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... ON THE ROAD. Allen andSandy Hunter departed Iowa onWednesday, February 13, (justahead of the bad weather) andtraveled to sunny Green Valley, Ariz.to visit Sandy's cousin, Bob VanDyck and his wife, Wendy. Afterspending a few days with them,they went on to spend a night inSan Diego and then off to visit an-other of Sandy's cousins, RogerMitchell and his wife, Kathy, at Mis-sion Viejo, Calif. The Hunters spentthree days with them and then tookoff for Palm Springs, Calif., to visit Allen's cousin, Jim Stoffers. This stop was particularly interesting.Because of the somewhat cool and previously rainy weather, most of the activities Jim had planned for hisvisitors were closed. It became a laughing matter, but the visit was still very enjoyable.

The picture with Jim was taken at the famous Anneberg estate in Palm Springs. After visiting all of therelatives, the Hunters went on to Scottsdale for a week of respite. (When they arrived in Scottsdale, therewas still snow on the ground. They had gotten 18 inches of snow before they arrived.) Thank goodness itwas mostly melted when they arrived. They spent their days hiking, relaxing in the sun and attending twoSpring Training Cubs Games. While there, they ventured down to Mesa and looked up their Westsideneighbors, Larry and Jean Jons, and former neighbors Don and Betty Nobiling. After they got home, theyrealized they didn't have The Observer picture taken with Mayor Jons and his wife!

After leaving Scottsdale, the Hunters spent two days in beautiful Sedona and Jerome before makingthe turn for home. On their way through Albuquerque, the couple stopped to visit with their former class-mate, Dillman Benton. They enjoyed a meal at the Tram and had a great visit. One more stop before homewas made in Topeka, Kan., where they visited one more cousin, Karen Luetje Jones. After pizza andconversation, the weather was pushing them on. Driving home in heavy rain, the two finally made it homeon Wednesday, March 13, just ahead of the flooding.

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VAIL CITY COUNCILContinued from page 6

Motion by Crane/Bechen to approve thepayment of half the cost for Mr. McCullough’sdust control. Ayes all. The City will pay$213.00.

Motion by Smith/Bechen to approve theliquor license for Homer’s Bar and Grill. Ayesall.

Motion by Bechen/Smith to use moneyleft over from the sesquicentennial fund, topay for the survey done for the future Free-dom Park. Ayes all.

Motion by Smith/Bechen to adjourn at9:48 p.m. Ayes all.

Monte Crichton, MayorATTEST: Nichole Neumann, City Clerk

Bills Approved for PaymentGeneralIPERS, Benefits .................................. 626.14EFTPS, 941 Taxes ............................... 774.55The Observer, Publishing’s ................... 65.08MidAmerican, City Hall ......................... 33.82MidAmerican, Shop ............................. 167.69MidAmerican, 500 345th St ................... 10.11XEROX, 2/21-3/21/2019 ......................... 47.23Nichole Neumann,

Employee Payroll ........................ 473.91Jonathan Lapel, Employee Payroll .... 544.78Central Iowa Distributing, Inc.,

Shop Supplies .............................. 140.60McFarland Clinic, 3rd Shot for Jon .... 142.00Stamp Fulfillment Services, Stamped

Envelopes for Bills ...................... 168.35Haley Equipment, Tractor Repair ......... 43.41Drees Oil Co.,

Propane (295.8 gal @1.0590) ..... 313.25Denison Auto Parts & Machine, Snow

Removal/Truck parts INV#217813, ..217816, 218379 ........................... 105.67

Bomgaars, Dump Truck Repairs .......... 11.81Hrabik Welding, Repaired foot for Snow Plow,

made Cutting Edge ..................... 260.50

Vail City CouncilMinutes and Claims -- April 8, 2019

FireMidAmerican, Siren ............................... 16.74SewerMidAmerican, Sewer .............................. 91.67WSSB, Loan Payment ..................... 3,736.85WSSB, Loan Payment ..................... 2,715.26Jonathan Lapel, Employee Payroll .... 544.78John Blom, WasteWater Operator ...... 350.00Denison Do it Best, Parts ..................... 35.96WaterMidAmerican, Well and Tower ............... 31.35West Central Iowa Rural Water, Water Usage

(683,000 gallons) ...................... 2,219.75Jonathan Lapel, Employee Payroll .... 544.78Nichole Neumann,

Employee Payroll ........................ 473.91Trent Hodne, Water Operator ............. 350.00Stamp Fulfillment Services, Stamped

Envelopes for Bills ...................... 168.35Mangold Environmental Testing, Water

Routine Testing (INV#76205) ........ 39.00GarbageR and S Waste, Garbage Service ... 2,523.00Haley Equipment, Tractor Repair/Fuel ... 66.00ParksMidAmerican, Park ................................ 10.37MidAmerican, Baseball Field ................. 13.75Amazon, Basketball Nets ..................... 42.36Road Use TaxMidAmerican, Street Lights ................. 598.46Jonathan Lapel, Employee Payroll .... 544.78Crawford County Engineer’s Office, Salt and

Sand Mix, Ticket #50853/6/2019 ....................................... 362.85

Crawford County Engineer’s Office,Supplies to Repair Dump Truck .... 200.00

Denison Auto Parts and Machine,Snow removal/Truck parts INV#217813,217816, 218379 ........................... 394.80

WEX Bank, Fuel .................................. 265.43Total: .............................................. 20,888.97

...........................................................Published in The Observer, Thursday, April25, 2019.

Special MeetingApril 12, 2019

The City of Vail met for a special sessionon April 12, 2019. Mayor Monte Crichton calledthe meeting to order at 1:38 p.m. with G.Bechen, C. Smith, and R. Niehaus answeringroll call. Also in attendance was NicholeNeumann, city clerk and Jon Lapel, city main-tenance.

Motion was made by Bechen/Smith toapprove Resolution No. 2019-05, a RESOLU-TION TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL URBAN

Above, the Hunters are pic-tured with Jim Stoffers.

Below, Sandy & Al visit withanother Westside native, DillmanBenton.Above left are (from left) Al & Sandy Hunter with Betty & Don Nobiling.

Legion Auxiliary holds meeting April 15

AWV Band Boostersthankful for support

of meat salesThe AWV Band Boosters would like

to thank all who purchased items duringthe annual Meat Sale Fundraiser. Bandstudents are responsible for deliveringthe items they sold. The students willpick up their orders on Saturday, April27, between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. inthe alley behind Arcadia Meats.

Proceeds from this fundraiser areused to purchase music, instruments andmusic classroom needs as well as pro-vide students with meaningful music ex-periences outside of the classroom.Through your generosity and that ofArcadia Meats, we are able to fund manyprojects for the students involved in bandand chorus at AWV. Thank you, again,for supporting our AWV musicians.

TO: ALL PROPERTY OWNERSBe It Resolved by action of the Board of

Supervisors of Crawford County, Iowa, thatpursuant to the provisions of Chapter 317.13and 317.14 of the Code of Iowa, it is herebyordered:

1. That each owner and each person in thepossession or control of any lands in CrawfordCounty shall cut, burn or otherwise destroy allnoxious weeds thereon as defined in this chap-ter, at such times in each year and in suchmanner as shall prevent said weeds from bloom-ing or coming to maturity, and shall keep saidlands free from such growth of any other weedsas shall render the streets or highways adjoiningsaid land unsafe for public travel. Noxious weedsshall be cut or otherwise destroyed on or beforethe following dates and as often thereafter as isnecessary to prevent seed production:

Group 1: May 1, 2019, for Leafy Spurge,Perennial Peppergrass, Sour Dock, SmoothDock, Sheep Sorrell, Tall thistle, Musk Thistle.

Group 2: May 20, 2019, for Canada thistle,Russian Knapweed, Buckthorn, Wild Mustard.

Group 3: June 20, 2019, for Horse Nettle,Perennial Sow Thistle, Quack grass, Butter Print,Puncture Vine, Cocklebur, Bull Thistle, Mari-juana (Hemp), Sunflowers, Wild Carrot,Buckhorn Plantain, and Purple Loosestrife.

2. That each owner and each person inpossession or control of any lands in CrawfordCounty infested with any noxious weeds in-cluding Quack Grass, Perennial Sow thistle,Canadian Thistle, Field Bindweed, Horse Nettle,Leafy Spurge, Perennial Pepper-grass, Rus-sian Knapweed, Poison hemlock, shall adopt aprogram of weed destruction described by theweed Commissioner to destroy and will imme-diately keep under control such infestations ofsaid weeds.

3. That if the owners or persons in posses-sion or control of any land in Crawford Countyfail to comply with the foregoing orders, theWeed Commissioner shall cause this to be doneand the expense of said work, including costsof serving notice and other costs, if any, to beassessed against the real estate upon whichthe noxious weeds are destroyed.

4. That the County Auditor be and is herebydirected to cause notice of making and enteringof the foregoing order by one publication ineach of the Official Newspapers of the County.

5. Anyone wishing not to have noxiousweeds sprayed in any given area, he or sheshall sign an agreement at the Engineer’s Of-fice and receive official signs to be posted oneach side of the area designated and shall beresponsible to destroy such weeds, all season.PENALTY

Be it further resolved, that failure to com-ply by the date prescribed in an order, pursuantto Chapter 317, for destruction of weeds, theWeed Commissioner may have the weeds de-stroyed with the costs assessed back to the

Vail City CouncilSpecial Meeting - April 12, 2019

Public NoticeDestruction of Noxious Weeds & Fines Assessed

BETWEEN THE LINESContinued from page 2

2) Pests-- know what's out there inyour area before you choose which treeto plant. Planting an ash tree in Iowa isn'ta good plan because emerald ash borer,which kills those trees, is pretty muchstatewide by now. There are pests andfungus issues with other trees, too, so youshould call your local nursery or yourfriendly Iowa State University ExtensionOutreach tree experts before you reachfor the shovel. You don't want to spendtime, money and labor planting a tree thatcould be wiped out by pests before youeven get to enjoy the shade of itsbranches!

3) Site preparation matters. If it wereabout just digging a hole, my chihuahuawould be qualified. You should dig a holetwo to three times the width of the treeball roots and make sure it's not too deepor too shallow. Again, your friendly Ex-tension horticulturalist could help youout on that one.

No matter where you live or whatyour reasons for planting a tree, I cer-tainly hope you do. And not just on Na-tional Arbor Day. A tree is a testament ofyour commitment to something beyondyourself. A tree carries a footprint thatcan last long past your own. No matter

RENEWAL REPORT. Ayes all.With no other business brought to the

council, motion by Smith/Niehaus to adjournat 1:39 p.m. Ayes all.

Monte Crichton, MayorATTEST: Nichole Neumann, City ClerkPublished in The Observer, Thursday,

April 25, 2019.# # #

READ THE FINE PRINT!IT’S YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW!

April 15, 2019 at 9:05 a.m., the822nd meeting of Ehlers-Gerken Unit694 American Legion Auxiliary wasopened in regular form by President,Mary Jo Berning. Chaplain, NormaVonnahme, delivered the opening prayer.The Secretary's Report was approvedas read. The Treasurer's Report was ap-proved and put on file for audit. A Thank You was received from theIva Harmening family for the Unit dona-tion, in her name, to New Hope Village. The Unit Data Form has been sub-mitted. As of yet, the refund for the Girls'State reservation has not been received.The Year-End Report is due and will beturned in at the County Meeting. Man-ning will be hosting the April 22 CountyMeeting at 7 p.m. The upcoming brunch at the May 20meeting was discussed. Mary Jo plansto supply bingo prizes and fruit. Normawill make rolls. Rita, Mary Jo andPaulette will each bring an egg bake.Coffee and juice will be available. Unit members will again help withthe Red Cross Bloodmobile, which willbe held at the Arcadia Legion Hall in May. It was announced that the Patriotic

where you go, what you do or who youbecome, the tree you plant will stand as atestament to your hope for this genera-tion, and those yet to be born.

Laurie Johns is Public RelationsManager for the Iowa Farm Bureau

Tree selection considerations outlined

Janine Kock, chair of the CrawfordCounty Community Foundation, has an-nounced that grants totaling $116,815.18were awarded to Crawford County non-profit agencies during a check presenta-tion ceremony at the Crawford CountyCourthouse Friday, April 19.

The only application in the Westsideor Vail area this year came from the Cityof Westside, which will be restoring theWorld War I veterans’ monument, nowlocated at the Westside Cemetery. Themonument, which was dedicated on Ar-mistice Day in 1920, has four bronze tab-lets engraved with the names of soldiersfrom Westside, Hayes and Jackson town-ships who were killed in action duringWorld War I. Two of the tablets are loose,and all four are needing polished, as they

Nearly $117,00 awarded; Westside’s CCCF grant will aid restoration of veterans’ monumentare becoming hard to read.

The monument first started out onthe Lincoln Highway from 1920 to1929. From there it was moved to theschool, where it sat until 1983. Fromthere it moved to its current location atthe Westside Cemetery. There it setshigh on the hill overlooking all who re-side there.

The total cost of refurbishing hemonument was estimated at $4,620, andthe entire requested amount of $2,500was granted to the City of Westside.

Following is a list of the other non-profit organizations which were awardedgrants by the Crawford County Com-munity Foundation Advisory Board:

Centers Against Abuse and SexualAssault, equipment for new office, $500.

Chamber and Development Councilof Crawford County, “Ignite Denison,”$10,000.

Charter Oak Community Club, repairCommunity Building roof, $5,000.

Charter Oak Fire Association, equip-ment, $2,500.

Charter Oak-Ute Athletic BoosterClub, Wellness Center restroom remodel,$2,000.

Children’s Imagination Station, SafetyFirst, $7,000.

City of Dow City, City Park basket-ball court, $5,000.

City of Kiron, North Park playground,$4,000.

City of Ricketts, Community Buildinglighting and wiring, $1,026.

City of Westside, refurbish WWI sol-diers’ monument, $2,500.

Crawford County Fair Association,public address system, $5,000.

Crawford County Firefighters Asso-ciation, equipment, $5,000.

Crawford County Historical Society,McHenry House renovations, $1,500.

Crossroads of Crawford County,Family Den and facility provisions,$1,000.

Denison Parks and Recreation De-partment, Aquatic Center Tot-Dock re-placement, $2,500.

Donna Reed Foundation for the Per-forming Arts, furnace and AC replace-ment, $6,000.

Dow City-Arion Fire and Rescue,equipment, $7,500.

Friends of the Dow House Inc., en-try door refurbishing, $1,000.

Friends of Yellow Smoke, replace bee

exhibit, $2,000.Kiron Community Club, expand Vet-

erans Memorial Park walkway, $4,000.Little Hawks Childcare Center,

Manilla, renovation, $10,000.Lutheran Services in Iowa, furniture

and equipment, $500.Majestic Hills Golf Course, bridge and

cart path renovation, $5,789.18.Manilla Area Historical Association,

building improvements at the KlondikeHotel, $1,500.

Manilla Wellness Center, fitness andlocker room improvements, $3,000.

Norelius Community Library, news-paper digitization project, $2,500.

Open Arms Preschool, outdoor edu-cational and recreational center, $2,500.GRANTSContinued on page 9

owner, or may impose a penalty of $10.00 perday for each day the owner of the land fails tocomply.

By order of the Board of Supervisors ofCrawford County, Iowa.

Dated this 2nd day of April, 2019.Crawford County Board of SupervisorsATTEST:Kyle Schultz, ChairmanTerri Martens, County AuditorPublished in The Observer, Thursday, April

25, 2015.

mass has been scheduled for Sunday,June 30, at 10 a.m. As in the past, members will go doorto door to distribute poppies and col-lect donations for the veterans beforeMemorial Day. Letters will again be sentto local businesses notifying them thata donation would be greatly appreciated. President Mary Jo, attended the Dis-trict Conference at Forest City. She con-veyed to members that the DepartmentPresident and Vice-President had at-tended along with the National Execu-tive Committee Woman. Merit Awardwinners were announced, and three werefrom our area: Megan Rotert of Halbur,Mary Olivia Eischeid of Carroll andBailie Irlbeck of Arcadia. The Penny March was held. Doorprize winner was Rita Bruch, who do-nated it to the Unit. The next meeting will be May 20 at9 a.m. The Memorial Service willtake place, and brunch will be served. With no further business, the closingprayer was delivered by ChaplainNorma Vonnahme, and the meeting wasadjourned. Lunch was served.

Secretary, Paulette Berg