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It's Open!

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 14:18

 

Golden Road between West Union and Elgin is now open to public traffic after being closed for the past four months due to construction. Fayette County Secondary Roads held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the repaved road on Monday, Oct. 30. In attendance were (front, l-r) Stacy McCune, Fayette County Secondary Roads administrative assistant; Jeanine Tellin, Fayette County Supervisor; Janell Bradley, Fayette County Supervisor; Lee Pries, Niemann Construction; Nancy Grimes; Janice Durscher; Dorothy Jensen; Matt McElree, Fayette County Secondary Roads PLS, assistant to the engineer; and Sam Whitehead, Fayette County Economic Development director; (back) Joel Fantz, Fayette County Engineer; Steve Pierce, Mathy Construction; Jim Grimes; Jeff Koehn, Fayette County Roads Superintendent; Don Durscher; Bob Burgin, Fayette County Secondary Roads employee; Dick Jensen; and Rod Marlatt, Fayette County Conservation executive director. 

 
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Reunion sparks NFL memories

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 09:59

 

Mike Eischeid (left) talks with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis (center) and John Madden. Madden was an assistant coach for the Raiders in 1967 for Super Bowl II. He later became a premier TV broadcaster, who has lent his name to the most popular NFL video game of all time. Eischeid remembers Mark, the son of former founder, owner, and one-time coach Al Davis as “a little runt who ran around the sidelines at training camp.” (Joy Eischeid photo)

 

Reunion sparks NFL memories

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

Both Fayette and West Union have a claim to Mike Eischeid, but so does the National Football League (NFL).

Eischeid, a graduate of Fayette High School and Upper Iowa University, currently lives in West Union.

However, he also spent the best part of 11 years in the NFL, where he went from being cut four times to playing in three Super Bowls.

Last Thursday (Oct. 19) Eischeid was back at the scene of his first NFL game, The Oakland Coliseum, for a 50-Year Anniversary reunion of the 1967 Super Bowl II Oakland team that lost to Green Bay, 33-14.

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