EAST GREENE HONORS 24 GRADUATING SENIORS
Wesley Onken delivered the valedictory address and Nathaniel Beyerink presented the salutatory address at East Greene commencement exercises Sunday afternoon, May 22, at the high school gymnasium in Grand Junction.
Twenty-four seniors were presented their diplomas at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Beyerink also presented a vocal solo, “You Raise Me Up,” as part of the ceremonies, and Katlynn Gannon coordinated the senior slide show with help from classmate Molly Neese.
Onken, Beyerink, Gannon, Neese, Schyler Bardole and Brittanee Heaning were honor graduates—grade point averages of 3.5 or higher.
Academic honors were announced by Principal Jon Hueser with the diplomas presented by Superintendent Mike Harter and EG Board of Education President Marc Hoffman.
The 2011 East Greene graduates and their parents are:
Schyler James Roy Bardole, son of Tim and Lori Bardole
Nathaniel John Beyerink, son of Jerry and Lisa Beyerink
Jacee Erin Coffin, daughter of Roger and Jessica Coffin
Tyler Matthew Cooklin, son of Davy Cooklin and Tina Cooklin
Zachary David Dearborn, son of Dave and Joan Dearborn
Katlynn Ilene Gannon, daughter of Hugh and Denise Gannon
Brittanee Marie Heaning, daughter of Bill and Sindee Heaning
Charles Jennings Jacobsen, son of Joe and Theresea Jacobsen
Kyle Wesley Kenan, son of Kim and Gail Rueter and Mark and Shawneene Kenan
Bret David Kersey, son of David and Becky Kersey and T.K. Kendell and Jolene Kendell
Jasmine Marie Kinney, daughter of William Kinney and Denise Kinney
Nicholas Wayne Long, son of Alan Long and Paula Bertini
Tianna Ranae Lowe, daughter of Billy and Kelly Lowe
Kelli Rene Luther, daughter of Glen and Mary Luther
Aaron Joseph Lyons, son of Dean and Lora Lyons
Molly May Neese, daughter of Alan and Katherine Neese
Nicolas Lani Dean Nicolaisen, son of Ronald Nicolaisen and Denise Walker
Wesley Dale Onken, son of Duane and Brenda Onken
Jeremy Joe Orfield, son of Jerry Orfield and Bonnie Orfield
Benito Ortiz Jr., son of Benito Ortiz Sr. and Deloris Ortiz
Maria Yesenia Perez, daughter of Martin and Celia Perez
Robert Steling Ritchie, son of Darwin and Janice Ritchie
Alyssa Nicole Rothmeyer, daughter of Tony and Laura Rothmeyer
Chaz Jae Wessels, son of Jamie Wessels and Lana J. Riggen
Junior class leaders were Joseline Hoffman and Harrison Johnston. The traditional “Pomp and Circumstance” processional and recessional by Edward Elgar with an arrangement by Virginia Radke was performed by Charles Radke and Carson Griffith, longtime Grand Junction and East Greene music educators.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: This is truly an outstanding group of young people. Wes Onken summed things up nicely as he noted the Class of 2012 will be known for many “firsts” and “lasts” that occurred during their years at EG, including first state baseball appearance, first football team that advanced to the state playoffs, first wrestler to participate on the Jefferson-Scranton wrestling team, and the first year to share vocal music with J-S. He also noted the Class of 2012 was the last of EG to participate in jazz band as next year the instrumental program aligns with J-S, and, poignantly, these graduating EG seniors are the last class to “be taught second grade by Mrs. Crandall.”
Congratulations and best wishes to all the graduates. All of EAST GREENE NATION salutes you and welcomes you as alumni of the greater East Greene Community. May you wear the green and white proudly and forever!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ostrander, Wilkens Place at State Track
TAKE 7th IN LONG JUMP, 8th IN HIGH JUMP
East Greene had its best showing in many years at the Iowa High School State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, May 19-21, with Reed Ostrander placing seventh in the long jump and Chelsi Wilkens tying for eighth in the high jump.
Ostrander’s leap of 20’8” gave East Greene 2 points in the Class 1A team standings—the first time in many years that EG has scored at state. Nick Efkamp of Madrid won the event with a new state record of 23’2.5”. Efkamp won four events to lead Madrid to its third straight 1A championship and fifth overall since 2002.
East Greene tied for 49th place with Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian, Hinton and Clay Central-Everly in the team standings.
Wilkens, a freshman, tied for eighth among 24 state finalists in the high jump with a 4’10” effort, giving the Hawkettes one-half point scoring in the team standings—the first points at state for EG in more than a decade.
Wilkens qualified for state at the district meet on Thursday, May 13, in Manson with a jump of 4’10”—good for second place behind Maddie Bardole of Woodward-Granger, who won with a 5’1” effort. Bardole took fourth at state with a 5’2” jump to pace Woodward-Granger to a seventh place finish in the team standings.
Ostrander, a sophomore, qualified for state at the district at Manson with a runner-up finish to Efkamp of Madrid. Efkamp, an Iowa State recruit, won with a 21’11 ¾” jump with Ostrander second at 20’ 10 ½”.
It was a very tough district with not just the defending two-time state champs from Madrid to contend with, but the host team from Manson-Northwest Webster was coming off a fifth-place finish from last year’s state meet.
Madrid repeated as district champions with 185 points with MNW in second with 142. MNW won the girls district title with 145.33 points, edging out Woodward-Granger with 140.
At the state meet, Manson-Northwest Webster moved up to the runner-up spot, scoring 53 points to Madrid’s state championship-winning 74 points. The third-place team, West Harrison (Mondamin), was nearly 20 points behind M-NW with 34—indicating how dominating the two teams from the Manson district were in the boys competition.
The Manson-Northwest Webster girls tied Corning for fifth place with 29 points at the state meet, just ahead of Woodward-Granger at 25.5.
WILKENS PLACES IN FOUR EVENTS
Wilkens paced the East Greene girls—a team comprised of just one senior and four freshmen—
to a 10th place finish among 12 teams with 24.33 points at the district meet on May 12. The EG boys finished tied for 7th among the same 12 teams with 30 points. It was the best finish for each of the boys and girls teams in many years.
Wilkens was third in the 100 meters, 14.16, and third in the 100 meter hurdles, 17.62. She anchored EG to a fifth place in the shuttle hurdle relay, 1:17.92. Senior Tia Lowe was the leadoff runner with Emily Jacobsen and Brooke Popp handling the second and third legs. Popp rounded out the scoring tying for eighth place in the high jump, 4’4”, giving EG 1/3 of a point.
Also competing were Shelby Cooklin, 15th in the shot put, 23’4” and Lowe in the 200 meter dash, 20.28 seconds, 13th place.
In the boys competition, senior Schyler Bardole closed out a successful track and EG sports career with a third-place finish in the 100 meter dash, 12.24 seconds. Madrid’s Efkamp won the district 100 meter crown, 11.52, with Blake Jesse of Newell-Fonda in second, 12.09. Efkamp went on to win the 100 at the state meet, 11.41, after running in 11.28 in the preliminaries.
Wes Onken was third in the discus, 124’8 ½”, and Harrison Johnston was eighth in the 400 meter dash, 58.94 seconds.
East Greene had a good showing in the relay events: distance medley relay (Bardole, Aaron Lyons, Ostrander, Broc Timm), fifth, 4:19.87; 4 x 100 meter relay (Gabe Bardole, Alex Gordon, Wyatt Beaman, Bret Kersey), seventh, 53.66; 4 x 400 meter relay (Johnston, T.J. Lint, Zack Dearborn, Zack Fouch), seventh, 4:10.43; and 4 x 200 meter relay (Ostrander, Lyons, Kersey and Schyler Bardole), eighth, 1:40.66.
Also participating at the district but not finishing in the top eight to score team points were Schyler Bardole, high jump, 16’4”, 13th; Tory Beger, discus, 98’5 ¾”, 15th; Joe Pena, shotput, 25’6 ¾”, 18th; Fouch, 200 meter dash, 28.41, 19th; Beger, 200 meter dash, 28.65, 20th; Gabe Bardole, 100 meter dash, 14.19, 21st; and Johnston and Dearborn in the high jump.
Paton-Churdan was also at the Manson district but had no state qualifiers. Taylor King finished fourth in the 1600 meter run, 5:00.96, and fourth in the 800 meter run, 2:20.87 to give PC 10 points in the team scoring.
BOYS TEAM STANDINGS AT MANSON: Madrid 185, Manson-Northwest Webster 142, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 82, Woodward-Granger 73, Newell-Fonda 50, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) 50, EAST GREENE 30, Glidden-Ralston 30, Coon Rapids-Bayard 26, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) 12, Paton-Churdan 10, Southeast Webster-Grand 1.
Paton-Churdan girls finished 12th with 9 points. Jaclyn Baldwin was fifth in both the 200 meter dash and 400 meter dash, and Stephanie Thompson was eighth in the 3,200 run.
GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS AT MANSON: Manson-Northwest Webster 145.33, Woodward-Granger 140, Madrid 114, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 68, Southeast Webster-Grand 60, Newell-Fonda 47.5, Glidden-Ralston 38.33, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) 33.5, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) 30, EAST GREENE 24.33, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21, and Paton-Churdan 9.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: This is not only the best showing at state in many years for both the EG girls and boys track teams, but it is probably the best showing ever for underclassmen in such intense competition. Ostrander, a sophomore, and Wilkens, just a freshmen, are off to impressive starts as East Greene athletes as their track success is just one of many accomplishments this school year.
Here’s a hats off to a great job by all the EG tracksters and track coaches for a terrific job this season!
East Greene had its best showing in many years at the Iowa High School State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, May 19-21, with Reed Ostrander placing seventh in the long jump and Chelsi Wilkens tying for eighth in the high jump.
Ostrander’s leap of 20’8” gave East Greene 2 points in the Class 1A team standings—the first time in many years that EG has scored at state. Nick Efkamp of Madrid won the event with a new state record of 23’2.5”. Efkamp won four events to lead Madrid to its third straight 1A championship and fifth overall since 2002.
East Greene tied for 49th place with Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian, Hinton and Clay Central-Everly in the team standings.
Wilkens, a freshman, tied for eighth among 24 state finalists in the high jump with a 4’10” effort, giving the Hawkettes one-half point scoring in the team standings—the first points at state for EG in more than a decade.
Wilkens qualified for state at the district meet on Thursday, May 13, in Manson with a jump of 4’10”—good for second place behind Maddie Bardole of Woodward-Granger, who won with a 5’1” effort. Bardole took fourth at state with a 5’2” jump to pace Woodward-Granger to a seventh place finish in the team standings.
Ostrander, a sophomore, qualified for state at the district at Manson with a runner-up finish to Efkamp of Madrid. Efkamp, an Iowa State recruit, won with a 21’11 ¾” jump with Ostrander second at 20’ 10 ½”.
It was a very tough district with not just the defending two-time state champs from Madrid to contend with, but the host team from Manson-Northwest Webster was coming off a fifth-place finish from last year’s state meet.
Madrid repeated as district champions with 185 points with MNW in second with 142. MNW won the girls district title with 145.33 points, edging out Woodward-Granger with 140.
At the state meet, Manson-Northwest Webster moved up to the runner-up spot, scoring 53 points to Madrid’s state championship-winning 74 points. The third-place team, West Harrison (Mondamin), was nearly 20 points behind M-NW with 34—indicating how dominating the two teams from the Manson district were in the boys competition.
The Manson-Northwest Webster girls tied Corning for fifth place with 29 points at the state meet, just ahead of Woodward-Granger at 25.5.
WILKENS PLACES IN FOUR EVENTS
Wilkens paced the East Greene girls—a team comprised of just one senior and four freshmen—
to a 10th place finish among 12 teams with 24.33 points at the district meet on May 12. The EG boys finished tied for 7th among the same 12 teams with 30 points. It was the best finish for each of the boys and girls teams in many years.
Wilkens was third in the 100 meters, 14.16, and third in the 100 meter hurdles, 17.62. She anchored EG to a fifth place in the shuttle hurdle relay, 1:17.92. Senior Tia Lowe was the leadoff runner with Emily Jacobsen and Brooke Popp handling the second and third legs. Popp rounded out the scoring tying for eighth place in the high jump, 4’4”, giving EG 1/3 of a point.
Also competing were Shelby Cooklin, 15th in the shot put, 23’4” and Lowe in the 200 meter dash, 20.28 seconds, 13th place.
In the boys competition, senior Schyler Bardole closed out a successful track and EG sports career with a third-place finish in the 100 meter dash, 12.24 seconds. Madrid’s Efkamp won the district 100 meter crown, 11.52, with Blake Jesse of Newell-Fonda in second, 12.09. Efkamp went on to win the 100 at the state meet, 11.41, after running in 11.28 in the preliminaries.
Wes Onken was third in the discus, 124’8 ½”, and Harrison Johnston was eighth in the 400 meter dash, 58.94 seconds.
East Greene had a good showing in the relay events: distance medley relay (Bardole, Aaron Lyons, Ostrander, Broc Timm), fifth, 4:19.87; 4 x 100 meter relay (Gabe Bardole, Alex Gordon, Wyatt Beaman, Bret Kersey), seventh, 53.66; 4 x 400 meter relay (Johnston, T.J. Lint, Zack Dearborn, Zack Fouch), seventh, 4:10.43; and 4 x 200 meter relay (Ostrander, Lyons, Kersey and Schyler Bardole), eighth, 1:40.66.
Also participating at the district but not finishing in the top eight to score team points were Schyler Bardole, high jump, 16’4”, 13th; Tory Beger, discus, 98’5 ¾”, 15th; Joe Pena, shotput, 25’6 ¾”, 18th; Fouch, 200 meter dash, 28.41, 19th; Beger, 200 meter dash, 28.65, 20th; Gabe Bardole, 100 meter dash, 14.19, 21st; and Johnston and Dearborn in the high jump.
Paton-Churdan was also at the Manson district but had no state qualifiers. Taylor King finished fourth in the 1600 meter run, 5:00.96, and fourth in the 800 meter run, 2:20.87 to give PC 10 points in the team scoring.
BOYS TEAM STANDINGS AT MANSON: Madrid 185, Manson-Northwest Webster 142, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 82, Woodward-Granger 73, Newell-Fonda 50, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) 50, EAST GREENE 30, Glidden-Ralston 30, Coon Rapids-Bayard 26, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) 12, Paton-Churdan 10, Southeast Webster-Grand 1.
Paton-Churdan girls finished 12th with 9 points. Jaclyn Baldwin was fifth in both the 200 meter dash and 400 meter dash, and Stephanie Thompson was eighth in the 3,200 run.
GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS AT MANSON: Manson-Northwest Webster 145.33, Woodward-Granger 140, Madrid 114, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 68, Southeast Webster-Grand 60, Newell-Fonda 47.5, Glidden-Ralston 38.33, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) 33.5, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) 30, EAST GREENE 24.33, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21, and Paton-Churdan 9.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: This is not only the best showing at state in many years for both the EG girls and boys track teams, but it is probably the best showing ever for underclassmen in such intense competition. Ostrander, a sophomore, and Wilkens, just a freshmen, are off to impressive starts as East Greene athletes as their track success is just one of many accomplishments this school year.
Here’s a hats off to a great job by all the EG tracksters and track coaches for a terrific job this season!
EG Board Sets WGS Hearing Date
WILL PRESENT PLAN TO PUBLIC JUNE 8
A public hearing for residents of the East Greene school district to discuss the proposed whole grade sharing arrangement between East Greene and Jefferson-Scranton will be Wednesday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the band room at the high school building in Grand Junction.
The first step in setting a hearing date was to pass a “declaration to negotiate” a whole grade sharing arrangement with Jefferson-Scranton which passed by a 5-0 vote of board members Tim Bardole, Kevin Fouch, Richard Gordon, Marc Hoffman and John Lint at the East Greene board meeting on Wednesday, May 18, at the ICN room at the high school.
Scheduling a date for the hearing was a little trickier as Bardole, a longtime board member and former president, will be on vacation during the week of the regular June board meeting, June 15, so the board was trying to reschedule a combined hearing and June board meeting but finding conflicts with the softball and baseball games on the school calendar.
The consensus among board members was they did not want to force patrons to choose between an East Greene sports activity and the public hearing. A possible Sunday night or late afternoon meeting was discussed as Bardole would be available then, but the closest Sunday to the regularly scheduled meeting date was Fathers’ Day. Overall, the preference was for a weeknight.
Tony Beger, high school activities director, joined the meeting and he was able to confirm dates for scheduled softball and baseball games.
It was agreed that Wednesday, June 8, would work as no activities are scheduled on that date. A district-wide “garage sale” is scheduled to be set up in the gym on June 8, so it was agreed to move the public hearing to the band room, which is air conditioned. Supt. Mike Harter advised Beger to not reschedule any rained out softball or baseball games for that evening.
Harter said June 8 would fit within the 10- to 20-day time frame required for getting notice of the hearing published—after voting to approved the date that night (May 18). The official legal publication could run in the Jefferson Herald, the district’s designated newspaper, on May 26 and meet the 10-day advance requirement.
Harter told the board that he and Tim Christensen, superintendent of Jefferson-Scranton, are still working on details of the sharing agreement. Both boards met jointly on April 20 in the commons area of the Jefferson-Scranton elementary school in Jefferson to review a report from Jerry McCall of Education Consulting Services on a sharing plan that would have East Greene maintain a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade building in Grand Junction and Jefferson-Scranton maintain its pre-kindergarten through fourth grades in the elementary building in Jefferson. All fifth and sixth graders of both districts would attend classes in the Grand Junction building and all seventh through 12th graders would attend classes in Jefferson.
This two-way sharing agreement then would have Jefferson sending 158 fifth and sixth grader students to East Greene, and East Greene sending sending 125 students in grades 7-12 to Jefferson-Scranton (based on 2010-11 enrollment figures).
In proceeding with the “declaration to negotiate” the board’s action included language that “due to declining enrollment and due to declining budgets” the district was proceeding with the whole grade sharing process.
The state funds most of the school districts’ budget and has included financial incentives for small districts to whole grade share. East Greene will save $72,713 in the arrangement with Jefferson-Scranton sharing $94,247.
Next school year, 2011-12, the two districts will expand a vocal music sharing to include vocal and instrumental sharing. So this was the last year for an East Greene jazz band, an activity that has brought the school many honors including a state championship and successive state jazz band contest appearances, including this year where the EG group placed 7th of the 15 finalists in Class 1A.
This is an extension of some of the academic sharing that currently exists between the two districts where high schools students from East Greene take vocational, upper level and college placement courses at Jefferson-Scranton.
Still on the table, however, is McCall’s recommendation to close the Rippey school building, which is the current East Greene elementary building that serves grades pre-kindergarten through fifth with grades 6-12 in the high school building in Grand Junction.
An earlier proposal had the elementary continuing in Rippey, the fifth and sixth graders from both districts attending classes in Grand Junction, and all the middle and high school students in Jefferson.
The public will get their opportunity to comment and ask questions of the board at the June 8 hearing, but the final decision to enter a whole grade sharing arrangement rests with the board. A district-wide vote is called for only for an overall reorganization of a school district with another school district. East participating district votes separately on such an arrangement, but both must pass the referendum for a reorganization to be approved.
A public hearing for residents of the East Greene school district to discuss the proposed whole grade sharing arrangement between East Greene and Jefferson-Scranton will be Wednesday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the band room at the high school building in Grand Junction.
The first step in setting a hearing date was to pass a “declaration to negotiate” a whole grade sharing arrangement with Jefferson-Scranton which passed by a 5-0 vote of board members Tim Bardole, Kevin Fouch, Richard Gordon, Marc Hoffman and John Lint at the East Greene board meeting on Wednesday, May 18, at the ICN room at the high school.
Scheduling a date for the hearing was a little trickier as Bardole, a longtime board member and former president, will be on vacation during the week of the regular June board meeting, June 15, so the board was trying to reschedule a combined hearing and June board meeting but finding conflicts with the softball and baseball games on the school calendar.
The consensus among board members was they did not want to force patrons to choose between an East Greene sports activity and the public hearing. A possible Sunday night or late afternoon meeting was discussed as Bardole would be available then, but the closest Sunday to the regularly scheduled meeting date was Fathers’ Day. Overall, the preference was for a weeknight.
Tony Beger, high school activities director, joined the meeting and he was able to confirm dates for scheduled softball and baseball games.
It was agreed that Wednesday, June 8, would work as no activities are scheduled on that date. A district-wide “garage sale” is scheduled to be set up in the gym on June 8, so it was agreed to move the public hearing to the band room, which is air conditioned. Supt. Mike Harter advised Beger to not reschedule any rained out softball or baseball games for that evening.
Harter said June 8 would fit within the 10- to 20-day time frame required for getting notice of the hearing published—after voting to approved the date that night (May 18). The official legal publication could run in the Jefferson Herald, the district’s designated newspaper, on May 26 and meet the 10-day advance requirement.
Harter told the board that he and Tim Christensen, superintendent of Jefferson-Scranton, are still working on details of the sharing agreement. Both boards met jointly on April 20 in the commons area of the Jefferson-Scranton elementary school in Jefferson to review a report from Jerry McCall of Education Consulting Services on a sharing plan that would have East Greene maintain a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade building in Grand Junction and Jefferson-Scranton maintain its pre-kindergarten through fourth grades in the elementary building in Jefferson. All fifth and sixth graders of both districts would attend classes in the Grand Junction building and all seventh through 12th graders would attend classes in Jefferson.
This two-way sharing agreement then would have Jefferson sending 158 fifth and sixth grader students to East Greene, and East Greene sending sending 125 students in grades 7-12 to Jefferson-Scranton (based on 2010-11 enrollment figures).
In proceeding with the “declaration to negotiate” the board’s action included language that “due to declining enrollment and due to declining budgets” the district was proceeding with the whole grade sharing process.
The state funds most of the school districts’ budget and has included financial incentives for small districts to whole grade share. East Greene will save $72,713 in the arrangement with Jefferson-Scranton sharing $94,247.
Next school year, 2011-12, the two districts will expand a vocal music sharing to include vocal and instrumental sharing. So this was the last year for an East Greene jazz band, an activity that has brought the school many honors including a state championship and successive state jazz band contest appearances, including this year where the EG group placed 7th of the 15 finalists in Class 1A.
This is an extension of some of the academic sharing that currently exists between the two districts where high schools students from East Greene take vocational, upper level and college placement courses at Jefferson-Scranton.
Still on the table, however, is McCall’s recommendation to close the Rippey school building, which is the current East Greene elementary building that serves grades pre-kindergarten through fifth with grades 6-12 in the high school building in Grand Junction.
An earlier proposal had the elementary continuing in Rippey, the fifth and sixth graders from both districts attending classes in Grand Junction, and all the middle and high school students in Jefferson.
The public will get their opportunity to comment and ask questions of the board at the June 8 hearing, but the final decision to enter a whole grade sharing arrangement rests with the board. A district-wide vote is called for only for an overall reorganization of a school district with another school district. East participating district votes separately on such an arrangement, but both must pass the referendum for a reorganization to be approved.
Class of 1961 Celebrates 50th Reunion
SECOND CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM EGHS
This year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the East Greene Class of 1961, which will be honored at the annual alumni banquet on Saturday, May 28, at the high school gymnasium in Grand Junction.
Thirty-members strong, the East Greene Class of 1961 was just the second to graduate from the newly merged district that was formed the summer after their sophomore years at Grand Junction and Dana high schools, respectively.
Class members who donned their caps and gowns that year May for commencement exercises were Bob Baxter, Carol Blanshan, Jeanette Briggs, Donna Cody, Sandra Crouch, Diane Finger, Jolene Fogarty, Pat Frantz, Bill Glawe, Claudette Hamilton, Mike Heath, Priscilla Herrick, Sandra James, Joyce Kersey, Harry “Kip” Lepke Jr., Dick McComb, Charles Metzger, Mary Pedersen, John Reineman, Francis Riehl, Jerry Schrum, Judy Scott, Faye Sims, Pam Slock, Ruth Teagarden, Joan Thompson, Steve Tiffany, Gary Weaver, Roger Wessling and Meredith Young.
This particular class actually came from four different elementary/junior high schools over the course of their high school careers. Their freshman year at GJHS, 1957-58, brought together the 8th graders of 1956-57 from Grand Junction Consolidated School with the 1957 eighth graduates from St. Mary’s Academy in Grand Junction and the Beaver elementary school.
Dana students went from eighth grade right into high school in Dana their freshman and sophomore years, 1957-58 and 1958-59, but joined the Grand Junction high school students as the junior class in the new East Greene High School in the fall of 1959. The senior class that year, 1959-60, became the first graduating class of East Greene.
The East Greene Class of 1961 helped usher in the new decade with new school colors, mascot, fight song and all new uniforms for basketball, band and choir. It was a “green-and-white” universe as the purple of Dana and the blue of Grand Junction high schools soon faded into the past of the bygone 1950s.
It was an era of the bold new architecture, the Cold War, space exploration and an exciting new president and a glamorous First Lady, as President John F. Kennedy began campaigning for the presidency in the spring of the Class of ‘61’s junior year and was elected in the fall of their senior year.
That year will also be noted by the remarkable run of the East Greene Hawkettes on the basketball court and their senior leader, forward Pam Slock, and coach, Otis Roby. Expectations were high for the Hawkettes that year as they were coming off a successful 1959-60 campaign which saw them win the Greene County Tournament, tie for the championship of the Little Central Conference, and win the sectional tournament and advance to the districts.
Their co-champions in the Little Central—Grand Community of Boxholm—had made it to the state tournament the previous year and that team featured one of the top guards in the state, Rita Peterson. The same year, 1960, saw the Churdan Rockets boys basketball team advance to the State Class B tournament—the last year of the A-B state tourneys until resumption in 1967.
With the success of two Little Central teams in 1960, anticipation was high for the 1961 season. All eyes were on the East Greene girls team as they returned five of six starters from 1959-60, including Slock, who scored at 39.2 points per game in leading EG to a 17-3 mark as a junior, and three other senior veterans—Faye Sims in the forward court, Jolene Fogarty in the guard court, and reserve guard Ruth Teagarden. The only starter lost from 1960 was guard Lana Miller, who was named first-team all-conference. The other veterans back were juniors Sharon Frantz in the forward court and Helen Holz in the guard court.
Clearly the Hawkettes would be a force to reckon with as Slock had been named third team all-state by the Iowa Daily Press Association (IDPA) and fifth team all-state by the Des Moines Register as a junior.
The Hawkettes lived up to their billing and rolled through the season, winning the Little Central Conference with a perfect 10-0 mark and finishing the regular season unbeaten at 17-0. Slock led the state in scoring throughout the season with a 52.6 average and she broke many scoring records along the way, topped by a 78-point performance against arch rival Rippey.
She set and then re-set school scoring records throughout her high school career. She scored 78 in a game against Rippey late in the season, breaking her own school record of 65 points set on Jan. 6, 1961, against Churdan, an 85-67 win for the Hawkettes, and one of the last victories over Churdan or Paton-Churdan for nearly 10 years.
Slock had set the bar high for the school scoring record as a junior when she poured in 61 points against Paton in a sectional tournament game on the Hawkettes’ home court in Grand Junction.
East Greene was ranked in the Top 10 of all Iowa girls high school teams in 1960-61 and just missed a trip to the state tournament, losing by two points to No. 3 Cedar Valley—a powerhouse in the 1950s and early 60s in this part of the state—in the district final.
Slock, however, did win the sectional and district free throw championship and advanced on to state level where she won the State Free Throw Championship. She was named first team all-state at the end of the season by both the Des Moines Register and IDPA.
The boys basketball team had a solid season, finishing 9-10 and advancing to the sectional finals. EG finished 4-6 in the Little Central Conference and bowed in the first round of the county tourney with a loss to Churdan.
The cheerleaders that season were seniors Joan Thompson, Joyce Kersey and Meredith Young; and juniors Judy Adamson and Leita Hillman.
East Greene had another fine season in baseball as the team was 8-1 in the fall with the only loss coming to Jewell. EG ended the fall season with a 4-0 record in the Little Conference with 6 games to be played in the spring.
Class members were accorded a number of honors along their GJ and EG high school way, including having a candidate elected Homecoming Queen each of their sophomore, junior and senior years—Slock in 1959, Teagarden in 1960 and Thompson in 1961.
Slock and Donna Cody were senior members of the National Honor Society in1961 along with Holz, selected as a junior, and Judy Hamilton, a sophomore. Sims and Thompson were co-editors of the annual staff, now dubbed the Hawkeye, and Fogarty and Pat Frantz were co-editors of the newly renamed school paper, The Gazette, which continued as a weekly page in the Globe-Free Press from its forerunner, The Scoop of Grand Junction High School.
The “Globe” as is was known locally was the weekly Grand Junction paper with circulation in all the surrounding towns. It had pages set aside for The Rippey News and The Paton Portrait which featured news particular to those towns. Each page also had space that year for their own school news from the Rippey and Paton schools.
The successful music program of the Grand Junction schools continued unabated at East Greene under vocal music teacher Carson Griffith and instrumental music teacher Charles Radke, both young members of the former GJHS faculty. Four vocal students were selected to the All-State Chorus—Judy Thompson, Bob Morlan, John Goodrich and Teagarden. Janet Henderson, a junior, was selected to the All-State Band.
The boys glee had 29 members and accompanist Sarah Minium and the girls glee had 42 members. The mixed chorus was 70-voices strong (check this).
The East Greene band was resplendent in is new Kelley green uniforms with featured a white chord and tassels across the uniform’s front for concert band and a buttoned-on white shields with the green EG Hawk logo for marching band. The twirlers were also decked out in new duds—white satin uniforms and green accents.
The cheerleaders were probably the best representation for the new district that year as the new uniforms unveiled the previous season featured Kelly green sweaters with white pleated skirts. Across each sweater was a megaphone with the letters E-G-C-S-D, so fans far and wide would know that these girls were proudly leading the cheers of our of new East Greene Community School District!
This was at the height of the era where community school districts were being created all over the state so the lineup of teams, nicknames and colors was new from north to south and east to west. East Greene was a new name in central Iowa as were Central Webster, Prairie View, Grand, United, YJB, South Hamilton, Northeast Hamilton, Northwest Webster and Central Dallas, along with schools formed a few years earlier, like Cedar Valley, and newly merged community school districts that implemented the use of the hyphenating the town/school district names to re-christen themselves, as did Panora-Linden and Woodward-Granger.
These were prevalent throughout the state from Bridgewater-Fontanelle and Carson-Macedonia in the south to Bondurant-Farrar in the center and Havelock-Plover and Harris-Lake Park in the north. Newly created names that took a little from one and a little from another were prevalent too, such as Delwood of Elwood (Delmar and Elwood) in eastern Iowa and Dexfield of Redfield (Dexter and Redfield) in central Iowa.
Two years later, Rippey would also become part of East Greene, and two years beyond that, Paton officially joined with Churdan to form another hyphenated district, Paton-Churdan. The state of Iowa had decreed that by July 1, 1966, every school district had to include a high school, so sadly, our friends from Beaver officially became part of the Ogden Community School District, ending a three-year arrangement where three towns comprised East Greene—GJ, Dana and Beaver—and then a four-town arrangement when Rippey was added to the mix in 1962-63 and 1963-64, but by then Beaver students had already begun shifting to Ogden.
Beaver students had been attending high school at the Grand Junction since Beaver High School was closed at the end of World War II.
East Greene continued a great rivalry with Rippey those first of East Greene and the Class of 1961 was right in the middle of that three-year EG vs. Rippey run. Churdan was always a fierce rival of Grand Junction and that continued with East Greene. The Churdan games were always a high point on the sports calendar—especially in basketball.
This year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the East Greene Class of 1961, which will be honored at the annual alumni banquet on Saturday, May 28, at the high school gymnasium in Grand Junction.
Thirty-members strong, the East Greene Class of 1961 was just the second to graduate from the newly merged district that was formed the summer after their sophomore years at Grand Junction and Dana high schools, respectively.
Class members who donned their caps and gowns that year May for commencement exercises were Bob Baxter, Carol Blanshan, Jeanette Briggs, Donna Cody, Sandra Crouch, Diane Finger, Jolene Fogarty, Pat Frantz, Bill Glawe, Claudette Hamilton, Mike Heath, Priscilla Herrick, Sandra James, Joyce Kersey, Harry “Kip” Lepke Jr., Dick McComb, Charles Metzger, Mary Pedersen, John Reineman, Francis Riehl, Jerry Schrum, Judy Scott, Faye Sims, Pam Slock, Ruth Teagarden, Joan Thompson, Steve Tiffany, Gary Weaver, Roger Wessling and Meredith Young.
This particular class actually came from four different elementary/junior high schools over the course of their high school careers. Their freshman year at GJHS, 1957-58, brought together the 8th graders of 1956-57 from Grand Junction Consolidated School with the 1957 eighth graduates from St. Mary’s Academy in Grand Junction and the Beaver elementary school.
Dana students went from eighth grade right into high school in Dana their freshman and sophomore years, 1957-58 and 1958-59, but joined the Grand Junction high school students as the junior class in the new East Greene High School in the fall of 1959. The senior class that year, 1959-60, became the first graduating class of East Greene.
The East Greene Class of 1961 helped usher in the new decade with new school colors, mascot, fight song and all new uniforms for basketball, band and choir. It was a “green-and-white” universe as the purple of Dana and the blue of Grand Junction high schools soon faded into the past of the bygone 1950s.
It was an era of the bold new architecture, the Cold War, space exploration and an exciting new president and a glamorous First Lady, as President John F. Kennedy began campaigning for the presidency in the spring of the Class of ‘61’s junior year and was elected in the fall of their senior year.
That year will also be noted by the remarkable run of the East Greene Hawkettes on the basketball court and their senior leader, forward Pam Slock, and coach, Otis Roby. Expectations were high for the Hawkettes that year as they were coming off a successful 1959-60 campaign which saw them win the Greene County Tournament, tie for the championship of the Little Central Conference, and win the sectional tournament and advance to the districts.
Their co-champions in the Little Central—Grand Community of Boxholm—had made it to the state tournament the previous year and that team featured one of the top guards in the state, Rita Peterson. The same year, 1960, saw the Churdan Rockets boys basketball team advance to the State Class B tournament—the last year of the A-B state tourneys until resumption in 1967.
With the success of two Little Central teams in 1960, anticipation was high for the 1961 season. All eyes were on the East Greene girls team as they returned five of six starters from 1959-60, including Slock, who scored at 39.2 points per game in leading EG to a 17-3 mark as a junior, and three other senior veterans—Faye Sims in the forward court, Jolene Fogarty in the guard court, and reserve guard Ruth Teagarden. The only starter lost from 1960 was guard Lana Miller, who was named first-team all-conference. The other veterans back were juniors Sharon Frantz in the forward court and Helen Holz in the guard court.
Clearly the Hawkettes would be a force to reckon with as Slock had been named third team all-state by the Iowa Daily Press Association (IDPA) and fifth team all-state by the Des Moines Register as a junior.
The Hawkettes lived up to their billing and rolled through the season, winning the Little Central Conference with a perfect 10-0 mark and finishing the regular season unbeaten at 17-0. Slock led the state in scoring throughout the season with a 52.6 average and she broke many scoring records along the way, topped by a 78-point performance against arch rival Rippey.
She set and then re-set school scoring records throughout her high school career. She scored 78 in a game against Rippey late in the season, breaking her own school record of 65 points set on Jan. 6, 1961, against Churdan, an 85-67 win for the Hawkettes, and one of the last victories over Churdan or Paton-Churdan for nearly 10 years.
Slock had set the bar high for the school scoring record as a junior when she poured in 61 points against Paton in a sectional tournament game on the Hawkettes’ home court in Grand Junction.
East Greene was ranked in the Top 10 of all Iowa girls high school teams in 1960-61 and just missed a trip to the state tournament, losing by two points to No. 3 Cedar Valley—a powerhouse in the 1950s and early 60s in this part of the state—in the district final.
Slock, however, did win the sectional and district free throw championship and advanced on to state level where she won the State Free Throw Championship. She was named first team all-state at the end of the season by both the Des Moines Register and IDPA.
The boys basketball team had a solid season, finishing 9-10 and advancing to the sectional finals. EG finished 4-6 in the Little Central Conference and bowed in the first round of the county tourney with a loss to Churdan.
The cheerleaders that season were seniors Joan Thompson, Joyce Kersey and Meredith Young; and juniors Judy Adamson and Leita Hillman.
East Greene had another fine season in baseball as the team was 8-1 in the fall with the only loss coming to Jewell. EG ended the fall season with a 4-0 record in the Little Conference with 6 games to be played in the spring.
Class members were accorded a number of honors along their GJ and EG high school way, including having a candidate elected Homecoming Queen each of their sophomore, junior and senior years—Slock in 1959, Teagarden in 1960 and Thompson in 1961.
Slock and Donna Cody were senior members of the National Honor Society in1961 along with Holz, selected as a junior, and Judy Hamilton, a sophomore. Sims and Thompson were co-editors of the annual staff, now dubbed the Hawkeye, and Fogarty and Pat Frantz were co-editors of the newly renamed school paper, The Gazette, which continued as a weekly page in the Globe-Free Press from its forerunner, The Scoop of Grand Junction High School.
The “Globe” as is was known locally was the weekly Grand Junction paper with circulation in all the surrounding towns. It had pages set aside for The Rippey News and The Paton Portrait which featured news particular to those towns. Each page also had space that year for their own school news from the Rippey and Paton schools.
The successful music program of the Grand Junction schools continued unabated at East Greene under vocal music teacher Carson Griffith and instrumental music teacher Charles Radke, both young members of the former GJHS faculty. Four vocal students were selected to the All-State Chorus—Judy Thompson, Bob Morlan, John Goodrich and Teagarden. Janet Henderson, a junior, was selected to the All-State Band.
The boys glee had 29 members and accompanist Sarah Minium and the girls glee had 42 members. The mixed chorus was 70-voices strong (check this).
The East Greene band was resplendent in is new Kelley green uniforms with featured a white chord and tassels across the uniform’s front for concert band and a buttoned-on white shields with the green EG Hawk logo for marching band. The twirlers were also decked out in new duds—white satin uniforms and green accents.
The cheerleaders were probably the best representation for the new district that year as the new uniforms unveiled the previous season featured Kelly green sweaters with white pleated skirts. Across each sweater was a megaphone with the letters E-G-C-S-D, so fans far and wide would know that these girls were proudly leading the cheers of our of new East Greene Community School District!
This was at the height of the era where community school districts were being created all over the state so the lineup of teams, nicknames and colors was new from north to south and east to west. East Greene was a new name in central Iowa as were Central Webster, Prairie View, Grand, United, YJB, South Hamilton, Northeast Hamilton, Northwest Webster and Central Dallas, along with schools formed a few years earlier, like Cedar Valley, and newly merged community school districts that implemented the use of the hyphenating the town/school district names to re-christen themselves, as did Panora-Linden and Woodward-Granger.
These were prevalent throughout the state from Bridgewater-Fontanelle and Carson-Macedonia in the south to Bondurant-Farrar in the center and Havelock-Plover and Harris-Lake Park in the north. Newly created names that took a little from one and a little from another were prevalent too, such as Delwood of Elwood (Delmar and Elwood) in eastern Iowa and Dexfield of Redfield (Dexter and Redfield) in central Iowa.
Two years later, Rippey would also become part of East Greene, and two years beyond that, Paton officially joined with Churdan to form another hyphenated district, Paton-Churdan. The state of Iowa had decreed that by July 1, 1966, every school district had to include a high school, so sadly, our friends from Beaver officially became part of the Ogden Community School District, ending a three-year arrangement where three towns comprised East Greene—GJ, Dana and Beaver—and then a four-town arrangement when Rippey was added to the mix in 1962-63 and 1963-64, but by then Beaver students had already begun shifting to Ogden.
Beaver students had been attending high school at the Grand Junction since Beaver High School was closed at the end of World War II.
East Greene continued a great rivalry with Rippey those first of East Greene and the Class of 1961 was right in the middle of that three-year EG vs. Rippey run. Churdan was always a fierce rival of Grand Junction and that continued with East Greene. The Churdan games were always a high point on the sports calendar—especially in basketball.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Hawk Golfers Finish Season
EG BOYS FINISH SEVENTH IN BOONE SECTIONAL
East Greene wrapped up the 2011 boys golf season on Friday finishing in seventh place at the Class 1A sectional meet at Cedar Pointe Golf Course near Boone on Friday, May 13.
Ankeny Christian Academy finished first with a 336 team score and Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) took second with a 363. Both teams will advance to the district meet on Friday at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, hosted by Northern University High School of Cedar Falls, along with teams qualifying from sectional meets at Grundy Center, Mason City and Elgin.
Final standings were: Ankeny Christian, 336; Northeast Hamilton, 363; Colo-Nesco, 388; Van Meter, 389; Earlham, 394; Madrid, 395; East Greene, 437; and Southeast Webster-Grand, 447. Woowdard-Granger participated but did not have enough golfers for a team score.
Zach Cousins of Ankeny Christian was meet medalist with a 76, edging out teammate Patrick Grasso, 77.
Earlier in the week, Ankeny Christian had battled Adair-Casey for the Rolling Hills Conference championship at Anita with Adair-Casey coming out on top with a 321. Ankeny Christian finished at 346 just edging out Glidden Raltson, 348, followed by CAM (Anita) 366, Iowa Christian Academy 377, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 390 and East Greene 402.
Three conference schools—Walnut, Orient-Macksburg and Paton-Churdan—do not field golf teams.
Taylor Wheatley of Adair-Casey was meet medalist with an even-par 71. Nick Kopp of CAM was runner-up with 79. Zach Hiller led EG with 87, followed by Harrison Johnston 96,
Alex Gordon 106, Sean Kenan 113, Tyler Cooklin 115 and Nic Nicolaisen 117.
The finish ahead of Southeast Webster-Grand and Woodward-Granger in the sectional meet were East Greene’s first varsity victories of the season, although the Hawks won a match against the Perry junior varsity, 193-221, on Thursday, May 5, at Lakeside Golf Course near Grand Junction.
The Hawks had a good showing on Friday, May 6, hosting Earlham and West Central Valley (Stuart) at Lakeside. The three teams finished within 11 strokes of each other. Earlham won the match 203, just ahead of West Central Valley at 204 with the Hawks finishing with 214. Johnston finished in a three-way tie for first at 48 with Dylan Watson of West Central Valley and Justin Brown of Earlham. A playoff was held to determine the order of finish with Watson taking medalist honors with Brown as runner-up and Johnston third.
Hiller had of his best rounds the following Monday, May 9, at Lakeside against Iowa Christian Academy (West Des Moines), tying for medalist runner-up honors with Conner Lively of Iowa Christian at 44 with Lively winning the playoff. His teammate, Conner Luginbill, was medalist as he lead the Blazers to 175-203 win over EG.
On Tuesday, May 3, EG faced Guthrie Center and Glidden-Ralston. Guthrie Center won the triangular with 188 to outpace GR 191 and EG 204.
East Greene hosted a boys quadrangular on April 29 at Lakeside while EG hosted the same girls teams—Glidden-Ralston, Adair-Casey and South Central Calhoun (Rockwell City)—at The Hill. South Central Calhoun took top honors in the boys match with 182, followed by Glidden-Ralston 196, Adair-Casey 197, and East Greene 239.
Only two of the four girls squads had enough golfers for team scores and GR and SCC ended play with identical team scores of 217. GR got the win on the basis of the tie-breaker, which is the best score for the team’s No. 5 golfer. Kinney was EG’s lone golfer and she finished with a 64.
Ankeny Christian Academy defeated the Hawks 157-211 on April 28 at Ankeny.
Playoff action for area girls teams began Monday, May 16, with the district meet at Newell with golfers from East Greene, Clay Central-Everly, Graettinger-Terrill, Glidden-Ralston, Laurens-Marathon, Newell-Fonda, Pocahontas, Southeast Webster-Grand, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake), and West Bend-Mallard competing to move on to the regional.
Newell district winners advanced to the regional meet at Graettinger on Monday, May 23, along with the winners of districts at Hawarden and Lake Mills.
East Greene wrapped up the 2011 boys golf season on Friday finishing in seventh place at the Class 1A sectional meet at Cedar Pointe Golf Course near Boone on Friday, May 13.
Ankeny Christian Academy finished first with a 336 team score and Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) took second with a 363. Both teams will advance to the district meet on Friday at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, hosted by Northern University High School of Cedar Falls, along with teams qualifying from sectional meets at Grundy Center, Mason City and Elgin.
Final standings were: Ankeny Christian, 336; Northeast Hamilton, 363; Colo-Nesco, 388; Van Meter, 389; Earlham, 394; Madrid, 395; East Greene, 437; and Southeast Webster-Grand, 447. Woowdard-Granger participated but did not have enough golfers for a team score.
Zach Cousins of Ankeny Christian was meet medalist with a 76, edging out teammate Patrick Grasso, 77.
Earlier in the week, Ankeny Christian had battled Adair-Casey for the Rolling Hills Conference championship at Anita with Adair-Casey coming out on top with a 321. Ankeny Christian finished at 346 just edging out Glidden Raltson, 348, followed by CAM (Anita) 366, Iowa Christian Academy 377, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 390 and East Greene 402.
Three conference schools—Walnut, Orient-Macksburg and Paton-Churdan—do not field golf teams.
Taylor Wheatley of Adair-Casey was meet medalist with an even-par 71. Nick Kopp of CAM was runner-up with 79. Zach Hiller led EG with 87, followed by Harrison Johnston 96,
Alex Gordon 106, Sean Kenan 113, Tyler Cooklin 115 and Nic Nicolaisen 117.
The finish ahead of Southeast Webster-Grand and Woodward-Granger in the sectional meet were East Greene’s first varsity victories of the season, although the Hawks won a match against the Perry junior varsity, 193-221, on Thursday, May 5, at Lakeside Golf Course near Grand Junction.
The Hawks had a good showing on Friday, May 6, hosting Earlham and West Central Valley (Stuart) at Lakeside. The three teams finished within 11 strokes of each other. Earlham won the match 203, just ahead of West Central Valley at 204 with the Hawks finishing with 214. Johnston finished in a three-way tie for first at 48 with Dylan Watson of West Central Valley and Justin Brown of Earlham. A playoff was held to determine the order of finish with Watson taking medalist honors with Brown as runner-up and Johnston third.
Hiller had of his best rounds the following Monday, May 9, at Lakeside against Iowa Christian Academy (West Des Moines), tying for medalist runner-up honors with Conner Lively of Iowa Christian at 44 with Lively winning the playoff. His teammate, Conner Luginbill, was medalist as he lead the Blazers to 175-203 win over EG.
On Tuesday, May 3, EG faced Guthrie Center and Glidden-Ralston. Guthrie Center won the triangular with 188 to outpace GR 191 and EG 204.
East Greene hosted a boys quadrangular on April 29 at Lakeside while EG hosted the same girls teams—Glidden-Ralston, Adair-Casey and South Central Calhoun (Rockwell City)—at The Hill. South Central Calhoun took top honors in the boys match with 182, followed by Glidden-Ralston 196, Adair-Casey 197, and East Greene 239.
Only two of the four girls squads had enough golfers for team scores and GR and SCC ended play with identical team scores of 217. GR got the win on the basis of the tie-breaker, which is the best score for the team’s No. 5 golfer. Kinney was EG’s lone golfer and she finished with a 64.
Ankeny Christian Academy defeated the Hawks 157-211 on April 28 at Ankeny.
Playoff action for area girls teams began Monday, May 16, with the district meet at Newell with golfers from East Greene, Clay Central-Everly, Graettinger-Terrill, Glidden-Ralston, Laurens-Marathon, Newell-Fonda, Pocahontas, Southeast Webster-Grand, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake), and West Bend-Mallard competing to move on to the regional.
Newell district winners advanced to the regional meet at Graettinger on Monday, May 23, along with the winners of districts at Hawarden and Lake Mills.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Council Discusses Dust Problem on West Railroad
TRAFFIC TO RUETER’S BRINGS WEIGHT, DUST ISSUES
The vexing problem of dust kicked up on West Railroad Street was reviewed again at the Grand Junction City Council meeting on Monday, May 9.
The graveled street and its inherent dust in warm weather has been a problem for West Railroad Street residents. Heavy equipment traffic from Reuter’s Red Power implement dealership on Highway 30 is mostly responsible for the dust being kicked up.
Mayor Gerold Herrick said the matter will be included in the upcoming annual street review. One concern is that resurfacing the street may be of no use because the weight of the vehicles traveling to and from the implement dealership would be too much for the type of hard surfacing used on the streets in Grand Junction.
Safety is also a concern. “Considering the size of the equipment and the speeds they maintain, it’s probably better they travel on the street than head out into Highway 30,” said councilmember Linda Hoffman. West Railroad Street runs from Iowa Highway 144 west to the Fifth Street, where it ends and turns north to U.S. Highway 30. Reuter’s is located on both sides of Fifth Street.
“It looks like the options we have are Rueter’s stays off the road or we close the road,” said councilmember Dave Kersey, noting it could be closed just beyond Curt Woltz’s driveway.
Mayor Jerry Herrick said it would only be fair to bring Rueter’s into the discussion before making any decision about how to rectify the situation.
Other business:
Dawn Rudolph of Scranton met with the council to inform them of her bid for the vacant District 2 seat on the Greene County Board of Supervisors. Rudolph was chosen by the Greene County Republican convention on Saturday, May 7, to represent the party in the upcoming special election. Rudolph is employed by the Jefferson-Scranton school district. She is also the mayor of Scranton. In discussing her background in the Scranton area and her familiarity with the east side of the county, she noted having family roots in the area (the Lipkes of rural Grand Junction) and that her son has been a Grand Junction resident for several years.
The District 2 supervisor seat became vacant when Terry Adams died unexpectedly last month. The June 7 election will be to fill that vacancy. Rudolph will face Nick Foster in the election. Foster was selected by Greene County Democrats in their county convention also held May 7.
Candidates for the District 2 position must live within the district, but the election is open to all voters in the county.
Ken Paxton, executive director of the Greene County Area Chamber and Development in Jefferson, met with the council to update them on economic developments in the county. He reported that the Subway restaurant at 1004 North Elm (Iowa Highway 4) will be relocating due to the upcoming Highway 4 overpass construction project. Subway plans to move to a larger facility at the northwest corner of Highway 4 and Lincolnway. Paxton said the enlarged Subway will add eight new jobs to the restaurant’s payroll. Bomgaars on Highway 4 is expanding and that will also add eight new jobs.
In lieu of the new railroad overpass to be constructed on Highway 4 and the ensuing detour around the construction site to the west side of Jefferson for highway traffic—plus a new access route that will run east of Highway 4 behind the businesses whose access will be cut off by the project—Paxton, in noting the expansion of Subway and Bomgaars and stability of other affected business, said “we’ve come out pretty good. It’s looking very positive.”
Paxton said this year’s Bell Tower Festival will be the “best in 20 years.” He said the festival will feature the relaunching of the tower; opening of the artists’ colony; and dedication of the new Doreen Wilbur statue. The statue is being erected at the corner of the Greene County recreation center to honor Wilbur, the first woman from Iowa to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
He also noted that recreational promotion efforts this summer will again feature canoe trips on the Raccoon River with Squirrel Hollow County Park added as an access point. “We have expanded the operation to include Squirrel Hollow as one of the options for canoe trips,” said Paxton. “We are also offering shuttle service between the four put-in and take-out spots for visitors that bring their own canoes and need only transportation between locations.”
Marie McRoberts is the new office coordinator at the chamber office in Jefferson, taking over for Jessica Trecker and will be the key contact for getting information distributed from the office for events in the area.
Paxton also said he is working with community members in Paton and Churdan to help them with their RAGRAI event planning as both towns are on this summer’s route. He also made note of the revolving loan fund to help assist new businesses in the county.
Kersey reported that Grand Junction Municipal Swimming Pool will open for the season on May 26. A lifeguard meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, at City Hall where the lifeguards will be filling out their paperwork and providing City Clerk Rita Jenkins with their IDs (picture ID—driver’s license or driver’s permit, as lifeguards must at least age 16). Kersey also reported on some minor maintenance to the pool ladders.
Fire Chief Terry Hoefle asked if the lifeguards were CPR trained, and Kersey said the returning guards were but the new guards would need that training. They agreed to schedule training for the new guards as soon as possible.
Other business before the council:
*A liquor license for Misty Lanes bowling alley, which is under new ownership.
*Accepted the lower of two bids for a dump truck spring. The low bid of $701.92 was from Hoffman’s with the higher bid, 1,035.85, from Kafer’s.
*Reviewed testing of the sewer drains around town with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
*Kersey reported the Greene County Sherriff’s Department used the library for one hour to pick up outdated and unused prescription drugs as part of a county-wide effort. More than 30 pounds of pills were collected.
*Hoefle reported that Darwin Ritchie and Randy Runyan are two new lieutenants with the fire department. He also said the field fires have slowed down now that the farmers are back in the fields. A problem with the lock on the fire house door resulted in a new lock being installed. Keys to the lock have now been distributed.
*Removal a tree on the west side of the school property on South 13th Street, between the ball park and the school house.
*Accessibility to the town’s share of county funds created when the LDC Commodities ethanol plant opened in rural Junction Township. The plant was given a tax abatement but in return, it provided funds to the county. Herrick said he has been trying to determine how the town can gain access to those funds, adding that the existence of the fund was not widely shared with all local govern
The vexing problem of dust kicked up on West Railroad Street was reviewed again at the Grand Junction City Council meeting on Monday, May 9.
The graveled street and its inherent dust in warm weather has been a problem for West Railroad Street residents. Heavy equipment traffic from Reuter’s Red Power implement dealership on Highway 30 is mostly responsible for the dust being kicked up.
Mayor Gerold Herrick said the matter will be included in the upcoming annual street review. One concern is that resurfacing the street may be of no use because the weight of the vehicles traveling to and from the implement dealership would be too much for the type of hard surfacing used on the streets in Grand Junction.
Safety is also a concern. “Considering the size of the equipment and the speeds they maintain, it’s probably better they travel on the street than head out into Highway 30,” said councilmember Linda Hoffman. West Railroad Street runs from Iowa Highway 144 west to the Fifth Street, where it ends and turns north to U.S. Highway 30. Reuter’s is located on both sides of Fifth Street.
“It looks like the options we have are Rueter’s stays off the road or we close the road,” said councilmember Dave Kersey, noting it could be closed just beyond Curt Woltz’s driveway.
Mayor Jerry Herrick said it would only be fair to bring Rueter’s into the discussion before making any decision about how to rectify the situation.
Other business:
Dawn Rudolph of Scranton met with the council to inform them of her bid for the vacant District 2 seat on the Greene County Board of Supervisors. Rudolph was chosen by the Greene County Republican convention on Saturday, May 7, to represent the party in the upcoming special election. Rudolph is employed by the Jefferson-Scranton school district. She is also the mayor of Scranton. In discussing her background in the Scranton area and her familiarity with the east side of the county, she noted having family roots in the area (the Lipkes of rural Grand Junction) and that her son has been a Grand Junction resident for several years.
The District 2 supervisor seat became vacant when Terry Adams died unexpectedly last month. The June 7 election will be to fill that vacancy. Rudolph will face Nick Foster in the election. Foster was selected by Greene County Democrats in their county convention also held May 7.
Candidates for the District 2 position must live within the district, but the election is open to all voters in the county.
Ken Paxton, executive director of the Greene County Area Chamber and Development in Jefferson, met with the council to update them on economic developments in the county. He reported that the Subway restaurant at 1004 North Elm (Iowa Highway 4) will be relocating due to the upcoming Highway 4 overpass construction project. Subway plans to move to a larger facility at the northwest corner of Highway 4 and Lincolnway. Paxton said the enlarged Subway will add eight new jobs to the restaurant’s payroll. Bomgaars on Highway 4 is expanding and that will also add eight new jobs.
In lieu of the new railroad overpass to be constructed on Highway 4 and the ensuing detour around the construction site to the west side of Jefferson for highway traffic—plus a new access route that will run east of Highway 4 behind the businesses whose access will be cut off by the project—Paxton, in noting the expansion of Subway and Bomgaars and stability of other affected business, said “we’ve come out pretty good. It’s looking very positive.”
Paxton said this year’s Bell Tower Festival will be the “best in 20 years.” He said the festival will feature the relaunching of the tower; opening of the artists’ colony; and dedication of the new Doreen Wilbur statue. The statue is being erected at the corner of the Greene County recreation center to honor Wilbur, the first woman from Iowa to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
He also noted that recreational promotion efforts this summer will again feature canoe trips on the Raccoon River with Squirrel Hollow County Park added as an access point. “We have expanded the operation to include Squirrel Hollow as one of the options for canoe trips,” said Paxton. “We are also offering shuttle service between the four put-in and take-out spots for visitors that bring their own canoes and need only transportation between locations.”
Marie McRoberts is the new office coordinator at the chamber office in Jefferson, taking over for Jessica Trecker and will be the key contact for getting information distributed from the office for events in the area.
Paxton also said he is working with community members in Paton and Churdan to help them with their RAGRAI event planning as both towns are on this summer’s route. He also made note of the revolving loan fund to help assist new businesses in the county.
Kersey reported that Grand Junction Municipal Swimming Pool will open for the season on May 26. A lifeguard meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, at City Hall where the lifeguards will be filling out their paperwork and providing City Clerk Rita Jenkins with their IDs (picture ID—driver’s license or driver’s permit, as lifeguards must at least age 16). Kersey also reported on some minor maintenance to the pool ladders.
Fire Chief Terry Hoefle asked if the lifeguards were CPR trained, and Kersey said the returning guards were but the new guards would need that training. They agreed to schedule training for the new guards as soon as possible.
Other business before the council:
*A liquor license for Misty Lanes bowling alley, which is under new ownership.
*Accepted the lower of two bids for a dump truck spring. The low bid of $701.92 was from Hoffman’s with the higher bid, 1,035.85, from Kafer’s.
*Reviewed testing of the sewer drains around town with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
*Kersey reported the Greene County Sherriff’s Department used the library for one hour to pick up outdated and unused prescription drugs as part of a county-wide effort. More than 30 pounds of pills were collected.
*Hoefle reported that Darwin Ritchie and Randy Runyan are two new lieutenants with the fire department. He also said the field fires have slowed down now that the farmers are back in the fields. A problem with the lock on the fire house door resulted in a new lock being installed. Keys to the lock have now been distributed.
*Removal a tree on the west side of the school property on South 13th Street, between the ball park and the school house.
*Accessibility to the town’s share of county funds created when the LDC Commodities ethanol plant opened in rural Junction Township. The plant was given a tax abatement but in return, it provided funds to the county. Herrick said he has been trying to determine how the town can gain access to those funds, adding that the existence of the fund was not widely shared with all local govern
Monday, May 9, 2011
EG Win 4 Events at Rolling Hills Meet
HAWKS, HAWEKTTES EACH FINISH IN 6TH PLACE
East Greene crowned four champions at the Rolling Hills Conference track meet Monday, May 9, at Panora.
Freshman Chelsi Wilkens won the 100 meter hurdles in 17.94 seconds, and she anchored EG’s championship shuttle hurdle relay. Senior Wes Onken won the discus with a throw of 129’10” and sophomore Reed Ostrander won the long jump with a 19’9 ¾” effort.
The Hawkettes and Hawks each finished in sixth place among the nine conference teams—the girls tying with Orient-Macksburg with 44 points and the boys finishing with 41 points. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton took both the girls and boys titles.
The shuttle hurdle relay team of senior Tia Lowe and freshmen Emily Jacobsen, Brooke Popp and Wilkens took first with a time of 1:21.00. Wilkens had a good night as she also took second in the high jump, 4’8”, and second in the 100 meters, 13.82 seconds. Casey James of Orient-Macksburg won the event in 13.39 seconds and Jaclyn Baldwin of Paton-Churdan placed fifth in 14.09 seconds.
Other EG girls events that placed in the conference meet:
Fourth: Popp, high jump, 4’6”
Fifth: Jacbosen, 400 meter hurdles, 1:30.81; 4 x 100 meter relay (Lowe, Jacobsen, Shelby Cooklin, Popp), 1:02.69.
Other EG boys events that placed:
Fourth: Schyler Bardole, shot put, 37’9”; 4 x 800 meter relay (Harrison Johnston, T.J. Lint, Tory Beger, Broc Timm), 10:17.48; 4 x 100 meter relay (Wyatt Beaman, Bardole, Alex Gordon, Bret Kersey), 52.65.
Fifth: Johnston, high jump, 5-2; Bardole, 100 meter dash, 11.9; 4 x 200 meter relay (Ostrander, Lint, Aaron Lyons, Bardole), 1:40.59; 1600 meter medley relay, 4:20.45
Sixth: Beger, discus, 100’9”; Lint, long jump, 16, 4 ¾”
Paton-Churdan girls finished last with 17 points. In addition to finishing sixth in the 100 meters, Baldwin was third in the 200 meters, sixth in the 400 meters and she teamed up with Makayla Minnehan, Emma Tilley and anchor Stephanie Thompson to take fourth in the 4 x 400 meter relay. Thompson placed in all three distance events for PC. She was fifth in the 3,000 meters, sixth in the 1500 meters and sixth in the 800 meters.
Rolling Hills Conference Girls @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 160, Adair-Casey 90, Glidden-Ralston 72, CAM (Anita) 70, Walnut 49, East Greene and Orient-Macksburg 44, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 35, Paton-Churdan 17.
Taylor King of Paton-Churdan won the conference crown in the 1,600 meter run, 5:03.25. Also placing for the PC boys were King in the 800 meter run in sixth place and the 4 x 400 meter relay (Daniel Minnehan, King, Blake Murphy and Brandon Tilley) in fourth place.
Rolling Hills Conference Boys @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 148, Adair-Casey 116, Glidden-Ralston 78, Orient-Macksburg 64, CAM (Anita) 62, East Greene 41, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 32, Paton-Churdan 16, Walnut 1.
The EG boys were in action again on Friday, May 6, at the Bill Estrem Relays hosted by Ballard (Huxley). The Hawks finished seventh of eight teams in Class B, which featured two-time Class A state champion Madrid, which took the Class B team title with 161 points. Jefferson-Scranton won the Class A title, winning six events.
Estrem Relay Class A @ Ballard: Jefferson-Scranton 143, Boone 110, North Polk (Alleman) 87, Ballard 81, Gilbert 72, Nevada 56, Saydel 9.
Estrem Relays Class B @ Ballard: Madrid 161, St. Edmond (Fort Dodge) 154, Roland-Story 90, West Marshall 70, South Hamilton 41, Woodward-Granger 30, East Greene 10, Southeast Webster-Grand 1.
East Greene competed in the Gonzales-Parrish Invitational in Guthrie Center on April 28. The boys were last of nine teams with 20 points while the girls were last of eight teams with 3 points.
Ostrander was the highlight of the meet for East Greene as he won the long jump with a meet record leap of 19’10”. Bardole was fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200, Johnston was fourth in the high jump, and Onken was sixth in the discus.
Wilkens finished fifth in the high jump and the 4 x 100 meter relay placed sixth for the girls scoring.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: The Hawkettes are faring well with just five team members while the Hawks are still “hitting their stride” (and leaps and throws) as they were shut out of competition for most of their earlier meets due to wet and cold weather. Ostrander and Wilkens are both having excellent seasons. Look for some of the Hawks to move up in their individual events—especially Bardole in the sprints and shot put—and for the 4 x 200 meter relay to be a force as the season ends.
EG has a busy week with the boys headed back to Guthrie Center tonight for an invitational meet and the girls participating at the South Central Calhoun Invitational in Lake City. Both teams will be looking for peak performances tonight in preparation for the district meet at Manson on Thursday.
East Greene crowned four champions at the Rolling Hills Conference track meet Monday, May 9, at Panora.
Freshman Chelsi Wilkens won the 100 meter hurdles in 17.94 seconds, and she anchored EG’s championship shuttle hurdle relay. Senior Wes Onken won the discus with a throw of 129’10” and sophomore Reed Ostrander won the long jump with a 19’9 ¾” effort.
The Hawkettes and Hawks each finished in sixth place among the nine conference teams—the girls tying with Orient-Macksburg with 44 points and the boys finishing with 41 points. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton took both the girls and boys titles.
The shuttle hurdle relay team of senior Tia Lowe and freshmen Emily Jacobsen, Brooke Popp and Wilkens took first with a time of 1:21.00. Wilkens had a good night as she also took second in the high jump, 4’8”, and second in the 100 meters, 13.82 seconds. Casey James of Orient-Macksburg won the event in 13.39 seconds and Jaclyn Baldwin of Paton-Churdan placed fifth in 14.09 seconds.
Other EG girls events that placed in the conference meet:
Fourth: Popp, high jump, 4’6”
Fifth: Jacbosen, 400 meter hurdles, 1:30.81; 4 x 100 meter relay (Lowe, Jacobsen, Shelby Cooklin, Popp), 1:02.69.
Other EG boys events that placed:
Fourth: Schyler Bardole, shot put, 37’9”; 4 x 800 meter relay (Harrison Johnston, T.J. Lint, Tory Beger, Broc Timm), 10:17.48; 4 x 100 meter relay (Wyatt Beaman, Bardole, Alex Gordon, Bret Kersey), 52.65.
Fifth: Johnston, high jump, 5-2; Bardole, 100 meter dash, 11.9; 4 x 200 meter relay (Ostrander, Lint, Aaron Lyons, Bardole), 1:40.59; 1600 meter medley relay, 4:20.45
Sixth: Beger, discus, 100’9”; Lint, long jump, 16, 4 ¾”
Paton-Churdan girls finished last with 17 points. In addition to finishing sixth in the 100 meters, Baldwin was third in the 200 meters, sixth in the 400 meters and she teamed up with Makayla Minnehan, Emma Tilley and anchor Stephanie Thompson to take fourth in the 4 x 400 meter relay. Thompson placed in all three distance events for PC. She was fifth in the 3,000 meters, sixth in the 1500 meters and sixth in the 800 meters.
Rolling Hills Conference Girls @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 160, Adair-Casey 90, Glidden-Ralston 72, CAM (Anita) 70, Walnut 49, East Greene and Orient-Macksburg 44, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 35, Paton-Churdan 17.
Taylor King of Paton-Churdan won the conference crown in the 1,600 meter run, 5:03.25. Also placing for the PC boys were King in the 800 meter run in sixth place and the 4 x 400 meter relay (Daniel Minnehan, King, Blake Murphy and Brandon Tilley) in fourth place.
Rolling Hills Conference Boys @ Panora: Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 148, Adair-Casey 116, Glidden-Ralston 78, Orient-Macksburg 64, CAM (Anita) 62, East Greene 41, Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 32, Paton-Churdan 16, Walnut 1.
The EG boys were in action again on Friday, May 6, at the Bill Estrem Relays hosted by Ballard (Huxley). The Hawks finished seventh of eight teams in Class B, which featured two-time Class A state champion Madrid, which took the Class B team title with 161 points. Jefferson-Scranton won the Class A title, winning six events.
Estrem Relay Class A @ Ballard: Jefferson-Scranton 143, Boone 110, North Polk (Alleman) 87, Ballard 81, Gilbert 72, Nevada 56, Saydel 9.
Estrem Relays Class B @ Ballard: Madrid 161, St. Edmond (Fort Dodge) 154, Roland-Story 90, West Marshall 70, South Hamilton 41, Woodward-Granger 30, East Greene 10, Southeast Webster-Grand 1.
East Greene competed in the Gonzales-Parrish Invitational in Guthrie Center on April 28. The boys were last of nine teams with 20 points while the girls were last of eight teams with 3 points.
Ostrander was the highlight of the meet for East Greene as he won the long jump with a meet record leap of 19’10”. Bardole was fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200, Johnston was fourth in the high jump, and Onken was sixth in the discus.
Wilkens finished fifth in the high jump and the 4 x 100 meter relay placed sixth for the girls scoring.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: The Hawkettes are faring well with just five team members while the Hawks are still “hitting their stride” (and leaps and throws) as they were shut out of competition for most of their earlier meets due to wet and cold weather. Ostrander and Wilkens are both having excellent seasons. Look for some of the Hawks to move up in their individual events—especially Bardole in the sprints and shot put—and for the 4 x 200 meter relay to be a force as the season ends.
EG has a busy week with the boys headed back to Guthrie Center tonight for an invitational meet and the girls participating at the South Central Calhoun Invitational in Lake City. Both teams will be looking for peak performances tonight in preparation for the district meet at Manson on Thursday.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Wilkens Debuts With Three Wins
TAKES HURDLE, HIGH JUMP EVENTS FOR EG
Freshman Chelsi Wilkens got her East Greene track career off to a good start with three first-place showings in two meets.
Wilkens won the 100 meter shuttle hurdles in her high school debut at the Richard Ryan Relays in Gowrie on April 4, the first meet of the season. Her time was 18.68. Wilkens also anchored East Greene’s winning 4 x 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay, which broke the tape in 1:22.42. Other members of the championship relay team are senior Tia Lowe and freshmen Emily Jacobsen and Brooke Popp.
Jaclyn Baldwin, a sophomore at Paton-Churdan, placed in three events at the meet, hosted by Prairie Valley (Gowrie). She was fourth in the 200 meters, 29.67; fifth in the 400 meters, 1:12.87; and sixth in the 100 meters, 14.21. Her placements gave PC 7 points in the team standings.
East Greene rounded its scoring in the team standings, 21 points, with a sixth place finish in the 4 x 100 meter relay in a time of 1:00.58.
Team Standings @ Gowrie: West Bend-Mallard 163, Prairie Valley (Gowrie) 151, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 88, Southeast Webster-Grand 76, Laurens-Marathon 33, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24, East Greene 21, Paton-Churdan 7.
Wilkens was a winner in a debut event again on April 18 when she took first in the high jump at the Southeast Webster-Grand Eagle Relays in Burnside with a jump of 4’10”. The shuttle hurdle relay had another good outing with a fourth-place finish at 1:21.92. The coed meet ended after the 100 meter hurdles due to the cold weather further complicated by rain and wind.
Team Standings @ Burnside: Woodward-Granger 108, South Central Calhoun (Rockwell City) 73, Southeast Webster-Grand 65, Newell-Fonda 47, Glidden-Ralston 28, East Greene 24, Coon Rapids-Bayard 22.
District track assignments were announced and East Greene will participate in the District 9 Class 1A meet at Manson. Other teams in addition to the host school, Manson-Northwest Webster, are Coon Rapids-Bayard, Glidden-Ralston, Madrid, Newell-Fonda, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg), Paton-Churdan, Pocahontas/Palmer-Pomeroy, Southeast Webster-Grand, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) and Woodward-Granger.
League opponents from the Rolling Hills Conference at District 6 in Guthrie Center are Adair-Casey, CAM (Anita), Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira, and Walnut. The combined Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian squad will compete at District 10 at Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Orient-Macksburg will be at District 3 at Creston.
The Rolling Hills Conference meet is tonight, May 2, at Panora. Nine teams will compete for the crown as ICA/ACA is a combined team. EHK/Exira is the returning champion.
Jefferson-Scranton will compete at the Class 2A district meet at Ida Grove with Audubon, East Sac County, IKM-Manning, Kuemper (Carroll), Logan-Magnolia, Maple Valley-Anton Oto, OA-BCIG (Ida Grove), Prairie Valley (Gowrie), South Central Calhoun and Tri-Center (Neola).
Freshman Chelsi Wilkens got her East Greene track career off to a good start with three first-place showings in two meets.
Wilkens won the 100 meter shuttle hurdles in her high school debut at the Richard Ryan Relays in Gowrie on April 4, the first meet of the season. Her time was 18.68. Wilkens also anchored East Greene’s winning 4 x 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay, which broke the tape in 1:22.42. Other members of the championship relay team are senior Tia Lowe and freshmen Emily Jacobsen and Brooke Popp.
Jaclyn Baldwin, a sophomore at Paton-Churdan, placed in three events at the meet, hosted by Prairie Valley (Gowrie). She was fourth in the 200 meters, 29.67; fifth in the 400 meters, 1:12.87; and sixth in the 100 meters, 14.21. Her placements gave PC 7 points in the team standings.
East Greene rounded its scoring in the team standings, 21 points, with a sixth place finish in the 4 x 100 meter relay in a time of 1:00.58.
Team Standings @ Gowrie: West Bend-Mallard 163, Prairie Valley (Gowrie) 151, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 88, Southeast Webster-Grand 76, Laurens-Marathon 33, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24, East Greene 21, Paton-Churdan 7.
Wilkens was a winner in a debut event again on April 18 when she took first in the high jump at the Southeast Webster-Grand Eagle Relays in Burnside with a jump of 4’10”. The shuttle hurdle relay had another good outing with a fourth-place finish at 1:21.92. The coed meet ended after the 100 meter hurdles due to the cold weather further complicated by rain and wind.
Team Standings @ Burnside: Woodward-Granger 108, South Central Calhoun (Rockwell City) 73, Southeast Webster-Grand 65, Newell-Fonda 47, Glidden-Ralston 28, East Greene 24, Coon Rapids-Bayard 22.
District track assignments were announced and East Greene will participate in the District 9 Class 1A meet at Manson. Other teams in addition to the host school, Manson-Northwest Webster, are Coon Rapids-Bayard, Glidden-Ralston, Madrid, Newell-Fonda, Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg), Paton-Churdan, Pocahontas/Palmer-Pomeroy, Southeast Webster-Grand, St. Mary’s (Storm Lake) and Woodward-Granger.
League opponents from the Rolling Hills Conference at District 6 in Guthrie Center are Adair-Casey, CAM (Anita), Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira, and Walnut. The combined Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian squad will compete at District 10 at Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Orient-Macksburg will be at District 3 at Creston.
The Rolling Hills Conference meet is tonight, May 2, at Panora. Nine teams will compete for the crown as ICA/ACA is a combined team. EHK/Exira is the returning champion.
Jefferson-Scranton will compete at the Class 2A district meet at Ida Grove with Audubon, East Sac County, IKM-Manning, Kuemper (Carroll), Logan-Magnolia, Maple Valley-Anton Oto, OA-BCIG (Ida Grove), Prairie Valley (Gowrie), South Central Calhoun and Tri-Center (Neola).
Grand Junction Area Obituaries
VIRGENE NATION
Funeral services for Virgene Nation, 85, were held Thursday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction. She died Monday, April 18, 2011, in Des Moines. Interment followed in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Grand Junction.
A vigil was held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at St. Brigid followed by visitation with the family. Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Don Ries of St. Brigid celebrated the mass.
Virgene was born Aug. 8, 1925, in the family home in Beaver Township, Boone County, to Phillip and Ursula (Lentz) Lawler. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1942, where she was in the Homemaking Club and the Camera Club. She was Homecoming Queen her senior year.
She worked in the Boone County Courthouse in 1941 and 1942 and at the Ankeny Ordinance Plant in 1943.
Virgene married Paul Lowry in 1944, was widowed, and married Jack Nation in 1949. She provided home care for many elderly in the area. She was active in Grand Junction Business and Professional Women’s Club, St. Brigid Altar Society, Greene County Meals on Wheels, and Greene County ARC (food pantry).
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Leo and Charles Lawler, sisters Grace Garland and Vera Lawler, her brother-in-law Pat Garland, her sister-in-law Jackie Lawler, and granddaughter Grace Nation.
She is survived by her 11 children (and spouses): Theresa (Gregg) Gross, Venice, Fla.; Francis (Tracy) Nation, Ogden; Liz Karber, Glendale, Ariz.; Dan (Vicki) Nation, Jefferson; Patty (Paul) Mears, Jefferson; John (Jody) Nation, Ogden; Hal (Terri) Nation, Fort Dodge; Chris (Audrey Staples) Nation, Ogden; Catherine (Brad) Clark, Boone; Dot (Bob) Muir, Rippey; and Cec (Bill) Hammel, Jefferson; 31 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Susie Lawler, Ogden.
FLORENCE URE
A service of remembrance was held Tuesday morning, April 19, at Central Christian Church in Jefferson for Florence Jean Ure, 83, longtime Greene County resident. Debra Griffin, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was in Junction Township Cemetery with Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home of Jefferson in charge of arrangements.
She died April 15, 2011, at Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Jefferson.
Florence was born June 19, 1927, in the Carroll County. She was the daughter of Charlie and Lora (Sapp) Dobson. Florence graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1944.
On June 22, 1947, she married John “Jack” Ure at Jefferson. They became the parents of one son, Joseph.
Florence lived most of her married life in Jefferson. Through the years she worked as a sales clerk at Coast to Coast hardware store, and she also owned and operated the Maidrite Café for several years. She was a member of Central Christian Church in Jefferson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Floyd Dobson and Carl Dobson; her companion, Don Jorgensen; two granddaughters, Samantha Ure and Monica Ure; one niece; and one nephew.
Survivors include her son, Joseph (Teresa) Ure, Panora; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene (Stan) Reed, Boone; brother Wayne (Frances) Dobson, Gowrie; sister-in-law Florence Dobson, Wellman; and nieces and nephews.
MYRON “MIKE” LINN
Funeral services for Myron “Mike” Linn, 84, longtime Rippey area resident and farmer, were held Saturday morning, April 16, at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Pastor Paul Barrow officiated. LaVere Derry, representing Kinkead-Martin American Legion Post of Rippey, presented the flag. He died Dec. 17, 2010, at his daughter’s home in Cochise, Ariz.
Myron “Mike” Linn, the son of Floyd and Mary (Cross) Linn, was born Dec. 4, 1926, near Ralston in Carroll County. He moved to the Rippey area when he was 12 years old and graduated from Rippey High School in 1945. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy after serving in World War II where he was a gunner on the aircraft carrier USS Salerno Bay.
He was united in marriage to Kathleen Andrews on Sept. 22, 1948. To this union were born three children: Dan, Peggy and Rebecca.
Mike and Kathleen farmed in the Rippey area for 60 years. He was a member of the Rippey United Methodist Church and the American Legion.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandson Jason Whelchel.
Mike is survived by his wife Kathleen of Rippey; son Dr. Dan (Val) Linn, Newark, Del.; daughters Peggy Porretta, Cochise, Ariz., and Rebecca Linn, Dana; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
He is also survived by his sisters, HelenTuhn and Margery Shearer, both of Stockton, Calif., and Barbara Rogers, Redfield; his brothers, Paul (Lorraine) Linn, Evington, Va., and Jim (Shirley) Linn, Grand Junction; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
EVERETT BENSON
A service of remembrance was held Thursday morning, April 14, at the Slininger-Rossow Chapel in Jefferson for Everett James Benson, 83, of Dana. The Rev. LoDeene Glawe of Dana officiated. Interment was in Paton Township Cemetery at Paton.
He died April 9, 2011, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Everett James Benson, son of Emanuel J. Benson and Ethel (Tourte) Benson, was born Sept. 10, 1927, in Dana. Everett grew up in Dana and graduated from Dana High School in 1945. He then attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Okla., where he received his commercial pilot and instructor ratings.
Everett was united in marriage to Ruby Mylenbusch in Fort Dodge in 1949. They were the parents of one daughter, Lana. They made their home in Dana.
Everett loved to fly. He worked as a pilot instructing others to fly and as an aerial sprayer. He eventually moved the business to his farm at Dana where he added a landing strip to he could work from home. He also enjoyed square dancing.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Bulah O’Neal.
Everett is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ruby; his daughter Lana (Gary) VanDusen of Alabama; two grandsons, Cory (Lisa Cain) Kurth, Dana, and Christopher Kurth, Independence, Mo.; four great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
ROSELLA REESE
Funeral services for Rosella Reese, 92, of Dana were held Wednesday morning, April 20, at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson. Pastor Steve Ransom of First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction officiated. Interment was in Jefferson Cemetery.
Rosella Marabetta Madsen Reese was born Aug. 3, 1918, in Rochester, Minn. Her parents, Lawrence Madsen and Olena Shaw Madsen were homesteaders in Montana where Rosella lived the first four years of her life. Her father and maternal grandparents had all emigrated from Denmark. Danish was the first language Rosie spoke.
In 1922, the family moved to Monona County, Iowa, and Rosie graduated from Mapleton High School. She taught country school at Grand Center, Rodney and Castana, all in Monona County, with a standard teaching degree.
In 1950, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, having attend classes in the summers and then attending the entire year of 1949. Beginning in August 1950, she taught sixth grade in Ames for seven years. While living in Ames she played violin with the Ames Orchestra and learned to square dance.
Rosie married Walter Reese on Dec. 30, 1956, and became stepmother to Dwight, Terry and Dan.
Rosie was a member of First United Methodist Church of Grand Junction and the Retired Teachers Association.
Five years ago she became a resident of Greene County Medical Center’s long term care. She died April 15, 2011.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Walter, and sister Florence.
Rosie is survived by her stepsons, Dwight (Donna) Reese, Cumberland, Wis., Terry (Jeri) Reese, Jefferson, and Dan Reese, Yakima, Wash.; three sisters-in-law, Evelyn Crouse, Jefferson, Betty Reese, Jefferson, and Grace Reese, Shelbyville, Ky.; one brother-in-law, Joe Eslick, Bigfork, Mont.; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other extended family.
CLEO BLANSHAN KRAUTHOFF
Cleo Mary Blanshan Krauthoff died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Parkridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill, near Des Moines. She had been a resident at Parkridge since 2005. In accordance with her wishes, her body has been cremated and a graveside service will be held at a later date.
Cleo was born in 1922 on the family farm outside of Grand Junction to Merton and Sadie Blanshan. She graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Chicago. In 1944, she married DeVere Krauthoff and they lived in Wichita, Kans., before returning to Iowa. Cleo and DeVere had two children, Delores and Thomas. They lived in Des Moines until 1969 when they moved to Hartford, Iowa. While living in Hartford, Cleo retired from her position as office manager at Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co. Her career covered time as a bookkeeper, bank teller, IRS employee and office manager.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and her siblings Naomi, Harold, Donald, Kenneth and June. She is survived by her children, Delores Gurnsey and Thomas Krauthoff; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Parkridge Activity Center at Parkridge Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill.
PAUL JOHNSTON
Paul Johnston, 73, longtime educator and coach in Webster City, died April 28, 2011, at Paula J. Baber Hospice House in Fort Dodge. A celebration of Paul’s life will take place Tuesday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church in Webster City with Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post #191. Foster Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Hunter Johnston, son of Niles and Evelyn Lindberg Johnston, was born Dec. 7, 1937, in Odebolt, Iowa. His mother was a longtime English teacher at Grand Junction High School where he and his sister, Pauline “Polly,” graduated in 1956. Paul received a bachelor of arts degree in 1960 from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake and a master of arts degree from Northeast Missouri State University in 1969. He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army beginning in 1960 and served as a computer programmer at the Pentagon.
He began teaching mathematics in the Webster City school system in 1962. He was passionate about athletics, and coached a number of different middle school and high school sports. He taught for 34 years in the Webster City school district and retired in 1996.
Paul married Sharon McCormick Mahan on July 23, 1977, at West Des Moines, and they became the parents of Scott, Krista and Katrina. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, Main Street Kiwanis, and the National Antique Oldsmobile Club. He had been a resident of Southfield Wellness Community since February 2007.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon; son Scott (Kristy Mahan) Johnston, Cedar Rapids; daughters Krista (Tracy) Claude, Prescott, Wis., and Katrina (Mat) Johnson, Ankeny; six grandchildren; sister Polly (David) Johnson, Louisville, Ky.; and nephews Scott (Vonnie) Johnson and Todd (Lee) Johnson, niece Betsy Johnson, six great-nieces, and two great-nephews.
Memorials gifts will be used to establish a college scholarship in Paul’s name for a Webster City High School student majoring in math or science education. Write a personal tribute or light a virtual candle for the Johnston family at www.fosterfuneralandcremation.com.
Funeral services for Virgene Nation, 85, were held Thursday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction. She died Monday, April 18, 2011, in Des Moines. Interment followed in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Grand Junction.
A vigil was held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at St. Brigid followed by visitation with the family. Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Don Ries of St. Brigid celebrated the mass.
Virgene was born Aug. 8, 1925, in the family home in Beaver Township, Boone County, to Phillip and Ursula (Lentz) Lawler. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1942, where she was in the Homemaking Club and the Camera Club. She was Homecoming Queen her senior year.
She worked in the Boone County Courthouse in 1941 and 1942 and at the Ankeny Ordinance Plant in 1943.
Virgene married Paul Lowry in 1944, was widowed, and married Jack Nation in 1949. She provided home care for many elderly in the area. She was active in Grand Junction Business and Professional Women’s Club, St. Brigid Altar Society, Greene County Meals on Wheels, and Greene County ARC (food pantry).
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Leo and Charles Lawler, sisters Grace Garland and Vera Lawler, her brother-in-law Pat Garland, her sister-in-law Jackie Lawler, and granddaughter Grace Nation.
She is survived by her 11 children (and spouses): Theresa (Gregg) Gross, Venice, Fla.; Francis (Tracy) Nation, Ogden; Liz Karber, Glendale, Ariz.; Dan (Vicki) Nation, Jefferson; Patty (Paul) Mears, Jefferson; John (Jody) Nation, Ogden; Hal (Terri) Nation, Fort Dodge; Chris (Audrey Staples) Nation, Ogden; Catherine (Brad) Clark, Boone; Dot (Bob) Muir, Rippey; and Cec (Bill) Hammel, Jefferson; 31 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Susie Lawler, Ogden.
FLORENCE URE
A service of remembrance was held Tuesday morning, April 19, at Central Christian Church in Jefferson for Florence Jean Ure, 83, longtime Greene County resident. Debra Griffin, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was in Junction Township Cemetery with Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home of Jefferson in charge of arrangements.
She died April 15, 2011, at Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Jefferson.
Florence was born June 19, 1927, in the Carroll County. She was the daughter of Charlie and Lora (Sapp) Dobson. Florence graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1944.
On June 22, 1947, she married John “Jack” Ure at Jefferson. They became the parents of one son, Joseph.
Florence lived most of her married life in Jefferson. Through the years she worked as a sales clerk at Coast to Coast hardware store, and she also owned and operated the Maidrite Café for several years. She was a member of Central Christian Church in Jefferson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Floyd Dobson and Carl Dobson; her companion, Don Jorgensen; two granddaughters, Samantha Ure and Monica Ure; one niece; and one nephew.
Survivors include her son, Joseph (Teresa) Ure, Panora; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene (Stan) Reed, Boone; brother Wayne (Frances) Dobson, Gowrie; sister-in-law Florence Dobson, Wellman; and nieces and nephews.
MYRON “MIKE” LINN
Funeral services for Myron “Mike” Linn, 84, longtime Rippey area resident and farmer, were held Saturday morning, April 16, at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Pastor Paul Barrow officiated. LaVere Derry, representing Kinkead-Martin American Legion Post of Rippey, presented the flag. He died Dec. 17, 2010, at his daughter’s home in Cochise, Ariz.
Myron “Mike” Linn, the son of Floyd and Mary (Cross) Linn, was born Dec. 4, 1926, near Ralston in Carroll County. He moved to the Rippey area when he was 12 years old and graduated from Rippey High School in 1945. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy after serving in World War II where he was a gunner on the aircraft carrier USS Salerno Bay.
He was united in marriage to Kathleen Andrews on Sept. 22, 1948. To this union were born three children: Dan, Peggy and Rebecca.
Mike and Kathleen farmed in the Rippey area for 60 years. He was a member of the Rippey United Methodist Church and the American Legion.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandson Jason Whelchel.
Mike is survived by his wife Kathleen of Rippey; son Dr. Dan (Val) Linn, Newark, Del.; daughters Peggy Porretta, Cochise, Ariz., and Rebecca Linn, Dana; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
He is also survived by his sisters, HelenTuhn and Margery Shearer, both of Stockton, Calif., and Barbara Rogers, Redfield; his brothers, Paul (Lorraine) Linn, Evington, Va., and Jim (Shirley) Linn, Grand Junction; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
EVERETT BENSON
A service of remembrance was held Thursday morning, April 14, at the Slininger-Rossow Chapel in Jefferson for Everett James Benson, 83, of Dana. The Rev. LoDeene Glawe of Dana officiated. Interment was in Paton Township Cemetery at Paton.
He died April 9, 2011, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Everett James Benson, son of Emanuel J. Benson and Ethel (Tourte) Benson, was born Sept. 10, 1927, in Dana. Everett grew up in Dana and graduated from Dana High School in 1945. He then attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Okla., where he received his commercial pilot and instructor ratings.
Everett was united in marriage to Ruby Mylenbusch in Fort Dodge in 1949. They were the parents of one daughter, Lana. They made their home in Dana.
Everett loved to fly. He worked as a pilot instructing others to fly and as an aerial sprayer. He eventually moved the business to his farm at Dana where he added a landing strip to he could work from home. He also enjoyed square dancing.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Bulah O’Neal.
Everett is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ruby; his daughter Lana (Gary) VanDusen of Alabama; two grandsons, Cory (Lisa Cain) Kurth, Dana, and Christopher Kurth, Independence, Mo.; four great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
ROSELLA REESE
Funeral services for Rosella Reese, 92, of Dana were held Wednesday morning, April 20, at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson. Pastor Steve Ransom of First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction officiated. Interment was in Jefferson Cemetery.
Rosella Marabetta Madsen Reese was born Aug. 3, 1918, in Rochester, Minn. Her parents, Lawrence Madsen and Olena Shaw Madsen were homesteaders in Montana where Rosella lived the first four years of her life. Her father and maternal grandparents had all emigrated from Denmark. Danish was the first language Rosie spoke.
In 1922, the family moved to Monona County, Iowa, and Rosie graduated from Mapleton High School. She taught country school at Grand Center, Rodney and Castana, all in Monona County, with a standard teaching degree.
In 1950, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, having attend classes in the summers and then attending the entire year of 1949. Beginning in August 1950, she taught sixth grade in Ames for seven years. While living in Ames she played violin with the Ames Orchestra and learned to square dance.
Rosie married Walter Reese on Dec. 30, 1956, and became stepmother to Dwight, Terry and Dan.
Rosie was a member of First United Methodist Church of Grand Junction and the Retired Teachers Association.
Five years ago she became a resident of Greene County Medical Center’s long term care. She died April 15, 2011.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Walter, and sister Florence.
Rosie is survived by her stepsons, Dwight (Donna) Reese, Cumberland, Wis., Terry (Jeri) Reese, Jefferson, and Dan Reese, Yakima, Wash.; three sisters-in-law, Evelyn Crouse, Jefferson, Betty Reese, Jefferson, and Grace Reese, Shelbyville, Ky.; one brother-in-law, Joe Eslick, Bigfork, Mont.; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other extended family.
CLEO BLANSHAN KRAUTHOFF
Cleo Mary Blanshan Krauthoff died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Parkridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill, near Des Moines. She had been a resident at Parkridge since 2005. In accordance with her wishes, her body has been cremated and a graveside service will be held at a later date.
Cleo was born in 1922 on the family farm outside of Grand Junction to Merton and Sadie Blanshan. She graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Chicago. In 1944, she married DeVere Krauthoff and they lived in Wichita, Kans., before returning to Iowa. Cleo and DeVere had two children, Delores and Thomas. They lived in Des Moines until 1969 when they moved to Hartford, Iowa. While living in Hartford, Cleo retired from her position as office manager at Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co. Her career covered time as a bookkeeper, bank teller, IRS employee and office manager.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and her siblings Naomi, Harold, Donald, Kenneth and June. She is survived by her children, Delores Gurnsey and Thomas Krauthoff; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Parkridge Activity Center at Parkridge Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill.
PAUL JOHNSTON
Paul Johnston, 73, longtime educator and coach in Webster City, died April 28, 2011, at Paula J. Baber Hospice House in Fort Dodge. A celebration of Paul’s life will take place Tuesday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church in Webster City with Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post #191. Foster Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Hunter Johnston, son of Niles and Evelyn Lindberg Johnston, was born Dec. 7, 1937, in Odebolt, Iowa. His mother was a longtime English teacher at Grand Junction High School where he and his sister, Pauline “Polly,” graduated in 1956. Paul received a bachelor of arts degree in 1960 from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake and a master of arts degree from Northeast Missouri State University in 1969. He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army beginning in 1960 and served as a computer programmer at the Pentagon.
He began teaching mathematics in the Webster City school system in 1962. He was passionate about athletics, and coached a number of different middle school and high school sports. He taught for 34 years in the Webster City school district and retired in 1996.
Paul married Sharon McCormick Mahan on July 23, 1977, at West Des Moines, and they became the parents of Scott, Krista and Katrina. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, Main Street Kiwanis, and the National Antique Oldsmobile Club. He had been a resident of Southfield Wellness Community since February 2007.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon; son Scott (Kristy Mahan) Johnston, Cedar Rapids; daughters Krista (Tracy) Claude, Prescott, Wis., and Katrina (Mat) Johnson, Ankeny; six grandchildren; sister Polly (David) Johnson, Louisville, Ky.; and nephews Scott (Vonnie) Johnson and Todd (Lee) Johnson, niece Betsy Johnson, six great-nieces, and two great-nephews.
Memorials gifts will be used to establish a college scholarship in Paul’s name for a Webster City High School student majoring in math or science education. Write a personal tribute or light a virtual candle for the Johnston family at www.fosterfuneralandcremation.com.
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