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The Chronicle, Vol. 118, No. 26
June 25, 2009
The Mayor Sez…
Last week I talked about keeping our kids and our
people safe. I would like to elaborate on that a tad. Over the
years, in my opinion, we have enjoyed excellent police protection.
This protection will continue ONLY we will be covered by the Sac Co.
Sheriff’s Dept. Our present Chief, Sonny Bruns, will become a
sheriff’s deputy and will continue to reside in Odebolt. This plan
will begin the 30th of this month and will be on a trial basis for
the remainder of 2009. After careful deliberation by the Council,
and myself, we felt that we will have far better 24/7 coverage at a
substantial savings to the taxpayer. Given some time we would
appreciate any comments that you might have. We have one of the best
sheriff’s depts. in the State and I am sure they will prove out our
action in the coming months.
- R. J. Rex, Mayor of Odebolt
Photo captions in this week's Chronicle:
Ron and Elaine Rex were chosen as Grand Marshals for
the 15th Odebolt Creek Days parade. The honored couple led the
parade Saturday afternoon, June 20. They rode in a 1915 Model T
touring car driven by Fred Coltrain of Coltrain Motor Sports.
Members of the Odebolt Betterment Committee (OBC)
planted five Spring Snow Crab trees south on Hwy 39 by the tennis
court. These trees were purchased with Trees Please, MidAmerican and
Iowa's Living Roadways grant/match money. This is part of OBC's
corridor enhancement project. - Submitted by Deb Reinhart
Iowa Network Services, Inc. marketing representative
J. D. Siebert was in Odebolt June 17 to present a $250 Iowa Network
Services (INS) Charity Grant to the Odebolt Betterment Committee (OBC).
OBC member Deb Reinhart, Odebolt Mayor Ron Rex and Sac County
Telephone Company general manager Ron Sorensen are pictured with
Siebert. INS presented the award in conjunction with the Sac County
Mutual Telephone Company, which provides services to the community
of Odebolt and supported the grant application submitted by the OBC.
This week's Chronicle has a four-page spread of
photos from Odebolt Creek Days, held on June 20-21.
Click for
on-line
Creek Days Photos
Sac County Mutual Telephone Company of
Odebolt is proud to announce the promotion of Ron Sorensen to
General Manager. Ron is a life-long member of the Odebolt community,
and has worked for Sac County Mutual Telephone Company for the past
14 years. He currently serves as president of the Odebolt Library
Board, and serves on the Odebolt Fire Department. (photo)
OBITUARY
IRENE MILLER
Irene Miller, age 91, of Odebolt, passed away Wednesday, June 17,
2009, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, IA. Funeral services
were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, at St. Martin's Catholic
Church in Odebolt. The Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Odebolt
was in charge of arrangements.
Irene Katherine (Dinges) Miller was born March 18,
1918, as the oldest child of Alfred and Helena (Detterman) Dinges,
in rural Sac County on what is now known as the Pete Renze Farm. She
attended rural schools through the 8th grade and then went to work
on the family farm.
She met and fell in love with Leo C. Miller and they
were married in 1935. To this union four children were born; John,
LaDonna, Robert, and James. They farmed northwest of Odebolt until
they moved to town in 1946. Irene held numerous jobs over the years
including working at the local bakery, the variety store, and house
cleaning/helping out at the Chronicle. She was a life long member of
St. Martin’s Catholic Church.
Irene loved to crochet and made countless afghans
for her family and friends. She enjoyed her flower garden and
fishing with Leo. She entered Morningside Care Center after
suffering a fall and breaking her hip on her birthday, March 18,
2006. She will be dearly missed by all those that knew and loved
her.
Those left to cherish her memory include her sons:
John (Judith) Miller, Pocatello, ID, and James (Clara) Miller, Sioux
Falls, SD; grandchildren: Steve Miller, Paul Costley, David Miller,
Lesley (Robert) Hanson, Staci (Mike) Bartling, Jeremy (Sarah)
Miller, Jamie (Will) Donaldson, Jacob Miller; ten
great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law LaDonna Miller of Odebolt, IA;
sisters: Leone Rife, Mesa, AZ, Marjory (Wilbur) Hauschildt, Ida
Grove, IA, Myrtle (Francis) Engelking, Riverside, CA; Leo’s sisters
and brothers, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
Preceded in death by her husband Leo in June of
1999; her parents Alfred and Helena; their daughter LaDonna; a son
Robert; and a sister Bernadine Cranston.
See
obituary & photo at
Farber & Otteman web site
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news in this special section of
The Chronicle each week.
--Trojans win two conference baseball
games.
--Trojanettes are 9-3 on the season and 6-2 in the
conference in softball.
Photos of Odebolt-Arthur Majors, Odebolt-Arthur Minors
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Faith Lutheran Receives
2009 Governor’s Volunteer Award
Faith Lutheran Church received a Governor’s Volunteer Award at
the 26th Annual Governor’s Volunteer Award Presentation Ceremony
during a special ceremony held June 23 at Buena Vista University in
Storm Lake, Iowa.
The Governor’s Volunteer Award program was established in 1982 to
honor and recognize volunteers for the commitment, service and time
that they contribute to Iowa's government agencies and nonprofit
organizations. More than 680 volunteers were selected for awards in
2009. Volunteers may be nominated for an award in one of three
categories: Individual, Group, or Length of Service. And, for 2009,
a special category was added to recognize disaster assistance and
recovery volunteers.
Faith Lutheran Church was selected for the Group Award by Cathy
Mather from Iowa Department of Transportation for over ten years of
participation in the Department of
Transportation’s Adopt-a-Highway Program. It is a great honor to be
recognized for longevity of service to the program.
The Governor’s Volunteer Award program is coordinated by the Iowa
Commission on Volunteer Service and the Governor’s Office. A
complete list of 2009 award recipients is available at
www.volunteeriowa.org/awards For more information, visit
www.volunteeriowa.org or call 515/725-3094.
- From Faith Lutheran's newsletter "The Parish Visitor"
ODEBOLT, Iowa -- The boy who created
the "Privy Prop" toilet seat lifter returned to the bathroom for his
latest innovation.
Jake Wulf, 11, now shows off his "Box O' Hooks: A
Pocket Closet" bathroom hanger device
Click for the rest of the story from
the
Sioux City Journal
During the Fireman's Breakfast on Saturday during
Creek Days, Bonnie and I sat with Ken Muckey. He may be the
person who traveled the farthest to attend the 2009 Creek Days.
Ken, who graduated from Odebolt High School in 1939, came all the
way from Anchorage, Alaska. We forgot to ask him if his class
was having a 70 year reunion. Ken remembers carrying the
football for Coach Hiram Covey and still has the sterling football
award for winning the Maple Valley Conference championship in 1938.
We also enjoyed talking with Elaine (Dannenberg)
Raasch, who may represent the oldest person who graduated from
Odebolt. We think that Elaine graduated in 1933!
- Barb Horak & Bonnie Ekse (the Girvan
sisters), web editors
The Chronicle, Vol. 118, No. 25
June 18, 2009
Photo captions
in this week's Chronicle:
Garrett Neville and Kaylene Johnson were chosen by
Roose Post #313 of the American Legion, Odebolt, to attend Boys
State and Girls State.
Jean Volkers presented one of the programs which
entertained the children at the Odebolt Public Library during Summer
Reading Week. Additional guests during the week at the library were
Ray Leege; Jane Hogue; and Deb Loger, accompanied by Toby.
During the week of June 1-5 over 35 children enjoyed
the Odebolt Public Library, each day participating in Summer Reading
activities. They were photographed sitting on the outside steps
leading to the Carnegie library building.
Some members of Mrs. Lapel's 5th grade class are
pictured on a page of their letters to the editor. They recently
spent about 1-1/2 hours pulling all sorts of trash out of the
Odebolt Creek, and the photo includes some of the items they
collected. With the summer season and Creek Days on the way, they
thought it would be a good time to remind Odebolt to help keep our
creek and town "Green". Their letters express their disbelief and
disappointment about what they pulled from the creek, and they make
pleas to everyone to care for the environment.
Kurt Wareham and family of Odebolt recently planted
five flowering trees south of town to help beautify the south
corridor of Odebolt.
Creek Days weekend is always a great time to
catch up with old friends or enjoy a summer weekend with family, but
it's also a great opportunity to support your community. Since 1999,
the Odebolt Development Corporation has donated over $30,000 to
local projects such as the Odebolt Community Center, the pool,
cemetery, museum, tennis courts, the Odebolt sign project, the
Odebolt-Arthur Education Foundation, as well as local emergency
services and youth groups. All of these funds were raised at Creek
Days, so when you buy your Creek Days t-shirts or tickets to Creek
Days events, when you donate your money to support Creek Days or
donate your time to volunteer at Creek Days, you are contributing to
your community.
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The Chronicle each week.
--O-A Middle School and High School Honor Rolls,
Quarter 4 and Semester 2
--Trojanettes lose two of three softball games to open June,
then win two.
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2009 Gold Majors Softball team
Following are two photos of the Gold Majors Softball
Team coached by Kris Schroeder. Team members are: Lauren
Beckman, Rachelle Duff, Hope Hoefling, Shania Wunschell, Kallie
Schroeder, Taylor Snyder, Taylor Rassel, Kelsey Schlender, Maggie
Neddemeyer, Angela Veit, Kaile Childers.
- Submitted by Vicki Beckman
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The Chronicle, Vol. 118, No. 24
June 11, 2009
The Mayor Sez…
I thought it might be appropriate to get out pen
and paper and make some comments. Some may say, “R.J., you have been
away too long”, and others might say, “Not long enough!”
I would like to talk about volunteerism. Volunteerism
is the heart of a community, and BOY, does Odebolt have heart. The
museum, ODC and Creek Days, the City park group, Memorial Walk Park, the
Walk berm volunteers, entry sign committee, Odebolt Betterment Comm.
(trees, bushes, road-side park clean-up), FFA, Tree City, Peterson
Pioneer Home, O-A Education Foundation, Rotary Club, the women’s clubs,
4-H groups, Faith Lutheran Church (swimming pool $’s) and other
churches, library board, fire dept,, school board, City council, and on
and on. Let me know if I left anyone else out. Most of us fit into one
of the above categories whether it be active service or thru generous
$’s contributions. There are just a few CAVE people left……..citizens
against virtually everything. Thank goodness!
One of the most important jobs that I have is to try
and insure the safety of our kids and our people, and by gum, I am doing
my best to do just that!
Don’t forget to tidy up; company is coming!! Creek Days
is next week!
- R. J. Rex, Mayor of Odebolt
Photo captions in this week's Chronicle:
Heidi Hoefling is a recipient of the Achievement
Award from Chapter DS, P.E.O.; Brittany Walsh is the recipient of
the Science Award. They were each given a scholarship in the amount
of $250.
New decorative railings border the handicap
accessible walkway in front of First State Bank. The design matches
the trim on the side windows.
Approximately 175 people attended the dinner at the
Odebolt Community Center following Memorial Day Services at the
Odebolt Cemetery. The dinner will be an annual event.
Mark Hansen is pleased to announce that "Mark
Hansen's Rex Chevrolet GMC has been identified by GM as one of its
key dealers for the Chevrolet and GMC Truck brands." Rex Chevrolet
in Odebolt will not be eliminated as part of GM's restructuring
process.
According to Mark several factors were key to his
dealership's attractiveness to GM: adequate working capital, modern
facility, consistently high satisfaction ratings from customers,
numerous awards, well trained employees, and a great customer base.
Mark assures his customers that warranty coverage on GM vehicles
will continue without interruption, whether they already own a GM
vehicle or intend to buy a new one. Incentive programs will also
continue.
Rex Chevrolet has served northwest Iowa since 1925.
Floyd Rex founded the company and was the dealer until 1958 when his
son, Ron Rex, purchased the dealership. Mark Hansen became the
dealer in 1989. Mark would like to acknowledge all his loyal
customers for making this all possible.
Join Hands Day is a Thrivent Financial event that is
held on the first Saturday in May every year. Faith Lutheran of
Odebolt met April 19, 2009 and walked the ditches of the first 3
miles of Highway 39 south of Odebolt and cleaned up garbage and
other debris.
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--Trojanettes open final softball season with 2
wins.
--Trojanettes win 2 of 3 in KP tounrey.
--Brittany Walsh places 8th at state golf meet.
--Trojans lose one, win one in season baseball openers.
--Abbie Grote, 2009 graduate, is recruited to play basketball at
Morningside College next season. She scored a school-record
1,035 points during her O-A career.
A cannon firing was part of a Civil War
re-enactment for Odebolt-Arthur elementary students on May 15.
The program featured Civil War dress, medical supplies and
weaponry. The 2nd Battery Iowa Light Artillery of the Grand Army
of the Republic was active August 7, 1861 to August 7, 1865.
(photo)
Approximately 100 students and chaperones
enjoyed a trip to Adventureland at Altoona on May 31. It was
sponsored by the O-A Music Boosters. (photo)
The 2009 Summer Sports section is part of
this week's Chronicle. It includes write-ups of the O-A High
School baseball and basketball teams, photos and schedules. The
extra section was sponsored by local and area businesses.
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The Chronicle, Vol. 118, No. 23
June 4, 2009
Photo captions in this week's Chronicle:
The final section of the new sidewalk along Second
Street in downtown Odebolt was poured last week.
Seventeen young people are on the Odebolt Swimming
Pool staff this summer.
In the aftermath of the recent hailstorm in Odebolt,
the sounds of scraping off of old shingles and hammering of new
shingles can be heard from sunrise to late afternoon. There is also
a booming business in repairing hail damage to vehicles.
Additions to the south and west side of the Lundell
Manufacturing building will be used for expansion of manufacturing
and some storage.
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This week's Chronicle includes the O-A
Baseball & Softball Major, Minor & Pee Wee Schedules. The page is
sponsored by local businesses.
The Odebolt city Council and Odebolt Public Library
Board held a special meeting on May 19 to discuss the settlement
proposal for the structural damages to the library.
Attorney Joseph Heidenreich gave a short history of
the situation and the results of the mediation meeting held at the
library on May 15.
The Library Board and the City Council each voted
unanimously to accept the mediation settlement of $42,000 to be paid
by June 1, 2009.
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Tyler Down, Kyle Wunschel, Quinn Reik, Josh
Schaefer and Josh Blair competed in the state track meet.
Brittany Walsh was the medalist at the 1A
District golf meet on May 18 at Twin Lakes Golf Club. She
finished third in the Regional Meet at Newell and qualified for
the 2009 State Girls Golf Meet. She had a hole-in-one in the
Regional Meet.
Elementary Track Meet results are in this issue.
Kris and Rick Schroeder invited the O-A
Prekindergarten to visit their farm on May 19. 25 students and
18 adults rode a hay rack into the pasture and quietly watched
the mares and their babies. Each child had a chance to ride on a
horse, and they enjoyed it immensely. The boys and girls played
in the yard and had picnic snacks there too. (photo)
Colton Hemer received a certificate for the
quality of the photograph he entered in the "River of Words"
International Environmental Art Contest. (photo)
Carolyn Menage, Ray Leege and Karen Sampers were
honored at a retirement party on May 26. (photo)
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