The Paper Our Town, Our Paper! Laurens, Iowa Vol. 11 No. 37 www.thepapernow.com January 17, 2018 Local News Heart n Home of Laurens to be honored as Pocahontas County Business of the Year Pocahontas County Economic Development Commission (PCEDC) will honor Heart n Home of Laurens, Iowa as the first Pocahontas County Business of the Year at the joint Annual Meeting & Grant Ceremony hosted by the Pocahontas County Economic Development Commission and Pocahontas County Foundation on Wednesday, January 24 in Fonda, Iowa. Julie Wurr, owner and operator of Heart n Home, has earned the recognition for demonstrating a remarkable commitment and passion to the vitality of Pocahontas County s business climate through business excellence and significant community involvement. In addition to recently celebrating a milestone anniversary, 25 years in business, Julie has continuously contributed to the town and county s economic development growth through active community involvement. Julie plays an active role on the Laurens Chamber and Community Boosters Board and, in her spare time, mentors and encourages new businesses and entrepreneurs in Pocahontas County. Please join Pocahontas County Economic Development in honoring Heart n Home at the dinner and program starting at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 105 N Main Street, in Fonda, Iowa. Please RSVP online at www. bit.ly/poco-annual-mtg or via telephone at 712-335-4636 by Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Biggest Little Paper In Town! Copyright My Laurens, Inc., 2010 All Rights Reserved. 1
Local News IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2018 BOND REFERENDUM On February 6th, a bond referendum will be on the ballot. This bond would cost the average homeowner an extra $1.00 a month, but will help Iowa Central continue job training, expanding high school partnerships and educating our students with excellence. The referendum will protect over 1,400 jobs and gives Iowa Central the ability to continue our work for the next fifty years. In this day and age, young people are feeling the pressure to choose expensive, out-of-state schools, but Iowa Central offers a high-quality and affordable alternative. Through partnerships with local high schools, we have saved high school students an average of $6,000 dollars through dual enrollment programs before their first semester at a university or private college even begins! KEY BOND REFERENDUM PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE: Expanded High School Career Partnerships and Training Increased Job Training in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine Increased Safety and Security on our Campuses Iowa Central Fuel Testing Lab and Research Center Student Success Center Physical Infrastructure Improvements HIGH SCHOOL CAREER PARTNERSHIPS AND TRAINING Career Academies are a chance to partner with local high schools within our district that give students access to better career, vocational, and technical training and education that will save them thousands of dollars in future college costs and better prepare them for working in our communities. THE VOTE WILL BE HELD THE VOTE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH FEBRUARY 6TH Our Town Our Paper! 2
School News HONOR ROLL LAURENS-MARATHON MIDDLE SCHOOL SECOND QUARTER 2017-2018 To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student must maintain a "B" average in the core academic subject areas, with no D s or F s on his/her Report Card in any subject. To be listed on the "A" Honor Roll, a student must earn an A or A- in ALL classes/subjects taken. 6th Ataya Arends Kaydence Fansega* Isaiah Schossow Tiffany Sheets Emma Storms 7th Joel Carranza* Devan Garman* Emily Harrold* Taylor Hubbell Addison Olson* Isaac Vote Deontez Williams Alia Wood 8th Jayden Albrant Alyssa Klatt Dakota Kunz Bekka Madsen Austin Seiler Anthony Vazquez HONOR ROLL LAURENS-MARATHON MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER 2017-2018 To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student must maintain a "B" average in the core academic subject areas, with no D s or F s on his/her Report Card in any subject. To be listed on the "A" Honor Roll, a student must earn an A or A- in ALL classes/subjects taken. 6th Ataya Arends Kaydence Fansega* Isaiah Schossow Tiffany Sheets Emma Storms 7th Joel Carranza* Devan Garman* Emily Harrold* Taylor Hubbell Addison Olson* Isaac Vote Alia Wood 8th Jayden Albrant Toby Butler Alyssa Klatt Dakota Kunz Bekka Madsen Austin Seiler Anthony Vazquez Biggest Little Paper In Town! 3
Announcements & Advertising Bridal Shower for Ashley Trimble A bridal shower in honor of Ashley Trimble, bride elect of Joe Egertsen of Laurens, will be held on Sunday, February 11. The shower will be held at Hope United Methodist Church in Havelock from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Thank You! The Laurens-Marathon CSD would like to thank the community members and the Laurens Festival of Trees for the generous donation of hats, gloves, and socks. Our students will enjoy these new items! Your thoughtfulness is appreciated! Thank you again! RSVP by following this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zba7cahvqmgszto3uhvacznyy15wjsy3ghx0am86kn8/edit Our Town Our Paper! 4
Announcements & Advertising 50th Anniversary for Kenny & Nina Bishop On January 24, 2018, Kenny and Nina Bishop will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary. Please help them in celebrating this special moment in their lives. Please send cards to: Kenny and Nina Bishop, 806 28th St #54, Milford, Iowa 51351. Rugs Wanted The Laurens Area Youth Group is looking for 6 to 10 --- 3x5 rugs that will slide across the tile floors with ease. Please drop them off at The United Methodist Church before February 9th. Please do not bring us any that you want back!!! IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2018 BOND REFERENDUM ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2018! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW! POCAHONTAS COUNTY INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS Before you vote on February 6th, learn about the Iowa Central Bond Referendum at public community meetings in Pocahontas and/or Laurens. MON, JANUARY 29 @ 6:00 PM Prairie Lakes AEA 500 NE 6th Street Pocahontas, IA 50574 WED, JANUARY 31 @ 12:30 PM West Iowa Bank 202 W Main Street Laurens, IA 50554 Biggest Little Paper In Town! 5
Announcements & Advertising LAURENS AREA YOUTH GROUP JANUARY SCHEDULE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JANUARY 21 ST - JUNIOR HIGH JANUARY 28 TH - HIGH SCHOOL Youth Group meetings are from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday evenings. All youth 6 th to 12 th grade are invited to attend. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ADDRESS IS: 201 WEST MAIN QUESTIONS CALL: ANGELA CHRISTENSON--712-450-0295 Join us for supper on Friday night, January 19 th! Serving begins at 5 p.m. 12582 HWY 10, Laurens Phone: (712) 841-2287 Call Tom & Renee Phillips for Your Painting Needs!! Phone: (712) 845-2246 The Paper Published weekly by My Laurens, Inc. 112 Walnut St. Laurens, IA 50554 Phone: (712) 841-2684 Fax: (712) 841-4662 Website: www.thepapernow.com E-mail: publisher@mylaurens.com Publisher: Rodney Johnson Editor: Amanda Tendal Rights to Use Content: The Paper, its content, archived materials, and our websites, are provided solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The Paper, its content, our websites and all the materials available on our websites are the property of My Laurens, Inc., and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws. You may download, print or transmit The Paper for your personal, non-commercial use. Any commercial use of copyrighted materials requires prior authorization from My Laurens, Inc. Unless explicitly authorized by My Laurens, Inc., you may not modify copy, create derivative works, reproduce, republish, transmit, sell, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from The Paper or our websites for commercial purposes. You may not use The Paper or materials available on our websites, in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our intellectual property rights/copyrights or that has not been authorized by My Laurens, Inc. For information about requesting permission to reproduce or distribute materials from The Paper, please contact My Laurens, Inc. at (712) 841-2684 or publisher@mylaurens.com. Our Town Our Paper! 6
Announcements The Pocahontas County Iowa Historical Society presents Unconditional Surrender A Visit with Ulysses S. Grant Written, directed, and performed by Pete Grady 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 10 Rialto Theatre Pocahontas, Iowa Free admission Free Will Donations gladly accepted For more information, visit http://petegrady.wixsite.com/ulysses-s-grant Biggest Little Paper In Town! 7
Church This Week at Bethany Lutheran Pastor Scott Baker Sunday: January 21, 2018 Third Sunday after Epiphany 9:15 AM ~ Adult SS 9:30 AM ~ Youth SS 9:30 AM ~ Coffee Fellowship 10:30 AM ~ Worship w/communion & SS sing 2017 Annual Congregational Meeting immediately following worship 12:00 AM ~ Potluck 2:00 PM ~ Girl Scouts Mtg. 4:00 PM ~ Pack/Den 79 Mtg. 6:00 PM ~ Laurens Area Youth Group (JH) at UMC Worship, Love, Accept~Together in Christ s Name This Week at First Christian Church Pastor Rev. Rita Cordell Friday, Jan. 19 7:00 - p.m. AA Sunday, Jan. 21 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship followed by Potluck Dinner 4:00 p.m. - Service at Laurens Care Center 6:00-8:00 p.m. - JR. High Youth Group at United Methodist Church This Week at Laurens United Methodist Church Pastor Ed Frank Wed., Jan. 17th: Book Club @ 9 am Puppets POSTPONED Missions Committee @ 7 p.m. Worship Committee CANCELLED Ad. Council @ 8:15 pm Fri., Jan. 19th: Men s Bible Study @ 7 a.m. Sun., Jan. 21st: Adult Sunday School class @ 9:00 a.m. Kids Sunday School classes @ 9:10 a.m. Fellowship Coffee @ 9:30 a.m. Worship @ 10:30 a.m. Laurens Area Youth Group (JH) meet at our church from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church Pocahontas, IA -- Pastor: Very Rev. Craig Collison, VF MASS TIMES: Daily Mass as scheduled in the weekly bulletin Saturday at 5:00 PM Sunday at 8:30 AM Confessions: Saturday 4:15 pm at Resurrection Office: 16 SW 2nd Street, Pocahontas Office Phone: 712-335-3242 -- Residence Phone: 712-335-8065 E-mail: colly@ncn.net Pastoral Care: Sister Renae Hohensee, 563-552-8666 Our Town Our Paper! 8
Extension News & Advertising Revised Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Management Manual Available Detailed information included on diseases, insect pests, vertebrate pests and weed management cultural control measures, plant diseases, insect pests, vertebrate CITY CLERK pests and weed management issues that affect both ornamental POSITION: plants and turfgrass are included. Tables highlight specific pests and include information on common hosts, symptoms and favorable conditions for pests to become problematic. The publication also contains an extensive glossary of terms, references for further reading, and more than 450 full color photographs of many ornamental An updated version of the Iowa and turfgrass pests. Commercial Pesticide Applicator Other state manuals are Manual for Ornamental and short, sweet and to the point, Turfgrass Pest Management said Shour. This Iowa manual Category 3 OT is available from goes beyond the norm. It is a Iowa State University Extension great professional development and Outreach. resource for both beginning and The manual is intended to be Computer and experienced pest managers. used by people preparing to take bookkeeping Practicing pest managers pesticide certification exams (3T, provided substantial input on the experience are 3OT, or 3O). It also serves as a manual s content and developed preferred. reference guide for professionals each chapter s learning objectives. within the pest management field. These industry specialists also In addition to its use as a wrote questions for the exam study guide, it can be carried in database. the vehicle of a certified pesticide This update to the Ornamental applicator or kept in their office and Turfgrass Pest Management and they can refer to the manual Manual is different from the to answer questions about specific previous version not only in pests or the timing of treatments, its detail, but also what is not said Mark Shour, entomology included. The section from the program specialist with ISU previous version on Greenhouse Extension and Outreach. Pest Management is being Detailed discussions on developed into a stand-alone chemical control considerations, publication. It is scheduled to be available in spring 2018. Biggest Little Paper In Town! 9 The City of Marathon is accepting resumes for the position of City Clerk/Treasurer. This is a 20+ hour/ week position at $12 - $15/hour based on experience. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Send resume to: City of Marathon, PO Box 189, Marathon, IA 50565 Applications are due February 1, 2018.
Extension News Making Ends Meet Make Your Money Work for You Making the most of our money is a goal shared by just about everyone. If you are one of the hundreds of area residents who know your finances should work better than they do, then "Making Ends Meet," a new free workshop from ISU Extension and Outreach, can provide strategies and solutions you need. The two-part workshop, offered Tuesdays January 23 & 30, 6:30-8 p.m., will be offered free at the Humboldt County Extension and Outreach Office. Each session includes activities and discussion to help you choose clear and practical steps you want to take with your finances. "The workshop is designed to be practical and even fun," says Barb Wollan, Human Sciences Specialist in family finance with ISU Extension and Outreach. "The activities offer each participant a chance to try on new ideas and strategies, so they can identify the tools that fit their lifestyles." Even though the workshop is free, pre-registration is required. Call Humboldt County Extension (515-332-2201) by January 22 to sign up. Wollan urges participants to come with a friend or two, so you have people to support your plans after the workshop is over; likewise, couples are encouraged to come together if possible, so they can work together toward their financial goals. Pocahontas County 4-H Scholarship Due February 1 Due to the generous support of the Pocahontas County 4-H Endowment, up to TEN $500 scholarships will be awarded to 12th grade graduating 4-H ers that will attend college in the fall of 2018! Applications are available at the office or online at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/ pocahontas/4h. All applications are due to the Pocahontas County ISU Extension & Outreach Office no later than February 1, 2018! Late Applications Will Not Be Accepted! Lunch and Learn Explore Finances of Caregiving ISU Extension and Outreach Pocahontas County and Pocahontas Community Hospital are holding a Lunch & Learn to introduce you to an upcoming Caregiving Finance Program coming to Pocahontas County. It will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 starting at 11:30am at the PCH Conference room. Call 712-335-3501 by Friday, February 2nd to register. A light lunch will be provided. Send Your News to The Paper! www.thepapernow.com 100% User Generated Content! Subscribe and Submit TODAY! Our Town Our Paper! 10
Extension News Pocahontas: Land of the Land- Grants Pocahontas County Extension and Outreach Celebrates its 100th Year in 2018 Contrary to common belief, not a single acre of Story County land was given to Iowa State University as part of the land-grant act (Morrill) of 1862. Instead, the public lands that helped grow a small ag college in Ames into a major university are scattered throughout northwest Iowa. Pocahontas, Calhoun, Buena Vista, Sac, Cherokee, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Emmet, Clay -- 27 counties in all -- are home to 200,000-plus landgrant-designated acres. This northwest Iowa connection to ISU's beginnings is little known or noted. Few of the current land-grant property owners in those counties realize their grounds are part of ISU history. And many Iowa Staters mistakenly think their campus is situated atop land-grant property. Here's the real story behind Iowa's land-grant land. In the last quarter of 1862, as Civil War battles flared in places like Perryville, Kentucky, and Fredericksburg, Virginia, a Black Hawk County recruiter for the Union Army, Lt. Peter Melendy tackled a peaceful mission. Governor in a hurry. Melendy's assignment, which came from Iowa Gov. Samuel Kirkwood, was to evaluate all the unclaimed federal land in Iowa, and claim the finest 204,000-plus acres on behalf of the state. The governor was in a hurry because he realized Iowa had a head start on the federal land giveaway that would soon follow the recently passed Morrill Act. The act gave generous allotments of public land to states that promised to use their land profits to build colleges to educate America's working classes. Abe Lincoln's signature was barely dry. A mere two months after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act (July 2, 1862), the Iowa Legislature, during a special session, became the first state to accept its terms. This speedy legislative action assured Iowa a place in land-grant history as well as first crack at the richest federal lands available. The new law allowed states to select public land within or contiguous to their state boundaries. Melendy -- agriculturist, writer, future mayor of Cedar Falls and trustee of the struggling state agricultural college in Ames -- threw himself into the task. After scrutinizing maps, he and an assistant headed for northwest Iowa, where rich, unclaimed land was plentiful. Big boost for small school. Three months and a thousand miles later, Melendy's report was on the governor's desk, and a nice funding source was in place for the small ag college that was one year away from being designated Iowa's land-grant and six years from welcoming its first official class. Within a few years, the lands Melendy identified began producing income for the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm. Land rental and sales funded building construction and faculty and staff hires, and the school blossomed. Melendy, an earnest advocate of scientific farming, continued to support Iowa State. Over the subsequent decade, he made many trips to Ohio and Kentucky to buy livestock for the college farm. He served as secretary for the farm, visited colleges in many states to bring back information on how they were organized and helped find candidates for Iowa State's presidency and faculty. For more information on Iowa State University s Land Grant Legacy: https://www.landgrant.iastate.edu. Biggest Little Paper In Town! 11