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The Daily Freeman-Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, Page 3

By JIM [email protected]

The new Webster City high schoolcompetition gym means many thingsto many different people, but for ath-letic director Bob Howard, it meansprogress.

Howard, also the head footballcoach of the Lynx, saidthat when he came toWebster City six yearsago, one of his goals wasto be proactive and pushfor further athletic facili-ties.

After years of plan-ning, pushing the bondissue and educating aboutthe one-cent sales tax, Howard saidthe gym is nearly completed. Onlytouch-ups, inspections and graphicsremain, and the latter will not go upuntil the day before the Aug. 5 openhouse. Howard said he is one of half adozen people that have seen the gym— other than construction crews —before the open house.

“We want there to be some anticipa-tion, we want there to be some buildupand we want there to be some shockand awe when you walk in that placefor the first time,” Howard said.

The new gym will provide manyimprovements, even for programswhich don't compete in the gym itself.He said football players used to storetheir equipment in the ceiling abovethe wrestling room at the old facility.This year, they have a locker roomthat is 70 feet long and 30 feet wide

with 60 full-sized lockers for varsityplayers and 76 half lockers for fresh-men. Comparatively, Howard said thenew facility is a luxury for athletes.

However, athletes won't be the onlyto reap the benefits of the new gym.Howard said the bond issue for thenew gym seemed to be a tough sellonly weeks after Electrolux closed.However, it passed with more than 80percent approval. He said critics have

asked why it's worth spending moremoney on athletics, but he said it willbenefit the town as a whole.

“I know from experience that whenpeople come to town to look at movingbusinesses or families, they'll first goto their potential job site, place theywant to start a business or a potentialhome. The second place they go is theschool,” Howard said

Having a nice, attractive and state of

the art athletic facility will also bringmore people to town for postseasonplay. Howard said locations for post-season games won't be announceduntil fall. But, he said he expects vol-leyball, basketball and wrestlingmatches to come to town. He saidthose matches will bring teams, familyand fans to spend their money in

Bob Howard

Howard: New competition gym means ‘progress’

A state of the art facility

—Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Troy Banning

The new competition gym will be on display at an open house on Aug. 5. The gym has been the subject of curiosity for manylocal residents.

See HOWARD, Page 5

Page 4, The Daily Freeman-Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012

Webster City. As athletic director, Howard has

overseen some of the design of thenew gym, but said he was moreinvolved in selling the idea of thegym. While he acknowledges there arepeople who are not and will not behappy with the new facility, as it ishard to transition from somewhere asrenowned as Jefferson gym, he saidthe people who use the gym will trulyenjoy it.

“No matter what you do, there'salways going to be people that don'tlike it. I mean, that's just one of thetough things with change is that usual-ly the only people that really likechange are the ones that are involvedwith causing it,” Howard said.

“The main people I'm concernedwith are the kids and they're going tolove it.”

Howard said his athletes have

worked hard to produce one of thebest years in Lynx sports in a longtime, and they have a lot of pride inhaving a new facility. He said therewill be peer pressure amongst athletesto keep the place clean, which is whathe and other coaches want.

Practice in the new gym will beginon Aug. 6, the day after the openhouse. The first event will be a volley-ball match on Sept. 6, Webster Cityversus St. Edwards.

Howard Continued from Page 4

“The main people I’mconcerned with are thekids and they’re going

to love it.”

Bob Howard

Webster City Athletic Director

- Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Troy Banning

The competition gym features state-of-the-art technology including new score-boards, basketball hoops and volleyball nets that descend from the ceiling.


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From Feb. 2, 2010 Daily Freeman-Journal

By ANNE [email protected]

Webster City voters turned out inlarge numbers to overwhelminglyapprove a $13,095,000 school bondissue, paving the way for the con-struction of a new competition gym,a lobby for Prem Sahai Auditoriumand other improvements at the highschool and other district buildings.

A total of 883 ballots were cast,with 764 voting in favor of themeasure, and 119 voting against.The measure passed with a comfort-able 86.5 percent favorable vote. A60 percent majority was required to

pass the measure."This is a great day for the Webster

City Community School system saidGary Hayes, a member of the schoolfacilities committee. "Now it's ourjob to get things underway."

Rollie Pohlman, another commit-tee member, said, "This is a wonder-ful day. The bond issue was passedand we're rolling. It looks likeWebster City will become the hub ofeducation someday."

Facilities committee member TimAnderson thanked those voters whotook the time to go to the polls.

"We want to thank everyone whosupported this issue and I think it

Unprecedented support

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Tim Anderson and Dave Taylor, both members of the school facilities committee,Pam Hayes, school board president, Alice and Gary Hayes, facilities committeemembers, and Superintendent Mike Sherwood wait at the Hamilton County Court-house for results from the bond issue vote in February 2010.

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"It speaks well of our communitythat we are building this beautifulcompetition gym in the economictime we are in and the struggles thatWebster City has had,"said Pam Hayes, presi-dent of the WebsterCity School Board.

A groundbreakingwas held for the com-petition gym at the highschool on Monday.

"The rumors of ourdemise have beengreatly exaggerated," she said. "Weare alive andwell, and goingforward with thisproject."

A four-year ef-fort has beenmade for the newfacility, lobbiesand locker roomsto be built.

In March of2006, the electri-cal, mechanicaland structuralstudies werecompleted on thedistrict facilities.

In the summer of 2007, there wasa high school project for the electri-cal system that was expanded forfuture construction.

In the spring of 2008, the IowaLegislature passed the statewide

penny sales tax for school infra-structure.

In the spring of 2008, the districtformed a facilities committee thatconducted studies of all the schoolbuildings in the district to see ex-actly what was needed to be doneand cost estimates.

In the fall of 2008, the communi-ty passed the revenue purposestatement, the first part needed inthe construction process.

In the fall of 2009, the physicalplant and improvement levy,passed.

In February 2010, a bond electionwas held and was passed at 87 per-cent.

InJune 2010,bonds weresold.

In October2010, thecontract wasbid andawarded toPetersonConstructionof WebsterCity.

"I think thatit is great that we are having a localconstruction company building ourhigh school," Hayes said. "I knowthat they are high school graduates,just like I am, and they are going todo a great job."

A groundbreaking ventureGym project begins with ceremony in October 2010

PamHayes

“It speaks well of our community that we arebuilding this beautiful

competition gym in theeconomic time we are in

and the struggles Webster City has had.”

Pam Hayes

President, Webster City Board of Education

See GROUND, Page 9


Tim Anderson and Ken Christensen turn shovelfuls of soil at the groundbreakingfor the competition gym held in October 2010.


Gerald Peterson spoke of Jeffer-son Gym, and wanting to create astate-of-the-art gym.

"Jefferson Gym was first openedin 1943, which also opened underspecial circumstances due to theeconomy," Peterson said. "Thegym, like Jefferson Gym, will be aclass act."

Facilities committee memberTim Anderson said it was longoverdue for the community to havesuch a facility.

"It really showed that we had thesupport of the community with thevote passing at 87 percent," hesaid. "I think this will be such anexciting time for Webster City - itwill help bring businesses and peo-ple to settle into the community."

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Members of the 2010 Lynx football squad look on as the ground is broken for the gym.

will be a great thing for our kids andour community," Anderson said.

"We wanted the public to vote onthis, and we were glad the facilitiescommittee brought itto us to vote on. We'vedefinitely had goodcommunity support,"said Pam Hayes,school board presi-dent.

Superintendent MikeSherwood thanked thefacilities committeefor the work it did on researchingthe district's needs.

"It's been about a year and a halfprocess," he said.

"I'm looking forward to the projectgetting started," he said. "I think thisis one of many projects to come."

Sherwood said he thought the gen-

eral obligation bonds would be soldin early spring, and said he hopedthe project would be ready to bid byearly summer with construction toget under way about August.

The general obligation bonds willbe paid back with funds from thestatewide one-cent local option salestax, according to Sherwood. Noproperty tax dollars will be used topay for the project, he added.

The new competition gym willallow the district to host regionalsports events, and will alleviatescheduling problems for the variousathletic teams. Jefferson Gym,which is currently used for highschool sporting events, will continueto be used by the middle schoolteams, as well as for school concertsand community events, Sherwoodsaid.

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The new high school gym willhave technology comparable tomany collegiate facili-ties, according toWebster City communi-ty schools director oftechnology MarkMurphy.

A new high resolutionvideo board is the cen-terpiece of the newgym’s technological ability, whichwill provide live coverage of thegame with playback and instantreplay ability. Murphy said studentswill be staffing the upgraded controlroom and will shoot the majority ofhome games themselves.

“It’s not the Jeff gym of old. Welove that venue but this is the future.I think when people see it they’rereally going to like it.,” Murphysaid. “I don’t think anybody has gotour style of court around.”

Students will be using seven newhigh definition cameras. Three ofthose cameras are mounted on theceiling of the gym, while theremaining four are mounted on thewestern and eastern walls. Murphy

said it gives WCTV almost totalcoverage of the gym.

Four stations control the cameraswith monitors and joysticks. One ofthose will be used by coach’s assis-tants to record games for coachesand athletes and can be ripped toDVD for playback or archival stor-age.

Ambient microphones in the gymwill pick up game and audiencesound for playback and broadcast-ing. Murphy said the facility pro-vides a unique experience for stu-dents.

“The kids will be the camera,video board and sound system oper-ators. They’ll have help, but it’slargely just them producing andbroadcasting games. It doesn’t getmuch more hands-on than that,”Murphy said.

Much of the new technology willbenefit the fans as well. In additionto what is run by student producers,a new Bose sound system has beeninstalled. A meeting room off to theside of the gym features a motorizedscreen and projector system forplayback.

Both a 65-inch and a 42-inch TVwill be installed in the lobby.

Murphy said fans will be able tocontinue watching the game whilegrabbing a snack at the concessionstands or watch sports on cable dur-ing day-long sporting events at thegym. Fans will also have openaccess to a wireless network that hasbeen installed in the gym.

A new fiber-optic backbone sys-tem has also been installed for videocomponents so that there in no elec-trical interference between the

newer and older sections of thebuilding.

Murphy said WCTV has been onthe air for 14 years. The programstarted out with five students andone room using standard definitiontechnology. It has since expanded to35 students that have a controlroom, a television studio, a meetingroom and plenty of storage space.

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WCTV students will have the opportunity to work the new high definition camerasin the competition gym as well as the video board and sound system. Director ofTechnology Mark Murphy said the students will gain hands-on experience in theprocess.

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Murphy said the stepup in technologicalpower will be a boonfor all.

“The advantage thesekids have is great.They actually get toman the stuff that’sbeing used by real tele-vision stations and realcollegiate gyms,”Murphy said.

The program isexpanding this year toinclude a new broad-

casting class that willlearn to use the equip-ment to cover games atthe gym. The WCTVprogram also encom-passes an elementaryand middle school pro-gram that produceweekly 10 minuteshows for students.

Murphy, who had asupervisory role in theinstallation of newtechnology at the gym,said he thinks people

will be very impressedwith the new facility’scapabilities when theysee the new technologyin action.

“We had a group ofsix people preview thesound system and itblew them away. Ithink when peoplecome and see thevenue they’re reallygoing to be taken backwith how nice it is,”Murphy said.

Tech Continued from Page 18

- Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Troy Banning

Video displays next to the scoreboards will allow spectators to see instant replaysand highlights at games.

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The journey from Jeff gym to thenew Webster City High School com-petition gym began six years ago,according to superintendent MikeSherwood.

In March of 2006, the schoolboard did a structural, mechanicaland electrical evaluation of all theirfacilities. Sherwood said they werenearly maxed out in their electricalcapacity at the high school andupgraded it for the possibility offuture additions to the building.

From there, the board formed acommittee composed of communitymembers to tour all of their facilitiesand discuss what projects theywould like to move forward with.

“There was good discussion on allpotential projects, and [the commit-tee] decided if there was going to bea project, it should be a major proj-

ect first,” Sherwood said. “Thatproject was a competition gym highschool addition.”

Sherwood said the project alsoaddressed other needs of the highschool, including a lobby for theauditorium, another classroom andmore locker room space.

The board held public meetings toget proposals in front of the commu-nity and get input on initial plans forthe gym. After that, architects didtheir final adjustments and the boardmoved forward with a motion tohold a general election bond issue. Sherwood said the bonds sold werea supplement to the statewide pennytax. The district passed a penny taxpurpose statement, but had to decidewhether to sell general obligationbonds or revenue bonds. He saidrevenue bonds were a tough sell atthe time, but also that the schoolboard wanted to see how much sup-

port the project had through a publicvote. They moved forward withplans for general obligation bondsand formed a general election bondissue.

The bond issue passed with 86percent approval Sherwood said.

“We’re using the statewide pennydollars to pay it all down, but if weran out of money or if somethingelse happened then It would go tothe taxpayer with the general obliga-

tion bonds,” Sherwood said. “I thinkthis bond issue demonstrated thatthe community is very proud of theirschool district.”

The project then went to bid.

Sherwood said bids were very com-petitive. There was a $500,000 dif-ference between the highest andlowest bids, and $20,000 betweenthe lowest two bids and constructioncosts came in under projection.

Planning for new facility began more than six years ago

“Jeff gym is a wonderful facility, but we’ve

outgrown it. There’s so much going on

now with so many activities that we just

ran out of space.”Mike Sherwood

Superintendent, Webster City Schools

See DREAM, Page 22

A dream becomes realityThe Daily Freeman-Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, Page 21

ABOVE: Terrazzo floorswere installed in the lock-er rooms and restroomsin the traditional Lynx pur-ple and gold.

RIGHT: Crews work oninstalling the gym floorwhich features an insetborder around the outeredge of the floor. The fin-ished floor also features alarge Lynx head in thecenter of the room.

In addition to many ofthe technological bene-fits the new gymoffers, Sherwood saidit also offers morespace for the commu-nity. Practice times forathletics will be mucheasier to accommodatewith the increasedspace and Jeffersongym now just for jun-ior high activities. He said the school isalso looking at bring-ing large communityand statewide events tothe gym.

The transition to thenew facility fromJefferson gym has had

mixed reactions fromthe community, butSherwood said the dis-trict needs the upgrade.

“Jeff gym is a won-derful facility, butwe’ve outgrown it.There’s so much goingon now with so manyactivities that we justran out of space,”Sherwood said. “Itserved the district andcommunity wonderful-ly for years, but likeanything, timeschange.”

Sherwood said thecommunity has alwaysbeen very supportingof their schools and he

appreciates their sup-port. He said the bondelection vote demon-strated their support formodernization and tomake their facilities asnice as possible for theyoung people in theircommunity.

The ribbon cuttingfor the new gym at 2p.m. on Aug. 5 will goto 5 p.m. and givecommunity members achance to tour thefacility, see demonstra-tions of the new tech-nology and get infor-mation from those whohave worked on thefacility.

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Jake Peterson of PetersonConstruction, the contractorfor the new competition gym,said he's excited for local resi-dents and sports fans to gettheir first look at the new com-petition gym. They'll have thatchance as the school districtopens the doors to the facilityfor the first time on Aug. 5.

As a graduate of WebsterCity High School and a formerhigh school athlete himself,Peterson he has enjoyed work-ing on the project.

“It's been fun,” he said.“This project definitely meanta lot to me.”

“I wish that this facilitywould have been here five orsix years ago when I was inschool,” he said. “We neverwould have dreamed that wewould have something likethis.”

Peterson has been oversee-ing work at the site for the pastfew months. He said that thecrews have been workingsteadily and are on track forthe official opening. The crewsare finishing the detail workand cleaning ahead of the openhouse.

Peterson Construction wasawarded the contract for thenew facility back inSeptember 2010. Groundbreaking was held in October

2010 and work began immedi-ately to prepare the ground fornew addition. While not muchwas done during the wintermonths, Peterson said, con-struction began in earnest inMay of last year. The structurewas totally enclosed byThanksgiving 2011. Therecent mild winter and earlyspring aided the constructionproject along the way.

Peterson's bid came in at justunder $8 million. A generalobligation bond measure wasoverwhelmingly approved bythe community. The bondswill then be paid off withfunds from the one-centstatewide sales tax, whichmeans that no property taxburden for community resi-dents.

Peterson said the 48,000square-foot-addition is not justthe gym, but the projectincludes several other spaces.

“There's four locker rooms— two for boys, two for girls;a couple of lobbies and con-cession stands,” he said. Oneof the lobbies is outside thegym while the other is locatedjust outside the school audito-rium.

“The auditorium really has-n't had anything like this,” hesaid. “This will provide a niceentry into the auditorium andspace for intermissions duringplays or performances.”

The lobby will also featurebigger restrooms and a con-cession stand.

The gym facility boasts threefull-size basketball courts andthree full-size volleyballcourts with hoops and nets thatdescend from the ceiling.State-of-the art scoreboards,sound and video equipmentwill provide spectators withinstant replays, video high-lights and high-quality sound.

“The cameras and soundsystems that were put in arejust unbelievable,”he said.

“This really completes thehigh school campus, with thePrem Sahai Auditorium thatwas added a few years ago, thenew tennis courts and parkinglots,” he said. “This is really anice facility for the communi-ty.

“We want to make sure it'sperfect for the community andfor the students who are goingto use it,” Peterson said.

Peterson said he would beattending the open house onAug. 5 and was looking for-ward to reactions from localresidents.

“People seem to be anxiousand are eager to get in to seethis place,” Peterson said.

“I hope a lot of people comeout Aug. 5,” he said. “It's real-ly something special andthere's nothing else like itaround.”

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- Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Anne Blankenship

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