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Spring Festival Float Grand Prize Winner 

First Christian Church “Welcome to Paradise” 

Read about the ONLY Ronald McDonald in the United States that was in New Sharon for SPRING FES- 

TIVAL!! Details inside the Sun in Ralphi’s ‘Just Saying...’ column. 

Oskaloosa 

Municipal Band 

Features Several 

New Sharon 

Members 

The Oskaloosa Municipal Band 

invites New Sharon Sun readers 

to attend Thursday night concerts 

on the bandstand in the Oskaloosa 

square. The band will be performing 

weekly at 8 p.m. The band 

is under the direction of Bruce 

Peiffer, Director of Bands at North 

Mahaska High School. Olganida 

Gruber, Carolyn Brickley, Kris 

Chamberlain, Kylie Roozeboom, 

and the Groenenboom siblings 

(Brett, Stephen, Michael and Julia), 

will be performing with the 

band this summer. The band will 

be playing old favorites, and a few 

new tunes as well. Please bring a 

chair or blanket, some friends or 

family, and join us for a night of 

music. In the event of inclement 

weather, the band will perform at 

Smokey Row Coffee House. 

1932 Ford restored by Grant Ferguson 

1965 Chevy Pick-up restored by Dawson Ferguson. 

Despite the gloomy skies and a rain delay, Thursday June 9, included a pet and doll parade, singing, kids 

dancing and a program in the park. Pictured is the Warhawk dance team directing their kids clinic in a 

performance for many family and friends. 

US Bank Float entry: “Start your Journey to Paradise.” 

Spring Festival Queens and attendants: 

Far left 2011 Queen Chelsea Renaud, 

attendant DeLaney DeJong, Future Queen 

Camryn Schultz(seated) and 

2010 Queen Allison Pollpeter. 

WARHAWK BAND 

More from Spring Festival in next week’s SUN!! 

This Week’s Color In The New Sharon Sun Is Brought To You By 

Slumberland Furniture in Oskaloosa

Page 2 • Thursday, June 12, 2011 • New Sharon Sun 

Last week we began Web Tips. 

This week in the basics of using 

your windows PC, Title Bar, Menu 

Bar, Address Bar, Tool Bar, Back/ 

Forward, Stop anbd Refresh Icons, 

Home Page Icon will be the topic. 

Title Bar 

Let’s take it from the top. The 

name of the Web site or title of the 

page you are viewing is found on the 

top left hand corner of your screen. 

Traditionally, this horizontal blue 

bar runs across the entire width of 

your screen. This blue bar that contains 

the name of the Web site is 

called the Title Bar. The Title Bar 

will serve as a trusty anchor, always 

letting your know where you are by 

sharing the title of the Web site you 

are visiting. This bar does not take 

you anywhere, but it always lets you 

know where you are. 

Menu Bar 

Underneath the Title Bar are 

other bars that can be used for moving 

around the Internet. If you are 

looking for quick and easy ways to 

navigate, the bars located at the top 

of your screen under the Title Bar 

will be helpful. One of the most useful 

bars is the Menu Bar. You will 

quickly appreciate each of the options 

found on the Menu Bar. 

The Menu Bar is the horizontal 

band that contains commands and 

options that can be chosen. In Internet 

Explorer, these selections are 

File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, 

and Help. 

Clicking on each of the items in 

the standard Menu Bar at the top of 

your page will drop down a menu 

that is a useful way to access the 

many features of the Internet Explorer 

program. The last menu item 

is the Help item. You will be surprised 

and relieved how often you 

will be able to click Help and find 

the answers you need. 

The Menu Bar is a very useful 

tool when trying to make your 

way around a Web site. Because the 

Menu Bar offers so many helpful 

functions, the quicker you master 

File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, 

and Help, the better. It does not take 

long to learn the purpose of each of 

these menu items that help you move 

around the Internet. 

Address Bar 

Because the Address Bar offers 

a unique method of navigating the 

Web, it will be explained in greater 

detail a little later in this lesson. 

Tool Bar 

As its name implies, this is the 

area where a lot of work gets done. 

The Tool Bar is much like the Menu 

Bar stretching from left to right 

across the top of your screen just 

under the Address Bar. Because the 

Tool Bar is the workhorse of bars, it 

is larger and contains many useful 

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icons divided into three areas. Each 

of these icons has a text description 

of its function under the icon itself. 

If you do not see the text description, 

hold your cursor over the icon, and 

the function of the icon will appear. 

Either way, it will not take you long 

to associate each function with its 

picture. Let’s become familiar with 

the first area which contains five 

icons. The remainder of the icons 

on the Tool Bar will be explained in 

later lessons. 

Back/Forward 

The first icon on the Tool Bar is 

the Back Icon. You will be surprised 

how often you will want to return to 

a Web page or Web site you enjoyed 

earlier. 

How about another direction 

change? Ready to return to the Web 

page you were viewing before you 

backtracked with the Back arrow? 

Yes, there is a tool for that. The Forward 

icon can return you to square 

one by revisiting each page successively. 

Let’s review. How would you 

find a page that you have just visited? 

To return to the last page you 

viewed, simply click the Back arrow 

icon on the toolbar. 

If you want to view one of the 

last nine pages you visited in this 

session, just click that small black 

down arrow located to the side of the 

Back or Forward icon. You will see a 

list of the sites you have visited previously. 

Then just click the page you 

want from the list. 

Stop and Refresh Icons 

It will not take you long to appreciate 

two other icons found on the 

Tool Bar. The Stop icon is located to 

the right of the Back and Forward 

arrows. Clicking the Stop icon will 

stop the page you have selected from 

downloading. 

This icon is especially useful. 

Click the Stop icon if a page is taking 

too long to download. What if 

you changed your mind and do not 

want to visit a page? Just click this 

icon. Occasionally you find that you 

have clicked on a wrong link. Again, 

the Stop icon saves time. 

The next icon is not quite as 

decerning as the old familiar Stop 

icon. It is the Refresh icon. Refresh 

makes sure you are viewing the latest 

version of the current Web page. 

Remember one of the unique characteristics 

of the Internet is that it is 

dynamic and flexible. Information is 

continuously being added, and Web 

pages are constantly changing. It 

might be important to you that you 

are viewing the very latest information. 

For that reason, you have a 

Refresh icon. Just click the Refresh 

icon and your browser will reload 

the latest version of the page you are 

viewing. 

Home Page Icon 

In reference to this icon, home 

page is the Web page that your 

browser uses when it starts, the Web 

page that appears every time you 

open your browser. Clicking the 

home page icon found on the Tool 

Bar will take you to the specific page 

you have set as your browser’s home 

page. 

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Barnes City News 

By Mollie Loving 

Share your BC news: bmba28@mahaska.org or 641-644-5223 

Last week Pastor Michelle Williamson held Bible School at the United 

Methodist Church. Jen Henry was in charge of crafts. Bible School went 

from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, with lunch being served to the kids. 

Last Saturday morning during the New Sharon Spring Festival the 3rd 

annual Jace Race was held. Finishing in the top three of the 10 and under 

age division in the 5K run was Jace Williams. Also participating were Shane 

Williams, Jolene Williams, Jadelyn Williams, Caleigh Arvidson, Cassidy Arvidson, 

Brenda Doonan, and Andrea Loving. 

The figure 8 cars were racing last Saturday evening at the Betterment 

Club track. 

The fire department will have their monthly training on June 16 at 7:00 

p.m. at the fire station. 

The Barnes City Post Office is on the list of proposed post offices to 

close. The town would like to keep this from happening. Residents can help 

by calling or writing to Rep. Boswell, Sen. Grassley, and Sen. Harkin to let 

them know that you personally would be affected by the closing of the post 

office. Also petitions to sign are located at the telephone office, Front Street 

Manufacturing, Key COOP, and the Longhorn Saloon. A meeting with postal 

representatives is scheduled for Thursday, June 23 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. 

at the Betterment Club Quonset. Let’s try our hardest to keep our post office 

open. 

Taintor, Granville and 

Lynnville News 

By Ada Kay Van Maanen 

On Memorial Day evening, John and Lois Klyn, Otto and Judy Vos and 

Jon and Doris Bibbelink had supper together at the Pella Pizza Ranch. 

Garnet Gertsma visited with her sister, Nancy Locker, at Park Center in 

Newton. 

Anniversary wishes to Ken and Shirley Hoksbergen on June 17. 

John and Lois Klyn joined other family members and friends on Sunday, 

June 5 to help their grandson, Ethan Klyn, celebrate his birthday at the home 

of his parents in Pella. Ethan turned 9 years old on e 2 

Alice (Terpsta)La Rosa, her daughter and grandson Joan and Andy of 

Kansas, Ila Sprouts of Colfax and Betty Schuring of Sully and Wanda Dunsbergen 

had lunch together on Friday at the Lynnville Linden House. 

Birthday wishes to our granddaughter Katie Torra of Williamston, MI on 

June 16 and to Denamae Maasdam on June 17. 

Bernice Smith and Wanda Dunsbergen enjoyed a Mystery Day Bus trip 

on Thursday. They traveled to northern Iowa to view Old Barns and a Windmill 

Farm. At Williams, IA they stopped at a museum where 61 old cars 

where they say Model Ts and other antique cars that were on display. They 

made stops at Stanhope and Stratford. The bus trip was by Jan’s Tours of 

Prairie City. 

Donna Fynaardt and Lois Klyn had lunch together at the Family Resturant 

in Oskaloosa on Wednesday, June 8. 

Summer will officially begin on June 21. 

The Taintor Community Church thanks all who provided food and drink 

for all of the workers at the Jasper County Fair Work Day. Thanks also to 

all who were able to come and help with the work-with special thanks to the 

Taintor Youth and their leader, Mark Van Wyk. They had the job of tearing 

down the old ceiling and insulation and then restoring it like new in the Fair 

Board office. The Taintor Church food booth will soon be ready for the fair. 

Working with the Harvest Community Church fellowship of New Sharon 

and the TLC who provided lunch and cold drinks for about 67 volunteers 

was great. 

Christine McBride spoke at the Taintor Church Sunday morning. She 

spoke about the ministry that God has called her to amoung the young people 

in Stockton, CA. 

Have a great Father’s Day. 

Lacey News 

By: Grumpy Old Man 

Jack Newport 

This colum is from the Grumpy old man’s Mom putting in her 2-cents 

worth. 

First, I want to say it is a great little town to live in. Friendly people in 

Lacey, neighbors helping neighbors and always a smile and a hug from the 

young people for this old Grandma. 

Speaking of young people, we have three new babies to add to our population. 

Congratulations to Joel and Nicole DeBoef, a baby girl named Jade. 

To Timn and Stacy Veiseth a baby boy named Zack. Also, to Scott and Halah 

Weaver, a baby boy named Mattias. For curiosity sake we now have 25 

young people from the ages of 15 to 3 weeks, than more when all grandkids 

come to visit. So, if you come to Lacey please slow down we have kids on 

bicycles or playing and walking up and down Wilson Street. 

Got a call from grandson Keith who has been in Iraq this past year. It was 

good to hear his voice. He managed to call at Christmas time and Mother’s 

Day. 

Now news about the Grumpy Old Man and some of his humor. He is 

slowly gaining back strength and some of his humor. He can’t wait until he 

can drive again and eat something that tastes good. He has washed some 

dishes and cooked a few things. With no pun inteneded Jack says, “If any 

food tastes good, spit it out it, could kill ya,” 

Sincerely, The Grumpy Old Man’s mom! 

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I’m taking readers this week 

to Alaska, using entries from Sara 

Veldhuizen’s emails to help us see 

that state through her eyes. I recently 

wrote about her graduation with 

honors from a University in Washington 

D.C. Prior to that, in 2008, 

she graduated from Mount Marty 

College in Yankton S.D. 

It was during the summer of 

2007 that she went to Alaska after 

finding a Nanny position through a 

nanny site on the internet. She lived 

with the Pearsons, a family with two 

young children: Baylee, age 5, and 

Clayton, age 3, who were Sara’s responsibility 

part of the time. She introduces 

the family this way: “The 

Pearsons are great people – so far 

anyway! One thing that helps a lot 

is that our values seem to coincide 

very well. The only thing is that they 

just moved into their new home and 

their computer and internet aren’t 

hooked up yet! I’m going to go nuts 

- especially since the library limits 

my time to write everyone and check 

emails and such.” 

The name of the town is Sitka, 

and of some of her first experiences 

Sara writes, “I tasted halibut and 

it’s delicious! I also tasted moose 

meat… which is also amazing! They 

were surprised I had never eaten 

these things. I was amazed when the 

kids told me they had never seen a 

tractor! Last night I went out on the 

family’s boat and we went fishing. 

We caught 15 pounds of shrimp!!! 

We are having it for dinner tonight, 

so I’m pretty excited! Did you 

know that when you eat shrimp, you 

are eating their butt?? Yup, I went 

through the process of ‘butchering’ 

shrimp last night. You twist their 

head off… sounds gross but it’s really 

pretty cool!! We also caught crabs 

and starfish; then they put them back 

in the ocean because they didn’t 

want them.” 

“Downtown is simple but cute. 

Lots of little shops. The view from 

the town and their house is unbelievable. 

Mountains everywhere… some 

covered with trees and other with 

snow! The ocean is breathtaking. 

I took the kids to the fish hatchery 

which was pretty interesting. When 

we were putting the fish into this 

pump thing that took them out to the 

ocean, I learned that of all the fish 

they put out, about 5% (100,000) 

fish come back to the hatchery to 

lay their eggs. Also, I took the kids 

swimming today, and you want to 

know something interesting? They 

put salt in their swimming pool to 

make it feel more like the ocean!! 

How weird and cool is that??” 

“This weekend lots of things are 

going on. Kris’s (the dad) extended 

family is coming, so I will get to 

meet the family! Also on Monday, 

depending on the weather, we are 

going to go four-wheeling over by 

the volcano. I met a girl at the pool 

today who invited me over on Sat- 

Reflections 

By Wilma Kaldenberg 

urday night for a game night type of 

thing. I’m hoping to meet some people 

my age! Next Tuesday, there is 

a mini wildlife cruise that we might 

go on!” 

“I went to the Women’s Shelter 

today and met my supervisor for my 

internship. Interesting thing I noticed 

about the women getting assistance 

there… all are Native American. I’m 

not sure why this is, but I’m curious 

to find out. There are a few girls there 

who are around my age, so I’m hoping 

to get to know them better. One 

of the girls is in a program called the 

Jesuit Volunteers. This is an organization 

for people just out of college 

who want to give a year of their life 

to volunteer work. This seems really 

cool to me!! I will be helping with 

two groups while there… a women’s 

counseling group and a group counseling 

for the kids at the shelter. It 

should definitely be interesting.” 

“The kids behavior is pretty well 

so far! Baylee is a total girly girl… 

you can imagine my thrill about 

this… we’ve already done make up, 

nails, and hair together. Clayton is a 

bit more shy and laid back, but he 

is still fun! They are both very good 

swimmers!!” 

“Last night I went on a cruise. 

We saw sea otters and got to feel 

their fur. Their fur is the densest 

fur of any mammal on earth, and is 

extremely soft, which is one of the 

reasons the Russians hunted them so 

often for the fur trade. We also saw 

bald eagles flying through the air… 

their eyesight is so good they can see 

a 1-inch headline across a football 

field. The best part of all: we saw 

not one but TWO humpback whales 

right by each other. A few times they 

even showed us their tails, and on 

the back are white spots… each as 

unique as humans’ fingerprints. Also 

on the cruise, I met some of the Jesuit 

volunteers and got to know some 

of them, one of whom works at the 

Women’s Shelter where I will be doing 

my internship. The coffee shops 

here are GREAT!! The coffee, environment, 

comfy couches, everything 

about the environment. They are incredible!” 

About a different kind of experience, 

Sara writes: “I toured the Russian 

Orthodox church today, which 

was really interesting. The icons 

are amazing, but definitely focus 

on divinity and NOT humanity. My 

goodness, some of them are pure 

gold or silver with no color at all. 

Huge crowns over the head. Very, 

VERY ornate. St. Nicholas is one of 

the main Saints for this church. Also 

they have a three-bar cross – one by 

the sign to signify the two robbers 

next to Jesus during the crucifixion, 

one of His arms like we do, and another 

by His feet to signify our path 

in life. I believe I will try to go to 

the service on Sunday. It is supposed 

to last two hours!! It will surely be 

interesting.” 

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The other day when I was hammering 

a nail, I was thinking how 

it would be better if I DID NOT hit 

my finger nail. And then I wondered 

WHY are they both called nails? 

‘Nail’ is also used a verb, to fasten 

or hold. The English language is so 

confusing sometimes. 

When leaving New Sharon the 

other day, I noticed that the sign 

thanked us for visiting. I thought 

this was kind of neat. New Sharon 

sure has a bunch of Antique stores 

and it is such fun to go and browse 

around. 

*****If you want to read something 

‘RIDICULOUS’ written by 

Lynn Mucken of MSN…please 

read the following…WHY YOU 

SHOULD LOVE $5.00 GAS… 

1. Fewer people will die from accidents 

on the road. 

2. Demand for high mileage cars 

would decrease. 

3. Make Americans love small cars 

instead of big cars. 

4. Shorter security lines at the airports. 

5. Less pollution. 

6. Less congestion 

7. Will help the obese because they 

will walk to the store. 

8. Might end the wars because of 

high priced fuel. 

9. Will help local businesses because 

people will stay closer to home. 

Can you believe anyone could 

be so ‘dumb’ to use these reasons 

for increasing the gas prices. It is 

so amazing that the congress can not 

figure out that fuel is the guideline 

to how our economy is progressing. 

They keep trying to blame it on the 

housing industry. People can’t pay 

their house payments because of 

the increase in the gas prices and increase 

in grocery prices due to trucking 

fuel prices. It is a necessity that 

they buy gas to drive to work and 

purchase food to eat!!! 

Do any of you gals own Revere 

Ware pans to use for cooking? As 

I was washing one of my Revere 

Ware pans, I just realized how old 

they are. We received many of them 

for wedding presents, so they are 

55 years old and still in good shape 

even though they have been used almost 

every day. I have noticed that 

the new Revere Ware is not as heavily 

made as my set. But, that is the 

way everything is being made with 

less material and then charge more 

for it. Recently I picked up 4 more 

pans at a garage sale. They were 

the old ones and in excellent shape. 

Guess I will have to do even more 

cooking since I have more pans… 

huh!!! Speaking of cooking, I used 

applesauce instead of oil in my carrot 

cake recipe. The recipe calls for 

1 ½ cups of oil and I decided that 

was entirely too much oil. I had read 

that you could use applesauce, so I 

gave it a try. The cake was good, but 

the consistency was a little different. 

I am going to experiment and use 

less sauce next time. 

Garden report…Between rains 

Lower Grove 

News 

By Rosemary Schmidt 

Sammie tills the garden and I pick 

the produce…lettuce, radishes, spinach, 

swiss chard, and onions. Sammie 

loves Dutch Lettuce (mess) and 

I’ve fixed it a few times. We took 

lettuce, onions and radishes to Mildred 

as she lives in Pella now and 

misses the garden stuff. Robert and 

Pat Wichhart went down to southern 

Iowa and purchased some strawberries 

from the Amish. We told them 

to bring us a couple of gallon. So, 

on Monday evening I was cleaning 

strawberries. As you know, it is better 

if you do not let strawberries set 

around because they ripen very fast. 

Sammie ate his share and then I froze 

the remainder. Cleaning strawberries 

was not what I really wanted to 

do, because I was fighting pain with 

an abscessed tooth. Oh well, work 

must be done on time. The tomatoes 

are blooming and were looking good 

until we had wind and a beating 

down rain. We seen a young rabbit 

at the edge of our yard and he was 

looking around for the dogs. All of 

a sudden the dogs seen him and the 

chase began. Rabbits can run faster 

than a person might think and he 

ran into the brush pile. At least he 

knows that the dogs are watching for 

him and it might be dangerous for 

him to get in our garden. 

Saturday morning we ate breakfast 

at Happy Joes in Pella. They 

have heeded our request and fix biscuits 

and gravy for us. Sometimes 

we all share breakfast pizza. Those 

joining us were friends Bill & Louise 

Van Zante and Dwayne & Sally 

Bruinekool. It was a nice day so we 

decided to take a trip to Ottumwa 

to see the damage of the flooding. 

Buckley Creek did a lot of crop damage 

on the river bottom by Warren’s 

bridge just down the hill from us. 

Some of the farmers are still pumping 

water back into the river trying 

to save the corn. Crookham bottom 

southeast of us was also flooded, but 

some water had drained back off of 

the corn. The clouds were spectacular 

looking so fluffy just like cotton 

against the light blue sky. How 

could something so beautiful turn 

dark and cause bad storms? We did 

a little shopping and then of course 

we had to find a place to eat. The 

Sirloin Stockade beckoned to us 

and we stopped. We had not been 

there for a long time and they have 

remodeled the inside of the building. 

It is nice and bright and the 

food bar was delicious. We looked 

at a couple of booths away and there 

sat Lowell and Vera Ver Steegh from 

Pella. Guess they had the same idea 

that we did. Did you ever notice that 

there always seems to be someone 

that you know, no matter how far 

away you go. On the way home we 

went back through Fremont. The 

crops (corn and beans) near Hedrick 

and Fremont looked beautiful. 

****Don’t take yourself so serious, 

no one else does. All that truly 

matters in the end is that you loved. 

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Smiles and 

Giggles 

By Bo Be 

I sit here, pen in hand, ready to 

talk to ya all and low and behold 

don’t have anything specially in 

mind to write. So, if I get to rattling 

on, think nothing of it. 

Oh, ya, always the weather-and 

as I write at 6:00 a.m. already 78 

degrees and high humidity. Been in 

the 90’s which is very unusual for 

this time of year. With Iowa know it 

will change in a few days. Then, my 

a/c cooling has a bad rattle and will 

have to see about that soon. Started 

ratling last year and should have investigated 

it then but typical of a lot 

of things-wait until forced to do it. 

PARTY TIME--- 

Recently helped Brookly Annalea 

Meland celebrate her second 

birthday at her grandparents. , Tom 

and Terri Meland’s home in Oskaloosa. 

Fun, fun with Cinderella decorations-cake 

and etc. Great dayending 

with the children & some 

adults having a water balloon fight. 

COLUMN-”CHAPTER CHAT- 

TER” was very interesting in the 

June 2 issue of the Sun. I, too, enjoy 

reading stories of how other people 

live thieir lives especially the simple 

non-complicated lives of the Amish. 

The writer of this column whose first 

name is Deb and sister Teri made a 

trip to an Amish Village in Indiana 

last summer and hear they recommend 

that to anyone who would enjoy 

a peaceful, picturesque refreshing 

get away. Want to know about it? 

E-mail - Chapter Chatter@hotmail. 

com. 

While browsing around in New 

Sharon’s newest business “Crow 

Row” antique shop, there were the 

great woven rag rugs which were 

made by the war veterans. There are 

two sizes. You know, these seem to 

last a long time. I must go get one for 

the kitchen or maybe two! I remember 

Jerrold and Norma Hanselman 

had a big loom in their basement and 

they wove many many rag rugs and 

sold them here and there. Their work 

was so nice and neat. Hi, Ho to you 

two “nice” people. Think they are retired 

from Rug making. 

Correction: The Rose Tree I told 

you about Isaw on the “Stroll” isn’t 

pink-it is white and really loaded with 

beautiful roses. My purslane plant 

is gloriously in full scarlet bloom. 

It folds up in the evening saying, 

“Good Night” and welcomes you in 

the mornng sun with all blooms wide 

open. This was a Mother’s Day gift 

purchased at Jame’s Flower Shop 

here in New Sharon on East Market . 

“Nancy’s Bake Shop” 

Our friend and neighbor, Nancy 

Northcutt has been busy in here 

kitchen doing what she likes to 

do best-baking! One day here she 

came with HER BASKET full of 

rhubarb pie. What a treat-crust nice 

and brown- sugary and flakey. Rhubarb 

sweetened perfectly. And the 

other day, homemade pecan rolls 

that melted in your mouth. Thank 

you nice, girl for sharing with your 

neighbors. We enjoy!! 

BoBe Sez: learn to enjoy the little 

things: there are so many of them. 

Bunker Hill News 

& Beyond 

By Mary Jo Watson 

Share your news: maryjoann@zumatel.net or 641-623-2400 

Trying to do a little news before 

Monday morning this time. Maybe 

my head will work today. Gordon 

Felper from Searsboro fell, recently 

down some steps, He had some serious 

injuries but will from all accounts 

I have heard be on the mend. 

They do have their house in Searsboro 

for sale wanting to move to 

Grinnell to retire. 

Around here the men have been 

trying to get hay done in between 

rains. The last one put the creeks 

over their banks and took out the 

road west. Broke the levee with a 

big hole and flooded the fields. That 

means a big rain. We always look at 

the John Deer pond near Grinnell. If 

it is clear full it is over two inches of 

rain. I met Rachel at the Heishman 

house and the English river was over 

its banks. Lots of rain, sorry Texas, I 

know you could use some. 

Rachel and the girls and myself 

went to the Navy reserves in Des 

Moines on Army Post Road, to leave 

some papers for her. I went along to 

help with the little ones. Good thing 

as the man she was to see was over 

two hours late. 

On Thursday Camden and we two 

went to Grinnell, ran into Ron and 

Rilla Baker and also Stan Munn’s. 

Lucille VanDyke was also at Hardee’s 

with the members of her churches 

woman’s group. I got to visit with 

her a while. Her Dad Arlie Binegar 

worked for my dad for many years 

when I was still home. 

The JD DeHoedt crew came 

home this weekend. They caught up 

to the other workers. Josh spent time 

here. Camden and Paige Watson 

went to Kansas City and back from 

five days, on Wednesday night. 

Dahl and Patty Wickham took 

care of Allison and Taylor a while on 

Sunday afternoon stopping in to see 

Inez Wickham at the Care facility. 

They are their great grandchildren. 

Mom and Dad took time out for 

some time out. Makes sense. 

Cecily and Don Unruh have their 

son and family home for a week and 

helped Cecily celebrate her birthday 

on June 12th. 

Beverly Peck was a guest of Aunt 

June Williams at the Alumni banquet 

held in Grinnell for the Searsboro 

graduates. Also attending were Dan 

and Irene Fisk and Ben and Harriet 

Fisk. We could not go this year as 

we were helping with great grand 

babies. 

Saturday night we enjoyed the 

outdoor wedding of Ella McClansbourgh 

and James Arnell of Grinnell 

at the Grinnell College. Ella is 

the daughter of Janice, Hasley, Early 

and Leonard McClansbourgh. Ella 

is the granddaughter of the former 

Ella Bunnell and Howard Hasley 

formally of Brooklyn. From Montezuma 

were Ron and Irma Arnamann 

and Paul Hasley and Corey Hasley 

and his family from Guernsey, Jesse 

Hasley and friend from Montezuma. 

Aaron and Cassie McClansbourgh 

from Brooklyn. There were many 

more that I did not know but did visit 

with Jeff Arment who was a friend 

of the couple. 

Sunday we had lunch with Joe 

and Rebekah Coster and Elliott in 

New Sharon. 

OK that all she wrote and I hope 

you will e-mail some news. I could 

use it. 

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New Sharon Sun • Thursday, June 12, 2011 • Page 3 

Country Girl’s 

Corner 

By: Sheryl Carter 

And the Rain Came... 

Oh, yes, they did. Who can believe 

so much?? We got three and 

a half inches in about 24 hours, but 

I saw many others around had so 

much more! Floods again. Wow. I 

think our earth is going through a 

change once more, as it no doubt 

does periodically. We haven’t had 

a drought in a long time, which is 

a true blessing. Floods are difficult, 

but I honestly think droughts are 

worse. 

Our garden is looking so nice— 

thankfully, we were able to weed the 

whole thing Monday and Tuesday 

before the big rains on Thursday. 

Our big “Cabot” strawberry path 

was in its third year. Last summer, 

we picked gallons and gallons off of 

it before the Creeping Charlie came 

in from the northeast end and choked 

it out. Loren most of the patch, we 

transplanted several to a new bed in 

another location in the garden and 

then he tilled the patch completely 

three times. Creeping Charlie is very 

tenacious. 

We planted our tomatoes and 

broccoli in that area and everything 

seems to be doing well. Last year, 

Loren transplanted the strawberries 

from the older patch that produces 

smaller but sweeter berries and it 

is doing fine. So hopefully, the new 

patch will be ready to go next summer. 

In the past couple of years the 

east end of our garden has held 

water from the spring rains, so we 

elected to not plant anything there 

this year. We no longer need that big 

of a garden. I planted four kinds of 

beans, among them “Jade”. This is a 

long, slender, pale green bean that is 

exceptionally delicious. No peas as 

you have to plant a ton of them to 

make anything of worth to freeze. I 

also planted Four O’ Clocks, but for 

some reason, they did not come up. 

The zinnias did, however. I think 

flowers interspersed among the vegetables 

make a garden look so pretty. 

Other garden stuff are the beds 

of spinach and lettuces, cauliflower, 

sweet and hot peppers, potatoes, onions 

and radishes, cucumbers and 

one hill of zucchini. Loren’s peach 

trees have a nice amount of tiny hard 

peaches beginning, so maybe they 

will make a crop this year. 

After two days in the garden 

Monday and Tuesday, we were 

catching our breath to finish out the 

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Hedrick Housing 

remainder of the week before Lisa 

and the girls were to drive in, but 

guess what? They came in that very 

evening! A surprise for us, and it certainly 

was. We weren’t even sure if 

they would be able to come. 

But I still had a dirty house to 

clean, so got that done the next 

morning in jig time. Lisa gave me a 

pretty haircut and on Thursday we 

drove up to Des Moines in the pouring 

rain and then down to Pella for 

errands and such. Lisa made her famous 

spaghetti that night for supper 

and it was yummy. We had second 

helpings the next night. 

I went to balance the checkbook 

on Friday and discovered I had not 

done it last month! That has never 

happened that I recall, but figure 

in all the comings and goings with 

Loren’s hand surgery last month, it 

just slipped up on me. So I had two 

months to do at once. 

Loren’s hand is finally healing 

up well—it has been quite a thing 

to see---he still has a lot of therapy 

ahead. He goes in once or twice a 

week. 

Lisa and the girls have been settling 

in this week and we attended 

Sunday school and church this 

morning. The girls enjoy riding bike 

and playing with the cats, and oh, 

yes, their Sully friends. Last night 

we had Casey’s pizza for our Saturday 

night tradition—it is always 

very good. We have a couple of Papa 

John’s stashed away in the freezer, 

so will have to bake them up some 

night. We haven’t experienced that 

brand yet, but hear it is good. 

I am including the recipe for Lisa’s 

spaghetti sauce. 

Lisa’s Spaghetti Sauce 

Brown 1 lb ground beef with 

1 chopped onion 

Add 2 cloves minced garlic or 2 

T of minced in a jar 

1 T Celtic sea salt (or garlic salt) 

1 T Sweet Basil 

1 T Oregano 

1 15 oz can tomato sauce 

1 15 oz can chopped tomatoes 

(or use both chopped) 

1 T olive oil 

Mix all together and simmer for 

30-40 minutes 

Pour over cooked spaghetti. We 

used whole wheat. Yum, delicious! 

Enjoy! 

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vs Colfax-Mingo @ Colfax-Mingo and 6:00 HS Girls Softball 

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June 21 ~ 10 a.m JH Boys Baseball vs Knoxville @ Knoxville, 6:00 

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June 17 - Little League Minor Boys Steel Trucking vs. Garden & Assoc. 

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June 17 - Little League Minor Boys Sundance Realty vs Clow at 8:00 

June 20 - Little League Rookie Girls New Sharon/GMRC vs. Wilson’s 

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June 20 - Little League Rookie Boys Terpstra Plumbing vs. Bussey 

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Tales of the 

Ancient Sportsman 

By Burdell Hensley 

Flooding is in the news and it seems like we have done this for the past 

three years in June. Once again the torrential rains have hit during the nesting 

season for pheasants and quail and the hatch will obviously be affected. There 

is a reason why the hunting in this area has been poor for the past few years. 

But on an even more serious note, the farmers again will be losing crops 

on river bottom land. And when you see what is going on along the Missouri 

River, you have to feel sorry for folks who are at the mercy of the river. The 

rich river bottom land along that river will not produce anything this year. 

I saw former Oskaloosa resident, Brad Westercamp, interviewed on Channel 

13 news a few nights ago. Brad is living in Missouri Valley, IA and he was 

working with a sandbagging crew trying to save buildings in Missouri Valley. 

The rains in our area took care of high school games Thursday and Friday. 

Wednesday night I was at Tri-County for a doubleheader softball encounter 

between the Trojans and Belle Plaine. T-C had a tough time in game one, losing 

14-3. In the second game they were playing well and leading 7-0 when 

lightning came on the scene. The lightning persisted and they were not able 

to continue. 

Monday night I was in New Sharon for the games between North Mahaska 

and English Valleys. NM won the softball game 10-0 behind the no-hit pitching 

of Hayley LaRue. McKenzie Mitchell had three hits and drove in three 

runs for the Warhawks. 

The baseball game went into extra innings and the Warhawks used a two 

out rally in the bottom of the eighth inning to take an 8-7 win. Cody Larson 

singled, Zach Anderson walked and Trent Morris ripped a single to score Larson 

with the winner. 

Tuesday night I was at Pella Christian for the softball game between the 

Eagles and Colfax-Mingo. P-C took a 10-4 win and Ashley Van Kooten blasted 

two home runs and a double to lead the Eagles. 

I advanced one more year on the ladder of life Thursday. It was not as 

painful as last year as this one only ended in a one. Last year was much more 

abusive. I spent a very relaxing evening with friends. Our 2 X 4 group from 

our church was scheduled to meet Thursday, so that was good. Actually this 

one was a 2 X 5 group as we had five couples. Anyway you count, it was a 

great time. 

I see that the Fremont tractor ride was this past week and it was a rainy ride. 

I did the ride a few years back and it was most enjoyable. I would love to do 

it again, but my schedule has not been workable for it. The year I rode was a 

Just Sayin’ 

By Ralphi Munson 

Well, another Spring Festival is in the books. Thank the Good Lord that 

at least Saturday’s weather was beautiful. What a way to end the 3-day event. 

We extended the celebration to include Thursday a couple of years ago specifically 

because of weather. That way, each big event could be held in the 

City Park Building if bad wather came along. And it did! But, I swear, God 

lives in New Sharon and he stopped the rain in time for the programs. 

At noon on Thursday, I never would have believed we would have the 

Pet and Doll parade, but we did. Ronald McDonald was a few minutes late. 

Enroute to here, he came upon a car wreck and took the victim to the hospital. 

And when we met him, he was as awesome as could be imagined...and 

then some. He truly made the children (and adults) feel special. Congratulations 

to all of the energetic youth who participated in Thursdays events and 

got to meet Ronald. 

Rumor has it that over half of our North Mahaska elementary students 

attended New Sharon’s vacation Bible School. You are the future generation 

of New Sharon and our future is looking bright. 

Friday was another gloomy day until it was time for the festivities to 

begin. The Mahaska County Cattleman’s Association did a fantastic job of 

grilling a great supper. The Spring Festival Team provided the sides and 

are greatful to the volunteers of the community who donated dessert. A full 

belly was a perfect way to enjoy the Southern Gospel Praise music by the 

DeBoef Brothers and friends. The music was amazing (as always) from that 

talented group of dedicated people. The extra touch to their performance 

was that they actually played “IN” the bandstand. It was good, old-fashioned 

entertainment in a small town that should have been in a Hallmark movie. 

The night ended with a dance for the fun loving teens of our community. This 

year’s D.J. was Denyse Gipple and she did an amazing job of bringing out 

the dancing skills of our adolescents. 

WARHAWK SOFTBALL RALLIES TO BEAT SIGOURNEY 6-5 

The Sigourney Savages had the Warhawks on their heels after three innings 

of play on May 31st. Starting pitcher Hayley LaRue gave up two runs in the 2nd 

and three in the 3rd before the defense could dig their heels in. It would be the 

5th inning before the girls could answer with any kind of offense. Relief pitcher 

Carissa McBirnie started the inning by reaching on an error. She was advanced 

by Hayley’s single and scored on a single by Allie Ferguson. Kate Ray reached 

on a walk and Tara Smith’s single scored both Hayley and Allie. The Warhawks 

were on the board with 3 big runs. Carissa shut down the Savage offense and the 

Warhawks quickly answered with two more runs in the top of the 6th to tie the 

game. Makayla Ihde reached on an error, advanced on another single by Carissa 

and both girls scored on a double by Hayley. The Savages would reach base on 

a walk and a double but no run scored in the bottom of the 6th. Tara stroked a 

single to open the 7th, Megan Watts was hit by a pitch and McKenzie Mitchell 

came through with the game winning single to score Tara. Three up, three down 

for the Savages and the Warhawks escaped with the win. Carissa gets the credit 

for the win but Hayley’s timely hitting helped lead the Warhawks to victory. 

Tara went 3/4 on the night with two singles and a double, Hayley contributed 

a double and a single, and Allie and Carissa both had two singles. McKenzie 

Mitchell rounded out the offense. Next up for the Warhawks is a home contest 

with Keota. 

LADY WARHAWKS KEEP THE TRAIN MOVING WITH 10-1 

ROUT OVER KEOTA 

After the near loss to Sigourney, the girls rebounded in a big way with a 10 

run, eight hit attack on Keota. Nicole Brand started on the mound giving up one 

run on four hits and five strikeouts. Hannah Ferguson came on in relief in the 

6th. The Warhawks took the lead in the bottom of the 1st on a single by Hannah 

who scored after a Tara Smith double. The flood gates opened in the 2nd as the 

girls scored four on three hits, three walks and an error. The bats went silent 

until the 6th when the Warhawks erupted for five runs to put the game out of 

reach. The girls took advantage of walks and errors, and had hits by Hannah, 

Megan Watts and McKenzie Mitchell. Hannah led the offense with three hits 

with McKenzie’s triple, Tara’s double and singles by Nicole and Jaylin DeJong. 

HEAT DOES NOT DETER WARHAWKS FROM GOING 2-1 AT OS- 

KALOOSA TOURNAMENT 

With temperatures soaring in the low 90s, the Warhawks traveled south for 

a three game tourney at Oskaloosa. In years past, this day has proved to be 

somewhat of a learning experience for the girls. We have suffered from the heat, 

suffered from poor execution, poor hitting, costly errors and learning to play 

together as a team. As an early season tournament, this day gives the coaches a 

chance to try different lineups, different pitchers and see other teams. Saturday 

would start out being no different with an 11:00 start time against Eddyville- 

Blakesburg. The Warhawks won the flip with Eddyville batting first. Hannah 

F. was able to put the Rockets down easily and the girls quickly went to work. 

Allie reached on a single, Hannah reached on a fielder’s choice and Megan W. 

scored Allie on a single. The lead would quickly be erased as the Rockets came 

alive with four runs in the 3rd. They would score at least one in the remaining 

innings as the Warhawks could not string anything together. Carissa would score 

the only other NM run in the 7th but the damage was done. The Warhawks could 

only strike for five hits as they suffered their first loss of the season 10-2. 

The mark of a great team is how quickly they can bounce back from defeat. 

After a game off, the girls headed onto the field for a contest against 3A Albia. 

Again, the girls were the home team with Carissa McBirnie getting the starting 

nod. She set the opponents down quickly and the NM bats came alive. Three 

hits and three runs later, NM 3 Albia 0. Again, Carissa set the tone by going 3 

up, 3 down. Three Albia errors and a walk gave the girls one more run in the 

2nd. Albia tied the game in the 3rd on a three run homerun and a double but the 

Warhawks showed their stubbornness by scoring five in their half of the 3rd. 

beautiful weather ride and that made it even more pleasant. 

I have a busy week ahead of me. Tuesday I have a trip for my West Liberty 

group. We are going the Cedar Rapids for a tour and lunch at the Farmer’s 

Daughter market and then we will visit Usher’s Ferry. I see that the advance 

forecast for Tuesday is rain. That has been my story this year. Every tour has 

been challenged by rain. I have to get a break sometime. 

Thursday I am making my annual sacrifice and taking a group to Wrigley 

Field for a Cubs game. They are playing the Brewers and you can bet that I 

will be rooting for the Flubs. If my Cardinals can’t beat the Brewers, somebody 

has to. I am going prepared for all kinds of weather as Wrigley can be a 

weatherman’s delight. 

This has been a slow weekend and I almost feel guilty for doing nothing. 

Saturday I attended the funeral of LuAnn Lee in the morning. She was such an 

elegant lady and she will be missed. After lunch with the family I put my motor 

on idle for the rest of the day. Watched a few old movies and read a good book. 

Sunday was also spent recharging my batteries and getting a mailing out 

for my Blessed Byways Christian Tour business. I am learning that I could get 

accustomed to this laid back style real easy. 

Let’s take a look over our shoulder at what happened yesterday. 

75 years ago: June 18, 1936- Hayesville grabbed the lead in the Keokuk 

County Baseball League with a 5-3 win over Sigourney. Junior Hunt and E. 

Martin teamed to pitch a three-hitter for Hayesville. 

50 years ago: June 3, 1961- Glen Knoot and Butch Kunkle combined for a 

three-hitter as Osky Connie Mack beat Newton Maytag 7-3. Keith Dinsmore 

clubbed a home run and a double, Steve Ehrenhard added two singles and Larry 

Smith tripled to lead the winners. June 14- Tri-County and Cedar-Fremont 

divide games. C-F won the Babe Ruth game 11-7. Lee led the winners with a 

home run and two singles while Towns and Cummings each doubled. Crane 

belted a home run and a single and Morris slammed a home run to T-C. Tri- 

County took a 12-4 win in the Little League game. Wilhite rapped two triples 

and a single and Ward and Fish each had a double and two singles to lead T-C. 

McBeth, Andrews and Bales each singled for the only C-F hits. 

25 years ago: June 4, 1986- North Mahaska topped Prairie City 13-10 in 

DMRC softball. Suzette Northcutt pitched the win while Wendy Sampson 

poked three hits and Sharon Rouw added a pair of hits. June 10- Lisa Clark 

ripped a three run double in the bottom of the seventh to give North Mahaska a 

4-3 win over Eddyville. June 11- Tri-County topped Blakesburg 7-2 in Empire 

Conference play. The Trojans were led by two run doubles from Wade Maxwell 

and Blair Johnston and combined two-hit pitching by David Hemsley and 

Eric Stein. June 12- The T-C girls remained unbeaten with a 16-4 win over 

Moulton-Udell. Shelia Stanley pitched a one-hitter and Lori Moore tripled, 

Dawn Striegel doubled and Anya Fowler and Deon Johnston each had a pair 

of hits. 

Have a great week and remember that it is better to sleep on what you intend 

to do than to stay awake over what you have done. 

Saturday kicked off with the sentimental Jace Race. What a sight to see 

so many red, white and blue shirts fill the side streets with looks of sheer 

determination on the runner’s faces. They ran from the heart for a legendary 

boy who inspired so many-and he still does. Around noon, people started 

saving their space to watch the parade and enjoyed the variety of vintage 

vehicles on display at the Car Show. The Fire Dept. does a wonderful job 

of attracting participants from all over to come to our quaint community 

and share their prize possessions. The sun came out and the parade began. 

According to people who rode on floats, the crowd came out in full force to 

cheer them on. The program in the park honored our veterans with music by 

Nick Ryan who sang the National Anthem with obvious respect to those who 

serve. Then, our local youth surprised the crowd with a “flash mob” breaking 

into the tune of “We are the World” It was a “goosebump” kind of moment. 

Following drawings, trivia questions, awards and recognitions, Chelsie Renaud 

was crowned this year’s queen. The rest of the afternoon was spent at 

Reed Field watching adults feel like kids again while they played america’s 

favorite pasttime with an oversized softball (and many paid the price with 

achy muscles the next day). Rhonda and Tom Pool returned to town with 

Tom’s band “Alter Jam” to share worship through song at the Rock Center. 

Be listening for them hopefully soon on the radio. They were wonderful! 

And at that time a lucky few were also experiencing the thrill of hovering 

above New Sharon in a hot air balloon. 

Many, many, many people gathered at Scooter’s Pub & Grub to catch 

up with old friends and meet new ones while rockin’ out with the Mangini 

Brothers. According to Travis Carrico, they took their break in perfect time 

for the fireworks to start. Most of the syrotechnics can be seen from about 

anywhere in town but there was a new display this year that looked like a 

waterfall and it was beautiful! I hope you all got to see it. 

There were quite a few snags in this year’s Spring Festial that came up 

at the last minute. Most of them were out of our control - like the weather, 

but it’s over now and I hope you and your family had a great time and made 

some good memories to last you a lifetime. That has always been my personal 

passion behind what Spring Festival is all about! 

P.S. (Happy Birthday, Chickenwing) 

Warhawk Softball Update 

Contributing hits were Nicole Brand, Allie, Tara, Carissa and McKenzie. NM 9 

Albia 4. Albia scored two more in the 4th with the Warhawks unable to answer. 

The heat began playing a factor and Nicole came on in relief in the 6th. Albia 

was able to take advantage and scored four runs to take the lead. Sarah Bowen 

reached on an error to start the 6th and she scored on singles by Kate Ray and Allie. 

NM 10 Albia 10 Time expired, so it’s time for the international tie-breaker. 

Per the rule book, the last batter up begins the next inning on 2nd base. A walk 

moved her to 2nd placing runners on 1st & 2nd with no outs. A fly ball to right 

field recorded the first out with the runner on 2nd advancing to 3rd. After an 

appeal play to second, the runner was called out for leaving too early. Two outs. 

A routine ground ball to second ended Albia’s inning. The Warhawks placed 

Tara on 2nd who advanced to 3rd on Carissa’s single. A pop up to the pitcher 

recorded the first out and Tara was thrown out at home trying to advance. A 

strikeout ended the inning. Score remains tied. Albia threatened in the 8th after 

a single advanced the runner to third but a strikeout, a putout at first and a relay 

from first to home ended Albia’s shot at a score. Sarah Bowen began the 8th on 

2nd, advanced to 3rd on a sacrifice by Megan Watts and scored on a passed ball. 

Game over! NM 11 Albia 10. 

But the day was not over for the girls as they turned around and played again 

immediately falling the Albia game. This time the opponent was Twin Cedars. 

The Sabers quickly scored two runs in the first, but the Warhawks did not miss a 

beat as they scored two of their own in the bottom of the first. The Sabers scored 

one in the 4th but the Warhawks scored one in the 3rd and two in the 5th to win 

the game 5-3. Nicole Brand earned her second win of the day as she allowed 

three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and no walks. Kate Ray, Tara Smith 

and McKenzie Mitchell all had two hits in the win with Sarah Bowen adding a 

double and a single and Allie, Megan and Jaylin DeJong rounding out the offense. 

The Warhawks end the day with a record of 7-1. 

HALEY LARUE THROWS NO-HITTER IN WIN AGAINST EV 

Haley LaRue allowed no runs and no hits in a five inning contest against 

the Bears of English Valley. She also notched two strikeouts and allowed only 

two runners to reach base on walks. The Warhawks played errorless ball behind 

her as they moved their record to 8-1. The only threat to Haley’s unblemished 

record was in the 3rd when she walked consecutive batters but a fielder’s choice 

and a routine ground ball ended the inning without a run. The no-hitter was in 

jeopardy in the top of the 5th as the #8 batter for the Bears laced a single to right 

field, but outfielder Allie Ferguson alertly scooped up the ball and threw to first 

base for the last out of the game. Offensively, the Warhawks scored two in the 

second as Carissa McBirnie and Mckenzie Mitchell reached on singles. They 

both scampered home on Haley’s double. Three more runs came in the 3rd as 

Allie and Hannah Ferguson both reached on singles and scored on Tara Smith’s 

double. Tara scored on Mckenzie’s single who eventually reached third on a 

double by Megan Watts. Kate Ray began the fourth inning with a double, Hannah 

walked, Tara reached on a single followed by Carissa’s double. Mckenzie 

finished the offense with a single as the score read 9-0. Allie scored the needed 

10th run in the top of the fifth after she reached on a fielder’s choice and scored 

when Hannah stroked a double. The Warhawks finished with thirteen hits, six 

of them doubles. Mckenzie lead the way with three singles. Next up for the 

Warhawks is a road trip to Victor. 

WARHAWK BATS TELL THE TALE WITH 32-4 VICTORY AT HLV. 

The fields of Victor are known to be good for the long ball, both baseball and 

softball, and the girls of summer proved that fact without a doubt Tuesday night. 

The Warhawks launched five homerun balls, four of which were grand slams. If 

that isn’t a state record, then maybe scoring 32 runs in three innings is. If you 

were not there to witness this offense attack, you might think the Warhawks were 

avenging a past loss or merely running up the score. Nothing 

Continued on Page 8 (Softball)

Remembering 

Our Loved Ones 

Carol Van Doorn, 72 of New Sharon 

was called home to be with the Lord on 

Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the Serenity 

Hospice House in Oskaloosa. Funeral 

services will begin at 1:30 pm Thursday, 

June 16, 2011 at the Harden Funeral 

Home in New Sharon. Visitation will begin 

after noon on Wednesday, June 15, 

2011 at the Harden Funeral Home with 

the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. 

Interment will be held in the Friends 

Cemetery in New Sharon. Memorials 

may be sent to the family to be directed to PALS. Friends may send sign the 

online guestbook at www.hardenfuneralhomes.com. Harden Funeral Home 

is in charge of arrangements. 

Carol Ann Van Doorn, daughter of Bert and Mildred (Chilcote) Terrell 

was born on December 18, 1938 in Truax, Iowa. She was a 1957 graduate of 

Eddyville High School. On March 20, 1960, Carol was united in marriage 

to Richard Van Doorn in Eddyville. To this union one daughter was born 

Dalene. Carol worked as a Certified Nurse’s Aide at Mahaska Hospital for 

two years and Grinnell General Hospital for five years. She enjoyed reading, 

puzzles and above all spending time with her family. 

She is survived by her husband, Richard Van Doorn of New Sharon; her 

daughter, Dalene (Everett) Werner of Tama; two grandchildren, Richelle and 

Larry Werner of Tama; a sister, Florence Stalker of Boone; several nieces, 

nephews, great nieces and great nephews. 

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Bert and Mildred Terrell; a 

brother, Leroy Terrell and a sister, Marjorie Hootman. 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF 

JEWEL ANN (VANDER POL) KLEIN 

May 5,1958-June 7,2011 

“Have I not commanded you? Be 

strong and courageous. Do not be 

frightened or dismayed, for the Lord 

your God is with you wherever you 

go.” Joshua 1:9 

Jewel Ann Klein, 53, left her 

earthly body to be with our Lord on 

Tuesday, June 7,2011, after a courageous 

seven year battle with cancer. 

There will be two memorial services 

to honor her life; Friday, June 17 

at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Lewisville, Texas, where she 

was a member, and June 21 at 11 a.m. at the Newkirk Reformed Church, 

Newkirk, Iowa, where she grew up. 

Jewel was born the daughter of Arthur J. and Arlene N. (Hofmeyer) 

Vander Pol on May 5,1958, in Orange City, Iowa. She grew up on the Vander 

Pol Century Farm near Newkirk, Iowa, and graduated from Floyd Valley 

High School, Alton, Iowa, in 1976. She attended Northwestern College in 

Orange City for one year, and transferred to Iowa State University in Ames, 

Iowa, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design in 1980. Jewel 

moved to Dallas, Texas, in the fall of that same year to pursue a career in interior 

design and began to specialize in kitchen design. On March 29, 1986, 

she was united in marriage to Lance A. Klein of New Sharon, Iowa who she 

had met while attending Iowa State. Jewel continued her career as a kitchen 

designer until the birth of her first child Travis in 1987 but then in 1988 she 

began the career she become known and loved for as wife, mother and homemaker 

for husband Lance and their two sons, Travis (24) and Taylor (19). For 

the next 23 years Jewel dedicated herself to making sure her 3 “boys” were 

fed, doctored, entertained, maintained and where they were supposed to be, 

dropped off, picked up, on time, every time usually with a few friends along 

for the ride. If that were not enough to keep her busy she began to work as 

a home based BeautiControl Image Consultant in 1990 achieving Unit VIP 

status along the way. 

In 2002 Jewel and the family built and moved to a new home in Frisco, 

Texas. Some of her proudest moments were when her boys both graduated 

with honors from Little Elm High School winning scholarships for academics 

and athletics. Travis went on to receive a business degree from Austin 

College in Sherman, Texas and Taylor just completed his 1st year in the 

Business College at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. All those many “come 

on you’ll be late for practice”, “did you finish your homework” and “get out 

of bed we’ll be late for Church” have paid off. 

Jewel enjoyed getting out and meeting people and was a friend to many 

and stranger to none. She was an avid volunteer for Church and charitable 

organizations, a champion for breast cancer awareness and how to fight that 

disease with courage and dignity. She was a beautiful and compassionate 

woman who loved to visit and cherished her many neighborhood friends. 

A devoted Christian, Jewel was a member of First Presbyterian Church 

in Lewisville, Texas where she had volunteered often, served on many committees 

and as a Deacon. 

She raised her boys to love the Lord and she honored the Lord by the way 

the way she lived her life. 

She is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband of twenty five 

years, Lance and two sons, Travis James and Taylor Lee of Frisco, TX; her 

parents, Arthur and Arlene Vander Pol of Orange City, IA; her mother-inlaw, 

Beverly Klein, of New Sharon, IA; two brothers, Lyle (Karen) Vander 

Pol, and Harry (Lora) Vander Pol, all of Newkirk, I A; one sister, Roberta 

(Mark) Brightman, of Earlham, LA; one sister-in-law, Joy (Dan) DeYoung, 

of Rowlett, TX; numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, 

aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. 

She was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Kenneth Klein; paternal 

grandparents, Harry & Johanna Vander Pol; maternal grandparents, Jake 

& Artie Hofmeyer; her uncle & aunt Frank & Gertrude DeGraaf; and her 

cousin Harvey Dean Vander Pol. 

The family would like to express their appreciation the numerous physicians, 

nurses and radiologists involved in Jewel’s care. 

The family is establishing a memorial in Jewel’s honor for the North 

Texas Regional Cancer Center in Piano, Texas (Texas Oncology) or donations 

in Jewel’s name may be made to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 

- North Texas. 

Heaven has gained an amazing angel and we were all blessed having had 

Jewel in our lives. 

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Pastor Scott Collier 

Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Youth Service 

(Kids Club and Adult Bible Study 

on Thurs. evenings) at Rock Center 

Sunday Services: 

9:30 a.m. Sunday School 

10:30 a.m. Morning Celebration 

COMMUNITY CHURCH 

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Rev. Jim and Linda Sears 

9 a.m., Sunday School 

10 a.m., Worship 

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Sundays, 4 p.m., Youth Group (Pre- 

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9:00 a.m. Sunday School 

10 a.m., Sunday Worship 

Wednesday evening, 7 p.m., 

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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 


Phil DeBoef. 

Sunday School for all ages 

9:00AM 

Worship 10:00AM 

Wednesday 5:45AM 

Promise Keepers 

Weds nights 6:10 pm - 8pm 

Gems/Cadets 

Thursday 7:00PM Worship practice 

UNITED METHODIST 

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Barnes City 

Pastor Kim Wilson 

9 a.m. Worship 

Everyone is welcome 

TAINTOR COMMUNITY 

CHURCH 

Pastor David Pinkerton 

Worship, 9 a.m. 

Coffee Time, 10:30 a.m. 

Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. 

Thursday Young Peoples, 6:30 p.m. 

All ages welcome 

UNITED METHODIST 

CHURCH 


Rev. John Battern 

Sundays: 8:00a.m. and 10:30a.m. 

Worship Service 

9:00a.m. Continental Breakfast 

9:15a.m. Sunday School and Adult 

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Wednesdays: 

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6:30p.m. PROS meets at McVay 

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Terry Pollard as Pastor for New Sharon United Methodist Church in New 

Sharon. This appointment becomes effective July 1, 2011. 

Pastor Pollard received his B.A. degree in Religion from Kansas City 

Bible College in Overland Park, KS. and a M.Div .degree from Nazarene 

Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. and Moody Graduate School of 

Theology in Chicago 

Pastor Pollard began service to The United Methodist Church in 2005. 

His special ministerial gifts and interests include music, bicycling, some 

golfing, writing, officiating area schools football and basketball teams, collecting 

Coca-Cola memorabilia, and a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and 

Missouri Tigers. 

Pastor Pollard is married to Diana and they have five adult children and 

two grandchildren. Chad (wife Karey and their 2 children Mackenzie and 

Myleigh), Lance, Brad (wife Elyssa), Danny (fiancée Courtney) and Leandra 

(fiancé Matt Martin). 

Pastor Pollard is looking forward to getting settled into the community. 

He can be reached via email at twpollrd@yahoo.com or by telephone at 712- 

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BARNES CITY UNITED 

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Pastor Michelle Williamson 

Worship: 4:30 p.m. Sunday 

LACEY UNITED METHODIST 

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Pastor: Jason Gutzmer 

Worship, 8:30 a.m. 


PEORIA CHRISTIAN 

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Pastor John Gorter 

10 miles west of New Sharon 

Worship, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. 


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Pastor Sharon Isley 

641-629-0866 or 319-594-7325 

Sunday School 8:45 

Fellowship 9:30 

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Worship, 11 a.m. 

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Fourth Friday night: April to October 

Singing and fellowship, 7 p.m. 

LOWER GROVE CHURCH 

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Evening Worship, 6 p.m. 

UNION MILLS CHRISTIAN 

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Mahaska County Board of Supervisors Meetings & Claims 

May 2, 2011 

The Mahaska County Board of Supervi- 

sors met in regular session on the above date 

at 9:00 a.m. in the third floor conference room 

of the Mahaska County courthouse. Present 

were the following board members: Chairman 

– Henry W.VanWeelden; vice chairman – Greg 

Gordy and member – Ken Rozenboom. Also 

present were the following: Scott Dailey, KBOE 

Radio; Duane Nollen, Oskaloosa Herald; Ken 

Allsup, Osky News; Don Hubbard, Osky News; 

Mary Sexton, Mahaska County Clerk of Court; 

Julie Bak, Mahaska County CPC; Sone Scott, 

Mahaska County Treasurer; Troy Bemis, Ma- 

haska County courthouse maintenance; David 

Dixon, Oskaloosa City Attorney; Rose Anne 

Mefford; Mahaska County Attorney; Tyler Ea- 

son, new assistant Mahaska County Attorney; 

Paul DeGeest, Mahaska County Sheriff; Peggy 

Klein, Tim Harned; Ann Harned; Lynn North; 

Henry VanArkel; Jerry Nusbaum, Mahaska 

County Engineer; and Kay Swanson, Mahaska 

County Auditor. 

This meeting was filmed by Communica- 

tions Research Institute of William Penn Uni- 

versity. 

Chairman VanWeelden called the meeting 

to order with a moment of silence. 

It was moved by Rozenboom seconded by 

Gordy to approve the agenda for today’s meet- 

ing with the addition of signing of Respect for 

Law Week Proclamation. All present voted aye. 

Motion carried. 


Gordy to approve the minutes for April 18th and 

19th . All present voted aye. Motion carried. 

It was moved by Rozenboom seconded 

by Gordy to approve the bills for April in the 

amount of $900,155.16. All present voted aye. 


It was moved by Gordy seconded by 

Rozenboom to approve the request of the 

County Attorney to place Tyler L. Eason on the 

payroll as full-time assistant County Attorney 

effective May 2, 2011 at $38,000.00 per year 

with benefits. After a successful 180-day period 

salary to be increased to $40,000.00 per year. 

All present voted aye. Motion carried. 

The board discussed storage areas with 

Clerk of Court Mary Sexton. They will go look 

at the corner room in the basement. 

Sone Scott, Mahaska County Treasurer 

discussed with the board the carpet for her of- 

fice. It was moved by Rozenboom seconded 

by Gordy to approve the quote from Mathew 

Carpet for $3,396.00. All present voted aye. 


David Dixon, Oskaloosa City Attorney dis- 

cussed the proposed annexation to the NW cor- 

ner of Oskaloosa with the board. 


VanWeelden to approve the following resolu- 

tion. All present voted aye. Motion carried. 

RESOLUTION NO. 2011-05-01 

NOW WHEREAS the City of Oskaloosa 

Iowa has formulated plans for the proposed 

annexation of 373.34 acres of land in Mahaska 

County Iowa located generally to the northwest 

of the City, as more particularly described on 

exhibit “A” attached hereto; 

AND WHEREAS notice was sent by the 

City of Oskaloosa Iowa to the Mahaska County 

Board of Supervisors and Township Trustees of 

a consultation meeting pursuant to Iowa Code 

§368.7 (2011); 

AND WHEREAS a consultation meeting 

was held by City officials and representatives 

with the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors 

to explain and review the proposed annexation 

plans, and discuss the same with the Board of 

Supervisors; 

AND WHEREAS the Mahaska County 

Board of Supervisors has determined to take 

action thereon to formally indicate the support 

of Mahaska County for the said project; 

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the 

Mahaska County Board of Supervisors does 

hereby support the proposed application by 

the City of Oskaloosa Iowa of the parcel of real 

estate as shown and reflected on exhibit “A” at- 

tached hereto. 

Dated 5-2-11 

s/Henry W.VanWeelden 

Henry W.VanWeelden,Chairman 

MAHASKA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPER- 

VISORS 

Mahaska County CPC. Julie Bak, dis- 

cussed the fund balance for the mental health 

fund with the board. It was moved by Gordy 

seconded by Rozenboom to rebate to the state 

$56,857.32 for this fiscal year. All present voted 

aye. Motion carried. 

Paul DeGeest, Mahaska County Sheriff 

requested that the board donate six used secu- 

rity cameras to the Southern Iowa Fair. It was 

moved by Gordy seconded by Rozenboom to 

donate the used security cameras to the South- 

ern Iowa Fair. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. 

The matter of the letter from Bearence was 

tabled until May 16th meeting. 


Rozenboom to approve the request to close the 

southbound lane of Hwy G5T from 170th Street 

south to Old Pella Road for the Gary Vermeer 

Memorial 5K Walk/Run from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 

p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2011. The 

City of Pella Police Department and the Marion 

County Sheriff’s Department will provide traffic 

control. All present voted aye. Motion carried. 

The board discussed the bridge on 255th 

Street. The engineer presented the board with 

a petition he had received for permanent clo- 

sure of Spring Creek Bridge on 255th Street. 

The engineer gave the board estimates to re- 

pair this bridge. Replacement cost $150,000. 

H Pile Reconstruction $50,000. No decisions 

were made today. 


Rozenboom to open the public hearing for the 

Mahaska County Flood Plain Management Or- 

dinance. All present voted aye. Motion carried. 

There were no written or oral comments. 


Rozenboom to close the public hearing for the 

Flood Plain Management Ordinance. All pres- 

ent voted aye. Motion carried. 


Rozenboom to approve the 2nd reading of the 

Flood Plain Ordinance. All present voted aye. 



Gordy to approve the following proclamation for 

Respect for Law Week. All present voted aye. 


RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK PROCLA- 

MATION 

WHEREAS, crime and its effect upon the 

lives and property of our citizens is of utmost 

concern, and the continued efforts of our local 

government, citizens’ organizations and indi- 

viduals to curb this problem are greatly appreci- 

ated; and 

WHEREAS, the problems of crime touch 

and affect all segments of our society and can 

undermine and erode the moral and economic 

strengths of our communities and citizens if un- 

abated, and 

WHEREAS, public awareness and deter- 

mination to maintain the faith in the preserva- 

tion of law and order and the appreciation of 

the importance of law enforcement officers and 

their role in preserving social order in a democ- 

racy is everyone’s responsibility; and 

WHEREAS, the Oskaloosa Optimist Club 

and their members continue to sponsor and 

support programs aimed at combating crime 

and disrespect for law; 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HENRY W. VAN- 

WEELDEN, Chairman of the Board of Supervi- 

sors of Mahaska County, Iowa, do hereby pro- 

claim the week of May 1 through May 7, 2011, 

as 

RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK 

in Mahaska County and request all citizens 

to join with the Oskaloosa Optimist Club in car- 

rying the message of respect for law to the Ma- 

haska community and, by example, to exercise 

responsible citizenship. 

Signed this date May 2, 2011 

s/Henry W.VanWeelden 


Rozenboom to adjourn today’s meeting. All 

present voted aye. Motion carried. 

Henry W.VanWeelden, Chairman 

Mahaska County Board of Supervisors 

ATTEST; Kay Swanson, Mahaska County 

Auditor 

May 16, 2011 

The Mahaska County Board of Supervi- 

sors met in regular session on the above date 






present were the following: Scott Dailey, KBOE 

Radio; Duane Nollen, Oskaloosa Herald; Julie 

Bak, Mahaska County CPC; Troy Bemis, Ma- 

haska County courthouse maintenance; Peggy 

Klein, Tim Harned; Ann Harned; James North; 

Tim Willemsen; Henry VanArkel; Dean Den- 

nis, Barbara Dennis; Lawrence Rouw; David 

Sedivec, Mahaska County Conservation; Mi- 

randa Johnson, MCARD; Eric Dursky, Mahaska 

County Sanitarian; Patty Rath, Juvenile Proba- 

tion Officier; Brad Reiman, Bearence Manage- 

ment Group; Tony Reed, Central Iowa Deten- 

tion Center; Cor VanEgmond; Jerry Nusbaum, 

Mahaska County Engineer; and Kay Swanson, 

Mahaska County Auditor. 

This meeting was filmed by Communica- 

tions Research Institute of William Penn Uni- 

versity. 




Rozenboom to approve the agenda for today’s 

meeting. All present voted aye. Motion carried. 


Gordy to approve the minutes of May 2, 2011 


Eric Dursky, Mahaska County Sanitarian 

gave the board his monthly report and it was 

placed on file. 

Dave Sedivec, Mahaska County Conser- 

vation Director gave the board his monthly re- 

port and it was placed on file. 

Miranda Johnson, Mahaska County Agri- 

cultural and Rural Development Director gave 

the board her monthly report and it was placed 

on file. 


by Gordy to approve the Veterans Affairs Com- 

mission report for April, 2011. All present voted 


Julie Bak, Mahaska County CPC dis- 

cussed the Iowa Department of Human Servic- 

es Community Mental Health Center Affiliation 

designation with the board. It was moved by 

Gordy seconded by Rozenboom to authorize 

Chairman VanWeelden to sign this designation 

to Mahaska Health Partnership- New Directions 

for fiscal year 2012. All present voted aye. Mo- 

tion carried. 


Rozenboom to approve the Case Management 

Provider Report for fiscal year 2012. All present 

voted aye. Motion carried. 

The board discussed the special meeting 

in Ottumwa called by three member counties of 

the South Iowa Area Detention Center. It was 

moved by Gordy to withdraw from South Iowa 

Area Detention to preserve Mahaska County’s 

prorated share of assets if another county with- 

draws as well. 

Motion died for lack of second. 

Brad Reiman of Bearence Management 

Group discussed the county’s employee health 

insurance. 


Rozenboom to remain with Wellmark – First Ad- 

ministers for fiscal year 2011-2012 and to keep 

the stop loss at $45,000.00. All present voted 



Rozenboom that Mahaska County be grandfa- 

thered in for the Affordable Care Act Provisions 

for Large Group. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. 


Rozenboom to confirm the group intent for 

Young Adult Dependents. All present voted 



Rozenboom to confirm the group intent for 

Lifetime Limits. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. 


Rozenboom to approve the quote from Modern 

Floor for carpeting in the probation office for 

$1859.98. All present voted aye. Motion car- 

ried. 

Ann Harned spoke to the board about 

keeping 255th Street bridge open. No deci- 

sions were made today. 


Rozenboom to open the public hearing for the 

third reading of the Flood Plain Management 

Ordinance. All present voted aye. Motion car- 

ried. 

Cor VanEgmond spoke to the board about 

the language in the ordinance. 


Rozenboom to close the public hearing. All 



Rozenboom to approve the third reading of the 

Flood Plain Management Ordinance #130. All 


MAHASKA COUNTY 

FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMNT ORDI- 

NANCE 

ORDINANCE NO. 130 

SECTION I – Statutory Authority, Findings 

of Fact and Purpose 

A. The Legislature of the State of Iowa has 

in Chapter 331, Code of Iowa, as amended, 

delegated the power to counties to exercise 

any power and perform any function it deems 

appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, 

privileges and property of the county or of its 

residents, and to preserve and improve the 

peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort and con- 

venience of its residents. 

B. Findings of Fact 

1. The flood hazard areas of Mahaska 

County are subject to periodic inundation which 

can result in loss of life and property, health and 

safety hazards, disruption of commerce and 

governmental services, extraordinary public 

expenditures for flood protection and relief, and 

impairment of the tax base all of which adverse- 

ly affect the public health, safety and general 

welfare of the community. 

2. These flood losses, hazards, and relat- 

ed adverse effects are caused (i) The occupan- 

cy of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to 

flood damages which create hazardous condi- 

tions as a result of being inadequately elevated 

or otherwise protected from flooding and (ii) the 

cumulative effect of obstructions on the flood 

plain causing increases in flood heights and 

velocities. 

C. Statement of Purpose 

It is the purpose of this Ordinance to pro- 

tect and preserve the rights, privileges and 

property of Mahaska County and its residents 

and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, 

health, welfare and comfort and convenience of 

its residents by minimizing those flood losses 

described in Section IBI of this Ordinance with 

provisions designed to: 

1. Restrict or prohibit uses which are dan- 

gerous to health, safety or property in times of 

flood or which cause excessive increases in 

flood heights or velocities. 

2. Require that uses vulnerable to floods, 

including public facilities which serve such 

uses, be protected against flood damage at 

the time of initial construction or substantial im- 

provement. 

3. Protect individuals from buying lands 

which may not be suitable for intended purpos- 

es because of flood hazard. 

4. Assure that eligibility is maintained for 

property owners in the community to purchase 

flood insurance through the National Flood In- 

surance Program. 

Section II – General Provisions 

A. Lands to Which Ordinance Apply 

The provisions of this Ordinance shall ap- 

ply to all areas having special flood hazards 

within the jurisdiction of Mahaska County. For 

the purposes of this Ordinance, the special 

flood hazard areas are those areas designated 

as Zone A on the Flood Insurance Rate Map 

for Mahaska County and Incorporated Areas, 

dated June 16, 2011, which is hereby adopted 

and made part of this Ordinance. 

B. Rules for Interpretation of Flood 

Hazard Boundaries 

The boundaries of the special flood haz- 

ard areas shall be determined by the scaling 

distances on the official Flood Insurance Rate 

Map. When an interpretation is needed as to 

the exact location of a boundary, the Mahaska 

County Flood Plain Administrator shall make 

the necessary interpretation. 

C. Compliance 

No structure or land shall hereafter be 

used and no structure shall be located, extend- 

ed, converted or structurally altered without full 

compliance with the terms of this Ordinance 

and other applicable regulations which apply 

to uses within the jurisdiction of this Ordinance. 

D. Abrogation and Greater Restric- 

tions 

It is not intended by this Ordinance to re- 

peal, annul, abrogate or impair any existing 

easements, covenants, or deed restrictions. 

However, where this Ordinance imposes great- 

er restrictions, the provision of this Ordinance 

shall prevail. All other ordinances inconsistent 

with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the 

extent of the inconsistency only. 

E. Interpretation 

In their interpretation and application, the 

provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be 

minimum requirements and shall be liberally 

construed in favor of the governing body and 

shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any 

other powers granted by State statutes. 

F. Warning and Disclaimer of Liability 

The standards required by this Ordinance 

are considered reasonable for regulatory pur- 

poses. This Ordinance does not imply that ar- 

eas outside the designated special flood hazard 

areas will be free from flooding or flood dam- 

ages. This Ordinance shall not create liability 

on the part of Mahaska County or any officer 

or employee thereof for any flood damages that 

from reliance on this Ordinance or any adminis- 

trative decision lawfully made thereunder. 

G. Severability 

If any section, clause, provision or portion 

of this Ordinance is adjudged unconstitutional 

or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, 

the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be af- 

fected thereby. 

SECTION III – Flood Plain Management 

Standards 

All uses must be consistent with the need 

to minimize flood damage and meet the follow- 

ing applicable performance standards. Where 

100-year flood data has not been provided in 

the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the Depart- 

ment of Natural Resources shall be contacted 

to compute such data. The applicant will be 

responsible for providing the Department of 

Natural Resources with sufficient technical in- 

formation to make such determination. 

A. All development within the special flood 

hazard areas shall: 

1. Be consistent with the need to minimize 

flood damage. 

2. Use construction methods and prac- 

tices that will minimize flood damage. 

3. Use construction materials and utility 

equipment that are resistant to flood damage. 

4. Obtain all other necessary permits from 

federal, state and local governmental agencies 

including approval when required from the Iowa 

Department of Natural Resources. 

B. Residential buildings – All new or sub- 

stantially improved residential structures shall 

have the lowest floor, including basement, el- 

evated a minimum of one (1) foot above the 

100-year flood level, or together with attendant 

utility and sanitary systems, be floodproofed to 

such a level. When floodproofing is utilized, a 

professional engineer registered in the State of 

Iowa shall certify that the floodproofing meth- 

ods used are adequate to withstand the flood 

depths, pressures, velocities, impact and uplift 

forces and other factors associated with the 

100-year flood; and that the structure, below 

the 100-year flood level is watertight with walls 

substantially impermeable to the passage of 

water. A record of the certification indicating the 

specific elevation (in relation to North American 

Vertical Datum) to which any structures are 

floodproofed shall be maintained by the Admin- 

istrator. 

All new residential structures shall be pro- 

vided with a means of access which will be 

passable by wheeled vehicles during the 100- 

year flood. 

C. Non-residential buildings – All new or 

substantially improved non-residential buildings 

shall have lowest floor (including basement) 

elevated a minimum of one (1) foot above the 

100-year flood level, or together with attendant 

utility and sanitary systems, be floodproofed to 

such a level. When floodproofing is utilized, a 

professional engineer registered in the State of 

Iowa shall certify that the floodproofing meth- 

ods used are adequate to withstand the flood 

depths, pressures, velocities, impact and uplift 

forces and other factors associated with the 

100-year flood; and that the structure, below 

the 100-year flood level is watertight with walls 

substantially impermeable to the passage of 

water. A record of the certification indicating the 

specific elevation (in relation to North American 

Vertical Datum) to which any structures are 

floodproofed shall be maintained by the Admin- 

istrator. 

D. All new and substantially improved 

structures: 

1. Fully enclosed areas below the 

“lowest floor” (not including easements) that 

are subject to flooding shall be designed to 

automatically equalize hydrostatic flood forces 

on exterior walls by allowing for the entry and 

exit of floodwaters. Designs for meeting this 

requirement must either be certified by a regis- 

tered professional engineer or meet or exceed 

the following minimum criteria: 

a. A minimum of two openings having a 

total net area of not less than one square inch 

for every square foot of enclosed area subject 

to flooding shall be provided. 

b. The bottom of all openings shall be no 

higher than one foot above grade. 

c. Openings may be equipped with 

screens, louvers, valves, or other coverings or 

devices provided they permit the automatic en- 

try and exit of floodwaters. 

2. New and substantially improved 

structures must be designed (or modified) 

and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, 

collapse, or lateral movement of the structure 

resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic 

loads, including the effects of buoyancy. 

3. New and substantially improved 

structures must be constructed with electrical, 

heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air condi- 

tioning equipment and other service facilities 

that are designed and/or located so as to pre- 

vent water from entering or accumulating within 

the components during conditions of flooding. 

E. Factory-built homes: 

1. All factory-built homes, including those 

placed in existing factory-built home parks or 

subdivisions, shall be elevated on a permanent 

foundation such that the lowest floor of the 

structure is a minimum of one (1) foot above the 

100-year flood level. 

2. All factory-built homes, including those 

placed in existing factory-built home parks or 

subdivisions, shall be anchored to resist flota- 

tion, collapse or lateral movement. The follow- 

ing specific requirements (or their equivalent) 

shall be met: 

a. Over-the-top ties shall be provided at 

each of the four corners of the factory-built 

home, with two (2) additional ties per side at 

intermediate locations and factory-built homes 

less that fifty (50) feet long requiring one (1) ad- 

ditional tie per side: 

b. Frame ties shall be provided at each 

corner of the home with five (5) additional ties 

per side at intermediate points and factory-built 

homes less that fifty (50) long requiring four (4) 

additional ties per side; 

c. All components of the anchoring system 

shall be capable of carrying a minimum force of 

4800 pounds. 

d. Any additions to factory-built homes 

shall be similarly anchored. 

F. Utility and Sanitary Systems: 

1. On-site waste disposal and water 

supply systems shall be located or designed to 

avoid impairment to the system or contamina- 

tion from the system during flooding. 

2. All new and replacement sanitary 

sewage systems shall be designed to minimize 

or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the 

system as well as the discharge of effluent into 

flood waters. 

3. New or replacement water supply 

systems shall be designed to minimize or elimi- 

nate infiltrations of flood waters into the system. 

4. Utilities such as gas or electri- 

cal systems shall be located and constructed 

to minimize or eliminate flood damage to the 

system and the risk associated with such flood 

damaged or impaired systems. 

G. Storage of materials and equipment 

that are flammable, explosive or injurious to 

human, animal or plant life is prohibited unless 

elevated a minimum of one (1) foot above the 

100-year flood level. Other material and equip- 

ment must either be similarly elevated or (i) not 

be subject to major flood damage and be an- 

chored to prevent movement due to flood wa- 

ters or (ii) be readily removable from the area 

within the time available after flood warning. 

H. Flood control structural works such as 

levees, flood walls, etc. shall provide, at a mini- 

mum, protection from a 100-year flood with a 

minimum of 3 ft. of design freeboard and shall 

provide for adequate interior drainage. In ad- 

dition, structural flood control works shall be 

approved by the Department of Natural Re- 

sources. 

I. Watercourse alterations or relocations 

must be designed to maintain the flood carrying 

capacity within the altered or relocated portion. 

In addition, such alterations or relocations must 

be approved by the Department of Natural Re- 

sources. 

J. Subdivisions (including factory-built 

home parks and subdivisions) shall be consis- 

tent with the need to minimize flood damages 

and shall have adequate drainage provided to 

reduce exposure to flood damage. Develop- 

ment associated with subdivision proposals 

(including the installation of public utilities) shall 

meet the applicable performance standards of 

this Ordinance. Subdivision proposals intended 

for residential use shall provide all lots with a 

Proposals for subdivisions greater than five (5) 

acres or fifty (50) lots (whichever is less) shall 

include 100-year flood elevation data for those 

areas located within the Special Flood Hazard 

Area. 

Subdivision proposals intended for resi- 

dential use shall provide all lots with a means 

of access which will be passable by wheeled 

vehicles during the 100-year flood. 

K. Accessory Structures 

1. Detached garages, sheds, and sim- 

ilar structures to a residential use are exempt 

from the 100-year flood elevation requirements 

where the following criteria are satisfied. 

a. The structure shall not be used for hu- 

man habitation. 

b. The structure shall be designed to have 

low flood damage potential. 

c. The structure shall be constructed and 

placed on the building site so as to offer mini- 

mum resistance to the flow of floodwaters. 

d. The structure shall be firmly anchored to 

prevent flotation which may result in damage to 

other structures. 

e. The structure’s service facilities such as 

electrical and heating equipment shall be ele- 

vated or floodproofed to at least one foot above 

the 100-year flood level. 

2. Exemption from the 100-year flood 

elevation requirements for such a structure may 

result in increased premium rates for flood in- 

surance coverage of the structure and its con- 

tents. 

L. Recreational Vehicles 

1. Recreational vehicles are exempt 

from the requirements of Section III E of this Or- 

dinance regarding anchoring and elevation of 

factory-built homes when the following criteria 

are satisfied. 

a. The recreational vehicle shall be lo- 

cated on the site for less that 90 consecutive 

days, and 

b. The recreational vehicle must be fully 

licensed and ready for highway use. A recre- 

ational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is 

on its wheels or jacking system and is attached 

to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities 

and security devices and has no permanently 

attached additions. 

2. Recreational vehicles that are lo- 

cated on the site for more than 90 consecu- 

tive days and are not ready for highway use 

must satisfy requirements of Section III of this 

Ordinance regarding anchoring and elevation 

of factory-built homes and Section III F of this 

Ordinance regarding utility and sanitary sewers. 

M. Pipeline river and stream crossings 

shall be buried in the streambed and banks, or 

otherwise sufficiently protected to prevent rup- 

ture due to channel degradation and meander- 

ing. 

SECTION IV – Administration 

A. Appointment, Duties and Responsi- 

bilities of Flood Plain Administrator 

1. The County Engineer is hereby appoint- 

ed to implement and administer the provisions 

of this Ordinance and will herein be referred to 

as the Administrator. 

2. Duties of the Administrator shall include, 

but not necessarily be limited to the following: 

a. Review the flood plain development 

permit applications to assure that the provisions 

of this Ordinance will be satisfied. 

b. Review all flood plain development 

permit applications to assure that all necessary 

permits have been obtained from federal, state 

and local governmental agencies including ap- 

proval when required from the Department of 

Natural Resources for flood plain construction. 

c. Record and maintain a record of the el- 

evation (in relation to North American Vertical 

Datum) of the lowest floor (including basement) 

of all new or substantially improved structures 

in the special flood hazard area. 

d. Record and maintain a record of the 

elevation (in relation to North American Verti- 

cal Datum) to which all new or substantially 

improved structures have been floodproofed. 

e. Notify adjacent communities/counties 

and the Department of Natural Resources prior 

to any proposed alteration or relocation of a wa- 

tercourse and submit evidence of such notifica- 

tions to the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

f. Keep a record of all permits, appeals 

and such other transactions and correspon- 

dence pertaining to the administration of this 

Ordinance. 

B. Flood Plain Development Permit 

1. Permit Required – A Flood Plain Devel- 

opment Permit issued by the Administrator shall 

be secured prior to any flood plain development 

(any man-made exchange to improved and un- 

improved real estate, including but not limited 

to buildings or other structures, mining, filling, 

grading, paving, excavation or drilling opera- 

tions), including the placement of factory-built 

homes. 

2. Application for Permit – Application shall 

be made on forms furnished by the Administra- 

tor and shall include the following: 

a. Description of the work to be covered by 

the permit for which application is to be made. 

b. Description of the land on which the pro- 

posed work is to be done (i.e., lot, block, track, 

street address or similar description) that will 

readily identify and locate the work to be done. 

c. Indication of the use or occupancy for 

which the proposed work is intended. 

d. Elevation of the 100-year flood. 

e. Elevation (in relation to North American 

Vertical Datum) of the lowest floor (including 

basement) of buildings or of the level to which a 

building is to be floodproofed. 

f. For buildings being improved or rebuilt, 

the estimated cost of improvements and market 

value of the building prior to the improvements. 

g. Such other information as the Admin- 

istrator deems reasonably necessary (e.g., 

drawings or a site plan) for the purpose of this 

Ordinance. 

3. Action on Permit Application – The 

Administrator shall, within a reasonable time, 

make a determination as to whether the pro- 

posed flood plain development meets the ap- 

plicable standards of this Ordinance and shall 

approve or disapprove the application. For 

disapprovals, the applicant shall be informed, in 

writing, of the specific reasons therefore. The 

Administrator shall not issue permits for vari- 

ances except as directed by the County Board 

of Supervisors. 

4. Construction and Use to be as Provided 

in Application and Plans – Flood Plain Develop- 

ment Permits based on the basis of approved 

plans and applications authorize only the use, 

arrangement, and construction. Any use, ar- 

rangement, or construction at variance with that 

authorized shall be deemed a violation of this 

Ordinance. The applicant shall be required to 

submit certification by a professional engineer 

or land surveyor, as appropriate, registered in 

the State of Iowa, that the finished fill, building 

floor elevation, floodproofing, or other flood pro- 

tection measures were accomplished in compli- 

ance with the provisions of this Ordinance, prior 

to the use or occupancy of any structure. 

C. Variance 

1. The Board of Supervisors may autho- 

rize upon request in specific cases such vari- 

ances from the terms of this Ordinance that will 

not be contrary to the public interest where, ow- 

ing to special conditions, a literal enforcement 

of the provisions of this Ordinance will result in 

unnecessary hardship. Variances granted must 

meet the following applicable standards: 

a. Variances shall only be granted upon: 

(i) a showing of good and sufficient cause, (ii) a 

determination that failure to grant the variance 

would result in exceptional hardship to the appli- 

cant, and (iii) a determination that the granting 

of the variance will not result in increased flood 

heights, additional threats to public safety, ex- 

traordinary public expense, create nuisances, 

cause fraud on or victimization of the public or 

conflict with existing local codes or ordinances. 

b. Variances shall only be granted upon a 

determination that the variance is the minimum 

necessary, considering the flood hazard, to af- 

ford relief. 

c. In cases where the variance involves a 

lower level of flood protection for buildings than 

what is ordinarily required by this Ordinance, 

the applicant shall be notified in writing over the 

signature of the Administrator that: (i) the issu- 

ance of a variance will result in increased pre- 

mium rates for flood insurance up to amounts 

as high as $25 to $100 of insurance coverage 

and (ii) such construction increases risks to life 

and property. 

2. Factors Upon Which the Decision of the 

Board of Supervisors Shall Be Based – In pass- 

ing upon applications for Variances, the Board 

shall consider all relevant factors specified in 

other sections of this Ordinance and: 

a. The danger to life and property due to 

increased flood heights or velocities caused by 

encroachments. 

b. The danger that materials may be swept 

on to other land or downstream to the injury of 

others. 

c. The proposed water supply and sanita- 

tion systems and the ability of these systems to 

prevent disease, contamination and unsanitary 

conditions. 

d. The susceptibility of the proposed fa- 

cility and its contents to flood damage and the 

effect of such damage on the individual owner. 

e. The importance of the services provided 

by the proposed facility to the County. 

f. The requirements of the facility for a 

floodplain location. 

g. The availability of alternative locations 

not subject to flooding for the proposed use. 

h. The compatibility of the proposed use 

with existing development and development an- 

ticipated in the foreseeable future. 

i. The relationship of the proposed use to 

the comprehensive plan and floodplain man- 

agement program for the area. 

j. The safety of access to the property in 

times of flood for ordinary and emergency ve- 

hicles. 

k. The expected heights, velocity, dura- 

tion, rate of rise and sediment transport of the 

flood water expected at the site. 

l. The cost of providing governmental ser- 

vices during and after flood conditions, includ- 

ing maintenance and repair of public utilities ( 

sewer, gas, electrical and water systems), facili- 

ties, streets and bridges. 

m. Such other factors which are relevant 

to the purpose of this Ordinance. 

3. Conditions Attached to Variances – 

Upon consideration of the factors listed above, 

the Board of Supervisors may attach such con- 

ditions to the granting of variances as it deems 

necessary to further the purpose of this Ordi- 

nance. Such conditions may include, but not 

necessarily be limited to: 

a. Modification of waste disposal and wa- 

ter supply facilities. 

b. Limitation of periods of use and opera- 

tion. 

c. Imposition of operational controls, sure- 

ties, and deed restrictions. 

d. Requirements for construction of chan- 

nel modification, dikes, levees, and other pro- 

tective measures, provided such are approved 

by the Department of Natural Resources and 

are deemed the only practical alternative to 

achieving the purpose of this Ordinance. 

e. Floodproofing measures. 

D. Subdivision Review 

The Administrator shall review all subdi- 

vision proposals within the special flood haz- 

ard areas to assure that such proposals are 

consistent with the purpose and spirit of this 

Ordinance and shall advise the Board of Su- 

pervisors of potential conflicts. Flood plain 

development in connection with a subdivision 

(including installation of public utilities) shall re- 

quire a Flood Plain Development Permit as pro- 

vided in Section IV BI. For proposals greater 

that 50 lots, the subdivider shall be responsible 

for providing flood elevation data. 

SECTION V – Nonconforming Uses 

A. A structure or the use of a struc- 

ture or premises which was lawful before the 

passage or amendment of this Ordinance, but 

which is not in conformity with the provisions of 

this Ordinance, may be continued subject to the 

following conditions: 

1. If such use is discontinued for six (6) 

consecutive months, any future use of the build- 

ing premises shall conform to this Ordinance. 

2. Uses or adjuncts thereof that are or 

become nuisances shall not be entitled to con- 

tinue as nonconforming uses. 

B. If any nonconforming use or struc- 

ture is destroyed by any means, including flood, 

it shall not be reconstructed if the cost is more 

than fifty (50) percent of the market value of the 

structure before the damage occurred, except 

unless it is reconstructed in conformity with the 

provisions of this Ordinance. This limitation 

does not include the cost of any alteration to 

comply with existing state or local health, sani- 

tary, building or safety codes or regulations or 

the cost of any alteration of a structure listed 

on the National Register of Historic Places, pro- 

vided that the alteration shall not preclude its 

continued designation. 

SECTION VI – Penalties for Violation 

Any person, firm of corporation failing to 

comply with the terms of this ordinance and 

other applicable regulations or of any amend- 

ment of supplement thereto shall be deemed 

guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction 

thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more 

that one hundred ($100) dollars or by imprison- 

ment of not more than thirty (30) days. Each 

and every day such non-compliance continues 

may be deemed a separate offense. 

SECTION VII – Amendments 

The regulations and standards set forth in 

this Ordinance may from time to time be amend- 

ed, supplemented, changed, or repealed. 

SECTION VIII – Definitions 

Unless specifically defined below, words 

or phrases used in this Ordinance shall be in- 

terpreted so as to give them the meaning they 

have in common usage and to give this Ordi- 

nance its most reasonable application. 

BASE FLOOD – the flood having one (1) 

percent chance of being equaled or exceeded 

in any given year. (see 100-year flood). 

BASEMENT – Any enclosed area of a 

building which has its floor or lowest level below 

ground level (subgrade) on all sides. Also see 

“lowest floor”. 

DEVELOPMENT – Any man-made change 

to improved or unimproved real estate, includ- 

ing but not limited to building or other struc- 

tures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, 

excavation or drilling operations. 

EXISTING CONSTRUCTION – Any struc- 

ture for which the “start of construction” com- 

menced before the effective date of the com- 

munity’s Flood Insurance Rate Map. May also 

be referred to as “existing structure”. 

EXISTING FACTORY-BUILT HOME PARK 

OR SUBDIVISION – A factory-built home park 

or subdivision for which the construction of fa- 

cilities for servicing the lots on which the fac- 

tory-built homes are to be affixed (including at 

a minimum, the installation of utilities, the con- 

struction of streets, and either final site grading 

or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed 

before the effective date of the effective date of 

flood plain management regulations adopted by 

the community. 

EXPANSION OF EXISTING FACTORY- 

BUILT HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION – The 

preparation of additional sites by the construc- 

tion of facilities for servicing the lots on which 

the factory-built homes are to be affixed includ- 

ing at a minimum, the installation of utilities, 

the construction of streets, and either final site 

grading or the pouring of concrete pads. 

FACTORY-BUILT HOME – Any structure, 

designed for residential use, which is wholly or 

in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed, 

preassembled in manufacturing facilities for 

installation or assembly and installation, on a 

building site. For the purpose of this Ordinance 

factory-built homes include mobile homes, 

manufactured homes and modular homes and 

also includes (recreational vehicles” which are 

placed on a site for greater than 90 consecu- 

tive days and not fully licensed for and ready 

for highway use). 

FACTORY-BUILT HOME PARK – A parcel 

or contiguous parcels of land divided into two or 

more factory-built home lots for sale or lease. 

FLOOD – A general and temporary condi- 

tion of partial or complete inundation of normal- 

ly dry land areas resulting from the overflow of 

streams or rivers or from the unusual and rapid 

runoff of surface waters from any source. 

FLOOD ELEVATION – The elevation flood- 

waters would reach at a particular site during 

the occurrence of a specific flood. For instance, 

the 100-year flood elevation is the elevation of 

flood waters related to the occurrence of the 

100-year flood. 

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) 

– The official map prepared as part of (but pub- 

lished separately from) the Flood Insurance 

Study which delineates both the flood hazard 

areas and the risk premium zones applicable to 


FLOOD PLAIN – Any land area suscep- 

tible to being inundated by water as a result of 

a flood. 

FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT – An over- 

all program of corrective and preventive mea- 

sures for reducing flood damages and promot- 

ing the wise use of flood plains, including but 

not limited to emergency preparedness plans, 

flood control works, floodproofing and flood 

plain management regulations. 

FLOODPROOFING – Any combination of 

structural and nonstructural additions, changes, 

or adjustments to structures, including utility 

and sanitary facilities, which will reduce or elimi- 

nate flood damage to such structures. 

FLOODWAY – The channel of the river or 

stream and those portions of the flood plains 

adjoining the channel, which are reasonably 

required to carry and discharge flood waters or 

flood flows so that confinement of flood flows to 

the floodway area will not cumulatively increase 

the water surface elevation of the base flood by 

more than one (1) foot. 

FLOODWAY FRINGE – Those portions of 

the flood plain, other that the floodway, which 

can be filled, leveed, or otherwise obstructed 

without causing substantially higher flood levels 

or flow velocities. 

HISTORIC STRUCTURE – Any structure 

that is: 

a. Listed individually in the National Reg- 

ister of Historic Places, maintained by the De- 

partment of Interior, or preliminarily determined 

individual listing of the National Register. 

b. Certified or preliminarily determined by 

the Secretary of Interior as contributing to the 

historical significance of a registered historic 

district or a district preliminarily determined by 

the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic 

district. 

c. Individually listed on a state inventory 

of historic places in states with historic preser- 

vation programs which have been approved by 

the Secretary of Interior; or, 

d. Individually listed on a local inventory 

of historic places in communities with historic 

preservation programs that have been certified 

by either i) an approved state program as deter- 

mined by the Secretary of Interior or ii) directly 

by the Secretary of Interior in states without ap- 

proved programs. 

LOWEST FLOOR – The floor of the lowest 

enclosed area in the building including a base- 

ment except when all the following criteria are 

met: 

a. The enclosed area is designed to flood 

to equalize hydrostatic pressure during floods 

with walls or openings that satisfy the provi- 

sions of Section IIID1 of this Ordinance and 

b. The enclosed area is unfinished (not 

carpeted, drywalled, etc/) and used solely for 

low damage potential uses such as building ac- 

cess, parking or storage, and 

c. Machinery and service facilities (e.g., 

hot water heater, furnace, electrical service) 

contained in the enclosed area are located 

at least one (1) foot above the 100-year flood 

level, and 

d. The enclosed area is not a “basement” 

as defined in this section. 

In cases where the lowest enclosed area 

satisfies criteria a, b, c, and d above, the lowest 

floor is the floor of the next highest enclosed 

area that does not satisfy the criteria above. 

NEW CONSTRUCTION – (new buildings, 

factory-built home parks) – those structures or 

development for which the start of construction 

commenced on or after the effective date of 

the Flood Insurance Rate Map. (alternate Lan- 

guage – on or after (02/24/94). 

NEW FACTORY-BUILT HOME PARK OR 

SUBDIVISION – A factory-built home park or 

subdivision for which the construction of facili- 

ties for servicing the lots on which the factory- 

built homes are to be affixed (including at a 

minimum, the installation of utilities, the con- 

struction of streets, and either final site grading 

or the pouring of concrete pads) is complete on 

or after the effective date of the effective date of 

flood plain management regulations adopted by 


ONE HUNDRED (100) YEAR FLOOD – A 

flood, the magnitude of which has a one (1) per- 

cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in 

any given year or which, on the average, will be 

equaled or exceeded at least once every one 

hundred (100) years. 

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE – A vehicle

Mahaska County Board of Supervisors Meetings & Claims 

which is: 

a. Built on a single chassis; 

b. Four hundred (400) square feet or less 

when measured at the largest horizontal projection; 

c. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently 

towable by a light duty truck; and 

d. Designed primarily not for use as a 

permanent dwelling but as a temporary living 

quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or 

seasonal use. 

SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA – The 

land within a community subject to the “100 

year flood”. This land is identified as Zone A 

on the community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map. 

START OF CONSTRUCTION – Includes 

substantial improvement, and means the date 

the development permit was issued, provided 

the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, 

rehabilitation, addition, placement, or 

other improvement, was within 180 days of the 

permit date. The actual start means either the 

first placement or permanent construction of a 

structure on a site, such as pouring of a slab or 

footings, the installation of pile, the construction 

of columns, or any work beyond the stage of 

excavation; or the placement of a factory-built 

home on a foundation. Permanent construction 

does not include land preparation, such as 

clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include 

the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor 

does it include excavation for a basement, 

footings, piers, or foundations or the erection 

of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation 

on the property of accessory buildings 

such as garages or sheds not occupied as 

dwelling units or not part of the main structure. 

For a substantial improvement, the actual start 

of construction means the first alteration of any 

wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the 

building, whether or not that alteration affects 

the external dimensions of the building. 

STRUCTURE – Anything constructed 

or erected on the ground or attached to the 

ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, 

factories, sheds, cabins, factory-built homes, 

storage tanks, and other similar uses. 

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE – Damage of 

any origin sustained by a structure whereby 

the cost of restoring the structure to its before 

damage condition would equal or exceed fifty 

(50) percent of the market value of the structure 

before the damage occurred. 

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT – Any improvement 

to a structure which satisfies either 

of the following criteria: 

1. Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement 

of a structure, the cost of which equals or 

exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market value 

of the structure either (i) before the “start of 

construction” of the improvement, or (ii) if the 

structure has been “substantially damaged” and 

is being restored, before the damage occurred. 

The term does not, however, include any project 

for improvement of a structure to comply with 

existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety 

code specifications which are solely necessary 

to assure safe conditions for the existing use. 

The term also does not include any alteration 

of an “historic structure”, provided the alteration 

will not preclude the structure’s designation as 

an “historic structure”. 

2. Any addition which increases the original 

floor area of a building by 25 percent or 

more. All additions constructed after February 

24, 1994 shall be added to any proposed addition 

in determining whether the total increase in 

original floor space would exceed 25 percent. 

VARIANCE – A grant of relief by a community 

from the terms of the flood plain management 

regulations. 

VIOLATION – The failure of a structure or 

other development to be fully compliant with the 

community’s flood plain management regulation. 

NOTE: All ordinances must be properly 

certified. 

First reading approved this 18th day of 

April, 2011. 

Second and final reading approved 2nd 

day of May, 2011. 

PASSED and ADOPTED by the Board of 

Supervisors of Mahaska County this 

16th day of May, 2011. 

MAHASKA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPER- 

VISORS: 

VOTE “AYE “NAY” 

X 

Henry W. Van Weelden, Chairman 

“AYE” “NAY” 

X 

Greg Gordy 

“AYE” “NAY” 

X 

Ken Rozenboom 

ATTEST: Kay Swanson, Auditor 


Gordy that the chairman sign the Certificate of 

Completion and final acceptance of agreement 

work for project DDIR#IA-10-02-62-G5T-01. All 


Bids for 4 wheel drive pick-up were 

opened: 

Carriker Ford $30,272.00 

Clemons 25,500.00 


Gordy to approve the recommendation of the 

County Engineer to award the bid for ½ ton extended 

cab 4 wheel drive pick-up from Clemons 

for $25,500.00. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. 


Rozenboom to adjourn today’s meeting. All 





Auditor 

May 24, 2011 

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors 

met in special session on the above date 






present was Charlie Comfort; and Kay Swanson, 

Mahaska County Auditor. 




Rozenboom to approve the agenda for today’s 



by Gordy to open the public hearing for the 

budget amendment for fiscal year 2010-2011 

county budget. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. The notice of time and place of public 

hearing, have according to law and as directed 

by the board has been published on May 13, 

2011 in the Oskaloosa Herald, on May12, 2011 

in the New Sharon Sun and May 12, 2011 in the 

Village Vine. The affidavits of said publication 

are on file with the County Auditor. There were 

no written or oral comments at the hearing. It 

was moved by Rozenboom seconded by Gordy 

to close the public hearing. All 



VanWeelden to approve the amendment to the 

fiscal year 2010-2011 county budget. All present 


Revenues by Service Area: Penalties, Interest 

& Costs on Taxes $20,548.00; 

Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues 

$2,293.00; Intergovernmental $742,888.00; 

Charges for Services $10,216.00; Miscellaneous 

$28,136.00; 

Expenditures by Service Area: Public Safety 

& Legal Services $148,549.00 

Physical Health & Social Services 

$30,100.00; County Environment & Education 

$750.00; Roads & Transportation $648,431; 

Government Services to Resident $446.00; 

Capital Projects $196,153.00. 

Expenditures by Department: Nondepartmental 

$3,732.00; Attorney $14,617.00; Sheriff 

$16,000.00; Public Health $30,446.00; Libraries 

$750.00; 

Secondary Road $843,940.00; Conserva- 

tion $644.00; Corrections $50,000.00; 

Law Enforcement Center $64,200.00; Veterans 

Affairs $100.00. 


by Gordy to approve the department appropriations 

for fiscal year 2010-2011 for the budget 

amendment. All present voted aye. Motion 

carried. 

Expenditures by Department: Nondepartmental 

$3,732.00; Attorney $14,617.00; Sheriff 

$16,000.00; Public Health $30,446.00; Libraries 

$750.00; 

Secondary Road $843,940.00; Conservation 

$644.00; Corrections $50,000.00; 

Law Enforcement Center $64,200.00; Veterans 

Affairs $100.00. 


Gordy to adjourn today’s meeting. All present 





Auditor 

Mahaska County Auditor 

May 2011 Claims list 

General Basic Fund 

200.00 Alliant Energy 

15.00 Allied Gas & Chemical 

59.14 Answer Plus Inc 

86.96 Arnold Motor Supply Inc 

55.95 Arrow Quick 

200.00 Dale Baltimore 

640.00 Bates Funeral Chapel 

145.00 Benedict Mills Apts. %Debe Lov 

8.66 Christy Brown 

200.00 Brown’s Shoe Fit 

100.00 Marilyn Brummel 

88.37 Michele Burroughs 

553.23 Carpenter Uniform Co Inc 

363.74 CDW Gov’t, Inc 

573.82 Central Ia Dist Inc 

92.00 Certified Pest Control 

110.00 Chamber of Commerce 

200.00 Kabal Singh Chauchan 

11370.00 Clemons Inc 

3854.40 Consolidated Management Co. 

64.75 Diane Crookham 

463.54 Cunningham Inc 

33.50 Sheryl K Currier Csr 

200.00 Andrew Davis 

20.00 Lyle Dickey 

239.27 Ed Roehr Safety Products 

416.30 EMS Detergent Services 

6.53 Cindy Everett 

50.00 E5 Group LLC 

139.00 Family Medical Center 

144.92 Fareway 

23.19 Farm Plan Drost Equipment Inc. 

69.54 Fins & Things 

13.87 First Communications 

55.00 FSH Communications LLC 

74.09 Goodwill Industries of Cental 

200.00 Diana Gordin 

8.66 Mary Ann Grife 

200.00 Lee Grubb 

67.68 Haines Auto Supply 

42.00 Judy Heinrichs 

231.84 Holiday Inn Conf Center 

99.84 Hyvee 

270.00 Ia Co Attorney’S Assoc 

100.00 Ia Dept of Public Safety Atten 

1726.55 IA Prison Industries 

100.00 Ia St Assoc of Counties 

1470.00 Ia St Medical Examiner 

2961.00 Ia Workforce Developement 

338.12 Kelly Supply Co 

200.00 Lamson Mobile Homes 

572.85 Lappin Tire 

79.80 Lightedge Solutions 

150.00 Local Disposal Inc 

200.00 Charles Lynch 

913.69 M & M Sales Company 

4.86 Mah.Co.Solid Waste Mgmt. 

500.00 Mahaska Community Recreation F 

1871.68 Mahaska Communication Group 

8181.09 Mahaska County Treasurer 

1851.05 Mahaska Drug 

31084.59 Mahaska Health Partnership Com 

425.00 Mahaska Rentals 

65.80 Mahaska Rural Water Inc. 

659.78 Mail Services LLC 

334.00 Market Village 

1711.81 Matt Parrott & Sons Co. 

4.40 MCI 

595.50 B. Sue McMillan 

20.00 Doug McMillan 

450.00 Scott Medlin 

947.00 Mid-America Publishing Corp 

6988.18 MidAmerican Energy 

843.75 Mindpower Technologies 

147.33 Nat’l Pen 

3017.40 Office Center Inc. 

403.81 Oskaloosa Newspapers Inc 

1406.79 Oskaloosa Water Dept. 

1143.95 Pella Printing Company 

150.00 Penn Central Eye Clinic 

200.00 David Pfeifer 

3000.00 Pitney Bowes 

150.00 Polk Co Treasurer Polk Co Heal 

1975.40 Postmaster 

448.90 Purchase Power 

42.54 QWEST 

480.00 Racom Corporation 

1971.29 Riverside Auto Parts & Repair 

200.00 Ken Seemann 

121.75 Sherwin-Williams Inc. 

28.67 Adam Shores 

102.00 Susan J. Sieren CSR 

69.75 Sioux Sales Company 

35.08 Brandon Slobe 

114.00 Southern Hills Apts. 

500.00 Kimberlee Spoelstra 

120.25 Renee Steinke 

267.09 Stravers True Value 

22.44 Shirley Stursma 

35.35 Kay Swanson 

206.45 True Value Hardware 

244.61 United States Cellular 

250.00 Vande Wall Plumbing 

839.14 Henry VanWeelden 

200.00 Bryce Veldhuizen 

200.00 Dick Ver Steegh 

190.15 Visa 

7.48 Talisa Voss 

54.97 Walmart Community BRC 

380.00 Wiggs Country Store 

59.95 Windstream 

General Supplemental 

1259.55 American Home Finding Assoc 

1872.00 Central Iowa Detention 

105.00 Diane Crookham-Johnson 

540.00 Dominion Voting Systems Inc 

36.94 Cindy Everett 

6030.00 Henry M Adkins & Son Inc 

105.00 ISACA Eric Van Lancker 

145.00 Postmaster 

168.50 Straver’s Law Firm 

32.32 Visa 

51.50 Wapello County Sheriff 

1190.70 West Group Payment Ctr 

Pioneer Cemetery Fund 

9.25 Lloyd Patterson 

56.32 Visa 

Crime Prevention Fund 

1475.00 Mah Co Sheriff’s Crime Prevent 


32.00 Riverside Auto Parts & Repair 

Maintenance/Repair Law Center 


145.00 Local Disposal Inc 




534.11 Sherwin-Williams Inc. 


Maintenance/County & City 

26114.27 Fund #9 LEC Maint. Fund 

MH/MI/MR/DD Services Fund 

194.10 Abbe Center for Community Ment 

493.00 Brees Rest Home Inc 

48.41 Laura Buch 

506.00 C C M S 

3013.50 Caremark 

60.00 Michael O. Carpenter 


5099.68 COC 

796.50 Concerned Inc 

20236.16 Country Life Health Care 

298343.33 DHS Cashier 

1484.10 Diamond Life Health Care 

1285.00 East Central Iowa Acute Care 

15.96 Michael Fell 

2337.73 Hillcrest Family Services 

76.05 Amber Horn 

4875.31 Ia Health - Des Moines 

672.69 Imagine the Possibilites 


979.78 Mahaska Drug 

4376.44 Mahaska Health Partnership Com 

20412.50 New Directions 


499.07 Optimae %Dovetail Business Sol 

89.68 Regional Transit Authority 

217.00 Silver Cab Co LLC 

860.00 So. Ia. Mental Health Center 

6015.95 St. Lukes Hospital 

56857.32 Treas. St. of Iowa 


5.96 Visa 

1211.98 Wapello County Auditor 

Rural Services Basic Fund 


45.00 Champion Storage & Signs 

118.97 Farm Plan Drost Equipment Inc. 


20.00 Ben Hoskinson 

31.80 Keystone Labs 


649.76 Mahaska County Treasurer 1 



6560.00 Quick Supply Co. 

602.18 VanDiest Supply Co. 

20.00 Barb VanPatten 


Sheriff’s Office Forfeiture 

1851.00 Jack’s Uniforms & Equipment 

Secondary Road Fund 

49.92 American Fiber Technology 


15.50 Town of Barnes City 

41690.47 Ben Shinn Trucking Inc 

7014.52 Bill & Rays Auto Service 

3959.96 Black’s Tire Company 

5360.00 Brown Traffic Products Inc 

46288.05 Bruening Rock Products 

188.60 Campbell Supply Co 

61.60 Carrollton Inn 


1034.00 Central Service/Sply Inc 

25514.08 Clemons Inc 

2998.50 DeJong Door Service 

149.00 Dell Marketing L.P. C/O Dell U 

33204.83 Douds Stone Inc 

14.99 Earl May Seed Co 

962.46 Eddy-Walker Equipment Company 

157.47 Eddyville Lumber Co 

69838.46 Elliott Oil Company 

120.00 Fas Break Windshield Repair 

14.50 Fremont Mun Water Plant 

407.88 Gilson Co Inc 

12243.72 H-E Parts Distribution 


980.00 Hardeman Family Farms 

23.99 Hawkeye Lumber Co 

399.60 Hotsy Cleaning Systems 

1232.79 Housby Mack Inc 

88.00 Hyvee 

807.75 Ia Dept of Transportation 


796.82 Inland Truck Parts Co 

59.02 Interstate Power and Light 

492.59 Johnsons Heating & AC 

620.40 Kimball Midwest 

161.00 Lappin Tire 



540.00 Mahaska Health Partnership Occ 

221.74 Mahaska Rural Water Inc. 

102179.68 Martin Marietta Aggregate 

574.65 Mauer Supply Inc. 

4414.49 Mc Culley Construction Co 

206.31 McGriffs of New Sharon 

2987.60 Metal Culverts Inc. 

330.84 Mid Country Mahcinery Inc 



847.26 Midwest Wheel 

17914.70 Midwestern Culvert Ltd. 

980.00 Brian Molyneux 

12096.00 Mose Levy Co 




1408.26 Power Plan Murphy Tractor & Eq 


328.20 Royal Towel & Allied Prd. 

622.80 Sadler Power Train Inc. 

2137.29 Snyder & Associates 

431.01 Striegel Communications 

2276.40 Super Wrench Repair 

101.66 Thomas Sanitation Inc. 

1652.09 Truck Country 

177.46 Uline 


239.00 Walman Optical Co & Affiliated 

39.50 Zee Medical Service Co. 

1415.29 Ziegler Inc. 

E911 Surcharge 

229.55 Chase Card Services %Cardmembe 



1301.77 QWEST 




573.80 Windstream Local 

Option sales tax 9-25-01 

3906.56 Eddyville-Blakesburg Community 

2957.48 Fremont Community School 

189.28 Lynnville-Sully Community Scho 

12303.70 North Mahaska Community School 

35760.18 Oskaloosa Community School 

5025.83 Pella Community School 

601.77 Tri-County Community School 

1407.83 Twin Cedars Community School 

Emergency Management 

2500.00 E Rees 

1296.12 Hawkeye Lumber Co 

100.00 Ia Emergency Management Assoc 


2500.00 Midwest Basement Systems 

500.00 Michael Reynolds 

73.50 Jamey Robinson 

1378.59 Visa 

Stephens Mem. Animal Shelter 

701.41 Animal Health Center 

371.25 Butler Schein 


91.00 Hill’s Pet Nutrition 




238.00 Mahaska Vet Clinic 


45.00 Quality Scent 

45.68 Tri County Vet Clinic 


3.82 Visa 


25.08 16288 

Co. Cons. Land Acq. Trust Fund 

203.08 Agriland FS, Inc 

2254.00 DesMoines Forage & Turf 

340.00 H & S Feed and Country Store 

795.64 Snyder & Associates 

Thank 

you for 

reading! 

Local 

Classifieds ADOPTION 

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 

Prestage Farms is looking for an 

individual to join the Maintenance 

Department in providing maintenance 

for our swine facilities. Swine 

production awareness and prior 

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but not required. Must be self-motivated 

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to: Prestage Farms of Iowa, Attn: 

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EEO/AA. Lane: 712- 

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(712) 887-1386 

MAP24-3 

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State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald’s 

GREAT IOWA TREASURE HUNT 

E 

Barnes City 

senger rick, 597 Monarwood Ln .......................... 2011012769 

new sharon 

Debruin Jana L, 5366 70th st .................................2011014759 

Donahue edward L estate of, 5366 70th st...........2011014759 

edmundson Debbie F, rr 1 ....................................2011047464 

Mcgill thomas a, Po Box 215 ................................ 2011000723 

sutton Franklin, 224 Beverly Dr ............................. 2011012838 

oskaLoosa 

Batman David L, 901 Penn Blvd .............................2011042389 

Bock Barbarba L estate of, 404 s 2nd st ..............2011074456 

Burleson timothy D, Po Box 843............................2011005974 

Clemons inc, 1601 a ave west...............................2011048723 

Michael L. Fitzgerald's 

GREAT IOWA 

TREASURE HUNT 

Lucas State Office Building 

Des Moines, IA 50319 

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO 

PROVE OWNERSHIP 

ach year millions of dollars in unclaimed money are reported to the Offi ce of the Treasurer of State. 

All names listed are from the last reporting periods and are reported as being owed $50 or more. 

Unclaimed property can be forgotten savings or checking accounts, utility refunds or deposits, 

uncashed benefi t checks, lost stock and abandoned safe deposit box contents. If your name is listed or 

you are an heir to one of the names listed, log on to our website to print your claim form today or fi ll out 

the coupon below and mail it to the Treasurer’s Offi ce. You will be asked to prove ownership. 

Get your claim form today online at 

www.greatiowatreasurehunt.com 05/11 

Depot Pub Gril the, 206 rock island ave ............. 2011016862 

Drije Gregg, 2389 Queens ave .............................. 2011043101 

Drije Phyllis, 2389 Queens ave ........................... 2011043101 

Fleener treva C, 2775 osburn ave ....................... 2011055002 

Goldman Duane J, 811 3rd ave west .................... 2011043496 

Goldman Virginia L, 811 3rd ave west ...................2011043493 

hoover Maxine M, 502 5th ave e .......................... 2011020385 

ide Jacqueline r, 815 south F ...............................2010143731 

Jeffries nichole L, 203 Fairview Dr .........................2011050089 

kool Janet M, 1007 5th ave e ............................... 2011045466 

Legvold Jamie L, 815 south F ................................2010143731 

Mccurdy Lela Mae, 420 n 10th st ..........................2011047136 

Mcmillian rosemary, 1007 5th ave.........................2011045466 

Published Name 

Published Address 

Published Number 

Your Name 

Current Address 

City State Zip 

Get your claim form today online at 

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2011 

JACE 

RACE 

Merrill Letha i, 914 n 12th st apt 12 ...................... 2011020413 

Parlett Mary e, 1410 s Market st ...........................2011040626 

rinehart helen D, 1007 5th ave e ..........................2011045466 

ryke howard D, 715 6th ave e ..............................2011024669 

saylor Cheryl M, 140 solar Dr ............................... 2011013370 

schaeffer Joan, 1312 7th ave east ....................... 2011024673 

snack express, 1403 17th ave east ......................2011074772 

trade station, 21 a ave e ...................................... 2011010243 

walters steven, 1912 17th ave e ...........................2011006800 

yang houa, 104 rosenberger ave .........................2011023498 

taintor 

Putz Jon Paul, 115 hull st ..................................... 2010074100 

5/11 

NS 

A Big THANKS 

to EACH and 

EVERY ONE of YOU 

for your 

participation in 

helping make the 

race a success!!


The Taintor Community Church youth along with their leader, Mark 

Van Wyk, removed and reinstalled the ceiling in the Jasper County 

Fair board office. 

Local Churches Volunteer 

in Flood Restoration 

It may seem a distant memory to many but last summer the Jasper County 

Fairgrounds was inundated with floodwater when the South Skunk River 

breached a dike and submerged the entire fairgrounds. Those who live in 

Colfax will never forget it as much of downtown and many residences on 

the north side were under water. The fairgrounds and all of its facilities were 

under 8 ½ feet of water. The clean up began as soon as the floodwaters subsided, 

but with an all-volunteer work force and the extent of the damages it 

has been a very long and labor-intensive process. 

First, all buildings with finished interiors had to be completely gutted, 

dried down and sanitized. Furnishings that could be power washed and restored 

to usable condition were salvaged. Electrical appliances were ruined. 

Then the work of reinstalling insulation, electrical, and interior walls and 

ceilings began. Finish work, painting and cleaning continues to this day as 

the fair board works feverishly to be ready for this year’s fair in mid July. A 

faithful band of volunteers has been coming on a weekly basis to accomplish 

the work. 

Saturday, June 4 was a hot humid day, but that did not dissuade the volunteer 

workers who showed up to continue the restoration work. Among 

them that day were volunteers from the Taintor Community Church and The 

Harvest Community Fellowship of New Sharon. The Taintor folks have 

manned a food booth at the fair for many years; a fundraiser for their foreign 

missions work trips. Their booth had lost everything – refrigerators, freezers 

– everything right up to and including the suspended ceiling, ceiling fans 

and florescent lights. Saturday, they accomplished getting all of the ceiling, 

new fans and lights installed. While some were working there, the youth 

had the nasty job of tearing down the ceiling along with fiberglass insulation 

in the fair board office. In spite of the itchy, dusty work, they quickly had it 

all down and in the trash hopper, and then they set about putting up the new 

ceiling and insulation. They completed their work and it now looks great 

again! Certainly there were many kinds of odd jobs that everyone did as 

well – just what ever was needed – some one jumped right in and got it done. 

Mean while the people from Harvest Community Fellowship had brought in 

food and along with the salads, bars and cookies provided by Taintor, they 

had a meal ready for all the workers that was fit for a king! With great food, 

cool drinks and lots of camaraderie, the nearly 70 volunteers did a ton of 

work that day. There’s still work to do, but the fair board is confident that 

everything will be ready by fair time. 

Members of Harvest Community Fellowship of New Sharon helped 

provide and serve the noon meal for the nearly 70 volunteers doing 

flood restoration work at the Jasper County Fairgrounds. 

Warhawk Baseball Update 

After an exciting weekend of 

baseball the Warhawks hosted the 

Bears of English Valleys on Monday. 

Trent Morris took to the mound for 

the Warhawks and fought through 

some tough early innings. The Bears 

took advantage of some early walks 

and scored two runs in the first. NM 

came back in their bottom half of 

the second. Morris, Chaz McBirnie, 

Alan Bowen, and Alec Fuller all 

reached consecutively as three runs 

crossed the plate. The Warhawks 

added three more in the third and 

one in the fourth. Morris had settled 

down and done a fabulous job 

going into the sixth when he found 

a little trouble. The Bears scored 

three in the fifth and sixth to close 

the gap. Zach Anderson came in relief 

of Morris and gave up two runs, 

only one being earned. That tied the 

score and the Bears had the momentum 

on their comeback. NM could 

not score in the seventh so extra innings 

were needed again. This was 

the third time in the last five games 

extras were needed. Anderson and 

the defense held in the top half of the 

eighth to put a little pressure back on 

EV. EV quickly got the first two batters 

out. Next, Cody Larson singled 

and Zach Anderson coaxed a walk. 

Trent Morris hit a hard single to right 

that scored an elated Larson. The 

Warhawks prevailed 8-7. Morris 

received a no decision for his good 

effort of 5+ innings pitched, only 

giving up three hits and striking out 

eight. Anderson got the win pitching 

2+ innings, giving up two hits and 

striking out five. Anderson, Morris, 

and Fuller were the big hitters for the 

night as all three had two hits in the 

game. 

The next night was more close 

baseball when the Warhawks trav- 

eled to Victor to face a tough pitcher 

and a good HLV team that lost to 

eventual state champion Martensdale 

St Marys in a 1-0 substate final 

last year. NM knew they would be 

in for a tough battle. Trent Roose 

got the call to pitch and pitch a masterpiece 

is what he did. The only 

problem is that the opposing pitcher 

did the same. NM jumped out early 

in the first when Roose hit a double 

that scored Dawson Ferguson who 

had reached on a walk to start the 

game. HLV came right back with a 

run of their own in the bottom of the 

first. In the bottom of the second, 

the first two Warriors struck out and 

a close full count pitch was called a 

ball that allowed the leadoff hitter to 

come to the plate. He took advantage 

of the wind and got one to sail 

over in left center. HLV took a 1-3 

lead after two innings. The Warriors 

kept the momentum scoring one 

more in the third to take a 1-4 lead. 

NM didn’t fold or give up. McBirnie 

and Fuller both singled to open up 

the fourth and later scored on a Ferguson 

single. The score was now 

3-4. Roose held down the potent 

offense of HLV, but the Warhawks 

couldn’t take advantage of a couple 

opportunities in the fifth or seventh. 

The final score ended 3-4 in favor of 

the Warriors. Roose took the tough 

luck loss only giving up three earned 

runs on seven hits while striking out 

eight. Ferguson and McBirnie both 

had multiple hits in the game for the 

Warhawks. Rain kept the Warhawks 

from playing Lynnville-Sully on Friday, 

but hopefully the weather will 

cooperate next week. NM has been 

in a lot of close ballgames and hopefully 

that will help them down the 

road. NM finished the week 4-3 in 

conference and 7-3 overall. 

2010-2011 NM Clay Target Shooters, Coaches, and Range Safety Officers: FRONT ROW: John Ruby and Beau Freeborn. 

SECOND ROW: Coach Marc Current, Chris Shaw, Chase Koehler, Gunner Ross, Tye Burch and Coton Moore 

BACK ROW: Coach Nick Burch, Eric Dickensen, Brett Current, Tanner Stek and Range Safety Officers; Bill Freeborn and Garvin Shaw. Not 

pictured is Gary Walker, also an RSO. 

Colton Moore Shoots His Way To Sixth Place At State Clay Target Championships 

North Mahaska clay target shooters traveled 

to Cedar Falls on Friday and Saturday, June 3-4 

to participate in the 2011 Iowa High School and 

Scholastic Clay Target Program trap championship 

events. Because of the hard work and dedication 

of those involved the two day competion was 

a huge success. 

Sophomore, Colton Moore lead the North Mahaska 

Shooters for the Saturday championships 

by smashing 97 out of 100 targets placing himself 

into a tie for sixth place with four other shooters. 

Competition was tough as there were two shooters 

that shot 100 straight, one 99/100 from Lynnville 

Sully’s Nick Arther, two 98’s, and five 97’s. 

Colton is the son of Shane and Jolene Moore, 

Matt Readshaw, and grandson of Kay Readshaw. 

On Friday’s SCTP championship, graduating 

senior and first year gunman Gunnar Ross was 

real close to bringing home a medal breaking 

97/100 targets in the morning session and then in 

the afternoon with 25 mph winds he took to the 

line and crushed 48 of his first 50 targets. Mental 

Softball Continued 

could be further from the truth. 

This night just happened to be one of 

those special nights from the softball 

gods, and the Warhawks took advantage 

of a slight breeze and good timing. 

The first five runners scored for 

NM as Allie reached on an error, Hannah 

placed a single and Tara walked. 

Carissa came to the plate and launched 

the first grand slam of the night on a 

2-1 count. Mckenzie and Megan both 

walked, Kate reached on an error and 

Allie reached on a single and scored 

on Hannah’s double. But the Warriors 

were not intimated as they scored 

three runs of their own in the bottom 

of the first on three hits and two errors. 

It was starting to look like an offensive 

struggle. The lady Warhawks quickly 

scored five more as Carissa was hit 

by a pitch, Mckenzie reached on an 

error, Sarah Bowen was also hit by a 

pitch, Nicole Brand walked and Kate 

Ray launched the second grand slam 

of the night. The third inning proved 

to be more of the same as Carissa 

reached on an error, Mckenzie walked 

and Sarah Bowen connected for a 

three run shot over the fence. Megan 

Watts continued with a double, Nicole 

walked, Kate had another double and 

Allie and Hannah both had singles to 

load the bases once again. Tara Smith 

stepped to the plate for grand slam #3. 

Carissa reached on an error, Mckenzie 

added another double, Sarah was 

hit for the second time, Megan Watts 

stroked another double. The Warrior 

pitcher continued to struggle as Kate 

reached as a hit batsman, Allie walked, 

Hannah doubled, Tara singled, Carissa 

walked and then Mckenzie Mitchell 

launched the final grand slam to round 

out the scoring. The Warriors countered 

with a homerun of their own 

but that was the final run for the home 

team. The offensive statistics could go 

on and on but you get the idea. Five 

homeruns, seven doubles, six singles. 

Nicole Brand was the winning pitcher 

as she allowed four runs on four hits, 

no walks and two strikeouts. 

NM-LS SHOWDOWN AMID 

RAIN SHOWERS 

Whenever the Warhawks and the 

Hawks compete in any sport, there’s 

a good chance that the intensity level 

rises, the crowd is large and the outcome 

comes down to the wire. Such 

was the case Friday night as the Warhawks 

traveled 15 miles NW. The 

baseball game had been postponed 

earlier but the softball contest was 

a go as rain showers continued to 

threaten play as late as 5:30. It was 

decided to delay play until 6:30 to see 

if the weather cleared and the heavens 

remained cooperative as the contest 

began. Allie reached on a single and 

Hannah sacrificed her over. Carissa 

reached on an error but it was enough 

for Allie to scoot home for a 1-0 lead. 

Hannah took the mound for the War- 

pressue and wind caused him to only get 33 of 

his last 50 targets. Gunnar is the son of Greg and 

Lora Ross. 

Coach Marc Current commented, “All our 

shooters did very well and I had a blast coaching 

them. Colton Moore made me so darn proud with 

his accomplishements and we will really miss 

Gunnar Ross next year!” 

Friday’s SCTP championship had 651 participants 

shooting 200 targets each while Saturdays 

high School event had 685 participants shooting 

100 targets a piece making it a total of 300 shots. 

Scores for State tournaments were as follows: 

Colton Moore 276/300 

Gunnar Ross 260/300 

Beau Freeborn 256/300 

Tanner Stek 253/300 

Tye Burch 252/300 

Brett Current 242/300 

John Ruby 233/300 

Chase Koehler 233/300 

Eric Dickenson 228/300 

hawks and her defense came up big in 

the first inning as Kate Ray snagged 

the first out in left field. Sully reached 

on a single, and then 1st baseman Carissa 

McBirnie fielded a ground ball 

to step on 1st for the second out, and 

then fired a rocket to Sarah Bowen at 

2nd to tag the runner out to end the 

inning. The tone was set. The Warhawks 

scored again in the second as 

Sarah reached on an error, Megan sacrified 

her over and Haley LaRue drove 

her home with a double over the right 

fielder’s head. The Hawk bats came 

alive in the second as DP Taylor Fisk 

stroked a single, advanced on a single 

by J. Morris and scored on a single 

by Caitlin Cross. Score: NM 2, LS 1. 

The defense tightened up even though 

Tara and Carissa each had singles in 

the third but they could go no further. 

LS led off with a walk but Tara Smith 

fired a strike to catch the runner trying 

to steal second. No further threat that 

inning. Kate Ray reached on an error 

and stole second but was left stranded 

in the 4th. After an ESPN worthy 

catch by Kate Ray in left, LS coaxed a 

walk only to have the Warhawks connect 

for a textbook double play from 

Mckenzie at 3rd to Sarah at second to 

Carissa at first. The Warhawks could 

only reach first on a single by Carissa 

in the 5th but the Hawks began to 

threaten. Haley LaRue took over in 

relief and allowed two singles and a 

hit batsman but a popup, grounder and 

strikeout ended the threat. The 6th inning 

began with the Warhawks going 

3 up, 3 down but the girls used great 

defense to hold the Hawkettes at bay 

once again. The 7th inning began with 

a Kate Ray double who scampered to 

third on Hannah’s single. A past ball 

and runners are at second and third, 

one out. But a strikeout and ground 

ball ended the Warhawks offense for 

the night. LS had the top of the order 

up but a juggling act, caught ball by 

Megan Watts in right field saved extra 

bases from the lead off batter. A walk 

placed the tying run on first but the 

runner was gunned down by another 

strike from Tara to deflate the Hawks 

hopes. Haley posted the last out of 

the night as she fielded a ground ball 

and ran it over for a short toss to 1st. 

Game over: NM 2, LS 1. This game 

would prove to be the polar opposite 

of the HLV contest on Tuesday as the 

girls scratched out seven hits but three 

LS errors proved to be costly as the 

Warhawks improved their record to 

10-1. Hannah picks up the win with 

Haley getting the save as they allowed 

one run, six hits, five walks and one 

strikeout. Next week the girls have 

two double headers on Monday and 

Wednesday, a JV contest at Ottumwa 

on Tuesday, a road trip to Iowa Valley 

on Friday and a tournament on Saturday 

at Dallas Center Grimes. 

Chris Shaw 177/300 

North Mahaska was very honored to be 

placed in the top 20 teams for their first year of 

competition as many of the schools have been 

shooting for a number of years. 

The shooting team would like to recognize 

the following sponsors: Brownells, Scooters Pub 

and Grub, Pheasants Forever, NRA, SCTP, and 

Montezuma Manufacturing. A special appreciation 

to Gary Walker, Garvin Shaw, and Bill Freeborn, 

RSO’s for all of their extra help on the 

range this year as well. 

A celebration on the range will take place 

on Tues, June 14 with Montezuma, Lynnville Sully, 

and HLV teams. The shooters would like to 

invited the public to take part in some fun games 

along with a poltluck meal. At that time letter 

winners and awards will be announced. 

Below: Coach Marc Current congratulating 

Colton Moore and wishing him luck before 

his shoot off. He was tied for 6th place with 

a 97/100. 

Tye Burch 

Crushes 

50 Straight 

Targets in a Row 

Ottercreek Gun Club of Cedar 

Rapids was the place to be on Saturday, 

May 14 as NM sophomore 

shooter Tye Burch broke his first 

ever 50 straight birds. This tied him 

for second place overall for the dual 

match tournament. Tye is the son of 

Nick and Terri Burch and grandson 

of Jack Dawley. 

The morning shoot took place 

with host Xavier of Cedar Rapids where the NM shooters finished in 6th 

place and the afternoon session was hosted by Mount Vernon. Some of the 

teams competing on this day were Xavier, Iowa City West, Maquoakta,Viton 

Shellsburg, Mount Vernon, and Montezuma just to name a few. It rained and 

the wind blew again for most of this tournament but NM faired quite well 

according to there scores which were as follows: 

AM PM TOTAL 

Tye Burch: 22/25 25/25 

25/25 23/25 95/100 

Gunnar Ross 22/25 24/25 

24/25 22/25 92/100 

Beau Freeborn 22/25 20/25 

22/25 20/25 84/100 

Coton Moore 20/25 21/25 

22/25 20/25 83/100 

Brett Current 18/25 22/25 

22/25 20/25 82/100 

Eric Dickenson19/25 21/25 

20/25 21/25 81//100 

Tanner Stek 21/25 18/25 

20/25 20/25 79/100 

Chase Koehler 17/25 18/25 

18/25 21/25 74/100 

Chris Shaw 19/25 18/25 

15/25 16/25 68/100

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