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contentsJanUary 2012

in EvEry issUE

dEparTmEnTs

4 Things to do22 Scene About Town26 New Releases40 Parting Shot

LocaL coLor

8 Class Notes:Meet Abie Seltzby Kati Smith

9 ICCC Student Spotlight:Travis Nessby Kati Smith

1 4 Bill Bolton supports youthsthrough Golden K Kiwanisby Robert Wolf

1 7 Mike and Cindy Mulroneymix cards with faithby Robert Wolf

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2 7 Dream, Plan, Achieveby Jesse Helling

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FDSH girls varsity basketball

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FDSH boys varsity

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Who are you and where are

you from?

Abie Seltz from Cedarburg, Wis.,

which is a suburb of Milwaukee.

Where do you work and what

does your job include?

I am a pre-school teacher at Childcare

Discovery Center. I provide early

education to 4-year-olds. The

children get a hands-on opportunity

to explore their world, make discover-

ies, solve problems and develop

language skills. In addition to that,

they also learn how to be a good

friend, show compassion and use

their minds in positive and challenging

ways. But most importantly, my

job includes me being a model for

the kids.

What makes you interested in

teaching?

I always knew I wanted to work with

kids but I always veered from teaching.

Turns out, teaching comes naturally to

me and I get to spend all day with

children who are just starving for new

information and new experiences, and

I get to be the one who provides it.

What makes you interested in

specifically teaching young kids?

The best feeling is to see that light

bulb go on and the look on a child’s

face when it does.

What are the difficulties of being

a pre-school teacher?

Each child struggles, their families

struggle, there may be sickness and

I’ve seen a lot of kids move away.

However, the best things in life aren’t

easy and anything worth having takes

work and that is true in the field of

education.

What is the best part about

teaching?

Not only do I teach them, but they

teach me. They teach me to be

patient, have an open mind and to

have fun.

What are your favorite activities

to do in the classroom?

My favorite activities are hands-on

centers like housekeeping, music, and

art. They all focus on independent

thinking for themselves.

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Meet Abie Seltz

photograph by Kati Smith

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Travis Ness, a Prairie Valley High

School graduate, is a sophomore at

Iowa Central Community College with

lots of dreams in mind, and he has

every intention of pursuing those

dreams. Ness is involved with every

performing arts category you can

imagine. From singing to acting to

dancing, Ness is a man of many talents.

Majoring in theater, Ness chose Iowa

Central for chiefly for music and

theater departments, along with the

cheer squad.

“I just really love to perform. Every

time I get on that stage, I get this amaz-

ing feeling,” said Ness, “and I never

want that feeling to stop.”

Ness is involved in cheerleading, band,

choir, show choir, the spring musical,

and the fall play. He is also a part of

the male hip hop dance team, Team

Uneek, and teaches a hip hop class at

United All Stars as well. This may seem

like a lot to handle, but Ness insists he is

just following his passion.

“I do get very busy and it can get stress-

ful,” said Ness, “but I always get upset

when a show is over with because I just

want to perform it a hundred more

times.”

Ness said he hopes to either take his

talents to a larger college and go further

with his theater major, or to get a job in

the theater industry and start his acting

career. His ultimate goals are to land a

role on the Disney Channel and to be

on Broadway.

“I know that I have outstanding goals

and it will be a long journey to follow

my dreams, but I’m not scared,” said

Ness. “You have to take risks in life. If

you don’t take risks then life is boring.”

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Bill Bolton supports local youths

through his work with the Golden

K Kiwanis.

“We are called the Golden K because

we are 55 and older,” Bolton

explained.

Supporting local youths is one of the

main goals of the Golden K. Over the

past five years, Golden K has donated

more than $51,000 in scholarships,

including nine $1,000 scholarships in

2011 alone.

In addition, the group has given

$11,000 to BLAST, an after school

program at Butler Elementary School,

and donated $3,000 for dictionaries for

third-graders. It has spread its philan-

thropy to 26 other youth organizations

as well.

“It’s too bad we can’t give more

because there are more people that

need it,” he said of the scholarships.

“The main thing right now that I really

enjoy the most is we give all third-

graders dictionaries. I think that is a

great thing,” he said.

In 2011, 340 dictionaries were given to

students in Fort Dodge public and

parochial schools.

“The kids are really looking forward to

receiving their dictionaries,” he said.

“The Kiwanis is youth-orientated.

Thatás one thing we can do and it is

really needed.”

To accomplish its giving, Golden K

holds two major annual fundraisers: a

soup and pie supper in the fall, and

Peanut Days in the summer.

“You got a bunch of guys that are all

retired,” Bolton said of the soup and

pie event. “It’s a good crew. You are at

the age where everything is fun.

“They are congenial. They are happy.

There is a lot of enthusiasm. I say that

because I think we have something like

60 members. At our age it is not easy

to keep up membership because we

lose so many guys,” he said.

“It is all men, and it has worked very

well, but when it comes to the soup

and pie supper our wives really chip in

and help us,” Bolton disclosed.

“In fact about anything we do they

support us,” he said.

“It’s just a happy day but at night you

are happy, too, when it is over with,

because I think we served over 1,400

people. That is a lot of people. That is

a lot of soup. And that is a lot of pie

too.”

Bolton confessed that Golden K gets

help from another sector: “As we have

matured a little bit we do purchase all

the pies and brownies.”

Still, the soup is homemade.

Bolton serves on the Golden K public

relations committee and is a past presi-

dent and has served on the board of

directors several times as well.

He joined Golden K after he retired.

“When you retire you kind of look for

something,” he said.

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Bill Bolton Supports YouthsThrough Golden K Kiwanis

Bill and Nancy Bolton have been married 55 years.


Before he retired, he was a traveling

salesman; he’s now been a member at

least 15 years.

Don Cook, Golden K membership

chairperson, said. “Bill has been a very,

very good friend for all the years I’ve

been in the Golden K. Thatás one of

the things that happen when you join

an organization like the Golden K. You

meet a lot of friends. He is one of the

nicest gentlemen I have ever known.”

Said Bolton, âThere is always satisfac-

tion if you do something and you enjoy

doing it.”

Golden K Kiwanis meets at Citizens

Central, 617 Central Ave., Wednesday

mornings from 9:30 to 10:30. Anyone

who wants to learn more about the

organization should drop by there,

Bolton said.

About Bill Bolton

Bill and Nancy

Bolton met when

they were attend-

ing Simpson

College.

“I was going to

be a junior and

decided there

was no one I

wanted to

marry,” said

Nancy Bolton,

“and here comes this fellow who had

just gotten discharged from Korea. He

had been in Korea for a year.” He was

also a junior. The couple met at a fac-

ulty reception and were introduced

through a sorority sister. “He called me

the next day.”

They began their married life 55 years

ago in Perry. From there they moved to

Grundy Center and then on to Cedar

Rapids. She was a voice teacher and he

was originally in the lumber business,

becoming a traveling salesman when in

Cedar Rapids. In Grundy Center, he

was a volunteer fireman. In Cedar

Rapids, he served on a committee that

established a swimming pool and bath-

house at the Bowman Woods complex.

âWe sold memberships. Thatás how it

survived and itás still going,ã he said.

The couple still returns to the area to

have a look around.

They moved to Fort Dodge in 1974

when he took a job with Procter and

Gamble, a position from which he

retired in 1991.

Nancy Bolton

taught voice at

Iowa Central

Community

College and has

directed the

choir at First

United

Methodist

Church for 17

years.

He is 80. She is 78.

Both volunteer at First United

Methodist Church, helping with the

church soup supper. They recently

retired after 16 years of volunteering at

the Lord’s Cupboard.

Together, they clean up litter along

area highways, after celebrations at

Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports

Complex, and after concerts at the

Oleson Park Bandshell.

Nancy Bolton has been a part of the

Fort Dodge Choral Society, the Fort

Dodge Area Symphony, and volunteers

with Operation Christmas.

They play golf, dance, winter in St.Petersburg, Fla., and belong to severalbridge clubs. They are also Iowa andIowa State football fans. They have twochildren.

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When the leadership at New CovenantChristian Church talked about forminglife groups, Cindy Mulroney volun-teered to facilitate a card-playing lifegroup.

She and her husband have been facili-tating the group for six years now.

“Mike put his name in for boating. I putmy name in for card playing because Ijust love to play cards,” she said. “Therewasn’t anybody who signed up for boat-ing. But there was some people whosigned up for card playing.”So her husband joined her group.

Cindy Mulroney, who is very detail-oriented, according to her husband,keeps records on the group. It is fromthose records that she reports on thegroup to the churchás quarterly min-istry development meetings.

The records log the group’s progress.

Its first meeting was Sept. 30, 2005, andfour couples attended, according toCindy Mulroney’s notes. A few monthslater, a pregnant woman attended. Shehas been coming since and now bringsher 5-year-old son.

“Cards made me feel I’m wantedaround, more comfortable with myselfas a person and cared about,” themother, Johnay Earle shared, “It’s funto be with people that are not under theinfluence of some substance. I look for-ward to coming with my 5-year-old sonJohn. God bless your ministry Mike andCindy.”

Another card player, Suzanne Welch,expressed her sentiments in Mulroney’snotes this way: “This is a time of great

fellowship, becoming more acquaintedwith those who attend, makingfriends, playing games, a time torelax and enjoy, a wonderful Christianatmosphere.”

The group has met in various places,but currently meets monthly in thechurch lobby, usually on a Fridayevening. Even in the worst of weatherthere is always someone who shows upfor a game, Cindy Mulroney said.

“We have even had several individualschange their work schedules so theycould attend card playing,” she said.

People arrive between 6 and 6:30 andbring a snack to share if they are able.After eating and fellowship, the gameusually starts at 7 p.m. and continuesuntil 9:30 or 10.

“If we really get into it, it can go past10,” Mike Mulroney said.

“We have a signup sheet every time weplay and we also take prayer requests,”he said. The couple will pray for therequests between card playing.Sometimes they will follow up on aprayer request to see how it wasanswered. They have prayed formissionary trips, healings, courtdecisions, a among other things.

“The card playing is primarily foradults to get a relaxing fun night out forno cost basically,” Mike Mulroneyexplained. Games and toys are availablefor the children.

“We play probably four dozen differentgames,” said Cindy Mulroney.Sometimes someone will bring a newgame to play, but primarily the gameplayed is 500. A Russian foreignexchange student once taught them aRussian card game called Fool.

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Faith Matters:Mike and Cindy Mulroney Mix Cards with Faith

Mike and Cindy Mulroney of the card playing life group. “We primarily play500,” Cindy says.


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“We also play board games and differ-ent types of games, but it’s always hadcard playing in our name and we neverreally changed it,” she said.

“You would not believe how patientand kind people are to each other inthis group. You know how people canget so mad at each other,” MikeMulroney said. There is competitionbut it is friendly competition.

The original intent of the life groupswas to facilitate a segment of theministry of New Covenant ChristianChurch to a small group of people,he said.

“The Bible is clear that we are mem-bers of one another,” said the Rev.Mike Carmody of New CovenantChristian Church. “To really enjoy thefullness of that truth, it is vital that wehave significant relationships with othermembers of our church that extendbeyond the weekly worship service.”

The group is a way of tying in peoplewho have never tied in anywhere else inthe church other than attending theSunday service but who are comfortablewith playing a card game with others.

“I think we are really down-to-earthpeople. There is no pretense. We just

come to playand have fun,”Cindy Mulroneysaid.The group is notlimited tochurch mem-bers.

“It’s a smoke-free, drug-freeenvironmentwhere peopleshould feel safeand have fun,”she said.

“In church services younever really get a chanceto talk to anybody. Youdon’t get a chance toknow people and buildfriendships,” MikeMulroney said. “Playingcards, you are always talk-ing. You are learning whatpeople are like and youare building friendships.”

“We do more than justshuffle cards,” CindyMulroney said. They havecelebrated births, birth-days, farewell parties. andanniversaries. They haveshared recipes too.

“We have made root beerfloats,”she said.

There are six life groupsand several seasonal life

groups.

“The life group is just a group of peo-ple who have a common interest and itis not necessarily spiritually orientated,but what it does, it brings differentchurch members to different groupswhere they might have a liking forsomething like that,” Cindy Mulroneysaid.

In addition to card playing, the othergroups include dining out, prayer shawl,moms unite, restore, and prism art.Seasonal groups include scrapbooking,motorcycle riding, golfing, camping,and top-down convertible riding.

“We are the only group from the origi-nal set. All the other ones have evolvedinto something else,” she said.

Mike and Cindy Mulroney have beeninvolved in just about every other aspectof New Covenant Christian Church aswell. They are greeters. They man thewelcome center, visit with those whogive themselves to Christ at altar calls,deliver meals to people who have beenreleased from the hospital and to theirfamilies, help with voter registration atthe church, and they have helped with

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Cindy Mulroney is a Bradgate native. The couple

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Michael attends Peru State College in Nebraska.

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For 30 years, LifeWorks Community

Services occupied “temporary”

facilities on the west edge of

Fort Dodge.

But in 2008, LifeWorks – formerly

Iowa Central Industries – underwent a

transformation that brought a 3,150-

square-foot addition to the facility that

included a new day activities area, as

well as refurbished parking lots and

sidewalks and installation of additional

handicapped-accessible bathrooms.

Though the facility, at 1303 A St., has

been greatly enhanced in recent years,

the purpose and goals of LifeWorks

have remained the same.

Since 1965, the nonprofit organization

has worked to offer support services to

individuals with mental, physical or

developmental disabilities.

“Our mission is to help

people be as independ-

ent as possible,” said

Executive Director

Teresa Naughton.

In fiscal year 2011,

LifeWorks served 174 people. It is

accredited by the Commission on

Accreditation of Rehabilitation

Facilities and the Iowa Department of

Human Services.

LifeWorks’ services are twofold. The

organization operates several group

homes throughout Fort Dodge that

provide 24-hour-a-day services to resi-

dents – many of whom work in the

community and take classes.

At the vocational training facility,

LifeWorks clients can receive

individualized training on job skills.

The organization contracts with

several industries to provide goods

and services.

Recently, a portion of the workshop

space has been retrofitted to provide a

sterile environment for packaging of

medical supplies for Koller-Craft

Plastic Products of Fenton, Mo.

The shop also manufactures animal

leashes, which are sold in bundles of

25 to animal shelters and veterinary

clinics in 42 states.

“We are blessed to have a great deal of

work right now,” Naughton said.

In addition to providing goods and

services, the workshop is a place where

people can learn skills that are transfer-

able to other endeavors, she said.

According to Naughton, partnerships

have been formed between LifeWorks

and various industries through a vari-

ety of methods.

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Lifeworks Community Services client Jim Freund works on making garbagebags in the workshop recently.

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“Often times, we’ll be contacted

through word-of-mouth,” she said.

The recent economic downturn led to

a slack in the number of contracts–

but also, said Naughton, a new

opportunity.

In September 2011, LifeWorks

entered a partnership with

Northwoods Living, a service of the

Clear Lake-based Opportunity

Village.

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About LifeWorks

Established in 1965 and based in Fort

Dodge, LifeWorks Community

Services offers residential, vocational

and community support services to

individuals with mental, physical or

developmental disabilities. The mission

of LifeWorks is to provide opportuni-

ties for growth and achievement for

persons with disabilities who face bar-

riers to independence and integration

in employment and daily living.

Residential services

• Home and community based service

sites provide 24-hour support to indi-

viduals in homes in the community.

• Residential care facilities are licensed

by the state and provide adults with

services 24 hours a day.

• Supported community living pro-

vides hourly services to children and

adults who live in the community.

Respite services are also offered to eli-

gible individuals in their own home.

Vocational services

• Organizational employment provides

individualized training on job readi-

ness skills such as following directions,

staying on task, task completion, prob-

lem solving, safety and mobility train-

ing.

• Day activities to acquire, retain or

improve skills in such areas as leisure,

community integration, self-advocacy,

mobility, communication and safety.

• Work crew/enclave services program

to help individuals with disabilities

gain or maintain works skills in a com-

munity setting.

LifeWorks Community Services client Peter Sersland works on packagingmedical supplies in the workshop's clean area recently.

A LifeWorks Community Services clients works at assembling dog leashesduring a recent afternoon.


Northwoods Products & Services now

rents space at the LifeWorks’ building,

replacing a former space at 12 N. 25th

St, which was converted by

Northwoods Living to a second-hand

store.

A work activity site for adults with dis-

abilities, NPS makes and sells trash lin-

ers in various sizes and colors of plas-

tic, shreds confidential documents and

does sub-contract work such as assem-

bly, sorting, collating, packaging, label-

ing and light housekeeping.

The similarity in missions of the organ-

izations make the partnership an excel-

lent fit, Naughton said.

Outside the workshop, crews of

LifeWorks clients work at businesses in

the Fort Dodge area – one of several

ways the organization encourages

clients to be involved in the community.

Another such endeavor is the Dodger

Aktion Club. Founded in 2009, the

club, which is affiliated with Kiwanis

International, is promoted by

LifeWorks.

Several LifeWorks clients have served

as officers for the club. Since its incep-

tion, the club has assisted the Kiwanis

clubs with their fundraisers.

LifeWorks Community Services executive director Teresa Naughton, left, stops to talk with Northwoodsadministrative support staffer Kelly Heckrodt.


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Major projects often require expertattention and can tear up a house formonths.

But one profound change that won’tbreak the bank is a new coat of paint.However, all paint is not created equal.Before beginning a job, its important toconsider the “what” and “where,” saidGavin Heiter, manager of SherwinWilliams Paint of Fort Dodge.

Different locations in the home anddifferent types of wall require differentpaint, he said.

“A flat finish is the dullest and easiestpaint to work with,” said Heiter. “Werecommend that for ceilings.”

Flat finish does not reflect light and canbe used to help hide small bumps,cracks or other imperfections.For most rooms, a satin finish isappropriate, according to Heiter.Satin finish paint has a smooth,velvety look.

For kitchens and bathrooms, an easy-to-clean semi-gloss finish can be the ticket,Heiter said.

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Drywall has differ-ing properties thanolder plaster.

“Make sure youhave a good meas-urement of thesize of the room,” he said.On average, a gallon of paint will cover350 to 400 square feet, according toHeiter.

When in doubt, Heiter advises aprospective painter to underestimatehow much paint they’ll need.“It’s easy to come back and get anothergallon if you need it,” he said. “Youdon’t want to end up with a bunch ofextra paint that will sit on your shelf.”Paint in the can lasts, at most, a fewyears, he said.

But, through use of modern, computer-ized tinting processes, colors can bematched perfectly — meaning that youdon’t have to worry about paintpurchased today matching the gallonbought last week, Heiter said.When deciding on a color, Heiter tellscustomers to keep other room decor —furniture, carpet and the like — inmind.

“We can help people match theirpaint,” he said.

Heiter advises customers who areunsure about color to bring in itemsthat will be in the room.“If they have blankets or towels, forexample, they can bring them in,” hesaid.

With such guides available, finding apaint color can be much easier, he said.“With our Color Eye system, we can

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Prior to putting brush to wall, it’simportant that all surfaces are cleanand dry, he said.

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Priming can be done on an as-neededbasis.

As with paint, there are a variety ofdifferent primers — each suited toparticular conditions, Heiter said.

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Gavin Heiter, manager of Sherwin Williams, Fort Dodge, tintspaint at the store recently. According to Heiter, nearly anycolor can be matched.

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Once again, it’s time to make some

New Year’s resolutions. This year, in

addition to hitting the gym, learning

that second language and getting better

organized, why not also consider a few

financial resolutions?

What types of resolutions might you

consider? Here are a few suggestions:

• Contribute more to your retirement

accounts. The new year means that you

are one year closer to retirement. To

help yourself build resources for the

lifestyle you’ve envisioned as a retiree,

try to boost your contributions to your

401(k) or other employer-sponsored

retirement plan. You can do this if you

get a salary increase and devote at least

part of it to your 401(k). At the same

time, try to “max out” on your

Individual Retirement Account (IRA).

For 2012, you can contribute up to

$5,000 to an IRA, or $6,000 if you’re

50 or older.

• Reduce your debts. Look for ways to

cut down or consolidate your debts. It

may not be easy, but it’s worth the effort

because the lower your debt load, the

more money you’ll have available to

invest for the future.

• Build an emergency fund. If you don’t

already have an emergency fund con-

taining between six and 12 months’

worth of living expenses, start building

one soon. Keep the money in a liquid

vehicle — one that’s separate from your

everyday checking and savings

accounts. Without such an emergency

fund, you may be forced to dip into

your long-term investments to pay for

unexpected costs, such as a major car

repair, a new furnace or a large

medical bill.

• Don’t overreact to volatility. In 2011,

the financial markets have been volatile,

with big gains followed by big drops fol-

lowed by big gains — a true roller-

coaster pattern. Try not to let large,

short-term price movements influence

your investment decisions. Many of the

factors that cause jumps or declines are

not that relevant to long-term results —

and as an investor, you want to focus on

the long term. Concentrate on building

a portfolio that’s suitable for your indi-

vidual goals and risk tolerance.

• Be aware of different types of risk.

For many investors, “investment risk”

strictly means the possibility of losing

principal when the value of an invest-

ment drops. Consequently, to cut back

on their risk in the face of a volatile

market, they may sell off stocks and

load up on certificates of deposit (CDs),

bonds and other so-called “safer”

investments. But each investment actu-

ally carries its own type of risk. For

example, if you own CDs that pay a

2 percent return, and the inflation rate

is 3 percent, you will lose purchasing

power over time. And if you wanted to

sell your bonds before they had

matured, you’d have to sell them at a

discount if the market interest rate had

risen above the “coupon” rate of your

bond because no one would pay you

full price for them. Just be aware that

no investment is “risk-free,” and try to

build a diversified portfolio that can

lessen the impact of one specific type

of risk.

By following these suggestions, you

can go a long way toward making 2012

a good year in which to make progress

toward your important financial goals.

So plan ahead — and make the

right moves.

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