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Oct. 1, 2014 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 124 NO. 40

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Thursday, Oct. 2 Gowrie Fire Dept., 7:00 p.m. at the re station.Monday, Oct. 6 Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith

Lutheran Church Harcourt. Cub Scout Pack 42, 6:00 p.m. at the

Callender Heritage Library/CommunityCenter

Tuesday, Oct. 7 Farnhamville American Legion Post #510

and Sons of the American Legion, 7:00 p.m.,Legion building.

Rose Lodge #506, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 8 Farnhamville Fire Dept., 7:30 p.m. at the

re station. Gowrie Parks Board, 6:45 p.m. at the

civic center.

To have the date and time of your organizations meeting

listed here,call the Gowrie News at 352-3325 or email us [email protected]

Sunday Sept. 21 the Peterson Post #431 Auxiliary had their installation of ofcers.The Auxiliary ofcers from Left to Right are Pat Peterson, President; Berna Tucker, VicePresident; Donna Mills, Secretary; Sue Anderson, Treasurer; and Ann Cunningham, Chap-lin.

Auxillary Installation ofcers...

Kidnapping attempts reportedin Gowrie, Dayton on SundayGirls are safe. . . There were two attempted kidnappingsin Gowrie and Dayton on Sunday, Sept. 28.

The failed abduction in Gowrie wasat Brockett Park, located on the south side of

the towns business district and reported at 2:50p.m. The girl was 12 to 13 years old. She gotaway, running across the alley north to the busi-nesses.

An unconrmed local source reportedthe girl being cut from the attempt.

Sheriff James Stubbs told local newsstation KCCI someone with a ski mask ap-proached her from the bushes and as she ranshe saw an older, white vehicle with rust, a van,SUV or truck in the alley.

In Dayton, the kidnapping attempt wasreported at 5:09 p.m. by a girl ve to six yearsold riding her bike by 3rd St. NE and 5th Ave.

NE. The Grandview Care Center is located inthat block. The man was reported following thegirl on foot.

In both attempts a man wearing a blackski mask with the same vehicle description wasreported.

Brockett Park in Gowrie is a very popu-lar park where Soccer is played along with Lit-tle League sports. The north boundary of thepark is lined with bushes making it impossibleto see it. The day care right by the alley alsoutilizes the park.

The 13 year old girl who was a potentialkidnapping victim Sunday in Gowrie went toschool Monday as usual and according to localsources she walked with a group of her friends.

There was a report of a kindergartenstudent not attending Monday due to Sundaysincident. There was a eld trip planned for thekindergartners that stayed on schedule.

We need the publics help to solve theseincidents. Gowrie and Dayton are 12 milesapart and are on Highway 175. If anyone was inthe area of either incident and saw a white van,truck or SUV or something out of place pleasecall the Dayton Police Department 515-547-2624.Gowrie Police Department 515-352-3800or the Webster County Sheriffs Ofce. Youmay also call Webster County Crime Stoppersat 515-573-1444.

Swedish Club meetingOct. 2 in Boxholm

The Swedish Club will be meeting at

the Boxholm Community Building at 7 pm onTuesday, Oct. 7.

Charles Achter of Ames will present a

program on WWII. Everyone welcome and we

will be having a potluck lunch. Hope to see youthere.

Commentary. . .

Kidnapping storiesare bizarre, terrifying

Someone knowsthe perpetrators. . .

The kidnapping stories are bizarre andcertainly unconventional.

This isnt some sinister, perverted per-son who uses guile to outwit the children he istargeting. There doesnt seem to be much plan-ning involved, or technique. Nonetheless it is horrifying to all par-ents and school children in our school districts. Someone must have information on theperson or persons who are terrifying our schoolchildren. If you have information, please callthe Webster County Sheriffs Department or ourlocal police departments which are listed else-

where in our newspapers (Dayton Review andGowrie News) on our website, daytongowri-enews.com and on our Facebook page. These acts of abduction are very bra-zen as kidnapping attempts have been madein broad daylight. It doesnt seem to matter ifthere are other children or even parents in thevicinity. Does this person have some type ofmental condition? How many people are in-volved?

There are many questions and very fewanswers at this point. People who have any typeof information which may be helpful need to

call law enforcement.And everyone needs to work together.We can, and we must, ensure the safety of allour children. They are much too precious.

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Absentee ballots for the General Elec-tion to be held November 4th are now availablein the Auditors Ofce.

Requests can be made in person at the

Auditors Ofce, 701 Central Avenue; FortDodge, IA 50501, or by mail. Requests maybe on the prescribed form which can be down-loaded from the countys Web site at HYPER-LINK http://www.webstercountyia.org www.webstercountyia.org or the secretary of statesWeb site at HYPERLINK http://www.sos.state.ia.us www.sos.state.ia.us.

Requests not on the prescribed formmust include the following required informa-tion: Name, address of voter, address to mailthe ballot to if different, election name or date,date of birth, and signature of voter requestingthe absentee ballot. Absentee Satellite Voting Stations forthe November 4, 2014 General Election will beheld as follows: Wednesday October 22, 2014 from7:00a.m. until 2:00p.m. at Iowa Central Com-munity College; Triton Caf One Triton Circle; Fort Dodge, IowaThursday October 23, 2014 from 9:00a.m. until3:00p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church 838 North 25th Street; Fort Dodge, IowaFriday October 24, 2014 from 9:00a.m. un-til 3:00p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post#1856

518 South 29th Street; Fort Dodge, Iowa Absentee ballots will be available forall precincts in Webster County and voter

registration forms will be available for thosepersons wishing to register to vote or mayneed to change their voter registration re-cord.

The Webster County Auditors Ofcewill be open on Saturday, October 25 from 8a.m. until 5 p.m. for the purpose of registeringvoters for the November 4th General Election.This is the last day to pre-register to vote on No-vember 4th. Absentee voting will also be avail-able in the Auditors Ofce on this date. The Webster County Auditors Ofcewill be open on Saturday, November 1 from 8a.m. until 5 p.m. for the purpose of voting anabsentee ballot in the November 4th GeneralElection. Requests for absentee ballots tobe mailed to a voter must be received by5:00p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2014. Absentee ballots for the General Elec-tion can be cast at the Auditors Ofce, WebsterCounty Courthouse, 701 Central Avenue, FortDodge, Iowa, through 4:30p.m. November 3rd.Absentee ballots being returned by mail mustbe postmarked by midnight, November 3rd.

On Election Day, the polls will be openfrom 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. Attached is a list of thepolling locations in Webster County.

For further information contact theWebster County Auditors Ofce at (515)573-7175 between the hours of 8:00a.m. and

4:30p.m., Monday through Friday. To view listof candidates and other information visit ourwebsite (www.webstercountyia.org).

Absentee ballots now availablein Webster County for residentsCan be mailed to voters. . .

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Jaguar SV teamnishes tenth

at HumboltJaguar girls do not qualify...

Against 20 teams competing at HumboldtMonday night, the Southeast Valley cross coun-try team faced some of their toughest competi-tion on probably their most challenging courseof the year. Facing this challenge, the boysteam was still able to grab a 10th place team n-ish to just crack the top half of the team stand-ings. Class 3A Algona won the meet with 42points while 2A Garner Hayeld claimed 2ndscoring 106 points. 3A Humboldt and Boonejust nished ahead of the Jaguars 251 points.

Sophomore Spencer Warehime onceagain lead the Jags nishing 20th overall in atime of 18:26. Bryce Gustafson (44th, 19:20),Noah Tucker (55th, 19:27), Cole Andrews(66th, 19:50) and Spencer Johnson (71st, 20:02)were the next four runners for Southeast Val-ley. Malachi Swanson (74th, 20:11) and PatrickBreitsprecher (76th, 20:15) rounded out the var-sity line-up for the Jags.

On the girls varsity side, Erica Rittgers(18:44) and Josie Breitsprecher (19:35) contin-ued to lead the Jaguars this season. Ryann Ste-burg (20:47) and Tessa Berg (22:08) were thenext two Southeast Valley runners to cross thenish line. Unfortunately, three of the varsity

runners were unable to complete the race andthe Jaguars were not able to have the minimumof 5 runners nish to have a team score. Thesecond ranked, class 1A Pocahontas Area girlswon the meet with a score of 44 points. HostHumboldt was second.

In JV action, Hannah Fiala and LeslieHousken led the girls team nishing in times of22:51 and 23:24 respectively. In the boys JVrace, Jacob DeBaun and Josh Carlson continuedto lead the boys. First year senior Trent Lenerscontinued to improve his time setting a seasonPR of 23:14. Jordan Lane was the only otherJag to run his season best on Monday night, n-

ishing the course in a time of 26:05. The Jaguars will next compete at Ne-

vada on Monday, Sept. 29th, Pocahontas onSaturday Oct. 4th and Lake City on Tuesday,Oct. 7th. The cross country team invites every-body to come out and cheer them on at any ofthese upcoming meets.

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By Glenn Schreiber The Southeast Valley Jaguars routedWest Central Valley (Stuart) 48-14 Friday night,

but the Jaguars had only a slim 16-7 lead at half-time. All coaches were happy with how theyoung men responded to their half time buttchewing and came out and took over the game,said coach Mike Swieter. We were a com-pletely different team in the second half. The Jaguars scored 33 points in the sec-ond half and the score could have been higher.A punt that was returned for a touchdown wascalled back. This was a big district win for us, saidcoach Swieter. It gets us to 3-2 for the season. In a battle of the valleys, West Central

never scored on the Jaguar varsity defense asthe Jaguars dominated the line of scrimmage,especially in the second half. And Cameron Anderson had just onecarry, but he made the most of it as he ran for61 yards and a touchdown. He led the team inrushing with that one carry. It was a huge win for Southeast Valleyand while coach Swieter was highly please withthe effort in the second half he still pointed outsome aws. We had seven penalties for 65yards which brought back some very big playsand touchdowns, he said.First half highlights Jaguar quarterback Myles Davis threw a30 yard touchdown pass to Dakota Jaeshke andDavis ran for two yards for the two-point con-version. West Central recovered a Jaguar fumbleand returned it 29 yards for a touchdown. Davis threw a strike to Cade King for a17 yard touchdown and then threw to Jaeschkefor the two point conversion. It was 16-7 at the half and the SV coach-es werent happy. Our coaches were not happywith the mistakes in the rst half and we gavethem a butt chewing that they needed and then

made some corrections. The team respondedand dominated the second half. Dylan Anderson intercepted a pass;Aaron Swieter had a three yard touchdown run;Tristan Ewing ran for six via a one-yard plunge;and Aaron Swieter rushed for nine yards and yetanother touchdown. The Jaguars led 34-7 andthey werent done. Anthony Mendoza intercepted a pass;Tristan Ewing ran 36 yard for another touch-down to make score 40 to 7; and Cameron An-derson ran 61 yards for the nal touchdown andthen threw the two-point conversion to KeeganGoodwin.

Stat leaders It was a very balanced running game andCameron Anderson led this attack with 61 yards(one carry); Ryan True, 10-56; Tristan Ewing,6-45; and Aaron Swieter, 10-41. Davis was 5 of 14 for 102 yards in pass-ing. Jaeschke and King had 63 and 39 receivingyards respectfully. Dylan Anderson, Tom Nahnsen, ShanePromes, Anthony Mendoza, and Tristan Ewingled in solo tackles with three each. Dylan An-derson and Tristan Ewing had two solo tackleswhich resulted in a loss of yardage.

Shane Promes led in assisted tackleswith nine and Logan Boerner had eight.

Jaguars win another blowout game 48-14,

scoring 33 points in great second half

aguar coaches have strong halftime comments. . .

Cade King 1 -2 0Jay Lizer 8 40 0Cameron Anderson, 1 61 1Tristan Ewing 6 45 2

Passing Att. Comp Yds/Com.Myles Davis 14 5 102

Receiving #Rec. Yds. Receiving TDsDakota Jaeschke 3 63 1Cade King 2 39 1

Tackles

Unas. Asst. Solo SacksDylan Anderson 3 1 2Ryan True 1 2 0Tom Nahnsen 3 7 0Shane Promes 3 9 0Koltan Lundberg 0 4 0Aaron Swieter 0 3 0Brent Nelson 2 2 0

Anthony Mendoza 3 0 0Logan Boerner 0 8 0Chase Mobley 1 4 0Nolan Brand 1 0 0Carter Steck 0 1 0Keaton Jondle 1 2 0Brett Black 0 1 0Keegan Goodwin 0 1 0Code King 1 1 0Jay Lizer 2 4 0Daven Rees 0 1 0Cameron Anderson 1 1 0Tristan Ewing 3 2 0Owen Oeltjenbruns 2 4 0Nick Eslick 0 1 0Tom Lennon 0 1 0

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Charger envy...

Its become an integral part of my fam-lys everyday life: Charging. And Im not talk-ng about the kind you do at a store with a plas-

ic rectangle although I am proud to announcee are pre-approved at least once a week.

Plugging in has become a part of our dailyoutine and at my house were suffering fromnew-millennium malady: charger envy. It all

stems from cell phones. Youve got to keephem powered up if you want to stay connected.

solid connection is required if you wantnstant access to reddit, and who doesnt?

My family is preoccupied with keepingur charges at 100 percent or as close to thats we can get.

Im at 97 percent, how about you?

98. Smug smile of satisfaction.Competition for charging plugs and cords cane fierce. We jockey for, wrestle over andrangle them from one another.

Never mind that each of our cell phonesame complete with charging gear origi-ally. Trouble was, supply couldnt keep upith demand and before you could text LOLy charger had gone AWOL. It mysteriouslyoved from its home in the kitchen to an out-

et in the family room right next to the kidsbox. Yeah, I know. Not much of a mystery.

I reclaimed my charger and cord, grabbed a

Sharpie and wrote on it in capital letters: MOM.hen I returned it to its rightful place in theitchen. The next morning it was gone.

I found it a day later in the bathroom. TheMOM was partially rubbed off, so now it readMC, effectively transforming my iCharger into

McCharger, which is iconic however you lookt it. (Can I get a side of fries with that?)s I plugged my bad boy into the kitchenutlet, the truth hit like a lightening bolt and Iinally grasped the fundamental problem withur chargers. They were white. Identical. Noonder I couldnt keep track of mine. It looked

oo much like everyone elses.It was time to take charge. God didnt inventhe rainbow so we could be monochromatic.he answer involved color-coding. I got us newhargers and cords each in a different color.

Mine was pink. I figured thered be no way toose track of our chargers now (and no way myoys would borrow a pink set). A yellow plugismatched with a green cord would practical-

y shout discord. My family happily embracedheir new rainbow of chargers. I figured Idinally hit gold.

Our harmonious and cordial situation lastedess than a week. A purple plug quit working.Someone forgot his orange set in a friends car.

black cord was destroyed in the washer. Theystarted stealing from each other (and me) again.Not even the pink deterred them I guess myoys are color-blind that way. Charger warsegan anew, but I was not to be thwarted.

In a MacGyver-inspired maneuver, I found aew secret location for electrical hook-up. Iooped the cord through the back of the night-

stand by my bed. The cord slid into a drawerwhere my phone could regenerate hidden and inpeace. I didnt even need any duct tape. It was a

proud, moment. Still is.(Whispered.) That was three days ago. Theyhave yet to find my covert charging spot. Itwont be long, Im sure. But, at least for now,my phone is at 100-percent, and thats a verygood place to be. If you call and I dont answer,leave a message. It goes without saying; I havethe ringer on silent.Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated col-umnist, playwright and author of The Do-It-Yourselfers Guide to Self-Syndication. Youcan read more and follow her column on theSlices of Life page on Facebook.

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Varsity Jaguars winone, lose one at MansonStrutzenberg, Zinnel key players...

The Varsity Southeast Valley Jaguarswere defeated in their match against Sioux Cen-tral Thursday night at Manson. They won twosets with scores of 25 - 21 and 25-14, losing theother three sets.

Mallory Strutzenberg led in kills with12, followed by Kailee Hanlon, 10; Cassie Zin-

nel, six; Karlee Walker and Aaliyah Scott, four;and Natalie Lambert with two.Cassie Zinnel led in serves with 16/16

followed by Baylee Moore, 16/17; and SiecePearson, 15/16. Cassie also had the most digs with 16;Natalie Lambert having 15; Siece Pearson, 11and Baylee Moore with 10. The varsity girls won the match againstGTRA, winning all three sets 25 - 20, 25 - 22,and 25 - 17. Mallory also led in kills with thismatch having 11, followed by Kailee Hanlon,10; Cassie Zinnel, three and Karlee Walker,two.

Karlee Walker led this match withserves, 15/15 with Natalie Lambert, 16/17 andBaylee Moore, 15/16. Baylee Moore had 10 digs with Lam-bert, seven and Zinnel, ve.

Jaguar JV team splitsmatches at Mallard The Jaguar Junior Varsity team playedat Mallard Monday, Sept. 22 winning the matchagainst West Bend-Mallard, losing the other toNewell-Fonda. The Jaguars scored 25 - 17 and 15-10to win the match overall against Westbend-Mal-lard. Aaliyah Scott led with four kills, followedby Jaiden Ackerson, two; and one kill each fromBrandi Ackerson and Mickayla Willison.

Dorsey led serves with 10/10, Kearsten

Hainzinger, 4/4; Carson Shipley, 12/14; Micae-la Reutzel, 10/12 and Kenly Clough, 5/6. In the match against Newell-FondaAaliyah Scott had three kills; Jaiden Ackersonand Brandi Dorsey, two each; Gina Gillespie,Heather Baird, Tori Crampton, and Micaela Re-utzel, one each. Carson Shipley led in serves with 11/11;Aaliyah Scott, 10/10; Mickayla Willison, 8/8and Kenly Clough, 12/14.

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I have an e-mail buddy who sends methings that pierce into my memory catalog anddigs at it like a nut pick searching for that elusivetidbit. She did it again recently.

How many remember Log Cabin syrup the kind in the metal tins shaped and painted likea log cabin? I always wished that Mom wouldbuy just one tin of it but like today, economy dic-tated the half gallon buckets of Karo, brown kind(did it have a maple avor like Log Cabin?) fortable use on pancakes and the like, the white forcooking and baking. Yes, during the WWII myMom learned to bake a most delicious chocolatecake using white syrup instead of sugar as sugarwas rationed. I think she even came up with agooey chocolate frosting. I recall my rst birth-day after rationing ended I requested a real

chocolate cake with real homemade fudge ic-

ing, the kind that was like eating candy. Log Cabin syrup has a history. It cameinto being in 1887 from a grocer named Patrick J.OToole from Forest Lake, Mn. It wasnt maplesyrup but maple avored syrup. It was put in thetins and named Log Cabin because Abe Lincoln,raised in a log cabin, was OTooles childhoodidol. The Log Cabin label and syrup has hadseveral ownership changes over the years butthe last time I saw it on a shelf it was there withother brands and in a bottle. Times certainly dochange. In 1917 a one lb. tin sold for 25 cents,two lb. was 50 cents and ve lb. was $1.00. For

a large family the ve lb. would have been mosteconomical. I cant now recall ever having a tin ofLog Cabin syrup even after I was on my ownand then married. I guess economy was stillspeaking. I never did buy syrup in a bucket. Idid purchase a regular sized bottle of pancakesyrup as the cakes or French toast was about theonly use syrup had in my time. I do rememberas a child in the rst few grades of school beingfascinated by some of the country kids bringingtheir lunches in a syrup bucket that had been wellcleansed of all its syrup and denuded of its paperlabels. Pretty handy item for a number of uses.During the depression and other poor times, es

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pecially, nothing was disposed of until it had nofurther use for anything. I do remember onesummer that my girlfriend, Mary Jane, who livedclose by, and I were allowed to take a lunch andgo to the town park to eat it at one of the picnictables all by ourselves. Guess how I got to carrymy lunch!

Did you know that in 1934 you couldpurchase from the Montgomery Ward catalognot only the plans but the materials to build alarge four square house with three bedrooms, alarge dining room and living room and one bath?

It also had a sizeable front and back porch and anupstairs balcony. Materials for a smaller threebedroom home , one downstairs with no closetand there was no bath (shown anyway) sold foronly $558.

Some of items shown were ladies highheeled black dress oxfords for $1.88, childrensanklets 9 cents a pair, ladys fancy dress was 99cents but a ladys linen dress suit was all of $2.98,bigger girls dresses were $1.05 but if you boughtmore than one they were only 95 cents each. La-dies high heeled dressy shoes were $1.98 a pair.No yard goods was shown but surely the priceper yard and a spool of thread were much less

as most girls in my rst couple or so years ofschool all wore homemade cotton print dresses.Those were the days that if you had a large fam-ily you could buy a large bolt of cotton materialfor cheap. Also if the bolt had only a few yardsleft on it the store might make a deal with you totake it all. That probably was why you would

Log cabin and the "Monkey" ward catalog...

see stair step sisters having the same dress oronly ones like me having more than one of samematerial. Hopefully Mom/sewers had imagina-tion and compassion and used different patterns,

trims and buttons. Such was life back then inthose 30s depression years and in a public situ-ation you couldnt always distinguish betweenthe haves and have-nots.

Does anyone remember with me?

Southeast ValleySchedule of Events

Week of Oct 1st to Oct 8th

Wednesday, Oct 1

FFA NC District Soils CDE

Dance Team Fundraiser Oct 1st thru Oct 14th

Thursday, Oct 2

4:00 p.m. G 7TH-8TH VB GAME - Ogden @

Southeast Valley

6:00 p.m. B JVR FB GAME - Southeast Valley @

Ogden

6:00 p.m. G JVR/JV/V VB GAME - East Sac

County @ Southeast Valley

Friday, Oct 3

7:00 p.m. B V FB GAME - Carroll Kuemper @

Southeast Valley

Saturday, Oct 4

8:30 a.m. G JVR VB SOUTHEAST VA - Eagle

Grove- Manson NW Webster @ Southeast Valley

9:00 a.m. B&G 7TH-8TH CC GAME - Southeast

Valley @ Pocahontas Area

Monday, Oct 6

4:00 p.m.G 7TH-8TH VB GAME - East Sac

County @ Southeast Valley6:00 p.m. B JV FB GAME - Southeast Valley @

Manson NW Webster

6:00 p.m. G JV VB GAME - Mutli-Team

Tuesday, Oct 7

4:00 p.m. B 7TH-8TH FB JH Football - Southeast

Valley @ Jefferson Scranton

4:300 p.m. B&G 7TH-8TH CC GAME - Southeast

Valley @ South Central Calhoun

4:30 p.m. B&G V CC GAME - Southeast Valley @

South Central Calhoun

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

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

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4-Oct Michael Erritt, Leo Saliger6-Oct Carole Erritt, Delores Jacobson Jordan Klingson, Nick Nolte Jody Warehime

Anniversaries3-Oct Don and Donna Wolfe6-Oct Bill and Eloise Vote

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Abduction attempt

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dies? Ladies Night Out will be Thursday, Oct.9, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and there will be manyenticing bargains, gifts, drawings, and goodiesfor all the special ladies. All of the businessesparticipating are in downtown Dayton.

The Dayton Library will be having adrawing to give away a gift bag loaded with at-shirt, book, DVD rentals and more. Refresh-ments will include Dark Desserts from Chris-tine Feehans novel Dark Celebration.

From Miry Clay Pottery will be havingtreats and a secret door prize. They have a largevariety of beautifully handmade stoneware &horsehair raku pottery.

The Nail Place will be involved withBeatiquie Hair & Spa of Stratford for the event.There will be a free mini neck and shouldermassage and a door prize. The Nail Place willalso be doing free parafn hand dips. Gift cer-ticates, snacks and refreshments are available. The Dayton Review will have local au-thor David Satterlee presenting a couple of shortstories. At 3:30 pm he will be reading FindingLove at the Cat House and at 6:30 Mister Per-fect. Local entrepreneur and restaurant ownerDianna Satterlee will be having a mini class at 5

pm on How to Make a Danish Puff Pastry.Refreshments include crock-pot chiliand cold cider. Enter to win theatre tickets andgift certicates.

Security Savings Bank will be having aHalloween themed evening. Refreshments in-clude popcorn, candies and soda. They will begiving away blue tote bags.

Blue-Sky Photography Inspired by Er-ica will be having coffee, brownies and choco-late chip cookies. Her specials include a free11x14 or two 8 x 10s when you book a sessionthat night and with the purchase of a sessionyou can choose from her packages 1-7 and get

your picture CD with a copyright release free.While you are there be sure to enter her drawingto win up to $105 worth in print packages. Iron Saddle Saloon is the place to endyour evening out by line dancing, enjoying mu-sic by Larry Myer and shopping their two oorsof vendors.

So come on out and see what Daytonsdowntown businesses have to offer you on yourspecial night out!

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Gowrie Fire

Departmentreceives grantGrain bin rescue equipment...

DuPont Pioneer awarded grants to GowrieFire Department to purchase grain bin rescueequipment for use in the community.

Grants have been awarded to re depart-ments in Avoca, Garber, Garrison, Low Moor,Rockwell City, Tifn and Westside as well. Ad-

ditional grants are still available.The 2014 donations are in addition to morethan $70,000 worth of safety and rescue equip-ment grants donated in Iowa in 2013.

As the philanthropic arm of DuPont Pioneer,the DuPont Pioneer Giving Program makescontributions to community-based organiza-tions on behalf of the business and employees.Consideration for Community Outreach grantsis given to communities where Pioneer repre-sentatives, employees and customers live andwork and that support quality-of-life initiativesto create an improved, sustainable lifestyle forpeople worldwide.

Iowa community re departments andemergency medical teams are eligible to applyfor the grants through their local Pioneer salesrepresentatives.

The Little Eagles Booster Club wouldlike to inform the patrons of the SoutheastWebster Grand, Prairie Valley, and SoutheastValley Community School Districts of our goalsas a club and how we support our school district.

The club has made a list of the ways thatwe have supported the school through nancialcontributions to academic and athletic programsfor the past few years. Our intent has alwaysbeen to provide support to the Preschool-6thgraders, but now with the sharing agreement, wehave extended that to support the needs of thePreschool-8th grades.

However, as you can see from the list we

have provided, we do provide nancial support tomany high school programs as well. We wouldlike to continue to support as much as possible,however with the sharing agreement we have lostour primary funding through loss of high schoolconcessions. The club will be changing to theLittle Jaguar Booster Club in the near future.

Therefore, we will be hosting a food salefundraiser this coming October and would appre-ciate all the support we can get. We would alsowelcome anyone to attend our monthly meetings

at the Dayton Elementary School, keeping inmind; it is all about the kids!! Little Eagle Booster Club contributionsand donations provided to the following activi-ties from Aug. 2011 to the present are dividedinto multiple categories. They are as follows: Preschool-6th grade Educational Pro-grams: Kindergarten Winter Fun Day; eld trips;teacher supplies; Character Counts supplies/adsin newspaper; Red Ribbon Week supplies; mov-ie licensing; Art Christmas projects; 6th gradeMath Bee; Skate Time for PE program; ThankYou plants for volunteers; 6th grade graduationt-shirts; 6th grade dictionaries;

AR plaques and trophies; movie tickets re-wards; refrigerator for kindergarten room; par-ent/teacher conferences meals; laminator; book/author presentations; 5th /6th Band trip; 5th/ 6thBand supplies; History night and library books. Youth Athletic Programs: 5th -8thgrade Basketball Tournament; 3rd/4th Flag Foot-ball; improvements to Lehigh ball diamond; rib-bons for track and eld day; T-ball- 6th gradebaseball equipment; baseball tournaments; 5th/ 6th YSF tackle football; basketball hoops inDayton gym; Spring League softball; K-2 Skillsand Drills Basketball; youth volleyball, basket-ball and T-ball. Baseball, softball programs for JuniorHigh/ High School Programs: money towardshigh school scoreboard; new high school bas-ketballs; of the HS track uniforms; of theJH/HS baseball uniforms; two scholarships forgraduating seniors; high school media kit; highschool art trip; repairs to baseball concession;Senior Spotlights for the newspaper; ICCC base-ball clinics; HS baseball at Principal Park; HSbaseball Spring League; HS musical; after promactivities; Spring League softball; JH/HS Soft-ball equipment; HS Football gear for SoutheastValley Jaguars and new wrestling mats.

Other items included a grill, donationsto two high school students traveling to Haiti; adonation for a high schooler who traveled to Eu-rope; water for Kathlynns 5K run on Labor Day2013; popcorn machine; annual carnival; K-12concessions all year; aprons for cooks and dona-tions to nine other local benets.

Future Little Jaguar Booster Club. . .

Little Eagles Booster Club announces

history of SWG support, future goals

Needing support in all activities...

8th grade Jaguarswin rst two games;7th graders 1-1 The Southeast Valley Jaguar 7th gradefootball team played their rst game at Burnside

Thursday night. The Jaguars dropped a tight 8-6decision to the Ogden Bulldogs in the nal sec-onds of the game. The Jaguar score was a 10 ydpass from Hunter Kruse to Chase Swieter. The7th grade is 0-1 on the season. The 8th grade dominated the Bulldogs bya score of 32-0. Set up by a Ivan Hudson fumblerecovery Mason Ackerson hooked up for a 10 ydpass to JJ Graves who also had an interceptionreturn for a TD. Nyles Johnson had a good nightwith 2 TD and a 2 2 pt conversions on the night.Kenny Blunk also ran the ball well with 2 2 ptconversion plays and on the defensive side Jack-son Housken had and interception for the Jaguars

who start off 1-0 on the season. 9/16 The Southeast Valley Jaguar 7thand 8th grade were in action Tuesday night inBurnside vs Pocahontas Area. The 7th gradecame away with a 14-0 victory behind 2 TDpasses from Hunter Kruse 1 to Ross Halligan for

Football Continued on page 8...

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Beryl Vinchattle, long-time resident ofGowrie and Fort Dodge, area will turn 90 onOct. 9. He will be honored with an Open Houseon Oct. 5 from 2-4 at Lighthouse Ministries,13 4th Ave. N. in Fort Dodge. His children are:

June Bacon, Fort Dodge; Sally Ackerson, Pa-ton; late Dan Vinchattle, Gowire; and Dean (Vicky) Vinchattle, Gowrie.

Beryl farmed and auctioneered near Gowriefor several years before moving to Fort Dodge.He has pastored several churches and traveledas an evangelist. Beryl and his wife, LaVanne,have been married 67 years and have 10 grand-children and 17 great grandchildren. Beryl at-tributes his long life to serving God.

Please joins us on Oct. 5 to celebrate thismilestone in Beryls life.

Happy Birthday Beryl

As a local business owner, I

understand the importance

of not spending more than is

taken in.

I will work to lower the tax

burden on the people of Iowa

and be responsible in

spending our tax dollars.

-TIM

KRAAYENBRINKRepublican Candidatefor Iowa Senate District 5

Paid for by Tim Kraayenbrink for Iowa Senate

Responsible SpendingEconomic Strength

The Community Women's Club met for lunch at the CommunityOrchards and then visited the Veteran's Memorial Park Northeastof the orchard. This Park honors veterans for their courage, sacri-ce and devotion to duty and country. Those who attend are, Vir-ginia Amandus, Almeda Gordon, Leola Mundt, Kay Miller, JudiTjepkes, Sandy Thoma, and Barbara Baedke.

Man rips shirtof Gowrie girlin abduction attempt

Allows her to ee. . .

The man with a ski mask who attemptedto kidnap a 13-year-old girl Sunday at a park in

Gowrie surprised the girl by jumping towardsher from behind some bushes. According to local reports, the man didgrasp the girls shirt and in attempting to seizeher the shirt ripped which allowed the girl toescape.

She ed to Caseys (a short distanceaway) and called 911. This was all done in day-light hours. According to another unconrmedsource, a white vehicle was noticed and therewas at least one occupant in the vehicle.

SV Middle School Supt. Stofferssends safety letter to parents

On Kidnapping crisis. . .

Mr. Rich Stoffers, Superintendent o Southeast Valley, sent a let-ter Monday to all students and parents regarding the events rom Sundayafernoon and Monday morning reminding us all how important it is toremember Stranger Danger and to keep our kids sae. Saety is neversomething to be taken lightly. Te girls were brave and courageous.

He explained how thankul our communities are that the girls aresae and in school and that the staff worked hard to make sure the kids hada positive, productive, sae and un day. Te staff at the schools have done an amazing job now and in thepast discussing saety issues, saety guidelines and teaching Stranger Dan-ger. It is important all children know what to do in a crisis situation.

He sent out inormation with websites and other helpul things toteach our kids and the dangers to watch out or. You can also check out thewebsite ake25.org.

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CALLENDER

OUR SAVIOURSLUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor: Jon Rollefson

9:15 am Sunday Worship10:15 am Fellowship

Wed., Oct. 16:00 PM Conrma-tion Class, FellowshipHall

Thurs., Oct. 26:00-7:00 PM ChoirPractice, Nave6:30 PM GriefShareClass, Fireside Room

7:00 PM FinancialPeace University, Fel-lowship Hall

Sat., Oct. 49:00 AM MensGroup, Fireside Room

Sun., Oct. 58:00 AM RadioBroadcast on KXFT-FM 99.79:15 AM Worshipwith Holy Commu-nion10:15 AM FellowshipCoffee; 10:30 AMSunday School

11:00 AM Adult Fo-rum, Fireside Room

4:00 PM Registra-tion begins at LCMCGathering in DesMoines

Mon-Wed, Oct. 6-8LCMC Gathering inDes Moines

Mon., Oct. 67:00 PM Bible Studywith Don Doolittle,Fireside Room

YOURLOCALCHURCHDIRECTORY

GOWRIE

ZION LUTHERANCHURCH

James G. Davis, Pastor

9:30 am Sunday School10:30 Sunday Worship

Wed., Oct 1 1:30 p.m. GCC & Shut-

in Visits 3:45 p.m. Beginner &

Sonshine Bells 7:00 p.m. Conrmation 7:00 p.m. Church ChixThurs., Oct 2 9:00 a.m. Dorcas & Es-

ther Circles @ churchSat., Oct 4 5:00 p.m. WorshipSun., Oct 5 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible

Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday School

@ Gowrie Care Center 10:30 a.m. Worship

11:30 a.m. MorningGlory Bells

Tues., Oct 7 10:00 a.m. GCC Taped

ServiceWed., Oct 8 1:30 p.m. GCC & Shut-

in Visits 3:45 p.m. Beginner &

Sonshine Bells7:00 p.m. Conrmation

HARCOURT

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH

Rod Meyer, Pastor ~~

Worship 10:30 amFellowship 9:30 am

Sunday 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'sBible Study.

UNITED METHODISTCHURCH

Karen Young, Pastor

9:00 am Sunday Worship

MOORLAND

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST



OUR LADY OF

GOOD COUNSELServed by the priests of

the 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, October 1st 5:30 PM Glory Bells 6:45 PM Choir Practice 7:00 PM Men's Small

GroupThursday, October 2nd 7:00 PM Revival; Small

Group StudyFriday, October 3rd 1:00 PM QuiltersSunday, October 5th 9:00 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Worship

5:00 PM UpStreamMinistries -- ReChargeMonday, October 6th 12:00 PM Revival; Small

Group StudyTuesday, October 7th 1:00 PM QuiltersWednesday, October 8th 5:30 PM Glory Bells 6:45 PM Choir Practice

GOWRIE

ROELYN

FULTON LUTHERANCHURCH



LANYON

EVANGELICALCOVENANT CHURCHMarc Murchison, Pastor

9:30 am - Worship10:30 am -

Coffee Fellowship11 am - Sunday School

~~

Wednesdays:6 pm - ACTION = A lotof Church Things In One

Night

Saturday:8 am - Men's Fellowship

(Harcourt Depot)

www.lanyoncovenant.org

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

UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH

Pastor James H. Chesnutt


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

at Church

Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m.Evening Bible Study at

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By Joe WilkinsonIowa Department of Natural Resources

With Iowas bow season starting, hunt-rs are in the nal stages of preparation; adjust-

ng tree stand locations, cutting shooting lanes,r just scouting those early season deer habits.

Tops in that preparation? Staying safebove the ground. Talking with bow hunters,ts surprising how many have slipped, fallen orad to jump the last few feet to the ground.dd to that, the fact that Iowas two hunting fa-

alities in the last two seasons involved not re-rms, but bow hunters falling. With upwards of0,000 of them in Iowa, it is a hazard that can beliminated with a little forward thinking.

To play it safe, consider a couple staples.Bring friends when you install your treestand, urges Dave Giese, Hawkeye Wildlife

rea shooting range ofcer in Johnson County.He recently coordinated an Archery Safety Day

there. Once up, make sure it gets anchored.Have a harness to raise your equipment. Dontcarry your bow up or down.

Once on standyour rst move should

be to secure your safety harness to the tree. A safety harness is an absolute neces-sity. You are just asking to fall out of a tree ifyou dont have one, warns Mark Powers, ofCedar Rapids, a 25-year bowhunter. There arejust too many situations where youre movingyour feet, moving your body, changing thingsaround. You have to be safe. Basically, follow the three point rule.Your hands are two points of contact. Your feetare two more. To safely climb, you need threepoints of contact. Purchase a stand made by a supportingmember company of the Treestand Manufactur-

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Tree stand safety crucialas deer seasons begin in Iowa

shoulder and adjusted at both thighsare over-shadowed now by safety jackets; easier to puton and which spread the pressure, should youfall. Some have a telescoping-type strap be-tween you and the tree, which lessens fall im-pact or even lowers you to the ground. Its the concept of where are you mostvulnerable? As bow hunting has become morepopular, there are more products. Many are just,Hey, this would solve that problem, thoughtup by bowhunters themselves, explains Roger

Mildenstein, longtime bowhunter and owner ofFin & Feather Outdoor Store in Iowa City.

Among more recent safety features is apair of heavy-duty plastic sleeves, over anchorspikes. By sliding the legs of a tree stand ladderinto them, it creates a ground-based hinge toeasily set the stand into place. Other products range from a linemanstype belt, allowing you to lean back with yourhands free to attach and climb sectional lad-dersor a hoist to hold a stand in place asyou strap it in. They become that third pointof contact; allowing you to tend to the details,when on high. Probably the best safety advice? Com-municate. Plan ahead. Let someone know whereyou are; what time you expect to be home, whatstand you will be in that day, urges Giese. Ifyou do end up with an issue, people have anidea of where to look for you.Youth, Disabled Hunter Seasons Saturday will nd thousands of younghunters in stands or posted along eld edgesor funnel points in the woods. As Iowas YouthDeer hunting season opens, a bow, shotgun ormuzzleloader can be usedwith the require-

ments specic to the season, such as blaze or-

ange clothing. Last year, about 10,000 younghunters took part. Each must be under direct supervisionof an adult mentor, with a valid license and hab-itat fee (if required). The youth license is validstatewide. Additionally, a couple hundred dis-abled hunters will be active across Iowa. Eachseason runs September 20 through October 5.An unlled youth season tag may be used dur-ing the early or late muzzleloader season or oneof the two shotgun seasons ONLY. That youthmust follow all other rules specied for eachseason. However party hunting with a youth

tag is not allowed. A deer must be harvested bthe youth with the tag. However, that tag holdermay obtain deer tags for other season, just asany other hunter can do.

15 yds and Chase Swieter on a big 50 yd strike.Calvin Williamson also had a 2 pt conversion runfor the 7th grade who is now 1-1 on the season. The 8th grade improved to 2-0 on the sea-son behind 2 TD runs of 60 and 70 yds by NylesJohnson and stout team defense by the Jaguars.

Kyler Jondle also had a 2 pt conversion run forthe 8th grade who are now 2-0 on the season.

Football...Continued from page 6...

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Jaguar Jr. Highteams win twogames last week

7th, 8th grader teams win. . .

The Southeast Valley JH football cameaway with two big wins against Manson Tues-

day night at Manson. The 7th grade came awaywith an 8-6 win behind a 60 yd run from HunterKruse and a safety by Jacob Peterson. The 7thgrade improves to 2-1 on the year. The 8th grade came away with a domi-nating 52-12 victory behind 3 rusing TDs formNyles Johnson and 1 TD stike by Mason Ack-erson to Zach Graves started the Jag attack thatcarried on throughout the night.

The Jags also got scores from ColtonKamp, Tyler Jondle and a huge 50 yd fumblereturn for the 8th grade who is a perfect 3-0 onthe season.

DNR seeks publicinput on waterquality standardsFor Iowa. . .

The DNR is seeking input on improv-ing the states water quality goals as part of its

three-year review of water quality standards.Iowans are invited to attend any of three re-maining public water quality meetings. This is the publics opportunity to tellus what is important to them, said RochelleWeiss, DNR water quality standards coordina-tor. We want to hear Iowans concerns aboutpotential pollutant levels, how streams arebeing used and how to protect existing waterquality. Send written comments by Oct. 15 toRochelle Weiss, Iowa DNR, 502 E. Ninth St.,Des Moines, IA 50319, or by e-mailing [email protected]. The triennial review process ensureswater quality standards are up-to-date. Findcurrent water quality standards in Chapter 61of the Iowa Administrative Code or at www.iowadnr.gov/InsideDNR/RegulatoryWater/Wa -terQualityStandards/Rules.aspx under RuleReference Documents. After collecting public comments, theDNR will meet with a stakeholder technical ad-visory team to consider the suggestions, iden-tify issues and develop a work plan to addressthe concerns.

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CITY OF GOWRIE

Notice of ForfeitureNOTICE OF FORFEITURE

OF REAL ESTATE CONTRACT

TO: JJ's LLC and to Jeanne M. Wehr, Registered Agent

You and each of you are hereby notified that the written contract dated20th day of March, 2012, and executed by Stephanie Jill Bird, Martin L.Bird, Lisa S. Klatt and Donald W. Klatt II as vendors, and JJ's LLC asvendees, for the sale of the following described real estate:

Lots 21, 22, and 23, in Block 5, Original Town of Harcourt, Webster County,Iowa

has not been complied with in the following particulars:

(a) Payment due 4/15/2014 $300.00 (b) Payment due 5/15/2014 $600.00 (c) Payment due 6/15/2014 $600.00 (d) Payment due 7/15/2014 $600.00 (e) Payment due 8/15/2014 $600.00 (f) Payment due 9/15/2014 $600.00 (g)Late fees of $50 x 5 $250.00 (h)Failure to Insure

(i)Failure to Maintain(j)Prohibited removal of fixtures(k)Failure to pay taxes

Total $3,550.00

(2) The contract shall stand forfeited unless the parties in default,within 30 days after the completed service of this notice, shall perform theterms and conditions in default, and in addition pay the reasonable costsof serving this notice.

(3) The amount of attorney fees claimed by the Vendors pursuantto Section 656.7 of the Code of Iowa is $50.00 (not to exceed $50.00).Payment of the attorney fees is not required to comply with this notice inorder to prevent forfeiture.

Stephanie Jill Bird, Martin L. Bird,Lisa S. Klatt and Donald W. Klatt II, Vendors

By James L. Kramer James L. Kramer, Attorney for Vendors 1104 Market Street, P.O. Box 10 Gowrie, Iowa 51543 515 352-3111

Webster CountyElection Equipment Testing

Your Right to knowPUBLIC TESTING OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT All voting equipment for the November 4, 2014, General Election willbe tested and a public demonstration will be held at the Bank Building,723 1st Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Wednesday, October 8, 2014at 8:30 A.M. and continuing until completed. The public is welcome andinvited to attend.

Carol MesserlyWebster County Auditor andCommissioner of Elections

Regular Gowrie City Council Meeting

Regular Gowrie City Council meeting was held on September 15,2014 at 6:45 p.m. at the Gowrie Civic/Community Center with MayorStokesbary in the chair & the following Council members answering rollcall: Adams, Petersen, Jackson, Harrison & Redman. Minutes of the previous meeting on a motion by Redman, second byAdams. Motion carried-all ayes.Dave Hoover gave the monthly Parks board report.Crystal Wilks gave the monthly Library board report.Chief McCormack gave the monthly Police report.Chuck Angstrom gave the monthly Utilities report. Discussion was held on the possible purchase of a pickup for Citymaintenance-numerous bids were received. Redman moved to approvethe purchase of a 2015 F-Series F250 4x4 pickup in the amount of$21,239.02 from Macke Motors, second by Harrison. Motion carried byroll call-all ayes. Discussion was held on keeping the clubhouse (Mulligans)-limitedhours & days beginning November 1, 2014. The Council set the followinghours & days for Mulligans:*Sunday-closed*Monday-4-10 p.m.-kitchen closes at 8*Tuesday-closed*Wednesday-10 a.m.- 10 p.m.*Thursday-closed*Friday-10 a.m.- 10 p.m.*Saturday-10 a.m.- 10 p.m. The Council decided to put an ad in the paper in November for thepossibility of finding someone to run the clubhouse as their business. Discussion was held on the possibility of hiring a full-time person.This agenda item has been tabled until the next Council meeting. Discussion was held on the food pantry. The Mayor set up an adhoc committee with Marla Stokesbary to be the chair to expand the foodpantry and additional activities regarding feeding people in the hopes ofimproving nutrition in the community. The cell phone reimbursement to the City maintenance man agendaitem has been tabled until a response from the City Attorney. Redman moved to approve the homecoming parade route for FridaySeptember 19th, second by Adams. Motion carried-all ayes.Adams moved to approve Resolution #214-Road Use Report, second by

Jackson. Motion carried by roll call-all ayes. Petersen moved to approve the snow removal policy, second byJackson. Motion carried-all ayes. Petersen moved to approve the bid for the repair of the tornado siren,second by Adams. Motion carried by roll call-all ayes. Harrison moved to approve that Beggars Night will be held onOctober 30th from 5:30-8:00 p.m., second by Petersen. Motion carried-allayes. Adams moved to have Council persons Redman & Jackson shampoothe carpet in the civic/community center with the City paying for thechemicals & getting the rug shampooers from Jamboree Foods, secondby Jackson. Motion carried-all ayes. Discussion was held by Building Inspector Gary Boerner & theCouncil on the Caseys building permit. Discussion was held on the proposed projects from MaintenanceMan Jeff Strutzenberg such as: roof repair, new garage doors with possiblegarage openers. It was decided by the Council that before any decisioncan be made we need to receive bids for the repairs. Harrison moved to approve up to $1,000.00 to put cement on the Cityproperty between the sidewalk & the curb east of the Library on that vacantlot, second by Jackson. Motion carried by roll call-all ayes. The Council discussed who would be in charge of the RV park duringthe RV park season. It was decided that the City Maintenance Man will bein charge of collecting & updating the City Clerk on the reservations. The Council discussed about the concrete lid to protect the meter pit

during the winter. It was decided to look into other options. The Council also discussed about either purchasing a differentchipper or repairing the existing chipper. They decided to receive anestimate on repair of the existing chipper, before making any kind ofdecision. No public comments were given. Petersen moved to approve the payment of bills, second by Adams.Motion carried-all ayes.

Advanced Systems Inc Library-copier lease 65.66Aire Mate Mosquito-chemicals 804.69Airgas USA LLC Streets-cylinder rent 25.95Aramark Streets & Center supplies 443.77Black Hills Energy Utilities 415.16Bomgaars Street-supplies 16.48Bruce McCormack Office supplies-postage 2.60Caseys General Store Police-fuel expense 603.38Cintas Corporation First aid supplies 25.82Dons Pest Control Club-pest control expense 42.80Fastenal Streets-shop supplies 17.72Fort Dodge Asphalt Street-repairs 25,000.00Fort Dodge Distributing Club-beer expense 214.90Fort Dodge Machine & Supply, Streets-vehicle repair ex. 147.64Fowler Repair Club-gas regulator repair 147.00Gowrie Golf LLC Course-property taxes 3,256.00

GMU Club-utilities 5,412.38Gowrie News Publications 217.28Gowrie Service Streets-fuel & Course-mower tire 213.51Guns N More LLC Police-uniform expense 32.00Harcourt Equipment Streets-vehicle repairs 490.90Humes Distributing Club-beer expense 320.74JP Byson Oil Company Course-fuel expense 703.00Jamboree Foods Club-food expense 195.39Jeff Strutzenberg Insurance premium 1,000.00Lawson Products Streets-shop supplies 124.20Leaf Copier/Printer lease 59.71Macke Motors Police-car repair expense 86.07Mangold Environmental Testing, Pool-testing expense 45.00Martin Pest Control Animal control 75.00Menards-Fort Dodge Misc. expenses 494.16Midland Power Security lite expense 65.35Napa Auto Parts Vehicle operations 35.65Northern Lights Foodservice, Club-food expense 1,198.63Reliable Office Supplies Office supplies 145.20Shelley Segebart Insurance premium 675.00Speeds Auto Supply Course-cart lease 712.50Star Energy Streets-fuel expense 312.57Tammie Elliott RV park reimbursement 45.00Target Library-audio visual 135.62TCB Sanitation Club & Course-garbage expense 92.00Troy Waller Auto Body Course-mower repair expense 145.48Vosberg Enterprises RV park lock box 180.52Watters Landscaping Course-greens top dressing 800.00WCCTA Telephone services 494.97

001 General Fund 11,360.41002 Library Fund 1,945.17003 Parks Fund 1,125.37004 Pool Fund 1,941.82005 Golf Course 15,436.77110 Road Use Tax 2,150.39121 Local Option Sales Tax 26,229.08199 Congregate Meals 1,309.70

Jackson moved to adjourn, second by Adams. Motion carried-all ayes._________________ _____________________________________ CITY CLERK MAYOR

Fumble Recoveries Fumble Recoveries Fumble ReturnYardsDylan Anderson 2 12Anthony Mendoza, 2 12

PAT Kicking PAT Att. PATDakota Jaeschke 1 0Tom Lennon 0 0

FG Kicking Attempts Made Field Goal LongDakota Jaeschke 0 0 0Tom Lennon 0 0 0

Kickoffs Kick Offs yds. Touchbacks

Dakota Jaeschke 7 316 0Tom Lennon 1 41 0

Punting Punts yds. Longest PuntMyles Davis 3 96 43

Kick Off Returns KOR yds. KOR for TDsJay Lizer 2 38 0

Punt Returns Punt Return yds. Punt Ret for TDsJay Lizer 2 54 0

2 pt ConversionRyan True 1Keegan Goodwin 1Myles Davis 1

Team Stats

First Downs Safeties Rushing YrdsTeam 8 0 0

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Gowrie Police Report

Fri., Aug 1- Served Veh. Ord. Viola-tion notice 1405 Lincoln; Served Veh. Ord.Violation notice Apt. #2 Golden Crest Apt. Sun., Aug 03 - L.E.C. report of apossible kid napping / domestic @ Caseys,assisted by I.H.P. 95 and 94-16. Statementstaken and 94-16 led charges. Mon., Aug 04- Served 2 Ordinance

Violation Notices for Vehicles 1100 blk ofLincoln St.; Phone call to individual ref Veh.@ 1203 Lynd St.; 1100 blk Pleasant St ref.over growth of vegetation.; Phone call to in-dividual ref grass clippings @ 1205 LincolnSt. Tue., Aug 05 - Made contact withindividual ref motor home parked on pri-vate property in Harcourt per 94-15; Out @1309 Lynd St. ref garbage piled up in frontyard; Out @ 1706 Market ref grass clippingsin st. @ 1707 Market; Out @ 1801 Marketref. grass clippings in street; RV Park campercheck; Call from 94-54 ref stay dog around1300 blk of Park St. Found and had 94-54pick up Wed., Aug 06 - Traf. Stop AC6463warning no taillights; Report of loud musiclasted about 10 minutes from 1409 Lynd; As-sist County with cattle in yard @ 1347 350thst; Report of people yelling 1100 blk CountyRd. found and warned Fri., Aug 08- Took Property DamageAccident that happened @ H.S. earlier today Sat., Aug 09- Assist 94-07 1700 blk280th St. with a family disturbance Sun., Aug 10 - Served Ord. Viol for

over grown vegetation lots S. of Union St.& W. of Pershing ;Served Ord. Viol for overgrown vegetation lots E. of Foch St. & S. ofUnion Tue., Aug 12- 1011 Park St. warnedind. About grass clippings in street & tallweeds on property; 1201 Park St. ref. grassclippings in street Wed., Aug 13 - Traf Stop CDJ826warning for Stop Sign; Report of loud musicfrom a veh. 1400 blk Lynd found & warned

Local Emergency Numbers:

Gowrie Police: 352-3800

Sheriff: 515-573-1410

Crime Alert: 515-573-1444

Ambulance: 911 Fire: 911

The Southeast Valley line does a greatjob holding off West Central Valley to give#12, Myles Davis enough time to hand theball to a running back.

By Emilea Lundberg

Webster County PheasantsForever Young Gunshosting youth event

The Webster County Pheasants ForeverYoung Guns will be hosting an event on Tues-day, Oct. 7 from 6-8 pm. The location will beannounced soon.

The purpose of the event is to educate

local youth and their families that want to learnmore about conservation, shooting sports anddeveloping outdoor skills in a fun and safe en-vironmnent. The event is a partnership between theWebster County Pheasants Forever, the IowaDNR and the Webster County Conservation.The session is preparation for the youth huntand participants will be introduced to gun doghandling and training, eld walking, gun han-dling and trap shooting.

The Youth Hunt will be Saturday, Oct.18 from 8 am - 1 pm at the Shirley Kirchner /Seltz Youth Prairie. Participants need to go to

the ICCC parking lot in order to meet the DNRvan to be escorted to the youth prairie. Luncheswill be provided and please dress appropriatelyfor the weather.

Kids must be 12-15 years old and havegone through Hunters Education in order toparticipate. Please call 515-576-4258 to volun-teer (must be 18 or older) with the youth hunt.

Remember...

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Iowa Department of Management Webster County ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT County No: 94

Form F638 - R (Published Summary) Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance -- Actual and BudgetFY 2013/2014 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2014 9/3/2014

Budget Accounting Basis: Special Capital Debt Actual BudgetedCASH General Revenue Projects Service Permanent Totals TotalsREVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G)Taxes Levied on Property 1 7,701,442 4,266,452 135,143 12,103,037 12,119,229 1

Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year 2 0 2

Less: Credits to Taxpayers 3 366,241 190,128 6,413 562,782 449,640 3

Net Current Property Taxes 4 7,335,201 4,076,324 128,730 11,540,255 11,669,589 4

Delinquent Property Tax Revenue 5 -1,018 441 -18 -595 1,200 5

Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes 6 109,918 109,918 105,000 6

Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues 7 485,706 2,556,160 8,529 3,050,395 2,912,404 7

Intergovernmental 8 4,145,340 5,383,297 186,233 6,488 9,721,358 10,843,332 8

Licenses & Permits 9 30,056 150,724 180,780 54,900 9

Charges for Service 10 958,305 104,116 1,062,421 977,192 10

Use of Money & Property 11 306,015 2,381 308,396 282,734 11

Miscellaneous 12 181,779 559,722 741,501 204,679 12 Subtotal Revenues 13 13,551,302 12,833,165 186,233 143,729 0 26,714,429 27,051,030 13

Other Financing Sources:General Long-Term Debt Proceeds 14 0 14

Operating Transfers In 15 529,143 2,616,663 216,514 537,388 3,899,708 3,728,430 15

Proceeds of Capital Asset Sales 16 0 16

Total Revenues & Other Sources 17 14,080,445 15,449,828 402,747 681,117 0 30,614,137 30,779,460 17EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES

Operating: Public Safety and Legal Services 18 4,952,634 4,952,634 5,214,689 18

Physical Health Social Services 19 3,158,184 34,997 3,193,181 3,650,883 19

Mental Health, ID & DD 20 2,234,199 2,234,199 3,186,859 20

County Environment and Education 21 831,638 617,811 1,449,449 1,614,132 21

Roads & Transportation 22 6,958,507 6,958,507 6,960,000 22

Government Services to Residents 23 838,515 9,739 848,254 960,426 23

Administration 24 2,814,515 2,814,515 2,993,576 24

Nonprogram Current 25 25,887 2,317 28,204 250,000 25

Debt Service 26 390,485 679,749 1,070,234 1,072,476 26

Capital Projects 27 232,763 1,235,393 233,039 1,701,195 2,771,806 27

Subtotal Expenditures 28 12,854,136 11,483,448 233,039 679,749 0 25,250,372 28,674,847 28

Other Financing Uses:Operating Transfers Out 29 616,640 3,283,068 3,899,708 3,728,430 29

Refunded Debt/Payments to Escrow 30 0 30

Total Expenditures & Other Uses 31 13,470,776 14,766,516 233,039 679,749 0 29,150,080 32,403,277 31

Changes in fund balances 32 609,669 683,312 169,708 1,368 0 1,464,057 -1,623,817 32

Beginning Fund Balance - July 1, 2013 33 6,834,776 5,688,732 1,080,031 290 13,603,829 13,603,810 33

Increase (Decrease) in Reserves (GAAP Budget) 34 0 34

Fund Balance - Nonspendable 35

1,806,124 1,658 1,807,78235

Fund Balance - Restricted 36 813,267 4,879,572 1,249,739 6,942,578 6,417,289 36

Fund Balance - Committed 37 0 864 37

Fund Balance - Assigned 38 0 38

Fund Balance - Unassigned 39 4,825,054 1,492,472 0 0 0 6,317,526 5,561,840 39

Total Ending Fund Balance - June 30, 2014 40 7,444,445 6,372,044 1,249,739 1,658 0 15,067,886 11,979,993 40

Additional details are available at: Webster County Auditor's Office701 Central Avenue; Fort Dodge, IA 50501 Telephone: 515 573-7175Notes to the financial statement, if any:

A tribute concert featuring Iowas pre-mier composer of band music and one of Amer-icas nest will be held on Sunday, Oct. 5 in theGrand Hall at the Temple for Performing Arts inDes Moines. Located at 1011 Locust Street, theprogram begins at 2:00 pm, with free admissionbut seating is limited. Performing will be theCentral Iowa Wind Ensemble based in the DesMoines area.

Jerrold P. Jimmerson, conductor of theKarl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge,will be the guest conductor for this hour-longconcert. Jimmerson has been a member of theKarl King Band for 55 years. He is now in his12th season as conductor of the Fort Dodgegroup.

Conductor Jimmerson has selected aprogram that includes Emblem of Freedom;Golden Dragon Overture; A Night in June;The Home Town Boy March; Rush Street

Tarantella. In addition, circus selections com-prise the remainder of the program, includingIn Old Portugal; The Big Cage galop, andBarnum and Baileys Favorite March.

Featured soloist for the concertwill be Dan Cassady on Trombone. Mr. Cas-sady is a long-time member of the King Band,who taught at Fort Dodge Senior High, IowaCentral Community College, and St. EdmondHigh School.

Featured vocalist will be Robert Pat-ton from Gowrie. Mr. Patton graduated fromGowrie High School, attended the University ofNorthern Iowa, and spent 20 years with the U.S.Air Force Singing Sergeants in Washington DC,performing extensively on the east coast. Hereturned to Gowrie to operate the family news-paper, the fourth generation of his family to doso. He is now retired, but still active perform-ing with many groups throughout the Midwest,including the King Band. He will sing high-lights from George Gershwins musical, Porgyand Bess, along with Climb Evry Mountainfrom The Sound of Music. The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble wasfounded in 2003 by a group of local music edu-cators. This ensemble is dedicated to perform-ing advanced wind band repertoire with inspiredartistry. The aim is to share this wonderful me-dium with general audiences while also dem-

onstrating to younger instrumentalists that theopportunity to perform in a band goes beyondones formal education.

Karl King Band tribute Saturday, Oct. 5Gowrie vocalist Bob Patton to perform...

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Dave Mills, Gowrie, hosts good

friend from Woodburn, OregonMet at TOPS group 25 years ago. . .

PV, SWG elementary staffsdiscuss math, English, artsReading standards. . .By Dan Grandeld

SWG Elementary Principal

On September 17, the K-4 staff membersfrom the PV Elementary and the SWG Elementarygot together at the PV Elementary for a day of Pro-fessional Development. Our day started with a onehour group discussion on our Everyday Math ini-tiative and our progress with implementation. At

9:00 we switched our focus to the Iowa Core andthe Standards for English/Language Arts (ELA).Below is a brief summary of our work for the day. Elementary staff from PV and SWG gottogether by grade level to share their experiencesas theyve been working through the implemen-tation of our Everyday Math series. Mr. Duncan(PV Elementary Principal) shared his personalexperience as a classroom teacher at Webster City when Webster City rst implemented EverydayMath a few years ago.

He expressed that the rst six months of

the rst year of implementation is the toughest forthe students, staff, and parents because it involves afundamental change in how we look at math, howwe think about math, and how we solve mathemat-ical problems.

Mr. Duncan also stressed the importanceof adhering to the delity of the program. But inthis rst year of implementation, he added that itwould be necessary to supplement the lessons toaccommodate any lack of necessary skills, lack ofprior knowledge, or lack of previous exposure tothe concepts being taught.

The teachers spent the remaining 50 min-utes in grade level discussions, sharing their imple-mentation struggles and successes, and exchang-ing ideas and strategies. Maurita Aubrey (from the AEA) spent theday introducing the staff to the Iowa Core and theInitial Investigations of the ELA Core Standardsand Benchmarks. The teachers spent the day div-

Tom Maravilla, a resident of Woodburn, Ore-gon, arrived at the home of Dave and Donna Mills,Gowrie, for a visit Sept. 10. Dave and Tom haveknown each other for more than 25 years, with thelast visit roughly 12 years ago.

They rst met at an all male TOPS (Take Off

Tom Maravilla and Dave Mills enjoy a nice lunch together.

Pounds Sensibly) meeting in Kennewick, Wash-ington, where they both resided. The all maleTOPS club was very popular at the time, as themens group performed pantomime versions of IFeel Good, You Make Me Want To Shout, andsongs of the musical play South Pacic. The

performances were held at annual TOPS conven-tions and other regional meetings within Washing-ton State.

Avid weight watchers at the time, Tom andDave frequently exercised together. It was on oneof these times that Dave advised Tom that he shouldbecome a school teacher. Soon after, Tom Mara-villa went back to college and eventually earneda teaching degree. Currently retired from teach-ing, he was also active as a teachers union steward.Several former students have since graduated from

college. Many of his students were the rst in theirfamilies to graduate from high school.

During his visit, Tom was introduced to the cof-fee group that meets at Marvs Grill each morning.He experienced the hospitality and warm friendli-ness that we all enjoy within our community. Healso was the lone-man-out during the coin toss andhe paid for coffee for the group. Isnt that nice?

Much of Toms visit included talking aboutfamilies and grandchildren. He also brought pho-tos of salmon he recently caught in the ColumbiaRiver near where he lives. Tom and Dave alsowent shing at local lakes. He was surprised to

nd out that we have access to several lakes within25 miles of Gowrie.One highlight of the visit was a ride to Dolliver

Memorial Park in Daves motorcycle sidecar. Sit-ting on a picnic table and watching the Des MoinesRiver pass by while they talked was a highlight ofthe visit.

Tom left the morning of Sept. 20, 2014 witha good understanding and knowledge about ourcommunity and surrounding areas.

ing into the individual Standards, discussing their

meaning, and discussing how the Standards applyto College and Career Readiness. They also dis-cussed how the Standards apply to different genres(Narrative Text, Poetry, and Informational Text).

During their time together, the staff wastold that our school libraries and their personalclassroom libraries should ideally have a 50/50split between ction and non-ction books. How-ever, we discovered through group conversation,that our classrooms were about 70% ction andonly 30% non-ction.

Maurita explained the imbalance of ctionto non-ction is typical in most schools, but it issomething we need to really take a look at. Based

on that, we discussed potential funding sources forthe purchase of more books to bolster our class-room non-ction libraries. The rest of the day was spent discussingthe Reading Standards and the progressions oftext sophistication. The staff then looked at keyideas and details, craft and structure, integration ofknowledge and ideas, and the range and level oftext complexity across the grade levels.

When we meet for ELA again on Nov. 19,we will begin with the question, Why do we needto be concerned with Text Complexity? The staffwill look at the three dimensions of Text Complex-ity (Qualitative / Quantitative / Reader and Task)and move forward from there.

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