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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016
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Lovely ‘live wire’
CCRC deals with investigative report Horton’s youthful spirit resonates through from government her stories of farm life, marriage and more oversight committee By AMY HANSEN
By AMY HANSEN
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Even at age 98, Dorotha Horton can really jam out. In fact, that’s what she calls her music — her jams. “I started playing when I was about 12 years old — got my first mandolin,” Horton said. Horton, who lives at Homestead Assisted Living and Memory Care in Osceola, had her beloved mandolin sitting on her bed. Horton likes all types of music, especially Hawaiian and Irish songs. When her hands are feeling good, she can play a song at the drop of a hat. “She is so much fun,” said Casey Spoelstra, activity director at Homestead. “She is a live wire, she is.” Clarke County childhood Horton has lived in Osceola and the Clarke County area for the majority of her life. A childhood in the early 20th century is certainly different than what it is like in the 21st century. “People were so poor then,” Horton said. “We never got to go anywhere. I just knew where we lived and where to get to school at.” This was the era of the country schools, which is what Horton attended. She recalled when many of the roads in Clarke County
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Clarke County Reservoir Commission (CCRC) is waiting to see the report from the state’s government oversight committee’s investigative panel on its reservoir project in the northern part of the county. “I believe this report from the investigative panel will come out and say you need to consider Arbor Valley and some changes to West Lake to provide you with a little more time before the water reaches the treatment plant to allow you to address those algae issues and the treatment issues,” said Emily Piper, legislative consultant for CCRC, during a monthly meeting Wednesday, March 30. However, there have been other meetings with several stakeholders in the reservoir project, as well as members of the investigative panel for the government oversight committee, including its chairman Rep. Bobby Kaufmann. Recent meeting What came out of a Feb. 24 meeting was an alternative proposal to ask if Arbor Valley was a more suitable option for a reservoir project, and would the commission be willing to consider and pursue that. Some of the challenges of the Arbor Valley area are dealing with the same number of project landowners and its location at the intersection of the railroad tracks and Interstate 35. Another question addressed was the algae and treatment issues that are plaguing West Lake, the current water source for Clarke County and Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA). Piper cautioned there is still a large potential for legislation to further restrict Clarke County’s ability to
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Dorotha Horton plays music on her mandolin at Homestead Assisted Living and Memory Care in Osceola.
were mud roads. Another memory of Horton’s is how happy her father was when Highway 34 was paved. “He was so tickled,” Horton said. Horton only went through the eighth grade for her edu-
cation. She didn’t go to high school. This was common at the time, especially when children were expected to help full time on the family farm after a certain age, as in Horton’s case. Farm living
When talking about growing up on a farm, Horton’s face lit up. “I liked it,” she said. “It’s the best place to raise kids. Sure, many things for them to do and learn and experience on the farm that you don’t get to in town.” Hours were spent milking cows, farming grain and raising chickens, cows, ducks, hogs and calves. Horton got married in 1933 and pointed out she was a young bride. This was also the time of the height of the Great Depression. As a young woman accustomed to farm life, Horton considered herself fortunate because her family could raise their meat and churn
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These are pictures of Dorotha Horton and her late husband Don.
“I believe this report from the investigative panel will come out and say you need to consider Arbor Valley and some changes to West Lake...” — Emily Piper
Legislative consultant for CCRC
develop a new water source. “I’ve not seen anything, but I certainly have heard rumblings of that,” she said. Piper continued, “The unfortunate thing is the legislature does have the ultimate authority to basically do whatever they want that may, in your minds, impeded what you can do at a local level. They do it all the time. I can come up with a million examples of it. But, at the same time, I think there is growing understanding.” She reiterated there is a feeling CCRC has not made a compelling case for the need or having enough water quality issues to build a new reservoir. Kaufmann’s comments CCRC member Bill Trickey was irate about Rep. Kaufmann recently appearing on WHO’s Simon Conway show and stating how he was going to make Clarke County an example for the nation on how eminent domain can’t be allowed to be abused. Trickey said that Rep. Kaufmann had stated there was a group of wealthy investors backing the CCRC project, and the proposed lake was going to have numerous yachts and big houses on it, essentially putting dozens of
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Salford visit: Congressman Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, left, visits with Tom Kober, operations manager for Salford in Osceola, which specializes in tillage and seeding systems. Loebsack toured the facility and met with employees Wednesday, March 30. Salford Group, with facilities in Iowa, Georgia, Ontario, Manitoba and Russia, is a global leader in the manufacturing of tillage, seeding and precision nutrient application equipment. SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.00
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Emergency personnel respond to an accident reported 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the intersection of Southwestern Boulevard and Highway 34. According to an Osceola Police Department report, a 1997 Ford Windstar driven by Dale Kruse, 68, of Osceola attempted to turn left and struck a 2007 Ford Fusion driven east on Highway 34 by Rebecca Greenhalgh, 55, of Decatur. Greenhalgh’s vehicle then struck a 2003 GMC Envoy driven by driven by Roger Schlitter, 68, of Mason City. Schlitter’s vehicle was facing north on Southwestern Boulevard and he was attempting to turn right onto Highway 34. There were no reported injuries. Damage estimates are $5,000 to both Kruse and Greenhalgh’s vehicles and $1,000 to Schlitter’s vehicle.
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