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Hampton Chronicle Grundy Register TheGraphic-Advocate Eagle Eagle Grove GrundyDows Advocate Times CWL Conservative Chronicle Clarksville Star Register Journal Tribune County Butler Buffalo Tribune Center UPC CODES MID-AMERICA Thursday, November 28, 2019 Serving Grundy County since 1928 Grundy Center, Iowa Volume Paper What Cheer 95 - Number Vine Village 48The Leader Sigourney News-Review www.TheGrundyRegister.comSheffield Press Enterprise Pioneer Sun New Sharon Liberal Opinion Week $1Keota Eagle Newsstand Price Little Prairie Girl opens location in downtown Grundy Center By MICHAELA KENDALL Center,” she said. “I saw the The Grundy Register movement here, and all of the GRUNDY CENTER - Local woman-owned and operated business owner Natalie Meester businesses opening. I feel like is opening a second location for Grundy Center is getting big Supervisors her store “Little Prairie Girl” again; we have a lot of strong right here in Grundy Center - retail, and I want to be a part of and just in time for the holidays. helping Grundy Center grow.” approve pair Meester, who grew up and The only problem Meester currently resides in town, ran into was finding an empty of rezone opened her clothing and home storefront for her shop in the decor shop “Little Prairie Girl” crowded downtown area. applications in downtown Cedar Falls back But, fate intervened when a location became available in the By ROBERT MAHARRY in 2015. Now, she’s opening The Grundy Register former Fleurist building - the her second location here in her GRUNDY CENTER- The hometown, inside of the former location of Meester’s very first Grundy County Board of Super- Fleurist shop located at 612 G business back in 1997. visors approved two property Avenue. Meester opened a home rezone applications after brief There, she will offer cloth- decor shop called “A Touch public hearings during Monday ing from size small to 3X, along of Country” in the very same morning’s regular meeting. with jewelry (including local building back in 1997, and oper- The first hearing, concerning handmade jewelry), accesso- ated there until 2005, before she a rezone that will allow Rick ries, home decor, gift items and and her husband got into foster and Darren Hansen to split off a more. care and adopted their daughter. house from a property and allow After seeing the revival go- “I had been looking for a for improvements and a sepa- location for about a year, when rate loan on the second house, ing on in downtown Grundy Natalie Meester of Grundy Center is opening the second location of her boutique shop "Little Praire Center, Meester knew she want- I got a call from the man who lasted just a few minutes, and Girl" right here in her hometown. Meester's new shop will be open this weekend, just in time for the there was no formal opposition. ed to be a part of the movement. bought the [Touch of Country] holidays. (Michaela Kendall/The Grundy Register photo) “Something was calling building from me, asking if I The board voted unanimously me to get back to Grundy to approve the application and See PRAIRIE GIRL page 3 move from first to third reading. The second hearing was re- garding the Meester Sand Pit area between Grundy Center and Highway 20 on Highway 14, as owners Dale and Lisa Carrying with pride Meester want to split off the parcel and sell it as A2 land (it’s Eagles defeat Spartans in hard-fought title game currently considered manufac- turing). To continue extracting this season, whether between By JAKE RYDER sand, the new owners would [email protected] the hash-marks or alongside him still need to go to the Board of CEDAR FALLS – The on the sideline. The six Spartan Adjustments for a special ex- Grundy Center football team seniors are no exception. ception. The board also voted has set the bar for expectations The future is undoubtedly unanimously to approve this to come. bright in Grundy Center. But application and suspended the On Thursday evening, the the soft-spoken Zajac is unlike- rules to move from first to third Spartans didn’t come home with ly to forget his first senior class reading. the Class A state championship at Grundy Center. Assistant County Engineer they craved, and the young tal- “Thanks for giving a guy a Steve Cox reported that he has ent may clench and gnaw on chance,” Zajac said. “I was an already received 22 applications that loss like rawhide in prepa- 0-9 football coach last year at for the Buck Grove co-patrol- ration for putting the shoulder Wahlert Catholic. To accept me man position, and the board pads back on next August. like they [the seniors] did, to be voted to approve a Windstream Travis Zajac, in his first year willing to do everything I asked utility permit on the east side of as head coach in Grundy Center, of them and then some, I can’t T-19 1,300 feet north of D-35 acknowledged a more immedi- tell you what kind of character despite some concern about the height of the poles. ate difficulty in the 21-17 loss to these six young men have and they’re a product of the families Supervisor Barb Smith told undefeated West Hancock in the the board she recently attend- UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls: the that raised them. I’m a better man for having spent five-plus ed a Middle Cedar Watershed finality of it all. meeting, and Supervisor Jim months around them.” “I know I’ll struggle with Ross attended a County Social that,” Zajac said. “I’m gonna Grundy Center finished the Services meeting. want to schedule practice next season 11-2, allowing no more At the end of the meeting, week and keep it rolling. But than 21 points in a single game Members of the Grundy Center football team hoist the state runner-up trophy after last Thursday’s the board went into executive unfortunately, it’s ended.” and losing both games by a com- 21-17 loss to West Hancock in the Class A championship at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. (Jake Ryder session with Renee VonBokem Since arriving to town with bined five points – the Spartans’ photo) of VonBokem Associates to dis- his wife and two children over other loss was to state quarterfi- cuss bargaining strategy. the summer from Dubuque nalist North Tama, 14-13, on a Wahlert, Zajac has been effusive last-second play. pleted five of 21 passes for 87 the power to produce two 1,000- in some circles, a wire-to-wire IN OTHER BUSINESS, with praise and gratefulness for Logan Knaack rushed 12 yards. yard rushers and one 2,000-yard favorite to win it all, ultimately the board: the talent that surrounded him times for 106 yards and com- West Hancock, loaded with rusher on this year’s squad and, See SPARTANS page 16 • Authorized the chairperson to vote and sign the ballot for the Iowa Communities Assur- ance Pool (ICAP) board of di- rectors election. • Drew out of a hat to deter- From a house to a home mine the Holland city council election. New housing rehab program at GNB aims • Approved the payment of bills. to meet housing needs locally By MICHAELA KENDALL The Grundy Register CONRAD - An innovative new program through GNB Bank is taking run down prop- erties, and turning them into the star of the neighborhood by ren- ovating them, and putting them back on the market. GNB Bank CEO and Board Chairman Kevin Swalley says GCHS establishes the goal of the program is to meet the need for nice, afford- able housing in the areas the bowling program bank serves. “We’ve participated in a lot By MICHAELA KENDALL GCHS Activities Director of needs assessments over the The Grundy Register Dan Breyfogle says this pro- years, and housing is always on GRUNDY CENTER - Start- gram is an opportunity to reach the top of list,” he said. “Espe- ing this winter, students at students who may not be going cially in rural Iowa, not a lot of Grundy Center High School out for other activities during GNB Bank's first housing rehab project in Conrad has just wrapped up, and bank representatives developers want to pour money were on hand to pass the keys to the new homeowners. Shown above, from left to right, are: Beth will have the opportunity to be a the winter term. into small towns because they Wical and Jacey Lehman of GNB Bank in Conrad, homeowners Louis and Cassidy Reicks, GNB “One of our goals has been to part of the newly-formed Spar- can’t get the return they might Bank CEO Kevin Swalley and GNB Bank President Bob Johanns. (Michaela Kendall/The Grundy tan Bowling team. increase participation in winter get in a larger city like Des Register photo) During their Thursday night sports, and offering a bowling Moines or Cedar Rapids. But meeting, the Grundy Center team is a great way to do that by for us, It’s important to give to provide housing.” that’s taking on this kind of a munity,” he said. School Board approved a reso- reaching different students,” he back to the communities that Swalley says the idea came program. Back in 2018, the GNB Bank lution to establish a high school said. we serve, and the communities from a similar project through a “It’s been very successful Board established a Community bowling team, and to hire Dale that supports us. If we want our bank in Newton - the only oth- there, so I knew this was some- Boren as their coach.