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If you or someone you know is affected by Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, it’s time to learn the facts. Hampton Chronicle Mark the calendar for a Basics of Alzheimer’s program, set Thursday Dec. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Clarksville Public Library. The Alzheimer’s Association is presenting this program, which will provide information on detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatment and more. This program is free, and lunch will be provided. Please register by Monday, Rex Knapp, sergeant at arms, salutes and the volley firing squad stands at attention for taps at the Dec. 12 by calling the library at 319Pearl Harbor Day service on Sunday, Dec. 4 in Clarksville. The squad is, from second-right, Dan 278-1168. See ad. Forry, Bob Fenneman, Galen Jones (hidden) and Bob Litterer. (Clarksville Star photo)
Landus employee retirement open house set Dec. 16
Join Landus Cooperative on Friday, Dec. 16 for a retirement open house for Jim Burkhardt. It will be from 4-7 p.m. at the Allison AMVETS, Ninth St. See ad.
Snowmobile trails closed for deer season
Pearl Harbor Day service held Mira Schmitt-Cash Editor
The attack of the then-government of Japan on Pearl Harbor that goaded the United States into World War II occurred 75 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, “a date, which will live in infamy,” as
F.D.R. famously said. On Dec. 4, 2016, as the first accumulated snowfall of the season turned to slush outdoors, family members and friends of the honored veterans and visitors filled the Clarksville AMVETS Post 30 about two-thirds full.
Clarksville is the final resting place of the deceased veterans honored, 1. Don Rottink. 2. John “Jack” Smith. 3. William “Bill” Kadous. 4. Leland “Red” Metz. 5. Walter “Wally” Wilken. PEARL HARBOR to page 16
Please remember all snowmobile trails are closed from Dec. 3-Dec. 18 for deer season. IF there were snow and a snowmobiler were caught attempting to ride the trails during these dates, he or she can be fined AND it could result in loss of trail.
Clarksville Elementary Concert set Dec. 8
The Clarksville Elementary Christmas Concert will be Thursday, Dec 8 at 7 p.m. at Clarksville Schools.
Christmas At Wilder Park canceled
The Allison Park Board has announced that the Christmas Decorating Event at Wilder Park scheduled for Dec. 16, 17 and 18 has been canceled.
Santa plans two trips to Clarksville
Santa is going to make two trips to Clarksville this year ahead of Christmas night. He will make his traditional stop on Saturday, Dec. 17 to visit with the children and deliver treat sacks. He will be at the Reading Park bandstand across from the library at 10 a.m. arriving on a fire truck. Parents are welcome to bring their camera. Miss Clarksville Emily Doty will join him and will be handing out treat sacks courtesy of the Clarksville Commercial Club. Because Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, Santa will return on Saturday morning, Dec. 24, when he will visit the residents at Clarksville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, West Side Assisted Living, and the Community Retirement Village. He will then travel around town to visit elderly residents. Any family holding a Christmas gathering early in the afternoon on Christmas Eve day is welcome to request that Santa stop by before he heads back to the North Pole to get a rest in before his busy night. Please call Jeff Kolb at 278-4644 to make arrangements. Classifieds............................... 10 Public Notices....................... 6, 7
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PREPARED: Kara Bohlen, 7, of Clarksville, shows Santa the American Girl baby stroller she is requesting for Christmas, in a catalog. (Clarksville Star photo by Mira Schmitt-Cash)
Toys for Tots box stocked by Immanuel United Church Of Christ youth
First the soup had to be cooked, brownies baked and the noon meal had to be served. Thanks to the congregation’s generosity, Immanuel United Church of Christ Sunday school students were able to raise over $300 this year for their Christmas project. Last year, two families at the shelter in Waverly were “adopted” and received donations. This year, a Toys for Tots bin was set up at K & S Grocery in Clarksville, so the students decided to go shopping for toys. On the first day of Advent, after decorating the tree and sharing pizza, they headed to Waverly to AJ’s Toy Store where Andy and Denise Shoultz joined them. They shopped, picking out toys they thought they would enjoy. Andy and Denise donated additional items. When the delivery was made to K & S Grocery, the donation filled the Toys for Tots box and an additional box. Thanks to all mentioned, the Sunday School managed to purchase around $600 worth of toys. IUCC also thanked chaperones and drivers Julie Kielman, Connie Rottink,
Shell Rock native Troy Rinnels, right, inked the deal to purchase Orly’s Meat Market and Locker at 103 and 105 N. Main St., Clarksville, from Rex Ackerman, left, and wife Tracy on Monday, Dec. 5. (Clarksville Star photo)
Orly’s sold to Shell Rock native Mira Schmitt-Cash Editor
Shell Rock native Troy Rinnels inked the deal to purchase Orly’s Meat Market and Locker at 103 and 105 N. Main St., Clarksville, from Rex and Tracy Ackerman on Monday, Dec. 5. “It’s always been my dream to have a locker,” Rinnels said. Rinnels started working at the Fareway meat department during high school and made a career of it, spending 13 years with the company, 10 in Waverly and three in Clear Lake. He managed the meat department at Jack and Jill in Osage for three years, where he currently serves on the Fire Department. The rest of Rinnels’ experience that will be needed at Orly’s, in smoking meats and slaughtering, he has accrued during his free time. He hunts and fishes, and has slaughtered his own deer, he said. Rex and Tracy Ackerman have owned Orly’s for 16 years. “It was always my dream, and now it’s somebody else’s dream,” Rex Ackerman said Monday. “He reached out to me,” Ackerman said. All of the employees will be staying on, Ackerman said. Don and Linda Rinnels, Troy’s parents, live in Shell Rock, as does
Ambulance Addition changes—
Crew opts for upstairs meeting room Mira Schmitt-Cash Editor
Donating to the Toys for Tots box at K & S Grocery on Sunday, Nov. 27 as part of an Immanuel United Church of Christ Sunday school project are, in front, Shayna Ledtje, and behind her, Katie Kampman. More photos on page 15. (Contributed by IUCC) Christina Kielman and the Shoultzes for driving and chaperoning.
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a sister, Sheila Drinkwine. His other two siblings live in Clarksville, sister, Tonya Freerks and brother Tony Rinnels. Rinnels and wife Darri, a Waverly native, have four adult children who are all “gone and married,” he said. Rinnels said he and Darri aim to move to the area within a year, and commented about the housing market. Ackerman explained what led him to sell his dream business. “With my life-changing events of the past 45 days, I chose to put my life into perspective of what my priorities are.” “I consider it semi-retirement,” Ackerman said. “I am still employable.” He plans to take the winter off, go to Florida for a couple of weeks to see his parents and go to Michigan for several weeks to snowmobile. After that he says, “we’ll see what the plans are.” The Ackermans have twin girls. Taylor lives in Clarksville, and Tiffany is finishing up her master’s degree at Minnesota State University. “We plan to rebuild a new house this spring on our acreage where the fire happened,” Ackerman reaffirmed. But he’s leaving open the question of what he wants to do next. “I may not do anything for five years or five months, we’ll see what happens,” Ackerman said.
Clarksville City Council authorized city officials to sign acceptance of a decent-sized change order Clarksville Ambulance Addition at the Nov. 21 council meeting. “Modify Use of Storage Room,” is the title of the recent change order from Steege Construction Inc. of Waverly. “Upstairs was going to just be storage pure, plain and simple,” Ambulance Crew member and Councilman Travis Sterken said, “but when we realized the upstairs had a lot more room, the Ambulance (Crew) decided we wanted to move upstairs and store everything downstairs, so now it has to be livable (upstairs).” He recapped, “Upstairs (is) for our meetings, Downstairs (is) for our storage.” Specific changes that were verbally listed for the council by city maintenance and the city clerk were upstairs flooring, tread for the stairs — and
some outdoor work —outside lighting and fixtures for the sign. The city gained $2,980 credit toward the project for providing railing labor and material, according to a negative number on the change order. Change orders to date sum to $16,163. This includes an $820 change order the council approved Nov. 7. Councilman Kenny Smith summarized the project finances from the council packet, “We’ll have spent up to date $235,624. We borrowed, up to $250,000.” The original bid was $219,461, City Clerk Larry Betts said. “We keep tabs that we’re staying within our means,” Betts said. The motion to approve the change order passed without contest. As of Dec. 2, the driveway, garage door and siding were in place. The siding and driveway took shape since the Nov. 21 meeting but most likely were part of the original project scope.