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Van Wijk WineryJanuary 2014

Meet Monroe residentBonnie Lucus from the Van and Bonnie Show

See how Choices in Newton is more than a bookstore

Sandwiches, salads and pizza:Check out Colfax’s Papa Georgioz

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Jasper County RecipesAs many work to lose weight, find

some healthy recipes from the Skiff Hos-pice Cookbook.

Jasper County PeopleMeet Monroe resident and native

Bonnie Lucas from “The Van and Bonnie Show” on WHO-AM Radio.

Jasper County GiftsExplore Choices — A Christian living

store in Newton that has everything from home decor to journals.

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Jasper County IssuesFind out why Newton hopes to be-

come a Main Street Community and how the community can benefit from it.

Jasper County DiningLocated on Front Street in Colfax is

Papa Georgioz where you can find sand-wiches, salads and, of course, pizza.

Jasper County HistoryTake a look at the Wagaman Mill in

Lynnville and learn about its more than 160-year history.

Jasper County TreasuresFrom movies to music, learn more

about what the Van Wijk Winery in Sully has to offer area residents.

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Even after 10 years in busi-ness, freshness and original-

ity are still the trademarks of Papa Georgioz in Colfax. Papa Georgioz specializes in Italian and American dishes, and it strives to give Jasper County

citizens unique flavor combi-nations and as much in-house preparation as possible.

This winning combina-tion, coupled with excellent

service, gives the people of Jasper County a restaurant that has upscale flair, but the charms of a small-town diner.

The red walls, coupled with industrial sheet metal borders perfectly accent the black ceilings, tables and floors, which pres-ent a certain urban-chic and modern look to Papa Georgioz. The walls are also adorned with unique wine holders — which con-tain the house red and white wines — and artwork that, just like the food, is all original.

Papa Georgioz caters to every crowd. There is free wi-fi for the tech savvy, Wine Down Wednesdays to get over those “Hump Day” jitters and the staff strives to be personable with all of their patrons to give it a certain hometown diner feel.

The menu at Papa Georgioz is the shining star. With unique offerings like the “Rue-ben” pizza, “The Sergeant” sub and Cranberry Chicken salad they offer something for every type of taste bud.

The tomato sauce and ranch, Greek, balsamic vinaigrette, sesame orange and Caesar dressing are from Head Chef/Co-owner Andrew Weigle’s own recipes and are made in-house. Papa Georgioz also blends its cheese in-house and makes fresh dough daily.

Papa Georgioz offers a daily soup and its lone pasta dish “Drew’s Pasta” consists of a base of “Georgioz Homemade Meat Sauce,” penne pasta and mozzarella cheese. Additional optional ingredients include ham, onions, mushrooms and green peppers.

The homemade sauce is perhaps the best thing on the menu and brings life to any dish it is served with. It has the right amount of flavor and spice without being over reliant on either aspect. Served on top of another unique Papa Georgioz item, the “House Special” pizza, it manages to be the standout amongst the piles of pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Grazzianno sausage, mushrooms, onions, green peppers and black and green olives that sit atop the pizza.

Papa Georgioz is located at 12 E. Front St. in downtown Colfax. No reservations are required, and the restaurant is open Mon-day through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Papa Georgioz may be contacted at (515) 674-3664.

Papa Georgioz strives to stay local and has its house red and white wines produced by the Jasper Winery. Besides the house wines, Papa Georgioz has another eight wines for sale by either the glass or bottle.

In addition to “The Big Three” beer companies selections, Papa Georgioz offers a great selection of craft and regionally brewed beers.

Papa Georgioz appetizer menu con-sist of staples you’re likely to find at just about any Italian restaurant, but they more than make up for it with the full menu that has a plethora of unique and exclusive items.

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It’s in the sauce: How Papa Georgioz has been keeping Colfaxians taste buds delighted for a decade

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Radio personality Bonnie Lucas talks about family and work

W h e n B o n n i e (Brummel) Lucas was in elementary school, many girls in her class wanted to be a nurse or a secretary when they grew up, but not Bonnie. With a bright, telling and humor-ous character, Bon-nie wanted to be like Carol Burnett.

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ing, Bonnie Lucas wakes up at 2:30 a.m. at her rural home located between Prai-rie City, Monroe and Newton to get ready for work. Then, she heads to Des Moines for her daily morning radio show on WHO-AM 1040 with col-league Van Harden.

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B o n n i e L u c a s grew up in Monroe and graduated from Monroe High School in 1974. She met her h u s b a n d G e n e i n school, and they got married at 19.

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she grew up on a farm, she prefers to live out of town.

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Bonnie and Gene have a son named Joel, a daughter-in-law Shelli and two grandchildren, Madi-son (10) and Carter (3).

Like any grand-mother, Bonnie enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, whether picking them up from school, going to a movie or having them stay at the house for the weekend.

A l t h o u g h B o n -nie enjoys down time with her family, she throughly enjoys her work, too.

Bonnie had never done any l ive, on-air radio before. But w h e n a n o p e n i n g came for a role on a show, she thought she might as well try.

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Iowa State Fair that year. I guess every-body said, ‘She’s the one. Hire her.’”

When Bonnie isn’t working or watching her grandchildren, she enjoys working on her house, painting and landscaping.

She and her hus-band also enjoy hiking and biking. They often enjoy travelling north t o M i n n e s o t a a n d Lake Superior Hiking Trail for some reclu-sive trails and vaca-tion.

Bonnie just cel-ebrated her 20th ani-versary with WHO-AM Radio and “The Van and Bonnie Show.”

I n t h o s e y e a r s , she has travelled the world, talked to presi-dents, and broad-casted her show from numerous locations, including the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman and a deserted island.

Awhile back ago, Bonnie got to meet her idol Carol Burnett while she was in Des Moines.

“ I w a s l u c k y enough to get to meet Carol and talk to her backstage, so that was huge for me,” Bon-nie said. “I also got to interview Tim Conway for the Carol Burnett show. That was pretty cool too.”


By Kate MalottDaily News Staff Writer

Submitted PhotoLeft: Bonnie Lucas is a radio personality on WHO-AM morning radio and co-star of “The Van and Bonnie Show.” She grew up in rural Monroe and continues to live in Jasper County.

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Every family has secrets, but luckily for the residents of Jasper County, the Van Wyk family is very open to sharing theirs: great wine.

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room/dinner theater, a coffee bar, gift shop, art gallery and plans for a bed and breakfast expansion, the Van Wyk’s have turned their fam-ily’s passion for wine into a unique enterprise.

For family matriarch and co-owner Rebecca Van Wyk, this busi-ness is literally a dream come true.

“I used to work in Pella, for Veermer, and they sent me on a trip to Napa Valley ... and part of that

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“Well, it took us a long time to grow up,” she said with a laugh as she reflected on the decades that have passed since that initial trip.

By Ty RushingDaily News Staff Writer

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The winery is still a work in progress, but Rebecca talked about the things they have done so far and what future plans they have for the site, which was once a church.

“We had a soft opening in November (2012), mainly because the local commu-nity was getting irritated with us because we weren’t open yet,” Rebecca said jok-ingly. “At that time, we didn’t have the ballroom done and all we had was the tasting room done.”

“So we went, ‘OK, we’ll open our tast-ing room, and then we’ll open up the other areas as we get done.’” she contin-ued. “We had our first wedding in March (2013). I remember in the first of March, we were stoning the pillars in here and trying to get the floor done and people

are renting it for events before we even had it ready.”

The Van Wyk’s have made a lot of progress on their winery since those pan-ic-inducing days last spring and are cur-rently in the midst of finishing up the basement, which will house the cellars and where most of the wine production will take place.

“We’ve been working on this for three years,” Rebecca said. “The first year was total demolition. The second year was total reconstruction and the third year will focus on downstairs.”

Jon, Rebecca’s son and lead builder/project manager for the winery, talked about the work it took him to build the winery’s state-of-art theater and sound system all by hand.

“I had a budget for the dinner theater and buying everything retail was going to blow the budget, so I had to figure out a way of getting what I wanted and keeping

it in the budget,” Jon said. “I decided to finish it myself and it took me about 11 months.”

Using online tutorials as his guide, Jon has seen his work pay off. The din-ner theater has 19 speakers — capable of producing 8,000 watts of sound — a fab-ric screen, like most movie theaters and also a top of the line digital projector.

The family even produces its own trailers to show before movies and Jon has proven his sound system is actually capable of blowing out a candle when turned up. They also took the added pre-caution of having the dining room sound proofed so as not to disturb neighbors.

Van Wijk Winery is truly a family affair for the Van Wyk’s and something that requires them to devote a lot of time for them to properly ensure its success. With

Van WijkContinued from Page 10

Submitted PhotoThe newly built Van Wijk Winery is located on the corner of Fourth Street and Eighth Avenue in Sully.

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exception of Roger, Rebecca’s husband, all members of the Van Wyk family work full-time jobs in addition to their duties at the winery.

Jon’s wife, Svetlana, paints all of the original and replica art work that adorns the walls. His brother, Adam, serves as a project manager and is in charge of the landscaping at Van Wijk. Adam’s wife, Pily, is in charge of the gift shop.

Rebecca said they were a very tight-knit family, even before they all made this investment together into the winery, and that closeness is in full-display via the names of their wines. Each variety is named after a family member or an old family story and all names are decided by a family vote.

Unlike a lot of Iowa wineries, Van Wijk Winery doesn’t exclusively use just Iowa

grapes. However, like most things involv-ing the Van Wyk’s, this has a deeper meaning and it involves family.

“We are an international family and so we buy our juice and grapes from all over the world,” Rebecca said. “It just says something about our family, its not meant to say anything bad about Iowa. We just don’t get too worried about things like that. If you know what you like and you like one of our wines, than we are happy that you are having a great experience.”

The Van Wijk Winery is located at 802 Fourth St. in Sully.

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Van WijkContinued from Page 12


Staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 426, or at [email protected].

Wagaman Mill is a historical treasure trove

Lynnville’s

The Wagaman Mill has been a valuable resource in the county since its construction in 1846. It first served as an economic driver in the community as a sawmill and then as a grain mill that distributed across Central Iowa. Now that the site has been out of business for more than 15 years, it serves a new purpose in the community: historical preservation.

Donated to the Lynnville Historical Society in March of 1998 by Harris and Mary Wagaman as well as Larry and Joyce Melsa, the structure’s strong historical tradition has continued, as it has been put to use as one of the most comprehensive period and regional museums in the county.

According to a history of the building written by State Sen. Dennis Black, the mill saw more than 10 owners in the half century from its construction through to its pur-chase by the Wagaman family on Oct. 21, 1898.

W.K. Wagaman, who brought milling experience from Pella to the operation, improved the facility with a steam-powered engine and operated it for several years before passing it on to his two sons before his death in 1908.

The mill thrived in the subsequent years, but eventu-ally it saw an economic decline as factory-produced flour became cheaper and more abundant in general stores across the state.

This led to the mill’s gradual conversion to a power gen-erator, which it functioned as until its operation was turned over to the Jasper County Conservation Board in 1973. Af-terward, the mill was restored for its historical value, and Black worked personally with the project during his time as County Conservation Director.

In 2010, under the operation of the historical society, the old mill was accepted as a partner with Iowa’s Silos and Smokestacks Heritage program and is one of four sites in the county that is enrolled.

Since its conversion to a museum, the mill has seen a number of improvements as the community reached out and donated to the cause. Interior renovations were done to improve the space, including the installation of an elevator that enables handicap accessibility to the second floor por-tion of the museum.

Donations in the way of historical items have flocked in as well, with many families bequeathing or loaning out large parts of their personal histories. One room is lined with garments, including military uniforms from many of the country’s wars. Another is filled with historical

By Matthew NoscoDaily News Staff Writer


documents, hotel ledgers, old class photos from the local district and a doctor’s personal notes. Farming implements, old engines, antiquated furniture and more treasures fill the other rooms, some of them from the local area while others are just period-pieces.

“We’ve had a lot of support since we opened up here,” Garnet Gertsma, a member of the historical society’s board, said. “We got a lot of our donations when we first opened up, but we are still getting things all the time. When people are cleaning out old basements or barnyards, they’ll think of us and bring it down here.”

The mill is now used as an educational tool, with the fourth-grade classes from Newton schools visiting it each year on a field trip in which they learn about both the mill’s operation and the area’s history.

“We set up several stations when the kids come, and they’re able to try some of the things that people would have had to do in the early 1900s,” Gertsma said.

It undoubtedly holds one of the county’s best collections of historical items, and the museum is a must-visit for his-torical buffs who haven’t made the trip yet.

The museum is open every other Sunday over the sum-mer from 2 to 4 p.m., and the Jasper County Conservation Board can be contacted at (641) 792-9780 for touring in-formation.

Daily News Staff Writer Matthew Nosco may be contacted at (515) 674-3591, or at [email protected].



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“The committee has worked hard in visiting other Main Street communit ies , assem-bling the application and raising funds for the first three years of the Main Street program,” Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Darrell Sarmento said.

The main question on the mind of citizens is, “What does it mean to be a part of the Main Street Community?” Sarmen-to’s definition was used throughout the campaign.

“The process of being a part of Main Street is l ike gett ing accepted to a major university or college,” Sarmento said. “You have to prepare the application and raise the funds to plead your case as to why you should be accepted into this major university while knowing the work has only just begun when you get accepted.”

The committee opened up the cam-paign with a rally at Capitol II Theatre. The rally brought in more than 100 citi-zens and business owners over the two rallies during the day.

“The rally was a great way to kick off our Main Street initiative campaign,” Sarmento said. “It was great we could host it at the heart of our downtown with the Capitol II theatre.”

The committee was challenged to raise $80,000 in financial and in-kind pledges for the next three years. The committee exceeded the goal and raised $88,400 by the time the applica-tion was turned in to the Iowa Eco-nomic Development Authority in Des Moines.

“The pledges came from individu-als, small business owners, large retail

businesses, financial institutions and city government groups,” Sarmento said.

Hawkeye Stages donated a bus for the committee to take to the presenta-tion for the Iowa Main Street Board. The committee opened up the bus for the community to come watch the pre-sentation at the Iowa Economic Devel-opment Authority.

“We wanted to show the Main Street

Board how much the community sup-ports our efforts of becoming a Main Street Community,” Sarmento said.

Before the sun came out on Jan. 16, a group of Newton citizens joined the Main Street Initiative fueled with donuts, coffee and “Red Pride” took a bus ride to the Iowa Economic Devel-opment Authority in Des Moines to plead the case for Newton to become a Main Street Community in front of the Iowa Main Street Board.

“It’s a relief to be at this point, where we have turned in our appli-cation. We have made our presenta-tion, and we have stated our case on how and why Newton is ready to move forward to revitalize our downtown district,” Sarmento said. “Now we just wait and see. But now having already gone through this process, it has brought a new cohesive vision on tack-ling downtown issues and I think the future is bright for downtown Newton.”

The Main Street Initiative had a

30-minute presentation and a 15-min-ute question and answer session, where the Iowa Main Street Board could ask questions regarding the presentation and application for the group.

“During the question and answer time, it showed how thorough the Main Street Board is about what cities they select,” Sarmento said. “They want to know that we’re really ready, orga-

nized and have done our research.”

The citizens who took part in the trip played a part in the presentation showing support and knowledge of the city.

“We also had all the right people in the room with city staff, econom-ic development lead-ers, chamber leadership and community lead-ers. There wasn’t really a question they asked that we didn’t have the right person in the room to answer that question. From that standpoint, I felt we were able to address any concerns or issues they brought up.”

The Iowa Main Street Board is a board made up of individu-als with knowledge in economic devel-opment, historic preservation and retail professionals. It is made up of many leaders from business and city life.

“The questions were consistent with what we thought we might get and showed the diversity of their board,” Sarmento said. “Most of their ques-tions came right out of issues that were brought up right in our application, showing they truly read through our application.”

This year only five cities, including Newton, pleaded their case to become a Main Street Community, which was below average for Main Street.

“I just want to thank the citizens of Newton, who supported Main Street, we should all be proud we made it to this point.”

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