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3 • The Progress Review Wednesday, July 22, 2020 LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS Hawkins Memorial Library Library Hours: Mon: 8-4; Tues, Thurs, Fri: 1-6; Wed: 1-7 and Sat: 9-1 (319) 342-3025 www.laportecity.lib.ia.us By Jolene Kronschnabel, Director Meditations By Christopher Simon This message sponsored by... La Porte City Insurance Agency 342-2059 Love in the time of Covid-19 “Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” ~ Billy Graham W hatever else we might think about the Covid-19 pandemic, we can be thankful that most people are showing more love and kindness. Deprived of physical closeness and contact with our friends and family, we are moved to show our love in other ways. And while we cannot be thankful for the virus itself, or the pain and suffering it brings, we can be grateful for the salutary effects it has on communities in general and individuals in particular. Besides people expressing their love and tenderness in myriad ways, people are slowing down and finding peace in their solitude. Speed and noise, those anxiety-producing hallmarks of the modern world, have been replaced by a much-needed slowing of the pace and a quieting of the noise. How ironic that during the period of Lent, the quarantine that was imposed on many of us provided its own type of Lent. (e word “quarantine” comes from the same word which our Hispanic friends use for Lent, namely, “Cuaresma,” both deriving from the Latin word for forty.) Some of us find comfort in the austerity and simplicity that is forced upon us. But most of us also feel a gnawing anxiety, and in some of us this rises almost to panic, for which prayer and following the guidelines are perhaps the only remedies. But most of all it is the love that comes to the fore, the love we see in the healthcare workers practicing their professions, and all the “essential” workers, but also the love that we see in people simply treating each other with tenderness and solicitude. La Porte City Funeral Home 606 Main Street (319) 342-3131 Where our home has been your home since 1930 ~ Michelle Bush, Bill Judd, Jon Judd & Kristen Toppin ~ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE I PROJECT AT THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY LANDFILL WATERLOO, IOWA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: The Black Hawk County Solid Waste Management Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE I project at the BLACK HAWK COUNTY LANDFILL in WATERLOO, IOWA in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 26, Code of Iowa, at 10:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of July, 2020, at the Harold E. Getty Council Chambers at City Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa, 50703. At said hearing, any interested person may appear and file objections thereto. If the Commission is unable to meet in person due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, interested parties may participate by webinar using a computer, tablet or smart phone at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/652457237 or by conference call at (224) 501-3412, access code 652-457-237. The scope of the project is as follows: Project Name: MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE I Project Location: Black Hawk County Landfill, 1509 E. Washburn Road, Waterloo, Iowa 50701 Work of this Contract consists of the final excavation and construction of the Geocomposite Groundwater Drainage Layer, Clay Liner, HDPE Liner, Tire Derived Aggregate Leachate Drainage Layer, Leachate Lift Station, Valve Vault, Control Panel, Seeding, Erosion Control, Aggregate Road and incidental items for the 18.8-acre MSW Cell W-3, Phase I at the Black Hawk County Landfill located in Waterloo, Iowa. Any visual or hearing-impaired persons needing special assistance or persons with special accessibility needs should contact the Landfill office at (319) 234- 8115 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Published by order of the Black Hawk County Solid Waste Management Commission given on the 25th day of June, 2020. By: Brian Heath - Chairman We recommend using the back door to the library when visiting while the front sidewalk is being replaced. You’ll find the book drop and signage to identify the library at the back of the building. is entrance has steps and is not handicapped accessible. Call or shout up the steps if you need help or a delivery and we’ll assist you. How about a scavenger hunt? Each week we have a new list at the library for a hunt. Try our Outdoor Scavenger Hunt and Road Trip Scavenger Hunt now. On Wednesdays find our Storyline Online® posts on Facebook. Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Play Summer Reading BINGO! BINGO across, down or diagonally, then return your completed card to the library for a prize. Adults and older children can grab a card from the library and work your way toward a BINGO by reading and using other library services. Pick up a new Kid’s Kit for each child, every week this summer. is week children can create Eiffel Tower Artwork with the kits available for take and make projects. Tuesdays at 3 PM, join the Black Hawk County 4-H Zoom session to tune into Tech Tuesdays and complete that Kid’s Kits science experiment. Contact the Black Hawk County 4-H office at 319-234-6811 to get the Tech Tuesday Zoom link information. Participate in the online discussion on our Facebook page for the book e Hate U Give, by Angie omas, One discussion question is posted each weekday for ten days beginning Monday, July 20. e Hate U Give is a Black Lives Matter: Community Read. When kids read 20 minutes per day, or 140 minutes per week they can turn in reading logs for prizes with the “Imagine Your Story” Summer Library Program! Bring in your completed reading logs weekly. University of Dubuque May 2020 Graduate La Porte City - Kaylee Sherwood, BA Making the Grade Academic Achievements of Area Students Daryl Dean Dixon Union Schools to receive Farm to School grant e U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has handed out $12.1 million in Farm to School Grants to 159 grantees across the nation. is includes a USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant awarded to a project that will involve Vinton-Shellsburg, Union, and Waverly-Shell Rock Community School Districts in Eastern Iowa. “is is very exciting for everyone involved with the project,” said Eileen Schmidt, Program Manager. “We have a very good core group of people committed to helping get fresh, local foods into the schools to help kids eat better. But we are also trying to include the local farmers to help them, and to help the local economy” Karen Ackman, Vinton-Shellsburg Food Service Director, stated, “I am overjoyed knowing that going forward, we will be exposing more students to fresh, healthy choices and habits.” Union Community School District Food Services Director, Tina Hanna added, “We are excited to be involved with the Farm to Schools Grant to expand in our Local Fresh Foods provided to our students and helping our students learn about healthy choices.” Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District completed a Farm to School Planning Grant in December 2019. ey finished the two-year grant within 18 months due to strong support from the district and the community. e latest grant, USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant, will expand the Farm to School Program in their district, as well as work with Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District and Union School District, to help provide more fresh, local foods to their students. e districts reach five counties in Iowa and could serve over 4,700 students meals using locally grown ingredients. is project will also include input and guidance from Jodie Huegerich, Local Foods Coordinator with University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education. Daryl Dean Dixon was born to Clarence and Verda (Balhorn) Dixon on January 18, 1942 in La Porte City, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in his faith at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in La Porte City. He graduated from La Porte City High School, class of 1960. He was a long time member of Zion Lutheran Church, Jubilee, La Porte City, Iowa, and moved to Minnesota in 2019, joining Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Daryl married Jacquelyn Weltzin on September 17, 1962 at Christ Lutheran Church, Preston, Minnesota. ey were blessed with over 57 years of marriage and with two children: Joan and Kevin. Daryl worked as a machinist for John Deere in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa for 33 ½ years, retiring from the John Deere Engine Works in 1996. He volunteered his time in many capacities including large tree planting projects for the John Deere Engine Works, Cedar Valley Nature Trail and La Porte City Nursing Home, serving as a volunteer firefighter, cutting wood for EWALU Bible camp, riding in the pickup boat for the Waterhawks Ski Team, and serving as Deacon at Zion Lutheran Church. For many years he also sold Grumman canoes and organized an annual trip for his customers down the Upper Iowa River from Kendallville to Bluon. Daryl enjoyed fishing, gardening, wine making, and designing, engineering and building all sorts of practical items from scratch. His favorite project was a log splitter that he was able to convert into an apple cider press. He loved all kinds of music, especially the piano and organ. In 2001, he won a gold medal from the Indiana State Fair’s International Wine Competition for his apple, red raspberry and wild black raspberry wine. Daryl and Jackie’s garden featured many picturesque vegetables: their largest Megaton Hybrid Cabbage weighed over 33 pounds. eir cabbage baby photo has been featured in the Jung’s Seed Catalog for many years. Daryl was well known for growing and giving away bountiful harvests of garden produce to family and friends. Daryl passed away at Woodstone Senior Living Community in Hutchinson, Minnesota on Saturday, July 18th from Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn, of Hutchinson, MN; his daughter, Joan, of Hutchinson, MN; his son, Kevin (Donna), of Parkersburg, WV; grandchildren, Kayla Mantzel (Chris) of Hurricane, WV and Matthew Dixon (Becky) of Parkersburg, WV; sister, Connie Dilley (Richard) of Solon, IA; brothers, Don Dixon (Bernadette) of New Hampton, IA, Clare Dixon of Independence, IA, Dennis Dixon of La Porte City, IA, Steve Dixon (Terry) of Waterloo, IA; sister-in-law Sue Dixon of Tyler, TX and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents and grandparents; brothers, Douglas Dixon and Bruce Dixon; sister, Donna Roney; and son-in-law, Dr. Alvin C. Broyles. e funeral service and burial are tentatively planned for Saturday, July 25th at 10 AM, outdoors at Zion Lutheran Church, Jubilee Cemetery. Please bring your own lawn chair. Contact the church to confirm the date and time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all donations be made to either Hospice, Zion Lutheran Church, La Porte City, IA, or Peace Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, MN.
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3 • The Progress Review Wednesday, July 22, 2020LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS
Hawkins Memorial Library
Library Hours: Mon: 8-4; Tues, Thurs, Fri: 1-6; Wed: 1-7 and Sat: 9-1
(319) 342-3025 www.laportecity.lib.ia.us
By Jolene Kronschnabel, Director
MeditationsBy Christopher Simon
This message sponsored by...
La Porte City Insurance Agency342-2059
Love in the time of Covid-19“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” ~ Billy Graham
Whatever else we might think about the Covid-19 pandemic, we can be thankful that
most people are showing more love and kindness. Deprived of physical closeness and contact with our friends and family, we are moved to show our love in other ways. And while we cannot be thankful for the virus itself, or the pain and suffering it brings, we can be grateful for the salutary effects it has on communities in general and individuals in particular. Besides people expressing their love and tenderness in myriad ways, people are slowing down and finding peace in their solitude. Speed and noise, those anxiety-producing hallmarks of the modern world, have been replaced by a much-needed slowing of the pace and a quieting of the noise. How ironic that during the period of Lent, the quarantine that was imposed on many of us provided its own type of Lent. (The word “quarantine” comes from the same word which our Hispanic friends use for Lent, namely, “Cuaresma,” both deriving from the Latin word for forty.) Some of us find comfort in the austerity and simplicity that is forced upon us. But most of us also feel a gnawing anxiety, and in some of us this rises almost to panic, for which prayer and following the guidelines are perhaps the only remedies. But most of all it is the love that comes to the fore, the love we see in the healthcare workers practicing their professions, and all the “essential” workers, but also the love that we see in people simply treating each other with tenderness and solicitude.
La Porte City Funeral Home606 Main Street(319) 342-3131
Where our home has been your home since 1930
~ Michelle Bush, Bill Judd, Jon Judd & Kristen Toppin ~
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE I PROJECT AT THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY LANDFILL
WATERLOO, IOWA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: The Black Hawk County Solid Waste Management Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE I project at the BLACK HAWK COUNTY LANDFILL in WATERLOO, IOWA in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 26, Code of Iowa, at 10:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of July, 2020, at the Harold E. Getty Council Chambers at City Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa, 50703. At said hearing, any interested person may appear and file objections thereto.If the Commission is unable to meet in person due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, interested parties may participate by webinar using a computer, tablet or smart phone at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/652457237 or by conference call at (224) 501-3412, access code 652-457-237. The scope of the project is as follows:Project Name: MSW LANDFILL CELL W-3, PHASE IProject Location: Black Hawk County Landfill, 1509 E. Washburn Road, Waterloo, Iowa 50701 Work of this Contract consists of the final excavation and construction of the Geocomposite Groundwater Drainage Layer, Clay Liner, HDPE Liner, Tire Derived Aggregate Leachate Drainage Layer, Leachate Lift Station, Valve Vault, Control Panel, Seeding, Erosion Control, Aggregate Road and incidental items for the 18.8-acre MSW Cell W-3, Phase I at the Black Hawk County Landfill located in Waterloo, Iowa.Any visual or hearing-impaired persons needing special assistance or persons with special accessibility needs should contact the Landfill office at (319) 234-8115 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.Published by order of the Black Hawk County Solid Waste Management Commission given on the 25th day of June, 2020. By: Brian Heath - Chairman
We recommend using the back door to the library when visiting while the front sidewalk is being replaced. You’ll find the book drop and signage to identify the library at the back of the building. This entrance has steps and is not handicapped accessible. Call or shout up the steps if you need help or a delivery and we’ll assist you. How about a scavenger hunt? Each week we have
a new list at the library for a hunt. Try our Outdoor Scavenger Hunt and Road Trip Scavenger Hunt now.
On Wednesdays find our Storyline Online® posts on Facebook. Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors
reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Play Summer Reading BINGO! BINGO across, down or diagonally, then return your completed card to the library for a prize. Adults and older children can grab a card from the library and work your way toward a BINGO by reading and using other library services. Pick up a new Kid’s Kit for each child, every week this summer. This week children can create Eiffel Tower Artwork with the kits available for take and make projects. Tuesdays at 3 PM, join the Black Hawk County 4-H Zoom session to tune into Tech Tuesdays and complete that Kid’s Kits science experiment. Contact the Black Hawk County 4-H office at 319-234-6811 to get the Tech Tuesday Zoom link information. Participate in the online discussion on our Facebook page for the book The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, One discussion question is posted each weekday for ten days beginning Monday, July 20. The Hate U Give is a Black Lives Matter: Community Read. When kids read 20 minutes per day, or 140 minutes per week they can turn in reading logs for prizes with the “Imagine Your Story” Summer Library Program! Bring in your completed reading logs weekly.
University of Dubuque May 2020 GraduateLa Porte City - Kaylee Sherwood, BA
Making the GradeAcademic Achievements
of Area Students
Daryl Dean Dixon
Union Schools to receive Farm to School grant The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has handed out $12.1 million in Farm to School Grants to 159 grantees across the nation. This includes a USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant awarded to a project that will involve Vinton-Shellsburg, Union, and Waverly-Shell Rock Community School Districts in Eastern Iowa. “This is very exciting for everyone involved with the project,” said Eileen Schmidt, Program Manager. “We have a very good core group of people committed to helping get fresh, local foods into the schools to help kids eat better. But we are also trying to include the local farmers to help them, and to help the local economy” Karen Ackman, Vinton-Shellsburg Food Service Director, stated, “I am overjoyed knowing that going forward, we will be exposing more students to fresh, healthy choices and habits.” Union Community School District Food Services Director, Tina Hanna added, “We are excited to be involved with the Farm to Schools Grant to expand in our Local Fresh Foods provided to our students and helping our students learn about healthy choices.” Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District completed a Farm to School Planning Grant in December 2019. They finished the two-year grant within 18 months due to strong support from the district and the community. The latest grant, USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant, will expand the Farm to School Program in their district, as well as work with Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District and Union School District, to help provide more fresh, local foods to their students. The districts reach five counties in Iowa and could serve over 4,700 students meals using locally grown ingredients. This project will also include input and guidance from Jodie Huegerich, Local Foods Coordinator with University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education.
Daryl Dean Dixon was born to Clarence and Verda (Balhorn) Dixon on January 18, 1942 in La Porte City, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in his faith at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in La Porte City. He graduated from La Porte City High School, class of 1960. He was a long time member of Zion Lutheran Church, Jubilee, La Porte City, Iowa, and moved to Minnesota in 2019, joining Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Daryl married Jacquelyn Weltzin on September 17, 1962 at Christ Lutheran Church, Preston, Minnesota. They were blessed with over 57 years of marriage and with two children: Joan and Kevin. Daryl worked as a machinist for John Deere in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa for 33 ½ years, retiring from the John Deere Engine Works in 1996. He volunteered his time in many capacities including large tree planting projects for the John Deere Engine Works, Cedar Valley Nature Trail and La Porte City Nursing Home, serving as a volunteer firefighter, cutting wood for EWALU Bible camp, riding in the pickup boat for the Waterhawks Ski Team, and serving as Deacon at Zion Lutheran Church. For many years he also sold Grumman canoes and organized an annual trip for his customers down the Upper Iowa River from Kendallville to Bluffton. Daryl enjoyed fishing, gardening, wine making, and designing, engineering and building all sorts of practical items from scratch. His favorite project was a log splitter that he was able to convert into an apple cider press. He loved all kinds of music, especially the piano and organ. In 2001, he won a gold medal from the Indiana State Fair’s International Wine Competition for his apple, red raspberry and wild black raspberry wine. Daryl and Jackie’s garden featured many picturesque vegetables: their largest Megaton Hybrid Cabbage weighed over 33 pounds. Their cabbage baby photo has been featured in the Jung’s Seed Catalog for many years. Daryl was well known for growing and giving away bountiful harvests of garden produce to family and friends. Daryl passed away at Woodstone Senior Living Community in Hutchinson, Minnesota on Saturday, July 18th from Parkinson’s disease.He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn, of Hutchinson, MN; his daughter, Joan, of Hutchinson, MN; his son, Kevin (Donna), of Parkersburg, WV; grandchildren, Kayla Mantzel (Chris) of Hurricane, WV and Matthew Dixon (Becky) of Parkersburg, WV; sister, Connie Dilley (Richard) of Solon, IA; brothers, Don Dixon (Bernadette) of New Hampton, IA, Clare Dixon of Independence, IA, Dennis Dixon of La Porte City, IA, Steve Dixon (Terry) of Waterloo, IA; sister-in-law Sue Dixon of Tyler, TX and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents and grandparents; brothers, Douglas Dixon and Bruce Dixon; sister, Donna Roney; and son-in-law, Dr. Alvin C. Broyles. The funeral service and burial are tentatively planned for Saturday, July 25th at 10 AM, outdoors at Zion Lutheran Church, Jubilee Cemetery. Please bring your own lawn chair. Contact the church to confirm the date and time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all donations be made to either Hospice, Zion Lutheran Church, La Porte City, IA, or Peace Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, MN.
