By Mary DarlingThey say it takes a village to

raise a child. Just look around youand you will see it also takes a village of volunteers to keep a city running

smoothly. There are organized groups of volunteers, individual volunteers,groups for special occasions, etc. Many don’t get recognized and don’t evenwant recognition for what they do. It just makes them feel fulfilled to do some-thing for others instead of just themselves. It’s just what they do. In this specialtribute section to the volunteers that make Logan and area a great place to liveand raise a family, someone or group will inadvertently not be mentioned….because as much as we try to think of all the volunteers that go into makingLogan and the surrounding area tick….there are some we don’t know

about…or some of those that go about the effort in a quiet way behind thescenes. We are sorry if someone has been left off the list….just let us

know and they will also get their recognition. It would be great to havea section of the paper each week just to recognize a volunteer. There

are so many county volunteers as well; the Harrison CountyFair Board, Harrison County 4-H and Extension, volun-

teers at the Harrison County Historical Village, hospitalvolunteers, and the list goes on and on. We take

our hats off to all these individuals and thankthem for all their hard work and selfless

hours put in to make this communi-ty and county a better place to

live. We can only strive tofollow the lasting ex-

ample theyhave set.

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The Logan Public Lib-rary has a lot of friends.Besides the Library Board,the group, “Friends of theLogan Public Library,” wasreactivated in January,2011, after many years.Volunteers Sandy Richard-son, Helen Wetzstein andHarriett Brust led a groupof 10 residents in formingthe new group of friends.Presently, 12-15 attendmonthly meetings.

This volunteer organiza-tion is dedicated to thesupport and promotion ofthe Library. The LoganPublic Library is truly oneof Logan’s finest treasures.

Yearly membershipsconsist of: A Good Friend,$5; A Close Friend, $10; ABest Friend, $25 and aBusiness Friend member-ship, $50. It isn’t necessaryto attend meetings or pro-grams to become a mem-ber.

Since it was reactivated,the group has helped withbook sales, assisting BethNorton with the Children’sSummer Reading Program,purchased two new chairsfor the Young Adult Sectionand several large printbooks and replaced theyoung adult series that wasmissing. They also donateda printer for the children’ssection and contributed to

new landscaping. GordonFliehe volunteers by keep-ing the library flowers freeof weeds and the MagnoliaHillbillie’s 4-H group help-ed with landscaping.

The Library is also over-seen by the Library Board ofDirectors. They are: SandyRichardson, Sharol Alt-wegg, Alvin Dinkel, MarkLeonard and HelenKnuass.

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The 4-H program inHarrison County has along, storied history of vol-unteerism. From its incep-tion in 1912, to the pres-ent, county residents havevolunteered their time andtalents to lead and directthis organization as well asthe 4-H members them-selves volunteering for var-ious community serviceprojects.

Not a group to shy awayfrom hard work, one of themany times they volun-teered was after the floodof the fairgrounds in 1996.Volunteers converged onthe grounds and powerwashed, cleaned andsprayed for bugs, and accom-plished whatever other prepa-rations were necessary tomake sure the HarrisonCounty Fair started on timethat year.

Last year, when the fair wasmoved to Dunlap due to con-cerns of flooding at thegrounds in Missouri Valley,volunteers pitched in again tosee that the fair ran smoothlyat the new location.

This year, there are approxi-mately 280 youth involved inthe program throughout Har-rison County and 60 volun-teers that lead them.

This doesn’t include theHarrison County Fair Boardmembers which plan, organizeand see that the annual Fairruns smoothly each year.Those members include:President, John Straight; VicePresident, Rod Plath; Sec-retary/Treasurer, Judy Hol-

combe; Directors, Craig Adair,Arlyn Anderson, HaroldBertelsen, Mike Dickinson,Tim Faylor, Bob Fisher, SarahHansen, Gale Hatcher, JohnHeim, Trent Lally, Clint Mc-Donald, Curtis Mether, LynnMether, Kirk Parsons, ShanePhillips, Rodney Plath, LarryRutledge, Brian Stueve, KimThompson, Brent Wat-kins,and Everette Wohlers Jr. Notcounting the many others thatvolunteer their time.

Harrison County 4-H and Fair Board

Photos of 4-H volunteers taking part in various community services proj-ects throughout the county.

Lo-Ma Community School Students This group of stu-dent volunteersfrom Logan-Magnolia HighSchool boardedbuses last Aprilthat took them tothe tornado strick-en town ofMapleton wherethey helped cleanup the city. Theyspent the day theredoing what everthey could to helpout and were rec-ognized with anaward this yearfrom the MapletonRotary Club.

Each year, the MapletonRotary Club honors aMapleton resident by pre-senting its Service AboveSelf Award. Rotary, an in-ternational organization,seeks to foster and encour-age community service inthe local community andaround the world througha wide variety of projects.

“We believe the presen-tation of this annual awardnot only recognizes theaccomplishments of ourcitizens, but it alsoencourages others toappreciate and seek tobecome involved in serv-ice to others,” saidPresident Harvey Hanson.

“As you are well aware,on April 9, 2011, Maple-ton was struck by a torna-do that damaged our city

extensively. In the after-math of the disaster,Mapleton was assisted byhundreds of volunteerswho spent weeks cleaningup debris and helping any-one suffering from the tor-nado,” Hanson said. “Wewere especially gratifiedand encouraged by thetremendous outpouring ofsupport from high schoolstudents from 28 schooldistricts who arrived im-mediately following thestorm and spent days inMapleton providing helpto the entire community.”

According to Hanson,for days following the tor-nado, busses arrivedbringing volunteers whowere able to haul debris,rake up branches, carrylumber and destroyed fur-

niture to the curb, andassist with many otherneeds.

“And foremost, theassistance of these manyyoung adults providedencouragement andassured us that today’syoung citizens are in factour future leaders,”Hanson said.

The Mapleton RotaryClub presented the ServiceAbove Self Award to eachof the students from the28 Iowa schools who vol-unteered, includingLogan-Magnolia.

Logan-Magnolia HighSchool received a certifi-cate from the Rotary Clubalong with having theschool listed on a plaquein the community centerin Mapleton.

Students who volunteered at Mapleton included, Kristina Dyer, Parker Bolte, Grady Killpack,Justin McMurray, Zack Powley, Quin Mann, Grant Whisney, Daniel Norton, Dominic Snyder,Stephanie Riley, Brian Zephier, Sydney Pickle, Courtney Cox, Isabelle Winchell; in back,Kaitlyn Dougherty, Sam Thompson, Alexis Smithson, Shelby Marquardt, Brilee Millsap,James Roach, Seth Morris, Aleasha Levell, Billy Mahoney, Austin Nihsen, Cole Davis, JordanMuxfeldt and Gabe Johnson.

Library Board and Friends

The Friends of the Logan Public Library group was reac-tivated in 2011.

Everyone can use a littlesupport now and then, andthat is just what the organ-izers of the Teacher Sup-port Organization (TSO)had in mind in 2005 whenthe group was formed.

Since that time, thegroup has met monthlyand held a two-hour helpnight each month workingon projects teachers haveleft for them to complete.

According to presidentJulie Witte, one of the goalsof the organization is toreimburse teachers for anyout-of-pocket expensesthey may have throughoutthe year as well as providesupport for the teachers.

“Supportive parents,grandparents and othermembers of the communi-ty meet once a month totake part in finishing proj-ects for teachers on desig-nated teacher help nights,”Witte said. “We also pro-vide meals for the teachersduring parent-teacher con-ferences twice a year. Weactively participate infundraising in order to beable to reimburse theteachers each year.”

The teacher help nightsusually consist of cuttingout projects, coloring pro-jects or assembling pack-ets.

“We also reimburseteachers for items usedwithin their classroom thatthey have to pay for them-selves,” Witte said. “Typ-ically, this is prizes andawards for the students.”

“This year, we had ourannual Teacher Appreci-ation Tailgate in the parkwhere any school staffcould come and eat forfree,” Witte said. “We alsohad a McTeacher Night atMcDonald’s, which wasvery successful. A lot of Lo-Ma families came out tosupport the teachers andschool. We also had ourbasket sale again this year.Themes included, camp-ing, movie night, and agames basket that includeda Wii system and games.”

Witte said future plans

include a craft fair/vendorfair in the fall, as well as theyearly activities like theMcTeacher Night and theTeacher Appreciation Tail-gate.

The themed baskets theclassrooms create are raf-fled off to raise funds forthe group. Presently, thegroup includes about 15active members as well asnumerous supportive par-ents, grandparents andother members of the com-munity.

“Any parent, grandpar-ent or other interestedadults are invited to joinTSO,” Witte said.

Officers include: Pres-ident, Julie Witte; Vice-President, Kala Jo Wingert;Secretary, Sarah Moss andTreasurer, Diane Wiener.

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Logan Fire Department Since it’s organization

on Oct. 6, 1884, Loganand the surrounding areahas been fortunate that somany residents have vol-unteered to give their timeand service to others asmembers of the Logan Fireand Rescue Department.

In the beginning, timespent for membership mayhave been just a meeting amonth and the fighting ofa fire or two. That has nowincreased to several hoursof training required by thestate and federal govern-ment to hold membershipin the organization. Evento serve as a fire fighteronly, you are required tohave training.

How fortunate we arethat there are men andwomen willing to give uptime with their own fami-lies and volunteer for anorganization that servesand saves the lives of oth-ers.

The first rescue units inLogan were purchased in1957, with the LoganDepartment having one of

the first in the county. In 1962, the present

building on Third Avenuewas given to theAssociation by Arthur(Dutch) Ernstdorf and hissister as a memorial totheir brother, JohnErnstdorf, who was anearly member of the firedepartment.

A total of 30 Fire Chiefshave served throughoutthe history of the depart-ment with Craig Char-bonneau the present Chiefserving since 2000.

Members of theDepartment include:

•RC Androy Chairman of the BoardEMT-B/FFI Trained•Carrie CharbonneauCadetCPR Trained•Bill Buffum1st Fire CaptainEMT-B/FFI Trained•Craig CharbonneauFire ChiefEMT-B/FFI Trained•Rick CharbonneauFR/FFI Trained•Boone Christo

Board MemberFR/FFI Trained•Mike ClausenEMT-B/FFI Trained•Gail DickinsonTraining OfficerEMT-B/FFI Trained•Mark ArmstrongSafety/Training OfficerEMT-BF/FFI Trained•Molly DeffenbaughProbationary•Jason FisherVice PresidentEMT-B/FFI Trained•JJ DeckerCadet•Larry Landon

Unite Captain/BoardEMT-B/FFI Trained•Ryan NordbyFFI Trained•Gary NordbyBoard MemberEMT-B/FFI Trained•Derek BucyAsst. Fire Chief/Treas.EMT-B/FFI Trained•Pat Tillinghast2nd Fire Capt.-Pres-

identEMT-B/FFI Trained•Brittany NordbyEMT-B/FFI Trained•Bob Michael Jr.

FFI Trained•Rusty Guritz3rd Fire Capt./Board

memberEMT-B/FFI Trained•Chris DickinsonProbationaryFF2 Trained•Kate ThackerProbationary•Kevin Thacker

FFI•Clark SmithFFI Trained•Larry OliverEMT-I•Ryan WarrenProbationary•Nick TottenProbationary•Sean DickinsonProbationary

The Logan Fire and Rescue Department annually spendsa day at the Logan Elementary School taking studentsthrough the safety trailer.

The Fire Department gives rides in the 1935 fire truckduring Village Green.

Lo-Ma TSO

The Lo-Ma Teacher Support Organization hosts a basketraffle each year to raise funds for their program.

Lo-Ma Booster Club

Hundreds of Lo-Ma stu-dents, parents and adminis-trators have the Lo-MaBooster Club to thank foraiding athletic programssince its inception in 1981.

The Booster Club hasbeen an integral part of theathletic department sincethat time with the purposeto supplement the schooldistrict’s budget for athlet-ics.

Money raised by clubvolunteers allows all stu-dents at Lo-Ma to have theopportunity to participatein any sport without payingfor equipment, uniforms,

or fees to defray the costs ofofficials and transportation.One of their biggestfundraisers each year is thefootball jersey auction heldthe Sunday prior to Home-coming Week.

Since the Booster Clubstarted, volunteers haveraised and spent more than$200,000 to help aid athlet-ic programs and their par-ticipants.

Items purchased by theclub have included, uni-forms for girls’ and boys’track, baseball, volleyball,wrestling, boys basketball,two sets for girls basketball,

wireless field phones,portable backstop, weights,and weight machines,refinishing the wrestlingmat, ice machine, new netsfor batting cage, agrilimefor little league field, ban-ners for the gym, track andfield ribbons each year aswell as yearly donations tothe cheerleading squadsand wrestling mat fund.

Present officers of theBooster Club are: Pres-ident, Chris Hedger; Vice-President, Shelley Foutch;Treasurer, Jill Straight andSecretary, Cami Ettleman.

The football jersey auction is one of the largest fundraisers held each year by theBooster Club.

Logan Cemetery BoardThe Logan Cemetery

Board oversees the careand maintenance of theLogan Cemetery.

Articles of Incorpor-ation were written May 20,1872. The names have

changed during the years,but the task of the boardhas always been the same –the care and upkeep andrecord keeping of theLogan Cemetery.

The Logan Cemetery

Association is headed by aBoard of Directors. Theyinclude, President, ChrisHartwig; Vice President,Robert Harvey; secretary,Patricia Esser and treasur-er, Shelley Foutch. Other

board members are GailDickinson, Alve Feige,John Espenmiller, CarlHughes, Layne Clark andKris Beckner.

“One of our biggestprojects,” Hartwig said, “Is

to find family members toreset the stones that havetoppled over and needrepaired.”

Board members recentlyspent some time at thecemetery cutting down

trees and cleaning up thearea prior to MemorialDay. There are still severalstones that need repairedand they would like toreplace the front fence ofthe cemetery.

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Litle League Sports VolunteersA large number of vol-

unteers give of their timeand talents to serve asmentors and instructors toyoung athletes teachingthem the ropes of the vari-ous sports programsthroughout the year. Theyhelp build the foundationfor these students as theygo on into junior high andhigh school sports pro-gram. Volunteers include:

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Harrison County Humane SocietyThe Harrison County

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Megan Hiller is one of the many volunteers at the HarrisonCounty Humane Society.

Logan Village Green The Village Green

Committee was established19 years ago by a group ofindividuals that were inter-ested in starting a celebra-tion reminiscent of the daysgone by.

The Logan Village Greenis held each year in theLogan City Park andincludes tables of craftitems, a flea market, music,food, various activities andrides for the children. It wasmeant as a place to bring alawn chair and sit and enjoythe day’s events.

The Village Green Com-mittee also sponsors Gob-lins on the Green in Oct-ober. That event draws chil-dren of all ages to the citypark in full costume ready

for Halloween and Trick-or-Treat. A variety of games,

fun and food are providedby the committee.

One of th events the Village Green Committee sponsors isthe Goblins on the Green each October.

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The Logan Veteran’s ofForeign Wars Post No.6256, was chartered in1942 with 33 members.Adolphus Rolf was the firstPost Commander.

In 1955, property waspurchased and in 1960 acountry schoolhouse wasmoved onto it. The build-ing was remodeled over aperiod of time and used forV.F.W. meetings. Due toneeded repairs and contin-uing upkeep, the buildingwas sold several years ago.

One of the services theV.F.W. started in the 1970’swas a lending closet.

“It was originally startedfor veterans,” said memberJim Kill. “And then it wasexpanded for the generalpublic’s use.”

“We appreciate any do-nations of durable medicalgoods, especially wheelchairs,” Kill said.

The lending closet cancome in handy if you havea person visiting that mayneed the use of one of the

items, or if you are injuredand require the use of a setof crutches for a fewweeks.

According to Kill, themotto is to honor the deadby serving the living, andthe lending closet falls inline with that.

The Post also helps pro-vide the color guard at vet-eran funerals as well asMemorial Day serviceseach year.

The V.W.F. hosts Bingoevery Fourth of July holi-day and will be able tolocate their game underthe new park shelter thisyear.

Recently, the V.F.W.helped spearhead theplacement of a monumentto County Veterans at theHarrison County Court-house.

The group is alwayslooking for more mem-bers.

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Way back in 1940,there were residents ofLogan that were commu-nity minded and theLogan Kiwanis Club wasformally organized onNov. 12, 1940.

The club was the sec-ond in Harrison Countyand began with 27 chartermembers.

During the years, theclub has received recogni-tion for its many commu-nity projects and hastaken part in a wide vari-ety of activities.

In the 1960’s, the clubbegan holding its annualPancake Day, which isnow held twice a year.

In 1965, the club wasinstrumental in seeingthat all elm trees in theLogan City Park weresprayed to help cut lossesdue to Dutch Elm Disease.Arrangements were madefor spraying more than100 trees.

Besides the focus onserving children, the clubhas sponsored many activ-ities over the years includ-ing, the annual PancakeDay, Chili-Cookoff, thenativity scene in the citypark, purchasing traumakits for county rescuesquads, helping with theFourth of July parade,Legislative Days, Loganchurch signs, served asvolunteer readers at theLo-Ma ElementarySchool, collected food forthe Food Pantry, helpedconstruct the new shelterin the city park and aided

in clean up of MillimanPark. The club also pro-vides funds for the Lo-MaKey Club which wasorganized May 7, 1993, anOut-standing SeniorAward, and sends stu-dents to various camps.

Current officers of theclub which just reachedthe 40-member mark, in-

clude: President, MattPitt; President Elect, TomHoff; Past President, ClintMcDonald; Secretary-treasurer, Ed Gambs;board members: GordonFliehe, Ed Gambs, Har-riett Brust, Russ Kurth,Marcia Pitt, Mary Darling,Jim Makey and TiffanyScheuring.

The Kiwanis Club provides dictionaries to third grade classes each year.

Key Club members helped out as bell ringers during theholiday campaign.

Logan Kiwanis Club Logan-Magnolia ParentMusic Association

For more than 50 years,the Logan-Magnolia MusicDepartment has had astrong support base withthe backing of the ParentMusic and Arts Asso-cia-tion (PMA).

PMA volunteers havebeen ready and willing tohelp when called and touse their time and talentsin aiding the music andfine arts departments ofthe school.

Each fall you see volun-teers manning the conces-sion stand at football

games and feeding stu-dents that are in town formusic contests and vari-ous other events. Food hasproven to be the groups’biggest fundraiser by farduring the years.

This group of volun-teers has funneled thou-sands of dollars into themusic and fine arts depart-ments at Lo-Ma. Items thegroup has purchased orhelped purchase over theyears includes, pianos,microphones, acousticshells, TV’s, computers,

electric piano, Orff instru-ments for the elementary,roses for the seniors, sheetmusic, chairs, uniforms,gold medals, backdrop forthe stage, trap set andmany other needed items.Scholarships have alsobeen given to students toattend summer musiccamps.

In 1998, the PMA wasnominated for and re-ceived the State of IowaGovernor’s VolunteerAward for outstandingservice.

This year Kiwanis members have helped build the newshelter in the Logan City Park and clean up Milliman Park.

The Lo-Ma PMA organization has spent thousands of dollars aiding the music and artsdepartments at the school district.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Each year members of theV.F.W. serve as the ColorGuard for Memorial DayServices, for the Fourth ofJuly parade, and this yearhelped raise funds to erecta monument to HarrisonCounty Veterans that hasbeen placed at the HarrisonCounty Courthouse.

How would you likeyour eggs? For the pastseveral months, that hasbecome a common state-ment at fundraising break-fasts hosted by the LoganAmerican Legion.

Commander Bob Dean,Logan, said it’s been a pret-ty busy year for the group.

“We had a goal to doseveral things this pastyear and, for the most part,we have had successthanks to the support wereceived,” Dean said.

The breakfasts, whichthe organization beganserving once a month, thebeginning of the year, havebeen just one of thefundraising venues for thegroup.

Dean said until abouttwo years ago, the Amer-ican Legion was “prettymuch dead,” with one ofthe members working tokeep it going. He ,alongwith the rest of the group,have been working hardthis past year to increasemembership and visibilityof the organization inLogan. One of their mainprojects was co-sponsor-ing the erection of aVeteran’s Monument at theHarrison County Court-house for county veterans.

“The memorial becamea reality due to the hardwork of Rick O’Neill andthe Veterans of ForeignWars members along withthe generous contributions

of our great community,”Dean said. “We are cur-rently in the planningstages to add an additionalmemorial walk in the citypark. We are open to ideasthat would depict the sup-port and honor we havefor Logan’s veterans, past,present and future.”

According to Dean, ahighlight of the year wasthe addition of the LoessHills Chapter of theAmerican Legion Riders.

“Pastor Jerry Firby ischapter president and isworking hard to make surewe have a great summer aswell as spread the call toservice,” he said.

Dean said the AmericanLegion Riders is a diversegroup of motorcycle en-thusiasts sharing commongoals.

“All are members orspouses of the AmericanLegion, American LegionAuxiliary or Sons of theAmerican Legion, and areunited by patriotism,”Dean said. “They answerthe call to ride in service toAmerica’s military, her vet-erans and for the childrenand youth of our country.”

Dean said the LegionRiders is open to anyone inthe area.

“We are picking upmembers from all overHarrison and Shelby coun-ties.

One of the goals thispast year was to double the

membership of the group,which Dean said was theonly goal the Chapter did-n’t quite meet.

“We were able to wel-come many new folksand for that I’m grateful,”he said. “We are lookingforward to the opportuni-ty to serve with them all.”

Anyone interested injoining the American Le-gion or obtaining moreinformation may contactDean atbob.post118@gmail.comor call (712) 644-2209.

“As I am the continualoptimist, there is alwaysnext year,” Dean said.“And, what a great year Ihope it will be. Thanks toeveryone for the supportand praise you have givenus.”

For the past 72 years,Logan Chamber of Com-merce volunteers havebeen working to promoteLogan and its businesses.

Chartered April 19,1940, it was then knownas the Better Logan Club,and members were incharge of promotionalevents, the two biggestbeing the Fourth of Julycelebration and SpringOpening Day held inMarch.

In 1980, a big debateensued on whether theChamber could afford tocontinue to sponsor thefireworks display for theFourth of July. It wasbecoming hard to finance.LeRoy Bosworth, who wasin charge of the fireworksdisplay, attended thatmeeting and said he wouldkeep things going until hebroke someone else in. Itmust have been a long“break-in” process sinceBosworth continued tohead the display up until afew years before his deathin 2011. That torch hasnow been passed to hisson, Tedd Bosworth, andhis group of volunteers.

Logan Chamber Mem-bers have dealt with manyof the same issues duringthe years, the main onepromoting the town ofLogan with the manyevents held. These includethe annual Easter EggHunt for the children,Shiverfest in November,and the first annual “UglySweater Contest” held thispast year as a thank you tocustomers.

The Chamber hasenhanced the communityover the years with thepurchase of stone planters,helped purchase lamps forthe City Park, Christmasdecorations, fireworks forthe annual display, andbanners proclaiming,“Welcome to Logan,”throughout town. Present Chamber offi-

cials include, co-presi-dents, Chris Hartwig andRagene Darling, secretary,

Dion Pitt and treasurer,Steve Eby.

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Logan Chamber of Commerce

American Legion

Bob Deans cooks up breakfast

Logan PoolBoard

The Logan Pool Board was established in 2009 prior tothe opening of the Jim Wood Aquatic Center. The Boardoversees the running of the pool and reports to the LoganCity Council.

The board hires managers for the season and helpsinterview prospective lifeguards and bathhouse workers.Board members meet monthly beginning in January toprepare for the summer season.

Board members this year include: President, RageneDarling; Vice-President, Dan Cohrs; Secretary/Treasurer,Jamie Lapke; Tammy Hinkel, Tyler Hinkle and KarieWaters. R.C. Androy serves as the Certified PoolOperator.

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Lo-Ma SchoolBoard

The Logan-Magnolia Board of Education is made up offive volunteers elected to serve by the residents of theschool district. They receive no pay for their efforts ofoverseeing the school district.

According to the Iowa Association of School Boards,the six Learning Standards developed for Board Membersinclude:

•Complying with state and federal law and board pol-icy

•Acting with fiscal responsibility•Establishing a human resource system that enablers

all people to contribute meaningfully•Ensuring safe and equitable access to learning•Building effective legislative and community relation-

ships•Operating effectively as a board teamMembers this year include: Dan Cohrs, President;

Kelly Gochenour, Vice-President; Directors, Todd Cohrs,Shelley Foutch and Matt Pitt.

These locally elected community volunteers personifythe value Iowans place on excellence in education.

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219 E. 7th St. Logan, Iowa

The Logan Chamber sponsors the annual Fourth of July parade and other festivities.

The Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Chamber, annually draws hundreds of kids tothe Logan City Park.

Winners of the First Annual Ugly Sweater Contest were from left to right, Angela Winther,Chris Mausbach and Matt Pitt.

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The present LoganOptimist Club was organ-ized in 2010 with the goalto help youth and commu-nity in Logan.

Activities they havehosted include:

Parent’s Day Out atLogan Christian Church –parents drop their childrenoff for anafternoon/evening out.The Optimists provide ameal, crafts and more.Man of the junior high andhigh school students vol-unteered their time withthe kids.

Bowl-a-Thon – Theyhave co-hosted the eventwith the Missouri ValleyKiwanis for the past twoyears and are grateful tothem for helping theLogan Optimists get start-ed. This event is held atthe Tamarack and is opento child/adult teams in theafternoon and adult onlyteams in the evening.

Back-to-School PoolParty – The group will hostthis party again Aug. 11.The pool is open to anyLo-Ma students for openswim. Many businessesfrom the surroundingareas donate prizes that areawarded. They also pur-

chased an iPod Nano thatwas given to the winner ofthe Duck Race. Admissionis free, but a non-perish-able food item is suggestedfor donation at the door.The food is then donatedto a local food pantry.

Youth Soccer – This hasbeen, by far, the club’sbiggest undertaking. Withsmall numbers in theclub, it makes running thesoccer program interest-ing, yet rewarding, saidmember Briana Lally.

“Luckily we have vol-unteers from outside theClub who help with regis-tration, coaching and allother aspects of the sea-son. The U10 boys team

from this year will becompeting in the IowaGames in Ames July 13-15.

Basketball Tournament– This year the club host-ed its second annual bas-ketball tournament. In-terest in the eventincreased and they hopethe trend continues. Afree-throw contest is heldduring the tournamentwith the winner of eachage division receiving abasketball.

The Optimist Clubmeets from 6 p.m. to 7p.m., the first and thirdTuesday of each month atthe Logan ChristianChurch.

The Logan Optimists Club hosted a Pool Party for children last year and plan anotherthis summer.

The Optimist Club also sponsors the Logan Soccer Pro-gram.

Optimist Club Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts

The Logan Boy ScoutTroop No. 85 was startedin 1921, with Bill Yeomanserving as the Scoutmaster.The Cub Scouts became areality in 1948.

The Scout Troops haveparticipated in many com-munity service projectsthroughout the years.They include placing flagson each soldiers grave atthe Logan Cemetery priorto Memorial Day Services,participating in Americanflag raising ceremonies onMemorial Day, helping-

clean up Milliman Parkthis year, host a food drivefor the Harrison CountyFood Pantry, being incharge of the soup supperheld during the annualShiverfest celebration inNovember, are in charge ofthe food stand in theLogan City Park duringthe Fourth of July festivi-ties, working with theHarrison County Conser-vation Board on projects atWillow Lake and SchabenPark, helping clean uptrash in the athletic field

area after the fireworks theFourth of July, plantingflowers at the Museum ofReligious Arts and bring-ing music to WestmontCare Center each holidayby caroling for the resi-dents.

Present volunteers forthe organizations include:Jack Winther, JonFiddelke, Jim Kill, Daveand Diane Wiener, and EdGambs who serves as thecommittee chair.

Scouts placing flags on Veterans’ graves prior to Memorial Day services at the LoganCemetery.

One of their many community services this past year included caroling at WestmontCare Center during the holidays.

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