March 2018

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2018 Winneshiek Co. Beef Banquet this weekend

2018 Winneshiek Co. Beef Banquet this weekend

 

 

 

The 2018 Winneshiek County Beef Banquet is just around the corner on Saturday night, March 10, at the Festina Community Center, and the official list of royalty candidates has now been released.

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Ossian approves levy rate

 

Ossian approves levy rate

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The Ossian City Council met Monday evening for its regular meeting. After the meeting was called to order, a public hearing was conducted for the FY2019 budget, which was published in February.

The FY 2019 budget includes a levy rate of $12.67 per $1,000 assessed value, a rate 6 cents higher than FY2018 and 2 cents higher than FY2017.

The council went on to introduce Ordinance No, 74 pertaining to tree planting in utility easements or in the City right-of-way.

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Richard Parenteau

Richard Parenteau

 

 

Richard “Rusty” Parenteau passed away, surrounded by his family, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

Services were held Feb. 28 in New London, Conn.

Rusty was born in New London, Conn., the son of Arthur and Catherine Shea Parenteau.

He attended New London High School.

In 2005, Rusty retired from Home Dept. From 1987 to 2016, he and his wife, Dixie, owned and operated The Party Bazaar in Clinton, Conn. Previously, Rusty was the manager of The Card and Party Shop in Meriden Square for 20 years.

Throughout his life he was an avid fisherman.

In addition to his wife, Dixie, of Southington, Conn. (formerly of Elgin), Rusty is survived by two sons, Shawn and Ian Parenteau, both of Southington; a sister, Maureen Ranquist of Bozrah, Conn.; a sister-in-law, Judie Frieden and husband Richard of Elgin; as well as cousins, nieces, nephews, and may special fishing friends.

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Alfred Jacobs Jr.

Alfred Jacobs Jr.

 

 

Alfred Jacobs Jr., 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, Minn., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. 

Alfred Jacobs was born Aug. 21, 1922 on a farm outside Elgin, Iowa, the son of Alfred and Marie (Miller) Jacob and youngest of five children. 

He attended a one-room schoolhouse near the family home on Bell Creek and later Elgin High School. His love of music and of learning was apparent from an early age. In 1940, he enrolled as a music major at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. 

During World War II, he left college to work on the family farm. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946-48, stationed in Newfoundland, and then returned to Luther, graduating in 1949 with a B.A. in music and minor in English. He was a fine singer and pianist, and proficient in all the wind instruments, with a special love for the oboe.

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360 Lasering finds niche in global marketplace

 

360 Lasering was started by Roger Craig of Clermont, who is building upon what the former Elgin company GridWorks was doing with laser-engraved collectible footballs. Currently, Craig is licensed to laser-engrave Iowa and Iowa State logos on a number of different products and hopes to expand to other Big 10 Conference schools in the future. (Chris DeBack photo)

 

 

360 Lasering finds niche in global marketplace

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

Entrepreneurship is all about finding one’s niche. 

Typically, businesses that broaden their market too much miss the mark and never get off the ground. However, the same can be said for those who try to make their niche too narrow, as well. There needs to be a balance between your product and those to whom you’re trying to sell. 

With the ability to reach almost everyone worldwide, finding one’s niche can be the difference between success and failure. 

One small company in Elgin, 360 Lasering started by Roger Craig of Clermont, believes it has found its niche with selling laser-engraved products on its website.  

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Postcards from the past

 

 

In 1917, the Northeastern Iowa Power Company, the first electric power company in Clermont, registered a vehicle through the Iowa Secretary of State's office in Des Moines.  There were subsequent registrations in 1918 and 1919.  The antique postcards, found recently at a garage sale in West Union, were framed and are now on display in the Iowa Secretary of State's Office in the Capitol Building in Des Moines.

 

Postcards from the past

 

 

 

Vicki Rowland

Contributing Writer

 

When Noel Knight of Elgin was poking around in a West Union garage sale last year, he came upon a bunch of old postcards. He paid the owner the requested $2.00 and went home to share his prize with his wife, Deb.

Some of the cards had a family connection. Three of the cards, issued in 1917, 1918, and 1919, were from the Office of the Iowa Secretary of State. Noel thought the cards would be of special interest to the couple’s friend, Paul Pate, the Iowa secretary of state.

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