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Whiskers, and tales of the Gypsy Cemetery

C emeteries take us to times gone by, and they make our minds wonder about what life was truly like then. Their importance to history is undeniable.

My fascination with cemeteries stems from time I spent as a child in north central Iowa. Although my family lived in the city of Algona, we had horses and kept them at the farm of some friends in the Union Township area of Kossuth County. I was just a small lad and had only one horse designated for me to ride. His name was Whiskers, and he was an old Shetland pony that had seen its better days. I would ride Whiskers around the farm but was frequently attracted to a nearby place known commonly as Gypsy Cemetery. This small burial ground, which I recall being surrounded by a stone fence with an iron gate, was said to be populated with the

buried bodies of children from a gypsy family in the 1800s that was traveling through the area. Folklore says the cemetery is haunted by the gypsy queen, who is guarded by crows. It has also been said that those who walk on the hallowed ground beyond the small fence will be cursed. Whiskers and I would only go visit during the daylight hours, of course, but my childhood imagination could envision how spooky that site could be at night. The story of the gypsies continues with reports that the bodies of the children buried there were removed and buried in a cemetery in nearby Emmetsburg after reports of the gypsy family circulated. Records and news stories show some truth to these reports of the “dark skinned group of travelers” and the “Old Queen,” but as the song goes, the tales grow taller on down the line. I haven’t been to Gypsy Cemetery — or its proper name of Union Township Cemetery — in years, but I am told it is still there and is well kept. Whiskers, of course, is long gone, but the memories of that horse and our times in that cemetery might as well be set in stone like the tombstone markers of those children, as it is etched in my mind forever. This month we share stories of local cemeteries including their his-tory — and maybe a bit of folklore, too. Thanks for reading.

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V alerie Ogren of Jefferson blames her mother-in-law for her love of, and dedication to, cemeteries.

“She was secretary of the family reunion group, and she decided to print a book with the family births and deaths,” Ogren remem-bers. That was in 1970. That small request has led to an interest in ancestry and local cemeteries. Eventually she was one of the charter members of the Greene County Genealogical Society, which was formed in 1978. Since then, Ogren has been involved in numerous efforts to restore, record and identify the people buried in the cemeter-ies and the cemeteries themselves. She and other Greene County cemetery buffs have walked all of the cemeteries, recording the gravestones and matching up the cemetery deed dates and who is supposed to be bur-ied in each plot. “We walked them all in 1985 and again in 2010 and found a few graves and people we had missed before,” she says. And there were a number of people who had died in that span of time, so there were newer graves. If anyone wants to know who’s who among the county’s deceased and where they are buried in Greene County, ask Ogren. There’s the great circus entertainer and owner who landed in his deathbed in Greene County named Fayette Yankee Robinson, who took ill on the train between Bagley and Lohrville and was taken off the

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Above: A statue in the Jefferson Cemetery is dedicated to the unknown soldiers

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The Mahanay mausoleum at Jefferson Cemetery. Floyd and Dora Mahanay donated a large portion of the money to build the Mahanay Bell Tower in Jefferson.

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train in Jefferson by the conduc-tor as no one thought he would make it to the next stop. He died in Jefferson and was buried in the Jefferson Cemetery in 1884. No one knew his name at the time he took sick, and he wasn’t able to tell them. However, amongst his belongings was an item that identified him as belonging to the Masons. Members of the local Masonic Lodge helped take care of Robinson until he died and paid for his burial in the Jefferson Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was part-nered with the Ringling Brothers. Numerous years after his death, the Sells Brothers and the Ringling Brothers circus companies had a huge monument made for his grave. The marker bears the date 1890. As late as 1996, circus and tent performers coming through the area would visit the grave, leaving flowers and other memo-rabilia, Ogren says. Oddly enough, the man whom the town of Rippey is named

after is buried in the Jefferson Cemetery as well. His name is Robert Montgomery Rippey. He was born in 1828 and died in 1863. The couple that donated a large amount of money to build the Mahanay Bell Tower in Jefferson, Floyd and Dora Mahanay, are also buried in the Jefferson Cemetery in a family mausoleum. Floyd died in 1947, and Dora died in the 1960s. Money from their estate still pays for scholarships for stu-dents from the high school in Jefferson, now called Greene County High School. Ogren helped Mary Weaver and the Friends of Rippey group put on a cemetery walk at the Old Rippey Cemetery last June. Walking through the Old Rippey Cemetery reading cem-etery stones on a bright, breezy day in late summer could only be described as “peaceful and his-toric.” “The Old Rippey Cemetery was deeded in 1856,” Weaver says.

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It’s called the Old Rippey Cemetery because a new one was created when the residents who lived where Rippey was originally located picked up and moved the town to where the railroad was going through. Rippey used to be a slightly northeast of where the ceme-tery still remains, surrounded by woods and farm fields. “This area was emotionally tied to the Civil War,” Weaver says. “In fact, one of the first men from Greene County to die during the Civil war is buried in the Old Rippey Cemetery.” The soldier, John Toliver, didn’t die on the battlefield but instead contracted a fatal case of the measles. Sarah Heater, wife of Jacob Heater, who is buried at Old Rippey, was portrayed by Ogren during the walk as well. Heater was left a widow when her husband died of smallpox. Sarah Heater, a particularly strong woman, was

able to maintain the farm and raise her children following her husband’s death. The first location of Rippey had the Brand School, a private subscription school for adult men. It was run by Azor Mills. He and 30 of the young men who lived there signed on to fight in the Civil War. Another “resident” grave is that of Dr. James Lovejoy. “He had people stick out their tongues so he could diagnose what was wrong with them,” Weaver says. She told a very sad story of a youngster, perhaps 12 or 13 years old, whose father was haul-ing grain home in the 1920s or 1930s. While he waited, the son ran into the house and asked his mother for a piece of the bread she was making. She shooed him away and told him it would ruin his dinner and to go back out and help his father before supper. The father began filling a bin with grain,

and the boy climbed on top of the granary to help out. A storm was coming, and the boy was struck by lightning and killed. At the funer-al, the mother was so distraught about his death and how she had shooed him away when he asked for a piece of bread, she tried to jump into the grave with him and had to be restrained. During the cemetery tour, Nicole Friess Schilling read a piece about young people buried in the Old Rippey Cemetery, beginning by telling the people there, ‘Shhh, the children are sleeping.’ ” Schilling talked about how the mortality rate among children was high, with nearly half dying before they were 5 years old. Schilling ended her talk with, “Shhh, the children are sleeping.” The June walk was the first one for the Friends of Rippey, and the group concentrated on the early business people, early pioneers and the children. Now the group is working on who to

highlight for the next cemetery walk, Weaver says. Joining the Old Rippey Cemetery on the pioneer list is Old Cedar in Cedar Township; Horan Cemetery in Kendrick Township; Gibson/Thompson Cemetery in Bristol Township; Headley Cemetery in Jackson Township; German (Patterson) Cemetery in Jackson Township; Taylor/Winkleman Cemetery and Truman Davis Cemetery in Jefferson Grant Township; Old Franklin Township Cemetery on the border of Franklin and Washington Townships; and Bower Cemetery, also known as the Angus Cemetery, in Washington Township. Ogren talks with authority about the 28 cemeteries identi-fied in Greene County. A number of them, such as the Jefferson Cemetery in Jefferson, are cur-rently still being used for new burials. However, Greene County has at least 10 pioneer cemeteries


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— final resting spots that have not had more than 12 burials in the last 50 years. The Old Rippey Cemetery holds three generations of Ogren’s family and is the oldest cemetery in the county. The 10 pioneer cemeteries in Greene County may seem like a high number, but Ogren says it isn’t necessarily so. “Every county has pioneer cemeteries,” she says. “The north-east parts of the state have more pioneer cemeteries than we do here because those areas were settled first.” Ogren says it is her hope that more people come to appreciate the history of their ancestors and the pioneers who are buried in the Greene County cemeteries and all across the state of Iowa. In 1990 she helped begin the Greene County Pioneer Cemetery Commission to advocate for res-toration and protection of pio-neer cemeteries. The majority of money for the cemetery upkeep comes from the townships. A new sextant has been hired to care for the Washington Township cemeteries, which includes the Old Rippey Cemetery, and more work has been accom-plished on fixing headstones in the last year.

While most of Greene County’s cemeteries are acces-sible, some of the old cemeteries are in the middle of corn and bean fields. An Iowa law requires that access be allowed to the cemeter-ies, but in some areas that’s just not practical, Ogren says. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t protected. Not so long ago, an area farm-er decided he needed more acres to plant. He knew there was a pioneer cemetery in the center of his cornfield, but this particular summer, he decided to clear the head stones and plow up the cem-etery to gain a few more acres of cropland. Word got out, and it wasn’t long until he was asked to put all the headstones back and no longer plow up the area. The headstones had been thrown down near a creek, and all of them had to be hauled back up to the cemetery because of the Iowa laws pro-tecting pioneer cemeteries, Ogren says. “I think it is important to take care of these pioneer cemeteries and not just because I have ances-tors buried in the area. A lot of the pioneers who were buried may not have family living here, but they played an important role in settling our county,” Ogren says.

The tombstone of circus entertainer Fayette Yankee Robinson stands in the Jefferson Cemetery. As late as 1996, circus and tent performers coming through the area would visit the grave, leaving flowers and other memorabilia,

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J-S 9/JV/V Volleyball vs. South

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Thursday, Oct. 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,

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J-S Parent/Teacher Conferences,

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Book Sale, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

J-S V Football vs. Clarinda

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Saturday, Oct. 19 Jefferson Kiwanis Club Silent





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J-S 9/JV/V Volleyball at Perry,

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J-S JV Football at South Hamilton,

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Jefferson City Council Meeting,

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GCHS Fall Vocal Concert, 7:30 p.m.,

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Thursday, Oct. 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,


Health Room.








VFW Ladies Auxiliary Meeting, 7

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Halloween Event, all ages, 5-7 p.m.,

Jefferson Public Library.

J-S 9 Football at St. Edmond, 5 p.m.

Cross Country Districts










J-S V Football at Ida Grove, 7 p.m.

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Community Harvest Party, pumpkin

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those under 10, Jefferson Elks Club.

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Halloween Story Hour, all ages,

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Thursday, Oct. 31 Halloween

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,


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Friday, Nov. 1 Bridge, all welcome, 12:30-3 p.m.,


State Cross Country Meet

GCHS Play, 7 p.m., Auditorium.

Saturday, Nov. 2 GCHS Play, 7 p.m., Auditorium.






Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.- noon, Churdan.

Tuesday Nov. 12 Greene County Medical Center






Lobby.



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New Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m.,

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Greene County Development

Corp. Meeting, 11:30 a.m.

Jefferson City Council Meeting,

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Scranton City Council Meeting,

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Wednesday, Nov. 13Weekly Immunization Clinic, 8 a.m.-


Thursday, Nov. 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,


Health Room.

Wellness Screenings, 6-9 a.m.,

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VFW Meeting, 7 p.m., 109 N

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Friday, Nov. 15 No school

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Sunday, Nov. 3 Daylight saving time ends

GCHS Play, 2 p.m., Auditorium.

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Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.,

Jefferson.

Library Board Meeting, 8 p.m.,

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Wednesday, Nov. 6 Weekly Immunization Clinic, 8 a.m.

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Greene County Business

Promotions Meeting, 8 a.m., City Hall.,

Jefferson.

Thursday, Nov. 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,


Health Room.

Friday, Nov. 8 Bridge, all welcome, 12:30-3 p.m.,


Saturday, Nov. 9 Book/Bake Sale, 8:30- 11:30 a.m.,

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T he annual Fall Festival at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson will

take place on Oct. 13. The festival will include the church’s third annual chili cook-off and pumpkin bake-off after wor-ship. All entries into the contests are due by 9 a.m. the day of the festival. The food will be judged during the Sunday school hour and will be served for lunch following worship. All proceeds from the meal go toward the Fill the Ark program for Heifer International. Other activities at the festival include Kid Olympics, a hayride, pumpkin painting, various yard games and a Heifer International booth providing information on how people can help fight world hunger. On Sunday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. Central Christian Church in Jefferson will host the Greene County CROP Hunger Walk, one of more than 1,000 such walks tak-ing place nationwide this fall. The event, sponsored by the Church World Service (CWS), aims to fight world hunger and promote a sus-tainable source of food for people around the world. Volunteer walk-ers will raise funds with sponsor-ships from individuals and organiza-tions. Community members, civic organizations and other Greene County churches are invited to attend the event and unite in an effort to raise funds for hungry people in the United States, around

the world and in Greene County. Following the walk, there will be a Southern gospel concert by Shoal Creek Revival, a group from Liberty, Mo., at 5 p.m. at Central Christian Church. Light refresh-ments will be provided. Community members are invited to attend and give to the free will offering that benefits the CROP Walk event.

If you are interested in partici-pating in the walk, you can inquire at Central Christian Church in person, contact the church office at 515-386-4315 or speak with your local pastor. First Presbyterian Churchin Grand Junction will host its annual Fall Festival on Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be served at the event, including potato and chicken noodle soup, loose meat sandwiches and home-made bars. Baked goods and gar-den produce will also be for sale. Visitors to the event can also enter to win an “Opportunity Quilt,” made by the First Presbyterian Church Jolly Quilters group. Participants can purchase individual drawing tickets for $1 or six tickets for $5. The quilt is double queen-sized.

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in Greene County that hand quilt.Machine quilting has become

very popular in recent years, but there is still a need for hand quilting. Antique and older quilts should really be hand quilted. Some of those quilts come from estate sales, antique shops or Grandma’s attic. Sometimes the history of the quilt is known, and sometimes it is a mystery. One of the most popular older quilts that we have quilted is “Grandma’s Flower Garden.” The older quilts were made with small pieces of fabric saved from old dresses or shirts. Our grandmoth-ers were the first “re-cyclers.” This is much different from today when fabric is purchased, cut into small pieces and then sewn back together.

The group that meets in Rippey must have started about 40 years ago when we moved to the “new” church. In the beginning there were several women who quilted, and there could be two quilts in frames. Other ladies worked on other projects, one of which was cutting and sewing cloth strips for rag rugs. The balls of strips were taken to Jessie Shriver in Paton to be woven. At noon, a potluck dinner was held, and the husbands joined the group for the meal. The women returned to quilting, and the men did the dishes. Today’s group meets each Tuesday morning and stops for cof-fee at 10 a.m., and they are joined by others from the community.

Jan Friess and I recently put a quilt in the frames and needed an extra set of hands. We enlisted the

aid of Mary Weaver, who is not a quilter, but was a “good student” as we pinned the back to the frames, clamped the four frames together and placed it on the standards. Then Mary learned how to place and smooth the batting on the backing and place the quilt top as the top layer. The next lesson she learned was there is a lot of smoothing, stretching, and pinning. Those studying women’s his-tory believe the neighborhood or church quilting groups were the grass roots of women obtaining the right to vote as well as the right to hold property back in the early 1900s. One can imagine Iowa women having those kinds of conversations over the quilting frame. Quilting groups have been, and continue to be, an important part of history in Greene County and beyond.

Group has continued tradition for 40 years

Hand quilting in RippeyBy Velda DeMoss, Greene County Historical Society

Grandmas’s Flower Garden is one of the most popular quilts the group has quilted.

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Jan Allen enjoys cooking and bakes and decorates birthday cakes for her six grandchildren.

A utumn is here, and with it comes cool crisp air, colorful leaves and pumpkins. I also love recipes that are easy and flavorful, and this definitely

fits the bill. Our friend, Tara, brought this dish to a potluck at our church a couple of years ago, and I fell in love with it. I like to add a little extra cinnamon. We never have to worry about leftovers with this cake. We love pumpkin pie, but this recipe goes over the top where pumpkin is concerned. I like it even better than pumpkin pie. It has a rich pumpkin base and a buttery, crunchy, nutty top that makes it irresistible. What could be better? Maybe a bit of ice cream or whipped cream on top? Enjoy!

Pumpkin crunch cakeIngredients1 15-ounce can pumpkin1 12-ounce can evaporated milk3 eggs4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice1/2 teaspoon salt3/4 cup sugar1 18.25 ounce yellow cake mix1 cup pecans or walnuts (roughly chopped)1/2- 3/4 cup melted butter (drizzled butter needs to cover the top of

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Q: What is available in the Iowa Health Insurance Marketplace?A: The Iowa Health Insurance Marketplace officially opened on Oct. 1. The 2014 “open enrollment,” or sign-up period, runs from Oct. 1 through March 31, 2014. The Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate gives two choices — have minimum essential healthcare coverage or pay a tax penalty. The Iowa Health Insurance Marketplace provides individuals with a place to purchase affordable minimum essential coverage. Anyone can use the Marketplace for purchasing insurance. It is also the place where eligibility for programs such as Medicaid, Iowa Health and Wellness and HAWK-I can be determined. Available tax credits and cost-sharing subsidy eligibility is also done here. However, these have certain income guidelines and may not be available to everyone. For central Iowans there are currently two companies on the market-place. Both offer insurance plans labeled Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Catastrophic plans are also available. While plans are labeled the same, there are coverage and premium differences. There are certain benefit require-ments, but plans can vary, and they are able to dictate what providers and facilities are included with any given plan. The least expensive plans will most likely have limited provider options. When reviewing available options, look closely at provider lists to make sure coverage is available with current providers and facilities where medical care is provided on a routine basis. Most importantly, there is only one website with official information about all exchanges and only one 800 number to call. Watch out for fraud. For more information, visit www.healthcare.gov or call 1-800-318-2596.

Information provided by Medicap Pharmacy, 400 N. Elm St., Jefferson, 515-386-2164.

Q: What is medication compliance or adherence?A: Compliance is when a person takes his or her medication as directed, meaning the correct number of tablets for the correct number of times a day. Adherence is more of a long-term commitment. Does the patient continue on the medication for the months and years needed to maintain health? Why is this important? According to one study, non-compliance causes a whopping $290 billion increase in health costs in the U.S. That is 15 percent of the country’s total health cost. Another study found that more than 50 percent of patients with chronic conditions fail to adhere to their medications after several months. Poor compliance can lead to hospital stays which average 4.2 days. In the U.S., 12 percent of people don’t take their medication at all after they buy the prescription. Non-adherence results in unnecessary disease progression, reduced functional abilities and quality of life, an additional $2,000 per year in medical costs and doctor visits and unneeded medica-tion changes. Why does this happen? There is a relationship with the cost. Higher co-pays do result in higher non-compliance, but not as much as might be expected. The number of doses per day affects compliance. The more frequent the dose, the easier it is to forget to take the drug. Sometimes there are side effects the patient does not like. Others just do not under-stand the importance of taking medication regularly.

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Q: What can I do to get better sleep?A: The Centers for Disease Control recommends seven to nine hours per night. A review of studies published in the journal “Sleep” found that short sleepers (less than seven hours) and long sleepers (more than nine hours) lived shorter lives than those who slept seven to nine hours per night. Inadequate sleep can affect your heart, lungs, kidneys, appetite, metabolism, immune system, mood and brain function. Recent studies have shown a link between inadequate sleep and increased risk of type II diabetes, breast cancer and colon polyps. They also found that couples fight more and are less healthy after a bad night’s sleep. Tips for more restful sleep: Get regular exercise — stress can negative-ly affect sleep and exercise reduces stress. Do not eat before bed. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and smoking, as they can disrupt sleep patterns. Take a hot bath, shower or sauna before bed. The temperature drop from getting out of the bath signals to your body that it’s time for bed. Consider a sound machine. The sound of white noise will drown out upsetting background noise and soothe you to sleep. Try to sleep the same number of hours each night. Increase your melatonin, either with exposure to bright sunlight in the daytime and absolute darkness at night or supplementation. Finally, many chiropractic patients report improved sleep as a “side effect” of their regular treatments. Chiropractic can ease aches and pains, and reduce stress, all of which can improve sleep.

Information provided by Toni Linberg, director of marketing, Regency Park Nursing and Rehab, 100 Ram Drive, Jefferson, (515) 386-4107.

Q: How can I celebrate more in October?A: If you’re like me, you’re saying, “How much more do you need than Halloween?” Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year. It really doesn’t get much better than October. You have fall foliage, crisp air, football (Ahem, Husker football) and Deal’s apple cider. But wait — there’s more. October also happens to be National Physical Therapy Month. We appreciate the work our physical therapists and therapy aides of Greene County do each day. Many of you probably already know that October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Seeing pink ribbons on display for this cause serves as a reminder that it is important to do self-breast exams every month. You will also find Health Literacy Month in October. This celebration is about promoting the importance of understandable health information. I bet you’re wishing you could get an acronym for that. You will find Bone and Joint Health Awareness Week Oct. 12 - 20 with celebrations during that week such as World Arthritis Day (Oct. 12), World Spine Day (Oct. 16), World Trauma Day (Oct. 17), World Pediatric Bone and Joint (PB&J) Day (Oct. 19) and World Osteoporosis Day (Oct. 20). Respiratory Care Week is then celebrated Oct. 20 - 26. And then this brings us to Halloween — just making sure you’re still with me. If you celebrate all of these health-related holidays and still find your-self wanting to celebrate more, you’re in luck; you have every day you wake up to celebrate. Party on, Life! TONI LINBERG

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P atty Fisher is doing exactly what she wants to do at Greene County High School

in Jefferson. She knows because she did the exact thing — teaching algebra II, pre-calculus and advanced pre-calculus — to students who want to learn the subjects. Fisher taught from 1993 - 1998, then quit teaching to stay home with her children for 11 years. Five years ago she came back, not only because she was ready to, but because she was going back to the very same sub-jects she taught before. “I had opportunities to teach in different schools and at differ-ent levels, but I knew this is what I wanted to teach,” Fisher says. “Also, I wanted to be able to teach my own children, and by being here I can do that.”

She plans to stay at least anoth-er seven years until her son, Cale, is through high school. But, she adds, coming back to work after 11 years made her realize how much she loves to teach mathematics. Fisher says the students she has in the upper-level classes are taking the classes because they are focused on going on to college. “I like to see the kids who need math, and who make the connections as they are learning math,” she says. She also very much enjoys mathematics. “I like the logical process. If

you understand the steps, you can do the math. I guess I like math for the math. In math, I understand why the next thing is going to hap-pen,” she says. Fisher says her love of math was encouraged by a coach she had all the way through high school. “He made an impression on me, and once he saw that I was good at math, he asked me what I wanted to do, and suggested I give a math-related career,” she says. Fisher attended Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids with a major in mathematics and a minor in secondary education. “I mainly chose teaching because I thought I would be coaching as well, and I did that for the first eight years I taught,” she says. Fisher no longer coaches because she doesn’t have the time between teaching and her family.

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Dylan Hamilton: “She makes math fun, and she encourages our skills.”

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W hat do fall, Friends and funds have in com-mon? The Friends of

the Jefferson Public Library. The FOL are launching their annual fall membership drive seeking friends and funds. Please do us a favor and cross this image out of your mind: the Friends of the Library (FOL) must be a club for old ladies who read books. No! The FOL is a group of committed individuals who desire to raise money to enhance our library. The annual fall membership drive is a major source of income for the Friends who use these funds to purchase materials and equipment and support library programs. During the past 20 years, we have raised more than $106,000 for our library. How do you benefit by join-ing the Friends? Some of you may benefit by knowing who our library serves. Our library is frequented by patrons of all ages with varied inter-ests. Do you have a small child who loves coming to play in the creative center? Do you enjoy reading the daily newspaper or a magazine in a comfortable chair? Do you use a computer to go online? Do you hang out in the teen area? Do you check out books or movies, or scan through the newspaper archives? Does your child drop in after school and entertain himself

or herself until you arrive home? Do you pick up a free magazine in the foyer? The library is available for everyone in the community. If you have benefited from your library in any way, you would benefit your library by becom-ing a Friend. The Jefferson Public Library’s ability to provide excep-tional programs, materials and ser-vices is partially dependent on the generosity of its patrons. Individual dues begin at $5 with other lev-els available. Memberships are renewed every fall.

National Friends of the Library Week is Oct. 20 - 26. Please join the Friends this fall. Your funds will be used to benefit yourself and the whole community. Membership forms are available in the library, and members may enter a prize drawing. Stop by the library desk for details. The winner will be drawn Nov. 1.

library By Terry Clark, assistant director/children’s librarian

Jefferson Public Library200 West Lincoln Way386-2835 Adult Dept386-4415 Children’s DeptFall hours:Mon. and Wed.: 1 - 8 p.m.Tues. and Thurs.: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.Friday: 1 - 5:30 p.m.Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.Sunday: Closed

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Fall plus Friends equals fundsBy Barb Labate, president, Friends of the Jefferson Public Library

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The crowd joined in on some Zumba dancing and demonstration during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.

The Red Barn Home and Craft Show featured creative crafts, food, décor, jewelry and more at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

Tina Nelson, Tamara Keck, Shirley Danielson, Tammy Smith and Cindy Danielson rais-ing funds for Relay 4 Life during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.

Jennifer Woodrouff and Sharon Campbell at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

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Q uestion: How can cinna-mon toast rise to a new level?

Answer: By being served pre-pared and served by Greene Bean Coffeehouse & Roastery. Cinnamon toast has been one of my favorite breakfast treats since I was a kid, so when I vis-ited Greene Bean Coffeehouse and they suggested the cinnamon toast because it was so good, I was tempted, but also skeptical. My skepticism was short-lived The cinnamon toast was served with two perfectly square pats of butter on top. Owners of the coffeehouse call it cinnamon streusel toast. What makes the toast so good is the cinnamon-sug-ar mixture baked right into swirls in the toast. Add to that cinnamon mixed into the bread dough, and there’s no going wrong.

The coffeehouse also offers muffins and other baked goods, some of them locally made. I also had freshly-brewed Colombian coffee. There was no bitterness, and the brew tasted quite fresh. I always add creamer and sugar or sweetener, but for me, the flavor still comes through. Each day a different house-roasted coffee is brewed, rotating the fla-vors throughout each week. The coffee varieties available come

from far-flung places such as Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Indonesia. If you like the coffee, you can take a pound or two home with you. If you want to try a variety of coffee-related drinks, have a seat. They serve an array of espresso and other coffee drinks such as Americano, latte, flavored latte, mocha and flavored mocha, mac-chiato, traditional cappuccino and a Hayworth. Non-coffee drinks include hot chocolate, chai, steam-ers, frozen hot chocolate, fruit smoothies and old-fashioned soda and strawberry cream. The owners, Rich and Reason Osborne, just opened the cof-feehouse in May, but have been roasting coffee locally for more than four years. “We wanted to get the coffee flavors just right, so we started out by roasting and selling the coffee first,” Reason says. Both Rich and Reason work in the coffeehouse and also employ a full-time barista and two other people to help run the coffee-house.

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Cinnamon toast reaches new heights at Green Bean Coffeehouse in Jefferson.

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Dustin Bridgewater, Cheli Stroburg, Wyatt Tipton and Hannah Dunn manning the “Cast your Kernel for ISU or Iowa” during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson

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Chuck Hane, Grace Black, Shannon Black and Nick Black during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.



Information provided by Timothy J. Heisterkamp, CFP®, Investment Centers of America, 115 W. State St. Jefferson; 515-386-2570.

finance By Timothy J. Heisterkamp, CFP®

T oday we see markets rise and fall based on the latest earnings reports, employ-

ment figures and fiscal news out of Washington. As the world’s largest economy, what happens here is felt around the world. But will the U.S. retain its status as global leader given our current state of affairs? What will the global economy look like in 20 years? Many economists believe this transformation is reason to be opti-mistic about the long-term potential of the global economy. Rise of middle class spenders. During the next two decades, majori-ties of people in most countries will rise in economic status to the ranks of the middle class — a group defined as consumers with sufficient income for necessities and discretionary pur-chases. About 1.8 billion strong in 2012, the global middle class will swell to nearly 5 billion consumers with an estimated spending power of $56 tril-lion a year. While it took Britain 155 years and the United States about 30 years to double GDP per capita, China and India are accomplishing the feat at a pace never seen. With 100 times the people of Britain, it has taken just a tenth of the time. As a result, these emerging countries are seeing an explosion in the number of people with income to afford luxuries of the middle class. Economic/market impact. Clearly, this broad expansion of a middle class with money to spend presents a lucrative opportunity for multinational corporations. Businesses in advanced countries are already competing for the chance to sell their products directly to this rising demo-graphic. With income to spare, mem-bers of the emerging global middle class will focus on elevating their stan-

dard of living. Their spending habits are likely to increase demand for a wide range of consumer goods. Demand will grow for the machines, software and business services to meet the needs of their burgeoning middle-class populations. Challenges to overcome. The global middle-class has far less dis-cretionary income than in the U.S. In China and India, consumers spend about 40 percent of household income on food and transportation, compared with 25 percent in the U.S. To com-pete, U.S. companies must find inno-vative ways to make products more affordable in developing economies. Brands must appeal to ethnic tastes, using local ingredients and resources, and companies must understand and market to consumers with differ-ent cultural motivations and needs. Establishing distribution channels to reach some global consumers may present significant challenges. Roads, airports and infrastructure remains underdeveloped in many emerging nations. Government regulations may restrict access or slow entry into some foreign markets. Contact your agent to capitalize on the global growth of the middle class based on your investment goals and risk profile. Sources: 1) “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds,” National Intelligence Council, December 2012. 2) Karen Mracek, “Middle-class Spenders Will Lead Global Growth,” Kiplinger, Aug. 6, 2012. 3) “The Emerging-World Consumer is King,” The Economist, Jan. 5, 2013. 4) Michael J. Silverstein, “A $10 Trillion Bet on China and India,” Nov. 28, 2012. 5) “The New Global Middle Class: Potentially Profitable - but also Unpredictable,” Knowledge@Wharton, July 9, 2008. 6) Tom Doctoroff.

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Chris Henning and Andy Fales during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown and the downtown Farmers

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Tom Winger and Nancy Winger during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown and the downtown

Farmers Market on Sept. 10.

Cynthia Jones and Joshua Eggenberger with “Nothing Fancy” performed during the downtown


Logan Egeland and Kyle Bettey during the downtown Farmers Market on Sept. 10.

Kevin Rasmussen and Mike Holden during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown and the downtown


Jerilynn Denman and Pete Barrett during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.

Annie Ostendorf and Pete Russell during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.

Olivia Shannon and Sadie Shannon participated in the fun and games during the Cy/Hawk RVTV

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Hanna Fouch, Ashley Miller and Mya Miller during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson

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Zach Sukovaty, FFA advisor Courtney Schmidt and Andy Anthofer volunteering during the Cy/Hawk

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Erin Bendickson and Emerson Bendickson during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson

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The JSHS band performed during the Cy/Hawk RVTV showdown in Jefferson on Sept. 10.



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Keith Murphy, with WHO RVTV, interviewing Annie Ostendorf and Pete Russell, who helped

bring the crew to Jefferson on Sept. 10.

Jane Finch, Pat Eberle and Emily Finch attended the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene

County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

Andy Fales and Mary Hillman during the downtown Farmers Market on Sept. 10.

Bellah Hamman, Britleigh Hamman, Brystol Hamman, Tiffanie Carey and Brynley Hamman at

the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

Tracey Lansman, Marilyn Lansman, Christopher Lansman and Savannah Lansman at the Red

Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

Noah Johnson, Craig Johnson and Bellah Johnson at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the

Greene County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21.

Lori Mannel and Brenda Spaulding at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County

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Dan Calvert and Kathy Calvert at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County


Marcy Gierstorf and Marie Baker at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County


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Norma Grassmeier and Susan Ohm at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show at the Greene County


Samantha Pedersen with Jordyn and Jadyn Pedersen at the Red Barn Home and Craft Show

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