2011 Humboldt County, Iowa Thursday, November 15, 2012 $1.25 Area churches .................... 4B Classified advertising ..................... 9A Community calendar ........ 4B Courthouse news .............. 4A Obituaries ............................ 8A Sports ................................... 1B 2 Sections Official newspaper of Humboldt County Vol. 154 No. 26 USPS No. 254060 Blacktop Service Company of Humboldt was applying asphalt to 1 st Avenue North on Friday, just north of the NEW Cooperative elevator. The project was part of the city of Humboldt’s 2012 street improvement program. Humboldt Inde- pendent photo. The firing squad fired off three shots in memory of fallen comrades during the Veteran’s Day ceremony held Sunday at the VFW in Dakota City. Humboldt Independent photo. Hear financial updates By Phil Monson Over the last 10 years, the LuVerne and Corwith-Wesley school districts have worked hard to reduce spending to maintain a viable school dis- trict. But bigger decisions appear to be just around the corner for both boards as they try to deal with declining enrollment and the corresponding reduction in funding. During a regular meeting of the LuVerne board on Nov. 7, in which members of the Corwith-Wesley board were also in attendance, School Su- perintendent Tom Fey updated the boards on their financial situations. Budgets for the 2011-2012 school year have been filed with the Iowa Department of Education. Figures show the LuVerne district had a positive unspent balance of roughly $55,000 on June 30, 2012. The Corwith-Wesley district had a negative unspent balance of $124,666. State officials require dis- tricts to maintain an unspent balance of 10-15 percent of their total budget, which al- lows districts to continue to pay salaries and bills during the months of July, August and September when little tax rev- enue is coming in. Fey says projections for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years don’t look better and school officials will have to make some hard decisions. “We had a nice discussion about the viability of the dis- tricts and the future of the dis- tricts, from a financial sense only,” Fey told the Indepen- dent afterwards. “Corwith-Wesley went negative unspent balance in fiscal year 2011-2012 and LuVerne was positive. But the year before LuVerne had been negative (-$30,000),” Fey said. “The only saving graces we would have: 1) if our enrollment drastically in- creased, which it’s not going to and we know that. We’re on a downward slide. 2) If the state somehow throws a lot of money at us, which we know they are not going to do. 3) Or if our expenditures decrease significantly.” “Quite frankly, we can’t cut any more. We are offering a good, solid program. Every- thing the state mandates, we offer. Any teachers we would cut, we would find ourselves not offering what we are re- quired to offer,” Fey said. “There is really no where to cut the amount of money we would need to cut to be able to continue long-term into the future,” Fey said. “I gave the boards some things to chew on and we will meet again here shortly and talk about those things,” Fey said. “I wanted to plant some things into their heads so they can start giving those things some thoughts.” “I’m very proud of both boards. They understand where they are at and they un- derstand everybody our size around us has changed and we’re about the last surviv- ing soul of our size,” Fey said. “We had a really good discus- sion of our current financial situation and what we see in the future.” Fey shared options available for the two boards to consider. “The only options allowed to a school district are whole- grade share with somebody else, dissolve the districts or re-organization with a neigh- bor. Those are the only three options,” Fey said. “I want to make it clear that this is not going to happen to- morrow. This is a few years away at the least because there are timelines that have to be met and decisions to be made. It will take a few years. But it’s time the boards look at all the financials and look at what is possible to continue operating in some way shape or form to best serve the students we have,” Fey said. Fey, who has served both districts on a part-time basis over the past 12 months, says he’ll continue to work with school-wide principal James Rotert to provide information on options available. “I’m going to get the board some information on whole grade sharing. The state has a restructuring manual that the board will have to read clearly so they know everything that’s in there,” Fey said. “The next step is becoming more in- formed of what the possibili- ties are.” Fey, mindful of cutting measures the districts have un- dertaken over the last several years, says there is no more room for cuts to ensure long- term viability in offering a K-12 program. “We’d like to be able to sit down and try and come up with more cuts for cost- savings, but there are no more cuts that we can make,” Fey said. “We’ve got one bus route in Corwith. We have one cook. One custodian. One secretary. We’ve got a couple of multi- age classrooms where six or eight first graders and nine or 10 kindergarteners are in the same room so we can have one teacher instead of two.” “Our high school teachers are teaching full loads, but teacher-required. If we did cut something, we would not be meeting state mandates,” Fey said. The 2012 Humboldt-Dakota City Chamber of Com- merce Lighted Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. The parade route will begin by Northwest Bank, con- tinuing through Sumner Avenue into Dakota City, Main Street. It will end at the VFW in Dakota City. A free will soup supper with Santa will conclude the evening. By Kent Thompson It was election day in Hum- boldt County Nov. 6, but not all of the politicians were sit- ting around waiting for the re- turns. Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reyn- olds was in north central Iowa, continuing a series of business and industry visits around the state. Last Tuesday’s stops were at Hagie Manufacturing in Clarion and Liguria Foods in Humboldt. Liguria is a producer of specialty meat toppings, pri- marily pepperoni. Liguria Foods management and local Humboldt County Development Association offi- cials took the lieutenant gover- nor on a brief tour of the plant followed by a short question and answer session. Reynolds said Gov. Terry Branstad’s administration has been successful in bringing stability back to the state. She said the administration has es- tablished a budget surplus and is working toward comprehen- sive tax reform for residential, commercial and industrial classes. “The corporate tax struc- ture in the state is not competi- tive. It needs to be revised,” Lt. Gov. Reynolds said. “If we can bring it down it will expand and improve the business climate for industries like Liguria Foods.” Reynolds said the Healthi- est State Initiative is a way to not only improve the overall health of Iowans, but to reduce health insurance rates and decrease overall health care costs. “That’s why the governor and I agreed to pay 20 percent of our health insurance costs. We want to empower Iowans to take ownership of their own health and don’t believe tax- payers should be on the hook for the entire cost of state- employee health insurance,” Reynolds said. Another big push is educa- tion reform. Reynolds is co- chair of the governor’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engi- neering and Mathematics) ex- ecutive committee. Reynolds said there are a lot of opportunities for two- A new and improved web- site for Humboldt Newspapers has been launched, giving readers the chance to subscribe to e-editions. The e-editions are an exact replica of the print edition. People can access the site at www.humboldtnews. com. The new website also en- ables people to subscribe or re- new their subscriptions to the Humboldt Independent online with a credit card. Print sub- scribers automatically qualify for the e-edition of the news- paper free of charge. Current print subscribers can contact the Humboldt Newspapers of- Lieutenant governor visits Liguria Foods year degrees in specific STEM areas that can aid industries like Liguria Foods. She asked about the labor availability pool in the area and if Liguria has difficulties in finding workers. “Unemployment is about 4 percent, so there has been some issues in finding factory labor. There is some increas- ing competition with the new plants opening in Fort Dodge,” Liguria Chief Financial Offi- cer (CFO) Paul Simkus said. “We are a United Food and Commercial Workers Inter- national Union plant and we have a good working relation- ship with the union and look forward to maintaining that,” Liguria Chief Executive Offi- cer (CEO) and President Jehan Saulnier told the lieutenant governor. Liguria Vice President Gary Piearson said the com- pany has increased its starting minimum wage to $10.50 per hour with sizable increases af- ter 60 days and five months. “People can be making $14 per hour within a few months,” Piearson said. “Business has been good and revenue for specialty food products has been growing,” Saulnier said. “Prices for our raw materi- als (pork trimmings) has been volatile, as has any animal protein product. That’s largely been driven by the corn price and that has been driven by ethanol,” the CEO said. So far, any inflationary price trends have not been met with resistance from Liguria’s customers, largely indepen- dent pizza shop owners, who really favor the traditional red- wood smoked pepperoni Ligu- ria produces. “We just focus on our core product and satisfying our cus- tomers. Fortunately, a lot of people eat a lot of pizza and pepperoni is the number one topping sold on pizza,” Saul- nier said. “I read where 96 to 97 per- cent of the people in the coun- try ate pizza within the last year. I’m trying to figure out who the other 3-4 percent are,” the CEO joked. “We have 1.8 million pounds of pepperoni currently hanging in the plant,” Piearson proudly states. “We slice about 600,000 pounds per week,” Saulnier said. “We focus on providing a better product and consistently high service and that seems to work,” Saulnier said. Liguria completed an $8 million plant expansion two GOP takes Humboldt County Christianson re-elected to Supervisors By Kent Thompson Election night 2012 went pretty much as expected in Hum- boldt County, with few contested races and few surprises. It was a good night for Republicans as Mitt Romney and Steve King outpolled their Democratic challengers for president and U.S. representative. Romney defeated President Barack Obama in Humboldt County, 3,099 to 1,967. He won by a similar percentage in Kos- suth County. Statewide, Obama had the edge, outpolling Rom- ney by nearly 85,000 votes, putting Iowa’s six electoral votes in See Liguria, 2A See Election Results, 10A See Future, 3A See Website, 3A
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2011
Humboldt County, Iowa Thursday, November 15, 2012 $1.25
Area churches ....................4BClassifi ed advertising .....................9ACommunity calendar ........4BCourthouse news ..............4AObituaries ............................8ASports ...................................1B
2 Sections Offi cial newspaper of Humboldt County
Vol. 154 No. 26 USPS No. 254060
Blacktop Service Company of Humboldt was applying asphalt to 1st Avenue North on Friday, just north of the NEW Cooperative elevator. The project was part of the city of Humboldt’s 2012 street improvement program. Humboldt Inde-pendent photo.
The fi ring squad fi red off three shots in memory of fallen comrades during the Veteran’s Day ceremony held Sunday at the VFW in Dakota City. Humboldt Independent photo.
Hear fi nancial updates
By Phil Monson Over the last 10 years, the LuVerne and Corwith-Wesley school districts have worked hard to reduce spending to maintain a viable school dis-trict. But bigger decisions appear to be just around the corner for both boards as they try to deal with declining enrollment and the corresponding reduction in funding. During a regular meeting of the LuVerne board on Nov. 7, in which members of the Corwith-Wesley board were also in attendance, School Su-perintendent Tom Fey updated the boards on their fi nancial situations. Budgets for the 2011-2012 school year have been fi led with the Iowa Department of Education. Figures show the LuVerne district had a positive unspent balance of roughly $55,000 on June 30, 2012. The Corwith-Wesley district had a negative unspent balance of $124,666. State offi cials require dis-tricts to maintain an unspent balance of 10-15 percent of their total budget, which al-lows districts to continue to pay salaries and bills during the months of July, August and September when little tax rev-enue is coming in. Fey says projections for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years don’t look better and school offi cials will have to make some hard decisions. “We had a nice discussion about the viability of the dis-tricts and the future of the dis-tricts, from a fi nancial sense
only,” Fey told the Indepen-dent afterwards. “Corwith-Wesley went negative unspent balance in fi scal year 2011-2012 and LuVerne was positive. But the year before LuVerne had been negative (-$30,000),” Fey said. “The only saving graces we would have: 1) if our enrollment drastically in-
creased, which it’s not going to and we know that. We’re on a downward slide. 2) If the state somehow throws a lot of money at us, which we know they are not going to do. 3) Or if our expenditures decrease signifi cantly.” “Quite frankly, we can’t cut any more. We are offering a good, solid program. Every-
thing the state mandates, we offer. Any teachers we would cut, we would fi nd ourselves not offering what we are re-quired to offer,” Fey said. “There is really no where to cut the amount of money we would need to cut to be able to continue long-term into the future,” Fey said. “I gave the boards some things to chew on and we will meet again here shortly and talk about those things,” Fey said. “I wanted to plant some things into their heads so they can start giving those things some thoughts.” “I’m very proud of both boards. They understand where they are at and they un-derstand everybody our size around us has changed and we’re about the last surviv-ing soul of our size,” Fey said. “We had a really good discus-sion of our current fi nancial situation and what we see in the future.” Fey shared options available for the two boards to consider. “The only options allowed
to a school district are whole-grade share with somebody else, dissolve the districts or re-organization with a neigh-bor. Those are the only three options,” Fey said. “I want to make it clear that this is not going to happen to-morrow. This is a few years away at the least because there are timelines that have to be met and decisions to be made. It will take a few years. But it’s time the boards look at all the fi nancials and look at what is possible to continue operating in some way shape or form to best serve the students we have,” Fey said. Fey, who has served both districts on a part-time basis over the past 12 months, says he’ll continue to work with school-wide principal James Rotert to provide information on options available. “I’m going to get the board some information on whole grade sharing. The state has a restructuring manual that the board will have to read clearly so they know everything that’s
in there,” Fey said. “The next step is becoming more in-formed of what the possibili-ties are.” Fey, mindful of cutting measures the districts have un-dertaken over the last several years, says there is no more room for cuts to ensure long-term viability in offering a K-12 program. “We’d like to be able to sit down and try and come up with more cuts for cost-savings, but there are no more cuts that we can make,” Fey said. “We’ve got one bus route in Corwith. We have one cook. One custodian. One secretary. We’ve got a couple of multi-age classrooms where six or eight fi rst graders and nine or 10 kindergarteners are in the same room so we can have one teacher instead of two.” “Our high school teachers are teaching full loads, but teacher-required. If we did cut something, we would not be meeting state mandates,” Fey said.
The 2012 Humboldt-Dakota City Chamber of Com-merce Lighted Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. The parade route will begin by Northwest Bank, con-tinuing through Sumner Avenue into Dakota City, Main Street. It will end at the VFW in Dakota City. A free will soup supper with Santa will conclude the evening.
By Kent Thompson It was election day in Hum-boldt County Nov. 6, but not all of the politicians were sit-ting around waiting for the re-turns. Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reyn-olds was in north central Iowa, continuing a series of business and industry visits around the state. Last Tuesday’s stops were at Hagie Manufacturing in Clarion and Liguria Foods in Humboldt. Liguria is a producer of specialty meat toppings, pri-marily pepperoni. Liguria Foods management and local Humboldt County Development Association offi -cials took the lieutenant gover-nor on a brief tour of the plant followed by a short question and answer session. Reynolds said Gov. Terry Branstad’s administration has been successful in bringing stability back to the state. She said the administration has es-tablished a budget surplus and is working toward comprehen-sive tax reform for residential, commercial and industrial classes. “The corporate tax struc-ture in the state is not competi-tive. It needs to be revised,” Lt. Gov. Reynolds said. “If we can bring it down it will expand and improve the business climate for industries like Liguria Foods.” Reynolds said the Healthi-est State Initiative is a way to not only improve the overall health of Iowans, but to reduce health insurance rates and decrease overall health care costs. “That’s why the governor and I agreed to pay 20 percent of our health insurance costs. We want to empower Iowans to take ownership of their own health and don’t believe tax-payers should be on the hook for the entire cost of state-employee health insurance,” Reynolds said. Another big push is educa-tion reform. Reynolds is co-chair of the governor’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engi-neering and Mathematics) ex-ecutive committee. Reynolds said there are a lot of opportunities for two-
A new and improved web-site for Humboldt Newspapers has been launched, giving readers the chance to subscribe to e-editions. The e-editions are an exact replica of the print edition. People can access the site at www.humboldtnews.com. The new website also en-ables people to subscribe or re-new their subscriptions to the Humboldt Independent online with a credit card. Print sub-scribers automatically qualify for the e-edition of the news-paper free of charge. Current print subscribers can contact the Humboldt Newspapers of-
Lieutenant governor visits Liguria Foods year degrees in specifi c STEM areas that can aid industries like Liguria Foods. She asked about the labor availability pool in the area and if Liguria has diffi culties in fi nding workers. “Unemployment is about 4 percent, so there has been some issues in fi nding factory labor. There is some increas-ing competition with the new plants opening in Fort Dodge,” Liguria Chief Financial Offi -cer (CFO) Paul Simkus said. “We are a United Food and Commercial Workers Inter-national Union plant and we have a good working relation-ship with the union and look forward to maintaining that,” Liguria Chief Executive Offi -cer (CEO) and President Jehan Saulnier told the lieutenant governor. Liguria Vice President Gary Piearson said the com-pany has increased its starting minimum wage to $10.50 per hour with sizable increases af-ter 60 days and fi ve months. “People can be making $14 per hour within a few months,”
Piearson said. “Business has been good and revenue for specialty food products has been growing,” Saulnier said. “Prices for our raw materi-als (pork trimmings) has been
volatile, as has any animal protein product. That’s largely been driven by the corn price and that has been driven by ethanol,” the CEO said. So far, any infl ationary price trends have not been met
with resistance from Liguria’s customers, largely indepen-dent pizza shop owners, who really favor the traditional red-wood smoked pepperoni Ligu-ria produces. “We just focus on our core product and satisfying our cus-tomers. Fortunately, a lot of people eat a lot of pizza and pepperoni is the number one topping sold on pizza,” Saul-nier said. “I read where 96 to 97 per-cent of the people in the coun-try ate pizza within the last year. I’m trying to fi gure out who the other 3-4 percent are,” the CEO joked. “We have 1.8 million pounds of pepperoni currently hanging in the plant,” Piearson proudly states. “We slice about 600,000 pounds per week,” Saulnier said. “We focus on providing a better product and consistently high service and that seems to work,” Saulnier said. Liguria completed an $8 million plant expansion two
GOP takes Humboldt County Christianson re-elected to Supervisors
By Kent Thompson Election night 2012 went pretty much as expected in Hum-boldt County, with few contested races and few surprises. It was a good night for Republicans as Mitt Romney and Steve King outpolled their Democratic challengers for president and U.S. representative. Romney defeated President Barack Obama in Humboldt County, 3,099 to 1,967. He won by a similar percentage in Kos-suth County. Statewide, Obama had the edge, outpolling Rom-ney by nearly 85,000 votes, putting Iowa’s six electoral votes in
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years ago and now has 143 employees — a mixture of hourly wage workers and man-agement and offi ce positions. “We haven’t been shy in reinvesting in the company,” Saulnier said. “We’ll be putting in about $2 million in capital improve-ments this year, so it’s pretty substantial,” Piearson added.
A USDA inspector exam-ines the company’s equipment and processes daily to make sure Liguria is complying with all federal food safety require-ments. “Food safety emphasis has probably been the biggest change during my 25 years in the business,” Saulnier said. Reynolds concluded the
visit by thanking the Liguria executives for their commit-ment to the Humboldt commu-nity and the state. “I want to thank you for your investment and expan-sion. “It’s businesses like your-selves that keeps Iowa grow-ing,” the lieutenant governor remarked.
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Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and her staff visited Liguria Foods in Humboldt last week, part of a number of business fact-fi nding tours around the state the lieutenant governor has been conducting. Pictured from l to r: Jim Vermeer, Humboldt County Development Association vice president, Gary Piearson, Liguria Foods vice presi-dent, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Jehan Saulnier, president and CEO of Liguria Foods and Alissa Reinholdt, Humboldt County Economic Development director. Humboldt Independent photo.
By Carolyn Ford I would like to welcome all of you here today for attend-ing this very special occasion to honor our service members past and present and to re-member their sacrifi ces they have made and the courage it takes to defend honor, duty, and country. I appreciate this oppor-tunity to speak to all of you about something that is very near and dear to my heart and that is patriotism and love of country. We are here today to honor our heroes, to remember their achievements, and to say “Thank You” for their sacri-fi ces. We are gathered here to-day in the midst of patriots and the family and friends of those who have nobly served. I hope that with this opportunity that I have been given, you will walk away from this public gather-ing with renewed respect and love for all military serving in all capacities in all parts of the world. For nearly 250 years, men and women have underwrit-ten our freedom by their duty, honor, and selfl ess service. Through these nearly 250 years we have experienced what the author Andy Andrews calls “The Butterfl y Effect.” In this book Edward Lorena presents a hypothesis to New York Academy of Science. His theory, stated simply, was this:
“A butterfl y could fl ap its wings and set molecules of air in motion, which would move other molecules of air, in turn moving more molecules of air – eventually capable of start-ing a hurricane on the other side of the planet.” Of course this idea was laughed at, and thought to be ridiculous. It is ridiculous but at the same time fascinating if you stop to think about it and apply it to our country and its freedom. The effect when ap-plied to our country’s history also resembles the domino effect. We have a history of confl ict and war going back to the Revolutionary War, Span-ish American War, Civil War, right up to the present day war in the Middle East. From each of these wars, lessons have been learned, and the rewards have been unique to each. But through all of these, our free-dom of the United States of America has stood fi rm and unwavering. Through each and every one of these wars, the symbol of our country, Old Glory, has fl own proud and high. For this we as proud Americans should forever be grateful. With the fl ag blowing proudly everywhere we go it creates that “Butterfl y Effect” that I mentioned before, and the effects of that fl ag blowing have been felt in many places, especially right here in our
own country. I would like to share with you a selection that was sent to me by my sister this past week. “Old Glory” was published in her local newspaper and this is how it goes: I am the American fl ag. Listen to me and I’ll tell you my story. My colors are red, white and blue. I have a fi eld of 50 stars and 13 stripes. I am also known as “The Stars and Stripes” and “Old Glory.” I am honored to be in all public places. I go to schools where the children pledge allegiance to me. I attend all sporting events and stand proud and fl y high as they sing my song, “The Star Spangled Banner.” I am honored when I go by in a parade and my people salute me. Yes, I’m the American fl ag. I served under 40 some presi-dents. I was in peace and war. I was at the battle of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge where I saw the soldiers starve and freeze to death. I was with General Washington as he crossed the Delaware. I was in the Civil War where I saw father and son, brother and brother fi ght against each other to save the Union. I was there when they freed the slaves. I was at Gettysburg with President Lincoln, where in a few min-utes he gave the most famous speech ever heard, “The Get-tysburg Address.” I went along to the trenches in France in World War I, the beaches of Normandy in World War II, the day which lives in infamy at Pearl Harbor, the sands of Iwo Jima, where a few soldiers planted me in the sand to fl y high with honor over them. I was in many wars and places with the people of my country. The farthest distance I have traveled is to the moon where I’m also fl ying high to honor my country. I am the American fl ag. I stand for freedom, but freedom has its price. Freedom doesn’t prevail without tyranny. I was disgraced many a time. I was spit on, stepped on, shot at and burned. I saw racism and oth-er violence in my country, but I have overcome, for I fl y over
America, the greatest country there is. A land of freedom, lib-erty, opportunities, a place to dream and live your dreams, a land of bounteous blessings, a land of milk and honey. A land to worship your Lord and Master. If we would just open our eyes and hearts and be-lieve in God and ourselves we could move mountains. What a great country I stand for. I’m proud of my patriots. May they be proud of me! I am the American fl ag. I am at the boot camp where the morning reveille is played. I am the cover over the casket when one of my servicemen or servicewomen who have served their country reaches their fi nal resting place. And I’ll fl y high with honor while taps are played for those who have served their country and have paid the price. They gave their all so that I may fl y free. Yes, I am the American fl ag. May I long wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave. God Bless my Country! God Bless America! Long may She live! As many of you already know, I wore a POW bracelet
during and after the Viet Nam confl ict. I have had the great pleasure of meeting and get-ting to know this very special veteran. What a dynamic man he is. The fi rst time that I met him, I was able to thank him personally for his sacrifi ce for me and for this country. His response was this, “No thanks needed. I was just doing my job.” This is the way it seems to be with most veterans that I have talked to. But I know in my heart that even though they have hung up the uniform, they will always be soldiers of this country. Their sacrifi ces are truly worthy of all the recog-nition and honor that they get, and yet they receive it so hum-bly. In closing I would like to share one fi nal story taken from the book Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul. This story was shared by John McCain, who as we know was a POW in Viet Nam as well, along with my POW. This story has to do with the American Flag as well. It’s called “Mike’s Flag.” Mike was a Navy bombar-dier who had been shot down in 1967, about six months be-fore I arrived. He had grown
up near Selma, AL. His family was poor. He had not worn shoes until he was 13 years old. Character was their wealth. They were good, righ-teous people, and they raised Mike to be hardworking and loyal. He was 17 when he en-listed in the Navy. As a young sailor, he showed promise as a leader and impressed his su-periors enough to be offered a commission. What packages we were allowed to receive from our families often contained hand-kerchiefs, scarves and other clothing items. For some time, Mike had been taking little scraps of red and white cloth, and with a needle he had fash-ioned from a piece of bamboo, he laboriously sewed an Amer-ican fl ag onto the inside of his blue prisoner’s shirt. Every afternoon, before we ate our soup, we would hang Mike’s fl ag on the wall of our cell and, together, recite the Pledge of Allegiance. No other event of the day had as much meaning to us. The guards discovered Mike’s fl ag one afternoon during a routine inspection and confi scated it. They re-turned that evening and took Mike outside. For our benefi t as much as Mike’s, they beat him severely, just outside our cell, puncturing his eardrum and breaking several of his ribs. When they had fi nished, they dragged him bleeding and nearly senseless back into our cell, and we helped him crawl to his place on the sleeping platform. After things quieted down, we all lay down to go to sleep. Before drifting off, I happened to look toward a corner of the room, where one of the four naked light bulbs that were always illuminated in our cell cast a dim light on Mike Christian. He had crawled there quietly when he thought the rest of us were sleeping. With his eyes nearly swollen shut from the beating, he had quietly picked up his needle and thread and began sewing a new fl ag. This is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer under-stand it. The true soldier fi ghts not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to “HIS COUNTRY” for an amount of “up to and including his life.” Again I say, “God bless my Country. God bless America. Long may She live.”
Speech given during Veteran’s Day ceremony
By Phil Monson Twin Rivers technology director Fred Johnson is step-ping down at the end of the fi rst semester. During a regular monthly meeting of the Twin Rivers Board of Education on Nov. 8 in Bode, the board accepted the retirement of Johnson, who serves the district on a part-time basis. Johnson’s depar-ture will be effective Dec. 21, 2012. School Superintendent Greg Darling says Johnson is going to begin work in the private sector. Darling said the dis-trict will utilize the services of Humboldt’s technology per-sonnel. In other action, the board approved participation in the Drug and Alcohol testing pro-gram for 2012-2013. The board also approved a fi ve percent English Language Learning contingent with the Humboldt district, contingent on approval by the Humboldt board at its Nov. 19 meeting. The board approved an ap-plication with the State Bud-get Review Committee for
increasing enrollment, open enrollment out and excel LEP costs. The board also approved a list of goals for the 2012-2013 school year. Prior to the meet-ing, the board received a pre-sentation by preschool teacher Tricia Gargano, whose class-room this year is now located in the former home economics room in the Bode school. Gargano outlined the dis-trict’s preschool program and gave a presentation on the SmartBoard located in her classroom listing the goals of the program for students. Her class was previously held in the outdoor portable building, which were abandoned, sold and moved off the Bode school grounds during the summer. Principal Don Hasenkamp reported on several topics. Hasenkamp said students re-ceived a bowling trip for reach-ing their reading minute goals. He discussed the 60-inch tele-vision that is now in the cafete-ria/gymnasium, which will be used for various educational activities for students. Hasenkamp said the Iowa
Assessments testing are cur-rently in process. He said par-ent-teacher conferences went well. He also noted fourth and fi fth graders helped with the outdoor landscaping project in front of the school on Oct. 24. Fencing near the play-ground west of the school building has been installed. Hasenkamp also told the board that D.A.R.E. graduation will be Dec. 6, for fi fth graders. Superintendent Darling re-ported on AEA fl ow-through money, which pays for profes-sional development and spe-cial education. Darling also updated the board on certain services the district maintains each year. “Regulations require cer-tain services school districts have to comply with. Any-thing from monitoring as-bestos, boiler guidelines, fi re extinguisher requirements. There are a number of services schools have to comply with,” Darling said. The board approved the fi rst, second and third reading of an extensive list of policy series items.
TR technology director steps down
The Humboldt Area Arts Community looks forward to your support through atten-dance at the Art Encore this Saturday, Nov. 17. The event will be held at Rustix Restau-rant and Reception with doors opening at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are $15 for HAAC Members and $20 for non-members. Tickets sold at the door are all $20. Tickets are available at Witz End, Bank Iowa, HAAC Board members and the art center. Assorted appetizers pro-vided by Rustix and HAAC volunteers will be served from 6:30-8:30 p.m. A wine and cash bar will be open through-out the evening. A youth silent
auction will take place from 6-8 p.m. The live auction starts at 9 p.m., with services donat-ed by Hundertmark Auction. Silent auction bids will close at 11 p.m. Local musicians will per-form the fi rst part of the eve-ning, including members of the Red Carpet Rebels. HAAC thanks Jill Pliner for organiz-ing this part of the evening. Music by DJ Chris Cran will fi nish off the evening from 10 p.m.-midnight. This year’s Encore theme, “What a Feeling” will incor-porate assorted art themed items with tactile appeal. Also on tap to be auctioned off are community art pieces from the 2011 and 2012 art festivals.
Funds raised at the Encore 2012 help support the arts in the Humboldt community in-cluding: the annual art festival and free activities for children, youth and art teacher scholar-ships, and free monthly ex-hibits at the area art center to name a few. The HAAC thanks you for your continued support!
Art Encore planned for Nov. 17
The city of Humboldt will allow open burning of yard waste on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. No burn-ing is allowed on the city right of way. All fi res must be at-tended.
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HOSPICE LIGHT UP A LIFEMonday, November 26 - 7 p.m. Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
Our Social Hour will be held INDOORS following the Lighting Ceremony.
A tax-deductible gift will light a bulb on the evergreen tree at the Path of LifeGarden. The light can be placed in memory of a loved one or in honor of anindividual who is of personal signifi cance in the life of the contributor.
Please join us for the Tree Lighting in the Path of Life Garden at 7:00 p.m. fol-lowed by the indoor activities in the Sun Room of the Long Term Care Unit of the hospital. These activities will include Entertainment, Reading of the Memorialized Names of Loved Ones and a Social Gathering.
Checks for a minimum of $10 per name are to be made payable to:HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY
BOX 183, HUMBOLDT, IA 50548Light Up a Life forms are available at the Humboldt CountyMemorial Hospital and Humboldt County Public Health. If you would like a form mailed to you, please call 515-332-2492.
Carolyn Ford gave the Address of the Day at the 2012 Veteran’s Day ceremony. The ceremony was held Sunday in the VFW due to inclement weather. See more photos at ww.humboldtnews.com. Humboldt Indepen-dent photo.
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“We are running on a bare bones, no frosting on the cake operation. We’re doing a good job. Academically we are do-ing a great job and our test scores prove that. But there’s no areas where we can signifi -cantly cut,” Fey said.
“Our kids are doing wonder-fully under the circumstances. Our scores prove that. We’re very proud of the education these kids are getting in grades K-12,” Fey said. “The fi nancial balances will not get better for either district
in the next few years. If our en-rollment stays the same, costs will go up and teachers will get a small raise. Our teachers have been wonderful at taking very small raises because they want to keep the place operat-ing,” Fey said. “We have functioned and functioned and functioned – but now it has caught up to us,” Fey said. “The board will have to look at some other possibili-ties and make some diffi cult decisions. Not immediately, but in the years to come.” “We’re going to the state School Budget Review Com-mittee to see if we can get the Corwith-Wesley defi cit taken care of, but it is highly unlikely they (state) will approve that. I’ve talked to the state depart-ment of education and they have said, ‘you need to make immediate cuts,’ or the SBRC will not approve your plan,” Fey said. “I’ve told the SBRC ‘we cannot make any more cuts, or we won’t be meeting state teaching standards.’ We have to plan ahead as best as we can for the next few years.” Fey and Rotert say some of the fi rst changes will start with
sharing activities for the 2013-14 school year. They have already talked with neighbor-ing districts about the possi-bility of sharing activities and some classes, but nothing has been formally presented or ap-proved. “We will be seeking some sharing of activities for next year. That’s mostly due to low numbers of kids,” Fey said. “For example, I think we only have seven junior high boys next year, and we play eight-man football. Our junior high football coach has resigned. We don’t have enough players and we don’t’ have a coach, so we are going to look at sharing of some activities.” Rotert reported on district enrollment. LuVerne’s enroll-ment has increased from 68 to 76 students over the past year. “Since the offi cial count date on Oct. 1, we have lost two or four students. But the other day we had a new stu-dent come in. I am amazed at how mobile our society is,” Fey said. In action items, the board approved on-time funding for modifi ed allowable growth for
increasing enrollment. “When your enrollment goes up, you can apply for on-time funding. It doesn’t in-crease our budget, but it guar-antees our funding is on-time,” Fey said. “They don’t do it for the LuVernes of the world, they do it for the Waukees of the world, who see an increase of 500 kids in one year and they have to go out and hire 10-15 teachers to serve those kids.” “The rule is in place and we will take advantage of it and make the application for that funding,” Fey said. In personnel matters, the board accepted the resignation of the middle school football
coach Paul Garman. The board also accepted a bid of $55 per hour from Mc-Peak Excavating to provide snow removal for the upcom-ing winter. The board also ap-proved payment of bills for the end of the month, along review of committee meeting minutes involving the site visit the state conducted last winter. “The last step of our site visit from last year was our SIAC/CTE committee meet-ings and minutes. James (Rotert) submitted those to the state department of education. That is the last offi cial step for our site visit,” Fey said. The board’s next regular-meeting is set for Dec. 12.
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fi ce to be assigned a user name and password to access the e-edition. There is also an option to subscribe to the e-edition of the paper only. The Humboldt Reminder pages are also online each week free of charge. Sev-eral special sections are also available to view online at no charge. The popular monthly mag-azine, Humboldt NOW, is now available online for the low price of $1 per month. Print editions are available at the newspaper offi ce and at gro-cery stores, convenience stores and banks. “We’ve had so many re-quests for the magazine and the online edition allows peo-ple from all over the world to access Humboldt NOW,” Pub-lisher Jim Gargano said. The humboldtnews.com website is extremely popular with more than 22,000 visitors
per month, a fi gure that con-tinues to grow. More “Break-ing News” will be put on the website as stories unfold in the Humboldt County area. Viewing and ordering pho-tos has also been made easier. Readers can view the photos that appear in the Independent, and also the hundreds that don’t make it in. “We might take 100 shots at an event, but maybe only a few get in the paper. People can browse through the rest of them in the Photo Galleries and if there are some they like, they can order them at very reasonable prices,” Gargano said. The humboldtnews website has news, sports, obituaries, Cook of the Week, weather and easy to access links impor-tant to the Humboldt County area. Readers simply click on any ad on the page to fi nd out more information about that advertiser. “Humboldtnews.com is the number one website in the Humboldt County area and that’s exciting to advertisers. There’s no one else that cov-ers the stories of the Humboldt area like our excellent staff. We will continue to strive to provide our readers with the best local news coverage they’ve come to expect,” Gar-gano said. For more information, con-tact the newspaper offi ce at (515) 332-2514, or email [email protected], or visit www.humboldt-news.com.
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In the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors story that appeared in the Nov. 8 issue, a clarifi cation should be noted regarding the sale of the Humboldt County mainte-nance sheds. Humboldt Coun-ty Engineer Paul Jacobson re-ports that the “and contents,” refers to any fuel oil or liquid propane that may be in tanks sold with the buildings, no tools or equipment presently in the buildings is included unless specifi cally stated in the legal advertisement for the structures.
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The Humboldt County Ministerial Association’s an-nual Christmas Food Basket Distribution will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18, from the Humboldt County Fair-grounds. Baskets must be brought to the fairgrounds between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17. B askets can be picked up by the assigned people at the fairgrounds on Tuesday, Dec. 18, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Humboldt-Dakota City pick up time is 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All others are from 8:30 to 11 a.m. More than 250 families in Humboldt County enjoy a bet-ter Christmas because of this event, which is coordinated by the Humboldt County UDMO Outreach Offi ce.
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Michelle Lindquist was named second team All-North Central Conference volleyball and teammate Allison Burg-ers received honorable men-tion honors. Their selections by the league’s coaches, were announced at Humboldt’s pot-luck dinner banquet held at the Middle School cafeteria. The banquet paid tribute to the 2002 Wildcat volleyball team, which compiled a won-loss re-cord of 17-11-4 overall, 5-4 in the North Central Conference.
2002 The Beaver Wide Awake 4-H Club had their fourth an-nual scavenger hunt, collect-ing 280 pounds of food for the Humboldt County Food Pantry. Members collecting were Kelsey Shifl ett, Kaylee Nelson, Leann Nelson, Alyssa Shifl ett, Kate Cleveland, Mar-ci Vinsand, Kristin Nelson, Jenna Vinsand and Brooke Nelson.
2002 School offi cials of the Twin Rivers Valley High School have released the names of the senior students named to the fi rst quarter honor roll. They are as follows: Josh Banwart, Kyle Behrendsen, Mack-enzie Bell, Nathan Black, Lucy Blocker, Betsi Borland, Melissa Bratland, Michelle Day, Megan Edwards, Lisa Frederiksen, Joel Harklau, Jennie Hauck, Jamie Hoover, Bethany Jacobson, Abby Jen-sen, Jeff Larson, Jacob New-ton, Travis Scott, Josie Smith, Adrienne Trauger, Justen Van-Vacter, Matt Wallace, and Jill Zeman.FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
1997 The new Cottonwood Trail is nearing completion through Humboldt. The trail, less than one mile in length, goes from the old power house near Bee-be Park and Bicknell Park west along the river, under the new Highway 169 bridge and along the fi sh ponds and ends at the Reasoner Dam at Lake Noko-mis.
1997 A total of four area high school volleyball players re-ceived all-conference honors by the coaches of the North Star Conference. Twin Riv-er Valley’s Jessie Scott and Karen Eisenbarth joined Cor-with-Wesley-LuVerne’s Stacy Gremmer and Gina Roberts on honorable mention all-confer-ence.
1997 The Corwith-Wesley-Lu-Verne Junior High School foot-ball team members are Shane Elvington, Josh Garman, Ryan White, Jerad Cutshall, Andy Hart, Kelly Parks, Alan Ricke, Trent Wagner, Nick Kiley, Brandon Hakanson, Bruce Collins, Brent Coleman, Eric Grady, Aaron Hunt, Ryan Wempen, Josh Sullivan, Clay Schiltz, and Adam Weringa, manager. Coach is Paul So-nius.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
1987 Schnurr and Co., P.C.
Certifi ed Public Accountants have admitted Timothy P. An-derson, CPA of Humboldt as one of two new partners to the fi rm. Anderson joined the fi rm in 1979 and has managed the Humboldt offi ce since 1981. A graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High School, Iowa Central Community College and the University of Northern Iowa, he received his CPA certifi cate in November, 1977.
1987 Jack McClellan of LuVerne shot a hole-in-one at the Spring Valley Golf Course recently. McClellan’s ace came on the 130-yard eighth hole using a nine-iron. Merv Bristow and Al Sinclair of Livermore were on hand to witness the gem.
1987 The following were hon-ored as the 1987 Volunteers of the Year: Donna Swanson, Christine Nielsen, Dan Mc-Clannahan, Jane Sayre, Max-ine Dwyer, Donald Boswell, Dr. Asa Arent, Pat Bassett, Delores Weier, Frank Mayall, Marilyn Hundertmark, Jeff Gargano, and Maury Abens.FORTY YEARS AGO
1972 Army Private Gerald M. Bormann, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Bormann, LuVerne, recently completed eight weeks of basic train-ing at the U.S. Army Training Center, Armor, Fort Knox, KY.
1972 Cadet John L. Campbell, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Campbell Jr., Humboldt, has been awarded a “Sharpshoot-er“ marksmanship ribbon at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, MO.
1972 Humboldt’s basketball squad, under head coach John Westphal, opens the 1972-73 cage season at home against Estherville. Varsity members are Doug Allen, Jim Sayers, Tom Moklestad, Jerry Da-vis, Mike Jorgensen, Kevin Brownfi eld, Terry Brownfi eld, Mike Patton, Dan Hendrick-son, Dean Crist, Leon Heider, Dan Beebe, Jeff Kleiss, Jon Spence, Gene Crist, and Greg Oberman.FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
1967 Each of the three girls’ 4-H clubs in Humboldt selected an outstanding member for the year at the organization’s an-nual awards day at the First National Bank Social Center. They are Barbara Johnson of the Topnotchers, Carla East-man of the Merry Maidens and Judy Weiss of the Busy Bees.
1967 The Humboldt County Farm Bureau has scheduled open house activities for its new offi ce building located two blocks north and two blocks east of the intersec-tion of Highways 3 and 169 in Humboldt. Delmar War-ren is the offi ce manager with Vernice Hoops, secretary. Jack Walrath is the regional fi eld-man.
1967 Geoff Mickelson, veteran tackle for the Humboldt Wild-
cats, has been named to the fi rst All-North Central Confer-ence and All-Northwest Iowa football teams. He is the only Humboldt player to be named to the fi rst unit of either hon-orary squad, but is joined by Doug Logue, Twin Rivers halfback on the fi rst All-North-west Iowa unit.
FIFTY YEARS AGO1962
A crew of printing plant moving specialists completed a week of work here. The crew moved one of the Linotypes of the Jaqua Printing Co. The publishing-printing fi rm’s en-tire mechanical department is now in operation in a new lo-cation, 528 Sumner Avenue. The editorial and business of-fi ce will be moved to the new location by Nov. 19.
1962 St. Mary’s Society held its monthly meeting. The follow-ing offi cers were elected for 1963: Mrs. Leo Stahl, presi-dent; Mrs. Richard Cahill, vice president; Mrs. Jerry McCur-ry, secretary; and Mrs. John Ravnickar, treasurer.
1962 About 3,200 persons took advantage of the oral polio vaccine, Sabin type II, offered in Humboldt. Members of the County Medical Society and county nurses’ association co-operated with the Humboldt Kiwanis Club in staging the day-long event. Offi cials of the Kiwanis Club say they plan to have another clinic after the fi rst of the year to distribute the type I oral polio vaccine. The various types of the vac-cine are designed to provide immunity to three different types of polio.
SIXTY YEARS AGO1952
Three members of the Humboldt Wildcats champion-ship team won all-conference spots on the offensive team and one was named to the de-fensive unit, Coach Al Hadar has announced. They are John Holdefer, unanimous choice at quarterback; Merv Johnson at end and Ken Lovrien at guard on the offensive team and Marv Sorensen at halfback on defensive. Sorensen is a junior, the others are seniors.
1952 Members of the Barr Art Association from Gilmore City, Rolfe and Humboldt met in Humboldt for the last meet-ing of the year. The following offi cers were elected: Mrs. Maude Herrick of Gilmore City, president; Mrs. Bertha Shepard of Humboldt, vice president; and Mrs. Agnes Neal of Gilmore City, secre-tary-treasurer.
1952 Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Viggo Pedersen of Hardy are now in the armed services. Pfc. Cecil V. Pedersen has been in the Army since January and is now serving with the 40th In-fantry division in Korea. Pvt. John E. Pedersen was inducted into the Army in August and is now taking basic training at Fort Riley, KS.
MAGISTRATE Candra R. A. Timmer-man, Rock Valley, operating non-registered vehicle, fi ned $127.50. Janae A. Oien, Ogden, speeding, fi ned $181.50. Robert E. Martin, Hum-boldt, unsafe passing, fi ned $195. Andrew J. Fisher, Bode, speeding, fi ned $114. Shawn E. Shaft, Badger, violation of conditions of mi-nor’s school license, fi ned $132.50. Timothy T. Tucker, Wa-terloo, failure to comply with safety regulations, fi ned $127.50. Jesse Montes, Urbandale, speeding, fi ned $114. Jerry J. Homsey, Rake, fail-ure to maintain safety belts, fi ned $127.50. Jerry J. Homsey, Rake, no valid drivers license, $330. Franklin A. Salvatore II, Whittemore, manner of con-veyance (loaded gun), fi ned $127.50. Michael C. Day, Gilmore City, failure to obey stop sign, fi ned $195. David D. Dischler, Fort Dodge, failure to yield upon entering through highway, fi ned $200. Melissa M. Liedtke, Fort Dodge, speeding, fi ned $119. Travis W. Roberts, Bode, failure to secure child, fi ned $195. Sana Vacquez, Humboldt, no valid drivers license, fi ned $330. James W. Behrens, Hum-boldt, careless driving, fi ned $107.25. William A. Wille, Titonka, failure to maintain control, fi ned $200. Teralynn I. Amen, Hum-boldt, speeding, fi ned $114. Brad L. Becker, Burt, op-eration by unqualifi ed driver, fi ned $161.25. Brad L. Becker, Burt, fail-ure to comply with safety reg-ulations, fi ned $161.25. William D. Pogge, Hum-boldt, speeding, fi ned $114. Frank E. Marchant, Gilm-ore City, no valid drivers li-cense, fi ned $335.
HUMBOLDT COUNTYDISTRICT COURT
PETITIONS Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. vs. Abigail A. Kunert, account $5,373.67, plus costs and interest. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. vs. Donella A. Hacker, account $7,297.47, plus costs and interest. Forest Specialties, LLC vs. Herion Roofi ng, Inc., account $59,845.69, plus costs and in-terest.
JUDGMENTS State of Iowa vs. Cody J. Sayers, Humboldt, 3rd degree criminal mischief amended to 5th degree criminal mischief, one year probation, deferred judgment, pay costs $1,049.93.
DISMISSALS Elaine Moss vs. Briarwood Apartments, damages as a re-sult of injuries suffered on de-fendant’s property. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs. Bernard R. Terwilliger A/K/A Bernard Robert Terwil-liger, et al, foreclosure without redemption, $62,5 45.16, plus costs and interest. McKinsey S. Gonder vs. Jamieson L. Denklau, petition for paternity, custody, visita-
Livermore, Part of Vacated Al-ley, Block 1, Meaghers Addi-tion, Livermore. Tamara Mennenga to Dustin M. Scott, Billie E. Scott, S 1/2, Lot 3, Block 58, Original Town, Humboldt, S 1/2, Lot 4, Block 58, Original Town, Humboldt. Kurt Weinert, Kara Wein-ert, Shane Dickey, Tracy Dick-ey to Mark D. Cirks, Stacy K. Cirks, Lot 46, Plat 2, River Oaks Subdivision, Sec. 31, Twp. 92, Rng. 28. Jerry M. Beenken, Do-netta M. Beenken to Nathan J. Fischer, Amanda J. Fischer, Lot 10, Block 94, Original Town, Dakota City. Ponderosa Golf Course, Inc. to Paul R. Latta Joint Re-vocable Trust, Sally A. Latta Joint Revocable Trust, NE, N 1/2, Sec. 33, Twp. 91, Rng. 30, NE, SE, Sec. 33, Twp. 91, Rng. 30, Land in NE, SW, Sec. 33, Twp. 91, Rng. 30, Land in NE, NW, Sec. 33, Twp. 91, Rng. 30, Out Lot 6, Original Town, Pioneer, Land in Pio-neer.COURT OFFICER DEEDS Glori Wolf Conservator-ship, Elisabeth Wolf, Con-servator, to EWOLF LLC, S 1/2, Lot 1, Block 66, Original Town, Humboldt, S 1/2, Lot 2, Block 66, Original Town, Humboldt. Wayne T. Johnson Estate, Steve Samuels, Executor, to Billie E. Scott, Dustin M. Scott, Lot 1, Block 26, Origi-nal Town, Dakota City, Part of Lot 2, Block 26, Original Town, Dakota City. Lucille Petras Estate, Joan P. Rude, Executor, to Jerry M. Beenken, Donetta M. Been-ken, Lot 7, Oak Hill Addition, Humboldt.
CONTRACTS Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Berte and Sons, Ltd., Lot 11, Eagle Ridge Addition, Humboldt. Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Michael Schachtner, Deann Merris, Lot 16, Eagle Ridge Addition, Humboldt. Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Ryan Gidel, Heidi Gidel, Lot 14, Eagle Ridge Addition, Hum-boldt. Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Charles D. Thompson, Lisa D. Thomp-son, Lot 12, Eagle Ridge Ad-dition, Humboldt. Humboldt County Hous-ing Development Corp to Brad D./Brad Benjamin, Keri A./Keri Benjamin, Lot 13, Eagle Ridge Addition, Humboldt. Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Berte and Son Ltd., Lot 17, Eagle Ridge Addition, Humboldt. Humboldt County Housing Development Corp to Berte and Son Ltd., Lot 18, Eagle Ridge Addition, Humboldt.
tion, and support.SMALL CLAIMS
PETITIONS Power Cooperative Em-ployees Credit Union vs. Ja-cob Reimers, Eagle Grove, overdrawn checking account, $335.18, plus costs and inter-est. Midland Funding LLC vs. Heather Nerem, Renwick, ac-count $694, plus costs and in-terest. H and R Accounts, Inc. vs. Deb Skeeters, Humboldt, Jody Skeeters, Humboldt, account $411.80, plus costs and inter-est. Kirk C. Whittlesey, OD vs. Daniel W. Shepard, Fort Dodge, account $137.02, plus costs and interest. Kirk C. Whittlesey, OD vs. Bradley Dahl, Rolfe, account $282.37, plus costs and inter-est. Community Lumber Sup-ply, Inc. vs. Duane Knowles, Gilmore City, building mate-rials and supplies, $3,370.39, plus costs and interest.
JUDGMENTS Financial Security Services vs. Vernon Studebaker, Da-kota City, account $1,292, plus costs and interest.
PROBATES Estate of Charles A. Joiner, Deceased, Ramona R. Joiner, Executor. Estate of Bernadine Kiss-inger, Deceased, Cheryl Graaf, Executor. Pauline B. Holden Family Trust, Gary S. Holden, Trust-ee.
MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert Michael Fouarge, Thor, legal, and Michelle Re-nae Edge, Thor, legal.
DISSOLUTIONS OF MARRIAGE
Betsy G. Flot vs. James M. Flot.
COUNTY RECORDERWARRANTY DEEDS
Kathy L. Jergenson, Dennis R. Jergenson, Sandra K. Stein, Michael J. Stein to Jacob L. Hilton, Lot 3, Block 9, Lathrop Addition, Humboldt. KS Company LLC to W and H Cooperative, Lot 1, Block 5, Original Town, Liver-more, Lot 2, Block 5, Original Town, Livermore, Lot 3, Block 5, Original Town, Livermore, Lot 4, Block 5, Original Town, Livermore, Lot 5, Block 5, Original Town, Livermore, Lot 6, Block 5, Original Town, Livermore. Edwin F. Klein to Terry Thilges, Kari Thilges, NE, NW, Sec. 7, Twp. 93, Rng. 28. Douglas D. Berte, Darcy L. Berte to Matthew T. Brown, Jennifer S. Brown, N 1/2, Lot 1, Block 41, Original Town, Humboldt, N 1/2, Lot 2, Block 41, Original Town, Humboldt. Robert J. Collins, Eileen B. Collins, Samuel L. McLean, Amber M. McClean to John D. Fisher, Susan J. Fisher, Lot 2, Block 1, Meaghers Addition,
To The Editor: On Monday night, Nov. 26, the Humboldt County Hospice will sponsor the annual fund-raiser “Light Up A Life” to be held in the Hospital’s Path of Life Garden at 7 p.m. You may honor or remem-ber your loved one (ones) by purchasing a light in their honor to be hung on the Me-morial Tree in the garden. A minimum of $10 is asked for each name submitted. These names will be read as the Me-morial Tree is lighted. A short program will follow and re-freshments will be served in the sunroom of the hospital. All funds are kept in Hum-boldt County to be used by future Humboldt County hos-pice patients for their care. The Hospice program is de-
signed to assist patients with a terminal diagnosis and their families. A respite program is also available that offers an opportunity for the caregivers to have a break for as much as six hours a week. Part of the program also includes a Hos-pice Room in the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital where terminal patients who
require pain management or other needs may occupy. If you’d like to honor your loved ones in this way, please submit their name (s) to Hos-pice of Humboldt County, P.O. Box 183, Humboldt, IA 50548, along with the dona-tion.
Ruth Jacobson,Humboldt
Letter To The Editor
The Humboldt girl’s basketball team from 1948-49, included, front row (l to r): Vernice Kuehnast, Anita Schmidtke, Johnna Lowder, Pat Weir, and Helen Torkel-son. Back row: Bonnie Klein, Donna Hibbard, Lou Terwilliger, and Joann Anderson. Heritage Book, Vol. 2, submitted by Marilyn Dodgen.
Humboldt’s 1948-49 girl’s basketball team
See Courthouse, 5A Levi Miller, a student at Northwestern College in Or-ange City, is student teaching this semester. In order to be accepted into the teacher edu-
cation program, students must maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, submit an entrance portfolio, success-fully pass the Pre-Professional Skills Test and receive depart-mental recommendation. Miller is a senior and is ma-joring in business education at Northwestern College. He is teaching business education at Le Mars Community High School. Miller is the son of Timothy and Debra Miller of Humboldt.
Levi Miller is student teaching at LeMars
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QUIT CLAIM DEEDS Orlys Jean Maassen to An-drew C. Maassen, Lot 6, Block 3, Gangestads Addition, Bode. Humboldt County Hous-ing Development Corp to City of Humboldt, Land in Sec. 2, Twp. 91, Rng. 29, Land in Humboldt.
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The Humboldt Police De-partment (HPD) investigated two traffi c accidents and made two arrests during the past week. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 4:55 p.m., an accident was re-ported in the 300 block of 4th
Street North. According to the report, a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup driven by Dana M. Westphal, 29, Humboldt, was back-ing from a driveway when he struck a legally parked 2009 Volkswagen Jetta belonging Rita R. Wessels, Badger. The accident caused an es-timated $500 minor damage to Westphal’s pickup and an esti-mated $3,000 disabling dam-age to the driver’s side door of Wessels’ Jetta. There were no injuries re-ported and no charges fi led. Police investigated a two-vehicle accident causing pos-sible injury on Monday, Nov. 12, at 10:45 a.m. The accident occurred on Highway 169, near the inter-section with 9th Avenue North. According to the report, a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup driven by Harold H. Fick, 79, Callender, was southbound on Highway 169 in the inside lane. A 2002 Oldsmobile In-trigue was exiting the Casey’s parking lot and was attempting to make a left turn to go south on Highway 169. The driver of the vehicle was Joshua A. Goodell, 16, Humboldt. Goodell said he did not see Fick’s truck approaching and struck the left front door broadside with the right front bumper of the car he was driv-ing. There was an estimated $2,500 damage to both of the
vehicles. No injuries were report-ed at the scene. Later, Tre A. Mobley, 20, a passenger in the Goodell vehicle, was transported to the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital by his father, for treatment of pos-sible injuries. Goodell was charged with failure to yield the right of way upon entering a through high-way. In other news: Nov. 5 4:42 p.m.—A bicycle built for two was reported lean-ing next to a tree on 9th Street North. The adult red Huffy tandem was taken to the city shed for storage. 6:51 p.m.—A Humboldt female reported that her boy-friend was headed toward Humboldt in the 1700 block of Lincoln Avenue and was near-ly ran off the road by a black car. 9:41 p.m.—A noise dis-turbance was reported in the 400 block of 1st Avenue North. Police spoke with the alleged offenders and gave them a dis-orderly conduct warning. 10:46 p.m.—An ambu-lance was paged to 4th Avenue South for a female having dif-fi culty breathing. Nov. 6 3:02 a.m.—An ambulance was requested on 8th Street South for a very ill male. 9:45 a.m.—An ambulance was requested on Oak Hill Drive for an unresponsive fe-male. 11:14 a.m.—HCMH asked that the landing pad be secured for a Life Flight helicopter. 2:08 p.m.—A welfare check on a one-year-old child was requested by Kansas Child Services.
6:25 p.m.—Received a re-port that someone was taking junk steel from the city. An offi cer advised that the person had authority to remove the scrap metal. 9:07 p.m.—Police conduct-ed a traffi c stop in the 1200 block of 4th Avenue SW. The vehicle was towed and Justin Doty, 27, Humboldt, was taken to jail and charged with operat-ing while intoxicated, fi rst of-fense. 10:50 p.m.—A caller on 8th Avenue North requested lifting assistance. Nov. 7 12:19 a.m.—A large, dark-colored cat was reported run-ning toward Hy-Vee. 7:57 a.m.—A property-damage accident involving Christopher Witzke of Da-kota City and Jamie Balk of Livermore was reported in front of the high school. The HPD contacted the Iowa DOT. Something slick was on the roadway. 4:55 p.m.—A property damage accident was reported on 4th Street North. 5:15 p.m.—An ambulance was requested at Taft Park. A male subject had fallen and hit his head on the basketball court. 8:11 p.m.—A silver Dodge pickup was reported swerving in the 1400 block of Highway 169 South. 9:02 p.m.—A burglary alarm was reported at Hard-ee’s. Everything was OK. There was no burglary. Nov. 8 1:06 a.m.—An offi cer ob-served someone on top of the Fareway store. It was a repair person working on the refrig-eration unit. 5:16 a.m.—An ambulance
was wanted on Walnut Circle for a female subject. 1:48 p.m.—An offi cer was requested at Humboldt High School in reference to a stu-dent with a controlled sub-stance. Charges are pending an analysis of the substance by the state crime lab. 2:39 p.m.—The security company reported a burglary alarm at First Avenue Chiro-practic. The lobby door was open. The door was secured. Nov. 9 12:49 p.m.—Jamie Kirch-hoff, Humboldt, reported a case of identity theft. 4:29 p.m.—An ambulance was requested on 15th Street North for a female who had fallen. 4:43 p.m.—A resident on Forest Boulevard wanted to speak to an offi cer about where to build a recreational fi re. 6:19 p.m.—An offi cer was requested to secure the HCMH landing pad. 10:06 p.m.—A case of van-dalism/criminal mischief was reported on 3rd Avenue SW. Someone ran over a mailbox. Nov. 10 12:40 a.m.—A suspicious vehicle was reported in the Hy-Vee parking lot. It was a man sleeping in a van. Police asked the man to move along. He said he would be going home. 9:25 a.m.—A Rolfe wom-an came into the LEC to report a property dispute. 1:41 p.m.—Krystal Jones, Humboldt, reported that her back door was open and her medicine cabinet doors were open but nothing was taken from her apartment. She no-ticed the break-in about 5 p.m. the previous afternoon. 10:26 p.m.—A Humboldt woman reported harassment by phone/text. The offending party was contacted by police and told to quit harassing the woman, and that charges could be forthcoming. 8:00 p.m.—An offi cer was out with a drunk subject in front of the Emergency Op-erations Center on Sumner Av-enue. 4:28 p.m.—A Humboldt female reported a case of tres-passing. HPD arrested Joshua J. Andersen, 27, Humboldt, and charged him with criminal mischief and fi fth degree theft. 5:24 p.m.—An intoxicated subject was reported at Kum and Go. The subject was gone
upon offi cers’ arrival. 4:06 p.m.—A man fell on 6th Avenue North and was ex-periencing concussion-like symptoms after hitting his head. An ambulance was re-quested. Nov. 11 4:35 p.m.—A possible drunk driver was reported in the 2600 block of Penn Av-enue. A deputy observed the driver and he appeared to be OK. 5:48 p.m.—A possible drunk driver was reported in the 2400 block of Lincoln Av-enue. It was an older model Cadillac. The information was given to all city and county
cars. Nov. 12 10:47 a.m.—A traffi c ac-cident involving Harold H. Fick, Callender, and Joshua A. Goodell, Humboldt, was reported on Highway 169 near Jensen Trailers. 11:16 a.m.—A vehicle that was parked west of Dollar General for longer than the al-lotted time was towed. 1:40 p.m.—Back Seat Diner reported a transient. The owners gave the man bus fare to Wisconsin. The HPD se-cured a room for him at the Su-per 8 Motel and Sheriff Kruger transported him to the bus stop in Fort Dodge.
Several accidents investigated, arrests made
By Kent Thompson Humboldt and Webster County Emergency Man-agement Agencies have an-nounced that they will be conducting a free weeklong training academy for any-one interested in becoming a CERT (Community Emergen-cy Response Team) volunteer. The class will be training preparation for CERT mem-bers who will be part of a mock mass casualty exercise that will be held in downtown Humboldt from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. The mock disaster will be a simulated gas explosion at the Finch build-ings, 611/613 Sumner Ave. CERT members are com-munity volunteers who are called to aid in emergency and disaster situations and are de-ployed by the authority of the county emergency manage-ment director. They can be asked to per-form a variety of duties includ-ing but not limited to traffi c and crowd control, search and rescue, identifi cation and basic triage of emergency disaster victims, assistance as assigned by other on scene emergency departments. “We are not trying to be fi refi ghters or police offi cers,” said Ron Vought, Webster County CERT training coor-dinator, who is organizing the class in early December. “We are willing hands and bodies who can assist fi rst re-sponders at an accident or di-saster scene,” Vought said. CERT teams combine the services and skills of the Civ-il Air Patrol, amateur radio emergency service, and indi-viduals from all walks of life with administrative, medical and technical backgrounds. The Humboldt County CERT group currently has around one dozen members and is seeking more communi-ty-minded volunteers to help. The current CERT team mem-bers have undergone extensive in-class and in-the-fi eld train-ing, as well as participated in a number and a variety of mock disaster drills. The class will be offered free of charge. Volunteers must attend all fi ve sessions and take and pass a fi nal quiz to be certifi ed as a CERT volunteer. All of the classes will be held at the Humboldt County Emergency Operations Center located east of the Humboldt County Law Enforcement Center. The street address is 430 Sumner Ave. Classes will be held in the evenings, Monday, Dec. 3-Fri-
day, Dec. 7. Monday’s class will in-clude disaster preparedness, fi re science and safety and util-ity controls. Tuesday’s class will cover disaster medical operations. Wednesday’s unit will be triage basics and CERT organization. Thursday’s class will be about disaster psychology and a primer on terrorism. Friday’s class will be light search and rescue operations. Saturday, Dec. 8, there will be a course review and quiz beginning at 1:30 p.m., fol-lowed by preparations for the mass casualty exercise and the exercise itself at 5:30 p.m. The course will include both classroom instruction and fi eld simulated hands-on exer-cises. In addition to seeking
CERT volunteers, people who would like to serve as by-standers, worried parents and relatives and mock disaster victims are asked to contact Vought. All they have to do is sign a waiver of liability form and show up by 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. All ages are needed for this drill. “It is important to remem-ber that disasters are not a mat-ter of ‘if’ it will happen, but ‘when’ it will happen. It is up to each one of us to be person-ally responsible and prepared and also to train others to take appropriate action when the time comes,” Vought stated. To sign up to take the train-ing class or be part of the di-saster exercise, contact Ron Vought at (515) 269-4665, af-ter 3:30 p.m., or e-mail him at: [email protected].
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DON’T OVERLOOK FINANCIAL RISKS IN RETIREMENTWhen you retire, you may well have accomplished some
important fi nancial goals, such as sending your children through college and paying off your mortgage. Yet, you can’t relax just yet, because your retirement could easily last two or three decades, which means you’ll need at least two or three decades’ worth of income — which, in turn, means you’ll need the proper savings and investment strategies in place. And, just as importantly, you’ll also need to be aware of the types of risk that could threaten these strategies.
Let’s consider some of these risks:• Longevity — None of us can say for sure how long we’ll live.
But it’s still important to have an estimate, based on your health and family history. So if you think you may live, for 25 years in retirement, you’ll want to withdraw enough from your investments each year to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle — but not so much that you deplete your funds before the 25 years have passed.
• Infl ation — We’ve experienced pretty mild infl ation over the past few years. But over time, even a low rate of infl ation can seriously erode your purchasing power. To illustrate: If your current monthly costs are $3,000, with only a 3 percent annual infl ation rate, that would be about $4,000 in 10 years. And in 25 years at that same rate, your monthly costs will have more than doubled, to about $6,200. To help protect yourself against infl ation risk, it’s important to have at least some investments that offer growth potential, rather than only owning fi xed-income vehicles, such as certifi cates of deposit (CDs). You’ll also want to consider sources of rising income potential, such as dividend-paying stocks. (Keep in mind, though, that stocks can reduce or discontinue dividends at any time and are subject to market fl uctuation and loss of principal.)
• Market Fluctuations — When you retire and begin taking withdrawals from your investment portfolio — that is, when you begin selling off investments — you’d obviously like prices to be high. After all, the classic piece of investment advice is “buy low, sell high.” But it’s impossible to try to “time” the market this way, as it will always fl uctuate. That’s why you may want to consider sources of income whose value is not dependent on what’s happening in the fi nancial markets. Your fi nancial advisor may be able to recommend investments that can provide you with this type of income stream.
• Low interest rates — Many retirees depend on fi xed-rate investments for a good portion of their retirement income — so it’s a real challenge when interest rates are low. Consequently, when you retire, you’ll certainly need to be aware of the interest-rate environment and the income you can expect from these investments. Longer-term fi xed-rate vehicles may be tempting, as they typically offer higher rates than shorter-term ones, but these longer term investments may have more price fl uctuation and infl ation risk than shorter-term investments. Consequently, you’ll still likely need balance between short, intermediate, and long-term investments to provide for a portion of your income in retirement.
Retirement can be a rewarding time in your life. And you can help make your retirement years even more enjoyable by understanding the relevant investment risks and taking steps to address them.
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It is the responsibility of the abutting property owners to remove snow, ice, and accumulations promptly from sidewalks. If a property owner does not remove snow, ice, or accumulations within twelve (12) hours in commercial zoning districts or within twenty-four (24) hours in residential zoning districts, after such accumulation occurs, the City may do so and assess the costs against the property owner for collection in same manner as a property tax. The City shall serve notice of non-compliance by fi rst class mail or by posting such notice conspicuously on the property only one time during a snow season.
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HONORING THE AMERICAN LEGION AND AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
This past Sunday at 11 a.m., the country took time to remem-ber our veterans and thank them for their sacrifi ce and service. This is the second week of the “Cook of the Week” column’s salute to Veterans Organizations. This week we are spotlighting the Humboldt County Ameri-can Legion Posts and their related organizations. The American Legion was chartered by congress in 1919, as an organization focused on service to veterans, service mem-bers and communities. The nation’s largest wartime veterans’ service organization, the American Legion is committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promot-ing strong national security, and continued devotion to service members and veterans. Today there are over 2.4 million mem-bers in 14,000 posts worldwide. Also founded in 1919, and now at almost one million mem-bers from all walks of life, the Auxiliary administers hundreds of volunteer programs. It donates thousands of hours to its com-munities and to veterans and raises millions of dollars to sup-port its own programs and other worthwhile, familiar charities. This is all accomplished with volunteers. As the world’s largest women’s patriotic service organiza-tion, the Auxiliary embodies the spirit of America that has pre-vailed through war and peace. Through its nearly 10,500 units, the Auxiliary and the American Legion stand behind America and her ideals. Adams Post #119 in Humboldt was formed and chartered in 1919; the Auxiliary in 1925. Otto Field #415 in Livermore, Cloverleaf #524 in Bode and Liest Veerkamp #525 in Ottosen soon followed. (Post Hartnett-Johnson #239 in Gilmore City is in Pocahontas County.) Most of the Posts have Auxiliaries, al-though some may have dissolved. Livermore, however, has a new Auxiliary that was chartered in September 2012. The American Legion also has another branch, known as The Sons of the American Legion (S.A.L.). Originally formed in 1932, The Sons of the American Legion members include males of all ages whose parents or grandparents served in the U.S. military and were eligible for American Legion member-ship. Livermore also has a chapter of The Sons of the American Legion. The following recipes have been taken from “Our Favorite Recipes,” a cookbook that was sponsored by the American Le-gion Auxiliary Adams Unit #119. (There is no date on the cook-book, a best guess would be sometime in the 60s or early 70s.) The recipes chosen are from ladies who are still members of the Auxiliary.
Apricot SaladMarian Nelson
1 can apricot pie fi lling1 can mandarin oranges (cut up and drained)1 cup small marshmallows1 small can crushed pineapple (drained)1/2 cup shredded coconut Mix together and chill. Just before serving, add sliced ba-nana and some cut up mara-schino cherries. The pie fi ll-ing provides all the dressing it needs.
Hearty SaladYvonne State
1 package lemon Jell-O1 cup boiling water8 ounce package cream cheese1 cup grated carrots1 can crushed pineapple1 cup crushed walnuts1/2 cup whipping cream1 cup minced celery Add boiling water to Jell-O and stir until dissolved. Add rest of ingredients and cool.
Porcupine Beef BallsAlice Warner
1/2 cup uncooked rice1 pound ground beef1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper1 medium can tomato soup1 egg1 small onion, chopped Combine rice, beef, salt, pepper, egg, onion and 4 table-spoons of soup. Mix thorough-ly and form into balls. Place in casserole and cover with remaining soup. Bake, uncov-ered, in moderate oven at 350 degrees about 1-1/2 hours. The cover may be removed the last 15 minutes to allow to brown.
Corned Beef Noodle Casserole
Gretchen Clay10 ounce can corned beef8 ounce package noodles1 can cream of chicken soup1 tall can condensed milk1/4 pound Velveeta cheese1 small onion, chopped2 cups corn fl akes2 tablespoons butter1/2 can water Cook noodles and drain. Break cheese into the soup and milk and heat, stirring until smooth. Add onion. Mix all ingredients except corn fl akes together and place in long bak-ing dish. Sprinkle corn fl akes over the top. Bake for 45 min-
utes at 350 degrees.
Baked BeansYvonne State
1 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon pepper2 tablespoons brown sugar1/2 cup catsup1 pound pork sausage2 tablespoons vinegar1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce2 medium sliced onions1 pound 5 ounce can pork and beans Combine pork sausage with salt and pepper. Form into balls and brown. Combine all other ingredients, except beans, and simmer until thick. Pour sauce over meat balls and simmer 5 minutes. Heat beans until boiling. Pour into casse-role, top with meatballs and sauce mixture. Bake slowly (275-300 degrees) for one hour.
Date PuddingGretchen Clay
1 cup dates, cut up1 cup boiling water2 tablespoons butter1/2 cup white sugar1 egg 1 teaspoon soda1/2 cup walnuts1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 teaspoon baking powder1-1/2 cups fl our Mix dates, boiling water, butter and set aside to cool. Combine sugar, egg, soda, baking powder, salt and fl our. Add to cooled date mixture and beat thoroughly. Pour into cake pan and cover with brown sugar sauce. Bake in 350-degree oven about 30-35 minutes. Cool and serve with whipped cream.Brown Sugar Sauce:1-1/2 cups brown sugar1 tablespoon butter1-1/4 cups boiling water Mix together until sugar dissolves and butter melts.
Never Fail GingersnapsYvonne State, Caroline
Madsen3/4 cup shortening1 cup sugar4 tablespoons molasses1 egg2 cups fl our1 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 teaspoon cloves1 teaspoon ginger2 teaspoon soda Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and cream un-til fl uffy. Add molasses, fl our, soda, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Chill dough. Roll in balls and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for
12-15 minutes. Cool on rack.
Basic BrowniesLaura Seiler
2/3 cup sifted fl our1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/3 cup shortening2 squares chocolate1 cup sugar2 eggs, well beaten1/2 cup walnut meats, broken1 teaspoon vanilla Sift fl our once, measure. Add baking powder, salt and sift again. Melt shortening and chocolate. Add sugar to eggs, beating thoroughly. Add chocolate mixture and blend. Add fl our and mix well, then add nuts and vanilla. Bake in greased 8x8x2” pan in 350 de-gree over 25 minutes or until done.
Coconut Peanut Butter BarsMarian Nelson
1 cup sifted fl our1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/3 cup margarine1/2 cup creamy or chunk style peanut butter1 cup sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup fl aked coconut Grease a 9”x13” baking pan. Sift together fl our, baking powder, and salt. Mix together margarine, peanut butter and sugar until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla, mixing well. Stir in fl our mixture, then co-conut. Spread evenly in pre-pared pan. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cut into bars. Roll in confectioners’ sugar while warm, if desired.
Cherry-Coconut BarsJean Eastman
Pastry:1 cup fl our3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar 1/2 cup oleo Heat oven to 350 degrees. With hands, mix fl our, oleo and sugar until smooth. Spread thic k with fi ngers in 8” square pan. Bake 25 minutes.Filling:2 eggs, slightly beaten1 cup sugar1/4 cup fl our1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon vanilla1/4 cup chopped nuts1/2 cup coconut1/2 cup maraschino cherries, quartered Stir ingredients into eggs. Spread over top of baked pas-try (no need to cool pastry). Bake 25 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
By Carolyn Saul Logan For some, genealogy and family histories are boring; just names and dates and places. However, interwoven in those names and dates and places are the stories that connect one’s family to history. Then history becomes personal. Take the case of Mary Ann Bodkin McCoy who lived in Doe Hill, VA, at the time of the Civil War. Her obituary provides the fi rst chapter in the story of her experiences during that war: “Her fi rst husband was Henry McCoy, who died of smallpox in 1862, during the Civil War, when the neigh-borhood of Doe Hill was smit-ten with that terrible scourge, and she with her own hands, helped to bury the dead, there not being men enough at home to bury the dead.” At the time of her husband’s death, Mary Ann was 51 years old and had given birth to 13 children. Smallpox deaths during the Civil War were common. Both Union and Confederate Armies required their troops to be vaccinated against small-pox and re-vaccinated if nec-essary. However, these regula-tions were not always met and as a result many new recruits who had not been exposed to the disease or had not been vaccinated as civilians ended up getting the disease and dy-ing from it. How did Henry McCoy contract smallpox? He al-most certainly was in contact with the Union or Confeder-ate troops who were both in the area around Doe Hill. And some of them had smallpox. But the presence of troops in Doe Hill robbed Mary Ann not only of her husband. One of her sons, Benjamin, had al-ready joined the Union Army. Then two of her remaining three sons signed up with the Confederate Army. One of
these, Henry by name, was captured three days after he joined up and died in a Fed-eral prison. Andrew, her oldest son, joined the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment. In 1863, a year after his father’s death, Andrew writes from Brandy Station near Culpepper, VA, where his regiment was dis-mantling the Orange and Al-exandria Railroad and sending the iron to Richmond. It is from Andrew’s let-ters that we learn of another fi nancial loss for Mary Ann. Andrew writes, “I was sorry to hear of mother’s misfortune and loss of her horses and the great drawback it will cause upon her with her work. But I suppose from what I can learn that there is no chance for her ever to get them back again. It is a great pity but what (could she do). Also the thieving ras-cals that taken them should share the punishment that they so justly deserve. I am also ashamed to know that southern men will be guilty of such dis-graceful depredations on our own people, especially a poor helpless woman that is left in her situation, but I hope that such men will meet with the doom that becomes such vil-lains.” Andrew angrily condemns the “thieving rascals” but that doesn’t help Mary Ann get her horses back to work her farm. In a letter written six months later, Andrew gives us a clue as to how Mary Ann worked out a way to get the Confederates to pay something for her loss. “I got my barrel,” Andrew writes. “There was seven cheeses in it that Mother wanted me to sell for her. I will try to sell them to the best advantage and send the money home to her.” At least she would get some mon-ey out of the thieving Confed-erate rascals. Mary Ann’s third son Ben-
jamin signed with the Union Army in 1861, enlisting in the Third West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. At the end of nine months’ service he was dis-charged on account of disabili-ty and set out to return home to Doe Hill. His sympathy for the Union cause was well known and along the way he was at-tacked by rebels as well as by the guerrillas who infested that section. According to the His-tory of Hamilton County Iowa 1912, “When, only by exercis-ing the utmost caution, he had thwarted several of their plans to shoot him, he deemed dis-cretion the better part of valor and concluded to leave that part of the country.” Benja-min went west and ended up in Hamilton County, where he farmed for many years and af-ter his death was buried in the Webster City cemetery. Andrew survived the war and returned to Doe Hill. He predeceased his mother Mary Ann and is buried in the same cemetery as his father. It was Mary Ann’s second son, Ben-jamin, who was at her bedside when she died at the age of 91. The stories of these ordi-nary people’s lives during the Civil War make that terrible struggle real and personal. One can relate to the smallpox that took Mary Ann’s husband, the rebel raiding party that ran off with her horses, the ideolo-gies that drew two sons to the Confederate cause and sent one halfway across the con-tinent to escape death for his support of the Union. Family trees can give the dates but it is worth digging to fi nd out your family story in history.
Cemetery in Doe Hill, Cemetery in Doe Hill, WV. Submitted photo.WV. Submitted photo.
Civil War hospital Civil War hospital for smallpox victims. for smallpox victims. Submitted photo.Submitted photo.
Finding your family story in history
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Rachell Cruz Zarzoso and Mark Eugene Deling were united in marriage June 11, 2012, in Laurens. The bride is the daughter of Lemuel Zarzoso and Sonia Cruz of the Philippines. The bridegroom is the son of Mark A. and Sharon Deling of Humboldt. Following their wed-ding the couple is at home in Laurens.
Rachell Zarzoso, Mark Deling exchange vows
Weddings
JOSIE LINN CHRISTOPHER
Mitchell and Deb Chris-topher of Humboldt became the parents of a daughter born Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at Iowa Specialty Hospital, Clar-ion. She has been named Josie Linn and weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces. Grandparents are Rod-ney and LuAnn Christopher of Humboldt, and Mike and Linda Josephson of Wyoming, MN.
MASON LEE DAVIS Justin and Jennifer Davis of Herndon, KS, became the parents of a son born Wednes-day, Sept. 26, 2012, at Mc-Cook, NE. He has been named Mason Lee and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Grandpar-ents are Ron and Peach Beims, Jeff Davis, and Shelly Davis. Great-grandparents are Kermit and Sharon Chantland.
MARGARET “MOLLY” DILLANE GUENTHNER
AND MATTHEW JOSEPH GUENTHNER
Dr. Scott and Shannon Guenthner of Zionsville, IN, became the parents of twins born Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Indianapolis, IN. They have been named Margaret “Molly” Dillane and Matthew Joseph. Molly weighed 5 pounds 1 ounce and Matthew weighed 4 pounds 14 ounces. They join siblings, Evan, 8, Grace, 6, and Katherine, 2, at home. Grandparents are Mike and Sue Powell of Carmel, IN, and Jack and Ernestine Guenthner of LeMars. Great-grandmother is Anna Dillane of Indianapo-lis, IN.
Births
The American Legion Aux-iliary Adams Unit 119, Hum-boldt, met on Monday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m., in the Dakota City Town Hall. Alice Warner, president, called the meeting to order in ritual form with six members present, all of them offi cers. Marian Nelson, secretary, gave her report of the minutes of the previous meeting, which was approved as read. Laura Seiler, treasurer, gave her report, which will be fi led for audit. The membership report shows that there are 59 mem-bers who have paid their dues
this year. This makes the Aux-iliary a GOAL UNIT for 2012-2013. M. Myrton Skelley Certifi -cates were given to the mem-bers who helped with poppy distribution held during Me-morial Day in May. The Auxiliary voted to send a junior girl to Girl’s State in June 2013. The Auxiliary will hold its Christmas party on Monday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., in the Da-kota City Town Hall. There will be a $3 gift exchange and a potluck lunch, with snacks and fi nger food. Guests are welcome.
American Legion Auxiliary met Nov. 5
The Harmony Brigade provided music at the Veter-an’s Day ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11. The ceremony
Brian Scholl of the West Grove Hustlers and Erica Lane of the Corinth Red Stars were recipients of the Danford “I DARE YOU,” Award sponsored by the American Youth Foundation. It was one of several awards handed out last Sunday at the annual Humboldt County 4-H awards banquet and foundation auction. The award goes to young people who have demonstrat-ed unusual integrity, balanced personal development and a willingness to assume responsibility. They are rec-ognized as emerging leaders of our communities. Brian and Erica received a personalized certifi cate and a copy of the personal motivation book “I DARE YOU.” For more photos from the awards night, check out the up-coming issue of the Humboldt Now! magazine. For all of the Humboldt Independent photos, go to www.hum-boldtnews.com and click the Buy A Photo link. Hum-boldt Independent photo.
'I DARE YOU' Award presented
As we gather to give thanks and enjoy time with family and friends, Thanksgiving tables will take center stage. These quick and beautiful center-piece ideas may give you some inspiration. Most of these can be put together in 15 minutes or less using ingredients from your yard and the grocery store. The only trick may be quantity. Instead of a pair of candlesticks, use three pair. Instead of one pumpkin, use fi ve. This will give a rich abun-dant look with little expense. Choose one and make some-thing beautiful! 1. Candles and leaves • candlesticks and candles • preserved or fresh leaves or branches Arrange candlesticks (or a variety of pillar candles) ran-domly down the table, with tallest ones in the center. Set fall leaves on the tabletop around the bases of the candle-sticks. If you wish, decorate with a few pinecones, min-iature turkeys, or even foil-wrapped chocolate turkeys. Tip: When using fresh leaves make sure they are not moist so wood isn’t damaged. To make the arrangement por-table, set a tray underneath. 2. Potted green plant • green plant (ivy is nice) • fall leaves
• mini pumpkins Choose one beautiful green plant with trailing branches such as an ivy. Place it in the center of the table (in a basket, cache pot, hollowed out pump-kin, or even a soup tureen). In-sert a few fall leaves into the plant and add a few more down the table. Nestle several mini pumpkins either into the plant or near the trailing vines. Tip: If you have a large pumpkin left from Halloween, hollow it out and use it for a unique and seasonal cachepot for a potted plant. Be sure to use a plastic water tray inside the pumpkin (under the plant). 3. Pumpkin patch center-piece • 1 large pumpkin • 2 medium pumpkins • 2-4 small sugar pumpkins • 6-10 mini pumpkins • Fresh, silk, or preserved fall leaves Set the large pumpkin in the center of the table with the medium pumpkins on either side, spaced about 4-8” apart. Continue adding the smaller pumpkins at each end, fi lling in the spaces with mini pump-kins and fall leaves. Tip: Protect your table from pumpkins by using plas-tic circles or glass plates un-derneath. 4. Votives and moss • votive candles in glass
containers • moss (dry or damp) • preserved or fresh leaves or branches • twigs, small pinecones, mini-pumpkins (optional) Place a length of felt (if us-ing dry moss) or plastic (for damp moss) on the table. Lay-er on moss, leaving a few open areas for votive candleholders. Decorate with fall leaves here and there. Garnish with small pinecones, twigs, or a few mini-pumpkins. This is a low arrangement that could also be enhanced with taller pillar candles or tall taper candles. Tip: Use plastic under damp sheets of moss to keep your table clean and dry. Tip: Keep dried materials well away from candle fl ames. 5. Cedar forest • small cedar potted plants • preserved leaves • moss Purchase several miniature evergreen trees (6-15” high) from a fl orist or garden center. Use these as your focal point. Cover the pots with moss (at-tach with hot glue or wire) or place into decorative contain-ers. Set the trees on the table and garnish the tabletop with fall leaves, votive candles, and mini-pumpkins. Tip: Arrange tallest tree(s) in center. Always place fresh plants on water trays, glass plates, or in decorative con-tainers to protect your table from water damage. Hint - This arrangement can easily be updated to a Christmas theme in December by adding sparkling ribbons and ornaments. 6. Cake plate and pump-kin • pumpkin (or assortment of fall fruits) • leaves, grapes, berries Arrange one large pumpkin (or assortment of fall fruits) on a pedestal cake plate. Garnish with small twigs of berries, ivy strands, and a few fresh or pre-served fall leaves. Hang a few bunches of mini champagne grapes over the edge of the
plate. Tip: If necessary use heavy toothpicks dipped in oil of clove (available in a pharma-cy) to help hold rolling fruits together (oranges, apples, etc.) The oil of clove or oil of cinna-mon should make apples stay fresh longer. Tip: Use unusual fruit for interest (pomegranates, fi ts, kiwi, star, etc.) For another way to use fall fruits, see our One Bowl Arrangements. 7. Fall mums • low growing fall mum plants • moss • raffi a • votive candles Place several small fall mum plants in a grouping in-side a large basket or in cache-pots. Or, wrap the pots with sheet moss and secure with lengths of raffi a. Or arrange fall items around a mum plant for a simple fall look. Tip: Use a drip tray or plate under the plant to catch any water. 8. Glass and fruit • clear glass container • leaves • colorful fruit (fi gs, limes, persimmons, apples, pears) Make a trip to the grocery store and purchase a variety of small colorful fall fruits such as pears, fi gs, pomegranates, persimmons, etc. Pile them in a large glass bowl, vase, or even inside of a tall glass hurricane shade anchored to a plate with fl orist clay. As you layer in the fruit add a few fall leaves here and there. Tip: Use a variety of sizes and colors for eye appeal.
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RUTH M. BEHRENDS1929-2012
Funeral services for Ruth M. Behrends, 83, Humboldt, were held Saturday, Nov. 10, in the chapel of the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home, Hum-boldt. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Humboldt. She died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. The Mason-Lindhart Fu-neral Home of Humboldt was in charge of arrangements with the Rev. Christy Ehrle offi ciat-ing. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Dianna (Robert) Helland of Oelwein; grand-children, Scott (Sarah) Hel-land of Cologne, MN, Jennifer (Brent) Maddigan of Hudson, WI, Angela Helland of Wood-bury, MN, Ashley (Kris) Rech-kemmer of Oelwein, Megan (Derrick) Jefferson of Grimes, Joshua Bradley of Fort Dodge, and Shayla Bradley of Fort Dodge; great-grandchildren, Tyler Helland, Riley Maddi-gan, and Makena Maddigan, along with one on the way. She is also survived by her brother, Ralph (Betty) Larson of Arnold, NE; and her son-in-law, Thomas Bradley of Fort
Dodge. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Cindy Bradley; granddaugh-ter, Brianna Bradley; brothers, Vern, Kenny, and Cecile; and sisters, Catherine, Mary, and Irene. Ruth Margaret Larson, daughter of Ollie and So-phie Larson, was born May 18, 1929. She was raised on a farm near Ayrshire and graduated from Ayrshire High School. She was united in marriage to Eugene E. Behrends on July 5, 1947, and the couple made their home in the communi-ties of Emmetsburg, Britt, and Sioux City before moving to Humboldt. In Humboldt, Ruth worked for Woods Café, Na-tional Grocery Store, Hy-Vee, and The Humboldt Care Cen-ter North. Ruth was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church. She enjoyed garden-ing and yard work and main-taining her home. She also enjoyed card playing, Bingo, and trips to the casino. Above all, Ruth loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
HELEN M. ROPTE1918-2012
Funeral services for Helen Marie Ropte, 93, Thor, will be 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. Buri-al will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Fort Dodge. Visita-tion is from 5-7 p.m., Thurs-day at the Mason-Lindhart Fu-neral Home in Humboldt. She died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at the Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. The Mason-Lindhart Fu-neral Home of Humboldt is in charge of arrangements with the Rev. Lyle Hansen offi ciat-ing. Helen is survived by her sons, Marc of Thor, Tom of Tecumseh, MO; daughters, Susan (Tim) Brock of Moun-tain Home, AR, and Mary Lou (Tom) Hiltabidle of Eagle Grove; grandchildren, Erika (Forrest) Stolzer of Fayette-ville, AR, Justin Brock of Washington DC, Matthew Hiltabidle of Webster City, Arron Hiltabidle of Eagle Grove, and Melinda Hiltabidle of Boone; and sister, Maxine Lage of Fort Dodge. She was preceded in death by her par-ents, husband, Arthur in 1991; brother, Carl Brattmiller, Jr.; and sisters, Irma Schultz, Lil-lian Posegate, Minne Baker and Delores Larson. Helen Brattmiller, daughter of Carl and Bertha (Rasch)
Brattmiller, was born Dec. 11, 1918, at her parents home near Clare. Helen received her education at Clare graduating from high school in 1937. Dur-ing high school she played on the basketball team and con-tinued to love sports her entire life. She was united in marriage to Arthur Ropte June 8, 1941, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek Township, Web-ster County. The couple lived all of their married life in the Thor area, where they farmed for several years. Helen helped many families in the Eagle Grove and Thor area by being one of the best housekeepers in the area and she continued working as a housekeeper until she was over 80 years old. She loved gardening (veg-etable and fl owers) and canned many quarts even when she was 90 years of age. Helen was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan and attended many Iowa football games. Helen was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran C hurch and was very active in the local churches by being a Sunday school teacher, attending Ladies Aide, sewing at the Thor Church and many other activities. Helen enjoyed getting together with the wom-en’s 500-card group, taking long walks and watching John Wayne movies.
INA L. CLOWES1916-2012
Funeral services for Ina Clowes, 96, Renwick, were held Thursday, Nov. 8, at the United Methodist Church in Renwick. Burial was in El-mwood Cemetery. Ina died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at the Rotary Ann Nursing Home in Eagle Grove. Oakcrest Funeral Services of Renwick were in charge of arrangements with Reverend Christina Perkins offi ciating. She is survived by her children, James Clowes and wife Delores of Hermitage, MO, Robert Clowes and wife Sherry of Rochester, MN, and Anne Conover of Fair Oaks, CA; daughters-in-law, Jerilyn Clowes of Renwick and Colette Clowes of Ti-buron, CA; grandchildren, Pamela Wiethoff, Cindy Cambridge, Joni Clowes, Jill Eltanal, Gavin Conover, Me-gan Conover, Ryan Clowes, and Shelley Brewer; and great-grandchildren, Sydney Wiethoff, Rosalee Eltanal, Zachary Conover, Ethann and Juliette Brewer. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents; husband, James Clowes on April 22, 1956; two sons, Wil-liam and David Clowes; two sons-in-law, Edward Dostal
and Clifford Conover and a brother, Clarence Hoovler. Ina Lucile Hoovler, daugh-ter of Francis Mason and Ad-die Minerva (McPeak) Hoov-ler, was born April 18, 1916, near Spragueville. She gradu-ated from Maquoketa High School in 1933. She continued her education at the Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She taught in Andrew,
Renwick and Ver-non Schools. On Dec. 27, 1937, Ina was united in marriage to James “Mac” Clowes in Renwick. After their marriage they lived and farmed near Renwick and Ina later worked in the Boone Valley School system.
Ina had an avid interest in genealogy, which led her to join the Daughters of the American Revolution and she later served as the State Regent in 1991 and 1992. She was also a member of the Daugh-ters of the American Colonies and Mayfl ower Society and the United Methodist Church. Ina also enjoyed painting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening, reading and writing poetry. Condolences may be left at www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com.
GAYLE L. FOTH1944-2012
Memorial services for Gay-le Foth, 67, Livermore, were held Monday, Nov. 12, at Faith United Methodist Church, Livermore. She died Wednes-day, Nov. 7, 2012, at the Paula J Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge. The Lentz Funeral Home of Livermore was in charge of ar-rangements with Dee Coleman offi ciating. Left to cherish Gayle’s memory is her hus-band of 38 years, Dick Foth; two daughters, Stepha-ni Hundertmark and her husband, Tom of Rutland, and Laura Elsbeck-er and her husband, Mike of Algona; three step-daugh-ters, Diane Devin of Livermore, Mary Smith and her hus-band Steve of Algona, and Wendy Foth of Wesley; two step-sons, Randy Foth and his wife LaMona of Livermore, and Robert Foth and his wife, Julie of Livermore; a special son, Todd Bakken of Minneap-olis, MN; 26 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Ellen Hofer and her husband, Darold of Livermore, Jan Newton and her husband, Jim of Bode, and Mary Me-kemson and her husband, Bill of Ames. She was preceded in death by her parents. Gayle Louise Wilson, daughter of Leonard “Sheeny” and Marjorie (McClellan) Wilson, was born on Dec. 12, 1944, in Fort Dodge. She grad-
uated from Twin Rivers High School in 1962. Gayle then graduated from Bernel Beauty School. On Dec. 3, 1973, Gayle was united in marriage with Rich-ard Foth in South Dakota. Gayle was one of the origi-nal founders of Twin Rivers Sports
Boosters. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church where she had served as president and vice president of the Church Board. Gayle’s video tribute may be viewed at www.lentzfuner-alhome.com.
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The 17th Annual Festival of Trees will be “Making Spirits Bright” Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, at Opportunity Village in Clear Lake. Proceeds from the Fes-tival of Trees support services for people with disabilities at the non-profi t Village. More than 100 Christmas trees, wreaths and swags of all sizes are decorated by lo-cal groups, individuals from the community, and design professionals. Festival visitors can admire their handiwork and buy an entire display with decorations to take home after the weekend. Delivery can be arranged in the Mason City or Clear Lake area for the larger trees for a $25 fee. The Festival of Trees will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. General admission to tree displays on Saturday and Sunday is $2. Tickets for Opening Night and Breakfast with Santa are available online at www.fot2012.org, along with gen-eral information about the Fes-tival. Dean Snyder Construction, Stiffel Nicolaus, and Corpo-rate Farmer are main sponsors for the Festival. All Festival events are held at the Village, located north of Fareway off Highway 18 in Clear Lake. Friday: The weekend gets off to an elegant start with “Opening Night” from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. Tickets are $20 each for this gala eve-ning, featuring hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and live music by Nonsemble from the Clear Lake Arts Council. People have been known to line up at the door waiting for the 5 p.m. opening just to get fi rst crack at picking out a tree. Buyers
Opportunity Village Festival of Treescan pick up their trees Sunday afternoon, so they remain on display all weekend. Opening Night is sponsored by Hy-Vee East. Saturday: On Saturday, Dec. 1, the day starts early with “Breakfast With Santa” from 8 to 11 a.m. The Clear Lake Knights of Columbus #7898 will prepare a hearty pancake breakfast. Tickets for breakfast are $7 each or $4 for children 5 and under. This includes general admission to the tree displays. Santa will be on hand Saturday morning to share the excitement. Pictures with Santa are $3 or you can bring your own camera. Santa’s Workshop and The Secret Shop will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday. Santa’s Workshop offers free, fun crafts for children. The Se-cret Shop is for children only, giving kids a chance to do some Christmas shopping for people on their lists. All items will be priced between $3 and $8, and elves will be on hand to help select and wrap the se-cret gifts.
Tree displays are open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. Various musical entertain-ment throughout Saturday will enhance the hall of trees. Sponsors for Saturday events are CL Tel, Breakfast With Santa; Lake Dental Associates, Santa’s Workshop; and Master Floors Carpet One, the Secret Shop. Live musical enter-tainment lends holiday spirit throughout the day. Sunday: Sunday, Dec. 2, features a Cookie Walk with a large selection of homemade holiday cookies and candies for sale. Visitors can hand-select and purchase an assort-ment of goodies by the boxful
for enjoyment at home. Boxes are $10 or $14. The Cookie Walk starts at 11 a.m. and runs until sold out. The tree dis-plays continue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Other features of the week-end include gift baskets for sale and a “mystery box” sale. Visit www.fot2012.org for tickets and information on the Festival of Trees. Tickets also are available at the Village General Store in Clear Lake or at the event. For more information about the Festival of Trees, call Elda
Stone, 641-355-1241, or email [email protected]. The Fes-tival is part of a community wide celebration “Christmas b y the Lake.” For more infor-mation about Christmas by the Lake events, call the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce at 641-357-2159. Based in Clear Lake, Op-portunity Village serves nearly 600 people with disabilities throughout the northern part of Iowa. All proceeds from the Festival of Trees support this non-profi t agency’s work for the local community.
Cahal Dunne is a songwrit-er, masterful pianist, a come-dian and one of Ireland’s best vocalists. Dunne will open the second concert in the 2012-13 sea-son for the Kossuth County Concert As-sociation on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the O. B. Laing Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. for as-sociation members and those with reci-procity tickets will be seated after 7:20 p.m. On his second tour for Allied Concerts, Dunne has appeared with Bob Hope, Wayne Newton, Al Martino and Tony Orlando, as well as performing for several presidents. He is his own accompanist on the piano but has backing
tracks on 50 percent of his songs, giving his audience the sound of a full orchestra com-ing from the stage. He is a native of Cork, Ire-land, and received a Bachelor
of Music Degree from the University Col-lege of Cork. The winner of Ireland’s National Song Con-test with “Happy Man,” it gave Dunne the right to represent Ireland in the Interna-tional Eurovision Mu-sic Contest in Israel. “Happy Man” be-came No. 1 on the music charts in Eu-
rope and Ireland. An entertainer extraordi-naire, Dunne has a great sense of humor, along with a rich and deep vocal style that takes you on a musical journey to his homeland.
Cahal Dunne
Irish singer performs in Algona
We would like to thank everyone for all their cards, sharing, car-ing hugs, food and memorials for our mom, grandma and great grandma Bernadine Kissinger. Thanks to Don Connor for being with us and for such a great service and the Congregational Circle for serving lunch. We also want to thank all personnel with Trinity Hospice and Lincoln, Leroy, Russ and Tom with Mason Lindhart Funeral Home as you guided us through this time. Memorials for Bernadine will be made to the Historical Society, Trinity Hospice, Lakeside Golf Course, Humboldt Parks & Rec, KGYL and the Congregational Church.
Thank You
Bob & Shirley Aure & familiesDenny & Mary Kissinger & familiesMerlin & Cheryl Graaf & families
Thank You The family of Beth Swan wishes to thank all the friends, neighbors and family for your visits, cards and phone calls to Mom during her illness. Thanks also to the private caregivers and the Hos-pice staff for your tender care. We also appreciate all the food, ex-pressions of sympathy and kindness shown to us at the time of her passing. Thank you to Lincoln Mason and his staff for their guidance and quality service; to the Historical Association members and the Congregational Church members for serving the luncheon. Thank you to any and all who brought sunshine to Mom's last months of life.
Myral Gilson family, Mychael Swan family, Marshall Swan family
Our Heartfelt Thanks ...... for all who extended comforting
sympathy and help in our recent sorrow. For the beautiful service,
fl oral off erings, and other kindnesses,we are deeply grateful!
Th e family of Bob Gray
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10A The Humboldt Independent Thursday, November 15, 2012
Cort Kallansrud and his family of Humboldt were special guests of ISU Athletic Director Jamie Pollard at the ISU homecoming football victory over Baylor on Oct. 27. One of the special guests Cort got to meet was Seneca Wallace, former ISU quarterback and cur-rent NFL free agent. He also got to meet the Cy-clone mascot, Cy. Pollard invited Kallansrud to be his guest in his suite after meet-ing Cort at the Cyclone Tailgate at Rustix last summer. “They loved it. Jamie Pollard was busy and we weren’t able to see him, but Iowa State won the game and we all had fun,” Cort’s mother, Emily Rees said. Cort and his cousins, Daven and Hanah Rees, all had footballs autographed by Seneca Wallace. Iowa State kept the footballs and is getting more autographs before they send them back to Humboldt. Cort is a sixth grader at Hum-boldt Middle School who just turned 12. He’s missed a lot of school this year as he continues to fi ght a build up of fl uid in his stomach. A benefi t was held last Feb-ruary at Taft Elementary to help send Cort to Boston for special treatment. He had a procedure called sclerotherapy twice. During sclerotherapy doctors inject medi-cine into his kidneys to try to shrink the disease and reduce the seepage. He returns to Boston on Jan. 24 for more sclerotheraphy and for further testing for his thoracic duct. “If he’s a candidate for thorac-ic duct treatment, which we hope he is, then it could solve the fl uid problem,” Rees said. She said Cort continues to miss lots of school this year be-cause as the fl uid is drained, he loses sodium and ends up having to be hospitalized to get his so-dium levels back up. “We are hopeful they will be able to do the thoracic duct treat-
ment. And then maybe he can get the tube out (used to drain the fl u-id) and get his hernias taken care of,” Rees said. “He loves sports and wants to participate so bad. But if something would happen to that tube….it’s his lifeline.” The trip to the Iowa State game was sandwiched around hospital stays for Cort, but served as a spirit booster for him. “He wants so badly to be like everyone else. Cort had a great
Cort Kallansrud and his cousins, Daven and Hanah, are pictured with Cyclone mascot, Cy, at a recent ISU football game.
Former ISU quarterback and current NFL free agent Seneca Wallace is pictured with Cort Kallansrud (front right) and Cort’s cousins, Daven and Hanah. They were special guests of ISU Athletic Director Jamie Pollard at the ISU football victory against Baylor on Oct. 27.
time at the game. We are very ap-preciative to Jamie Pollard and Iowa State,” Rees said. “Cort is a very special boy and I am so glad we were able to pro-vide him a small break from his daily struggles. I am truly inspired by his courage and have been im-pressed by his positive attitude on life. We will continue to pray for Cort and his family as they work to overcome his medical challeng-es,” Jamie Pollard, ISU Athletic Director, said.
Cort Kallansrud at ISU
the president’s column, on his way to re-election. Of the nine “swing states,” Obama took eight by narrow margins with Romney claim-ing only the 15 electoral votes in North Carolina. Pundits credited Obama’s win being due to stronger vot-ing margins among women, minorities and younger voters. King topped challenger Christie Vilsack in newly drawn U.S. Senate District 4, which includes portions of northern, western and central Iowa. King tallied 2,958 votes in Humboldt County to Vil-sack’s 1,978, according to the unoffi cial totals. Statewide, King received 53 percent of the vote, just under 200,000, while Vilsack received 168,323. State Rep. Tom Shaw, a Laurens Republican, was re-elected running unopposed in District 10, which includes all of Humboldt, Pocahontas and Calhoun counties, along with a small portion of western Web-ster County. Shaw received 3,992 votes in Humboldt County and 12,324 overall. Most of the county races
were uncontested. The one contested race for District 4 Humboldt County Supervisor found Democratic incumbent John “Mort” Christianson of Bode topping Republican challenger Randy R. Foth of Livermore by a total of 567-397, unoffi cially. Other Supervisor candi-dates, Harlan Hansen, Rick Pedersen and Jerry Haverly, were running unopposed and were elected to offi ce. Peder-sen will be the lone new super-visor to join the board Jan. 1. Other county offi ceholders Dean Kruger (sheriff), Peggy Rice (auditor) and Jonathan Beaty (county attorney) were all running unopposed and were elected, all receiving over 4,000 votes. Tim Anderson, Rod Harklau and Scott Curran were elected to the Humboldt Coun-ty Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. Robert Lynch, Tim Terwilliger, Put Hill and Max Redenius were elected as Humboldt Soil and Water Dis-trict Commissioners. There were six people vying for four spots on the
Humboldt County Agricul-ture Extension Council. Larry Lane, Jeffery Goodell, Jenna Bormann and Dee Diana Stern were the top vote getters, out-polling Marilyn Stein and Cas-sandra Smith. Will Spellmeyer was also elected to fi ll an un-expired term on the Extension Council. There were contested races for two city council seats in area towns. In Gilmore City, it appears that former councilman Tim Smith will be back on the council. Unoffi cial totals show Smith with 59 votes to 56 for Denny Davis and 14 for Cleo Boles. In the city of Livermore, Crista Jensen outpolled George McMahon to fi ll an unexpired term. Jensen had 98 votes to 61 for McMahon. Humboldt County voters turned down re-electing Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins by nearly 700 votes, 2,468 against to 1,775 in fa-vor. Statewide however, Wig-gins was re-elected, 670,013 in favor to 556,782 against. Supreme court justices Bruce Zager, Thomas Waterman and Edward Mansfi eld were also re-elected, as were all of the Court of Appeals and 2B Dis-trict Court judges and associ-ate judges. In Kossuth County vot-ers selected Democrats in the State Senate District 4 and State Representative District 7 races, Bob Jennings and John Wittneben. Both can-didates lost when all coun-ties were counted. Jennings, of Algona, was defeated by Kanawha farmer Dennis Guth, 53 percent to 47 percent. Ted Gassman, a Scarville farmer, defeated Wittneben, an Es-therville land surveyor, by the thinnest of margins, 7,646 to 7,589. In State Rep. District 8, Henry Rayhons of Garner was re-elected, running unop-posed. Two supervisor districts were on the ballot in Kossuth County. Democrat Jack Plathe was running unopposed in District 2, and won with 1,399 votes. In District 5, Republic Roger Tjarks topped Democrat Thomas Johnson by more than 300 votes. Incumbent Kossuth County Auditor Amber Garman and County Sheriff Steve Kollasch were both running unopposed, and were re-elected. Rural residents of Kossuth County also renewed a Local Option Sales Tax by a vote of 57 percent in favor. In local races, Sara Cur-tis and Harley Kohlhaas were running unopposed for the Al-gona City Council, and both were elected. Alan Miller was running unopposed as mayor of Fenton. For the Fenton City Council, Paul Jorgenson edged Ryan Harms, 81-74.
Strong turnout With more than 5,000 votes locally for president, it was a strong turnout. Humboldt County Auditor Peggy Rice reported that 5,184 Humboldt County citizens vot-ed, of the 7,033 registered, or 73.7 percent. That slightly tops the percentage for the 2008 general election, when 5,161 voters of 7,076 registered cast ballots, for 72.9 percent par-ticipation. Final party affi liation tal-lies weren’t available because of same-day registrations. Just prior to the election, of the 6,985 registered voters in the county, 40 percent declared no party, 38 percent were regis-tered Republicans and 22 per-cent Democrats. Rice reported few glitches with the election last week de-spite some long lines at some of the voting precincts. “Voters were very accom-modating and understanding. We had a few people show up at their former voting sites, which had changed in some cases because of the Supervi-sor redistricting. We will work on ways to better inform the public on changes. I think posting the maps in public li-braries or city halls might be a good idea,” Rice said. The auditor said the vol-untary scanning of driver’s licenses or voter registration cards worked well in helping to speed up the process . “The only precinct where we didn’t use the scanners was the Bode Precinct,” Rice said. She said there has been no case of voter fraud in Hum-boldt County at any time in recent memory. Only four pro-visional ballots were cast last Tuesday and three of those were because late registrants didn’t have an ID with them. Absentee ballots continue to gain popularity among vot-ers. In Humboldt County, 2,130 people voted absentee, compared to just over 1,800 in 2008. Rice said the fi ve-member special elections precinct board that counts the absentee ballots places all of the secre-cy sleeves in one pile and the election ballots in another after envelopes are discarded, so the voter’s identity remains secret.
“We had fairly steady turn-out of people voting (in our of-fi ce) prior to the election and on the Monday prior to elec-tion day,” Rice said. The auditor said a record-ing tape at the Gilmore City
precinct would not print out, but the ballots were all count-ed and when the machine and reader card were brought to the auditor’s offi ce, the tape from the machine printed fi ne. Rice said the auditor’s of-
fi ce has to keep abreast of any federal or state changes in election law. While she doesn’t expect any bold changes, her offi ce has to be able to adapt and let the public know.
Humboldt County General Election Results • • Unoffi cial totals—offi cial totals will be released after a canvass by the Board of Supervisors after press time on Nov. 13. President/Vice President VotesMitt Romney - Paul Ryan R 3,099Barack Obama - Joe Biden D 1.967Virgil Goode - James Clymer Constitution 11Jill Stein - Cheri Honkala Iowa Green 13Gary Johnson - James P. Gray Libertarian 23Gloria LaRiva - Stefanie Beacham Party for Socialism/Liberation 2James Harris - Alyson Kennedy Socialist Workers 2Jerry Litzel - Jim Litzel Nominated by Petition 7U.S. Representative District 4 VotesSteve King R 2,958Christie Vilsack D 1,978Martin James Monroe NP 132State Representative District 10 VotesTom W. Shaw R 3,992Board of Supervisors District 1 VotesHarlan G. Hansen R 878Board of Supervisors District 3 VotesRick Pedersen R 736Board of Supervisors District 4 VotesRandy R. Foth R 397John Mort Christianson D 567Board of Supervisors District 5 VotesJerry R. Haverly D 709County Auditor VotesPeggy J. Rice R 4,422County Sheriff VotesDean A. Kruger R 4,573County Attorney VotesJonathan Beaty R 4,083To fi ll vacancy Avery Township Trustee (one) VotesMartin Brown 57Beaver Township Trustee (two) VotesDale R. Thompson 87Dave Torkelson 114Corinth Township Trustee (two) VotesMarvin Lindemann 160Delana Township Trustee (two) VotesNorman Olson 64Clifford Helland 68Grove Township Trustee (two) VotesWill Spellmeyer 113Robert A. Johnson 96Humboldt Twp. Trustee (two) Votes(No declared candidates) Lake Township Trustee (two) Votes(No declared candidates) Norway Township Trustee (two) VotesClayton Hansen 87Mark W. Holtan 88Rutland Township Trustee (two) VotesSteve Gregory 132Mike Ludwig 117Vernon Township Trustee (two) VotesWilliam A. Nielsen 42Roger Schipull 55Wacousta Twp. Trustee (two) Votes(No declared candidates) Weaver Township Trustee (two) VotesRandy Davis 46Rodney Ahlrich 44Weaver Township Clerk (one) Votes(To fi ll vacancy, no declared candidates) HCMH Board of Trustees (three) Votes Timothy P. Anderson 3,126Rodney Lee Harklau 3,152Scott Curran 3,376Soil and Water Commission (three) VotesRobert Lynch 2,981Tim Terwilliger 3,130Pat Hill 3,139Soil & Water Commission (two) VotesMax Redenius 3,602(To fi ll vacancy) Humboldt Co. Ag. Ext. Co. (four) Votes Larry Lane 2,509Jeffery R. Goodell 2,453Jenna Bormann 2,192Dee Diana Stern 1,626Marilyn Stein 1,493Cassandra Smith 1,262Humboldt Co. Ag. Ext. Co. (one) VotesWill Spellmeyer 3,540Iowa Supreme Court Yes No Thomas D. Waterman 2,709 970David S. Wiggins 1,775 2,468Bruce B. Zager 2,607 968Edward Mansfi eld 2,667 955Iowa Court of Appeals Yes No Michael R. Mullins 2,706 739Mary Ellen Tabor 2,648 773Anuradha Vaitheswaran 2,364 1,027District Court Judges 2B Yes NoKurt John Stoebe 3,536 659Kurt L. Wilke 2,878 752Steve J. Oeth 2,613 798Dale E. Ruigh 2,600 803Dist. Co. Assoc. Judges Yes NoLawrence E. Jahn 2,602 771Kim M. Riley 2,666 722Paul B. Ahler 2,644 742Angela L. Doyle 2,686 742Gilmore City Council (one) Votes(To fi ll vacancy)Tim Smith 59Denny Davis 56Cleo Boles 14Livermore City Council (one) Votes(To fi ll vacancy) Crista Jensen 98George McMahon 61
Election Results from front page
Several motor vehicle acci-dents have been reported to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Of-fi ce (HCSO) during the past two weeks. On Friday, Nov. 2, a Renwick Ambulance backed into a pickup truck as it was exiting the scene of a previous accident. According to the report, a 2000 Chevrolet Ambulance belonging to the city of Renwick, and driven by Jon A. Nissen, 57, Corwith, was parked on the east shoulder of Highway 17, facing north. Nissen reportedly backed up to exit and struck a 2000 Dodge Ram pickup belonging to Devon B. Anderson, Clarion. There was an estimated $200 damage to the ambulance and an estimated $1,200 to the front end of the Dodge pickup. There were no injuries and no charges were fi led. A single-vehicle accident was reported on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 12:05 a.m. The accident occurred 1-1/2 miles north of Humboldt on 210th Street, about one-half mile east of Nevada Avenue. According to the report, Thomas F. George , 23, Hardy, said he swerved to miss a deer and put his 2001 Ford F-150 pickup in the north ditch. The vehicle was facing east, landing on the driver’s side door. George was not injured. There was an estimated $2,500 damage to the left front side of George’s pickup. George was charged with fail-ure to maintain control. A vehicle/deer accident was reported Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 5:50 p.m. The accident occurred on County Road C-20, about one-half mile west of Livermore. According to the report, a 1993 Honda Accord driven by Daniel D. Connors, 18, Bode, was westbound when a deer ran into the path of his vehicle. The deer was killed. There was an estimated $1,000 minor damage to Connors’ Honda. Connors was not injured. A two-vehicle accident was reported on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 5:30 p.m. The accident occurred on Main Street in Dakota City, at the intersection of 6th Street. According to the report, a 2000 Buick LeSabre driven by Kenneth L. Robinson, 83, Hum-boldt, was westbound on Main Street. A 2005 Chrysler 300 driven by Thomas P. Mersch, 16, Gilmore City, was stopped at the stop sign at Sixth Street South and was proceeding to make a left turn onto Main Street when Mersch’s Chrysler struck the rear driver’s side of Robinson’s Buick. The two drivers exchanged information. There was an estimated $400 damage to Robinson’s Buick and an estimated $1,000 damage to Mersch’s Chrysler. There were no injuries and no
charges were fi led. A property-damage accident was reported in Dakota City on Monday, Nov. 12, at 4:28 p.m. According to the report, a 2009 Toyota Camry driven by Sarah L. Harvey, 28, Humboldt, was traveling north on 2nd Street South. A 2003 Dodge Caravan van driven by Cindy S. Jacobs, 46, Humboldt, was backing out of a driveway and did not see the Harvey vehicle, causing a colli-sion. There was an estimated $2,000 damage to the right front of the Toyota and an estimated $1,000 damage to the rear of the Dodge van. There were no injuries and no charges were fi led. In other news: Nov. 5 4:34 p.m.—A deputy assisted getting some cattle in from the 2700 block of 260th Street. Nov. 6 3:06 p.m.—A burglary alarm was reported at One More Tavern in Renwick. There was no bur-glary. It was an employee from the game machine company who did not know the access code. 2:59 p.m.—A Fort Dodge man reported a break-in in the county. 3:50 p.m.—The VFW Post in Dakota City reported a theft. While the establishment was open, two unidentifi ed males re-portedly took cash from a vending machine. Nov. 7 12 a.m.—An ambulance was requested in Thor for an elderly female with a possible broken leg. 11:55 a.m.—A Humboldt woman reported her daughter, who lives in Dakota City, missing. 6:04 p.m.—A car/deer acci-dent was reported at the entrance to Lotts Creek Park, rural Liver-more. 7:45 p.m.—Received a report of glass and metal on Highway 3 near Satern’s Tire Service and B&N Auto. No time given—An aban-doned truck was reported in a fi eld in the 1700 block of Elm Avenue, rural Bradgate. Nov. 8 8:21 a.m.—Rick Skow of Corn Belt Power Cooperative called in reference to a building being broken into. 11:30 a.m.—A skidloader was reported on fi re in the 1300 block of 220th St., Gilmore City. 11:18 a.m.—A welfare check was requested for a Bode man. The man was not answering his door or his phone, but everything was OK. Nov. 9 10:35 a.m.—Big John’s in Bode reported a break-in. 7:28 p.m.—Callers in Liver-more reported harassment and verbal threats. The HCSO had warned the alleged violator be-fore. The HCSO subsequently ar-rested Randy Foth of Livermore
and charged him with disorderly conduct, a simple misdemeanor. He was released with a promise to appear in court. 1:43 p.m.—The Livermore city clerk reported a small brown and white dog running loose. Ani-mal control was informed but not immediately available to pick up the animal. 4:58 p.m.—A loose dog was reported on a deck in Livermore. Animal control was notifi ed. 8:50 p.m.—A civil/child cus-tody issue was reported in Liver-more. A deputy spoke with both parties. The situation was unre-solved with the deputy fi ling a report. 9:26 p.m.—A Dakota City man reported barking dogs in the 200 block of Main Street. 9:46 p.m.—A Humboldt woman requested to speak to a deputy about a child custody is-sue. Nov. 10 11:04 a.m.—Received a report that someone struck a stop sign at French Street and Kelling Street in Renwick and then backed up and struck it again. A city worker was contacted about the downed stop sign. 7:13 p.m.—A Renwick caller reported a barking dog on Mc-Curry Street during the past two evenings. The owner of the dog called back and was advised of the complaint. 4:05 p.m.—A Gilmore City man reported that another man is chasing him in a vehicle and threatening to kill him. Nov. 11 4:25 a.m.—A Bode woman re-ported that a male subject walked into her house and left. It was re-ported that the man was looking for the subject’s sister. 11:12 a.m.—Furniture was reported on Highway 3 between States Avenue and the Thor/Hardy turnoff. 5:30 p.m.—A property-dam-age accident was reported on Main Street in Dakota City. 7:30 p.m.—A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 1400 block of 230th Street, rural Gilmore City. The vehicle left, but caller asked that the deputy check the ditch. 7:53 p.m.—Fastway in Ren-wick reported that a maroon Ford SUV left without paying for $55.47 in gas. 6:48 p.m.—A Gilmore City woman requested a deputy for a possible prowler. Nov. 12 8:27 a.m.—An ambulance, Humboldt Fire Department and emergency personnel were called to the Martin Marietta Quarry at 2090 Penn Ave., for a male sub-ject who was pinned underneath a loader. The man was taken to HCMH. No further details were available. 10:20 a.m.—A car/deer ac-cident was reported on Iowa Av-enue, north of Bode.
HCSO investigates accidents
Thursday, November 15, 2012 The Humboldt Independent 11A
Competitive cheerlead-ing requires a number of athletic skills similar to gymnastics. In this photo, Macy Larsen does a heel stretch. Submitted photo.
Members of the Humboldt High School competitive cheerleading team perform in a large group routine at the Triton Challenge recently. Submitted photo.
Members of the Humboldt High School large group competitive cheerleading squad are: front row from left; Lizabeth Gonzalez, Ashlyn Nicholson, Kenzie Shel-gren, Rachel Buss, Tori Hamilton and Macy Larsen. Back row from left: Jocelyn Waterbury, Haley Larson, Kelsy Applegate, Alyssa Carlson, Gloria Beltran, Paxton King, Kyle McBeth, Gunnar Erickson and coach Karin Thiele. Jocelyn has been an alternate on the team and Kyle and Gunnar have split duties. Submitted photo.
By Kent Thompson Humboldt High School completed a fi rst Saturday, Nov. 3. Its fi rst ever state com-petition in competitive cheer-leading in the cheer/dance di-vision. While there has been much debate about whether or not cheerleading is a sport, according to the defi nition of sport by Webster’s New World Dic-tionary, it certainly meets the criteria. “Sport is any recreational ac-tivity…requiring bodily exertion,” says Webster’s. Cheer leading defi nitely meets that defi nition and then some. Bod-ies are moving and there are athletic movements that require strength, agility, balance, coordination, stamina and an overall level of physical fi tness that rivals other sports. Anyone who has tried to toss a 100-pound person in the air and catch that person would realize that it takes some athleticism and skill. It’s not something a person is like-ly going to be able to do well in their fi rst attempt. Cheerleading is very com-parable to gymnastics in the fact that there are fl ips and tumbles and acrobatic rou-tines. Cheerleading also has ele-ments of ice dancing and syn-chronized swimming, which are both Olympic medal sports. Cheerleaders compete, are judged and have to practice and stay in condition to per-form, all elements of any com-petitive recreational activity. So, let’s focus on the Hum-boldt Competitive Cheerlead-ing Squad, how it came to be, and what they have been doing for more than four months. The team is comprised of 11 girls and one boy and begin practicing in earnest in July, “although it’s kind of a year-around activity,” according to Humboldt cheer coach Karin Thiele, who guided the team during its season. “Last spring, several of the girls came to open gym to learn new stunts and to work on their routines,” Thiele said. In July, the group began practicing as a unit, learning choreography and tumbling moves in anticipation of the competitive events. The standard formation for students is a nine-person base for the back and three “fl yers,” girls who are lifted to the top of the formation. The large and small group squads participated at the Tri-ton Challenge in Fort Dodge in late October, and then in the state competition on Nov. 3 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Humboldt’s large group squad fi nished 14 of 15 schools in the Class 3A cheer/dance di-vision. The stunt group A team of Kenzie Shelgren, Rachel Buss, Kelsy Applegate, Alyssa Carl-son and Paxton King placed 24th of 32 teams in their rou-tine. The stunt group B team of Lizabeth Gonzalez, Macy Larsen, Tori Hamilton, Ashlyn Nicholson and Gloria Beltran
were 22nd of 32 teams. The small group teams are a group of fi ve girls during continuous stunts for one min-ute. There are 160 teams in the state and 3A is one of the more diffi cult divisions, Thiele re-ports.
“Last year we participated in the sideline di-vision but there were no stunts, tumbling or dancing, so this is all pretty new to us,” the cheer-leading coach said. “Most of the girls couldn’t tumble and not too many had dance experi-ence, so we start-ed learning those things this past summer,” Thiele said.
Chantel Fridolfson helped some of the members learn their tumbling moves during the summer. Erin Olson, who was a cheerleader at Iowa Central, and Shondel Beaman, the high school wrestling c heerleader coach and a teacher associate at Mease School, have assisted Thiele in coaching the group. Kelsy Applegate is a senior member of the team and is so enamored with the sport that she hopes to pursue cheerlead-ing in college. “I was a football cheer-leader and then I decided to do this, too. You have to have a lot of energy and be strong enough to lift people and do the stunts. It takes a lot of time (to practice). You have to learn how to lift correctly, so you don’t injure yourself,” Apple-gate said. “There is a lot more to it, than people think. There is learning the routine, getting in the right spot and learning the right kicks, jumps and moves,” Applegate said. “I’d like to cheerlead in college, so I hope I can get a scholarship for competitive cheerleading,” the senior said. “I enjoy doing the stunts but don’t like the dance or tumbling much,” said senior Kenzie Shelgren, who has
been involved in cheerleading all three of her years in Hum-boldt, and on the competitive cheer team the past two years. She said it’s not unusual to spend 15-20 hours per week practicing. “It’s as demanding as being out for a sport, and just as ath-letic. I know I go home sore. The only thing I’m not doing is running,” said Shelgren, who has also been active in track and softball. Rachel Buss was a mem-ber of the United All-Stars cheerleading squad out of Fort Dodge for three years and de-cided to join the Humboldt School squad this year. Rachel is a sophomore and is one of the fl yers. “I like fl ying. You have to be smaller and fl exible and it allows you to pull off some ac-robatic moves,” Buss said. Thiele said the routines are judged on diffi culty, form, sharp motions, accuracy and creativity. “The team is pretty confi -dent in its performances and is working toward reaching its goals and someday competing for a fi rst place trophy,” Thiele said. For now, the squad is happy with continual improvements and having a safe and com-plete routine. Thiele said the team hopes to have a local performance in December and to perform dur-ing halftime of a Wildcat bas-ketball game. “As we gain experience and exposure, we hope to get more people interested in becom-ing involved. People with a tumbling or dance background who are looking for an athletic activity, should defi nitely con-sider competitive cheer,” the coach says.
Humboldt competes in State Cheerleading Championships
New sport gets its feet off the ground
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State meet celebration Humboldt High School junior cross country runner Sam Larson was hoisted in the air by teammates and friends after plac-ing seventh in the Class 3A State Championships last month in Fort Dodge. Larson and the rest of the squad were honored at the team banquet last week. Pictured above, from left: Will Pogge, Wildcat mascot, Nick Heider, Larson, ColtonSchnetzer, Karlee Peyton, Alexis Warden, Rex Daisy, Kaitlyn Daisy and Caitlyn Wadsley. Humboldt Independent photo. Visit the Inde-pendent photo site to view or purchase photos at www.humboldtnews.com.
See Cross country, 2B
KaitlynnVought
Wildcat girls named to All-NCC volleyball teamVought 1st team, Lane and Jones 2nd team, Peters 3rd team
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Simms moves into SDSU lineup
Humboldt’s successful 2012 high school volleyball season was evidenced by the selection of four players to the North Central All-Conference team. League coaches released the all-conference team. The Wild-cats, runners-up in the league with a 7-2 match record, 21-9 overall, had a fi rst-team unani-mous pick in senior middle hitter Kaitlynn Vought. Wildcat senior outside hitter Erica Lane was named second-team, along with junior outside hitter April Jones. Junior setter Sarah Peters was chosen third-team. Vought led Humboldt up front with 269 kills as she con-
verted 504 of 591 spikes. Lane was second with 198 kills while Jones made 117. Peters served 266 of 290 with 27 aces. Peters led the squad in assists with 331 and collected 112 digs. Vought served 250 of 274 for
a team-high 39 aces. She also led the squad in blocks with 91 total, which included 50 solos. She had 113 digs. Jones had 36 blocks while Lane had 27. Lane was second on the team in digs with 137.
Humboldt coach Connie Rasmussen, who wrapped up her 13th year as head coach of the Wildcats, had praise for her squad on the season. The junior varsity, coached by Justin McDaniel, tied for the conference crown with Iowa Falls, Garrigan and Algona at 7-2. They were 13-5 overall. The Wildcat freshman squad, coached by Kathi Beach, went 8-1 and tied for second in the NCC. They were 19-6 overall. “Overall, it was a very good season and a very good season for all three clubs, varsity, ju-nior varsity and ninth grade,” Rasmussen said. “When all three clubs can
fi nish second or better in the North Central Conference, that’s saying something about the success we have had this season,” Rasmussen said. Humboldt won their own tournament and later took the Estherville tourney title. The Wildcats saw their season end in the fi rst round of regional play in a match at home with Spencer. Eventual state cham-pion Charles City emerged as the regional champion. “We started out the year and played well in our home tournament. One of our goals was to win conference. I don’t think anybody saw Iowa Falls to become as good as they were this season and win the league,” Rasmussen said. “After we beat Webster City, I thought that was
a good win since they were the defending conference champi-ons.” “Iowa Falls made it to the state tournament and played really well. To end up 7-2 in the conference is nothing to hold your head down about. The girls should be very proud because it is one of our best fi nishes in the conference in the history that I’ve been here,” Rasmussen said. “Looking back, there were some missed opportunities. I felt we should have performed better in the Carroll tourna-ment. But then we had great matches in the Estherville tournament two to three weeks
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The Tri State All-Star Volleyball series will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, at North Iowa Area Community Col-lege in Mason City and a distinct Humboldt flavor will be on hand. Humboldt High seniors Erica Lane and Kaitlynn Vought have been selected to play for the Iowa squad, which will be coached by Wildcat veteran coach Con-nie Rasmussen.
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Team Iowa will play Team Minnesota at 11:30 a.m. Team Wisconsin will play Team Minnesota at 12:40 p.m. with Team Iowa and Team Wisconsin meeting at 1:50 p.m. Admission will be $10 for adults and $5 for students. Concessions will be available. Each athlete will receive a top quality jersey with number and logo, roster t-shirt, printed gym sack and game day program. Other members of Team Iowa include Lake Mills middle hitter Kelci Larson and La ke Mills libero Hallie Erdahl. Middle blocker Kaitlyn Boyd of Denver. Mason City outside hitter Amanda Bennett. North Union libero Cheyanne Boland and North Union setter/hitter Allie In-galls.
By Phil Monson Uncertainty may have existed when the Humboldt High School girl-boy cross country teams began their season three months ago. But there is nothing uncertain about the Wildcats’ future after wrapping up the 2012 season re-cently. The Wildcats saw extensive growth in several areas that are fueling optimism for 2013. That was the message Wildcat head coach Dean Clasen presented at the team banquet held last week (Nov. 6) at the middle school caf-eteria. Clasen, Humboldt’s veteran coach, greeted a squad of newcom-ers when practice began back on Aug. 6. A total of 13 seniors from the 2011 squad had graduated, including five of the top seven runners from both the boys and the girls’ teams, so it was no secret that Humboldt had a number of positions to fi ll
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“Add to those losses an ad-ditional three members of the JV boys team that didn’t return and it was easy to assume that our number of runners would be re-ally low,” Clasen said. “As always seems to happen, we had several upper classmen join the boys team for their fi rst cross country experi-ence and their presence, along with a nice-sized freshman boys class, boosted the boys numbers to 21.
More than we had a year ago.” “The girls’ situation looked pretty grim at the fi rst practice. With just four girls returning from last year’s squad (two of which had been rehabbing injuries) and a lone freshman, it didn’t take a genius to fi gure out that we might have trouble earning a team score in the upcoming season,” Clasen said. “By the end of the fi rst week, the recruiting efforts of the tam were rewarded with the addition of three more girls,” Clasen said. “Yet another girl joined us late in the season to bring the total to nine runners for the girls.” “As the season unfolded, it quickly became evident that all of the girls would be needed to insure having a scoring team. A variety of injuries, most of them chronic, sidelined several of the girls for multiple meets which impeded the progress of the team,” Clasen
said. “The boys, on the other hand, remained pretty healthy throughout the season. There were a couple of JV runners who missed meets but those who ran varsity remained healthy enough to run in nearly all of the meets.” The Wildcat varsity girls were hampered by the absence of junior Karlee Peyton, who sat out much of the season with a stress fracture discovered in one of her feet in late August. Peyton didn’t return until the conference meet in Algona on Oct. 9. The newcomers came along and saw growth in helping the girls and boys squads compete. The boys fi nished fi fth and the girls were seventh in the conference meet scoring. While the girls saw their three-year reign as NCC champion end optimism prevailed as Clasen
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Area high school wrestling standout Brance Simms has stepped right into the starting lineup for the South Dakota State University squad this season. Simms, of Gilmore City and a 2012 graduate of Hum-boldt High School, is holding the 133-pound spot in the Jackrabbit lineup. Simms helped usher in the debut of fi rst-year head coach Chris Bono, whose squad went 2-1 in the Huskie Duals last weekend. Simms is now 7-3 on the season, including a 56-sec-ond pin over Indiana’s Quin-ton Murphy in SDSU’s 19-18 victory over the Hoosiers. Murphy was a four-time state champion in New York state and was the state’s all-time leader in wins. SDSU lost 26-12 to Northern Illinois but Simms won a 5-1 decision over Thorian Twyner. SDSU also defeated Tiffin University and Simms lost in sudden death overtime to Michael Screptock, 4-3. “The win over Indiana was great for our program,” said Bono, who is working to put
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Corn Belt Conference co-champion West Bend-Mallard/Gilmore City-Bradgate was rep-resented with four players on the post-season volleyball team. The Wolverines, who compiled an overall match record of 29-5 overall, fi nished 4-1 in the league and ended up tied with Harris-Lake Park and North Union for league honors. Wolverines named to the fi rst-team unit in-clude Kayla Banwart, Courtney Bargmann and McKenzie Grimm, all seniors. Senior Heather Fehr was chosen second-team honors. Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne High senior hitter Sadie Poldervaart was voted second-team hon-ors. The Wolverines advanced to a regional fi nal before losing to No. 4 Janesville for a state tournament berth. Grimm led the Wolverines in attacks with 265 kills. Fehr had 153 kills and Bargmann 53. Bargmann directed the WBM/GCB offense and collected a whopping 708 assists. She also led the squad in blocks with 95, including 17solo. Bargmann had 77 digs and served 265 of 286 with 42 aces. Grimm served 281 of 324 with a team-high 66 aces. She also had 168 digs and 93 blocks. Fehr made 33 blocks, including two solos. She had 59 digs and 153 kills. Fehr also served 311 of 348 with 51 aces. Banwart was a back row libero specialist for
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Humboldt’s Ashley Ped-ersen has closed out a successful career on the Central College volleyball team. Pedersen, a senior hitter for the Dutch and a 2009 graduate of Humboldt High School, had two kills and three blocks in Cen-tral’s 3-1 loss to Dubuque in the Iowa Conference meet held on Oct. 30.
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The loss ended Central’s season with an overall match record of 9-20, 2-5 in conference play. On the season, Pedersen had 175 kills, second on the team. She had 27 ace serves, 61 digs and 51 blocks. Central tuned up for the tournament by com-peting in a tournament in Bloomington, IL, on Oct. 27 and lost 3-0 to Carthage (WI) and 3-0 to Illinois Wesleyan. Pedersen had eight kills against Wesleyan and four against Carthage.
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TaylorWeydert sets up the ball for a teammate in Humboldt’s 4A regional tournament loss to Spencer on Oct. 22 in Humboldt. Humboldt Independent photo.
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The Dakota City Demolition Crew hosted the Eastern Iowa Outlaws (Dubuque) on Nov. 3 in Rolfe and came up on the short end of a 181-147 score. The local squad, with just six skaters, took on EIO’s bench of 10 deep and battled the visitors from start to fi nish. DCDC trailed just 71-69 at halftime. DC/DC’s Jammer McNothing earned Most Valuable Player honors while blocker MizzChiff also earned MVP honors. DC/DC skaters on the night included McNothing (Jenny Randleman), Havoc (Jessica Schade, team co-captain), MizzChiff (Domino Brundage), Livid Red GRRL (Heather Kimbrough, vice president), Iron Hyde (Charity Thilges), Pale Burnhardt (Lauren Walter, captain) and coach El SuperBeasto (Eric Schade). “We are gaining quite a reputation for taking on teams twice our size with just a bench of 6-9 skaters and are doing remarkable well due to our teamwork and endurance levels,” Havoc said. DC/DC will close the 2012 season on Dec. 15 when they travel to Rock Island, IL, and play Farmfresh Roller Girls.
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Members of the Dakota City Demolition Crew and their op-ponent from Dubuque pose for the camera after their match
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the Wolverines. She served 345 of 365 with 39 aces. She had a team-high 263 digs. Poldervaart played 63 sets for CWL and led the squad with 73 kills, converting 182 of 242 spikes. She also served 131 of 155 with 28 aces. She also made 81 digs and 13 blocks.
SDSU’s Division I-A program on the map after a successful stint at Middle Tennessee. “Brance stepped up and got a fall to help us clinch the dual. The win is defi nitely something we can build on,” Bono said. Simms went 5-2 to fi nish fourth in the Daktronics Open on Nov. 4. Simms and the Jackrabbits will travel to Nebraska on Nov. 18 to face the Huskers and North Carolina in dual action.
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First Team: Kayla Banwart, WBM/GCB, senior. Courtney Bargmann, WBM/GCB, senior. McKenzie Grimm, WBM/GCB, senior. Miranda Brueggeman, H-LP, junior. Macy Gunderson, H-LP, junior. Collete Haag, North Union, senior. Noreen Morrow, H-LP, junior. Aurora Oli-ver, North Union, junior. Stevie Jo Scott, Clay Central-Everly, senior. Second Team: Heather Fehr,WBM/GCB, senior. Sadie Poldervaart, CWL, senior. Marly Bakken, GT/RA, junior. Cheyanne Boland, North Union, senior. Madison Bollig, North Union, junior. Heather Busch, senior. Mariah Gath, H-LP, senior. Alyssa Hoffman, GT/RA, senior. Allie Ingalls, North Union, senior. Emily Jobst, CCE, senior.
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Bowling league results at Sundance Lanes in Humboldt.
IVY women Nov. 6 Won LostKey West Metal ...............158 142Miller Freightlines .........151.5 118.5Busy Bee Girls .................146 154Detrick Electric .................145 125EZ Trim ............................136 164Humboldt Offi ce Supply 103.5 136.5 Gloria Peterson 194, Linda Illg 515
LUCKY STRIKERS women Nov. 8 Won LostEasy Livin Lawn Care ...181.5 118.5Split Happens ..................168 162Personali-Tees .................165 135NW Flooring.....................164 136Vinsand Brothers ..........157.5 172.5Coca Cola ........................155 175AmerExpress Travel .....151.5 148.5Doll Depot .....................148.5 151.5Trinkets .........................121.5 178.5Busy Bee ...................... 117.5 152.5 Pam Cameron 214-575
COMMERCIAL men Nov. 7 Won LostMeier................................212 118Wagner Truck & Auto .......181 149Lange Racing ..................151 149Crossley Construction .....159 171Sundance Coin .............133.5 166.5Sturtz Racing ................123.5 206.5 Marc Pedersen 241-675
HAWKEYE men Nov. 8 Won LostWacky GPK Shop .........218.5 141.5The 3 X’s ......................207.5 152.5Jeffers Wood ................202.5 157.5Sit N Bull .......................198.5 161.5
Bowling league resultsGolden Light ....................181 179Maxx Tree Service ........180.5 149.5JD Metal ..........................171 189Seiler Appliance ............150.5 179.5Road Kill ..........................141 219Adams Knight & Assoc .... 119 241 Matt Dominick 259-683
FOUR LINER women Nov. 9 Won LostSundance Coin ................182 88BC Girls ........................149.5 120.5Fantasy Flesh ..................139 131AnderCo ..........................137 133House Cats ......................109 161Curves ............................93.5 176.5 Marlys Nesbitt 152-411
RECREATION men Nov. 7 Won LostSturtz Racing ................145.5 124.5Corey’s Team ................144.5 125.5Dryroom Drunks ...........143.5 126.5Reese’s Pieces ................143 127WWE Fanatics .................135 135Trupke Electric .................134 136Sundance Coin .............126.5 143.5Hormel Foods ..................108 162 Marc Pedersen 233-642
MAJOR men Nov. 5 Won LostLike a Boss ......................144 96EasyLivinLawnCare ......154.5 145.5Clay Construction ............153 147AfterLife Lounge ..............150 150Wacky GPK Shop .........149.5 150.5Algona Bowlers................149 151National Guard .............133.5 136.5Worthington Insurance ....132 138Sundance Coin ................141 159Foertsch Plumb & Heat 133.5 166.5 Dan Foertsch 265-744
Humboldt’s Matt Zittritsch, a freshman on the University of Dubuque men’s cross country team, competed in several meets for the varsity squad in the 2012 season. Zittritsch placed 159th overall in the NCAA Division III Regional held Nov. 10 in Northfi eld, MN. Zittritsch ran the 8-kilometer course in 39:09.4. In the Iowa Conference meet on Oct. 27 in Cedar Rapids, Zittritsch fi nished 54th in 29:41.2. Zittritsch is a 2012 graduate of Humboldt High School.
Rutz goes 2-2 at ISU Open Humboldt’s Tre’ Rutz, a second-year member of the Grand View University wrestling team in Des Moines, went 2-2 last Saturday (Nov. 10) in Nichols Invitational ISU Open in Ames. Rutz, competing at 141 pounds, pinned O’Darius Williamson (2:20) and won 7-4 over Matt Leibforth (St. Cloud State). He lost 6-4 to UNI’s Gunnar Wolfensperger (placed sixth) and 11-5 to Steve Rodriguez (Illinois). Rodriguez placed fi fth in the tourna-ment. “Tre’ is off to a good start this year,” Grand View head coach Nick Mitchell said. “He competed at 149 during his redshirt year and this season he has made the commitment to be at 141, which is a better weight for him.” “He put in a lot of time this summer and has improved a ton as a result,” Mitchell said. “Last year he may have given some older guys or some guys who were supposed to be good a little too much credit and he’s changed that. He has a different approach this year and because of that, he’s already a guy we’re talking about who could be a difference maker for us in March.” Grand View wrestles at Coe College in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 17.
Kluender on Wartburg CC squad Humboldt’s Nathan Kluender, a freshmen on the Wartburg College men’s cross country team, closed out his fi rst year run-ning for the Knights. Wartburg fi nished sixth as a team in the NCAA Division III Regional held Nov. 10 in Northfi eld, MN. The Knights were fourth in the Iowa Conference meet held on Oct. 27 in Cedar Rapids. Kluender ran 110th in the race with a time of 29:18.8. Kluender also ran in the Drews Invitational at LaCrosse, WI, on Oct. 13, and fi nished 23rd in 29:52.3. In the Dan Huston Invitational on Oct. 6 in Waverly, Kluender ran 72nd in 29:08. Wartburg had an alumni team that ran, which included Humboldt native Jon Stover. Stover ran 28th in 26:38.
Austin Flick, a junior on the Humboldt High School boys’ cross country team this past season, is shown here compet-ing for the Wildcats during a meet early in the 2012 season. Humboldt Independent photo.
H u m b o l d t H i g h j u n i o r r u n n e r B e n Madison, shown here competing during the 2012 season, is among several newcom-ers who contrib-uted in the re-cent campaign. Humboldt Inde-pendent photo.
Damian Warden is shown here competing for the Wildcat cross country team during the 2012 regular season. Humboldt Independent photo.
later,” Rasmussen said. “It was disappointing that we didn’t win our regional tournament opener over Spencer. That was hard because we wanted to play in the regional fi nal in our home gym.” “But none of it was from a lack of effort. Sometimes it isn’t in the cards to meet every goal you set out to do,” Ras-mussen said. “But again, as we look back, overall it was a very successful season.” Rasmussen has compiled a career won-loss record of 261-169-10 at Humboldt. Other top finishes in her tenure at Humboldt include runner-up in 2008, runner-up in 2005 and fi rst in 2007. The Wildcats bid farewell to a senior class of nine athletes who have played an integral part of recent success. The class includes Bri Carda, Jenny Halv-erson, Christina Jensen, Caitlin Kohlhaas, Anna Tecklenburg, Taylor Weydert, Kinzie Wright, Lane and Vought. “Nine seniors is a lot of seniors. In the last few years I’ve had some larger groups, but this is a testament to them to stay with it, put in the time during the off-season and a few of them knowing they probably weren’t going to get a lot of playing time. It meant a lot to all of them to be part of the team. They were great leaders in practice. They will be missed. Each brought some-thing unique to the team and they did work well together,” Rasmussen said. “I credit those girls for stick-ing it out. Having nine seniors is a big number. I’m proud they enjoyed volleyball and wanted to be a part of that team aspect. We try to do fun things during the season besides just playing matches. To me it’s more about what they learn being together with each other, what it’s like being part of a team and you might have to sacrifi ce and a lot of those did sacrifice for this team to be successful,” Rasmussen said. “They should all be proud of what they accomplished this year,” Rasmussen said. “We have always had re-spectable teams, even if we did fi nish in the middle of the pack in the conference. The NCC is a strong volleyball conference,” Rasmussen said. “7-2 is a really good fi nish and I’m proud of that and the girls should be proud of it. We always want to compete and be in the race for the conference title every year,” Rasmussen said. “We put ourselves into po-sition and the girls are already talking about the off-season preparation for next season.” “The freshmen went 8-1 in the NCC and the JV were 7-2. Those are very, very good seasons. Those girls got a lot of playing time and gained ex-perience. The sophomores and juniors will be looked upon to
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First Team: Kaitlynn Vought,* Hum-boldt, senior middle hitter. Harli Janes,* Iowa Falls, senior middle hitter. Ali Grein,* Algona, junior middle hitter. Kaylee Schnathorst,* Webster City, junior outside hitter. Lindsay Barnhart, Iowa Falls, senior setter. Carly Ouver-son, Clear Lake, senior setter. Jamie Peterson, Iowa Falls, senior outside hitter. Kaitlyn Pitzen, Clear Lake, se-nior middle hitter. Kylie Gerstein, Iowa Falls, junior outside hitter. Jossie Sann, Clarion-Goldfi eld, junior middle hitter. *Unanimous selection. Second Team: Erica Lane, Hum-boldt, senior outside hitter. April Jones, Humboldt, junior middle hitter. Hannah Lentsch, FD St. Edmond, senior middle hitter. Macoy Rohrer, Clarion-Goldfi eld, senior libero. Stephanie Steiner, Clarion-Goldfi eld, senior setter. Jenna Peterson, Clear Lake, senior outside hitter. JEssi Timm, Iowa Falls, senior right hitter. Mor-gan Gourley, Webster City, junior outside hitter/libero. Tatum Meyer, Algona, junior middle hitter. Kelsey Redmond, Iowa Falls, sophomore middle hitter. Third Team: Sarah Peters, Hum-boldt, junior setter. Taryn Barz, Hampton-Dumont, senior setter/middle hitter. Claire Crimmins, FD St. Edmond, senior outside hitter. Chelsi Lanus, Bishop Garrigan, senior middle hitter. Riley Quintus, Eagle Grove, senior outside hit-ter. Rachel Teague, Algona, senior right hitter. Alli Huss, FD St. Edmond, junior middle hitter. Ashley Price, Webster City, junior setter. Sophia Wibholm, Iowa Falls, junior libero. Hope Polzin, Clarion-Goldfi eld, sophomore dig specialist.
Humboldt Statistics Sets: Kaitlynn Vought 83, Erica Lane 80, April Jones 83, Kinzie Wright 76, Jenny Halverson 77, Christina Jensen 83, Caitlin Kohlhaas 64, Lindsey Johnson 18, Sarah Peters 83, Taylor Weydert 83, Maggy Duffi eld 2, Anna Tecklenburg 8, Brittney Nilles 71, Bri Carda 7, Chelsea McLimans 2, Maddie Thomas 12.. Attacks: Vought 504-591 (269 kills), Lane 530-601 (198), Jones 273-316, (117), Kinzie Wright 309-372 (100), Jenny Halverson 131-163 (63), Jensen 99-112 (27), Kohlhaas 74-100 (23), Johnson 37-45 (19), Peters 53-64 (9), Weydert 20-21 (4), Duffield 3-4 (3), Tecklenburg 8-11 (1), Nilles 7-8, Carda 0-1, McLimans 2-2, Thomas 1-1. Assists: Peters 331, Weydert 206, Jensen 108, Halverson 21, Vought 10, Wright 8, Nilles 8, Lane 5, Tecklenburg 5, Kohlhaas 4, Johnson 3, Jones 2, Thomas 1. Digs: Nilles 216, Wright 186, Lane 137, Weydert 126, Vought 113, Peters 112, Kohlhaas 87, Jensen 34, Halverson 29, Johnson 25, Jones 22, Thomas 13, Carda 5, McLimans 4, Tecklenburg 1. Blocks (assist-solo): Vought 41-50, Jones 21-15, Lane 19-8, Jensen 16-4, Halverson 13-6, Wright 7-3, Johnson 3-3, Kohlhaas 1-2, Nilles 1-0. Serving: Peters 266-290 (27 aces), Weydert 256-275 (18), Wright 254-285 (26), Vought 250-274 (39), Nilles 244-258 (17), Lane 181-195 (15), Johnson 35-38 (5), Thomas 31-34, McLimans 5-5, Carda 2-2, Jones 3-3, Jensen 3-3 (1). Season best records in 2012 Serving percentage: Brittney Nilles, 94.6 percent. Ace serves: Kaitlynn Vought, 39. Serve reception: Vought 70 percent. Kill effi ciency: Vought .308 percent. Kills: Vought 269. Blocks: Vought 50 solos, 41 assists. Digs: Nilles 232. Assists: Peters 331. Seniors: Bri Carda, Jenny Halverson, Christina Jensen, Caitlin Kohlhaas, Erica Lane, Anna Tecklenburg,Kaitlynn Vought, Taylor Weydert and Kinzie Wright. Juniors: April Jones, Lindsey John-son, Chelsea McLimans, Brittney Nilles, Sarah Peters, Maddie Thomas, Katie Zabel. Sophomores: Maggy Duffield, Emma Bennett, Megan Bormann, Megan Kramer, Tara Larson, Amaris Runia, Savannah Schnetzer, Cassie Shimon and Vanessa Skow. Freshmen: Vanessa Davis, Hannah Friesth, Autumn Hauser, Emily Hughes, Talyn Larsen, Kaitlyn Larson, Kenzie Ross, Morgan Weydert. Statisticians: Chase Nokleby, Ashlyn Nicholson.
Name: Ashley EdgeActivities: FFA, Cat Chron-icles Parents: Jay and Michelle EdgeWhat is your pet peeve? People who are never on timeIf you could have any su-per power, what would it be and why? I would want the power to control every-thing, because i hate when stuff does not go my way.What is your favorite quote? “Advise is what we ask for when we know the answer but we are hoping someone will tell us what we want to hear instead of what we know.”If you could eat dinner with three people, who would they be? Hunter Hayes, My Great Grandma larson, Channing TatumWhere do you see your-self in ten years? Working
Name: Brady McCulloughParents: Brian and Christy McCullough.If you had one day left in your life, what would you accomplish? Spend the day with my grandma.What is your pet peeve? When people call their truck a car.If you could have any su-per power, what would it be and why? Super strength because I could do pretty much anything.What is your favorite quote? Go hard or go home.If you could eat dinner with three people, who would they be? Justin Moore, Jason Aldean, and Eric Church.What is your favorite song? Take a Ride by Jason AldeanFuture Plans: Go to col-lege at Iowa Central for construction and work.
Name: Ben JacobsonActivities: Jets, Football, Baseball, Basketball, and TrackParents: Mike and Ramo-na JacobsonIf you had to eat one food for the rest on your life what would it be? Spaghetti and MeatballsIf you could eat dinner with three people, who would they be? Babe Ruth, Peyton Manning, and Nolan RyanIf you could live any-where, where would it be and why? Florida, it’s warm year-round and you get to live near the oceanWhere do you see your-self in ten years? In the mirrorWhat is your strangest talent/hobby? Dancing and SingingFuture Plans: Attend College
Name: Tea FarmerParents: Wendy Trosdahl
What advice do you give to the underclassmen? Don’t care what others thinkIf you were stranded on an island, what is one thing you would want most? My best friendIf you were an animal, what would you be and why? An owl, becasue they are awesomeWhat is your pet peeve? People ComplainingWhat is your favorite quote? “Peace begins with a smile.” -Mother Teresa
-swer to one question, what would it be? What is the meaning of life?Where do you see yourself in ten years? TravelingFuture Plans: Live life to the fullest
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with bracelets, messing with necklaces, or digging in a purse. Keeping the interview on a good path is mak-ing sure that your resume shows how organized and professional you are. When an employer is read-ing through a resume they should be able to read the resume with ease. The re-sume should be one page, clean, not cluttered, and have enough information to leave the employer with no questions about recent jobs, but only leave them to ask you how hard of a worker you truly are. While you are in the in-terview you should always have your portfolio on hand. In this portfolio you should have many things such as, Table of Con-tents, Traditional Resume, Skills and Abilities, Three Letters of Recommenda-tion, Awards and Honors, Degrees, and Transcripts. While not everyone will have all of these docu-ments, reasons to have them are to distinguish yourself from the other ap-plicants, turn the interview
into an offer, prove the abili-ties and records in your re-sume, and help the employer
for you. While in the interview, the employer likes to know that you are paying attention at all times. There are many ways to do this while eye contact may be one of the most important. While an employer is talking to you, you should have eye contact, arms uncrossed, for ladies ankles crossed not knees, hands out of pockets, and a slight lean forward towards the employer. When doing this, the employer will be able to tell that you are pay-ing attention and interested in everything they are say-ing. After being asked a ques-tion in the interview it is not a race to answer the ques-
talk slow, and show them how calm and collected you are. Answer the questions in a positive and collected order while using facts that the employer mentioned be-fore to prove how well you were listening. During the interview the employer is looking for someone who
job well, handle on the spot questions, and someone who has done their research. The best thing to do be-fore an interview is research. You do not have to know ev-ery detail about everything that happens, but rather be able to impress the employ-er on that you know what is happening with the business and how you would be able a positive addition to the team. At the end of an interview it is always good to leave them with a positive image of you in their head. The simplest yet most important
handshake. Even though the interview may have went great many of the employers put a huge deal of the deci-sion the last hand shake. While there are many parts to an interview and much to get ready for, the best thing that you can do is practice. Although you are always able to sit down with friends or family and ask questions, the greatest practice is to go in for a formal interview at another business. Although your interview may have went well but were not able get the job, always be pre-pared for the next. While going through the interview process may be long and exhausting, it will pay off in the end. You just need to keep your head up high and be ready to get them in the next interview.
ple may enjoy is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The adventure follows the char-acter Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost kingdom, which was long ago conquered by the dragon known as Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). Approached out of the blue by the wiz-ard Gandalf the Grey (Ian
-self joining a company of 13 dwarves led by a warrior known as Thorin (Richard Armitage). Of course, those movies aren’t the only releases com-ing out soon. There are many other movies people might enjoy. This is just giving a little preview of some of the movies that will be coming out in the near future.
Living without a real home, a real bed, and a real job creates new struggles each and every day, and when one might think that this problem is not relevant to the small state of Iowa, it is. Over 17,900 homeless people inhabit the state of Iowa. November 10-18th is National Homelessness Awareness Week, and Hum-boldt High School is plan-ning on participating in an impactful way. The senior students enrolled in Mrs. Brenda Rush’s Economics class right now are discuss-ing the topic of homeless-ness around the nation and in Iowa. Mrs. Rush decided to discard the normal essay option for the closure of this unit, but instead, create a project that will impact and inform more than just the individual. The students are planning on making the community aware of the problems that homelessness causes by creating a “Tent City” on the Humboldt High School grounds to display the types of environments that homeless people live in. The students will be dis-
playing the correct propor-tion of each population of homeless people including but not limited to veterans, children,unaccompanied
domestic abuse. Each dis-play will have props, signs, quotes, and symbols that re-late them to a population of homeless people that they represent. But this is not the only thing that HHS will be do-ing to create awareness for homelessness. Each stu-dent had the choice to par-ticipate in one other event that involved working with people in the community and school. One option that students could choose is to give tours of the tents displayed on the lawn of HHS. The students will be responsible for inviting the public and leading them through the city. Each tent
and each group is to make a brochure guide for the tour-ists to follow. Another event that HHS is creating is an “Eat or Starve” program one day at lunch. Students in the high school may volunteer to be a part of the program, in which they will draw a card. Each card will be color-coded representing either upper class citizens (receiving more than av-
erage food), middle class citizens (receiving an aver-age serving), or lower class citizens (receiving a small portion of food). This event will hopefully teach the stu-dent body to be aware that others may not be as fortu-nate as themselves. One of the groups is in charge of student body education, awareness, and publicity. The last group was a small group of stu-dents who were in charge of advocating the subject to
county, state, or federal levels about the problems of homelessness in today’s society. As students, we believe that this is a problem worth taking the time to study and educate others, especially when it is happening in our communities. Mrs. Rush created this project in hopes that the senior class would strive to make a difference, and although this project is just underway, students are really excited for the out-come. To kick off the week on Monday, HHS is hav-ing a school wide assembly with guest speakers from the Beacon of Hope Men’s Shelter in Fort Dodge, Iowa. This should get the student body excited about stepping up and making a difference.
Gilmore City SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m., coffee fellowship; 10:30 a.m., wor-ship.
SACRED HEARTCATHOLIC CHURCH
Father Jim TIggesLivermore
SUNDAY: 10:30 a.m., Mass.
IMMANUELLUTHERAN
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Rev. Michael BotsfordDeacon Steve Struecker
Livermore SUNDAY: 8:15 a.m., wor-ship; Sunday school to follow.
ST. JOSEPH’SCATHOLIC CHURCHFather Victor Ramaeker
St. Joe SUNDAY: 8-8:45 a.m., rec-onciliation; 9:00 a.m., Mass, 1st 3rd and 5th weekend of the month. SATURDAY: 4-4:45 p.m., reconciliation; 5:00 p.m., Mass, 2nd and 4th weekend of the month.
SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m., Sunday School and confi rmation; 10:30 a.m., worship. WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m., Bible study and prayer.
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Goldfi eld THURSDAY, Nov. 15: 9:15 a.m., TOPS meeting, Rose Room, new members always welcome; 6 p.m., Support and Recovery, at Crossroads Min-istries. SATURDAY, Nov. 17: 4:30 p.m., community Thanks-giving worship at Goldfi eld School building, followed by free community Thanksgiving meal until 7 p.m. (or when the food is gone. SUNDAY, Nov. 18: 9:15 a.m., Sunday school for all ages; 9:45 a.m., choir practice, east basement; 10:30 a.m., worship; 11:30 a.m., fellow-ship coffee. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 21: 9:15 a.m., TOPS, weigh-in only; Thanksgiving vacation, NO After-school Story Time.
The regular meeting of the Humboldt United Methodist Women met at Faith United Methodist Church Nov. 1. After lunch, Sandy Strachan asked the group to discuss questions about the many ways they serve others and intentionally or un-intentionally “witness” to others about their faith. Those ques-tions generated a lot of discussion at each table.
Did we catch you serving?
Mark Cirks of Gilmore City will graduate from the College of Chiropractic at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN, on Friday, Nov. 16. He was recently named to Northwestern’s College of Chiropractic Dean’s List. Cirks and his wife, Stacy, have two children. Cyler is 5 years old and Ryah is 1 year old. He is the son of Dave and Patti Cirks of Gilmore City.
Cirks named to Dean's List
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7 O’Clock Kiwanis, every Monday, Family Table, 7 a.m.Alanon Humboldt Meeting, Congregational UCC of Humboldt Church, 111 N. Taft St.,
(south door), Monday Evenings, 7:00-8:00 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous, every Monday evening, 8:00 p.m. at St. John's Parish
Center, Gilmore City.Alcoholics Anonymous, every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. at Humboldt County
Courthouse, Dakota City. Contact Number: 890-9136 or 332-1148, leave message if no answer.
Alzheimers Support Group, fi rst Tuesday, 10:00 a.m., North Care Center, Humboldt.American Legion Auxiliary, second Monday, City Hall, Dakota City, 2:00 p.m.American Legion Post 119, fi rst Monday, Legion Bldg., 7 p.m.Baptist Rebecca Circle, second Wednesday.Business & Professional Women, fourth Wednesday, dinner, Vinny's BBQ, 5:15 p.m.Care Center Family Group, third Monday, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 7:00 p.m.
– September-November and January-JuneCo-City Bus Board, fi rst Monday, 7 a.m.Compassionate Friends of North Central Iowa, second Monday, Algona Library,
7:30 p.m. (use west door).Congregational UCC Women's Fellowship, fi rst Thursday, 12:30 p.m.Congregational UCC Women’s Fellowship Circles, third Thursday.Dakota City Worth While Club, second Tuesday, Dakota City, 1:30 p.m.Des Moines River Restoration Committee, third Thursday each month, 6:30 pm. at
Municipal Building in Dakota City.Eastern Star Masonic Lodge No. 195, fi rst Tuesday, Masonic Temple, 7:00 p.m.Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Awareness Meetings, second Thursday of each
month, back room of Curves, 1:30 p.m. - questions? call Jodi at 332-1905Fort Dodge Chapter of Compassionate Friends, second and fourth Tuesday, First
United Methodist Church offi ce bldg., 1002 1st Ave. N., Fort Dodge, 7:30 p.m.Fort Dodge Singles Dance, fi rst Friday of each month, Eagles Ballroom, 8 p.m.-12
a.m.Friendly Visitors of Humboldt County, Staff Meeting, 1st Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. at
Phase 1 Humboldt Homes. Board Meeting: 2nd Wednesday, 8 a.m. at Phase 1 Humboldt Homes.
Honey Bee Quilters, fi rst Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.
Humboldt Chapter No. 147 Order of the Eastern Star, second Monday, Masonic Temple, 7:00 p.m.
Humboldt Chapter of the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society, fi rst Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Junior High School media center.
Humboldt County Fair Board, meets at the fairgrounds the fi rst Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Humboldt County Genealogical Society, fi rst Wednesday, library, 1:30 p.m.Humboldt County Historical Association, fi rst Monday, Clancy Building, Humboldt
County Museum, 7:30 p.m.Humboldt County Humane Society, second Wednesday, Pasquale’s, 7 p.m.Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Board, second Monday, Sun Room,
Hospital.Humboldt Garden Club, fourth Tuesday.Humboldt Historical Preservation Commission, fi rst Tuesday, Humboldt City Hall,
1:00 p.m.Humboldt Rifl e and Pistol Club, second Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Humboldt Rotary Club, Tuesdays, noon, Miller’s Landing.Humboldt Women’s Club, fi rst Thursday at 7 p.m. (except September and November),
Faith United Methodist Church.Jaycees, second and fourth Tuesday each month, 7 p.m., Lomitas.Just For Me, every Wednesday, Faith United Methodist Church, Gilmore City, 7:30
p.m. Exercise video, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 6:45 p.m. Free country line dancing, Sundays, 6:30 p.m.
Kiwanis Aktion Club, second and fourth Tuesday, 5:15 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church.
Lions Club, fi rst and third Tuesday of every month at Vinny's in Dakota City, 6:00 p.m.LUV Iowa, second Monday, Vinny's in Dakota City, 7 p.m. Methodist UMW Circles, third Thursday.Methodist UMW General Meeting, fi rst Thursday.Noon Kiwanis, every Monday, Vinny's BBQ, noon.OxBow Chapter of Izaak Walton, second Wednesday, OxBow Shelter House, noonRoyal Neighbors, fi rst Tuesday, noonThree Rivers Trail Council, 2nd Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., OxBow Lodge.VFW and VFW Auxiliary 5240 Sing-A-Long, fourth Thursday, North and South Care
Centers, 6:15 p.m.VFW and VFW Auxiliary 5240, third Wednesday, VFW Hall, Dakota City, 7:00 p.m.We Weavers Club, third Tuesday.Weight Watchers, every Tuesday, Senior Citizens Center, Weigh-in 9:00 a.m., meeting
9:30 a.m.; Weigh-in 5:30 p.m., meeting 6:00 p.m.Women's Connection, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., nonprofi t group.Zion Lutheran, Humboldt LWML, second Thursday, Day Circle at 9:30 a.m., Evening
Circle at 7:00 p.m.
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By Kirk HundertmarkHARRY’S HEATING AND
COOLING HAS NEWOWNER
John Klein of Bode has pur-chased the Harry’s Heating and Cooling business on Main Street in Livermore from Den-nis Stalzer as of July 1. Over the years Harry’s Heating and Cooling in Liver-more, has steadily grown to be one of the most respected and well known heating, air condi-tioning and service contractors serving the needs of residential and light commercial custom-ers in the Humboldt County area. Harry Stalzer was a W and H Co-op Service technician and worked his way up to Service Manager and was em-ployed by W and H from 1969 to 1977, at which time he and his son Dennis opened their own business, Harry’s Refrig-eration Service working out of his garage specializing in com-mercial refrigeration, Heating and Cooling. In 1979, they put up a brand new building at its current location and moved their business to Main Street of Livermore, where they also started offering plumbing, electrical and appliance ser-vice. Harry passed away on Dec. 1, 1998, at which time his son, Dennis, took over and changed the name to Harry’s Heating and Cooling. John Klein of Bode has pur-chased the Harry’s Heating and Cooling business on Main Street in Livermore from Den-nis Stalzer as of July 1. Klein started with Harry’s Heating and Cooling on June 5, 1991, as a service tech/installer. “All of the current staff is staying with him,” Klein says. The current employees are, Lisa Satern, offi ce reception-ist, Dale Stalzer, service tech-nician, Mike Crahan, installer, and Dennis Stalzer, who will stay on as a service and install-er technician. “They are committed to providing his customers with
more where she opened Gay-le’s Beauty Salon in 1972 in the old barn, which had been “The Barnett” a restaurant. In 1975, she moved her beauty salon to the basement of her home. Left to cherish Gayle’s
memory is her husband of 38 years, Dick Foth and two daughters.
CITY OF LIVERMORE WELCOMES
NEWCOMERS TO
LIVERMORE The Mayor of Livermore, Robert Connor, welcomes the following new citizens to Livermore; Kelly and Deanna Frock, John Smith, and Justin and Jennifer Collins and fam-
ily.The City of Livermore
maintains its small town charm with many parks and swimming pool, and short commuting time to Algona and Humboldt.
Livermore News
John Klein
honest, dependable service you can rely on, and treating his customers exactly how we would want to be treated-with fairness and respect,” Klein says. He also says that business has been really good and would really like to expand the business and see about put-ting another work truck on the road.
LIVERMORE AMERICAN LEGION HONORSVETERANS FORVETERANS DAY
Last Sunday, on Veterans Day Nov. 11, the Livermore American Legion Otto Field Post 415 honored their veter-ans with Certifi cates of Honor and Appreciation for their ser-vice to the United States. Vet-erans Day is a day for America to remember her military ser-vice members. Spotlight on local veterans was shown by handing out “Certifi cates of Honor” that were presented to all of the Legion members. A special certifi cate was given to Kenny Underberg for his 60 years of service with the color guard and also to Dennis Behounek, Lyle Nelson, Kenny Bormann, Eugene and Irvin Mertz for putting out fl ags on Memorial Day for Livermore and St. Joe.
ZEIMETS ATTEND GRANDSON’S SOCCER GAME IN KANSAS CITY
Ron and Mavis Zeimet of rural Livermore went to watch their grandson, Andy, play soccer in the State Tour-naments. The Bishop Miege High School soccer team won their semifi nals, Friday night, Nov. 2, 4 to 1. They played for the state championship at the Hummer Sports complex in Kansas City on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Topeka, which they won the Class 5A soccer high school championship game, 3 to 1, against Liberal Kan-sas High School. They also watched one of Zoey’s games Saturday morning.
LIVERMORE LOSES LONG TIME RESIDENT
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Last Sunday at the Liver-more American Legion pan-cake breakfast, the Livermore American Legion Ladies Aux-iliary had displayed a fl ower that was given in memory of Gayle Foth of Livermore who passed away on Wednes-day, Nov. 7. Gayle had been a longtime resident of Liver-
The Humboldt-Dakota City Noon Kiwanis Club do-nated $150 to the Humboldt Academic Boosters. Joni Torkelson (left), secretary of the Academic Boosters, is shown accepting the check from Donnie Wind, a Noon Kiwanis member. Submitted photo.
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SESSION 1 - 7-8 P.M. 1. Born Free Motorcoach - matching cap (or visor) & jacket ....................................... $64 2. Bank Iowa - $50 U.S. Series EE savings bond ......................................................... $25 3. Floral Creations - gift certifi cate ............................................................................... $40 4. Fireside Restaurant - gift certifi cate ......................................................................... $25 5. Fridley Theatres - 7 certifi cates for buy one get one free theatre admission ........... $28 6. Humboldt Engraving & Gifts - gift certifi cate............................................................ $25 7. Humboldt Auto Wash - 5 car wash tokens ............................................................... $25 8. Worthington Insurance & Real Estate - 2 boxes of 15 golf balls .............................. $44 9. Kirk Whittlesey - complete eye exam ....................................................................... $8010. West Fork Services - four 12 oz. bags assorted coffees, 2 packets of baked goods
mixes, 2 kitchen utensils, assorted Christmas decorations..................................... $5011. Wempen’s Garden Center - shade tree .................................................................... $9012. Vinny’s BBQ - gift certifi cate ..................................................................................... $2013. Verizon Wireless Brian Gargano - gift certifi cate to be used at either store ............ $2514. Unkies Restaurant - gift certifi cate ........................................................................... $2515. Tri-County Agronomy - XL brown Pioneer sweatshirt & hat ...................................... $3016. The Sweetest Things Bakery - 2 doz. decorated cookies (formerly Wendy’s Delicious
Cookies) ................................................................................................................... $1717. Sundance Lanes - gift certifi cate ............................................................................. $2518. Springvale Salon on Main Linda Hanson - man’s or woman’s hairstyle ................... $2019. Springvale Motors - 5 qt. oil change, fi lter & lube .................................................... $3820. Somewhere in Tyme - stemmed votive white fl ower made in Romania handcrafted
crystal .................................................................................................................... $12521 Sheree’s Hallmark Shop - instant “In Memory” scrapbook, “A Life to Remember” ... $5022. Scatter Joy - purse, brown sparkle front, short & long strap, great for all year round . $6023. SaraLee’s Hair Affair - 1 male and 1 female haircut ($11 & $13) ............................. $2424. S&L Equipment - 1/16 Bruder Co. Massey Ferguson 7480 tractor .......................... $3125. Rustix - three $10 gift cards ..................................................................................... $3026. River Valley Orchards & Winery - two $10 gift certifi cates for any merchandise ..... $2027. The Revue - set of 4 Corelle dishes with fl oral design ............................................. $2428. Reekers Cleaning Service - air duct cleaning .......................................................... $5029. Radon Solutions of Iowa, Inc. - in home continuous electronic radon monitoring home
test ......................................................................................................................... $12530. Born Free Motorcoach - matching cap (or visor) & jacket ....................................... $6431. Power Co-op Employees Credit Union - giftcard ..................................................... $2532. Pizza Hut - 3 large pizzas ......................................................................................... $3233. Pet Shed - shampoo & toy for your squeaky clean pooch ....................................... $2034. Personali-Tees - Humboldt Wildcat sweatshirt ......................................................... $2535. Pasquale’s Italian Restaurant - gift certifi cate .......................................................... $2536. Pasquale’s Frozen Food Service - case of six 12” single topping pizzas ................ $2637. Oaks Garden Spot & Rasmussen Lawn Care - weed blaster pro lawn sprayer, saves
your back from bending over .................................................................................. $2438. Edward Jones Tony Christensen - camel brown microfi ber 50”x60” sherpa throw . $2639. Casey’s General Store - $50 gift card ...................................................................... $5040. Audio Hearing Aid Center - 1 box of batteries, any size .......................................... $40
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100. Vinny’s BBQ - gift certifi cate ................................................................................... $20101. Unkie’s Restaurant - gift certifi cate ......................................................................... $25102. SaraLee’s Hair Affair - 1 male and 1 female haircut ($11 & $13) ........................... $24103. River Valley Orchards & Winery - gift certifi cate for rental of party room ............... $50104. Reekers Cleaning Service - air duct cleaning ........................................................ $50105. Radon Solutions of Iowa, Inc. - in home continuous electronic radon monitoring
home test ............................................................................................................... $125106. Pasquale’s Frozen Food Service - case of six 12” single topping pizzas .............. $26107. Oaks Garden Spot & Rasmussen Lawn Care - weed blaster pro lawn sprayer, saves
your back from bending over .................................................................................. $24108. Miller’s Landing - gift certifi cate ............................................................................. $15109. Humboldt Vet Clinic - exam and vaccinations for canine or feline ......................... $70110. Humboldt Engraving & Gifts - gift certifi cate.......................................................... $25111. Humboldt Auto Wash - 5 car wash tokens ............................................................. $25112. Gold Eagle Co-op Thor - 2XL goatskin leather gloves & XL Luminator ThermoSock
insulation gloves and hat ......................................................................................... $25113. Fridley Theatres - 7 certifi cates for buy one get one free theatre admission ......... $28114. Fireside Restaurant - gift certifi cate ....................................................................... $25115. Edward Jones Tony Christensen - large camoufl age cheyenne dri-duck hooded
jacket ....................................................................................................................... $45116. Born Free Motorcoach - matching cap (or visor) & jacket ..................................... $64117. Abens-Marty-Curran - 5 lb. ABC fi re extinguisher .................................................. $60118. W&H Co-op - gift card to Cabela’s ......................................................................... $25119. Bomgaars (formerly Shoppers Supply) - alarm clock ............................................ $30120. Roller Country Joe & Maria Hadar - season pass to Roller Country Skating Rink
41. OK Tire - 4 tire rotation and balance ........................................................................ $4042. North Park Family Dentistry - Crest white strips supreme professional whitening kit . $6643. The New Image - 10 tan sessions and bottle of tanning lotion ................................ $3044. Modern Woodman of America - 1 doz. Pinnacle Gold golf balls ............................. $2545. Miller’s Landing - gift certifi cate ............................................................................... $1546. Vinny’s BBQ - gift certifi cate ..................................................................................... $2047. Meyer Photography - two $50 gift certifi cates on your next portrait order ............. $10048. Martin Marietta & John’s Ag Service - load of 1” road stone .................................. $22549. Long Term Medical Supply - contour lumbar cushion ............................................. $2050. Kollmorgen Tree Farm - Christmas tree .................................................................... $2451. K.C. Nielsen Ltd. - 1/16 530 John Deere tractor ...................................................... $3252. Johnny’s Service - oil change & fi lter, up to 5 qt. ..................................................... $3053. John’s Ag Service - load of black dirt delivered free within 5 miles of Humboldt .. $20054.Jensen Trailers LTD - maximum security lock for trailer ............................................ $5055. Hy-Capacity Enginering & Manufacturing Inc. - Knipex multi-purpose pliers set . $11556. Humboldt Vet Clinic - exam and vaccinations for canine or feline ........................... $7057. Humboldt Realty - Pampered Chef cookie sheet & cooling rack ............................. $3058. Humboldt Red Power - IH holiday snowman fi gurine .............................................. $3259. Humboldt Mutual Insurance - 5 lb.fi re extinguisher ................................................. $6060. Humboldt Mini Storage - 2 months of 10’x20’ storage ........................................... $12061. Humboldt Family Aquatic Center - 5-punch swimming pool pass for 2013 season .. $3062. Humboldt Eye Clinic - men’s or women’s Skechers sunglasses .............................. $3563. Born Free Motorcoach - matching cap (or visor) & jacket ....................................... $6464. Humboldt Engraving & Gifts - gift certifi cate............................................................ $2565. Humboldt County REC & Corn Belt Cooperative - electric Presto heat dish ........... $7566. Humboldt County ISU Extension Service - 2013 garden calendar, Home Landscape
colored book, Perennials for Sun colored book ....................................................... $1867. Humboldt Auto Wash - 5 car wash tokens ............................................................... $2568. Hjelmeland Flooring - 6’5”x6’3” fl oral area rug ....................................................... $14969. Hardees of Humboldt - packet of 15 food coupons for tacos, chicken & children’s
meals ....................................................................................................................... $3570. Hair Studio 706 Ashley Dreyer - Shellac nail service ............................................... $2571. Hadar Manufacturing - sports bag of various items................................................. $2572. Goldfi eld Access Network/Goldfi eld Telephone/North Central Wireless - iWireless cell
phone & free 30 day unlimited talk & text - no contract ........................................ $10373. Gold Eagle Co-op Thor - 4 bags softener salt (picked up in Thor) .......................... $2674. Reekers Cleaning Service - carpet cleaning ............................................................ $5075. SaraLee’s Hair Affair - 1 male and 1 female haircut ($11 & $13) ............................. $2476. Fridley Theatres - 6 certifi cates for buy one get one free theatre admission ........... $2477. Floral Creations - gift certifi cate ............................................................................... $4078. Pasquale’s Frozen Food Service - case of six 12” single topping pizzas ................ $2679. Casey’s General Store - 1 large single topping pizza & 1 doz. donuts.................... $1980. Audio Hearing Aid Center - hearing exam ............................................................... $75
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81. Fastenal Stores - 30 LED fl ashlight, rechargeable in house or car ........................ $36 82. Farm Bureau Financial Services - 1 doz. Titleist Pro VI golf balls .......................... $45 83. Fareway Stores - gift card ...................................................................................... $20 84. EZ Trim - 2 weeks exercise ($15) also 9x13 angel food cake ($20) ...................... $35 85. Dream Carriage Rides - sleigh ride for 6 ............................................................... $72 86. Dean’s Auto Sales - wash & vacuum ...................................................................... $25 87. Dairy Queen - 8” ice cream cake ........................................................................... $22 88. Born Free Motorcoach - matching cap (or visor) & jacket ..................................... $64 89. Curves - one month membership to new members only ($36), 5 tans ($20) ......... $56 90. Crossroads of Humboldt Cenex - 1 case of 10W-40 oil ......................................... $45 91. Cloud 9 Massage Therapy & Skin Care - mini refresh facial & one intro starter kit for
skin type of your choice ......................................................................................... $103 92. Chantland Co. (Pulley & Rollers) - brown Carhartt winter jacket ............................ $50 93. Carlsonstorage.com - 3 months of 10’x20’ self-storage when space is available $165 94. Caribbean Coffeehouse & Gifts - gift basket ......................................................... $25 95. Blacktop Service - 10 ton road stone delivered in Humboldt County .................. $175 96. Bank Iowa - $50 U.S. Series EE savings bond ....................................................... $25 97. B&N Auto - oil fi lter & grease lubrication for auto ................................................... $30 98. Ameriprise Financial Eric Davidson - offi ce putter set (takedown putter, golf balls &
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6B The Humboldt Independent Thursday, November 15, 2012
Isabella Qi, one of Lori Runkle’s 10th grade AP Eng-lish students at Beijing No. 4 High School’s Internation-al Campus in China, held up Runkle’s absentee ballot in their classroom on Nov. 5, for other classmates to see. Students in China are concerned about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s stance on America’s relationship with their country. Submitted photo.
Teaching AP English at Bei-jing No. 4 High School’s In-ternational Campus in Beijing, China poses some daily chal-lenges including messages lost in translation and government blocked websites like YouTube and Facebook, but I never sus-pected voting in the presiden-tial election would be one of those international incidents. I felt quite responsible and very American requesting my absentee ballot in mid-October 2012, but when the ballot had not arrived by regular mail on Nov. 1, panic seeped into my fi rst-class citizen living abroad plans. My initial inquiry e-mail response about the bal-lot’s whereabouts from Hum-boldt County Auditor Peggy Rice was that it was mailed out in a special military/overseas voter envelope on Oct. 17. Her following e-mail in early No-vember went something like this: Lori – Yes your ballot is in the mail. You can vote if it ar-rives after the election but it will not count, Iowa law re-quires that all absentee bal-lots have a postmark the day before the election, which would be Nov. 5 and arrive in the Auditor’s offi ce by the time of the canvas, which will be on Tuesday, Nov. 13. I know it is expensive to send things by Fed-Ex etc., but it is an option you can use. You have two options: 1. Wait and see if your mailed ballot arrives, make sure it is postmarked by the day before the election (Nov. 5), mail it back to us and hope it arrives by Nov. 13, the last day to count any absentee bal-lots.
Getting out the vote in Beijing, China
2. Ask for an e-mail ballot, print it off, vote it and send it to us postmarked no later than Nov. 5 (the sooner the better) and hope that it arrives by Nov. 13.
I’m sorry that your choices are limited at this time. Let me know what you would like to do. That was not the reassuring or inexpensive answer I de-sired, but since I knew many friends who had used a get out the vote e-mail option while living overseas, I asked Ms. Rice about this alternative. With the speedy and effi cient assistance of Ms. Rice, the presidential First Class Mail Offi cial Absentee Balloting Material arrived from Dakota City, attached as a PDF fi le to my Yahoo e-mail on Nov. 3. All I needed to do was print the documents, sign my name on the appropriate line, provide an address, fi ll in the corre-sponding presidential bubble, scan the completed form, and e-mail it to a designated ‘get-the-ballot-to-the-courthouse on time’ man. The clock was ticking until election day.
The fi nal step of the voting process involved Tom Tierney, my designated ballot delivery hero, printing and delivering the electronic right and privi-lege to the Humboldt County Courthouse on Nov. 5, with one day to spare. The fi nal e-mail I received from Peggy Rice was on Mon-day, Nov. 5. It said: Lori – Tom delivered your completed ballot to us to-day! Hurrah! I am now an offi cial Iowa e-voter living in Beijing.
... you are reminded that Humboldt and DakotaCity have an ordinance regulating the operation
of snowmobiles within the city limits.
Snowmobiles may be operated on any Snowmobiles may be operated on any city street in Humboldt and Dakota Citycity street in Humboldt and Dakota City
exceptexcept the following: the following:HUMBOLDTStreet: From: To:Fifth Street North Sumner Avenue Iowa Highway No. 3Fifth Street South Sumner Avenue End of StreetFirst Avenue South Second Street Sumner Avenue S.W.Sixth Avenue North Second Street U.S. Highway No. 169Ninth Street North Sumner Avenue Iowa Highway No. 3Third Avenue N. Ninth Street U.S. Highway No. 169Sumner Avenue AllU.S. Highway No. 169 AllIowa Highway No. 3 All
DAKOTA CITYMain Street
With the arrival of snow, please be aware of the rules set down by the Humboldt
and Dakota City Ordinances ... 1. Unplowed streets. Snowmobiles may be operated upon streets which have not been plowed during
the snow season.
2. Parks and other public land. Snowmobiles shall not be operated on any publicly owned property within the City of Humboldt, whether owned by the city, county, school, state or United States, except streets herein designated or in city parks in areas designated and in such manner and fashion as may be authorized by the park commission hereby authorized to adjudicate and promulgate regulations permitting, controlling or prohibiting the operation upon any areas under its control and after adoption of the same, to cause the same to be published in the newspaper in which this ordinance is published and to fi le a copy of the same with the clerk to be by him retained for inspection at his offi ce by anyone at their request.
3. Private property. No snowmobile shall be operated upon private property without the express consent of the owner thereof.
4. Sidewalk or parking. No snowmobiles shall be operated upon the public sidewalk, nor shall they be operated upon that portion of the street located between the curb line and the sidewalk or property line commonly referred to as the “Parking,” except for purposes of crossing the same to a public street upon which operation is authorized by the chapter.
MANNER OF OPERATION. No person shall operate a snowmobile in the city except as hereafter provided.
1. Registration. No snowmobile shall be operated in the city unless registered pursuant to state law and unless the identifying number set forth in the registration is displayed on each side of the snowmobile.
2. Equipment. All snowmobiles shall be equipped with muffl ing devices, lights and other equipment required by state law or regulation.
3. Traffi c code. Snowmobile operators shall observe all state and local traffi c control regulations and devices and shall possess a valid Iowa operator’s license.
4. Speed. Snowmobiles shall not be operated on streets at a speed in excess of that posted nor at any time at a rate of speed greater than reasonable and proper under all existing circumstances.
5. Careless operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger the person or property of another or to cause injury or damage thereto.
6. Intoxicated. No person shall operate a snowmobile while under the infl uence of intoxicating liquor or narcotics or habit-forming drugs.
7. Lights. No person shall operate a snowmobile without a lighted headlight and taillight when required for safety.
8. Unattended. No operator or owner shall leave or allow a snowmobile to be or remain unattended on public property while the motor is running or with keys in the ignition switch.
9. A snowmobile may make a direct crossing of prohibited street or highway provided: A. The crossing is made at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the direction of the street
or highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; B. The snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or main traveling
way of the street or highway; C. The driver yields the right of way to all oncoming traffi c which constitutes an immediate hazard.
10. Minors. Persons between the ages of twelve (12) and fourteen (14) must have a valid safety certifi cate issued by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.
11. Hours of operation limited. No snowmobile shall be operated in the city between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. except for emergency situations or for loading and unloading from a transport trailer.
12. Thaw ban. Snowmobiles shall not be operated during a publicized thaw ban in areas posted to prohibit such operation nor at any time upon the streets of the city during the period from April 1 to September 30 of each year.
13. Single fi le. Snowmobiles shall be driven in a single fi le manner in the proper lane of traffi c as close to the curb or edge of roadway as is possible under existing conditions.
14. Dead man throttle. No snowmobile shall be operated within the city unless equipped with a “dead man” throttle which when pressure is removed from the accelerator or throttle causes the engine to be disengaged from the drive mechanism.
15. Towing. No item shall be towed by a snowmobile unless coupled to said snowmobile by a rigid tow bar.
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LegalsThursday, November 15, 2012 The Humboldt Independent 7B
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,OF APPOINTMENT OF
EXECUTORS, AND NOTICETO CREDITORS
Probate No. ESPR010759THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF INA L. CLOWES,DECEASED
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Ina L. Clowes, Deceased, who died on or about November 3, 2012: You are hereby notifi ed that on the 7th day of November, 2012, the last will and testament of Ina L. Clowes, deceased, bearing date of the 10th day of May, 2007, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that James F. Clowes, Robert B. Clowes, and Anne C. Conover, were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are rea-sonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all per-sons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the un-
NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL,WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION
Probate No. ESPR010760THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF HAROLD EDWARD GREBEDECEASED
To all persons interested in the estate of Harold Edward Grebe, deceased, who died on or about October 13, 2012: You are hereby notifi ed that on No-vember 6, 2012, the Last Will and Tes-tament of Harold Edward Grebe, bear-ing the date of December 8, 1983, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and there will be no present ad-ministration of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the District Court of the above County within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this Notice or one month from the date of mailing of this Notice to the surviving spouse and all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereaf-ter be forever barred. Dated this 6th day of November, 2012.
Janelle Groteluschen,Clerk of Court
Robert E. Lee,AT#0004664Attorney for Estate,Arends and LeeP.O. Box 644Humboldt, IA 50548 Date of second publication: 22nd day of November, 2012.
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NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL,WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION
Probate No. ESPR010755THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF CHARLES A. JOINER,DECEASED
To all persons interested in the Estate of Charles A. Joiner, deceased, who died on or about October 9, 2012: You are hereby notifi ed that on Oc-tober 30, 2012, the Last Will and Testa-ment of Charles A. Joiner, bearing the date of November 3, 2006, was admit-ted to probate in the above-named court and there will be no present administra-tion of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the District Court of the above County within the lat-er to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this Notice or one month from the date of mailing of this Notice to the surviving spouse and all heirs of the decedent and devi-sees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Dated this 30th day of October, 2012.
Janelle Groteluschen,Clerk of Court
Marc D. Arends,AT#0000550Attorney for Estate,Arends and LeeP.O. Box 644Humboldt, IA 50548 Date of second publication: 15th day of November, 2012.
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NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,OF APPOINTMENT OF
EXECUTOR, AND NOTICETO CREDITORS
Probate No. ESPR010756THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF BERNADINE KISSINGER,DECEASED
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Bernadine Kissinger, Deceased, who died on or about October 24, 2012: You are hereby notifi ed that on the 1st day of November, 2012, the last will and testament of Bernadine Kissinger, deceased, bearing date of the 9th day of April 1990, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Cheryl Graaf was appointed executor of the es-tate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second pub-lication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all per-sons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the un-dersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall fi le them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so fi led by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 1st day of November, 2012.
Cheryl Graaf,Executor of the Estate502 5th Street North,Humboldt, IA 50548
Brian R. Johnsen,ICIS PIN No: AT0003861Attorney for Executor,Baker, Johnsen and SandblomP.O. Box 337Humboldt, IA 50548 Date of second publication: 15th day of November, 2012.
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LUVERNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLSchool Board Proceeding
LuVerne, Iowa The LuVerne Board of Education met in regular session November 7, with Collins, Cunningham, Lawson, Legler, McPeak present. Others present included Superintendent Fey, Principal Rotert, Secretary Wempen, Allyson Thompson, Eller Shipman. President Lawson called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Motion by Legler, seconded by Mc-Peak, to approve the amended agenda, adding Corn Belt Conference, resigna-tion, and open enrollment. Motion car-ried unanimously. Motion by McPeak, seconded by Collins, to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Motion carried unani-mously. Motion by Cunningham, seconded by McPeak, to approve monthly bills for General $15,861.12; Activity - $50; Management - $781.50; PPEL - $602; Nutrition - $6,423.47; Medical Deduct-ible - $41; Flex - $234.55. Motion car-ried unanimously. Superintendent Fey shared projected enrollment/budget fi gures with the board. Motion by Collins, seconded by Cun-ningham, to accept the resignation of Paul Garman as Jr. High football coach. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by McPeak, seconded by Legler, to approve the request for On-Time Funding Modifi ed Allowable Growth for Increasing Enrollment. Mo-tion carried unanimously. Motion by Collins, seconded by Cun-ningham, to accept the bid from McPeak Trenching for snow removal. McPeak abstained from voting. Motion carried. Motion by Legler, seconded by Cun-ningham, to approve payment of addi-tional bills received and due this month. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by McPeak, seconded by Cunningham, to accept the SIAC/CTE committee recommendations as present-ed. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Next meeting will be December 12, at 7 p.m.
LeAnn K. WempenLuVerne School Board Secretary
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ORIGINAL NOTICEIOWA DISTRICT COURT
Court Case DM NO. CDOM001700HUMBOLDT COUNTY
IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF JUANA CASTRO SANTIAGO AND
ESTEBAN SANTOS CANSECOUpon the Petition of
JUANA CASTRO SANTIAGO,Petitioner
And ConcerningESTEBAN SANTOS CANSECO,
Respondent TO THE ABOVE NAMED RE-SPONDENT: You are hereby notifi ed that there is now on fi le in the offi ce of the Clerk of the above Court, a Petition for Dissolu-tion of Marriage in the above-entitled action, naming you as the Respondent in this action. The attorney for Petitioner, is, Sonia Parras Konrad, whose address is 2925 Ingersoll Avenue, Suite 7, Des Moines, IA, 50312, telephone no. (515) 255-9317, facsimile no. (515) 255-9371. You are further notifi ed that un-less, within 20 days after service of this Original Notice upon you, you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter, fi le a written motion or answer in the Iowa District Court for Humboldt County at the Humboldt County Courthouse in Dakota City, Iowa, judgment may be rendered for the action demanded in the Petition. If you require the assistance of aux-iliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immedi-ately call your district ADA coordina-tor at 515-286-3754. (If you are hearing impaired call Relay Iowa TTY at l-800-735-2942.)
Janelle Groteluschen,Clerk of the Humboldt County
Dakota City, IA 50529IMPORTANT
YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PRO-TECT YOUR I INTERESTS.
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGSCity of HumboldtHumboldt, Iowa
The Humboldt City Council met in regular session on Monday, November 5, 2012, in the Council Chambers of the Humboldt Municipal Building. Mayor Walter Jensen called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Council Members present: Goodell, Sleiter, Boomgarden, Rusher, and Hadar. Motion by Rusher, seconded by Ha-dar, to approve the agenda as printed. (5) Ayes, motion carried. Motion by Boomgarden, seconded by Goodell, to approve the minutes of the October 15, 2012 regular Council meet-ing. (5) Ayes, motion carried. Motion by Boomgarden, seconded by Sleiter, to approve the Treasurer’s Monthly Investment Report and the Oc-tober Treasurer’s Report. (5) Ayes, mo-tion carried. Motion by Goodell, seconded by Ha-dar, to approve the claims for October. (5) Ayes, motion carried. Motion by Boomgarden, seconded by Hadar, to approve the following proposed Resolution No. 2012-126: “A RESOLUTION APPROVING PAY ES-TIMATE NO. 4 FROM INDUSTRIAL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $262,089.80 FOR THE 2012 HUMBOLDT WATER TREAT-MENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.” Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Goodell, Sleiter, Boomgarden, Rusher, and Hadar. Motion carried. Motion by Sleiter, seconded by Goodell, to approve the following pro-posed Resolution No. 2012-127: “A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 FOR THE CITY OF HUMBOLDT, IOWA.” Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Sleiter, Boom-garden, Rusher, Hadar, and Goodell. Motion carried. Motion by Boomgarden, seconded by Goodell, to approve the following proposed Resolution No. 2012-128: “A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICA-TIONS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND DIRECT-ING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND LETTING AND SET 5:30 P.M., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012, AS THE TIME AND DATE FOR A PUB-LIC HEARING TO REVIEW BIDS RE-CEIVED.” Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Boomgarden, Rusher, Hadar, Goodell, and Sleiter. Mo-tion carried. Other Items Discussed: City Ad-ministrator – Commended the Library, Chamber of Commerce, and Recreation Department on the programs offered. Hadar – Reported that he attended a 4-H Youth Partnership State Council meet-ing which provided some good ideas for working with kids in the community. Mayor – Asked about alternate ways to schedule burn dates to consider weather conditions. Motion by Goodell, seconded by Sleiter, to schedule Monday, November 19, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., as the date and time for the next regular meeting of the Humboldt City Council and to adjourn this session at 5:53 p.m. (5) Ayes, motion carried.
Walter Jensen, MayorAttest: Gloria J. Christensen, City Clerk
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COUNCIL WORK SESSIONCity of HumboldtHumboldt, Iowa
The Humboldt City Council met in a work session on Monday, November 5, 2012, in the Council Chambers of the Humboldt Municipal Building. Mayor Walter Jensen called the meeting to order at 5 p.m. Council Members pres-ent: Sleiter, Boomgarden, Rusher, and Hadar. Others present: City Administra-tor Aaron Burnett and City Clerk Gloria Christensen, Humboldt Schools Superin-tendent Greg Darling, and Tom Simpson. The Council discussed options for traffi c control at the intersection of Highway 169 and Wildcat Road, near the high school and new middle school. Representatives from the school district participated in the discussion, which in-cluded suggestions about lowering the speed limit in the area along with traffi c control signs or signals. The Council then discussed the estab-lishment of a 28(E) agreement with the school district for the maintenance of the old football fi eld property and briefl y reviewed animal control revenues and expenditures. The Work Session ended at 5:30 p.m.
Walter Jensen, MayorAttest:
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGSCity of Gilmore CityGilmore City, Iowa
The Gilmore City Council met in reg-ular session on November 7, 2012, at the Gilmore City Hall. Mayor Pro Tem Low-ell Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Council members present were: Johnson, Dickey, Smith, Gafford, Hoover. Dickey moved to approve the consent agenda as follows: • Approval of the Agenda • Monthly Clerk’s Report • Minutes of the October 8 and 16, 2012 Council Meeting. • Claims for October and November bills to be allowed for November 2012 payment Motion was seconded by Hoover. Vote: Ayes- Hoover, Gafford, Smith, Johnson. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0. Motion carried.
ClaimsClaims Paid - To Be Approved
Aramark - Uniforms and offi ce rugs........................................$256.32Bennett Sanitation - Roll offs for Clean Up Days (11) ........................3,810.00 Better Homes and Gardens - Lib ...20.00 CenturyLink - City Hall Phone/Fax and Fire Station .............................265.55 EFTPS - Fed/FICA Withholding .........................3,117.73Entertainment Weekly - Library .....20.00 Holiday Inn - IMFOA for Chris ...201.93IA League of Cities - Budget class for Chris .........................................30.00 Iowa Dept of Revenue - State Withholding ...........................473.00 IA Dept. of Revenue - Sales Tax ..890.00IA One Call ...................................21.60 IPERS - Retirement fund ..........1,885.49 Lana Lewis - Lib mileage ............166.50 Chris McKee - Mileage 4 class and water sample to Storm Lake .............203.74 MidAmerican Energy - Electric for ALL City properties......................1,321.26 Midwest Living - Library ...............19.97 Payroll - 1st Checks of the month ...................................4,791.90 Payroll - 2nd ..............................3,437.62 Payroll - monthly -Mayor cleaning ...................................176.34 PCC - Ambulance Billing Service .61.06 Petty Cash - City Hall ..................100.00 Post Master - Postage for LMI Surveys ......................................90.00 Publishers Clearing House - Lib ....18.67 Wellmark ...................................1,757.08 Total Claims Paid - To Be Approved ........................$18,783.89
Claims To Be PaidAramark - uniforms and rugs .....$136.98 Arnold Motor Supply- ....................50.83 Bankers Trust - Interest on 2006 Sewer Project ..................................4,112.50 Bennett Recycling - Recycling only .........................................750.00 Bennett Sanitation - Garbage/Dumpster pick up only .........................2,938.75 BV Stationery - offi ce supplies ....142.25 CDW-G - City Hall Clerk Comp ....................................1,576.85 CenturyLink City - phone / internet ......................................32.50 CenturyLink - LIB .........................66.64 City of Gilmore City ....................206.08 City of Gilmore City - LIB ..............5.00 Data Tech - software license and support fee.........................................2,737.21 EMC Life Ins. - Life ins. for employees ...............................109.92 Fastenal - shop supplies .................13.74 GC-B School .............................1,168.82 Groebner - gas line riser .................44.30 Hawkins - water treatment chemicals ................................144.15 Humboldt Co Auditor - plat book ..........................................24.00 Humboldt Independent - Council Min. publishing................................265.07 Humboldt Reminder - various advertising .................................84.00 Humboldt Springs - water during boil order ..........................................99.00 I and S Group ...............................315.00 IAMU - EECBG reporting, time and labor ........................................502.50 IMWCA - Workman’s Comp premiums ................................951.00 KHBT radio - community calendar ads .............................................20.00 Krudico - supplies to repair Nitrate tank..........................................337.20 Martin Marietta Materials, rock for fi ll ..............................................86.91 Chris McKee - reimbursement for door jam ..............................................7.48 MET - lab testing for water/ww ...135.00NMDG - legal dues for Tom Gorak ......................................848.78 North Iowa Environmental - Brian Klein’s services ....................1,458.00 Offi ce Elements - copier/machine rental .......................................144.72 PlanScape Partners - Assisting in CDBG grant .....................................1,755.00 Pocahontas Co Auditor - plat book ..........................................28.00 Pocahontas Record Dem - advertising .................................57.36 Pro Coop - fuel and vehicle repairs...................................1,093.54 RJ Computer Repair - computer repair .......................................186.00 S and L Equip. - Fire Equip. .....3,493.94 Sande Construction - Water Dept. Supplies ...................................356.33 Shopper’s Supply - Misc PWD supplies .....................................23.46 U.S. Cellular - PWD/Amb cell phones .....................................222.20 US Energy Services, Inc. - gas services...............................48,453.65 VISA - travel exp, training, etc ....281.04 VISA - Library .............................491.30 West Bend Int - parts for New Holland tractor ..........................................5.55 West Bend Journal - advertising ....31.00 Total Claims To Be Paid .... $75,993.55
ReceiptsGeneral ..................................$71,775.65Road Use .................................. 3,893.47Employee Benefi ts ....................9,319.53Emergency ...................................722.60Local Option Sales Tax .............3,509.97TIF District #1 ...........................5,378.01Debt Service ............................19,475.87Water .......................................13,349.10Sewer .........................................4,833.22Gas ..........................................40,592.62Total receipts......................$172,850.04
DisbursementsGeneral ..................................$32,435.86 Road Use ...................................9,680.04 Employee Benefi ts ....................1,906.58 Local Option Sales Tax .............1,168.82 Water .........................................5,215.85 Sewer .........................................3,295.74 Gas ..........................................50,615.29Total Disbursements .........$104,318.18 BUSINESS ITEMS: Building Permit #526 for Jane Blanchard to build a 5’ x 8’ deck on the west side of 401 SE 4th St. was approved. Hoover motioned, sec-onded by Gafford. Vote: Ayes- Gafford, Smith, Dickey, Johnson. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0. Motion carried. Mediacom’s Franchise Contract re-newal was tabled for further information. Clerk to research. Mr. Nicholas Knowles was hired as the Public Works Assistant. He is to start November 13, 2012, at a wage of $16 to be increased after a 90 day probationary period to $16.50. Johnson motioned, sec-onded by Smith. Vote: Ayes- Smith, Gafford, Dickey, Hoover. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0. Motion carried. Resolution 2012-19 regarding the ap-plication for CDBG grant funding was approved. Dickey motioned, seconded by Hoover. Vote: Ayes- Hoover, Gafford, Smith, Johnson. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0.Motion carried. PWD superintendent, Blaine Telford, was given the okay to purchase a new air compressor for use in the City Shop not to exceed the amount of $2,500 but with the appropriate cfm’s that are necessary
for the job. Hoover motioned, seconded by Dickey. Vote: Ayes- Dickey, Smith, Gafford, Johnson. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ITEMS: The mayor wanted a discussion regarding a time clock installed in the City Hall. Cost versus the amount of employees was an issue. Comments from the public were also considered. The mayor also wanted a discussion on replacing the windows in the City Hall. If not replacing, possibly have blinds purchased for in between the win-dows. Council discussed the need and found there was none at this time. Cost was also a factor. COMMUNICATIONS: PWD: Blaine Telford discussed a request for a gas line to be moved. Council discussed the lack of a building permit for this session of Council Meeting. Also, this same person was moving in a mobile home and was not following the Gilmore City Code of Ordinances. The issue was to be further investigated before the gas line was to be moved. Council members requested that the Clerk write an Ordinance a charge for anyone requesting a special meeting for a non-emergency situation, such as but not limited to a building permit. Library Director Lana Lewis had nothing to report at this time. Lavonne Hoover, Co-chair of the Hometown Pride Project, discussed progress of the meetings that had taken place. Many ideas had been passed around, but no projects have begun at this time. Fire Dept. accepted the new Fire Sta-tion from the contractors after the 11 month inspection. Contractors have now been paid in full. A discussion regard-ing the purchase of a generator for the building was held. Further information is needed to proceed with said purchase. Fire Dept. Chief Lowell Johnson an-nounced that the Fireman’s Chili Supper raised over $3,000. Thanks to all who came and donated. Tim Smith also shared that there was to be a Grain Bin Rescue training and County Fire Meeting coming up to be held at the new Fire Station. Ambulance Crew reported that there will be a class held for anyone interested in becoming an EMT in January 2013 that will last two-fi ve hours a night, two nights a week for a period of approxi-mately fi ve months. Ads to recruit new members for the Gilmore City Ambu-lance were going to be placed soon. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Doris Land-messer showed concerns about the tor-nado sirens next door to her home, blow-ing during fi re calls. Humboldt County Dispatch has been contacted about the problem a number of times. Dickey motioned, seconded by Gaf-ford, to adjourn this session at 7:34 p.m. and to schedule Monday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m., as the date and time for the next regular meeting of the Gilmore City Council. Vote: Ayes- Gafford, Smith, Hoover, Johnson. Nays- 0. Abstain- 0. Absent-0. Motion carried.
Putter Jergens, Mayor Attest:
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGSCity of LivermoreLivermore, Iowa
Mayor Connor called the regular Livermore City Council meeting to order at 7 p.m., on November 5, 2012. Collins, Crahan, Porter and Jensen were present, Fredin absent. Motion by Porter, seconded by Jen-sen, to approve agenda and previously published minutes. All voted aye. Motion by Collins, seconded by Crahan, to approve reports as given. All ayes. Fire Department responded to two fi res in the past 2 months. New fi remen are being recruited and a tanker needs work. Public Comment: Request from resi-dent by show of hands how many rooms are in City Hall. Concensus was two. Bill Goldy briefed the council of the community housing needs assessment for Alissa Reinholdt to fulfi ll CDBG grant requirements. Motion by Porter, seconded by Jensen, to approve Resolu-tion # 11/05/12 -159, A Resolution Ap-proving Submission of a 2013 CDBG Water/Sewer Fund Application. Roll call vote: Collins, Porter and Jensen voted aye, Crahan voted nay. Porter made a motion to approve the I and S group engineer contract. Seconded by Jensen. Porter and Jensen voted aye, Collins and Crahan voted nay. Motion did not pass. Motion by Porter, seconded by Jen-sen, to pay Engineer, I and S, the invoice for the work they have already done, not to exceed $11,000. Porter, Jensen aye; Collins and Crahan nay. Swimming Pool Chlorine bid tabled until December meeting. Concrete removal was discussed at 4th Avenue and 2nd Street. Additional work will be put on budget list for next year. Museum – the council meeting will convene at the museum on December 3, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., to see what is left in the building and how to dispose of it. The corner stone of the school is at the Hum-boldt museum. Motion by Collins, seconded by Cra-han, to donate $25 to Santa Days. All ayes. Motion by Tom, seconded by Crahan, to continue with the Christmas lighting contest. First place receives a $50 credit on their electric bill, second place re-ceives $25 and third place is $15. Col-lins, Crahan and Jensen aye, Porter nay. No Old business. Motion by Crahan, seconded by Jensen, to approve bills. All ayes. Motion by Jensen to go into closed session at 8:30 to discuss the county shed. Porter seconded. Came out of closed session at 8:35. Meeting was ad-journed at 8:35.
BillsGeneral wages ........................ $2,610.73Library wages ........................... 1,255.21Maintenance wages .................. 5,391.57Capital One, books ........................ 28.84100 Mini Storage, rental ............... 45.00 Ingram Lib, books ....................... 107.10Arnold Motor, veh rpr ................. 123.44P. Streit, supplies ........................... 13.00CRA Pymt, cylinder rpr ................ 93.79 Century Link, phone ..................... 92.14Hum Co Ext, trng .......................... 35.00USPO, postage .............................. 80.00Humboldt Indep, pubs ................... 98.97IDALS, pesticide cert .................... 15.00Hawkins, chlorine ....................... 272.50Matt Parrott, off sup .................... 194.36USA Bluebook, test sup .............. 236.03NW Materials, sand ...................... 96.42Brown Sup, curb box .................... 21.88Century Link, phone ................... 150.52Aramark Uni., rug cleaning ........ 178.36 Hum Co. REC, utilities .......... 22,228.55Central IA Dist, towels, bags ...... 182.10 Kriz-Davis, wire mould............... 280.50Certifi ed Fire, check extinguisher 246.00Harry’s, elec. water heater............. 30.00May Equip., stump removal ........ 400.00 City of Livermore, util ............. 1,548.70Data Tech, license fee .............. 2,207.92Stuart Irby, lights ...................... 1,848.68US Bank, gas tank ....................... 601.75O’Halloran, gas tank ................... 418.81Mangold, w/w testing .................. 218.00Menards, shop supplies ............... 344.33 S and L Equip, FD truck repair 1,299.47 NCIRSWA, landfi ll ..................... 144.00W and H, fuel ............................. 741.37IA Firemen Assoc., dues ............. 176.00
Martin Marietta, rock .................. 460.75Team Lab, chloride ..................... 759.00Treas. St. of IA, sales tax ............ 727.00Gold Eagle, seed ......................... 139.68NW Bank, fed/FICA taxes ..... 2,664.66USPO, postage ............................ 109.00IPERS, retirement .................... 1,856.07S. Caldwell, util. dep. ref .............. 73.49 Truenorth, insurance ................ 3,225.78B. Hansen, util. dep. ref .............. 175.00Treas. St. of IA, withholding ....... 445.00K. Laffoon, util. dep. ref ............. 150.00 IA Workforce ................................ 64.29M. McDermott, util. dep. ref ....... 175.00 Receipts: General-$33,454; Emp Ben-$2,983.56; Road Use-$2,312.99; Water-$4,465.52; Sewer-$3,937.32; Electric-$29,232.36; Garbage-$2,630.60
Robert Connor, MayorJean Larson, City Clerk
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dersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall fi le them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so fi led by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated this 7th day of November, 2012.
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Gregory H. Stoebe,ICIS PIN No: AT0007531Attorney for Executors,Stoebe Law Offi ceP.O. Box 604Humboldt, IA 50548 Date of second publication: 22nd day of November, 2012.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETINGDOCKET NUMBER E-22104
Humboldt County, Iowa MidAmerican Energy Company (MidAmerican or Company), a public utility with its principal place of business at 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, is proposing to construct a 345,000 volt (345 kV) electric transmission line in Iowa from a proposed substation near 300th and Starling Avenue in O’Brien County easterly and southerly across public and private property in O’Brien County, Clay County, Palo Alto County, Kossuth County, Humboldt County and Webster County to an existing MidAmerican substation located in Webster County. The proposed electric transmission line corridor Humboldt County is generally depicted on the enclosed map and will use an existing 161kV line corridor as much as practical by rebuilding this into a double circuit electric transmission line on single pole structures. This new 345 kV line will assist in providing for additional electric transmission capacity to enable new renewable generation develop-ment, relieve congestion on the existing electric transmission system and increase electric transmission system reliability in Iowa. MidAmerican will seek easement rights from landowners for the pro-posed line to be constructed across private property. The new easement width requested will generally be 150 feet. In accordance with the Iowa Code, an Informational Meeting concerning this project will be held at the following time and location:
9:00 AM – December 6, 2012Humboldt County Fairgrounds
311 6th Avenue North - Humboldt, IA 50548 As a landowner or a party in possession of, or residing on property, affected by the location and construction of said electric transmission line, you have the right to be present at the Informational Meeting mentioned above. You also have the right to fi le with the Iowa Utilities Board, 1375 E. Court Street, Room 69, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0069, objections to the location and construction of the proposed line as described. A representative of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) will preside over this Informational Meeting and will distribute and review a statement of the legal rights of landowners as required by law. Qualifi ed representatives of MidAmerican will also be at the meeting to discuss the project and answer your questions. Persons with disabilities requiring assistive services or devices to observe or participate should contact the IUB at (515) 725-7300 in advance of the scheduled date to request that appropriate arrange-ments be made. Following the meeting, right-of-way personnel from the Company will begin contacting landowners to purchase voluntary easements. Later, the Company will fi le a petition for a franchise by county with the IUB for permission to build the electric line and, if necessary, will request the right of eminent domain (condemnation) on property where voluntary easements have not been obtained. The IUB decides whether to approve or deny the franchise through a hearing process. The IUB's decision is based on the record created at that hearing. The duty of the IUB is to determine if the proposed electric line promotes the public convenience and necessity and meets the other requirements of Iowa law and IUB rules that apply. The IUB may appoint an administrative law judge to preside over the hearing and issue a proposed decision. The administrative law judge's decision will become the fi nal decision of the IUB unless appealed to the IUB by a party to the case within the time limit provided for in the proposed decision. When the IUB has decided the case, either initially or on appeal from the administrative law judge's proposed deci-sion, the IUB’s ruling may be appealed in the courts. The IUB, in considering a petition for the right of condemnation, does so in an open and public process. If the IUB grants the right of condemnation, the Company will petition the chief judge of the judicial district for the county involved to appoint a compensation commission. The compensation commission sets the compensation amount. The Company posts the amount of the award with the Sheriff to be claimed by the landowner. The Company may then proceed with the work. The landowner or the Company may appeal the amount determined by the compensation commission to the courts.
When this project is completed, the Company will meet with landowners to settle construction damages. If in the event of inclement weather, determined by the cancellation or early dismissal of school/classes in the Humboldt School District due to weather on the date of this Information Meeting, the meeting will be held on December 13, 2012 at 9:00 AM at this same location. If you can not attend the meeting previously mentioned, additional meetings will be held at the following:
December 4, 2012 – 9:00 AM Hartley Community Center 820 2nd St. NE Hartley, IA 51346
December 4, 2012 – 2:00 PM Clay County Regional Events Center 800 W. 18th Street Spencer, IA 51301
December 5, 2012 – 2:00 PM Algona Public Library 210 N. Phillips Street Algona, IA 50511
December 5, 2012 – 9:00 AM Iowa Lakes Community College Auditorium 282 Entrances 3 and 4 3200 College Drive Emmetsburg, IA 50536
December 6, 2012 – 2:00 PM Best Western Starlite Village Hotel 1518 3rd Avenue NW Fort Dodge, IA 50501
For more information, please contact MidAmerican Energy Company at 866-950-9588.
TWIN RIVERS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
School Board ProceedingsBode, Iowa
The Board of Education of the Twin Rivers Community School District met on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., at Bode Board Room for their regu-lar board meeting. Board members present were Byron How, Tom Olson, Judy Fredin, Christine Bothne and Sharon Berte. Also present was Superintendent Greg Darling, Prin-cipal Don Hasenkamp, and Secretary Rhiannon Lange. Fredin moved and Bothne seconded, to approve the agenda with the addition of item XIII. Consent Agenda and Payment of bills. Motion carried.
BillsGeneral Fund
Ames Environmental, Inc...........$200.00CDW Government, Inc. ............2,528.98Counsel Offi ce and Document .....140.30Follett Library Resources .............307.85Humboldt Independent ...................84.35Iowa Div. of Labor Services ...........50.00Menards ........................................271.65MidAmerican Energy ...................754.85Pasquales Pizza ..............................37.12Plumb Supply ...............................171.62Prairie Lakes AEA .........................43.50School Specialty ...........................149.05Shoppers Supply Co. ........................1.89Target Bank ..................................293.31W and H Coop Oil Co. ..............1,348.45
Management FundIowa Workforce Development $1,005.00Worthington Insurance and R.E. ..578.00
PPEL FundHumboldt Co. Engineer ..........$2,439.24Midwest Fence and Gate Co. ....4,415.86Twin Rivers Comm. School .........686.00Wempen’s Garden Center .........4,320.25
Nutrition FundDean Foods ................................$180.22Earthgrains Baking Co ...................41.90Hy-Vee, Inc. ...................................32.94
General FundABC Pest Control ........................$40.00CDW Government, Inc. ...............314.45Central Iowa Dist., Inc. ..................16.84Feld Fire .......................................514.80Humboldt Reminder .......................24.50John’s Repair ................................136.16New Cooperative, Inc. ....................91.00Norm’s General Store ....................35.68CenturyLink .................................275.27Rieman Music ................................24.60Sande Construction ......................111.31Scholastic Book Fairs-30 .............255.12Twin Rivers Petty Cash ................195.00
LegalsW and H Coop Oil Co. ..............3,494.30
Nutrition FundDean Foods ..................................$89.01Hy-Vee, Inc. ...................................60.71Keck, Inc. .....................................771.22Martin Bros Dist Inc. ................1,228.52 No one spoke in Open Forum. Tricia Gargano, Preschool Teacher, presented information on the Gold Pro-gram that she uses for the 3 and 4 year olds. Principal Hasenkamp informed the board of the students receiving a bowl-ing trip for reaching their reading goals, discussed the 60” television that is now in the cafeteria/gymnasium that will be used for various educational activities for students, Iowa Assessments are currently in process, Parent-Teacher Conferences went well, the 4th/5th graders helped with the landscaping project on October 24th, the fencing near the playground is now installed and Dare graduation will be December 6, 2012 for the 5th graders. Superintendent Darling informed the board of AEA fl ow through money which pays for professional development and special education and also discussed certain services that the district main-tains each year. How moved, Fredin seconded, to ap-prove policies for fi rst read: • 800 Objectives of Buildings and Sites • 801.1 Buildings and Sites Long Range Planning • 801.2 Buildings and Sites Surveys • 801.3 Educational Specifi cations For Buildings and Sites • 801.4 Site Acquisition • 801.5 Bids and Awards For Construc-tion Contracts • 802.1 Maintenance Schedule • 802.2 Requests For Improvements • 802.3 Emergency Repairs • 802.4 Capital Assets • 802.4R1 Capital Assets Regulation • 802.4R2 Capital Assets Management System Defi nitions • 802.5 Building and Sites Adaptation For Persons With Disabilities • 802.6 Vandalism • 802.7 Energy Conservation • 605.7R1 Use of Information Resourc-es Regulation Motion carried. Berte moved, Bothne seconded, to ap-prove policies for second read: • 711.2 Student Conduct on School Transportation • 711.2R1 Student Conduct on School Transportation Regulation • 711.2R2 Use of Video Cameras on
School Buses Regulation • 711.3 Student Transportation for Extra-Curricular Activities • 711.5 Transportation of NonResident and NonPublic School Students • 711.6 Transportation of NonSchool Groups • 711.7 School Bus Safety Instruction • 711.8 Transportation in Inclement Weather • 711.8R1 Transportation in Inclement Weather Regulation Motion carried. Bothne moved, How seconded, to ap-prove policies for third and fi nal read: • 503.3R1 Student Fee Waiver and Re-duction Procedures • 707.1 Business Manager’s Reports • 707.2 Treasurer’s Annual Report • 707.3 Publication of Financial Re-ports • 707.4 Audit • 707.5 Internal Controls • 708 Care, Maintenance and Disposal of School District Records • 709 Insurance Program • 710.1 School Food Program • 710.2 Fee or Reduced Cost Meals Eli-gibility • 710.3 Vending Machines • 711.1 Student School Transportation Eligibility Motion carried. Berte moved, How seconded, to ap-prove the resignation of Fred Johnson as Half Time Technology Director effective December 21, 2012. Motion carried. Bothne moved, Fredin seconded, to ap-prove the Twin Rivers CSD Board Goals for 2012-2013. Motion carried. Berte moved, How seconded, to ap-prove the Drug and Alcohol Testing Pro-gram for 2012-2013. Motion carried. Bothne moved, Berte seconded, to ap-prove a 5 percent ELL contract upon ap-proval with the Humboldt CSD. Motion carried. How moved, Berte seconded, to ap-prove the SBRC application for Increas-ing Enrollment, Open Enrollment Out, and excess LEP costs. Motion carried. Bothne moved, Fredin seconded, to ap-prove the Consent Agenda including the fi nancial reports, the bills for payment, and the Minutes of the October 11, 2012 Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried. How moved, Berte seconded, the meet-ing be adjourned. The meeting adjourned at 6:43 p.m.
Tom Olson, PresidentRhiannon Lange, Secretary
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NOTICEHUMBOLDT COUNTYMAINTENANCE SHOP
FOR SALE BY SEALED BIDS Thor Shop: Location: 106 Williksen Street, Thor, Iowa, Legal: Lots 19,20, 21, 22, and 23, all in block one (1) Wil-liksen addition to the town of Thor. De-scription: 40’x25’ masonry building, city sewer, natural gas heat. Ottosen Shop: Location: 401 Bryan Avenue, Ottosen, Iowa. Legal: Lots 3, 4, and 5 in block #13 of the original town of Ottosen. Description: 40’x24’ masonry building with forced air furnace and pro-pane tank included. Private sewer. Livermore Shop: Location: 702 1st Street, Livermore, Iowa. Legal: Lots 9 and 10 in Block 6, McCauley’s Second Addition in the town of Livermore. De-scription: 40’x24’ masonry building with fuel oil forced air furnace and oil tank included. City sewer. Hardy Shop: Location: 103 NW 2nd Street, Hardy, Iowa. Legal: Lots 6, 7, and 8, in Block 7, Original Plat, Town of Hardy. Description: 36’x40’ shop and 20’x26’ offi ce masonry building with 32’x40’ attached pole building. Shop and offi ce fuel oil furnace and oil tank included. Private sewer. Bode Shop: Location: 401 Legion Street, Bode, Iowa. Legal: (abbreviated) A parcel of land in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 17, T93N, R29 W contain-ing 1.36 acres and subject to easements of record. Description: 38’x40’ fuel oil heated masonry building, 53’x40’ pro-pane heated pole shed and 58’x40’ pole building. Heating fuel oil tank and pro-pane tank included. Private sewer. Dirt pile is not included in sale. Pile to be removed by Humboldt County prior to January 1, 2015. Bradgate Shop: Location: 107 East Fox Street, Bradgate, Iowa. Legal: East 28’ of the south 20’ of lot Eleven and the East 28’ of lot Twelve, all in block 8 in the town of Bradgate, Iowa. Description: 28’x45’ bare lot, more or less.METHOD AND TERMS OF SALE: 1. A public hearing is set for 10 a.m., on November 19, 2012, where writ-ten sealed bids shall be delivered to the Humboldt County Auditor at the Hum-boldt County Courthouse, 203 Main Street, Dakota City, Iowa, by 10 a.m., November 19, 2012. 2. The Highest Bid for each location will be considered. 3. Possession is expected at date of closing on or before January 1, 2013.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGSCity of LuVerneLuVerne, Iowa
The LuVerne City Council met on Wednesday, November 5, 2012, at 7 p.m., at the LuVerne Public Library. Mayor Holmes called the meeting to order. Council present were Kevin Mc-Peak, Gene Frideres, Matt Lawson, C.P. Patterson, and Jim Carroll. Also present were Randy VanDyke, Dale Johnson, and city employee Marilyn Johnson. The public hearing regarding the sale of certain city owned property within Lu-Verne, W 1/2 LOT 2 BLK 3 ZOELLES ADD, was opened at 7 p.m. One bid was received. Motion by McPeak, seconded by Lawson, to reject the bid. All ayes. Motion carried. Hearing closed. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read. Motion by Fri-deres, seconded by McPeak, to approve all bills as listed. All ayes. Motion car-ried. Listed bills: MidAmerican Energy $998.57, Kossuth Auditor $383.50, NIA-COG $11,010, ILRW $25,932, Post-master $10.30, Halloween prizes $30, Hy-Vee $124.79, S. Hunt $169.87, Acco $311.25, Ag Source Labs $132.32, Ar-nold Motor Supply $13.99, Bomgaars $45.66, Capesuis J Farms $150, Carroll Implement $555.27, Carroll Implement $500, Century Link $125.09, Flipside $3, Humboldt Independent $182.80, IA Municipal Insurance $4,720, IA One Call $31.50, M. Johnson $59.66, M. Johnson $40.39, Kirkwood College $860, Kmart $14.99, Kossuth Regional Health $25, Shoppers Supply $94.02, Terry’s Welding $3,068.48, W and H Coop $1,591.20, Payroll $3,975.76. Claims by fund: General $15,913.22,
Water $2,304.19, CDBG $36,942, Total Claims $55,159.41. October receipts by fund: General $27,157.30, Road Use $1,509.60, Trust and Agency $3,445.62, Water $8,524.12, CDBG $36,942, Total Receipts $77,578.64. The treasurer’s report and fi nancial report were accepted as given. Council discussed more ways of se-curing the city dump area. Council discussed the need for a hy-drant pressure meter. Lawson will look into prices before the next meeting. Council reviewed overdue water bills. Shut off notices will be sent. The Mayor read a letter from a citizen regarding a dog bite. The Community Chest has donated $755 to the fi re department and $535 to the fi rst responders. Motion by Carroll, seconded by Law-son, to donate $50 to Compass Pointe. All ayes. Motion carried. Randy VanDyke, ILRW, updated the council on the wastewater project. The synthetic liner is here. Weather and tem-perature conditions may delay the instal-lation of the liner. VanDyke will be at the December meeting one half hour early to go over the pay requests to date. Mo-tion by Frideres, seconded by McPeak, to sign the meter reading agreement be-tween the City of LuVerne and ILRW. All ayes. Motion carried. The Mayor has signed the second drawdown request from the CDBG grant for $25,198 pay-able to ILRW. The Mayor has signed the third drawdown request from the CDBG grant for $39,804 payable to ILRW. Motion by Frideres, seconded by McPeak, to approve the liquor license renewal application from Flipside Pizza and Pub. All ayes. Motion carried. Council discussed lobby hours for the post offi ce. Council was not in favor of leaving the City Hall open 24/7 for the post offi ce. The public works position was dis-cussed. Hunt has been on the job for over 90 days, so now qualifi es for health insurance benefi ts. Council discussed purchasing a different city vehicle for the public works department. Carroll presented information on a used Ford truck and prices for a new truck. The City will renew their member-ship in NW Iowa League of Cities. Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m.
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4. All properties and improvements sold as is. 5. Humboldt County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. 6. Private sewage systems are sold as is. Buyer shall be responsible for provid-ing appropriate certifi ed inspection, new system installation or closure and dis-connection. 7. Sites are available by appointment. Contact Humboldt County Engineer at 515-332-2366.
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HHS to present South Pacifi c
Humboldt High School Drama and Music departments will present “South Pacifi c” Nov. 1, 2 and 3 in the R.W. Carlson
auditorium. Among the students involved in one of the scenes above, from left: Jacob Helvick, Katie Currier, Holly Kirch-
hoff and Jenifer Bentz. Tickets for the show are $6 adults and $3 students, available in the high school offi ce. The curtain
will rise at 7:30 each evening. See the special section on the musical inside this issue. Humboldt Independent photo. To
view or purchase additional photos, visit the Independent online at www.humboldtnews.com.
Humboldt Community School District Superintendent Greg Darling (right) presented
the Iowa High School Athletic Association State playoff participation trophy to senior class
football players after Humboldt’s 21-12 loss to South Tama Monday night in the second
round of the playoffs at Mason Maach Field in Humboldt. Humboldt Independent photo.
HHS musical sets sail this week
The Humboldt High
School Drama and Music
Departments proudly pres-
ent the Rodgers and Ham-
merstein Broadway musical
“South Pacifi c” this Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 1, 2, and 3, in the R.
W. Carlson auditorium.
“South Pacifi c” is a Rodgers
and Hammerstein classic,
which won a Pulitzer Prize
for Best Drama, as well as
10 Tonys when it debuted in
1949. Despite the passage of
60-plus years, it retains its
signifi cance today, address-
ing themes of race, bigotry
and identity. Along with the
serious themes, many light-
hearted moments fi ll the
stage. The Humboldt cast is led
by Jen Bentz as the hopeless-
ly romantic Nellie Forbush,
and Jake Helvick as French
planter Emile De Beque
singing the Richard Rodgers
classics “I’m Gonna Wash
That Man Right Outta My
Hair,” and “Some Enchanted
Evening.” James Sobkoweak
plays Lt. Joe Cable who falls
in love with islander, Liat
(Andra Niles), and delivers
the central message of the
show in “You’ve Got To Be
Carefully Taught.” Miranda
Pederson adds comic relief
with the character Bloody
Mary who tries to sell sou-
venirs to the sailors as well
as pair her daughter with
“saxy” Lt. Cable.
Most fun of all is watch-
ing the ensemble of sail-
ors and nurses, led by Sam
George as Luther Billis,
head of the base’s laundry
operation. Sam leads the
talented sailors in a rousing
version of “There Is Nothin’
Like A Dame,” and wiggles
around in a grass skirt and
coconut bra during “Honey
Bun.” The nurses are very
busy keeping track of Nel-
ly’s emotions in “I’m Gonna
Wash,” and “I’m In Love
With A Wonderful Guy.”
They also put on an unfor-
gettable “Thanksgiving Fol-
lies” show for the sailors of
the base.
Tickets for the show are
$6 adults and $3 students,
and are available in the high
school offi ce. The curtain
will rise at 7:30 each eve-
ning. Don’t miss this grand
musical performance.
Supervisors
approve funds
for Ottosen By Kent Thompson
Worried about setting
a precedent, the Humboldt
County Board of Supervisors
begrudgingly approved a pay-
ment of $1,000 to the city of
Ottosen for street repair on
Monday.
The payment are funds the
city contends is owed them,
because it believes the work
should have been done by the
county in the fi rst place.
Ottosen Mayor Richard
Kinseth and Council member
Jason Fowler were at Mon-
day’s meeting, and explained
an issue with the intersection
with County Road C-20, the
main east/west thoroughfare
through town, and 2nd Street.
The city said there was 10
feet of the approach from 2nd
Street to C-20 that was not fi n-
ished, leaving a large drop off.
According to county re-
cords, C-20 was resurfaced
through Ottosen in 2004. The
work included milling off four
inches of surface, replacing
with a four-inch cold and place
and three-inch asphalt overlay.
Kinseth said County Engi-
neer Paul Jacobson told them
that the approach was not
fi nished because 2nd Street
was not up to grade. Kinseth
explained that the town coun-
cil had received several com-
plaints from citizens about
the road and contracted with
Blacktop Service Company of
Humboldt to make the street
repairs and lay 10 feet of as-
phalt to connect C-20 and 2nd
Street. In a letter to the super-
visors, the council asked for
$1,200 to pay for the repairs
for road work that was com-
pleted that it believed should
have been the county’s respon-
sibility.
“Even in towns under 500
population, we (the county)
run the paving through the
town corporate limits with a
20-22-feet overlay with a fi ve
foot fi ll on the side streets
and alleys,” Jacobson told the
board. Jacobson said the issue is
not unique to Ottosen, as there
are a number of city streets in
smaller towns that are not up
to grade. “Look at K Road in
Livermore. Thor also had an
See Supervisors,
Planting a new seed: Humboldt business expands
There’s a new building
rapidly going up on High-
way 3 East.
It’s TRI County Agron-
omy, a Pioneer seed dealer-
ship owned by Joe Olson
and Dan Thompson. They
are constructing a 180’ by
60’ building, along with a
42’ by 36’ offi ce area on the
south side of Highway 3 just
between John Deere and
John’s Ag Service.
The new building will
allow them to hold all their
seed and crop protection
products before spring. With
18’ high sidewalls, they’ll
be able to stack the Pioneer
Pro Boxes three high in the
warehouse.
“It was an opportunity
to increase our capacity and
take delivery of all our ship-
ments whenever they are
ready. Ultimately it makes
us a more reliable supplier
for our customers,” Olson
said. With the purchase of the
lot, dirt work started in Au-
gust. They hope to fully be
in the new building by mid-
November and are planning
an Open House in Decem-
ber. Both Olson and Thomp-
son agree this is an excit-
ing opportunity for them to
increase their services and
Pioneer footprint in the area.
Plans call for the instal-
lation of fi ve bulk soybean Dan Thompson (left) and Joe Olson stand in front of the new location of TRI County Agronomy, located on High-
way 3 East, next door to John’s Ag Service/John’s NAPA and John Deere. Construction is going at a rapid pace
and they hope to be operating out of the new location by the middle of November. Submitted photo.
Lighted parade
entries wanted
The 2012 Lighted Christ-
mas Parade is fast approach-
ing. Entries are now being ac-
cepted. The Humboldt Lighted
Christmas Parade will be on
Saturday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m.
The parade route will begin
by Northwest Bank, continu-
ing through Sumner Avenue
into Dakota City, Main Street.
It will end at the VFW in Da-
kota City. A free will chili sup-
per with Santa will conclude
the evening.
Registration deadline is
Wednesday, Nov. 14. For
entries, e-mail chamber@
hdcchamber.com or call
515-332-5447. Please provide
phone number and e-mail ad-
dress with registration.
Burn days Nov. 3
and 17 in Humboldt
The city of Humboldt will
allow open burning of yard
waste on Saturday, Nov. 3 and
17, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. No
burning is allowed on the city
right of way. All fi res must be
attended.
Remember
to vote
The 2012 general elec-
tion will be Tuesday, Nov.
6, with voting from 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m. at selected loca-
tions around the county.
Look inside today’s issue
for a more detailed report
on seats up for election
and polling locations in the
county. A reminder that The
Humboldt County Audi-
tor’s Offi ce will be open
this Saturday, Nov. 3, from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the pur-
poses of early absentee vot-
ing. Absentee voting will
be allowed at the Auditor’s
Offi ce on Monday, Nov. 5,
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The last day to request
an absentee ballot is Friday,
Nov. 2, at 5 p.m. All mailed
ballots must be postmarked
by Monday, Nov. 5. Ab-
sentee ballots may be hand
delivered to the Auditor’s
Offi ce until the close of
voting, 9 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 6.
People with questions
about voting may contact
the Humboldt County Au-
ditor’s Offi ce at 332-1571.
Art Preview
Local artists of all ages
have been exploring the
textures in a variety of art
forms including multimedia,
sculpture, painting, as well
as textiles. The HAAC board
is excited to open this year’s
art preview of the “Feel of
Art” with an artist reception
tonight (Thursday) from 5-8
p.m., in the Humboldt Art
Center at 906 Sumner Ave
in Humboldt.
Please join in celebrat-
ing the artists’ talents, visit
See Art Preview,
Humboldt County REC
earns million hour award
By Kent Thompson
In 1980, Ronald Reagan was energizing the electorate, Ab-
scam was uncovering public bribery, Pac-Man was gobbling
dots and ghosts and former Beatle John Lennon was assassi-
nated. It was also the year that Humboldt County REC began a
streak that few organizations can equal, that is still going strong,
more than 32 years since it began.
On April 10, 1980, Humboldt County REC began day one of
not having a lost time accident.
Now, over one million employee work hours later, the elec-
tric cooperative celebrated with a recognition dinner Oct. 23,
honoring present and past employees for their accomplish-
ments. The streak has enduring during the tenure of three general
managers, several board presidents and numerous employee
safety directors.
Henry Lenning was the general manager in 1980, succeeded
by Dennis Fuller in 1984, and Steve Long in 2000. Long’s ten-
ure will be coming to a close at the end of this year, as Hum-
boldt County Rural Electric Cooperative will cease operations
after 76 years, merging with Midland Power Cooperative of Jef-
ferson. Through it all, one constant has been an emphasis on safety,
REC present and past offi cials, said at the celebration.
Long said the cooperative has built a culture of safety over
the years.
“The key elements are supervision, education and training,
along with work rules and proper equipment,” the general man-
ager said.
“A lot of what we do today was started back in 1980. We’re
still concerned about reliability, quality of service, commitment
to the members and commitment to safety.
“This cooperative has always had the attitude that safety is
everyone’s business and everyone has taken on that responsibil-
ity,” Long said.
Safety milestone is rare accomplishment
See REC Award,
See TRI County,
Hughes Racing
Recollectio
ns
ALPHA school
Sip & Tell... HAAC Gourmet Dinner
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The conclusion of the Veteran’s Day program was held near the VFW Memorial on Sunday. The ceremony was moved from the south lawn of the Humboldt County Courthouse to the VFW due to inclement weather. Humboldt Independent photo.
The Algona Area Children’s Chorus will present their fi rst concert of the season Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, 201 East Nebraska St., Algona. The chorus is comprised of singers in grades fourth-sixth from com-munities in Kossuth, Palo Alto and Humboldt counties. The chorus practices weekly under the direction of Linda D. Mertz with accompaniment by Kristy Burdick. Sun-day’s concert will feature classical, folk and holiday music. There is no admission charge but free will donations are accepted. Pictured are some of the alumni of the Algona Area Children’s Chorus. Submitted photo.
The holiday season will soon be upon us. Humboldt County Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. (UDMO) is seeking volunteers (individu-als and organizations) to assist with the Salvation Army Ket-tle Bell Ringing Campaign. UDMO administers the Salva-tion Army funds in Humboldt County. The project starts the day before Thanksgiving and continues through Dec. 22 (providing there are volunteers to ring the bells). The is no bell ringing on Sundays. Fareway, Hy-Vee, Dollar General and Shop-Ko in Hum-boldt have graciously donated space for the Salvation Army Bell ringing. The more hours that the kettles are staffed by volun-teers, results in more funds for Humboldt County Salvation Army Crisis Fund. If individu-als or organizations would like to schedule a date and time to ring bells at any of the loca-tions or dates, please contact UDMO at (515) 332-3631 or Pat Hill, (515) 332-1544. If you are unable to ring bells and wish to make a donation, make the checks out to Upper Des Moines Opportunity, with a note for the Salvation Army. The need for help is going to be huge this year. Upper Des Moines Opportunity would like to thank you in advance for your support. Ninety per-cent of the money raised in Humboldt County, will stay in Humboldt County. The other 10 percent of the money goes to the Regional Salvation Army Offi ce located in Oma-ha, NE.
Humboldt CommunitySchools
Week of Nov. 19-23Monday, Nov. 19
Breakfast: Egg and cheese biscuit, cereal, juice, milk.
Fruit and vegetable growers meeting Are you a fruit or vegeta-ble grower in Iowa? Would you like to share your goals and challenges, or voice your thoughts on how horticultural programming at Practical Farmers of Iowa can best serve your needs? If so, consider participating in a horticulture planning meeting hosted by Practical Farmers of Iowa on Monday, Nov. 26, from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Drake Community Library in Grin-nell, 930 Park St. Attendance is free, includes lunch, and all fruit and vegetable growers are welcome. After the meeting portion has ended, PFI members An-drew and Melissa Dunham, owners of Grinnell Heritage Farm, will discuss their sea-son extension marketing, pro-duction and storage practices before leading attendees on a tour of the season extension structure on their farm, locat-ed 1.8 miles northeast of the library. Attendees are asked to bring warm clothes for the farm tour portion of the meet-ing. Attendees are asked to RSVP by Wednesday, Nov. 21, to PFI offi ce assistant Lauren Zastrow at [email protected] or call (515) 232-5661.
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