn Samuelson. Collegiate Showmanship Winner: 1st Place Elizabeth Smith. Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef Steer: Elizabeth Smith.

Highest Placing Market Beef Steer of Local Origin: Kirstyn Samuelson. Breeder of the Highest Placing Market Beef Steer of Local Origin: Jerry Jo Samuelson. Grand Champion Market Beef Steer: Kirstyn Samuelson. Reserve Champion Heavyweight Market Beef Steer: Olivia Massman.

Champion Heavyweight Market Beef Steer: Alexa Jacobsen. Reserve Champion Middleweight Market Beef Steer: Elizabeth Smith. Champion Middleweight Market Beef Steer: Kirstyn Samuelson.

Reserve Champion Lightweight Market Beef Steer: Ryan Bullerman. Champion Lightweight Market Beef Steer: Ryan Bullerman. Highest Gaining Beef Heifer of Local Origin: Shayla Smith. Breeder of the Highest Gaining Beef Heifer of Local Origin: Jim Schnitzler. Highest Gaining Market Beef Steer of Local Origin: Maria Lea. Breeder of Highest Gaining Market Beef Steer of Local Origin: Rusty Samuelson. Highest Gaining Dairy Steer of Local Origin: Katey Forde. Breeder of Highest Gaining Dairy Steer of Local Origin: Keith Forde. Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef Heifer: Julianna Wise. Grand Champion Market Beef Heifer: Elizabeth Smith. Reserve Grand Champion Market Dairy Steer: Presley Bushman. Grand Champion Market Dairy Steer: Blake Henry. Reserve Champion Home Raised Heifer: Jaden Anderson. Supreme Champion Breeding Female: Elizabeth Smith. Champion Home Raised Heifer: Elizabeth Smith. Reserve Supreme Breeding Female: Kirstyn Samuelson. Reserve Champion Crossbred Breeding Female: Jaden Anderson. Champion Crossbred Breeding Female: Kirstyn Samuelson. Champion Purebred Breeding Female: Elizabeth Smith. Reserve Champion Purebred Breeding Female: Sklyer Luzum.

Supreme Champion Commercial Ewe: Isaac Luzum. Reserve Supreme Commercial Ewe: Isaac Luzum

SHEEP SHOW: Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Alex Irwin, 2nd Place Josie Tollefsrud, 3rd Place Owen Bentley. Intermediate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Keagen Einck, 2nd Place Maria Hendrickson, 3rd Place Jack Arneson. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Colby Williams, 2nd Place Tyler Irwin, 3rd Place Gracie Schmitt. Collegiate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Hannah Snell, 2nd Place Levi Klimesh, 3rd Place Isaac Luzum. Market Lamb Rate of Gain Winners: 1st Place Joshua Lensing, 2nd Place Owen Bentley, 3rd Place Owen Bentley, 4th Place Gracie Schmitt, 5th Place Gracie Schmitt. Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb Pen of 3: Keagen Einck. Grand Champion Market Lamb Pen of 3: Hannah Snell. Grand Champion Market Lamb: Colby Williams. Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb: Hannah Snell. Champion Hair Lamb: Maria Hendrickson. Champion White Breed Influence: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Champion White Breed Influence: Levi Klimesh.

Reserve Champion Heavyweight Market Lamb: Hannah Snell. Champion Heavyweight Market Lamb: Keagen Einck. Champion Middleweight Market Lamb: Isaac Luzum. Reserve Champion Middleweight Market Lamb: Colby Williams. Reserve Champion Lightweight Market Lamb: Hannah Snell. Champion Lightweight Market Lamb: Colby Williams. Supreme Champion Commercial Ewe: Isaac Luzum. Reserve Supreme Commercial Ewe: Isaac Luzum. Champion Commercial Ewe Lamb: Isaac Luzum. Reserve Champion Commercial Ewe Lamb: Isaac Luzum.

RABBIT SHOW

Supreme Champion Fowl: Dawson Bauer. Reserve Supreme Champion Fowl: Kaylee Knight

DOG SHOW Helping with ribbons are Little Miss Squirts Abigail Schmitt and Addison Wemark & Little Mr. Herdsman Mitchell Vagts. Supreme Dairy Goat: Cole Phillips. Reserve Supreme Dairy Goat: Cole Phillips.

PET SHOW

Grand Champion Market Pen: Isabelle Kipp. Reserve Grand Champion Market Pen: Joshua Lensing.

Grand Champion Commercial Meat Pen: Christopher Larson. Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Meat Pen: Maria Hendrickson.

POULTRY SHOW: Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Ashley Fischer, 2nd Place Mitchell Vagts, 3rd Place Kendric Langreck. Intermediate Showmanship: 1st Place Maria Hendrickson. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Kimberly Fischer, 2nd Place Emily Luzum, 3rd Place Kaylee Knight.

Collegiate Showmanship: 1st Place Dawson Bauer. Supreme Champion Fowl: Dawson Bauer.

Reserve Supreme Champion Fowl: Kaylee Knight. Champion Waterfowl: Dawson Bauer. Reserve Champion Waterfowl: Gracie Schmitt. Champion Cock: Kimberly Fischer. Reserve Champion Cock: Emily Luzum. Champion Pullet: Kimberly Fischer. Reserve Champion Pullet: Ashley Fischer.

Champion Hen: Honore Sparrow. Reserve Champion Hen: Ashley Fischer. Champion Cockerel: Kaylee Knight. Reserve Champion Cockerel: Kimberly Fischer. Grand Champion Market Pen: Isabelle Kipp. Reserve Grand Champion Market Pen: Joshua Lensing.

HORSE SHOW

Grand Champion Rally: Kaylee Knight. Reserve Grand Champion Rally: Katie Bjergum.

Champion Kid Female: Cole Phillips. Reserve Champion Kid Female: Braunwyn Darrington.

Supreme Champion Pet: Ashley Fischer. Reserve Supreme Champion Pet: Kendric Langreck.

PET SHOW: Grand Champion Pet Poster: Kendric Langreck. Reserve Grand Champion Pet Poster: Alex Irwin. Supreme Champion Pet: Ashley Fischer. Reserve Supreme Champion Pet: Kendric Langreck.

DAIRY GOAT SHOW: Senior Showmanship: Cole Phillips. Intermediate Showmanship: Maria Hendrickson. Junior Showmanship 1st Place Avryn Sibley, 2nd Place Braunwyn Darrington. Champion Doe: Cole Phillips. Reserve Champion Doe: Cole Phillips. Champion Kid Female: Cole Phillips.

Reserve Champion Kid Female: Braunwyn Darrington. Supreme Dairy Goat: Cole Phillips. Reserve Supreme Dairy Goat: Cole Phillips.

DOG SHOW: Intermediate Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Larra Jo McCasland, 2nd Place Katie Bjergum, 3rd Place Alexis Averhoff. Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Anna Grace Holthaus, 2nd Place Karter Einck, 3rd Place Koryn Bakken. Reserve Champion 2nd Level Obedience: Karter Einck.

Champion Pre Novice Obedience Level 1: Anna Grace Holthaus. Reserve Champion Pre Novice Obedience Level 1: Alex Kane. 3rd Level Agility Champion: Kaylee Knight. 3rd Level Agility Reserve Champion: Kaylee Knight. Champion 2nd Level Rally Champion: Larra McCasland. Champion 1st Level Rally: Katie Bjergum. Reserve Champion 1st Level Rally: Kaylee Smith. Champion Senior Rally: Kaylee Knight. Reserve Champion Senior Rally: Emma Barton O’Donnel. Grand Champion Rally: Kaylee Knight. Reserve Grand Champion Rally: Katie Bjergum. Champion Dog Agility: Kaylee Knight. Reserve Champion Dog Agility: Ashley Darling.

Supreme Champion Buck: Levi Klimesh. Reserve Supreme Champion Buck: Kaylee Knight.

Supreme Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion are pictured here.

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2016 Winneshiek County

Fair Winners

Photos courtesy ISU Extension

HORSE SHOW

MARKET GOAT

HORSE SHOW: Grand Champion Horse: Hanna Schmitt. Reserve Grand Champion Horse: Danae Taylor.

Supreme Mare: Hanna Schmitt. Reserve Supreme Mare: Maria Hendrickson.

Supreme Gelding: Danae Taylor.

Reserve Supreme Gelding: Brendan Lovstuen. High Point Performance: Junior Avryn Sibley, Intermediate Maria Hendrickson, Senior Katelyn Dehning.

High Point Speed: Junior Avryn Sibley, Intermediate Hannah Franzen, Senior Hanna Schmitt.

Area 4-H Events Aug. 3, Salsa Making and Freezing Workshop, 9 a.m., Decorah Lutheran Church; Master Gardeners Summer Webinar, 1 p.m., Extension Office, Decorah Aug. 4, Shutterbug Camp, 9 a.m., Pine Bluff 4-H Camp; 4-H Youth Development Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Extension Office, Fayette Aug. 10, Space Cookies Day Camp, 9 a.m., NICC Dairy Center Aug. 14, Digging into Soil Science, 6:30 p.m., Growing Greener 4-H Greenhouse, West Union Aug. 16, Extension Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Extension Office, Fayette.

Aug. 29, 4-H New Member Night, 5:30 p.m., Decorah Lutheran Church

Happy Feet Clinic The Happy Feet Clinic is held every Tuesday from 1:30-3 p.m. and every Thursday of each month from 10:00-11:30 a.m. at 305 Montgomery St., Suite 3, Decorah. Please call 563-382-4662 for an appointment.

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MARKET GOAT Grand Champion Market Meat Goat: Colby Williams. Reserve Grand Champion Market Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf.

MARKET GOAT SHOW:Junior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Emma Middendorf, 2nd Place Alex Irwin, 3rd Place Brendan Hunter. Intermediate Showmanship Winners:1st Place Colby Williams, 2nd Place Katie Bjergum, 3rd Place Maria Hendrickson. Senior Showmanship Winners: 1st Place Jessica Schmitt, 2nd Place Justin Bullerman, 3rd Place Amy Schmitt. Market Dairy Goat Rate of Gain Winners: 1st Place Brendan Lovstuen, 2nd Place Brendan Lovstuen, 3rd Place Larra Jo McCasland, 4th Place Justin Bullerman, 5th Place Justin Bullerman. Market Meat Goat Rate of Gain Winners: 1st Place Justin Bullerman, 2nd Place Jessica Schmitt, 3rd Place Emma Middendorf, 4th Place Katie Bjergum, 5th Place Alex Zweibohmer. Grand Champion Market Meat Goat: Colby Williams. Reserve Grand Champion Market Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf. Champion Market Dairy Goat: Larra Jo McCasland.

Reserve Champion Market Dairy Goat: Dawson Bauer. Champion Market Meat Goat: Colby Williams.

Reserve Champion Market Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf. Supreme Champion Breeding Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf. Reserve Supreme Champion Breeding Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf. Champion Breeding Meat Goat Kid Female: Emma Middendorf. Reserve Champion Breeding Meat Goat Kid Female: Katie Bjergum.

Supreme Champion Breeding Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf. Reserve Supreme Champion Breeding Meat Goat: Emma Middendorf.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the Winneshiek County Fair!

Letter to the Editor

Bonnie Sorum was a 2016 recipient of the Winneshiek County Fair Distinguished Service Award. Presenting the award is Gary Sacquitne, a member of the Auxiliary Board for the Winneshiek County Fair. Photos courtesy Nancy Sacquitne

Sorum, McClintock Win Distinguished Service Award The Winneshiek County Fair Distinguished Service Award has been given to Bonnie Sorum and LeRoy McClintock, both of Decorah.

Sorum worked at the Winneshiek County Extension office for 37 years. Her award was presented at the 4-H sheep and goat show.

McClintock grew up on a farm in Winneshiek County with dairy cows, pigs, chickens, sheep and rabbits. When he was old enough, he joined the Pleasant Pushers 4-H Club.

McClintock became the leader for his old 4-H club, the Pleasant Pushers, and then the Madison Hustlers. After 50 years, he is still the leader for that club.

Pictured are Winneshiek County Supervisor Floyd Ashbacher, Winneshiek County Supervisor John Logsdon, Winneshiek County Supervisor Mark Kuhn, Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx, Jason McVay, supervisory biologist for the USGS, Winneshiek County Emergency Management Coordinator Sean Snyder, Clayton County Emergency Management Coordinator Sarah Moser, Clayton County Supervisor Gary Bowden and Fort Atkinson Mayor Paul Herold. Photo courtesy of Sean Snyder

Forces Joined Saved Gauge

LeRoy McClintock was a 2016 recipient of the Winneshiek County Fair Distinguished Service Award.

[Recently,] I received word from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that 16 [monitoring gauges] across the state of Iowa were going to be shut down effective June 30‌ due to a lack of funding.

The [monitoring gauge] in Spillville was on that list.

The USGS [monitoring gauge] in Spillville is a vital piece of infrastructure that is utilized for everything from day-to-day water level updates all the way up to disaster mitigation and preplanning. The annual cost to keep the [monitoring gauge] functional was an additional

$8,960.

This is where Sarah Moser, [the Emergency Management Coordinator for Clayton County,] saved the day. Sarah took it upon herself to speak to the Clayton County Board of Supervisors and the city of Elkader in an effort to form funding partnerships between [the two counties].

Through her tenacity, Sarah was able to gain enough funding between the Clayton County Board of Supervisors, the city of Elkader and the Clayton County Emergency Management Department to cover almost half of the annual cost of keeping the

Spillville Turkey River [monitoring gauge] functional.

The good news didn’t stop there, [as] the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, the city of Spillville and the city of Fort Atkinson [and] the Winneshiek County Emergency Management Department all pledged to split the remaining cost difference to keep the [monitoring gauge] functional.

Sean Snyder Winneshiek County Emergency Management Coordinator

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Not Go Silently So, apparently, that man approximately 15 feet from us that Nichol was asking about excitedly as to whether he could be a cardinal was in fact, Cardinal Raymond Burke.

Said discovery was made thanks to an excursion recently with the wife.

With the kids off with grandparents, the wife and I went up to La Crosse, Wisconsin recently.

Wending our way along through northeast Iowa, we eventually reached the (swollen) Mississippi River and headed north.

Excited, my better half got my attention at one point and started asking about red trim on a cassock. Lo and behold, it was indeed the shrine’s founder, now a cardinal, who was set to celebrate the next Mass of the day after the one we were attending.

Stopping to chat with someone at a back pew, he paused right where her eyes could take in the details.

(Mental note - if during Mass the wife thinks she sees a cardinal, trust

her.) Among cool sides - not only did we make it (only slightly late) to Mass, I also got part of a Mass celebrated by the cardinal himself.

Not bad for a chance visit.

Since coming back to the area where she was born, Nichol has been game to make road trips.

I’m at a loss at times for just where we are, though with a bit of help from her phone, we’ve always managed to find our way back to civilization.

Thanks to her, I’ve now been through Sattre, Highlandville, Bluffton, Freeport and Frankville.

I’m not sure how long it would take me to find Sattre again, but I can say I’ve been past the old store. And I can also now say I’ve been through what remains of the community of Lycurgus in Allamakee County. A gorgeous church dominates the landscape, though there does not appear to be anything left of the hotel, store or post office that were once supposed to have been part of the com-

munity.

In addition, I can safely add Churchtown to the list of communities I’ve explored.

Exercising our Wanderlust has been enjoyable, though I’m reminded that summer is winding down. My window to try tubing the Turkey River is closing fast, and if I want to get a close look at the cliffside at Bluffton, I’m going to need to get moving, P.D.Q. Bach.

With a new dock installed for their use at my in-laws’ place, the boys are getting the opportunity to chase small animals, work on their tans and drive another set of adults other than us, their parents, crazy for a couple of weeks, though the annual visit in the dog days of summer also means that summer is going by quickly.

Indeed, as proof that summer is winding down, the school has already sent out class lists, and the boys are experiencing some dread at the prospect of a return to the classroom.

Conventional Wisdom So let’s recap the last couple weeks.

Michelle Obama gave a critically acclaimed speech at the Republican National Convention. Ted Cruz became a hero to Democrats. And Hillary Clinton proved to women everywhere that if you marry into politics and spend decades building an extensive career, you can one day be considered a worthy opponent for a billionaire reality TV star who stumbled his way into a national election and can’t seem to figure out how to get out of it.

How long was I on vacation?

To nobody’s surprise, Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee for President at their national convention.

Clinton is by no means the first woman to win a nomination for president. In fact, she won’t even be the only woman to win a nomination for this particular election. That said, yes, Hillary Clinton is the first female nominee who has a realistic shot of winning the presidency. In spite of her own best efforts to the contrary.

Which is not to say that Clinton isn’t trying very hard to win the White House. That’s kind of her problem. Her decades of preparation to be president have stripped her of any likability she might have had. She is a ruthless power player and, like Darth Vader, the more she squeezes, the more supporters slip through her fingers.

From the start of the primary, Bernie Sanders supporters operated under the assumption that the deck was stacked against them. That the power brokers within the Democratic Party had already decided who the nominee was going to be and the popular vote wouldn’t really matter. It turns out they might have been right.

Once again, Clinton has an e-mail problem. And this time the e-mails

aren’t even hers.

Shortly before, the Democratic National Convention leaked e-mails revealed that the DNC had been less than neutral when it came to the primary race between Clinton and Sanders. With Sanders running so closely behind Clinton in the hotly contested primary, it really makes one wonder if he might have eked out a win under different circumstances.

There doesn’t appear to be any evidence that Clinton and the DNC actively conspired against Sanders, or even that the DNC’s snarky e-mails actually led to anything of consequence, but the whole kerfuffle has done little to endear her to the “Bernie or Bust” supporters she now has to court.

To add insult to injury, disgraced former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz now has an honorary position on the Clinton campaign, which looks all manner of suspicious.

To be fair, it’s not like Sanders was completely shut out. He knew his campaign was a long shot. His persistence was never about winning the nomination but about leveraging his popularity to influence the party platform, which he did.

That said, it’s clear that the DNC wasn’t running the primary the way it should have been, and they’ve put a dampener on one of the most energetic political movements in living memory.

But while the Democratic Party needs some serious house cleaning, the Republican Party has all but collapsed on itself.

In stark contrast to the DNC bending over backwards to secure Clinton’s nomination, the party behind Donald Trump now spends the bulk of its time trying to figure out how to support him while distancing itself from everything he does.

The mental gymnastics that Paul

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Travis Fischer Ryan has to perform to reject Trump’s statements while holding him up as the standard bearer for his party should earn him a gold medal in Rio. Ted Cruz famously said voters should “vote their conscience,” but what is a conscientious voter to do when the choice is between a corrupt political insider and an unhinged demagogue?

Well, there’s always a third party.

Libertarian Gary Johnson is on the verge of making it into the debates.

The Libertarian Platform may not be entirely appealing to Republicans, but with Trump and Clinton in front of them, Johnson may start to look a lot better.

Meanwhile, Jill Stein of the Green Party is the natural home for “Bernie or Bust” supporters mad about Sanders losing the primary but not willing to vote for Trump out of spite. The Green Party’s platform is essentially the Democratic platform, except they say they’ll actually do the things that Democrats promise to do. And with Stein polling at four percent, it’s likely they’ll never get the chance to be proven wrong.

A third party would be nice, but until we get ranked voting, third parties are a luxury for people who don’t live in swing states. Here in Iowa, where votes actually matter, pragmatism should probably win over principle. Too much is at stake for anything else.

Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing and hopes the instant-runoff voting proposed in Maine catches on nationwide.

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Enforced activity outdoors aside, I suspect they would be happy to go back to their semi-vegetative states to which they are often wont to succumb, courtesy of the electronic age.

Pointing out to the boys that their days of hitting the pool and library as breaks between 1.) sleeping, 2.) playing on the computer and 3.) engaging in their own versions of Vulcan Mind Melds with the television are nearing an end will likely lead to protesting on the part of one or more of my progeny.

And the prospect of not having Minecraft as their boon companion?

Quelle horreur!

Adding to the sorrow, the chance to score frozen confections, funnel cakes and all of the other summer treats will be gone before too long.

I’ve been in the process of mak-

ing my way to my first time with both the Winneshiek County and Fayette County fairs this summer. With the former, I went the frozen route, but with the latter recently, I stopped by the American Legion’s spot to grab a bratwurst.

Loaded with kraut, mustard and ketchup, it was a pleasant treat.

Yet, such things will be gone soon, though not without a fight.

Before I’m ready to call the season over, I’m going to go out in style.

Take a package of brats, some sauerkraut, a tub of ice cream big enough to float a battle ship, and we have us the makings of one last shindig.

And memories to keep us warm come another Iowa winter.

Letter to the Editor

What Comes Of These Political Conventions?

To the editor: Our society does not throw people in prison because someone does not agree with them. The spectacle of the mob on the floor of the Trump convention fanatically contending a need to imprison a candidate of the other party reveals a danger to the American people’s lives that comes of a cult of personality joined with a hate-filled man in the manner that in the past produced a ghastly Nazi [h]olocaust in Germany. This hysteria joined with Trump’s histrionics presented as ugly of a display as that of the mob of Scripture that

screamed “crucify him.”

In place of spreading hateful disregard for our fellow humans while atop terra firma, better we be more intent on spreading love, concern and what bits of understanding we can muster.

Ted Cruz, regardless of any personal intent attributed to him, has counseled what in good spirit we voting citizen[s] had best take to heart: we each should exercise our own conscience when in November we cast our presidential ballots.

Sam Osborne West Branch

More Info On ʻErmordetʼ To the editor: The three particulars cited in the recent article in the Calmar Courier (Time and Tide, July 5, 2016) regarding the historical “ERMORDET” (murdered) incident and identically inscribed grave marker at St. Clement Cemetery are mistaken on all three counts, for which, I suspect, the Calmar Courier is hardly responsible. Jacob Rhyner—not Rhymer—was killed in 1861, not 1891. And although a small debt of 60 cents—not $1.50—is a part of that story, his death resulted from far more complicated circumstances.

Prior to my discovery of the "ermordet” iron cross grave marker,

primary source historical [investigation] and subsequent lectures on the unfortunate turn of events leading to Rhyner’s death and the “murdered” monument at St. Clement’s, the “ermordet” story was a long forgotten total unknown. Should you be interested in the definitive, exhaustively documented, accurate account of this tragic tale, I recommend my recently published book, Ermordet (murdered): Revelations of an Iron Cross (2013), available for purchase at Whistle Stop Antiques in Calmar, or from me [in person] or for checkout at the Calmar or other local public libraries.

Russell Baldner Spillville

FEDERAL OFFICIALS Charles Grassley

Rod Blum

Joni Ernst

Barack Obama

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U.S. Senator 111 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3254; Fax (202) 224-9369 http://Ernst.senate.gov

Congressman 1st District of Iowa 213 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-2911

President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 (202) 456-1414 www.whitehouse.gov

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Legals

Calmar Courier

PUBLIC RECORDS: WINNESHIEK COUNTY AND FAYETTE COUNTY Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office June 30 Elizabeth Goodwin, 32, of Lisbon, was eastbound on County Road B-32 at 4:23 p.m. She failed to navigate the curve and put her car in the ditch. The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled over a couple of times. No ambulance transport was needed.

July 1 Eric Lambie, 63, of Mapleton, Illinois, was eastbound on Quandahl Road at 2:30 p.m. and entered the south ditch and rolled into the trout stream. No ambulance transport was needed. Lambie was issued citations for failure to maintain control, no proof of insurance and ATV operation on roadway.

July 9 Korey Snitker, 26, of Postville, stopped for the stop sign at the intersection of 150th Street and 130th Avenue at 3:30 a.m., pulled out at a high rate of speed, lost control, went into the south ditch, came out of the ditch and went into the north ditch, and the pick-up rolled. No ambulance was needed. Snitker was cited for reckless driving.

July 23 Zachary Eberling, 20, of Postville, was arrested at 2:05 a.m. and booked into the Winneshiek County Jail for operating while under the influence.

July 24 Lester Erickson III, 26, of Decorah, was arrested at 8:55 p.m. on a probation violation warrant and transported to the Winneshiek County Jail.

July 25 Levi Watenphul, 22, of Leroy, Minnesota, was traveling eastbound on County Road B-16 at 7:10 a.m. when he attempted to make the curve in the roadway and lost control, and the semi and the trailer rolled onto their sides. No ambulance was needed. Watenphul was cited for failure to have control.

July 26 Jason Smith, 22, of Decorah, was arrested and transported to the Winneshiek County Jail.

July 30 Jesse Marchetti, 30, of Mabel, Minnesota, was arrested at 12:47 p.m. on a warrant for theft – third degree and transported to the Winneshiek County Jail.

July 31 Shirley Langland, 59, of Decorah, was arrested on a warrant for criminal mischief – fifth degree and transported to the Winneshiek County Jail at 7:46 p.m.

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office July 27 At approximately 5:40 a.m., the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office was notified

of a car versus deer accident on Acorn Road, approximately 3 miles east of Wadena. Scott Douglas McLain, 55, of Volga, was driving a black 2003 Chevrolet Tracker ZR2 southbound when he struck a deer that was in the traveled portion of the roadway. The vehicle sustained approximately $1,500 in damage, and no injuries were reported.

A deputy on patrol observed a male known to have a suspended driver’s license operating a vehicle in the City of Oelwein pulling into the Casey’s parking lot. Michael Miller, 41, of Oelwein was arrested and charged with driving while having a suspended license.

July 28 Deputies were called to Highway 93 just outside of the City of Fayette in reference to a report of a possible disturbance. Upon arrival, deputies met with Janel Kay Helfter, 41, of Nashua.

Deputies discovered Helfter had a valid felony warrant for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of THC out of Barron County, Wisconsin. Helfter was placed under arrest and transported to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office where she awaits extradition. Fayette County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Fayette Police Department in this matter.

July 31 At approximately 11:30 p.m., deputies responded to a domestic disturbance taking place in the City of Arlington.

Robert Meyer, 48, of Arlington, was arrested and charged with domestic abuse - second offense.

Deputies located and arrested David Weaver, 48, of rural Randalia, on a warrant (original charge of trespassing) out of Fayette County. Weaver was transported to the Fayette County Jail where he was held for an initial appearance.

Winneshiek County Court Criminal Chris Joshua Wiltgen, Calmar, written plea of guilty, original charge of fraudulent practice – third degree Shane Kelly Riehle, Fort Atkinson, charged with theft – second degree, jury trial set for Sept. 21 Travis James Streif, Fort Atkinson, order of disposition, domestic abuse assault – first offense, seven days in jail with five days suspended, $200 fine Robie Eugene Shindelar, Calmar, charged with assault and obstruction of emergency communications, trial set for Sept. 26 Nathan Ralph August O’Donnell, Calmar, order of disposition, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, 24 hours in jail with credit for 19 hours time served and five hours suspended

PUBLIC NOTICE Storm Water Discharge

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Calmar

PUBLIC NOTICE OF STORM WATER DISCHARGE Sara K. Neuzil plans to submit a Notice of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be covered under the NPDES General Permit No. 2 "Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity for Construction Activities".

The storm water discharge will be from construction of a new commercial building and parking lot, located in the NE 1I 4, Section 26, T97N, R9W, City of Calmar, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Discharge will be from one point source and will be discharged to the following streams: Turkey River.

Comments may be submitted to the Storm Water Discharge Coordinator, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Environmental Protection Division, Henry A. Wallace Building, 502 E 9th Street, Des Moines, lA 50319-0034. The public may review the Notice of Intent from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address after it has been received by the department.

Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CALMAR Calmar Zoning Board of Adjustment to meet: A petition for a variance and/or special exemption to the zoning regulations as applied to the property at 408 N. Melden Street in the City of Calmar. The petitioner asks for a variance of 4’ to the south (side) of the property and 10’ to the west (front) of the property. The plan is to build a garage.

The Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on August 17, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at the Calmar Fire Station. You may appear at that time if you so desire either in person or by agent or attorney in opposition or support of the proposed variance from or special exemption to the zoning regulations. The hearing of this appeal is not limited to those receiving copies of this notice and if you know of any neighbor or affected property owner who for any reason has not received a copy, please inform him of this public hearing.

ATTEST Phyllis Elsbernd, Secretary Board of Adjustment Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

OWI Brayton Ray Boyer, St. Lucas, written plea of guilty David James Funk, Calmar, written plea of guilty Jose Guadlupe Salgado Bernal, Ossian, trial information, order for arraignment, criminal complaint and hearing for initial appearance Jorge Israel Garcia, Lawler, trial information, order for arraignment, criminal complaint and hearing for initial appearance Small Claims Custom Car Credit Acceptance, Inc., Oelwein, versus Larry Robert Headington, Calmar, and Christa Dawn Headington, Cresco, motion for continuance Veridian Credit Union, Waterloo, versus Wilson Kelmal Edwardo, Postville, order for judgment Gregory Allen Frana, Calmar, versus Duncan Alexander Glock, Calmar, dismissed with prejudice Gundersen Clinic, Ltd., La Crosse, Wis., versus Robyn Marie Dundee, Ossian, order for judgment Gundersen Clinic, Ltd., La Crosse, Wis., versus James Leonard Hauber, Cresco, order for judgment Lang’s Dairy Equipment, Decorah, versus Kevin Eberling, Postville, default judgment Welch Inc., Waukon, versus Thomas Eric Arneson, Decorah, default judgment Capital One Bank, Golden Valley, Minn., versus Cassandra Mae Carver, Decorah, order for judgment Marine Credit Union, Decorah, versus Jamarr Antonio Eddy, Decorah, order for judgment Oaklawn Roads I, Inc., Decorah, versus Kevin W. and Kim Laura Barth, Decorah, order for judgment Midland Funding, LLC, Cedar Rapids, versus Narenge Vakili Kakavandi, Ridgeway, order setting trial Randall J. Olson, D.D.S., Decorah,

versus Patrick James Kimber, Decorah, dismissed with prejudice Doris Ann Sweet, Decorah, versus Roy Lee Graves, Decorah, dismissed with prejudice Shasta Properties, Postville, versus Nathan Ralph August O’Donnell, Calmar, and Mikayla Renee Van Minsel, Decorah, dismissed without prejudice Farmers Union Cooperative, Ossian, versus Brenda Jean Panoch, Calmar, dismissed without prejudice Kerndt’s Rental, LLC, Decorah, versus Jamie Allyn and Tammy Kay Mincks, Decorah, original notice Stealth Investments, Postville, versus Jessica Marie Marshall, Decorah, original notice, dismissed without prejudice Capital One Bank, Golden Valley, Minn., versus Kathryn Ann Johnson, Castalia, original notice Capital One Bank, Golden Valley, Minn., versus Eric Jay Crawford, Decorah, original notice Erin Troendle, Decorah, versus Devin Gilbert, Luana, original notice Stealth Investments, Postville, versus Paul Martin Greenberg, Decorah, original notice Traffic Nicholas Robert Bruess, West Union, possession/purchase alcohol by person 18/19/20 – first offense; Amber Rose Blake, Waukon, failure to yield upon left turn; Jacob Daniel Wurst, Cresco, speeding; Philip Franklin Headington, Decorah, permit under 18 to consume/ possess on property; Cody Wayne Zidlicky, Decorah, possession/purchase alcohol by person 18/19/20 – first offense; Teresa Lynn Hanson Kleppe, Decorah, speeding; Jacob Emery Tripp, Lime Springs, registration violation; Charlene Ann Pierotti, Dubuque, speeding; Brandon James Nordschow, Decorah, speeding; Brandon Joseph Kimber, Rochester, Minn., speeding, no valid driver’s license

Felony Charge After Woman Found With Contraband An Elgin woman origiHenriksen was charged with nally charged with a simple public intoxication. misdemeanor now faces a According to the departfelony charge after being ment, Henriksen also faces found with contraband at the a charge of introducing conFayette County Jail. traband, a felony charge, Kimberly Kaye Henrikafter she was found with sen, 53, of Elgin, was arcontraband at the jail. The rested July 28 after a report sheriff’s office said HenHenriksen was received at 6:15 p.m. of riksen was found with drug an intoxicated person in the street in paraphernalia at the jail. the Elgin area. After she was located,

Clermont Man Faces Felony OWI Charges Third-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) charges have been filed against a man following an ATV accident.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office arrested Joseph Gene Daughton, 52, of Clermont, on an outstanding warrant July 26. Daughton was under investigation for an ATV accident where alcohol use was suspected, and after the results came back from the lab, it was determined that Daughton was intoxicated.

Third-offense OWI is a felony under Iowa law.

Daughton also failed to serve seven days in jail from an OWI second-offense conviction last year and was served a warrant to complete that time also.

Burglaries Reported The Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of burglaries.

The burglaries have taken place in rural areas, during both daylight and evening hours.

“We are asking the citizens of Chickasaw County to be alert to any unusual vehicles in your neighborhood,” the department said.

The sheriff’s office has advised residents to lock vehicles and remove valuables as well as to secure homes with a durable deadbolt lock. Upon request, the sheriff’s office does make house checks while residents are gone.

Public Meetings Aug. 2 Board of Adjustment, 7:30 p.m., 400 Claiborne Dr., Decorah Aug. 8 Fayette County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Fayette County Courthouse Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, 9:30 a.m., Second Floor – Winneshiek County Courthouse South Winneshiek school board, 7 p.m., District Office, Calmar Turkey Valley school board, 7 p.m., Jackson Junction Aug. 9 Conservation Board, 5:30 p.m., Winneshiek County Courthouse Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m., 400 Claiborne Dr., Decorah Aug. 10 Board of Health, 3 p.m., 305 Montgomery St., Decorah Aug. 15 Fayette County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Fayette County Courthouse Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, 9:30 a.m., Second

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Calmar

PUBLIC NOTICE Winneshiek County OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS WINNESHIEK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MONDAY, JULY 18, 2016 The Board of Supervisors met at 9:30 a.m. on July 18, 2016, with all members present.

Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Beard to approve the road closure request by the community of Fort Atkinson during Rendezvous Days.

Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Thompson to approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes of the last meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Ashbacher to adopt resolution 17-01, scheduling a public hearing on the rezoning request by Jesse and Edward Lyon for August 1st at 10:00 a.m. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Beard to adopt resolution 17-02, scheduling a public hearing on the ordinance to set rates and charges for service in the Frankville Water District.

Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

Lee Bjerke, county Engineer, met with the Board to discuss road matters.

Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Kuhn to

enter into contract with K Construction for project BROS-CO96(133)-8J-96, the box culvert on Trout Run Road. Motion carried unanimously.

Paul Greufe, HR Consultant, met with the Board to discuss county issues.

Jon Lubke, GIS Coordinator, met with the Board to discuss IT issues.

Moved by Thompson and seconded by Kuhn to approve the updated version of the IT Director job description. Motion carried unanimously.

Andy Van Der Maaten, county Attorney, met with the Board to discuss county issues.

Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Ashbacher to approve the scope of services agreement with Hacker Nelson and Co PC for the FY16 financial audit. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Thompson and seconded by Ashbacher to adjourn to 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2016. Motion carried unanimously.

ATTEST Benjamin D Steines John Logsdon, Chairman County Auditor Board of Supervisors Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Turkey Valley Community School OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TURKEY VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL JACKSON JUNCTION, IA 52171 The Turkey Valley School Board met in special session on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The meeting was held in the Superintendent's office at Turkey Valley School, Jackson Junction, IA. Ernie Schmitt called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.. The following Board Directors answered roll call: Ernie Schmitt, Brenda Mueterthies, and Jody Steinlage. Don Blazek Jr. and Leon Shatek were absent.

Moved by Jody Steinlage and seconded by Brenda Mueterthies to approve the agenda as presented. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Jody Steinlage and seconded by Brenda Mueterthies to approve Michelle Nystel

Daughton

as the TAG teacher for 2016-17, pending verification and background check. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Jody Steinlage and seconded by Brenda Mueterthies to approve Jonathon Koch as the special education teacher for 2016-17, pending verification and background check.

Carried unanimously.

Moved by Jody Steinlage and seconded by Brenda Mueterthies to adjourn at 7:35 a.m. Carried unanimously.

ATTEST President Secretary Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Floor – Winneshiek County Courthouse NICC Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., at the Waukon Center Aug. 16 Commission of Veterans Affairs, 1:30 p.m., Winneshiek County Courthouse Pioneer Cemetery Commission, 7 p.m., Old Winneshiek County Jail Aug. 22 Fayette County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Fayette County Courthouse Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, 9:30 a.m., Second Floor – Winneshiek County Courthouse Aug. 29 Fayette County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Fayette County Courthouse Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, 9:30 a.m., Second Floor – Winneshiek County Courthouse

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Sudoku - Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box.

Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

HELP WANTED - WINNESHIEK COUNTY Will be accepting applications for the position of

Information Technology Director for the Winneshiek County/City of Decorah IT Department until 4 p.m. Friday, August 12.

Applications and résumés, including three professional references, can be submitted to the county Auditor’s office by e-mail at auditor@co.winneshiek.ia.us or mail at 201 W Main Street, Decorah, IA 52101. EOE Job description, summary of benefits, and application are available in the County Auditor’s office, and also online at www.winneshiekcounty.org or www.decorahia.org.

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HELP WANTED Part-time cooking/wait staff position available

Screen Printing & Embroidery Advertising Specialties Design Services

563-534-7687

1351 280th Avenue - Fort Atkinson, IA 52144 Email: bcgrafix@acegroup.cc

Call for details (563) 778-2291 105 S. Maryville, Calmar, IA Ph/Fax: (563) 562-3142

Malcom Enterprises

Home, Automobile, Farm & Health

Insuring Your Future . . .

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Maintenance Free Steel-Vinyl & Aluminum Siding Complete Trim • Thermal Replacement Windows Storm Windows & Doors • Insulation Siding Alum/Steel Vinyl • Seamless Alum. Gutter We challenge anyone, anywhere to match our Workmanship and Prices!

Referral List Available - Free Estimates

Exterior Home Fashions Lawler, Iowa • (563) 238-3804 • 1-800-765-1433 PAT COSTIGAN, President www.kohlmeyerinc.com

NORTHEAST IOWA Waukon, Iowa

SALES COMMISSION

Slaughter Cattle Sales EVERY THURSDAY 9:30 A.M.

Feeder Sales EVERY 2nd & 4th Wednesday 10:30 A.M.

Chris Holthaus 563-380-5460 | holthauselectric@hotmail.com Licensed & Insured Master Electrician Serving ALL of NE Iowa!

New Homes |Remodels | Repair/Service Work | Phone/TV | Smoke Detector Systems | Light Fixture Sales | Recessed Lighting | Energy Efficient Systems

Sale Results for July 25, 2016 High Choice all natural beef strs & hfrs ..........Up to 125 High Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs.......................115;117.75 Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs ................................... 108;112 Select & Choice Beef Strs & Hfrs................ 109;113.75 High Choice Hlstn Strs & Hfrs ....................... 108;110.5 Choice Hlstn Strs & Hfrs .................................. 106;109 Select & Choice Hlstn Strs & Hfrs ...................... 98;106 Thin Shelly Cows ................................................. 60;74 High Yeilding Cows .............................................. 74;83 Market Bulls ....................................................... 92;105 Holstein Veal Calves ........................................ 115;170 Colored Veal Calves ......................................Up to 200

Decorah, IA (563) 382-4203

HELP WANTED

FOR SALE

COMPANY DRIVERS WANTED: Oberg Freight Company - Good Steady Freight - Excellent Home Time - Consistant Regional Miles - No Touch Van Freight - ASK US ABOUT OUR SIGN ON BONUS CONTACT: Oberg Freight Company, Fort Dodge, IA 1-800-739-5220 Ext. 2. www.obergfreight.com.

The Cheap Bohemian will be open August 5, 6-8 p.m.; August 6, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; August 7, Noon-4 p.m.

Indoor Rummage, Vintage, Antique Sale. 107-3rd Ave NE, Waucoma, IA; Info 563-380-7114

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Herb & Christine Rausch Sale 201 11th Ave., Fort Atkinson, Iowa Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. John Deere 425 Lawn Mower, B John Deere w/ Loader, Anvil, Old Style Beer Light, 2 Trunks, Tammy Doll, Candy Fashion Doll, Crocodile Wrench, Grandfather Clock, China Cabinet. Franzen Auction & Real Estate, LLC, Ossian, Iowa. Clyde 563-380-0253. Photos at www.auctionsgo.com

For Rent: Two bedroom apartment located in 8-plex in Calmar.

NS NP. Phone 563-419-3763 or 563534-7701. thru TFN 2 bedroom apartment for rent.

Heat and water included. $500 per month plus deposit. Call 563-3808000.

Offering Commercial & Residential Collection

“ We pick you up! ”

$0.20/word with a $5 minimum

FOR RENT

White House Supper Club St. Lucas, IA Garbage, Recycling & Cardboard Services

Deadline

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Upcoming Aug. 10th & Aug. 24th

VIEW SALES LIVE AT

cattleusa.com

View Marekt Reports at equituycoop.com For More Information Call

563-568-4501 Gary Whittle, Mgr. 563-379-3767 Dan Treongen 608-434-4045 Lyle Mohwinkle 563-380-4954

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A Country Touch

Custom Framing Janet Bodensteiner • 563.380.3361 15598 Nature Rd., West Union

For all your automotive needs!

1452 271 Ave Fort Atkinson (563) 534-7147

Medical Secretary/ Receptionist Experience with medical terminology preferred.

Office and computer skills necessary.

Send resume to: P.O. Box 799, Postville, IA 52162

HELP WANTED

Shirk’s Auction Service

C.F.S. Catholic School, Calmar and Spillville, Iowa is now accepting applications for:

Carl Shirk Owner/Auctioneer Fort Atkinson, IA

Custodian

563-534-7513 forthay@acegroup.cc fortatkinsonhay.com We do Farm, Real Estate, & Household Auctions!

Call for available dates!

Please send letter of application and/or resume to P.O. Box 815, Calmar, IA 52132.

PUBLIC NOTICE Winneshiek County

ELEMENTARY TEACHER WANTED C.F.S. Catholic School, Calmar, Iowa is now accepting applications for the 2016/2017 school year:

Kindergarten Classroom Teacher Apply by sending cover letter, resume, and credentials to: Principal, C.F.S. Catholic School, P.O. Box 815, Calmar, IA 52132

HELP WANTED SOUTH WINNESHIEK CSD has the following opening for 2016-2017:

Substitute Bus Drivers Requires a minimum of CDL-Class B license with passenger and school bus endorsements To apply request application materials from S.W.C.S. District Office, Box 430, Calmar, lA 52132-0430 or call 563-562-3269. Open until filled. (EOAAE)

PO Box 507, Calmar, IA 52132 • (563) 562-3488 • calmarcourier@hotmail.com Published in the Calmar Courier on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

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ANNIVERSARY

Delaney Lensing - TV

Sadie Nymeyer - TV

Kayla Schaufenbuel - TV

Emily Busta - TV

Taylor Buchheit - SW

Christina Nesvik - SW

Jaden Severson - SW

Jenna Elsbernd - SW

Athletes from both South Winneshiek and Turkey Valley were among those selected for all-conference honors for the Upper Iowa Conference.

Infielders: Chloe Severson (10), Kee Jenna Elsbernd (12), South Winn Delaney Lensing (12), Turkey Valley Ashley Funk (11), Central Outfielders: Jasmine Stocker (12), MFL MarMac Kyann Braden (11), Ed-Co Sadie Nymeyer (11), Turkey Valley Utility: Tatum Kahler (10), North Fayette Valley

Chiperas Celebrating 60th Anniversary Paul and Lillian (Langreck) Chipera will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

They were married Aug. 8, 1956, at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas. An open house celebration will be held in their honor Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at the Waucoma Event Center, in Waucoma, from 2

to 4 p.m.

Paul and Lillian were blessed with four children: David, Joyce (Bob), John (Jeanie) and Daniel (Michelle).

They have nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The couple requests no gifts, only your attendance to help them celebrate.

TO WED

Area Athletes Honored

UIC All-Conference First Team: Pitchers: Courtney Cooper (11), Kee Taylor Buchheit (10), South Winn Catcher: Megan Gavin (12), North Fayette Valley Infielders: Kendra Cooper (10), Kee Abby Hageman (11), South Winn Anna Berry (12), West Central Kim Rounds (12), North Fayette Valley Outfielders: Nicki Wood (10), Kee Kenzie Squires (10), West Central Jade Daughton (11), North Fayette Valley Kaitlyn Ronnebaum (11), Ed-Co Utility: Ellie Cooper (12), Kee UIC All-Conference Second Team: Pitchers: Madison Monroe (12), North Fayette Valley Hayley Goedken (9), Starmont Catcher: Rebecca Harms (12), MFL MarMac

Busta And Ryan To Exchange Vows Gerald and Marla Busta, of Lawler, would like to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jaclyn, to Alex Ryan, son of Mike and Carol Ryan, of Ryan.

Jaclyn is the granddaughter of Alfred and Joan Mueterthies, of Lawler, and Agatha Busta, of Little Turkey. Alex is the grandson of Jim and Doris Eike, of Ryan, and Bernadette Ryan, of Ryan.

The future bride is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and is employed at John Deere in Waterloo as an accountant. The future groom is a graduate of Iowa State University and is employed as an engineer at John Deere in Waterloo.

Their wedding will take place on Sept. 17, 2016, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Lawler.

Honorable Mention: Kee: Katie Brennan (9) and Makayla Walleser (9) NFV: Megan Feldman (11) and Chloe Johanson (11) South Winn: Jaden Severson (11) and Christina Nesvik (11) West Central: Braidyn Buhrow (10) and Mary McDonough (10) MFL MarMac: Mollie Ward (12) and Chaunte Drahn (12) Starmont: Jordan Baumgartner (11) and Regan Jannsen (9) Ed-Co: Erica Voss (9) and Brylyn Clute (11) Clayton Ridge: Savannah Domeyer (11) and Ivy Aulwes (10) Turkey Valley: Kayla Schaufenbuel (12) and Emily Busta (10) Central: Megan Nemechek (11) and Grace Rodman (11)

Final Standings: Kee: 18-0 (35-6) NFV: 14-4 (24-14) SW: 10-8 (23-13) WC: 10-8 (12-24) MFL MarMac: 8-10 (12-20) Starmont: 7-11 (11-21) Ed-Co: 7-11 (10-25) CR: 7-11 (8-20) TV: 7-11 (13-19) Central: 2-16 (7-25) Abby Hageman - SW

TRYOUTS FOR FORT ATKINSONʼS RENDEZVOUS MELODRAMA Hosted By Country Road Players Sunday, Aug. 7 - 7 p.m. Spillville Public Library Rehearsals start the first week in September.

Performances on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 25 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Written and directed by Jed Becker. For more information, call 563.547.5419.

Ossian Fest Signing Up Parade Entries The City of Ossian and the Ossian Crown Club are holding their annual Ossian Fest Saturday, Aug. 13. A highlight of Ossian Fest is the Grand Parade held Saturday evening at 7 p.m.

This year’s theme is “Super Heroes in Ossian.” Members of the Parade Committee will be contacting businesses about entries for the

Grand Parade as well as asking for volunteers to help with some of the Ossian Fest activities that weekend.

Donations are being solicited as well.

For further information or questions, please contact Natalie Knutson at davenatalie@mchsi.com or by phone at 563-380-5404 or at 563532-8914.

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JOB EXPO & VETERANS

CIRCUS Thurs., Aug. 4 Show Times: 5 & 7:30 p.m.

CALMAR

NICC Campus Sponsored by the Calmar Community Club

TICKETS Show Day: Advanced: Child/Senior Child/Senior $

8

Adult $

13

$

7

Adult $

10

Tickets will be available at Calmar City Hall, State Bank (Calmar and Ossian branches), Kwik Star, Community Thrift, Whistlestop Antiques, South Winn Insurance and Luana Savings Bank (Ossian branch).

SERVICE FAIR Are you a veteran needing help with benefits?

Or are you looking for employment?

Come to a FREE Job Expo & Veterans Fair to learn about opportuni es for work & recourses for veterans!

Date: August 4th

PATRICK (319)610-7585

Local management advice on timber land. We know Northeast Iowa and we know trees!

OFFICE (563)245-1147

CHRIS (563)419-0656

I choose

Birdnow because...

Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Hotel Winneshiek Opera House 104 East Water Street Decorah, IA 52101 For more informa on contact Jack Mescher: Jack.Mescher@mail.house.gov or (319) 823-1015 Paid for with official funds by the office of Congressman Rod Blum

“We received great service from everybody at the dealership.

They were helpful through the entire buying experience and did everything they could to make sure we got the best deal!”

- Brady Severson Calmar, IA

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