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Work progresses on Casey’s General Store in MurrayBy AMY HANSEN OST news editor [email protected]

MURRAY — The building is up at Murray’s new Casey’s General Store.

Craig Justice, chairman for Murray Development, said construction work is currently being done on the inside of the new Casey’s.

“I’d say they’ve got about 20 per-cent of the concrete work to do out-side,” Justice said. “They’ve got to set the pumps yet. Of course, they’ve got to finish the dirt work next spring be-cause the weather went against them this time of year.”

Work in progressAfter the town’s convenience store

left in February 2012, there was a

need for another one.In March 2013, it was announced

Murray would be receiving a Casey’s General Store.

“The nice thing with Casey’s com-ing in, they listed it out as $1.3 million investment for them, for the town,” said Murray City Councilman Greg Clark.

Justice said Nik Werner, former mayor of Murray, was instrumental in bringing a Casey’s to Murray.

The building’s location is directly south of Murray School District.

“They (Casey’s) had to do their pre-liminaries and they made their initial downpayment on it then. They had to do some engineer work,” Justice said. “I was told at the time that they were really busy because they were put-ting new stores in Wisconsin. So, they were going to have to outsource a lot of the stuff they usually do in house.”

Clark said he has been in conver-

sation with the regional manager for Murray’s Casey’s. An opening date is scheduled for mid-April because of construction and weather delays.

AmenitiesThe store will sell pizza, but it won’t

have a deli.Justice said the store is set up to

have four gas pumps. There will be a diesel gas pump, two super unleaded gas pumps and a regular unleaded gas pump.

Clark said Casey’s is looking to hire approximately 20 employees for the new store. Hiring advertisements should be in Osceola Sentinel-Tri-bune and Creston News Advertiser within the next month.

“It’s got to be the best thing that’s happened to the town for years,” Justice said. “There’s not been any company that’s come to the town to put this type of capital expenditure as long I’ve been there.”

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Historic preservation commission needing old photos of downtown areaBy AMY HANSEN OST news editor • [email protected]

A last call is being issued for old pictures of Osceola’s downtown area.

Osceola Historic Preser-vation Commission is need-ing the pictures for an inten-sive survey and evaluation.

“We’re finishing up our research work,” said Ann Diehl with Osceola Historic Preservation Commission. “I’ve had 10 or 12 people … researching old newspapers for businesses that might have moved in and out of the downtown buildings. It’s an intensive study of the downtown business district.”

Grant moneyLast year, Iowa Depart-

ment of Cultural Affairs (DCA) awarded $91,051 to 12 Iowa cities and counties to support historic preserva-tion programs.

Osceola received $11,702 in grant funding.

The grant awards are from DCA’s certified lo-cal government program, a partnership between local, state and national govern-ments focused on promoting historic preservation at the local level.

Osceola Historic Preser-vation Commission will un-dertake an intensive survey of its downtown, document-ing historical and architec-tural significance of local buildings.

The project will also de-termine whether Osceola’s downtown area is eligible for the National Register

of Historic Places. Many of the buildings in the town’s square are from the 1870s to the 20th century.

“To be on the historic register, you can’t just be a grand old building or a beau-tiful, beautiful old house,” Diehl said. “There has to be something important — either somebody important was in there, somebody did something important for the town or an important act (happened).”

There has been more than 450 hours of research do-nated by volunteers for this project, so far.

Still neededDiehl said many old pic-

tures, snapshots or other im-ages are still needed for the project.

The survey area goes around the square and a half-block from each cor-ner of the square. Pictures should be taken from the 1960s and older.

“We have a lot of Main Street (but) that doesn’t mean we don’t want any-more,” Diehl said. “We have

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Nationwide recognitionLampe named SBO magazine’s Iowa director who makes a difference

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Pictured is Brad Lampe, Clarke Community High School band director.

OST photo by AMY HANSENPictured is the building for the new Casey’s General Store in Murray. It is located directly south of Murray School District.

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By AMY HANSEN OST news editor [email protected]

When Brad Lampe, Clarke High School band director, first found out he had been named in School Band and Orchestra (SBO) magazine for 2013’s 50 Directors Who Make a Difference, it was actually through Face-book.

“A bunch of my band director friends on Facebook started to congratulate me … I looked online, and sure enough it was in there,” Lampe said.

Since the magazine was sent out during winter break, Lampe hadn’t seen the results since his edition was in his school mailbox.

SBO is a nationwide magazine published for band directors. Every year, the magazine publishes a section on 50 band directors who make a difference.

Nominations come into the magazine, and a list is compiled of band directors with one chosen from each state.

HonorThis year, Lampe was chosen to represent

Iowa. He said he has no idea who originally nominated him for the honor.

“It just came, which is kind of cool,” Lampe said. “I don’t know. It wasn’t any of my family members or anything like that. So, I know it’s not too closely related to me. That’s kind of a neat recognition.”

According to Lampe, the honor also showcases the support Clarke gives to in-strumental music.

“It’s a group effort. It’s not just mine,” he said. “I mean, the school has been really supportive of what we do.”

Personal experienceOne of the reasons Lampe decided to be-

come a band teacher is his own high-school experience.

In 1980, Lampe graduated from high school in Geneseo, Ill. When he first entered high school, Lampe was small in stature — just 4 feet, 10 inches.

Lampe said his high school was driven by a lot of athletic programs, especially foot-ball.

However, Lampe said he found his “niche” in band, and then expanded into other extracurricular activities.

“That’s kind of why I got into teaching in the first place,” Lampe said. “I love music, but I got into it because I had a great high-school experience when I was a high-school kid. Part of the reason I had such a great experience was through band and choir and drama and speech. That was my thing.”

Music educationIn 1984, Lampe graduated from Augus-

tana College in Rock Island, Ill., with a

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2 THURSDAY • JANUARY 9, 2014 OSCEOLA SENTINEL-TRIBUNEFOR THE RECORDSHERIFF’S REPORT

POLICE REPORT

ACCIDENTS

Joshua Levi Ratliff, 34, of Osceola was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and driving while suspended 3:55 a.m. Dec. 24.

Ratliff was arraigned and released from jail on bond.

——————Trinity David Bucking-

ham, 33, of Weldon was charged with probation vio-

lation 11:35 p.m. Dec. 31.Buckingham is awaiting

transport to Iowa Classifica-tion Center in Oakdale.

——————Timothy Joseph Formaro,

29, of Osceola was charged with parole violation 4:05 p.m. Jan. 2.

Formaro is awaiting court proceedings in reference to parole violations.

Debra Miller of Osceola reported a wedding ring was taken Jan. 6.

——————Don Tavien Rife, 19, of

Osceola was cited for failure

to yield on a left turn after an accident Jan. 3 at the inter-section of Highways 34 and 69, also known as the “Four Corners.”

An accident was reported on North Main Street Jan. 3.

According to an Osceola Police report, Lew Walicki, 54, of Rice Lake, Wis., at-tempted to back up his semi-trailer and struck a 2008 Ford pickup driven by Jaclyn Bradley, 33, of Osceola.

——————No citations were issued

after an accident 7:33 p.m. Dec. 27 at the intersection of 205th Avenue and Highway 34.

According to a Clarke County Sheriff’s report, Bethany Nicole Tracy, 18, of Lorimor, driving a 2008 Pon-tiac, and Larry Scott John-son, 42, of Des Moines, driv-ing a 1999 Chevrolet pickup, were both driving west on Highway 34.

Johnson slowed his vehi-cle to make a left turn onto 205th Avenue. Tracy didn’t notice the turn signal on the trailer attached to John-son’s vehicle. Tracy swerved her vehicle and struck the driver’s side of Johnson’s ve-hicle.

Law enforcement checked the turn signals on Johnson’s trailer, and all turn signals and brake lights worked.

Damage estimates are $3,000 to Tracy’s vehicle and $4,000 to Johnson’s vehicle.

——————Dillon Alan Eckhardt, 32,

of Osceola was cited for fail-ure to maintain control after an accident 5:30 a.m. Dec. 21 in the 1700 block of 270th Avenue.

According to a Clarke County Sheriff’s report, Eck-hardt, driving a 1995 Dodge pickup on 270th Avenue, lost control of the vehicle and entered the east ditch.

When law enforcement arrived at the scene, no one was around the vehicle. Eck-hardt returned to the scene and said he didn’t know who had been driving the vehicle.

The vehicle was towed to the law enforcement center. Eckhardt went to the law en-forcement center and admit-ted he had been driving the vehicle.

Damage estimate is $5,000.

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Clarke County Sheriff’s Office has been contacted in reference to several acts of criminal mischief that oc-curred in Clarke County be-tween Dec. 26 and 28.

According to a Clarke County Sheriff’s report, these acts consisted of van-dalism to several mailboxes, a house and tree-trimming machine.

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tioned and charged with a class C felony because of the amount of damage.

The case was referred to Clarke County juvenile au-thorities.

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Knights of Columbus to sponsor free-throw championship for youths

All boys and girls ages nine to 14 are invited to par-ticipate in the free (no entry fee) local-level of competi-tion for the 2014 Knights of Columbus (K of C) Free-Throw Championship.

The local competition will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Clarke Com-munity High School gym. Doors will open at 1p.m. for registration and warm-up. The competition will start at 1:30 p.m.

The winners of the lo-cal competition will be eli-gible to participate in the district competition held 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2, at Clarke Community Jr. High School gym. They will be compet-ing against the winners from Creston, Chariton and Leon/Mount Ayr for the privilege to advance to the regional contest.

The Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Champion-ship is held annually with the winners progressing through local, district and state competition.

International champions are announced by the K of C International Head-

quarters based on scores from the state-level com-petitions. All boys and girls ages nine to 14 are eligible to participate and will com-pete in respective age divi-sions.

Age eligibility is deter-mined by the age of the contestant as of Jan. 1. Last year, more than 120,000 sharpshooters participated in 3,600 local competitions.

All contestants on the lo-cal level are recognized for their participation in the event. Participants are re-quired to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. For additional in-formation contact Bernard Schade at 641-342-6317.

The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service or-ganization with nearly 1.8 million members in more than 14,500 local councils. Last year, Knights donated 70 million volunteer hours and $162 million to charita-ble and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to ben-efit their church, councils, communities, families and youths.

Loebsack representative to hold office hours

Congressman Dave Loe-bsack, D-Iowa, will have a member of his staff in south-ern Iowa for open office hours.

Dien Judge, Loebsack’s district representative, will be at the locations. Judge will be on hand to work with individuals who are having difficulty with a government agency, have suggestions for Loebsack, or would just like to share their concerns.

Members of the public are invited to attend. Judge holds regular office hours throughout Iowa.

The office hours in Osceo-la are 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St.

If residents are unable to attend but have a concern to share with the Congress-man, call the district of-fice toll-free at 1-866-914-IOWA (4692).

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Iowa DemocratIc Party caucus Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 • 7 p.m. You must be in-line or signed-in by 7:00 p.m. to participate

Clarke County Democrats will meet at the following location(s):Osceola Precincts 1, 2, and 3, Middle Precinct, North East Precinct, and Woodburn

Precincts will meet at Clarke Community High School Media Center, 800 N. Jackson, Osceola.

Murray Precinct will meet at Murray Community School, 216 Sherman, Murray

The purpose of this year’s caucus is to:1. Discuss and adopt proposed resolutions to be added to the county platform.2. Elect Delegates and Alternates to the County Convention.3. Elect Precinct Committee Persons to the County Central Committee

The precinct caucus is a great way to get involved in grassroots activities with the Iowa Democratic Party.

All Iowa Democrats are encouraged to attend.

Lucille Snook Grand River

Lucille Snook, 88, of G r a n d River died Dec. 30, 2013, at C l a r k e C o u n t y H o s p i t a l in Osceo-la.

Funeral s e r v i c e s were 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Slade-O’Donnell Fu-neral Home in Leon. Burial will be in Grand River Cem-etery. Memorials may be given to Grand River First Responders.

Lucille Verna Snook, daughter of Iva Illo (Thomp-son) and Louis Clarence Jelsma, was born May 29, 1925, in Wayne County.

Lucille graduated from Leon High School, then worked in a munitions plant in Des Moines as a supervi-sor.

In earlier years, she worked in the grocery store and restaurant in Grand River.

In 1945, Lucille married

Darwin Forrest Snook.They raised their children

on the Snook family century farm north of Grand River.

Lucille continued to live on the farm after Darwin’s death Jan. 7, 1998.

Lucille was active at Grand River United Meth-odist Church.

Lucille is survived by her children, Darwin and Barb Snook of Grand River and Karen and John Page of Osceola; grandchildren, Brant and Marcia Snook of Fort Collins, Colo., Michelle and Roger Byer of Mount Ayr, Eric and Bailey Page of New Virginia and Krys-tal Page (friend Michael Weber) of Ames; great-grandchildren, Christopher and Donovan Snook, Ash-lyn Byer and Ryder Page; siblings, Garold and Phyllis Jelsma of Clio, Wilma Adair of Carlisle, Reva Negley of Osceola and Keith and Janet Jelsma of Decatur; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

In addition to her hus-band, Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, brother Harold Jelsma and two infant brothers.

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Margaret Short Osceola

Margaret Short, 81, of Osceola died Jan. 2, 2014, at her home near Osceola.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Kale Fu-neral Home, 301 S. Main St., and no services are scheduled at this time. Me-morials may be given to Iowa Public Broadcasting Service. Online condolenc-es may be left at www.kale-

funeralhome.com.Margaret Luella Short,

daughter of Inez Mary (Piercy) and Hubert Miles Argo, was born March 30, 1932, in Decatur County.

On March 26, 1949, Mar-garet married Roy Donald “Don” Short in Corydon.

Margaret received her nurses training at Method-ist School of Nursing. She worked for Dr. Stroy and Dr. Bristow for many years and also worked at Clarke Medical Clinic for a num-ber of years.

She was a lifetime resi-dent of the Clarke County area.

Margaret is survived by her son Randy (Jeanie) Short of Osceola, daugh-ter Rene (Dale) Houck of Ottumwa; grandchildren, Troy (Lois) Short and Travis (Stacey) Short, all of Osceola, Chris (Kristi) Houck of Springfield, Mo., Nick (Jessica) Houck of Denver, Colo., Jon (Bran-di) Houck of Springfield, Mo., and Jennifer (Bran-don) Holstrom of Ottumwa;

great-grandchildren, Lac-ey, Cody and Lexi Short, Bethany, Nick and Becky Tracy, Drew and Aliyah Houck, Lacey Dysinger, Alex Gardner, Margaret “Maggie,” Michael “Finn,” Sage, Ethan and Madelyn “Maddy” Houck and Gray-son Holstrom; great-great-grandchild Bryley Short; as well as other relatives and many friends.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband and infant son Terry Donald.

John Jones Osceola

John Jones, 64, of Osceola died Jan. 2, 2014, at his home.

Services were 1 p.m. Mon-day, Jan. 6, at Kale F u n e r a l Home, 301 S. Main St. The Rev. William E. Ballard officiated. Interment of his cremains will be in Maple Hill Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be given to his family for a fit-ting tribute to be decided at a later time. Online condo-lences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.

John Hammond Jones, son of Catherine Virginia (Dickinson) and Alfred Eu-gene Jones, was born Feb. 1, 1949, in Clarke County.

John graduated from Clarke Community High School. He then received a degree after attending four years of college.

On June 29, 1973, John married Jennie Gaylin Nel-

son in Decatur County.John was a drummer and

wrote novels.John has been a lifetime

resident of Osceola, except for a brief time in Harlan, when he worked for the newspaper.

In 1975, John and Jennie returned to Osceola and joined the A&W Restau-rant business with his father. John and Jennie owned and operated A&W from 1975 until 1992. John then owned and operated a vending machine business for many years.

John is survived by his wife Jennie Jones of Osceo-la; daughters, Becky (Kurt) Webb of and Monika (Scott) Davis, all of Osceola, and Heather (Will) Seymour of Bismark, Ark.; grandchil-dren, Nova Webb, Sophia and Brady Davis and Hay-len, Gracyn, Samuel and Miriam Seymour; brothers, Fred (Julie) Jones of Indi-anola and Floyd (Sue) Jones of Shenandoah; as well as other relatives and many friends.

John was preceded in death by his parents.

Jones

Jerry Busick Brookings, S.D.

Jerry W. Busick, 72, of B r o o k -ings, S.D., died Dec. 26, 2013, at The C a n c e r Treatment Center of A m e r i c a in Zion, Ill.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at First United Meth-

odist Church in Brookings, S.D. Rude’s Funeral Home, Brookings, S.D., was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.rudesfuneral-home.com.

Jerry Wayne Busick, son of Maxine (Andersen) and Owen Busick, was born Aug. 27, 1941, in Osceola.

On June 24, 1962, Jerry married Sherry Wilkins.

Jerry grew up in the gro-cery business. He began his career at Hylton’s Gro-cery in Osceola. After a few years, he was recruited

by Hy-Vee Food Store in Osceola as a produce man-ager. He moved through-out Iowa, working his way up to the position of store manager. His final store brought him and his family to Brookings, S.D., in 1976. He retired from Brookings Hy-Vee in 1986.

In 1985, Jerry began his career in the bowling indus-try. In 2002, he purchased Prairie Lanes Bowling Cen-ter in Brookings, S.D. This is where he continued to work during his retirement.

Jerry is survived by his

wife Sherry Busick of Brookings, S.D.; daugh-ters, Roxie (Les) Nelson of Brookings, S.D., Julie (Dave) Flora of Pacific Junction, Becky Anderson of Brookings, S.D., and Bobbi (Paul) Larsen of DeSmet, S.D.; sister Carol (Dan) Cook of Van Wert, sister-in-law Tina Busick of Farragut, 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and third great-grandchild coming in July.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents and brother Jim Busick.

Busick

Members re-elected to Iowa State Fair board DES MOINES — Mem-

bers were re-elected to the Iowa State Fair board of di-rectors during the state agri-cultural convention held last month in Des Moines.

The directors and their districts are Bill Neubrand, LeMars (northwest); C.W. Thomas, Guthrie Center (southwest); Alan Brown, Hampton (north central); Randy Brown, Osceola (south central); John Harms, Monticello (northeast); and

Bob Schlutz, Columbus Junction (southeast).

Delegates from six geo-graphic state fair board dis-tricts elect two board mem-bers each for a total of 12 directors. All terms are stag-gered two-year terms.

Other directors include Dave Hoffman, LeMars (northwest); Gary VanA-ernam, Exira (southwest); James Romer, Ames (north central); Jerry Parkin, Earl-ham (south central); Paul

Vaassen, Dubuque (north-east); and Gary McConnell, Bloomfield (southeast).

A. Brown, Romer and Harms will serve the board as president, vice-president and treasurer, respectively.

Directors by office held are Gov. Terry Branstad (represented by Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds), Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey (represented by Michael Naig) and Iowa State Uni-versity President Dr. Steven

Leath (represented by Dr. John Lawrence, director of 4-H Extension to Agricul-tural and Natural Resources at Iowa State University).

“Nothing Compares” to the 2014 Iowa State Fair is scheduled Aug. 7-17. The fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East Univer-sity Avenue, just 10 min-utes east of downtown Des Moines. For more informa-tion, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

Eye diseases may go unnoticed in individuals with diabetes(BPT) — With more than

8 percent of the American population having been diagnosed with diabetes, regular dilated eye exams are critical to prevent vision loss.

Diabetes is a disease that interferes with the body’s ability to use and store sug-ar, which can cause many health problems. Too much sugar in the blood can cause damage throughout the body, including the eyes.

Over time, diabetes affects the circulation system of the retina, the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye.

Only 32 percent of re-spondents are aware that diabetic eye disease of-ten has no visual signs or symptoms, according to

the AOA’s 2013 American Eye-Q consumer survey. Additionally, only 39 per-cent know that diabetes can be detected through a comprehensive eye exami-nation.

People with diabetes at greater risk for eye and vi-

sion disordersPeople with diabetes are

at a significantly higher risk for developing eye diseases including glaucoma, cata-racts and diabetic retinopa-thy, one of the most serious sight-threatening complica-tions of diabetes.

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a lot of them because there tends to be a lot of postcards taken.”

Diehl said she wanted to remind people to check old scrapbooks. Pictures don’t necessarily need to have the building be the main focus of the image.

Diehl said old pictures

could be of a parade or a relative with a building in the background.

Osceola Historic Preser-vation Commission needs the pictures in by Monday. They can be turned into Diehl or Ed Stoll.

“We’d rather have too many pictures than not enough,” Diehl said.

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bachelor’s degree in music education.

Lampe’s first job teaching was at a small school district called Shelby-Tennant. In 1987, Lampe became band director at Clarke.

In 1991, Lampe graduated from Drake University with a master’s degree in music education. His main instru-ment is the clarinet, and for his master’s recital he did a performance with it.

AchievementsNow that Lampe is in his

30th year of teaching over-all, there are many career achievements he has helped to accomplish.

When he first started teaching at Clarke, there were only 37 students in band. In Lampe’s magazine biography, it states there are now 102 instrumental-music students.

“I used that vehicle to help kids have a great experience in high school. I teach them how to be adults through music,” Lampe said. “That’s kind of my mantra — teach kids how to be adults

through music or teach them character through music.”

Lampe is the current pres-ident of Iowa Bandmaster’s Association, which means he has to organize Iowa Bandmaster’s Convention in May at the downtown Mar-riott Hotel in Des Moines.

Out of 23 years, Clarke’s marching band has received 22 “I-superior” ratings at state marching contests.

When Clarke’s band did receive a “II” rating one year, Lampe said it rein-forced the importance of teaching his students to work hard and not take any-thing for granted.

Clarke’s programLampe said he’s been of-

fered other jobs throughout the years, however, it would be hard to leave a program he has helped to create.

“What we’ve created here at Clarke was something I’m proud of,” he said. “I worked hard to get this where it is — the new bandroom, the new auditorium, the level of mu-sicianship, the performances — it’s all something that was created, and it’s kind of our little family.”

LAMPE:

Eating well at any age: How to fuel your mind, body and soul

(BPT) — It’s common knowledge that children should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, consuming all the nutrients needed to grow up strong. Many adults don’t know that it’s just as crucial to continue those healthy habits throughout adulthood and well into the “golden years.” Regardless of age, we should all make nutritious and sensible choices to promote peak physical and mental perfor-mance.

Build strong bonesExperts say the human

body begins to lose bone mass at about age 30. That’s why it’s important to get plenty of calcium to keep bones strong, along with vitamin D, to help your body absorb calcium. Good sources of calcium include green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, okra and collard greens. A conve-nient and delicious way to take in more calcium is to incorporate an Emerald Smoothie into your daily routine. Simply blend pine-

apple, celery and spinach with soy milk and ice in a Vitamix 7500. This quick and easy concoction will give your diet an extra boost of essential nutrients.

Sharpen the mindMaking wholesome choic-

es helps keep your brain fit. Omega-3 fatty acids, found in oily fish like sardines and salmon, as well as flaxseed and walnuts, have been linked to improved cogni-tive function and reduced risk for certain diseases. Eating fish regularly is one way to get enough omega-3s. If you’re not a seafood fan, numerous types of fish oil capsules are available at drug stores. Avocados also boast omega-3s, as well as monounsaturated fat, which can help lower cholesterol and improve circulation. Avocado provides a rich fla-vor and texture perfect for nearly any sandwich, as well as dips, smoothies and even desserts.

Antioxidant-rich blue-berries are another mind-boosting addition to any

diet. Considered a “super food,” these berries con-tain properties that have been linked to better brain health, improved motor skills and a sharper memo-ry. To increase your berry intake, try a fruit salad for lunch or whip up a fresh berry sorbet for dessert.

Nourish your nervous systemVitamin B12 is vital to

your well-being. It can aid your body in producing red blood cells, properly devel-oping nerve cells and pre-venting anemia. This vita-min can be found naturally in animal products, such as fish, meat and eggs. Steamed clams and lean beef are some of the best sources of Vitamin B12. Those main-taining a vegan or vegetar-ian lifestyle should consider a supplement or foods spe-cially fortified with B12, including certain breakfast cereals or soy products.

Stay hydratedWater is essential for your

body. It keeps you hydrat-ed, regulates body tempera-

ture and flushes waste. As we age, our sense of thirst may not be as effective, causing some older adults to be dehydrated but not feel thirsty. The average adult requires six to eight glasses of water each day, so a good rule of thumb is to have one glass at each meal and at least one glass in between meals.

Almond milk, soy milk and whole-food juices, made by blending whole fruits and vegetables in a high-performance blender like a Vitamix, can also keep you hydrated and sa-tiated. When reaching for a thirst quencher, try to avoid sugary drinks such as soda and processed fruit juice, which add calories without much nutritional value.

Aging is inevitable, how-ever, you can build a stron-ger body, mind and soul at any phase in life. All it takes is knowledge, motiva-tion and follow-through to keep yourself healthy and full of energy for years to come.

The nation’s most deadly disease(BPT) — Few people

understand just how much a threat cardiovascular dis-ease (CVD), or heart dis-ease, can be. Consider this: heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world. Cardiovascular disease claims more lives each year than cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease and acci-dents combined. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 71 million Amer-ican adults (33.5 percent)-have high LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol and only one out of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control.

While heart disease is truly dangerous, in many instances the disease is pre-ventable. You may have heard concerns over high cholesterol levels. Elevated cholesterol is among the

leading risk factors for CVD. Living a healthy life-style that incorporates good nutrition, weight manage-ment and getting plenty of physical activity can play an important role in lowering your risk of CVD, according to the American Heart As-sociation.

If you’re interested in re-ducing your risk of cardio-vascular disease, these tips can help.

• Move your body. Exer-cise not only reduces your bad cholesterol levels, it can also increase your HDL, or good cholesterol, levels. The exercise need not be strenuous to enjoy the ben-efit either. Get a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day. A 45-minute walk can help you reach your goal.

• Cut the saturated fats. Saturated fats have long been linked to high choles-

terol levels. As you prepare your next meal, use canola oil or olive oil instead of vegetable oil, butter, short-ening or lard.

• Opt for fish. You don’t have to become a vegetar-ian to achieve a healthy cholesterol level; you just have to make smarter meat selections. Fish and fish oil are loaded with cholester-ol-lowering omega-3 acids. The American Heart As-sociation recommends fish as your source for omega-3s and eating fish two or three times a week is a great way to lower your cholesterol.

• Avoid smoking. Smok-ing has been linked to many health concerns and re-search shows that smoking has a negative impact on good cholesterol levels and is also a risk factor for heart disease.

Heart disease accounts

for one in three deaths in the United States and many cases of the disease are preventable through healthy choices.

There is a clinical re-search study being con-ducted to try to help with this disease. The Fourier Study, sponsored by Am-gen, is a clinical research study to find out if an in-vestigational medication may reduce the risk of fu-ture heart attacks, strokes, related cardiovascular events and death in indi-viduals with a prior history of heart disease. The study is investigating a different approach to reducing LDL cholesterol or “bad” cho-lesterol.

To learn more about how you can take part in The Fourier Study, call 855-61-STUDY or visit HeartClinicalStudy.com.

Financially fit: Steps to get a handle on your credit(BPT) — After countless

hours spent holiday shop-ping, you finally finished. Now, you’re faced with the credit card payments as you roll into the new year. While it may have been dif-ficult to keep your finances - particularly your credit cards - top of mind amid the dash from store to store, those payments aren’t going anywhere.

Managing your credit can seem like a daunting task - but it doesn’t have to be. Even if you’ve blown your budget and maxed out your cards, you can still take con-trol of your credit and be-come financially fit in 2014.

Here are five things you

should do right now to help get your credit back on track and sustain your fi-nancial reputation all year long:

• Review your credit report. Start with taking a comprehensive look at what’s there, good and bad. Make sure you thoroughly review your report for any errors or mistakes, especial-ly after the holidays. Tools like AnnualCreditReport.com let you check your re-port annually for free. It’s also a good idea to check your credit score to see if it’s dropped and to give you a basis for comparison mov-ing forward. Resources such as Credit.com allow you to

easily pull your score.• Know what you owe.

Tally up those balances and determine your debt to credit ratio - that is, the amount of money you owe on your cards versus your available credit, which ac-counts for approximately 30 percent of your credit score. If you’re using more than half of your available credit, this will likely lower your credit score. This means that if you have three cred-it cards with a combined limit of $10,000, your total balance should be below $5,000.

• Be sure to pay your bills on time and at more than the monthly minimum. Sure,

it’s intuitive, but simply paying your bills on time ac-counts for about 35 percent of your credit score. Start with your holiday shopping bills and make sure that at least the minimum required balance is paid - even if you can’t pay them in full.- Also, pay more than the mini-mum payment every month to pay down your balance faster and decrease interest charges.

• Pay off the card with the highest interest rate first. These are the cards that are costing you the most, so paying them off ahead of a card with a lower inter-est rate will save you more money in the long run.

Healthy happy family travel(BPT) — Looking to take

a road trip but dread hearing the infamous “Are we there yet?” or “Can we please, please stop for fast food?” questions.

Never fear, Registered Di-etitian, author and mother, Pamela Nisevich Bede, of-fers creative ways to keep your family (and you) satis-fied and entertained while traveling.

• Who cares if we’re there yet? Avoid hearing “Are we there yet?” by packing plenty of entertaining options for little travelers. In addition to today’s technological of-ferings, think back to what kept you occupied while sit-ting in the backseat. Equip your pint-sized passengers with books and travel board games, and play no-equip-ment-needed games, such as license plate bingo, I spy, or 20 questions.

• Energy to burn. You’ve got their minds exercised now, but what about their bodies? Do a little research ahead of time and plot your stops at rest areas that have green space. When you get there, do a quick round of family jumping jacks or a 10-minute game of tag. It might feel silly, but releas-ing pent up energy will defi-

nitely make the car ride more peaceful.

• Plan ahead. There’s nothing worse than being buckled in the car for hours with nothing healthy to snack on. For your next trip, avoid feeling trapped by packing all-natural, healthful snacks such as those from Gourmet Nut. They combine great flavor and healthy ingredi-ents in a line of Gourmet On the Go snack mixes, such as Mega Omega and Almond Cranberry Crunch. They are full of protein-containing nuts and antioxidant-packed, fiber-filled dried fruits sure to please the pickiest passen-ger.

• Drink up. Make sure you and your family stay hydrat-ed during road trips by pack-ing refillable water bottles for the long ride. Visit your local dollar store to stock up on different colored water bottles to assign to each per-son. If you’re feeling crafty, have your kids decorate their own bottles with mark-ers, stickers, puffy paint and anything creative from the craft store. Your family will not only enjoy drinking wa-ter from their own person-alized bottle, but everyone will be proud of their handi-work.

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NEWS Five simple steps to being a great pet owner

(BPT) — Brushing your teeth and getting dressed in the morning are among the daily routines that are second nature to humans. But you may not always remember that your pets need regular care too - like avoiding potentially harm-ful table scraps, being pro-tected from pesky fleas and ticks, keeping the sensitive pads of their paws safe from ever-changing weather con-ditions, and getting regular veterinary care.

The following are five, simple steps to help keep your pets healthy and hap-py from Cristiano von Sim-son, DVM, MBA, director of Veterinary Technical Services, Bayer Health-Care, Animal Health Divi-sion, and proud dog owner.

1. No table scrapsWhat can be better than

a gathering with family and friends around good food

- whether a barbecue, the cornucopia of a Thanksgiv-ing feast, or all the wings and nachos that accompany a big Sunday football game? According to Dr. von Sim-son, although you may be tempted - and your dog or cat may beg - remember to stop yourself before giv-ing your pet a table scrap, leftover or bone. “You may make him happy for the moment, but it could create serious digestive problems for him in the long run,” he says. “So instead of sharing human food, give him an appropriate pet treat.”

2. Pest preventionYou don’t like to be bit-

ten by pesky bugs - well, neither does your four-legged friend. While you may know that fleas and ticks may cause misery and disease for your pets, you may not know that these parasites can be active year-

round, waiting for their chance to attack and feed on your dog or cat. Con-tinuous protection against fleas and ticks is, there-fore, an essential part of pet ownership. But it’s not always easy to remember to use a flea and tick preven-tive each month. See what several pet owners think about trying to remember to keep their pets protect-ed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNCvUgQprQ.

“Now, you can avoid the hassle of remembering to apply a monthly flea and tick topical by using Seres-to, a convenient flea and tick collar that offers the performance you expect from a monthly topical, but in an easy-to-use form that kills fleas and repels and kills ticks on cats or dogs for eight months,” said Dr. von Simson. You can learn more about Seresto at

www.Seresto.com.3. Protect their pawsDo you wear shoes when

jogging on hot asphalt - a no-brainer, right? What about boots when it snows? But did you ever stop to think that your pet’s feet need protection from the elements, too? It is im-portant to keep the pads of their feet cool in swel-tering weather, which is why walks in the evening or early morning are best. And during winter, be sure to protect their feet from snow; sled dogs wear pro-tective booties for a reason.

4. Don’t forget the waterA summer run on the

beach, a fall trek through the woods and blazing your own snow trail are all activ-ities that not only make you thirsty, but your pet, as well. So when you pack a water bottle for the day, don’t for-get to bring your pet’s water

bowl, too. “Your pet will be grateful for a drink of clean water, not to mention prop-erly hydrated,” said Dr.von Simson.

5. Get an annual check-up

Just as annual check-ups are essential for keeping us healthy, regular visits to the veterinarian are vital to the health and well-being of your pet. You may think, “My pet looks fine, and has no symptoms, so why should I take her to the vet?” But since your pet can’t really talk, she can’t tell you when she is ill, especially if the “she” is a cat. In fact, ac-cording to the Bayer Veter-inary Care Usage Study III: Feline Findings, a nation-

ally representative study of feline owners, 52 percent of cat owners indicated they had not taken their cats to the veterinarian in the past year. “Because cats age dif-ferently than humans - with the first two years of a cat’s life equal to 24 years of a human’s life, and each suc-cessive year equivalent to four human years - annualexaminations are essential to helping keep cats healthy and preventing potentially serious disease,” said Dr. von Simson.

Remember, pets need us, just as much as we need them. For more tips on pet care, visit www.petparents.com.

Four simple tips for designing an on-trend home for 2014 (BPT) — The new year

will usher in a new era of home decor by wel-coming an “anythinggoes” attitude as designers mix old with new; DIY and high-end; as well as rustic and sleek to create eclectic, one-of-a-kind looks that are just as personal to the home-owner as they are unique.

“We’re seeing a lot of flexibility in the way people approach design through-out their homes; a trend we think will continue to grow in the coming year,” said Judd Lord, lead industrial designer for Delta Faucet Company. “People are learning that high-end de-sign doesn’t always equate to perfectly matched pieces. In fact, many well-appoint-ed homes achieve a seamless look by employing a variety of design principles and in-fluences.”

While achieving this aes-thetic may seem incredibly simple, it can be easy to go overboard when blending multiple patterns, accents and colors all under one roof. Follow these simple tips to create a well-appoint-ed home.

Incorporate the “new” neutral

Tranquil tones - especially white - offer a timeless back-drop against pops of vibrant colors and eclectic furnish-ings to create a space that’s visually interesting without being overwhelming.

In the kitchen, glass front appliances in a cool white fin-ish are especially prevalentin niche, high-end markets, but you can also achieve this look by having walls and cabinets painted or refin-ished in a variation of this hue. Installing creamy white fixtures can also help bring this aesthetic home in a dif-ferent way.

The contemporary Brizo Solna kitchen faucet is of-fered in a soothing matte white finish and also incor-porates SmartTouch Tech-nology, allowing the faucet to be turned on and off with a simple tap of the hand, wrist or forearm, to bet-ter assist you in the kitchen while also helping to keep your faucet looking clean.

Keep your technology in-check

Speaking of technology, innovation has infiltrated nearly every area of the home. Add smart features in areas that work best for your family, while being

sure to keep things simple in parts of the home where technology may not always be desired.

An electronic thermostat, like the Nest thermostat, which can be operated re-motely outside of the home and gets to know your fami-ly’s unique heating and cool-ing preferences, can help in-crease your home’s overall efficiency. Conversely, oth-er high-tech gadgets, such as an umbrella dryer, may not be as practical for everyone.

Be selective in what you choose to bring into your home and focus on invest-ing in tools/appliances that will benefit the whole fam-ily to help keep your space from feeling too cluttered or messy.

Punctuate your space sparingly

With neutrals expected to dominate the color land-scape, there’s a growing in-terest in incorporating bold patterns throughout the home, whether isolated on an area rug or highlighted in the tiles on your kitchen backsplash. Bold accent col-ors, such as skydiver blue, lemon zest and even stark black are also becoming more prominent and will

add intrigue to muted pal-ettes.

Be selective in what ele-ments you want to stand out and incorporate patterns and bright colors sparingly to add visual interest and depth. A beautiful herring-bone pattern in your wood floor, for example, could be lost if you choose to cover it with an extremelylively area rug.

Add timeless glamor with metallic accents

While pulling inspiration for your home from the pag-es of today’s magazines will help ensure your decor is on trend, also consider building in some timeless accents to help ensure your space is de-signed to last.

Unlike specific fabrics, colors or wood stains, metal-lic fixtures and accents will remain stylish through mul-tiple generations. Chrome is currently the most popular finish, however, brass and gold can help enhance a home’s warmth. Experiment with a variety of brushed, polished and distressed fin-ishes to find the style you like best, and remember, it’s OK - and even desired - -to mix and match metals within the same room.

Keep your hair shiny and bright this year (BPT) — Holiday festivities

may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can slack on haircare. Starting each day with a great ‘do can help you face winter challenges looking your best.

Mark Townsend, Dove ce-lebrity stylist, offers these tips to help you create fabulous hair styles that last day and night.

Moisturized hair is the foundation for every style - During the cold winter months, hair tends to become dry, dull and limp. Moisturiz-ing your hair is crucial to get-ting any beautiful style.

“I am a firm believer that using the right sham-poo and conditioner to start your beauty routine is over-looked by many women,” said Townsend, whose clients include many of

today’s leading Hollywood stars. Townsend recommends you start your hair care rou-tine with a product like Dove Daily Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner.

Make your hair sparkle — Adding a sparkly headband to your hairstyle - whether you have short or long hair, wear it up or down - is an easy and affordable way to dress up your look.

“I love when women be-come a little more daring during winter,” Townsend said. “One way they do this is by trying new hair acces-sories.” Adding a sparkly hair pin, barrette or head-band can complement a range of styles, dressing up even the most traditionallooks. Using a hair pin or barrette is a perfect way to add extra glamour to your

hairstyle without having to work too hard; if you want to soften the look, loosen a few hair pieces around the forehead.

Always keep things fresh

- “Every season is busy and women are constantly run-ning around, quickly going from day to night leaving little to no time for beauty touch-ups,” said Townsend.

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BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL

DIRECTORYCLARKE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

115 EAST WASHINGTON STREET • 641-342-29442012 Officers: Amy Lampe, President; Bill Freeman, Vice President;

Ryan Lundquist, Secretary; Sue Wilder, Treasurer

2013 Board of Directors: Kevin Emanuel, Todd Thompson, David Walkup, Wil Reisinger, Brian Evans, Helen Kimes, David Hoadley, Sue Wilder, Bill Freeman, Jim Kimball,

Amy Lampe, Ryan Lundquist, Rick Buesch and Doug Miller.

Executive Director - William Trickey, Program Manager - Elizabeth Simpson

Board meets second Wednesday of each month, 9:00 a.m. at 115 East Washington

“Promoting the Economic Development of Southern Iowa”

OSCEOLA MUNICIPAL WATER BOARDRyan Rychnovsky, Chairman; MacKenzie O’Hair, Vice Chairman;

Members: Alisha Crawford, Dave Neas & Susana Contreras.Regular water board meetings the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at 208 W. Jefferson. Special water board meetings at the Water Works Office and also online at www.osceolawaterworks.com.

OSCEOLA CITY COUNCILFred Diehl, Mayor

Council Members: Dr. George Fotiadis, Glenn Schaff, Sarah Truitt, Chris Dorsey, and Dave Walkup.

Regular council meetings the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Council Chambers, City Hall, 115 North Fillmore.

Special council meetings are posted on City Hall bulletin board.

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONDenis Weiser-Chairman, Lyle Persels, Ty Wheeler,

Ryan Lundquist, Les Van HeeswykMeets 2nd Tues. of each month at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall

OSCEOLA PARKS & RECREATION BOARDMeets third Monday of each month 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers

Board Members: Chairman: Bruce Kentner, Vice Chair: Mel Miller;

Stephanie Snell, Amber Abraham

Web Site: www.osceolaia.govoffice2.com

CLARKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION

Meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month, except July, August, Dec., 6:30 p.m.,Clarke Central Office - 802 N. Jackson

To confirm, call 641-342-4969. Board Members: James Bair, Kelly Bailey, Lori Helgevold,

Steve O’ Tool, Gerard Linskens, Joseph Deutsch and Dena White.

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Contributed photo by MATT PFIFFNERThe University of Iowa flag corps leads the Hawkeyes onto the field at Raymond James Stadium prior to the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl game against LSU in Tampa, Fla. The Tigers won, 21-14.

Lady Indians open 2014 with win By SCOTT VICKEROST sports editor • [email protected]

MARTENSDALE — Clarke head girls basket-ball coach Eric Zoske tells his girls basketball is a three-term sport.

“You go from the first day of practice to Thanks-giving, then Thanksgiving to Christmas break and after break to the rest of the year,” he said. “Right now we are 1-0. That’s our mindset. Anytime you can get a win on the road the first game after break, that’s definitely a good start to this last part of the season.”

Clarke picked up a 44-31 win over Martensdale-St. Marys here on Friday. Tuesday’s game against Centerville was postponed until Jan. 28.

C a r l e y R o b i n s got hot early in the game and led the Lady Indians in the win, s c o r i n g

17 points on 5-of-10 shoot-ing and grabbed eight re-bounds.

“Carley had a good night,” Zoske said. “She started off strong. I think she had eight quick points. She hit two 3-pointers right away and a nice little jump shot to get her going. We shot 50 percent in the first half, which was something we haven’t done this year. All of a sudden, we knock a couple shots down and we’ve got some confidence and we’re able to play a complete game.”

Clarke led 25-13 at half-time.

Senior Libby Bemis added 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Dev-on Carson scored six p o i n t s . S o p h o -m o r e B a y l i e B a l c a e n g r a b b e d a team-high 11 re-bounds.

“I talked to Baylie be-fore the game, I said ‘if I ask you to give me three rebounds in eight min-

utes, does that sound like a lot?’ She said no. Her goal was to go out and get three rebounds every eight minutes. She almost got it. We’ll take 10 defensive rebounds out of her every night.”

One of the keys in the game, Zoske said, was limiting Martensdale-St. Marys to one shot per pos-session, which helped al-low the Lady Indians to get out into transition.

“We did the best job we have all year of get-ting points in transition,” he said. “I think we had eight or 10 in transition. We held Martensdale-St. Marys 13 points in the first half. That’s probably the best defensive half we’ve had all year.”Returning home

Clarke now returns home, hosting Davis County on Friday in the “Red Out” game to raise money for the American Heart Association.

It will be just the third home game for the Lady Indians, currently 2-8, this year.

“We’re hoping for a big crowd,” Zoske said.

“We’ve had a tough sched-ule. We’re glad to come back home and we have a little bit of a homestand coming up here. Looking forward to coming home and hopefully we can put

on a good show for the people in red.”

In a change to the sched-ule, the Lady Indians will

also host Nodaway Valley at 4 p.m. Saturday in the first game of a varsity dou-bleheader.

OST photo by SCOTT VICKERClarke senior Libby Bemis looks to put up a shot while being guarded by Central Decatur’s Hallie Linhart (44) and Caitlyn Saxton (10) earlier this season. Bemis scored 11 points with nine rebounds in a 44-31 win over Martensdale-St. Marys on Friday.

Robins

Balcaen

OST photo by SCOTT VICKER

Coaching: Clarke head boys basketball coach James Larson coaches his team dur-ing a game against Central Decatur this season. Saturday, Larson’s Clarke team plays host to his former high school coach Darrell Burmeister and the Nodaway Valley Wolverines. The boys game is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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7OSCEOLA SENTINEL-TRIBUNE THURSDAY • JANUARY 9, 2014CHURCH DIRECTORY OSCEOLA

LIFEPOINT ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 801 N. Fillmore, 641.342.2334, Chuck DeVos, Lead Pastor, Jason Gibson, Youth Pastor. Sunday - 9 am & 10:30 am, Worship, 9 am, Bible Classes. Wednesday - 7 pm - Kid’s Activities, Focal Point Youth & Prayer Meeting. Web site: www.lifepointministries.net

CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH, 2225 N. Main. Matt Floyd, pas-tor. Transportation provided by Church if needed. 641-342-4778. Sunday - 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School. 11 a.m. - Morning Worship. 6 p.m. - Sunday Evening Services. 7 p.m. - Wednesday, Bible Study & Prayer. Web site: www.calvaryosceola.org

CHRIST’S WAY CHURCH, Shane Simpson, pastor, 201 Leann Drive, 641-342-6181 or Sunday - 9 a.m. - Sunday School, 10 a.m. - Worship Service. Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. - Youth Groups & Adult Bible Study. Sunday - 6:30 p.m. - Worship. Bible Studies are offered throughout the week. Call for schedule.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Douglas Berry, evangelist, 3310 West McLane, 641-342-2720. Sunday - 7:30 a.m.-”Search” on Channel 23 KCWI. 9:30 a.m.-Bible Classes. 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Worship. Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Worship and Bible Study.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LATTER-DAY SAINTS, East on Highway 34, 641-342-6333. Sunday - 10 a.m. -Sacrament meeting. 11:20 a.m. - Sunday School and Primary. 12:10 p.m. - Relief Society-Priesthood. Wednesdays - 2:00-8:00 p.m. - Family History Center.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST CHURCH, 414 East McLane, Elder Tom Meyer, pastor, 342-2553. 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School. 10:00 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP, Evangelical Free Church, 230 S. Fillmore, Pastor Sheldon Lorenson, 342-6603. Youth Pastor Darrin Baumfalk. Sunday - 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School. 10:00 a.m. - Morning Worship. Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Mid-week Bible study and prayer service. Weekly small groups - call for info.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Southern Baptist, 900 South Fillmore. 641-414-3740. Sunday - 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School. 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service - 6:00 p.m. Bible Study. Wednesday evening services - 6 p.m. Point of contact — 641-414-3740.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ), 300 South Main St., The Rev. Dr. Al Adams, minister, Sunday - 9 a.m. - Sunday school for all, 10 a.m. - Worship, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Soul Cafe worshipful supper.

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH OF SOUTHERN IOWA, meets at 410 N. Dewey Osceola. Cass Young, pastor. 641-342-7110. 10:00 a.m. Church Service.

LIGHT OF GRACE, 400 E. Cass St., 641-745-7257, Victor Lochman, pastor, worship Sunday, 10 a.m.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 101 E. View Place, Rev. J.R. Wheeler, pastor, 641-342-3121. Sunday - 9:00 a.m. God’s Service. 10:15 a.m. - Sunday School. Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. -

Elders & Deacons meeting.

OSCEOLA FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, 700 Colorado, Osceola, IA. Pastor James R. Sheesley. Sunday - Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. - Evening Worship, 6 p.m. Wednesday - Bible Study, 7 p.m. Website: www.osceolafullgospel-church.com

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, corner of Hwy. 69 and 152, S D A 5 0 2 1 3 @ y a h o o . c o m . Saturday - 9:30 a.m. - Sabbath School. 11:00 a.m. - Church Service.

ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 222 East Pearl. 641-342-2850. Fr. David Polich. English mass on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Spanish mass on Sundays at noon. Misas espa-noles los domingos 12 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 130 W. Grant St. Osceola, 641-342-2830. Julie M. Poore, pas-tor. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. www (Wonderful Wednesday Worship). Sunday: 9 a.m. wor-ship with Children’s Church. Nursery available.

HOPEVILLEHOPEVILLE UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor, 641-338-2248. Sunday -10 a.m. - Morning Worship. 11 a.m. - Sunday School.

LACELLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pas-tor. Sunday - 11 a.m. - Morning Worship Service.

LA IGLESIA DE DIOS DE LA PROFECIA, Lilia Perez, Pastora. 1215 S. Main St, Osceola. Dia

de Cultos: Domingo - 10:30 a.m., Escuela Dominical. 11:30 a.m., Servicio. Martes - 6:00 p.m., Oracion. Jueves - 6:00 p.m., Misioneros. Viernes - 6:00 p.m., Hogares.

MEDORA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Keith Putney, pastor, 641-449-3544. Sunday - 9:00 a.m. - Worship, 9:15 a.m. - Church School.

CHARITONST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL

CHURCH, 1112 Hillcrest Court, Chariton, IA (North on Highway 14). Rev. Sue Palmer. 641-774-4911. Sunday Worship Service: 9:15 a.m.

MURRAYCHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third

St., Murray, IA 50174, 641 447-

2569. Minster - Brian McCracken. Activities: Sunday - 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Bible Study. Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - J.A.M. 7 p.m. - Bible Study/Youth Groups.

MURRAY BAPTIST CHURCH, 641-447-2487. Corner of 3rd and Grant Streets. Pastor Alex Bauman. Sunday - 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School. 11 a.m. - Morning Worship. 6 p.m. - Sunday Evening Service. 7 p.m. - Jr./Sr. High Youth Group. Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Prayer and Bible Study. 3rd Thursday each month - 7 p.m. -Ladies Missionary Group.

MURRAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 707 Maple St., Pastors Brandon Campbell, Sandy Smith. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.-12 p.m., children’s church during worship; Fellowship and Adult Lessons 10 a.m.

NEW VIRGINIA

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH- 304 Knotts St., New Virginia, Sunday worship - 10 a.m. Wednesday evening — Youth, 7 p.m., Prayer, 7:30 p.m

NEW VIRGINIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Box 301, Keith Putney, pastor. 641-449-3779. Sunday - 10:30 a.m. - Worship. Sunday School 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

NEW VIRGINIA CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ), 604 Main Street, 641-449-3421, Sunday - 10 a.m. - Sunday School. 11 a.m. - Church.

OTTAWABETHEL CHAPEL CHRISTIAN

UNION CHURCH- 8 miles north of Ottawa, Dan Newell, pas-tor. Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. morning wor-ship.

TRUROPERU-TRURO UNITED

METHODIST PARISH, Truro, 641-765-4782. Sandy Smith, Pastor. Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - Worship-11:00 a.m. Peru 8:30 a.m. Worship.

TRURO CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Truro, Shonda Deranleau, pas-tor, 641-765-4524. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School -10:30 a.m. Worship.

VAN WERTVAN WERT UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH, Rev. Lyle Ball, pastor. Sunday - 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service. 9:30 a.m. - Children’s Sunday School.

VAN WERT ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, Pastor Butch Black, Sunday - 10 a.m. - Sunday School. 11 a.m. - Worship. Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. - Bible Study.

WELDONSMYRNA FRIENDS CHURCH,

6 miles E. & 1 mile N. of Weldon, Charlie Coffey, minister. Sunday - fellowship and coffee 10 a.m. Church starts at 10:30 a.m. - Worship.

WELDON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Weldon, Dennis Huffman, Ed West and Mary Case, co-pastors. Sunday - 9 a.m. - Sunday School. 10 a.m. - Church Service. CWF meets first and third Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

WELDON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pas-tor. Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Church Service.

WOODBURNWOODBURN CHRISTIAN

CHURCH, Willa Heaberlin - Pastor, Gary Parsons, Sunday School superintendent. Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m., Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

WOODBURN METHODIST CHURCH, Tom Murr, pastor. Sunday - 8:45 a.m. - Worship Service.

By Pastor Tom MurrWoodburn Methodist Church

There have been some great football bowl games. I en-joyed watching some of the fast action and never knowing what was going to happen next. But I am about “football-ed out.”

One clear fact that stands out in these games is you better keep your focus on every moment. You leave the game for a moment, something happens and you hear the loud cheer-ing and the exciting voice of the announcers. You rush back to see what you missed.

There was an exciting moment after Jesus fed the 5,000. He sent his disciples to cross the lake in boat. Then, Jesus goes to a quiet place to pray and receive help from His Fa-ther. Them we have exciting moment:

Matthew 14: 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

While we may not be out on Lake Superior with 17-feet high waves, there are times that storms arrive in life crash-ing into our normal moments. When the quarterback says, “hike”, there is violent storm that takes place as players go across the line hitting each other. You need courage to take a hit when you weigh just 175 pounds. It takes real courage to across the line on “hike.”

In the midst of this storm the disciples saw something on the waves coming toward the boat. In that storm, there ap-peared to be something coming at them on the waves. Talk about fear.

But, Jesus immediately said to them, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

Jesus is saying, take courage because it is I, God in the flesh. There is no reason to be afraid when you trust in me.

If you are a 175-pound wide receiver in the middle of the football field about catch a pass and be hit as hard as pos-sible, well, it takes courage to catch the ball.

You need courage. You say, “I am not courageous.”It is not courage in yourself that you need. You need the

courage from knowing who God is. He is good, He loves you and He sacrificed greatly for you. If you know these things in the midst of the storms in this, the journey of life will help you to have the courage to take the next step.

The next step in this storm was for the disciple Peter. “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

“Come,” Jesus said. Then, Peter got down out of the

boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

This was like a someone dar-ing you to do something with-out thinking. Peter got out of the boat and started walking toward Jesus. All was good, until Peter thought about the waves and the wind blowing. He knew where he was at — people don’t walk on water!

With those thoughts in his mind, he took his focus off of Jesus and thought about what was going to happen. It was then he started to sink in the lake.

Think back a moment to that 175-pound wide receiver in the middle of the football field. He was going to get hit in a moment. His total focus was watching the football get into his hands. If he looked over shoulder at the 225-pound corner back running to hit him, he lost focus as the football went through his hands. Yeah, he still gets hit anyway!

We know in our life that storms will come. We need to grow with faith and courage so we can take the next step of faith with the Lord. We remain focused on Him. Oh, the storm will come, but we will need faith to face the storm with Him.

Elizabeth Gilbert wrote, “Faith is belief in what you can-not see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.”

In reality, this will be hard. There is a story of a man who was rockclimbing and slipped, but was able to grab on to a branch that was sticking out of the side of the cliff. It is 100 feet up and 100 feet below him, and there seems to be no way out.

He cries out for help, “Is there anyone who can help me?”

All of the sudden a great voice from heaven cries out, “I’ll help. Let go, I’ve got you.”

The man looks down and then up and doesn’t see any-thing.

Then he cries out, “Is there anybody else?”It is hard to take that step out of the boat or be the wide

receiver in the middle of the football and catch the ball.Why is it so hard?It is hard because dependence on Jesus appears risky.Slide. We like to see what we are depending on. We are

a people who live in visible society and not by faith. This is our “comfort zone,” but Jesus asked Peter and us to take step out of our boat. It takes courage and faith to let go and take a step forward with Jesus on the “water.”

I invite you to consider your focus in the new year. We are all the wide receiver in the middle of the football, and we are going to get “hit” by something that is not in “com-fort zone” this year. Will we catch the storm with courage and faith in the words of Jesus, “Come?”

Are you stepping out in 2014?

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8 THURSDAY • JANUARY 9, 2014 OSCEOLA SENTINEL-TRIBUNEPUBLIC NOTICESBoard of Supervisors

December 30, 2013The Clarke County Board of Supervi-

sors met December 30, 2013, with the fol-lowing members present: Myron Manley,Marvin McCann, and Larry Keller. Alsopresent, Auditor Janice White and Envi-ronmental Health Specialist Greg Kent.Chairman Manley called the meeting toorder at 9:00 a.m. Keller moved to ap-prove the agenda, seconded by McCann."Ayes", all.

Moved by Keller, seconded by Mc-Cann, to appoint the following membersto serve a three year term on the SafetyCommittee: Steve Smith, Chris Dunkin,Jessica Conley, Russell Johnson, LarryKeller and Dusty Gonseth. "Ayes", all.Mr. Kent left at 9:05 a.m.

Needing more time for discussion, theBoard will wait to appoint their new Com-pensation Board member.

Moved by McCann, seconded byKeller, to adopt a Facebook Policy."Ayes", all. Moved by McCann, secondedby Keller, to adopt the Travel ExpensePolicy. "Ayes", all. Having completed theagenda, McCann moved to adjourn, sec-onded by Keller. "Ayes", all. Meeting ad-journed 12:00 noon.

Signed: Myron Manley, Chairman. Attest: Janice M White, Auditor

OSCEOLA CITY COUNCILTuesday, December 17, 2013

(UNOFFICIAL - NOT COUNCIL APPROVED)

The City Council met on Tuesday, De-cember 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. for the regu-lar work session. The meeting was calledto order by Mayor Fred Diehl with the fol-lowing present: Council Members: GeorgeFotiadis, Chris Dorsey, Dave Walkup,Sarah Truitt, and Glen Schaff. City Staffpresent were Ty Wheeler-City/Adminis-trator/Clerk, Britanee Ward - AccountingManager/ Assistant City Clerk, MartyDuffus - Police Chief, and Marc Elcock -City Attorney. Also present were AmyHansen, Dan Hooper, Marie White, AnnDiehl, Derek Lumsden, Ed Stoll, AndrewCollings and others that didn't sign in.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve the agenda, all votingaye motion carried.

Glenn Schaff had concerns regardingcouncil reports not being on the agenda.Schaff also had concerns about ice on sidewalk in front of Foxy's and to thank every-one for coming to the meeting.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve Rolling Hills Bid forArcheological survey services not to ex-ceed $5,000 for the Old Plant Force MainSewer Project, all voting aye motion car-ried.

Motion by Truitt and second by Fo-tiadis to approve the sewer variance at2315 North Main; roll call vote: Fotiadis,aye; Dorsey, aye; Walkup, aye; Truitt,aye; Schaff, aye; motion carried.

Ty Wheeler - City Administrator/Clerkpresented to Council 28E Agreement withthe Village. After a long discussion, mo-tion by Fotiadis and second by Truitt toset up a Village Reserved fund in theamount of $10,000 from the Local OptionSales Tax Community Fund. All votingaye motion carried.

Motion by Fotiadis and second by Tru-itt to authorize Mayor, Mayor Pro-Temand City Administrator for alternate signa-tures for Façade Project correspondences,all voting aye motion carried.

Motion by Walkup and second by Truittto have the Mayor sign for drawdown re-quests on grant funds as soon as they areapproved by the Chamber, all voting ayemotion carried.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to release the first $100,000 of theCity's match for the Façade Project, allvoting aye motion carried.

Motion by Walkup and second bySchaff to approve contract documents andbond for the Airport Terminal Area Im-provement project, all voting aye motioncarried.

Ty Wheeler - City Administrator/Clerkupdate the council on upcoming projectsfor the City.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve the appointments for thefollowing boards: Park & Rec Board:Sarah Truitt (2 year term), Sara Lumsden(2 year term), Stephanie Snell (2 yearterm), and Amber Abraham (2 year term).Water Board: Alisha Crawford (6 yearterm). Historic Preservation Commis-sion: Ann Diehl (3 year term), MarieWhite ( 3 year term). All voting aye, withTruitt abstaining, motion carried.

Mayor Diehl also presented a clock inappreciation of services on the Council toSarah Truitt.

Motion by Schaff and second by Dorseyto approve the consent agenda, which in-clude December 3rd & December 12thminutes; Liquor License for The IronHorse Neighborhood Grill (BW0094198)and the following claims: Advantage CompaniesSupplies..........................................$206.00 Air SolutionsServices..........................................$160.00 Alliant EnergyUtility ............................................$792.83 Amazon.Com CreditSupplies..............................................$6.48 Baker & Taylor Inc.Supplies.......................................$3,300.40 Bob's Auto SupplySupplies..........................................$520.86 Capital City Equipment Co.Services..........................................$127.40 Card Service CenterServices............................................$53.11 Carpenter Uniform& PromotionalSupplies..........................................$228.99 Casey's General Stores, Inc.Fuel..............................................$3,894.50 Center Point Large PrintServices............................................$43.14 Chat MobilityPhone..............................................$160.71 Chem-Sult Inc.Supplies.......................................$3,340.50 City Of MurrayContribution................................$3,100.23 City Of WoodburnContribution................................$1,033.41 Clarke Co RecorderServices..........................................$354.00 Clarke Co. Landfill CommServices..........................................$156.57 Clarke Co. Reservoir Comm.LOST.........................................$81,228.69 Clarke Community SchoolsServices..........................................$840.00 Clarke County AuditorServices............................................$15.00 Clarke Electric CoopUtility .........................................$3,246.44 Creston Publishing CompanyPublication.....................................$624.14 D & D Pest ControlServices............................................$30.00 Darron Toney Services..........................................$196.00 Diamond Oil CoFuel..............................................$2,210.44 Donna PhillipsServices..........................................$240.00 Don's JonsServices..........................................$240.00 Earnest PettitReimb.............................................$250.00 Elliott Oil Co.Fuel.................................................$409.70 Family CircleSupplies..............................................$9.99 Flowers N MoreSupplies............................................$25.00 G & L Clothing/CommercialSupplies..........................................$113.88 Hach CompanySupplies..........................................$300.14 Hawkeye Truck EquipmentSupplies............................................$36.25 Highway LumberSupplies..........................................$313.30 Hy-Vee Food StoresSupplies..........................................$192.36 Ideal Ready Mix Co.Supplies..........................................$309.00 Iowa Communications NetworkServices..............................................$2.15 Iowa Law Enforcement AcademyServices..........................................$150.00 Iowa One CallServices............................................$50.00 J P AutoSupplies..........................................$202.39 Jim's Sanitation& Truck RepairServices.....................................$27,603.10 Kd Tires, LlcServices............................................$70.00 Keystone Laboratories, IncServices.......................................$1,326.00 Krista WoodardReimb.............................................. $74.02 Leslie GardensSupplies.......................................$8,060.00 Linda PerselsServices.......................................$1,250.00 Lyle PerselsReimb.............................................$150.01 Marc ElcockServices.......................................$1,781.00 Matt Parrott & SonsSupplies..........................................$139.91 Micro Marketing LlcSupplies............................................$86.98 Midwest Office Tech. Co.Supplies..........................................$117.50 Mike AllenReimb...............................................$40.00 Natural HealthServices............................................$19.97 NfpaSupplies..........................................$165.00 Noble Industrial Supply CorpSupplies..........................................$866.60 O'reilly Automotive Inc.Supplies............................................$24.68 Office Machines CompanySupplies............................................$15.61 Osceola Chamber MainstreetContribution.............................$21,550.00 Osceola Farm & HomeSupplies......................................... $504.13 Osceola Fire Dept.Reimb.............................................$120.25 Osceola Sinclair ServiceServices............................................$35.15 Osceola Water WorksUtility ............................................$813.41 Penick Electric LlcSupplies............................................$13.00 Penworthy CompanySupplies......................................... $108.79 Porter's PrintsSupplies..........................................$604.50 Recorded BooksServices..........................................$272.20 Robinsons Co.Supplies..........................................$134.66 Rotary Club Of OsceolaServices............................................$51.50 S.I.R.W.A.Utility ..............................................$83.80 Seminole Retail Energy Services, LlcSupplies.......................................$1,638.24 Short Vowel Phonics LlcSupplies............................................$59.85 Smart Apple MediaSupplies..........................................$213.93 SmithsonianSupplies............................................$10.00 SolutionsSupplies..........................................$657.89 Tabor Floral & GiftsSupplies............................................$30.00 Thomas J. Lower D.O.Supplies..........................................$232.00 Trophy ShopSupplies............................................$40.19 Tyco Integrated SecuritySupplies..........................................$184.73 U. S. CellularPhone..............................................$841.51 U.S. Post OfficeSupplies..........................................$106.00 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.Supplies.......................................$2,111.00 Usa BluebookSupplies..........................................$474.40 Vetter EquipmentSupplies.......................................$2,054.43 Wash & WeighServices............................................$50.00 Wilder's Truck ServiceServices......................................... $157.56 WindstreamPhone.......................................... $1,266.18 Total ......................................$184,923.68 Fund Recap:1 General .................................$67,470.28 110 Street ..................................$2,677.12 115 Lost Reservoir.................$81,228.69 116 Hotel Motel Tax .............$21,550.00 600 Water .....................................$813.41 610 Sewer ................................$11,184.18 Total ......................................$184,923.68

There being no further business, motionby Schaff and second by Fotiadis to ad-journ the meeting at 7:40 PM. All votingaye, motion carried.

Fred Diehl, Mayor Attest: Britanee Ward, Accounting

Manager/Assistant City Clerk

OSCEOLA CITY COUNCILTuesday, December 17, 2013

(UNOFFICIAL - NOT COUNCIL APPROVED)

The City Council met on Tuesday, De-cember 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. for the regu-lar work session. The meeting was calledto order by Mayor Fred Diehl with the fol-lowing present: Council Members: GeorgeFotiadis, Chris Dorsey, Dave Walkup,Sarah Truitt, and Glen Schaff. City Staffpresent were Ty Wheeler-City/Adminis-trator/Clerk, Britanee Ward - AccountingManager/ Assistant City Clerk, MartyDuffus - Police Chief, and Marc Elcock -City Attorney. Also present were AmyHansen, Dan Hooper, Marie White, AnnDiehl, Derek Lumsden, Ed Stoll, AndrewCollings and others that didn't sign in.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve the agenda, all votingaye motion carried.

Glenn Schaff had concerns regardingcouncil reports not being on the agenda.Schaff also had concerns about ice on sidewalk in front of Foxy's and to thank every-one for coming to the meeting.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve Rolling Hills Bid forArcheological survey services not to ex-ceed $5,000 for the Old Plant Force MainSewer Project, all voting aye motion car-ried.

Motion by Truitt and second by Fo-tiadis to approve the sewer variance at2315 North Main; roll call vote: Fotiadis,aye; Dorsey, aye; Walkup, aye; Truitt,aye; Schaff, aye; motion carried.

Ty Wheeler - City Administrator/Clerkpresented to Council 28E Agreement withthe Village. After a long discussion, mo-tion by Fotiadis and second by Truitt toset up a Village Reserved fund in theamount of $10,000 from the Local OptionSales Tax Community Fund. All votingaye motion carried.

Motion by Fotiadis and second by Tru-itt to authorize Mayor, Mayor Pro-Temand City Administrator for alternate signa-tures for Façade Project correspondences,all voting aye motion carried.

Motion by Walkup and second by Truittto have the Mayor sign for drawdown re-quests on grant funds as soon as they areapproved by the Chamber, all voting ayemotion carried.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to release the first $100,000 of theCity's match for the Façade Project, allvoting aye motion carried.

Motion by Walkup and second bySchaff to approve contract documents andbond for the Airport Terminal Area Im-provement project, all voting aye motioncarried.

Ty Wheeler - City Administrator/Clerkupdate the council on upcoming projectsfor the City.

Motion by Fotiadis and second bySchaff to approve the appointments for thefollowing boards: Park & Rec Board:Sarah Truitt (2 year term), Sara Lumsden(2 year term), Stephanie Snell (2 yearterm), and Amber Abraham (2 year term).Water Board: Alisha Crawford (6 yearterm). Historic Preservation Commis-sion: Ann Diehl (3 year term), MarieWhite ( 3 year term). All voting aye, withTruitt abstaining, motion carried.

Mayor Diehl also presented a clock inappreciation of services on the Council toSarah Truitt.

Motion by Schaff and second by Dorseyto approve the consent agenda, which in-clude December 3rd & December 12thminutes; Liquor License for The IronHorse Neighborhood Grill (BW0094198)and the following claims: Advantage CompaniesSupplies..........................................$206.00 Air SolutionsServices..........................................$160.00 Alliant EnergyUtility ............................................$792.83 Amazon.Com CreditSupplies..............................................$6.48 Baker & Taylor Inc.Supplies.......................................$3,300.40 Bob's Auto SupplySupplies..........................................$520.86 Capital City Equipment Co.Services..........................................$127.40 Card Service CenterServices............................................$53.11 Carpenter Uniform& PromotionalSupplies..........................................$228.99 Casey's General Stores, Inc.Fuel..............................................$3,894.50 Center Point Large PrintServices............................................$43.14 Chat MobilityPhone..............................................$160.71 Chem-Sult Inc.Supplies.......................................$3,340.50 City Of MurrayContribution................................$3,100.23 City Of WoodburnContribution................................$1,033.41 Clarke Co RecorderServices..........................................$354.00 Clarke Co. Landfill CommServices..........................................$156.57 Clarke Co. Reservoir Comm.LOST.........................................$81,228.69 Clarke Community SchoolsServices..........................................$840.00 Clarke County AuditorServices............................................$15.00 Clarke Electric CoopUtility .........................................$3,246.44 Creston Publishing CompanyPublication.....................................$624.14 D & D Pest ControlServices............................................$30.00 Darron Toney Services..........................................$196.00 Diamond Oil CoFuel..............................................$2,210.44 Donna PhillipsServices..........................................$240.00 Don's JonsServices..........................................$240.00 Earnest PettitReimb.............................................$250.00 Elliott Oil Co.Fuel.................................................$409.70 Family CircleSupplies..............................................$9.99 Flowers N MoreSupplies............................................$25.00 G & L Clothing/CommercialSupplies..........................................$113.88 Hach CompanySupplies..........................................$300.14 Hawkeye Truck EquipmentSupplies............................................$36.25 Highway LumberSupplies..........................................$313.30 Hy-Vee Food StoresSupplies..........................................$192.36 Ideal Ready Mix Co.Supplies..........................................$309.00 Iowa Communications NetworkServices..............................................$2.15 Iowa Law Enforcement AcademyServices..........................................$150.00 Iowa One CallServices............................................$50.00 J P AutoSupplies..........................................$202.39 Jim's Sanitation& Truck RepairServices.....................................$27,603.10 Kd Tires, LlcServices............................................$70.00 Keystone Laboratories, IncServices.......................................$1,326.00 Krista WoodardReimb.............................................. $74.02 Leslie GardensSupplies.......................................$8,060.00 Linda PerselsServices.......................................$1,250.00 Lyle PerselsReimb.............................................$150.01 Marc ElcockServices.......................................$1,781.00 Matt Parrott & SonsSupplies..........................................$139.91 Micro Marketing LlcSupplies............................................$86.98 Midwest Office Tech. Co.Supplies..........................................$117.50 Mike AllenReimb...............................................$40.00 Natural HealthServices............................................$19.97 NfpaSupplies..........................................$165.00 Noble Industrial Supply CorpSupplies..........................................$866.60 O'reilly Automotive Inc.Supplies............................................$24.68 Office Machines CompanySupplies............................................$15.61 Osceola Chamber MainstreetContribution.............................$21,550.00 Osceola Farm & HomeSupplies......................................... $504.13 Osceola Fire Dept.Reimb.............................................$120.25 Osceola Sinclair ServiceServices............................................$35.15 Osceola Water WorksUtility ............................................$813.41 Penick Electric LlcSupplies............................................$13.00 Penworthy CompanySupplies......................................... $108.79 Porter's PrintsSupplies..........................................$604.50 Recorded BooksServices..........................................$272.20 Robinsons Co.Supplies..........................................$134.66 Rotary Club Of OsceolaServices............................................$51.50 S.I.R.W.A.Utility ..............................................$83.80 Seminole Retail Energy Services, LlcSupplies.......................................$1,638.24 Short Vowel Phonics LlcSupplies............................................$59.85 Smart Apple MediaSupplies..........................................$213.93 SmithsonianSupplies............................................$10.00 SolutionsSupplies..........................................$657.89 Tabor Floral & GiftsSupplies............................................$30.00 Thomas J. Lower D.O.Supplies..........................................$232.00 Trophy ShopSupplies............................................$40.19 Tyco Integrated SecuritySupplies..........................................$184.73 U. S. CellularPhone..............................................$841.51 U.S. Post OfficeSupplies..........................................$106.00 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.Supplies.......................................$2,111.00 Usa BluebookSupplies..........................................$474.40 Vetter EquipmentSupplies.......................................$2,054.43 Wash & WeighServices............................................$50.00 Wilder's Truck ServiceServices......................................... $157.56 WindstreamPhone.......................................... $1,266.18 Total ......................................$184,923.68 Fund Recap:1 General .................................$67,470.28 110 Street ..................................$2,677.12 115 Lost Reservoir.................$81,228.69 116 Hotel Motel Tax .............$21,550.00 600 Water .....................................$813.41 610 Sewer ................................$11,184.18 Total ......................................$184,923.68

There being no further business, motionby Schaff and second by Fotiadis to ad-journ the meeting at 7:40 PM. All votingaye, motion carried.

Fred Diehl, Mayor Attest: Britanee Ward, Accounting

Manager/Assistant City Clerk

INTERSTATE 35 COMMUNITYSCHOOL DISTRICT

405 E. NORTH STREETTRURO, IA 50257-0079

BOARD WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES

5:30 P.M.High School LibraryDecember 17, 2013

AGENDAI. Call to Order - President Julie

Brownlee called the meeting to order at5:33 p.m.

II. Roll Call - Julie Brownlee, LeahGray, Dan Kirkpatrick, Ken Stanley, andJake McCuddin (Student Council Repre-sentative) - present. Absent - BryanArzani.

III. Approval of Agenda - Motion toapprove the agenda by Leah Gray, second-ed by Dan Kirkpatrick. Motion Ayes 4,Nays 0.

IV. Calendar - Superintendent Dr.Craig continued the discussion regardingthe calendar for the 2014-15 school year.He explained that a group of about 10 ad-ministrators, teachers, and secretaries hadmet to give input. The consensus is thatthe calendar will need to be based onhours. Dr. Craig also proposes the schoolday to start at 7:55 and end at 3:00 with aone-hour late start on Wednesdays forPLC and teacher collaboration days.

V. Rural Student Advocates Organiza-tional Meeting - Dr. Craig explained thaton January 11, 2014, superintendents andboard members of school districts with en-rollments of 1,250 or less are invited to at-tend this meeting. Dr. Craig asked thatour board members attend if possible. Thepurpose of this meeting is to organizesmaller schools to have legislators approvelegislation that recognizes the needs ofsmaller-sized schools.

VI. Discussion and Direction for Con-sidering New Virginia and St. Charlesproperties - Dr. Craig asked the board howthe district should proceed with theseproperties. After a discussion, the boardmembers agreed to have Dr. Craig proceedto start the process to sell the properties.

VII. Future Work Session AgendaItems: Press Box Naming Proposal PolicyAdoption (January); BOE Self-Assess-ment, Board Priorities, and SuperintendentEvaluation (January or February), andCalendar Adoption (January).

VIII. Adjournment - Dan Kilpatrickmoved to adjourn, seconded by LeahGray. Motion Ayes 4, Nays 0. Meetingwas adjourned at 6:13 p.m.

Julie Brownlee, Board PresidentTed Bauer, Board Secretary



REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES7:00 P.M.

High School LibraryDecember 17, 2013




III. Pledge of AllegianceIV. Welcome and recognize visitors -

Tina Burkhead, Jenny Dickinson, JoshHughes, Sara Hughes, and Tracy Hutton.Administration present: Geoff Tessau,Assistant Principal; Casey Christensen, El-ementary Principal; Jeff Snider, HighSchool Principal; Dr. Jeff Craig, Superin-tendent; and Ted Bauer, Business Manag-er.

V. Approval of Agenda - Motion to ap-prove the agenda by Dan Kirkpatrick, sec-onded by Leah Gray. Motion carriedAyes 4, Nays 0.

VI. District Priorities - PresidentBrownlee reviewed the following districtpriorities with the board to keep in theforefront as the board makes decisions thatcontinue to move the district forward:

1) Articulate and support a cohesivestudent-centered PK-12 vision for contin-uous school improvement

2) Engage in effective teaching and rel-evant learning for the 21st Century

3) Operate with fiscal integrity, effi-ciency and effectiveness

VII. Open Forum - No one present ad-dressed the board.

VIII. Board Comments - President JulieBrownlee shared information from a re-cent conference that she attended.

IX. Superintendent's Report- Superin-tendent Dr. Craig shared the following in-formation in his report:

* Teaching and Learning Committeemet on December 10. The group reviewedthe list of items to be accomplished andthen filtered them into four distinct cate-gories: Assessment, Curriculum Develop-ment, Professionalism, and School/Com-munity Relations.

* Upcoming Meetings: MadisonCounty Development Group, SupportStaff Negotiations, Heartland Administra-tion Association.

* Teacher Leadership & Compensation(TLC) Planning Grant: Mr. Geoff Tessauwill be facilitating the process and com-mittee that is charged with developing amodel and a plan for implementation inone of the next three fiscal years.

* Fitness Center and Renovation up-date: The footings and footwall for the Fit-ness Center have been poured. Almostone interior wall is complete. Lockers andlights will be removed and new ones in-stalled over break.

* Support Staff Negotiations: Openingnegotiations were held on December 11,when the bargaining unit presented theirinitial proposal. The District will respondon December 18.

* Early Retirement: The Board updat-ed the Early Retirement Policy and has de-termined that we will open the process asprovided in the Board Policy. One appli-cation has been received.

* Early Literacy Law: Mr. Christensenand Dr. Craig will attend a webinar to gainfurther understanding of implementing thelegislation to ensure compliance with thenew regulations.

X. Road Runner Recognition-* Road runners of the week: Colby

Miller, Shailey Dixson, and Reece Hutton.* Academic Students of the week: Ad-

dison Wilson, Levi Porter, Hannah Wis-niewski, Ty Kitzerow, Abigail Bortner,Jackson Ransom, Ben Reyes, and SeanSmith.

* PBIS November Award Winners:Shannon James, Joey Walker, CheyenneJennings, Matt Morrissey, Addie Smith,Jacob Steinlage, Shiane McKinney, AveryVetter, Hannah Grandstaff, Dalton Allen,Kade Pitzen, and Joe Winslow.

XI. Administrative/Department reports- Geoff Tessau, Assistant Principal, statedthat he is researching the Teacher Leader-ship & Compensation (TLC) PlanningGrant that the district will be receiving.Jeff Snider, Secondary Principal, sharedinformation on the board report. He re-ported that semester tests were scheduledfor December 19-20. Casey Christensen,Elementary Principal, shared informationon the report to the board. Jake McCud-din, Student Council Representative, ex-plained that the Student Leadership Coun-cil met with other student councils of thePride of Iowa Conference to talk about is-sues including how to improve things in-cluding communication and support foreach other. One idea is a spirit squad clubthat would have members attending activi-ties to cheer on teams. This would alsoencourage other activities.

XII. Consent AgendaA) Approval of Past Minutes: Novem-

ber 25, 2013 Work Session MeetingNovember 25, 2013 Regular Monthly

MeetingNovember 27, 2013 Special MeetingB) Approval of BillsC) Approval of PersonnelMotion to approve consent agenda by

Dan Kirkpatrick, seconded by Leah Gray.Motion carried Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XIII. Spanish Club Out of Country Trip- Ms. Wieck presented her request forboard approval to allow the Spanish Clubto travel to Spain in March, 2015. Ms.Wieck explained that she has taken stu-dents to Spain while she was teaching at aprevious district. She plans to have onechaperone for every six to eight students.The cost of the trip will be approximately$3,000-$3,250 per student. Board mem-bers Julie Brownlee and Leah Gray ex-pressed that they loved her enthusiasm andappreciated the opportunities that Ms.Wieck is providing to our students. Dr.Craig stated that students have been invig-orated in foreign language and he com-mended Ms. Wieck for it. Dan Kirk-patrick moved to approve the SpanishClub's trip as presented, seconded by LeahGray. Motion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XIV. Student Application for StateBoard of Education - I-35 junior JoshuaHughes presented his request to apply tobe a member of the Iowa State Board ofEducation for the term beginning May 1,2014 - April 30, 2015. Leah Gray movedto approve Josh Hughes' application re-quest, seconded by Dan Kirkpatrick. Mo-tion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XV. Adjournment - Leah Gray movedto adjourn, seconded by Dan Kirkpatrick.Motion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0. Meetingwas adjourned at 7:58 p.m.




REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES7:00 P.M.

High School LibraryDecember 17, 2013




III. Pledge of AllegianceIV. Welcome and recognize visitors -

Tina Burkhead, Jenny Dickinson, JoshHughes, Sara Hughes, and Tracy Hutton.Administration present: Geoff Tessau,Assistant Principal; Casey Christensen, El-ementary Principal; Jeff Snider, HighSchool Principal; Dr. Jeff Craig, Superin-tendent; and Ted Bauer, Business Manag-er.

V. Approval of Agenda - Motion to ap-prove the agenda by Dan Kirkpatrick, sec-onded by Leah Gray. Motion carriedAyes 4, Nays 0.

VI. District Priorities - PresidentBrownlee reviewed the following districtpriorities with the board to keep in theforefront as the board makes decisions thatcontinue to move the district forward:

1) Articulate and support a cohesivestudent-centered PK-12 vision for contin-uous school improvement

2) Engage in effective teaching and rel-evant learning for the 21st Century

3) Operate with fiscal integrity, effi-ciency and effectiveness

VII. Open Forum - No one present ad-dressed the board.

VIII. Board Comments - President JulieBrownlee shared information from a re-cent conference that she attended.

IX. Superintendent's Report- Superin-tendent Dr. Craig shared the following in-formation in his report:

* Teaching and Learning Committeemet on December 10. The group reviewedthe list of items to be accomplished andthen filtered them into four distinct cate-gories: Assessment, Curriculum Develop-ment, Professionalism, and School/Com-munity Relations.

* Upcoming Meetings: MadisonCounty Development Group, SupportStaff Negotiations, Heartland Administra-tion Association.

* Teacher Leadership & Compensation(TLC) Planning Grant: Mr. Geoff Tessauwill be facilitating the process and com-mittee that is charged with developing amodel and a plan for implementation inone of the next three fiscal years.

* Fitness Center and Renovation up-date: The footings and footwall for the Fit-ness Center have been poured. Almostone interior wall is complete. Lockers andlights will be removed and new ones in-stalled over break.

* Support Staff Negotiations: Openingnegotiations were held on December 11,when the bargaining unit presented theirinitial proposal. The District will respondon December 18.

* Early Retirement: The Board updat-ed the Early Retirement Policy and has de-termined that we will open the process asprovided in the Board Policy. One appli-cation has been received.

* Early Literacy Law: Mr. Christensenand Dr. Craig will attend a webinar to gainfurther understanding of implementing thelegislation to ensure compliance with thenew regulations.

X. Road Runner Recognition-* Road runners of the week: Colby

Miller, Shailey Dixson, and Reece Hutton.* Academic Students of the week: Ad-

dison Wilson, Levi Porter, Hannah Wis-niewski, Ty Kitzerow, Abigail Bortner,Jackson Ransom, Ben Reyes, and SeanSmith.

* PBIS November Award Winners:Shannon James, Joey Walker, CheyenneJennings, Matt Morrissey, Addie Smith,Jacob Steinlage, Shiane McKinney, AveryVetter, Hannah Grandstaff, Dalton Allen,Kade Pitzen, and Joe Winslow.

XI. Administrative/Department reports- Geoff Tessau, Assistant Principal, statedthat he is researching the Teacher Leader-ship & Compensation (TLC) PlanningGrant that the district will be receiving.Jeff Snider, Secondary Principal, sharedinformation on the board report. He re-ported that semester tests were scheduledfor December 19-20. Casey Christensen,Elementary Principal, shared informationon the report to the board. Jake McCud-din, Student Council Representative, ex-plained that the Student Leadership Coun-cil met with other student councils of thePride of Iowa Conference to talk about is-sues including how to improve things in-cluding communication and support foreach other. One idea is a spirit squad clubthat would have members attending activi-ties to cheer on teams. This would alsoencourage other activities.

XII. Consent AgendaA) Approval of Past Minutes: Novem-

ber 25, 2013 Work Session MeetingNovember 25, 2013 Regular Monthly

MeetingNovember 27, 2013 Special MeetingB) Approval of BillsC) Approval of PersonnelMotion to approve consent agenda by

Dan Kirkpatrick, seconded by Leah Gray.Motion carried Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XIII. Spanish Club Out of Country Trip- Ms. Wieck presented her request forboard approval to allow the Spanish Clubto travel to Spain in March, 2015. Ms.Wieck explained that she has taken stu-dents to Spain while she was teaching at aprevious district. She plans to have onechaperone for every six to eight students.The cost of the trip will be approximately$3,000-$3,250 per student. Board mem-bers Julie Brownlee and Leah Gray ex-pressed that they loved her enthusiasm andappreciated the opportunities that Ms.Wieck is providing to our students. Dr.Craig stated that students have been invig-orated in foreign language and he com-mended Ms. Wieck for it. Dan Kirk-patrick moved to approve the SpanishClub's trip as presented, seconded by LeahGray. Motion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XIV. Student Application for StateBoard of Education - I-35 junior JoshuaHughes presented his request to apply tobe a member of the Iowa State Board ofEducation for the term beginning May 1,2014 - April 30, 2015. Leah Gray movedto approve Josh Hughes' application re-quest, seconded by Dan Kirkpatrick. Mo-tion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0.

XV. Adjournment - Leah Gray movedto adjourn, seconded by Dan Kirkpatrick.Motion carried, Ayes 4, Nays 0. Meetingwas adjourned at 7:58 p.m.


Board of SupervisorsDecember 23, 2013

The Clarke County Board of Supervi-sors met in regular session on December23, 2013, in the Clarke County Court-house with the following memberspresent: Chairman Myron Manley, Mar-vin McCann, and Larry Keller. Alsopresent, Auditor Janice White. Manleycalled the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.Keller made a motion to approve the agen-da, seconded by McCann. All Ayes.

Moved by McCann, seconded byKeller to approve and sign Universal Pay-ment Vouchers for right-of-way docu-ments for Project No. STP-S-C020(82)5E-20 (Ottawa Bridge Project) withRonald A. Van Winkle and Janice K. VanWinkle; Mark Owen Heston and ReneeHeston; Kevin Watje and Laurie Watje;Thomas L. Pollard and Julita Pollard; andCharles R. Mundy and Tina M. Mundy.Ayes: All.

Moved by McCann, seconded byKeller to approve payment of claims sub-mitted from December 10 - 23, 2013.Ayes: All. A-1 Window, Srv ...............................30.00Agriland, Srv ..............................15,322.00Alliant Energy, Util.......................5,890.54Andersen, Thomas, Exp.....................42.45Animal Health, Sup............................53.77Ascheman, Philip, Srv .....................260.00Atomic Termite, Srv ..........................60.00B M Sales, Sup....................................85.00Barkema, Lorris, Rent......................400.00Best Western Plus, Srv.....................179.12Carpenter Uniform , Sup...............1,220.88Chat Mobility, Util...........................328.97City Of Murray, Util...........................54.22CC Animal Shelter, Srv....................640.00CC Public Health, Srv...................8,044.49Clarke Comm Housing, Rent...........200.00Clarke Comm Pres, Srv.................2,208.20Clarke Electric, Util..........................410.85Conley, Jessica, Exp.........................112.26CR Services, Sup..............................267.32Creston Publish, Srv.........................327.54Dept Of Inspection, Srv....................100.00DMACC, Train.................................300.00Dominion Voting, Srv......................280.00Excel Mechanical, Srv .................5,348.33Galls, Sup..........................................190.71Glaxo Smith Kline, Sup................1,725.90High Sierra Llc, Rent........................690.00Hy-Vee, Sup .................................3,152.59I O W W A, Dues.............................335.00IA Dept Of Transp, Srv.................1,600.00IA Dept Ag & Land, Srv....................30.00IA Prison Indust, Sup.......................180.84Infomax Off Sys, Srv.......................838.34Keller, Laurence, Exp.........................88.88Kent, Gregory L, Exp ......................214.77Lamoni Leep Pres, Srv..................1,472.66Mathias, Allan R., Exp.......................36.00Matura Action Corp, Srv..................553.06Maximus, Srv................................ 1,800.00McCann, Cheri, Exp...........................17.93Mcneill, David, Srv.......................1,200.00Midwest Office Tech, Srv.............3,996.50Murray, City Of, Util..........................52.75Natl Elev Insp Serv, Srv.....................55.00Orchard Place, Srv ........................1,147.81O'Reilly, Equip...................................54.99Farm And Home, Sup-.......................22.30Osceola Water, Util............................21.42Premier Off Equip, Srv ......................86.95Roberts Dairy, Sup...........................157.06Robinsons, Sup.................................191.89S I R W A, Util...................................70.00S W Comm College, Train.................35.00Sandata Tech, Srv.............................404.47Schade, Mary J, Exp.........................145.09Schildberg Const, Rock................9,492.91Scotwood Indust, Sup...................1,933.50Sec Of State, Srv ................................30.00Seymour Preschool, Srv...................741.00Shred-It, Srv .......................................47.73Smith, Steve, Exp.............................158.02Snyder Plumb, Srv ...........................165.00Solutions, Sup...................................936.72Staples Advantage, Sup....................395.99State Of Iowa, Srv...............................50.00Stericycle Inc, Srv............................658.92The Family Place, Srv ..................1,587.37Thomas LLC, David, Rent...............200.00U S Postal Srv, Sup............................92.00UnityPoint Clinic, Srv......................148.00Village, Srv....................................1,601.18Visa, Sup...........................................714.05Wageworks, Srv................................129.60Waste Mgmt, Srv..............................236.84Wayne Co Ag Exten, Srv..............3,205.79Wayne Co Pub Health, Srv..............264.16Willson & Pechacek, Srv.................516.00Windstream, Util...........................1,482.00Ziegler, Srv ...................................5,053.56

Having completed agenda items andhaving no other business, McCann made amotion to adjourn, seconded by Keller.Ayes: All. Meeting adjourned 12:00 noon.Signed: Myron Manley, Chairman. Attest:Janice M White, Auditor

Board of SupervisorsDecember 23, 2013

The Clarke County Board of Supervi-sors met in regular session on December23, 2013, in the Clarke County Court-house with the following memberspresent: Chairman Myron Manley, Mar-vin McCann, and Larry Keller. Alsopresent, Auditor Janice White. Manleycalled the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.Keller made a motion to approve the agen-da, seconded by McCann. All Ayes.

Moved by McCann, seconded byKeller to approve and sign Universal Pay-ment Vouchers for right-of-way docu-ments for Project No. STP-S-C020(82)5E-20 (Ottawa Bridge Project) withRonald A. Van Winkle and Janice K. VanWinkle; Mark Owen Heston and ReneeHeston; Kevin Watje and Laurie Watje;Thomas L. Pollard and Julita Pollard; andCharles R. Mundy and Tina M. Mundy.Ayes: All.

Moved by McCann, seconded byKeller to approve payment of claims sub-mitted from December 10 - 23, 2013.Ayes: All. A-1 Window, Srv ...............................30.00Agriland, Srv ..............................15,322.00Alliant Energy, Util.......................5,890.54Andersen, Thomas, Exp.....................42.45Animal Health, Sup............................53.77Ascheman, Philip, Srv .....................260.00Atomic Termite, Srv ..........................60.00B M Sales, Sup....................................85.00Barkema, Lorris, Rent......................400.00Best Western Plus, Srv.....................179.12Carpenter Uniform , Sup...............1,220.88Chat Mobility, Util...........................328.97City Of Murray, Util...........................54.22CC Animal Shelter, Srv....................640.00CC Public Health, Srv...................8,044.49Clarke Comm Housing, Rent...........200.00Clarke Comm Pres, Srv.................2,208.20Clarke Electric, Util..........................410.85Conley, Jessica, Exp.........................112.26CR Services, Sup..............................267.32Creston Publish, Srv.........................327.54Dept Of Inspection, Srv....................100.00DMACC, Train.................................300.00Dominion Voting, Srv......................280.00Excel Mechanical, Srv .................5,348.33Galls, Sup..........................................190.71Glaxo Smith Kline, Sup................1,725.90High Sierra Llc, Rent........................690.00Hy-Vee, Sup .................................3,152.59I O W W A, Dues.............................335.00IA Dept Of Transp, Srv.................1,600.00IA Dept Ag & Land, Srv....................30.00IA Prison Indust, Sup.......................180.84Infomax Off Sys, Srv.......................838.34Keller, Laurence, Exp.........................88.88Kent, Gregory L, Exp ......................214.77Lamoni Leep Pres, Srv..................1,472.66Mathias, Allan R., Exp.......................36.00Matura Action Corp, Srv..................553.06Maximus, Srv................................ 1,800.00McCann, Cheri, Exp...........................17.93Mcneill, David, Srv.......................1,200.00Midwest Office Tech, Srv.............3,996.50Murray, City Of, Util..........................52.75Natl Elev Insp Serv, Srv.....................55.00Orchard Place, Srv ........................1,147.81O'Reilly, Equip...................................54.99Farm And Home, Sup-.......................22.30Osceola Water, Util............................21.42Premier Off Equip, Srv ......................86.95Roberts Dairy, Sup...........................157.06Robinsons, Sup.................................191.89S I R W A, Util...................................70.00S W Comm College, Train.................35.00Sandata Tech, Srv.............................404.47Schade, Mary J, Exp.........................145.09Schildberg Const, Rock................9,492.91Scotwood Indust, Sup...................1,933.50Sec Of State, Srv ................................30.00Seymour Preschool, Srv...................741.00Shred-It, Srv .......................................47.73Smith, Steve, Exp.............................158.02Snyder Plumb, Srv ...........................165.00Solutions, Sup...................................936.72Staples Advantage, Sup....................395.99State Of Iowa, Srv...............................50.00Stericycle Inc, Srv............................658.92The Family Place, Srv ..................1,587.37Thomas LLC, David, Rent...............200.00U S Postal Srv, Sup............................92.00UnityPoint Clinic, Srv......................148.00Village, Srv....................................1,601.18Visa, Sup...........................................714.05Wageworks, Srv................................129.60Waste Mgmt, Srv..............................236.84Wayne Co Ag Exten, Srv..............3,205.79Wayne Co Pub Health, Srv..............264.16Willson & Pechacek, Srv.................516.00Windstream, Util...........................1,482.00Ziegler, Srv ...................................5,053.56

Having completed agenda items andhaving no other business, McCann made amotion to adjourn, seconded by Keller.Ayes: All. Meeting adjourned 12:00 noon.Signed: Myron Manley, Chairman. Attest:Janice M White, Auditor



SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES5:00 P.M.

Superintendent Conference RoomDecember 30, 2013



II. Roll Call - Bryan Arzani, JulieBrownlee, Leah Gray, Dan Kirkpatrick,Ken Stanley, - present. Absent - none.

III. Welcome and Recognize Visitors -No visitors were present.

IV. Approval of Agenda - Motion toapprove the agenda by Leah Gray, second-ed by Bryan Arzani. Motion carried Ayes5, Nays 0.

V. Consent Agenda A) Approval of PersonnelRobert LeMeuse III (Custodian) dis-

missal in compliance with Iowa Code andBoard Policy 413.4

Motion to approve consent agenda byDan Kirkpatrick, seconded by BryanArzani. Motion carried Ayes 5, Nays 0.

VI. Board CommentsVII. Adjournment - Leah Gray moved

to adjourn, seconded by Dan Kirkpatrick.Motion approved. Ayes 5, Nays 0. Meet-ing was adjourned at 5:21 p.m.


OSCEOLA WATER BOARDDECEMBER 5, 2013

(UNOFFICIAL - NOT BOARD APPROVED)

The Osceola Water Board met for theregularly scheduled meeting on Thursday,December 5, 2013 at 5:30 P.M. This be-ing the time and place as legally posted,the meeting was called to order by Chair-man Ryan Rychnovsky with the followingBoard Members present: MacKenzieO'Hair, Alisha Crawford and Dave Neas.Susana Contreras was absent. Alsopresent were Superintendent Brandon Pat-terson, Utility Office Manager Carrie Ben-da and others not signed in.

Board member Neas motioned to ap-prove the agenda as presented and O'Hairseconded the motion.

Ayes: O'Hair, Crawford, Neas, Rych-novsky

Nays: NoneAbsent: ContrerasMotion PassedWhen Chairman Rychnovsky an-

nounced the opportunity for citizens to ad-dress the board about items not on theagenda no one appeared.

Utility Office Manager Carrie Bendaopened the discussion regarding the in-voice for service line repair at 120 SouthJackson Street by stating that there hasbeen a water leak located around thenorthwest corner of the square that wasnot able to be located. On September 4,2013, the leak was traced to the propertyat 120 South Jackson Street's service line.Communication with the homeowner washeld and the repairs were made by BudJones Construction. Upon receipt of thestatement, Ms. Watson presented to theWater Works office her intent to pay$100.00 per month until the bill is paid infull. After discussion was held, staff rec-ommended approval of the payment ar-rangement. Board member Crawford mo-tioned to approve the payment arrange-ment for Ms. Watson in the amount of$100.00 per month until paid in full andNeas seconded the motion.


Nays: NoneAbsent: ContrerasMotion PassedWater Superintendent Brandon Patter-

son opened the discussion regarding thepurchase of solar bees for West Lake bypresenting research that had been complet-ed. Mr. Patterson stated that the solar beeswill cost approximately $50,000.00 eachand that we would need to purchase andinstall two to assist with taste and odor is-sues and reduce blue-green algae bloomswhich cause these taste and odor issues.Discussion was held regarding fundingoptions for the solar bees and assistancethat is available within the community in-cluding the Clarke County DevelopmentCorporation Pillars Granting Programwhich is a 50/50 match. After further dis-cussion, it was determined that the PillarsGrant would be the best source of fundingand the community including county cus-tomers would benefit from the solar bees.Board member Crawford motioned to au-thorize staff to move forward with apply-ing for the Clarke County DevelopmentCorporation Pillars Granting Program forthe purchase of two solar bees to be placedin West Lake and O'Hair seconded themotion.



son opened the discussion regarding themultiple project agreement for profession-al services with HDR Engineering, Inc. bypresenting the agreement received. Mr.Patterson stated that the knowledge Engi-neer Mark Duben has with the water plantand distribution systems will benefit usand requested to continue using his ser-vices. Discussion was held regarding im-pact of other agreements that would be inplace. Board member Crawford motionedto authorize Chairman Rychnovsky signthe multiple project agreement for profes-sional services with HDR Engineering,Inc. and also requested staff provide a let-ter to both firms regarding our intent touse both services accordingly. Boardmember Neas seconded the motion. Rollcall of the vote was;


Nays: NoneAbsent: ContrerasMotion PassedResolution #2013- 10Water Superintendent Brandon Patter-

son opened the discussion regarding theadoption of the employee manual by stat-ing the requested changes had been madefrom the last meeting and that it had beenreviewed by our attorney for compliancewith laws regarding changes made to acci-dents and cell phone usage. Mr. Pattersonstated that if the board is in agreement, hewill proceed by bringing a resolution tothe January 2014 meeting and proceedingwith setting down with employees and go-ing through the manual.

Water Superintendent Brandon Patter-son opened the discussion regarding hiringa Water Operator/Distribution Laborer bystating that one of the current Plant Opera-tors will be retiring at the end of January2014. Also discussed was another retire-ment in 2016. After discussion was held,board member Crawford motioned to ap-prove the hiring of one WaterOperator/Distribution Laborer and Neasseconded the motion.



son opened the discussion regarding hiringa Water Works Foreman by presenting adraft job description to the board. Discus-sion was held regarding the salary posi-tion, pending qualifications and negotia-tions. The board is supportive of this re-quest and requested additional informationto be presented before action is taken.

Water Superintendent Brandon Patter-son opened the discussion regarding theadoption of Water Works Rules And Reg-ulations by stating he had compiled therules and regulations and new policies intoone document. Mr. Patterson stated thatonce the document is complete and adopt-ed that it will be available for viewing inthe office and online. After discussionwas held, the board requested to table thisitem and took no action.

Water Superintendent Brandon Patter-son reported a number of main breaks thathave been repaired by Water Works staff,a plan regarding private water hydrantsand the union proposal meeting. Mr. Pat-terson presented a draft copy of a newslet-ter he created that will highlight importanttopics and will be sent with the Januaryutility bills and then annually each year af-ter. Continuing on, Mr. Patterson askedfor the board's desire regarding fees relat-ing to the Tech Prep houses and gave anupdate on the condition assessment sum-mary that was performed with EngineerMark Duben at the Water Treatment Plant.Concluding the report, Mr. Patterson re-quested the board tour the treatment plantto explain the engineer report and discussitems for the upcoming budget purposes.

Chairman Rychnovsky presented theconsent agenda. Board member Crawfordmotioned to approve the consent agendaas presented and O'Hair seconded the mo-tion. The consent agenda included theAging Report, YTD Budget Report, min-utes from the meeting held on November7, 2013 as well as the following Bills andClaims:AFLACPAYROLL........................................$82.53AGSOURCE LABORATORIESLAB TESTING.................................$82.00ALLIANT ENERGYSERVICES..................................$4,767.46BROWN SUPPLY CO.SUPPLIES......................................$727.00CARD MEMBER SERVICESSERVICES......................................$381.47CARD SERVICE CENTERSERVICES........................................$39.52CASEY'S GENERAL STORESFUEL...............................................$927.63CHEM-SULT INC.CHEMICALS..............................$7,490.47RYAN CHRISTODEPOSIT REFUND......................$100.00CITY OF OSCEOLASERVICES..............................$122,884.24CLARKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLSDEPOSIT REFUND...................$3,900.00CLARKE COUNTY RECORDERSERVICES........................................$22.00CR SERVICESSERVICES......................................$142.72CRESTON PUBLISHING COMPPUBLICATIONS...........................$342.17D & D PEST CONTROLSERVICES........................................$45.00DAKOTA SUPPLY GROUPMETERS......................................$6,253.88DATA TECHNOLOGIESSERVICES..................................$1,064.97ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGSERVICES..................................$1,221.52JUAN ESPERICUETADEPOSIT REFUND......................$100.00GRAINGERSERVICES......................................$270.72ROBERT GRAYDEPOSIT REFUND......................$100.00HACH COMPANYLAB TESTING...............................$712.87JERRY HAWXBYDEPOSIT REFUND......................$100.00PAUL HERRENDEPOSIT REFUND.........................$47.56HIGHWAY LUMBERSERVICES......................................$470.57IOWA DEPT OF NATURAL RESTRAINING.....................................$170.00IOWA DEPT OF REVENUE SERVICE...PAYROLL TAXES.....................$5,380.10IOWA DEPT OF REVENUEPAYROLL TAXES........................$886.00IOWA DEPT OF REVENUESALES TAX................................$5,095.00IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOC. DUES..............................................$300.00IPERS PAYROLL...................................$3,048.96J P AUTOSERVICES........................................$94.20JACKSON ELECTRICSERVICES......................................$706.04MENARDSSUPPLIES......................................$904.93MET LIFEPAYROLL......................................$580.28MIDWEST OFFICE TECHNOLOGYSERVICES........................................$56.41MUNICIPAL SUPPLY INCSERVICES..................................$2,223.60MUTUAL OF OMAHAPAYROLL........................................$83.60OSCEOLA FARM & HOMESUPPLIES......................................$644.68OSCEOLA WATER WORKSAPPLY DEPOSITS........................$292.33PETTY CASHSERVICES......................................$100.00CATHERINE POOREREFUND DEPOSIT......................$100.00PREMIER SERVICESSERVICES..................................$5,676.94RYAN RAMSEYREFUND ..........................................$69.74ROBINSON'S CO.SUPPLIES......................................$192.03ELVIA RODRIGUEZREFUND DEPOSIT......................$100.00SEMINOLE RETAIL ENERGYSERVICES........................................$95.79FANCYLEEN SHAMREFUND DEPOSIT......................$100.00SOLUTIONSSERVICES......................................$190.00STATE HYGENIC LABORATORYLAB TESTING...............................$178.00SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION SERV.SERVICES......................................$866.00TEAMSTERSPAYROLL......................................$128.00U.S. POST OFFICEPOSTAGE......................................$503.83UNITED HEALTH CAREPAYROLL...................................$8,842.26UNITED TRUCK & BODYSERVICES..................................$2,242.50KAREN WASSONDEPOSIT REFUND...........................$7.67KYLE WILSONDEPOSIT REFUND......................$100.00WINDSTREAMCOMMUNICATION.....................$470.66WINGER COMPANIESSERVICES......................................$815.20ZEE MEDICAL INC.SERVICES......................................$119.39ZIMCO SUPPLY CO.SUPPLIES......................................$190.50


Nays: NoneAbsent: ContrerasMotion PassedUtility Office Manager Carrie Benda

gave an update on the balancing within thesoftware and office staff assistance.

Board Member Reports: No reports. There being no further business to dis-

cuss, board member Crawford motionedand Neas seconded adjournment at 6:55p.m.

Ayes: O'Hair, Contreras, RychnovskyNays: NoneAbsent: Crawford, NeasMotion PassedAttest: Ryan Rychnovsky, ChairmanCarrie Benda, Utility Office Manager





























































NOTICEClarke County Public Health, located

in Osceola, Iowa, will no longer partici-pate in the Medicare Program (Title XVIIIof the Social Security Act) effectiveFebruary, 8, 2014.

The agreement between Clarke CountyPublic Health, located Osceola, Iowa, andthe Secretary of Health and Human Ser-vices will be terminated on February 8,2014 as a Medicare certified home healthagency in accordance with the provisionsof the Social Security Act.

Sandra Eddy, RN Administrator, Clarke County Public Health

PUBLIC NOTICEGrand River Communications, Inc. a

subsidiary of Grand River Mutual Tele-phone Corporation, is planning to erect a250-foot self-supporting wireless radiocommunications tower, with appurtenantantennas and lightning rod extending to270 feet above ground level, near the in-tersection of 310th Avenue and US High-way 34 south of Murray, Iowa, at 1892310th Avenue, Murray, Iowa. The towerwill be leased to Chat Mobility for cellularand 4G-LTE antennas.

The FAA requires that this tower belighted with medium-intensity, flashingwhite strobes during the day and flashingred strobes at night, with steady-burningred side obstruction lights at night.

The FCC Form 854 file number isA0868706.

Interested persons may review the ap-plication by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering the Form 854file number listed above.

Interested persons may raise environ-mental concerns about the proposed struc-ture by filing a Request for EnvironmentalReview with the Federal CommunicationsCommission (FCC). Instructions for mak-ing such filings can be found at www.fcc.-gov/asr/environmentalrequest. The FCCstrongly recommends online applications.The mailing address for interested personsthat would prefer to file a Request for En-vironmental Review by paper copy is:FCC Request for Environmental Review,Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th StreetSW,Washington, DC 20554.

Interested persons may also expressany concerns by calling a local representa-tive of Grand River Communications, Inc.at (712) 370-8008.

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTFOR CLARKE COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

DIANE GARLAND, DECEASEDPROBATE NO. ESPR007886

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL ANDCODICIL, OF APPOINTMENT OF

EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To all persons interested in the estate ofDiane Garland, Deceased, who died on orabout December 16, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on Decem-ber 30, 2013, the last will and testamentof Diane Garland, deceased, bearing thedate of July 18, 2013 and the Codicil ofDiane Garland to her Last Will and Testa-ment, dated October 31, 2013 were admit-ted to probate in the above named courtand that Bo Garland was appointed Execu-tor of the estate of Diane Garland. Any ac-tion to set aside the will and Codicil mustbe brought in the District Court of saidcounty within the later to occur of fourmonths from the date of the second publi-cation of this notice or one month fromthe date of mailing of this notice to allheirs of the Decedent and devisees underthe will and Codicil whose identities arereasonably ascertainable, or thereafter beforever barred.

Notice is further given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested tomake immediate payment to the under-signed, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them with theclerk of the above named District Court, asprovided by law, duly authenticated, forallowance, and unless so filed by the laterto occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice (un-less otherwise allowed or paid) a claim isthereafter forever barred.

Dated December 30, 2013.Bo Garland

Executor of Estate1418 E. 30th Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50317Attorney for EstateReynoldson & Van Werden, L.L.P.200 W. JeffersonP.O. Box 199Osceola, Iowa 50213Date of second publication: Jan. 16, 2014

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT CLARKE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF

THE ESTATE OF Ronald E. Jackson Deceased.

Probate No ESPR009884NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,

OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To All Persons Interested in the Estateof Ronald E. Jackson, Deceased, who diedon or about October 14, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on the19th day of December , 2013, the last willand testament of Ronald E. Jackson, de-ceased, bearing date of the 7th day ofApril, 2007, was admitted to probate inthe above named court and that BettyJackson was appointed executor of the es-tate. Any action to set aside the will mustbe brought in the district court of saidcounty within the later to occur of fourmonths from the date of the second publi-cation of this notice or one month from thedate of mailing of this notice to all heirs ofthe decedent and devisees under the willwhose identities are reasonably ascertain-able, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested tomake immediate payment to the under-signed, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them with theclerk of the above named district court, asprovided by law, duly authenticated, forallowance, and unless so filed by the laterto occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice (un-less otherwise allowed or paid) a claim isthereafter forever barred.

Dated this 18th day of December, 2013 Betty Jackson

Executor of estate1211 Kansas Street

Murray, Iowa 50213Richard J. Murphy, ICIS PIN No: AT0005571 Attorney for executor 116 W. Jefferson St. P.O.Box 338, Osceola, IA 50213 Date of second publication: Jan. 16, 2014

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Media Release: The SCICAP Early Childhood Program announces their sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to enrolled children/adults in the following child/adult care center(s). Meals are provided without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Name(s) of Child/Adult Care Centers Sponsored:

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Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Price Meals Effective 7-1-2010

Household Size Reduced Price Meals Free Meals

Yearly Monthly Twice per

Month

Every Two

Weeks

Weekly Yearly Monthly Twice per

Month

Every Two

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Weekly

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Media Release: The SCICAP Early Childhood Program announces their sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to enrolled children/adults in the following child/adult care center(s). Meals are provided without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

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Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Price Meals Effective 7-1-2010

Household Size Reduced Price Meals Free Meals

Yearly Monthly Twice per

Month

Every Two Weeks

Weekly Yearly Monthly Twice per

Month

Every Two Weeks

Weekly

1 20,036 1,670 835 771 386 14,079 1,174 587 542 271

2 26,955 2,247 1,124 1,037 519 18,941 1,579 790 729 365

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For each additional family member add:

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[email protected]

Looking for exceptional peopleto fill the following position:

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Contributed photoPictured, front row, from left, are John Lloyd, Larry Ward, George Norris, Jeff O’Neill and Ron Harper. Back Row are Terry Taylor, Ron Schlichte, Bob Davis and Jack McCarl.

Masonic Lodge installs new officers Members and guests of

Osceola Masonic Lodge No. 77 met Saturday Jan. 4, to install its’ officers for 2014.

Bro. George Norris will lead the lodge as worship-ful master. Bro. Larry Ward was installed as senior war-den, Bro. Jeff O’Neill as

junior warden. Bro. John Lloyd was installed as trea-surer. The senior and ju-nior deacons are Bros. Ron Schlichte and Bob Davis.

Bro. Jack McCarl was in-stalled as junior stewart and Bro. Terry Taylor as Tyler of the Lodge. Bro. Fritz Nordengren, senior stewart

elect, and Bro. Bill Eddy, chaplain, weren’t able to at-tend. Bro. Ron Harper re-mained as secretary of the lodge.

Following Installation, a reception was held in the basement where members and guests had cake, coffee and juice.

College news Graceland University

LAMONI — The hon-or roll lists for Graceland University’s 2013 fall term have been announced. Graceland commends the students who have devoted their efforts and talents to their academic success.

Students with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average (GPA) are named to the president’s list. Students

with a GPA between 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the honors list. Students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.64 are named to the dean’s list.

Austin Halls of Murray was named to the honors list.

Ashley Mace of New Virginia was named to the dean’s list.

Edward Otto of Murray was named to the dean’s

list.Zachary Robinson of

Grand River was named to the president’s list.

Joshua Soard of New Virginia was named to the dean’s list.

Caitlin Weeks of New Virginia was named to the president’s list.

Whitney West of Osceola was named to the honors list.

Top 2014 home improvement trends: Smart homes and home automation

(BPT) — From smart-phones to smart cars, technology is trans-forming virtually everyaspect of our busy lives. Tech-nologies not only make life easier while on the go, but new options are quickly sim-plifying life at home as well. Home automation is proving to be a top home improve-ment trend, making the Jet-sons’ futuristic lifestyle more realistic than ever before.

Some experts are predict-ing 2014 will be the year of the smart home, but what does that mean to the average homeowner? The term smart home refers to a house with technology and automated features for things like heat-ing, lighting and electronic devices. Automation is be-coming the new norm in three

main areas of the home.1. Energy management and

environmental impactA home’s heating, cool-

ing and electrical systems can be enhanced through home automation technolo-gies. Boosting comfort levels, these technologies make it easier than ever to monitor energy and water usage, help-ing to reduce a family’s envi-ronmental footprint as well as their energy bill.

Imagine turning your lights on remotely or adjusting the heat so your home is toasty warm by the time you return from work. Home manage-ment systems like the Iris Comfort and Control Kit let you access and adjust comfort controls from your smart-phone, tablet or computer. Monitor and control lights

or the thermostat from any-where with Internet access, making it easy to save energy while away. You can even add water leak detectors to plumbing spaces within the home and receive an alert if the sensor comes in contact with water, helping you to re-act faster to reduce property damage and water waste.

2. Streamlining the kitchen and cooking processes

The kitchen is the heart of the home, so it’s no sur-prise that this area is getting a makeover thanks to tech-nology enhancements. From basic motion-sensing faucets that eliminate the need for touching them with messy hands when cooking to appli-ances that think for you, the kitchen is a key component of a smart home.

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