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N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Park & Ride Buses State Fairgoers
DART is offering Iowa
State Fairgoers half-price
savings and convenient
service at three Park &
Ride locations around the
metro during this year's
Fair, set August 7-17.
Show your advance ad-
mission ticket at one of
DART's three State Fair
Park & Ride locations and
receive half off the
roundtrip fare. Parking is
free at all locations. Dis-
counted roundtrip fares
with advanced admission
tickets are $1 for adults
and 50 cents for the seniors
(ages 65+), disabled per-
sons, Medicare card hold-
ers and children (ages 6-
10). Children ages 5 and
younger ride for free.
Regular roundtrip fares
are $2 for'adults and $1 for
seniors (ages 65+), dis-
abled persons, Medicare
card holders and children
(ages 6-10). All buses are
wheelchair-accessible.
Cash fare only.
DART offers three con-
venient Park & Ride loca-
tions where Fairgoers can
park for free:
• Center Street
Park & Ride (7th and Cen-
ter St., enter on 7th St.)
• Southeast Polk
Schools (N.E. 80th St. and
Highway 163)
• State Capitol
(East 12th St. near the State
Capitol bell)
The hours are 8:30 a.m.
to Midnight every day of
the Fair at all Park & Ride
locations with extended
hours on Opening Day,
August 7, starting at 6 a.m.
Call DART at 515/283-8100
for more details.
Farm Progress Show
Buses from Southeast Visitors to this year's Farm Progress show in Boone
Polk Schools will drop off will have an oppor_tunity to contribute to the fight
against hunger. From August 26-28, organizers will be
and pick up Fairgoers on
Dean Avenue south of the accepting nonperishable food donations for the sixth
Swine Barn near Gate 8.annual America's Farmers Food Drive. Since 2009, this
Buses from the Center food drive has collected more than 100,000 pounds of
Street and State Capitol food, providing enough nourishment for 83,000 meals.
All of the food collected will be donated to local hunger
Park & Ride stops will con- organizations. The food drive is sponsored by Monsanto,
tinue to drop off and pick
up Fairgoers near Gate 10. in conjunction with Farm Progress Companies and the
Three parking lots are Howard G: Buffett Foundation (HGBF).
"Although America's farmers work day in and day
available for motorcycle or
out to feed the growing population, there are still nearly
vehicle parking at $10 per
vehicle. Bicycle parking is a billion people who go to bed hungry each night," said
available inside Gate 10 for Howard G. Buffett, HGBF president. "The America's
$2.
Fair advance admission
tickets are on sale through
August 6 while supplies
last at participating Hy-
Vee, Hy-Vee Drugstores,
Dahl's Food, Fareway
stores and the State Fair
Ticket Office; located on
the Fairgrounds. Or, pur-
chase your tickets online at
iowastatefair.org and print
them at home, fee-free.
AG FIELD DAY
With all the new elec-
tronics and equipment to
choose from in the ag in-
dustry toda}~ how do you
choose what is right for
you and your farming op-
eration? NESSA, Inc. is
hosting an Ag Field Day
and Open House Thurs-
da~ Aug. 14, from 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. at its location in
Zearing.
Check out the newest
equipment and precision
agricultural electronics
available. Speak with the
experienced owners of
NESSA, Inc. as well as di-
rect with manufacturers to
help determine the right
product for your needs.
5921 SE 14th Street, Suite 1800
Des Moines, Iowa ~ 515-287-1500
Mon-Fri: 7:30-6pm
Tuesday-Friday - 9am to 7pm
Saturday - 9am to 5pm
Sunday - llam to 5pm
Walk-ins Welcome
Community Rallies To Save
Closed and Historic Hotel!
In August of 2012, Jay the business model for
and Denise Hartz visited years to come.
Perr)4 IA for the first time. Over the next several
Reason for the visit: Their weeks, Jay presented his
interest in purchasing The business plan, pro-formas,
HotelPattee, whichwasat and passion over the
the time on the real estate phone, via conference calls
market, and webinars. He Spent
What they found was a the next several weekends
gorgeous, 40 room historic visiting with groups of
hotel that was originally • people at town hall meet-
built in 1913. A property ings (one had over 80 in
that was completely gut- attendance). Other times
Farmers Food Drive is an opportunity for farmers, corn- ted and restored in 1997 he would meet with folks
.munity members and ag youth to help feed their fami- with over $12 million of one on one at the local cot-
lies, friends and neighbors." investment. An invest- fee shop.
FFA chapters and 4-H clubs have special incentives
to participate in the food drive. Members from these
two organizations will receive free admission with a
donation of five nonperishable food items per student.
The three FFA chapters and 4-H clubs who donate the
most food will each receive a $250 donation from
Monsanto. Donations will be accepted at gates otto, five, managed. Unfortunately,
and nine. for the Hartz's, the price
ment made by a philan- Residents of.all ages,
thropist who was born and race and educationalback-
raised in Perry. grounds were interested in
They also discovered a learning more and invest-
hotel that was dirty, some- ing in what they believed
what worn down and mis- to be the heartbeat of their
community. Farmers, law-
yers, doctors, retirees, edu-
"Students involved in FFA and 4-H are the future of
agriculture," said Angela Allen, customer advocacy
manager at Monsanto. "Raising awareness about the
reality of rural hunger helps students understand their
role in feeding an ever-growing population and builds
educated and passionate leaders for the next genera-
tion."
Additionally, for every pound of food collected,
Monsanto will donate $1 (up to $1.0,000) to United Way
of Story County and the HGBF will donate $1 (up to
$10,000) to Feeding America. Join this important cause
and donate food at this year's Farm Progress ShOw.
Farmers who attend Farm Progress will have an ad-
ditional opportunity to support their own communi-
ties by enrolling for America's Farmers Grow Commu-
nities, a program that directs $2,500 donations to non-
profit organizations. Now in its fifth year, the program
has provided $1,502,500 to Iowa nonprofits since 2010.
Enrollment runs through November 30. To learn more,
visit www.GrowCommunities.com.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION
155 S. 13th St. - West Des Moines, IA 50265
Vehicles can be viewed at 9 a.m., auction starts
promptly at 10 a.m. Cash or Credit Card are the
accepted forms of payment. Ali~vehicles are sold in
an "as is" condition. No guarantees are implied, or
offered, by the City of West Des Moines, or by
persons or companies in contract with the West ~es~
Moines Police Department. Kelly Ayers~
515-225-6088 fax
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tag of the hotel did not
match its potential of pos-
sible profits and
sustainability.
Move forward about
one year later, when Jay
got a call on a Saturday
morning at their home in
St, Louis, MO. He was in-
formed that The Hotel
Pattee would be closing
and going back to the
bank. Jay was elated to
hear this news and
awaitedhis wife to return
home from grocery shop-
ping. She had barely got-
ten into the door of their
home, with grocery bags
in hand when Jay let her
know about the phone call
and asked, "Do you want
to go for it?" Denise imme-
diately said, "Yes!"
Jay visited Perry the
next week, confident that
he and Denise had the
proper savings to take on
this project on their own.
What he le~/rned after
meeting-with the bank
turned out to be the exact
opposite. Jay quotes, 'q
was told the bank would
only take cash offers, that
the hotel would go to bid
and go quickly."
What happened in the
next three weeks is short of
amazing, but shows the
power of a community
and its citizens who be-
heve in a particular project
and a business model that
• has never been in place at
The Hotel Pattee: An
Owner Operator who is
local and has investment in
the project and the com-
mun'lty!
Keep in Mind that prior
to August 1; 2013, Jay and
Denise Hartz literally
knew five people in Perry.
After visiting Perry that
first weekend in August, a
grassroots committee of 13
area residents formed
within days. These volun-
teers believed in Jay and
Denise Hartz, their pas-
sion; experience and busi-
ness plan to resurrect The
Hotel Pattee and sustain
cators, small business
owners and others put
their faith in this move-
ment to re-open this His-
toric Landmark.
By the end of August,
Jay and Denise Hartz had
over 56 letters of intent to
invest with their LLC. Sep-
tember 26, 2013, they paid
cash for the hotel and took
over possession. Jay and
Denise Hartz control ap-
proximately 75% of Pattee
Hotel, LLC with the re-
mainder of ownership be-
longing to area sharehold-
ers. $395,000 was bor-
rowed from local residents
and will be paid back
within a five year period.
The once closed and
abandoned Hotel Pattee
reopened No(,ember 4,
2013 under the new lead-
ership of Jay and Denise
Hartz. The support of the
community has been over-
whelming: Not only the
financial support, but also
the moral support. The
"revenues at the hotel for
the five months of being
• re-opened have far ex-
ceeded expectations.
What is the moral of the
story? Anything is pos-
sible when you have the
power of everyday citizens
who believe in a project
and step up to make things
happen. Jay and Denise
Hartz firmly believe that
this precedent and path
can and will be duplicated
in other small towns in
America.
On a side note, the
Hartz family just pur-
chased an historic hotel
that is three blocks from
the Hotel Pattee, which
further states their com-
mitment to be long term
players and residents of
Perry. They are truly living
hhe American Dream and
will work very hard to
keep this Historic Gem
Alive and Well here in the
Middle of America!
