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St. Malachy welcomes Miss Krapfl By SARAH BROWN Special to the CNA

her read 30 minutes a day. “She would go down to the basement and work on whatever. I would sneak down to the kitchen and crank down the timer,” Krapfl said. Krapfl said her mother would figure it out and she would hear the sound of the timer being reset. “I would just stare at my book,” Krapfl said. “It was the worst thing in the world.” However, in fifth grade, her disdain for reading changed when her friend recommended a book - Harry Potter. “She said, ‘if you hate it, I won’t make you read anything else,’” Krapfl said. More than a decade later, Krapfl is re-reading the entire series. “It really was that series that turned it around for me,” Krapfl said. Krapfl said she enjoys trilogy books the most, such as Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy series by Steig Larsson. “I hate it when a book ends,” Krapfl said. “I’m always like, ‘what happens next?’”

Even on her worst days, kindergarten teacher Morgan Krapfl said she loves her job. However, after her 2008 graduation from Xavier High School in her hometown of Cedar Rapids, Krapfl, 25, set out on a very different path - to obtain a degree in business at University of Iowa. Krapfl said, after two and a-half years of working toward her degree, she “bombed” a midterm in an accounting class and called her father Mark Krapfl for consolation. “He said, ‘I just don’t think this is what was meant for you,’” Krapfl said. In his fatherly advice, Krapfl said her father told her, “you don’t want to get into something you’re going to hate for the rest of your life. If you hate it now, you’re going to hate it forever.” That bit of fatherly advice sparked a bit of soul searching. Krapfl said a former boyfriend suggested she consider A day in the life teaching. “It takes a lot of energy,” “The more I thought about Krapfl said of being a kinderit, I couldn’t imagine not garten teacher. “It’s crazy!” spending my days with kids,” Krapfl said, although her Krapfl said. 12 students are high energy, A learned behavior she enjoys listening to what Krapfl said she had years is on their mind and often of experience working in has to catch herself from day cares and as a nanny for laughing. a couple of families while in “They are so cute ... they college. While she didn’t want just say the most random to throw away the two and things,” Krapfl said. a-half years she had already Krapfl said one student put into a degree program, said he wished she was an ocKrapfl took the plunge in topus so that she could help 2010 and changed her major all of them at once. to elementary education with “He said, ‘that way you endorsements in language can tie all of our shoes,’” arts and reading. Krapfl said. “I said, ‘you are Krapfl is an avid reader, right. I do wish I were an ocbut, she wasn’t always that topus.’” The most surprising part way. “I grew up hating reading,” of teaching kindergarten for Krapfl is that the curriculum Krapfl admitted. Krapfl said, every summer is more advanced than what her mother Jan Krapfl made she remembers or has expe-

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Small town living After leaving Cedar Rapids, Krapfl moved to Des Moines for a year, where she worked as a substitute teacher and as a nanny. She moved to Creston in 2014 upon accepting her current position at St. Malachy. “It was an adjustment,” Krapfl said. “I’m a foodie and a shopper ... so, not having a place to eat and shop have been a struggle.” However, Krapfl gets her fill of both on the weekends, while visiting friends and carCNA photo by SARAH BROWN ing for the children she used Morgan Krapfl gives instruction to a student during reading time. to nanny for in Des Moines. Ultimately, she feels Creston is where she was destined to be. The people she Inquire today... has met have been “great” and “very helpful.”

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MOUNT AYR — Few teachers have the opportunity to travel overseas with their students doing something they love. Greg Storhoff, however, has had that opportunity four times. Storhoff, 59, has been part of Iowa Ambassadors of Music (IAM) tour of Europe three times, and will go on his fourth tour in 2016. “I was asked to serve on the staff by the IAM band directors Dr. William Carson of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, and Dr. Morgan Jones, former director of the Hawkeye Marching Band,” Storhoff said. Storhoff and his wife Crystal have gone on trips in 2010, 2012 and 2014, where they toured seven countries in Europe with Mount Ayr and other area students.

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Iowa Association of Music choir performers sing in a cathedral July 2014 in Seefeld, Austria. Austria was one of seven countries Greg Storhoff and the IAM tour visited.

enth- through 12th-grade band and vocal director at Mount Ayr Community School District, said the trip starts in Grinnell. “We start with a three-day rehearsal at Grinnell College,” Storhoff said. “On July 3, we fly to London. ... The countries are the same every year, although some states include Spain in their tour.” The students perform in town squares and cathedrals at each site. In between performances and traveling, the groups, which are organized by their coach bus, get to sight see. “Advice to students may be summed up in one sentence: It’s a cultural experience,” Storhoff said. The five things Storhoff said really stand out include differences in currency, bathrooms, cold things, passport safety and language.

IAM is a group that has traveled to Europe every other summer since 1988. It includes teachers as chaperones, and the band and choir are made up of high school students from across the state of Iowa. The groups visit England, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein and Germany. The band and choir each give a performance in every Trip Students who partake are country except Liechtenstein. Storhoff, the current sev- chosen by their band directors

based on musical ability and character. Mount Ayr students who were accepted and flew overseas with the 2014 musical groups were Samantha Crawford, Neesie Brand, Grant Staats, Wyatt Jackson and Lew Knapp. Other local students on the 2014 trip were Mathew Evans of Nodaway Valley High School, Baylen Blades of Central Decatur High School, Allyson Watson of I-35 High School, Hanna Woosley and Blair DeBolt of Shenandoah High School and Elizabeth Fuller of Southwest Valley High School. “I like London and Venice a lot, but my favorite is Germany,” Storhoff said. “We stay in Rothenburg, which is a walled city that is preserved from the Middle Ages. ... There are many sightseeing opportunities, including the Louvre,

changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, Matterhorn, London Eye, Big Ben on the Thames, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dachau concentration camp, Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva, Montreau, as well as other attractions.”

ty in Valley City, N.D., and directed seventh- through 12th-grade bands and choirs in North Dakota for several years. In 1991, he was hired as the Mount Ayr High School band director. In Background Storhoff’s musical back- 2010, he became the comground began early, when he bined seventh through 12thstarted playing piano. Eventu- grade band and choir direcally, he joined band. “Band began in fifth grade and I started on the trombone, which I kept playing through college,” Storhoff said. “I also played every weekend with a dance band called the Myron Sommerfeld Orchestra through college. In college, I had the chance to go on the road full time, but chose to finish my teaching degree instead.” Storhoff graduated from TumblTrak Valley City State Universi-

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Creston High School Band Director Mike Peters, 48, of Creston, was just a boy when he first saw a drum corps perform. “And, ever since, I have been a fan,” Peters said. Peters recalled flipping through television channels in the living room of his childhood home in David City, Neb., when he happened upon Phantom Regiment — a drum and bugle corps in Rockford, Ill., originally formed by VFW 342 members in 1956 — performing on Public Broadcasting System (PBS). From that moment, he knew he wanted to be part of that corps. During his junior and senior years of high school, Peters performed with Crimson Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps out of Norfolk, Neb. He told his mother that one day he wanted to perform with Phantom Regiment, one of the top corps in the world. His mother agreed. “If you make it, you make it,” she said. His father Paul Peters, who was also supportive of his son’s pursuit of joining a corps had his own opinion about the matter. Peters’ father — a decorated army sergeant who served two tours in Korea — wanted him to audition for a different corps — the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corp out of Casper, Wyo. “That was my dad’s favorite corps,” Peters said. “They do all military anthems still to this day, dressed in the union soldier (from the Civil War) uniforms.” Peters said he loved the patriotic Americana style of

the troopers, too. Ultimately, Phantom Regiment piqued his interest more with their clas- Peters sical shows such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. When it came time to audition for Phantom Regiment, the drive to Rockford, Ill. was a long one. But, Peters, who was 19 years old at the time, would not be deterred by the commute and a six-month audition. “There were five spots open and 40 French horns,” said Peters, who played the French horn. On the first weekend, 30 musicians were sent home. However, Peters was not one of them. “Just keep coming back and you’ll make it,” Peters was told by a fellow musician. And he did.

College Peters continued to play for Phantom Regiment for four years in addition to his college band at Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. One day, as Peters was talking to his band director, Peters made some suggestions to a drill they were working on. “And, he asked, ‘Do you want to write a drill?” Peters said. “I jumped at it.” By his senior year of college, Peters was writing all of the drills for the college band, which involves taking famous works of music and rearranging it and choreographing the accompanying movement performed by the band. “I learned a lot,” Peters

said. Peters received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in education in 1990 and has since been writing drills and designing shows for three decades.

music.” “It does sound like Gypsy music. That’s a great idea,” Peters responded. Peters got to work designing an entire marching band show based on a 30 assessCreston This is Peters’ 20th year ment of his student. teaching a combination of mu- Learning moments For Peters, teaching music sic appreciation, music theory, jazz, improvisational music, is a way to pay homage to the marching band and concert past. Each piece of music can band at Creston Community represent an era, culture, victory or a memory. As Peters Schools. “I love watching my kids teaches music, he infuses his succeed,” Peters said. “There lessons with tales of the past; is no bigger thrill than watch- some glorious and worth celebrating and others which reping your kids succeed.” In 2014, Peters’ band stu- resent darker days. Peters recalled teaching his dents not only won a state competition, but, scored high- students about World War er than they have ever at a II, specifically the bombing of Dresden, where, in 1945, state competition. “Watching their reaction the United States and British to that — hugging each other, bombers killed thousands of screaming, slapping high-fives villagers and refugees, mistakand seeing the pride in their ing them for an army. Recreating the piece parents … that is the best part brought the students and their of my job. That is better than a audience to tears. paycheck,” Peters said. “You “There is a part of the piece just go ‘wow.’” where they are singing ‘Ave Not only does Peters beam Maria’ … they have bass with pride when talking about drums stationed throughout his student’s accomplish- the audience; their boom getments, he turns to them for ting louder. It’s building up inspiration, too. and building up and ends with Peters said, as he was plan- the entire band screaming. ning a 2015 marching band And, then it dies away,” Peshow, he was listening to mu- ters said. “At the end, all you sic and wondering where to can hear is the wind blowing go with it. A student walked through the open pipes and through the door and told Pe- a student with a high pitched ters, “That sounds like Gypsy voice making baby cries.”

Peters has performed other shows which include themes from “Schindler’s List,” “Incheon” about the Vietnam War and “Trail of Tears,” which tells the story of the round-up of five American Indian tribes, who were forced by the U.S. government to march more than 150 miles in the dead of winter. “I got kids coming up to me saying, ‘We should do a show about the destruction of Pompeii,” Peters said. “I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? That dark?’” But, he quickly started conceptualizing and planning the performance in his head. “My poor wife,” Peters chuckled. “She doesn’t get any sleep because of me. My brain doesn’t slow down.”

Thrill seeker Peters and his wife Lisa, a fellow Wayne State University color guard, are “huge” amusement park fans. Naturally, their first date was at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Mo. on a band trip in college. “So, every year we take our kids — Ashley, Ryan and Tyler — to an amusement park,” Peters said. Can you guess what his favorite roller coaster is? It’s Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., which is music themed. “Everyone has their own iPod (on the ride). You pick

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Patten: ‘I’m right where I’m meant to be’ By SARAH BROWN Special to the CNA

Mark Patten, 50, of Orient said he’s right where he’s meant to be — in a classroom at Orient-Macksburg Community School. And his path to becoming a sixth-grade math teacher and K-8 Title I reading teacher is anything but traditional. After high school, Patten attended Southwestern Community College (SWCC) where he earned his associate of applied science degree in electricity. Upon graduation, Patten went to work in a “completely unrelated field” at Kent Feed and became known as “Feedman Mark.” After four years of delivering feed to hog farmers in the area, the business closed. Soon after, Patten purchased Hometown Grocery in his town and operated it for 4 1/2 years until a struggling economy prompted him to close shop. Patten then went to work at Heat Tech, which paid for him to attend business management courses at SWCC before closing its doors four years later. “I thought, everybody is going out of business. I really have to do something different,” Patten said. Despite this thought, Patten, who is passionate about woodworking, went to work at Woodmark in Winterset, where he not only met his wife, but finally started to climb the proverbial ladder and gain job security. During his 14 years at Woodmark, Patten was promoted after two years and ended up running two assembly lines for 12 years. “During the process of

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Starting fresh After Woodmark closed, Patten decided it was time to follow a dream of his: to become a teacher. “It was time,” Patten said. “I had enough of the business world. I lost one of my own businesses. Other people lost theirs. It was just time to do something different … time to make a change,” Patten said. This dream, one that he had since college, was made possible by a tuition reimbursement grant for displaced workers paid by the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). His wife Holly, who was also laid off, took advantage of the opportunity, too. “What is ironic is, it has been 10 or 12 years since NAFTA had been put into place. I thought, ‘Well, if I ever lose my job, that sounds like a heck of a deal,’” Patten said. With just a few remain-

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contacted Patten to see if he would be interested in driving a bus. “It was out of the clear blue,” Patten said. “I thought that might be the ideal job to have. I could take night classes and study in-between bus routes.” Patten applied and was accepted for the position. Two weeks later, Patten was offered a temporary custodian position by the Orient-Macksburg district, which he also accepted. “Then, when the maintenance man left, they said, ‘Mark, would you be interested in being the maintenance man?’” Patten said. Patten said with his children attending Orient-Macksburg, the flexibility of his positions “worked out beautifully.” “I had a boss who I could tell, ‘Hey, I have a ball game,’ and he would be, ‘Sure, go,’” Patten said. Patten said in his former positions, the flexibility to attend his children’s ball games would “never have happened in a million years.” Throughout the entire process, Patten said he did his best to make a good impression so that when it came time to apply for a teaching position, there would be an opening for

him at Orient-Macksburg. “It’s where I wanted to be,” Patten said. “The timing was perfect.”

Home again For Patten, teaching at Orient-Macksburg means a great deal to him. “I graduated from this school … in 1981. All of my siblings went to school here. My mom cooked here for 20 years. K-12. My own kids graduated from this school.” Patten said. “I’ve lived in this community all of my life.” Now that Patten is employed full-time as a teacher for the Orient-Macksburg Community School District, he feels his role is a great way to give back to his community. “I’ve always wanted to be in the classroom doing something that has value,” Patten said. As a K-8 Title I reading teacher, Patten works oneon-one and in small groups with children who struggle with reading and comprehension. “There are students from each grade level who need a little bit of extra help,” Patten said. Patten said his students may be struggling slightly behind their peers, but not to the point of needing special education. “Basically, my function is try to keep kids from going

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the wrong direction in their studies,” Patten said. “I try to keep them up with the rest of the class.” Patten said he is finally in a position with value. “It’s great to be serving someone else instead of just making a paycheck,” Patten said.

Back to school At first, it was difficult for Patten to be back in the

classroom. After all, he had always worked jobs that required him to stand up. “I hadn’t sat still,” Patten said. “I was never any place where I was required to sit still for 45 minutes.” But the most difficult part of returning to school was not knowing what to expect. “As old-fashioned as it makes me sound, getting

back on computers, I just had very little experience with them,” Patten said. Patten said, with the exception of knowing how to use Microsoft Excel, he was lost. He didn’t know how to send emails because he never needed to. “I picked up on that stuff in a hurry. Let’s just put it that way,” Patten said.

In 1991, Patten had bought his first home computer. When he returned to school, the technology had changed dramatically. But, ultimately, he said the experience was incredibly positive. “I look at the world through a whole different scope now,” Patten said. “It’s like looking through a wide-angled lens instead of my own tiny paradigm. It’s been very eye-opening.” One of the most surprising aspects of the experience for Patten is the amount of diversity in the modern learning experience. “There are so many things to learn about now,” Patten said. “I didn’t even know they existed.” Some people may be intimidated to re-enter college after more than 20 years in the workforce. “I was not the oldest student,” Patten chuckled. Patten said, to his surprise, about a third of the students in his bachelor’s program were adults over the age of 30, going back for their degrees or a different degree. “It was wonderful,” he said. Now, Patten has set a new goal for himself. “I have plans to start rocking my master’s very, very soon.”

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SWCC instructor involved in Creston community By MEGHAN KALVIG Special to the CNA

Are you familiar with Rumy Kabir, Information Technology Systems Networking instructor at Southwestern Community College? To find out, you might ask yourself a series of questions: Do I excercise, play racquetball or take classes at the YMCA? Am I active in the local disc golf scene? Have I ever taken any Information Technology classes at SWCC? If you can answer “yes” to any of these questions, chances are good that you can put a face to the name Rumy Kabir. Since moving to Creston from Oklahoma in 2011 to take the position of webmaster at SWCC, Kabir has been an active member of the Creston community. You might have guessed from the questions posed above that Kabir enjoys teaching and physical fitness. He enjoys them both so much he combined his passions; and now aside from working out solo or next to his wife Amanda, he teaches a series of fitness classes at the YMCA. In conjunction with his fitness and yoga classes, Rumy can be found on the campus of Southwestern Community College in the Tech 2 Building where he currently teaches a variety of upper level computer classes. Kabir took over the position of Information Technology Systems Networking instructor in the fall of 2014, on the heels of

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successful longtime ITSN instructor Loyal Winborn. The career change was a natural transition and fit for Kabir, as he was already familiar with all the lessons he would be teaching due to his own educational background. Well, that, and all the daily troubleshooting that comes with being a webmaster for an ever-growing and never stagnant community college. “Rumy started the 2014 academic year off with record high ITSN program enrollment,” said Caitlyn Lesan, SWCC Director of Admissions. “Rumy has already begun to make effective changes in course curriculum and offerings for our students since taking over his new role in August. From a recruitment perspective, we are definitely excited to see the program continue to grow in years to come,” Lesan

said. Rumy’s wife, Amanda Kabir, also works at SWCC. Amanda works in Student Support Services, located in the upstairs of the Instructional Center, above the library. She shares many of her husband’s same passions. Rumy enjoys photography and cooking. So does Amanda. The two enjoy weekend car rides to Des Moines to try new restaurants, as well as peaceful and scenic drives through Union County. Amanda and Rumy spend time at the YMCA and like to walk outdoors when weather permits. They also spending time with some of the close friends they have made here in town. I can personally attest to Rumy’s huge smile and outgoing personality, as we worked together for three years at SWCC. Rumy is a very motivated, goal-oriented person,

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ever since. In the past 28 years, she has taught at several levels, including first grade, talented and gifted, Title I reading and Title I math. She currently teaches a combined second and third grade classroom. “I like to watch how much students change from when they come into your classroom in the fall until spring,” Mobley said. “They change so much in one year that it’s amazing.” Stephens said she admires Mobley’s interaction with her students. “If I could sum it up in one phrase: Everybody is somebody in her room,” Stephens said.

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Mobley’s involvement with Diagonal students stretches beyond the elementary classroom, too. “She spends a lot of her free time working on school-related activities with the goal of engaging students with fun activities to keep learning exciting and fun,” Marci Bjustrom, Mobley’s daughter, said. At one point, Mobley served as a junior class sponsor. She also helped organize the first Diagonal senior trip to Washington, D.C., in 2002. “The class decided they wanted to raise funds and go to Washington, D.C.,” she said. “And so I said, ‘Sure, I’ll help them.’” Mobley helped the students with fundraisers, which ranged from T-shirt sales to ice cream stands. “They didn’t want to make it that because of someone’s financial status they wouldn’t be able to go,” she said.

the authority on that animal, and they did a short presentation to the group that they were with on their animal they had picked.” Since her second and third grade class numbered only about 20, Mobley opened the trip to parents, too, and she said most of the kids had at least one member of their — Karleen Stephens Diagonal superintendent family along with them. During the trip, the class took pictures that would latMobley and Shelly Bent- er be used for photo displays. ley, the middle-high school After the trip, the students special education teacher, prepared the displays to accompanied 15 students to share with the community. Washington. Although Mob- Mobley was impressed at the ley only went on the trip in its turnout. first year, it set a precedent: “That’s one thing that The opportunity to take a amazes me about Diagonal,” Washington trip remains an she said. “Community memopportunity for Diagonal se- bers that don’t even have niors to this day. a kid in your class will still A trip to the zoo come and look at the displays Last year, Mobley did because they have a huge something new for her class. commitment to this school.” She applied for a grant This year, Mobley applied through the HELP youth again and received a grant pod, a Dekko Founda- to go to Arbor Lodge, a tree tion-sponsored group of high farm in Nebraska City, Neb. schoolers from Diagonal and This time, her students will Mount Ayr who make deci- be researching and doing sions on awarding grants ev- projects on plants and trees. ery year. Sue and Ron have three These students chose children. Greg is the oldest, Mobley’s proposal, which outlined her plan to use the and the youngest are Marmoney for a field trip to the ci and Brian, twins. All live closeby, allowing the MobOmaha Zoo. “The grant paid for the leys to spend lots of quality students’ admission into the time with their five grandzoo, tickets to the IMAX the- children, who attend school atre, bus expenses and mate- in Mount Ayr. Sue said that watching rials for displays,” she said. Mobley took the oppor- her five granddaughters in tunity to turn the trip into a their activities, which include multi-platform research proj- spring, winter and summer sports, as well as rodeos, is ect. “We picked an animal that one of her main hobbies. we would find at Omaha at Mobley is also involved with the zoo and researched that the Clearfield Lions Club, animal,” Mobley said. “When the Ringgold County Fair we went to the zoo, they were and her local book club.

“If I could sum it up in one phrase: Everybody is somebody in her room.”

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Seniors stand at the WWII Memorial during the first Diagonal trip to Washington. Mobley helped the students organize fundraisers and accompanied them on the trip. In years since, the opportunity to visit Washington has continued to be open to Diagonal students. Pictured, left to right, are Wyatt Lilienthal, Shyanna Weaselhead, Ellie Brown, Heath Evans, Darren Rutherford, Ashley Parrish, Shad Haidsiak and Charlene Hingley.

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To look at someone, you don’t know what that person’s past is, how she grew up, where her work ethic came from. This goes for Amy Surma, a teacher at St. Malachy School. Looking at Surma, you think she’s just a regular teacher in Creston. But, Surma’s past has

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Escape “My dad grew up in Poland, and when Poland was invaded, his village was invaded, in World War II,” Surma said. Surma’s father, Stan Surma, lived in a village called Sobolowce, which no longer exists. The village was part of the invasion of Poland by German, Soviet and a small Slovak contingent

in September 1939, which prompted the beginning of World War II. “The story is that when they got invaded, his (Surma’s father’s) dad told him to hide,” Surma said. “So, he hid in a root cellar of the nearest neighbor for the night. And, the next day, it was all clear. He found his dad. Then, his dad told him to just run.” Surma’s dad was 12 years old. Surma didn’t cry as she recounted the story of her father’s escape from Poland during the beginning of World War II; instead, Surma said she was proud of his courage. “I just can’t even imagine being 12 and, you know, a sixth grader, and being forced to leave my family, because my family is everything to me,” Surma said. “I’m proud of where I came from and he came from. Proud that I can share his story with others. ... I think he and Mom taught us that.”

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Amy Surma, back right, and her fifth-grade class smile for a photo after purchasing books in honor of Nate and T.J. Fry with donations given by fourth- and fifth-grade St. Malachy families.

camp. A forced labor camp is similar to prison, where individuals are forced to do work. He was eventually released. Surma’s father eventually joined the Polish army, which was working with the United States Army at the time. One of the jobs he had

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SURMA: someone who enjoyed working with people and was very good at it. “He was very good at working with people,” Surma said of her father. “He was a people-person, and I think that rubbed off on us. You got to be able to communicate, that’s huge for school, and to communicate with kids at their level, at their understanding.”

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built to hold Polish political prisoners, but after a year it was turned into a place for exterminations. Then, a friend of his recommended signing up with a Catholic relief service, which would then allow them to go to the United States. Her father’s friend failed the physical, but her father did not, and soon he landed in Boston, Mass., where he took a train to Iowa and stopped in Doon. A couple took to him, and he worked on their farm until he was able to open a shoe store. “It’s a horrible thing he went through, but at the same time, how can I not be grateful that he did it, that he, you know, had the courage to come to America and stop in Doon,” Surma said. “I wouldn’t be here if he didn’t have the courage to do that. I mean, just the courage to share that story. And, he shared it a lot.”

Doon Stan started Stan’s Shoe Store in 1950 in Doon. Making shoes was a skill he learned from his uncle in Poland, and he was able to start the store because of that knowledge. It stayed

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Amy Surma smiles for a photo with her mother during a family gathering.

open for 54 years. Growing up, Surma worked in her father’s shoe store, like her three sisters and two brothers. The store was also home to a repair business, where things like boat covers, trampolines and farming tarps were fixed. “He (her father) was the master of teaching you to count back change, which they don’t do anymore,” Surma said. “That is something that you had to learn

before you ran his cash register, you had to be able to count back change.” Surma also said her father taught her the meaning of work ethic, because he worked six days a week, and required his children to all have jobs. It also taught her to continue with education, since her mother had a high school education, and her father never graduated from high school. Surma remembered her father as a people-person,

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And, after the two, I wasn’t really ready to leave because I enjoyed it so much. And, I still do.” Surma is a 1996 graduate of University of Northern Iowa, where she earned a degree in elementary education. “The faculty has just been more like family for me, who has no family here. It’s just, they’ve become my family, so it’s really hard to leave,” Surma said. “I love teaching at St. Malachy. I love being in a school where I can teach my faith.” One thing Surma does to keep her father’s story alive is read “The Devil’s Arithmetic,” a young-adult novel by Jane Yolen. The novel is about a young American Jewish girl who is transported back in time to the Holocaust, and is forced to live in a concentration camp.

“Most of the stories that Dad has told, I can tell,” Surma said. “When I read that book, there’s a lot of it, it’s a fiction story, but based on truth, so a lot of stuff that happens in that camp were things that truly happened to the Jews, so we talk about that.” Surma said she reads Yolen’s book every April, the month of remembrance, and she shares her father’s story with her students during that time. “Being able to teach religion, I think that feeds into that (story) so greatly because, once again, it’s the Jews, and our talking about how Jesus treated others, and the fairness and respecting everybody just for who they are, not their background, not what they look like, not what they talk like,” Surma said. “Just, that as a whole encompasses everything I think.”

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keep them engaged, and a she made the flip. Students works amazingly,” she said. “It is an alternative delivery it makes it soft and smooth. I little video or demonstration were aware they would have “The energy level was phe- strategy that, if done correct- started researching a bunch Special to the CNA every now and then wasn’t an assignment every day, in- nomenal; they were talking ly, has extreme benefits to of other types of skin care working. I knew I needed to cluding the first day, and they with each other and I found student learning. Any time and found that I really loved Facebook. Snapchat. Twit- do something, but I wasn’t had to be prepared with that I had more opportunities to you discover ways to deeply doing that just as much as ter. Pinterest. There is one sure what.” assignment at the next class interact with students direct- engage students in the learn- teaching.” thing all of these words have Flipped classroom Now, Skarda, through or they would lose points. ly. I’m going to continue with ing process is a positive.” in common, other than being Rosebud Botanicals, offers They were also able to use this method. I wouldn’t go Rosebud Botanicals The approach that Skarda elements of the social media an all-natural selection of those assignments on their back.” took to keep her students Skarda lives on a farm with world. Distraction. These aplip balms, skin toners, face quizzes. Pros and cons more involved with the class her husband Ron. They have plications and websites can masks, face cleansers and To change things up, SkarWith every change that three children, Madi, Allivea rather than the above menserve as distractions for stulotions. She also makes and da began making stations takes place, there are positive and Gage, who are involved tioned applications has a dents in today’s world. variety of different names within the classroom that the outcomes and challenges to with numerous activities sells products like mineral Many teachers are looking including inverted classroom students would go to and in- overcome. through school and the com- foundation and organic eye for ways to keep their stumakeup remover. teract with. The stations are and reverse teaching. Howev“I don’t have the issue munity. dents from being distracted Skarda uses Aronia berset up so a student would of students getting on their “We have chickens on the er, Skarda calls it the flipped while in the classroom and ries, which are a fairly new have materials they would phones, or sleeping in class,” farm, and we just bought a classroom approach. keep their focus on the subtype of berry that has come recognize. They would idenSkarda said. “Attendance is horse,” Skarda said. “The The first time Skarda heard ject at hand. Mindy Skarto the spotlight within the tify those materials to Skarabout the flipped classroom always pretty good. The stu- kids also show cattle, so we da, 44, biology instructor at past few years. Aronia berda, who would ask the stuapproach was when she went dents are just working, gen- have calves and projects that Southwestern Community ries grow in Iowa and in the dents to tell her a little about to a presentation by Dr. Mark uinely working on what they they work on, too.” College, was one of those northern states because they the materials at that station. should be.” Taylor of Arkansas State Besides teaching and teachers, until two years ago, thrive in the cold winters. Overall, there is an end result Skarda added the challenge spending time with her famUniversity. Taylor spoke when she changed the way Aronia berries are sometimes Skarda is helping and workabout the students of today, of flipping the classroom was ily, Skarda turned her hobby she ran her classroom. or the next generation, as ing with the student to reach. keeping what she was doing of making lotions into a busi- better known as chokeberries “Students were just sitting “An example would be, I interesting and not falling ness, which she has named because they are very sour in some refer to them. there like lumps of coal and I their raw form and need to be have a station with a bottle back on having the students Rosebud Botanicals. “He explained why they didn’t find sweetened. of oil, chunk of coal and little complete worksheets in small are so different, and how In 2008, Skarda received that being “Aronia berries provide they are wired differently,” bottle of propane fuel,” she groups. a book on detox from a covery fun,” about ten times more antiexplained. “I’ll first ask the Southwestern Communi- worker at SWCC. Within that Skarda said. “He encouraged she said. oxidants than blueberries,” students to identify all three ty College Vice President of book were recipes on how to teachers to keep the students “I didn’t Skarda said. “And we can materials, where it comes from Instruction Bill Taylor stated make lotions and scrubs that engaged by doing things want to grow them right here. So, and to identify its source. Is it Skarda has been able to ef- would help detox your body. where you make them get the just stand those antioxidants offer benrenewable or non-renewable is fectively use the flipped class“In the book was a reccontent outside of the classup there efits for the skin. That is why what I’m getting at, but I’m not room technique, and other ipe on how to make a facial room, and then when they get and lecture Skarda I put Aronia berries in all of giving them those words. 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back to Panora. It was a big day, and it was super fun.”

Forever family Paup said one of the more difficult things to deal with during the adoption process was the trust level. The Paups told Dustin and Dani they would be their forever family, a term that the children had already heard from other families. “Dustin rejected it in so many ways,” Paup said. “But they’re like night and day. We would say, ‘we love you Dani’ and she would grab hold of that. She’s been just as easy and he has been difficult,” For seven years, the Paups went without having children, and then were a family of four for another seven years. Then, Paup began to feel unwell. “I really thought I was dying,” she said. “I had this liver disease and I thought this was it. Then they told me I was pregnant! I mean, we’d been married for 14 years, and were blessed to receive these two children, and now I was pregnant!” The Paups had not only one, but two more children, Derek and Doryn, when Dustin and Dani were 12 and 11 years old, respectively. Paup added, growing up, Dustin and Dani asked for a little brother and sister for Christmas and each of their birthdays, and they would explain to them that they didn’t think it would ever happen.

Paup started her teaching degree at Northwestern College in Orange City and completed her degree at Northwest Missouri State University. She said the story behind how she started at Mayflower Heritage Christian School is a funny one. “I knew Derek’s kindergarten teacher at Mayflower at the time, and every time I would see her she would always tell me I couldn’t have her job,” Paup said. “I wasn’t trying to take her job, but it was funny because one day I came in and she pulled me aside and told me that her husband’s job was moving them to Minnesota, and she said ‘I think God wants you to have my job.’ So, it was just funny!” While Derek and Doryn were growing up, Paup stayed at home and substituted at Mayflower occasionally, but was ready to go back to teaching once Doryn went to kindergarten. “Doryn went to kindergarten and so did I,” she said. “I really liked the heart of the school, their mission and what the kids learn. Even just watching the kids that come out of Mayflower and what they were doing.” In Paup’s kindergarten class, the children go through all of the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. They do fun activities with each letter and then start learning how to read. Paup said one thing she loves about teaching kindergarten is the children are honest. “Sometimes it is hard having them be so honest, but they’re very straight forward,” she said. “They’re cute and eager to learn. They love coming to school and are sad when they can’t.”

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A bond beyond the classroom As a one-on-one retire again,” Homewood said paraeducator, Rich with a laugh. Meet Rheanna Homewood has Rheanna, 8, is a second formed a special grade student at Creston Elementay School. She was born relationship with tumors on her brain one of his Creston with that have required extensive second graders surgeries and radiation treat■

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After retiring in 2010 from a 35-year career in law enforcement, Rich Homewood was searching for something rewarding to fill his open schedule. His wife, Vickie, who also works as a paraeducator at Creston High School, knew the school district was looking for another one-on-one paraeducator. “She (Vickie) encouraged me to apply,” H o m e wood said. “That way we would both have the same schedule.” Homewood Homewood took several training classes to become qualified, but he said the real learning experience has been in the classroom working with the students. “The classes are very general,” Homewood said. “They don’t teach about specific students or specific behaviors because there is such a wide variety of things paras might be asked to do.” While some tasks — both physical and mental — can be challenging, Homewood said he has learned a lot about himself going from the officer in charge to the paraeducator trying to compromise with a stubborn student. “I will stick with it until I

ments. “Those brain operations left her physically with what looks like stroke symptoms where she has very limited movement on the right side,” Homewood said. “She can’t use her right arm and she is unstable walking.” Rheanna’s mobility was mostly limited to a wheelchair during the school day in kindergarten and first grade. “She has made great strides physically,” Homewood said. “This year we are doing a lot of walking. She was previously unable to do stairs, now we can go up the stairs.” Rheanna’s muscles do not allow her to go down the stairs. Homewood walks with Rheanna to help make sure no one accidentally bumps into her or to help assist Rheanna if she becomes fatigued. “She is very strong headed,” Homewood said. “She physically may not be able to do something ... or she is just not wanting to do it. I’ve got a good idea about what is real and what is not.”

In the classroom For most of the day, Rheanna is in the classroom with her second grade class and participates in specials with them like music, art and physical education. “She spends the first hour of her day doing braille,” Homewood said. “We don’t use braille, but if she loses the rest of her vision, then she would need it.” Her classroom teacher, Kara Larson, has taught second grade in Creston for 16 years. “They have a close bond,”

Larson said. “They have some give and take ... he knows what to expect of her and she knows what he will do as far as how far he will go before he starts to get a little tougher on her.” Homewood helps Rheanna with her daily work. He prepares worksheets with larger print so she can read her homework easier and helps make her working environment as efficient as possible. “A big part of what I do academically is trying to keep her directed towards what we are working on,” Homewood said. With 23 students in her second grade section, Larson said having another adult in the classroom has been a big help. “He will help (Rheanna) and help other students that are around, as well,” Larson said. “It is nice to have that person, even though he is not my class para ... he has helped me out a lot.” Larson said Homewood acts as a go between for her relationship with Rheanna. Their close bond helps Larson understand when they can push Rheanna academically or when she needs to take a mental break. “Interpreter is one of the other hats I wear,” Homewood said. “She is really good at math. Sometimes she can dictate to me and I write it.” Larson added Rheanna seems to be enjoying reading. She makes sure to call on Rheanna to answer questions and participate in discussion like her classmates. The class is finishing their space theme, which Larson said is usually one of the most popular among the students each year. With Rheanna’s physical limitations, her classmates play a role in watching out for her safety. Larson said they are very patient and understanding, making sure Rheanna knows they are nearby so she doesn’t accidentally bump

into anything. “I don’t know that all of them totally understand that she has the vision problem that she has,” Homewood said. “They watch out for her. They know not to leave things on the floor because she can trip on them. They know to push their chair in because it is amazing how easy it is for her to catch a chair leg that is sticking out a little bit. They help take care of her.”

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‘Relentless’ approach drives Burmeister’s success at Nodaway Valley HS teacher guides basketball, cross country teams to state championships ■

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GREENFIELD — It probably isn’t surprising to many who know Darrell Burmeister — or “Coach B” as he’s known throughout Adair County — that in his first year out of college he coached the Maquoketa Valley seventh grade boys track team to a Tri-Rivers Conference championship. It would be the start of a long trail of success for teams under the guidance of this dedicated high school social studies teacher, who is known for taking the concepts of preparation and scouting to superhuman levels. One thing is certain. There will not be a Nodaway Valley basketball player or cross country runner who is less prepared than an opponent standing across from them. What they do with that preparation and attention to detail is up to the individual. That’s where champions are made. But, there is no doubt the information is at hand to be successful. One look at Burmeister’s classroom, filled with stacks of papers from 15 years of scouting reports and old game tapes, as well as posted photographs of the teams he’s so proud of, tells you all you need to know about what goes into being an athlete on one of Coach B’s teams. “They tell me when I retire later this year they’ll need to bring a truck to move everything out of my office,” said Nodaway Valley athletic director David Huff, a native

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Left, Nodaway Valley coach Darrell Burmeister, shown here with assistant coach Steve Shantz at the 2015 state quarterfinal round, has a sign system to signal instructions to his players in loud gymnasiums, such as Wells Fargo Arena. It’s another example of his attention to detail and thorough preparation for any circumstance his team may encounter.

of Greenfield. “But when Darrell retires, they will need a semi tractor-trailer to get everything out!” Huff played football for the late Bob Daut at Greenfield, a legend in Iowa football coaching circles. Daut was a taskmaster and a hard driver in practice, with success at the state level, once coaching a state runner-up team at the UNI-Dome. Huff sees similarities in the two men he said shared a mutual respect when they worked together at Nodaway Valley. Burmeister had moved to Greenfield after 15 years in the Bridgewater-Fontanelle school district, when B-F and Greenfield entered into whole grade sharing. The two districts later merged. “I would say his system is the key to Mr. Burmeister’s success,” said Huff, himself an Iowa Athletic Director of the Year in 2005 and Southwest Iowa AD of the Year three years ago. “He has a system

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in place based on his expecta- the game, and his programs Nodaway Valley head coach Darrell Burmeister flashes tions, and what it takes to get are based on hard work.” a smile after cutting down the net in Atlantic after his to that elite level. You know, team’s 50-45 substate win over Fremont-Mills clinched Please see the program’s sixth trip to the state tournament in 11 when I was a junior at GreenBURMEISTER, Page 18A years. field our basketball team was in the district finals. But the next year we won three games. It was that up-and-down thing. We’ve had 21 straight winning seasons under coach B. When I was coached by Bob Daut, we were pushed hard and we When it comes to protecting your family, get an agent with realized we had a pretty good the KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE YOU deserve. thing going on here in football. I see some of that in his programs. The same type of effort put into a scouting report, Tom Dennis Marie breaking down every kid on Hartsock Carter Chapman the other team.” Owner, Agent Agent/Realtor Agent/Realtor During the girls game in girlboy doubleheaders, it takes Burmeister nearly 40 minutes to get everything written on the white board in the locker Tracy Chris Emmy room, to remind players of the Schaeffer Lane Key keys to beating the opposing Agent CSR Office Mgr/Agent team. “He knows all the tendencies of every kid, even the one www.carteragcy.com averaging two points a game,” 208 N. Maple • Creston • 641-782-8516 Huff said. “He’s a student of

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BURMEISTER: ons at Wells Fargo Arena.” Again, it was a rally down The hard work has certain- the stretch by the Wolverines ly paid off in both basketball in overtaking a Fort Dodge and cross country. The bas- St. Edmond team in the finals. ketball team was edged by “Lance McFarland hit a three-quarters court shot at the third quarter buzzer that “I would say just kind of sparked us, and his system is we went on to win the championship,” Burmeister said. the key to Mr. The eastern Iowa farm boy Burmeister’s who grew up on the Scott and Cedar County line had come success.” a long way, as a champion of — David Huff, his adopted home in Adair Nodaway Valley County. He has lived more athletic director than 10 years each in all of the primary communities of the school district — Bridgeeventual champion Prairie water, Fontanelle and now City-Monroe and star player Greenfield. Brandon Myers in 2004 in a Those first two teams in substate game at Southwest- 2005 and 2006 started a run of ern Community College in six state qualifiers in 11 years, Creston. including an appearance this The following year, the year by a team not expected Wolverines trailed Clarinda to be as talented as the one by 20 points in the first half. that just fell short to East Then the program turned the Mills in the 2014 substate. corner. No team from either “We were not very good B-F or Greenfield had gone last summer,” Burmeister to state since the 1948 Fonta- said. “We didn’t have (allnelle Wolves. state guard) Jackson Lamb “Eric Raasch and Billy for three of our tournaments Baudler just made up their after he separated a shoulder minds from what happened in baseball. I’ve told them this the previous year that we was the most improved team were going to go to state this I’ve ever had.” year,” Burmeister recalled, Huff said it’s a system defrom that 2005 substate game. signed to sustain success over “We came back to beat Clar- time. He saw it developing inda, and at the end of 50 as he was athletic director at years of state tournaments at East Union before coming to Vets Auditorium, we go the Greenfield 15 years ago. final year and got second in “We had some pretty the state. The following year good (substate) basketball we were the first 2A champi- teams at East Union, but we

want to win.” No distance is too great if Burmeister wants to watch a team he might face down the road. He watched Pella Christian, Hull Western Christian and Unity Christian in a holiday tournament at Sioux Center. One year, his team qualified for state on a Friday and another substate, in Clinton, was postponed until Saturday. He drove to Clinton that night to see Dyersville Beckman play.

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Nodaway Valley coach Darrell Burmeister received his 500th win award March 13 at the Boys State Basketball Tournament. He is shown at the presentation with daughter Jenna and son Jordan.

couldn’t beat Nodaway Valley,” Huff said. “Then when I came here, I watched him just plug the new bodies into those positions and away they went again! It’s really impressive that he keeps it going at a public school. A place like Hull Western Christian, Pella Christian, they will go find players.” With 516 wins overall, leading to a “500 Club” presentation at this year’s state tournament, Burmeister’s Nodaway Valley basketball teams have gone 417-73 for an 85.1 winning percentage in 21 years. The “average” season at NV is 20-3. He ranks 13th in victories among active coaches, and 31st overall in Iowa boys basketball history. Nodaway Valley has had

Pride of Iowa Conference winning streaks of 71 and 58 consecutive games during separate regular-season stretches spanning several years. In 19 years of POI competition, the Wolverines have won 13 titles. The POI record is 269-23 (.921).

Longtime assistant The assistant coach for 18 of those seasons was Dr. Richard “Dick” Koehler, a retired local dentist. Koehler is a native of Lincoln, Neb., and formed a good working relationship with Burmeister. “He wasn’t always a yes man, which is what I wanted,” Burmeister said. “He’d give me suggestions. He was knowledgeable. He was real-

ly loyal over the years and he had a great relationship with the guys.” Koehler was awed by his partner’s work ethic. “He’s just driven,” Koehler said. “He’s relentless in everything he does. He scouts teams and treats every team the same, no matter what their record. He expects those kids to come to the summer stuff and work on their game, go to the camps. At one time we were playing 50 games a summer. There’s no way you’re not going to get better! I think the kids kind of looked at him like a tough teacher. They knew if they did what he says, and follow his guidelines, they’ll win. And kids

A typical Tuesday night during the basketball season demonstrates the level of Burmeister’s dedication. After the game, he’ll head to his classroom and usually won’t walk out of there until 3 or 4 a.m. He’s back in there at 8 a.m. for the next day’s set of classes, which he takes equally as seriously. “There’s so much adrenaline going during a game, I wouldn’t be able to sleep much anyway,” he rationalizes. The hours after a game are spent compiling statistics and scores from other conference games that he puts on a fourpage “press release” faxed to eight media outlets in southwest Iowa, including the News Advertiser. During that process, he meets with scouting coach Rich Woodside in his room Please see BURMEISTER, Page 19A

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for about 30 minutes. Woodside brings the videotape of an upcoming opponent he’d taped that night, and they discuss concepts used by that team, and information on individual players that would help in the next two days of practice. Burmeister concludes the long night by washing and drying towels for the athletic department, and folding them. “I may not stay quite as long on a Friday night, because I don’t have to have all that stuff done by the next day, especially if I won’t have the kids come in on Saturday,” he said. But, often the gym is opened for a couple hours of shooting on Saturday, besides the late afternoon open gym on Sundays for shooting or pickup games. It’s not uncommon to see NV alumni at those open gyms. Some of them have gotten into coaching. James Larson, center on the 2006 state championship team, is head coach at Osceola Clarke and his team played at Nodaway Valley this season. “Those guys who get into coaching take a lot of coach B, I’m sure,” Huff said. “It was kind of interesting to see James come in this winter and I almost watched Darrell’s philosophy beat him! Clarke was on fire from 3-point range. Darrell’s kids often stay after practice until they’ve made 200 or 300 threes. It was a compliment to the style and system he built.” Burmeister, now 60, says he has no immediate plans to retire. “Next fall I have two kids in college,” he said. “I spend too much money to quit just yet! It has to be at least until 62 for Social Security, but I really don’t have any plans at this time.” His success in both sports has led to national recognition. He has twice been named national coach of the year in girls cross country. Last year he was Central Sectional coach of the year in boys basketball as the Iowa nominee, in a section covering the Midwest states of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan. He has been Iowa coach of the year twice in girls cross

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Darrell Burmeister teaches several social studies classes at Nodaway Valley High School. Photos of his state-qualifying basketball and cross country teams are posted on the chalkboard behind his desk.

country and once in boys basketball.

Cross country The former B-F track coach, who still coaches the sport at Nodaway Valley, took over the Wolverine cross country program in 1996. That year, Kate (Olson) Wharton finished 10th at the district meet, qualifying for state. Every year since then the program has produced individual qualifiers, along with considerable team success. “We’ve had 23 state qualifying (boys and girls) teams, 27 conference championships and seven deck teams (top three) at state,” he said. The Nodaway Valley girls team won the Class 1A state championship in 2009, six years after Megan Winkelmann was a two-time individual champion. The girls were second in 2005 and 2008. The NV boys team won the 2002 1A championship and was runner-up in 2003. The 2002 team claimed Nodaway Valley’s first state championship in any sport. Last year’s boys team was fourth at state, and all varsity runners return as the Wolverines will be considered a title contender next fall. Burmeister became a student of distance running training cycles after taking the job in 1996. He now converses in the technical jargon of the sport, such as each runner’s “VDOT” rating. “That’s the volume of oxygen the athletes can take through their lungs in a minute,” Burmeister said. “It’s based on their race times, and then you can calculate the pace they should use for

easy ‘recovery’ runs, interval work and the threshold runs that are 21 minutes comfortably hard. We do one of those tempo runs once a week in our six-day week, and we go 8 miles to Fontanelle or the Orient blacktop at a slow pace on our recovery days, usually on the weekend.” Burmeister rewards them for their extra weekend training with a breakfast of bananas, bagels and Bomb Pops after the Saturday morning workouts. “We call that B to the third degree, B to the three,” Burmeister said. “We run a lot. We have kids getting in 200, 300 or 400 miles from June to August. The key is the base. It’s a 12-week season, and you cannot use six of those 12 weeks to get your base, or you won’t get to where you want to go.” While technology and science provides the guidelines, Burmeister also goes by “a feel” for what athletes need at any given time. Injury or illness can call for variations. “There is a science to coaching and the art of coaching,” Burmeister said. “There are individual differences in kids, what makes them click. Sometimes the art is greater than the science.”

Class load Burmeister spends his “free time,” what little there is of it, watching television in areas pertaining to his classroom, more than his athletic

endeavors. “I watch things like news channels, travel channels and food channels on TV,” Burmeister said. “Anything about culture really interests me. I don’t really watch that much sports on TV.” He teaches American government, economics and contemporary issues to seniors. He teaches a class called introduction to social sciences to freshmen, which involves units in critical thinking skills, study skills, psychology, anthropology, sociology, geography, historical research and political science. “I like everything I teach,” said Burmeister, who graduated with honors from the University of Northern Iowa in 1978 with a major in education and minor in coaching. He got endorsed in social studies, physical education and health and has taught in all of those areas, after beginning his college career as an accounting major. Burmeister said his philosophy is that coaches are teachers, and he said the same keys to success are present in both the classroom and athletic arena. “It’s all about preparation,” he said. “Preparation, and staying current. I feel like if kids think, well, if he’s going to put so much time and effort into it, then maybe we better try, too.”

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Children in the Middle curriculum developed by SWCC instructor For more than 20 years, psychology instructor Tim Leonard’s curriculum has provided divorced parents with information to help them make wise, positive choices in the best interest of their children. ■

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Above, Tim Leonard teaches several classes at Southwestern Community College, some of which include social psychology, developmental psychology and human sexuality.

“What the program boils down to is, just because your marriage didn’t work — don’t let that stop you from becoming a great parent,” Leonard said. “The No. 1 rule is no bad talking one another in front of the children. The idea with this program is to help parents create a good business relationship so that kids are the top priority and not stuck in the middle.” Leonard worked on this curriculum with co-worker Joyce Fedderson while employed as a counselor at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in the mid-1990s. They used state-of-the-art research — at the time — to formulate the curriculum.

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and strain divorce was putting on the children.” The program is a total presentation that includes verbal, written, video and role play. And, in it’s original form Leonard said there were two presenters — one man and one woman — role playing a situation. Research shows 50 percent of first marriages today end in divorce and experts recommended taking the Children in the Middle pro— Tim Leonard gram as early as possible in the divorce/separation “This wasn’t my area of process to avoid damaging expertise,” Leonard said, and hurtful actions/words. “but I had been working with families regularly and Please see we could both see the stress LEONARD, Page 21A

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Locally, children in the Middle classes are held in Osceola, Creston and Red Oak and instructed by Christine Bishop who has been teaching the classes for more than 15 years. “This class is mandatory and most of the parents do not really want to be there, especially for four hours at a time,” Bishop said, “but I tell them at the beginning that I hope to change their perspective by the end of the evening and help open their eyes to the importance of working together to do what’s best for the children.” Bishop agrees it’s hard to gauge the impact this program has on parents and children, but in her time as instructor she feels the program has transformed the perspective of a good percentage of the parents.

Drug Court Leonard worked at Iowa Methodist from 1987-1997 in behavioral medicine — counseling people with anxiety disorders, children with cancer, adults with cancer, marital couples, chronic pain management patients and biofeedack services. Then, in 1998, he took a position with Employee and

Family Resources where he worked within the program Drug Court. The program included lawyers, judges and team counselors. As a counselor, Leonard met with anyone convicted of a drug or alcohol crime and would make a decision to place them in education, outpatient or inpatient care. Leonard said “once the green wore off” it wasn’t difficult to place them in one of the three categories. “It became very prescriptive,” Leonard said. Leonard — who later became director of the program — said all decisions had to be approved by lawyers and judges. He said he was proud of what he accomplished as director. “I’m really proud that in my tenure there, wait times from evaluation to treatment were decreased,” Leonard said. “Lots of times we were able to get them treatment the same week they were evaluated.” Leonard did say he met with a lot of repeat offenders and that Drug Court was a unique program not offered much of anywhere else in the country.

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This graph shows the divorce trends in the United States over the past century. Today, more than half of marriages end in divorce.

campus in 2007 and when Kate Burrell left in 2009, he was urged to apply with the college full time. “He’s still one of the favorites among students at SWCC,” said Bill Taylor, vice pres- Taylor ident of instruction at SWCC. “The word has got out that his classes are fun, but at the same time rigorous. He has

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at SWCC. Leonard said he loves teaching and did several workshops/lectures over the years so the transition to a teaching environment has been easy. Leonard lives in Osceola with his wife Julie. They have two cats and one dog and live in an old Victorian home built in 1892. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places. They’ve lived in Osceola for 22 years.

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In Sue Maitlen’s life, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. A teacher for more than 21 years, Maitlen hails from a family of educators. “My grandpa and grandma were teachers,” Maitlen said. “Grandpa was the superintendent in schools and grandma was the art teacher. My Maitlen mom and dad were both teachers and my two brothers are teachers and their two wives are teachers.” As a teacher, Maitlen possesses a unique perspective given that she’s taught publicly, privately and homeschooled. Maitlen — who was born and raised in Eldridge — married her high school sweetheart, Steve Maitlen. Maitlen’s childhood friend Julie Lanning recalled the beginning of their relationship. “I do remember when Steve approached me in high school and he told me he was thinking about asking her on a date,” Lanning said. “And the rest is history.”

Sue and Steve have five children ranging from ages 15-25. At the beginning of their careers, Sue and Steve moved to Corning. As fate would have it, Lanning’s husband landed a job in Creston, reuniting the two friends. “It was really comforting for me to know I had an instant friend right away,” Lanning said. Growing up, Lanning lived in the country. Because she was involved in a lot of activities and Maitlen lived in town, she spent a lot of time at Maitlen’s house before practices. “She was the friend everybody wanted to have and still is,” Lanning said. “Very selfless, very giving. She’s just fun; always laughing and smiling.” Shortly after moving to Corning, Sue and Steve started a family. She taught sixth grade at the Corning public schools and Steve worked as a Corning city police officer. “I never thought I’d love sixth grade,” Maitlen said. “I student taught first grade, but I really did (love sixth grade). I had some great kids there.” Later, they moved to Creston when Steve got hired with the Union County Sheriff’s Department. Maitlen continued teaching in Corning, commuting back and forth. When she learned she

was expecting baby number three, she made the decision to stop teaching in Corning after six years. It was then Maitlen decided to change things up a bit. She opened up a daycare service from her home and also homeschooled her children for the next four years. Maitlen enjoyed the flexibility that accompanied homeschooling. “I could really move them along in areas they were strong in,” Maitlen said. “And in areas they were weak in, we could concentrate more on those areas and get them caught up.” Eventually, Maitlen was ready to get back into the classroom. She was hired to teach third and fourth grade in a self-contained classroom at Mayflower Heritage Christian School, a private school in Creston. “My faith is a big part in why I teach in the Christian school,” Maitlen said. “I get to teach about my faith and incorporate that into education.” Lanning said it is that faith that makes Maitlen not only a great teacher, but friend, too. “Everybody needs that strong Christian person,” Lanning said. “She is that person for me. She is always praying for her friends and she is always praying for my

family. That really is what draws me to her.” The same flexibility Maitlen enjoyed with homeschooling is one reason she’s appreciated teaching at Mayflower over the past 10 years. She hones in on students’ individual interests and from there builds their curriculum. If a student likes dinosaurs she will incorporate dinosaurs into their studies to help them learn more effectively. Because she teaches third and fourth graders together in one room, Maitlen says she builds authentic relationships over the two years she has with her students. Maitlen draws from her experiences as a mother to better relate to the challenges she and her students face. “It has helped to have five of my own (children) that are very different and unique,” Maitlen said. “And so I can understand a little bit more different mood swings and learning styles because some (of my children) caught on and some needed to work harder.” Aside from work and church, Maitlen acknowledges her life revolves around her children’s extracurricular activities. She said while some people lead adventurous lives traveling to exotic

for 25 years, a program that shares faith through sports. Although Ryan respected his father growing up, he described his father as a “workaholic” who attended just one of his games during his high school football career and not a single game when he played football in college. In the long run however, it gave him greater perspective as a coach and father. “I could relate to kids from different areas because I didn’t have support from my parents,” Ryan said. What Ryan lacked from his own father, he made up with his children. Growing up, Maitlen said her parents’ support was unwavering; they never missed any of her activities. Even now, they drive four hours to watch their grandkids play sports. Ryan is grateful for the daughter, mother and teacher Maitlen has become. “She lives a good example of a Christian mother,” Ryan said. “I’m just proud of her as a daughter. She’s committed to her work and does a great job.”

places, she is content with traveling the Hawkeye 10 conference. “I could get you to any concession stand at any Hawkeye 10 school,” she playfully bragged. “That’s my vacation.” Maitlen said her father Deac Ryan, a retired school teacher and coach, greatly influenced her life and the lives of his students. Ryan taught 39 years for the North Scott School District in Eldridge. He coached track, football and basketball for 29 of those years. Maitlen and Lanning were his track managers their senior year and he coached Steve in football. Ryan has enjoyed numerous honors and awards as an educator and coach. Not only was he inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame, but the annual Deac Ryan 4x400-meter relay, formally called the Lancer Relays, was re-named after him. Ryan and his wife Mary Sue, not only raised their children in a Christian home, but he sponsored the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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