July 2016

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Karen Jaster

Karen Jaster

 

 

Karen Marie (Kohrs) Jaster, 68, of Ossian, Iowa died, Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Karen was born September 28, 1947 at the hospital in Postville, Iowa, the daughter of Delbert and Hilma (Kuhse) Kohrs.  She graduated in 1965 from Independence High School. Karen was united in marriage to Jack Jaster on October 29, 1966 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Ossian, Iowa.  To this union three children were born, John, Shannon and Chad.

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Pastors to feel right at 'chome' in retirement

 

Pastors Ginny and Phil Olson look forward to seeing how the former First Lutheran Church will be transformed into their retirement home. The church closed in November 2012 and its membership transferred to St. Peter Lutheran in Eldorado, where Ginny Olson is pastor. (Janell Bradley photo)

 

Pastors to feel right at 'chome' in retirement

 

 

Janell Bradley

Contributing Writer

 

 

For two pastors who have spent much of their lives ministering to others, the decision to rehab a church where they served into an eventual retirement home seems a perfect fit.

Pastors Phil and Ginny Olson presently live in a parsonage in Eldorado, where Ginny is pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church. Pastor Phil has been serving as interim pastor of Calmar Lutheran and Springfield since April 2012.

The couple’s adult children include a son and four daughters, and they have six grandchildren. With just one of their children living within an hour of them, the pastors knew they wanted their retirement home to offer plenty of space for overnight guests.

“We bought a house in Lanesboro a few years ago and never lived in it,” admitted Phil.

In the last couple of years, the Olsons continued to look at houses and acreages, but nothing particularly struck a chord with them.

Then the First Lutheran congregation made the tough decision to close its church on Fayette County Road W42, south of Ossian. While the members voted to join the St. Peter Lutheran congregation in Eldorado, the fate of the church structure itself was in limbo for a number of months.

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Jul

Einck jumps to educate medical world about SPD

Festina native Carrie Einck is a passionate occupational therapist. She began working with the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), which is a disability, in order to bring more awareness to the disorder. (Chris DeBack photos)

 

Einck jumps to educate medical world about SPD

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a widely misunderstood disability.

Festina native Carrie Einck is doing her best to try to change that while working at the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder in Denver, Colo. The daughter of Ken and Sue Einck, owners of Einck’s Service Station, is devoting her occupational therapy career to the research, education and awareness of the disorder.

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20
Jul

Elgin council, library discuss issues

Elgin council, library discuss issues

 

 

 

Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

 

Two representatives from the Elgin Public Library were on hand to discuss ongoing issues between the City Council and the library. Librarian Lisa Leuck and Library Board chairman Lane Ash discussed a variety of issues with the council, including some that were raised at a previous library board meeting attended by some members of the council.

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20
Jul

Valley "C" Store sold to Casey's General Store

 

Viafield has sold the Valley “C” Store in Clermont to Casey’s General Store, according to Valley “C” Store manager Henrietta De La Rosa. 

 

De La Rosa noted that Casey’s will be taking possession sometime in the middle of September, and representatives will be in Clermont next week to discuss the sale with employees.

 

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Jul

Keeping Fayette trim for 52 years

 

Stan Woodson is not only an excellent listener, but can be an animated conversationalist. “I was very shy when I started in 1960, but that ended quickly because a barber has to really relate to his customers,” Woodson explained. This is only the second chair in Woodson’s one-chair shop on Main Street in Fayette. “It’s had a lot of ups and downs,” noted the 75-year- old. “I’m thinking about getting a new one because I plan to be around for another five or so years.” (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Keeping Fayette trim for 52 years

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

Stan Woodson has been trimming hair in Fayette for 52 years. That makes him “The Dean of Main Street” as all of his contemporaries who had businesses on the street like Ed Campbell, Kenny Fink, Roger Erle, Don Dahlke and Herb Humeston, have all since died or retired

“I wanted to go to college, but the family didn’t have much money, and in those days there wasn’t the financial aid there is today,” Woodson stated.

Instead, the current Dean of Main Street went to barber’s school in Waterloo.

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20
Jul

TigerHawk BB lose in District final

 

NFV baseball loses three key players from its 25-15 season to graduation. The departing seniors are (l-r) Cody Baumler, Trevor Hurd, and Nick Baumler. (Kris Van Sickle photo)

 

TigerHawk BB lose in District final

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

North Fayette Valley’s baseball season ended Saturday in New Hampton as the TigerHawks lost to the third-ranked Chickasaws in the District championship, 3-0.

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20
Jul

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Baumler

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Baumler

 

 

Kelli Jacobsen and Kurt Baumler of West Union exchanged wedding vows in a 4:30 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, June 25, at Bethel Presbyterian Church in West Union. Youth minister Emily Entsminger and the Rev. Ron Wilson officiated.

Parents of the couple are Kirk and Dawn Jacobsen of Clermont and Don and Donna Baumler of West Union.

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Jul

Margroff donation benefits Pheasants Forever

 

Fayette County Pheasants Forever accepted a donation of $102,686.92 from the estate of the late Robert Margroff of Elgin. Dick Jensen, neighbor and personal representative of Margroff, presented a check to the group at its meeting on Tuesday evening, July 12. Those present for the occasion include (l-r) Larry Glass, Leon Deutsch, George Schaefers, Dick Jensen, Rod Marlatt, Blake Gamm, Brett Whitcher, and Eric Boehm.

 

Margroff donation benefits Pheasants Forever

 

 

Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

   Fayette County Pheasants Forever accepted a donation of $102,686.92 from the Estate of the late Robert E. Margroff of Elgin. Margroff died May 25, 2015, and was the son of Ervien and Lulu (Timmons) Margroff.

  A 1948 graduate of West Union High School, Robert was trained as a linotype operator in Charles City. He set type for the newspaper in Harlan before returning home to rural Elgin to live on the family farm after the death of his father. It was then that he began to pursue his passion for writing.

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Jul

Valley grads building toward game success

 

The Heinous Games team of (l-r) Ben Hemesath and Levi Fink have created a tabletop card game called Build-A-Burger, which they are in the process of marketing. Both Hemesath and Fink graduated from Valley High School in 2012 and are currently attending Iowa State University.

 

Valley grads building toward game success

 

 

Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

   Have you ever been playing a game with friends and thought to yourself, “I could make something like this”? Well, that is exactly how Heinous Games, the game design team of Levi Fink and Ben Hemesath, was born.

  “We were playing a board game in our apartment in Ames one night, and I leaned over and told Levi, ‘We could make a better game than this.’ That was about a year ago, and since that time we have created a couple of different games and are getting ready to market one of them,” explained Hemesath, who, like his partner, is a 2012 alumnus of Valley High School in Elgin.

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