The Fayette Lions Club held a Meet the Candidates Night on Monday, Oct. 22, at the Fayette Opera House in Fayette. Candidates for Fayette County Supervisor and Treasurer (l-r) Martin “Marty” Stanbrough, Tammy Wolverton, Ben Hanson, Jeanine Tellin, Kyle Jacobsen, and Darrel Dolf answered questioned generated by the crowd before the forum began.  Chris DeBack photo

Fayette Lions host Meet the Candidates Night

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

The Fayette Lions Club held its annual Meet the Candidates Night on Monday, Oct. 22, at the Fayette Opera House in Fayette.

Candidates in attendance were Democrats Ben Hanson and Martin “Marty” Stanbrough, who are running for Fayette County Supervisor, and Tammy Wolverton, who is running for Fayette County Treasurer. Republican Supervisors Darrel Dolf and Jeanine Tellin, who are running for re-election, and current Fayette County Treasurer Kyle Jacobsen also participated in the forum. 

The candidates answered questions that were generated by the crowd before the forum began. Each candidate was given a chance to make an opening and closing statement while he or she answered questions in between. All six candidates were seated on the stage in the Fayette Opera House and answered questions in ascending and descending order. 

Some questions were asked of only the Supervisors while others were asked of the Treasurer candidates. One question was asked of all six candidates. A majority of the questions asked of the Supervisor candidates were focused on the county’s secondary roads. 

Below are the answers to two Supervisor questions and one Treasurer question. 

Ellen Kneeland

Ellen Viola Kneeland, 82, of Clermont, Iowa died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society in West Union, Iowa.  

Ellen was born Oct. 17, 1936 to Clement and Viola (Schmelzer) Kneeland in West Union, Iowa. 

She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Clermont, Iowa.

Ellen graduated from high school in Clermont, Iowa.

She lived her entire life at 401 Carlton Street in Clermont.

  Ellen worked as a secretary and bookkeeper at Antes Law Office in West Union, Estes Law Office and was also a receptionist at the doctor’s office in Elgin, Iowa.

She was a member of St. Peter’s Rosary Society, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the National Honor Society.  

Ellen enjoyed the simple things of life, watching little children and seeing dogs.

Ellen is survived by her brother, Ralph Kneeland, of Clermont, Iowa. 

NFV senior Taylor Ellis smashes one over the net for one of her team-high four kills during Wednesday’s Class 3A Regional game against ninth-ranked New Hampton. (Jerry Wadian photo)

VB bows out

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

The volleyball season ended for NFV Wednesday, Oct. 17, in New Hampton as the ninth-ranked Chickasaws won all three sets in the opening round of the Class 3A Region 8 playoffs.

Early in the season, NH beat the TigerHawks, 21-8 and 21-9.

However, Wednesday’s game started well as the TigerHawks blew out to a 6-1 lead in the opening set.

Beetlejuice (Kale McDermott) was ready to collect more candy during West Union’s Trunk-or-Treat event Sunday afternoon. (photo by Megan Molseed) 

Area trick-or-treating . . . when & where?

Area residents, get ready as local goblins, witches, superheroes, zombies and ghouls galore gear up for the annual foraging of candy in celebration of Halloween next week! All times listed are for Halloween night, Wednesday, Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted. 

West Union area monsters and goblins are invited to tour the town in search of candy and goodies during the annual door-to-door trick-or-treating event from 4:30 to 7 p.m.