Postville News

The Postville City Council, meeting in regular session Monday evening, heard from concerned citizen Virginia Eichmann about the possible proposed vacating of the Hill Street Alley. She noted that the alley is their only entrance to their garage. Mayor Hyman stated that the agenda item was to be discussed later in the meeting and no decision would be made prior to a public hearing.

What’s Happening in & around Postville.....

Trees to be planted in Postville

April 30 is the date chosen for planting trees in boulevards in Postville and on other city property. Volunteer help is needed. Can you spare a couple of hours to make our hometown an even prettier place to live? Anyone willing to help with the planting is asked to meet at City Hall at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30. Please turn to page 16 for more information about the tree program

FCCLA celebrating 60th Anniversary

What’s Happening in & around Postville.....

Trees to be planted in Postville

April 30 is the date chosen for planting trees in boulevards in Postville and on other city property. Volunteer help is needed. Can you spare a couple of hours to make our hometown an even prettier place to live? Anyone willing to help with the planting is asked to meet at City Hall at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30. Please turn to page 16 for more information about the tree program

FCCLA celebrating 60th Anniversary

After 40 years, avid bowler Mark Zieman of Postville has reached a milestone that many bowlers only dream of.

At the State Bowling Tournament at Des Moines two weeks ago, he bowled a perfect game of 300. The perfect game was part of a career best 718 series to add to this milestone.

"I've been close a time or two, but never have I thrown 12 good balls like I threw Sunday evening," he said.

Decorah, Iowa – Anne Straate, a junior forward on the Luther College basketball team, has been selected to the 2005 all-Iowa Conference team as a first team honoree.

During the 2004-05 season, Straate made an immediate impact for the Norse, leading the team in scoring (12.7 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg). She completed the 16-game Iowa Conference schedule ranked eighth in the league in scoring (11.3), seventh in rebounding (6.6), 11th in field goal percentage connecting on 45 percent of her attempts (68-151), and ninth with a free throw percentage of 76 percent (44-61).

Following the first week of competition, Malinda Riley and Ronald are in first place in the Herald-Leader’s NCAA Final Four Contest with 47 points each.

Five entrants are tied with 45 points each. They are Dwight D. Bacon, Lisa Bacon, Gunner Mohs, Adrian Adam and Omar Nuehring.

Local statitician Don Drahn noted that the average score so far is 40.05 and the mode is 40.

With just 16 teams left, next week’s games will narrow the field to eight. Will you still be in the running for the big prizes?

Thursday Night Couples

March 17

Trouble for You 32.5-11.5

Paradise Bowlers 28-16

Wrecking Crew 23-21

Suds Suckers 20-24

Gridworks 14.5-29.5

Sandhogs 14-30

HTG: Trouble for You 842

HTS: Trouble for You 2410

HMG: Marvin Berg 238

HMS: Quentin Shutte 675

HWG: Tammy Roling 225

HWS: Sherry Schultz 604

Monday Night Ladies

March 14

Luana Savings Bank 50-38

Langs Dairy 50-38

The Postville Police Report for the month of February shows 39 traffic warnings, 7 other warnings, 43 traffic citations, 6 parking citations, 2 accident reports, and 9 incident reports.

Fines collected in February included: Allamakee $933.49; Clayton $15.00; vehicle inspections (15) $300, for a total of $1,248.49.

Traffic citations included: OWI, no insurance, careless driving, no DL, unsafe start, speeding, expired registration, failure to yield from stop sign, driving while suspended, fraudulent plates, obstructed view.

We received a certified letter from the Allamakee County Engineer on behalf of our Allamakee County Supervisors Feb. 24 inviting us to a board meeting. Seventeen days after the impression was given in the newspaper th at we had already received something from them.

On Thursday, Kathryn Skilton of Nashua was honored by the Senate as a winner of the statewide “Write Women Back Into History Essay Contest”. This is the fourth consecutive year that Kathryn has placed in the contest. Honoring a young person for a job well done is one of my favorite tasks. Unfortunately, the poor choices some of our young adults make reflect unfavorably on this generation, so it is indeed a pleasure to recognize Kathryn as an outstanding example among her colleagues.