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INSIDE THIS EDITION Monte Parrott Marilea Mullen Dean Schulte Betty Jungst Charlie Westman Marc Roberg Dave Jennett Jim Rowe Connie Harden Michelle Jones Jim Krantz Roger Nurnberg

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Creston News Advertiser Friday, March 28, 2014

Local firefighter enjoys working with department

By BAILEY POOLMAN

forever. And, I guess he just kept on it that they needed CNA staff reporter volunteers. And, that’s what bpoolman@crestonnews.com started it all.”

In 2005, Parrott became AFTON — Sometimes, certified in EMS (emergenthe decision to volunteer can cy medical services) alongcome long after high school side his firefighting, and and college. can answer medical calls.

Monte Parrott of Afton He is certified in firefighter is a volunteer firefighter on 1, a firefighting class, EMT Afton Volunteer Fire De- (emergency medical technipartment, one of more than cian), pump operation and 20 men and women on the hazmat (hazardous materidepartment. als).

Firefighting But, as a firefighter, ParParrott, 60, has lived in rott is generally a pump opAfton his whole life. He erator. graduated from East Union “That’s mainly what I do,” High School in 1971 before Parrott said. “I’ve enjoyed joining the U.S. Navy for it. It’s just a good bunch of three years, where he was guys.” stationed in New London, Responding Conn., as an engineman, There are several calls working on diesel engines.

Parrott responded to that After the Navy, Parrott re- stuck out in his mind. turned.

“There was a fire down in “Came back here, drove a Shannon City. It was a twostory house fire,” Parrott “It’s just helping said. “It was early morning.

By the time we got there it the community. was pretty well engulfed.”

However, despite the lossI mean, helping es, there are good facets to a the people you firefighter’s job.

“I suppose just helping the actually know. people,” Parrott said. “You It’s people you know, just knowing you’re see every day, so helping someone.”

This played out during a yeah, it makes a medical call one day. difference.”

“We were called to the Knotty Pine one night, some — Monte Parrott gal was having a heart attack Afton volunteer and we had to shock her and firefighter we brought her back,” Parrott said. “And, I mean, she just came to the (next firetruck for, oh, 25 years,” said fighting) meeting and was so Parrott. grateful. And, we usually get He worked for various a Christmas card from her companies driving a truck every year. It was a cool exbefore joining Afton Vol- perience. You hope they all unteer Fire Department in turn out like that.”

January 2004.

Now “(Jim) Krantz (Afton fire Parrott has been employed chief) and (Gary) Clear (Af- as a maintenance worker for ton volunteer firefighter) the city of Afton for three kind of talked me into it,” years.

Parrott said. “Me and Krantz “The city’s real good if we went into the service to- have a fire call, or a medical gether, and I’ve known him call,” Parrott said. “I mean,

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Afton volunteer firefighter Monte Parrott stands on an Afton fire truck watching a fire’s progress in 2010.

I can take off. They’re real good about that.”

However, one thing Parrott said about being a firefighter is how physical the job can be.

“I mean, I’m getting old enough now it’s getting harder,” Parrott said. “I’m 60 years old. It’s way physical. I mean, if nobody else is here, I’ll put on that SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus), but if somebody is here younger, it’s better to let them go. … It’s not an old man’s sport.”

But, since Afton Volunteer Fire Department has received new, better equipment for the individual firefighters and the men and women as a whole, Parrott said he feels safer in the group.

“Makes me feel safer with the guys I’m working.

I mean, almost everybody’s firefighter 1,” said Parrott. “You know, since Jim (Krantz) has been on we’ve got lots better equipment.

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I mean, I think we’re more, a more capable firefighting group than we were, what, 15 years ago. I mean, I’m sure they did a good job 15 years ago, but I think we’ve got a lot better equipment now, people are better trained.”

Overall, though, Parrott finds giving back to the community he knows is what drives him.

“It’s just helping the community. I mean, helping people you actually know,” Parrott said. “It’s people you see every day, so yeah, it does make a difference.”

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Mullen: One of Adams County’s top promoters

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It boils down to one reason for Marilea Mullen.

She volunteers on the Adams Community Chamber of Commerce Board and Main Street Board because she wants Adams County to be a great place to live and raise a family.

Mullen is currently secretary on the Adams Community Chamber of Commerce Board and vice president of the Main Street Board. She spends at least six hours a month serving as a volunteer of those boards.

“I volunteer because I want Adams County to be a place people want to visit and live,” Mullen said, “and I also do it because I want to be a good example for my children.”

One of Mullen’s favorite volunteer activities with the Chamber happens during Christmas when a portable Santa house is placed in central park in Corning and children get the opportunity to sit on the lap of Santa Claus.

“The children read their letters to him or deliver them to him,” Mullen said, “and he makes sure they get to the North Pole. I have a very minimal role in this as a volunteer, but I just love the project. It’s so well organized.”

Mullen also participated in the second annual safe trick-or-treating night in Corning this fall. That event hosted about 200 children

from Adams County in central park. There were costume contests, games and face painting. Then, children and their parents went trick-or-treating at several participating businesses to get candy and other items.

“This event is organized largely by Amanda Peterson,” Mullen said. “She’s done a great job.”

Mullen works full time as the marketing and foundation coordinator at Alegent Creighton Health in Corning. During the trickor-treating event she also helps man a booth for Alegent Health and hands out candy and coloring books.

Top promoter Most recently, Mullen helped coordinate the Chamber’s annual award banquet in January. Mullen helped design the programs and promote the event. At the banquet, the Chamber recognizes the volunteer and business of the year, among other awards.

“Marilea is helpful in so many ways,” said Ouida Wymer, executive director of Main Street Corning/ Adams Community Chamber of Commerce. “She’s very involved in the planning of the annual banquet and golf tournament, but her greatest asset is she’s a great communicator who promotes our events.

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“It’s infectious,” Wymer said.

Mullen also volunteers to man a booth each year in the varied industries building at the Iowa State Fair to promote Adams County.

“Many people ask me why would I want to do that?” Mullen said. “I say because Adams County has a lot to offer and I want to tell them about it. Whether it’s the lake, speedway or a business like Fudgetown Interiors, I’m excited to tell them about our county.

It’s amazing when you get to talking with people how many people have visited Adams County.”

Church pianist Mullen also volunteers several hours each month

at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Corning. She’s the church pianist and works with 23 to 25 youth choir students each week on a variety of different songs. The youths perform once per month at the church.

“I feel a huge reward volunteering in youth mass,” Mullen said. “There is so much energy during the youth mass. The church people really love seeing the kids.”

Jane Rychnovsky, director of religious education at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, said Marilea meets with the students once per week for at least 20 minutes to help teach the children the songs.

“Marilea gives so freely of her time,” Rychnovsky

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Mullen said the adult choir has about seven to 12 members and also performs once per month. Mullen said she also volunteers to bring food for funeral dinners and works spaghetti dinners at her church.

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Local firefighter enjoys helping community

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Camaraderie.

That’s what Dean Schulte said is one of the best parts of being a volunteer firefighter.

“I think it’s the camaraderie between the groups of all the EMS services: the police, the ambulance,” Schulte said. “It’s just the camaraderie.”

Schulte, 52, is a volunteer firefighter on Creston Fire Department. He joined the department in 1993 before becoming a paid firefighter

in 1997. He returned to volunteer firefighting in 1999.

From paid to volunteer Schulte became a firefighter in 1993 because he wanted to be part of the community and help. He was trained in-house until about four years after joining, when he took Firefighter 1, a class required by Creston Fire Department to be a firefighter.

In 1997, he became part of the paid department.

“It was the job I wanted,” Schulte said. “But, after I got it, I was away from the family too much, because

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“I would like to get 30 years,” Schulte said. “So, I’ll probably do it till I’m 60, 65.”

Between firefighting and working a full-time job, Schulte is also active in other volunteer organizations.

“I volunteer at the Catholic church, Knights of Columbus, I volunteer at the Elks a lot,” said Schulte. “I’m volunteering my time doing the deer hides for veterans, bicycles for needy families.”

Schulte said he makes time for his job, family and volunteering.

“It just gets in your blood. You just enjoy it.

I really can’t say why,” Schulte said. “I really enjoy being around the people in the fire department.

I guess that’s what makes me keep coming back: the Contributed photo friendship you build with Creston volunteer firefighter Dean Schulte’s coat and heleverybody.” met hang on a wooden bumper at Green Valley State Park after a training burn in October.

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After two and a-half years, Schulte became a volunteer firefighter again.

“I like helping people, and firefighting is an exciting way to help people,” said Schulte.

Fires There were several experiences that stuck out to Schulte from his time on Creston Fire Department.

The hottest fire Schulte said he ever dealt with was when he was a paid firefighter and Creston Greenhouse burned in 2007.

“I don’t remember it ever being opened since I was in Creston, but when that thing burned, it was hot,” Schulte said.

He said the building was completely involved when Creston Fire Department arrived on scene.

“The firemen that were close to the fire spraying water on the fire, we had men back farther spraying water on them to keep them cool,” said Schulte.

“It was so hot, it melted some of the plastic on the trucks, and the trucks weren’t all that close.”

A different time, Schulte remembered heading back from a fire in Cromwell when something happened.

“Another firefighter and I were driving down Cromwell Road. We completely unloaded the hosebed,” Schulte said. “We had all the hose in the back of the truck laying on Cromwell Road. That would have been one of the funny ones coming back from a fire.”

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All-American volunteer Betty Jungst finds American Red Cross and Veterans of Foreign Wars to be worthwhile causes ■

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Sometimes it is our friends who inspire us.

For Betty Jungst, 81, of Creston, her long-time friends and fellow Crestonians B e t t y W a l l a c e Jungst and Kay R i t t e r invited her to volunteer with Creston’s American Red Cross bloodmobile.

In 1995, Jungst took early retirement after 20 years of working on an assembly line at Bunn-OMatic in Creston. She’s been coordinating meals for blood donors at the bloodmobile ever since.

With the help of other volunteers, Jungst gathers donations, food items, supplies and ingredients to prepare meals for more than 100 blood donors.

“We are about the only Red Cross that feeds ours,” said Jungst. “And, they don’t complain.”

Community members, who donate blood at the quarterly blood drive at

Trinity Lutheran Church in Creston, can expect to consume meals such as broccoli and cheese soup to chili, served with a side of salad and a choice of desserts and snacks.

On blood drive days, Trinity Lutheran is a packed house, but efficient volunteers get blood donors out the door — with lunch — in approximately one hour.

“We have several that come down at noon and take a long noon hour to give blood,” said Jungst.

According to the American Red Cross website, about four million people donate blood through the Red Cross which provides more than 40 percent of America’s blood supply.

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“They (American Red Cross) have been so short (on blood),” said Jungst.

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Jungst said, without the right blood, it sometimes causes delays in health services.

“They have had to put off surgeries because they don’t have enough,” said Jungst.

Jungst said volunteering for the American Red Cross blood mobile in Creston has been one of the most worthwhile volunteer experiences.”

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All-American Jungst and her husband Bob enjoy a bit of Americana culture — county fairs, parades and paying tribute to local service men and women.

In 2000, the Jungsts purchased a 1953 Jeep. It was the same type of vehicle Bob drove as a United States Marine from 19521954.

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Westman immersed in new role with Habitat

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Charlie Westman of Creston was the carpentry instructor at Southwestern Community College in Creston for more than 30 years.

So, upon finding out he’s involved with Creston Habitat for Humanity you’d expect his primary role in the program to have something to do with the actual construction of the Habitat homes.

Right?

Well, you’d be wrong.

The 66-year-old Westman said his chief responsibility with the program is not working with his hands, but rather soliciting funds so the program can meet its goal of building one new Habitat house each year.

“There had not been much fundraising done in the past existence of Habitat,” Westman said, “except for one fundraising drive in 2002. That’s why I decided to take over the role as fundraising chairman. I had never done fundraising at all and wasn’t all that comfortable with it, but it was a job that needed done.”

Westman — serving as Habitat vice president currently — averages about 20 volunteer hours per week. He was most busy in November, though, putting in about 40 volunteer hours weekly going from business-to-business and person-to-person in Creston asking them for taxdeductible donations.

Westman visited 132 people or businesses in Creston and surrounding communities during November.

“Charlie has really spearheaded fundraising,” said

Jonathan Watt, president of Habitat for Humanity and pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Creston, “and the response has been very good. Charlie is a wonderfully caring man who has deep concern for the Creston community, and I believe, that really comes across when speaking to local people and businesses about such a great project like Habitat for Humanity. He’s really been busy.”

Westman was hoping to raise $20,000 for the Habitat project this year. Total donations as of January were $10,000. That donation money will be coupled with grant funding to pay for the construction of a Habitat house currently being erected at 600 W. Montgomery St. in Creston. The cost to construct the house is estimated at $75,000.

The house is currently about 75 percent complete.

Westman said a lion’s share of the labor on the Montgomery Street house has been done by high school students from the area enrolled in the car-

pentry program at Southwestern Community College. Those students are led by SWCC instructor Kyle Harvey.

“Both Charlie and Troy Peterson (with Habitat) are great to work with,” said Kyle Harvey, SWCC building and trades instructor. “Habitat is a great program because the homes aren’t a handout to homeowners. Homeowners are educated through the program and become responsible for their properties.

It’s also a great program for our students at SWCC

who learn hands-on skills building these homes while giving back to the Creston community.”

Westman said Habitat has already aligned a family to move into the Montgomery Street house when it’s completed this summer.

Westman said the home will go to a single mother who has two boys.

“We have selected an excellent family,” Westman said. “The mother works at an accounting firm, and Please see WESTMAN, Page 7A

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Above, Charlie Westman, left, and Arlan Biere with Habitat for Humanity show where appliances and cabinets will be placed at the Habitat house built on West Jefferson Street in 2012. Above left, this house on 801 W. Jefferson St. was the fourth Habitat for Humanity house built in Creston.

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Westman spent more than 60 hours on the project.

So why does Westman put in all these volunteer hours?

For him, the answer to that question is easy.

“I grew up in a metropolitan area (Omaha), and when I came to Creston and discovered the culture here — the way people help

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their neighbors — I fell in love with this place,” Westman said. “I’ve been able to teach at the college and have what I would call a successful business in this community, and now it’s time to give back to the people who supported me so well over the years. What it really comes down to is neighbors helping neighbors.”

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Sweat equity is the number of labor hours the homeowner dedicates to building their own home.

This will be the fifth Habitat for Humanity house built in Creston.

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They also have a program called “A Brush With Kindness” whereby Habitat members help homeowners with any renovations between the ceiling and foundations.

“The idea behind this Brush With Kindness program is that we help keep people in their own homes and improve neighborhoods in the Creston community,” Westman said. “We don’t get near enough calls for this program. Please call us.

We have volunteers lined up ready to do these projects.

They do have to qualify financially, as well as other requirements, but if you meet these requirements it

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Other volunteerism Westman said — because of the number of hours he’s dedicating to Habitat — he hasn’t been as active volunteering in other areas. However, he still finds time to volunteer at the information desk at Greater Regional Medical Center two days per month.

In the past, Westman was part of the Read Enjoy and Develop Success (READS) program at Creston Elementary and St. Malachy schools.

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Volunteers meet with their reading buddy once per week for 30 minutes and help encourage and motivate their student to continue their reading progress.

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Marc Roberg is batting a thousand.

In three years, he’s written 10 grants on behalf of High Lakes Outdoor Alliance (HLOA) and all 10 have been accepted. Those grants have brought in nearly $300,000 for HLOA — a nonprofit organization that promotes and enhances outdoor activities in Union County.

“We haven’t had one turned down yet,” said Roberg, a vice president with HLOA. “It’s definitely not because I am a great grant writer. That’s for sure. It’s because we have a project that sells itself and is good for southwest Iowa.”

That $300,000 in grant money has been used solely for the half-million shooting range complex currently being completed by HLOA on the north side of Three Mile Lake. The 80-acre shooting range has targets for pistols, small-bore and long-range rifles and five trap houses.

Also, HLOA is currently constructing a 30- by 60foot building at the shooting range with a 10-foot porch on the east side. The shell of the building was erected by a group of Amish carpenters. Work inside is being done by HLOA volunteers — including Roberg.

“There are several of us — most of which are retired — that are working on the building,” Roberg said. “We have put up the interior walls, insulation and will be sheet rocking. The building will have heat and cooling, our monthly meeting will be there and it will be a place where we can hold educational programs.”

No experience Roberg — who worked 32 years as the state conserva-

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Marc Roberg, retired state conservation officer for Union County, left, talks to Gavin Bernard about proper rifle shooting form at the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance shooting range in August 2012.

tion officer in Ringgold and Union counties before retiring in 2010 — admits he had no experience in grant writing prior to 2011.

“But, we needed money,” Roberg said. “So I took it upon myself to start writing grants. The first one I did was crappily written, but we still got the money. I think we convinced them more on the phone than I ever did in writing.”

Roberg then began seeking educational opportunities to become a better grant writer. He said he learned the most from a conference that featured Don Sheridan — board president for South Central Iowa Community Foundation (SCICF).

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said.

Roberg has continued to hone his grant writing skills and has yet to be turned down for a grant.

“I can guarantee you, without all Marc’s efforts, we would not have a building up right now, there would not be lights or concrete at the shooting range,” said Tom Lesan, treasurer for HLOA. “Only about half of what’s done now would have been done. But, because he’s been able to get us grant money, we are looking at finishing off the building and completing our vision for this shooting range by the end of the summer.”

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volunteer their time to split wood at Green Valley State Park.

The wood is sold to campers at Green Valley throughout the year. Receipts are kept of all wood sold and the Department of Natural Resources gives 100 percent of the revenue from wood sales

back to HLOA. HLOA then puts that money right back into Green Valley. In October, HLOA used the money to purchase and release 2,700 walleye into Green Valley Lake. It was the third walleye stock at Green Valley Lake paid for

by HLOA. Shooting instructor Roberg has been a volun-

teer shooting instructor for the Union County 4-H program since 2012. The group meets every third Sunday at the new shooting range. Roberg teaches shotgun shooting to members 12 years old and older.

“We shoot for a couple hours,” Roberg said. “They shoot about 25 rounds per person — sometimes more

and sometimes less, because a shotgun kicks pretty hard.

We shoot clay birds and some of them are getting very proficient at it.”

Roberg said he really loves getting students outdoors and teaching them different aspects of hunting and fishing.

“When I was a kid, we had nothing to do but go outside,” Roberg said. “Now kids never leave the house because they are playing video games.

I love getting kids interested in the outdoors. Studies show kids into outdoor activities have less delinquency problems. In our shooting club, they learn about respect, responsibility and courtesy.

Those are lessons they can use the rest of their life.”

Hunter safety Roberg is a certified hunter safety instructor. That’s a volunteer position he’s done for 36 years. Hunter safety courses are normally done twice a year and average a total of about 75 hunters throughout the year.

“He’s one heck of an instructor,” said Corey Carleton, DNR conservation officer for Union and Ringgold counties. “He’s very passionate about the outdoors and is one of the first ones to volunteer for just about anything I have going on, including hunter safety. He is so good

at teaching the kids, but also has the ability to tell a good outdoor story to keep them interested. Not everyone can do that.”

All hunters must complete a hunter safety course prior to getting a hunting license.

Roberg said the course is important because in today’s world not a lot of parents have the time or desire to teach a child how to properly use a firearm.

“We have them shoot live ammunition,” Roberg said, “because we want them to understand the fundamentals of shooting and have the confidence needed to go hunting.”

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Creston News Advertiser Friday, March 28, 2014

Master of the Scouts

By STEPHANI FINLEY CNA managing editor (retired)

For more than 20 years Dave Jennett has been in Scouting.

Jennett is the Scout master of Boy Scout Troops in Creston.

Jennett, 54, started out as a Scout leader when his oldest son Tim joined in 1991 as a Wolf in Cub Scouts.

“At that time the pack was struggling for leaders and one of the leaders came to me and invited me to a meeting about the future of the pack,” said Jennett. “They started out and said, ‘OK, here’s the way we are. We’ve had several people that have left, and we need to fill this position and this position,’ and he named them all off. I counted them and I looked around the room, and there was just enough people in the room to fill those positions.”

Jennett started out as the advancement chairperson — a position he held for four years. When Tim moved from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts, Jennett moved with him.

“My number two son was still in Cub Scouts and I was active there, but not as advancement chair,” he said. “Then I was an assistant Scout master, was my

Contributed photo

Dave Jennett, right, guides a canoe through a waterway during a Scout camping trip to Boundary Waters in 2012.

Jennetts son Kyle, left, and Kim Kendrick are with him in the canoe.

official title. That lasted about one or two years, then they needed a treasurer.”

Jennett remained treasurer throughout Tim’s and second son Andy’s career in Scouts. Andy is now 26.

About four years ago, Jennett became Scout master.

“Like most things, when the previous top guy, his son graduated high school, left town and he got a job out of town, so he was looking for a replacement,” Jennett aid. “He wanted someone else to do it.”

Eagles Tim, now 28, went through the ranks and became an Eagle Scout.

In fact, Jennett said he is proud that all three of his sons have earned the Eagle Scout designation. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scout program.

Jennett said, though he has been involved in a lot of activities throughout the years, he still likes camping best.

“I’ve always enjoyed

camping,” he said. “To me camping is not what we call ‘living in a tin tent,’ right next to somebody else at a campground. It’s roughing it. That’s the kind of camping I enjoy and that’s the kind that we do.”

Jennett said his wife Sandy was a Webelos leader for one year.

“Other than that, she’s just helped out with good-

“That position is better held by someone who has a son in the troop. I get a lot of satisfaction out of watching the boys advance and learn.”

Other service Jennett is also an elder at First Presbyterian Church in Creston.

He will be going on an Appalachian Service Project trip this year for the first time.

“I’m scheduled to do ASP this summer,” he said.

“This will be a new thing for me. All four of my kids have gone every time they had the opportunity and just loved it.”

The Jennetts have a daughter, Sarah, 21.

Jennett has taken local FFA members to the national convention in Kentucky at least twice.

As a youth he was involved in 4-H and showed hogs at the Taylor County Fair.

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JENNETT: Continued from Page 13A

Memories Jennett said he has remained a Boy Scout leader because of the ultimate impact Scouting has on the future of the boys involved.

“Several years ago after I’d been in it a little while, another dad and I were the only two leaders that took a group to summer camp in Nebraska,” he said. “The way the troop is set up, it’s a boy-lead troop — the boys elect their own leaders — so we had a fairly new and fairly young assistant, senior patrol leader. At the end of the first day, I came back into camp from doing some stuff and heard this popping noise, walked over to the senior patrol leader tent where these two boys were, and they were sitting at the back of their tent throwing firecrackers.”

Jennett said firecrackers are illegal in Nebraska, as well as all Boy Scout camps.

“I was not impressed and not happy,” he said.

He said he didn’t confiscate the firecrackers, but made sure these two boys knew that what they were doing was wrong and they were not to do it again.

“A day or two later, something else happened along those same lines,” Jennett said.

“About Wednesday or Thursday, I was out for one evening, and I came back to camp, and the other dad said ‘You’re not going to believe what these two boys did.’ ... They decided to go to the troop trailer and get some camp fuel and pored a little bit of it into a plastic pop bottle that they cut a hole in the top and they were making a flame thrower.”

The bottle caught on fire as the boys tried to light it, and they dropped it on the ground into some weeds that then caught on fire.

“They tried to stomp on it and it made this big poof and this big flash and apparently one of the leaders from another camp clear across the hill saw that flash and came over to make sure we were OK,” said Jennett. “And they just about burned the tent down in the process.”

Jennett said he and the other dad considered sending the boys home, but decided they may have learned a valuable lesson.

He said there was no more

Contributed photo

Scouts and leaders gather around during a Boundary Waters camping trip in 2012. Pictured, from left, are Troy Petersen, Deanna Petersen, Kim Kendrick, Devon Petersen, Dorian Petersen, Dave Jennett, Sandy Jennett and Kyle Jennett.

problem the rest of the week and both of the boys went on the make Eagle.

One graduated from college in construction engineering and has a successful job. The other went into the military and earned a Bronze Star.

“So even boys who are a misfit do, with a little bit of guidance, end up turning out OK,” he said. “And that’s the reason I stay in it. To see boys end up succeeding like that.”

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Fair play Bedford man volunteers time to Taylor County Fair ■

By BAILEY POOLMAN

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BEDFORD — Sometimes, the seed of volunteerism is planted early, and it grows, not just in one person, but in an entire community.

Jim Rowe of Bedford has been volunteering his time in Taylor County since he was in his late 20s. Rowe, 47, is president of Taylor County Fair Board.

“I’ve kind of volunteered off and on for the last 20 years,” Rowe said. “I’ve been the president the last six, and I was on the board six years before that.”

Taylor County Fair Rowe got started on Taylor County Fair Board during the previous board’s reign.

“The previous fair board, there were a few people who were getting up in age, and they were looking for younger members, and that’s how I got started,” said Rowe.

He decided he wanted to revive the local fair.

Rowe said it was like a vacation to go to the Taylor County and Iowa State fairs as a child, and wanted to keep the fair going.

“We hated to see it die. It was kind of dying out. Some of the elderly people were losing interest in helping,” said Rowe. “Plus, they was down on members and they required volunteer help to keep them going, and that’s where I kind of come in.”

As president of Taylor

County Fair Board, Rowe is responsible all year round.

The board holds meetings regularly to make sure entertainment is being booked early and events will run smoothly.

“There are certain things every month you have to do,” said Rowe. “And, honestly, when the fair is over, and we have our August meeting, we’re already planning for the next year.”

Events Taylor County Fair, located in Bedford, encompasses many local aspects, including fair queen, music and 4-H. This leaves a large amount of responsibility to the fair board to prepare the countywide event.

“We’ve got a pretty goodsized fair board anymore,” Rowe said. “We put on a lot of events at the fairgrounds.

We have rental places. We have a place that they have weddings and family reunions and wedding receptions, and we have harness races. And, we actually provide an area in August they have a motorcycle rally down there.”

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These kids dunk in the cool water at Taylor County Fair in July 2013.

But, the board doesn’t just focus on the fair in the summer.

“We have an extra tractor pull in the fall, so we’re bringing people into town so they’re spending money,” Rowe said. “Plus, it’s entertainment for the county. Not only for Bedford, but the whole county.”

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Money coming into the county has helped the fairground change, and part of that is because of 4-H students.

With the help of 4-H students, the fairgrounds have been equipped with new buildings and equipment.

“My thing is to see some-

thing like the 4-H,” said Rowe. “They raised money to build a new food stand. It’s been there for two years now. … It was mainly the kids in the 4-H group. It shows pride in the community and pride in the county. It’s gratifying to see those kids. And, that’s what we’re there for. It’s for the kids. I wasn’t in 4-H myself, but I see the hard work they do with the animals and the projects.”

The fair board consists of approximately 30 volunteers.

Those volunteers and 4-H combined have allowed the county to upgrade the fairgrounds by approximately $250,000, which includes a new food stand and PA system.

Background Rowe, a Bedford High School graduate, attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., for a few years before returning to Bedford to farm. After farming, he started working for Taylor County.

He got a job with county

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Rowe is also part of the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department as assistant fire chief. He has been a volunteer for the department for 25 years.

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Just because reading is hard, doesn’t mean you give up

Friends of the Library volunteer Connie Harden focused on literacy in young readers ■

By SARAH BROWN

CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com

Connie Harden, 67, of Creston said when it came to reading she got off to a rough start.

“I entered school for the first time in first grade at 5 years old,” said Harden.

Harden, who attended the same country school in Richland with an older cousin, became discouraged when her cousin pointed out her difficulty reading.

“Her mother had been a teacher and knew a lot,” said Harden. “Every time we would read out loud, she would correct everything.”

For Harden, what may have been constructive feedback only came off as criticism.

“It got to the point where I didn’t want to read,” said Harden.

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came parents, she wanted her four sons to become strong students and successful adults. She said reading became an important value in their household.

“When my kids were little, I decided I have got to do this,” she said.

Harden said, regular reading for pleasure and bedtime became routine.

“All of my boys are avid readers now,” said Harden.

Harden admits, she still struggles with reading, but also loves it.

Friend of the Library As a friend of Gibson Memorial Library for four years, Harden volunteers her time to ensure other children have better access to books and better support for early readers.

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Funds raised by the Friends is used to fund and support library activities, programming, supplies and new material.

Contributions collected by the ‘friends’ help library staff take advantage of resources beyond its budget.

As a friend of the library, Harden helps raise funds, collect donations and donate hundreds of books annually with the group to preschool aged children in Union County.

The friends of the library have collectively raised thousands of dollars for new books for Gibson Memorial Library and also contribute their time to set up and break down special projects for Creston’s library such as hosting used book sales and a Scholastic book fair during Balloon Days in September.

After retiring from Southern Iowa Resources for Family in 2010, Harden felt this was a mission close to her heart and worth her time.

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AFTON — When Michelle Jones witnessed the reality of Creston City Pound, it sparked something in her to volunteer her time to care for those animals.

Jones, 51, attended a meeting in 1998, hosted by Debbie Loudon, former weekend manager of the pound, followed by a field trip to the pound.

“The conditions at the pound: horrible,” Jones said.

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“I choose one Sunday a month, and I volunteer down there to clean the kennels, walk the animals, let the dogs out to have exercise, let the cats out to have exercise, human interaction, fresh food, fresh water,” said Jones.

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The field trip to Creston City Pound sealed the deal for Jones.

She said cats were kept in cages made of chicken wire with no litter boxes.

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“No attempts were being made to adopt any of the animals. It was just a holding facility.”

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“I have a whole different concept of how you care for your animal.”

Moines, said her concept of caring for animals was different before living in southwest Iowa.

“I have a whole different concept of how you care for your animal. But, I had to realize that not everybody pampers their pet like I do,” she said. “You know, the reality is hard.”

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Branching out Since starting her volunteering experience, Jones said she has become a stronger person,and even attempted to get more people involved with volunteering.

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“There are probably still some that never give any thought to what happens to all the stray cats and stray dogs that roam the streets,” said Jones. “I think that’s just a part of you. You either want to help the neighborhood animals and feed them, or you don’t. I just think it’s part of who you are. But, I try to encourage others.”

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The first of Krantz’s three goals will be met when the new water supply truck reaches its Afton home in April.

The truck will carry 2,000 gallons of water.

“I also set the goal to see everyone in new turnout gear: helmets, boots, turnout gear,” said Krantz. “We successfully completed that goal last year, with the help of the community and grants.”

The third of Krantz’s goals was to replace one of the station’s trucks. The goal was accomplished, and the department received a newer four-wheel drive grass unit in the spring of 2013.

“Firefighting is definitely a young man’s sport. I’m getting older, and would like to think we’ve made some major, positive improvements in the last eight years that I’ve been on,” Krantz said. “But, believe me, it’s not just me that made those things happen. It’s a complete community support and the support of the volunteers themselves.”

Fire department Krantz was active with East Union Community Schools and its athletic programs, as well as Union County Fair Board and Lions Club before joining the fire department.

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“I was a firefighter while I was active in a lot of those other things, and I had to prioritize as to what I wanted to do,” said Krantz. “It got to the point where I couldn’t keep up with everything, so I put everything out in front of me.

And, I decided I wanted to become a firefighter.”

Krantz continued his fire education by taking Firefighting 1 with another Afton firefighter. He then took an instructor’s class and is a certified fire instructor.

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of their time. Not only their individual time, but their family time,” Krantz said. “It’s just satisfying and gratifying to go out and help the community when they need our help, whether it be fire, medical, whatever the case may be.”

Other improvements Outside of Krantz’s personal goals, the fire chief has also succeeded in making other improvements in Afton’s fire department.

“Funding is always a concern, or a major problem, for small departments,” Krantz said. “So, we applied for a FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) grant, and also a USDA (United Stated Department of Agriculture) grant through the city, and we were fortunate enough to get both grants.”

Afton Volunteer Fire Department bought two new pumper fire trucks

with the grant money and have continued fundraising since then.

“From that point on, we’ve just continued fundraising,” said Krantz.

“We’ve got new turnout gear, air packs, thermal imaging cameras. Like I said, in the last eight to 10 years, we’ve really come a long ways as a fire department.”

Krantz has also helped educate future generations of firefighters in southwestern Iowa.

With the help of Creston Fire Chief Todd Jackson, there are Firefighter 1 classes every year and Firefighter 2 classes when people are interested. The departments also host specialty training classes.

“Firefighting can be a strenuous, young man’s sport. That’s kind of why I got into the teaching end of it, because I thought I could help in that way, being older,” said Krantz.

“It’s something I enjoy very much.”

Background Krantz graduated from East Union Community Schools in 1971 before joining the United States Navy.

He was a boatsenman mostly stationed in the Middle East in the Navy for three years, maintaining the exterior of ships and operating cranes, ships and landing crafts.

In 1977, Krantz started working for Holt Heating, and in 1987, he started Krantz Plumbing and Heating in Afton.

Krantz has been married to his wife Jan since 1975, and together they have two children, Kyle and Leah.

Krantz was part of Union County Fair Board from 1986 to 1992 and president from 1990 to 1992. He was also president of the Lions Club for several years.

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Jim Krantz, back and right, stands among a crowd of people after a house fire in Afton June 11.

A short history of Afton Volunteer Fire Department Afton Volunteer Fire Department’s current organization started in the 1960s.

In 1971, an electrical fire burned down approximately half of the west side of the Afton square. The fire started at East Union Community School’s shop, which was located on the square at the time.

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Interest in volunteerism sparked by ‘happenstance’

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Sometimes volunteering occurs by happenstance.

Roger Nurnberg, 71, of Creston said that is exactly how he became involved with Creston Shooters and president of 10,000 Crestonians.

According to Nurnberg, it was the late 1990s when a tornado warning was issued for Union County during the 10,000 Crestonians Fourth of July celebration.

“The fireworks team was really in a pickle,” said Nurnberg.

Nurnberg, who was fire chief at the time, and the Creston Fire Department quickly aided the fireworks team by helping to pack up, store and protect the “investment” at the fire station.

“By doing so, I learned a lot about them,” Nurnberg said.

The following year, Nurnberg took a more active roll with the fireworks team and Fourth of July celebrations to provide more support in the event of an emergency. Nurnberg helped the fireworks team establish a set of safety standards and adopt a new name — the Creston Shooters.

Nurenberg said volunteering for the Shooters was a natural fit for him. Growing up, he worked with his father — a conservation worker — and helped clear fields and dyna-

mite ditches.

“I did a lot of explosive work growing up,” said Nurnberg. “By the time I was 12 years old, I could lace a stick of dynamite.”

As other families travelled to Missouri to purchase fireworks, Nurnberg said his family just stayed local.

“We each got half a stick of dynamite,” he said. “That was our 4th of July.”

Creston Fire Nurnberg moved from Ellston to Creston in 1961 to attend Creston Community College — now Southwestern Community College.

While studying business at the community college, Nurnberg rented a room from the fire chief and worked fulltime for S&L Clothing, located across the street from the fire station, which was on North Maple Street then.

“During that period of time, I was introduced to the fire service,” said Nurnberg.

“Between the influence of the fire chief, living with him, and being across the street (from the fire station), I got to know all the guys.”

After 37 years of service, Nurnberg had worked his way through the ranks — retiring as chief in 2001.

Emergency Management It was Nurnberg’s emergency training and experience that lead him into another volunteer role as Union County’s first emergency services coordinator from 1986 to 1995.

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As former fire chief, Roger Nurnberg helps Creston Shooters practice safety when setting up, igniting and storing fireworks.

The position of Union County emergency service coordinator was developed as a result of a new law — Emergency Planning and Right to Know Act of 1986.

The law was created in the wake of the Bhopal, India, disaster, where more than 2,000 people died from a preventable methyl isocyanate gas leak. The Emergency Planning and Right to Know Act of 1986 was created to regulate industries working with toxic chemicals, help workers become aware of the chemical and toxins they work with and mandate emergency and evacuation plans.

Nurnberg said, at the time, there was a mandate for Union County to have an emergency plan in the event of a disaster, however, the county did not have a coordinator to oversee the effort.

With the help of then Union County Sheriff John

Coulter, Nurnberg worked up a plan, which was approved.

Because of the plan, Union County was awarded grant money to hire a consultant to train Nurnberg and Coulter in advanced emergency planning.

After eight years of volunteering as the emergency service coordinator, the position turned into part-time employment for Nurnberg in 1995.

Nurnberg retired as emergency service coordinator in 2008. The position is now held

by JoAnne Duckworth, director of Union County Emergency Management.

High Lakes Outdoor Alliance Now retired, Nurnberg spends his time volunteering for High Lakes Outdoor Alliance.

High Lakes Outdoor Alliance is a group of volunteers who raise funds locally and put 100 percent of that money

into Union County conservation and outdoor recreation projects.

“Our mission is to keep every dollar in Union County and spread those dollars to serve a whole cross-section of people from kids to old people,” said Nurnberg.

Most recently, High Lakes volunteers have been expanding a shooting range north of Three Mile Lake, which partially opened in August 2013.

Nurnberg said he has helped construct benches and buildings on the range, which holds a 500-yard rifle range, 100-yard range for low-caliber shotguns and rifles and smaller pistol shooting range.

Within the next seven years, Nurnberg said the alliance

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Nurnberg said he hopes to continue the reach of the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance, which is open to a wide range of sports.

Does Nurnberg forsee himself slowing down anytime soon?

“My life is an evolvement,” he said.

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