Robert Wilson

Robert (Bob) Howard Wilson, 88, died Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, in the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, IA, following a short illness. 

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, at First United Methodist Church in Fayette. 

Robert is survived by his two daughters, Patsy McNaughton and husband Gil McNaughton of Roland, Iowa, and Martha Wilson of Van Horne, Iowa; five grandchildren, Donovan McNaughton and wife Morgan McNaughton of Virginia Beach, Va., Bonnie Castro of McCallsburg, Iowa, Patrick McNaughton of Stevens Point, Wis., Andre Banks Jr. and fiancée Kasie Jakell of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Nicole Banks of Van Horne, Iowa; seven great-grandchildren, Lily, Fergus, Connor, Estella, Ryder, Marquez, and DeAndre.

In addition to his parents, Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Christine J. Wilson.

Two posts mark very separate spots next to one of K&K Gardens’ hoop houses.  The one in the background marks where a recent land survey determined where the business’s property ended, while the one in front represents where the property line would be drawn if the Hawkeye City Council had voted to vacate the land and decided instead to sell or lease the land to the local business. (Megan Molseed photo)

Hawkeye council sets date for K&K eviction

By Meagan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

The Hawkeye City Council met for its regular meeting Tuesday evening, Sept. 4.  

During the meeting, the council considered a second reading of Ordinance No. 281, which calls for the City to vacate South Street, an action which would ultimately allow for the sale of the land to the surrounding property owners currently sitting on the portions owned by the City.  

The ordinance was first drafted during an Aug. 14 special meeting, at which the council ultimately agreed to consider selling the land at $7,050 per acre, with the idea of giving each current occupant first dibs on the purchase.  

However, nothing was made official during the Aug. 14 special meeting, and the ordinance was scheduled to receive initial approval or denial at Tuesday’s regular council meeting.

During last week’s meeting, the council denied the proposal for the City to vacate the land and put parcels up for sale with a 3-2 vote against the proposal.

With the vacation of the land option off the table, the council then moved on to address further action and whether to propose a possible lease agreement to K&K Gardens of Hawkeye.  The lease agreement would allow one of the business’s longstanding hoop buildings to remain where it is.   The council could also vote on evicting K&K Gardens from the land parcel, requiring the business owners to remove their building from the spot altogether.

The TigerHawk Invitational Cross Country Meet was renewed after a three-year hiatus Thursday in West Union. Here, the 50 girls who ran in the eight-team race head down the long straightaway before reaching “Old Buzzard Hill,” named after Bob Scott, who started both the sport and the Invitational during his 37 years of teaching and coaching. (Jerry Wadian photo)

TigerHawk Invitational is back!

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

After a three-year hiatus, the TigerHawk Invitational Cross Country Meet returned Thursday to the high school course in West Union.

Eight full teams ran on the course. However, it had to be changed a bit from its traditional route because of projected construction at the elementary school. NFV head coach Neal Bentley said, “The teams really had to run a gritty race because the course had some muddy, slippery spots, and was even a little swampy in places due to the recent heavy rains.”

NFV runners acquitted themselves in grand fashion as the boys won their race and the girls finished third to a pair of ranked teams.