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MidAmerican Energy Thanks Employees
MidAmerican Energy
Company employees who
were deployed to the east-
ern United States to assist
with utility damage and
power outages caused by
Hurricane Sandy recently
returned home. As many
as 8.5 million homes and
businesses lost power
when the storm made
landfall October 29.
MidAmerican Energy
crews provided restora-
tion assistance to Central
Hudson Gas and Electric
and New York State Elec-
tric and Gas in New York
for approximately two
weeks. A little more than
one week into the trip,
crews experienced more
outages when the areas af-
fected by Hurricane Sandy
were impacted by a
nor'easter that included
rain, snow and winds of
up to 55 mph.
"The hard work and
commitment of our em-
ployees to restore power
and help these communi-
ties in their efforts to re-
turn to normal have been
greatly appreciated," said
Bill Fehrman, president
and CEO, MidAmerican
Energy. "MidAmerican
Energy is pleased to be
able to help during this
time of need and we thank
all employees who sup-
ported these efforts."
October 27, a crew of
MidAmerican Energy em-
ployees left Iowa and was
dispatched to provide
emergency restoration ser-
vice to areas between
Poughkeepsie and Al-
bany, NY. The crew was
comprised of the follow-
ing MidAmerican Energy
employees:
Wes Royal, supervisor,
service operations and
Kevin Williams, crew
leader electric, Red Oak;
Troy Hummel; journey-
man lineman, Cherokee;
David Franklin, safety su-
pervisor, Council Bluffs;
Luc Martel, garage me-
chanic, Rock Island, IL;
Pat Garrison, crew leader
electric, Avoca; Reggie
LePorte, lineman appren-
tice, Shenandoah; Darrin
Skow, journeyman line-
man, Charter Oak; Mike
Oldenkamp, crew leader
electric, Sheldon; Tom
Blain, journeyman line-
man and Paul Acres, line-
man apprentice, Sheldon;
Doug Egli, crew leader
electric, Larry Harms,
journeyman lineman and
Chris Dettmann, journey-
man lineman, all of Fort
Dodge and Steve Jens,
crew leader electric,
Audubon.
October 30, a second
crew of MidAmerican En-
ergy employees traveled
to New York to provide
additional assistance. The
crew was comprised of
the following MidAmeri-
can Energy employees:
Shaune Osborne, sched-
uling and planning coor-
dinator, Dennis Fick, crew
leader electric, Kyle
Hageman, journeyman
lineman and Brian Baber,
journeyman lineman, Des
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dan, Waterloo; Kevin Derby,
crew leader electric; Todd
Myers, journeyman line-
man and Dustin Mull, jour-
neyman lineman, all of
Knoxville; Rick Carroll,
crew leader electric, Ken
DeGroot, journeyman line-
man and Jim Carroll jour-
neyman lineman, all of
Council Bluffs; Dave Shultz,
journeyman lineman, Robin
Rowley, journeyman line-
man and Matt Rittenmeyer,
journeyman lineman, all of
Iowa City.
Utility crews from
across the U.S. were called
to assist utilities in areas
impacted by the storm, in-
cluding New Jersey, New
York, Connecticut and 12
other eastern states.
In addition to the 29
MidAmerican Energy em-
ployees, MidAmerican En-
ergy released more than
200 contract lineworkers
and tree crew members to
provide assistance to utility
companies in the East.
MidAmerican Energy
Company, Iowa's largest
energy company, provides
electric service to 732,000
customers and natural gas
service to 714,000 custom-
ers in Iowa, Illinois, Ne-
braska and South Dakota. It
is headquartered in Des
Moines. Information about
MidAmerican Energy is
available on the company's
website and its Twitter,
Facebook and Y.ouTube
pages, which can be ac-
cessed via www.midameri
canenergy.com.
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Indianola Church Plans Annual
Cookie, Candy Sale
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 1202 W. Iowa
Ave., Indianola, well hold its annual Cookie Walk,
Sweets Shoppe and Craft Fair, Saturday, Dec. 1, from 8 -
11 a.m. at the church.
Holiday cookies and candies will sell for $5.50 per
pound.
Machine Shed Serves Charity Dinner
Supporting Wildwood Hills Ranch
The Iowa Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale will
serve an annual Charity Thanksgiving Dinner from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 22, to sup-
port the Wildwood Hills Ranch. The dinner includes
turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and grav35 corn, buns
and pumpkin pie. The Staff working that day are all
volunteers and the majority of food served is donated
by the Machine Shed vendors. Dinner is served on a
first come, first served basis and reservations will not
be taken. All goodwill donations will be given to send
at-risk youth to Wildwood Hills Ranch in St. Charles.
Last year over $12,000 was donated to the ranch from
this one event.
Wildwood Hills Ranch is a 400-acre non-profit facil-
ity, set in the scenic hills of Madison County, just south
of Des Moines. Founded in 2001, the ranch exists to
transform lives and strengthen communities by provid-
ing healing, hope and unconditional love to children
and youth at-risk. Free summer camp and year-round
retreats are offered to at-risk children ages eight to 18.
Kids are immersed in a fun, safe environment where
character, leadership and teamwork are modeled and
taught.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
Martensdale
Currently making their home at
2840 South St., Churchville
invites you to their annual
Trees, Tastes & Trimmings
Sat., Dec. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(in church hall)
Chili/Soup Luncheon
Display of Trees
Homemade Christmas Cookies and Candy
sold by the pound
Free Cookies & Warm Cider
Hand-crafted Items
Shopping from vendors including Norwex,
31 Gifts, Scentsy, Lia Sophia Jewelry,
Pampered Chef, Gourmet Coffee, etc.
Birth
John and Jessica Strawn,
Ames, are the parents of a
daughter, Alyson Joyce
Strawn, born Friday, Nov.
2, at Mary Greeley Hospi-
tal in Ames. Alyson
weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. and
was 20 in. long.
Grandparents are Dan
and Shelly Knox and Kent
and Cyndie Strawn, all of
Norwalk. Great-grandpar-
ents are Pete and Mary
Rich, Ottumwa; Leo An-
cell Norwalk; Wayne and
Sallie Strawn and Jack and
Joyce Daniels, all of St.
Charles.
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Windsor
Wonderland
New Activities For This
Year's Annual Event
Tickets on Sale NOW
This year's Windsor
Wonderland will be a two-
day celebration at the
Windsor Heights Commu-
nity and Events Center in
Colby Park, located at the
end of 69th Street, south of
University. The event will
kick off with "Windsor
Polar Express Movie
Night" Friday, Nov. 30,
from 6:30-9 p.m. The Polar
Express film will be fea-
tured along with a myriad
of art activities including
wreath and snowman
making, stringing cranber-
ries, making colorful pa-
per chains and other fun
surprises.
The following day, Sat-
urday, Dec. 1, will be
"Windsor Breakfast with
Santa" beginning at 8:30
a.m. All are welcome to
come enjoy a great, made-
to-order breakfast, take a
picture with Santa and lis-
ten to the beautiful music
performed by area musi-
cians. The breakfast goes
to 11:30 a.m. after which
pets may have their turn to
have a photo with Santa
till I p.m.
Tickets are $3 for the
Friday night, "Windsor
Polar Express Movie
Night" and $6 for the
"Windsor Breakfast with
Santa" and are available at
the Windsor Heights City
Hall, 1133 - 66th St.,
Windsor Heights. Tickets
will be available at the
door as well.
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for
emergencies!
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