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Vol. 42, No. 28 Ida Grove, Iowa

News GLIMPSE Ida Co. Fair King & Queen Contestants Page 2

Bill Riley Talent Search Page 6

Puzzles Page 7

Theatre board stabilizes building Page 10

IG Rec art camp Page 13

Rohlk to compete in na onal rodeo Page 17

Upcoming Events Secret Life of Pets Movie Showing Sunday, July 16 • 9 pm Prac ce Football Field Ida Grove

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Relay for Life theme is ‘Let’s Knock Cancer Out Of The Park’ The 19th annual Ida County Relay For Life is this Saturday, July 15, 6 to 11 p.m. at the Ida Grove City Park. This year’s theme is “Let’s Knock Cancer Out Of The Park.”

A community supper will be from 6 to 7 p.m. featuring taverns, hot dogs, chips and pop.

Tropical Sno and cotton candy will also be available.

Opening ceremony is at 6:30 p.m. followed by a special Survivors’ Lap to honor those who have battled cancer. Ida County’s honorary survivor chair Tiffany Lindberg will lead the survivor lap, while the rest of the evening’s participants cheer for the survivors. Golf carts will be available for those needing a lift for their lap.

Free activities include a scavenger hunt, musical chairs for cake, games and family-friendly musical performances. A fundraising raf le will be held.

At dusk, the luminaria ceremony will begin. Luminaria will be available at the Relay for $7 each or three for $15. Luminaria will surround the park, each one

carrying a message of remembrance, a prayer of thanks or words of hope. As the luminaria glow throughout the park, each one represents a treasured relationship and the shared vision for a cancer-free future.

Funds raised at the Relay For Life of Ida County enable continued research, education and patient services in the mission to end cancer.

Participating teams this year are Andy’s Wrestlers, GOMACO, Horn Memorial Hospital, Ida County Courthouse, Team Monroe, Morningside Memories, NSCCU, O-A/BC-IG Staff, St. John’s Lutheran Church, United Bank of Iowa, VT Industries and Willow Dale Wellness Village.

This year’s corporate sponsors are United Bank of Iowa, GOMACO, Horn Memorial Hospital, Midwest Industries, Morningside Healthcare Community, North Star Community Credit Union, VT Industries, Byron Originals, Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Homes, H&R Block, Ida Grove Kiwanis and Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home and Monument Company.

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Lindberg is Ida County Relay For Life honorary chair Tiffany Lindberg of Ida Grove is the 2017 Ida County Relay For Life honorary chair.

Lindberg and other cancer survivors will kick off the American Cancer Society Relay For Life at 6 p.m., this Saturday, July 15, with opening ceremonies and the survivors’ lap at the Ida Grove City Park.

Lindberg was irst diagnosed with cancer in 2012. Up until that time, she had completed her licensed practical nurse degree, achieved her associate’s degree in nursing, got married, had three children—Treyten, Brysen and Jenessa Kolar, and had decided to go back to school to get her bachelor of nursing degree.

“Midway through my school journey, on Feb. 20, 2012, at the age of 32, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma stage two (breast cancer).

I opted for a double mastectomy with reconstruction.

After surgery, I began chemotherapy. I did four rounds of Adriamycin cytoxan and four rounds of taxol, along with one year of herceptin every three weeks. Other than taking my tamoxi in for the next ive-10 years, I thought my cancer journey was going to end there,” said Lindberg.

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Fireworks: Battle Creek’s Fourth of July celebration finale featured the fire department’s annual fireworks show. The display highlights a full day of activity in the community. For more pictures go to page 16.

IG council sets hearing on sale of King Theatre, makes changes to sewer billing ❚ by MIKE THORNHILL

The Ida Grove City Council approved a resolution setting a public hearing on the sale of the King Theatre and an ordinance to change how sewer usage rates are charged July 5. The council also discussed complaints the city received relating to ireworks.

The council approved a resolution setting the date for a public hearing to sell the King Theatre for Monday, July 17, at 6 p.m. Any one who wants to offer input for or against the sale should attend the hearing.

The city, which is the current owner of the theatre, has received a proposal from the Ida Grove Community Development Foundation to purchase the King. The foundation has been in existence for about 10 years and is considered a taxexempt charitable foundation.

On a related item, the council approved the appointment of councilman Ryan Goodman, councilman Doug Clough, Owen Bolte, Beth Wolterman and Cheryl Gosch to the foundation’s board of directors. All

ive individuals are current members of the King Theatre Renovation Board. The newly appointed foundation members will appoint four additional board members to bring the total board to nine members.

Clough gave an update on the King Theatre. The back wall of the theatre collapsed Thursday, June 29. Volunteers worked last Thursday, July 6, to shore up the back of the theatre. Clough said an insurance adjuster, along with a structural engineer, were scheduled to evaluate the building Monday, July 10.

For several years, the city has used a six-month average to determine residential summer sewage bills. The ordinance the council adopted July 5, after waiving the second and third readings, provides for the elimination of residential sewer bill averaging and returns the sewer billing based on the customer’s water usage for each billing period.

The ordinance change also allows the use of separate res-

idential water meters for lawn watering and other outside water usage. If a residential customer has a city-approved second water meter installed on an outside faucet, the customer’s bill will be based upon the outside water usage only, and no sewer fee will be added. The $15 per month minimum fee will apply to the second water meter, regardless of how much water is used.

The customer is responsible for all costs related to the separate meter, including installation, repair, maintenance and removal. The city must also approve the installation of the meter.

The ordinance goes into effect upon publication in the Courier newspaper. It should take effect for the August billing.

Councilman Gregory Ernst brought up the ireworks issue. He noted there were individuals inside the city limits setting off ireworks beyond the cutoff time of 11 p.m. on July 4. Ernst and Goodman (continued on page 3)

Tiffany Lindberg ried Shane Lindberg and moved to Ida Grove and became the O-A/BC-IG School District nurse. She said, “In June, we did some scans as we had plans to possibly add to our family, but God and fate would have something different in mind. On June 30, I was re-diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer to the left ninth rib.”

Since then, her treatment has consisted of a total hysterectomy, monthly injections and oral chemo, Ibrance (three weeks on one week off).

“We also decided to do radiation to the rib lesion, which (continued on page 3)

Ida County supervisors approve salaries Ida County supervisors met for the inal time for iscal year 2016-17 June 30.

Supervisors approved salaries of elected of icials, deputies, clerks and others for FY 2018, effective July 1 by voting ive to zero to approve resolution 2017-13.

Five percent increases were approved for the sheriff Wade Harriman to $59,447; auditor Lorna Steenebock and treasurer Traci Riessen to $46,593; recorder Julie Phillips to $45,872 and attorney Meghann Whitmer to $46,556.

Deputies and clerks also re-

ceived a 5 percent raise.

Board of supervisors, Raymond Drey, Creston Schubert and Rhett Leonard, received a 4 percent increase, to $25,713.

Also approved were salaries for the following by a resolution: Kristal Phillips, part-time assistant county attorney, $46,557; Shelley Bruning, deputy commissioner of elections, $33,942; Kristy Gilbert, deputy auditor-recorder, $33,942; Kristi Drury, deputy treasurer, $33,942.

Hourly salaries for sheriff deputies are: Chief Deputy

Fred Anderson, $23.62 per hour; Deputy Rob McMillen, $22.52; Deputy Brady Van Egdom, $22.52; Deputy Andrew Shillington, $22.52; Deputy Michael Stehr, $22.52; Deputy Corey Trucke, $22.52; Deputy Kirk Kinnaman, $22.52; Deputy Alex Ehlers, $22.52 and Deputy Korey Van Wyhe, $22.52 per hour.

Compensation of other personnel in the elective county of ices from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, will be as follows, shown as their rates per hour: (continued on page 3)

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PAGE TWO more of the Courier’s front page Five contestants vie for 2017 Ida County Fair queen The Ida County Fair queen pageant is set for next Wednesday, July 19, 7:30 p.m., at the fairgrounds’ grandstand.

Five girls will be participating in the pageant this year, with a queen, first runner-up, Miss Personality and Miss Citizenship receiving honors. Contestants are: Anna Van Dusen Anna Van Dusen, 17, of Ida Grove is the daughter of Scott and Denise Van Dusen and will be a senior at O-A/ BC-IG High School. She has participated in volleyball, track, band, jazz band, choir, show choir and chamber choir. She is currently in basketball, golf, student council, yearbook staff, FFA, Falcon Core Committee, TAG, National Honor Society and Key Club (service club).

Outside of school, her activities include: 4-H, 4-H Youth Council, junior firefighter and active in her church as a member of LYF, SHED Bible studies and helping teach the preschool class on Wednesday nights.

She is also involved in community events such as Relay For Life, hospital foundation fund-raisers and Kiwanis events.

Awards she has received include president of the Key Club and NHS at school, letters in academics, first team all-conference basketball and second team all-conference golf, 4-H president for four years and vice president one year, I Dare You Award and the senior merit award.

After high school, she plans to attend a four-year college to major in elementary education and minor in photography.

Brittany Hamann Brittany Hamann is the 18-year-old daughter of Renae and Josh Hamann of Ida Grove. She will be a sophomore at the University of South Dakota this fall.

Her school activities include USD College cheerleader, Dakotathan, Health Sciences Club and Cru. Outside of school, her activities include helping with the Ida Grove Ambulance when she can, working at the Ida Grove pool and Morningside Healthcare Community nursing home in Ida Grove.

Awards she has received are dean’s list freshman year of college and, while in high school, NHS, state track and All-Iowa dance team.

Hamann’s future plans include graduating from USD with a bachelor’s degree in health sciences and work as a sonographer for a couple years before applying for a PA school.

Bree Henningsen Bree Henningsen, 18, of Ida Grove is the daughter of Shannon and Barbara Henningsen. Henningsen is a graduate of O-A/BC-IG High School.

While in high school, she participated in volleyball, basketball, softball, FFA, speech, drama, play, choir, art and Whitey Thompson Hike-Bike-A-Thon.

Outside of school, her activities include helping with the Pheasants Forever

and Ida County Cattlemen’s banquets, church activities include helping at suppers, holiday activities, usher and hospitality. In 4-H Youth Council she’s helped plan and put on the fair. FFA activities include working at food banks, clean can cages, planted planters on Main Street and took piglets to the elementary for Charlotte’s Web. Three years ago, she rewired the poultry barn for 4-H. Awards she has received include: honor roll; silver cord, lettered in softball; speech/play and academics; division I and II ratings in choir, speech and drama; 2016-17 FFA vice president; placed fourth and 16 th as a group and 32nd individually in livestock judging and in 4-H champion/reserve champion/top honors in beef, swine, poultry and dog.

Henningsen’s future plans are to go into a career in the livestock industry. She plans to start at Iowa Central Community College and then transfer to Iowa Lakes to major in veterinarian technician and possibly minor in ag production.

Lexi Phillips Lexi Phillips is the 17year-old daughter of Curt and Kristal Phillips of Holstein. She will be a senior at Ridge View High School in Holstein this fall.

Her school activities include: volleyball, track, dance, mock trial, student council, Friends of Rachel group, dance marathon committee, band, class secretary, National Honor Society president and prom committee.

Outside of school, her activities are: member and president of Ida High Achievers 4-H Club and youth council secretary, member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Cherokee, plays piano once a month for a local church and has helped clean up the local theater.

Awards she has received

include honor roll, All Iowa Honor Dance team and a superior rating at piano contest.

After graduation from high school, she plans to attend the University of South Dakota and major in education.

Claire Sohm Claire Sohm, 17, of Battle Creek is the daughter of Jenni and Ed Sohm. She will be a senior at O-A/BCIG High School this fall. In high school she has served as the FFA reporter and participated in student council, wrestling manager, choir, TAG, quiz bowl, spring and fall plays, mentoring and Key Club.

Outside of school, her activities include working at Bomgaars in Ida Grove, Maple Huskies 4-H club president, Ida County Youth Council vice president, Wolf Creek Saddle Club queen 2017 and member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Battle Creek.

Awards she has received are academic letters the past three years, FFA Greenhand and Chapter degrees and livestock project award in Ida County.

Her future plans following high school graduation are to attend Ellsworth Community College in the agricultural business field and then transfer to either Northwest Missouri State University or South Dakota State University.

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Battle Creek fourth float: The Blackmore family and friends got into the Fourth of July spirit with their “Racing to Battle Creek Fourth of July” float in Battle Creek’s annual parade on July 4.

Tollufsen, Tomlinson compete in Ida County Fair king contest The Ida County Fair king pageant is set for next Wednesday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds grandstand.

Ty Tollufsen and Cheyenne Tomlinson are competing for the king title.

Ty Tollfusen Ty Tollufsen, 17, is the son of Todd and Tammy Tollufsen of Ida Grove and will be a senior at O-A/BC-IG High School this fall. During high school, he has participated trapshooting, FFA and mock trial.

Outside of school, he has participated in the National FFA Convention and volunteers often as he is on the O-A/ BC-IG FFA of icer team.

Awards he’s received include 2016-17 Ida County champion overall showman and senior showman.

His plans are to inish high school and attend college at ISU for veterinary medicine.

Cheyenne Tomlinson Cheyenne Tomlinson, 19, of Ida Grove is the son of Scott and Kandice Tomlinson. He is a graduate of O-A/BC-IG High School and will be a sophomore at Iowa Central Community College this fall.

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During high school and college, he has been involved BPA (Business Professionals of America), mock trial, speech, student council, Key Club, fall and spring plays/musicals, track, choir and H.A.V.E. Club.

Outside of school, his activities include participating in vacation Bible school at his local church, volunteered at Iowa State University Extension Of ice for numerous activities, volunteered for the local Kiwanis committee doing the concession stand for softball/baseball games and

other activities. He was also involved in 4-H and 4-H Youth Council.

Awards he’s received are top educational presentation for 4-H, top Pride of Iowa for 4-H, top extemporaneous speaking for 4-H and irst place in the Ida County chili contest.

His plans are to continue attending college and get his associates degree and then transfer to a secondary college. He is looking at majoring in human services as a counselor, but is open to other ields.

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more about — (continued from front page) both said they could hear ireworks at 1 a.m. on July 5.

Goodman said the sheriff’s department told him it is dif icult to enforce the ireworks time limit because by the time a deputy arrives, the individuals setting off the ireworks have stopped.

Goodman and Ernst both noted the council needs to look at altering the current city rules on ireworks, including ways to enforce the rules or setting limits on the lot size where ireworks can be ired from (setting limits on lot size would eliminate ireworks from being ired from con ined areas, such as neighborhoods) and possibly cutting back on the number of days ireworks are allowed.

Ernst noted it is “too bad a few people could ruin this (use of ireworks) for everyone.”

No action was taken on the ireworks issue, as it wasn’t listed as an item on the council’s agenda. Ernst said he brought the matter up so council members could think about ways to change the rules.

Tony Bennett and Dennis Clausen of the Ida Grove Kiwanis Foundation asked the council about the city’s previously stated intentions to contribute to the ball ields the Kiwanis Club developed north of the high school. The ball ields are owned by the city.

Councilman Ryan Goodman said it should be the city’s responsibility to pay for lights on the utility ield at an estimated cost of $100,000. Goodman added the city isn’t currently in a position to write a check for $100,000, but rather make a $25,000 a year payment over four years. After discussing the matter, the council approved a plan to make a pledge totaling $100,000 spread out over four years.

In other business •Nelson and Rock Contracting have completed the installation of rock to stabilize the creek banks under the Moorehead Avenue Bridge.

•Discussion was held on a letter of intent the city received from JEO Consulting Group of Wahoo, Neb., to consider the irm for the city engineer position. The council would like someone from the

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. . . IG council irm to attend a council meeting to answer questions. If the council decides to retain a irm as the city’s engineer, it would have to be open to bids.

•Clough noted a grant request has been submitted to the Iowa DNR to help pay for repair of cracks on the Pleasant Valley Trail. Grant announcements will be made Oct. 10.

•A retainer agreement between the city and Peter Goldsmith and Laurel Boerner of Boerner and Goldsmith Law Firm was approved. The agreement calls for the attorneys to serve as the city attorneys for a $200 per month retainer fee and $190 per hour plus expenses. The attorneys will not be paid the hourly fee for attending regularly twicemonthly-scheduled city council meetings.

•The council reviewed information from Data Technologies of Omaha, Neb., relating to software solutions the city is considering adding. Among the software proposals was information relating to automated utility billing. City residents would be able to pay their monthly water/sewer/garbage bill automatically deducted from a bank account. The council will have someone from the irm meet with the council before making any decisions.

•City Administrator Marc Dennison said he has received one proposal to digitize the city ordinance books.

He said he is waiting for additional proposals.

•Dennison noted Jane Peterson, the city’s administrative assistant, is working on gathering information on storage leasing costs. The city is trying to determine how much to charge for renting airport hangars.

•A decision on where to spread sludge from the city’s wastewater treatment plant was tabled until the city can determine if the airport is in a lood zone. The city is considering spreading the sludge in the grassy areas around the airport runway.

•The council gave the okay to purchase 16 more feet of fence for the Badger Creek Park fence repair project.

•The council accepted the

donation of a bench in memory of Merle Rupert, presented by his wife, Janice, to be installed at the ball ields north of the high school. The bench, which will face the softball ield, will be placed alongside the existing walkway, about halfway between the front gate and the ball ield.

•The city received a request to permit a block party in Zobel’s Addition from Amanda Eason. The council would like more information before taking action on the request.

•Dennison said he has been in touch with some downtown businesses that were part of the revitalization effort and is continuing to collect information from other owners about ongoing concerns with unresolved problems related to the downtown revitalization program. The city has held off on making the inal payment of $3,684 to RDG Planning and Design until several issues, mainly with doors and windows, with the project are addressed.

•Jeff Gilbert was given the okay to use the ball ields north of the high school for youth pickup baseball games.

Gilbert said he would maintain the ields for play.

•Clough asked Chelsea Gross, rec center director, to look at having the city swimming pool open as much as possible between Memorial Day and Labor Day next season and to take an extended schedule into consideration when lifeguards are hired.

•Class C liquor and Sunday sales licenses were approved for Ida Bowl. Class C beer and Sunday sales licenses were approved for Pronto.

•Goodman said he would look into converting from paper-based city council packets to a Chrome Book based format. He said the Chrome Book format works well for the BC-IG School Board, and it would help to keep the city council current with the information it uses. Goodman also suggested the city look into having council meetings available on the city website.

•The next scheduled council meeting is Monday, July 17, at 6 p.m.

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. . . Ida County supervisors (continued from front page) Tracy Luke, civil deputy, $15.79; Lena Hawthorne, jailer-dispatcher, $16.94; Arlene Nollen, dispatcher-jailer, $17.65; Cheryl Klein, dispatcher-jailer, $16.94; Brandi Reiss, dispatcher-jailer, $16.94; Amelia Luscombe, dispacher-jailer, $16.94, and Jessica Logan, dispatcher, jailer, $16.94.

Part-time dispatcher-jailer and sworn personnel, $22.52 per hour; non-sworn personnel, $16.94 per hour.

Also, Sherri Oberreuter, part-time treasurer’s of ice, for driver’s license, $16.80 per hour; Shelby Ellis part-time treasurer’s of ice, $16.28 per hour, and Stacey Lindgren, county attorney administra-

tive assistant, $17.23 per hour.

Other annual salaries that were effective as of July 1: Jeff Wiliams, county engineer, $103,000; Dale Hinrickson, assistant to the county engineer, $55,250; Robert Grif in, custodian, $16.45 per hour; Diane Cooper, secondary road administrative assistant, $36,481.

Ed Sohm will receive the following amounts per titles: emergency management, $25,906; sanitarian, $2,450; general assistance, $2,450; safety coordinator, $9,143 and E 911, $10,667.

Dale Ullrich, veterans affairs director, $11,797; Paige Alesch, conservation director,

$45,423; Jerry Jensen, ranger, $39,099; Joe Cronin, assessor, $50,903.

Following are hourly pay rates: Danielle Bennett, naturalist, $14.40 per hour.

Joe Lageschulte, weed comissioner, $17.09 per hour; Doug Dausel, roadside mower, $14.33; Shelby Ellis, assessor’s of ice mangaer, $16.28; Derek Boysen, $20.53; TJ Bubke, $18.90; Seth Corbin, $20.53; Thomas Cooper, $22.40; Darin Dausel, $20.67; Dan Hedberg, $20.60; Kent Hinrickson, $20.53; Jered Iversen, $20.53; James Peters, $20.74; Tony Mason, $20.15 and DJ Meek, $20.15.

The total Ida County budget is $8,630,043.

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. . . Relay For Life honorary chair (continued from front page) was completed in December 2016. Every three months, PET scans are completed to make sure there are no new lesions that have developed and, so far, the cancer has been contained to the rib. So, we continue with the current regimen until the cancer is smart enough that the irst line of defense does not work, and then we go to the next line of defense. I have also completed genetic testing,

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which showed I do not carry a mutated genetic gene for many different types of cancer, including breast cancer,” Lindberg said.

Lindberg said, “My advice for readers is simple; if something doesn’t feel/seem right, please get it checked. I was diagnosed prior to ‘being old enough’ for a mammogram. Cancer does not know an age, gender, socioeconomic class or religion.

“My other piece of advice

is to participate in health screenings and monitoring: cancer found at the early ages/stages is oftentimes treatable, with very little long-term affects. Sad but true, everyone has been impacted, or will be impacted, by the ill effects of cancer at some time in their life. Although research and treatments are continuing to evolve, there isn’t a cure for cancer, and I pray some day there will be.”

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Theatre wall: Work began Thursday, July 6 to shore up the roof of the King Theatre in Ida Grove. The back wall of the building collapsed June 29. Thanks to a team assembled by Ida Grove’s Dan Gosch, the south side of the theatre has been stabilized, allowing the theatre board to move forward with this important project. West Central Construction, owned and operated by Jim and Pat Redenius, was on hand to hoist a 10-inch H-beam, supported by cribbing on both sides, in place under the roof’s joists. In addition to West Central Construction, Kevin Nulle helped with the use of his forklift. Also providing equipment were Dan Roeder (forklift and payloader), the City of Ida Grove (payloader) and GodbersenSmith Construction (use of the H-beam). Doug Clough of the theatre renovation committee noted, “If it was not for this team of talented people, the project would not advance as it now most certainly, and passionately, will. Long live the King.”

Ida County Fair offers exhibits, shows, activities The Ida County Fair is set for Wednesday through Monday, July 19-24.

Season tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students (eight to 18 years) and free for age seven and under.

Daily admission is $10 a person. Tickets are available at Boerner and Goldsmith Law Firm and the Ida County Extension Of ice in Ida Grove.

There will be nightly drawings and you need not be present to win.

Commercial vendors as of noon July 6 were: Norwex, Young Living Essential Oils, Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Homes and Monuments, Purse-Instantly Yours, KCHE Radio, Thirty One Gifts, Jackson Recovery Center, Farm Bureau Financial Services-Sherry Gebers, Ida County Veterans Affairs, Iowa State Extension and Outreach, Bristol Windows and Ida County Republican Central Committee.

Food vendors are: Sizzlin J, Sweet Treats by Deb and O-A/BC-IG After Prom along with the fair board concession stand.

Carnival will be running Thursday through Sunday free to everyone.

Daily activities are as follows: Tuesday, July 18 Exhibit hall judging is at 8 a.m., open class entries may be entered from 4 to 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday, July 19 Swine weigh-in is from 6-10 a.m., poultry check-in and pullorum testing is from 7 to 8 a.m., the horse show (halter-performance-trail) is at 8 a.m., goat check-in is from 8:30 to 9 a.m., sheep

and beef weigh-in is from 8-10 a.m., open class judging is from 8 a.m. to noon, rabbit check-in is from 10 a.m. to noon, 10:30 a.m. is ultra sounding, 12:30 p.m. 4-H dog and pet show followed by open dog show; 5 to 7 p.m. is the Farm Bureau free supper in the commercial building, 7 p.m. is the Little Miss and Mr. Contest at the grandstand and king and queen contest is at 7:30 p.m. at the grandstand.

Thursday, July 20 The sheep show starts at 8 a.m. followed by the dairy and goat show, the bottle bucket calf and bucket calf plus one interviews are at 10 a.m., the rabbit show is at 1:30 p.m., the Little Ida Farm Hands is from 2 to 6 p.m., the commercial exhibits open at 3 p.m., the state fair exhibitors picture is at 4 p.m., the horse show games begin at 6 p.m., the out- of- ield tractor pull begins at 6 p.m., the women’s night out night runs from 4 to 9 p.m. in the commercial building.

Friday, July 21 The beef show and bottle bucket calf and bucket calf plus one judging start at 8 a.m., the pen of three weighin is from 8-10 a.m., future calf showman (grades one through three) and bottle baby calf show (youth kindergarten and under) begins at noon during the break.

Commercial exhibits open at 1 p.m., pen of three judging is at 1 p.m., the poultry show is at 2 p.m., the Little Ida Farm hands is from 2-6 p.m., the West, Wild and Wacky Fun Run is from 5 to 7 p.m., the 4-H night (style show, share the fun and 4-H

awards) begins at 6 p.m., the Bill Riley Talent Show begins at 8 p.m. and commercial exhibits close at 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 22 The swine show starts at 7:30 a.m., the adult sand volleyball tournament begins at 8 a.m., art attack is at 10 a.m., Little Ida Farm Hands is from noon to 6 p.m., commercial exhibits and the food cooking contest opens at 1 p.m., Express Arts face painting is from 2 to 6 p.m., Buffalo Ridge Music Festival (mini stage) is from 3 to 6 p.m., Special K’z The Clown is from 3 to 5 p.m. with a stage show at 3:30 p.m., the cow pie bingo is at 5:30 p.m., the Rafter K Equestrian Drill Team at 7:30 p.m., the Barnes Rodeo (Bulls and Barrels and Mutton Bustin’) is at 8 p.m. Commercial exhibits close at 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 23 A worship service is at 10 a.m., overall showmanship is at noon, Little Ida Farm Hands is from noon to 3 p.m., commercial exhibits open at 1 p.m., Expressive Arts Face Painting is from 1 to 4 p.m., Ag Olympics are at 2 p.m., the mini tractor pedal pull is at 2:30 p.m., Special K’z The Clown is from 3 to 5 p.m. and commercial exhibits close at 4 p.m.

The four-wheeler Olympics are at 3 p.m., exhibits will be released in the 4-H building and clean exhibit hall at 4:30 p.m., livestock will be released at 5 p.m. The mud fun night (four wheeler, ATV and truck mud drags) start at 5 p.m. and the 4-H dance runs from 8 to 11 p.m.

Monday, July 24 The livestock auction begins at 9:30 a.m.

King Theatre resolu on approved by supervisors The Ida County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution of support for the King Theatre Renovation Board at the June 30 meeting.

The supervisors’ vote was two to zero as chairman Rhett Leonard was absent.

The resolution read: “The Ida County Board of Supervisors is constantly supportive of projects that have a positive impact on the economic growth of Ida County and the Ida County Board of Supervisors is constantly supportive of projects that have a positive impact on the quality of life all Ida County residents and the Ida County Board of Supervisors is aware that the

Ida Grove Economic Development Corporation with the cooperation of the city of Ida Grove and the King Theatre Renovation Board are currently planning to renovate and open the King Theatre.”

The funds came from do-

nations so it was a “pass through” action by the county. The supervisors took the measure despite the theater’s wall collapse the day before. The amount raised was 5,000 toward efforts for a grant.

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS Sunday, July 16, 2017 Dusk (Approx. 9 pm)

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Cost: FREE Bring your blankets & chairs!

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Shared Building: Thornburg and Copps shared this building for their businesses in the 1930’s. The original building once was the location of the Ida Grove Dairy.

Out of the Past Forty years ago It only took about three minutes for hail to rip through parts of Ida County Wednesday, changing what had been the best corn crop in years to no crop. The storm concentrated on a strip about one and half to three miles wide about ive miles north of Ida Grove. Some of the worst damage was to a corn ield owned by Carsten Godbersen north of Ida Grove.

Corn in that ield was reduced to stubble and looked like it had been picked.

The question of what is gong to happen to the county courthouse has been put on hold until July 19. State Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson will meet with the supervisors and county attorney to discuss what can be done with the courthouse. The meeting will center on the ire marshal’s requirements if the supervisors decide to build a new courthouse or repair the current building.

Thirty years ago Within the next couple of weeks, the Holstein State Theatre’s marquee will be lashing again, thanks to Fred and Lynne Saunders of Ida Grove.

The Saunders purchased the theatre and plan to reopen it July 17 or 24. The Saunders purchased the King Theatre in Ida Grove in May 1984.

Monday night the Arthur Fire Department was given the go ahead by the Arthur City Council to begin construction on a 25-foot by 60-foot addition to the ire station. Last month, the council decided to go with the addition, leaving no less than $5,000 in reserve funds and leaving the inal decision up to the contributing townships. According to Arthur City Clerk Deb Bengford, four of the ive townships con irmed the proposal.

Twenty years ago The Ida County Sheriff’s Department has hired Wade Harriman as a new deputy. The hiring brings the department up to full staff for the irst time since November 1995. Harriman, 22, is from Waterloo. He will be living in Holstein.

The Lohff-Schumann Memorial Community Center of icially opened July 1 with the grand opening and ribbon cutting scheduled for July 19.

Mayor Mary Gross will speak

and conduct the ribbon cutting.

Ten years ago Galva-Holstein Superintendent Harold Post told the G-H School Board he had talked with Aurelia Superintendent Tom Vint about some sharing possibilities between the two districts. Vint indicated Aurelia would have to do something within a couple of years.

Post added he had not talked with anyone at Schaller-Crestland yet about sharing possibilities.

Bob Payer of Kuehl and Payer Ltd. met with the Holstein City Council to review the preliminary plat of the Benning subdivision. Payer was instructed to meet with the Galva-Holstein School Board to discuss an easement on school property for the walk/ bike trail.

A total of 18 teams are registered for the ninth annual Ida County Relay for Life walk for a cancer cure event at BC-IG High School. This year’s honorary chairmen are all breast cancer survivors who will be invited to do the opening lap around the track.

by Chelsea Gross Recreation director The Ida Grove Rec Center is sponsoring a free outdoor movie, “The Secret Life Of Pets,” Sunday, July 16, at approximately 9 p.m., at the practice football ield in Ida Grove. Bring your blankets and chairs.

Cardboard boat races will be held at the outdoor pool on Aug. 26. Pick up a registration form at the rec center.

The Doggie Dip at the outdoor pool will be held on Aug. 27.

All itness classes are offered with a paid membership.

Pilates are held on Mondays

11 a.m. For more information or to register visit www. nwipremier.com.

Ambush Basketball Camp: We will host the Ambush Basketball Camp again this summer on July 14 for students irst–12th grade: eighth-12th grade from 8 to 11 a.m., fourth through seventh grade from 11:15 a.m.-2:15 p.m., irst through third grade from 2:30-3:45 p.m. To register contact Lohff-Schumann.

Culpepper and Merriweather Circus: Be sure to mark your calendars and join us under the big top tent Sunday, July 30 as we welcome back the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus crew. Tickets and show times will be available soon.

Monday cards: Join us every Monday from 1-3 p.m. to play euchre and 500. Prizes and a light snack are provided.

Members play for free and

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Summer grilling workshop: Lauri Hummelgard will be at The Meeting place on Tuesday, July 18 to host a Tasteful-

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Horn Memorial Hospital pain services program: Charlie Delaney, nurse anesthetist, will be presenting information on Horn Memorial Hospital’s pain clinic on Thursday, July 20 at 1:30 p.m. at The Meeting Place in Galva. Call 282-4426 to register for this free well-

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Zumba: Zumba runs through July 19.

Step aerobics/weight circuits: Step aerobics and weight training circuits run through July 20.

Yoga: A seven-week session of yoga runs through July 24.

The Meeting Place is the ideal place to host your special event. Call 282-4426 for information.

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Facility fund-raiser: If you have empty pop cans you’d like to donate to a good cause, you can drop them off at LohffSchumann anytime. Money collected will be put towards new equipment.

Birthday parties: Let LohffSchumann make your child’s birthday party a hit. The fee includes admission for your entire group, use of our gym, community room and children’s room, which now includes an eye play system and games for all ages, for three hours, a decorated sheet cake and ice cream. If interested contact Bagenstos.

Personal training: Personal training is always available at your convenience with Libby, Mel, Barb, Keely and Rayven.

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uses the facility respect our rule about changing your shoes when you enter the building. This will help keep the building clean and help extend the lifetime of our equipment.

Visit our website: www.idagroverec.org.

Remember that you can use Chamber Bucks to pay for a membership. Also, GOMACO, Horn Memorial Hospital and North Star employees get special discounts. We also offer a military discount for past or present military service.

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by Libby Bagenstos Recreation director Farmers Market: Our community Farmers Market will run every Tuesday from 4–7 p.m. through October. We are currently seeking vendors of any kind. If interested, contact Lohff-Schumann 368-4817.

Art camp: This summer art camp is for children through ifth grade students hosted by professional artist Roxy Stevenson. Camp dates are July 17–20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. To register, contact Lohff-Schumann.

Fall pre-registration dance: Pre-registration for our fall dance program with professional instructor, Tina Mason is happening now.

Intro to volleyball camp: Aug. 7–9 Premier Volleyball Coaches Darci Boling and Sara Jensen will host fourth and ifth grade athletes from 9 to

at 8 a.m. Tabitha Bockelman is the instructor.

Step aerobics are held on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Bockelman is the instructor.

Water aerobics are held on Thursdays at 8:45 a.m. Bockelman is the instructor.

AM Mix is Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. Jen Conover is the instructor.

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Holstein council sets public hearing to consider sale of city property ❚ by DEB LOGER

The Holstein City Council set a public hearing to discuss selling city property July 5. The council also approved a contract for an audit irm.

Following discussion, the council approved a resolution setting Aug. 7 as a public hearing to discuss selling city property at 123 and 125 S. Kiel St. The discussion included various scenarios of selling the land for commercial development (would require rezoning), selling the lots by sealed bid or doing nothing.

Councilman Rod Regennitter abstained from the vote.

Councilman Joel Wellendorf stated, “I think it’s in the city’s best interest to sell the lots but arriving at a sale price is dif icult.”

It was noted the city is currently responsible for mowing and snow removal and that getting the property on the tax roll would be bene icial versus spending money to maintain the lots.

“I think the best way is to sell it by sealed bid with the right to reject the bids. The only cost to the city would be to publish and the public hearing,” said councilman Rod Regennitter.

City Administrator Kay Hanson said if the council held the public hearing on the regular council meeting date of Aug. 7 they would save the cost of holding a special meeting for the public hearing.

Two bids were opened and reviewed for city examiner contracts. The council approved the bid from Hunzelman Putzier and Company, PLC of Storm Lake as follows: $4,000 per year ending June 30, 2017, $4,100 per year ending June 30, 2018 and

$4,200 per year ending June 30, 2019.

KRP (King, Rinsch, Prosser and Company of Sioux City also submitted a three-year bid. Their bid was $4,995 for year one, $5,450 for year two and $5,950 for the third year.

A resolution was approved declaring support of Historic Route 20 signage. The Iowa Department of Transportation requires all towns, cities and counties located along the former alignments of U.S. Highway Route 20 to submit a resolution to agree to the designation and placement of Historic Route 20 markers on the public state highway. The city is responsible for onehalf of the irst quarter mile of D-15.

Resolution 2017-20 in support of a Workforce Housing Tax Incentive Program was approved. The Properties 2017, LLC purchased two lots on Benning Drive and are applying for a Workforce Housing Tax Incentive Program to Iowa Economic Development. The incentives the city already had in place for the lots purchased qualify for this program to be offered.

Hanson’s report contained information on the marketing/branding committee, the Farmers Market, nuisance committee update, Char-Mac Assisted Living Veterans’ photo shoot, ATV and golf cart complaint, Lohff-Schumann’s 20th anniversary open house and attending the Municipal Professionals Institute July 17-27.

Hanson said, “The city has had an increase in ATV’s being driven in town for nonagricultural use, by both adults and unlicensed drivers. The city allows ATV’s to be used coming from the

farm outside of city limits to a point in town and back to the farm. We have also had golf carts being driven by kids on the streets. The sheriff’s of ice has been noti ied and has been addressing this issue.”

Hanson noted Lohff-Schumann Memorial Community Center is hosting an open house July 19 from 4 to 7 p.m. in honor of its 20th anniversary. At 7 p.m., Matt Hanson, North American Ironman champion will be speaking.

Mayor Connie Ludvigson reported on the Small City Workshop held June 1 in Aurelia, the branding committee, the Farmers Market and the June 15 Northwest Iowa League of Cities meeting held in Holstein.

Rec director Libby Bagenstos provided information on Lohff-Schumann’s 20th anniversary, the Kinderfest 5K, Princess Dance Camp and gave a concession report.

In June, the taxi provided 192 rides with 601 stops during 22 days of driving.

Nicole Peterson from SIMPCO lead discussion on the updates made to the comprehensive plan pertaining to economic development and community facilities chapters.

J.T. Forristal and Adam Struck were appointed to ive-year terms on the Park and Recreation Board.

A cigarette permit and Class C Beer Permit and Sunday Sales Permit were approved for Mark Hunt, business name to be determined.

In other business, the council discussed regulations for fences around pools in private yards and new collective bargaining regulations.

Councilman Danny Gebers was absent.

O-A/BC-IG board elec on guidelines released There will be a regular school board election on Tuesday, Sept. 12, for the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District and for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District. The board of director positions that will be selected include: •The Odebolt-Arthur School District has two positions that will be on the ballot, the positions currently held by Joey Hoe ling and Ryan Schroeder. The length of term for these positions will run through June 30, 2018.

•The Battle Creek-Ida Grove School District has three positions that will be on the ballot, the District 1 position currently held by Crystal Endrulat, the District 2 position currently held by Jeff Rasmussen and the District 3 position currently held

by Danika Hinkeldey. The length of term for these positions will run through June 30, 2018.

•The iling period to run for any of these positions runs from Monday, July 10, through Thursday, Aug. 3, by 5 p.m. Kathy Leonard, shared board secretary/business manager, has the necessary signature papers available in her of ice at the central of ice, located at the high school in Ida Grove, and Kelli Duff, Odebolt-Arthur secretary, has the necessary signature

papers available in her of ice in Odebolt.

•The Odebolt-Arthur Community School District Board of Directors and the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Board of Directors will make all decisions related to the 2017-18 school iscal year through June 30, 2018.

Initial board for the Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School (O-A/BC-IG) District: The initial board of directors for the new Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District will be selected in accordance with the petition for reorganization ballot language.

Based on Iowa Code and the most recent population census data, the initial seven members of the O-A/BC-IG Board will be selected in the following manner: •The Battle Creek-Ida Grove School Board will meet to select four of its current board members to serve on the initial board of directors of the O-A/BC-IG School District.

•The Odebolt-Arthur School Board will meet to select two of its current board members to serve on the initial O-A/ BC-IG School District Board.

•The initial O-A/BC-IG School Board will appoint the seventh director by unanimous ballot from the remaining eligible board members

from either the Odebolt-Arthur School District or the Battle Creek-Ida Grove School District.

•If the initial O-A/BC-IG Board is not able to unanimously select the seventh board member, then the seventh member of the initial board will be selected by special election on the Sept. 12, 2017, school election ballot.

•The initial O-A/BC-IG Board will make all decisions related to the 2018-19 school iscal year and for school iscal years well into the foreseeable future.

•The irst regular school board elections that will include positions from the O-A/ BC-IG School District will occur, by Iowa Code, in November 2019. The initial board will determine which positions will expire in 2019 and which positions will expire in 2021. At least half of the positions, or as close to half of the positions as possible, will expire in 2019, and the remaining half of the positions, or as close to half of the positions as possible, will expire in 2021.

•The O-A and BC-IG boards will each meet in the near future to select the members of the initial O-A/BC-IG Board which, by Iowa Code, needs to be formally organized within 45 days of the successful special election.

Ida County supervisors canvass elec on Ida County supervisors met in special session July 3 and canvassed the results of the June 27 Battle Creek-Ida Grove school district reorganization election.

The measure to reorganize was approved by a 92-41 margin in Battle Creek’s precinct and 420-25 vote margin in Ida Grove’s precinct, for a 540-70 yes vote total. There

were five absentee votes in Battle Creek and 27 absentee votes in Ida Grove.

For the revenue purpose question, Battle Creek approved it 98-37, and Ida Grove approved it 408-20.

There were five absentee votes in Battle Creek and 27 in Ida Grove.

For turnout, Battle Creek had 136 total votes, or 16.65

percent, and Ida Grove had 446 total votes or 23.56 percent, for a total of 614 total votes from 2,710 registered voters, 22.66 percent.

The Sac County Board of Supervisors also met that day to canvass results of Odebolt and Arthur precincts. The Ida County board held its canvass of those results, as it is a control county, on July 10.

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Park work: The Galva City Park makeover project continues. On July 5 and 6, dozens of community volunteers came together to dig holes and start erecting the six new pieces of playground equipment in the park. The new, eight-foot, single velocity slide is going up in this photo. Galva Economic Development Corporation members are spearheading this beautification project. The project was done with the help of the volunteers and business people. The City of Galva purchased the new slide.

School board filing period underway Persons interested in running for open seats on area school boards could begin iling nomination papers July 10.

Petition papers and af idavits are due to the board secretaries by 5 p.m., Aug. 3. The school board election is Sept.

12.

Battle Creek-Ida Grove has three board members with expiring terms. They are Crystal Endrulat, District 1; Jeff Rasmussen, District 2, and Danika Hinkeldey, District 3.

Hinkeldey, Endrulat and Rasmussen have taken out papers.

Persons interested in running for the school board must reside in the director district they are seeking election, must ile an af idavit of candidacy and must complete a nomination petition with at least 28 signatures from eligible voters in the BC-IG School District.

BC-IG nomination papers are available from school board secretary Kathy Leonard, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the central of ice, 900 John Montgomery Dr., Ida Grove, or by emailing Leonard at kleonard@oabcig. org.

Director district maps are available on the school website at oabcig.org or at the central of ice or on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/maps/SchDist.html.

Odebolt-Arthur has two directors with expiring terms.

They are Joey Hoe ling and Ryan Schroeder, both atlarge.

O-A nomination papers are available at the Odebolt-Arthur building, 600 S. Maple St. in Odebolt, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or at the central of ice in Ida Grove at 900 John Montgomery Dr. or by emailing board secretary Kathy Leonard at kleonard@oabcig.org. Fourteen signatures are required from eligible voters in the O-A School District.

Galva-Holstein has four members with expiring terms.

They are Jamie Whitmer, District 1; David Kistenmacher, District 3; Don Friedrichsen, District 4, and Kyle Bennett, District 6. Persons interested in running for the school board must reside in the director district they are seeking election, must ile an af idavit of candidacy and must complete a nomination petition with at

least 19 signatures from voters in the G-H School District.

G-H nomination papers are available from school board secretary Natalie Kliegl, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the central of ice in Holstein or by emailing Kliegl at nkliegl@rvraptors.org.

Schaller-Crestland has two members with expiring terms.

They are Alan Movall, District 1, and Tim DeLance, District 2. S-C nomination papers are available at the central of ice in Schaller Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Fridays, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Persons interested in running for the school board must reside in the director district they are seeking election, must ile an af idavit of candidacy and must complete a nomination petition with at least 20 signatures from voters in the S-C School District.

Ridge View (Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland) superintendent Jon Wiebers would like to meet any potential candidates to go over what the role is of a school board member. If possible, candidates are asked to stop by the of ice in person to get their candidacy papers.

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FAMILY & FRIENDS Bill Riley talent search coming to IG The Bill Riley Talent Search and statewide presenting sponsor, Hy-Vee, are excited to announce a local show in Ida Grove. It will be held as part of the Ida County Fair on July 21 at 8 p.m. The show is open to the public.

The Bill Riley Talent Search offers an opportunity to help young Iowans experience the excitement and dedication necessary to help them succeed in life as well as on stage. The goal is to promote self-esteem, self-discipline and self-confidence through participation in the performing arts. Young Iowans are in-

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vited to register to compete in the sprout division (ages two-12) and senior division (ages 13-21) by contacting show coordinator Sandy Ullrich at 712-369-1636 or dasaullrich@gmail.com.

The winning act from each division will qualify to compete at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Aug. 10-20, with prize money at the Iowa State Fair championship totaling more than $17,000.

For more information about all of the local shows and contestant rules, visit www.billrileytalentsearch. com.

Farm Bureau – Sherry Gebers Farm Bureau Financial Services has a newly-renovated of ice building in Ida Grove, where you can ind agent Sherry Gebers working alongside her sales associate, Andrea Niemeier. Being able to interact with the public and the community, and helping people, are some of the reasons Geber enjoys working in the insurance industry.

Gebers became an agent with Farm Bureau Financial Services in 2009. She’s licensed in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, which means she can solicit business in any of those states.

A typical day for Gebers and Niemeier would be meeting with new and existing clients, quoting insurance and pros-

College News Iowa Central Community College held its annual nursing pinning ceremonies June 19, 20 and 22, recognizing graduates of its Fort Dodge, Webster City and Storm Lake centers. Students with an asterisk graduated with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Receiving associate’s degrees in nursing were Tiffany Hefner of Schaller, Shelby Babcock of Battle Creek, Mary Flanigan of Early, Shallene Kragel* of Schaller, Lacey VazquezMcCoy of Early and Jennifer Lampe of Early. ***** Several area students graduated from Iowa Lakes Com-

munity College on the Estherville campus May 12. Graduating were Hunter Lindgren of Battle Creek—magna cum laude (3.50-3.74), associate in applied science agriculture production technology; Wesley Swanger of Battle Creek—associate in applied science in accounting specialist and certi icate in certi ied professional bookkeeper; Dane Treiber of Ida Grove— associate in applied science in heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology, and Kyle Knudsen of Ida Grove— summa cum laude (3.75-4.0), associate in applied science in farm equipment and diesel technology.

OSC Schedule

by Crystal Hopkins Activity director The Odebolt Specialty Care activity schedule for July 1219: Wednesday—10:15 a.m.

Catholic communion; 2:30 p.m. Arthur Free ladies.

Thursday—10 a.m. WESCO; 2:30 p.m. art project.

Friday—10 a.m.

Word Builder; 2:30 p.m. bingo.

Saturday—3 p.m. Movie and popcorn; 7 p.m. Lawrence Welk.

Sunday—2:30 p.m. Kiron Baptist; 3 p.m. social; 3:30 p.m. movie.

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Miss Independence: Anna Winterrowd was crowned Miss Independence during the annual Battle Creek Fourth of July celebration.

She is the daughter of David and Patricia Winterrowd of Battle Creek.

MHCC Schedule Engaged: Kendra Krager of Ida Grove and Michael Grote of Odebolt announce their engagement. Kendra is the daughter of Kris and Tina Krager of Ida Grove. She is a 2012 O-A/BC-IG graduate and received her bachelor’s degree from Morningside College in December 2016. She teaches English as a second language at O-A/BC-IG. Michael is the son of Dennis and Jill Grote of Odebolt. He is a 2012 graduate of O-A/BC-IG and received an associate’s degree from DMACC in Boone in December 2015. He is self-employed as a truck driver. The couple is planning a July 22 wedding at Prairie Pedlar in Odebolt.

Monday—10 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. Aaron Schumacher.

Tuesday—10 a.m. art project; 2:30 p.m. bingo.

Wednesday—10:15 a.m.

Catholic communion; 10:30 a.m. Bible Chat with Kris; 2:30 p.m. Dear Abby.

Correction In last week’s Courier photo of the Ida Grove Class of 1967, Jan Rupert’s maiden name should have been listed as Walter.

The Morningside Healthcare Community (Ida Grove) activity schedule for July 1219 is: Wednesday—8 a.m. devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. church with Pastor Lozier.

Thursday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. manicures; 2 p.m.

Name That Price.

Friday—8 a.m. devotions; 9:30 a.m. reading; 2 p.m. Chat with Myron.

Saturday—2:30 p.m. adult coloring social.

Sunday—10:30 a.m. Coupon

clipping and donut/coffee social.

Monday—8 a.m. Devotions; 10:30 a.m.

Lutheran communion; 2 p.m. Auxiliary bingo.

Tuesday—8 a.m. Devotions; 10:30 a.m. Bible Study; 2 p.m.

I bet you didn’t know this.

Wednesday—8 a.m.

Devotions; 10:15 a.m. current events; 2:30 p.m. Pastor Lierman; 3 p.m. Methodist communion.

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Heritage Days’ winners announced Heritage Days’ Lil’ Mr. and Miss and Mr. and Mrs. Heritage Days contest winners were as follows: Lil’ Mr. Heritage Days – Raymond Salcido, Lil’ Miss Heritage Days – Tinley Redenius, Mr. Heritage Days – Owen Forbes, and Miss Heritage Days – Allison Moore.

Raffle winners were: Jack Rupp—50/50, Sierra Jepsen—half hog, Trenton Gilbert—half hog and Tami Hemer—weedeater.

The cribbage winner was John Brinkman.

Horseshoe winners were: George Magan and Kasal Prak, first, and Gary Bissen and Gail Wilwerding, second.

Beanbag winners were Jake Boettger and Jess Weir, first; Shane Reinhart and Doug Matt, second; Elisha Malaise and Nicole Knop, third, and Jesse Gigaroa and Jim Anderson, fourth.

pecting new businesses.

Farm Bureau Financial Services is in its 77th year as a company, and the uniqueness about the company is its One Deductible Advantage Plan.

This means clients pay only one deductible per occurrence or accident, no matter how many covered possessions are involved, saving their customers money.

Community involvement means a lot to Farm Bureau ,as they support the high school sports’ association, 4-H, county fairs (stop by the Ida County Fair, where Gebers and Niemeier will be popping popcorn for all the fairgoers) and many local community events. If you’re looking for insurance, contact Gebers at 712-364-2931 or stop in to 409 Second St. in Ida Grove.

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Firecracker winners: Lil Miss and Mr. Firecracker were crowned during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Battle Creek. Winners are from left, Lil Miss Firecracker Kellie Riessen, daughter of Bryce and Cody Riessen of Danbury; Lil Mr. Firecracker Ryder Meseck, son of Leon and Julie Meseck of Denison; Miss Firecracker Chloe Fundermann, daughter of BJ Fundermann of Waverly, and Mr. Firecracker Kade Spotts, son of Jeff and Shelly Spotts of Ida Grove.

U.S. Hwy. 20 construc on closes Eagle Ave. Paving work for the U.S. 20 expansion project required the closure of Ida County Road L67/Eagle Avenue, south of U.S. 20 July 7. The roadway will remain closed until Aug. 11.

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The Odebolt Betterment Committee and Odebolt Development Corporation (ODC) are sponsoring the Clay County Fair Centennial Booster Tour to Odebolt on Wednesday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Second and Main Streets. The public is invited to the Centennial Celebration of the “World’s Greatest County Fair.”

The ODC will be grilling burgers in front of Shear Magic Boutique from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A free will donation will be accepted, with proceeds to bene it Odebolt Creek Days events.

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Lansink named interim Catholic schools’ superintendent

Patty Lansink

Customer appreciation in Odebolt Sac County Mutual Telephone and Odebolt, Arthur and Battle Creek cable television customers are invited to an appreciation supper at Odebolt City Park Monday, July 17, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Grilled burgers and hot dogs, side dishes and drinks will be served.

The Diocese of Sioux City announced that Patty Lansink will serve as interim superintendent of Catholic Schools while a search for a permanent replacement for Superintendent Dr. Dan Ryan is underway. Ryan, who is now the president at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, had been with the Diocese of Sioux City since July 2009.

Lansink has been principal at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Denison since 2011 and has also served as assistant superintendent of the Diocese of Sioux City since 2015.

Lansink will remain principal at St. Rose of Lima School on a part-time basis while serving as interim superintendent.

Lansink has more than 20 years of experience in education with a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Iowa State University,

and completed her teaching endorsement in science education. She earned a Masters of Science in Education from Buena Vista University, went on to complete her administrative endorsement through the Iowa Principal Leadership Academy. Lansink completed her education specialist degree at Wayne State University in December 2016.

Lansink and her husband Jayson live in Ida Grove and have three children - Madison, 17, Lauren, 13 and Sam, eight.

The Diocese of Sioux City has 16 school systems located in Algona, Alton, Boone, Carroll, Danbury, Denison, Emmetsburg, Fort Dodge, Granville, Humboldt, Le Mars, Pocahontas, Remsen, Sheldon, Sioux City and Storm Lake. More than 6,000 students receive a faith-based education each year.

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OFWN: The Cushing Betterment Club held a successful Old Fashioned Wednesday Night June 28 with more than 700 people enjoying the 128 cars and trucks and 30 tractors on display.

Cushing Old Fashioned Night draws large crowd The Cushing Betterment Club held a successful Old Fashioned Wednesday Night June 28 with more than 700 people enjoying the 128 cars and trucks and 30 tractors on display. The Anthon City Band was on hand to provide musical entertainment.

Volunteers baked more than 100 pies and 12 pans of bars and prepared 100s of hotdogs; 32 gallons of Schwan’s ice cream were consumed.

The Cushing Fire Department assisted the Cushing Betterment Club by helping

prepare and cook all those hot dogs.

What a fun evening. Those who came were in no hurry to leave – enjoying the vehicles and tractors. Visiting with past and current residents, family and new friends made that evening.

Black Hawk Lake Water Carnival “From Far and Wide...” begins Sunday The 64th Annual Black Hawk Lake Summer Water Carnival, with a theme of “From Far and Wide, Come Along For The Ride,” takes place Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16.

The celebration begins with the McDermott Midway opening at 6:30 p.m., followed by the kiddie parade at 7 p.m. A hit the past couple of years, “Open Mic”

takes place on the stage near the West Stone Pier, and the McDermott Midway opens after the kiddie parade. Local food stands and the beverage garden open for business at that same time, with Maiden Dixie providing music in the beverage garden. Bingo will be offered each day of the carnival, with blackout bingo taking place at the

top of every hour that the stand is open. The prize for blackout bingo is $100.

Saturday goes from dawn to dusk, beginning with the Lion’s Club Belgian waf le feed and ending with the parade of water loats. Other activities are art in the park, a 5K road race/walk, the street parade at 1 p.m., a new bags’ tournament in the

beverage garden, pedal tractor pull immediately following the parade, cardboard boat races and the Bill Riley Talent Show.

A DJ will provide music in the beverage garden Saturday evening.

Sunday, July 16, the Midway opens at noon, along with art in the park, the beverage garden and mud volleyball tour-

nament. At 4:30 p.m., the Little Miss Black Hawk Pageant takes place on the stage near the West Stone Pier.

Jeff the Juggler will provide special entertainment Sunday at 3 and 7 p.m. Dustin Bogue will provide live music in the beverage garden Sunday evening.

The grand inale of the three-

day event will be a ireworks display over the waters of Black Hawk Lake.

Sponsored by several generous supporters, there is no charge to attend the Black Hawk Lake Summer Water Carnival.

For more information on the weekend’s events, visit the web site at: lakeviewlifestyle.com or Lake View’s Facebook page.

Chris Nichols’ family farewell in IG A farewell is planned for Chris and Jaci Nichols and family Tuesday, July 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Ida Grove City Park.

Chris has accepted a position as CEO of Fillmore County

Hospital in Geneva, Neb., effective Aug. 11. He has served as Horn Memorial Hospital’s CEO since 2013.

Bring a potluck dish to share. Beverages will be provided.

Herrera passes cer fied staffing professional exam

Lorena Herrera

May Ag prices The average price received by farmers for corn during May in Iowa was $3.39 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Agricultural Prices report. This was up $0.05 from the April price, but $0.21 below May 2016.

The May 2017 average price received by farmers for soybeans, at $9.14 per bushel, was down $0.15 from the April price and $0.47 below the May 2016 price.

The May average oat price per bushel was $2.96, up $0.01 from April and $0.43 above May 2016.

All hay prices in Iowa averaged $89 per ton in May. This was up $4 from the April price, but $4 less than May 2016. The May 2017 alfalfa hay price averaged $96, up $7 from April, but equal to May 2016. The average price received for other hay during May was $75 per ton. This was unchanged from the April price, but $10 lower than last year.

The average price was $17.30 per cwt for milk, up $0.20 from the April price and $2.80 above one year ago.

Lorena Herrera, Employment Connections on site HR manager at Midwest Industries in Ida Grove, has passed the American Staffing Association’s Certified Staffing Professional Exam. The test covers Family Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, drug testing, Americans with Disabilities Act, EEOC and a host of other federal and Iowa employment law issues.

The Certified Staffing Professional program promotes industry-wide competency standards through a uniform national program and exam, as well as continuing education to maintain certification.

“I am very proud of Lorena,” said Tammy Christenson, owner of Employment Connections.

“Keeping abreast of the changes in employment law will help serve Midwest Industries and our co-workers assigned there well. This was not an easy achievement. It demonstrates Lorena’s professionalism and commitment to her position.”

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SPORTS Hinton brings an end to Falcon baseball campaign

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Tumble: Ridge View third baseman Jake Mitchell takes a tumble while pursuing a Sioux City West base runner in a rundown between second and third base June 30. Mitchell did tag the runner out before he reached second base. West won the game 9-4.

Raptors 1-3 to finish regular baseball season Ridge View’s baseball team went 1-3 in games played last week. The Raptors inished the regular season with a 13-11 record.

Ridge View opened postseason play on Tuesday, July 11 in Remsen against Storm Lake St. Mary’s.

The winner will take on the winner of the Remsen St. Mary versus South O’Brien game (played July 11) in Remsen this Thursday, July 13 at 7 p.m. The district inal will be played Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m. in Remsen. The substate game is slated for Tuesday, July 18 at 7 p.m. in Le Mars.

SC West 9, RV 4 Sioux City West got off to a quick start on its way to a iverun decision over Ridge View in Holstein June 30.

West jumped out to an 8-0 lead through the top of the third by scoring twice in the irst inning and six times in the third inning.

Ridge View responded with four runs in the bottom of the third inning. The score remained 8-4 until West pushed an insurance run across home plate in the top of the seventh.

“Both teams played well, especially defensively. It was a pretty fast-moving game, other than the rain delay,” noted Ridge View coach Shannon Tesch. The game was delayed in the irst inning for approximately one hour due to

rain and lightning.

Tyler Wingert’s two-run home run in the fourth inning was the highlight of Ridge View’s four hit offense. Adding singles were Jaxon Franken, Jacob Tokheim and Logan Cuthrell. Tokheim had one RBI. Ridge View used three pitchers in the game. Freshman Logan Gross drew the start and was charged with the loss. The pitchers combined to give up three earned runs on six hits, four walks and three strikeouts.

WC 3, RV 2 Woodbury Central scored once in the bottom of the seventh inning for a walk off win over Ridge View in the semi inal round of the championship bracket of the Western Valley Conference baseball tournament July 3.

Ridge View scored two runs in the top of the irst inning. Woodbury Central tied it up with a run in both the irst and second innings. The game stayed tied 2-2 until Woodbury scored the game winner in the seventh.

“Both teams played really well,” noted coach Tesch. “We had zero errors in the game and Jake Mitchell pitched a great game. It was a fun game to be a part of.

Too bad it had to end. It was de initely a postseason atmosphere.”

Mitchell pitched six and two third innings. He allowed three

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Swimmers: Kadon Miller and Sophia Van Houten, both of Ida Grove, swam on the Denison Stingray’s 2017 summer swim team. Both will be participating in the Iowa West Swim Conference that will be held in Sac City July 15. This league includes Carroll, Coon Rapids, Denison, Glidden, Guthrie Center, Manning, Perry, Sac City, Lake City and Jefferson.

earned runs on nine hits, one walks and four strikeouts.

Ridge View collected seven hits. Tyler Wingert doubled and singled and had one RBI. Jake Tokheim hit two singles. Chalking up single hits were Jaxon Franken, Caleb Kistenmacher and Cole Degen. Austin Degen had one RBI. K-P 7, RV 2 Ridge View lost to KingsleyPierson 7-2 in the third place contest of the conference tournament July 5.

“We just couldn’t get much going offensively in this game,” said coach Tesch. “We hit some hard balls right at people, but just couldn’t string hits together. We pitched well and played pretty good defense. We need to ind a way to score more runs.”

K-P led the entire game after scoring one run in the irst frame.

The Panthers had a 4-0 lead entering the sixth inning. Ridge View chalked up single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings.

Austin Degen doubled for Ridge View’s only extra base hit.

Jake Mitchell hit a pair of singles.

Jaxon Franken singled and had one RBI. Tyler Wingert also had one single.

Logan Gross opened on the pitcher’s mound and worked three and two third innings. He was charged with four earned runs on eight his and no walks.

Gross struck out 10 batters. Cole Degen inished the game on three hits, three unearned runs, a walk and three strikeouts.

Ridge View 6, Storm Lake 4 Ridge View closed out the regular season July 6 with a two-run decision over Storm Lake in Early.

Storm Lake scored two runs in the irst inning to take the early lead. Ridge View plated four runs in the second inning to take the lead, only to see Storm Lake tie it up with two runs in the third inning. Ridge View added two more runs in the ifth, which turned out to be all they needed to take the game, 6-4.

“Another game of great defense with zero errors for us,” noted coach Tesch. “Colin Cuthrell and Jake Tokheim pitched well and we had some big hits with runners in scoring position, something we have been missing for a few games. It was great to see us take advantage of those opportunities.”

Tokheim was credited with the pitching win. In three innings on the mound he gave up just one hit, no runs, four walks and had one strikeout. Cuthrell pitched four innings. He was charged with four earned runs on six hits, a walk and two strikeouts.

Cole Degen doubled and had two RBI for the Raptors. Tokheim singled and had three RBI. Logan Cuthrell slapped a single and drove in one run. Caleb Kistenmacher hit a single.

O-A/BC-IG won a pair of conference tournament baseball games last week before losing to East Sac and Hinton. The Hinton setback came in the district tournament. The Falcons inished the 2017 season with a 9-17 record.

O-A/BC-IG 6, Westwood 5 The Falcons picked up a consolation bracket conference tournament win in Correctionville July 3 against Westwood by a 6-5 score in nine innings.

The Falcons had a 5-4 lead going into the seventh before the Rebels pushed across a run to tie the game at 5-5, which it stayed until the bottom of the ninth. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth, O-A/BC-IG’s Adam Grote was hit by a pitch, which scored Gabe Malcom from third to end the game.

“This was our fourth extra inning game this year; it was good we got one to swing in our favor,” commented coach Dan Dotzler. “We have certainly played our share of competitive games this year and the boys continue to compete hard night in and night out. Sometimes things haven’t worked in our favor, but the team is staying focused and they certainly have demonstrated the drive to compete.”

Dotzler added his club had split with Westwood in the regular season, so it was good to win the rubber match.

Ethan Mortensen picked up the pitching win for the Falcons to run his mound record to 6-0 on the year. Mortensen pitched the inal ive innings of the game, allowing two runs on six hits with ive strikeouts and no walks and two hit batters. Adam Grote pitched the irst three innings for the Falcons, allowing two hits and one unearned run, walking one and striking out three. Cooper DeJean pitched one inning, allowing two runs, with one strikeout, no walks and two hit batters.

“Our plan was to pitch those three guys to limit pitches thrown by each pitcher and change the look for the opposing hitters,” noted Dotzler. “The pitchers stepped up and did a very good job. They walked one batter in nine innings and that is very good. While we did hit ive batters, they executed pitches when they needed to end threats.”

Offensively, the Falcons generated eight hits. Senior Rhett Ketelsen had two singles and

scored two runs. Adam Grote added a single and had three RBIs. Landon Ray added a double and Gabe Malcom, Brandon Schwade, Will Grote and Kaden Ladwig each had singles.

O-A/BC-IG 4, WM 3 Ryder Meek singled home Cooper DeJean with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to break a 3-3 tie for the walk off win against West Monona in a consolation bracket conference tournament ball game July 5 in Correctionville.

“There wasn’t much offensive ireworks for either side, as both teams had three hits,” noted coach Dotzler. “We hit a few hard balls at them that resulted in nothing, but we did square a few more up pretty well.”

In addition to the late game winning hit by Meek, Landon Ray added a triple and scored two runs and Rhett Ketelsen added a single.

The Falcons rode the strong pitching performances of freshman Will Grote and eighth grader Cooper DeJean en route to the victory.

Grote pitched three innings, allowing one hit and one run, striking out eight and walking none. DeJean pitched the inal four frames to record the win (4-1 on the year), allowing two hits, two runs, three walks and striking out nine.

“This was a good effort on the mound; to strike out 17 batters on a combined effort is remarkable. I can point to a lot of good things we did all over

the ield in this game,” said Dotzler.

East Sac 4, O-A/BC-IG 3 East Sac County scored once in the home half of the eighth inning to nip O-A/BC-IG in a non-conference game in Lake View July 6. The game marked the end of the regular season for the Falcons. O-A/BC-IG posted a 9-16 regular season record.

Grant Conover went two for four to lead O-A/BC-IG’s eight hit effort. Adding one hit each were Ethan Mortensen, Landon Ray, Adam Grote, Kaden Ladwig, William Grote and Brandon Schwade. Schwade, Mortensen and Ray each had one RBI. The Falcons used four pitchers in the game. The hurlers combined to give up six hits, four runs (one earned), eight walks and 11 strikeouts.

Hinton 13, O-A/BC-IG 1 Hinton eliminated the Falcons from postseason play with a ive-inning win in the irst round of the district tournament in Hinton Saturday.

The Black Hawks scored once in the irst inning, three in the second, six in the third and three in the fourth. O-A/ BC-IG’s only run came in the fourth frame on an RBI single

by Landon Ray. O-A/BC-IG’s other hit came from Ethan Mortensen who scored the run.

Three Falcons pitchers went to the mound. Hinton collected 10 hits, 13 runs (only four runs were earned) and six walks while striking out four times.

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Base runner: O-A/BC-IG’s Grant Conover reaches third base during a ball game earlier this season in his role as a designated base runner.

Local DNR fishing report The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a ishing report compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff.

Water temperatures in Black Hawk District lakes are in the upper 70’s. For more information, contact the Black Hawk District of ice at 712-6572638 or go online at iowadnr. com.

Black Hawk Lake —Bluegill Good: Pick up bluegill just about anywhere along the shoreline.

The ish are averaging 7.5 inches.

Use a small hair or tube jig with a small piece of crawler ished under a bobber off the loating ishing pier, the west stone pier and the inlet bridge. Many bluegills are still close to shore.

Black crappie - Fair: Crappies

are mostly off shore now, but a few are being picked up while ishing for bluegill.

Walleye - Fair: Boat anglers are picking up some walleye near rock piles. The rock pile off of Cottonwood Point has been producing ish. Use leeches ished under a bobber and twisters early morning.

Largemouth bass - Good: Catch largemouth all over the lake using the traditional bass lures. Fishing Ice House Point, the east shoreline and the lakeside of the inlet bridge has provided good bass action for many anglers.

Channel cat ish - Good: Use cut bait and stink bait ished on the bottom along shore. Try also in the marina and near the loating dock in Town Bay. Catch ish up to 25 inches long.

Storm Lake (including Little

Storm Lake) —Dredge is in operation in the northeast portion of the lake; boaters must maintain a 100-foot distance from the dredge, booster pump and dredge pipes at all times.

Storm Lake has a daily limit of three walleye and all 17- to 22inch walleye must be released; no more than one walleye longer than 22 inches may be taken per day.

Walleye - Fair: Boat anglers are doing well trolling shad raps or drifting crawler harnesses on the edges of the dredge cuts around the lake.

White bass - Fair: Use crankbaits; most action has been from boat while ishing dredge cuts.

Channel cat ish - Fair: Find spawning channel cat ish along shore in the rocks this time of year. Use cut bait, stink bait or crawlers.

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Raptor so ball season ends in regional tournament Ridge View’s softball season came to an end last week with a loss to Hinton in the regional tournament.

The Raptors finished the year with a 12-16 record.

WC 5, RV 3 Ridge View lost to Woodbury Central in the semifinals of the Western Valley Conference Tournament in Galva. The game began on June 30, but was stopped in the fifth inning due to weather and was resumed on July 1.

Coach Scott Phelps noted his girls competed “very well and hit the ball very well,” but left a lot of runners on base, which hurt in the long run.

Emerson Else threw all seven innings, giving up nine hits, five runs (four earned) and walked four.

Kara Richard went two for four with a home run and one RBI. Else went one for one with a home run and one RBI. Katie Brinkman had a double and one RBI. Adding singles were Kinzey Dutler, Beth Meyer, Katie Brinkman and Madeline Else. Brinkman had one RBI. Storm Lake tournament

Ridge View lost a pair of games in the Storm Lake tournament July 1.

Cherokee 4, RV 1 SC East 9, RV 0 Offense was hard to come by for Ridge View in its losses to Cherokee and Sioux City East. The Raptors were held to one hit in both games. Madeline Else had a single against Cherokee and Emerson Else slapped a single against East.

Emerson Else and Katie Brinkman shared the pitching duties in both games.

Cherokee earned three of its four runs on seven hits while East had five earned runs on 10 hits.

Coach Phelps noted Emerson Else threw “a lot of quality pitches” in both games.

Hinton 10, RV 3 Ridge View lost to Hinton in regional softball tournament play in Hinton July 5.

The loss brought an end to Ridge View’s season.

Hinton got off to a quick start with five runs in the first inning and had a 10-3 lead after four innings.

“The coaches and players were very disappointed in our effort as we commit-

ted six errors,” said Phelps.

“Our kids came out and scored two runs in the first inning, but the defense just wasn’t there and that was disappointing. The kids continued to battle the whole game, but came out on the short end.

“The positive side was that we are a very young team and will return all nine starters next year along with many kids that saw plenty of playing time. Hopefully, the kids will learn from this year and we can use that experience next year. We would like to thank all the kids for their time and efforts all year.”

Taking the loss on the mound for the Raptors was Emerson Else who threw six innings and gave up 10 runs (three earned) on 10 hits, no walks and three strikeouts.

Ridge View’s offense consisted of a triple and six singles. Kinzey Dutler had a triple, a single and one RBI. Kara Richard had a hit and two RBI. Kennedy Mason, Beth Pickhinke, Beth Meyer and Madeline Else each hit one single.

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Falcon pitcher: O-A/BC-IG pitcher Ellie Dotzler winds up for a pitch.

Falcon girls go 1-1 in regional tournament O-A/BC-IG won its irst round regional softball tournament game, but saw its season end in the second round of play. The Falcons close out the 2017 season with an 1120 record.

O-A/BC-IG 8, So. Cal. 5 O-A/BC-IG overcame a shaky start to defeat South Central Calhoun County in a irst round regional tournament contest in Battle Creek July 5.

After falling behind 4-0, the Falcons rallied for ive runs in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead for good.

O-A/BC-IG stretched its lead to 8-4 after ive innings.

“We got off to a slow start, but were able to come back strong,” noted coach Cindy

Wilcke. “I’m proud of our team for not hanging their heads and battling back. SSC came ready to play, but we were able to make adjustments and started hitting their pitcher. It was a good win for us.”

Both teams had six hits.

O-A/BC-IG garnered ive singles and one double. Summit Nielsen led the effort with a double and two singles. Ryder Cranston singled and drove in two runs. Baylee Knop and Carrie Miller both had one hit and one RBI. Kirsten Dausel had two RBI. Ellie Dotzler had one RBI. Halle Hemer pitched the irst one and one third innings.

She was charged with four earned runs on four hits and one walk. Dotzler inished the

game and earned the win. She limited South Central to one unearned run on two hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.

A-A 10, O-A/BC-IG 0 The Falcons were limited to one hit in their loss to Alta-Aurelia in a second round regional tournament game in Alta July 6. The game ended on the 10-run rule after ive and two third innings.

Kirsten Dausel’s single in the ifth inning was O-A/BCIG only hit. Ellie Dotzler drew the Falcons’ only walk of the game.

Dotzler was the losing pitcher. A-A pounded out 13 hits.

Eight of their 10 runs were earned. Dotzler did not walk any batters and recorded four strikeouts.

Photo by: Mike Thornhill | Ida County Courier

Delivery: Ridge View third baseman Madeline Else and a Woodbury Central base runner wait for Ridge View pitcher Emerson Else to deliver a pitch during Woodbury Central’s 5-3 victory in semifinal round of the conference tournament.

Iowa deer hun ng draw results Hunters who applied for the 2017 draw can now view results online by logging into the DNR purchasing system and choosing “View Application Status.”

Successful applicants will be mailed licenses to the address listed on their DNR account. Unsuccessful applicants will receive their refund check in the mail within

the next eight weeks.

If you were unsuccessful and still would like to consider other deer hunting options for the 2017 season, please check out Iowa’s leftover quota licenses, on sale July 29 at 6 a.m.

Thank you for your interest in hunting in Iowa. We look forward to seeing you this fall.

IG junior golf tournament

Photo by: Amy Forbes | Ida County Courier

Youth golf: Approximately 95 kids ages five to 16 participated in this year’s youth golf program at the Ida Grove Country Club. Golfers met every Tuesday and Thursday for approximately one hour and focused on driving, chipping and putting.

Mike Ray, country club manager, along with Kurt Hofmeister, Landon Ray, Austin Wardrip and Garrett Nichols taught youngsters about the game. Here, Mike Ray talks to the participants after the golf tournament that was held June 29.

Trophies and medals were awarded to the top three in each age group (see story for results). GOMACO also donated a goody bag to each participant.

Ida County Extension releases 4-H fair entry numbers Ida County 4-H members are busy with animal projects, deciding which recipes to use for food projects, checking out their gardens, sewing and shopping for clothing projects or selecting the best photo for their photography exhibit. The Ida County Fair runs July 19-24.

Krista Lukins, Ida County Extension of ice manager, has provided preliminary entry numbers for this year’s fair. The numbers in parentheses are last year’s preliminary totals. Beef entries total 80 (71) including pens of three 22 (18), swine entries total 192 (237), sheep en-

tries total 98 (80), there are 135 (246) horse show entries, goat entries total nine (seven), poultry entries are 92 (66), rabbits have 42 (64) entries and dogs/ small pets have two (eight) entries.

There were 38 (44) entries in communications and 74 (60)

entries entered in the clothing events. Clothing and communication entries will be judged Wednesday, July 12, from 2 to 7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove.

Share the Fun will be judged Friday, July 21, at 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds.

Here are the results from the Ida Grove junior golf program tournament held June 30 at the Ida Grove golf course. Names are listed by age group and order of inish.

Boys 14 to 15-year olds: Troy Hillmer, 39; Cameron Sharkey, 55; Trust Wells, 58 12-13-year olds: Damon Dausel, 35; Jackson Godbersen, 41; Connor Hoegh, 49 11-year olds: Axton Miller, 21; Ben Hofmeister, 29; Myles Beck, 30 Ten-year olds: Gavin Remer, 29; Kaleb Taylor, 37; John Kruse, 40 Nine-year olds: Jack Gilbert, 26; Kade Spotts, 29; Will Schirrmacher, 34 Seven to eight-year olds: Austin Hansen, 24; Jackson Groth, 25; Bryan Degan, 26 Five to six-year olds: Pey-

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ton Collins, 23; Jake Siebrecht and Liam Messing, 25; Kayson Taylor, Kingston Lichtenberg and Owen Forbes, 26 Girls 15 to 16-year olds: Kelsey Dausel 45; Kirsten Dausel, 48 12-13-year olds: Rylee Krayenhagen, 34; Avaree Miller, 35; Tessa Petersen, 36 10-11-year olds: Hayden Zimmerman, 23; Deim Reis, 25; Chloe Pridie, 29 Nine-year olds: Tanna Petersen, 14; Aubrey Taylor, 28; Creighton Lichtenberg, 35 Eight-year olds: Chloe Murphy, 19; Stella Remer, 19; Ali Nichols, 19 Seven-year olds: Addisyn Pritchard, 17; Hayden Holst, 18; Brylie Lansink and Bailey Holst, 21 Five to six-year olds: Aspen Miller, 17; Brooke Samway, 24

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PUZZLE ANSWERS Word Scramble: Ticket Over 70 foods are available on-a-stick. The list includes pickle, pork chop, corn dog, corn on the cob, cotton candy, veggie dog, turkey drumstick, fried pickle, hot bologna, Monkey Tails, honey, deep fried candy bar, deep fried hot dog , chocolate covered cheesecake, pineapple, Chicken Lips, Cornbrat, salad, hard-boiled egg.

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Theatre board stabilizes building ❚ by BECKY BRUNING

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Mini ball: BC-IG five- and six-year-olds had the opportunity to participate in the Ida Grove Rec Center Co-Ed mini ball program. A total of 35 kids participated. Mini ball members included, front row left to right, Natalie Siegner, Aiden Miller, Aaron Ulrich, Jacob Zimmerman and Kaydee Frank, and, back from left, Owen Forbes, Preston Hinkeldey, Kaidyn Tingle, Kingston Lichtenberg and Wyatt Van Houten. Head coaches were Amanda Eason (in photo) and Marsha Samway; assistant coaches were Jeanette Todd, Jared Iversen, Dan Remer and Brandi Drost.

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Mini ball: BC-IG five- and six-year-olds had the opportunity to participate in the Ida Grove Rec Center Co-Ed mini ball program. A total of 35 kids participated. Mini ball members included, front row left to right, Colt Blackmore, Kayson Taylor, Wayne Baker and Briaunna Ackerman, and, back from left, Autumn Rector, Bryce Brenner, Remington Blackmore, Miles Iversen, Brooke Samway, Bodi Eason and Jacob Todd. Head coaches were Amanda Eason and Marsha Samway (in photo); assistant coaches were Jeanette Todd, Jared Iversen, Dan Remer and Brandi Drost.

Reeling from the aftermath of the south theatre wall collapse, the Ida Grove King Theatre Renovation Board met, on July 5, to discuss their course of action. Members present were Owen Bolte, John Brinkman, Becky Bruning, Paul Cates, Kim Claussen, Doug Clough, Ryan Goodman, Cheryl Gosch, Lori Phillips, Beth Wolterman and Traci Van Houten.

Clough informed the board that he contacted the insurance company (Hawkeye Claims) regarding the collapsed wall. The insurance company said not to do anything until they could take a look at the damage with a structural engineer from Sahl Engineering on July 10. Deeming it would be a safety hazard to leave the structure as is, Clough contacted Dan Gosch to spearhead the stabilization of what remains of the south end of the King Theatre.

Dan spoke to the board about his plans for stabilizing the building. He said he had been in touch with West Central Construction (WCC) about getting a crew to shore up the south side of the theatre.

The following day, July 6, Dan met with the WCC crew to assemble the cribbing on either side of the theatre, raising a 10-inch H-beam until it reached the roof to relieve pressure from the damaged walls that remain. According to Dan, the H-beam will provide just enough pressure on the roof to avoid settling and sagging.

The next step for the board is to get the debris cleaned up so they can move the support from the outside of the building to the inside.

Most of the board’s endeavors are still on track, with the exception of the Department of Natural Resources’ grant, which is on hold until the group has irm plans for the back wall and that the disposal of the brick is in line with the grant guidelines.

The city is to sell the King Theatre to the Ida Grove Foundation, a 501c3. King Theatre Board members will transition to the Ida Grove Foundation as they are appointed

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over time. One of the city councilmen will have to leave the board in order to avoid a quorum at meetings of the Ida Grove Foundation.

In other business, the board

discussed their garden party and cookbook fund-raisers.

The board will meet again Wednesday, July 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the United Bank of Iowa meeting room.

Weekly Race Results Crawford County Speedway, located at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Denison, Iowa, is a 3/8 Mile Semi-Banked Dirt Oval. On Friday nights, we offer 5 great classes of cars - The IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Stock Cars, and the IMCS Sport Compacts.

6/30 Race Results SPORT MOD 1. Logan Scott 2. Cody Olsen 3. Jake Sachau 4. Tim Judd Wall 5. Thomas Van Dyke 6. Jared Bruck 7. Ed Hamilton 8. Andrew Clark 9. Bryon Wunschel 10. Josh Thompsen 11. Brandon Wulf 12. Sean Kuehl SPORT COMPACT 1. Tony Kerger 2. Nick Stover 3. Riley Paysen

STOCK CARS 1. Mike Nichols 2. Justin Bromert 3. Sterling Sorensen 4. Marcus Hansen 5. Brian Blessington 6. Adam Klocke 7. Chris Ullrich 8. Corey Stapleton 9. Mike Stapleton 10. Alec Stapleton 11. Jay Brannan 12. Mike Albertsen 13. Kevin Keim

MODIFIEDS: 1. Ryan Topf 2. Ryan Webb 3. Shane Demey 4. Nick Deal 5. Jeff Stephens 6. Ricky Stephan 7. Andy Gage 8. Alex Reetz 9. Craig Reetz 10. Nick Hermsen 11. Trey Kline 12. Josh Most 13. Jim Thies 14. Dan Demey 15. Daniel Loggins

HOBBY STOCKS 1. Jeff Fink 2. Jason Fusselman 3. Corey Madden 4. Zach Hemmingsen 5. Chuck Madden 6. Brett Knight 7. Jordon Androy 8. Jesse Totten 9. Kurtis Bonnesen 10. Chase Roeder 11. Alex Davis 12. Dustin O’Brien Jr.

4. Jake Newsom 5. Cammey Hast 6. Ashley Thompson

Crawford County Memorial Hospital night 7/7/17 STOCK CARS: 1. Brian Blessington 2. Joel Tigges 3. Sterling Sorensen 4. Mike Stapleton 5. Adam Klocke 6. Justin Bromert 7. Chris Ullrich 8. David Smith 9. Kurt Hansen 10. Greg Taylor 11. Alec Stapleton 12. Jay Brannan 13. Kevin Keim

SPORT MODS: 1. Cody Olsen 2. Keagan Scott 3. Tim Judd 4. Cody Thompson 5. Thomas Van Dyke 6. Josh Blom 7. Josh Thompsen 8. Sean Kuehl 9. Bryon Wunschel SPORT COMPACT 1. Tony Kerger 2. Colton Point 3. Nick Stover 4. Caine Mahlberg 5. Jake Newsom

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7/5 Race Results SPORT MOD FEATURE TOP 5 1. Jason Bass 2. Zach Norgaard 3. Doug Smith 4. Cody Thompson 5. Jake Simpson

HOBBY STOCK FEATURE TOP 5 1. Brandon Nielsen 2. Daniel Smith 3. Drew Barglof 4. John Briggs 5. Jeff Frederick

MODIFIEDS: 1. Nick Deal 2. Jeff Stephens 3. Ricky Stephan 4. Ryan Topf 5. Dale Ransom 6. Thor Anderson 7. Trey Kline 8. Craig Reetz 9. Nick Hermsen

HOBBY STOCKS: 1. Corey Madden 2. Jason Fusselman 3. Jeff Fink 4. Chuck Madden 5. Brett Knight 6. Justin Frederick 7. Jesse Totten 8 Kurtis Bonnesen

6. Cammey Hast 7. Chris LaFoy 8. Colby Olson 9. Cordel Boom

SPORT COMPACT FEATURE TOP 5 1. Jake Newsom 2. Cory Peters 3. Danny Rose 4. Kaytee Devries 5. Mark Lindgren

STOCK CAR FEATURE TOP 5 1. Dave Smith 2. Devin Smith 3. Brian Blessington 4. Justin Nehring 5. Shane Hammen

MODIFIED FEATURE TOP 5 1. Harvey Vandeweerd 2. Justin Sackett 3. Chad Ten Napel 4. Nick Deal 5. Ricky Stephan

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Mini ball: BC-IG five- and six-year-olds had the opportunity to participate in the Ida Grove Rec Center co-ed mini ball program. A total of 35 kids participated. Mini ball members included, front row, left to right, Connor Drey, Mia Quail, Eli Boysen and Natalie Siegner, and, back row, from left, Tinley Redenius, Brody Schiernbeck, Sam Parks, Kolt Spotts, Leo Remer and Preston Hinkeldey. Head coaches were Amanda Eason and Marsha Samway. Assistant coaches were Jeanette Todd, Jared Iversen, Dan Remer (in photo) and Brandi Drost.

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Obituaries To keep our readers better informed, funeral information will be posted on our website (www.idacountycourier.com) within hours of receiving it at our of ice.

Raymond W. Johnson June 13, 1927 – July 2, 2017 IDA GROVE – Services for Raymond W. Johnson, 90, of Ida Grove, formerly of Battle Creek, were July 7, 2017, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove.

The Revs. Randy Cormeny and Donald Winterrowd of iciated. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery at Battle Creek. ChristensenVan Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove was in charge of arrangements.

He died July 2, 2017, at his Ida Grove home.

Raymond Wayne Johnson was born June 13, 1927, to Harry and Beatrice (Hare) Johnson in Battle Creek. He attended country school and graduated from Battle Creek High School in 1945.

On Aug. 6, 1950, Raymond married Lorraine Joyce Feddersen in Ida Grove. He was a longtime farmer in the Battle Creek area. After retirement, he worked part-time for Rich’s Foodtown in Battle Creek and for the City of Battle Creek.

He was an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Battle Creek and, for many years, was president of the cemetery board. Raymond enjoyed working with other area farmers and helping people in the community.

Survivors include his wife, Lorraine of Ida Grove; and their three children: Mike (Mary Lou) Johnson of Dubuque, Joleen (Rick) Anderson of

Barbara D. Swanson June 25, 1941 – April 11, 2017

Correctionville and Marc (Lorraine) Johnson of Battle Creek.

Also surviving are six grandchildren: Shad Johnson (special friend Brooke), Seth (Cara) Johnson, Casey (Abby) Johnson, Calli Johnson (special friend Darrell), Jerrod (Allissa) Johnson and Jason (Lauren) Johnson; and nine greatgrandchildren: Carter, Eli and Logan Johnson, Peyton, Cameron and Emery Johnson, Miles and Ella Johnson and Jaxson Johnson.

Additional survivors include three sistersin-law: Pauline Feddersen of Anthon, Dorothy Feddersen of Battle Creek and Joan Smith of Storm Lake.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant grandson, Chad Michael Johnson, and his sisters: Florence Nielsen (brother-in-law Wilfred and Lucille (Hare) Nielsen, Marion (Howard) Smith and Doris (Reuben) Smith.

Also preceding Raymond in death were his brothers-in-law: Raymond Feddersen, William Feddersen, Lester (Maxine) Feddersen, Herman Feddersen, Kenneth Feddersen, Ross Feddersen, Robert (Pauline) Feddersen, Eugene Feddersen and Frank Smith; and his sisters-in-law: Hazel (Buford) Ashby, Viola (Ray) Coon, Helene (Jack Savage 1976, John McDermott) McDermott and Phyllis (Kenny) Luce.

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Discovery in the Wilderness (Deacon Derick Cranston, formerly of Odebolt, is pastoral associate for St. Mary Parish in Riverside, Holy Trinity Parish in Richmond and St. Joseph Parish in Wellman. He can be reached at derickcranston@gmail.com.)

This article is reprinted with permission of The Catholic Messenger, newspaper of the Diocese of Davenport.

You ind out a lot about yourself and the people around you when you shed the comforts of civilization and live several days in the wilderness. Any bad habits or character faults you may have become ampli ied and brought to the forefront.

Those around you depend on you to literally carry your load.

You will learn to work together as a team, or come face-to-face with the harsh reality nature throws at those who are foolish enough to try and do things on their own. It is not surprising, then, that God sent the Israelites into the desert to wander for 40 years before they could enter the Promised Land.

It is only when we are naked before nature, without the trappings of society and civilization, will we truly be able to ind out who we are and what we are capable of.

Early Native Americans went on a Vision Quest, Thoreau lived in his cabin for two years, and the Amish still cling to this way of life in order to be closer to God’s call. When we reunite with nature and realize that we are an extension of Creation and not separate from it, will we be able to hear God’s call? It is a time of puri ication and cleansing, which strips life down to its bare essence. It is also a journey re lected in many myths throughout history and in many different cultures.

Filmmaker George Lucas is reported to have sought out the scholar Joseph Campbell and studied with him for a time before he wrote and produced the Star Wars trilogy. Campbell had an encyclopedic knowledge of almost every known culture and of the stories and myths that made up that culture. From the ancient Greeks to Mesopotamia, from the Chin Dynasty to all the way across the ocean to early Meso-America, every story shared a common plotline.

An ordinary person from an out-of-the-way settlement is summoned to leave the comforts of his home to accomplish an important mission. This person is referred to by Campbell

as the “hero.” Along the way, the hero is assisted by different people, but must ultimately face his biggest challenge alone.

By this time, he has also discovered that he possesses special powers he did not realize he had.

We see this in the type of journey Luke Skywalker took on his way to face Darth Vader; it is evident in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy as Frodo travels to face the Dark Lord Sauron.

And, most compelling of all, it is manifest in the story of our savior Jesus, who, at irst, was an ordinary person from the outof-the-way settlement of Nazareth. He is called by God his Father to perform an extraordinary mission and discovers that, as the Son of God, he has special abilities. He is assisted by his disciples along the way, but it is ultimately up to him to face his greatest challenge – the challenge of the cross – by himself.

To a lesser degree, it is a journey we are all required to take at one time or another during our life. It is a journey of selfdiscovery, where you will explore the depths of your soul, and, if you are fortunate, ind God there waiting for you.

POCATELLO, IDAHO - Graveside services for Barbara D. Swanson, 75, of Pocatello, Idaho, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 22, 2017, at the Ida Grove Cemetery.

A luncheon and time of fellowship for family and friends, at the home of Judy Andresen, 304 Moorehead Street, Ida Grove, will immediately follow the inurnment.

Barbara died April 11, 2017, at Copper Summit Assisted Living facility in Pocatello, Idaho, after a courageous, 15-month battle with Stage IV ovarian cancer.

Memorial services were in Pocatello, Idaho, May 27, 2017.

Barbara Dea Andresen was born in Ida Grove June 25, 1941, to Helen (Crawford) and Raymond Andresen. She graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1959.

After studying at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., for two years, she transferred to the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and received her BA in English in 1963. In 1965, she was awarded a Master of Arts degree in English from UNI. She earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1981.

Barb married Merwin (Bob) Swanson in 1965. To this union, two children were born: Ann Berta and Steven James. The couple later divorced.

Barb spent her entire career at Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, teaching reading and study skills. She was the director of Academic Learning Services for many years.

She was a member of ISU Professional

Darlene Segebart BATTLE CREEK - Services for Darlene Lois Segebart, 93, of Battle Creek are pending at Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in

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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Randy Cormeny 602 5TH ST. - 712-365-4477 Sunday – 8:30 a.m. education hour 9:30 a.m. worship

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Kevin Freese 600 3RD ST. - 712-365-4938 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship 10:30 a.m. fellowship 10:40 a.m. Sunday school

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~ Ida Grove ~ BREAD OF LIFE FAITH CENTER Keith & Nancy Hair, Pastors 411 WASHINGTON AVE. - 712-364-2405 Wednesday – 7 p.m. worship Sunday – 10 a.m. worship

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Mark Aurand 330 S. MAIN ST. - 712-364-3630 712-369-0852 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. worship

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Richard Salcido, Pastor Neil Wehmas, Associate Pastor 100 7TH ST. - 712-364-2918 Saturday – 6 p.m. worship Sunday – 9 a.m. worship 10:15 a.m. Youth & adult Bible classes

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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Paul Egger, Pastor 406 MONONA ST. - 712-282-4700 Sunday – 9 a.m. Bible class 10 a.m. worship

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Martin Davis 2326 STORY AVE. - 712-365-4328 Sunday – 8:30 a.m. worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday school

ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 310 E. 2ND ST. - 712-368-2228 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship 10:30 a.m. coffee hour Communion on 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Martin Crain, Interim Pastor HIGHWAY 175 & M31 - 712-367-2472 Sunday – 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. worship

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SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Richard Ball 800 N. MAIN ST. - 712-364-2718 Sunday – 10 a.m. confessions; 10:30 a.m. Mass

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Shari O’Bannon, CRE 321 MAIN ST.- 712-364-3829 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship, followed by fellowship coffee

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Darlene died July 7, 2017, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove.

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Chad Lierman, Pastor 312 MAIN ST. - 712-364-2412 Sunday – 9:30 a.m. worship

Women and the American Association of University Women. Barb was committed to making the university and community safer and more equitable for females.

She retired from ISU in 1999 and eagerly pursued her love of painting. She studied watercolor in her mid-forties and became an accomplished water colorist. She displayed her artwork at numerous art festivals and won many local and regional awards for her paintings.

In addition to her full-sized works of art, her greeting cards were wonderful and always in demand at ‘shows.’ She also loved to travel and visited many countries, including Guatemala, Morocco, Japan, France, Poland, Thailand and Greece.

The inspiration for many of her paintings often came from her many trips abroad.

She was an active member of the Pocatello Unitarian Church, holding many of ices and chairing several committees.

In addition to her other activities, Barb enjoyed snowshoeing, hiking, reading, playing bridge and listening to “good” music, attending movies or the theatre and going to any school or sporting event that involved one of her grandchildren.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Ann and Steven (Katy); her grandchildren: Kevin and Meredith Wilson and Madeline Swanson; a sister-in-law, Judy Andresen; her nieces: Kayleen Litterer (Jim) and Dana Goodman (Ryan); a nephew, Jon Andresen (Melanie); three great-nieces and three greatnephews.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and her brother, Jim.

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Chris Schroder, Pastor 113 N. MAIN ST. - 712-368-2850 Sunday – 9 a.m. Adult Bible study, Sunday school; 9:45 a.m. fellowship 10:15 a.m. worship with Communion

UNITED METHODIST Dori Collogan, Pastor 208 S. KIEL ST. - 712-368-2678 Sunday – 9 a.m. worship 10:10 a.m. Sunday school & fellowship

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CATHOLIC Father Dan Guenther 513 MUELLER ST. 712-368-4755 Sunday – 8:30 a.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Ida County Board of Supervisors IDA GROVE, IOWA JUNE 30, 2017 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Vice-Chair Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey. Rhett Leonard was absent.

Minutes of the meeting held June 12, 2017, were read and approved. It was noted that the next meeting date should have read Friday, June 30, 2017, instead of Thursday, June 30, 2017.

County Engineer Jeff Williams presented applications from Frontier Communications for approval of underground construction on the county right of way located on Keystone Ave. in Section 11 of Corwin Township and Section 26 of Logan Township. Drey moved and Schubert seconded a motion to approve and authorize the Vice-Chair to sign said applications. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Drey moved and Schubert seconded a motion to approve and authorize the Chair to sign an application for underground construction from North West REC located in various locations in Hayes Township. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Discussion was held on 10 hour work days; action concerning this was tabled until the next meeting.

A motion by Drey and seconded by Schubert to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Service Agreement to participate in the ISAC HIPAA program, effective July 1, 2017, in the amount of $1,750. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Drey moved to approve Resolution 17-13 Salaries of Elected Officials, Deputies and Clerks for FY-18. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION 17-13 SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPUTIES AND CLERKS FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1, 2017-JUNE 30, 2018 WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 331.904, Code of Iowa, the Board of Supervisors Ida County, Iowa, has received certifications by the Elected County Officials providing for the salaries of the Deputy County Officials and Assistant County Attorney in the elective county offices for the Fiscal Period July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors, Ida County, Iowa, that the salaries of the Elected Officials, Deputy County Officials and Assistant County Attorney for the Fiscal Period July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, are hereby certified to the County Auditor as follows: County Attorney Meghann Whitmer $46,557, County Auditor Lorna Steenbock $46,593, County Recorder Julie Phillips $45,872, County Treasurer Traci Riessen $46,593, County Sheriff Wade Harriman $59,446, County Supervisors-Raymond Drey, Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert $25,713, Part-time Assistant Co. Attorney Kristal Phillips $39,573, Deputy Commissioner of Elections Shelley Bruning $33,942, Deputy Auditor/Recorder Kristy Gilbert $33,942, Deputy Treasurer Kristi Drury $33,942, Chief Deputy Fred Anderson $23.62 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Rob McMillen $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Brady Van Egdom $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Andrew Shillington $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Michael Stehr $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Corey Trucke $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Kirk Kinnaman $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Alex Ehlers $22.52 per hour, Deputy Sheriff Korey Van Wyhe $22.52 per hour.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors, Ida County, Iowa that the compensation of other personnel in the Elective County Offices for the Fiscal Period July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, are hereby fixed as follows: Civil Deputy Tracy Luke $15.79 per hour, Jailer/Dispatcher Lena Hawthorne $16.94 per hour, Dispatcher/Jailer Arlene Nollen $17.55 per hour, Dispatcher/Jailer Cheryl Klein $16.94 per hour, Dispatcher/Jailer Brandi Reiss $16.94 per hour, Dispatcher/Jailer Amelia Luscombe $16.94 per hour, Dispatcher/Jailer Jessica Logan $16.94 per hour, Part-Time Dispatcher/Jailer Sworn Personnel $22.52 per hour, Non-Sworn Personnel $16.94 per hour, Part-Time Treasurer’s Office Sherri Oberreuter $16.80 per hour, (Driver’s License), Part-Time Treasurer’s Office Shelby Ellis $16.28 per hour, Co. Attorney Administrative Assist.

Stacey Lindgren $17.23 per hour.

The vote on the above and foregoing resolution resulted as follows: AYES: /s/Raymond Drey, /s/ Creston Schubert. Whereupon the Vice Chair declared the resolution duly adopted this 30th day of June, 2017. /s/Creston Schubert, Vice-Chair; ATTEST: /s/ Lorna Steenbock A motion by Drey and seconded by Schubert to approve the other salaries effective July 1, 2017 as listed. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Jeff WilliamsCounty Engineer-$103,000, Dale Hinrichsen-Assistant to the Engineer-$55,250, Robert Griffin-Custodian-$16.45 per hour, Diane Cooper-Secondary Road Administrative Asst.-$36,481,

Ed Sohm, Emergency Management-$25,906, Sanitarian-$2,540, General Assistance-$2,540, Safety Coordinator-$9,143, E911-$10,667; Dale Ullrich, Veterans Affairs-$11,797, Paige Alesch, Conservation Director-$45,423, Jerry Jensen, Ranger-$39,099, Danielle Bennett, Naturalist-$14.40 per hour, Joe Lageschulte, Weed Commissioner-$17.09 per hour, Doug Dausel-Roadside Mower-14.33 per hour, Joseph Cronin, Assessor-$50,903, Shelby Ellis-Assessor’s Office Manager-$16.28 per hour, Derek Boysen-$20.53 per hour, TJ Bubke-$18.90 per hour, Seth Corbin-$20.53 per hour, Thomas Cooper-$22.40 per hour, Darin Dausel-$20.67 per hour, Dan Hedberg-$20.60 per hour, Kent Hinrickson-$20.53 per hour, Jered Iversen-$20.53 per hour, James Peters-$20.74 per hour, Tony Mason-$20.15 per hour, DJ Meek-$20.15 per hour.

Drey moved and Schubert seconded a motion to approve Resolution 17-14 Secondary Road Transfers FY-18. Motion carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION 17-14 WHEREAS, it is desired to authorize the Auditor to periodically transfer sums from the General Basic and rural Services Basic Funds to the Secondary Road Fund during the 2017-2018 budget year, and WHEREAS, SAID TRANSFERS MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH section 331.429, Code of Iowa.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa as follows: Section 1. The transfer from the General Basic Fund to the Secondary Road Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017, shall not exceed $91,464 current taxes apportioned to the General Basic Fund by the Treasurer which represents $.16875 cents per thousand dollars of taxable value on all property in the County, and the transfer from the Rural Services Basic Fund to the Secondary Road Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017, shall not exceed $914,518 of the current taxes apportioned to the Rural Basic Fund by the Treasurer from taxable value not located within the corporate limits of a city in the county.

Section 2. Within two days of being notified of the apportionment of current property taxes and state replacements against levied property taxes including homestead, elderly and disabled homestead, disabled veterans homestead, agricultural land, family farm, personal property and industrial equipment and computers, to the General Basic or Rural Services Basic Funds, the Auditor shall order a transfer from said fund to the Secondary Road Fund.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the above sections, the amount of any transfer shall not exceed available fund balances in the transferring fund.

Section 4. The Auditor is directed to correct her books when said operating transfers are made and to notify the Treasurer and County Engineer of the amounts of said transfers.

The vote on the above and foregoing resolution resulted as follows: AYES: /s/Raymond Drey and /s/ Creston Schubert. Whereupon the Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa declared the Resolution duly adopted this 30th day of June, 2017. /s/ Creston Schubert, Vice-Chair; ATTEST: /s/Lorna Steenbock, Auditor A motion by Drey to approve Resolution 17-15 Support of the Ida Grove King Theatre Project. Schubert seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION 17-15 RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE IDA GROVE KING THEATRE WHEREAS the Ida County Board of Supervisors are constantly supportive of projects that have a positive impact on the economic growth of Ida County, and; WHEREAS the Ida County Board of Supervisors are constantly supportive of projects that have a positive impact on the quality of life of all Ida County citizens, and; WHEREAS the Ida County Board of Supervisors are aware that the Ida Grove Economic Development Corp with the cooperation and support of the City of Ida Grove and The King Theatre Renovation Board are currently planning to renovate and open the King Theatre. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors will support this project by donating funds in the amount of $5,000 from the Ida County Foundation Trust Fund as established

by Resolution 02-19, dated July 17, 2002. Passed this 30th day of June, 2017 with the following vote: AYES: /s/Creston Schubert; /s/Raymond Drey; ATTEST: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, Auditor Sealed bids were opened for the sale of various chairs. Mike Andrews bid $10 for 11 chairs. Drey moved and Schubert seconded a motion to approve said bid.

It was the consensus of the Board to donate or dispose the remainder of the chairs.

Schubert moved to approve Resolution 17-16 Transfer of funds from the Post Closure Fund to the Rural Basic Landfill Fund. Drey seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION 17-16 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors established a Financial Assurance document, titled the Sanitary Landfill Post-Closure Fund pursuant to Iowa Code Sec-

tion 455B.304(8). WHEREAS, the Ida County Sanitary Landfill closed October 1, 2007.

WHEREAS, the Closure process has been completed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

WHEREAS, the County has incurred post-closure expenditures.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Auditor transfer $17,401.80 from the Post- Closure Landfill Fund to the Rural Basic Landfill Fund.

Dated June 30, 2017. The vote on the above and foregoing Resolution resulted as follows: AYES: /s/Raymond Drey, /s/Creston Schubert; ATTEST: /s/Lorna Steenbock, Auditor A motion by Schubert and seconded

by Drey to approve Resolution 17-17 FY-18 Appropriations. Motion carried, all voting Aye. RESOLUTION 17-17 APPROPRIATIONS WHEREAS, it is desired to make appropriations for each of the different officers and departments for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, in accordance with Section 331.434, subsection 6, Code of Iowa.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. The amounts itemized by fund and by department or office are hereby appropriated to the department or office listed in the first column on the same line of the attached schedule, from the resources on hand.

Section 2. Subject to the provisions of other county procedures and regulations, and applicable state law, the appropriations authorized under Section 1 shall constitute authorization for the department or officer listed to make expenditures or incur obligations effective July 1, 2017.

Section 3. In accordance with Section 331.437, Code of Iowa, no department or officer shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money for any purposes in excess of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this resolution.

Section 4. If at any time during the 2017-18 budget year the auditor shall ascertain that the available resources of a fund for that year will be less than said fund’s total appropriations, auditor shall immediately so inform the Board and recommend appropriate corrective actions.

Section 5. The auditor shall establish separate accounts for the appropriations authorized in Section 1, each of which account shall indicate the amount of the appropriation, the amounts charged thereto, and the unencumbered balance.

The Auditor shall report the status of such accounts to the applicable departments and officers monthly during the 2017-18 budget year.

Section 6. All appropriations authorized pursuant to this resolution lapse at the close of business June 30, 2018.

The vote on the above and foregoing resolution resulted as follows: AYES: /s/Raymond Drey, /s/Creston Schubert.

Whereupon the Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors of Ida County, Iowa, declared the resolution duly adopted this 30th day of June, 2017. /s/Creston Schubert, ViceChair; Attest: /s/Lorna Steenbock, Auditor.

DEPARTMENT FY’18-BUDGET County Supervisors $136,370 Auditor 198,259 Treasurer 179,033 Attorney 169,885 Public Safety 594,629 Clerk of Court 25,100 Recorder 95,374 Attorney Fine Collections 10,000 Special Investigations 13,500 General Expense 194,391 Veteran Affairs 29,376 Conservation 228,750 Conservation Equipment 30,000 Public Health Services 175,044 Social Service 10,175 Medical Examiner 15,600 DHS 850 Township 4,298 Apiary 250 Planning & Zoning 500 Comp. Board 100 Mid Sioux 6,000 Fair & 4-H 13,000 Civil Service 701 General Service 163,818 Data Processing 89,150 Juvenile Service 45,500 Emgy. Mgmt.

93,075 Public Safety Surcharge 1,500 County Projects 50,000 Courthouse Maintenance 25,000 Designated Computer 50,000 Total Gen. & Gen. Supp.

2,649,228 MH-DD Services 229,605 RURAL BASIC FUND Disposal Grounds 36,050 Weeds 36,580 Libraries 27,000 Total Rural Basic $99,630 OTHER FUNDS Public Health Services 2,067 Secondary Road 4,306,100

Recorder’s Mgmt.

4,500 REAP 20,169 Ida Co. Foundation 10,000 Confiscated Property 1,000 Attorney Fines 4,100 Self Funding 55,188 Total Other Funds 4,403,124 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS 7,381,587 TRANSFERS General Basic 8,553 Landfill Post-Closure 14,000 Ida Co. TIF 177,100 Secondary Road 1,010,116 Conservation+Equipment 26,000 Self Funding 12,687 Total Transfers 1,248,456 TOTAL BUDGET $8,630,043 A motion by Schubert and seconded

by Drey to approve Resolution 17-18 Self Funding Transfers.

RESOLUTION 17-18 WHEREAS, the Ida County Self-Funding Fund was established

by Resolution 15-13 on May 21, 2015. WHEREAS, various receipts and claims are processed within the Ida County Self-Funding Fund and accounted for and balanced by the General Basic, Secondary Road Funds and other Trust and Agency Funds. WHEREAS, the ending fund balances as of June 30, 2017, in the General Basic and Secondary Road Funds are to be transferred and classified as Ida County Self Funding monies.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that $37,209.75 be transferred from Ida County Self Funding to General Basic and transferred to the Ida County Self-Funding Fund and $25,584.41 be transferred from the Ida County Self Funding Fund to Secondary Roads and then transferred to the Ida County Self-Funding Fund for FY-17. The vote on the above Resolution resulted as follows on the 30th day of June, 2017. AYES: /s/Raymond Drey, /s/Creston Schubert. Whereupon the Chair declared the Resolution duly carried and adopted this 30th day of June, 2017. /s/ Creston Schubert, Vice-Chair, Attest: /s/ Lorna Steenbock, Auditor Schubert moved to approve Resolution 17-19-Historic U.S. Route 20 (Iowa) Signage. Drey seconded the motion and it carried, all voting Aye. A Resolution of Ida County Supervisors, Ida County, Iowa Declaring Support and Intent of the Placement of Historic Route 20 Signage on the Town/City/County/ State Maintained Road WHEREAS, U.S. Highway Route 20 was created in 1926 from Boston, MA, to Yellowstone National Park, WY; and WHEREAS, By 1943, U.S. Highway Route 20 was extended to Newport, OR – a distance of 3,365 miles; and WHEREAS, U.S. Highway Route 20 extended 333 miles between Dubuque and Sioux City, Iowa; and WHEREAS, U.S. Highway Route 6 was decommissioned in most of California in 1964, making U.S. Highway Route 20 the longest highway in the country; and WHEREAS, Over the years, U.S. Highway Route 20 has conveyed commerce and pleasure travelers whose needs were met by nearby cities and counties; and WHEREAS, The State of Iowa has been working since 1952, to relocate U.S. Highway Route 20 to a four lane highway; and WHEREAS, Though largely supplanted by the four lane highway route, the original segment of U.S. Highway Route 20 remain, although most are no longer identified as such; and WHEREAS, Former U.S. Highway Route 20 served as the main street of many Iowa cities and towns along its length and, though no longer designated as former U.S. Highway Route 20, these segments represent both state and local historic significance; and WHEREAS, the Historic U.S. Route 20 Association, Inc., is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization aimed to promote tourism and economic development along the original 1926 alignment of U.S. Route 20; and WHEREAS, The Historic Route 20 Association, Inc., provides historic route markers to act as a wayfinding tool to guide tourists and travelers on the 1926 alignment to a local agency; and WHEREAS, Designation of a Historic Route and the permission of placement of historic markers on State Public Highways must come from the Iowa Department of Transportation; and WHEREAS, Without formal designation, the history and contribution of these segments of U.S. Highway Route 20 to the development of the state would remain less known; and WHEREAS, Recognition of these segments will foster the economic health and cultural preservation of small communities and towns located along the highway; and WHEREAS, It is fitting that a means to designate these historic sections of former U.S. Highway Route 20 be established; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Ida County Supervisors, Ida County, Iowa, hereby recognizes the original 1926

segment of former U.S. Highway Route 20 in Ida County, Iowa as Historic Route 20 (Iowa) for its historical significance and importance in the development of Iowa; and be it further RESOLVED, Ida County, Iowa commits to the permitting and placement of Historic Route 20 Markers within its borders, including the State DOT Highway; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Iowa Department of Transportation, upon receipt of this resolution by all interested local agencies along the original segment of U.S. Highway Route 20, to designate that section of highway as Historic Route 20 (Iowa); and be it further RESOLVED, That the local agency is responsible for the costs and placement of historic route markers on their sections or portions of former U.S. Highway Route 20 – unless stipulated by the Iowa Department of Transportation to the local agency, and be it further RESOLVED the Auditor of Ida County, Iowa transmit copies of this resolution to the Historic U.S. Route 20 Association and the requesting local agency.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE Ida County Supervisors of Ida County, IOWA, that we are in support of the recognition and designation of Historic Route 20 and the placement of Historic Route 20 Markers.

PASSED AND APPROVED this 30th day of June, 2017. /s/Raymond Drey, /s/Creston Schubert.

ATTEST: /s/Lorna Steenbock, Auditor.

A motion by Schubert and seconded

by Drey to approve Dennis Johnson as a member to the Planning and Zoning Board for a 5 year term ending July 1, 2022. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Drey moved to approve Carlie Bales as a Part-time custodian for $9.00 per hour effective June 28th, 2017. Motion carried, all voting Aye. Discussion was held on handicap entrances for the courthouse.

The Board acknowledged receipt of manure management plans from Kiron Finishings/AMVCRE, LLC; Heilman’s Hog Haven/Todd & Kristi Heilman; Lindberg Finisher Farm/N Holdings, LLC; MGM Sow/Mason Goodenow; Teut Site/ Jeremy Paulsen.

The following claims were approved: GENERAL BASIC Amazon, Supplies/Chair $324.51 Arthur Apartments, Rent Assistance 200.00 Beth Bird Designs, Website Renewal 184.74 Boysen Electric, Parts/ Labor 511.00 Bremer County Sheriff, Service Fees 29.50 Century Business Products Inc., Copier Maintenance 40.00 Cherokee County Sheriff, Service Fees 19.50 Counsel, Copier Lease/ Overage 135.39 Dale Wellendorf, Special Election Wages 90.00 Earla Triplett, Spec.

Election Wage/Mileage 105.42 Frontier, Phone 712-364-4186 61.98 Government Forms & Supplies LLC, 2 Transfer Books 1,292.00 Hewlett-Packard, Prodesk 600 828.00 Horn Public Health, Grants 7,621.76 Ida County Iowa, Bldg.

Maint. Fund FY17 12,000.00 Ida County ISU Extension, Manuals 32.00 Ida County Sanitation Inc., May Services 195.78 Ida County Secondary Rds., April-May Fuel 624.89 Ida Grove Kiwanis, Comm. Calendar Fee 40.00 Imagetek Inc., Hardware Maint.

464.82 Interstate Mechanical Corp., ServicesComputer Room 1,928.92 Iowa Office Supply Inc., Chairs-Board Room 3,879.00 Iowa State Association, Registations-Aud./Rec./ Treas.

610.00 Iowa State Association, HIPAA Program 1,750.00 IPERS, IPERS Acct.

15.00 ISACA, Seat Dues 2017 150.00 ISCTA, ISCTA Dues 300.00 Janice A. Rupert, Special Election Wages 90.00 Joann Greene, Special Election Wages 90.00 Julie Phillips, Meals 39.22 Julie Rath, Special Election Wages 90.00 Kristal L. Phillips, Lodging/ Mileage 787.98 LBJ Investigations, Service Fees 90.00 Lenee Sinnott, Election Wages 9.00 Lorraine Johnson, Spec.

Election Wages/Mileage 89.40 Marilyn Spotts, Election Wages 9.00 Mary Mosiman, FY2016 Audit 33,897.76 Meghann Cosgrove Whitmer, Lodging/ Mileage 1,082.82 Menards-Sioux City, Keysafes/Sheet Metal 134.06 Mid-America Publishing Corp., Notices: Elect./

Treas./Co. Atty.

737.15 MidAmerican Energy, Utility 2,627.93 Mike’s Lawn Service Inc., Grub Control 491.96 Mile 2 Tire & Lube, Mower Maintenance 15.00 O’Brien County Sheriff, Service Fees 16.00 Office Systems Company, Copier Contract 499.00 Postmaster, Stamps 98.00 Reserve Account #45759438 DHS, Meter Postage 1,754.18 Reserve Account 35031707 Ida Co., Meter PostageElections 250.00 Rogers Pest Control, Pest Control 40.00 Secretary of State, Notary Renewal 30.00 Sharon Forthum, Special Election Wages 85.50 Shelley Bruning, Special Election Mileage 13.26 Sholty Plb. Htg. A/C Inc., Service Call 50.00 The Hoffman Agency, FY2018 Work Comp 2,109.00 Vogt Brothers Plumbing, New Hydrant/Labor 210.00 Wiese Construction, Comm. Center Remodel 2,780.00 General Basic Total: 81,950.43 GF DESIGNATED FOR COMPUTER: Tyler Technologies Inc., Migration/Conversion 2,990.50 GF Designated for Computer Total: 2990.50 GF DESIGN FOR CO. ATTORNEY/ FINES: Iowa Office Supply Inc., Chairs-Courtroom 1,172.00 Gf Design for Co. Attorney/Fines Total: 1,172.00 GF DESIGN FOR COURTHOUSE MAINT.: Wiese Construction, Comm. Center Remodel 16,270.00 GF Design for Courthouse Maint. Total: 16,270.00 RURAL BASIC: Wallace Construction Inc., Tree Removal Row 2,524.70 Rural Basic Total: 2,524.70 SECONDARY ROAD: Barco Municipal Products Inc., Safety 617.90 Bierschbach Equipment & Supply, New Equipment 2,447.00 City of Holstein, Utilities 32.66 Darin Dausel, Safety 100.00 Denco Highway Constr.

Corp., Pipe Culvert 5,214.05 Diane Cooper, Registration/ Meals 76.15 GCC Alliance Concrete Inc., Box Culvert 3,302.00 Ida County Sanitation Inc., Garbage & Recyling Service 18.56 Jim Peters, Safety 100.00 Kylee Dausel, Mowing 80.00 Mobile Crushing & Recycling, Granular 72,721.80 Solutions Inc., Computer Service 28.75 Stratford Gravel Inc., Granular 266,612.73 Ten Point Contruction Co. Inc., Supplies 1,250.00 Secondary Road Total: 352,601.60 SHERIFF’S K-9 FUND: Bomgaars, 07-056-6 K-9/ AutoSupply 42.99 Canine Tactical Operations, Registration Fee 525.00 USPCA Region 21, K-9 Registration 100.00 Sheriff’s K-9 Fund Total: 667.99 IDA COUNTY SELF FUNDING: Benefits, Inc. - ACH, Part Self Fund Medical 220.13 Ida County Self Funding Total: 220.13 IDA CO. FOUNDATION TRUST FUND: King Theatre Renovation, Grant Allocation 5,000.00 Ida Co. Foundation Trust Fund Total: 5000.00 PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY: Bomgaars, 07-056-6 K-9/Autosupply 24.65 Electronic Engineering Co., Service Call 145.00 Gorden’s Body Shop Inc., Repair 2011 Crown Vic. 3,331.42 Hawkeye Comm. CollegeCedar Falls, Certification 130.00 Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, Registration 275.00 Iowa Office Supply Inc., Office Supplies 57.70 Jack’s Uniforms & Equipment, Uniform 36.94 Lexipol, LLC, Policy Manual Subscriptions 121,98.00 Marco Inc., Copier Lease 150.15 Solutions Inc., Domain/ Service/Prepaid Labor 7,897.00 U S Cellular, Air Cards 408.43 Vollmar Motors Inc., Battery/Services/Tires 1,265.20 Western Iowa Tech., Classes Less Credit 15.00 Adams Motor Co., Oil Change 43.00 Public Safety Agency Total: 25,977.49 COUNTY TOTAL: $489,374.84 Benefits Inc.-$194.17, $396.70; $423.79; $1239.41, $695.10 from the Self Funding Fund; and General Basic$21,500-to Public Safety budget adjustment.

There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meet again at 9:00 a.m., Monday, July 3, 2017, or on call of the Chair. /s/ Lorna Steenbock Auditor /s/ Creston Schubert Vice-Chair

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Art camp: Area youngsters enjoyed art camp at the Ida Grove Rec Center June 19-23. The participants were able to paint canvases along with doing several other projects. Those attending the kindergarten through third grade session were from, front from left: Remington Blackmore, Owen Forbes, Colt Blackmore, Isabella Mumm and Avery Ernst. Back: Tori Johnson, Harper Ladwig, Brynn Lindskoog, Josiah Ladwig, Keagan Boyle and Kylie Petersen.

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City of Ida Grove

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CITY OF IDA GROVE TREE TRIMMING IN CITY PARK The City of Ida Grove is looking to trim dead and dangerous branches from the marked trees in City Park. The trees to be trimmed will have a blue “P” placed upon them to denote the trees the City deems necessary to have trimmed.

CITY OF IDA GROVE TREE TRIMMING Each bid must be sent or delivered sealed to the following address no later than August 4th at 5:00 p.m. The address is: City of Ida Grove Attn: Tree Trimming 403 3rd Street P.O. Box 236 Ida Grove, IA 51445 Bids will be opened at the August 7th City Council meeting at City Hall, located at 403 3rd Street in Ida Grove.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Ida Grove will be holding a public hearing at 6:00 p.m., July 17th, 2017, at City Hall Council Chambers, 403 3rd Street, for a hearing on the proposal to sell the King Theatre property.

The property is the West 3 feet of Lot 6 and all of Lot 7, in Block 6, City of Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa. A proposal has been received from the Ida Grove Community Development Foundation, Inc., to purchase the property and that the City Council will proceed to hearing on the proposal to sell all or a portion of the of the property. Any persons having objections to the sale of the property may appear at the time and place of the hearing and voice any objections they may have. Any and all bidders on the property may appear at the time and place of the hearing and offer any bids that they may have for the property. Unless you appear at the time and place of the hearing and voice any objections that you may have to the proposal, the property may be sold to the Ida Grove Community Development Foundation, Inc., or to other persons.

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IDA GROVE, IOWA JULY 3, 2017 The Board of Supervisors convened in adjourned session, members present Chair Rhett Leonard, Creston Schubert and Raymond Drey.

Minutes of the meeting held June 30, 2017, were read and approved.

The Tally Lists and Certification of the Precinct Election Officials of the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Special School Election held Tuesday, June 27, 2017, were presented and examined by the Board of Supervisors with the results as follows: Battle Creek-Ida Grove Special School Election Measure A-Shall the Odebolt Arthur and Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District be reorganized to form a new school district known as the Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District on the effective date for reorganization of July 1, 2018?

Yes-540 votes No-70 votes Measure B-To adopt the revenue purpose statement for the Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District and authorize the expenditure of revenues from the State of Iowa secure an advance vision for education fund received by the Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District.

Yes-535 votes No-60 votes Pursuant to Section 47.3, Code of Iowa the County Commissioner of Elections certified to the Board of Supervisors, the Statement of Costs of the BC-IG Special School Election held June 27, 2017, and the Chair of the Board certified the costs of said elections to the government subdivision for which they were held as follows: BC-IG School-$2,133.97.

Discussion on the proposed 10 hour day, 4 days a week work schedule during the summer months for the Secondary Road department was discussed. It was the consensus of the Board that the hours remain 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. per the Secondary Road union contract.

There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meet again at 9:00 a.m., Monday, July 10, 2017, or on call of the Chair. /s/ Lorna Steenbock Auditor /s/Rhett A. Leonard Chair

PUBLIC NOTICE Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District BATTLE CREEK-IDA GROVE SCHOOLS’ FY 2016-2017 SALARIES Employee Name Earnings Amount Anders, Stephanie $165.00 Anderson, Fred 5,271.89 Anderson, Joshua 1,100.00 Babcock, Danielle 38,785.35 Bates, Linda 15,321.19 Beck, Heidi 30,869.00 Becker, Ashley 43,196.54 Bell, Jon 10,999.21 Bengford, Debra 6,564.14 Benner, Teri 13,969.92 Bennett, Ruth 14,193.07 Beyke, Kathryn 43,530.06 Bieber, Kristan 222.75 Bisenius, Adam 990.00 Blackman, Kristina 39,497.75 Bleckwehl, Kimberly 54,107.16 Boege, Jami 41,755.09 Boger, Deeann 77,832.36 Bottjen, Colleen 12,345.58 Bral, Candice 1,595.00 Breyfogle, Karen 2,485.95 Brodersen, Patrick 47,097.00 Brodersen, Sherrie 3,030.97 Brookbank, Renae 17,551.42 Brown, Kurt 74,951.09 Brown, Steven 60,003.30 Bruening, Kathryn 1,650.00 Buse, Cristina 38,672.85 Butler, Kalin 38,451.33 Chizek, Megan 55,320.85 Chizek, Travis 51,716.38 Christensen, Janet 39,856.00 Christensen, Roger 46,805.22 Christians, Brookelyn 38,960.35 Clausen, Jennifer 10,268.44 Conover, Sheri 17,989.89 Corbin, Jamie 11,024.33 Dausel, Kevin 58.73 Dejean, Jason 2,865.00 Diersen, Jackie 275.00 Dotzler, Daniel 5,825.00 Eason, Melanie 16,954.88 Ehrig, Kandace 68,790.96 Euchner, Beth 12,458.52 Fells, Judith 440.00 Fineran, Pippa 68,813.01 Forthum, Sharon 8,305.00 Freese, Rita 75,860.81 Fritz, Renee 71,221.57 Fundermann, Denise 12,782.93 Glawe, Jennifer 66,562.36 Grell, Robin 11,990.89 Grove, Jeanette 35,972.88 Gunderson, Kristeen 2,365.00 Hadden, Karen 36,281.71 Hamann, M. 3,685.00 Harriman, Leah 70,517.70 Harrison, Karen 30,610.06 Hartwig, Byron 35,514.89

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18.56 42,250.37 45,930.17 50,910.17 10,234.97 51.56 26,917.72 14,608.75 68,111.93 56,954.06 825.00 74,437.41 1,705.00 67,870.96 13,891.43 35,909.74 10,817.80 2,065.00 660.00 23,138.29 173.25 55.00 495.00 10,852.71 11,397.73 11,293.75 770.00 66,812.36 58,747.96 330.00 63,637.96 62,433.33 40,796.05 53.63 40,957.33 205.43 3,850.00 67,387.36 4,193.99 24,870.16 4,105.72 715.00 605.00 8,622.64 66,413.73 77,785.81 10,148.60 715.00 17,475.30 2,365.00 21,982.16 72,382.36 59,202.96 41,722.25 880.00 56,343.30 57,773.26 2,232.48 5,005.00 29,369.20 49,110.14 $4,962,985.14

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Art camp: Area youngsters enjoyed art camp at the Ida Grove Rec Center June 19-23. The participants painted canvases along with doing several other projects. From left to right: instructor Kate Beyke, Ally Lundell, Jadyn Friedrichsen, Stella Remer, Jonathan Friedrichsen and rec center director Chelsea Gross.

PUBLIC NOTICE Ida County Agricultural Extension District Published Report - Operating 07/01/2016 to 6/30/2017 BEGINNING BALANCE AND RECEIPTS: Balance: July 1, 2016 Total Balance: July 1, 2016 $72,507.37 RECEIPTS: Interest Revenue $221.77 Other Revenue $332.00 Program Fee Revenue $25,026.47 Property & Other Tax Revenue $157,657.30 Resale Revenue $1,189.22 Total Receipts: $184,426.76 Total Beginning Balance and Receipts: $256,934.13 DISBURSEMENTS: A & T Industries - Program Fee Expense $64.07 Adams Ranch - Program Fee Expense $36.25 Advanced Systems, Inc. Equipment Expense $3,130.99 Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show - Program Fee Expense $64.00 Alexa Phillips - Program Fee Expense $20.26 Amazon.com - Marketing Expense $332.32 American Income Life Ins. Co. - Program Fee Expense $18.79 American Youth Foundation Program Fee Expense $42.00 Andrew Butcher - Marketing Expense $35.46 Battle Badgers - Program Fee Expense $80.31 Baudville - Meeting Expense $123.00 BC-IG School Foundation Non-Fee Proj. Act. Expense ($100.00) Best Of Barb’s Catering, LLC - Marketing Expense $525.00 Blaine Clovers - Program Fee Expense $221.25 Bomgaars - Facility Expense $110.56 Boulders Inn & Suites Marketing Expense $184.00 Bulk Apothecary - Marketing Expense $114.93 C & K Company - Facility Expense $10,800.00 Casey’s General Store Program Fee Expense $24.95 City of Ida Grove - Facility Expense $299.84 Community Bank Marketing Expense ($250.00) Conservation - Non-Fee Proj. Act. Expense ($4.00) Coon Valley Trophies Marketing Expense $90.25 Crawford County Extension Program Fee Expense $1,000.00 Crown Awards Inc. Program Fee Expense $224.65 CSU University Resources Resale Expense $39.00 Dale Ullrich - Postage Expense ($10.77) Deeann Paulsrud Transportation Expense $36.66 Deron Schmidt - Postage Expense ($21.53) Dollar General - Regions 410526 - Facility Expense $1,059.29 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Program Fee Expense $105.93 Facebook - Marketing Expense $396.60 Fancy Threads Embroidery Program Fee Expense $271.80 Farm News - Marketing Expense $167.00 Fire Proof Plus, Inc. Facility Expense $50.00 First Advantage Screening Solutions - Background

Checks Expense $127.59 First Coop Association Program Fee Expense ($1,230.00) Frontier Telecommunications Expense $2,878.28 Grandstay Residential Suites - Other Travel Expense $324.50 Grant 4-Hers - Program Fee Expense $66.58 Grant Champions Program Fee Expense $145.23 Grant Wood AEA Transportation Expense ($50.00) Grinnell Mutual - Insurance, Bond Expense $542.00 Hickory Park Restaurant Non-Tax Meals Expense $13.59 Hobby Lobby - Program Fee Expense $151.74 Ida County 4-H Foundation Program Fee Expense $123.31 Ida County Ag Society Marketing Expense ($114.86) Ida County Cattlemen Program Fee Expense $2,343.78 Ida County Farm Bureau Memberships, Dues Expense $50.00 Ida County Sanitation Facility Expense $225.60 Ida Grove Cenex Marketing Expense $697.30 Ida Grove Food Pride Marketing Expense $586.66 Ida Grove Kiwanis Marketing Expense $320.33 Ida Grove Rec Center Non-Fee Proj. Act. Expense $460.00 Ida Grove Skate Palace Program Fee Expense $212.00 Ida High Achievers Program Fee Expense $123.31 Ida Liquor - Program Fee Expense $1.32 IMPS Infinitec Media Production Services Program Fee Expense $55.00 Iowa Extension Council Association - Memberships, Dues Expense $260.00 Iowa Public Employee Retirement Sys. Retirement Plan $14,111.67 ISU - Treasurer’s Office Shared Support, Program, Materials $17,540.60 ISU Extension Buena Vista County - Program Fee Expense $213.00 ISU Extension Cherokee County - Meeting Expense $57.00 ISU Extension Clay County Program Fee Expense $1,226.00 ISU Extension Sac County Program Fee Expense $45.00 ISU Extension Woodbury County - Memberships, Dues Expense $2,300.00 Jala Enterprises Inc. Meeting Expense $252.00 John Konrady - Postage Expense ($9.38) Johnk, Laura . - Net Wages and Travel $24,172.51 Logan Hotshots - Program Fee Expense $580.93 Lukins, Krista . - Net Wages and Travel $25,153.90 Maple Huskies - Program Fee Expense $188.93 Matthies, Becky M. - Net Wages and Travel $41.56 Mcmillen, Teresa M. - Net Wages and Travel $383.18 Michaels - Marketing

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Expense $51.36 Mid-America Publishing Corp. - Advertising Expense $838.58 MidAmerican Energy Facility Expense $1,025.24 Minntex Citrus, Inc. Program Fee Expense $4,623.15 Mumm Soft Water Supplies Expense $331.00 MWI Animal Health - Resale Expense $349.48 National 4-H Council Marketing Expense $953.41 Neopost USA Inc. Equipment Expense $432.48 Notary Rotary - Supplies Expense $20.13 Office Depot - Supplies Expense $74.15 Old Chicago - Non-Tax Meals Expense $56.75 One Office Solution Equipment Expense $135.70 Pizza Hut - Program Fee Expense $208.65 Pizza Ranch - Non-Tax Meals Expense $21.38 Pocahonas County Extension and Outreach Program Fee Expense $2,002.44 Pronto - Program Fee Expense $4.59 Reconciliation Adjustment Bank Charges, Fees, Interest Expense $67.50 River City Supply LLC Marketing Expense $313.64 Rochelle Bruning - Facility Expense $1,820.00 Sac County Health - Resale Expense $56.00 Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Program Fee Expense $50.00 Sage Brush Tags - Program Fee Expense $63.99 Selections - Marketing Expense $139.27 Shnurman Sire Service Program Fee Expense $520.00 Shopko Stores Operating Co. - Non-Fee Proj. Act. Expense $33.16 Sparky’s - Non-Fee Proj. Act. Expense $4.01 Stacy Segebart - Program Fee Expense ($45.00) Staples Credit Plan Equipment Expense $1,903.09 State Theater - Program Fee Expense $340.00 Summit View Solutions Equipment Expense $3,375.00 Tate Phillips - Program Fee Expense $10.13 The Holstein Advance Memberships, Dues Expense $27.00 Thies Printing LLC - Printing Duplication Expense $234.09 Tiefenthaler Quality Meats Marketing Expense $2,681.53 Tomlinson, Kandice L. - Net Wages and Travel $25,631.73 Treasurer State of Iowa Payroll Taxes $3,687.00 U.S. Postmaster - Postage Expense $1,287.66 U.S. Dept. Treasury Payroll Taxes $20,470.01 Vista Print - Supplies Expense $25.73 Walmart - Equipment Expense $368.24 Total Disbursements: $188,045.29 NET BALANCE: JUNE 30, 2017 $68,888.84

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Card d of Thanks nks THANK YOU: A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING HERITAGE DAYS A HUGE SUCCESS: We, the 2017 Heritage Daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; committee, want to thank everyone for helping us make Heritage Days a huge success. If you, the people of Ida Grove and surrounding areas, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support this event, it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to take place.

Thanks to all the businesses & individuals who donated money, time & food for this event. Thanks to: Ida County Courier, Avenue Car Wash, First State Bank, The Hoffman Agency, United Bank of Iowa, Byron Originals, Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home, Horn Memorial Hospital, Ida Grove Homes, Just Relax Massage Therapy, Trendue Salon & Spa, North Star, Edsen Electric Inc., Vetter Equipment, Ida Bowl, Don & Peggy Wunschel, G. Goodenow Trucking, Lewis Family Drug, Roger & Karen Bumann, Doug & Mary Clough, North West REC, Zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;z Promotional Products, Ida Grove Ambulance, Golden Horizons, Ida Grove Chamber of Commerce, Pronto, Ida County Sanitation & Johnson Propane. To the Ida County Pork Producers, Roger, you are the best. We want to thank all the volunteers that graciously stepped forward to help in many different areas. Thank you to all the venues who are giving back 10% of their event to Heritage Days to help keep this special weekend ongoing, & to the vendors who pay to sell their products. We have heard so many great comments on the festivities of the weekend, & how exciting it was to see the park so busy. Ron and I also want to say thank you to our committee, who gave so generously of their time since January, helping coordinate this event. Again, we say thank you to the people of Ida Grove & surrounding areas.

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Forr Rent FOR RENT: Arthur apartments. One- & twobedroom. Ph. 712-830-3211.

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THANK YOU: We would like to thank our families for helping us celebrate our 50th anniversary. A big thank you to our nieces for the open house after church. Thanks to all of you who came, & for the cards & gifts. Everything was appreciated.

Randy & Sharon Spotts 28-1t/cra* THANK YOU: The Cushing Betterment Club wishes to thank everyone who made Old Fashioned Wednesday Night on June 28th a success!

And a success it was, with over 700 people enjoying the 128 cars & trucks & 30 tractors on display. We appreciate the generosity of those who donated food & their time volunteering to make the evening a success.

Thank you to the Cushing Fire Department for the use of their building, setting up & helping with the food. Your contribution to the event & the community is greatly appreciated. Thank you to the Anthon City Band for your wonderful performance. A special thanks to car, truck & tractor owners for Cruising into Cushing for the evening. The date for next year is June 27, 2018. Thanks for coming!

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HELP WANTED: Full-time Financial Counselor needed at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. Computer experience required & collection experience preferred. Apply

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Applicants are not discriminated in hiring based on race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. Interpreter is provided at no cost. EEO. 28-2t/cra HELP WANTED: Johnson Propane is looking for help with its cylindersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; production, 40 hrs. a week. Apply in person at ofďŹ ce in Battle Creek, Iowa.

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Regular hours 8-5. Job entails entering & scheduling loads, dispatching loads & customer communications.

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HELP WANTED: Morningside Healthcare in Ida Grove is looking for positive, energetic individuals to join our team. We have immediate openings for full-time 2-10 CNAs & a FT business ofďŹ ce manager. Stop in to ďŹ ll out an application or go online at Welcov.com/careers. EOE. 28-1t/cra HELP WANTED: Johnson Propane has expanded its HVAC Department. Looking for certiďŹ ed license HVAC in Iowa. Team player. 45 hours a week, plus beneďŹ ts. Call Propane Hank at 712-3654740.

26-tfc/cra HELP WANTED: North Star Community Credit Union is currently accepting applications for a full-time teller at its Ida Grove location.

We are seeking an individual with excellent communication & organizational skills.

Applications are available at the Ida Grove ofďŹ ce. Please submit application or resume to 216 Moorehead Avenue, Ida Grove, IA, 51445. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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Garage ge Sale S le DOSE GARAGE SALE: Three-day. Downtown Ida Grove.

Thursday, July 13, 8-5. Friday, July 14, 8-5. Saturday, July 15, 8-12 noon. Come on in & check out new collectibles added, lots of household, craft supplies, bedding, books, movies, tools, clothing & a whole lot more.

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Notic tices NOTICE: Before you send your old gold away to someone you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, bring it into Murray Jewelers, your hometown jeweler in Ida Grove for over 69 years. Ph. 712-364-2822.

28-1t/crags NOTICE: We have A.O. Smith water heaters on hand, gas & electric.

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28-1t/cra NOTICE: Looking for something different for lunch? Stop by the clubhouse!

Or after work for a refreshment on the weekends. We would love to see you at the 19th Hole of the Ida Grove Golf Club!

NOTICE: Call today to get your A/C & water heater cleaned & checked.

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NOTICE: Get out, have some fun & get some fresh air. We would like you to join the Ida Grove Golf Club.

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28-1t/cra NOTICE: AFTER PROM will be grilling at the Ida Area Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market this Thursday in downtown Ida Grove. They will be serving hamburgers, pork burgers or hot dogs, chips & a drink. Our four produce vendors, Genevieve Voss with jewelry, home dĂŠcor & more, Faith Johnson with fresh ďŹ&#x201A;owers, Lenee & John Sinnott with wine & Lori Loehr with her multi-colored, fresh eggs will all be present to sell you their wares.

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BC fun: Battle Creek’s Fourth of July celebration included a variety of activities. At upper left and going clockwise, Jonathan Bremer gives a live frog a ride; Arnelda and Win Schramm were grand marshals of the parade; a craft and vendor fair was held in the former school gym; parade goers watch as the parade unfolds and members of the fire department pull a piece of antique fire fighting equipment. (Courier photos by Amy Forbes and Mike Thornhill)

Lil Sparkler: Part of Battle Creek’s Fourth of July celebration included a Facebook photo contest. The photo with the most likes won the title of Lil Sparkler. Winners are from left, third place Chloe Alm, parents Jordan and Malinda Alm of Battle Creek; first place, Lawson Bloyer, parents Daniel and Shawna Bloyer of Galva, and second place, Paisleigh Cooper, parents Brandon Cooper and Trista Williamson of Danbury. (Courier photo by Amy Forbes)

BC activity: Battle Creek celebrated the Fourth of July with a parade, games and fireworks. In the column at left, starting at the top, the Battle Creek Lion’s Club float; youngsters participate in the beanbag tournament and the Battle Creek Women’s Club float. Above left, a base runner gets caught between bases during the softball tournament and above right, the inflatables were a big hit with the kids. (Courier photos by Amy Forbes and Mike Thornhill)

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Firecracker participants: Area youngsters participated in the Lil Miss and Mr. Firecracker competition during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Battle Creek. Participants were, front row from left, Lil Miss Firecracker Kellie Riessen, Miss Firecracker Chloe Fundermann, Braxton Todd, Derrick Lewis and Lil Mr. Firecracker Ryder Meseck, and back row from left, Jacob Clausen, Mr. Firecracker Kade Spotts, Ava Young and Kolt Spotts.

Photo by: Amy Forbes | Ida County Courier

Winners: Battle Creek’s annual frog jump, sponsored by Classic Cuts in Sioux City and Don and Kim Bremer, along with Adam and Tarin Swanger, had more than 80 participants this year. First through third place all received a medal in each age category, zero to six, seven to 12 and 13 and over. Winners in the zero to six category were, front from left, Owen Forbes, third place; Jackson Snyder, second place, and Journey Minor, first place. Second row, from left, seven to 12 category, Jason Bremer, second place; Lily Dannenberg, first place, and Waylon Swanger, third place. Third row, from left, 13 and over category, Adam Swanger, second place, Tarin Swanger, first place and overall winner, and Kevin Forbes (standing in for Jessica Forbes) third place.

Iowa corn stocks in all positions on June 1 totaled 1.15 billion bushels, up 13 percent from June 1, 2016, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Grain Stocks report. This is the largest amount of corn in storage on June 1 since 1988.

Of the total stocks, 57 percent were stored on-farm. The March-May 2017 indicated disappearance totaled 566 million bushels, 10 percent above the 516 million bushels used during the same period last year.

Iowa soybeans stored in all positions on June 1 totaled 178 million bushels, down 3 percent from the 184 million bushels on hand June 1, 2016. Of the total stocks, 35 percent were stored on-farm. Indicated disappearance for March-May 2017 is 131 million bushels, 9 percent less than the 145 million bushels used during the same quarter last year.

Iowa oats stored on-farm totaled 510 thousand bushels, down 31 percent from June 1, 2016.

U.S. grain stocks Corn stocks in all positions on June 1 totaled 5.23 billion bushels, up 11 percent from June 1, 2016. Of the total stocks, 2.84 billion bushels are stored on farms, up 15 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 2.38 billion bushels, are up 6 percent from a year ago. The March-May 2017 indicated disappearance is 3.40 billion bushels, compared with 3.11 billion bushels during the same period last year.

Soybeans stored in all positions on June 1 totaled 963 million bushels, up 11 percent from June 1, 2016. On-farm stocks totaled 333 million bushels, up 18 percent from a year ago.

Off-farm stocks, at 631 million bushels, are up 7 percent from a year ago. Indicated disappearance for the March-May 2017 quarter totaled 775 million bushels, up 18 percent from the same period a year earlier.

All wheat stored in all positions on June 1 totaled 1.18 billion bushels, up 21 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 192 million bushels, down 3 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 993 million bushels, are up 28 percent from a year ago. The March-May 2017 indicated disappearance is 472 million bushels, up 19 percent from the same period a year earlier.

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Top horse: Autumn Rohlk’s cutting horse, Royal Rey Dual (barn name is “Cash”) earned the 2017 AQHA Horse of the Year for IHSRA in June. Rohlk placed third in girl’s cutting for the State of Iowa and will compete in the National High School Finals Rodeo July 16-22 in Wyoming.

Rohlk to compete in national rodeo event Autumn Rohlk, a 2017 graduate of O-A/BC-IG High School has earned a position on the Iowa National High School rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Gillette, Wyo., July 16-22 to compete at the 69th annual National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in the girls cutting competition.

Rohlk competed in cutting, barrels, poles and team roping at the 2017 Iowa High School Rodeo Finals in Waterloo June 9-11. She earned third place in girls’ cutting for the state of Iowa and quali ied to compete at the National High School Rodeo Finals. Her cutting horse, Royal Rey Dual (barn name is “Cash”) earned the 2017 AQHA Horse of the Year for IHSRA. The NHSFR is the world’s largest rodeo featuring more than 1,750 contestants from 43 states, ive Canadian Provinces and Australia. In addi-

tion to competing for more than $200,000 in prizes, NHSFR contestants will also be competing for more than $350,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named an NHSFR World Champion.

To earn this title, contestants must inish in the top 20 based on their combined times/scores in the irst two rounds to advance to Saturday, July 22 evening’s inal round. World champions will then be determined based on their three round combined times/scores.

The Saturday championship performance will be televised nationally as part of the Cinch Highschool Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFD-TV. Live broadcasts of each NHSFR performance will also air online at NHSRTV.com. Performance times are 7 p.m. on July 16 and 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day thereafter.

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Science program: The Science Center of Iowa presented a program at the Ida Grove Public Library June 27. Here, Science Center representative Zach leads an experiment on tall and short bridges.

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Science program: The Science Center of Iowa presented a program at the Arthur Public Library June 27 and challenged the kids with fun science projects. They were encouraged to not give up when it seems things don’t turn out the way they want them to. Each one also sat on a chair with 400 nails. The program was made possible by a grant from the Ida County Community Betterment Foundation.

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From the Ida County Sheriff ’s Log Thursday, June 29 Of icers received 21 calls for service. Among the calls were six traf ic stops, one abandoned 911 call and one 911 transfer.

3:08 a.m.: Parking complaint in the 100 block of Second Street 6:39 a.m.: Controlled burn at 210th Street/Pioneer Avenue 7:28 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 5900 block of Highway 175 1:37 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 100 block of Kiel Street 2:18 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding, in the 100 block of Altona Street 2:39 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 1200 block of Story Avenue 5:33 p.m.: Weather watch/ warning 6:22 p.m.: Controlled burn in the 1900 block of Landmark Avenue 6:30 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 200 block of Lubeck Street 6:57 p.m.: Structure cavein in the 400 block of Second Street 8:49 p.m.: Call to talk to of icer 9:26 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 300 block of Maple Street Friday, June 30 Of icers received 22 calls for service. Among the calls was one 911 transfer.

1:39 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 500 block of Willow Street 8:36 a.m.: Alarm in the 600 block of Morningside Street 8:44 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 400 block of Burns Street 9:25 a.m.: Road hazard in the 2300 block of Highway 59 10:32 a.m.: Vacation watch 11:49 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 5900 block of Highway 175 11:52 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Second Street 1:06 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 500 block of Sixth Street 1:34 p.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 600 block of Washington Street 1:38 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity at 220th Street/ Market Avenue 2:09 p.m.: Nonemergency transport 2:45 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 600 block of Barnes Street 3:06 p.m.: Structure ire in the 6000 block of 159th Street 3:11 p.m.: Civil paper service in the 300 block of Main Street 3:56 p.m.: Welfare check 7:34 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Moorehead Street 8:50 p.m.: Warrant 10:09 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 300 block of Main Street 10:18 p.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 10:25 p.m.: Fireworks complaint at German Avenue/ Highway 20 10:42 p.m.: Fireworks complaint at Daisy Street/First Street Saturday, July 1 Of icers received 36 calls for service. Among the calls were nine traf ic stops and four abandoned 911 calls.

1:25 a.m.: Breathing problems in the 100 block of Lena Street 3:20 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5600 block of 120th Street 9:22 a.m.: Vandalism in the 200 block of East Street 9:25 a.m.: Controlled burn at 170th Street/Eagle Avenue 9:32 a.m.: Controlled burn in the 4900 block of Highway 20 10:17 a.m.: Urinalysis in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 10:25 a.m.: Alarm in the 200 block of Main Street 10:41 a.m.: Family problems/custody in the 400 block of Quimby Street 3:28 p.m.: Warrant check in the 400 block of Second Street

4:34 p.m.: Sick/ lu-like symptoms 7:26 p.m.: Nonemergency transport 7:34 p.m.: Controlled burn in the 5700 block of 270th Street 7:42 p.m.: Responded to unknown medical call in the 600 block of Third Street 8:04 p.m.: Chest/heart pain in the 400 block of Minnesota Street 10:19 p.m.: Extra attention in the 400 block of Second Street 10:22 p.m.: Vandalism in the 100 block of Sixth Street 9:10 p.m.: Attempted suicide 9:22 p.m.: Noise complaint in the 1000 block of Fifth Street 9:32 p.m.: Assistance in the 400 block of Taylor Street 9:44 p.m.: Assistance 10:13 p.m.: Emergency transport 10:24 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 600 block of Seventh Street 10:32 p.m.: Animal complaint at Indian Avenue/Highway 175 Sunday, July 2 Of icers received 31 calls for service. Among the calls were 18 traf ic stops, one 911 wrong number and one abandoned 911 call.

9:49 a.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 500 block of Willow Street 12:54 p.m.: Health and safety check 1:55 p.m.: Emergency transport 3:05 p.m.: Theft/shoplifting in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 4:03 p.m.: Road hazard at 210th Street/Eagle Avenue 8:24 p.m.: Motorist assist at 140th Street/East County Road 9:46 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 400 block of Second Street 10:08 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 10:10 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 300 block First Avenue 10:15 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 400 block of Third Street 10:19 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5600 block of 120th Street Monday, July 3 Of icers received 25 calls for service. Among the calls were six traf ic stops, one 911 wrong number and one abandoned 911 call.

8:48 a.m.: Falls/back injuries in the 100 block of Lakeview Drive 10:44 a.m.: Emergency transport 11:57 a.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 12:53 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding, at 330th Street/Highway 59 12:56 p.m.: Nonmedical transport 2:14 p.m.: Assistance in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 4:57 p.m.: Warrant check in the 500 block of Sixth Street 6:18 p.m.: Emergency transport 6:46 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 600 block of Taylor Street 9:21 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding at 330th Street/ Dodge Avenue 10:15 p.m.: Fireworks complaint at Second Street/Court Street 10:27 p.m.: Fall/back injury in the 100 block of Lubeck Street 10:31 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 200 block of Second Avenue 10:33 p.m.: Fireworks complaint at Seventh Street/Taylor Street 10:44 p.m.: K9 search/OWI at Pioneer Avenue/Highway 175 11:23 p.m.: Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of Willow Street 11:33 p.m.: Suspicious per-

son/activity in the 5100 block of 280th Street Tuesday, July 4 Of icers received 30 calls for service. Among the calls were six traf ic stops.

2:06 a.m.: Motorist assist at 250th Street/Dove Avenue 6:36 a.m.: Suspcious person/activity in the 5900 block of Highway 175 8:10 a.m.: Animal complaint at 250th Street/Quail Avenue 10:32 a.m.: Assistance in the 400 block of Barnes Street 10:46 a.m.: Road hazard at Highway 20/Woodbury Avenue 11:40 a.m.: Parking complaint at First Street/Main Street 3:20 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding in the 200 block of Jasper Avenue 3:48 p.m.: Accident with property damage at Alpine Avenue/Highway 20 5:13 p.m.: Medical assistance needed 6:17 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 5800 block of Highway 175 7:14 p.m.: Attempted suicide 8:09 p.m.: Welfare check 8:40 p.m.: Motorist assist at Union Avenue/Highway 20 9:18 p.m.: Missing juvenile at Sixth Street/Chestnut Street 9:38 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 100 block of Main Street 9:43 p.m.: Call to talk to of icer 9:47 p.m.: Breathing problems in the 100 block of Albers Street 9:55 p.m.: Reckless driving, speeding at Carriage Avenue/ Highway 20 9:58 p.m.: Traf ic control/ escort 10:47 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 300 block of Burns Street 11:02 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 600 block of Sixth Street 11:31 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 300 block of Second Street 11:46 p.m.: Medical assistance needed 11:49 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 400 block of Taylor Street Wednesday, July 5 Of icers received 28 calls for service. Among the calls were seven traf ic stops and one 911 wrong number.

1:43 a.m.: Noise complaint in the 400 block of Taylor Street 2:08 a.m.: Call to talk to an of icer 3:22 a.m.: Death 3:44 a.m.: Structure ire in the 6400 block of V Avenue 7:46 a.m.: Animal complaint at 250th Street/Quail Avenue 8:45 a.m.: Road closed at 150th Street/Indian Avenue 10:24 a.m.: Road hazard at 250th Street/Dove Avenue 10:43 a.m.: Structure ire in the 6400 block of V Avenue 12:36 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 400 block of Hamburg Street 1:28 p.m.: Suspicious person activity in the 500 block of Second Street 1:33 p.m.: Accident with property damage at 180th Street/Highway 59 2:32 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 700 block of Main Street 2:48 p.m.: Theft, ifth bad check, in the 200 block of Oak Grove Drive 4:09 p.m.: Road hazard at 280th Street/Highway 175 5:06 p.m.: Road hazard at 130th Street/Alpine Avenue 5:24 p.m.: Fraud/scam in the 400 block of First Street 5:28 p.m.: Suspicious person/activity in the 100 block of Second Street 8:28 p.m.: Warrant in the 400 block of Moorehead Street 9:13 p.m.: Animal complaint in the 700 block of Highway 175 10:25 p.m.: Fireworks complaint in the 300 block of Main Street

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Rocket launch: Drew Burk and Margo McMillen prepare to launch the rocket they built at the Ida County Extension Race It, Fling It, Fly It Camp June 26 at Stubbs’ Memorial Library in Holstein. The rockets were made of paper and were launched by forcing air out of a bottle.

Camp participants designed, built and blasted-off a variety of vehicles including cars, airplanes and rockets and then conducted experiments to demonstrate Newton’s Laws of motion, force and gravity.

Depu es make drug paraphernalia, OWI, the arrests The Ida County Sheriff ’s Office has released information on several arrests made during the past two weeks.

On June 29, Jason Thomas Versluis, 39, of Jesup was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop in rural Ida County. He was released pending a court appearance.

On June 30, Daniel Aubrey Bass Jr., 26, of Odebolt was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for theft in the fourth degree. He was transported to the Ida County jail and later released after posting $1,000 bond.

On July 2, Jesse Anthony Wilson, 19, of Battle Creek was charged with theft in the fifth degree after shoplifting

from an Ida Grove business.

He was released pending a court appearance.

On July 2, Stephen Beckett Jr., 24, of Cedar Rapids was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop in rural Ida County. He was released pending a court appearance.

On July 4, Chase Ray Foote, 27, of Spencer was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated first offense following a traffic stop in rural Ida County. He was transported to the Ida County jail where he was held overnight. He was released the following day after posting $1,000 bond.

On July 5, Tasha Lee Hickman, 33, of Ida Grove was

charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. She was released pending a court appearance.

On July 5, William Christopher Bailey, 36, of Schaller was arrested on an outstanding Ida County warrant for contempt of court.

He was transported to the Ida County jail where he is currently being held.

On July 5, Braden Paul Else, 19, of Holstein was charged with operating while intoxicated first offense. The charge was filed following an investigation into a one-vehicle accident that occurred in rural Ida County on June 3. He was released pending a court appearance.

Six property crimes reported The Ida County Sheriff’s Of ice has released information on six property crimes reported during the past week.

On July 1, Dennis Goodman of Arthur reported the back window of his truck was broken out. The vandalism totaled $150.

On July 1, Merlin Marvin Sands of Holstein reported $1,000 vandalism damage to a white Chevy Malibu.

On July 2, Food Pride in Ida Grove reported a shoplifting incident. A $1 bottle of Kemp’s Select strawberry milk was taken.

On July 4, Anya Marie Bailey of Ida Grove reported the theft of $400 cash from a building.

On July 5, Judy Lichtenberg of Ida Grove reported $1,500 damage to her Kia. On July 5, Food Pride in Ida Grove reported a $121 loss due to a bad check.

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Fall master gardener registra on is open

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Singing sisters: The Rosener Sisters (Ashley, 11, Sara, nine and Jenna, seven) sang “God Bless the U.S.A.” at the second annual Bridging the Gap Festival at Prairie Pedlar near Odebolt June 24. Operation Engage America (OEA) was co-founded by Jeff and Lisa Naslund of Galva and Howard and Jean Somers of San Diego, Calif. The mission of OEA is to offer support, awareness, education and resources to veterans, First Responders and their families for those living with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Guest speakers included: Lisa Naslund, emcee Simon Conway and U.S. Representative Steve King.

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Master Gardener program will hold its core training sessions this fall for individuals interested in becoming Master Gardeners.

Master Gardener training sessions will be held across the state on Tuesdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m., beginning in September and running through November. There will also be two training sessions (Saturday, Oct. 7 and 21) held on campus at Iowa State. Those interested in the course can apply at https://mastergardenerhours.hort.iastate.edu/ application-form.php. Applications for the Master Gardener Program are due

by Sept. 1.

After completing the course, Master Gardener trainees work as volunteers within the community, volunteering 20 hours per year and building their gardening know-how by participating in 10 hours of continuing education.

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Speaker: U.S. Representative Steve King of Kiron was one of the guest speakers at the second annual Bridging the Gap Festival held at Prairie Pedlar Gardens north of Odebolt June 24. Operation Engage America (OEA) was co-founded

by Jeff and Lisa Naslund of Galva and Howard and Jean Somers of San Diego, Calif., after they lost their sons to suicide. The mission of OEA is to offer support, awareness, education and resources to veterans, First Responders and their families for those living with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

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Building fun: Stubbs Memorial Library in Holstein invited Ida County Extension to do a program June 21 with the summer reading program theme of “Build a Better World.”

The children who attended were invited to invent incredible things from a variety of materials from the Extension’s “invention boxes.” From left, Matthew Forristal, Kyle Burk, Leo Nedved and Tregg Bagenstos.

Freedom Rock painter: Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II was in Holstein recently to paint Ida County’s Freedom Rock located near Char-Mac Assisted Living’s facility on Highway 20 in Holstein. Sorensen was inspired by the movie “Saving Private Ryan,” as well as wanting to give veterans a unique recognition. Sorensen is not commissioned to paint the rock, but is able to do so each year with the generous help of donations. Sorensen will travel the state of Iowa until a Freedom Rock is placed in each county.

Imbarimba: Galva Economic Development Corporation members continue to makeover the Galva City Park this summer. Most recently, they installed a musical piece called an Imbarimba. An Imbarimba is a C major and A minor pentatonic xylophone with 22 fiberglass keys and two mallets. It features an HDPE frame, coated fiberglass bars, anodized aluminum resonators and stainless steel hardware.

Five more pieces of new park equipment are coming in July.

The Galva Economic Development Corporation is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit entity that hosts annual fundraisers and works with the City of Galva on projects to better the community so Galva is a great place to live, work and raise families. Randy Hustedt spearheaded this GEDC project.

Thursday, July 20 • 4-9 pm Commercial Building, Ida Grove Fairgrounds

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Ida County Fair Royalty Registration Open to children in grades K-3rd (Fall of 2017) who live in Ida County or attend BC-IG or Ridge View schools

Pay admission at the gate • 7 & under FREE

10 AM: Art Attack Noon - 6 PM: Little Hands on the Farm 2-6 PM: Face Painting by Expressive Arts 3-5 PM: Special K’z the clown w/ 3:30 PM stage show Equine Drill Team and Rodeo events

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Be sure to check out these events during the Ida County Fair

Music Festival

July 13, 5:30 p.m. - Judging at Ida County Extension Office

Sat., July 22 3 - 6 PM Ida County Fairgrounds Mini Stage

(Activities & entertainment during judging)

Thurs. 7/20 Ladies’ Night Tractor Pull Fri. 7/21 Wet, Wild, Wacky Fun Run (all ages) Bill Riley Talent Show Sat. 7/22 Buffalo Ridge Music Festival Kids’ Day Rodeo Sun. 7/23 Bean Bag Tournament Mud Drags

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Courthouse Report Real Estate Transfers Estate of Gerald Miller, court officer deed to Delores Lewis, the east 75 feet of Lot 1, Block 36, Fifth Addition, Battle Creek.

Jacquelyn and Raymond Fritz, quit claim deed to Jacquelyn Fritz trust, Lot B of the NE ¼, Section 12, T-89-N, R-39-W, Ida County.

Jean Christensen trust, trustee warranty deed to Charles O’Connor Jr., 140.02 acres in the NWfr ¼, Section 5, T-89-N, R39-W, Ida County.

Jeremy Kenkel, warranty deed to Kyle Maruska, Lots 3 and 4, except the east 65 feet thereof, Block 35, Fifth Addition, Ida Grove.

LaDon and Sonya Johnson, warranty deed to LaDon Johnson trust, N ½ NE ¼, Section 11, T-89-N, R39-W, Ida County.

Clay and Kimberly Miller and Lorne and Becky Miller, d/b/a Miller Brothers Farm Partnership, warranty deed to Clay and Kimberly Miller a one-half interest in the NE ¼, Section 17, T-87-N, R40-W with exception; northwest seven acres of the SE ¼ north of the gravel road in Section 17, T-87-N, R40-W, with exception; E ½ NW ¼, Section 17, T-87-N, R-40-W; SW ¼, Section 17, T-87-N< R-40-W excepting three parcels; one acre in the SW ¼ SW ¼, Section 17 and a tract of land in the NE ¼ SW ¼, Section 17, T87-N, R-40-W, Ida County.

John and Lavelle Muller, warranty deed to the John and Lavelle Muller trust, Lot 6, Block 13, Ida Grove.

Estate of Roger Bresnahan, court officer deed

to James Schmidt, a tract of land in the NE ¼ NE ¼, Section 22, T-87-N, R-40-W, with exceptions, Ida County.

Jeremy and Kayla Strasser, warranty deed to James and Karla Meier, Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18, Block 4, O’Brien Addition, Holstein.

Julie and David Johnson, warranty deed to Shae Ryan, Lot 5, Block 18, First Addition, Ida Grove.

Lesa and Brian Sahl, warranty deed to Cody and Sarah Lomholt, Lots 5 and 6, Block 11, Village of Ida, Ida Grove.

Bobbi Jo Clausen, warranty deed to Chris and Diana Niehaus, Lots 25, 26 and 27, Block 2, Elmhurst Addition, Holstein.

Lucas Miller, warranty deed to Clarence Miller, Lot 5, Block 1, Baumgardner’s Addition, Galva.

Virgil and Lou Ann Paulsen, warranty deed to Brenda Segebart, Lot 3 and the north eight feet of Lot 4, Block 4, Galva.

Clerk of Court Due to a change in procedures at the Ida County Clerk of Court office, information is only provided electronically.

The following information is from data filed by the Ida County Clerk of Court office.

Traffic and other charges might include charges that were dismissed. For more information on specific cases contact the clerk of court or visit www.iowacourts. gov.

Traffic charges Speeding Brent Lindgren, Arthur; Ricardo Rosales Jr., Hartley; Gerardo Sanchez, To-

ledo; Rocio Marte, Storm Lake; Abreham Bariso, Sioux City; Nicholas Noel, Denison; Daniel Holzrichter. Sioux City; Michael Powell, Mesa, Ariz.

Other Hayley Hardiman, Carroll, dark windows.

Hayley Hardiman, Carroll, failure to provide proof of financial liability.

Jacob Tokheim, Schaller, dark windows.

Ricardo Rosales Jr., Hartley, no valid driver’s license.

Anthony Delao, Amarillo, Texas, no valid driver’s license.

Skyler Staver, Cherokee, possession or purchase of alcohol by a minor.

Jordan Bieret, Wall Lake, failure to comply with safety rules.

Christopher Brotherson, Wall Lake, maximum gross weight violation.

Christopher Brotherson, Wall Lake, failure to comply with safety rules.

Rachel Pollard, Arthur, unlawful passing of a school bus.

Lorelei Rohlk, Battle Creek, unlawful passing of a school bus.

Criminal Scott Schwade, Ida Grove, obstruction of emergency communications, $65.

Justin Sassman, Ida Grove, trespass, two charges, $65 fine on each charge.

Judgments and Liens Against Travis Basey, in favor of Sioux City Child Support Recovery Unit.

Against Travis Basey, in favor of Keeli Larson.

Against Lyle Traylor/ Traylor Construction, in favor of Ida Grove Cenex.

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Fireworks: As part of the annual Battle Creek Fourth of July celebration, the Battle Creek Fire Department lights up the sky with a beautiful display of fireworks every year. Pictured are some of the firemen that make this happen: front row from left, Dan Hedberg, Fire Chief Deron Schmidt, Austin Sadler and Justin Reitz, and back row from left, Corey Tarr, Jared Lund, Tom Peterson, Ed Sohm and Brian Bond.

Fire departments have four calls Area ire departments responded to four calls during the past week.

On June 29 at 6:57 p.m., the Ida Grove Fire Department was called to the King Theatre when the back wall collapsed. The department was on the scene 45 minutes.

On June 30 at 3:06 p.m., the Galva Township Fire Depart-

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ment was called to Quad County Corn Processors’ ethanol plant at 6059 159th St. for a dryer ire. The Holstein Fire Department provided mutual aid. The departments were at the scene two hours.

On July 5 at 3:44 a.m., the Galva Township Fire Department was called to a barn ire on the Strong farm at 6435 V

Ave. Cause of the ire was due to ireworks. The barn was a total loss. The Holstein Fire Department provided mutual aid.

On July 5 at 10 a.m., the Galva Township Fire Department and Holstein Fire Departments were called back to the Strong farm at 6435 V Ave. The departments were at the scene an hour.

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