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6 Out & About
8 The Cork
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12 Sip & Tell
16 Historically
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18 Hughes Racing
20 ALPHA
25 Pet of the Month
26 Kids Works
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Author Lisa Genova
By Nikki Ehlers, Humboldt Public Library Director
I
f you havent discovered author Lisa Genova yet, you are in for
a real treat. Lisa has an undergraduate degree in Biopsychology
and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard. This gal knows her
subject and her subject is the science of the human brain. She tried
for a year to interest publishers and agents in her first book, Still
Alice, a fictionalized account of a college professors descent into
early onset Alzheimers disease. Eventually she published it herself
and set about creating interest through social media.
Her second book, Left Neglected, is the story of a young woman suf fering
from left neglect, an obscure neurological syndrome, following a head
injury in a car crash. Love, Anthony, her most recent book, is a story of a
young boy on the autism spectrum. The startling aspect of her books is
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autistic child, or dealt with someone with Alzheimers, but have you ever
thought about what it must be like to live that life?
Genovas books are fiction, but based on years of experience working
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H
umboldt County Pheasants Forever chapter
president John Kollmorgen knows how important
educating the area youth and getting them involved
in hunting activities are.
That is why the chapter has successfully hosted its
Pheasants Forever Youth Day for the fourth consecutive year.
The chapter held its fourth Youth Day at the residence of
Mike and Angie Vitzthum, east of Humboldt Saturday, Oct. 6.
Approximately 50 area youth participated in the event.
It is a very rewarding thing, said Kollmorgen of Youth
Day and the chapters other activities throughout the year.
There is a lot of work involved and our fundraising is one
of our biggest things. We have a fundraiser banquet, which is
Nov. 16. It will be at the fairgrounds this year for the rst time.
We enjoy ourselves but it happens every year. The Youth Day
is just fun for the kids and everybody does their part to get it
set up and it is very rewarding.
Youths learned and experienced many things about
hunting and participated in seven activity stations throughout
the day including a rie shoot, trap shooting, archery,
waterfowl, a live bird hunt, trapping and a BB gun target shoot
hosted by the Humboldt Boy Scouts during Youth Day.
Kollmorgen stressed the importance of letting those who
donate to the Humboldt County Pheasants Forever chapter
know that the money raised is getting put to good use. Along
with Youth Day, the area chapter hosts three other events
spread evenly throughout the year: a coyote hunt, a canoe trip
and the chapters annual fundraiser banquet.
Its nice to let our donors know that some of the money
goes towards Youth Day and I think spending a good hunk of
money is well worth it, said Kollmorgen. We want those kids to
grow up and someday be like us. Its actually hard to nd good
projects to back and thats why I think we are developing a good
partnership with the Humboldt County Conservation Board and
Above: the group of participants at the Pheasants
Forever Youth Day, held at Mike and Angie Vitzthum's
acreage, Saturday, Oct. 6. Below: Mike Vitzthum of
the Humboldt County Pheasants Forever chapter
demonstrates how to properly set a trap to area youth.
Below: Paul Kollmorgen of the Humboldt County
Pheasants Forever chapter releases a rooster during a
live bird hunt.
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as they are able to do some of the ground work, we are able to
help them out nancially because of those four events.
Kollmorgen said the chapter recently donated $10,000 to
the Humboldt County Conservation Board for land purchases
to provide habitat for the countys pheasant population.
Habitat is number one for us, and this youth thing is
something that has really come on lately because we are
realizing that some of the obstacles that we come across are
because we dont have enough people involved and its a bigger
voice in the community, and thats what we are trying to do
here, said Kollmorgen.
I think its important for the people that support our
organization to know how hard we work, how we spend their
money wisely and effectively, and for our purpose, added
Kollmorgen. We try to keep focused on youth and habitat and
I think people expect that when they donate to an organization
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Archery was one of seven
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Chili Cookof
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Photos by Kent Thompson
Humboldt City
Administrator Aaron
Burnett served a tasty
concoction that won
the Presidents Choice
Award at the Chamber
Chili Cookof Oct. 4.
Chamber
President Clifton
Kalafatich had the
job of picking his
favorite. Some of
the chili was just
too hot to handle.
Left: Pam, Don and Cody
Olson were among the
experienced samplers
downtown.
Above: Bank Iowa served up heaping portions of
chili while highlighting one of their community
service projects, Coats for Kids.
Pork chili verde with jalapenos, green chilies
and cilantro tied in with the green Halloween
theme sported by the Dakota City Demolition
Crew womens roller derby squad. Goin green
won the Crew the award for Best Theme.
Sammi
Eastman is
caught by the
roving candid
camera.
NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 7
Brody Clark with assistance from
helpers Nathan (left) and Elle (right),
made what they called Hot N Nerdy
chili. It received the most votes as the
Peoples Choice for best chili.
Brad Dufy
serves chili to
Diane Connor
during the
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event. I
think its a
neat event
that more
people
should check
out. I think
the window
painting by the kids was awesome, Connor said.
Cheese and crackers make
anything better, right?
So say the group from
Northwest Bank.
Below: The Fort Dodge
cover band Planet Rock
keep the crowd fred up
on a windy and cool night.
Above: Jeremy Harvey at Millers
Landing serves up some of the
restaurants chili recipe, as helpers
Wendy Bean and Alyssa Hicks with
Sweetest Things Bakery look on.
Gene and Diane
Wempen with
Humboldt Motor Sales
provided a chili that
would rev your engine.
Above: Steve Reimers
with Hotsy had some
hotsy totsy chili.
It was La Fiesta for
workers at the First
State Bank. Their taco
chili was muy bueno.
Andrew Flurey of
Humboldt samples
some chili during
the event. For a $3
contribution, people
received a taste-
testing spoon with
an opportunity to
sample and vote on
their favorite.
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This wine would pair nicely
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You can nd the Toasted Head
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Last Sunday was the auction for
the lots at the Eagle Ridge Addition. I
had interest in buying a lot for my sister
who is thinking of moving back from
California. As always, I was running late. I
got there ve minutes before it started.
I knew I was in trouble when I got
there and I had to park a ways
away. The turnout was very good,
and fortunately, many of the people
there were serious bidders. Good
news was bidding went well. Bad
news was I didnt get one. Everyone wanted the
same lots that I did. I will try next spring to get one then.
The best news is that in ve years we will have a lot of
new homes constructed. This development will be a great
addition to our town.
There are concerns about our kids walking on Sumner
Avenue hill. A little kidding around or some horseplay could
turn into a tragedy. Not sure how to solve or even help with this
problem so please be very careful when driving up the hill when
kids are present.
Also, the school wants stoplights now instead of stop signs.
There are 61,320 hours in a year, the school is trying to speed
things up for, at the most, 360 hours a year. This penalizes
everyone else for 61,000 hours a year to save some drivers
a few minutes a day. Even the DOT says no to stoplights,
so it will be interesting to see where this goes. Would be
a large cost to the city and forever more. This is something
we could live with the rest of our lives, so just want to
make sure we do it right.
Thank you,
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A leisurely bike ride from Rutland to Thor and back to highlight
the beauty and accessibility of the Three Rivers Trail through
Humboldt County was held Saturday, Oct. 6. Organizers of the event
Robert Lammers (left), Jerod Hatcher (second from left) and Jake
Zweibohmer (right) presented Humboldt County Conservation with
an $800 check to be used for trail maintenance and improvements.
Accepting the check is Humboldt County Conservation Director
Todd Lee (center). Pictured second from right is Humboldt County
Conservation Board member Bob Rasmussen.
Optimum fall foliage was viewable
from the predominantly fat trail route.
Temperatures near freezing and strong
northwesterly winds greeted more than
100 hardy bike riders for the frst ever
Hardpack 30, a 30-mile trek from Rutland
to Thor and back on the Three Rivers Trail.
One of the organizers Robert Lammers
(left) registers an entry.
Chad and Lisa Theesfeld are
wearing their Hardpack 30 T-shirts.
Humboldt
Hardpack 30
Saturday, October 6
Photos by Kent Thompson
From left to
right: Tammy,
Rosie and Brian
Gargano, all
of Humboldt,
and Laura
Cunningham of
St. Cloud, MN.
NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 11
Conservation
Director Todd
Lee has spent
more time than
most on the trail.
He is hoping he
makes it back in
time to watch
the Cyclones.
Left: This family
of riders starts
out from the
trail in Rutland.
Below: Jerod
Hatchers bike
(right) is under
repair.
Bikers Erica
Loerts and Jay
Marrow were
dressed for the
conditions.
Above: A reclining bicycle is a
great invention Linda Lynch of
Gilmore City fnds. You can still
get the exercise of biking, but
it is easier on the back muscles.
Left: Tammy Hock was smiling
at the onset.
Above: Ladies in black Michelle
McKenna, Kathy Hauck, Michelle
Lindemann and Stephanie Vik.
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T
he auctioneer yelled SOLD and a group of eight people
began planning and anticipating the gourmet dinner
they had just purchased. The auction was part of the
evening events at the Art Encore Event sponsored by the HAAC,
Humboldt Area Arts Council. Each year the HAAC hosts this
event which is open to everyone. Tickets are sold in advance by
the board members, or can be purchased at the door.
This years theme is The Feel of Art and will feature an
evening beginning with hot hors doeuvres prepared by Rustix,
a large assortment of Sweet Treats from the board members,
a silent auction, live auction by Hundertmark Auction Service,
and a DJ for your dancing pleasure. Art donated by members of
the community will be auctioned off in two divisions, youth and
adult. Everyone is invited to submit their artwork to the HAAC
building (the former Coke Plant building) on Sumner Ave. in
Humboldt, or contact Nancy Huddleson or Lori Curran.
Rustix will be hosting this event on Saturday, November
17th with the doors opening at 6:00 p.m.
6:30-8:30 p.m. Appetizers (wine and beer cash bar)
6:00-8:00 p.m. Youth Silent Auction
9:00 p.m. Live Auction
11:00 p.m. Silent Auction Closes
10:00-Midnight Music by Chris Cran
An Art Reception will be held at the Humboldt Art Center
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 1st to preview
the items donated for the auction.
Art comes in many forms and this article is about one of
the Culinary Arts items that was auctioned off last year. It
was a gourmet dinner that featured a seven course meal plus
a special entre provided midway through the meal. Each
course was accompanied by sangria, a companion wine, or
after dinner drinks.
The guests arrived at 6:00 p.m. at the home of John and
Candis Drechsler and started the evening with appetizers
and sangria served out on the porch. A beautiful fruit platter
was served with a scooped out pineapple used as the bowl
for an orange fruit dip. A wedge of Maytag blue cheese with
blueberry compote accompanied the fruit platter. Jumbo
shrimp were arranged on bamboo skewers in the shape of a
large heart, then grilled and served with a basil-mango sauce.
This course was topped off with a delicious herbed leek tart.
Everyone enjoyed appetizers, sangria and beautiful
weather on the porch of John and Candis Drechsler.
By Candis Drechsler
NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 13
Guests were then led into the dining room where the salad
was waiting. A marinated vegetable salad was served along
with homemade dill bread and honey butter.
Course three was Emerils butternut squash soup with large
seasoned croutons and fresh herbs.
The dinner guests then retired to the living room where
they were treated to a gift from the chef to cleanse their
palate before the main course. Lemon sorbet was served in
uted ice bowls infused with fresh owers.
Back in the dining room the wait staff served the main
course. This featured spiced pork tenderloin with a chili-
cranberry glaze, special garlic potatoes and beautiful summer
vegetable bundles.
The evening concluded out on the porch with a tiramisu
toffee torte and a cup of avored coffee, followed by a tray of
assorted European chocolates and a companion wine.
As the guests departed they were presented with a potted
mum and a framed photo taken of each couple
that evening.
Dinner guests included Scott
and Jacki Sayers, John and Denise
Hartford, Kirk and Linda Whittlesey,
Kevin and Margaret Tellier.
Dont miss out on this years Art
Encore Event on November 17th, and
enjoy the good food, auction and music. If
you are lucky, you may win one of the many donated items, and
if one of them happens to be dinner...
Let me be the rst to say Bon Appetit!
Right: Fluted
ice bowls used
to serve the
lemon sorbet.
Above: Mike Jensen serves wine to the
evening's dinner guests. Below: Candis serves
the main course to Kevin Tellier.
Service with a smile... (from left) LuAnn & Con Burgers, Kris Christensen,
Mike Jensen, Candis & John Drechsler and Craig Christensen
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3 cups thinly sliced leeks (about 4 medium)
cup chopped sweet red pepper
4 minced garlic cloves
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cups (6 oz) shredded Swiss cheese
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. herbs de Provence
1 pkg. (15 oz) refrigerated pie crust
1 tsp. milk
2 tbsp. chopped almonds or walnuts, optional
Herbed
Leek
Tart
In a large skillet, saut the leeks, peppers and garlic in oil until tender.
Remove from heat, cool 10 minutes. Stir in the cheese, mustard and
herbs and set aside.
On a lightly oured surface, roll pastry sheet into a 12 inch circle.
Transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet. Spoon leek mixture on top
within 2 inches of the pastry edge. Fold edges over lling keeping the
center uncovered. Brush edge with milk, sprinkle with nuts if desired.
Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and lling is
bubbly. Using parchment paper, slide tarts onto wire racks. Cool for 10
minutes before cutting. Pizza cutter works well for this. Serve warm.
Refrigerate leftovers.
1 medium ripe mango or 2 medium peaches,
peeled and sliced
2 to 4 tbsp. minced fresh basil
1 tbsp. lemon juice
12 cooked large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
1 tbs. butter
basil sprigs, optional
In a blender or food processor, combine the
mango, basil and lemon juice; cover and process
until blended. Pour into 2 serving plates; set aside.
Skewer 2 shrimp each onto (6) 4 to 6 inch soaked,
wooden skewers, forming a heart shape.
Cook in a large skillet in butter over medium-high
heat for 4 to 5 minutes until shrimp turn pink,
turning once. Shrimp may also be grilled. Place over
mango sauce and garnish with sprigs of basil.
Yield: 2 servings
Note: I like to combine mango and peaches together in
this sauce.
Shrimp with
Basil Mango Sauce
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The Foundation works to provide leadership and resources in partnership
with the community toward accomplishing this mission.
Grant funds helped make a new
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categories: community enrichment/
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NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 17 16 HUMBOLDT NOW! NOVEMBER 2012
Historically
Speaking
A
ll reunions have one thing in common: conversations that
begin with, Do you remember . . . or I remember . . .
These words usually preface someones memory of the
past and are personal, lling in the spaces between historical
facts.Usually these recollections are lost when the conversation
ends but sometimes, they are recorded.
Larry Fellows graduated from Humboldt High School in 1951,
and recorded these recollections after his visit to Humboldt for
the 50+ Reunion in September.
Our house was at 408 Fifth Avenue North, when we moved
to Humboldt in 1942. Im surprised how good it still looks after
60 plus years. An 80-plus-year-old woman named Faye West lived
next door to the right, west on the SE corner of Fifth Avenue
and Fifth Street. She moved to town from her farm south of town
near what is now Frank Gotch State Park. Her farm was adjacent
to the Gotch farm and she must have known Frank well.I
thought she told me that she remembered when Inkpaduta, the
Indian chief infamous for the Spirit Lake Massacre, camped on
her farm. (Inkpaduta went on to ght against Custer at the Battle
of the Little Big Horn.) If Mrs. West was 83 in 1943, that means
she was born in 1860, three years after Inkpaduta was there
(according to accounts I Googled). If she was several years
older she might have been a young girl in 1857 when Inkpaduta
camped near Fort Dodge. Wish I had talked with her more,
but at age 9, I wasnt particularly interested in history!
Larry continues, Marilyn Ruse lived across the
street. There was a vacant lot between her house and the
Fairgrounds.Marilyns dad made and ew kites as a hobby from
that lot, which was ideal because power poles did not surround
it. I have many Fairgrounds recollections.One that I remember
best was when it was used to house German POWs during the
War.My dad went there and showed them movies once a week.
Often one of the fondest recollections seems to be of other
kids. Larry remembers a number of them. Marshall Lovrien
moved in next door on the left about
a year before we moved.Jimmy
Green lived in the rst house south
of Lovreins.Bob Baker lived right
across the street from Marshall.His
parents were Mel and Blossom and
he had a younger brother, Mike, and
a sister, Mary. Bob and I spent a lot of
time together prior to my senior year.
Then he went of f to Iowa University
and I to Iowa State and I never saw
him after 1951.
Jimmy Crissey lived across the
street to the west of Mrs. West in the
rst house south.His dad was Walter
Crissey who taught chemistry at
Humboldt High School.They moved
to Webster City several years later and
he did not graduate from HHS.Jerry
Mangle lived in the house immediately
south of Crisseys on the NW corner of
the intersection of Fourth Avenue and
Fifth Street and Bernice Smith was in
the rst house west of Mangles.
Edward Snyder lived in the house
directly behind our house.He was a bit older than me and I
never got to know him. The Snyders had a fabulous bag swing in
their backyard.You had to climb up on top of a 10-foot platform
and have someone throw the swing up to you.Great fun and
I dont remember anyone ever falling off! The Snyder mansion
took up a quarter of the block and had a white picket fence along
the west and south sides.I remember that fence usually got
damaged at Halloween.
Another shared memory for people at reunions are jobs.
I had a Des Moines Register/Tribune paper route, recalls
Larry.All the Tribune carriers picked up their papers beside
DeGrootes Grocery Store after school.My route took me west
on Sumner Avenue to Bicknell Park and then turned north.I
vaguely remember an abandoned gas station on the corner
across the street north from the Coke Plant.Then the route went
west past Katherine Strongs house.(Dawn Fawcett and Shirley
Fairman lived in that area too.)Then I went north past Jerry
Solbecks house and way up north to 7th or 8th Avenue.That
was long before the new highway was put in.Some customers
took the Sunday Register.One in particular that I remember well
lived in the house next door to Ruth Ann Nelson - I believe their
name was Lang. They had a dog that didnt like me!
When I took the picture of my old house, I was standing in
front of what in 1942, was Hubert Hoods house. Hubert owned
the IGA down on Sumner Ave.He was really a nice guy. I began
working part-time at the grocery store right after giving up the
paper route.I talked with Darwin Tjaden at the reunion and
learned that he had also worked at Hoods.I remember that Billy
Joe Hoyer worked for Hubert a long time.
Phyllis Thompson Heslop from the Class of 1953, recalls, My
sophomore year I was a carhop at the Maid-Rite Restaurant;
remember those trays that clamped onto the car window? A 25-
cent tip was really something. When the downtown movie let
out, that meant we were going to have a rush of business. My
senior year, (1952-53) I ran the Dairy Queen out on the highway.
Coming early in the morning, we had to mix up all the toppings
and then spent the rest of the day selling the cones with the curl
on top.
David Callahan, also the Class of 1953, recalls working at Saul
Studio, developing lm and printing pictures. While this was
happening, Carolyn was tinting portraits in another room. Then
I went to work at my uncles standard oil gas station on main
street and worked there until leaving for Iowa State College in
September 1953.
For many returnees, the river holds fond memories. Larry
recalls that . . . the dam is where I did a lot of shing mainly
a bit farther downstream near the outlet to the hatchery
ponds.Theres an outcrop of limestone just a short distance from
the dam.One day I found a large snail fossil in that rock.That
really got me interested in geology.I kept that rock for many
years. Unfortunately, Dad decided to throw out all the rocks
in the garage and that was one of them! That fossil I found out
along the river below the dam was telling me something, but
I didnt know it. I started at Iowa State in Ames with a major
in agriculture/poultry husbandry. Part way through the rst
poultry husbandry class I realized that was the last thing I
wanted to do, and immediately changed my major to general
science. The next quarter, about a week into the rst geology
class, I knew geology was for me.
Larry recalls, The river is much
lower than I remember it.Dad and I
occasionally shed on the other side
of the river from Bicknell.I remember
catching my rst carp there.Carp are
really scrappy sh and put up a good
ght.We never ate carp, but used
them as catsh bait.Dad would cut
them up, put the meat and other stuff
in a fruit jar, and let it sit on top of the
furnace until it smelled so rotten it
made you gag. At that point it was just
right for the catsh!
Some things never change. Larry
remembers, Every year a Memorial
Day celebration was held on the
Sumner Avenue Bridge. A ring
squad did its thing and then a wreath
was dropped into the river. After
the ceremony was over, we kids
scrambled out onto the bridge to pick
up the spent shell casings, which sat
around in our rooms until our moms
got rid of them.
Larry Fellows contemplating the
present state of the river and dam
while visiting Humboldt for the
50+ Reunion. Submitted photo.
Recollections By Carolyn Saul Logan
18 HUMBOLDT NOW! NOVEMBER 2012
Rob Hughes accepts the trophy following spring races in Algona.
N
ate Hughes has been part of his fathers race car team
since he could pick up a wrench.
For the past few years, Nates had his own race
car. He started racing in the Hornet class at age 11, driving
a 1980 Ford Pinto at the Hancock County Speedway and the
Algona Raceway.
Today, Nate is 17 and a junior at Humboldt High School and
drives a car that looks pretty much identical to the one driven
by his father, Rob. Both have the #41 on their white, blue,
orange and purple cars.
The love af fair with racing can be traced back to Rob
going with his parents to the Knoxville Speedway every
Saturday night.
Rob grew up in the Renwick area and graduated from
Humboldt High School in 1990. After attending technical
school in auto and diesel mechanics, he worked at a Ford
dealership in Cherokee for ve years. He then owned his own
semi and hauled livestock for 11 years.
Rob now works for Curt Carlson Trucking.
A friend got him involved in going to the races.
I ran in the hobby division in Alta a few years back, Rob
Hughes said. When I moved back here, a guy got me to go to
the races. I couldnt handle sitting in the stands. I had to get
another car.
So in 1997, he started racing again. He bought a hobby
stock race car from fellow racer Jeff Feaster and ran it for
three years.
He went to a stock car in 2001 and won the Hancock County
track championship in 2002.
Rob switched to a modied racer in 2007 and won the track
championship at Hancock County in 2010.
He starts with a 1968 Chevelle frame and says its all tubing
with an aluminum piece body after that. Harris Auto Racing
of Boone made his 2011 Harris chasis. John Norman of rural
Humboldt builds the 600 horsepower motors for Hughes.
Helping get the cars ready during the week are Robs father,
Howard Hughes, and Al Myers. One of their race helpers,
Denny (Wimp) Knieriem, passed away this last year.
Hes someone we missed dearly this
past racing season. He started helping me
when I started racing. Our pit crew is great
and we appreciate their help each week,
Rob said.
Theres always something to do on the
cars each week, Rob said.
Its a family affair each weekend going to
the races with Rob and his wife, Melanie, and
their children, Nate and Emily, 14, along with
Robs parents, Howard and Betty Hughes.
With both Rob and Nate racing, they each
have to pull a car to the races. They have one
enclosed trailer and one open trailer.
We have a deal. If Nate wins the feature
race, then he gets the enclosed trailer for
the next race, Rob said.
A usual weekend nds the Hughes family
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NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 19
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heading to Britt by 5 p.m. on Friday
night. After working on the cars
during the day Saturday, they load
up again and head to Algona by
about 5 p.m.
Race night usually consists of
hot laps to warm up, an eight-lap
heat race, and a 15-lap feature
race for Nate and a 20-lap feature
race for Rob. The tracks are each
three-eighths of a mile in length.
Drivers wear a helmet, re
suit, neck brace and sit in a
ve-point safety harness racing
seat. The cars reach speeds
of 75 miles per hour down the
straightaways.
Race season is from April
until September. Those who
race each week have a chance
to win points and eventually win the points standings.
We missed two nights this year. You see the same guys
each week for the most part. We all help each other out,
Rob said.
He says racing isnt a money making hobby. The rear tires
last about three or four nights and they run $95 each. Robs car
runs on methanol and is obtained from a race shop. Nates car
runs on BP 110 racing fuel.
We have sponsors and that really helps. Its an expensive
hobby. Youd have to win every high dollar special and then
you might break even, Rob said. Thanks to our family,
friends, race fans and sponsors for supporting us.
In the off season, Rob and Nate work on their cars in their
shop located at their acreage north of Humboldt.
Nate works as many hours as he can at Hy-Vee. Hes active
in FFA and enjoys hunting with his dad. They go pheasant
hunting and coyote hunting.
We plan to use the same vehicles next year. Our philosophy
is to go as fast as we can go. We try to be clean and pass
everyone clean, Rob said.
Left: Nate Hughes is shown
competing at Algona. On the
side of the car is a photo of the
late Denny (Wimp) Knieriem
who was part of the Hughes
race family since Rob started
racing. Right: Rob Hughes
celebrates a win with family and
friends at the Hancock County
Speedway in Britt in August.
Son Nate, crouched down at
right, is also a racer.
Above: Nate Hughes has his own car that looks pretty
much like his fathers vehicle. Nate is pictured racing
at Algona.
20 HUMBOLDT NOW! NOVEMBER 2012
T
o area teens Kenneth Spurling
and Levi Goodell, Humboldts
new alternative education center
means success in the classroom.
Walk into the classroom of the new
center and youll nd 12 individuals
focused on learning.
Led by instructor Kristen Fisher and
her associate, Bobi Treganza, a full class
of 10 students are enrolled in the new
program this fall.
Labeled ALPHA (Alternative
Learning Program for the Humboldt
Area), the new program, located in the
northwest corner of the old middle
school, is off to a successful start.
Im very excited. Im happy we have
nally got this program up and going.
We have 10 students, so we are full,
with a waiting list. The start of this
year has been wonderful. The students
have been making progress and theyre
coming to school and they are getting
along very well. Im really glad we have
this opportunity for the students in our
Humboldt area, Fisher said.
There are so many different reasons
for having an alternative program. It could
be medical reasons, where a student
misses some school. Family reasons, if
a family has moved a lot and they are
behind in credits. It could be social or
emotional needs, or be it intellectual
needs, said Fisher, a special education
teacher in the resource room at the high
school the previous four years.
It could be behavioral needs as well.
There are many reasons for providing an
alternative program, Fisher said.
Students can be referred to an
alternative school for many different
reasons. But students have to apply
themselves, so they have to really want
to be here, Fisher said. They have to
be motivated to nish their schooling
and get their diploma, Fisher said.
They ll out an application and
they have to write a 250-word report or
essay on why they think an alternative
program would be a better t for them
and why it would be a positive change for
them. Its really up to them to be here,
Fisher said.
So far it has gone really well here. I
get to move at my own pace and I get to
choose which classes I take, Goodell,
age 16, said. Ive been through a normal
school setting and that tends to get me
into trouble. I tend to goof off in front of
friends. This small class setting is great
for me and Ive maintained great grades.
Ive been to the Pocahontas
alternative school and Ive also done the
program online elsewhere. This school is
great because I get plenty of help. Other
schools are not always there to help.
They may have 20 or more students in
a room, said Goodell, who in the future
wants to attend college and become a
diesel mechanic.
We have students who were at other
alternative programs last year. Its
great to talk to them and see what the
differences are between our program
and where they were at previously, and
were glad we can be a better t and a
benet to them, Fisher said.
The day is set up from 8:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. each day. They are all
assigned ve classes, with PE counting
as one of them. From 8:30 to noon they
work on their course work. From noon to
12:30 they do PE. We all go down to the
gym and so some type of physical activity
for 30 minutes, Fisher said.
Students must enroll in core classes
like math, science, language and history.
The schedule is exible.
We let them set up how they want
their morning to look. Some students
want to work on one class and knock it
out and get it done. Some students work
on a different class each day, where it
may be science one day and math the
next day. Some want to work on each of
their classes for one hour each day. Its
New alternative learning program
off to successful start
By Phil Monson
NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 21
trying to see what is the best t for them
and whats working for them, Fisher
said. Bobi and I monitor their work and
progress. Answer questions. We make
sure they are staying on pace.
While alternative programs have been
around for the last 20 years, Humboldt
always had to pay another district and
send students elsewhere for alternative
schooling. Now the district can nally
serve those needs locally, with cost
savings used to fund its own staff. Along
with that, initiate some of its ideas in how
the system should look.
Education is changing, Treganza
said. It is changing so much in society
and we have to educate everybody. To do
that, we have to think outside of the box.
We have to allow them to think outside
the box. Its learning and education for
all and this is the way to do it.
As educators we have to adjust so we
can nd ways to not allow students to fall
through the cracks, Treganza said.
School has changed so much.
There is so much more that
students have to deal with today
personally, academically and
emotionally. Some kids deal with
it well and some kids dont,
Treganza said.
This offers them an outlet to
come in and do it without the
drama, the people and the social
pressures, Treganza said. They
are all really, really good kids
who just needed something
different and Im glad we are able
to offer something for them.
Its great in that the students
here are able to receive
individualized academic
assistance and they are also able
to still be involved with interactive
groups. They get the best of both worlds.
They get that one-to-one time and they
also have interaction and team-building
things they get to work on, Fisher said.
Its exciting because its brand
new. But because its new, there are
challenges, but were working on
embracing any change or improvement
we have to make, Fisher said. Were in
the process of creating a transition class.
Thats huge because we want to prepare
them for the next step. We dont want
them to graduate and then say thats it.
We want to build interaction with
the community and create that sense
of belonging with their community,
Fisher said.
During the summer I attended a
workshop titled Eight to great. Its
kind of a counseling-type of course.
Its working on visualizing your goals,
taking full responsibility for your actions
and communication, along with being
grateful for what you have and having
hope for the future, Fisher said.
Were working on creating a work
study program where students can gain
academic credit for working. Were
making connections to get that going.
Next year we want to offer an afternoon
session. That will build up the program
and offer an opportunity to serve more
students, Fisher said.
Fisher and Treganza are out to change
the perception of alternative schooling.
The whole alternative school name
gets a bad wrap. People think its where
you send kids who have no other
choice for them to go. It is so not
true. There are kids here who dont
want to deal with the drama or peer
pressure. Or maybe their parents
were sick and they had to take time
off to earn money for the household.
There are lots of different reasons for
being here, Treganza said.
Everybody is on a level playing
eld here. They all have the same
need. They all want to graduate. We
want them to become a productive
member of society. Thats our goal,
to get them to become productive
members, Treganza said.
Students here have to have 48
credits to graduate from high school,
just like the regular school. Getting
rid of the negative label is something
we are trying to do with our new
program, Fisher said. Im sure there
are questions in the community about
what were all about.
We invite anybody in the community
to come in and look around. See
what its all about. We want to get the
message out in the community that
this is a positive. This is not a bad
Left: Kristen Fisher (left) and Bobi
Treganza stand in front of the large
mural in their classroom.
Right: Levi Goodell (left) and
Kenneth Spurling say Humboldts
alternative school has made a
positive impact on their lives.
Positive messages adorn the walls of the new
Humboldt alternative school classroom.
22 HUMBOLDT NOW! NOVEMBER 2012
thing. Alternative schooling like this is
just another educational opportunity,
Fisher said.
Our mural on the wall kind of says it
all. At the beginning of the year we were
told to pick a word and expound on that
word. Weve picked the word choice,
because they all have made the choice
to be here and they have all chosen to
graduate, Treganza said.
Most of our courses are taken
online. There are supplemental
projects they do outside of that. If
they need to do
a speech for a
class, for example,
they would get
recorded and
then a general
education teacher
would grade
it at the high
school. There are
some supplemental
and outside projects for them to do,
Fisher said.
The students can participate in
any extra-curricular activity, like
band or football, as long as they are
academically eligible, Treganza said.
Arrangements can be made to take
an art or agriculture course up at the
high school. Right now we have mainly
the core classes in our E2020 program
and were expanding the elective options
to work with Iowa Central. Kirkwood
Community College offers high school
completion classes that were looking
into so we can connect with them and get
a variety of courses, Fisher said.
All of the students are Humboldt
County students. We are looking to
expand that with an afternoon session.
We will always hold our limit at 10
students per session. Thats a good
number. We do have a waiting list. We
look at the applications as they come in,
Fisher said.
The program is split into eight
academic blocks with 22-23 day sections.
After each of those sections if somebody
grades out or graduates, then someone
else can come in, Fisher said.
So it isnt just coming in during the
fall or in January. You can come in and
get started throughout the school year if
there is a block that is open, Fisher said.
When somebody comes in with a
need, we have to gure out a way to
serve that need, Treganza said.
Treganza, an associate in Humboldt
for 12 years, drew praise from Fisher.
Bobi is able to connect with the
students and knows what they need.
Developing that personal trust. We have
a great relationship going on here,
Fisher said.
I had a child that was ADD, so I
Kenneth Spurling at one of the classroom stations in the Humboldt
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know about thinking outside the box.
It was real important to educate him
in a different way throughout high
school. I guess you can call it alternative
thinking, Treganza said.
Im a mom, rst and foremost. There
are so many teachable moments that
come up during the day where students
tell about what they did the
previous day or what they did over
the weekend, and well talk about
that. If they had an argument with
a parent, well talk about that. You
have to be ready for whatever
they throw at you and respond,
Treganza said.
We wear many hats. From
parent, teacher and counselor. You
put on whatever hat you need and
just go with it, Fisher said.
We want the public and the
community to know what we are
all about. Its a great program with
opportunities for many of these
students. For some of them, this
is what they need to be able to
graduate, Fisher said.
Ive attended school in Clarion
my entire life. The last two years
I did the alternative program over
there. I think this one compares a
lot better because over there they
had a larger class. Here you can
work at your own pace and it is
computerized and online, which
works better, Spurling said.
I live in Humboldt County.
I work at K.C. Nielsen John
Deere Implement in Humboldt
in the afternoons for about four
hours. At home after hours I
have another job where I do farm
work. It keeps me out of trouble,
Spurling said.
Here, Ive actually gotten
credits faster than I would of at
my old school. The teachers here
are great if you need assistance or
have questions, Spurling said.
My boss told me if I keep my
job with him and after I graduate,
hell pay for me to attend
agriculture school in Calmar.
Treganza praised Fishers
energy and enthusiasm.
Kristen is the reason this
program is up and running. The
at-risk committee gave her a
blueprint of what they wanted this
program to look like and Kristen made it
happen, Treganza said. Because she is
so young, she has an instant connection
with the students. But she is also rm
and compassionate.
Kristen is a smart young woman and
has made it clear that she is willing to
do what it takes to make this program
successful. She is taking continuing
education classes to better serve the
students, Treganza said. Kristen is a
great leader, a wonderful friend and I am
so happy and proud to be able to start
this journey with her.
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1111 11th Ave. N., Humboldt
Phone: (515) 332-2623
hccnorth@qwestofce.net
South Care
800 13th St. S., Humboldt
Phone: (515) 332-4104
hccsouth@qwestofce.net
Caring is our integrity - Our people make the difference.
ACROSS
1. Rhyming word game
7. Christmas song singer
14. Lamenters
15. Cupidity
16. Producing a photochemical effect
17. Seasonal wind in southern Asia
18. Backstabber
19. Church ofcial
21. ___ bitten, twice shy
22. Pinocchio, at times
24. Gift tag word
25. Butt
26. ___ tube
28. Barbers motion
30. How ___!
31. Fit together
33. A late riser
35. Kind of triangle
37. More ashy, as in clothes
40. Bundle
44. Coastal raptor
45. Excursion
47. Harder to nd
48. Dumfries denial
49. Beowulf, e.g.
51. Harps cousin
52. Gossip, slangily
54. Bag
56. A.T.M. need (acronym)
57. Iridaceous plant with fragrant
one-sided clusters of owers
59. Turned away
61. South American, dark,
nocturnal bird
62. Teapot covering (2 wds)
63. Sports ofcial
64. Off the mark
DOWN
1. Addictive narcotic
2. Canes made from
palm stems
3. Gimme ___! (start of an
Iowa State cheer) (2 wds)
4. Darn, as socks
5. Succinct
6. Academy Awards
7. Daisy-like plant
8. Shakespeare, the Bard of ___
9. Amscrayed
10. About (2 wds)
11. Young Simba (2 wds)
12. Destruction of the
environment
13. Backed out of a promise
14. Nemos dad
20. Draftee
23. Stop working
27. Medical advice, often
29. Soft, moist part of fruit
30. ___ Flatts
32. Go ahead! (2 wds)
34. Reverse, e.g.
36. A musical composition
in someones honor
37. Summon (2 wds)
38. Little House on the ___
39. Alone, used with by
41. Atomic number 36
42. Supremely spooky
43. Chic
46. Plagiarist
50. Speleologist
53. Daughter of Zeus
54. Corks country
55. Brandy avor
58. Dear one
60. ___ Victor (acronym)
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INTRODUCING ...
NOVEMBER 2012 HUMBOLDT NOW! 25
Pet of the
To submit a photo of your pet,
email jen@humboldtnews.com
please include pets name,
owners name and hometown
Riley
Sam &
Daisy
Spot
Emmi
Jo
Zeus
& Buck
Owned by:
Chuck & Deb
Strachan,
Humboldt
Owned by:
Kevin & Gwen
Thilges,
Dakota City
Owned by:
Cassie Habben,
Gilmore City
Chloe
Owned by: Rose Daniels, Humboldt
Owned by:
Craig & Marsha
Habben Family,
Gilmore City
Owned by:
Pam & Mike
Glatczak,
Bessember, MI.
Granddogs of
Pat Reefer,
Humboldt
From left:
Darrell
Christensen,
Linda Lynch
and Emily Lynch
ready for the 30-
mile bike ride.
Photo by Terri
Christensen.
Riders ready to
head to Thor
after a short
break. Photo by
Terri Christensen.
Left: Brody and Emma Clark ride
along the Three Rivers Trail. Photo
by Terri Christensen.
Deb Hefty of LuVerne made the
trek from Rutland to Thor and back.
Photo by Terri Christensen.
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KIDS
WORKS
Submit your Kids Works by email to:
independent@humboldtnews.com
or drop off at 512 Sumner Ave.
Submit your Kids Works by email to:
independent@humboldtnews.com
or drop off at 512 Sumner Ave.
Ian Olmos,
Pre-K St. Mary School
Ellie Meier,
Pre-K St. Mary School
Twin Towers
I wasnt there
to witness the occasion that day,
but I know
it took my breath away.
The videos I watched,
people screaming for their lives,
those towers falling,
only remains survived.
Why did this happen?
Did people want heaven?
I dont know much
about that fateful day, nine eleven.
- Shelby Gary,
Humboldt Middle School
"Iguana" by Weston Henson, gr. 10
"Alligator" by Tyler Dahl, gr. 10
"Tiger" by Svannah Schnetzer, gr. 10
"Giraf e" by Christina Jensen, gr. 12
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Jackson Dodd Kindergarten, St. Mary School
Kaiden Warren Kindergarten, St. Mary School
Levi Marchant Kindergarten, St. Mary School
Owen Heider Kindergarten, St. Mary School
Sarah is the daughter of Kevin and Lisa Rasmussen. Sarah
has always had a passion for art and everything having to do
with art. She plans to aend Iowa State University for Studio
Arts and Psychology. She
hopes to aend graduate
school to aain a degree in
Art Therapy. She says, My
creave side is my favorite
side!
Alyssa is a senior at Humboldt High
School. Her parents are Angela
and Luis Bello. She plans to aend
ICCC and enter the Dental Hygiene
Program. She hopes to pursue her
art in her free me. She has taken
every art class oered at HHS, and
they have been a high point in her
high school years.
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Taft and Mease students celebrated
good character and behavior by
having a tailgate at our school!
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All students who had demonstrated
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participate as part of our Positive
Behaviors & Supports (PBIS) Program.
Humboldt High School students put on
small clinics during the tailgate and
helped make it fun!
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