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COUNTYIowa County to no longer approve detainer requestsPAGE 2

New uniforms, new attitude at Iowa Valley as they prepare for the ...

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New wheels for Ladora QRS

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MMH Board hears report on roles, responsibilitiesHospital News

Marengo Memorial Hospital’s Board heard a presentation on

board roles and responsibilities presented by Emily Reiners, J.D., an attorney.

During a meeting earlier this

summer, Reiners told the board has been doing strictly health care law the last four years and works half-time with UnityPoint Health with senior affiliates and half time with 16 critical access hospitals affiliated with UPH as a resource for legal issues for rural hospitals.

She gave background on responsibilities of board members, some of which come from corporate law, but under a nonprofit corporate act in state law.

MMH is established by Code of Iowa and is under City Ordinances, is licensed as a hospital under Chapter 135B Iowa Code and certified as a Medicare Access Hospital under federal regulations. All govern the hospital. Authority for regulations comes under Iowa Code chapters 37, the Veterans’ Memorial Act and under county hospital regulation, and Code 347 and also the bylaws of MMH Board of Trustees.

Code Chapter 347 says the

board has a duty to manage, control and govern the hospital. It also states the board has a duty to employ, or contract with, an administrator (chief executive officer) who has authority to oversee day-to-day operations of the hospital and its employees.

Board bylaws, she continued, say governance powers of the hospital are vested in the board with powers and duties necessary to manage, control and govern

Q Attorney outlines specific duties, rules, roles of hospital

By JANE BIGBEEof MPC Newspapers

See MMH, page 10

“No doubts, no fears, no

regrets!”

That’s the man-

tra that second-year Iowa Valley

football coach Dan Sovers wants

to build his program upon.

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program in recent years, and one

Sovers is trying to erase.

So last February, when he

talked to the Iowa Valley School

Board about his program and his

plans for the upcoming football

season, he fell back on a little bit

of University of Iowa football his-

tory.

“When I said (former Iowa

football coach Hayden Fry) had

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change the uniforms,” Sovers told

the school board during the Feb.

24 meeting. “Why? Because we

(Iowa) were terrible. We were

awful. They changed them to look

like the Pittsburgh Steelers …

because they had won three Su-

per Bowls in a row. You emulate

success, and you become success-

ful.”

Indeed, the appearance of suc-

By BRIAN RATHJENPioneer-Republican editor

See FOOTBALL, page 10

Q ‘New look’ Tigers to debut at Friday at Winfield-Mt. Union

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Walk raises awareness of world’s climate changeQ Group passed through Iowa County last week

For millions of Americans,

climate change is the most

important issue facing the

country and planet Earth.

Just ask Jeffrey Czerwic, a

Des Moines-area resident who is

part of the Great March for Cli-

mate Change, an action group

that is in the midst of a 3,000-

mile walk from Los Angeles to

Washington, D.C., and back.

The group made two over-

night Iowa County stops in La-

dora and Homestead early in the

week, and also had events in Tif-

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19-20, before heading east to-

ward the Quad Cities.

The group will reach the

east coast this fall, with events

planned in New York and Wash-

ington, D.C.

The stated mission of the

group, says Czerwic, is to take

action on climate change, to en-

courage people to make whole-

sale changes in lifestyles and to

encourage the nation’s leaders

to address what activists say is a

crisis affecting the planet.

He points to extreme weather

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rain and major damage in Iowa

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See MARCH, page 3

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

MARENGO

First United Methodist

Church to offer

contemporary worship

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OPINION

NpIC editor takes the Ice

Bucket Challenge for ALS

research

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iowa Valley scHool Board

Revenue purpose statement election Sept. 9

Iowa Valley School Dis-

trict residents will be

headed to the polls Sept.

9 to vote on the renewal of

the district’s revenue pur-

pose statement.

Polls will be open

from noon to 8 p.m. at the

Marengo Public Library.

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s i m p l e

majority

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to pass.

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cording

to the

b a l l o t

language, the election on

what’s formally known as

“Public Measure B” is “to

adopt the revenue purpose

statement to replace the

current Revenue Purpose

Statement and authorize

the expenditure of revenues

from the State of Iowa se-

cure an advanced vision for

education fund received by

the Iowa Valley Commu-

nity School District.”

According to Superin-

tendent Alan Jensen, the

revenue purpose statement

Q Vote will beto renew IowaValley’s current statement

By BRIAN RATHJENPioneer-Republican editor

See ELECTION, page 3

ALAN JENSEN

SPECIAL TAB

See what’s happening this

fall in the three-county area.

Inside this week’s issue

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A visit to the Cinder Block

House, a new B and B

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SPORTSStone Creek Pro-Am draws

Iowa County golfers

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OUR AREA FARMERS

Gritsches of Brooklyn take

this month’s spotlight

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Get to know Our Area FarmersChris and Natalie Gritsch

Located west of Brooklyn, Iowa

Poweshiek County

Gritsch on farming:

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The Pioneer-Republican AREA NEWS 3 Aug. 28, 2014

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This is an incredibly exciting time in the life of our congrega-

tion.As the pastor of First

United Methodist Church, I am pleased to announce to you that we are adding a contemporary worship ser-vice to our Sunday morning worship schedule at 11:15 a.m.

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What is the difference between our current wor-ship service and a contem-porary worship service you ask? Well, there are several things that will be differ-ent in this new service. In-stead of an organ leading our traditional hymns, you can expect to see a worship band with drums, guitars, and keyboard. The praise team will lead us in songs you hear on Christian radio stations. Instead of printed liturgy and prayers, you can expect the service to be a bit more extemporaneous

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We are excited about this service because we rec-RJQL]H�D�PLVVLRQDO�QHHG� LQ�our community to reach out to youth and young adults with families. We hope that by doing church in a fresh, new, and approachable way, we can reach out to those who may not resonate with what they know church to “traditionally” be. Our church is making bold and intentional moves to try to reach this unchurched/de-churched population of Marengo. Church will be

unlike many have experi-enced before, but the teach-ings will be grounded in VFULSWXUH� DQG� UHÀHFW� -HVXV�Christ as Lord of all.

We pray that you will come check us out. Visit our website at ¿UVWXPF-marengo.org or like us on Facebook at First UMC Marengo

We are located at 895 Court Avenue, Marengo; the phone number is (319) 642-3146.

The Rev. Matt German is pastor at First United

Methodist Church, Marengo

By THE REV. MATT GERMANSpecial to NpIC Newspapers

Contemporary worship to be addedat First United Methodist ChurchQ First suchservice will be Sunday, Sept. 7

is not a tax. However, the election is simply to extend the current revenue purpose statement, which is ending because of the original lo-cal option tax law. School districts must have a rev-enue purpose statement in place in order to spend the state 1-cent sales tax.

“The RPS, both current and future, allows Iowa

Valley to renovate the au-ditorium, track and locker rooms, and purchase tech-nology,” he wrote in a note provided to the Pioneer-Republican.

School districts may also use the revenue pur-pose statement to provide funds for:

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If approved, the rev-enue purpose statement will remain effective until replaced or amended by the Iowa Valley School Dis-trict.

Contact Brian Rathjen atbrathjen@registermedia.com.

Continued from page 1

Election: Vote will allow Iowa Valley to spend 1-cent sales tax

A New wAy to worship

County, but also severe hail events and extreme dry conditions in other parts of the country – as evidence of climate shifts.

“We see climate change as being the most pressing community, country and SODQHW�LVVXH�´�VDLG�&]HUZLF��who has been on the march since it began March 1 in Los Angeles. “We’ve wait-ed too long to take action and address the state of the FULVLV�� 7KH� FRQVHTXHQFHV�DUH� UHDOO\� VLJQL¿FDQW�� DQG�

we’re talking to people to inspire them to think out-side of the box (to address the issue).

“We’re asking them what they can do to change our lifestyles or to do some-thing on the political level,” he said, referring to chang-es in transportation, use of fossil fuels and diet, and being against such things as new pipelines being built.

About 40 people of all ages, from 3 to 83, were part of the march as it came through Iowa County Sun-

day through Tuesday, Aug. 17-19. The group camped out at Ladora City Park overnight before making its way to Henry’s Vil-lage Market in Homestead, where it set up camp.

“We felt really wel-comed and they were very gracious at Henry’s Village 0DUNHW�´� VDLG� &]HUZLF��“We had people bring us fresh vegies, baked goods and made us very welcome ¿UVW� DQG� IRUHPRVW�� 0RVW�people know that some-thing going on with climate

really and we’re happy to see us come through.”

The group does have support vehicles, including a moving van powered by vegetable oil, and has solar-powered trailers to trans-SRUW� HTXLSPHQW� DQG� VXS-plies. They are also using an eco-friendly commode that doesn’t use water.

For more information on the Great March for Cli-mate Change, go to www.climatemarch.org.

Continued from page 1

Contact Brian Rathjen atbrathjen@registermedia.com.

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