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NOTEWORTHY! ------------------- "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age." Robert Frost -------------------- Bald Eagle Watch Events Planned... ----------------- Keep Useful Items Out of The Landfills... www.freecycle.org ---------------- Area Young People In The Military...     Butler County Students Earn Dean's List Honors At Northwestern College...     City's Updated Municipal Code can be viewed here...     DNR Reports Hunting Injuries...   FUN LINKS A Studious 10th Grader Knows Approximately 38,000 words -How Many Do You Know? Follow this link to Dictionary.com   Snowflakes.... Fascinating information about this Winter Phenomenon

Highway 3 Raceway Expands 2012 Racing Schedule The board of directors of Highway 3 Raceway at Allison voted to enter into an agreement with TTMM LLC, an Iowa Corporation,  who will serve as Promoter for the track and will greatly expand the 2012 race schedule. The agreement involves a sub-lease arrangement between Butler County Fair Association, Highway 3 Raceway and the promoter. The first race is set for Saturday, April 21 and is the USRA Weekly Racing Series Series Opener Click here for complete schedule   Retail Sales and Use Tax Annual Report Fiscal Year 2011 Released December 2011         New Grocery Store Seeing Progress... Pointe Builders and Schroeder Concrete work in the snow last week installing anchor bolts around the perimeter of the footings of the new J&C Grocery store in Allison. According to Pointe Builders, the general contractor for the project, the steel for the building's framework will arrive February 8 and that part of the construction will proceed .   Clarification Tribune-Journal - Star Graphics Building Will Not "Sit Empty" On Allison's Main Street Information coming from Allison City Hall that the Tribune-Journal - Star Graphics office building on Allison's Main Street will "sit empty" are not true. The facts are that damages to the exterior of the building caused by the fire at J&C Grocery in September are being repaired by Miller Building of Allison, and are, in fact, nearly completed. New flooring is being installed and general cleaning of the interior of the building is now underway and will be completed soon. Rather than "sitting empty", a considerable investment in new equipment has begun and the printing and graphics business will soon be offering even more services and capabilities. It is true that the building is listed for sale with Tim Junker, agent for Schuck Realty, and when and if sold, Star Graphics will consolidate in the Star Graphics building located at 21851 Highway 3, Allison. And, as further clarification, will continue in the printing and graphics business. It is true that the Tribune-Journal newspaper has relocated into smaller, more suitable office space in the Farm Bureau Building at 422 N Main St. as of January 3 It's unclear how and why the rumor that the building would "sit empty" got started.   Randy Miller and      of  Miller Building Supply work to remove and replace old insulation and install new metal sheeting on the south wall of the Star Graphics Building on Allison's Main Street Tuesday. Bright sunshine and warm temperatures remained just long enough for the project to be completed before more normal January weather invaded the area with temps in the teens and blowing snow. Miller's took the opportunity to do this job before the new J&C Grocery store construction begins on the site. The new footings and surface preparations are complete and awaiting the steel framework.

HEADLINES     Grand Prize Winner... Jean Klunder of Allison is the winner of the $100 Grand Prize in the allisoniowa.com First Annual Football Contest. Jean missed on just 4 of her picks, as did Shane Buss, but Jean was declared the winner because of her tie-breaker prediction on the total points scored in all 20 bowl games used in the contest. Congratulations, Jean!!     Delores Schrage Wins Top Prize Playing “Santa Games Doubler” Scratch Game While on a break at work, a Parkersburg woman scratched a “Santa Games Doubler” ticket and won a top prize of $10,000. Delores ‘Dee’ Schrage, 53, said there was a lull at the Arby’s she manages, so she took a break and walked to the adjoining convenience store, The Mill, 16250 N. Ave. in Holland and bought a couple of scratch tickets. “I was shaking. I didn’t really believe it,” Schrage said. “I think the people around me were more excited than I was until it hit me.” Schrage first told her coworkers about her win, and then called her brother. Her brother accompanied her to claim the prize Dec. 13 at the Iowa Lottery’s regional office in Cedar Rapids. “This just isn’t something you want to do by yourself,” Schrage said. Schrage plans to use some of her winnings to pay off her house. Santa Games Doubler is a $2 scratch ticket. Players win a prize by matching any “your numbers” to any “jolly numbers” to win the prize shown for that symbol. If players find the "Santa" symbol they win double the prize shown for that symbol. Ten top prizes of $10,000 are still up for grabs in Santa Games Doubler, as well as 116 prizes of $200 and 297 prizes of $100.

 

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