Senior Rodney Schwartzhoff and the Warrior baseball team continue to roll as they won the Jeff Houg Memorial Tournament championship on Saturday in Waukon and moved to 16-4 on the season. Schwartzhoff has been a key asset to South Winn while on base, as he currently has been successful on 28 of 28 stolen-base attempts. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Warriors win Houg Tournament

Zakary Kriener

News Writer

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warrior baseball team continued to add to its already impressive season record as it notched a pair of wins at the Jeff Houg Memorial Tournament in Waukon to improve to 16-4 on the season.

In the first game of Saturday’s tournament, the Warriors defeated Waukon by a score of 9-2 as Mason Elsbernd was credited with the win on the mound.

Levy concerns addressed in Elgin council

By Meagan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

The levy within the town of Elgin and an impending bike trail will be placed on top of it as part of a Turkey River Recreational Corridor (TRRC) project were a focus of this week’s Elgin City Council meeting Monday night.

“This is an issue that needs to be in the mind of every City Council member, the City, as well as the taxpayers,” noted councilmember Jim Knobloch as he addressed the council and a group of citizens who attended the Monday meeting.  

“As it stands, we are looking at the potential for immense flooding damage to the community if we leave it the way it is,” explained Knobloch.  “Repairs are necessary, and we are responsible for those since it is considered a City levy.” 

“If they [TRRC] are putting a bike trail right on top of it, shouldn’t the cost and repairs be their problem;” asked Dale Ellis, one of the citizens attending the meeting, referring to a TRRC project that will be running a bike trail through Elgin.  “It is their project, not ours.” 

Gary “Barney” Bond of Wadena shares some stories of one of Iowa’s most famous events, the 1970 Wadena Rock Fest, during a presentation last week at the Wadena library.  The Rock Fest brought thousands of people from all over the country to a farm just outside of the small town of Wadena nearly 50 years ago.  (photo by Megan Molseed)

Rock Fest memories abound with Barney Bond

By Meagan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

There were questions and stories galore in the packed Wadena Public Library last Wednesday evening as Wadena native Gary “Barney” Bond shared his memories of one of Iowa’s most legendary events, 1970’s Wadena Rock Fest.  

This summer marks the 48th anniversary of the event where an estimated 50,000 people - “hippies” they were called - who had overrun the scenic northeast Iowa town of about 250 people for the ultimate weekend, a Rock Festival that would boast performances by some of the greatest bands of the time. 

Over the years, stories of the festival have been told and passed on from one generation to another.  There are stories that reiterate the unexpectedness of the festival, such as how the concert organizer, a Chicago-based company, purchased the farm where the festival would be held without disclosing its plans. Some stories recounted the numerous planes flying above the enormous crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of, among other things, the skinny-dippers cooling off at the Volga River.  

Beulah Butikofer

Beulah M. Butikofer, 94, of Elgin, Iowa died Monday, June 18, 2018 at Good Neighbor Society in Manchester, Iowa. 

Beulah Margaret Favrhow, daughter of William Favrhow and Sarah (Guardhouse) Favrhow, was born Oct. 25, 1923 in Emerson, Mo. 

She was raised and educated in Emerson and Palmyra, Mo. 

After high school Beulah worked as a supervisor at two factories in Quincy, Ill., where she lived for several years. 

She was baptized into the Apostolic Christian Church on Dec. 31, 1950. 

Beulah waited for Bert Butikofer to return from his 16-month deployment in South Korea, and they were married on Feb. 22, 1953 in Taylor, Mo. On Aug. 18, 1953 they moved to the Elgin/West Union area.