Archive for: July 2009

The winners of the Sunrise Child Care half a hog raffle are Kevin and Kym Kral and Al and Barb Benning.

Shawn Schauf won Spectator’s Choice at the Wellman Car Show Sunday, July 5, in honor of his father, Larry Schauf.
Ken Petrone won Best of Show.
In all, there were 42 cars registered for the show, which was postponed to Sunday …

August 26, 1930 - July 3, 2009
Clara Belle Schlabaugh, 78, of rural Washington, Iowa, died in her home Friday, July 3, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer.
A celebration of life service was held Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in …

By Mary Zielinski
The Kalona council Monday, accepted the low bid of $16,210.58 from Yoder Roofing & Construction to repair the roofs for all five shelters in the Kalona City Park. Yoder was one of five bidders for the project that will be paid through local option sales tax funds. All bids had a breakdown for individual costs for each shelter. Other bidders were Chris Schlabach Construction, $18, $122.50; Bluefield Trust Construction, $17,734.37; JB Roofing & Construction, $20,400 and Duwa Construction & Roofing, $16,779. Work is expected to start this summer.

April 13, 1920 - July 4, 2009
Floyd Franklin Yoder, 89, of Wellman, Iowa, died Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Monday, July 6, 2009, in the Wellman Mennonite Church, Wellman, with Rev. Marvin …

by Mary Coblentz
Annual appointments to various commissions were made by the Wellman City Council Monday in a brief meeting.
Mary Lee Ehrenfelt replaced Kim Parrott as the rural representative for the Library Board. Francis Brenneman replaced Gene Scott on the Library Board.
Joe Weamer replaced Vera Yoder, and Dennis Nygaard replaced Betty Nicholls on the Senior Dining Commission.
For the Planning and Zoning Commission, Jay Thrapp and Dennis Lampe replaced Wayne Wasson and Jack Baker.
Jarred Kinsinger replaced Larry Thurman on the Board of Adjustments.

By Mary Zielinski
The Washington County Secondary Roads Department will replace its 1994 Ford Semi-Tractor with a 2005 MAC one at a cost of $43,000. The purchase price was $51,000 with a $7,500 trade-in allowance for the Ford truck and …

August 18, 1914 - June 25, 2009
Grace Marie Wagamon, 94, of Washington, Iowa, formerly of South English, Iowa, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, in the Washington County Hospital following declining health.
Graveside services were Sunday, Jun 28, 2009, in the South …

June 12 & 13, M-P softball team lost to Muscatine (9-10), defeated Davenport West (6-5), and shut out Davenport Central 11-0 in six innings.
June 15, M-P softball team blanked West Branch(11-0).
June 18, M-P softball team shut out Tipton (12-0).
June 19 …

June 22, IMS softball team lost to WACO (4-5).
June 25, IMS softball team lost to Louisa-Muscatine (6-1).
June 25, IMS baseball team swept Wapello in two games (6-2) and (7-4).
June 26, IMS softball team defeated Mediapolis (1-0).
June 26, IMS baseball team …

February 1, 1917 - June 25, 2009
Ollie Hershberger, 92, a resident of Pleasantview Home, Kalona, Iowa, died there Thursday, June 25, 2009, following a lingering illness.
A celebration of life service was held Monday, June 29, 2009, in Kalona Mennonite Church …

May 15, 1928 - June 24, 2009
Doyle Rex Gibson, 81, of Arizona, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in the Friendship Village Hospice Center in Tempe, Arizona.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in …