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POSTVILLE- What if you had the power to drastically change someone’s life for the better? Imagine knowing someone close to you and your family who needs your help. Imagine holding that power, but knowing risks were involved.
OSSIAN - Popcorn, Tootsie Rolls and flip flops might seem like mundane items to most people. But for Emily Adams, they are the highlight after a long day of work. Adams is currently stationed in Balad, Iraq, a town 70 miles north of Baghdad. She has been stationed there since Jan. 3, working as a critical care nurse in the Air Force Theater Hospital, treating both American and Iraqi patients.
ELGIN- The city council passed two resolutions Monday night to move forward on the Hidden Valley Street Project after hearing comments from Elgin residents during the public hearing. Jim Holz and Steve Thompson from MSA presented the preliminary plans of the Hidden Valley Street Project to a crowd of 25 people including most of the property owners within the Hidden Valley subdivision. The project proposes paving the subdivision with either asphalt or concrete of comparable value. Using a recent street paving project in another town as a cost example, MSA prepared four options on how the council could assess the property owners within the subdivision to pay for the project. The council chose to look at specially assessing the property owners because they primarily benefit from the project. The housing development is not directly linked to the community, and there are no “through” streets to the rest of the town.
SPORTS
The Valley girls basketball team was honored last Tuesday night by the Farm Bureau for their outstanding season and trip to the state basketball tournament.
OPINION
CALIFORNIA/ARIZONA LIVING – on Sunday gave us a true thunderstorm with thunder, lightning and a deluge of rain. Along this strip of curvy road, snowbirds reported water poured down the mountain side in a waterfall fashion that was short lived but pooled on the road way below. It is fruitless to inquire “How much rain did we get?” Like I have said before, what snowbird packs a rain gauge? And because it rained, a round of golf is cancelled and husband Ron and I head the gray van to Messiah Lutheran Church where we nearly raised our hand when Deacon Roger asked: Who are first time visitors? Instead we digest the sermon’s message that seems to speak only to us, we grasp our neighbors’ hands during the Lords Prayer and we do the same after receiving the bread and wine. Because we have been absent for a few Sundays, Church is refreshing to the soul, as the rain outside is to the arid land of the southwest.
EDUCATION
WEST UNION – The North Fayette Board of Education proposed increasing the levy it assesses taxpayers, by 33¢ per $1,000 valuation in 2010-11. The levy of $15.98 will be acted upon following a public hearing at the board’s next meeting, Monday, April 12, at 5 p.m.
RURAL LIFE
DECORAH-Winneshiek County fair goers can look forward to the same great entertainment and low prices as they have in the past, said board president Roxanne Huinker as the Winneshiek County Fair Board announced its entertainment and schedule for the 2010 county fair at the Decorah Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday afternoon.
ARTS AND LEISURE
Fayette County Barn Quilts’ second annual quilt show is set for Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18 at North Fayette High School. The event, from 9 a.m. to 5 on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, will include a display of 100 or more quilts, and an opportunity for participation in one of two quilt workshops.
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