May 2015

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Lois Duwe

Lois Duwe

 

 

Lois J. Duwe, 67, of Fayette died Friday, May 15, 2015, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

Services were held May 21.

An online obituary can be found at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

 

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May

Warriors compete on blue oval

Nathan Ward makes the exchange to Treyton Jacobsen in the 4x200 finals. The Warrior relay, also consisting of Mitchell Herold and Ben Meyer, finished eighth in the event at the State Track Meet in Des Moines with a time of 1:32.03.

 

 

 

Warriors compete on blue oval

 

 

Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

Thirteen individuals from South Winneshiek High School, competing in 12 different events, made the trip south to Des Moines for the 2015 State Track and Field Meet last Wednesday evening.

For the 13 Warriors competing at the meet, it was time for their hard work and season-long dedication to finally pay off. The goals that have been at the top of each and every one’s lists all year were now within reach.

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May

Next stop for SW boys: State

 

Senior Tanner Kuennen banks in a putt on his way to carding an 81 at Districts, which were held at Fox Ridge Golf Course in Dike. Kuennen and the Warriors took first as a team, shooting 318. (submitted photo)

 

Next stop for SW boys: State

 

 

Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

When the South Winneshiek boys’ golf team departed Calmar Friday morning, May 22, it had only one thing on its mind – winning. The boys knew they would be competing in the toughest District in the state and that it would take their best outing of the season. That is exactly what they delivered.

The Class 2A No. 3-ranked Warriors shot 318 as a team, good enough to make them District champions and advance them to the State competition this weekend in Ames.

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May

Marie Theresa Tieskoetter

Marie Theresa Tieskoetter

 

 

Marie Theresa Tieskoetter, 92, of Ossian, Iowa died Friday, May 15, 2015 at Ossian Senior Hospice, Ossian, Iowa.  She was born on January 17, 1923 to Albert and Helen (Ruzicka) Shindelar in Calmar, Iowa. Marie was baptized on January 19, 1923 in Calmar, Iowa. She graduated from Calmar High School.

Marie was united in marriage with Paul Tieskoetter on June 25, 1945 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa.  Ten children were born to this union.

Marie worked as a nanny in Chicago, Illinois in her younger years.  She was a homemaker for her family on the farm east of Ossian.    She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and Rosary Society in Ossian and also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She enjoyed playing cards, games of chance, sewing, painting, gardening and traveling.  Most of all, she enjoyed playing with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  

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Ruth Elsbernd

Ruth Elsbernd

 

Ruth K. Elsbernd will celebrate her 90th birthday on June 5, 2015. Family and friends may send cards to Ruth at Ossian Senior Hospice, P.O. Box 98, Ossian, IA 52161.

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May

James Otto, Sawyer Brown headline Fair

Sawyer Brown

 

James Otto, Sawyer Brown headline Fair

 

 

Country music stars James Otto and Sawyer Brown are set to highlight the 2015 Winneshiek County Fair July 7-11. The summer celebration will also feature the fan-favorite stock car races, the Tri-State Truck and Tractor Pull, and a rodeo.

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May

Lake Meyer enhancement to begin this week

Major enhancement to protect and improve Lake Meyer is scheduled to begin this week. The work includes building a wetland with a grouted rock chute spillway in the headwaters of the lake on the northeastern shore and will involve drawing down the lake's water level. (file photo)

 

Lake Meyer enhancement to begin this week

 

 

Major enhancement to protect and improve Lake Meyer is scheduled to begin the week after Memorial Day. The work includes building a wetland with a grouted rock chute spillway in the headwaters of the lake on the northeastern shore and will involve drawing down the lake’s water level.

  Lake Meyer is a 32-acre lake located in the 160-acre Lake Meyer Park, just off Highway 24 between Calmar and Fort Atkinson. The lake was originally built in 1968 as a 37-acre lake, but sediment from the surrounding watershed over the past 40 years has decreased the lake’s size to 32 acres, and has decreased its volume from 165 acre-feet to 78 acre-feet. Lake Meyer has also been placed on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) 303(d) Impaired Waters List due to high concentrations of sediment and nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorous.

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May

Public invited to judge student designs

Public invited to judge student designs

 

 

North Fayette Valley’s Introduction to Engineering & Design students will get a taste of real life when they present their projects to the public in a setting much like the popular television show, ‘Shark Tank.’

Four student groups will each give a five-minute presentation detailing the process as to how they designed new tables for a fictional coffee shop. The presentation is Thursday, May 28, from 1-1:45 p.m. and open to the public. 

Maximum material costs were $200 per table, and the table must have a modular design, which interlocks for stability. Anyone participating Thursday, will be invited to ask questions on their decisions and can then vote to choose the best design. The presentations will take place in the Performing Arts Center at the high school in West Union.

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May

NFV graduation on Friday

 

NFV graduation on Friday

 

Commencement at North Fayette Valley High School is Friday evening, May 29, beginning at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium. The school will graduate 94seniors.

The class motto is: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Class colors are magenta, turquoise and white.

See the special insert with this week’s paper, saluting high school seniors. Many photos from awards night are included in the special tabloid.

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