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Volume 1

Issue 2

INSIDE THIS ISSUEJasper County NotebookWe’ve recapped several recent top

stories that have happened around the county.

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Jasper County HistoryFind out more about the various

summer celebration days in Jasper County.

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Jasper County FlavorsSince it’s not summer without grilling

out, we’ve provided a few essential recipes to make a great meal.

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Jasper County CalendarCheck out the variety of local

events happening in the community from August through the end of October.

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Jasper County PeopleMeet high school teacher Dave

Rozendaal of Lynnville, who is now the Jasper County chief deputy sheriff.

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Jasper County GiftsCheck out the Iowa Speedway Gift

Shop, which offers a variety of items and is open weekdays year-long.

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Jasper County IssuesFreedom Flight Committee head

Doug Bishop receives approval for two new veteran memorials.

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Jasper County LivingFrom hotel to rehabilitation

center, we take a look back at the 130-year history of Hotel Colfax.

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August 2013 Jasper County Living 5

Jasper County CelebrationsA review in photos of this year’s

Fourth of July parade and fi reworks display in Newton.

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The vet-erans who took part in Jasper C o u n t y ’s final Free-dom Flight spent 10 hours on the ground v i s i t i n g m o n u -ments in Washington.

Upon their return to the Des Moines International Airport, they were greeted by Patriot Guard Riders, Freedom Flight vol-unteers from both Story and Jasper counties, and loved ones.

“A great day,” Jasper County Freedom Flight organizer Doug Bishop said. “The sun was shining, we saw all the memorials, and God blessed us with a lot of peace and healing.”


NOTEBOOK‘A Great Day’ had for final

Jasper County Freedom Flight

Newton hosts The Wall That Heals for some long-deserved healingAt right, a

visitor to The Wall That Heals reads through the names listed on the memorial prior to closing ceremonies held Sunday, May 5, in Maytag Park in Newton. The replica of the Vietnam War Memorial was on display in the park for nearly a week, under constant guard by local volun-teer veterans, many of whom braved some wildly fluctuat-ing weather con-ditions.

Wild weather results in biggest Maysnowfall in nearly a century

Four inches of snow — the biggest May snowfall in nearly a century — sur-prised a lot of people May 3, particularly those who had been wearing shorts during the 80-degree weather ear-lier in the week.

At right, Danny Bergloff of Garden Gate Landscap-ing in Newton clears away snow in front of businesses on the courthouse square. The snow also played tricks on local school districts, many of which resorted to running school buses only on hard-surfaced roadways following the rare weather event.

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NOTEBOOK

Second Annual Iowa Grand Motorcycle Rally at speedway

Newton Senior High School grads converge for Alumni Weekend

Stunt rider Patch McGillicuttey of Au-gusta, Ga., rode around the “Wall of Death,” (above) during a thrill show Saturday, June 1, during the Second Annual Iowa Grand Motorcycle Rally at the Iowa Speedway in Newton.

Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the country converged on Newton over the weekend following Memorial Day to take part in the three-day rally. Just five days later, the speedway hosted the first racing event of the 2013 race schedule.

Tom Ross and Larry Clement stand by Clement’s 1963 Corvette Stingray during this year’s Alumni Weekend get-together for the Newton Senior High School Class of 1963 at Cardinal Hills Golf & Swim. That year, the year both Ross and Clement graduated from NHS, also was first year the Stingray was made.

The car’s appearance at the class reunion wasn’t just about the nostalgia, either. For both men, the Stingray symbolized their camaraderie, and reminded them of their class’ athletic prowess and success in academics and other extra-curricular activities.

“It wasn’t about the individual,” Ross said. “That was the best thing about what we did. Nobody was looking for ink for themselves.”

2013 Jasper County Fair Queen, Princess crowned at Colfax Music in the Park

The kick-off con-cert to Colfax’s Mu-sic in the Park series included the crown-ing of the 2013 Jasper County Fair Queen and Princess. More than 100 spectators attended the June 15 event.

Families and friends showed up to support their pros-pects, many wearing custom printed or decorated T-shirts or other commemora-tive gear.

Out of the seven finalists for the com-petition, Chelsey Lourens of Colfax was named queen, while Dani Sue Tool of Monroe was se-lected as the prin-cess. The 2012 queen, Kristin Samson, and princess Emily Van Manen awarded the crowns to their re-

spective successors.“When we’re look-

ing at the submis-sions, we want to make sure we pick someone who acts well, shows support for the local com-munities and the fair,

has been involved in their community, has a kind personality and is very self-confi-dent,” selection com-mittee chairwoman Tobi Nearmyer, the 2006 Jasper County Fair queen, said.

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‘Best stop between Iowa City and Des Moines’

Restaurants often find various ways to lure customers in. Some use slogans such as “I ate the bones,” and others hit you with sheer numbers, such as “Billions of Billions Served.” How-ever, one Jasper County restaurant has trumped any ad campaign imaginable.

Iowa’s Best Burger Café is an unas-suming family-owned restaurant just off of Interstate 80 at exit 173. The café shares its location with the Kel-logg RV Park and the Kellduff 5 and 10 gas station, but the food is what lures people in.

The owners of the restaurant were too busy to give an interview, but they let their food and website speak for them.

“Since 1987, thousands (not ex-aggerating) of customers have told us that our hamburgers are the best they have ever ate, so we changed our name to Iowa’s Best Burger Café.

Locals and coast-to-coast travelers on I-80 return for our hamburgers, ten-derloins, homemade barbecue beef and homemade coleslaw.”

The best part of the Internet is that anyone can post anything. So what do actual customers say about the place?

“When we make the trip from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids to see our son, we always stop in here,” Jeff Swartzendruber said. “If it’s not lunch time, then we get ice cream.”

Jeff said his wife Pat’s parents come in all the time as well.

“They get to know you here,” Jeff said. “I got teased today when I got salad instead of my usual order of french fries.”

The burgers themselves are juicy, charbroiled, thick-cut quarter-pound patties “made your way.” They offer plenty of topping choices, including cheese, fresh lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles as well as con-

diments like ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard.

In addition to their regular burger, they offer a double-patty version called the “Samson.” The Samson weighs in at a half-pound and is named after the biblical figure, who was known for his great strength.

Every year, the restaurant has a con-test called “Iowa’s Burger King,” and last year Aaron Van Wyk won after demolishing seven Samson burgers.

If you are not a burger fan, which would be impossible after eating here, they offer up several other made-to-order options.

• A barbecue sandwich that is an original recipe and, like the burgers, 100 percent beef.

DININGIowa’s Best Burger Café

Just off I-80 near Kellogg, Iowa

By Ty RushingDaily News Staff Writer

BEST BURGERSee Page 30

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15People


More than an enforcer of laws

For Duane Rozendaal, being in law enforcement isn’t always about enforcing laws.

The chief deputy sheriff made the move from the Iowa State Patrol to the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office in December. As well as extensive activities through the sheriff ’s of-fice, he also serves as the vice presi-dent for the Lynnville-Sully School Board, where three of his children go to school.

“I do work pretty close to the school,” he said. “When I was on [the state] patrol, I was asked to do some law enforcement visits to the school.”

But not to make arrests. Duane teaches a consumer math class for juniors and seniors where he teaches the students about how to finance

their first car. His presentation lasts an hour and is a crash course in own-ing a car and the fiduciary responsi-bilities of owning a vehicle in Iowa. He gives the presentation once a se-mester and also teaches the driver’s education portion of the class.

“So I’ve been doing that for several years,” he said. “Now that I’m with the sheriff ’s department, I said, ‘Is this still okay?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, come on in.’”

Duane’s oldest son, Nick, is cur-rently attending college at Central College. Rozendaal, who plays the drums himself, said that Nick is a very talented drummer. Before going to school, Nick learned to play from his dad, who said that the profes-sors at Central College have “turned [him] into one incredible drummer.”

“He’s a better drummer than I was,” Duane said.

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“I’ve been at a lot of domestics. I’ve been at a lot of arguments that basically, even if it ’s just a matter of somebody throwing grass clippings on somebody’s yard, a little thing like that to them, it’s an important thing,” he said.

Being a peacekeeper, Duane said, is an important service that he be-lieves the department provides. As far as serving on the Lynnville-Sully School District Board of Education, it ’s another way that Duane gets in-volved in the community.

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Bishop’s unceasing mission to commemorate local veterans

If you thought that Doug Bishop was done serving the veterans of Jasper County now that the Freedom Flights have ended, think again.

Bishop, who serves as the Jasper County trea-surer and head of the Freedom Flight Committee, recently received approval from the county for his next big project — the creation of two new veter-ans’ memorials on the Jasper County Courthouse lawn.

“We’ve had many discussions with the veterans, and back when they did the last one, a lot of guys weren’t interested or didn’t feel that it was their time to have their name placed on a brick,” Bishop said. “A lot of them would like to see that now.”

“So I promised them, ‘Just let us get through this last Freedom Flight, and we’ll take a look at it,’” Bishop said.

On June 11, the Jasper County Board of Supervisors granted per-mission for the monuments to be placed on the courthouse grounds, and Bishop promised the project would be self-funded.

The first of the new memori-als would be east of the current memorial on the south side of the courthouse. Ideally, Bishop expects 200 to 300 bricks to be used for the memorial but said it can expand to 400 before sales are cut off.

The original memorial was built in 1992. The board provided $15,000 in seed money, and $96,000 was raised by the selling of bricks and private contributions

Bishop said his new committee also would like to purchase a memorial rock, similar to the “Free-dom Rock” in Green f i e ld . Sully has ap-

plied to become the official host of Jasper County’s Freedom Rock.

“Two rocks are better than one,” Bishop said. The memorial rock would be on the east side

of the square, and Bishop said he envisions the rock being re-painted every two to three years

with different scenes and with the work being done by various local artists. Bish-

op said he has already talked with Centre for

Arts & Art-ists Executive Director Lin-da Klepinger about finding artists.

By Ty RushingDaily News Staff Writer

ISSUES

The Veter-ans Memo-rial in down-town Newton

was built in 1992. Newton resident

Doug Bishop is planning for the

addition of another memorial that could

be surrounded by as many as 400 bricks

with names of veterans.

Ty Rushing/Daily News

BISHOPSee

Page 30

Bishop

• Making A Difference •

LIVING

“Close your eyes for me.”“Now, as we visit the old hotel, I want

you to turn the clock back 100 years. Keep them closed another 15 seconds, and when you open them, imagine that it is the early 1900s, and the hotel is at the height of its popularity.”

This is the introduction that John McNeer, a Newton historian, likes to give when he brings international trav-elers to the site of the old hotel on the hill in Colfax, the town he considers the best-kept historical secret of the Midwest. McNeer is a wealth of infor-mation and the source of much of the research for this building’s history.

McNeer’s introduction is apt. Few buildings in the region have so much history and have held so many identi-ties.

What started as the Hotel Colfax and eventually became the headquar-ters for Teen Challenge of the Mid-lands is one of the most well-storied buildings in the county. Through the years, tens of thousands have come and gone through the building, visiting for cures to joint pains, alcoholism and ev-erything in between.

The building has served as a hotel, a mineral springs spa, a housing and auc-tion facility for livestock, an alcoholic rehabilitation center, an interfaith cen-ter and more before it fi nally came to its current owner.

The doors to the hotel fi rst opened in the spring of 1884. Known as the “Saratoga of the West,” the hotel was extravagant for its day. The hotel was dedicated by the famous Schuyler Col-fax, Ulysses S. Grant’s vice president and the man for which the town is named.

By Matt NoscoDaily News Staff Writer

From ‘The Saratoga of the West’ to the ‘National Swine Palace’ and everything in-between


HOTELSee Page 19

Hotel Colfax

19Living


The hotel bore more than 100 rooms at that time and was heralded as the finest hotel between the Mis-sissippi and the Rocky Mountains. It operated in direct competition with several hotels located in the town, but was seen as a cut above the rest.

The hotel even had its own dedi-cated train depot apart from the town of Colfax’s due to the high volume of visitors coming and going. From the depot, vacationers could take a lift up over the bluffs to the hotel’s entrance. According to records from this period, visitors regularly travelled from either coast and even from overseas to visit.

Unfortunately, the success of the Hotel Colfax was not meant to last. As more vacation resorts popped up along the route to the west, Colfax lost the lion’s share of its visitors. The management went out of business, and the establishment was resold to a Dav-enport businessman, Colonel James P. Donahue, in 1904.

Donahue renovated the hotel over a period of four years, putting more than today’s equivalent of $14 million into the establishment. The hotel was given a new design, its own six-hole golf course and more frills that attract-ed renewed interest.

Before long, that interest waned once more, and the hotel was leased to the government to use as a veterans’ hospital toward the end of World War I. It was kept mostly empty during these times, used primarily for opulent officers’ quarters and rarely for enlist-ed men.

In 1923, the building once more shut down, and this time it remained empty for 23 years until it was purchased by the Fox Chemical Company. Before the new ownership took over the grounds, the oldest wing of the building was re-moved as it was deemed a fire hazard.

The Fox Chemical Company wasn’t interested in the history of the build-ing. They weren’t in it for an invest-ment in the hotel industry.

Instead, they repurposed the hotel, making it widely known as The Swine Palace. The company hoped to set up

one of the largest national livestock exchanges. Rooms in the basement that may have once been used for fa-cilities or grounds management now housed prize pigs. The hogs were then transported up to be sold on the floor of the grand ballroom, treading the same ground as a vice-president and the countless other celebrities and so-cialites who had visited the hotel.

From 1948 to 1951, the prop-erty was leased and used by an alco-hol rehabilitation center, known as River Oaks Manor. Their records of the time showed a good rate of cures among their patients, but after three years, their lack of funding closed the endeavor down.

In 1955, the property was acquired by the Salvatorian Novitiate, a Catholic religious community, headed by Father Sean Del Santos. Santos used the old hotel as a way-place for young men in-volved in the religious life. The build-ing was made available as a retreat for other groups and organizations, as well.

HotelContinued from Page 18

Matthew Nosco/Daily NewsThe former Hotel Colfax once boasted 100 rooms and was her-alded as the finest hotel between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. The hotel eventually was leased to the government to use as a veteran’s hospital toward the end of Wold War I. Today, the facility is headquarters to Teen Challenge of the Midlands, a faith-based organization to help with addiction recovery.

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It was during this period that the mural in the dining hall was paint-ed. Michael Angelo Tortorete, from Pittsburgh, Penn., had been a sign painter. While preparing for his life as a religious brother, Tortorete was inspired to cover the entire 52-foot-long, 10-foot-high wall in the old hotel’s dining room with his art. He chose a scene depicting Christ with the apostles after their famous night of fishing, and he worked from Janu-ary through September of 1963 on the work.

Teen Challenge commissioned an artist to restore the painting, and the work was completed early in 2013.

The Salvatorian Novitiate closed their doors in 1968, selling the prop-erty to become the Colfax Interfaith Spiritual Center. The Center was managed by a board of directors from various religions and denominations, and its purpose was to become a place of spiritual enrichment and refresh-ment for all people.

The Interfaith Center stopped their operations and the building once more sat empty for several years until it was purchased by Teen Challenge of the Midlands in 1986.

Teen ChallengeThere is a certain parallel between

the current facility and many of its past uses. As with the last two own-ers, it is a faith-based organization. As with the original two, the building has returned to housing those who have come for healing, albeit the par-

ticipants stay a fair bit longer now and they have come for addiction recovery rather than the “healing” properties of the Colfax mineral springs.

The organization, which was founded in 1961, currently has more than 200 centers in the United States and more than 1,000 abroad, accord-ing to Michael Hunsberger, regional director. They work primarily with young men with substance abuse and related problems, but they have cen-ters for women and men older than 18 as well.

“We are here to take the lives that have been thrown away by society. We are helping the people that have been told that they have no hope, to help restore that hope to them through the lord and bring them back to the light of God,” Hunsberger said.

The old hotel is slated as one of the facilities for men older than 18. While their program can handle 58 at a time, usually they have 35 to 45 at any given moment.

“We have a year-long program. They come to us for the first five months in this and a few other cen-ters, and they start their program, and then after five months they transition to a facility in Omaha for seven more months,” Hunsberger said. “In Oma-ha, our goal is to help our students to transition back to a normal life. We help with job-seeking, financial plan-ning and adapting back to the real world.”

Hunsberger boasted the organiza-tion’s success rate for its graduated members is inordinately high, be-tween 70 and 80 percent, depending on which research report you read.

“The government programs can

only hope to make it into the double digits, and our program exceeds that by far. It is a more long-term commit-ment, but it’s effective,” Hunsberger said.

It was these high success rates that drew the attention of George Bush during his 2000 campaign. The presi-dential hopeful touted the organiza-tion, proclaiming that a marriage of federal funding with such organiza-tions could lead to an even more ef-fective scope of operations. Bush later said that his visit to Colfax and the old hotel was one of his two favorite stops along the campaign trail.

Teen Challenge of the Midlands leaders don’t consider Teen Challenge a “short-term set-up” like some of the other organizations that have come through the building. They have al-ready invested substantial funding into the grounds and the building it-self. In fact, Teen Challenge has re-ceived a government grant it used ex-clusively to help make further repairs to the building and the old prom-enade.

Teen Challenge sees its place in Colfax as a unique advantage for one of its centers and thus worth the in-vestment.

“Most of our centers don’t have a 90-acre property,” Hunsberger joked. “These grounds allow us to help sepa-rate our students from the city envi-ronment, the environment that might otherwise be a temptation to them … We aren’t ever planning on going any-where, as far as I can tell.”

For more information about Teen Challenge of the Midlands or ways to get involved, visit the organization’s website at www.tcmid.org.

HistoryContinued from Page 19


Then ...

... & Now

22Living

TREASURES• Places Worth a Visit • Trainland

3135 Highway 117, Colfax, IA 50054; (515) 674-3813 Open Memorial Day through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily

Leland Atwood still re-members the first train he got for Christmas as a kid.

In 1939, Atwood awoke to find a Marx passenger set delivered to him from San-ta. Marx was a reasonably-priced brand of toy trains to purchase. Now, Atwood is the owner of Iowa’s Train-land, a model train shop and museum.

“I just like kids, and I like trains,” he said. “Even when I was a little kid. And so my

By Dave HonDaily News Staff Writer

Train TalkTrain enthusiast shares love of trains with others

TRAINLANDSee Page 23

Above: A Lionel train comes out of a tunnel made of plaster. The number of figurines and other parts of the model in the museum is almost countless. Left: Leland “Red” Atwood and his son Scott sit in the model train shop which is an 85 year-old passenger car from Chicago.

Dave Hon/Daily News


23Treasures

TREASURES

dad took me way down to Colfax one day, and there was a big ol’ steam en-gine sitting on the siding and wait-ing on another train.”

His dad asked if he and Atwood could climb in the steam engine, and the conductor let them. Atwood can still mimic the sound that the steam engine made as he sat in it.

Trainland’s shop sits in a Rock Island Passenger car built in 1928, making it 85 years old. All the lights and wiring still work. The car could still run on a track.

“It ’s a real solid old car for 85 years old,” Atwood said.

Even with entertainment like vid-eo games, Atwood still thinks chil-dren enjoy and play with trains — all thanks to shows like “Thomas the Tank Engine.”

“There’s a lot more of them that collect than you think,” Atwood said. “We sell a lot of stuff out of here. The hobby stores — a lot of

them are going broke because of the Internet.”

Atwood’s personal favorite from his collection is a 773 Lionel made in 1950, something he collected some time after his Marx.

“It ’s very rare, and it ’s also very collectible — a lot of de-tails,” Atwood said.

This sum-mer, Train-land plans on open-ing a train depot museum that will feature several items from an actual train depot At-wood had trans-ported from Cal-amus. The depot was built before the Civil War.

Atwood hoped the depot mu-seum would be open before now, but the rain has prevented him from working on it.

The operational Lionel model museum has 4,000 feet of track, 2,600 square feet of display space,

20 to 25 trains operating at all times and push buttons to operate miscel-laneous items on the track.

Atwood still has his Marx train set from 1939. Of course, he doesn’t put it on dis-play.

TrainlandContinued from Page 22

Dave Hon/Daily NewsLeft: Cars sit in a model train yard waiting to be picked up. Behind the scenes, someone is running the switchboard that controls where the cars and engines go. Above: A steam engine in the “Wild West” portion of the museum. Most of the figurines and model houses are authentic from Lionel sets.

The outside area of the museum, depot and train shop are populat-ed with signs from railroad yards and train crossings.

Dave Hon/Daily News


24Scene


Summer Grilling Simple burger recipe that keeps them coming back for more

There is something about grilling out over the summer time. The weather is fi ne, the sky is clear and everyone is coming together over a great outdoor meal whether it be a family reunion or a weekend get-

away with a few friends.The summer grill-out has a few staples that you

can’t get away without having on hand. Whether it’s the potato salad, watermelon, ice-cold lemonade and

By Matthew NoscoDaily News Staff Writer

GRILLINGSee Page 25

FLAVORS

25Scene

iced tea or apple pie, there’s a few things that will always remind you that it’s summer-time.

Well, to my mind hamburgers are one of those great staples of the American grill-out. There’s more room for quality discrepancy with ham-burgers than hot dogs or brats, but if they’re done right, they’ll shut out their cylindrical peers every single time.

You can’t just go out and buy the frozen hock-ey puck hamburgers. If you do, you’re valuing a few minutes of your time over both money and quality. The key to a good burger is self-assembly, and today I’m going to share my sure-thing and simple burger recipe that will always keep them coming back for more.

The Nosco PattyThis recipe will make 6-8 burger patties de-

pending on the size you like to serve.Ingredients2 lbs. of ground beef (You want to go for 80 or

85, as the higher fat content will hold the burgers together, but any percentage will do)

6 ounces of shredded cheese by personal flavor preference (I choose pepper jack for some zing)

1 egg1 medium onion1 green or red bell pepper¼ cup of seasoned bread crumbsKosher or garlic salt and freshly cracked pep-

per to tasteBuns (Don’t skimp here unless you’re doing a

large grill-out)Canola or other oilDirectionsDice your onion and bell pepper.Crack your egg into a bowl and mix the yolk

together. Pour the mixture over your beef.Pour in the rest of your ingredients and hand

mix them with the beef.Pull out a half-fist sized ball of the beef mix-

ture at a time and use both hands to form a patty, spinning the patty in your hand with your thumb dragging along the outside to make a strong edge.

If the patties feel “weak,” add additional bread-crumbs to the mixture or allow the patties to rest in the freezer for 10 minutes prior to grilling.

Brush the patties with a light amount of oil and put them on a high-heat grill. Grill the burg-ers until golden brown and slightly charred on the first side, then flip them and cook to desired doneness.

Grilling: Nosco PattyContinued from Page 24

Tasty Sides• 15 oz. can cut green beans• 15 oz. can cut wax beans• 15 oz. can dark red kid-

ney beans• 16 oz. can garbanzo

chick peas• 1/2 cup

chopped green pepper

• 1/2 cup chopped onion

Pour over mixture of:

• 1/2 cup sug-ar

• 1 tsp. salt• 1/4 tsp. black

pepper• 2/3 cup vinegar

• 1/3 cup vegetable oilMix well, refrigerate cou-

ple of hours before serving

FLAVORS

• 4 oz. spaghetti• 6 oz. marinated arti-

chokes• 1/2 sm. zucchini sliced.• 1 carrot, shredded• 2 oz. sliced salami

• 1 c. shred. Mozzarella • 2 T. grated Parmesan • 1 T. olive oil• 2 T. white wine vinegar • 1 clove garlic, crushed• 1/2 tsp. basil• 1/2 tsp. oregano• 3/4 tsp. dry mustard

Break pasta in half, cook and drain. Set aside. Drain artichokes, reserving mari-nade. Chop coarsely. Cut zucchini slices in half. Combine pasta, vegetables, meat and cheese in bowl. Combine marinade, oil, vinegar and spices in jar; shake well. Pour over pasta and chill several hours. Serves 8-10.

Susan Beise received this recipe from Nancy Kissane of Grinnell

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Four-Bean SaladFrom the Kitchen of Deena Lamb of Newton

Italian Pasta SaladFrom the Friends of the Library Cookbook (Available for $7.50 at the Newton Public Library)


26Flavors

CELEBRATIONS

Dave Hon/Daily NewsNewton celebrated the Fourth of July this year with its annual parade,

themed “Salute to Our American Patriots.” Top: Members of the American Legion Post 111 were pulled by John Deere tractors in

white trailers down the parade route. Members of the Grinnell Legion also made an appearance at the parade. Above: Jasper County Fair

Queen Chelsey Lourens waves to children in the audience during the parade in Newton. Right: A member of Passing Along the Flag

marches down the parade route with the American Flag in tow. This flag was one of meany that made an appearance at the Fourth of July

parade. See additional photos on page 28.

Annual Fourth of July Parade


• Coming Together to Celebrate •

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Dave Hon, Bob Eschliman/Daily NewsNewton’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display

(above) took place at Agnes Patterson Park this year. Top right: Members of the American Legion Post

111 led the parade with the Iowa State Flag and the American flags. Right: Newton Fourth of July Parade

Grand Marshal Junior Ekins, a World War II veteran, sits on top of a convertible during the parade.

CELEBRATIONS

29History

MingoOne Mingo resident recounts the

origins of Mingo Days as the Ma-her family throwing a large hog roast and potluck each year at an airplane hangar just outside of town. After the Mahers had been hosting the event for a number of years, it was moved up to the Main Street area around 1980. It kept its hog roast format, and every-one that came still brought food and freewill donations, and the area was blocked off for a street dance and live music. There was a lapse for several years before a group of town people brought it back, and it came under the control of the parks and recreation de-partment around 2005.

BaxterAccording to Steve Smith, mayor

of Baxter, Baxter’s Fun Days were initially started as an offshoot of the centennial celebration. Following the centennial, a committee was organized to help plan a celebration for each year thereafter. In the early 1980s the Bax-ter Men’s Club took over the celebra-tion, and then the reins were passed on to a Baxter women’s group called the S.o.S. The women’s group planned the celebration until several years ago, when a group of young people estab-lished the Baxter Fun Days Commit-tee to take over the planning.

MonroeThe first Monroe Old Settlers

Day dates back to 1897, making the small-town festival 116 years old this summer. “Never was such a large crowd around the stand, paying such close attention to the speakers,” said an attendee in the 1897 newspaper following the event. The event first featured a display of old-time relics such as dried pumpkins, animal skins, seed corn and an old spinning wheel and reel from before 1800. A parade around the town with two covered wagons was had, with the participants trying to dress in ‘old-time’ attire, and then there was music in the park.

Afterwards, a permanent organiza-tion was created, to be known as the Old Settler’s Association of Monroe which would ensure the festival went off without a hitch each year.

ColfaxColfax’s summer festival is not

as well storied as that of many of its neighbors. In fact, it was due to the surrounding towns’ festivals that the Chamber of Commerce began to work towards the beginning of Mineral Springs Days in the early 1980s.

“We wanted to be able to compete with what was around us and help put together something good to show-case the Colfax community,” said Phil Webb, a community businessman.

The event is themed around the mineral springs industry of yester-year to which the town of Colfax owes much of its history and economic foundation. It helps serve as a remind-er of the community’s historical roots according to Julia Kern, Colfax Main Street director.

Prairie CityThe Prairie City Agricultural Soci-

ety held a festival in 1870 with a full 2,000 in attendance that was looked upon as the predecessor to Old Set-tlers Day. In 1892, the festival was brought back to Prairie City to be held on the second Tuesday in August. At-tendance was regularly between 500-1,500.

In 2003, Prairie City’s Old Settlers Day was rebranded as Prairie Days, and the event was moved to a week-end in June, giving organizers two full days to work with rather than only one. The move has enabled a wider variety of events and a larger audience of people who are able to attend over the weekend rather than on a Tuesday.


HISTORY• A Heritage Worth Remembering •

By Matthew NoscoDaily News Staff Writer

HISTORY OF CELEBRATIONS: A look at festival days in Jasper County

30Happenings


• A Polish sausage.• A pork tenderloin sandwich made

out of freshly breaded and fried pork loin.• Chicken tenders that can either be

served char broiled or breaded made from actual chicken breast.

• A fish sandwich, made from breaded whitefish squares.

• And another pork option, a char broiled pork chop sandwich.

All foods can be served individually or in a combo. Combos offer a drink, a lettuce salad or freshly fried crinkle cut fries.

As Jeff mentioned, the café also serves ice cream — 16 flavors, in fact. The flavors can rotate, but some popu-lar ones include birthday cake, maple nut and chocolate peanut butter revel.

The café’s claim of being the best

burger joint in Iowa is backed by Rep. Dave Loebsack and his aide, Dave Le-schtz.

“This is the best stop between Iowa

City and Des Moines,” Leschtz said. “The congressman and I stop in here all the time. Fine food, fast service and friendly folks.”

Best BurgerContinued from Page 11

“If you talk to any veterans around here, they’ll tell you that the amount of patriotism has increased dramati-cally,” Bishop said. “We are going to help them be honored one more time, which will last forever.”

Bishop has wasted no time in help-ing get this project off of the ground and has already assembled the Jasper County Veteran’s Memorial Fund and Commission Committee.

Members of the committee repre-sent veterans from different eras and include Bob Thorson (World War II), Marv Morris (Korean), Keith Thorpe (Vietnam), Bishop (Desert Storm) and Jasper County Veteran Affairs Director Chris Chartier (Iraq and Afghanistan). Former American Le-gion 111 Post Commander Wallace Schermerhorn and his successor, Jas-per County Commission of Veteran’s Affairs Chair Marta Ford, would act as liaisons and community outreach for the committee.

“We have a great core group of individuals who are always willing to step-up and help with anything

veteran related” Bishop said. “As you can see by the list we have somebody from every major era. We will do the outreach to veterans groups around the county in order to get the highest amount of participation and make it available for every veteran who is in-terested.”

Recent figures estimate that Jasper County has around 3,000 veterans.

Bishop believes that memorials

have a healing effect on veterans and has said as much after Freedom Flight trips and when the “Wall that Heals” visited Newton.

“Many individuals who were in the service, who never wanted to talk about the service are telling them-selves, ‘that it’s OK,’” Bishop said. “I think we are going to get strong par-ticipation in this project from many who may have passed on it before.”

BishopContinued from Page 17

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HAPPENINGS

“Evenings at the Bowl” Summer Concert Series

Slipstream PerformanceMaytag Park

August 17:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Concert goers are encour-aged to bring lawn chairs

and snacks.

Pork Be Inspired 150 NASCAR K&N Pro Series

Iowa SpeedwayAugust 2

Green Flag 8 p.m.

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Iowa SpeedwayAugust 3

Green Flag 7 p.m.Cold Filtered Post Race

“Evenings at the Bowl” Summer Concert Series

Dueling Pianos PerformanceMaytag Park

August 87:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Radio Theater: Fibber Mcgee & Molly followed by Silent

MoviesJasper County Historical

MuseumAugust 136:30 p.m.

Newton Farmers MarketCentre for Arts & Artists Every Tuesday (August 6

to September 24) 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Newton Public Library Presents Friday Free Kid’s

MovieLibrary Meeting Room

August 9, 16, 23, 301 to 3 p.m.

Every Friday we will be showing a different free

kid’s movie.

Sunsets at Sugar GroveFlatland frank & the flat

catsSugar Grove Vineyard

August 24 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

21st annual Bowlful of blues

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ARCA Racing SeriesIowa Speedway

September 7Green Flag 8:00 p.m.Wikid Likir Post Race

Monarch MadnessNeal Smith Wildlife

RefugeSeptember 7

9 a.m. to NoonCome help them collect

and tag butterflies on their migration south through

the refuge.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Iowa SpeedwaySeptember 8

Green Light 1 p.m.

“Off the Beaten Path” 6K Trail Race and 3K Fun RunJacob Krumm Preserve

September 239 a.m.

Runners will experience the tall grass prairie,

woodlands and maybe even some wildlife.

Proceeds will go to the Jasper Conservation

Connection. Must register by September 19.

Homecoming Celebrations

The Colfax-Mingo football game takes place

at 7 p.m. Friday, September 6, against SE

Warren. The Newton Cardinal

football game takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday,

September 13, against Boone.

The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter football game

takes places at 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 20, against Prairie City-

Monroe.

Homecoming Celebrations

The Prairie City-Monroe football game takes place

at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 4, against Albia.

The Lynnville-Sully foot-ball game takes place at

7 p.m. Friday, October 4, against Pleasantville.

Thunder NitesDowntown Newton

September 13Food vendors, beverge garden and live music from ‘RUKKUS’ — a

rock band from Ottumwa —will perform a variety of music from classics to

new hits.

King of the Korn Kart racesNewton Kart KlubSeptember 21 & 22Gates open at 2 p.m.

Hot laps start at 4 p.m.

Newton Community Theatre’s

“The Dixie Swim Club”Newton Community

TheatreOctober 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at

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