Kayden Clarence Hinders was born, Jan. 16 at 3:38 pm at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.

Deaths: Doretta L. Cunningham, 71.

February 19

The Traer Municipal Utilities Board recently released the appraisal on the natural gas system for Traer.

N T Academic Decathlon team goes to Cedar Rapids.

At the special board meeting held Tuesday, Jan. 27 for Traer Municipal Utilties the Board of Trustees passed a resolution to request similar information to that of the appraisal regarding the natural gas system in Traer from Interstate Power and Light Co.

Deaths: Mary E. Blocker, 92; Norman D. Drinovsky, 71; Shirley Anne Siemens, 82; Ralph H. Kvidera, 76; Ralph H. Kvidera, 76.

February 26

Contruction is underway for Sunrise Hill Care & Rehab Center’s new addition.

After months in the process, the official letter from the Vision Iowa /CAT committee merely states that the Traer Salt and Pepper Museum CAT application did not meet the minimum score required to be considered by the Vision Iowa Board.

Engagements/Weddings: Janell Dee Schultz and Jason Andrew Boldt wish to announce their marriage which took place on June 21, 2008.

Milestones: Mildred Witt will celebrate her 100th birthday on Wednesday, March 4.

Deaths: Janet Lee Denker, 72; Darlene E. Schmitz, 85.

March 5

In a special election held Tuesday, March 3 the voters of Traer voted “Yes” to grant a 20 year franchise to Interstate Power & Light Company to erect, construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate a natural gas utility within the corporate limits if the city of Traer.

Special School Board meeting held to approve final building plans.

TMU holds public meeting to present appraisal.

Miss Lucille Howard of Clutier has been chosen by Unit # 453 Hora-Machacek of Clutier to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State to be held June 21-26, 2009, on the campus of Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Deaths: Debra McGowan, 54; Rev. Tori R. Randall, 48; Janet L. Schreiber, 83.

March 12

North Tama Academic Decathlon team returns victorious.

$60,000 grant awarded to benefit Traer Shaker Gallery.

Traer Chamber of Commerce

recognizes “First Baby” of the year- Saylor Marie Schmitt was born Jan. 5, 2009 to Jake and Stacey Schmitt of Traer.

Engagements/Weddings: Ray and JoEllen Kubik of Traer, are proud to announce the engagement and approaching wedding of their daughter Cassandra Marie Kubik to Matthew John Schill, son of John and Chris Schill, of Union.

Rick and Sherri Zmolek of Traer along with Brian and Jody Alexander of Martinsville, Ind. wish to announce the wedding of their children Angie Zmolek and Chad Alexander.

Milestones: Kathleen Feuerbach of Dysart will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house on March 14.

Ken and Teresa Degner of Traer, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary Feb. 24. Ken Degner and Teresa Upah were married Feb. 24, 1979, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Traer.

Deaths: Hazel Ellen Meyer, 94; Lyle George Seebach, 82; Dorothy Eileen Thiel, 87.

March 19

Tama County landfill’s future uncertain.

Iron Horse to open this week.

Friends and family of Vernon Zmolek are planning a benefit for him on April 18 at the Traer Memorial Building.

Engagements/Weddings: Megan Thorne and David Hammer are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

March 26

Mayor calls special meeting to discuss natural gas options.

North Tama School District holds Ground Breaking Ceremony.

Chamber hosts Products and Home show.

Deaths: Esther Ann Kubik, 85; Charles Michael Tudor, 58; Floyd Francis Cutler Jr., 64; Leland F. Paustian, 78; Linda Marie Benson, 90; Maxine Fern Hoherz, 88.

April 2

Special Meeting to discuss natural gas franchise canceled.

Alliant sends letter requesting to be included on agenda.

Tama County Board of Supervisors discuss employee pay raises.

Engagements/Weddings: Shannon VerSteeg and Jared Stanton of Glendale, Arizona wish to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

Births: Kurt and Angie Weidemann, Hawkeye are proud to announce the birth of their son, Keegan Kurt Weidemann.

Katelyn and Nathan Kucera are proud to announce the birth of their sister, Madelyn Ann.

Deaths: Maxine Fern Hoherz, 88; Ada Jane Niederman, 85; Mary E. Glessner, 88; Melvin E. Franklin, 87.

April 9

City Council votes to allow TMU to continue gathering numbers.

Ashley Brooks joins A Wild Hair.

Deaths: John L. Tomlinson, 83.

April 16

City Council votes to leave Second Street “as is”.

NHS Inducts New Members- 2009 inductees in the Perry Chapter, National Honor Society, were: front, from left, Jon Koob, Tyler Beenken, Sean Dengler, Brendon Boerm; back, Brittany Young, Adrienne Estes, Lillian Howard, Amanda Howard and Erin Herink. Sergey Klementyev was also inducted but was not present. The ceremony took placeApril 2.

Photo by Amanda Arp.

“Best Seats in the House” at Traer Library, April 23-26.

Benefit planned for Paul Svoboda.

Benefit planned for Doug Hubbard.

Births: Cory and Sarah Dostal, Traer, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jordan John born Feb. 18, 2009.

Jeffrey and Jennifer Podhajsky of 899 105th St., Berwick, Ill. proudly announce the birth of their second child, a son, James Ronnie.

Deaths: Adella Mary Bicknell, 97; Darlene Anna Sedlacek, 82; Winona Hambright, 82.

April 23

Traer Chamber of Commerce invites you to “Business Bingo”.

Public meeting planned to inform the City Council- Public meeting planned to inform the City Council.

City of Traer experiences citywide power outage- Last Thursday, April 16 at about 7:30 a.m. the town of Traer lost all power.

The power outage was caused by a bird landing on a transformer and getting across the high voltage wires which caused the fuses to blow according to Mike McKinney, Traer Municipal Utilities employee.

Deaths: Marvin D. Casey, 84; Rebecca J. Gary, 72; Ellen Janssen Hodgskiss, 72; Alice Stella Tomas, 87; William H. Hein, 99.

April 30

A familiar site, heavy rains flood fields and golf course-Heavy rains over the weekend flooded area fields and the Traer Golf Course. Many farmers will be forced to replant fields and rebuild water ways after the rain water subsides. The Traer area received 5.37 inches of rain on Saturday and Sunday.

North Tama Prom this Saturday.

Traer Theatre to raise prices.

Crash near Clutier leaves one dead and two injured.

Junior, Dylan Youel, son of Cindy and Josh Youel of Traer, now holds the school record in the 110m High Hurdles for North Tama. The record fell Tuesday, April 21 at the Wolverine Relays in Dike.

Sara Stoakes runs the 400m hurdles at the Drake Relays, Saturday, April 25 in Des Moines. Stoakes’ knees showing the results of the dive at the finish of the 800m race from the day before. Stoakes finished the hurdles in a time of 63.21 for an impressive second place.

Tama County Recorder will issue gay and lesbian marriage licenses.

Engagements/Weddings: Lori Yuska and Emmanuel Quiazon of Wanaque, New Jersey wish to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

Milestones: Margaret Thiesen- Clardy of New Bloomfield, MO celebrated her 90th birthday April 13, 2009 with a group of friends.

Deaths: Albert Lee Hein, 70; James R. Wellman, 48.

May 7

City Council hears of progress to date on gas municipalization.

Miss Nora Seda of Traer has been chosen by Unit # 142 Kubik-Finch of Traer to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State to be held June 21-26, 2009, on the campus of Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

WEST DES MOINES, April 28, 2009- Sara Stoakes of Traer, (right) was reconized by Governor Chet Culver for outstanding academic achievement at the seventh annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony April 19 at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.

Engagements/Weddings: Ashley Nicole Lamb and Ross William Murty both of Cedar Rapids announce their upcoming nuptials.

Births: Joshua and Alicia Benson of Maple Hill, Kan. are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Claire Marie, born at 4:57 p.m.

Milestones: Lillian Kucera will be celebrating her 94th birthday on May 18, 2009. A card shower is planned to honor her.

Marie Stoakes will be celebrating her 94th birthday May 11 with a card shower.

Deaths: LeRoy J. Kopriva, 73; Thelma Charlene Karkosh, 85.

May 14

Hosted at the Ripley United Church of Christ in Traer, the North Tama Senior Girl’s Reception was held on May 6 to honor North Tama’s female graduates.

TMU Board passes resolution to make a fair market value offer to Alliant for the gas system.

May 10-16 is Iowa School Board Recognition Week.

Mayor Russell Drinovsky signs Poppy Proclamation.

Lynk Family Benefit planned for June 7.

Engagements/Weddings: Melinda Berger and Trevor Oberholtz, both of Adair, would like to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Erin Pippert and Ian Flores, both of Dysart, would like to announce their engagement and approaching marraige. Both are 2005 graduates of Union High School.

Deaths: Bertha Agnes Kuhn, 89; Dorothy Mae Nation Philip, 92; Garry Lee Forbes, 59.

May 21

North Tama celebrates commencement.

Five Redhawks qualify for State at District meet.

Girls place fourth at regionals qualify two for the state meet.

Traer Chamber of Commerce welcomes Prime Time Sportswear.

The third grade class places sixth out of 99 counties in Iowa in the Healthy Hike Competition. They are pictured here with Dan Wardell from IPTV’s Kids’ Club.

Milestones: Laurene Knaack to celebrate 95th birthday June 3.

Deaths: Rodger Leroy Altenhein, 93; Gladine Ann Himschoot, 77; Frederick “Fred” W. Dvorak, 62; Patricia “Pat” Palmer Garske, 73; Janet J. Niedert, 77.

May 28

Legionnaires from Kubik-Finch #142 saluted Veterans on Sunday, May 24, 2009 in honor of Memorial Day. Here they are pictured at Buckingham Cemetery.

Gold Star member Audrey Babinat was honored Tuesday, May 19th by the American Legion Auxiliary and Evelyn Harrison, Gold Star Chairman, at the annual Gold Star Dinner. Audrey lost her brother Gerald Fettkether in the Vietnam War, February 8, 1967. Gerald served in the US Army.

Stoakes sets several records and brings home team title.

The Traer Community Foundation Board of Directors has announced the 2009 disbursements for a total $39,755.01.

Births: Paul and Maria Yuska of Traer are proud to announce the birth of their first child.

June 4

Shoppers at the Traer Farmer’s Market had a chance to sign up and win a gift basket with items donated from each of the vendors. Winner, Phyliss Burhenn of Dysart is shown here (holding plant) with the donating members.

North Tama School Board hears band trip recommendations.

The Board of Directors of the Traer Theatre is pleased to announce the hiring of Mona Larsen as our new Manager.

“A Taste of Traer” will be the theme to Thursday program at Traer Library in June.

In its 25th year, walkers will go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tama County.

Births: Denise McClenathan and Robert Hart are the proud parents of a baby girl, born May 20. Phyllis Emily McClenathan Hart.

Deaths: Donald Eugene Temple, 66; Ray R. Seegmiller, 74.

June 11

Traer family home when fire broke out- The Traer Fire Department was summoned to the house at 804 Elm Street, Traer, Sunday, June 7 at 7:05 p.m. The fire was believed to have started from an electical problem. The residents were home at the time the fire broke out and no one was injured.

TMU votes to investigate wind energy possiblities.

Engagements/Weddings: Arne J. Sandvick and Ashley Warnick of Hartwick are announcing their approaching wedding.

Milestones: Jim Petersen and Mary Arthur were united in marriage on June 14, 1969 in Edgewood, Iowa.