South Winn Veterinary Clinic And ZoetisAnimal Health Donate To Local FFA Chapters

The South Winn Veterinary Clinic in Ossian teamed up with Zoetis Animal Health to donate a portion of the clin-ic’s purchases to local FFA chapters. The funds will help FFA chapters travel to educational and leadership seminars and plan chapter activities.

In 2015, the South Winn Veteri-nary Clinic’s chose to sponsor the South Winneshiek FFA who received $694.

This year 1.3 million was raised for local FFA chapters nationwide. South Winn’s FFA chapter is incred-ibly grateful that through SWVC’s

partnership with Zoetis Animal Health who continue to support FFA. Through generous gifts such

as these, they can ensure that all stu-dents are given opportunities they need to grow and succeed.

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EVENTS

IN THIS ISSUE:Local News ..................... 2-3Worship/Opinion ................ 4Legals ............................... 4Classifi eds ......................... 6Sports ............................. 7-8

8th AnnualCFS Celebration

of HopeThe 8th Annual CFS Celebra-

tion of Hope is planned for Sat-urday, November 7. Mass will be held at 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Seven Dolors in Festina followed by a 5 p.m. social hour and 7 p.m. dinner. At 8 p.m. the live auc-tion begins. Menu: Smoked pork loin with apple and cranberry stuffing with red wine sauce, Caesar salad, glazed baby car-rots, cheesecake with blueberry or cherry topping, bread from McCaffrey’s, coffee, milk, wa-ter and wine. To purchase tick-ets contact Heather at CFS in Calmar at 563-562-3291 or email hbullerman@cfs.pvt.k12.ia.us.

Area Residents Invited For Music Of Handel s̓

“Messiah”Area residents are invited to

rehearse and perform the music of Handel’s “Messiah” at the United Methodist Church, High-way 18 East, West Union. Re-hearsals will be held on Novem-ber 15, 22, 29, and on December 6, from 2-4 p.m. The 74th annual Messiah performance will be on Sunday, December 13, at 7 p.m.

Early DeadlinesNov. 10

Wednesday, Nov. 4Legal Notices................................ 5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5Submitted news ...........................NoonInserts ............................................NoonClassifi ed & Display Ads ............... NoonHappy Ads / Announcements ....Noon

Friday, Nov. 6Obituaries ..................................... 9 a.m.

Annual Pie Bake Fundraiser To Benefit

The Max Gansen Family

The Alpha Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority is host-ing their Annual Pie Bake Fund-raiser to benefi t the Max Gansen family of Calmar.

Max, who will be 2 years old in March 2016, was born 7 weeks early and weighed less than 3lbs. He spent his fi rst year in and out of the hospital battling for his life and fi ghting off several serious illnesses that caused damage to his lungs.

Max was also born with Cri du Chat Syndrome, a very rare con-dition caused by a missing piece of the 5th Chromosome.

Max lives in Calmar with his parents Matt and Samantha Gansen and big sister Scarlet. Proceeds from this Pie Bake Fun-draiser will help offset medical costs for the family.

Pies for sale include Pecan and Pumpkin. The deadline to order is Thursday, Nov. 12. To place an order call/text Heidi (563-380-9239) or Breelyn (563-419-1971). Pies will be ready for pick-up Wed, Nov 25th 10am-5pm at Decorah Lutheran Church. Cash donations are also welcomed. Supplemental funds provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

Living History at Osborne Heritage DaysStory by Joyce Meyer

The forty-first Heritage Days celebration was a great way to learn about the pioneer era Osborne’s own pioneer village the second weekend of October. Located between Elkader and Strawberry Point, this festival brings in families, cooks, competi-tors, locals and visitors to watch the living history demonstrations like rope-making and newspaper printing, candle making, yarn made from their

very own sheep and more. Whiffs of tantalizing smells from buffalo stew, fry bread and kettle corn dance in the air to give you a taste of pioneer life. Oh, and don’t forget the homemade root beer tapped straight from the bar-rel. A farmer’s market is also set up

besides tents selling items that in-clude leather goods, beaded jewelry,

and handmade wooden toys and more. Activities included an old fashioned “Med-icine Show,” display of the gi-ant pumpkins for

the pumpkin contest, and a buffalo

HERITAGE DAYS to page 3

WMC Welcomes New Occupational Therapist Winneshiek Medi-

cal Center Rehabilita-tion and Sports Medicine continues to expand with the recent addition of the department’s sixth occu-pational therapist: Stacey Quam, OTR/L. Occupa-tional therapists provide services that help patients restore function and par-ticipate in activities of daily living following ill-ness or injury. In addition to providing inpatient and outpatient care, many of the WMC occupational therapists have advanced training in ASTYM Sys-tem rehabilitation, hand therapy, incontinence retraining, lymphedema treatment, sensory inte-gration therapy and de-mentia care.

Quam is motivated to provide the best patient care by getting to know

National Catholic Youth ConferenceThe National Catholic Youth Con-

ference is a powerful, biennial, three-day experience of prayer, community, and empowerment for Catholic teen-agers (of high school age) and their adult chaperones. More than 23,000 young people and their chaperones attended 2013 NCYC in Indianapo-lis.The 2015 National Catholic Youth Conference is November 19-21, back in Indianapolis, with the theme Here I Am Lord/Aquí Estoy Señor.

NCYC includes keynote presenta-tions by Matt Maher, Jackie François

and Mark Hart to name a few, prayer, workshops, Mass with Cardinal Os-car, and opportunities to participate in reconciliation and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, as well as recreational activities, concerts, and exhibits. A key component of NCYC is the thematic park, which is a blend of traditional exhibit booths with in-teractive areas featuring service proj-ects, games, recreation, live musical performances, arts, and sports.

Stacey Quam, OTR/L, recently joined the Win-neshiek Medical Center Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine team. Quam (right) is pictured with Megan DesRochers, a Luther College stu-dent who is receiving occupational therapy at WMC to increase the strength and functional use of her arm following an elbow fracture. Quam provides inpatient, outpatient, nursing home and home health occupational therapy.

WMC THERAPIST to page 3

Bewitching Good Timeat Ossian Senior Hospice

Story by Joyce Meyer Lions, tigers, bears, princesses, Ninja Turtles and more roamed the halls of the Ossian Senior Hos-pice Thursday, October 29, giving

a frightfully fun time to the resi-dents. About 50 South Winneshiek preschoolers blew in on a “Winnie-the-Pooh” windy day with their Hal-loween outfits still intact as they

bewitched the hospice residents with action songs and paraded down the halls in their costumes. South Winn teachers who brought their students were Ms. Lyons Jump Start class

of 18 students, Mrs. Dugger who is subbing for Mrs. Christophersen with her Jump Start class of 18 stu-dents and Ms. Dugger with her Early Childhood class of 13 students. Os-

sian Senior Hospice Activity Direc-tor Amy Barness remarked how well behaved all the students were and thanked them for getting the resi-dents in the Halloween spirit.

ABOVE LEFT: Back again this year was “The Medicine Show,” put on by Lindley Jensen and Bruce Langseth of Houston, Minn. The traveling show is performed like in the pioneer days, selling elixir which at the time contained mostly alcohol. ABOVE RIGHT: Woody Collins from Ankey explains the art of blacksmithing to a crowd of observers Sunday, October 11, 2015 during Heritage Days at Osborne Nature Center by Elkader. The living history demonstrations give families a chance to step back into the pioneer past. Photos by Joyce Meyer

Heritage Days began in 1975 as a living history of the pioneer era.

YOUTH CONFERENCEto page 3

ABOVE LEFT: (Front l-r): Justice Nelson, Danny Flores,Tayla Teff and Joe Bullerman and (back) Natalie Burington, Evan Oyloe and Derek Sabelka entertained the crowd at the Ossian Senior Hospice last week. ABOVE MIDDLE: Ryder Uhlenhake poses with his great-aunt Seraphia Uhlenhake as Lucille Kruse (l) and Marie Tieskoetter smile for the camera. ABOVE RIGHT: Princess Kattie Toj-Perez, Firefi ghter Landon Bullerman, and Captain America Bentley Hulbert say goodbye after their performance to the residents. Photos by Joyce Meyer

Ready to fl ip your omelettes are front row (l-r): Hattie Frana, Josie Kriener, Tiana Bullerman, Kelley Schroeder and Kris Smith. Middle: Father Robert Gross, (fl at) Kristi Kuboushek, Patty Frana, Melissa Ward, Olivia Massman, (fl at) Easton Kuboushek, Mary Conway and Alexa Jacobsen. Back: Manning Kuboushek, Hunter Todd and Braxton Smith. Missing: RaeAnn Klimesh, Shaina Bakken and Lucas Feltz. Going ahead with the Archdiocesan Team are Patty & Keith Frana and Brenda & Jim Schwan.

Pictured l-r: Dr. Andrew, Kelsey Hageman (President), Skyler Luzum (Vice-President), Conner Hemesath (Secretary), Hannah Humpal (Co-Secretary), Kylee Riehle (Treasurer), Josie Bud-denberg (Reporter), Hanna Schmitt (Co-Reporter), Joseph Henning (Sentinel).

Lady Warriors Bring Home The Bronze

Sports to page 8

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Calmar Courier2 News

Veterans DayBreakfast

Sun., Nov. 8 • 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.St. Luke Church, St. Lucas

Adults: $8Child 5-12: $5Under 5: FREE

Carry Outs available

Many Raffl e Items and Bake Sale

Serving:Scrambled Eggs with toppings, Sausage, Cheesy Potatoes, Rolls/Muffi ns and

Beverage

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South Winn Vet ClinicSouth Winn Vet Clinic Veteran’s Day PromotionsVeteran’s Day Promotions

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For all veterans and activeduty military, on all companionanimal vaccinations & products

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Christmas Open HousChristmas Open Housee Wednesday, Nov. 18 • 3 - 7 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 18 • 3 - 7 p.m.

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Halloween is a fun time of year. Fall has started, you carve pumpkins and your little Ghouls and Goblins go trick-or-treating. There are things that you don’t know about Halloween. Lets break it down a bit...

Acres of pumpkins harvested in the U.S. in 2013, with a total estimat-ed production value of $149.9 million. Of the top six pumpkin-pro-ducing states, Illinois led the country by producing an estimated 547.6 million pounds of this vined gourd, followed by California, Ohio, Michigan, New York and then Pennsylvania.

The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2014 — children age 5 to 14 — across the U.S. Of course, many other children — older than 14 and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.

Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2012, employing 37,400 employees. This industry’s value of shipments totaled $14.9 billion, up from $14.1 billion in 2007.

Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced nonchocolate confectionary products, employing 19,267 employees. This industry’s value of shipments totaled $7.7 billion in 2012.

Number of U.S. confectionary and nut stores that sell candy and other confectionary prod-ucts, employing 19,821 employees. This industry’s sales totaled $1.8 billion in 2012.

Dollar value of U.S. fresh apples exported in 2014. Whether bobbing for or dipping in caramel, apples can be a fun treat around Halloween.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features

SENIOR HOSPICE from front page

TOP LEFT: Jump Start 2 friends (front row l-r): Jenna Dahl – angel, Xzavior Froelke – spiderman, Hayden Tieskoet-ter - rat, and Payton Cox - Shopkin cupcake entertained the residents. TOP RIGHT: Kattie Toj-Perez and Gabe Creek say hello to the residents. ABOVE LEFT: (l-r) Kinley Huinker, Maci Wiltgen, Raelyn Massman, Avery Einck, Penn Fish and Tate Balik doing actions with songs for the residents at Ossian Senior Hospice. ABOVE: Residents Ed Polansky and Shirley Monroe enjoyed the SW preschoolers as they paraded around in their Halloween costumes last week. BELOW: Skyler Breitsprecher and Serenity Geisler show off their costumes. Ninja Turtles and Princesses were well represented as 50 SW preschoolers entertained Ossian Senior Hospice Residents. Photos by Joyce Meyer

American Legion Post 605

69th Annual Fish FryALL YOU CAN EAT!Fri., Nov 6 • 5-8:30 p.m.

Adults ..................$9.00Children 6-12 ....$5.00Children 5-under FREE

Carry-outs availableExtra fryers

to better serve you!

Calmar Courier Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3News / Opinion

This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides in the hopes that it will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a partnership between this newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper Association.

Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at www.IowaColdCases.org.

Investigators ask anyone with information about Mildred Clemenson’s unsolved murder to contact the Iowa DCI at 515-725-6010.

Mildred Adaline Clemenson

Mildred “Millie” Adaline Clemen-son was found brutally slain on Nov. 11, 1998 inside her rural Kensett mo-bile home. An autopsy indicated Cle-menson died from blunt force trauma to the head and had been dead for two days before family members reported her death to authorities, despite the fact

she had a plane

to Arizona on Nov. 10. On the day of her death, she’d al-legedly gone to

the bank to cash in a large bond.Clemenson’s only child, adopted

daughter Marcia Patton, had moved her family into the main home and moved Clemenson into the mobile home next to the farmhouse the year prior to Cle-menson’s death.

Clemenson had just recently become the executor of the estate for her late stepmother. Upon Clemenson’s death, Patton immediately assumed the po-sition as executor. Clemenson’s death “made her adopted daughter a million-aire,” a family member told Iowa Cold Cases.

Mildred Adaline Clemenson | Age: 81Died: November 9, 1998

Hometown: Kensett

CASTALIA ZION LUTHERAN CHURCHCHSOUP SUPPER

Wednesday, November 11Serving 4 pm - 7 pm

CARRY-OUTS AVAILABLE IN CHURCH PROVIDED CONTAINERS

Menu includes: Chicken Noodle Soup, Bean w/ham Soup, Cheeseburger Soup, Chili, Homemade Breads, Bars, Pie, Desserts, White/Chocolate Milk and Coffee

Free-Will Donation

Big Canoe Lutheran Church s̓ Annual

Lutefisk & Meatball Supper

Come and join us for Big Canoe Lutheran Church’s Annual Lutefisk & Meatball Supper Sunday, Novem-ber 8. Serving 4-8 p.m.

“Soup and Salad Luncheon” Nov. 8 St. John’s is holding their annual

“Soup and Salad Luncheon” at the Waucoma Event Center, Waucoma from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sun-day, November 8. Serving Chicken Noodle Soup and Chili along with a variety of salads and desserts.

Newly Bereaved Support Group Meets Nov. 11Winneshiek Medical Center Hos-

pice is now offering a Newly Be-reaved Support Group.

The group meets the second Wednesday of each month for those who have lost someone within the last three months or less. The next session is on Wednesday, November 11 in conference room B1 at WMC. Registration is not necessary; these free sessions start at 2:30 p.m.

“The Newly Bereaved Support Group will touch on basic coping skills, self-care, what to expect, what is normal, and reassurance that ev-erything can be okay,” says Licensed Master Social Worker Karen Nielsen.

The grief support group is safe and confi dential. Participants have the opportunity to connect with oth-ers by being able to share their expe-rience with loss, and to express their feelings, reactions and thoughts with others who truly understand what they are going through.

“The needs of the newly bereaved are different from those who have been grieving longer. These sessions are designed to provide a framework for the grief path,” says Nielsen.

Contact Karen Nielsen, LMSW, at 563-387-3024 for questions regard-ing the Newly Bereaved Support Group.

chip throwing contest, chili cook-off, story telling and more. Each year there is a pioneer church service on Sunday morning. Heritage Days be-

gan in 1975 as a living history of the pioneer era through demonstrations, contests and other activities. Each year it is held the second weekend

of October, usually falling during the fall peak leaf season. Sights and scenes of history coming to life is a great family experience.

ABOVE: Olivia Byrd, 13, of Polk City and her friend Alexa Brand-meyer, 11, have questions about the 1850’s waling wheel as weaver Kim Specht of Monticello spins wool from the sheep she raises Sunday, October 11 at Osborne Nature Center by Elkader during Heritage Days. RIGHT: Christian Simmons, 6, with mother Jennifer Simmons, both of Independence, dip a wick in candle wax as they make a candle monitored by Cynthia Torkelson and young daughter at their booth. Behind the Simmons, is Kyson Kiel-man, 8, and father Colt Kielman of New Hampton. Photos by Joyce Meyer

HERITAGE DAYS from front page

her patients personally and using research-based therapies and techniques. She says, “Patients may feel vulnerable when they begin therapy.” Quam provides an example of how she can help her patients regain confi dence and improve their quality of life: “A woman, who has spent her entire adult life preparing three meals per day for a large family, has hip surgery. Suddenly, she is unable to maneuver in the kitchen because of a new walker. It is my job to teach her how to continue to enjoy the things she loves in a different - and safe - way.”

Originally from Des Moines, Quam attended University of Northern Iowa, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. She then went on to receive her Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy from the University of Minnesota. “I was interested in relocating to northeast Iowa, and was drawn to the level of specialization at Winneshiek Medical Center,” says Quam. “There are very few occupational therapy groups that are as specialized as the team at Winneshiek Medical Center, especially in a rural setting. I look forward to working with and learning from my new colleagues.”

To learn more about effective therapies offered at Winneshiek Medical Cen-ter Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine clinics in Decorah, Ossian, Calmar and Spring Grove, contact your primary care provider, or call 563-387-3031. Infor-mation is also available online at www.winmedical.org/rehabilitation.

WMC THERAPIST from front page

14 local youth and 8 adults are traveling Thursday, November 19 to Indianapolis to participate (along with over 1600 from Dubuque Diocese!) to learn more about their faith, share in Masses celebrated with dozens of bishops, and hundreds of priests, and have a great time!

Please pray for their safe journey to Indianapolis, a faith-fi lled and fun time while they are there, and a safe return home. Thank you for all you have done to support our journey as we grow closer to Christ and respond to his call with “Here I Am Lord · Aquí Estoy Señor.”

We invite you to one last fund-raiser Sunday, November 15. NCYC

participants will be fl ipping omelettes at our free will offering breakfast at St Aloysius from 8 a.m. -Noon. Come for the monkey bread, stay for the fun!

YOUTH CONFERENCE from front page

Turkey Valley Clovers4-H Club October MeetingThe October meeting of the Tur-

key Valley Clovers 4-H Club was held on October 4th, 2015 at Claire and Faye Carolan’s house. The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m. by President Brooke Herold. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Megan Blong. The 4-H Pledge was led by Bode. Birthday greet-ings were given to Kimmy Fischer and Megan Blong. Roll call was taken with 33 members present. Old business included record books and reviewing the results of the club garden. New business included the Spaghetti Supper, handing out of fair premiums, National 4-H Week, Supper with Santa on December

2nd from 5-8 p.m., member recogni-tion and appreciation night on No-

vember 15th 2-6 p.m., helping with a blood drive October 23 at the Fort Atkinson Community Center and Christmas wreath fundraisers. New Officers were elected; the secretary is Jessica Schmitt, the photographer is Sadie Nymeyer, the clover kid helpers are Reese Manderfield, Lil-lian Rausch and Hanna Schmitt, and the birthday directors are Autumn Schmitt and Jenna Schmitt. After the meeting was adjourned by Sa-vannah Schmitt, with a second by Reese Manderfield, kids got to pick out pumpkins. Following the meet-ing was the 4-H Spaghetti Supper in Decorah where members of the Tur-key Valley Clovers helped serve the public.

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Practicing fl ipping omelettes is Shai-na Bakken.

SOUTH WINN FFA SOUTH WINN FFA FRUIT SALEFRUIT SALE

Oranges, Grapefruit,

Apples, Clementines Pears, and Pineapple

Beef Jerky, Cheese and

Sausageand

Mixed Boxes

Available

Contact an FFA Member or Melissa

Brincks at mbrincks@swinn.k12.ia.us or call563-562-3226, ext 116

ORDER deadlineis November 16

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New this yearHHoneycrisp Apples, half oneycrisp Apples, half

boxes of pears and Silver boxes of pears and Silver Dollar Beef Dollar Beef

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Iowa Fraud Fighters: Shield Your Savings

Con artists target people age 60 and older, swindling more than 7 million Americans out of almost $3 billion each year. Double-check be-fore you invest. Shield your savings from scammers and fraudulent in-vestment schemes.

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart invites you to attend an Iowa Fraud Fighters Forum present-ed by your state regulator, the Iowa Insurance Division. Arm yourself with knowledge of common scams and learn how to avoid and report fraud.

The luncheon event “Double-check before you invest”, will take place on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Luther College in Decorah in the Peace Dining Room – Centen-nial Union (2nd level). There will be a shuttle service from the Luther

College Preus Library Parking Lot. To join in the meal, please RSVP

by November 5. The Iowa Insurance Division

supervises all insurance business transactions in Iowa. Companies wishing to sell insurance in Iowa must obtain permission from the insurance commissioner, who main-tains general control over all aspects of the insurance business, such as forms used and rates charged. The commissioner also oversees securi-ties, which involves the licensing of brokerage firms and their agents, examining new securities offerings and investigating investment fraud cases.

For more information, visit www.IowaFraudFighters.gov or call 1-877-955-1212

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Calmar Courier4

Gingered Pork-Vegetable Soup with Wonton Noodles

1 cooked pork tenderloin, * cut into 1/2-inch cubes

3 cups chicken broth, reduced-sodium

1 1/2 cups water1/4 cup rice wine vinegar

1 tablespoon soy sauce, reduced-sodium

2 cloves garlic, minced (1 teaspoon)1 teaspoon ginger, grated1/4 teaspoon black pepper

8 whole baby corn, canned, quartered crosswise

2 ounces fresh snow peas, halved crosswise

1/2 cup carrot, thinly bias-sliced1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1/4 cup green onions, OR chives thinly sliced

8- 3½ inch won ton wrappers, cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips

Combine chicken broth, water, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, gingerroot and black pepper in large saucepan. Bring to boil. Separate the wonton strips. Stir in corn, snow peas, carrot, mushrooms, onions and wonton strips. Return to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for about 3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in pork and heat through. Makes about 6 cups or 4 servings.

Cheesy Potato Ham Chowder

2 3/4 cups water1 medium carrot, grated

1 rib celery, chopped1 medium onion, peeled and chopped1 4.5-oz package Julienne Potatoes

mix3 cups milk

cup ham, cubed1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, shreddedFor garnish parsley, or cilantro,

snipped

In a large saucepan combine wa-ter, carrot, celery, onion, and dry po-tatoes from mix. Bring to boiling; reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes. Stir in milk and packet of sauce mix. Stir well and return to boil. Boil gently for 2 minutes. Stir in ham and lemon juice; heat through. If de-sired, garnish with shredded Cheddar cheese, snipped parsley or cilantro. Recipe serves 5.

Toscana SoupFrom Ken Miller

12 links spicy pork sausage, sliced1 tablespoon vegetable oil

3/4 cup diced onion1 1/4 teaspoons minced garlic

2 tablespoons chicken soup base4 cups water

2 potatoes, halved and sliced2 cups sliced kale

1/3 cup heavy cream

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Place sausage links on a baking sheet and bake 25 minutes, or until cooked through. Slice into 1/2 inch slices. Heat the oil in a large sauce-pan over medium heat. Sauté onions until translucent; add garlic and cook 1 minute. Stir in broth, water and po-tatoes; simmer 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add sausage, kale and cream; simmer until heated through and serve.

Till next time, November 5 is Na-tional Doughnut Day. This Thursday grab yourself a coffee and a doughnut and enjoy every bite.

Worship / Opinion / Legals

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Worship ScheduleASSUMPTION CATHOLICLittle TurkeyFather Nicholas MarchNo Weekend Mass

BETHANY LUTHERANRural OssianSunday, November 8: 10:30 a.m. Worship Service

CALMAR COMMUNITYUNITED METHODISTCalmarPastor Linda Th ompsonSunday, November 8: 9 a.m. Worship

CALMAR LUTHERAN &SPRINGFIELD LUTHERAN Pastor Phil OlsonSunday, November 8: 9 a.m. Calmar Worship 10:30 a.m. Springfi eld Worship

DE SALES CATHOLICOssianFather Robert GrossSunday, November 8: 8 a.m. Mass

LIVING HOPE BAPTISTOssianSunday, November 8: 9 a.m. Worship

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLICProtivinFather Nicholas MarchTh ursday, November 5: 8:45 a.m. School MassSunday, November 8: 8:30 a.m. Mass

MT. CARMEL CATHOLICLawlerFather Nicholas MarchFriday, November 6: 8:30 a.m. MassSaturday, November 7: 3:30 p.m. Reconciliation 4 p.m. Mass

OSSIAN LUTHERANOssianPastor Dave LenthSunday, November 8: 8:30 a.m. Worship

OUR LADY OF SEVENDOLORS CATHOLICFestinaFather Robert GrossSaturday, November 7: 4 p.m. Mass

ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLICCalmarFather Robert GrossSunday, November 8: 10 a.m. Mass

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLICFort AtkinsonFather Nicholas MarchNo Weekend MassTuesday, November 10: 8:30 a.m. Mass

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN,STAPLETONRural WaucomaRev. Wayne T. & IrmagardEllingson, PastorsSunday, November 8: 10:30 a.m. Worship

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS WINNESHIEK COUNTY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015

The Board of Supervisors met at 9:30 a.m. on October 19, 2015 with Ashbacher, Beard, Logs-don, and Kuhn present.Lee Bjerke, county Engineer, met with the

Board to discuss road matters.Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Ashbacher to

enter into material contract with Hovden Oil per the low bid accepted October 12, 2015. Motion carried unanimously.Moved by Logsdon and seconded by Kuhn to

enter into material contract with Fauser Energy per the low bid accepted October 12, 2015. Mo-tion carried unanimously.Chopper Albert, county IT Director, met with the

Board to introduce Sandra Underbakke, the IT Help Desk Specialist; and to discuss IT issues.Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Beard

to reappoint Paul Nichols (north part of County) and Dave Riha (south part of County) to the Community Foundation/Gaming Funds Distribu-tion Board. Motion carried unanimously.Moved by Ashbacher and seconded by Kuhn

to approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes of the last meeting and accept and

fi le the VA monthly report. Motion carried unani-mously.Moved by Beard and seconded by Ashbacher

to open the public hearing on the Frankville Water District Revenue Loan Agreement. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. George Tekippe presented an overview of the loan options and timeline. No written or verbal comments were received. Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Beard to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Moved by Beard and seconded by Kuhn to adopt resolution 16-10, declaring the intent to issue Water Revenue Bonds for the project. Mo-tion carried unanimously by roll call vote.Andy Van Der Maaten, county Attorney, met

with the Board to discuss county issues.Moved by Kuhn and seconded by Ashbacher to

adjourn to 9:30 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2015. Motion carried unanimously.ATTESTBenjamin D SteinesJohn Logsdon, ChairmanCounty AuditorBoard of Supervisors

Published in the Calmar Courieron Tuesday, November 3, 2015

When the leaves start to fall and the weather gets colder, there is noth-ing better than a warm bowl of deli-cious hot soup. It makes the house smell so good and really warms you up. The next three recipes come from pork be inspired. Soup is usually very forgiving, so you can make adjust-ments. Use what you have in your refrigerator or pantry.

Southwestern-stylePork Tortilla Soup

2 cups cooked pork loin roast, cubed *

1 medium onion, chopped1 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 quart chicken broth1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes

1 4 oz. can diced green chiliesTortilla chips, crumbled (to garnish)Cheddar cheese, shredded (to gar-

nish)Lime wedges, (optional)

Cilantro leaves, (optional)

Sauté onion in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat with oil until softened. Stir in garlic and cumin. Add chicken broth, diced tomatoes and diced green chilies. Bring the mixture to a simmer, reduce the heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes. Stir in cubed pork loin and just heat through. Serve in bowls topped with crumbled tortilla chips and shredded cheese. Garnish with lime wedges and cilantro if desired. Serves 4.

The arrival of Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) reminds me of the solemnity of All Saints’ Day, especially because it occurs on a Sunday this year. The lives of the saints are a wonderful expression of the light of God shining through suffering, hardship, and the ordinary trials of daily life. It is good for every believer to have role models and inspirational stories to spur them on. I like to pass along quotes from the saints when I can, so this seems like a good time to do that in a special way. Here are a few sayings that might inspire you as well:

St. John the Baptist: “Christ must increase; I must decrease.” St. Peter: “Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.” St. Phillip Neri: “My Jesus, if you want me, cut the fetters that keep me from you.” St. Claude La Colombiere: “My Jesus, let me live in your heart and pour all my bitter-ness into it where it will be utterly consumed.” St. Katharine Drexel: “May your faith be increased so as to realize the fact that you are never alone, wheresoever you may be, that the great God is with you, in you.” St. Angela of Foligno: “The only thing necessary for us is God. Finding God consists in recollecting our souls in him. One must separate one’s soul from all which disperses it, and bring it to know the abyss of its miseries.” St. John Paul II: “Man is in the middle between God and nothingness, and he must choose.”

The lives of the saints will help us train ourselves in the way of the cross, which is necessary for our salvation. This way is open to everyone, from CEOs to the homebound. In fact, this way is being lived today by great and small alike. The saints learned how to make use of both fortune and misfor-tune just as naturally as we make use of both our right and left hands.

It is wonderful to know the names of some of the saints with certain-ty, through the process called canonization. However, we personally have known saints in our own lives. Recently, a parishioner gave me a copy of a little book about Antoinette Marie Kuhn (1907-1939), who was born and raised near Fort Atkinson. Antoinette only lived 32 years, many of them marked by great suffering and pain. She was a talented musician and a very devout soul. Her writings reveal a heart on fi re with love for God, and ready to make any sacrifi ce necessary for God’s glory and the salvation of others. Illness prevented her from achieving the goals and dreams she had for her life. This is something that so many are familiar with. The effects of age, if not illness, will eventually take our abilities from us and leave us questioning the meaning and purpose of life. Antoinette believed that the meaning of life is not about storing up treasure or pursuing her own will. Because she loved the will of God above all else, she was able to come to the fullness of life, even in a wheelchair or when confi ned to her sick bed.

Without the saints, I wouldn’t have nearly as much hope that an ordinary person like myself could carry the cross. May all the saints surround us with protection and prayer, and spur us on to victory!

Turkey Valley 2nd AnnualHomecoming Kickoff PartyTurkey Valley hosted their 2ndAnnual Homecoming Kickoff Party last Sunday evening, September 13 on the school grounds. Students and family members enjoyed sev-eral activities while having a whole lot of fun. There was a dunk tank that held several different teachers/staff members, one bouncy obstacle course and one four-person bouncy wrecking ball ring. The football cheerleaders had a face-painting

stand, the Winneshiek County Dairy Promoters served ice cream, there was a football toss and old uniforms from all different kinds of sports/cheerleading groups were available to purchase. The night ended with the presentation of the fall athletes, this year’s homecoming court, a cou-ple cheers and a dance put on by the queen and king candidates.

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Of cial Paper ofCalmar, Fort Atkinson,

Ridgeway, Spillville, Waucoma,Winneshiek County

& Turkey ValleyCommunity Schools

South Winn FutureDirection Committee To

Hold Town Hall MeetingsThe South Winneshiek Future Direction Committee has sched-uled two town hall meetings re-garding the future of the South Winneshiek Community School District. The public is invited to attend either Monday, September 21 at 7:00 p.m. or Tuesday, Sep-ember 22 at 7:00 p.m. The same nformation will be presented oth evenings. The meetings will e held in the South Winneshiek High School Auditorium on both venings. Questions may be sent n advance to: SWTownhall@winn.k12.ia.us.

If you have any questions or ant any additional information out the town hall meetings you n call or email:- Clark Goltz, Superintendent, oltz@swinn.k12.ia.us, 563-2-3269- Tom Bushman, Co-Chair of South Winneshiek Future Di-tion Committee, tom@bush-ninsurance.comSteve Carnesi, Co-Chair of South Winneshiek Future Di-ion Committee, steven.carne-rockwellcollins.com

An informative PowerPoint ut the district will be shared evenings as well.

Honoring the HomecomingCandidates of 2015Honoring the HomecomingCandidates of 2015

2015 Turkey Valley HomecomingHomecoming is a big event every year that implements learning and a lot of fun for the students and the staff at Turkey Val-ley. Games, pep rallies, assemblies, dress up days and much more, including the crowning of the King and Queen.There has been a change in the King Coronation time this year. It will still hap-pen on Thursday, but instead of a general assembly during the day, it will happen at the volleyball game Thursday night between the JV and Varsity games at ap-proximately 6:45 p.m.

This year’s Queen candidates are Del-aney Lensing, daughter of Pat and Kim

Lensing; Macie Njus, daughter of Melissa Njus and Dave Njus; and Kayla Schaufen-buel, daughter of Keith and Rhonda Schaufenbuel. King candidates include Nicholas Bruess, son of Catherine Miller and Michael Bruess; Robert Swestka; son of Gary and Roberta Swestka and Tanner Winter, son of Kevin and Tammy Winter.To nish off the week, the Friday night football game against West Central kicks off at 7 p.m. and the 2015 Queen will be crowned during halftime of the game. The students will also enjoy a Homecoming dance after the game.

2015 Turkey Valley Homecoming Court includes Queen candidates, front row (l-r):

Delaney Lensing, daughter of Pat and Kim Lensing, Macie Njus, daughter of Melissa

Njus and Dave Njus and Kayla Schaufenbuel, daughter of Keith and Rhonda Schaufen-

buel and King candidates, back row: Nicholas Bruess, son of Catherine Miller and Mi-

chael Bruess, Robert Swestka, son of Gary and Roberta Swestka and Tanner Winter,

son of Kevin and Tammy Winter. Homecoming is Friday, September 18.

Another Fantastic NICC Fall Fest!Photos and story by Joyce MeyerNortheast Iowa Community Col-lege, along with area community businesses and organizations, had another successful annual Fall Fest, Thursday evening, September 10, at the college. This is the college’s 50th anniversary. Many young families came and with purchase of tickets the children played games, got their hair spray painted by the Cosmetology class and their faces painted. Shoes, shoes, shoes were everywhere as children took off their shoes to jump in the many in atables. There were bouncy jumping ones, bungee runs, bungee slides and more. The dunking tank had a long line formed by the older kids, who enjoyed throwing the ball at the target and dunking whoever was the unlucky soul to be inside the dunking cage, though it was a warm summer eve and probably felt good. The wild children were rounded up into the cage of the Lions Train and taken on a ride as they pretended to be animals from a circus. Cotton Candy, popcorn, and shakes were also available. The Dairy Science students had a learning display up and also young calves to feed. A robot named Baxter greeted people outside of the Student Union. New this year was a VIP tent for alumni to reconnect. The evening ended with a spectacular reworks show.Thanks NICC and the area com-munity businesses and organizations for putting on this fun back to school Fall Fest.

Beau Timmerman entertained the crowd with his great country singing.

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South Winneshiek 2015 Homecoming Court includes Queen candidates, front row

(l-r): Riley Ott, Becca Hertges, Libby Manning, Miriah Hageman and Jaimie Elsbernd.

King candidates, back row: Treyton Jacobsen, Mitch Herold, Carson Lensing, Landers

Kuboushek and Ben Meyer. (Photo submitted) Homecoming is Friday, September 18.

2015 Northeast Iowa Antique Show, Vintage Junk & Flea MarketCome out and enjoy the 2015 northeast Iowa Antique Show, Vintage Junk & Flea Market! Sat-urday, September 26 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, September 27 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds, Decorah. Free admission and parking. Lunch stand on grounds.Be sure to visit all 5 buildings and the outside vendors.

South WinneshiekVolleyball s 5th

Annual “Dig Pink” Night The Celebration of Life Com-mittee announces South Winn’s annual Dig Pink night will be held September 24th. Game times are: 9th 5:30/JV 6:30/Varsity 7:30 vs. the Clayton Ridge Eagles. There will be lots of great raf- e items and a free will donation goodie table.

If you would like to donate a raf e item, please contact Kenda at the High School of ce of ce at 563-562-3226. Please help us support this wonderful local organization.

Spillville Area PicnicThis is a great time to get to know your neighbors- greet old acquaintances --- renew friend-ships. The invitation will go out to those who live (or lived) in town ...if you like our town... if you know people in Spillville.If you are reading this you are invited to the Spillville Commu-nity Picnic. Sponsored by the City of Spillville, Civic Improvement Association and Local Businesses.Sunday, September 20, Open at 3:30 p.m., Eat at 6:00 p.m. River-side Park in Spillville.

Community Band will play from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Meat & beverage will be provided, Please bring dish to share and bring your own plates and silverware.

2015 South WinneshiekHomecoming

Homecoming is upon us and is provid-ing a great experience for all of the stu-dents and staff. Besides dress up days, there are pep rallies, assemblies, King and Queen Coronation and a parade!This year’s Homecoming football game will take place Friday night when the Warriors host the New Hampton Chickasaws, kicking off at 7:30 p.m.The students will enjoy several activi-ties on Friday and will all assemble in the gym for the pep rally at 12:05 p.m. with King and Queen Coronation at 1:30 p.m. This year’s Queen candidates include: Jaimie Elsbernd, daughter of Leon and De-

nise Elsbernd; Miriah Hageman, daughter of Kori and Kari Hageman; Rebecca Hert-ges, daughter of Brad and Karen Hertges; Libby Manning, daughter of Brian and Amy Manning and Riley Ott, daughter of Josh and Becky Ott and King candidates include: Mitchell Herold, son of Alvin and Wendy Herold; Treyton Jacobsen, son of Kory and Erin Jacobsen; Carson Lensing, son of Ernie and Sherri Lensing and Ben Meyer, son of Brian and Mary Meyer.The parade will start on the west side of the high school at 2:45 p.m. and will go north for two blocks to Klimesh Ford, then SW HOMECOMING to page 5

Sophomore Kaci Rausch finishes up a job at the Football Cheerleaders Face Painting station.

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Kelley Schroeder, a junior at South Win-neshiek High School and the daughter of Bob and Sheila Schroeder, is this week’s South Winneshiek Student of the Week. Kel-ley has been nominated by Glenna Munuswamy, the social studies, economics and government teacher at South Winneshiek.

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Lady Warriors TopPirates, Fall to CougarsRegional Quarterfinals 10.27.15South Winn continued their sea-

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Becca Hertges and Brinley Lei-bold led the offensive attack with 12 and 13 kills respectively while Tay-lor Buchheit and Payton Moore were steady with the assists marking 17 and 20 respectively.

The Ladies were able to get the first two games of the night relative-ly easily as final tallies of the games were 25-11 and 25-13. Postville picked up the pace in the third game making SW work hard for their points and their 25-21 win. Taking the sweep moved the Ladies on to Regional Semifinals.

As a team, South Winn had 97% from the serving line with Buchheit (22-22), Jenna Elsbernd (3-3), Kelsey Hageman (10-10), Brinley Leibold (4-4) and Jaden Schweinefus (9-9) having a perfect night at the outline.

Team stats: 43-90 K, 42 A, 29 D, 73-75 S, 14 Aces.

Player stats: Brincks- 2-9 K, 2 D, 15-16 S, 2 Aces; Buchheit- 1-3 K, 17 A, 4 D, 22-22 S, 4 Aces; Bushman- 5-12 K, 1 D; Elsbernd- 0-1 K, 1 D, 3-3 S, 1 Ace; A. Hageman- 4 D; K. Hageman- 1 A, 4 D, 10-10 S, 1 Ace; Hertges- 12-17 K, 1 A, 2 D; Leibold- 13-23 K, 1 A, 4 D, 4-4 S, 1 Ace; Moore- 20 A, 2 D, 10-11 S, 4 Aces; Nesvik- 1-1 K, 1 A, 1

D; Schweinefus- 7-18 K, 4 D, 9-9 S, 1 Ace; Walz- 2-6 K, 1 A.

Regional Semifinals 10.30.15Making it to the semifinal round

of playoffs is an accomplishment but when you are paired against a state-qualifying, powerhouse team like Sumner-Fredericksburg, it’s hard to keep up and stay in the game.

The Lady Warriors made it to the semifinals but were no match for the SF Cougars as they struggled to stay close in points in all three sets.

SW played a strong first half of the first game keeping the Cougars on their toes but SF was able to pull away and not let the Ladies back into a scoring sequence ending the game 11-25. The second game was a hard battle for SW as they marked just seven total points to SF’s 25 to be down 0-2 games. The Lady Warriors showed some life in the third game, but just couldn’t stay with the Cou-gars losing game three 9-25 to end their season.

Team stats: 12-69 K, 12 A, 23 D, 4 BA, 2 SB, 24-29 S, 1 Ace.

Player stats: Brincks- 2-6 K, 3 D, 2 BA, 1 SB, 6-6 S, 1 Ace; Buchheit- 4 A, 2-3 S; Bushman- 1-9 K, 1 A, 1 D, 1-1 S; Elsbernd- 1 D; A. Hageman- 3 D; K. Hageman- 1-5 K, 9 D, 6-6 S; Hertges- 2-8 K, 1 SB; Leibold- 3-14 K, 1 D, 2-3 S; Moore- 0-1 K, 7 A, 3 D, 4-5 S; Nesvik- 1-3 K, 1 D, 0-1 S; Schweine-fus- 2-15 K, 1 D, 1 BA, 3-4 S; Walz- 0-8 K, 1 BA.

Warriors Blank Pirates in First Round, 48-0First round playoffs are always a

rush of excitement with the chance of going to the Dome to play in the big game. Last Wednesday night was no different in Calmar when South Winneshiek hosted the Alburnett Pi-rates in the first post-season game of the year.

SW wasted no time getting a lead scoring three times in the first quar-ter to give them a 20-point cushion. Ben Meyer carried the first two touchdowns for the Warriors on a 71-yard and a 2-yard rush play respec-tively with Carson Lensing running the two-point conversion on the first TD. Mitch Herold put the ball into the end zone to add six more points to SW’s total in the first quarter on a 7-yard carry.

Lensing completed a 96-yard TD as the first scoring drive for the sec-ond quarter then added the 2pt rush play to help SW to a 28-0 lead with plenty of time left in the half. Lens-ing racked up 101 yards on just three carries for the night while Meyer marked 115 yards in nine plays. To-

gether, the duo moved the ball for over half of the Warriors total yards by the end of the game.

“We were able to start fast on of-fense and our defense did an excel-lent job of limiting a very talented offense to only 93 yards of offense,” stated Coach Ohrt.

SW put the ball in the air on their next two TDs to keep the Al-burnett defenders on their toes and scrambling to cover the ball. Herold connected with Nathan Ward on a 20-yard pass then tossed another 20-yard pass to Lensing and a 2pt pass to Blake Hageman to push the War-riors ahead to 40-0 with time left on the board in the first half. Herold completed the last scoring play on a four-yard carry to help SW finish the half 48-0.

“We were able to make a few plays in the passing game, which helped keep our running lanes open. I feel like we are playing our best football right now,” continued Ohrt. “We are peaking at the right time.”

The Warriors marked three sacks

and 14 total TFLs for the night with Noah Kuboushek leading the team with six tackles and three TFLs while Landers Kuboushek marked five tackles and 3.5 TFLs.

The second half wasn’t very ex-citing with a continuous clock and no scoring drives from either team to give SW the win at 48-0 and ad-

vance them to the second round of the playoffs.

The Warriors played their second round game on the road against the St. Ansgar Saints yesterday, Novem-ber 2. The game recap and stats will be in our next issue of the Calmar Courier.

Score by Quarter: SW- 20 28 0 0 = 48 A- 0 0 0 0 = 0Scoring Order: 1- Meyer, 71y run (Lensing, run) Meyer, 2y run (2pt failed) Herold, 7y run (2pt failed) 2- Lensing, 96y run (Lensing, run) Ward, 20y pass from Herold (2pt failed) Lensing, 20y pass from Herold (Hageman, pass from Herold) Herold, 4y run (2pt fa i led) 3 & 4- none

Offensive Yards: SW- 38 rush, 363y; 3-4-1 pass, 50y; 413 TY A- Passing: 3-4-1, 50y, 2 TD Herold- 3-3, 50y, 2 TD; Todd- 0-1-1 Rushing: 38, 363y, 5 TD Hanson- 1, 6y; Herold- 6, 86y, 2

TD; A. Holthaus- 4, 7y; M. Holthaus- 1, 3y; Lensing- 3, 101y, 1 TD; Ling- 1, 1y; Meyer- 9, 115y, 2 TD; Schwartzhoff- 9, 28y; Smith- 3, 16y; Todd- 1, 0y Receiv-ing- 3, 50y, 2 TD Lensing- 2, 30y, 1 TD; Ward- 1, 20y, 1 TD Interceptions: 3, 10y Hageman, Ward- 1; Hanson- 1, 10y Fumble Recoveries: M. Kuboushek- 2 Kickoffs: Emanuel- 8, 400y, 1 Tb Punting: Emanuel- 1, 23y Sacks: 3 Emanuel, N. Kuboushek, Lensing- 1 Tackles (TFLs): 46 (14) Emanuel- 3.5 (1.5); Hageman-1; Hanson- 0.5; Her-old- 3; B. Holthaus- 2.5; Koenig- 1.5; L. Kuboushek- 5 (3.5); M. Kuboush-ek- 4 (2); N. Kuboushek- 6 (3); Lens-ing- 3.5 (1); Quandahl- 4; Schmitt- 3.5 (2); Schwartzhoff- 0.5; Smith- 3.5 (1); Ward- 4

Trojans TakeEagles Out, 42-26

For the fi rst round of this season’s playoffs, Turkey Valley faced the #3 team in their district, the Midland Eagles, who they beat in the regular season at Midland. The Trojans were looking for another win and with home fi eld advantage, they played better than they did in the fi rst game.

The fi rst quarter was a defensive battle for the fi rst nine minutes but the Trojans lit up the scoreboard with six points when Wyatt Blazek crossed the goal line on a 35-yard carry. TV scored once more in the fi rst frame on a pick-six interception by John Gossling who returned the INT for 37y. Will Einwalter caught the two-point pass from Cody Hack-man to push TV to 14-0 at the end of the fi rst frame.

Midland fi nally scored in the sec-ond set to cut their defi cit to 14-6 but TV fi red back with a one-yard rush by Blazek to put their lead at 20-6. Midland was able to score again be-fore the end of the half putting up a touchdown and a 2pt conversion to head to the break 20-14.

“This was a good win,” noted Coach Mark Scott. “We had big plays on defense and special teams. John Gossling had an interception for a TD, which helped set the tone early.”

The Eagles made the only scor-ing drive in the third quarter adding

six points to their tally and to start the last quarter with a 20-20 score, which was very similar to the fi rst contest between the two teams this season.

Turkey Valley was quick to regain a lead over Midland in the fourth scoring in the fi rst four seconds on a three-yard rush play by Hackman. Four minutes later, TV pushed their lead to 34-20 after Blazek completed a two-yard run and Hackman fol-lowed up with a two-point conver-sion run. Midland wasn’t ready to quit and added another six points to their score on a carry from the one-yard line, making it an eight-point spread. The Trojans answered quickly scoring their last TD and 2pt play of the night with Hackman car-rying the ball both times to take the win 42-26.

“Jacob Kuhn played well and blocked a punt that gave us a short fi eld in the second half. Cody Hackman and Will Einwalter both had interceptions in the fourth quar-ter to take away scoring threats,” fi n-ished Scott.

The Trojans played their second round game on the road against the Don Bosco Dons yesterday, Novem-ber 2 in Gilbertville. The game recap and stats will be in our next issue of the Calmar Courier.

Score by Quarter- TV- 14 6 0 22 = 42 M- 0 14 6 6 = 26

Scoring Order- 1- TV- Blazek, 35y run (run failed) TV- Gossling, 37y interception return (Einwalter, pass from Hackman) 2- M- 9y run (run good) TV- Blazek, 1y run (run failed) M- 11y pass (pass failed) 3-M- 1y run (pass failed) 4- TV- Hackman, 3y run (pass failed) TV- Blazek, 2y run (Hackman, run) M- 1y run (pass failed) TV- Hackman, 3y run (Hackman, run)

Offensive Yards: TV- 57 rush, 235y; 0-3 pass, 0y; 235 TY M- 37 rush, 108y; 14-26-3, 161y; 269 TY Passing: Hack-man- 0-3 Rushing: 57, 235y, 5 TD Baumler- 1, 5y; Blazek- 24, 132y, 3 TD; Einwalter- 3, 15y; Hackman- 29, 83y, 2 TD Interceptions: 3, 37y, 1 TD Ein-walter, Hackman- 1; Gossling- 1, 37y, 1 TD Kickoffs: Baumler- 7, 303y, 3 Tb Punting: C. Reicks- 6, 175y Kickoff Returns: 4, 22y Blazek- 2, 22y; Ein-walter-2 Sacks: 1 Einwalter, Schmitt- 0.5 Tackles (TFLs): 49 (4) Baumler- 3; Blazek- 11; Busta- 6; Einwalter- 6 (0.5); Gossling- 4.5 (1); Hackman- 6.5; Kuhn- 5 (2); C. Reicks- 1.5; Schmitt- 5.5 (0.5)

Cody Hackman (#11) reaches to put the ball over the goal line as teammate Wyatt Blazek (l) helps create a hole through the defenders.

Josh Vsetecka (#51) locks up with a Midland defender to help protect Cody Hackman, the TV quarterback, at last Wednesday’s playoff game.

Amber Brincks (l) and Brinley Leibold (r) get their hands above the net to block a hit at last Friday’s game.

Jaden Sch-weinefus hits the ball as teammates Kelsey Hage-man (#17) and Brinley Leibold (r) get close to cover the block at last Friday’s Regional game in Sumner.

ABOVE: Injured or uniformed, they lead their team together. Senior captains Trevor Schweinefus, Carson Lensing, Landers Kuboushek and Treyton Jacobsen walk to mid-fi eld at the start of the game at Hudson. LEFT: Anthony Emanuel (l), Alec Quandahl (#3), Manning Kuboushek (#76), Carson Lensing (#23) and Alex Kuennen (r) break up the Pirates’ line trying to get to the ball at the last district game of the season. Photos courtesy of Sherri Lensing

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Adding hardware to the trophy case is always exciting for any high school team and this year’s girls’ cross country team did just that by placing 3rd as a team at last Satur-day’s 2015 State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge.

“Our day really went about as well as we could hope for,” said Coach Kearney. “There is such a high level of competition at the state meet - it is easy to get down on yourself while racing and that is something we try to emphasize with our runners. Not ev-eryone is going to have a perfect day (on our team or on other teams) so it becomes critical to simply compete as well as you can. All of our kids gave a great effort.”

Sophomore Derek Dietzenbach was the only member of the boys’ team that ran in last weekend’s race. Derek placed 75th out of a field of 140 total runners with a time of 18:09.4.

“Derek got to fi nish off his season at the state meet - a goal of his since last season,” noted Kearney. “As a sophomore, in his fi rst state meet, we thought he did a great job. We felt he would be capable of competing with the kids in the 60-90th range, and that is exactly where he spent the race. He really challenged himself through the middle of the race and worked his way up to close to the 50-60th place range. He faded a bit toward the end, but that was because of the chances he took earlier in the race. Having this experience under his belt will certainly help him and our team in the next year.”

The Lady Warriors went into Sat-urday’s race against very tough com-

petition, but it didn’t faze them, they ran great races and all of their hard work and dedication to the sport and to each other paid off as they fi nished 3rd in Class 2A, with 90 points, as a team.

SW finished behind Cascade and Monticello, the top two teams from their district meet, and were so close to the top spot, just 14 points out from Cascade at 76 and only six points out from Monticello’s 84.

“On the girls’ side, the 2A com-petition was fi erce. I think our girls felt a little overlooked with the top 3 spots pretty well predicted to go to Monticello, Cascade and Osage,” Kearney added. “We really felt we had a great chance to put ourselves in the mix for the trophies, and that is exactly what we did. We competed exceptionally well.”

Junior Josie Kriener, who spent most of this season in the #2 or #3 spot, led the Ladies by placing 11th overall out of 135 competitors, scor-ing six points for the team, with a time of 19:37.3. Sophomore Felic-ity Taylor marked a time of 19:47.9 for 13th place and seven points and junior Shelby Reicks fi nished 15th at 19:56.9 to score nine team points. All three of these ladies earned All-State Honors by fi nishing in the top 15 runners.

“Our top 3 once again put the pressure on a lot of teams,” Kearney said. “No team in 1A, 2A or 3A put a better top 3 on the course than we did. Josie, Felicity and Shelby have just done a phenomenal job leading the charge all year long.”

Two freshmen, Jenna Knutson and Sami Bohr, fi lled in the top fi ve

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TV Falls to Tripoli,

AgainFor several consecutive years, the

Lady Trojans ended their volleyball season against the Tripoli Panthers during Regional play last Tuesday night.

The Ladies were off for most of game one sporadically adding points to their score but ultimately losing 9-25. They picked it up in game two and put their fi rst win of the night in the books as they battled hard and started to pull together to end the game 25-15.

The Ladies were hot at the serv-ing line all night with four players, Kennedy Balk, Sarah Busta, Stepha-nie Martin and Kayla Schaufenbuel, having a perfect record. Martin and Balk led the back row defense with 11 and 10 digs respectively while Macie Njus chipped in eight digs and Schaufenbuel contributed seven.

“We ended our season with a loss to Tripoli. This is our 5th year having to come up against them in Region-als,” noted Coach Vrzak. “Honestly, it is getting tiring never getting that chance to go a different route with such AWESOME teams!”

TV dropped off again in the third game not able to string together many points to end 10-25. The Lady Trojans came alive again when they started game four and fought for ev-ery point but they lost their momen-tum and gave the win to Tripoli 20-25 to lose the match 1-3.

Schaufenbuel marked 13 kills on the night to lead the team at the net and Delaney Lensing recorded 14 assists.

“I wouldn’t say Tripoli was the better team tonight, we just played too hot and too cold at times. Maybe home gym advantage does have it’s benefi ts,” continued Vrzak.

Team stats: 28-130 K, 28 A, 48 D, 5 SB, 61-65 S, 7 Aces.

Player stats: Balk- 0-6 K, 10 D, 11-11 S, 1 Ace; Sarah Busta- 7 A, 2 D, 13-13 S, 1 Ace; Herold- 1-7 K, 1 A, 1 D; M. Kuennen- 2-11 K, 1 D, 2 SB; T. Kuennen- 3-17 K, 3 A, 3 D, 1 SB; Lensing- 5-15 K, 14 A, 5 D, 11-13 S, 2 Aces; Martin- 4-30 K, 2 A, 11 D, 1 SB, 8-8 S, 2 Aces; Njus- 0-6 K, 8 D, 6-8 S; Schaufenbuel- 13-38 K, 1 A, 7 D, 1 SB, 12-12 S, 1 Ace.

scores for the team with Jenna fi nish-ing 40th at 20:47.6 to score 29 points and Sami marking a time of 21:06.6 for 57th place and 39 points for the team.

“As great as our top 3 have run, it cannot be overstated enough that we knew that winning a trophy was go-ing to be all about our 3-7 runners,” Kearney continued. “Cascade, Mon-ticello and Osage all had outstanding #4 and #5 runners. Fortunately, Jen-na and Sami both saved their greatest race of the year for when it mattered most. They both destroyed their per-sonal best times and gave us a huge boost that powered us well into the top 3 and actually put us in the mix for 1st and 2nd place. In the end, we had a rather comfortable 30 point cushion over 4th place. It was a lot of fun to see them compete so well and run with so much confi dence as freshmen.”

Senior RaeAnn Klimesh fi nished 72nd at 21:21.8 for 48 points and ju-

nior Sadie Nymeyer recorded a time of 21:24.8 for 75th place and 50 points.

“Rae and Sadie closed out an excep-tional team effort for us. Rae was the best #6 runner in the race,” complimented Kear-ney. “Not only was Sadie the best #7 run-ner, she beat everyone else’s #6 runner too. There is just no sub-stitute for that kind of depth on a team. It al-lows everyone to take some risks and sort of takes the pressure off, because you know your teammates are right there with you.”

“It was also nice to see Rae close out her career in such a successful fashion. Her leadership

has been a key component to our success this year and elevating the performances and goals of everyone on our team. Hopefully our younger runners paid attention to her contri-butions because it will be a tall order replacing her as a team leader next year,” Kearney added.

The Ladies really pulled togeth-er a great season and whether they were from Turkey Valley or from South Winn, you couldn’t tell the difference between the schools when looking at team photos and there is no denying that these girls’ really made a team and didn’t worry about what their jersey said.

“It was a perfect end to a great season. We had been shooting to fi nish the year on the balcony at the state meet. Finishing in the top 3 and claiming a trophy was the goal since August and the girls worked hard to get the job done,” fi nished Kearney.

Derek Dietzenbach stays relaxed as he steps his way through his fi rst State Meet. Photo by Kristi Nixon

Senior Kayla Schaufenbuel attacks the ball during the game at Tripoli last week.

LEFT: The 2015 Lady Warrior Cross Country team proudly displayed their 3rd place trophy and medals at last Saturday’s State Meet in Fort Dodge. The seven members of the team and their coaches include front row (l-r): Shelby Reicks, Sami Bohr, Felicity Taylor and Jenna Knutson. Second row: Sadie Nymeyer, RaeAnn Klimesh and Josie Kriener. Back row: Coaches Scott Conway and Kevin Kearney. Photo courtesy of Missy Reicks Top right: RaeAnn Klimesh (l), Sami Bohr (c) and Sadie Nymeyer (r) stick together to help push each other through the race at last Saturday’s State Meet. Photo by Kristi Nixon

The Lady Warrior front runners, Felicity Taylor (l), Josie Kriener (c) and Shelby Reicks (r) work their way through the pack to get into the top 15 competitors. Photo by Kristi Nixon