WEDNESDAY
November 30, 2016 VOL. 141 NO. 48
Community
November Calendar
Library Events for December
Library Christmas Program - Sat., Dec. 3 at 9:30 a.m. We will do a craft or two, read a holiday book, decorated cookies, and Santa/Mrs. Claus will be here for photos. “Old Files” - Tues., Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. “Downton Abbey” - Tues., Dec. 6 at 2 p.m LEGO Club - Tues., Dec. 13 at 3:45 p.m. Cooking Club - Tues., Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. LIBRARY CLOSED - Dec. 23, 24, 26 – Christmas Kids’ Craft Days - Tues., Dec. 27 & Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10 am Christmas Break Movie Days Tues., Dec. 27 (“Finding Dory”) & Thurs., Dec. 29 (“The BFG”) at 2 p.m. LIBRARY CLOSED - Dec. 30, 31 & Jan. 2 – New Years
Left to right:Lauren Imhoff, Kylea Tinnes, and Frankie Johnson with the high school donations.
Food drive yields large results Amie Van Patten Regional Editor The Keota student council was able to bless the United Church of Faith with a large donation this year. After holding a contest throughout the month of November, the students were able to deliv-
er a large abundance of food for the food pantry. Mr. Jacobsen, student council leader reports, “I am very proud of my council and all of the students here at Keota”. He said that the church reported that this was the largest donation they remember
that the school has ever donated, with the elementary alone donating over 1000 items. Members of the student council were able to deliver the items on November 23. The food will be of great help to people throughout the Keota community.
Keokuk County Historical Society Hours Closed for Christmas will be December 22nd, 28th, and 29th. Regular hours will resume after New Year’s Day. If there is no school or school is delayed, the KCHS will be closed. Please call (641-622-3005) to be sure we are open on winter inclement weather days. Regular hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Holiday Market A holiday market will be held at Holy Trinity Parish Hall on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tour of Homes
The annual tour of homes will be held on Dec. 3 from 2:30 to 7 p.m. For more information contact Jeri Sieren at 319-330-8310
Speech Soup Supper and Festival of Trees The soup supper and festival of trees will be on Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Lagos Acres.
Classical Music at Clear Creek The Southeast Iowa Chamber Orchestra will be performing at Clear Creek St. Peter and Paul Church on December 4 at 2 p.m. The church is located at 30832 242nd Street Harper
Hospice Tree of Memories The Keokuk County Hospice will be holding a lighting ceremony on Wednesday Dec. 7 in the Keokuk County Courthouse Rotunda at 6:30 p.m. To remember a loved one contact Keokuk County Hospice Auxillary. Continued on page 2
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With five trees and much more decor, this home features many natural elements throughout the home as well.
Keota Tour of Homes:
Brett Romoser and Darren Hoffmann
Sally Snow with the UCF Mission group, Lauren Imhoff, Lindsey Imhoff, Kylea Tinnes, Frankie Johnson, and Crystial Wright with all the donations from Elem and Jr/Senior high schools that was donated to the United Church of Faith.
Conrad receives patent Amie Van Patten Regional Editor When Keota Police Chief Doug Conrad originally began developing the evac-strap to save time in active shooter situations, he had one thing in mind. Saving lives. In today’s world there are police shootings, terrorist attacks, and ambushes occurring all over the nation. When one officer is injured and others come to aid, they are left unprotected while they try to get the other to safety. That is where Conrad’s invention comes to use. With the use of this product, the time that it takes to move an injured person is cut in more than half, and puts less strain on those moving the injured officer as well. With this product being used and tested in various locations around the world, Conrad sent in for a patent. Being the 9,451,799 patent, Conrad just hopes that his product will help save lives and protect those it is intended for. Hopes are that with a patent, that this will provide a low cost, easily implemented product that will be implemented in body armor for both law officers and military personnel and eventually even fire and EMS staff and provide rapid evacuation of injured persons from hostile environments. Protective Specialty Specialist Devin S had this to say regarding the device, “After speaking with Doug Conrad in April I informed him of my current job and the type of work that I do. Doug was very adamant about getting this evacuation strap in theater as he reassured me it would benefit members downrange... The strap is so easy to install onto your gear that instructions were not even looked at. Once the strap was attached to my rig, it stayed securely in place with no faults for the remainder of my short stay in the Country two more months. In that time we conducted four full intensity drills including Medical evacuations. Of these drills there is not a single instance of equipment failure. More so, as training went on most of the evacuations were Flawless without
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Along the stops of the tour of homes this year is the Hoffmann-Romoser house. Brett and Darren moved to Keota this year and bought the home at 302 E Lafayette Ave. The property has passed between three families over the last 120 years, the Nelsons, the Romines and Don Laing and Scott Railsback. Since moving in in April, Darren and Brett have been researching the history of the property and have enjoyed learning about the history of these families and the Keota community. “We hope that some of the guests on the Tour have stories or even pictures to share of the former owners,” says Darren, hoping to add more to their knowledge of the home. This house is an interesting mix of styles, having first been built in 1895, with a major addition and renovation in the 1970s and another addition in the 1990s. The original part of the house is classic Victorian. The addition is a more open chalet style with a loft and a large family room.
Brett and Darren have been hard at work renovating and updating the house, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture. They are starting to implement Craftsman and Prairie School designs throughout the house, hoping these turn-ofthe century styles will help to bring the two halves of this home together. Darren is a professor at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and Brett does construction and design and also works at the Well in Wellman. Both Darren and Brett are gardeners, so you can expect to see lots of natural elements in the Christmas decorations. Brett’s skills in construction and interiors mean there will be no shortage of architectural elements, large trees and lots of lights. Darren says “a work in progress at the moment, so we hope the folks on the tour will enjoy seeing how far we’ve come over the last six months and have fun imagining where the house might take us.”
Conrad received patent on his product. error, and in fact, faster. I highly recommend this piece of equipment for Personnel both in country and out of country involved in Military and law enforcement type of work.” For more information about this product you can go to www.daart-net.com.
The fireplace features a painting from Brett’s great-great grandmother.
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