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Monday, March 15

Franklin County Board of Supervisors meeting, 8:30 a.m., Franklin County Courthouse, basement levelWest Fork School Board Meeting, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 17

AA meeting, 8 p.m., ZionSt. John

West Fork High School Spring ConcertWest Fork High School Spring ConcertThe West Fork High School Concert Choir performed popular hits at the West Fork Pops Concert on Thursday, March 5.

Managed Medicaid leavesuncertain future for county social services

By Travis FischerSweeping changes are on the

way in how Iowa manages Medicaid spending and it could have a major effect on social services at the coun-ty level. For county social service depart-ments, a large part of their job is to provide targeted case management for Medicaid recipients. Through targeted case manage-ment, Medicaid recipients are given a case worker that coordinates them with the county’s various programs, making sure that they get the specifi c services they need. From doctor vis-its to therapy, case management acts as a one-stop resource for people to utilize area social services. “It’s care coordination for peo-ple with disabilities,” said Russell Wood, Community Services Direc-tor of Franklin County. “What the case manager does is help them get into services, get funding for ser-vices, and helps to make sure that the services being provided meet the goals and outcomes intended

by the client.” Targeted case management is funded by Medicaid, which is in the process of undergoing a drastic transformation at the state level as the governor’s office searches for savings. Earlier this year, Governor Terry Branstad announced a plan to create $51 million in savings for the Med-icaid program by placing the admin-istration of Medicaid in the hands of private fi rms. Ironically, the need to fi nd Med-icaid savings at the state level is a consequence of the state’s strength-ening economy. Medicaid funding is split between the state and the federal government, depending on the level of per capita personal income. This is known as the Federal Medical Assis-tance Percentage (FMAP). The better off people are in a state, the more that state has to contribute to Medicaid services. In 2007, the state paid for 37.61% of Medicaid funding. In the wake of the Great Recession, that percentage dropped to 36.71% in 2010, as the economy continued to struggle.

Since 2010, Iowa’s economy has been on the rise, with the state’s share of Medicaid funding gradually increasing with it. Iowa’s projected share for 2016 will be 44.93% of to-tal Medicaid funds. “Iowa’s economy is doing better compared to other states, resulting in a smaller share of the total FMAP pie for Iowa,” wrote Jess Benson in a legislative analysis. “Iowa’s FMAP rate has declined 7.8% since FY 2012 and this shift means several hundred million dollars of Medicaid expen-ditures are shifted from the federal funding to state funding.” To help ease that increasing ra-tio, the state has released a request for proposals to privatize Medicaid management, anticipating that the increased effi ciency will overcome the increased administration costs. “They’re looking for two to four companies providing managed care to everyone in the state on Medic-aid,” said Wood. Whether managed care will be able to provide those savings is a question for another day. Right now, human service providers are con-

cerned about what their place will be in the managed care environment. “When you have that big of a system change, there are going to be a lot of entities wondering what their place is,” said Bob Lincoln, director of Cerro Gordo County Social Services. “We don’t know more than anyone else does about

Rockwell contracts with NIACOG to help sell Elm Rock

lotsBy Travis Fischer The Rockwell City Council ap-proved their 2015-16 budget follow-ing a public hearing on Wednesday, March 4. Rockwell taxpayers will see a slight dip in their residential taxes as the city’s levy drops from $10.88 per $1000 to $10.73 per $1000. Following the budget hearing, the council met with Elm Rock devel-oper Gary Weiner and NIACOG’s Chris Diggins to discuss possible ad-justments to the Elm Rock subdivi-sion’s development agreement. In 2010, the city invested $135,000 into the Elm Rock subdivi-sion’s infrastructure using Tax Incre-ment Financing (TIF). By declaring the subdivision a TIF district, 100% of property tax values were to go back to the city to recover the invest-ment. Eight lots were plotted and price capped with the expectation that they would be sold and developed into taxable property. However, Weiner has been unable to sell the lots, citing restrictive city regulations as a detri-ment.

Thornton lowers levy by 21 cents

By Travis Fischer The Thornton City Council ap-proved their budget for the 2015-16 fi scal year during their regular meet-ing on Tuesday, March 3. Thornton property owners can enjoy seeing a slight decrease in their taxes for the upcoming year as the property tax levy is reduced from $13.92 per $1,000 valuation to $13.71 per $1,000. “It’s a positive step to being fi s-cally responsible for the taxpayers,” said Mayor Brian Crowell. In other business, the council also approved the route for this year’s Bi-cycle, Blues, and Barbeque weekend bike race. The eleventh annual event will be held on the weekend of July 11 and 12. This year’s big race will be slightly different, circling around southwest Cerro Gordo County twice before riding back to Clear Lake. Finally, the council discussed the logistics of purchasing a new chair rack for the city’s fi re station. The re-quest for a new chair rack came from Fire Chief Mark Nelson, however the council agreed that it should be the city that pays for the new chair rack. “It’s not like the fi re department is going to use that many chairs,” said council member Barry Groh. It’s always going to be a community event.”

West Fork High School Musical

The West Fork High School will present a Disney High School Mu-sical on Stage Friday and Saturday, March 20-21 in the West Fork North Gym at Sheffi eld. Tickets are $5.00 in advance and $6.00 at the door. The musical is directed by Shelby Wilson, Shannon Curtis, and Mike Schluetter. Advance tickets are avail-able at the West Fork High School offi ce in Sheffi eld, and the West Fork Middle School offi ce in Rockwell. Performances start at 7:00 p.m. both nights.

The High School Musical Cast is as follows: The Jocks – Troy Bolton, Devin Ridgeway; Chad Danforth, Daniel Novotney; Zeke Baylor, Sea-mus Sullivan; Jason Beebur, Tanner Braun; Jamal Sanders, Jonah Van-Horn; Other Jocks, Taizo Heimer. The Thespians – Sharpay Evans, Brittany Starr; Ryan Evans, Travis Russell; Jamie, Shelby Ballhagen; Jacie, Carley Ballhagen; Susan, Keylie Weydert; Cathy, Jordan Jack-son; Alice, Mickee Guritz; Cyndra, Sarah Retz. The Brainiacs – Taylor McKessie, Celeste Staudt; Gabriella Montez, Melanie VanHorn; Martha Cox, Briana Carroll; Kratnoff, Sarah Retz; The Skater Dudes and Chicks – Ripper, Jordan Jackson; Mongo, Keylie Weydert; Other Skater Crew, Lauren Moore. Other Students – Jack Scott, Ben Nelson; Kelsi Neilson, Hailey lock; Wildcat Cheerleaders, Jordan Jackson, Mickee G uritz, Lau-ren Dohlman. The Adults – Karaoke M.C., Ben Nelson; Ms. Darbus, Ni-cole Helmers; Coach Bolton, Trevor Russell; Ms. Tenny, Lauren Dohl-man, Decathlon Moderator, Lauren Moore.

West Fork Community School District is excited to announce the availability of our new App for smart-phone and tablet users.

This App was designed to provide on-the-go information to district pa-trons who can access Apps via their smartphones (Apple and Android). Information such as daily announce-ments and events will be available to

individuals at the swipe of a fi nger. Our goal was to provide an additional avenue of information and resources for students, parents, faculty, and community with events happening at West Fork Schools. This app will enable mobile users to access the fol-lowing tabs: Welcome to West Fork, District Information (contacts), Staff Directory, Daily Athletic Calendar,

District Announcements, and access to JMC (Student Grading).. West Fork CSD would like to thank junior student Trenton Fekkers for his work with bringing the App to reality. Tren-ton completed this project under the supervision of West Fork Technology Instructor Eric Burt while in a Tech-nology Pathways class. Thank you for your interest in our mobile A pp!

West Fork Community School District has new app

Food safety quality assurance work-

shops for 4-H youth livestock exhibitors The FSQA workshop for Franklin County 4-H youth involved in live-stock production is scheduled for Monday, March 23, from 7-9 p.m. at Hampton State Bank. This session is open to all 4-H livestock exhibitors in Franklin County. This year, members will learn about the importance of healthy pro-duction practices as well as care and handling of livestock. Ethics will also be covered. Members attending this session will be FSQA certifi ed for 2015. Certifi cates of completion will be kept on fi le at the Franklin County Extension Office. Certifi-cates are good for one year. At the 2015 Franklin County Fair all 4-H youth exhibiting beef, bucket calf, dairy cattle, dairy goat, meat goat, sheep, swine, poultry, and rab-bit must be FSQA certifi ed by May 15. Franklin County members in grades 7-9 and grades 10-12 may contact the Franklin County Exten-sion offi ce for a test out options. The test out date is scheduled for April 14, from 5-6 p.m. at the Extension Offi ce. Contact Jackie Dohlman at (641) 456-4811 or [email protected] if you need to schedule a differ-ent time to take the test.

NIACC plans 12th annual Gardening Seminar The 12th Annual Gardening Sem-inar, “Come Bloom with Us,” will be held Thursday, March 19 on the North Iowa Area Community Col-lege campus from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The event offers participants an op-portunity to learn from educators and local gardening specialists and get an early start on the gardening season in north Iowa. Gardeners will hear presentations

on a variety of topics ranging from the art of container gardening, where have all the bees gone, winning the war against squirrels (when feeding song birds), gardeners guide to peo-nies and straw bale gardening. The presenters will open a whole new world of gardening to the partici-pants. The presenters include: Ellen Montgomery, The Basic Birder;

Reba and Daniel Stillwater, Still-water Nursery; Pat Ennis, Spring Valley Farm; Harvey Buchnite, Hid-den Springs Flower Farm and Joel Karsten, author of “Straw Bale Gar-dening”. Market Street is a popular aspect of the seminar featuring garden-re-lated business displays. Participants have an opportunity to learn about North Iowa gardening businesses and

make purchases. The Gardening Seminar is spon-sored by North Iowa Area Commu-nity College. The $35 fee includes a noon lunch. Reservations are taken at 1-888 –466-4222 ext. 4358 or 641-422-4358. Anyone with questions can contact Carol Peterson, NIACC Community Education Program Manager at 641-923-2252.

Klemme farmer named Iowa

Soybean Association Experience participant

Nine farmers from across Iowa have been named participants in the inaugural Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) Experience. The leaders — one from each of Iowa’s nine crop reporting districts — will engage in activities and dis-cussions throughout the year that enhance their knowledge and un-derstanding of the structure and ac-tivities of the ISA. They’ll also join industry leaders and ISA staff in dis-cussing topics impacting the compet-itiveness of soybean farmers related to production, demand, public policy and freedom to operate. Brent Renner, Klemme, was named one of the participants. The pilot program kicked off Feb. 18 in Ames in conjunction with ISA’s annual Research Conference. Discussions appropriately focused on supply production and research.

USDA provides one-time extension of deadline to update base acres or yield history for ARC/PLC programs

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil-sack announced today that a one-time extension will be provided to produc-ers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Cover-age (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The fi nal day to update yield history or reallocate base acres has been extended one additional month, from Feb. 27, 2015 until March 31, 2015. The fi nal day for farm own-ers and producers to choose ARC or PLC coverage also remains March 31, 2015. “This is an important decision for producers, because these programs

provide fi nancial protection against unexpected changes in the market-place. Producers are working to make the best decision they can. And we’re working to ensure that they’ve got the time, the information, and the opportunities to have those fi nal conversations, review their data, and to visit the Farm Service Agency to make those decisions,” said Vilsack. If no changes are made to yield history or base acres by March 31, 2015, the farm’s current yield and base will be used. A program choice of ARC or PLC coverage also must be made by March 31, 2015, or there will be no 2014 payments for

the farm and the farm will default to PLC coverage through the 2018 crop year. “These are complex decisions, which is why we launched a strong education and outreach campaign back in September. Now we’re pro-viding a one-time extension of an ad-ditional month so that every producer is fully prepared to enroll in this pro-gram, “ said Vilsack. Nationwide, more than 2.9 mil-lion educational postcards, in Eng-lish and Spanish, have been sent to producers, and over 4,100 training sessions have been conducted on the new safety-net programs. The online

tools, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc, allow producers to explore projections on how ARC or PLC coverage will affect their operation under possible future scenarios. Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chick-peas, corn, crambe, fl axseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes short grain rice), saffl ower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunfl ower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no

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All the Kindergarten girls sang the tune “Lollipop.”

Mrs. Chyle’s Kindergarten students sang “Earth Angel” and “The Twist.”

Mrs. Ditsworth’s Kindergarten class performed “Blueberry Hill” and “Splish Splash.”

Mrs. Fullerton’s Kindergarten class sang “In the Still of the Night” and “Hound Dog.”

Under the direction of Shelby Wilson, left, the kindergarteners and fi rst graders performed a grand fi nale of “Rock Around the Clock” at the West Fork Elementary Sock Hop Concert on Thursday, March 5.

Mrs. Bushbaum’s fi rst grade class sang their hearts out to “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Peggy Sue.”

Mrs. Dickman’s fi rst graders grooved along with the music of “Jailhouse Rock” and “Great Balls of Fire.”

All the boys in the Kindergarten classes sang “Barbara Ann.”

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH121 2nd St., N., RockwellPhone 822-4919Pastor Ken LivingstonSundays 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Coff ee Time 10 a.m. Sunday School

FIRSTREFORMED CHURCH620 2nd St., MeserveyPhone 358-6151Rev. Rodney MeesterSundays 9:30 a.m. Worship

FIRST UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH404 Maple St., Th orntonPhone 998-2004Pars. 358-6107Th e Rev. Crystal OberheuSunday, March 15 9 a.m. Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday SchoolWednesday, March 18 5:45 p.m. Confi rmation

HANFORDCOMMUNITY CHURCH12411 Spruce Ave, Mason CityPhone 423-7376641-822-4657Pastor Scott SokolSundays 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Sun. Worship

HOLY NAME CHURCH507 1st Ave NW, RockfordPhone 822-4950Fr. Walter BrunkanSaturdays 5 p.m. Mass

PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WELS670 12th St. NEMason City IA 50401Phone: (641) 424-3503Pastor Robert HartingPastor’s cell: 641-455-3562Sundays: Divine Service 11 AMWednesdays: Lenten Service 7 PM Th eme: “I Tell You the Truth” Coff ee Hour 7:45 PM

RICHLAND LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELS300 Elm St., Th orntonPhone 998-2642Pastor’s cell: 641-455-3562www.richlandlutheran.comPastor Robert HartingSundays 9 a.m. Divine Service 8 a.m. Bible ClassTh ursdays 7 p.m. Lent Service “I Tell You the Truth”

SACRED HEART CHURCH305 Elm St., E., RockwellPhone 822-4950Fr. Rodney AllersSundays 8 a.m. Mass

SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH810 First St., MeserveyPhone 358-6277Pars. 358-6107Th e Rev. Crystal OberheuSunday, March 15 9:15-10:15 a.m. Sun. School 9:45-10:15 a.m. Coff ee 10:30 a.m. Worship ServiceWednesday, March 18 4:30 p.m. Confi rmation

ST. PATRICKCATHOLIC CHURCH1001 9th Ave. S. Clear LakePhone 357-3214Msgr. LilipSaturdays 4 p.m. MassSundays 9 a.m. Mass

ST. PETER EVANGELICALLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA502 2nd St., S., RockwellPhone 822-3101Pastor Rhea EvansonSunday, March 15 9 a.m. Worship Service with Holy Communion 10 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. LYO Serving Coff ee 10 a.m. Animate the Bible

ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH400 Larch St., Th orntonPhone 998-2632Home 998-2631Pastor Rhea EvansonSunday, March 15

9:30 a.m. Sunday School9:30 a.m. Unbinding Your

Soul Bible Study 10:30 a.m. Worship Service2 - 3 p.m. Food Shelf Open5:30 - 7 p.m. Family Fun Night

SWALEDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHMain St., SwaledalePhone 995-2252Rev. Travis StedickSundays 8:10 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School

UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH303 Monroe St., RockwellPhone 822-4833Rev. Travis StedickSundays 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:25 a.m. Worship

ZIONREFORMED CHURCH2029B Jonquil Ave.Sheffi eldPhone 579-6186Th e Rev. Arthur ZewertSunday, March 15 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 11:15 a.m. PotluckTuesday, March 17 9 a.m. Sewing GroupTh ursday, March 19 9 a.m. Bulletin Deadline

By State Representative Linda UpmeyerHouse District 54

[email protected] (515) 281-4618

Access to mental health services must be maintained

I am committed to continuous improvement of Iowa’s modern-ized mental health system. That’s why I was as surprised as everyone else when Gov. Branstad announced plans to close Mental Health Insti-tutes (MHI) in Mount Pleasant and Clarinda earlier this year. These facilities offer special-ized services that are not available in many areas of the state, including dual inpatient treatment for mental health and substance abuse, as well as psychiatric services designed spe-cifi cally for older Iowans. Closing these MHIs could reduce or elimi-nate services for Iowans with severe mental health issues, forcing them to travel hundreds of miles to receive critical care. In the weeks since the governor proposed the MHI closings, men-tal health professionals, community leaders, former patients, their fami-lies and advocates have urged the Legislature to resist the proposed closings. The message is clear: Iowa needs to develop and invest in ad-ditional community based mental health services before we consider closing existing facilities. The gov-ernor’s proposal removes a needed mental health service with no coher-ent plan to ensure effective treatment for some of the worst mental illness cases in Iowa. The Senate is taking a different approach. SF 333 requires that the Depart-ment of Human Services admit eli-gible Iowans to the MHIs through the current fi scal year that ends June 30. This bill recently passed on a bipar-tisan, unanimous vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee. During

last year’s budgeting process, the Legislature approved funding for this purpose and the governor signed the legislation. The second bill, SF 308, sets up a process for the state to develop and implement crucial community based mental health services. Services out-lined in the plan and approved by the Legislature must be in place before we consider closing the MHIs. The plan must include input from stake-holders and experts, ensure that tran-sitional services are offered without hurting quality of care, ensure local access to highly trained community and institutionally based care pro-viders, and identify stable funding for new services. The Senate Human Resources Committee has approved this bill.• Additional information This is a legislative column by Sen. Amanda Ragan, representing Franklin, Butler and Cerro Gordo counties. For newsletters, photos and further information, go to www.sen-ate.iowa.gov/senator/ragan. To contact Sen. Ragan during the week, call the Senate Switchboard at 515-281-3371. Otherwise she can be reached at home at 641-424-0874. Email her at [email protected]. Sen. Ragan is an Assistant Senate Majority Leader, chair of the Health & Human Services Budget Subcom-mittee, vice-chair of the Agriculture Committee and vice-chair of the Hu-man Resources Committee. She also serves on the Appropriations, Natural Resources & Environment, Rules & Administration and Veterans Affairs committees.

Upmeyer happy withfunnel week progress

In looking at the extended fore-cast, I am hopeful we’ve seen the last of sub-zero temperatures for this sea-son. This week was very much de-voted to committee work as we completed the fi rst funnel week of the legislative session. As you may recall, the fi rst “funnel” is a deadline for legislators to pass bills out of their respective policy committees in either the House or Senate, in order to remain eligible for consideration. Appropriations, Ways & Means, and Government Oversight bills are ex-empt from the funnel rules. I am excited about a number of bills that passed out of House policy committees this week. Many great ideas have been brought to us from individuals across Iowa that will help move our state forward. In order to address growing con-cerns involving the protection of student data, the House Education Committee passed HSB 173. The bill places additional protections around ensuring student data collected by school districts and the Iowa Depart-ment of Education remains private. The Department must also develop a plan if student data is breached. The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation to further strength-en and protect our 2nd Amendment rights. Under HSB 201, Iowans will still renew their permit to carry every fi ve years, but will only be required

to retrain every 10 years. Addition-ally, the bill allows parents to train their children under the age of 14 on how to safely operate a pistol or re-volver. The bill legalizes suppressors and creates a process for a chief law en-forcement offi cer to approve the pa-perwork necessary for the purchase of a suppressor. The bill also creates permit privacy for gun owners by no longer requiring permits to carry and permits to purchase to be public in-formation. The information will still remain available to law enforcement. Legislation to provide more trans-parency and openness in state gov-ernment was passed by the House State Government Committee. HSB 124 forbids the use of confi dential-ity/nondisclosure clauses in person-nel settlements for public employees. The bill also makes the reason and rationale for certain disciplinary ac-tions taken on a public employee, a public record. Iowans expect to know how their tax dollars are being spent. By pro-hibiting the future use of confi dential settlement agreements, Iowa taxpay-ers can be confi dent their tax dollars are being spent appropriately. The House Human Resources Committee passed HF 58, which re-quires physicians, prior to perform-ing an abortion, to document in the woman’s medical records that the woman has undergone an ultrasound

In spite of my strong support of the law, I’ll admit it. Obamacare is a mess. Don’t get me wrong, I still sup-port it. The fact is that the healthcare exchanges provided me the fi rst rea-sonable opportunity for health insur-ance in my life. Before Obamacare, health insurance simply wasn’t a viable option. I may have been risk-ing fi nancial ruin had I needed an ex-pensive medical procedure, but any health insurance plan that I could af-ford had such meager benefi t that it would have left me fi nancially ruined if I ever had to use it anyway. When the healthcare exchanges came up, thanks to the tax credit subsidy, I was able to get a plan that wouldn’t break my bank account from month-to-month and wouldn’t leave me in unending debt if I ever actually needed it. Not that I did. I paid my monthly premiums to CoOpprotunity and all I ever really got out of it was a single check-up. But that’s okay. I knew going in that would probably be the case. After all, getting young and healthy people like me to pay into health insurance plans was the en-tire point of the Affordable Care Act. While the government subsidized my premiums, I was subsidizing every-body else’s. I was fi ne with this right up until last November, when CoOpportunity decided I still wasn’t paying them enough. With about a 60% increase, my completely manageable premi-um for 2014 became a completely unacceptable premium for 2015. Of course that percentage is inflated since it doesn’t take into account the subsidy, but at the end of the day that doesn’t matter to my wallet. It was just too expensive. So I let the free market work its magic. After several ridiculous phone calls between CoOpportunity and HealthCare.gov, I managed to cut through enough red tape to make

sure my policy wouldn’t be renewed for 2015. It appears that I wasn’t the only one either. While I was starting my search for another health insurance provider, CoOpportunity folded completely. On the plus side, the free market kind of worked. I was able to fi nd a new insurance provider with a better plan. Well, “better” is a strong word. The premium is a bit higher and the benefi ts aren’t quite as good, but at least it was better than the alterna-tives. Unfortunately for me, while can-celling an insurance policy through the exchanges has been a bureau-cratic nightmare, it was nothing com-pared to the red tape and headache of switching to a new policy. First I missed the December dead-line to apply because the HealthCare.gov operator told me that I wasn’t el-igible for the subsidy. I was just start-ing the process of appeal when a dif-ferent operator double checked and informed me that the fi rst operator had made a mistake on my applica-tion and I did qualify for the subsidy after all. With that worked out, I made my application with Coventry Health Care of Iowa near the start of the year, so at least I would have cov-erage starting in February. I called them immediately after and they told me it would take a few days to pro-

Is The Healthcare Glass Half-Full or

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cess my application. I called a couple more times in January, but got nowhere. They passed me around their phone sys-tem, leaving me with hold music that I’m certain is a violation of the Ge-neva Convention. Life eventually distracted me and it wasn’t until mid-February that I realized I had yet to hear anything from my supposed new healthcare provider. I hadn’t received a state-ment, a phone call, or any other form of communication. So I called them once again to check the status of my policy. It was at this point that I was in-formed that not only had my appli-cation gone through, but my policy had been cancelled three days prior because of non-payment. I had some-how managed to lose my health in-surance before I was able to confi rm that I had it. (And to really stick the knife in, I received Coventry’s “You need to pay now!” letter four days af-ter that phone call.) To say I was upset about the lack of communication would be an un-derstatement. So, I started from square one. Fortunately, at this point I knew the procedure by heart. I made another application with HealthCare.gov and, not trusting Coventry to get me the appropriate paperwork, called them to pay my first premium over the phone. At this point, I am reasonably certain that I have health insurance again, but this has not been a great experience. The Affordable Care Act is a terrible piece of legislation. Its policies are ineffi cient and creates a wall of red tape that should be com-pletely unnecessary. And it’s still far and above better than what we had before. Travis Fischer is a news writer for Mid-America Publishing and can’t wait for the ACA to be repealed and replaced... by a single payer system.

and has been given the option to view the image as well as hear the baby’s heartbeat. To combat the increased spread of dangerous synthetic drugs, the House Public Safety Committee passed HF 279 this week. This bill reorganizes the synthetic drug list and adds ad-ditional chemicals to the list. HF 279 also treats simulated substances and imitation substances the same for prosecution, which is key to stop-ping the spread of synthetic drugs throughout the state. For a complete list of legislation that survived the fi rst funnel, visit www.iowahouserepublicans.com. I always enjoy reading and hear-ing about the impressive accomplish-ments of our young Iowans. Many exciting things have been happening recently and I’d like to take this op-portunity to congratulate our local students on all of their academic, extracurricular, and athletic achieve-ments. Our local FFA chapters recently celebrated National FFA Week, and the newspapers were fi lled with the students’ many accomplishments. I’ve also enjoyed following the great success of our wrestling and boys’ and girls’ basketball teams through-out their thrilling seasons. Thank you to all of our young men and women for the wonderful contributions you make to our com-munities. As always, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or at (515) 281-4618.

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CITY OF THORNTON MARCH 3, 2015 – 7:00 P.M.

The Thornton City Council met on the above date and time with Mayor Brian Crowell calling the meeting to order. Council members present: Betty Jensen, Michael Younge, Barry Groh and Shelby Steenhard. Absent: Randall Bohman. Others present: Tom Janeka, Travis Fischer, Earl Hill and Attorney Mike Moeller.Groh made a motion to approve the agenda

with the addition of the City lift station. Younge seconded, motion carried.Mayor Crowell opened the Public Hearing for

the proposed budget for fi scal year 2015-16. There were no written or oral objections. Steen-hard made a motion to close the Public Hear-ing. Jensen seconded, motion carried. Jensen made a motion to adopt by Resolution the fi nal budget for fi scal year 2015-16. Groh seconded, motion carried, therefore Resolution #15-01 ad-opted.Younge made a motion to approve the minutes

of the February meeting as presented. Steen-hard seconded, motion carried.Younge made a motion to approve payment of

the bills. Steenhard seconded, motion carried.Mayor Crowell reported a “Promoting Thorn-

ton Committee” has been formed, but has yet to meet.Earl Hill with North Iowa Spin presented the

schedule of the Bicycle, Blues, and Barbeque weekend that will be held on July 11th and 12th. The Club is requesting permission from the City

to use roads within the City limits for the week-end races. Jensen made a motion to grant per-mission to the North Iowa Touring Club and the Clear Lake Parks & Recreation Department for the weekend races. Steenhard seconded, there-fore Resolution #15-02 adopted.Hill left the meeting at 7:10 p.m.Janeka reported a 4” water main was repaired

at the intersection of 6th Street and Larch Street. It appeared to be caused from a shift in the ground, severing the main.Discussion of the recent IMWCA loss control

review was tabled.Regarding a recently purchased chair rack in

the fi re station, Groh made a motion to split the expense between several City departments at a total cost not to exceed $500. Jensen sec-onded, motion carried.Mayor Crowell reported that there were issues

at the lift station on Saturday, February 28th. The warning light was on and Waste Water Operator Greg Meier was called in to assess the problem. Crowell would like the City to look into install-ing a warning system similar to the pump house control panel. Estimates will be obtained for the April meeting.Steenhard made a motion to adjourn. Younge

seconded, motion carried.CLAIMS REPORT FOR MARCH 3, 2015

COUNCIL MEETINGVendor, Reference .............................. AmountAgsource Laboratories , Water Sample $23.50Alliant Energy Account Payable, February Service ............................$2,418.66

Cardmember Service, January Postage/Supplies .................$167.37Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, January Protection .............................$243.84Data Technologies Inc., Spring User Meeting ............................$95.00Don’s Auto Service, Serviced Garbage Truck ....................$473.90Electronic Specialties, Motorola Minitor Pager ......................$430.80First Security Bank & Trust, Truck Loan Payment...........................$922.52First Security Bank & Trust, Utility Loan Payment...........................$318.26Frontier Communications, Monthly Service .................................$203.41Internal Revenue Service, Fed/Fica Tax ...................................$2,101.48Iowa Rural Water Assoc., Meier Class - Thornton’s Share ...........$43.33Ipers Collections , Ipers ...................$1,180.22K & H Co-Op Oil Co., January Fuel ......................................$399.43Lake Auto Parts Inc., Vehicle Maintenance ...........................$55.44Landfi ll Of North Iowa, January Garbage ...............................$318.62Michelle Duff, Imwca Workshop In Belmond ..............$21.28Mid-American Publishing Corp, Legal Proceedings .............................$233.34Nettleton, Brian Excavation, 6Th St/Larch -Repair 4” Main .........$2,750.00Niacog , City Clerk Association Dues ...$15.00

Northway Well & Pump Co, Well #2 Repairs ..............................$7,745.00Outdoor Service Inc, 2015 Weed Control - Prepaid ............$461.44Quality Pump & Control, Lift Station Repairs ............................$697.11Staples Credit Plan, Printer Toner Cartridge ...$142.99

Thornton Postmaster, February Ub Postage ..........................$60.52Thornton Public Library, Monthly Contribution Less Pr ............$540.92Treasurer State Of Iowa, State Tax ....$370.00United Lp Company, 15W-40 Oil /Qwiklift Hyd. .....................$78.33February Payroll ...............................$5,710.00Report Total ...................................$28,221.71 General Total ......................................7,510.84Rut Total .............................................2,609.50Employee Benefi ts Total ........................107.08L.O.S.T Total .....................................$5,484.13Debt Service Total .................................$82.50Water Total........................................$5,460.98Sewer Total .......................................$7,339.80Garbage Total ...................................$4,291.74Total All Revenues ........................$32,886.57ATTEST:Michelle DuffThornton City Clerk

Published in the Pioneer Enterprise on Thursday, March 12,2015.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS CERRO GORDO COUNTY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORSMARCH 3, 2015

The Board of Supervisors of Cerro Gordo

County, Iowa, met in regular session pursuant to adjournment. Present: Chairman Phil Dough-erty, Supervisor Casey Callanan, Supervisor Jay Urdahl and various members of the public.Dougherty convened the meeting at 10:00 a.m.

Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-ing, to approve the February 24, 2015 regular minutes and today’s agenda. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to adopt Resolution 2015-23, A Resolution Approving Submittal of Tap Funding Applica-tion. Whereas, the establishment of MAP-21 has created a Transportation Alternatives Pro-gram (TAP) for the funding of recreational trails and the Iowa Department of Transportation is the designated state agency responsible for the program in Iowa; and, Whereas, past traffi c data shows the existing B35 corridor has an ac-cident history and safety for the travelling motor-ists could be improved by incorporating safety improvements such as roadway widening and turning lanes; and, Whereas, completing safety improvements such as roadway widening and turning lanes will require relocation of the Trolley Trail at the intersections of Jonquil Avenue, Kill-deer Avenue and Lark Avenue; and, Whereas, the reconstruction of B35 between Mason City and Clear Lake is included in the Cerro Gordo

County Five (5) Year Construction Program; and, Whereas, the Cerro Gordo County Engi-neer recommends that the application be sub-mitted to the Iowa Department of Transporta-tion for possible TAP Funding of the above said project. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors en-dorses the above said project and directs the Engineering Department to submit the same to the Iowa Department of Transportation for Fed-eral Recreational Trails Funding through the available TAP funding. Motion passed unani-mously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to approve and authorize the chairman to sign agreement with the DOT for Federal Aid funding for B35 reconstruction project. Motion passed unanimously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to approve and authorize the chairman to sign agreement with the DOT for Federal Aid funding for bridge replacement on S56. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan sec-

onding, to approve the claims. Motion passed unanimously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to approve the payroll warrant report for the period ending February 21, 2015. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to approve Class C beer permit for Clear Lake Boats and Class B beer permit for Pine Creek Golf Club. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to close the public hearing on the authoriza-tion of a loan agreement and issuance of notes to evidence the obligation of the county thereun-der. Motion passed unanimously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to adopt Resolution 2015-24, Items To In-clude On Agenda, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Not To Exceed $400,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes• Public hearing on the authorization of a Loan

Agreement and the issuance of Notes to evi-dence the obligation of the County thereunder.• Resolution Instituting Proceedings To Take

Additional Action. Notice Must Be Given Pursu-ant To Iowa Code Chapter 21 And The Local Rules Of The County. Motion passed unani-mously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to adopt Resolution 2015-25, Items To In-clude On Agenda. Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Not To Exceed $500,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes• Public hearing on the authorization of a Loan

Agreement and the issuance of Notes to evi-dence the obligation of the County thereunder.• Resolution instituting proceedings to take ad-

ditional action.Notice Must Be Given Pursuant To Iowa Code

Chapter 21 And The Local Rules Of The County. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan sec-

onding, to adopt Resolution 2015-26, Items to Include on Agenda. County Of Cerro Gordo, Iowa $850,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes, Series 2015.

• Resolution authorizing the issuance and levy-ing a tax for the payment thereof.Notice Must Be Given Pursuant To Iowa Code

Chapter 21 And The Local Rules Of The County. Motion passed unanimously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to approve the use of vacant 3rd fl oor room by County Attorney’s Offi ce. Motion passed unanimously.Callanan made a motion, with Urdahl second-

ing, to authorize the chairman to sign Emergen-cy Response Plan for Swaledale Wastewater. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to authorize the chairman to sign letter sup-porting and committing funds to the City of Ma-son City’s Iowa Reinvestment Act Application. Motion passed unanimously.Urdahl made a motion, with Callanan second-

ing, to adjourn at 10:42 a.m. The audio tape of the meeting and various

tabulations, reports, correspondence, and other documents that were presented are placed on fi le with the County Auditor’s offi ce.ATTEST:Chairman Phillip Dougherty Board of SupervisorsKenneth W. KlineCounty Auditor


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Emily Schmitt Pat SackvilleLeon ChristiansonJean Brumm

what’s going to happen.” A managed care agency may opt to contract with the currently exist-ing county departments to continue operations as usual, or they made decide to take care of case manage-ment in-house, resulting in cutbacks for the county. Without targeted case management servicing Medicaid pa-tients, county social service options may be limited in their ability to op-erate to their remaining non-Medic-aid clients. “It would be difficult for us to staff our county offi ces,” said Lin-coln. “That’s my biggest concern.” There have been meetings with

the agencies bidding on the plan to get into Medicaid managed care, but there is no certainty yet about what will happen with the existing county service providers. “Looking at it at face value, it looks like they’re going to do care coordination themselves rather than have local people do it,” said Wood. “We don’t know until July who is go-ing to get the contract. Franklin County has a $15 million budget to provide services for people not on Medicaid, but Wood is con-cerned that cuts in Medicaid may be passed onto county offi ces. “If you don’t have Medicaid, we

will still work with you,” said Wood. “My concern is that if a medical care service comes in and cuts services to Medicaid, then there is an expecta-tion that we would pay for the ser-vices that they used to get.” Right now nothing is for certain, which is a problem in and of itself for the county departments who cur-rently provide targeted case manage-ment. “All the uncertainty is certainly stressful to folks,” said Lincoln. “I think with any big change there is fear, but also a lot of opportunity.”

MEDICAID from front page

From there it became a question of procedure as the council had to fi gure out under which budget item would allow them to purchase a new chair rack. Because it’s such an un-usual purchase, there isn’t a particu-lar budget item that fi t the nature of the purchase. “We have the money to pay for it. We just need to fi nd the right way to spend it,” said council member Betty Jensen. Eventually, the council decided to split the cost between several semi-related budget items and authorized up to $500 for the purchase of a new chair rack.

THORNTONfrom front page

4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl Team Franklin County Extension is looking for youth interested in live-stock production to participate in the 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl Team. Students that work with beef, sheep, meat goat, or swine and are at least 10 years old as of Jan. 1 are qualifi ed to participate. Youth will learn, about the breeds, nutrition, digestion, reproduction, genetics, body parts and current events involving these four species. Those youth interested should meet at the Franklin County Extension Of-fi ce in Hampton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24. For more information call Jackie Dohlman at the Franklin Coun-ty Extension Offi ce at (641) 456-4811, or e-mail [email protected]

“The interest hasn’t been there like we’d want it to be,” said Weiner. Unfortunately for the city, it is unlikely at this point that the TIF district will recover their investment. With unexpectedly low demand for new property, the priority for the city and Weiner is to create a more favor-able selling conditions. It’s been suggested that the ability to sell larger lots would encourage interest, however the development agreement makes that division of land diffi cult without going through an expensive replotting process. The council agreed to contract with NIACOG in order to rework their development agreement in a way that would free up options for Weiner to sell the lots.

New members join NIACCFoundation Board of Directors

The North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Foundation an-nounced the addition of new mem-bers to its Board of Directors re-cently. They included Jean Brumm, Osage; Leon Christianson, Lake Mills; Pat Sackville, Hampton; and Emily Schmitt, Clear Lake Sackville is a graduate of Hamp-ton High School and is retired. She is currently a member of the Greater Franklin County Chamber of Com-merce. Sackville is involved with the United Methodist Church, Franklin

General Hospital Centennial Com-mittee, Hampton Community Hous-ing Board of Directors and Greater Franklin County Chamber of Com-merce committees. Pat and her hus-band David live in Hampton. All offi cers for 2015 were also elected at the December 2014 Foun-dation Board meeting. Phil Garland will serve as President with Kim Pang serving as Vice President. Kathy Grove will continue as Secre-tary/Treasurer. Other members of the NIACC

Foundation Board of Directors are Kristy Arzberger, Gene Christian-son, Bill Cooney, Tom Edgington, Pat Galasso, Darshini Jayawardena, Karen Knudtson, Denise Kuhn, Dave McLinn, Dave Moore, Jack Nielsen, Jim Niemants, Nancy Prohaska, Lar-ry Pump, Cathy Rottinghaus, Lewis Schaal and David Zrostlik. Created in 1968 as a separate 501(c)(3) organization, the NIACC Foundation strives to keep higher education accessible to North Iowa residents through student scholar-

ships and to enhance the programs and activities of the College. The NIACC Foundation’s mis-sion is to support the College through scholarships, fundraising for special projects, grants for instructor educa-tion or other areas of need to help the College work toward its mission. For more information, please contact (641) 422-4386 or visit www.niacc.edu.

ROCKWELLfrom front page

Homemade soup contest Last call for soup for the 13th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Home-made Soup Contest and Supper sponsored by American Legion Post 354 in Dougherty on Tuesday,

Mar. 17! Bill Schickel and his wife Candi, along with Tim Fleming from KGLO radio, will be there to judge the contest. Wearing the “Green Top Hat of Judge” will be Randy Bush-baum of West Fork schools. Soups

must be registered by 6 p.m. at the S.T.P.A.T.S. school hall. The evening will consist of music, food, drinks and tons of fun, so join in Lil’ Ireland. Over $500 in prizes will be awarded and a few more sur-

prises! The event is free will offer-ing. Get those crock pots fi lled up and see if you could be a big winner! If you have any questions, contact Denny at 641-425-4398 or at 641-794-3354.


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that existed in, say, 1974. Innovations such as the In-ternet, smartphones, tablets, Facebook, Twitter and so on have made our lives more enjoyable, effi cient and productive in many ways, and have vastly improved our access to the world’s knowledge. Yet when it comes to one important area of our lives — investing for the future — many of us may actually face more challenges today than we might have in the past.

At least two main factors are responsible for this apparent regression. First, following a quarter century during which U.S. workers’ income rose fairly steadily, “real” wages — that is, wages after infl ation is consid-ered — have been fl at or declining since about 1974, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Secondly, during this same time period, we’ve seen a large drop in the percentage of private-sector workers covered under a “defi ned benefi t” plan — the traditional pen-sion plan in which retired employees receive a speci-fi ed monthly benefi t, with the amount determined by years of service, earnings history and age.

So unlike your counterparts in the 1950s and 1960s, you may not be able to count on a rise in real wages, and you may not have the promise of a regu-lar pension. What, then, can you do to im-prove your prospects for eventually achiev-ing a comfortable retirement?

First of all, in the absence of a formal pen-sion, you will need to create your own retire-ment plan. That means you will need to con-sider all the opportunities available to you. If your employer offers a 401(k) or similar ac-count, such as a 403(b), contribute as much as you can afford — at the very least, put in enough to earn your employer’s match-ing contribution, if one is offered. And even if you participate in your employer’s plan, you may also be eligible to open an IRA. If you’re self-employed, you still have options such as a SEP IRA or a “solo 401(k).” While these accounts may differ from each other in terms of eligibility, income restrictions and

contribution limits, they both offer the same key bene-fi t: the ability to defer taxes on your earnings for many years, typically until retirement.

As for your next main challenge — the need to compensate for stagnant real wages and the subse-quent diffi culty of boosting your savings — what can you do? For one thing, you will need a reasonable per-centage of your portfolio — both inside and outside your IRA, 401(k) and other retirement plans — de-voted to growth-oriented investments. It’s true that the value of growth vehicles, such as stocks and stock-based instruments, will always fl uctuate. But you can help control this risk by owning a mix of investments, including stocks, bonds, Treasury bills, certifi cates of deposit (CDs) and other securities. Keep in mind, though, that while diversifi cation can reduce the im-pact of volatility on your holdings, it can’t guarantee profi t or always protect against loss.

As far as attaining rising wages and enjoying guar-anteed retirement payments, we don’t have the “cer-tainties” that many people had in the 1950s and 1960s. But you can still help brighten your future — through diligence, discipline and the determination to explore the opportunities available to you.

Civil Court The court handled one child sup-port matter. James and Jacquelyn Kennedy vs. David Beck and Neurosurgery of North Iowa. Case dismissed with prejudice on March 3. Debra Kopp vs. Donna Peterson. Judgment for the plaintiff on Febru-ary 27 in the amount of $52,534.29 with 2.2% interest from November 13 and $15,940 with 2.2% interest from February 27. Tina Holder vs. Wal Mart Stores Inc. Case dismissed with prejudice on February 26.

District Court The court handled nineteen pro-bation revocations, one case of con-tempt, and one parole revocation. Joseph Porcelli, 27, Rock Falls, pled guilty on March 2 to Posses-sion of a Controlled Substance Third or Subsequent Offense. Porcelli was sentenced to fi ve years in prison (sus-pended), placed on three years proba-tion, fi ned $750 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $10 DARE, and $420 in costs. Angela Thorson, 37, Lake Mills, pled guilty on March 2 to Theft in the Third Degree. Thorson was sen-tenced to one year in jail (suspend-ed), placed on two years probation, fi ned $625 plus 35% surcharge, $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, and $178 in costs. Bryon Sletten, 49, Nora Springs, pled guilty on February 27 to Driving While Barred. Sletten was sentenced to 14 days in jail, fi ned $625 plus 35% surcharge, and $199 in costs. Hanna Page, 24, Mason City, pled guilty on February 26 to Possession of Controlled Substance Second Of-fense. Page was sentenced to one year in jail (309 days suspended), two years suspended, fined $625 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), $125 Law Enforcement Initiative, $10 DARE, and $184 in costs. Douglas Slonczewski, 20, Mason City, received a deferred judgment on March 2 to Controlled Substance Violation and Failure to Affi x Drug Stamp. Slonczewski was placed on ten years probation, assessed a $1,500 civil penalty, $250 Law En-forcement Initiative, and $188 in costs. Jesse Stull, 33, Mason City, pled guilty on March 2 to Domestic Abuse Assault Impending Air/Blood Flow Causing Bodily Injury. Stuff was sentenced to five years in prison (suspended), fi ned $750 plus 35% surcharge (suspended), and $267.50 in costs. An additional charge of Domestic Abuse Assault - Injury or Mental Illness 1st Offense was dis-missed. James Null, 37, Cedar Rapids, pled guilty on March 2 to Sex Of-fender Registration Violation 2nd or Subsequent Offense. Null was sentenced to five years in prison, fined $750 plus 35% surcharge, and $508.61 in costs. An additional charge of Sex Offender Registration Violation 2nd or Subsequent Offense was dismissed. Theodore Schumacher, 51, Gil-lette, WY, pled guilty on February 25 to OWI 1st Offense. Schumach-er was sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $140 in costs. Adam Peterson, 48, Mason City, pled guilty on February 25 to OWI First Offense. Peterson was sen-tenced to four days in jail, fined $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $169 in costs. Jesse King, 37, Clear Lake, re-ceived a deferred judgment on Feb-ruary 23 to OWI First Offense. King was placed on one year probation, assessed a $625 civil penalty, and $140 in costs. Dallas Ferch, 31, Nora Springs, pled guilty on February 24 to OWI Second Offense (pled from OWI First Offense). Ferch was sentenced to seven days in jail, fi ned $1,875

plus 35% surcharge, and $190 in costs. Kurt Bryce, 52, Tinley Park, IL, pled guilty on March 3 to OWI First Offense. Bryce was sentenced to two days in jail or two days at weekend program, fined $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $100 in costs. William Ames, 77, Rockwell, pled guilty on March 3 to OWI First Offense. Ames was sentenced to two days in jail, fi ned $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $100 in costs. Sheila Rick, 26, Mason City, re-ceived a deferred judgment on Feb-ruary 24 to OWI First Offense. Rick was placed on two years probation, assessed a $1,250 civil penalty, and $241 in costs. Gary Foutch, 56, Mason City, pled guilty on March 2 to OWI Sec-ond Offense. Foutch was sentenced to two days in jail, fi ned $1,875 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $200 in costs. Carly Wilson, 26, Clear Lake, pled guilty on February 27 to OWI First Offense. Wilson was sentenced to one year in jail (363 days suspend-ed), placed on two years probation, fined $1,250 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $202 in costs. Joshua Homan, 35, Nora Springs, pled guilty on February 25 to OWI Second Offense. Homan was sen-tenced to seven days in jail, fi ned $1,875 plus 35% surcharge, $10 DARE, and $140 in costs.

Small Claims North Iowa Cooperative vs. Hella Myers Navratil, Plymouth. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $806.69 with 2.2% inter-est from February 27. West Side Manor Apts vs. Ashley Russell, Clear Lake. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 26 in the amount of $520 with 2.2% interest from February 23. First Security Bank and Trust Co vs. Sarah Yarbor, Mason City. Judg-ment for the plaintiff on February 26 in the amount of $600.48 with 2.2% interest from February 26. Kent Rentals LLC vs. Meggan Alexander, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on March 2 in the amount of $1,325 with 2.2% interest from March 2. Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Kathy Balek, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $1,640.99 with 2.2% in-terest from February 27. Charles Kennedy, Fertile vs. Troy Johnson, Garner. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 26 in the amount of $250 with 2.2% interest from February 26. H&R Accounts vs. Sheyanne Schultz, Clear Lake. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $2,572.52 with 2.2% in-terest from February 27. Atlantic Credit & Finance vs. An-gelica Despenas, Mason City. Judg-ment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $1,701.22 with 2.2% interest from February 27. Capital One Bank vs. Twyla Steenblock, Mason City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $1,701.22 with 2.2% in-terest from February 27. North Iowa Community Credit Union vs. Johnny Klunder, Ma-son City. Judgment for the plaintiff on February 25 in the amount of $2,940.18 with 2.2% interest from February 25. Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Susan Kingston, Mason City. Judg-ment for the plaintiff on February 27 in the amount of $2,358 and 2.2% interest from February 27. Discover Bank vs. Gwen Scott, Mason City. Judgment for the plain-tiff on February 27 with $4,082.43 with 2.2% interest from February 27. Cavalry SPV vs. Deandrea Thada, Mason City. Case dismissed with prejudice on February 26. H&R Accounts vs. John and Me-

gan Scheppler, Mason City. Case dis-missed without prejudice on March 2.

Property Transfer DWD: Thomas and Sherry Cap-ranos to Douglas Duryee; 05-97-22 NE NW Part of as Desc & Depicted in Survey B8 P311; $25,000 and $39.20; 2015-1150. DWDJ: Nicole and Kenneth Wigant to Jessica and Sharri Foll-muth; 10-96-20 Auditor’s Plat of Lot 1 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 Lot 2 Exc S 104.9’; $79,350 and $126.40; 2015-1148. DWD: Torrey and Nicole Young, Travis Counsell, and Tina Rohwed-der to Tracy Ingham; 10-95-19 NW SW, SW SW Parcel “A” in part as Desc in Survey B14 P6723; 2015-1147. DSD: Cerro Gordo County, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, and Yana Ki-roff to Michael Olson; Parker’s 5th Add Blk A Lot 1, Blk A Lot 2, Blk A Lot 3, Blk A Lot 4 MC Lot 1 Exc N 47’ & Part of Lot 2 (Containing 5025 SQ FT); Parcel “C” in part of Lots 3 & 4 (Containing 7987 SQ FT; 2015-1137. DQC: Caecilia and Lea Ebert to Caecilia Ebert; 15-95-20 NW NE, SW NE Lying E of E Row Line of Railroad; Midland Heights Lot 463, Lot 437 MC; 2015-1136. DAJT: Caecilia and Wilford Ebert to Caecilia Ebert; 8-97-19 Auditor’s Plat of NW1/4 NW1/4 Lot 7; 2015-1135. DAJT: Caecilia and Wilford Ebert to Caecilia Ebert; 15-95-20 NW NE, SW NE Lying E of E Row Line of Railroad; 2015-1134. DAJT: Caecilia, Wilford, and Lia Ebert to Caecilia and Lia Ebert; Mid-land Heights Lot 436, Lot 437 MC; 2015-1133. DSD: Cerro Gordo County, Cer-ro Gordo County Sheriff, Steven Lewis, Unifund CCR LLC, Unifund CCR Partners, and State of Iowa to First Citizens National Bank; 4-96-20 Sub. of Pt. Lot 7 NE1/4 SE1/4 & Lots 1 & 2 SE1/4 SE1/4 Lot 12 N1/2 of S 2/3; 2015-1131. DWDJ: Kevin Opheim to Jason and Laura Sencer; Sunset Ridge 1st Sub Lot 1 MC; $19,900 and $31.20; 2015-1129. DWD: Donna Poole to Terry Car-man and Donna Poole Life Estate; Beaver Add Blk 1 Lot 1 CL; 2015-1122. DWD: Jason Albers to Linda Groesbeck; 17-94-22 SW NW Parcel “A” in Part as Desc in Survey B12 P1154; $55,000 and $87.20; 2015-1110. DWD: Linda and Bradley Groes-beck to Jason Albers; 17-94-22 SW NW Parcel “A” in Part as Desc in Survey B12 P1154 Fulfillment of Cont B12 P6059 Documentary Rev Stamps on Doc B15 P1105; 2015-1109. DWD: Dorothy and Robert Des-loover to Jason Albers; 17-94-22 SW NW Parcel “A” in part as Desc in Survey B12 P1154 Fulfi llment of Cont B12 P6059 Documentary Rev Stamps on Doc B15 P1105; 2015-1108. DWD: Marjorie and Ronald Tan-nahill to Jason Albers; 17-94-22 SW NW Parcel “A” in part as Desc in Survey B12 P1154 Fulfillment of Cont B12 P6059 Documentary Rev Stamps on Doc B15 P1105; 2015-1107. DWD: Mavis Nannenga to Ja-son Albers; 17-94-22 SW NW Par-cel “A” in part as Desc in Survey B12 P1154 Fulfi llment of Cont B12 P6059 Documentary Rev Stamps on Doc B15 P1105; 2015-1106. DWD: Randall and Deanna Nan-nenga to Jason Albers; 17-94-22 SW NW Parcel “A” in part of as Desc in survey B12 P1154 Fulfi llment of Cont B12 P6059 Documentary Rev Stamps on Doc B15 P1105; $50,000 and $87.20; 2015-1105. DWD: Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, ServiceLink Attorney in Fact, and Chicago Title Insurance Company

Attorney in Fact to Craig Warner; 09-94-21 NE NW, NW NW Part of Described & Depicted in Survey B92 P9410 (Containing 10 Acres); $85,000; 2015-1104. DQCJ: Robert and Paula Silver to Richard and Kristi Mathes; 10-96-20 Sub. Of NE1/4 NW1/4 Lot 9, Lot 10, Lot 11 Part of Lots Desc as Tract 1 in Survey B14 P3190; 2015-1098. DQC: Robert and Paula Silver to Ferengi LLC; 10-96-20 Sub. Of NE1/4 NW1/4 Lot 9, Lot 10, Lot 11 Part of Lots Desc as Tract 1 in Sur-vey B14 P3190; 2015-1097. DQCJ: Richard and Kristi Mathes to Robert and Paula Silver; 10-96-20 Sub. Of NE1/4 NW1/4 Lot 9, Lot 10, Lot 11 Part of Lots Desc as Tract 1 in Survey B14 P3190; 2015-1096. DQCJ: Ferengi LLC to Robert and Paula Silver; 10-96-20 Sub. Of NE1/4 NW1/4 Lot 9, Lot 10, Lot 11 Part of Lots Desc as Tract 1 in Sur-vey B14 P3190; 2015-1095. DAFF: Brenda Winkowitsch, Phyllis Endriss Estate, and Phyl-lis Endriss to Brenda Winkowitsch; Lehigh Add Blk 2 Lot 11 MC W1/2; 2015-1092. DWD: Fredric Heinz and Cheryl Ross to Timothy Mickelson; Long Beach Blk 1 Lot 22, Blk 1 Lot 23 CL; $770,000 and $1,231.20; 2015-1077. DWD: Elizabeth Eckerman to Anthony Otis; Alexandria Place Lot 11 MC; $67,000 and $106.40; 2015-1075. DAJT: Scott, Rosalind, and Larry Olthoff to Larry Olthoff; East Park Place Add Blk 6 Lot 17; 2015-1070. DWDJ: Jeffrey and Jessica Tier-ney to Sarah and Clayton Ivonavitch; Felt’s, Paul, Plat of Mason City Blk 45 Lot 5 MC Fulfi llment of Cont B14 P259; $69,000 and $109.60; 2015-1066. DWD: Paul and Janet Brown to Ronald and Beverly Behr Trustee and Ronald and Beverly Behr Re-vocable Trust; 06-94-20 NW NE, SW NE Fulfillment of Cont B11 P79 Undivided 1/2 Int to Each Trust; $532,500 and $851.20; 2015-1062.

DWD: United Bank & Trust Company, Farmers State Bank, and Sheffi eld Savings Bank to Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Associations; Dougherty (Original Town) Blk 4 Lot 12, Blk 7 Lot 17, Blk 7 Lot 18 Do E 85’ of Lot 12; $10,000 and $15.20; 2015-1061. DWD: Gerald and Laura Heit-land, Pamela Pitkin Power of At-torney and Pamela Pitkin Agent to Klayton Wilkerson and Leah Op-permann; Orthel & Joynt Add Lot 11 CL; $197,500 and $315.20; 2015-1058. DWDJ: Mason City Foundation to Timothy and Kristine Latham and Joseph Paulsen; Felt’s, Paul, Plat of Mason City Blk 24 Lot 6, Blk 24 Lot 7 MC Part of Lots (Cont 10,904 SQ FT) Undivided 1/2 Int Latham’s 1/2 In Joint Tenants POaulsen 1/2 Int; $30,000 and $47.20; 2015-1055. DWD: Gary and Wendy Bomstad to Amy Donaldson; Fieldstone 2nd Add Blk 1 Lot 7 CL; $259,000 and $413.60; 2015-1053. DWD: Groves Inc to Habitat For Humanity of North Central Iowa; Groves Second Residential Subdivi-sion Lot 8 CL; $40,000 and $63.20; 2015-1052. DWD: Maxine Fischer to Maxine Fischer Revocable Trust and Maxine Fischer Trustee; 31-94-22 SE NE E 140’ of S 150’; 10-94-22 SW SW; 2015-1051. DWD: Fred Zirbel to Fred Zierbel Trustee and Fred Zierbel Revocable Trust; Rolling Acres Add Blk 5 Lot 39 MC; 2015-1045. DWD: Mason City Properties LLC to DJR Properties LLC; 12-96-21 NE SW, SE SW E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Exc W 320’ & Exc Part as Desc & Depicted in Survey B9 P457; $135,000 and $215.20; 2015-1041. DWDJ: Richard Tillou to Dean Barkema and Kim Clark; East Vil-lage Townhouses Bldg Unit 27 MC; $178,000 and $284; 2015-1039. DCD: Leonard Servidio Executor and Jesse Pierce Estate to Lee Gra-ham; 18-96-20 Auditor’s Plat of E1/2 NE1/4 & Lot E1/2 SE1/4 Blk 13 Lot

5; $8,000 and $12; 2015-1035. DWDJ: Timothy and Susanne Casey to Nicholas Lundula and Vero-nique Yema; Rolling Acres Add Blk 6 Lot 19 MC; $114,000 and $181.60; 2015-1023. DWD: Marilyn Monahan, Becky Beenken Attorney in Fact, Randy Beenken, Marilyn Portis, and Becky Beenken to Crystal Kiroff; Fran-cisco’s, H.E., 2nd Add Blk 3 Lot 11 MC; $55,000 and $87.20; 2015-1021. DWD: Joan Cutburth Attorney in Fact and Clare Hoblit to Janet Ghere; Crane & Hill’s 1st Add to Oakwood Park Blk 4 Lot 1, Blk 4 Lot 2, Blk 4 Lot 3, Blk 4 Lot 4, Blk 4 Lot 5 CL; 2015-1015. DCD: Joan Cutburth Executor and Dorothy Hoblit Estate to Ja-net Ghere; Crane & Hill’s 1st Add to Oakwood Park Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5 CL; $110,000 and $175.20; 2015-1014. DWDJ: Manav and Rashmi Nayyar to Tyler and Jacqueline Fredin; Asbury Farm Blk 2 Lot 6 MC; $194,000 and $309.60; 2015-1008. DSD: Cerro Gordo County, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Shannon Fos-ter, Russell Foster, Susan Mertes, Animal Medical Hospital, and State of Iowa to MCLG Family Credit Union; Wildwood Add., Sub of O.L. 2 Lot 5 MC; Wildwood Add Blk 7 Lot 3 MC Parcel “A” in Part of as Desc & Depicted in Survey B99 P700; 2015-1002. DWDJ: Kenneth and Lee Soma to Keith and Holly Messenger; 16-97-20 SE NE, SW NE, NE SE, NW SE Parcel of Land Containing 3 Tracts as Desc & Depicted in Survey B88 P6402. DWDJ: Arthur and Nelda Tesar to Scott and Susan Brandt; Venice Har-bor 3rd Add Lot 14 VT; $375,000 and $599.20; 2015-996.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGSCITY OF ROCKWELL

MARCH 4, 2015Mayor Sheldon called to order the regu-

lar meeting of the Rockwell City Council on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. All Council members were present. Also present were Gary Weiner, Andy Johnson, Chris Diggins, Travis Fischer, Jay Siefken and Chief Whitney.Worley moved to approve the agenda as

presented. Motion seconded by Bills, carried unanimously.Flatness moved to approve the minutes of the

previous meeting as presented. Motion sec-onded by Worley, carried unanimously.The following bills were presented for approval:

PUBLIC SAFETYElectronic Engineering, Radio service ...$51.75Rockwell Coop Telephone Assn., Monthly billing .....................................$165.07Wellmark Blue Cross, Monthly premium health insurance...$1291.98Dearborn National, Life Insurance .........$34.80Cartersville Elevator, Gas .................... $111.74Don’s Auto, Service/Repairs ..................$46.60Total Public Safety ...........................$1701.94

PUBLIC WORKSMid American Energy, Monthly billing $1347.25Rockwell Coop Telephone Assn., Monthly billing .......................................$32.25Wellmark Blue Cross, Monthly premium health insurance...$1291.98Dearborn National, Life Insurance .........$65.85Cartersville Elevator, Gas ....................$186.64Don’s Auto, Service/Repairs ..................$36.40Absolute Waste Removal, Monthly billing ...................................$3794.40Mason City Red Power, Supplies ..........$29.85Menards, Supplies .................................$31.46Total Public Works .........................$6816.08PUBLIC WORKS ROAD USECartersville Elevator, Gas ....................$456.25Don’s Auto, Service/Repairs ................$366.24Interstate Motor Trucks, Repairs .........$645.57Jay Siefken, Cell Phone ........................$30.00Total Public Works Road Use ........$1498.06HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICESMid American Energy, Monthly billing/Clinic ...........................$181.03Total Health and Social Services, .......$181.03COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTMid American Energy,

Monthly billing/Memorial .......................$41.79Wellmark Blue Cross, Monthly premium health insurance...$1291.98Staples, Council chairs ........................$974.90Rockwell Public Library, Monthly payment ..............................$3541.66Total Community and Economic Development ................$5850.33GENERAL GOVERNMENTMid American Energy, Monthly billing ..$857.90Rockwell Coop Telephone Assn., Monthly billing .......................................$69.22Dearborn National, Life Insurance .........$34.80Net INS, Monthly billing .........................$12.99Five Star Coop, Ice melt ........................$18.17Huntbatch Insurance, Policy renewal ................................$24763.00NIACOG, Abatement Plan .................$1000.00North Iowa Area City Clerks Association, Dues .....................................................$15.00Mid-America Publishing, Publications .$252.89Postmaster, Box fee/ Postage .............$135.00Total General Government ...........$27158.97BUSINESS UTILITY WATERMid American Energy, Monthly billing ..$595.06Rockwell Coop Telephone Assn., Monthly billing .......................................$75.79

Wellmark Blue Cross, Monthly premium health insurance.....$516.79Sensus, Repairs hand held .................$402.34K & H Cooperative, Fuel/Water Tower .$128.82Test America, Water/Waste Water Samples................$21.00Hawkins, Chemicals ................................$5.00Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Workshop/meeting ..............................$150.00Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Annual dues ........................................$537.35Postmaster, Mail Water Bills ................$139.74UPS, Water Samples .............................$44.74Total Business Utility Water ...........$2616.63BUSINESS UTILITY SEWERRoto-Rooter, Sewer Line .....................$143.40Total Business, Utility Sewer ............$143.40Flatness moved to approve the bills for pay-

ment as presented. Motion seconded by Brown, carried unanimously.February Receipts: General $9308.87; Road

Use $9111.77; Water Utility $7461.63; Sewer Utility $5133.76; Local Option

$13391.39; Debt Service $272.58.Mayor Sheldon opened the public hearing at

7:05 p.m. for the 2015-2016 budget hearing. With no oral or written objections, Flatness

moved to approve the City budget for the 2015-2016 year by Resolution 2015-1. Motion sec-onded by Wentz, carried unanimously. Mayor Sheldon closed the public hearing.Mayor Sheldon noted that Gary Weiner and

Andy Johnson were present to discuss with the Council the Elm-Rock development agreement and ideas to help sell the available lots. Chris Diggins was present on behalf of NIACOG, and noted that their offi ce can help with changes in the agreement to allow for size changes in the lots and the TIF and Tax Abatement changes. Council discussed making changes in the lot sizes and cost, the tax abatement, and market-ing the community. Following discussion, Bills moved to enter into agreement with NIACOG to amend the current agreement with some chang-es discussed. Motion seconded by Worley, car-ried unanimously.Wentz asked if the bulb was changed out on

the bridge. Siefken noted that this was done.Brown asked how far to the North the City limits

go. Siefken noted the fence line marking the boundary. Worley noted that the Middle School Princi-

pal asked to have the police patrol around the school area with the warmer weather coming

and more people out and about.Siefken reported that they will have to dig up

the sewer line at the library to repair the prob-lems there, so as soon as it warms up he will prepare for the work.Siefken had a price of $3,300 to purchase a

line locater. Council asked for more information, and other pricing.Bills asked if Siefken had looked at the contract

Mort’s Service had presented prior and if they could to the work he was considering to have done for the controls. Siefken did not feel a contract was something we needed to do at this time, and was not certain if they could do the work for the control panels. Mayor Sheldon thanked Councilman Flatness

for doing the leg work to get and put together the new chairs for the Council room.With no further business, Brown moved to

adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Flat-ness, carried unanimously.ATTESTWilliam Sheldon, MayorLorna Weier, City Clerk



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From the Dallas Davids’ Estate (Buffalo Center): Tractors: IH 1086 (3600 hours, new rear rubber, Duals sell separate, Nice), IH 986 (5600 hours, Duals sell separate, Nice), John Deere 3020 (gas, straight, clean, fenders), IH 656 (gas 8712 hours, wf, fenders, good rubber) Tillage: White 598 plow (4 bottom, variable width), (24’), Glencoe Chisel Plow (12 shank), John Deere Disk (18’, manual fold), John Deere 400 Ro-tary Hoe (15’), IH 50 4 row Stalk Cutter (12’), Wagons and Grain Handling: Parker 5500 (Lights and Brakes), M and W wagon (400 bu. Double door), Dakon Gravity Flow (350 bu. Da-kon Gear), Stanhoist Barge Box, Flare Box wagons, Westco 60ft Auger (8”) Livestock and Acreage Equipment: 3pt bale mover, Galvanized Hog huts, 3 pt blade, Schweiss Snowblower (8’, double auger). Note: Dallas was a good caretaker, and his machinery shows it. Most has been kept inside.

Tractors, Skid loaders, and Forklift: ’09 John Deere 8430T (4600 hours, 5 SCVs, Auto Steer Ready, 16” tracks), ’91 Case IH 7130 (8000 hours, Mint, Auto Steer), ’14 John Deere 4066R (10 hours, 2 remotes, loaded factory warranty), ’84 John Deere 4850 (MFWD, PS, 8185 hours, Duals, well maintained), John Deere 4240 (PS, 9500 hours, only 500 on over-haul, rebuilt trans and rear end, new rubber), IH 1456 (6700 hours, complete restoration, NICE), John Deere 4430 w/ Allied 795 loader (New Rubber, Quad Range, 2 outlets, forks, and bale spear), IH 1086 (solid, good runner), John Deere 3020 Diesel (powershift, nice), Case 2390 (well maintained), ’60 John Deere 730 Diesel (Electric Start, Restoration Start-ed, Mechanically Excellent), John Deere 301 Industrial (loader, and cab), ’75 Allis Chalm-ers 7040 (good runner, new a/c), ’53 IH Super M (Parade Ready, Sharp), Skid loaders: ’14 Gehl R220 (150 hours, Every option but AC, 2 year warranty. Excellent), ‘13 John Deere 332D (750 hours, every option including AC, Pilot controls), ’08 New Holland L170 (4400 hours, cab/heat), Case 1845 C (cab, heat), Bobcat 753 (cab/heat), New Holland 325 (gas, 1200 hours, nice), Massey Ferguson 2500 All Terrain Forklift (6000# lift), expecting more…

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ST. LOUIS – The 2015 MVC Larry Bird Player of the Year is University of Northern Iowa senior Seth Tuttle.

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and No. 11 national ranking.Tuttle, out of Sheffi eld/West Fork High School, is

the third Panther to earn the league’s top honor fol-lowing Jason Daisy (1997) and Adam Koch (2010). Tuttle leads the Panthers in scoring (15.6 ppg), re-bounding (6.6 rpg), assists (3.3 apg) and blocks

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Country music artists Easton Corbin and opening act Josh Thomp-son will headline the 2015 Butler County Fair on Friday, June 26, the fair announced recently. Corbin is known for songs, such as “All Over The Road” and “A Little More Country Than That.” His cur-rent single is “Baby Be My Love Song.”

Rodeo events return to the fair on Thursday, June 25, as Wright Rodeo Co. puts on a show for fairgoers. Other grandstand shows include car soccer and trailer racing on Wednesday night and chuck wagon racing and scrambles on Saturday. Figure 8 racing on Sunday, June 28, will close the fair. The 2015 Butler County Fair

takes place June 24-28. Ticket information can be found at ticketweb.com. The Butler County 4-H Members will be selling super savers and family passes starting in March, as well. General fair information is avail-able at the fair’s website, butlercoun-tyfair.com.

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NIACC Art Gallery exhibit features work of Iowans The NIACC Gallery, located in front of the North Iowa Area Commu-nity Auditorium, is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings and photo-graphs. The exhibition dates are Feb. 18-April 1. The exhibit features the work of two Iowans Kathy Van Dike and Shelly Delagardelle. Mason City’s Van Dike creates oil paintings that feature intricate fruit and vegetable still-lifes.

The work is fascinating in its detail. Waterloo’s Delagardelle has a great eye for capturing a split second in her animal portraits. Her photojournalistic style captures everyday scenes of life in all its beautiful stark beauty. Shelly is exhibiting both black and white and color photographs. There will be a closing reception and artist’s talk at 2 p.m. on Wednes-day, April 1. This will be open to the

public and free of charge. The gallery located in fron of the NIACC Auditoriu. Gallery hours are from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and during performances at the North Iowa Area Community Auditorium. For more information about art gallery exhibits, contact NIACC Visual Art Instructor Melissa Lovingood at (641) 422-4424 or by email [email protected].

USDA’s Natural Resources Con-servation Service (NRCS) Chief Ja-son Weller announced last week a renewal option through March 31 for eligible agricultural producers with 2011 expiring Conservation Stew-ardship Program (CSP) contracts. These producers must adopt addi-tional activities to help them achieve higher levels of conservation on their farms. USDA is also extending the dead-line two weeks for farmers to sub-mit applications for the general CSP signup, until March 13.CSP is offered through a continu-ous signup, but NRCS periodically makes funding selections. Last year, Iowa NRCS obligated more than

$4.5 million through 436 contracts covering 201,000 acres. The program emphasizes conser-vation performance – producers earn higher payments for higher perfor-mance. Through CSP, producers in-stall conservation enhancements to make positive changes in soil health, soil erosion, water quality, water quantity, air quality, plant resources, animal resources and energy. Changes in the 2014 Farm Bill will allow CSP participants with expiring contracts to renew them by exceeding stewardship thresholds for two or more existing natural re-source concerns, such as improv-ing water quality or improving soil health.

CSP also supports the Iowa Nutri-ent Reduction Strategy through vari-ous enhancement options. The Iowa strategy includes practices designed to reduce nutrient loads from non-point sources such as farm fi elds. A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help producers deter-mine if the program is suitable for their operation. The checklist high-lights basic information about CSP eligibility requirements, stewardship threshold requirements and payment types. Learn more about CSP by visiting the Iowa NRCS website or your lo-cal NRCS fi eld offi ce.

NRCS announces renewal option, extends deadline for general CSP signup

Surviving a zombie apocalypseThe zombies are coming!! Do

YOU have what it takes to survive a zombie attack? Where will you go? What will you eat? How will you make decisions with others around you?

Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse will take place on Wednesday, March 11 from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the 4-H Learning Center, North Iowa Events Center, Mason City, and is open to any 7th-12th grade youth. Surviving Zombies is a large, prob-lems-based learning activity that will engage youth while focusing on criti-

cal thinking, science, and math skills. We hope to use a zombie apocalypse scenario to generate enthusiasm and engagement while also teaching stu-dents to critically analyze and solve problems, and of course, have a bunch of fun!

In any apocalyptic situation, you cannot survive for more than three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days with-out water, and three weeks without food. Activity stations will be set up where students learn survival skills,

highlighting their importance in the event of a pandemic, and playfully tying them to surviving a world full of zombies.

The cost is $20 per person and includes lunch, snacks, and a great looking Under Armour draw string cinch bag (scholarships are avail-able). Go to www.extension.iastate.edu/cerrogordo for a list of activities for the day. Please call 641-423-0844 to register or email [email protected] . Space is limited to 20… so sign up today!

Need help with your heating bill?Help with your heating coasts may be avalible if you are eligible for the

Low-Income Home Energy Assistant Program (LIHEAP). North Iowa Com-munity Action Organization is still taking applications for the program. The deadline is April, 30, 2015.

The LIHEAP program is not designed to pay household’s total energy coasts, but it can provide supplemental assistance for eligible households based on several factors. Those factors include total household income, household size, dwelling type, and type of heating fuel, among others.

The Applicant will need to furnish a copy of their social security card, a copy of the recent heating bill, and electric bill, and proof of all household members’ gross income for the past three months, for the past calendar year of their most recent federal income tax return.

Household size ----- Three-Month Gross Income ----- Annual Gross Income1 ---------------------- $4,376 ------------------------------ $,17,5052 ---------------------- $5,899 ------------------------------ $23,5953 ---------------------- $7,421 ------------------------------ $29,6854 ---------------------- $8,944 ----------------------------- $35,7755 ---------------------- $410,466 --------------------------- $41,8656 ---------------------- $11,989 ----------------------------- $47,955

Applications are accepted on fi rst come, fi rst served basis. If you believe you might be eligible for LIHEAP, please contact North

Iowa Community Action Organization at 641-423-9028 or 800-873-1899 to fi nd out where and how to apply. You may also visit our website at www.nicao-online.org to print an Energy Assistance application, fi nd your local outreach offi ce location, and to view other services we provide.

longer a covered commodity. To learn more, farmers can con-tact their local Farm Service Agency county offi ce. To fi nd your local of-fi ce visit http://offi ces.usda.gov. The Farm Bill builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achiev-ing meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture has made sig-nifi cant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding criti-cal research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partner-ships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and com-munity facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill.

Iowa water quality initiative funds available for innovative water quality practices

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey last week announced funds are available for projects focused on implementing and demonstrat-ing innovative delivery of practices to protect water quality. Funding is available statewide, but projects in the nine priority watersheds identi-fi ed by the Water Resources Coordi-nating Council will receive priority consideration. Projects should encourage the adoption of practices that improve water quality while conducting education and outreach efforts that promote broader adoption by farm-ers. Applications should focus on practices identifi ed in the Nutrient Reduction Strategy that have the greatest impact on reducing nutrient loss, such as bioreactors, saturated

buffers, wetlands, buffer strips and cover crops. The deadline to apply is April 10. Application guidance can be found on the Iowa Department of Agricul-ture and Land Stewardship’s website at www.IowaAgriculture.gov under “Hot Topics” or can be requested by contacting the Department’s Divi-sion of Soil Conservation at (515) 281-5851. Projects should include concen-trated efforts to demonstrate conser-vation practices paired with strong outreach components to circulate information on these practices and promote increased awareness and adoption of available practices and technologies to reduce nutrient loads to surface waters. Successful proj-ects will serve as local and regional

hubs for demonstrating conservation practices and providing practice in-formation to other farmers and/or landowners. Soil and Water Conservation Dis-tricts, watershed groups and other non-governmental organizations are eligible to submit applications. Ap-plicants will be able to seek up to three years of funding for a project, with the possibility of future exten-sions depending on funding avail-ability and project performance. The announcement of projects selected to receive funding will take place by the end of April, with June 1 as the scheduled start date. More information can be found in the proj-ect pre-application guidance found at www.IowaAgriculture.gov under “Hot Topics.”

Ed Anderson, ISA senior director of supply and production systems, explained how ISA’s analytics, Envi-ronmental Programs and Services and On-Farm Network teams coordinate

their work to the benefi t of farmers. He also provided an update on the as-sociation’s research partnerships in-cluding the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University.

The next leg of the ISA Experi-ence will take place this spring. It will focus on policy issues and include a visit to the Iowa State Capitol.

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