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Jul

Quite a road to travel, from North Fayette to Harvard

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 10:34

Second session group for Harvard Debate Council's workshop for public speaking and argumentation, July 2015.

 

Students speak to groups as small as two up to 30 or more at a time throughout the Harvard campus. Instructor Deano Pape says his favorite moment is when the public asks the students questions after their speeches. (Courtesy photos.)

 

Quite a road to travel, from North Fayette to Harvard

 

Janell Bradley
info@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

His dream was to be an English teacher, but today 1990 North Fayette High School grad Deano Pape is a teacher/coach at Harvard University's summer debate workshops, while serving as collegiate programs manager at the National Speech and Debate Association in Des Moines.

Thu
30
Jul

Bethel Generators turn impossibility into reality

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 10:12

The Bethel Generators 4-H Club has been busy making improvements and repairs to the South Tile Barn at the Fayette County Fairgrounds this spring and summer. The group worked hard to raise over $80,000, which was used to renovate the structure. Members shown here in front of the barn are (l-r) Molly Niewoehner, Torrie Getter, Jessica Boess, Kassie Getter, Macy Niewoehner, Justin Kueker, Megan Niewoehner, and Megan Kueker. (Brian Smith photo)

 

 

Bethel Generators turn impossibility into reality

Brian Smith
bsmith@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

Thu
30
Jul

Can’t keep King and Queen from hometown

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 09:54

Jerry Oyloe and Norma Jean Ernst will represent the town of Ossian when they are crowned the King and Queen at the upcoming Ossian Fest celebration. The pair will be the stars of the parade, which is set to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

 

 

Can’t keep King and Queen from hometown

 

by Zakary Kriener
zkriener@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

 

Despite growing up in northeast Iowa, the two Ossian Senior Hospice residents cannot be considered lifetime residents of the small town. Both went their own ways, Ernst to South Dakota and Oyloe to Arizona, for multiple decades. However, and quite coincidentally, the two just could not stay away from their hometown, as they wound up back in the town in which they grew up.

Thu
30
Jul

Sumner-Fred and WC agree to operational sharing

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 09:03

 

Rick Pedersen (left) will now be the shared superintendent of both Sumner-Frericksburg and West 
Central school districts. Stuart Fuhs stepped down from the position, but will still be involved as West
Central’s principal and athletic director.

 

 

Sumner-Fred and WC agree to operational sharing

Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

The West Central school board approved an operational sharing agreement with Sumner-Fredericksburg at its monthly meeting on May 14.

Thu
30
Jul

WC grad competing in NASA challenge

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 08:48

WC grad competing in NASA challenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janell Bradley
info@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

"Come Fly with Us" is the invitation on the website designed by West Central High School grad Chase Grimm, who with two other friends at Iowa State University has accepted a challenge from NASA to design and build a device that addresses an authentic space exploration problem.

Grimm and fellow industrial engineering students Molly Statz and Jared Hall are part of a competition that began with orientation in March and will conclude with test week at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Aug. 3-7.

Thu
30
Jul

Musician with local ties to perform at fair

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 08:43

Musician with local ties to perform at fair

chris deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

When Matthew Kane (Smith) takes the stage at the Fayette County Fair, it will be a sort of family reunion for the country singer.

Kane has been performing on stage since the age of 5 when he was a part of his parents, Charlie and Gwen Smith’s band The Amarrilla Band. His father was a bass player for Waylon Jennings. Kane was raised on Jennings along with other artists such as Hank Williams Jr., Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and ZZ Top.

“I was kind of born into it. I knew when I got older, about the time I was 21, that that is what I was supposed to be doing,” the musician said. 

Thu
30
Jul

Liam Woods Fundraiser

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 08:39

Liam Woods Fundraiser 

Chris DeBack
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

A fundraiser to help offset the costs for young Liam Woods of West Union to work with a Retrieving Freedom service dog will be held at Echo Valley Speedway starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.

The fundraiser will start with a meal served at 4 p.m., which will include barbecued pork sandwiches, potatoes, beans, and bottled water. At the same time a silent auction will be underway with a variety of fun baskets available for bid. 

Thu
30
Jul

2015 Fayette County Fair Queen

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2015-07-30 08:35

 

 

 

Field of 13 to compete for fair queen

by Brian Smith
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

 

Thirteen young ladies from across the county will be seeking the title of Fayette County Fair Queen when the 2015 Fayette County Fair opens on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Each candidate has already earned the right to represent her community in the competition, which will get underway at 7 p.m. that evening. The winner of the queen contest will represent Fayette County at the Iowa State Fair Queen Contest later this summer.

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