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6.29.2019 | PUBLIC RECORDS | 5 DEATH NOTICES Steve Boekholder ACKLEY-Steve Boek- holder of Iowa Falls passed away in Novem- ber 2018. A celebration of life will be held at Prairie Bridges Park in Ackley at the shelterhouse on Sat- urday, July 20, starting at 1 p.m. Steve’s family will be grilling burgers and hot dogs, but please bring a dish to share if you like. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be provided. Junior Brim Sunday, June 9, 2019 WILLIAMS-Junior Brim, 82, of Williams, died Sun- day, June 9, 2019, at Van Diest Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, July 1, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Williams with Father Stephen Meyer and Father Rick Dagit, offi - ciants. Arrangements with Foster Funeral & Cremation Center. Lee Anna Klatt Monday, June 24, 2019 AMES-Lee Anna Klatt, 88, of Ames, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Bickford of Ames. Funer- al services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Ames. Her body will be cremated following the service and interment will be at a later date. The family will receive friends prior to the fu- neral service from 10-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Bethesda Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial donations be made in her memory to Lutheran Social Services, Beloit Center in Ames, 1323 Northwestern Ave. Boeke Funeral Home of Radcliffe is caring for Lee Anna and her family. For more information and online condolences go to: www. boekefuneralhomes.com. Frances “Fran” N. Lage Monday, June 24, 2019 GRUNDY CENTER- Frances “Fran” N. Lage, 83, of Grundy Center, passed away unexpect- edly on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospi- tal in Grundy Center. The funeral service was held Friday, June 28, at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. Inter- ment was at Maple Hill Cemetery in rural Glad- brook. Memorials may be directed to the family and INDEX AREA NEWS 2-5 COMMUNITY 3 RECORDS 4-5 LEGALS 5 CLASSIFIEDS 6-8 SPORTS 9-12 Marcus Archer Marcus Archer is a Florida native playing basketball at Ellsworth Community College. ic. Supervisors meet Oct. 7 The Hardin County Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. in the confer- ence room at the court- house in Eldora. The public is invited to attend the meeting. IVCCD Board meets Oct. 7 The Iowa Valley Com- munity College District Board of Directors will meet in regular monthly session Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Admin- istrative Board Room at IVCCD in Marshalltown. The meeting agenda includes recognition of retiring Board President Conrad Dejardin. Other agenda items include the approval of a lease agree- ment between IVCCD and Buena Vista University, and approval of con- tracted services with the AGWSR School District. The public is invited to attend the meeting. n CITIZEN Julie H “We a plans fo Local second- grader collects books for fosters BY COREY MEINTS [email protected] Z yrianna Cerna was sick at home from her 2nd grade classes at Pineview Ele- mentary School on Mon- day. She had a tummy ache. But what she got in the mail that day lifted her spirits. More than 200 books arrived. The same thing happened Tuesday when she got home from school. “That made me feel better,” Zyrianna said. Zyrianna is not a book hoard- er, but she is somewhat of a col- lector. As a Brownie in the Girl Scouts, she is embarking on one of the group’s Journeys. This Jour- ney is called “A World of Girls,” which discussed that many people around the world have very limit- ed or no access to books. This one has to do with books and reading and what they mean to children and others around the world. Since she loves to read, some- thing she has been doing since kindergarten, Zyrianna decided her Journey would be to conduct a book drive for foster children in Hardin County. She set a goal of 500 books. Her mother, Dan- ielle Cerna, thought that might be a stretch. But, just four days into the drive, Zyrianna already had more than 500 books. So, she re- set her goals for the drive, which closes at the end of October. “I want to get 1,000,” Zyrianna exclaimed with wide eyes and a big smile. “I never thought I’d get this many.” At this pace, she could get a lot more. Beginning with a collection of 153 of her own books, friends and family from across the coun- BY JOE BENEDI jbenedict@iafalls. J ames Kofi child slave ca is return Thursday, Oct 8 University in Union Great Hal story. And some o Iowa Falls are org pool to go see Ann Steve and Judy Afdal along with Times Citizen President and Pub- lisher Mark Ham- ilton and others went to Ghana last year to help set up a library at Challengi the school and childr organization Annan s group is hoping for an to Ghana in March to nan’s school further. Those interested in see Annan speak at ISU the Times Citizen at (6 2521 to sign up. Annan is a forme slave in Ghana. It is es that 21,000 children are in the fishing industry country’s Lake Volta. His zation has rescued about children from a life of s and helped thousands of children in Ghana through cation and other empower programs. His story started on the where he had to escape on You can help To donate new or gently- used books for children of all ages, drop off or mail to: Bethany Lutheran Church Attn: Book Drive, 2712 Washington Ave. Iowa Falls, IA 50126 There will also be a donation box at The Coffee Attic and The Book Cellar. Books may be dropped off during normal business hours. For more information, please contact Danielle Cerna at (319) 883-2533 or e-mail [email protected] To rea Grand J opposit past cov to www. BOOK DRIVE SPEECH Sharing Love of Books try put her over the 500 mark. “I posted it on Facebook,” Dan- ielle said. “I have friends scattered all over who saw it and decided to send some books. When we start- ed this, we talked about it. If we don’t get any, we don’t get any. If we reach her goal, that’s awe- some. We got 460 books in the mail by Wednesday. I thought 500 was pushing it.” Zyrianna is collecting the books to deliver to the Depart- ment of Human Services, ear- marked for foster families. The foster system is something per- sonal to Danielle, herself a foster An retu to Io JAMES KOFI ANNAN CERNA BOOKS P2 was named king. The school’s festivities culminated with the homecoming football games Friday night. PHOTO BY DANIELLE CERNA Zyrianna Cerna has embarked on a mission to collect new and gently-used books to give to foster children in Hardin County. One week into the drive, she already has 500 books. TIMES CITIZEN PHOTOS BY JUSTIN ITES (TOP) AND MARISSA VANWINGEN (BELOW) $ 1 DNESDAY | 12.20.2017 | A Local girl helping people like her loved ones BY COREY MEINTS [email protected] D anielle Cerna-Koehrsen had a rough childhood. Abuse put her in the system, and that system sent her from one foster home to another until she arrived at her 10th. That happened to be her final stop, as Bernie and Wanda Koehrsen adopted her. On her 10th birthday. Now with kids of her own, she has never kept her history from them. Daughter Zyrianna Cerna-Koehrsen knows a lot of what her mother went through. She also knows about three of her cousins - all abused - who were pted by the first were partment of Human Services - earmarked for foster families. She already knew then about her mother’ ations as a child. But when the collection gre ided to spread them around to oth rvices, Blank Childre ll benefite The duffel bags being assembled by Zyrianna Cer- na-Koehrsen contain things like toothbrushes and shampoo, and also coloring books and journals. Want to help? If you’d like to help Zyrian- na Cerna-Koehrsen’s effort to assemble bags for fos- ter kids, email her mother Danielle Cerna-Koehrsen at om. rm of PHOTOS BY COREY MEINTS/TIMES CITIZEN Iowa Falls fourth-grader Zyrianna Cer- na-Koehrsen is collecting duffel bags and filling them with sup- plies for kids in foster care. She hopes the bags will bring the kids some happiness. Council vote sets ‘tight’ sewer repair in motion River could be lowered to replace broken pipe BY SARA KONRAD BARANOWSKI [email protected] T ime is of the essence when it comes to repairing an underwater sewer line in winter. The Iowa Falls City Council met Monday – the first time since city employees discovered a sewer line that runs under the River Street Bridge had broken – and it voted unanimously to declare the situation an emergency, setting in motion the process for replacing the pipe as quickly as possible. “I just don’t think we have enough time to not con- sider it an emergency,” City Manager Jody Anderson said. Mitch Holtz of Fox Engineering addressed the Coun- cil on Monday. He said the urgency comes from the timeline for replacing the pipe – not from a threat to public health or safety. The broken line was discovered on Dec. 6 when a city crew found a live 22-inch carp in the 6-inch pipe. Investigation revealed that the line, which had been in- stalled in a trench and buried in silt in 2009, had been exposed and was broken. The pipe’s companion – a 12-inch line that was buried a foot above it in the same trench – is also exposed, but not broken. When the n pipe was discovered, wastewater flow was di- nch pipe, which is reserved for times of appens in warmer months. nately we have nch An amazing experience! ECC has more than 55 degree program options, from Agriculture and Criminal Justice to Equine Science, Graphic Design and Nursing. ECC students graduate with OVER $7,000 less debt than students at Iowa’s public universities or private colleges. Our Precision Ag program is currently ranked #3 in the NATION by precisionag.com! Ellsworth’s not the biggest ... just the best! Call or visit the ECC Admissions Office to apply for scholarship and BECOME A PANTHER TODAY! 1100 College Avenue, Iowa Falls, IA 641-648-4611 [email protected] EllsworthCollege.com Fall classes start Aug. 26... Ellsworth Community College ELLSWORTH iowa valley community college district Community College memories or messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.abels- funeralhomes.com. Gayle Lawton Monday, June 24, 2019 COLLINS-Gayle Lawton, 63, of Collins and former- ly of Ackley, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Sun- day, June 30, at the Wood- ley Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest with a fam- ily graveside inurnment at the Northlawn Memory Gardens. Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Ser- vices of Iowa Falls is caring for Gayle and her family. Charles Mellows Monday, June 24, 2019 HUBBARD-Charles Mellows, 91, formerly of Hubbard, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Bethany Life Communi- ties in Story City. Funeral services were held Friday, June 28, at the Bethany Life Chapel in Story City. Burial took place in the Hubbard Cemetery. The Boeke Fu- neral Home in Hubbard was in charge of the arrange- ments. For more informa- tion and online condolences go to: www.boekefuneral- homes.com. IFPD LOGS JUNE 20 5:37 A.M. - Advised of a sick-looking raccoon in front of HyVee’s south doors. 8:14 - Officer requested. 9:16 - Parking complaint. 9:56 - AT&T testing 911 calls. 10:05 - Controlled burn. 10:18 - Reported the traffic lights near Kwik Star were not changing. Street department was advised. 10:52 - Controlled burn. 11:02 - Fingerprint cards. 1:01 P.M. - Dog license. 1:10 - Controlled burn. 3:12 - Report of a scam call. 4:07 - Request to speak with an officer. 4:12 - Request to speak with an officer. 4:24 - Lawn complaint. 4:35 - Request to speak with an officer. 4:39 - Information requested on a vehicle in impound. 7:51 - Turned in lost property. 8:06 - Request to speak with an officer. 8:37 - Turned in lost property. 9:13 - Request to speak with an officer. 10:06 - Report of fireworks being set off in the neighbor- hood. JUNE 21 8:30 A.M. - Officer request- ed. 9:33 - AT&T testing 911 calls. 10:50 - Officer requested. 12:19 P.M. - Report of a scam claiming his grandson was in trouble. 3:56 - Question about a vehicle in impound. 4:25 - Extra patrol. 4:30 - Question about window tint. 4:42 - Question about window tint. 4:59 - Train will be blocking the roadway for an hour due to maintenance issues. 5:42 - Parking complaint. 6:16 - Reporting party has a fireworks tent up at Hy-Vee and is requesting the fire chief to do an inspection. 7:11 - 911 transfer to Hardin County. 7:12 - 911 hangup determined to be accidental. 7:59 - Colby Matthew Tripp, 27, of Iowa Falls, was arrested on a Hardin County warrant for fail- ure to serve jail time. Original charge of protective order, no bond. 8:19 - 911 hangup determined to be accidental. 9:40 - Reporting parting ad- vised that someone is shooting off fireworks. JUNE 22 2:46 A.M. - Report of a pos- sible intoxicated driver. Offi- cers were unable to locate and information was passed on to Hardin County. 3:01 - 911 call. 7:00 - Report of a gas driveoff. 7:53 - Report of an intoxicat- ed male. Male went into a res- idence. 9:29 - Request to speak with an officer. 9:46 - Report of two dogs run- ning at large. 9:50 - Report of a missing dog. 11:04 - Report of a possible in- toxicated male. 12:30 P.M. - Justin Bittner, 36, of Iowa Falls was arrested on a Hardin County warrant for pro- bation violation. 12:49 - Report of a dog run- ning at large. 1:56 - 911 hangup, unable to call back due to 911 prefix. 2:00 - Accidental 911 call. 2:19 - Information reported. 2:27 - Accidental 911 call. 2:59 - Information requested. 3:52 - Erratic driver reported on Highway 20, information was relayed to Hardin County due to location. 5:13 - Request to speak with an officer. 5:14 - Report of suspicious activity. Officer checked on the situation and it was deter- mined not to be of concern. 7:32 - Requested an officer. 7:50 - 911 hangup. 10:05 - 911 hangup. 11:35 - 911 hangup. JUNE 23 8:35 A.M. - Report of an or- ange cone in the street. Offi- cer returned cone to its proper location. 9:16 - Found debit/credit card. 12:17 P.M. - Planner found. 12:35 - Report of a gas driveoff at Casey’s Central. 2:10 - Abandoned 911 call, un- able to call back due to 911 prefix. 3:06 - Turned in lost property. 3:20 - Request to speak with an officer. 3:49 - Request to speak with an officer regarding a vehicle in impound. 6:08 - Requested an officer. 8:03 - Information reported. 9:49 - Recreational fire. 11:15 - Officer requested. 11:26 - Officer spoke with a male. 11:58 - Officer requested to check on a male who was walk- ing around his neighbors’. It was a resident of the house. JUNE 24 12:19 A.M. - Officer requested to check on a suspicious vehi- cle. 12:47 - 911 hangup. 4:03 - Request to speak with an officer. 5:46 - Citizen assist. 8:58 - Live trap returned. 9:07 - Property retrieved from evidence. 9:13 - Reported theſt of a hand gun. 10:43 - Reported forgery. 10:54 - Funeral escort. 11:22 - Request to speak with an officer. 11:31 - Gas leak reported. Occu- pants vacated the building. 1:15 P.M. - Report of two kit- tens found near McDonald’s. 2:43 - Requested jurisdiction information. 3:02 - 911 call. 3:55 - Tobacco compliance check completed. 4:04 - Controlled burn. 4:39 - Request to speak with an officer. 5:03 - Request to speak with an officer. 5:46 - Information requested. 6:27 - 911 hangup. Upon call- back, determined to be acci- dental. 6:43 - Vehicle released from impound. 6:48 - 911 call reporting a pos- sible suicidal subject. Officer located subject and was deter- mined to be OK. 8:11 - Information reported. 9:17 - Officer requested. 9:30 - Barking complaint. 10:18 - Advised for a possible gas leak. 11:06 - Dog running at large. JUNE 25 1:06 A.M. - Officer stopped and spoke with female in Estes Park. 1:53 - Officer spoke with a sub- ject riding a bike. 7:23 - Structure fire reported. 7:34 - Officer requested. 10:04 - Request to speak with an officer. 1:16 P.M. - Report of an email scam. 1:27 - Assisted with a medical situation in county. 2:05 - Dog running at large. 2:11 - Report of a scam that came through the fax machine. 2:12 - Parking complaint. 2:25 - Funeral escort. 2:52 - Fire drill. 2:54 - Report of two people throwing fireworks from a ve- hicle. 5:00 - Request to speak with an officer. 5:49 - Controlled burn. 6:30 - Officer requested. 8:41 - Report of someone lighting off fireworks. Fire- works were all legal. 10:29 - 911 call regarding an intoxicated subject. Subject was taken to Hansen Family Hospital. 10:52 - Report of an erratic driver. Hardin County was ad- vised. JUNE 26 12:38 A.M. - Report of a semi vs. car accident with no injuries, just north of the airport. IFPD responded to the scene until a deputy got there. 2:01 - Request to speak with an officer regarding trespass- ing. 6:57 - Report of a vehicle driv- ing suspiciously. 8:21 - Dog running at large. 9:32 - Request to speak with the chief. 10:00 - Request to speak with an officer. 10:11 - Controlled burn. 10:13 - Accidental 911 call. 11:15 - Request to speak with an officer. 11:19 - Report of a scam using the police department’s phone number. 11:39 - Request to speak with an officer. 12:15 P.M. - Report of a gas leak at Kwik Star. 12:45 - Citizen assist. 3:47 - Officers requested for a neighbor dispute. 6:22 - Controlled burn. 7:47 - Officer requested to check on an RV parked at the airport. 8:36 - Erratic driver reported. 8:53 - Officer requested to check on the west side due to a noise disturbance. 9:18 - Officer requested. 9:25 - Erratic driver was re- ported. 10:01 - Fireworks complaint. HCSO LOGS JUNE 20 7:13 A.M. - Debris reported in the roadway. 9:36 - Controlled burn. 11:10 - Controlled burn. 11:39 - Citizen assist. 4:12 P.M. - Property damage, theſt. 4:26 - Vehicle in the ditch, un- known injuries. 5:14 - Controlled burn. 7:22 - Checking fishing licenses. 7:47 - Controlled burn. 9:15 - Harassment. JUNE 21 5:54 A.M. - Controlled burn. 12:05 P.M. - Parking com- plaint. 5:05 - Dog reported running away. 5:55 - Disabled vehicle. 6:11 - Controlled burn. 7:12 - Erratic driver. JUNE 22 2:41 A.M. - Transferred 911 call to Marshall County. 2:55 - Erratic driver. 4:17 - Disabled vehicle. 7:24 - Vehicle stalled. 9:10 - Controlled burn. 9:40 - Controlled burn. 9:48 - Dog running loose. 9:52 - Assisted another agency. 10:55 - Wild pigs in a field. 11:44 - Concerned about a horse. 11:49 - Fraud call. 1:15 P.M. - Justin Bittner, 36, was served a warrant for probation violation. Original charge of domestic abuse as- sault second. 1:32 - Controlled burn. 3:55 - Erratic driver complaint. 6:36 - Disabled vehicle. 9:43 - Loud noise. JUNE 23 2:43 A.M. - Erratic driver. Call transferred to Hardin County from Grundy County. 9:32 - Funeral escort. 11:45 - Tree blocking the road- way. 1:06 P.M. - Disabled vehicle. 1:31 - Traffic complaint. 1:36 - Controlled burn. 3:09 - Traffic complaint. 10:39 - Railroad gates down. JUNE 24 6:49 A.M. - Car/deer accident. 6:56 - Debris in the roadway. 8:03 - Vehicle rollover, un- known injuries. 9:30 - Fraudulent activities re- ported. 11:47 - Michael Lee Thompson, 38, of Bradford was arrested on six warrants. 1:06 P.M. - Disabled vehicle. 1:40 - Animal complaint. 4:38 - Request to speak with a deputy. 5:47 - Traffic complaint. 10:48 - Request to speak with an officer. JUNE 25 1:36 A.M. - Basement smoke alarm going off. 2:49 - 911 hangup. 6:10 - Cow in the roadway. 10:41 - Debris in the roadway. 4:27 P.M. - Traffic complaint, train blocking the roadway. 6:28 - 911 wireless open line. 8:27 - Civil paper served. 8:56 - Vandalism report. 9:04 - Deer in the roadway. 9:09 - Controlled burn. 9:59 - Fireworks complaint. JUNE 26 12:32 A.M. - Public contact. 12:41 - Accident. 4:43 - Fireworks complaint. 8:52 - Livestock in the road- way. Small pig running around. 9:26 - Controlled burn. 11:30 - Controlled burn. 1:10 P.M. - Civil standby. 1:14 - Controlled burn. 4:37 - Controlled burn. 5:34 - Debris on the highway. 7:45 - Controlled burn. 8:17 - Follow-up.
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6.29.2019 | PUBLIC RECORDS | 5DEATH NOTICES

Steve BoekholderACKLEY-Steve Boek-

holder of Iowa Falls passed away in Novem-ber 2018. A celebration of life will be held at Prairie Bridges Park in Ackley at the shelterhouse on Sat-urday, July 20, starting at 1 p.m. Steve’s family will be grilling burgers and hot dogs, but please bring a dish to share if you like. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be provided.

Junior BrimSunday, June 9, 2019WILLIAMS-Junior Brim,

82, of Williams, died Sun-day, June 9, 2019, at Van Diest Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, July 1, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Williams with Father Stephen Meyer and Father Rick Dagit, offi-ciants. Arrangements with Foster Funeral & Cremation Center.

Lee Anna KlattMonday, June 24, 2019

AMES-Lee Anna Klatt, 88, of Ames, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Bickford of Ames. Funer-al services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Ames. Her body will be cremated following the service and interment will be at a later date. The family will receive friends prior to the fu-neral service from 10-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Bethesda Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial donations be made in her memory to Lutheran Social Services, Beloit Center in Ames, 1323 Northwestern Ave. Boeke Funeral Home of Radcliffe is caring for Lee Anna and her family. For more information and online condolences go to: www.boekefuneralhomes.com.

Frances “Fran” N. Lage

Monday, June 24, 2019GRUNDY CENTER-

Frances “Fran” N. Lage, 83, of Grundy Center, passed away unexpect-edly on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospi-tal in Grundy Center. The funeral service was held Friday, June 28, at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. Inter-ment was at Maple Hill Cemetery in rural Glad-brook. Memorials may be directed to the family and

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Marcus Archer Marcus Archer is a Florida native playing basketball at Ellsworth Community College.

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Eldora Council meets TuesdayThe Eldora City Coun-cil will meet in regular monthly session next week. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, beginning at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

The public is invited to attend the meeting.

Hotel/Motel Board meetsThe Iowa Falls Hotel/Motel Tax Funding Ad-visory Board will meet Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.The meeting agenda includes review grant requests from the Iowa Falls Area Development Corporation, the Scenic City Empress and Winter Rec Festival and the Iowa Falls Signage Committee.The Hotel/Motel Board makes recommen-dations to the City Coun-cil for awarding grants that are funded through a voter-approved tax on the rental of all hotel, motel and bed and breakfast rooms in Iowa Falls.The meeting is open to the public.

Supervisors meet Oct. 7The Hardin County Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. in the confer-ence room at the court-house in Eldora.The public is invited to attend the meeting.

IVCCD Board meets Oct. 7The Iowa Valley Com-munity College District Board of Directors will meet in regular monthly session Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Admin-istrative Board Room at IVCCD in Marshalltown.The meeting agenda includes recognition of retiring Board President Conrad Dejardin. Other agenda items include the approval of a lease agree-ment between IVCCD and Buena Vista University, and approval of con-tracted services with the AGWSR School District. The public is invited to attend the meeting. n

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Hinders says Board is ‘steadfast’BY BECKY SCHIPPER AND SARA KONRAD [email protected] and [email protected]

G rand JiVanté has changed course in its pursuit of mov-ing 68 skilled nursing home beds from Ackley to a replace-ment facility to be constructed in Iowa Falls. The change came on Tuesday with a letter addressed to Kala Shipley at the Department of Public Health’s Certificate of Need Program.In it, Grand JiVanté attorney Heather Campbell voluntarily withdrew the application which had been filed on Aug. 31. In the letter, Campbell also request-ed a refund of $15,750, which she said represents 75 percent of the application fee paid by Grand JiVanté.In response to questions about why the application was withdrawn, Grand JiVanté CEO Julie Hinders said in an e-mail, “We are not going to discuss plans for obvious reasons.”

Local second-grader collects books for fostersBY COREY [email protected]

Z yrianna Cerna was sick at home from her 2nd grade classes at Pineview Ele-mentary School on Mon-day. She had a tummy ache. But what she got in the mail that day lifted her spirits. More than 200 books arrived.The same thing happened Tuesday when she got home from school.“That made me feel better,” Zyrianna said.Zyrianna is not a book hoard-er, but she is somewhat of a col-lector. As a Brownie in the Girl Scouts, she is embarking on one of the group’s Journeys. This Jour-ney is called “A World of Girls,” which discussed that many people around the world have very limit-ed or no access to books.This one has to do with books and reading and what they mean to children and others around the world.

Since she loves to read, some-thing she has been doing since kindergarten, Zyrianna decided her Journey would be to conduct a book drive for foster children in Hardin County. She set a goal of 500 books. Her mother, Dan-ielle Cerna, thought that might be a stretch. But, just four days into the drive, Zyrianna already had more than 500 books. So, she re-set her goals for the drive, which closes at the end of October.“I want to get 1,000,” Zyrianna exclaimed with wide eyes and a big smile. “I never thought I’d get this many.”At this pace, she could get a lot more. Beginning with a collection of 153 of her own books, friends and family from across the coun-

BY JOE [email protected]

J ames Kofi Annan, a former child slave in Ghana, Afri-ca is returning to Iowa on Thursday, Oct 8, at Iowa State University in the Memorial Union Great Hall to share his story. And some of his friends in Iowa Falls are organizing a car-pool to go see Annan speak.Steve and Judy Afdal along with Times Citizen President and Pub-lisher Mark Ham-ilton and others went to Ghana last year to help set up a library at Challenging Heights, the school and children’s rights organization Annan started. The group is hoping for another trip to Ghana in March to help An-nan’s school further.Those interested in going to see Annan speak at ISU can call the Times Citizen at (641) 648-2521 to sign up.Annan is a former child slave in Ghana. It is estimated that 21,000 children are slaves in the fishing industry on that country’s Lake Volta. His organi-zation has rescued about 1,400 children from a life of slavery and helped thousands of other children in Ghana through edu-cation and other empowerment programs.His story started on the lake where he had to escape on his

You can helpTo donate new or gently-used books for children of all ages, drop off or mail to:Bethany Lutheran ChurchAttn: Book Drive,2712 Washington Ave.Iowa Falls, IA 50126There will also be a donation box at The Coffee Attic and The Book Cellar. Books may be dropped off during normal business hours.For more information, please contact Danielle Cerna at (319) 883-2533 or e-mail [email protected]

To read documents from Grand JiVanté and the local opposition group, as well as past coverage of the issue, go to www.timescitizen.com.

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try put her over the 500 mark.“I posted it on Facebook,” Dan-ielle said. “I have friends scattered all over who saw it and decided to send some books. When we start-ed this, we talked about it. If we don’t get any, we don’t get any. If we reach her goal, that’s awe-some. We got 460 books in the mail by Wednesday. I thought 500 was pushing it.”Zyrianna is collecting the books to deliver to the Depart-ment of Human Services, ear-marked for foster families. The foster system is something per-sonal to Danielle, herself a foster

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Both Iowa Falls-Alden and South Hardin high schools have been celebrating homecoming this week. Activities meant to boost school spirit were planned throughout the week. On Thursday evening, both schools hosted coronation ceremonies. Iowa Falls-Alden High School (above) crowned April Christensen queen and Jagger Olson king. At South Hardin High School (right), Kristin Mathis (seated) was crowned queen, and Jordin Wilkie was named king. The school’s festivities culminated with the homecoming football games Friday night.

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Zyrianna Cerna has embarked on a mission to collect new

and gently-used books to give to foster children in Hardin

County. One week into the drive, she already has 500 books.

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WEDNESDAY | 12.20.2017 | A

Rivers

move over

time, and we

try to predict

to our greatest

ability, what

rivers are

going to do.”

MITCH HOLTZ

Fox Engineering

M14

Local girl helping

people like

her loved ones

BY COREY MEINTS

mmeint s@iafal ls .com

Danielle Cerna-Koehrsen had a rough childhood.

Abuse put her in the system, and that system

sent her from one foster home to another until

she arrived at her 10th. That happened to be her final

stop, as Bernie and Wanda Koehrsen adopted her. On

her 10th birthday.

Now with kids of her own, she has never kept her

history from them. Daughter Zyrianna Cerna-Koehrsen

knows a lot of what

her mother went

through. She also

knows about three

of her cousins - all

abused - who were

adopted by the first

family they were

placed with in foster

care.Because abuse hit

so close to home,

both with her moth-

er and her cousins,

Zyrianna decided to

do something to help. This isn’t the first time she’s

has shown how big her heart is. Two years ago, she

collected around 2,500 books, which she then donated.

Her original goal was to collect 500 book for the De-

partment of Human Services - earmarked for foster

families. She already knew then about her mother’s

tribulations as a child. But when the collection grew

to 2,500, she decided to spread them around to other

places. Lutheran Family Services, Blank Children’s

Hospital, and Ronald McDonald House all benefited.

Now, the Rock Run Elementary fourth-grader is

doing it again as she collects duffel bags and various

items to go in them. Everything has a reason, Zyr-

The duffel bags being assembled by Zyrianna Cer-

na-Koehrsen contain things like toothbrushes and

shampoo, and also coloring books and journals.

Want to help?

If you’d like to help Zyrian-

na Cerna-Koehrsen’s effort

to assemble bags for fos-

ter kids, email her mother

Danielle Cerna-Koehrsen at

[email protected].

Donations can take the form of

bags, items or cash. Items can

also be dropped off at Bethany

Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls.

PHOTOS BY

COREY MEINTS/TIMES CITIZEN

Iowa Falls

fourth-grader

Zyrianna Cer-

na-Koehrsen is

collecting duffel

bags and filling

them with sup-

plies for kids

in foster care.

She hopes the

bags will bring

the kids some

happiness.

ZYRIANNA ... A2

Council vote

sets ‘tight’

sewer repair

in motion

River could be lowered to

replace broken pipe

BY SARA KONRAD BARANOWSKI

skonrad@iafal ls .com

Time is of the essence when it comes to repairing

an underwater sewer line in winter.

The Iowa Falls City Council met Monday – the

first time since city employees discovered a sewer line

that runs under the River Street Bridge had broken –

and it voted unanimously to declare the situation an

emergency, setting in motion the process for replacing

the pipe as quickly as possible.

“I just don’t think we have enough time to not con-

sider it an emergency,” City Manager Jody Anderson

said.Mitch Holtz of Fox Engineering addressed the Coun-

cil on Monday. He said the urgency comes from the

timeline for replacing the pipe – not from a threat to

public health or safety.

The broken line was discovered on Dec. 6 when a

city crew found a live 22-inch carp in the 6-inch pipe.

Investigation revealed that the line, which had been in-

stalled in a trench and buried in silt in 2009, had been

exposed and was broken. The pipe’s companion – a

12-inch line that was buried a foot above it in the same

trench – is also exposed, but not broken. When the

broken pipe was discovered, wastewater flow was di-

verted to the 12-inch pipe, which is reserved for times of

higher flow, which typically happens in warmer months.

“We’ve got a broken pipe, but fortunately we have

redundancies in the system,” Holtz said. “If the 12-inch

[pipe] got smacked by a boat tomorrow, we still have a

pump station there as well. We do have some belt and

suspenders to give everyone peace of mind.”

But those safety measures are less reliable in warm-

er months when the flow increases. Scott Peden, the

city’s water and wastewater superintendent, told the

Council that the new pipes were installed in 2009 to

retire the costly pump station, and to discontinue the

practice of overflowing wastewater into the river when

the system became overloaded – typically following

heavy rains. That also put a stop to basement backups,

which had become a problem for residents on the west

side of town. With the 6-inch

pipe out of commission and

the 12-inch pipe exposed,

it’s more possible the city

would have to switch back to

a pump, which could lead to

overflows into the river and

basement backups.

Replacement of the pipe

is the next focus, and that

can’t happen without low-

ering the river level. While

Holtz said he checked with

a diving company that would

be able to get under the wa-

ter to repair the 6-inch pipe, that’s not a permanent

fix. About 75 feet of both pipes would still be exposed

under the water.

The better option, Holtz said, is to draw down the

river level – as was done in 2009 – and lay new pipes

at a greater depth under the silt. But there are limits

to when that work can be done. The river can only be

lowered in the fall and winter, and it must be brought

back up when the water temperature has been 40 de-

grees for two weeks, which usually begins to happen in

early March.

“Everybody I’ve talked to believes it’s very doable,

but it’s tight,” said Holtz, who recommended having a

contractor ready to begin work in early February.

But Anderson suggested a more aggressive timeline.

“I would recommend you declare it an emergen-

cy and you go ahead and lower the river,” he told the

Council. “We don’t have enough time and we need to

probably be doing the project in January.”

The Council followed Anderson’s advice and declared

the emergency. Holtz said the DNR could also declare

the situation an emergency. If it does, the City would

be able to hire a contractor without the normal public

bidding process. Holtz said initial cost estimates have

produced a wide range of possibilities: anywhere from

$75,000 to $300,000.

Holtz said he’ll be in touch with Anderson to relay

information to the Council. The first step will be con-

tacting the company that owns the hydroelectric dam

company. The city will begin the process by contact-

ing North American Hydro, which owns the dam and

must request permission from the DNR to lower the river.

Volunteers

deck Eldora’s

downtown

BY JOE BENEDICT

jbenedic t@iafal ls .com

Eldora got into the holiday

spirit earlier this month,

with a little help from its

revived Chamber of Commerce,

several businesses and families,

and a host of volunteers.

All the light poles in the

downtown area around the

square have been wrapped in

green garland and lights as part

of the Chamber’s Adopt-A-Pole

program this year. The organi-

zation, which was revived earlier

this year, is starting to gain trac-

tion and put out an announce-

ment looking for sponsors for

each pole.

Aaron Budgweg, a local busi-

ness owner who will soon take

office as a new member of the

City Council, helped with the

project. He said it went far be-

yond what organizers were ex-

pecting.“We started out with 12

(poles) around the square. We put

a message out on social media

and in a couple days, all 46 poles

were spoken for,” Budweg said.

Business and individu-

al sponsors were given a sign

on each pole to show who was

sponsoring it. A couple of Satur-

days ago, several volunteers came

out to put up the decorations on

the poles.

Budweg said some people

may remember when there were

lights on top of the buildings

in Eldora. The 2009 hail storm

put an end to that display

when many of the lights and

their holders were severely

damaged. They’ve not been

repaired or replaced.

The new Chamber of

Commerce group - after

its initial meetings - start-

ed to talk about putting up

some decorations downtown.

Members had heard from

the public that they missed that

feature in the downtown.

Budweg said it was getting

too late to try and revive the

lights on the buildings down-

town. “We looked at it and felt there

was not enough time,” he said.

The group decided this would

be a good alternative this year.

The lights on the buildings could

still be a future project. Budweg

said the group hopes to expand

the lighting next year.

The building lights were only in op-

eration for three or four years before the

storm, Budweg said. He said some remnants

It’s beginning

to look a lot like Christmas

JOE BENEDICT/TIMES CITIZEN

Businesses, residents and volunteers

worked together to decorate 46 light

poles in downtown Eldora. The proj-

ect was organized by the Eldora Area

Chamber of Commerce.

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Gayle LawtonMonday, June 24, 2019

COLLINS-Gayle Lawton, 63, of Collins and former-ly of Ackley, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Sun-day, June 30, at the Wood-ley Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest with a fam-ily graveside inurnment at the Northlawn Memory Gardens. Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Ser-vices of Iowa Falls is caring for Gayle and her family.

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IFPD LOGS

JUNE 205:37 A.M. - Advised of a sick-looking raccoon in front of HyVee’s south doors.

8:14 - Officer requested.9:16 - Parking complaint.9:56 - AT&T testing 911 calls.10:05 - Controlled burn.10:18 - Reported the traffic lights near Kwik Star were not changing. Street department was advised.

10:52 - Controlled burn.11:02 - Fingerprint cards.1:01 P.M. - Dog license.1:10 - Controlled burn.3:12 - Report of a scam call.4:07 - Request to speak with an officer.

4:12 - Request to speak with an officer.

4:24 - Lawn complaint.4:35 - Request to speak with an officer.

4:39 - Information requested on a vehicle in impound.

7:51 - Turned in lost property.8:06 - Request to speak with an officer.

8:37 - Turned in lost property.9:13 - Request to speak with an officer.

10:06 - Report of fireworks being set off in the neighbor-hood.

JUNE 218:30 A.M. - Officer request-ed.

9:33 - AT&T testing 911 calls.

10:50 - Officer requested.12:19 P.M. - Report of a scam claiming his grandson was in trouble.

3:56 - Question about a vehicle in impound.

4:25 - Extra patrol.4:30 - Question about window tint.

4:42 - Question about window tint.

4:59 - Train will be blocking the roadway for an hour due to maintenance issues.

5:42 - Parking complaint.6:16 - Reporting party has a fireworks tent up at Hy-Vee and is requesting the fire chief to do an inspection.

7:11 - 911 transfer to Hardin County.

7:12 - 911 hangup determined to be accidental.

7:59 - Colby Matthew Tripp, 27, of Iowa Falls, was arrested on a Hardin County warrant for fail-ure to serve jail time. Original charge of protective order, no bond.

8:19 - 911 hangup determined to be accidental.

9:40 - Reporting parting ad-vised that someone is shooting off fireworks.

JUNE 222:46 A.M. - Report of a pos-sible intoxicated driver. Offi-cers were unable to locate and information was passed on to Hardin County.

3:01 - 911 call.7:00 - Report of a gas driveoff.7:53 - Report of an intoxicat-ed male. Male went into a res-idence.

9:29 - Request to speak with an officer.

9:46 - Report of two dogs run-ning at large.

9:50 - Report of a missing dog.11:04 - Report of a possible in-toxicated male.

12:30 P.M. - Justin Bittner, 36, of Iowa Falls was arrested on a Hardin County warrant for pro-bation violation.

12:49 - Report of a dog run-ning at large.

1:56 - 911 hangup, unable to call back due to 911 prefix.

2:00 - Accidental 911 call.2:19 - Information reported.2:27 - Accidental 911 call.2:59 - Information requested.3:52 - Erratic driver reported on Highway 20, information was relayed to Hardin County due to location.

5:13 - Request to speak with an officer.

5:14 - Report of suspicious activity. Officer checked on the situation and it was deter-mined not to be of concern.

7:32 - Requested an officer.7:50 - 911 hangup.10:05 - 911 hangup.11:35 - 911 hangup.

JUNE 238:35 A.M. - Report of an or-ange cone in the street. Offi-cer returned cone to its proper location.

9:16 - Found debit/credit card.12:17 P.M. - Planner found.12:35 - Report of a gas driveoff at Casey’s Central.

2:10 - Abandoned 911 call, un-able to call back due to 911 prefix.

3:06 - Turned in lost property.3:20 - Request to speak with an officer.

3:49 - Request to speak with an officer regarding a vehicle in impound.

6:08 - Requested an officer.8:03 - Information reported.9:49 - Recreational fire.11:15 - Officer requested.11:26 - Officer spoke with a male.

11:58 - Officer requested to check on a male who was walk-ing around his neighbors’. It was a resident of the house.

JUNE 2412:19 A.M. - Officer requested to check on a suspicious vehi-cle.

12:47 - 911 hangup.4:03 - Request to speak with an officer.

5:46 - Citizen assist.8:58 - Live trap returned.9:07 - Property retrieved from evidence.

9:13 - Reported theft of a hand gun.

10:43 - Reported forgery.10:54 - Funeral escort.11:22 - Request to speak with an officer.

11:31 - Gas leak reported. Occu-pants vacated the building.

1:15 P.M. - Report of two kit-tens found near McDonald’s.

2:43 - Requested jurisdiction information.

3:02 - 911 call.3:55 - Tobacco compliance check completed.

4:04 - Controlled burn.4:39 - Request to speak with an officer.

5:03 - Request to speak with an officer.

5:46 - Information requested.6:27 - 911 hangup. Upon call-back, determined to be acci-dental.

6:43 - Vehicle released from impound.

6:48 - 911 call reporting a pos-sible suicidal subject. Officer located subject and was deter-mined to be OK.

8:11 - Information reported.9:17 - Officer requested.9:30 - Barking complaint.10:18 - Advised for a possible gas leak.

11:06 - Dog running at large.

JUNE 251:06 A.M. - Officer stopped and spoke with female in Estes Park.

1:53 - Officer spoke with a sub-ject riding a bike.

7:23 - Structure fire reported.7:34 - Officer requested.10:04 - Request to speak with an officer.

1:16 P.M. - Report of an email scam.

1:27 - Assisted with a medical situation in county.

2:05 - Dog running at large.2:11 - Report of a scam that came through the fax machine.

2:12 - Parking complaint.2:25 - Funeral escort.

2:52 - Fire drill.2:54 - Report of two people throwing fireworks from a ve-hicle.

5:00 - Request to speak with an officer.

5:49 - Controlled burn.6:30 - Officer requested.8:41 - Report of someone lighting off fireworks. Fire-works were all legal.

10:29 - 911 call regarding an intoxicated subject. Subject was taken to Hansen Family Hospital.

10:52 - Report of an erratic driver. Hardin County was ad-vised.

JUNE 2612:38 A.M. - Report of a semi vs. car accident with no injuries, just north of the airport. IFPD responded to the scene until a deputy got there.

2:01 - Request to speak with an officer regarding trespass-ing.

6:57 - Report of a vehicle driv-ing suspiciously.

8:21 - Dog running at large.9:32 - Request to speak with the chief.

10:00 - Request to speak with an officer.

10:11 - Controlled burn.10:13 - Accidental 911 call.11:15 - Request to speak with an officer.

11:19 - Report of a scam using the police department’s phone number.

11:39 - Request to speak with an officer.

12:15 P.M. - Report of a gas leak at Kwik Star.

12:45 - Citizen assist.3:47 - Officers requested for a neighbor dispute.

6:22 - Controlled burn.7:47 - Officer requested to check on an RV parked at the airport.

8:36 - Erratic driver reported.8:53 - Officer requested to check on the west side due to a noise disturbance.

9:18 - Officer requested.9:25 - Erratic driver was re-ported.

10:01 - Fireworks complaint.

HCSO LOGSJUNE 207:13 A.M. - Debris reported in the roadway.

9:36 - Controlled burn.11:10 - Controlled burn.11:39 - Citizen assist.4:12 P.M. - Property damage, theft.

4:26 - Vehicle in the ditch, un-known injuries.

5:14 - Controlled burn.7:22 - Checking fishing licenses.7:47 - Controlled burn.9:15 - Harassment.

JUNE 215:54 A.M. - Controlled burn.12:05 P.M. - Parking com-plaint.

5:05 - Dog reported running away.

5:55 - Disabled vehicle.6:11 - Controlled burn.

7:12 - Erratic driver.

JUNE 222:41 A.M. - Transferred 911 call to Marshall County.

2:55 - Erratic driver.4:17 - Disabled vehicle.7:24 - Vehicle stalled.9:10 - Controlled burn.9:40 - Controlled burn.9:48 - Dog running loose.9:52 - Assisted another agency.10:55 - Wild pigs in a field.11:44 - Concerned about a horse.

11:49 - Fraud call.1:15 P.M. - Justin Bittner, 36, was served a warrant for probation violation. Original charge of domestic abuse as-sault second.

1:32 - Controlled burn.3:55 - Erratic driver complaint.6:36 - Disabled vehicle.9:43 - Loud noise.

JUNE 232:43 A.M. - Erratic driver. Call transferred to Hardin County from Grundy County.

9:32 - Funeral escort.11:45 - Tree blocking the road-way.

1:06 P.M. - Disabled vehicle.1:31 - Traffic complaint.1:36 - Controlled burn.3:09 - Traffic complaint.10:39 - Railroad gates down.

JUNE 246:49 A.M. - Car/deer accident.6:56 - Debris in the roadway.8:03 - Vehicle rollover, un-known injuries.

9:30 - Fraudulent activities re-ported.

11:47 - Michael Lee Thompson, 38, of Bradford was arrested on six warrants.

1:06 P.M. - Disabled vehicle.1:40 - Animal complaint.4:38 - Request to speak with a deputy.

5:47 - Traffic complaint.10:48 - Request to speak with an officer.

JUNE 251:36 A.M. - Basement smoke alarm going off.

2:49 - 911 hangup.6:10 - Cow in the roadway.10:41 - Debris in the roadway.4:27 P.M. - Traffic complaint, train blocking the roadway.

6:28 - 911 wireless open line.8:27 - Civil paper served.8:56 - Vandalism report.9:04 - Deer in the roadway.9:09 - Controlled burn.9:59 - Fireworks complaint.

JUNE 2612:32 A.M. - Public contact.12:41 - Accident.4:43 - Fireworks complaint.8:52 - Livestock in the road-way. Small pig running around.

9:26 - Controlled burn.11:30 - Controlled burn.1:10 P.M. - Civil standby.1:14 - Controlled burn.4:37 - Controlled burn.5:34 - Debris on the highway.7:45 - Controlled burn.8:17 - Follow-up.

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