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The Emanuel and Harcourt Lutheran Churchs caroled at the Grandview Care Center and Grandview Apart- ments on Wednesday, Dec 16. Home of Dayton Rodeo - Gateway to Des Moines River Valley Since 1877! Dayton Review Vol. 138, No. 52 Wednesday, December 30, 2015 [email protected] By Jesse Green To whom it may concern, A new year is already upon us, which brings with it another Dayton Rodeo event to prepare for. The first thing that comes with preparation is setting a new budget to accomplish the goals of the Celebration Com- mittee. The goals of our budget are broad and include the following: 1) to put on the best rodeo and celebration pos- sible, as this is a part of the stated purpose of the Celebra- tion Committee in our articles of incorporation 2) to leave the facilities in better shape than the previous year 3) to provide an environment in which our local non-profit organizations can raise funds Because these goals are broad, there is room for debate on what the end result looks like. If you are fa- miliar with Dayton at all, you probably hear about these differences in opinion from time to time. Unfortunately these debates frustrate people so much that sometimes they end up walking away from the rodeo, something they once loved, never to be seen again. Sometimes you will even see friendships broken and ruined over mere differences of opinion. This happens when people lose sight of the larg- er picture and focus too much on one particular portion of the budget or aspect of the rodeo. Although differences of opinions and disagreements are natural, I believe the way our rodeo is currently organized has certainly not fostered healthy conversations when opinions vary. I have talked to committee members from the professional rodeos in Cheyenne, Fort Madison, Leon, Pendleton, and Spooner, to name a few, and it is interest- ing how the decisions that must be made and topics of conversation are generally the same no matter how large or small the rodeo is. They all sometimes disagree about topics such as the number of wristbands for workers, concessions, budgets, and future visions. However, what I have observed though these conversations with other rodeo committee members is that Dayton operates under unique circumstances that of- ten heighten the number and intensity of disagreements as compared to other rodeo operations. For one, we have a property line that literally splits the arena (the Wrangler Saddle Club owns a portion of the rodeo grounds and the city owns the remainder). Although this is not a paramount issue, it does maintain the possibility of people starting to form “sides” or different agendas based upon who owns what. The more pressing issue in regards to the property line is that updates to the facilities can be difficult to undertake, de- pending on the project. Secondly, there are multiple organizations that are involved and affected in the decision making process. With so many agendas involved, it is easy for misunder- standings to arise regarding the purpose or level of in- volvement that each organization should have in planning and decision making. The rodeo proceeds are also split between these organizations in different ways which cre- ates a somewhat difficult budget situation each year. As mentioned previously, these circumstances are distinct to Dayton and are not common at similar rodeo events across the country. This leads to the subject of this article, which is Proposed 2016 Dayton Rodeo budget given; ticket prices may rise, more construction possible Kids who saved through the Kid’s Club at Secu- rity Savings Bank and others were eligible to sign-up for Buddy the Bear and Parker Lehman from Dana was our lucky winner! Security Savings Bank Kid's Club winner... Expenses EXPENSE TYPE COST All Contractors 70,500 Advertising 10,000 Prizes 37,000 Amenities 21,300 Pro Services 4,250 Charitable 3,900 Supplies 3,200 Misc 12,900 All Contractors Advertising Prizes Amenities Pro Services Charitable Supplies Misc Total Expense $163,050 8% 2% 2% 3% 13% 23% 6% 43% Dayton Rodeo continued on page 11.... Who will be the first baby born in the Southeast Webster Grand School District in 2015? Whoever the little one is, they sure are lucky! Not only do they get to be born into one of the best communities anywhere, they will also be receiving many gifts from Dayton area busi- nesses to welcome them into the world! To qualify for the basket of presents, the winning baby must have parents who reside in the Southeast Webster Grand School District. The exact time and date must be certified by the attending physician in a written statement and signed by the physician. The letter of certification should then be presented to the Dayton Review. The Dayton Review will give the parents a letter certifying that they are winners of the con- test and are entitled to all the prizes awarded by the spon- soring businesses. Many of the prizes can be picked up at the Dayton Review. For the other prizes the parents will be able to take the certified letter from the Dayton Review and present it to the business to receive the prize. Prizes donated by Dayton and area merchants in the 2015 First Baby Contest are: Enquist Lumber, one gallon of paint for baby’s room; Macke Gowrie, one free oil change; Security Savings Bank, $10 to start a Kid’s Club Savings Account; Dayton Rodeo Committee, two tickets to the 2015 Dayton Rodeo; Dayton Community Grocery, $25 store cer- tificate; Farmer’s Coop, $10 to Dayton Community Grocery; Anderson Implements, $10 to Dayton Com- muity Grocery; Dayton Light & Power, $10 to Dayton Com- munity Grocery; Diehl’s of Dayton, $10 to Dayton Community Grocery, and Dayton Review, one year subscription to the Dayton Review. Also contributing to the new baby are Stewart Memorial Community Hospital giving a Baby Gift for a Girl or Boy. First Baby Contest begins in SWG School District Many local prizes. . .

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The Emanuel and Harcourt Lutheran Churchs caroled at the Grandview Care Center and Grandview Apart-ments on Wednesday, Dec 16.

Visit www.daytongowrienews.com for your local news...

Home of Dayton Rodeo - Gateway to Des Moines River Valley Since 1877!

Dayton

ReviewVol. 138, No. 52 Wednesday, December 30, 2015 [email protected]

By Jesse Green To whom it may concern, A new year is already upon us, which brings with it another Dayton Rodeo event to prepare for. The first thing that comes with preparation is setting a new budget to accomplish the goals of the Celebration Com-mittee. The goals of our budget are broad and include the following: 1) to put on the best rodeo and celebration pos-sible, as this is a part of the stated purpose of the Celebra-tion Committee in our articles of incorporation 2) to leave the facilities in better shape than the previous year 3) to provide an environment in which our local non-profit organizations can raise funds Because these goals are broad, there is room for debate on what the end result looks like. If you are fa-miliar with Dayton at all, you probably hear about these differences in opinion from time to time. Unfortunately these debates frustrate people so much that sometimes they end up walking away from the rodeo, something they once loved, never to be seen again. Sometimes you will even see friendships broken and ruined over mere differences of opinion. This happens when people lose sight of the larg-er picture and focus too much on one particular portion of the budget or aspect of the rodeo. Although differences of opinions and disagreements are natural, I believe the way our rodeo is currently organized has certainly not fostered healthy conversations when opinions vary. I have talked to committee members from the professional rodeos in Cheyenne, Fort Madison, Leon, Pendleton, and Spooner, to name a few, and it is interest-ing how the decisions that must be made and topics of conversation are generally the same no matter how large or small the rodeo is. They all sometimes disagree about topics such as the number of wristbands for workers, concessions, budgets, and future visions. However, what I have observed though these conversations with other rodeo committee members is that Dayton operates under unique circumstances that of-ten heighten the number and intensity of disagreements as compared to other rodeo operations. For one, we have a property line that literally splits the arena (the Wrangler Saddle Club owns a portion of the rodeo grounds and the city owns the remainder). Although this is not a paramount issue, it does maintain the possibility of people starting to form “sides” or different agendas based upon who owns what. The more pressing issue in regards to the property line is that updates to the facilities can be difficult to undertake, de-pending on the project.

Secondly, there are multiple organizations that are involved and affected in the decision making process. With so many agendas involved, it is easy for misunder-standings to arise regarding the purpose or level of in-volvement that each organization should have in planning and decision making. The rodeo proceeds are also split between these organizations in different ways which cre-ates a somewhat difficult budget situation each year. As mentioned previously, these circumstances are distinct to Dayton and are not common at similar rodeo events across the country. This leads to the subject of this article, which is

Proposed 2016 Dayton Rodeo budget given;ticket prices may rise, more construction possible

Kids who saved through the Kid’s Club at Secu-rity Savings Bank and others were eligible to sign-up for Buddy the Bear and Parker Lehman from Dana was our lucky winner!

Security Savings BankKid's Club winner...

Expenses

EXPENSE TYPE COST

All Contractors 70,500

Advertising 10,000

Prizes 37,000

Amenities 21,300

Pro Services 4,250

Charitable 3,900

Supplies 3,200

Misc 12,900Total Expense $163,050

8%2%2%

3%

13%

23%6%

43%

All ContractorsAdvertisingPrizes AmenitiesPro ServicesCharitableSuppliesMisc

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Expenses

EXPENSE TYPE COST

All Contractors 70,500

Advertising 10,000

Prizes 37,000

Amenities 21,300

Pro Services 4,250

Charitable 3,900

Supplies 3,200

Misc 12,900Total Expense $163,050

8%2%2%

3%

13%

23%6%

43%

All ContractorsAdvertisingPrizes AmenitiesPro ServicesCharitableSuppliesMisc

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Dayton Rodeo continued on page 11....

Who will be the first baby born in the Southeast Webster Grand School District in 2015? Whoever the little one is, they sure are lucky! Not only do they get to be born into one of the best communities anywhere, they will also be receiving many gifts from Dayton area busi-nesses to welcome them into the world!

To qualify for the basket of presents, the winning baby must have parents who reside in the Southeast Webster Grand School District. The exact time and date must be certified by the attending physician in a written statement and signed by the physician.

The letter of certification should then be presented to the Dayton Review. The Dayton Review will give the parents a letter certifying that they are winners of the con-test and are entitled to all the prizes awarded by the spon-soring businesses.

Many of the prizes can be picked up at the Dayton Review. For the other prizes the parents will be able to take the certified letter from the Dayton Review and present it to the business to receive the prize.

Prizes donated by Dayton and area merchants in the 2015 First Baby Contest are:

Enquist Lumber, one gallon of paint for baby’s room;

Macke Gowrie, one free oil change; Security Savings Bank, $10 to start a Kid’s

Club Savings Account; Dayton Rodeo Committee, two tickets to the

2015 Dayton Rodeo; Dayton Community Grocery, $25 store cer-

tificate; Farmer’s Coop, $10 to Dayton Community

Grocery; Anderson Implements, $10 to Dayton Com-muity Grocery;

Dayton Light & Power, $10 to Dayton Com-munity Grocery;

Diehl’s of Dayton, $10 to Dayton Community Grocery, and

Dayton Review, one year subscription to the Dayton Review. Also contributing to the new baby are Stewart Memorial Community Hospital giving a Baby Gift for a Girl or Boy.

First Baby Contest begins in SWG School DistrictMany local prizes. . .

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 20152 Dayton Review

Mrs. Wilks 1st GradeDear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: new socks, American Girl doll stuff, cows books, goats, clothes, Llama Llama books. Your friend, Lilly

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: four wheeler, robot, laptop, drone, new jeans, new eye for Buddy. Your friend, Alex

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: Lego Star Wars, Dino robot, re-mote control helicopter, candy cane robot, spider robot. Your friend, Javon

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: remote control monster truck, Jaguar helmet, and clothes, a lock box spider robot. Your friend, Trent

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: rollar skates, chapter books, baby doll storller, healthy play food, and pnhcil top erasers, Americn girl doll. Your friend, Anna

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: a pone toy, a doll, a Frozen book, a chapter book, jumbo Bubbles, Jaguar clothes. Your friend, Lexis

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: Nail select, American girl doll, turtle, shoes, my own office, footie pajamas. Your friend, Danielle

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: a scooter, toy box, art set, desk, a shelf, car. Your friend, Brayden

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: jumbo ball, American girl doll clothes, rollerskates, frozen fever movie. Your friend, Arrie

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: American Girl doll, puppy, kitten, Elf on the shelf, a bike. Your friend, Leslie

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: a trampoline, skateboard, a re-mote control racecar, a lego set, a ps4 and games. Your friend, Kale

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: a football jersey, a football game for PS4, a trampoling, a wwe 2k16 for PS3, jumbo bubble. Your friend, Elijah

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: A dirt bike, clothes, cowboy hat, Elf on the Shelf, Picture of my family, toys. Your friend, Clayton

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: remote control truck, Nerf gun, scope, lego shirt, remote control car, toy robot. Your friend, Evan

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: remote control car, Bead-os, pa-jamas, leggings, shirts, pencils. Your friend, Orieana

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: Super Mario Maker, Star wars legos, macanoid G 15, Star Wars PJs, ps4, Lego dimensions. Your friend, Brody

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: Xbox 360, remote control car, dirt bike, wwe set, Tv, playstation 1. Your friend, Clay

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: jingle belles, jaguar clothes, dog, cat, horse, hat. Your friend, Angelina

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: football helmet, football clothes, dirt bike, dog, animal shirts, blue jeans. Your friend, Riley

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: ipod, Remote control car, coal, pliers, football pads, new stocking. Your friend, Ian

Dear Santa, This is my Christmas wish list: Soccer ball, new jeans, snow pants, new socks, foot ball, toy tractor. Your friend, Rafe

Mrs. Axness 1st GradeDear Santa, Can you please me a DS, Elsa ice skates, horse, American Girl Doll Camper, Phone! I will get you pop! I will get you pop corn! I Love You Love, Aleana

Dear Santa, Can you please bring a beados and Elsa ice skates, and Bea-dos refills? Love, Lucy J

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a phone and a play station with stor-age on the phone. Thake you, Ethan

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a pop troll stoffees. Can you please bring me a life cats and a choo bog toy and a cat toy and a cat bed and a bag bed. I love Santa. Love, Samantha

Dear Santa, Please bring me a volterite and a robot dog? Love, C3 Dear Santa, Can you please bring a X-Box. I lov Santa. Love, Timothy S

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a robot, nerg gun, robot a little dog, I wan you can driv in you house and kopel Blas. Love, Ayden

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a roboia 2S my three teeth and Cl025. Love, Aniah

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me X 7 Box and a phone and an American Girl Doll Salon Chair, a horse and beados, a TV, and Disney Infinity three. Thank you. Love, Hallie C.

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a beados refill and a DS, a phone and Tasha and Elsa ice skates and my front teeth and orbies crush? Thank you. Love, Ruby S

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a kindle and Ice skates and a robot doge? I will give you cookies and milk? Love, Emilia

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a phone and DS and orbies crush. Thake you. I Love you Santa. Tell the reindees I love them. Love, Aubrey S.

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a Karioke maching? and a American Girl doll cowgirl, orbies, and beados.I will bring you cookies. Love, Aleah L.

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me more cloth and high heels, buba cut. to you have a robot dog, DS, Phone, and a Cat bob. Love, Marissa

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a xbox, robot dog, nerf gun. Thank you Love, Deeon

Supporting one anotheris blessing in our towns. . . We are concluding the year 2015 and we are all looking forward to 2016. Happy New Year to everyone! We were blessed to live in southern Webster County this past year. The world and our nation expe-rienced some horrifying events and thankfully our small town environment was much safer. To be sure there were also some tragic events in our respective communities. In our communities we all know each other and we receive so much support from one another. This is a great feeling. We should express our gratitude and deep ap-preciation to all our men and women who protect us in the branches of our military. We have had several men and women serve from our county and area. We express our deepest thanks. May our churches, schools, leaders and our local citizenry be truly blessed this coming year. Let’s all work together to help one another suc-ceed and prosper in 2016!

Southeast Webster Elementary Students

Man charged in Webster CountyCourthouse vandalism Daniel Swick, 30, Fort Dodge, was charged with criminal mischief in the first degree and burglary in the third degree in connection with the Dec. 8 breakin at the Webster County Courthouse. Evidence collected at the courthouse and ex-amined at the State Crime Lab through the investigation process has led to the charges against Swick. As a result of the act of vandalism that oc-curred on December 8 the Webster County Courthouse remained closed until Monday, December 14, 2015 for extensive clean up of all courthouse offices. The services provided to the residents although disrupted were not completely shut down as offices were relocated in other county buildings. This was accom-plished by cooperation between all county offices and employees. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec, 8 the fire alarm was activated in the Webster County Courthouse. As a result the Webster County Sheriff’s Of-fice, Fort Dodge Police Department and Fort Dodge Fire Department responded. When personnel arrived, the inside of the Court-house appeared to be full of smoke. Upon entry into the Courthouse it was determined that it was not smoke but discharge from more than one fire extinguisher. The fire alarm was activated by the fire extinguisher discharge in the air. All floors in the Courthouse were affected by the act. There was extensive vandalism damage done inside the courthouse. Two fire extinguishers were sprayed on third and fourth floors of the courthouse. One estimate on courthouse damage was for more than $45,000. Dust forced closure of the Webster County Courthouse for four days.

First Day Hikes Friday, Jan. 1 at Dolliver and Brushy Creek State Park The Iowa DNR will be having the annual First Day Hikes on Friday, Jan. 1 at 11:00 a.m. at Dolliver Memorial State Park, meeting at Copperas Bed trailhead by the South Lodge and 1:00 p.m. at Brushy Creek State Recreation area meeting at the Prairie Resource Building. Kick off 2016 with a winter hike in an Iowa State Park. First Day hikers can expect to be surrounded by the quiet beauty of nature in winter, with views unim-peded by foliage. Wildlife and animal tracks might be spied dur-ing the hike. The hike should take about 45 minutes. Children welcome over the age of four unless carried by an adult, no strollers. Dress warmly. Wear layers of clothing and sturdy, warm hiking boots or shoes, as well as hats and gloves. Binoculars and a camera always come in handy, and remember to bring water and maybe a snack.

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 3THE GOWRIE NEWSTHE GOWRIE NEWS

We are Bursting with Pride as we help sponsor our

great students at Southeast Webster High School!

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Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a robot bog, in a bikg in a Santa tue, Be Becasae in a tue, ten in a gloves in a coot bog, in a res car, star wors tue. Love, ToviahDear Santa, Can you please Bring me a leap frog. Love, Nouh

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a wii and a DS and orbies crush? Thank you. Love, Nelah F.

Dear Santa, Can you please bring some Elsa ice skates, beados, a Elsa ipod, a toy pupy, Barbie Drem house. Thank you Santa. Love, Myle

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me football gloves, and a kindle, or a tablet, and legos. Love, Hayden

Dear Santa, Can you please bring me a Fusion Scooter and nerf gun and a dod Love, JR

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Southeast Webster Elementary Students

Dayton City Maintenance Building BurglarizedOver $10,000 worth of items taken... On Monday, Dec. 21 the Dayton Police Depart-ment was informed of a break in at the City of Dayton’s Maintenance Building. The break in happened sometime during Sunday night into Monday morning. Over ten thousand dollars worth of items were taken, mainly tools and chain saws. Several of the items are marked with City of Dayton. If anyone has any information on this crime please contact Dayton Police Department at 515-547-2624.

50 Years Ago... A group of interested persons are seeking in-dividuals and couples to start square dance lessons in the Stratford area. Tentative plans are to have the lessons in the old Stratford gym starting Saturday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. The lessons will cost $10.00 for 12 sessions. This is the only notice are people will receive. No other contacts will be made. Contact Mrs. Verlyn Westrum or Mrs. Ar-nold Carlson of Stratford if you are interested. Mrs. Ellen Johnson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Passmore to Des Moines Sunday and Mrs. John-son visited her sister’s Mesdames Clara Linn and Hulda Samuelson, while the Passmore’s met Mr. and Mrs. Carl Passmore of Panora at a cafe in Des Moines for dinner. From 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. all attended open house at the E G Paden’s new residence in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sykes of Blairsburg are the parents of a daughter, Kristi Marie, born at the Hamilton county hospital in Webster City December 24. Grandpar-ents are Mr. and Mrs. Eric Plahn of Dayton and Mrs. Marie Sykes of Seal Beach, California. The baby has one sister and two brothers. 30 Years Ago... Sunday dinner and lunch guests with Mr. and Mrs. Tony Crystal, Tasha and Beau in observance of Beau’s third birthday were Verlyn and Dorothy Westrum, Bill and Diane and Billie Crystal, Luann and Roger Garvey and family, Stacy and Becky Young, Brian and Amy of Stratford; Gary, Cheryl and Aubree Westrum, Ralph and Inez Burckle, Webster City. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hoshaw hosted a birth-day party for Jason Runyan’s eleventh birthday on Tues-day, Nov. 12. Attending were Jason’s mother, Jan Hoshaw, Kim and Jeremy Runyan and Ashley Bergman. Dayton Woman’s Club met Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 17 at United Methodist Church fellowship hall. President Zelda Anderson was in charge of the business meeting. She opened the meeting with the thought. “Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good.” The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was given by the mem-bers. “O, come All Ye Faithful” was sung, accompanied by Mary Ferguson. After singing the table grace, the ladies enjoyed a Christmas dessert luncheon served by hostesses, Berna-dine Huffman, Irene Smith, Judith Youngren, and Myrtle Sandholm. Christmas meditation was given by Pastor Larry Harley. The program was in charge of Adeline Eslick and featured “Candles” as the theme. Kathy Swanson sang “O Holy Night” accompa-nied by Leanne Hartley.

After reciting the club Collect the afternoon closed by singing Christmas Carols. Lorna Lingren, a junior at Iowa State University and daughter of Earl and Betty Lingren, Pilot Mound, was selected recently to be one of the 14 counselors for the 1986 Iowa Agricultural Youth Institute at Ames in July of 1986. This is the third year the agricultural education major has been appointed a counselor. The four-day con-ference will be attended by 100 high school students from throughout the state and will focus on agricultural issues and problems as well as career opportunities and Iowa’s agricultural future. The counselors will work directly with delegates and assist Department of Agriculture personnel with pro-gram preparations for the sixth annual institute. “Basically, we try to keep Iowa youth interested in agriculture,” said Lingren. The conference is not just aimed at students inter-ested in farming. Even if high school students are not plan-ning a career in agriculture, the conference is still a good experience. Lingren was a high school delegate which at-tending Grand Community High School at Boxholm. Lingren wants to teach vocational agriculture at the high school level and is heading in that direction, judg-ing from her activities at Iowa Sate. Lingren is resident assistant for her dormitory floor and travels to high schools around the state promoting ISU for the Students Alumni Association. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carson, Jr. and family of Harcourt and Harold Mann Jr. of Santa Maria, California spent Christmas with relatives in Moorhead. Guests in the John Rose home Sunday evening after the Christmas program were Messers and Mesdames Ernest Miller and boys and Bob Miller of Pilot Mound and Franklin Rose of Stratford.

Happy New Year

Thank youfor your patronage

in 2015.We look forward to

serving you in 2016.

JV Jag boys beatClarion-Goldfield57-45 last week The 9th Grade Jaguar boys lost to Clarion by the score of 50-40. Leading scorers were Nyles Johnson with 15 and 9 rebounds, Zach Graves 12 points, Mason Ackerson and Jackson Housken with 4, JJ Graves 3 points and 9 rebounds, and Kenny Blunk with 2. The JV won by the score of 57-45. Leading scorers were Keenan Ferry with 16, Nolan Johnson with 15 and Kaleb Jondle with 14. The JV record is 8-1.

Southeast Valley Jaguars fall to Titans Southeast Valley 8th grade boys battled South Central Calhoun and lost a close game 44-37. SCC jumped out to a 14 -7 first quarter advantage and help a 22-17 lead heading into the halftime break. The Jags cut into the lead in the 3rd quarter but still trailed 31-27. In a very face paced game the 4th quar-ter was an up and down game and SCC held on for the 44-37 victory over the Jaguars. Scoring for the Jaguars were Ross Halligan (4), Hunter Kruse (9), Carter Lane (10), Quinton Clancy (6), Chase Swieter (6), and Jared Kastendieck (2). The Jaguars are 5-3 heading into the holiday break and re-sume action on January 5th in Gilbert and January 7th in Burnside.

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 20154 Dayton Review

Gerald Rosenquist, 88 of Dayton passed away peacefully at his Meadow Creek Farm home on Decem-ber 22, 2015. He was surrounded by his family. Outside his perennial gardens and farm fields were at rest. Gerald deeded his body to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. A Celebration of Life service will be held next sum-mer at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the McGuire Bend United Brethren Church in rural Dayton. Gerald Vincent Rosenquist was born on the family farm near Burnside, Iowa on January 27, 1927 to Reuben and Lillie Rosenquist. He attended Burnside High School and graduated with the class of 1944. He served in the Army in Japan following the end of World War II. On September 29, 1950 he was united in marriage to Marcia Lundberg at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Burnside, Iowa. Immediately after their marriage, Gerald and Marcia became the fourth generation to reside at Meadow Creek Farm where they raised livestock and grains. Gerald also was employed at Felco / Land O’Lakes for 26 years. Upon retirement from farming in the 1990’s, Gerald and Marcia started creating and maintaining several perennial gardens. Gerald loved building the hardscape of the gar-dens, tending to the many perennials, and planting trees. For several years at Christmas, he transformed the gar-dens into a sparkling display using 30,000+ lights. He is survived by daughters Loretta (Gary) Sandholm of Waseca, MN and Nancy Rosenquist of Ames, IA ; and sister, Arlene Rosenquist of Dayton. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Marcia on July 16, 2015; his parents; brothers Dwayne Rosenquist and Leland Rosenquist; and sister Norma O’Brion. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

Gerald Rosenquist, 88

Marlys E. Fischer, 79, of Dayton, Iowa, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015, at the Stratford Nursing & Rehab Center. Marlys’s wishes were to be cremated. Services are pending at Carson – Stapp Funeral Home in Dayton. For online obituaries and condolences please visit: www.car-sonstappfuneralhome.com

Marlys E. Fischer, 79

The Southeast Valley Jaguar boys rolled over St. Mary’s/Storm Lake 71-28 on Friday, Dec. 18. It was the last game before the Christmas break. The Jaguars had a commanding 41-17 lead at the half and then continued to steamroll over St. Mary’s 23-7 in the third quarter. This was never a contest. It was all Jaguars from beginning to end. The Jags had a unbelievable 63 field goal at-tempts, 42 rebounds, 20 assists and 21 steals. It was a total team effort as the Jaguars had 11 players in the scoring column and 13 players had re-bounds. “We had a great team victory,” said one observ-er. “It shows what we can do when we are committed to play as a team.” Scoring in double figures for the Jaguars were Conner Conrad, 19; Logan Boerner, 12; Caleb Jondle, 11; and Dakota Jaeschke, 11. The Jaguars were an impressive 9 of 23 from

Jaguar boys roll over St. Mary’s71-28; total domination by JagsAt Storm Lake Dec. 18. . .

three range. Conrad was 3 of 7 from three range which is very good. Caleb Jondle was a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. The Jaguars as a team were 12 of 18. Jaeschke was the team leader once again in boards with nine. Conrad had seven boards and three blocked shots. Boerner had an amazing seven steals in the game. And Tommy Lennon had seven boards. “We dominated in every aspect of the game. It was great to see such a great team effort.” Myles Davis led the Jaguars in assists with six. Conrad had four. Other Jaguars scoring in the game were: Keegan Goodwin, 6; Myles Davis, 3; Tommy Lennon, 1; Keenan Ferry, 2; Alex Pliner, 4; Nolan Brand, 2. Other Jags having rebounds were: Kennan Fer-ry, 4; Alex Pliner, 4. Cade King, 1; Nolan Johnson, 1; Keegan Goodwin, 1; Logan Boerner, 2; Myles Davis, 1; Josh Carlson, 2; Caleb Jondle, 1; Ryan Gustafson, 2. Other Jaguars with assists: King, 3; Jaeshke, 2. Johnson, 1; Goodwin, 1; Boerner, 2; and Ferry, 1. Other Jaguars with steals were: King, 3; Gus-tafson, 1; Lennon, 2; Jaeschke, 2; Pliner, 2.

Logan Boerner, #10 showes off his verticle as he goes in for the shot Tuesday evening. The Jaguars walk away with the win against Clarion-Goldfield-Dows. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Southeast Valley rallies to Beat East Sac County The Jaguar boys trailed heading into the fourth quarter but were able to comeback and win by eight. The 8th grade team started out trailing after a quarter of action 12-8, as the ball seemed to bounce the way of the Raid-ers. The trend continued into the second quarter and the Jags trailed 17-12 at the halftime break. Southeast Valley started to get things rolling as the close the gap to a point, but still trailed 23-22 at the end of the third. The Jaguars came out and controlled to fourth quarter and went on to a 36-28 victory. Scoring for the Jags went: Ross Halligan (2), Hunter Kruse (4), Carter Lane (8), Quinton Clancy (2), Lincoln Miller (4), Chase Swieter (14) and Jared Kas-tendieck (2). The Jaguars moved to 5-2 on the season and played South Central Calhoun on December 21st in Burnside.

Dakota Jaeschke, #42 goes up strong scoring two points for the Jaguars Tuesday evening against Clarion-Goldfield-Dows. Photo by Lisa Peterson

9th grade Jaguars fall against Carroll Kuemper The 9th Grade Jaguars High School Boys Bas-ketball team lost to Carroll Kuemper by the score of 78-56. Zach Graves had 14 points, Jackson Housken 7, Kenny Blunk 7, Nyles Johnson 6, Max Davis 6, JJ Graves 6. The JVR beat Carroll Kuemper by the score of 57-47. Jaden Cline had 25 points and 19 rebounds, Lucas Pontius had 13 points and 7 assists, Kyle Zeka 9 points and 9 rebounds, Conner Travis 4 points, Jordan Lane 3 points.

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Webster County crash. . .Family of fiveinjured in Christmashead-on collissionDaughter dies Saturday night at hospital. . . A young family of five was injured in a Christ-mas day crash on old Highway 20 near Fort Dodge in a head-on collission. On Saturday night one daughter, Payton, was taken off life support and she died. According to unofficial information, Justin Henry and his fiancee Brooke Ford of Webster City suf-fered injuries as did their children Haley (severe concus-sion and broken thumb), daughter Payton who was life-flighted to a Des Moines hospital , and a baby boy Rowyn who was also injured. Payton had a severe neck injury and was on life support. On Saturday night she was taken off life sup-port and she died. The dad, Justin, had a broken rib and thumb and his fiancee Brooke had a concussion. Six people, in two vehicles, were injured in the head-on crash east of Fort Dodge. All six were taken to Trinity Medical Center with one child lifeflighted to Des Moines. There is a Go Fund Me page on Facebook for the family.

Jaguar boys defeatClarion-Goldfield66-51; record now 5-2 The Southeast Valley Jaguar boys handily de-feated Clarion-Goldfield 66-51 Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Jags had a small lead of 29-27 at the half and then surged ahead in the second half, winning the third quarter 14-9 and fourth quarter 23-15. Conner Conrad had 27 points to lead the Jags and he had 10 rebounds. Dakota Jaeschke had 13 points; Myles Davis, 8 points and 10 rebounds; Kaleb Jondle, 7 points; Keegan Goodwin, 5; and Cade King, 4. Top rebounders were Conner, 10; Davis, 20; Jaeschke, 7; Logan Boerner, 4; King, 2; Alex Pliner, 2; and Jondle, 1. Conrad was 5-5 from the line; King and Good-win were both 2-2 from the free throw line. Overall the Jags were 11-14 from the line. Conner, Boerner and Davis each had three as-sists. Jaeschke had five steals. Conrad had three. The Jag varsity boys’ record is now 5-2. The Jags had 36 boards, 15 steals, and 12 assists. It was a good around team effort.

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Gerald Rosenquist, 88 of Dayton passed away peacefully at his Meadow Creek Farm home on Decem-ber 22, 2015. He was surrounded by his family. Outside his perennial gardens and farm fields were at rest. Gerald deeded his body to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. A Celebration of Life service will be held next sum-mer at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the McGuire Bend United Brethren Church in rural Dayton. Gerald Vincent Rosenquist was born on the family farm near Burnside, Iowa on January 27, 1927 to Reuben and Lillie Rosenquist. He attended Burnside High School and graduated with the class of 1944. He served in the Army in Japan following the end of World War II. On September 29, 1950 he was united in marriage to Marcia Lundberg at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Burnside, Iowa. Immediately after their marriage, Gerald and Marcia became the fourth generation to reside at Meadow Creek Farm where they raised livestock and grains. Gerald also was employed at Felco / Land O’Lakes for 26 years. Upon retirement from farming in the 1990’s, Gerald and Marcia started creating and maintaining several perennial gardens. Gerald loved building the hardscape of the gar-dens, tending to the many perennials, and planting trees. For several years at Christmas, he transformed the gar-dens into a sparkling display using 30,000+ lights. He is survived by daughters Loretta (Gary) Sandholm of Waseca, MN and Nancy Rosenquist of Ames, IA ; and sister, Arlene Rosenquist of Dayton. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Marcia on July 16, 2015; his parents; brothers Dwayne Rosenquist and Leland Rosenquist; and sister Norma O’Brion. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

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The Saturday before Christmas a “few” of my clan gathered to celebrate the season and one another. My son number 3, Andy and wife, Reva, opened their home to what became a joyful chaos. The temperature was very tolerable for December and no precipitation was making its appearance. My granddaughter in law picked me up and then we went back to their house to pick two of the three great grandchildren from that household; grand-son being in the parcel business has been putting in days of twelve hours plus and his son #1 working many hours also so they opted out, due to exhausted necessity, not to attend the festivities. We were near the first to arrive so set about helping to set out Styrofoam plates, plastic cups and “silverware” and the snacking items. While we were doing that we heard the arrival of another group and they came on back to the kitchen/serving area. It was my oldest grandson, Joe, and his clan. I had expected his daughter and youngest son but then I looked up to see a tall young man approach me with a big hug and a “Hi, Grandma Sara!” It was Tyler, Joe’s oldest, on leave from the Navy. Now I understood why his Mom had said not to send him a package a she “could send it free”. Then there was another guest, Tyler’s sister’s “fella”, a delight-ful young man from Lebanon and he became more en-dearing to me when he came back for more of my maca-roni/pea salad declaring, “I love it”. Little by little more children, grandchildren and great grandchildren arrived. Food kept appearing and overflowing from the kitchen serving island to the dining table and the nibbling was on parade. My oldest great granddaughter came with her fiance (they were engaged this summer) so at least two people were being indoctri-nated into the clan. We ate some more, told more tales, ate something else, and the last to trickle in was youngest daughter and her family, three daughters and spouses and grandchildren. Her hubby was one with a prior commit-ment. Eating finally dwindled to an almost cessation so it was time to gather the greats around the Christmas tree. The older ones were not jumping up and down ex-cited but the littler ones were a different matter. There

Oh what a night it was...were 20 big stockings under the tree (five others having been shipped to Idaho and Washington). Now what do you do when the recipients range in age from age four (youngest on Dec. 23) to 23 as of the 21st? You get big socks and do something crazy like putting five dol-lar coins in a smallr sock and put it in the toe. Then you put in a peg puzzle, various ones randomly, and oh, yes, everyone can have fun with a yo-yo and if you are one of the very youngest you get an extra puzzle, little car or a doll. Of course! Can’t forget the candy but then there’s the one the big ones anticipate – the envelope. Somehow the parents managed to help the little ones keep all their “loot” separated and reclaimed and they didn’t have to worry much about the candy – even after having made several trips the homemade goody tray on the dining table. But woe to a Grandma not expecting a boyfriend to be in attendance, though he was most cer-tainly welcomed – but then Grandma’s pockets still had a bit of depth to compensate. Oh, yes, Santa left a bag under the tree and in it was a back scratcher for everyone who didn’t get a sock. Once the socks had been reclaimed and refilled it was picture time. With a bunch of around 38 people that can be chaotic fun too -- and it was. It was a great party, a loving party, a memorable one. We only wished the others could have been there, including the “out west ones”. The house would have really been bulging with 51 people. And I am an ONLY child! This is certainly a great memory for me and I hope when they are my age it will be special to them too. That all brought back my sock hanging days. We didn’t have fancy store bought ones 70+ years ago – you just hung up a clean long brown cotton winter sock. On Christmas morning it may hold the winter rarity of an orange or a big apple, a few peanuts in the shell and a peppermint stick – don’t remember canes until I was filling my kids’ socks.All, in all I hope everyone had a happy, family filled, fun, blessed Christmas – more next week. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Southeast Valley Schedule of Events

Week of Dec 30th to Jan 6th

Wednesday, Dec 30NO SCHOOL (Dec 23-Jan 1) Winter BreakThursday, Dec 31NO SCHOOL (Dec 23-Jan 1) Winter BreakFriday, Jan 1NO SCHOOL (Dec 23-Jan 1) Winter BreakMonday, Jan 4Return to School from Break6:15 p.m. (A) B JVR Bask GAME - Southeast Valley @ Eagle GroveTuesday, Jan 56:00 p.m. (A) B&G V Bask GAME - Southeast Valley @ East Sac County

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

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JH Jaguar girls dropped a 36-37 overtime thriller The Southeast Valley JH A Teams played their final game before break at East Sac County Friday night. The 7th grade dropped a hard fought 37-36 overtime thriller however these young ladies left everything on the court and” I could not be more proud as a coach”. Sydney Carlson had an outstanding overall game and led the way with 20 points. Emily Hemestead was right behind with 8. The Jags received very solid post play from the duo of Brielle Haub and Morgan Farn-ham. The Jags also received outstanding hustle and de-fense from the trio of Emily Jaseschke, Kiersten Fisher and Riley Nelson. The 7th grade is now 4-2 on the sea-son. The 8th grade girls came away with a domi-nating 40-12 victory behind 17 points from Mackenzie Crampton and Delaney Conrad right behind with 13. Maggie Anderlik played an outstanding game off the bench hitting the boards hard. The Jags also got solid point guard play from Cassie Bergland and solid defense from the trio of Viatris Scott, Taegan Long and Jaynie Ferarri returning from and ankle injury. The 8th grade is now 2-4 on the season.

JH Jaguar girls fall short against SCC The Southeast Valley JH Girls B teams played their first full games of the season at Rockwell City vs SCC Monday night. The 7th grade dropped a 16-38 game to the Titans. The Jags recieved solid hustle from the trio of Haylee Fraizer, Allison Bethlel and Marlee Johnson. The Jags also received solid guard play from the duo of Rylee Murray and Jordan Dorsey. The 8th grade dropped a 16-32 contest to the Ti-tans. Haylee Kraft had an outstanding game and led the way with 10 points. The Jags received solid point guard play from Taegan Long and solid hustle from Jaiden Rolwy, Macie Williweit, Maggie Anderlik and Maddie Lundberg.

The Southeast Valley Drill Team put on a great show during half time of the basketball game. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Mady Jaeschke, #10 for the Jaguars, goes in for a lay-up against St. Mary's Friday evening. Photo by Lisa Peterson

Webster County crash. . .Family of fiveinjured in Christmashead-on collissionDaughter dies Saturday night at hospital. . . A young family of five was injured in a Christ-mas day crash on old Highway 20 near Fort Dodge in a head-on collission. On Saturday night one daughter, Payton, was taken off life support and she died. According to unofficial information, Justin Henry and his fiancee Brooke Ford of Webster City suf-fered injuries as did their children Haley (severe concus-sion and broken thumb), daughter Payton who was life-flighted to a Des Moines hospital , and a baby boy Rowyn who was also injured. Payton had a severe neck injury and was on life support. On Saturday night she was taken off life sup-port and she died. The dad, Justin, had a broken rib and thumb and his fiancee Brooke had a concussion. Six people, in two vehicles, were injured in the head-on crash east of Fort Dodge. All six were taken to Trinity Medical Center with one child lifeflighted to Des Moines. There is a Go Fund Me page on Facebook for the family.

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The Southeast Valley senior students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1st trimester GPA goals.

On Friday, December 12th, Southeast Valley High School held its Academic Assembly for 1st trimes-ter of the 2015-2016 school year. Students were recog-nized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1st trimester GPA goals. Academic letters are awarded to students who have been listed on the honor roll for any 4 trimesters. For each subsequent time on the honor roll, students re-ceive a gold bar. The following students were recognized for earning Academic letters/bars for 1st trimester of the 2015-2016 school year: Cameron Anderson, Shawna Andrews, Keygan

The Southeast Valley sophomore students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1st trimester GPA goals.

The Southeat Valley Junior students were recognized for earning Academic Letters and for reaching their 1st trimester GPA goals.

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Barber, Marydith Barkley, Allie Berg, Tiffany Blunk, Lo-gan Boerner, Josie Breitsprecher, Allison Carlon, Joshua Carlson, Conner Conrad, Tori Crampton, Jacey DeBaun, Jacob DeBaun, Andrew Dorage, Katelyn Dyer, Hannah Fiala, Tatum Friesth, Makayla Garland, Josh Gibbons, Kearsten Hainzinger; Anna Heatherington, Tanner Hilsabeck-Dun-can, Casey Iles, Dylan Johnson, Travis Jones, Natalie Lambert, Liam McDermott, Sage Michalski, Zeke Mill-er, Katrina Nelson, Owen Oeltjenbruns, Trevor Parrish, Hannah Peterson, Mitchell Reck, Erica Rittgers, Kend-all Sandgren, Aaliyah Scott, Mallory Strutzenberg, Mi-

chael Vosberg, Cassandra Zinnel, Jaiden Ackerson, Makayla Anderson, Sam Berglund, Nolan Brand, Makayla Busma, Kenly Clough, Regina Cook; Myles Davis, Cassey Davisson, Nick Es-lick, Dylan Fiala, Mason Forst, Jennifer Gallentine, Gina Gillespie, Keegan Goodwin, Ryan Gustafson, Breanna Hartley, Peyton Heslop, Morgan Jackson, Dakota Jaeschke, Jordan Lane, Drew Lundquist, Karrigan Mentzer, Me-lissa Pautsch, Benjamin Peterson, Cameron Pliner, Daven Rees, Kelsi San-dahl, Patti Snyder, Ramona Thompson, Claire Whalen,

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Trey Lawrence, 132#, for the Jaguars was named Champion at the Jim Kinyon Norseman Invitational. Photo by Emilea Lundberg

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Wrestling Results ...Results for Southeast Valley @ Jim Kinyon Invite (12/19/2015) 106: Coledon Bethel (Southeast Valley) - 4th; Quar-terfinals - Max Halstead (Roland-Story) over Coledon Bethel (Southeast Valley) (Fall 0:35); Cons. Semis - Coledon Bethel (Southeast Valley) over Cole Grandgeorge (Eagle Grove) (Dec 10-5); 3rd Place Match - Max Halstead (Roland-Story) over Co-ledon Bethel (Southeast Valley) (Fall 1:36) 113: Colton Klingson (Southeast Valley) - 4th; Semi-finals - Alexander Farmer (Grinnell) over Colton Klingson (Southeast Valley) (TF 17-2 0:00; Cons. Semis - Colton Kling-son (Southeast Valley) over Trey Allen (Winterset) (Fall 3:22); 3rd Place Match - Parker Allen (Hampton Dumont) over Colton Klingson (Southeast Valley) (Fall 0:32) 132: Trey Lawrence (Southeast Valley) - 1st; Quar-terfinals - Trey Lawrence (Southeast Valley) over Robert Alert (Hampton Dumont) (Fall 1:43); Semifinals - Trey Lawrence (Southeast Valley) over Garrett Loftin (Grinnell) (Fall 1:30); 1st Place Match - Trey Lawrence (Southeast Valley) over Bill Joslin (Roland-Story) (Fall 1:07) 138: Carter Fluckiger (Southeast Valley) - 8th; Quar-terfinals - Tyson Manzer (Roland-Story) over Carter Fluckiger (Southeast Valley) (Fall 3:25); Cons. Round 1 - Charlie Reiter (South Hamilton) over Carter Fluckiger (Southeast Valley) (MD 12-1); 7th Place Match - Dawson Lalor (Eagle Grove) over Cart-er Fluckiger (Southeast Valley) (Fall 3:58) 152: Ivan Hudson (Southeast Valley) - DNP; Quarter-finals - Noah Bandstra (East Marshall/GMG) over Ivan Hudson (Southeast Valley) (Fall 1:56); Cons. Round 1 - Brian Carroll (South Hamilton) over Ivan Hudson (Southeast Valley) (Fall 4:27); Cons. Round 2 - Bryson Cline (Grinnell) over Ivan Hud-son (Southeast Valley) (Fall 3:10) 160: Kyler Jondle (Southeast Valley) - 3rd; Quarter-finals - Caleb Grose (Winterset) over Kyler Jondle (Southeast Valley) (Dec 7-6); Cons. Round 1 - Kyler Jondle (Southeast Val-ley) over Russell Jennett (Gilbert) (Fall 3:46); Cons. Round 2 - Kyler Jondle (Southeast Valley) over Isaac Shelton (Hampton Dumont) (Dec 4-0); 3rd Place Match - Kyler Jondle (Southeast Valley) over Trenton Miller (Grinnell) (MD 13-2) 182: Zeke Miller (Southeast Valley) - 5th; Quarterfi-nals - Zeke Miller (Southeast Valley) over Jack Currans (Gilbert) (Fall 4:54); Semifinals - Sam Mathis (Roland-Story) over Zeke Miller (Southeast Valley) (Fall 3:14); Cons. Round 2 - Isaiah McAlexander (Grinnell) over Zeke Miller (Southeast Valley) (Fall 3:45); 5th Place Match - Zeke Miller (Southeast Valley) over Bailey Brinkmeyer (South Hamilton) (Fall 1:06) 220: Xavier Nichols (Southeast Valley) - 7th; Quar-terfinals - Emilio Valenzuela (Hampton Dumont) over Xavier Nichols (Southeast Valley) (Fall 0:00); Cons. Round 1 - Brett Clayton (Grinnell) over Xavier Nichols (Southeast Valley) (Fall 1:10) 285: Matt Ross (Southeast Valley) - 6th; Quarterfi-nals - CJ Baker (Winterset) over Matt Ross (Southeast Valley) (Fall 1:08); Cons. Semis - Pablo Gonzalez (Hampton Dumont) over Matt Ross (Southeast Valley) (Fall 0:36); 5th Place Match - Tanner Stille (Roland-Story) over Matt Ross (Southeast Valley) (Fall 1:01) Kaelen Lundberg (Southeast Valley) - DNP; Semifi-nals - Kaelen Lundberg (Southeast Valley) over Dalton Chipp (Hampton Dumont) (Fall 0:49); 1st Place Match - Kaelen Lund-berg (Southeast Valley) over Jake Dixon (East Marshall/GMG) (Fall 1:16) Clayton MccFarland (Southeast Valley) - DNP; There are no match results associated with this wrestler

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TO: WADE & DEBORAH ALLARD, ANDERSON IMPLEMENTS, LONNE & KAREN ANDERSON, LONNE & KAREN ANDERSON, TODD & RENEE ANDERSON, RANDY & JEAN ANDERSON, SCOTT ANDERSON, TODD & RENEE ANDERSON, JUDITH BALL LIFE ESTATE, RONETTE BOSCH, CHARLES CLAUSSEN & ROSALIA BUDA, CR SOLUTIONS LLC, CR SOLUTIONS LLC, FARMERS COOPERATIVE CO (PALM GROVE), JOHN FLICKINGER TRUST, JOAN FORS LIFE ESTATE, KENT FORS, PATTY FORS LIFE ESTATE, RONALD FORS, PATTY FORS LIFE ESTATE, FREED FAMILY TRUST, FREED FAMILY TRUST, FREED FAMILY TRUST, MAXINE FREED LIFE ESTATE, ROBERT HAGAN, WILMA HAGAN TRUST, HF HOLDINGS LLC, IVAN & PAM HOLLMAN, IOWA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION, IRMA RUPP ETAL #8929, JAMES & RHONDA JONES, KENT & MELISSA KIBURZ, GARY KNOPF, CHARLES & DONNA LUCKENBILL, ANTHONY MADER, MIRIAM MOHR, MLP FAMS LLC, ROGER EKQUIST OLSON, ALAN PRICE, JAMES PURKAPILE JR & JUDITH LABAUME, RONETTE MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, FERN ROSENQUIST, IRMA RUPP TRUST, JOHN H JR & MARSHA SAMUELSON, JOHN NICHOLAS SAMUELSON TRUST, JULIA MARIE SAMUELSON TRUST, DON & JOAN SANDELL, SANDELL FAMILY TRUST, SANDELL FAMILY TRUST, JUNE SANDELL LIFE ESTATE, PHYLLIS SANDSTROM, MICHAEL & CHERYL SMITH, LLOYD & LORREE STEWART, LLOYD STEWART, ELIZABETH URELIUS, SHAWN URELIUS, WEBSTER CO ENGINEER, ROGER, DEBRA, DOUG & STEVE FORS, KEVIN, KENT & CHARLES FORS, CHRISTINA AULTMAN, CARL, HUNTER, CIERRA, CHANDLER, BRADY, JUSTIN & ANDREA FORS TYLER, MATTHEW & AMANDA AULTMAN, CHRISTOPHER KING DILLARD, MICHELLE MATLOCK, H. VIRGINIA PETERSON, KAY BAESSLER LIFE ESTATE, PAPE JOINT TRUST, SHARON SMITH TRUST, JOYCE MCCLELLAND TRUST, MICHAEL, KEVIN & DREW SANDSTROM, DEBORAH CUMMINS, MICHELLE ROSENQUIST KIM RIEKEN, JEAN NAGEL, JOAN SAXTON, ELIZABETH & LELAND URELIUS, RITA URELIES MILLER GREINER AND TO all leinholders or encumbrancers of any land within the district and to all other persons whom it may concern and to all actual occupants of lands in the district. YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Board of Supervisors acting as trustees for Drainage District No. 34 Lateral A, Webster County, Iowa, has appointed Justin Miller, McClure Engineering to investigate and report on the condition of said drainage district and that said engineer has filed his report in the office of the Auditor of Webster County, Iowa recommending a repair to said Drainage District. On the 22 day of December, 2015, the Board of Supervisors did approve the report of the engineer as a tentative plan which may be amended before final action. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Drainage District No. 34 Lateral A is located in parts of Sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, and 26 Township 87 North, Range 29 West (Clay Township); and in parts of Sections 18, Township 87 North, Range 28 West (Burnside Township), Webster County, Iowa FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS see the copy of the engineer's report and plan now on file in the Office of the Auditor, 701 Central Ave., Webster County, Fort Dodge, Iowa. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Board has set the 9th day of February 2016 at 11:00 a. m. in the Board of Supervisor's Room, Webster County Courthouse, 701 Central Ave., Fort Dodge, Iowa as the time, date and place for hearing on said engineer's report and recommended repair. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that in the event said report is adopted that a reclassification of benefits of the lands within the district will also be considered. All claims for damages, except claims for land required for right of way, and all objections for any reasons to said engineer's report must be in writing and filed in the office of the Webster County Auditor, Fort Dodge, Iowa before or at the time set for said hearing. Published by order of the Board of Supervisors, acting as trustees for Drainage District No. 34 Lateral A, Webster County, Iowa.

CAROL MESSERLY, AUDITORWEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA

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Kaleigh Winkler. In addition to Academic letters, students were recognized for meeting their 1st trimester GPA goals. Goals are set within the first week of the trimester. Stu-dents are encouraged to see the importance of goals and of writing those goals down. They are guided through the process of setting SMART goals and of creating a plan to reach those goals. Students who reached their goals for 1st trimes-ter of the 2015-2016 school year were (Mrs. Jaeschke’s pack) Jaiden Ackerson, Jordon Benfield, Payton Erritt, Nick Eslick, Kendall Sandgren, Ramona Thompson, and Hailey Tuel; (Mrs. Schill’s pack) Dooter Aondoakaa, Kylie Clark, Jacob DeBaun, Dylan Fiala, Kasey Lundberg, and Sage Michalski; (Mr. Kruse’s pack) Josie Breitsprecher, Myles Davis, Carter Fluckiger, Dylan Johnson, Amara Murchi-son, Mitchell Reck, Vanessa Scott, Cody Strutzenberg, and Rylee Walker; (Mrs. Hanna’s pack) Tabitha Ball, Isaiah Breeden, Cassey Davisson, Madison Echelberger, Makayla Garland, Jordan Lane, Trent Lawrence, Jack Mumper, Allison True, and Claire Whalen; (Mr. Zigrang’s pack) Karyhn Alcantara, Tessa Berg, Shelby Cummins, Anna Heatherington, Savannah Seehusen, and Kate Wickwire; (Ms. Dosland’s pack) Keygan Barber, Dustyn Dorothy, Breanna Hartley, Jordan Johnson, Zeke Miller, Melissa Pautsch, Kennedy Stern, and Bridget Wilmarth; (Mr. Conrad’s pack) Randy Andrews, Tiffany Blunk, Regina Cook, Kayla Dolph, KateLynn Duncan, Rawly Grandfield, Madyson Jaeschke, Natalie Lambert, Logan Parman, Alex Pliner, Patti Snyder, and Madeline Weipert; (Mr. Blunk’s pack) Allison Carlon, Dalton Dencklau, Clayton Kiefer, Colton Klingson, Trey Law-rence, Alanna McFarland, and Michael Vosberg; (Mrs. Geisler’s pack) Mason Forst, Miranda Keith, John Lautner, Xavier Nichols, Drake Oldson, and Cassie Zinnel; (Ms. Lizer’s pack) Marydith Barkley, Jakob Borsos, Ryan Gustafson, Garrett Houdek, Drew Lun-dquist, Lucas Pontius, and Victoria Vote; (Mr. Bruns’s pack) Conner Conrad, Eliza Geis, Chelsea Grossnickle, Morgan Jackson, Nyles Johnson, Sina Schmid, Morgan Sorenson, and Aaron True; (Ms. Vogel’s pack) Morgan Castenson, Hannah Fiala, Kearsten Hainzinger, Bailey Miller, Isabella Mor-

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gan, and Ebony Scott; (Mrs. Nellis’s pack) Sam Berglund, Cassidy Lambert, Hannah Peterson, Taylor Posey, and Leah Siebert; (Mr. Kehoe’s pack) Cameron Anderson, Makayla Anderson, Keri Fiala, Joshua Johnson, Jolie Parle, Erica Rittgers, and Alaina Rykhus; (Mr. Bachel’s pack) Max Davis, Jacey DeBaun, Jackson Housken, Karrigan Mentzer, Nate Montgomery, Aidan Oakes, Daven Rees, and Carter Steck; (Ms. Peterson’s pack) Shawna Andrews, An-drew Dorage, Katrina Nelson, Owen Oeltjenbruns, and Carson Walrod; (Ms. Rippentrop’s pack) Nolan Brand, Joshua Carlson, Bryanna Diaz, JJ Graves, Jarett Loseke, Austin McBride, Chelsea Mitchell, and Fernando Salazar; (Mr. Swieter’s pack) Katelyn Dyer, Eva Haub, Casey Iles, Sierra Ivory, Baylee Lindner, and Hunter Van Every; (Ms. Christians’s pack) Samantha Alphs, Al-lie Berg, Hannah DeVries, Genavieve Elledge, Gordon Grossnickle, Matthew Ross, and Chad Stewart; (Mrs. Stewart’s pack) Michael Balla, Logan Boerner, Ian Bosch, Madelyne Christiansen, Alexis Corell, Tatum Friesth, Halle Grimm, Gabrielle Long, Evan McCrady, AJ Rykhus, Aaron Swieter, and Dillon Sytsma; (Mr. Nuss’s pack) Joel Anderson, Jordan Fia-la, Keegan Goodwin, Erica Nordin, Trevor Parrish, and Dian Puspitaningrum.

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Webster County Claims Register Report for 12-15-2015 A PLUS AUTO GLASS OUTSIDE SERVICES 497.37ABC LEGAL SERVICES INC serve papers 85.00ABC PEST CONTROL INC pest control 62.00ACCESS AUDIO & ACCESSORIES LLC, service 300.00ACCESS SYSTEMS, COPIER LEASE AGREEMENT 222.38ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING, hardware maintenance contracts 740.82ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC office supplies 34.78ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC equipment 256.87AGSOURCE COOPERATIVE SERVICES, well water kits 362.50AHLERS & COONEY PC professional services 4,540.90ALEXANDER, BRANDI mileage 16.80ALLIANT ENERGY UTILITIES 129.81ALLSCRIPTS SUPPORT 1,035.02AMHOF, ROXANNE mileage 92.40ANDERSON, KATHERINE mileage 329.18ANDERSON, MINDY cell phone 25.00ANDREWS, JULIE mileage 33.08ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES SHED SUPPLIES 209.76ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY STOCK 132.71B & W CONTROL SPECIALISTS INC, REPAIRS 916.50BARRIER GROUP, software maintenance contracts 1,000.00BECKER FLORISTS INC trees 200.00BERRY advertising 69.75BIANCHI, MIKE rent & expense 350.00BIRDSELL, TAMARA mileage 163.60BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF, serve papers 21.06BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITIES 681.13BLUE RIBBON PELHAM WATERS, cleaning supplies 35.00BOMGAARS SUPPLY SUPPLIES 394.77BRENNAN, JENNIFER rent payments 300.00BRIGGS CORPORATION supplies 82.19BROWNS SHOE FIT CO WORK SHOES 279.94CALHOUN COUNTY ECA LIGHTING 9.75CARSON-STAPP FUNERAL HOME, medical examiner expense 300.00CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC, FUEL 559.41CASTOR CONSTRUCTION snow removal 1,220.00CENTER FOR DISEASE DETECTION, test fee 157.00CENTRAL IA JUVENILE DET CENTER, MEDICAL SERVICES 1,326.00CENTRAL IA PSYCHOLOGICAL SRVS, expert witness testimony 187.76CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC., STOCK 1,615.30CENTURY LINK monthly services 734.91CHAMP SOFTWARE INC SOFTWARE 11,014.00CHIEF SUPPLY CORP OFFICER UNIFORMS 1,408.22COLE, DR DAN medical examiner expense 600.00COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER voucher program 40.00CONSOLIDATED MANGEMENT CO INC., food service 7,052.25CRITES, CHARLOTTE wages 100.00DANIEL TIRE COMPANY repairs 1,806.09DANNER, DAWNIE election wages 62.25DAYTON RESCUE SQUAD INC medical examiner expense 300.00DAYTON REVIEW legal 977.29DAYTON, TOWN OF UTILITES 101.25DE LAGE LANDEN copier lease 314.75DENCKLAU INSURANCE SERVICES insurance 2,560.33DEYTA LLC hhcahps fee 90.00DIAMOND MOWERS INC PARTS 3,207.18DODGER AREA RAPID TRANSIT dart bus tokens 750.00DOMINO'S PIZZA teen parent night 19.97DOOLITTLE OIL CO INC GREASE 1,784.81DOUBLE B PROPERTIES LLC rent & expense 400.00DOUBLE M SIGNS COUNTY LOGO STICKERS 743.65DOUGHTY AUTO INC PARTS & LABOR 1,170.63DUNBAR POWER EQUIPMENT snowblower 1,099.00EDMAN, ALISHA mileage 60.90ELECTRICAL MATERIALS CO PARTS 25.71ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING pagers 789.00EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND 3rd quarter payment 33,600.50FAMILY PET MEDICAL CENTER boarding for k9 25.50FASTENAL COMPANY STOCK 707.59FLANNERY, MARJORIE rent payment 50.00FORCE AMERICA INC STOCK 50.15FORT DODGE FIRE DEPARTMENT medical examiner expense 225.00FORT DODGE FORD INC service 1,988.42FORT DODGE WATER DEPT ss bldg water 140.23FORT DODGE, CITY OF consultant fees 6,413.34FREEMAN, SUSAN wages 1,213.62FRONTIER phone service 1,953.28FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE 364.54GADBURY, JANET E mileage 23.63GARGANO, MARK medical examiner expense 122.08GEHLHAUSEN, DAWN mileage 159.40GENE MOELLER OIL COMPANY fuel 72.09GOVCONNECTION INC equipment 38.83GOWRIE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES UTILITLES 174.64GOWRIE NEWS legal 977.29GRAVES CONSTRUCTION CO INC BRIDGE & APPROACHES 130,762.91GRAY SANITATION GARBAGE 44.00GRELL, MELISSA mileage 103.75GURNETT, TERESA mileage 55.65HAILA ENG GROUP LTD lec court room remodel 555.00HALFWASSEN, ANGIE phone 25.00HAMILTON, MONICA mileage 97.65

Regular MeetingDecember 15, 2015

The Board of Supervisors met in Session on the above date with the following members present: Singer, Fletcher, Dencklau, Campbell and Leffler. Absent: None. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve minutes of the December 1, 2015 regular meeting and special meeting on December 8, 2015. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to receive and place on file the following Drainage Repairs: D.D.#1, D.D.#37, D.D.#52, and D.D.#244. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to accept resignation of Jordan Brackey, County Attorney Assistant effective December 11, 2015. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to approve and authorize Chair to sign revised Avesis Advantage Vision Plan Renewal effective January 1, 2016. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to receive and place on file Manure Management Plan Updates for Bob & Travis Hicks in Section 31, Gowrie Township; and Envirotech Powerwashing and Ag Service, LLC in Section 32, Yell Township. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to receive and place on file Midas Regional Planning Commission Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements for period ending June 30, 2015. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to adopt the following resolution: WHEREAS Webster County, Iowa is the owner of two certain parcels of real estate described as: Parcel 15-13-277-006: Lehigh Incorporated, Orris Sub-division, Lot 9 Block 2; Parcel 15-13-277-005: Lehigh Incorporated, Orris Sub-division, Lot 10 Block 2; BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Webster County, Iowa as follows: 1. The Board of Supervisors has determined that disposal of the county owned property is in the best interest of Webster County. 2. That said Board proposes to sell the above described parcels of real estate by sealed bid auction. 3. The bidding period will open from 9:00 a.m. December 22, 2015 and close at 10:00 a.m. on December 29, 2015. 4. That bids are to be submitted to the office of the Webster County Auditor on the second floor of the Webster County Courthouse. 5. That said Board proposes to sell the said real estate to the bidder who, in the Board’s discretion, is determined to have the best use of the property combined with bid amount. 6. That the winning bidder shall be responsible for the payment of all recording fees associated with the sale of the parcels. 7. That the Board shall hold a public hearing on the aforesaid proposal at 10:30 a.m. on December 29, 2015 on the second floor of the Webster County Courthouse. 8. That said Board proposes to accept the bid it has selected by resolution at the regular meeting scheduled for 10:00 a.m. January 5, 2016 on the second floor of the Webster County Courthouse.

DATED AT FORT DODGE, IOWA this 15th day of December 2015.

s/Keith Dencklau Chairman, Board of SupervisorsATTEST:s/Carol Messerly Webster County Auditor

Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to approve and authorize Chair to sign Underwriting Engagement Letter with D. A. Davidson and Company. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve and authorize Chair to sign Memorandum of Understanding By and Between Webster County, Iowa and Dakota Access Pipeline. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to approve 2015 Weed Commissioners’ Report and weed complaint map. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to receive and place on file Manure Management Plan Update for Bergquist Farms in Section 23 and 24 of Hardin Township. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to approve request from the Conservation Board to transfer a $5,000.00 donation into the Conservation Trust Fund to be used for improvement projects at Camp WaNoki. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Campbell to decline email request from Tanner J. Nowell, Jailer’s Labor Unit, Union Steward, for extra pay or compensation time equal to what the Clerk’s in the Courthouse received due to the Courthouse closing following the vandalism last week. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to approve and authorize Chair to sign utility permit from MidAmerican Energy to extend overhead electric transmission lines to new home at 2435 Woodman’s Hollow Road in Section 21, Township 88 North, Range 28 West, Otho Township. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to approve and authorize Chair to sign utility permit from MidAmerican Energy to replace gas service at 2337 160th Street in Section 32, Township 90 North, Range 28 West, Badger Township. (Copy on file in Engineer’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to extend snow removal bids for Bank Building at 723 First Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa until 10:00a.m. next Tuesday December 22, 2015 and allow bids to be received Webster County Library Association updated the Board on the library services and their approved funding agreement from the rural areas. No action taken. The board discussed their obligation to have appointments to the various boards be gender balanced and encouraged citizens to contact them if they are interested in serving on the following boards:

Conservation Commission Veterans Affairs Commission Civil Service Commission Board of Health Board of Adjustment Planning and Zoning BoardCompensation Board Condemnation Jury Webster County Magistrate Appointing Committee

No action taken. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to allow claims. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

s/Carol Messerly s/Keith DencklauWebster County Auditor Chairman, Board of Supervisors

Regular MeetingDecember 22, 2015

The Board of Supervisors met in Session on the above date with the following members present: Singer, Fletcher, Dencklau, Campbell and Leffler. Absent: None. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve the following as the official Canvass of the Dayton Special Election held on December 15, 2015: Kendra Breitsprecher received 81 votes and Beverly Jondle received 44 votes, therefore; Kendra Breitsprecher was declared duly elected Council Member for the residue of the term. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve the minutes of the December 15, 2015 regular meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to accept and place on file the resignation of Trinity Lewis, Case Manager effective December 28, 2015. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to accept and place on file the resignation of Joel Witte, Process Server effective December 14, 2015. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to receive and place on file appointment of Tina Clarken to the Badger Library Board. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to receive and place on file Manure Management Plan Updates for Dallas Thomas in Section 11, Cedar Township (Calhoun County) and RGT Carlson in Section 26, Gowrie Township. (Copy on file in Auditor’s office). Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Fletcher to direct County Attorney to

prepare resolution to waive County’s right against being named as a party to a Quiet Title Action in Helen Meehan property in the Town of Brushy, Webster County, Iowa. Motion carried unanimously. The following snow removal bids for services at the Bank Building were received: Task Castor Const Griffin’s Landscapes

Parking lot snow removal $160 $300 per occurrenceSidewalk snow removal $160 $150 per occurrenceSnow removal from site $75 $60 per truckloadParking Lot/Sidewalk Sanding, $100 $200 per occurrenceParking Lot/Sidewalk Salting, $280 $200 per occurrenceClean-up of sand in spring $85 per hour $800 Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Leffler to table snow removal bids. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to receive and place on file resignation of Galen Friedrich, Class A Equipment Operator in Secondary Road Department, effective February 12, 2016. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Leffler, seconded by Campbell to approve and authorize County Engineer to fill vacancy in Secondary Road Department due to resignation of Galen Friedrich. Ayes: Leffler, Singer and Fletcher. Nays: Campbell. Motion carried. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Singer to approve and authorize Chair to sign the following resolution: CLOSING BRIDGE E-23-1; FHWA #343510; TO ALL TRAFFIC WHEREAS; the Board of Supervisors is empowered under authority of Code of Iowa Sections 321.236 Sub.(8), 321.255 and 321.473 to prohibit operation of vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight thereof on designated highways or highway structures under their jurisdiction, andWHEREAS; the Webster County Engineer has caused to be completed the Structural Inventory and Appraisal of Webster County bridges in accordance with National Bridge Inspection Standards and Federal Highway Administration Rules, and WHEREAS; the results of these recent inspections indicate that the following structure has reduced load carrying capability and requires load restrictions. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Webster County Board of Supervisors that Bridge E-23-1; FHWA #343510; over South Lizard Creek on Fairbanks Avenue between Sections 23 and 24, Township 89 North, Range 30 West, Johnson Township; be temporarily closed to all traffic. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that road closed signs were erected at 11:00 AM, December 17, 2015. PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of December 2015.

Attest: s/Carol Messerly s/Keith Dencklau Webster County Auditor Chair, Webster County Board of Supervisors

Motion carried unanimously. Don Patz voiced his concern on the condition of the road and bridge approaches on 180th Street and Dakota Avenue. At l1:00a.m. the board met with Trustees of Drainage District #96 to discuss right of way. No action taken. Moved by Singer, seconded by Fletcher to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

s/Carol Messerly s/Keith DencklauWebster County Auditor Chairman, Board of Supervisors

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Lanyon Covenant Church’s Swedish supper Jan. 10 There will be a Swedish Supper on Sunday Jan. 10 beginning at 4:30 p.m.. They will serve traditional Swedish food and hear from Gene and Inga Whitehead about the Mission they will be serving in Sweden later in 2016.

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composed of half Wranglers and half Community Club members. Sometimes the separate purposes of the two clubs cause disagreements, which is not entirely a prob-lem. We all get along and can disagree from time to time but still walk away as friends. Yet, the Celebration Com-mittee’s purpose should reflect both clubs goals while maintaining its own unique goals. Over time the Celebration Committee’s goals may change. Twenty years ago the Celebration was very charitable, but they did not make substantial improve-ments to the arena and facilities. Now we are trying to make quality updates to our facility, which takes incred-ible amounts of money, and therefore have less to donate. In the last four years we have spent over $80,000 in im-provements. This trend is not going to change anytime soon because there are many more improvements to be made. If the Celebration Committee is to be primarily respon-sible for funding these improvement projects, we cannot possibly be as charitable as some people would like us to be. This is where the Community Club comes into play and will continue with a charitable purpose as the Cel-ebration Community undertakes improvements. I think it is also interesting to point out that we have never been a financial burden to the city for im-provement projects. Most large, successful rodeos have their city councils partner up with them from time to time to help with the burden of grant writing or to directly financially help with certain projects. One conclusion is that this could be a reason why after 80 years we do not have some of the special amenities that other large rodeos have, such as grand-stands and permanent bathrooms. If we are to do more things to attract a larger attendance, like concerts for ex-ample, we have to have the facilities that are necessary to make such a thing a success. I am not pointing fingers, I am just trying to start healthy conversations. The city council is full of great volunteers, just like the rodeo, that want to invest their time and give back to community and I respect all of the council members tremendously. Income - Briefly I will touch on the income portion of the budget. We have a healthy balance of where our income comes from in my opinion, but we can always improve. As you can see, 60% of the cost of the rodeo is payed for by ticket sales and 25% is paid for by spon-sors. I think this shows that the rodeo is still being sup-ported from the ground up by fans that love the rodeo. This is the way it should be, with the largest amount of income coming from attendants and a smaller portion covered by the generous sponsors. Ticket prices - In order to maintain a healthy profit for the next few years, we have to charge about $20 for an adult ticket and $10 for a child for a start-ing price. If that seems too high in your opinion, do not forget about the numerous options we provide for you to save a little money. We give away free tickets at Kemna Auto in Fort Dodge, $2.00 coupons in the Messenger, discount-ed online tickets, discounted kids night, weekend passes where you can see 4 rodeos for the price of 3, and give away free tickets to any child that comes to our media day the day before the rodeo. Why does the committee think

this price is fair? Because we are the 3rd largest pro rodeo in the state with only the 5th highest ticket price! We are already undercutting the product we have, so please keep our tick-et prices in perspective and know that we are doing ev-erything possible to allow everyone, no matter what your budget is, to have the chance to see a Cheyenne Frontier Days style rodeo right here in Dayton, Iowa! To finish out my comments, I will discuss our budget as a whole. It is true that 4 years ago we had $120,000 in our checking account and now we have $80,000. I hope after reading this article that the reader will understand why the cash on hand is lower. We are ag-gressively seeking to improve our facility. The reason we used to have $120,000 in the bank is because we felt that having that amount of money on hand was our insurance policy against a few bad weather event years. The reality though is that yes, bad weather years affect our budget negatively but it is not as bad as people may think. If our attendance goes down 2,000 due to bad weather, generally only half to a third of that 2,000 loss in people is paid. Is it smart then to just keep $120,000 sitting around to protect ourselves from a potential $15,000 loss due to weather? In our opinion it is not necessary. So our committee in recent years has decided to invest some of it in the facility, because the longer we wait on construction, we all know the costs will inevitably go up. If we run into some bad weather years, we can just say no to some construction projects for a couple years and build our bank account back up. As long as the committee can guarantee itself a $10,000 profit each year off the rodeo itself, we will be able to accomplish all of the things the community would like to see from us. With this proposed budget, we will have a sound couple years moving forward. It is simple math, if the rodeo makes $10,000 and we decide to make $30,000 in capital improvements, the net income for the year will be -$20,000. That does not mean the rodeo is not making money or is going broke. Capital improvements are a yearly choice that are not out of our control. In 2016, for example, you may see the rodeo committee make an investment in the VIP section. If we spend $20,000 on this improvement, I can tell you right now that at the end of the year our cash on hand will be down to around $67,000-$70,000. The rodeo is a very complicated topic but the La-bor Day rodeo is a thing that we all love deeply. It is truly an honor for all of us that serve on the committee to be a part of the rodeo. It is our chance to give back to the event that has given us so many good memories. Please remember that this is a tough job for our volunteer members but we are up to the challenge of making this rodeo the best it can be for all people that are involved. Please know that every dollar you spend on tickets, food, and donations has a purpose in one way or another. Would you rather spend $20 on a rodeo ticket in Dayton to see the best cowboys in the world and in a place where your money will do good locally, or go to Des Moines and spend $35 on a ticket for a rodeo that does not have the same quality as ours and is not investing your money locally. Our committee does not work for the rodeo just to play cowboy for a weekend. The purpose of your invest-ment is the same as our time investment - to enrich the community and to invest in the future.

Take care and God Bless !!!Jesse Green2016 Dayton Celebration Committee Chairman

the 2016 rodeo budget. First of all, I feel that the com-mittee has not broken down the categories of expenses in a way that is easy for people to understand quickly. For example, one portion of our budget that is often misinter-preted every year is our “Rodeo Expense” column. This column on the treasurers report makes up most of the annual report. Right away people usually as-sume that this is mostly contract expenses, which would include the cost of the announcer, stock contractor, sound man, LED screen, etc. In reality, contracts only account for 43% of our expenses. To avoid further misunderstandings, this article attempts to break down the rodeo expenses in a more un-derstandable way. Refer to the corresponding charts as you read. Contracts Expenses - It may seem like a lot, and it certainly is the largest portion of expense, but it seems that most people that have negative perceptions about the direction of the rodeo are inclined to think that we spend substantially more than that. Again this is 43% of our budget, which means that the contract expenses amount to $70,500. Before you are convinced that this is an absurd amount, I challenge you to consider this as an example. On average, $10 of every ticket sold goes to these contracts. Of that $10, $1.30 of it goes to the announcer. So when you hear someone say that we should find a cheaper announcer, keep it in perspective that other viable announcer options will charge at least half as much as our current announcer (Boyd, who is considered the best in the industry by most). Making a change like this would only save the ticket purchaser an average of $.47 on their ticket price. Our committee believes Boyd, our current announcer, is worth this cost to the person viewing the rodeo. Prize Money - This is the second largest ex-pense for the rodeo. This portion represents 23% of our budget. We are very generous in this category with the third largest payout in the state as compared to other pro-fessional rodeos. Budgeting for exceptional payouts is a necessity in order to get the top cowboys in the world to come. Just a few years ago we gave out $9,000 less in prize money and struggled to fill the chutes. By increasing the prize money to the current level, we no longer have that issue and when you come to Dayton, you are guaranteed to see some of the best competitors in the world. The downside to giving out this level of prize money is that we are do-ing so with a smaller attendance. Fort Madison gives out $10,000 added per event, but they also have 30,000 in attendance. Sydney gives out $6,500 per event, but they as well have higher attendance than we do. We give out $6,000 per rough stock event and $3,000 for timed event but only have 10,000 in total attendance. Amenities- This is the third largest expense which represents 13% of the budget. This includes bathrooms, parking lights, scissor lifts for the speakers, sponsor signs, garbage, and the fireman’s dance tent. Miscellaneous Expense- The costs represented in the miscellaneous portion of the chart are things like insurance, utilities, queen expenses, feed, and website expenses. This represents 8% of the budget and can be broken down further, but for the sake of conversation and saving space on the pie chart I kept it as is. The items in this part are generally not topics of conversation. Charitable - This can be a very hot topic in the community. You will sometimes hear something along the lines of “The rodeo doesn’t give anything back to the community, so why should we support the rodeo?!” This is criticism of our rodeo that will some-times make people very upset on either side of the issue. This is due to a lack of understanding of the functions of every organization involved. For example, the Commu-nity Club makes very good money selling concessions on the hillside. This money is rightly used to donate to things that enrich the community, as this is the purpose of the Community Club. In contrast, the Wrangler Saddle Club makes its money on concessions at the cook shack down at the north side of the arena. The saddle club does not make as much as the community club, but that begs the question, should they? They own property so they should generate good income to help improve it. However, the Wranglers stated purpose in their articles of incorporation is to be a social club that should promote and encourage the use and ownership of horses, fostering and encouraging the art of horsemanship (this is a shortened version of the purpose). How much money should the Wranglers make in order to accomplish this purpose? Now that is a very broad question and is an issue that very easily creates heated debate! It would be unfair to accuse the Wranglers of not being charitable enough, for this is not their pur-pose at all. However, as partial owners of the rodeo grounds, it certainly is fair to say they should invest a strong por-tion of their earnings back into improvements. In regards to the Celebration Committee, we are

Breakdown of Income

PARTICIPANT UNITS SOLD

Previous Ticket Sales 105,052

Increase Ticket Price 13,340

1/2 kids instead of free 7,500

Sponsorship 44,000

Vendors 5,500

Carnival 1,250Total Income $176,642

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Breakdown of Income

PARTICIPANT UNITS SOLD

Previous Ticket Sales 105,052

Increase Ticket Price 13,340

1/2 kids instead of free 7,500

Sponsorship 44,000

Vendors 5,500

Carnival 1,250Total Income $176,642

1%3%

25%

4%

8%

59%

Previous Ticket SalesIncrease Ticket Price1/2 kids instead of freeSponsorshipVendorsCarnival

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