BUFFALO SHORES GAZETTE Oldest Settlement in Scott County------Buffalo, Iowa

Rural Pearl of the Month: “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”- Anonymous EMAIL ME TO BE ADDED TO THE DISTRIBUTION LIST! Chrisc2865@msn.com Our paper can be viewed online at http://echobluffranch.com/BUFFALO_SHORES_GAZETTE.htm

Volume 14, Issue 6 August 15 – September 14 free 2015 MONTHLY

Buffalo Fire Department

Come Help Us Celebrate our 145th Birthday

Saturday August 29th 1pm to 4 pm

The Buffalo High School Reunion NOTICE: Due to circumstance beyond our control we have had to MOVE THE

SCHOOL REUNION from the Community Center to the LAST

BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL (BAC) IN THE GYM at Dodge Street.

We are still taking reservations for dinner.

Honored this year will be those Buffalo students who went to Bettendorf and

Central High the years 1964 and 1965 and will be 50 and 51 years out of school

as well as Buffalo Alumni. Please, contact Helen Joiner 563-391-6714, or

email RNHJoiner@aol.com. The reunion is Saturday September 19, 2015 at 5 PM

Clerk’s Corner City Wide Clean-up will be October 10-17 residents can bring their items directly to the waste commission with proof of Buffalo residency. Cemetery Clean-up will be October 15-22 City Wide Garage Sales will be 9/25 -9/26. Contact City Hall if you would like your sale on the map. Yard waste stickers can be purchased at City Hall for $1.50 each. Yard waste will be picked up on Tuesdays. Storm Water Impacts Many of us are unaware that the grass clippings here, the oil from a car over there, the prescription drug down the toilet, the litter on the street, the products we use for our lush green lawns, the pavement we use for our daily commute and the rooftops we are commuting to, collectively impact the quality of our water. For these reasons, Storm Water Education, Outreach and Involvement are activities that are not only required by the City's NPDES Permit but that Buffalo recognizes as necessary to ensure clean water continues to be an available resource. Ultimately, clean water depends on all of us! Help Keep our Water Clean! Illegal Dumping -Not only is

illegal dumping unattractive, but it is hazardous. It poses a threat to public health and is expensive. The city and county provide a number of convenient options for solid waste disposal. If you see someone dumping materials illegally, call 911. If you notice illegally dumped materials in Buffalo, call 563.381.2226. You can also report online at: http://www.iowastormwater.org/en/report_a_concern/ Please check out our Storm Water management program on the web at: http://www.buffaloiowa.org Thank you, Tanna Leonard, City Clerk

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CHURCH The Community

Dinner will be held August 27 4 - 6:30.

We will be serving Pulled Pork Sandwiches, beans,

salads & desserts. Donations are welcome.

Everyone is encouraged to attend. Calvary Lutheran Church, Buffalo

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Please join us at Calvary Lutheran Church for worship on Sundays at

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BVFD Notes We were busy around the BVFD during July. We spent 221 man-hours responding to 42

emergency calls during the month. We responded to 25 EMS calls, 6 River Rescue

Calls, 1 Vehicle Accident and 8 Miscellaneous calls for a Trees Down, a Natural Gas Leak, a

Trash Fire and 3 flood related calls. The members also spent 24 man-hours performing station and vehicle maintenance with their

assigned duty crew. Well I don’t know where the time has gone. By the time you read this article, the summer will be over (for the kids anyway). There will be plenty of warm weather and summer activities

still to come, but the kids will be back in school. So, after the 24th of August, keep an extra eye out for school buses and the speed

limits around the area schools. On a different note the Buffalo Fire Dept. will

be having an Open House on August 29th to celebrate our 145 years of serving the

community. It will be from 1pm to 4pm. We hope you all can stop in and have a piece of cake, something to drink and let us show you the station and you can get a chance to meet

the members. Respectfully submitted by: Terry Adams, Fire Chief

Visit us at www.bvfdfire.com Celebrating our 145th year of service to the Community

BUCKAROO NEWS One of my favorite parts of our Civil War re-enacting weekends are the Church services held on Sunday mornings at camp. This sparked my curiosity about the role of Christianity in the Civil War and how opposing sides both believed that they were justified by God? Abraham Lincoln knew the Bible thoroughly and spoke often of an Almighty God. However, he was the only United States president never to formally join a church. By 1860, there were nearly 4,000,000 slaves in the United States. (Yet most Confederate soldiers didn’t own any slaves.) The Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists—were all divided over slavery or related issues. These church divisions fractured political parties, and ultimately divided the nation.

As early as 1818, Presbyterians unanimously declared that “the voluntary enslaving of one part of the human race by another” is “utterly inconsistent with the law of God.” Ironically, however, they upheld the decision to depose a Presbyterian minister because he

held anti-slavery views. And in 1845, they agreed that slavery was a biblical institution. Before the Civil War, it was rare to find chaplains in American armies. During the war, they earned a lasting place. Sometimes preaching and praying continued 24 hours a day, and chapels, sometimes built in quarters, couldn’t hold the soldiers who wanted to get inside. Millions of tracts were distributed to soldiers during the war. The U.S. Christian Commission alone distributed 30 million tracts, including many through a young agent named Dwight L. Moody. Christians who opposed the war were often persecuted, but were allowed to be exempted from military service if they paid $500, but most suffered for their stance. For example, John Kline, moderator of the Brethren Annual Meeting, became distrusted because he provided medical aid to soldiers from both armies, and in June 1864 he was ambushed and murdered. Blacks were not allowed to serve as chaplains (or soldiers) until 1863. Altogether, 14 black chaplains served U.S. regiments. Abraham Lincoln was also the first President to use the phrase, “This nation under God,” leading to the words “one nation under God” being added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Many Civil War generals stood so committed to observing the Sabbath that it influenced their military operations. Some generals attributed defeats to the fact they had violated the Sabbath by fighting on that day. Many preachers, especially in the North, felt that through the war the final glorious reign of God would begin and that the war would be over in three months. Instead, it lasted four years, with 600,000 soldiers dead from bullets and disease. More Americans died in the Civil War than died in all other American wars combined. From my Saddle, Senor Esteban Source: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/1992/issue33/3302.html?start=2

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Our next meeting is Thursday August 20, starting at 6:30. . Museum is

open on Sundays from 1-4 pm or by appointment. Call Chris at 381-8074 or 579-3588 if you

would like to visit the museum. BRICK ORDER FORM can be accessed @

http://echobluffranch.com/BUFFALO_SHOrES_GAZETTE.htm

Or simply send a note/email, with a check for $35; of what you want

engraved (limited to 3 lines, 15 spaces

each). I f would like your name in our paper, donate or

loan some historical items to our museum!

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Thank you Alex Fox for helping, weed, water and plant in the flower bed! Also Thank You for your generous donation of this beautiful Eagle oil lamp to our museum! You are a very nice young man!

Buffalo Library News –AUGUST 2015 The 2015 Summer Reading Program was

successful, as it always is. Thanks to all those who participated. Winners of the prize

drawings were:

Tub of Fun – Ally Moore; Lego Minecraft set – Brandon Behncke; Slip-n-Slide – Kaydence McLaughlin; Stuffed Baymax

– Wyatt Hass.

tickets to an Iowa Cubs game were won by Jerry Pilgrim, Charley Cummins and Gavin Fowler. Go Cubbies!!

With school back in session, don’t forget all the FREE resources available at your Library, and watch for special

events to come.

Don’t forget: Library cards are free. With your Scott County card, you can order books, DVD’s, or other materials from ANY

library, and pick them up right here at your Buffalo Library.

Need to check your email, polish a resume or submit a job application online? The Library has three public-use

computers available, at no charge, of course!

Library Quote: “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading.” - Atwood H. Townsend

Library Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 2:00-7:00 pm Wednesday: 9:00 am-1:00 pm, then 2:00- 7:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to Noon381-1797, - Cindy Mosier, Branch Associate

News from Echo Bluff

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The acorns and walnuts have begun to fall.

There are pumpkins on the vine. Burrs are clinging to the long hair on the dogs and horses! Summer is winding down. I have so many projects I dreamed of doing this past winter, waiting for the weather to get better. My list grows longer everyday, as new things get added and the existing ones never come off. Two of the things on my list are to ride my horses and paint the sheds and fence. I haven’t done either. It’s not like I am not doing anything. Things that get in the way of our projects are the same for everyone, I am sure: time, money and energy! My other obsession, my dogs, takes up a good portion of those resources. The job I go to to pay the bills is especially draining these days, and it is not what I want to be when I grow up! If I were to win the lottery, not much about my life would change, but many other’s lives would change☺ Get out there and enjoy each day! We LOVE our life on this little Buffalo farm☺Thanks, Chris and Steve Thornton www.echobluffranch.com, or visit us on FB.

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jewelry, and much more! 1003 Park Avenue

Muscatine, IA Hours 9:00am – 6:00pm

563-506-8145

Carter’s Café (Next to Shell gas station)

1106 W. Front St.

Buffalo, IA (563)381-1555

Great food! Great prices! Come in and try our tasty homemade soups!

Great place for family & friends!

One Spay at a Time Mobile, low cost spaying and neutering for cats, small dogs and puppies under 30 lbs. Space provided by: Blue Grass American

Legion and Trinity Episcopal Church, Muscatine

Vaccinations also offered for an additional fee Contact Dr. Jeanne Hedges at

563-650-5720 And visit www.OneSpayataTime.com

BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER! RECEPTIONS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES ANNIVERSARIES, GRADUATIONS

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. BUFFALO TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE MONTH:

What year was the old school at 4th and Washington built? ANSWER TO LAST MONTH’S TRIVIA QUESTION

Mr. H. Baker was the barber in 1881 in Buffalo and it was written that he gave a clean shave and a good cut!

THE BASICS OF CANNING (although I have never personally tried it☺)

There are basically 5 things you will need and that's ALL. 1) Canning jars.

2) New lids with rings that fit the size jars you have. 3) A large pot (that you can fill with water up to the neck of a quart canning jar) 4) Jar lifter

5) Jar funnel to fit a regular jar mouth (it will also fit a wide mouth).

That’s all I know….. I suggest you look online or a good cook book for some recipes (or talk to Jan Carson)!

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