Home of Dayton Rodeo - Gateway to Des Moines River Valley Since 1877! Dayton Review Vol. 138, No. 41 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 [email protected]2dr, 4WD, Extended Cab, SB, 4dr, Extended, Mini Van, dvd, 127,170 miles XLE, 4dr, Sedan, 111,250 miles Supercharged, 2dr, Coupe, 81,800 miles XLT, 4x4, 4dr, SuperCrew, Styleside, 5.5 ft., SLT, 4x4, 4dr, Quad Cab, 6.3 ft., 18,100 miles $3,000 $4,900 $6,400 $8,500 $18,200 $29,500 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 2002 Chrysler Town and Country 2002 Toyota Camry 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2009 Ford F-150 2014 RAM Dayton Elementary 3rd graders receive dictionaries... Kerrie Kuiper of the Fort Dodge Noon Kiwanis Club, presented the SWG Elementary third grade class with a dictionary on Oct. 7. The Noon Kiwanis Club has donated a free dictionary to every third grade student in Webster County for many years now. They will be able to use these dictionaries all the way through high school, and beyond. Dayton Elementary third graders continued on Page 6. Photos courtesy of Principal Dan Grandfield. Who could have murdered Roger Brown in Dayton? Reward being offered. . . By Glenn Schreiber Who would want to kill Roger Brown, our friend who lived in Dayton for several decades? That was the question on everyone’s mind last week. There are rumors that Roger had loaned one per- son some money and that he wanted to his money back. I have heard several rumors communicated to me by sev- eral people this past week. The deal possibly involved drug use (by the other person) but really these rumors are all unconfirmed. No arrrests have been made. The only thing known for sure is that this is a murder case. Roger was shot and killed in his camper in west Dayton. He was found dead on Wednesday, Sept. 30. People who have any information on this case should call law enforcement agencies. People who have any information on this crime should call the Webster County Sheriff at 515-573-1410 or Crime Stoppers at 515-573-1444. There is a reward of up to $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. Said Sheriff Jim Stubbs, “We are reviewing the evidence and we are following every lead. There are many rumors right now about this case. Some rumors may have validity and some may have none.” He continued, “It is our job to review informa- tion and confirm facts. If people have information that could help us, please call us. Right now our investigators are reviewing a lot of information. But again, if anyone has information they think will be helpful, please call us.” Dayton Fire Department, SWG Elementary observe Fire Prevention Week The Dayton Fire Department appeard at the SWG Elementary on Friday, Oct. 9 for Fire Prevention Week. The fire department talked with the daycare kids at 8:40 a.m.. The kids and teachers walked to the fire truck (parked between the school and the gym), and listened to Gabe Heun and a couple of other Dayton area firefighters as they talked about their jobs and what they do. They brought their newest fire truck for the kids to see.
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ReviewVol. 138, No. 41 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 [email protected]
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4dr, Extended, Mini Van, dvd, 127,170 miles
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1997 Chevrolet Silverado
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Dayton Elementary 3rd graders receive dictionaries... Kerrie Kuiper of the Fort Dodge Noon Kiwanis Club, presented the SWG Elementary third grade class with a dictionary on Oct. 7. The Noon Kiwanis Club has donated a free dictionary to every third grade student in Webster County for many years now. They will be able to use these dictionaries all the way through high school, and beyond. Dayton Elementary third graders continued on Page 6. Photos courtesy of Principal Dan Grandfield.
Who could have murderedRoger Brown in Dayton?Reward being offered. . . By Glenn Schreiber Who would want to kill Roger Brown, our friend who lived in Dayton for several decades? That was the question on everyone’s mind last week. There are rumors that Roger had loaned one per-son some money and that he wanted to his money back. I have heard several rumors communicated to me by sev-eral people this past week. The deal possibly involved drug use (by the other person) but really these rumors are all unconfirmed. No arrrests have been made. The only thing known for sure is that this is a murder case. Roger was shot and killed in his camper in west Dayton. He was found dead on Wednesday, Sept. 30. People who have any information on this case should call law enforcement agencies. People who have any information on this crime should call the Webster County Sheriff at 515-573-1410 or Crime Stoppers at 515-573-1444. There is a reward of up to $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. Said Sheriff Jim Stubbs, “We are reviewing the evidence and we are following every lead. There are many rumors right now about this case. Some rumors may have validity and some may have none.” He continued, “It is our job to review informa-tion and confirm facts. If people have information that could help us, please call us. Right now our investigators are reviewing a lot of information. But again, if anyone has information they think will be helpful, please call us.”
Dayton Fire Department, SWG Elementary observe Fire Prevention Week The Dayton Fire Department appeard at the SWG Elementary on Friday, Oct. 9 for Fire Prevention Week. The fire department talked with the daycare kids at 8:40 a.m.. The kids and teachers walked to the fire truck (parked between the school and the gym), and listened to Gabe Heun and a couple of other Dayton area firefighters as they talked about their jobs and what they do. They brought their newest fire truck for the kids to see.
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Apologizing to his daughter. . . To the editor and Lehigh area: First, I want to apologize to my daughter for not doing my job as a father and that is to protect her and make it safe to walk down the streets in Lehigh. I was trying so hard to prove to some people in Lehigh that I was not the one to call the Highway Patrol and now I realize I should have done more. I am refer-ring to the Highway Patrol coming to Lehigh during our recent Quilt Show. We are learning now that law enforcement agencies had seen videos posted on car burnouts (peeling out) from last year’s event. They were ready this time. For some reason I was blamed for notifying law enforcement along with some council members and our Mayor Paula Martin. We were verbally harassed during the cruise and afterwards this year. I want to commend law enforcement for seeing the videos on the internet. They came to Lehigh to con-trol the burn-outs and indeed stop this dangerous prac-tice.(Burn-outs are caused by sudden acceleration at stop signs that result in “tires burning” and when they go a certain distance they can be dangerous). I feel let down by our former mayor who con-doned some acts he witnessed that put our lives in danger last year. I said something to one person last year and now realize I should have said more. Thankfully no one was hurt last year. I also want to apologize to the good people of Lehigh as we are supposed to help each other and I did not step up in a way to stop some people last year (who were vocally angry) with me. Some people think I ruined their fun. But a burn-out can put peoples’ lives at risk along with our children. I also want to congratulate the WC Cruisers for doing what they love to do and for trying to stop the cars from doing burn-outs as they want a nice soft cruise where people can feel safe and have a good time. I again want to apologize to my wife for allow-ing our daughter to have to walk up and down the street from the Lehigh Museum to the Quilt Show (Golden Memories) while all of this was going on a year ago. It is sad that she did not feel safe in her own home town. I should have said more instead of saying noth-ing and let the bullies intimidate me. I also want to thank current mayor Paula Martin for her assistance in this situation.
Doug Linn Lehigh (Member of Lehigh Historical Society)
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Our Dayton community is still in shock over the murder of Roger Brown who was found dead from a gun-shot at his small trailer in West Dayton about two weeks ago. The relationship between Roger Brown and the Dayton area community was very good. So many people interacted with Roger and helped in many ways. Roger obliged by helping us too. We liked Roger and he liked us. This column will showcase one story of that bond between Roger and the Dayton community. There are many, many other similar stories. Several years ago one person in Dayton learned that Roger hadn’t paid his utility bill. He inquired about the amount, which was a relative pittance, about $53. “I want to pay Roger’s bill,” he said to one city official. “But I don’t want Roger to know who did this.” The utility bill was paid. At the time, that $53 was a lot of money for Roger and he was very happy. We do live in a small town. Roger did find out who paid his bill. Sometimes Roger had an almost insa-tiable appetite to learn who was helping him. Roger, in a sense, was from the “old school.” He didn’t believe in handouts. He wanted to work for what was given to him. Many people today rely on gov-ernment services for many things, but Roger didn’t have that mentality. He approached the anonymous donor. Roger asked, “What can I do for you?” “Nothing,” the person said. “I am just happy to help you a little.” Roger persisted. “There must be something I can do for you.” He mentioned several things. “Okay.” And so Roger did do a task that needed to be done. “What else can I do?” asked Roger a few weeks later. Roger felt he hadn’t totally repaid his debt. “Buy me a beer sometime,” said this person. And so Roger bought this person a beer at the Frontier Lounge. Roger still persisted in wanting to do more. And then this helper said this to Roger: “I just ask that you help someone else in need in the future.” Roger looked this person in the eye. “Yes, I guarantee you I will do that.” They shook hands on that and the subject was closed. Roger had this type of relationship and bond with many people in our community. He was a member of our community family.
Dayton Community Club holds October meeting A discussion of the date of Ladies Night Out, volunteers needed for the Festival of Lights and a new motto were the highlights of the Dayton Community Club meeting at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at the Iron Saddle Saloon. The meeting was called to order at noon. The secretary’s report and treasurer’s report was approved be-fore the meeting was set in motion. was approved Becky motioned and Bonnie seconded to approve the secretary’s report. Bonnie motioned and Amanda seconded to ap-prove the treasurer’s report. Meredith Gallentine read a letter from com-munity club member Glenn Shreiber of the Dayton Re-view protesting the Ladies Night Out date. Among other items, the letter asked the club to consider “future ramifi-cations” of its choice of dates. No one from the school has signed up to work for the school for the Festival of Lights this upcoming holiday season. It was decided to put the dates on the community signs and ask for volunteers. The time and date the Com-munity Club has currently slated is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. The museum fundraiser will be Sunday, October 11 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Dayton Community Center. There will be chili, cinnamon rolls, and hot dogs/chips for kids. Rob Scott was re-elected to the Celebration Committee and Gary Schlief was elected to fill Jason So-renson’s spot. The Slogan “Preserve, Promote, Progress” was approved as the slogan for the Dayton Community Club. The club will be producing and distributing stickers that say this to area businesses. The dedication of the Kathlynn Shepard Memo-rial was well-attended. There will be an article in Thun-der Road Magazine. Dayton Elementary Principal Dan Grandfield reported and thanked the Dayton Rodeo Celebration Committee for treating the elementary students to a trip to the rodeo grounds. Jesse Green asked if this could be on Friday next year, instead of Thursday. Grandfield also mentioned that this week is Fire Prevention Week and the firefighters are bringing the new fire truck to the school Friday. The next meeting is set for Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Iron Saddle.
The Washington Winners 4-H Club met Sun-day Oct., 4, 2015 at 4 p.m. at the Washington Lutheran Church in Duncombe for their regular meeting. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jared Geis. The roll call question was “Say your name back-wards” and was answered by 31 members. There were also four leaders and six guests pres-ent. The secretary’s report was read by Hannah Rees and the treasurer’s report was given by Evan Anderson. For old business, members that attended the Iowa State football game talked about the experience. As for new business record books were collect-ed. 4-H Week was discussed and members were encour-aged to promote 4-H through social media and at their schools. Township night was discussed, and a pot luck dinner was agreed upon. Evan Anderson and Olivia Mitchell motioned to do The Giving Tree and the club approved. Community service ideas were discussed. Sam Sytsma led the 4-H pledge. Devin and Dillon Summers did a presentation on “Daily Cow Care” and Lauren Har-ris demonstrated “How to Draw a Cartoon Hand.”
Washington Winners conduct October meeting, elect club officers
We also elected officers to uphold club duties. Members that were elected for officers are listed: Presi-dent - Olivia Mitchell; Vice President - Daven Rees; Sec-retary - Leslie Housken; Reporter - Hannah Rees Photographers are Christine Housken and Aly-son Nieland; Historians are Emma Sytsma, Mykaela Sturenberg, Mykenzie Sturenberg and Sylvia Hess. Recreation Leaders are Megan Anderson, Jacob Geis, Lauren Harris, Sam Henmested, Dillon Sytsma, Sam Sytsma and Soren Winkler. The next club meeting will be held Sunday, No-vember 1, 2015 with a family potluck and installation of new members and officers. The event will be held at the Duncombe Com-munity Center.
30 Years Ago... Ann Peterson entertained guests in her home Monday afternoon for her birthday. Sharing the occasion with her were Edna Lundquist, Elaine Lundquist, Maye Whitson, Martha Vinson, Lucille Peterson, and Eunice Bergman. Emily Anderson will be one year old Sunday, Oct. 20. Emily is the daughter of Mark and Heidi An-derson, Dayton. Another girl in the family is Heather, 4. Grandparents are Emil and Helen Mendt, Cherokee, and Walt and May Anderson, Boone. A happy birthday was wished to Nicholas Aar-on Hayes who was two years old Saturday, Sept. 28. Nicholas has a brother Corey, 3 1/2. They are the chil-dren of Ken and Debbie Hayes, Indianola. Grandparents are Chuck and LaVonne Beckman, Dayton and Don and Marcelle Hayes, Indianola. Great-grandparents are Glen Beckman, Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge; Luella Swan-son, Fort Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mires and Mrs. Reatha Hayes, Maryville, MO Airman Michael J. Baldus, son of Maurice D. Baldus, Boone, and Susan K. Dally, Stratford, has gradu-ated from the integrated avionics computerized test sta-tion and component course at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. During the course, students were taught funda-mentals and application of electronic principles for oper-ation of automatic test equipment. They also earned cred-its toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Baldus is scheduled to serve with the 48th Com-ponent Repair Squadron in England. His wife, Penny, is the daughter of Darell Par-cel, Broomfield, olo. Baldus is a 1984 Graduate of Boone High School.
20 Years Ago... Steve and Patty Miller, Webster City, are par-ents of a son, Jess Steven, born Friday, Oct. 6, joins sis-ters, Kayla Fae and Madalyn Beth.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Miller, Webster city; Darold Kelley, Stratford, and Kathy Kelley, Duncombe. Great grandparents are Dallas and Anna Stapp, Eagle Grove and Dale and Dorothea Kelley, Stratford. The float entry by the Dayton Review News-paper received an honorable mention in the commercial division of the Dayton Rodeo Labor Day Parade Monday, Sept. 4. Sandholm Insurance, Dayton, earned an honor-able mention in the commercial category of the Dayton Rodeo Labor Day parade held Monday, Sept. 4. Before a home crowd Thursday, Oct. 5 the Lady Eagles volleyball squad posted their first season match victory. The girls won over Des Moines Christian 4-1. The Lady Eagles won the first game very handi-ly 15-7 and captured the second game 19-17. Des Moines Christian came back strong in the third game to win 15-4. The Lady Eagles squeezed out a narrow 16-14 victory in the final game. Bethany Larson was 14 of 15 serves for 93%. Katie Peterson had six ace serves and was 86% serve/receive with 18 of 21. Bethany Larson had four assists and 12 digs. Stefanie Grettenberg had nine kills and three blocks. Kara Wiles also had three blocks.
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Apologizing to his daughter. . . To the editor and Lehigh area: First, I want to apologize to my daughter for not doing my job as a father and that is to protect her and make it safe to walk down the streets in Lehigh. I was trying so hard to prove to some people in Lehigh that I was not the one to call the Highway Patrol and now I realize I should have done more. I am refer-ring to the Highway Patrol coming to Lehigh during our recent Quilt Show. We are learning now that law enforcement agencies had seen videos posted on car burnouts (peeling out) from last year’s event. They were ready this time. For some reason I was blamed for notifying law enforcement along with some council members and our Mayor Paula Martin. We were verbally harassed during the cruise and afterwards this year. I want to commend law enforcement for seeing the videos on the internet. They came to Lehigh to con-trol the burn-outs and indeed stop this dangerous prac-tice.(Burn-outs are caused by sudden acceleration at stop signs that result in “tires burning” and when they go a certain distance they can be dangerous). I feel let down by our former mayor who con-doned some acts he witnessed that put our lives in danger last year. I said something to one person last year and now realize I should have said more. Thankfully no one was hurt last year. I also want to apologize to the good people of Lehigh as we are supposed to help each other and I did not step up in a way to stop some people last year (who were vocally angry) with me. Some people think I ruined their fun. But a burn-out can put peoples’ lives at risk along with our children. I also want to congratulate the WC Cruisers for doing what they love to do and for trying to stop the cars from doing burn-outs as they want a nice soft cruise where people can feel safe and have a good time. I again want to apologize to my wife for allow-ing our daughter to have to walk up and down the street from the Lehigh Museum to the Quilt Show (Golden Memories) while all of this was going on a year ago. It is sad that she did not feel safe in her own home town. I should have said more instead of saying noth-ing and let the bullies intimidate me. I also want to thank current mayor Paula Martin for her assistance in this situation.
Doug Linn Lehigh (Member of Lehigh Historical Society)
The Southeast Valley cross country teams made the most of a recent Saturday morning trip to Pocahontas for the Pocahontas Area Invitational. The Jaguars came back home with the boys’ team title, a fouth place finish for the girls, the individual boys’ champion, seven varsity medalist, three JV medal-ists and 32 season PR’s. “This was a great meet to see how we stacked up in the conference,” Head Coach Travis Nuss. “I’m ex-tremely excited about where we are at right now.” Spencer Warehime won his third meet of the season to lead the boys’ cross country team on Saturday. His time of 16:44 was only three seconds off his season best. Josh Johnson (5th, 17:34), Patrick Breitsprecher (12th, 18:20) and Jacob DeBaun (14th, 18:30) were all medalists in the boys’ race as well as running their career best times. Josh Carlson (25th, 19:20), Nathan Montgom-
ery (34th, 19:54), and Todd Hamilton (35th, 19:56) rounded out the varsity seven for the Jaguars. Southeast Valley’s 56 points was 23 points better than second place Sioux Central and Emmetsburg. The Jaguars were also the top Twin Lakes Conference school in the meet which hosted all the conference schools. This makes the boys’ team look like the top con-tenders for the conference title at the conference meet in two weeks. In the girls’ varsity race, senior Natalie Lambert continued to improve running a 20:44 to finish third and lead the Jaguars. Alli True (9th, 21:50) and Josie Breitsprecher (18th, 22:37) both ran season best to earn two more med-als for Southeast Valley. The Jaguars fourth and fifth runners were Kata-ra Jondle (33rd, 24:29) and Emma Graves (36th, 24:41) respectively also running their best times of the season.
Jaguar cross country teams make most of the Pocahontas Area InvitationalBoys take team title, Girls finish 4th...
Anna Heatherington (43rd, 25:12) was the sixth runner helping Southeast Valley to it’s fourth place finish. Class 2A, fifth ranked Pocahontas Area won the girls’ meet with 37 points. Twin Lakes Conference foe South Central Calhoun was second with 77 points followed by Emmets-burg’s 82 points. The Jags scored 99 points, but were without one of their top three runners Erica Rittgers. As with the boys’ race, all the conference schools competed and the results look like the girls’ will also make a run at the conference title trying to unseat an impressive team from Pocahontas in two weeks at Lake City. In the JV races, both the boys’ and girls teams came home with 3rd place finishes as a team. Dalton Dencklau (8th, 20:54) and Lucas Pontius (9th, 20:58) for the boys and Ryann Steburg (5th, 25:48) for the girls were JV medalists. Also contributing to the girls’ score were Tessa Berg (11th, 26:38), Hannah Fiala (12th, 26:42), Kate Dyer (14th, 27:27), Sarah Nahnsen (16th, 28:21), Kend-all Sandgren (21st, 29:25) and Allie Berg (22nd, 29:42). Hannah Peterson (23rd, 30:01), Leslie Housken (24th, 30:26), Oumaima Zenati (25th, 32:38) and Chelsea Grossnickle (27th, 34:15) also competed for the Jaguars. In the boys JV race, Ben Carlson (12th, 21:15) was the third finisher for the Jaguars followed by team-mates Isaiah Gibbs (21st, 22:15), Dillon Sytsma (26th, 22:28), Ben Sebring (28th, 22:46) and Aaron True (30th, 22:48). Also running season best times on Saturday morning in the JV race were Michael Vosberg (35th, 23:57), Max Davis (36th, 24:06), Jordan Lane (39th, 25:59) and Jack Mumper (42nd, 27:39). “We haven’t had all the girls’ healthy the last few weeks,” Nuss said. “But if we can get everybody 100% and keep the boys all healthy, it’s going to be an exciting time for the Jaguar cross country teams these fi-nal few weeks of the season.” The Jaguars will compete at Ida Grove on Mon-day, October 12th before heading back to Lake City for the Twin Lakes conference meet on Saturday, Oct. 17. Southeast Valley will compete in the 2A state qualifying meet on Thursday, Oct. 22 at a site to be deter-mined.
Pictured from left to right are Emily Hemmestad, Morgan Farnham, Viatris Scott, Sydney Carlson and Rylie Nelson. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.
Roger Brown, 55 Roger A. Brown, 55, passed away on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015, at his home in Dayton. A Celebration of Life gathering was held Sat-urday, October 10, 2015, from 10 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., with a time of sharing at 11.30 a.m., at the United Meth-odist Church in Dayton. Pastor Kay. Christie officiated. Burial was in the Dayton Cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the United Methodist Church. For online obitu-aries and condolences please visit: HYPERLINK “http://www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com” www.carsonstapp-funeralhome.com Roger Alan Brown was born on January 15, 1960, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Robert Eugene Brown and Opal (Radcliffe) Brown. He attended Dawes Elementary & Jr. High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Roger was known as a free spirit, and a kind and gentle soul. He made his home in Dayton where he did handyman jobs and made many friends and acquaintanc-es. Roger loved the outdoors and nature, and walking or riding his lawnmower around Dayton. He enjoyed leath-erwork, woodworking, making birdfeeders, and tending to his garden and flowers. He attended the United Meth-odist Church. Survivors include children, Stephany Martin of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mike Hambrick of Christiansburg, Virginia; three grandchildren; Jayden Martin, Taliyah Martin, and Madeline Hambrick; his brother, Curtis (Re-becca) Brown of West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma; uncle, Wayne Radcliffe of Grand Island, Nebraska; aunts, Ar-lene Bong, Jane Sagness, and Cheryl Stephenson Brown all of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Jan Zemanek of Bridgeport, Nebraska; and many friends. His parents, and uncles, Leo Radcliffe and Bob Radcliffe, preceded him in death. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.
In 2013 Midland Power Cooperative’s board of directors adopted the largest 4-year new-to-replace-old work plan in the cooperative’s history. The $40 million investment increased the miles of line to be rebuilt from 30 miles annually in the prior work plan, to 130 miles an-nually during 2013 through 2016. “This commitment is designed to build on our progress of improving the reliability of our distribution system,” said Midland Power CEO Bill McKim. “These steps forward, although incremental, have seen our aver-age number of interruptions per member account during the year decline 38% since 2008.” Midland Power has contracted Legacy Pow-er Line, Inc. to work on power line replacements near Gowrie, which are scheduled to be completed prior to the end of 2015. The rebuilt areas will not only benefit from the new equipment being installed, but will also have the spans between power poles shortened. These improve-
Midland Power replaces power linesnear Harcourt; part of $40 million projectPoles replaced along Highway 175. . .
ments will enable the system to better withstand the ef-fects of high winds, snow, and ice. This work plan, combined with Federal Emer-gency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds and projects, has result-ed in nearly 300 miles of distribution line being rebuilt across Midland Power’s system in 2014, and more than 10% of the cooperative’s entire electric distribution sys-tem being rebuilt over the last three years. Midland Power Cooperative is a member-owned, not-for-profit, electric cooperative that provides electricity to homes and businesses in portions of the seventeen following counties in Iowa: Boone, Calhoun, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Pocahontas, Polk, Story, Webster, and Wright. Midland Power serves these areas from its headquarters in Jefferson, as well as loca-tions in Humboldt, Boone and Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Power poles replaced, upgraded west of Harcourt. .. New electric power poles were installed recently by Midland Power along Highway 175 between Gowrie and Harcourt. The work was subcontracted by Legacy Power Line, Inc. and is part of a mult-year, $40 million improvement project.
Deer hunters have October 1 circled on their cal-endar marking the beginning to Iowa’s popular archery deer season. An expected 50,000 hunters will be hiding among the branches on tree stands in the timber across Iowa forests and field edges, waiting for the next legend-ary Iowa buck to walk by. “The herd is in excellent condition statewide following the mild winter and early spring and the popu-lation is about where we want it,” said Dr. Dale Garner, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wild-life Bureau. “If they put in the time scouting and sight in their bow, I expect hunters will have another good year in the timber.” Regulation changes incorporated last year have helped to stabilize Iowa’s herd. There were no regulation
Iowa’s Archery Deer Season began Oct. 1changes for 2015. Iowa’s archery season crosses over with the youth only season for the first four days. The youth only deer hunting season opened Sept 19. Around 9,500 youth under 16 years of age par-ticipate in the special season each year. They must hunt under the supervision of an adult mentor who has a valid hunting license and habitat fee. Only one youth hunter may accompany each adult mentor. Youth hunters harvested more than 3,300 deer in the 2014 special season. The 2015 season closes on Oct. 4. The archery season is open through Dec. 4, when it closes for the shotgun deer seasons. It then reopens Dec. 21 and runs until Jan. 10, 2016.
Dayton City Councilhas park project,bridges on agendaFor Oct. 14 meeting. . . The Dayton City Council will meet Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The agenda will include building permits, a council vacancy, Caldwell Park project, and street resur-facing. The City would like to try to do the seal coat work this fall. A contractor has been informed. The concrete work on 1st Street and 3rd Avenue NW has been done. Three City bridges must be inspected this year. The DOT now requires rating calculations with the in-spections. Calhoun Burns will do this for $1375. Envy Salon on Skillet near the intersection of Main has had sanitary sewer issues. A draft budget amendment hearing notice will be discussed. The Council may approve this for publica-tion and set the hearing date. There have been issues with reading the new IPERL meters. A reader may be purchased for approxi-mately $435 plus $8 per meter. There are currently 17 IPERL meters installed. There is a Building Permit application for Grandview Apartments for a concrete patio. And there is an amended permit for Ron Frazier’s garage.
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It was built in 1957, only 58 years old, yet Sun-day morning, October 4, 2015 the walls came tumbling down. It only took a few seconds, first a large, violent burst of flames spewing from the top, a deafening roar and down it came. The “old” YMCA, which I consid-ered still a very new, modern building, lay in a huge pile of rubble, smoky dust hovering over that pile for a short time. This was a place where people of different genera-tions, ages, races, had met for many activities, had taken various classes, enjoyed swimming, basketball, volley-ball, many athletic and body building activities. Meet-ings were held there, planned and extemporaneous or happenstance get togethers. It was a refuge for many men over the years in that they could find affordable hous-ing and in later years even the homeless were helped. I thought it was here to stay at least through my lifetime. I hadn’t been in it for years but memories flooded back to around my second and third years in this city when I worked at the really old YMCA, thus enjoying some of the things offered to members and employees. I even tried to learn to swim there but came down with a severe case of strep and ear infection and by the time I had re-covered the classes were over. Never went to another. But, someone decided even at that “young” age, even though the “Y” was still a beautiful building (out-side anyway) on a prime riverfront site that it was time for it to go and so it did. Later in the afternoon my daugh-ter and I drove past the pile of rubble and I had a “twinge” at seeing it. There is a big clean up to do. One thing I did observe was that the building practically across the street still looked its stately old self. That building, once housed the Des Moines Public Library and in the recent years has been the home to the World Food Prize Foun-dation and the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. After the library moved to new quarters a few years ago some-one had the great idea that this over century old building should be preserved and thus it has been. It did not have to go the way of so many of the other old buildings that I remember were here when I came to Des Moines 69+ years ago. Many of the beautiful buildings have been razed over the years and our downtown has changed, creating a more modern metropolitan skyline. I suppose that is progress. But now, investors and developers are seem-ing to be coming in by the droves buying up old ware-houses in particular and converting to apartments and condos and charging what I consider to be exorbitant fees or rents. They are hoping to bring many retail businesses back downtown near to what it once was. Efforts have been made to get more “big” businesses employing high numbers of people back in the area and indeed a couple or so insurance companies and a publishing firm have not deserted downtown. Efforts have been made to build up East Village, the area just to the west of the Capitol Building and it is beginning to look more like a lot of cit-ies’ “Old Towns”.
And the walls came tublin' down... It seems there is always hope and replacement in cities of any size, down with something, up with an-other, a shift from this area to that and back again. But, again in the October 4th’s Sunday Register was another story of an Iowa small town school building readying for demolition. The citizens were salvaging everything they could from it and probably lamenting with one an-other and crying a few tears. It was reported this school, Corwith-Wesley, is the 4,316th school district to close in Iowa since 1950. In 1950 there were 4,652 school districts in Iowa. Of course you know my next thought – Boxholm/Grand Community was one of those 4316 closings. Every time I read an article about the fate of another I wonder about our once majestic old building and the “newer” gymnasium addition. Nostalgia again creeps over me. How long will the old alma mater facil-ity remain standing? What disrepair will it suffer? Ques-tions, questions and no answers. But, perhaps it is good to know we are not alone. Time marches on and some call it progress. At least our school lasted longer than the “Y” but even that has had a replacement downtown. The only thing is, when our building goes it is doubt-ful if there will be a replacement. So, that is apparently why God gave us hearts and minds in which to store our memories.
Southeast Valley Schedule of Events
Week of Oct 14th to Oct 21st
Wednesday, Oct 14Early Dismissal 1:20pmTeacher In-service in PMPVES - NO Classes for PM PreschoolThursday, Oct 15(A) G V VB Twin Lakes C - G V VB6:00 p.m. (H) B JVR FB GAME - St. Edmond @ Southeast ValleyFriday, Oct 167:00 p.m. (A) B V FB GAME - Southeast Valley @ St. EdmondSaturday, Oct 179:00 a.m. (A) B&G V CC Twin Lakes C - B&G V CC9;00 a.m. (A) J.H. XC Conference @ Lake CityMonday, Oct 19SWGES 3rd Grade Cognitive Abilities Test6:00 p.m. (H) B JV FB GAME - Eagle Grove @ Southeast ValleyTuesday, Oct 20PVES - NO Classes for AM & PM PreschoolEarly Dismissal 2:20pmParent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pmWednesday, Oct 21FFA Fruit/Fundraiser (Oct 21 thru Nov 11)
*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org
***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***
Roger Brown, 55 Roger A. Brown, 55, passed away on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015, at his home in Dayton. A Celebration of Life gathering was held Sat-urday, October 10, 2015, from 10 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., with a time of sharing at 11.30 a.m., at the United Meth-odist Church in Dayton. Pastor Kay. Christie officiated. Burial was in the Dayton Cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the United Methodist Church. For online obitu-aries and condolences please visit: HYPERLINK “http://www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com” www.carsonstapp-funeralhome.com Roger Alan Brown was born on January 15, 1960, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Robert Eugene Brown and Opal (Radcliffe) Brown. He attended Dawes Elementary & Jr. High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Roger was known as a free spirit, and a kind and gentle soul. He made his home in Dayton where he did handyman jobs and made many friends and acquaintanc-es. Roger loved the outdoors and nature, and walking or riding his lawnmower around Dayton. He enjoyed leath-erwork, woodworking, making birdfeeders, and tending to his garden and flowers. He attended the United Meth-odist Church. Survivors include children, Stephany Martin of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mike Hambrick of Christiansburg, Virginia; three grandchildren; Jayden Martin, Taliyah Martin, and Madeline Hambrick; his brother, Curtis (Re-becca) Brown of West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma; uncle, Wayne Radcliffe of Grand Island, Nebraska; aunts, Ar-lene Bong, Jane Sagness, and Cheryl Stephenson Brown all of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Jan Zemanek of Bridgeport, Nebraska; and many friends. His parents, and uncles, Leo Radcliffe and Bob Radcliffe, preceded him in death. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.
Jaguar JV volleyball team completes busy week, finishes 2-2-1 By Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach
The Jaguar junior varsity team went 2-2-1 in the final week of the regular season. The team lost to Manson-Northwest Webster and Newell-Fonda on Monday, Oct. 5, but ended the night with a win over Graettinger-Terrill/Ruthven-Ayr-shire. The girls then defeated the Broncos of Belmond-Klemme on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Burnside by the scores of 21-16 and 21-11. The team finished their week at West Bend, where they split with the Wolverines, due to time con-straints. The team won the first game 21-19 and then lost the second game 23-21.
SV varsity volleyball team concludes season By Tyler Anderson
The Southeast Valley volleyball team finished their regular season this past week, falling 3-0 to Bel-mond-Klemme on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Burnside. Later in the week, West Bend-Mallard defeated Southeast Valley 3-1 on Thursday, Oct. 8 in West Bend. In Tuesday’s home matchup, the Jaguars battled hard against the Broncos in the initial set before falling, 25-21. Belmond-Klemme then proceeded to win the next two sets to take home their tenth win of the season, defeating Southeast Valley by scores of 25-11 and 25-18. Junior Jaiden Ackerson led the Jaguars with seven kills and seven blocks. Senior Cassie Zinnel fol-lowed with five kills and six blocks, along with seven digs. Freshman Morgan Castenson tallied 22 assists and eight digs for Southeast Valley. Fellow classmate Shelby Cummins acquired five digs against the Broncos. Finishing out the regular season, the Wolverines and Jaguars went back and forth in a series of closely contested matches. West Bend-Mallard won the initial set by the score of 25-21. Southeast Valley battled back to even the game by taking the second match, edging West Bend-Mallard 25-23. However, the Wolverines narrowly defeated Southeast Valley in third set 25-23 and used that momen-tum to take the game with a 25-20 decision. After the loss, Southeast Valley ended its regu-lar season with a eight game skid and tumbled to 6-19. The record leaves the Jags with the ninth seed in the Twin Lakes Conference Tournament. They will travel to Newell to face Newell-Fonda and Manson-Northwest Webster as part of Pool C of the tourney on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Southeast Valley JV football team defeats Manson-NW 20-6 The Southeast Valley JV football team con-tinued their winning ways, posting a 20-6 victory over Manson-Northwest Webster on Monday, Oct. 5. Nolan Johnson connected on two touchdown passes to sure handed Keegan Goodwin and Kenny Blunk added a touchdown gallop for the Jaguar scores. The JV record now stands at 3-2. The combined Southeast Valley high school football record is 12-3 so far this year, with the junior varsity reserve squad at 4-0 and varsity football currently at 5-1. According to the coaching staff, a winning tradi-tion brewing in Jaguarland. Another interesting note for the Jaguar football program is the last five high school football games at Jaguar Field this season, counting JVR, JV, and Varsity, have produced a combined 231-14 homefield advantage to the Jaguars.
SV JVR volleyball teams finish 2nd, 3rd at Jaguar Invitational By Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach
The Jaguar JVR Teal and Black teams did well at their own Invitational in Gowrie on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Teal team placed second when they lost to Manson-Northwest Webster by the scores of 21-16 and 24-22 in the championship match. The Black team placed third overall at the tour-nament. The Teal team was composed of the following players on Saturday: Kanyon Pepples, Karissa Hiester-man, Chelsea Mitchell, Lanie Nelson, Rylee Walker, Sammy Alphs, Hanna DeVries, Megan Seil, and Vanessa Scott. Playing for the Jaguar Black team were Kaleigh Winkler, Breanna Hartley, Claire Whalen, Ebony Scott, Lexi Corell, Sina Schmid, Hailey Tuel, Anna Hanson, Dian Puspitaningrum, Jolie Parle, Shelby Hofbauer, Ra-mona Thompson, and Morgan Sorenson. Teams present at the JVR Jaguar Invitational were Coon Rapids-Bayard, Eagle Grove, Greene County and Manson-Northwest Webster, along with Southeast Valley Teal and Southeast Valley Black.
Robert (Bob) Johnsoncelebrates 90th birthday Please join Bob Johnson and his family for an Open House, Sunday October 25th from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ashbrook Assisted Living. The address is 1121 N. Fre-mont St,. Iowa Falls, IA. This celebration is hosted by his family. Your presence is their gift. If you are unable to attend cards may be sent to Bob Johnson, 310 Dale Drive, Iowa Falls, IA 50126. The family and Bob hope to see you there. Bob was born and raised in Dayton. He was the son of Harold and Ruby Johnson. He worked for his Un-cle Ivan Skoglund when he got out of the Navy. Bob and his wife Marge were married June 12, 1949, in Dayton. Marge’s sister Doris Ewing Peterson was lino-type operator for the Dayton Review from 1945 to 1950. Marge worked at the Dayton Review in the office.
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By Katie Neal Editor’s Note: This story was written in 2006 when Neal was in her junior year at Jefferson-Scran-ton (now Greene County) High School. This is also Part 1 of a two part series. I love my great grandpa very much. I don’t want to brag, but I was probably his favorite great granddaugh-ter. I don’t what it was, but we always just had this special bond. When I was little, every time I saw him, I would go running up to him and jump on his lap. Then, he would start singing “K-K-K-Katie, beautiful Katie.” From time to time, I always think of that song and I always smile. Also, I always think about great grandpa whenever I look at the wall in my grandparents’ home. In my Grandma and Grandpa Semprini’s home in Mitchellville, there is a piece of framed clothed that contains an embroidered of Santarcangelo. Santarcangelo is located in northern Italy and is near the Swiss Alps. It is also the location where I can trace my ancestors all the way from Luigi and Colom-bia Semprini to great-great-great grandparents Giovanni
and Santa Campidilli, great-great-grandparents Joseph and Angelo Semprini, to my great grandfather Augustino Semprini. Augustino is my Grandpa Ted Semprini’s fa-ther. Italians are natural storytellers, and my great grand-pa was always telling stories about his life to the younger generations, and now my grandpa has taken on that role of retelling stories from Italy. I decided to sit down and talk to my grandpa, so that generations to come can know how the Semprini’s ended up in Iowa. My great great great grandparents had three children before leaving Italy. They were creative with the naming of their children. Their first daughter was named Prima, meaning “first” in Italian. Their second daughter was named Sec-onda, meaning “second” in Italian. Their third child they had in Italy was born in August, and they named him Augustino. My grandparents have a video of Santarcange-lo, and in the video, there are church bells ringing in the background. The church bells brought on a memory of Great Grandpa Augustino. When he was five years old, he used to ring the church bells every Sunday. For his payment, the priest would give him a quarter of wine every Sunday. Augustino used to drink the whole quarter on his way home, and by the time he got him to his mother, he would be drunk. After a while, Angelo got tired of her five year old coming home drunk every Sunday, she had a little chat with the priest and made him give Augustino pennies for his service instead. Augustino didn’t understand what the big deal was, as he had wine every day with his lunch. But, half of it was filled with water, because they thought the wine would kill off the germs in the water. In Santarcangelo, Joe rented 20 acres from a landlord, like many other people in the area and farmed it for twenty dollars a year. I dropped my jaw in awe when grandpa told me this. It is hard to believe that it was possible to make twenty dollars a year farming. Grandpa also told me that, “Every inch of where they lived was farmland, there grapevine growing on ev-ery archway and at every house. Not a piece of land went to waste.” In Italy at the time, they had socialized medi-cine, where everyone in the medical profession was paid for by the government. Even with the government paying for most of their medical expenses, the Semprini family lived a poor life. However, every Sunday afternoon after church, they had a little holiday to make life more bearable. They went to the ocean near where they lived and had a pasta picnic together as a family. Although they had their little holiday every week, the Semprinis wanted out of Italy. One day, great great grandpa Joe took his twenty dollars he saved from
Augustino Semprini, Lehigh, came over to Iowa from Italy in 1913 Grew up in the Santacangelo region of Italy...
the year and went to the bank. He took three of his friends with him, so the bank could loan him another 20 dollars to get to America. His three friends signed for him, so that if he never paid the bank, his friends could do so for him. After he received his money, Joe went aboard a ship in 1909 bound for America. He did so in search of a better life for himself and hopefully for his family. Joe initially ended up in Indiana, working in construction. One day, the chamber of commerce he was employed with received a call from Iowa. They asked for 15 of their hardest workers and specifically requested Italians, because they were the hardest workers, and Joe was one of them. This led Joe to Lehigh. For four years, he would send money home to his money for food every week until he saved enough for all of them to come to America in 1913. August John Semprini was the June 1998
Resident of the Month at the Grandview Care Center in Dayton. August enjoyed gardening, listening to baseball and basketball games, along with seeing grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Photo courtesy of Ted Semprini and the Grandview Care Center.
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By Tyler Anderson On Friday nights in Gowrie’s football stadium, a familiar face has been seen on the sideline for 40 sea-sons. A familiar face who is appreciated by home team and visitor alike. Darrel Mischke, well known and well respected in the community, will retire from “the best seat in the house” after Friday’s game between the Southeast Valley Jaguars and the Red Oak Tigers in Gowrie. However, he’s hopeful that he sees and works one more Southeast Valley home playoff game. Hailing from Crofton, Nebraska, Mischke went to barber college in Sioux City and had to be an appren-tice in Fort Dodge. He was approached to bring his trade to Gowrie in 1969, and according to Mischke, the rest was history. “I’ve barbered here for 45 years,” Mischke said. “I still work part-time on Mondays. The day I used to have off.”
Within a years’ time, former Prairie Community football coach Don Lewis approached Mischke about participating in the chain gang. “Don Lewis asked me over a haircut one day if I’d be interested in doing that,” Mischke said of how he joined. “I was always been involved in football, even though I never played. “I was the student manager of my high school football team, and I always had a love for it.” From 1970 to 1986, Mischke and a series of friends manned the chains. After taking a five year hiatus, Mischke returned in a new role. “They created a new job,” Mischke said. “Which is on the homefield side where I just had to work with the orange pointer arrow. It’s a wonderful job. I’m not really in an official capacity, so I can get into the game a little more. I’ve done that since then.” For more than 25 years, he also provided water-melon for the football players after the first day of padded practice. Mischke said that he kept the watermelon on ice for a few days, which was appreciated by the team. “I’ve seen a lot of football, some of it good… and some of it not so good,” Mischke said. “I got to be on the sidelines where two of my grandsons played for Prairie Valley. I enjoyed that.” Mischke also remembered the creation of the current Southeast Valley sports complex along with see-ing Prairie Valley conduct many successful gridiron cam-paigns.
Darrel Mischke, Gowrie, retires from gridiron ‘chain gang’ at season’s endMischke served on the sidelines for 40 seasons...
“The Best Seat in the House...” Darrel Mischke works the sideline for his last regular season game on Friday night in Gowrie. Mischke, who manned the sidelines for 40 seasons, saw the Jaguars defeat Red Oak, 46-18. Photo by Tyler Anderson.
Darrel Mischke retires continues on page 9...
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The first settlement in the area was at Boone Forks, two and one-half miles south of the present site of Lehigh, were the Boone River empties into the Des Moines River. Records show that the Mericles and Spauldings arrived there in 1849 and were met by Mr. and Mrs. henry Lott who had settled there in 1846. Soon these families were joined by Osborn Brannon, John Tolman, Minton Brossfield, Squire McGuire, William Pierce, Tolman Woolsey, Sam Eslick, Tom Holliday, E. Getchel, Phile-man Johnson, and John Johns. By 1853 their numbers had increased to 150. Other than the troops at Fort Dodge they were the only settlers in Webster County. How one family, the Jacob Mericles, migrated to the Boone Forks frontier and some of the headships they encountered was researched by our niece, Geraldine Mericle Rouse- great, great granddaughter of the Jacob Mericles. Her chief sources were the Histories of Webster and Hamilton Counties and the obituaries of Jacob and Phoebe Mericle. In the early spring of 1849, Jacob Mericle with his wife and four children, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Daniel Spaulding,his wife and two children left their homes in New York and started out for Iowa. They went with teams to the Susquehanna River,then by boat to the mouth of the Juanita - up that river by canal boat and then around the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. From there they went down the Ohio and up the Missis-sippi to Koekuk. Hence they traveled by teams to Des Moines. Only two couples lived there at that time. The last part of their journey took them up the Des Moines River Valley to Boone Forks, arriving there May 1, 1849. The country was as wild as when Columbus discovered America Buf-falo, elk, deer, panther, and wolf roamed the area. The streams swarmed with beaver, otter, and mink. Jacob Mericle was a very successful shot and kept his family well supplied with meat. In the spring of 1851 he came upon a panther which he killed with a sec-ond shot, although he had a narrow escape from being killed by the huge animal which measured seven feet six inches in length. He also killed between sixty and seventy buffaloes which were numerous at that time. Those early pioneers experienced some hair-raising adventures. maude Mericle Ewing, granddaughter of Jacob Mericle, told the following story: The nearest place to get supplies and to have
grain ground was Oskaloosa, and it took several days to make the round trip. One time Grandpa was gone to have wheat ground leaving Grandma and the little ones at home. Jacob Jr. was a small baby at the time. Two Indians came knocking at the door. They came in letting her know that they wanted food. One Indian motioned that they would kill the baby if they weren’t fed. So Grandma went to the fireplace to fix something, putting the iron poker in the hot fire. When it was really hot, she grabbed it and chased the Indians out. They didn’t come back, but told others about the “brave squaw...” Jacob Mericle wrote the petition to which the government responded by sending two companies of troops to establish a military post at Fort Dodge to pro-tect the settlers from the Indians. Landing in the same settlement as the Mericles a year later was the Eslick family. Sons and daughters of the pioneers who came from Indiana to Missouri in 1836, they knew the proper garb for the trail. The men wore coonskin caps, leggins, and a blanket with a hole in the center lipped over the head for a coat. They were bearded and carried knives and guns. The women wore homespun linsey-woolsey dresses and sub bonnets. Buttons were made at home of horn or wood, but on the trail many men’s shirts and some of the women’s and children’s dresses were laced at the front with cord.
First white people came to this areain 1849; elk, deer, and wolves roamed herePeople used boats on Des Moines River. . .
When settlers first came to the Lehigh area in the 1840s and 1850s, wolves were among the many types of flora and fauna no longer residing in Webster County.
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leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Statistics indicate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in her life-time. The stage at which breast cancer is detected influ-ences a woman’s chance of survival. If detected early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. SMCH is committed to the fight against breast cancer. In offering breast tomosynthesis digital mam-mography, SMCH provides the latest in imaging technol-ogy. If you would like to schedule a mammogram or have questions about this important breast health procedure, please call 712-464-4207.
New 3D Mammography Now Available at Stewart Memorial Community HospitalTechnology offers better chance to diagnose breast cancer earlier...
The radiology technicians at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital are excited to begin using the new technology that can detect 41 percent more invasive breast cancers and reduces false positives by up to 40 percent. Pic-tured left to right are Marilyn Mumm, Jenni King and radi-ology director Mary Reiter.
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grain ground was Oskaloosa, and it took several days to make the round trip. One time Grandpa was gone to have wheat ground leaving Grandma and the little ones at home. Jacob Jr. was a small baby at the time. Two Indians came knocking at the door. They came in letting her know that they wanted food. One Indian motioned that they would kill the baby if they weren’t fed. So Grandma went to the fireplace to fix something, putting the iron poker in the hot fire. When it was really hot, she grabbed it and chased the Indians out. They didn’t come back, but told others about the “brave squaw...” Jacob Mericle wrote the petition to which the government responded by sending two companies of troops to establish a military post at Fort Dodge to pro-tect the settlers from the Indians. Landing in the same settlement as the Mericles a year later was the Eslick family. Sons and daughters of the pioneers who came from Indiana to Missouri in 1836, they knew the proper garb for the trail. The men wore coonskin caps, leggins, and a blanket with a hole in the center lipped over the head for a coat. They were bearded and carried knives and guns. The women wore homespun linsey-woolsey dresses and sub bonnets. Buttons were made at home of horn or wood, but on the trail many men’s shirts and some of the women’s and children’s dresses were laced at the front with cord.
First white people came to this areain 1849; elk, deer, and wolves roamed herePeople used boats on Des Moines River. . .
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Special speakershas salvation messageat United CovenantIn Harcourt. . . United Evangelical Covenant Church of Harcourt is having special speaker, Rev. Ricky Edwards of Pawnee, OK, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 16, 17 and 18. He will give the message of salvation, hope and deliverence on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sun-day at 9:30 a.m.18 at 9:30. All services will be at church in Harcour, 114 E. second street. Contact Pastor Craig @ 515-571-3137 for more information.
Josh Carlson, Gowrie, exhibits at Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show in Omaha Each year more than 1,300 youth participate from a ten-state area participate in the AK-SAR-BEN Stock Show in Omaha, Neb. the end of September. Webster County 4-H’er Josh Carlson exhibited. Categories of this 4-H only competition are Dairy, Feeder Calf & Breeding Beef, Horse, Market Beef, Market Broilers, Meat Goats, Market Lamb and Market Swine, Rabbit, and Dairy Steer as well as almost a dozen other entry opportunities including Quiz Bowl, Premier Exhibitor and more. Josh Carlson of the Gowrie Groundbreakers and son of Jennifer and Jim Carlson received a blue ribbon for his Maine Anjou market steer and a red ribbon for his crossbreed steer. Webster County received a purple in beef herdsmanship.
Council Bluffs-St. Albert squad. That year, the Falcons were led by former Iowa Western Community College and Kansas State standout, Jake Waters. “I got to see some really good teams and also created some wonderful friendships with the coaches,” Mischke said. “Some of those coaches from many years ago are still friends of mine who I communicate with.” Mischke said that Lewis, who presently resides in Colorado, visits him when Lewis arrives to Gowrie. “The kids all know me too,” Mischke said. “When I die, they won’t have to look too far to find pallbearers.” Mischke also experienced many other memo-ries and observations during his time on the chain gang, from the changing of the seasons to seeing Prairie play at Cedar Valley for a year while the current complex was being built. “It’s interesting to watch as the football sea-son progresses, I start off wearing shorts and a t-shirt,” Mischke said. “And in one of those years where we went to the Dome, it was actually snowing in one of those home playoff game. So you see the changing of the sea-sons through the football season.” His expert analysis of the Jaguars and their op-ponents of past and present is also hard to beat. “It’s been really fun to watch the team this year,” Mischke said. “We have two wonderful quarter-backs, both of them can come into the game, and the of-fense wouldn’t miss a beat. “I’ve enjoyed watching these kids mature from their freshman year to their senior year. Not just in foot-ball as athletes, but as good gentlemen. “You see that from the position that I had that you wouldn’t see from the stands.”
The radiology technicians at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital are excited to begin using the new technology that can detect 41 percent more invasive breast cancers and reduces false positives by up to 40 percent. Pic-tured left to right are Marilyn Mumm, Jenni King and radi-ology director Mary Reiter.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 201510 Dayton Review
WEBSTER COUNTYPlanning & Zoning
LEGAL PUBLICATION
The Webster County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 26, 201 at 5:00 P.M. second floor of the courthouse, Fort Dodge, IA. The purpose of the public hearing is to act on 4 requests from Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge, LLC to obtain Variances for Height.The Variances will be used for the 104 E structure, SW DM tank, SE DM tank, and the N DM tank. The legal description of the property is: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of Section 27, Township 89 North, Range 27 West, 5th P.M.; thence Easterly along the section line 287 feet; thence South 90 degrees 245 feet; thence East 90 degrees 63 feet; thence South 90 degrees 1,555 feet; thence West 90 degrees 350 feet, more or less, to the quarter section line; thence North along such quarter section line to the point of beginning..
Sheilah LizerZoning Administrator
Dayton Park & Recreation BoardRegular Meeting
Monday, October 5, 2015Oak Park Golf & Recreation Clubhouse – 7:00 p.m.
The regular meeting of the Dayton Park and Recreation Board was called to order by Eric Skoglund at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Jill Bintz, Gabe Heun, Eric Skoglund and Beth Wickwire. Don Schmadeke attended at 7:05 p.m. Others present: Mary Carlson and Robert Runge. Absent: Tyler Johnson and Karen Hansen. AGENDA: Heun made the motion to approve the Agenda for the October 5, 2015 meeting. Second by Bintz. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES: Bintz made the motion to approve the minutes of the September 14, 2015 meeting. Second by Skoglund. Motion carried unanimously. CADWELL PARK RESTROOM MAINTENANCE: Craig Johnson is ordering the toilet paper, soap and soap dispensers for the restrooms. Campbell Electric will complete wiring and installing electric hand dryers. CADWELL PARK PICNIC TABLES & BENCHES: Picnic tables will be purchased from Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc. and sold to those that wish to donate at the price of $650.00. Trash Receptacles will be sold for $275.00 and Park Benches will be sold for $300.00 to those who wish to donate. Engraving charges will be $2.00 per letter. Plaques are not an option. SFTF SIGN STYLES – TOBACCO FREE SIGNAGE: The third and fourth grade students will be designing signs. All elementary students will vote for the four winning designs. The Dayton Leader will publish the designs entered and announce the winners. MEMORIAL BRICKS: Skoglund made the motion that if there is no progress with the engraved bricks from Rock Creations to hire Kallin Johnson Monument to complete this project. Second by Bintz. Motion carried unanimously. EARL SHOSTROM ESTATE BEQUEST: Board directed Randy Danielson to contact the Shostrom family to determine what they would like engraved on plaque and where they would like to have it located. EXEMPT SALARY: Tabled. FREE FILL DIRT: Board members will view the dirt to see if it could possibly be used at the east end of Oak Park. FINANCIAL REPORT: Schmadeke reviewed the financial report with the Board. Increased revenue due to Labor Day Parking, tournaments and food sales during the month of September. GOLF COURSE/CLUB HOUSE UPDATES: Runge stated that the greens are now plugged and fertilization has been completed. Water lines will be blown out. Runge proposed purchasing a small freezer to accommodate frozen food products for the 2016 season. Skoglund made the motion that 20 years of age will be the cut off age to be included in a family membership. Second by Schmadeke. Motion carried unanimously. Wickwire proposed having a display at the Iron Saddle Saloon for Womens Night Out to promote the golf course. Tabled to next meeting. PARK OPERATIONS: The work on the water valves was not completed last spring as requested. Skoglund will contact a plumber to have this job completed prior to having the water lines blown out. ADJOURNMENT: Schmadeke made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Second by Wickwire. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Public NoticeYour Right to KnowDayton Park & Rec Board
MIDAS Council of Governments
REGION V REGIONAL PLANNING AFFILIATIONPUBLIC INPUT MEETING
The Region V Regional Planning Affiliation (RPA) will hold a public information input meeting, to receive comments on Amendment #1 to the FY 2016-2019 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP). Region V includes the following counties: Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster and Wright and the cities of Fort Dodge and Webster City. The FY 2016-2019 RTIP is being amended to update the following project: Amend Hamilton County FY 2016 Trails project to expand project termini. Copies of the FY 2016-2019 RTIP Amendment #1 are available by contacting Shirley Helgevold at MIDAS Council of Governments, (515) 576-7183 ext. 212 or e-mail at [email protected] Written comments should be received by 12:00 PM October 20, 2015. Please submit all written comments to:
Region V Regional Planning Affiliation602 1st Avenue SouthFort Dodge, IA 50501
If you have any special needs pertaining to this meeting, please contact Shirley Helgevold, MIDAS Council of Governments, (515) 576-7183 ext. 212.
LEGAL PUBLICATION
The Webster County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 5:00 P.M. second floor of the courthouse, Fort Dodge, IA. The purpose of the public hearing is to act on a request from BIVI to obtain Variance for Height.The Variances will be used for the Bio Freeze Building Expansion. The legal description of the property is: SE ¼ OF SECTION 13, T89N R29W Webster County, IA.
Sheilah LizerZoning Administrator
WEBSTER COUNTYPlanning & Zoning
PROBATEKeith Ferguson, Attorney
Trust Notice
IN THE MATTER OF THE TRUST: Rosenquist Family Revocable Trust
To all persons regarding Marcia J. Rosenquist, deceased, who died on or about 16th day of July, 2015. You are hereby notified that Gerald V. Rosenquist is the trustee of the Rosenquist Family Revocable Trust, dated the 2nd day of February, 2000. Any action to contest the validity of the trust must be brought in the District Court of Webster County, Iowa, within the later to occur of four (4) months from thedate of second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this noticeto all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities arereasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred.Notice is further given that any person or entity possessing a claim against the trust mustmail proof of the claim to the trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, returnreceipt requested, by the later to occur of four (4) months from the second publication of thisnotice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice if required or the claim shall beforever barred unless paid or otherwise satisfied.Dated this 14th day of October, 2015.
Rosenquist Family Revocable TrustGerald V. Rosenquist
2793 340th Street
Keith Ferguson, ICIS PIN No: AT00002506Attorney for executorAddress: PO Box 67, 35 S Main, Dayton, IA 50530
Date of second publication21st day of October, 2015
Gowrie Disc Golf Course completed;new amenity added The Gowrie Disc Golf Course installation cer-emony will be coming soon. “Although the course has been installed since Labor Day weekend, I just wanted to inform everyone officially that it has been completed and tested and ap-proved by many residents of Gowrie and the surrounding area,” said Phil DeCastro, coordinator for the project. “I would like to recognize the groups and busi-nesses that helped make this happen by sponsoring the holes on the course,” said DeCastro. Businesses contributing to the disc golf course were: POET, Prairie Valley School Board, Heartland Bank, Heartland Insurance, Macke Gowrie, Gowrie News, Security Savings, Farm & Town insurance; Design Electronics, Gowrie Family Chiroprac-tor, Bruntlett Elevator, Marv’s Market Street Bar & Grill, Engquist Lumber, American Legion Post 431, Sons of American Legion Squadron 431, and Kelly Halsted. It only took two months from the first spon-sor asked to the last basket that was put into the ground, which was obviously immediately followed by the first disc thrown into it by DeCastro. This new recreational activity “has already made an impact on providing one more thing for people to do in Gowrie.”
The Gowrie Disc Golf Course has only been installed for little over a week but has been enjoyed by many people of all ages.
Faith Trinity Parish and Stratford Lutheran Church list of events On Wednesday, October 14, Confirmation will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, Faith circle will be held at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, October 21, Day of Renewal will be held at Stratford Lutheran Church from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Harvest is now in full swing in the Dayton Review area. Please be mindful of farm vehicles traveling on the roads, as they move from their acreages to the fields.
Two mayoral candidatesin Gowrie; good racefor council in FarnhamvilleNov. 3 council election. . . The citizens of Gowrie, Farnhamville, and Cal-lender will soon have the chance to vote for mayor and city council members in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election. Currently, two candidates are running for mayor in Gowrie: current councilperson Gayle Redman, and Andrew Summers. Both are on the ballot. Additionally, two city council seats are avail-able to be filled, and current city council member, Joe Harrison, is running for re-election. Gayle Redman’s seat on the city council is the open seat where there isn’t a candidate on the ballot. County Clerk Carol Messerly stated that voters could write in any eligible person for the open Gowrie City Council (including Gayle Redman). The Webster County Supervisors verify election results the following Monday or Tuesday after the election. Carol also mentioned that people writing in a candidate’s name need to darken the oval adjacent to the their write-in candidate. Otherwise election machines will not “read” this ballot.Farnhamville race In Farnhamville, the mayor is not up for re-elec-tion, but several candidates are running for two city coun-cil seats including Alex Farley, Rita Kail, Troy Jepsen, and Ryan Willison. Callender election In Callender, councilperson Randy Hanson is running unopposed for mayor and Nick Martens is run-ning to fill the city council seat vacated by Hanson. There is one council seat that is vacant with no candidate on the ballot. There is a third council seat in Callener that fills a vacancy. Kim Jondle is sole candi-date for this position. The Gowrie News is seeking to profile all candidates running for office, but there has been dif-ficulty in terms of receiving feedback from candidates, and/or identifying viable telephone numbers or e-mail addresses. Please give us your contact information. For a news story in the Gowrie News and our website, candidatess are asked to contact Jill Viles at 515.250.6229 or [email protected].
By Tyler Anderson Despite a few games left on the regular season schedule, the Southeast Valley football team are already entering playoff mode. On Senior Night, the Jaguars clicked on all cylinders and soundly defeated the Red Oak Tigers in Gowrie, 46-18. The Jags now improve to 6-1 so far in the 2015 season, remaining in the Class 2A-District 8 driver’s seat. “I was very happy with offensive effort,” Head Coach Mike Swieter said of the victory. “We had 558 to-tal yards, tons of big plays and then controlled the clock. Our offensive line did an outstanding job all night.” Swieter also commended the defense as well. “We held their first team all-state running back to 45 yards rushing,” Swieter said. “I’m very happy with that.” The first quarter began a feeling out process for the Jaguars and Tigers, before a 41 yard pass from ju-nior quarterback Nolan Brand to Cade King drew the first score. After the missed PAT, the Jaguars held a 6-0 advantage at the end of the first period of play. In the second quarter, the Jaguars saw a small amount of trouble as senior Carter Steck fumbled the ball into Tiger hands. However, the stout Southeast Valley defensive unit stopped Red Oak on a pivotal fourth and three with less than 11 minutes left in the first half. Following the turnover on downs, sophomore running back Kaleb Jondle burst through the Tiger de-fense for a 60 yard touchdown run. Following a failed two point conversion attempt, the Jaguars extended their lead to 12 points. Senior linebacker Logan Boerner evened the turnover battle, coming out with a fumble recovery with 8:25 left in the second quarter. Brand again found King on a crucial third and long that put the Jags in the red zone, before junior Aaron Swieter found paydirt from six yards out. Brand then connected to junior Dakota Jaeschke to stretch the lead to 20. After a Red Oak score, the extra point was blocked by senior Keaton Jondle. With five and a half minutes left in the half, the Tigers narrowed the gap to 14 points, but trailed 20-6. Southeast Valley responded with a big drive of their own, as Brand hooked up with King a third time before Swieter punched through to make the score 26-6. Before the break, the Southeast Valley offense drove down the field and scored via a 10 yard pass from Brand to Jaeschke, enabling Southeast Valley to a huge 32-6 lead. In the second quarter alone, the Jaguars out-scored Red Oak, 26-6. Coming back from the half, Brand yielded an in-terception that gave the Tigers a short field to work with. However, Red Oak was unable to convert the fake field goal. “We gave up too many passing yards,” Swieter said. “We must get better, and we must improve our kick-offs and extra points. Special teams are going to hurt us, if we do not improve there.” The Jaguars responded in kind in their next drive, as it culminated in Brand passing to Jaeschke for a 16 yard touchdown. At the end of the third quarter, Southeast Valley held a 37-12 lead. In the fourth quarter, Southeast Valley kept the Tigers at a steady distance, as Kaleb Jondle broke out an-other huge run and finished off Red Oak with a 58 yard touchdown scamper. While Red Oak scored on a 37 yard pass, the Tigers were unable to mount a comeback. “What a game for Parents’ Night,” Swieter said. “The seniors will always remember their last home game.” It was on Senior Night where Southeast Valley really shined, as Kaleb Jondle rushed for more than 100 yards rushing with 171. King also captured his fourth game with more than 100 yards receiving with 148. Swieter also reached his third century bench-mark in total yards, with 95 yards rushing and five yards receiving. Brand went 10-21 for 246 yards, three touch-downs and one interception. It is Brand’s third time throwing more than 200 yards and his fifth going over 175 yards. On the defensive side, senior Andrew Dorage captured an interception while fellow classmate Logan Boerner led the way with nine total tackles and a fumble recovery. Juniors Ryan Gustafson and Alex Pliner pitched
in on the winning effort, contributing with 7.5 and 6.5 total tackles respectively. The Jags will look to continue their strong play, traveling to Fort Dodge to play St. Edmond in a non-dis-trict game on Friday, Oct. 16. The Gaels (3-4) fell to Ogden, 28-20. In other district action, Shenandoah defeated non-district opponent Atlantic, 55-19, while Carroll Kuemper defeat-ed Clarinda by the score of 21-14. East Sac County took care of West Central Val-ley, 60-6.
Southeast Valley Jaguars manhandle Red Oak on Senior Night, 46-18Jags improve to 6-1, travel to Fort Dodge to play St. Ed’s...
Individual StatisticsRushing
Att. Yds. Yds/AttNolan Brand JR 2 1 0.5Kaleb Jondle SO 14 171 12.2Cade King SR 1 -3 -3.0Carter Steck SR 10 48 4.8Aaron Swieter JR 23 95 4.1
Passing Att. Comp Yds/Com.Nolan Brand JR 21 10 24.6
Receiving #Rec. Yds. Yds/Rec.Conner Conrad SR 1 3 3.0Dakota Jaeschke JR 4 90 22.5Cade King SR 4 148 37.0Aaron Swieter JR 1 5 5.0
Scoring Pts. Rushing FG PATDakota Jaeschke JR 12 0 0 0Kaleb Jondle SO 12 12 0 0Cade King SR 8 0 0 2Aaron Swieter JR 12 12 0 0
Tackles Solo Asst. Total TacklesCameron Anderson SR 1 6 4.0Joel Anderson JR 0 1 0.5Sam Berglund JR 0 1 0.5Logan Boerner SR 4 10 9.0Nolan Brand JR 0 1 0.5Conner Conrad SR 2 5 4.5Andrew Dorage SR 1 7 4.5Keegan Goodwin JR 0 1 0.5Ryan Gustafson JR 3 9 7.5Nyles Johnson FR 0 1 0.5Keaton Jondle SR 2 2 3.0Kyler Jondle FR 0 2 1.0Cade King SR 3 1 3.5Johnny Lautner SR 0 5 2.5Zeke Miller SR 1 0 1.0Brent Nelson SR 0 8 4.0Owen Oeltjenbruns SR 0 2 1.0Alex Pliner JR 2 9 6.5Daven Rees SO 1 0 1.0Carter Steck SR 1 2 2.0Aaron Swieter JR 3 3 4.5
Interceptions Interceptions Int Return YardsAndrew Dorage SR 1 22
Fumble Recoveries Recoveries Return YardsLogan Boerner SR 1 0
PAT Kicking Attempts MadeDakota Jaeschke JR 1 0Cade King SR 3 2
Kickoffs Kick Offs Yards TouchbacksDakota Jaeschke JR 7 226 0
Punting Punts Yards Yards/PuntMyles Davis JR 5 147 29.4
Kick Off Returns KOR Yds Yds/per ReturnKeaton Jondle SR 1 12 12.0Cade King SR 1 12 12.0Brent Nelson SR 1 6 6.0
Faith Trinity Parish and Stratford Lutheran Church list of events On Wednesday, October 14, Confirmation will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, Faith circle will be held at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, October 21, Day of Renewal will be held at Stratford Lutheran Church from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
~Senior Night 2015~
Senior Cade King tiptoes along with the sideline while a Red Oak defender attempts to push him out of bounds during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The Jaguars defeated the Ti-gers, 46-18. Photo by Lisa Peterson.
Jack Mumper takes part of the halftime show pre-sented by the Southeast Valley Marching Band during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The halftime show was highlighted by a original percussion piece by the students. Photo by Lisa Peterson.
Senior Erica Nordin is held up by her fellow Southeast Valley cheerleaders during the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The cheerleading team saw the Jags handle the Tigers on Senior Night, 46-18. Photo by Lisa Peterson.
Micaela Reutzel participates during the halftime show of the Southeast Valley-Red Oak football game on Fri-day evening in Gowrie. Reutzel and the Southeast Valley flag team, along with the Southeast Valley Marching Band orchestrated a great halftime show. Photo by Lisa Peterson.
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The Jaguar cross country teams, fresh off their strong showing at the Pocahontas Invitational, traveled to Lake City to compete in the Titan Invitational. Missing some of their top runners do to slight injuries, Southeast Valley saw many runners step up to help both teams to some strong team finishes. In the boys race, without top runner Spencer Warehime, the Jaguars were able to finish a strong sixth place. Class 1A-ranked Ogden won the meet with 86 points, while Kuemper Catholic was second with 95. The only Twin Lakes Conference school to fin-ish ahead of Southeast Valley was Manson-Northwest Webster edging the Jaguars by two points. In the girls race, the Jaguars ran to a strong 3rd place finish with 106 points without Erica Rittgers or Anna Heatherington. Class 2A-fifth ranked Pocahontas Area/Lau-rens-Marathon was the meet champion with 37 points and Twin Lake Conference foe South Central Calhoun was second with 89 points. Sophomore Patrick Breitsprecher led the Jaguar boys’ team with one of his best races of his career. His time of 18:22 was good enough for seventh place and medal honors. Southeast Valley also got medal performances from seniors Josh Johnson (15th, 18:48) and Jacob De-Baun (20th, 19:07). Josh Carlson (36th, 19:47), Nathan Montgom-ery (49th, 20:21), Todd Hamilton (76th, 20:56) and Lu-cas Pontius (76th, 22:31) were the varsity runners on Tuesday. Natalie Lambert continued to set the pace for the Southeast Valley girls. Lambert crossed the finish line in a time of 21:24, which was good enough for fourth. Freshman Alli True and senior Josie Breitsprecher also claimed medalist honors finishing 7th and 18th respectively with times of 22:08 and 23:31. Also scoring for the varsity were Katara Jondle (37th, 25:23), Ryann Steburg (40th, 25:37) and Emma
Graves (41st, 25:38). Ryann also ran her best time of the season. The JV girls also claimed a third place finish be-hind four medalists. Tessa Berg (6th, 27:11), Kate Dyer (10th, 27:45), Hannah Fiala (13th, 28:41) and Leslie Housken (14th, 29:03) brought home medals. Housken also ran her season best time by over a minute. Allie Berg (18th, 29:55), Sarah Nahnsen (19th, 30:10), Kendall Sandgren (20th, 30:53), Hannah Peter-son (23rd, 31:53), Oumaima Zenati (27th, 34:47) and Chelsea Grossnickle (26th, 34:42) also competed for the Jaguars in the JV race. In the boys’ JV race, Ben Carlson was the lone medalists finishing 10th running a time of 21:34. Dalton Dencklau (22nd, 22:24), Isaiah Gibbs (37th, 23:41), Michael Vosberg (39th, 24:16) and Dillon Sytsma (41st, 24:27) led the boys’ to a third place team finish. Also competing for the Jaguars in the boys’ JV race was Max Davis (45th, 24:42), Aaron True (55th, 25:49) Jack Mumper (59th, 27:54) and Jordan Lane (60th, 28:09). The Jaguars will look to have everybody back and healthy to conclude their regular season at the Fal-con Invitational at Ida Grove on Monday, Oct. 12. Then, Southeast Valley will make a run for a conference cham-pionship at the Twin Lakes Conference Meet on Satur-day, Oct. 17 at Lake City. The varsity will compete on Thursday, October 22nd in the state qualifying meet.
Southeast Valley CC teams continue stellar campaigns at Titan InvitationalGirls take 3rd place, Boys finish 6th...
$2,500 award givenfor arrest, convictionin Roger Brown murderUnusually high amount offered. . . Webster County Sheriff Jim Stubbs announced Friday that there is a $2,500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered Roger Brown, Dayton. Sheriff Stubbs stated that the $2,500 reward was confirmed following a meeting Friday morning that in-volved Crime Stoppers. In most cases the reward is up to $1,000 for an arrest and conviction. Stubbs stated on Thursday in an interview with the Dayton Review that Brown was well liked in the great Dayton community. “He didn’t have any apparent en-emies,” he stated.
Senior Jacob DeBaun paces along during the Titan Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Lake City. DeBaun finished with a time of 19:07, which was good for a medal and 20th overall. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.
Katara Jondle keeps her eyes ahead during the Titan Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Lake City. Jondle, who finished with a time of 25:23, and the Southeast Valley girls' cross country team finished in third place at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.
Dayton Food Pantry Open Saturday, Oct. 17 The Dayton Food Pantry will be open at Em-manuel Lutheran Church on October 17th at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The church is located at 208 2nd Avenue in Dayton. The church telephone number is 515-547-2405. The food bank is asking for donations of many items including cereal, tuna, tuna helper, side dishes including boxed mashed potatoes, vegetables, and fruit. Baking in-gredients such as flour, sugar, cooking oil, etc. are being asked for. Cleaning products such as laundry detergent and dish soap are needed. Personal care products such as de-odorant, mouthwash, toilet paper, etc. are also being re-quested. Items not needed at this time are green beans, peas, and peanut butter.
The colors of fall are on open display in Dolliver Memorial State Park near Lehigh. It made for a beautiful drive and stop for visitors and area residents alike.
