Parkview in Wayland Receives Five Star Rating From The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

By Hayden Douglas · Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 6:56 am CDT

Parkview Home In Wayland just recently received a five star rating. Parkview Home is a Non-Profit Community Owned, Continuing Care Retirement Community. Ron Semler, Executive Director of Parkview Home in Wayland tells us about the five star rating.

The Community features Independent Living, Residential Living Units and a Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Center. Ron tells us a little about the community and how to come take a tour.

You can find out more about the Parkview Wayland community by visiting Parkviewwayland.com

Recycle Your Waste This Thanksgiving

By Hayden Douglas · Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 6:47 am CDT

Its projected that 316 million pounds of food will go to waste this Thanksgiving. With the food, comes its containers. Many items you would normally discard in a trash bin, should actually be recycled to help reduce waste. Darven Kendall with DMC Waste tells us what we can recycle over the Thanksgiving Holiday.

With the Thanksgiving Holiday comes a lot of leftover food. Darven tells you how you can reuse some of those containers before you throw them out.

For more information on how to recycle and be Eco-friendly during the holiday’s visit DMCWASTE.ORG

Sports, November 27th

By Slaten Swords · Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 6:30 am CDT

High School Basketball

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team entered their home opener plagued by injury as two of their starting guards, Abby Carthey and Tori Wilson, will be unable to play until January; thus, resulting in a 57-16 drubbing at the hands of Pella last night. The game did not start that way as the Panthers held their ground for the first-half quarter, but as head coach Curt Watson talked about at the end of the game, the Dutch clamped down on the Panther offense,

“I mean we I thought we started out really well and then their press just took over against us and they had a game Friday you can tell they’ve played a game already but they did their press is so good. And we just really had trouble handling the ball tonight with it. And like I said, we had a lot of good moments that we started out really well. I thought, man, this pretty good right now and everything. But after that, we really started struggling, especially the first half.”

Kynlee White had a nice game for the Panthers as she finished the night with 9 points; additionally, freshman Abigail Shelangowski collected the first two points of her Panther career. Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to take on Burlington Notre Dame on Monday, December 2nd, at 6:45 pm. Coach Watson discussed what his team will be working on heading into the matchup,

“We got practice tomorrow I just told the girls we’re going to come in and do a lot of shooting try to work a little bit more on fundamentals for a couple hours and we’re giving them a couple days off and then Saturday and Sunday we’re going to come back and get ready for Notre Dame and hopefully we’re going to play a little bit more man-to-man against Notre Dame and hopefully have a few more presses to get ready for Notre Dame.”

The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team overcame a slow start to take down Pekin last night 40-29. Madison Kellogg’s 13 points helped the Wolves outscore the Panthers 19 to 3 in the fourth quarter to start the year 2-0. Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Louisa-Muscatine on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 6 pm on the road. 

The WACO girls’ team started the game on a 19 to 3 run and never looked back as the Warriors walked away with a 41-28 road victory against Wapello last night to start the year. Rachel Hoeg led the Arrows with 10 points in the loss. The Warriors will stay on the road to play Holy Trinity Catholic on Monday, December 2nd, at 6 pm. 

Wapello will take on Pekin on Tuesday night at 6 on the road. 

The Mediapolis girls’ team smacked West Burlington last night 85-19. Amelia Grier had a monster game with 25 points and six steals in the win. Danville will face off against Mediapolis on Tuesday at home with tipoff at 7:30 pm.

The New London girls’ team fell to Davis County last night 60-22. The Tigers will travel to West Burlington on Tuesday at 6 pm. 

The Columbus girls’ team started the season with a 42-37 victory last night over Louisa-Muscatine. The Wildcats will compete against Lone Tree on Tuesday at 6 pm on the road. 

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will participate in a scrimmage at West Liberty tonight at 5:30 pm. 

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel up to Iowa City today to scrimmage Liberty and Regina Catholic. 

High School Girls’ Wrestling

Mt. Pleasant, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Fairfield, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, and Wapello will compete in the Fort Madison Tournament on Monday, December 2nd. 

WACO will participate in the Washington County Quad meet on Tuesday, December 3rd, at Washington. 

Southeastern Community College

The men’s basketball team will host the Broadway Classic on Friday, November 29th, at 7 pm against Lincoln Trail College. 

College Football

#17 Iowa State will punch their ticket to the Big 12 Championship game with a win against Kansas State this Saturday, November 30th, at 6:30 pm at home. 

Iowa will take on Nebraska at home at 6:30 pm on Friday, November 29th. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.

College Basketball

Keshon Gilbert continued his impressive run through the Maui Invitational last night as #5 Iowa State hung on to win 89-84 over Dayton. Gilbert cashed in for a game-high 24 points, followed by Curtis Jones with 19 points. The Cyclones will compete for 5th place against Colorado today. 

The Iowa men’s team exhibited their offense last night in a 110-77 victory over USC Upstate. Brock Harding led the charge with 20 points as four other Hawkeyes collected double-digit points. Iowa will start conference play on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 6 pm against Northwestern at home. 

The #15 Iowa State women’s team will participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off tomorrow, November 28th, with game one at 12:30 pm against #4 South Carolina. 

The Iowa women’s team will start off the Cancun Challenge tomorrow at 5:30 pm against Rhode Island. 

This Day in Sports History

1952 – The only win ever for the NFL’s Dallas Texans (1-11) as they beat the Chicago Bears 27-23 at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. 

1960 – Gordie Howe becomes the first NHL player to score 1,000 points.

1966 – In the highest-scoring NFL game, Washington defeats the New York Giants 72-41.

Gary A. Blint,

By Hayden Douglas · Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 5:54 am CDT

Gary A. Blint, 78, of rural West Point, Iowa, passed away at 9:00 p.m. Monday, November 25, 2024, at his home in West Point.

His body has been entrusted to the crematory of Schmitz Funeral Home for cremation.

A visitation will be held from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 1, 2024, at Schmitz Funeral Home in West Point, where the family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 2, 2024, at Schmitz Funeral Home in West Point, with Father Dan Dorau officiating.

Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in West Point with military rites by the West Point American Legion.

A memorial has been established in his memory for West Point Fire and Rescue or St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com. Schmitz Funeral Home of West Point is assisting the family with arrangements.

Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) Announced Chairman of The Iowa Higher Education Committee

By Hayden Douglas · Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 5:45 am CDT

Speaker Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) announced the creation of the Higher Education Committee and appointed Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) Chairman of the Committee for the Ninety-First General Assembly. Collins expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to lead this important work.

“I want to thank Speaker Grassley for his confidence in me to lead the first-ever policy committee solely dedicated to reforming Iowa’s higher education system,” said Rep. Collins. “We have a tremendous amount of work to do in restoring Iowans’ confidence in our institutions, controlling costs, and returning the focus of our higher education system away from ideological agendas, and back to the pursuit of academic excellence.”

Read the full release from Rep. Taylor Collins: Iowa Higher Education Committee

Stacy Kay Hunsaker

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 at 12:13 pm CDT

Stacy Kay Hunsaker, 62, of Mt. Pleasant passed away Thursday, November 21, 2024, after 17 courageous years fighting breast cancer at the Riverside Casino, enjoying what she loved to do getting her free play and free gift.

Stacy was born on September 18, 1962 in Mt. Pleasant the daughter of Thomas Leonard and Beverly Ruth (Church) Wilson. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant Community High School. Stacy was united in marriage to Cliff Hunsaker on June 27, 1981, in Mt. Pleasant. Stacy worked at Motorola, then Celestica until it closed in 2005. After Celestica closed, Stacy worked at STAATS Custom Awards and Almost Home Doggy Daycare before returning back to STAATS.  Stacy was set to start back as summer help in June 2024, until being placed in hospice care on June 1st, defying the doctor’s prediction of surviving only two weeks. Stacy was an avid Kansas City Chiefs and Iowa Women’s Basketball fan 

Stacy was one of the strongest people, was a superhero to many for her courageous fight with breast cancer. Stacy loved the outdoors, spending hours fishing especially at Uncle Pork and Aunt Vicki Beach’s in Denmark, hunting morel mushrooms, grilling and going to the casino to get her free gift and free play. She loved spending time with family and especially her two grandchildren. Stacy was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. She was a strong fighter to the very end. 

Those thankful for sharing in Stacy’s life include her husband, Cliff of 43 years, her daughter and family Jodi (Arthur) Campbell and Kyle and Kara Campbell of Mt. Pleasant, her mother, Beverly Wilson of Mt. Pleasant, her brothers and sister, Steve Pollock of Little Rock, Arkansas, Leonard and Julie Wilson of Mt. Pleasant and her mother-in-law, Linda Hunsaker of Mt. Pleasant. 

Stacy was preceded in death by her father of Moore, Oklahoma, her father-in-law, Neil Hunsaker and her grandparents. 

Funeral services will be Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at the Lincoln Street Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Pastor Will Hunsaker officiating with a luncheon to follow. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Friday at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening.  In lieu of flowers memorials have been established to the Mt. Pleasant FFA Chapter and All God’s Creatures Animal Shelter of Mt Pleasant.

 

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.

Criss Shadee Tajeddin

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 at 12:11 pm CDT

Criss Shadee Tajeddin, 31, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024, at his home.

Criss was born on November 25, 1992, in Iowa City the son of Sam Tajeddin and Connie (Bryant) Jackson.  He graduated in the class of 2013 from Keokuk High School.  He enjoyed playing video games and spending time with his family.  Criss was working at Your Choice Restaurant in Wayland.

Those thankful for sharing in his life include his daughter, Aubree Tajeddin of New York, his parents, Sam and Penny Tajeddin of Mt. Pleasant, his sister, Sira (Joe) Curfman of Mt. Pleasant, his step-brothers, Michael Mastropietro and Robert Mastropietro both of Burlington, his aunt and uncle, Ammar and Gemma Tajaldin and his niece and nephews, Joseph, Jayce and Hannah.

According to his wishes cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.  No services are planned at this time.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

 

Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for his arrangements.

Raymond Leroy “Roy” Gilleard

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 at 12:10 pm CDT

Raymond Leroy “Roy” Gilleard, 86, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at his home.

Roy was born on May 23, 1938, in Fairfield the son of Bernard and Alice (Willey) Gilleard.  He graduated from New London High School in the class of 1957, where he holds the record for the 50 yard dash.  Roy was united in marriage to Martha (Joy) Guinn on July 6, 1958, at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant.   He went on to join the Army Reserves on October 15, 1961 and was honorably discharged on August 7, 1962.  Roy had a passion for youth coaching Pop Warner football for 23 years and Junior Varsity football for 2 years, both in Phoenix, Arizona.  He worked for Garretson Tool and Die, Carnation Milk Company in Phoenix, Arizona and sold insurance for Horace Mann and Minnesota Mutual Life.  Roy and Joy traveled the world and decided to settle down and stay in Mt. Pleasant.  He taught bridge at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School for several years, and played ACBL Bridge on the computer and in person. He enjoyed his time at the REC Center and his coffee with his friends.  He was very active in the GOP.   Roy was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant.  

Those thankful for sharing in Roy’s life include his wife, Joy, of 66 years, his son, Gregory Allen Gilleard, of Farmington, New Mexico, one granddaughter, Amber Lee (Clint) Harper and their children, Brex, Lilly and London of Gilbert, Arizona, his brother, Gale A. (Janice) Gilleard, of New London and his daughters, Wendy and Terri, his sister, Tammy (Jerry) King of Burlington, his half-sister, Sylvia Guitierez, of Chicago, Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his parents, stepfather, Sylvester Lopez, his stepmother, Alethea Lenz and a half-sister, Juanita Montgomery.

Funeral services celebrating his life will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant with The Reverend Court Fischer officiating.  The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2024, at the church.

Burial will be held at a later date in Brooks Cemetery.  Memorials may be directed to EveryStep Hospice and to the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant.

 

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for his arrangements.