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The Cherry Valley Chums 4-H Club met on January 10, 2005. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Morgan Deering. Roll call was name your favorite snow activity. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were given.
Old Business: Dues are now due and they are $10 for each member. Please pay these as soon as possible.

Sweetheart candidates
FCCLA and FFA are hosting the annual Sweetheart Dance at Postville High School this weekend. Candidates for queen and king are pictured above. They are (Front row, left to right) Kala Henning, Casie Miner, Kaylee Zuercher, Kelsie Deering, Lexie Everman, Stacy Berns, Courtney Brainard and Angie Dibble. In back are Kory Snitker, Mark Donlon, Corby Friederich, Blaine Grinna, Travis Donlon, Chris Irvine, Randy Wedo and Tim Delaney.

The Postville City Council, meeting in regular session Monday evening, heard an update on the water storage tank and softball complex from Dave Schechinger of Veenstra and Kimm. He noted that the tank is in place, painted and has between 4 and 5 feet of water in it. He said the electrical work will be completed as soon as the frost goes out of the ground. He added that the replacement pumps also need to be installed in the adjacent building.

"The Community Foundation of the Northeast Iowa Region (formerly the Greater Decorah Area Community Foundation) has elected three new members to its Board of Directors. They are Todd Kowalke, attorney from Cresco, Mari Ann MacDuff, small business owner, also from Cresco and Ron Taylor, retired President of Postville State Bank. These elections expand Board membership into Howard and Allamakee Counties to reflect the new regional name of the foundation.

A sweet deal

By Ardie Kuhse
Every day in our local newspapers we read about meth labs being discovered and individuals who have been arrested for dealing and using. In 2003, Allamakee County alone, seized over 30 meth labs and that number continues to increase. Iowa is one of the leading states in the nation to harbor meth labs and the highest percentage of these labs are found right here in Northeast Iowa.

At the helm at St. Paul

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

Sign up now for Driver Education
The deadline to sign up for summer driver education is this Friday, Feb. 18, Anyone having questions about the class should call the school at 563-864-7651 ext. 401.


Fire Dept. Casino Night is Feb. 19
The annual Postville Fire Department Casino night will be held Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Fire Station from 7 p.m. to midnight. Admission includes food and beverages. Door prizes will be awarded. See details on page seven.

75 Years Ago
February 12, 1930

Harpers Ferry
Loy Johnston arrived Saturday and will remain here until work in his
line gets better. He is a lineman for the Bell Telephone Co.

D. F. Wolfe of Lansing sold his motion picture machine, which he
installed here recently, to Wm. Frank, who will run a good line of
pictures and solicits your patronage.

Waterville
Albert Jacobson, L. Slattery, O. J. Moe, C. H. Hagen, Leonard Hagen,

Allamakee County producers are reminded of the final availability date to obtain a nine month loan or loan deficiency payment (LDP) on oats, barley, or wheat as being March 31, 2005.
If producers have previously signed a 2004 CCC 709 Direct Payment Request form for oats, barley, or wheat and have yet to turn in their sales documents, they have until March 31, 2005 to do so. Benefits are earned on the date of delivery of the commodity, if there was an LDP on that day.