In 2009, the HarrisonCounty Museum/WelcomeCenter saw the beginningof a long-awaited expan-sion. When completed, theproject will encompass theland owned by theHarrison CountyConservation Board.

Plans call for a LincolnHighway cabin court and amodel of a canopy gas sta-tion to be used as picnicshelters, a room size mapof Iowa that visitors willbe able to walk on show-ing the route of theLincoln Highway andLoess Hills interpretivebollards. They will beapproximately four feettall, circular metal sculp-tures lighted from within,that will depict differentLoess Hills prairie-relatedthemes including commonprairie plants, endangeredspecies and prairie burns.When completed it willalso include both aLincoln Highway andLoess Hills audio-visualmedia presentation; 30seat indoor A/V auditori-um and an outdoorLincoln Highway surfacedemonstration area withinterpretation; develop-ment of a one mile walk-ing trail with interpreta-tion through 14 acres ofre-established Loess Hillsprairie; construction of anelevated handicapped

accessible observationdeck, development of anout door children’s trans-portation play space andconstruction of an elevat-ed handicapped-accessibleobservation deck.

Another new area at thefacility completed in thelast two years is the newopen shelter house or“portal” that providesinterpretive opportunitiesand visitor services 24-hours a day to travelersusing the Loess HillsNational Scenic Byway.The shelter was built byHarrison CountyConservation personnelwith assistance fromDostal Construction ofLincoln, Neb.

A new activity to beadded this summer will bea Welcome Center

Farmer’s Market. It beganJune 17 and will be heldfrom 3:30-6:30 p.m. everyThursday through Oct. 21.

An advisory committeewas set up to assist withthe development. They setguidelines and the layoutfor the market and will beplanning several specialevents that will be held onnumerous marketThursdays throughout thesummer. These willinclude how to properlycan and freeze produce, avegetable grilling demon-stration and a watermelonseed spitting contest.

The Welcome CenterFarmers Market has alsobeen certified under the2010 Iowa FarmersMarket Senior Nutritionand WIC Cash ValueVoucher program.

Changes at Harrison County Museum/Welcome

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Picnic shelters constructed to resemble a highway cabincourt and canopy gas station are being constructed for vis-itors use.

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In August of 2004 Persiaonce again had a place forarea farmers to store theirgrain.

The Persia grain elevatorhad not offered corn andsoybean storage for severalyears, but HancockElevator Inc.’s purchase ofa Persia company changedthat.

Rick Olsen, Persiamayor at the time and for-mer livestock hauler, man-aged the facility. Hancockhad purchased his truckingbusiness, G.A. Olsen andSon, which allowed thePersia Elevator to offer sev-eral unique services.

In addition to having aplace to buy, sell and store-

grain, the business couldalso haul livestock andtransport grain to otherarea elevators.

Fred Divilbess assistedOlsen in managing thePersia company.

The Persia elevator, for-merly owned by FarmServices, only stored spe-cialty beans and did notstore corn and soybeans.

In the past farmerswould wait until they had atruckload and hire some-one to deliver their prod-uct, the opening of the ele-vator allowed farmers tohaul their crops at anytime.

In June of 2008, theScoular Company pur-chased the HancockElevator.

Present at the original ribbon cutting for the re-opening of the elevator in 2004 were, fromthe left, Jay Schuster, co-owner, Fred Divelbess, employee, Rick Olsen, manager of thePersia station, Renee Anderson, Director Harrison County Development and the late JohnCoffelt, who was co-owner at the time.

Persia Elevator backin service in 2004

Pisgah determined to growPisgah, nestled along

the Soldier River inHarrison County, might bea small town, weighing inat 316 residents in the2000 census, but the townfairs well on its own, con-tinuously makingimprovements to theircommunity.

The town, named byMormons based off a hillchristened as MountPisgah, contains but onesquare mile which is fullof volunteers determinedto make their communitythe best it can be.

One of the largest,recent changes includescontinuous improvementsto the community’s twoparks.

In Brandon Clark Park,the improvements havecontinued over the pastfour years. In 2006, newteeter totters were addedfor the town’s youngerpopulation. Following in2007, a slide was place inaddition to the new teetertotters, improving thatmuch more. The icing onthe cake – or under it inthis case – was the addi-tion of new pea gravelplaced under the old andnew equipment alike,making the park more aes-thetically pleasing and asafer place for Pisgahyouth to play.

“Masonic Lodge 402helped dispense all the pearock,” Pisgah resident JoyCarson said. “It was such ablessing.”

Just this year, Pisgahreceived grant funds torenovate the Pisgah CityPark’s shelter house. Theshelter needed to berewired and improvementsmade.

“It’s amazing how muchdifference it makes,”Carson said. “It was dimin there before. The newlights make a big differ-

ence.”Lori Bryceson and Bob

Thompson volunteeredtheir time to install abocce ball court and horseshoe pits in the city parkto make the park thatmuch more enjoyable forresidents.

A new addition yet tocome in 2010 includes therenovation of the town’sbaseball field, thanks togrant money from theHarrison CountyCommunity Foundation.

Town members have notrouble getting their handsdirty as they all chip inwith volunteerism toinstall the equipment andmake the improvementstheir beloved town needs.

Carson was also pleasedto announce that over thepast decade, the town hasarranged for a mini bus to

come through the townthe first and third Tuesdayof the month to allow eld-erly residents an opportu-nity to travel to the city topick up much needed sup-plies. Town and CountryArts, Harrison County’sarts council, annually uti-lizes the city park to bringArtists in the Park to theyouth, being able to utilizethe newly renovated parkshell. Pisgah comes with aReach Out Group thatmeets the fourth Thursdayof every month, “And hasbeen for years,” accordingto Carson.

Flowers are plantedevery year for the citytoo,” Carson said, proudof the beauty they bring toPisgah. “We also holdannual events for familieson Easter, Christmas andall the major holidays.”

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It’s a recent change – butone that was most wel-comed in Dunlap. The wellresearched Dunlap renova-tion event turned into atown project. The result –stunning.

Brad Gross, CPA, pur-chased his current officebuilding at 613 Iowa Ave.in July of 2009.The build-ing, originally built in1892, was purchased dueto its location and amountof space (5,000 square feet)to play host to the CPA’soffice.

After purchasing thebuilding, Gross wasinspired to not justimprove the building – butrestore it to its formerbeauty.

“I was inspired by thehistorical listing and seeingsome of the buildings inthe Old Market area ofOmaha,” Gross admitted.

“And I received sugges-tions from general contrac-tors Crown ViewDevelopment.”

And so it was decided.After asking around,

Gross dug in. He spenttime in the local library,searching for informationon the building. But some-times it’s more informativeto turn to the public –which is what he did.

“The people in town allstarted to bring in pic-tures,” Gross said.

Through the research,Gross discovered the build-ing was originally built bythe International Order ofOdd Fellows and theupstairs portion of thebuilding served as theirlodge.

“They held their lodgemeetings and held socialevents, fundraisers andparties upstairs,” Gross

said. “It was pretty stan-dard in those days.”

Gross commented thatthe majority of the IOOFbuildings were structuredsimilarly – the upstairsserving for lodge purposesand social functions, andthe downstairs portionbeing rented out.

“The lower level of thebuildings served severalpurposes – barber shops,mercantile stores andmore. One half of ours wasthe Dunlap Pharmacy andthe other half was theGamble Store, or a mercan-tile store that sold gro-ceries, sugar and salt andwhatever people needed inthose days,” he said.

Between the generalcontractor’s advice,research and informationsupplied by those in town,Gross dug in. Literally, thistime, performing a total

demolition to the building.“The total demo was

done to take it to the origi-nal form outside and thenwe redesigned the officesinside,” he said.

The restructuring of theoutside was a project initself, Gross recalled.

“Our store front waschanged sometime in the1950’s or 1960’s. A morecommercial front, standardto that time period wasdeveloped. But we wantedto restore it to it’s originalform,” he said.

That included, “A lot ofwork, and a lot of fun”according to Gross.

“We had to hire archi-tects and took some of theearly 1900’s photos tothem. They basically put itunder a microscope anddeveloped their blueprintsoff of that. And the con-tractors that were hiredhad to rebuild the entirestore front,” he said.

The interior was a differ-ent story – but just asexciting. The lobby portionof the building that servesas the CPA office’s lobby,was restored back to itsoriginal beauty including16 feet high ceilings. Theceiling is the original tin,restored, of course. Thewalls were taken all theback to brick prior to thedrywalling and the floor,hard wood. The other halfof the building was turnedinto offices for practicalityreasons.

The reason for thepainstakingly intricaterestructuring of the outsidewas to qualify for theNational Register ofHistoric Places due to thebuilding’s social signifi-cance to Dunlap.

“The outside has to orig-inal. There’s a list of guide-lines you have to follow.You have to leave things intheir original form,” Grosssaid. “There’s more lenien-cy inside. You are allowedto put up drywall.”

Registering for the list isa three part process – Grosshas already completed thefirst two and has submittedthe paperwork for thethird. His hope is to havethe building listed by theend of summer or early inthe fall.

The entire restorationproject, including theresearch, took a mere sixmonths. The physical ren-ovations themselves, amere four.

And Gross would do itall again.

“I wouldn’t change athing,” he said. “It turnedout better than I expected.”

A picture of the outside of the building prior to work being done.

The outside of the building following remodeling.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Dunlap Assisted LivingFacility in 2006. Pictured, left to right: Mike McDaniel, CFOCare Initiatives; Dr. Harry Cohen, Alegent Health MedicalDirector; Curt Kline, Mayor of Dunlap; Katie Spellman,Administrator Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center.

Medical care in Dunlaphas seen some changes inthe past decade.

Dunlap Nursing andRehab began as DunlapCare Center, opening itsdoors on April 4, 1977.The company has kepttheir doors open 24 hoursa day seven days a weeksince with help from theirowners, Care Initiatives,Inc., a not-for-profitorganization based in DesMoines.

Talk of adding on anassisted living facilitybegan in 2005.

After a little bit of talkand a lot of paperwork,funding was securedthrough grants andmatching funds by theDunlap NRC.

“In order to expand thenumber of assisted liv-ings in small communi-ties around Iowa, CareInitiatives applied forLow Income Housing TaxCredits,” AdministratorKatie Spellman said. “Wewere able to build fourassisted living buildingsin Dunlap, Lamoni,Odebolt and Panora.”

Spellman stressed that“low income” does notmean tenants have to beon state aid or qualify forthe Medicaid program.

“Once an application

has been filled out, weare able to determine apotential tenants’ incomebased on actual incomesuch as Social Security,IPERS, other income andtheir interest on theirassets like checkingaccounts and land,”Spellman said.

Thanks to the LowIncome Housing TaxCredits, the facility cameto fruition in early in2007, offering tenantsapartments availablebased on income level.The facility is able tooffer a washer and dryerfor tenants, as well as anactivity room with a com-puter equipped withinternet access. A lobbyincluding a large televi-sion and fireplace allowtenants to relax. A diningroom with a full kitchenoffer tenants three, wellrounded meals each day.

Individual rooms areequipped with their ownminiature refrigerator, asink and counter,microwave, bathroomincluding a handicappedaccessible shower, cabletelevision and individualheat and air conditioner.

The facility was builtwith 10 apartments, twoof those being availablefor couples.

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The Logan CommunityCenter/City Hall/PoliceDepartment that opened in2000, grew out of large andsmall donations by mem-bers and former membersof the Logan community.From elderly residentsdonating an amount equalto the year they graduated,to the overwhelming gen-erosity of Clinton andCharlene Keay, Jim Woodand Johnny Carson, thefacility is a testament to allthat is good in a smalltown.

The former communitycenter was found to haveserious structural prob-lems. Clinton andCharlene Keay got the ballrolling in 1997 when theygave the City of Logan$100,000 to purchase theformer Lo-Ma Elementarysite. That same year Jimand Helen Wood gave thecity $50,000 to remodelthe main building for acommunity center.

Committees wereformed and fundraisingbegan. A big boost in fund-ing came from none otherthan Johnny Carson who

had ties to the community.His grandfather, C.N. “Kit”Carson, served as mayor ofLogan from 1944-46. Hedonated $150,000 to theproject.

When bids for remodel-ing came in too high, orcontractors would not biddue to too many unknownfactors, officials decidedthe cost of a new buildingwould be much less.

By November 1998, thecouncil approved the lowbid for demolition andgave tentative approval fora new 8,500 square feetstructure. Besides housing

the community center thatcould seat up to 350, thebuilding would includeoffices for the city, thepolice department, seniorcenter, a kitchen and youthroom.

Grants were receivedfrom the DNR, RACI grant,Iowa West, Peter Kiewit,Union Pacific and a total of$150,000 from Jim andHelen Wood, making agrand total of $658,700.Alumni, citizens and busi-nesses contributed another$188,110. No tax moneywas used to pay for theconstruction.

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The thought of a newpool for the city of Loganhad been on the minds ofcity and pool officials formany years and after it wasnecessary to close the oldpool due to repair require-ments, work began inearnest to construct a newpool for the city.

Sept. 5, 2007 The swimming pool

committee meets with proj-ect manager David Burbachand plans steam ahead forthe facility.

Nov. 28, 2007The third time was a

charm for the design of theJim Wood Aquatic Center.The city council approvedthe conceptual drawing/siteplan. The cost estimate was$2 million.

Jan. 16, 2008The first council meeting

of the year began on a highnote as Gary Altwegg, repre-senting the WoodFoundation, announced theFoundation would fund$50,000 a year for a 20 yearperiod in addition to fundsalready given, contingent

upon the passage of a bondissue. This brought theWood Foundation donationtotal to $1.5 million.

Jan. 30, 2008The city council meets

with representatives fromRuan Securities to discussbonding options.

Feb. 26, 2008Information was flowing

at the public forum regard-ing the Jim Wood AquaticCenter and the proposed$1.5 million referendum setfor April 8 to help financethe project. The project willinclude the pool vessel of5,025 square feet of watersurface, a 1,870 square feetbathhouse and a mechanicalbuilding.

April 8, 2008The council set this date

for the special electionregarding financing the JimWood Aquatic Center, toborrow an amount not toexceed $1.5 million. Therewas no mistaking the mes-sage voters shouted loudand clear. They wanted anew pool. The landslide vic-tory – 345 yes to 47 no votes

– was the largest margin ofvictory for a bond issue thatHarrison County AuditorSusan Bonham couldremember. It won 88 per-cent approval.

Aug. 20, 2008The excitement of getting

to point of opening bids forthe pool was deflated – justa little – when one of thecontracts being bid came inapproximately 15 percenthigher than expected.

Aug. 28, 2008At a special council

meeting, the council set apublic hearing to discussentering into a loan agree-ment for up to $400,000 toallow the project to moveahead.

Sept. 8, 2008The first shovel full of

dirt will soon be turned forthe Jim Wood AquaticCenter. The Logan CityCouncil approved bids forthe project at the Sept. 8meeting.

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Logan Rooms open for business

It took a year and 10months, but LoganRooms received its licenseOct. 6, 2009 and openedfor business.

Purchased Jan. 1, 2008by Jeff and Jeremy Meyerof Logan, the motel andhouse underwent a com-plete remodel. Everythingwas gutted and no stoneleft unturned, Jeff said.

There are seven unitsin the motel. One has twoqueen beds, four withone queen bed and twowith one double bed.There are also four roomsavailable in the house formonthly rental. Each ofthe motel rooms includesa microwave and com-pact refrigerator as wellas a flat screen TV.

According to JeffMyer, they did most ofthe work themselves,including custom stain-ing the woodwork,installing drywall, theroof, floors and thecement.

An open house washeld Oct. 17, 2009 togive people the chance totour the business.

Jason, Jeremy and Jeff Meyer stand in front of the remodeled Logan Rooms which openedfor business in 2009.

The former Logan Community Center.

New park shelter takes shape

The construction of anew park shelter was aneffort between the City ofLogan and the park board.The design is modeledafter a train depot thatonce stood in Logan. Thecity received a total of$7,750 in grants for theconstruction of the newstructure, with the totalcost approximately$85,000.

The shelter includesan enclosed kitchen areathat includes a stove,refrigerator, three sinks,hot water and air condi-tioning. The windowsopen up and there arecounters inside with slid-ing screens that go up forserving food.

The two open sides,approximately 225square feet each, allow

for the placement of pic-nic tables. The shelterwas first open for busi-ness during the 2008Fouth of July celebra-tion.

The shelter is availablefor rent by contacting theCity of Logan.

Don MacMillan of DAMac Builders was thecontractor for the shel-terhouse.

Modale’s 2007-2008sewer system came with atotal bill of $2,285,000 –and began with two,improperly working sep-tic systems.

The ill-fated septic sys-tems were reported to theIowa Department ofNatural Resources inAugust of 1999. The sys-tems were dischargingwastewater onto theground. Two, separate,illegal discharges fromseptic systems into adrainage ditch were, infact, documented. TheCity of Modale wasinstructed by the IDNR toeliminate the dischargesand given the option towork with the CountySanitarian to upgrade theillegally discharging sep-tic systems and inspectand upgrade others not upto code, or to construct acentralized sewage treat-ment system.

“Our position was that,because Modale is anincorporated city, the cityshould address the prob-lem,” Iowa Departmentsof Natural Resource’s KirkMathis said. “One of theoptions to addressing fail-ing septic systems withinthe city limits is for thecity to decide to install acentralized sewer system.If the city is not involvedup front, then the citydoes not have the oppor-tunity to make that deci-sion.”

Initially, the city optedto upgrade the existingseptic systems. However,Modale later voted to con-struct the centralizedsewage treatment and col-lection system.

The city received morethan one grant and loansto aid in the cost of theproject including: USDARural Development Loan,$684,200; USDA RuralDevelopment Grant,$1,270,800; CommunityDevelopment BlockGrant, $300,000; and$30,000 worth of otherfunding.

Contractors includedGeneral Excavating, Inc.,Carroll, to construct thecollection system and JJWesthoff ConstructionCompany, Inc., Lincoln,Neb., to construct thelagoon treatment system.

Construction began in2007 and wrapped up in2008, leaving Modale resi-dents the responsibility tohook up to the new sys-tem.

Currently the lagoonsystem is anticipated tohave a 25-30 year lifespan, although some lastlonger than that, accord-ing to Mathis, dependingon how well it is operatedand maintained.

The system currentlyservices 115 residentialcustomers and 15 busi-nesses.

Little Sioux’s quest for anew sewer system tookplace over a number ofyears, with April 5, 2007finally bid opening day.No bids had originallybeen received on the oneof the divisions of theproject and had to be re-bid. The low bid was from

Joy Construction for$324,928 for the project.The engineer’s estimatehad been $353,400.

A long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony washeld July 17 with DeeFischer, USDA RuralDevelopment AreaSpecialist present.

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Rural Developmentassisted with the projectby providing HarrisonCounty with a Water andWaste Disposal Loan of$758,000 along with aWater and Waste DisposalGrant totaling$1,434,000.

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A first responder/fireground support truck waspurchased in 2001 for$9,700. Funds were pro-cured through fundraisingefforts and communitydonations as well as assis-tance from the City ofMagnolia. The truck isused primarily for emer-gency medical response,but also provides addition-al breathing air, emer-gency lighting and addi-tional tools for use instructural fires.

In 2004, a newAmerican Lafrancepumper truck was pur-chased through aFEMA/Assistance toFirefighters grant with 10percent matching fundsbeing provided by theWood Foundation. Totalcost of this project was$156,907. This truck isused as the primaryresponse for any structurefires within the Magnolia

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grant was obtained the fol-lowing year for approxi-mately $30,000 for thepurchase of personal pro-tective equipment andthermal imaging camera.Matching funds wereraised through departmentfundraisers and donations.

In 2005, a new brushtruck was purchased forapproximately $20,000with the majority of fund-ing from the Wood andSchildberg Foundations.Additional materials andfabrication to completethe truck were donated byVulcan Industries ofMissouri Valley as well ascontributions from thecommunity.

Another FEMA/AFGgrant was applied for andreceived in 2008. AMidwest Fire tanker truckwas delivered in Januaryof 2009 at a total cost ofjust over $160,000.Matching funds for thisproject were provided bythe Schildberg

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another brush truck wasadded to the fleet througha private donation. Workto complete this truck forservice was done bydepartment members andwas placed in service inthe fall of 2009.

These trucks replacedseveral trucks over thepast 10 years that rangedin age from 35 to nearly50 years old. Revised gov-ernment standards haveincreased the safety offirefighting vehicles great-ly in the past decade, lead-ing to improved firefightersafety.

The Department con-sists of 18 active mem-bers, of which nine arecurrently Firefighter I cer-tified. There are fivelicensed First Respondersand one licensed EMT-B.In the past year, 14 mem-bers completed a 28-hourdriver/emergency vehicleoperator class through theIowa Fire Service TrainingBureau.

The addtions to the Magnolia Fire Department’s fleet of vehicles over the past 10 years hascome through grants, matching funds and donations.

Mondamin boasts manynew additions in last 10 years

JIMMY KING PARK SHELTER AND PLAYGROUNDThe park shelter was a gift to the community, donated by Jimmy King. The building wasdedicated on the second annual Heritage Day in 2008. The play system was also donatedby Jimmy King and was dedicated on the third annual Heritage Day in 2009. The shelter isavailable for reservations year around and there is no charge. It operates on donations frompatrons that use the facility. It has a 400 square feet meeting area and a full servicekitchen. There is a 20-feet by 20-feet covered patio that opens to the playground. This isan excellent location for children’s birthday parties and family functions.

KEITH’S HALLThis was a hot spot for rollerskating, dancing and parties inthe 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s.Larry Stevens has restored thesecond floor as a museum,complete with a chair lift trav-eling to the 12-feet tall secondfloor. The restored hall andmuseum was scheduled toopen June 19, Heritage Day2010.

MONDAMIN HERITAGE DAYIn 2007, a small group of individuals sponsored thefirst annual Heritage Day which included a paradeand approximately three hours of activities. Overthe past three years it has grown to an all-dayevent that concludes this year with a beer gardenand dance. The organization committee consists ofindividuals from town and the surrounding com-munity. It is low-cost family oriented entertain-ment with something for everyone. Children’sgames and Outhouse Races are some of the enter-tainment. In 2009 the Iowa League of Cities hon-ored Mondamin for its efforts to gain communityinvolvement for the self-supporting event.Mondamin was in competition with all towns inIowa with populations under 5,000.

Missouri Valley’s newwater treatment facilitywas completed in January2008 with an open househeld in August 2008.

The new facility wasnecessary due to the dete-rioration of the formerfacility and also the needfor a larger plant to servethe city. The facility con-sists of a mechanical room,chemical room, four hold-ing cells, storage andgarages for all of the equip-ment.

Missouri Valley raisedfunds for the new $4.1 mil-lion plant through a bond

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Renovations and additionsat hospital a step into future

From groundbreakingceremonies on March 24,1957, and opening ofAlegent Health CommunityMemorial Hospital June 8,1958, the hospital has seenmany changes and improve-ments, especially in the pastdecade.

In the past 10 years, thehospital has added manyservices and seen severalfacility improvements. In2005, the facility wentthrough an entire remodel-ing. It made it possible forCommunity Memorial tonurture the spirit of thosethey serve by offering achapel for the first time.

Over the last eight years,CMH has stabilized thephysician group and seensubstantial growth in theHarrison County Clinics.Today the hospital has 199well-trained employees spe-cializing in providing highquality care.

Technology is constantlybeing updated with a new,16-slice CT scanner, picturearchiving and communica-tion system, allowing techni-cians to view x-rays on thecomputer, eliminating theneed for conventional film.Other additions include aPercussion Vest RespiratorySystem, E-Focus connectionto Alegent Corporate ICUand a DEXA scanner.

The clinic locations in

Harrison County are conve-niently located and staffedby professionals who workto prevent, diagnose andtreat a wide range of condi-tions found in patients of allages. A most recent additionis the implementation of an“after hours” clinic in

Missouri Valley, for all resi-dents.

Future plans calls forimplementation of a DigitalMammography Unit laterthis year and a newWoodbine clinic locationand possibly a major renova-tion for the hospital itself.

A DEXA scanner is a recent addition to Alegent HealthCommunity Memorial Hopsital in Missouri Valley.

The E-Focus connection allows doctors and other person-nel at Community Memorial to be in touch with the AlegentCorporate ICU.

Watson Steam Train resultof fundraising and grants

The Watson SteamTrain began steamingdown the track inMissouri Valley in 2009after years of hard workby several communitymembers.

The original steamtrain that years ago waschugging around thetrack belonged to MarkWarner’s step father, JohnWatson and his wifeSharlotte. It was given tothe City of MissouriValley and the park boardby the family.

“It hadn’t run since2000,” Warner said. “Weput a brand new boiler init and all new piping.”

There are actually two

trains. Besides the origi-nal train, a second onewas borrowed from aman in Chicago, whoagreed to let the commit-tee use it for five years.

A total of $552,000was raised for the proj-ect. $225,000 from aVision Iowa Grant,$175,000 from theRegional PlanningAssociation, $10,000from Loess Hills Alliance,$20,000 from theHarrison CountyCommunity Foundation,a total of $30,000 inMissouri Valley andcounty funding; $25,000Missouri ValleyDevelopment; $61,000

from individuals, groupsand fundraisers; $5,000from the Wubbena RandEndowment and $3,000from the Rand/MissouriValley Endowment.

The train includes1,700 feet of track, a 34-foot bridge and a 50-foottunnel that creates a lookof going through a mine.Inside the 100-foot x 32-foot train depot/museum,you will find a complet-ing restored motor carand the Robert and TrishRand collection of brassUnion Pacific enginereplicas.

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The Missouri ValleyAquatic Center opened in2000, after more thanthree years of fundraising.At that time, not verymany grants existed forpools, said City Clerk RitaMiller.

The $1.3 million facili-ty was paid for through

donations, city contribu-tions and lots of sponsor-ships with businessesmatching money raisedand a three-year pledgeprogram, as well as a sub-stantial amount from theRand family.

The zero depthentrance aquatic center

facility consists of a bath-house, a mechanicalroom, two slides andwater features. Miller saidthey are always addingumbrellas and lounges.The pool was constructedby Burbach AquaticCompany that also con-structed Logan’s pool.

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Though Woodbine hasseen some impressivechanges over the pastdecade, some of the mostimpressive changes are veryrecent.

The Woodbine MainStreet-Chamber formed inApril 2008 and Woodbinewas accepted in the PilotGreen program in theSummer of 2008. Oneadvantage of being named asone of the 10 Main StreetIowa cities in western Iowa:Woodbine has access to statefunds solely set aside forMain Street Communities.

As an aggressive commu-nity, Woodbine was able totap into those funds, receiv-ing two Challenge Grantsback to back – the first, usedfor the façade renovations,tallying an impressive$40,000. The Challengegrant is a 50/50 matchinggrant with the remaining 50percent funded by the Cityof Woodbine’s DowntownRevitalization Program MainStreet fundraising, othergrant sources for the GoldenAge Center and buildingowners. Thanks to the help

of Main Street and PilotGreen resources, as well asthe thrifty and efficient grantwriters of the WoodbineMain Street-Chamber wholanded the Challenge Grant,five buildings in the MainStreet district (aka WalkerStreet) received major facelifts.

Five contiguous MainStreet facades have beenrecently rehabilitated to amore historical look:Everything Ellen (comprisedof two buildings), the formerUnity High School building,the Golden Age Center, andthe Corn Palace are current-ly sporting proud, ‘newlyhistoric’ store fronts.

All of the façade renova-tions used Iowa GreenStreets criteria includingenergy efficient windowsand doors, mortar tuck-pointing, some structuralstabilization, and operableawnings. The professionalarchitectural design servicesfrom Main Street Iowa pro-posed the color palate forthe row of businesses tomaximize compatibility.

Plans to utilize the sec-

ond Challenge Grant in theamount of $33,000 arealready underway to restorethe eyebrow gas station onWalker Street.

“The mission of the MainStreet Iowa Program is toimprove the social and eco-nomic well-being of Iowa’scommunities by assistingselected communities tocapitalize on the uniqueidentity, assets and characterof their historic, commercialdistrict,” Woodbine’s MainStreet-Chamber Co-ProgramDirector Deb Sprecker said.“Main Street is economicdevelopment within the con-text of historic preserva-tion.”

“By improving our build-ings and the appearance ofour downtown, we canimprove our ability to retainand assist current businessesand attract new ones as wellas bring new people to ourbusinesses,” Main Street-Chamber Co-ProgramDirector Darin Smith said.

The currently proposedon-going façade master planis scheduled to take placeover the next 18 months.

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New Woodbine library expansion stunning effort

It took five years to raise thefunds and complete the project– but the results were stunning(and roomy) for the WoodbineCarnegie Library.

The library board was giventhe go-ahead for a scaled-backexpansion in April of 2000. Ina special meeting back in 2000,board members learned whatthe building committee knewfour days earlier – the newaddition would be consider-ably more than the $300,000original estimate. In fact, it wasalmost double – with a costestimate as much as $578,000according to Missouri Valleyarchitect Rick Emswiller. A lowestimate was around $368,308,excluding furniture, includingasphalt shingles and other lessexpensive products.

In March of 2000, thelibrary had $330,000 in grantsand cash, after a lengthyfundraising drive. The boardwas still $30,000 short, so theycontinued the fundraisingefforts.

The library expansioncalled for a more than 4,000square foot addition to housean expanded adult section,updated children’s section,computer stations, work roomand reading alcoves. Despitebeing shy the funds, the boardgave the go ahead to bid theproject.

A few months later, aground breaking ceremonywas taking place June 14,

2000. The fund drive endedwith an excess of $200,000 indonations with an additional$80,000 in grants and otherpledges, totaling nearly$35,000 promised. HaroldMelby, a local contractor, wasthe low bidder on the projectwith a base bid of $328,000.Although all looked to be inorder, the library fell short offunds, still, by $25,597 to payfor furniture and shelving forthe addition and $20,000 topay Emswiller. The total costapproved by the library boardtallied $361,800.

In November of 2000, con-struction was still taking place.The water fountain, currentlydisplayed by the new addition,had to be relocated. Stumpshad to be removed – amongother road blocks. Fortunately,the Woodbine City Councilagreed to help with the still lin-gering debt as well as pay for a

sidewalk and parking lot con-struction.

After all the heartache andheadache had passed, hun-dreds of visitors turned out totour the expanded CarnegieLibrary addition and renovat-ed children’s library inNovember of 2001.

Today the Woodbine PublicCarnegie Library continuesmoving in a forward direction,carrying everything fromaudio books, cake pans,games, movies and more torent as well as a wide array ofbooks. Computers with inter-net access adorn both theyouth and adult libraries andthe checking out and in ofbooks is done electronicallythrough a scanner. Inter-library exchange is made sim-ple through the use of com-puters.

And the buildings are full.New and old.

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Woodbine school three phaseproject began in 2000

It was a three phased proj-ect, beginning with talks in2002, that transformed theWoodbine CommunitySchool building into what it istoday.

The 42,500-square-footaddition provided the schoolwith a commons area andimproved heating and cool-ing, according to informationreleased by the district officein 2005. A new media room,gymnasium, lockers andclassrooms were incorporatedinto the project.

The project was overseenby management companyCost Planning ManagementInternational, Inc. of DesMoines. The school districtheld the contracts with sub-contractors performing thework, but wasn’t responsiblefor the day-to-day manage-ment of the project. Rather, itwas overseen by CPMIProject Manager John Eftafrom a battered and blue-print-strewn trailer parkedbehind the former adminis-trative building on NormalStreet.

The division of the laborbecome necessary because

the addition, designed byOmaha-based architects BahrVermeer Haecker, was built inphases and bid out individu-ally. It amounted to a lot ofcompanies and workers thatneeded to be kept togetherand brought up to speed.

Phase one of theWoodbine CommunitySchool project began inAugust of 2002, adding an ‘L’shaped commons and admin-istrative area, which includedtwo classrooms and storagearea.

Phase two was primarilyconcerned with the improve-ment of heating and air con-ditioning systems, affectingboth existing areas of thecomplex, beginning in Juneof 2003.

Phase three included32,500 square feet of gym andnew, two-story area of class-rooms, beginning in May2004. The cost of the additionreported in earlier editions ofthe Twiner sat at $5.3 million.The total was made up of ahalf million Harkin Grant, a$367,000 CommunityDevelopment Block Grantand a $1 million Vision IowaGrant, in addition to districtfunds provided by thePhysical Plant andEquipment Levy. A bondissue passed by local voters in2002 also supplied key sup-port.The three-phase projectwrapped up in late 2006,early 2007 leaving the schoolbuilding as it currently standstoday.

Woodbine School construction April 6, 2005.

Dollar General takes shape

The City of Woodbine began the southward annexation process in June of 2005. The annexproposal encompassed 16 tracts of property with the city paying all costs. Dennis Collier,who put in the Dollar General store south of Woodbine was excited for the change. Collier’shope was to draw people to the store’s location directly on U.S. Highway 30. The DollarGeneral held its grand opening Aug. 6, 2005, hiring nine permanent employees and twomanagers. Six of the nine originally hired were from Woodbine, while others were fromDunlap, Logan and Little Sioux. The store is still in place today and doing well.

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New playground equipment added

The July 11, 2001 edition ofThe Woodbine Twiner boasteda new, exciting development inWoodbine. Rose Vista NursingHome was awarded a $550,000Nursing Facility Conversionand Long Term Care ServiceDevelopment Grant from theDepartment of Human Services,to help fund construction andrenovation for a new assistedliving facility in Woodbine.

The grant from the state ofIowa was part of $20 millionawarded across the state. Thegrants made use of federalMedicaid dollars and wereintended to reduce overall longterm care costs for the state byproviding lower cost, long-term care alternatives.

The proposed project car-ried a $950,000 price tag withthe ground breaking held inDecember of 2001. It wasscheduled to bring four to sixnew jobs to Woodbine in 2002.

When doors were officiallyopened with an open house onOct. 13, 2002, four residentswere already moved in, show-ing the need for the facility.

When it opened, RoseVista Assisted Living, locateddirectly west of Rose VistaNursing Home, boasted 13units for individuals wishingto make the transition fromcomplete independence toassisted care.

Three one bedroom andnine studio units were ready

for occupancy, with residentssharing a large atrium/livingroom as well as kitchen andlaundry facilities. Studio unitswere built approximately 370square feet with one-bedroomapartments at 500 square feet.All rooms included handi-capped accessible restrooms,individual temperature con-trols, a small refrigerator andmicrowave as well as cabletelevision capabilities. Thelarge dining area was built toprovide two meals per day forresidents and space for a vari-ety of activities.

Tenants were slated tospend between $1,850 and$2,250 per month for roomboard and services.

The footings of NaturalCreation’s building were pouredin September of 2001. By Juneof 2002, the doors were opened.By October of the same year, thedoors were officially opened.

Natural Creations began in1987 in the garage of Jack andJan Hinze, with daughterAmber Nelson playing an inte-gral part in the company’s newbuilding in 2002. By 2002, Dr.Jack Hinze remained with thecompany, but worked primarilyas a consultant, leaving Nelsonas the primary owner of thecompany.

When the Natural Creationsopened the doors of its newfacility in 2002, they were ableto boast having more than 400pharmacies across the countryas customers, providing natural

remedies versus pharmaceuticalalternatives.

The brick building was con-structed over three lots and ini-tially built by the WoodbineCommunity Betterment andDevelopment under thedirection of general contrac-tor Todd Heistand. NaturalCreations went from being along-term renter to becom-ing an investor when WCBDwas unable to provide all thefunds for the project, includ-ing four, low to moderateincome apartments on itssecond story using lowincome housing funds fromthe state to finance a portionof the project.

Natural Creations heldtheir grand opening duringthe Sept. 28, 2002 Applefest,

showcasing their homeo-pathic and botanical solu-tions, as well as a gift center.

By 2007, more changefound its way to the compa-ny, with primary ownerAmber Nelson selling hershare of the company toemployee Bill Steppuhn.

Stepphun had once toldhis wife when they were firstmarried, “Mark my words.Someday I will own my ownbusiness.”

“Well, and it just turnedout this way,” hesaid.Steppuhn still owns thebusiness to date, with Nelsonkeeping good on her word,remaining a “good employ-ee” and enjoying spendingformer office hours with herfamily.

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In March of 2005, TinaSullivan watched her threechildren play in the WoodbineCity Park, while reminiscingof her own days spent on theWoodbine playground.

The worn out three-little-pigs-themed springing con-traptions her daughter, then 3,was riding in 2005, Sullivan,30 at the time, once enjoyedherself. Her son, 4 at the time,pumped his legs to swinghigher on the animal-shapedswing – more memories Tinarecalled, as well as the adja-cent slide.

Tina was taking her chil-dren to the school’s play-ground – but since construc-tion on the city park began in2005, she began taking themto the park – but not withoutconcern as she keeps a closeeye on her children.

“It would be great to havenew playground equipment,”she said in 2005, holding herthen 1 year old. The equip-ment was in serious need ofupdating. There wasn’t evenone, lone swing in the park.

The Woodbine PlaygroundCommittee was formed inMarch of 2005. Committeemembers Dencil Hammackand Noel Sherer even traveledto Dunlap, Logan, Harlan andother communities, wherethey videotaped and pho-tographed playgrounds toshare with the committee.

In May of 2005, theWoodbine PlaygroundCommittee made the decisionto go with LandscapeStructures for the new play-ground equipment. Safetyissues were at hand regardinga 3-dimensional Spacenet, a

web-like structure meant forclimbing – that came with alofty price tag. Yet, aside fromWoodbine, the closestSpacenet structure is locatedat a playground off WestCenter Road in Omaha, Neb.

After many months of dili-gent work by the WoodbinePlayground Committee andsupport of the community, thenew playground became areality. Volunteers were usedfor the installation of the newfangled play equipment June1-3, 2006, with only moder-ate preassembly done to theequipment. On July 18, 2006,volunteers came togetheronce again to complete thenew recreational area, includ-ing painting the tornadoslide, assembling timbers,installing swings and land-scaping.

Following an order fromthe state inspector toremodel or close the oldjail facility, the HarrisonCounty Law Enforcementfacility moved into a newbuilding in June of 2000.

The new building, possi-ble after the passage of a$1.9 million bond issuewith a 79.2 percentapproval, was built nearthe former jail site after theauction and removal ofthree homes on the sur-rounding lots.

The jail includes threecell pods. One with ninebeds, one with four and theother five. Each pod has ashower stall and also ahandicapped accessibleshower stall. Each 50-square foot cell includes atoilet/sink combination,and small table and chair,all bolted to the floor orwall. There is a cameralocated in each cell and cellblock to monitor the areas.Each pod includes naturallighting through frostedglass for the inmates,which was one of the staterequirements.

The control room,manned 24-hours a day,houses all controls to thelights, water, release valves,cameras, audio and doors.

Another state require-ment was that all inmates

have indoor and outdoorexercise facilities. Theraised portion of the roofcovers the indoor exercisearea where a basketballhoop is installed. The out-door recreation area istotally enclosed on all sideswith razor wire along thetops of the brick walls. It ismonitored at all times byjailers in the control room.To help recoup some costs,inmates are housed fromother counties when thereis room.

Also housed in thebuilding is the communi-cation center that saw atremendous improvementfrom its former location.Prior to moving into thenew office, the formercommunication centerconsisted of one monitorwith the Iowa OnlineWarrant and Articles sys-tem. It was a secure sitethat employees needed tobe trained on. Now thecenter includes severalcomputers and monitors.The department is also“tucked away” in the build-ing and also has the abilityto lock down if needed.

As technology changes,improvements continueconstantly in the commu-nication center andHarrison CountyEmergency Management,

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years, technology to growby leaps and bounds,” saidLarry Oliver, Director ofHarrison CountyEmergency Management.

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The 20,000 square footstructure, located just offU.S. Highway 30 betweenLogan and Missouri Valley,also is the home of the Kingof Kings exhibit. A nine-scenery, life-size displaydepicting the last day’s ofChrist.

The site also includes achapel, built in the style ofan old Spanish church, theLight of Love Theatre thatseats up to 77, a “Wall ofPopes,” a gift shop, and theJesus Walking on the Waterexhibit can be found out-side.

Artifacts from theCatholic, Eastern Orthodoxand Jewish traditions andmany others are housedinside the museum.