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Jan. 7, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 1

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Third and fourth grade students at PrairieValley Elementary had the opportunity to con-struct a re safety poster for the annual posterdesign contest.

Three third and three fourth graders posterswere selected as winners.

The third grade winners are:Alexis Peterson, Isabella Pudenz, & Jordyn

Rowley.

The fourth grade winners are:Althea Ball, Graycee Carlson, & MadisonLane.

The winning posters go on to state competi-tion and the winning poster at that level will go

Pictured in the front row are Graycee Carlson, Madison Lane, Isabella Pudenz, AlexisPeterson, Jordyn Rowley, and Althea Ball. Pictured in the back row are Patrick Monaghan,Sheri Gangestad, and Kevin Kruse. Photo by: Margo Shirbroun.

Prairie Valley Elementary Fire SafetyPoster contest winners announced

on to the national competition.PV Elementary thanks local reghters,

Kevin Kruse (Callender Fire Dept.), SheriGangestad (Moorland Fire Dept.), and Pat-rick Monaghan (Farnhamville & Gowrie FireDepts.) for taking time out of their schedules tocome to the school to personally present the stu-dents with their award plaques.

This project utilizes skills such as: com-

munication, design, art, and citizenship. Prai-rie Valley Elementary appreciates connectionssuch as this one with our communities and citi-zens.

Steven R. Lane President-CEO of Secu-rity Savings Bank, is pleased to announce theaddition of Becca Vogel, Assistant OperationsOfcer/Ofce Manager in our Farnhamville of-ce.

Becca was born and raised in the Gowriearea. She is a graduate of Prairie Valley High

School and Buena Vista University with a de-gree in accounting and management. Whileattending college, Becca worked for SecuritySavings Bank part-time.

Becca, her husband, Andy, along withtheir two children, Nicholas (3 years) and Bryn-lee (9 months), will be making their home in therural Lohrvile area.

We are all very excited to have Beccareturn to us!

Security Savings Bankwelcomes Becca Vogel

Becca Vogel

Trafc Cameras continued on page 4 ....

By Jill Viles DeEtta Jacobs, Missouri Account Man-ager for Optotrafc, presented information re-garding trafc enforcement cameras in the citylimits of Gowrie at the Dec. 15 meeting of theGowrie City Council. Jacobs explained that she had served inthe Kansas City Police Department for morethan 27 years. While she enjoyed many aspectsof her position, she was particularly poised todeliver heartwrenching news to families regard-ing trafc fatalities.

It wears on people to pass on this kind

Trafc cameras proposed for Gowrie;City would receive 60% of revenue

Is this a good police tool?

of information, she offered as the reason forher retirement from the department. She identi-ed the wish to reduce these types of tragediesas her rationale for entering the trafc cameraindustry. It can be a turn-key solution to traf-c problems, she explained. Additionally, itcan be revenue-generating if you have speed-ers. People are naturally going to be againstthis, said councilperson, Gayle Redman. DeEtta Jacobs explained the introduc-tion of trafc cameras should be accompanied

Thursday, Jan 8

Gowrie Parks Board, 6:45 p.m. at the civic center. Gowrie Jaycees, 7:30 p.m. at Marvs.Friday, Jan 9

GDC, 12:00 p.m. at the WCCTA conference roomSunday, Jan 11

GYC board, 5:00 p.m. at the skating rink.Monday, Jan 12

Farnhamville City Council, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Gowrie Municipal Utilities Board, 4:30 p.m. at the light plant.

Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church Harcourt.Tuesday, Jan 13

Farnhamville American Legion Auxiliary, 9:30 a.m. Farnhamville Senior Citizens (cards), 1:00 p.m.,

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. American Legion Peterson Post #431 and Sons of the

American Legion, 6:30 p.m. social time and meal,

8:00 p.m. meeting, Gowrie Legion building. Callender City Council, 6:30 p.m. at the

Community Center.Wednesday, Jan 14

Farnhamville Fire Dept., 7:30 p.m. at the re station.To have the date and time of your organizations

meeting listed here,call the Gowrie News at

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Students at Southeast Valley High School can receive a Certied Nursing Assistant(CNA) license while in high school. These Southeast Valley students are practicing patient

care skills. Acting as the patient is Ryan Collin. The nurse is Kate Dyer. The observers areTiffany Blunk and Becca Guthrie. The session is taught by Carrie Knoll.

How can I be sure my retirement funds willlast my lifetime? This important question thatwill be addressed in an Iowa State University

Extension and Outreach workshop on Tuesday,January 13, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Callender.

Writing Your Retirement Paycheck is de-signed to provide information needed by thoseapproaching retirement within the next tenyears. The workshop outlines the key factorsto consider prior to retirement and describestwo strategies for structuring your retirementincome. According to Barb Wollan, ISU Exten-sion and Outreach Human Sciences Specialistin Family Finance who will lead the workshop,topics include: ination, health costs, Social Se-

curity, required minimum distributions, annui-ties, and more.For most of us Wollan adds, our pay-

checks have been determined by someone elseall our lives. But in retirement, many of us areresponsible to write our own paychecks. Howwill we know how big it should be? This work-shop is designed to help us answer that ques-tion.

The fee for Write Your Retirement Pay-check is $15. Please register by January 9,2015 by contacting Webster County Extensionand Outreach ofce at 515-576-2119. Ques-tions? Contact Barb Wollan at bwollan@iastate.

edu.

Retirement savingsseminar Jan. 13At Our Saviours LutheranChurch in Callender...

By Jill VilesIts a pleasure to note that the December

15, 2014 Gowrie City Council meeting openedwith the interjection of humor. As Gayle Red-

man looked over the police minutes, she couldnthelp but chuckle. It readsReport of a do-mestic and the male half left, offered Redman.Does that mean the part of this individual thatis male recused himself? The banter was con-tinued with another wisecrack: perhaps the in-dividual left the scenebut not entirely.

Police Chief, Bruce McCormack settledthe debate, identifying the source of the humoras a clerical error: Report of a domestic and themale had left, he explained. With the matter settled, the city councilopened with a brief report from the Parks com-

mittee. It was advised no formal meeting will beheld until January.In the meantime, it was reported that

the need for additional dirt has been met via theCaseys renovation project. Additionally, con-cerns were raised regarding a dirt pile by thebatting cage at Brockett Park. CouncilpersonRedman said she would investigate and discussthis matter with those knowledgeable about thesituation. The Utilities Committee revisited con-cerns raised at the November meeting regardingthe painting project completed on the water tow-er. Two options to address the lack of sufcient

coverage were proposed at the previous meeting:the warranty could be extended for an additional15 years, or the paint job could receive a re-coat.

The committee has selected the secondoption to remedy the problem. On an unrelat-ed note, damage to a pole at the sale barn wasdiscussed. Apparently a person maneuvering atrailer backed into a pole, but this incident wasnot reported to the police.Caseys building The Gowrie Development Council re-ported that Caseys would like to donate their cur-rent building to the city of Gowrie. Alternatively,Caseys could sell the building for approximately$50,000-$80,000; however, the interested partywould need to sign a three year no competitionagreement. If the city chooses to accept the do-nation option, it was suggested the land could beused for additional parking. State law mandatesthe gas tanks must be removed by Caseys. Councilperson Peterson offered that

while he welcomes Caseys role in the commerceof the community, he nds the emptied proper-ties, one of the ugliest of buildings once Caseystakes their name off. Councilperson Harrison

offered support for this observation. We dontneed an eyesore in the downtown area. In con-trast, Peterson suggested he would love to seeWeb-Cal access the property.Willardson appointedto Gowrie City Council In new business, the council voted unani-mously to appoint Terry Willardson to the coun-cil position vacated by Sam Adams. Discussion was held regarding the is-suing of punch cards for use of the golf course.Since students already receive a discount, it wasrecommended the punch cards be utilized by

singles and families. Also, discussion was heldas to whether the option should be utilized mymembers only.

For example, a member of the golf coursemay want to use the punch card system to allowtheir grandchildren to play on the course. Deci-sions regarding this system have not been nal-ized at this time. Bids for spray liner for the new truckwere considered. Mackes proposed $550, whileLine-X issued a bid of $529. However, theMacke bid includes oil changes and tire rotation. Additionally, McCormack suggested hispatrol car is due for new tires.

When patrolling, were turning a lot.Thats a lot more wear and tear than the averagedriver. The council approved a bid of $535.16from DynaPro for the purchase of new tires. The council adjourned and announcedthe next meeting will be January 12th at 6:30P.M. At this meeting, committees report on pro-posed budgets.

Caseys offers to donate old storebuilding to City of GowrieCaseys must remove gas tanks. . .

Jorgensen leads severalsimulated emergenciesin Dayton-Lehigh area

In recent years. . .

Tony Jorgensen, coordinator for WebsterCounty Emergency Management, has been in-volved in several emergency exercises in recentyears in the Dayton-Lehigh-Gowrie area.

This included a large emergency exer-cise at Dolliver Park near Lehigh, an exercisewith Grandview Health Care Center in Dayton,and a real emergency situation in the KaitlynnShephard kidnapping and murder in Dayton inMay of 2013. The simulated exercise at Grandview in-volved a situation in which two residents withalzheimers supposedly walk away and theirwhereabouts is unknown. The situation was to-tally simulated but it is an incident that couldhappen in any community. Ron Vought, a Webster County Emer-gency Management volunteer, helped organizeseveral of the simulated situations. These exer-cises often required six months of planning. I really appreciated working withRon, said Tony. Its great to have someonewith such a strong interest in emergency man-agement. Tony also expressed appreciatedwith all volunteers and others who have helpeddevelop emergency management in WebsterCounty.


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Thursday., Jan 8 - Lasagna, Lettuce Salad, French Bread,Pineapple Upside-down cakeFriday, Jan 9 - Turkey & Dumplings, Asparagus, Mixed Fruit, OJ

Monday, Jan 12- Beef Barley Soup, Corn Bread, Tangy Cole-slaw, Oranges & PineapplesTuesday, Jan 13 - Ham Loaf, Sweet Potatoes, Calico Corn,Strawberries, Raspberry LemonadeWednesday, Jan 14- Spaghetti, Broccoli, Apricots, FrenchBread

On Tuesday, December 16, SoutheastValley traveled to Manson, to play ball againstManson Northwest Webster. Despite a hard

fought battle, the lady Jags dropped the contestto the Cougars 38-65. Despite a sluggish start, the Jaguarstrailed by only 16 points entering half time.

Southeast Valley varsity girlsbasketball team fall to MNW

The lady Jags scored 8 points in the 3rd quarterwhile keeping MNW to only 10 points offen-sively. A 4th quarter shooting slump would re-

sult in the Cougars outscoring the Jaguars 7-16. Aaliyah Scott led the Jaguar offense,scoring the teams rst 7 points, nishing thegame with 12 points, including two big 3-point-

ers. Josie Breitsprecher provided a solid 9points. Angela Dopita contributed 7 points.Cassie Zinnel connected on a 3-pointer to n-ish with 3 points.

Kennedy Gallentine, Nicole Williams,and Kearsten Hainzinger chipped in 2 pointsapiece. Erica Rittgers sunk a free throw to add1 point. Breitsprecher and Dopita led an offen-sive surge in the 2nd quarter to bring the Jagswithin 10 points.

Solid shooting and aggressive rebound-

ing widened the gap for Manson. Among thebattle of MNW, Breitsprecher dished out anoutstanding assist performance, recording 7 forthe night.

The Jags are back in action with a threegame stretch at home. January 9, the Jags hostAlta-Aurelia, then on January 10, the Jags willhost Greene County, and on January 13, theJags will host East Sac County. All contests arein Gowrie with a 6:00 P.M. start time.

Angela Dopita holds on as the Refcalls a Jump Ball.

By Lisa Peterson

Erica Rittgers, #20, goes up strong for a nice two point jump shot.

By Lynn Rittgers

By Glenn Schreiber

The Webster County Treasurers Taxdepartment will be merging with the motorvehicle division this coming year announcedCounty Treasurer Jan Messerly. And this merg-er will have multiple benets for the CountyTreasures ofce and for county citizens usingthese services. The Treasurers ofce has two depart-ments, the Tax department and the Motor Ve-hicle Department. These two departments havebeen in two separate ofces in the WebsterCounty Courthouse but sometime in 2015, pos-sibly by this summer, the two departments willbe in one ofce.

The staff of both departments are cur-rently being cross-trained to handle duties inboth departments noted County Treasurer Mes-serly. Being in one ofce will yield multiplebenets for everyone asserted Messerly. Ev-ery staff member will be at one location per-forming all the duties of both departments, shestated. This will make the ofce more efcientfrom a management standpoint. It will be easierto communicate with everyone.

It will be easier to handle vacations andsick leave, since there are more ofce person-nel available to handle the various duties whenthere are fewer clerks available. Messerly indicated that at some pointthe hours for the ofce will be expanded to bet-ter accommodate the public. The ofce, forexample, may well be open earlier and later,hopefully until 5:30 p.m. instead of the cur-

rent 4:30 p.m.

Citizens will have a bigger window oftime to get their drivers licenses for example. The County Treasures ofce is locatedat the Webster County Courthouse in downtownFort Dodge at 701 Central Avenue.

Webster County Treasurers ofcemerging departments for efciency

Better management, service benets for county residents


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Southeast Valley Basketball Cheerleaders

By Lisa Peterson

Lee Fishbaugh

By Lisa Peterson

Spencer Johnson

By Lisa Peterson

Trafc Cameras in Gowrie....Continued from front page...

by a 30 day educational program. Addition-ally, all cameras are mobile, though theirplacement will not be an issue of secrecy asthe location will be noted with proper signage,and the location of such a camera, a matter ofpublic record in the Gowrie News.

The purpose of this indoctrination plan

is to get people adjusted to slowing down.This is a safety system for your community,emphasized Jacobs. She explained that it nor-mally takes 90 days to see the full benet ofthe camera monitoring system. I cant be out there 24-7, explainedGowrie Police Chief, McCormack. WhenIm out, they [drivers], know where I am andtheyre not speeding. The city does not need to issue a mini-mum number of tickets to maintain its busi-ness relationship with Optotrafc. Even ifno tickets are issued due to strict adherence to

posted speed limits, the company will not askfor the camera back. Additionally, there is nopenalty for termination of the program. Also,vandalism to the cameras is the responsibilityof Optotrafc rather than the city of Gowrie.

The digital camera provides a front andrear view of the vehicle. You can make outthe driver, but the image is not clear enoughto provide driver identication. For this rea-son, assessed tickets will not count toward thethree strikes moving violation adhered to bythe DOT. Additionally, speeding tickets issuedthrough video monitoring may not be used toraise auto insurance premiums. Jacobs recom-

mends setting the speeding overage required togenerate a ticket at 10 miles over the postedspeed limit.

Ultimately, recognition is provided byidentication of the license plate of the vehicle.Some residents of Gowrie have expressed cu-riosity if this type of license plate recognitioncould be useful in a criminal situation, such asthe attempted abduction of a child.

Jacobs explained the camera only per-manently captures video footage of a speedingviolation, but the cameras do maintain a lim-ited memory of rolling footage. In the case ofthe very prompt reporting of a crime, Optotraf-c can release footage of a suspect vehicle tothe police department. Optotrafc recommends straight nesfor speeding overages, rather than a graduatedsystem for nes. Their company receives 40%of the revenue, while Gowrie receives 60%.The city of Gowrie determines the cost of

the ticket. DeEtta Jacobs explained that morethan 80% of ticket recipients traditionally paythe ticket upon receipt. She recommends thatGowrie develop a plan of how to address dis-puted tickets through arbitration. Additionally,if a collection agency was required to deal withunpaid tickets, a new city ordinance may needtobe established. Jacobs explained that only two Opto-trafc contracts have ever been terminated. Inone situation, trafc enforcement was begun inthe city of Maple Heights, Ohio without the req-uisite 30 day education period.

This led to frustration in the commu-nity. Jacobs admits her company should haveinvestigated the implementation of this type ofeducation. A second termination of contract oc-curred when an interested community wantedto do something illegal with the trafc cameras.On this occasion, Optotrafc initiated the termi-nation. In terms of public reaction to the camer-

as, councilperson Peterson was frank in his as-sessment. People dont pay attention to whatwe [Gowrie City Council] do. They get upsetwhen the situation impacts them personally.

Brad McIntyre newassistant WebsterCounty Attorney At their regular meeting on December16, the Webster County Board of Supervisorshired Brad McIntyre as an Assistant County At-torney.

They voted unanimously to accept therecommendation of County Attorney JenniferBenson. On December 23, the resignation ofAssistant County Attorney Joseph Tolon wasaccepted by the Board. Brad McIntyre is a native of Fort Dodgeand returned after graduating from the lawschool at Drake University. Brad has workedwith the Jerry Schnurr Law Ofce, where he de-veloped his interest in criminal law and becameacquainted with the Webster County Attorneysofce as well as area judges and criminal de-

fense attorneys.

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Some ice shing

has started in centralIowa; farm ponds ready

Boone District Farm Ponds Bluegill - Good: Many farm ponds incentral Iowa can now support ice shing whilewaiting for bigger bodies of water to grow suit-able ice conditions.Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake Rainbow Trout - Slow: Trout werestocked on Nov. 20th into the north portion.The lake has skimmed over.

Lakes and ponds in central Iowa havealmost refrozen and some ice shing is start-ing. Ice is inconsistent with thicknesses ranging

from open water to ve inches. Anglers shoulduse caution and check ice thickness frequently.For information on central Iowa lakes and riv-ers contact Andy Otting or Ben Dodd at 515-432-2823.

GI Brides

by Duncan Barrett

The friendly invasion of Britain byover a million American G.I.s bewitched ageneration of young women deprived of malecompany during the Second World War. With

their exotic accents, smart uniforms, and auraof Hollywood glamour, the G.I.s easily con-quered their hearts, leaving British boys ghtingabroad green with envy. But for girls like Syl-via, Margaret, Gwendolyn, and even the skep-tical Rae, American soldiers offered somethingeven more tantalizing than chocolate, chewinggum, and nylon stockings: an escape route fromBlitz-ravaged Britain, an opportunity for a newlife in afuent, modern America. Through the stories of these four wom-en, G.I. Brides illuminates the experiences ofwar brides who found themselves in a foreign

culture thousands of miles away from familyand friends, with men they hardly knew. Somestruggled with the isolation of life in rural Amer-ica, or found their soldier less than heroic in ci-vilian life. But most persevered, determined toturn their wartime romance into a lifelong loveaffair, and prove to those back home that a Hol-lywood ending of their own was possible.


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Another Christmas has come and gone;another new year has begun and we are tryingto remember to write 2015 on our checks andcorrespondence. The year end/year beginning

times are usually hyped as happy times how-ever, that is not always the case for some. Justrecently a couple of current incidences joggedmy memory of times past. The memories go back more than 30years ago. It was only a few days before Christ-mas. My husband and I had been with a groupof people from our church to surprise our pas-tor on his birthday. His wife had made arrange-ments with two other couples to join them in agame night so they would be home. We had alltaken goodies and had a wonderful time playingvarious party games, just talking and of course

eating and drinking coffee or punch. It was alittle later than anticipated when we got homeso it was immediately to bed. Just a very shorttime later the phone rang. Our rst thought wasour still at home youngest daughter was call-ing to tell us her date hadnt gone well, comeand get her. However, it was my Mom and Icould barely understand her as she told me ofmy favorite aunt, my second mom, having diedsuddenly at the Ft. Dodge airport just prior togoing on her rst plane trip to South Dakota tobe with her son and wife for the holiday. Thiswas not a good Christmas as her funeral washeld on Christmas Eve day.

Mom insisted our family go home andhave our usual Christmas Eve family gather-ing since there were younger grandchildrenfor whom the gravity of the situation was abit beyond the realm of their understanding.They were looking forward to Christmas Eve.Everyone was gathered at our place, no mealplanned and presents still unwrapped. A quickstop at the store and the raiding of a daughtersemployer Christmas basket produced a meal.Some went behind the closed doors of our bed-room and wrapped gifts for me. We made aneffort but it was hard. My daughter in law(who was very with child) had about a monthprior been able to travel to Indiana to see herMom who had terminal cancer. While thewhole hubbub of getting a meal, gift wrappingand keeping children corralled was going onthe phone rang. It was a call for the daughter inlaw which informed her that her Mom had dieda short while before. She wouldnt be able totravel back home but we all said thanks that shehad made the trip to see her Mom alive. We gotthrough the evening and some took their chil-dren home to bed but my husband, daughter,son and the bereaved daughter in law went tolate church. It seemed the best and right thing

to do. As we sat in our pew before the serviceI looked toward the altar near where a bannerhung. It was a banner I had made but had noidea of what its signicance would mean tome. It was a simple banner featuring a largered rose. Remembering the verse on which thebanner was based brought a calm and remindedme of its promise The wilderness and thesolitary place shall be glad for them; and thedesert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.Isaiah 25:1 KJV `There had been another Christmas-time back a few years that had been moved tothe farthest recesses of my memory. This time

came back abruptly with a news story of theclosing of the Riverfront YMCA and of kill-ing of a ten year old girl in that facility onChristmas Eve day in 1968. That was terribleto have happened at any time but Christmasseems to make things more enlarged. Withina very short time the culprit, Robert Anthony

Ghosts of Christmases Past....Williams, was apprehended and the little girlsbody found so the family could have a bit ofclosure to this horrible time in their lives. Allof Des Moines, all of Iowa, mourned with that

family. But it had signicance to my familytoo. My oldest daughter, a small petite, blondteenager was working at Blue Cross in themail room. She had just told me about a youngman who had for several days been ndingsome excuse to follow her to the elevator afterher deliveries to his department and ask herfor a date. She said it wasnt that he was blackbut that he had spooky eyes and creeped meout. He was going by only two of his names,Robert Anthony, to our recollection. Appar-ently companies didnt have the facilities toproperly check people out and took info on his

application only. I had told her that when shewent back to work after the holiday to talk toher supervisor as she had learned he had hiton some of the other cute young employees. I was at my desk after Christmas whenmy phone rang. It was my daughter, who hada strange shakiness in her voice. She said,Mom, do you know who that guy was whokilled the little girl at the Y? Thats the guy Ihave been telling you about. I tried to giveher calming words and said she should stilltalk to her supervisor and if she and some ofthe other girls needed counselling I was surethe company would handle it. She, and Mom

and Dad, got through it and it had been for-gotten until just recently. Another Christmasstory we dont want to remember. And just recently another sad Christ-mastime story the daughter of some fellowJamaican missionaries somehow fell down herbasement stairs, hitting her head and never re-gaining consciousness. She was only a couplemonths older than my youngest child tooyoung, when a child precedes a parent. Thistook me back to my familys sad time on los-ing my aunt and daughter in laws Mom. So,this is how life is, as my pastor often says, aco-mingling of the good and happy and badand sad.

Memories are not always happy onesbut even in these of mine, there were indica-tions of compassion and caring, by friends andfamilies and even whole communities. Maythis year, 2015, be one in which we can alwaysnd compassion and caring in the good andbad times.

Southeast ValleySchedule of Events

Week of Jan 7th to Jan 14thThursday, Jan 8

4:00 p.m. JH Boys BB vs. Madrid

4:00 p.m. JH Girls BB vs. Woodward Granger

6:00 p.m. B JV-Var Wres GAME - West Central

Valley

Friday, Jan 9

4:00 p.m. JH Boys BB vs. Ogden

4:00 p.m. JH Girls BB vs. Ogden

6:00 p.m. B&G V Bask GAME - Alta-Aurelia @

Southeast Valley-Conference Game

7:30 p.m. Dance Team Performance Half-time Boys

BB game

Saturday, Jan 10

NCIBA Honor Band

9:00 a.m. B JV Wres OGDEN JV INV - B JV Wres

10:00 a.m. B V Wres ST. EDMOND D - B V Wres

4:300 p.m. B&G JV Bask GAME - Greene County @

Southeast Valley

5:00 p.m. Soup Supper Fundraiser for Future

Community Leaders (FCL)

6:00 p.m. B JVR Bask GAME - Greene County @Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. B&G V Bask GAME - Greene County @

Southeast Valley

Monday, Jan 12

5:00 p.m. B JVR Bask GAME - East Sac County @

Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. B&G JV Bask GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

Tuesday, Jan 13

4:00 p.m. JH Boys BB vs. Manson NWW

4:00 p.m. JH Girls BB vs. East Sac

6:00 p.m. B&G V Bask GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

7:30 p.m. Dance Team Performance Half-time

Boys BB gameWednesday, Jan 14

TRI-M Induction

6:00 p.m. Little Jaguar Booster Club Mtg.

6:30 p.m. Bus Driver Inservice

*Schedule is pulled from the PV website for your convenience*www.prairievalley.k12.ia.us

***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***

Birthdays7-Jan Cassidy Carstens Kimberly Kopecky Paul Lusmann8-Jan Allen Johnson, Rita Kail Horace Lantz Norman Peterson9-Jan Chyann Hicks, Chloe Hicks

Kyle Wooters10-Jan Chrissy Willison11-Jan Larry Nolte12-Jan Brian Bird13-Jan Charlotte Thornburgh14-Jan Brooklynn Anderson Andrea Birkland, Theresa Rykhus

Adam, Gowrie, onGraceland University

Deans List Alexandra Adam of Gowrie has beennamed to the Graceland University Dean's Listfor the 2014 fall semester. Graceland University students with aperfect 4.0 grade point average are named tothe president's list. Students with a GPA be-tween 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the honorslist. Students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.64are named to the dean's list. Graceland University is a liberal artsuniversity located in Lamoni, Iowa, and issponsored by Community of Christ.


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West Central recently made donationsto two area organizations. Gowrie Fire Dept.and Webster Co. 4-H. Pictured left to right are Chad Loseke,Captain; Greg Benson, Chief; Blake BeckettWest Central location manager; Chris Simp-son, reghter and West Central employee;and Jessica Lomicka West Central sales andservice specialist. Our local re and rescue crews arecritical to our success. We appreciate the workand training that our local volunteer re crewsdo. We hope we and our customers never needtheir assistance, but are happy to support theirequipment and training in the case that we dohave an emergency said Alicia Clancy, direc-tor of communications for West Central.

West Central donates toGowrie Fire Department...


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Dayton RodeoCommittee

is giving awaytwo tickets

to the 2014Dayton Rodeofor a relaxing

night out for thenew parents!

By Glenn Schreiber Tony Jorgensen has resigned his po-sition of coordinator of the Webster CountyEmergency Management agency. His last daywas Friday, Jan. 2.

Jorgensen served as coordinator ofWebster County Emergency Management fromOct., 2000 through 2014.

Prior to that Jorgensen was a Fort Dodgereghter but he suffered from multiple sclero-sis (MS). I could no longer be a reghter butwhen this position in emergency managementbecame available I applied, said Tony. I g-ured I could still be involved with emergencyorganizations since I would work in an ofce,he reasoned. Jorgensen was hired as the county emer-gency coordinator and he was able to hold the

Tony Jorgensen retires as Webster CountyEmergency Management CoordinatorMS disease is factor. . .

Jorgensen's retirement

honored. . .

Tony Jorgensen, Webster CountyEmergency Management coordinator, washonored Friday for his service. Presentinghim with a cake and extending best wisheswas Kari Prescott, director of WebsterCounty Health Department. Staff membersof Webster County Health were also involvedin the retirement event.

position for more than 14 years. In this past year I have experiencedsome adverse effects from MS and I decided Ishould retire, said Jorgensen. Ron Vought, a major volunteer for emer-

gency management, praised the leadership anddirection of Jorgensen.Marriage in 2011. . . It was noted that in 2011 there was asimulated emergency exercise that involved allemergency departments. At one point a womancalled Tony and volunteered her social worktherapy skills for the exercise drills. She had aMasters in social work. A short time later Tony had a 12 hourdiscussion with her and a few days later heasked her out for dinner. Not long after thatTony married Pam who is now a caregiver for

her mother.It was the rst marriage for Tony and

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CALLENDER

YOURLOCALCHURCHDIRECTORYGOWRIE

ZION LUTHERANCHURCH

James G. Davis, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday School10:30 Sunday Worship

Wed., Jan 7 3:45 p.m. Beginner &

Sonshine Bells 6:00 p.m. Vesper Ring-

ers 7:00 p.m. Conrmation 7:00 p.m. Church ChixThurs., Jan 8 9:00 a.m. Dorcas & Es-

ther Circles at church 3:00 p.m. GCC Devo-

tionsSat., Jan 10 2:00 p.m. Baby Shower

for Ashley McCubbinSun., Jan 11 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship

11:30 a.m. MorningGlory Bells

12:00 p.m. Sons of theAmerican Legion Ora-torical

Wed., Jan 14 3:45 p.m. Beginner &

Sonshine Bells 6:00 p.m. Vesper Ring-

ers 7:00 p.m. Conrmation

HARCOURT

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH

Rod Meyer, Pastor ~~

Worship 10:30 amFellowship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 am

HARCOURT

UNITEDEVANGELICAL

COVENANT CHURCHCraig Vote, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday Worship~

Mondays:9:30 amWomen's Bible Study.

~Saturdays: 7 pm Men's

Bible Study.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Karen Young, Pastor9:00 am Sunday Worship

MOORLANDUNITED CHURCH

OF CHRISTJames G. Davis, Pastor

8:00 am Sunday Worship

OUR LADY OFGOOD COUNSEL

Served by the priests ofthe Webster Co.Catholic parishes

Sunday Morning Mass:10 a.m.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Annette Ruhs Kruse,Pastor

9:00 a.m. Sunday School10:15 a.m. Sunday Worship

Wednesday, January 7th5:30 PM Conrmation5:30 PM Glory Bells7:00 PM Choir Practice8:00 PM Church Council

MeetingThursday, January 8th9:00 AM UMW Book ClubFriday, January 9th1:00 PM QuiltersSunday, January 11th9:00 AM Sunday School10:15 AM Worship2:30 PM Emmaus Reunion

GroupTuesday, January 13th1:00 PM Quilters7:00 PM Men's Small GroupWednesday, January 14

5:30 PM Conrmation5:30 PM Glory Bells7:00 PM Choir Practice

GOWRIE

ROELYN

FULTON LUTHERANCHURCH

James G. Davis, Pastor


Wed., Sept 10 8:15 a.m. Twin Lakes

Womens RetreatSun., Sept 14

9:15 a.m. WorshipWed., Sept 17 9:00 a.m. WELCA

Bible Study

LANYON

EVANGELICALCOVENANT CHURCHMarc Murchison, Pastor

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Coffee Fellowship11 am - Sunday School

~~Wednesdays:

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Night

Saturday:8 am - Men's Fellowship

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FARNHAMVILLE

HOLY TRINITYLUTHERAN CHURCHRobert Zellmer, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday Worship8:30 Sunday School

Mondays:Ladies Bible Study

9:30amArmor of God Class

7:00pm2nd & 4th Tuesday:Community Meal 11:30am

FIRST UNITEDCHURCH

PastorJames H. Chesnutt


Wednesdays:Lunch Bunch 4:30-6:00 PMYouth Mission Team 5:15Kids Bell Choir 6:00-6:15

SOMERS

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Thursdays: 1:30 p.m.Afternoon Bible Study

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Mondays:Bible Study with Don

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Women's Evening BibleStudy, 7:00 pmWednesdays:

Conrmation, 6:00 pmThursdays:

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dangered species, underscores DNR wildlifediversity biologist Stephanie Shepherd. Al-though de-listed in 2007, we still monitor ea-gles; to ensure nesting populations and overallnumbers are doing well. The North American Mid-winter EagleSurvey is especially important in Iowa; one ofthe more important wintering states.

In the 1970s, Iowas winter eagle count was inthe dozens. Now, in an extra cold winter, youcan see that many below about any MississippiRiver lock and dam along the Mississippi River.At Keokuk and a couple other hot spots, it arcsinto the hundreds. Last January, record cold, ice and snowcover concentrated the regal raptors into whatlittle open water remained. That made themeasy to spot. As a result, we had almost 5,000eagles, 500 more than just ve years prior, re-

Iowa Midwinter Bald Eagle Counts counts Shepherd.This year, dont expect another bulgelike that. Our relatively mild conditions this sea-son have spread the big birds across the land-scape. On the other hand, it is more likely tosee one or two eagles miles from their favoritewinter hauntrather than multiple birds nearwhat little open water remains during a snowy,bitter cold winter. Still, savvy eagle watchers will focus on

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CITY OF GOWRIE

WEBSTER CO.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

LEGAL PUBLICATIONNOTICE OF RECEIPT OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITIONS

Public Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa hasreceived a petition for voluntary annexation for property owned by:

Clyde and Diane Knupp

This petition encompasses approximately 1.40 acres of land adjacentto the current City Limits from C&S Products westward to North 15thStreet/Nelson Avenue and can be described as follows:

LOTS 1 AND 2 OF THE OFFICIAL PLAT FOR THE AIRPORTINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA; ASDESCRIBED IN BOOK 45 AT PAGE 451 DEED RECORD OF THEWEBSTER COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.

JEFF NEMMERSCITY CLERK

Regular Gowrie City Council MeetingDeceber 15, 2014

Regular Gowrie City Council meeting was held on December 15,2014 at 6:45 p.m. at the Gowrie Community Center with Mayor DaveStokesbary in the chair and the following Council members answering rolecall: Redman, Harrison, Jackson & Petersen.

Minutes of the previous meeting was approved on a motion byPetersen, second by Jackson. Motion carried-all ayes. Harrison moved that the agenda be approved as posted, second byPetersen. Motion carried- all ayes. Bruce McCormack said there will not be a Parks Board meeting untilJanuary 2015. Chuck Angstrom gave the monthly Utilities report. Reported they had2 options on the water tower issue. Also they are waiting on the Rail Road

to give the approval to run the lines for the new Caseys store. DeEtta Jacobs, a representative from OPTO Traffic gave apresentation about the traffic cameras that are being discussed for the Cityof Gowrie, in the city limits. Appointment approval to City Council Terry Willardson, Redmanmoved, and second by Harrison. Motion carried all-ayes. Mayor DaveStokesbary Welcomed Terry. Roper Repair-Commercial Tax Abatement approval was approved ona motion by Petersen, and second by Jackson. All-ayes. Harrison moved to approve for a punch card for members of the GolfCourse only, $50.00 for10 punches 9 hole rounds, second by Jackson.Motion carried all-ayes. Harrison moved to approve the bid from Line-X in the amount of$525.00 to spray the bed of the new city truck, second by Jackson. Motioncarried by roll call-all ayes. Chief McCormack presented 3 bids for tires for the patrol vehicle; thebid from Macke Motors was approved in the amount of $. Harrison movedto approve, second by Redman, Motion carried by roll call-all ayes.

The Council set up a Special Council Meeting for budgeting-allCommittees will need to have their budget requests in & the meeting wasset for January 12, 2015 at the Gowrie Community Center at 6:30p.m.

No public comments were given. Jackson moved to approve the payment of bills, second by Harrison.Motion carried-all ayes.

Data Technologies city clerk computer program $1001.70Aramark street/center supply $388.09Black Hills Energy utility bill $835.35Caseys General Store Police fuel $590.22Cintas Corporation Red cross supplies $43.48Gowrie Service Course/plow truck fuel $155.03Gowrie Municipal Utilities/ meal utilities $2870.31Jamboree Foods Club liquor/pop/meals $1040.06Lawson Products City stock $110.20Menards City shed door repair/lumber $525.57Star Energy Streets fuel $484.03Webster Calhoun Cooperative Telephone, services $589.35EFTPS Fed/Fica Tax $1694.14IPERS IPERS protect $956.89Hawkeye Fire LLC Library fire extinguisher inspection $18.80Miranda Segebart Cleaning comm. Center $88.00Leaf City clerks lease on printer $59.71Carrie Dalley Meals purchased food expense $96.75A Prime Refrigeration Meals-freezer repair expense $228.00Eldebridge Agency Meals-reimbursement $1625.00Anderson Erickson Dairy Meals-purchased food expense $119.36Force America Distributing LLC, Plow truck repair $85.77M&M Sales Co. Copier/printer supplies $27.09North Central Correctional Facility, Prisoners expense $76.00Shelley Segebart Insurance $675.00Webster County Treasurer 1107 Beek St. deed fee $25.00

Webster County Recorder 1107 Beek St. recording fee $17.00Jeff Strutzenberg Insurance premium $1189.77Automated Sand & Gravel 1roadstone 17.83 ton $304.00Bomgarrs City maint. Supplies/tools $65.96US Foods Meals-purchased food expense $816.08R&R Products Course $2.53Visa plumbing/city clerk supplies $244.53Airgas USA LLC Street $26.42Matts Tire Service Dump truck BDL cap & tire $266.00Mid Country Machinery Course Equipment rental $99.00The Messenger Advertising lease-club $155.95Northern Lights Foodservice Club food $2270.56Humes Distributing Inc. Club beer exp. $362.42Vosberg Enterprises 1/4' crs round $6.88Macke Motors City Maintenance 95 Ford F-250 $21283.41Congregate Meals Prisoner meals $18.75Dons Pest Control Club Rodent Control $46.01Ecolab Meals-dishwasher repair exp. $266.49Coca-Cola Club-pop exp. $196.32Sawyers Meats of Iowa Club food exp. $517.00Cara Ball Cub-Karaoke $250.00Dayton Review Lease adv.-club $76.00Cornwell,Friders,Maher,Assoc., Audit of financial statements $6032.80Rosalez Lock & Key Bandshell lock repair $115.00

Total $48,427.25

Harrison moved to adjourn at 8:05 p.m., second by Jackson. Motioncarried-all ayes.

CITY CLERK MAYOR

PROBATEIN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN WEBSTER COUNTY

IN THE MATTER Probate No. ESPR307845THE ESTATE OF NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,

OF APPOINTMENTVIVIAN A. WILL, deceased OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

To all persons interested in the estate of Vivian A. Will, deceased,who died on or about October 13, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 8th day of December , 2014, thelast will and testament of Vivian A. Will, deceased, bearing date of March12, 2014, was admitted to probate in the above named Court and thatSteven R. Will was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to setaside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within thelater to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of thisnotice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs ofthe decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonablyascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate arerequested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditorshaving claims against said estate shall file them with the clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance,and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of thisnotice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter foreverbarred.

Dated this 8th day of December, 2014.Steven R. Will

2234 390th Street Harcourt, IA 50544 Executor of Estate

Michael F. MummaMUMMA & PEDERSEN114 S. Wilson, P.O. Box 310Jefferson, IA 50129Attorney for Executor

Second Publication: 7 day of January, 2015

Energy Transfer Partners L.P., a Texasbased company wants to build a pipeline connect-ing its gulf coast oil terminal to oil elds in NorthDakota.

The pipeline would run a diagonal linethrough 18 Iowa counties, starting in the northwest

corner, in Lyon County, running through Calhoun,Webster, and Boone counties in central Iowa, n-ishing in the southeast corner, in Lee County.

Ofcials started holding public meetingson December 1on the pipeline that would carry320,000 barrels of crude oil across Iowa daily. Anestimated 350 miles of pipeline would be in Iowa.Meetings were held Monday and Tuesday at IowaCentral Communtiy College, Sac City, and Rock-well City More than 40,000 miles of pipeline al-ready run through Iowa carrying natural gas andhazardous liquids like crude oil. A major concern for Iowa residents is if

the pipeline is built and should crack. One personsaid its not a matter of if, but when and if it willaffect the drinking water of the area affected.

The Iowa DNR says most of Iowas recentpipeline spills have been relatively small and thepipeline companies have done a good job takingcare of the problem. In the past ten years, the Federal Pipelineand Hazardous Materials Safety Administrationhas received nearly 200 reports of spills in Iowa,

three of which came from crude oil. However onlyone major crude oil pipeline runs through Iowa.And its that possibility that has some Iowans de-bating on what could come from this proposedpipeline. But everyone including the Iowa Utilities

Board agrees on one thing: this pipeline is a bigdeal. I can tell you we havent had a project ofthis size in over 30 years, said Don Tormey withthe Iowa Utilities Board. If the project is approved by the IowaUtilities Board and permitted by the Iowa DNR,the pipeline would run through 17 Iowa countiesincluding Boone, Polk, Story, and Jasper. It wouldallow for crude oil from North Dakotas Bakkanoil elds to be transported to existing pipelines inIllinois, before eventually making its way to thegulf coast.

Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman for En-ergy Transfer Partners L.P. says the project would

create 8,000 construction jobs between Iowa,South Dakota, Illinois, and North Dakota. Sheadds counties affected by the project would alsoreceive tax revenue. Soon, land owners along the proposedpath of the pipeline will receive notication ex-plaining the project and asking the right of way totheir land. Before committing to anything, Iowa At-torney General Tom Miller encourages people toseek legal advice. Farmers shouldnt rush to enter any typeof agreement with the pipeline owners. Theyshould get more information, go to the meetingsthat will be in the counties, nd out what otherfarmers are doing, and contact our ofce. Most ofall, a farmer should have a lawyer advise them,said Miller. If approved, the project completion isspeculated by the end of 2016.

Proposed pipeline through Webster,Calhoun countiesWould run through 18 Iowa counties. . .

By Glenn Schreiber The Southeast Webster Grand Schooldistrict will conduct a special election for aPhysical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) on

Tuesday, Feb. 3. This school district has operated with aninfrastructure tax levy for more than 30 yearsand currently the tax levy is 52 cents per $1,000of taxable valuation. The tax levy on the Feb.3 ballot would increase that tax levy to $1 per$1,000 of taxable valuation.

The current school tax levy will expirein 2016. The new tax levy, if approved, wouldcontinue for 10 years. According to a statement released by theschool board, your property taxes may or maynot go up, as the new $1 PPEL resolution con-

SWG school tax levy election Feb. 3;tax levy increased in 10-year periodFrom .52 cents to $1. . .

tains language that mixes in income surtax notall property taxes, as does the current PPEL. If the measure is approved it would im-pose an income surtax upon the state individual

commencing with calendar year 2015 (the per-cent of income surtax not to exceed 20%).

Among the 338 school districts in Iowa,281 have some income surtax in their levy. Southeast Webster Grand has usedPPEL funds in the past for construction of newadditions; heating system upgrades and repairs;technology items like computers; purchase ofschool buses; roof, gym oor replacement; andmore. By law the funds cannot be used forsalaries, benets or other general fund expendi-tures.

SWG School Boardelection Tuesday, Feb. 3,for Director 2 position

The Southeast Webster Grand schooldistrict will not only conduct a special tax levyelection Tuesday, Feb. 3, but the district willalso have a board election on that same date. Kenny Sanders was appointed this pastfall to ll the vacancy of Joni Reiling who re-signed from the school board. Since the board has a special election onthe tax levy, there must also be an election forthat school board position now held by Sanders. Therefore, Director of District 2 has an

unexpired term and there will be an election forthis position on Feb. 3.

The person who lls this seat will be onthe board until the September, 2017 election.

Election papers are available at the sec-retaries ofce in Burnside and are due back tothe ofce by Thursday, Jan. 8, at 5 p.m.


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