Sept 30th Gowrie News

September 30, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 39

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Thursday, Oct. 1 • Gowrie Fire Dept., 7:00 p.m. at the fire station.Monday, Oct. 5 • Harcourt TOPS, 8:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church Harcourt. • Cub Scout Pack 42, 6:00 p.m. at the Callender Heritage Library/Community CenterTuesday, Oct. 6• Farnhamville American Legion Post #510 and Sons of the American Legion, 7:00 p.m., Legion building.• Rose Lodge #506, 7:30 p.m.

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By Jill Viles Greg Slininger, a fifth grade teacher for the district, explained more about an incentive program for teachers entitled TLC, Teacher Leadership Compensa-tion. TLC is a state funded program designed to identify teachers who excel in the classroom, and entice exceptional candidates for hire. Yearly bonuses up to $7,000 are awarded to outstanding teachers. He indicated this is a “really positive program that provides educators a framework for collaboration.” He explained that during staff development days, teach-ers from both districts have been exploring professional learning communities in an effort to provide construc-tive feedback and guidance as to improve teacher perfor-mance.

Teacher Leadership Compensationexplained at PV School meetingBonuses for teachers in new state program. . .

He stated that an overall goal of this initiative is to “help attract and retain good teachers with finan-cial incentives.” Slininger explained that the teachers do not plan to copy any other district’s plan to the letter, but rather study school districts with similar demographics and then tailor the program to meet our individual dis-trict’s needs. “I’m pretty excited,” said Slininger. “I believe this program will be positive.” Slininger discussed the supporting documentation of the planning committee hoping to implement the program, but emphasized their proposal was a “living document that can change.” “If there are concerns, we can amend this,” in-dicated Slininger. “We haven’t traveled this road before.

The Cedar Valley (Farnhamville, Rinard and Somers) class of 1965 held its 50th class reunion at Lake Okoboji September 18, 19 and 20. The classmates and their spouses visited two museums and cruised the lake. Michael Johnson orchestrated the events. Pictured in front row left to right are Shirley Wiese Wolf, Farnhamville; Phyllis Moore Bird, Webster City; Karen Vaudt Mills, Cedar Falls; Toby Carlson Desmidt, Sioux City; Renee Westcott Neumann, Orlando, Florida; Mary Jo Sullivan Frese, Atkins; Sue Schultz Dean, Gowrie. Second row are Art Moeller, Fort Dodge; Doug Slotten, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Bob Bassett, Iowa City; Joyce Hanson, Fort Dodge; Gwen Wilson Benham, Fayetteville, Arkansas; David Good-win, Fremont, Nebraska; Bob Hicks, Gowrie; Kolleen Schmidt Hoffman, Iowa City; Daryl Beall, Fort Dodge; and Michael Johnson, Loda, Illinois.

The Cedar Valley class of 1965...

Vandalism strikes Gowrie city parks Vandalism in the Gowrie parks is becoming more of a problem. To allievate this, the City of Gowrie is asking for the public’s help to prevent this from happening and to help catch the person or persons responsible for the damage. Money spent on vandalism takes away money that could be spent on park improvements. The damages done so far this spring and sum-mer include holes that have been made in the pillars of the band shell in City Park. A Little League storage box in Brockett Park bought with Little League funds was destroyed beyond repair two days after it was placed near the playing field. A few days ago, a basketball backboard in Brockett Park was demolished when rocks were thrown at it. Person or persons responsible for the damages are found, they will be responsible for the damages. The City of Gowrie will give no warnings to the offenders and they may be barred from using the parks. Currently, there is a $100 reward, depending

Leadership Compensation continued on page 11...

Vandalism continued on page 8... Southeast Valley’s Homecoming court from left to right are front row, Natalie Lambert, Erica Rittgers, Allie Berg, Erica Nordin; back row, Carter Steck, Cameron Anderson, Aaliyah Scott, Conner Conrad, Andrew Dorage and Logan Boerner. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

One of the basketball backboards located in Brockett Park in Gowrie sustained heavy damages due to recent vandalism. Currently, there is a $100 reward for information leading to the person or persons responsible for the damages.

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Andy Swanson, son of Rev. Julian and Karen Swanson, Dayton, had been working closely with the Governor Rick Perry presidential campaign until a few weeks ago when Perry ended his campaign. Andy was one of the top organizers and staff persons for Governor Rick Perry in Iowa. He had pre-viously worked for the McCain and Romney campaigns and he has also been a staff worker for former Congress-man Tom Latham. He also assisted current Congressman David Young when he successfully ran for a congressional seat in 2014. Currently Andy is managing an office for Rep. Young in West Des Moines. A SWG graduate, Andy is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Iowa with a degree in history. And obviously Andy has had a passion for politics. “Andy really cherished his work with Gov. Per-ry,” said his mother Karen. “Andy thought Mr. Perry was a person of high morals and strong character.” One time Governor Perry accompanied Andy to church services at Hope Lutheran in West Des Moines. Hope Lutheran is a mega-church with a membership that exceeds 30,000. “Andy thinks it definitely matters what politi-cians say in public. And to him it is even more important that he knows who these people really are,” said Karen. It is great to see millennials and young peo-ple (such as Andy) involved with the political process. Hopefully millennials will be actively involved in this current presidential election.

The Rev. John Hembre, formerly of Dayton, transferred from the Dayton United Methodist Church to a Methodist Church in Sigourney, IA., about 12 years ago. Pastor Hembre and his wife Judy had served the Dayton and Harourt Methodist Churches for nine years. Pastor John and wife Judy used their consider-able talents in the 1990s to substantially increase the con-greation in Dayton. The attendance in Dayton was often 150 to 200 people on a given Sunday, and this didn’t in-clude 40-50 people who attended a praise and worship service. The Hembres were in Sigourney for about eight years and then John retired and the Hembres moved to Fort Dodge. Today John is the pastor at Epworth United Methodist Church and is doing well. John still has the vigor and ability to deliver a good sermon. He walks to the front of the alter and gives his sermon in a very personal way. The divine “magic” is still there. There was a nice fellowship with food on a re-cent Sunday and I was able to converse with John and Judy in the old sanctuary adjacent and connected to the newer sanctuary. There are beautiful paintings and prints of Methodist historical events that hover over the top of the old sanctuary, including prints of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church. Epworth Church in a town in England is where it all started. We talked about many of the parishioners in Dayton and Harcourt, many of whom have continued to correspond with John and Judy. “What’s the number one problem facing our na-tion right now?,” I asked. “We are on a moral downslide,” he said simply. It was so good to see John and Judy after 12 years. The parishioners seemed happy at Epworth. It is a small congregation but John and Judy are very content.3D

By Travis Nuss, Head Coach The Southeast Valley Jaguars took to the course again Monday night at Sheldon Park in Humboldt for the Humboldt invitational. The girls’ cross country team finished tied for fifth, but finished sixth overall after the tie-breaker. Fellow Twin Lakes Conference member Poca-hontas Area won the meet, edging out class 3A Hum-boldt, followed by Class 3A Algona and Class 4A Mason City. Natalie Lambert (11th, 21:55), Erica Rittgers (20th, 22:33) and Alli True (22nd, 22:55) were all med-alists for the Jaguars. Josie Breitsprecher (49th, 24:56) was the fourth Jaguar to cross the finish line. Katara Jondle (69th) and Emma Graves (82nd) both ran season PR’s of 25:59 and 26:51 respectively and were followed by Anna Heatherington (83rd, 26:51). In the boys’ race, Spencer Warehime (4th, 17:40) and Josh Johnson (37th, 19:31) both were medal-ists for the fifth straight meet this year. Patrick Breitsprecher (71st, 20:22), Josh Carl-son (20:36, 75th) and Nathan Montgomery (22:04, 104th) were the next three varsity runners for the Jaguars. Todd Hamilton (22:26, 107th) and Ben Carlson (22:59, 113th) rounded out the varsity scorers for South-east Valley. The boys finished ninth overall in the team standings. Class 4A schools Fort Dodge and Mason City dominated the team race, followed by Garner-Hayfield-

Ventura and Eagle Grove. Clear Lake, Humboldt, and Algona were the next three teams ahead of the Jaguars. Jacob DeBaun was the first runner in the boys’ JV race finishing 7th overall with a time of 20:27. Freshman Dalton Dencklau was next in 57th place running a season PR of 22:56. The next three Jaguars to finish were Lucas Pontius (73rd, 23:30), Dillon Sytsma (98th, 24:30) and Aaron True (106th, 24:50). Following Aaron was Ben Sebring (108th, 24:57), Isaiah Gibbs (112th, 25:04), Michael Vosberg (119th, 25:42), Max Davis (141st, 27:17) and Jordan Lane (146th, 28:14) In the girls’ JV competition, the first Southeast Valley runner was Tessa Berg whose 28:09 was 17th place overall. Kate Dyer (31st, 30:15) and Hannah Fiala (32nd, 30:25) ran side by side for most of the race and were followed by fellow teammates Allie Berg (35th, 30:52) and Sarah Nahnsen (42nd, 31:38). Kendall Sandgren (50th, 32:09) and Hannah Pe-terson (52nd, 32:23) both ran a season PR over a minute faster than their previous best. Leslie Housken was close behind Kendall and Hannah finishing in 54th place. Chelsea Grossnickle fin-ished the 5k course in a time of 35:27. The Jaguars will compete at Nevada on Mon-day, Sept. 28, before traveling to Pocahontas on Satur-day, Oct. 3.

Southeast Valley cross country teams compete at Humboldt HS CC MeetGirls finish 6th, Boys finish 9th...

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church news, Callender Pastor Jon Rollefson, Andrew Bass, JoEllen Lee, Lois Fevold, and Shelly Weston will leave this week to attend the LCMC Annual Gathering in Frisco, TX. There will be a GriefShare meeting in the Fire-side Room at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Saturday, Oct. 3, the men’s group will meet at 9 a.m. in the Fireside room. On Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. there will be a Bible Study with Don Doolittle in the Fire-side Room. At 7 p.m. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, a women’s eve-ning Bible study will be held in the Fireside Room.

The Southeast Valley flag team have some fun before the 2015 Southeast Valley Homecoming Parade on Friday afternoon in Gowrie. The flag team and the band later had a great show during halftime of the Southeast Valley-West Central Valley football game on Friday evening. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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30 YEARS AGO... The farm of Gordon Martinson of Harcourt was honored as a Century Farm at ceremonies held August 21 at the Iowa State Fair. The Martinsons received the award from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry and Robert Joslin of the Iowa Farm Bureau. The Martin-sons grandson, Ryan Jones of Perry was present for this honor. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pohl on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 24th were their granddaughter, Leslie Pohl of North Carolina. Sunday Afternoon visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pohl was Don Roosa of Lehigh. Dennis Davis will be assisting Dale Miller as a leader of the Lost Grove Go-Getters 4-H club in the com-ing year. The Prairie Junior Varsity Volleyball team placed second to Ford Dodge Red in an eight team junior varsity tournament Saturday. The young Pantherettes placed second to Ford Dodge Red in their pool, going on to defeat a strong Carroll Kuemper team in the semi-final round. Kuemper had won their pool. Tracey Ball and Michelle Byrne led the team in ace serve for the tournament getting 15 and 8 each. Holly Samuelson had 15 ace spikes, Tyra Jaeschke 13 and By-rne 8. Sara Warrick set for 15 ace spikes and Ball 16. Byrne, Jaeschke, Ball and Erica Culver did a good job of receiving the opponents’ serve. Kim Fibiker played a hustling game keeping the ball alive several times.

20 YEARS AGO... Farm Safety week was observed last week at Prairie Valley Elementary. On September 20, Kevin Dan-ner of West Central Coop presented programs on farm safely and flowing gain to K-4th graders at the school. Also, the First State Bank of Gowrie and Security Sav-ings Bank of Farnhamville sponsored farm safety poster contests in the 3rd and 4th grades.

Winners of the 3rd grade contest are Brandon Tucker, 4th place, Amber Mosher, 3rd place, Kirsten Towne, 2nd place, Lindsey Nanniga, 1st place, and grand prize winner Mason Beets. The students were con-gratulated by First State Bank compliance officer Cindy Lindquist, who presented Mason with $50 savings bond. The 3rd grade class also received blue ribbons from the First State Bank. Winners of the 4th grade contest are Kimberly Bilstad. 3rd place, Taylor Monson- 2nd place, Lindsay Black - 1st pace, and grand prize winner Jameson Kas-tendieck, who received a $50 gift certificate from Phyllis Peterson, vice president of Security Savings Bank. The 4th grade class also received pencils from the bank.

Renee Castenson and Nate Sedlacek, both of Johnston, are engaged. Parents of the couple are Kristi and Dave Cas-tenson, Harcourt, and Deb and Mike Sedlacek of Fort Dodge. Renee is a 2010 graduate of Southeast Webster-Grand High School. She graduated from Simpson Col-lege in 2014 and is employed at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. Nate is a 2008 graduate of South-east Webster-Grand High School. He graduated from Simpson College in 2012 and is employed at Owens and Minor in Urbandale. An October 24th wedding is planned in the Smith Chapel at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa.

Renee Castenson and Nate Sedlacek

Randy Stonehill and Buck Storm to perform in the Gowrie Band Shell Oct. 3

The Churches of Gowrie, Harcourt, Calendar, Dayton, Lanyon and the surrounding area welcome Christian Mu-sic pioneer, Randy Stonehill along with Buck Storm in concert on Saturday, October 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Band Shell at the Gowrie City Park, Gowrie. You will enjoy “retro” Christian folk music and rock, comedy, and even Kids Songs! Refreshments will be served. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a nice Fall evening. A freewill of-fering will be received. Randy Stonehill is one half of the Duo Stonehill and Storm. He is an inductee to the Christian Music Hall of Fame. He has been performing for over 40 years hav-ing written over 800 songs with 27 albums to date. Buck Storm, entered the international music scene with his debut CD, “Goodbye from Venus” receiving outstand-ing reviews from critics worldwide. Buck is recognized as a songwriter’s songwriter and has become a favorite both as a concert performer and worship leader in venues around the world. For more information contact 515-351-1252.

Gowrie volunteers needed... Another aspect of the Gowrie Development Commission is to make our community an attractive place to live, work, shop and visit as well as expand the population base through housing and quality of life op-portunities. Volunteers are the heart and soul of a commu-nity and are needed to make all of these opportunities thrive and help our community grow. Programs succeed because of the personal time and positive energy that volunteers put into a project. Unfortunately, we have a limited number of volunteers to help work within com-mittees and carry out goals. Volunteer opportunities available through the GDC include working with a newly formed Community Foundation to create awareness and find funding for fu-ture projects, attracting businesses and enhancing main street through beautification, encouraging property own-ers to keep properties neat and clean such as the yard of the week program and flower baskets downtown. Even volunteering for occasional clerical help such as mass mailings or follow up phone calls is appreciated. If you would like to help out with any of these types of activities or have ideas for new programs, please contact a GDC board member. The next GDC meeting will be held on October 9th at Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone at noon.

Gowrie Development Commission,Mindy Swieter, President; Phillip DeCastro, Vice Presi-dent; Marcie Boerner, Secretary; Berna Tucker, Trea-surer; Reggie Kopecky, Jeff Peterson, Chelsea Worrel, Gayle Redman, Chuck Angstrom

Senator Rob Hogg announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in his grandmother’s hometown Callender, Iowa. He is pictured here with Rev. Jon Rollef-son, pastor of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Callender.

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By Tyler Anderson We fight. Those are the words that Head Coach Mike Swi-eter and the Southeast Valley football team lives by and rallies around on a daily basis. After the gut-wrenching loss to Shenandoah on Sept. 18, the Jaguars responded by decimating Class 2A-District 8 foe West Central Valley 66-0 in front of a jam packed crowd on Friday evening in Gowrie. “Every single kid who stepped on the field be-lieved in two words, ‘We fight,’” Swieter said of the vic-tory. “That is the way we must play every play. “I am very proud of all the boys after a tough loss last week, and very proud of the very proud of the defense in getting their goose egg.” The Jaguars (4-1) capped their Homecoming Week with a huge win over the Wildcats (0-5), and will enter a four game stretch with three road games com-pared to one home date in Gowrie. Southeast Valley also moves to 2-0 all-time in Homecoming games and 4-0 all-time when scoring 35 points or more. The game began with plenty of fanfare for Southeast Valley, as a spirited Jaguar squad set the tone of the game with two rushing touchdowns from junior running back Aaron Swieter and sophomore running back Kaleb Jondle. “It was a great team effort,” Swieter said. “We scored on every possession and never had to punt.” The defense also took advantage of the pass-happy playbook of the Wildcats, as junior Alex Pliner snatched a deflected pass for an interception. Along with shutting down West Central Val-ley’s passing game, the Jaguars defensive unit limited the

Wildcats into negative yardage rushing the football. The scoring kept coming, highlighted by junior quarterback Myles Davis making his return known with a bubble screen pass to senior Cade King, who converted the play into a 75 yard touchdown. King also hauled in an interception for the Jag-uars, returning 52 yards for a touchdown. By halftime, the Jaguars built up a 47-0 lead over the Wildcats, an advantage that enabled the “mercy rule” to come into effect. Despite the mercy rule, the Jaguars remained dominant on both sides of the ball. Even the reserves had a chance to shine, as freshman Nyles Johnson returned an interception for 48 yards and resulted in a Southeast Valley score. After the final whistle, Southeast Valley came away with a strong 66-0 victory. “I would like to thank all the fans for coming out and supporting the boys,” Swieter said. “There’s nothing better than seeing them cheer with you after the win.” Southeast Valley was led by both junior quar-terbacks Nolan Brand and Myles Davis, as junior Aaron Swieter and King led the way in rushing and receiving respectively. Brand was 6-7 for 62 yards and one touchdown, while Davis was a perfect 6-6 for 144 yards and one touchdown. Swieter earned his second century mark in rush-ing thus far this year, leading the stable of nine Jaguar rushers with 106 yards rushing and three touchdowns in 14 attempts. Jondle rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns on seven attempts, followed by senior Carter Steck’s 60 yards and one touchdown on eight attempts. King led the Jags with 119 yards and one touch-down on four receptions. Junior Dakota Jaeschke tallied 53 yards on four receptions, followed by 2015 Homecoming King Conner Conrad’s 25 yards on three catches. Junior Keegan Goodwin also added nine yards on one reception, along with a touchdown for the winning cause. Defensively, senior Keaton Jondle led Southeast Valley with six total tackles with three solo tackles as fellow senior Logan Boerner was close behind with 4.5 tackles, including three assisted tackles for a loss. Six other Jaguar defenders also tallied assisted tackles for a loss, while junior Sam Berglund hauled in the lone solo tackle for a loss. The Jaguars will aim to resume their winning ways, traveling on Friday, Oct. 2 to Carroll to battle Kue-mper Catholic. The Knights (2-3) defeated Red Oak (2-3) on the road, 31-14. West Central Valley will host Clarinda (2-3), who upset Shenandoah (4-1) by the score of 27-7. In other Class 2A-District 8 action, East Sac County (1-4) fell to Class 1A foe Pocahontas Area, 21-14.

Individual StatisticsRushing

Att. Yds. Yds/AttKenny Blunk FR 2 6 3.0Nolan Brand JR 2 3 1.5Ryan Gustafson JR 3 19 6.3Nyles Johnson FR 2 5 2.5Kaleb Jondle SO 7 79 11.3Cade King SR 1 20 20.0Daven Rees SO 3 9 3.0Carter Steck SR 8 60 7.5Aaron Swieter JR 14 106 7.6

Passing Att. Comp Yds/Com.Nolan Brand JR 7 6 10.3Myles Davis JR 6 6 24.0

Receiving

Southeast Valley Jaguars rebound, dominate West Central Valley 66-0Jags improve to 4-1, travel to Carroll Kuemper on Oct. 2...

#Rec. Yds. Yds/Rec.Conner Conrad SR 3 25 8.3Keegan Goodwin JR 1 9 9.0Dakota Jaeschke JR 4 53 13.3Cade King SR 4 119 29.8

Scoring Pts. Rushing FG PATKeegan Goodwin JR 6 0 0 0Dakota Jaeschke JR 1 0 0 1Nyles Johnson FR 6 6 0 0Kaleb Jondle SO 14 12 0 0Cade King SR 15 0 0 3Carter Steck SR 6 6 0 0Aaron Swieter JR 18 18 0 0

Tackles Solo Asst. Total TacklesCameron Anderson SR 0 1 0.5Sam Berglund JR 1 1 1.5Kenny Blunk FR 0 1 0.5Logan Boerner SR 1 7 4.5Jaden Cline JR 0 1 0.5Conner Conrad SR 1 3 2.5Andrew Dorage SR 1 0 1.0Carter Fluckiger FR 1 0 1.0Keegan Goodwin JR 0 1 0.5Ryan Gustafson JR 1 4 3.0Dakota Jaeschke JR 0 1 0.5Nolan Johnson SO 5 7 8.5Nyles Johnson FR 0 1 0.5Kaleb Jondle SO 0 2 1.0Keaton Jondle SR 3 6 6.0Kyler Jondle FR 1 2 2.0Cade King SR 1 0 1.0Johnny Lautner SR 0 2 1.0Zeke Miller SR 0 1 0.5Brent Nelson SR 1 4 3.0Owen Oeltjenbruns SR 0 1 0.5Alex Pliner JR 0 3 1.5Daven Rees SO 0 2 1.0Carter Steck SR 1 1 1.5Aaron Swieter JR 1 2 2.0

Interceptions Interceptions Int ReturnYardsNyles Johnson FR 1 48Cade King SR 2 59Alex Pliner JR 1 1

Kickoffs Kick Offs Yds. TouchbacksDakota Jaeschke JR 8 281 0Tom Lennon SO 2 79 0

Kick Off Returns KOR Yds Yds/per ReturnKaleb Jondle SO 1 16 16.0

Sophomore running back Kaleb Jondle strikes paydirt during the first quarter of the Southeast Valley-West Central Valley football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. The Jags soundly defeated the Wildcats, 66-0. Pho-to by Tyler Anderson.

Junior Alex Pliner runs through “the tunnel of hands” before the Southeast Valley-West Central Valley football game on Friday evening in Gowrie. Pliner later grabbed an interception for the Jaguars in a 66-0 victory. Photo by Tyler Anderson.

Gowrie Firecrackersoffers sign up Oct. 7 On Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6:30p.m., the Gowrie Firecrackers Granny Basketball Team will be welcoming anyone who would like to consider joining the team. If you are at least 50 and like the idea of having fun while you get exercise, consider joining. Practices are held at Southeast Valley High School gymnasium in Gowrie. At this first meeting, you will learn the rules of Granny Basketball, find out more about the upcoming season, and do some drills. Sign up will be held at the following week's practice. Practices throughout the season will be on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and games are played at locations in central Iowa on various Saturdays from March through early June. To learn more about the Granny Basketball League, you can go to their website at www.grannybasketball.com.

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Down Memory LaneB Y S A R A D O W N S

The other day as my cart and I were rounding the corner of an aisle at Walmart I noticed a fellow standing with his back to me and head bent as if in prayer. Advanc-ing a bit further I noticed he did have a modern “idol” in his hand. He was either texting or playing a game. I had to give him credit for trying to step aside as much out of the way as possible rather than continue walking and bump-ing into other shoppers. Recalling this incident jogged me into remembering games of my childhood and/or those of my children’s generation too. Many of those games required no apparatus except either a piece of paper and a pencil (or chalk board and chalk) or a deck of cards. Do any kids play tic tac toe or hangman now? Do they even know what they are? How about the number of games played with an ordinary deck of cards? One person could play the simple game of solitaire. Now solitaire be played on the computer with many, many variations. I even do that and can’t remember when I have had an actual deck of cards in hand and I think I may know where a deck or two and my cribbage board are stashed. Cribbage! That’s a good game. My husband taught me to play and we played many games as there was little money for going out of the house entertainment. I think most of our children learned to play and it’s a good way to teach elementary “ciphering”. I haven’t played a game in years but it seemed the fellas who most inter-ested me when I became single again were cribbage play-ers. In childhood there were the rummy games which any age could enjoy. A more sophisticated form was gin rummy which was most often accompanied by wagers. We played plain rummy. How about hearts? Wasn’t Old Maid a child’s version or a similar game played with pic-tures, one of which was the old maid you didn’t want to get caught with at the end of the game? There was slap jack and then I remember my cousin visiting and asking if I’d like to play a game of 52 Pickup. She was hold-ing a deck of cards in hand and I said I’d like to learn and headed for the table but before I could take the first step she threw them on the floor and said “52 cards! Pick ‘em up!” So I tried to take my turn at that with others and sometimes I “got” them but a few times one would say “sure” and grab the deck from me and toss it down, saying “gotcha”! I’d almost wager that most youngsters would not know what I was talking about if I mentioned that once popular favorite of Boxholm town and rural residents of the 30’s and 40’s always played at get-to-gethers – Rook. I’d have to read the rules again but feel would relearn quickly. Some people liked pitch, pinochle, bridge and 500 and probably even poker. I haven’t heard of anyone playing pinochle or 500 for years. Virginia and her dad tried several times to teach me pinochle. Never learned. They didn’t even attempt to get me going on bridge though her dad and mom were in a couple’s group who

Games People Play...played on a regular basis. I think that bridge is still popu-lar in some circles and poker definitely but a lot of boys’ night and back room games have switched to the casinos for REAL money, no penny anti high school stuff. Just about every household had a checker board and all ages played. I liked the game but not seriously. Chess was not one many people played “in my day” and even later I had no interest in it. It seems like a “brainy and dedicated” game. How about Chinese checkers? That was one game that almost every household had. An-other board game I received for Christmas one year was “The Game of India” that I learned later was probably another manufacturer’s way of marketing a more reason-ably priced game of Parchesi which was appreciated in those come out of the depression years. I never had a set of dominoes and that must have been because neither my mom nor dad played or if they did had no time to sit with me and teach me. In my early married years my mother in law loved the game and always tried to get her grand-kids to play with her. She came from an “old country Norwegian” home and background and had some strange terminology, both parents having immigrated from Nor-way. When playing a game with the grandkids she would always want to know whose “term” it was. Do you have similar memories? Do you feel like getting out the checker board or cribbage board or----?

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Southeast Valley Schedule of Events

Week of Sept 30th to Oct 7th

Wednesday, Sept 30EARLY DISMISSAL 12:30PMThursday, Oct 1SWGES Picture Day4:15 p.m. J.H. Volleyball @ Ogden6:00 p.m. B JVR FB GAME - Ogden @ Southeast Valley6:00 p.m. G JVR/JV/V VB GAME - Southeast Valley @ East Sac CountyFriday, Oct 21:00 p.m. SWGES 1st Grade Pet Parade7:00 p.m. B V FB GAME - Southeast Valley @ Carroll KuemperSaturday, Oct 38:30 a.m. G JVR VB TOURNAMENT - Multi-Team9:00 a.m. B&G V CC GAME - Southeast Valley @ Pocahontas Area9:00 a.m. J.H. XC @ PocahontasMonday, Oct 5SVHS Dance Team Fundraiser (Oct 5-Oct 19)FCCLA Fall RallySVHS Vocal Fundraiser (Oct 5-16)4:00 p.m. J.H. Volleyball @ Sac City6:00 p.m. B JV FB GAME - Manson NW Webster @ Southeast Valley6:00 p.m. G JV VB GAME - Mutli-TeamTuesday, Oct 64:00 p.m. J.H. Football vs. Greene County4:30 p.m. B&G V CC GAME - Southeast Valley @ South Central Calhoun4:30 p.m. J.H. XC @ Lake City5:30 p.m. G JVR/JV/V VB GAME - Belmond-Klemme @ Southeast ValleyWednesday, Oct 7PVES - NO Classes for AM Preschool

*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org

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

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To all those that sent birthday cards to me a hearty thanks.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6:30p.m., the Gowrie Firecrackers Granny Basketball Team will be welcoming anyone who would like to consider joining the team. If you are at least 50 and like the idea of having fun while you get exercise, consider joining. Practices are held at Southeast Valley High School gymnasium in Gowrie. At this first meeting, you will learn the rules of Granny Basketball, find out more about the upcoming season, and do some drills. Sign up will be held at the following week's practice. Practices throughout the season will be on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and games are played at locations in central Iowa on various Saturdays from March through early June. To learn more about the Granny Basketball League, you can go to their website at www.grannybasketball.com.

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Freshmen who attended FFA Greenhand conference are Ben Carlson, Morgan Castenson, Hailey Tuel, Payton Erritt, Savanah Seehusen, Jackson Housken, Xavier Nichols; Back row - Alex Pudenz, Samantha Alphs, Landon Pontius, Cassidy Lambert, Chad Stewart, Hannah Rees, Joel Lambert, Ryan Jondle, and Katara Jondle.

Mason Bahr, Jaden Cline, Collin Nordin, and Travis Jones participated in the N.C. FFA District Soils Career Development Event in Fort Dodge.

By Steve Kehoe The annual Soils Career Development Event was held Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 at Iowa Central Community College. There were 25 FFA chapters present with more than 210 members who competed in this event. The Cen-tral Plains FFA chapter had four students compete. The team ended up 15th overall. The top five teams advance to the state level.

Evaluating soils for the local chapter were: Mason Bahr Jaden Cline, Travis Jones, and Collin Nordin. The top five teams from the district were: AG-WSR (Ackley), Colo-Nesco, Algona, Osage, and Boone A&M. The students evaluated the properties of soils and used that information to determine land use recom-mendations. They took a written exam and examined four soil sites.

Central Plains FFA competes at Soils Career Development Event

By Steve Kehoe Each year, the North Central District and Iowa FFA Officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire-Up Con-ferences for FFA members in the North Central District. Iowa Central Community College welcomed FFA chapters from all over the district on Wednesday, Sept. 23. While at Iowa Central Community College on

SV FFA Members attend North Central District Conference at Iowa Central

Wednesday, district and state officers lead four interac-tive workshops for the first year high school FFA mem-bers, also known as Greenhands, for the annual Green-hand Fire-Up Conference. The workshop presented were leadership fo-cused in the areas of communication, managing priorities, SMART goals, and authenticity. “Greenhand Fire-Up provides a chance for first year FFA members to get a sneak peek of the opportu-nities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers,” said Michael Tupper, the Iowa FFA President. This year, the officers prepared and facilitat-ed workshops of communication, managing priorities, SMART goals, and authenticity – in order to provide the first –year FFA members with skills they would use both within and outside of FFA. The goal was to engage FFA members in learn-ing about the tools that would allow them to be success-ful in anything they are part of through high school and beyond. The North Central District has more than 42 ac-tive FFA chapters, and there were more than 400 students at this year’s conference.

Farm safety tips will help ensure protection for allduring harvest season This is Farm Safety Week in Iowa and across the nation and farm safety tips have been given to children, tens, parents and grandparents.Children safety tips Don’t ask to ride along in tractors. Even though it’s fun, passengers on a tractor can interfere with safe operation of machinery. Always get permission to visit a parent or adult while they are working on machinery, and remain in a visible area to ensure the adult sees you. Blind spots cre-ate dangerous conditions when machinery is in use. Be cautious when handling or feeding animals, and only enter pens that have been approved by your par-ents. Livestock can be unpredictable.Teen safety issues Only use a cell phone when not working, but keep it close in case of emergency. Cell phones can be a lifesaver or a deadly distraction. Be informed on child labor laws. Teens can only work in certain situations under legal guardians.Be a role model and demonstrate safe behavior on the farm. Siblings and younger children look up to and take pride in older children and teenagers.Parent safety measures Keep the rollover protection structures (ROPS) in the upright position and always wear a seatbelt to pre-vent a tractor rollover injury or fatality. Tractor rollovers represented nearly half of all of Illinois fatalities last year, so the ROPS should only be folded down in low-clear-ance areas and when absolutely necessary. Always wear hearing protection – such as ear plugs or protective ear muffs – to protect from hearing loss. It only takes 2 hours for an open cab tractor to be-come dangerous to the human ear without proper hearing protection.Schedule enough time for sleep. Lack of sleep inhibits productivity and memory, and slows response time.Grandparents Think about your actions. Unsafe actions don’t always result in harm, but the risk isn’t worth it. Recognize personal health and safety to avoid injury. Take caution when lifting heavy items or climbing in unsafe areas. If something looks dangerous or unpre-dictable, don’t do it. Keep a cell phone handy at all times in case of emergency. Cell phones allow for easy access when help is needed.

The Swedish Club will be meeting at the Boxholm Community Center on Tuesday, October 7 at 7 pm. Chuck Achter of Ames will be the speaker. Ev-eryone is welcome and there will be a Potluck lunch.

Swedish club meetsOct. 7 in Boxholm


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Central Plains FFA competes at Soils Career Development Event

Wednesday, district and state officers lead four interac-tive workshops for the first year high school FFA mem-bers, also known as Greenhands, for the annual Green-hand Fire-Up Conference. The workshop presented were leadership fo-cused in the areas of communication, managing priorities, SMART goals, and authenticity. “Greenhand Fire-Up provides a chance for first year FFA members to get a sneak peek of the opportu-nities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers,” said Michael Tupper, the Iowa FFA President. This year, the officers prepared and facilitat-ed workshops of communication, managing priorities, SMART goals, and authenticity – in order to provide the first –year FFA members with skills they would use both within and outside of FFA. The goal was to engage FFA members in learn-ing about the tools that would allow them to be success-ful in anything they are part of through high school and beyond. The North Central District has more than 42 ac-tive FFA chapters, and there were more than 400 students at this year’s conference.

Swedish club meetsOct. 7 in Boxholm


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By Charles and Marie Dayton “The use of history is to give value to the present hour.” It may seem presumptuous to quote the immortal Emerson when he was referring to the history of nations. But then the history of nations is made up of thousands of communities -large and small. Lehigh, Iowa is one of those small communities, one of the most unique in its founding and development. Like the river that flowers through this Des Moines River Valley town, it has its ups and downs, its peaks and reces-sions, but for the most part, it has maintained its character - a character which it exemplifies in a statement by an old timer. He said “If the sun sets on you while you are in Lehigh, you never forget it.” I should like to add that if the sun sets on you in Lehigh you will always be a part of it. It is a close-knit community with an atmosphere of friendliness. For several years , wife Marie and I have been toying with the idea of writing about Lehigh, the place where I grew up. While my parents were still living, we spent our vacations there on the little farm a mile south of Lehigh on the east side of the river. Marie and our four boys learned to love it as I did. When our oldest son, Charles Jr., was eight he platted a spot on the hillside above my parent’s’ home where he said we should build our house. He gathered stones and placed them in rowers outlining the entire structure. It was a beautiful spot overlooking the wooded valley and the river. Well, after retirement, we went to Lehigh, not really knowing what we were looking for or going to do. We started our research hoping to find something to give us direction. After the word got around that we were do-ing research on Lehigh, old friends and acquaintances greeted me with “Oh, I understand you are writing a his-

tory book on Lehigh.” When our niece, Roberta Lindstrom, asked why we were writing about Lehigh I told her I was reminded of a time when I was a college freshman and a group of Lombard College in Galesburg, Illi-nois went to a nearby lake to go swimming. There was a high diving tower near the cen-ter of the small lake. It seemed that it would pres-ent a good view of the countryside, so I decided to climb it. It was great, but then a guard yelled “Man on the tower - clear the area.” Everyone moved out and turned to watch the “splash.” I was too embarrassed to retreat and too frightened to jump. I jumped. It hurt, but provid-ed a great deal of satisfac-tion.

Former Lehigh resident retires, comes back to home town to write its history

So - like that time on the diving tower - with some people looking on and expecting us to do something - we took the plunge not knowing what the result might be, but hoping to record a “Long Look at Lehigh.” Then, if by some miraculous manipulation of time-lapse photography and time-telepathic communi-cation, one could tune in on each successive period of growth and development, writing these historical sketch-es would be a relatively simple matter. However, without these fanciful sources of information we did the next best thing. We interviewed a number of people, researched Lehigh newspapers from 1886 to 1937, and scanned through a few hundred issues of Fort Dodge papers. Oth-er sources were obituaries, biographies, family histories, school and church histories, histories of Webster County, Geological Surveys, and Mining Engineer Reports. This is a saga of a small mid-western town that blossomed (not boomed): population in 1884, one year after incorporating - 850. Population in 1976 - 850. Somewhere along the line Lehigh claimed 3000 resi-dents. In these sketches we have attempted to record events and activities which affected the lives of people and the development of the community from the time the first settlers arrived in 1849 to 1976, with emphasis on the early years. When roaming the area perhaps the al-most forgotten will come to life again - Slab Town, the old business district, the abandoned clay products plants, the old coal mines, Boone Forks, Homer, Border Plains. If you gain more familiar acquaintance with these the purpose of our writing will be fulfilled. In the weeks and months ahead we will fea-ture some of the stories from this book on Lehigh his-tory.

Southeast Valley’s Homecoming...was a blast! Whoa, whoa! Tyler here for another edition of Tyler’s Take, the coolest column this side of Webster County. Okay, maybe I’m overreaching on that one. I’ve remained busy, even with the change of colors and weather. This is all good, because I’d gladly trade sweating and sweltering in the hot weather for pull-ing on my favorite fleece. I can’t tell you how much I love fleece. It’s a sign of me growing up or something, I don’t know. But what keeps me from getting old is seeing all of the Homecoming activities that took place this past week. There are a lot of things that have remained the same, like school spirit while the Southeast Webster-Grand, Prairie Valley and Southeast Valley schools have since added in some new wrinkles since my time in Burnside. The color teal is dominating the landscape, with ferocious felines replacing eagles and knight-like war-riors. Teal alongside red, white and blue somehow just seems to work. Another thing that sticks out to me, in a good way, has been how Homecoming has been spaced to take place over the entire week. It started with powderpuff football on Sunday, which had a pork burger supper that gave to the Wounded Warrior and Honor Flight causes. Congrats on winning this year, Seniors. Great work out there. Next were the wacky clothing days. That’s been a staple for as long as I remember, though I never re-ally got into it as much as my peers at Southeast Webster High School. Now, before there is some judgement passed down onto me for not being “spirited” enough during my younger years, hear me out. Just because someone doesn’t take part in the weirdly dressed days, sport clothes in the school’s re-spective colors or rock endless amounts of “Jag Swag” doesn’t exactly mean that they absolutely detest the school or lack in the school spirit department. To all of my middle school and high school readers, the pre-teen and teenage years are ones where you’re beginning to balance conformity and identity. Also, you’re not alone. I’ve been there. I sup-ported my school through other means, or just didn’t know the people or had the revenue to gain access the cool stuff. That reminds me, I need to get me one of those sweet Southeast Valley baseball hats in the near future. I’m sure Coach Brad and Coach Bryan can furnish me one by next summer. Getting back on topic here, there are also other factors as well, but I’m going to take off of my soapbox for now. It’s cool to jump on and spout at times, but like

drinking soda pop, it needs to be used in moderation. On Wednesday, there was the decoration of win-dows on local businesses. To those who had the free time to paint Gowrie up in patriotic colors, jaguar paw prints and predictions for the Southeast Valley-West Central Valley game, this journalist approves. Two thumbs way up on the effort and hard work. Next year, I’ll see if we can get the windows of The Gowrie News decked out for Homecoming. That’d be cool, wouldn’t it? Moving on, there was the “Dress a Teacher up” assembly. Man, was that great. Lisa Peterson transforming into Lady Liberty for the event was great. Also, I loved the Eagle because America. Actually, it was hard to choose who my favorite was, because Sharon Jaeschke was great in her camou-flage attire and Jeff Krause was a stellar Uncle Sam. Before I keep rolling along, I want to thank Sherry Vogel for providing me the info and invite. She’s pretty awesome. Speeding up here, Dayton Elementary had a great pep rally involving the cheerleaders and the foot-ball players as the JV football team had a great win over Pocahontas on Thursday, shutting out the Indians by the score of 31-0. Expect Kyler Jondle and Nyles Johnson to be big-time players for future Southeast Valley football teams. Bummer for the varsity volleyball team though. They dropped two tough ones to Newell-Fonda and Man-

son-Northwest Webster on Senior Night. However, I have optimism for Coach Renae Baugh and her coaching staff. Give them a little time to mold the team and the Jaguars will be just fine. Lastly, Friday saw a great Homecoming Parade, Pep Rally, a new Homecoming King and Queen and the Jaguars get back on the winning track by dismantling West Central Valley. Next up will be a road trip to Carroll, where Coach Mike Swieter and his team will take care of busi-ness. Expect this team to go at least 7-2 and gain an-other playoff berth. Despite the injuries sustained, the boys are that talented. Overall, I want to give kudos to all of the South-east Valley students, teachers and staff for putting on a great Homecoming. This may sound a little biased, but hey…it’s a column, so I can get away with this one. Go Jaguars!

on the damage, to the person who provides information leading the Gowrie Police Department to the person or persons responsible for the vandalism. The City of Gowrie asks its citizens to please help with this problem. For information or to notify au-thorities of suspicious activity, please call the Gowrie PD at 352-3800 or Gowrie Utilities at 352-3065.

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The Middle School students at SVMS looked fabulous on Dress for Success day for Homecoming. We had a hard time deciding on best dressed winners for the day. Each homeroom is getting a bag of candy as a reward for how awesome they looked yesterday and for their efforts this week. The kids that went above and beyond for Dress for Success Day

The sophomore class decorates the windows of the Kids Palace Child Care Center in Gowrie for Homecoming on Wednesday. Southeast Valley students illustrated school spirit and patriotic pictures on the windows of many busi-nesses in Gowrie during Homecoming Week.

Lisa Peterson, suited up as Lady Liberty, gar-ners cheers from the students during the Teacher Dress Up Day assembly on Wednesday at the Southeast Valley High School Gym.

Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal Jim (Ar-chie) Peterson speaks during the Southeast Valley Home-coming Pep Rally on Friday afternoon in Gowrie. Peterson and the American Legion Commanders were honored at the ceremony.

Spencer Warehime braces for impact as Allie Berg stuffs a pie into his face during the Southeast Valley Home-coming Pep Rally on Friday afternoon in Gowrie.

Jeff Kruse, dressed as Uncle Sam, ponders at a question a the Teacher Dress Up Day assembly on Wednesday at the Southeast Valley High School Gym.

The Seniors pose for a victory photo during Powderpuff Football on Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Southeast Valley football practice field. Before the girls played on the gridiron, there was a pork burger supper to help support the Wounded Warrior Project and Honor Flight. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

from left to right are Jade Wozab, Jonah Siebert, Lu-cas Jondle, Jada Montgom-ery, Quintin Clancy, Mag-gie Anderlik, Caelan Oakes, and Emma Sytsma.

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CITY OF GOWRIEREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Regular Gowrie City Council meeting was held September 21, 2015 at 6:45 at the Gowrie Civic/Community Center with Mayor Dave Stokesbary in the chair and the following Council members answering roll call: Redman, Harrison, Jackson, Peterson, and Willardson. Willardson moved the minutes of the previous meeting be approved, second by Harrison. Motion carried-unanimous. Peterson moved to approve agenda, second by Willardson. Motion carried-unanimous. Parks Board report was given by Dave Hoover. Discussion on the Frisbee golf course, pickle ball, painting of lines at Laurel Park, and cutting out trees. Dave mentioned that the Park Board is offering a $100.00 reward for any information on the damages took place at Brockett Park. Damages include basketball hoop and Little League storage box. He brought up again about the damage done to the bandshell, and the security light is out. Dave will be speaking to Longs to have them remove the dirt at Brockett Park which is up to the Parks Board. Police report was given by Patrick Monoghan. Discussion on purchasing a trail cam that cost $60 - $100, police vest, and light bar that Fort Dodge may have a used one for us. Motion: Moved by Willardson, second by Redman to spend up to $400 on trail cams. Roll call: unanimous. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Harrison to purchase police vest up to $675. Roll call: unanimous. Utility Board report was given by Chuck Angstrom. Discussion on the electric rate increase. May just go to a flat rate. Not determined yet. He mentioned Fort Dodge Asphalt is in town working on the streets. Pool repair discussion Chuck Angstrom will be looking into getting prices to repair concrete. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Jackson closing of streets and police escort for the Southeast Valley Homecoming Parade on September 25, 2015. Motion: Moved by Redman, second by Willardson to begin the grant process with the GDC Housing Committee for rehabilitation grant. Motion carried-unanimous. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Jackson to approve the cost of $65 for the city clerk to attend Budgeting, Examinations & Accounting Class in Carroll, Iowa. Roll Call: unanimous. Motion: Moved by Redman, second by Peterson that Beggars Night will be on Friday, October 30, 2015 between 5:30 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. Motion carried-unanimous. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Jackson approval to allow City Clerk and Police Chief to become notaries. Roll Call: unanimous. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Harrison to pass the 1st Reading of Ordinance #231-Library Trustees. Motion carried-unanimous. Motion: Moved by Peterson, second by Harrison to approve Cornwell, Frideres, Maher & Asso., P.L.C. audit bid. Roll call: unanimous. Motion: Moved by Redman, second by Harrison to approve the seven holidays that are previously in the Policy Hand Book. Motion carried-unanimous. Tabled-rest of policy issues and health insurance for full-time city employees. Discussion on the Mulligan’s lease agreement. Need to contact City

Attorney. Dean Summers presented to the council his issue with sewage backing up in his home. Chuck Angstrom will be looking into to conclude this ongoing matter. Frank Morgan, Mayor of Farnhamville, discussion on sharing police. Mayors will negociate. Harrison moved to approve the paying of September bills, second by Redman. Motion carried-unanimous. Adjourning of the meeting at 7:50 p.m. moved by Harrison, second by Jackson. Motion carried-unanimous.DATA TECH JANON DOUGLAS 1,377.02ACCO POOL CHEMICALS 285.80ARAMARK SUPPLIES 866.26BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITY BILL 668.46CASEY'S POLICE FUEL 890.22CINTAS INV# 5003397528,5003397530 103.23GOWRIE MUNICIPAL UTILITIE POOL 10,344.51GOWRIE NEWS PUBLICATIONS 462.32JAMBOREE MULLIGANS ACCT.280 2,357.74LAWSON PRODUCTS SHOP SUPPLIES 104.38MENARDS INV# 94294 119.87MIDLAND POWER SECURITY LIGHT 174.03NAPA AUTO PARTS COURSE & CITY 165.44STAR ENERGY STREETS FUEL 537.26WEBSTER CALHOUN TELEPHONE SERVICES 1,395.97EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 4,902.48IPERS IPERS PROTECT 5,643.59STATE W/H STATE TAX 1,063.00LEAF COPIER 119.42IOWA LIBRARY SERVICES SUBSCRIPTION FEES 141.85ADVANCED SYSTEMS-DALLAS COPIER LEASE 131.32BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS 390.20CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT BOOKS 83.88THE PENWORTHY COMPANY BOOKS 135.41POSTMASTER PO BOX FEE 46.00ELDERBRIDGE AGENCY CONG MEALS 1,956.00BLUE RIBBON PELHAMS SOFTENER SALT 18.00ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY CONG.MEALS 292.95SALES TAX JULY GOLF SALES TAX 3,207.10CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING POOL SUPPLIES 81.00HARCOURT EQUIPMENT CITY MOWER REPAIR 1,265.01M&M SALES CO COPIER 54.98TOWN & COUNTRY VETERINARY, DOG BOARDING 55.00WEBSTER COUNTY TREASURER, DRAINAGE TAXES (13) 1,994.62ENGQUIST LUMBER INV.1508-559730 693.67FARMERS COOPERATIVE SPRING AGRONOMY 506.54FORT DODGE ASPHALT CO. ROADSTONE 1,082.48WEBSTER COUNTY HEALTH GOWRIE POOL INSPECTION 270.00MANGOLD ENVIRONMENTAL 45 45.00ROPER REPAIR BRASS DRAIN VALVE 9.25GOWRIE CEMETERY PAYMENT 2,878.00ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING MOTOROLA SPEC 335.68FELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSP 185.00AUTOMATED SAND & GRAVEL FILL SAND 132.83ADVANCED SYSTEMS-WATERLOO, COPIER MAINT 78.01BOMGAARS SHOP SUPPLIES 379.87JIFI PRINT GARBAGE LABELS 29.05US FOODS CONG MEALS 3,922.44CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINES 26.00MTI DISTRIBUTING CO MOWER 85.47FORT DODGE MESSENGER ACCT NO M10748 311.50HOTSY EQUIPMENT RIPPER 1 5 GAL 62.00JEFF'S JONS PORTABLE TOILET 640.00J P BYSON OIL COMPANY GOLF GOURSE FUEL 1,364.40SPEED'S AUTO SUPPLY GOLF CART LEASE 1,833.32R & R PRODUCTS CUP CUTTER 43.36MARTIN HILDRETH CO INC. INV.CO113607 3,255.00OUR IOWA MAGAZINE 32.98GOWRIE GOLF LLC, LEASE,DRAINAGE,PROPERTY TAXES 8,824.47VISA NORTON ANNUAL PYMT 84.79DIEHLS OF DAYTON SPRAYER 47.45OLSON ELECTRIC CLUBHOUSE 389.48AIRGAS USA LLC OXYGEN, COMPRESSED 33.27IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT EVALUATION OF MMPI-2 140.00ZIMCO SUPPLY COMPANY TURF MANAGEMENT 960.90NORTHERN LIGHTS FOOD/SUPPLIES 6,250.29FORT DODGE DISTRIBUTING CLUB - BEER EXPENSE 410.50HUMES DISTRIBUTING BEER 965.18MACKE MOTORS TIRE REPAIR 11.18OVERDRIVE E-BOOK 328.33DON'S PEST CONTROL TREATMENT 275.60DOOLITTLE OIL COMPANY KEROSENE FOR SHOP 129.60BIANCHI HEATING & COOLING INV# 56596 256.25PEPSI BEVERAGE COMPANY CLUB-POP 684.32SAWYER'S MEATS OF IOWA MEAT FOR CLUB 287.50CORNWELL,FRIDERS,MAHER, AUDIT EXPENSE 2,600.00ROSALEZ LOCK & KEY CHANGE LOCKS & KEYS 147.00GAYLE REDMAN REIMBURSEMENT 97.47FARM & TOWN INSURANCE PYMT OFTER INS AUDIT 1,524.00PETTY CASH PETTY CASH 120.45BENNETT, CRIMMINS & LIVIN TELE.CONF.WITH CLERK 125.00PENWORTHY COMPANY BOOKS 163.85UNIVAR USA INC MOSQUITO SPRAY 345.00TAMMY TAYLOR FOR MONTH OF JULY 450.00DANIELLE CLANCY MILEAGE TO AMES 48.97GEORGE OSTER & ASSOCIATES, 28E CHARTER WORKSHOP 600.00REGISTER MEDIA AD FOR POLICE CHIEF 1,645.29STOREY KENWORTHY DT LS CHECKS 268.43PRINSCO, INC., PARTS FOR STREET SWEEPER 14.96IOWA SMALL ENGINE TORO LAWN MOWER 9,758.88GRELL ROOFING, LLC LIBRARY ROOF REPAIR 325.00MID IOWA SIGN SIGN FOR RV PARK 50.00KAHL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INV# 1968 175.00MERLYN JENSEN, REIMBURSEMENT-WINDOW PAINT 132.34

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Correction In a Sept. 23 story on the Southeast Webster Grand school board it was incorrectly stated that Betha-ny Rippentrop-Nus is an employee for the SWG school district. Bethany is a staff member at the Southeast Val-ley High School and is employed by the Prairie Valley School District.

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Senior Hannah Peterson paints the white stars of the American flag upon the windows of Security Savings Bank branch on Market Street in Gowrie on Wednesday. The theme for Homecoming this year is “A Hero’s Home-coming,” which embodies that heroes wear dog tags instead of capes.


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Once we get to an obstacle in the road, we can change things.” Slininger explained he hasn’t heard anything particularly negative from educators, but they have voiced some general questions. However, John Field raised a concern. “Where has this been used previously?” Slininger indicated the program has only been implemented in Iowa for the past two years, but Massa-chusetts has utilized this initiative program for approxi-mately ten years. Additionally, board member, Joe Harrision, raised questions about funding. “We have a fickle legis-lature. What happens if they [the legislators] pull the rug out from under us?” Slininger suggested that if the worst happened and funding was vetoed, “at least the district would have a framework to build upon.” Board member, Heidi McGuire concurred. “An overall goal is that teacher incentives become the culture here.” Additionally, Irwin indicated the program does not have a sunset clause as does the one cent tax increase. “That’s a good sign,” she emphasized. “This is not an evaluation process,” explained social studies teacher, Rippentrop-Nuss, a member of the committee hoping to adopt TLC. “The purpose of this program is to provide coaching to teachers.” When asked what the main drawback to imple-menting a program such as this, it was indicated that school districts don’t stick with the program long enough to determine if it is making a tangible difference. Jim Duncan, principal of Prairie Valley Elemen-tary agrees. “When we have professional development days for teachers, we don’t cover a new strategy once and then expect the teachers to do it; that doesn’t work.” He suggested new strategies must be implemented and amended in small breakout sessions as well as with direct instruction. “Who gets to pick which teacher receives these stipends?” inquired board president Miller. He raised the concern that in a small school district, such as the Prairie Valley School District, perhaps half of the teach-ers would be earning incentives in a given year, and half would not. He expressed concerns this may lead to in-fighting among teachers. However, Slininger explained the TLC com-mittee would be made up of teachers and administrators with equal representation from both school districts. Ad-ditionally, it was noted that application for these stipends involves a rigorous application process and many teach-ers may not want to take this on. However, the district must secure at least 25% of teachers in the application process for TLC to move forward. Also, every incentive must be reapplied for each academic year. It was also indicated that three full time teach-ers must be reallocated from their current positions to administrate the program. “This is the most controver-sial part of TLC,” Irwin remarked, candidly. She also raised the concern that a teacher may be hired to fill in for this teacher as they serve on TLC implementation, but what happens to this person as the veteran teacher returns

from assignment as part of TLC. Are they let go? Reas-signed?“We want results,” explained Gary Welter. “The only way we can gauge if this incentive program is truly work-ing, is to see a rise in student achievement.” “The one thing I am 100 percent sure of is that changes will need to be made,” said Slininger. Howev-er, Irwin indicated this may be difficult. “Once you put something in writing, changing it can be difficult.” A final concern suggested was that the TLC pro-gram does not include associates and support staff, and the issue was raised these persons may feel excluded.

Students testing In less pressing agenda, it was indicated that students will participate in district wide needs assess-ment testing between Oct. 14 and October 28. Addition-ally, the board voted to go forward with the proposed tax levy that was approved by voters earlier this spring. Additionally shared positions between the two school districts were approved. These include: Lisa Willard-son-- human resources;Terry Pautsch-- transportation management;MaChelle Showers--operations and main-tenance management; Lois Irwin--curriculum director; Jennifer Eckert--school counselor.

Gym membershipsavailable to residents Gym memberships at the high school, including the weight room and practice gym, are available to resi-dents of the school district. Usage is up about 30% over last year, and currently 58 households have purchased memberships. Two companies, including John Deere, pay for employee memberships and provide incentives to those who work out frequently. Initially there were concerns that a lack of security at the site may lead to problems, but it was noted that except for on incident in which equip-ment was moved and not properly put back in place, there have been no other concerns.

Snow removal In other discussion, Dan Nordine has elected not to pursue snow removal for the district this year. Ads will be placed in the Gowrie News and the Gold Nugget in future issues. Any interested party should feel free to contact the district regarding interest in snow removal. Prairie Valley principal, John Duncan, said all emergency practice drills were complete by September 3rd. The Cub Scouts recently held a registration night in the school’s multi-purpose room. MAPS testing will be held from September 28th to October 9th. Finally, he noted that the elementary stu-dents will march at the head of the Homecoming parade this year to help things move at a brisker pace. Finally, goodbyes were given to Brian Hol-mgaard as he resigned from the school board after serving two terms. The board offered a big thank you and said they will miss his insight. “I had a lot of fun and met a lot of great people,” said Holmgaard. Kathy Carlson was sworn in as a new board member. Brian Holmgaard will continue as board presi-dent and Gary Welter will serve as vice-president.

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SV Jaguars lose two TLC games on Senior Night By Tyler Anderson The Southeast Valley volleyball team had a tough time getting back on track on Thursday evening, dropping two Twin Lakes Conference games to Newell-Fonda and Manson-Northwest Webster on Senior Night. In a triangular hosted by the Jaguars on Home-coming Week, the Mustangs overwhelmed the girls with a score of 3-0. Newell-Fonda (10-11) swept the Jaguars with scores of 25-12, 25-12 and 25-10. While the volleyball team took a quick break, the Mustangs and the Cougars battled in a series of close matches, before Newell-Fonda prevailed 3-2. Before the nightcap, seniors Kearsten Hainz-inger, Aaliyah Scott, Mallory Strutzenberg and Cassie Zinnel were honored by Southeast Valley. Sophomore Dooter Aondoakaa, junior Dian Puspitaningrum and senior Sina Schmid were also hon-ored. Grant and Staci Gibbons are the host family for Aondoakaa, Don and Lisa Klatt are the host family for Puspitaningrum and Schmid’s host family was Dan and Emily Ford. After the ceremony, the Jaguars fell to Manson-Northwest Webster, 2-0. The Cougars (13-7) defeated the girls by scores of 25-19 and 25-12. The two losses drops Southeast Valley down to 6-14 thus far in the 2015 season. They will travel to Ogden (4-16) on Monday, Sept. 28 before heading to 13th ranked East Sac County (18-7) on Oct. 1. The Jaguars will return to home territory on Oct. 6, where they will face Belmond-Klemme in Burnside.

Senior Sina Schmid alongside Dan Ford, right, walk through the path created by her teammates before the Southeast Valley volleyball game on Thursday evening against Manson-Northwest Webster. Schmid was honored at the Senior Night event.

SV JVR football team shuts out Pocahontas The Southeast Valley junior varsity reserve football team had a great showing during Homecoming Week, defeating Pocahontas Area, 31-0 on Thursday, Sept. 24 in Gowrie. Freshman Kyler Jondle scored the first two Jag-uar touchdowns on the ground, while the defense held the Indians scoreless and forced Pocahontas to commit two turnovers. Sophomore Daven Rees struck paydirt twice and freshman Nyles Johnson hauled in a touchdown for the Jaguars. The Jaguars JVR will host Ogden on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Freshman Kyler Jondle rushes through Poca-hontas defenders for a Jaguar touchdown during a junior varsity reserve football game between Southeast Valley and Pocahontas Area on Thursday in Gowrie. Jondle scored two touchdowns and captured an interception, as Southeast Valley blanked the Indians, 31-0.

JV Volleyball team splits; defeats WB-Mallard, falls to Newell-Fonda

By Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach The junior varsity volleyball team split in West Bend on Monday, Sept. 21, defeating the Wolver-ines of West Bend-Mallard, 3-0. The Jaguars swept West Bend-Mallard by the scores of 25-18, 30-28 and 15-13. However, the girls lost to Newell-Fonda, 2-1. The Jaguars fell in the first set by the scores of 25-22, before rallying back and taking the next set, 25-23. However, Southeast Valley narrowly dropped the final set, 15-13. The girls served over 94% with their victory over West Bend-Mallard. They also served at 92% against the Mustangs of Newell-Fonda. The JV will be back in action, travel-ing to Ogden on Monday, Sept. 28.

Karrigan Mentzer, left, and Bailey Miller, right, sell patriotic Homecoming items on Thursday evening dur-ing the Southeast Valley volleyball game. The sale of items was part of the America Night at Gowrie festivity.

Senior Hannah Peterson paints the white stars of the American flag upon the windows of Security Savings Bank branch on Market Street in Gowrie on Wednesday. The theme for Homecoming this year is “A Hero’s Home-coming,” which embodies that heroes wear dog tags instead of capes.


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