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Person of the yearAs a leader and advocate, Wood was an obvious choice

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The Daily Nonpareil’s choice for this year’s “Person of the Year” could have been selected to receive the honor numerous times in the past, but, according to Tom Schmitt, The Nonpareil’s publisher, the addition of a key community initiative to her long list of responsibilities and accom-plishments in 2012 made it obvious that this was her year.

“In addition to running one of the community’s most prestigious organi-zations, in 2012 our honoree accepted the challenge of reaching out to even more people via the creation of the Kanesville-Tinley Neighborhood ini-tiative, a project that confirms there is no end to Carol Wood’s love for our city or her desire to help others,” Schmitt said on Wednesday, when making the official announcement. “Carol just keeps giving more and more to our community and to people in need.”

At 61 and after 40 years working at a growing and increasingly impor-tant Children’s Square U.S.A., the last 20 as the organization’s president and CEO, Wood, at an age when many are thinking about – or at least beginning to think about – winding down their careers remains a tireless advocate for children and their fami-lies and a community leader.

A native of Council Bluffs, she enrolled at Dana College in Blair, Neb., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in social work and psychology following her graduation from Abra-ham Lincoln High School in 1969.

Wood began working at Children’s Square in 1972, interning as a child-care worker.

“I was a student at Dana College,” she said. “We had the month of Janu-ary to do something.”

Wood worked part-time in the childcare center, then part-time in a dormitory during the summer.

“That was when we were still legal guardians of children – about the end of the orphanage era,” she recalled.

Wood started working at Chil-dren’s Square full time in May 1973. She helped oversee a group home in Clarinda, and then moved into a

group home on the Council Bluffs campus when it opened. A year later, she was transferred to foster care and adoption.

In 1978, she was one of several Children’s Square employees sent to the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kan., on a grant to study family therapy. She made the trip to Topeka twice a month for two years then monthly for a third year.

“That’s really when I made my huge leap in terms of training and my credentials to work with families,” she said. “The Menninger Clinic was one of the major training centers in the United States.

“The goal was to prevent out-of-home placements of children and to get them back home as soon as pos-sible.”

It was during that same period

that Wood enrolled as a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she earned a master’s degree in social work in 1980.

Those early years of her decades at Children’s Square saw her gain experience in children’s programs, the girls detention unit, group care, the foster parent adoption program, the boys program and group home in Clarinda, the boys treatment pro-gram, the family therapy project, the campus-based school program and with runaway homeless youth.

“I worked every program – from the ground up,” she said. It was expe-rience, a thorough grounding, that would serve her and the institution well in the years to come.

By 1987, Wood had become a supervisor of therapists, training staff on children and family therapy. Four

years later, in 1991, she was pro-moted to vice president. Wood was named interim president in 1992 as a nationwide search was being con-ducted for a new permanent leader.

“I had no intention of becoming president, and I didn’t apply for the position,” she said. “I didn’t think I had enough leadership skills.”

When the nationwide search left the board without a candidate all could agree on, Wood agreed to be considered as a candidate. In 1993, she was named to head the organiza-tion.

A year and a half ago, Wood was named Iowa Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers.

At the time, El Seibert, a local social worker and past recipient of the award who nominated Wood, said, “Her dedication and commitment to improving the lives of others has been instrumental in Children’s Square U.S.A. becoming the premier commu-nity organization it is today. Carol is well known for her leadership skills. She is a tireless advocate for chil-dren and their families and works to educate legislators and the commu-nity about their needs. Her leader-ship and dedication to children and families have earned Carol deserved respect among her staff, peers and colleagues.”

Wood said that when she started at Children’s Square, the orga-nization had an annual budget of $500,000, a number that has grown to $9.5 million today. Children’s Square now boasts a staff of 200, all of them professionals. Those staff members work out of offices in Council Bluffs, Omaha and Sioux City.

Children’s Square U.S.A. serves more than 2,200 children and their families annually. On a daily basis, nearly 500 children and families are enrolled in one of the organization’s many programs, including early child-hood care and education programs, educational classes and counseling services, emergency services for chil-dren including a telephone help line, services for runaway and homeless youth, a grade 1-12 special education program, residential treatment for children and adolescents experienc-

ing serious emotional disorders and aftercare services for young adults who have aged out of foster care.

It’s a huge task to which Wood has added a neighborhood improvement project for the area surrounding the Children’s Square campus in Council Bluffs.

“This was once a very proud neigh-borhood, but over the years it’s been in decline,” Wood said.

Through the initiative, neighbors are getting to know one another. They are cleaning up the neighborhood, and they are beginning to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs to make improvements.

“It’s all about bringing people together,” Wood said.

“Carol is an incredible leader and an even better person,” said Phil Tay-lor, chairman-elect of the Children’s Square Board of Directors. “Anyone who has spent any amount of time around Carol or around Children’s Square knows how each and every employee is truly dedicated to the mission of helping children and fami-lies in need. That’s due in large part to Carol’s hard work, her vision, dedi-cation and leadership.

“I cannot imagine Children’s Square without Carol Wood. She works tirelessly to make Children’s square the compassionate, compe-tent, forward thinking organization that it is.”

“Carol has done a remarkable job managing the Children’s Square organization and its affiliates in an incredibly challenging environment,” said Bob Mundt, chairman of the Christian Home Association Founda-tion Board of Directors.

“Her dedication and passion for the welfare of our children and the world in which they live should be an inspiration to us all as we consider their impact on each of our futures. There is no better example.”

“There was a time that I could not imagine not being there,” Wood said of her work at Children’s Square. “I can imagine that now. But I’m only 61, and I’ve got a capital campaign or two left in me. We’ve got boys cot-tages to build, we’ve got an endow-ment to build up …”

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Carol Wood, president and CEO of Children’s Square U.S.A., is The Daily Nonpareil’s Person of the Year.

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President of Celebrate CB, Keep Council Bluffs Beautiful volunteer, Rotarian, co-chair of Spirit of Courage Celebrity Weekend golf tournament, Cee Bee Ambassador and small business owner.

When does Carol Horner sleep?

To call Horner a difference maker is apt, maybe even selling her short. The Coun-cil Bluffs native works year round to make her hometown a better place.

“I like to be part of some-thing important. I believe in karma, I believe the work I do, when I’m doing good, good comes to me,” she said. “I love this city. Benefiting the com-munity it benefits me. I’m a citizen here, if the communi-ty’s doing well then I am too.”

Horner is the owner of Syn-chronicity, a consulting busi-ness that helps companies “be in sync, work together better.”

Horner’s volunteer foot-print is most visible during Celebrate CB, when a variet-ies of events build up to the

annual pride parade.“I like being part of some-

thing big. I was in the parade as a kid. You get down there at the start of the parade, that parade is it,” she said. “You see 6,000 people lining the streets to watch, there’s kids, 100 parade entries. People are just excited about what’s going on. It’s a chance to enjoy each other and our commu-nity and have some fun.”

One of her fondest memo-ries is being the “starter” of the parade, being the “one who said ‘go.’”

“She is just your ultimate volunteer,” said Carol Wood with Children’s Square (oh yeah, Horner’s done a vari-ety of work for the longtime institution). “She’s so active in so many things in the commu-nity. If there’s a fundraiser to be done in town, Carol Horn-er’s energy and enthusiasm is there to help.”

Keep Council Bluffs Beau-tiful is special to Horner, an “environmentalist at heart.” Sandy Hull with the organiza-tion called Horner, “one of our biggest advocates.”

“She’s always talking about

what we do, always getting people involved,” Hull said. “She’s very passionate about this organization and is as equally passionate about all of them she’s involved in.

“She has a vision for improving Council Bluffs.”

Horner grew up in Council Bluffs, but her love for the com-munity didn’t come through until she moved back to the area. She attended Abraham Lincoln High School until late in her sophomore year, when her family moved to Marshall-town. Horner graduated from Northern Iowa University in 1986 and, with few jobs avail-able during the Farm Crisis, headed south to Texas.

She moved to Council Bluffs in 1999 to start her company and as a way to build business joined the Chamber of Com-merce. And her love grew as Horner said “yes” to more and more volunteer opportunities.

She said there’s an expecta-tion that businesses in Coun-cil Bluffs become involved with non-profits, that busi-nesses lend a helping hand.

“If you’re going to be a busi-ness in this town, you engage

with non-profits. It’s just something you do,” she said. “If you don’t support efforts, sponsor things, you won’t be successful. I firmly believe that. And the businesses step up, I love that. They do step up.”

And Horner’s stepped up more than most.

“We’ve only scratched the surface of what we can do in this city. And we’re doing some great stuff,” she said. “I just see us succeeding, we work so well together here. All

in all we work well together in this city.

“I’m excited for the future, I always am. I’m a forward-looking person. Take the best from the past, the rest of the crap can go away. Then move forward.”

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Carol Horner kicks off a meeting with the Leadership Iowa visit committee at the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Horner is the president of Celebrate CB, a Keep Council Bluffs Beautiful volunteer, Rotarian, co-chair of Spirit of Courage Celebrity Weekend golf tournament, a Cee Bee Ambassador and small business owner.

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As executive director of the American Red Cross Loess Hills Chapter, Jill Orton is frequently called on to be a difference-maker.

Orton came to the Loess Hills Chapter on Jan. 4, 2010, and has had a busy first three years. She oversaw responses to area flooding in 2010 and the Great Flood of 2011, sent volunteers to Mapleton after the tornado in 2011 and com-pleted deployments this year in response to the Thurman tornado and Hurricane Sandy, as well as sending many local volunteers.

On Nov. 30, Orton returned from a deployment to New York and Greenwich, Conn., to help raise money for Hur-ricane Sandy relief. It was her first time in New York and the

biggest disaster operation she had ever helped with.

“It was an opportunity to touch all the different (Red Cross) areas, because I got to tell their stories to the donors,” she said.

That’s in addition to mak-

ing sure local teams respond to residential fires in the chapter’s eight-county service area, the chapter’s health, safety and disaster-response classes are on track to train local citizens and volunteers and the agency’s military

communications services are going smoothly.

“We’re going to be there, whether it’s a fire or a hur-ricane or a 100-day flood,” she said.

Orton is also very active in Council Bluffs’ Noon Rotary Club.

She first became involved with the Red Cross as a swim-ming and aquatics instructor for the Mid-River Chapter in Hastings, Neb., where she served for seven years, includ-ing a stint on the chapter’s board of directors. She joined the staff of the Heartland Chapter in Omaha in 2000 and was promoted to pre-paredness, health and safety director in 2006. She is a 2009 graduate of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands Nonprofit Executive Institute.

She and her husband, Doug, have two children.


Jill Orton is the executive director of the Loess Hill Chapter of the American Red Cross.

As the owner of Barley’s Bar and Grill, Matt John-son has been active in efforts to revitalize the 100 block of West Broadway where his business is located.

He has worked with other business owners on that block to help create outdoor seating to spur interest as motorists

drive by. Johnson has been instru-

mental in starting the local Pink Out event two years ago that creates awareness for breast cancer.

He has also been involved with Crossroads for Western Iowa, Boys and Girls Clubs and other organizations.

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Making sure World War II veterans see the monu-ment in Washington D.C. celebrating their sacrifice is

a mission of Jeff Bal-lenger.

A mem-ber of the H o n o r Flight Net-work, over the past five years B a l l e n g -

er’s helped countless veter-ans of western Iowa make the trek to the World War II Memorial.

“They went through a lot. Horrors, they were liber-ating concentration camps or seeing the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima,” Ballenger said. “That stays with someone forever, but I think they came home and compartmentalized it. These trips, it comes flood-ing back.”

Ballenger helped start

the Central and Western Iowa Honor Flight orga-nization to honor his late grandfather, Willard Cox, an Army veteran who took a bullet in the Pacific The-ater of World War II, earn-ing a Purple Heart.

He then produced a film about the flights, which was narrated by actor Gary Sinise.

Honor Flights are among the many contributions Bal-lenger’s made to the Coun-cil Bluffs and the entire region. Most recently, he’s joined the Council Bluffs Chamber’s Board of Direc-tors, representing small businesses.

A graduate of Leader-ship Council Bluffs, Jeff’s entrepreneurial spirit lea to establishing Jeff’s Wash & Glo, Gorilla Wash and many other business ven-tures.

Ballenger also serves on several local and state boards and commissions.

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Mitch StreitMitch Streit’s presence

can be felt in so many ways around town. As a member of the Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce board board of directors, Streit has served as the facilitator for the cham-ber’s annual Legislative Coffee series.

He has also been involved with Optimists, Childern’s Square and other organizations.

Manager of the Madi-son Avenue Hy-Vee Store, Streit has helped bring many civic-minded activi-ties there including the state’s Start Somewhere Walk to encourage more healthy habits.

Steve Baumert

Steve Baumert, president and CEO of Jennie Edmund-son Hospital since April 2007, has made a difference in many ways. On the state level, he has served as the District D

c h a i r m a n for the Iowa H o s p i t a l Association and recently began a three-year term on the board of trustees. He has also

been involved with Leader-ship Iowa.

Now in his sixth and final year on the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, he led the Cham-ber as chairman of the board in 2011-12 and now serves as its past chairman. He

also serves on the Pottawat-tamie County Growth Alli-ance Board, the Iowa Hospital Education & Research Foun-dation and the MICAH House Board.

He has served on the board for Midlands Choice, Healthcare Partners of West-ern Iowa, the Visiting Nurse Association and American Red Cross Loess Hills Chap-ter, as well as the Curricu-lum Committee of Leadership Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs Community School District School Improvement Advisory Committee and Council Bluffs Human Relations Committee. He has also been involved with St. Albert Catholic Schools, United Way of the Midlands youth programs, youth sports and various other community events and educational activi-ties.

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Brenda MainwaringTo say Brenda Mainwar-

ing is simply “involved” in her community would be an understatement.

In addition to her work in Coun-cil Bluffs through her job at Union P a c i f i c , M a i n w a r -ing serves on the Pot-t a w a t t a -mie County Conserva -tion board of

directors, the Council Bluffs Chamber, Midlands Humane Society, Iowa Transporta-tion Museum in Grinnell and serves as the vice president of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, a statewide orga-nization based in Des Moines. Mainwaring is also a Pot-tawattamie County Master Gardener.

She previously served on the board of the Council Bluffs Planning Commission, the Bluffs Arts Council, the Southwest Iowa Arts Center and the Pottawattamie Con-servation Foundation.

Through her work at Union Pacific (UP), where she’s worked for 16 years, Mainwar-ing helped put together the partnership that created the UP Museum in Council Bluffs and developing exhibits. Cur-rently, Mainwaring is the director of Public Affairs for Iowa and Nebraska. In that role, she serves as liaison for communities in both states.

A native of Council Bluffs who graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, Main-waring said she has become so involved because she wants to “make a lasting difference in the world.”

Mainwaring said she became inspired to make a difference because of her par-ents, Jim and Jan Sutherland, who have also been active in community projects and edu-cation in Council Bluffs.

“I’m honored to be con-sidered a ‘difference maker’ in Council Bluffs,” she said. “This town is filled with amaz-ing people who give their time, talents and resources to make this a better place to live. It is that collective effort that really makes a difference.”

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Tom PotvinTruly a “quiet leader”:

That’s what people close to Tom Potvin, PGA profes-sional at Dodge Riverside Golf Course, have called him.

Potvin has been the driv-ing force behind the Jennie Edmundson Spirit of Courage Golf Tournament since day one the event started, said Tara Slevin, vice president, Volunteer Services & Foun-dation at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.

“Tom and his team often arrive at 4 a.m. to ensure everything is set up and pre-pared for both the registra-tion and processing of the golfers to course layout and flow,” she said. “Once we get the teams, we take a sigh

of relief knowing Tom will handle all the details and walk us through every step.”

Even during the flooding of 2011, which devastated the golf course, Potvin worked as a calming influence as decisions were made on the event.

When it looked like the event would have to be moved, it was Potvin who got on the phone and tried to find another course. In the end, the event was able to stay at Dodge.

“I know he also provides tremendous support to doz-ens of other organizations and families who set up events there year after year,” Slevin added.

Ted RobertsCouncil Bluffs Police Offi-

cer Ted Roberts not only helps to keep citizens safe, but gives freely of his time not spent on the beat.

Tara Slevin, Vice President of Volunteer Services & Foun-dation at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, said Roberts is always available to lend hand when needed, and if he can’t, he’ll find someone who can.

Roberts routinely helps Jennie with the Spirit of Courage weekend and has also been active with Habitat

for Humanity, participating in two Mr. Habitat competi-tions.

Slevin said Roberts and his wife, Niki, are also business owners and very supportive of the community, including decorating their store window at the Creative Edge Salon for the city-wide pink out.

“Ted’s the guy that is the first to step up when some-one needs a boost and has planned many fundraisers to help fallen officers and com-munity folks,” Slevin said.

Barb MurphyDirector of Sales at Holiday

Inn/Hampton Inn at Ameri-star, Barb Murphy has been involved with the Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Com-merce as a CB Ambassador for many years.

As a graduate of Leadership Council Bluffs, she has volun-teered for the Council Bluffs Sports Authority, Meals on Wheels, Council Bluffs Schools Senior Project Initiative and other community events.

If there’s a Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce event, there’s a good chance Debo-rah Petersen is there.

Petersen has served in multiple leadership capacities for the Council Bluffs Cham-ber of Commerce, including Chairwoman of the Board, chair of the tourism commit-tee and founder of the cham-ber’s total resource campaign.

She is also actively involved with several legal

professional groups as well as many local causes, including the Iowa Honor Flight pro-gram. Petersen and husband restored the Creston House, 215 S. Main St., completing the project in 2010. It houses Petersen Law and St. Jude Hospice.

Deborah Petersen cur-rently chairs the Eagle of Honor project that’ll bring a veteran’s memorial to Council Bluffs.

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Outside of his duties as general manager of The Daily Nonpareil and West-ern Iowa Newspapers, Phil Taylor makes it a priority to volunteer his time and talent to better the community of Council Bluffs.

He has been on the board of directors at Children’s Square U.S.A. in Council Bluffs since 2007. He was recently appointed chair elect of the board and is set to become its next chairman.

When he first started on the board of directors, Tay-lor didn’t know a lot about the organization but said it has become “near and dear to my heart” because he’s discovered all the good the organization does for the community.

Since 1882, Children’s Square has served chil-dren and families in need. Through its many programs and services, Children’s Square provides opportuni-ties for children and families to “develop life skills and values that enhance overall well being,” according to its website.

“You get the feeling that you’re part of an organiza-tion that makes a huge dif-ference in the lives of people who need it the most,” he said. “They do such incred-ible work with such compas-sion.”

In addition to serving on the Children’s Square board of directors, Taylor is on the

Council Bluffs YMCA board of directors, which he’s been on for 10 years; the foun-dation board of the new All Care Health Center in Council Bluffs; the Centen-nial Rotary Club in Council Bluffs and, as part of that, serves on a Career Fair board for fifth grade students; the Council Bluffs Schools Facili-ties/Boundary Committee; is a TeamMates mentor; and serves on the annual gala committee for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

“My son, Ryan, has mus-cular dystrophy so that’s also something that’s very near and dear to my heart,” he

said.Taylor said it can be dif-

ficult to juggle work, a family and still stay involved.

“You try and pick those things you can make a con-tribution to and make sure you commit the time that’s necessary to make a differ-ence,” he said. “It’s hard. You have to be really organized.”

Working for a flexible employer has helped him to become and remain active, he said.

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Media encourage their man-agers to be involved in the community and so they’re extremely flexible,” he said. “It wouldn’t be possible to be this involved if it wasn’t for their support.”

Overall, he said, it’s important for people to find time to volunteer in their community.

“If people don’t volunteer for things like this, then we wouldn’t have a lot of the important things that make Council Bluffs the great com-munity it is today.”


Phil Taylor, general manager of The Daily Nonpareil and Western Iowa Newspa-pers, makes it a priority to volunteer his time and talent to better the community of Council Bluffs.

Barry Cleaveland

Barry Cleaveland, director of research and development at Silverstone Group Inc., is actively involved in the com-munity.

Bob Mundt, president and CEO of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce, said Cleaveland has served on the Iowa Department of Trans-portation Board of Directors since 2008.

Mundt also pointed out that Cleaveland has recently accepted a position on the Council Bluffs Chamber Board of Directors.

“Barry has been involved in many agricultural causes and serves on many boards and commissions in the Metro area representing Coun-cil Bluffs and Silverstone,” Mundt said.

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Ann Powers has been vol-unteering at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital for more than 20 years, delivering depart-ment mail and training new volunteers.

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Despite a massive cam-paign spending effort by state Republicans to unseat him, Democrat Mike Gronstal is heading back to the Iowa Senate for his eighth term representing Council Bluffs.

The Senate’s majority leader defeated challenger Col. Al Ringgenberg by 10 percentage points in the Nov. 6 general election.

“It was one of my stronger victories,” the Democrat said. “I know they pumped a lot of money into his campaign. I think they spent more than any of my previous oppo-nents.”

Gronstal credited his vic-tory to hard work by his vol-unteers, as well as his own knuckles.

“I knocked on more than 13,000 doors,” he said.

His message about more jobs, helping small busi-nesses grow and improved community college training resonated among the voters, Gronstal said.

As in past years, contro-versy followed him in 2012. Those wanting a public vote on same-sex marriage got nowhere with him. Gronstal continued to say he will not allow discrimation to be put into the state’s Constitution. He will not bring the issue up for a Senate vote in 2013 if he retains his top position, Gronstal said.

His stand on late-term

abortion has been criticized in some quarters, though he claims it’s more about politics than specific issues. Not only are late-term abortions rare and performed due to severe complications, but legislation

offered by the Senate would require an abortion clinic to be built in an area with an available neo-natal intesive care unit, which isn’t avail-able at the two Council Bluffs hospitals.

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After the 2008 season, Scott Strohmeier left his post as head football coach at North Iowa Area Community College to start the fledgling program at Iowa Western. This season his Reivers went 12-0, which included a 27-7 victory over No. 2 Butler in the Graphic Edge Bowl to capture the NJCAA National Championship.

For his efforts Strohm-

eier’s been named the 2012 American Community Col-lege Football Coaches Asso-ciation Coach of the Year.

“I’m just so proud of our kids,” Strohmeier said after his team’s title game effort. “They fought and fought. It didn’t come easy, by no means. That’s the way they’ve been all year. They’re a determined group.”

All this for a team that didn’t exist in 2008. The Reivers went 5-4 their first season, in 2009, and the next

season were 9-0 before drop-ping their final two games. They went 9-2 again in 2011 before this year’s run, which featured Iowa Western put-ting up video game point and yardage stats all season as the nation’s best offense.

Most importantly, the school has sent at least 74 players to NCAA foot-ball programs, with more to come.

“We’ve made big strides in the short time we’ve been here,” Strohmeier said.

Charles LakinCharles Lakin made a

difference again by pledging $1.2 million toward redevel-opment of 1216 and 1228 S. Main St. as the ReStore and offices for Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs. Together, the facilities will be called the Charles E.

Lakin Habitat for Humanity Center.

Lakin and his son, Chuck, were present for a symbolic ground breaking on Nov. 1. Renovation is to begin in February and is expected to cost a total of $3.4 million.

The Emerson native has

donated to countless other area projects and is espe-cially proud of the Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus at North 16th Street and Avenue G, to which he donated at least $10 mil-lion and property valued at another $2 million.

Bill ShipleyFaye SlateOn March 28, Faye

Slate of Council Bluffs learned she was the owner of a $1 million lottery ticket, which she bought at Hy-Vee, 1745 Madison Ave.

Slate’s ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball. The winning numbers in that night’s $50 mil-lion Powerball drawing were 11-16-29-50-58 and the Powerball was 33.

Her ticket was the third $1 million-win-ning Powerball ticket sold in Iowa in a little more than a month.

Tom Latham

The Republican lawmaker won his 10th term in the U.S. House of Representa-tives, winning a hard-fought campaign against Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell.

Both men ran against each other because of the reshaped House District 3 that resulted from changes in the 2010 census. The new district stretches from south-

west Iowa, including Council Bluffs, to Des Moines.

It was one of the only races in the country that pitted two incumbent House members against each other.

Jeff DankerJeff Danker won his

sixth term as Pottawattamie County sheriff in November, but he faced a challenger for the first time.

Fellow Republican and Iowa State Trooper John Hitchcock took on Danker claiming it was time for new, leadership; but county voters

didn’t agree. Danker easily defeated his

challenger in the June pri-mary, receiving 4,399 votes to 2,609 for Hitchcock.

Pamela Mahoney and Colene MahoneyLast summer, a mother and

her daughter were killed as result of an interstate collision on July 1.

Pamela Mahoney, 49, of Carter Lake was driving a 1999 Ford Escort when it was hit in the front driver’s side by a 2009 Chevy Silverado

driven by Scott Billings, 46, of Omaha. Pamela died at the scene of the crash.

Her daughter, 19-year-old Colene Mahoney, was trans-ported to the Nebraska Medi-cal Center, where she died July 2. Colene was a 2011 graduate of Thomas Jefferson

High School. The Thomas Jefferson soft-

ball team dedicated their game to Colene that night, who was a member last year. The jer-sey that she wore hung at one end of the Jacket dugout. Players donned blue bows with Colene’s No. 6 on the tail.

The deaths of a Platts-mouth, Neb., mother and her son were ruled a suicide-mur-der in June.

Council Bluffs Police described Charlotte Schilling’s death as a suicide. The bodies of Schilling and her 10-year-old son, Owen, were found south of Lake Manawa, near the Missouri River, on May 20.

The mother and son had been missing since May 10. When Schilling’s vehicle was found at Lake Manawa State Park on May 11, the investiga-tion into their disappearance shifted to the area.

A hiker found the bodies in a fairly remote area.

A presidential election year is a special time for Iowa when candidates crisscross the state, kissing as many babies and posing with as many corn-stalks as possible to capture the vote.

This year was no different, as presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Rom-ney, along with vice presiden-tial candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, all made stops in Council Bluffs during the run-up to election day.

Oh, and former President Bill Clinton came to town stumping for Obama.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney visited Council Bluffs several times during the campaign. At Bayliss Park in June Romney accused Obama of being out of touch with the everyday struggles of Ameri-cans in today’s economy.

Romney took Obama to task for saying the “private sector is doing fine,” even though fore-closures were on the rise and the nation’s median income was dropping.

“Is he really that out of touch?” Romney asked a crowd at Bayliss.

Romney’s running mate Paul Ryan, a U.S. Representa-tive from Wisconsin, spoke to

a crowd of 1,000 at Bass Pro Shops in October.

“Iowa... will not only deter-mine who will be president for the next four years but what kind of country this will be a for a generation,” Ryan said.

In August President Obama, who’d be elected to another four-year-term in November, stopped by Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs to rally his supporters.

“I love being back in Iowa,” he said to hardy applause, before diving into a campaign speech that he used to high-light the differences he sees between himself and Romney.

The president then embarked on a tour of south-west Iowa, with stops in Mis-souri Valley and Denison.

Former President Clinton stopped by in late October and urged some 600 people at the Mid-America Center to re-elect his friend. America’s future depends on it, he said.

“There were two business groups that said that in the next four years, we can create 12 million jobs if we don’t mess with what President Obama is doing,” Clinton said. “Presi-dent Obama has been making changes that have been posi-tive.”


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A man was found dead Nov. 16 in a hand-dug hole north of a Council Bluffs homeless facility.

Council Bluffs Police Crimi-nal Investigation Division Sgt. Dave Dawson said 34-year-old Sasha Padowinikoff was found in a hole that inves-tigators believe he had dug for shelter – or to store his belongings – in a wooded area just east of the 1600 block of North 15th Street.

Dawson said Padowinikoff, whom he described as tran-sient, had been staying at MOHM’s Place at the time of his death.

Padowinikoff likely became trapped in the hole, described as more than 4 feet deep, after trying to retrieve items found by investigators in the bottom of the hole.

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A shocking crime and suicide rocked the towns of Shelby and Avoca in August.

Larry Tiarks, 48, of Avoca committed suicide after rob-bing a bank in Shelby and leading authorities on a chase that ended at his home on Aug. 23.

Authorities began the pur-suit after reports of a robbery at the Shelby County State Bank branch in Shelby. Law enforcement chased the man east from Shelby to a home in the 200 block of Juniper Road, which has an Avoca address. Authorities found Tiarks dead inside.

Bank employees reportedly told investigating officers that Tiarks did not display a gun during the robbery. It was unknown how much, if any, money was taken during the crime.

The incident shocked the people of Avoca, where Tiarks owned a downtown restau-rant and his wife works at A-H-S-T high school.

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Work has begun on the Kanesville-Tinley Neighbor-hood Transformation Ini-tiative, which will continue through 2013.

The multi-year initiative, supported by a $216,000 grant from the Iowa West Founda-tion and a grant from the Pot-tawattamie County Commu-nity Foundation, is led jointly by the Kanesville-Tinley Neighborhood Association and Children’s Square U.S.A., the anchor agency.

The vision is that “the Kanesville-Tinley Neighbor-hood will become a vibrant, safe and desirable neighbor-hood through the rebuilding of human, social and physical infrastructure,” according to a report released in October. The project’s goals are:

•Empowered/engaged resi-dents – Residents are engaged in activities and decisions affecting their neighborhood with new and diverse lead-ers emerging from the com-munity.

•Strengthened neighbor-hood/community – Commu-nity capacity is built to sup-port collaboration and revi-talization, including stronger organizations that promote a

safe, healthy and connected neighborhood/community.

•Strengthened resident/community networks – Diverse individuals and organizations come together around shared values and specific objectives to achieve more robust out-comes.

The neighborhood associa-tion, formed July 19, 2011, has established a community gar-den, collected five tons of trash

and held at least 15 meet-ings. The association formed a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, which improved porches on two homes and began replacement of several sections of sidewalk. Work on the sidewalks is funded by a CURB grant from the Pot-tawattamie County Commu-nity Foundation.

Officials have been talk-ing to landlords about mak-

ing repairs where needed to meet city codes, but some resi-dents are reluctant to press the issues because they don’t want their rent to go up.

The association board has been looking for a facility – not at Children’s Square – that could serve as a neighborhood center.

On Oct. 1, 2012, Sheila Gra-ham came on board as project coordinator.

Habitat renovation to start in February

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On Nov. 2, Habitat Execu-tive Director Gina Primmer announced a $4 million cap-ital campaign to redevelop two buildings in downtown Council Bluffs for use as the Habitat ReStore and as professional office space for their business operations.

Habitat purchased the buildings located at 1216 and 1228 S. Main St. in June, and are scheduled to begin an eight-month reno-vation in February 2013.

The complex will be named in honor of Charles Lakin in recognition of his $1.2 million pledge to the project.

The 1216 S. Main build-ing will become the Habi-tat ReStore, which is a retail outlet that sells new and used building materi-als, appliances, furniture and other items that are donated and resold at dis-count prices to support Habitat’s housing mission. Many of the items sold in

the store might otherwise end up in a trash compactor or landfill.

Primmer said 1228 S. Main will house office space.

The total development costs are estimated at $3.4 million. The campaign total of $4 million includes a goal for additional staff for a larger ReStore and Habi-tat’s first-ever endowment fund.

In addition to philan-thropic support – which includes a $500,000 grant from the Iowa West Foun-dation and $60,000 from American National Bank to acquire the 1216 S. Main St. building – Habitat is work-ing to generate state and federal tax credit financing through both Historic Tax Credit programs and the State of Iowa Gray Fields Tax Credit Program.

Primmer said that the public portion of the fund-raising campaign will begin immediately and will run through the spring, until an additional $800,000 is raised.

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A rendering of what Habitat ReStore will look like once the building renovation is complte at 1216 S. Main St.

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These houses along the east side of North Sixth Street are on the east edge of the Kanes-ville-Tinley Neighborhood, with the hill behind them forming a natural boundary. On the left side of the photo is the shelter on the Children’s Square U.S.A. campus.

Interstate redesignA change that will have

a great impact on the city in 2013, and one that will be talked about in Year In Review issues for the next decade, is the redesign of the interstate surrounding Coun-

cil Bluffs.The reconstruction of the

interstate system will have lasting impacts before and after it is completed in 2020 or 2021.

The portion of the inter-

state currently being worked on will be 12 lanes wide when completed. The state has focused this year on the relocation of railroad tracks, bridge work and extensive grading work that is still

being completed.With 75,000 vehicles trav-

eling the route everyday, the $1 billion project will cer-tainly be one of the biggest projects the city has ever seen.

Council Bluffs’ Bronze Eagle ProjectFundraising for Council

Bluffs’ Bronze Eagle Proj-ect passed the halfway point with a benefit dinner held Nov. 28 at the American Legion, committee chairman Roger Frieze said.

The goal is to raise $150,000 for a bronze eagle crafted by artists Russ and Penny Christensen of Neola and construction of a plaza and donor walls. The monu-

ment, with the theme “Free-dom With Honor,” will be installed at the RailsWest Railroad Museum at South Main Street and 16th Ave-nue.

The city’s monument is part of a countywide project called “Eagles of Pottawat-tamie County.” Each city has its own design with a 42-inch bald eagle by the Chris-tensens as a centerpiece.

Midlands Humane Society’s new shelterThe past year marked

another 365 days of fundrais-ing by volunteers with the Midlands Humane Society. And their goal of a new shelter is within reach.

Midlands has raised $2.8 million toward the goal of $3.2 million for a state-of-the-art animal shelter. Officials are in the building planning and design stages of the project.

“It’s been a long time com-ing for the people and pets in Council Bluffs, and our Board could not be happier to finally see all of our hard work become a reality,” said Terri Gach-Mils with Midlands.

With only limited amounts of space available in area animal shelters, Midlands is working to raise the final funds needed to build a new, state-of-the-art community animal shelter and dog park for the thousands of animals and their perspective new owners who will come through

its doors annually.Midlands officials believe

the facility will be a worthy addition to the community and the area it would serve.

The proposed 13,300-square-foot building would effectively double the number of holding areas cur-rently available at the city and county shelters and would accommodate a maxi-mum of 7,000 animals a year. Equally important, space is available for expansion should it be needed in the future.

As our community has grown, so has the need for an expanded facility to take care of a growing population of ani-mals. Since it was formed in 2006, the Midlands Humane Society has focused its efforts on addressing that need.

Contributions can be mailed to the Midlands Humane Society Building Fund, Post Office Box 1591, Council Bluffs, IA 51502.

Gunn Elementary School property redevelopment

This year, the Council Bluffs Community School District worked with its real-tor and attorney to develop methods to respond to poten-tial buyers interested in pur-chasing the the former Gunn Elementary School property.

The school, located at 1735 N. Broadway, closed after the 2010-2011 school year.

During its Sept. 25 meet-ing, the school board approved the sale of the property to the Seldin Company, a com-mercial real estate broker-age, development and man-agement company located in Omaha, for $246,500. It was originally listed at $450,000.

The proposed plan would be to renovate and expand the school into moderate income housing in the form of apart-ments for senior citizens.

During a Nov. 13 meeting,

however, the Council Bluffs Planning Commission rec-ommended the rejection of a rezoning request that would have turned the vacant Gunn Elementary School into 46 apartments.

Neighbors suggested demolition of the school for single-family housing, said commission member Bill Hartman during the Nov. 13 meeting.

During a Dec. 10 city coun-cil meeting, council members set a public meeting for Jan. 14 to discuss the Gunn Ele-mentary School property.

River’s Edge ParkA lot was done in 2012

on the creation of that large green space along the Mis-souri River, known as River’s Edge Park.

The huge green space in the park’s center, known as the Great Lawn, was seeded this summer. Dozens of trees were planted on both sides of the lawn, along with a

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Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan is excited about what lies ahead for the city in 2013.

“The number of building permits is strong, and I think we’ll see more building,” he said recently. “The economy is tight, but it’s start-ing to be brighter. I’m pretty confident.”

Hanafan mentioned the recent announce-ment of a major addition here for Google, and “we’ve had interest in development (elsewhere).

“We have a good jump start on the future.” This is Hanafan’s last year of what is his

seventh mayoral term, having first taken office in January 1988. He had no trouble winning his last election campaigning on

his goals of overseeing fiscal responsibility, improved infrastructure that includes inter-state construction and quality of life. All of those goals seem to be moving in the right direction. This past year, Hanafan appointed five at-large people to a new Public Arts Commission that should get going in full gear in 2013 to promote more public artwork to enhance the city’s quality of life.

Though he has stepped down as a board member for the Iowa League of Cities, he still plans to participate in the many meet-ings to ensure Council Bluffs’ issues are heard.

“I’ll still go 20 times or so to Des Moines.”A big question many may have concerns

his future. When asked if he’ll run again or retire, Hanafan got right to the point.

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Fire Chief Alan Byers has announced he will be hanging up his uniform in August 2013 after a long run at the helm of the department. Byers said he discussed a three-year plan to retire with his wife three years ago and he will stick to it.

“I don’t know what I will do after I leave, I don’t plan on finding a job. If I wanted to work, I would stay right here.”

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Lea VossFormer deputy and acting

Pottawattamie County Trea-surer Lea Voss held on in a close race to remain in office in November. Voss, a Repub-lican, was selected as the act-ing treasurer after the death of long-time Treasurer Judy Miller in July. Voss has been employed with the treasurer’s office for 35 years.

Tessy PrattTessy Pratt is new to

Council Bluffs, but not to helping people.

The hospitalist at Ale-gent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital, Pratt is also a board-certified inter-nal medicine physician. She closely monitors the delivery of care for hospi-tal patients, from admis-sion to discharge, making sure their stay at Mercy is as productive as possible. Once out of the hospital Pratt helps patients, mak-ing sure they know what medications they need to take and other tasks.

She works with primary care providers and spe-cialists by providing infor-mation and feedback on patient conditions.

At least two people expressed an interest about becoming the city’s next mayor.

City Councilman Matt Walsh is expected to run. He chose to seek the council two-year seat to run for mayor when that two years expire in 2013.

Former state lawmaker Brent Siegrist has also pub-licly announced his inter-est. Siegrist and Walsh are Republicans and would face each other in a party primary.

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Steve King may have just won another term in the U.S. House of Representatives, but a bigger prize may be on his agenda in 2014: The Sen-ate seat held by Democrat Tom Harkin.

“I know that is something on the horizon, but I think there are some decisions that need to be made before

I could comment on that,” he told reporters recently.

King will represent the new District 4, a highly con-servative area in northwest Iowa. Harkin, who has not decided his future plans, is a liberal whose popularity is especially strong in the more liberal – and populous – east-ern portion of Iowa.

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Pete Tulipana became president and CEO of the Iowa West Foundation on March 8, replacing Todd Graham, who was the Iowa West CEO for eight years.

Tulipana was previously the US Region Chief Oper-ating Officer for the Colum-

ban Fathers, a nonprofit headquartered in Bellevue, Neb.

Prior to that, he was pres-ident and CEO of Heartland Family Service in Omaha.

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One company’s loss is another com-pany’s gain.

Doug Goodman stepped down as the Iowa market president for Ameri-can National Bank in February, after being part of the Council Bluffs bank-ing community for almost 38 years and an employee of Peoples National Bank/American National Bank since 1993.

“It has always been an interesting field,” he said in February. “I have loved it, and I am extremely grateful to have worked in the field and in my hometown all these years.

“In our position, you have an opportu-nity to develop deep relationships with your customers, and that is what I will miss the most.”

However, he didn’t have to miss devel-oping relationships too long as following his departure he become manager of Clear Title, a Council Bluffs title company.

“They approached me with an oppor-tunity, and as I talked about it with my family, I decided it was time to make a change,” he said.

The move means Goodman will remain in Council Bluffs.

“Council Bluffs is a very special place in my heart,” he said. “It always will be my home. I will stay active in the com-munity.”

Goodman became a vice president at Peoples in 1993. He became president in 2001, and the bank merged with Ameri-can National in 2002.

Goodman and his wife, Deb, a teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School, have one daughter, Stacey, who recently gradu-ated from college and works in Council Bluffs as well.

“I hope to have some more time to spend on outside activities,” he said. “I enjoy the outdoors, I enjoy sporting events, and I am going to spend more time with family.”

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Doug Goodman, right, stepped down as the Iowa market president for Ameri-can National Bank in February, after being part of the Council Bluffs banking community for almost 38 years. He’s pictured here at his retirement party Feb. 1.

Goodman leaves American National Bank for Clear Title

During a Sept. 17 meet-ing of the Lewis Central school board, members reluctantly approved the resignation of fellow board member, Amie Studer.

Studer, who moved out of district one, said it was

an easy decision to move but having to leave her school board position was “definitely a pitfall of that.”

At the Oct. 15 meet-ing, the board’s new mem-ber, Eric Davis of Council Bluffs, was sworn in.

Amie Studer

Mike Hoebelheinrich has been with the Hy-Vee Drug-store since its inception in 1979.

The then 16-year-old high school sophomore got a part-time job at Drug Town – as the Hy-Vee spin-off was for-merly known – which was located next to the Hy-Vee on Madison Avenue.

Save for two years in the

Army, he’s been with the company ever since, until now.

Hoebelheinrich will retire after 34 years of service on Jan. 1, the end of an era for the Council Bluffs native.

“I’ve loved working with the customers I met over the years, loved all my employees I’ve worked with,” he said. “I’m a people person, I love

working with the people.”Hoebelheinrich graduated

from St. Albert High School in 1981 and spent two years stationed in Germany before returning home.

“They saved my job for me,” he said of Drug Town. “And I went to full-time.”

He eventually ascended to management and helped when the location moved

to its current spot on West Broadway, in the former Osco Drug location. He was there for the physical move and the change from Drug Town to Hy-Vee Drugstore.

In retirement Hoebelhein-rich plans to do as much vol-unteer work as possible, “to keep me busy.”

“I’m going to give back to the community,” he said.

Mike Hoebelheinrich

As a senior vice president and Iowa market manager for American National Bank in Council Bluffs, it’s Gil-bert Thomas’s job to make business ideas into reality.

The Missouri Valley native came to American National during the merger with Liberty Bank, and as he came in, American National implemented a small business lending unit.

He also works closely with professionals in the Iowa Western Community Col-lege Small Business Devel-opment Center and the Pot-tawattamie County Growth Alliance.

“A lot of people have an idea, but they don’t know how to get it to market. There’s assistance to help them get the idea to a busi-ness plan and beyond.”

Gilbert Thomas

Connie BlietzConnie Blietz, chief nurse

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She came to Mercy in

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She was a service line leader for Bergan Mercy Health Sys-tem and operations leader for

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Blietz earned a diploma in nursing at St. Joseph Mercy School of Nursing and a bach-elor’s in nursing at the Univer-sity of Dubuque.

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After more than 30 years of service to Alegent Health, Geraldine “Gerri” Caughlan recently retired from her role as a volunteer there.

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Council Bluffs residents said good-bye this year to much-loved former music teacher Gary Fiscus.

Fiscus, 63, died Sept. 7 at his Council Bluffs home after a 12-year bat-tle with cancer.

Fiscus was a vocal music teacher at Lewis Central High School for 31 years before declin-ing health forced him to retire in 2005. He was also a part-time instruc-tor at Iowa Western Community College

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Fiscus was diagnosed with breast can-cer in October 2000. He had surgery Oct. 31, 2000, and chemotherapy from Nov. 7, 2000, to April 18, 2001, then received hormonal therapy. His cancer eventually

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He was honored with the Governor’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, the Teacher Tenure Award from the Iowa High School Music Association, Life-time Achievement Award from the Iowa Choral Directors Association and other awards. He was named Lewis Central Educator of the Year twice, Sertoma Educator of the Year and received a Spirit of Courage Award in 2006 and an Alegent Health Heritage Award for Education in 2008. He was inducted into the Lewis Central Education Foundation Hall of Fame in 2011.

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Simba, a 10-year-old yellow Labrador retriever that was the face of the Midlands Humane Society and Rocky, an 8-year-old K-9 officer with the Council Bluffs Police Depart-ment, were beloved dogs.

“You become very attached,” said officer Brandon Died-rich. “They almost become like fam-ily.”

“Ever since Midlands started (in 2006), Simba has been our face,” said Morgan Martens, a Midlands volunteer and owner of Posh Pets grooming in Council Bluffs. “He was a part of the group, another volun-teer.”

Simba, owned by Terri Gach-Mils of Council Bluffs, succumbed to can-cer in early October after a brief battle with the disease.

Diederich said Rocky was a source of pride for him, because he trained the dog to do police work.

“When you get them, they are green,” he said. “Everything put into the dog for police work is done by us.

There is a lot of time and effort put in, and a lot of pride taking a dog that starts out knowing nothing to getting to the point you trust him.”

And Diederich had good reason to trust Rocky. Over Rocky’s career, which ended when he officially retired in May 2011, he was responsible for taking drugs, with an estimated street value of $34 million, off the streets.

Brandon Buttry of Shenandoah was killed in action in Afghanistan on Nov. 5.

Buttry, 19, died in south-ern Afghanistan, where he was pulling guard duty atop a watchtower when killed.

Brandon was the son

of Don and Pam Buttry of Shenandoah, who had three biological children and five adopted children.

At his funeral, Buttry was lauded as a young man who had looked out for family and friends long before he climbed into that guard tower.

Larry Brown, a longtime member of the Pottawatta-mie County Sheriff’s Office, died at the age of 75 on Sept. 7.

Brown was promoted to sergeant in 1976 and named a lieutenant in 1984. He was involved with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, but his crowning achievement was the founding of the Shop with the Sheriff program.

Every year the sheriff’s office raises money to pur-chase gifts for underprivi-leged children in the Council Bluffs area. Sheriff’s office deputies and staff join the children and their families for a shopping trip.

Since its inception by Brown, the program raised more than $50,000 and helped more than 200 chil-dren.

Doris Heineman, 80, was described as “an extrovert” who worked with many dif-ferent people in community organizations and business settings. She died Nov. 13, after a prolonged illness.

Heineman was a member of the Council Bluffs Cham-ber of Commerce, past presi-dent of the Chamber Small Business Association, past president of the Chamber Networking Breakfast and member of the Council Bluffs American Business Women Association.

Doris was an avid Rotar-ian, serving in several posi-tions.

She was also past presi-dent of the Council Bluffs Altrusa Club, past secretary of the Omaha River City Regents, board member of the Visiting Nurse Asso-ciation of Pottawattamie County, member of the Iowa Western Community College Advisory Board, president of the Alegent Health Mercy Hospital Guild and member of the Bluffs Arts Council Board, among others.

Howard Vice, the longtime manager of the Council Bluffs Frito-Lay plant, died in late November from cancer.

Vice, 66, managed the plant from 1981 until it closed in 2004, except for one year he spent in Texas. He had worked for Frito-Lay for 31 years at various locations,

including Spain. When the Council Bluffs plant closed, 90 employees lost their jobs, but Vice did all he could to find them new ones, according to his wife, Linda.

“I know when the plant closed, he helped others in management get jobs else-where in the company.”

One of Council Bluffs’ colorful person-alities was lost in 2012. William Gress, 77, died June 14 at Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital after an extended illness.

A lifelong resident of Council Bluffs, he practiced dentistry in the city for more than 40 years. In addition, he helped launch such major events as Renaissance Faire of the Midlands, the Heritage Dinner and the St. Albert Benefit Auction and was a major player on and off the stage at Chanticleer Community Theater.

Council Bluffs lost not only a doctor but a community role model when Dr. Ronald Miller, 73, died Jan. 11, 2012.

Ronald Miller founded Miller Orthopaedic in 1972 and performed surgery on thousands of people, accord-ing to Dr. Daniel Larose. Miller specialized in joint replacement.

Miller was born and raised in Clarinda. After high school he received his undergradu-ate and medical degrees from

the University of Iowa.Drafted to the Army while

at Iowa, Miller was able to finish medical school before entering the military.

He served in the Army in the 1960s, where he attained the rank of major as a mem-ber of the 504th Aviation Battalion. While stationed in Panama in the Canal Zone he met Celinda Corso, whom he married on Dec. 12, 1964.

Miller retired late in 2006 because of health problems.

The unexpected death of Army Spc. Jamie Lee

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The fallen soldier, who was from Carter Lake, died during a shooting out-

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(Texas) Police Department, a loud party at the home of some soldiers started the chain of arguments that led to the shooting.

Schnider, an alumnus of Thomas Jefferson High School, entered active-duty service in 2008. He was assigned to the 3rd Battal-ion, 82nd Field Artillery Regi-ment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood since late 2008. Schnider served in Iraq in 2009 and again in 2011.

Council Bluffs lost one of its most visionary leaders

when Rob-ert Looft, 87, the founding president of Iowa Western Community College, died Aug. 13, 2012.

Looft was a central figure in the school’s growth and

prosperity – not just in Coun-cil Bluffs but also throughout southwest Iowa. Looft had

been in failing health for the past couple of years.

In 1966 Looft, having just completed his doctor-ate at Iowa State University in Ames, moved to Council Bluffs to help start Iowa Western Community College.

After his retirement in 1987, Looft continued to work for the betterment of the com-munity as an active mem-ber of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the Council Bluffs Rotary, Chamber of Com-merce and a number of other organizations.

Longtime newspaper owner Rosemary Bloom died on March 9 of Alzheimer’s dis-ease.

Bloom, 80, lived in Doug-las, Ga., at the time of her passing but made her mark in southwest Iowa in Woodbine.

She and husband Donald Bloom were owners of the

Woodbine Twiner for more than 30 years.

Along with his brother, Gerald Bloom, the family published the Twiner and Logan Herald-Observer. They owned the Missouri Valley Times until the 1970s. Her son, Brian, was publisher for Woodbine/Logan for a time.

Longtime Pottawattamie County Trea-

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the longest serving treasurer at the time of death.

Miller, a Democrat, had actually beaten cancer about a decade ago.

“She was determined to beat it again,” said deputy treasurer Lea Voss.

The cancer returned fol-lowing a diagnoses in Novem-ber 2011.

Voss was elected by the voters in the November elec-tion to become the new trea-surer.

Final FarewellsGary Fiscus

Howard Vice

Simba and Rocky

Fiscus

Gress

Schnider

Spc. Jamie Lee Schnider Judy Miller

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Dr. Ronald Miller

Robert Looft

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Top sports storiesIowa Western coach Scott

Strohmeier believed all along that his football team had a chance to be special this year. Turns out, it was ... in an all-time historical sense.

While winning the NJCAA national title in only their fourth season, the unbeaten Reivers outscored their 12 opponents by an average of 50 points. Their closest contest was a 20-point vic-tory over No. 2 Butler (Kan.) in the Graphic Edge Bowl at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

Iowa Western’s offense put up video game-like numbers, averaging nearly 600 yards and 63 points per game. The Reivers also led the nation in defensive touchdowns scored with nine.

Ten IWCC players were named to the NJCAA All-America teams. Twelve

signed National Letters of Intent with NCAA Division I schools at the end of the season, with more expected

to sign in February.

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Iowa Western running back Aaron Wimberly and his teammates celebrate as the Reivers won the NJCAA national championship in Cedar Falls in early December.

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IWCC wins NJCAA World Series

Months before Reiver foot-ball stole the headlines, Iowa Western baseball ruled the campus.

Two years after becoming the first junior college team from the Midwest to win the NJCAA World Series, the Reivers showed they have staying power by doing it for a second time.

Iowa Western had a dom-inant season, racking up a school-record 62 victories. It had separate winning streaks of 17 and 27 games, and it was ranked No. 1 for nearly two months.

However, the Reivers dropped their opening game in Grand Junction, Colo., to San Jacinto before reeling off five straight victories to claim the title by winning the rematch, 6-5.

Iowa Western entered the tournament with eleven play-ers hitting better than .400 and finished with a school-record team batting average of .403.

Three Reivers were named NJCAA All-Americans, and

16 signed with NCAA Divi-sion I schools.

Treynor softball wins state title

Treynor began the sum-mer trying to replace a strong graduated class and find an identity. It wound up in Fort Dodge in late July celebrat-ing a Class 2-A state softball championship.

The 13th-rated Cardinals won all six of their postsea-son games, culminating with a 4-0 triumph over No. 5 Des Moines Christian in the title game July 22. In that history maker, all nine starters man-aged at least one hit.

Then-junior pitcher Madi-son Keysor helped spark Treynor’s late run. She pitched all 44 postseason innings, allowing one earned run and striking out 56. Against Des Moines Christian, she fanned 15 hitters.

The state title was the first for Treynor and for any team in The Daily Nonpa-reil’s coverage area. Plenty of other players also stepped up for coach JoEllen Travis, including senior Alex Snyder, juniors Kate Killinger, Lexis Rogers and Emma Fiene and sophomore Gracie Myers.

Josh Sindelar, St.

Albert win titlesLed by senior Josh Sin-

delar, the St. Albert cross country team successfully defended its Class 1-A state cross country title last fall in Fort Dodge.

Sindelar crossed the fin-ish line in 16 minutes, 15 seconds to easily outdistance the pack of runners on Oct. 27 and claim the first indi-vidual boys title in school history.

A short time later, the Falcons got word that they repeated as state champs. They finished 16 points ahead of runner-up Denver.

Three other seniors fin-ished behind Sindelar for coach Bob Weidman. They were Scott Theulen (sev-enth), Evan Siegrist (19th) and Adam Christensen (45th).

Junior Gus Doll (50th) was St. Albert’s next scorer, followed by freshman Max Ross and sophomore Fred Hug.

Blackhawks

become Express, then leave

A decade-long run of indoor football in Council Bluffs came to an end.

The Council Bluffs Express, formerly the Iowa Black-hawks, finished second in the American Professional Foot-ball League before bolting for a newly formed league in Lin-coln.

The move left the city with-out a professional sports team.

New owners changed the name of the two-time APFL champions prior to the final season in Council Bluffs. The Express was competitive, but it needed late-season acquisi-tions from the Omaha Beef to advance to the league title game for the fourth straight year.

Once there, C.B. was beaten by Sioux City for the second consecutive season. Three months later, the owners sold the majority team and the franchise moved out of Coun-cil Bluffs.

Jake Waters It was fitting that a Council

Bluffs native would take the local college to its first football title.

While leading Iowa West-ern to the NJCAA national championship, Waters had the most efficient season of any quarterback in the history of junior college football.

The St. Albert graduate completed a record 73.3 per-cent of his passes in throwing for 3,501 yards and 39 touch-downs while being intercepted only three times in a 12-0 campaign.

Waters also ran for six scores, including one in IWCC’s 27-7 win over No. 2 Butler (Kan.) in the NJCAA national championship game at the Graphic Edge Bowl in Cedar Falls.

His record-setting season earned the Reiver quarterback a scholarship to Kansas State.

Morgan LucyStanding 6-foot-2, Lucy was

a big presence on Glenwood’s volleyball and basketball teams before graduating last spring.

Her biggest performances came near a hoop. She led the Rams to a 22-2 record and their first five-player state tournament trip in school history in February. She set the standard on her squad, averaging a double-double and finishing her career with

school records in career points (1,295), rebounds (928), field goals (525) and field-goal per-centage (53.2 percent).

Lucy, the Area Athlete of the Year, is now playing col-lege basketball at NCAA Divi-sion II Southwest Baptist Uni-versity in Bolivar, Mo.

As a middle on Glenwood’s 2011 volleyball team, Lucy was first in kills and blocks despite missing parts of the season with an ankle injury.

Zach OsbornIf there was a sport going

on, chances are good Zach Osborn was playing it.

The Harlan Community standout completed a busy academic year before graduat-ing last spring. He excelled in football, basketball, golf and baseball.

On the hardwood, the 6-foot-1 point guard averaged 15 points per game and seven assists per contest en route to second-team all-state hon-ors and a Class 3-A substate finals appearance.

During the summer, the super-utility player hit .347 with 26 RBIs. He was 4-2 on the mound with a 2.10 ERA while also catching and play-ing shortstop.

Osborn started his senior year by breaking Harlan’s school record for single-season passing yards, accumulating 3,303 to go with 33 touch-downs. The reigning Area Ath-lete of the Year just completed

his first season of college foot-ball at Wayne State College in Nebraska.

Marco NaughtonMarco Naughton proved it

in the last 12 months – he’s large and in charge.

The St. Albert graduate ended a successful prep career last spring with plenty of memories. He began the aca-demic year as a 6-foot-2, 322-pound two-way lineman who helped the Falcons reach the 2011 Class 1-A state football title game.

After healing from an injury, he started wrestling in January and finished unbeaten with a 1-A state heavyweight championship a couple months later.

Naughton, the City Athlete of the Year, wrapped up his campaign with a 13th-place showing at state track in the discus.

Naughton spent last fall as a defensive tackle with the Iowa Western football team. A mid-September knee injury ended his season prematurely.

Lauren MeekerDespite suffering a serious

ACL injury last January, Lau-ren Meeker still spent much of the year shining in various sports.

The 5-foot-10 standout recovered in time to excel at her favorite sport – softball. She set Abraham Lincoln

school season records for RBIs (48), doubles (17) and fielding percentage (.991) while start-ing every game for a group that reached a Class 5-A regional final. The first base-man hit .407 with six home runs.

Manning an outside hit-ter position on the volleyball team, Meeker helped the Lynx within a win of a fourth straight state tournament berth. The senior led the Mis-souri River Conference in kills per set (3.30) and turned in one of the best all-around city performances this fall. She also converted high per-set averages in digs (2.92), blocks (0.27) and service aces (0.34).

Meeker is the Lynx’s third-leading scorer so far on the basketball team, averaging about 11 points per game.

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