Archive for: August 2010

August 27, 1925 – August 9, 2010
Funeral services for Earl R. Wagamon, 84, of Kalona, Iowa, were Friday, August 13, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with Pastor David L. Yoder officiating. Burial was in …

March 18, 1951 – August 12, 2010
Linda M. Chalupa, 59, of Ainsworth, Iowa, died Thursday, August 12, 2010, at her residence following a courageous battle with lung cancer.
Celebration of life services were Monday, August 16, 2010, at the Ainsworth Community …

The Riverside Visioning Committee met August 12 to review its continuing plans for civic improvements. Among them is applying for a $50,000 REAP grant to aid with two miles of a trail system that is part of a …

May 10, 1941 – August 14, 2010
Carol Ann Johnson, 69, of Lone Tree, passed away at her home in Lone Tree, Iowa, Saturday, August 14, 2010. Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at the United Presbyterian Church …

October 31, 1970 – August 12, 2010
Sgt. Bradford Lee Miller, 39, formerly of Kalona, Iowa, died Thursday, August 12, 2010, in Thrapston, England.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 27, 2010, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church in …

April 14, 1962 – August 10, 2010
Theresa Lynn (Piper) Schnoebelen, 48, of rural Iowa City, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at her home following a brief illness. Funeral services were Friday, August 13, 2010, at St. Joseph Catholic Church …

By Mary Zielinski
This year the Riverside Area Community Club (RACC) has been on the road, taking the USS Riverside, the spaceship model that looks a lot like the USS Enterprise of Star Trek fame, to parades everywhere from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Solon and, most recently, Lone Tree. The Tennessee trip was the first time the ship left Iowa, and it attracted endless attention from the moment the truck and trailer set off, reported RAAC members.
Drivers, once they sighted the model, followed the ship, honking horns with passengers waving or saluting and everyone, including many drivers, taking photos of it.
“I think everyone has a cell phone,” said RACC President Carol Riggan, describing how many hung out windows to get photos as the ship (on its trailer) went down the highways.
There were 110,000 people who attended the night time lighted Fourth of July parade in Gatlinburg and a lot of them, reported RACC members, said they had come specifically to see the spaceship. The Riverside crew also found that it could stop at a quiet roadside restaurant that was virtually empty and within ten minutes of parking the ship, the place would be filled up with people asking to take photos. The crew reported it happened everywhere, even in Mt. Pleasant, very near the ship’s home base.

“The reception we got, wherever we were, was great.”

There were a few along the way who asked what it was, but the overwhelming majority knew without a doubt exactly what it represented and often chanted “Star Trek, Star Trek” as they went by.
“We were out on one of those back roads in Tennessee and had to pull over because a tire went bad,” said Ken McCracken, “and while we there a car came along, pulled over and immediately asked if they could take photos. This was in the middle of nowhere.”

By Mary Zielinski
Kyle and Kendall Bontrager really, really like ice cream. So the two Mid-Prairie High School students pooled their personal savings, bought the Greene Street Sweets last month and kept Riverside from losing the three year old business.
“It’s great,” said former owner Mike Meinders, “I really hoped the business would stay here.”
In fact, the transition was so smooth that the business never closed. Meinders’ last day was July 31 and the brothers were in place August 1.
Meinders stressed that there was no problem with the business, that he just wanted to retire from it and have only one business, the adjoining A Plus Graphics to run.
The Bontragers had thought about having an ice cream shop for some time and when it came up for sale, they jumped at it.
“We came in at least two or three times a week getting ice cream,” said Kendall, 15, who with Kyle, 17, will be both owners and staff.
Since both need to return to high school this month

Highland placed three team members of the baseball team on first team and two were honorable mention to the Southeast Iowa Super Conference All Conference Baseball Team – 2010 North Division.
Pitcher senior Zach Rozmus, Infield (SS) senior Cody Boyd, Utility …

Ralph Schnoebelen, cited July 13 by his fellow council members for 6 violations of the city’s nuisance ordinance and given to August 2 remedy them, detailed compliance areas at Monday’s council meeting, but noted additional time was needed for further efforts. The council agreed to his estimate of October 1.
Schnoebelen said that all tires have been stacked, but not all are covered yet. The covering is to prevent tired from filling with water, becoming a breeding ground for insects.
Council member Todd Yahnke also said the height had to be watched (not more than six feet) to prevent possible combustion if stored in a building, as noted by the city’s building inspector Terry Goedt.
Schnoebelen also addressed the used battery situation, explaining they are stacked outside on pallets awaiting the recycler who comes every two weeks.
Rodney Waldschmidt suggested they be put in a “less visible spot,” and Schnoebelen said they are near the building to provide easy access for the folk lift to load them into the truck.
Yahnke said one battery “looked like it was leaking.
“It froze up,” replied Schnoebelen. “There are no electrolytes, just water.”
Mayor Brian McDole said

During the 2010 University of Iowa football season, UI Children’s Hospital partners with the Iowa Hawkeyes to feature stories of hope and inspiration.
Brock Beinhart, 11, of Riverside was chosen from more than …

1912 – 2010
Lyle “Shy” Forbes, 97, of Conesville, Iowa, died Sunday, July 25, 2010, at Pioneer Park in Lone Tree, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and …