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The Odd Fellows Build-ings, on the south side of the square, used to spout decorative toppers. Ke-atings Hardware was lo-cated in the east building as seen on the hanging sign. Your guess is prob-ably better than mine on the other two buildings. The middle has ladies' hats in the windows. Busenbarrick Jewelry is currently housed in the building on the right.

This picture was tak-en from a book printed by the Lodge in (I think) 1909. A short history is given.

Afton Lodge, No. 130 was instituted on August 21, 1860. They met in var-ious buildings around the square before building this 24' x 80' east building in 1883. It set the Lodge back $3,000, which was paid off in six years.

In 1897 the lots to the west were bought and an additional building begun. It consisted of a 36' x 60' Lodge room, an anteroom, candi-dates' and paraphernalia room, an 18' x 20' reception room, a 22' x 56' dining room, a large kitchen, and a room with storage lockers.

Besides the short history, the book contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Odd Fellows Lodge, the women's Rebekah Lodge, and the Afton Encampment. It was compiled by F.P. Bolinger, R.C. Holland, and R.B. Kelley. They made this disclaimer: Here is the result of your committee's work, and if you think you could have done a lot better, you had better forever hold your peace, or this committee will, the first time they catch you at lodge and the Noble Grand will permit, proceed to give you a tongue lashing that will make you sorry that you did it.

Jere Busenbarrick is the current owner of the buildings. He has secured possibly another hundred and fifty years of existence by tuck-pointing the entire front of the buildings as well as repairing and tuckpointing on the back. We are sorry to report the buildings did not receive the Community Catalyst Grant for which the city and Busenbarrick recently applied. Up to $100,000 of matching funds could have been available for further restoration. Thank you to Bob Myers for the donation of this book to the ASE.

Regular SessionFebruary 25, 2019

The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Ses-sion on Monday February 25, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with the follow-ing members present: Ron Riley, Rick Friday and Dennis Brown.

AGENDA: Motion by Riley and seconded by Friday to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, mo-tion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Friday and seconded by Riley to ap-prove the minutes February 19, 2019. All voting aye, motion car-ried.

OPEN FORUM: No one spoke in open forum.

NEW DHS BUILDING: Tony Double requested to continue feeding cats at the new DHS building. The board informed Tony that because of the City Or-dinance and the building is now a government entity, they could not condone feeding the cats at the new DHS building location. Friday asked for Tony’s phone number to give to Tammy Gunios from Winterset who traps, neu-ters and relocates cats.

TREASURER: Motion by Friday and seconded by Riley to approve the Union County Investment Policy as presented by Union County Treasurer Kelly Busch. All voting aye, motion carried.

IMWCA: Ed Morrison, Loss Control Representative and Andrew Justice, Underwriting Analyst from Iowa Municipalities Workers Compensation Asso-ciation (IMWCA) discussed the

County’s workers compensation mod rate. Also discussed was the safety committee that has been organized by the depart-ment heads and elected officials; yearly safety audits that are be-ing done by the committee and implementation of other ideas in keeping the rates down for the County.

ENGINEER: Union County Engineer, Zach Gunsolley, pre-sented and discussed the weekly maintenance report and dis-cussed a letter to State Legisla-tors on HF2502.

SET PUBLIC HEARING – 19/20 COUNTY BUDGET: Mo-tion by Riley and second by Friday to set the Public Hearing for the 19/20 County Budget on March 11, 2019 @10:00AM in the Union County Board Room. Roll call vote - Friday aye, Riley aye and Brown aye, motion carried.

RESOLUTION #23 - COM-PENSATION BOARD RECOM-MENDATION: Motion by Riley and seconded Friday to approve Resolution #23 FYR 18/19 - Com-pensation Board Recommenda-tion as follows: WHEREAS, the Union County Compensation Board meets annually to recom-mend a compensation schedule for elected officials for the fiscal year immediately following, in ac-cordance with Iowa Code Chap-ters 331.905 and 331.907, and

WHEREAS, the Union County Compensation Board met on January 9 2019, and made the following salary recommenda-tions for the following elected offi-cials for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019:

Public Notice, Union County Board of Supervisors

Elected Current Proposed Recommended Official Salary Increase SalaryAuditor $56,260.27 4% $58,510.68Attorney $100,562.74 4% $104,585.25Recorder $56,260.27 4% $58,510.68Sheriff $75,204.72 4% $78,212.91Supervisors $28,701.49 4% $29,849.55Treasurer $56,260.27 4% $58,510.68

THEREFORE, BE IT RE-SOLVED that the Union County Board of Supervisors adopts the salary recommendations for the Auditor, Attorney, Recorder, Sheriff and Treasurer for the fis-cal year beginning July 1, 2019 as recommended by the Union County Compensation Board, and WHEREAS, a 0% increase for the Supervisors. Approved this 25 day of February, 2019. Roll call vote: Friday aye, Riley aye, Brown aye, motion carried.

Friday left at 11:15am to at-tend a Secondary Roads safe-ty meeting.

WIND FARM ORDINANCE: Board discussed the wind farm ordinance with the following

present: Mark Zaccone, Invener-gy; Matt Ott and Adam Jablonski, MidAmerican Energy Company; Raquel Linch, KSIB Radio and Roger Vicker.

Friday returned at 1:15pmCLAIMS: Motion by Riley and

seconded by Friday to approve Claim # 136546 - Claim # 136667 for a total of $209,678.66 as fol-lows:

All voting aye, motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: There being

no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:33pm.BY:______________________ DENNIS J BROWN, CHAIRMAN ATTEST:___________________SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR

Vendor Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AmountACCESS SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,663.47ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,058.84ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . .$308.00ADAMS COUNTY FREE PRESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18.00ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE . . . . . . . . . .$1,240.00AGRILAND FS INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,271.68ALLIANT ENERGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,547.07APPANOOSE COUNTY SHERIFF'S . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32.32ARAMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275.76BAKERINK, JACK (JOHN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00BIG BOYZ TOYZ INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69.28BOMGAARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73.65BROWN, LARRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00BROWN, WYN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00BSM ENTERPRISES LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$130.64BUILTNETWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$240.00CENTRAL IOWA JUVENILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $96.00CENTRAL PLAINS ELECTRIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.75CHAT MOBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$251.60CHAT MOBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37.83CHATHAM OAKS RESIDENTIAL CARE . . . . . . . . . .$2,361.56CHOICE INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,937.64CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $97.48

CITY OF LORIMOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28.00COTTRELL PROPERTIES INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450.00COUNSEL OFFICE & DOCUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .$273.09CREDIT CARD WALMART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.10CREIGHTON, AMANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200.00CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $81.36CRESTON PUBLISHING COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . .$104.42CULLIGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46.70DISCOVERY KIDS PRESCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$494.00DUCKWORTH, JO ANNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84.70EAST UNION EARLY CHILDHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,055.00ECHO GROUP, INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$202.54EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . $86,930.75FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$435.00GALLS LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$798.99GATR TRUCK CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,472.83GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . .$190.00GREATAMERICA FINANCIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$143.06GUNSOLLEY, ZACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.46HALLETT MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,838.48HEARTLAND TIRE & AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59.65HOAKISON, DAVID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00HOUSBY MACK INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$272.50HOYT, DR JOHN C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00HUSBAND, AMANDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32.60INTEGRATED TELEHEALTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$990.00IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,814.65IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$540.00JIMS SANITATION AND TRUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275.00JOYFUL SPARKS PRESCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$319.00LEAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$131.07M & M MOTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37.00MEBULBS INC-PREMIUM QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . .$1,095.51MEDIACOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,128.81MEDIACOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$306.73MEDIACOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$136.90MEDIACOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$238.88MEYER LABORATORY INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$406.95MICHAEL TODD & CO INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$916.39MIDWEST WHEEL COMPANIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$191.01MILLER MD, LONNY D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $311.70MILLER, RANDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00MMIT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$312.08MOON, JENNIFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$800.00MURPHY TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO . . . . . . . . . . $77.05NEOPOST USA INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $91.02NEW HORIZON-FAMILY ENHANCEMEN . . . . . . . . .$3,203.50NORSOLV SYSTEMS ENVIRON SRV . . . . . . . . . . . .$158.95NORTHWEST IOWA CARE CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . $58.98OFFICE MACHINES COMPANY INC . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.39O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL INC . . . . . . . . . . .$3,200.57ORR, DORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$539.00PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS-WILLOW. . . . . . . .$7,564.00PEARSON FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE . . . . . . . . . .$691.00PJ GREUFE & ASSOCIATES LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,500.00POLK COUNTY TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$449.40PRECIOUS PEOPLE PRESCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450.00PRO DIESEL INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$946.82PROVOST, KEVIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72.00PUDENZ, THERESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$466.62QUEE, JACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00RED OAK WELDING SUPPLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.40RINGGOLD COUNTY CHILD CARE INC . . . . . . . . . .$345.00RINGGOLD COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH . . . . . . . . . .$4,691.11RON'S PEST SOLUTIONS, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTION INC . . . . . . . . . . .$2,109.52SCHNEIDER CORPORATION, THE . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,800.00SERVICE TECHS INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$599.00SICKELS, VICKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,981.98SIRWA/ SOUTHERN IOWA RURAL WATER . . . . . . . . $57.00SOUTHERN IOWA COUNCIL OF GOVER- . . . . . . . .$2,885.17SOUTHERN IOWA RESOURCES FOR . . . . . . . . . . .$500.00SOUTHERN IOWA TROLLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,179.27SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE . . . . . . $10,582.62STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY-A/R . . . . . . . . . . . . $51.00STOREY KENWORTHY, MATT PARROTT. . . . . . . . . .$694.66SUPREME CLEANERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59.50SWANSON, LISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42.25TAYLOR COUNTY AGRICULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,080.55TAYLOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. . . . . . . . . . . . .$142.28THATCHER, CARL V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72.00TRAVIS, BRUCE JAMIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00TRINITY LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . .$857.00TRIPP, DAVID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00TRIPP, PEGGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00TRUE VALUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210.73UNION COUNTY EMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$400.00UNITY POINT CLINIC-OCCUPATIONAL . . . . . . . . . .$126.00VANGUARD APPRAISALS INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,989.70VEATCH, HAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00VERIZON WIRELESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$440.13VISA CARD SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,904.96WALKER DO, DAN E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$306.30WEINKOETZ, JUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00WELCH, JEFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00WILSON, HANSON & ASSOCIATES . . . . . . . . . . . . .$449.94WINDSTREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$887.97WINDSTREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63.43ZIEGLER INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,334.41TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,678.66

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Union County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing and first reading of Proposed Ordinance #73 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. on March 18, 2019. The public hearing will beheld in the Board of Su-pervisors Boardroom of the Union County Courthouse, Creston, Iowa.

The purpose of this hear-ing is to receive public input regarding a proposed ordi-nance which provides general regulation of the development of Wind Energy Conversion Systems (commonly referred to as “windmills”) located in the unincorporated areas of Union County, Iowa.

Proposed Ordinance #73 provides for general setback requirements of one thousand five hundred (1500) feet from non-participating landown-ers and one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) feet from participating landowners. The ordinance also provides setback requirements up to one (1) mile from designated public areas. A complete copy of the proposed ordinance is on file with the Union County Auditor and is available on the Union County website.

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Public NoticeUnion County Board of Supervisors

Regular SessionMarch 4, 2019

The Union County Board of Su-pervisors met in Regular Session on Monday March 4, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with the following mem-bers present: Ron Riley, Rick Fri-day and Dennis Brown.

AGENDA: Motion by Riley and seconded by Friday to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, mo-tion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Friday and seconded by Riley to ap-prove the minutes from February 25, 2019. All voting aye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: No one spoke in open forum.

TREASURER: Motion by Riley and seconded by Friday to ap-prove the tax abatement request of $100,000 of back taxes owed from Wellman Dynamic, (to-tal owed $160,000; bankruptcy trustees agreed to pay a settle-ment of $60,000), as presented and recommend by Union County Treasurer Kelly Busch and Union County Attorney Tim Kenyon. All voting aye, motion carried.

WIND FARM ORDINANCE DISUSSION: Linda Buxton; Roger Vicker; Regina Smith, CNA; Mark Zaccone, Invenergy; Matt Ott and Adam Jablonski, MidAmerican Energy Company and Tim Kenyon County Attorney were present for the Wind Farm Ordinance discussion.

COUNTY LIABILITY INSUR-ANCE: Tom Hartsock, Carter Agency Insurance, discussed the County Liability Insurance and asked the board to consider go-ing out for bids for the 19-20 fis-cal year. Board decided to open the County Liability Insurance up for bids with a due date of June 10, 2019. Brown will contact Ty-ler Insurance who currently has the County’s Liability Insurance.

ENGINEER: Union County Engineer, Zach Gunsolley, pre-sented and discussed the weekly maintenance activity report and comp time benefits. End Loader Purchase: Motion by Friday and seconded by Riley to approve the purchase of a 2015 John Deere 544K Loader #124829 for $121,000.00 with a trade in of a 1990 John Deere 544E for $20,000, total cost $101,000.00 from Murphy Tractor & Equip-ment, Des Moines, IA. All voting aye, motion carried.

SANDCREEK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE: Motion by Friday and seconded by Riley to ap-point Amy Kiburz as a Sandcreek Township Trustee. All voting aye, motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:40pmBY:_______________________ATTEST:___________________DENNIS J BROWN, CHAIRMAN SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR

Public NoticeUnion County Board of Supervisors

Regular SessionMarch 6, 2019

The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Special Ses-sion on Wednesday March 6, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 AM with the follow-ing members present: Ron Riley, Rick Friday and Dennis Brown.

AGENDA: Motion by Riley and seconded by Friday to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, mo-tion carried.

TOUR OF COUNTY ROADS: Union County Engineer Zach

Gunsolley, Riley, Friday, Brown and Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell took a tour of some of the roads in Union County. Gunsol-ley and the board were discuss-ing the 5-year roads plan during the tour.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00pmBY:_______________________ATTEST:___________________DENNIS J BROWN, CHAIRMAN SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) 2018 Iowa Youth Survey (IYS) shows in general, underage drinking con-tinues to decline. Alco-hol use among Iowa 11th graders was down from 26.4% in 2012 to 20.4% in 2018. Binge drinking fell from 19.2% in 2012 to 12.0% in 2018. An ex-ception to the overall de-cline came among eighth graders, who reported a significant increase in drinking from 2016 to 2018, from 5.4% in 2016 to 7.3% in 2018 - a level not seen since 2012.

In multiple questions on suicide, Iowa youth reported increasing rates from previous surveys. Overall, the percentage of students who reported having a plan to kill them-

selves increased by 53% from 2012 to 2018. One in 10 students reported having a plan and 1 in 20 reported a suicide attempt within the past year.

Tobacco use appears similar to other substance use, remaining stable or declining from previous surveys. The exception to this is e-cigarettes. Al-most one-quarter of 11th grade students (23%) re-ported use of e-cigarettes in the past month on the 2018 IYS, along with 8% of eighth graders and 2% of sixth graders.

“The Iowa Youth Sur-vey gives us a glimpse into the lives of our young people,” said IDPH IYS coordinator Pat McGov-ern. “While the answers

Iowa Youth Survey Resultsfrom the Iowa Department of Public Health

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